What steps have been taken to ensure effective stakeholder, community outreach, and external regulatory agency involvement?

The City has implemented a community engagement strategy that includes multiple formats and opportunities for participation. Since April 16, 2024, engagement efforts have included a community information meeting at the Santa Ana Train Station; regular in-person meetings at City Hall with business stakeholders and residents, together, with opportunities for discussion; field visits to affected neighborhoods have allowed for direct observation and community input in context; and tours of industrial businesses. The Planning Commission Study Session and subsequent public hearings have and will also offer formal venues for community feedback. The City maintains a dedicated project webpage (www.santa-ana.org/transit-zoning-code-update/) that provides regular updates, meeting materials, and upcoming engagement opportunities, as well as contact information for project staff. Additionally, outreach has included conversations and meetings with external regulatory agencies who oversee the permitting of industrial business operations, such as South Coast AQMD, DTSC, County of Orange Healthcare Agency, as well as neighborhood-specific sessions with Lacy and Logan residents, one-on-one consultations, direct email communications, phone calls, and coordination through the Environmental Justice Action Committee.

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