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Santa Ana Planning and Building Agency’s Director to retire

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Planning, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Photo: Jay Trevino pictured with the current members of the Santa Ana Planning Commission

The City of Santa Ana’s Executive Director of their Planning and Building Agency, Jay Trevino, will be retiring on December 30 after a 32-year career serving four cities. In addition to his ten years in Santa Ana, Trevino previously worked for the cities of Santa Monica, Brea and Pomona. He is an Orange County native, having grown up in Westminster. Trevino studied architecture initially and has a degree in urban and regional planning from the California State University at Pomona.

Trevino accomplished a lot in the City of Santa Ana during his tenure including: incorporating health and wellness into the planning process; emphasizing the quality of design in development projects; adopting award-winning plans like the Transit Zoning Code and the Housing Element; creating a balanced approach for affordable housing in the Housing Opportunity Ordinance; and, collaborating on the streetcar, to name a few of his many accomplishments. Continue reading→

Another day in the life of Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Santa Ana 14 Comments

I met with Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido yesterday morning, and he was kind enough to share with me, again, his itinerary. Remember as you read this that Pulido is a part-time Mayor – but he clearly spends a lot of time doing the job he was elected to do:

8:30 a.m. Pedro Magallon, Santa Ana Winds Soccer
8:45 a.m. Jose Harris, JNH Motivational, Meet and Greet. New business at Martinez Bookstore
9:00 a.m. Art Pedroza and Matt Southgate, AVASA, Future of Artist Village and possible Mardi Gras type festival
9:15 a.m. Nati Alvarado, Project Backpack 2011
9:30 a.m. Lara Beers, Recycle Bank Program
9:50 a.m. Dave Elliott, Building a working relationship between SA & Chamber of Commerce, City focus for 2011, Chamber’s role with City to strengthen SA
10:10 a.m. Ernie Vasquez and Melanie Rios Glaser, Wooden Floor Executive & Artistic Director, Potential expansion opportunities for the Wooden Floor
10:30 a.m. Jay Trevino, Planning issues
10:50 a.m. Louie Lujan, Gov. Affairs Director, Fighting the blight, crime, and safety issues caused byvacant properties
11:10 a.m. Lara Montagne, The Grain Project
11:30 a.m. Call with Big Ten City Mayors, State Budget
12:00 p.m. Ernesto Medrano, Eric Henry and possibly Patrick Kelly, Teamsters
12:30 p.m. Ralph Opacic, Steve Wagner and Sue Baung, Tennis Program at OCHSA
1:00 p.m. Peter Wittingham and Tim Conlon,Cabco Yellow Inc., AQMD funding for natural gas vehicles

What a day! And Pulido still has an afternoon full of additional appointments to work through.

We are fortunate to have a Mayor who can spend so much time on city business. Mayor Pulido made it clear that he is available to talk to anyone who wants to meet with him with regard to city business. If you want to meet with him contact Becky Magallon, at City Hall, at BMagallon@santa-ana.org. She is an Executive Assistant to City Manager Dave Ream.

Click here to read our previous installment, A Day in the Life of Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido.

A day in the life of Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana 4 Comments

I met with Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido today at noon, and we had a chance to discuss the Artists Village, amongst other topics. In the course of our conversation Mayor Pulido shared his schedule with me and gave me permission to discuss it here. Remember that Mayor Pulido is a part-time Mayor. Here is how he spent this morning:

8:30 am: Met with City Staff to discuss the Go Local Project
9 am: Met with Roy Alvarado and George Collins to discuss the Harbor Blvd. Corridor
9:20 am: Met with Shirley Grindle to discuss the Bike Trail near the Discovery Science Center and Santiago Park
10 am: Met with Dennis Lluy, David Leon, Ryan Chase, Gil Marrero, Irv Chase and Councilwoman Michele Martinez to discuss the direction of nightlife in the Downtown, and the dance ordinance
10:20 am: Met with Gary Kutscher, Angie Rowe, and Scott Baugh to discuss the O.C. Marathon
10:40 am: Met with Ray Estrella and Robert Maniaci to discuss a Veteran housing project
11 am: Met with Jody Johansen and Chris Roelle to meet and greet the new FBA President
11:20 am: Met with Armando de la Libertad to be introduced to a Santa Ana resident who is a CAD designer who designs skateboard parks
11:40 am: Met with Carlos Benitez to discuss projects related to the Federacion de Clubs Guerrenses
and 12:20 pm – Spoke on the phone with Charmayne Bacon and Ken Brown re Climate Communities and USCM

Many city staffers were involved in these meetings, including Jill Arthur, SAPD Chief Paul Walters, Gerardo Mouet, Mark Lawrence, Jay Trevino and Lt. Mike McCoy.

What a day! And Pulido still has an afternoon full of additional appointments to work through.

Construction to start on the tallest building in Orange County

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Art Pedroza Posted in Business, Civic Affairs, Development, Real Estate, Redevelopment, Santa Ana 3 Comments

Construction on the tallest building in Orange County is expected to begin this fall just north of the Civic Center in Santa Ana.

One Broadway Plaza, which has been in the planning stages for 6 years, is a 37-story, 530,000 square foot office tower that will rise 493 feet from the corner of 10th Street and Broadway in midtown area of the City.

The building, which will be a gateway to the downtown urban center of Santa Ana, will include a 9-level, 2,500 space parking garage.

The Santa Ana City Council removed four conditions in the development agreement that will allow work to start on the tower by the end of September, said Jay Trevino, executive director of the city’s Planning & Building Agency.

No leases have been signed yet but Trevino said the building will be ideal for professional tenants such as law firms and financial institutions that want to be close to the city’s government center with its state and federal courts.

Santa Ana residents will have an opportunity to apply for the estimated 2,900 construction jobs and large number of full-time jobs created by tenants in the building.

“Our City Council was interested in the job creation potential of a project like this,” said Santa Ana Councilmember Sal Tinajero. “They also wanted to make sure that local residents would have a good shot at those jobs whose openings will be posted at the Santa Ana Work Center.”

One Broadway Plaza is just a few blocks north of the Station District, a 94-acre project that will include new homes, stores and restaurants that will be built between the city’s train station and its downtown Civic Center.

The Santa Ana Boulevard corridor is a key link between the I-5 freeway and Downtown and will also serve as a major transportation link for the planned Go Local street car system.