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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Jarvis Jennings <jarvisjay2@twc.com> <br />Sent:Monday, July 06, 2020 10:35 PM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:7/7/2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ITEMS <br />Importance:High <br />Dear City Council, <br /> <br />I am writing in regards to several Agenda Items for your meeting on 7/7/2020. <br /> <br />23A. Construction Contract for All American Asphalt – I understand that this work may have been done, but what kind <br />of inspection of work is being done for these repairs. Myself and my family have driven on many streets that were <br />“supposedly” repaired, but they are actually done very poorly and need more work. In particular is the area of Raitt and <br />th <br />5 Street. The road was repaved, however it still has the same holes and very uneven pavement that makes driving in <br />that area hazardous and taxes your vehicles wear and tear. Please ensure that if you are approving companies to do <br />work, that it is thoroughly inspected and that the city has the right of refusal to pay unless it is fixed to the council / <br />citizens satisfaction. If the repair was done to your home driveway, you know that you would be un-satisfied with the <br />work and want it fixed. Treat of city streets like it your street and the money is coming out of your pocket. <br /> <br />25G. Amendment to Police Officers Association – Please do not give the police officers of our city a pay raise at this <br />time. The extension needs to be a length of at least 2-3 years so that the police department can be thoroughly <br />investigated for the issues that have been raised in recent weeks. We do need our officers, but we cannot in good <br />conscience provide them a pay raise when many of them do not perform their duties in a proper fashion, to include <br />harassment of citizens, police brutality, corruption, and a basic lack of human decency for all citizens of our city. <br /> <br />85A and 85B. Please pass this order as the wearing of face masks and having hand sanitizer available due to the COVID- <br />19 pandemic is a must for the citizens of Santa Ana, Orange County, California, and our country as a whole. As we all <br />have seen, the positive test rates have increased since the Governor started to open things back up. All business should <br />adopt the policy of “NO MASK, NO SERVICE” and not allow people without a mask in their premises. I have seen too <br />many people just walking around like they are invincible and will not get the disease. It is starting to reach people of all <br />ages as the new reports show that the average age of those contracting the virus is decreasing. We must realize that we <br />are not just taking these precautions for ourselves, but for our fellow man. <br /> <br />85C. Please approve this action to have the Staff report on how to curb / stop the street racing in South Santa Ana. Too <br />many nights we can hear the cars screeching down the streets at all hours and have the sound turn into a crash. Our <br />family has lost friends to these actions and they are senseless deaths that could be avoided. While this may seem to be <br />a difficult task, it is a task that must be tackled head on and with great persistence. We are losing too many young lives <br />of our city who could have gone on to live successful and fruitful lives. We need the police to be more proactive in <br />stopping these incidents from happening. Please have a report ready to be discussed and ask the public for their <br />thoughts as well as their lives have been directly touched by street racing. <br /> <br />Lastly, I did not see an agenda item where the council is reducing the budget for assisting persons who are potentially <br />being deported or held by ICE. Please excuse me I missing this in the agenda. Cutting this funding is a travesty. There <br />are way too many people in our city who need this assistance as it is vital to them and their family to be treated fairly <br />and with respect in being in our city and country. Please increase the funding back to prior levels or to an increased <br />level so that the Immigrant Defenders Law Center can do more good for our citizens. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />