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Public Comment
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Sent:Friday, January 8, 2021 7:20 PM
To:Public Comment
Subject:Written Comments Regarding CUP 2020-06074
Attachments:CUP 2020-06074 Written Comment Dated January 8, 2021.pdf
To the Office of the City Clerk,
Attached is a PDF with written comments regarding CUP 2020-06074 which will be an agenda item
on the January 12, 2021 Anaheim City Council meeting.
Please email me an acknowledgement of receipt of these written comments.
Regards,
Mariana Lem
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Date: January 8, 2021
Subject: CUP 2020-06074
To the City of Anaheim Office of the City Clerk:
We are concerned about the request for a Conditional Use Permit No. 2020-06074 by
2232 E. Olmstead Way. While we do not live on Olmstead Way or Nordica Lane, our
family resides within the 500 feet notification area. Since 1971, our family has owned a
4-bedroom single-family home. We attended the neighborhood schools and had friends
living on Olmstead Way and Nordica Lane.
We are concerned about the increase in the number of residents that may potentially
reside in the 5-bedroom house located at 2232 E. Olmstead Way within our residential
neighborhood for the following reasons:
1. Vehicular Traffic Will Increase:
a. While the residents are not permitted to have vehicles at the site there will be
an increase in traffic from rideshare vehicles and taxis utilized by the residents.
b. Numerous e including the Program
Manager, Case Managers, Service Coordinators, and counselors will travel to
the site daily resulting in an increase of traffic from employee vehicles on
Olmstead Way and Nordica Lane.
2. Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Will Increase:
Since residents are not permitted to
have vehicles at the site, increasing the number of residents to 13 will more than
double the amount of pedestrian traffic and possible bicycle traffic on Olmstead Way
and Nordica Lane as the residents enter/leave the site.
3. Increase in Transitional Housing Residents Will Change Makeup of RS-2 Single-
Family Residential Neighborhood:
a. The site is located at the end of a cul-de-sac surrounded by 19 other single-
family houses with addresses on Olmstead Way and Nordica Lane.
b. There is an existing State-licensed healthcare facility with 6 residents located
at 2208 E. Olmstead Way.
c. There is a permitted short-term rental unit located at 2238 E. Olmstead Way
that previously operated as an unlicensed sober living facility.
d. The rest of the 17 houses on Olmstead Way and Nordica Lane are occupied
by families totaling 32 adults and 13 children.
4. House Is Not Large Enough to Accommodate 13 Residents and 3 Staff:
a. The house at 2232 E. Olmstead totals only 2,340 square feet and is not large
enough to accommodate 13 residents plus have 3
of Hope working at this house every day.
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Date: January 8, 2021
Subject: CUP 2020-06074
b. As detailed in the Anaheim Planning Commission Report, one of the bedrooms
nd the remaining 4 bedrooms will be
occupied by the other 12 residents.
i. The Planning Commission Report provides floor plans that show that the
first-floor master bedroom and bathroom were created out of the original
family room
the first-floor master bedroom.
ii. There are 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on the second floor. This means
that there will be 3 residents in each bedroom on the second floor for a
total of 12 residents.
c. Approval of the Conditional Use Permit No. 2020-06074 means that there will
be 16 people residing or working at this house daily.
5. Lack of Detailed COVID-19 Implementation Plan:
a. Grandmause of Hope did not provide a detailedimplementation plan
based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 guidelines
on how to monitor residents and isolate residents.
b. Grandma indicated that there are rooms available for
isolation/quarantine but did not specify where the rooms are located.
c. If there are 13 residents residing in 5 bedrooms and 16 people overall
residing/working at the house, where is the space at the house to quarantine
individuals due to a positive COVID-19 test.
Therefore, our family is opposed to the City of Anaheim waiving the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption-Class 1 requirements for
Conditional Use Permit No. 2020-06074. We also request that the City of Anaheim
reverse the Planning Commission approval of a Conditional Use Permit to increase the
number of residents from 6 to 13 residents at 2232 E. Olmstead Way.
Sincerely,
The Lem Family
Mariana Lem, Carolyn Lem, Kathleen Lem Ego and Isabella Lem
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