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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - NON-AGENDACity Council Meeting Correspondence 9/3/2019 PUBLIC COMMENT Non - Agenda Date of Name Correspondence 1 8/28/2019 Nancy Eldred 2 8/23/2019 Tara Franklin Representative of FSB Core Strategies Santa Ana Resident 3 8/23/2019 Janice Grajeda-Golden Santa Ana Resident In Favor In Opposition Comment of RA*. of RA.* Yes Yes Yes 4 9/4/2019 Camillia Sornstein Santa Ana Resident Yes 4 TOTAL: 4 *RA - Recommended Action Wednesday, September 04, 2019 Page 1 of 1 rc Lopez, Kenia From: Nancy Eldred < Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 11:34 AM To: eComment; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Solorio, Jose; Villegas, Juan; Iglesias, Cecilia; Pulido, Miguel Cc: Bill Romanelli Subject: Request for City Council Proclamation/Resolution Attachments: public-safety-initiative-sample-city-resolution.docx Hello! Thanks again for your help on the phone just now and for relaying the E-Comment address - my name is Nancy Eldred — on behalf of the Keep California Safe Coalition, I am writing to ask your assistance in presenting a resolution to the City Council in support of the "Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act of 2020." This initiative, which is already supported by dozens of cities, counties, law enforcement agencies and victims' rights groups, would help improve public safety in California by: • Reclassifying crimes that are currently listed as "non -violent" —including rape of an unconscious person, sex trafficking of a child, and 14 other serious crimes —as "violent" to help prevent the early release of inmates convicted of these crimes, • Reforming the parole system to stop the early release of violent felons, expand parolee oversight, and strengthen penalties for parole violations, • Reforming theft laws to restore accountability for serial thieves and organized theft gangs, and • Expanding DNA collection to include those convicted of drug, theft, domestic violence and other serious crimes to help solve rape, murder and other violent crimes — and to exonerate those wrongly accused. Sample resolution text is attached for convenience. You can also find a list of current coalition supporters here and you can find much more information, fact sheets and other resources on the Keen_California Safe website if you need them. Of course I would also be happy to answer any questions. Thank you very much for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, FUNrl 5PR*GsIl"" Nancy Eldred Account Coordinator F�` 1800 J Street Sacramento, CA 95811 J core strategies www.fsbcorestrategies.com P( Lopez, Kenia From: Barraza, Eric Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 1:08 PM To: Subject: RE: 2525 Main Hello Tara, On behalf of the City Manager and City Council, thank you for sharing your comments with the City. They have been forwarded to the City Council for their review and consideration. For future reference, feel free to send public comments related to items on the agenda directly to eComment@santa- ana.org. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly. Best Regards, Eric Barraza City Manager's Office 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714)640-97881 ebarraza5@santa-ana.org From: Tara Franklin [ Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 1:20 PM To: Pulido, Miguel <MPulido@santa-ana.org> Subject: 2525 Main It saddens me to think that my neighborhood of eleven years is planning to be ruined by the planned development of an apartment building. On average renters now have 3 cars, so that would put one on the street. The Discovery science center is using a lot now as overflow parking. What will happen once this apt. building is built. It will add too many people and cars for our streets. If the office building is rebuilt under current zoning people will go to work with their one car and leave with that car. The times of traffic flow from an office building will not coincide with the times traffic is created by the neighborhood. Rebuilding the office was the developers plan B and the majority of us supported it at his meeting. When asked why he wasn't building the redesigned office building in his slide show he said it wasn't as profitable for him. Really?? An apartment building And all its cars parked on the street will ruin the aesthetic and historical integrity of our quiet neighborhood full of vintage houses with picket fenced yards. It simply doesn't fit! City of Santa Ana please support our historic districts and support our historic homes. I see other historic neighborhoods in which Grand Victorian mansions have been chopped up into apartments. This happens because nobody wants to live next to an apartment building (all the cars on the street and extra traffic) and so they turn their house into an apartment building. If you don't care enough to preserve the historic integrity of our neighborhood by protecting us against such out of place developments, How can l=� you expect us to maintain the historic integrity of our homes? I am sure that if the historic resources commission had been allowed to give their option on the development they would have been against it. Please don't be on the wrong side of history. Vote against rezoning! The apartment building Is simply a horrible idea. Thank you, Park Santiago Resident, Tara Franklin PL Lopez, Kenia From: Barraza, Eric Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 1:35 PM To: Subject: RE: Against 2525 Main Street Development Hello Janice, On behalf of the Mayor and City Council, thank you for sharing your comments with the City. They have been forwarded to the City Council for their review and consideration. For future reference, feel free to send public comments related to items on the agenda directly to eComment@santa- ana.org. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly. Best Regards, Eric Barraza City Manager's Office 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 640-97881 ebarraza5@santa-ana.org -----Original Message ----- From: Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 2:49 PM To: Pulido, Miguel <MPulido@santa-ana.org> Subject: Against 2525 Main Street Development Dear Mayor Pulido, I am writing to you today to consider that Park Santiago , like Floral Park are the last beautiful old Santa Ana neighborhoods that should be respected and protected. The development of more apartment high rises in this area is not needed. Please do not rezone this development for apartment usage. We have enough of those densley packed apartment complexes in Santa Ana, it will bring traffic congestion and crime along with it. I am a homeowner, tax payer, business owner and life long Santa Ana resident. I have seen many things change in Santa Ana but I don't want Park Santiago to be one of them. The quiet,park like quality and charm of this neighborhood would be compromised. We NEED jobs, culture and Art filling this city not traffic, crime and people stacked on top of one another. Please do not let this poorly planned development project be another Santa Ana apartment complex. I oppose developing 2525 Main into an apartment complex and would prefer to see it developed into a business center, or parking for Discovery Science center, maybe even residential homes. With less and less open space in Orange County we need to have Park Santiago and the adjoining creek to Hart Park be a place where people can enjoy Nature. Currently we are loosing a battle to keep our park clean and our Nature center opened. This should be a place for people to enjoy, 0 family and children to gather. We currently have an issue with people camping and living in the park, the last thing we need is an apartment complex built right in the middle of it. Luxury apartments or not. I ask that you consider this. Sincerely, Janice Grajeda-Golden Park Santiago Resident 57 years Sent from my iPhone Lopez, Kenia From: Sent: To: Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Kind Regards, Houston, Nicole Wednesday, September 04, 2019 8:06 AM eComment FW: 2525 North Main Street Project Follow up Flagged Nicole Houston [ Executive Assistant City Manager's Offices nhoustonftsanta-ana.org 714.647.5200 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701 2 0 2 0 A SANTA ANA COUNTS This email and any files or attachments transmitted with it may contain privileged or otherwise confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or believe that you may have received this communication in error, please advise the sender via reply email and immediately delete the email you received. From: C Sornstein [ Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2019 4:19 PM To: Pulido, Miguel <MPulido@santa-ana.org> Subject: 2525 North Main Street Project Dear Mayor Pulido: I am writing as a resident of Park Santiago who is very concerned about the 2525 North Main Street Project. I've gone to the City Council meetings as well as the Planning Commission meetings regarding this matter. First, I want to say that when we went to the "Sunshine" meeting at The Discovery Center, the director of marketing told us that we (these were his words) "should get over ourselves because this project was going through no matter what and we just needed to accept it". It was at that point I was convinced that agreements were made with city officials way before this investment company bought the property. Because let's face it, no company would buy a piece of property, not zoned for apartments for A LOT OF MONEY, if they hadn't been promised the rezoning. We know this company has promised lots of "stuff' for the residents of Park Santiago and we know that the city council believes this will only REALLY impact the 11 houses behind the development. However again, this is not true. Have you driven this section of Main Street at the morning and evening rush hours? This will be a catastrophe of cars trying to get on and off the freeways. AND knowing human nature, they will not wait but will drive through our neighborhood to get different access to the freeways. We have an Elementary school in our neighborhood on Santa Clara ... you don't think this is going to cause any problems with fast and high -volume traffic when parents or busses are dropping off kids? Plus, again knowing human nature, if the apartment residents can only turn left on Main Street to get to the freeways, they will park on our streets. Second, the development company has amended their original plan from nearly 500 apartments and 9 stories, making it sound like they are trying to be respectful of our neighborhood but, they are not. Theyjust want to rezone this property by any means necessary so they can recoup their investment as quickly as possible. Take a look at the plans ... the distance from the apartment complex to the brick wall of the neighbors is 90'. Does that sound like a lot to you? Here's the prospective - this is the same distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate. Not very far, is it? Can you imagine living that close to a building which looks over your backyard??? Probably not ... but hey, you don't have to. Remember you are setting precedent. When another developer or the same one wants to build on Broadway which backs up to the houses in Floral Park, what is the City Council going to do then? There are no developments of this density in Santa Ana that backs up to single family housing. Surrounding our neighborhood, the density of a %: mile radius with what complexes exist now and what the city plans for the Main Place Mall will be 1,500+ apartments once completed. Isn't the city gaining enough general fund revenue from these approved projects? A planning commissioner said he voted for the development because it would generate another 3M in funds. When is enough, enough at the expense of the taxpayer? This is NOT about only our neighborhood; this is about the density of Santa Ana and the lifestyle that high density living creates. It's transient! Apartment dwellers do not make a difference in a community, homeowners make the difference. We pay property tax, we start businesses, we write our City Council members, we start neighborhood watches. Do not rezone this property. It's just not good for Santa Ana! Camillia Sornstein