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. Please adapt the format of the upcoming Council Meeting on this agenda item to allow opponents, as well as the developer, Planning Department, and other proponents, a fair opportunity to be heardl. Specifically, I request that you authorize for all who ask: use of the City or private overhead projector or other audio-visual equipment to present information; • donation of individual 2 minute speaker time to representative speakers so they may speak for 10 or more minutes without interruption; and organization of speakers into groups to allow the coherent presentation of each group's position and supporting information.2 These adaptations should be available to the North Santa Ana Preservation Alliance (NSAPA), neighborhood associations, other organizations such as labor unions, as well as other individual speakers on both sides of the issue. I believe these adaptations are essential to allow those on both sides of this complex and contentious issue to be fairly heard, present their ideas and information effectively, and develop a complete and accurate record on which you may base a reasoned and impartial decision. With due respect, I have found the Council's manner of considering the merits of the 2525 Main Street development so far to be exhausting, largely uninformative, and, at times, just plain unfair. These requests have already been made by various constituents to the Council Chair, City Attorney, Clerk, and/or City Manager. Please notify the public as soon as these procedures are put in place so that all will have the opportunity to adequately prepare before the Council Meeting next week. Reasons for Opposition to Current Project/Support for Responsible Development The changes made in this project since the last time the Council considered it are not substantial. Significant problems with this project remain. The people of Santa Ana do not need to settle for this misplaced, high density, outsized housing project. It is not necessary or helpful to your constituents, including those in need of affordable housing, to crowd this space with too many apartment units. The real mistake is abandoning our City's General Plan and haphazardly rezoning piecemeal based on the wants of an individual developer rather than a coherent appraisal of what is in the best interests of the City of Santa Ana. I would like to seek a project for this property that will enhance the cultural uses of the property's neighbors on the North Main Street corridor the revitalized and transformed Main Street Mall, the Bowers Museum, the Santiago Park green spaces, and the Discovery Science Center. This portion of North Main Street should be developed as a premier business location that is part of the exciting and inviting entry to our City already underway, that can be used and enjoyed by all in our City. I greatly appreciate and strongly support the attraction of new development to our City but believe that the adjusted record at 2525 Main Street shows that the financial benefit to the City by this developer in terms of new general fund revenue will be significantly less than originally anticipated. and will not justify the very real harm that the ill conceived and poorly placed development will do to our City. Conclusion In conclusion, I am an individual voter, and home owner who for over twenty years has lived less than a mile away from this proposed development in a neighborhood that will be severely and irreversibly damaged by the decision to rezone and overbuild this parcel of land. I ask you to act in the best interests not only of the surrounding neighborhoods, and of Ward 3, but of our entire City. Together, we can do better. Think of the City's future. Safeguard the fairness, transparency, and integrity of the development review and approval process. Adopt a Council meeting format that is fair to all because it permits the coherent and efficient presentation of the information you need to make a reasoned decision about this matter. Continue to require complete and sound answers to the many important outstanding questions you and your constituents have asked about this proposal. Vote against these resolutions and against this development. Thank you for your service to our City. Respectfully Submitted, Mrs. Ellen Koldewey Santa Ana CA 92706 714 785-8029/542-2122 1 As a Ward 3 voter, I rely on Councilmember Solorio and other public officials who have compared the City Council meeting to an evidentiary hearing and stated that the Council's decision is "quasi judicial" in nature. As Councilmember Solorio recently wrote, "I've mentioned this before online and in different neighborhood meetings, but because project