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DocuSign Envelope ID: EF4B7707-6A52-4917-BE8B-C9000EAD9571 TUSTIN Community Development Department May 21, 2020 Mr. Minh Thai Executive Director City of Santa Ana Planning and Building Agency PO BOX 1988 (M-20) Santa Ana, CA 92702 BUILDING OUR FUTURE HONORING OUR PAST SUBJECT: FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND RESPONSES TO COMMENTS FOR THE BOWERY MIXED -USE PROJECT IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA Dear Mr. Thai: Thank you for this opportunity to relay our significant ongoing concerns regarding the potential impacts to the City of Tustin from The Bowery Mixed -Use Project proposed at the southwesterly corner of Red Hill Avenue and Warner Avenue, which is directly adjacent to the City of Tustin and the Tustin Legacy master planned community. 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. Also proposed is approximately 174,555 square feet of open space within courtyards, common areas, roof decks, perimeter plazas, and other open space areas. The project requires a proposed 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 the City of Santa Ana on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) forthe Bowery Mixed -Use Project. On April 27, 2020, the City of Santa Ana released the Final EIR 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 our request for a continuance and to the concerns raised by others, the Santa Ana Planning Commission continued the hearingto May 26, 2020. City of Tustin staff has reviewed the Final EIR and the responses to our comments contained therein (Attachment B), and believe that none of the City's significant comments or concerns regarding traffic, cumulative impacts, or impacts to Tustin parks that were identified in the February 5, 2020 letter has been adequately addressed or mitigated in the FEIR. Therefore, the City of Tustin requests that the Planning Commission continue the May 26, 2020 public hearing and not make a recommendation to the Santa Ana City Council on this project until our concerns have been addressed and mitigated. 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, CA 9278o 0 P: (714) 573-3100 e F: (714) 573-3113 9 www.tustinca.org