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But residents in the nearby area remain worried the projects density would still be one of the highest in the city next to single-family homes, on top of a current plan for 511 parking spaces — an average of two parking spaces per apartment. Since Vineyards submitted its initial proposal in October 2017, the City Council has sent the project back to the Planning Commission, which in turn has rejected the project on three different occasions. "It's wrong in so many ways, this project." said resident Dale Helvig, who helped organize the neighborhood's opposition to the project. Helvig's group, known as the North Santa Ana Preservation Alliance, has mobilized the project's critics to turn up to City Council meetings in large numbers. He said members of his group and residents from all over the city will be at tonight's meeting. Throughout the process, Ogulnick has attempted to appease homeowners with promises to spend over $1 million on improvements and maintenance of the neighborhood's park, as well as hiring 24-hour security to patrol around the building and the entire Park Santiago area. It remains to be seen how the Council will vote Today's meeting will be the first one for newly -elected candidate Phil Buena, who previously ran for and lost the seat in the 2018 election cycle. That year saw around $320,000 in dark money spent in the election — part of which was in opposition of Bacerra. Bacerra over the phone declined to say which way he was leaning on the project. Voice of OC revi usl re orted hasps//voi f g/2018/I I( r 'S1-BMu, th2LrOuted-170000-t- m- 1 /Lthat the campaign committee that handled the dark money spent against Bacerra was managed by a Northern California resident with family connections to a Santa Ana lobbyist for the 2525 N. Main St. project. Ogulnick has repeatedly nie any_ involvement with the dark money g up lhttps-//voiceofoc.,g/2018/11/state- invesdg ing-secretive-group-that-routed-17_0000-to-Santa-ana- elec ion Z. Bacerra — who has since been elected to the seat in this year's special election following the resignation of his former Wr ent Roman R yna d//yoif g/2n ni q/�a Lli'Bsfr - 'I/) — has in the past said he wouldnt have supported the project for its location in Park Santiago, while indicating there would be better sites for it in other parts of the city in this YouTube video from his camgw�gn p_aM fhnya://www.vaurube com! ht"-n,.i,..2Kp�1 He also in this year's special election got the endorsement of Park Santiago resident and former council member Rob Richardson, as well as former council members Tom Lutz and Alberta Christy, who are all opposed to the project. ht I s:/Ivoiceofac.org/2019/111sant a -an a -city -council -set-to_ m=email&utm_term=0 6100b0e74b-069c808f74-279579229 11/19/19, 8:26 AM Page 2 of 3