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From:Connie Major To:eComment Subject:City council meeting 9/16/25 Agenda item 10 Date:Monday, September 15, 2025 10:05:53 PM Attention:This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Sept 15, 2025 Dear Council members, My husband and I have lived in the same home in Washington Square for 48 years, raised our three children, supported the district’s schools, Ran PTA’s, AYSO soccer, Boy and Girl Scouts and attended church. Having a walk-to park would have really helped in many ways. My husband and I live on N Olive and have had our eye on the vacant land and lamented on why there is not park we can walk to. We would say, “Santa Ana is park poor.” Yes, we support the purchase of as much of the available land as possible for the proposed Washington Square Park. I have looked at the concept layouts, and I know we can do even better. I’ll give my design “2 cents” when the time is right. Living on N Olive gave all of us residents a special environment, living under the giant old Carob trees. The last 80 parkway Caribs in Santa Ana were removed this year and will not be replaced with Carobs in parkways. I am requesting that Carob trees be planted in every park in Santa Ana, particularly in the parks around areas that lost their Carobs. We lost 80 trees, can the city get 80 trees in the ground? You see, the tree is a habitat for particular wild life dear to my heart. We have a 16-year-old Lilac Crowned Amazon parrot from the flocks around us and Orange County. We named him Lucky as he crashed into our window when he was too young to fly and misinterpreted the reflection. We were there to save him from the cats. Lucky misses his cousins that no longer have Carobs to feast on their pods and nest in the branches. They just fly by. So yes, to the proposed park and please plant Carobs. Respectfully, Connie Major Santa, Ana, CA 92703 conniemajor@yahoo.com