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Salas, Diana <br />From: Plantamura (US), Michael <michael.plantamura@boeing.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:14 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Cc: Plantamura (US), Michael <br />Subject: City Council Meeting (4/21/20) Agenda Comment: 2525 N. Main Street Project <br />My comment is for the agenda item regarding the 2525 N. Main Street project and submittal of the certificate of <br />sufficiency for a referendum vote. I strongly recommend that the City Council take a vote on Option 1 To Repeal The <br />Ordinance that Approved the Project. I believe that the Developer failed to negotiate in good faith with the residents of <br />Park Santiago. The effort to gather signatures from the residents of Santa Ana to place this measure on the ballot to <br />allow the voters decide was extremely successful. Signatures were gathered from a significant number of <br />neighborhoods throughout the city. Signature gatherers were not just from Park Santiago but from several different <br />neighborhoods. I also gathered signatures, including one weekend during a significant rain storm. The vast number of <br />people who signed said that they were tired of the Cityjust building more and more high density apartments and <br />wanted to express their displeasure with how close the City seems to be linked to Developers and how far apart they are <br />from the residents true desires. <br />I highly recommend that the City Council take up a vote on Option 1, which I truly believe will result is a vote to repeal <br />the previously approved ordinance and instruct the Developer and the Planning Department to work with the <br />neighborhood to try to find a winning project for all. I strongly prefer that if the property is to be rezoned that it be <br />rezoned with a museum project instead. Something in collaboration with the Discovery Cube. I understand that there <br />was a Natural History Museum that had interest in the property when it was for sale. Maybe the Developer might <br />consider donating the property and taking the tax loss credit. In any event I am completely against the project as it <br />currently stands and urge a yes vote on repealing the previously approved ordinance. <br />Thank you. <br />Michael Plantamura <br />Manager <br />Boeing Commercial Airplanes <br />Service Engineering — Hydro -Mechanical Systems <br />(562) 797-3471 (desk u) <br />(562) 243-2886 (call ®) <br />15 <br />