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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:46 PM <br />To: Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; dpanaloza@santa-ana.org; Solorio, Jose; Villegas, <br />Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia; eComment <br />Subject: 2525 N. Main Street Project <br />Hello. <br />My name is Patricia Bricken. I am the daughter of the late Former Mayor Gordon Bricken. I am writing to you about <br />the disaster of a project, also known as the 2525 N. Main street project. <br />I have lived the the Park Santiago neighborhood most of my life. Many projects have been tried at that same location <br />through the years. One, very similar to this project, was voted down in the early 80's due to lack of supporting <br />infrastructure (i.e. sewage, power availability, etc.). Nothing has changed on that account since then, therefore, the same <br />lack of infrastructure is still there. Not able to support a project of this size. <br />Next is traffic. It is illogical to assume that traffic will not increase in the future with more people coming to the area. Ir <br />addition, it is nieve to believe that the traffic from this project will not significately impact the area, specifically, that <br />particular intersection. Twenty five years ago, the traffic speculation for this time period was significantly less then it <br />actually is right now. Therefore, we can speculate that traffic will increase more than what it is predicted to in the <br />future. Please keep this in mind. Traffic is already bad in this intersection, especially during peak hours. This project will <br />not help. <br />The last point I wish to make is about the architecture of the project. This is what I will be highlighting at the meeting on <br />Tuesday. the designed architecture for this project is an eyesore. There is no other way to describe it. This type of <br />building belongs in cities like Anaheim or Irvine, not in Santa Ana. It is ugly. A building that is more classic or in the <br />historically themed era of the city would be more appropriate. It is too tall and will overshadow everything in the <br />immediate area, and stick out like a sore thumb adjacent to the neighborhood that is most impacted. A 2 to 3 story <br />building designed in Mission style would certainly be more palatable to the neighborhoods in the area. I will touch more <br />on that subject Tuesday evening. <br />Please consider my comments and vote no on this project. The people that want the project are people from out of the <br />area and city that are not going to be impacted. Furthermore, this is not the low-income housing that is said to be needed. <br />Santa Ana is the most densely populated city in Orange County. This is not the housing the city needs, nor is it the <br />area where it is needed. <br />Sincerely, <br />Patricia Bricken <br />