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Community <br />r��i�iUCI <br />However, both of these attempts came up short. Our partners in iPlo-NO! Santa Ana! reported that very <br />few of the solutions proposed during the meetings were incorporated into the General Plan and concerns <br />around the survey design were not addressed in the final version that was disseminated to Santa Ana <br />residents. Ultimately, the survey suffered from poor results, receiving only 746 responses. This number <br />does not constitute an accurate assessment of Santa Ana communities' environmental justice needs. <br />Simply put: a survey that engages only 0.2% of residents is not good enough. <br />iPlo-NO! Santa Ana!, along with many other residents and community stakeholders, believe that a more <br />thorough community engagement process is needed to better inform the update to the City's General <br />Plan. <br />In order to ensure that the final version of the General Plan genuinely reflects the perspectives and needs <br />of Santa Ana residents and expert community stakeholders, it is imperative that the City participate in an <br />additional series of roundtable discussions with impacted residents and community groups such as iPlo- <br />NO! Santa Ana!, in order to confirm their approval of the current policy language and incorporate any <br />pending resident concerns. <br />For these reasons, I ask you to vote to delay the adoption of the Final Recirculated Program <br />Environmental Impact Report No. 2020-03 and General Plan Amendment No. 2020-06 for Santa <br />Ana General Plan Update. <br />The City must take the time to engage with impacted communities to adopt specific commitments to <br />remediating the soil -lead crisis and other environmental injustices in Santa Ana, and to implement a <br />community review and approval process for each component in the General Plan prior to approval by the <br />City Council. <br />As one of the six Guiding Principles of the City of Santa Ana's Five -Year Strategic Plan, equity must not <br />be forgotten in the General Plan process. <br />Thank you for your time and consideration. <br />Sincerely, <br />Gregory Lopez <br />Project Manager <br />Community Resilience Projects <br />University of California, Irvine <br />cc: Abigail Reyes, Director Community Resilience Projects, University of California, Irvine <br />Ma61Hing ddirass: c/o UII II...a r, 401. Il::::ast Il::�aftasoirn II)irve, 3u. to 1.000, Ilirv6ine, CA 92697 1.000 <br />I::�hys6call ddirass: Suirnirneir 3ass6oirn I13' (13uH6irng 230), 3u. to 1.1.0, umU ll, Ilia ine CA 92697 <br />(4) 324 2489coirriirriu ini tyiras61l6eirnce.uc6.edu <br />