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President’s Message continued

On a related subject, I have gotten a few inquiries on when it doesn’t matter as much when it’s somebody else’s money.
the license plate readers (LPRs) will be installed and where Eventually, Flock authorized the additional expense, but the
they will be. Board member Bob Mayo has been running point delay was frustrating for us, as once again, we are paying
on this. The vendor, Flock Safety, has had difficulty getting for something to make our neighborhood safer we believe the
permits from the City. This has been going on for nearly two City should be paying for.
years. I was going to share emails between Flock, City staff, We also asked City to provide matching funding for the LPRs.
the Commissioner’s office, Bob and me but thought better of The Police Department is a strong advocate of LPRs, which
it. Suffice to say we are extremely frustrated. In a nutshell, the they view as an extremely effective tool for investigating and
City first asked for very expensive ground penetrating radar solving crimes. The City said it would pay up to $1200 per
(GPR) to locate any underground facilities before issuing year for electricity, but the cameras are solar powered. We
the permits for the LPRs. This is highly unusual. The normal asked if the City would reimburse us the same amount toward
practice is to call 811 in pretty much any other jurisdiction. the camera lease but have yet to receive a response.
Every utility will come out and mark the location of any
facilities they have in the location in question. If any potential 2025 Board Meetings. Remaining Board meeting dates for
conflicts are identified, only then would further subsurface 2025 are:
investigation be warranted. That would be prohibitively • Wednesday, September 10, 2025
expensive. After months, the City backed off and said they
would require soft digs, which is less expensive than the GPR, • Wednesday, November 12, 2025
but still unnecessary unless conflicts are identified. We asked All meetings, including the Annual meeting, are held at Christ
if the City’s holds itself to the same standard when they install Church, 4845 NE 25th Avenue at 6 pm.
a stop sign or street sign and never got an answer. Apparently Have a great summer!

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