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Home My WebLink About WORKSHOP - Correspondence 3-18-2008 E-MAILS AND CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FOR THE PARKING AND PERMIT PARKING WORKSHOP HELD ON MARCH 18, 2008 Page 1 of 1 From: Glenna McNealy [tgmac@att.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:46 PM To: CITY OF TUSTIN Subject: Parking on Irvine Boulevard in front of the Palmwood Condominiums I recently learned you are considering prohibiting any parking at all on Irvine Boulevard in front of Palmwood Condominiums. This would create an extreme hardship to residents here. We only have one parkiing space and one one-car garage each, and many owners in here have more than two cars, plus have vsitors, friends, delivery people (such as UPS and FedEx) and workers. They just have nowhere else to park! 1st Street is always full, very small area, and everything else is tow-away. Plus folks coming in in the evening and having to walk a great distance is creating a risk for them, especially at night. Please reconsider and keep the parking availability there on Irvine Boulevard. Thanks you for listening, Glenna McNealy, condominium owner in Palmwood. file://S:\Agendas\Agendas\2008\SB343 (E-mails & Revisions to Agendas)\03-18-2008 - ...3/18/2008 Page 1 of 1 From: MARIA HOLLAND [windmillca@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:58 AM To: Palmer, Jim; CITY OF TUSTIN Subject: Parking on Irvine Blvd. Hello, I am a resent at Palmwood Condos located off of Irvine Blvd. This is a residential complex and removing the parking on Irvine Blvd would servery change the quality of life of the residents. Where would our guests or owers park. Safety would also be an issue if needed to park more than a block away from our homes. I don't know why you are planning on removing the Irvine Blvd Street Parking but if needed issue permits to the Palmwood Condo residents and guests. Please reconsider the paln to remove the stree parking on Irvine Blvd. Maria Holland file://S:\Agendas\Agendas\2008\SB343 (E-mails & Revisions to Agendas)\03-18-2008 - ...3/18/2008 Huizar,Maria From:Estrella, Patty on behalf of Kawashima, Tony Sent:Monday, March 17, 2008 1:04 PM To:Jim Palmer Subject:FW: proposed parking restrictions -----Original Message----- From: JODYGRRR@aol.com [mailto:JODYGRRR@aol.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:04 PM To: Serlet, Tim; Amante, Jerry; Davert, Doug; Bone, Lou; Kawashima, Tony; Palmer, Jim Subject: proposed parking restrictions Re: Parking restrictions on Irvine Blvd. I'm writing in response to a notification that we received about these proposed parking restrictions. This idea seems ill-advised for several reasons: 1. Our residential community here in Palmwood has 98 homes. For the City of Tustin to even consider eliminating available parking in front of our units just boggles the mind. We each have a garage and one parking space. The elimination of street parking makes things very difficult for those families who have more than two cars. Visitors, workers, and delivery people would have a definite problem since there is no visitor parking in our complex. 2. We have one entrance and one exit gate on Irvine Boulevard. The eastbound lane narrows as it approaches our entrance gate. Even though I've had my turn signal on, there are times when I've come close to being run down as I slow to turn into the entrance. Then there are the difficulties encountered as one attempts to enter into traffic from our exit gate. The street curves slightly there, so it's difficult to see or be seen by approaching traffic. I'm assuming that one possible reason why people won't be allowed to park on Irvine is to add another traffic lane to facilitate the flow of traffic. That would definitely increase the thrill factor of trying to enter or exit the complex! I can forsee an increase of traffic accidents at those two locations. 3. Many people using the sportspark at Columbus Tustin Middle School use Irvine Blvd. for parking (as well as during Tustin Tiller Days.) Where would these people park if that parking is not available? I've noticed that the parking lot off Prospect seems rather full. You may have already considered these factors, but if you haven't, please do so thoughtfully. I may think of other reasons why the elimination of street parking on Irvine Blvd. is not a good idea, but these were the most obvious ones. Sincerely, JoAnne Grisham 463 East First Street 714-731-8642 ************** It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)</HTML> 1 Huizar,Maria From:Estrella, Patty on behalf of Amante, Jerry Sent:Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:04 AM To:Doug Davert; Jerry Amante; Jim Palmer; Lou Bone; Tony Kawashima Cc:Huston, William; Binsack, Elizabeth; Jordan, Scott Subject:FW: parking on Irvine Blvd From: Stan Sarnowski [mailto:pesqualli@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:28 AM To: Serlet, Tim; Amante, Jerry; Davert, Doug; Bone, Lou; Kawashima, Tony; Palmer, Jim; CITY OF TUSTIN; Maria Holland Subject: parking on Irvine Blvd Hello I am writing this letter to show my concern for your Parking issue on Irvine blvd. I Live in the Palmwood condo's. 423 East 1st St. and yes I am a home owner. I have just moved into this community and now I am finding your taking away the parking on irvine so there will be no parking anywhere close by? This will lower my property value. That just doesn't work for me and I vote. This is totally unacceptable. People walk there dogs, work out, play baseball/soccer at the school across the street where are they supposed to park? If I have friends or family over and they cannot park on irvine then where exactly are they supposed to park? If I get something delivered pizza, UPS, FEDEX whatever, and they cannot deliver because of this no parking law then I am just out? no don't think so. This is outrageous and totally unacceptable. If you want to turn off parking somewhere then do it in front of your own home and leave the people that voted you in office alone. If it isn't broke don't fix it Thank you for your time Stan Sarnowski Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. Play now! TrackingTracking: 1 Huizar,Maria From:Estrella, Patty on behalf of Bone, Lou Sent:Monday, March 17, 2008 1:02 PM To:Lou Bone Subject:FW: Irvine Blvd From: harry smith [mailto:thesmithsplace@roadrunner.com] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:52 PM To: Bone, Lou Subject: Irvine Blvd Dear Council Member This is to advise you that I strongly oppse the plan to remove all public parking on Irvine Blvd. This is very important to the neighborhood that the parking situation remains as is. 1 Huizar,Maria From:Estrella, Patty on behalf of Palmer, Jim Sent:Monday, March 17, 2008 1:05 PM To:Jim Palmer Subject:FW: Street parking From: harry smith [mailto:thesmithsplace@roadrunner.com] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:54 PM To: Palmer, Jim Subject: Street parking This is to advise you that I strongly object tothe plan to remove all public parking from Irvine Blvd. Please do not let the City Council allow this proposal to go through. 1 Huizar,Maria From:Estrella, Patty on behalf of Council Sent:Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:30 AM To:Doug Davert Cc:Serlet, Tim; Huizar,Maria; Binsack, Elizabeth; Jordan, Scott Subject:FW: Parking on Irvine Blvd. From: maryannmiller [mailto:maryannmiller@roadrunner.com] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 5:01 PM To: Council Subject: Parking on Irvine Blvd. Attn: Doug Daverett 18It is our understanding that there is a workshop 3/18/08 at 4:15 regading subject matter. Just a quick note to say it would be disastrous for our tenant and others on Irvine Blvd. if parking were eliminated!! I travel in that area and even during key times and the traffic flows well. This would be a serious mistake to the business offices and the community. Thank you for considering our opinions. Mary Ann & Len Miller 18121 Irvine Blvd. Tustin 1 Page 1 of 1 From: Estrella, Patty on behalf of Amante, Jerry Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:19 AM To: Jerry Amante Cc: Serlet, Tim; Huizar,Maria; Binsack, Elizabeth; Jordan, Scott Subject: FW: Please don't paint the curbs red along Irvine Blvd. From: Pat Jesson [mailto:Pat@katiadesign.com] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 6:36 PM To: Serlet, Tim; Amante, Jerry; Davert, Doug; Bone, Lou; Kawashima, Tony; Palmer, Jim; Subject: Please don't paint the curbs red along Irvine Blvd. I understand you are considering painting the curbs red along Irvine Blvd in front of the Columbus-Tustin baseball fields, fairgrounds, sports complex. While there is parking in the lot to the north of the playgrounds it is not always sufficient for all the players especially during baseball season, and especially for the high usage times such as tournament days, and opening days. The additional parking provided by parking along the north side of Irvine Blvd is very much appreciated by the players and does not seem to cause a safety hazard. I can only assume that the plan to paint the curbs red is an attempt to improve city revenues from parking tickets. During tiller days, and tournament days when parking is tight even the South side of the street is used and on several occasions I have seen this area harvested for parking tickets and on 2 occasions even had mass tow-aways where a flotilla of tow trucks arrived en-mass to capture as many cars as possible. Please don’t paint the curbs red. This is valuable parking for a valuable city resource. file://S:\Agendas\Agendas\2008\SB343 (E-mails & Revisions to Agendas)\03-18-2008 - ...3/18/2008 March 14, 2008 Jerry Amante, Mayor Doug Davert, Mayor pro-tem Lou Bone, Council member Tony Kawashima, Council member Jim Palmer, Council member Deaz Council Members: My name is Don Ropele and I live in Tustin at 17381 Amaganset Way. I have lived in Tustin since 1969 and like all of us; I have seen many changes throughout our City. I understand that the Council will be considering a measure that would prohibit pazking on city streets from 2:00 am to 6:00 am. I implore you to give this measure your utmost attention as I see our streets slowly becoming what the streets in Santa Ana look like and that is one big parking lot. My neighbors and I completely support this effort. I equate the parking of so many cazs on our streets to the "Broken Window" theory which says that one broken window leads to more broken windows and ultimately slums, crime and poverty. I believe that the over abundance of cars on our streets leads to decreased property values, safety issues and crime. One only has to drive our streets and see that so many people use their gazage for other purposes than to house their cazs. Thus their cars end up on the streets. On a personal note, our new neighbors across the street pazk one trailer and two cars on their driveway and two trucks, one trailer and one car on the street. To me this is blight and completely unacceptable. I understand that your discussions will have to take into consideration the pazking problems that apartment complexes present. You will also have families with many cars and no place to park them other than the streets. However we all know cities that have parking restrictions in place now and it seems to work well for them. Now is the time to make a statement to our neighbors and friends that Tustin cares about the quality of our environment and the city in which we live. I urge you to enact this measure. Sincerely, Don Ropele Huizar,Maria From:Estrella, Patty on behalf of Bone, Lou Sent:Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:41 PM To:Doug Davert; Jerry Amante; Jim Palmer; Lou Bone; Tony Kawashima Cc:Serlet, Tim; Jordan, Scott; Binsack, Elizabeth; Huizar,Maria Subject:FW: Tustin Parking Workshop -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Hall [mailto:allhalls@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:04 AM To: Amante, Jerry; Davert, Doug; Bone, Lou; Kawashima, Tony; Palmer, Jim Cc: Kim Leason Subject: Tustin Parking Workshop Many thanks to all of you for yesterday's open & honest discussion of our parking crisis in Tustin. I came away from the meeting feeling proud to be a resident and taxpayer of this great city. > I wanted to cheer out loud when several of you referred openly to the carjam of parked cars in our town as *blight*. Blight is exactly what it is, and I so appreciate your courage and candor. > The car blight problem is particularly evident in the south/central part of town. One of the worst examples of the problem can be found along Mitchell (between Newport and Redhill). The south side of Mitchell does not seem to have street sweeping, and the gutters there contain rotting mud and debris, in some places several inches high. Furthermore, the single family home tracts in the same area are cluttered by non-resident junkers stored and parked on our streets, moving only long enough to avoid a ticket for street sweeping. This is heartbreakingly discouraging for the many, many pride of ownership residents in south/central Tustin. > My husband and I participated in the recent volunteer workday to clean up Mitchell, and I can assure you that much of the litter we cleaned up that day was not generated by Beswick schoolchildren dropping candy wrappers. We believe that most of the litter was generated by adult-aged people -- it was fast food wrappers from vendors across town, pieces of discarded carpeting, bits of household products, even discarded adult-sized shoes and clothing. Moreover, we noticed that day that many of the street parked cars in the area are old and poorly maintained. Our streets are becoming pitted and stained with pools of oil and other leaking auto fluids. This can't be good for our road surfaces and sewers, much less the general environment. > The fair way to deal with all this is to institute a city-wide ban on overnight street parking. Period. All residents will share equally in the responsibilities and benefits of an end to car blight in our town. No individual, area or group will be able to claim they were unfairly targeted or inconvenienced. Ending street parking isn't personal, it's a city-wide health and safety issue. We all need to pitch in equally. > Again, thank you for your willingness to address the car blight issue and for your service to our town. 1