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Salas, Diana From: Diane Fradkin <dianefradkin@hotmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 11:51 AM To: eComment Subject: Fw: 2525 N. Main St - The Real Facts about this project provide the Cover you need to Deny and move onto something Beneficial for the Entire Community Attachments: Exhibits supporting NO on 2525 N Main.pdf From: Diane Fradkin Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 11:02 AM To: mpulido@santa-ana.org <mpulido@santa-ana.org>; jvillegas@santa-ana.org <jvillegas@santa-ana.org>; vsarmiento@santa-ana.org <vsarmiento@santa-ana.org>; ciglesias@santa-ana.org <ciglesias@santa-ana.org>; dpenaloza@santa-ana.org <dpenaloza@santa-ana.org>; JSolorio@santa-ana.org <JSolorio@santa-ana.org>; pbaccera@santa-ana.org <pbaccera@santa-ana.org> Subject: 2525 N. Main St - The Real Facts about this project provide the Cover you need to Deny and move onto something Beneficial for the Entire Community Honorable Mayor & Councilmembers: The Staff Report package which was made available by the Planning Department on Friday November 15th has 4 sections. The proposed project details are located in the last section..... section 4. There are some fundamental flaws which are being used by the Planning Department in order to "justify" the position of the proposed project. Its easy to rationalize something if you really want to ..... and that is exactly what is occurring on this project. In your staff report the "facts" continue to be manipulated in order to rationalize this project. I. A very small portion of the building is "tiered ........ only a small portion of the east side of the building has a limited 2 story and 3 story section .... a large majority of the building is still 4 stories..... and with 58/DUAs this is still High Density. (Section 4 - page 126 of the Staff Report and attachment) 2. The Aesthetics impact is due to the height of the building which at its tallest point is 74 feet 5 inches (6 stories) and is a "significant and unavoidable impact"; therefore, a Statement of Overriding Considerations is necessary..... however, the fact is that the impacts can be reduced by reducing the height of the building to 2 and 3 stories from 4 to 6 stories..... this is an easy fix. (Section 4 - pages 5, 6 & 9 of the Staff Report) 3. General Plan Land Use Element...... this is so blatant as the Staff Report only lists the "goals & policies" that support the proposed project and omits the many goals & policies that the proposed project violates...... pure justification by omission. (Section 4 - page 11 of the Staff Report and General Plan Land Use Element Pages 9-15 - see attachment) 4. District Center designation for the site ...... this is flat out being misinterpreted ..... the definition for "District Center" under the the General Plan Land Use Element section "Mixed Use" states, "Residential Developments within some District Centers are allowed.... when developed as an integral component