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From:Karyn Igar <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Planning Commission <br />Date:Sunday, November 25, 2018 10:02:08 PM <br />Dear Planning Commissioners- thank you for changing the 2525 N. Main Street development <br />EIR to a work-study item rather than an action item in the November 26, 2018 agenda. The <br />minimum 10 days to review the proposed Final EIR from release to the meeting date was a <br />ridiculous expectation of you and for the affected residents, especially over the Thanksgiving <br />holiday. During the work-study session, I sincerely hope you discuss the proposed project <br />density of 84 dwelling units per acre adjacent to Park Santiago, a single-family residential <br />neighborhood of 7 dwelling units per acre with unique homes built before the tract-house era <br />started. Park Santiago is a real gem of a neighborhood with many homes on the historic <br />register. It makes no sense to have an adjacent development that is 12 times as dense, with <br />five-story housing buildings and a nine-story parking structure. There is no precedent <br />anywhere else in Santa Ana to build such a dense housing project adjacent to a single-family <br />residential neighborhood. Please ask staff to provide density comparisons for new multifamily <br />housing adjacent to single-family residential neighborhoods with historic homes, and set a <br />reasonable limit for density that will preserve the character of Santa Ana's older, unique <br />neighborhoods. <br />In addition to the density issue, the Final EIR still seems to include "Option C" which is access <br />to the 2525 N. Main parking garage from Edgewood, the north entrance to the Park Santiago <br />neighborhood. If OPtion C access from Edgewood is allowed, this would certainly increase <br />through traffic is the neighborhood and threaten the safety of the residents. The City has <br />already had to close Santiago Boulevard at the park to prevent through-traffic, and add speed <br />bumps in Santiago to keep existing traffic at reasonable residential speeds. This is a real issue <br />that the City and the residents of Park Santiago are already experiencing, even before <br />hundreds of apartments are constructed. Safety, previous traffic mitigations, and common <br />sense call for deleting Option C from the Final EIR. <br />Thank you for your consideration, <br />Karyn Igar <br />Resident of Santa Ana and Park Santiago