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MAYOR Miguel A. Pulido MAYOR PRO TEM Sal Tinaje n COUNCILMEMBERS Vincent F. Samtiento Michele Martinez Angelica Amezcua P. David Benavides Roman A. Bryan August 15, 2013 CITY OF SANTA ANA 20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA • P.O. BOX 1988 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702 Dr. Amir Dual 8950 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 105 Beverly Hills, CA 90211-3565 INTERIM CITY MANAGER Kevin O'Rourke CITY ATTORNEY Sonia R. Carvalho CLERK OF THE COUNCIL Maria D. Huizar SUBJECT: CATWALK ACROSS FROM 3RD STREET AND BROADWAY STREET PARKING STRUCTURE (214 W. 4' STREET, SANTA ANA) Dear Dr. Dual: The purpose of this letter is to summarize our discussion at the August 7, 2013 meeting. Staff consisting of myself, Ms. Gaby Lomeli and Commander Ken Gominsky met with you to discuss the past nuisance problems that have caused damages to your property. We informed you that city staff has been working on various solutions to address the described nuisance problems. Also, we informed you that as a temporary solution, we have authorized the security services from the 3 d and Broadway city parking structure to provide additional monitoring (especially at night) of the catwalk, and to report any suspicious activities to the Santa Ana Police Department. We described to you the two feasible solutions and they are: a. Remove the existing railing along the interior side of the catwalk for the portion of your property and to install a new 10-foot-high wrought iron fence; b. Remove the existing portion of the catwalk bridge along the portion of your property and protect in place the remaining catwalk with new railing. As we reviewed the two feasible solutions with you, we informed you that either solution would solve only the problem from the City's right-of-way. However, you would have some issues on your property as transients could still jump onto your building's rooftop from the adjacent buildings. To deter anyone from doing this, we recommended that a fence be installed along the building line perpendicular to the catwalk. Since this fence will be on private property, which is a civil matter, the City will not be able to do the work. However, we mentioned that we could help to facilitate a meeting between you and the adjacent property owners to discuss installing a common fence along the building roof line. Commander Gominsky suggested that you complete a "No Trespass" Form from the Police Department giving them the authorization to be on private property to arrest trespassers, which you have done so at the meeting. Commander Gominsky also suggested that you contact Downtown Incorporated and ask for additional