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<br />8 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />JOY MASON-JOHNSON, M.D., INC. <br /> <br />/ "J \,:' <br />v.., (' ð <br />(,~¡.......,.A ./ i' <br /> <br />DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF RADIOLOGY <br />DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF NUCLEAR MI£f!fCII'(!, <br /> <br />1603 NORTH BROADWAY' SANTA ANA, CA 92706 <br />(714) 542-3597 <br /> <br />"/ '1-. 1 j: ! <br />~ i,C' ~¡ dLt <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />,.1,. <br /> <br />March 19, 2004 <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />One Broadway Plaza <br /> <br />Although I am quite certain my concern has been previously addressed by the planning <br />commission, I do recall reading that the project would cause an additional 4,000 to 6,000 cars per <br />day on Broadway, This causes me considerable distress because of my fear that an additional <br />traffic load of this magnitude will severely burden the existing routes to the Civic Center and <br />make turning into the existing businesses on Broadway virtually impossible. Also, the way the <br />left hand turn lane is structured at the comer of Broadway and Seventeenth Streets, only 12 cars <br />can pass through that intersection every two minutes, which means only 360 cars can pass per <br />hour through the intersection, turning left. If the traffic load that will be generated for Broadway <br />is an additional 400 to 600 cars per hour, this means that the wait time to turn left on Broadway <br />could be in the range of 30 to 40 minutes. This could create incredible congestion on <br />Seventeenth Street. North Broadway and North Main already move very slowly during rush <br />hour and the possibility of severe traffic jams along Broadway, Flower, Main and Seventeenth <br />Street becomes a problem of real significance. <br /> <br />My question is, how is the traffic flow going to be directed to accommodate all the new users <br />and what assurances do the current property owners on Broadway have that during construction, <br />they will be able to access their property, as well as move fteely along the corridor? <br /> <br />While I welcome the idea of a wonderful new high-rise bringing a whole different class of <br />professionals, as well as retail consumers to Santa Ana downtown, I am very concerned by the <br />possibilities for creating traffic flow problems of a catastrophic nature. The possibility that one <br />building could create a situation in which the whole civic center area becomes a virtual parking <br />lot, and every business in the area suffers, causes me great alann. <br /> <br />Would you please address my concerns and let me know what plans the city has evolved to <br />prevent lengthy traffic jams and ensure that current business owners will have access to their <br />own individual parking areas? Thank you very much. <br /> <br />JMJ:ldj <br /> <br />~D,mc <br /> <br />75E-87 <br />