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Becerra, Alexis <br /> From: Victor Payan <vpayan@alumni.stanford.edu> <br /> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 4:41 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Cc: amorris@santa-ana.gov; ycruz@santa-ana.com <br /> Subject: Public COmment: Agenda Item 24, <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> Hello, Mayor Amezcua and City Council, <br /> I am writing to comment regarding Agenda Item 24, the Fiscal Year 202627 Budget Work Study <br /> Session. As a Pacific Park resident who worked to save the Cypress Street Fire Station from being <br /> sold to a private developer in 2022, 1 am writing to strongly request that NO funds be allocated for <br /> the building's use as a SAPID PAAL location, as this was not a use that was requested by the <br /> community, and that NONE of the uses for the building that the community DID identify in 2022, <br /> and which we DID present to the City for consideration, were presented to the City Council when <br /> you voted in 2022 to consider PAAL's use of the building. <br /> The uses that WERE identified via a community survey administered in conjunction with the <br /> Pacific Park Neighborhood Association and Friends of the Cypress Street Fire Station included: <br /> A Digital Library <br /> A Community Technology Center <br /> Bridging the digital divide with computer and internet resources <br /> Educational programs for youth and adults <br /> Career development programs for youth and adults <br /> Arts and culture events <br /> Community meeting and event space <br /> As I said, NONE of these uses were presented by staff to the Council for consideration when the <br /> issue of the building's use was considered in 2022. <br /> This represented a major betrayal by the City of the community effort to save the building for <br /> public use and of the community input from our survey regarding what residents actually wanted <br /> and needed from the building. We need a digital community technology center in Pacific Park that <br /> serves ALL AGES from youth to seniors, not something that is limited to a very narrow age range <br /> and is only open a few hours a week. <br /> Additionally, PAAL already has a facility in Pacific Park, in our Roosevelt-Walker <br /> Community Center. It is horribly underutilized, has been empty every time I have visited the <br /> center, and I was told by Rosevelt staff that a community computer room was displaced so that <br /> PAAL could take up occupancy there. The last time I looked in that room, all I saw was crayons and <br /> 1 <br />