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From:Salas, Diana <br />To:!City Clerk; Fregoso, Vince; Bernal, Sarah; Pezeshkpour, Ali; Gutierrez, Fatima <br />Subject:FW: Santa Ana Planning Commission Special Adjourned Virtual Meeting Thursday, April 2, 2020: Business Agenda Item No. 5(a) - (c) One Broadway Plaza (OBP) <br />Date:Thursday, April 02, 2020 4:44:50 PM <br />Attachments:image001.png <br />image002.png <br />image003.png <br />Good Afternoon, <br /> <br />The following communication pertaining to the Planning Commission meeting, has been received for your review and <br />consideration. <br /> <br />Kind Regards, <br />  <br />  <br />Diana Salas |Support Staff <br />Clerk of the Council Office | 20 Civic Center Plaza | Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />714-647-6520 | dsalas@santa-ana.org <br />www.santa-ana.org <br />  <br />www.ocvote.com <br />  <br />This e-mail (and attachments, if any) may be subject to the California Public Records Act,  and as such, may, therefore, be subject to public disclosure unless otherwise <br />exempt under the Act. <br />  <br />  <br /> <br />  <br />  <br />  <br />From: Ellen Koldewey [mailto:mrskold@yahoo.com]  <br />Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 4:36 PM <br />To: eComment <ecomment@santa-ana.org>; McLoughlin, Mark <mmcloughlin@santa-ana.org>; Fregoso, Vince <VFregoso@santa- <br />ana.org> <br />Subject: Santa Ana Planning Commission Special Adjourned Virtual Meeting Thursday, April 2, 2020: Business Agenda Item No. 5(a) - (c) <br />One Broadway Plaza (OBP) <br /> <br />Greetings Chairperson McLoughlin and Commissioners, <br /> <br />I am writing to you again about One Broadway Plaza (OBP) Business Agenda Item 5(a)-(c) continued from your March 30 virtual meeting. <br /> <br />I urge the Planning Commission to either: <br /> *postpone your vote on the Applicant's requested amendments to give City the opportunity to renegotiate a new Development <br />Agreement with the Applicant before making a recommendation on 5(a) - (c) to City Council or; <br /> *vote to recommend that the City Council conditionally approve the amendments in 5(a) - (c) contingent on the City renegotiating <br />a new Development Agreement with the Applicant. <br /> <br />I applaud the great effort by our City Staff and Planning Commission to continue to do the City's important business on behalf of <br />Santa Ana's residents during this difficult time. I appreciate the opportunity to observe the Planning Commission's virtual meetings and to <br />submit my written comments on Business Agenda Item 5(a)- (c) on Monday, March 30, 2020 and tonight. <br /> <br />Nevertheless, I ask you to either delay your decision or make a recommendation for conditional approval on Agenda Items 5(a)-(c) for the <br />following reason. On one hand, OBP is clearly not just a routine matter. To quote the Developer's website, OBP will be, "THE TALLEST <br />URBAN EPICENTER IN THE HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY."* On the other hand, there is no emergency that warrants fast tracking this <br />important decision during this very difficult time. Based on the information presented by the Planning Department and the Applicant at the <br />March 30 virtual meeting, I just was not convinced that the there is any pressing need for the Planning Commission to immediately recommend <br />final approval of the ordinance amendments to the City Council. There is no evidence that it would be unfair or harmful to either the Developer <br />or the City to take some additional time to make this important decision. However, there is clear evidence that the Commission has been