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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Desi Reyes <reyesdesi1961@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, September 01, 2020 2:29 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Item 85D in support <br />Hello, <br /> <br />I live at Saddleback View Neighborhood, recently a medical clinic (Intensive Outpatient Clinic) opened at 1533 <br />E. 4th St. According to the Director of the facility they assist addiction patients with Opiods, have onsite <br />counseling, and provide treatment to substance abuse individuals. As of June 1st of this year, the facility began <br />collecting and distributing syringes from 1PM to 6PM every Monday in addition to other services. The facility <br />has a parking lot but during this event the parking is set up for the services with tables so is not used for <br />parking, so all these patrons park in our neighborhood streets creating congestions and parking right at the curb <br />of Linwood and 4th St as well on Eastside Aven and 4th St.. Since this activity started neighbors have complain <br />about syringes being found on their front lawns, Saddleback View Park, I have photos of the syringes found at <br />the park, individuals walking into people's front yards and defecating, taking their clothes off and using their <br />yard hoses to wash themselves. This facility is a block from Remington Academy School and a couple of <br />blocks from Saddleback View park which is used by many neighborhood families. <br /> <br />The facility had an event yesterday and I brought this concern to the Director walked him briefly around where <br />some of the syringes have been located, told him about the park which he was not aware of and expressed <br />serious concerns about the traffic into our neighborhood as well as the incidents that have occured. <br /> <br />For these reasons I'm in favor of prohibiting the distribution of syringes in the City of Santa Ana, especially so <br />close to neighborhoods, schools, and parks. Santa Ana already has other major issues with the homeless and <br />COVID19 challenges. I urge the council to support a ban on the distribution of syringes in the City of Santa <br />Ana. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br />Desi Reyes <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />