Item 26 - Public Hearing Regarding Bristol Project

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Comment L16: Pete (2 pages) Late Comment Letter From: 01 To: Pezeshkoour, Ali Subject: RELATED SOUTH BRISTOL PLANNING MEETING Date: Monday, August 12, 2024 12:00:35 PM Attachments: NS-2691 nexus.Ddf 240510 disabilitv.Dna Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. The developer is proposing funds for low-income housing, and other funds for Community Benefit. The areas around the proposed development will be greatly impacted by this project, and not in a good way. We feel that the area, and the City, will benefit from commensurate and sensible development, but believe certain conditions need to be implemented for the benefit of the community. A preponderance of the Community Benefits should be invested in this area; the area that will suffer the most consequences of the project. The area has had promises, signed development agreements, that were not delivered as promised. (Agreement from 2005 attached. 73 pages, the most pertinent would be 34-41 and 53-58 notably the changes to utilities) Our quality of life should not sacrificed, with more broken promises and little to no relief. To allow dealing, disbursement (actually dispersement... yes, scattering), and dilution of the funds to various pet projects will ultimately be ephemeral.... We all will not mitigate the negative effects, and both the whole and the local will be the worse for it. The EIR report estimates that by phase Il traffic will increase in the area surrounding the site by 260%. The City, and this developer in particular, have been voicing "WALKABLITITY" and alternates to the personal vehicle. This project actually makes things worse. Imagine trying to ride a bicycle on the Bristol bike path, or on Macarthur with almost 3 times the traffic that we currently experience. Portions of Macarthur do not seem to be in ADA compliance, and disability conveyances have been forced into traffic_ (Macarthur at Flower) The flow of construction traffic is not mentioned in the development report. Residents living adjacent to arterial roads Segerstrom and MacArthur will be heavily impacted with construction trucks, commuter drivers and increased noise, gas emissions, hazards and hazardous waste.. We would like better details about what measures they will take to mitigate those effects. What will the queuing on Macarthur for Greenville Fundamental school look like? (funds could be earmarked for an additional lane, carved out of 10 feet of Griset Park, for example. This could also be used for park soccer use) Many other examples could be cited. No funds were earmarked from Community Benefits for improvements to the South Coast Neighborhoods. Our residents in Ward 4 will be the most affected by the development. We would like an oversight committee established including local residents, to oversee the 22 million dollars in Community Benefits and 16 million dollars allocated for affordable housing. A large percent of the Community Benefit funds should remain in the South Coast neighborhoods for neighborhood improvements and nuisance abatement. We're the ones taking the hit. L16.1 L16.2 L 16.3 34