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improvements, furniture and equipment replacements for enhanced program capability, and security improvements. Our on -going annual funding needs are related to our operations, including facility maintenance as well as organizational leadership. Approximately $150,000 is needed on an annual basis for safety compliance, utilities, deferred maintenance management, and pest mitigation. Additionally, about $175,000 is needed annually to employ an experienced CEO, which would provide Delhi Center with high level leadership to continue to focus on long-term fiscal stability, board development, increased fundraising capabilities, and expansion of our social enterprise efforts. By building a financial relationship with the City of Santa Ana we could work together to address the inequities created by pollution, socioeconomic distress, health burdens, and all the other factors that have historically impacted the area. New, reliable funding opportunities would allow Delhi Center to establish the foundation needed for long term sustainability. The pandemic highlighted the need for dependable unrestricted funding sources and a new partnership with the City that is mutually beneficial. We believe the City has at its disposal several one-time use funds as well as ongoing revenue sources that could possibly be used to meet our funding needs, including but not limited to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, Measure X, and the Public Benefit Fund provided by the cannabis industry. As a side note, there are 12-14 cannabis retailers within a one -mile radius of Delhi Center, further demonstrating social and environmental justice impacts to the Delhi community. We hope this request for a financial partnership is timely, both in terms of the planning process of the ARPA funds and the 2021-22 budget cycle. Our desire is to effectuate a new partnership by the end of the year. As such, we would like to invite you to meet with our administrative and board leadership at the Delhi Center so that we can demonstrate the wonderful resource that the center provides and to discuss opportunities for working together to address our community's Environmental Justice issues. I would like to request that you contact our CEO, Jenny Rios to provide her with available times for a meeting within the next week or so. Jenny can be reached at iennyriosnn delhicenter.ora or by phone at 714-791-1185. We look forward to meeting with you and crafting a new and expanded partnership that best serves the City and most importantly, our most vulnerable community. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, j ax,Itai Ar eruu�rr-t leNna+�r�ez Juanita Preciado-Hernandez, President Delhi Center Board of Directors 505 E. Central Ave. Santa Ana, CA 82707 juanitapirec@yahoo.com 714-321-5633 cc: Mayor and City Council