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From: Redwood City Firefighters To: Council -Diane Howard Subject: Responding to Our Call Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:04:37 PM Our Citizens, Our Community, Our Redwood City Family On Thursday October 22, Redwood City Firefighters were informed by the City Manager that in 4 days she would be presenting to the Redwood City Council a revised budget update for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. In that proposal, Your Redwood City Fire Department was asked to cut $2.05 million dollars from our budget and ultimately close down Engine 9. Feeling defeated, we instantly turned to our Community, City Council, and Leaders asking you to act in good consciousness, and answer our call for immediate help. To our citizens, our community, and our Redwood City FAMILY whom we have sworn to protect: THANK YOU! We are humbled by the selfless engagement you showed us over this past weekend. When we needed you most, you responded. And when we called, you answered. You responded with hundreds if not thousands of emails, phone calls, conversations, and public comments during the Council meeting; unquestioning love and support swept through entire neighborhoods. It was your dedication and commitment that laid the foundation for the actions taken at the Council meeting on Monday. To our City Council. To Mayor Diane Howard, Vice Mayor Shelly Masur, council members Giselle Hale, Alicia C. Aguirre, Janet Borgens, Diana Reddy, and Ian Bain. THANK YOU! We know you joined our members and residents in reaching out to the City Manager between Thursday and Monday, leading her to bring a new proposal to Council at the meeting which no longer called for the closure of Engine 9. We are grateful for the conversations you had with so many of us. You expressed support for the fire service, and you acknowledged that closing down the busiest engine in the City, let alone the County, especially during COVID-19 and fire season, would be unconscionable. And you backed those statements up with a unanimous vote of support. To all our residents that emailed Council about saving Engine 9, please email them once again and thank them for ensuring it remained open: council(a)redwoodcity.org