5PM City Council
Meeting Time: 05-17-22 17:00
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5PM City Council
05-17-22 17:00
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5. Cooperative Purchase Contracts: FY2021/22 Remaining Replacement Vehicles [Published for 10-Day Review 05/05/2022] File ID: 2022-00961 1 0 1 0
12. Teleconferencing Meetings During the COVID-19 State of Emergency (30-Day Finding) File ID: 2022-01067
1 0 1 0
16. Fiscal Y ear (FY) 2022/23 Proposed Budget for the Sacramento Police Department File ID: 2022-00982
4 0 4 0
Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda 6 1 5 0
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Agenda Item: eComments for 5. Cooperative Purchase Contracts: FY2021/22 Remaining Replacement Vehicles [Published for 10-Day Review 05/05/2022] File ID: 2022-00961
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David Hawkins
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Submitted At: 7:50pm 05-16-22
Dear Councilmembers,
If the replacement vehicles are powered by fossil fuel than I am strongly opposed. It is disingenuous for the City to adopt a Climate Change Plan and then not take actions - nor provide funding - to implement it. Along with targeted allocations in the City budget to pay for the City's adopted climate change recommendations, I believe we should take advantage of other opportunities that would reduce the City's reliance on fossil fuel and reduce our carbon footprint.
I recommend this item be amended to specify the requirement that all of the replacement vehicles be electric powered.
Thank you.
David Hawkins
411 11th Street, #3
Sacramento, CA 95814
[email protected]
c/ (916) 712-6243
Agenda Item: eComments for 12. Teleconferencing Meetings During the COVID-19 State of Emergency (30-Day Finding) File ID: 2022-01067
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Bill Motmans
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Submitted At: 9:44am 05-13-22
With social distancing and other safety measures, there is no need for teleconferencing Council meetings any longer. Citizens and taxpayers continue to be shut out of the process, even as a "budget" with no public input is considered.
Agenda Item: eComments for 16. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 Proposed Budget for the Sacramento Police Department File ID:
2022-00982
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Logan Dreher
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Submitted At: 9:19am 05-17-22
The Sac PD budget has become increasingly bloated over the last decade while other city departments are chronically. We are funding our police department more than we ever have and that money should be reallocated to the social services we desperately need. Let's not waste city resources on unproven technologies like Shotspotter when research demonstrates that what actually works to prevent crime are social services & community resources.
Maxwell Odland
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Submitted At: 9:49pm 05-16-22
This police budget promotes the use of highly questionable Shotspotter technology. Shotpsotter has been employed largely in communities of color, exacerbating problematic policing patterns. Sacramento is proposing to do just that. The technology has not been proven effective in accurately identifying gunshots. Instead it has been shown to have a high false positive rate (sending police into communities of color to look for non-existent gunshots) while failing to consistently detect real gunshots. This is a waste of our city budget, and actively worsens our public safety. Our taxpayer funding should be spent on promoting social services and connecting people to the resources they need, and increasing department transparency and accountability.
Karen Atkins
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Submitted At: 9:43pm 05-16-22
This budget needs to be reallocated! Crime prevention works to reduce crime, and yet, the budget hardly mentions employing these methods. Our limited city resources should not be wasted on unproven and inequitable technologies such as ShotSpotters when prevention is an option. Let’s get our priorities straight! Moiz Mir
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Submitted At: 3:13pm 05-16-22
This proposed budget includes $314,600 more for ShotSpotter than any city should be paying.
Councilmembers om Budget Committee recently discussed and agreed with the Measure U Committee how important it is to move towards performance metrics, something the City doesn't currently operate with.
In the absence of data from our city, here is some available at: https://endpolicesurveillance.com/ "The MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law studied ShotSpotter-initiated police deployments from July 1, 2019 through April 14, 2021 to determine whether ShotSpotter’s “accuracy” claims hold up, and to understand the impact of the ShotSpotter system on Chicago’s marginalized communities.
Key Findings – Dead End Alerts. 89% of ShotSpotter deployments in Chicago turned up no gun-related crime.
ShotSpotter has never done a scientifically valid study to determine whether its system can reliably tell the difference between the sound of gunfire and other... harmless sounds." Agenda Item: eComments for Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda Overall Sentiment
Jasmine Ripoyla
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Submitted At: 2:55am 05-17-22
The city needs to fund city staff positions that specifically support the acceleration of climate action. Climate action creates co-benefits for economic development, youth, and public health.
I believe that we need to accelerate projects already funded by the public works budget, and explore other mechanisms or budgets for funding more climate action. The climate crisis effects ALL of us, and creating a better world for us and our children begins now! Please do your part in ensuring we invest in the future we all need.
Jeff Solomon
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Submitted At: 7:32pm 05-16-22
Having just attended the Planning Academy, I wanted to thank the City for recognizing the valuable service that the Academy provides to the community. Kudos to Laura Tuller and the guest speakers whom she invited. The walking tours were excellent! I am better informed on the intricacies of the planning process, and hope to help inform the members of my community
Kathryn Webb
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Submitted At: 11:08am 05-16-22
Climate action must be a priority in the budget. Due to inadequate staffing, the Climate Action Plan is over a year and a half late and there won’t be enough capacity to implement the plan once it's finalized. The Mayor and Jeff Harris supported funding more staff at the May 10 city council meeting, but no other council members spoke up.
Where is the support from the rest of the council? The city needs to fund city staff positions that specifically support the acceleration of climate action.
Investing in climate is investing in the prosperity of the economy, youth, and public health of Sacramento. As we have highlighted before, Sacramento has some of the worst air quality in the nation. Clean air should be a core service of the city. The environment is integral to all aspects our our daily lives, and needs to be protected as such.
Once again, we demand prioritizing climate action in the city budget. Our future depends on bold action now.
Edwina White
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Submitted At: 9:31am 05-15-22
As the Sacramento Bee points out, we are in a prolonged drought. We need to be taking action to mitigate that:
adding solar panels to new buildings, recycling wastewater for landscaping, providing people with the means to reduce energy & water use. Infrastructure is key.
Mackenzie Wieser
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Submitted At: 7:40pm 05-14-22
Where's the Climate Support in the budget? As a former Mayor's Climate Commissioner I'm saddened that the nearly 18 months of hard work and dedication we all put into recommended actions aren't being budgeted for! We are more than 2 years down the road and nearly 7 years from 2030...we cannot afford to kick this can down the road anymore! Let's be audicious they said....OK WE WERE REALISTICALL Y PLANNING FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE!
Ben Gravitz
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Submitted At: 6:39pm 05-14-22
Smog and air quality are about to get worse in Sacramento - exacerbated by fires and driving. Wouldn’t it be nice if @TheCityofSac took these public health matters seriously and made climate action a priority in their budget? https://tinyurl.com/479vaudk