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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />From: Chris S <chris714oc@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 10:44 AM <br />To: eComment; City Council <br />Cc: Huizar, Maria; Cortez, Robert; Garcia, Jorge (CMO); Kurtz, Cynthia <br />Subject: REGARDING: Agenda Item 50A.EMERGENCY ORDINANCE and the Orange County <br />Needle Exchange Program <br />Attachments: Aug2.JPG; Aug2b.JPG; Oct19.JPG; Oct19b.JPG; Remove.jpg <br />Mayor and City Council Members, <br />I fully support Agenda Item 50A before you tonight and ask that you vote YES. <br />I would greatly appreciate if you would immediately remove the Orange County Needle Exchange Program <br />(OCNEP) from operating in the Civic Center. Over the last year, we have seen an increase in used needles being <br />left around my neighborhood and in the Santa Ana Riverbed. Pies attached of needles found in and around my <br />neighborhood. <br />Back in September, 2016, the city of Santa Ana passed an ordinance declaring the Civic Center a Public Health <br />Crisis and one of the action items was to relocate the OCNEP from the Civic Center yet they are still operating <br />and passing out needles every Saturday. <br />From my understanding, there is a clause in the Memorandum of Understanding with OCNEP that allows the <br />city to give them 30 days notice to stop operating in the Civic Center. <br />Once again, I ask for your support on Agenda Item 50A and that you vote YES! <br />Kind regards, <br />Chris Schmidt <br />Windsor Village NA <br />