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From:Kelaher, Selena To:Bernal, Sarah Cc:Fregoso, Vince Subject:FW: Final EIR for 2525 North Main Street, Multi-family Residential Project (State Clearinghouse Number 2018021031) Date:Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8:23:00 AM Hi Sarah, Please include this email in the record for public comments for the 1/14/19 PC meeting. Thank you, Selena Kelaher, AICP City of Santa Ana Planning and Building Agency | M20 20 Civic Center Plaza | Post Office Box 1988 | Santa Ana, CA 92702 skelaher@santa-ana.org | Direct Phone: (714) 667-2740 From: Darcie L. Cancino [mailto:darcielc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 7:48 PM To: Kelaher, Selena <skelaher@santa-ana.org> Cc: Fregoso, Vince <VFregoso@santa-ana.org>; Pulido, Miguel <MPulido@santa-ana.org>; Solorio, Jose <JSolorio@santa-ana.org> Subject: Re: Final EIR for 2525 North Main Street, Multi-family Residential Project (State Clearinghouse Number 2018021031) Ms. Kelaher, please see my comments on the final EIR for 2525 North Main Street, Multi-Family Residential Project (State Clearinghouse Number 2018021031). I orally shared an abbreviated version of these comments with the Planning Commission at the meeting held on November 26, 2018. I ask this email be made a part of the project records and documentation. I am a 20-year resident of Park Santiago. I submitted a comment letter on the draft EIR and it is labeled in the final EIR as Letter P-5. I am opposed to Magnolia because of the density, scale, and proximity to a historic neighborhood comprised solely of single family homes. It is not responsible or compatible development and is not harmonious with the neighborhood. There has never been a high-density project like this approved that is directly adjacent to single family homes. But I have a few key comments on the final EIR beyond these general statements. I am frankly shocked at the lack of impartiality and objective consideration in the EIR. Virtually every impact was found to be “less than significant.” Our very real concerns about traffic and density were treated with patronizing dismissal. The EIR’s conclusion that Magnolia will generate “minimal traffic if any” through Park Santiago is ludicrous. Based on the maximum number of occupants per unit, there is a potential for over thirteen- hundred residents at Magnolia. It is inevitable these tenants are going to use Park Santiago streets as a more convenient means to access points east. Cut-through traffic in the neighborhood is going to explode. The developer has promised to pay for “traffic calming” enhancements to neighborhood streets, but why would this be necessary if there will be zero traffic impact from the project? Clearly, there will be a significant increase in traffic on Park Santiago streets. Traffic on Main Street will be made worse, harming the City and the entire region, because ingress and egress to Magnolia will require residents traveling southbound on Main to make an unsafe u-turn at Edgewood; and residents leaving Magnolia wanting to travel southbound on Main will need to make a u- turn at Walkie Way. This flow is going to impede traffic as well as create hazardous situations. (The proposed entrance to Magnolia’s parking structure through the park at Walkie Way is not approved and is