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Hall, Jennifer <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />Subject: <br />Dec 11, 2021 <br />Dear Mayor, City Council and Staff, <br />Sandra Pocha Pena < <br />Monday, September 11, 2023 3:22 PM <br />eComment <br />!City Clerk; Gomez, Daisy; Thai, Minh; mmccann@santa-ana.org; Sarmiento, Vicente; <br />Mendoza, Nelida; Lopez, Jessie; Hernandez, Johnathan; Ginelle Gmail Hardy; <br /> Ridge, Kristine <br />Public Comment: General Plan - So Main Historical Survey <br />I am writing to urge you to wait until we can complete a Historical Survey on South Main before adopting the new <br />General Plan. Without a Historical Survey, we can't identify the antique structures which give South Main Street much of <br />its charm. <br />Way back this past Spring, in April or May, staff from Planning contacted myself and fellow neighborhood leader Ginelle <br />Hardey to ask that we stop plans on conducting a community -led historical survey because the City was going to <br />contract a consultant to research all the buildings on the South Main Corridor. We have the largest concentration of <br />Streamline Modern, Googie, Craftsman and other regional forms of architecture in the whole county right on South <br />Main Street dating back to it's time as a part of historic Route 101, a sister highway to Route 66. <br />At the November 4 Historical Resources Commission meeting, Ginelle and I asked the status of this Historical Survey and <br />staff could not provide an answer. <br />If no Consultant has been contracted or if the Survey can not be completed, I ask that the City partner with existing <br />South Main Neighborhood Alliance, a coalition of South Main residents, neighborhood leaders and businesses to <br />complete this important endeavor. <br />Approving a General Plan that does not protect our important historical structures will ensure their destruction as <br />development rushes forward on this important corridor. <br />As a guide to the kind of partnership that would be ideal, I ask you to review the City of San Antonio's proposed Historic <br />Buena Vista District which includes a video presentation and multi-lingual flyer campaign for local residents: <br />hit s: www.sananion!o. ov historic scouisa II i!sior!cD!sir!cis BuenaV!sta <br />Looking forward to working together to preserve our historic heritage! <br />Sincerely, <br />--- Sandra Pena Sarmiento <br />Pacific Park / Eastside Neighborhood Leader <br />cc Ginelle Hardey, Henninger Park Neighborhood Leader <br />