COSAS: City Manager's newsletter for May 11, 2023
Company: Santa Ana
Location: Santa Ana
Posted on: May 25, 2023
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In this edition of COSAS, see the proposed City budget,
celebrate Public Works Week, learn how we are helping foster youth,
and read about our recent awards for housing, library and bike lane
projects! Spotlight Photo Photo Credit: Tani N. To submit your own
original photo of Santa Ana to be featured in the next newsletter,
complete this form . City Manager's Highlights Celebrating Public
Works Week Our Public Works Agency provides many essential services
to Santa Ana residents, from maintaining roads, water lines and
sewer lines, to building new park facilities and bike lanes. May
21-27 is Public Works Week, when we recognize all that they do, and
the community is invited to a celebration on Saturday, May 20
(details in Events.) PWA also received two recent awards (read more
in News.) Did you know that in 2022, our PWA completed 15,000 feet
of water main projects and 8,500 feet of sewer mains, responded to
151,124 graffiti removal requests, removed over 188,000 pounds or
94.4 tons of trash, debris and sediment from storm drains, and
serviced over 2,000 potholes and over 1,900 trees? Thank you to our
PWA staff! In case you missed our recent events, check out these
highlight videos of the Santa Ana Fun Run and D--a de los Ni--os,
D--a de los Libros at the Main Library! We have many more fun
activities coming up, including the Public Works Family Event on
May 20, Viet Book Fest on June 3, and the Juneteenth Festival on
June 17. Read more below in Events. News See the proposed 2023-24
City budget As we continue to work on building the budget for the
new fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2023, draft budget documents
are now available on our City website. The documents provide
information to help you understand the City's budget process and
results with a timeline. Our Finance and Management Services Agency
has been working diligently with the community over the last
several months, collecting valuable community input about the
programs and services that are important to them. The City Council
will meet at 4 p.m. today, May 11, in a special meeting for a
budget workshop in the City Council Chambers. Residents have until
this Sunday, May 14, to take the Budget Priorities Survey to share
your ideas. Take the survey in English, Spanish or Vietnamese and
view the proposed budget documents at the links below. OC Health
Care Agency offers free lead testing and removal The Orange County
Health Care Agency is offering a free lead testing and removal
program that is available to qualified Santa Ana households.
Priority is given to families with a child under 6 years old or
with a pregnant woman who might have been exposed to lead in the
home. Program participants must be low income, and the properties
must be located in Orange County and built before 1978. Complete a
pre-screening questionnaire through the link below. If you have
questions, call (323) 477-1160 or email info@azuredevelopmentco.com
. Residential Parking Permit Study and Survey Our Public Works
Agency is revamping the Residential Permit Parking Program and we
are seeking your input, comments, and suggestions to define the
program for years to come. The study will consist of tasks and
objectives to develop a citywide permit parking program to provide
balanced parking to support residents' quality of life, visitors,
businesses, and commuters. The survey is available in three
different languages. Take the parking survey and learn more about
the program through the links below. City wins 2023 Sustainability
Award for Legacy Square affordable apartments The City of Santa Ana
was honored with a 2023 Sustainability Award by the Southern
California Association of Governments (SCAG) for the Legacy Square
apartments project. Legacy Square is a new affordable, multifamily
apartment community that offers 93 high-quality apartment homes -
30 one-bedrooms, 39 two-bedrooms, and 24 three-bedrooms. The
transit-oriented development replaced two underutilized buildings
owned by the Santa Ana Methodist Church in the downtown area.
Offsite improvements include almost $10 million in sustainable
transportation improvements that boast bicycle lanes and pedestrian
safety improvements for safer routes to school, urban greening
components including a pocket park and street trees, and funding
for programs to promote the use of local public transportation. The
waitlist to apply to live at Legacy Square is closed. Read more
about the 2023 SCAG Sustainability Awards
https://scag.ca.gov/news/scag-honors-seven-innovative-projects-its-2023-sustainability-awards
. Public Works Agency receives engineering awards for outstanding
projects Our Public Works Engineering Team was presented with two
awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Orange County
on May 4. The Santa Ana Library Children's Patio Project received
the 2022 Outstanding Historical Renovation Project Award. The
children's patio includes a Luckey Climber made of rotationally
molded plastic climbing platforms that are suspended by steel pipes
and cables and is as much of a work of art as it is a jungle gym.
The Civic Center Boulevards & Safe Routes to School Enhancements
for Sepulveda Project received the Outstanding Transportation
Project Award and is the largest traffic circle corridor in Santa
Ana. Congratulations to our Santa Ana Public Works Engineering
Team! Permitted events and street closures May 11-17 Here are the
locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can
plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction
zones and around crowded events. Foster youth are at a
significantly higher risk of homelessness than other youth.
Researchers have found that between 31% and 46% of youth exiting
foster care experience homelessness by age 26. The reasons for this
high risk of homelessness among foster youth include a lack of
support networks, limited financial resources, a lack of affordable
housing options, mental health issues, and difficulties accessing
education and employment opportunities. To prevent foster youth
from falling into homelessness, the Santa Ana Housing Authority
provides housing assistance for foster youth through HUD's Foster
Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative. Since 2019, we have taken
part in this unique opportunity to support foster youth in our
community; we were even recognized by the Secretary of HUD as one
of the first Housing Authorities nationwide to participate in the
program. In partnership with organizations like the Orange County
United Way, Orangewood Foundation, and the Orange County Social
Services Agency, we have housed over 60 foster youth so far. As a
partner with the Orange County United Way in the United to End
Homelessness initiative, we wanted to share this video about the
experiences of former foster youth who have been served with our
FYI vouchers. Every year we continue to apply for more FYI vouchers
from HUD, and surrounding communities often look to us as an
example of best practices. We are proud to work alongside our
partners to assist foster youth in Santa Ana and prevent them from
experiencing homelessness. City Council Meetings At their May 2,
2023, regular meeting, the Santa Ana City Council:
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