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November 16, 2020 <br />Via Email: <br />eComment@santa-ana.org <br />Honorable Mayor Miguel A. Pulido and Honorable Councilmembers <br />City of Santa Ana <br />22 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, California <br />Re: 11/17/20 Council Meeting Agenda Item 75A; PUBLIC HEARING - ENVIRONMENTAL <br />REVIEW NO. 2019-85 FOR DENSITY BONUS AGREEMENT APPLICATION NO. 2020-01, SITE <br />PLAN REVIEW NO. 2020-01, SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 2020-02, AND DISPOSITION AND <br />DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT 201 WEST3rd STREET BETWEEN CARIBOU INDUSTRIES <br />AND THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />Honorable Mayor and Council Members: <br />I have been asked to review the above referenced requests by the Law Firm of Gideon Kracov. I <br />believe there are a number of concerns regarding the City of Santa Ana's (the City's) General <br />Plan, the City's Zoning Regulations, the reliance of the City's and the State's regulations <br />regarding the use of a Density Bonus agreement to expand the size of the proposed project, <br />and the appropriateness of findings to justify modification of the City's Floor Area Ratio and <br />parking requirements for the proposed project. <br />The Property is located at 201 West 3`d Street, at the intersection of 3`d Street and Broadway, in <br />the in the Downtown subarea of the Central District, identified in the City's General Plan. It is <br />currently improved with a parking garage. <br />Caribou Industries (the Applicant) has applied for site plan review to permit the construction of <br />a 16 story mixed use development on a parcel approximately 38,768 sq. ft. in area. That mixed <br />use development will be approximately 197,726 sq. ft. in area and will have both commercial <br />uses and residential units. The Applicant has also applied for site plan review to permit the <br />construction of a 10 story, 171 room hotel on a newly created adjacent parcel, having an area <br />of 22,651 sq. ft. Presumably the site plan review process is to assist in making a determination <br />whether or not the proposed development is compatible with surrounding developments, fits <br />in with the character of the surrounding area and meets City guidelines and regulations for <br />development. <br />