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Residents protest size and cost of proposed Mountain View public-safety complex; council cites emergency operations needs
Summary
Community members at the Jan. 27 meeting criticized planned spending on a new public-safety complex, arguing funds should go to housing, transportation safety and social services. Council members defended the project as a multi-agency emergency facility housing fire, dispatch and emergency operations in addition to police functions.
Several residents and virtual commenters used the Jan. 27 meeting to protest Mountain View's proposed public-safety complex (agenda item 4.7), calling the project's planned multi-year costs excessive and arguing the city should invest instead in housing, transportation safety and social services. Speakers cited preliminary figures presented in public comment and described the scale of the proposed program as far…
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