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Lopez, Kenia <br />From: <br />Ernie Gallardo < <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:21 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Cc: <br />Sarah Sibia; Kyle Desmet <br />Subject: <br />600 Bed Homeless Shelter/ 2229 S. Yale Street <br />Follow Up Flag: Follow up <br />Flag Status: Flagged <br />Supervisor Do: <br />I represent the owners of a property located at South Coast Business Center, one block <br />south from the proposed 600 bed homeless shelter on S. Yale. I'm writing to express the ownership's, Grove Invest <br />Company, strong disapproval of the County and City's decision to locate the shelter at the proposed location in the light of <br />the surrounding neighborhood opposition. <br />Much has been made of the lack of notice leading up to the recent announcement that the shelter was being planned for <br />the specific site at 2229 S. Yale and that funds had been secured. All of this done after the property owners had voiced <br />opposition to another site about six months ago located a few blocks away off Susan Street that fell through because the <br />owner refused to sell it to be used as a shelter. His concern was the negative impact it would have on the surrounding <br />neighborhood, which is a strong, health commercial light industrial area that is vital to the city. <br />We have invested over two million dollars in our property in the last two years in upgrading the exterior improvements and <br />security. It is adjacent to the Union Pacific rail right of way which fronts Warner Ave. and is a constant problem that we <br />deal with every day. The Santa Ana police cannot help because of jurisdictional issues and Union Pacific does the best <br />they can. The last thing the area needs is 600 homeless individuals roaming the streets at all hours of the day and night <br />looking for things to get into too. It is way too much for one area. <br />There are no other services for them here so they will just have to go walking through the area in and out every day. It will <br />be a parade of the homeless, the worse human trafficking plan a city could possibly devise. It will not be winning any <br />awards for the city. <br />We would like you to consider another more appropriate area in the city for this shelter, thank you. <br />Ernie Gallardo <br />Meadows Asset Management, LLC <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br />