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Flores, Dora From:Jeff Cessna <cessnajb@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, April To:eComment Subject:McDonald's Project at Tustin/Santa Clara Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. I am a 32 year resident of Santa Ana living near the proposed project and am here to detail why this project should never be approved. I want to point out that l am not a crazed NIMBY fighting every project. In reality l am a retired SCE senior electrical distribution planner and have attended many quarterly joint utility meetings here in the past and have designed and managed the electrical distribution for many commercial projects in Santa Ana and throughout North Orange County. Listed below are the reasons, explanations and justifications against this project: 1) There is no way to mitigate the traffic congestion and public safety problems created by this project. Compare this proposal with the project on the N/E corner of Tustin and 17th (ln and Out and ChickfilA). l did the initial electrical design for that project and it was properly designed to mitigate all the traffic and safety problems it created. It is a corner lot and was zoned for commercial use. Property was taken as a condition of development (I assume) and used for a bus stop and turn lane into the property to mitigate the congestion and public safety issues created by the project. It has worked as designed and if anything, northbound traffic flow on Tustin has improved. Also this project was initially designed for three businesses. hence the vacant land on the North end of the development. Why not develop that space with no zoning change, safety and traffic congestion issues already addressed, and no impact to the local residents in complete contrast with the proposed McDonalds project. 2) Recently completed street improvements to Santa Clara have significantly improved the safety of the Tustin/Santa Clara intersection. Over the years my wife and l have seen numerous accidents and near misses at the Tustin/Santa Clara intersection. My wife and I were T-boned there in 2017 and our car was totaled. The proposed McDonald’s Project does not allow for necessary street improvements to mitigate the increased traffic and congestion problems and will more than undo the improvements recently completed. It WILL cause more congestion, frustration, accidents and serious injuries. In conclusion: Padding the monetary bottom line of the Texas real estate company pushing this project and increasing city sales tax revenue are not valid reasons to change zoning restrictions and permit a project that will negatively impact local residents, businesses, including Plumfield Preschool, directly across the street, and will cause congestion, traffic, bike, and pedestrian accidents, injuries, and possibly deaths. Thank you, Jeff Cessna 2