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