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From:Flores, Dora <br />To:Bernal, Sarah; Fregoso, Vince; Thai, Minh; Gutierrez, Fatima; Pezeshkpour, Ali <br />Cc:!City Clerk <br />Subject:FW: one broadway plaza <br />Date:Thursday, April 02, 2020 5:05:22 PM <br />Attachments:image001.png <br />image002.png <br />Good Afternoon, <br /> <br />The following communication pertaining to the Planning Commission meeting, has been received <br />for your review and consideration. <br />  <br />  <br />Kind Regards, <br /> <br />Dora Flores|Support Staff <br />Clerk of the Council Office | 20 Civic Center Plaza | Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />714-647-5278 | dflores5@santa-ana.org <br />www.santa-ana.org <br />This e-mail (and attachments, if any) may be subject to the California Public Records Act,  and as such, may, therefore, be <br />subject to public disclosure unless otherwise exempt under the Act. <br />  <br />From: robert escalante [mailto:rclipper120@sbcglobal.net]  <br />Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 4:46 PM <br />To: Flores, Dora <dflores5@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: one broadway plaza <br /> <br />Dora Hello, I will try to log in to the virtual live call and if i can get on I will read the Item below. If I cannot Please <br />read for the record Aloud this Afternoon during the Meeting Live. MY NAME IS ROBERT ESCALANTE. I AM <br />PROPERTY OWNER IN DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 1983. I AM ON MY THIRD <br />MAYOR.THIS DEVELOPER HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE CITY AND ITS COMMUNITY MORE <br />THAN ANYONE IN SANTA ANA A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS COME TO MIND. HE HAS BUILT A <br />TENNIS COURT FACILITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF SANTA ANA FOR THE RESIDENCE OF THAT <br />IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. THIS DEVELOPER ALSO BOUGHT A CONDEMNED BUILDING ON THE <br />CORNER OF 1STAND MAIN AND TURNED IT INTO ORIGINAL MIKES RESTAURANT FOR THE ENITE <br />COMMUNITY TO ENJOY. THIS DEVELOPER MIKE HARRAH ALSO BULT THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND WHEN THEY COULD NOT PAY THEIR SCHOOL TEACHER SALARY IT <br />WAS THIS DEVELOPER MIKE HARRAH THA PRESENTED THE DIRECTOR WITH A SIX FIGURE <br />CHECK. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT ONE MANS INTENTIONS HE DID NOT HAVE TO DO ANY <br />OF THIS.BUT HE DID IS THERE ANYONE IN SANTA ANA THAT YOU CAN COMARE HIM TO MY <br />GUESS IS NO. <br /> WE AS PROPERT OWNERS SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT THE LIKES OF MIKE HARRAH HAVE <br />GRACED OUR CITY WITH HIS VISION AND ENERGY. HE GETS IT HE IS NOT HERE TO HURT OUR <br />BUSINESS COMMUNITY HE IS HERE TO HELP OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN TURN WE CAN HELP <br />OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.IN FACT MILLIONS OF DALLRS WILL BE RAISED IN TAX <br />REVENUE TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC AGENCIES WHICH OTHERWISE THE TAX BURDEN WOULD BE