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From:Soto, Ricardo To:bobi keenan Cc:Bernal, Sarah Subject:RE: 919 N. Lowell - Mills Act Application & Application to be added to Santa Ana Historic Register Date:Monday, March 19, 2018 2:26:46 PM Hello Bobi, Thank you for your email. It will be forwarded to the Historic Resource Commissioners. Regards, Ricardo Soto City of Santa Ana | Planning Division Rsoto@santa-ana.org Phone (714) 667-2793 Fax (714) 973-1461 santa-ana.org/pba/planning From: bobi keenan [mailto:fosca94@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 1:34 PM To: Soto, Ricardo Subject: 919 N. Lowell - Mills Act Application & Application to be added to Santa Ana Historic Register Dear Mr. Soto, I am responding to the notice I received in the mail about the Public Hearing on March 22 to consider the application for the property at 919 N. Lowell Street to be granted a Mills Act contract and to be placed on the Santa Ana Register of Historic Places. I am not able to attend that meeting, but I want to express my views about this issue. As a resident of Santa Ana and the neighborhood of Washington Square where this property is located, I fully and heartily support granting these applications! As a homeowner here my, and my neighbor's, property values are increased by the preservation of other homes in my neighborhood...and so is our quality of life. It makes it an attractive place to live and it attracts people who share these values of preserving the historic character of neighborhoods in our City. I feel strongly that we need to support preserving and maintaining the buildings in Santa Ana, especially the homes, that have a historic character. Indeed, I think they are a treasure for our City. In the 26 years that I have lived here, I have seen many beautiful, historic homes and bulidings fall to the wrecking ball and I think that our City is poorer because of it. I have also watched, with some horror, as property owners have modified their homes and