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MOTION: Leon SECOND: Bustamante <br />VOTE: AYES: Betancourt, Bustamante, Leon, Sarmiento <br />(4), Advisory -Garofalo <br />NOES: Macres (1 } <br />ABSENT: Rodriguez ,Turner (2), Advisory -- Vuong <br />COMMENTS <br />9. <br />10. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Erin Pran !e Downtown Business Owner and Former DSABA Board <br />Member <br />• Expressed concern for BID activity, and particularly for government <br />waste. <br />• Stated that a business in the BID is taxed twice as much as a business <br />in any other part of the City. <br />• Noted that business owners had not been notified about the status of a <br />BID assessmen# for this year. <br />• Asked the Commission to be cognizant of the following BID assets: 1) <br />approximately $400,000 in a bank account, 2) the EI Faisan leased <br />property, 3} Fiestas of the Americas revenues and 4) non-profit <br />organizations such as Downtown Santa Ana Events, Inc. <br />STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS <br />John Reekstin <br />• Noted that on Friday, April 16, the Coalition of Local Governments <br />submitted over 1,000,000 signatures to the Secretary of State for a <br />"Protect Local Government" initiative. This effort has qualified the <br />initiative far the ballot in November, a significant step to protect the <br />City from the continued siphoning of local revenues to balance the <br />state budget. <br />• Noted that he is working with the Planning Division to develop a <br />marke#ing retail strategy, primarily in the Artist Village area, south of 4'~' <br />Street. The Commission will be involved in planning. <br />CRHC MINUTES 7 APRIL 20, 2004 <br />