Item 24 - Public Hearing - Amendments to the Transit Zoning Code

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Comment #4 Zuniga, Diana From: notify=proudcity.com@getproudcity.com on behalf of Peter Loamkin < notify@ proudcity.com > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2025 11:35 AM To: !City Clerk Subject: New submission from City Clerk's Office Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Name Peter Loamkin Email hplmechanical(cDhotmail.com Message Please see the attached letter below regarding the proposed SD-84 Area - Transit Zoning Code Rezoning that is coming before the city council at the May 6th meeting. I have already sent this to each of the council members and the Mayor using the document up load feature located on the "Contact" city council webpage. I am sending this to you so that it would be entered/recorded as received in the meeting minutes. Since there is no document upload feature on this page, I pasted the letter below. Thank you. 5/5/25 City of Santa Ana Re: Proposed SD-84 Area - Transit Zoning Code Rezoning Dear Council Member, I am opposed to and ask that you vote against the approval of the proposed SD-84 Area - Transit Zoning Code Rezoning that is to come up before the city council on May 6th. Having both a residence and an industrial zoned property in the Logan district, I am opposed to the rezoning effort being made in the area. After discussing the rezoning changes the city intends to make with numerous neighbors around my home and industrial property, it has become clear to me that there is no desire let alone push for these changes by most of the Logan Street residence owners. It is clear that there is a push for this only by a few outspoken, well-connected and rewarded neighborhood activists who reside in and outside of the neighborhood. These activists have spoken to my neighbors and made it known that they hate the existence of the industrial properties located in the neighborhood and intend to rid "their" neighborhood of all the businesses. As I mentioned, most neighbors around me are quite content living and interacting with the presence of business properties near them and have done so for many decades. My family and I have spent 50 years of our lives living and working in the Logan neighborhood. As I stated at the Planning Commission meetings in the past, I consider my neighbors on Logan Street near my home and business as good friends, many as part of our extended family. This rezoning change being made by the city is simply a means of accomplishing a city desire/goal of changing the neighborhood into something in line with the long-term beautification of the train station to downtown areas. I understand that desire to beautify the area. However, forcing a change to the zoning will only negatively harm the property values and businesses of all industrial properties located within the proposed zone. Properties that have been owned by families for generations. Further, passage of this rezoning code will also cause great damage to the finances and resource capital of the ongoing businesses, impacting the livelihoods of many people who live in Santa Ana and are dependent on those businesses. This kind of financial damage brought on by the taking of property, property value, and or limiting the property's' use after that property has been established and in use as previously determined and agreed upon by the City of Santa Ana, directly or indirectly, is unconstitutional.