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Salas, Diana From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear City Council Members: Park Santiago <parksantiagoinfo@gmail.com> Thursday, April 16, 2020 5:41 PM eComment Opposition to the Approval of One Broadway Plaza My name is Steven Adler and I am a resident of Santa Ana and have lived here for the last 10+ years. I Oppose the requested changes for the One Broadway Project. The reasons I Oppose the requested changes are as follows: 1. The Project was approved by voters to be a commercial building and Not a high density residential and commercial mixed use building. This project should have to be newly Approved by the Santa Ana voters to allow for such a substantial change to this voter approved project. This project ONLY has entitlements to be a Commercial building... NOT for a mixed use building providing for high density apartments. This project will NOT provide onsite Affordable Housing Units. 2. The 37 story size of the proposed project is simply far too large for that location. The city's street infrastructure can NOT be improved enough to adequately handle the additional traffic generated. The proposed approx $1.8 million in street improvements is woefully inadequate. A project of this size and traffic impact should have $8-$10 million in road improvements, to get future workers and residents from our nearby freeway exits ALL THE WAY to this location efficiently. A mid -rise ( perhaps 8-10 stories) of mixed use would be a Far More appropriate choice for this location. It is NOT a good idea to build an immense 37 story High Rise building that is a new type offering in downtown Santa Ana, with completely unproven demand, as a mixed use product in that area. It would be far better to begin with a mixed -use Mid -Rise development and build additional Mid -Rise mixed use buildings, When and IF there is adequate demand. A 37 story High Rise should ONLY be developed AFTER several, if not many, mid -rise mixed - use developments have been PROVEN successful in downtown Santa Ana, this is basic Urban Planning 101. 3. Downtown Santa Ana does NOT have a Sports venue, like the Staples Center in downtown LA, with its upcoming LA Live mixed use developments, to make a 37 story mixed use tower in downtown Santa Ana successful.