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Name: 2 I ! t l Address: Phone: Email: Date: Aug US,\ 23 Re: Oty Council Hearingon August 15, 2023 Objection to Application for Abandonment of certain easement/right of way located at 2383 N. Flower Street, Santa Ana, CA; (Abandonment No. 2023-01); Applicants Colin Donnelly and Carolina La Dear Mayorand City Council: We areresidentsat the above address. We have been residents at said address since We Understand that there has been an Application to Abandon the alleyway located between 2379 and 2383 North Flower Street, Santa Ana, CA, our neighborhood alleyway. We strongly are opposed to the reverting of Bald property as stated on Applicant's application for the following reasons: 1. First, we do not believe there was ever an easement for said alleyway, It is a dedicated roadway We strongly believe that alley is a PUBLIC ROADWAY. Westronglyobjeato the fadthatthe City Of Santa is Intending on GIFTING PUBLIC FUNDS to the Applicants. The alleyway belongs to the People. We are ofhe opinion that glfting of Public funds for free is Illegal. Thevalveofsaid "gift" could possibly be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars taken from our community. 2. We believe the gifing ofsaid land increases the Applicants' property by approximately 1,150 sq. If of prime property In Santa Ana. 3. We object to the fact that our community was not informed properly of the Applicants' application to have the property "reverted" to 2383 North Flower. That property Is a PUBLIC ROADWAY —there is nothing to"revert". We, the people, are deserving of proper Notice. a. We object that the Applicants intend on having a wall built to block the alleyway so no one has access to that public roadway. This is our community; the location of this property is not for individual use. We never agreed to give the propertyto anyone. This alleyway will be closed for Public use should you approve this Application. S. We also object to the fact that our neighbors adjacent to said alleyway on Heliotrope will be restricted and inconvenienced by said closure ofthis alleyway. They do not have driveways, so they must access their garages via the alleyway. Those neighbors have legal rights to full access to thus alleyway. It also creates a dangerous driving condition In that people may have to back up onto Heliotrope If a or is coming down the alley. 6. The residence located at 2379 North Flower will also be greatly Impacted If this "reverting' Is approved. This is not an easement, it Is a dedicated roadway, nothing to "revert". The property owner at 2379 also has rights, as do we. 7. Said alleyway has been therefor 100 years l The Applicants have owned their residence at 2383 N. Flower for 22 months. We love ournelghborhood Justasitis, we do not need to close alleyways for Individuals who have not given thought m our community. 8. Additional verbiage has been added to the legal description of Applionte application. Applicants are claiming the alleyway belongs to them, and thus, want the alleyway "reverted". This NEW languagejust appeared out of nowhere. The City must review, all ORIGINAL maps and records to disprove this claim. 9. We also believe that alley way property was DEDICATED to the City of Santa Ana by prior owners of said land/alleyway In the year 1925, and not as an easement over the Applicants Property at 2383 N. Flower. 10. We are adamant and herewith request that the City of Santa Ana either take the matter off calendar for further review by the City Attorney and/or any other departments needed to establish said ownership of that property or that the City Council abolish all further discussion on this matter and terminate said Application with no further discussion. We preferthe latter. Thank you in advance for your consideration into this matter. We wish to be contacted directly by the City with any decisions made on this Application. Our contract infonnatlon Is noted above. Thank you for your time and your efforts in rejecting this Application. M