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May 7, 2024 <br />To: Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua and City Council <br />From: Pilar Aguero-Cardosa, Santa Ana Resident in South Coast Shores <br />Re: Related Bristol Redevelopment Proposal on South Bristol Street <br />Hello Mayor Amezcua and members of the Santa Ana City Council. My name is Pilar <br />Aguero, a proud resident of this historic city and a therapist by profession. I have three <br />sons who own a construction company in Santa Ana, and my family, including my <br />grandchildren, live here as well. <br />My work and interests often take me abroad. But Santa Ana is my home, which is why I <br />am here tonight. I care deeply about our city and I try and support positive change <br />whenever and wherever possible to improve the quality of life for all people who live and <br />work in our city. <br />A few blocks from my home in South Coast Shores is a shopping center on south Bristol <br />Street that needs major change. Like many shopping centers built 50 and 60 years ago, <br />Metro Town Square is not what it once was. It is getting old and there are more and <br />more vacancies because we shop differently today from our phones and computers. <br />Even worse, this center is not as friendly and welcoming anymore with the acres and <br />acres of empty parking lots and more outside elements hanging around the stores and <br />on the street corners. <br />This center needs a major makeover. It needs to be redeveloped and the Related Bristol <br />plan to replace this vital community landmark is an exciting alternative to what exists <br />today. <br />Like many of my neighbors in south Santa Ana, we depend almost daily on the stores <br />and services at this center. We want to shop and dine out with family and friends close <br />to home. We want to support the local businesses at the center. But to keep coming <br />back we want to feel safe and excited about going to the center. <br />As proposed, Related Bristol will do that and much more. It will create thousands of new <br />jobs, deliver millions of dollars in new tax revenues for the many improvements and <br />projects needed all across our city and it will once again make this shopping center a <br />destination where we will feel safe. <br />1 <br />