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I am writing to urge reconsideration on the sale of our historic Cypress Street Fire Station. <br /> <br />As a lifelong resident and current leader in Eastside, now Pacific Park, it’s been heartbreaking seeing our neighborhood <br />continue to be so underserved. The Roosevelt Center was open very limited hours, mainly for classes pre-COVID. There <br />is no place here for our youth and elders to go for safe access to our collective history and the wealth of knowledge <br />available online. <br /> <br />Tapping into our City’s historical narrative, library offerings & wifi access is important for working class neighborhoods <br />like Eastside/Pacific Park. Keeping historic structures open and available to the public give neighborhoods like ours a <br />sense of identity and hope. <br /> <br />Please don’t sell our history. Please invest in our long-suffering neighborhood and help us transform one of the most <br />blighted corners on the Eastside into a beautiful resource for local history and access to technology for our residents. <br />Paired with the South Main Corridor revitalization, a restoration of the Cypress Firehouse to public service would be a <br />game-changing venture! <br /> <br />Attached is a proposal for transforming the Cypress Fire Station into a public resource that would transform the whole <br />area. Decades of neglect and blight would be solved with an investment in our underserved community. We are one of <br />the densest residential districts in the entire district and greatly need the Cypress Fire Station restored to public service, <br />to inspire and inform our residents. <br /> <br />The Cypress Fire Station is a one-of-a-kind Key Historic Property in our City and has the potential to uplift an entire <br />neighborhood. Please help us retain and transform it. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />-- Sandra “Pocha” Pena Sarmiento <br />Pacific Park/Eastside Neighborhood Leader <br /> <br />2 <br />