CORRESPONDENCE - 75E (IN OPPOSITION)

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Orozco, Norma From: Alan Fuller < Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 9:46 AM To: eComment Subject: City Council Meeting Feb 5, 2019 City Council Regarding 2525 North Main Street, Santa Ana, Ca Dear City Council Members: I do not support the proposed 496 unit development at the entrance to the Park Santiago neighborhood. The best use for this property would be for offices and parking for the Discovery Science Museum. Secondarily, a development like "Avery at the Grove" on Santa Clara across from Fairhaven Cemetery would more appropriate. The Grove property is approximately the same size and will have 22 single family homes. In objecting, the most obvious reason is the size and density of the development. Nearly 500 apartments next to a 1200 home neighborhood are excessive. If it is to be rezoned, the density should be a maximum of 20 units per acre, not the 81 upa as proposed. A development like the homes along Memory Lane, which are only three stories, is more appropriate. I do not feel the traffic study adequately addresses the taking of Walkie Way for egress to the development. The additional cars entering and leaving at Walkie Way, only 150 yards from Edgewood and the north bound 5 freeway off ramp, will have cars backed up onto the freeway as well as south bound cars backed up past Main Place Mall. There are only 4 access points to our neighborhood and making Edgewood unusable would have a major negative impact. I feel the developer has been unethical in his dealings with the city and our neighborhood. It appeared supporting individuals were either compensated by the developer or were construction unions only offering support for development in Santa Ana in general, not this specific project. Some individuals are supporting this project as affordable housing, when it is specifically a luxury market rate development. I feel that the letter in support from the Discovery Science Museum was obtained by the developer in exchange for his offering substantial financial support for the museum parking structure. live in this100 year old neighborhood. It should continue to be preserved, guarded and protected. Apartments, in a residential neighborhood, do not enhance the neighborhood, they erode it. Apartments will bring on street parking issues, congestion and cut -through traffic. This property should not be re -zoned by a developer that will surely sell the property if entitlements are approved and leave the city council and the neighbors to deal with the negative issues that develop. (0 1