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Orozco, Norma <br />From: TR email < <br />Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 12:30 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Objection for Homeless Shelter at 3100 W. Central Ave Santa Ana <br />Categories: Correspondence <br />`. <br /> <br /> <br />To Whom It May Concern at the City of Santa Ana, City Council: <br />My name is Donald Williams and I am a very concerned property owner in Santa Ana, Ca. We have recently been made <br />aware that there discussions being made about turning one of the largest buildings/properties on our street (3100 W. <br />Central Santa Ana) a residential homeless shelter. First of all we were not even made aware that a city council meeting <br />was scheduled until it had already happened. We want it to be known that we are in strong opposition of this shelter <br />happening on this street. <br />I have been a business and property owner in Santa Ana for 48 years. I own two buildings on the street <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> One has been leased to the same tenant since 1997 and the other we have been using for <br />ourselves. There has a lot of talk among the owners in this area and there we have major concern of losing our tenants <br />and or prospective tenants. The tenant on the property next to ours has already stated that if this happens they will not <br />renew their lease. Nobody is happy about this and we are extremely concerned about how this will hit us and our families <br />financially. <br />We have seen increased signs of drug use, especially on the weekends and evenings. We have multiple acts of <br />vandalism on our property. And the police say there is nothing they can do. Putting a homeless shelter in the area would <br />surely increase these activities. We take pride in our property and we feel having a homeless shelter here would definitely <br />compromise our ability to do that. <br />A couple of years ago a few business owners including myself worked very hard to reach out and speak to all the property <br />owners in our area. The proposal was to agree to a multiyear special assessment to supplement the cost to improve our <br />terribly dilapidated streets. This took a lot of rallying and work for us concerned property owners but we felt and still do <br />that these improvements would increase our property values. We were able to get the percentage of owners we needed <br />to agree and the much needed the improvements have now been completed. Now those same owners that have owned <br />property here for years and were willing to take on this special assessment, are now faced with the issue for having our <br />property values decline dramatically. This is not a fair proposal for us property owners. We will lose on our hard fought <br />investments. This area is a purely industrial with no residential in close proximity and should be left that way. <br />We would appreciate being kept informed on this matter. <br />Sincerely, <br />