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2016 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM <br />residents to water their lawns three days per <br />week and keeping all permanent water <br />conservation measures in full force. <br />In order to achieve the 3% water use reduction, <br />the City will continue with its comprehensive <br />drought outreach plan. <br />Health (Parks, Recreation and Community <br />Services Agency) <br />Advocate for special grant monies for <br />community outreach and education efforts to <br />enhance the public awareness of preventing <br />health issues such as obesity, diabetes, heart <br />disease, and hypertension. <br />Mobility (Public Works Agency and Parks, <br />Recreation and Community Services Agency) <br />Support legislation which increases funding and <br />legal support for improved bicycle and <br />pedestrian facilities. <br />Seek special grant monies for outreach and <br />education efforts to enhance walking and biking <br />safety in our town. <br />Residential Group Homes (Planning and <br />Building Agency) <br />To protect residential neighborhoods, support <br />legislation which promotes local control of <br />residential groups homes including sober living <br />facilities. <br />Sustainable Development (Planning and <br />Building Agency) <br />Seek special grant monies for planning, outreach <br />and education efforts to support sustainable <br />development. Projects may include <br />comprehensive planning efforts, zoning and <br />building code updates and specific planning <br />efforts. <br />Engagement (Parks, Recreation and Community <br />Services Agency and Planning and Building <br />Agency and Neighborhood Improvement <br />Program) <br />Seek special grant monies for community <br />engagement. These grant monies may be used <br />to support public outreach on a number of <br />planning efforts including the City General Plan <br />update, historic preservation programs and <br />survey efforts as well as specific planning urban <br />design projects. In addition, monies may be <br />used to support the City's existing <br />Neighborhood Improvement Program <br />community engagement efforts. <br />Discuss with state and federal legislature <br />representatives the need to find a funding <br />stream to help the Santa Ana Public Library <br />provide a 5 -year effort to increase voter <br />registration. <br />GOAL 6: COMMUNITY <br />FACILITIES & <br />INFRASTRUCTURE <br />The City of Santa Ana has the responsibility to install and <br />maintain the basic facilities required for a community to <br />operate including streets, sidewalks and bikeways, <br />sanitary sewers, storm drains, water systems, public <br />buildings and facilities, and collection of solid waste. The <br />City also has an important advocacy role concerning mass <br />transit and public utilities. <br />O.C. Streetcar (Public Works Agency) <br />Seek continued support for the OC Streetcar. <br />The project under consideration is a modern <br />streetcar running from the Santa Ana Regional <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />10 <br />65A-13 <br />