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JF*W��� <br />I MacArthur Plata A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br />Sulte 20D INCLUDING PROFEMONAL CORPORATIONS <br />Santa Ana, CalIfomia 92707 <br />Phone; 714;852.6000 <br />Fax; 714.852.6899 <br />x .AWmedolm&oan <br />Keith E. McCullough <br />(714) 852.6800 <br />kmccullough@AlvaMdoSmhh.com <br />November 13, 2014 <br />VIA OVERNIGHT DELIVERY <br />County of Orange Board of Supervisors <br />Hon. Shawn Nelson, Chair <br />Hon, Patricia C. Bates, Vice Chair <br />Hon. Janet Nguyen, First District <br />Hon John M.W. Moorlach, Second District <br />Hon, Todd Spitzer, Third District <br />Attn: Clerk of the Board <br />333 W. Santa Ana Blvd. <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 . <br />Los Angeles <br />213.229,2400 <br />San Francisco <br />416.624.8666 <br />Raymond 0. Alvarado, <br />1936 -2014 <br />Re: 1300 NORMANDY PROPERTIES, LLC V. COUNTY OF ORANGE: CEQA <br />Petition Addressing Proposed Homeless Shelter at 1217 Normandy Place, Santa <br />Ana, CA <br />Dear Honorable Members of the Board of Supervisors: <br />The acquisition of 1217 E. Normandy Place, Santa Ana is again on the Agenda as No. 8 <br />for your November 18, 2014 meeting. This time the subject on the Agenda Staff Report reads: <br />"Approve Grant Deed for the 1217 E, Normandy Place, Santa Ana Project ". This moniker masks <br />the true purpose of the item. When this item was last before the Board on July 15, 2014, the <br />Agenda Staff Report subject line read: "Acquisition of Year-Round Emergency Shelter and <br />Multi- Service Center Site ". The change in label will not change the true subject matter of the <br />proposal action this Board is requested to undertake on November 18. While Staff has changed <br />the description, nothing about the underlying Purchase and Sale Agreement ( "PSA ") tlhe County <br />has executed with the owner of the property and the structures at 1217 Normandy Place, Santa <br />Ana, CA and its purpose has changed. <br />The Purchase of 1217 Normandy Is For A Homeless Shelter <br />Indeed, the County's proposed project and use of the property subject to the PSA is <br />expressly designated as a "multi- service center and shelter" (See PSA Sections 4(a)(iv) and <br />5(a)(ii)), yet in the Agenda Staff Report for November 18, 2014 Staff identifies the following <br />background: "The County Executive Office, Real Estate was tasked with finding a warehouse <br />location in the city of Santa. Ana ... with the potential to be used for storage, equipment repair, <br />trade shop purposes, and other miscellaneous uses by different County agencies or departments, <br />including as a possible year -round emergency shelter." At the end of page 2 of the Agenda Staff <br />Report the statement of prior action reads: "On July 15, 2014, your honorable Board approved <br />4091186.1 — NISOO,I <br />