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Home My WebLink AboutSUPPLEMENTAL ITEM #4 RECEIVED AFTER 4-10-18 PC MEETING Specific Plan Related Communication Received After April 10, 2018 Planning Commission Meeting Specific Plan Related Communication Received After April 10, 2018 Planning Commission Meeting LTR. Date Commenter Comment Response/Status Received 1 3-13-18 Gwen Continued communication The communication exchange will Masters, from commenter dated April be shared with the City's decision- business 6, 2018 and April 9, 2018 makers for consideration (see owner of (associated with letter 1 attached). Scooters— received 3-13-18). Mailbox, Cards & Gifts located at 360 E. First Street 6 4-10-18 Orange Letter(attached) providing The comment letter will be shared County comments for consideration; with the City's decision-makers for Transportation five comments regarding consideration. Authority Active Transportation and 1 (OCTA) comment regarding Transit Planning. Active Transportation: 1. OCTA is supportive of the City staff appreciates comments 1 planned improvements to and 2 associated with Active implement Complete Streets. Transportation conveying support 2. OCTA can serve as a and future resources. resource especially for engineering treatments to enhance safety for the community within the project area. 3. OCTA recommends the The Downtown Plan does not proposed project consider provide any details on how the implementing a Class IV street and bike provisions will be bikeway on the south side of redesigned; only conceptual Main Street serving improvements. That will be up to eastbound bicycle travel. the Public Works Department 4. OCTA recommends the when it comes time to move City consider a more gradual forward with a design for the transition in the curvature for improvements. At that time, bicyclists traveling eastbound comments 3 and 4 associated with in the Class I or Class IV Active Transportation can be bikeway. further evaluated. 5. OCTA encourages As future projects are proposed consideration of within the Specific Plan area, City Transportation Demand staff can encourage applicants to Management measures consider various Transportation associated with new Demand Management measures, workplace construction. as appropriate. LTR. Date Commenter Comment Response/Status Received OCTA Transit Planning Relative to the Transit Planning Continued 1. Requests coordination comment, City Staff will continue with OCTA to employ to work with OCTA to strive measures to reduce potential towards reduction of transit service transit service disruptions disruptions and future bus stop and to inform them of any interruptions or street closures that potential bus stop may result in the Specific Plan interruptions or street area. closures that may require detours associated with transit service. 7 4-14-18 Ryan Loof Email (attached) Acknowledged with appreciation. Resident communicating support of the Plan. Continued Communication from Commenter of Letter 1 — Gwen Masters From: GWEN MASTERS Sent. Friday, April 06, 2018 12:44 PM To: Yeager, Lucy Subject: RE: Downtown Commercial Core Specific Plan - Response to Your Comment What about common carriers?We have UPS, FedEx and DHL as well as frequent box trucks delivering cardboard supplies as well as many 40' rigs hauling customer products in and out.We probably have freight traffic every day.Are they supposed to dance around the narrow roads? Due to our volume, UPS and FedEx have their largest local delivery trucks assigned to our route. Will you look at this or consider your response adequate? Gwen Masters ......---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------........___-- From: DANA OGDON Sent: Friday,April 06, 2018 1:47 PM To:GWEN MASTERS Cc:Yeager, Lucy;Saldivar, Krys> Subject: Downtown Commercial Core Specific Pian-Response to Your Comment Hi Gwen: I'm responding for Lucy to your last question (above). The City of Tustin has not received any written concerns regarding the proposed action from the carriers you-indicated. I should point out that the planned redesign of First Street would continue to be able to carry such traffic. - I want-to also let you know that the City of Santa Ana is pursuing the same road diet for their portion of First Street extending west of the 55 Freeway into Santa Ana. The Orange County Transportation -Authority has reviewed each proposal and found no concerns and has given both Tustin and Santa Ana preliminary approval for the proposed change to the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (see page 35 of the DCCSP). Dana L. Ogdon,AICP Assistant Director of Community Development From. GWEN MASTERS This looks like a "asked and answered" reply. 1 don't think Santa Ana can narrow the road down until after the 5 on-ramp.They have 2 high rises, medical buildings and apartments as well as several vacant lots ripe for commercial redevelopment. I would think eliminating traffic between the two freeways would impact the number of developers interested. I would think the city of Tustin would contact the businesses and landowners affected before officially adopting any of the ideas presented in this 300 page plan. How much have the good citizens of Tustin paid for this plan? Is it really a good idea to come up with a plan with no input from the affected citizens?This will make the cost of re-development higher and existing businesses will put any plan of redesign on "hold" due to costs or not liking"the plan". Properties will look even more rundown until property owners die and new people take over. (That's saying the new people don't like the cash flow) The city promoted the Prospect Village plan, but it's too expensive for actual usage. I hear that only one unit has someone living above and working below. If I had $800,000 to$1,000,000 for a house, I would not pick Prospect Village.Good idea--doesn't work. The district--more planning gone haywire. It's hard to drive around there.Getting gas at Costco is a nightmare.You can't get there from here in many situations. I have talked to some of the Costco managers and they all know that customers go to the Irvine store because the logistics of the commute are too much work.The district is"more walkable". I hope those walking people spend more money than the"fill up the car" people. The city of Tustin planners should spend more time in the field. Gwen Masters PS I don't know what the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (see page 35 of the DCCSP) is?Will that be at tomorrows meeting? M OCTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lisa A.Bartlett April 10, 2018 chair 'rintShaw Lucy Yeager Vice Chairman Planning, Consultant Laurie Davies City of Tustin Director Community Development Department Barbara Delgleize 300 Centennial Way Director Tustin, CA 92780 AndrewDo Director Subject: Notice of Availability of Draft EIR for the Downtown Commercial Lori Donchak Core Specific Plan Project(DCCSP) Director micklel Hennessey Dear Ms. Yeager� Director Steve Jones The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has reviewed the Draft IIP for ,Director the Downtown Commercial Core Specific Plan Project (DCCSP). The following Mark A Murphy comments are provided for your consideration: Director Active Transportation Commgnts Richard Murphy Director 1. Page 3-24; OCTA is supportive of the planned improvements to At Manay implement Complete Streets concepts to better serve people walking and Director biking. We look forward to the reallocation of space to better serve people Shawn Nelson living and visiting the City with creative solutions on First Street and Main Director Street to, provide greater walking and bicycling needs. migual pulido Director 2, OCTA can serve as a resource where possible with best practices,identified hadd Spitzer in the OCTA Planning documents such as the OC Foothills Bikeway Strategy Director (2,016) and OC Active (underway). OC Active is the first Michelle Steel countywide bicycle and pedestrian master plan. The report will include Director recommended treatments to improve infrastructure for pedestrian Tom Tait function. OCTA can continue to collaborate with the City as a resource for dire ter consideration of engineering treatments to enhance safety for people walking and biking within the community and the project area. Gregory T wintarbodom Director Riran Chamberlain . Page 3-311; the followw following text is provided describing the planned bikeway Ex-Offico Member implementation on Main Street: a. North Side, Install new on-street 3-foot buffered bicycle lane (Class 2) on, the north side of the street. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE b. South, Side: Install bicycle lane on,the south side of Main Street, as DarrellJohnson an integrated off-road bicycle lane (Class 1), Chief Executive Officer We recommend the proposed project consider'mplementing a Class IV bikeway on:the south side of Main Street serving eastbound bicycle travel. The Class, I'V bikeway could be located between the angle parking and the raised curb providing the edge of the pedestrian sidewalk zone. Caltrans has established Design Information Bulleting 89 which provides design Orange County Transportation Authority 551 South Main Street 1P.0.Box 14184 10range/California 28£i345841(714)560-OCTA(6282) standards that could be utilized for the design, The provision of a bikeway at grade with moving vehicles can batter define the space for bicyclists and avoid conflicts between pedestrians and bicyclists sharing the space in a Class, I bikeway. Additionally, the provision of a Class IV bikeway would avoid the need for ramps nap and down at the beginning of the redesigned roadway where bicyclists would be directed to leave the travel way to nese the Mass I facility. 4. Figure -10 illustrates the proposed layout for Main Street. We recommend the unity consider a more gradual transition in the curvature for bicyclists traveling eastbound in the Class I or Class IV bikeway. . New residential land use construction provides an opportunity to encourage variety of travel choices, We encourage the Specific Flan include short and long-terra bicycle parking and bicycle facilities for residents and guests. 'Short-term parking in the ratio of one bicycle parking space for each four units might be considered, and Inclusion of a secure ground floor indoor bicycle storage area may serve longterm (bicycle parking needs. . New workplace construction provides an opportunity to encourage a variety of travel choices. OCTA encourages consideration of Transportation Demand Management measures such as long-terra bicycle parking, employee access to showers, and changing rooms to encourage multi-modal transportation choices.The availability of showers is often noted as the top item limiting bicycle commuting by employees. Transit Planning Comment 1. OCTA currently provides transit service near the project location. Should the project have any impacts to nearby bus stops,, please coordinate With OCTA to employ measures to reduce potential transit service disruptions, 'nn" e also request that the City keep OCTA informed with any potential bus stop interruptions or street closures that may require detours. We appreciate the opportunity to provide input on this project. Should you have any questions or need additionalinformation, please feel free to contact me via phone at (714) 560-5907 or by email at l' l hL1L3_0CU1.uwel. Sincerely, Dan Phu Environmental Programs Manager � erYer Yeager, Lucy From: Ryan Lo of Sent: Saturday,April 14, 2018 12:30 AM To: Yeager, Lucy Subject: DCCSP Follow Up Flag: Flag for follow up Flag Status: Flagged I just wanted to thank.you and everyone involved with the DCCSP. A few years ago I found out my true interest is city planning after reading "Walkable City"by Jeff Speck. In hindsight the signs were there growing up considering how much I enjoyed playing Sim City but alas, I'm 35 years old and don't have it in me to go back to school to pursue it. So instead I just read about the subject then Monday morning quarterback all the mistakes I see when driving or walking around Orange County. On my days off I sometimes like to go.for long walks and listen.to podcasts. Today I did one of those long walks and as I was walking down First Street I passed by one of the signs posted about the DCCSP and took a picture of it so I could google it when I got home. I just went through the entire plan and am overwhelmed. It's as if all of you specifically asked what me, a novice urbanist city planner, would do to remodel downtown Tustin. I just think it's wonderful that there are people in charge of the town that I now call home that know the Orange County suburbs can be more than freeways, cul-de-sacs, arterial roads and strip malls and instead be an actual town. Thank you again for all the hard work and vision it took to put this plan into action. Sincerely, Ryan Loof 1 t ' 1