AgdaPkt 2020-08-10 Special Joint SA PFA

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CLK-Pamela A uilar From: Paul Maloa <paulmaloa@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 3:33 PM To: Council -Diane Howard Cc: GRP -City Council Subject: Re: BLM Mural downtown Redwood City This e-mail is from an external source. Please do not open attachments or click links from an unknown or suspicious origin. 05xfr21 Thank you Mayor Howard, I do plan on being in attendance tonight and look forward to hearing the reaffirming commitment to racial equity and equality. I look forward to working with the art commission on where we can put the mural as well. Please help restore our hope in our city councils efforts to stand up, and not be bullied by systemic oppression and not allow the mixing of agendas, that have no relation to each other, to dictate how we should be supporting people of all backgrounds and especially the BIPOC at this time. I have attended the first English speaking seminar for "Redwood city is listening" and have registered for the 17th. We have met with city manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz with Vice Mayor Shelly Masur as well as the assistant city manager in attendance. We reviewed other policing options as an alternative to what's currently being offered at this time prior to the listening party. My wife has been in constant contact and Melissa and she has been very helpful. We don't expect change to happen over night and we do understand that things are moving faster then normal. Because things are happening faster, we are expecting change to happen sooner then later. What I'm hoping and what we'd like to see, is our city council being the change we are looking for, thank you. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 10, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Council -Diane Howard <DHoward@redwoodcity.org> wrote: > Dear Paul, > Thank you so much for your email addressing Item 8A on tonight's agenda. I have shared your message with our City Council and Staff for their review. It was unfortunate that the BLM mural that was on Broadway over the 4th of July weekend was the subject of an article that tells one side of a very controversial and sensitive issue. If I may, I want to share a brief summary of what happened and how our City dealt with this difficult matter. > Right before the 4th of July holiday weekend, our Staff authorized the temporary Black Lives Matter installation at the request of a resident. The installation was allowed as an extension of City efforts to preserve art related to the peaceful Black Lives Matter protests in Redwood City, and to complement the Chalk Art mural commissioned by the Parks and Arts Foundation on Courthouse Square over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The painting was informally processed, and intended for a short duration. > As expressed in the City's vision statement, the City of Redwood City strives to be a community where people of all backgrounds and income levels can thrive. We are in the process of holding a series of community meetings to seek