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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />July 18, 2021 <br /> <br />Mayor Vincente Sarmiento and City Council <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />Re: Funding for Downtown Santa Ana Business District <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Sarmiento, Mayor Pro Tem Penaloza and Council Members Phan, Lopez, Bacerra, <br />Hernandez and Mendoza <br /> <br />Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to the City of Santa Ana. My name is Kim <br />Tapfer and I am an owner of the historic First National Bank Building at Fourth and Main in the <br />amazing historic district of downtown Santa Ana. I am also a Board Member of the Santa Ana <br />Business District. I am writing this letter in my personal capacity as a business owner in the <br />downtown. <br /> <br />I am writing to urge the City Council to please vote in favor of supporting parking structure <br />enhancements including adding security and murals as part of the Revive plan. <br /> <br />Also, both the downtown BIDS (Downtown Inc. and Santa Ana Business Council) are funded <br />primarily by the Merchant Fund and parking revenue. This funding was drastically cut due to <br />the COVID 19 pandemic. The downtown BIDs are both incredible organizations that, in my <br />view, go above and beyond in terms of the great good they do for the downtown community and <br />for Santa Ana overall. Every dollar poured into the BIDs is multiplied many times over by <br />numerous volunteer hours that are used to build community engagement as well as improve <br />and bring business to the downtown. It is imperative that this very modest funding be restored <br />by the City Council through the CARES Act dollars received by the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br />Thank you again for the way you serve our great City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Kim E. Tapfer <br /> <br />Kim Tapfer Esq. <br />th <br />106 W. 4 St., Suite 211 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />