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Public commenters urge council action on parks oversight, animal-welfare law, homelessness services and police investigations
Summary
During the citizen comment period, speakers raised concerns about parks governance and spending, described alleged animal-rescue abuse and asked the council to support Bill 1658, called for more services for people experiencing homelessness, and asked for follow-up on a family's inquiry into a death investigation.
Several members of the public addressed the Phoenix City Council during the April 23 citizen comment period on a range of community concerns, including parks oversight and spending, alleged animal-rescue abuse, homelessness services, and police investigative follow-up.
Parks oversight and spending: Steve Bridal and Jerry Van Gass urged the council to investigate the city's parks governance and accounting. Bridal said the city had "given up its abilities to control the parks" and described an independent parks body with unaccountable funds. Van Gass said the South Mountain renovation project, begun in February 2016 with a $23,000,000 appropriation, has spent "upwards of $15,000,000" and that the parks department had not produced contracts or environmental permits for several…
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