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From:Susan Gabrych To:eComment Subject:Planning Commission/ Re: 2525 North Main St. Date:Saturday, January 12, 2019 5:08:51 PM Dear Commissioners, As a homeowner in Park Santiago for 20 years I have very definite opinions regarding this new development proposal. I oppose it based on its size, scale, and location. Yes, infilling and redeveloping urban areas is one way to address California's housing crisis. However, you cannot destroy nice, intact neighborhoods simply to increase housing units and tax revenue. Infill should be to the scale of the surrounding area, not DOUBLING the population density of the neighborhood with one development! Also, the number of cars required for so many tenants would make getting onto Main Street from Edgewood and vice versa nearly impossible during commute hours. WHAT ARE THE CITY PLANNERS THINKING? I hope they are not "thinking" like the "planners of Santa Ana's Past"? Let's review. Are they thinking like the city planners who dismissed Walt Disney's plans for an amusement park (Disneyland) as some sort of "carnival"? How about the planners who didn't want South Coast Plaza annexed into the city? Then there were the planners who allowed beautiful old homes to be torn down in the seventies and eighties for poorly designed, out of scale, high density apartments turned into eyesores. And the coup de grace: One Broadway Plaza, the 37-story figment of Mike Harrah's imagination and the planning commission's dereliction of duty! What makes Irvine so desirable and home values so high? Of course, it's good planning as in SMART planning. I urge the Planning Commission to remember the citizens of Park Santiago and all of Santa Ana and to make the smart decision by doing your job. I urge you to turn down the Final Environmental Impact Report (No. 2018-1) for this too large, too dense project. Thank you. Susan Gabrych Homeowner/ Park Santiago Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad