CORRESPONDENCE - 75E (IN OPPOSITION)

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I think that any zoning change to 2525 N Main ought to be to either allow single family homes, perhaps mixed in with a few, 2-3 story condominiums directly backed up to Main St. What the developer presently wants to build there does not fit the character of the neighborhood, and would degrade the present quality of it. The traffic on Main is already congested. In order to drive the 1.4 miles North to St. Joseph Hospital from there, you must encounter about 8 traffic lights. If people headed North out of that proposed project, but needed to go South, they would need to make a U-turn at Walkie Way. Even now, that is one thing that stops up northbound traffic because it makes the light turn red for all northbound traffic, including those just coming off the freeway. Pedestrian traffic will also increase if this project is built and will negatively affect all that northbound traffic since the Walkie Way light turns red whenever pedestrians cross Main St. This already occurs when people are heading to the Science Museum there. It stops up Northbound traffic not only at Walkie Way, but Main Street, Edgewood Rd., AND the North I-5 offramp. These are all located just 500ft. to the south of there. Imagine how that congestion will be exacerbated when the Main Place re -do is complete (I know it is not yet approved, but it Is actually ALREADY zoned for multifamily housing, and is in the present landowner's stated plans for construction). This is not to mention the multiple -family housing that is already going in at the City of Orange on Town and Country/Main/Lawson Streets. These will definitely affect traffic on Main Street and Memory Lane —all located less than 500ft. North of Walkie Way. No amount of money paid to improve the park or for traffic mitigation in the neighborhood is going to make up for the negative impact it will create in the general area, and to our neighborhood in particular. Please do not allow this developer's perks to persuade you to make the decision that will permanently negatively change options for this bottlenecked part of the city. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Please act to block the presently proposed plan for 2525 N Main St. Sincerely, Kelly Medina a resident of Santa Ana for 58 years, and have seen a lot of changes in that time!