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46 # <br />04ift % 10 1p p y^` <br />4f <br />Ale I'hu• <br />Jeannie Gillett <br />President <br />Ryan Bansley <br />Vice - President <br />Patrick Mitchell <br />Moises Plascencia <br />Steve Ray <br />Nick Spain <br />"To preserve, <br />acquire, restore <br />and manage the <br />Old Orange Orchaid <br />located in Santa Ana. <br />California, as an <br />historic, cultural, <br />agricultural and <br />educational <br />resource for all. <br />(7'14)296 -4642 <br />P. O. Box 10038 <br />Santa Ana, California <br />92711 -0038 <br />Con servInCy <br />January 17, 2014 <br />Mr. Vince Fregoso, AICP <br />Principal Planner <br />Santa Ana Planning & Building Agency <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 />Project, Additional Analysis for Response to Comments on the <br />Draft Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2008041172) <br />Dear Mr. Fregoso, <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 />Orchard Conservancy (Conservancy) continues to oppose the Sexlinger <br />Farmhouse and Orchard Residential Development Project (formerly <br />known as the TAVA Development Company Project, SCH# 2008041172) <br />as it continues to propose inadequate alternatives for preservation. The <br />following outlines our concerns with regard to the Additional Analysis. <br />The staff's latest alternative to be included in the EIR is referred to as <br />the "Historic Preservation Alternative "(HPA). Let's first review what the <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 five -acre <br />orchard. <br />The distinction between an orchard - residence designation and a <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 />landscape of the Sexlinger Orchard Complex as a "Key" historical <br />vvvuvv,O4dOrc hard Cons ervancymor <br />T <br />