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Commission hears updates on 10th & Flower, Walnut Street greening and Bristol corridor projects
Summary
Planning staff gave detailed updates on multiple park projects including the 10th & Flower park (federal LWCF grant), Walnut Street Urban Greening ($2.2 million state grant) and early-stage concepts for the Bristol Recreation Corridor and First & Mountain View site.
Santa Ana planning staff told the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission on Jan. 23 that several major park projects are advancing through planning, outreach and grant compliance steps.
Planning manager Susie Perjanec said the 10th and Flower site has a contractor on site and a notice to proceed was issued Jan. 7. The project requires a general plan amendment and a zone change; staff will hold a Sunshine meeting Feb. 11 and then route approvals to the Planning Commission and City Council. Perjanec said park plans are about 90% complete and the city received a Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant whose post-award materials are currently under review by the National Park Service.
Perjanec also briefed the commission on Walnut Street Urban Greening, a project that won a state grant of $2,200,000. Staff has started public outreach and expects multiple community meetings in February to refine the concept and meet state funding deadlines. She said the Walnut work may involve right-of-way changes and possible partial street closures, and that some on-street parking spaces would be removed to create park and open-space elements.
Other planning items discussed included a recently acquired First and Mountain View property (about 6.5 acres) that the city and water department are coordinating to convert part of the site into a public park; Grissett Park modifications to increase usability; and the Bristol Recreation Corridor, where multiple remnant parcels are being evaluated for linear-park opportunities. Perjanec said the city applied to a large federal EPA pot (about $18 million requested) for multiple Bristol parcels and expects staged implementation rather than a single, simultaneous build-out.
Commissioners asked about outreach methods; Perjanec said staff will use neighborhood meetings, public notices, postcards, QR codes on park signs and social media and aim to capture residents within a 15-minute walk of project sites. She said community workshops and coordination with adjacent schools and stakeholders will be part of concept development.
These projects remain in planning and funding stages; Perjanec identified upcoming public meetings and council/permit steps but did not report final construction schedules for all items.
