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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Brett Korte (clinic) <bkorte.clinic@law.uci.edu> <br />Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 1:02 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Cc:josejrea@gmail.com; Adolfo Sierra; Leonel Flores; katie.coxshrader@gmail.com; <br />Michael Robinson-Dorn; Thai, Minh <br />Subject:Item 37 - MPNA Support for Adoption of ZOA No. 2021-01 <br />Dear Santa Ana City Council, <br /> <br />The Madison Park Neighborhood Association strongly supports the adoption of Zoning Ordinance <br />Amendment No. 2021-01, item No. 37 on the City Council's June 15, 2021 agenda. <br /> <br />MPNA is a community-based, non-profit organization that strives to promote health, education, and quality of <br />life for the approximately 10,000 residents of the Madison Park neighborhood in Santa Ana. Because many of <br />MPNA’s members are disproportionately affected by pollution near their homes, schools, and parks, MPNA is <br />actively engaged in efforts to promote environmental justice in Santa Ana, including through public <br />engagement on the City's forthcoming General Plan Update. <br /> <br />By granting the City more discretion when deciding whether and under what conditions to permit certain <br />commercial recycling facilities, ZOA No. 2021-01 would give the City an important tool in its efforts to address <br />conflicts between residential/institutional and industrial/commercial land uses that raise public health <br />concerns among residents. The ZOA before the Council tonight is a great example of the kinds of measures the <br />City can take promote environmental justice. MPNA specifically endorses the ZOA's acknowledgment of the <br />environmental justice implications of facilities subject to the amendment and encourages the City to develop <br />similar measures to address other sources of pollution that disproportionately impact the City's environmental <br />justice communities. MPNA commends City staff and the Planning Commission for developing and <br />recommending the ZOA, and urges the City Council to adopt the ordinance. <br /> <br />MPNA looks forward to continued collaboration with the City to promote environmental justice in Santa Ana. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Brett Korte <br />o/b/o Madison Park Neighborhood Association <br /> <br />Brett M. Korte, Esq. <br />Fellow | Environmental Law Clinic <br />UC Irvine School of Law <br />401 E. Peltason Dr. | Irvine, CA 92697 <br />e: bkorte.clinic@law.uci.edu <br />1 <br /> <br />