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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:info@unitedartistsofsantaana.org <br />Sent:Tuesday, October 19, 2021 4:09 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Cc:!City Clerk <br />Subject:Public Comment / Conflict of Interest Regarding South Main Public Art Initiative <br />Review and Scoring <br />Attachments:UASA South Main Art Conflict of Interest Letter.pdf <br />Hello, City Council Members, <br />We sent this email to various staffmembers in Sept. 27 in relation to a serious conflict of interest issue <br />relating to the judging of proposals for the South Main Public Art Initiative. We asked for a response to <br />this issue and to confirm receipt of the email, but so far we have not received a response. <br />We wanted to bring it to your attention, as conflict of interest in public awards is a serious matter, and <br />violates equity and a fair process for Santa Ana's residents. Arts Commission members were allowed to be <br />judges for this grant, and two of the Commissioners did not recuse themselves from judging their friends <br />and collaborators' proposals, resulting in questionably high scores for those applicants. This created some <br />concern during the discussion, and several Arts Commissioners questioned the scoring of the proposals <br />during the meeting itself. <br />Also, it is important that residents of South Main have an opportunity to review and rank these proposals, <br />and we have reached out to the South Main Neighborhood Alliance to do so. I believe they are also <br />awaiting a response from the City regarding this issue. <br />Please feel free to contact us at info@unitedartistsofsantaana.org and we would be happy to discuss this <br />with you further. Please also confirm receipt of this email. <br />Sincerely, <br />United Artists of Santa Ana, Governing Board <br />Ruben Alvarez <br />Sarai Santamaria <br />Victor Payan <br />Sandra Peña Sarmiento <br />Omar Avalos <br />-------- Original Message -------- <br />Conflict of Interest Regarding South Main Public Art Initiative Review and Scoring <br />Subject: <br />2021-09-27 18:35 <br />Date: <br />info@unitedartistsofsantaana.org <br />From: <br />nsaba@santa-ana.org, tle5@santa-ana.org <br />To: <br />1 <br /> <br />