Correspondence- Non-Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Name ira.. Address; SQ)14u, Phone: Email: Date: Augus42,2023 Re: City Council Hearing on August 1S, 2023 Objection to Apploatlon for Abandonment of certain easerrem/rlght of way located at 2363 N. Flower Street, Santa Ana, CA; (Abandonment No. 202301); Applicants Colin Donnelly and Carolina La Dear Mayor and City Council: We are residents at the show: address. We have been residents at said address since CI./ I . We understand that there has been an Application to Abandon the alleyway located between 23n and 2383 North Flower Street, Santa Ana, CA, our neighborhood alleyway. We strongly are opposed to the reverting of said property as stated on Applicant's application for the followingreamns: 1. First, we do not believe there was ever an easement for mid alleyway, It is a dedicated roadway. We strongly believe that alley is a PUBLIC ROADWAY. We strongly object to the fact that the City of Santa is Intending on GIFTING PUBLIC FUNDS to the Applicants. The alleyway belongsto the People. We are of the opinion that gi@Ingof Public funds for free is Illegal. The valve of said "gRr could possibly be worth hundreds of thousands ofdallars taken from our communhy. 2. We believe the glfting ofsaid lard Immasesthe Applicants' property by approximately 1,15D sq. ft of prime property in Santa Ana. 3. We object to The fact that our Community was not informed properly of the Applicants' application to have the property, "reverted" to 2383 North Flower. That property is a PUBLIC ROADWAY —there is nothing to "revert. We, the People, are deservingof proper Notice. 4. We object that the Applicants intend on having a wall built to block the alleyway m no one has access to that public roadway. This is ourcommunhy; the location ofthls property is not for individualuse. We rreveragreed to give the property to anyone. This alleyway will be closed for public use should you approve this Application. S. We also objec"othefact that our neighbors adjacentto said alleyway on Heliotrope will be restricted and inconvenienced by mid down, of this alleyway. They do not have driveways, so they must acceas theugaages via the alleyway. Those nelghborshave legal rights tofull access to this alleyway. It also creates a dangerous driving condition In that People may have to back up onto Heliotrope If a car Is coming down the alley. 6. The residence located at 2379 North Flower will also be greatly impacted if this'reverting" Is approved. This is not an easement, it is a dedicated roadway, nothing to 'covert". The property owner at 2379 also has rights, as do we. 7. Said alleyway has been therefor 100yearsl The Applicants have awned their resideom at 2383 N. Flower for 22 months. We love our neighborhood just as It Is, we do not need to dose alleyways for individuals who have not given thought to ourmmmunity. & Additional verbiage has been added to the legal description of Applicants' application. Applicants are claiming the alleyway belongs to them, and thus, want the alleyway "reverted". This NEW language just appeared out of nowhere. The Cdymust review all ORIGINAL maps and records W disprove this claim. 9. We aim believe that alley way Property was DEDICATED to the City of Santa Ana by prior owners of said land/alleyway in the year 1925, and not as an easement over the Applicants' Property at 2363 N. Flower. 10. We are adamant and herewith request that the City of Santa Ana either take the matter off calendar for further review by the City Attorney and/or any other departments needed to establish said ownership of that property or that the City Council abolish all further discussion on this matter and terminate said Application with n, further discussion. We prefer the latter Thank you In advanceforyourconsidenatlon into this matte, WewishtobecontaReddirettlybythe City with anydecislons made an this Application. Ourcontract information Is noted above. Thank you for your time and your efforts In rejecting this Application. By: n,a. By-. I'peK