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2016 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM <br />around the shared stories of human migration in <br />America. <br />Seek joint -use and other funding opportunities <br />to establish a community e -Library. This "Biblio <br />Tech" leverages technology tools to help the <br />public access library resources. <br />Collaborate with state and federal <br />representatives to identify literacy program <br />funding for collaborative efforts between the <br />Library and the Santa Ana Unified School <br />District. <br />Collaborate with state and federal <br />representatives to identify opportunities to add <br />a new Public Library in the south part of Santa <br />Ana. <br />Santa Ana Zoo (Parks, Recreation and <br />Community Services Agency) <br />Work with state and federal representatives to <br />identify funding for climate change education to <br />be provided at the Santa Ana Zoo. <br />GOAL 3: ECONOMIC <br />DEVELOPMENT <br />Robust, successful businesses bring jobs and opportunity <br />to the City and provide tax revenues for public services <br />that benefit the entire community. The City of Santa Ana <br />will work aggressively to encourage businesses to locate <br />and invest in our community, providing good jobs, <br />reducing unemployment and bolstering our City's tax <br />base. <br />Affordable Housin¢ (Community Development <br />Agency) <br />Seek increased funding for affordable rental <br />housing, support homeownership programs, <br />and improve the City's housing stock through <br />funding from the Community Development <br />Block Grant (CDBG) Program, the HOME <br />Investment Partnership Program (HOME), and <br />the City's Housing Opportunity Ordinance. <br />These programs improve the City's housing <br />stock while providing opportunities for <br />affordable rental and ownership housing for <br />residents within the City of Santa Ana. <br />Economic Development Initiatives (Community <br />Development Agency) <br />Collaborate with the Governor's Office of <br />Business and Economic Development in support <br />of ongoing economic initiatives and programs <br />that provide direct technical and financial <br />assistance to businesses looking to locate or <br />expand in the City of Santa Ana. Programs such <br />as California Competes Tax Credit, Sales and Use <br />Tax Exemption, New Employment Hiring Tax <br />Credit, Industrial Development Bonds, and the <br />Employment Training Panel. <br />Goods Movement and Mobility (Public Works <br />Agency) <br />Legislation is sought which values the Economic <br />Development from improved goods movement <br />and mobility to core Santa Ana industries. <br />Goods movement would be enhanced by <br />improving roadway infrastructure in and around <br />the city's industrial centers estimated to cost in <br />the cost range of $15 Million. <br />Enhanced Infrastructure Financine <br />Districts (Community Development Agency) <br />Support and establish an Enhanced <br />Infrastructure Financing District to issue bonds <br />to fund infrastructure projects such as street <br />improvements, highway interchanges, transit <br />facilities, sewage treatment and water <br />reclamation plants, low and moderate income <br />housing, and transit priority projects, pursuant <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />6 <br />65A-9 <br />