HomeMy WebLinkAbout5 - PUBLIC COMMENT_LEONFrom:Tish Leon
To:eComment; Fregoso, Vince; McLoughlin, Mark
Cc:Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Bacerra, Phil; Villegas, Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia; Pulido, Miguel;
Jeff Dickman
Subject:One Broadway Plaza
Date:Sunday, March 29, 2020 7:45:42 PM
Dear Chairperson McLaughlin;
One Broadway Plaza will create over 3,000 additional vehicle trips which will negatively impact the
Downtown, Lacy, Logan, French Court and French Park Neighborhoods. One Broadway Plaza will also
degrade the health and safety of our community, and the quality of life for thousands of Santa Ana
residents who reside there.
Traffic already has a stranglehold on these neighborhoods, and One Broadway Plaza will only worsen
that problem. One Broadway Plaza will construct over 500,000 square feet of new developed space,
build 402 apartment units, 18 floors of office space, a restaurant and retail businesses with zero
neighborhood-specific traffic mitigations.
In response to the One Broadway Plaza project the neighborhoods of Logan, Lacy, French Court,
Downtown and French Park (the Neighborhoods) DEMAND that the Planning Commission require
physical traffic mitigation and calming requirements be placed on the project for the benefit of the
Neighborhoods.
The Neighborhoods propose One Broadway Plaza;
1. Prepare a Master Traffic Mitigation and Calming Plan
2. Master Traffic Mitigation and Calming Plan must be to the written satisfaction of the City of Santa
Ana, and the written satisfaction of the Neighborhoods
3. Will plan, design and construct all physical improvements identified in the Master Traffic
Mitigation and Calming Plan
4. The Master Traffic Mitigation and Calming Plan will include, but not be limited to the following
traffic mitigation and calming measures:
* Diverters, including turn restrictions, physical barriers and signage, to stop vehicles at key
locations from entering the neighborhoods, and to move vehicle traffic away, and on to larger
thoroughfares.
*. Diverters and Calming Measures should include:
Curb extensions and signage to divert vehicle traffic, and reduce the crossing distance for
pedestrians
Barriers and planters to restrict vehicles while allowing pedestrians and bicycles to pass
Traffic-calming bumps to encourage safer and more responsible driving, and to combat speeding
and unsafe behaviors.
Roadway striping to slow speeding traffic
Narrowed roadways to slow traffic on residential streets and improve pedestrian and bicycle safety.
Slower traffic reduces the severity of accidents, reduces noise, and improves the livability of
residential streets.
Narrowed streets may include, but not be limited to, landscape planters in parking lanes, raised
medians, curb bulb-outs at intersections and mid-block, or a chicane (a slight bump toward a travel
lane that creates a shallow curve) causing vehicle movement to slow
Roundabouts to improve traffic movement at key intersections, to reduce collisions, and improve
safety
One-way traffic movement to limit ingress into a neighborhood
5. And City Staff to request the Council take action to identify Lacy, Logan, French Court and French
Park as "Traffic-Calmed Neighborhoods" once all traffic mitigation and calming improvements are
installed.
6. Tasks 1 through 5 become the sole responsibility of the One Broadway Plaza developer, and shall
be:
Required as Conditions of Approval on the project
Included into the City's Development Agreement for the project for the Neighborhoods
Fully funded by the Developer through a CASH deposit
The Neighborhoods seek these necessary improvements due to the severe lack of current and
planned traffic mitigation and calming measures denied these under-served neighborhoods.
Representatives of the Neighborhoods are available to meet with the City and the Applicant to begin
discussions about the type and location of the aforementioned traffic mitigations and calming
measures at the earliest possible convenience.
Thank you for your consideration
Tish Leon
President Downtown Neighborhood Association
Cc:
Ruben Garcia, Lacy
Joe Andrade, Logan
Sam Romero, Logan
French Park, Jeff Dickman
Tish
714-401-8312