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Dear COUNCILMEMBERS, 20I7 JUL -5 M 3, 53 CITY OF SANTA NA CLERK OF CHNICiL My name is Jose Guzman, I am a food truck owner in the city of Santa Ana. I would like to address the issue of agenda item #75B. I have been in the food truck business for about 15 years now and I am well aware of many of the issues and complaints that local residents and some brick and mortar businesses have against the food truck businesses. I have been on both sides of this issue, so I know that there is no easy solution to this problem. Please allow me to make a suggestion. As you are well aware, there are several types of food trucks and several types of usage of these food trucks. Therefore, you cannot draw up one set of regulations and expect to resolve the issues regarding all of the different types of food trucks. There must be specific types of regulations addressing each type of food truck business. Besides drawing up new regulations, the city council could allow food trucks to park on private property. This way, food trucks can partner up with brick and mortar businesses and have a mutual benefit. For example, a taco truck would be allowed to park in a parking lot of a 7-11 store and all of the beverages would have to be bought at the 7- 11.Or the 7-11 store owner can charge the taco truck a rental fee. There are many examples of where a local brick and mortar business and a food truck can partner up and create more foot traffic for the business. Also, allowing food trucks to park on private property will solve many of the complaints that local residents have against food trucks.