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P: (626) 381-9248 <br />F: (626) 389-5414 <br />E: mitch@mitchtsailaw.com <br /> Mitchell M. Tsai <br />Attorney At Law <br />155 South El Molino Avenue <br />Suite 104 <br />Pasadena, California 91101 <br /> <br /> <br />VIA E-MAIL AND HAND DELIVERY <br />November 18, 2019 <br />Hand Delivered to November 19, 2019 City Council Meeting <br />City of Santa Ana City Council <br />City Council Chamber <br />22 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />Email Delivery to: eComment@santa-ana.org <br /> <br />RE: Comments to the City Council Regarding First American Mixed Use <br />Project and Environmental Impact Report Addendum [114 and 117 East <br />Fifth Street]; SCH No. 2006071100 <br />Dear Honorable Councilmembers of City of Santa Ana: <br />On behalf of Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters (“Commenter” or <br />“Southwest Carpenters”), my Office is submitting these comments on the City of <br />Santa Ana’s (“City” or “Lead Agency”) Addendum to the Environmental Impact <br />Report (“Addendum”) (SCH No. 2006071100) for the First American Mixed Use <br />Project (“Project”) located at 114 and 117 East Fifth Street in Santa Ana, California. <br />The Southwest Carpenters is a labor union representing 50,000 union carpenters in six <br />states, including in southern California, and has a strong interest in well-ordered land <br />use planning and addressing the environmental impacts of development projects. <br />Commenter incorporates by reference all comments raising issues regarding the EIR <br />submitted prior to certification of the EIR for the Project. Citizens for Clean Energy v City <br />of Woodland (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 173, 191 (finding that any party who has objected <br />to the Project’s environmental documentation may assert any issue timely raised by <br />other parties). <br />Moreover, Commenter requests that the Lead Agency provide notice for any and all <br />notices referring or related to the Project issued under the California Environmental <br />Quality Act (“CEQA”), Cal Public Resources Code (“PRC”) § 21000 et seq, and the