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. Chairman Luxembourger requested that Staff identify the property and the project and comment on the factors and evidence necessitating the condemnation action. Chairman Luxembourger also requested that staff set forth why the public interest and necessity require the project; why the project is planned or located in the manner that will be most compatible with greatest public good and the least private injury; why" the property sought to be acquired is necessary for the project; and that the offer required by Section 7267.2 of the Government Code has been made to the owners of record. . Mr. Thomas E. Hammill, Assistant Director Redevelopment and Real Estate, reported that the property sought to be acquired by the Agency is the reversionary interest held by the Santa Ana Unified School District in the underlying fee of the north one-half of Second Street between Flower and Olive Streets, Santa Ana, California. The property is a rectangular shaped parcel measuring approximately 25' X 280', more or less, containing 7,000 square feet. The property is improved with an asphalt street, concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk. The property is shown as Second Street on a Map of the Ross Addition to Santa Ana, recorded March 13, 1878 and on a Corrected Map of Blocks, L, M, N, a and P of the Ross Addition to Santa Ana recorded January 13,1902. On February 3,1903, the Santa Ana Unified School District, formerly the Board of Education of the City of Santa Ana, acquired said Block M being the property adjoining and lying northerly of Second Street. Included within the property acquired by the School District was the underlying fee interest in the north one-half of Second Street which the Agency is now seeking to acquire. The public interest and necessity require the project for the following reasons: 1. The Agency adopted a Disposition and Development Agreement with Birchpark Associates on March 15, 1983, for the construction of 199 units of senior citizen Section 8 apartments. The property which the Agency is seeking to acquire is included within the project boundaries contained in the Agreement with Birchpark Associates for redevelop- ment. . 2. Previous testimony and documents provided to the Agency has demonstrated a clear need for senior citizen housing in Santa Ana. 3. The redevelopment of property within the Redevel- opment Project Area serves as an inducement for further redevelopment of surrounding areas. -2-