HomeMy WebLinkAboutKevin Jwo-Item 6From:
Kevin Jwo
To:
City Council
Cc:
Grace Kim
Subject:
Irvine Company development at Tustin Legacy
Date:
Sunday, March 16, 2025 8:21:44 PM
To the Tustin City Council,
I am a resident of the Landing at Tustin Legacy and am writing to you with regards to the
consent calendar item number 6: "Disposition and Development Agreement with Tustin
Legacy Acquisition LLC (Irvine Company) for portions of disposition areas 213, 2C and 8 at
Tustin Legacy".
I am supportive of this new development and I believe the Irvine Company is capable of
delivering a high -quality project that will be great for the city of Tustin. However, as the most
directly impacted neighbor, I have significant concerns regarding the location of the parking
garage entrance for Building One which is aligned with the existing Flight Way street (see
attached image).
Many future residents of the new development will likely enter their community directly
through our neighborhood - coming from the 55 Freeway, traveling southbound on Barranca,
and will be compelled to make a left turn onto Armstrong Ave and a right turn onto Flight
Way in order to avoid an additional signalized, left turn at Tustin Ranch Road and Compass
Avenue (see attached image). Flight Way is a narrow residential road with parallel parking on
both sides. There is also an increased level of pedestrian traffic from the Alley Grove
Promenade that crosses Flight Way. Pedestrians crossing Flight Way, between parked cars, are
often unseen by motorists.
One of the things that makes our Landing at Tustin Legacy community special is that it is a
safe neighborhood, where children run around playing tag and hide & seek and families walk
around the community throughout the day. In addition, we are home to quite a few new
parents who can frequently be seen taking their babies for strolls. However, the increased
traffic flow from the Tustin Legacy Specific Plan will make this increasingly problematic and
create a dangerous situation.
The garage entrances for buildings 2 through 6 are well located on new streets that are interior
to the proposed development, or in the case of building 6, not in alignment with a proposed
street. While I understand that the locations of the parking garages have been assessed by
traffic specialists and this is a second reading, I still hope the City and the Irvine Company
would consider relocation of the garage entrance. Many of us are new to Tustin and first-time
homeowners who do not understand how City government works, which is why we didn't
speak out at the first reading. Consideration of this design change would go a long way to
validate that we are being heard.
I also would encourage the City to consider engaging with the residents living at Tustin
Legacy. Tustin Legacy is a sizable property that will have a significant impact on the future of
Tustin, but development has been both slow and seems to happen in a vacuum and without
public input.
To reiterate, I'm not opposed to the development but would very much appreciate you
considering a design change to relocate the location of the parking garage entrance for
Building One.
Kevin Jwo