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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - ETAC UPDATE,. a^.n4r 1 11 Y�1-1 Y City Council Meeting Correspondence 10/3/2017 *. i919Htil4 Item No. ETA(SPECIAL PRESENTATION — Environmental & Transportation Advisory Committee (ETAC) Update Update Date of Sender/Rep. Agency In Favor In opposition Correspondence 1 10/112017 Eric Scandrett Morrison Park Neighborhood 2 10/112017 Christina Dorsa -Smith 3 101212017 Dave Hoen 4 10/3/2017 Patricia Lockhart 5 101312017 Cheryl Conradson 6 10/3/2017 Joan Hill 7 10/3/2017 Ed Murashie 8 1013/2017 Cathy Morehead 9 10/3/2017 Rhonda McNutt 10 1013/2017 Virginia Bernal 11 1013/2017 Leslie Genchi Monday, October 9, 2.017 Boardmember Morrison Park Neighborhood Boardmember Santa Ana Resident Santa Ana Resident Santa Ana Resident Santa Ana Resident Santa Ana Resident Page 1 of 1 Mitre -Ramirez, Norma a a From: Erid Scandrett < Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:26 AM To: eComment Cc: emscandrett@aol.com Subject: Regarding Homeless Encampnent in Santa Ana ..................... .�11�/%Y) of7 Dear Mayor and City Council, I am a member of the Morrison Park Neighborhood Association Board and writing to you as a 34 year Santa Ana homeowner. I located here because it is the county seat and because this was a beautiful, established, diversified city..............not a "planned community" like Irvine. I use the term "was" beautiful because it no longer is and is getting worse every single day. Homeless Problem..............As long as you allow all these do-gooder organizations to come into our city and supply food, water and other things to the homeless they will continue to reside on city property. There may not be laws against being homeless but there are laws against loitering, being a public nuisance and doing illegal drugs on city property and most certainly defecating in public! WHY ARE YOU NOT HAVING THE POLICE ARREST THESE PEOPLE???????????????????? If these organizations are so passionate about helping the homeless then make them transport them to their cities and help them there! I am sick and tired of Santa Ana being the dumping ground for other cities problems. You can go to any number of cities in Orange County and not one homeless person is in their parks At a minimum what you are proposing should be adapted but it really does not go far enough. However, baby steps in the Loss of Trees..............The other major contrib tion you are making to systematically destroy the beauty of our city is allowing trees to die and not replacing trees that have died or been taken out because of damage caused by storms. Recently we were told at a public meeting that there is no money to take care of our parks and mow the grass, much less replace trees. I'm not quite sure how that squares with keeping Santa Ana a beautiful city. Perhaps taking another look at budget allocations might be worthwhile. We were promised replacement trees for Morrison Park so that our residents did not have to sit at picnic tables in the hot sun. Never happened. We were promised replacement trees on Memory Lane when trees died because of lack of water, Never Happened. About time it does, please! Sincerely, Eric Scandrett 1 Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Christina Dorsa -Smith < Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 8:31 PM To: eComment Subject: Quality of Life/Safety Threats in the City of Santa Ana Mayor Pulido and City Council Members, I am writing this email to let you know of my concerns regarding the current state of our City and my increasing lack of confidence in what is being done to ensure safety as well as quality of life for our residents. I am on the Morrison Park Neighborhood Association board and writing to you as a long time Santa Ana resident/homeowner - 40 years total. I have been well aware of the reputation that Santa Ana has had and have always been able to defend and counter most negativity. I have loved living here in the City of Santa Ana and in the Morrison Park Neighborhood. My ability to support and defend the City has diminished greatly and I now question my commitment to remaining a resident. I am also sorry to see some wonderful neighbors move out of Santa Ana. The rights of the 'unsheltered' homeless have been elevated while the rights of other citizens have been put in jeopardy. Attending meetings at City Hall brings increased concerns of safety. This is also the case of the bike trails and some parks within the City. I can no longer walk the trails due to safety concerns with homeless encampments. I strongly hope that the Homeless Emergency Ordinance Section 10-554 - Unpermitted Services in the Civic Center - No person, entity, organization or business shall provide food, medical or social services in the Civic Center without first obtaining the written permission of the City Manager, or their designee, and any applicable licenses or permits required to provide such services or access to Civic Center property. The purpose of this section is to ensure that all services ore provided in an organized manner by those who have the proper experience, credentials needed to provide the service and who have submitted a setup and clean-up plan. - is approved as soon as possible and then possibly extended to any'unsheltered' homeless encampments withing the City. The negative unintended consequence of the actions of those providing, food, clothing and other services guts so many at risk. These actions also ensure that those accepting the services stay. The trees in our parks are dying or dead. The head of Parks and Recreation spoke at a meeting recently and said there was no money to remove or replace trees. There is money; however, in a'liability fund' if someone gets hurt by a tree falling. So we would rather wait until someone gets hurt than be proactive in taking care of the trees that are in our parks? Couldn't it also be true that it will be more expensive to replace trees at a later time? We were also told that the parks are over-whelmed by the current amount of residents that use them. On top of this, the City is considering the approval of more high-density and low income housing. What effect will that have on our parks and how will that be handled? The fact that the current council supported continuing with the termination of the ICE contract without any firm ideas of a new use of the facility proves that there is no forward thinking, proactive planning or positive management leaving the City in a budget crisis. Isn't poor management one of the reasons the past City Manager is no longer our City Manager? The proposals that have been shared at various meetings may be a step in the right direction, but are not nearly enough. Action is needed to restore confidence in those that are running the City. 1 2 Christina M. Dorsa -Smith Virus -tree. www.avast.com Norma From: Dave and Darren`< Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 7:51 PM To: eComment Subject: Public Comments - City Council Meeting. Special Presentation Update on ETAC Public Comments Santa Ana City Council Meeting October 3, 2017 RE: SPECIAL PRESENTATION - Update on the Environmental & Transportation Advisory Committee (ETAC) Dear Councilmembers, I am aware that Janelle McLoughlin will be making this ETAC presentation. Having been a friend of Janelle for many years, I know that she will be speaking about Trees, something that is near and dear to her heart. I too am concerned with what I am seeing happening with the trees in our City. I know that in an effort to conserve water, and because of the drought itself, trees have not been getting the necessary water they need. I am also aware that because of budget issues that the City may not have been able to address issues with natural enemies of the trees. The issue of course is that trees can't just be replaced and expect to be beautiful again in one season, like grass or flowers can. It takes many seasons for trees to become the beautiful natural resource that Santa Ana has nurtured and been proud of for many years. While I can understand the medians going brown to conserve water, I hope you can find the necessary resources to protect our City trees in Medians, Parkways and Parks. Sincerely, Dave Hoen 33 year resident 1 �V Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Patricia Lockhart < Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 4:46 AM To: eComment Subject: Trees Please do not vote to remove our trees. The trees make Floral Park unique. They are homes to many small creatures, they increase property values. Many people purchased homes here because of the uniqueness of this neighborhood. The trees help the environment. I'm even thinking you could potentially have some law suits if you remove the trees. Perhaps the city would be willing or obligated to reduce our property taxes. Removing Floral Park trees would be as senseless as removing Main Street from Disneyland. Floral Park residents are experiencing the effects of the homeless isn't that enough to ask from us. The Floral Park area is always associated with a sense of prestige many parts of the city lacks. It is it's own enclave of uniqueness. Removing the trees is a WRONG move. If tres are falling it's because the city didn't properly maintain them. Please take responsibility for your actions. Trim them properly and water them as is expected from our property taxes. You will have a lot of angry residents that will NOT support you when you want us and our votes we will NOT be there for you. I'm seriously thinking about selling my home this neighborhood is not what it was years ago. Shame on you if you make this decision. Sent from my iPhone Patricia Lockhart 0 Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Michael Conradson < Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 6:17 AM, To: eComment Subject: Trees Floral Park I am not able to be at this meeting in person, but I would add my voice and my vote to save our trees. They have always been beautiful and useful to our neighborhood. The birds and wildlife call them home. We have a responsibility to preserve them. Please help us keep our trees for future generations. Thank you. Cheryl Conradson Sent from my iPad Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Joan Hill < Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:46 AM To: eComment Subject: Floral Park Trees Please save our trees. They need more water. !!!!! Sent from my !Phone \0J Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Ed Murashie < Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 12:37 PM To: eComment Subject: City Trees Hello, this is my public comment that I will be delivering in person at tonight's City Council meeting. Sincerely, Ed Good evening City Council and staff. I am here tonight in support of ETAC and want to highlight a few details about our city trees and ask for your support of their proper maintenance. There are approximately 2200 trees in the medians and there is one watering truck with a crew of two that deep waters them. At a 40 hour work week that's 2400 minutes and let's say they spend 5 minutes per tree, ideally they would get around to watering all the trees in 4.6 weeks. By the looks of the trees and articles like " http://www.deeproot.com/blog/blog-entries/how-much-should-you-water-your-tree " that is not enough. Even the city's guide at http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/green/TreeProgram.asp tells you how to properly deep water a tree. BTW did you know Santa Ana has a Tree City designation and supposedly spends $2 per capita on trees yet has not replaced a single tree in over 4 years? Now regarding the law. Some in the city will tell you they can't turn on the water to the medians. They will tell you they need to dig up the medians, put down purple PVC pipes, buy reclaimed water from the City of Irvine and that is all too expensive. Well the truth is yes you can't use potable water to irrigate ornamental turf in public street medians but you can water drought tolerant plants and trees. Before Executive Order B-40-17 signed April 7th 2017 ending the state drought you could argue that watering would put us over the 25% mandated water use reduction but the new order rescinded that only leaving the no watering median grass clause. There was never an order barring watering trees. Public Works agrees with that statement and have changed out the sprinklers in five locations throughout Santa Ana and is properly watering trees in the medians. I am asking the city to continue with that practice throughout the city. The trees are a large investment and vital part of the environment let's not lose any more if we don't have too. Ed Murashie Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Cathy Morehead <moreheadc@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 7:31 PM To: eComment Subject: Trees Dear City Council, I am very concerned over the health of the sycamore trees and other trees in Park Santiago, Floral Park, French park and elsewhere in the city. Is the city aware there is a problem with trees being sick and not maintained. All of Santa Ana's trees are a valuable city asset, they need to be properly cared for and replaced when dead or diseased . Thank you, Cathy Morehead Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Rhonda McNutt <rhonda.mcnutt@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 8:46 PM To: eComment Subject: Trees in Floral Park Hello I have lived in Santa Ana for 25 years. The trees were a big part of my decision in making Santa Ana my home instead of making it in Long Beach. They have similar neighborhoods and homes but not the beautiful trees. I enjoy seeing them everyday as I drive home and walk around my neighborhood. The health of our trees concerns me as well as the care that is being given to the trees. They are not as healthy and vibrant as they once were. seems that these trees with proper care and maintenance will be could be around for much longer if they could be well taken care of by our city. The quote from the Lorax says it better than I can: "But now," says the Once -ler, "now that you're here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." "I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues." I could attend the meeting at 3 today because I work. Sincerely, Rhonda McNutt 2219 Greenleaf St 714 906 1044 1 W Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Virginia Bernal <v_bernal@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 10:02 AM To: eComment Subject: saving our city trees I support the call for improved tree care of our city trees made by Janelle McLoughlin at last City Council meeting. Trees were definitively one of the attractions that helped me choose Santa Ana for my home 39 years ago. Since then I value trees even more, recognizing the environmental impact they have in myriad ways. Please water the trees as they need to recuperate for the recent drought. Should the drought return, as it is likely to, please make tree preservation a higher priority than green garden lawns. Virginia Bernal 830 Freeman St. Santa Ana, CA 92703-2314 Climate action can be apowerful antidote to grief over our environment. It can restore energy and banish, fear. Together, activists reaffirm mastery of our fate.— A climate reason for vegan diet: a meat based diet for 7 billion people overburdens and destroys the planet ecosystems we depend on. Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Leslie G <lesliegenchi82@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 10:11 PM To: eComment Subject: Floral park trees Im emailing my concern for the floral park median trees. They have been cut back too much and it is stressing already stressed trees. Additionally, I just witnessed and recorded a city employee who mowes the median, use his leaf blower to basically cause pollution. He blew in into the streets and up driveways. He did not sweep or pick up. What is the point? Our street sweeping in on Tuesday. SO, we have to have this pollution till then? I have him on video literally wasting time and polluting the environment. Why just blow leaves around!!? You know, its better for him to mow over them and leave it in the median for the trees as mulch than to blow it in the street and up our driveways. Leslie Genchi 9499224629 2445 N. Park Blvd Santa Ana, Ca 92627