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Received at City Council <br />Meeting 2/19/2019 <br />Crane & Associates <br />February 17, 2019 <br />Current members of the Santa City Council <br />22 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />RE: Objection to proposed 2525 Main Residential Development <br />To the Council, <br />I have been a home owner and resident of Park Santiago for 63 years one block from the 2525 Main Residential <br />Development. As a retired engineer and university professor as well as a supporter of the North Santa Ana <br />Preservation Alliance (NSAPA), I object to the development and ask that you vote against it. <br />About two years ago a black, very ostentatious luxury car pulled up in front of my property and the younger of two <br />brothers introduced himself as the owner of the 2525 property in question which wasn't the entire truth. Since he <br />was a good talker and I wanted to know more, I followed him to the property and then to an adjacent development <br />on East La Veta in Orange he claimed to be involved with. While meeting his brother who was standing by, I was <br />told they lived with their mother in Beverly Hills and were trying to do good by reaching out to the poor including <br />low, very low, and homeless Veterans. Being a veteran myself, I formed a good opinion of their generosity and <br />asked how much a studio apartment was going to cost and was quoted more than $3,500 per month plus certain <br />additional fees which was shocking. I asked them what family could afford three bedroom rent in excess of $6,000 <br />,er month and was told doctors, radiologists, nurses and other medical professionals not to mention bankers. <br />At the end of our visit, both brothers asked for my support and if I wrote a letter and call certain city <br />officials they would buy my house to use as an office. <br />Later, after I joined the Park Santiago Alliance, I found out what liars and cheats they actually were learning that <br />they had bought you off by contributing a fortune to the city in order to get an income limiting homeless waiver to <br />increase their profit. I also learned their intention was not to hold the property for their mother, but was already <br />preparing to sell it off to the highest bidder; perhaps foreign nationals such as occurred in Los Angeles and <br />elsewhere. Finally, I also learned their tall monstrosity was going to block the sun, look down on back yards in the <br />neighborhood I loved, and RUIN traffic flow that has already made a quiet neighborhood a traffic nightmare. <br />Feel free to contact me if you have questions or I may be of further service. Meanwhile, I ask that you ask which <br />speakers appearing before you have been bought off or are profiting from this scam. Then, ask which speakers <br />actually LIVE in Park Santiago because it is only these people and their future generations that should mean <br />anything to you. Finally, with the truth and your own wisdom in hand, vote this cabal and others of their kind <br />with similar projects out of town. <br />Respectfully, <br />r <br />Tanta Ana High School Graduate, BSE, MBA, Registered Professional Engineer CA <br />( <br /> <br />