Becerra, Alexis
From: Lindsay Manning <
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2025 12:04 PM
To: eComment
Subject: Agenda Item 10 - City Council Meeting 9/ 16/ 25 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of SantaAna. Use caution when opening attachmentsor links.
Santa Ana City Council Members,
I am writing to express my support for a park in Washington Square Neighborhood. I have been a resident of Washington Square for nine ( 9) years now. When my husband and I first purchased our home our children were 3 % and 6 months old; we lived the most park heavy years in our home without one single park in walking distance. As any parent of young children knows, it is a time consuming, and sometimes stressful chore, to get kids packed and loaded into a car to drive to a park; it takes planning the perfect time and ensuring you have diapers, snacks, water, change of clothes etc. so much that sometimes you just end up skipping the park. Which is such a sad thing as children need to be outside in fresh air, they need to run around and play and learn to climb and swing, they meet other kids and learn to socialize and its a great place for parents to meet other parents that live close by as well. During COVID when our kids were stuck at home our only option was to go play in the parking lot at Wilson school as there was no park nearby and we didn' t have the time to drive to one as we adults were still at home trying to work.
My children are now 9 and 12 years old so we don' t spend much time at parks anymore but when they heard there was a possibility to get a park in our neighborhood they were still very excited.... the first question from my 9 year old son was " Are they going to have a skate park?" and my daughter asked, " Mom, am I old enough to sign the petition? I need them to know I want a park too!!" You can see from our one example that families and residents of Washington Square of all ages would enjoy a park that is walkable to our homes and we hope that you will strongly consider it for our neighborhood!! Sincerely,
Lindsay Manning and family ( Christopher, Kennedy ( 12) and James (9)) i
Becerra, Alexis
From: Ashley Bolduc <
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2025 1:38 PM
To: eComment
Subject: City Council Meeting 9/ 16/ 25 Agenda Item 10 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of SantaAna. Use caution when opening attachmentsor links.
I am a resident of Santa Ana and live in the Washington Square neighborhood and I support the creation of a park at this location.
Best regards,
Ashley Bolduc
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Becerra, Alexis
From: Katelyn Burnett <
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2025 2:48 PM
To: eComment
Subject: City Council Meeting 9/ 16 Agenda Item 10
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Good afternoon,
In the event that I am unable to attend or speak at the meeting tomorrow night, I'd like to voice my support for a park in Washington square.
Katelyn Burnett
1 From: Connie Major
To: eComment
Subject: City council meeting 9/16/25 Agenda item 10
Date: Monday, September 15, 2025 10:05:53 PM
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Sept15, 2025
DearCouncilmembers,
My husbandandI havelivedin thesamehomein WashingtonSquarefor48years, raisedourthreechildren, supportedthe district’sschools, RanPTA’s, AYSOsoccer, BoyandGirl Scoutsandattendedchurch. Havingawalk-toparkwouldhave reallyhelpedin manyways. My husbandandI live onN Oliveandhavehadoureyeonthevacantlandandlamentedon whythereis notparkwecanwalkto. Wewouldsay, “SantaAnais parkpoor.” Yes, wesupportthepurchaseof asmuchof theavailablelandaspossiblefortheproposedWashingtonSquarePark. I have lookedattheconceptlayouts, andI knowwecandoevenbetter. I’ll givemydesign “2 cents” whenthetimeis right.
LivingonN Olivegaveall ofusresidentsaspecialenvironment, livingunderthegiantoldCarobtrees. Thelast80 parkwayCaribsin SantaAnawereremovedthisyearandwill notbereplacedwith Carobsin parkways. I amrequesting thatCarobtreesbeplantedin everyparkin SantaAna, particularlyin theparksaroundareasthatlosttheirCarobs. Welost 80trees, canthecityget80treesin theground?
Yousee, thetreeis ahabitatfor particularwild life deartomyheart. Wehavea16-year-oldLilacCrownedAmazon parrotfromtheflocksaroundusandOrangeCounty. WenamedhimLuckyashecrashedintoourwindowwhenhewas tooyoungtofly andmisinterpretedthereflection. Weweretheretosavehimfromthecats. Luckymisseshiscousinsthat nolongerhaveCarobstofeastontheirpodsandnestin thebranches. Theyjustfly by. Soyes, totheproposedparkand pleaseplantCarobs.
Respectfully,
ConnieMajor
Santa, Ana, CA 92703
[email protected]
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From: John Sanatar <
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 9:43 AM
To: eComment
Subject: City Council Meeting 9/ 16/ 25 Agenda Item 10 Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links.
I am a resident of Santa Ana and live in the Washington Square neighborhood and I support the creation of a park at this location.
Best regards,
John Sanatar
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Becerra, Alexis
From: Neal Patterson <
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 11:25 AM
To: eComment
Subject: Proposed Washington Square Park
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Hello,
Just wanted to voice my family' s support for the proposed neighborhood park in Washington Square that will be discussed at tonight' s meeting. Please consider making this positive addition to our neighborhood! Thank you!
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Flores, Dora
From: tonymichalski <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September
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Subject: AgendaItem10CityCouncilMtg9/16/25
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DearMembersof theCityCouncil,
My nameisTonyMichalskiandI amaresidentandhomeownerin WashingtonSquare.
I amsubmittingthisemailto indicatemystrongsupportfor thedevelopmentof aneighborhoodparkin WashingtonSquare.
Convertingthevacantlot to aneighborhoodparkwouldnotonlysignificantlybenefitthecommunityinand aroundWashingtonSquare, butit wouldenhancethecityandaddto thequalityof lifeof itsresidents.
Pleasevoteyesto moveforwardwiththepark.
Thankyoufor yourconsideration.
Regards,
Tony
TonyMichalski
14 Flores, Dora
From: LindseyLagos <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September
To: eComment
Subject: CityCouncilMeeting9/16/25AgendaItem10
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Hello,
I amaresidentof WashingtonSquareandliveabout5 housesdownfromtheproposedparklocation. My familyandI fullysupportaparkatthatlocation. Ourcommunityisseverelyinneedof moreopenspacefor kids. Wedriveto adifferentcitywheneverwewantto takeourkidsto aplayground. Onadailybasis, driving down17th, mykidsaresubjectto sightsof peoplesleepingonthepavement, sometimesbarelyclothed, or actingerratically. Thechildreninourcommunityseesufferingthatisbeyondtheiryears, theyshouldhavea safespacewheretheycanbekids.
Thankyou,
LindseyLagos
3 Flores, Dora
From: SunsetTravelServices <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September16,
To: eComment
Subject: WASHINGTONSQUAREPARKPROPOSAL - AgendaItem10CityCouncilMtg9/16/25 Attention: ThisemailoriginatedfromoutsideofCityofSantaAna. Usecautionwhenopeningattachmentsorlinks.
I hopethismessagefindsyouwell.
I’mwritingto expressmyfull supportfor theproposedcreationof aparkintheWashingtonSquare neighborhood. Asaresidentof thiscommunityandadogowner, I believeit isessentialto haveadedicated spacefor recreationandrelaxation. Currently, wearesurroundedbyheavilytraffickedstreets—17thStreeton oneside, Bristolwithitsongoingconstruction, andFlowerandCivicCenterDrive, whicharealsoverybusy.
Unfortunately, therearenogreenspacesnearbywhereresidentscanunwindsafely.
Thelocationbeingconsideredfor theparkisideal. It wouldserveasamuch-neededrefuge—asmall sanctuary—for thoseof uswholivehere. I trulyhopethecitywill takeourrequestintoconsiderationand approvethedevelopmentof thispark.
I’mconfidentthatmostresidentssupportthisinitiative, evenif noteveryoneisactivelyinvolvedin local proposalsandprojects. Weassureyouthatwewill makeexcellentuseof thespaceandarecommittedto keepingtheparkcleanandwell-maintained.
Thankyouverymuchfor yourattentionandfor consideringtheneedsof ourcommunity.
PleasevoteYEStomoveforwardwiththepark.
MauricioHernandez
SantaAna. CA. 92703
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