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Our SAHNA member Irma Jauregui has spoken with the Real Estate broker for the Dollar Tree lot and asked for their cooperation in developing the Cypress Fire Station as a community space. They have enthusiastically agreed to help with parking. Rehabilitating the Cypress Fire Station is key to bringing safety, security and quality of life back to this part of South Main. By working together with the City, SAPD and our Community Partners, and Elected Leaders, we can turn the blighted firehouse into a major asset for our residents. In the transition from it’s current decayed state to a functional commercial site that provides a community benefit, SAHNA proposes the following: 1. Residential Use – Art Residency for distinguished Artist to reside in and teach at the site for a period of 2-4 years in partnership with a regional art or educational institution. If the property is occupied, then it won’t be necessary to have the city spend $18,000 a month in security. 2. Transitional Use – As a Historical and Arts resource space in partnership with a regional art, historical and/or educational institution. As Commercial Permits are formalized, public uses can be diversified. 3. Long Term Use – As a Digital Library, History and Arts resource space in partnership with regional art, historical, technology and/or educational institution, foundation or corporation. As funding enables capital investments in computers, construction, furnishings and fixtures, a fully fleshed out Digital Library and Community Resource Hub emerges with practical service hours (10-8pm), parking partnership with Dollar Tree, and local Multi-Generational clientele. We additionally ask for:  A Steering Committee to guide fundraising and firehouse center completion  The authority to fundraise and develop resources for firehouse development, such as a website  Support in installing a $400 ring camera system and onsite wifi service  Closing the “security fence” on all sides as it currently is not secured or installed right  Allowing access to the property so that we may obtain work estimates as staff has indicated no residential or commercial work estimates have been obtained so far I also want to emphasize that members of the Eastside/Pacific Park Neighborhood and surrounding community have been advocating for the Cypress Fire Station since the last non-profit, Re-Building Together Orange County left in 2013. This community has mobilized over 60 pages of email correspondence with City Staff that has gone unaddressed. Please remedy 9+ years of neglect. Please don’t sell our History. Please invest in Pacific Park/Eastside and help us all rise together. Sincerely, --- Sandra “Pocha” Pena Sarmiento Pacific Park/Eastside Leader, Member of SAHNA 910 E. Grant St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 2