30. Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No 352 — Anaheim City Council, April 16, 2024 (part 1 of 2)

Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 352
State Clearinghouse No. 2021100402

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Prepared for City of Anaheim
Contact: Elaine Thienprasiddhi, AICP
Principal Planner
200 South Anaheim Boulevard
Anaheim, California 92805

Prepared by Psomas
Contact: Jennifer Marks
Principal, Environmental Services
5 Hutton Centre, Suite 300
Santa Ana, California 92707
March 2024

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Page
Section 1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1 Public Review Process ........................................................................... 1-1

1.2 Contents of the Final Subsequent EIR ................................................... 1-2 Section 2.0 Responses to Comments ................................................................................ 2-1

2.1 List of Respondents ................................................................................ 2-1

2.2 Comments and Responses .................................................................... 2-3 Section 3.0 Corrections, Clarifications and Additions to Draft Subsequent EIR ........... 3-1 Section 4.0 Mitigation Monitoring Program ....................................................................... 4-1

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SECTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION
In accordance with Sections 15088, 15089, and 15132 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines (State CEQA Guidelines), the City of Anaheim (City), as the Lead Agency, has prepared this Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 352 for the DisneylandForward (Project) (State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2021100402). According to Section 15132 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the Final EIR shall consist of:
a) The Draft EIR or a revision of the draft;
b) Comments and recommendations received on the Draft EIR either verbatim or in summary;
c) A list of persons, organizations, and public agencies commenting on the Draft EIR;
d) The responses of the Lead Agency to significant environmental points raised in the review and consultation process; and
e) Any other information added by the Lead Agency.

Accordingly, this Final Subsequent EIR No. 352 constitutes the second part of the Subsequent EIR for the Project and includes the Draft Subsequent EIR No. 352, including technical appendices, previously circulated for public review.

1.1 PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS
In accordance with Section 15201 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the City has provided opportunities for the public, organizations, and public agencies to participate in the environmental review process and/or to provide comments on the Draft Subsequent EIR.

The Final Subsequent EIR represents the culmination of a comprehensive community outreach and involvement process. The outreach process for the Project included development of a Project website, stakeholder meetings, workshops, and focus group meetings. In addition, the City has complied with the State CEQA Guidelines requirements for providing opportunities for public participation in the environmental review process. Specifically, a Notice of Preparation (NOP) was distributed on October 21, 2021, to federal, State, regional, and local government agencies and interested parties for a 30-day public review period to solicit comments and inform agencies and the public of the Project. The City held a scoping meeting for the Draft Subsequent EIR on November 4, 2021, at the Downtown Anaheim Community Center Assembly Hall. The purpose of the scoping meeting was to receive input on the environmental issues that should be addressed in the Draft Subsequent EIR.

The NOP described the Project and potential environmental effects associated with Project implementation. Agencies and the public were invited to review and comment on the scope of the Draft Subsequent EIR. A copy of the NOP and comments received are provided in Appendix A of the Draft Subsequent EIR. Comments received on the NOP were considered in the Draft Subsequent EIR. Comments on the NOP were received from 26 agencies, organizations, and individuals. The issues raised by the comment letters are summarized in Table 1-1 in Section 1.0, Introduction, of the Draft Subsequent EIR.

Pursuant to Section 15105 of the State CEQA Guidelines and City’s CEQA procedures, the City distributed the Draft Subsequent EIR for public review and comment for the required 45-day public review period that began on September 14, 2023, and ended on October 30, 2023. In accordance DisneylandForward
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with Section 15087(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines, the City provided public notice of the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Subsequent EIR on September 14, 2023, at the same time it transmitted a Notice of Completion (NOC) to the State Clearinghouse (a division of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research). The City used several methods to solicit comments on the Draft Subsequent EIR. The NOA was distributed to all parties that received the NOP and additionally to those who provided comments during the scoping period and were not already on the mailing list. The NOA and Draft Subsequent EIR (including technical appendices) were made available on the City’s website and hardcopies of the NOA and Draft Subsequent EIR (including technical appendices) were available for public review during regular business hours at the City of Anaheim Planning & Building Department, Anaheim Central Library, Euclid Branch Library, and Ponderosa Joint Use Branch Library. The NOA and Draft Subsequent EIR were submitted to the State Clearinghouse on September 14, 2023 for distribution to and review by applicable State agencies and the NOA was filed with the Orange County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on September 14, 2023.

On October 9, 2023, during the 45-day public review period, the City Planning Commission held a public workshop at City Hall regarding the Draft Subsequent EIR during which City staff provided an overview of the analysis in the Draft Subsequent EIR and the public had an opportunity to comment on the Project and the Draft Subsequent EIR.

1.2 CONTENTS OF THE FINAL SUBSEQUENT EIR
The Final Subsequent EIR is organized into four main sections as follows:

Section 1.0 Introduction provides an overview of the Final Subsequent EIR and a summary of the public review process;
Section 2.0 Responses to Written Comments and Oral Testimony provides a list of the parties that commented on the Draft Subsequent EIR, followed by a copy of each comment letter and the City’s responses to each comment received, and the testimony of each individual at the City Planning Commission Public Workshop on October 9, 2023 and the City’s responses to the testimony of each individual; Section 3.0 Corrections, Clarifications and Additions to the Draft Subsequent EIR contains revisions that have been made by the Lead Agency to the Draft Subsequent EIR based on comments received from commenting parties and other items requiring updating, clarification, and/or correction; and
Section 4.0 Mitigation Monitoring Program contains the full Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) No. 387 for the Project and reflects any revisions provided in Section 3.0 of the Final Subsequent EIR. The MMP lists all of the proposed Mitigation Measures (MM), Project Design Features (PDF), and Standard Requirements (SR) by environmental issue and identifies the action required, mitigation timing, and City department responsible for ensuring each MM, PDF or SR is implemented.

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SECTION 2.0 RESPONSES TO COMMENTS

2.1 LIST OF RESPONDENTS
The following is a list of public agencies, organizations, and persons that submitted comments on the Draft Subsequent EIR. Comments have been numbered and responses have been developed with corresponding numbers.

Letter Respondent Date of Precedes
No. Correspondence Page No.

State Agencies
1 California Department of Transportation, District 12 October 25, 2023 ................... 2-5

Local Agencies
2 Anaheim Transportation Network October 20, 2023 ................... 2-8 3 City of Irvine October 5, 2023 ..................... 2-9 4 City of Fullerton October 3, 2023 ................... 2-10 5 Orange County Board of Supervisors October 5, 2023 ................... 2-11 6 OC Health Care Agency October 30, 2023 ................. 2-12 7 Orange County Transportation Authority October 27, 2023 ................. 2-13 8 South Coast Air Quality Management District October 24, 2023 ................. 2-15 Organizations
9 Anaheim/Orange County Hotel & Lodging Assoc. September 15, 2023 ............ 2-16 10 Black Chamber of Orange County October 2, 2023 ................... 2-17 11 California Attractions and Parks Association October 6, 2023 ................... 2-18 12 California Travel Association October 20, 2023 ................. 2-19 13 GK Law October 30, 2023 ................. 2-20
14 Grand Legacy at the Park October 4, 2023 ................... 2-28 15 OC Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance October 3, 2023 ................... 2-29 16 West Coast University October 24, 2023 ................. 2-30 Individuals
17 Jorge Alvarado October 9, 2023 ................... 2-31 18 Greg Badalian October 3, 2023 ................... 2-32 19 Favian Beltran October 7, 2023 ................... 2-33 20 Jeffrey Bail, Orange County Business Council September 29, 2023 ............ 2-34 21 Brian Baker October 10, 2023 ................. 2-35 22 Sarah Baker October 10, 2023 ................. 2-36
23 Ron Ballen October 28, 2023 ................. 2-37
24 David Berryman October 5, 2023 ................... 2-38 25 Fred Brown, Hansji Corporation September 27, 2023 ............ 2-39 26 Veronica Calderon October 28, 2023 ................. 2-40 27 Raquel Do Carmo October 25, 2023 ................. 2-41 28 Carolyn Clark October 3, 2023 ................... 2-42 29 Diana Decker October 11, 2023 ................. 2-43 30 Barbara Dennis October 3, 2023 ................... 2-44 DisneylandForward
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31 Donna Edry October 6, 2023 ................... 2-45
32 Briana Garcia October 28, 2023 ................. 2-46 33 Sean Gorgie October 28, 2023 ................. 2-47
34 Trevor Gusts October 17, 2023 ................. 2-48 35 Joshua Haim October 6, 2023 ................... 2-49 36 Katina Ana Hanson October 3, 2023 ................... 2-50 37 Robert H Harbin III October 30, 2023 ................. 2-51 38 Mark Hecht October 16, 2023 ................. 2-52
39 Carolyn Hendley October 18, 2023 ................. 2-53 40 David Horn October 23, 2023 ................. 2-54
41 Jessica Insco October 3, 2023 ................... 2-55 42 David Jackson October 4, 2023 ................... 2-56 43 Karren Jackson October 6, 2023 ................... 2-57 44 John Kerby October 13, 2023 ................. 2-58
45 Natalie Lafond October 4, 2023 ................... 2-59 46 Edgard Lavin October 4, 2023 ................... 2-60 47 James A Lovell October 23, 2023 ................. 2-61 48 Damian Loza October 3, 2023 ................... 2-62 49 Dustin Marines October 3, 2023 ................... 2-63 50 Roberto Marquez October 3, 2023 ................... 2-64 51 Tim Maurer October 3, 2023 ................... 2-65
52 Marcia McIntosh October 3, 2023 ................... 2-66 53 Carlos Mitchell October 3, 2023 ................... 2-67 54 Heather Montano October 4, 2023 ................... 2-68 55 Gina Moore October 4, 2023 ................... 2-69
56 Michael Moreno October 6, 2023 ................... 2-70 57 Ashley O’Dell October 7, 2023 ................... 2-71 58 Rick and Nancy Pare October 3, 2023 ................... 2-72 59 Shilaben Patel October 4, 2023 ................... 2-73 60 Erika Phillips October 6, 2023 ................... 2-74 61 Jesse Ben-Ron and Tiffany Richardson September 25, 2023 ............ 2-75 62 Vivian Ringen October 3, 2023 ................... 2-76 63 Eduardo Rivera October 9, 2023 ................... 2-77 64 Mary Jo Rowe October 4, 2023 ................... 2-78 65 Sam Saldivar October 10, 2023 ................. 2-79 66 Paul Sanford October 9, 2023 ................... 2-80 67 Joseph Santos October 4, 2023 ................... 2-81 68 Joseph Santos October 5, 2023 ................... 2-81 69 Eduardo Serna October 28, 2023 ................. 2-82 70 Jay Sherwood October 6, 2023 ................... 2-83 71 Sharon Sinner October 25, 2023 ................. 2-84 72 Nicole Smith October 14, 2023 ................. 2-85 73 Julie Valdez October 10, 2023 ................. 2-86 74 Shannon van de Poel October 6, 2023 ................... 2-87 75 Janessa Velasco October 28, 2023 ................. 2-88 76 Angela Villa October 6, 2023 ................... 2-89 77 Mark Villa October 6, 2023 ................... 2-90
78 Aidan Vo October 4, 2023 ................... 2-91
79 Hai Vo October 3, 2023 ................... 2-92
80 Scott Whiting October 26, 2023 ................. 2-93 81 Amanda Wortman October 9, 2023 ................... 2-94 82 Daniel Wright October 7, 2023 ................... 2-95 83 Emily Yang October 20, 2023 ................. 2-96
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84 F--- You October 25, 2023 ................. 2-97
85 David Zschernig September 27, 2023 ............ 2-98 City Planning Commission Workshop Public Testimony and Responses

86.1 Greg Eisenman October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.2 Michael Johnson October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.3 Bill O’Connell October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.4 Fred Brown October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.5 Karen Reynoza October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.6 Robert Peirson October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.7 Bharat Patel October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.8 Francis Noteboom October 9, 2023 ................... 2-99

86.9 Scott Martindale October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.10 Christie Kainz October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.11 Tony Lopez October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.12 Ernesto Medrano October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.13 Darla Maleki October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.14 Anne Steib October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.15 Cassie Fairchild October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.16 Andrew Gonzalez October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.17 Mike Robbins October 9, 2023 ................. 2-100

86.18 Jeanine Robbins October 9, 2023 ................. 2-101

96.19 Bobby Donaldson October 9, 2023 ................. 2-101

86.20 Dale Janish October 9, 2023 ................. 2-102

86.21 Mark Daniels October 9, 2023 ................. 2-102

86.22 John Gutierrez October 9, 2023 ................. 2-102

86.23 Beverly Griggs October 9, 2023 ................. 2-102

86.24 Mary-Anna Angels October 9, 2023 ................. 2-103

86.25 Susana Galan October 9, 2023 ................. 2-103

86.26 Vern Nelson October 9, 2023 ................. 2-103

86.27 Wes Jones October 9, 2023 ................. 2-103

86.28 Mark Herbert October 9, 2023 ................. 2-104

86.29 Stephanie Mercadante October 9, 2023 ................. 2-104

86.30 Kenneth Batiste October 9, 2023 ................. 2-104

86.31 Joseph Laguna October 9, 2023 ................. 2-105

2.2 COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
All comment letters received by the City during the 45-day public review period for the Draft Subsequent EIR and the public testimony received during the October 9, 2023 City Planning Commission Public Workshop on the Draft Subsequent EIR have been included and responded to in this Final Subsequent EIR. Comments that raise environmental issues have been addressed in these responses. Comments that do not require a response include those that (1) do not address the adequacy or completeness of the Draft Subsequent EIR; (2) do not raise substantive environmental/CEQA issues; (3) do not address the Project; or (4) request the incorporation of additional information not relevant to environmental issues.

Regarding the evaluation and response to comments, Section 15088 of the State CEQA Guidelines states:
a) The lead agency shall evaluate comments on environmental issues received from persons who reviewed the Draft EIR and shall prepare a written response.

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The Lead Agency shall respond to comments raising significant environmental issues received during the noticed comment period and any extensions and may respond to late comments;
b) The Lead Agency shall provide a written proposed response, either in a printed copy or in an electronic format, to a public agency on comments made by that public agency at least 10 days prior to certifying an environmental impact report;
c) The written response shall describe the disposition of significant environmental issues raised (e.g., revisions to the proposed project to mitigate anticipated impacts or objections). In particular, the major environmental issues raised when the Lead Agency’s position is at variance with recommendations and objections raised in the comments must be addressed in detail giving reasons why specific comments and suggestions were not accepted. There must be good faith, reasoned analysis in response. Conclusory statements unsupported by factual information will not suffice. The level of detail contained in the response, however, may correspond to the level of detail provided in the comment (i.e., responses to general comments may be general). A general response may be appropriate when a comment does not contain or specifically refer to readily available information, or does not explain the relevance of evidence submitted with the comment; and
d) The response to comments may take the form of a revision to the Draft EIR or may be a separate section in the Final EIR. Where the response to comments makes important changes in the information contained in the text of the Draft EIR, the lead agency should either:

1. Revise the text in the body of the EIR; or

2. Include marginal notes showing that the information is revised in the response to comments.

With respect to comment letters received, aside from certain courtesy statements, introductions, and closings, individual comments within the body of each letter have been identified and numbered. A copy of each comment letter and the City’s responses to each applicable comment and the public testimony of each individual at the October 9, 2023 City Planning Commission Public Workshop and the City’s responses to the public testimony of each individual are included in this section. Brackets delineating the individual comments and a numeric identifier have been added to the right margin of the letter. Responses to each comment identified are included on the page(s) following each comment letter. In the process of responding to the comments, there were minor revisions to the text of the Draft Subsequent EIR shown in this section and in Section 3.0, Corrections, Clarifications and Additions to the Draft Subsequent EIR, of this Final Subsequent EIR. None of the comments or responses constitute “significant new information”, and none of the conditions set forth in Section 15088.5 of the State CEQA Guidelines that would require recirculation of the Draft Subsequent EIR has been met. Therefore, this Response to Comments section, the Corrections, Clarifications and Additions to the Draft Subsequent EIR section, and the Mitigation Monitoring Program section are included as part of this Final Subsequent EIR along with the Draft Subsequent EIR for consideration by the City Planning Commission and ultimately the City Council.

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Letter 1 California Department of Transportation, District 12 Scott Shelley
October 25, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 1

1. The comment contains introductory language regarding Caltrans and the Project. The comment incorrectly references the nearest state facility as State Route 57. As discussed in Section 3.2, Project Location and Environmental Setting, of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, Interstate 5 is the nearest state facility (freeway) to the Project Site.

2. The comment summarizes the technical analyses and proposed intersection modifications at locations under Caltrans’ jurisdiction. As requested by the comment, the Project Applicant and City staff will continue to coordinate with Caltrans staff for review, approval, and implementation of these proposed intersection modifications.

3. The comment provides suggestions regarding the provision of bicycle parking and infrastructure. Regarding the suggestion to increase the number of bicycle parking spaces, the Project would include other bicycle storage spaces open to the general public in various locations throughout the Project Site, including spaces in a dedicated bicycle parking facility proposed in the ARSP Parking Overlay adjacent to the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District along Manchester Avenue as discussed on Page 3-1 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR. The reference to page 1- 57 of the Draft Subsequent EIR refers to the minimum 12 bicycle parking spaces to be included for a police department substation to be located within the Theme Park District as part of Mitigation Measure (MM) PS-24.

Additionally, the Project proposes to amend the City’s Bicycle Master Plan and install the following new bicycle infrastructure in several locations in the Project vicinity, as described on Page 3-18 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR:
 a Class I bike path on the east side of Walnut Street from Ball Road to Katella Avenue;  a Class I bike path on the north side of Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and Clementine Street
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 a two-way, off-street, shared-use Class I bike path for pedestrians and bicycles on the west side of Clementine Street between Alro Way and Disney Way.

Additionally, as also described on Page 3-18 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the Project would provide an in-lieu contribution and dedicate right- of-way adjacent to the Project Site on Ball Road and Haster Street for proposed Class II bicycle lanes on those streets. Finally, the Project’s transportation demand management (TDM) program, required as MM TRA-8 and described on Page 1-62 of Section 1.0, Executive Summary, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, requires the Project to provide secure bicycle racks, lockers, and showers as well as maps of bicycle routes for cast members and illuminated and protected bicycle parking spaces for guests.

The Project Applicant would pay for the costs of installing the infrastructure described above, maintaining that infrastructure within the Project Site, and operating these facilities.

1 The City and Project Applicant will work with Caltrans regarding this improvement as it will require approval from Caltrans.

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The comment further provides links to two publications, one concerning the provision and design of bicycle parking and the other concerning bikeway design guidance. The implementation of these above bicycle infrastr ucture and facilities will be in accordance with best practices in the context of the available right-of-way.

4. The comment suggests encouraging or incentiv izing transit use for construction workers and future employees to reduce congestion and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and improve air quality. As discussed on pages 5.14-38 to 5.14-45 of Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the Project’s TDM program, MM TRA-8, includes measures to encourage and financially incentivize transit usage for cast members as well as other measures that accomplish the same goals to decrease congestion and VMT, and improve air quality, such as providing services to support the use of other alternative modes of transportation and promoting alternative work schedules and work-from-home, where feasible. As also required by MM TRA-8, construction contractors would be notified regrading rideshare coordination services provided by the Anaheim Transportation Network.

5. The comment suggests referencing the City’s Environmental Justice Element of the General Plan when considering how resident s and visitors from all socioeconomic backgrounds can access the Project facilities. Environmental Justice is not a CEQA issue.

As further discussed in Section 3.0, Corrections, Clarifications and Additions to the Draft Subsequent EIR, the following text is modified as part of the Final Subsequent EIR. The change in text signified by strikeouts (strikeouts) where text has been removed and by bold underlining ( underline) where text has been added. The revisions reflect minor updates or clarifications to the content of the Draft Subsequent EIR, and thus and do not represent material changes or revisions that modify the findings.

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As noted on the City’s website, a draft of the Environmental Justice Element is currently available for public review. The new Environmental Justice Element will become part of the City’s General Plan, which represents the community’s view of its future and is often referred to as a blueprint for growth and development. Through the process of creating the element, the City will evaluate its existing policies and create new ones to minimize pollution and its effects on all neighborhoods, with an emphasis on those in environmental justice communities. The Environmental Justice Element will ensure that residents have a say in decisions that affect their quality of life and will address disproportionate impacts to certain environmental justice communities in order to ensure an equal distribution of resources. The Environmental Justice Element will cover the eight topics below:
 Reduce pollution exposure and improve air quality
 Promote public facilities
 Promote food access
 Promote safe and sanitary homes
 Promote physical activity
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 Prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of disadvantaged communities
The State of California is asking cities to incorporate environmental justice related goals, policies and programs into their general plan. The City of Anaheim is creating a stand-alone Element to have all environmental justice-related topics in one document for easy reference. An environmental justice community is an area of a community disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation. These areas deserve special attention to address issues of environmental justice. Within the City of Anaheim, 51 out of 75 census tracts fall under this designation. While the Environmental Justice Element will apply to all areas of the City, special attention will be given to environmental justice communities.

This comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

6. The comment provides information regarding the administrative requirements for construction plans and activities within Caltrans right-of-way. The Project Applicant and construction contractor will follow all relevant administrative requirements prior to and during construction activities.

The remaining portions of the comment are noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 2 Anaheim Transportation Network
Diana Kotler
October 20, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 2

1. The comment states that references to ATN and ATN’s family of public transportation services includes service names that are no longer used by the ATN. The City has reviewed the referenced terms throughout the Draft Subsequent EIR. The City notes that according to the Franchise Agreement between the City and the commenter, ART is the acronym for Anaheim Resort Transit not Anaheim Regional Transit. All relevant instances of ART in the Draft Subsequent EIR are modified to refer to ATN as detailed in Section

3.0, Corrections, Clarifications and Additions to the Draft Subsequent EIR. FRAN and EVE are not used in the Draft Subsequent EIR. This comment does not address a concern related to the environmental impact analysis or findings of the Draft Subsequent EIR.

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City of Irvine, 1 Civic Center Plaza, P.O. Box 19575, Irvine, California 92623-9575 949-724-6000 October 5, 2023
Elaine Thienprasiddhi, Senior Planner sent via email:

Anaheim Planning & Building Department [email protected] 200 S. Anaheim Boulevard, MS 162
Anaheim, CA 92805
Subject: Notice of Availability (NOA) of a Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 352 and Planning Commission Workshop for the DisneylandForward Project in the City of Anaheim
Elaine Thienprasiddhi:

Staff is in receipt of the NOA for the DisneylandForward Project in the City of Anaheim.

The proposed project is a request from Disney for flexibility in the location of permitted uses within Disney’s properties in the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1 (DRSP) and the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (ARSP). The request would not increase the amount of development square footage or hotel rooms currently allowed in the DRSP or analyzed in the EIR No. 311 or 340.

Staff has no comments. If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected] or 949-724-6364. Thank you for the opportunity to review the project.

Sincerely,
Justin Equina
Senior Planner
ec: Marika Poynter, Manager of Planning Services
Alyssa Matheus, Principal Planner
Tiffany Lin, Associate Planner
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Letter 3 City of Irvine
Justin Equina
October 5, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 3

1. The City of Irvine indicated it has no comments on the Draft Subsequent EIR. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 4 City of Fullerton
Chris Shaefer, AICP
October 3, 2023
Response to Comment Letter 4

1. The City of Fullerton indicated it had no comments on the Draft Subsequent EIR. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 5 Donald P. Wagner
Chairman, Orange County Board of Supervisors
October 5, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 5

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 6 Orange County Health Care Agency
Geniece Higgins
October 30, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 6

1. The comment indicates one leaking underground storage tank case and three closed/completed industrial cleanup projects are identified within the Project Site (1313 S.

Harbor Boulevard). The comment suggests the sites should be reevaluated by an environmental professional against current environmental standards and where land use changes will occur. As detailed in Section 5.8, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the Project will be required to submit a Phase I Environmental Assessment identifying how to report, handle, stage, dispose or, and keep record of hazardous materials (MM HAZ-3); conduct an investigation for known, or the presence of, cryptic tanks (MM HAZ-4); and perform direct soil sampling during removal of underground storage tanks (MM HAZ-5). The Draft Subsequent EIR found the Project would result in a less than significant impact regarding hazards and hazardous substances with implementation of mitigation measures. This impact would not be new or substantially more severe when compared to the impact analysis in EIR No. 311 for The Disneyland Resort Project or SEIR No. 340 for the ARSP Project.

2. The remaining portions of the comment are noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

AFFILIATED AGENCIES

Orange County
Transit District
Local Transportation
Authority
Service Authority for
Freeway Emergencies
Consolidated Transportation
Service Agency
Congestion Management
Agency

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550 South Main Street / P.O Box 14184 / Orange / California 92863-1584 / (714) 560-OCTA (6282) October 27, 2023
Elaine Thienprasiddhi, Senior Planner
City of Anaheim – Planning & Building Department
200 South Anaheim Boulevard, MS 162
Anaheim, CA 92805
Via Email: [email protected]
Subject: Notice of Availability (NOA) of a Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 352 and Planning
Commission Workshop for The DisneylandForward Project
Dear Ms. Thienprasiddhi:

Thank you for providing the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) with the Notice of Availability (N OA) for the DisneylandForward Project (Project).

The following comments are provided for your consideration:
x OCTA staff has been coordinating with Anaheim staff regarding the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) amendment. The circulation map provided in Figure 10 in Appendix J-2 on page 41 is inconsistent with the MPAH network. Please see the attachment for additional comments on Figure 10. Please keep in mind that consistency with the MPAH is a prerequisite for local agencies to be eligible for Measure M2 Net Revenues as well as programs – including the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program. Please continue to coordinate with OCTA staff regarding the MPAH amendment and potential changes to the Circulation Element in relation to arterials on the MPAH.
x In the Draft Subsequent EIR on pages 164 and 692 of the PDF and in the Volume 2 Appendices pages 12107 and 12367 of the PDF, please remove mention of OCTA Route 37 as this route does not serve the project area.
x Should the proposed plan result in increased demand for transit services, we encourage the City to work with OCTA to determine how best to accommodate the demand.
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Orange County Transportation Authority
550 South Main Street / P.O Box 14184 / Orange / California 92863-1584 / (714) 560-OCTA (6282) Throughout the development of this project, we encourage communication with OCTA on any matters discussed herein. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at (714) 560-5907 (via email [email protected]).

Sincerely,

Dan Phu
Environmental Programs Manager

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Attachment: Comments on Figure 10 Roadway Classification

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Letter 7 Orange County Transportation Authority
Dan Phu
October 27, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 7

1. The comment notes that Figure 10, Roadway Classification, from Appendix J-2, Operational Traffic Analysis, of the Draft Subsequent EIR is inconsistent with the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) network. Specifically, it notes the following conflicts: Disneyland Drive between the I-5 ramps and Ball Road is designated as a Secondary Arterial on Figure 10 but as a Major Arterial by OCTA; Gene Autry Way is designated a Major Arterial on Figure 10 but as a Primary Arterial by OCTA; and Lewis Street between Katella Avenue and Gene Autry Way is designated as Secondary Arterial on Figure 10 but has not been constructed as designated by OCTA. The comment notes that local jurisdictions must maintain consistency with the MPAH network to be eligible for roadway funding under the Measure M2 Net Revenues program and other programs. In response to the comment, revised Figure 9, Roadway Classification, from Appendix J-1 of the Draft Subsequent EIR and revised Figure 10, Roadway Classification, from Appendix J-2 of the Draft Subsequent EIR have been prepared and are included in Section

3.0, Corrections, Clarifications, and Additions to Draft Subsequent EIR. The revised Figures will replace Figure 9 in Appendix J-1 of the Draft Subsequent EIR and Figure 10 in Appendix J-2 of the Draft Subsequent EIR. The revised Figure illustrates Lewis Street between Katella Avenue and Gene Autry Way as a Secondary Arterial and Gene Autry Way as a Primary Arterial, consistent with the OCTA MPAH. Disneyland Drive between the I-5 ramps and Balls Road was not modified as the Project does not propose modifications to the classification of Disneyland Drive; any revisions needed to ensure consistency with the MPAH will be conducted through the City’s future coordination with OCTA. As discussed in Section, 3.0, Project Description, on pages 3-17 and 3-30, the Project includes a request for OCTA to approve a modification of the MPAH to remove the planned future extension of Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street.

2. The comment requests removal of references to OCTA Route 37 bus service, which travels on Euclid Street through the Study Area, on account of it not serving the Project area. As further discussed in Section 3.0, Corrections, Clarifications and Additions to the Draft Subsequent EIR, the following text is modified as part of the Final Subsequent EIR.

The change in text signified by strikeouts (strikeouts) where text has been removed and by bold underlining ( underline) where text has been added. The revisions reflect minor updates or clarifications to the content of the Draft Subsequent EIR, and thus and do not represent material changes or revisions that modify the findings.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 1, Page 4-4, Environmental Setting, and Page 5.14-22, Transportation
A variety of public transit options are available to access the Project Site, including:

OCTA Route 37; OCTA Route 43; OCTA Route 46; OCTA Route 47; OCTA Route 50; OCTA Route 83; OCTA Bravo Route 543; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Route 460; Riverside Transit Agency CommuterLink Route 200; and the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) Express.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix J-1, CEQA Transportation Analysis, Page 31
OCTA Route 37 – OCTA Route 37 is a local line that travels between La Habra and Fountain Valley with an average headway of 30 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 40 to 50 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Euclid Street west of the Project area and stops at Ball Road, Cerritos Avenue, and Katella Avenue.

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OCTA Route 37 – OCTA Route 37 is a local line that travels between La Habra and Fountain Valley with an average headway of 30 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 40 to 50 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Euclid Street west of the Project area and stops at Ball Road, Cerritos Avenue, and Katella Avenue.

3. The comment requests that the City work with OCTA if the Project results in increased demand for transit services. As described on Page 5.14-34 of Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the Project may relocate the East Esplanade transportation center from the west side of Harbor Boulevard to the East Parking Area or adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay. The relocated transportation center would continue to provide loading areas for public transit buses as well as private buses and shuttles and would fully integrate into the pedestrian network. The Project also would continue to participate in the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) as required by Mitigation Measure (MM) TRA-9. The City looks forward to continuing to work cooperatively with OCTA regarding transit services in The Anaheim Resort.

The remaining portions of the comment are noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 8 South Coast Air Quality Management District
Sam Wang
October 24, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 8

1. The commenter acknowledges receipt of the Draft Subsequent EIR for review and requests all technical documents related to air quality, health risk, and GHG analyses, electronic version of all emission calculation files, and air quality modeling and health risk assessment files for the Project. All requested files were provided to the commenter in advance of the public review end date. The comment does not address the content or adequacy of the Draft Subsequent EIR under CEQA or the State CEQA Guidelines; no additional response is required.

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Letter 9 Anaheim/Orange County Hotel & Lodging Association Samantha Marquez
September 15, 2023
Response to Comment Letter 9

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 10 Black Chamber of Orange County
Bobby McDonald
October 2, 2023
Response to Comment Letter 10

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

October 6, 2023

Ms. Elaine Thienprasiddhi
Senior Planner
Anaheim Planning & Building Department
200 S. Anaheim Blvd., MS 162
Anaheim, CA 92805

Sent via email: [email protected]

RE: DisneylandForward Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report

Dear Ms. Thienprasiddhi:

The California Attractions and Parks Association (CAPA) represents California theme parks, water parks, family entertainment centers, as well as businesses that provide services and equipment to the entertainment experiences industry. Our members include world-renowned destinations and multi- generational, family-owned businesses. Many of our members live and work within Orange County.

I’m writing to express my support for DisneylandForward and to encourage Anaheim’s Planning Commission and City Council to certify the Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) and approve the DisneylandForward Project.

DisneylandForward will create thousands of jobs for local residents and infuse the City’s general fund with millions in additional tax revenue every year. With DisneylandForward, Disney is proposing to build only on land already owned by Disney. Disney is not asking for taxpayer subsidies or asking to add any additional theme park square footage or hotel rooms beyond what the City already has approved. Based on my review, Disney is just asking to spread the previously approved square footage and hotel rooms around Disney properties in a way that makes sense for today’s market demand.

The Draft SEIR reviews the key components under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), including traffic, noise, aesthetics (lighting), air quality and cumulative impacts among others. The DisneylandForward will mitigate most impacts to less than significant levels. The significant and unavoidable air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and construction noise impacts are typical of a project of this size and in this location. After an exhaustive study by third-party independent experts, it is clear that after many years of planning, review and analysis, it is time to certify the EIR and approve the DisneylandForward Project.

For any additional questions or concerns, please contact me at (916) 706-2939.

Sincerely,

Sabrina Demayo Lockhart
Executive Director, California Attractions and Parks Association 11-1
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Letter 11 California Attractions and Parks Association
Sabrina Demayo Lockhart
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 11

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

October 20, 2023
Ms. Elaine Thienprasiddhi
Senior Planner
Anaheim Planning & Building Department
200 S. Anaheim Blvd., MS 162
Anaheim, CA 92805
[email protected]
Dear Ms. Thienprasiddhi:

Since 1981, the California Travel Association (CalTravel) has been the influential and unified voice of advocacy for California's travel and tourism industry. Visitors to the Golden State currently spend $135 billion annually, which is a return to the highs we enjoyed prior to the pandemic, and the $12 billion generated by the tourism industry in state and local taxes is nearly equal to what it was in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Disneyland Resort is one of the jewels in California's tourism crown. Disney has invested billions of dollars in the resort, and with DisneylandForward, Disney will continue to invest in Anaheim and California.

Through the power of Disney's marketing strategies, we expect the investments in DisneylandForward to be promoted throughout the nation and the world, bringing tourists from all points of the globe to California. This will create a multiplier effect in terms of jobs, tax revenue generated, and positive economic growth.

We recognize the importance of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEAQ) and appreciate the extensive effort of the City to analyze the environmental impacts of the DisneylandForward project. CalTravel supports DisneylandForward and encourages the Anaheim City Council to approve the project..

Sincerely,
Barb Newton
President & CEO
California Travel Association
1127 11th Street, Suite 223
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Letter 12 California Travel Association
Barb Newton
October 20, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 12

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 13 GK Law
Jordan R. Sisson
October 30, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 13

1. The commenter provides background on their represented party, UNITE HERE Local 11, and summarizes their understanding of the DisneylandFoward Project. However, there are several errors in the summary that are notable.

First, the RE: line incorrectly references the document in question as a Supplemental EIR.

As detailed in Sections 2.3, the California Environmental Quality Act and the Environmental Impact Report, and 2.4, Purpose of the Subsequent Environmental Impact Report, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the DisneylandForward Project is evaluated through a Subsequent EIR, which “reevaluates the analysis in EIR No. 311 for The Disneyland Resort Project and the analysis in Master EIR No. 313 and SEIR No. 340 for the ARSP (Anaheim Resort Specific Plan) Project to determine if the changes proposed to these projects by the DisneylandForward Project (Project) create new potentially significant impacts or substantially increase the severity of prior significant impacts” The commenter incorrectly references the Project Applicant as Walt Disney Company; the Project Applicant is Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. as stated in Section 2.1, Project Background, of the Draft Subsequent EIR.

The commenter mischaracterizes the 1,078-acre Anaheim Resort as “commonly referred as the Disney or Anaheim Resort”. As stated in Section 3.2, Project Location and Environmental Setting, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, “The Project Site is located entirely within the City in Orange County, California, within an area known as The Anaheim Resort®, a 1,078-acre portion of the City especially designated by the City's General Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses and which is intended to provide for tourist and entertainment-related industries, such as theme parks, hotels, tourist-oriented retail, movie theaters, and other visitor-serving facilities.” The Project Site, and areas owned and operated by Disney, comprise a portion of The Anaheim Resort detailed in Section 3.2, Project Location and Environmental Setting, of the Draft Subsequent EIR as the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan and Disney ARSP Properties.

The commenter incorrectly states that the Hotel Circle Specific Plan is “sub-divided into discrete planning districts or overlays”.

The commenter incorrectly states that Disney is seeking approval of the DSEIR. As stated in Table 3-4, Anticipated Discretionary Actions, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, Disney is seeking certification of a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report to EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340.

2. The commenter identifies the Local 11 interest in the Project due to the number of members who live and work in the City of Anaheim. The comment generally discusses concerns related to the analyses being skewed due to use of an artificially inflated baseline and the impact to the housing, vehicle miles traveled, air quality, energy and greenhouse gas analyses. These concerns are detailed in later comments and responded to accordingly in Responses 13-3 through 13-17.

3. The commenter questions the ability to transfer theme park square footage to other Disney Properties under existing entitlements. As discussed in Section 3.0, Project Description, DisneylandForward
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of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the existing Disneyland Resort Specific Plan (DRSP) limits theme park development to the existing Theme Park District. As discussed on pages 3-2 and 3-9 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the underlying purpose of the Project is to allow continued, long-term growth of The Disneyland Resort Project by allowing the transfer of uses permitted under the DRSP to other areas of the DRSP and properties within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (ARSP) owned or leased by Disney. Pages 3-13 to 3-16 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR disclose and detail Project-related actions, including amendments to the DRSP, ARSP, and the City’s General Plan, required to allow specific land uses, including theme park uses, to be developed in areas outside of the current Theme Park District (i.e., Disneyland Park and Disney’s California Adventure, as noted by the commenter). The Draft Subsequent EIR analyzes the potential environmental impacts of allowing the transfer of these uses to other Disney properties. Further, the entitlements previously approved by the City for The Disneyland Resort Project and the ARSP Project and reviewed and analyzed in the prior EIRs (EIR No. 311, EIR No. 313 and SEIR No. 340) are properly treated as part of the environmental baseline in a subsequent or supplemental EIR. See Sierra Club v. City of Orange (2008) 163 Cal.App.4 th 523,542.

4. Refer to Response 13-1, above.

5. The comment expresses concern the Draft Subsequent EIR did not include a redline of the updated DRSP. There is no requirement to do so under CEQA. Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR describes the Project’s changes to The Disneyland Resort Project and the ARSP Project, and Section 5.1, Aesthetics, through Section 5.16, Utilities and Service Systems, analyze the environmental impacts of those proposed changes. Nevertheless, the City maintains a list that summarizes the changes to the DRSP and ARSP.

6. Table 3-2, Uses Currently Allowed Under DRSP/ARSP For Disney Properties, in Section

3.0, Project Description, describes the uses currently allowed. There is no “DRSP Section

1.6.6 (Development Plan)”, however, Exhibit 1.6a, The Disneyland Resort District/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum Allowable Development, of the DRSP is consistent with Table 3-2 in the Draft Subsequent EIR. However, Table 3-2 breaks out the Hotel District and the Theme Park District, whereas the two are combined into “Theme Park District” in the DRSP. The information provided was provi ded by Disney and verified by the City of Anaheim based on its independent tracking. As required under the existing approvals for The Disneyland Resort Project, Disney submits an annual report regarding square footage and hotel rooms to the City. Regarding footnote 1 in Table 3-2, as an operating business, the Disneyland Resort has constructed limited new square footage and hotel rooms since the release of the Notice of Preparation in October 2021 in accordance with existing entitlements. According to The Disneyland Resort
® Square Footage Update Report for
2024 Q1, provided to the City on February 9, 2024, the following development has occurred between October 2021 and February 2024:
 Hotel District Uses
o Hotel Rooms: No change
o Hotel Retail/Restaurant: Decrease from 159,549 square feet to 159,475 square feet
o Hotel Meeting Space: No change
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 Theme Park Uses
o Theme Park: Increase from 3,192,885 square feet to 3,238,597 square feet (this includes Retail, Dining and Entertainment uses in Downtown Disney, which decreased from 246,702 square feet to 169,713 square feet) o Administration Building: No change
These limited changes in overall development do not substantively impact the overall environmental impact analyses.

7. Table 1-2, Proposed Development Summary of Disney Properties, of Section 1.0, Executive Summary, of the Draft Subsequent EIR includes footnotes 1 and 5 that detail how the maximum theme park and back-of-house square footage would not exceed a total of 6,850,000 square feet (sf) and up to 350,000 sf of that total may be developed as Retail, Dining, and Entertainment uses. There is no “DRSP § 1.6.6”, however, footnotes 1 and 9 of Exhibit 1.6a, The Disneyland Resort Dist rict/Overlay Summary Tabulation – Maximum Allowable Development, of the DRSP are consistent with Table 1-2. Section 3.4.2 of the DRSP concerns Phase II (2001) of the Disneyland Resort Project and describes the retail, dining and entertainment square footage constructed by 2001.

8. Section 4.4, Cumulative Impacts Assumptions – Related Projects, of Section 4.0, Environmental Setting, of the Draft Subsequent EIR includes a discussion of cumulative projects to provide a contextual setting for the cumulative analyses detailed in Sections

5.1, Aesthetics, through 5.16, Utilities and Service Systems, of the Draft Subsequent EIR.

Where relevant based on the environmental topic, the cumulative projects noted are considered as part of the cumulative setting and their potential impacts are identified in combination with the Project’s impacts to make a finding related to the Project’s contribution to a cumulative impact. Several of the cumulative projects are located within the ARSP but do not directly impact or are not directly impacted by the DisneylandForward Project beyond what is disclosed throughout the Draft Subsequent EIR due to the types and geographic locations of these cumulative projects. This is portrayed on Exhibit 4-1, Cumulative Projects, as a majority of the cumulative projects are located to the northeast of the DisneylandForward Project, and a few are located within the ARSP, such as Cumulative Projects 1, 3 and 4.

9. Section 3.2, Project Location and Environmental Setting, of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR provides a detailed explanation of the Project Site, which is inclusive of:

The Disneyland Resort, including the existing Theme Park, Hotel, Parking and Future Expansion Districts, shown in Exhibit 3-5, Current Development Districts, and the Disney ARSP Properties, which are listed below:
 1515 S. Manchester Avenue (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member 2 Lot);
 1585 S. Manchester Avenue (currently occupied by an office building and also used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot);
 1530 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Manchester Cast Member Lot);  1900 S. Harbor Boulevard (currently used as the Toy Story Parking Lot);

2 Cast Member is a term used by Disney for an employee of The Disneyland Resort.

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 333 W. Ball Road (currently used as the Harbor Cast Member Lot); and  1717 S. Disneyland Drive (Paradise Pier Hotel).

To the extent the Project would update The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program, The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and the Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural Height Map, the Project Site includes the entire Anaheim Resort (inclusive of the ARSP, DRSP, and HCSP). The Project Site also includes areas identified in the General Plan as planned extensions of Gene Autry Way between Harbor Boulevard and Haster Street and of Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue, portions of which are outside The Anaheim Resort.

10. The comment expresses concern that the Draft Subsequent EIR does not contain details regarding “a forthcoming DA amendment”. CEQA does not require the circulation of the Development Agreement with the Draft Subsequent EIR, however, Table 3-4, Anticipated Discretionary Actions, on page 3-30 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR lists the amendment to the 1996 Development Agreement between the Walt Disney World Co. (renamed Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. in 2009) and the City as one of the anticipated discretionary actions of the Project. The Draft Subsequent EIR analyzes the environmental impacts of the Project and the requested Project entitlements, including the Development Agreement. Any future actions pursuant to the Development Agreement which are curre ntly not known in sufficient detail will be subject to further environmental review under CEQA once the actions are known in sufficient detail and proposed by the City.

11. The comment expresses concern regarding the housing analysis in the Draft Subsequent EIR. According to Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the environmental impact analysis is based on adjusted employment figures detailed in Table

5.12-2, Employment Summary, and that are based on actual operating conditions at The Disneyland Resort. The original employment projections detailed in EIR No. 311 and SEIR No. 340 (for the Disney ARSP Properties) were based on best available information and standard employment practices at the time. This difference, based on current employment records maintained since certification of EIR No. 311 and current employment at the Disneyland Resort, is acknowledged in the Draft Subsequent EIR and the analysis is based on a realistic projection based on current and anticipated future conditions. These projections were then compared to local and regional projections published by Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and it was identified that all Project-relative increases would be within the projections. As discussed on pages 5.12-1 to 5.12-2 of the Draft Subsequent EIR, EIR No. 311 found The Disneyland Resort Project would create a less than significant impact related to employment, population and housing and no mitigation was required. The analysis identifies anticipated growth associated with the Project and compares that growth to regional and local projections published by Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). As discussed in Section 5.12.3, Project Impact Analysis, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, growth associated with the Project would represent a portion of the overall growth projected for the City. Specifically, Project-related increases would represent 5.5 percent of SCAG’s projected total employment in the City,

1.5 percent of SCAG’s projected population for the City, and 8.5 percent of SCAG’s projected housing needs for the City. As the Project-relative increases are within the projections, the Project would not create a significant impact on employment, population or housing because it is not “unplanned”. As further discussed, the requirement to build or preserve 500 affordable housing units in the City was a condition of approval (Condition DisneylandForward
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of Approval No. 61) that was later satisfied through payment of $5,000,000 to the City.

This Condition of Approval was not required to reduce a significant impact.

12. The comment expresses an opinion that the projected need for 1,842 dwelling units should be considered significant. As required by CEQA, the Draft Subsequent EIR focuses the analysis on the established threshold of significance:

Would the project induce substantial unplanned population growth in an area, either directly or indirectly (for example, by proposing new homes and businesses) or indirectly (for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure)? Consistent with this threshold, the analysis identifies anticipated growth associated with the Project and compares that growth to regional and local projections published by Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). As discussed in Section 5.12.3, Project Impact Analysis, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, growth associated with the Project would represent a portion of the overall growth projected for the City. Specifically, Project- related increases would represent 5.5 percent of SCAG’s projected total employment in the City, 1.5 percent of SCAG’s projected population for the City, and 8.5 percent of SCAG’s projected housing needs for the City. As the Project-relative increases are within the projections, the Project would not create a significant impact on employment, population or housing because it is not “unplanned”. Although no new housing is proposed as part of the Project, Table 4-1, List of Cumulative Off-Site Projects, of the Draft Subsequent EIR identifies over 3,000 new housing units that are proposed within one mile of the Project Site which would increase the housing stock in the immediate vicinity.

Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

13. The comment expresses concern regarding the projected number of employees that may relocate to the City. As noted in Section 5.12.3, Project Impact Analysis, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the analysis acknowledges that a portion of employment positions would be filled by a combination of current Anaheim residents, future Anaheim residents choosing to relocate to the City, and people living outside of the City. As discussed in the Draft Subsequent EIR, the percentages noted were determined 1) based on Disney’s employment records, and 2) based on a relocation rate previously determined by the City and consistent with the methodology presented in SEIR No. 340.

14. Consistent with the original intent of the DRSP and the Disneyland Resort Project, the DisneylandForward Project does not include the construction of new housing. The comment does not address the content or adequacy of the Draft Subsequent EIR; however, the comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

15. The comment claims that the Orange County Transportation Analysis Model (OCTAM) may not accurately forecast VMT for the Project because the Disneyland Resort draws visitors from distant regions.

The comment cites erroneous statistics from an unvalidated source (footnote 8 referencing https://blog.gitnux.com/disneyland-visitor-statistics/). That website claims to have compiled statistics from a number of sources, including news outlets, tourism websites, blogs, and Disney’s website, but provides no information on how the data was validated or synthesized. The key statistic from the website to which the comment appears to refer states: “In 2018, Disneyland guests traveled an average of 414 miles to visit the park.” DisneylandForward
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While The Disneyland Resort is visited by many non-local guests, they (a) often travel by air rather than by car, which is not considered in the VMT analysis 3 (b) often visit as part of a broader trip to Southern California, such that their travel cannot be solely attributed to The Disneyland Resort, and (c) often stay in nearby hotels, such that in terms of actual VMT to and from the theme parks, in many cases they walk or take local shuttles and therefore do not generate VMT. Out-of-town guests to the Disneyland Resort often have lower VMT than local resident guests.

The comment also erroneously suggests that OCTAM may not capture the geographic region for trips driving directly to and from The Disneyland Resort. Though OCTAM is focused on Orange County, it is based on the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) regional travel demand model as described on page 52 of the CEQA Transportation Analysis (Appendix J-1 of the Draft Subsequent EIR). It incorporates socioeconomic data forecasts from the SCAG model throughout the entire SCAG region, which is made up of six contiguous counties in Southern California. Orange County encompasses approximately 2.4% of the land area and 17% of the population of the SCAG region based on the latest census data. The shortest possible drives out of the SCAG region from The Disneyland Resort include:
 approximately 38 miles southeast on I-5 to the southern tip of San Clemente;  approximately 70 miles southeast on I-15 to a point just south of Temecula;  approximately 93 miles north on I-5 to Gorman;
 approximately 107 miles northwest on US 101 to a point just before Carpinteria;  approximately 212 miles east on I-10 to Blythe on the Arizona border; and  approximately 230 miles northeast on I-15 to Primm on the Nevada border.

Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA (California Governor’s Office of Planning & Research, December 2018) states on page 18: “agencies should analyze VMT outcomes of land use plans across the full area over which the plan may substantively affect travel patterns , including beyond the boundary of the plan or jurisdiction’s geography.” (Emphasis added.) The vast majority of day-of travel to and from The Disneyland Resort is from within the region captured in OCTAM.

Moreover, the comment ignores that the Project proposes a very limited effect on traffic compared to the baseline condition of The Disneyland Resort developed under existing entitlements, including the existing DRSP and ARSP. As discussed on page 53 of the CEQA Transportation Analysis, Appendix J-1 of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the aspects of the Project that affect traffic distribution and trip lengths include the potential relocation of hotel rooms and the removals of and modifications to roadways. 4 These changes in no
way affect regional travel patterns to and from The Disneyland Resort, and thus the changes to trip lengths are based on very local changes. The Project does not generate new visitor trips compared to baseline, and it does not change visitor parking locations in any substantive way.
5 3 Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA (California Governor ’s Office of Planning & Research, December 2018) notes on page 4 that the adopted CEQA Guidelines in Section 15064.3 state that VMT “refers to the amount of automobile travel attributable to a project,” and further “the term ‘automobile’ refers to on- road passenger vehicles, specifically cars and light tr ucks.” Other modes of travel are not considered in VMT analysis.
4 In OCTAM, parking spaces are not trip generators and, theref ore, the model does not account for the additional parking spaces allowed by the Project at the Harbor Cast Member Lot. 5 The Project allows the visitor parking spaces allocated to the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District to the adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay.

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The Project’s VMT analysis appropriately follows the City’s guidance from City of Anaheim Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for California Environmental Quality Act Analysis (June, 2020) by conducting analysis and forecasting using the OCTAM model. The impact criteria employed in the analysis were reviewed and approved by City staff, and are consistent with State guidance allowing lead agencies to set those methods and criteria (see pages 4 and 7 of the Technical Advisory). Further, the analysis follows the recommendation on page 30 of the Technical Advisory to use the same models for VMT analysis and for determining VMT impact thresholds so as to maintain an “apples-to-apples” comparison between thresholds and VMT estimates as discussed in Response 13-16.

16. The comment questions the effectiveness of Disney’s on-going TDM program. Contrary to the comment’s assertion, page 5-14-43 of Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR provides a summary of data from two recent Southern California Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) transportation surveys, which Disney submits on an annual basis to SCAQMD. As described therein, between 2019 (pre-COVID pandemic) and 2022 (post-COVID pandemic), the overall share of drive-alone cast members decreased from 77% to 69%. Contrary to the suggestion in the comment, the 2022 report indicated a lower percentage of cast members driving alone to the Disneyland Resort.

This was largely due to the reduction in the percent of cast members traveling to and from the Disneyland Resort due to new post-pandemic work-from-home policies.

Telecommuting is one of the features of Disney’s TDM program as shown on page 5.14- 39 of Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, and the goal of the TDM program is overall trip reduction.

While transit usage and ridesharing declined between 2019 and 2022, this was certainly the result of the massive disruption in travel habits resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transit service agencies across the nation reported significant declines in ridership, and constant government-sponsored admonitions about social distancing and avoiding crows certainly affected people’s appetite for carpools and vanpools at that time. These effects were observed in the SCAQMD data for The Disneyland Resort just as they were observed throughout the region and beyond. They do not reflect a lack of commitment to alternative travel modes by sponsoring entities such as Disney, but a likely temporary change in the attitudes of the general public toward communal transportation modes. Despite this, Disney’s pivot to another TDM category—telecommuting—has reduced employee VMT even more than the pre-pandemic effects of the TDM program which had greater success reducing single-occupant travel. Over time, and through continued commitment to promoting transit and carpool modes by Disney through the TDM program, these modes are expected to become more prevalent.

Therefore, there is no indication that Disney is not fulfilling its TDM commitments. Also, as shown on page 5.14-43 of Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, ongoing operation of the TDM program would reduce VMT by at least 10%, which is more than sufficient to reduce the Project’s signi ficant VMT impacts below the levels of significance.

17. The comment expresses concern related to the Project’s energy use impacts, and specifically identifies concerns regarding MM AQ-13, MM ENE-1, and MM ENE-5 as well as additional mitigation measures related to use of solar technologies. According to MM AQ-13, Tier 4 engines are required for Project construction. Based on air quality modeling, Tier 4 interim engine emissions were modeled to represent a more conservative analysis; however, Tier 4 final engines are commercially available throughout Orange County and availability will become even more abundant over the anticipated buildout of the Project.

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Therefore, either Tier 4 interim or Tier 4 final engines could be used for Project construction and no change to MM AQ-13 is required. As discussed in Section 5.5, Energy, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the Project would comply with the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code (CCR, Title 24, Part 11), also known as the CALGreen Code, the mandatory provisions of which are adopted by the City in the City of Anaheim Municipal Code. Further, according to MM ENE-1, although not specified as Tier 1 or Tier 2, the Project would be required to exceed these Title 24 energy efficiency standards by 10 percent. Section 3.5.2 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR includes a list of efficiency features that would be included as part of the Project to help achieve these energy efficiency standards. Although not required, solar technology, as noted in MM AQ-10 and MM ENE-5 in the Draft Subsequent EIR, is an optional method to achieve energy efficiency. However, given the anticipated buildout of the Project, the mitigation measures noted are not restrictive to allow for incorporation of future technologies. The Draft Subsequent EIR contains 14 mitigation measures and 4 project design features to reduce air quality impacts and 26 mitigation measures and 5 project design features to reduce greenhouse gas em issions impacts; it does not rely on “mere compliance with building codes” as suggested by the comment. See Responses 13-10 and 13-11, above, regarding housing.

18. The remaining portions of the comment are noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration. As detailed throughout this document, none of the comments or responses constitute “significant new information”, and none of the conditions set forth in Section 15088.5 of the State CEQA Guidelines have been met that would require recirculation of the Draft Subsequent EIR.

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Letter 14 Grand Legacy at the Park
Marshall Weinstein
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 14

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 15 Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance Mary Anne Foo
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 15

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 16 West Coast University
Rob Koran
October 24, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 16

1. The comment expresses concern regarding the potential impacts of construction of the proposed parking structure in the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District and the adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay on the West Coast University building located at 1477 South Manchester Avenue. The environmental impacts of a parking structure in the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District were analyzed in EIR No. 311 for The Disneyland Resort Project, which the City certified in 1992. The Draft Subsequent EIR analyzes the environmental impacts of the Project related to Aesthetics and Transportation in Section 5.1, Aesthetics, pages 5.1-8 and 5.1-18 through 20, and MMs AES-18 and LU-3; and Section 5.14, Transportation, pages 5.14-31 and 5.14-34 and MMs TRA-4 through TRA-7 and MMs PS-19 through PS-23, respectively. The potential impacts of the proposed parking structure in the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District and the adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay are included in this analysis. Section 5.5.7, Parking Structure Appearance, of the DRSP, Appendix M of the Draft Subsequent EIR, contains detailed design requirements for the parking structure. Section 18.114.080 of the DRSP Zoning and Development Standards, Appendix M of the Draft Subsequent EIR, contains detailed regulations regarding the structural height and area limitations and setback requirements for the parking structure. As detailed on page 2-11 of Section 2.0, Introduction, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the City has provided “opportunities for the public and other public agencies to participate in the environmental review process (as discussed below) and/or to provide input on the Project and scope of this Draft Subsequent EIR”. As further discussed on page 3.1 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR: “The Project also would provide for future administrative review by the City of Disney’s development projects on Disney Properties, which would rely on this Subsequent Environmental Impact Report in accordance with CEQA standards.” Additionally, impacts related to construction and operation of the parking structure were discussed throughout the Draft Subsequent EIR; specifically, the parking structure’s construction and operation were included in the assumptions built into the CalEEMod air quality model and the analyses in Sections 5.2, Air Quality, 5.5, Energy, and 5.7, Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Utility needs associated with the parking structure were addressed in Section 5.16, Utilities and Service Systems, including anticipated electricity usage associated with operations. The comment does not address the content or adequacy of the review of environmental impacts in the Draft Subsequent EIR. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 17 Jorge Alvarado
October 9, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 17

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 18 Tropicana Inn & Suites
Badalian Enterprises
Greg Badalian
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 18

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 19 Favian Beltran
October 7, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 19

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 20 Orange County Business Council
Jeffrey Bail
September 29, 2023
Response to Comment Letter 20

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 21 Brian Baker
October 10, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 21

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 22 Sarah Baker
October 10, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 22

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 23 Ron Ballen
October 28, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 23

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 24 David Berryman
October 5, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 24

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 25 Hansji Corporation
Fred Brown
September 27, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 25

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 26 Veronica Calderon
October 28, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 26

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 27 Raquel Do Carmo
October 25, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 27

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 28 Carolyn Clark
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 28

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 29 Diana Decker
October 11, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 29

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 30 Barbara Dennis
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 30

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 31 Donna Edry
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 31

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 32 Briana Garcia
October 28, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 32

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 33 Sean Gorgie
October 28, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 33

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 34 Trevor Gusts
October 17, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 34

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 35 Joshua Haim
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 35

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 36 Katina Ana Hanson
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 36

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 37 Robert H. Harbin III
October 30, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 37

1. The comment expresses concern regarding the length of the comment period. In compliance with CEQA, the City provided a 45-day public review period, during which the City received 85 comments. Further, Section 1.0, Executive Summary, of the Draft Subsequent EIR provided an overview of the Project, the impact findings, and the required mitigation program. The comment also expresses concern that the “DDA”, which is presumed to mean the Development Agreement for the Project, was not circulated with the Draft Subsequent EIR. CEQA does not requi re the circulation of the Development Agreement with the Draft Subsequent EIR, however, page 3-30 of Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR lists the amendment to the 1996 Development Agreement between the Walt Disney World Co. (renamed Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. in 2009) and the City as one of the anticipated discretionary actions of the Project. The Draft Subsequent EIR analyzes the environmental impacts of the Project and the requested Project entitlements, including the Development Agreement. Any future actions pursuant to the Development Agreement which are currently not known in sufficient detail will be subject to further environmental review under CEQA once the actions are known in sufficient detail and proposed by the City. Finally, the comment expresses general concern regarding height, density and parking requirements.

Section 5.1, Aesthetics, and Section 5.10, Land Use and Planning, provide a detailed analysis of height and density issues. Parking is no longer a CEQA issue following the California Natural Resources Agency’s deletion of parking availability from the CEQA Guidelines Appendix G checklist. However, the Draft Subsequent EIR analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the parking structure proposed for the East Parking Area of the DRSP Parking District and the adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay, particularly in Section 5.1, Aesthetics, and 5.10, Land Use and Planning. Section 5.5.7, Parking Structure Appearance, of the DRSP, Appendix M of the Draft Subsequent EIR, contains detailed design requirements for the parking structure. Section 18.114.080 of the DRSP Zoning and Development Standards, Appendix M of the Draft Subsequent EIR, contains detailed regulations regarding the structural height and area limitations and setback requirements for the parking structure. The remaining portions of the comment are noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 38 Mark Hecht
October 16, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 38

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 39 Carolyn Hendley
October 18, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 39

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 40 David Horn
October 23, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 40

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 41 Jessica Insco
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 41

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 42 David Jackson
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 42

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 43 Karren Jackson
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 43

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 44 John Kerby
October 13, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 44

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 45 Natalie Lafond
October 5, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 45

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 46 Edgard Lavin
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 46

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 47 James A Lovell
October 23, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 47

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 48 Damian Loza
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 48

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 49 Dustin Marines
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 49

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 50 Roberto Marquez
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 50

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 51 Tim Maurer
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 51

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 52 Marcia McIntosh
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 52

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 53 Carlos Mitchell
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 53

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 54 Heather Montano
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 54

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 55 Gina Moore
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 55

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 56 Michael Moreno
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 56

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 57 Ashley O’Dell
October 7, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 57

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 58 Rick and Nancy Pare
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 58

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 59 Shilaben Patel
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 59

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 60 Erika Phillips
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 60

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 61 Jesse Ben-Ron and Tiffany Richardson
September 25, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 61

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 62 Vivian Ringen
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 62

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 63 Eduardo Rivera
October 9, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 63

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 64 Mary Jo Rowe
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 64

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 65 Sam Saldivar
October 10, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 65

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 66 Wincome Hospitality
Paul Sanford
October 9, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 66

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letters 67 and 68 Joseph Santos
October 5, 2023

Response to Comment Letters 67 and 68

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 69 Eduardo Serna
October 28, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 69

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 70 Jay Sherwood
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 70

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 71 Sharon Sinner
October 25, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 71

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 72 Nicole Smith
October 14, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 72

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 73 Julie Valdez
October 10, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 73

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 74 Shannon van de Poel
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 74

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 75 Janessa Velasco
October 28, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 75

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 76 Angela Villa
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 76

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 77 Mark Villa
October 6, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 77

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 78 Aidan Vo
October 4, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 78

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 79 Hai Vo
October 3, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 79

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 80 Scott Whiting
October 26, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 80

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 81 Amanda Wortman
October 9, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 81

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 82 Daniel Wright
October 7, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 82

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 83 Emily Yang
October 20, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 83

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Letter 84 F--- You
October 25, 2023

Response to Comment Letter 84

1. The comment does not address the content or adequacy of the environmental impact analysis in the Draft Subsequent EIR; however, the comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

September 27, 2023

Ms. Elaine Thienprasiddhi
Senior Planner
Anaheim Planning & Building Department
200 S. Anaheim Blvd., MS 162
Anaheim, CA 92805
[email protected]

Dear Ms. Thienprasiddhi:

DisneylandForward offers a great opportunity to bring more jobs, more tax revenue and more excitement to the City of Anaheim. As both a resident of Anaheim and a Cast Member at Disneyland, this project is extremely important to me.

The proposed improvements would occur only on Disney-owned property and Disney is not asking for additional entitlements for hotel, retail, restaurants, or theme park attractions – just the ability to distribute the amenities in a way that makes more sense for today’s market.

This would be the greatest boon to the City since Disney added California Adventure and the Grand Californian in the 90’s. I’m hopeful and confident that after the City staff, Planning Commission and City Council closely review the Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) and Specific Plan, the City will follow the scientific analysis and certify the documents and approve the project.

Sincerely,

David Zschernig

Anaheim, CA 92804

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Letter 85 David Zschernig
September 27, 2023
Response to Comment Letter 85

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

CITY OF ANAHEIM PLANNING COMMISSION

DISNEYLANDFORWARD WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 9, 2023
APPEARANCES:

LUCILLE KRING, CHAIRPERSON

GRANT HENNINGER, VICE CHAIRPERSON

JEANNE TRAN-MARTIN, COMMISSIONER

MICHELLE LIEBERMAN, COMMISSIONER

LUISANDRES PEREZ, COMMISSIONER

CHRISTOPHER WALKER, COMMISSIONER

AMELIA CASTRO, COMMISSIONER
JOB NO. 90620
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1 EVENTS, CAME TO US AND SAID WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 2 THE PROJECT AND WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED MORE. THIS IS A 3 PLOT OF ALL THOSE AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE
4 THERE'S AN EVEN MORE DETAILED ZOOM-IN OF ALL THE TOUCH 5 POINTS WE HAD AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THE FEEDBACK 6 WE GOT, AND ALL THE FOLKS WE REACHED OUT TO OVER THE 7 COURSE OF LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THAT CONCLUDES 8 OUR REMARKS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR
9 ENGAGEMENT, AND YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS.
10 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, RACHEL AND JOE.
11 OKAY. NOW I WILL CALL FIVE SPEAKERS AND IF YOU CAN 12 JUST LINE UP I'D APPRECIATE IT. THE FIRST ONE IS GREG 13 EISENMAN, NEXT ONE MICHAEL JOHNSON, BILL O'CONNELL, 14 GREG BROWN, AND KAREN REYNOSA.
15 MR. EISENMAN: GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
16 MY NAME IS GREG EISENMAN. I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF 17 THE ANAHEIM CAMELOT INN AND THE TROPICANA INN LOCATED 18 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO DISNEYLAND. 19 I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING ELAINE FROM
20 THE CITY FOR HER TIRELESS WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
21 THANKS, ELAINE. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK DISNEY FOR 22 REACHING OUT TO US AND OTHER HOTELIERS INDIVIDUALLY AND 23 AS A GROUP. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, AND I CANNOT
24 EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH; A LONG WAY.
25 THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT THAT WILL
26 BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS, THE CITY, AND HOTELIERS ALIKE 27 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. 28 EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROJECT First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 FOR YEARS, I BELIEVE THIS DAY IS DAY ONE. THE WORK IS 2 REALLY BEGINNING TODAY AS SO MANY THINGS NEED TO BE
3 WORKED OUT. MOVING FORWARD, DISNEYFORWARD IS QUITE THE 4 NAME BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE IT FORWARD. FOR EXAMPLE, 5 A GENUINE CONCERN IS WITHOUT THE DDA, THE DEFINITIVE 6 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THE ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT 7 INFORMED DECISIONS CANNOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME.
8 THE MERITS OF THE EIR AND PROJECT BY THE
9 PLANNING COMMISSION AND RESIDENTS OF ANAHEIM IS SIMPLY 10 NOT READY OR POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. THE LONGSTANDING 11 DIFFICULTIES WITH THE EXISTING 1994 DDA AND EIR MAKE IT 12 HARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MANY ISSUES. THIS AGAIN, 13 NEEDS TO BE WORKED THROUGH.
14 I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS -- THAT WITH THE
15 CITY AND DISNEY WORKING TOGETHER, INCLUSIVE WITH THE 16 RESIDENTS, HOTELIERS, AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AN 17 AMAZING TRANSFORMATION WILL BE COMING TO ANAHEIM.
18 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
19 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, MR. EISENMAN.
20 NEXT, MICHAEL JOHNSON. WELCOME.
21 MR. JOHNSON: MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
22 HONORABLE COMMISSION, I THINK THOROUGH IS CERTAINLY THE 23 WORD OF TODAY IN RELATION TO THIS PRESENTATION.
24 MICHAEL JOHNSON HERE, MARKETING MANAGER REPUBLIC
25 SERVICES AND CHAIR OF THE ANAHEIM FAMILY YMCA. ON
26 BEHALF OF REPUBLIC SERVICES, WE COMPLIMENT THE VERY 27 THOROUGH COMPREHENSIVE EIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH THE
28 RESORT HAS UNDERTAKEN THROUGH TODAY.

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1 TIME AFTER TIME THE RESORT HAS BEEN A GREAT
2 BUSINESS PARTNER. WE APPRECIATE THEIR TREATMENT OF OUR 3 WORKERS AND WE'RE HONORED TO SERVE THIS MARQUEE
4 PROPERTY. AS ANOTHER LARGE EMPLOYER IN TOWN, WE
5 SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS, THEIR TRANSPARENCY, AND THE
6 RESPONSIBLE PROJECT PRESENTED HERE TODAY. AS CHAIR OF 7 THE YMCA, ONE OF THE LARGEST YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL 8 OF ORANGE COUNTY, CANNOT SAY ENOUGH OF THE THOUSANDS OF 9 YOUTH THAT THE APPLICANT IMPACTS EACH YEAR, SO THANK 10 YOU FOR THAT. OUR BOARD ALSO APPRECIATES THE
11 PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US AS PART OF THE
12 OUTREACH ON THIS PROJECT. WE'RE THANKFUL TO YOUR
13 APPROACH. AS AN INDIVIDUAL I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS
14 REVIEW, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT ALSO THE KERNELS OF 15 HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE EIR, SO THANK YOU.
16 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. MR. O'CONNELL,
17 WELCOME.
18 MR. O'CONNELL: THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING,
19 MADAM CHAIR AND TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE BOARD. 20 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US TONIGHT. 21 I JUST WANT TO DO A REAL QUICK THANK YOU TO RACHEL AND 22 KARALEE AND THE ENTIRE DISNEY TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR 23 EFFORTS FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. TO JOE, IN 24 SPECTRUM DEVELOPMENT, FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS IN THE 25 PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AND TED AND ELAINE AND THE 26 ENTIRE CITY STAFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR 27 THE CITY AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
28 THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE ANAHEIM RESIDENTS
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1 AND THE RESORT STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS 2 THESE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND DISNEY, THANK YOU 3 FOR CONTINUING TO REINVEST IN OUR WONDERFUL CITY AND 4 YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY STAFF. WE'RE VERY
5 GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
6 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, MR. O'CONNELL.
7 MR. BROWN, WELCOME.
8 MR. BROWN: GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FRED
9 BROWN. I'M GENERAL MANAGER OF DESERT PALMS HOTEL IN 10 ANAHEIM. I'VE BEEN GENERAL MANAGER WITH THAT HOTEL FOR 11 ABOUT 27 YEARS. OUR COMPANY HAS FOUR -- THREE OTHER 12 HOTELS IN ANAHEIM. THEY REPRESENT ABOUT 500 ROOMS. 13 DURING THAT ENTIRE TIME DISNEY HAS BEEN AN INSTRUMENTAL 14 PARTNER IN HOTEL DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS IN ANAHEIM. 15 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE ATTENDED
16 MANY MEETINGS WITH DISNEY CONCERNING FUTURE EXPANSION 17 PLANS, WHICH IS NOW TITLED DISNEYFORWARD PROJECT.
18 DURING THIS TIME CONCERNS WERE RAISED BY RESORT HOTELS, 19 AS WELL AS NEARBY RESIDENTS. I FEEL DISNEY HAS DONE A 20 VERY GOOD JOB COMMUNICATING WITH RESORT COMMUNITY, 21 LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO 22 THEIR PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE MANY, IF NOT ALL OF THOSE 23 CONCERNS.
24 SINCE THE DISNEYLAND RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN WAS
25 APPROVED IN THE 1990S A LOT HAS CHANGED ON HOW
26 ENTERTAINMENT VENUES OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS ARE 27 PLANNED OUT. TODAY, DISNEY DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE 28 WORLD NO LONGER SEPARATE INTO THOSE CONFINED SPACES; First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 THEY'RE MELDED INTO ONE SPACE GIVING THE GUEST'S
2 ABILITY TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES INTO THE MAGIC THAT IS
3 ALL DISNEY.
4 ALL OF THIS PROPOSED WITHIN THE SAME RIGHTS
5 THAT DISNEY HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED AND NOT ASKING FOR 6 ANY PUBLIC FUNDING OR ADDITIONAL SPACE GRANTED TO THEM. 7 HAVING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS LIKE THESE GIVE RESIDENTS AND 8 BUSINESSES AND THEIR OWNERSHIPS IN AND AROUND THE
9 ANAHEIM RESORT A FORUM FOR QUESTIONS TO BE BROUGHT
10 FORWARD AND ADDRESSED WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY. WHILE WE 11 KNOW THIS WILL BE A PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE MONTHS, NOT 12 WEEKS, AND WE ALSO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE
13 DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT IS TO THIS CITY.
14 THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT PROVIDES
15 THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT'S POTENTIAL IMPACTS, 16 AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOUR COMMISSION TO CERTIFY THE 17 EIR AND APPROVE THE PROJECT WHEN THE TIME COMES TO 18 VOTE. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE DISNEYLANDFORWARD
19 PROJECT AND AM THANKFUL TO DISNEYLAND FOR THEIR EFFORTS 20 TO INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE ANAHEIM
21 COMMUNITY.
22 ONE OTHER NOTE FROM A SLIDE THAT I SAW UP
23 THERE -- I NEED TO BREATHE NOW. THERE WERE FOUR LISTED 24 SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS OUT OF THIS 27,000 25 PAGE REPORT; IS THAT RIGHT? 17,000. FORGIVE ME FOR 26 10,000 PAGES. AIR QUALITY CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS. 27 THAT AIR QUALITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS ANY PROPERTY -- 28 ANY BUILDING THAT HAPPENS -- ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 THAT HAPPENS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO HAVE THAT 2 SAME SORT OF A MITIGATING -- SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. ONCE 3 THE CONSTRUCTION GOES AWAY I THINK THAT GOES DOWN
4 IMMENSELY. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, THERE ARE GOING 5 TO BE THOUSANDS OF NEW PEOPLE INSIDE OF DISNEYLAND
6 PARKS, AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS US WITH OUR
7 EMISSIONS. YOU ADD PEOPLE; YOU ADD GREENHOUSE GAS
8 EMISSIONS.
9 NOISE. I THINK DISNEY -- I HAVE A HOTEL THAT
10 BACKS UP TO DISNEYLAND AND ANOTHER HOTEL THAT'S ACROSS 11 THE STREET FROM DISNEYLAND. I HEAR PEOPLE SCREAMING ON 12 ONE OF THE ROLLER COASTERS OCCASIONALLY, BUT OTHER THAN 13 THAT I NEVER GET ANY COMPLAINTS FROM MY GUESTS FOR 14 NOISE. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM
15 NEIGHBORHOODS.
16 AND THEN THE OTHER IS CULTURAL RESOURCES.
17 DISNEY IS NO BETTER -- THERE'S NO ONE BETTER THAN
18 DISNEY TO PRESERVE THEIR HERITAGE OVER THE LAST 60, 19 75 YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
20 CHAIRPERSON KRING: YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK
21 YOU, MR. BROWN. AS KAREN REYNOZA IS COMING UP WE'LL 22 CALL ON JILL RAWLINGSWORTH-BAKER, ROBERT PEIRSON,
23 BHARAT PATEL, AND FRANCES NOTEBOOM. WELCOME.
24 MS. REYNOZA: GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KAREN
25 REYNOZA. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ANAHEIM FOR OVER 60 26 YEARS. I LIVE ON BELMONT COURT IN ANAHEIM AND I
27 BELIEVE THE DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT SEEMS LIKE A 28 GREAT IDEA. THEY'LL BE EXPANDING ONLY ON PROPERTY THAT First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 THEY ALREADY OWN.
2 THIS PROPOSED INVESTMENT WILL NOT ONLY BRING
3 NEW ATTRACTIONS, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS TO THE RESORT, 4 IT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE THE 5 CITY WILL RECEIVE WHICH CAN GO TO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC 6 SAFETY SUPPORT, PARK IMPROVEMENT, AND OTHER CITY
7 SERVICES. THIS EXPANSION WILL ALSO CREATE NEW JOBS, 8 WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY THAT 9 CONTINUES TO GROW.
10 I BELIEVE THAT DISNEYLAND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB 11 OF REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THE PUBLIC 12 INFORMED OF THE EXPANSION AND THEY HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE 13 TO ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS MAY HAVE 14 ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THEY'VE BEEN AT SUMMER CONCERT 15 EVENTS AND EVEN HELD COMMUNITY COFFEES AT PUBLIC PARKS 16 IN ANAHEIM STRETCHING BACK TO 2022.
17 I APPRECIATE DISNEY'S OPENNESS AND
18 TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND ENCOURAGE YOU 19 TO VOTE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND APPROVE THE EIR. 20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
21 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. IS MS. BAKER
22 HERE? OKAY. ROBERT PEIRSON, IS HE HERE? YES. COME
23 ON UP. AND THEN IF MICHAEL MORENO CAN FOLLOW MS.
24 NOTEBOOM.
25 MR. PEIRSON: FIRST OFF, I FIRST BECAME AWARE
26 OF DISNEYFORWARD WHEN I WAS AT STODDARD PARK WALKING MY 27 DOG AND THERE WAS A BOOTH THERE AND LEARNED A BIT ABOUT 28 IT THERE. I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE, LIKE WHAT I'M SEEING, First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 EXCITED TO SEE CONTINUOUS INVESTMENT.
2 THE ONLY THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IS
3 IT'S KATELLA AVENUE. KATELLA AVENUE, QUICKLY AFTER THE 4 PANDEMIC TURNED INTO A RACE TRACK AND LIKE I SAW THINGS 5 ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STREET SIGNALING AND MORE 6 CAMERAS TO GET PEOPLE WHEN THEY DO THE STREET TAKEOVER, 7 STUFF LIKE THAT. LIVING RIGHT OFF OF KATELLA, IF
8 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT IT WOULD BE 9 GREAT. OVERALL, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR
10 DECADES. THANK YOU.
11 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12 OKAY. BHARAT, COME ON. WELCOME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
13 RUN.
14 MR. PATEL: YOU SHOULD SEE ME RUN. MADAM
15 CHAIRWOMAN KRING AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS 16 BHARAT PATEL, AND I'M THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE 17 CASTLE INN SUITES LOCATED ON HARBOR BOULEVARD RIGHT 18 ACROSS FROM CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE.
19 OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN IN ANAHEIM SINCE 1974,
20 WHEN MY PARENTS BOUGHT THE ORIGINAL PETER PAN MOTOR 21 LODGE. WE BUILT THE CASTLE INN SUITES IN 1989. DURING 22 MY TIME IN ANAHEIM I HAVE SEEN THE RESORT DEVELOP INTO 23 A WORLD CLASS DESTINATION. DISNEY HAS DONE AN
24 EXCELLENT JOB OF MEETING WITH OUR HARBOR BOULEVARD 25 BUSINESS NEIGHBORS AND KEEPING US NOT ONLY APPRISED OF 26 THE PROCESS, BUT ENGAGING US AND PROVIDING US THE
27 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. 28 FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN MEETING
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1 REGULARLY, AND NOW THAT THE EIR HAS BEEN RELEASED I AM 2 PLEASED TO SEE THAT OUR ISSUES AND CONCERNS HAVE BEEN 3 ADDRESSED. ALTHOUGH THIS IS JUST A WORKSHOP, I
4 ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. 5 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL 6 YOUR HARD WORK STAFF AND EVERYBODY. ANAHEIM IS BLESSED 7 TO HAVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, MR. PATEL.
9 MS. NOTEBOOM, AND THEN AFTER FRANCES WE'LL HAVE MICHAEL 10 MORENO, SCOTT MARTINDALE, CAROLINE JONES. IF YOU'LL 11 PLEASE LINE UP.
12 MS. NOTEBOOM: GOOD EVENING, CHAIR KRING AND
13 FELLOW PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS FRANCES
14 NOTEBOOM. WE'VE BEEN NEIGHBORS OF DISNEYLAND FOR
15 26 YEARS, AND IN ALL THAT TIME I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND 16 THE DISTURBANCES WE'VE HAD WITH REGARD TO NOISE
17 EMANATING FROM OUR CLOSE NEIGHBORS. ONE HAND IN
18 26 YEARS.
19 WE'VE ENGAGED WITH DISNEY PERSONNEL, THEIR
20 TRAFFIC EXPERTS, ACOUSTIC ENGINEERS, THE PRINCIPAL 21 DEVELOPER JOE HAUPT FOR OVER TWO YEARS. I THINK OUR 22 FIRST MEETING WAS VIA ZOOM IN JANUARY OF 2019. WE'VE 23 HAD MEETINGS WITH ELAINE AND HEATHER, THE PRINCIPAL 24 PLANNERS, AND WITH RUDY AND RAPHAEL, THE TRAFFIC
25 DIRECTOR AND ENGINEER, AND DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL PERSON 26 NORMA KURTZ REGARDING TRAFFIC ON WALNUT.
27 WE ALSO CLOSELY EXAMINED THE PERTINENT
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD BEING SECTION 511 FOR NOISE AND 514 FOR 2 TRANSPORTATION. WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT THE MITIGATION 3 MEASURES PUT FORTH REGARDING NOISE MEETS OUR
4 EXPECTATIONS OF THE DISNEYLAND RESORT PROJECT.
5 WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT
6 REGARDING TRAFFIC CALMING ON WALNUT, SPECIFICALLY
7 BETWEEN KATELLA AND CERRITOS AROUND THE DISNEY GATE 8 25 -- 26, I'M SORRY, AND CALLE DE LAS ESTRELLAS. WE 9 TOTALLY APPROVE OF THE IMPENDING CLOSURE OF MAGIC WAY 10 AND THE MEASURES PROPOSED FOR A CROSSWALK ON WALNUT AT 11 THAT LOCATION. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 12-FOOT 12 WALL. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW MANY FEET OF A SETBACK, 13 BUT A 30-FOOT WALL CLOSE BEHIND THE 12-FOOT WALL, I 14 THINK YOU SAID 50 FEET SETBACK -- 50-FOOT SETBACK. 15 WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THAT AND THE 30-FOOT 16 WALL SHOULD CONTAIN THE RIDES.
17 WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALL OF
18 THAT, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE AS 19 DISNEYFORWARD MOVES TO THE VARIOUS PROCESSES.
20 INITIALLY WE WERE UPSET SUCH A HUGE PROJECT COULD BE 21 BUILT SO CLOSE TO OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT AS 22 TIME WENT ON WE CAME TO ACCEPT THAT THE DISNEY
23 CORPORATION CAN, WITH PERMITS, EXTEND ON THEIR LAND AS 24 THEY SEE FIT. THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED 25 WITH THE PRINCIPALS OF THE PROJECT AND THEY HAVE
26 LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS AND ACTED ON OUR SUGGESTIONS. 27 THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA MEASURES YOU'VE TAKEN
28 TO ENSURE THAT OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
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1 MINIMALLY AFFECTED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED 2 CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. THANK 3 YOU ALL.
4 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, MS. NOTEBOOM.
5 MICHAEL MORENO? OKAY. HE'S NOT HERE. SCOTT
6 MARTINDALE? WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND COME UP TO 7 THE PODIUM. CAROLINE JONES IS NEXT AND THEN CHRISTIE 8 KAINZ AND THEN MOSES KIM.
9 MS. MARTINDALE: HI. I'M AN ANAHEIM RESIDENT
10 AND HOMEOWNER. I LIVE ON WALNUT STREET REALLY CLOSE TO 11 MAGIC WAY SO THIS WHOLE PROJECT REALLY AFFECTS ME
12 PERSONALLY. I'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE PROJECT
13 BASICALLY FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS EVER SINCE 14 DISNEY FIRST STARTED OUTREACH.
15 I THINK MY MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO YOU ALL
16 IS THAT THERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS AND
17 COVENANTS AND DETAILS OF THE DRAFT EIR THAT WERE
18 DEVELOPED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PROJECT TEAMS
19 ENGAGEMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND NEIGHBORS LIKE MYSELF, 20 AND SO THERE'S ALL THESE DETAILS THAT ARE EXTREMELY 21 RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT TO INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS LIKE ME 22 AND SO I WOULD HOPE AND ENCOURAGE THE CITY NOT TO JUST 23 SORT OF UNILATERALLY DECIDE TO ALTER OR REMOVE A LOT OF 24 THESE SMALL PROVISIONS THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG 25 DEAL, BUT ACTUALLY COULD BE A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR
26 NEIGHBORS LIKE MYSELF.
27 THE EXAMPLE THAT I WANT TO GIVE IS THAT
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1 TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT THAT PERSONALLY IS REALLY
2 IMPORTANT TO ME AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW IT 3 IS CODIFIED INTO THE EIR.
4 MY TOP ISSUE PERSONALLY IS PRESERVING THE
5 PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO DISNEYLAND RESORT FROM WALNUT
6 STREET AND MAGIC WAY. ESSENTIALLY, IF WE LOST THIS
7 ACCESS POINT THE DISNEYLAND RESORT WOULD BECOME THIS 8 IMPENETRABLE WALL TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD
9 ESSENTIALLY RUN THE ENTIRE NORTH/SOUTH LENGTH OF THE 10 RESORT ALONG WALNUT STREET, AND SO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN 11 IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE NO CONNECTING STREETS FOR 12 TRAVELING EASTWARD INTO THE RESORT AND TO THE POINTS 13 BEYOND.
14 WITH THE DRAFT EIR DISNEY WILL HAVE THE OPTION 15 OF COURSE TO CLOSE MAGIC WAY TO THROUGH TRAFFIC, TO 16 PRIVATIZE IT, AND TO EVENTUALLY CONVERT PORTIONS OF THE 17 STREET TO OTHER USES, BUT IN EXCHANGE, THIS IS OF
18 COURSE THE PART THAT REALLY GETS ME EXCITED, IS THAT 19 THE DRAFT EIR WILL REQUIRE DISNEY TO FIRST OF ALL
20 PRESERVE THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINT ALONG 21 WALNUT STREET AND MAGIC WAY, AND THAT WOULD BE TRUE 22 EVEN IF DISNEY DECIDES TO SUBSEQUENTLY REDEVELOP OR 23 RECONFIGURE MAGIC WAY. AND THEN THE SECOND PART THAT 24 REALLY GETS ME EXCITED ABOUT THE DETAILS IS THAT
25 THERE'S GOING TO BE A CROSSWALK ACROSS WALNUT STREET 26 AND MAGIC WAY WHICH WILL OF COURSE IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN 27 SAFETY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
28 THE FINAL THING I WANT TO SAY IS MY
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1 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT DISNEY WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO
2 ACQUIRE MAGIC WAY AND PRIVATIZE IT IF IT PAYS FAIR
3 MARKET VALUE, AND OF COURSE THIS IS A VALUABLE PIECE OF 4 CITY OWNED PROPERTY, IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND SO I OF 5 COURSE AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF DISNEY ACQUIRING IT AT 6 FULL MARKET VALUE.
7 IN SUMMARY, I THINK THIS STORY ILLUSTRATES --
8 I'M APPRECIATIVE AND GRATEFUL FOR THE EIR'S EXTREMELY 9 SPECIFIC COMPREHENSIVE PROVISIONS AND THE THOUGHT THAT 10 WENT INTO WRITING THEM REGARDING THE PLAN CONFIGURATION 11 OF THIS AREA THAT'S REALLY MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I REALLY 12 ENCOURAGE AND HOPE THE PROVISIONS WILL STAY INTACT. 13 THANK YOU.
14 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, MR. MARTINDALE.
15 CAROLINE JONES, PLEASE? SHE'S NOT HERE. OKAY.
16 CHRISTIE KAINZ, WELCOME. MOSES, KIM, AND JOSEPH
17 LAGUNA, THEN TONY LOPEZ. WOULD YOU PLEASE LINE UP. WE 18 HAVE MANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT. WELCOME.
19 MS. KAINZ: HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS
20 CHRISTIE KAINZ. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A FELLOW 21 RESIDENT OF ANAHEIM, NEIGHBOR OF DISNEYLAND, AND A 22 MAGIC KEY HOLDER. SOME MAY SEE ANAHEIM AS A
23 WORLD-RENOWNED, BUT INCONVENIENT TOURIST TRAP, WHILE 24 SOME SEE IT AS MORE THAN JUST A DESTINATION OF THEME 25 PARK. BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, FOR THE LAST FIVE DECADES 26 IT'S A PLACE THAT'S OFFERED UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES, 27 LASTING CONNECTIONS, AND PRICELESS MEMORIES TO
28 FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND ADULTS ALIKE.

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1 MY OWN STORY IN ANAHEIM BEGAN A FEW YEARS AGO
2 WITH A MAJOR LOSS IN MY LIFE. IT WAS THIS CITY THAT
3 OFFERED ME SOLACE AND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. A
4 SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT HEALING PROCESS HAS BEEN
5 REGULAR VISITS TO DISNEYLAND. IT'S ALSO A PLACE WHERE 6 I'VE COME TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION FOR THE VALUE OF 7 COMMUNITY. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG 8 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS INITIATIVE, ATTENDING MANY 9 OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS HOSTED BY DISNEYLAND, 10 HAVE COME TO LEARN THAT THIS RESORT IS CURRENTLY FACING 11 PLANNING RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITING ITS ABILITY TO
12 CONTINUE BRINGING NEW EXPERIENCES. THE PLANNING
13 PROCESS SEEMS -- THE FACT THAT IT'S OVER MULTI YEARS 14 AND A 40-YEAR SPAN IS REALLY IMPORTANT, SO IT'S NOT ALL 15 GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW, RIGHT?
16 LIVING JUST ACROSS FROM PONDEROSA PARK, I FEEL 17 THE SAME ISSUES THAT MANY HAVE ARGUED OVER THESE
18 COMMUNITY EVENTS. WHAT IS MOST REAL TO US IS WHAT WE 19 CAN SEE, HEAR, AND TOUCH IN THE MOMENT, AND THAT'S 20 THINGS AFFECTING OUR DAILY LIFE LIKE THE TRAFFIC,
21 NOISE, CONSTRUCTION, PARKING, AESTHETICS TO OUR
22 COMMUNITY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS
23 WE'VE BEEN BRING UP AT THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS. CHANGE 24 IS UNDOUBTABLY HARD, BUT IT'S ALSO INEVITABLE. I
25 BELIEVE THAT THE QUESTION WE FACE IN THE MIDSTS OF 26 THESE CONCERNS IS WHETHER THIS CHANGE CAN BE DRIVEN BY 27 A MINDSET OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS.
28 NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE PLEASED WITH THE
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1 CHANGE. IN FACT, LIVING ON HASTER STREET AND HAVING 2 DIRECT ACCESS TO GENE AUTRY WAY I'M CERTAIN MY ROUTINE 3 WILL BE FUNDAMENTALLY IMPACTED. I DO LOVE THAT
4 PATHWAY. BUT WITH DISNEYLANDFORWARD PUTTING THE FOCUS 5 ON WHAT MATTERS MOST TO US AND AFFECTING OUR DAY-TO-DAY 6 INCONVENIENCES I THINK THE CHANGE COULD BE SOMETHING WE 7 EMBRACE RATHER THAN WE FEAR.
8 THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT HAS SEEMINGLY THUS
9 FAR ADDRESSED SEVERAL OF OUR CONCERNS THAT WE BROUGHT 10 UP FACE-TO-FACE, LIKE THE 360-DEGREE ARCHITECTURE, 11 PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, PARKING INFRASTRUCTURES, IMPACT OF 12 NOISE WASTE AND AIR EMISSION. AFTER REVIEWING THE
13 CLIFFS NOTES OF THE ECONOMIC REPORT, NOT ALL
14 17,000 PAGES, LISTENING TO MY PEERS THIS EVENING, HOW 15 WE VOICED CERTAIN CONCERNS AT THE EVENTS AND HOW THEY 16 ARE BEING HEARD AND ADDRESSED TODAY, I DO BELIEVE THAT 17 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY IS THINKING BEYOND THE BOUNDS 18 OF ITS RESORT PROPERTY AND GENUINELY CARES FOR THE 19 COMMUNITY AND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE PLACE 20 -- HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH.
21 THEIR GRASSROOT EFFORTS THAT WE'VE SEEN
22 DISNEYLANDFORWARD IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR ABILITY TO 23 LISTEN TO US AND TO FOSTER GENUINE CONNECTION WITH OUR 24 COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THIS INITIATIVE PRESENTS AN
25 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SUPPORT A CHANGE THAT NOT ONLY 26 BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY TODAY, BUT ALSO PAVES THE WAY 27 FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
28 I'M CALLING US TO EMBRACE THE CHANGE WITH THE
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1 UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED, 2 OUR COMMUNITY WILL THRIVE IN THE YEARS TO COME, AND WE 3 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TAKE PART IN ANAHEIM -- 4 CREATING A BETTER PLACE FOR US TO LIVE AND CHERISH
5 WHERE WE CAN ALL EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC NOT JUST WITHIN 6 THE GATES OF THE PARK, BUT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS
7 WELL.
8 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
9 MS. KAINZ. OKAY. MOSES KIM? HE'S NOT HERE. JOSEPH
10 LAGUNA? HE LEFT. TONY LOPEZ? ERNEST MEDRANO, YOU'RE 11 NEXT, AND WELCOME.
12 MR. LOPEZ: HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
13 ME. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TONY
14 LOPEZ. MY WIFE AND I, LETICIA, ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE 15 ARE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM. WE ARE 16 ACTUALLY RESIDENTS WEST OF WALNUT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES 17 OF THE DISNEYLAND PROJECT, AND BRIEFLY JUST WANTED TO 18 GO OVER TWO PERSPECTIVES THAT I HAVE.
19 ONE AS IN THE EYES OF A RESIDENT CURRENTLY
20 EVERYTHING WE SAW TONIGHT REGARDING EIR BASICALLY WAS 21 SHARED WEEKS, MONTHS AGO FROM THIS FANTASTIC DISNEY 22 TEAM. TO CALL OUT CERTAIN NAMES, JOE, SUSIE, JANICE 23 AND THE TEAM HAVE BEEN JUST FANTASTIC TO US FROM THE 24 MEETING AT PONDEROSA PARK TO THE LAST MEETING WE HAD AT 25 THE DISNEYLAND HOTEL.
26 SO AS A CURRENT RESIDENT WE DO APPRECIATE THE
27 TRANSPARENCY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. WE REALIZE AS
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1 CONCERNS, AND EVERYTHING WAS ADDRESSED TRUTHFULLY,
2 EFFICIENTLY, SO WE COULDN'T BE MORE THANKFUL.
3 THE SECOND PERSPECTIVE I HAVE IS THE
4 PERSPECTIVE OF I AM A PROJECT ANALYST FOR THE WALT
5 DISNEY COMPANY WHO RIDES THEIR BIKE TO WORK. I
6 CURRENTLY WORK IN THE BACK OF DISNEYLAND AT THE TDA 7 BUILDING, SO IT'S A PLEASURE AND ABILITY -- WE'RE
8 EXCITED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RIDE A BIKE WITH THE NEW 9 PATH. THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS TO IT, SO I COULDN'T BE 10 MORE PROUD TO NOT ONLY BE A RESIDENT, BUT AT THE SAME 11 TIME BE A CAST MEMBER SUPPORTING THIS GREAT PROJECT. 12 THE ONLY THING -- I KNOW THERE'S MANY MORE
13 PEOPLE TO SPEAK. I LEAVE YOU WITH ONE QUOTE FROM WALT 14 DISNEY WHO SAID, "ALL OUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE IF WE 15 HAVE THE COURAGE TO PURSUE THEM." WELL, I JUST TELL 16 YOU THIS TONIGHT, THIS PROJECT HAS THE COURAGE AND WE 17 CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO GET STARTED. THANK YOU.
18 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, MR. LOPEZ.
19 ERNESTO, AND THEN FOLLOWING HIM DARA MALEKI, THEN
20 CASSIE FAIRCHILD. PLEASE COME ON UP. DON'T BE SHY. 21 WE DON'T BITE. WELCOME, ERNESTO.
22 MR. MEDRANO: THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM
23 CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ERNESTO 24 MEDRANO. I'M THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE
25 LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION 26 TRADES COUNCIL. WE REPRESENT 140,000 HARD WORKING MEN 27 AND WOMEN IN BOTH COUNTIES. I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE 28 CRAFT MAINTENANCE COUNCIL AT DISNEYLAND REPRESENTING First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 JUST UNDER 1,500 EMPLOYEES THERE.
2 WE JUST NEGOTIATED OUR AGREEMENT LONG AGO AND
3 WE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD LANGUAGE AND GOOD WAGE
4 INCREASES FOR THOSE AT SKILL CRAFT THAT WORK -- THESE 5 ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE MAGIC BEHIND -- BACK STAGE 6 THERE. WE REPRESENT THE 13 LOCALS OUT OF THE 26 LOCAL 7 UNIONS AT DISNEY. DISNEY BEING THE LARGEST PRIVATE
8 SECTOR UNIONIZED EMPLOYER IN THE REGION. IT IS
9 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.
10 IT'S THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE REGION AND
11 OUR MEMBERS ENJOY THOSE WAGES AND THOSE BENEFITS AND 12 ARE ABLE TO HAVE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT AND BE ABLE TO 13 PROVIDE OTHER WORK FOR OTHER WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 14 FURTHERMORE, WE -- I HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT WHEN I 15 LIVED IN THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, 16 ROUGHLY. GOT A CALL FROM THE GOVERNOR OF PUBLIC
17 AFFAIRS TO SHARE WITH US WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AND 18 ASSURE US THEY WOULD BE BUILT WITH UNION LABOR. I'M 19 PROUD TO SAY TODAY THAT DISNEY IS SITTING DOWN AND 20 NEGOTIATING TO REACH A WORKFORCE AGREEMENT WITH US. IN 21 THAT AGREEMENT, WHAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IS THAT IT 22 WILL BE ABLE TO DISPATCH AND SEND LOCAL RESIDENTS, 23 ANAHEIM RESIDENTS, VETERANS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY 24 RESIDE, AND WE ALSO WANT TO SEE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 25 ENTER INTO APPRENTICESHIP THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP
26 READINESS PROGRAM.
27 WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN PREPARE YOUNG
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1 GOES TO COLLEGE. WE DON'T BUILD AIRPLANES AND WE DON'T 2 BUILD VEHICLES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ANYMORE. THESE
3 ARE THE KIND OF JOBS, ACTUALLY THE CAREERS THAT ARE 4 GOING TO BE PROVIDED FOR OUR FOLKS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO 5 SEE DECADES OF WORK BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH. AND
6 EVERY TIME I TALK TO AN IRONWORKER, LOCAL 416, HE'S A 7 THIRD GENERATION IRONWORKER, MANNY OHEATHA (PHONETIC), 8 HE TELLS ME HIS GRANDFATHER WORKED AT THE ORIGINAL
9 PARK, HIS FATHER WORKED ON SPACE MOUNTAIN, AND THE
10 LATEST HE WORKED AT THE WESTIN ANAHEIM ACROSS THE
11 STREET, AND HE TOO WILL WORK AT DISNEYLAND.
12 EVERY TIME HE DRIVES BY THERE FOR THE
13 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TIME HE'LL POINT AT WHERE HE 14 WORKS, THAT'S BECAUSE OUR MEMBERS ARE PROUD OF THE 15 CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT THEY PROVIDE. WE HAVE THE BEST
16 SKILLED WORKERS OUT THERE. WE WORK THE SAFEST MANNER, 17 AND WE WANT TO SEE -- I WANT TO SEE OUR MEMBERS PUT ON 18 THEIR HARD HATS, PUT ON THEIR TOOL BELTS, GET THEIR 19 WORK BOOTS ON SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO WORK ON THIS
20 PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO FLOURISH. THIS IS A
21 DREAM THAT WALT DISNEY -- THE VISION HE HAD AND THIS IS 22 THE KIND OF DREAM WE WANT TO SEE. THANK YOU.
23 CHAIRPERSON KRING: ERNESTO, YOU'RE SPEAKING
24 FASTER THAN EVER.
25 MR. MEDRANO: THREE MINUTES.
26 CHAIRPERSON KRING: I THINK YOU HAD FOUR
27 SECONDS. DARA? DARA MALEKI? OKAY. NO CAVORTING.
28 ANNE STEIB, PLEASE COME UP. CASSIE FAIRCHILD.

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1 MR. MALEKI: THREE MINUTES?
2 CHAIRPERSON KRING: JULIE BURNETT. YOU CAN DO
3 IT. YOU TALK FAST, TOO.
4 MR. MALEKI: I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH
5 THAT.
6 CHAIRPERSON KRING: OKAY. WELCOME, DARA.
7 MR. MALEKI: GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY
8 NAME IS DARA MALEKI. I'M A RESIDENT AND SMALL BUSINESS 9 OWNER IN THE ANAHEIM RESORT. DISNEY IS SYNONYMOUS WITH 10 INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND BRINGING JOY TO MILLIONS. 11 THE DISNEYFORWARD PROJECT PROMISES TO BE A TESTAMENT TO 12 THIS LEGACY. WITH PROJECTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE I
13 UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT
14 NATURALLY ARISE WHEN CHANGES ARE ON THE HORIZON.
15 HOWEVER, DISNEY HAS SHOWN ITS COMMITMENT TO
16 WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND 17 RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. THEIR DEDICATION TO KEEPING 18 THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION OVER THESE LAST TWO YEARS 19 HAS ENSURED THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND OUR CONCERNS 20 ARE ADDRESSED. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK
21 DISNEYFORWARD PROJECT TEAM, AS WELL AS THE CITY
22 PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT 23 WILL BE A BEACON FOR OUR COMMUNITIES FUTURE.
24 CHAIRPERSON KRING: IN ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU,
25 DARA. OKAY. ANNE STEIB? IS CASSIE FAIRCHILD HERE?
26 AND JULIE BURNETT. WELCOME, ANNE.
27 MS. STEIB: HI, MY NAME IS ANNE STEIB. I
28 LIVED HERE IN ANAHEIM FOR, WELL, THE LAST OVER
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1 63 YEARS.
2 CHAIRPERSON KRING: WOW.
3 MR. STEIB: I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
4 DISCUSS THIS DISNEYLANDFORWARD. AS I UNDERSTAND, THE 5 CITY HAS BEEN CONDUCTING STUDIES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS 6 PLUS REGARDING IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO NOISE,
7 TRAFFIC, LIGHTING, AND OTHER IMPACTS THAT COULD BE
8 CREATED BY THE DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT.
9 I SUPPORT THE DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT. IT
10 IS GREAT FOR THE RESORT DISTRICT. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO 11 ADD NEW RIDES, ATTRACTIONS, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS TO 12 THE AREA. THIS IS GREAT FOR THE TOURIST INDUSTRY IN 13 ANAHEIM AND IT WILL CREATE JOBS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND 14 INCREASE TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY.
15 THE DESIGN OF DISNEYLANDFORWARD IS BEING DONE
16 WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN MIND. THERE IS NO OUTDOOR 17 THRILL RIDES PLANNED THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE HOMES ON 18 WALNUT, NO NEW FIREWORKS, BUT THEY BETTER NOT GET RID 19 OF THE ONES WE HAVE.
20 BASED ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR
21 THE AREA ON WALNUT AT THE TOY STORY PARKING LOT, THE 22 NEW PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACTUALLY LOWER IN 23 PROFILE. I SUPPORT THE DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT AND 24 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE TO CERTIFY THE
25 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND APPROVE THE PROJECT 26 WHEN IT COMES TO A VOTE IN A FEW MONTHS. THANK YOU. 27 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
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1 KNOW IF SHE'S HERE, AND THEN KEN COLEMAN. WELCOME.
2 MS. FAIRCHILD: GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS
3 CASSIE FAIRCHILD. I'M A RESIDENT OF ANAHEIM AND I JUST 4 LIVE WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF DISNEYLAND. I'M IN SUPPORT 5 OF DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROJECT. DISNEYLAND BRINGS IN
6 MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY. THE CITY 7 MAKES ITS REVENUE FROM INCOME TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES, 8 AND SALES TAXES, WHICH ALL CAN BE TAKEN FROM
9 DISNEYLAND. WITH THE MONEY BROUGHT IN IT COULD IMPROVE 10 SCHOOLS, PARKS, STREETS AND COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS. 11 IT BRINGS IN THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS IN AN INCREASE IN 12 INCOME TAX AND TAXABLE INCOME. SO WHEN IT COMES TIME 13 TO VOTE, PLEASE VOTE FOR DISNEYFORWARD.
14 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. IS
15 MS. BURNETT HERE? AND KEN COLEMAN? AND THEN AFTER
16 MR. COLEMAN, IF HE'S HERE. IS MR. COLEMAN HERE? OKAY. 17 ANDREW GONZALEZ? AND THEN AFTER HIM MIKE ROBBINS,
18 JEANINE ROBINS, BOBBY DONALDSON. COME ON DOWN.
19 WELCOME, MR. GONZALEZ.
20 MR. GONZALEZ: GOOD EVENING. ANDREW GONZALEZ,
21 THE LA AND ORANGE COUNTY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES 22 COUNCIL. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT DISNEYLAND IS AN ECONOMIC 23 ENGINE FOR THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, AND THE REVENUE THAT'S 24 CREATED HERE ALLOWS FOR THE CITY OF ANAHEIM TO PROVIDE 25 THINGS LIKE POLICE AND FIRE, WHICH KEEP THE STREETS 26 SAFE FOR THE RESIDENTS, ALLOWS THINGS LIKE THE
27 COMMUNITY SERVICES TO PROVIDE PARKS AND RECREATION 28 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITIZENS, AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
2 PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO GET
3 STARTED.
4 BUT ONE OTHER THING, AND MOST IMPORTANT THING,
5 IS JOBS AND CAREERS. JUST ALONE, THE CONSTRUCTION
6 ALONE, OVER 8,000 JOBS FOR MEMBERS OF THE CONSTRUCTION 7 BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL. THESE ARE
8 CAREERS THAT PROVIDE LIVING WAGES, FAMILY SUSTAINING 9 BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE AND CITIZENS OF THE LOCAL AREA, BUT 10 ALSO FOREVER JOBS. JOBS IN HOSPITALITY, JOBS IN OTHER 11 INDUSTRIES. THE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL 12 IS SUPPORTIVE. I HOPE YOU ACCEPT THE EIR AND HOPE YOU 13 SUPPORT THE PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
14 CHAIRPERSON KRING: YOU'RE WELCOME. MIKE?
15 HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE.
16 MR. ROBBINS: THANK GOODNESS.
17 CHAIRPERSON KRING: WELCOME. NICE OF YOU TO
18 REMEMBER.
19 MR. ROBBINS: WE CERTAINLY HAVE A CITY THAT'S
20 BEEN MIRED IN PROBLEMS. I THINK WALT DISNEY WOULD BE 21 REALLY SAD TO KNOW THAT WE HAD TO MORTGAGE CITY HALL 22 AND THE POLICE STATION AND FIRE STATIONS TO PAY OUR 23 BILLS, AND WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT DISNEY IS NOT PAYING 24 ENOUGH.
25 WHAT WE'RE NOT SEEING IN THIS PROJECT IS MORE
26 MONEY. WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR SERVICES AND MORE MONEY 27 FOR POLICE AND MORE MONEY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
28 THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GOING INTO THE CITY FROM THIS
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1 PROJECT AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
2 HOUSING IS IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN A LOT OF 3 NEW WORKERS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING FOR THEM. WE 4 NEED A LOT OF WORKFORCE HOUSING AND I THINK THAT WE'RE 5 GOING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THAT WITH 6 THEM AND WITH THE HOTELIERS ABOUT BUILDING MORE HOUSING 7 RELATED TO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.
8 I HOPE THAT YOU WORK WITH THEM ON THAT AND
9 KNOW THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT. BUT OVERALL, WE 10 HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN DISNEY IN THE PAST 11 IN PAYING INTO THE CITY. I THINK WALT DISNEY WOULD 12 HAVE BEEN SAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE IN THE FINANCIAL
13 SITUATION WE ARE, AND I THINK HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY 14 JUST PAID IT OUT OF HIS POCKET AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT 15 ALL THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE.
16 THEY CERTAINLY COULD HAVE JUST PAID OFF OUR
17 BUDGET DEFICIT AND WE WOULD BE IN FINE CONDITION. I 18 THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. I DO HOPE -- I 19 HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF 20 YOU EVEN VOTING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT RELATED TO 21 THE FUNDING THAT PUTS YOU IN THAT SEAT THERE WHICH CAME 22 FROM DISNEY, SO OF COURSE WE'RE -- YOU KNOW US, WE'RE 23 GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT.
24 WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING EVERY DOLLAR, WHERE 25 IT CAME FROM, HOW YOU GOT ON THE SEAT AND HOW YOU COULD 26 POSSIBLY VOTE ON THIS RELATED TO IT. BUT BEYOND THAT, 27 IF YOU'RE STILL HERE TO VOTE FOR IT, I HOPE THAT WE SEE 28 MORE HOUSING AND MORE MONEY COMING TO THE CITY ON THIS First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 PARTICULAR ITEM, AND LET'S GO FORWARD, BUT ALSO
2 LUCILLE, WE LIVE PRETTY CLOSE TO IT AND WE'RE REALLY
3 WORRIED ABOUT THE EXCESS TRAFFIC AND THE NOISE, WHICH 4 HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR US. I DON'T KNOW HOW
5 YOU -- DO YOU HEAR IT AT YOUR HOUSE?
6 CHAIRPERSON KRING: OH, YES.
7 MR. ROBBINS: WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH
8 IT. THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FROM THREE-QUARTERS OF A
9 MILE AWAY TO HALF A MILE AWAY FROM OUR PROPERTIES, JUST 10 SO YOU KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A QUARTER MILE IN OUR 11 BUFFER FROM THE SOUND FROM THAT WITH THIS NEW
12 CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD LUCK.
13 CHAIRPERSON KRING: OKAY. JEANINE ROBBINS,
14 WELCOME.
15 MS. ROBBINS: WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT DISNEYLAND
16 WITH NON-ANAHEIM RESIDENTS THE CONVERSATION INEVITABLY 17 VEERS TO HOW DISNEYLAND TREATS THE CITY RESIDENTS AS 18 SECOND CLASS CITIZENS; HOW DISNEYLAND TRIES TO BLEED 19 THE CITY DRY. EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW THAT
20 HAPPENS. ANAHEIM WAS HERE DECADES BEFORE WALT DISNEY 21 CAME AROUND. WE ARE NOT A COMPANY TOWN BUILT TO
22 SUPPORT DISNEY. SOMETIMES MY RESPONSE IS -- OH,
23 SOMETIMES THEIR RESPONSES IS, WELL, WHY DID YOU BUY 24 THERE?
25 THIS IS MY ANSWER. WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN
26 1991 FIREWORKS WERE TWO NIGHTS A WEEK ON THE WEEKEND 27 ONLY AND ONLY DURING THE SUMMER. NOW IT IS SEVEN
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1 NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE WHERE YOU COULD EXIT CARRYING YOUR 2 CHILDREN TO YOUR CAR CLOSE BY. THERE WAS NO MASSIVE
3 PARKING STRUCTURE PAID FOR BY ANAHEIM RESIDENTS, WHICH 4 WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR, WHERE YOU NEED TO USE THE TRAM. 5 THERE WERE NO LIVE ACTION SHOWS THAT WE COULD HEAR FROM 6 OUR HOME. THERE WAS NO CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE, LUCILLE, 7 WITH ITS ACCOMPANYING SCREENS AND ATTRACTIONS THAT WE 8 CAN HEAR FROM OUR HOME.
9 TODAY'S TRAFFIC CANNOT EVEN COMPARE TO THE
10 TRAFFIC IN THE EARLY '90S. WE AVOID THE INTERSECTION 11 AT KATELLA AND HARBOR AT ALL COSTS, AND SINCE WHEN CAN 12 DISNEY BE ALLOWED TO CLOSE A PUBLIC STREET TO VEHICULAR 13 TRAFFIC? A LINE HAS TO BE DRAWN SOMEWHERE. AND YET, 14 THE 1993 EIR REPORT SAYS THE DISNEYLAND RESORT PROJECT 15 WOULD RESULT IN MINIMAL GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY AND THAT 16 THE RESORT PROJECT WOULD CREATE A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT 17 IMPACT RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION OR HOUSING 18 AND NO MITIGATION WAS REQUIRED.
19 NOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON IN THE
20 ROOM WHO WOULD AGREE WITH THAT SENTENCE, SO INSTEAD WE 21 HAVE EXCESSIVE NOISE POLLUTION, EXCESSIVE LIGHT
22 POLLUTION, EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC, EXCESSIVE FIREWORK
23 POLLUTION THAT'S POISONING OUR CHILDREN.
24 AS A HOMELESS ADVOCATE, I HEAR EVERY DAY ABOUT 25 HOMELESS DISNEY EMPLOYEES AND FROM HOMELESS DISNEY 26 EMPLOYEES LIVING IN THEIR CARS ON THE STREETS, COUCH 27 SURFING. WHERE IS THE HOUSING DISNEY SHOULD BE
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1 RIDES WHERE WILL THE ADDITIONAL 20,000 EMPLOYEES LIVE? 2 BECAUSE THERE IS NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE HERE 3 IN ANAHEIM.
4 IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR EIR NOW IT SAYS, "BECAUSE
5 THE PROJECT DOES NOT PROPOSE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY NEW 6 HOUSING IT WOULD RELY ON OTHER HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE 7 CITY TO PRODUCE ADEQUATE HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE 8 PROJECTED INCREASE IN DEMAND THAT WOULD RESULT FROM THE 9 PROJECT." SO THEY DON'T PLAN ON BUILDING ANY MORE
10 HOUSING. THEY'RE LEAVING IT UP TO THE CITY.
11 ANAHEIM IS BEHIND THE STATE MANDATED HOUSING
12 REQUIREMENTS IN EVERY CATEGORY EXCEPT FOR MARKET RATE. 13 WE ARE THOUSANDS OF UNITS BEHIND IN VERY LOW INCOME AND 14 LOW INCOME HOUSING. THE EMPLOYEES OF ALL THE
15 RESTAURANTS AND BARS BEING PLANNED AND ENTERTAINMENT 16 CENTER, WHERE WILL THEY LIVE?
17 CHAIRPERSON KRING: PLEASE WRAP THIS UP.
18 MS. ROBBINS: THIS IS -- THE CURRENT EIR IS A
19 BAD PLAN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ANAHEIM. DISNEYLAND IS 20 NOT THE ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE THAT DRIVES ANAHEIM AS THEY 21 CLAIM IN THEIR ADS. IF THEY REALLY WERE WE WOULD NOT 22 HAVE OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE VERY LOW 23 INCOME RANGE, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE OVER 50 PERCENT OF 24 RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE HEALTHCARE PLAN.
25 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, MS. ROBBINS.
26 MS. ROBBINS: IF DISNEYLAND TRULY INTENDED TO
27 GIVE BACK TO THE RESIDENTS THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE 28 IT.

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1 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. MR. DONALDSON
2 IS NEXT, DALE JANISH, AND THEN MARK RICHARDS DANIELS. 3 YOU'RE ALL NEXT.
4 MR. DONALDSON: GOOD EVENING. THIS IS MY
5 FIRST TIME. MY CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC AROUND THERE. I 6 REGULARLY TRAVEL WEST STREET, KATELLA, CHAPMAN, GARDEN 7 GROVE BOULEVARD, HARBOR AND BALL, AND WITH THIS -- ALL 8 THIS EXPANSION WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE
9 TRAFFIC. TO CUT OFF A ROAD LIKE OVER ON FROM WALNUT 10 CUTTING OVER, PEOPLE DO USE THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WALNUT 11 IS BACKED UP SO THAT YOU CAN GET OVER AND YOU CAN DRIVE 12 ONTO THE FREEWAY STRAIGHT OUT WEST STREET, IT'S AN EASY 13 ACCESS TO THE FREEWAY AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING 14 THAT OFF.
15 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU DRIVE DOWN
16 KATELLA AND HARBOR, AND WHEN YOU HAVE TO STOP AT
17 KATELLA AND HARBOR IT'S -- YOU CAN HARDLY MAKE A RIGHT 18 TURN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ON ONE LIGHT BECAUSE 19 THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 20 MORE PEOPLE THERE. I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO MORE
21 REALISTICALLY LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING TO REDUCE THE 22 TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE -- THEY'RE SAYING THERE'S NO
23 IMPACT. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY SAY ALL THESE 24 EXTRA PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME HERE AND THAT'S GOING TO 25 BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND THE MONEY AND STUFF.
26 BUT I JUST, LIKE I SAY, I HAVE A BIG CONCERN
27 ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, AND I DRIVE THAT REGULARLY AND I 28 MEAN IT'S -- I DON'T SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT COMING. THE First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 OTHER THING IS I THINK DISNEY NEEDS TO START PAYING 2 THEIR WORKERS A LITTLE BETTER. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
3 WITH THIS PROJECT OTHER THAN A LOT OF US HAVE A BAD 4 TASTE IN OUR MOUTH WITH DISNEY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY 5 TREAT THEIR WORKERS.
6 AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE WORKERS, LIKE
7 BEFORE WE HAD MEASURE L COME IN, I MEAN, THEY WERE
8 MAKING LIKE 11, $12 AN HOUR. I MEAN, MY GOD, ANYBODY 9 THINK THEY CAN LIVE ON 11 OR $12 AN HOUR? AND THEN YOU 10 HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST NEED TO PAY MORE. I THINK 11 PEOPLE DESERVE MORE. HOUSING IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE IN 12 OUR AREA, YOU KNOW, TO RENT A HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT 13 YOU'RE TALKING 3, $4,000.
14 WHEN YOU'RE PAYING SOMEBODY PEANUTS, LIKE THEY 15 DO AT DISNEYLAND, HOW WILL THEY AFFORD WHERE THEY'RE 16 GOING TO LIVE? MY BIG INPUT, ONCE AGAIN, TRAFFIC.
17 DON'T CLOSE ANY STREETS, PLEASE.
18 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. DALE JANISH,
19 AND THEN MARK RICHARDS, AND THEN JOHN GUTIERREZ.
20 MR. JANISH: HELLO. HELLO. DALE JANISH. I
21 LIVE ON WALNUT AND MY HOUSE, IF YOU EXTEND MAGIC WAY 22 ACROSS WALNUT, IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN IT WOULD GO THROUGH 23 MY LIVING ROOM SO I AM, LIKE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF 24 ALL THIS.
25 I'M -- FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M ALSO A DISNEY CAST 26 MEMBER, BUT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT. I 27 KNOW THAT DISNEY CAN DO A VERY GOOD JOB. I'VE WORKED 28 AT SEVERAL PARKS. I WORK FOR IMAGINEERING ALSO AND I First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 OPENED CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE. I WAS ON THE OPENING CREW 2 FOR THAT. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BUT I AM
3 CONCERNED ABOUT WALNUT STREET. I THINK YOU MITIGATED A 4 LOT OF PROBLEMS. THE CROSSWALK WILL HELP, HOPEFULLY IT 5 WILL GET SOME PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN THERE. THEY ADDED A 6 TRAFFIC LIGHT. RIGHT NOW IT IS A SPEEDWAY, ESPECIALLY 7 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IT'S A SPEEDWAY ALONG
8 THERE.
9 ALSO, WE NEED -- WHEN THEY REPAVED IT THEY PUT
10 NO DELINEATORS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE, SO PEOPLE BLOW 11 RIGHT THROUGH THE LEFT TURN LANE LIKE IT'S NOT EVEN 12 THERE. I'VE GOT ALMOST REAR-ENDED NUMEROUS TIMES, SO 13 THAT AREA THEY NEED TO LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
14 CLOSING MAGIC WAY AND MAKING IT PEDESTRIAN
15 WILL STOP SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE, SO I THINK 16 THAT WILL HELP WALNUT A LITTLE BIT. I LIKE THE FACT 17 THAT THEY'RE ADDING A FIRE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE 18 PROJECT ON THE PROPERTY. I'M HOPING THAT WILL INCLUDE 19 PARAMEDICS, BECAUSE ALL THE PARAMEDIC RUNS THROUGH ANY 20 OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK OR THE HOTELS ALL COME 21 RIGHT DOWN MY STREET ALL HOURS OF DAY AND NIGHT. THEY 22 CUT THEIR SIRENS WHEN THEY GO ON DISNEY PROPERTY, BUT I 23 HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.
24 SO HOPEFULLY THE PARAMEDIC WILL BE MOVED TO
25 THE PROPERTY SO WE WON'T HAVE THESE PARAMEDIC RUNS ALL 26 HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN 27 OF ALL, THIS IS REALLY JUST HAVING TO DO WITH DISNEY, 28 IS THE TRANSITION FROM THE PARKING STRUCTURE TO THE 5 First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 FREEWAY BACK AND FORTH, THAT'S A MESS. AS YOU KNOW, 2 THEY CLOSE OFF ONE LANE AT NIGHT. YOU COME OUT OF THE 3 PARKING STRUCTURE, AND IF YOU HAVE ON THE FLY OVER WHEN 4 YOU COME DOWN.
5 IF YOU HAVE TO GO SOUTHBOUND YOU HAVE TO DO A
6 MERGE OVER TWO LANES IN TRAFFIC TO GO SOUTHBOUND ON THE 7 5 AND IT'S ALWAYS BACKED UP THERE. ON A GOOD NIGHT
8 IT'S BACKED UP. RIGHT AFTER FIREWORKS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE 9 AROUND THERE, TOTAL TRAFFIC JAM. THE SOUTHBOUND 5,
10 TAKING THAT AREA I'VE SEEN IT BACKED UP AS FAR AS THE 11 91 COMING INTO DISNEYLAND ON WEEKEND MORNINGS. THAT'S 12 MY BIG CONCERN IS THAT AREA GETS REWORKED. I DON'T 13 KNOW IF I SAW THAT IN ONE OF THE SLIDES, THAT AREA 14 BEING REDONE, BUT THAT -- THEY REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT 15 THAT AREA.
16 AS PER THE NOISE, I LIVE RIGHT THERE. MAYBE
17 IT'S BECAUSE THE PARKING STRUCTURES ARE NEXT TO ME 18 ACROSS THE STREET, BUT I DON'T GET MUCH NOISE. MY ONLY 19 NOISE I GET IS FROM CAR ALARMS BECAUSE THE PARKING 20 STRUCTURES ARE BLOCKED TO WALNUT, HAVE A SOLID WALL 21 THERE, BUT THEY'RE OPEN TO MAGIC WAY SO ANY CARS AND 22 CAR ALARMS, YOU KNOW, MOTION ACTIVATED CAR ALARMS THEY 23 JUST GO ON AND ON AND ON DO MAKE IT OVER TO OUR
24 NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT. I DO LIKE THE FACT YOU STILL HAVE 25 PEDESTRIAN WAY --
26 CHAIRPERSON KRING: PLEASE WRAP IT UP.
27 MR. JANISH: REALLY QUICK. PEDESTRIAN WAY
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1 COMPLEX AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DISNEY PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 2 CHAIRPERSON KRING: YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK
3 YOU. WELCOME, MR. DANIELS.
4 MR. DANIELS: THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL ME MARK.
5 CHAIRPERSON KRING: WELCOME, MARK.
6 MR. DANIELS: MY FATHER WAS MR. DANIELS.
7 CHAIRPERSON KRING: OKAY.
8 MR. DANIELS: ANYHOW, THE REASON I SPEAK
9 TONIGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS I HAVE
10 TROUBLE, YOU KNOW, DISNEY WILL GET WHAT DISNEY WANTS 11 AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. SO IT'S KIND OF, LIKE, 12 YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A WORKSHOP, I UNDERSTAND THAT, 13 BUT, LIKE, YOU NEED THIS MUCH APPLICANT SPACE, YOU NEED 14 THIS MUCH CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, FOR A WORKSHOP. I 15 DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW.
16 MAYBE SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN THAT.
17 SO I'VE LIVED MY ENTIRE LIFE IN THIS CITY. I
18 WAS BORN HERE IN 1958, 65 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE NEVER 19 LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE. AND EVER SINCE I WAS A KID WE 20 WENT TO DISNEYLAND WHEN IT WAS, WHAT, $3 TO GET IN WHEN 21 WE WERE KIDS. AND THE FACT IS THAT I HAVE TROUBLE WITH 22 THE DYNAMICS OF THIS PLANNING COMMISSION GIVEN THE FACT 23 THAT YOU, CHAIR, HAVE RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE PACT THAT 24 DISNEY RUNS, WHICH IS THE SOAR -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 25 IT AWFULLY MAKES ME SORE, TOO.
26 SO THE FACT IS THAT IN MANY OF YOUR CAMPAIGNS
27 YOU'VE RECEIVED MONEY FROM THAT ORGANIZATION THAT
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1 EVENTS IN HER -- AT HER RESIDENCE, AND SO I CAN'T
2 UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD VOTE ON SUCH A PROJECT IN THE 3 FIRST PLACE, THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM FEASIBLE TO ME, YOU 4 KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOURSELF OUT OF THAT
5 EVENTUAL VOTE THAT COMES UP BEFORE YOU.
6 ALSO, THE REST OF YOU THAT MIGHT HAVE HIGHER
7 AMBITIONS THAT WILL GO KNOCK ON DISNEY'S DOOR FOR AN 8 ENDORSEMENT, SHAME ON YOU, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
9 YOU'RE ALL PLAYING INTO THAT GAME AND IT'S JUST --
10 SHOWS OUR -- IF THE PAST IS ANY ROAD MAP, WE JUST HAD 11 THE JL REPORT AND MUCH OF WHAT THE DISNEY ORGANIZATION 12 AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND PAST AND PRESENT 13 HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AND THIS IS HAS GOT TO STOP.
14 THIS IS -- IT JUST KEEPS PERPETUATING ITSELF.
15 EVERYBODY THINKS THE JL REPORT SAID ONE THING AND WE'LL 16 JUST STICK IT IN THE DRAWER AND JUST KEEP MOVING. AND, 17 NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK THAT WAY. YA'LL GOT TO
18 THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND NOT THE FUTURE 19 OF DISNEYLAND.
20 CHAIRPERSON KRING: WELL, I CAN TELL ALL THE
21 PEOPLE HERE AND LISTENING THAT MS. LIEBERMAN NOR I HAVE 22 VIOLATED ANY LAW. THANK YOU, MR. -- WELCOME,
23 MR. GUTIERREZ.
24 MR. GUTIERREZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR KRING AND
25 PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN GUTIERREZ. WE 26 REPRESENT ORANGE COUNTY HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 27 I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT. WE REPRESENT OVER 35,000
28 HISPANIC OWNED BUSINESSES IN ORANGE COUNTY.

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1 DISNEYLANDFORWARD IS A CRITICAL PROJECT IN
2 TERMS OF JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE REGION; IN
3 PARTICULAR FOR HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE AND 4 VALUE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND THE FULL
5 ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE BEST MITIGATION MEASURES THAT 6 WILL ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT 7 PROTECTS BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY.
8 THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS WORKSHOP THIS
9 EVENING AND PROVIDING THE PUBLIC AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO 10 PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. I AM CONFIDENT THAT UPON 11 REVIEW BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY
12 COUNCIL WILL VOTE TO CERTIFY THE EIR AND APPROVE THE 13 PROJECT. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD AND OUR
14 PRESIDENT AND OUR CHAIR.
15 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
16 NEXT UP TONY LOPEZ AND BEVERLY GRIGGS, MARIA VALDEZ, 17 AND SYLVIA HUERTA. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LINE UP I'D 18 APPRECIATE IT. TONY LOPEZ? OKAY. BEVERLY? GET YOUR 19 EXERCISE.
20 MS. GRIGGS: MORE STEPS.
21 CHAIRPERSON KRING: AND MARIA VALDEZ.
22 MS. GRIGGS: GOOD EVENING. I MOVED TO ANAHEIM
23 SEVEN YEARS AGO TO BE AS CLOSE TO DISNEYLAND AS
24 POSSIBLE. I BOUGHT A HOME AT THE CORNER OF CERRITOS 25 AND WALNUT. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT DISNEYLAND WAS
26 GOING TO MOVE CLOSER TO ME.
27 I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT AS A
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1 TOUGH QUESTIONS, JOE WILL TELL YOU THAT, AND I AM SO 2 PLEASED TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE ALL BASICALLY BEEN
3 ANSWERED. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I LIVE IN THE
4 EPICENTER OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, AND IF I'M GOING 5 TO BE OKAY WITH IT AS A RESIDENT I JUST DON'T
6 UNDERSTAND WHY OTHERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT SOME OF THE 7 THINGS.
8 THERE'S ONE PORTION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
9 THAT ISN'T INCLUDED IN THIS, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF 10 IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BE IN THIS, BUT THE WHOLE -- IT IS 11 AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, WOULD BE PESTS AND
12 RODENTS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING -- YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE 13 CHURROS AND COTTON CANDY AND POPCORN LIKE 100 FEET AWAY 14 FROM MY HOUSE.
15 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE IN 16 PLACE TO MAKE TO -- THOSE LITTLE GUYS DON'T COME ACROSS 17 BECAUSE WHEN DISNEYLAND CLOSED DOWN FOR THE PANDEMIC WE 18 HAD RATS AND ROACHES AND AS SOON AS DISNEYLAND REOPENED 19 THEY WENT BACK. WE HAD A LITTLE PARTY. BUT I'M NOT 20 INTERESTED IN WELCOMING THEM BACK AGAIN, SO IF THAT 21 COULD BE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 22 I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY 23 EVERYTHING ELSE, JOE AND DISNEY IN GENERAL, THANK YOU 24 SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO WHAT WE HAD TO SAY.
25 APPRECIATE IT.
26 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. AND THERE WERE
27 RATS BUT NO MICE, HUH?
28 MS. GRIGGS: NO MICE, JUST THE BIG RAT.

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1 CHAIRPERSON KRING: RACHEL AND JOE, YOU HAVE
2 YOUR MARCHING ORDERS. MARIA VALDEZ? SHEILA HUERTA?
3 EVERYBODY HAS LEFT. MARIA MESSINA? OKAY. THE PRINT
4 IS SO SMALL. LET ME SEE. ALMA SANCHEZ? WHERE DID YOU 5 ALL GO? FRANCESO -- I'M GOING TO MUTILATE THIS --
6 MORASKIN? MICHAEL MORENO? MYRA? ANYBODY? MARY-ANNA
7 ANGELS? YAY. IS SHE MARY -- ARE YOU MARY ANNA?
8 MS. ANGELS: YES, I AM.
9 CHAIRPERSON KRING: COME ON DOWN. THEN WE
10 HAVE SUSANA GALAN, VERN NELSON. I KNOW HE'S HERE. WES 11 JONES, HE'S HERE. MARC HERBERT. OKAY. WELCOME.
12 MS. ANGELS: (SPEAKING SPANISH.)
13 CHAIRPERSON KRING: EXCUSE ME. YOU HAVE A
14 TRANSLATOR IN BACK OF YOU.
15 MS. ANGELS: YES, I KNOW.
16 CHAIRPERSON KRING: SO LET HIM --
17 MS. ANGELS: DO YOU WANT HIM TO TRANSLATE AT
18 SAME TIME?
19 CHAIRPERSON KRING: YEAH, IN LITTLE PIECES.
20 INTERPRETER VILLASENOR: SHE WAS JUST SAYING
21 GOOD AFTERNOON. MANY OF OUR PEOPLE LEFT BECAUSE THIS 22 WAS TAKING TOO LONG SO THEY HAD TO GO TO THEIR HOMES. 23 CHAIRPERSON KRING: NEVER BEEN TO A COUNCIL
24 MEETING.
25 MS. ANGELS: I WANT TO ASK YOU WHO LIVES NEAR
26 DISNEY?
27 CHAIRPERSON KRING: I'M SORRY?
28 MS. ANGELS: I WANT TO ASK WHICH OF YOU LIVES
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1 NEAR DISNEY?
2 COMMISSIONER LIEBERMAN: DEFINE NEAR.
3 MS. ANGELS: VERY CLOSE. I LIVE TWO BLOCKS
4 AWAY FROM DISNEY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYTHING THEY 5 SAID IN THE PLAN THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN, IT'S
6 HAPPENING. 365 DAYS OF FIREWORKS, TRAFFIC IN THE
7 STREETS, LACK OF PARKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S EASY 8 TO KNOW WHO DOESN'T LIVE THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE WEARING 9 MICKEY EARS, SO WE KNOW THEY'RE TOURISTS AND THEY COME 10 TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE PARKING SPACES.
11 INCREMENTS OF COST OF LIVING JUST FOR BEING
12 NEIGHBORS OF MICKEY MOUSE. LACK OF JOBS CURRENTLY. IN 13 ORDER TO LIVE IN THIS AREA YOU NEED TO MAKE AT LEAST 14 $40 AN HOUR. SOME OF DISNEY EMPLOYEES TODAY THEY'RE 15 LIVING IN THEIR CARS BECAUSE DISNEY IS NOT GOING TO PAY 16 $40 TODAY OR TOMORROW, SO IF YOU APPROVE THIS HOW ARE 17 YOU GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT OUR STRESS FOR NEIGHBORS 18 AREN'T GOING TO INCREMENT EVERY DAY AND ALL THE MONEY 19 THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY REACHES ALL THE
20 COMMUNITY, ALL THE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE THAT ARE
21 SUFFERING FOR THIS DILEMMA. YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE 22 CITIZENS OF ANAHEIM. PLEASE MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION 23 FOR THE CITY'S -- CITIZENS OF ANAHEIM.
24 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. WHAT IS YOUR
25 NAME, MS.?
26 MS. GALAN: SUSANA GALAN.
27 INTERPRETER VILLASENOR: HELLO, MY NAME IS
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1 I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE. DISNEYLAND WANTS TO
2 INVEST BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS, BUT DISNEY, IT'S 3 NOT ANAHEIM. SO DISNEYLAND, IT'S GOING TO INVEST IN 4 THE CITY. DISNEYLAND -- WE ARE NEEDING OF THIS MONEY, 5 THE MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING ON THE CITY. WE 6 NEED MORE PARKS, WE NEED MORE RESOURCES FOR THE CITY. 7 DISNEY IS NOT ANAHEIM. CITIZENS IN ANAHEIM ARE PAYING 8 MORE FOR THE ELECTRIC BILLS THAN OTHER CITIES. ARE WE 9 PAYING FOR DISNEY'S ELECTRIC BILL?
10 ALL THESE PROJECTS FOR THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE
11 MARGINALLY POOR, THEY'RE LOW INCOME PEOPLE, WE ARE THE 12 ONES, EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, ARE THE ONES WHO GET SCREWED. 13 WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUFFERING FOR THESE
14 CONSEQUENCES. WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR US AND 15 THAT DISNEY'S MAGIC WILL REFLECT IN ALL DISNEY, NOT 16 ONLY THE TRIANGLE. THANK YOU.
17 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. VERN NELSON IS
18 NEXT. AND THEN WES JONES AND THEN MARC HERBERT.
19 STEPHANIE MERCADANTE.
20 MR. NELSON: JOE.
21 CHAIRPERSON KRING: WELCOME.
22 MR. NELSON: DON'T BE MAD AT ME. MY PRINTER
23 BROKE. ANAHEIM IS MARRIED TO DISNEY CORPORATION FOR 24 BETTER OR WORSE AND THIS MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BUILT ON 25 MUTUAL RESPECT AND CARRYING FOR EACH OTHER'S NEEDS. 26 ANAHEIM'S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE 27 HOUSING, A PROBLEM WE HAVEN'T BEEN MAKING HEADWAY ON 28 FOR DECADES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYORS AND COUNCILS First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 ELECTED WITH DISNEY MONEY.
2 DISNEY IS ASKING FOR A LOT WITH
3 DISNEYLANDFORWARD PROPOSAL AND WE WISH THEM SUCCESS, 4 BUT THERE SHOULD BE THINGS WE DEMAND IN RETURN, THE 5 FIRST OF WHICH IS HELP ADDRESSING HOUSING CRISIS. OUT 6 OF THE 17,000 PAGES OF THIS EIR THERE ARE REALLY ONLY 7 TEN PAGES DEALING WITH POPULATION GROWTH AND HOUSING 8 FOR ALL THE NEW EMPLOYEES, WHICH YOU CAN FIND AT
9 CHAPTER 5.12. THANK YOU, JOE.
10 DISNEY ACTUALLY HAS AUDACITY TO START OFF THE
11 SESSION BY QUOTING HOUSING PROMISES THEY MADE TO
12 ANAHEIM IN 1993 DURING THE BIG CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE 13 EXPANSION UNDER MAYOR TOM DALY. I QUOTE, "THAT THE 14 APPLICANT DISNEY WILL BUILD OR PRESERVE OR CAUSE TO BE 15 BUILT OR PRESERVE 500 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE 16 CITY OF ANAHEIM IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 17 THE PROJECT. THE HOUSING UNITS WILL BE PRESERVED,
18 CONSTRUCTED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO THE OPENING 19 OF THE SECOND THEME PARK."
20 SKIPPING A LITTLE. "A MINIMUM OF 40 PERCENT
21 OF THESE UNITS WILL SERVE VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. 22 THE REMAINDER OF THE UNITS WILL SERVE LOW INCOME
23 HOUSEHOLDS." WHY DO I SAY AUDACITY? BECAUSE WHAT
24 DISNEY DOESN'T MENTION IS THEY DIDN'T KEEP THOSE
25 PROMISES AT ALL. THOSE 500 UNITS WERE NEVER BUILT. 26 AFTER THE EIR WAS APPROVED IT WAS QUIETLY, MYSTERIOUSLY 27 AMENDED SO THE CITY AGREED TO USE 12 MILLION OF ITS OWN 28 FEDERAL HUD TO RENOVATE THE JEFFERY-LYNNE APARTMENTS, First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 WHICH ARE NOW CALLED HERMOSA VILLAGE. DISNEY PAID FOR 2 NONE OF THAT. OUR FEDERAL HUD DOLLARS, WHICH COULD
3 HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE, PAID FOR IT.
4 WELL, IF YOU READ THESE TEN PAGES, IF I'M
5 READING THEM RIGHT, DISNEY IS NOW SAYING THAT, YES, 6 DISNEYLANDFORWARD WILL BRING 13,853 NEW EMPLOYEES TO 7 ANAHEIM, WHICH MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT, BUT HOUSING 8 THEN WILL BE ANAHEIM'S PROBLEM. DISNEY IS NOT BUILDING 9 ANYTHING THIS TIME. MAYBE THAT'S PROGRESS ON PROMISING 10 TO BUILD 500 UNITS AND NOT DOING IT.
11 DISNEY SPENDS MOST OF THESE TEN PAGES
12 DESCRIBING HOW ANAHEIM IS FAILING AT MEETING ITS
13 AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS AS SET BY THE STATE AND
14 THEY'RE RIGHT. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BUT 15 WE CAN USE SOME DAMN HELP. DISNEY MAKES $5.7 BILLION A 16 YEAR OFF DISNEYLAND, AND ANAHEIM ONLY SEES A TINY
17 FRACTION OF THAT. AT LEAST UNTIL WE'RE DONE PAYING OFF 18 THE BOND WE TOOK OUT IN THE '90S TO BUILD THEIR MICKEY 19 AND FRIENDS GARAGE IN WHICH DISNEY MAKES $90 MILLION 20 GROSS, $70 MILLION NET, WHILE LEASING IT FROM US FOR $1 21 A DAY.
22 WE CAN'T FIND ANY ESTIMATES OF HOW MUCH
23 DISNEY'S PROFITS WILL GROW EVEN FURTHER IF WE CHANGE 24 THE ZONING RULES FOR THEM SO THEY CAN FULFILL THEIR 25 DISNEYLANDFORWARD VISION. WE ASSUME BILLIONS MORE PER 26 YEAR OVER THE $5.7 BILLION. FOR DECADES MANY OF US 27 HAVE WANTED TO CHARGE A GATE TAX OR ENTERTAINMENT TAX 28 FOR THE CITY'S NEEDS. MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS TO INSIST First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 ON FOR THEM TO PAY INTO AN ANAHEIM AFFORDABLE HOUSING 2 TRUST, AN AMOUNT COMMENSURATE WITH ASTRONOMICAL PROFITS 3 THEY MAKE HERE TO HELP PROVIDE HOUSING SO THAT THEIR 4 HARDWORKING --
5 CHAIRPERSON KRING: WRAP IT UP.
6 MR. NELSON: I'M WRAPPING IT UP, DEAR -- TO
7 HELP PROVIDED HOUSING SO THEIR HARDWORKING CAST MEMBERS 8 CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE TOWN THEY WORK IN. THANK YOU 9 VERY MUCH.
10 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU. WES JONES.
11 THEN MARC HERBERT BEHIND HIM. WELCOME, WES.
12 MR. JONES: THANK YOU. LUCILLE, COMMISSION,
13 YOUR DISNEY REPRESENTATIVES MADE STATEMENTS HOW
14 WONDERFUL IT WAS FOR ANY $1 BILLION INVESTMENT IN
15 DISNEYLAND. WELL, YOU KNOW, AS A RESIDENT OF ANAHEIM 16 WE'VE MADE A $2 BILLION INVESTMENT BY THE TIME THE 17 BONDS ARE GOING TO BE PAID OFF FROM THE 1995 DEBACLE. 18 I CAN HONESTLY SAY WE HAVE A WORSE CITY FOR IT, YOU 19 KNOW.
20 WE'VE GOT ONE SWIMMING POOL FOR OUR CHILDREN
21 IN THE WHOLE CITY. WE'VE GOT LESS PARK SPACE. WE
22 DON'T HAVE ANY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND I CAN GO ON 23 AND ON, BUT I'VE ONLY GOT THREE MINUTES. THE OTHER 24 STATEMENT WAS MADE WAS THAT DISNEY HAS NO DESIGNS ON 25 ANY OF OUR MONEY.
26 WELL, IF YOU GO TO OUR FORMER MAYOR,
27 MR. SIDHU'S PLEA AGREEMENT, IT WAS DISCLOSED THAT THERE 28 WAS A 30-30-30-10 MEETING WHERE DISNEYLAND SAT IN TO First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 CARVE UP THE TOT MONEY WHICH WOULD BE SURPLUS ONCE THE 2 BONDS WERE PAID OFF. I THINK THEY'RE LICKING THEIR
3 CHOPS TO GET AT ANAHEIM MONEY.
4 BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I CAME TO TALK ABOUT
5 TODAY. I CAME TO TALK ABOUT THE 13,800 JOBS IN THE
6 REPORT THAT ARE GOING TO BE CREATED AND WHERE WE'RE 7 GOING TO HOUSE THEM. ACCORDING TO OUR RHNA, IF YOU
8 EXTRAPOLATE THE WAY OUR RHNA NUMBERS ARE GOING I GUESS 9 THEY'LL HAVE TO OPEN UP THE RIVER BED AGAIN BECAUSE 10 THERE'S GOING TO BE NO PLACE IN ANAHEIM FOR THEM.
11 WE'RE GOING TO NEED -- WITH DISNEY WAGES
12 YOU'RE GOING TO NEED HOUSING IN THE LOW INCOME AREA. 13 NOT THE VERY LOW, BUT THE LOW INCOME. I DON'T SEE
14 WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, SO I WISH YOU'D INCLUDE THAT IN 15 YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
16 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU, WES. I HAVE TO
17 MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS HERE. WHEN MR. JONES SAID
18 THERE'S NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS, THAT'S 19 SIMPLY INACCURATE. THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB RUNS MANY, 20 AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE Y BOARD AND THE PRESIDENT WAS 21 HERE EARLIER, AND WE HAVE EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 22 ANAHEIM HAS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDED BY THE Y. 23 NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY GET A SNACK AND DINNER.
24 MR. JONES: THERE'S NONE IN OUR PARKS.
25 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE AT
26 THE SCHOOLS. THEY'RE NOT IN THE PARKS. THEY'RE AT THE 27 SCHOOLS. OKAY. MARC HERBERT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 28 EVERYBODY IS -- HAS THE CORRECT INFORMATION. STEPHANIE First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 MERCADANTE, PLEASE COME UP AFTER MARK. WELCOME.
2 MR. HERBERT: HELLO.
3 CHAIRPERSON KRING: HELLO.
4 MR. HERBERT: WELL, LIKE THE COMMISSION AND
5 THE COUNCIL I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS PLAN. 6 IT'S 17,400 PAGES IN 45 DAYS, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY
7 400 PAGES A DAY. WHAT'S THE RUSH IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE 8 AN EFFECT FOR 40 YEARS GOING OUT? IT TOOK TWO YEARS 9 WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY STAFF TO CONSTRUCT IT. TWO 10 YEARS, WHEN EVIDENTLY WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM FUNCTIONING 11 AS THE CITY COUNCIL AS EVIDENCED IN RECENT PLEA DEALS. 12 SO I'M A BIT CONCERNED.
13 BUT GOING FORWARD, I LOOK AT THE CITY'S
14 INABILITY, AND IN THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS, TO PERFORM 15 DURING THE COVE CHURCH PROJECT, CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT. 16 THAT WAS ONLY 280 PAGES, AND UNTIL WE SAT DOWN, THE 17 RESIDENTS, AND WENT THROUGH IT, WE HAD A COMPLETELY 18 DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED HERE TO 19 THE COMMISSION. I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, SO I CAN'T 20 GET INTO THE DETAILS, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT. 21 MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU APPROVE THIS PLAN ON
22 THE SCHEDULE FROM -- IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS TO GET IT TO 23 THIS POINT, AND IF YOU READ TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL 24 THERE WAS A LARGE ARTICLE ON DISNEY WHO IS GOING TO 25 REEMPHASIZE, DUE TO BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS, ARE GOING 26 TO DEPEND ON THEIR RESORT PARKS WORLDWIDE AND THEY'RE 27 PLANNING TO INVEST $60 BILLION.
28 NOW, DOES THIS REPORT TAKE THAT INTO
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1 CONSIDERATION? ARE WE GOING TO SIGN OFF ON THIS BEFORE 2 WE KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? THERE'S GOING TO BE A
3 SUBSTATION, POLICE SUBSTATION AND FIRE SUBSTATION. I 4 HOPE IT'S BETTER THAN THE POLICE SUBSTATION AT THE COVE 5 CHURCH, WHICH WE FOUND OUT DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS 6 WAS A DOOR THAT ALLOWED THE POLICEMAN TO COME IN AND 7 EAT THEIR DONUTS, WRITE THE REPORTS, AND USE THE
8 BATHROOM. IS THAT THE TYPE OF SUBSTATION WE'RE GOING 9 TO HAVE HERE?
10 LET'S NOT FORGET FIRE STATION NUMBER 12.
11 THERE'S A PRESENT DANGER TO THE RISK OF THE RESORT 12 DISTRICT AND ANAHEIM CANYON AND FIRE STATION 12, WHICH 13 HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN 14 AWARDED TO DESIGN AND BUILD AND YET THE CITY'S
15 DYSFUNCTIONAL. IT HAS BEEN DELAYED OVER A YEAR. CAN 16 DISNEY HELP US ON THAT? IT'S IN THEIR BENEFIT. WHAT'S 17 THE PROBLEM WITH THAT FIRE STATION? WHERE HAVE WE
18 FAILED AS THE RESIDENTS?
19 CHAIRPERSON KRING: PLEASE WRAP IT UP. THANK
20 YOU.
21 MR. MERCADANTE: GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS
22 STEPHANIE MERCADANTE AND I'M A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF 23 THE RESORT. DESPITE THE NUMBER OF RECENT MEETINGS
24 THERE SEEMS BE A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, WHICH IS
25 DISCONCERTING. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS OF 26 REPRESENTATIVES AT THE DISNEYFORWARD MEETINGS ONE IS 27 OFTEN MET WITH THE RESPONSE THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE IS 28 A CONSULTANT WHO IS HIRED TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND First Legal Depositions - [email protected]
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1 THEY DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC ANSWERS.
2 MOREOVER, A PARTICULAR ITEM OF CONCERN IS THE
3 PROJECT'S PROPOSED CLOSURE OF MAGIC WAY. IN EARLIER 4 MEETINGS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE STATED THAT THERE HAVE 5 BEEN RESIDENTS REQUESTED THAT THEY HAVE THE CLOSURE 6 WHICH WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THESE RESIDENTS WITH THE 7 CLOSURES THEY WANTED. SEVERAL OF US HAVE WALKED THE 8 AREA AND SPOKE TO THE RESIDENTS IN QUESTION. WE CANNOT 9 FIND ANY SUBSTANTIATING EVIDENCE OF THIS REQUEST AND WE 10 ARE COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO THE CONTRARY. THIS CAN 11 MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE ARE BEING HANDLED IN BAD FAITH. 12 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
13 MS. MERCADANTE: THANK YOU.
14 CHAIRPERSON KRING: WE HAVE ANNAMARIA MORONDA,
15 KENNETH BATISTE AND JOSEPH LAGUNA. IF YOU WOULD ALL 16 PLEASE. IS ANNA HERE? ANNA MARIA? OKAY. KENNETH AND 17 MR. BATISTE, YOU'RE UP. WELCOME.
18 MR. BATISTE: THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANT TO
19 GIVE AN HONOR TO GOD, THOSE ON THE COUNCIL, PLANNING 20 COMMISSION WHO SERVE THE PEOPLE. LET ME SAY THIS RIGHT 21 HERE. AS A RESIDENT WE HAVE A SORE SPOT IN OUR MOUTH 22 DEALING WITH DISNEYLAND. LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR DEALINGS 23 WITH DISNEYLAND.
24 OUR CITY IS $3.5 BILLION IN DEBT AND GROWING.
25 WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE ARE NOT PAYING OUR BILLS. OUR FIRE 26 STATIONS, CITY HALLS, LIBRARY, ALL USED FOR COLLATERAL. 27 WHY? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BEING TREATED FAIR. YOU GO
28 AHEAD AND LOOK AT WE ARE THE MOST CORRUPT CITY IN
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1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. OUR MAYOR, HE GOES AHEAD, HE'S 2 INDICTED. WE LOOK AT THIS. WHEN MAYOR SIDHU WAS
3 ELECTED WE HAD DISNEYLAND REPRESENTATIVE CELEBRATING 4 THAT NIGHT. NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE DISNEYLAND 5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE SAY ANAHEIM, BUT WE KNOW IT'S 6 DISNEYLAND'S. WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY STOLE
7 $1.5 MILLION OF COVID FUNDS FOR THEMSELVES.
8 DISNEYLAND: WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING. THEY
9 DON'T CARE. THEY CARE ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS. THEY CARE 10 ABOUT MONEY BEING MADE. THEY'RE LIKE AMERICA. WE'RE 11 LOSING THE ESSENCE OF CARING ABOUT PEOPLE AND THEIR 12 SOULS. HOMELESSNESS: 13,000 PEOPLE COMING IN HERE AND 13 THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE RIGHT NOW. 14 GOOGLE, "DISNEYLAND HOMELESS WORKER DIES." GOOGLE IT 15 AND YOU'LL COME UP PLURAL. YOU WON'T BE SINGULAR.
16 THEY'RE DYING IN THEIR CARS. DON'T GET ME STARTED
17 BECAUSE THAT'S A SORE SPOT WITH ME. NEXT THING YOU 18 KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF CALIFORNIA PARK, 19 WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. IT MADE THE RENT GO UP 20 MORE EXPENSIVE AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
21 THE WORKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON
22 THE BACK TO SUPPORT DISNEYLAND AND ANAHEIM ARE GETTING 23 SCREWED AND THEY CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE IN
24 DISNEYLAND ANY MORE. MY POINT IS THIS RIGHT HERE AND 25 I'M GOING TO CLOSE LIKE THIS. ONE SWIMMING POOL. ONE 26 SWIMMING POOL? GO TO DISTRICT SIX. LOOK UP THEIR
27 BEHIND THE GATES. HOW MANY SWIMMING POOLS THEY GOT 28 BACK THERE?
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1 YOU GOT MORE SWIMMING POOLS IN DISTRICT SIX
2 THAN MOST CITIES HAVE. SO I'M GOING TO WRAP THIS UP
3 REAL QUICK. HOUSING, HIGHER RENT, ONE OUT OF SIX
4 PEOPLE WHO WORK AT DISNEYLAND LIVING IN POVERTY. WE 5 GOT TO DO BETTER. AND I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH THIS, 6 MS. KRING, DISNEYLAND DID SOMETHING ELSE THAT EVERYBODY 7 DON'T KNOW ABOUT, THEY QUIETLY DID, THEY USED TO HAVE A 8 PROGRAM FOR THE SIXTH GRADERS TO COME AND VISIT
9 DISNEYLAND FREE. COVID STARTED, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE 10 THAT NO MORE SO MOST OF THE KIDS DON'T EVEN GET TO GO 11 TO DISNEYLAND THAT LIVE HERE. THANK YOU.
12 CHAIRPERSON KRING: JOSEPH LAGUNA IS OUR LAST
13 SPEAKER. JOSEPH? THANK YOU. IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE WHO 14 HAS NOT FILLED OUT A CARD BUT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
15 ANYWAY? IF YOU DO, JUST LINE UP IN BACK OF MR. LAGUNA. 16 WELCOME.
17 MR. LAGUNA: THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING,
18 EVERYONE. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF DISNEYLAND AS A
19 CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER. I SEE VALUE WITH THIS AND I 20 THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO INVEST IN OUR CITY. I MOVED 21 HERE DURING COVID AND WITH DISNEYLAND CLOSED ANAHEIM 22 WAS RATHER DEPRESSING. I MEAN, YOU COULD TELL THAT 23 EVERYTHING WAS DONE. ONCE THE PARKS OPENED IT SEEMED 24 LIKE THE POLICE WERE BACK PATROLLING AND MY
25 NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN SAFER, SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD 26 PROJECT AND I FULLY SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU.
27 CHAIRPERSON KRING: THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.
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1 TO SAY THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OVER. YA'LL LIKE 2 THAT? OKAY. WE'LL HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND
3 QUESTIONS OF STAFF. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE 4 ANY UPDATES, NEW DISCUSSION?
5 MR. WHITE: I WAS MAKING NOTES. NO FURTHER
6 QUESTIONS OF STAFF. MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WAS 7 INFORMATIONAL ITEM ONLY, FOLKS, SO NO ACTION TODAY WILL 8 BE TAKEN, AS YOU'RE AWARE, AND SO WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE 9 REST OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA.
10 CHAIRPERSON KRING: BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, I
11 JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT. 12 WHETHER YOU WERE FOR THE PROJECT OR AGAINST THE
13 PROJECT, YOU'RE NEUTRAL ABOUT THE PROJECT, IT WAS VERY 14 INFORMATIONAL. WE LEARNED A LOT FROM WHAT YOU SAID. I 15 HOPE YOU LEARNED A LOT FROM WHAT THE STAFF AND DISNEY 16 SAID. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME AWAY 17 FROM YOUR FAMILIES AND BASEBALL AND BEING HERE. HAVE A 18 WONDERFUL EVENING.
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I, LISA TRONCOSO, RPR, CALIFORNIA CSR 13351,
4 OREGON CSR 14-0429, WASHINGTON CCR 3090, HEREBY CERTIFY 5 THAT AT SAID TIME AND PLACE I REPORTED IN STENOTYPE ALL 6 TESTIMONY ADDUCED AND OTHER ORAL PROCEEDINGS HAD IN THE 7 FOREGOING MATTER;
8 THAT THEREAFTER MY NOTES WERE REDUCED TO
9 TYPEWRITING UNDER MY DIRECTION; AND THE FOREGOING
10 TRANSCRIPT CONSTITUTES A FULL, TRUE, AND CORRECT RECORD 11 OF SUCH TESTIMONY ADDUCED AND ORAL PROCEEDINGS HAD AND 12 OF THE WHOLE THEREOF.
13 WITNESS MY HAND AT DECEMBER 20, 2023.
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Response to Planning Commission Workshop Comments (Letter 86)

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Response 86.1 (Greg Eisenman).

1. This comment indicates that the Definitive Development Agreement (DDA) is a concern and that without the DDA, and the Encroachment Agreement informed decisions cannot be made at this time. Please refer to Response 37-1.

Response 86.2 (Michael Johnson).

1. This comment complements the community outreach on this project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.3 (Bill O’Connell).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.4 (Fred Brown).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.5 (Karen Reynoza).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.6 (Robert Peirson).

1. The comment expresses concern about Katella Avenue and suggests that improvements in the street signaling and the addition of cameras be considered. Please refer to Section

5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project's impacts related to traffic. Although no longer required by CEQA, the Draft Subsequent EIR includes a full operational traffic analysis in Appendix J-2, which addresses the need for traffic signals and pedestrian signals. Table 19, Recommended Intersection Improvements, and Table 20, Other Transpor tation Improvements, of the operational traffic analysis (Appendix J-2) lists transporta tion improvements that will be implemented as part of the Project.

Response 86.7 (Bharat Patel).

1. This comment general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.8 (Francis Noteboom).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Response 86.9 (Scott Martindale).

1. This comment expresses full support of Disney acquiring Magic Way and privatizing it at full market value. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

2. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.10 (Christie Kainz).

1. This comment expresses general support in embracing the change that the Project will bring with the understanding that concerns are being addressed, and the community will thrive in the years to come and have the opportunity to take part in Anaheim – creating a better place to live and experience the magic of the park and within the community. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.11 (Tony Lopez).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.12 (Ernesto Medrano).

1. This comment indicates that there is a need for local union workers on the project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.13 (Darla Maleki).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.14 (Anne Steib).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.15 (Cassie Fairchild).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.16 (Andrew Gonzalez).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.17 (Mike Robbins).

1. The commenter identified the need for more police and emergency services, the need for additional housing to accommodate the workers associated with the Project, and concern DisneylandForward
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regarding excess traffic and noise. Please refer to Section 5.13, Public Services, that details requirements to construct and maintain a new fire services substation and new police substation and satellite office to help meet the anticipated increased demand for fire and police protection services. The Project also requires that Disney enter into a Fire Operations Agreement to address future staffing needs related to fire services. A Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include community benefits such as a Fire Operations Agreement, a Police Operations Agreement, financial support for affordable housing, and financial support intended for transportation and circulation improvements. No specific comments related to traffic and noise are stated; however, the commenter is referred to Section 5.11, Noise, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for an analysis related to construction and operational noise; and Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for analysis related to transportation and circulation.

Response 86.18 (Jeanine Robbins).

1. The commenter provides background as a resident of Anaheim and experience living near Disneyland, including fireworks, parking, and noise related issues. The commenter states that the following are areas of concern: excessive noise pollution, excessive light pollution, excessive traffic, excessive firework pollution, and a shortage of affordable housing. No specific comments are stated; however, the commenter is referred to Section 5.1, Aesthetics, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for an analysis related to light and glare; Section

5.11, Noise, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for an analysis related to construction and operational noise; Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for an analysis related to jobs and housing; and Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for analysis related to transportation and circulation. As detailed in Section 5.11, Noise, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, MM NOI-3, requires that aerial fireworks shows not occur west of Disneyland Drive in the expanded Theme Park District, the Southeast District or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays; therefore, the Project would not introduce fireworks in areas closer to the adjacent residential uses. Additionally, as discussed in Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the City analyzed the environmental impacts of the proposed road abandonments. Although no longer required by CEQA, the Draft Subsequent EIR also includes a full operational traffic analysis (Appendix J-2).

Response 86.19 (Bobby Donaldson).

1. The comment indicates that traffic is an issue around the area and requests no street closures. Please refer to Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project's impacts related to transportation. As discussed in Section

5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the City analyzed the environmental impacts of the proposed road abandonments. Although no longer required by CEQA, the Draft Subsequent EIR also includes a full operational traffic analysis (Appendix J-2).

2. The comment indicates that Disney needs to pay their workers better and that housing is extremely expensive in the area. Please refer to Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to jobs and housing. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

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Response 86.20 (Dale Janish).

1. This comment expresses concern about Walnut Street and there is a need for delineations in the left turn lane. Please refer to Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project's impacts related to traffic. Although no longer required by CEQA, the Draft Subsequent EIR includes a full operational traffic analysis included as Appendix J-2.

2. This comment expresses interest in paramedics being part of the fire department on the property. Please refer to Section 5.13, Public Services, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project's impacts related to fire services. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include a Fire Operations Agreement addressing coverage for paramedic services as a community benefit.

3. This comment expresses concern involving the transition from the parking structure to the I-5 freeway. Please refer to Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project's impacts related to traffic. The Project does not propose any specific modifications to the Mickey and Friends and Pixar Pals parking structures or their access to the I-5 freeway ramps. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

4. The commenter also states that they do not experience issues related to noise due to the presence of the parking structures and the solid wall. No specific comment is stated; the comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.21 (Mark Daniels).

1. The commenter expressed concern that Planning Commissioners’ campaigns have been financially supported or endorsed by Disney and should not be voting on the project. The comment does not raise concerns regarding the content of the Draft Subsequent EIR; therefore, the comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision- makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.22 (John Gutierrez).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.23 (Beverly Griggs).

1. This comment expresses concern over pests and rodents. Disneyland Resort’s Integrated Pest Management group takes a multi-layered approach to mitigating against pests and works continually on these issues, often in partnership with the Anaheim Resort Maintenance District. These functions went on hiatus when the theme parks closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, which likely contributed to the uptick that was referenced by the commenter. The Resort is not aware of any ongoing problems in the neighborhood since Resort operations restarted. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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Response 86.24 (Mary-Anna Angels).

1. The comment indicates that fireworks, traffic, and lack of parking are all issues to those living near the park. Please refer to Section 5.11, Noise, and Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project's impacts related to noise and traffic.

2. The comment states that there is currently a lack of jobs in the City. Please refer to Section

5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to jobs. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include a jobs program as a community benefit.

Response 86.25 (Susana Galan).

1. This comment expresses the need for more parks and more resources for the City.

Citizens are paying more for their electric bills than other cities. Please refer to Sections

5.13, Public Services, and Section 5.16, Utilities and Service Systems, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to public services including parks and utilities including electricity.

2. This comment indicates that affordable housing is an issue in the City. Please refer to Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to housing. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

Response 86.26 (Vern Nelson).

1. This comment indicates that affordable housing is an issue in the City. Please refer to Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to housing. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

Response 86.27 (Wes Jones).

1. The commenter expresses concern regarding bond payments, the lack of recreational facilities (swimming pool), less park space, and no after school programs. The commenter expresses concern that Disney is trying to get the City’s money. As discussed on Page 3- 10 in Section 3.0, Project Description, of the Draft Subsequent EIR, the Project would not require any public funds for construction or operation. Further, the Applicant will continue to support community educational programs detailed in PDF PS-3 in Section 5.13, Public Services, of the Draft Subsequent EIR.

2. Additionally, the commenter indicates that t he report states that 13,800 jobs will be created by the Project and wonders where these individuals will be housed. The commenter wishes this information would be included in the Planning Commission’s consideration. As detailed in Section 5.12, Population and Housing, while the Project would generate 13,853 employment positions, the need for new housing units over the Project’s lifetime would be approximately 1,842 housing units, which is within the projections for housing within the City and region. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated DisneylandForward
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between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

Response 86.28 (Mark Herbert).

1. The commenter expresses concern about the length of the document (Subsequent Draft EIR) and the limited time allotted for adequate review, citing another unrelated project in the City, the Cove Church. The commenter notes that there would be a substation, police substation, and fire substation and stated that they hoped it would be better than the police substation at the Cove (unrelated project in the City). The commenter also stated there is a present danger related to Fire Station Number 12. Section 5.12, Public Services, of the Draft Subsequent EIR analyzes the Project’s potential impacts to fire protection services and requires the implementation of mitigation measures, including construction of a substation with defined minimum criteria in the Theme Park District, to reduce impacts to less than significant levels. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney that includes a Fire Operations Agreement to support funding for additional fire protection resources.

Response 86.29 (Stephanie Mercadante).

1. The commenter provides background as a resident of the Resort and indicates that there seems to be a lack of transparency with regard to the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

2. The commenter indicates that a particular item of concern is the proposed closure of Magic Way. Please refer to Section 5.14, Transportation, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for an analysis of the Project’s impacts, including the closure of Magic Way. No specific concerns were raised; the comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision- makers for review and consideration.

Response 86.30 (Kenneth Batiste).

1. The commenter provides background as a resident of the City of Anaheim.

2. The comment indicates that the City is in debt and that the City’s fire stations, City Hall, and library have been used for collateral. Please refer to Section 5.13, Public Services, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to public services, including fire protection and other services.

3. The comment indicates that housing and homelessness is an issue. Please refer to Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to housing. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

4. The comment indicates that working people cannot afford to live in the City anymore.

Please refer to Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to jobs and housing. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

5. The comment indicates that housing, high rent, and one out of six people who work at Disneyland are living in poverty. Please refer to Section 5.12, Population and Housing, of DisneylandForward
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the Draft Subsequent EIR for a full analysis of the Project’s impacts related to jobs and housing. Additionally, a Development Agreement is currently being negotiated between the City and Disney which would include financial support for affordable housing as a community benefit.

Response 86.31 (Joseph Laguna).

1. This comment expresses general support for the Project. The comment is noted for the record and will be forwarded to the decision-makers for review and consideration.

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SECTION 3.0 CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS AND

ADDITIONS TO DRAFT SUBSEQUENT EIR
Any corrections, clarifications and additions to the Draft Subsequent EIR text, tables, and figures generated either from responses to comments or independently by the City, are stated in this section of the Final Subsequent EIR. Various minor corrections regarding figure/table numbers and names, grammatical, punctuation, spelling and typographical errors in the Draft Subsequent EIR are not called out separately in this Section; however, any substantive changes are individually addressed.

These Draft Subsequent EIR corrections, clarifications and additions are provided to clarify and amplify the Draft Subsequent EIR. Changes may be corrections or clarifications to the text and tables of the Draft Subsequent EIR. Other changes to the Draft Subsequent EIR clarify the analysis in the Draft Subsequent EIR based upon the information and concerns raised by comments during the public review period. None of the information contained in these Draft Subsequent EIR revisions constitutes significant new information or changes to the analysis or conclusions of the Draft Subsequent EIR. The changes to the Draft Subsequent EIR included in this section do not constitute “significant” new information. Therefore, recirculation of the Draft Subsequent EIR is not required because the new information added to the Final Subsequent EIR through these revisions only clarify or amplify info rmation already provided or make insignificant modifications to the already adequate Draft Subsequent EIR.

The revisions contained in the following pages are in the same order as the information appears in the Draft Subsequent EIR. Changes in text are signified by strikeouts (strikeouts) where text has been removed and by bold underlining ( underline) where text has been added. The applicable page numbers from the Draft Subsequent EIR are also provided where necessary for ease of reference.

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MM AES-5 Prior to approval of each grading plan or issuance of each demolition or building permits, whichever occurs first, a Construction Barrier Plan showing the location and types of barriers to shall be in place during grading and construction. Said plan shall provide for all construction areas to be screened from view in compliance with the City of Anaheim Municipal Code and shall include provision for the type and height of the barriers to be placed along all construction perimeters prior to the commencement of demolition, Site preparation or grading, whichever occurs first. (EIR No. 311, PDF 3.8-2)
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SR AQ-1 Prior to issuance of the first grading or building permit, whichever occurs first, the property owner/developer shall provide written evidence of compliance to the Planning Director or Planning Services Manager & Building Director or their designee that all construction activities shall comply with SCAQMD Rules 402 and 403, which shall assist in reducing short-term air pollutant emissions. SC AQMD Rule 402 requires that air pollutant emissions not be a nuisance off site. SCAQMD Rule 403 (Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Rule 403) requires that fugitive dust be controlled with the DisneylandForward
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best available control measures so that the presence of such dust does not remain visible in the atmosphere beyond the property line of the emission source. This requirement shall be included as notes on the contractor specifications. (SEIR No. 340, SR 5.2-1)
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MM GEO-2 Prior to issuance of each building permit, the property owner/developer shall submit to the Planning and Building Department, Building Services Division, for review and approval, detailed foundation design information for the subject building(s), prepared by a civil engineer, based on recommendations by a geotechnical engineer. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.6-2; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.5-1)
MM GEO-3 Prior to issuance of each foundation permit, the property owner/developer shall submit a report prepared by a geotechnical engineer to the Planning and Building Department, Building Services Division, for review and approval, which shall investigate the subject foundation excavations to determine if soft layers are present immediately beneath the footing site and to ensure that compressibility does not underlie the footing. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.6-3; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.5-2)
MM GEO-4 Prior to issuance of each building permit, the property owner/developer shall submit plans to the Planning and Building Department, Building Services Division, for review and approval showing that the proposed structure has been analyzed for earthquake loading and designed according to the most recent seismic standards in the California Building Code adopted by the City of Anaheim. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.6-4; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.5-3)
MM GEO-5 Prior to issuance of building or grading permits, the property owner/developer shall submit to the Planning and Building Department, Building Services Division, geologic and geotechnical investigations in areas of potential seismic or geologic hazards and provide a note on plans that all grading operations shall be conducted in conformance with the recommendations contained in the applicable geotechnical investigation. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.5-6)
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MM GEO-6 Ongoing during grading activities, the property owner/developer shall implement standard practices for all applicable codes and ordinances to prevent erosion to the satisfaction of the Planning and Building Department, Building Services Division. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.5-5)
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streets and parking lots on not less than a monthly basis. Using water to clean streets, parking lots, and other areas shall be allowed on a periodic basis if allowed in the property owner/developer’s NPDES permit and allowable based on drought restrictions. Nightly washdown shall be allowed in the theme parks and, where advisable to maintain safe and sanitary working conditions, the back-of-house area, if allowed in the property owner/developer’s and City's NPDES permit. Flushing debris, residue, and sediment down the storm drains shall conform to the applicant's property owner/developer’s NPDES requirements. Pr operty owner/developer agrees that material deposited in City storm drains shall not be in violation of the City's NPDES permit. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.7-4; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.8-3) DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 1, Page 1-45, Executive Summary and Pages

5.9-24/25, Hydrology and Water Quality (Mitigation Measures) MM HWQ-6 Prior to issuance of a grading permit for sites that disturb more than one (1) acre of soil, the property owner/developer shall obtain coverage under the NPDES Statewide Industrial Stormwater Permit for General Construction Activities from the State Water Resources Control Board. Evidence of attainment shall be submitted to the Planning and Building Department, Building Services Division. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.8-3; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.8-2)
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MM NOI-1 Ongoing during project operation, the property owner/developer shall obtain pyrotechnic permits on an annual basis. Material Aadditions or modifications to firework shoots shall require a separate permit. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.5-2)
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MM NOI-9 Prior to issuance approvalof each building permit final site plan, the property owner/developer shall submit a noise study prepared by a certified acoustical engineer to the satisfaction of the Building Division Manager Official identifying whether noise attenuation is required and defining the attenuation measures and specific performance requirements, if warranted, to comply with the CaliforniaUniform Building Code and Sound Pressure Level Ordinance. Ultimate noise attenuation requirements, if any, shall depend on the final location of such buildings and noise-sensitive uses inside and surrounding the buildings. Attenuation measures, such as but not limited to acoustic sound barriers, shall be implemented by the property owner/developer prior to final building and zoning inspections. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.10-2)
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park land or building plans if part of one theme park attraction in the expanded Theme Park District (west of Disneyland Drive), the Southeast District, or the ARSP Theme Park Overlays to the Planning and Building Department to demonstrate any Thrill (Indoor) and Family (Indoor) attractions shall be located no less than 200 feet from the center of the ride or attraction to noise-sensitive receptors and shall include a 30-foot-high building or a 30-foot high noise barrier between the attraction and the property line near noise-sensitive receptors, provided a 30-foot-high building or 30-foot high noise barrier shall not be required if the proposed ride or attraction is located within an enclosed building or structure. The planning of each attraction shall take into account any openings or outdoor areas of the attractions and directionally orient the openings away from noise-sensitive receptors and towards the center of the new theme park development.

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PDF POP-1 Ongoing during project operations, the existing Disneyland theme park and the Disneyland Hotel special employment programs such as summer employment for teachers and educational programs offering local high school students jobs will continue.The Walt Disney Company will also aggressively recruit workers who are already a part of the resident work force in the region. Implementation of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan will further efforts in offering employment opportunities at various socioeconomic levels. (EIR No. 311, PDF 3.9-1)
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MM PS-17 Ongoing during operation of the Disneyland Resort Disneyland Resort, the operator of the public parking facilities shall provide an adequate staff of private security officers for patrol and surveillance of the facilitieson approval of the Chief of Police or their designee. (EIR No. 311, MM 3.10.2- 2)
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Transportation
*Note the only revision since public circulation is the deletion of “by 2001” at the end of the first paragraph
MM TRA-8 Transportation Demand Management Program
Prior to final building and zoning inspection for the Second Theme Park; and, oOn-going during project operation, the need to minimize cast vehicle trips to reduce congestion and improve air quality, consistent with the goals of both the Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and with the Regional Mobility Plan of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), is recognized. The Disneyland Resort will implement and DisneylandForward
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administer a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program for all cast, which will strive to achieve an average vehicle ridership (AVR) goal of 1.5 persons per vehicle and, an average length of out-of-area guest stay of 1.72 days, by 2001.

At this point in project development, it is not possible to predict precisely which programs and activities would be most successful for t The Disneyland Resort in meeting these goals. In addition, applicant property owner/developer will review annually with the City any changes to the TDM Program and the Program's effectiveness toward achieving a 1.5 AVR. In consultation with the SCAQMD, the City of Anaheim and other agencies, and after analyzing the effectiveness of these items, The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. will select specific programs for implementation.

Objectives of the TDM program are:
 Increase ridesharing and use of alternative transportation modes by guests.
 Meet the cast 1.5 AVR target .
 Provide a menu of commute alternatives for t The Disneyland Resort cast, to reduce project-generated trips.
 Provide transportation "linkages" to existing and future transportation modes (other than single-occupant vehicle travel) for both t The Disneyland Resort cast and guests.

Implementation strategies and elements of the TDM program for cast and guest trips are described below.

Cast
Making a commitment to commute management and trip reduction will become an integral part of the new-hire training. A menu of TDM program strategies and elements for both, existing and future cast commute options would be examined, including, but not limited to, the following :
 Onsite Service. Onsite services, such as the food, retail, and other services may be provided to the cast.
 Ridesharing. An online computer listing of all cast members living in proximity to The Disneyland Resort may be developed for the purpose of providing a "matching" of members with other cast members who live in the same geographic areas and who could rideshare to tThe Disneyland Resort.
 Vanpooling. An online computer listing of all cast members living in proximity to The Disneyland Resort may be developed for the purpose of matching numbers of cast who live in geographic proximity to one another and could comprise a vanpool to t The Disneyland Resort.
 Transit Pass. Southern California Rapid Transit District and Orange County Transportation Authority (including commuter rail) passes may be promoted through financial assistance and onsite sales to encourage cast to use the various transit and bus services to t The Disneyland Resort from throughout the region.

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 Commuter Bus. As commuter "express" bus service expands throughout the region, passes for use on these lines may be provided for cast members who choose to use this service. Financial incentives will be provided.
 Shuttle Service. A computer listing of all cast members living in proximity to t The Disneyland Resort may be generated, and a local shuttle program will be offered to encourage cast members to travel to work by means other than the automobile.

 Bicycling. A Disneyland Resort Bicycling Program may be developed to offer a bicycling alternative to cast members. Secure bicycle racks, lockers, and showers will be provided as part of this program. Maps of bicycle routes throughout the area would be provided to inform potential bicyclists of these options.

 Rental Car Fleet. A "fleet vehicle" program may be developed to provide cast members who travel to work by means other than an automobile with access to automobiles in case of emergency, medical appointments, etc. This service would help cast members use alternative modes of transportation by ensuring that they would be able to have personal transportation in the event of special circumstances.
 Guaranteed Emergency Ride Home Program . The program may provide cast members who rideshare, or use transit or other means of commuting to work, with a prearranged ride home in a taxi, rental car, shuttle, or other vehicle, in the event of emergencies during the work shift. In essence, this program addresses the concerns of the cast member who rideshares and might be stranded without a vehicle in the event of an emergency.
 Local Hiring Efforts. Continue to actively recruit prospective employees within 20 miles.
 Housing Coordinator and Referral Program and Local Hiring Efforts. Continue to provide referral service to facilitate employees in finding housing and actively recruit prospective employees residing within 30 minute commute shed.
 Target Reduction of Longest Commute Trip . Design an incentives program for ridesharing and other alternative transportation modes to put highest priority on reduction of longest employee commute trips.  Work Schedule
 Staggered Shifts. The Disneyland Resort cast may work different hours throughout the daily hours of park operation. A thorough review of cast shifts would be undertaken to provide the potential for cast shifts during nonpeak travel times, thus lessening peak hour congestion.

 Compressed Work Week. The Disneyland Resort may review the possibility of developing a "compressed work week" program, which provides for fewer work days but longer daily shifts, as an option for cast members. This program would help eliminate certain trips on certain days that would otherwise be generated daily by t The Disneyland Resort Cast.

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 Telecommuting. The Disneyland Resort employs cast members in a wide a variety of jobs including clerical, administrative and professional roles. Sometimes that work can be completed at home. Telecommuting will be encouraged on a limited basis as operational needs allow. cast in different positions, cast members include clerical, office support, and administrative members. The Disneyland Resort may explore the possibility of a "telecommuting" program that would link some of these cast members to The Disneyland Resort via electronic means (e.g., computer with modem). This would help to eliminate certain trips that would otherwise be generated by a cast member who would otherwise physically need to be at the Disneyland Resort.
 Work Environment/Facility Management
 Parking Management. The Disneyland Resort may develop a parking management program that provides incentives to those who rideshare or use transit means other than single-occupant auto to travel to work.
 Management Staff. The existing Disneyland theme park
transportation management staff may be expanded onsite to accommodate new employees and to explore relationships with adjacent employers to determine whether joint efforts can lead to greater reductions in VMT by Disneyland Resort cast members and other project employees in the Anaheim Resort.
 Amenities. Transit systems, transit shelters, bicycle storage areas, and other amenities may be provided with efficient parking management for cast and guests.
 Access. Preferential access to high occupancy vehicles and shuttles may be provided.
 Delivery Management. Schedule deliveries in nonpeak traffic congestion hours to the extent reasonably practicable.
 Financial Incentives
In addition to the above items, certain financial incentives will be integrated into The Disneyland Resort TDM program, such as:
 Financial Incentive for Ridesharing and/or Public Transit.

Currently, federal law provides tax-free status for up to $60 $300 per month per employee contributions to employees who vanpool or use public transit (including commuter rail and/or express bus pools). In addition, The Disneyland Resort provides free OCTA passes and a 75% subsidy (up to $100/month) for other transit passes.
 Financial Incentive for Bicycling and Walking. Cast members may be offered financial incentives for bicycling to work; they would be provided with secure bicycle racks, lockers, and showers. Cast members may also receive a cash incentive for reporting a bike or walk commute.

 Financial Incentive for Carpooling. Cast members may be offered a cash incentive for carpooling to work.

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 Special “Premium" for the Participation and Promotion of Trip Reduction. Tickets/passes to project theme parks and/or vacations could be offered to employees who recruit other cast members for vanpool, carpool, or other Disney trip reduction programs.

Delivery Management. Schedule deliveries in non- peak traffic congestion hours to the extent reasonably practicable.
 Guests
 Even though visitors to The Disneyland Resort are estimated to average nearly four persons per vehicle, additional programs and incentives could and will be provided to encourage even more guest use of ridesharing, transit, and other modes of travel to and from tThe Disneyland Resort. The applicant property owner/developer is currently developing a list of potential programs and is working with the City of Anaheim and OCTA on the provision of convenient linkages to other modes of transportation. Marketing materials for tThe Disneyland Resort will describe it as an "auto-free" zone with a range of transportation amenities where cars are not needed.  Bicycle spaces for guests shall be visible from the primary entrance, illuminated at night, and protected from damage from moving or parked vehicles.
 Construction Contractors
The property owner/developer shall provide notification to the general construction contractors regarding the coordination of rideshare services for construction employees provided by the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN). (EIR No. 311, PDF 3.3-15; SEIR No. 340, MM 5.14-5, MM 5.14-6, MM 5.14-8, MM 5.14-9, and MM

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MM TRA-9 Ongoing during project operations, the property owner/developer shall continue to participate in a clean fuel shuttle program such as the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) system, and shall participate in the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) in conjunction with the ongoing operation of The Disneyland Resort, including the Disney ARSP Properties. Proof of compliance with this measure shall be submitted to the City Traffic Engineer.

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5.16-36, Utilities and Service Systems (C. Standard Requirements) SR UTIL-2 Prior to issuance of building permits, the property owner/developer shall provide evidence to the Planning & Building Director/Planning Services Manager or their designee that all sewage and wastewater disposal into the sewer system shall comply with OCSD’s Wastewater Discharge Regulations, including the procurement of the necessary permits by food service establishments that would be developed in the ARSP area. (SEIR No. 340, SR 5.16-1)
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SR UTIL-3 Prior to issuance of building permits, the property owner/developer shall provide proof of payment to the Planning & Building Director/Planning Services Manager or their designee for a sanitary sewer service charge to OCSD. (SEIR No. 340, SR 5.16-2)
SR UTIL-4 Prior to issuance of building permits, the property owner/developer shall provide proof of payment to the Planning & Building Director/Planning Services Manager or their designee for a capital facilities connection charge to OCSD. (SEIR No. 340, SR 5.16-3)
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5.16-66, Utilities and Service Systems (Mitigation Measures) MM UTIL-19 Prior to issuance of building permits, plans shall show that trash storage areas shall be provided and maintained in a location acceptable to the City of Anaheim Department of Public Works, Operations Street and Sanitation Division. On an ongoing basis, trash storage areas shall be provided and maintained in accordance with approved plans on file with said Department. (SEIR No. 340, MM 5.19-3)
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MM UTIL-21 Ongoing during project operation, upon City request and no less than annually or more than semi-annually, the property owner/developer shall prepare and submit to the Planning & Building Director or Planning Services Manager their designee a consolidated Construction Waste Management Report for all development projects on Disney Properties demonstrating that at least 75 percent of non-hazardous construction and demolition debris has been recycled or salvaged, or has otherwise complied with the City’s waste diversion program, which Report shall identify the materials diverted from disposal and whether the materials have been sorted on site or co-mingled.
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Figure 3-14 is revised as follows:
 Removed Cast Place, Ox Road, and the western portion of Convention Way as Public Pedestrian Route.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 1, Page 3-23 Project Description (Exhibit 3-17 - Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural Height Map) Exhibit 3-17 is revised as follows:
 Naming has been updated.
 Freedman Way label has been changed to Disney Way.
 Pacifico Avenue label has been changed to Gene Autry Way.  Legend text has been updated for the first two items.  Identification box identifying City of Anaheim number 7239 and date of revision has been inserted.
 Area A and B boundaries along Disneyland Drive have been modified to follow Disneyland Drive street alignment.
 Quality of height map, including tables, has been enhanced.  Last legend item has been changed to read: ‘For maximum building heights in portions of the DRSP Theme Park District (Areas A and B) and in the Southeast District (Area C), see A.M.C. Chapter 18.114 and in the ARSP Theme Park West Overlay (Area D) and the Theme Park East Overlay (Area E), see A.M.C. Chapter 18.116.’

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City of Anaheim
Approval of an amendment to the General Plan
Circulation Element and the City’s Planned Roadway
Network map (Figure C-1 of the General Plan Circulation Element) to reflect the following intersection lane
configurations: (1) at Har bor Boulevard & Convention
Way, provide two left-turn lanes, one shared
through/right-turn lane, and one exclusive right-turn lane on the eastbound approach and one left-turn lane, one
shared through/right-turn lane, and one exclusive right- turn lane on the westbou nd approach (consistent with
existing configuration); and (2 ) at Haster Street & Gene Autry Way, provide a single shared left-turn/through/right- turn lane for the eastbound approach and three left-turn lanes and two right-turn lanes for the westbound
approach. The northbound approach would be equipped
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Orange County Transportation Authority
Approval of an amendment to the Orange County Master
Plan of Arterial Highways (M PAH) to (1) to remove the
planned extensions of Gene Autry Way between Harbor
Boulevard and Haster Street and of Clementine Street
between Katella Avenue and Orangewood Avenue,
which are planned through the Southeast District of the DRSP and the adjacent existing Toy Story Parking Lot in the ARSP; (2) to remove the portion of Disneyland Drive between Ball Road and Katella Avenue; and (3) (2) to
reclassify Disney Way between Anaheim Boulevard and
Harbor Boulevard from a six-lane Major Arterial to a four lane Primary Arterial.

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A variety of public transit options are available to access the Project Site, including: OCTA Route 37; OCTA Route 43; OCTA Route 46; OCTA Route 47; OCTA Route 50; OCTA Route 83; OCTA Bravo Route 543; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Route 460; Riverside Transit Agency CommuterLink Route 200; and the DisneylandForward
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Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) Express.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 1, Page 4-4, Environmental Setting Buses and shuttles provided by Disney carry guests from the West Parking Area to the west side of the theme park entry plaza and a bus service carries guests from the Toy Story Lot to the East Esplanade transportation hub on the east side of the theme park entry plaza. Some of the non-Disney hotels in the vicinity offer complimentary guest shuttles to the East Esplanade transportation hub. Also, the ART ATN system provides a number of short distance routes throughout The Anaheim Resort area.

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5.5-2)
As detailed in MM TRA-9, the Project would reduce single-occupancy vehicle trips because the Project, as with The Anaheim Resort, is served by the Anaheim Resort Transportation system Anaheim Transportation Network, which provides shuttle service access to a variety of Resort destinati ons and uses and the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink Station.

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MM 5.14-4 Prior to issuance of the first building permit, the property owner shall join and financially participate in a clean fuel shuttle programsuch as the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) system, and shall participate in the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) in conjunction with the on-going operation of the project.

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As noted on the City’s website, a draft of the Environmental Justice Element is currently available for public review. The new Environmental Justice Element will become part of the City’s General Plan, which represents the community’s view of its future and is often referred to as a blueprint for growth and development.

Through the process of creating the element, the City will evaluate its existing policies and create new ones to minimize pollution and its effects on all neighborhoods, with an emphasis on those in environmental justice communities.

The Environmental Justice Element will ensure that residents have a say in decisions that affect their quality of life and will address disproportionate impacts to certain environmental justice communities in order to ensure an equal distribution of resources. The Environmental Justice Element will cover the eight topics below:
 Reduce pollution exposure and improve air quality
 Promote public facilities
 Promote food access
 Promote safe and sanitary homes
 Promote physical activity
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 Reduce any additional unique or compounded health risks  Promote civic engagement in the public decision-making process  Prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of disadvantaged communities
The State of California is asking cities to incorporate environmental justice related goals, policies and programs into their general plan. The City of Anaheim is creating a stand-alone Element to have all environmental justice-related topics in one document for easy reference. An environmental justice community is an area of a community disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation. These areas deserve special attention to address issues of environmental justice. Within the City of Anaheim, 51 out of 75 census tracts fall under this designation. While the Environmental Justice Element will apply to all areas of the City, special attention will be given to environmental justice communities.

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Goal 3.2 Maximize development
opportunities along
transportation routes.

Consistent. The Project Site is located along several major circulation routes including Katella Avenue and Harbor
Boulevard, which are designated as the Central Core of The Anaheim Resort. Consistent with the intent of the original DRSP and ARSP, the Project would facilitate the development of visitor-serving uses, the majority of which would front onto major transportation corridors that which are served by the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) system Network (ATN) , which provides shuttle service access to a variety of Resort uses destinations as well as the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the Anaheim Regional Transportation
Intermodal Center (ARTIC).

Policy 1 Where appropriate,
designate land adjacent to
freeways, proposed Bus
Rapid Transit stops and
Metrolink stations for
employment intensive land
uses.

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Goal 5.1 Create and enhance
dynamic, identifiable
places for the benefit of
Anaheim residents,
employees and visitors.

Consistent. As stated previously, future development within the Project Site would be subject to development standards and design guidelines set forth in the DRSP or ARSP as well as The Anaheim Resort Identity Program and The Anaheim Resort
Public Realm Landscape Program, as applicable. Specifically, development along the major transportation corridors would include a variety of visitor-serving uses with generous sidewalks, landscaping, and str eet furniture to accommodate pedestrians within The Anaheim Resort. The Project’s system of sidewalks provides easy access to a variety of land uses within and adjacent to The Dis neyland Resort and the Disney ARSP Properties. In addition to the enhanced pedestrian areas, The Anaheim Resort is also served by the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) system Network (ATN), which provides access to a variety of resort uses and the Anaheim
Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the ARTIC.

Additionally, Disney would continue to implement and
administer a Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
program for all cast members and continue to participate in the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN). The Project would continue to implement a variety of TDM program strategies and elements for both existing and future cast member commute options, including, but not limit ed to, ridesharing, vanpooling, transit passes, commuter busses, and shuttle services.

Policy 1 1) Encourage mixed-use
and commercial
development that provides:
a) Safe, protected places
for pedestrians to walk;
b) Attractive surroundings;
c) Opportunities for social
interaction;
d) Comfortable places to
sit and relax; and
e) Interplay between the
interior uses of buildings
and outdoor activities,
such as sidewalk cafes or
tastefully designed outdoor
merchandise displays.

Policy 4 Promote development that
is efficient, pedestrian-
friendly, and served by a
variety of transportation
options.

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Goal 1.1 Provide a comprehensive
multimodal transportation
system that facilitates
current and long-term
circulation of people and
goods in and through the
City.

Consistent. As part of The Disneyland Resort Project and the ARSP Project, the circulation system around The Anaheim Resort was improved to facilitate movement of vehicles and pedestrians around The Anaheim Resort. The Project supports alternative transportation modes through provision of bicycle parking, pedestrian infrastructure, transit support, and TDM measures. Bicycle parking is provided for cast members at key locations throughout The Disneyland Resort and would
continue to be installed as r equired by the City. The Project proposes installation of at least one and up to three pedestrian bridges over Harbor Boulevard in conjunction with construction of a parking structure and potential relocation of the transit center, and provides a network of pedestrian paths and
sidewalks throughout The Anaheim Resort to provide easy access to a variety of land uses within and adjacent to the Resort area. The Project also proposes up to two additional pedestrian bridges or crossings over Disneyland Drive.

Development along the major transportation corridors would include a variety of visitor-serving uses with generous sidewalks, landscaping, and str eet furniture to accommodate pedestrians within The Anaheim Resort. In addition to the enhanced pedestrian areas, The Anaheim Resort is also served by the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) system ATN,
which provides access to a variety of land uses and the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the ARTIC.

Additionally, Disney would continue to implement and
administer a TDM program for all cast members. The Project would continue to implement a variety of TDM program
Policy 3 Require that major new
development proposals
include traffic impact
analyses that identify
measures and financing to
mitigate traffic impacts.

Policy 6 Ensure the provision of
needed transportation
improvements through the
site plan and
environmental review
process.

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strategies and elements for both existing and future cast member commute options, including, but not limited to,
ridesharing, vanpooling, transit passes, commuter busses, and shuttle services.

Additionally, the Project includes several circulation
improvements which are detailed Table 19 (Recommended
Intersection Improvements and 20 (Other Transportation
Improvements) of the Operatio nal Traffic Analysis for the DisneylandForward Project, included as Appendix J-2).

Feasible Intersection Improvements
 Harbor Boulevard and Disney Way: Add westbound
left turn lane, restripe westbound through lane to share westbound through/right turn lane and eliminate north
leg crosswalk

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Goal 2.2 Provide a safe circulation
system.

Consistent. The Project would not involve the construction of any new roadways, nor would the Project involve any new geometric design features that would have the potential to substantially increase hazards. Also, the Project does not propose any new uses that would be incompatible with the existing transportation system or with other nearby land uses as the Project proposes to redistribute previously approved uses on Disney Properties in the Project Site.

The Project directly supports a safe circulation system through the provision of the East Espl anade transit center west of Harbor Boulevard to locate bus and shuttle loading off-street.

The Project would construct a parking facility in the East Parking Area, at which time it would c onstruct at least one and up to three pedestrian bridges north of Disney Way and south of Manchester Avenue to connect the east side of Harbor
Boulevard with the Theme Park District and to separate
pedestrians from vehicle traffic. The Project proposes to abandon the public rights-of-way in Magic Way between Walnut Street and Disneyland Drive, in Clementine Street between Katella Avenue and the southern property line of the proposed Southeast District of the DRSP, previously dedicated by Disney to the City, and in Hotel Way north of Disney Way. Additionally, the Project would install a pedestrian signal across Walnut Street at Magic Way. All Project access points would be designed to City standards and would be reviewed and
approved by the Department of Public Works for safe design and operation.

As stated previously, de velopment along the major
transportation corridors would include a variety of visitor-serving uses with generous sidewalks, landscaping, and street furniture to accommodate pedestrians within The Anaheim Resort. The Project’s system of sidewalks provides easy access to a variety of land uses within and adjacent to The Anaheim Resort. In addition to the enhanced pedes trian areas, The Anaheim Resort is also served by the ART system ATN, which provides access to a variety of uses and the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the ARTIC.

Policy 1 Promote the principle that
streets have multiple uses
and users, and protect the
safety of all users.

Policy 2 Discourage high speed,
through traffic on local
streets with appropriate
traffic calming measures
(e.g., traffic enforcement,
bulb-outs, lane striping,
chokers, etc.).

Policy 3 Design access onto major
arterial streets in an orderly
and controlled manner.

Policy 4 Promote common
driveways and reduce curb
cuts along arterial
highways to minimize
impacts to traffic flows.

Policy 5 Minimize disruptions to
traffic and
pedestrian/bicycle flow.

Policy 6 Implement street design
features such as the use of
medians, bus turnouts,
consolidated driveways
and on street parking
prohibitions to minimize
mid-block traffic
congestion.

Policy 7 Implement street design
features that discourage
through traffic intrusion on
residential streets.

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Goal 5.1 Promote bus service and
paratransit improvements.

Consistent. As stated previously, development along the major transportation corridors would include a variety of visitor-serving uses with generous sidewalks, landscaping, and street furniture to accommodate pedestrians within The Anaheim Resort. The Project’s system of sidewalks provides easy access to a variety of land uses within and adjacent to The Anaheim Resort. In addition to the enhanced pedes trian areas, The Anaheim Resort is also served by the ART system ATN, which provides access to a variety of uses and the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the ARTIC.

Additionally, Disney would continue to implement and
administer a TDM program for all cast members and continue to participate in the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN).

The Project would continue to implement a variety of TDM program strategies and element s for both existing and future cast member commute options, in cluding, but not limited to, ridesharing, vanpooling, transit passes, commuter busses, and shuttle services. Disney also would continue to participate in a clean fuel shuttle program such as the ART system.

The Disneyland Resort is served by multiple bus lines and Disney provides bus and shuttle stops at the East Esplanade transit center west of Harbor Boulevard. Also, The Disneyland Resort is designed to accommodate people with all levels of mobility, providing accessibility for wheelchair users and people pushing strollers.

Policy 3 Support transit supportive
land uses in new
development.

Policy 5 Intensify land uses in close
proximity to future BRT
stop(s) where appropriate.

Policy 6 Improve pedestrian access
to transit facilities.

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Goal 9.1 Reduce single-occupancy
vehicle trips
Consistent. The Anaheim Resort, including the Project Site, is served by the ART system ATN, which provides shuttle service among access to a variety of Resort destinations as well as uses and the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the ARTIC. In addition to access to these transit options, Disney’s current TDM program also requires continued
provision of bicycle parking and amenities; an online ride- matching and carpool/vanpool program; guaranteed trip return in the event of a personal emergency, unplanned business- related activity, or inclement weather for cyclists or walkers; Policy 1 Encourage alternative
work schedules for public
and private sector workers.

Policy 2 Encourage development of
new commercial and
industrial projects that
provide on-site amenities
that help to lesson vehicle

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Goal 11.1 Encourage land planning
and urban design that
support alternatives to the
private automobile such as
mixed-use, provision of
pedestrian amenities, and
transit-oriented
development.

Consistent. The Disneyland Resort Project proposes parking structures on the west and east sides of the Resort so guests traveling to the Resort park t heir vehicles and then use mass transit or pedestrian amenities to circulate throughout the Resort. Additionally, development along the major
transportation corridors would include a variety of visitor-serving uses with generous sidewalks, landscaping, and street furniture to accommodate pedestrians within The Anaheim Resort. The Project’s system of sidewalks provides easy access to a variety of land uses within and adjacent to The Anaheim Resort. In addition to the enhanced pedes trian areas, The Anaheim Resort is also served by the ART system ATN, which provides access to a variety of uses and the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the AR TIC. This continued provision of pedestrian access throughout The Anaheim Resort provides opportunities for visitors to access the surrounding area and patronize local commercial and retail uses.

Additionally, all future development pursuant to the DRSP and the ARSP would be in accordance with the General Plan
Commercial Recreation land use designation, which is intended to provide for tourist and entertainment-related industries, such as theme parks, hotels, tourist- oriented retail, movie theaters, and other visito
r-serving facilities.

Policy 1 Encourage commercial
growth and the
development of
commercial centers in
accordance with the Land
Use Element.

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Goal 1.4 Develop land use
strategies and incentives
to reduce the amount of
vehicle miles traveled
within the City.

Consistent. Continued development of the Project Site would enhance the pedestrian experience by providing a variety of land uses within walking distance and along primary pedestrian corridors, thereby reducing the total vehicle miles traveled.

Future development within the Project Site would include hotel uses adjacent to the existing and future theme park uses, and pedestrian pathways would be provided to facilitate walking and non-passenger car travel for both employees and
visitors/patrons, to a greater extent than would be the case for similar development in outlying areas not adjacent to the Disneyland area or areas without transit availability.

Additionally, Disney would continue to implement a TDM
program, as discussed in Section 5.14, Transportation, which is designed to reduce VMTs from cast members driving to and from The Disneyland Resort. Disney will also continue to participate in a clean fuel shuttle programsuch as the ART system.

Policy 4 Encourage employment
centers to provide support
uses and services such as
restaurants, retail uses,
child-care facilities, shuttle
services to shopping
areas, etc., in order to
reduce potential vehicle
trips.

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Policy 5 Promote the use of public
transportation and
alternative modes of
transportation by
increasing access to public
transit, including Bus
Rapid Transit, through land
use planning (e.g., locating
higher density residential
Consistent.

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projects near
transportation corridors),
ensuring direct and
convenient pedestrian
access to public transit
stops, implementing
bicycle routes,
encouraging pedestrian-
friendly developments, and
supporting High
Occupancy Vehicle (HOV)
lanes.
access to a variety of uses and the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink train and bus services at the ARTIC.

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Goal 2.2 Evaluate the traffic-related
impacts of proposed
developments and/or
intensification of existing
land uses and address
said impacts.

Consistent. Pursuant to SB 743 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3, subdivision (b), VMT is the method for measuring and addressing vehicular circulation system facilities under CEQA.

Analysis of LOS is no longer the metric for determining transportation environmental impacts pursuant to CEQA.

However, the LOS analysis is required to determine general consistency with the General Plan Circulation Element, as described previously.

With implementation of mitigatio n identified in Section 5.14, Transportation, which includes continued implementation of Disney’s existing TDM program and continued participation in a clean fuel shuttle programsuch as the ART system, the Project’s impact related to VMT would be reduced to less than significant levels.

Nevertheless, the Project includes several circulation
improvements as discussed previously under Goals 1.1 and 2.1 of the Circulation Element.

Policy 1 Continue to review
development projects to
ensure traffic-related
impacts are addressed
appropriately.

Policy 4 Prior to issuing building
permits for new
development forecast to
generate 100 or more peak
hour (morning or evening)
trip ends, require traffic
impact analyses be
completed that identify
arterial and intersection
improvements that may
potentially be needed to
provide no worse than LOS
E along Interstates/State
Routes/Smart Streets
(unless current operation is
LOS F), and not worse
than LOS D along the
balance of the arterials on
the City’s Circulation
Element that are
measurably impacted by
the new development and
are under the City’s
jurisdiction.

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A variety of public transit options are available to access the Project Site, including: OCTA Route 37; OCTA Route 43; OCTA Route 46; OCTA Route 47; OCTA Route 50; OCTA Route 83; OCTA Bravo Route 543; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Route 460; Riverside Transit Agency CommuterLink Route 200; and the DisneylandForward
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Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) Express.

Buses and shuttles provided by Disney carry guests from the Mickey and Friends and Pixar Pals parking structures in the Parking District, West Parking Area, to the west side of the theme park entry plaza, and a bus service carries guests from the Toy Story Lot to the East Esplanade transportation hub on the east side of the theme park entry plaza.

Also, some of the non-Disney hotels in the vi cinity offer complimentary guest shuttles to the East Esplanade transportation hub. The ART systemATN provides a number of short distance routes throughout The Anaheim Resort area (Gibson 2023a).

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The Disneyland Resort also provides infrastructure and proposes more improvements as part of the Project, which reduce guest VMT:
 East Esplanade Transportation Center: The East Esplanade transportation center, located on the west side of Harbor Boulevard between the guest entrances to The Disneyland Resort and Disney’s California Adventure theme parks, provides front- door passenger loading areas for ART buses, hotel shuttles, guest parking shuttles, and cast member parking shuttles. This space, provided free-of-charge, supports convenient non-automobile transportation to and from the existing Disney theme parks by many operators, collectively serving thousands of guests and cast members per day. The Project may relocate the transportation center to the DRSP Parking District East Parking Area or adjacent ARSP Parking Overlay in accordance with MM TRA-7 but would continue to provide direct pedestrian access between it and the theme parks via walkways and pedestrian bridges, described below; and
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Each of the other developments considered in this cumulative analysis of consistency with programs, plans, policies, and ordinances was, or would be, separately reviewed and approved by the City, including a check for their consistency with applicable policies.

Considered cumulatively, the addition of new hotels within the ARSP provides more capacity for Disney theme park guests to stay within walking distance of The Disneyland Resort. Most of the hotels are on ART ATN routes that provide service directly to the East Esplanade. Therefore, the addition of new hotels and related amenities (i.e., in-hotel retail and restaurant space) within the Project area would help to reduce auto trips to and from The Disneyland Resort and Disney ARSP Properties, supporting many of the programs, plans, policies, and ordinances summarized above. The Project’s effect on cumulative conditions is limited because it does not substa ntially change land use or public facilities plans compared to the current DRSP and ARSP. The VMT analysis provided in Section

5.14b includes analysis of cumulative conditions, and determined the Project, with implementation of mitigation, would not create a cumulatively considerable impact.

Further, the Project’s effect on traffic circulation is limited because, even with potential development of theme park space in the Theme Park Overlays, theme park guest parking would still be concentrated at the West Parking Area and East Parking Area, as in the current DRSP. Therefore, with implementation of mitigation measures, MM TRA-1 through MM TRA-22 and MM PS-3 , MM PS-4 , MM PS-6 , MM PS-7 , MM PS-9 , MM PS-20 , MM PS-11, MM PS-12, MM PS-19, MM PS-22, and MM PS-23, detailed above, the Project, together with nearby development projects, would not create inconsistencies nor result in DisneylandForward
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cumulative impacts with respect to the identified programs, plans, policies, and ordinances.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix B-2, Height Map Appendix B-2 is revised as follows:
 Naming has been updated.
 Freedman Way label has been changed to Disney Way.
 Pacifico Avenue label has been changed to Gene Autry Way.  Legend text has been updated for the first two items.  Identification box text has been updated from number 1124-93-11 to 7239, Planning Department has been changed to Planning and Building Department, and date has been modified to ‘Revised [insert Month/Date of adoption of Ordinance amending A.M.C.

Section 18.40.80]’.
 Area A and B boundaries along Disneyland Drive have been modified to follow Disneyland Drive street alignment.
 Quality of height map, including tables, has been enhanced.  Contour lines south of Katella Avenue have been labeled ‘280’ and ‘260’.  Cerritos Avenue has been changed to Magic Way.
 Hatched line and text ‘Designated for Future Extension in Existing General Plan Circulation Element’ and the hatched line from the map west of Haster Street have been removed.
 Last legend item has been changed to read: ‘For maximum building heights in portions of the DRSP Theme Park District (Areas A and B) and in the Southeast District (Area C), see A.M.C. Chapter 18.114 and in the ARSP Theme Park West Overlay (Area D) and the Theme Park East Overlay (Area E), see A.M.C. Chapter 18.116.’ DisneylandForward
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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix D-2 Historic Resources Technical Report, Title Page

HISTORIC RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT

DISNEYLAND FORWARD DISNEYLANDFORWARD
DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix D-2 Historic Resources Technical Report, Page 43
Club 33, named for its location at 33 Royal Street in New Orleans Square, was Walt’s concept for an elegant, exclusive club for VIPs.6 The number “33” came from the number of original sponsors of rides and attractions in the park. It was meant as a place where the sponsors could conduct for business lunches, and it was the only place in the park that served alcohol. Members consisted mostly of Disneyland’s corporate partners and local Orange County businessmen. The original entrance was discreetly marked by a “33” placard next to the Blue Bayou restaurant. A gilded elevator transported guests to one of two main dining areas on the second floor, the Banquet Room or the Trophy Room. The private, fine-dining experience featured French cuisine.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix J-1 CEQA Transportation Analysis, Page ES-16
The East Esplanade transportation hub provides front-door passenger loading areas for Anaheim Resort Transportation Anaheim Transportation Network buses, hotel shuttles, guest parking shuttles, and cast member parking shuttles, and Disney has installed pedestrian bridges over Magic Way and Disneyland Drive.

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OCTA Route 37 – OCTA Route 37 is a local line that travels between La Habra and Fountain Valley with an average headway of 30 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 40 to 50 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Euclid Street west of the Project area and stops at Ball Road, Cerritos Avenue, and Katella Avenue.

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In addition to the inter-city bus lines summarized above, Anaheim Resort Transportation (“ART”) Anaheim Transportation Network is a public transportation system that provides circulator shuttles with 15 different routes within and around The Anaheim Resort area and nearby vicinity, providing a convenient transportation alternative for short trips within the area. Each ARTATN route stops at the East Shuttle Area serving the Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks.

6 The street address was based on the established convention for this section of the park. Walt Disney Archives.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix J-1 CEQA Transportation Analysis, Page 31
OCTA Route 37 – OCTA Route 37 is a local line that travels between La Habra and Fountain Valley with an average headway of 30 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 40 to 50 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Euclid Street west of the Project area and stops at Ball Road, Cerritos Avenue, and Katella Avenue.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix J-1 CEQA Transportation Analysis for the DisneylandForward Project (Figure 9, Page 36) and DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix J-2 Operational Traffic Analysis (Figure 10, Page 41) Figures 9 and 10 have been revised to:
 show Lewis Street with the correct alignment between Katella Avenue and Gene Autry Way as a Secondary Arterial;
 show Gene Autry Way as a Primary Arterial;
 modify the Legend to remove “Future Roadway”; and
 add note regarding Clementine Street and Gene Autry Way.

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TABLE ES-4

OTHER TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS
No. Project Design Feature Timing

1. Install pedestrian signal on Walnut Street at
Magic Way.

To be installed upon closure of Magic Way to
public through traffic.

2. Install Class I Bike Path on the east side of
Walnut Street from Ball Road to Katella
Avenue.

To be installed prior to the earlier of: (1)
abandonment of Magic Way and/or closure of
the western end of Magic Way to public vehicular
traffic; or (2) the date which is ten (10) years
after the Effective Date of the Development
Agreement for the DisneylandForward
Project; or (3) the final Building and Zoning
Inspection for cumulative development of at least
10,000 square feet in the southwestern portion of
the Theme Park District south of Pixar Place and
west of the Pixar Place Hotel parking structure

TABLE 20

OTHER TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS
No. Project Design Feature Timing

1. Install pedestrian signal on Walnut Street at
Magic Way.

To be installed upon closure of Magic Way to
public through traffic.

2. Install Class I Bike Path on the east side of
Walnut Street from Ball Road to Katella
Avenue.

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OCTA Route 37 – OCTA Route 37 is a local line that travels between La Habra and Fountain Valley with an average headway of 30 minutes during the weekday morning and afternoon peak periods and 40 to 50 minutes on weekends. This line travels along Euclid Street west of the Project area and stops at Ball Road, Cerritos Avenue, and Katella Avenue.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 4-50
These include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The Disneyland Resort’s transportation system(s), monorail and pedestrian routes, pathways and bridges, which provide various means for visitors to move around the Specific Plan area; (2) The Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) system Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) operates bus and shuttle routes that take people to and from hotels, the Anaheim Convention Center and other venues in The Anaheim Resort to and from The Disneyland Resort as well as to other sites in The Anaheim Resort and to other parts of Anaheim including, but not limited to, the downtown area, The Platinum Triangle and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) (the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) operates the ART ATN system under a Franchise Agreement with the City of Anaheim); (3) private buses/vehicles licensed by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) or authorized by a Franchise Agreement with the City of Anaheim, which bring people to The Anaheim Resort; and (4) the public bus system operated by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), which serves The Anaheim Resort, other parts of Anaheim and the larger region.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 4-55 (Section 4, Sub-Section 4.6.2.1 Setback from Right-of-Way) […] vertical circulation elements (stairways and ramps) may encroach into the setback area by no more than twenty-five percent of the total setback depth so long as railings and support systems are designed to be at leastno more than 50 percent opaque.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 4-56 (Section 4.6.2.3 Public Access)
Bridge(s) will be designed to have direct access from street level sidewalks along both sides of Harbor Boulevard up to and across Harbor Boulevard and back down to street level sidewalk on the other side. Access will be provided to the satisfaction of the City Engineer and Building Official, via stairs, ramps, escalators and/or elevators depending upon space constraints. The portion of the bridge(s) which abuts public right-of-way and crosses the public street will not require Disney security checks prior to crossing the bridge, although security measures including regulations against such activities as loitering, pamphleting, vending, etc. are anticipated to be in place to ensure pedestrian flows meet the criteria set forth in Section 4.6.2.5. The entire bridge structure may be secured and closed to public access every night via gates at ground level for the same periods of time as the parking structures in the East Parking Area and/or adjacent Parking Overlay are closed.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 4-56 (Section 4, Sub-Section 4.6.2.4 Heights, Widths and Clearances) Minimum clearance above public sidewalks to lowest portion of bridge structure shall be fifteen feet, unless a greater clearance of up to twenty-two feet is required by the City Engineer determines that greater clearance is required to allow effective access to and maintenance of public utilities/facilities under or adjacent to the bridge or to address other bona fide concerns relating to those utilities/facilities.

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Minimum clearance on private property from ground level to bottom of pedestrian bridge at bridge abutment will be twelve feet, unless a greater clearance of up to twenty-two feet is required by the City Engineer and/or Building Official determines that greater clearance is required to allow effective access to and maintenance of public utilities/facilities under or adjacent to the bridge or to address other bona fide concerns relating to those utilities/facilities.

Bridge width will be confirmed by a pedestrian demand study as described below, subject to the approval of the City Engineer, however, in no case will any bridge width exceed fifty feet from outside edge to outside edge. Additionally, structural columns may project up to three feet outside of the maximum fifty feet.

Any proposed bridge crossing over Harbor Boulevard where an existing utility vault is located, must maintain five feet of horizontal clearance surrounding the vault, and thirty feet of vertical clearance above the vault. If the proposed bridge crosses over existing APU utility vaults not located within the public street, then APU will assess whether to relocate the vault and/or its equipment to a location acceptable to APU at developer’s cost.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 4-57 (Section 4, Sub-Section 4.6.2.5 Vertical Circulation and Bridge Capacity) […] will show that pedestrian facilities including bridge width and stairways or ramps will function at an acceptable a level of service sufficient to facilitate pedestrian safety and achieve uncrowded walking conditions during off-peak times and provide for separation of forward-moving pedestrians during peak periods, as determined by the City Engineer with reference made to any criteria established or accepted by the City at that time for pedestrian levels of service.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 5-81 (Section 5, Exhibit 5.7.9b Examples of Potential Treatment for the Ground Level Up to 30-Feet Height Level)
The following criteria provides design guidance for on-site buildings and structures visible from the public right-of-way along Walnut Street, Katella Avenue, Harbor Boulevard, Ball Road, West Place, Haster Street, Clementine Street, and from abutting residentially-zoned properties along the internal southern within the Southeast District, the internal southern and eastern property boundaries of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Theme Park East Overlay, and the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Parking Overlay. This criteria would also apply to on-site buildings and structures visible from the public right-of-way along Magic Way until such time as any approved road abandonment is finalized. This 360-Degree Architectural Treatments criteria only applies if it has been determined through a sight-line study submitted to the Planning and Building Department that a proposed building or structure will be visible by a 6-foot tall person from the furthest point of the ultimate public right-of-way on the opposite side of the street or from a point 400 feet from the property line on perpendicular streets, as detailed in Section 7.0, ‘Zoning and Development Standards’.

Note: The following photographs replace the second and third photographs on Exhibit 5.7.9b

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 5-105 (Section 5, Exhibit 5.8.3f Wall/Fencing Plan) Exhibit 5.8.3f has been revised to identify “Sound Attenuation Walls” for the Theme Park and Southeast Districts.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Pages 7-1 through 7-101 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114) Various corrections to the Code were made to address section and subsection references, exhibit/table numbers and names, grammatical, punctuation, spelling and typographical errors, which are not called out separately in this Section; any substantive changes are individually addressed.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-3 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.020.030.0302); the addition of “and Building” was made throughout various sections within Chapter 18.114 which are also being revised by the Project

Construction within this District and Overlays may commence only after the Planning and Building Director finds that the construction proposal is in substantial compliance with these regulations, applicable policies and guidelines of the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Pages 7-3 and 7-4 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.020.040)

[…] Modifications to the configuration and size of the District boundaries may result from technical refinements and site conditions in the subdivision and/or Final Site Plan process, and may be modified in accordance with the procedures set forth in subsection

18.114.040.020040 (Planning Director Approval of Boundary and Acreage VariationsMinor District Boundary Adjustments – Theme Park and Parking Districts) without amendment to the Specific Plan.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-6 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.030.033.0331)

Disney Property. The real properties in the CityDRSP and ARSP owned or leased by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. or other subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company, including those within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-7 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.030.060.0602)

(Repealed by , insert date) Hotel/Motel Guest Room. The smallest accommodation that can be made available for a patron; it shall contain one full bath and sleeping accommodation with keyed entry.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-7 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.030.060.0603)

Hotel/Motel Guest Suite. A hotel/motel guest room or suite that is for rent by a single party with one entry door key for the guest that also controls the door into the guest room and any door into or within the guest room or into the service/kitchen area. A hotel/motel guest suite shall be considered one room for the purpose of total room count permitted in the Specific Plan area, even if it includes more than one room. (Ord. 5580 § 4 (part); October 22, 1996.)
Hotel Guest Room or Suite. A room, rooms or unit in a hotel or vacation ownership resort, intended for occupancy on a commercial basis, containing sleeping and DisneylandForward
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bathing accommodation, with or without kitchen facilities. A hotel guest room or suite shall be considered one room or one unit for the purpose of total room count permitted in the Specific Plan from the point where private keyed entry occurs from a common hall, or vestibule in the case of a shared entry.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-11 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.040.010.0101)

Theme Park District, Parking District and Southeast District. Building plans for projects developed pursuant to this chapter shall be submitted to the Planning and Building Department and shall be reviewed for conformance with all applicable provisions of the Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, this chapter, the Conditions of approval set forth in Ordinance No. , (Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 387), and terms of any applicable development agreement prior to the issuance of building permits and construction. Project development pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of the Final Site Plan review.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-16 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.050)

Set forth below are the standards for the development of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Districts excepting that subsections. 18.114.050.010 (General) through

18.114.050.050 (Prohibited Uses) shall not apply to projects in District A or developed under the C-R and Anaheim GardenWalk Overlay requirements. […] The Districts and corresponding Development Areas herein are those identified on the Development Plan Map (Exhibit 3.3c (Development Plan) of the Specific Plan.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-17 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.050.020.0201)

Any number of the five thousand six hundred (5,600) guest rooms may be permitted as new or converted Vacation Ownership Resort units, so long as the aggregate number of hotel rooms in the Theme Park District and Southeast District is at least 1,886 (with allowance given during period of construction), subject to review for substantial conformance with the Specific Plan by the Planning and Building Director. All Vacation Ownership Resort Units shall be in conformance with Section 18.114.120 (Requirements for Vacation Ownership Resorts).

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-17 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.050.020.0203)

Hotel guests parking will be accommodated in structures and/or locations specifically designed for hotel parking.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Pages 7-28 and 7-29 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.050.110.1101)

Compliance with Design Plan Required. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all required setback areas shall be fully and permanently landscaped with trees, shrubs, vines and groundcover and may include walkways, plazas, fountains, and other similar material (not including turf block, except where such turf block is used for required emergency access) in accordance with the Design Plan and Planning Standard Detail No. 9 10. […] The Planning and Building Director may approve more updates to the plant palette DisneylandForward
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matrices in Planning Standard Detail No. 9 10 with more current and contemporary plant nursery offerings that are more drought, disease, and/or pest-resistant plantings.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-29 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.050.110.1108)

Disneyland Drive Pedestrian Arrival Gateway South Landscape Treatment. The existingA one hundred and twenty-five (125) by one hundred and twenty-five (125) foot landscape treatment shall be maintained at the northwest and northeast corners of Katella Avenue and Disneyland Drive shall be provided and maintained, as described in, and in compliance with, the criterial set forth in the Design Plan.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-37 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.060.030.0303)

Sky Exposure Plane. The maximum height of structures adjacent to the following streets shall not exceed one (1) additional foot of height above the Maximum Permitted Height at the required setback for each two (2) additional feet of setback as described in Section

18.114.030 (Definitions) and in Section 3.0 (Land Use Plan) of the Specific Plan:
.01 Katella Avenue.
.02 Disneyland Drive, between from the southern Ball Road right-of-way to and seven hundred (700) feet south of the Ball Road. right-of-way, as shown on the Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural Height Map.

Beginning at the one-hundred and forty (140) feet height level, the maximum height of structures between the southern Ball Road right-of-way to seven hundred (700) feet south of the Ball Road right-of-way, shall not exceed one (1) additional foot of height above the Maximum Permitted Height at for each four (4) additional feet of setback.
(a) One (1) additional foot of height for each two (2) additional feet of setback, up to a height of one-hundred and forty (140) feet; (b) Beyond one-hundred and forty (140) feet in height, one (1) additional foot of height is permitted for every four (4) additional feet of setback.
.03 Harbor Boulevard. (Ord. 5613 §5; September 16, 1997.) .04 Ball Road.
.05 Interstate 5.
.06 Walnut Street. , beginning at the one hundred and forty (140) feet height level, the maximum height of structures shall not exceed one (1) additional foot of height above the Maximum Permitted Height at for each four (4) additional feet of setback. (a) One (1) additional foot of height for each two (2) additional feet of setback, up to a height of one-hundred and forty (140) feet; (b) Beyond one-hundred and forty (140) feet in height, one (1) additional foot of height is permitted for every four (4) additional feet of setback.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-39 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.060.050.0504)

.0504 Katella Avenue. Nineteen (19) feet minimum, with landscaping consistent with the Design Plan.
.01 From eastern side of the ultimate right-of-way of Walnut Street to the centerline of Disneyland Drive: nineteen (19) feet minimum, with landscaping consistent with the Design Plan.
.02 From the centerline of Disneyland Drive to a point eleven hundred (1,100) feet east of said centerline: nineteen (19) feet minimum, with landscaping consistent with Design Plan.
.03 From a point eleven hundred (1,100) feet east of the centerline of Disneyland Drive to the western right-of-way of Harbor Boulevard: nineteen (19) feet minimum, with landscaping consistent with Design Plan.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-42 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.080.020.0204.01)

.0204 Gateway Facilities
.01 Clementine Street and Disney Way. One gateway facility, which identifies the vehicular arrival to the Parking District, may encroach into the setback area adjacent to Clementine Street provided that the gateway facility meets the following requirements:
(a) Maximum sign copy area for each side of the gateway facility shall not exceed two hundred and fifty (250) thirteen hundred (1,300) square feet with a maximum of five hundred (500) square feet of changeable copy;
(b) No changeable copy sign area shall be permitted. The changeable copy signs can be single- or double-sided;
(c) Maximum height of seventy (70) feet;
(d) The design and location of the gateway facility shall be subject to the review and approval of the Planning and Building Director as being compatible in scale with the vehicular entry, and compatible in design with the Parking and Transportation Facilities. Said gateway facilities may be an iconic design and/or include iconic elements. permitted in accordance with subparagraph 18.114.060.020.0203.01.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-42 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.080.030.0302.02)

Magic Way. Sixty-five (65) feet at the required setback unit such time as the Magic Way road right-of-way is abandoned.; upon road right-of-way abandonment Maximum Permitted Structural Height of setback shall be as shown on the Anaheim Commercial Recreation Area Maximum Permitted Structural Height Map.

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-46 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.090.010.0103)

Retail Entertainment Centers, with the amount of restaurant square footage limited to twenty percent (20%) of the allotted theme park square footage in the District and Anaheim Resort Specific plan Theme Park East Overlay.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-52 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.100.010)

Purpose. The C-R Overlay has been established to permit the uses set forth in Chapter

18.116 (Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 Zone) if the properties are not developed as part of The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan Theme Park, Parking or Southeast Districts. (Ord. 5580 § 24 (part); October 22, 1996.)

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-67 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.120.060.0601.01)

Theme Park District and Southeast District. The conversion of any type of existing unit or facility to vacation ownership resort use shall be subject to the approval by the Planning and Building Director, who will determine substantial conformance with the Specific Plan.

Conversion shall be evaluated in terms of the physical suitability of the units or facilities for vacation ownership resort use. Items to be considered shall include the general maintenance and upkeep of the structures; general physical condition of the facility; age of the structures; suitability of the units for the type of occupancy proposed; the age, condition, and general repair of any recreational facility; and conformance with appropriate building, safety and fire standards. The facility shall be upgraded to mitigate any identified deficiencies. In no event shall the aggregate conversion of existing units in the Theme Park District result in a reduction (with allowance given during periods of construction) of the number of aggregate hotel rooms in the Theme Park District and Southeast District to less than 1,886 hotel rooms.

DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-69 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.120.070.0714.01)

Theme Park District and Southeast District. Any other information or documentation the applicant, City staff, or the Planning and Building Director deem reasonably necessary to the consideration of the projectto determine substantial conformance with subsection

18.114.120.060.0601;

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DisneylandForward Subsequent EIR Volume 2, Appendix M Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Page 7-99 (Section 7, Chapter 18.114.130.060.0604, Exhibit 7.0B (Hotel/Motel Business Identification Wall Sign))

Hotel/Motel Business Identification Wall Sign
Number of Stories 1-2 3-4 5-9 10-14 Over 15 14
Maximum Sign
Area per Sign Face
160 SF 200 SF 250 SF 300 SF 350 SF
Maximum
Letter/Symbol
Height (A)
2 ft. 4 ft. 4 ft. 6 in. 5 ft. 6 in. 10 7 ft.

Maximum Symbol
Only Maximum
Height
3 ft. 7 ft. 8 ft. 10 ft. 10 ft.

Maximum Number
of Signs per Lot
• Two (2) per building.
• Located on non-adjacent building elevations; provided that for buildings on corner lots or for buildings over five (5) stories in height, the two wall signs may be located on adjacent building elevations as long as only one sign is legible at any time from any point on the adjacent public right-of-way. • Buildings over five (5) stories may have one additional wall sign located on the porte-cochere with a maximum letter/symbol height of eighteen (18) inches.

Sign Copy • Sign copy limited to hotel/motel name and/or logo. • Sign copy shall be located no closer than one-half the size of the largest letter/symbol to the top and sides of the building wall or fascia or to the closest window line adjacent to the sign.
• Sign copy shall be located below the top of the building eave line or roof line, whichever is lower.

Illumination Illumination Limitations
• No bare bulbs, exposed neon, animated or flashing signs. • No internally illuminated can signs disp laying corporate hotel/motel affiliations. • No internally illuminated canopies/awnings.
• No white or light colored translucent back lit panels. • Signs shall be attached without visible supports or raceways.

Allowable Illumination
• For symbols only, sign cabinet with le tters/symbol routed from opaque background with internally illuminated copy.
• Reverse metal pan channel letters /symbol with neon halo illumination. • Internally illuminated channel letters /symbol with translucent face panels. • Open pan channel letters/s ymbol with neon illumination.

Other Limitations • 12-inch maximum projection from building face. • Projection over the public right-of-way is prohibited. • Signs shall be attached without visible supports or raceways. • Canopy and awning sign design must be an integral part of the building design and are in lieu of permitted wall signs.
(A) When the symbol is used in conjunction with a company name or logo. (B) A special district has been created on Disn eyland Drive between Katella Avenue and Ball Road.

Hotels/Motels developed in this district may inte grate the allowable sign area specified for business identification wall sign into the ‘Over 15’ Number of Stories category. For the purposes of measurement, DisneylandForward
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the Maximum Letter/Symbol Height and Symbol Maximu m Height are additive. Sign letters may be side lit and symbols may project light.

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