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Flores, Dora From:Mark McCallie <mmccallie99@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, April To:eComment Subject:McDonald's Project at Tustin Ave & Santa Clara. Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Hello, I recently became aware of the proposal to build a McDonald’s near the intersection of Tustin Ave. and Santa Clara in NorthEast Santa Ana. As a resident that lives within 1,000 feet of the proposed McDonald’s, I would like to go on record opposing this project as I believe such an enterprise at this location would have a negative impact on our neighborhood. A few reasons for my belief are: The proposed location sits right where Santa Clara Ave. reduces from two lanes to one lane in each direction. There is already considerable congestion at this choke point and adding a drive through McDonald’s there would just exasperate the issue. Also, the Stater Brothers parking lot is often chaotic in its current state and would only get worse with the added pressure of a McDonald’s. Furthermore, unless the area was heavily policed, I fear that drivers would often attempt to make left hand turns onto Santa Clara from McDonald’s, regardless of what the posted regulations might allow. Santa Clara is a busy street and multiple times a day there is traffic congestion due to drivers trying to make left hand turns from the current driveway behind the Del Taco - the same driveway that would also serve the proposed McDonald’s. That property would be better used for a sit-down establishment or store rather than for a high volume dependent fast-food drive through business or any business that would attract an unusually high volume of cars and customers. There is no need for another fast-food establishment in this area as there are well over a dozen fast food options a mile or two from this proposed location. More healthy food options in this part of town would be appreciated. It’s reasonable to expect that a drive through McDonalds would put an undue burden on the two nearby residential streets of Ridgewood and Mantle Lane from drivers who would make a right turn onto Santa Clara and then make a left turn onto Ridgewood or Mantle Lane , just to then make a U-turn to turn back right onto Santa Clara or worse to cut through the neighborhood to get back to Tustin Ave. It will happen! Currently there are several unhoused individuals who walk on Santa Clara Ave. from Tustin Ave. to Portola Park or the train tracks or other points beyond. The addition of a McDonald’s would create a magnet for transients who need basic services which McDonald’s is ill equipped to provide. This will have the potential to create tension between other customers, residents, and fellow transients, which could also be problematic for the school children who walk this route every day or wait at the nearby school bus stop every morning. I appreciate the Santa Ana city leaders taking these concerns into consideration and respectfully ask that the proposed McDonald’s at Tustin and Santa Clara be denied. 1