CORRESPONDENCE - 75E (IN OPPOSITION)

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Received at City Council Meeting 2/19/2019 February 11, 2019 Dear Mayor and Council Members for the City of Santa Ana, I am writing in opposition of the rezoning of the parcel of land known as 2525 Main St. I fully accept that the former office building will be replaced. And I am familiar with the zoning and entitlement that is currently associated with that parcel. I would not have any objection to a project that was consistent with the existing zoning and entitlement. I am also deeply troubled that land -use decisions are being considered when the General Plan is so hopelessly outdated. How do we know that a large residential project, as is being proposed, is the best use for this parcel? It seems terribly short-sighted and reckless to start rezoning parcels on a case- by-case basis without the benefit of an updated and current General Plan. Certainly not at this major corridor and intersection. Why isn't Santa Ana following the best practices of other cities? The fact that this parcel of land has already closed escrow at a cost of $17 million means that the parcel has already started generating higher property taxes for the City. Any further build -out will add to those property taxes. Building costs are building costs, regardless of whether the structure is residential or a commercial office building. Office buildings bring high and middle-income jobs to the City. They bring in employees who go out to eat lunch. Their traffic patterns appear to be complimentary with the single-family neighbors (in the morning, folks from Park Santiago are leaving for work whereas workers at 2525 are arriving). I urge you to NOT change the rezoning and NOT approve the proposed project for 2525 Main. As was noted in the EIR, the density, scope and scale was of a size that required a compensatory mitigation; to which Planning Director Mihn Thai acknowledged that there was none. Respectfully, i Lenette J. Wardinski 19 -year resident of Park Santiago, at ��1