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!y> :1k <br />1%.F T6 <br />Owlwd <br />! i,' <br />Cnxnssrvancy <br />www.0idOrchardConservancy.org <br />1,J <br />January 17, 2014 <br />Dff_1Q=: <br />Mr. Vince Fregoso, AICP <br />Jeannie <br />President <br />Principal Planner <br />Santa Ana Planning & Building Agency <br />Ryan sensiey <br />Vice-President <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Ross Annex <br />PO Box 1988, M -20 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />E -Mail( vfregoso@santa -ana org <br />RE: Sexlinger Farmhouse and Orchard Residential Development <br />Board M .me hers < = <br />Project, Additional Analysis for Response to Comments on the <br />Patrick Mitchell <br />Draft Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2008041172) <br />Moises Plascencia <br />Steve Ray <br />Dear Mr. Fregoso, <br />Nick Spain <br />After reviewing the Additional Analysis for Response to Comments on <br />the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Sexlinger <br />Farmhouse and Orchard Residential Development Project Proposed at <br />1584 East Santa Clara Avenue dated December 19, 2013, The Old <br />Qyrc Miscinn, <br />Orchard Conservancy (Conservancy) continues to oppose the Sexlinger <br />Farmhouse and Orchard Residential Development Project (formerly <br />"To preserve, <br />known as the TAVA Development Company Project, SCH# 2008041172) <br />acquire, restore <br />and manage the <br />as it continues to propose inadequate alternatives for preservation. The <br />Old Orange Orchard <br />following outlines our concerns with regard to the AdditionalAnalysis. <br />located in Santa Ana, <br />California, as an <br />historic, Cultural, <br />The staff's latest alternative to be included in the EIR is referred to as <br />agricultural and <br />the "Historic Preservation Alternative "(HPA). Let's first review what the <br />educational <br />resource foralf° <br />historic designation of the Sexlinger Farmhouse and Orchard is. The <br />June 4, 2012 historic property designation by the City Council, which <br />overturned an earlier decision by the Historic Resources Commission, <br />defined the historic property as the intact family residence and flue -acre <br />orchard. <br />Q n act <br />The distinction between an orchard- residence designation and a <br />(7 14) 296.4642 <br />residence -only determination has all along been a crucial element of the <br />understanding among the Conservancy and city staff. Including the full <br />P. ox <br />landscape of the Sexlinger Orchard Complex as a "Key" historical <br />Sant0. <br />Santa Ana, California <br />92711 -003II <br />www.0idOrchardConservancy.org <br />1,J <br />