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Ocampo, Nuvia <br />From: <br />Ed Murashie <emurashie@att.net> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, August 26, 2024 2:46 PM <br />To: <br />eComments, PBA <br />Subject: <br />August 8, 2024 Hearing Re: Request for Variance at historic "Maharaja" house <br />Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Hello, I am Ed Murashie, Floral Park resident and Historic Resources Vice Chairman. <br />I want to go on record opposing the variance and to share an image. <br />The Maharaja house was built by the Maharaja of Indore, a wealthy Hindu prince, for his five year old daughter as a <br />place to grow up safe. The "palace" was highlighted in the Santa Ana Daily Register dated December 15, 1938. It is the <br />ONLY royal palace built on the United States mainland. It is listed on the Santa Ana Register of Historic Properties as <br />Landmark and the owners benefit from the Mills Act tax savings. It is also featured in the Floral Park National and State <br />Historic District application. <br />In our Historic Resource Commission meetings we talk about the term view corridor. The meeting packet shows <br />conceptual renderings from Santa Clara (side of the house) and from the backyard on page 86 and 87 of 197. But more <br />importantly it does not show from the front of the house. It is this view corridor from the sidewalk in front -left of the <br />house that will shows both the Moderne architectural style and part of Vietnamese pavilion seemingly joined but <br />offset. You can see this on page 84 of the meeting packet and shown below. This is the main reason I oppose the <br />variance. I don't want the grandeur of a royal palace fighting with a Vietnamese pavilion. <br />Best Regards, Ed <br />