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• Yvonne Gonzales Duncan, District Director for LULAC volunteers in Santa Ana. Indicated Santa Ana is 78% Latino. It is important to extend the lease. Centennial Education Center has a child care center and is planning on spending $600,000 to expand the center. • Sandra "Pocha" Pena Sarmiento, member of United Artist of Santa Ana spoke on the need for a public art policy. She indicated a presentation was made to the city for a mural on French and 4th Street. The wall is the largest wall mural in the city. Need to raise money for the mural. • Francisco Saucedo, musician and independent artist indicated the city needs a formal process to select a mural for French and 4th street. • Alicia Rojas, SA Community Art Coalition indicated the city needs to create a strategic plan for the Arts Council. Need community input on the mural. Need to raise money for the Art Coalition. • Lara Montana, member of the Grain Project indicated they have joined with the SA Art Coalition and Business Owners. Members include a number of SA dignitaries. - • Debra Russell, former employee'of SAUSD requested the city move forward on the Plaza Santa Ana mural with the Art Coalition. This is the first time business owners and the art community has worked together. The downtown area is changing fast and the mural is a community vision. • Elizabeth Cardenas indicated the SA Art Coalition is the best organization to paint the mural at Plaza Santa Ana. • Moses Camacho indicated he attended Art School in Vermont and opened an Art Studio and Gallery in Santa Ana. He is able to gather individuals interested in painting the - mural, APPROVAL OF MINUTES o Minutes of August 19 2013=:accepted as presented MEMORIAL PARK AMENITIES; PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE o Gerardo Mouet presented a brief history of improvements at Memorial Park. He indicated the park was built in 1966. Various improvements were made at the park. One of the proposals was to build a gymnasium, but funding was not available. Recent proposals include a multi - purpose room, classrooms, technology cent& and skate park. Donnie Sabreros was introduced to present his proposal for an exercise weight lifting area in the park that is supported by well known athletics. Another suggestion is to install exercise equipment similar to Birch Park Fitness Zone. • REVIEW STATUS OF ADULT EDUCATION CENTER AT CENTENNIAL PARK o Gerardo Mouet presented the history of Centennial Park Property. The property was formally an FCC communication site that broke enemy code. It was acquired from the Federal Government for recreational purposes. He indicated the SA College lease a portion of the park and their lease has expired. To extend their lease the city is required to find equal property for a PREY Regular Meeting Page 4 October 28, 2013 13C -4