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<br />Wojaczynski, Brittany <br />From:Wojaczynski, Brittany <br />Sent:Wednesday, August 17, 2022 12:38 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:FW: Atencion a negocios afectados por la obra OCTA. <br />Email translated with Google Translate. <br /> <br />Good Afternoon: <br /> <br />I hope this email reaches Major Vicente Sarmiento and Councilmembers. <br /> <br />I allow myself to express my dissatisfaction about the actions that the City is not carrying out to support small businesses <br />affected by the work of OCTA. <br /> <br />In the first instance we are disappointed to see that the OCTA company does not have the will to support us and at the <br />same time we do not see materialized support from you as an authority, to demand that said company must respond for <br />the economic damages that the construction has caused in our finances. <br /> <br />We want you not to forget that: <br /> <br />1. Many of us were not owners at the time it was agreed to carry out this work. <br /> <br />2. They did not consider the economic impact that the work was going to have on small businesses, nor did they allocate <br />resources to support said businesses as has been done in other cities and companies such as Metro in Los Angeles. <br /> <br />Currently we have learned that they are going to install a skating rink with a value of more than $700K. And the first <br />thing we think is, how much is necessary for the Santa Ana Center? Wouldn't it be better to give priority to the business <br />issue that I have already mentioned in previous lines? <br /> <br />We appreciate the support you have given us but you know numbers and this is not enough for the remaining years of <br />work. You as representatives of the City point out that we have been supported with $3M, however to date these <br />resources have not been delivered to all the merchants who applied. <br /> <br />The expenses of our businesses such as rent, salaries and payment to suppliers do not wait and the resources that you <br />have given us are not enough and are not delivered in an agile manner. <br /> <br />Please listen to us and support all the small business owners who have been suffering since the PANDEMIC (2019) and <br />now with the OCTA WORK. <br /> <br />Thank you for your attention and I hope this is of some use to see more actions on your part. <br /> <br />Respectfully, Maria Pérez. <br /> <br /> <br />From: Chevita's Juice <chevitasjuicebagels@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 5:33 PM <br />To: eComment <ecomment@santa-ana.org> <br />1 <br /> <br />