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CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />TITLE VI - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN <br />PURPOSE <br />The City of Santa Ana's Public Participation Plan is organized to work in concert with the Title VI Plan and <br />the Limited English Proficiency Plan. The purpose of the Public Participation Plan is to establish procedures <br />that allow for, encourage, and monitor participation of all citizens living and working in the City, and <br />users of public transportation. Special attention will be paid to ,soliciting input from low-income and <br />minority communities that are traditionally underrepresented. A survey tool will be developed to seek <br />information about personal transportation and the most effective channels of communication for the City <br />to engage the citizenry. <br />The survey tool will be used to solicit input for the Public Participation Plan. The survey will be posted on <br />the City of Santa Ana website, and distributed at neighborhood and community meetings. Cognizant of <br />individuals with limited English Proficiency, the survey will be developed at a fourth grade reading level <br />and translated into both Spanish and Vietnamese. <br />GOALS AND OBJECTIVES <br />The City's public involvement plan has a single comprehensive goal: to allow the public opportunities <br />throughout the planning process to influence decisions. In order to meet this goal, the City has established <br />the following objectives: <br />1. Identifythe most appropriate methods for reachingthe public. <br />2. Determine what non-English languages and other cultural barriers exist to public <br />participation within the Santa Ana area. <br />3. Hold meetings in locations which are accessible and reasonably welcoming to all area residents, <br />including but not limited to, low-income and minority members of the public. <br />4. Keep the public informed through effective channels of communication and allow input from those <br />not likely to attend meetings. <br />5. Work to actively involve the public in programs, policy-making and projects. <br />6. Ensure that the City's public involvement plan is dynamic and responsive. <br />7. Use various illustrative visualization techniques to convey the information including but not limited <br />to charts, graphs, photos, maps and the internet. <br />55C-16 <br />10 <br />