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City of Santa Ana <br />General Plan EJ Actions <br />GENERAL <br />RESPONSIBLE <br />PLAN <br />REF # <br />EJ <br />DEPT/ <br />TIME <br />policy <br />FRAME <br />ELEMENT <br />IMPLEMENTATION ACTION <br />AGENCY <br />Engage EJ communities on recreation and cultural programs. Incorporate community stakeholders <br />Community <br />1.1 <br />Yes <br />from environmental justice communities to form an Environmental Justice Action Committee to guide <br />PRCSA/ PBA <br />2023 <br />the identification of recreational and cultural programing needs and desires. <br />Community conversation. Plan for and conduct a community survey every two years related to <br />community health, pollution concerns, parks, community engagement, and community service needs, <br />Every two <br />Community <br />1.2 <br />Yes <br />CMo <br />with focused outreach to environmental justice priority areas utilizing various platforms, such as <br />years <br />social media and school events, to encourage substantial survey participation. <br />Collaboration. Develop intentional, strategic partnerships with public, private, and nonprofit entities <br />to improve health outcomes by leveraging capacity, resources, and programs around mutually <br />Community <br />1.3 <br />Yes <br />beneficial initiatives that promote health, equity, and sustainability in neighborhoods within <br />PBA/PRCSA <br />2022 -2024 <br />environmental justice area boundaries. Develop a comprehensive partnership policy providing <br />guidelines that can be used throughout the City organization. <br />Community coordination on underutilized spaces. Coordinate with community residents, property <br />owners, and other stakeholders to identify vacant and potentially underutilized properties and <br />2022 & <br />Community <br />1.4 <br />Yes <br />PBA/PRCSA <br />strategize how such properties could be repurposed into public parks or commercial recreation <br />ongoing <br />facilities. <br />Alternative facilities. In park deficient and environmental justice areas, identify facilities that are <br />viable alternatives to public parks and municipal facilities for recreational, cultural, and health and <br />wellness programs, including but not limited to school facilities, facilities of faith -based and civic <br />Community <br />1.5 <br />Yes <br />PRCSA <br />2022 <br />organizations, and privately owned recreation and entertainment facilities. Identify, inventory, and <br />rank other resources for potential park system acquisition, expansion to existing parks, and/or parks <br />development opportunity within the community. <br />Program accessibility. To ensure residents of environmental justice area boundaries have access to <br />recreational, cultural, and health and wellness programs, establish accessibility corridors that provide <br />attractive, comfortable, and safe pedestrian and bike access to public recreational facilities in the <br />Parks Master Plan (an implementation action of the Open Space Element). Identify public realm <br />Community <br />1.6 <br />Yes <br />PRCSA/PWA <br />2022 <br />improvements needed to create these accessibility corridors. Prioritize investments for accessibility <br />corridors in the city's capital investment program; include investments for accessibility corridors <br />when investments are made in new parks and recreation facilities within environmental justice area <br />boundaries. <br />Page 1 of 11 <br />