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T 510.836,4200 <br />F 510.836A205 <br />October 2, 2023 <br />Via Email <br />Valerie Amezcua, Mayor <br />Jessie Lopez, Mayor Pro Tem <br />Thai Viet Phan, Councilmember <br />Benjamin Vazquez, Councilmember <br />Phil Bacerra, Councilmember <br />Jonathan Ryan Hernandez, Councilmember <br />David Penaloza, Councilmember <br />City Council <br />City of Santa Ana <br />22 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Comment@santa-ana.org <br />1939 Harrison Street, Ste. 150 www.lozeaudrury.com <br />Oakland, CA 94612 I Marjan@alozeaudrury.com <br />Jennifer L. Hall, City Clerk <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, M-30 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Jhall@santa-ana.org <br />Pedro Gomez, Senior Planner <br />Planning Division <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, M-20 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />PGomez@santa-ana.org <br />Re: SAFER Appeal on Cabrillo Town Center Project (CPC-2021-10345-DB-SPP- <br />SPR-HCA), October 3, 2023 City Council Meeting — Agenda Item No. 18 <br />Dear Mayor Amezcua and Honorable City Council Members: <br />I am writing on behalf of Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility <br />("SAFER") in support of their appeal regarding the Cabrillo Town Center Project (Site Plan <br />Review No. 2023-01, Tentative Tract Map No. 2023-03) which proposes the development of a <br />five -story mixed -use building at 1901 and 1971 East Fourth Street and 515 and 525 North <br />Cabrillo Park Drive in Santa Ana ("Project"). <br />The City has not conducted any environmental review for this Project pursuant to the <br />California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"). Rather, the City is claiming that the Project <br />was adequately reviewed in the Metro East Mixed Use Overlay Zone Environmental Impact <br />Report (SCH No. 2006031041), certified in 2007, and a Subsequent Environmental Impact <br />Report, certified in 2018 (collectively, "MEMU EIR"). <br />As discussed below, based on new information available since the 2018 SEIR was <br />certified, the Project will have new significant impacts on air quality that were not analyzed in <br />the MEMU EIR, and there are mitigation measures available to reduce those impacts. SAFER <br />therefore respectfully requests that the City Council grant SAFER's appeal and ensure that the <br />Project complies with CEQA prior to approval. <br />