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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Yvonne Flores <yvonnefloresrealtor@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 12:00 PM <br />To: BudgetOffice; eComment <br />Subject: Public Comments - Yvonne Flores <br />Dear City Council and Budget Office: <br />I am writing to ask the city Council to adopt an equitable city budget that truly addresses the needs <br />of our community in Santa Ana. <br />I stand with Council Member Thai Viet Phan and respectfully ask that we use the $1.4 Million slated <br />for the Winter Festival and focus the funds on a "Lunar Festival" instead. Unfortunately, the Winter <br />Festival hasn't had fantastic attendance and is located in such an obscure place that most residents <br />don't have the opportunity to attend the event. Additionally, the cost is also an obstacle to the <br />residents at large as parking is not free, and the cost of ice skating is not cheap. With a cost of $1.4 <br />million, we can fund a Lunar Festival that has both cultural benefits, is fun, and inclusive for <br />attendees. Big sponsorship for this event is difficult at best as it's just a dead zone for lack of any <br />opened businesses in the area, and especially outside of normal business hours. <br />Additionally, I would like to ask the Council to think about implementing Park Rangers again as we <br />had in the 80's and consider creating a 2nd dog park. Our kids, our seniors, even our pets, we all <br />need more park space in Santa Ana, but we need our parks to be safe and that means we need Park <br />Rangers to help keep our parks and our residents safe. As we increase our housing units in Santa <br />Ana, we are also increasing our pet population and new residents and their pets will need a 2nd dog <br />park soon after the 1st dog park opens. <br />Please include increased funding in the budget for additional libraries and increased/extended library <br />hours. In order to best serve our community, we need to make the library accessible to them by <br />providing longer operating hours and be open on Saturday and Sunday through 9pm. <br />Last of all, we need increased grant opportunities for community based organizations that provide <br />youth services and we need a city youth center. We have the largest population of young persons <br />but yet we don't have a youth center. <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />Yvonne Flores <br />Downtown Live Scan <br />Westcliff Properties <br />211 N Sycamore St., SA CA 92701 <br />(714) 215-7421 <br />1 <br />