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12. For the Planning Commission meeting on January 14t", the Developer recruited, and <br />possibly paid, a Housing Advocacy group to have several people attend the Planning <br />Commission meeting and using talking points provided by the Developer, these people <br />with little knowledge of the project voiced their support for the project citing the lack of <br />affordable housing. Although requested by the Planning Commission Chairman to provide <br />their name and address prior to addressing the Commission, most did not because they <br />did not live in the City of Santa Ana. The project as proposed will have rents ranging from <br />$2000-$3700 per month. Using the budget recommended 30% of salary guide for housing <br />it would require a single individual or a family to have a household income of $80,000 to <br />$148,000. According to the latest SCAG report 46% of the households in Santa Ana earn <br />less than $50,000. The project will not meet the intended goal of providing additional <br />housing for the current residents of Santa Ana and thus relieving the overcrowded <br />conditions within the city, instead it would attract additional people from outside of Santa <br />Ana, thus providing little to no benefit to the current city residents except additional traffic <br />and taxation on the city's resources. <br />13. According to Request For Planning Commission Action Table 11: Regional Housing Needs <br />Allocation Progress 2014 — 2017 the identified RHNA allocation for Santa Ana is 405 units, <br />of which 90 were classified as Above Moderate. As noted in the table the City has already <br />greatly surpassed this need with the addition of 916 housing units during this timeframe. <br />More importantly of the 916 units, 768 were classified as Above Moderate, significantly <br />dwarfing the allocation requirement of 90. This report does not take into consideration <br />the nearly 3600 units that are planned within a %: mile radius of the proposed 2525 North <br />Main Street project. <br />a. 2700 North Main: 247 units <br />b. Prisma: 182 units <br />c. Elevenl0 (Town and Country): 260 units <br />d. Town & Country Apartments: 727 units <br />e. Main Place Mall Redevelopment: 1900 units <br />It should also be noted that the project management team refused to acknowledge and <br />include the proposed 1900 units planned for the Main Place Mall Restoration project in <br />the EIR or in any of their project development planning activities. Refusing to take the <br />scope of the Main Place Mall project into consideration is another example of how the <br />project management team has worked to slant to proposal in the favor of the Developer. <br />The City Council should recognize the need to evaluate the Main Place Mall Redevelopment <br />project as part of the analysis for the 2525 North Main Street project. Failing to recognize <br />this major restoration project is turning a blind eye to realities. With nearly 3600 new units <br />planned or completed within a % mile radius, a reduction in the density of this project by <br />half would be fairy insignificant in the big picture, would significantly reduce the adverse <br />aesthetic impact of the project and would allay a significant amount of the concerns of the <br />Park Santiago residents. <br />14. The Developer is trying to buy his way into approval of this project as is. Several of the <br />neighbors who live on Spurgeon Street have reported that the Developer has contacted <br />them on several occasions asking what it would take to get them to support the project, <br />