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Santa Ana Healthy Neighborhoods Alli &l#c'T -Q PM 11: 511 East Side, Madison Park, Wilshire Square, Heninger Park ResldAKtcWdAhN A&.uih'Mcrin Merchants, Churches and Schools C L E R K 01" C 0 !'2 ` h^ August 13, 2014 TO: OC Supervisors Shawn Nelson, Patricia C. Bates, Janet Nguyen, John M.W. Mooriach, Todd Spitzer; Santa Ana City Council, Mayor Miguel Pulido, Mayor Pro Temp Sal Tinajero, Council Members Vincent Sarmiento, Michele Martinez, Angelica Amezcua, David Benavides, Roman A. Reyna, City Manager David Cavazos; Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education, Audrey Yamagata — Noji, PHD, Jose Alfredo Hernandez,l.D., Rob Richardson, John Palacio, Cecilia Iglesias, Superintendent Rick Miller RE: Stop the Homeless Shelter at 1217 East Normandy Place, Santa Ana 92705 On Friday, August 8, 2014, we emailed you an invitation to attend the Community Forum on August 19, 2014 with the attached flyer. We have not heard from you. Please respond by Friday, August 15 if you will or will not attend, emailing response to: suzie.csandoval @gmail.com Thus far only Council Members Michele Martinez and David Benavides have responded. Thank you Council Members Ms. Martinez and Mr. Benavides for getting back to us. We demand a stop to the Escrow process for the 1217: East Normandy Place location for the proposed shelter. The Community was not engaged in the process appropriately. The process from the beginning is flawed. Notices of meetings and community forum were sent out very late, and many residents and businesses did not receive the information. See email sent for the July 2nd Community Forum; sent out on June 26th. Not sufficient notification for the community and held over the 0 of July weekend - -- many interested individuals were out of town. Many did not receive the mailed notice until July 1, 2014. See notification send out for the July 151h OC Supervisor's meeting; emails received on July 11th and at a time when many work and cannot attend meeting. Once again insufficient notification. See notification sent out on July 24 from City Manager's office to a select group to hear concerns at a Monday, July 28th meeting. The City Manager, David Cavazos was not present nor Councilman Vincent Sarmiento. No minutes were taken. We requested the minutes and were informed that minutes were not taken but staff would compile notes from the meeting and send out to attendees. How curious that the city and county want to hear our concerns but no minutes were taken. We still have not received the compiled notes from staff. it is now more than two weeks since the meeting took place.