HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence - Mangia ItalianoDear Madain Mayor and City Council Merilbera.
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Tue. 10/10/2017 1 attended CV city council meeting for the primary purpose of hearing the update oil Help A. I
decided not hospeak. Because what I need to say does not reflect a positive light oil eating or drinking on third
avenue arid could hurt customer" patronage.
So please forgive mefor using the back door to speak my concerns.
Your updated briefing was excellent arid does 'reflect apositive light onyour strong leadership with Hep Aand the
homeless. I know you are all sensitive to the horneless special needs when you make your- decisions and it shows,
Homeless population around ThivdAve, arid HepAare closely tied together- arid waall know that. VVemust keep
this virus fnnnleaping, 10the general Population like the common flu.
Therefore, the special needs of helping Third Ave, are tied together". We must consider business and the needs of
helping the homelctssakthe ummatime, every difficult juggle,
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Since many nonno ohytasks onTh�dAve. are assumed by�oo|business eoeodmdon,....A,YOU may not get a
normal report, homeless population has ustrong
presence oil Third Ave. and your staff can not repoil to you the specific struggles that we have here on 'Third Ave.
since itismaintained byTAVA.Your reports dnreflect that yOur issue ofHelp Aarid homelessare inthe two parks
that frameThird Ave. which clearly reflects what |amtrying hosay Uzyou.
| will try humake this brief and direct:
Dr. Wooten testified to you that:
Hep. A is spread by eating and or drinking in a contarninated are / therefore the biggest transfer
of 1--lep A is happening in.
Shared Kitchens
Shared Bedrooms
Shared Ba|hroomn
8h�inedneedles (managed and disposed ofbyT7VVA)
'I"he homeless Kitchens, Bedrooms and Bathrooms are on the streets of the Third Ave, area every day. |heve
witnessed it and seen the extreme efforts of'TAVA to keep it from being visible.
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The homeless donot share Kitchens, Bedrooms or Bathrooms with our local
restaurants, but they do with the food trucks.
I know you.are getting ready to vote oil Food Trucks in Chula Vista, and I will be honest I do not like them just
becau4eUheyananotgoodneighbora.theyanenotstakeho|dem.Uhnyanenotinvestedwhemtheydobuyiness
arid tend tobreak the m|eeand laws, And they can because noone imenforcing Uhem,
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I only say that for tot,al transparency: This whole e-rnail is just to ask you to table the Food Truck decision until
after the Help Athreat is gone.
Third Ave. Businesses are primarily Food and Beverage The Hep Aoutbreak threatens Our businesses and one
food truck owner gets or spreads Hep A, all restaurants and bars are threatened in Chula Vista , not to mention the
4% of people who die from it.
| can give you many reasons why food trucks are not safe right now, But | will give you just mne-ifyouanaonthe
fence and need tosee hfor yourself gofind afood truck and watch. There iaonly one worker, maybe
two! Thenafore, the person taking your money ia also preparing the food, Did the person making the food, mmeh
under hot water for 20seconds every time before touching yood? Dr. Wooten testified that contamination can last 15
to5Ddays. DnYou know who handled Your money inthe last 5Odays? Dnyou know who handled the money they
got from someone else inthe last 50days?
Please donot discuss this inthe general population, |donot wish for the general population 10treat uslike aleprosy
colony and stay away from our area, just help usmake bsafer mndgivetha|oom|restaunantsandhacsthe
opportunity to vaccinate, educate and sanitize without having a person with no investment or stake in our area to
threaten M.
Thank you,