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November 15, 2021 <br />To: The City Clerk of Santa Ana and City Council <br />Re: City Council Special Meeting re: Redistricting, November 15, 2021 <br />With regard to ward redistricting of Santa Ana, I am asking that you <br />consider the following: <br />I would like to see that the following be kept together in the same ward: <br />Sandpointe, Republic Homes, Metro Classic and also, Thornton Park and, the <br />area from Segerstrom and the west side of Bristol Street beginning at Park <br />Bristol Condominiums south to Alton. <br />Reasons: <br />We who are homeowners who live and shop in the South Coast Metro area <br />and who have kids that go to school at Segerstrom High School, also use <br />Thorton Park extensively, and have common interests and issues that we <br />share. There is a sense of "neighborhood" among us. To not include the <br />above -named areas in the same ward is like splitting up a family. <br />It does not make sense to divide areas so narrowly that one council member <br />would be dealing with one issue as it relates to the same issue of a like - <br />neighborhood in the same area, if ward division lines are separating these <br />neighborhoods. There would be a lack of continuity. <br />I know I speak on behalf of many neighbors who are not able to write to you <br />about this, for one reason or another, i.e., not computer literate, don't know <br />how to go about it, or are working, have kids, and just trying still to keep <br />heads above water, as well as many young professionals who live at Park <br />Bristol and work in South Coast Metro. Thus, I've become sort of a speaker <br />on behalf of many in my immediate community on various issues. <br />Directly behind where I live at is Carriage Drive in the <br />Republic Homes development. We are separated only by a carport, and thus <br />what happens in the Republic Homes development, also impacts Park Bristol <br />Condominiums, and vice versa. Even between our two community <br />associations, we have worked on some issues. To be separated by a ward <br />division line makes things more complicated to know who to talk to about <br />any issue if having to work with more than one councilmember. The <br />separation also interferes with problem -solving continuity. <br />It does not make sense if Park Bristol Condominiums development is in a <br />different ward than the South Coast Metro area. Ninety-five percent of daily <br />shopping and community concerns of common interests are south of <br />