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COMMENTS 90.A. PUBLIC COMMENTS — None 90.B. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Garcia: • Thanked the Human Relations Commission for their hard work in reviewing the applications for social service funds from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); he further thanked all the organizations that provide needed services to the residents of the City • Thanked the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency for a very successful Youth Expo held at Centennial Park on April 6, 2003 Councilmember Solorio: • Thanked the Human Relations Commission, City staff and all the organizations that submitted Community Development Block Grant Fund requests for their efforts • Thanked the City Manager for his efforts in persuading the Santa Ana Unified School Board that the Farmers Insurance site was not ideal for school use, and asked him to continue working with the District in identifying appropriate school sites in the City. Councilmember Christy: • Thanked Community Development Agency staff and the Human Relations Commission for all their efforts in the recommendations for allocation of 2003-04 Community Development Block Grant Funds • Noted that the Youth Expo held on April 6, 2003 at Centennial Park was outstanding and that the site was ideal; she further thanked Alma Flores of the City Manager's office for her assistance in getting well known and ranked.colleges to participate in the event; she noted that reactions from the youth who attended were very positive • Noted that in a recent report on America's safest cities, Santa Ana was ranked 4ch out of 56 cities in the nation based on size; she congratulated Chief Walters and the Santa Ana Police Department on this accomplishment • Congratulated "El Don", Santa Ana College's newspaper for again receiving an award for best journalism in the nation CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 136 APRIL 7, 2003