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1 | P a g e ARTESIA PILLAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION 2234 North Pacific Avenue Santa Ana, Ca 92706 February 25, 2019 Sarah Bernal Recording Secretary 22 Civic Center Chambers 22 Civic Center Plaza - M20 Santa Ana, California 92701 Re: Public Hearing on Tentative Tract Map No. 2018-01 subdivision to six new parcels to construct six new single family residences at 1514 N. English Street in the Single Family (R-1) zoning district. Dear Santa Ana Planning Commission and members of the City Council: The Artesia Pillar Neighborhood Association categorically and ardently reject the application and any decision to allow a subdivision on Tentative Tract No. 2018-01 at 1514 N. English Street to construct six single family residences zoned for single family residences. Artesia Pillar Neighborhood Association (APNA) is a 45 year old neighborhood that was part of the original Santa Ana Neighborhood Organizations (SANO) preceding most neighborhood associations representing residents in the neighborhood from First Street to 17 th and Bristol to Fairview. We are not against positive development that will reverse neighborhood deterioration and preserve neighborhood integrity. As proposed with the subdivision to six single family residences in a lot zoned for a single residence, it would not be compatible with the general plan and the characteristic of single family residences in our neighborhood. We ask that the proposed subdivision be scaled back from six single family residences to two single family residences with height restrictions limited to two stories. The neighborhood integrity of the Artesia Pillar Neighborhood is being undermined and eroded by many recent decisions made by the Planning Commission and City Council over the past decade. These trends taken as whole and individual represent over development in a community of single family residences that contribute to overcrowding, lack of parking, inadequate open space and contribution to ghetto-like environments by jamming more housing onto lots designed for a single family residence. The erosion of neighborhood integrity and intrusion has resulted from the widening of Bristol, expansion of Santa Ana College, and the future development of the street trolley that will cut through the middle of the neighborhood. Historic data and research confirms that these transit project that the peaceful cohesion and identity of a neighborhood invites more commercial encroachment, crime, and neighborhood deterioration. With multiple intrusions, we ask that the Planning Commission and City Council reject the subdivision to six residences and scale back the project to a more reasonable two residences. The lot is simply too many houses for this small lot. To fit six single family residences, the developer would have to build up creating multi-storied homes. If the development is more than two stories, it would block sunshine and contribute to a lack of privacy to existing adjacent properties. The size of households these had increased with multiple generations living under one roof. The proposed subdivision for six residences would overcrowd the area.