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neighborhood and in close proximity to others. Looks are important to neighbors. The develop has expressed his availability to discuss the visual appearance of the project, however I do not believe that anyone from NSAPA took him up on this offer. Additionally, will a 3 story, 387 square foot office building provide all that much of a better visual experience as you enter Park Santiago? We also must consider that even though the setback against Spurgeon may be larger in an office usage, they will likely have 3 stories at that setback line as opposed to the proposed 2-story building under the 2525 proposal · Availability of Housing- Yes, the prices of these apartments will be high. They may be the highest in Santa Ana. They are also in an area of town that has the highest single family residence values in the city. Our city is in need of housing. Our city is need of all types of housing. By having more supply of housing, even premium priced housing, we should see some relief of housing stock. Plus, it will help due to the low income housing fees paid by the developer to provide even more housing. · Population Density- Sure, an office building will not bring additional housing to Santa Ana on that site. We will hear folks say that Santa Ana is already so very densely populated. Well, our end of town is an outlier in Santa Ana. The Park Santiago neighborhood has a density of 7.19K per square mile, West Floral Park is at 6.21K per square mile while Floral Park is at 5.85K per mile (all according to this research site: https://statisticalatlas.com/place/California/Santa-Ana/Population) . The average for Santa Ana is 12.29K per square mile. Some neighborhoods have population density of in escess of 40K per mile (Cornerstone Village at 63.13K, 41.96K for Willard, etc…our end of town is definitely an outlier and much less densely populated than the majority of Santa Ana. If we cannot have additional housing in our part of town, how do we justify it in other parts of town that are much more densely populated? Whether we want to admit it or not, when our vacancy rates are as low as they are right now, which is essentially just vacant turn over time, we have a housing issue to deal with. The entire city has a housing issue to consider. Even the areas of town that are less densely populated should be considering how we can be part of the solution. We need to consider that if this project is stopped, which I don't think they should, that the next one may be worse for all parties (including the city due to residential development fees) and due to the current zoning on that property, we may be stuck with what we can get. We have an opportunity right now to be sure that any positive changes to the project that can be made, are considered. Residential Property Values There is a lot of concern about what a high density development will do for our property values. Sure, there may be a short term decrease as those who are so opposed to living next to apartments decide to sell their homes despite the residents of 2525 quite possibly paying more per month for their rent than our cost of ownership. However, I believe that the residents of 2525 will be the future home buyers of our houses when we are ready to move on. If they are willing to pay the prices proposed, they will soon be trying to buy a home- and hopefully in our great neighborhoods. Additionally, if folks do move, which I hope that they do not, they likely will be replaced by new buyers who will pay higher property taxes due to Prop 13 value resets to fair value. This is not a