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From: <br />To: GRP -City Council <br />Subject: CC meeting tonight—comments for Items 7A, 7b, 8a <br />Date: Monday, January 25, 20214:09:13 PM <br />CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when <br />opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. <br />Dear City Council Members, <br />I am writing in advance of tonight's city council meeting and wish to register my sentiments <br />about the above agenda items as follows: <br />Item 7A: While I applaud the City's attempt to get a Mental Health Crisis Response Team <br />together, many residents, including myself, would prefer that we have a separate team of <br />trained staff for this program. Secondly, because the program would still involve embedded <br />police participation, I'm concerned about escalation that would result in the sort of tragic <br />outcome we've already had. <br />Item 7B: Many RWC residents have advocated for a separate Equity Commission for our City. <br />This proposal appears to include two current members of the city council and no oversight <br />committee—lacking investigatory/subpoena/disciplinary power. A commission without teeth <br />is not worth the trouble. <br />Item 8A: My reservations about the Sequoia Station development plan rests largely on the <br />absence of any good plan for housing. We cannot expand office space without providing <br />commensurate housing and other infrastructure. As it is, too many of our residents are facing <br />homelessness and hunger as a result of the pandemic and rising living costs. <br />Thank you for your attention to these objections. <br />Sincerely, <br />Samantha Rajaram, District 6 <br />