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VIA E-MAIL March 30, 2020 Commissioner Felix Rivera Commissioner Mark McLoughlin Commissioner Eric M. Alderete Commissioner Kenneth Nguyen Commissioner David Benavides Commissioner Cynthia Conteras-Leo Commissioner Angie Cano Planning Commission City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92702 eComments@santa-ana.org Vince C. Fregoso, Planning Manager City of Santa Ana Planning and Building Agency 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Vfregoso@santa-ana.org Re: Public Comment on Addendum One to the One Broadway Plaza Project EIR Honorable Members of the Planning Commission: I am writing on behalf of the Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (“SAFER”), a California non-profit organization with members living in and around the City of Santa Ana, regarding the proposed One Broadway Plaza, including the proposed Addendum to the 2004 One Broadway Plaza Project EIR, located in Santa Ana, California (“Project”). SAFER is concerned that the City is proposing to approve the Project based on an Addendum prepared based on the assertion that the Project is consistent with the One Broadway Plaza EIR approved by the City in 2004 (“2004 EIR”). As discussed below, because this Proejct was not analyzed in the 2004 EIR, and there is substantial evidence that the Project will have significant impacts not analyzed in the 2004 EIR, a supplemental EIR must be prepared for the Project. Approval of the Project based on an addendum violates the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), Pub. Res. Code section 21000, et seq. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The 2004 One Broadway Plaza Project seeks to develop a 37-story mixed-use building in Santa Ana, California. The Project proposes to revise the existing entitlements of the One Broadway Plaza Project to allow conversion of a portion of the permitted office square footage