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Rebuttal to Developers View on Sunshine Meeting Sunshine Meeting Report ‐ Neighborhood Rebuttal‐Table View Page 6 of 14 2018‐11‐13 Land Use: COMMENT QUESTION REPORTED TO DEVELOPER DEVELOPER RESPONSE: NEIGHBORHOOD RESPONSE: 17. Is there any research about how it works to have apartments adjacent to older neighborhoods? The site is situated on a main thoroughfare with all different types of uses, situating a multi‐family community next to services will reduce the use of cars and support the other adjacent retailers. We are studying potential means to mitigate cut‐through traffic into Santiago Park either through reconfiguration of the existing egress, or a gate. In general, most cities are planned with multi‐family housing next to single family housing with commercial next to the multi‐family. The site makes much more sense as a multi‐family residential use. Typically residents are unhappy when commercial uses are next to their homes, not residential uses. That is why this site was identified three years ago by staff to be rezoned for residential. In addition, the park is having vagrant issues and this problem will be somewhat mitigated with professionals living at this location, because it will create a deterrent via a nighttime presence. “will reduce the use of cars” GIVE US A BREAK! We know cut through traffic will increase. I interpret the statement of “most cities are planned with multi‐family housing next to single family housing with commercial next to the multi‐family” two ways: 1) a city will implement this if they are designing an ideal situation and it is known ahead of time. It does not state if cities are in the practice of rezoning at the expense of single family homes and 2) it discusses the idea of zoning buffers, a concept that the Planning Commission is trying to rectify. Having an unlimited density and unlimited height residential site next to a residential site defies this concern. 18. Our community opposed apartments being built in our vicinity in the 1960’s and they did not get built. The vision and the needs of the City have changed. The City now is greatly in need of housing stock in order to prevent overcrowding and to provide affordable housing options. Again, the previous generations were able to navigate their families into home ownership, but the environment has changed and the barriers to acquire a home are significant and real. Overcrowding occurs when an entity continues to provide high density living spaces, period. 19. What is the Sunshine Ordinance? A City Ordinance that requires a community meeting to be held by the applicant after the application is filed to educate about the proposed project and obtain input. The community input that was provided was inadequately recorded by applicant. The applicant has made a mockery of the Sunshine Ordinance. 20. Why doesn’t developer put money in a property in a broken neighborhood in Santa Ana? The developer has been active in Orange County and has developed in all types of neighborhoods. The existing office building was developed as a boiler room/call center for Wells Fargo; it is now obsolete because this type of use has been farmed out to other countries. The site will be developed, and again, this type of use will provide for needs of the retailers, of the adjacent employers, produce significant revenue for the City, and is situated on a public transit corridor, ideal for reducing the use of automobiles. The building is not obsolete. The developer has no vision. We live in homes that were built as early as 1889.
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