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<br />( <br /> <br /> <br />SHEET METAL <br /> <br />AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. <br /> <br />Feb. 26, 2007 <br /> <br />City of Santa Ana Planning Commission <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br /> <br />Re: lID Supply variance request 07-01 <br />3rd letter this date, additional parking related <br />issue - lack of parking allowance for day laborer accommodations <br /> <br />To the members of the Planning Commission: <br /> <br />According to information provided by lID Supply, within their request for variance, from page 6 of the <br />parking study: <br /> <br />"Another unique factor observed at these Contractors' Warehouse parking lots was the activity of day <br />laborers. Both stores attracted day laborers who generally stand around the entrance of the parking <br />lot waiting for pOSSible work from a contractor visiting the store. Some of the day laborers drive to <br />the store and park their cars there, but most carpool or are dropped off at the store by someone else. <br />At the Montebello store, those day laborers who parked there used one of the areas most utilized by <br />Contractors' Warehouse customers, as opposed to using the parking that is farthest from the <br />entrance. In contrast, day laborers parked in the parking area farthest from the entrance along the <br />street at the Pomona store. Additional day laborer activity includes an office trailer that is setup on <br />the edge of the Pomona parking lot that offers assistance to the day laborers. Also, a catering service <br />arrived and parked their truck and food-trailer in the parking lot of the Montebello store, serving <br />food primarily to the day laborers. This catering service apparently operates six days a week from <br />12:30 PM to 4:30 PM." <br /> <br />HDS has not allowed for facilities to accommodate day laborers or catering trucks in their parking <br />analysis. Thus reducing further their inadequate, according to Code, allowances for off-street parking. <br /> <br />I therefore request that the Planning commission deny the HD Supply request for variance no. 07-01. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />~ToJ/ <br /> <br />Mike Tardif <br /> <br />Page 8 of 43 <br /> <br />412 N. Santa Fe St., Santa Ana, CA 92701-4907 . Ph~1 ~~lfg-7135 . Fax: (714) 547-4221. State Lic. #247615 <br />