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Y &0, Santa Ana Unified cool ist ct FACILITIES PLANNING August 18, 2003 Mr. Dan Bott City of Santa Ana Facilities Planning and Building Agency 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Subject: Review of Construction Impacts, One Broadway Plaza Dear Margie: Al Mijares, Ph.D., Superintendent The Santa Ana Unified School District (District) is providing comments on the Draft EIR for the One Broadway Plaza Project (Project) to request more specific language to protect all students who would pass by the Project site on their way to and from Willard Intermediate School and the Orange County High School of the Arts while the Project is under construction. The construction of the Project office building and parking garage will require that large portions of the site be excavated to provide room for the building footings, basement, and subterranean parking area. This excavation will require that the Project site be fenced on all four sides. Project construction activities will also result in a number of large construction vehicles entering and exiting the site. This will most likely occur on the Sycamore Street side of the Project site because of the heavy traffic on Broadway Street. Students will need to use caution when using Washington Avenue, 101" Street, Sycamore Street and Broadway Street surrounding the project site as they make their way to school. The Project EIR currently includes the following measures to protect students: PS-11 The project site and possibly sidewalks adjacent to the site shall be properly barricaded to prevent unauthorized access to the site during project construction activities. PS-12 The Principals at Willard Intermediate School and the Orange County High School of Arts shall be notified by the project developer before project construction begins that students may be required to use sidewalks on the opposite sides of streets to avoid project construction activities and closure of the sidewalks adjacent to the project site. While the above mitigation measures are appropriate, The Santa Ana Unified School District recommends these additional measures to ensure the safety of students: 1601 East Chestnut Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92701-5322 (714) 480-5357 BOARD Of ED'ilCAIION a oo "me"i:and sera"g: usekosemiljft Y3°",PPWfiocvice President EXHIBIT 3 Rnh Rirhnrd.son. Clerk • .Tnhn Palacio. Memher • Sal Thmiero. Member Page 1 of 5