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<br />:.!.I <br /> <br />8.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />lie <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1= <br /> <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />SANTA-ANA <br /> <br />.. <br />.. <br /> <br />May 20, 2004 <br /> <br />Honorable Miguel Pulido, Mayor <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />. Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />Subject: One Broadway Plaza <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Pulido: <br /> <br />On May 5, 2004 the Board of Directors for the Historic French Park Association (HFPA) <br />voted to oppose the One Broadway Plaza project. HFPA affirmed this vote a week later <br />on May 13. I have been directed by our Board to çonvey this to you. <br /> <br />, ... <br /> <br />. . <br />.. .. < <br />. . - . . <br />'One Broadway Plaza is a 37-story glass tower. To accommodate the developer, the <br />.City proposes to replace the Midtown Specific Plan with the .One Broadway Plaza <br />District" along that portion of the Broadway Corridor. This change will set a precedent <br />that will undermine future efforts to protect our city from unplanned growth. . <br /> <br />" <br />For over20 years the Historic French Park Association has worked to protect and <br />enhance the quality of life of its residents. We have worked closely with the City on . <br />many important projects that directly affected our neighborhood. We have actively <br />engaged the City on the hard issues of gangs, crime, and traffic as we struggled to <br />, improve our historic neighborhood. This long relationship has benefited both the City <br />and the HFPA, as together we have sought solutions to a number of cOll)plex problems. <br />Happily, we have met many of our mutual goals through this cooperative spirit. . <br /> <br />As a neighborhood, we desire the benefits that thoughtful.. sensitive land use planning <br />can bring. We have strongly supported the City's adopted MidtoWn Specific Plan and its <br />vision for growth along Broadway and Main Street between 10th and 1ih Streets. The <br />Plan is our only tool to protect the historic buildings, height limits and wide setbacks and <br />other features that collectively serve to maintain the beauty and historic character of the <br />Broadway Corridor and the Midtown area. . .' <br /> <br />We have supported attracting businesses and services to the Midtown area that are <br />useful to the nearby neighborhoods. However, we do not support the One Broadway <br /> <br />I . <br />:;;l HISTORIC FRENCH PARK ASSOCIATION, <br />:11 <br /> <br />P.O. 1c5E~7ANTA <br /> <br />ANA, CA 9,2702, WWW.F,RENCHPARK.ORG s: <br />