1 Vernice Hankins
From: SM <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2022 5:01 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: SM Airport noise impact of residents
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We are hearing noise from footers and small planes all week snd weekends worse ‐ all dsy no breaks! (310)428‐6232
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From: FRANCINE LYNESS <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 11:09 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Hello
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I have called the fairly new 311 # to get parking Dept info etc. they put me on long holds and quite often cannot assist.
Can we just get the reception at city hall reinstated. This is wasting citizens of SM time.
I am still holding now
Fran Lyness
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From: John Smith
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 1:58 PM
To: Sue Himmelrich; Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Kristin McCowan; David White; Douglas Sloan; councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 14 - Public Comment - 5-24-22
Attachments: SM CC UNITY LETTER 052422.docx
I've embedded and attached my comments for this item.
Item 14 – Public Comment ‐‐ Unity
Good evening/morning, Mayor, Council, City Manager, City Attorney, I’m hoping to leave work by 11 p.m. tonight to deliver this message in person. If not, this will have to do.
I work in TV news so I see the divisiveness that drives and consumes politics in Washington DC every day.
It’s killing our country and hurting us here in Santa Monica.
We’re all tired of it, its holding us back and it’s up to you council members, along with our City Manager and City Attorney, to help end it.
If we don’t, we’ll fail.
Let’s all start looking in the mirror instead of the magnifying glass.
It’s an election year so politicians tend to pull back and retreat, careful to say non‐committal things that mean little, so essentially, nothing will change.
I say do the opposite. Work together, focus on big issues and lead the way on them instead of fighting over them.
That’s what real leaders do. And the greatest succeed because they bring people together.
Sounds a little “Rah‐rah” but it’s really just the plain, hard truth.
Too many of us go for the jugular too often and too quickly.
Good government starts with getting along. Make THAT your first pillar. Then maybe we stand half a chance at advancing on the others.
Thank you, and please watch your in‐box for my email about the Memorial Park Expansion, and how we can break ground within one year.
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John C. Smith, Santa Monica Recreation and Parks Commissioner Item 14
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