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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />From: <br />Dale Helvig <helvig_denny@msn.com> <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, November 12, 2019 3:59 PM <br />To: <br />eComment, City Council; Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, <br />Jose; Villegas, Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia <br />Cc: <br />Ridge, Kristine; Thai, Minh; Fregoso, Vince; Kelaher, Selena; Mark Earthlink <br />McLoughlin; Alberta AOL Christy, Phillip Gmail Schaefer, 'Mike O'Valle' <br />Subject: <br />2019-11-12 Letter to City Council <br />Attachments: <br />2019-11-12 Letter to City Council.pdf <br />Dale Helvig <br />2536 N. Valencia St. Santa Ana CA 92706 <br />714-541-7254 helvig_denny@msn.com <br />November 12, 2019 <br />Mayor Pulido and Santa Ana City Councilmembers <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, 8th Floor <br />Santa Ana CA 92702 <br />Subject: Item to Consider at November 19, 2019 City Council Meeting (#2) <br />The Santiago Park Maintenance & Improvement Contribution has been drastically decreased. <br />Current Version of Development Agreement: [BOLD added for emphasis] Santiago Park Improvement <br />Construction. At the City's determination, Owner shall manage and construct the Santiago Park Phase II Park <br />Improvements ("Park Improvements") subject to review and approval by the City [... ]. Owner shall be <br />responsible for all aspects of the Park Improvements. [... ]. Following completion of the Park Improvements, <br />and no later than three years from the issuance of a notice of acceptance of Park Improvements, City shall <br />reimburse Owner an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of the Park Improvements, up to <br />Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) ("Reimbursement Amount") for actual, third party costs <br />associated with the Park Improvements. <br />Why would the City allow a no bid contract of One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 1,400.000) to be <br />issued for park improvements to an owner that has refused to budge from "we only do high density residential <br />projects". They have refused to even consider medium density residential. Furthermore, the idea of having <br />the City reimburse the Owner up to Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) just complicates the <br />issue. The owner should just pay the Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000), period. <br />Respectfully, <br />A.I t <br />Dale A Helvig <br />