October 2023 Edition

HOPE Center Partnership for Homeless Outreach

Addressing homelessness is a concern for all cities. In Brea, the City is partnering with the HOPE Center for street homeless outreach. Open in late 2022, the HOPE Center is designed as a structured, collaborative and highly leveraged approach for street homeless outreach workers to respond in real time when encountering individuals experiencing street homelessness and when applicable, to dispense specialized resources. The HOPE Center functions as a regional-wide response, integrating data and centralizing resources to street homeless in our surrounding communities. While homeless outreach services for the City of Brea are now centralized at the HOPE Center, the Brea Resource Center and Brea Police Department will continue to work in conjunction with their staff.  

To report or assist an individual experiencing homelessness, please call 657-243-1884. Live dispatch is available Monday – Friday, but voicemails can be left afterhours and during the weekend. As always, for life-threatening emergencies, call 911.

>>>More Information Here

Cultural Arts Master Plan Survey

The City of Brea is in the process of putting together its first-ever Cultural Arts Master Plan. Known as a “City of Art,” Brea is committed to upholding its long-standing investment in arts and culture. A Master Plan will identify what the future of the arts in Brea can look like. To undertake this effort, a Community Steering Committee was formed and has started meeting. But this effort also needs you, our community! This is your opportunity to shape the future of Brea Arts by participating in a survey. Please click below to participate. 

>>>Click Here to complete the English Survey
>>>Click Here to complete the Spanish Survey

>>>Click Here to complete the Korean Survey

The Tracks at Brea Community Workshop

The City of Brea is hosting a community workshop for the planning of the Tracks at Brea western extension, spanning from Brea Creek Loop to North Berry Street. We want to hear from you and what you would like to see on this extension of Brea’s trail! Join us this Thursday, October 5, at 6:00 p.m. at the Brea Community Center in the Arts Studio.

The Tracks at Brea provides users with access to and an escape into a park-like environment featuring educational opportunities, open spaces, and recreational activities. The Tracks at Brea itself is a 4-mile trail that traverses Brea, but it is also part of the OC Loop, which is a 66-mile long non-vehicular travel route that connects neighborhoods, commercial centers, and schools in the Orange County area.

For more information, please email tracksatbrea@cityofbrea.net or call 714-671-4447.

Community Feedback Needed to Prepare for Hazardous Events

The City of Brea is preparing its first Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). It is a five-year strategic plan to prepare the City for hazard events. The LHMP allows public safety officials and city staff, elected officials, and members of the public to understand the threats from natural and human-caused hazards in our community. The plan will also recommend specific actions to proactively decrease these threats before disasters occur. In addition, having a LHMP will open grant eligibility from FEMA and the state.

As part of the planning process, the community's input is needed to ensure that concerns are heard and addressed. An online survey is now available to take and a Community Workshop will be held on Thursday, November 9 at 6:00 p.m. at the Brea Civic & Cultural Center. Please share the survey and meeting date with your neighbors so they too can be a part of the process!

>>>Complete the Survey Here

National Community Planning Month

The month of October is National Community Planning Month. Planners work to improve the well-being of all people living in our communities by taking a comprehensive perspective. This approach leads to safer, resilient, more equitable, and more prosperous communities. We celebrate the role that planning plays in creating great communities each October with National Community Planning Month. Tune into this month’s Brea Talks episode to learn more about the Planning Division. 

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