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From: <br />Heather Travis <br />To: <br />GRP -City Council <br />Subject: <br />KEEP ENGINE 9 <br />Date: <br />Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:59:32 PM <br />RWC Council, <br />I am a longtime Redwood City resident and taxpayer who voted in FAVOR of the sales tax increase of Measure RR <br />in order to maintain the highest levels of public safety. I am appalled that you council members have the audacity to <br />consider closing down Engine 9 in such a sneaky way (with only a few days for the public to voice protest). <br />We are in the midst of the worst public safety crisis of modern times. Why on earth would you cut vital first <br />responding capability in the MIDST OF A PANDEMIC?!? Furthermore, the wild fires in the Bay Area are <br />increasing in scope and scale each year. Our firefighters and first responders are the MOST CRUCIAL civil <br />servants. <br />It is absolutely irresponsible for you council members to reduce public safety capability in these unprecedented <br />times. You were elected to represent the residents of Redwood City. Well, we made it clear with Measure RR that <br />public safety was our number one concern. So, do what you were elected to do; trim budgets with non-essential <br />services and scaling back bureaucratic costs. Keep Engine 9 protecting and saving the lives of your constituents. <br />Emphatically, <br />Heather Soto <br />