2 - COMBINED PUBLIC COMMENTS_2525 N MAIN STREET

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I think that if you must change the zoning of the property at 2525 N Main, it ought to be to allow single family homes there. If not that, then fewer, low-rise condominiums would work, too. What the developer wants to build there will allow for just WAY TOO MANY people for that location. It does not fit the character of the neighborhood, and would degrade the present quality of it. The traffic on Main is already congested. In order to drive the 1.4 miles North toward St. Joseph Hospital from there, you must encounter about 8 traffic lights. Adding all those cars to go into that tiny little segment of land, right there, where the freeway offramp is, and where the only western egress from the neighborhood is, will just make it nightmarish. Plus, imagine how that will be exacerbated when the ALREADY APPROVED Main Place re-do is complete, not to mention the multiple-family housing that is already going in by Town and Country/Main/Lawson. (they may be in Orange, but will definitely affect traffic on Main Street and Memory Lane). No amount of money to improve the park or make traffic buffers in the neighborhood is going to make up for the negative impact it will create in the general area, and to our neighborhood in particular. In addition, it seems to me that if the long-term city plans include making a mass transit corridor out of Main Street (which I would like to see), then putting this development where they propose it to be would prevent any future street widening to allow room for rails to be placed. Please do not allow the prospect of immediate influx of monies from this developer persuade you to make the decision that will permanently negatively change options for this bottlenecked part of the city. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Please act to block the presently proposed plan for 2525 N Main St. Thank you! Sincerely, Kelly Medina 2329 N French St. Santa Ana, CA 92706 714-558-8118