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Residents urge help for Rose Park business and oppose automated surveillance in grant-funded projects
Summary
During the public hearing on grant items, a Rose Park resident asked the council to help a neighborhood business affected by loitering near a nearby shelter; another District 5 resident urged the council to oppose any grant that includes automated surveillance technology and questioned police funding levels.
Margaret Holloway, a Rose Park resident, told the council that Sutherland's store on North Temple has suffered repeated incidents including trashing, loitering and panhandling since a nearby shelter opened. "Ever since they opened up the Road Home shelter... Sutherland's has been hit at 04:00 in the afternoon," she said, and asked the council to reach out to the business and neighborhood to help mitigate impacts during redevelopment work on North Temple.
Olive Peterson Jacoby, who identified herself as living in District 5, urged the council to oppose any grant that includes automated surveillance or tracking technologies — explicitly naming concerns about the proposed pedestrian detection technology. "I don't think it's worth it in the 1st place," Jacoby said of such technologies, adding that effectiveness often falls short in low lighting and that third-party management raises transparency and guardrail concerns. She also questioned continued increases in police funding and asked for clearer public GRAMA access to grant materials.
