Meeting Time: April 24, 2024 at 5:30pm PDT
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Agenda Item

3.2. Review of Ordinance No. 13-23, establishing the Santiago Creek Commission.

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    Adrienne Gladson 7 months ago

    Congratulations to all of you as you start this long overdue effort. I am attaching the Natural Resource section of our General Plan. It provides background on some of the city's goals and policies for Santiago Creek. It's worth reading several times. I did it again this last weekend to refresh my memory.

    One of the critical issues for Orange leadership is to solve is our embarrassing park land deficit (see page NR-39, 2nd bullet statement and NR-44, first full paragraph for specific numbers; 275 acres and 632 acres). It is my opinion that the Santiago Creek area could help a great deal in solving this shortfall.

    I am happy to help you as you move forward with the efforts outlined in Ordinance 13-23.

    Adrienne Gladson, AICP
    adriennegladson@gmail.com

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    Guest User 7 months ago

    I am a resident and property owner in East Orange near Santiago Creek, and I am an advocate for protecting the Santiago Creek watershed area.

    I have carefully reviewed Ordinance 13-23 (noted in Item 3.2 on the 4/24/2024 Agenda) for the Santiago Creek Commission as well as the staff report and documents connected to Item 3.3 of the Agenda.

    The Ordinance refers to five planning documents named:
    Lower Santiago Creek Specific Plan,
    Santiago Creek Greenway Study,
    Orange Greenbelt Committee,
    Santiago Creek Greenbelt Plan, and
    Santa Ana River/Santiago Creek Greenbelt Implementation Plan.

    These foundational planning documents were not provided with the package posted for Item 3.2 nor was I able to find them in my search on the City website.

    I want to read these critical documents (and I would assume so does the Commission and the public) ahead of the meeting on 4/24. It is clear these documents along with the East Orange Plan and Orange Park Acres Plan are the comprehensive vision documents for Santiago Creek.

    Thank you in advance for letting me know when they will be posted.

    Leslie Manderscheid
    6817 E. Monaco Pkwy
    Orange, CA 92867
    Lesliemander1@gmail.com
    949-400-5490