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February 10, 2019 <br />KE: Proposed 2525 Addington Apartment Complex <br />Dear Mayor Pulido & City Council, <br />Received at <br />Meeting City Council <br />2/19/2019 <br />On behalf of the 1200 residents of PSNH, my hope and prayer is that you go with the <br />RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND VOTE NO AGAINST THE <br />ADDINGTON APARTMENT COMPLEX. <br />Last year the PSNH neighborhood turned out over 500 resident members to the meeting at the <br />Discovery Center to learn about this project. Most of us were against this project from the <br />beginning. The Planning Commission voted 4-2 against this project. PLEASE HONOR THEIR <br />RECOMMENDATION. <br />Major problems with the 2525 Addington Apartment project are: <br />1. Highest density apartment complex in Santa Ana per acre. <br />2. 476 apartments (81 units per acre) at the entrance to one of Santa Ands'Crown Jewel' <br />neighborhoods. That's insane! <br />3. ETR should have included the 1900 apartments that are scheduled to be built at the Main <br />Place Mall, in addition to the 345 apartments to be built in the Wells Fargo parking lot. <br />4. Overflow parking for the Discovery Center. They are currently using the 2525 parking lot <br />for their overflow parking area. There are 50+ cars on any given day in that parking lot,... <br />where are these cars going to park? The Park Santiago neighborhood is their only option. <br />5. Overflow parking for the Addington. With rents going from $2,000 - $3,000 a month, <br />roommates will be needed to help pay the rent. This means more cars! Where are they <br />going to park? There will probably be an extra 100-150 cars that will overflow into PSNH. <br />What a mess! This is a major issue! <br />6. Traffic, traffic, traffic! With the addition of 1900 scheduled apartments to be built at <br />Main Place Mall and 345 apartments at the Wells Fargo property, plus the NEW Prisma <br />apartments and the NEW Eleven -10 apartments,... this will add thousands of additional cars <br />on Main Street. There are only 3 ways for these residents to travel east. The 3 streets <br />are LaVeta, Edgewood & 17' street (Edgewood being the most convenient). THIS MEANS <br />THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL CARS WILL BE TRAVELING ON EDGEWOOD THROUGH <br />OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. <br />7. The Developer. This is not a very honest person. Once the developer saw that the <br />residents of PSNH were gaining momentum against his project, he proceeded to start <br />recruiting individuals from all over So California to tell you they were in favor of this <br />project. These individuals have never been in our neighborhood, they know very little about <br />