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� DONATE NOW <br />SANTA ANA <br />Santa Ana City Council Set to <br />Vote Today on Controversial <br />Apartments Proposal <br />JULfE LEOPO, Voice ofOC <br />Lawn signs in Park Santiago neighborhood <br />in Santa Ana. <br />ByBRANDON PHO(HTTPsr//VOICEOFOC.ORG/AUTHOR/BPHO/) <br />I hour ago <br />Santa Ana City Council members today will decide the fate of a controversial apartmenr <br />complex proposal, one that's mobilized the opposition of nearby homeowners, who say the <br />project is still too large to move forward despite much downscaling by the developer. <br />Today's vote comes after more than two years of protests and uncertainty among city <br />officials and residents surrounding the project, which oromotad numerous revisions <br />(hugs://voicwfm org 2019/08/Dromsed-aRmmenu-in-north-sans-ana-stiR-onDosed-bv.residents-despire- <br />sgdsi to it by developer Ryan Ogulnick and his team at Vineyards Development Corp. <br />Over the last two years, Oguhtick has shrunk the scale of the planned building at 2525 N. <br />Main St. — located in the city's Park Santiago neighborhood — from an early iteration of <br />more than 500 proposed apartments to now 256 apartments. Ogulnick at community <br />meetings and in previous statements to Voice of OC has said his company has never <br />downsized a project to this extent before. <br />"The developer has made some concessions," said City Councilwoman Ceci Iglesias in a <br />phone interview. "The concerns residents have cxpressed, according to the information we <br />received from staff, have been addressed." <br />https://volcoofoc.org/2019/11/santa-ana-city-council-set-to...m=email&utm term=O_6100bOe74b-069cBOBf74-279679229 11119/19, 8:26 AM <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />