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Alcala, Abigail From: Chris S <chris714oc @gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 1:18 PM To: eComment Cc: Martinez, Michele; Sarmiento, Vicente; Reyna, Roman; Ono, Ron Subject: Question on the $SOOk for Segerstrom High School in the proposed city budget Attachments: Joint_Use_Segerstrom.jpg; Segerstrom_Turf.JPG; Sege rstromTurf2.JPG; God i nez_Syntheti c_Tu rf.J PG City manager Cavazos, On page 48 of the 2016/17 city budget presentation, there is a line item for $500K to be allocated to Segerstrom High School. I'm not aware of any city residents or neighborhoods asking the city for those funds to be allocated to Segerstrom HS. Who specifically requested $500K from the city's 2016/17 budget for synthetic turf and rubberized track installation at Segerstrom High School? I would like to point out the following: 1. The synthetic turf has already been installed at Segerstrom HS. Pics attached. 2. Currently there is no Joint -Use agreement between the city of Santa Ana and SAUSD for Segerstrom HS. 3. In 2015, the city proposed allocating $525K for synthetic turf installation for the Joint -Use facility at Centennial Park and Godinez HS but those funds were never approved. I'm not sure why the city would allocate $500k to a SAUSD property which was just built 10 years ago when there are multiple city Parks and Rec. projects that would benefit from the use of these funds. I would greatly appreciate if the city would reconsider allocating the $500K to purchasing and staffing a bookmobile equipped with computers for the city's Library to use. Our city Library had a bookmobile that served neighborhoods throughout the city for many years, but it was sold as surplus during the city's financial crisis. A bookmobile equipped with computers would . better serve the entire city, and help bridge the digital - divide with the youth in our city. It would also meet several of the city's strategic plan objectives: WS -A -19