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Orozco, Norma From: Ginelle Hardy <ginelleann@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 7:45 AM To: eComment Subject: Please vote to STOP sale historic Cypress Fire Station Honorable Mayor Sarmiento, Mayor pro tem Penaloza, Councilmembers Phan, Lopez, Mendoza and Hernandez, Today the fate of the historic Cypress Fire Station is on your Closed Session agenda. I would like to count on your vote to STOP the sale of the historic Cypress Fire Station to a private entity. Built in 1928, the historic significance of the Cypress Fire Station is that the building's exterior Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style is a good example of a trend in Civic Architecture of government buildings of the period, it was built to serve the Eastside Community, and it is the 1st (FIRST) fire station in Santa Ana and it is the OLDEST fire station in the City! My history, with the historic Cypress Fire Station goes back to my early days with the Historic Resources Review Committee where we worked with City staff to identify, survey and list the city of Santa Ana's historic resources, a list that later became the City Council adopted "Santa Ana Register of Historic Properties". City of Santa Ana's Planning & Building Agency staff's ongoing categorizing and listing Santa Ana's historic buildings and today's Historic Resources Commission are components of the City's Certified Local Government status, a commitment made to the City, neighborhood residents, State of California and the Federal Government to actively preserve ALL the City's historic resources. A game plan for a City owned historic Cypress Fire Station building can include an exterior restoration, an interior rehabilitation for adaptive reuse to create a Community Center, Art, History & Technology Learning Hub a STEAM -like education program located in the less -than -privileged, Environmental Justice affected, high density South Main Street 92701 zip code community. Such a game plan can be adapted to meet the City's Strategic Plan and new General Plan's Historic Element objectives, (including education programs, accessible services, bridging the Digital divide and investment in community) possibly making a City owned historic Cypress Fire Station a good candidate to receive an allotment of stimulus funds and an excellent opportunity to Revive Santa Ana! Once again, I would like to count on your vote today to STOP the sale of the historic Cypress Fire Station to a private entity. These are my personal opinions. Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to give in this matter. Sincerely, Ginelle Hardy Historic Heninger Park, (a South Main Street Neighborhood), President