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2020-12-02 City Council Item No. 4.1 Public Comment - Bartlett Special MEETING - Additional Meeting Materials1 Emily Grisenti From:Bartlett, Dave <Dave.Bartlett@brookfieldpropertiesdevelopment.com> Sent:Wednesday, December 2, 2020 1:55 PM To:Public Comments; Armando G. Villa; Cheryl Kitzerow Cc:Bowen, Shaun; Rust, Mike; Jones, Paul Subject:Special Joint Workshop and Proposed Menifee Valley Technology Park Follow Up Flag:Follow up Flag Status:Flagged [CAUTION]: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the  sender and know the content is safe.    Dear Mayor, City Council, Planning Commissioners and Community,     Brookfield owns approximately 594 acres at the confluence of two truck routes, Highway 74 and Menifee Road. The  property is also adjacent to the SCE Valley Substation, an industrial land use, and one of the largest in the SCE portfolio.     We believe the Highway 74 corridor is ideally suited for economic development opportunities that would enhance the  City’s employment base, expand the City’s tax base, help balance the jobs/housing ratio (currently at 0.43:1), create a  significant fiscal benefit to the City and provide the needed community benefits consistent with making Menifee one of  the great places to live in Southern California.     We have had several meetings with City staff and have provided preliminary plans and a fiscal impact report that has  been reviewed by the City’s consultant. Preliminary planning includes:    ‐‐Incubator/flex space for small business  ‐‐Technology Park for light industrial   ‐‐Regional Sports Park  ‐‐Natural Open Space and Linear Park connecting on and off‐site land uses  ‐‐Residential Planned Community  ‐‐Supporting improvements and infrastructure    Special attention is being focused on edge conditions, buffers and separation of uses to ensure the variety of land uses,  both existing and proposed, can be successfully integrated.     We look forward to working with the City and community in the next several months to further define and develop the  program for the site.     Thank you for the opportunity for public comment.     Best regards,         Dave   Bartlett    VP, Land Entitlement | Land & Housing   Development    Brookfield Properties   2 3200 Park Center Drive, Suite 1000, Costa Mesa, CA 92626   T +1 714.200.1533   |   M +1 714.329.3203   |   F +1 714.200.1833     Dave.Bartlett@brookfieldpropertiesdevelopment.com   brookfieldproperties.com    This message, including any attachments may contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and permanently delete the original transmission from the sender, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you