Becerra, Alexis
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Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 10:00 AM
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Cc: Nunez, Alvaro; Carvalho, Sonia R.; Thai, Minh; Vazquez, Sylvia; Hall, Jennifer Subject: 2026-07-07 Letter to City Council
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Dale Helvig
Resident, Santa Ana CA 92706
July 7, 2026
Mayor Amezcua and Santa Ana City Councilmembers
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, 8th Floor
Santa Ana CA 92702
Subject: Items 19 and 20
Items 13, 14, 15: Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Leases Always good to see the office spaces being leased out at Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center.
Item 17: Mabury Park Permit Parking District
Santa Ana has the distinction of being known as Tree City USA. This resolution looks like it is Phase 1 of making the City known as Parking Permit City USA. This should be another wakeup call that shows we have overdeveloped the area.
Item 18: Density Bonus Agreement No. 2026- 03— Watermarke Sandpointe Mixed- Use Development. The City of Santa Ana continues to approve mixed- use developments that allow density bonus agreements. This is a trend that is unsustainable. Some questions the city needs to consider: 1) As we continue to exceed RHNA goals, is someone at the city looking at the long- term effect? Why do we continue to placate every developer' s desire to build the maximum size project for any given piece of land? We continue to hear the American dream is to own you own residence. This project does nothing to make that a reality. It also removes much needed parking for adjacent offices. Approving this Density Bonus is a mistake. Why is the City Council even looking at this? At a minimum this project should be placed on hold until the next RHNA cycle. Projects such as this only pad the pockets of developers while contributing to the long- term decline of the quality of the residents.
DO NOT approve this item.
GENERAL COMMENT
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It appears the City of Santa Ana does not have have the manpower, will or support needed to stop the multi- event use of fireworks. I urge you to consider this: As an interim measure, impose an environmental justice fee on the sale of all fireworks. This fee would be used to compensate the city for expenses associated with fireworks, i. e., cleanup and policing. Attach the fee to the issuance of permits to sell.
Respectfully,
Dale A Helvig
Resident, Santa Ana
cc:
Alvaro Nunez,
City Manager, Santa Ana
Sonia Carvalho,
City Attorney, Santa Ana
Minh Thai,
Deputy City Manager, Santa Ana
Sylvia Vazquez,
Deputy City Manager, Santa Ana
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Dale Helvig
Resident, Santa Ana CA 92706
July 7, 2026
Mayor Amezcua and Santa Ana City Councilmembers
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, 81" Floor
Santa Ana CA 92702
Subject: Items 19 and 20
Items 13, 14, 15: Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Leases Always good to see the office spaces being leased out at Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center.
Item 17: Mabury Park Permit Parking District
Santa Ana has the distinction of being known as Tree City USA. This resolution looks like it is Phase 1 of making the City known as Parking Permit City USA. This should be another wakeup call that shows we have overdeveloped the area.
Item 18: Density Bonus Agreement No. 2026- 03— Watermarke Sandpointe Mixed- Use Development.
The City of Santa Ana continues to approve mixed- use developments that allow density bonus agreements. This is a trend that is unsustainable. Some questions the city needs to consider: 1) As we continue to exceed RHNA goals, is someone at the city looking at the long- term effect? Why do we continue to placate every developer' s desire to build the maximum size project for any given piece of land? We continue to hear the American dream is to own you own residence. This project does nothing to make that a reality. It also removes much needed parking for adjacent offices. Approving this Density Bonus is a mistake. Why is the City Council even looking at this? At a minimum this project should be placed on hold until the next RHNA cycle. Projects such as this only pad the pockets of developers while contributing to the long- term decline of the quality of the residents.
DO NOT approve this item.
GENERAL COMMENT
It appears the City of Santa Ana does not have have the manpower, will or support needed to stop the multi- event use of fireworks. I urge you to consider this: As a interim measure, impose a environmental justice fee on the sale of all fireworks This fee would be used to compensate the city for expenses associated with fireworks, i.e., cleanup and policing. Attache the fee to the issuance of permits to sell.
Respectfully,
Dale A Helvig
Resident, Santa Ana
2026- 07- 07 Letter to City Council- Several Items
Dale Helvig
Resident, Santa Ana CA 92706
cc: Alvaro Nunez, Minh Thai,
City Manager, Santa Ana Deputy City Manager, Santa Ana
Sonia Carvalho, Sylvia Vazquez,
City Attorney, Santa Ana Deputy City Manager, Santa Ana
2026- 07- 07 Letter to City Council- Several Items