2020-06-03 City Council Item No. 11.2 Public Comment - De La Cruz Regular MEETING - Additional Meeting Materials1
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Richard De La Cruz
Operation Silver Star
Menifee City Council Remarks
• GOOD EVENING MAYOR ZIMMERMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
• MY NAME IS RICHARD DE LA CRUZ, I AM THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF OPERATION SILVER STAR. WE ARE A 501c3
NON‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
• THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO COME AND SPEAK TODAY ABOUT OPERATION SILVER STAR AND THE NEED FOR A
NEW COMMUNITY CENTER TO SERVICE OUR COLLECTIVE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN MENIFEE.
• OPERATION SILVER STAR IS A VETERAN ASSISANCE ORGANIZATION.
• OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE FUNDS TO ASSIST COMBAT VETERANS, RETURNING TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH
URGENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BASIC NEEDS AND ADVOCATE FOR ISSUES RELATED TO THEIR SERVICE TO OUR
COUNTRY.
• ISSUES INCLUDE ASSISTANCE FOR PTST/TBI,
• CAREGIVER SUPPORT,
• HELP WITH NEEDED AND EARNED BENEFITS,
• EMERGENCY SELTER SERVICES.
• CURRENTLY, OPERATION SILVER STAR OPERATES OUT OF OUR HOME WHERE WE SERVE LOCAL AND NATIONWIDE
LOCATED SERVICE MEMBERS.
• BY HAVING A SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST FROM A CENTRALIZED LOCATION.
• THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF SPACE IN MENIFEE THAT HELPS SUPPORT OUR COLLECTIVE NONPROFITS
THAT SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY.
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• WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY OF MENIFEE SEES THE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY NONPROFITS AND THE
NEED FOR LOCAL VETERAN SERVICES. HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE CURRENT DESIGN FOR THE NEW PROPOSED
COMMUNITY CENTER OF A LARGE ROOM WITH A KITCHEN WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR MULTIPLE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
• SCHEDULING AND USAGE TIME IN THE PROPOSED SPACE WOULD PROVE DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED FOR
SIMULTANEOUS USE.
• THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS THIS TYPE OF COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR RENT AND USAGE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
• WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR CITY DEVELOPERS TO CREATE CENTERS WHERE WE CAN HAVE SMALL PRIVATE
AND LOCKABLE OFFICES THAT WILL BENEFIT NONPROFITS THAT SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY. THIS WILL PROVIDE EACH
GROUP THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROSPER AND GROW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
RESPECTFULLY,
RICHARD DE LA CRUZ
Richard De La Cruz
CEO, Operation Silver Star
www.operationsilverstar.org
administrator@operationsilverstar.org
951-550-7584