South Hills council meeting notes

Hi fellow villagers. I attended the South Hills meeting and continue to learn a tremendous amount about the city. If anyone has any questions or comments let me know. Have a great week!

SouthHills-6PM

South Hills Council-Jacque

30 people in attendance

Michael - From Treva’s office

Officer Vasquez dial in

Murder on Skyline

8 Robbies

24 Burglary

17 Stolen cars

Skyline project-Right at the end of Grass Valley

Boulders are being put up to block cars from parking

No parking on the access road-South Skyline right before Grass Valley Rd

I asked:

911 system fortification

They (Michael/Officer Vasquez) have no idea of the system upgrade

Criminal gangs and stolen cars

Gangs are stashing cars throughout Oakland, using them in robberies

#1 discussion-Golf Links repair update

Westbound lane closure due to slide in January

Estimating another 9 months of work. Oak DOT is waiting on approval from the Army Corp of Engineers due to the roads location on Arroyo Viejo

Very poor communication from the city and neighbors were very upset at this

#2 Cameras update

300 Cameras for all of Oakland (20 movable for D6/D7)

Cameras to be deployed based on crime data

I asked about the integrations to other systems, no one could answer

No ingteagrations to current OPD systems

# 3 -98th 580 freeway work

Small complaints from Neighbors

# 4 Grant not being received

Grant not received due to error

Standard city response

Multiple people asked questions (Who owned this etc)

It was communicated horribly. It was apparent to me that they are using their canned responses and not answering any more detailed questions.

#5 safety agency task forces

Cross coalition team of multiple municipalities (state, local and federal) to work together to reduce crime

It was very interesting to attend and hear about how the inner workings happen. In my humble opinion, there is a lack of understanding at the leadership level of how to integrate different systems. This is leading to some huge holes in services to residents. I, along with many other residents, were very vocal. Specifically around the cameras and the loss of the grant money.

The cameras have a $1M grant coming from the state to pay for them. The challenge is that Oakland doesn’t have a signed contract with an LDR (license plate data reader) software company. They are incapable of doing anything with the cameras until that is complete.

I will keep everyone updated on my next post, before the end of the year.

Next steps and interactions with Oakland:

1.) Working with Jacque (runs the South Hills Council) to manage the red tape at city hall regarding the camera integration (she worked for the CIty for 30 years)

2.) Call with Treva to move some of these things to the forefront.