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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Dale Helvig < <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, February O5, 2019 11:37 AM <br />To: <br />eComment; Carvalho, Sonia R.; City Council; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; <br />Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Reyna, Roman; Villegas, Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia <br />Cc: <br />Mendoza, Steven; Thai, Minh; Neal, Candida; Fregoso, Vince; Kelaher, Selena; <br />McLoughlin, Mark <br />Subject: <br />2019 -02 -OS Letter to City Council (Rev.1) <br />Attachments: <br />2019 -02 -OS Letter to CC Rev 1.pdf; City Document on 2525.pdf <br />I would like to add the following comments in addition to the comments made in the attached file: <br />1. Changing the general plan should only be done when the change is to the greater benefit of the public. I <br />believe this project is not for the greater benefit of the public. <br />2. The other high density projects mentioned in the staff report are NOT next to single family homes. <br />3. We should be NOT be converting 2525 into this high-density project that is next to over 1100 homes that <br />are over 50 years old. As I mentioned to you in a letter dated Sept 18th: <br />"the General Plan Housing Element [page 56] has a different viewpoint: "Santa Ana has residential, <br />commercial, and industrial areas that have cultural or historic significance to the <br />community. Residential neighborhoods include, but are not limited to, French Park, Floral Park, <br />Wilshire Square, Eastside, Washington Square, and Heninger Park residential neighborhoods. The <br />City is also known for its historic Mexican barrios, including the Logan, Lacy, Delhi, and Santa Anita <br />neighborhoods, which date to the late 1880s. Several of these are recognized as historical districts, <br />while others are not." <br />4. The Envision map should not be used a reference point by the developer. The Envision map is clearly <br />identified as a drz.ii docui,7erE. <br />5. These are market rate apartments with rents projected to be between $2000 for a studio to over $3800 <br />for a three bedroom <br />6. This property is listed in City documents as being part of Park Santiago [see attached file]. <br />7. It has been mentioned several times that there are over 3700 housing units scheduled to be built within <br />0.5 miles of the 2525 site. We are only opposed to the additional 496 units this applicant wants. <br />8. The property at 2525 is not currently zoned for residential. Land Use is correctly identified as Professional <br />Administrative Office (PAO), with a zoning of Professional (P). <br />Develop it accordingly. <br />9. This project is a round peg is square hole. Not every project deserves to be built just because of a <br />perceived financial windfall. Look at the dollars closely. The net new General Fund revenue in real value <br />(2017$) is projected to be approximately $13.6 million, or $544K per year. Not the reported nominal value <br />