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<br />May 12, 2019 <br /> <br />Mr. Mark McLoughlin <br />Chairman, At Large Commissioner <br />Mr. Ken Nguyen, Ward 3 Planning Commissioner <br />Planning Commission, City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br /> <br />Subj: May 13, 2019 Planning Commission Meeting, <br /> Agenda Item 7: Main Place Mall Transformation Project <br /> <br />Greetings Planning Commission, <br /> <br />I ask the Planning Commission to support the Centennial Real Estate project to transform <br />Santa Ana’s Main Place Mall by voting for the Resolution set forth in Agenda Item 7. <br /> <br />Centennial Real Estate has listened closely to the Santa Ana community. As a result, the guiding <br />principles of their project’s Specific Plan to transform the Mall clearly reflect what is most <br />important to our City’s residents. Centennial has remained true to the history of the Mall as a <br />favorite local shopping destination since 1958. Now, they plan to transform the Mall into an <br />“economic and social” center for Orange County by “revitalizing the retail” activity and adding <br />a host of new uses that “complement the cultural uses” of the nearby Discovery Science Center and <br />Bowers Museum. <br /> <br />The transformation of Main Place Mall will bring jobs, housing, and substantial sales and property <br />tax revenue to our City to support vitally needed public safety and city services, public infrastruc- <br />ture improvement, community development, recreation and the arts. <br /> <br />Our neighborhood and our City is enthusiastic about Centennial’s plans to reinvigorate the <br />MainPlace Mall and grateful that they are working hard with the Santa Ana community. <br /> <br />I urge each of you to vote without delay to adopt the resolution tin Agenda Item 7 to recommend <br />that our City Council approve and adopt the proposals of the Transform Main Place Project <br />including 1) the addendum to the EIR for the projects and the re-adoption of the mitigation <br />monitoring and reporting program, 2) the program application, 3) the development agreement, and <br />4) the tentative parcel map for this project. <br /> <br />Thank you for your support of this transformation. <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br />Ed Murashie, <br />President, <br />Floral Park Neighborhood Association