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Trujillo, Rose Ann From: Soto, Daniel Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 3:58 PM To: 'Paige Lefever' Cc: Cavazos, David; Lawrence, Mark; Huizar, Maria; Rojas, Carlos Subject: RE: Fireworks proposal 4/5/2016 meeting Good afternoon Ms. Lefever, On behalf of the Mayor and City Council, thank you for your comments. Your email has been forwarded for their review and consideration. Best, Daniel A. Soto City of Santa Ana I City Manager's Office 20 Civic Center Plaza I Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 647-6900 1 dsoto@santa-ana.org Cc: Mayor and City Council -----Original Message ----- From: Paige Lefever [ Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 3:26 PM To: !City Council Cc: Cherie Subject: Fireworks proposal 4/5/2016 meeting Hello, I am unable to make the meeting tonight but felt it was imports make my voice heard regarding the firework ban proposal. My name is Paige Lefever and I am a resident of West Floral Park. I have lived in Santa Ana my entire life and my current residence for 13 years. Although I am living in a family home so I have spent every holiday and every family gathering in the home I currently own. As the years have gone by I have noticed the neighborhood firework displays getting bigger and bigger. About 8 years ago we had a neighbor move in who brought the illegal fireworks around, before them I never saw bottle rockets or heard M80's on the 4th. Back then we would have regular patrols of police and fire and would direct them to the neighbors. I do not Know if they were ever fined, but every year this same family shoots off illegal fireworks and every year I report them. About 5 or 6 years ago it began to get unbearable on the 4th. The noise and smoke were enough to make me want to leave town for the holiday, but I had a wood shingle roof and couldn't risk it. 3 years ago I rescued a dog and discovered that she lives in absolute fear of the fireworks - both legal and illegal. Last year was awful. My husband and I locked her in our bedroom with the TV on and turned up, the windows closed and the lights on, the AC and fans on, anything we thought would distract her. It didn't. She dug a whole under our bed trying to find a place to hide, she went to the bathroom all over the room. We are lucky she didn't try to jump out the window. She never really recovered. Since that day we every loud noise - special effects on TV, a car backfiring, a gunshot , etc send her into an absolute panic. We now have to Keep her on Prozac, had to change her food and have to sedate her on