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0i <br />"I found out about this on Wednesday when I got my agenda, so it's sort of the same issue. We <br />just found out," said Supervisor John Moorlach, who questioned why the vote waldel_ abed <br />Supervisor Pat Bates said key input was missing and that another forum is called for. <br />Santa Ana Unified School District officials "should have been commenting" on residents' <br />concerns about safe routes to schools on Tuesday, said Bates. <br />"I believe that you need to have another meeting to specifically address how you're going to look <br />at that issue and allay their concerns. That is fundamental to my support," she added, to applause <br />from the audience. <br />4- 1 Supervisor Todd Spitzer, meanwhile agreed that Santa Ana Unified board members "need to <br />weigh in." <br />He also criticized county management fo <br />when it comes to homeless sex ottenders <br />X'To come here toda and not know these <br />isheartening because we want to champi <br />before it came here to a vote." <br />but these questions should <br />" said <br />lgr.. "It's <br />answered <br />The county's lead staffer on homeless issues responded to the criticism, saying the outreach was <br />extensive. <br />"I think they did a great job getting community notices out," said Karen Roper, director of OC <br />Community Services. "We hope that the community will feel that they can be a part of this." <br />The $3.6 million building purchase now goes into a 90 -day escrow period, where the property's <br />condition will be inspected, before the sale is completed. After that, the county would seek bids <br />from contractors to operate the shelter. <br />The 23,000 - square -foot warehouse, at 1217 E. Normandy Place in Santa Ana, is located near the <br />corner of Grand and McFadden avenues. <br />The county would be purchasing the property from B &N Group and JRMV Investments, Inc., <br />who are represented by Blake V. Elliott. It would then spend another $2.3 million to renovate the <br />building, and about $2.6 million per year to operate and maintain the shelter. Operating costs <br />would be covered by a mixture of county, federal and private funds. <br />In many respects, the scene Tuesday was a replay of the effort last year by Nelson to RLish <br />through a proposal for the county to buy a property in Fullerton and build a homeless shelter <br />before getting buy -in from Fullerton residents. Faced with stiff resident opposition, the Fullerton <br />City Council nixed that plan last June. <br />85AA -37 <br />