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Call this meeting to order at

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12:04 P.M. Clerk please call

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the roll. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

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I call to order a special

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meeting for the purpose of a

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closed session. We have a

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quorum of council members and

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chambers. There are three items

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on the agenda. Item one is

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public employee performance

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evaluation, government code,

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section 54957 b one title of

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City Clerk. Item two is threat

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to Public services or

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Facilities. Government code.

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Section 54957. A consultation

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with the Sacramento Police

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Department Chief of Police.

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Item three is conference with

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labor negotiators. Government

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Code section 54957.6 designated

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Representative Marcia Smith,

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Aaron Donato and Tim Davis

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employee organizations are.

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Sacramento Police Officers

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Association. I have one speaker

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for public comment, Wes Sams.

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Yeah. So please come speak. You

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wanted to speak. Absolutely. So

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you do have two minutes to

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address the council.

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>> Are they here?

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>> They are. Please proceed.

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>> My name is Wes Sams, and I'm

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the lead organizer of

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Sacramento's City of Trees

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Parade. We're a spectacular

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celebration of the diversity,

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art, music and culture of the

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Sacramento area. And we bring

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about 20,000 people each year

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to downtown and old Sacramento

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for our free parade. We're a

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small nonprofit of completely

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unpaid volunteers like myself,

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ever increasing and arbitrary

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fees from multiple city

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departments are making events

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like mine impossible, or

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forcing us to move to more

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supportive municipalities. The

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City of Festivals grant has not

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increased proportionately or at

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all. Alongside these increases,

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our city permit fee has

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increased from 1000 to $1776 in

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five years. Sac fire more than

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doubled our fees last year, and

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they're charging $600 now for

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sending them three emails. And

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we had to pay about $1,000 just

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for asking what a fire permit

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would cost, even though we

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never got an estimate and

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didn't go forward with the

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permit. Last year, sac pd

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increased our services bill

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from $9000 to $14,000 for the

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exact same parade route and

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timings. And I was just

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notified last week that pd is

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adding an hour of travel time.

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That's $122 per officer times

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22 officers for every job. That

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means we're going to be paying

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over $20,000 next year so that

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these guys can drive to work.

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These fees and increases are

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being imposed arbitrarily. I

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would argue, without public

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hearings and without City

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Council approval. As far as I

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can tell, events like ours are

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moving to Rancho Cordova and

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Elk Grove, where they offer

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city services and even

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additional cash help.

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Sacramento needs to roll back

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these egregious fees, reduce

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the services these departments

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require, restrain departments

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from arbitrarily imposing new

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fees, and greatly increase

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public funding to support

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events like mine. I ask you, do

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we want to be the City of Trees

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or the City of Fees? Do.

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>> Thank you for your comments.

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Your time is complete. Vice

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mayor. You MAY adjourn to

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closed session. Thank you.