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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE -11BSalas, Diana From: BA North <banorth@ualocal582.org> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2020 9:14 AM To: eComment Cc: Ernesto Medrano; LuisAndres Perez; UALoca1582 Manager Subject: 11 B Adopt One Broadway Plaza "Public Comment" PLEASE READ ALOUD DURING PUBLIC HEARING.. To all Santa Ana City Council. My name is Henry Hillebrecht (Business Agent for Plumbers and Steam Fitters Union Local 582) and an Orange County resident (City of Orange) for 52 years. I currently have two kids enrolled in two Santa Ana Schools, Mater Dei and OCHSA). I am in Santa Ana almost every day. I also worked in Santa Ana for 11 years at Pacific Plumbing of Santa Ana at 615 Washington. I am asking the Council to move forward on the approval of the One Broadway Plaza, it would be a great sign of moving forward out of these very hard times that the COVID19 has brought to our country. I think that Mr. Harrah has the City of Santa Ana in his best interest as you can see how he has helped Santa Ana come back into the spotlight of the county. I love driving down Broadway looking at all of the restaurants and shops that were thriving (before COVIDI9) and people walking all over going in and out of all the businesses. This area has made a huge comeback and also Orange County High School of the Arts is blooming and getting bigger and more and more students every year and the buildings they are buying fixing up has helped make Main Street so much more attractable for other businesses to move into. That is why I believe 100% that the One Broadway Plaza will be so beneficial for this area creating thousands of middle class jobs for everyone. With the committed PLA, this will put many of our Union Brothers and Sisters to work with Local Hire and Veterans Helmets to hard Hats job opportunities. These are good paying jobs, and not just a job, but a career with the Trades that includes great insurance and retirement. I hope you find it in your hearts to move forward with One Broadway Plaza, I think this will be a huge benefit to the City of Santa Ana and Orange County. Thank you for your time. Henry Hillebrecht Business Agent Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 582 1916 W. Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92868 Office: 714-978-0582 Fax: 714-978-1582 Cell: 949-433-8738 Salas, Diana From: Rudy Rodriguez <rudy.rodriguez@ua250.org> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2020 2:08 PM To: eComment Subject: One Broadway Plaza Building 37 Story Good evening this is : Rudy Rodriguez Political Chairman Local 250 Steamfitters -Refrigeration Los Angeles When I see the 37 story at One Broadway Plaza Building I see a win -win situation not just for the city, but for the Building Trades members who live in the city With this PLA, the Local Hire is paramount. To be able to work on this project in your own neighborhood . To say proudly years later, I worked on that building . To have skilled journeymen from all trades. Apprentices learning from the very best, it doesn't get any better than that I say proudly I am 100% behind this project . Sent from my iPhone 2. Orozco, Norma From: Jeff Dickman <dickmanaj@att.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 1:21 PM To: eComment; Iglesias, Cecilia Subject: Second Reading for One Broadway Plaza - Item 11 B on the Consent Calendar portion of the City Council Agenda for May 5, 2020 My name is Jeff Dickman, and I reside at 1218 N French Street in the French Park neighhorhood. My comments pertain to Consent Calendar Item IIB. I DO NOT support the Second Reading for the One Broadway Plaza Project. Dear Councilwoman Iglesias; Thank you again for standing up for the many neighborhoods which surround the One Broadway Plaza office tower project site. You were the only Councilmember to request a delay to convert 19 floors of office space to high density apartments. The purpose for the delay is to allow time for the City, and its residents, to consider mitigations for an array of impacts from One Broadway Plaza on the health and safety of residents living in the Logan, Downtown, French Court, French Park, Lacy, Willard, Washington Square and Floral Park neighborhoods. As renters, and owners, we again ask for your help to pull Consent Item 11 B (the second reading), from Consent Calendar Item 10A, the Minutes from the Regular Meeting of April 21, 2020 of the City Council, for discussion purposes (see below). The community was disappointed that City Council approved significant changes to OBP. These changes will result in far more impacts on the aforementioned neighborhoods, and on Main Street, Broadway, and other streets and neighborhoods, than impacts from the 2525 N. Main Street apartment project. Please consider this request (and the concerns and remedies described below) on behalf of the thousands of residents who desire safer, and quieter neighborhoods. Yours truly, Jeff Dickman 1218 N. French Street 714 240 0883 COMMUNITY CONCERNS Concern #1. Community wants One Broadway Plaza to include Affordable Housing City Council agreed to allow the Developer to pay a fee instead of building the required affordable apartment units. Apartment units, which would have been available to those in need, will now become market -rate apartments. The burden to construct OBP's affordable apartments would become the responsibility of the City. City Council's action insures that affordable -rate apartment units, and the people who would have lived in those units, are removed, and effectively segregated from the OBP project. Request #1: Developer to construct his affordable apartment units on -site, to insure the project is not income -segregated 3 Concern #2. Community want One Broadway Plaza to prepare a new Development Agreement (DA) The City Council did not recommend the project prepare a new DA. Development Agreements protect parties, specifically concerning duties, performance and timing. DA's may include project -contributed community benefits like insuring a developer construct on -site affordable housing, provides park land, and expands traffic mitigations. Request #2: Developer to prepare a new DA to include, but not be limited to, community benefits, roles and responsibilities to fund, design and/or implement those benefits, including performance timing, remedies, and fines if either party does not meet specific goals and or deadlines. Concern #3. Community want One Broadway Plaza to prepare a new Environmental Impact Report (an EIR), and to conduct additional Traffic Studies. The City Council did not recommend OBP prepare a new EIR, or prepare new traffic studies. Instead the PC was satisfied that traffic assumptions in the 2003 EIR were sufficient. Because the 2003 EIR does not address traffic impacts from over a dozen newly -approved or anticipated apartment projects near OBP, this all but insures Main Street, Broadway, Washington, Civic Center, Seventeenth, and streets in at least six adjoining neighborhoods, will be negatively impacted for decades into the future. Request #3: Developer to prepare a new Environmental Impact Report, to address traffic impacts from other recently approved, and anticipated development projects, which surround One Broadway Plaza. Concern #4. Community sought Additional Traffic Protections for the Logan, Lacy, Downtown, and Willard Neighborhoods The City Council recommended only the Logan neighborhood receive traffic protections, leaving Lacy, Downtown, and Willard neighborhoods without these benefits. Request #4: Developer to include Lacy, Downtown, and Willard to the list of neighborhoods to receive traffic mitigation protections as part of his project. Concern #5. Community requested an Increase in Traffic Mitigation Fees for neighborhoods previously identified to receive these benefits as described in the expired 2003 Development Agreement. The City Council agreed with staffs recommendation to increase the original traffic mitigation fee (approved in 2003) from $200,000 per neighborhood to $300,000 per neighborhood. Although the increase appears substantial, the extra $100,000 may not even account for inflation, and would not significantly contribute to the design or construction of much - needed neighborhood traffic mitigations. The City Council also failed to address a timeline to plan, design and construct these improvements. Request #5: Developer to: • Increase individual neighborhood traffic mitigation fees from $200,000 to at least $500,000 • Create a timeline when the Developer will plan, design and build these improvements * Include Traffic Mitigation Fees as part of a new Development Agreement * Developer and City will work directly with each of the impacted neighborhoods separately, and together, to prepare an inter -related Traffic Mitigation Plan Concern #6. Community asked that Park Development Fees for OBP remain within the impacted neighborhoods. The City Council agreed, and recommended that park development fees be available for use in the impacted neighborhoods. Unfortunately the City Council did not address where and how these dollars will be spent. Request #6: Development Agreement to include the required park fees, and also discuss where and how these park fees are used. This insures the Developer pays the required park fees, and also that City and Developer work with the affected neighborhoods to identify important community -sought park projects. We ask for your and the City Council's help to delay the One Broadway Plaza until: *After the November General Election, when a new City Council is seated * The project is evaluated in light of the Comprehensive Update of the City's General Plan, and * In consideration of Council's decision to over -turn its past approval of 2525 N. Main Street, a similar, but much smaller project. Thank you, Jeff Dickman 714 240 0883 Salas, Diana From: Ellen Koldewey <mrskold@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2020 6:54 PM To: eComment; Iglesias, Cecilia Cc: Pulido, Miguel; Villegas, Juan; Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Bacerra, Phil; Solorio, Jose Subject: Consent Calendar Item Second Reading/Ordinances: 11(B) (One Broadway Plaza(OBP) - Please Pull from Consent Calendar and Vote against Approval without Additional Review and Discussion with City Residents Greetings Mayor and Council Members, I am Mrs. Ellen Koldewey, a resident of the Floral Park neighborhood. I oppose the adoption of Consent Calendar Second Reading/Ordinance Item 11B approving the zoning amendment to One Broadway Plaza (OBP). At the first reading on 4-21-20 only Council Member Iglesias voted to delay approval of this ordinance. For the record I am forwarding my 5-4-20 letter to Council Member Iglesias asking for her continued help regarding this agenda item. From: Ellen Koldewey <mrskold@yahoo.com> Date: May 4, 2020 at 5:38:03 PM PDT To: Ward 6 - Ceci Iglesias <CIglesias@santa-ana.org> Subject: Consent Calendar Item Second Reading/Ordinances: 11(B) (One Broadway Plaza(OBP) - Please Pull from Consent Calendar and Vote against Approval without Additional Review and Discussion with City Residents Greetings Ms. Iglesias, First of all, I would like to thank you for voting against immediate approval of the zoning amendment for One Broadway Plaza (OBP) at the first reading of the ordinance at the last Council Meeting. I agree that City residents should be given a greater opportunity to be heard and a more thorough review be made before the final decision is made on this massive project. Next, I request that at the second reading of the OBP ordinance at the City Council meeting tomorrow you pull the matter from the consent calendar so that there can be continued discussion. This is not the same project that 56% of the voters approved by referendum in 2005. OBP is now a high density residential development rather than a commercial complex. That is a signficant change. Even if the City has decided that another voter referendum is not required to approve this major change in the complex, surely it is in the City's best interest to at least make the effort and take the time to really listen to the City's residents, assess current problems resulting from the change in plans, and ensure that the promises made by the developer are put into an enforceable document such as a Development Agreement (DA). 11 Finally, I ask that you disregard the City staff's recommended action and vote again against giving final approval of this zoning amendment ordinance until concerned residents can be heard, a thorough review can be made, and enforceable agreements can be reached with the developer. Alternatively, Council could make their approval contingent on negotiating a new DAL I have included below a copy of the agenda item for your convenience Thank you for championing all of the residents of our City. With respect, Mrs. Ellen Koldewey Santa Ana CA 92706 CONSENT CALENDAR/SECOND READING ORDINANCES 11 B.ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE Cll OF SANTA ANA APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SPECIFI DEVELOPMENT NO. 75 (SD-75) TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES AND TO APPRO� RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE ONE BROADWAY PLAZA MIXEI USE DEVELOPMENT AT 1109 NORTH BROADWAY —Planning and Building Agency - Plac( on first reading at the April 21, 2020 City Council meeting and approved by a vote of 6-1 (Iglesil dissented). Published in the Orange County Reporter on April 24, 2020. STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION. Place ordinance on second reading and adopt. q Salas, Diana From: Paul Moreno <Paul@ironworkers433.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 12:45 PM To: eComment Subject: One Broadway Plaza Item 11 B "PUBLIC COMMENT" - Please read aloud during public hearing Hello my name is Paul Moreno and a Business Agent for Ironworkers Local 433. We strongly urge the approval of this project for our Members who reside in Santa Ana and also our neighboring communities. This project will allow our membership to work within their own community and be part of building a iconic project for the City and its residents. It will also provide at least 3000 high wage - high skilled construction jobs and these jobs will have a multiplier effect on other jobs. Furthermore there will be Career opportunities for Santa Ana residents to become working members of the Building Trades thru Apprenticeship and local hire provisions. There's NO BETTER time than now to approve this project and get the local economy back on its feet. Thank You for your time and consideration. Paul Moreno Business Agent Ironworkers Local 433 17495 Hurley Street City of Industry, Ca 91744 909-841-5438 cell 626-964-2500 office 626-964-1754 fax paul@ironworkers433.org Orozco, Norma From: Doug Robbins <doug.robbins@dc36.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 2:23 PM To: eComment Cc: Mark Bartlett; Billy Campana; Ernesto Toscano; Gyovany Lopez, Claudia Saathoff Subject: One Broadway Plaza- PUBLIC COMMENT- PLEASE READ ALOUD DURING PUBLIC HEARING Hello, My name is Doug Robbins I am a Business Representative for the Painters and Allied Trades. I represent around 10,000 members in the Painting, Drywall Finishing, Glazing and Floor Covering Industry. We have many Members that are very excited about having an opportunity to work in the City where they live. The proposed PLA on this project will make that possible. Having Local hire on this Project will have a multiplier effect on Santa Ana's local economy and tax base. These workers will spend their hard earned cash at Local establishments, as opposed to an out of town worker who will go home to where he lives and spend his dollars there. This will also provide Apprenticeship opportunities for local residents as well as the Helmets to Hardhats Program which Prioritizes Veterans job opportunities. At the last Santa Ana Council Meeting and there were a lot of discussion about Economic shortfalls for the City due to Covid 19. This project could help to Kick start Santa Ana's economy as stay at home restrictions begin to be lifted. I strongly urge you to support the One Broadway Plaza Project! Thank You, Douglas7Ro66ins Local 1136 Business Representative Painters & Allied Trades DC 36 1155 Corporate Center Drive Monterey Park, Ca 91754 626-548-1475 doue.robbins(d)dc36.ore Orozco, Norma From: Ernesto Medrano <emedrano@laocbuildingtrades.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 3:12 PM To: eComment Subject: One Broadway Plaza Attachments: Public Comment - Santa Ana.pdf Good afternoon, This shall serve as a public comment addressed to the City Council regarding agenda item 11B at tonight's Council meeting. I am writing to express support for this item. I want to thank the City Council for its wisdom, foresight, innovativeness and courage in voting in support of the One Broadway Plaza at the last City Council meeting. I, on behalf of the hard working men and women of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, urge unanimous and final support for this project. As my attached letter references the importance of this project to Santa Ana's future. A greener option, housing with affordability, a pathway for career employment opportunities for our apprenticeship readiness classes at Santa Ana College and the Santa Ana Unified School District, Local and Veteran hire provisions in the construction of the project, a historic building comparable to none in the County are all great reasons to move forward. We read every day in the newspapers how we now have 3.7 million of Californians applying for unemployment assistance due to the current crisis. This is a total of 20% unemployment which is comparable to the depression during the 1930's. This project will enable Santa Ana to be ahead of the curve as Orange County starts a responsible re opening of its economy. The jobs created shall be important to our local economy. Again, we wholeheartedly urge final approval of this project so that construction can start as soon as possible and our members can don their hardhats, work boots and tool belts and start to work. Thank you! ERNESTO MEDRANO, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE LAIOC Building and Construction Trades Council ly N. 1626 Beverly Boulevard t Los Angeles, CA 90026 as M 714 651-7273 T: 213-483-4222 F: 213-483-4419 E: emedrano((Dlaocbuildingtrades.org This email and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies. I Los Angeles / Orange Counties 1626 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026-5784 Building and Construction Phone (213) 483-4222 w. l (714) 827-6791 Trades Council Fax (213) 483-4419 Affiliated with the Building & Construction Trades Depc, AFL-CIO 601S�o RON MILLER Executive Secretary PUBLIC COMMENT - PLEASE READ ALOUD DURING PUBLIC HEARING Good evening Mr. Mayor and members of the City Council, My name is Ernesto Medrano and I am the Orange County Representative for the Los Angeles and Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council. We represent 140,000 hard working men and women from our 49 affiliated Trade Organizations. We are writing to urge the City Council to support the One Broadway Plaza Project in Santa Ana. This Project has been in the works for about 2 decades and there is no better time for it to be approved but the present. The historic project will create about 3000 high wage -high skilled construction jobs and these jobs have a significant multiplier effect on other jobs in the area. This Project will be the county's tallest (37 stories), safest and greenest building, emerging as the flagship for Downtown Santa Ana and all of central Orange County. The Building Trades Council are in talks with Mr. Mike Harrah, the Developer, to achieve a Project Labor Agreement that can provide the project with a skilled and trained workforce, strong safety enhancements for the construction workers and diminish the liability for Contractors. The Project will provide middle class opportunities for Santa Ana and other Orange County residents through our all of our Affiliated Trades Joint Labor Management Apprenticeship Programs. It will also provide a robust local hire for Santa Ana and Orange County residents and preferential hire to Veterans through our Helmets to Hardhats program. This Agreement provides the only mechanism to provide the current City Council's well thought out goal of local hire for local residents to work on this project. These quality jobs also provide the construction workers with great healthcare and defined retirement plans. A Project Labor Agreement will also provide for a smooth, continuous flow of work without disruption or interruption through a No Strike - No Lockout provision. The Developer has also committed to support the City's affordable housing efforts with over $4 Million in lieu of fees. This way the City can have the option as to how and where to invest these resources to improve the lives of its residents. The Project will provide an alternative onsite transportation and will promote low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles via on -site charging stations. The structure is adjacent to the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) — Orange County & regional mass transit hub which combines the Amtrak, Metrolink, OCTA bus service, taxi service and the under construction OC Streetcar (Santa Ana's $400 million light rail line) all in one location. The Building will incorporate several water reduction methods including low flow toilets and fixtures. The building systems will be highly efficient. The interior of the building will offer LED lighting fixtures, bulbs, and controls, with upgraded occupancy sensors and load metering. Fritz Glazing will maximize natural light in the space. State of the art HVAC systems and sensors will be incorporated to control interior climate. It will also incorporate as many recycled, regional and renewable materials as possible into the construction process. In addition, the storage and collection of recyclables will be part of the building management program to divert most of the construction waste from landfills. The project compliments the established cultural attractions like the Artist Village and the Civic Center as well as the recent revival of Downtown Santa Ana has brought galleries, restaurants, breweries, street art, a certified organic farmer's market, record store, one -of -a -kind culinary center art house movie theater, and ample creative space to this urban area. Again, on behalf of our members, we urge the City Council to approve this historic project. Thank you for your hard work and service to the great City of Santa Ana. Respectfully, Ernesto Medrano Council Representative RM:ag/opeiu##537,afl-cio May 5, 2020 Dear Honorable Mayor Pulido and Santa Ana City Council, I am in support of the second reading for One Broadway Project and ask that this project be approved. Thank you for considering the future of Santa Ana and supporting the thousands of residents who desire progress in our City! One Broadway Plaza is a perfect project for Santa Ana! Traffic will be reduced. Residential use will mean less cars than office use. Mitigations are in place for traffic -calming studies in surrounding neighborhoods. Homeowners, Business Owners and visitors to our city applaud you for approving the first reading, and we look forward to the final approval. The community was proud that our City Council approved the recommended changes provided by City of Santa Ana Planning Department and approved by the Planning Commission for One Broadway Plaza. These changes will result in more jobs for our community, increased business for our community and a higher quality of life for the surrounding residents and neighborhoods. I thank you for being progressive thinkers and seeing the importance of this project for the future of Santa Ana. Respectfully, William Beaubeaux Historic French Park Resident I Orono, Norma From: LuisAndres Perez <pd@ualocal582.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 4:50 PM To: eComment Subject: Agenda Item 1113-PUBLIC COMMENT - PLEASE READ ALOUD DURING PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Pulido & Council Members My name is LuisAndres Perez, and I'm the Political Director for U.A. Local 582 Plumbers, Steamfitters, Welders, & Apprentices. I'm asking you to continue & reaffirm your support of the One Broadway Plaza, listed under agenda item number 11B. With a Community Workforce Agreement in place, the One Broadway Plaza project will provide skilled & trained workforce allowing apprenticeship opportunities for Santa Ana residents. And, more importantly, allowing our members to work in their community! A Community Workforce Agreement will enable the project to be built on time & without distraction, providing opportunities for upward mobility to your Santa Ana residents. Our UA 582 members have worked more than 1 million hours consecutively in the last two years; much of that has to do with the fact we see ourselves as positive & productive partners, who want to see our communities flourish! And with the developer committing $4 Million in lieu of fees that are earmarked only for affordable housing, the Santa Ana city council will have more control in where to invest that money directly for the city's affordable housing projects. Voting to reaffirm the One Broadway Plaza project will allow the city of Santa Ana to move forward on a nearly two decades promise and continue to diversify & improve the city's infrastructure! Sincerely, LuisAndres Perez Political Director— U.A. Local 582 LuisAndres Perez Political Director Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 582 1916 W. Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92868 Office: 714-978-0582 FAX: 714-978-1582 Cell: 714-329-9516 M Orono, Norma From: John Hanna <jhanna@swcarpenters.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 4:55 PM To: eComment Subject: Agendad Item 11 B My name is John Hanna and I am writing on behalf of the 30,000 members of the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, including the close to 1000 member who reside in Santa Ana. We support the proposed ordinance to move the one Broadway Plaza project forward. We appreciate the unanimous support of those Planning Commissioners who voted and the 6 John R. Hanna Governmental Affairs/Special Counsel Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters 7111 Firestone Blvd. Buena Park, CA 90621 Office- (714)766-7140 Cell---- (213)999-6190 Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Orozco, Norma From: Doug Mangione <mangione49@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 5:08 PM To: eComment Subject: One broadway My name is Doug Mangione and I represent the international brotherhood of electrical workers in Orange County. I have spoken and submitted comments at both the planning commission and the City Council . IBEW and it's 2400 skilled and trained electricians support this progect . This Building will be a state of the art building built to high LEED standards and will be something the city can take pride in and local workers will get to work with the local hire provisions the builder has agreed to . We at IBEW strongly supports Thanks you Sent from my iPhone Salas, Diana From: Eddy Pena <eddyawl5@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 8:48 PM To: eComment Subject: One Broadway PLA Greetings Members Of The Council .. I stand in support of a PLA on 1 Broadway Plaza . It will give opportunities to the residents of Santa Ana , a chance to change & a chance to grow. Both the city & residents will prosper from the project. The long term employment for the working people of Santa Ana will be there for decades! Thank your for your time ...... Sent from my iPhone IL Salas, Diana From: Fredi Flores <frediawl5@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 8:45 PM To: eComment Subject: Broadway plaza 37 story project I highly support this project. It will keep alot of our members working in the city were they live in which is santana 1�j Salas, Diana From: Doug Mangione <mangione49@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 5:08 PM To: eComment Subject: One broadway My name is Doug Mangione and I represent the international brotherhood of electrical workers in Orange County . have spoken and submitted comments at both the planning commission and the City Council . IBEW and it's 2400 skilled and trained electricians support this progect . This Building will be a state of the art building built to high LEED standards and will be something the city can take pride in and local workers will get to work with the local hire provisions the builder has agreed to . We at IBEW strongly supports Thanks you Sent from my iPhone