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BOYS & GMLS CLUB OF SANTA ANA Mr. Verny Carvajal Senior Planner City of Santa Ana Planning Division 20 Civic Center Plaza, M -20 Santa Ana, CA 92701 Mr. Carvajal, For almost 60 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana has served youth at our Main Club facility located at 950 W: Highland St. Santa Ana, CA 92703.. The Club has been a place of hope, opportunity, and empowerment for generations of Orange County youth. Our traditional programming consists of a dally rotation of fitness, academic reinforcement, and enrichment opportunities. We are, due to our geographic location in a dense residential community, considered to be "neighborhood" Boys &Girls Club. We serve youth ages 6 -18 and the vast majority walk to and from the Main Club facility. of the parents who choose to drop -off or pick -up their child, the majority are within walking distance. There area couple special events during the year that generate additional foot and vehicle traffics These two events are the Christmas and Thanksgiving events. In both scenarios, our club collaborates with both Lowell Elementary and Flo Pico Elementary, which are located directly across the street. For years we have collaborated with both schools and have never had problems with parking. The Christmas event is held on a Saturday morning so as not to conflict with school functions and the increase in vehicle traffic is primarily due to our volunteer support, For each event we limit the numbers of volunteers per shift and require pre - registration at least week In advance. This ensures we don't have more volunteers than we need and allows us to plan effectively for their arrival and volunteer work. All volunteer shifts are scheduled andsegmented into groups throughout the day. We do this to manage both the logistics of our special event and all parking needs, For these two events we also use SAP Police Explorers to manage traffic flow and assist with parking. The same strategy is applied to our Thanksgiving event, which is held an a Tuesday evening the week of Thanksgiving, which is also a non - school day. We are extremely aware of the need for a parking strategy during these high traffic events and have spent years honing our plans. Since these are annual events and we have done them for so many years, they are planned and executed flawlessly by our team. If you have any questions or would like to discuss our parking any further, please feel free to contact me directly, All the best Robert Santana Chief Executive Officer Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana rsa ntana Rbovsandei rlscl ub.com (714) 543 -5540 office EXHIBIT 11 31A-29