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.~ ~ AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. Feb. 26, 2007 City of Santa Ana Planning Commission 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92702 Re: HD Supply variance request 07-O1 3rd letter this date, additional parking related issue -lack of parking allowance for day laborer accommodations To the members of the Planning Commission: According to information provided by HD Supply, within their request for variance, from page 6 of the parking study: "Another unique factor observed at these Contractors' Warehouse parking lots was the activity of day laborers. Both stores attracted day laborers who generally stand around the entrance of the parking lot waiting for possible work from a contractor visiting the store. Some of the day laborers drive to the stare and park their cars there, but most carpool or are dropped off at the store by someone else. At the Montebello store, those day laborers who parked there used one of the areas most utilised by Contractors' Warehouse customers, as opposed to using the parking that is farthest from the entrance. In contrast, day laborers parked in the parking area farthest from the entrance along the street at the Pomona store. Additional day laborer activity includes an office trailer that is setup an the edge of the Pomona parking lot that offers assistance to the day laborers. Also, a catering service arrived and parked their truck and food-trailer in the parking lot of the Montebello store, serving food primarily to the day laborers. This catering service apparently operates six days a week from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM." HDS has not allowed for facilities to accommodate day laborers or catering trucks in their parking analysis. Thus reducing further their inadequate, according to Code, allowances for off-street parking. I therefore request that the Planning commission deny the HD Supply request for variance no. 07-01. Respectfully submitted, Ci~Z~-G ~~ Mike Tardif Page 8 of 43 412 N. Santa Fe St., Santa Ana, CA 92701-4907 4 Ph~~ (j14~~-7135 • Fax: (714) 547-4221 f State Lic. #247615