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-,Iql <br />DRURYLLP T 510.836.4200 <br />F 510.836.4205 <br />DII_\:111 AI_\I I <br />November 9, 2020 <br />Chair Mark McLoughlin <br />and Commissioners <br />Planning Commission <br />c/o Sarah Bernal, Recording <br />Secretary <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />eComments(a)-santa-ana.orq <br />Selena Kelaher, Associate Planner <br />Planning and Building Agency <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />SKelaher(ab,santa-ana.orq <br />1939 Harrison Street, Ste. 150 www.lozeaudrury.com <br />Oakland, CA 94612 1 paige@lozeaudrury.com <br />Minh Thai, Executive Director <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Planning and Building Agency I M20 <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />mthai@santa-ana.org <br />Re: Comment on Central Pointe Mixed -Use Development Project <br />Chair McLoughlin and Members of the Planning Commission: <br />I am writing on behalf of the Supporters' Alliance for Environmental Responsibility <br />("SAFER"), a California non-profit organization with members living in and around the City <br />of Santa Ana, regarding the Central Pointe Mixed -Use Development Project, proposed to <br />be located at 1801 East Fourth Street in the Metro East Mixed -Use Overlay ("MEMU") <br />Active Urban zoning district ("Project"). The City of Santa Ana ("City") has received an <br />application for the development of and permit for the Project. <br />SAFER is concerned that the City is proposing to approve the Project without any <br />environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), Public <br />Resources Code section 21000, et seq., based on the assertion that the Project was <br />analyzed in the Metro East Use Overlay Zone environmental impact report certified in <br />2007 and subsequent environmental impact report certified in 2018 (collectively, "MEMU <br />EIR"). The City contends that under CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15168, no <br />further environmental review is required. <br />A Supplemental EIR (SEIR) or tiered EIR (TEIR) is required for several reasons: <br />