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Salas, Diana <br />From: Diane Fradkin <dianefradkin@hotmail.com> <br />Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 10:35 AM <br />To: Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vicente; Villegas, Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia; Bacerra, Phil; <br />Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose <br />Cc: Gomez, Daisy; eComment <br />Subject: Agenda item 75A - One Broadway Plaza - Oppose this project ..... it didn't work 10 years <br />ago and it certainly won't work now <br />Importance: High <br />Mayor, Mayor Pro Tern & Councilmembers: <br />This project has gone on too long. It never had any teeth to get off the ground over 10 years ago and now its <br />back with a different window dressing. <br />Its time to put a stop to this project once and for all. <br />The size of the proposed building of 37 stories DOES NOT fit at all at this location. The project itself will be a <br />complete drain on the City's current infrastructure ...... water, sewer, storm drain ..... and of course, it will hugely <br />impact traffic and parking in the area along with impacts to aesthetics (shadow and shading). Yes, the <br />developer has done a lot for the City, but this is just not an appropriate use for the site and given the current <br />market due to the Corona Virus, it will likely just sit again for another 10 years. Is that really the best use for <br />this property? Just to sit fallow again and not be developed? <br />Let's come up with a better plan that will provide needed uses for the citizens of Santa Ana and the City. Let's <br />go back to the drawing board and create something that the market can support and actually could be <br />built. Maybe something that has less stories...... under 7 stories would be more ideal for this location. As we <br />know, office use doesn't seem to be prudent anymore and yes, I know, we need housing. Maybe this would <br />be better suited as a mixed use development with retail on the bottom and residential above, including an <br />affordable housing component. The main take away is that it needs to be much, much smaller in size and <br />density...... something that can actually be financed and built (what we call "responsible development") instead <br />of a giant mound of dirt for another 10 years. <br />I encourage you to step up and end this "pie in the sky" project on Tuesday. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Diane Fradkin <br />28 year Santa Ana Resident <br />