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Building g Healthy comit nines Santa .dna Building Healthy Communities MEEMEMEEM 1505 E 17th St, Suite 111, Santa Ana, CA 97705 PHONE: (714)597-6630 1 FAX: (714)647-0901 1 www.sa-bhc.org September 11, 2015 Dear Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Councilmembers and City Manager We understand you will be making recommendations for the allocation of approximately $10 million in surplus monies from the City's Budget. As you know, Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities S'A13HQ is an initiative of non -profits, community organizations, adult and youth residents committed to support improvements to the health and well-being of families in Central Santa Ana. In fact, we worked with the City and SACReD to ensure wide community participation in the Five -Year Strategic Plan because we see civic engagement as a core pillar of a healthy community. Based on the input we heard through the Strategic Plan, through our work over the last five years of SABHC, and prior to SABHC, we have several recommendations on the allocation of these funds that will bring immediate benefits to the lives of thousands of families. More importantly, we have stakeholders with direct expertise that can see through implementation efforts. We urge you to support the following recommendations: Rem Who Amount Fund to incentivize local micro -enterprises that promote local Community $1 Million health, arts, and culture. Ce.g. worker cooperatives, the Development in establishment of a mercadito as a market place for locally collaboration with prudced artisanal goods, and the establishment of a Community Orgs. community -run micro -farm). Fund RFP or city sponsorships for community -led Community $500,000 programming that promotes health, arts, culture, such as the Development in recently approved mini -grant donation program to community collaboration with groups. Community Orgs. Community Spaces: Grants for community centers providing Community $2.5 Million health, wellness, arts, culture programming to support Development in infrastructure, new services and providers for ikon -Profit collaboration with Community Clinics, El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Familias Community Orgs. C'orazones Verdes Park, The L B'T Center OC, the KidWorks Youth Center expansion, and The Cambodian Families. Public Restroom & drinking fountain at Plaza Calle Cuatro Parks & Rec $500,000 Wellness Corridor signage/wayfinding along 5 routes to Public Works $250,000 promote walking and biking and improve connectivity to the business district.