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?rint Window <br />https://mail.yahoo.com/d/search/keyword=carlos%20roj as/messages/... <br />subject: Plaza Santa Ana Community Mural <br />From: <br />To: mpulido@santa-ana.org; stinajero@santa-ana.org; vsarmiento@santa-ana.org; mmartinez@santa- <br />ana.org; aamezcua@santa-ana.org; dbenavides@santa-ana.org; rreyna@santa-ana.org <br />Cc: TEggers@santa-ana.org; NFong@santa-ana.org; SGottlieb@santa-ana.org; <br /> <br />Date: Monday, September 30, 2013, 7:50:52 AM PDT <br />Good morning, <br />This letter is on behalf of the Santa Ana Community Mural Artists Coalition (the <br />Coalition), regarding the proposed community mural project at Plaza Santa Ana <br />which has been in the planning process since the summer and is soon slated to <br />begin. <br />Last Thursday, our Project Director was asked to attend a meeting with the <br />City, where we were asked to voluntarily withdraw from the mural contract. <br />Separately, we were also recently made aware of a communication sent to the <br />City some weeks prior, which aired the complaints of a single dissatisfied <br />citizen. In response to the accusations leveled by that letter and to the <br />subsequent meeting, we feel the need affirm why this project is important and <br />additionally request a meeting with the City Manager, Michelle Martinez as our <br />Ward representative, and other Council Members to discuss the future of the <br />project. <br />Project Background <br />In June of this year, the Coalition started work on a proposed community-based <br />mural project. The idea behind the mural has been to engage local residents, <br />youth, business, and artists in the mural -making process, with community <br />members' stories and ideas actually forming the foundation for the creation of <br />the art. We have undertaken a community interview process, listening <br />extensively to what Santa Ana residents wish to see represented in their public <br />art; with over 130 interviews completed, the attached sketch -in -progress <br />reflects the results of that process thus far. (Community outreach is ongoing.) <br />In August, we were offered the opportunity to bring this project to a large city - <br />owned wall located at the corner of 4th and French in Downtown, overlooking <br />Plaza Santa Ana. We have been pleased to count the City as a partner in this <br />project, supporting the vision of the Plaza Santa Ana Community Mural as a <br />truly community -oriented effort -- painted by local artists, with the support of <br />the local community, and finally and powerfully representing the collective <br />1 of 3 7/17/2018, 2:07 PM <br />