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April 20, 2021 Cypress Fire Station Correspondence 2021-2017 9 <br /> <br />To: mpulido@santa-ana.org, vsarmiento@santa-ana.org, dpenaloza@santa- <br />ana.org, jsolorio@santa-ana.org, pbacerra@santa-ana.org, jvillegas@santa- <br />ana.org, nmendoza@santa-ana.org <br />Cc: ecomment@santa-ana.org, citycouncil@santa-ana.org, kridge@santa- <br />ana.org, cityclerk@santa-ana.org <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RE: APPROVE FUNDING FOR CONTINUED SHUTTERING & SECURITY <br />OF CYPRESS STREET FIRE STATION <br /> <br />Dear Mayor, City Council Members, City Manager and City Staff, <br /> <br />I appeal to you as a local history advocate and arts leader to help save an important <br />part of Santa Ana’s history, the Cypress Street Fire Station, for generations of future <br />Santa Ana residents. <br /> <br />We have only two historic assets in my neighborhood of Pacific Park/Eastside, the <br />Halladay House and the Cypress Street Fire Station. Please help save our Cypress <br />Street Fire Station from destruction. Approve resources in our 20/21 Budget to retain <br />this property. <br /> <br />Located at 625 S. Cypress St, just a few blocks south of downtown Santa Ana, the <br />historic Cypress Street Fire Station is a small parcel that has suffered greatly due to <br />City neglect. Now after a decade of ignoring dozens of resident calls for action and <br />organizing efforts, staff recommended that this property be placed on the surplus <br />property list without alerting any community stakeholders or giving them a chance to <br />organize. As a result of this oversight, you the Council voted in February to put this <br />property up for sale as affordable housing in compliance with state Surplus Land Act <br />requirements. <br /> <br />This is a travesty! The Cypress Street Fire Station should never have gotten onto the <br />Surplus Property list in the first place. It’s a pity that City Staff didn’t think to notify <br />any of the dozens of local advocates who had been writing to and having meetings <br />with the City about this property. <br /> <br />The staff report you were presented on the Cypress Street Fire Station was a hugely <br />flawed distortion of reality. * Please see the attachment below for a summary of <br />advocacy efforts and a full picture of how this property was misrepresented in the <br />staff report, plus areas of opportunity for rehabilitation. * <br /> <br /> <br />