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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - Item 24 Becerra, Alexis From: Scott Knudson <scott@signaturemore.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 10:47 AM To: eComment; Penaloza, David; Amezcua, Valerie Subject: Support for Item 24 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the City Council, I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code to express my strong support for the proposed amendments to the SD-84 zoning code, and specifically the removal of the M1 and M2 industrial use overlay. These amendments are a long-overdue fix to the decades of incompatible land uses in the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods. The amendments should also remove the allowable use of public storage facilities, as these are incompatible land uses for a transit oriented development. I appreciate that the proposed amendments will not force out any existing businesses currently operating within the affected areas. Rather, they will create flexibility for business owners to sell their business and for property owners to re-tenet their buildings with a broad range of businesses. This will allow for responsible business owners to continue to positively contribute to the neighborhood and prevent vacant buildings. These amendments also provide the city with an essential tool to address the bad actors who are negatively affecting the quality of life in the neighborhood, such as the dump and metal recycling facilities next to Garfield Elementary School. With these amendments, we can better encourage responsible business ownership, ultimately improving the quality of life for residents and business owners alike. I encourage the City Council to approve these amendments for the benefit of the 1,500 families in the historic Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, and the city as a whole. Sincerely, Scott Knudson Ward 6 D Create Your Own Free Signature 1 Becerra, Alexis From: Barney Richer < Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 11:16 AM To: eComment; Penaloza, David; Amezcua, Valerie Subject: Subject: Support for Item 24 - Remove Madison Ware Dump! Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the City Council, I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code to express my strong support for the proposed amendments to the SD-84 zoning code, and specifically the removal of the M1 and M2 industrial use overlay. These amendments are a long-overdue fix to the decades of incompatible land uses in the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods. The amendments should also remove the allowable use of public storage facilities, as these are incompatible land uses for a transit oriented development. I would like to primarily focus your attention on what is the largest issue in the transportation zone. The Dump known as Madison/Ware Materials which is adjacent to the Train station. This facility is currently receiving well over 1000 tons per day into the facility and then the same amount out of the facility everyday. The constant traffic from oversized trash trucks is destroying the newly updated roads and bike lanes as well as covering the entire area with dust and particulate matter. It is a violation of the lease agreement for them to use the roads as a que for the facility. It is also a violation for them to un-tarp on the public roads which is contributing to the worst air quality in all of Orange county. Madison/Ware has made no effort to add misting equipment or undercarriage wash systems to mitigate these issues. Many local residents have reported this to the AQMD but with no consequences. The consistent truck traffic is a hazard to people walking to and from the local elementary school as well as the train station. I continually see the Ware trucks get loaded with outbound loads and then circle around our neighborhood (at high speeds)just to go from one entrance to the other with no regard for the trash spewing from the open truck. This facility was once intended to be for local landscapers and construction debris but now it is a full scale trash dump that has outgrown its footprint. Please help save this area as no future transportation hub can exist here with the dump abusing the health of all residents and local businesses alike. Please do something before the lawyers have to get involved as it will be very costly for everyone including the City of Santa Ana. Thank you for your attention on this Sincerely, Barney Richer Ward 6 i Alcala, Abigail From:Karen <karen.soh@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, To:Amezcua, Valerie; eComment; Penaloza, David Subject:Support for Item 24 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the City Council, I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code to express my strong support for the proposed amendments to the SD-84 zoning code, and specifically the removal of the M1 and M2 industrial use overlay. These amendments are a long-overdue fix to the decades of incompatible land uses in the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods. The amendments should also remove the allowable use of public storage facilities, as these are incompatible land uses for a transit oriented development. I appreciate that the proposed amendments will not force out any existing businesses currently operating within the affected areas. Rather, they will create flexibility for business owners to sell their business and for property owners to re-tenet their buildings with a broad range of businesses. This will allow for responsible business owners to continue to positively contribute to the neighborhood and prevent vacant buildings. These amendments also provide the city with an essential tool to address the bad actors who are negatively affecting the quality of life in the neighborhood, such as the dump and metal recycling facilities next to Garfield Elementary School. With these amendments, we can better encourage responsible business ownership, ultimately improving the quality of life for residents and business owners alike. I encourage the City Council to approve these amendments for the benefit of the 1,500 families in the historic Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, and the city as a whole. Sincerely, Karen Soh Ward 6 1 Alcala, Abigail From:Kelly Kraus-Lee <kellyakraus@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 3, To:eComment; Penaloza, David; Amezcua, Valerie; Bacerra, Phil; Phan, Thai; Vazquez, Benjamin; Lopez, Jessie; Hernandez, Johnathan Subject:Support for Item 24 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the City Council, I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code to express my strong support for the proposed amendments to the SD-84 zoning code, and specifically the removal of the M1 and M2 industrial use overlay. These amendments are a long-overdue fix to the decades of incompatible land uses in the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods. The amendments should also remove the allowable use of public storage facilities, as these are incompatible land uses for a transit oriented development. I appreciate that the proposed amendments will not force out any existing businesses currently operating within the affected areas. Rather, they will create flexibility for business owners to sell their business and for property owners to re-tenet their buildings with a broad range of businesses. This will allow for responsible business owners to continue to positively contribute to the neighborhood and prevent vacant buildings. These amendments also provide the city with an essential tool to address the bad actors who are negatively affecting the quality of life in the neighborhood, such as the dump and metal recycling facilities next to Garfield Elementary School. With these amendments, we can better encourage responsible business ownership, ultimately improving the quality of life for residents and business owners alike. I encourage the City Council to approve these amendments for the benefit of the 1,500 families in the historic Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, and the city as a whole. Sincerely, Kelly Kraus-Lee Ward 6 1 Alcala, Abigail From:Rachel Kraus-Lee <rkrauslee@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 3, To:eComment; Penaloza, David; Amezcua, Valerie Subject:Support for Item 24 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the City Council, I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code to express my strong support for the proposed amendments to the SD-84 zoning code, and specifically the removal of the M1 and M2 industrial use overlay. These amendments are a long-overdue fix to the decades of incompatible land uses in the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods. The amendments should also remove the allowable use of public storage facilities, as these are incompatible land uses for a transit oriented development. I appreciate that the proposed amendments will not force out any existing businesses currently operating within the affected areas. Rather, they will create flexibility for business owners to sell their business and for property owners to re-tenet their buildings with a broad range of businesses. This will allow for responsible business owners to continue to positively contribute to the neighborhood and prevent vacant buildings. These amendments also provide the city with an essential tool to address the bad actors who are negatively affecting the quality of life in the neighborhood, such as the dump and metal recycling facilities next to Garfield Elementary School. With these amendments, we can better encourage responsible business ownership, ultimately improving the quality of life for residents and business owners alike. I encourage the City Council to approve these amendments for the benefit of the 1,500 families in the historic Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, and the city as a whole. Sincerely, Rachel Kraus-Lee Ward 6 1 Zuniga, Diana From: OSVALDO TORRES < Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2025 2:16 PM To: eComment; Penaloza, David; Amezcua, Valerie Subject: Support for Item 24 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the City Council, I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code to express my strong support for the proposed amendments to the SD-84 zoning code, and specifically the removal of the M1 and M2 industrial use overlay. These amendments are a long-overdue fix to the decades of incompatible land uses in the Lacy and Logan neighborhoods. The amendments should also remove the allowable use of public storage facilities, as these are incompatible land uses for a transit oriented development. I appreciate that the proposed amendments will not force out any existing businesses currently operating within the affected areas. Rather, they will create flexibility for business owners to sell their business and for property owners to re-tenet their buildings with a broad range of businesses. This will allow for responsible business owners to continue to positively contribute to the neighborhood and prevent vacant buildings. These amendments also provide the city with an essential tool to address the bad actors who are negatively affecting the quality of life in the neighborhood, such as the dump and metal recycling facilities next to Garfield Elementary School. With these amendments, we can better encourage responsible business ownership, ultimately improving the quality of life for residents and business owners alike. I encourage the City Council to approve these amendments for the benefit of the 1,500 families in the historic Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, and the city as a whole. Sincerely, Jose Os Torres. Ward 6 Get Outlook for iOS i Zuniga, Diana From: Scott Ham < Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2025 3:00 PM To: eComment; Penaloza, David; Amezcua, Valerie Subject: Resident in support of SD84 Transit Zoning Code changes (Item 24) Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. 2025-06-03 Mayor Amezcua and City Council members, I am a resident of SD84 in ward 6,and want to voice my support for the proposed zoning code changes. Specifically, 1.Removal of the M1 and M2 industrial overlays from SD84. 2.Clarifying conforming and non-confoming land uses-what is appropriate land use within the transit zoning district. 3.Establishing the amortization/termination of use process. In addition,I would like to voice support for removal of public storage facilities as an conforming land use,as they not compatible with transit-oriented development. The area surrounding Santa Ana's only train station is our most important neighborhood in the city,and above all should be walkable and oriented toward diversity of uses that allow a thriving interconnected neighborhood. Instead,it feels like we treat it as a garbage dump.People arriving on the train are greeted with junkyards,barbed wire,dust,and a pervasive smell of rotting garbage. These very few bad actor businesses do not think they have a responsibility to our community, and operate in a manner that results in garbage,air pollution,and noise in this neighborhood. The proposed changes establish a reasonable solution to allow the city to address noxious uses,and a mechanism to holding those bad actors accountable. Please support these changes to SD84. Thank You, Scott Ham Ward 6 1 Zuniga, Diana From: Jack Haley <jhaley@lee-associates.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2025 4:41 PM To: eComment Subject: Santa Ana SD-84 Transit Zoning Ordinance Attachments: Santa Ana SD-84 TZC Proposed M-1 Light Manufacturing Modifications.docx Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Santa Ana City Council, I have promoted Santa Ana to the So California business community for over 30 years. Voting in favor of Removing the Light Industrial(M1) And Heavy Industrial(M2)zoning from the 100+properties in the Zone is Anti-business. For a city that has used pro- business as part of their mission statement for many years,the City of Santa Ana has moving in the opposite direction lately. You have encouraged business to relocate here and expand here. Now you are sending a horrible message to the community at large about your intentions. It is very easy to modify the Ordinance or zoning to eliminate the M2 or heavy users. Telling the business that stores and distributes products in boxes that they are a problem to the community and they cannot expand further is a huge problem for a company. Ask yourself why you are doing this??? What is the motive? Blaming air quality on these businesses is obscene. 30 years ago companies and residents burned their trash here. This Zone is adjacent to two large polluters,the 5 Freeway and the Train station/bus depot. It is not the law abiding businesses. Review the attached recommended suggested modifications and then improve the Ordinance, or do the Right Thing and Vote NO on the ordinance. Best regards, Jack Haley, SIOR CCIM Principal Lee &Associates I Orange D 714.564.7172 O 714.647-9100 ihaley(a�lee-associates.com LEE ASSOCIATES COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES Corporate ID 01011260 1004 W. Taft Avenue I Suite 150 Orange, California 92865 ._., ,_ --- % t Confidentiality Notice:The information contained in this electronic e-mail and any accompanying attachment(s)is intended only for the use of the intended recipient and may be confidential. If any reader of this communication is not the intended recipient, unauthorized use,disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail,and delete the original message and all copies from your system.Thank you. 1 Santa Ana SD-84/TZC Business Coalition Proposed Modifications to the Zoning Ordinance We are a coalition of more than 100 long-standing, responsible Santa Ana businesses located within the City's SD-84 Transit Zoning Code (TZC) area. Our members include contractors, metal fabrication shops, small-scale retail and warehousing businesses. We provide essential services to other Santa Ana businesses and government entities, as well as to clients throughout Orange County and Southern California. Collectively, we employ hundreds of workers - many of whom, along with their families, are proud residents of Santa Ana. We recognize that the community, surrounding neighborhoods, and the City desire positive change and meaningful improvements in our shared area- and so do we. We also acknowledge that a small number of businesses in the SD-84/TZC area have not contributed to a safe, clean, and healthy environment. On that point, we support the City's efforts to encourage those specific operations to relocate elsewhere. While we acknowledge and appreciate the considerable time, effort, and resources that City Planning Staff have invested in the proposed ordinance, we respectfully submit the following recommended modifications for consideration. 1. Eliminate the M-2 Heavy Industrial Overlay Zone (MC 41-489) First - and most importantly - we believe that completely eliminating the M-2 Heavy Industrial Overlay Zone will meaningfully contribute to the creation of a safer, cleaner, and more responsible environment for both residents and businesses. This approach mirrors that of Los Angeles County's Green Zones Program, adopted in 2022, which removed M-2 zoning in several communities and replaced it with lighter industrial zoning (M-1). That initiative was a response to long-standing concerns in overburdened neighborhoods and prioritized environmental justice by phasing out polluting uses near homes, schools, and other sensitive receptors. Santa Ana has a unique opportunity to follow this proven model. Removing the M-2 designation from the SD-84/TZC area would send a clear message that the City is committed to public health, environmental equity, and long-term community sustainability. Businesses subject to phase out under the M-2 removal would include: • Trash transfer, disposal, or dumping sites • Junkyards • Auto wrecking and salvage yards • Impound yards • Crematories • Recycling centers These uses have consistently been raised in community meetings as incompatible with the surrounding residential character. We are confident that eliminating the M-2 Overlay will reduce negative neighborhood impacts by at least 90%. (pg. 1 of 2) 2. Reform the M-1 Light Industrial Zone (MC 41-472) - specifically for SD-84 To further advance the City's environmental justice goals, we recommend refining the scope of permitted uses in the M-I Light Industrial Overlay Zone - specifically for SD-84. We propose renaming the zone to "M-1/SD-84 Light Industrial Overlay Zone"to reflect its unique designation. Prohibited Uses in the new M-1/SD-84 Light Industrial Overlay Zone: 1. Impound yards 2. Service stations 3. Recycling facilities 4. Adult entertainment businesses 5. Storage and distribution of hazardous materials 6. The outside storage of Class 1 and Class 2 flammable liquids. This item was removed from "Ancillary Uses Permitted" (MC 41-472.1.) These uses are inconsistent with the City's stated environmental and community compatibility goals. 3. Recommended Changes to Conditional Use Permits (MC 41-472.5) We recommend that the following use be removed from the list of uses subject to a Conditional Use Permit in the M-1/SD-84 Light Industrial Overlay Zone: 1. Petroleum and gas storage We support retaining the following uses as conditionally permitted uses: 1. Trade schools 2. Industrial medical clinics 3. Indoor sports facilities Also, we recommend no changes to the "Operational Standards in the M-1 District" (MC 41-473) for the new M-1/SD-84 Light Industrial Overlay Zone. These defined uses align with the evolving vision for this mixed-use industrial area. Importantly, these proposed reforms are directly responsive to the concerns voiced by residents of nearby neighborhoods.At both the March Train Station Community Meeting and the recent Planning Commission Public Hearing, residents expressed clear support for removing the M-2 zoning while allowing the M-1 zone to remain. Their concerns focused not only on incompatible uses, but also on the risk of gentrification and overcrowding that high-density residential development could bring. Preserving and refining light industrial zoning reflects the community's desire to maintain local jobs while protecting neighborhood quality of life. Conclusion Our coalition is committed to working collaboratively with City officials, staff, and the community to achieve responsible land use planning that supports both economic opportunity and neighborhood livability. We believe these modifications strike the right balance between progress and protection - and offer an equitable path forward for all stakeholders.