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City Fabrick March 3, 2020 <br />Mayor and City Council <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />RE: Walnut+ Daisy Urban Farm <br />Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers, <br />I am writing this letter to express my support, on behalf of City Fabrick, for the City Council <br />approval of the disposition and development agreement with THRIVE Santa Ana, Inc. and a <br />ninety-nine year ground lease for the development of a microfarm at 1901 Walnut Avenue. <br />This is an incredible opportunity to support community efforts to build self-sustaining <br />economic development while addressing local food insecurity by repurposing under-utilized <br />publicly owned property. <br />City Fabrick is a nonprofit urban design studio dedicated to reshaping communities in need <br />through collaborative public interest design, planning, policy development, and advocacy. <br />City Fabrick has been working in Santa Ana since our inception and have collaborated <br />extensively with THRIVE to develop the vision for the microfarm. City Fabrick plans on <br />continuing to support THRIVE as part of the project by facilitating community outreach and <br />engagement while continuing design development through permitting and construction. <br />As invested members of this community in the sustainability of the Santa Ana, and an <br />organization with extensive experience supporting local economic development and food <br />security, we enthusiastically support the microfarm project being proposed by THRIVE, and <br />the City's collaboration and contribution through the DDA. For additional information on our <br />partnership, fell free to contact me at brian@cityfabrick.org or 562.901.2128 with any <br />questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />& q Q <br />Brian Ulaszewski, LEED AP <br />City Fabrick <br />Executive Director <br />