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V. L. McGowan, 1405 S. Bristol, clarified some of the difficulties that previous speaker Paul Le had expressed concerning expansion of his business on S. Bristol Street. McGowan also reported that he had recently obtained an appraisal for his property on S. Bristol Street and indicated the City's offer for the property was appreciably below his appraisal. S. Benito Juarez, 2020-01 Santa Ana Blvd., representing the Frontier Neighborhood Association, expressed concern regarding rising crime, the need for additional Police, and requested the City Attorney research any and every legal means possible to eradicate gangs. Sal Mendoza, member of the Santa Ana Unified School District Board, 2205 N. Westwood, reported that as many as 4-5 out of 20 elementary school students were headed for gang membership, and expressed a need for cooperative leadership by local elected officials to develop both short and long term solutions to meet the challenges of gang suppression. Miles Leach, 2025 W. Tenth Street, expressed his position of support for ward elections. Rob Balen, 3201 S. Birch, Santa Aha Unified School District President, thanked the Santa Aha Police Department for its proactive and aggressive effort to apprehend those responsible for the recent Mauro Meza slaying at the Santa Aha High School Campus and indicated the School District was fully cooperating with the Police Department during the investigation. Balen also underlined the need to focus on neighborhood and family responsibilities in the search for solutions to gang problems. Zeke Hernandez, LULAC State Director, encouraged the City's neighborhood organizations to participate in efforts to assist the Meza family at this time of tragedy and urged the Council to take the lead in pulling all the residents together to solve the "hard problems" of the City. Kim McPeck, 1823 S. Ross, requested the Council set the direction for the neighborhood organizations and indicated the neighborhoods would assist in solving City problems. 90.C. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS In response to Councilmember Norton's inquiry, Community Development Agency Executive Director Cindy Nelson indicated that no funds has been expended to date relative to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Arena Partnership, that a Community Redevelopment Agency $3.5 million loan program would begin only when the facility becomes operational, and that the Redevelopment Agency would reimburse the Arena Partnership for up to $500,000.00 of project development costs should the area be determined unfeasible. Nelson indicated she would advise Councilmember Norton when those payments were made. Councilmember Norton reported that he had recently seen a sign at the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix which demonstrated statistics concerning drug-related arrests, and asked the City Manager to investigate installation of a similar sign in Santa Ana. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 119 APRIL 20, 1992