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Received at City Council Meeting 2/19/2019 From: Pamela E Angell < To: Selena Kelaher<*elaher@santa-ana.grg> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 8:25:41 PM PDT Subject: Draft Environmental Impact Report (DIER) for proposed development at 2525 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, State Clearing House #2018021031; City of Santa Ana DP No, 2017-34 Selena Kelaher, I am opposed to the proposed development at 2525 N Main Street, Santa Ana. This project will severely impact the quality of life for the residents of Park Santiago. Santa Ana is second in density in the state of California, San Francisco being first. The increase of 12 times the density with the proposed project is not consistent with protecting our Park Santiago neighborhood. The regional transportation plan is false, we will not receive new shopping or employment opportunities from the project. The proposed project is not consistent with the Main Street Concourse. The City of Santa Ana General Plan, Urban Design Element, the Main Street Concourse Node is not described as multifamily. The DER study does not address the increase of traffic at the I-5/Main and SR 22/Main/Town &Country, or the impact of traffic as additional proposed building. Their DER should be reissued with cumulative impacts compared to 2020 and 2040 conditions clearly addressed. The only traffic study I saw was on Edgewood, for a short time. The proposed project will not only impact Edgewood, but ALL streets in Park Santiago. Many drivers already cut through our neighborhood (from 1-5 17th Street off ramp) to access Main Street and not have to sit thru several lights. They also cut thru Park Santiago to get to the 1-5 freeway. The state of California is in constant drought conditions. I don't believe being told that Santa Ana has plenty of water is true. If we have to watch our water usage, how is it that the proposed project will have all the water they need. In the 30 plus years I have lived in Park Santiago, I have seen a lot of sewer maintenance being done. Is our infrastructure old and outdated? How can it accommodate the additional usage of the proposed project? The proposed project will put Park Santiago residents in danger. The occupants of the proposed project will be parking on Edgewood, and all over the neighborhood. When you have cars parked on both sides of the streets in Park Santiago (example: Santa Clara & Edgewood) it becomes a one lane road. It will be difficult for emergency vehicles to travel the very narrow one lane, created by parking on both sides of the street. Only one car can get thru at a time, and one car has to wait.