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								        	NA10P
<br />    	COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
<br />    	DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
<br />    	SoCAL CHAPTER
<br />  																NAIOP 2
<br />  	May 6, 2025													BOARD OFzDIRECTORSS AND
<br />  																PRESIDENT
<br />  	The Honorable Valerie Amezcua      									Mark Mattis,Avison Young
<br />  	Mayor, City of Santa Ana-vamezcua�santa-ana.org    						PRESIDENT-ELECT
<br />  	20 Civic Center Plaza    											Stephane Wandel,The Orden Company
<br />  	Santa Ana, CA 92701    											VICE PRESIDENT
<br />  																Brooke Gustafson,Birtcher Development
<br />  																TREASURER
<br />  	Re: 05-06-2025 Santa Ana City Council Meeting Agenda Item #21,Opposition to    	Brian Baker,JP Morgan Chase
<br />  	Recommended Actions 2 and 3 Unless Amended       						SECRETARY
<br />  																Greg Brown,JLL
<br />  	Dear Mayor Amezcua    											PROGRAMS&EDUCATION LIAISON
<br />  																Fran Inman,Majestic Realty Go.
<br />  																PAST PRESIDENT
<br />  	With over 1,200 Members,NAIOP SoCal is the leading nonprofit organization representing   Eric Paulsen, Kidder Mathews
<br />  	the commercial real estate industry in Orange and Los Angeles counties. NAIOP SoCal
<br />  	Members are professionals in industrial, office, retail, hospitality and mixed-use real estate,   Bob Andrews,CenterPoint Properties
<br />  	and include developers, owners,investors,brokers, architects, engineers,general contractors,   TJ Bard,surf Management,Ino.
<br />  	finance professionals and other service providers involved in the commercial real estate   Andy Bratt,Gantry
<br />  																Erin Crum,Alere Property Group
<br />  	industry. Unless amended, NAIOP SoCal strongly opposes the City of Santa Ana Planning   Nick DlPaolo,Newmark
<br />  	and Building Agency's (PBA) recommended action to adopt an ordinance to approve Zoning  Amanda Donson,Allen Matkins
<br />  	Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-02 amending certain sections of Article XIX (The Transit  Chris Drzyzga,Voit Real Estate Services
<br />  	Zoning Code, Specific Development No. 84, SD-84), as well as PBA's recommended action   Parker Hutchison,Prologis
<br />  	to adopt an ordinance to approve Amendment Application No. 2024-03 amending the zoning   Bassam Jurdi,Washington Capital
<br />  																Arnold Lebrilla,Bank of America
<br />  	by removing the M1 (Light Industrial) and M2 (Heavy Industrial) suffixes from certain   Emily Mandrup,ECM Management
<br />  	properties within the SD-84 zoning district boundary as designated on the City of Santa Ana  Thomas McAndrews,Tlarna Real Estate services
<br />  	Zoning Map (see agenda item 422,April 1, 2025 Santa Ana City Council Meeting Agenda).    Parke Miller,Lincoln Property Company
<br />  																Scott Morehouse,Sheppard Mullin
<br />  	NAIOP SoCal's headquarters is located in the City's historic Lacy neighborhood,within SD-  David Nazaryk,Trammell Crow Company
<br />  																Bob O'Neill,CapRock Partners
<br />  	84's Urban Neighborhood (UN-2) zone. Our office is currently surrounded by a Well-  Lindsey Ensign Olson,Bixby Land Company
<br />  	proportioned balance of residential, industrial and commercial properties. Several NAIOP  Michael Page,Irvine Company
<br />  	SoCal Members are long-term, institutional stakeholders across the City of Santa Ana, while  Jodie Poirier,Colliers International
<br />  	dozens of law-abiding,taxpaying property owners/operators of industrial-oriented uses in the   Rob Gual Walker&Dunlap
<br />  	Logan and Lacy neighborhoods —many of which have been operating over multiple decades  Alison Ramsey,JP Morgan Chase
<br />  																Lisa Reddy,Prologis
<br />  	— are our neighbors and provide valuable goods and services for key segments of our local   David Salisbury,U.S.Bank
<br />  	and regional economy as manufacturers, distributors, warehousing and logistics centers,   Patrick Schlehuber,Rexford Industrial
<br />  	product fulfillment and transportation facilities, metal fabricators and welders, and retailers.   Knit Strasmann,CBRE
<br />  	The owner/operators of industrial-oriented uses in the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods are   Richard Sung,Newmark
<br />    																	Ware Malcomb
<br />   																	,ay Tadisco
<br />  	closely engaged in providing substantial community benefits at no cost to taxpayers. Such  J David disco,Wensley,cox,castle&Nicholson
<br />  	benefits include upgrading streets, sidewalks, and other community infrastructure, funding   Courtney Wing,Newcastle Partners
<br />  	local schools and parks, and boosting the City's property and sales tax revenues. Further,the  YPG Liaison:Nico Napalitano,Cushman&Wakefield
<br />  	property owners and operators of industrial uses in the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods employ
<br />  																National Board
<br />  	hundreds of Santa Ana residents and those of neighboring communities. Hence,the commute       	rci.Liaisons:TJ Bard,serf Management,Inn.
<br />  																Justin McCuske,C.J.
<br />  	to work and home for many Santa Ana and neighboring residents is relatively short, thus    		Segerstrom&Sons
<br />  	limiting the amount of vehicle miles traveled and tailpipe emissions.  				NAIGP SoCal EXECUTIVE STAFF
<br />  																Timothy Jemal,Chief Executive Officer
<br />  	While NAIOP SoCal and its Members are proponents of"Good Neighbor" policies, which  Jose Cornejo,senior Director of Government
<br />  	aim to balance the interests of the City, its residents and property owners and operators, we      	Relations
<br />  																Mihran Toumajan,Government Relations
<br />  	encourage the City Council to be mindful of its industrial stakeholders and refrain from      	Manager
<br />  	removing existing Industrial Overlays M1 (Light Industrial) and M2 (Heavy Industrial) from   Becky Ezell, Director of Administration
<br />  	the Transit ZoningCode SD No. 84 zoning district.       						Shelby Donine,Marketing&Communications
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<br />  																Dianna Xochitiotzi,Coordinator,Programs
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<br /> 				Chapter Office: 918 E. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701   Tel: (714) 550-0309
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