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<br />./->r' <br />i "'.' ,., .n <br />I "'- <br />~ ..J <br /> <br />.) <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Mayor Miguel Pulido <br />And members of the <br />Santa Ana City Council <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana CA 92702 <br /> <br />~,- ". <br /> <br />.~! !~ð <br /> <br />'OL; <br /> <br />('II'. . <br /> <br />'"\'1i-.' <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and members of the City Council; <br /> <br />I recently learned that on Tuesday, July 6 Council will vote on the proposed One <br />Broadway Plaza. I also learned that, among other problems, construction of this <br />37-story structure provides for the re-opening of Tenth between Main Street and <br />Sycamore. It is also my understanding that this street could now be subject to use <br />by thousands of cars each day. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />My child is a student at Orange County High School of the Arts and must cross <br />that section of Tenth Street several times every day. Further, Tenth Street is the <br />only open space currently available to OCHSA students during the day. I am <br />writing to express my concern for the imminent danger to the safety of OCHSA <br />students if Tenth Street is re-opened and to ask that you instead move to abandon <br />Tenth Street to OCHSA. <br /> <br />As the council noted in Resolution Number 2000-059, the closure of Tenth Street <br />is necessary to protect the students attending OCHSA. This resolution was passed <br />when only a few hundred cars used Tenth Street each day. Opening Tenth Street <br />for use by thousands of cars every day, with no more protection for students than a <br />crosswalk, endangers OCHSA students, including my child. It is clear that there is <br />a high probability that an OCHSA student will be injured or killed if this street is <br />reopened for this project. In resolution 2000-059, you found: <br /> <br />(1) Tenth Street is not necessary to provide access to abutting property; <br /> <br />(2) Tenth Street divides the OCHSA campus; and <br /> <br />(3) Closing Tenth Street is necessary to protect the students. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />All three ofthose factors remain true today. Tenth Street is not necessary to <br />provide access to the abutting property, even with the proposed One Broadway <br />Plaza project. It is merely a convenience for the project. Access is available on <br />other streets. Tenth Street still divides the school and closing Tenth Street remains <br />necessary to protect students. In fact, OCHSA has grown considerably since the <br />time of that resolution. The risk now is even greater than it was in 2000. It is clear <br />that OCHSA is succeeding and is here to stay. Therefore, the City should not only <br /> <br />75E-81 <br />