HomeMy WebLinkAbout1 - PUBLIC COMMENT_HannaFrom:Mitre-Ramirez, Norma
To:Planning Commission Comments
Subject:FW: Public Comment on Regular Hearing agenda Item 1 Central Pointe Project- In support of continuing the
matter
Date:Monday, October 26, 2020 2:46:09 PM
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From: John Hanna <jhanna@swcarpenters.org>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 2:17 PM
To: eComment <ecomment@santa-ana.org>
Subject: Public Comment on Regular Hearing agenda Item 1 Central Pointe Project- In support of
continuing the matter
My name is John Hanna and am writing on behalf of the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
including those members who are residents of the City of Santa Ana.
We urge the Planning Commission to continue this Public Hearing or in the Alternative, begin the
Public Hearing and hear or read public comment tonight but continue the Public Hearing for another
session between 30-60 days from now.
There is much to like about this project in terms of its location and adding new housing stock to the
city. However, certain deficiencies exist which are curable. They are:
1) Providing a public benefit of affordable housing, either as part of the project or providing an
in lieu fee. While the requirements of the Housing Opportunity ordinance are not triggered,
it doesn’t look like staff even broached the subject of some effort by the developer. Staff
pushed back on other areas, including commercial, but not affordable units or some fee,
despite the fact that quality affordable housing is a city priority.
2) Provide some measure of a local skilled and trained workforce. As the economy continues
to slide into a longer and deeper recession, Santa Ana residents are hurting, including many
who have been educated and trained at Santa Ana Unified and Rancho Santiago Community
College District programs. While I’m all for conditions of approval concerning the size and
height of palm trees, providing a good local job for Santa ana residents and graduates of
local school and college districts seems to me something that would fit nicely into a
development agreement.
3) I 15,130 feet enough commercial space? The staff is to be commended for urging the
applicant to increase the commercial component of the project and the applicant did make a
good faith effort to comply with that request, increasing it by 40%. The viability study
however said the area could support up to 21,000 square feet of commercial space . This
part of the city screams for commercial development so that people who will reside in these
units and their neighbors to the north will have something local. More commercial would
decrease the use of longer drives for residents as well as reduce the likelihood that residents
will live in Santa Ana but shop in Tustin.
Respectfully, these issues and perhaps others raised by others, could very well be worked out
with a 30-60 continuance and that is our request.
John R. Hanna
Governmental Affairs/Special Counsel
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
7111 Firestone Blvd.
Buena Park, CA 90621
Office- (714)766-7140
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