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Residents urge action on neighborhood crime, praise Fujimoto legacy and call for river stewardship
Summary
During open forum residents urged the city to investigate an alleged theft ring, praised the legacy of Saigo Fujimoto ahead of a park naming, urged better maintenance at Happy Hollow and proposed volunteer removals of invasive fish in local rivers.
During the meeting’s open forum, members of the public raised several community concerns and recognitions.
A resident asked the city to investigate an alleged, long‑running theft ring targeting local businesses and residents and said the police department had been unwilling to investigate despite multiple reports; city staff asked the speaker to provide contact information so staff could follow up.
Family members and former colleagues of Saigo Fujimoto spoke in support of a staff recommendation to name a park in his honor, recounting his decades of public service in parks and horticulture and the family’s gratitude. Other speakers urged the city to preserve and maintain Happy Hollow Park and to support volunteer efforts to remove invasive largemouth bass from the Guadalupe River and other waterways to protect native fish.
