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Home My WebLink AboutExhibit 9Exhibit 9 Applicants Community Outreach Summary p:5 10 11 MITI Eel k" A Chronicle of Community Outreach For Proposed Residential Community Located at 5515 River Avenue, Newport Beach, CA Prepared For Newport Beach Planning Commission Meeting March 20, 2008 10 1 RTWVJ Eel O a l Table of Contents A. Project Information Sheet B. Listing of Community Outreach and Meetings C. Letters to Las Brisas Apartment Residents, Neighbors, Owner's Association 1b A. Project Information Sheet a`p SEASHORE VILLAGE NEWPORT BEACH A proposed residential community of 24 homes just steps from the sand in West Newport Beach at Seashore Avenue and River Avenue. PROJECT DETAILS • 24 luxury for -sale homes comprised of 12 single - family residences and b duplex units (12 homes), all with attached garages • Features three plan types & four distinct floor plans with private patios and decks ranging from 1,770 to 3,248 square feet • Features Craftsman and Plantation style architecture designed to complement the area and surrounding homes • Provides extensive landscaping that will beautify the entire neighborhood PROJECT BENEFITS • Project will reduce current density of 54 apartments to 24 for -sale homes • Provides a variety of new home ownership opportunities in the City of Newport Beach • Improves property values for surrounding neighbors • Improves infrastructure, including the under- grounding of utilities on the property • Improves street frontages along Seashore and River Avenues with new attractive homes • Managed by the owners through a homeowner's association that will oversee the maintenance and landscaping of the property • Revitalizes and enhances the existing neighborhood and maintains a sense of community with new home owners Please watch your mail for project updates and information. In the meantime, you may contact a project representative by phone at (714) 656 -6021. �a1 B. Listing of Community Outreach and Meetings j ;�v SEASHORE VILLAGE NEWPORT BEACH Listing of Outreach and Meetings Communitp Correspondence May - Present Numerous telephone conversations with representatives from West Newport Beach Owner's Association & Lido Sands Community Association* June 22, 2007 Letter of meeting invitation to Las Brisas tenants October 2, 2007 Thank you letter to Bob Rush, Director, West Newport Beach Owner's Association February 19, 2008 Letter of community -wide meeting invitation to property owners and Las Brisas tenants within 300' radius of site COmmunitp Meednes July 10, 2007 Meeting with Las Brisas tenants at apartment complex poolside September 25 2007 Individual neighbor in -home meetings (DeCaro) September 26, 2007 Meeting/presentation at West Newport Beach Owner's Association monthly meeting at Newport Beach City Ball March 5, 2008 Community-wide meeting with neighbors & tenants (wA 300' radius) at West Newport Community Center * Note that Lido Sands Community Association had indicated their support for the project in May 2007 and did notfeel a community association meeting/presentation was necessary (since they had been briefed in a meeting on prior occasion). We attempted to meet on numerous occasions, they had a change in their association president and no meeting transpired Contact was made with John Walker, Karen Jordan & Mel and Ruth Ross. 1� C. Letters to Las Brisas Apartment Residents, Neighbors, Owner's Association ill SEASHORE VILLAGE NEWPORT BEACH June 22, 2007 Dear Resident, As the upcoming new owners of Las Brisas Apartments, we would like to introduce ourselves and share with you our plans for this exciting area. We have recently submitted a proposal to the City of Newport Beach that would allow us to build single - family and duplex homes where the Las Brisas Apartments are currently located. We are in the initial planning stages and there is plenty of time before construction would begin. As such, we invite you to an informational meeting to learn more about our proposed project. Please join us on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. at the Las Brisas poolside. We will have light refreshments for you to enjoy while we discuss this project and answer your questions and concerns. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, July l0a'. S�> Karen Sully Project Representative Seashore Village Residential Community (714) 656 -6021 A Residential Development at Seashore Drive and River Avenue, Newport Beach c/o 301 East 17" Street, Suite 204, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 c/o 161 Fashion Lane, Suite 116, Tustin, CA 92780 J3► SEASHORE VILLAGE NEWPORT BEACH October 2, 2007 Mr. Bob Rush, Director River/Neptune West Newport Beach Association P.O. Box 1471 Newport Beach, CA 92663 Dear Bob and Members of the West Newport Beach Owne's Association, It was a pleasure meeting with you and members of your association last Wednesday evening to present our plans for the Seashore Village project. Thank you for your time and attention to our proposal; we appreciate your interest. We are excited to bring this beautiful development to the West Newport Beach area and to your community. Our goal is to create the most positive impact on the surrounding area with a high - quality residential project and to be a good neighbor. We would greatly appreciate your group's support for the project A letter to the City decision makers would be great as well as having a representative testify in support of the project before the Planning Commission and City Council at their upcoming meetings. We do not yet know when those meetings will be, but will let you know in advance as soon as we are scheduled. Should you have any more questions or comments on the project, please feel free to contact either Todd Schooler or Karen Sully at (949) 646 -8805 or (714) 665 -1101, respectively. Sincerely, 0� � Todd Schooler Ka= Sully Project Architect Project Representative Seshore Village Seashore Village A Residential Development at Seashore Drive and River Avenue, Newport Beach c/o 301 East 170 Street, Suite 204, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 c/o 161 Fashion Lane, Suite 116, Tustin, CA 92780 13a SEASHORE VILLAGE NEWPORT BEACH February 19, 2008 Dear Neighbor, We would like to introduce you to Seashore Village, a planned residential development of 24 new single - family and duplex homes located at 5515 River Avenue at Seashore Drive and River Avenue in West Newport Beach (currently where the Las Brisas Apartments reside). We are excited about the opportunity to be a part of your community and as such we would like to invite you to join us at an informational meeting to learn more about Seashore Village. We will have light refreshments for you to enjoy while we discuss this project and answer your questions and concerns. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 1 at the West Newport Community Center located at 883 W. 15th Street, between Monrovia and Placentia near Hoag Hospital. (From Superior Avenue, take a left on to Placentia Avenue, and then take a left onto W. 15`s Street. Go to ahnost the end of the street. The community center building is on the left hand side. A map is provided on the back of this letter.) We look forward to meeting you on Wednesday, March 5a' Sincerely, Karen Sully Project Representative Seashore Village Residential Community (714) 656 -6021 A Residential Development at Seashore Drive and River Avenue, Newport Beach c/o 301 East 17`" Street, Suite 204, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 c/o 161 Fashion lane, Suite 116, Tustin, CA 92780 133 Yahoo! 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