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Received at City Council Meeting 2/19/2019 Paul maize From: Paul maize < Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 9:46 PM To: 'mpaulido@santa-ana.org' Cc: jsolorio@sant-ana.org'; 'mimartinez@santa-ana.org'; 'vsarmiento@sante-ana.org'; 'dbenavides@santa-ana.org'; 'stinajero@santa-ana.org' Subject: 2525 Main Street - NO APARTMENTS NO REZONING Honorable Mayor and Council members, I am unable to attend this week's council meeting but I want to once again state our opposition to this project. As I mentioned the last council meeting that I attended that this is the wrong project for this site. We continue to get the feeling that the developer feels this is a slam dunk- why do they feel that way? It is not zoned for this project. The original proposal is for a high density 517 unit apartment complex that literally backs up to our historic neighborhood. On March 191 this Developer submitted a revised pan: 496- units, still at five stories, still unacceptable. This proposed development, in combination with the addition of 1852 new apartment units within an half mile of its location, is incompatible with the adjoining neighborhood. It's an inappropriate use of the land. For obvious reasons the impacts to the neighborhood and surrounding areas would be devasting: increased traffic in a currently clogged area, increased pollution, overcrowding, lack of neighborhood parking to name a few. In January, NSAPA ensured every household obtained a survey card asking for their input on this project. The data was collected, 96% opposed this project. The developer has made it clear to us that they are going forward with this project 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 we as a neighborhood do not know? We had 500 residents attending the Sunshine Ordinance meeting back in November 2017, over 150 residents at the scooping meeting in March 2018 and the 170 plus letters submitted for EBR input. This is not the project for this site. This week we received a brochure from the developer, it was misleading in many ways and we hope that you realized it is not truthful: 1. The picture shows Main street with only 4 cars on it! 1 have lived here 30 years and I have never seen only 4 cars on Main street. Is the developer ill informed or just plan deceitful? 2. It claims that they are working with the neighbors to develop a site that fits with the fabric of the existing neighborhood. This project does not ft with our existing neighborhood. Once again we feel the developer is being deceitful. 3. Working with the neighbor to be a good neighbor. Then give us a project that doesn't change the current zoning 4. Designed with Park Santiago in mind based "on feedback from the neighbors". Did they not hear the 500 voices against this project at the Sunshine meeting? All the yard signs through the neighborhood? NO APARTMENTS NO REZONING S. Keep the established trees. From the look of the pictures there are just palm trees on Edgewood, what happened to the trees that are currently on that site? 6. It also doesn't show the parking structure which makes it more than 5 stories and would not be adequate for the number of units they are proposing 7. It also doesn't show the veranda- how many stories will this project really be -6-7? We hope that you will take into our valid concerns about this project into consideration and not award this developer the right to rezone this property. They are not being honest with our neighborhood, we need you to act on our behalf and not on behalf the developer. Patty and Paul Maize �\ 14