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Page 1 of 2 Dale A. Helvig 2536 N. Valencia St. Santa Ana CA 92706 714‐541‐7254 helvig_denny@msn.com Saturday, January 20, 2018 Mayor Pulido and Santa Ana City Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, 8th Floor Santa Ana CA 92702 Subject: 2525 Main St. Development Review Process and Meeting Requests Dear Mayor Pulido and Santa Ana City Councilmembers, The North Santa Ana Preservation Alliance (NSAPA) remains concerned about the 2525 Main Residential Development project that is working its way through the City’s planning process. The developer continues to skirt the spirit of the Sunshine Ordinance by not providing its November 15, 2017 presentation. We have made many requests for a copy of this presentation and continue to receive responses that either ignore the question by referring to a new and updated presentation or, effectively, a “Why do you want it?” reply. Sadly, we cannot obtain the presentation from City Planning either, not because staff is being unhelpful but because, although they too have requested it multiple times from the developer, the developer is not providing it to them either. We would like this presentation, as it was initially made, to objectively track the proposal as it changes over time so that we accurately present that information to Park Santiago and other adjoining and impacted neighborhoods in the City. We hope, as our representatives, you can help in this effort by prevailing upon the developer to enable your city residents to perform a thoughtful and thorough analysis of this proposal. We also take strong issue with the developer’s account of what transpired during the Sunshine Meeting itself. It is completely inaccurate on many salient points (number of people attending, traffic, feeling on scope of project) which would provide the City Council with a true