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BRANDT- HAWLEY LAW GROUP <br />Environment /Preservation <br />Susan Brandt - Hawley Chauvet House PO Box 1659 <br />Glen Ellen, California 95442 <br />June 4, 2010 <br />Mayor Miguel A. Pulido <br />and Members of the Santa Ana City Council <br />councilCa)santa- ana.org <br />Subject: Transit Zoning Code and Station District Development <br />Dear Mayor Pulido and City Councilmembers: <br />Letter BHLG <br />Legal Assistant <br />Jeanie Stapleton <br />On behalf of the Friends of the Lacy Historic Neighborhood, I respectfully ask <br />the Council to reject the needless demolitions proposed by the Station District <br />Development. Understanding the importance of community revitalization, the BHLG -1 <br />Friends urge the Council to consider whether laudatory project objectives can be <br />feasibly achieved without demolition of unique historic properties. Yes, they can. <br />Friends is a public interest group formed in November 2009 and devoted to <br />the appreciation, preservation, and adaptive reuse of the aesthetic, historic, and <br />cultural resources of Santa Ana's Lacy Neighborhood. The Friends retained this <br />office because our statewide law practice focuses on citizen enforcement of the <br />California Environmental Quality Act, particularly involving historic resources. The <br />many CEQA cases we have handled over the last twenty -five years include published <br />appellate and Supreme Court decisions in Friends of Sierra Madre v. City of Sierra <br />Madre, Lincoln Place Tenants Association v. City of Los Angeles, The Pocket Protectors <br />v. City of Sacramento, Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose, Friends of the <br />Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, Architectural Heritage Association v. <br />County of Monterey, League for Protection v. City of Oakland, Galante Vineyards v. <br />Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, Stanislaus Natural Heritage Project <br />v. County of Stanislaus, and Sierra Club v. County of Sonoma. <br />BHLG -2 <br />As you may recall, when the City approved demolition contracts in the Lacy <br />Neighborhood last year, the Friends filed suit based on violations of CEQA. (Santa BHLG -3 <br />Ana Superior Court Case 30 -2009 00321561- CU- WM -CMX.) The Friends were <br />appreciative that the City Council responded to the lawsuit by rescinding the <br />707.938.3900 - fax 707.938.3200 1> susanbhO2reservationlawyers.com <br />