HomeMy WebLinkAboutVivian Pallack 11-15-2021November 15, 2021
To: The City Clerk of Santa Ana and City Council
Re: City Council Special Meeting re: Redistricting, November 15, 2021
With regard to ward redistricting of Santa Ana, I am asking that you
consider the following:
I would like to see that the following be kept together in the same ward:
Sandpointe, Republic Homes, Metro Classic and also, Thornton Park and, the
area from Segerstrom and the west side of Bristol Street beginning at Park
Bristol Condominiums south to Alton.
Reasons:
We who are homeowners who live and shop in the South Coast Metro area
and who have kids that go to school at Segerstrom High School, also use
Thorton Park extensively, and have common interests and issues that we
share. There is a sense of "neighborhood" among us. To not include the
above -named areas in the same ward is like splitting up a family.
It does not make sense to divide areas so narrowly that one council member
would be dealing with one issue as it relates to the same issue of a like -
neighborhood in the same area, if ward division lines are separating these
neighborhoods. There would be a lack of continuity.
I know I speak on behalf of many neighbors who are not able to write to you
about this, for one reason or another, i.e., not computer literate, don't know
how to go about it, or are working, have kids, and just trying still to keep
heads above water, as well as many young professionals who live at Park
Bristol and work in South Coast Metro. Thus, I've become sort of a speaker
on behalf of many in my immediate community on various issues.
Directly behind where I live at is Carriage Drive in the
Republic Homes development. We are separated only by a carport, and thus
what happens in the Republic Homes development, also impacts Park Bristol
Condominiums, and vice versa. Even between our two community
associations, we have worked on some issues. To be separated by a ward
division line makes things more complicated to know who to talk to about
any issue if having to work with more than one councilmember. The
separation also interferes with problem -solving continuity.
It does not make sense if Park Bristol Condominiums development is in a
different ward than the South Coast Metro area. Ninety-five percent of daily
shopping and community concerns of common interests are south of
Segerstrom and Bristol Street in the South Coast Metro area, not north of it.
That goes the same for the Republic Homes/Thornton Park community areas
also.
The South Coast business area is uniquely surrounded by condominiums and
residential single-family homes and apartments with residents who are more
closely involved in the South Coast Metro area.
These homeowners/residents also share the same interests and concerns for
our community relating to schools, medical, police, traffic and public safety
that are again, unique to the area I'm referencing. At any given time, many
of these concerns can be found talked about on the neighborhood Nextdoor
Website. Our issues in this section of Santa Ana bind us together.
I hope you will strongly consider the above when voting on ward boundary
lines. And, if I might suggest, to keep in mind with regard to other ward
boundary lines, to keep communities together that have common
interests/issues to solve that are unique to them.
Respectfully submitted,
Vivian Pallack, Home Owner