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<br />Ibarra, Evelyn <br />From:Flores, Gaston <br />Sent:Tuesday, July 16, 2024 8:41 AM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:FW: Contact the City Council Submission <br /> <br />From: notify@proudcity.com <notify@proudcity.com> <br />Sent: Monday, July 15, 2024 10:01 PM <br />To: Flores, Gaston <GFlores@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Contact the City Council Submission <br /> <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Name <br />Sheri Menke <br /> <br />Email <br /> <br /> <br />Address <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Map It <br />Phone <br />( <br /> <br />Who is this message for? <br /> Mayor Valerie Amezcua <br /> Mayor Pro Tem Thai Viet Phan <br /> Councilmember Benjamin Vazquez <br /> Councilmember Jessie Lopez <br /> <br /> Councilmember Phil Bacerra <br /> Councilmember Johnathan Ryan Hernandez <br /> Councilmember David Penaloza <br />Comments or questions <br />Please rescind the ordinance prohibiting short term rentals and ask the staff to follow ethical and legal procedures for this very <br />important issue! <br /> <br />In October of 2015 the city council unanimously voted not to extend a moratorium placed on STR’s. At that time they were <br />publicly legal and the council asked for there to be a study session to determine what reasonable and fair regulations would look <br />like. In September of 2022 a city wide ban was on the planning and building agenda, but was moved off of the agenda from the <br />staff. Then in December of 2023 there was a study session presented to the planning/building commission. During that session, <br />the public could not comment, we should have a chance to have a study session and discuss this issue as we are the experts <br /> <br />who have been running these small businesses for over 10 years! Zoning codes haven’t been updated since the 1960’s <br />according to the city staff. At the study session, the commissioners were <br />supportive of a tax and regulated program. Alan Woo even asked the staff to meet with us to discuss what a program might look <br />like. The ordinance should have been passed through the planning commission before being presented to you the council! <br /> <br />On April 2nd there was no evidence given by the staff that STR’s are not wanted in the city. There needs to be a fair and proper <br />study on this issue! The staff said they would target homes where there are noise complaints, LLC’s and absentee owners. My <br />1 <br /> <br />