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Zuniga, Diana From: Barney Richer < Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 10:54 AM To: eComment; depenaloza@santa-ana.org; Amezcua, Valerie; Ramirez, Frida Subject: Support for Item 22 - Transit Zoning Code (SD-84) Amendments Attachments: 20250226_112608.heic; 20250226_112620.heic; 20250226_134334.heic; 6171766880068526500 (1).heic;-6464989058942883764 (1).heic; -6648894922711158278 (1).heic Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Members of the City Council, I am writing as a resident of the Transit Zoning Code to express my strong support for the proposed amendments to the SD-84 zoning code, and specifically the removal of the M1 and M2 industrial use overlay. These amendments are a long -overdue fix to the decades of incompatible land uses in the Lacy and Logan neighborhood. am especially concerned with Madison Disposal next door to the Train Station as they are in my opinion the largest of the offenders. They are in constant violation of the AQMD requirements by allowing dust and debris to leave their facility on a daily basis blanketing the area for miles. This disposal center is no longer a community dump for local contractors and landscapers but rather a shortcut for Ware Disposals full sized trash trucks. Madison Ware has been abusing this neighborhood for over 20 years and has done nothing to improve the infrastructure of the site that could mitigate the bad air quality as proven by a recent UCI study putting the area in the top 90% of bad air quality. Madison Ware has had their opportunities to add professional misting systems and undercarriage wash systems to control the dust and particulate matter but the time for those upgrades has long passed. Worse than the dust is the long term health issues that local long time residents have expressed everytime this topic comes up. Our hope is that this amendment will help force out this facility before the costly (for all parties including taxpayers) process of having to get Attorneys and Law Firms involved to expedite their removal. Elimination of Madison/Ware would also greatly decrease the traffic in the area. This would allow easier access to the Train Station for all, allowing it to become the Urban Transportation Hub that many people believe it could be. Currently there is a constant line of trucks blocking the roadway and new bike paths for anyone entering the area from the 4th street side. What other businesses are allowed to cue their customers on city streets? These amendments also provide the city with an essential tool to address the other bad actors who are negatively affecting the quality of life in the neighborhood, such as the metal recycling facilities next to Garfield Elementary School. With these amendments, we 1