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clarify new regulations and document impacts like noise and illegal dumping. The City also conducted community engagement in the Logan and Lacy Neighborhoods including an Environmental Justice Action Committee meeting at Chepa's Park on September 3, 2025, and presentations to Garfield Elementary parent leaders and over 50 community leaders at a KidWorks Family Town Hall on November 6 and November 18, 2025, respectively. Feedback from these sessions highlighted a need for better tools to monitor industrial operations near schools and residential areas and clear guidance for residents to report quality-of-life concerns. In response, staff is developing a dual-track reporting strategy that empowers residents by training them to use the mySantaAna app to report immediate quality-of-life concerns while connecting them directly with external agencies like the Southern California Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), two agencies with the legal authority to investigate industrial permit violations or other compliance issues. To inform future implementation activities, the City released a Request for Proposals (RFP)for a "Noxious Uses" Study, which will establish a three-phase technical framework to identify nonconforming businesses that meet the "noxious use" definition, rank those businesses based on their objective impacts on the environment and resident quality-of- life, and conduct a detailed economic evaluation to establish a formal amortization period. This data-driven approach creates the necessary legal groundwork to systematically phase out high-impact industrial operations while maintaining an accountable process for the community. Upon the study's conclusion, the City will integrate these findings with updated legal mechanisms to initiate the amortization process for a priority noxious use business - marking a major milestone in resolving historical land-use inequities and restoring the quality of life for Santa Ana residents. OVCool Pavement Program To mitigate the impacts of the urban heat island effect, the City used $125,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding to launch a "Cool Pavement" H program. The Neighborhood Initiatives and Environmental Services Division collaborated with the Public Works Agency's Park Services Section to rehabilitate 41,400 square feet of the Madison Park parking lot and 10,400 square feet of the Campesino »Above: Picture of a crew coating asphalt to prepare Park parking lot. Completed in 2025, these for the installation of cool pavements. improvements replaced traditional asphalt with advanced paving materials to reflect solar energy and reduce surface temperatures, while also upgrading ADA compliance and restriping both areas. 16 City Council 10 — 24 3/3/2026