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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:47 PM To: Mitre -Ramirez, Norma; Trujillo, Rose Ann; Orozco, Norma Subject: FW: 2015 / 2016 Budget Items for South Main Corridor Categories: Correspondence Please include in correspondence under Workstudy Session. Thank you. From: Magallon, Becky Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:32 PM To: Cavazos, David Cc: Huizar, Maria Subject: FW: 2015 / 2016 Budget Items for South Main Corridor Forwarding an email from the South Santa Ana Merchants Association. Becky Magallon I Secretary to the City Manager City Manager's Office I bmagallon@santa-ana.org 714.647.5200 120 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701 From: sharonbarlow0l@gmail.com[ On Behalf Of Sharon Barlow Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:23 PM To: Magallon, Becky Cc: Reenders, Kelly; Morley, Marc; David Elliott Subject: 2015 / 2016 Budget Items for South Main Corridor Dear Honorable, Mayor Pulido, City Manager, David Cavazos, and Honorable, City Council Members, Martinez, Sarmiento, Benavides, Tinjero, Amezcua, & Reyna, On behalf of the South Santa Ana Merchants Association, I would like to bring to your attention the urgent needs of the South Main Corridor. These items that need to be addressed, we would like you to take into consideration for funds to be allocated for the upcoming budget for the 2015 / 2016 fiscal year. These are issues that effect the well being of our residents, businesses and tarnish the image of our great city. Homeless - MHA presents a problem to the businesses on the corridor and surrounding neighborhoods. Where they are a great help to our homeless population, the problem is that they are only open from 6:00 am to 3:30 pm and after that their clients have no where to go. They care for people that have very bad mental problems and addictions which in return presents a problem to businesses & families in the area, such as, leaving trash, doing drugs, camping out, coming into businesses and being disruptive, which drives away customers. MHA is only leasing the building so they would be willing to move if we could come up with a safer area for them that would make more sense for there clients. Clean & Safe Program - In the downtown area you have this program that keeps the streets & sidewalks clean. The most important part is the security. The South Main Corridor is asking that you extend this program to the South Main Corridor. As you can see graffiti has been down along with crime. We need this in our area to give a sense of security when we have our customers come in to shop. If the public sees this security our area will start the revitalization that it needs and more businesses will want to come into the corridor. Sub Station / Community Center - At one time we had a sub station on the corridor. This is something that is needed for the safety of this community and also it can be a resource center of what is going on in our city. If anyone is having issues or wants to know about what