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Salas, Diana From: bobi keenan <fosca94@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 4:43 PM To: eComment Subject: Public Comment on Agenda Item 75-A for 21 April 2020 City Council Meeting Please enter my comments into the public record and, if possible, have them read aloud at the 21 April 2020 City Council Meeting. I strongly oppose the approval of the development of One Broadway Plaza in its present form. There are several crucial flaws in allowing this project to proceed without the following requirements. 1. Restoration of affordable housing units within the building. There is a housing crisis for low and moderate -income people in our City. The developer should not be able to buy his way out of this obligation. 2. A new FIR is conducted. The one in place is woefully outdated, to the point of irrelevance. 3. A new Traffic Mitigation Study is conducted. The one in place not only outdated but inadequate to address the real impact of traffic as it was then. In the present day, it will utterly fail in addressing the ability of people to get in and out of the building on a daily basis. In an emergency, such as fire or earthquake it will be a disaster. 4. Traffic Mitigation Fees must be increased to address the needs surrounding the property itself and the 6 surrounding neighborhoods which will incur significant negative impact. 5. A new Development Agreement is needed to address the impact of this large building and its construction on the nearby neighborhoods, including the potential benefits to the community as well as spelling out the responsibilities of the developer to meet essential goals and deadlines. It also needs to outline the penalties to be imposed for failure to meet those goals and deadlines. I do not and never have believed this 37 Story Building is appropriately placed. I recognize that the developer, Mr. Harrah has done a lot of good things for our City. It doesn't mean that anything he wants to do in developing his properties is good for the City though. His positive contributions to Santa Ana seems to have afforded him a great deal of political clout and I do not like that. One Broadway Plaza has become a political football, carried over the years, down the line, by Mayor Pulido and Council Members who are nearing the end of their terms or who will be up for re-election. It would be in the best interests of the City of Santa Ana and its residents to postpone a decision on this development until after the next election. Respectfidly submitted, bobi keenan 919 Louise Street ,y