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Orozco, Norma <br /> From: Valeria Esqueda <valeria.esqueda97@gmail.com> <br /> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2022 10:55 AM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: ITEM #9 June 7th <br /> 06/06/2022 <br /> Dear Santa Ana City Council and Mayor, <br /> I am writing this letter in support of THRIVE Santa Ana and the City's first community land trust project. On <br /> June 7th, please approve agenda item #9, regarding the Walnut and Daisy Community Micro-Farm. As Santa <br /> Ana residents and community stakeholders, we are requesting that City Council approve an Amendment to <br /> THRIVE's Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA), allowing completion of the final DDA milestones <br /> before December 2022. <br /> We have witnessed THRIVE bring together local worker cooperatives, residents and other stakeholders, <br /> architectural design and engineering consultants, with City staff, to design and launch an exemplary project <br /> that will provide healthy food and lifestyle options, multigenerational gathering and commercial space. Most <br /> importantly, this community driven project will provide a model for economic development rooted in community <br /> participation. <br /> THRIVE has recently resubmitted construction plans incorporating comments from Planning, Building, and <br /> Public Works, and expect permit approvals in the coming weeks. Santa Ana is very close to seeing this historic <br /> development become a reality but needs your support. Without your support, this historic development may <br /> not move forward. <br /> The updated DDA timeline also allows for THRIVE to move forward with soil remediation at the site, to make <br /> sure the land is safe for community use, and to complete fundraising efforts before the end of the year. As you <br /> may know, COVID-19 dramatically increased the cost of construction, and this has impacted the project's <br /> budget. <br /> Groups that have joined and supported the project include CRECE Urban Farming Cooperative, Cooperacion <br /> Santa Ana, La Milpa Cafe Cooperative, City Fabrick architectural design consultants, Sisters of St Joseph, <br /> Templo Calvario, and Community Vision and Genesis LA's CalCORE program, among others. <br /> Please support the June 7th agenda item regarding the Walnut and Daisy Micro-Farm. Thank you in advance <br /> for your support. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Valeria Esqueda <br /> Valeria.esgueda97(d)-gmail.com <br /> i <br />