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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 20, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />STRATEGY TO SECURE FEDERAL <br />PROMISE ZONE DESIGNATION FOR <br />SANTA ANA <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,41D) <br />) L,; L <br />CITY MAN R <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 n Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Receive and file the proposed federal Promise Zone designation of Santa Ana. <br />Securing Santa Ana's designation as a federal Promise Zone (PZ) in 2016 continues to be a <br />priority for staff. Major advantages of this designation include: 1) the awarding of preferences for <br />certain competitive federal grant programs; and 2) proposed hiring tax credits and enhanced <br />depreciation (tax) benefits to investors (subject to Congressional approval). Broad objectives <br />associated with Santa Ana's strategy include the creation of jobs, growing the local economy, <br />improving education opportunities, and reducing violent crime. <br />A team with representatives from the Community Development Agency, Santa Ana Police <br />Department, and the City Manager's Office has been evaluating the federal application criteria <br />and are now prepared to recommend a defined geographic area that will be the focus of Santa <br />Ana's strategy. This area encompasses Santa Ana's gang Injunction security zones in the <br />Townsend and Santa Anita neighborhoods, Including a portion of Buena and Clinton Streets In <br />the City of Garden Grove as Illustrated on the proposed promise zone map (Exhibit 1). The <br />strategy will seek to attract resources to improve opportunities for residents of these two areas <br />with a history of violent crime. In addition, our Five Year Strategic Plan adopted in late 2014 will <br />serve as the foundation of this effort, <br />Current discussions with key institutional partners has encompassed two areas: 1) seeking to find <br />common ground in our mutual strategic plan goals for the next 10 years; and 2) Incorporating <br />mutual goals into our PZ Strategy and exploring new partnerships through a Memorandum of <br />Understanding (MOU). <br />19F -1 <br />