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support of renewing Waste Management's contract with the City. <br />Rodolfo Orejel, Waste Management employee, spoke regarding Item 25 and in support of renewing <br />Waste Management's contract with the City. <br />Jose Amezcua, resident of Santa Ana and employed with Waste Management, spoke in support of <br />renewing Waste Management's contract with the City. <br />Ron Herrera, Principal Officer of Teamster Local 396, spoke on behalf of the prior speakers and the <br />sense of community as it relates to Item 25. <br />Clerk of the Council Daisy Gomez reported out on correspondence received prior to hearing public <br />comments via Zoom. <br />Victor Payan, Director of Media Arts Santa Ana, spoke in regarding Item 26 and requested cannabis <br />funds be put towards the arts. Additionally, asked for investigation of Downtown Inc. and their work on <br />the Art Walk. <br />Denise Reynoso expressed concern with the lack of security in Downtown Santa Ana and asked <br />council to support parking enhancements. <br />Manny Escamilla spoke on Item 27 and asked for Council's support to add transparency of legal <br />documents of ongoing cases, which are already public, be made easily accessible to the public. In <br />addition, spoke in support of Item 29 regarding funding that is being directed towards the Library. <br />Lastly expressed support of Item 30. <br />Hairo Cortes, resident and Executive Director of Chispa, spoke in support of Item 29 to support low <br />income families. <br />Taylor V. spoke in support of Item 26 and cannabis funds to be diverted to youth services, mental <br />health counselors, teen mom programs, etc. <br />Danny Vega spoke in support of Chief Valentin and against Police Officer's Association president. <br />Bulmaro Boomer Vicente, resident and Policy Director with Chispa, spoke in support of Item 26, <br />believes the city can do more to invest in youth. Urged council to transfer funds from enforcement <br />activities into youth services. Lastly, asked for the allowance of ongoing community input in this <br />process of creating new and expanding existing programs. <br />CONSENT CALENDAR <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve staff recommendations on the following <br />Consent Calendar Items: 4 through 23. <br />4. Excused Absences <br />Department(s): Clerk of the Council <br />Recommended Action: Excuse the absent members. <br />City Council 6 7/20/2021 <br />