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Santa Ana Planning Commission Re: lID Supply variance application 07-01 2nd page I have recently spoken to an aCTA employee, who has indicated to me that lID Supply and the City have had discussions concerning this truck driveway. And that aCTA., for safety considerations, does not approve of this truck driveway planned so dangerously near the railroad crossing. March 16, 2007 The planned truck dock and driveway is a clever trick designed to deceive. lID Supply clearly intends to disregard the planned loading spaces as they are too few, are unsuitable for their operations and dangerous. Inevitably, they will unload and distribute merchandise using off-street parking and customer drive path areas. Customers will be forced to park on neighborhood streets and employees will be directed to park somewhere other than the lIDS parking lot. 4. lID Supply has failed to include accommodations for day-laborers. lIDS admits that their stores are an attraction for day-laborers; yet they do not provide accommodations for them in the plans. At the Feb. 26th meeting lIDS stated that they do not intend to provide accommodations for day-laborers. Yet, the Pomona store provides space for an assistance office, the Montebello store provides space for catering trucks. These uses further would reduce available off-street parking. How many day laborers will be attracted to this area? What about restroom and other accommodations? Is this situation desirable for a main entrance to downtown Santa Ana, or "Downtown Orange County" ? 5. The planned parking lot exit at Santa Fe St. will increase traffic and noise in the residential neighborhood to the east. There is only one exit planned for this property, all vehicles exiting this property will exit onto Santa Fe St. Traffic, including large noisy trucks, will cut through 2nd and 3m streets into the neighborhood. Elderly long time residents live and walk in this neighborhood. Kids l'lay in these streets. Residents will be subjected to intolerable noise and traffic seven days a week. lID Supply and the City, if this variance application is approved, are mandating that the surrounding business and residential community absorb their grossly inadequate parking allowance. We are already severely impacted by a shortage of parking. To ask us to absorb this additional parking, traffic, noise and safety burden would be devastating to the neighborhood. For the reasons stated, including: a) the misapplication of the Industrial parking standard, b) insufficient, unusable loading spaces provided, c) the dangerous truck driveway, d) the unaddressed day-laborer situation, and e) increased dangerous and noisy vehicle and truck traffic in the residential neighborhood; I respectfully request that the Planning Commission deny the lID Supply application for parking variance. Sincerely, ~p.~ Mike Tardif ~ / Page 10 of43 31A-77