CORRESPONDENCE - 75E (IN OPPOSITION)

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Orozco, Norma From: Timothy Basalone < Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2019 12:38 PM To: Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Reyna, Roman; Villegas, Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia; eComment Subject: 2525 Main Street project - Public Comment Opposing Project. Honorable Mayor Pulido and Council Members, My name is Tim Basalone. I live at 2248 N. Spurgeon Street in the Park Santiago neighborhood of Santa Ana with my wife and two young children. The purpose of this email is to state my opposition of the proposed 2525 Main Street project. Throughout the application process for this proposed high-density, 5 -plus story, 500 unit apartment complex, it has become very apparent that the proposed development was hastily conceived and the subsequent EIR was inherently flawed, confusing and incorrect in many areas. As you know, the City of Santa Ana Planning Commission reviewed the application and concluded that the proposed development simply does not fit the proposed location and expressed their opinion that it would negatively impact, not only the Park Santiago neighborhood but also the entire North Main Street corridor and entry point into the City. I was impressed with the way the Commissioners adeptly zero'd-in on many of the apparent flaws in the proposed project and picked apart many of the key assumptions and conclusions in the EIR. Their questions were smart and direct and surrounded the inevitable stress to the area from increased traffic congestion on Main Street and Edgewood, parking issues, and many other questionable assertions made by the applicant/developer. Questions that the applicant was unable to adequately answer. The subsequent vote of the Commission at their January 14, 2019 meeting resulted in a 4-2 vote denying the project, including denial of the EIR, the General Plan Amendment, the Developer Agreement, and the Application for