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DIANE FURTADO FRADKIN <br />2402 OAKMONT AVE <br />SANTA ANA, CA 92706 <br />(li iefracikiirC ti()tiiiail.cox <br />December 2, 2021 <br />Santa Ana City Council <br />City of Santa Ana <br />PO Box 1988 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />RE: 2021 General Plan Update and Program ElR <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council: <br />At the meeting on December 7, 2021, 1 would recommend that you direct Planning Staff <br />to make the following revisions to the General Plan Update/Land Use Element: <br />Designate the properties (Medical Arts & Shopping Center) at the Northwest <br />Corner of 17#h Street and Grand Ave as a Specific Plan area; the Specific Plan <br />would include a park component known as the "Grand Park" with surrounding <br />retail/commercial uses (think of cafes, bike rentals, coffee shops, boutiques, <br />weekly farmer's market, etc) along with Garden Style Apartments (2 story), Town <br />Homes (2 and 3 stories), Urban Neighborhood Low (UN-20) 3 stories; Urban <br />Neighborhood Medium (UN-30) 4 stories and along the frontage area closest to <br />the intersection of 171h and Grand Ave, Urban Medium High (UN-40) 5 stories <br />with retail/commercial on the ground floor and residential for the 4 stories above. <br />Designate the corridor along Grand Ave north of 171h Street specifically a <br />combination of Garden Style Apartments (2 story), Town Homes (2 and 3 <br />stories), Urban Neighborhood Low (UN-20) 3 stories and Urban Neighborhood <br />Medium (UN-30) 4 stories along with a retail/commercial component on the <br />ground floor for 40% of the buildings. This provides for more variety of <br />development than just the same Urban Neighborhood Medium (UN-30) 4 story <br />development along this corridor. <br />• Any area that is adjacent to Single Family Residential should only be allowed to <br />have 2 stories abutting SFR along with a 40 foot setback ... this specific language <br />should be included in all residential development zoning and land use definitions. <br />Open Space and Park Space need to be a priority for this General Plan Update; <br />I would recormend that the calculation be applied for all the General Plan <br />Update Areas in order to provide the much needed City deficient Park Space <br />