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THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FUN MEETING.[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]
WELCOME TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHO CONTINUE TO HOLD REMOTE MEETINGS WHILE THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER CONTINUES TO BE INFECTED THE COVID-19.I'D LIKE TO REMIND OUR CITIZENS THAT THEY CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
AS WE DID IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME AND THEY'LL BE READ AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
DURING THIS MEETING, COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO THE CONCLUSION OR THE VOTE OF THE ITEM.
COMMENTS CAN BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY OF ALCOHOL'S WEBSITE, UNDER AGENDAS AND MINUTES AT GO TO VIDEO STREAMING AND YOU'LL SEE A BUTTON TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS.
WHAT IS OUR WEBSITE AS WELL FOR PEOPLE? YES.
CITY OF OKLAHOMA AT U S ALRIGHT.
OUR MEDIA IS CALLED AN ORDER AND I WILL ASK OUR CITY CLERK.
GENTLEMEN, WHEN I CALL ON YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT MAYOR WELLS, I'M HERE.
DEPUTY MAYOR OR TEAS, DEPUTY MAYOR.
A COUNCIL MEMBER, GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER, KENDRICK AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.
WOULD YOU ALL STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OR REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWARDS? THANK YOU.
I PLEDGE THE LEGISLATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC.
IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE.
[ POSTINGS: The City Clerk posted Orders of Adjournment of the June 9, 2020, Meeting and the Agenda of the June 23, 2020, Meeting in accordance to State Law and Council/Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency Policy.]
THE CITY CLERK POSTED ORDERS OF A GERMAN OF THE JUNE 9TH, 2020 MEETING AND THE AGENDA OF THE JUNE 23RD, 2020 MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW COUNCIL ON HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICY.I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN, REMIND THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS EARLY, TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE RECEIVED ON TIME AND THAT THEY CAN BE READ BEFORE THE ITEM IS APPROVED.
WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA
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AND THAT WE'RE AT AGENDA CHANGES, STAFF.I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN AGENDA CHANGE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 1400 POP PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEM 11.
I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE ACTUALLY MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE END SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS FIRST AND LET THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WAITING FOR THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON.
SO ITEM 11, WE MOVED TO THE ATTIC.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY AGENDA CHANGES SEEING NONE.
HOW ABOUT YOU MADE A MOTION TO MAKE THE CHANGE TO THE AGENDA.
VOTE MARIJUANA IS YOUR VOTE? YES.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS.
ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LISTED BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, A COUNCIL MEMBER, OR A PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.
[7. CONSENT ITEMS: Consent Items are routine matters enacted by one motion according to the RECOMMENDATION listed below. With the concurrence of the City Council, a Council Member or person in attendance may request discussion of a Consent Item at this time.]
MEMBERS.DO YOU WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? NOPE.
HOW ABOUT STAFF SEEING NONE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. SECOND, BEFORE I CALL ON YOUR VOTE, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FOR, FOR THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? STEVE COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK?
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YES.CAN YOU HEAR ME? APPARENTLY NOT
WE MUST HAVE SERIOUS TOWER HERE NOW.
STEVE, CAN YOU HEAR US THIRD? SHE LOVED THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
THERE'S LESS OF US TO BE CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE A MAJORITY.
MOTION WILL BE CARRIED BY A FOUR ZERO VOTE.
UM, UNTIL WE HEAR FROM CATERPILLAR GLOBAL.
WHEN HE COMES BACK, WE CAN CLARIFY, RIGHT.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, any person may address a matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency that is not on the Agenda. Comments relating to items on today’s docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard. State law prohibits discussion or action on items not on the Agenda; however, Council, Authority and Agency Members may briefly respond to statements or questions. An item may be placed on a future Agenda.]
SINCE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ELKHORN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATING TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ALREADY BE TAKING THE TIME THAT THE ANIMUS HURT STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
ANGELA, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS? SO WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT WERE MARKED PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IN REALITY, THEY ARE FOR THE BUDGET ITEM, NUMBER 11.
ANY COMMENTS THAT HAVE NOT THAT THEY DO WITH THAT? NO COMMENTS.
I HAVE, I HAVE A COMMENT, MR. MAYOR.
I WANT IT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, SERGEANT MIKE MURPHY.
HE'S BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY FOR SHOWING SOME EXTREME LEADERSHIP AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO, TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMAL AT A FUTURE MEETING, BUT, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HE RESPONDED TO A CALL HERE IN ALCOHOLISM, UH, FOR VANDALISM.
AND WHEN HE GOT THERE, HE, HE SAW A HANDFUL OF YOUNG, YOUNG MEN, UH, SPRAY PAINTING A WALL THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO THEM.
AND THIS IS IN THE HEAT OF THE PROTESTS AND, AND, UH, AND THEY WERE EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS AND, AND MIKE, MIKE MURPHY SHOWED INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP.
INSTEAD OF WRITING THESE YOUNG MEN A TICKET, HE DECIDED TO LISTEN TO THEM AND, UM, THEY REALLY JUST WANTED A, UH, AN AVENUE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
UM, SO INSTEAD OF WRITING THEM A TICKET, UM, MIKE MADE SERGEANT MURPHY, MADE HIM A DEAL TO COME BACK THE NEXT DAY, PAINT OVER THE GRAFFITI.
AND HE SAID, HE'D FIND A PLACE WITHIN THE CITY FOR THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR ART.
UM, SO THE NEXT DAY THERE'S, THEY, THEY PAID IT OVER THE GRAFFITI.
THEY GOT A HUGE MURAL MADE OUT OF PLYWOOD AND THEY MADE THIS AMAZING, UM, TRIBUTE, UH, IT'S CIRCULATING, UH, THE CITY OF EL CAHONE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, UH, CHANNEL EIGHT, DID A STORY ON US OR IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.
BUT I THOUGHT SERGEANT MURPHY MADE AN INCREDIBLE, UH, UH, GESTURE TO, UH, TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT THE HEART OF EL CAHONE IS, ESPECIALLY OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS IN THEIR, THEIR HEART OF COMMUNITY POLICING.
UM, THESE YOUNG MEN WERE FRUSTRATED.
THEY WANTED TO VOICE THEIR OPINION.
AND MIKE TALKED TO HIM, LISTENED AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T THE BEST.
THIS IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO IT.
LET'S FIND A BETTER WAY, UM, TO DO IT.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND HIM.
AND, UM, OUR ENTIRE POLICE FORCE, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF INTERACTIONS EVERY, EVERY WEEK WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THIS IS JUST ONE, ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE, WITH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST, COULDN'T BE MORE THANKFUL FOR SARGENT AND WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP YOU, UH, WE'LL DO IT.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT WE'LL SPEAK WITH GRAHAM ABOUT THAT AND THE CHIEF AND SEE IF THE FILE IT'S A POLICY OR PROTOCOL.
WE'VE, WE'VE THOUGHT A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
MR. ORTIZ BROUGHT IT UP TO ME EARLIER TODAY AND, UH, THE CHIEF AND I SUGGESTED THAT WE ACTUALLY MAYBE HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
GOOD EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY POLICING.
SO WE'LL BRING THAT PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.
UM, SO, AND THEN ANY MORE, UM,
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PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE ON ANGELA? NO, SIR.THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AND WE ARE NOT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS TO CONSIDER AND ITEM 11, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH OFF TO THE, TO THE BACK.
[12. Adoption of New Fees; Modification and Elimination of Existing Fees; and Amendment of Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the Public Hearing and receives testimony; Closes the Public Hearing; and Adopts the next Resolution, in order, to modify certain existing fees, add and delete certain fees, and amend the City’s Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees.]
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEMS 12.I APPLAUSE THE ADOPTION OF NEW FEES, MODIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF EXISTING FEES AND AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES.
YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PLEASE.
THIS MIGHT BE YOUR FIRST TIME WE BRING BACK THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE AND WE PUBLISH A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER TO GENERALLY DESCRIBE WHAT THOSE FEES ARE, WHAT CHANGES TO THE FEES MIGHT BE.
THEY'RE USUALLY, UH, INCREASES IN FEES BASED ON, UH, INCREASED COSTS TO, TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE IN ALL OF THESE CASES.
THEY ARE, UH, ALWAYS REASONABLY RELATED TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT TAKEN TO, UM, PERFORM THE WORK THAT IS A PART OF THAT FEE.
UH, SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY REDUCE FEES AND ELIMINATE FEES AND THAT, UH, THAT MAY BE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THAT'S ON THIS ONE OR NOT, BUT, UM, THE LIST IS BEFORE YOU, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT TYPE FEES.
UH, WE CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ACTS ON THOSE.
IF YOU APPROVE OF THESE FEES, AS INDICATED IN THE RESOLUTION, UH, THOSE EXCEPT FOR BUILDING AND PLANNING, UM, UH, FEES AS, AND PUBLIC WORKS FEES THAT ARE RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT GO INTO FORCE, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S A 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD UNDER LAW.
SO THE REST OF THE REMAINING OF THOSE FEES WILL GO INTO EFFECT, UH, IF APPROVED TOMORROW AND, UM, OR I THINK JULY, JULY ONE, I THINK IS WHAT WE SET IT AT.
AND THEN THE REMAINING WILL BE 60 DAYS FROM TODAY'S DATE.
IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THIS.
HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE UNMUTING.
OKAY, COUNSEL, UH, FIRST OFF, LET'S SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS I, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW HAVE RESISTED INCREASING FEES, ESPECIALLY BUILDING IMPACT FEES.
I KNOW, UM, COUNCILMAN MCCLELLAN AND COUNCILMAN KENDRICK WERE ALSO WITH ME IN, IN, UH, RESISTING THAT URGE.
UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW COVID-19 HAS CHANGED OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
UH, NOT ONLY THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO SEND THE CALPERS IS GOING UP BY $5 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND I WOULD REALLY RATHER NOT EVER BE IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO RAISE TAXES.
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, SINCE WE'VE STARTED, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, THAT SOUNDS PALATABLE.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, ALL OPEN UP THE FURTHER DISCUSSION, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT FROM THE PUBLIC QUICK QUESTION.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GRAHAM OR MORGAN IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE READING THROUGH THE FEE SCHEDULE.
THERE'S NO DRAMATIC CHANGES WITH REGARD TO THE INCREASE I'M GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS.
AND, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A 1%, 2%, 3% INCREASE ON EXISTING FEES.
AM I CORRECT? IS THERE ANY BIG JUMPS THAT I MISSED? NO, NONE THAT I SAW WHEN PREPARING THE REPORT AND, AND WORKING WITH STAFF, YOU'RE CORRECT.
MR. ORTIZ, THAT, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S GONNA FOLLOW COST OF LIVING INCREASES.
UH, AND AGAIN, THOSE RELATE TO OUR, UH, THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS GIVEN TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
ANGELA, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WELL, I HAVE NO CARD, SIR.
UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PROTOCOL.
I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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YES.MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR SOMETHING LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? NO.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[13. Public Hearing to Consider the Vacation of a Walkway Easement between Mona Place and Benjamin Place RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the Public Hearing and receives testimony; Closes the Public Hearing; and Adopts the next Resolution, in order, to approve the Vacation of a walkway easement between Mona Place and Benjamin Place, established by Council Resolution No.7724 and recorded on May 23, 1966, Map No. 5738.]
I AM 13 IS CONSIDERED THE VACATION OF A WALKWAY EASEMENT BETWEEN MOANA PLACE AND BENJAMIN PLACE.TELL US ABOUT THIS PLACE AFTER NEW MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MARIO SANCHEZ AND THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, MR.
THIS ITEM, UH, THIS SIDEWALK EASEMENT, WHICH CONNECTS TO COL-DE-SAC STREETS BETWEEN MOANA PLACE AND BENJAMIN PLACE WAS CREATED WHEN THE SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES, UH, WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE THE EASEMENT TO ABANDON IT DUE TO CONCERNS OF TRASH, POTENTIAL LIABILITY, ONGOING MAINTENANCE, LACK OF LIGHTING AND SHOPPING CARTS SLEPT BY THE HOMELESS STAFF, INITIATED THE STANDARD PROCEDURE OF NOTIFYING ALL APPROPRIATE UTILITY COMPANIES TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY EXISTING UTILITIES THAT CROSS THIS EASEMENT, AS WELL AS COORDINATE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THE NEED FOR THE EASEMENT.
ONCE THIS WAS THE TERM AND THAT THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS.
STAFF STARTED THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS TO REMOVE THESE MINT SINCE KEEPING THIS ACCESS DOES NOT BEST SERVE THE PUBLIC INTERESTS IN THE MEDIAN AREA.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
UM, ANGELA, ANY CARDS IN THIS? YES, SIR.
UM, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I FORGOT TO ASK THE COUNSELOR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TOMORROW BEFORE WE GO TO COMMENTS? NO.
THE FIRST COMMENT IS FROM LYNN STARK AND SHE WRITES, WE USE THE EASTMAN DAILY WALKED DOGS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, NOT JUST DURING DEPEND DEMIC, IT'S BEEN USED FOR 35 YEARS.
KIDS USE IT WHEN I'M ASSUMING HER KIDS ARE USED IT WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, IT WAS USED AS A SAFE PLACE TO GET TO MONA AND OTHER CONNECTED STREETS.
WITHOUT GOING OUT TO CHASE AVENUE FIVE STREETS DOWN FROM FREEWAY, OTHER FAMILIES AND COUPLES WALK BACK AND FORTH.
CHASE IS DANGEROUS AND BUSY ALL THE TIME.
THERE WAS A FATALITY LAST WEEK AND DRIVER WAS DRIVING AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHERE THEY WERE USUALLY COMING FROM DRIVERS COMING AROUND THE CURB DRIVE DANGEROUSLY SEVERAL ACCIDENTS THERE BEFORE NEVER SEEN LOITERING, OTHER THAN NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND ADULTS AND WILLING AS WELL AS OTHER NEIGHBORS TO CLEAN UP, UH, WEEDS AND SWEET THAT YOU SPENT.
AND SHE THOUGHT THAT EASTMAN WAS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.
NEXT COMMENT FROM HOWARD STARK, GIVEN COVID-19 LIMITATIONS, THIS EASTMAN PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO DISTANCE AND WALK SAFELY AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GETTING EXERCISE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE BOUGHT HER HOME UNDERSTANDING THAT EASTMAN WAS THERE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESSIBILITY.
THAT EASTMAN ENABLES US TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH OUR FRIENDS ON BOTH STREETS EASILY.
SO WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE SAFE AND THEY ARE ABLE TO PLAY BETWEEN THE TWO CUL-DE-SACS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL TO AVOID THE TRAGEDIES OCCURRING ON CHASE AVENUE, BETWEEN MONA NIT, DRA AND BENJAMIN, ENABLING US TO HAVE A WAY TO GET AROUND POLICE BLOCKS AND EXIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY CITATIONS BEING ISSUED REGARDING LOITERING AND THE LAST 30 YEARS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY LOITERING HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS CLAIM TO REQUEST CLOSURE.
I STRONGLY URGE TO PEEP OUR PATHWAYS AND EASTMAN'S OPEN.
AND I AM AGAINST THE CLOSURE, UH, FROM TRACY REF VAUGHN, I VOTE AGAINST CLOSING THIS EASTBOUND.
IT ALLOWS US ACCESS IN A SAFE WAY BETWEEN BOTH CALLED THE SACKS.
ALSO IT ALLOWS US EMERGENCY ACCESS IF NEEDED.
THERE WAS SOME MAJOR ACCIDENT AND BENJAMIN WAS CLOSED DOWN.
I USE THAT ACCESS TO GET TO THE OTHER STREET TO BE PICKED UP BY ANOTHER PERSON OR CAR WHEN GETTING TO WORK A COMMENT FROM GERALD FERNANDEZ.
I LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EASTMAN AND I'M IN FAVOR OF VACATING.
THE ACE MINT, THE FEW PEOPLE WHO USE IT ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES THAT MIGHT OCCUR BY.
THEY LEAVE THEIR TRASH AND PLASTIC BAGS WITH DOG AND CAT FECES OR WASTE.
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A PICTURE OF THE EASTMAN BEING DIRTY VACATING.THE EASTMAN WOULD ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS TO FULLY USE THEIR PROPERTY WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES AND ELIMINATE A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
THE NEXT COMMENT, UM, WAS, UH, SUBMITTED WITHOUT A NAME, THE MAIN STREETS CHASE AVENUE, WHERE THE STREETS MONA AND BENJAMIN ARE LOCATED.
THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS ACCIDENTS DUE TO CARS DRIVING WAY TOO FAST.
IT IS MUCH SAFER TO TAKE THE WALKWAY THAT IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE CALL.
THE SEC SIDE OF THE STREET, THIS REMOVES THE WALKER FROM THE DANGEROUS MAIN STREET CHASE.
I ASKED THAT THIS PETITION TO VACATE THE WALK WAY, BE DECLINED.
PLEASE KEEP THIS SAFE WALKWAY AVAILABLE FOR WALKERS TO MOVE BETWEEN THESE TWO STREETS.
THE NEXT COMMENT IS, UH, FROM DANA FINESSEY.
UH, I AM WRITING AN OPPOSITION TO THE CLOSURE OF THE WALKWAY EASTMAN BETWEEN MANA PLACE AND BENJAMIN PLACE.
THIS EASTMAN SERVICE AS A SAFER WAY TO WALK BETWEEN THE CALL, THE SEX AND ALLOWS ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TO AVOID WALKING ON CHASE AVENUE, MY FAMILY AND I WALK OUR DOGS MOST MORNINGS AND USES EASTMAN ON THOSE WALKS.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS USE IT USE MEANT FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
I ALSO OFTEN SEE CHILDREN WALKING HOME FROM THE LOCAL SCHOOLS, USING THE EASTMAN, KEEP US SAFE, WALK AWAY FROM OUR SCHOOL.
CHILDREN SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY.
THIS EASTMAN SERVES TO HELP KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFER BY ALLOWING US A PLACE TO WALK THAT AVOIDS THAT DANGER.
THE SPEEDING ON CHASE IS OUT OF CONTROL WITH CAR SUCCEEDING, 60 THROUGH 80 MILES AN HOUR ON THE QUARTER MILE STRETCH BETWEEN JOHNSON AND THE FREEWAY OVERPASS.
THE RESIDENTS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAD JUST EXPERIENCED YET ANOTHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DUE TO SPEEDING ON CHASE.
A PASSENGER IN THE CAR, DIED THE CAR, UM, CAREERED OFF CHASE OVER THE SIDEWALK AND INTO THE YARD OF A HOME ON BENJAMIN PLACE, PARTS OF THE CAR AND VETTED INTO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE DUE TO THE IMPACT OR THE SPEEDING ISSUES ON CHASE OR ANOTHER ISSUE.
THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA NEEDS TO ADDRESS.
I'M ASKING ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO LEAVE THIS EASTMAN IN PLACE.
UM, SO MANY OF US ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO WALK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WISH THERE WERE MORE EASTMAN'S ALONG OUR STREETS.
UH, SO WE COULD AVOID DANGEROUS OF SPEEDING VEHICLES.
WE HAVE ABOUT SIX MORE COMMENTS.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS FROM MARGARET BAILEY.
I'M WRITING THIS TO COMMON IN FAVOR OF VACATING, THE ASSISTANT PROPERTIES IN BETWEEN MANA PLACE AND BENJAMIN.
I INITIATED THIS REQUEST AUGUST, 2019 AND A FORMAL LETTER AFTER FINDING OUT THAT THE EASEMENT WAS NOT CREATED FOR UTILITIES OR FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS AS PREVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD FROM MY IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS WHO WERE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, THE CITY DID DO DO PART OF THE CITY DID DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE NO UTILITIES OR NEED FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS WAS INDICATED.
THIS EASTMAN PRESENTS A LIABILITY TO ME AS A PROPERTY OWNER, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NO LIGHTING, NO UPKEEP FROM THE CITY, CONSTANT LITTER, ANIMAL WASTE, NOT ALWAYS COLLECTED.
ONE AREA IS A TRIP HAZARD DUE TO UNEVEN SIDEWALK.
THE AREA OF THE EASTMAN I'M BENJAMIN PLACE IS NOT MAINTAINED BY ITS OWNER AND THE LITTER.
AND THREE, THREE BRANCHES ARE ENCROACHING ONTO THE EASTMAN POTENTIAL FOR CRIMINAL CONCEALMENT AND EGRESS FROM THE CULDESAC.
THE ONLY ASSESSMENT OF THIS KIND IS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT EASTMAN'S ACTS AS A SHORTCUT FOR PEOPLE.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS ACCESS AND EGRESS WALKING FROM BENJAMIN TO MONA VIA CHASE, AS WELL AS OTHER CALLED THE SEX IN THE AREA.
THERE WAS ALSO A HOMELESS PERSON WHO HAS LIVED THE EAST MAN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
AGAIN, I STRONGLY CONSIDER THE RISK OF LIABILITY AND I WILL CONTINUE PURSUING ITS CLOSURE.
OR THE NOTICE OF STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO VACATE THE WALKMAN WALKWAY EASTMAN AS KEEPING THIS ACCESS OPEN DOES NOT BEST SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
IT IS MY GOAL THAT THE CITY CONSIDERS THE POTENTIAL LIABILITY AND NUISANCE AND THEREFORE GRANTS MY REQUEST TO VACATE THIS EASEMENT NEXT COMMUNIST FROM MICHAEL POE.
AND IT SAYS WE ARE AN OPPOSITION TO THE CLOSURE OF THE WALKWAY BETWEEN MONA PLACE AND BENJAMIN PLACE.
I HAVE LIVED ON MOANA PLACE WITH MY FAMILY SINCE 2008 AND THE 10 YEARS I HAVE BEEN USING THIS WALKWAY.
I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY LOITERING OR TRASH BUILDUP.
WE GENERALLY WALK OUR DOGS EARLY MORNINGS AND THE EVENINGS WHEN IT COOLS DOWN.
AND WE HAVE, HAVE NOT ANY ISSUES WITH LOITERING OR TRASH AS FOR THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S MORE OF AN ISSUE OF THE BORDERING OWNERS, NOT MAINTAINING THEIR TREES OR GRASSES AND NOT ALLOWING THEM TO OVERGROW THIS WALKWAY.
NOT ONLY SERVES AS A SAFE PATHWAY BETWEEN MOANA AND BENJAMIN.
IT ALSO BRINGS OUR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER.
WE VERY OFTEN WILL TALK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS FROM BENJAMIN AND PASSING EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND JOSEPH'S SAFE PLACE TO WALK.
THIS WALKWAY ALLOWS US TO AVOID CHASE AVENUE.
CHASE AVENUE HAS BECOME ALCOHOLICS
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NEW SPEEDWAY.THAT IS A TOPIC FOR ANOTHER NIGHT.
PLEASE KEEP OUR FAMILY SAFETY IN MIND WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION.
WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FOR MORE COMMENTS.
THE NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY, THERE IS NO NAME INCLUDED WITH THIS THAT IS SAYS I AM AGAINST VACATION OF THE WALKWAY PROPOSAL NEIGHBORS BETWEEN THE CONNECTED THREES HAVE TAKEN UP CLEANING THE AREA.
SINCE PROPERTY OWNER SAID 1185, BENJAMIN AND 1194, WANNA PLAY SPACE TO MAINTAIN THE AREA.
CURRENT PICTURES CAN NOT BE ATTACHED HERE.
MANY ADULTS ENJOY SAFE PASSAGE FOR WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE DISTANCING KIDS USE IT FOR PASSAGE TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND IS, HAS BEEN PROVIDING PASSAGE FOR EXTENDED NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
MOST OF THE DEBRIS COMES FROM 1185 BENJAMIN PLACE, TREES, FRUITS, AND FRUIT DROPPINGS DUE TO THE LACK OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE WALKWAY HAS BEEN CLEANED UP BY THOSE USING IT.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE AND WELCOME BENEFIT TO BART VILLAGE.
AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, A VALID PATHWAY EXTENSION RELIED UPON BY HOMEOWNERS.
THE WALKWAY IS USED EVERYDAY BY NEIGHBORS AND HAS BEEN RELIED UPON FOR A SAFE ACCESS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY WHEN FATALITY AND ACCIDENTS OCCUR ON CHASE AVENUE, PREVENTING US FROM LEAVING OUR STREET.
THE NEXT COMMENT SAYS I LIVE AT 1177 MONA PLACE.
I HAVE USED THIS WALKWAY MANY TIMES.
IT MAKES FOR A NICE WALK AND ENABLES WALKERS TO AVOID SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME.
CHASE IS DANGEROUS FOR WALKERS DUE TO THE HIGH RATE OF SPEED USED BY VEHICLES HEADING TO AND FROM THE FREEWAY.
THE WALKWAY FOSTERS A NICE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
THE TWO STREETS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE LOITER IN THE WALKER AND LIVED ON MOANA PLACE FOR 19 YEARS.
AND IT'S, I WAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED BY KATHLEEN CASTILLO, TWO MORE COMMENTS, AND IT SAYS, UM, I LIVE AT 1152 BENJAMIN PLACE WITH MY FATHER OUT
I'VE USED THE EASTMAIN FOR YEARS GROWING UP TO TODAY, WALKING DOWN, CHASE BETWEEN BENJAMIN AND MONA.
AND WITH THE RECENT GIVEN TO THE RECENT CRASH AND FATALITY ON JUNE SEVEN, THE SPEED PEOPLE GO COMING OFF THE FREEWAY TO PASSING YOU ON THE SIDEWALK BETWEEN BENJAMIN AND MONA IS FAST ENOUGH.
I WITNESSED A LITTLE GIRL FROM OUR STREETS, SCREAMING AS SHE WATCHED HER DOG GET HIT FOUR TIMES AT THE END OF BENJAMIN AND NO ONE STOPPED AS THEY KEPT SPEEDING.
TAKING AWAY THAT YOU SPEND ALONG WITH A SAFE ROUTE FOR US TO WALK OUR DOGS AND KIDS VERSUS WEEDS, LOITERING AND LIABILITY WEEDS CAN BE PULLED.
PEOPLE ASKED TO LEAVE AND LIABILITY, WEIGH THE LIABILITY OF THE SAFETY AND EASE OF MIND YOU WOULD BE TAKING FROM MANY VERSUS A FEW, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS UNCERTAIN TIMES WHEN SO MUCH FREEDOM IS BEING TAKEN AWAY.
AND THE LAST COMMON IS FROM, UM, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF TO ACCESS THE NAME.
UM, THIS GENTLEMAN SAYS THAT HE WAS TRYING TO POST SOMETHING HE WASN'T ABLE TO, BUT HE DIDN'T REALLY SAY IF HE WAS AGAINST OR FOR IT.
UM, COUNSELOR, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WAIT, IF WE VACATE THE WALKWAY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT DISAPPEARS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY CLAIM PIVOTS.
IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, IT WOULD DO, IT WOULD NO LONGER BE A PUBLIC EASEMENT.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO FENCE THAT OFF AND NOT LET IT ACCESS.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO MORROW, YES.
YOU MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASK ABOUT IT, BUT YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE SEEING THE EASEMENT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT WALKWAY? WELL, YOU SAID WE SAW ALL THE COMMENTS THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T SERVE ANYTHING.
JUST THOSE, THOSE, UH, THOSE NEIGHBORS JUST IN THAT VICINITY OF THE EASEMENT.
SO I'M HAVING TROUBLE PICTURING IT.
WHAT, HOW DOES IT EXACTLY HELP? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE A PICTURE.
I DON'T HAVE WHAT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I SEE IT.
IT GOES PAST, PASS THEM BACK HOUSES FOR BETWEEN TWO STREETS.
WE'LL CORRECT IT, MR. MAYOR, JUST, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS, THESE STREETS ARE NOT LONG STREETS.
THERE'S ABOUT NINE HOUSES ON EACH SIDE OF THAT STREET.
THESE AREN'T TREMENDOUSLY LONG STREETS THAT ARE CONNECTING LONG WALKWAYS.
SO IF WE WERE TO VACATE THE EASEMENT WHO DOES RETAIN CONTROL
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OF TWO OF THE UNITS THERE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.11, 1185 BENJAMIN AND ONE, ONE NINE, FOUR, I'M ON A PLACE THAT'S WHERE THEY USE MY LIVES ON THOSE TWO PARCELS.
HAS ANYBODY DISCUSSED WITH THEM, THEIR OBLIGATIONS IF WE VACATE THE EASEMENT AND COULDN'T, THEY PUT A FENCE OF THE LOCK ON THERE AND STILL USE IT, JUST GO BACK AND FORTH THAT WAY.
CAUSE THAT'S A POTENTIAL COURSE.
DID THE APPLICANT SUBMIT ANY PHOTOS ALONG WITH THEIR APPLICATION OF THINGS THAT THEY SAY THEY'VE SEEN? NO.
THEY SUBMITTED A LETTER THAT WAS DATED AUGUST 3RD, 2019, AND PRETTY MUCH REITERATE WHAT SHE MENTIONED IN HER, IN HER COMMENT, BUT NO PHOTOS WERE SUBMITTED.
MORGAN, DOES THE CITY HAVE LIABILITY WITH THIS PUBLIC EASEMENT? YES, IT'S ON OUR EASEMENT.
SO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ABSENT SOME OTHER DEFENSES THAT MIGHT OCCUR.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE DESIGNED IMMUNITY.
UH, IT COULD BE THE NEIGHBORS, UH, TREE ROOTS OF THE PANELS AND CREATES A TRIP HAZARD THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN THAT CASE, WE WOULD LOOK TO THE NEIGHBOR TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
UM, BUT, UH, YES, IT'S LIKE A SIDEWALK IN THE CITY.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I, I CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, BOUNDARY PROPERTIES BOTH HAVE FENCES ON EACH SIDE, IT'S SOMEWHAT HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
SO IF, UH, SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED IN THAT LITTLE ALLEY, THAT'S KIND OF BLOCKED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, THE CITY POTENTIALLY IS LIABLE.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE WOULD BE SUED, BUT WE MAY HAVE PLENTY OF DEFENSES TO, TO PROTECT US FROM THAT LAWSUIT, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TORT CLAIMS ACT.
UM, THAT'D BE GOOD AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING TO CONTINUE THIS.
WELL, I THOUGHT LET'S JUST CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ONE THOUGH? THAT KIND OF VIEW.
IF YOU CONTINUE AT, YOU DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL TAKE ADVISORY MORGAN ON THAT.
I, WELL, IF THERE IS A DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE IT, YOU CAN ALWAYS REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN CLOSE IT.
WELL, I'M CONTINUING RATHER LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS.
LET'S LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF I HAVE A SECOND.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
YOU KNOW, BOB, I WAS DOING THE SAME THING AS YOU.
IF WE, UH, CONTINUED IT FOR A MONTH, IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAY, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN DO.
OR THE REST OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
I DON'T HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
I LIVE HERE IN NEBRASKA SAY I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
NOW THAT STAFF HAS HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IT HAVE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE STAFF REPORT SAID, WALK WITH, USE IT AS NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.
AND THAT KEEPING THIS ACCESS DOES NOT DESOLATE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
THE STAFF HAVE THE SAME OPINION OR DIFFERENT TO HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT.
MR. GOBLE, UM, STEP IS ACTUALLY PRETTY AMBIVALENT ABOUT THIS TOO.
I THINK WE'RE, WE AS A CITY ARE BEING ASKED, UM, TO SORT OF PIT TWO PRIVATE PARTIES AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND SO WE CAN SEE THERE IS VALUE TO A FEW PEOPLE TO HAVE IT.
UM, IS IT, IS IT, UM, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC? PROBABLY NOT THE ENTIRE PUBLIC, BUT FOR A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS ON, ON THOSE STREETS, PERHAPS I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO IS WAY IS THAT, DOES THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ENTIRETY? UM, AT THE EXPENSE OF TWO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE FEELING THE BRUNT OF THAT EASEMENT, MAYBE AT THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO WRITE THE LETTERS, UH, TO KEEP IT OPEN,
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MAYBE THEY WOULD AGREE WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THEY WOULD HELP MAINTAIN IT OR, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT ORDERLY.UM, HERE'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT BACK IN 1966, THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT PIECE OF THE BUNDLE OF RIGHTS THAT THOSE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH IS THAT EASEMENT STRIP AND GIVE THOSE RIGHTS TO PASS TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORS AND WERE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE WITH ANTICIPATION OF BEING ABLE TO USE THAT EASEMENT AND TO PERPETUITY.
SO THEY COULD GO BACK AND FORTH THAT ADDS SOME VALUE TO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY AND SOME DETRIMENT TO THE OWNERS OF THOSE TWO HOUSES.
SO, UH, WHAT WOULD BE DOING HERE IS GIVING VACATING THAT EASEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE NOW WOULD TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE RIGHTS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PASS THROUGH THERE AND GIVING IT TO THE OWNERS, GIVING IT BACK TO THE OWNERS OF THE TWO PROPERTIES, SOMETHING THAT THEY NEVER HAD.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT FROM A PROPERTY RIGHTS KIND OF THING, AND CLEARLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE OF ALL THE LETTERS THEY THINK IT'S WORTH SOMETHING TO THEM.
CAUSE THEY TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE US LETTERS.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOSING SOMETHING BY VACATING THAT EASEMENT.
SO ARE, ARE WE IN A POSITION TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS, TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE RIGHTS THAT RIGHT OF THE EASEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM THEM.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO DO, STEVE? YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH EVIDENCE FROM THE APPLICANT TO SAY THIS THING'S A PROBLEM.
I'M HEARING THINGS ABOUT SHOPPING CARTS, LOITERING, HOMELESSNESS, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE.
AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING WE'RE WILLING TO, UH, MAINTAIN, MONITOR AND CLEAN.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE NOT VACATE THIS, LET IT GO FOR A TURN OF THREE TO SIX MONTHS.
AND IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO COME BACK WITH MORE DEFINITIVE PROOF AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO KEEP IT CLEAN, WE COULD TAKE ACTION AT THAT TIME.
IT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT AS WELL.
THEY SAY THEY CAN CLEAN IT UP.
UM, WE'VE SEEN THIS IN MANY OF THE THINGS THAT CITY COUNCIL, WHERE PEOPLE CAME AND SAID, HEY, DON'T POLICE US, LET US LEASE OURSELVES.
AND MANY, MANY TIMES WE HAVE, AND SOMETIMES IT'S FAILED AND SOMETIMES IT'S WORKED OUT.
WHEN THE, WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE THE EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN OUR DEED, THAT EASEMENT, THEY KNEW THAT WAS PART OF THE PACKAGE THEY WERE BUYING.
SO PRESUMABLY THEY WOULD HAVE PAID MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS FOR THAT, KNOWING THAT THEY HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO ME IN IT.
AND THEN THEIR NEIGHBORS KNEW THAT THEY GOT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOMES.
PRESUMABLY THEY'D PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR IT TO THE RIGHT TO PASS THROUGH THAT EASEMENT FOR THE CONVENIENCE.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A, WE'VE TALKED IT OUT.
WE'VE COME TO A GOOD CONCLUSION.
WE SHOULD HAVE A BOAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN TO, UM, UM, UH, POSTAL LISTS.
IT'S IF THE MOTION IS TO RETAIN THE PUBLIC EASEMENT, YOU WOULD JUST MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT THE, WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED, WHERE IT WAS, GIVE ME SOME TIME TO COMING BACK AND LOOKING AT IT AGAIN.
SO CAN WE, UH, WE POSTPONE THIS FOR THREE MONTHS.
YOU COULD CONTINUE IT TO A DATE.
CERTAIN IF YOU'D LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE IT TILL SOMETIME IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IN THAT SITUATION, YOU WOULD WANT TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO COMMENT AT THAT TIME WITHOUT NOTICING IT.
BUT SINCE STEVE AND I WERE ON THE SAME PAGE ON THAT DATE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? HOW DO I FEEL? HOW DO YOU FEEL I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HOW YOU FEEL? WELL, MARTIN, IF IT'S GOING TO GO UP TO SIX MONTHS, WELL, WE WILL HAVE AFTER READ, NOTICE IT.
UH, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR NOT, BUT, OR REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RATHER.
UM, BUT GUYS, I THINK AT THAT POINT, WE, IT GOES TOO FAR OUT FOR
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US TO JUST HOW FAR CAN WE GO WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS? I, I WOULD YOU, WE NORMALLY GO ABOUT A MONTH, YOU KNOW, TWO MEETINGS AWAY, MAYBE THREE.WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AND COME BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND SEE WHAT THE NEIGHBORS CAN DO AND IN SIX WEEKS.
SO THAT'S YOUR DESIRE MAYOR? THE MOTION WOULD BE TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN THE MOTION TO CONTINUE IT TO THE, PROBABLY THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, I THINK MAYBE THE OWNERS THAT WANT TO KEEP IT TO TALK TO THE OWNERS THAT IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY THEY WANT TO KEEP IT.
THAT'S WHY I'M HOPING THAT WILL HAPPEN.
I'M HOPING THOUGH, THEY'LL ALL GET TOGETHER AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
AND THEN THE PROBLEM KIND OF CLEANS ITSELF UP.
I THINK IF IT WAS A DANGEROUS PLACE THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBORS WOULDN'T WANT TO WALK THROUGH THERE.
SO, UH, I AGREE WE CAN, UH, POSTPONE THIS, SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT IF THEY WORK IT OUT AMONG THEMSELVES.
GRAHAM, DO WE HAVE EXCESSIVE CALLS TO THAT AREA BETWEEN THOSE TWO CUL-DE-SACS CALLS FOR SERVICE? IS THAT NO ONE HOTSPOT FOR DRUG AND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS? I DON'T KNOW THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SANCHEZ HAS SOME DATA ON THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE? CRAP.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO, BUT I THINK IF YOU WERE TO, UM, PUSH THIS OFF UNTIL THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING, WE WILL HAVE THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE CARS? NO, SIR.
THEN THE CLOSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING.
FIRST WE NEED A MOTION TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'LL MEET A NOTE, A MOTION TO CONTINUE IT TO THE AUGUST MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
HOW MANY CARDS OR COMMENTS DO WE HAVE NOW TO GO THROUGH ON THIS NONE ADDITIONAL CARD, SIR? YES.
UM, I HAVE NONE AT THIS POINT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NO, I THINK WE WANT TO CONTINUE.
YOU AND BOB WILL KEEP ME STRAIGHT.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM.
AND SO THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING, SECOND CLAIRE WEALTHIER VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WOULD YOU, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO GO AND TALK TO THE FOLKS OVER THERE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT COMES BACK ON AUGUST 11TH AND WE'LL DO IT.
CAN I GET THIS DONE WITHOUT IT, WITHOUT ANY KIND OF RESOLUTION ALL, BUT WE'LL SEE.
I'M GOING TO GO BACKWARDS IN TIME HERE SO WE CAN START HEARING THE 1400 PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'D RECOMMEND WE ACTUALLY GET THROUGH THE ADMISSIONS MS. JADEN REPORT.
AGENDA ITEM 11 TO THE VERY END.
[14. Early Lease Termination Agreement with Crisis House RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopts the next Resolution, in order, approving an early lease termination agreement with Crisis House and authorizes the City Manager to execute the agreement.]
WE HAVE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS FROM TODAY'S AGENDA.ITEM 14 IS AN EARLY LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT WITH CRISIS HOUSE STAFF.
WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THIS? HEY, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AS THE COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED IN THE PAST STAFF RECOMMENDS OF SELLING THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 10 34 NORTH MAGNOLIA.
IN ORDER TO BOOST THE SOME ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA.
AS YOU ALSO KNOW, THE CITY CURRENTLY LEASES THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY TO CRISIS HOUSE FOR $1 PER YEAR THAT WILL LEASE.
DOES IT EXPIRE ON JULY 31ST, 2021 IN A WAY TOO, IT'S A CRISIS HOUSE AND VACATE THE PROPERTY OR THAN THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE LEASE IN AGREEMENT.
THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES CRISIS HOUSE, DIFFERENT
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LEVELS OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVE OR BENEFIT IF THEY WERE TO VACATE THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF CRISIS HOUSE WERE TO VACATE THE PROPERTY OR ENTERED TO ESCROW BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE CD WOULD CONTRIBUTE $700,000 TO THEIR ESCROW FUND FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT PROPERTY, $350,000 BY THE END OF DECEMBER AND $150,000 BY THE END OF MARCH 31ST, AS YOU REMEMBER, THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED SPECIFICALLY WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CAPITAL MONEY.
SO THIS MONEY CAN'T BE PUT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
IT CAN'T BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES, BESIDES THOSE THAT ARE PRESCRIBED BY HUD REGULATIONS.
UM, WELL WE WOULD RECOMMEND IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO ENTER THE DISAGREEMENT IN CRISIS HOUSE, WHERE TO FIND A PROPERTY, WE WOULD USE GENERAL FUND MONEY TO FRONT THAT EXPENDITURE.
CAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE PROCEEDS OF A SALE UNTIL AFTER THE SALE OCCURS.
WE WOULD THEN REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND WITH THOSE PROCEEDS.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THOSE CDBG FUNDS WOULD GO INTO A FUND SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE CDBG ELIGIBLE.
UM, I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY IN ONE OF THE WAREHOUSES, THE THIRD, WHEREAS FOR EXAMPLE INCLUDES AN EXPIRATION DATE OF JUNE 30TH, 2000 FOR 2021.
IT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE JULY 31ST, 2021.
SO WE WOULD MAKE THAT CORRECTION TO THE RESOLUTION IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO ADOPT IT THIS AFTERNOON, UM, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CRISIS HOUSE AND DEVELOPING THIS AGREEMENT.
IT'S BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND STAFF'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS.
WE HAVE A NINE SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
THE FIRST COMMENT WAS SUBMITTED BY REBECCA BRENT STUTTER, AND IT READS THAT MS. BRENT'S SISTER LIVES ON HILLSMAN DRIVE AND ELKA HOEHN.
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE EAST COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE, I AM PROUD THAT OUR CITY HAS LED THE WAY FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WORKING WITH A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR UNSHELTERED CITIZENS.
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS IN OUR CITY WORKING WITH A TASK FORCE, I'M SORRY, WHICH I'M SORRY.
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS IN OUR CITY MMM.
LET ME FIND SOMETHING TO, UH, WHICH OFFERS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDE SERVICES THAT CAN HELP THEM FIND A HOME IS CRISIS.
HOUSE CRISIS HOUSE IS A STRONG PARTNER AND AN IMPORTANT PRESENCE OF THE TASK FORCE, BRINGING INSIGHT, INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FROM THEIR MANY YEARS OF SOLID EXPERIENCE.
ITEM 14 ON TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA PROPOSES INCENTIVES WERE NEARLY TERMINATION OF CRISIS HOUSE LEASE WITH THE CITY, GIVEN THE CRUCIAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN ALLEVIATING HOMELESSNESS.
HERE I AM GRATIFIED THAT OUR CITY IS OFFERING THIS IMPORTANT HELP, SO THAT CRISIS HOUSE CAN CONTINUE THEIR VITAL WORK, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR CLIENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE REST OF US IN OKLAHOMA WILL BENEFIT WHEN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES CAN MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOMES.
THAT SAID, I WOULD URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXTEND THE DATE FOR CRISIS HOUSE TO RECEIVE THE $700,000 INCENTIVE THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR IN A TIGHT REAL ESTATE MARKET, IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC AND WITH A LIKELY POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL NEED A REZONING OR CUP FOR THEIR NEXT LOCATION, THE 90 DAY WINDOW FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE PREMISES OR BE AN ESCROW FOR A NEW BUILDING, SEEMS IMPOSSIBLY TIGHT.
ALL THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA HOUSE AND UNHOUSED NEED A STRONG CRISIS HOUSE THAT CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND THEIR NEW LOCATION, YOUR VOTE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OF US.
THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM JUDY HORNEN AND IT SAYS I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF CRISIS HOUSE FOR 12 YEARS.
I ALSO REPRESENT THE SOROPTIMIST CLUBS OF POWAY IN NORTH SAN DIEGO AND THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SHARED WITH CRISIS HOUSE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, OUR CLUBS PROVIDE COMPLETELY FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE FLED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
OFTEN WITH ONLY THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS.
WHEN THESE FAMILIES COMPLETE THIS PROGRAM AND UP TO 18 MONTHS, THEY TAKE EVERYTHING WITH THEM TO BEGIN THEIR NEW, INDEPENDENT, SAFE LIGHTS.
WE START ALL OVER AND REFURNISH.
THIS PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE LIVES OF THESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE AT STAKE.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME TO MARY CASE.
THE NEXT COMMENT FROM CASSIE KATHY SMITH.
I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE CRISIS HOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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AND THE ACTING BOARD CHAIR.I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN OBESE COUNTY FOR 30 YEARS AND OKLAHOMA FOR 14 OF THOSE YEARS, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK CRISIS HOUSE DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE LEARNED EVEN MORE ABOUT THE MANY SERVICES THAT CRISIS HOUSE PROVIDES WHILE SERVING ON THE BOARD.
SINCE 2016, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A RELOCATION TASK FORCE AND I AM HERE TO ASK FOR A REASONABLE TIME TO FIND NEW OFFICE SPACE.
I DEFER ANY ADDITIONAL TIME TO MARY CASEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO TO MAKE OKLAHOMA A WONDERFUL CITY TO LIVE AND RAISE OUR FAMILY.
I, I DON'T SEE A NAME INITIALLY, BUT IT MIGHT BE IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
THE CRISIS HOUSE HAS BEEN HONORED TO SERVE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED IN THE EAST COUNTY COMMUNITY FOR 50 YEARS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO SO FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS, WE APPRECIATE THE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE HAD WITH THE CITY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS AT THE MAGNOLIA BUILDING.
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT THE CITY IS OFFERING US TO RELIC RELOCATE THE CRISIS HOUSE BOARD AND STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT YOU EXTEND THE RELOCATION SCHEDULE FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, DECEMBER 31 2020 IS STILL REALIZED THAT THE 700,000 OF SUPPORT WE THINK THE CURRENT RELOCATION SCHEDULE IS TOO AGGRESSIVE UNDER THE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, LET ALONE A PANDEMIC.
AND WHILE WE ARE PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED, DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME, WE FEEL PROVIDING CONTINUING OF SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS NEEDS TO BE A CRITICAL PART OF A RELOCATION PLAN AND ONE THAT AVOIDS ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES AND LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM ON EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS THAT POTENTIALLY THREATEN OUR FUTURE.
THE RELOCATION TASK OF THE CRISIS HOUSE BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES AND STAFF ARE BUSY PACKING TO MEET THE SEPTEMBER DEADLINE.
WE IDENTIFIED A GREAT LEASE PROPERTY IN EARLY MAY THAT MET OUR NEEDS JUST TO BE TOLD THAT THE FUNDING COULD BE USED FOR PURCHASE.
WE MADE AN OFFER ON THE MOST ON THE ONLY SUITABLE MOVE IN READY PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON THE MARKET ON JUNE 11 AND LASTED.
WE THINK OUR CONTINGENCY OFFER BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WAS A FACTOR.
AND NOW IT'S STUDENT 23 AND WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR A FINAL VOTE ON AN AGREEMENT WITH LESS THAN 90 DAYS TO VACATE OR BE AN ESCROW THERE'S CURRENTLY NO INVENTORY OR MOVING, READY, ADA ACCESSIBLE OFFICE BUILDINGS FOR SALE.
IN THE EAST REGION, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT INVENTORY WILL INCREASE FOR LEASE PROPERTIES, AND WE HOPE THAT WE'LL INCLUDE PROPERTIES FOR SALE RESULTING FROM THE PANDEMIC.
WE REQUIRE A MOVE IN READY PROPERTY TO AVOID SHUTTING DOWN AND INTERRUPTING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES.
AND BECAUSE THERE IS NO TIME OR MONEY FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, PROVIDING CONGENIALITY OF SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESS SERVICES IS A PRIORITY.
THAT'S THE END OF THAT COMMENT.
AND I HAVE FIVE MORE COMMENTS.
THE NEXT ONE, UM, DOES NOT HAVE A NAME, BUT IT READS I'M.
A RESIDENT OF EAST COUNTY HAVE BEEN SINCE 2007.
I'M ALSO A GRADUATE OF CRISIS HOUSES PROGRAM OF TRANSITIONAL LIVING.
I WAS A DRUG ADDICT LIVING ON THE STREET BECAUSE OF CRISIS HOUSE.
I HAD A PLACE TO LIVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A JOB AND TO GIVE BACK TO EAST COUNTY, PLEASE, WHATEVER YOUR DECISION, THINK OF THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NO VOICE AND JUST NEED THAT HELP UP CRISIS HOUSE SAVED MY LIFE.
NEXT COMMENT FROM KATHY HOOK, I RETIRED FROM THE SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND SPENT 25 OF THOSE YEARS INVOLVED IN HOMELESS CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND WORKING WITH A HOMELESS PROVIDER COMMUNITY CRISIS HOUSE WAS ALWAYS A BEACON OF HOPE AND HE'S COUNTY A WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED ORGANIZATION SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE AS THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AT CRISIS HOUSE.
I REALIZED THAT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER OVER THE YEARS AND HAS A RIGHT TO UTILIZE THIS RESOURCES FOR ITS OWN NEEDS.
AND THIS RESPECT, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECONSIDER THE AMENDMENTS AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE AND ALLOW CRISIS HOUSE ENOUGH TIME TO FIND ANOTHER BUILDING, TO WHICH TO RE TO WHICH, TO RELOCATE AND MOVE IT SERVICES WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO GAIN THE MAXIMUM FUNDING INCENTIVE NECESSARY TO PURCHASE A ANOTHER BUILDING.
I CAN SEE THE REST OF MY TIME TO MARY KAY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CRISIS HOUSE.
NEXT COMMENT FROM JACK NICHOLAS ON THE FORMER ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CRISIS HOUSE, AND THEN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO THE AGENCY AS A MEMBER OF THE CRISIS HOUSE RELOCATION TASK FORCE.
I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE URGENCY THAT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THIS MATTER AND THE CHALLENGES
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ASSOCIATED WITH IDENTIFYING A FUNCTIONAL LOCATION THAT IS REASONABLY AFFORDABLE AND THE CURRENT MARKET I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN, TO EXTENDING THE PROPOSED TIMELINE.THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM ELIZABETH BIAS WITH HOMELESS NEWNESS, STILL A PROBLEM IN OKLAHOMA, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COORDINATED PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM FOR HOUSING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
I WOULD PROPOSE THAT THE EARLIEST INCENTIVE DATE FOR VACATING THE PROPERTY TO BE DECEMBER 20, 24, $700,000 WITH THE NEXT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE MARCH AND JUNE, 2021, RESPECTIVELY, THIS IS A CRITICAL, IMPORTANT PART OF THE HOMELESS SITUATION, HOMELESS SOLUTION HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
AND THEY WILL TAKE TIME TO IDENTIFY A NEW LOCATION AND PUT RESOURCES IN PLACE IN THE INTERIM AND ASSIST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ELIZABETH, VIA SHELTER AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS, GROUP AND CULTURE, YOUTH SOLUTIONS GROUP.
UM, THE LAST COMMON CARD IS, UM, I DON'T SEE A NAME.
I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN EAST COUNTY.
I HAVE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER FOR CRISIS HOUSE SINCE JULY OF 2018 FIRE TO MY POSITION.
AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WAS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
CRISIS HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY SUCCESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CRISIS HOUSE FOR THEIR ENDLESS EFFORTS ON HELPING THE COMMUNITY.
I AM REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON THE TIMELINE GIVING, GIVEN TO PURCHASE A NEW BUILDING FOR CHRIS CRISIS HOUSE.
IF ANYONE WHO IS ON COUNCIL OR WHO IS LISTENING TO THIS MEETING HAS A BUILDING FOR SALE, PLEASE CONTACT MARY CASE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS, SIR.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO WE CAN JUST GET THE DISCUSSION.
UM, STEVE, UH, WALTER FIRST, UH, IS THERE ANY URGENT REASON TO KEEP CRISIS HOUSE AND ALCOHOL ON? COULD IT BE IN SAN PEA OR IN THE MESA OR SOME OTHER, UH, LOCALITY? IS THAT, OR IS THAT A GOOD QUESTION OR NOT? NOPE.
MR. MCCLELLAN WE'VE WE'VE LEFT THE AGREEMENT OPEN THAT, UM, WE, IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE LOCATED SOMEWHERE IN EAST COUNTY.
I THINK MOVING TO MISSION VALLEY, THEY WOULD LOSE THE CONNECTION WITH OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ANYWHERE IN EAST COUNTY WOULD BE FINE.
IN FACT, I'VE EVEN, I DON'T THINK THE PROPERTIES ARE QUITE SUITABLE, BUT I HAVE PASSED ALONG LEADS FOR BUILDINGS AND LAMESA AND LEMON GROW.
THE MESA GROVE GROW, UH, VALUABLE TO THEM.
IT WOULD ALL BE SCOTT, STEVE, YOUR NURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW HOTEL OPENING THERE.
UM, AND SO WE NEED TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE NEEDS OF THOSE LESS FORTUNATE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY FOR CITY STAFF, ARE THERE ANY INCIDENTS MMM.
THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF IN THE ERA SURROUNDING THERE? WE, WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, CRISIS HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO, THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO DOES BECOME A NATURAL MAGNET FOR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON COOGAN, BEHIND HOME DEPOT, UM, AND SORT OF A TRAFFIC WAY ALONG MAGNOLIA IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL BECAUSE OF THEIR LOCATION THERE
UM, SO WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE'RE NOT FORCING CRISIS HOUSE OUT.
THEY CAN STAY UNTIL NEXT JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS WANT TO GO EARLY, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WE TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT AS OF THE DATE AND GIVE THEM THE MONEY THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS SET OR ADD THAT AS THE SCHEDULE INDICATES, I THINK THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EARLY TERMINATION OF APPROVING THE EARLY TERMINATION AGREEMENT.
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ALL RIGHT, LET'S WELCOME YOUR VOTE PLEASE.DEPUTY MAYOR ORTIZ, COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[15. Approval of a Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approves and authorizes the City Manager to implement a Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program for eligible City employees.]
ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.IS THAT A 15? IT IS TO APPROVE VAULTER EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES.
I'LL ASK STEPH TO TELL US ABOUT THIS, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS YOU RECALL AT THE JUNE 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY MANAGER, GRAHAM MITCHELL PRESENTED SOME OPTIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO SAVE SOME MONEY FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WAS AN EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
AS A RESULT, STAFF IS DIRECTED TO GO BACK AND EXPLORE THAT OPTION.
WE DID SO, AND WE ALSO SURVEYED SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND WE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM THAT IS TWO TIERED, WHICH WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO RETIRE EITHER BY AUGUST 1ST OF THIS YEAR OR DECEMBER 31ST WITH AN INCENTIVE, THE FIRST INCENTIVE BEING 15,000 AND THE SECOND I'M SORRY, 25,000.
AND THE SECOND INCENTIVE BEING 15,000, UH, PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM OUR VERY FIRST SURVEY, ESTIMATED 100 TO $250,000 SAVINGS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT AS OUR, UH, WE READ FOOD EMAILS FROM THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE SURVEYED, UM, OUR NUMBERS ARE LOOKING MORE AT ABOUT $400,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS.
IF THIS PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED AND I'M HERE FOR THE PROGRAM AND GET APPROVAL, UM, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WERE THINKING ABOUT UTILIZING THIS? UH, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20 EMPLOYEES AND GRAHAM.
HOW MANY OF THOSE EMPLOYERS DO WE HAVE TO REHIRE OR CAN WE DO WITHOUT REHIRING? UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEET RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD NEED A REHIRE, UM, ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE WOULD BE REHIRED, UM, AND THE REMAINDER WOULD BE LEFT UNFILLED FOR THE, FOR THE TIME BEING THAT'S SIGNIFICANT REAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
I DON'T SEE ANY, ALL RIGHT, ANGELA, DO YOU DO ANY CARDS ON THE SIDE? WE RECEIVED NO COMMON, SIR.
I WONDER IF ANY OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE WILL RETIRE.
UH, THEY WOULD, UH, APPLY FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COME OVER TO OURS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES DIDN'T LOCALLY, OR MAYBE EVEN FROM LA, SOME JUNIOR OFFICERS MIGHT FIGHT DOWN HERE TO ASK FOR IT FROM LA OR FROM SAN DIEGO TO ALCOHOLISM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE, THE, UH, PROTEST LEVELS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR CITY.
I WAS BILLY GRAHAM YOUTH, A LOT OF TROUBLE HIRING THE POLICE OFFICERS BACK, UM, HIRING POLICE OFFICERS.
IT'S A VERY TIGHT, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, BUT I'M UNDERSTANDING, YOU'RE SAYING, GIVE ME A CHANCE.
YEAH, IT'S A TIGHT LABOR MARKET.
I WONDER IF SOMEHOW I'M FROM MINNEAPOLIS, I'D LIKE TO LIVE IN SAN DIEGO.
THE REASON I ASKED THAT GRAHAM IS, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO BE OFFERING THIS TO PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES? IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE REHIRING? THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO OFFER IT TO ONE LABOR GROUP, BUT NOT ALL LABOR GROUPS.
SO IT'D BE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
SANDY IS CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF SOMEBODY IS, UM, THEY REACHED FULL RETIREMENT INVESTING IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY MIGHT NORMALLY RETIRE IN SEPTEMBER AT FULL RETIREMENT.
I'LL GO A MONTH EARLIER THAN I PLANNED TO GET AN EXTRA $25,000.
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YEAH.WELL, WELL THERE, THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THAT.
SO SOMEONE WAS ALREADY PLANNING ON RETIRING.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT BENEFIT.
UM, SO THERE'S JUST NO WAY AROUND TO SAY, SORRY, YOU'VE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT YOUR ORDERS IN TOO, TOO BAD.
REMEMBER WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE RETIRE THAT DON'T, THAT HAVEN'T RETIRED CAUSE THEY ENJOY WORKING HERE.
SO THIS HELPS THEM TO MAKE A DECISION, DIFFERENT FINANCIAL DECISION.
BUT I THINK THERE ISN'T ANY WAY AROUND THAT AT ALL.
BUT UM, BASED ON THE SAVINGS, I THINK THAT CREATES SOME CUSHION.
SO, AND THERE'LL BE A BIT OF NET, A NET BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.
THAT'S YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PUBLIC SAYING, WOW, WE GAVE AWAY 25,000 WHEN SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO RETIRE THE NEXT MONTH.
ANYWAY, I I'M AWARE OF TWO RETIREMENTS AND I WHO HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING TO RETIRE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS A BONUS AND A GOOD FOR THEM, BUT I CAN SEE THE TAXPAYER SAYING, YOU KNOW, WOW.
BUT I DON'T, IF STAFF FEELS, THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT, THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT.
I THINK WHAT I THINK HE WANT YOU TO GET MR. GLOBAL, AS YOU GET PEOPLE TO SAY, OH, I'M NOT GOING TO RETIRE NOW.
AND THEN, OH, I'M GOING TO RETIRE.
I THINK IT, IT JUST CREATES A GAME THAT FOLKS CAN PLAY.
SO STAFF'S JUST RECOMMENDED LET'S NOT PLAY THE GAME AND WE'LL JUST BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE STILL GET A PRETTY HUGE SAVINGS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A COUPLE OF PEOPLE GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE NOT.
CC PORT CS POINT IS A GOOD POINT, BUT THERE PROBABLY IS A COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SAY WE'RE AT POINT FOR A VOTE.
WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? NO, SIR.
NO COMMON CARDS WERE RECEIVED OR THAT I WRITE ABOUT TO THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND OR A MOTION
PUT YOU'RE PUTTING THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES.
I'LL TAKE FILLER CHEESE FOR ABOUT WHAT DO YOU THINK? SO I'LL MOVE, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THAT THE CITY MANAGED TO IMPLEMENT THE VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ELIGIBLE CITY EMPLOYEES.
MAY ARE YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES, SIR.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[16. Compensation for Executive and Unrepresented Employees (A-29), City Manager and the City Attorney RECOMMENDATION: That the Mayor provide an oral report summarizing recommended changes in compensation for the City’s "local agency executives"; and following the report that the City Council: Approves the changes to City Council Policy A-29 described below and reflected on the attachment; and Adopts the next Resolutions, in order, to approve the amendments to the employment contracts with the city manager and city attorney, and authorizing the Mayor to execute the amendments, substantially in the forms as presented.]
THE LAST ADMINISTRATOR PORTAND THE CITY ATTORNEY LIKES TO ASK STAFF TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
WELL, MR. RARE AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AGAIN, WHY DO YOU SOUND THORN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE CITY? UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM BRINGS FORTH PROPOSED INCREASES FOR THE NON-REPRESENTED AND EXECUTIVE STAFF, INCLUDING THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER.
THE INCREASE PROPOSED IS A COST OF LIVING IN A 2.5%, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR MUNICIPAL GROUPS ARE RECEIVING THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF IS STILL ON AVERAGE 5% BELOW THE MEDIUM HERE IN THE COUNTY.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? ALL RIGHT THEN, UM, SOMEBODY LIKE THE BIG MARSHALL OR WE'VE DONE THAT OR WE HAVE TO POINT OUT OR I NEED TO READ THIS.
I'VE GOT A LONG THING BY THAT BY LAW.
FIRST AID, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES THE PRIOR TO TAKING FINAL ACTION ON THE SALARIES, SALARY SCHEDULES OR COMPENSATION PAID IN THE FORM OF FRINGE BENEFITS OF WHAT ARE KNOWN AS LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVES.
THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES SHALL ORALLY REPORT A SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR SUCH A FINAL ACTION.
LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVE INCLUDES ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY WHO IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE MYERS NELLIS BROWN ACT.
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OR THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OR WHOSE POSITION IS HELD BY AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY ATTORNEY.SO FAR, THE PURPOSE OF, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCLOSURE, THIS REPORT INCLUDES ACTION ON SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF THE FORMER FRINGE BENEFITS FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCAL AGENCY, EXECUTIVES, CITY MANAGER, GRAHAM MITCHELL, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT'S DEMASIO CITY ATTORNEY MORGAN FOLEY, CITY COURT, ANGELA CORTEZ, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ANTHONY SHOOTING, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND THE CITY TREASURER, CLAY SHAW, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, MARISOL THORN DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SARAH DS AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
FRANK CARSON, THE FIRE CHIEFS SEE STEVE SWEENEY AND THE POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL MOLD.
FIRST, IT IS PROPOSED THAT EACH OF THESE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE A GENERAL SALAD COST OF LIVING OF 2.5% EFFECTIVE JUNE 13TH AND 2020 SECOND IS ALSO PROPOSED THAT EACH OF THESE EMPLOYERS RECEIVE AN INCREASE IN HIS OR HER CAFETERIA BENEFIT FOR $50 EACH MONTH, BEGINNING OF JANUARY, 2021.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT THE CURRENT BENEFIT IS $1,200 PER MONTH.
AS FURTHER COMPENSATION IS PROPOSED THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE POLICE CHIEF WOULD EACH RECEIVE A NON-PRINCIPAL STIPEND OF $6,000.
ONE HALF OF WHICH WOULD BE PAID IN JULY AND THE OTHER HALF, WHICH WOULD BE PAID IN DECEMBER.
THIS CONCLUDES THE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO SALARIES AND COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF FRINGE BENEFITS TO THE CITY AS EXECUTIVES, AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG, IF THERE'S A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER ON THIS MATTER, WE THANK YOU, MR. MR. MITCHELL, MR. MAYOR, THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO REPORT.
UM, YOU HAVE WHAT'S BEFORE YOU AND, UH, MERIT BELIEVE YOU'VE FULFILLED YOUR, YOUR STATE LAW REQUIREMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE ASKED FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ANGELA COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WHERE SOMEONE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A VOTE OR EMOTIONALLY?
MAYOR WELTER, YOUR VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
[17. Council Activity Report]
IS MY ACTIVITY REPORT.[18. Legislative Report]
DIDN'T MAY TINA'S LEGISLATOR REPORT AND IT IS AS REPORTED.UH, VINCE, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? OUR NOTES.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS TIME, RIGHT? NO BAD NEWS THEN FOR TODAY.
[14. ACTIVITIES REPORTS/COMMENTS OF COUNCILMEMBERS:]
ARE NOW AT CAREFUL ACTIVITY PORTS.WE START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, GARY KENDER.
UH, IN ADDITION TO MY REPORT, I ATTENDED, UH, THE ADVENT WATER PURIFICATION MEETING LAST THURSDAY.
GOOD FOR YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, BOB MCCLUNG AS REPORTED
[21. COUNCILMEMBER STEVE GOBLE SANDAG – Board of Directors – Alternate; SANDAG Public Safety Committee – Alternate; METRO Commission/Wastewater JPA – Alternate; Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee; MTS (Metropolitan Transit System Board) – Alternate; East County Advanced Purification JPA - Alternate.]
COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVED GOLD AS REPORTED[22. DEPUTY MAYOR PHIL ORTIZ East County Economic Development Council; League of California Cities, San Diego Division.]
AND DEPUTY MAYOR PHIL ORTIZ.FAIR MAYOR WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLIMENT FOR DEPUTY MAYOR OR T'S, THERE'S NO NAME TO IT, BUT THE COMMENTS SIMPLY SAYS DEPUTY MAYOR OR TEAS CONDUCTS HIMSELF HONORABLY AND WITH THE MANNER OF A TRUTH.
GENTLEMEN, TELL YOUR WIFE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THREE ARE ALL RIGHT, BUT I CAN'T, I CAN NOT TEASE IT.
[23. Animal Shelter Donations for May 2020 RECOMMENDATION: In accordance with City Council Policy B-2, staff informs the City Council about receiving the following donations for the El Cajon Animal Shelter for the month of May: Roberta Ann Carmichael $100 Total $100 ]
I KNOW 23, HIS REPORT ON DONATIONS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE MONTH OF MAY.AND IT LOOKS LIKE ROBERTA AND CARMICHAEL GIVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UM, ORDINANCES AND FIRST READINGS, WE HAVE THE FIRST READINGS OF ORDINANCES ON TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM 24,
[24. Amendment of Chapter 12.09 of the El Cajon Municipal Code - Temporarily Eliminate the need for a Conditional Use Permit for Sidewalk Dining RECOMMENDATION: That Mayor Wells requests the City Clerk to recite the title. An Ordinance of the City Council for the City of El Cajon, California, Amending Sections 12.09-030 and 12.09-060 of the El Cajon Municipal Code to Temporarily Eliminate the need for a Conditional Use Permit for Sidewalk Dining in the City.]
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 12.09 OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE.I WILL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO READ THIS TITLE, BUT FIRST ANGELA, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMON CARS FOR THE SIDEWALK? YES, SIR.
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UH, AGAIN, THERE'S NONE, UH, NAMES SUBMITTED, BUT IT SAYS I AM SO HAPPY THAT COUNCIL HAS PASSED THIS FOR OUR CITY'S RESTAURANTS TO GET BACK TO GENERATING JOBS AND MONEY.UM, ANGELA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECITE THE TITLE? YES, SIR.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 12.0 9.03 AND 12.0 9.06 OF THE ALCOHOL MUNICIPAL CODE.
SO TEMPORARILY ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SIDEWALK DINING IN THE CITY.
MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT RECITATION.
UH, MAYOR WEALTHIER VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WE HAVE NO CLOSED SESSIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND
[11. Fiscal Year 2020-21 Annual City, Housing Authority, and Successor Agency Budgets RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council, Housing Authority, and the City of El Cajon as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency holds a joint public hearing to consider the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Proposed Budgets. After closing the public hearing, staff recommends the following: Acting as the City Council, individually adopt the following: Resolution of the City of El Cajon Adopting the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Annual Budget. Resolution Approving and Adopting the Annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2020-21. Resolution Approving Designation of General Fund Balances. Acting as the Housing Authority Board of Directors, adopt Resolution titled: Resolution of the El Cajon Housing Authority Adopting the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget. Acting as the Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors, adopt Resolution titled: Resolution of the City Council of the City Of El Cajon as the Successor Agency to the former El Cajon Redevelopment Agency Adopting the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget.]
THAT WOULD BRING US TO THE END, BUT WE HAVE ONE SMALL MATTER OF ITEM, NUMBER 11 WITH THREE GRAND.I'M GOING TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO OUR FINANCE DETECTOR.
SO PLAY AREA OF THREE OR FOUR COMMENT CARDS.
HOW MANY? THE COUPLE 1400 IS THE LAST I HEARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE CURRENT NUMBER.
THAT'S GOTTA BE, THAT'S GOTTA BE A CITY RECORD.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE FOREVER.
IT WAS A CITY RECORD I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYMORE.
SO, UH, TAKE IT AWAY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE, UH, I'LL UH, ON A LETTERHEAD.
THAT'S JUST, SOMEBODY ENDS PROBABLY FROM ANOTHER COUNTY OR ANOTHER VICINITY AND NOT FROM ALCOHOL AND A GOOD NUMBER OF SURE.
BUT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CLAY IS EXPLAIN THE BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND TO THE VOTE, YOUR HONOR.
HONORABLE MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TODAY TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2020, 2021 PRELIMINARY ANNUAL BUDGET.
OUR PRESENTATION TODAY WILL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE TIMELINE AND THE MATERIAL THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE 20, 20, 20, 21 BUDGET IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND THEN WE WILL TOUCH ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE YET TO DISCUSS THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND.
THE OTHER FUNDS NOT DISCUSSED, I E THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS CATCHING US UP TO TODAY'S MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO THINK OF THE 20, 21 BUDGET PROCESS STARTING BACK ON APRIL 14TH.
WHEN WE PRESENTED THE MIDYEAR REPORT IN THE FIVE YEAR BUSINESS PLAN.
AT THAT TIME, THE COVID-19 RELATED A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WAS JUST BEGINNING TO EMERGE.
AND THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF, UH, UNCERTAINTY AT THAT TIME AS TO WHAT THE ULTIMATE IMPACTS WILL BE IN MAY.
WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH AN UPDATE.
ONCE SOME INFORMATION BEGAN TO EMERGE AND WE UPDATED THE COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF THE ECONOMY, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL COVID-19 IMPACTS WITH THAT, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE BUDGET AND HOW WE MAY BE IMPACTED IN 2021 AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 9TH, WE SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME DISCUSSING THE GENERAL FUND, AS FAR AS THE SPECIFICS ON THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE SIDE, AS WELL AS DISCUSSING BALANCING AND OPTIONS.
SORT OF AGAIN, WITH, FOR TODAY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE COVER OF OUR 2021 BUDGET SUMMARY.
THIS IS A PHOTO BY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, RON VALLIS, AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EAST COUNTY SUNRISE, UM, OR, AND THIS IS THE FIRST COVER DESIGNED BY AN EMPLOYEE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AUTUMN REBIRTH BURGER.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE NOT VISITED OUR WEBSITE, THAT THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE THERE.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE BUDGET AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO, UM, YOU CAN ACCESS THE BUDGET VIA A LINK ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S PAGE
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TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CITY BUDGET IN ITS ENTIRETY.THE TOTAL CITY EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR FYI 2021 IS A 149 POINT $5 MILLION OF THIS NEW MONEY.
APPROXIMATELY 77 POINT $7 MILLION IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GENERAL FUND.
HOWEVER, THE ENTERPRISE FUND ALSO HAS A 28 POINT $8 MILLION EXPENSE EXPENSE BUDGET, THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND TOTALITY, TOTAL 16.4 MILLION.
THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS 13.9 MILLION.
AND OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS 12 POINT $8 MILLION.
THIS IS EXPRESSED GRAPHICALLY IN THIS PIE CHART, AND YOU CAN SEE THESE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE GENERAL FONDEST, JUST OVER HALF OF THE TOTAL CITYWIDE BUDGET.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS THE CITY'S PRIMARY OPERATING FUND AND WHERE WE HOUSE MOST OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITY THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, A LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECREATION.
SO IT'S NOT TOO EASY TO SKIP OVER IT, AND IT DIDN'T ENTIRELY, HOWEVER WE HAVE COVERED IT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UM, I WILL BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THE PRIMARY STORY FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS THAT A FALLING REVENUES COVID-19 HAS HIT THE ECONOMY QUITE HARD.
AND WE HAVE SEEN REVENUES DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN BOTH FYI 20 AND 21.
HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO BUILD RESERVES TO A POINT THAT WE COULD CAN USE THEM IN JUST SUCH A SITUATION TO PRESERVE A CITY SERVICES.
THIS YEAR DOES INCLUDE A USE OF RESERVES OF APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT $6 MILLION.
DESPITE REVENUES FALLING, CALPERS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE INCREASED AS THEY USUALLY DO THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS TO CALPERS TOTALS.
APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT $2 MILLION LED PRIMARILY BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CALPERS CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH INCREASED JUST A BIT OVER $1 MILLION.
WE HAVE CONTRACTED MEDIA AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, AS WELL AS, UH, RESTRICTED, UH, THE SKIP THE SCOPE OF SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS WERE FOUND IN, UH, ADDRESSING OUR STAFFING LEVELS FOR NEXT YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 38 POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE GENERAL FUND, UM, WILL BE HELD VACANT, UH, IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
WE ACCOMPLISH THIS USING TWO PRIMARY STRATEGIES.
ONE IS WE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF POSITIONS TO HOLD VACANT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HELD A FIVE POSITION, SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED VACANT, UH, THREE SWORN OFFICERS AND TWO SUPPORT STAFF.
ADDITIONALLY, THE OTHER TOOL WE USED, UH, WAS AN ANTICIPATION OF ATTRITION THROUGH NORMAL TURNOVER.
NOW IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NO SERVICE LEVEL IMPACTS, UH, SERVICE LEVELS AND STAFFING LEVELS GO HAND IN HAND, BUT WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT SERVICE IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF THE STAFF REDUCTIONS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPREAD IT THROUGHOUT THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME MINIMAL IMPACTS OF SERVICES, THERE WERE NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS MOVING TO THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND.
THE TOTAL REVENUE BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY 25 POINT $4 MILLION FUNDED PRIMARILY BY CHARGES FOR SERVICES OF APPROXIMATELY 21 POINT $8 MILLION ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, EXP APPROPRIATIONS TOTAL 28 POINT $8 MILLION WITH THE LARGEST FACTOR THERE BEING, UH, DISPOSAL COSTS OR THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF WASTEWATER, WHICH PULLS APPROXIMATELY 13.9 MILLION OPERATIONS AT 9.2 MILLION AND NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS OF FIVE POINT $7 MILLION.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 15 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS TOTAL 16 POINT $4 MILLION.
WELL, WE DETAILED THE TOP FIVE, UH, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS HERE.
THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING PROJECT FUND WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 7.0 MILLION DOLLARS, THE GAS TAX FUND OF THREE POINT $3 MILLION CDBG NEW MONEY FOR CDBG OF ONE POINT $4 MILLION, A VARIETY OF FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL GRANTS AT ONE POINT $2 MILLION.
AND THE RECREATION SPECIAL PROGRAMS FUND 730 $800,000.
SO THE OFFICE ALSO OPERATES A NUMBER OF INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
THE PRIMARY CUSTOMER IS THAT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE TOTAL APPROPRIATION PROPOSED OF 12 POINT $8 MILLION.
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TOP FIVE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS ARE LED BY THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FUND AT FOUR POINT $5 MILLION FOR WORKER'S COMPENSATION SELF-INSURANCE FUND AT TWO POINT $7 MILLION, THE SELF INSURANCE FUND AT TWO POINT $2 MILLION VEHICLE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AT TWO POINT $2 MILLION AND OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AT ONE POINT $1 MILLION.OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 13 POINT $9 MILLION LED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT MAKE UP THAT CATEGORY, APPROXIMATELY 13.1 MILLION OF THAT IS DEDICATED TO STREET MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP ONE OTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGET THIS YEAR IS THE CHANGE IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RETAINS THE SAME APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY THAT IT ALWAYS HAS.
HOWEVER, UH, WE'VE ADOPTED A CHANGE IN FOCUS THAT, UH, HAS MOVED FROM THE TRADITIONAL ANNUAL FOCUS THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND MOVED TO A PROJECT FOCUS AS FAR AS BUDGETING.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS RATHER THAN ADOPTING A NEW BUDGET EVERY YEAR FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 50 PROJECTS WE HAVE UNDER UNDERWAY AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THIS ALLOWS US TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON NEW AND AMENDED PROJECTS BY SETTING UP A PROCESS THAT ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A BUDGET FOR A PROJECT THAT BUDGET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE OR AMENDED DOWN THE ROAD, UM, SIMPLY IT SHRINKS THE, UH, AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FROM, LIKE I SAID, ALL 50 PROJECTS TO JUST THE NEW PROJECTS.
SO THAT LEADS US TO THE PROPOSED NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR F 2021.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 16 NEW PROJECTS PROPOSED TOTALING, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT POINT $5 MILLION.
CONSISTENT WITH MY COMMENT ABOUT THE STREETS FUNDING, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS 2.8 OR TWO POINT $9 MILLION FOR OVERLAY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WASTEWATER PROJECTS, ONE FOR PIPE REPLACEMENT, ONE FOR PIPE REHABILITATION AT ONE POINT 3000001.1 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
WE HAVE A SLURRY PROJECT PROPOSED AT ONE POINT $1 MILLION AND NEIGHBORHOOD STREETLIGHTS FOR AT APPROXIMATELY $500,000.
THESE TOP FIVE PROJECTS, UH, ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS PROPOSED AWESOME.
TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE AMENDED PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 15 AMENDED PROJECTS IN THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
HOWEVER, MOST OF THESE AMENDMENTS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CHANGE IN PRACTICE.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NOTEWORTHY.
UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE BROADWAY EARTH AND CHANNELS REPAIRS PROJECT, UH, WHICH HAS A PROJECT AMENDMENT AND INCREASE OF THREE POINT $9 MILLION.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED ENOUGH, WHITE 20 WAS FOR PRECONSTRUCTION COSTS ONLY.
AND THIS AMENDMENT IS TO INCREASE THE PROJECT FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE OTHER TWO, I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ARE THE OVERLAY 2019 AND 2020 PROJECTS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE BEING INCREASED OR PROPOSED BEING INCREASED THE 2019 PROJECT BY ONE POINT $3 MILLION AND THE 2020 PROJECT BY APPROXIMATELY $800,000.
BOTH OF THESE ARE THE RESULT OF ADDITIONAL SB, ONE MONEY MADE AVAILABLE, UM, THAT WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HALF HAVING OPEN, UH, CONTRACTS AND OPEN PROJECTS IN ORDER TO GET MORE, UH, STREETS OVERLAID
I'M ASSUMING ADOPTION OF THIS BUDGET.
UM, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY, UH, THAT, THAT PERSISTS RELATED TO THE COVID-19 EVENT, UM, FOR THIS BUDGET, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GO THE SEVERITY OF THE IMPACT.
UM, AT SOME POINT WE WILL NEED TO TRUE UP TO REALITY.
UM, IDEALLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE BE VERY FAR OFF, UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE ONLY TIME WILL TELL ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY CONTINUES TO CONSIDER A NUMBER OF OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BUDGET, NOT ONLY THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, BUT EVEN IN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2022 BUDGET, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SO MANY THINGS UP IN THE AIR STILL, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU WILL SEE US AGAIN, UH, WITH THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT IN FALL OF THIS YEAR WITH AMENDMENTS TO THE 2021 BUDGET TO REFLECT THESE UNKNOWNS, FOLLOWING THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU IN SPRING WITH
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AN UPDATED MIDYEAR FIVE-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN.AT THAT TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT BY WE WOULD BE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY AND HAVE A IDEA OF THE PATH FORWARD.
OUR ACTION TODAY SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDS FIVE SEPARATE ACTIONS.
I'VE INCLUDED THEM ON THIS SLIDE FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
HOWEVER, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
UM, IN THE BUDGET WORKBOOK, PAGE 19.
UM, SO THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD A RESERVE OF $49 MILLION AND, UH, THAT WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO, UH, WELL, $49 MILLION.
AND ON PAGE 19, IT'S SAYING, WHERE ARE WE SAYING THAT THAT GENERAL FUND RESERVES ARE GOING TO DROP TO 41.7 MILLION? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE ARE PROJECTING AN IMPACT IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OF, I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PLANNED USE OF 3.6 IN 2021.
I'M TRYING TO GET FROM 49 MILLION THAT WE HAD LAST MEETING.
AND IF WE TAKE OUT 3.6 AND RESERVES, HOW DID WE DROP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 41.8 41.7? THE DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD BE THE USE OF RESERVES IN FISCAL YEAR 2020.
WELL, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR RESERVE BALANCE IS WHERE I'M GOING.
SO I THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY GOING TO DROP 3.6 MILLION FROM 49, WHICH WOULD TAKE DOWN TO WHAT IS THAT 45.4 MILLION, BUT THIS IS SAYING, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DROP 3.6.
WE'RE GOING TO DROP A SEVEN POINT $3 MILLION BECAUSE AT THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR, YOU'RE SAYING THAT GENERAL FUND RESERVE BALANCE IS GOING TO DROP FROM 49 TO 41.7.
THAT'S A LOT BIGGER DROP THAN WHAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO TO THE 49 MILLION IN THE BAR GRAPH LAST MEETING AND PAGE 19, WHICH IS THE BUDGET BOOK.
AND THAT'S A DROP OF 14, THAT'S A DROP OF 7.3 MILLION.
THAT'S MUCH MORE THAN THE USE OF 3.6 IN RESERVES.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SUCH A BIG ANTICIPATED, BIGGER ANTICIPATED DROP IN THE RESERVE BALANCE.
UM, I WOULD NOT SAY THAT'S BIGGER THAN ANTICIPATED ON THE JUNE 9TH MEETING.
WE SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME DETAILING THE PROJECTED 20, UH,
AT WHICH TIME WE WERE ANTICIPATING, UH, PROJECTED REVENUES OF $75 MILLION AGAINST EXPENDITURES, 78.3, UH, WHICH IS A DECREASE IN RESERVES OF APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MILLION ENOUGH, WHITE 20.
AND THEN WE TURN AROUND IN F Y 21, UH, AND HAVE A PROPOSED USE OF 3.6 MILLION.
SO YOU'RE SAYING BETWEEN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DIP INTO RESERVE AND TO COVER THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DROP FROM 49 TO 41.7.
I'M WITH YOU ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR CLIENT? ALL RIGHT, CLAY.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF, MARY WELLS, IF, UH, I MIGHT NOW GIVE YOU THE PARTS, ARE WE UP TO, IF I MIGHT GIVE A KIND OF A PROCEDURAL, UH, OUTLOOK HERE FOR YOU ALL BEFORE WE START THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF AND HOW YOU WANT TO, WE THINK YOU SHOULD HANDLE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IN LIGHT OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF COMMENTS, UH, BECAUSE WE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE NOBLE NOVELL COURT CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, UH, WE'RE UTILIZING THE VIRTUAL REMOTE MEETING PROCESS AND IT'S, SINCE IT'S NOT OUR FIRST ONE, WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENTS
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IN AN INTERESTING MANNER, NOT ONLY EMAIL, BUT ALSO THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR COMMENTS.AND IT'S GENERALLY WORKED WELL, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE NOT HAD AS MANY COMMENTS AS WE HAVE TODAY.
UH, BUT ONE CASE, AT LEAST WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WERE USING FORM LETTERS.
AND I THINK THE CITY CLERK READ THE FORM LETTER AND THEN READ THE NAMES OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE EXACT SAME LETTER.
AND, UH, FOR THAT TYPE OF SITUATION TODAY, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO THAT IN THAT CASE, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS GENERATE EXTREMELY HIGH AND, AND PRECEDENT AND NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND AS I MENTIONED AS A 2:00 PM, WE HAD 1,446 EMAILS OR COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
UM, THE CITY CLERK WILL, UH, HANDLE THE FORM LETTER.
I THINK THERE WERE 47 OF THOSE 1,446 SIGNED A FORM LETTER, BUT THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS RECEIVED THAT DON'T FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY WITH VIEWPOINTS EITHER FOR OR AGAINST SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET GENERALLY FALL INTO THREE CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST IS FROM A GROUP OF 205 PERSONS CRITICAL OF THE FUNDING LEVEL OF THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REDUCE FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THE SECOND IS A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 1,194 FROM PERSONS HOLDING JUST THE OPPOSITE POSITION AND SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED FUNDING OF THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE THIRD IS THAT IS INCLUDES THOSE FROM PERSONS THAT HAVE COMMENTS THAT MAY, THAT ARE UNRELATED TO EITHER OF THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, WITH RESPECT TO ALL THREE CATEGORIES, THERE WILL BE SUBCATEGORIES BROKEN INTO THOSE WHOSE IDENTITIES CAN BE ASCERTAINED IN OTHER WORDS, OR THEY HAVE PROVIDED THEM IN COMMENTS.
AND THOSE THAT ARE UNANIMOUS ANONYMOUS, UH, USUALLY SENT THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE WHERE WE DON'T REQUIRE A NAME TO BE GIVEN TO, UH, TO THE CITY IN ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS HIS GENDER AGENDA TODAY.
UM, AND TO CONDUCT YOUR GOVERNMENTAL PROCEDURES IN AN ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT PROCESS.
AFTER MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY CLERK, YOU'VE COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR PROVIDING A REASONABLE RESTRICTION ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE ITEM THAT RECOMMENDATION IS AS FOLLOWS FIRST, UM, AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED 47 COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN THAT IDENTICAL FORM LETTER FORMAT WILL BE READ, UH, BY READING THE LETTER ITSELF.
AND THEN THE NAMES OF SPEAKERS IDENTIFIED, UH, IF THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE CITY CLERK, THE SECOND IN, IN, UH, UH, SPEAKERS AND CATEGORY THREE.
AND THOSE WORDS THAT ARE UNRELATED TO THE POLICE FUNDING BUDGET WILL BE READ IN THEIR ENTIRETY OF THE REMAINING 1,399, WHICH RELATED TO THE PROPOSED FUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THOSE THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED A SPEAKER WILL BE READ IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
AND THOSE THAT ARE ANONYMOUS, WHETHER FOR OR AGAINST HAVE BEEN SEGREGATED, 10% OF BOTH SIDES WILL BE RANDOMLY PULLED OR HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY PULLED FOR A RANDOM SAMPLING.
AND THESE ARE THOSE THAT WE SUGGEST BE READ IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE VIEWPOINT BEING PRESENTED.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE TWO 10% SAMPLES HAVE BEEN MIXED TOGETHER.
UH, THIS PROCESS IS RECOMMENDED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE OUR COURTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT A CITY COUNCIL MAY MEANING IS A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM AND A LEGISLATIVE BODY CAN IMPOSE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS ON THE PUBLIC SPEECH.
SO LONG AS THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE VIEWPOINT NEUTRAL.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY AREN'T RESTRICTIONS THAT DISCRIMINATE AMONG VIEWPOINTS OF THE SPEAKERS, WHICH AT LEAST THE SECOND FACTOR.
AND THAT IS THAT THE COURTS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A PROCESS TO ATTEND TO.
AND THAT IS TO CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS AND ADDRESS TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONE WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT IS TO TRY TO AVOID UNDULY REPETITIVE COMMENTS, BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED, BUT THAT WILL NOT BE READ ARE UNDULY REPETITIVE, AND VIEWPOINTS WERE CAPTURED IN THE 10% SAMPLINGS THAT WE READ.
WE FEEL THIS IS A REASONABLE RESTRICTION.
SO IF THE CITY COUNCIL AGREES WITH THIS PROCEDURE, WE ARE PREPARED TO READ APPROXIMATELY 140 COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
THE REMAINING APPROXIMATELY 1300 COMMENTS ARE BEING SCANNED INTO OUR SYSTEM.
AND WHAT WE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR REVIEW BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY COMMENTS RECEIVED AND WE WENT RIGHT UP TO TWO O'CLOCK TODAY, UM, IS ANTICIPATED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UPLOAD THEM COMPLETELY UNTIL SOMETIME TOMORROW.
IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION AFTER ADDRESSING ANY OF YOUR, ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL PROCEED WITH A READING OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND TO MAKE IT EASIER, THE CITY TO THE CITY CLERK, UH, WE'LL BE SHARING THE WORK AMONG CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE CITY CLERK, AND MYSELF.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THIS.
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I THINK YOU'RE STILL MUTED MAYOR.UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
ANY OF THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS.
SO WHO'S GONNA BE READING THESE MORE.
IF YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL START WITH, UH, ANGELA, THE CITY CLERK WILL BEGIN AND WE'LL READ FIVE EACH AND THEN WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING AROUND AND, AND SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO, HOW MANY TOTAL ARE GOING TO BE READ ABOUT 140, I BELIEVE.
WELL, UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND START LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS.
UH, SO THE FIRST, UH, FIVE COMMENTS, MOST OF THESE WILL NOT HAVE A NAME AS, UM, CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED.
SO, UM, I, I WILL, IF THEY DO HAVE A NAME, WE WILL BE SURE TO, TO STATE IT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE CUTTING OUT, UH, THOSE WHO CAME IN WITHOUT NAMES, WE AREN'T CUTTING THEM OUT.
THEY'RE JUST PART OF THE SAMPLING.
SO WE HAVE 1,399 THAT WE TOOK 10% OF THOSE, ESSENTIALLY.
EACH PHYSICIAN IS WHAT AM I MISSING? OKAY, ANGELA, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
UH, FIRST COMMENT, PLEASE DO NOT DEFEND THE ELK HOME POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND ALCOHOL AND I STAND BEHIND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEXT COMMON.
NEXT COMMENT DO NOT DEFINE THE POLICE NEXT COMMON AS A TAXPAYER AND VOTER, I DO NOT CONSENT TO DEFUNDING THE POLICE AS AN ELECTED, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU SHOULD NOT CONSENT.
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, AT LEAST THINK OF YOURSELF FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS.
YOU, YOUR VOTE IN THIS, YOU GET VOTED OUT.
WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS AND MY FIST COMMENT.
PLEASE KEEP OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MAYOR WILL GO NEXT TO THE ROTATIONS AND WE'LL SET UP YOUR DOMAIN ON MENTIONING.
OR THE FIRST ONE IS I SUPPORT UCPD.
NO POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE FUNDED IN ANY CITY.
LOOK AT THE SPIKES IN CRIME IN MINNEAPOLIS AND NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO A PEACEFUL SUPINE.
IT IS WHY THEY IS WHY THE WERE AND STILL ARE CONSIDERED A SENSE OF WARKWORTH.
COVID-19 THERE ARE EXPONENTIALLY MORE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, CORRECT? I'M SORRY GUYS.
UH, SO OUT OF FAIRNESS, TO KNOW THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS, WE PROBABLY NEED EXPAT AUDIO, MR. GOLDWELL WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T I GO RIGHT NOW? AND, UM, WE'LL SEND SOMEONE IN FROM, FROM, UH, SOME TECH EXPERIENCE AND WE'LL GET HIM MIKED UP BETTER.
AND SO THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE RE-READ.
SO I'LL GO NOW ON NO, NO NAME WITH THIS.
PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE.
WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR BETTER TRAINING, NOT LESS.
I'M ASKING THAT THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET BE RECONSIDERED INSTEAD OF INCREASING POLICE BUDGET.
WHY NOT DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY AND RESOURCES THAT FURTHER GROWTH IN REAL CHANGE, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOOD BANKS, DRUG REHABILITATION CENTERS IN JOB TRAINING HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR TOO FAR TOO LONG, BUT BY FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS, MANY OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE PROBLEMS SOUGHT OUT BY THE POLICE MAY DECREASE OR BE SOLVED WITH A RESOURCE BETTER SUITED FOR THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I E SENDING OUT MENTAL HEALTH SPECIFIC SPECIALISTS, RATHER THAN A TRIGGER HAPPY OFFICER WHO MAY CHOOSE TO END THE LIFE RATHER THAN HELP A LIFE.
I HOPE YOU WILL REALLY CONSIDER THIS.
THE COMMUNITY IS COUNTING ON YOU TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR EVERYBODY.
NOT JUST THOSE WITH A SYSTEMATIC ADVANTAGE.
UH, NEXT IS, UM, FROM A SANTEE RESIDENT AND MUNCIE.
IF EL CAHONE IS CONSIDERING DEFUNDING POLICE, PLEASE DON'T.
I DON'T LIVE IN OKLAHOMA, BUT I ATTEND CHURCH THERE AND SHOP AT MANY BUSINESSES THERE.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO FEEL SAFE, PROTECTED, AND HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU YOU'RE DOING IN EL CAHONE.
UM, MY FIFTH COMMENT IS, UH, MY NAME IS GABRIEL.
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I'VE BEEN, UM, IN SITUATIONS IN MY LINE OF WORK WHERE I MUST OR POLICE SUPPORT AS THAT I HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY COMBATIVE PATIENTS, WITHOUT POLICE IN THESE SITUATIONS, MORE HARM COULD HAVE THE LOCATION.IF YOU DEFUND THE POLICE, THIS WILL LEAD TO NOTE.
SO NO POLICE, NO POLICE MEANS NO SUPPORT FOR EMS WORKERS AND FIREFIGHTERS IN SITUATIONS WITH DANGEROUS PERSONS TO DEFUND THE POLICES, TO DENY OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL PROTECTION, TO DEFUND THE POLICES, TO DO AWAY JUSTICE, TO DEFUND THE POLICES, TO RENDER LAW, ABIDING CITIZENS, MORE, MORE VULNERABLE TO ANY CRIMINAL, MORE THAN IN AN EMT.
I SHALL NOT STAND TO SEE AN RQ REIGN SUPREME IN THIS COUNTRY OR THE COUNTY OF ALCOHOL DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE.
AND AS I SAID, I WILL READ THE NAME.
IF I SEE ONE FIRST COMMENT IS, UM, I SUPPORT ECP D THE SECOND ONE IS NO POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE DEFUNDED IN ANY CITY.
LOOK AT THE SPIKES IN CRIME IN MINNEAPOLIS AND NEW YORK LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO A PEACEFUL SOCIETY.
IT IS WHY THEY WERE AND STILL ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING COVID-19.
THERE ARE EXPONENTIALLY MORE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC TO EVEN ENTERTAIN THE FUNDING OF ALCOHOL PD.
IF THIS OCCURS, I'LL BE SURE NONE OF MY SPENDING HAPPENS IN EL CAHONE AND SPREAD THE WORD.
WE NEED OUR POLICE NOW MORE THAN EVER, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE HURT BY FAR LEFT ACTIVISTS WITH AN AGENDA OR BEFORE I'VE LIVED IN EL CAHONE.
ALL MY ADULT LIFE, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OFFICERS ANYWHERE.
WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO BULLY US INTO DIFF DEFUNDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN FACT, WE SHOULD TRY AND INCREASE THEIR ALLOWANCE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TOOLS.
THEY NEED TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR JOB.
I AM NOT RELATED OR ACQUAINTED WITH ANYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT OR CITY HALL.
PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THE PUBLIC
THE POLICE CAN ONLY SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY DO THEIR JOB.
IF WE SUPPORT THEM CALLING FOR DEFUNDING THEN AND CIRCULATING CRITICISM DOES NOTHING FOR ANYONE CLEAN UP THE POLICE.
EVERY COMPANY, ORGANIZATION, AND GROUP NEEDS ITS MEMBERS TO BE REASSESSED FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT DEFUND.
AND THEN WHAT WE WILL NOT GO UNPLACED.
SOMEONE WILL POLICE US AND I GUARANTEE IT WILL NOT BE BETTER SUPPORT THE GOOD COPS AND THE GREAT COPS AND THE GOOD ENOUGH COPS PUNISH THE BAD ONES, ENACT AND MORE THOROUGH RE ENACT A MORE THOROUGH REVIEW PROCESS, CREATE A PATH FOR REMOVING THE ROTTEN EGGS.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE DIVIDED AND SHOUT FROM THE MASSES TO BURN IT ALL DOWN.
THIS IS THE TIME TO GET BETTER.
MY NAME IS ADRIANA AND I LIVE IN EL CAHONE.
WE'D LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU REJECT THE CITY OF ALCOHOL'S PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH ALLOCATES 50% TO FUND POLICE AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.
WE NEED TO HAVE HONEST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHY WE CONTINUE TO INVEST SO HEAVILY IN CRIMINALIZATION MODEL FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN HOUSING, JOBS, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, AND EDUCATION FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS THAT SHOULD REFLECT THE CITY'S VALUES OVER POLICING AND CAGING.
PEOPLE ARE NOT SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENCE AND HARM.
I ASKED THAT WE DIVERT RESOURCES FROM SOME OF THE WAYS WE HAVE HISTORICALLY USED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BEGIN BUILDING A NEW SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR CITY.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS, CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIONS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BROUGHT MANY THINGS TO LIGHT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE READY TO EMBRACE A NEW VISION OF JUSTICE AND SAFETY.
LET'S START WITH OUR OWN BACKYARD.
A SINCERE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY COMMENT.
SECOND COMMENT IS MY NAME IS ROXANNE YAMAS, AND I'M BORN AND BORN AND RAISED.
I AM A BORN AND RAISED SAN DIEGO.
I'M ASKING FOR ALCOHOL AND CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT THE CITY OF IS RACIST AND IMMORAL BUDGET.
DECREASE THE PUB POLICE BUDGET AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING SERVICES TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES, DEMAND THE DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE AND THE REALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS TO CREATE
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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FROM POLICE.WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT ALFREDA LONGO WAS MURDERED BY POLICE IN 2016 FOR SIMPLY HAVING AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN.
THIRD ONE SAYS MY NAME IS BRIAN FITZGERALD, AND I LIVE IN ALCOHOL.
THE CITY OF ALCOHOL IS USING 50% OF ITS BUDGET TO FUND POLICE AND SPENDS ONLY 4% OF ITS FUNDS ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A RACIST AND IN MORAL BUDGET, PUBLIC SAFETY MUST INCLUDE AN INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, GOOD JOBS, EDUCATION, FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.
INCREASING POLICING MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE AND INVEST IN COMMUNITIES, NOT POLICE.
OUR COMMUNITIES NEED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND FOOD, NOT RACIST.
POLICING, BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR.
BI POC ARE ALREADY MORE IMPACTED BY THIS HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS AND INCREASING FUNDING TO POLICE MAKES THEM EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE AS ISSUES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT REAL SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
COMMUNITY SAFETY HAS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE, NOT TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED DEVASTATING LOSS AT THE HANDS OF RACIST POLICE.
WE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO ALFREDA LONGO AMONG COUNTLESS OTHERS, SUCH AS EARL MCNEIL, REBEL RIVERA, JONATHAN CORNELL, ALIYAH JENKINS, SERGIO WIKE, AND JAMES LACEY, AND MANY MORE ACROSS THE NATION LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, TONY MCDADE, BRIANNA TAYLOR, AHMAD ARBITRARY REJECT THE CITY OF ALCOHOL'S RACIST AND IMMORAL BUDGET.
DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET, INVEST AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES DEMAND THE DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE AND THE REALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT ALFRED ALFRED ALONGA WAS MURDERED BY POLICE IN 2016 FOR SIMPLY HAVING AN EMOTIONAL NUMBER FOUR.
MY NAME IS JOHN BERNIE FROM DISTRICT SINCE 53, I'M WRITING TO REJECT THE C THE ALCON CITY COUNCIL'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET HAS ISSUES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE BEING HIGHLIGHTED.
WE MUST RECONSIDER WHAT REAL SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ALREADY THE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS.
INCREASING FUNDING TO POLICE MAKES THEM EVEN MORE TO VIOLENCE AS SUCH.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS INHERENTLY RACIST.
INSTEAD, WE SHOULD REDIRECT THOSE FUNDS AND INVEST IN COMMUNITY.
PUBLIC SAFETY MUST INCLUDE INVESTMENT IN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, FOOD, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.
THESE RESOURCES ARE EVEN MORE PERTINENT DURING A PANDEMIC.
ADDITIONALLY, THESE RESOURCES SERVE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A BETTER QUALITY OF QUALITY LIFE.
AND NUMBER FIVE, MY NAME IS JASMINE BURKE.
BERNIE I'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT A JASMINE.
I'M ASKING THE CITY OF ALCOHOL AND TO REJECT 50% OF ITS GENERAL FUNDS TO INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET.
AS ISSUES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE BEING HIGHLIGHTED.
WE MUST RECONSIDER WHAT REAL SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ALREADY THE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS.
INCREASING FUNDING TO POLICE MAKES THEM EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE AS SUCH.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS INHERENTLY RACIST.
INSTEAD, WE SHOULD REDIRECT THOSE FUNDS AND INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY MUST INCLUDE INVESTMENT IN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, FOOD, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.
THESE RESOURCES ARE EVEN MORE PERTINENT DURING A PANDEMIC.
ADDITIONALLY, THESE RESOURCES SERVE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A BETTER QUALITY LIFE.
MY NAME IS RISA FERREL, AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WHILE THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA ONLY SPENDS 4% OF HIS BUDGET ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THEY PROPOSE AN OUTRAGEOUSLY LAVISH 50% OF HIS BUDGET FOR POLICE.
THIS IS UNNECESSARY, UNDERSERVED, UNFAIR, AND DEEPLY CONCERNING STUDIES SHOW THAT INCREASED POLICING MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE IS STATISTIC.
THAT WAS WHORF PORT BRIEFLY MADE APPARENT WHEN POLICE MURDER ALFREDA LONGO IN 2016, PUBLIC SAFETY MUST
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INCLUDE AN INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, HEALTH, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, GOOD JOBS, EDUCATION, FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.PLEASE HAVE THE COURAGE TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES NOT POLICE.
WE REMEMBER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALFORD ALANGO AMONG COUNTLESS OTHERS, SUCH AS EARL MCNEIL, PAUL ROLL RIVERA, JONATHAN CORONEL, ALIYAH DENKINS SERHIL WEEK, AND JAMES LACEY, AND MANY MORE ACROSS THE NATION LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, TONY MUDDED, RIHANNA TAYLOR, OUR MOOD, OUR BERRY, PLEASE, FOR ALL OUR SAKES, PLEASE REJECT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA RACIST AND IMMORAL BUDGET, DECREASE NUMBER THE POLICE BUDGET, AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING SERVICES THAT STRING OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU MUST DEFEND THE POLICE AND REALLOCATE THIS FUNDS TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND DEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE.
NEXT COMMENT DO NOT DEFEND OUR POLICE.
NEXT COMMENT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OKLAHOMA.
I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN FOR 44 YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS FELT PROTECTED BY THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I FEEL THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE AMAZING.
THEY ARE SO SELFLESS TO PROTECT AND SERVE A GRANT'S OUR GREAT CITY.
THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THIS.
I FEEL SAFE TO RAISE MY CHILDREN IN OKLAHOMA.
KNOWING IF I NEEDED, I COULD CALL THE POLICE FOR ASSISTANCE.
IF THE POLICE WERE NOT HERE, I WOULD FEAR FOR ALL OUR SAFETY.
I WOULD NOT LIKE TO LIVE HERE IF I DIDN'T FEEL PROTECTED IN MY OWN CITY AND DON'T KNOW MANY MORE, THAT WOULD EITHER OUR POLICE OFFICERS, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT DESERVES MORE FUNDING.
OKLAHOMA POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED MORE FOR ALL THEY DO TO PROTECT AND SERVE OKLAHOMA.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SAFE AND HAS HELPED TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND MY NEXT, MY COMMON NUMBER FIVE GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS TRUE, THAT THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM TO DEFUND OR ISI POLICE.
BUT IF IT IS PLEASE DON'T DEFUND THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.
IF ANYTHING, THEY DESERVE RACIST.
UH, THE FIRST COMMENT I I'M READING HERE IS, UM, OUR CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS THE POLICE.
IF YOU DEFUND THE LEASE PEOPLE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WILL ABANDON THE CITY.
NUMBER TWO, WE SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NEED FOR POLICE AND ALCOHOL AND DEFUNDING.
THE POLICE WILL ONLY BRING MORE DYSFUNCTION AND RENDER THE CITY UNSAFE FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
NUMBER THREE, I DO NOT SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OUR POLICE FORCE IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE.
THE FUNDING, THE POLICE WILL MAKE AN ALREADY DIFFICULT JOB, EVEN HARDER.
THE FUNDING THE POLICE WILL IN TURN JEOPARDIZE THE VARIOUS, THE VERY LIVES OF ONES YOU SHOULD BE PROTECTING.
THIS IS NOT SAFE, NOT FOR POLICE RESIDENTS OR ANY OTHER INVOLVED PARTIES DO NOT DEFUND.
NUMBER FOUR, WE SUPPORT ISI PD.
THERE IS A GROWING DEMAND BY CERTAIN GROUPS TO DEFUND POLICE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE.
THIS ANTI-POLICE NONSENSE NEEDS TO STOP.
IT'S DANGEROUS AND NOT JUST FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
IF YOU BELIEVE DEFUNDING OR DISMANTLING POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS LIVE THERE.
ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME YOU DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THOSE CITIZENS WHEN POLICE PRESENCE GOES DOWN, CRIME GOES UP.
DOES THE RACIST COPS NARRATIVE THAT STUDIES AND NUMERICAL DATA SHOW HAS NO BASIS IN ACTUAL FACT, JUSTIFY THE DAMAGE AND HURT, DONE TO INNOCENT PEOPLE.
AS THE CRIMINALS GRAVITATE TO AREAS WHERE POLICE HAVE BEEN REMOVED, YOU CAN TAKE THE POLICE FUNDING AND THROW IT AT WHATEVER GROUPS YOU WANT.
TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, WHOEVER, AND PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK FOR DOING SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THOSE KILLER COPS, SUPPOSEDLY RUNNING RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
BUT IF YOU DO REMOVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO STAND BETWEEN LAW, ABIDING CITIZENS AND THOSE WHO MEAN THEM HARM, THEN YOU'D BETTER STAND UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO COMMUNITIES.
WHEN THAT THIN BLUE LINE IS ERASED.
MY FIVE COMMENTS THAT I'LL BE READING, NONE OF THEM HAVE NAMES ATTRIBUTED TO THEM.
UH, DO NOT RE A REFUND, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I ACTUALLY HAVE TO SAY THIS TOO.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DO NOT AGREE WITH DEFUNDING THE POLICE.
I LIVE IN OKLAHOMA AND I'M AGAINST THE ENTIRE IDEA OF DEFUNDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A SECURE COMMUNITY
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THROUGH THE SERVICE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.I SPEAK FOR MANY ON THIS ISSUE.
THIS, THAT THIS IDEA IS ABSURD AND WILL CREATE LAWLESSNESS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES WHO WILL PROTECT THE WEAK AND VULNERABLE, WHO I DON'T BELIEVE THE, THIS IDIOTIC IDEA HAS BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH.
IT MAKES NO SENSE, ANY, NO SENSE TO ANYONE WITH SENSE A FOURTH COMMENT, PLEASE CONSIDER DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND REDUCING THEIR BUDGET AND SHIFTING FUNDS TO NONLETHAL SOLUTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND LAST COMMENT I SUPPORT ECE PD.
MY NEXT GROUP OF FIVE STARTS WITH THIS ONE.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE CORNWALL, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU REJECT THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET FOR ALCOHOL IN FAVOR OF A BUDGET THAT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE COUNTY AT LARGE, THERE IS NO REASON TO SPEND 50% OF YOUR BUDGET ON POLICING AND ONLY 15% ON PUBLIC WORKS, 11% AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
FREAKING 4% PLEASE HONOR ALFREDA LONGO WHO WAS MURDERED BY ILL TRAINED POLICE FOR HAVING AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN IN 2016, DEFUND THE ALCOHOL POLICE BY AT LEAST HALF AND REINVEST THAT MONEY INTO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ELECTED YOU TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PROTECT ALL CITIZENS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT ONE IS NUMBER TWO IS A, DOES NOT HAVE AN AUTHOR AS ANONYMOUS AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO FUND THE ECP D AT THE FULL SLASH NORMAL FUNDING LEVEL, PLEASE DON'T DECREASE ANY FUNDING TO OUR AMAZING POLICE BY PRESSURE, FROM A FEW ASKING FOR DEFENDING BY THE BLM MOVEMENT AND WHO DON'T EVEN LIVE IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND CONSIDERING TO PLEASE FULLY FUND OUR ESSENTIAL UCPD DEPARTMENT THAT DOES HAVE A NAME JILL AND DWAYNE BARTOW, LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF ALCOHOL AND CITY.
MY THIRD ONE IS ALSO FROM, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL.
PLEASE KEEP ELKO HOME, PLEASE FUND IT.
WHILE I DO NOT LIVE IN A CITY OF ALCOHOL.
AND I DO SHOP THERE AND HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES FOR 30 YEARS IN THE INTEREST OF CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUTCOME BUSINESSES AND THE SAFETY OF ALL CITY RESIDENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS.
I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT OPPOSED TO ANY ACTION TO DEFUND THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MY FIFTH ONE IS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALCOHOL PD FOR PROTECTING OUR CITY.
DURING THESE TIMES OF CIVIL UNREST, DEFUNDING ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY IS RIDICULOUS.
ONE JUST NEEDS TO LOOK TO SEATTLE TO SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND WILL HAPPEN.
RESPECTFULLY T HUNT FROM FONNY LANGUA.
I DON'T WANT THE ELK HOME POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE DEFUNDED.
NEXT COMMENT FROM DAVID CHONG, ELCA HOME BUSINESS OWNER AT NINE 29 EAST MAIN STREET.
MANY TIMES IN THE PAST DECADE, WHEN OTHER CITIES HAVE BURNED DURING CIVIL UNREST, OUR CITY'S POLICE HAVE KEPT US SAFE AND FREE FROM HARM BY MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER AND ENFORCING THE LAW.
THE RECENT PAY RAISE WAS BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AS RECRUITMENT HAS IMPROVED, AND WE ARE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR THE BEST NEW HIRES IN THE COMPLEX PROFESSION OF MODERN POLICING ON A DAILY BASIS, THE PRESSES FOR FISH, PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION OF OUR LOCAL POLICE BENEFITS, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR POLICE ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS WELL, THANKS TO THE BACKING OF A STRONG COMMAND AND SUPPORTIVE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SECURITY BY MAINTAINING OUR CITY'S UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF OUR POLICE.
NEXT COMMON, MY FAMILY, AND I SUPPORT THAT UCPD.
NEXT COMMENT, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I HAVE OWNED RENTAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA FOR THE PAST 42 YEARS.
PERSONALLY, WE PROVIDE HOUSING FOR 146 FAMILIES WITHIN THE CITY.
BOTH MYSELF AND MY MANAGEMENT TEAM HAVE WORKED WITH THE STAFF OF THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN BUILDING OUR CITY'S CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
I CAN SAY WITHOUT HESITATION THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD, OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALCOHOL PD HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOMES.
PERSONALLY, WE ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULT TIMES IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR NATION, MORE THAN EVER.
WE NEED TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR POLICE FAMILY IN OKLAHOMA FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND ASSISTANCE WITH PROVIDING A SAFE AND STABLE
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COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.IT IS WITHOUT HESITATION THAT I REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT IN COMPLETELY FUNDING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AT THIS TIME WHEN WE NEED THEM MOST SINCERELY, ROBERT KEY VAIN, AND MY FIFTH COMMENT, PLEASE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL PD.
WE ARE HORRIFIED THAT THERE IS EVEN A CONSIDERATION TO DEFUND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE SHOULD BE TAKING A STANCE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE SAME MATTER THAT THEY STAND TO SERVE AND PROTECT US EVERY DAY.
WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO LEAVE.
W WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO LEAVE OUR CITY OR STATE SO WE CAN HAVE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR OUR FAMILIES.
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THEM, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEND YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER TO NINE ONE ONE SO THEY CAN BLOCK YOUR CALLS.
PLEASE DON'T LET THE REST OF US, UH, WITHOUT OUR POLICE.
I SUPPORT OUR EL CAHONE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAND BEHIND THE FUNDING.
THIS COMPLETELY NECESSARY SERVICE.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN DESERVE ALL OUR RESPECT AND SUPPORT.
THIRD ONE, I STAND WITH ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I CANNOT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY FORM OF POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FUNDING.
I WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY WHILE MY COMMUNITY IS DESTROYED.
NUMBER FOUR, DO NOT DEFUND OUR POLICE.
I AM AN OLDER WOMAN THAT LIVES OFF OF MAIN STREET.
THEREFORE CAN NOT MAKE THE MEETING.
I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TAKE ALL THINGS AND AVENUES INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE DOING ANYTHING DRASTIC WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I PUT MY LIFE IN THEIR HANDS IF I NEED THEM AT ANY TIME, THE LAST THING I, AND MOST PEOPLE I KNOW NEED IS FOR THE OR THE DEPARTMENT TO GET CUT AND TAKEN APART, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES.
I'M GOING TO READ THE NEXT FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, FIRST PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I SUPPORT FUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I AM STRONGLY AGAINST THE PROPOSAL OF DEFUNDING THEM.
THIRD, PLEASE DO NOT DE FUND THE POLICE FOURTH.
THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A MUCH NEEDED GROUP TO HELP KEEP OUR CITY SAFE ALONG WITH KEEPING THE ECONOMY IN A GOOD PLACE BY PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT.
FOR MANY PEOPLE FUNDING, THIS DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT BE CUT IN ANY WAY.
AND LASTLY, I SUPPORT UCPD AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR FUNDING INCREASED.
HERE ARE THE NEXT FIVE COMMENTS.
THE FIRST I OWN SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF ELKA HOME.
I DO NOT WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
THIS IS A MATTER THAT NEEDS A LOT OF THOUGHT AND PLANNING, NO RASH DECISIONS VOTE AGAINST THE MEASURE, PLEASE.
THE NEXT IS SIMPLY I SUPPORT ACPD IT'S ANONYMOUS.
NEXT IS PLEASE DON'T DEFUND THE S THE ALCOHOL POLICE FORCE CINNAMON HELMS BULL.
NEXT IS I SUPPORT THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S ANONYMOUS.
AND THE LAST OR FIFTH IS AS A RESIDENT OF ALCOHOL.
AND I DO NOT SUPPORT DEFUNDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ANY OCCUPATION.
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THEREFORE, I SUPPORT ADDITIONAL TRAINING REGARDS ELSIE FISHER FROM SUSAN PEDIS.
SHE WRITES THERE HAS BEEN WORD OF DEFUNDING POLICE AND ALCOHOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT POLICE ARE NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO FUND THEM NEXT FROM KAREN TURNER.
UM, I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN OF OKLAHOMA SINCE 1991.
I AM URGING YOU TO NOT DEFUND THE ELK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED OUR QUALITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, ESPECIALLY THE LAST FEW WEEKS, KEEPING OUR CITIZENS AND OUR BUSINESSES SAFE.
THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT FROM MONICA HUNTER.
PLEASE DO NOT DEFEND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED THEM WELL, STAFFED AND EQUIPPED WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS WELL FROM PATRICIA VAN NATA, THEIR CITY COUNCIL AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN OKLAHOMA, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR THE ELK HOME POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE PERT TEAM.
PLEASE DO NOT CAVE TO THESE OUTLANDISH REQUESTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
OUR OFFICERS NEED MORE FUNDS, NOT LESS.
AND THE LAST COMMENT I SUPPORT ECP,
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OKAY, THE NEXT FIVE COMMENTS.HEY THERE, MY NAME IS JEFF AND ELKA HOME BORN RESIDENT.
I AM WRITING TO STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU DO NOT INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET, BUT RATHER REALLOCATE THAT MONEY FOR COMMUNITY PROTECTION AND CARE BEYOND POLICING, MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SERVICES, HOUSING, JOBS, TRANSIT, ET CETERA, ARE ALL LEVERS THAT CAN BE PULLED TO REDUCE WHAT MANY CONSIDER CRIME IT'S JUST THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING PUSHED TO THEIR LIMITS.
TRYING NOT ONLY TO THRIVE, BUT SURVIVE BASED UPON WHAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.
IT'S REALLY NO WONDER THAT RESORT TO WHAT SOME WOULD CALL VIOLENCE, PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR POSITION.
WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE IN ORDER TO PUSH YOU TO THE POINT OF STEALING FROM A STORE OR WRITING A FRAUDULENT CHECK.
THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE NEED TO FIX THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM AND USE OUR RESOURCES TO BUILD A SYSTEM WHERE ALL CAN BUILD LIVES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, NOT ONE THAT HAS OUR NEIGHBORS CONSTANTLY LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER.
WONDERING IF TODAY IS THE DAY SECOND ONE, I, REBECCA WARDA REJECT THE PROPOSED POLICE BUDGET.
I DEMAND THAT MONEY BE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 11 FOR THE SIX 23 2020 MEETING.
MY NAME IS ELLE BROWN AND I LIVE IN OKLAHOMA.
THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA IS USING 50% OF ITS BUDGET TO FUND THE POLICE.
THE CITY SPINS ONLY 4% OF ITS FUNDS ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ONLY 11% ON PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC SAFETY MUST INCLUDE AN INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, GOOD JOBS, EDUCATION, REPUBLIC, TRANSIT, AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AS ISSUES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT REAL SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
COMMUNITY SAFETY IS EQUITABLE.
ACCESS TO HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE, NOT TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS.
MY ASK OF YOU IS TO DO THE FOLLOWING REJECT THE CITY OF ALCOHOL'S RACIST AND IMMORAL BUDGET.
DEFUND THE POLICE AND REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FROM INDEPENDENT RESOURCES, INDEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT ALFREDA LONGO WAS MURDERED BY POLICE IN 2016 FOR SIMPLY HAVING AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN, DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AS A TAX PAYING CITIZEN, I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU NOT TO DEFUND THE POLICE IN OKLAHOMA.
WE SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NEED OUR POLICE.
PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS AGENDA.
I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS THAT NEED OUR POLICE TO PROTECT AND SERVE.
THANK YOU, JULIE GRIGGS, BORN AND RAISED IN OKLAHOMA.
I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN THE VALLEY OF EL CAHONE.
I TOO HAVE WORKED AND LIVED HERE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.
I'M NOT READY TO REVERT BACK TO A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO WALK DOWN THE STREET IN FEAR OF BEING ROBBED, RAPED, AND PILLAGED, WE NEED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE HERE FOR US.
THEY NOT ONLY TAKE CARE OF THE CRIMINAL ASPECTS OF OUR AREA, BUT PROTECT AND SERVE.
MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY WHERE LAW AND ORDER ARE NOT PRESENT.
UH, THEY ARE OUR FUTURE, AND THIS WAS FROM L JOHNSTON.
UH, THE NEXT FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE I SUPPORT ECE PD.
WE SUPPORT
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF OUR EXCELLENT POLICE, CHIEF POLICE IN UNIFORM AND STUFF.
OUR FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ANY BUDGET ITEMS RELATED TO ENCOURAGING MORE POLICING ON THE STREET AND COMBATING CYBER CRIME.
NEXT COMMENT BY DEFENDING THE PUBLIC A GRAVE INJUSTICE, IT PUTS THE COMMUNITY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE UNPROTECTED FROM CRIMINALS AND PREDATORS.
IT WILL HURT THE BUSINESS ECONOMY.
IF THIS, IF THE PUBLIC DOES NOT FEEL SAFE.
SO THEY, THEY WILL NOT PATRIOT BE PATRONS THAT THE COMMUNITY I AM IN FAVOR OF MORE FUNDING FOR SOCIAL MENTAL PROGRAMS. BUT I AM SURE THAT THE OTHER AREAS OF THE BUDGET THAT COULD BE CUT BACK ON INSTEAD OF CUTTING FUNDING FOR SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, LAST ONE I'LL BE READING IS I SUPPORT THE ALCOHOL PD.
THIS NEXT COMMENT IS MY NAME IS DANIEL SMOKE A RESIDENT IN ALCOHOL.
I SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND PRODUCTIVE PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I HOPE YOU REALIZE THE NEED FOR MORE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO AID THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE OUR
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COMMUNITY WITH EXTENDED RESPONSE TIMES CURRENTLY SLASHING BUDGETS WILL NOT MAKE ANYONE MORE SAFE, BUT ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, INCREASED PATROLS, MORE TRAINING, MORE OR LESS LETHAL FORCE OPTIONS AND SUPPORT BY LOCAL POLITICIANS IS PIVOTAL IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.SECOND ONE IS AS A RESIDENT OF ALCOHOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY MY UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS THAT PROTECT AND SERVE OUR CITY.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND IN YOUR DEBT.
THE THIRD IS ANONYMOUS, BUT IT SAYS, PLEASE DO NOT UNDERFUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALL NEED AND DEPEND ON THEM EACH DAY.
THE FOURTH IS PLEASE INCREASE FUNDING AND STAFF FOR POLICE SERVICES AS A HOMEOWNER IN ALCOHOL.
AND I KNOW THIS SERVICE IS UNDERFUNDED AND REQUIRES EXTRA SUPPORT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS GROWING COMMUNITY.
AND THE LAST IS SUPPORT ECP, D N E C F D ANONYMOUS FROM JOHANNA
OUR CITY IS CURRENTLY USING 50% OF HIS BUDGET TO FUND THE POLICE.
WHEREAS ONLY 4% IS ALLOCATED FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND 11% FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, RACIST AND IMMORAL INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY DEFENDING THE POLICE AND THE DIVESTING FUNDS TOWARDS HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, GOOD JOBS, FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER RESOURCES INCREASES PUBLIC SAFETY.
RACIST VIOLIN POLICING DOES NOT KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
WE REMEMBER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALFORD A LONGO AMONG COUNTLESS OTHERS, SUCH AS EARL MCNEIL, RAUL RIVERA, JONATHAN CORONEL, ALIYAH JENKINS, SERGIO WEEK, AND JAMES LACEY, AND MANY MORE ACROSS THE NATION.
WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT SUCH A CORE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS THAT LEAVES OUR COMMUNITY VULNERABLE AND SUFFERING.
NEXT COMMENT DO NOT DEFEND THE POLICE.
NEXT COMMENT FROM BARBARA JOHNSON, NOT A FAN OF DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THAT NEXT COMMENT FROM BELLA FABIANI.
I GRADUATED FROM HIGH TECH HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO.
AS YOU ARE VOTING ON AGENDA ITEM 11, THIS TUESDAY, I AM DEMANDING THAT YOU DEFEND THE ALCOHOL POLICE INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE POLICE FORCE HAS PROVEN TO BE INEFFECTIVE, RACIST, AND HARMFUL TO BLACK AND CHICANO COMMUNITIES.
AS THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA SPENDS 50% OF ITS BUDGET TO FUND THE POLICE.
THIS MONEY NEEDS TO BE REALLOCATED TO SERVICES AND PROGRAM THAT IMPROVES SAFETY, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUPPORT UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.
AS YOU DECIDE ON THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT REFORM POLICIES ARE INHERENTLY RACIST AND FURTHER HARM BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN SAN DIEGO.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT ALFREDO LONGO, A REFUGEE FROM UGANDA WHO WAS SHOT BY THE ALCOHOL POLICE FOR HOLDING AN E-CIGARETTE DURING AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN.
POLICE TRAINING IS INEFFECTIVE AND RACIST AT THE EXPENSE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND EDUCATION, WHICH MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INVESTED IN MY COMMON NUMBER FIVE.
MY NAME IS DOMINIC LAURIE O'NEIL, AND I DEMAND THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO INCREASE ON POLICE BUDGETS, BUT DECREASE.
AND THE WRITING AMONGST COMMUNITY NEEDS SUCH AS PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND FOOD FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, ARE, THAT ARE IN NEED AND HAVE THE COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT FIVE, YOU'RE NOT TO FUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT WOULD BE UTTERLY IRRESPONSIBLE NOT TO BACK OUR POLICE.
I'M 100% AGAINST YOUR DECISION TO DEFUND OUR POLICE.
I BELIEVE THAT WILL ONLY RESULT IN MORE RIOTS, CHAOS AND LAWLESSNESS.
SECOND ONE, THE ECP PD BUDGET IS VITAL TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, BUT THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS IN CAHONE VALLEY, UNION SCHOOL, DISTRICT SCHOOLS, AND THE MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL NON DISTRICT SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY AS VICE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE CAHONE VALLEY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR TO BE THE POINT PERSON DRIVING OUR LEADING EDGE SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, ECE PD HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THIS PROCESS FOR WHICH THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR CENTRAL OFFICE SCHOOL SITES AND THE CPD HAS BEEN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED WHILE NOT AN ISSUE HERE, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ALSO THANK THE WORK OF THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHO SERVICES OUR SCHOOLS IN THE RANCHO SAN DIEGO AREA, THE UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK
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ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH NOT ONLY DEMANDS TO THE FUND THEM, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE FIASCO IN SEATTLE, WHERE THE LEADERS OF THE COMMUNISTS HAVE CALLED FOR A DISMANTLING OF THE SEATTLE PD, THE ELIMINATION OF PRISONS AND JAILS, AND A WHOLESALE CESSATION OF THE PRESENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SHOULD BE IGNORED BY ANY REASONABLE SANE, ELECTED BODY IN MY CAPACITY AS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT AS A TRUSTEE, AS I AM NOT AUTHORIZED TO COMMENT IN THAT CAPACITY ON THIS ISSUE.AT THIS TIME, I URGE THAT THE FUNDING OF THE CPD NOT BE COMPROMISED.
VERY TRULY JAMES P. MILLER, JR.
ESQUIRE, DEAR CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER THE RIDICULOUS REQUESTS TO DEFEND THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE RELY ON THESE OFFICERS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
OUR EL CAHONE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS MORE FUNDS, NOT LESS.
PLEASE CONSIDER INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE PERT TEAM, ERIC VAN NADA, THE FOURTH ONE DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DO NOT ALLOW PRESSURE FROM EXTREMISTS TO TAKE AWAY THE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN THAT SACRIFICE THEIR SAFETY.
EVERY TIME THEY PUT ON A UNIFORM, IT'S UNFORTUNATE WITH ANYONE WHEN ANYONE UNLAWFULLY LOSES THEIR LIFE IN POLICE CUSTODY, BUT THE ANSWER IS NOT TO DEFUND THE GOOD COPS WHO ARE PROTECTING US.
THOSE OFFICERS WHO UNLAWFULLY KILLED WILL FACE THEIR PUNISHMENT.
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE MORE FAITH IN THE GROUNDWORK.
WE HAVE LAID AND STRIVE TO BE BETTER THROUGH REFORM AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
THE POLICE IS NOT THE ANSWER FIFTH AND FINAL ONE.
PLEASE USE GOOD JUDGMENT AND DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEIR SERVICES ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED AS IS.
IF ANYTHING, PLEASE INCREASE THEIR BUDGET AND HIRE MORE OFFICERS AND INCREASE TRAINING.
IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITY TO CUT THE FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
A SMALL GROUP OF SO-CALLED OFFICIALS HAVE NO RIGHT TO DECIDE ABOUT MY SAFETY AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE RELY ON THE POLICE AND IT, IF YOU MAKE OUR STREET CITY STREETS LESS SAFE THAN SHAME ON YOU, AGAIN, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DECIDE FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OKLAHOMA.
THINK TWICE, STAND UP AND BE THE CITIZENS YOU NEED TO BE.
I SUPPORT THE POLICE AND, AND BECAUSE OF A FEW BAD APPLES, LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY.
DON'T BE PART OF IT, MAN, UP, DO NOT CUT FUNDING, PUT IT TOWARD TRAINING, NOT TYING THEIR HANDS.
AND LAST COMMENT, UH, FOR MY PORTION, DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE.
WE ARE ALREADY SWARMING IN CRIME.
WE NEED MORE FUNDS AND MORE OFFICERS DON'T BREAK THE LAW AND YOU WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, UH, SIGNED BY H W NEXT FIVE ARE ALL ANONYMOUS.
D SECOND IS WHILE I AGREE THAT MENTAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES NEED MORE FUNDING, I DO NOT SUPPORT DEFUNDING THE POLICE TO DO SO.
THE THIRD IS PLEASE DO NOT WASTE ANY TIME OR MONEY ON THE DEFUND.
WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR POLICE OFFICERS FEEL THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY SLASH COMMUNITY.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REDIRECTING THE FUNDS IS NOT SOLUTION WORTH IS I SUPPORT ECP D AND THE LAST SAYS, I SUPPORT OUR UCPD, DO NOT DEFUND OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT PUT THEIR LIVES OR OURS.
OUR LIVES AT RISK DO NOT DEFUND POLICE UNLESS YOU'RE PLANNING ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO BE INCREASED CONCEALED CARRY DO NOT DEFUND POLICE UNLESS LOCAL COUNTY STATE AND FEDERAL SECURITY USED BY POLITICIANS IS CUT AS WELL.
DO NOT THE FUN POLICE WHILE LETTING CRIMINALS WALK FREE.
UNDER THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE INCREASED FUNDING FOR TRAINING FOR OUR GREAT POLICE OFFICERS INCREASE EDUCATION FOR PARENTS AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL TO RESPECT AUTHORITY DO NOT MAKE US LESS FEEL, DO NOT MAKE US LESS SAFE TO GAIN VOTES AND A PIECE PEOPLE THAT WILL ALWAYS WANT MORE.
I SUPPORT NOT ONLY FUNDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT INCREASING THEIR FUNDING DURING THESE, UM, PERCENT UNPRECEDENTED IN TIMES OF UNREST, IT IS VITAL THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE, HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS, BUT OUR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP HAS THEIR BACKS.
YES, THERE ARE SOME BAD OFFICERS OUT THERE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO
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ARE OUTSTANDING IN THEIR JOBS SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED FOR THE FEW WHO AREN'T PROTECT AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO PROTECT US.HE CPD, UH, COMMON FOR AS A RESIDENT OF OKLAHOMA.
AND I STAND BY THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I DO NOT SUPPORT THE FUNDING, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, IF ANYTHING, THEY DESERVE A RACE.
I DO NOT DEFINE OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
NEXT FIVE DO NOT DEFEND THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I LIVE IN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA IN THE 24 YEARS THAT I'VE RESIDED IN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
I'VE HAD ENCOUNTERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ALL OF MY ENCOUNTERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE BEEN POSITIVE.
THIS PROVES TO ME HOW SERIOUS THE MINIMUM WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TAKE THEIR JOBS.
I EMPLOY YOU EMPLOY YOU TO PLEASE MAKE DECISIONS THAT CONTINUE TO UPHOLD OUR COMMITMENT, TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT THOSE SAME MEN AND WOMEN, WHOM MANY OF THEM ULTIMATELY GIVE THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AS THEY HAVE HONORED US, ALLOW THE GOOD TAX, PAYING CITIZENS, VOICES TO BE HEARD ON HOW WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ALL DECISIONS.
THANK YOU, DEAR HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY FRIENDS AND ALCOHOL.
I HAVE HEARD THIS MORNING THAT THE CITY IS RECEIVING PRESSURE FROM GROUPS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DEFUNDED.
THIS IS CLEARLY NOT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN OUR CITY, WHO WOULD EVER SUPPORT DEFUNDING APARTMENT.
THAT IS TRULY AN EXEMPLARY PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE OWN AND MANAGE FOUR LARGE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES IN OKLAHOMA.
WE HOUSE OVER 146 FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHOSEN FOR VARIOUS REASONS TO CALL ALCOHOL IN THEIR HOME.
UH, WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SAFE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING FOR A WALK, TAKING OUT THEIR TRASH, SITTING ON THEIR PORCHES AND DOING THEIR LAUNDRY.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE MADE SAFER BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ALCOHOL PD AND BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH PDS CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROJECT.
WE RELY ON THE PD WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING ON OUR PROPERTIES THAT WE DON'T FEEL CAPABLE OF HANDLING SAFELY ON OUR OWN.
WHEN THOSE TIMES COME, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT ONCE THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE ALCOHOL PD ARRIVE, THE SITUATION WILL BE HANDLED PROFESSIONALLY AND WITH THE BEST OUTCOME POSSIBLE, WHERE THE PARTIES INVOLVED, WE HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT FULLY FUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOT LISTEN TO ANY OUTSIDE PARTIES THAT DON'T HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT THAT THOSE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS THE FOURTH COMMENT WE NEED.
OUR POLICE FORCE DO NOT DEFEND THE POLICE.
LASTLY, I SUPPORT ISI PV, THE NEXT FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU FOR VOTING TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
WE ARE A CRIME FILLED CITY THAT RELIES ON THE POLICE TO KEEP US SAFE.
JUST LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE MEN TRYING TO BREAK INTO OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOME.
THE SITUATION WAS TAKEN CARE OF AS A TAX PAYING CITIZEN.
I DO NOT APPROVE OF YOU TAKING THIS ACTION AND REQUEST THAT YOU RECONSIDER THIS MOVE IMMEDIATELY.
THE CITY OF EL CAHONE SPENDS 50% OF ITS BUDGET ON POLICE AND ONLY 4% ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS A CITIZEN OF THESE COMMUNITIES, I REJECT THIS BUDGET.
MONEY MUST BE TAKEN FROM THE POLICE BUDGET AND REINVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
AS THE ELEVATED POLICE BUDGET DIRECTLY AND DETRIMENTALLY AFFECTS THEM.
LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US FOURTH.
WE CANNOT BE DE-FUNDING ANY OF OUR POLICE FORCES.
WE NEED TO FUND THEM MORE SO WE CAN GET MORE TRAINING AND THEY NEED TO CHANGE POLICE OFFICER'S SCHEDULE.
SO THEY ARE NOT ON DUTY DAYS IN AND DAYS OUT DEALING WITH WHAT THEY DO WITHOUT SOME TIME TO ESCAPE FROM OF THE TERRIBLE THINGS.
THEY SEE LAST COMMENT I'LL READ.
I SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THE NEXT FIVE COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS FUNDING.
THE POLICE IS A RISKY MOVE ON ALL ACCOUNTS.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS ARE THE CRIMINALS.
WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING OUR UPSTANDING CITIZENS, NOT PANDERING TO THOSE, LOOKING TO DEFUND.
IT ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WANT THESE DEPARTMENTS TO FUNDED, EVEN RESIDENTS OF ALCOHOL.
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ARE NOT, WHICH MEANS THEY SHOULD HAVE ZERO SAY TO DEFEND THE PLACES ALSO TO DEFINE FIRE SERVICES.WELL, NO FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL RESPOND TO CALLS OF VIOLENT NATURE WITHOUT A SCENE BEING CLEARED.
FIRST, OUR OFFICERS SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AGAINST VIOLENCE AND CRIME.
IT SHOULD NOT EVEN BE UP FOR DEBATE.
THE NEXT ONE SAYS I SUPPORT ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE THIRD ONE SAYS I SUPPORT ECP.
D THE FOURTH ONE SAYS, THIS IS AS FOLLOWS.
PLEASE DO NOT CUT FUNDING TO OUR AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO PROTECT THE CITY, DO NOT CUT POLICE FUNDING.
THE FRACTION OF THE BLM MOVEMENT THAT WANTS TO CUT POLICE FUNDING HAS ULTERIOR MOTIVES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PROMOTING THE TRUE MESSAGE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER.
YOUR CONSTITUENTS CAN SEE THROUGH THIS EASILY, AND WE HOPE YOU STAND UP AND SUPPORT THE POLICE WHO HAVE SERVED AND PROTECTED THE CITY, INCLUDING BURNING, DESTROYING STATUES AND DEFACING NATIONAL MONUMENTS SHOULD BE SEEING AS TERRORIZING AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
LAST TIME I CHECKED, WE DON'T TAKE ORDERS FROM TERRORISTS IN THE FINAL COMMENTS FOR THIS GROUP.
FIRST COMMENTS SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NEXT, HELLO, AND GOOD MORNING.
EAST COUNTY FAMILIES VALUE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LAW AND ORDER.
WE WOULD LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE FULLY FUNDED AND TO ALWAYS RECEIVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE.
WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONSTANT EFFORT TOWARDS OUR SAFETY AND HOPE THE BUDGET WILL BE ENOUGH TO MEET THEIR NEED.
I SUPPORT THE ACPD AND ALWAYS WILL.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN PROTECT US EVERY DAY AND I WILL DO THE SAME FOR THEM.
DO NOT DEFINE OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE.
WE NEED THEM NOW MORE THAN EVER.
AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO SEND A POSITIVE SHOUT OUT FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS IN OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT BRAVELY GO TO THEIR JOB EVERY DAY TO PROTECT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.
THE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY THAT IS BEING THRUST UPON OUR POLICE AT THIS TIME, THE LAWLESS BEHAVIOR DEMONSTRATED BY PROTESTORS, THE PROPERTY DESTROYED BY OUR BUY OUT OF CONTROL MOBS AND THE ATTACKS ON OUR COMMUNITIES BY INDIVIDUALS THAT TRULY ARE OUT TO DESTROY.
THIS COUNTRY CAN NO LONGER BE TOLERATED.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
IT IS TIME SUPPORT TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE ONGOING EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO CARRY OUT THEIR JOB, THAT MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENTS SET.
THE EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENT POLICE WORK AND THEIR CAREERS SHOULD NOT BE RUINED BECAUSE OF THE MOB HYSTERIA THAT IS OUT TO DESTROY LAW AND ORDER IN THE COUNTRY AND COMMON FIVE FROM A RAVEY.
I REJECT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA RACIST AND A MORAL BUDGET.
I ASK YOU TO DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I DEMAND THE DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE AND THE REALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT ALFRED ALONGA WAS MURDERED BY POLICE IN 2016 FOR SIMPLY HAVING AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN AND THE COMMENTS OKAY.
MY NAME IS MALLORY DEWITT, AND I AM A RESIDENT IN THE NINE TWO ZERO TWO ZERO AREA CODE.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU REJECT THE IMMORAL AND RACIST BUDGET.
THE CURRENTLY ALLOCATES 50% OF SAID BUDGET TO POLICE OUR COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR, OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES DESERVE CARE, NOT MORE POLICING AND VIOLENCE.
PLEASE DECIDE TODAY TO REMOVE FUNDS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BEGIN TO INVEST THOSE FUNDS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE IN NEED OF MORE HOUSING, MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, IMPROVED SCHOOLS, AND MORE SUPPORT SYSTEMS OR THE WORKING POOR.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY.
I SUPPORT ECP PD OR THE POLICE NEED MORE FUNDING DEFUND.
THE, AND THE FINAL ONE FOR THIS GROUP, I STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THE FUNDING OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RATHER I ENCOURAGE INCREASED FUNDING TO INCLUDE CULTURAL AND RACIAL TRAINING AS WELL AS A SYSTEM IN WHICH OFFICERS WITNESSING ABUSE OF POWER CAN SAFELY INTERVENE AND REPORT ISSUES.
NEXT FIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS INCLUDE, PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND E CPD OF GO HOME NEEDS YOU.
I SUPPORT THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DO NOT WANT TO DEFUND THEM THIRD COMMENT.
I WILL BE MOVING TO EL CAHONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AND I WANT MY TAX DOLLARS TO GO WHERE TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
PLEASE RECONSIDER INVESTING 50%
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OF THE CITY'S BUDGET INTO POLICING AND MORE IT'S SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY.RE-EXAMINE THE TRAINING AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CITY'S CURRENT POLICE FORCE SPENDING LESS THAN 20% OF THE BUDGET ON SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS IS SHAMEFUL.
WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? UM, FOURTH COMMENT.
MY NAME IS JORDAN ARMSTRONG, A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLER.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO SPEND 50% OF OUR BUDGET ON POLICE, MYSELF AND OTHER CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA DEMAND THAT THIS PART OF THE BUDGET IS NOT PASSED AND THAT OUR CITY'S FUNDS ARE SPREAD OUT MORE.
BEING A POLICE OFFICER MEANS WHAT HAS TO RESPOND TO MORE THAN JUST CRIME, BUT RATHER CALLS FOR ISSUES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND HOMELESSNESS, WHICH ONLY PROVIDES GROUNDS FOR SYSTEMATIC RACISM TO ACT OUT.
IF WE SPREAD THIS BUDGET OUT TO BETTER FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, HOMELESS CENTERS, AND SO ON THE CHANCES OF POLICE BRUTALITY, GO DOWN, TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, ALFREDA LONGO, WHO WAS MURDERED IN OUR VERY OWN CITY BY POLICE FOR HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH OUTBURST, THE POLICE SHOULD HAVE NOT HANDLED THAT.
AND IT COULD HAVE ENDED WHERE THEY LIFESAVING.
IF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WERE SENT, INSTEAD OF OFFICERS CUTTING THE POLICE BUDGET IS JUST ONE STEP TOWARD A SAFER SAN DIEGO, ESPECIALLY IN OKLAHOMA.
IT'S NO SECRET THAT OUR CITY IS VERY DIVERSE, WHICH PUTS MORE OF OUR CITIZENS AT RISK UNDER THIS BUDGET.
SO PLEASE RECONSIDER HOW FUNDS ARE BEING SPREAD OUT, MAKE IT SO THAT THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T NEED A HIGHER SUPPLY OF TEAR, GAS, WEAPONS, AND POLICING THAT IS USED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE NEED CHANGE IN ACTION THAT SERVES US ALL IN THE LAST COMMENT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ISABEL MEDINA, MY COMMUNITY, AND I DEMAND THAT THE POLICE BUDGET OF ALCOHOL BE DECREASED BECAUSE THE POLICE THREATENED THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
THAT MUST THAT WE MUST EXPLORE.
WE DEMAND TO SEE THESE FUNDS ALLOCATED INSTEAD TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH.
THE NEXT FIVE COMMENTS ARE ALL ANONYMOUS.
YOU BETTER NOT TO FUND THE POLICE ATTENTION AND LOOK AT SEATTLE.
YOU WILL BE SORRY IF YOU DO SUCH A STUPID AND IGNORANT THING, BIG MOUTH'S WANT TO DEFEND THE POLICE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO CAUSE YOUR NOTHING BUT HEADACHES WITH ALL THE CRIMES THEY COMMITTED ON A DAILY BASIS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW POLICE OFFICERS EVEN DO THE JOB BECAUSE THEY CAN TRAIN AND DO SOMETHING ELSE.
AND IT'S SO UNAPPRECIATED NOWADAYS, THESE POOR MEN AND WOMEN ARE JUST TRYING TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLE AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT PAID VERY WELL BY THE TIME EVERYTHING GETS TAKEN OUT, BE STRONG ALCOHOL AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
SECOND COMMENT ON HIS BUDGET IS A GROSS REPRESENTATION OF THE SYSTEMIC SYSTEMATIC OPPRESSION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.
A MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE BLACK INDIGENOUS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE BEING OVER POLICED AND UNDER REPRESENTED.
IF THE COUNCIL CARES ABOUT HIS CONSTITUENTS AND WANTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REELECTION IN NOVEMBER, THEN LISTEN TO US.
WHEN WE USE OUR VOICES, WE DEMAND FOR YOU TO SIGNIFICANTLY DEFUND THE POLICE BUDGET AND REDISTRIBUTE FUNDS TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES WITH PROPER RESOURCES, LIKE A WELL-FUNDED EDUCATION SYSTEM, HUNGER RELIEF AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT INHERENTLY HAVE LOWER RATES OF CRIME AND THEREFORE REQUIRE LESS POLICING.
THE THIRD COMMENT IS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO DEFEND THE POLICE.
I SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOURTH IS REDUCING LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGETS IS AN INEFFECTIVE WAY TO AFFECT CHANGE WITHOUT APPROPRIATE FUNDING.
OUR LOCAL POLICE WILL BE UNABLE TO PERFORM THEIR JOB OF PROVIDING SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SHOULD BE ADDED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO ADDRESS RECENT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.
AND THE FIFTH COMMENT IS I SUPPORT THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MY FIRST COMMENT IS FROM KIANA CARSON.
I LIVE AND HAVE GROWN UP IN OKLAHOMA.
I REMEMBER ALFORD A LONGEST 2016 MURDER VIVIDLY.
I REMEMBER THINKING THEN HOW UNACCEPTABLE THAT WAS A PERSON IN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS KILLED FOR WHAT I'LL FOR THE LONGO SHOULD HAVE BEEN MET WITH UNARMED PROFESSIONALS, TRAINED TO DEESCALATE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MET BY PEOPLE WHO WOULD MAKE HIM AND OUR COMMUNITY SAFER, BUT INSTEAD HE GOT THE POLICE.
OUR CITY BUDGET INVEST TOO MUCH IN POLICE AND NOT ENOUGH IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS A RESIDENT OF ALCOHOL, I DO NOT WANT OUR BUDGET TO FUND POLICE OFFICERS WHO KILL OTHER RESIDENTS OF THIS
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CITY.50% OF THE BUDGETS SHOULD NOT GO INTO THE POLICE WHO UNHELPFULLY TREAT THE SYMPTOMS OF OUR COMMUNITY BILLS.
THAT MONEY SHOULD GO TO HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, GOOD JOBS, EDUCATION, FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
PUTTING BUDGET MONEY TOWARDS THESE THINGS RATHER THAN THE POLICE WILL LESSEN AND ERADICATE THAT FOR POLICE IN THEIR CURRENT MILITANT FORM.
AS A RESIDENT OF OKLAHOMA, I DEMAND THE CURRENT BUDGET PROPOSAL TO BE REJECTED.
I DEMAND THE POLICE BUDGET BE INCREASED, DECREASED, PARDON, AND THE MONEY REINVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH SERVICES THAT STRAIGHTEN AND HELP RATHER THAN HARM OUR CITIZENS.
I DEMAND THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT BE DEFUNDED AND THE MONEY PREVIOUSLY INVESTED IN POLICING.
NOW GO TO HELPING CREATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE HOUSELESS, INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH AND OTHER NONVIOLENT SERVICE BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
I AM THE 2014 VETERAN OF THE YEAR FOR THE 71ST DISTRICT.
CITIZENS OF ALCOHOL HAVE ONE IN 200 CHANCE OF BEING A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME IN COMPARISON.
IT'S ONE IN 224 IN CALIFORNIA.
CRIME FOR OKLAHOMANS SPILLS INTO NEIGHBORING SANTEE AND LAKESIDE TO UNINCORPORATED CITIES THAT CAN HANDLE THE INFLUX.
PLEASE DON'T ALLOW ACTIVISTS WHO NOT ONLY DON'T RECITE HERE, BUT HAVE A PERSONAL AGENDA TO DEFUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO BUDGET FOR THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DOING OTHERWISE PUTS ALL THE CITIZENS IN EAST COUNTY AT AN EVER HIGHER RISK OF BECOMING A VICTIM OF VIOLENT CRIME DEFUNDING OR REDISENT REDUCING THE BUDGET FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PLACES, ANY INCREASE OF VIOLENCE ON EACH OF YOUR SHOULDERS.
YOU WERE VOTED INTO KEEP US ALL SAFER, NOT BURDEN OUR BORDERS WITH LESS PROTECTION.
NEXT COMMENT I SUPPORT ACPD NEXT COMMENT, UH, FROM BARBARA DAVIDSON, PLEASE DO NOT DEFEND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE LOOK AT SEATTLE AND OTHER CITIES BEING TAKEN OVER.
WE NEED OUR OFFICERS AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND MY LAST COMMENT OR THIS ROUND IS FROM NOT TO LENA BLAKE.
SHE SAYS SHE IS A RESIDENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
I AM WRITING INTO DEMAND THAT YOU DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET.
PLEASE ALLOCATE THIS MONEY TO EDUCATION, HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE ENTITIES THAT TRULY PROTECT AND SERVE THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS.
THE NEXT GROUP, MY NAME IS AMANDA KELLY AND I AM A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER IN THE CITY OF ALCOHOL.
AT THE TIME OF THIS COMMENT, THE CITY IS USING 50% OF ITS BUDGET TO FUND THE POLICE.
ALL ONLY SPENDING 4% OF ITS FUNDS ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ALLOCATION.
I AM ASKING YOU TO DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET HERE IS WHY OUR IMAGINING OF PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS TO INCLUDE MORE THAN POLICE.
IT MUST INCLUDE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INVESTING IN SCHOOLS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, HEALTHCARE, GREEN SPACES, LIKE PARKS AND RECREATION.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INCREASING POLICE FUNDS OR KEEPING THE ALLOCATION AT 50% WILL ONLY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE.
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND OTHER PERSONS OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY OVER-POLICING AND SUCH VIOLENCE IN EL CAHONE.
AND SO INCREASES IN POLICE FUNDS PUT THESE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AT RISK FOR FURTHER VIOLENCE AND RACISM.
THE EL CAHONE COMMUNITY DESERVES MORE.
I WANT MORE FOR MY COMMUNITY THAN A BLOATED RACIST POLICE BUDGET.
I AM NOT ALONE IN REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED TO ALFREDA LONGO OR EARL MCNEIL OR RAUL RIVERA OR JONATHAN CORNELL, OR THE MANY, MANY COUNTLESS OTHERS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, BRIANNA TAYLOR, AHMAD AUBERRY, WHO DIED BECAUSE OF RACIST POLICIES AND RACIST POLICE.
I AM ASKING YOU TO DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET IN EL CAHONE AND INVEST MORE MONEY IN MY COMMUNITY.
I AM ASKING YOU TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDS TO SOCIAL SERVICES AND ALCOHOL, FOR EXAMPLE, FUND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, AND RESOURCES FOR THE HOMELESS ON PROGRAMS FOR THE FOOD INSECURE BECAUSE ALL OF THESE CAN AND DO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY IN A WAY THAT IS BETTER AND MORE EQUITABLE AND INCREASING POLICING.
THANK YOU FOR READING MY COMMENT.
THE SECOND ONE, I SUPPORT ECP.
THE THIRD ONE, I SUPPORT ACPD TO THE FULLEST.
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I SUPPORT ACPD AND LASTLY, I'M NOT FOR DEFENDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS.WE NEED THEM TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR GREAT CITIES.
SO, UM, FOR THE COUNSEL'S BENEFIT AND THE PUBLIC, WE, BY MY COUNT, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 MORE COMMENTS TO READ THROUGH.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT OVER A HUNDRED COMMENTS SO FAR.
SO THE NEXT FIVE ARE, UM, FROM, UH, MARK CLIFTON.
I FULLY SUPPORT ECP D DO NOT DEFUND.
HOWEVER CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE IN SOME HOUSE CLEANING, SAFE REGARDS.
UH, THE NEXT COMMENT, MY NAME IS AARON D UH
MY MOTHER WAS A BELOVED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IN OKLAHOMA.
I LOVE THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE BECOME AWARE THAT THE CITY OF EL CONE IS USING HALF OF ITS BUDGET TO FUND POLICE.
THE CITY SPENDS VERY LITTLE OF ITS FUNDS ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED.
I DEMAND THAT WE REDUCE THE POLICE BUDGET AND INCREASE INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, SENIOR PROGRAMS, FOOD SECURITY, HOMELESS SHELTERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND RESOURCES FOR UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN SMALL BUSINESSES.
SINCE THE KILLING OF ALFREDA LONGO BY THE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY HAS LARGELY LOST TRUST IN THE POLICE.
THE POLICE ARE LARGELY SEEN AS A THREAT, MORE THAN A FORM OF PROTECTION.
I AM AN AFFLUENT WHITE WOMAN AND I EVEN, AND I, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS POSITIONED TO BENEFIT FROM THE POLICE SYSTEM DUE TO MY RACE AND CLASS FEEL THREATENED BY THE POLICE PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I FEEL THAT THEY ARE A BROKEN INSTITUTION, A BURDEN ART AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I IMPLORE YOU TO DEFEND THE POLICE AND REALLOCATE THESE FUNDS TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE.
IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING OF BENEFICIAL COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AS I NAMED ABOVE, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT EVENTS, INCREASED POLICING MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE, REAL PUBLIC SAFETY, NO LONGER RESTS IN THE HANDS OF THE POLICE.
I SUPPORT ACPD FOURTH COMMENT.
MY NAME IS JAMES HILDEBRAND FROM CAHONE.
THE CITY'S PROPOSING USING 50% OF THE BUDGET TO FUND POLICE.
WHILE CURRENTLY 4% OF THE BUDGET IS GOING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND 11% ON PUBLIC WORKS.
WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT A RACIST MILITARIZED POLICE SYSTEM, REALLOCATE THE BUDGET TO GO TOWARDS EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT ENSURE SAFETY.
UNLIKE THE VIOLENT AND RACIST POLICE, NEVER FORGET A LONG LONGO SAY HIS NAME.
MY LAST COMMENT FOR THIS ROUND IS, HELLO.
MY NAME IS KELLY CARTWRIGHT, AND I LIVE IN OKLAHOMA, THE RACIST AND IMMORAL BUDGET THAT IS USING 50% ON POLICE AND ONLY 15% COMBINED ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE NEED TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES, NOT POLICE HAS INCREASED.
POLICING MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE.
I AGREED THAT YOU REJECT THE CD OF ALCOHOL.
I ASKED THAT YOU REJECT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA PROPOSED BUDGET BY DECREASING THE POLICE BUDGET AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING SERVICES TO STRENGTHEN THEM REALLOCATING.
THE POLICE FUNDS TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE WILL MAKE THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA MUCH STRONGER, MUCH SAFER AND STRONGER.
THE NEXT FIVE THAT I'M GOING TO READ ARE ALL ANONYMOUS.
THE FIRST IS PLEASE KEEP OUR POLICE IN FACT, INCREASE THEIR BUDGET.
THE SECOND IS I SUPPORT ECP PD.
THE THIRD IS KEEP BCPD FUNDED.
I REPEAT, DO NOT DEFUND THE POLICE.
THE LAST COMMENT IS WE NEED A POLICEMEN TO BE UP FRONT AND VISIBLE WHERE EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE TO PROTECT OUR LIVES FROM THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, PRETENDING TO CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES, BY SAYING THEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO TRASH AND DESTROY WHAT WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD.
WE CANNOT TAKE POWER AWAY FROM THOSE THAT HAVE DEVOTED THEIR LIVES, PROTECTING US EVERY DAY THEY GO TO WORK.
SO WE NEED MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR MEN IN BLUE AND NOT SUPPORT IN ANY WAY FOR THE DESTRUCTIVE IDEA.
THAT ONE LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANOTHER.
THIS IS MY LAST BATCH OF COMMENTS, AND I HAVE SEVEN COMMENTS TO READ THE FIRST ONE, PLEASE DO NOT DEFEND OUR POLICE FORCE.
SECOND, I WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY DESERVE OUR 100% SUPPORT AND FUNDING.
AS A RESIDENT OF OKLAHOMA, WE HAVE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE ON A FEW OCCASIONS.
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THE OFFICES ARE ALWAYS SO HELPFUL AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE TIRE LIST AND BRAVE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY.THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EACH AND EVERY DAY.
SO WE CAN LIVE IN A SAFE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE RESIDED IN THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
MY CONCERN AT THIS TIME IS THE GREAT POTENTIAL FOR HARM.
IF THE CITY DECIDES TO DEFUND ITS POLICE, ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, GOOD CITIZENS LIKE MYSELF, NEED PUBLIC SAFETY TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL HARM TO OUR LIVES AND OUR PROPERTY.
THE POLICE ENFORCE OUR LAWS AGAINST VANDALISM AND REPRESENT US IN COURT.
WHEN THESE LAWS ARE BROKEN, THE POLICE ARE TRAINED TO PROTECT US.
WE NEED YOU AS OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO DEFEND OUR NEED FOR MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND PROVIDE TO THEM.
YOU'RE BACKING AGAINST A GROWING THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
MOST OF THAT THREAT IS COMING FROM GROUPS OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND WANT TO DEFUND ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS AN UNWARRANTED AND UNREASONABLE POLICY THAT MOST NOT START.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO KNOW THAT POLICE PEOPLE LIKE ME AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS, LIKE YOU RESPECT THEIR WORK AND THEIR PROFESSION.
PLEASE STAND BY THEM AND GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES TO DO THEIR WORK.
TO UPHOLD THE LAWS WE MAKE TO PROTECT OUR CITY COUNTY, STATE, AND COUNTRY AMONG THOSE RESOURCES SHOULD BE YOUR ACTIVE AND VOCAL SUPPORT OF THEIR WORK.
PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER DEFUNDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT INSTEAD, PLEASE DEFEND THEM IN THE WORK THEY DO.
NEXT COMMENT WE SUPPORT BCPD DO NOT DEFINE OUR HARDWORKING POLICE.
YOU CANNOT BOW DOWN TO THE MINORITY OF PEOPLE TO DEFUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU NEED MORE OFFICERS, NOT LESS.
THIS IS SCARY TO THINK THAT I COULD GO SHOPPING OR GO TO A SALON AND ALCOHOL AND NOT HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE NEED OUT THERE TO PROTECT US.
UM, NEXT COMMENT, I SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I SUPPORT RACING THEIR BUDGET TO INCREASE PROPER PERSONNEL.
AND MY LAST COMMENT IS THANK YOU.
THIS IS MY LAST GROUP AS WELL.
THE FIRST ONE, MY NAME IS LAUREN JUST
AND I'M WRITING TO URGE YOU TO REJECT THE RACIST AND THE MORAL BUDGET, DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET AND FUND SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, INDEPENDENT FROM THE POLICE COMMUNITY.
SAFETY IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HOUSING, FOOD AND HEALTHCARE.
THE CITY OF EL CAHONE IS USING 50% OF ITS BUDGET TO FUND POLICE AND ONLY 4% OF ITS FUNDS ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE REJECT THIS BUDGET AND INVEST IN HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, GOOD JOBS, EDUCATION, FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE AND DO NOT INVEST IN POLICE.
MY NAME IS AUSTIN O'NEILL AND I DEMAND THAT THERE BE NO INCREASE FOR POLICE BUDGETING, UH, BUT DECREASED AND DIVIDED AMONG THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED.
FOR EXAMPLE, PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND FOOD OR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN NEED.
WE LOVE ALCOHOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EILEEN BATTENBERG DO YOUR LEGACY A FAVOR, AND DON'T DEFUND THE POLICE.
WE STAND, WE ALL STAND IN UNITY TO GIVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS A RAISED NOT TO CUT ANYTHING AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED.
O'DONNELL THE FINAL COMMENT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER.
SHOULD YOU DEFUND THE OKLAHOMA PD? WHY WOULD YOU EVEN THINK OF THAT DENNIS PERKINS? I HAVE THE LAST, MY LAST FOUR COMMENTS ARE THOSE LOOK AS FOLLOWS.
I SASHA BOSTWICK AND ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED WITH THE ABUSIVE POWER SHOWN BY THE ELK HOME POLICE DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO UNJUST DEATHS, UNLAWFUL ARREST AND ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF PEOPLE AT CUSTODY.
I AM ASKING TO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNDING REDUCED AND THE FUNDS BE REALLOCATED TO UNDERFUNDED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THAT BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.
THE POLICE ARE UNQUALIFIED TO HANDLE MANY SITUATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA.
FUNDS CAN GO TOWARDS REDIRECTING THESE RESPONSIBILITIES TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER REDUCING THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE POLICE ARE ALREADY SPENDING 80% OF THEIR TIME ON THE HOMELESS, WHICH GIVES THEM 20% OF THE TIME ON TAX PAYING CITIZENS WHO NEED THEIR HELP AS A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, 37 YEARS.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE OFFICERS TODAY WHO HAVE PUT UP WITH
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THINGS THAT I NEVER HAD TO PLEASE DON'T LOSE THE GOOD OFFICERS THAT YOU HAVE IT.DON'T LISTEN TO THE RADICALS IN WASHINGTON STATE FOR INTERFERING WITH OUR CITY, FRANK REED, ALCOHOL AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF EAST COUNTY.
I HAVE RESPECT AND HONOR FOR ALL THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BOTH HERE IN EL CAHONE AND THROUGHOUT THIS GREAT NATION, PLEASE DON'T DEFUND THEM.
IN FACT, GIVE THEM RAISES RESPECTFULLY GEORGIANA AND DAVID BELLOWS.
IN MY LAST COMMENT, I SUPPORT OUR ECE PD AND THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE FULLY FUNDED IN THE 2020, UH, 2020 2021 BUDGET SIGNED BY E HERBERT.
THE POLICE THEY'RE SUCH A VIABLE AND NEEDED PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE FUNDING.
SECOND IS PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND THE CPD IN ANY WAY.
I TOTALLY SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AND ALWAYS THE THIRD IS DO NOT DEFUND OUR POLICE.
A COUPLE OF BAD POLICE DON'T CALL FOR LESS MONEY FOR POLICING OR NEW RULES.
MORE SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR DRUGS MAY GET THE LAWLESS CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET.
SO THE POLICE DO NOT HAVE TO CONSTANTLY DEAL WITH THE SAME ONES, REPEATEDLY STRICTER LAWS FOR CITIZENS THAT DO NOT ABATE.
THE POLICE WOULD HELP AS WELL.
THE FOURTH, THANK YOU, ALCOHOL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY WITH PROTECTING SLASH SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER LIONS CLUB MEMBER OF ALCOHOL VALLEY AND A PARENT OF A CHILD THAT GOES TO SCHOOL AT CV USD.
I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHO ARE APPRECIATIVE SLASH SUPPORTIVE OF THE ROLE YOU PLAY IN OUR LIVES.
THE FINAL COMMENT, PLEASE DO NOT DEFUND OUR POLICE MAYOR WELLS.
IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENTS WE JUST READ, UM, AND AS CITY ATTORNEY HOLLY MENTIONED EARLIER, WE RECEIVED 47, UH, FORM, UH, LETTERS THAT WERE WRITTEN ON A TEMPLATE OR A FORM LETTER, UH, 39 OF THOSE ACTUALLY PUT A NAME TO IT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOU THE NAME.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOU WHAT THE TEMPLATE LETTER THAT THEY SUBMITTED, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED THIS WAS ERICA DANICA, RACHEL SOLVADI, TREVOR MALONE, LINA, DANNY, SARAH, ERIN ORBAN, JENNIFER, AND ACTUALLY DINNER FOR SUBMITTED ABOUT FIVE OF THE SAME, UH, LETTERS, LISTS, SERITA, TERRY ROGERS, FRANCESCA AND DARROW SCOTT AND LAURA BREWSTER, KAITLIN FISHER MILLAY, CHRISTINA, THE CARO, ALISON MAUI, VERONICA LUDWIG, CHELSEA BUTNER, ELIA ISLE, BELUSHI TAYLOR SCHULTZ, ELIZABETH BROOKE FARR, MOON, JACKIE KELLY ROACH.
AND SHE'S FROM SANTI RENDA, MELISSA GALA, TANO CONNOR MURRAY ON NAYA ROSENBERG.
SHEILA WOULD SET SIDNEY, SAMANTHA GEORGES, MAYA SELL CAN'T SELL KIND.
BEN HOWARD FABIANA, TORO, ZOE DICKERSON, TREVOR MALONE, AND MADISON, KARA, KARA NE.
AND THEY WROTE, UM, AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME LETTER.
THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA IS USING 50% OF HIS BUDGET TO FUND POLICE.
THE CITY SPENDS ONLY 4% OF ITS FUN ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ONLY 11% ON PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS IS A RACIST AND A MORAL BUDGET.
PUBLIC SAFETY MUST INCLUDE AN INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, GOOD JOBS, EDUCATION, FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT AND RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE INCREASED POLICING MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE.
INVEST IN COMMUNITIES, NOT POLICE.
OUR COMMUNITIES NEED TO ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, FOOD, AND NOT RACING.
RACIST POLICING, BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ALREADY MORE IMPACTED BY THIS HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS AND INCREASING FUNDING TO POLICE MAKES THEM EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO VIOLENCE AS ISSUES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND STATE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT REAL SAFETY LOOKS LIKE.
COMMUNITY SAFETY IS A INCREDIBLE ACCESS TO HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE, NOT TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS BULLETS.
OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED DEVASTATING LOSS AT THE HANDS OF RACIST POLICE.
REMEMBER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALFREDA LONGO AMONG COUNTLESS OTHERS, SUCH AS EARL
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MCNEIL, ROLL RIVERA, JONATHAN CORONEL, ALIYAH JENKINS, SERGIO WEEK, AND JAMES LACEY, AND MANY MORE ACROSS THE NATION LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, TONY MCDADE FRIONA TAYLOR, A MOOD OF BARRY PASCH REJECT THE CITY OF ALCOHOL AND RACIST AND A MORAL BUDGET.ASK, DECREASE THE POLICE BUDGET AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FUNDING SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES, ASK DEMAND THAT DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE AND THE REALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INDEPENDENT FROM POLICE.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT ALFREDA LONGO WAS MURDERED BY POLICE IN 2016 FOR HAVING AN EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN.
THAT'S THE END OF THOSE COMMENTS, ANGELA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, TO EVERYBODY PUT A COMMENT IN, I WISH WE COULD HAVE READ THEM ALL, UM, THREE TO 1400 COMMENTS IF YOU KEPT THEM AT ONE MINUTE OF THE PIECE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT 32 HOURS AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT'S REASONABLE.
SO I THINK THAT THE STAFF MADE A GOOD DECISION AND THAT EVERYBODY GOT THERE.
THE BASIC POINT OF THEIR VIEW, UM, OUT IN THE OPEN IS ON THE, ON THE RECORD, UM, AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND DO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
YOU MAKE A MOTION THAT WAS PROBABLY HEARING.
MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
UM, I MIGHT JUST START BY SAYING A GOOD JOB ON THE BUDGET STAFF.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF HOURS AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE PUT INTO IT.
I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET.
ONE OF THE, GIVE MY 2 CENTS ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING FUNDING THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENTS COMPLETELY.
BUT IN THE DISCUSSION OF THAT, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO THAT PROBABLY ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO DO.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S NO REASON A POLICE OFFICER SHOULD SIT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT FOR FOUR TO SEVEN HOURS WAITING TO MAKE A TURNOVER.
WE COULD, WE COULD CERTAINLY FIND SOMEBODY TO BE MORE APPROPRIATE AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT JOB.
THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER JOBS LIKE DEATH NOTIFICATIONS THAT WOULDN'T NEED TO BE DONE BY A POLICE OFFICER.
AND I'M SURE IF WE WERE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT AT THINGS AND NOT THINK ABOUT TRADITION, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE OTHER PEOPLE DO BESIDES POLICE OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM COMES IS THAT THE LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE AND PEOPLE CALL THE POLICE FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH FRIES WITH THEIR HAMBURGER.
PEOPLE CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE AT A GRADUATION PARTY.
UM, IT MIGHT BE VERY WELL AND GOOD THAT A SOCIAL WORKER WENT AND DEALT WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROBLEM UNTIL SOMEBODY PULLS OUT A KNIFE OR A GUN OR SOMEBODY GETS HURT.
AND THOSE THINGS MAKE IT REALLY STICKY WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT NOT SENDING POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE.
I WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT MY EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S PRETTY LONG EXPERIENCED, NOT 15 YEARS WORKING IN THE CITY.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE OKLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THAT THEY ARE WELL TRAINED, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT BIG HEARTS.
THEY'RE VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED, THEY'RE JUSTICE ORIENTED, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.
I'M PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
ARE THEY PERFECT? NO, BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD, UH, YOU SAFE IN SAYING THAT WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE BETTER POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND ANY PLACE IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SO HAVING SAID THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO YOUR COMMENTS AND WE CAN MAKE A VOTE VOTE ON THE BUDGET.
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS OF COULD HOMES OR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS.
AND OUR POLICE ARE THE ONES THAT PROTECT OUR CITIZENS.
SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT, UH, WE
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INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GIVING THE POLICE THAT'S, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF BY $50,000.AND, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, ALONG WITH POLICE CHIEF CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT'S GONNA COME FROM.
AND WHAT'S THE BEST THING TO USE.
USE IT FOR IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO, UH, SUBCONTRACT TO SOME, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS TO HANDLE THE APPROPRIATE THINGS.
I THINK THE MAYOR REALLY MADE SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT DEFICIENCIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I THINK THE CITIZENS WANT TO BE PROTECTED AND WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT THEM.
I'M NOT GOING TO ABANDON THEM.
I DON'T WANT OKLAHOMA TO END UP LIKE SEATTLE.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT EMOTION OR RECOMMENDATION, UH, I'LL MAKE THAT EMOTION.
I WOULD SECOND IT BEFORE WE GET INTO VOTING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK THAT DID PHIL OR BOB OR I'M STEVE WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENTS
SO, UH, THIS IS THE QUESTION FOR STAFF HAVING THE, THE BUDGET REPORT.
DIDN'T MENTION HOW MANY CALLS FOR SERVICE THE POLICE HANDLED LAST YEAR.
I'M GONNA GET THAT FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF HE'LL.
HE CAN EITHER SEND ME A MESSAGE OF THAT, OR HE CAN GET ON HIMSELF, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, GRAHAM, IT WAS GENERALLY AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND CONTACTS PER YEAR.
AND I'VE NEVER, WELL, UH, I I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE NUMBER FROM THE CHIEF AS WELL.
CAUSE I REMEMBER CALLED FOR SERVICE.
HE ENDED THE DISPATCH CENTER, UM, BEING DIFFERENT.
SO I GUESS I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE, FROM, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
IT MAY HAVE CHANGED WHEN, WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH HER OWN PROBLEM WITH THE SHOOTING, WE LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS PRETTY CLOSELY.
AND GARY, YOU CAN, I BELIEVE THEY SAID IT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, GENERALLY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND CONTACTS A YEAR.
AND OUT OF THAT, YOU HAVE SIX OR SEVEN COMPLAINTS.
MR. GOLD, MR. GOLA I'VE, UM, WERE RECEIVING ABOUT 75,000 CALLS A YEAR.
AND THOSE ARE CALLS IN, THOSE ARE CALLS INTO DISPATCH.
SO AS GARY CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, THE ROLE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO PROTECT THE FITTER FROM HIS RIGHTS, THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM, THE RIGHT TO TASTY FOR YOUR PERSON, FOR YOUR PROPERTY.
AND IF WE HAVE 75 CALLS FOR SERVICE LAST YEAR, CATLIN, MAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS FOR 75,000 CALLS, I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY CAN GET TO ALL THE CALLS TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
I DON'T THINK ALL THE NUMBERS RESPONDED TO.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER IS THE DEMAND THAT THE PEOPLE OF ALCOHOL ARE ASKING IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF CALLS.
SECOND, UH, I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT SAY, UH, ADDING MORE TO TEACHERS OR HUNGER RELIEF OR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS TO, UM, HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, THE CITY DON'T GET MONEY FOR THAT.
THE COUNTY DOES, AND COUNTY HAS A DEPARTMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
ACCOUNTING HAS A WHOLE DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, AGING INDEPENDENT SERVICES.
AND FOR FOOD SERVICE THAT, OF COURSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS MONEY FOR TEACHERS AND SUPPLIES.
SO LET'S, UH, TOGETHER MAKE THE CALL FOR THOSE AGENCIES TO, TO HELP US ALLEVIATE THESE KINDS OF CALLS THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO GO TO FOR HEALTH AND HUNGER AND A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
I, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO ASK FOR THE COUNTY TO GET MORE MONEY FOR THEM FROM THOSE AREAS.
UM, SO FOR THOSE TWO REASONS, I, I CAN'T SEE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FOR 75,000 CALLS FOR REQUESTS.
AND WE SHOULD BE JOINING WITH THESE PEOPLE TO SAY, LET'S GET MORE MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND FOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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SO I WANT TO ASK RO, UM, OFFICER, OFFICER BATES.SO WE TALKED ABOUT CITY BY THOUSAND CALLS, BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE ACTUALLY CONTACTING MORE PEOPLE THAN THE 75,000 WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE FIELD, RIGHT.
THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, AND FOR EVERYONE TO HERE, IT'S A CAPTAIN ROYAL BATES WITH THE ALCON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE 75,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE WOULD INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE, UH, PROACTIVE, UH, CALLS THAT THE OFFICERS GO OUT ON.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CALLS COMING IN DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE STATION FROM CITIZENS THAT ARE CALLING IN, BUT THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, PROACTIVE CONTACTS BY THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.
AND THEN HOW MANY MORE CONTACTS ARE ADDED BY A POLICE OFFICER DRIVING UP ON A SITUATION, GET OUT OF THE CARD, GIVE ME A TICKET OR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT DOING WITHOUT, WITHOUT SOMETHING BEING CALLED IN.
AGAIN, SORT OF THAT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE CALLS.
SO ANY TIME A OFFICERS MAKE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY, A CALL FOR SERVICE IS GENERATED.
UH, I KNOW THE TERM CALL FOR SERVICE KIND OF TENDS TO SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE A CALL THAT COMES IN FOR SERVICE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A GENERIC TERM THAT WE WILL USE TO DESCRIBE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO.
SO IF THE OFFICER IS OUT IN THE FIELD, WHETHER IT'S PROACTIVE OR REACTIVE TO A CALL, THEN WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT A CALL FOR SERVICE.
AND, UH, ALTHOUGH 75,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO YOU GET A YEAR? UH, I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO OUR, UH, INTERNAL AFFAIRS LIEUTENANT REGARDING THAT, BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WOULD SAY IN COMPARISON TO THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY, IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL, PROBABLY LESS THAN 1% OF THE 75,000 CALLS THAT WE GET, OR JUST THE CONTACTS IN GENERAL HAVE THE CONTEXT, PROBABLY WEIGHTLESS WEIGHT A HUNDRED OR LESS.
WE'LL FIND OUT MAYBE THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU CAPTAIN, YOU COULD TELL US THOSE NUMBERS IN DETAIL.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A MOTION OF THE SECOND ON THE TABLE, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD PHIL OR BOB YET.
SO WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO SPEAK, WELL, I SECONDED THE MOTION AND I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF GIVING THE EXTRA $50,000 TO THE POLICE AND NOW I'M HELPING THEM IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DO, UH, KEEP US FROM INVOLVED IN SOME THINGS LIKE SEATTLE OR LOS ANGELES OR MINNEAPOLIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE, NOT BEING ATTACKED, EVEN MESA, WHICH I USED TO LIVE IN ON MESA.
AND THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD COMMUNITY, BUT THEY SURE GOT ATTACKED BECAUSE OF ONE OF THEIR, PROBABLY A LITTLE OVERREACTION OF A POLICE OFFICER FOR THAT PROBABLY SPIRITED THAT, UH, ACA RAM, BEFORE I GO ON, UM, THERE'S A MOTOR CHARLOTTE'S ABLE, THAT WOULD GIVE AN EXTRA $50,000 TO THE POLICE BUDGET.
DOES THAT, UH, CAUSE YOU PROBLEMS? NO.
I MEAN, AS YOU REMEMBER TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET, WE, WE ASKED EVERY DEPARTMENT TO CUT THINGS AND SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CUT THINGS THAT, UM, WEREN'T WHAT WE CALL CORE CORE SERVICES.
UM, WE CURRENTLY, WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE ARREST SOMEBODY, WE NEED TO TRANSPORT THEM TO A JAIL.
WE USE A SERVICE WHERE, UM, UH, NON-SWORN POLICE OFFICERS ACTUALLY JUST DRIVING SOMEONE TO THE JAIL.
UM, WE FOUND THE NEED TO CUT THAT OUT OF THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL.
OFFICER'S DOING THAT, THAT COSTS US MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
UM, YEAH, BUT, UM, WELL IT DOESN'T HURT COSTS MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, BUT IT, YEAH, IT, UH, REDUCES THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE CITY.
BUT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T CUT A BUDGET, YOU CAN'T PUT CUT BUDGET WITHOUT REDUCING SERVICES TO SOME LEVEL.
SO, UM, THAT WAS A SACRIFICE THAT POLICE FELT THAT THEY COULD HANDLE.
SO BY HAVING $50,000 MORE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BRING THAT PROGRAM BACK, BUT THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD BRING BACK THAT WOULD HELP OFFSET TIME AND RESOURCES THAT THE OFFICER CURRENTLY SPENDING ON.
JUST THAT CURIOSITY, WHAT WOULD A CUSTOMER THAT HEARD ABOUT, ABOUT $120,000? OKAY.
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I JUST REALLY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? WE CAN HEAR YOU.I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE DISTINCTION.
WHEN CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M SORRY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS.
UM, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS I HEAR ARE TALKING ABOUT BLOATED BUDGETS AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT W THE NYP D OR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A $6 BILLION BUDGET.
UM, OURS, OUR BUDGET ISN'T EVEN OUR ENTIRE CITY BUDGET.
ISN'T EVEN A FRACTION OF THAT.
UM, SO CAN'T MAKE THE SAME CORRELATIONS WITH A BIG CITY THAT MAY BE OVER-POLICING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY.
OKLAHOMA IS SUCH A SMALL CITY.
THERE'S NO AREAS THAT ARE OVER POLICED.
WE ALREADY ASK OUR OFFICERS TO DO A LOT WITH A LITTLE, AND AS OUR CITY MANAGER JUST SAID, THEY'RE CUTTING EVEN MORE.
UM, SO WE ARE A REACTIVE POLICE FORCE.
UM, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS ARE REACTIVE.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SMALL POLICE FORCE AND WE'RE A SMALL CITY.
SO A LOT OF THE, UM, THE COMMENTS I'M HEARING, I DON'T THINK REALLY APPLY TO, TO A SMALL CITY LIKE THIS WITH A SMALL BUDGET.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE WITH BIGGER CITY POLICING, LIKE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AREN'T REALLY APPLICABLE TO SMALLER CITIES.
YEAH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THOUGH, THAT, SO MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS BACK EAST HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER NUMBER OF POLICE ON THE STREET PER POPULATION THAN WE DO.
ISN'T THAT TRUE? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 1.2 OFFICERS PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
A LOT OF CITIES ON THE EAST COAST HAVE A RANGE AROUND THREE OFFICERS PER THOUSAND.
SO IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT POLICING MODEL ON THE EAST COAST, THE WEST COAST.
AND I THINK OUR, OUR MEDIA LOSES THAT FACT A LOT OF TIMES THEN THEY JUST ASSUME POLICING IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, IF WE WERE TO PROPOSE PUTTING THE $120,000 BACK INTO THE BUDGET TO, UH, STOP POLICE FROM SPENDING HOURS OF THEIR TIME DRIVING DOWN TO THE JAIL.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UH, FINANCIALLY BE WORKABLE FOR YOU OR WOULD THAT PUT YOU INTO A MESS? WELL, I MEAN, THIS CURRENT BUDGET RELIES ON A PORTION OF A WAY TO BALANCE A BUDGET IN PART IS BY, UM, BY USING RESERVES.
SO IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO DIRECT THAT, WE DO THINK WE'RE GETTING SOME OTHER SAVINGS.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM, WE WERE, WE THINK IT'LL BRING IN ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE OR $200,000 MORE THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR, YOU KNOW, $75 MILLION.
SO, UM, I THINK WE CAN FIND WAYS TO RESOLVE THAT, BUT MMM.
BUT WE, THERE'S A BIG UNKNOWN OF WHAT THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO DO TOO.
SO IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO RE-INSTITUTE THAT I THINK THAT ALLOW OUR OFFICERS TO GET BACK OUT ON THE STREET QUICKER IN, IN REALLY INCREASE OUR FORCES SO WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AT THE COUNCIL.
AND THANKS GRANT, GARY, YOU ORIGINALLY BROUGHT UP THE CONCEPT OF RAISING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE POLICE OFFICER GET BY AN EXTRA $50,000.
AND IT WAS A GREAT IDEA IN LISTENING TO GRAHAM TALK $120,000 COULD REINSTATE THAT PROGRAM WE LOST, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT IN KEEPING MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET ALL THE TIME.
WOULD YOU BE IN CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING YOUR MOTION TO THAT NUMBER? OR DO YOU WANT TO STICK WITH THE 50? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO $120,000 INCREASE.
AND I'LL REMEMBER MY SECOND TO THAT.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION THE SECOND ON THE TABLE.
HAVING SAID THAT ANGELA LET'S VOTE.
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YES.MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.
AND BY THE WAY, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING IN THEIR COMMENTS.
UM, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE 1400 PEOPLE FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE TO GET INVOLVED IN CIVIC GOVERNMENT.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
MR. MAYOR, I CAN TELL YOU'RE ABOUT TO ADJOURN.
UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT I BRING UP AN ISSUE, UM, ON AGENDA ITEM 16, THE COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVE AND AN UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A COMMENT THAT CAME IN AT TWO OH TWO OR TWO 30.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH FROM MS. STEPHANIE HARPER, A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF LA, UM, WE HAD, AS THAT COMMENT CAME IN, WE WERE, WE WERE JUGGLING 1400 OTHER COMMENTS THAT WERE COMING IN AND HER COMMENTS ALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, I WOULD RECOMMEND COUNSEL THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY OPEN UP AGENDA ITEM 16.
AGAIN, I WOULD ACTUALLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU RECONSIDER IT AFTER HEARING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN UP AGENDA ITEM 16 AND TO OPEN UP THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.
ALL THE COMMENTS SECTION ON THAT.
IF THERE'S A SECOND, THAT AGAIN, THIS IS TO RECONSIDER ITEM 16.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF GOLDEN COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
UM, WELL WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE REOPENED, UH, GO RIGHT THE CITY, UH, RIGHT TO, UH, COMMENTS AS HARPER.
UM, YEAH, UH, I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE HER NAME, BUT I OPENED THE COMMENT THAT CAME IN UP TO A ONE FOR ITEM 16 AND IT READS A SINGLE PERSON LIVING HERE.
AND ALCOHOL WORKS 40 HOURS A WEEK AT $12 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE FOR CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S $480 BEFORE TEXAS, WHICH IS 1,920 A MONTH.
NOW YOU CAN FIND A ONE BEDROOM AND ELKA HOME FOR UNDER $1,200 A MONTH.
PLUS ALL THE OTHER BILLS THAT NEED TO BE PAID FOR LIKE FOOD, LIKE GAS, TELEPHONE, ET CETERA.
SO THAT CITIZENS GOES FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK TO MAKE $23,040 A YEAR BEFORE TAXES, WHICH IS WHAT A CITY MANDER MAKES EACH MONTH.
THIS JUST SEEMS A LITTLE WRONG TO ME.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT A HARD JOB OR PUTTING DOWN THE DEGREES OBTAINED EITHER, BUT WE ARE $3 MILLION IN THE HOLE.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY BUDGET, WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO SAVE THE CITY MONEY.
AND RIGHT HERE IT IS, OUR EXECUTIVES ARE MAKING MORE A MONTH THAT SOME OF OUR CITIZENS MAKE IN A YEAR.
AND THESE EMPLOYEES GET A RACE EVERY YEAR.
THAT SEEMS PRETTY GREEDY TO ME.
I DON'T THINK THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL SUFFER IF THEY DON'T GET A RACE THIS YEAR, BUT COUNCIL WILL NOT LISTEN.
FOR SOME REASON, THEY SEEM TO BE JUST FINE WITH THEIR JOB BEING ABOUT DOLLARS AND NOT PEOPLE.
YOU ARE OKAY WITH KEEPING THE RICH RICH BY MAKING THE POOR, POOR SHAME ON ALL OF YOU WHO GREEN LIGHT, THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE COMMENTS FIRST OFF, MAURA, DO WE NEED TO RE VOTE ON THE ISSUE? A BOY? YEAH.
YOU NEED TO REBOOT ON THE ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN CONSIDERED IT AND YOU'VE TAKEN IT OFF.
THE IT'S NO LONGER, FIRST OFF.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE A CAPITALIST SOCIETY AND THAT PEOPLE GET PAID BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE THEY HAVE OR THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, A CITY MANAGER IS RUNNING A CORPORATION
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IN THIS CASE THAT BRINGS IN ABOUT $158 MILLION PER YEAR.HE'S GOT TO WORK WITH THE MEDIA.
HE'S GOT TO WORK WITH HIM WITH EMPLOYEE UNIONS.
HE'S THE GUY TO NEGOTIATE WITH AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF ENTITIES AND GROUPS.
HE'S GOT A PRE, A NEW BUSINESS.
HE'S GOT TO TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SPEAK AT CONFERENCES.
HE HAD, HE MUST HAVE AN ADVANCED DEGREE AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, WE WOULD NOT HIRE SOMEBODY IN ALCOHOL.
AND THAT WAS A UNEXPERIENCED OR DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT DEGREE TO BE A CITY MANAGER.
IF YOU WANT TO HIRE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE.
AND TO BE COMPETITIVE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THAT KIND OF A SALARY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BASEBALL PLAYERS THAT ARE MAKING $28 MILLION A YEAR AND NURSES THAT ARE MAKING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
AND THAT'S, I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IS ALL PEOPLE HAVE, BUT THE, THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S BASICALLY HOW IT WORKS.
I HAVE NO HEARTBURN ABOUT OUR CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY GETTING PAID, WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
WE EXPECT AN AWFUL LOT OUT OF THEM ALL THE TIME.
THEY HAVE TO ANSWER THE PHONE CALL WHEN IT EVER WE CALL.
AND THEY GOT A LOT OF CONFLICTING PEOPLE COMING AT THEM.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CONTINUE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
LIKE WE DID THE FIRST TIME AND I'LL MAKE THAT EMOTION.
MAYOR WEALTH, YOUR VOTE PLEASE? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
SO MAN, ANYMORE, SOMETIMES FROM AMERICAN, WE CALLED THE MINI MARIANNE.
WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU, MORGAN.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT OVER? YEAH.
MARY, YOU, UH, TOOK A VOTE ON THE BUDGET, BUT YOU TOOK A VOTE SIMPLY TO CHANGE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
SO NOW YOU NEED TO TAKE THE ACTION AS A CITY COUNCIL, AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, AS OUTLINED ON THE SCREEN.
AND BEFORE YOU, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A CITY COUNCIL, ONE THAT YOU PUT IN THE MOTION AS AMENDED BY THE PRIOR, UH, VOTE TO INCREASE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 FOR PRISONER TRANSPORT CONTRACT SERVICES.
SO MOVED SECOND MAYOR WELTER VOTE.
WHICH THEN CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THAT.
I HAVE GUYS LIKE MORGAN ON AND YOU'VE GOT A FEW MORE BULLET POINTS.
THE PROVING, THE, THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
RESOLUTION IS APPROVING A DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND BALANCES.
AGAIN, MAYOR, UH, WELLS PLEASE.
THAT MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ACTING AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED RESOLUTION TIME RESOLUTION.
I HAD A LITTLE BIT REGULATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY ADOPTING AS IT YEAR 2020 21 BUDGET.
THAT'S EMOTIONAL MAYOR WEALTH.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AN EXTRA ITEM IS ACTING A SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR OUR DIRECTORS ADOPTED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION THAT CITY COUNCIL GET ALCOHOL AND A SUCCESSOR AGENCY
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FOR THE FARMER, ALCOHOL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADOPTING THE YEAR 2021 BUDGET.AND I'VE MADE THAT EMOTION MAYOR.
WEALTH'S YOUR VOTE? UM, DEPUTY MAYOR ORTIZ.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
FOR HELPING US WITH THAT, THIS THEN BRINGS US TO THE GERMAN, THE JURY RAILROAD JOINT MEETING OF THE ALCON CITY COUNCIL AND ALCOHOL HOUSING AUTHORITY HELD THIS 23RD DAY OF JUNE, 2020 IS A CHURCH ON TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 2020, AND 3:00 PM.