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Community Development Department August 18, 2020 Honorable Members of the Santa Ana City Council c/o Ms. Daisy Gomez, Clerk of the Council 22 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 deomez(d)santa-ana.org TUSTIN BUILDING OUR FUTURE HONORING OUR PAST SUBJECT: FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND RESPONSES TO COMMENTS FOR THE BOWERY MIXED USE PROJECT (WARNER REDHILL MIXED -USE DEVELOPMENT) IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA Dear Honorable Members of the City Council: Thank you for this opportunity to express the City of Tustin's significant, ongoing concerns regarding the potential impacts to the City of Tustin from The Bowery Mixed Use Project (recently renamed as the "Warner Redhill Mixed -Use Development"), which is directly adjacent to the City of Tustin and the Tustin Legacy master planned community. The City of Tustin provided comments on the project's Draft EIR and to Santa Ana's Planning Commission. As explained in those comments, the City of Tustin is concerned by Santa Ana's failure to comprehensively plan development in this corridor. And unfortunately, despite the City of Tustin's best efforts to bring many issues to Santa Ana's attention, serious errors and unsupported assumptions remain in the project's EIR. The project is proposed at the southwesterly corner of Red Hill Avenue and Warner Avenue. The proposed project consists of the development of a 14.58-acre site with 1,150 multiple family residences within five - story to six -story buildings, wrapped parking structures, and 80,000 square feet of retail and restaurant commercial space. The project also proposes approximately 174,555 square feet of open space within courtyards, common areas, roof decks, perimeter plazas, and other open space areas. The project requires General Plan Amendment from Professional and Administrative Office to a mixed -use designation, and a Zone Change from Light Industrial to Specific Development. In a letter dated February 5, 2020 (Attachment A), the City of Tustin provided comments to Santa Ana on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the project. On April 27, 2020, Santa Ana released the Final FIR and Responses to Comments on the DEIR for the Project, which was received by the City of Tustin Community Development Department on May 7, 2020. In response to the City of Tustin's request for a continuance, and to the concerns raised by others, the Santa Ana Planning Commission continued the hearing to May 26, 2020. The City of Tustin identified further concerns in a letter dated May 21, 2020 (Attachment B). The City of Tustin reiterates each of these comments now. The City of Tustin's staff has reviewed the Final EIR and the responses to the City of Tustin's comments contained therein (Attachment Q. The flaws in the project and its EIR have not been addressed. Specifically, the City of Tustin has the following ongoing concerns: 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, CA 92780 0 P: (714) 573-3100 • F: (714) 573-3113 0 www.tustinca.org