HomeMy WebLinkAboutTiffany Huynh-Item 6From:
Yasuda, Erica
To:
Woodward. Carrie
Subject:
FW: Resident Feedback on Irvine Company apartment complex
Date:
Monday, March 17, 2025 3:15:51 PM
From: Tiffany Huynh <
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2025 1:51 PM
To: City Council <citycouncilPtustinca.org>
Subject: Resident Feedback on Irvine Company apartment complex
Dear 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 2B, 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.
Sincerely,
Tiffany
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