2020-07-15 City Council Item No. 7 Public Comment - Lopez Regular MEETING - Additional Meeting Materials1
Sarah Manwaring
From:Jane Lopez <JANELOPEZ001@msn.com>
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Good Eveneing
Here is my comments and some questions I hope can be answered or addressed in your meeting tonight and in advance
thank you for your time.
Comment: I have lived and worked in sun city for over 20 plus years. I seen it when we had 30,000 and I have seen all
the growth and population increase and I am all for this growth. What I have a concern about is the decisions the City
sometimes makes for our town..
Question #1: Why did Donna Burks initiate the removal of the Salivation truck behind Vons? That truck has been there
for decades at least the 20 yrs I have been in business there because they would take donations weekly from my
business and that is how long I have been in Business.
They provided a service to our community and surrounding city’s. There was a person in the trailer accepting donations
from 8 am until 5pm. He swept and cleaned the area, he also watched out for our seniors to make sure nothing was
happening in or around his trailer. This provided a place for families and citizens to take un wanted items that 83% of
whatever is made goes to helping the needy and homeless and drug rehabilitation centers to get people off drugs. I
spoke to my contact at salivation army and they are very concerned because that truck produced a lot of income and
support to others.
I know that Ms. Burks said it brought in the homeless but I do not agree if there was a mess left from when they were
closed that next morning it would be cleaned up, but not like the mess from the homeless being left behind medicom.
Question #2: I need to know what your plan is for the homeless/Mentally ill/Drug abuse situation in Sun City that has
only increasingly gotten worse. I have contact with the past Sheriff in charge of the homeless task force He did
absolutely nothing, I have had a meeting with council member Sorbek she seemed to care but again no movement, I
have had meeting with park rangers and they told me they would have the rangers take their lunch over here but no
that did not happen either I have called police put my safety at risk and now it is your turn. I have 20 glass windows in
my store and I see a lot that goes on. I can tell you I may see a police car once a week unless they are at Gracie’s to get a
sandwich. I have never seen anyone talking to the homeless that surround this community, I have never had one
Homeless task member come talk to our businesses. I had to have police come out because one of the homeless had
threntened me and after calling 911 and waiting 3 ½ hrs for them to respond the person was gone but the other
homeless were still there behind medicom my question to the officer was were you aware of the homeless camping out
here and he said no so my comment is WHY do you even come in this part of town? They have been there for weeks so
why do you not know about this? So the end result was they talked to them and that was it except now they can identify
me and when later that night I drove out they all waved so Either myself will be hurt or someone else. the trash is all still
there the dumpster is over flowing with their garbage and no one coming to pick it up where is code enforcement they
removed the salivation army but we leave them to urinate leave trash use businesses shopping carts that have a value of
$250 per cart I know I had to buy them.
You had Abraham taking off his cloths in the parking lot last week and taking a dump right there. You had a black person
sitting on my vehicle for hours all doped up and than woke up and took a pee right there that I had to clean up, I find
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needles, trash urine and the other that I have to clean up with a virus going on. With all restaurants closed where are
they going to the bathroom? Maybe you need to put some porta potties out there.
I do not have time to proof ready so if I messed up somewhere I apologize in advance
Greg August where are you? It is time to take a stand
Thank You for your time
Jane