21 (58)Jennifer L. Hall
From: Pat Mahoney <
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2021 5:22 PM
To: Harry Sidhu (Mayor); Trevor O'Neil; Stephen Faessel; Jordan Brandman; Jose Diaz;
Jose Moreno; Avelino Valencia; Ted White; Scott Koehm
Subject: Support for Holden Anaheim Hills Senior Living Center
Dear Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council,
My name is Patrick Mahoney and I am the current President of the Peralta Hills Estate
Improvement Association (PHEIA.) PHEIA was formed in 1960 and is located just west of Royal
Oak and south of Santa Ana Canyon Road. There are 264 homeowners on approximately 350
acres. Our Board of Directors have met on this matter, and we unanimously agree to support
the Holden Senior Living Project.
The reason we support this senior living project is because it will be "best in class", it will be a
low impact development to our community, it will provide much needed housing for seniors,
and it will be a development that is 'leaps and bounds' better than what could end up at that
site.
Neighbors who live immediately behind the church are most likely opposing the project,
however, they are misrepresenting the facts about the project, presumably because they are
opposed to it being built at that location. They want it sold to another church, and these
residents are trying to stop the deal from going through by appealing the City of Anaheim
Planning Commission's recent vote to approve the sale and the proposed project. They are
claiming there is not enough parking (incorrect), they are claiming that the setback of the
structure is not enough (setback is established at 85 feet from the property line to the closest
residential street). They are also claiming the building is too high (it's two stories and so are
most surrounding homes). What the opposing neighbors do not understand is that California
legislators are planning on passing a bill later this year that would allow high-density multi-
family, low-income housing in any residential neighborhood, including ours
locally. Developers could start buying up lots or homes, tearing them down and building small
apartments or duplexes, with much higher structures (more than two stories), with no garages
so people would have to park streetside, and with as little as 15 -ft setbacks to the surrounding
homes. What people have yet to grasp is that this will forever change the culture of
potentially every suburban neighborhood including this specific community.
Again, I, along with the PHEIA Board of Directors, strongly support the Holden Senior Living
Project.
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Patrick Mahoney
President, PHEIA