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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20 - - Public Comments - 6/1/2021From: MMM <marciemathieu@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 8:14 AM To: CITY CLERK Subject: City Council Comment Hello my name is Marcie Mathieu and I've been a resident of Costa Mesa for 26 years. I am emailing to comment on Item CC 10 and CC 11 that will be discussed this Tuesday. Especially item CC 10 I strongly oppose to spending that much money on new police vehicles. We should be putting that money towards programs that negate the need for more police force, not more cars to survey communities. I have lived in my neighborhood my whole life and have never needed police. We need programs to get unhoused people into motels and proper places to live not more police cars. I love Costa Mesa and I think it would be wiser monetarily to reduce the need for police then spend more and more money on enforcement. Thank you, Marcie From: HUYNH, NANCY Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:39 PM To: CITY CLERK Subject: FW: newport village apartments 635 WEST BAKER, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 Attachments: Hi.docx Hello I received the attached comment regarding PH-2 on tonight's agenda. If appropriate, please include with the public comments for this item. I will also ask the public commenter to submit their comment directly with City Clerk. Thanks, Nancy NANCY HUYNH Senior Planner Development Services I City of Costa Mesa (714) 754-5609 Costa esa "The City of Costa Mesa serves our residents, businesses and visitors while promoting a safe, inclusive, and vibrant community." Development Services staff are available to assist you Monday through Thursday and every other Friday, 8AM to 5PM. Please note: Until further notice, Costa Mesa City Hall is closed to the public in keeping with Governor Newsom's direction regarding COVID-19. The City will continue to provide service via telephone, email, and online services in order to follow the Governor's guidance and reduce the potential spread of COVID-19. We are experiencing a high volume of customer requests. Please allow 48 hours for a response. From: patricia thomas [mailto:thomaspatricia245@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:08 PM To: HUYNH, NANCY <NANCY.HUYNH@costamesaca.gov> Subject: newport village apartments 635 WEST BAKER, COSTA MESA, CA 92626 Hi, I don't know if I am sending this to the correct person but this is the contact info I was directed to. I live in the Newport Village Apartments within the city of Costa Mesa and I recently heard that the zoning in the area I live in is set to change to allow for the opening of medicinal and recreational sales and cultivation of marijuana. After talking with a couple of the neighbors and other community members we couldn't fathom this being anything other then a horrendous idea. One of the ladies we were talking to about it literally broke down in tears, one of her children is a recovering heroin user and the thought of the potential of a relapse trigger being so close to her front door was to much to bare. The more people we talked to as we were walking in our neighborhood the more bad things we kept getting told. One of the other members of the community was telling us about a relative they have whom lives down the street from a dispensary. After the dispensary opened up a bunch of drug dealers started to lurk and stay in the area throughout the day, it turns out they would be dealing weed all day. With easy access and unlimited supply, dealers were buying in bulk at the dispensaries and just going to the parks and targeting the kids because they couldn't afford to buy as big. One day a kid told one of the dealers they were going to tell their parents that they sell drugs at the park, the guy literally shot the kid point blank in the head. We even talked to some of the local businesses in the area, when we mentioned it to them the sentiments were the same with fears of drug addicted homeless people infesting the area with such easy access why leave. We have come to the consensus that we want to as a community petition against this idea. We haven't seen any public notices or received any information as residents of the zone about the potential change. None of us have really done any of this and we were wondering what the process to block the zone change would be.