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�• Date: August2,2023 Re: City Coundl Hearing on A11914915,2023 Objection W Application for Abandonment cf certain eamment/riBht of way located at 2383 N. Rawer Street, Saab Ana, CA; (Abandonment No. 2023-01(; Applicants Colin Donnelly and Carolina La Dear Mayor and City Council: Q W sld is at the above address We have been residents at said address since ^ . We understand that there has been an Application w Abandon the alleyway 1 Led between 2379 and 2383 North Flower Street, Santa Ana, CA, our neighborhood alleyway. We strongly are opposed W the navemng of said pmpeny as=ad on Applicant's application for the following reaso nc 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 Santo Is intending an GIFTING PUBLIC FUNDS to me Applicants. The alleyway belongs to the People. We are of the opinion that giftinoof Public funds for free Is illegal. The valve of said "IlWe could possibly be worth hundreds of thousandsof dollanstaken from our community. 2. We believe the glfting Ofsaid told increasesthe Appliranne grope" approximately 1,150 sq. ft of prime Properly in Santa Ana. 3. We objectto the fact that our community was not Informed properly ofthe Applicanthe apphcatlan to have the property "reverted" to 2383 North Flower. That property Is a PUBLIC ROADWAY —there is nothing to"revert". We, the people, are deserving of proper Notice. 4. We object that the Applicants Intend on having a wall bulk to block the alleyway so no one has access to that public roadway. This is our community; the location of this property is not for individualuse. We never agreed to give the property to anyone. This alleywaywill be closed for public use should you appmve this Application. S. We also oblact W the fact that our neighbors adjacenttosald alleyway on Heliotrope will be restricted and inconvenienced by mid closure of this alleyway. They do not have driveways, so they must access theirgarages via the alleyway. Those neighbors have legal rights to Lull aaess W this alleyway. It also creates a dangerous driving condition In that People may have to back Up onto Heliotrope if a car B coming down the alley. 6. The residence located at 2379 North Flowerwllf also be greatly impacted N this"reverdng" is approved. This is not an easement, it is a dedicated roadway, nothing to "revert". The property owner at 2379 also has rights, as do we. 7. Said alleywayhas been there for 300yearsl The Applicants have owned their residence at 2383 N.Fbwerfor22monms We love our neighborhood just as it is, we do not need lociose alleyways for Individuals who have notgiven thought to our community. 8. Additional verbiage has been added to the legal description ofApplicants' application. Applicants are claiming the alleyway belongs to them, and thus, want the alleyway "reverted". This NEW languagejust appeared out of nowhere. The City must molew all ORIGINAL maps and records to disprove this claim. 9. We also believe that alley way property was OBDICATED to the ❑tyof Sande Ana by prior owners of said land alleyway in the year 1925, and not as an easement over the Applicants' Property at 2383 N. Flower. 1D. We are adamentand herewith request that the City ofSento Me either take the matter off calendar forfurther review by the City Attorneyandjorany other departments needed to establish said ownership ofthat property or that the City Council abolish aA further disonsdon on this matterand terminate Bald Application with no further dBcmoon. Wepreferthelatter. Thank you In advance foryourcansideration into this matter. We with to he contacted directly by the City with any decisions made on this Application. Our COnhact Information Is noted above. Thank you for your time and your efforts in acting this Application. By: _