Beach Blvd PPT 12 Community Meeting 2.22.22Americana Motel, Anaheim
“Road to Summer”
Americana Motel, prior to recent demolition
April 2020: Photo Credit: OC Register
Police
Calls
Groundwork for a
brighter future
Planning
•Blueprint for Beach’s future
•Shopping, dining, outdoor spaces
•New communities
•Updated zoning
•Encourages desirable
businesses
•Sets design standards
Beach Boulevard Specific Plan
2016 Resolution
•Economic Development Initiative
Rebuild In Process
39 Commons
Beach & Lincoln, northeast corner
•New homes coming in 2022
•Retail leasing underway
Beach & Lincoln,
Southeast Corner
•Market-rate homes and
affordable apartments
Caltrans
Relinquishment
•$14.5 million investment
•Additional $6 million in upfront funding for SCE undergrounding
•Caltrans permit pending fourth submittal
•Tentative construction bid awardFall 2022; construction early 2023
Utility Undergrounding
$14.5 million investment
Pending Caltrans Review
Potential construction: early 2023
Street
Lighting
Police
•Increased patrols and special
enforcement operations
•High-visibility cameras
•Human trafficking task force
•CPTED consultations
The Plan
Focused enforcement and improvement
program for Beach Boulevard in 2022
Team
Interdepartmental, “all hands on deck” ●
community stakeholders ●collaborate with
neighboring cities
Goals
Improve or begin phasing out of problem motels
●address human trafficking, drugs,
homelessness ●reduce crime, blight and other
quality of life issues
Proactive
Enforcement
•Educate problem business and
property owners on community
expectations
•Criminal enforcement against drug
dealing, gambling and prostitution
•Hold problem business owners
accountable
•New, dedicated City Prosecutor to
assist with enforcement
Commercial
Improvement
Program
Purpose
•seeks to improve the physical condition of existing
commercial buildings located along Beach Blvd
Goals
•Enhance the appearance of the streetscape
•Provide a catalyst for businesses to improve the
appearance of their property and their security
Funding
•Propose to commit $ 1 Million in Community
Development Grant Funds
•Launch program in first quarter of 2022
Strategic
Acquisitions
Purpose: acquire properties for the development
of market rate and/or affordable housing
•Increase housing options in West Anaheim
•Revitalize corridor
•Provide a catalyst for other investment
Engagement
•Hosting events, education and awareness
•Business Watch
•Website www.anaheim.net/RebuildBeach
Community
Improvement