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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PROJECT = 1904 W First Street, Santa Ana, CA <br /> <br /> <br />Public Meetings Recap: <br /> <br />Two public meetings were conducted at the local elementary school auditorium. <br />There were 6-9 people at each meeting (as shown on the sign-in sheets) plus the <br />project planner Mr. Jerry Guevara and the project proponents (Ms. Lorena Muniz <br />attended the first meeting), Ms. Michelle Moore (attended the second meeting), Ms. <br />Sherrie Olson and Mr. Ben Steckler). The meetings were informal with Mr. Steckler and <br />Ms. Olson giving brief summaries of the project and displaying the project plans that <br />had been submitted to the City plus handing out reduced color versions of the plans to <br />the attendees, followed by a questions/comment period which included responses to <br />each of the questions/comments received. Unfortunately, no meeting minutes were <br />taken. The public attendees at the meetings included people both in support and in <br />opposition to the project. The supporters were more silent and came to the project <br />proponents after the meeting to provide their support (due to concerns they had about <br />one of the people in opposition). The initial concern raised by the opponents was about <br />the sale of beer and wine, to which the proponents indicated that this location was not <br />going to sell beer and wine. This ensued in a long discussion about the beer and wine <br />concerns, and the proponents indicated that the City code in Santa Ana would not allow <br />for it at this location, and this appeased the concerns of the public attendees. Then the <br />opponents indicated they had enough 7-Elevens in Santa Ana already, and did not need <br />another. The proponents responded indicating that the site would be a brand new <br />layout offering what we believed to be as safe and secure development as possible via <br />on-site lighting and security cameras/surveillance as well as the layout of the site being <br />supportive of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) standards, <br />with the structure in the rear, and the open areas to the public facing First Street and/or <br />the intersection area of Daisy Ave. so that any police driving by could see into the site <br />and the store. <br /> <br />The opposition also indicated that the neighborhood was high-crime (one of them <br />even recanted a story about someone in a gang nearby doing drugs off the hood of his <br />car), and they were concerned about the possibility of people hanging out around the <br />project site causing issues in the neighborhood. The proponents responded indicating <br />again that the site was designed to prevent as much as possible any crimes being <br />committed on the site and that the employees would have access to emergency call <br />buttons for help in case anything did occur, besides describing the CPTED design and <br />the on-site lighting and security measures (cameras and video surveillance). The <br />opponents asked about the lighting, if it would glare into the nearby homes, and the <br />proponents indicated that the lighting would be in compliance with current codes <br />requiring safe on-site lighting that is directed down toward the site itself, in order to <br />provide as safe and secure of an environment as possible via the new site design and <br />improvements, while meeting the code standards which are in place specifically for the <br />1-78