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Received at City Council <br />Meeting 2/19/2019 <br />gaul maize <br />From: <br />paul maize < <br />Sent: <br />Monday, April 16, 2018 8:33 AM <br />To: <br />'pulido@santa-ana.org' <br />Cc: <br />'JSolorio@santa-ana.org' <br />Subject: <br />FW: 2525 Main Street - NO APARTMENTS NO REZONING <br />From: Paul maize <paul.malze@att.net> <br />Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 9:46 PM <br />To:'mpaulido@santa-ana.org' <mpaulido@santa-ana.org> <br />Cc-.'jsolorio@sant-ana.org' <jsolorio@sant-ana.org>,'mimartinez@santa-ana.org' <mimartinez@santa-ana.org>, <br />'vsarmiento@santa-ana.org' <vsarmiento@santa-ana.org>,'dbenavides@santa-ana.org' <dbenavides@santa-ana.org>, <br />'stinajero@santa-ana.org' <stinajero@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: 2525 Main Street - NO APARTMENTS NO REZONING <br />Honorable Mayor and Council members, <br />1 am unable to attend this week's council meeting but I want to once again state our opposition to this project. As I <br />mentioned the last council meeting that I attended that this is the wrong project for this site. We continue to get the <br />feeling that the developer feels this is a slam dunk- why do they feel that way? It is not zoned for this project. The <br />original proposal is for a high density 517 unit apartment complex that literally backs up to our historic neighborhood. <br />On March 19' this Developer submitted a revised pan: 496- units, still at five stories, still unacceptable. <br />This proposed development, in combination with the addition of 1852 new apartment units within an half mile of its <br />location, is incompatible with the adjoining neighborhood. It's an inappropriate use of the land. For obvious reasons <br />the impacts to the neighborhood and surrounding areas would be devasting: increased traffic in a currently clogged <br />area, increased pollution, overcrowding, lack of neighborhood parking to name a few. <br />In January, NSAPA ensured every household obtained a survey card asking for their input on this project. The data was <br />collected, 96% opposed this project. The developer has made it clear to us that they are going forward with this project <br />as they do not have a back up plan. So once again we ask why is the developer so confident? What do they know that <br />we as a neighborhood do not know? We had 500 residents attending the Sunshine Ordinance meeting back in <br />November 2017, over 150 residents at the scooping meeting in March 2018 and the 170 plus letters submitted for EIR <br />input. This is not the project for this site. <br />This week we received a brochure from the developer, it was misleading in many ways and we hope that you realized it <br />is not truthful: <br />1. The picture shows Main street with only 4 cars on it! I have lived here 30 years and I have never seen only 4 cars <br />on Main street. Is the developer ill informed or just plan deceitful? <br />2. It claims that they are working with the neighbors to develop a site that fits with the fabric of the existing <br />neighborhood. This project does not fit with our existing neighborhood. Once again we feel the developer is <br />being deceitful. <br />3. Working with the neighbor to be a good neighbor. Then give us a project that doesn't change the current zoning <br />4. Designed with Park Santiago in mind based "on feedback from the neighbors". Did they not hear the 500 voices <br />against this project at the Sunshine meeting? All the yard signs through the neighborhood? NO APARTMENTS <br />NO REZONING <br />�� 12 <br />