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Becerra, Alexis <br /> From: Lindsay Manning < <br /> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2025 12:04 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: Agenda Item 10 - City Council Meeting 9/16/25 <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> Santa Ana City Council Members, <br /> I am writing to express my support for a park in Washington Square Neighborhood. I have been a resident of <br /> Washington Square for nine (9) years now. When my husband and I first purchased our home our children <br /> were 3 % and 6 months old; we lived the most park heavy years in our home without one single park in <br /> walking distance. As any parent of young children knows, it is a time consuming, and sometimes stressful <br /> chore, to get kids packed and loaded into a car to drive to a park; it takes planning the perfect time and <br /> ensuring you have diapers, snacks, water, change of clothes etc. so much that sometimes you just end up <br /> skipping the park. Which is such a sad thing as children need to be outside in fresh air, they need to run <br /> around and play and learn to climb and swing, they meet other kids and learn to socialize and its a great place <br /> for parents to meet other parents that live close by as well. During COVID when our kids were stuck at home <br /> our only option was to go play in the parking lot at Wilson school as there was no park nearby and we didn't <br /> have the time to drive to one as we adults were still at home trying to work. <br /> My children are now 9 and 12 years old so we don't spend much time at parks anymore but when they heard <br /> there was a possibility to get a park in our neighborhood they were still very excited....the first question from <br /> my 9 year old son was "Are they going to have a skate park?" and my daughter asked, "Mom, am I old enough <br /> to sign the petition? I need them to know I want a park too!!" <br /> You can see from our one example that families and residents of Washington Square of all ages would enjoy a <br /> park that is walkable to our homes and we hope that you will strongly consider it for our neighborhood!! <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Lindsay Manning and family (Christopher, Kennedy (12) and James (9)) <br /> <br /> i <br />