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From:
Ung, Rosalinh
Sent:
Monday, January 07, 2013 7:52 AM
To:
Brown, Leilani
Subject:
Uptown Newport - 1/8 CC Hearing
Attachments:
KCN - EIR Opposition Letter - 4350 Von Karman 121012.pdf.pdf
Hi Leilani: Please forward the attached letter to City Council for 1/8 hearing on Uptown Newport. This person sent the
letter after Council continued the hearing for this project and there was no forwarding address to his new office O!
Thanks!!
From: Kevin Stiles [mailto:KStiles@miacap.com]
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 1:36 PM
To: Ung, Rosalinh
Subject: RE: Uptown Newport - Draft EIR
Thank you Rosalinh. Yes, please submit the letter for the January Stn
Kevin Stiles
Director of Asset Management
MIG Real Estate
660 Newport Center Drive I Suite 1300
Newport Beach, California 92660
0: 949.474.5869 1 F: 949.474.5851
C: 949.861.0742
kstiles @migcap.com
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From: Ung, Rosalinh [mailto:RUng newportbeachca.gov]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 7:36 AM
To: Kevin Stiles
Subject: RE: Uptown Newport - Draft EIR
Good Morning Mr. Stiles:
This meeting has been continued to January 8, 2013. Please let me know if you want to submit this letter or send a new
one a later date. Also, we used the same mailing list that was sent for the Planning Commission hearings. I noticed that
your office has recently been moved based on your email below. Maybe the notice was not forwarded to you at the new
office. I will update our mailing list.
Thanks.
Rosalinh
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From: Kevin Stiles [mailto :KStiles @migcap.com]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 5:36 PM
To: Ung, Rosalinh
Subject: Uptown Newport - Draft EIR
Ms. Rosalinh Ung,
We did not get the notice of a the special City Council meeting held to discuss the Airport's Land Use Commission
determination of inconsistency between the Project and the Airport Environs Land Use Plan on December 11th, but
believe we should reiterate our concerns for the project with another letter. Please see the attached letter discussing
those concerns and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.
Kevin Stiles
Director of Asset Management
MIG Real Estate
660 Newport Center Drive I Suite 1300
Newport Beach, California 92660
0: 949.474.5869 1 F: 949.474.5851
C: 949.861.0742
kstiles @migcap.com
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ME REAL ESTATE
Merago Investment Group
December 10, 2012
Ms. Rosalinh Ung
Associate Planner
City of Newport Beach
3300 Newport Boulevard,
Newport Beach, California 92663
Via Facsimile (949) 644 -3229
Re: Uptown Newport (the "Project ")
Dear Ms. Ung:
MIG Real Estate ( "MIG "), as the sole member of 4350 Von Kaman, LLC, is the owner of the
property with an address at 4350 Von Karman Avenue, Newport Beach, California (the "Property "),
which Property is part of Koll Center Newport ( "KCN "). This letter is to express strong opposition
to the referenced Project, specifically the Environmental Impact Report ( "EIR') prepared in
conjunction with such Project, and to voice our agreement with the Airport Land Use Commission's
determination of inconsistency between the Project and the Airport Environs Land Use Plan.
The concerns that we raised in our previous letter dated October 20, 2012 still stand: namely, that
the EIR focuses its concern on the approximate new 1,200 plus residential tenants and does not
address the true impact on the surrounding commercial and retail use in the impacted area. At
length, the EIR fails to appropriately address the following:
(a) The impact of the additional 8,000+ trips approximated to be added from the project.
(b) The use of outdated traffic study data in the study.
(c) Traffic burden on surrounding parking to meet retail/restaurant minimum parking counts
(d) Traffic during construction (a period that could easily be a period of five (5) years) along
Jamboree Road as an arterial corridor.
(e) Effect on surrounding workplaces, employees and companies located in the John Wayne
Airport area.
(f) Project dependency on the KOLL development that is very unlikely to occur.
(g) Inconsistency with the CC &R's for KCN that owners relied upon to govern the common
areas at KCN.
(h) Effect of shade /shadow on surrounding one -story office buildings from 150 foot planned
structures that is significant.
(i) The impact of additional pedestrian traffic in a commercial office setting (within KCN).
{j) Alternative options for the Project's ingress and egress (which will create a major
problem for adjacent owners).
(k) KCN was neither designed nor meant to support this type of project.
MIG believes these enumerated concerns, and others, have not been adequately reviewed.
Affiliate of MIG Capital 4350 Von Karman Ave, 4th Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660 Main. 949.474.5800 www.migcap.com
UN REAL ESTATE
Merage Investment Group
Thank you for your consideration.
Very Truly Yours,
MIG Real Estate, LLC
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Kevin Stiles
Director of Asset Management
Affiliate of M1G Capital 4350 Von Karman Ave, 4th Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660 Main: 949.474.5800 www.migcap.com