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June 25, 2018 <br />Mayor Miguel Pulido <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />PO Box 1988, M31 <br />Santa Ana, California 92701 <br />Re: 2525 Main Street <br />Dear Mayor Pulido: <br />I am a voter and tax payer in Santa Ana, and a resident of the Park Santiago community. 1 am writing to <br />you to address the proposed rezoning and General Plan Amendment of 2525 Main Street, and the <br />proposed residential development at that location. <br />Park Santiago is a beautiful neighborhood that you, as a representative of Santa Ana, should be proud <br />of. It is a blended community with young families, retirees, many ethnicities and a rich history, people <br />take pride in their homes, care about their neighbors, and work hard to make their neighborhood one <br />that their families can enjoy and feel safe in, and like-minded prospective home buyers will want to live <br />in. <br />We are being threatened by the possibility of a massive apartment structure that would back up directly <br />to Park Santiago yards currently enjoyed by many young children. To our knowledge, this is one of <br />several new developments planned for the Main Street Corridor, but the only one to encroach directly <br />on a single family home residential neighborhood. <br />This massive structure, its hundreds of residents and cars, the additional noise, crime, traffic and school <br />crowding that is inherent with a development such as this would make our community little more than <br />an overflow receptacle for the more transient apartment dwellers, their friends, cars, trash and noise. <br />There are certainly other locations that can be considered for this development that do not intrude into <br />a well-established neighborhood like Park Santiago. We need a plan for 2525 Main that is good for <br />everyone, and this includes the residents of Park Santiago. The developer looking for massive profit at <br />any cost should not be the priority! <br />The City Council and the Mayor are responsible to the residents of Santa Ana, including Park Santiago <br />homeowners—not to this developer. Please help us maintain the integrity and charm of our <br />neighborhood. Don't allow it to be threatened by a developer who will take the money and run to the <br />next project, with no regard for the long-term well-being of this city, its residents, commuters, or the <br />families of Park Santiago. <br />There are many of us in the greater Santa Ana area and Park Santiago who are concerned about this <br />critical issue. It is important to us that the small neighborhoods and their history be preserved and given <br />more consideration than "progress", "revenue", or future elections. Wow you vote on this issue will <br />inform the citizens of Santa Ana of your care for them and their city. <br />As your constituents we trust that you will vote according to the needs of the people you represent and <br />who put you in office, rather than the developers or even potential renters who have no vested interest <br />