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Flores, Dora From:Tom Lutz <luterlutz@aol.com> Sent:Tuesday, AM To:!City Clerk Subject:Proposed Washington Square Park Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. To: Mayor and Council. Dear Mayor Amezcua and Council Members; Bacerra, Hernandez, Lopez, Penaloza, Phan, & Vasquez,. My name is Tom Lutz and my wife Nancy Lutz have lived in Washington Square (WS) since 1972 and we are one of the founding members of the Washington Square Neighborhood Association (WSNA) which was started in 1985 and we just celebrated our 40th Anniversary last July as one of the premier neighborhoods in Santa Ana. There has been a vacant piece of property within the "Square" for many years and over time the residents have discussed it becoming a Neighborhood Passive Park. Having lived here for the past 54 years we have seen WSNA thrive and grow with now young families moving in and starting families and a neighborhood park would be greatly used. A passive park has come to the top our the neighborhoods wish list and Chairwoman Nina Jirik has worked the last three years building overwhelming support from residents, attending Parks & Rec meetings as well as council meetings expressing the interest in a park where residents can gather and children play. In her efforts she had found a WSNA Park would support the City's Parks Master Plan for well over 2,000 + WSNA residents. We understand the property owner is willing to sell and have learned they may have dropped their asking price. As a long time WS resident and former Council Member, Mayor Pro-Tem and Planning Commissioner I encourage you to support funding the resources for a Passive Park in Washington Square in the '26 '27 budget coming before you. Sincerely, Tom & Nancy Lutz Santa Ana. 1