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April 20, 2021 Cypress Fire Station Correspondence 2021-2017 13 <br /> <br /> <br />-- There were continued emails and appeals to staff regarding the property, which <br />again went nowhere. <br /> <br />— The item was never placed on Neighborhood Association meeting agenda, even <br />though concern was expressed numerous times. Staff never thought to propose or <br />empower a Steering Committee of any kind. <br /> <br />-- Somehow, while all our Neighborhood Associations were on haitus for the <br />holidays, City Staff prepared a report for City Council without notifying any <br />Community Stakeholders. This report was full of errors and omissions. Neighborhood <br />Leaders are robbed of the opportunity to advocate for this important historic <br />landmark. <br /> <br />-- Staff does not seek any Community Conditions to be place on the property sale. <br />-- Staff Report recommends Council Action and allows no Community Advocacy to <br />take place by keeping them uninformed. <br /> <br />-- Council votes to place the Cypress Street Fire House on the surplus property list to <br />be put up for sale with NO CONDITIONS and NO COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OR <br />ADVOCACY. <br /> <br />-- Staff is alerted in May 2020 again about community concern for the property. <br /> <br />-- In June 2020, City Staff informs Pacific Park/Eastside Neighborhood leaders that <br />the Cypress Street Property is “In Escrow” and cannot be retrieved. Later during that <br />same meeting, City Staff says that the property does not yet have an offer placed on it <br />but that there is much pressure to sell the property. <br /> <br />We are told that City Staff is aggressively marketing the property to developers. THIS <br />NEEDS TO STOP. <br /> <br />AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR REHABILITATION <br /> <br />For too long, Santa Ana has suffered with only one library in the Civic Center and the <br />tiny library hub at Newhope. The Cypress Street Fire Station provides a wonderful <br />opportunity, not only to fullfill it's promise as our City's History Room & Archive, but <br />also as a much-needed Digital Library and Technology Hub. <br /> <br />Please see the links below for info on San Antonio's first "BiblioTECH" which would <br />easily fit into the footprint of the Cypress Street Fire House: <br /> <br />