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Good evening for those with us in the council chamber and waiting on zoom at home. The city council is currently in closed session and we will begin the meeting as soon as they conclude in closed session and join us at the dyes. Thank you.

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Good evening for those joining us on zoom. The city council is currently recessed in closed session. The meeting will begin as soon as they return to the dyes. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your patience, everyone. We are returning to close out our special city council meeting. We do have a report out on item E1, Mr. City Attorney. Can you provide that, please? On item E1, vice mayor Pearson made a motion to spend staff time and attention on the proposed transfer of property located at 6691 Lone Tree Way to work with Contra Costa County Fire Protection District to negotiate price in terms of proposed transfer and

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to authorize staff to enter into the development application review process.

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Second on that motion was Council Member Beloni, the vote Mayor Meyer, yes.

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Vice Mayor Pearson, yes Council Member Maloney, yes.

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Council member Mendoza, yes, and Council Member Orleman's, yes.

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Thank you.

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On items E2 and E3 we have nothing to report out.

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Can I get a motion to adjourn the special city council meeting?

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So moved.

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Second.

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Can I get a roll call vote, please?

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Council Member Maloney.

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Yes.

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Vice Mayor Pearson.

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Yes.

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Council Member Mendoza.

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Yes.

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Council Member Orleman.

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Yes.

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Mayor Meyer.

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Yes.

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Special Council Meeting is adjourned.

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We're moving into the regular City Council Meeting.

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Again, thank you for your patience as we worked through our agenda items.

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We have a quorum if we could begin with a roll call, please.

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Council Member Maloney.

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Present.

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Vice Mayor Pearson.

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Here.

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Council Member Mendoza here. Council Member Orlemans here. Mayor Mayer here. Before we move into the pledge of legions tonight

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I would like to take a moment to recognize this week marks 25 years since the attacks of September 11th, 2001

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As a community we pause to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day on of the courage and service of the first responders and ordinary citizens

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who rushed to help and reflect on the families and communities whose lives were forever changed. I invite everyone to join us in a moment of silent and

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reflection.

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And please join us in the pledge allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic of

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the United States of the United States of the United States of America.

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We are going to start with a presentation item C1. I would like to welcome Nola Woods, public

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affairs director with the contra-cost and mosquito and vector control district through the podium

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for tonight's first presentation.

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You can move the podium down, too, if there's a black

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button on the on the top yeah.

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There we go. Oh thank you so much.

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Well I want to thank you very

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very much for inviting me here this evening. It means a lot to the district and I appreciate

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the opportunity to share about our public health agency with you.

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As a public health agency we provide

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public health services to reduce the risk of mosquitoes including providing mosquito eating fish for

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people who have an appropriate amount of standing water like a horse trough or a decorative

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pond or a large fountain or even an un-maintained swimming pool can be appropriate for mosquito

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eating fish because they eat the young mosquitoes as they develop in the water.

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We provide public health services for rats and mice, skunks, ticks, underground yellow jackets

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specifically, and education, confirmation that they are honeybees and education for honeybees

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which is a more recent service that we added, because there are some residents in

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Contra Costa County who think every yellow and black bug is a B. And so, when we would

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go out, sometimes they were ground nesting yellow jackets, and sometimes they were

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honey bees, so we did adopt that particular service.

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So the district is funded through property taxes and benefit assessment, so when a Contra

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Costa County resident requests one of our district public health services, there's no additional

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charge for that district service. And taking a look at the numbers of service

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requests in the last 12 months here in Brentwood, we received 93 requests for

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mosquito service, 19 for mosquito fish, 22 for rats and mice, 23 for skunks,

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three for ticks, two for ground nesting yellow jackets, and none for bees from

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or wood.

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But the primary reason that I am here this evening is to talk about the, make sure that you are aware about the fact that last month, just a couple of weeks ago, actually, the district found the non-native invasive 80s adipto mosquito here in Brentwood. This is not one of the 23 Native mosquito species that we already have in Contra Costa County. This is an invasive non-native mosquito.

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that district employees have been trying very hard to control.

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We have found these three years in a row over in Antioch,

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and we received a request from a member of the public for mosquito service,

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and it turned out that it was this particular dangerous mosquito.

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It's particularly dangerous, and I say that in all truth,

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because this is a mosquito that can transmit the viruses that cause

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Dengue Fever, Zika, Yellow Fever, and Chicken Ganya from person to person.

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And we are seeing local transmission in Southern California right now.

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We are working very hard to prevent that from happening up here, but it is a truth with

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this mosquito.

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As I mentioned, in August, we received a request for mosquito service from Brentwood resident.

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And frankly, the more places that we've been trapping the more we've found of these mosquitos,

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the key thing that we want people to know that this is a daytime-biting mosquito.

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This is not your West Nile mosquitoes that bite in the morning and in the evening.

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This is right in the middle of the day and often below the knee, these mosquitos will bite.

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This map that you're seeing right here is right after we found these, this was the larval mosquito control areas that we focused on trying to stop these mosquitoes when they were young and developing in the water.

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But as I mentioned, as we continue to trap, we're finding more of them.

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The main thing, as I mentioned earlier, that makes this particularly dangerous, are

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the diseases it can spread and the fact that it can spread them from person to person.

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One of the things that most people in Contra Costa County are very aware of is West Nile

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Virus.

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Well, West Nile Virus is something that humans are not able to make enough of the virus that

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another mosquito cannot, if a mosquito bit me, if I had West Nile virus, and a mosquito

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bit me, that mosquito would not become infected and could go bite someone else and take it

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to them. It's impossible. Humans are considered a dead end host. That's why this mosquito is

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a game changer because they can transmit if someone travels and comes home with a dengue

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fever. If one of those mosquitoes bites that person, it could bite another person and

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and infect them with Denge fever.

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So it's incredibly important for folks to number one,

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dump out any amount of standing water

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on their properties each week.

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And call us, contact the district

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if they're being bitten by daybiting mosquitoes.

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That's why two things that we're asking here today

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is, as I mentioned, to dump out standing water,

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we are going door to door to meet with folks.

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We've sent out postcards, letting folks know that we are coming to check front and back yards

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to dump out any amount of standing water they have on their property, because if you dump out

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the water because all mosquitoes have to develop from eggs to adult in water, that removes the place

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where these mosquitoes can grow. The second thing that I would like to mention is when we find

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And these mosquitoes, when we have information to share, I would really appreciate it if

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I could partner perhaps with your public information people here in Brentwood to share the

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information that they could maybe share and get to a larger audience here in Brentwood

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would be incredibly important to our public health agency.

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So that is the bottom line for me, is that collaboration because when we share information

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on a new area where we found it.

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We want to make sure people know.

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We want to make sure they're wearing their repellent.

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And one of the things that people have mentioned to me lately at events that I've been working

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is someone will say, I'm out with my family, and I'm being eaten alive by mosquitoes, but my husband isn't.

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And that is, as a public health agency, we want people to understand

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the husband's getting bitten just as much as the wife is.

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The husband's allergy level is lower, and he may not realize.

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So if you are going out and you find, you know, particularly we said for a long time

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if you're going to be out in the evening where you're repellent, now we know because of

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these mosquitoes it's really important to where you're repellent if you're going to be out

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even during the daytime because of these dangerous mosquitoes.

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And those are messages that we would love to be able to share with your public information

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people to share with more people here in Brentwood.

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I greatly appreciate the time you've given me

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tonight, and I'm happy to answer any questions if you have any questions. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

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Yes, a lot of a substantial number of residents have pools. Is there anything we should be concerned

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about, or would the chemicals involved in the pools repel the larva from reproducing?

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That's an excellent question.

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Thank you so much for asking it.

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A well-maintained swimming pool that is chlorinated and taken care of is not going to produce mosquitoes.

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One place where folks do want to be sure to check just in cases in their filter area.

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Sometimes that water doesn't get as much of the chemical treatment and there can be potential larva there.

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But 9.9 times out of 10 maintaining your swimming pool is the best thing you can do to prevent mosquitoes if you have a swimming pool.

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Conversely, if there is an unmaintained swimming pool, definitely let the district know.

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Under on our website where it says I want to, you can request service under that on our

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Contra Costa mosquito.gov website and the unmaintained swimming pools can actually be reported

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to us anonymously so that the reporter doesn't have to be outed if it were as it were.

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Are pool companies aware that they should be checking the filters?

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It's something that we have been communicating to pool companies really since the great recession

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when so many pools were left behind.

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It's been quite a while since that, and so I think that does bear catching up with them

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and reminding them to make sure they check not only the pool but the filters as well.

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Thank you. Other questions?

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And Terence, can we make sure that we're working with them as far as the outreach?

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Yes.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you very much.

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Moving into item C2, Theresa Fairbanks, interim human resources director, will lead the

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presentation on new employee introductions.

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Great.

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Thank you.

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Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of City Council, staff and residents of Brentwood.

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Tonight we get to officially welcome some very amazing and talented individuals who have joined

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our city over the last four months.

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As a city, we strive to be an employer of choice, a place where people can build meaningful

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careers, create long and lasting relationships, and do work that truly matters.

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We know that these new hires had other opportunities, and we want to extend a sincere thank you

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for choosing us, and for choosing to dedicate their talents to our community.

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To celebrate this milestone, our department directors have worked together with Weblative

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to create a video that we will share to introduce our new hires and formally welcome them to

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the Brentwood family. I do ask at the end of the video those employees that are here we would like

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to have you stand up so we can acknowledge you.

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I'm very pleased to introduce Amy Tilly as our new

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senior management analyst in the Economic Development Division. Amy is a native San Diegan, a former

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college volleyball player and is proudly called Brentwood Home for the past 10 years. Her two daughters

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have also grown to love everything about being part of the Brentwood community.

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Amy is likely to be a familiar face to many in Brentwood. She brings nearly 20 years of

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experience in business development and strategy, marketing, and community engagement.

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She also served as the first ever executive director of the downtown Brentwood Coalition.

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As Rotarian, she believes strongly in the motto, Service Above Self, and she's excited to bring that

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same spirit to the city of Brentwood. Fun fact about Amy, she loves collecting

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very old novels and hopes to write children's books someday. The engineering

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department is happy to introduce two new employees to our now fully staffed

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department. The first is Moniche Sen, her new engineering manager.

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Previous to joining Brentwood, Moniche was a senior traffic engineer for over 20

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years with Contra Costa County and worked in the private sector before that.

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As a fun fact, Moniche prize himself as a history buff and delivers high praise for the

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new Odyssey movie written and directed by Christopher Nolan.

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We're excited to have Moniche join the team and bring his unique county experience and

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knowledge towards managing and delivering projects identified in our capital improvement program.

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The second new addition to the department is Linda Sendik, our new administrative assistant

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one.

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Before joining the city, Linda was and continues to be a full-time mom raising five children.

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Prior to that, she worked for PG&E where she provided administrative support to their field crews.

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A fun fact about Linda is that she actually discovered Brentwood by accident.

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While driving from San Jose to Tracy with her husband to look for a new place to raise their family,

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they got a little turned around and ended up finding Brentwood.

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The immediately fell in love with the community and the schools made an offer on a home near

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sunset park and a rest as they say is history. We're excited to have Linda join the team and bring

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her experience, energy, and unique connection to the Brentwood community to the department.

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Human resources is excited to announce the selection and hiring of Fran Cadero as our administrative

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of the assistant one.

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Brand has been working with the Human Resources Department in a limited service capacity since

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August of 2025 but was recently selected to fill the position officially July 16th of

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this year.

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Brands' background includes 20 plus years of experience in human resources that include

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employee benefits, investigations, and drug screenings.

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In addition, she has seven years of experience in business development, marketing, and event planning,

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and over 15 plus years of community service and volunteer work.

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A Fran Kunt fact is that she is part of the leadership team of Brentwood Strong,

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where serving the community and creating meaningful impact is a heart of their mission.

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One of her favorite initiatives is the annual adopt a senior program proudly

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partnering with the City of Brentwood and countless volunteers. They are able

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to make a significant difference for seniors in need ensuring they feel

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supported, remembered, and celebrated during the holiday season. It is my pleasure

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to introduce Michelle McGarell, a new deputy city attorney in the City

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science from University of California, Berkeley, and a JD from the University of San Francisco

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School of Law. Michelle comes to Bramwood with experience in municipal law and public service,

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most recently serving as Deputy City Attorney for the City of East Palo Alto. Michelle's legal

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background also includes service as a Deputy Attorney General that the California Department of Justice

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this as well as private practice.

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A fun fact, Michelle is an avid reader who is almost always

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in the middle of a good book.

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Michelle also enjoys traveling.

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Officer Ayakopo, Jake Sayumalo,

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started his law enforcement career

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with the Piedmont Police Department in February of 2019,

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enjoying the Brentwood Police Department in June of 2026

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and we are thrilled to have him.

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Prior to law enforcement, Officer Sayumalo,

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served in the military, Army Reserves,

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and then the National Guard is originally from Hawaii,

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and he speaks Samoan. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, outdoor activities,

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and a fun fact about Officer Sayumalo is he has five sisters and is the only son. Congratulations,

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Officer Sayumalo. Juan Fieros comes to the city of Brentwood with over 17 years of commercial driver

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and heavy equipment operator experience. With three of those years specializing in the solid waste

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industry from Silicon Valley to San Joaquin Valley.

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Juan grew up in Oakland, California

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and is the second youngest of six siblings.

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He has been a resident of Tracy for over 20 years

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and enjoys cooking and camping with his family and friends.

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He also enjoys coaching his children on the sports teams

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and tending to his guard.

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Do we have any of our new employees here that we can acknowledge?

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Thank you Teresa. Moving into public comments,

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The public comment time for tonight's items will be two minutes each to ensure that all

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speakers feel welcome to share their views.

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Members,

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Members of the audience are kindly requested to refrain from applauding or speaking to the council from the audience without being called upon first. In addition, in order to maintain decorum and ensure that no one's site is obstructed, public commenters are reminded to not approach the dyes. Thank you.

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At this time, the public is permitted to address the city council and items that are not only agenda items listed under informational reports are on the consent calendar and requests for future agenda items, new requests. Comments for tonight's detailed agenda items or business items should be

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be made when those items are called, please limit your remarks to two minutes.

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The first speakers I have is Atarv, followed by Aroh, followed by Danny.

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Grieving mayor and council members, Amantarv, Bansal, a proud resident of the city of Bramwood

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and a volunteer of Hindu Swimsilixong.

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I'm pleased to share a community service initiative undertaken by volunteers of the Hindu Swimsilixong

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or HSS. As part of the backpack civil, also known as the Vid Devon Campaign, HSS volunteers

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came together to support BUSD with 50 plus school students in our community and 105

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students across country across the county by providing backpacks filled with essential

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school supplies. Each backpack included composition notebooks, pencils, pens, erasers, sharpies,

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pencil cases, geometry boxes, posted notes, and other educational supplies, essential

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the having productive learning. The Backpacked Saeva is a national community service initiative

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of HSS USA through which volunteers across the country collect and donate school supplies

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to help students begin the academic year prepared and confident. This effort reflects the values

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of Saeva or selfless service and best of their curriculum become. The world is one family.

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It has a wonderful example of community members coming together to support local students

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and invest in their education feature.

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We are grateful to all the HSS volunteers and donors who generously contributed their

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time and resources to make this initiative possible.

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I would also like to briefly introduce another initiative, Universal Oneness, which carries

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forward the similar values of community, compassion, and togetherness.

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We will be sharing more details about this initiative with the City Council via email.

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Thank you for the opportunity to recognize this meaningful act of service in our community.

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All right, good evening, Madam Mayor and members of the City Council.

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My name is Aura Rengen, and I'm here to provide a brief update on the, on the Bromwood Youth

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Commission's September meeting.

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So this month, the Youth Commission focused heavily on preparing and assigning members and

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commissioners for our events and to assigning adhocs for each event.

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So, on the following events, we assigned ad hoc to the following events, our youth-friendly

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business, the multicultural fair, the craftmite-beforest, Christmas, the career fair, and the

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STEM fair.

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The commissioners have now been assigned to these projects, so that planning can begin

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early, and we can continue throughout the year.

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Looking further ahead, we have began preparing for the hometown Halloween event in October.

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This will be another opportunity for us to directly engage with the youth of Brentwood

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and their parents, and to share what the youth commission does and the

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opportunities that the Youth Commission provides,

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along with some fundraising.

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We have decided on a very nostalgic theme

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that we are very excited to share,

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though it is a surprise for now.

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Finally, we have discussed new methods of fundraising

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for our Brownwood Youth Commission scholarships

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and other events, so we can strive

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to continue supporting students of Brownwood,

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and we are looking for ways to raise more funds

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for even bigger scholarships this year.

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Overall, our September meeting was focused

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on getting our committee's ready,

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I'm preparing for upcoming community events, setting the foundation for the Youth Commission's work throughout the 2026-2027 term.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the City Council, and that concludes my update. Thank you.

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Reminder, please, for speakers that the black button on the top of the podium will raise it or lower it.

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And please make sure that the microphone is close to your mouth so people at home can hear and the recording is picked up.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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Okay. Well, I'm going to be doing a little free ball in the night. I mean, freestyle

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in.

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Oh, man. Well, I say it in Jess, but it's not a funny subject. And it has to do

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with one of your agenda items tonight. And I'm not speaking upon that. But I will speak

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upon the shenanigans the dog and pony show call it what you will at the last county meeting

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between who I lovingly call the mighty munchkin aka supervisor dianne Burgess and our esteemed

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assistant chief who's here tonight and when I say dog and pony show it is really out of the

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same playbook they used for station 92. Playing the council,

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playing the planning commission,

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playing constituents, bring in folks, or convince folks that it is not their fault.

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Now you folks came out and said that you were going to go through the whole process of selling the land. That's a beautiful thing.

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But I'd like to remind those out there that that was always on the table, but they wanted station 92.

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They made up excuses all over the place why they couldn't use loan tree.

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But now all of a sudden, it's why can't we use this?

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Why are you guys holding us up and blaming us for the delays of Station 92?

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It's ridiculous. I have it on tape. Look me up on Facebook.

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The next speakers I have is Roger, followed by Rudy, followed by Rich.

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Roger, would you prefer a microphone handheld?

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thank you all very much. I've got a lot of people to thank tonight. First of all, I want to thank Amanda for putting up with me. She's done a great job. I want to thank Lindsay Pennell at Park and Recreation Department and Officer Ballinger at the PD for working diligently on the project to have the community outreach offer.

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officer come to the senior center.

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Secondly, I like to thank the following people working on a project involving Shea Holmes

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who cable locked a real estate sign to the traffic and pedestrian crossing pole at Grant

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and Sunset here in Brentwood.

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The incident report number in case you want to look it up is 2609050105.

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The non-versity operator was 670, Officer Deacon's took it, and did an excellent job on it.

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It has been forward to Ariel at the Community Enhancement.

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I'd like to thank them for their timely and professional handling in this case.

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And I must not fail to recognize the efforts of the Bremen Police Department's records provision.

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Bremen works when all partners work together.

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Hopefully, Shea Homes will be a good corporate partner and advertise responsibly and not cutting off pedestrian accessibility and handi-gap accessibility on the crosswalks.

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So hopefully they'll get that together.

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Again, I want to thank the City Council, I want to thank the City staff, and I'm going

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to stop now and let someone else come up here and speak.

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Thank you.

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Next speakers are Rudy, followed by Rich, followed by Paul.

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Good evening.

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Last Council meeting, Roger, who just left the podium, reported to the City Council that

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that those sitting your citizens were afraid of calling the police or any reason because

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of what happened to my wife who died in police custody.

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The officers involved were never taken off of work until a investigation would be performed.

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I don't even believe there was one performed.

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the citizens maybe they should have, they probably do have a valid reason to be afraid because the city chief and the two officers are still working.

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You would think that they would want to wait until an investigation was done to see if things were done properly, they were not.

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And now he's the police chief,

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he doesn't seem to be a good leader.

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You would think that he would be concerned about having two people already die while he's

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been in charge.

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Nobody's ever held responsible.

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The two officers that involved Peachman and Tejia, whatever her name might be, they're

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still working.

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what happens if they heard another person you didn't resolve the first one what

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happens if they heard somebody else chief what are you guys gonna do then it's

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gonna cost you guys money you know that we know that we were hoping somebody would

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be decent enough to listen and talk with us but that's been all silent I feel

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I'm sorry for the citizens of Brentwood.

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My name is Rich Romeras.

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I'm the son of Rudy and Yolanda Romeras.

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My mom was killed by Aaron Peachman of the Brentwood Police Department.

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And to the best of my knowledge, he has not been disciplined,

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along with Danielle Tejia.

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Let's look at the totality of the facts.

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The arrest was on a premise of a citizen's arrest.

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In order for that to happen, he was not present to witness an alleged

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copy mug break of $12. He needed the accuser to sign paperwork. He arrested my mom and never

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obtained that. When he arrested my mom, he told her she was impeding an investigation of a crime,

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but yet did not list the crime, did not tell her that. He used aggressive arrest tactics when he

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He arrested her, handcuffed her, she was in pain screaming,

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forces her into the car,

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hitting her head not once but twice, leaving her in the prone position and leaving her

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unattended for over 20 minutes.

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And then when the paramedics come, he fails, he deliberately fails to mention that he, that

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she hit her head.

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So this is, I

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don't have no words to say about what's going on with this.

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their family here.

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We're getting no support from the leaders here. You think that's that

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he followed policy and procedure. He's a woman abuser, an elder abuser, and a flat out

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liar. He lied at the corner's inquest that he did not see my mom hit her head. He's not

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blind. He's not deaf. She cried in pain. And then he lied.

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The speaker's timer has expired.

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September 26th is when Yolanda Ramirez was killed by officer

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impeachment over a minor dispute, a domestic dispute. She should be here today. I was a retired

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federal investigator with the US Primary Labor Wage Hour Division. I know about investigations

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I know about how you build a case and when the family came again, she died on September 26th was taken off of life support six days later.

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We got here the first city council meeting November 12th and there had been no action by the chief, by the officers, a report came out and it was full of lies.

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November 12th the family came here and we told them well what are you doing the very next

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Today, November 13th, a van bloat, a bread with policemen, and detectives get out and start interviewing witnesses. And there were six witnesses that saw everything.

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And in their interview statements, they said it was, she was brutalized. The 72 year old, not more than five feet one is dead. A missing grandmother, a missing wife of 50,

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plus years.

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And for what?

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This family had made sure that justice is going to happen.

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We have a coroner's inquest that came out that changed the cause of death. We have

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the DA currently doing a criminal investigation of the Brentwood PD and the department. That's

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what the family has done. The City of Brentwood, the City Council, the leaders have done nothing.

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next speakers are Becky, followed by Kiko, followed by Sandy.

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Whoever's idea was to show us an edited footage of my mom in the back of the police car

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should be ashamed.

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Watching what happened to her at the inquest was a way more gut wrenching than devastating

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that I could have ever imagined.

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And she asked Siri to call my dad, not once, not twice, but three separate times.

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And anytime I think of her, the first images I see are her in the back of that police

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car.

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It's hard to bring up the happy memories when all I see is just her suffering in the back

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there.

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We teach our kids that there's consequences to their actions when they have a lack

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When you work, you learn that there are consequences to your actions and having a laugh in judgment.

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Officer Peachman and Tijia, they had a complete lack of judgment in handling my mom.

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She did not deserve to be treated the way she was.

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And yet there have been no consequences to their actions.

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No consequences. They are still out on patrol.

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How is the community supposed to feel safe?

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You can claim all you want that it won't happen.

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We thought this would never happen.

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Never in a million years that it would happen to my mom.

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And unfortunately, here we are.

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So, again, if you want to teach your kids that there's consequences to their actions,

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to let them know that there's right from wrong.

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and if they do something where their lack of judgment just went haywire then

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you need to show that and discipline these officers.

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Hi my name is Kiko, I'm Yolanda and Rudy's son I used to be proud to say I was

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from Brentwood today because of the actions of the police department and the

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silence of the council, I feel very differently.

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My family's roots run deep here.

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My mother Yolanda worked for Contra Costa County Health Services for years.

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My grandmother, mother-in-law, and father all served our local school system.

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My dad Rudy was even honored right here by this city with a plaque for a service in Vietnam.

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We are Brentwood.

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You constantly talk about community, but when this community actually needs you to step up,

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All we get is silence.

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You claim the officer's followed protocol.

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I want to ask you directly, is leaving an elderly citizen lying in a prone position

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in the back of a patrol car with her hands cuffed behind her back proper protocol?

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It has been almost a year and you have done nothing.

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Time is running out on the one year statute of limitations to bring charges.

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I'm here tonight to ask Mayor Meyer and the City Council to publicly demand that the district attorney file criminal negligence charges against officer Aaron Peachman.

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I am also asking city manager Davis and chief of Rodnic to place officer Aaron Peachman on administrative leave immediately.

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In Georgia, an officer was placed on immediate was placed on leave after accidentally killing a young donkey.

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It is unacceptable that an officer involved in the mistreatment of my mother Yolanda, an elderly resident of our city faces fewer consequences.

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01:05:17,320 --> 01:05:24,140
Stand up for your residents and show us that accountability, accountability actually exists in Brentwood.

442
01:05:37,910 --> 01:05:39,290
I'm not that old.

443
01:05:42,060 --> 01:05:45,000
I gotta talk for two minutes, okay, I gotta hurry up.

444
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:48,620
My name, first of all, is Sandy Hengish.

445
01:05:49,740 --> 01:05:53,000
I have lived here in Brentwood for 25 years.

446
01:05:53,000 --> 01:05:59,220
Because tomorrow I will have celebrated my 50th year as a nurse.

447
01:06:01,300 --> 01:06:06,940
Yolanda Ramirez was a member of my community of McLeod Heart of Mary.

448
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:14,440
I have always been respectful of the Brentwood Police Department.

449
01:06:14,920 --> 01:06:22,140
I have worked side by side with them on many occasions representing a McLeod Heart of Mary.

450
01:06:23,900 --> 01:06:37,660
After the incident with a murder of Yolanda, my head is lowered with shame,

451
01:06:39,720 --> 01:06:46,820
anger, disrespect, and sadness.

452
01:06:48,420 --> 01:06:49,640
That has just happened.

453
01:06:52,060 --> 01:06:53,800
Yolanda had a

454
01:06:55,940 --> 01:07:01,400
Dexcom blood sugar meter.

455
01:07:01,680 --> 01:07:07,040
I saw it on her right upper arm in the police video.

456
01:07:07,800 --> 01:07:11,060
So they should have known right off the bat that she was a diabetic

457
01:07:11,060 --> 01:07:16,200
and that she had better be treated accordingly.

458
01:07:16,200 --> 01:07:17,400
I

459
01:07:19,480 --> 01:07:25,320
watched that video and I was shocked.

460
01:07:26,500 --> 01:07:28,380
Oh my goodness, I only got it 17 minutes.

461
01:07:29,900 --> 01:07:31,360
What the hell happened?

462
01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:35,020
Guys, what the hell happened?

463
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:37,720
And why are you sitting on your hands?

464
01:07:38,580 --> 01:07:43,000
Do something that shows that you care about Brentwood.

465
01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:45,240
I have a second.

466
01:07:55,800 --> 01:08:02,660
The next speakers are Franklin, followed by Paul Jay, followed by Karen.

467
01:08:09,460 --> 01:08:15,380
Hey y'all, I'm back. I'm hoping you all try to make some change in this city. I haven't

468
01:08:15,380 --> 01:08:20,060
been here in a minute to be able to speak since that time. The corner's in quest happened

469
01:08:20,060 --> 01:08:26,680
that changed y'alls ruling from accidental, from natural causes to accidental.

470
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:31,780
You all hired a new police chief who was the fill in the interim.

471
01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:39,440
In my opinion, that was a bad choice and I'll tell you why, sir, because you stood up here and

472
01:08:39,440 --> 01:08:41,180
said those two officers done nothing wrong.

473
01:08:43,420 --> 01:08:48,660
You heard it tonight, you saw it yourself, they left her an elderly woman handcuffed

474
01:08:48,660 --> 01:08:52,960
behind her back in a prone position, which would have led to a positional asphyxia.

475
01:08:53,320 --> 01:08:56,920
If she didn't write herself, why she was in the back of that car?

476
01:08:58,420 --> 01:09:08,440
At the coroner's inquest, Aaron Peachman said he did not notice until watching the tape that he smashed her face into the metal frame of the car.

477
01:09:09,260 --> 01:09:16,680
So, which is, is he incompetent to notice that he smashed the woman's face in the car or did he not see it?

478
01:09:17,480 --> 01:09:21,160
Which one of those to you would call for discipline?

479
01:09:22,020 --> 01:09:26,040
In any of those yet, the prone position, none of that

480
01:09:29,460 --> 01:09:35,220
failed to get timely medical care and didn't mention the blow to the face.

481
01:09:36,300 --> 01:09:44,280
Left or in handcuffs, didn't give her water, none of that is going to lead to any sort of discipline.

482
01:09:47,930 --> 01:09:54,870
I'm running out of time, but I would say you guys are failing as leaders, you included, because you're not stepping up for this family.

483
01:09:56,230 --> 01:10:01,250
You heard how much they are part of Brentwood, where are you all doing to make sure this doesn't happen again?

484
01:10:02,030 --> 01:10:09,010
You're going to pay out your blood money, and you're going to have a chief that was responsible for the biggest payout you guys have.

485
01:10:14,150 --> 01:10:15,550
Speaker's timer has expired.

486
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:41,560
Good evening.

487
01:10:43,100 --> 01:10:47,440
We're leaving a time of severe mass psychosis, examples.

488
01:10:47,440 --> 01:10:53,160
We all know about the horror of her mother, who one at a time methodically strangled her

489
01:10:53,160 --> 01:10:54,980
three babies with elastic band.

490
01:10:55,580 --> 01:11:00,900
Each baby suffered four minutes of choking, thrashing, and anguish before dying, yet women

491
01:11:00,900 --> 01:11:04,900
protestors and others online called for her acquittal.

492
01:11:05,900 --> 01:11:10,820
We had right here in this chamber, people thought the slaughter of Jews by a, at a concert

493
01:11:10,820 --> 01:11:12,900
by Palestinian terrorists was justified.

494
01:11:12,900 --> 01:11:17,900
These included strangulations, rapes, cutting babies out of mothers, beheadings, burning

495
01:11:17,900 --> 01:11:19,400
alive, and other atrocities.

496
01:11:19,820 --> 01:11:24,220
We have people who are okay with the murder of babies in womb by dismembering their bodies

497
01:11:24,220 --> 01:11:28,320
and pulling out their body parts, or sucking out their brains with a vacuum tube.

498
01:11:28,820 --> 01:11:32,340
Also okay is selling this fetus tissue for research.

499
01:11:32,820 --> 01:11:38,160
Plan parenthood has enabled the murder of over 60 million babies and fetuses since inception.

500
01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:42,540
Yet you'd be arrested for praying across the street from an abortion slaughterhouse.

501
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:47,740
Others like Moses around the world, and believes perhaps right here in Brentwood include

502
01:11:47,740 --> 01:11:53,360
indoctrination, a drag queen hours to our kids, the stoning of women, public hanging, sexual

503
01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:59,040
mutilation of children through surgery or drugs, a death sentence for being gay, tacit endorsement

504
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:00,720
of fraud and theft along many.

505
01:12:01,420 --> 01:12:09,100
The May 12th Board would ordinance to define and quote publicly to disrupt the behavior is a step in the right direction.

506
01:12:09,500 --> 01:12:17,520
We set expectations for behaviors in our community by not giving way to certain cultural and public practices, such as those highlighted.

507
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:25,940
Since I last spoke about the hacking vulnerability of municipal water supply systems like ours, Minnesota community experience 30 such incidents.

508
01:12:25,940 --> 01:12:32,840
I hope our city manager takes notice and has initiated the protective measures I described.

509
01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:37,580
He must be preventive and not fail like Mary Karen Best failed Los Angeles.

510
01:12:38,260 --> 01:12:39,260
Thank you.

511
01:12:52,430 --> 01:12:59,070
The next speakers are Karen followed by a pastor word law and Ray.

512
01:13:04,350 --> 01:13:07,270
Hi, my name is Karen Roggy, I live on Wendy Springs in Brentwood.

513
01:13:08,350 --> 01:13:14,130
I want to tell you thank you first for your vote tonight in your closed session, I appreciate

514
01:13:14,130 --> 01:13:20,870
that very much. I just hope this means that we will be able, the city will be able to

515
01:13:20,870 --> 01:13:26,270
sell their property to the county, because I really wasn't under, I didn't really understand

516
01:13:27,310 --> 01:13:34,370
what you voted yes on, you voted to work with them, but we would like to see you actually

517
01:13:34,370 --> 01:13:41,790
sell it. It's very, very important for the access to the fire station and they won't

518
01:13:41,790 --> 01:13:46,090
be able to, you can't, you can't make improvements on somebody else's property, so you can't

519
01:13:46,090 --> 01:13:51,530
have a right of way. So it's really, really important for the development of this station.

520
01:13:53,490 --> 01:13:59,190
And I'm just asking you guys to think of your community and think of how important this

521
01:13:59,190 --> 01:14:05,910
is. I know another gentleman said something, but he doesn't understand that we need a

522
01:14:05,910 --> 01:14:11,590
fire station in northwest Brentwood. Okay, because we only have one station in Brentwood

523
01:14:11,590 --> 01:14:17,110
right now, and it's on Balfour, and the only other station besides Anyox station and the

524
01:14:17,110 --> 01:14:23,290
one in Oakley, and the one way down at the end of Cyprus is all we have for our area.

525
01:14:28,570 --> 01:14:29,170
We

526
01:14:29,170 --> 01:14:38,010
includes Antioch, Oakley, Nightson, Discovery Bay, Bethel Island, all of that encompasses East

527
01:14:38,010 --> 01:14:45,970
County and that fire station will offer services to every one of them. So, thank you very

528
01:14:45,970 --> 01:14:53,430
much and I hope that this, I hope that we will all be able to continue to work together because

529
01:14:53,430 --> 01:14:58,010
this will not be the first time. If you guys do approve it, I'm going to be here for the next

530
01:14:58,010 --> 01:14:59,910
two years while construction is going on.

531
01:15:00,050 --> 01:15:01,270
Thank you.

532
01:15:04,380 --> 01:15:10,460
Thomas, can you give a brief explanation as to why the report is limited when we come out of closed session?

533
01:15:14,870 --> 01:15:36,430
So we did report out on action today, but when we look at the process for real property negotiations, there are particular types of negotiations that have multiple steps in the process. And so there's a limited report out when you're at the beginning of the phases that are necessary to complete the process.

534
01:15:36,430 --> 01:15:41,330
process. And so sometimes when you're hearing that, that's what it is. There are multiple

535
01:15:41,330 --> 01:15:45,970
steps in a process and you can only sort of advance through each step one step at a time.

536
01:15:58,630 --> 01:16:07,410
On of a mayor and city officials, my name is Pastor George Wardlaw. I come so that I could

537
01:16:07,930 --> 01:16:14,590
give thanks in advance for you all who have considered the health fair that we're having

538
01:16:14,590 --> 01:16:21,450
on September the 19th at the Community Center, the Brentwood Community Center, I know you guys are

539
01:16:21,450 --> 01:16:29,250
extremely busy. Some of you have checked your schedule for speaking with me a couple weeks ago.

540
01:16:29,830 --> 01:16:39,010
I want to thank Vice Mayor Pearson for speaking with me in the garage. The first time we got here and

541
01:16:39,010 --> 01:16:48,890
And I also want to thank Councilwoman Mendoza of emailing me back and forth and getting

542
01:16:48,890 --> 01:16:57,070
the information and her letting us know that she's heard her do her best to come by and

543
01:16:57,070 --> 01:17:04,250
have words so that the residents and we have like 200, almost 300 people now who are coming

544
01:17:04,250 --> 01:17:07,950
that the city is concerned about their health.

545
01:17:07,950 --> 01:17:29,990
and so I just came to say thank you all of you who consider coming, who are still considering coming, I appreciate it, I appreciate Director of Parks and Recreation, Mr. Alim, who has heard the story, who talked to me, and I just want to say thank you, I really appreciate your consideration.

546
01:17:29,990 --> 01:17:30,170
That's it.

547
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:38,100
Pastor, I do want to say publicly, it sounds like an amazing event and I'm sorry I can't

548
01:17:38,100 --> 01:17:41,840
make it have a conference I'm throwing the exact thing day but hopefully you have an

549
01:17:41,840 --> 01:17:42,480
amazing turnout.

550
01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:45,380
And Pastor, I did email you that I would be there.

551
01:17:50,110 --> 01:17:54,230
The last two speaker cards I have in person is Ray followed by Frank.

552
01:17:58,850 --> 01:18:00,990
Good evening Madam Mayor and Council.

553
01:18:01,870 --> 01:18:06,730
My name is Ray Elizondo, I recently purchased Ruby Yarnos which is now called Magano's Well

554
01:18:06,730 --> 01:18:08,610
at 235 Oak Street.

555
01:18:09,310 --> 01:18:14,250
I just want to give you guys a heads up that I come from San Francisco where I want some

556
01:18:14,250 --> 01:18:18,870
property and the Permanent Department there is very helpful, very user friendly.

557
01:18:19,310 --> 01:18:23,870
They help you navigate the system, you come in, you tell them what your issue is, they sit

558
01:18:23,870 --> 01:18:27,690
you down, they point you from A to Z what the process is, it's smooth.

559
01:18:28,250 --> 01:18:33,830
I come here now two, three weeks past my opening date and I still got issues.

560
01:18:34,070 --> 01:18:35,130
I had an issue this morning.

561
01:18:35,550 --> 01:18:39,190
It was upsetting, and I think you guys need a welcoming committee.

562
01:18:39,670 --> 01:18:42,970
You need to offer a downtown welcoming committee from the planning department,

563
01:18:43,150 --> 01:18:45,950
from the department, someone from the council, say Mr. Olson,

564
01:18:46,170 --> 01:18:46,830
thank you for the neighborhood.

565
01:18:47,370 --> 01:18:48,130
What do you want to do?

566
01:18:48,590 --> 01:18:49,510
Well, let's help you.

567
01:18:49,710 --> 01:18:50,610
You want to do this?

568
01:18:50,810 --> 01:18:51,250
We'll help you.

569
01:18:51,310 --> 01:18:52,030
Here's A to C.

570
01:18:52,190 --> 01:18:52,890
What you need to do.

571
01:18:53,530 --> 01:18:55,050
But you just let me in there, go cold.

572
01:18:55,670 --> 01:18:58,550
And not know this business has never owned a restaurant, never owned a bar.

573
01:18:58,830 --> 01:19:03,070
And I'm just trying to navigate the system, but I'm having so many roadblocks and hurdles.

574
01:19:03,070 --> 01:19:04,730
and it's costing me a lot of money.

575
01:19:05,070 --> 01:19:08,610
I don't know many people here that are going to spend over $2 million to beautify downtown.

576
01:19:09,270 --> 01:19:11,090
I've spent $2 million plus.

577
01:19:11,530 --> 01:19:13,210
I don't see anybody else spending that kind of money.

578
01:19:13,490 --> 01:19:16,190
You guys should be embracing me saying welcome to our community.

579
01:19:16,670 --> 01:19:19,490
What can we do to fast track this so your restaurant opens immediately?

580
01:19:20,430 --> 01:19:21,590
And that's my major concern.

581
01:19:21,750 --> 01:19:23,570
You guys just don't have that committee in place.

582
01:19:23,950 --> 01:19:28,510
There's got to be a committee made up of planning department, permanent department and council

583
01:19:29,070 --> 01:19:31,590
that brings us in and helps us navigate this.

584
01:19:31,590 --> 01:19:35,110
Other than that, stop the bicycles and the scooters from

585
01:19:35,110 --> 01:19:36,030
going down the sidewalk.

586
01:19:36,230 --> 01:19:37,070
They're going to kill somebody.

587
01:19:37,930 --> 01:19:41,530
And since they've got 22 seconds, giving your employee

588
01:19:41,530 --> 01:19:45,550
things, elect puppies, exotic plants, and I studied

589
01:19:45,550 --> 01:19:46,690
them in the 70s.

590
01:20:02,610 --> 01:20:04,630
Other than Ray, so I'm going to move this up a little bit.

591
01:20:06,030 --> 01:20:09,790
My name is Frank Ramirez, local resident and on behalf of Ray

592
01:20:09,790 --> 01:20:13,590
and McGon as well, I did want to just pick you back a little

593
01:20:13,590 --> 01:20:14,750
bit on what Ray was saying.

594
01:20:14,750 --> 01:20:17,030
and I've been friends with Ray for quite some time.

595
01:20:17,870 --> 01:20:21,650
He originally lived in Livermore and his whole vision

596
01:20:21,650 --> 01:20:24,650
on Livermore was to beautify Livermore.

597
01:20:25,090 --> 01:20:27,890
He had so many ideas that he took to the city council

598
01:20:28,410 --> 01:20:31,550
and they put him and they said no, it's not gonna work.

599
01:20:32,190 --> 01:20:35,230
And since he's left Livermore, almost everything he asked

600
01:20:35,230 --> 01:20:37,830
Livermore council to do, look at First Street,

601
01:20:38,250 --> 01:20:40,830
look at what Livermore has become.

602
01:20:41,410 --> 01:20:43,990
And a lot of that was the vision of what Ray had done

603
01:20:43,990 --> 01:20:49,430
years ago when he lived there. He is now bought the old Rubiano's, you've all had pizza there,

604
01:20:49,550 --> 01:20:54,850
you've had wings, what he's done with that place, since he's purchased it four months ago,

605
01:20:55,290 --> 01:21:01,530
has been incredible. You can see visions of it from outside. His vision from the beginning as

606
01:21:01,530 --> 01:21:08,830
his friend is insane and awesome and wonderful for the city of Brentwood, for the families,

607
01:21:08,830 --> 01:21:11,730
for the kids, for the children of Brentwood.

608
01:21:12,730 --> 01:21:15,090
And he has been hit with roadblocks.

609
01:21:15,290 --> 01:21:18,250
And I think for you, as the council members,

610
01:21:18,450 --> 01:21:20,890
to just say, this is coming to town.

611
01:21:21,010 --> 01:21:22,190
Yeah, we had Rubiano's.

612
01:21:22,230 --> 01:21:23,430
It was kind of flailing.

613
01:21:23,450 --> 01:21:24,790
It was just this restaurant.

614
01:21:25,150 --> 01:21:27,610
And for Rey to come in and say,

615
01:21:27,750 --> 01:21:30,590
I want to do this for the city and make it awesome.

616
01:21:31,510 --> 01:21:33,610
I almost say, I say the red carpet,

617
01:21:33,790 --> 01:21:35,930
you don't have to break rules or anything like that.

618
01:21:35,930 --> 01:21:42,790
but just open arms to him. When he comes in, he's asking for a permit. He's asking for

619
01:21:43,430 --> 01:21:47,830
city plans to be approved. There's protocol that will get him open.

620
01:21:48,510 --> 01:21:55,870
21 TVs in the front room. NFL starts next week. Y'all, you're off NFL fans. I'm sure you are.

621
01:21:56,270 --> 01:22:02,350
Raiders, diners, whatever. Seahawks, don't say dollars, Cowboys. But bottom line is help, Ray,

622
01:22:04,050 --> 01:22:04,610
I

623
01:22:08,450 --> 01:22:10,530
have one additional speaker card in person, Greg.

624
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:20,280
Good evening, Mayor and City Council.

625
01:22:21,540 --> 01:22:25,500
One of the things I love about democracy is public records request and

626
01:22:25,500 --> 01:22:29,700
emails that are dated so that you can come back and have facts.

627
01:22:30,560 --> 01:22:34,260
There was a question earlier about whether some of my facts were correct.

628
01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:37,620
I'd like to go on record stating some information.

629
01:22:41,120 --> 01:23:06,260
I don't remember exactly how many of you were on the council, but I believe some of you were, but I have a memo here from the city manager to, um, it was also with the Darren Gale, Ricardo, Abraham, wonderful people who aren't even here to talk about what was talked about before.

630
01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:13,260
But it's a memo saying that last night they had a city, that last night there was a closed

631
01:23:13,260 --> 01:23:19,020
session, and that the council agreed to move forward with the purchase, it even has a

632
01:23:19,020 --> 01:23:21,740
price, $190,000.

633
01:23:22,180 --> 01:23:26,860
So I don't know how anybody back room could be making a deal when the attorney is sending out an

634
01:23:26,860 --> 01:23:28,700
email to the rest of the staff.

635
01:23:29,360 --> 01:23:34,420
Followed with a message from the acting or the current city manager letting them know the

636
01:23:34,420 --> 01:23:39,200
fire department, it says, hey, yesterday we had a closed session meeting, the attorney

637
01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:43,700
put out the official memo, and I have an authorized to work with you to purchase the

638
01:23:43,700 --> 01:23:51,300
land for $190,000. So go back and check the records. This all happened before. Thank you

639
01:23:51,300 --> 01:23:57,280
for moving it forward. But it's, again, waste of taxpayers' money. Just sign the paperwork

640
01:23:57,280 --> 01:24:01,920
and be done with it and not waste any more time and money. When people are saying that you

641
01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:07,160
guys aren't supporting fire, we know that's not true. But when you don't move fast, the

642
01:24:07,160 --> 01:24:11,780
perception is that you feel that way. There's a saying, it hangs in my office. It's called

643
01:24:11,780 --> 01:24:18,260
perception is reality. Change the perception. Not on this, but several other topics that

644
01:24:18,260 --> 01:24:19,100
you guys got to work on.

645
01:24:22,800 --> 01:24:30,080
I have no additional speaker cards in person. I do have one hand raised in Zoom. Two hands raised

646
01:24:30,080 --> 01:24:38,720
in Zoom for a speaker is Jean. Jean, go ahead. Good evening, Marin Council. I have to

647
01:24:38,720 --> 01:24:45,040
voice my displeasure and disbelief of code enforcement and code enforcement officer

648
01:24:45,040 --> 01:24:51,200
Jody Williams. On June 23rd, I sent her a plan for my front yard plus all of the links needed

649
01:24:51,200 --> 01:24:56,440
for the grass that I picked and everything else. On August 12th, I actually installed the plugs,

650
01:24:56,440 --> 01:25:00,000
actually installed the plugs before that and August 12th she came to inspect the grass plugs.

651
01:25:00,860 --> 01:25:07,520
Now somehow on September 4th at 10 a.m. Friday before Labor Day, she emailed me, didn't see it.

652
01:25:07,980 --> 01:25:13,680
Then today I have a notice, stuck to my door, threatening that I'm going to get sued or find all kinds

653
01:25:13,680 --> 01:25:19,720
of money on Saturday because now she doesn't like the plugs. They're not close enough. This isn't

654
01:25:19,720 --> 01:25:26,460
sod. These are plugs. She's had this information since student 23rd and yeah yeah yeah yeah okay okay

655
01:25:26,460 --> 01:25:34,700
okay this is special buffalo hybrid grass that will grow four feet down in roots take one quarter

656
01:25:34,700 --> 01:25:40,500
of the water and be more or less it crowds out weeds it's great it's perfect for what I need

657
01:25:40,500 --> 01:25:46,960
how in the world am I in trouble now because I did what I was supposed to and she wants it

658
01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:52,700
closer so that everything's covered like sod. By the way, these plugs have doubled in size and they're sitting out

659
01:25:52,700 --> 01:25:59,920
shoots and spreading like they're supposed to do. They're doing very well. My landscaper went into the hospital twice

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01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:06,940
due to heat stroke during this project. I paid all kinds of money with the plumbing coming into my house and my sprinklers.

661
01:26:07,200 --> 01:26:13,160
I even had to go to the urgent care because of my knee and now I have an MRI scheduled in two weeks all from this

662
01:26:13,160 --> 01:26:16,720
project, but yet it's still not good enough. I don't understand what else I

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01:26:16,720 --> 01:26:22,220
need to do. Grass needs time to grow. And this was approved. And it was never

664
01:26:22,220 --> 01:26:27,380
said, no, you can't do this back in June 23rd. She approved them and looked at

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01:26:27,380 --> 01:26:33,000
them on the 12th of August. And now on September 4th, they're not acceptable.

666
01:26:33,420 --> 01:26:34,280
What's going on?

667
01:26:41,420 --> 01:26:45,100
The speaker's timer had expired. The next speaker is Rod.

668
01:26:45,100 --> 01:26:47,540
Rod? Rod go ahead.

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01:26:50,140 --> 01:26:54,820
Thank you, I managed. A while back, there was an item brought forward

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I think by Council Member Orleman's talking about a needle disposal program for people

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01:27:05,100 --> 01:27:12,420
who are possibly using drugs illegally and just need a place to confidentially dispose their

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01:27:12,420 --> 01:27:17,740
needles and I think that's a good idea. I've seen a needle laying around in Dear Ridge and

673
01:27:17,740 --> 01:27:24,060
I apologize. I've been involved in a lot of things this year so I don't know. I remember

674
01:27:25,080 --> 01:27:31,720
Vice Mayor Pierson mentioned that also maybe look into people that are just using drugs legally.

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01:27:31,720 --> 01:27:39,280
They would possibly need help. Since then I've become aware that the State of California

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have a free program that people can use. They'll send you a sharps container. You can fill it up and just mail it back in the same box and it costs nothing.

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01:27:49,700 --> 01:28:02,080
So I still agree that people that are maybe don't have a home or maybe don't want the other people in the house, you know, knowing what they're doing, they still need a place.

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01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:30,860
But for people that have, you know, just a need to get to dispose of sharps that they're getting legally, they can call 8444 take back, which is 8444825322 or visit sharps take back California.org and they can get a free sharps container. They can do this as many times as they want anybody can do it. You don't have to prove anything.

679
01:28:30,860 --> 01:28:33,220
I think, I mean, they'll just give them to anybody.

680
01:28:33,560 --> 01:28:34,040
So they're free.

681
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:36,580
And I just want the community to know.

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01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:38,980
And I want the City Council to know

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so that if we're still contemplating,

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maybe coming up with a program for Brentwood,

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we don't need to.

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01:28:44,300 --> 01:28:45,740
There exists one at the state.

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01:28:46,160 --> 01:28:50,260
And maybe just put some notices in the press.

688
01:28:50,480 --> 01:28:50,980
Thank you.

689
01:28:53,820 --> 01:28:55,540
Next speaker is Ian.

690
01:28:57,140 --> 01:28:58,080
Ian, go ahead.

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01:28:59,220 --> 01:29:00,120
On your hearing aid.

692
01:29:00,780 --> 01:29:01,580
Yes, we can.

693
01:29:01,680 --> 01:29:01,940
Go ahead.

694
01:29:02,660 --> 01:29:07,820
So you've been in council spend a while. I've been busy being a senator from my university

695
01:29:07,820 --> 01:29:13,340
and representing students instead of being here in the chambers. And I even in the city

696
01:29:13,340 --> 01:29:20,400
right now, I'm getting home knowing I'm a long meal. I wanted to stay on August 14th while

697
01:29:20,400 --> 01:29:27,540
my mother frantically called 911 and my grandmother was witnessing the loss of her husband of God

698
01:29:27,540 --> 01:29:32,840
I don't even remember how many years, but with PD, I forgot the name of the office,

699
01:29:32,980 --> 01:29:38,920
but as you begin off, what's there, where I'm in, and health like grandma, that's the

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01:29:38,920 --> 01:29:43,480
EMS fire, and those are off the first flight, they're very busy, so I think my grandpa's there,

701
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:48,820
while we're speeding back, like living hell from comfort where I was working, just like when

702
01:29:48,820 --> 01:29:54,260
that's where jobs are, you know, except I had to stay and have a fortune to catch my grandpa's

703
01:29:54,260 --> 01:29:56,520
I was a free project law trial desk, which I 14 made it.

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01:29:57,000 --> 01:29:59,960
But my point is, what will PD still have to do?

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I

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have no additional hands raised in Zoom. Thank you, Amanda. Moving into consent calendar. Do I have a motion of approval for a consent calendar minus item E3? Make a motion to approve it minus E3. Check that. Can I get a roll call, though, please?

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01:31:25,400 --> 01:31:32,260
Councilmember Maloney. Yes. Vice Mayor Pearson. Yes. Councilmember Mendoza. Yes. Councilmember

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01:31:32,260 --> 01:31:35,420
Orlemens. Yes. Mayor Meyer. Yes.

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For item E3, we would like to invite DL Meido to join

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us at the podium for the presentation of the National Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation,

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which will be read by Councilmember Mendoza.

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01:32:19,710 --> 01:32:22,270
Do we usually do a bio first or the bio first,

713
01:32:22,270 --> 01:32:27,590
right? Okay. I want to say welcome to everyone. This is an important month for us,

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01:32:27,650 --> 01:32:33,290
God. It's Hispanic Heritage Month, and in this month a lot of our Latino-American

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01:32:33,290 --> 01:32:37,470
countries celebrate our independence, so we're here in honor of Hispanic heritage,

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01:32:37,810 --> 01:32:43,070
and a little bit about D. If you've attended a celebration in Brentwood, there's a good chance

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01:32:43,070 --> 01:32:48,550
you have seen D. Olamado's work, and you've probably taken a photo in front of it. D is the proud Hispanic

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01:32:48,550 --> 01:32:53,330
business owner and designer behind Suara Love, but behind the balloons, colorful installations,

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01:32:53,690 --> 01:32:58,270
and celebrations, is a woman who cares deeply about community, culture, and creating a sense of

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01:32:58,270 --> 01:33:04,430
belonging. Dee founded Suara Love online in 2015. After connecting with the makers Boulevard

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01:33:04,430 --> 01:33:08,930
in 2021, she brought her creativity into the local community through balloon installations.

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01:33:09,610 --> 01:33:14,730
She opened her first downtown Brentwood storefront in 2023 and expanded into a larger space

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01:33:14,730 --> 01:33:20,330
the following year. Suari Love has received Best of Brentwood recognition since 2022,

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and these work now ranges from local grand openings and community celebrations to projects for

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01:33:25,810 --> 01:33:31,410
holiday heroes at Oracle Park in annual installation at the Children's Discover Museum in San Jose.

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01:33:31,970 --> 01:33:37,590
She also offers local classes built around the philosophy she values deeply, color operation

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01:33:37,590 --> 01:33:43,250
over competition. That same spirit guides these community involvement. She creates photo-op

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01:33:43,250 --> 01:33:48,550
installations for downtown Brentwood Coalition events and joined its board of directors in 2023.

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01:33:49,370 --> 01:33:51,610
In 2025 she was elected vice president.

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01:33:52,230 --> 01:33:56,610
She has also contributed to Brentwood Chamber of Commerce events served as a holiday parade judge

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various years and supported countless local businesses behind the scenes.

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But the work closest to these heart is the work that celebrates and uplifts our Hispanic community.

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She is a member of Alianza, Red de apoyo entre negocios latinos, supporting connection

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and growth among Hispanic-owned businesses.

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She also annually sponsors Yacazal Campos Holiday Celebration for local campesinos and

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01:34:21,350 --> 01:34:25,590
their families, giving back to the agricultural workers who contribute so much to the community.

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01:34:26,390 --> 01:34:31,470
Since La Gran Fiesta began in 2022, Diaz sponsored the celebration and created its main photo

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01:34:31,470 --> 01:34:31,810
op.

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01:34:31,810 --> 01:34:36,030
Her involvement with Brentwood, the Ethelos Muertos, also began that year with the balloon

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01:34:36,030 --> 01:34:36,670
installation.

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01:34:37,110 --> 01:34:42,850
Her contributions grew increasingly elaborate photo experiences, and in 2025 she joined

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01:34:42,850 --> 01:34:48,110
Miguel Vasucar Luzeria, the leader and driving force behind the event, and its small six-person

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01:34:48,110 --> 01:34:51,990
organizing committee to help plan and execute the large-scale celebration.

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01:34:52,690 --> 01:34:56,330
When the Ethelos Muertos moved to downtown Brentwood, it created an even greater opportunity

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01:34:56,330 --> 01:34:59,390
for the Hispanic community to proudly share its culture and traditions.

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01:34:59,390 --> 01:35:06,370
Growing up in Southern California, D was immersed in a community where Mexican culture was an everyday source of pride and celebration.

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01:35:06,890 --> 01:35:12,370
Its color, artistry, symbolism, and tradition shaped your identity and gave her distinctive creative perspective.

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01:35:12,990 --> 01:35:20,870
To D, design is never simply just decorations. It's storytelling. It can preserve memories, honor, culture and help people feel seen.

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01:35:21,670 --> 01:35:26,730
After moving to Northern California in 2008, D realized how deeply cultural visibility matters.

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01:35:26,730 --> 01:35:31,890
members. She and her husband made Brentwood their families home in 2022, where they are

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01:35:31,890 --> 01:35:36,670
raising their two children. Her children are one of the greatest reasons she shows up

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01:35:36,670 --> 01:35:42,150
so fully. She wants them to see their culture and heritage represented and to understand

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01:35:42,150 --> 01:35:46,230
the importance of serving their community and helping create positive change where they

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01:35:46,230 --> 01:35:51,470
live. D is proud to be a Hispanic business owner in Brentwood. She hopes to work open

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01:35:51,470 --> 01:35:55,610
stores for more Hispanic entrepreneurs and helps ensure that Hispanic culture is seen,

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01:35:55,610 --> 01:36:00,710
understood, respected, and celebrated as an essential part of Brentwood identity.

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And that is D in a nutshell of sorts.

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01:36:09,600 --> 01:36:11,560
So now I will read the proclamation.

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01:36:12,700 --> 01:36:17,220
Whereas National Hispanic Heritage Months observed each year from September 15 through

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01:36:17,220 --> 01:36:22,320
October 15 celebrates the rich histories, cultures, traditions, and contributions of Hispanic

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01:36:22,320 --> 01:36:28,080
and Latino-American to our nation and whereas the Hispanic and Latino community enriches Brentwood

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01:36:28,080 --> 01:36:34,220
through family, entrepreneurship, education, public service, arts, agriculture, and countless

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01:36:34,220 --> 01:36:39,680
contributions that help make our city a welcoming, environment place to live, work, and raise family.

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01:36:40,280 --> 01:36:46,360
Whereas the 2016 being embraced by National Hispanic Heritage Month partners, Unidos Somos Mas,

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01:36:46,680 --> 01:36:51,600
together we are more, reminds us that our shared strength grows when we celebrate our diverse backgrounds,

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01:36:51,600 --> 01:36:54,540
learn from one another and build community together.

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01:36:55,120 --> 01:36:59,560
Whereas in the special year as our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary,

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we honor the generations whose hopes, hard work, courage, and traditions have helped shape America.

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And look forward with optimism to the future we will build together.

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Now therefore, be it proclaimed that the City Council of the City of Brentwood

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does hereby recognize September 15th through October 15th as National Hispanic Heritage Month.

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01:37:21,040 --> 01:37:28,220
and encourages all residents to celebrate the many culture stories, achievements, and traditions of our Hispanic and Latino neighbors.

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01:37:28,820 --> 01:37:29,640
Thank you for D.

774
01:37:30,560 --> 01:37:31,540
Yeah, I have some words.

775
01:37:43,340 --> 01:37:45,720
Sorry, I wrote it down because I knew I was going to get nervous.

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01:37:47,420 --> 01:37:52,780
Thank you Madam Mayor, Hobita, City Council, and the City of Brentwood for this incredible honor.

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01:37:53,440 --> 01:38:01,160
I'm honestly still a little speechless, being chosen to receive this proclamation and represent our Hispanic community means more to me than I can express.

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01:38:01,880 --> 01:38:05,680
I'm so proud for our heritage proud to raise my children here.

779
01:38:05,880 --> 01:38:14,340
Sorry, and I'm proud to help make our culture more celebrated in the city we call home.

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01:38:15,360 --> 01:38:18,420
I'm in community latina muchisimas gracias por todo su apoyo.

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01:38:19,340 --> 01:38:23,100
Recibos de reconocimiento con mucho orgullo y comparto con todos ustedes.

782
01:38:23,740 --> 01:38:28,840
Espero que sigamos apoyándonos creciendo juntos y abriendo más puertas para los que vienen detrás.

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01:38:29,760 --> 01:38:30,500
Gracias de todo corazón.

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01:38:31,840 --> 01:38:32,240
I

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01:38:38,380 --> 01:38:41,500
just want to say thank you for showing up and thank you for everything you do.

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01:38:41,660 --> 01:38:45,500
If you've ever gone downtown during a maker's market, she's the one that puts all of the

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01:38:45,500 --> 01:38:49,620
balloons together, and I'm sure every family in Brentwood has a picture in some of,

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01:38:49,760 --> 01:38:51,420
in front of some of your work somewhere.

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So thank you.

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01:38:52,240 --> 01:38:57,320
And thank you for all you do in donating to so many organizations that benefit from what

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01:38:57,320 --> 01:38:57,920
you do for them.

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01:38:58,120 --> 01:39:02,660
And when I go to that Christmas event with all of the field workers that I've seen, it just,

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01:39:02,660 --> 01:39:10,520
It means a lot to me that you and so many others donate their work, their time, and really love on the people there.

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01:39:10,900 --> 01:39:11,340
Thank you.

795
01:39:14,240 --> 01:39:16,440
I wasn't going to say anything because I'm not sure.

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01:39:16,860 --> 01:39:18,140
This was going to be all you, Hobita.

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01:39:19,320 --> 01:39:22,760
You've been just a sparkle in the whole community of Brentwood.

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01:39:22,880 --> 01:39:29,300
I think it's brought a lot of smiles to residents here and not only for the balloons but for other work that you've done and the ways that you've given back.

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So we are honored when Hovita brought this forward.

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01:39:32,400 --> 01:39:34,280
Council Member Mendoza brought this forward.

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01:39:34,280 --> 01:39:36,800
I was thrilled to say yes, I totally agree with her.

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01:39:37,360 --> 01:39:41,660
So congratulations, congratulations to your family

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01:39:42,140 --> 01:39:44,220
and to our community for you being a member of it.

804
01:39:47,820 --> 01:39:49,660
I would like to add something real quick.

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01:39:50,420 --> 01:39:53,880
Thank you so much for everything that you do in our community.

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01:39:54,540 --> 01:39:56,860
You leave such a touch all over the place

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01:39:56,860 --> 01:39:59,640
and you leave such a beautiful mark for everybody.

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01:39:59,640 --> 01:40:05,280
So thank you so much and you are so well-deserving of this award. Thank you so much.

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01:40:35,730 --> 01:40:37,310
Don't forget me in the picture.

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01:41:52,880 --> 01:41:54,740
Do we need a motion for the item pulled?

811
01:41:55,880 --> 01:41:56,760
No, I think we're good, right?

812
01:41:57,800 --> 01:41:59,740
I think we do. I think we're good. Yeah. Okay.

813
01:42:00,340 --> 01:42:07,180
We did the consent calendar when you've made the motion. You did it and excluding the

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01:42:07,180 --> 01:42:10,280
proclamation. So just for the formality, if you want to adopt it.

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01:42:10,280 --> 01:42:19,200
I make a motion to approve the proclamation and recognize me September 15th, 2026 through October 15th, 2026 as National Hispanic Heritage Month.

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01:42:19,540 --> 01:42:19,920
A second.

817
01:42:20,280 --> 01:42:21,360
Roll call vote, please.

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01:42:21,840 --> 01:42:22,600
Council Member Maloney.

819
01:42:23,580 --> 01:42:23,840
Yes.

820
01:42:24,440 --> 01:42:25,180
Vice Mayor Pearson.

821
01:42:25,660 --> 01:42:25,780
Yes.

822
01:42:26,100 --> 01:42:26,960
Council Member Mendoza.

823
01:42:27,240 --> 01:42:27,380
Yes.

824
01:42:27,780 --> 01:42:28,580
Council Member Orleman.

825
01:42:28,920 --> 01:42:29,060
Yes.

826
01:42:29,500 --> 01:42:29,880
Mayor Meyer.

827
01:42:30,460 --> 01:42:30,640
Yes.

828
01:42:31,380 --> 01:42:32,260
Congratulations again.

829
01:42:33,560 --> 01:42:35,280
Moving into item F1.

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01:42:36,160 --> 01:42:40,320
The new end recreation manager will present the next item regarding an amendment to the

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01:42:40,320 --> 01:42:46,300
2025-26 CAP and schedule of city fees related to the second street event lot rental fees.

832
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:52,520
Thank you mayor.

833
01:42:52,660 --> 01:42:53,100
Good evening mayor.

834
01:42:53,200 --> 01:42:53,820
Good evening city council.

835
01:42:54,540 --> 01:42:58,160
As mentioned tonight, staff is bringing forward to city council recommendation to amend

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01:42:58,160 --> 01:43:06,800
the 2025-2026 cost allocation plan, specifically the effective date of the second street event

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01:43:06,800 --> 01:43:07,100
lot.

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01:43:08,120 --> 01:43:37,000
So a little bit background for this item back in April of this year, City Council by resolution to approve an agreement with the City of Brantwood and DJ properties LLC for the use of for at least for the use of the secondary parking lot on May 12th, 2026 City Council did receive a special event update from our press recreation staff within that update we went through a number of items related to special events downtown, one of the directions that City Council did provide us

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01:43:37,000 --> 01:43:40,160
was for the city staff to explore the feasibility of moving existing

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01:43:40,780 --> 01:43:46,160
events from the grass area of city park to the second street parking lot. And then on June 23rd,

841
01:43:46,220 --> 01:43:53,560
2026, city staff came with an amendment to the 2025, 2026 cost allocation plan and scheduled fees

842
01:43:53,560 --> 01:43:58,520
included in that public hearing where new fees for that second street parking lot being established.

843
01:43:59,740 --> 01:44:04,400
And so for reference to that, this is the parking lot that we're referencing this one on second

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street. On that item on June 23, 2026, as mentioned, we did introduce new fees to use

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01:44:13,440 --> 01:44:18,040
that parking lot. However, I overlooked in adding those new fees, they got lumped together

846
01:44:18,040 --> 01:44:21,880
with all the other fees that the Parks and Rec Department typically takes for an effective

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01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:27,880
date for November 1, 2026. So I apologize for that oversight. Tonight's action that we're

848
01:44:27,880 --> 01:44:31,440
requesting for City Councils was to correct that error by allowing us to pass a resolution

849
01:44:31,440 --> 01:44:37,240
to make those fees that were already approved and reviewed effective following a resolution tonight.

850
01:44:37,920 --> 01:44:42,000
So did want to clarify, that was a lot of talking, but did want to clarify,

851
01:44:42,240 --> 01:44:43,500
these aren't new fees.

852
01:44:43,860 --> 01:44:46,160
City Council has already approved and reviewed these fees.

853
01:44:46,540 --> 01:44:51,220
Tonight's action is requesting just to change the effective date from November 1st to tonight.

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01:44:53,630 --> 01:44:57,410
So, a staff's recommendation is for City Council to adopt a resolution

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01:44:57,410 --> 01:44:59,750
and amending the city of Brentwood's 2025.

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01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:06,620
2026, cost allocation plan, and schedule fees, update the effective date for the second street event lot rental fees.

857
01:45:08,650 --> 01:45:29,550
This concludes my staff report and will double for questions. Any questions for staff? And Thomas, let me know if we can't talk about this right now. And I have brought this up. When it's not being used for events, I was under the impression we were going to use it for parking. Is that, is that still up for?

858
01:45:29,550 --> 01:45:36,290
for something, or I mean, I don't know where are we put that, because we used to rent

859
01:45:36,290 --> 01:45:40,410
it, and it was up for parking. We used it, you know.

860
01:45:44,030 --> 01:45:49,830
So sorry, Council Member, just to provide some context. So there have been some conversations

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01:45:49,830 --> 01:45:55,790
among staff and members of the community about returning the log, and as you indicated, using

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01:45:55,790 --> 01:45:58,790
it when it's not being used for special events.

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01:45:58,790 --> 01:46:11,630
The currently agreement in the reason that Parks and Records brought this forward is because these are typically either revenue generating or economic positive events.

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01:46:12,110 --> 01:46:25,390
Certainly, right now, we do not have a structure or we do not have the ability to prioritize the use, the dates, et cetera, when that lot would be used.

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01:46:25,990 --> 01:46:30,790
I would also say that the lot has some minimal improvements that were made for especially

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01:46:30,790 --> 01:46:41,470
events but it's not striped, fully striped, it does not have ADA, etc., nor is it have trash

867
01:46:41,470 --> 01:46:45,970
service or some of the other things that we would typically associate with a public parking

868
01:46:45,970 --> 01:46:46,270
lot.

869
01:46:46,770 --> 01:46:52,270
That all being said certainly if the council is interested in staff exploring that is something

870
01:46:52,270 --> 01:46:54,330
so we can take a look at, come back and let

871
01:46:54,330 --> 01:46:57,790
and advise on what the recommendations might be

872
01:46:57,790 --> 01:47:01,210
or if staff, or excuse me, if council has specific directions

873
01:47:01,210 --> 01:47:04,670
around what particular days of service,

874
01:47:05,170 --> 01:47:07,270
we're certainly willing to take a look at that

875
01:47:07,270 --> 01:47:09,410
and make sure we maximize it for the community.

876
01:47:09,670 --> 01:47:11,970
So there are some very years I would say,

877
01:47:12,150 --> 01:47:14,390
but there are nothing that are insurmountable.

878
01:47:15,130 --> 01:47:17,930
And do you question those, that discussion

879
01:47:17,930 --> 01:47:19,650
would have under a future agenda items?

880
01:47:19,830 --> 01:47:19,910
Okay.

881
01:47:20,010 --> 01:47:20,950
Because this one's kind of narrow.

882
01:47:20,950 --> 01:47:22,350
Okay. Thank you.

883
01:47:24,420 --> 01:47:27,980
If there are no other questions, we can move into public comment and

884
01:47:30,250 --> 01:47:31,050
open public hearing.

885
01:47:32,070 --> 01:47:35,810
At this time, the public is permitted to address the city council on this agenda item.

886
01:47:35,950 --> 01:47:37,930
If you're participating, be assumed. Please raise your hand.

887
01:47:38,470 --> 01:47:41,030
If you're participating in the chamber, please feel a speaker card.

888
01:47:41,690 --> 01:47:46,470
Your microphone will be muted if you speak on items that do not pertain to this agenda item or after the timer has expired.

889
01:47:46,690 --> 01:47:49,710
We receive zero written public comments in advance of tonight's meeting.

890
01:47:50,330 --> 01:47:52,390
I have two speaker cards.

891
01:48:00,930 --> 01:48:05,470
I just want to talk about that a lot a little bit so back in the day on one of my last

892
01:48:05,470 --> 01:48:10,150
years that I leased it. I offered it to the city for 25,000 a year. I thought that

893
01:48:10,150 --> 01:48:15,350
was a pretty fair deal. It's what I paid in rent each year. I would have still been

894
01:48:15,350 --> 01:48:20,470
out two or three thousand dollars to personally ensure it to be the middleman, but I offered

895
01:48:20,470 --> 01:48:24,750
it to the city because I thought this downtown could use parking. I brought it to city staff.

896
01:48:25,690 --> 01:48:30,430
that city staff is no longer here, but they told me that the downtown community did not

897
01:48:30,430 --> 01:48:35,810
need additional parking and did not deem that it worth $25,000 a year.

898
01:48:36,630 --> 01:48:42,050
And I think we're paying $42,000 a year, so it seems like we lost some common sense.

899
01:48:42,510 --> 01:48:45,710
That parking lot, we figured out how to have free parking there.

900
01:48:46,470 --> 01:48:49,470
We put signs up if we didn't want the high school kids to fill it up.

901
01:48:49,990 --> 01:48:52,790
Every business downtown got a little pass, they get hangin' their window.

902
01:48:52,790 --> 01:48:58,910
So we never had garbage, wasn't ever an issue, I picked it up if it was, so it wasn't

903
01:48:58,910 --> 01:49:00,570
that big of an issue, because I didn't have to pick up much.

904
01:49:01,950 --> 01:49:07,150
The heading cap stuff is still there, it's not bright and colorful, but it probably meets

905
01:49:07,150 --> 01:49:07,490
code.

906
01:49:08,130 --> 01:49:09,930
Most of that parking lot is still striped.

907
01:49:10,810 --> 01:49:16,950
If it only gave you 40 stalls tomorrow, it'd be 40 more stalls downtown bread would have

908
01:49:17,850 --> 01:49:19,310
that it doesn't have now.

909
01:49:19,310 --> 01:49:23,750
And so most, if you go to any downtown business and say, will you do you think parking is an issue?

910
01:49:24,210 --> 01:49:28,550
The answer is yes. Everybody's going to say that. I'm not me, I'm kind of on the other side.

911
01:49:28,670 --> 01:49:31,830
But everybody in downtown core is going to say, yeah, we need extra parking.

912
01:49:32,210 --> 01:49:37,750
So to use taxpayer dollars to pay $42,000 a year to rent it for a handful of events

913
01:49:37,750 --> 01:49:40,070
and not open it the rest of the time.

914
01:49:40,510 --> 01:49:46,690
And then now charge private organizations that want to rent it as well, it just doesn't seem right.

915
01:49:46,690 --> 01:49:48,970
I mean, at least open it up for parking.

916
01:49:49,130 --> 01:49:50,190
It makes no sense at all.

917
01:49:50,570 --> 01:49:52,710
I think the chain actually came down or somebody broke it.

918
01:49:53,210 --> 01:49:54,410
People have been parked in there.

919
01:49:54,830 --> 01:49:56,530
If you want that chain to accidentally get broke tonight,

920
01:49:56,870 --> 01:49:58,410
I can take care of that for free.

921
01:49:58,810 --> 01:49:59,830
Thank you.

922
01:50:02,310 --> 01:50:02,750
Greg?

923
01:50:08,020 --> 01:50:09,140
Good evening, everyone.

924
01:50:10,160 --> 01:50:12,080
Greg, still here for 30 years.

925
01:50:13,000 --> 01:50:15,740
Anyway, so history on that lot, Tom did it.

926
01:50:15,940 --> 01:50:16,700
It was great.

927
01:50:17,320 --> 01:50:18,460
I am a merchant downtown.

928
01:50:18,840 --> 01:50:20,260
I have 14 employees.

929
01:50:20,260 --> 01:50:24,820
and they ask me where they park and I said you park any where you want because they don't enforce the parking downtown

930
01:50:24,820 --> 01:50:30,360
Which is I hate saying that because that means the people that have restaurants and retail stores

931
01:50:30,360 --> 01:50:35,620
They are losing parking because all of our employees for all the merchants downtown are parking on the street

932
01:50:35,620 --> 01:50:39,840
That was an employee parking lot. I saved everything

933
01:50:39,840 --> 01:50:46,200
Here is the past that the downtown coalition along with the city of Brentwood came together and said

934
01:50:46,200 --> 01:50:51,340
That's opened up for parking. The big issue was the high school kids are all going to park in there pre-parking

935
01:50:51,340 --> 01:50:56,320
We put up signs that said to our parking unless you ever permit. Here's a permit. We never had an issue

936
01:50:57,260 --> 01:51:01,460
Unfortunately, she didn't tell me until afterwards, but one of my new employees. I said parking the parking structure

937
01:51:01,460 --> 01:51:05,580
I forgot to give her this she came to work the next day. She had a parking ticket

938
01:51:05,580 --> 01:51:07,320
Look when did they start enforcing parking?

939
01:51:08,060 --> 01:51:10,600
Anyway, she paid it right away. I didn't have to call in any favors

940
01:51:11,280 --> 01:51:16,000
But she paid it and it's like we have these let's make these we can get them

941
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:22,840
let the employees park in the parking structure, let them park in that lot and I surely hope the

942
01:51:22,840 --> 01:51:28,260
fact that you just moved the date from whenever it was in November to have it be effective today,

943
01:51:28,580 --> 01:51:34,860
I know of at least two organizations I think two that are planning on using that lot and they

944
01:51:34,860 --> 01:51:38,440
were told there was going to be a fee. I just hope you're not going to make that rectal

945
01:51:38,440 --> 01:51:42,380
actives to some of these organizations that were planning on using that lot in the next 30 days

946
01:51:42,760 --> 01:51:44,640
And all of a sudden, tell them they have to pay a fee.

947
01:51:45,380 --> 01:51:47,920
And again, for 30 years, we've been using that a lot for events.

948
01:51:48,440 --> 01:51:52,580
We never paid any money to the city to use that, or to the previous land owner.

949
01:51:53,000 --> 01:51:59,120
And I just think it's kind of a shame that we're going to charge a nonprofit $800 on top of

950
01:51:59,120 --> 01:52:02,020
the fee for the park, on top of the fee for the other stuff.

951
01:52:02,420 --> 01:52:06,160
When we have a public park that should be a public park, it is a public park in the city's

952
01:52:06,160 --> 01:52:06,660
paying for it.

953
01:52:07,180 --> 01:52:07,400
That's it.

954
01:52:07,400 --> 01:52:08,200
I

955
01:52:11,020 --> 01:52:14,480
have no additional speaker cards and no hands raised in soon.

956
01:52:14,860 --> 01:52:17,900
Thank you. I will take a motion to close the public hearing.

957
01:52:18,280 --> 01:52:19,160
So, some moved.

958
01:52:19,460 --> 01:52:19,720
Second.

959
01:52:20,480 --> 01:52:21,260
We'll call please.

960
01:52:22,840 --> 01:52:23,720
Council Member Maloney.

961
01:52:24,560 --> 01:52:24,920
Yes.

962
01:52:25,460 --> 01:52:26,180
Vice Mayor Pearson.

963
01:52:26,580 --> 01:52:26,760
Yes.

964
01:52:27,040 --> 01:52:27,960
Council Member Mendoza.

965
01:52:28,200 --> 01:52:28,360
Yes.

966
01:52:28,560 --> 01:52:29,320
Council Member Orleman.

967
01:52:29,940 --> 01:52:30,080
Yes.

968
01:52:30,360 --> 01:52:30,700
Mayor Meyer.

969
01:52:31,260 --> 01:52:33,580
Yes. Thank you. Any council discussion on this item?

970
01:52:35,420 --> 01:52:36,660
Nope. I'm ready to make a motion.

971
01:52:37,180 --> 01:52:37,440
Okay.

972
01:52:37,860 --> 01:52:38,420
Motion is fine.

973
01:52:39,520 --> 01:52:56,160
As detailed in the staff report, I move to adopt a resolution, amending resolution number 2026-66, and the City of Brentwood 2526 cost allocation plan and schedule of city fees to change the effective date of the second street event rental fees from November 1st, 2026 to September 8th, 2026.

974
01:53:01,420 --> 01:53:01,960
Yes.

975
01:53:02,960 --> 01:53:03,660
Vice Mayor Pearson.

976
01:53:04,020 --> 01:53:04,180
Yes.

977
01:53:04,480 --> 01:53:05,400
Council Member Mendezza.

978
01:53:05,680 --> 01:53:05,800
Yes.

979
01:53:05,960 --> 01:53:06,780
Council Member Orleman.

980
01:53:07,180 --> 01:53:07,340
Yes.

981
01:53:07,580 --> 01:53:08,040
Mayor Mayer.

982
01:53:08,540 --> 01:53:08,820
Yes.

983
01:53:09,280 --> 01:53:10,000
Motion passes.

984
01:53:10,260 --> 01:53:10,880
Thank you, TN.

985
01:53:12,800 --> 01:53:14,200
Moving into business items.

986
01:53:14,360 --> 01:53:15,080
Item G1.

987
01:53:15,280 --> 01:53:15,800
Jennifer Hagen.

988
01:53:15,980 --> 01:53:19,180
Principal planner will present the next item regarding a downtown specific plan.

989
01:53:19,580 --> 01:53:20,220
Amendment discussion.

990
01:53:26,430 --> 01:53:28,770
Thank you, Mayor and members of City Council.

991
01:53:29,470 --> 01:53:34,450
Can I go right here to discuss and receive direction on a Downtown specific plan amendment

992
01:53:34,450 --> 01:53:38,150
related to body art, including permanent makeup and tattoo facilities.

993
01:53:39,130 --> 01:53:43,790
A draft ordinance was originally presented to the City Council on July 28th at the hearing

994
01:53:43,790 --> 01:53:47,910
the Council requested additional information needed in order to provide further direction.

995
01:53:48,470 --> 01:53:53,750
Based on that direction, we have provided additional information summarized into the following categories

996
01:53:53,750 --> 01:53:54,510
as shown here.

997
01:53:54,510 --> 01:54:01,720
In the first area related to the legal framework for regulating body art, local governments

998
01:54:01,720 --> 01:54:07,280
may apply content neutral land use regulations to body art establishments, subject to applicable

999
01:54:07,280 --> 01:54:08,760
constitutional requirements.

1000
01:54:09,440 --> 01:54:13,660
The city is able to consider content neutral land use regulations addressing the location

1001
01:54:13,660 --> 01:54:18,660
of body art facilities within the downtown, which is a uniquely important geographical area

1002
01:54:18,660 --> 01:54:23,760
within the city by analyzing and establishing restrictions based on time, place, and manner

1003
01:54:23,760 --> 01:54:24,360
regulations.

1004
01:54:24,360 --> 01:54:33,500
The court's decision in Anderson verse the city of Hermos Abiche does not prevent the city from regulating the location of body art establishments in the above mentioned way.

1005
01:54:36,020 --> 01:54:39,300
The next area for clarification is related to the definitions.

1006
01:54:39,820 --> 01:54:44,620
The downtown specific plan does not provide definitions for body art or personal services.

1007
01:54:45,160 --> 01:54:48,940
The municipal code, however, does include a definition for tattoo parlors.

1008
01:54:49,620 --> 01:54:55,640
Under the Safe Body Art Act, the state defined body art as body piercing, tattooing, branding,

1009
01:54:55,640 --> 01:54:59,640
or the application of permanent cosmetics in the health and safety code.

1010
01:55:00,060 --> 01:55:04,800
The state definition leaves very little distinguishable or objective differences between

1011
01:55:04,800 --> 01:55:08,440
tattooing and permanent cosmetics outside of the intent of the application.

1012
01:55:09,240 --> 01:55:15,160
Under both the state and county regulations, the acts traditionally, the acts of

1013
01:55:15,160 --> 01:55:19,500
traditional tattooing and permanent cosmetics are regulated and licensed the same.

1014
01:55:20,020 --> 01:55:24,540
Because of this, staff is recommending to leave the definition of BARTY ART intact is

1015
01:55:24,540 --> 01:55:29,160
one umbrella category and in this case separate it from personal services.

1016
01:55:32,760 --> 01:55:37,920
The next area provides a breakdown of the downtown zones in order to get further direction

1017
01:55:37,920 --> 01:55:42,500
on where the council would or would not like body art or personal services within the downtown.

1018
01:55:43,340 --> 01:55:47,460
One area of distinction is the downtown, in the downtown is the downtown core.

1019
01:55:48,160 --> 01:55:53,040
The DSP identifies the downtown core as including Oak Street and First Street and expressly

1020
01:55:53,040 --> 01:55:57,040
describes the area as the heart of the pedestrian-oriented shopping district.

1021
01:55:57,400 --> 01:56:01,980
The specific plan further identifies Oak Street as downtown's primary shopping street,

1022
01:56:02,320 --> 01:56:06,520
and states that the intersections of Oak and First is downtown's most vibrant intersection,

1023
01:56:06,900 --> 01:56:12,480
where activity generating shops and services form the crossroads of downtown's shopping experience.

1024
01:56:13,280 --> 01:56:17,620
Any implementing regulations should narrowly tailor the restrictions to serve the city's

1025
01:56:17,620 --> 01:56:22,520
significant governmental interest in maintaining this active pedestrian-oriented commercial environment,

1026
01:56:22,520 --> 01:56:27,040
projecting the economic vitality in the distinction of the downtown core.

1027
01:56:30,630 --> 01:56:35,330
The last area is how could body art or personal services be potentially regulated?

1028
01:56:36,190 --> 01:56:41,010
The initial and typical way to regulate land use classifications is by requiring a conditional

1029
01:56:41,010 --> 01:56:43,470
use permit, which the city council is familiar with.

1030
01:56:43,910 --> 01:56:48,750
An alternative option that the council may consider is establishing a downtown personal services

1031
01:56:48,750 --> 01:56:52,670
or body art license permit, similar to our tobacco retail license.

1032
01:56:52,670 --> 01:56:57,370
This type of license could run with the business or operator and not run with the land.

1033
01:56:57,810 --> 01:57:02,790
It would be reviewed and renewed annually based on a set standards which would typically

1034
01:57:02,790 --> 01:57:08,130
be linked to the public health and safety and operational characteristics of the business.

1035
01:57:09,170 --> 01:57:15,710
The council could consider establishing a cap under each of these options, although it would

1036
01:57:15,710 --> 01:57:20,530
be easier and more equitable through the license process, requiring all current and new establishments

1037
01:57:20,530 --> 01:57:23,210
to get a license to be reviewed and renewed annually.

1038
01:57:26,580 --> 01:57:30,200
So with the information provided in the staff report related to what can be done in the

1039
01:57:30,200 --> 01:57:34,280
potential options, staff is now looking for Council's direction on how to move forward.

1040
01:57:35,020 --> 01:57:40,120
Staff listed in the Council's motion on the 28th, or staff listened to the Council discussion

1041
01:57:40,120 --> 01:57:42,740
along with the full discussion that night.

1042
01:57:43,480 --> 01:57:50,760
And based on that, staff believes that Council's overall goals, that based on Council's overall

1043
01:57:50,760 --> 01:57:56,480
goals we've provided a list of recommendations that we believe best achieve the goals while

1044
01:57:56,480 --> 01:58:01,160
keeping in mind what can reasonably be administered and enforced to preserve the strength of

1045
01:58:01,160 --> 01:58:02,800
downtown's economic vitality.

1046
01:58:03,480 --> 01:58:08,460
Tonight we are requesting final direction on what is being defined, where should it be

1047
01:58:08,460 --> 01:58:10,300
allowed, and how it should be regulated.

1048
01:58:12,640 --> 01:58:18,340
So for what is being defined, after reviewing the potential unintended consequences of existing

1049
01:58:18,340 --> 01:58:23,600
personal services staff believes that there is significant governmental interest in maintaining

1050
01:58:23,600 --> 01:58:28,820
the economic vitality pedestrian oriented character and distinct commercial function of certain

1051
01:58:28,820 --> 01:58:34,600
geographic areas within downtown to provide and create distinct separate definitions between the

1052
01:58:34,600 --> 01:58:40,680
two land use categories of body art and personal services. If council supports this staff is recommending

1053
01:58:40,680 --> 01:58:44,540
incorporating the two definitions as shown here within the downtown specific plan.

1054
01:58:46,140 --> 01:58:48,260
The next is where should it be allowed?

1055
01:58:48,980 --> 01:58:55,060
After reviewing potential unintended consequences to existing personal services, staff recommends

1056
01:58:55,060 --> 01:58:59,540
that only body art be prohibited along Oak Street and First Street storefronts, allowing

1057
01:58:59,540 --> 01:59:04,600
them on the second floor, and to be further clarify that they would only be prohibited within

1058
01:59:04,600 --> 01:59:09,560
the first 65 feet of the first floor, as measured perpendicular to the street frontage.

1059
01:59:09,560 --> 01:59:14,620
This is consistent with a separate regulation regarding our downtown retail requirement measurements.

1060
01:59:17,770 --> 01:59:19,790
And the last question is how is it regulated?

1061
01:59:20,370 --> 01:59:26,810
Staff is recommending that a body art license or permit be created to best regulate existing and future facilities.

1062
01:59:27,250 --> 01:59:32,610
This would allow each facility, both existing and new, to be viewed and renewed on an annual basis,

1063
01:59:33,270 --> 01:59:38,310
with set standards related to public health, safety, and location requirements as well as state licensing requirements.

1064
01:59:38,310 --> 01:59:44,150
staff recommends allowing establishments with current county approvals to first supply for a new license

1065
01:59:44,150 --> 01:59:50,370
unaffected by the cap with a total of four total establishments allowing for two more future establishments

1066
01:59:50,370 --> 01:59:53,110
under the cap to regulate through the license permitting process.

1067
01:59:55,240 --> 01:59:57,420
Then last, we come to timing and implementation.

1068
01:59:58,400 --> 01:59:59,960
implementing an amendment to the

1069
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,720
The downtown specific plan and creating a new body art license would require drafting a new ordinance and creating a license processing fee that the city council would have to approve. The earliest a new ordinance an amendment to the downtown specific plan that could be brought back to council would be October a based based on legal noticing requirements. This could then be followed up by an ordinance related to the actual licensing and the fee which we brought back to council in November to allow sufficient time for the ordinance to be drafted and obtain legal review. Based on that,

1070
02:00:29,720 --> 02:00:35,740
staff, this concludes staff's report. Within our agenda packet tonight we did include a decision

1071
02:00:35,740 --> 02:00:41,520
matrix, which I can pull up once we get to the discussion portion tonight to help guide some

1072
02:00:41,520 --> 02:00:47,540
of the direction and discussion, but staff is available for any questions. Thank you. Any questions

1073
02:00:47,540 --> 02:00:52,960
for staff? Yeah. What analysis did you do to come up with for permitted downtown?

1074
02:00:54,860 --> 02:00:58,160
So since it's currently not a permitted use, it is prohibited.

1075
02:00:59,560 --> 02:01:03,360
Nothing in our analysis says that it is permitted.

1076
02:01:04,600 --> 02:01:09,200
The county licensing is very distinct in that it only reviews and approves the health

1077
02:01:09,200 --> 02:01:13,120
safety aspect and does not provide any land use approvals.

1078
02:01:13,640 --> 02:01:21,240
So no businesses in downtown are currently permitted in any shape or fashion in terms of

1079
02:01:21,240 --> 02:01:28,580
land use regulations. There are two current approvals for county health and safety approvals,

1080
02:01:28,980 --> 02:01:32,240
but that does not constitute a city land use approval.

1081
02:01:32,780 --> 02:01:38,600
Okay, so what analysis was done on financial impact on sales tax revenue for the city by

1082
02:01:38,600 --> 02:01:39,280
allowing for?

1083
02:01:40,670 --> 02:01:44,800
The floor was based on council direction at the last meeting. Staff has not done any financial

1084
02:01:44,800 --> 02:01:52,940
now. Okay, so there's no financial impact of this. And just to be clear, there was only one

1085
02:01:52,940 --> 02:01:56,560
the day we had our last meeting because I actually pulled it up from the county and sent it to

1086
02:01:56,560 --> 02:02:02,040
Alexis. So now there's two, but there was only one at the time. So I don't think it's fair to

1087
02:02:02,040 --> 02:02:06,840
say that there's two because there wasn't two when we lost approved it. They just got that health

1088
02:02:06,840 --> 02:02:11,320
from the county. So I think that's misrepresenting a little bit. What exactly is happening?

1089
02:02:12,120 --> 02:02:17,300
Yeah, staff has been unable to determine when the actual licenses were issued.

1090
02:02:17,600 --> 02:02:23,080
Staff has reached out to county, the county department, but we did not get verification

1091
02:02:23,080 --> 02:02:24,760
of when the actual permit was issued.

1092
02:02:25,380 --> 02:02:29,680
All staff has received is clarification that they do currently have a license.

1093
02:02:30,200 --> 02:02:32,460
Okay, but when we had our last meeting, they did not.

1094
02:02:33,880 --> 02:02:34,440
Yeah.

1095
02:02:35,080 --> 02:02:35,380
Okay.

1096
02:02:39,510 --> 02:02:45,170
I have a couple questions, sorry, maybe just for a little bit of clarification.

1097
02:02:45,530 --> 02:02:50,090
How's the licensing the body of our business different than a CUP?

1098
02:02:53,000 --> 02:02:56,760
So a conditional use permit would go before the planning commission.

1099
02:02:56,760 --> 02:03:00,620
It would be a publicly noticed chairing that would be noticed all properties within a thousand

1100
02:03:00,620 --> 02:03:05,600
feet, and then it would be presented to the planning commission in which staff would make

1101
02:03:05,600 --> 02:03:10,460
findings and presents a presentation to the Planning Commission and that board would

1102
02:03:11,560 --> 02:03:17,620
basically review it against public comments and approve or deny the application.

1103
02:03:18,300 --> 02:03:22,740
A license is a little different. A license is set on standard specifications, which would

1104
02:03:22,740 --> 02:03:30,020
be within the Missful Code. And it would be, for the most part, based on location requirements

1105
02:03:30,020 --> 02:03:33,660
and it would be a lot more clear cut and objective.

1106
02:03:34,220 --> 02:03:40,780
There could potentially be penalties or types of violations within that or parameters

1107
02:03:40,780 --> 02:03:46,260
that they would have to meet, but it would be an administrative approval based on what

1108
02:03:46,260 --> 02:03:48,500
is outlined in the actual license in the municipal code.

1109
02:03:49,640 --> 02:03:58,120
And just to expand on that, CUP is a land use entitlement, so it's really a process that's

1110
02:03:58,120 --> 02:04:03,960
about land use review consistency with general plan and zoning and other development standards

1111
02:04:03,960 --> 02:04:08,940
that may be in the municipal code. A license would be much more tied to just public health

1112
02:04:08,940 --> 02:04:15,260
and safety. A conditional use permit is an entitlement so it goes with the property

1113
02:04:15,260 --> 02:04:22,300
in perpetuity unless it's replaced or revoked. So, meaning if a tenant changes over the CUP is still

1114
02:04:22,300 --> 02:04:28,520
an effect unless something changes in terms of its revoked or replaced by another tenant.

1115
02:04:29,680 --> 02:04:35,560
License is typically an annual process that is expires and it's not an entitlement.

1116
02:04:35,920 --> 02:04:39,060
Once the license expires, if it's not renewed, it goes away.

1117
02:04:41,350 --> 02:04:43,170
Okay, thank you.

1118
02:04:45,130 --> 02:04:51,410
When I was reading over the staff report, I was looking at, and then we use the same terms

1119
02:04:51,410 --> 02:05:02,930
Here requires a license excluding the first 65 feet on the first floor as measured perpendicular to the street front.

1120
02:05:03,370 --> 02:05:04,230
What does that mean?

1121
02:05:05,810 --> 02:05:17,850
So from the property line along the street, you would make a T from the property line and 65 feet directly back from the street on first street within that first 65 feet.

1122
02:05:17,850 --> 02:05:23,370
That's typically what we call in our downtown specific plan or retail zone.

1123
02:05:23,990 --> 02:05:31,090
And so within that first 65 feet, it is meant to be regulated in a way that has more pedestrian

1124
02:05:31,090 --> 02:05:37,990
activity and provides more back and forth daily traffic outside of that.

1125
02:05:38,090 --> 02:05:43,190
So if you have a building that's 100 feet deep and you have 10 spaces within the first 65

1126
02:05:43,190 --> 02:05:55,510
If you have a tenant space that starts at 70 feet, that doesn't have a storefront, doesn't have a window directly facing the street, you could have it in that location and that suite in that building.

1127
02:05:56,050 --> 02:06:01,990
But you can't have one that has a natural window or door that fronts on the street within 65 feet of the street.

1128
02:06:03,550 --> 02:06:11,930
Okay, so it means a corner right off the corner of 65 feet from Oak Street down first or down second.

1129
02:06:11,930 --> 02:06:16,530
It might help if we show the map of the downtown specific plan.

1130
02:06:17,530 --> 02:06:20,130
So there's a hatched area in the land use map.

1131
02:06:20,370 --> 02:06:25,730
So the specific plan, this is a mechanism, the specific plan already uses to limit office

1132
02:06:25,730 --> 02:06:28,250
uses from being directly on the street.

1133
02:06:28,810 --> 02:06:33,170
So it is just perpendicular, it's not necessarily a corner location.

1134
02:06:33,770 --> 02:06:40,870
So if you look in that red area, you see that hatched lines within that red downtown core,

1135
02:06:40,870 --> 02:06:45,550
I'm not sure if it shows up well on your screen, but you see the little darker areas with the hatch lines.

1136
02:06:45,970 --> 02:06:52,830
That's the 65 feet for all those buildings that are limited to retail uses to keep that active street front.

1137
02:06:55,750 --> 02:06:56,150
Thank you.

1138
02:06:57,810 --> 02:06:58,650
Other questions?

1139
02:07:01,080 --> 02:07:01,760
Okay, moving to.

1140
02:07:01,760 --> 02:07:03,320
I have a question. Go ahead.

1141
02:07:05,330 --> 02:07:09,810
I've noticed with contract cost of health, they have two different licenses, one for body

1142
02:07:09,810 --> 02:07:18,370
art, and one is specific to semi-cosmetic or permanent cosmetic.

1143
02:07:19,610 --> 02:07:21,650
Why didn't we define that?

1144
02:07:22,410 --> 02:07:27,370
Because that's something that we asked for if we can have a different definition for both.

1145
02:07:27,370 --> 02:07:37,450
So, talking to the County Health Inspector, an actual technician can get an individual

1146
02:07:37,450 --> 02:07:41,290
technician license for either of them, but for a facility.

1147
02:07:42,110 --> 02:07:45,510
Facilities where they practice are all actually regulated the same.

1148
02:07:46,030 --> 02:07:52,690
It's not regulated as just a semi-permanent cosmetic facility or just a tattoo facility

1149
02:07:52,690 --> 02:07:53,390
is my understanding.

1150
02:07:53,390 --> 02:07:58,210
they are all regulated as a body art facility.

1151
02:07:58,870 --> 02:08:03,510
While individual practitioners each then have to be licensed as well

1152
02:08:04,210 --> 02:08:06,190
and may have some different requirements.

1153
02:08:06,190 --> 02:08:11,210
The actual establishment itself in which they practice is under one license.

1154
02:08:12,910 --> 02:08:14,550
Can I go ahead?

1155
02:08:14,550 --> 02:08:15,570
Oh, sorry, go ahead.

1156
02:08:17,520 --> 02:08:18,380
No, I'm done.

1157
02:08:18,480 --> 02:08:19,240
She answered my question.

1158
02:08:19,240 --> 02:08:21,580
But there's two licenses, right?

1159
02:08:21,780 --> 02:08:24,600
The one that's $430 is the body art facility,

1160
02:08:24,980 --> 02:08:26,680
tattoo body piercing branding permit.

1161
02:08:26,840 --> 02:08:29,780
And then the one that's 370 is the body art facility,

1162
02:08:30,040 --> 02:08:32,280
semi permanent cosmetic permit.

1163
02:08:32,480 --> 02:08:33,240
So they're different.

1164
02:08:34,140 --> 02:08:36,560
They might be different fees, but my understanding

1165
02:08:36,560 --> 02:08:38,540
from talking to the actual county inspectors,

1166
02:08:38,540 --> 02:08:41,440
that they're the same county regulations.

1167
02:08:42,140 --> 02:08:46,140
Yeah, but they're different, but what they can do is different.

1168
02:08:46,520 --> 02:08:48,120
They can't do the same thing.

1169
02:08:48,120 --> 02:08:55,160
in their business. They have different licenses. So if someone do that has the semi-permanent

1170
02:08:55,160 --> 02:08:57,880
cosmetic does a tattoo, they're breaking the law.

1171
02:09:00,040 --> 02:09:05,740
Possibly. But when, as I included in the staff report, there's state definitions and

1172
02:09:05,740 --> 02:09:12,740
based on the two definitions in terms of how community development would enforce the difference

1173
02:09:12,740 --> 02:09:20,200
between those two separately defined regulations is really, for the most part, based on the intent.

1174
02:09:20,640 --> 02:09:29,120
It is not an objective standard in which a city employee can go into a facility and determine

1175
02:09:29,700 --> 02:09:40,520
whether it is a semi-permanent cosmetic or a tattoo. They both include the same type of machinery,

1176
02:09:40,520 --> 02:09:45,100
the same type of ink, the same type of, you know, placement under the skin.

1177
02:09:45,660 --> 02:09:52,660
And so the definitions, which were both in the staff report, are very subjective and

1178
02:09:52,660 --> 02:09:58,340
are based on the intent and the purpose of the tattooing.

1179
02:09:58,840 --> 02:10:04,640
And therefore, staff is not recommending it and is not common practice to actually define

1180
02:10:04,640 --> 02:10:09,960
them separately because it would be highly problematic for staff to ever enforce the intent

1181
02:10:09,960 --> 02:10:13,200
of what is getting tattooed.

1182
02:10:14,280 --> 02:10:15,860
Okay, I'll think about that a little bit.

1183
02:10:15,940 --> 02:10:16,340
Thank you.

1184
02:10:16,860 --> 02:10:19,960
What do we be able to differentiate the intent

1185
02:10:19,960 --> 02:10:22,480
from the type of business and the advertising

1186
02:10:22,480 --> 02:10:25,040
and the marketing that's being done?

1187
02:10:25,320 --> 02:10:27,060
I mean, one place is a tattoo parlor.

1188
02:10:27,220 --> 02:10:31,220
The other place is a cosmetic versus salon type.

1189
02:10:33,800 --> 02:10:36,860
I'm having a difficult time comprehending that.

1190
02:10:37,460 --> 02:10:42,900
So, from a code enforcement perspective, it is the activity, not the intent.

1191
02:10:43,100 --> 02:10:48,540
It's what we can witness and observe, so someone can advertise all kinds of things.

1192
02:10:48,540 --> 02:10:50,120
That's a free speech issue.

1193
02:10:50,260 --> 02:10:58,720
It's what we can observe and base a case off of, so advertising is not an activity or an

1194
02:10:58,720 --> 02:11:01,820
action within the physical space, so that's what makes it difficult.

1195
02:11:01,820 --> 02:11:07,300
that can certainly clue us into things that may need to be investigated or followed up on,

1196
02:11:07,720 --> 02:11:12,980
but we still have to have an observable violation in the premises in order to have a code

1197
02:11:12,980 --> 02:11:18,760
enforcement case if that makes sense. Is there any type of training that's provided to the

1198
02:11:19,960 --> 02:11:26,220
employees to differentiate regular body tattoo art versus micro shading, microblading?

1199
02:11:31,200 --> 02:11:31,800
Is there any type

1200
02:11:31,800 --> 02:11:38,340
Yes, or like code enforcement in general, not just your employees, but is that sort of health and safety

1201
02:11:38,340 --> 02:11:43,140
Training that actually shows them have to how to distinguish between the two

1202
02:11:44,200 --> 02:11:49,280
Not that I'm aware of that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's just not and it right now

1203
02:11:49,280 --> 02:11:52,900
We don't have to differentiate because it's not you know permitted downtown

1204
02:11:52,900 --> 02:11:57,940
But our understanding from the county is the equipment is exactly the same

1205
02:11:58,760 --> 02:12:08,240
But you could say that a primary use has to be a salon with an ancillary use of semi-permanent.

1206
02:12:08,760 --> 02:12:09,920
We could say that.

1207
02:12:10,580 --> 02:12:14,340
Yeah, Council could, so yes, Council could absolutely do that.

1208
02:12:14,720 --> 02:12:21,520
So when we were bringing back definitions, there was, in the staff report, there's two options.

1209
02:12:21,720 --> 02:12:26,800
One is a personal services definition that includes body art, and one is personal services

1210
02:12:26,800 --> 02:12:29,020
as without and body art separately.

1211
02:12:29,560 --> 02:12:31,220
Council will, certainly, if you look at that

1212
02:12:31,780 --> 02:12:34,080
main definition as an example in the staff report,

1213
02:12:34,560 --> 02:12:37,180
could say that permanent makeup

1214
02:12:37,180 --> 02:12:39,260
ancillary to the salon is allowed.

1215
02:12:39,940 --> 02:12:41,140
It's just, we're back to the-

1216
02:12:41,140 --> 02:12:42,080
What can I permanent make up?

1217
02:12:42,260 --> 02:12:42,540
I'm sorry.

1218
02:12:44,040 --> 02:12:45,420
Semi-permanent, yes, sorry.

1219
02:12:45,840 --> 02:12:46,260
You're correct.

1220
02:12:46,460 --> 02:12:48,260
Semi-permanent makeup ancillary

1221
02:12:48,260 --> 02:12:51,380
to the purpose of the salon is a permitted use, for example.

1222
02:12:52,120 --> 02:12:54,060
We would just have to be very precise

1223
02:12:54,060 --> 02:12:55,420
in how we define it.

1224
02:12:55,420 --> 02:13:00,320
And we would, I would just want everyone to be aware that it could be an enforcement

1225
02:13:00,320 --> 02:13:04,720
issue at some point when someone says that's what they're doing and that's not what they're

1226
02:13:04,720 --> 02:13:05,020
doing.

1227
02:13:05,900 --> 02:13:10,320
It just makes it hard if someone does complain and we go in and it looks exactly the same

1228
02:13:10,320 --> 02:13:10,840
as the tattoo.

1229
02:13:11,800 --> 02:13:14,140
But we could do decoys just like we do with tobacco.

1230
02:13:16,920 --> 02:13:16,980
Right.

1231
02:13:17,140 --> 02:13:21,180
Well, I mean, if you suspect someone's breaking the law, I would think you could do the same

1232
02:13:21,180 --> 02:13:21,460
thing.

1233
02:13:21,460 --> 02:13:25,480
So that, so that would be a question for the

1234
02:13:25,480 --> 02:13:30,420
see attorney and police department code enforcement does the administrative process does not operate that way.

1235
02:13:31,740 --> 02:13:35,980
And it's not a criminal violation. It would be an administrative violation at that point.

1236
02:13:38,330 --> 02:13:38,990
Councillor Borla.

1237
02:13:39,070 --> 02:13:42,370
But I would say if staff walked in, I'm sorry.

1238
02:13:42,590 --> 02:13:52,310
I would say that if staff walked in and they would be able to differentiate easily by the type of activity that's being done whether it's semi-permanent.

1239
02:13:52,310 --> 02:13:55,750
per minute make-up versus an actual tattoo?

1240
02:13:59,660 --> 02:14:03,180
Possibly, yeah, I can't foresee every scenario,

1241
02:14:03,180 --> 02:14:05,500
but in some cases it may be very obvious,

1242
02:14:05,680 --> 02:14:07,740
and in some cases it may not be, you know,

1243
02:14:07,820 --> 02:14:10,520
just based on the type of equipment is exactly the same,

1244
02:14:10,740 --> 02:14:13,900
the activities exactly the same, the chairs look similar,

1245
02:14:14,180 --> 02:14:17,200
so it's possible they could differentiate

1246
02:14:17,200 --> 02:14:20,800
and they can have a defensible way

1247
02:14:20,800 --> 02:14:22,640
of documenting that as a code enforcement case?

1248
02:14:22,640 --> 02:14:28,140
Sure. Can I ask a question? I guess this is for both of you all for legal because I'm

1249
02:14:28,140 --> 02:14:32,280
sitting up here trying to figure out how to make it make sense and why this is going so deep.

1250
02:14:33,060 --> 02:14:38,140
When I got my eyebrows tattooed, when I got a microbladed, it was a tattoo gun that was used.

1251
02:14:38,480 --> 02:14:45,060
It was a tattoo. I don't know what level of skill you all need to be able to go and learn the

1252
02:14:45,060 --> 02:14:50,420
difference between how deep something goes into the skin and not to make it not permanent or

1253
02:14:50,420 --> 02:14:55,940
permanent, but what here's my thing from a legal perspective, a lot of things are done

1254
02:14:55,940 --> 02:14:59,540
behind closed doors. So how

1255
02:15:04,120 --> 02:15:29,600
Is there a fourth amendment right to violate, to walk into a commercial business, while someone is getting a private treatment, to go into a treatment room, to see if someone is getting micro-bladed or tattooed, if someone created a treatment room. How far can our code enforcement be allowed? When I got mine done, it was in a private setting, and I be damned if somebody walked in to a private setting of mine, and say, I'm code enforcement.

1256
02:15:29,600 --> 02:15:37,120
I would be all up trying to help represent that business to sue the city for some type of violations of a fourth amendment, right?

1257
02:15:37,240 --> 02:15:40,480
So I guess I'm trying to figure out how far are we trying to have our staff go?

1258
02:15:40,600 --> 02:15:42,080
And I don't understand why we're doing this.

1259
02:15:42,560 --> 02:15:48,500
But we can see people come out, they come out of their arms covered, or, you know, I mean, you can tell when someone leaves with a tattoo.

1260
02:15:49,440 --> 02:15:55,580
Well, and this steps back to the issue of when we're talking about the definition that we have for body art.

1261
02:15:55,580 --> 02:16:01,020
when we look at this at a statutory level you've got body art means body piercing tattooing

1262
02:16:01,020 --> 02:16:06,780
branding or application of permanent cosmetics and so that window that they're looking at when

1263
02:16:06,780 --> 02:16:12,200
they're trying to define these things if we're trying to split what is actually happening. So yes,

1264
02:16:12,400 --> 02:16:18,080
there's a certain level where staff does it to where staff to enter in certain situations is

1265
02:16:18,080 --> 02:16:24,620
obviously putting the city at some degree of risk. That's true. What is also true is the way that

1266
02:16:24,620 --> 02:16:28,120
that this definition is formulated, as I just mentioned,

1267
02:16:28,520 --> 02:16:30,740
I mean, it combines these two things

1268
02:16:30,740 --> 02:16:34,160
of body piercing tattooing, branding or application

1269
02:16:34,160 --> 02:16:35,340
of permanent cosmetics.

1270
02:16:35,580 --> 02:16:38,060
And so to try to disaggregate the two,

1271
02:16:38,300 --> 02:16:40,720
and then you're disaggregating them

1272
02:16:40,720 --> 02:16:43,800
because you want to provide some sort of differential treatment.

1273
02:16:43,800 --> 02:16:46,180
But the idea is you want some uniformity

1274
02:16:46,180 --> 02:16:47,040
and how you're treating them

1275
02:16:47,040 --> 02:16:49,520
because they're really under the law, the same thing.

1276
02:16:49,800 --> 02:16:52,000
Yeah, I'm not questioning the definition, excuse me.

1277
02:16:52,040 --> 02:16:52,940
I'm not questioning the definition.

1278
02:16:52,940 --> 02:16:54,620
I think it's great how they just broke that out.

1279
02:16:54,820 --> 02:16:56,460
I think that was one of the suggestions we made.

1280
02:16:56,960 --> 02:17:02,000
I'm really questioning, there seems like there's a constant questioning of staff of,

1281
02:17:02,220 --> 02:17:06,000
can you just walk in there, can't you just look and see, can't you, and I'm just wondering

1282
02:17:06,000 --> 02:17:11,680
at what level, how much search and see, like search, can we do under code enforcement?

1283
02:17:13,300 --> 02:17:18,940
And so two things, one, there are standard procedures under which they operate and those procedures

1284
02:17:18,940 --> 02:17:21,800
are operated to keep them within the legal bounds with it.

1285
02:17:21,800 --> 02:17:26,240
and analysis of whether or not they've gone beyond that would be a case-specific,

1286
02:17:26,240 --> 02:17:31,600
fact-specific analysis. So they could tell you, if you asked them, what their, you know,

1287
02:17:31,620 --> 02:17:37,020
particular approaches, when they go in, and that is aligned to keep them within the legal boundaries.

1288
02:17:37,460 --> 02:17:43,560
So I know I don't think that, you know, the example that you gave where somebody's in there having

1289
02:17:43,560 --> 02:17:50,980
a personal procedure and, you know, but you need the full factual context to be able to understand

1290
02:17:50,980 --> 02:17:54,920
So we need to consider we're telling them they need to go in and distinguish between a tattoo and

1291
02:17:54,920 --> 02:17:58,860
Well, a permanent or not permanent art or how we've defined it

1292
02:17:58,860 --> 02:18:04,580
I think it's something we need to know also the parameters for which they can and cannot enter into a facility

1293
02:18:04,580 --> 02:18:08,180
And how far how deep can you go into a room or not go into a room?

1294
02:18:08,180 --> 02:18:14,460
I think there's other things to consider because we throw out these suggestions to you all and not think about them in real like real practice

1295
02:18:14,460 --> 02:18:19,980
And execution and my concern is how much more liability do we have and what are we trying to prevent?

1296
02:18:19,980 --> 02:18:21,640
I'm still still lost.

1297
02:18:24,320 --> 02:18:34,640
So if Council's goal were to separate semi-permanent makeup from tattooing, then that would be challenging

1298
02:18:34,640 --> 02:18:39,560
from an enforcement perspective, because in order to document a violation, let's say

1299
02:18:39,560 --> 02:18:43,500
we receive a complaint and tattooing is not permitted.

1300
02:18:44,380 --> 02:18:48,440
The fact that if we walk in, when we're allowed to enter businesses, if they're open to business

1301
02:18:48,440 --> 02:18:48,800
hours.

1302
02:18:48,800 --> 02:18:55,620
If we walk in that business and there's no observable equipment or activity going on or there's private rooms,

1303
02:18:56,220 --> 02:18:59,880
then we cannot act on as far as we know there's nothing to document.

1304
02:19:00,400 --> 02:19:03,740
If we walk in and there's tattoo equipment and it's not being used,

1305
02:19:04,200 --> 02:19:08,580
we also have a difficult case. We have more information than we have before that.

1306
02:19:08,820 --> 02:19:10,760
We should probably come back. We could follow up.

1307
02:19:11,120 --> 02:19:15,800
But just in fact that the equipment exists also does not necessarily equate to a violation.

1308
02:19:15,800 --> 02:19:20,260
We have to have some observable activity that violates the municipal code.

1309
02:19:20,860 --> 02:19:23,560
Okay, so it is challenging.

1310
02:19:23,720 --> 02:19:24,440
It's not impossible.

1311
02:19:24,640 --> 02:19:30,640
If that's how council wants to regulate it, I just want to make you aware that it just creates a difficulty.

1312
02:19:30,800 --> 02:19:36,080
And we may not catch all scoff laws in that scenario because it would be made more difficult.

1313
02:19:36,180 --> 02:19:37,040
It's not impossible.

1314
02:19:37,580 --> 02:19:42,620
The fact that someone enters a business with tattoos on their arms and leaves with tattoos on their arms,

1315
02:19:42,620 --> 02:19:45,460
We get complaints and we respond to them.

1316
02:19:45,780 --> 02:19:49,320
We're not necessarily posted out front or the business.

1317
02:19:49,880 --> 02:19:53,340
If we are, we have no evidence on the outside of the building

1318
02:19:53,340 --> 02:19:55,660
that they received a tattoo, right?

1319
02:19:56,380 --> 02:19:58,020
I mean, you would be relying on my staff

1320
02:19:58,020 --> 02:20:01,120
to be observing up close how many tattoos someone had

1321
02:20:01,120 --> 02:20:03,140
on the way in, how many they had on the way out.

1322
02:20:03,320 --> 02:20:05,240
That doesn't prove they got a tattoo

1323
02:20:05,240 --> 02:20:06,640
because we didn't observe it.

1324
02:20:06,800 --> 02:20:09,020
So again, this is an administrative process.

1325
02:20:09,020 --> 02:20:11,260
It's different than a criminal process.

1326
02:20:11,260 --> 02:20:18,060
us. It's not perfect. It's not simple. All I'm here to do is just make you aware of the

1327
02:20:18,060 --> 02:20:23,760
pros and cons of whatever approach that Council chooses and we will follow Council's direction

1328
02:20:23,760 --> 02:20:24,200
certainly.

1329
02:20:25,440 --> 02:20:32,100
And one last our Mayor. The one last question is the of the A B and C that's that will be

1330
02:20:32,100 --> 02:20:37,520
the easiest to execute asked to the three questions you presented in the staff report for how

1331
02:20:37,520 --> 02:20:40,740
How to define it, staff's recommendation is which one?

1332
02:20:41,140 --> 02:20:42,200
I just want to make sure we're clear.

1333
02:20:43,340 --> 02:20:46,460
Staff was recommending, including a personal service,

1334
02:20:46,560 --> 02:20:49,520
it's definition that does not include body art,

1335
02:20:49,980 --> 02:20:53,820
and then have a separate body art definition that includes

1336
02:20:55,380 --> 02:21:01,000
tattooing, piercing, permanent, and semi-permanent osmetic.

1337
02:21:01,160 --> 02:21:02,120
So that would be item B.

1338
02:21:03,960 --> 02:21:04,340
Yes.

1339
02:21:04,640 --> 02:21:05,180
Okay, thank you.

1340
02:21:07,200 --> 02:21:10,440
Okay, there's no other questions we can move into public comments on this item.

1341
02:21:13,480 --> 02:21:16,920
At this time, the public is permitted to address the City Council on this agenda item.

1342
02:21:17,760 --> 02:21:20,200
If you are participating, the Zoom please raise your hand.

1343
02:21:20,300 --> 02:21:22,100
If you're in person, please file a speaker card.

1344
02:21:22,560 --> 02:21:27,560
Your microphone will be muted if you speak on items that do not pertain to this agenda item or after the timer has expired.

1345
02:21:28,140 --> 02:21:30,760
We receive your written public comments in advance of tonight's meeting.

1346
02:21:34,750 --> 02:21:36,450
I have three speaker cards.

1347
02:21:36,450 --> 02:21:42,920
I have Australia, followed by Chris, followed by Tom.

1348
02:21:55,400 --> 02:21:58,560
Okay, so I'm not good at this, as usual.

1349
02:21:59,820 --> 02:22:02,600
I wanted to touch on one thing.

1350
02:22:03,200 --> 02:22:06,140
It was mentioned that there's only one person who's registered.

1351
02:22:06,620 --> 02:22:07,420
That's not true.

1352
02:22:08,060 --> 02:22:10,860
My business is registered at 737 Second Street.

1353
02:22:11,260 --> 02:22:14,740
I've been registered since I opened August 2025.

1354
02:22:15,340 --> 02:22:17,100
I have my facility permit.

1355
02:22:17,100 --> 02:22:31,100
and I have my practitioner permit for permanent cosmetics and I also have what a practitioner permit looks like for a tattoo artist and they are literally the exact same page zero difference.

1356
02:22:31,320 --> 02:22:41,360
It doesn't say who does what? There's no difference. Same with this. It's one for both. So, you know, that

1357
02:22:44,020 --> 02:22:46,380
was pretty much all I was going to say.

1358
02:22:46,380 --> 02:22:49,920
But if any of you guys would care to look at them, they're right here.

1359
02:22:50,100 --> 02:22:52,860
This is what they look like from the county originals.

1360
02:22:53,660 --> 02:22:58,280
Also, the reason why you can't separate permanent cosmetics from tattooing.

1361
02:22:58,560 --> 02:23:02,340
You have an event happening this Friday in downtown Brentwood.

1362
02:23:02,780 --> 02:23:05,220
They're advertising tiny tattoos out of a salon.

1363
02:23:05,660 --> 02:23:08,160
That person also does permanent cosmetics.

1364
02:23:08,480 --> 02:23:11,700
What are they going to do tattoo little hearts on the body?

1365
02:23:12,160 --> 02:23:15,960
There's no way to separate the two, so either you allow them all or you allow none.

1366
02:23:15,960 --> 02:23:20,320
There's no way I'm honestly this is I don't know where the targeting is happening.

1367
02:23:20,660 --> 02:23:24,720
I'm this is two years in like make a decision yes or no.

1368
02:23:45,080 --> 02:23:47,360
Good evening being a council in the city staff.

1369
02:23:47,500 --> 02:23:51,240
I had some stuff written out but I think my wife did a fantastic job.

1370
02:23:51,780 --> 02:23:57,140
I just want to say I hope this moves in a timely manner like it's been 20 months sensitive

1371
02:23:57,140 --> 02:23:58,200
originally got brought up.

1372
02:23:58,380 --> 02:24:05,640
It's been 16 months since it was voted on and I feel like we had talked about having to target

1373
02:24:05,640 --> 02:24:13,240
on your back. I feel like it's it's been nothing but that, the harassment of our businesses.

1374
02:24:15,220 --> 02:24:18,680
It's getting a little too much. I just hope that this moves in a timely manner

1375
02:24:18,680 --> 02:24:25,820
that we can get this done so everybody operating similar or hopes to operate similar to us like we

1376
02:24:25,820 --> 02:24:31,540
do like we want to operate like everybody else is down here that it could all be done and over with

1377
02:24:31,540 --> 02:24:35,900
everybody could be on the same page and we can just continue to move forward with this.

1378
02:24:36,240 --> 02:24:36,740
Thank you.

1379
02:24:43,660 --> 02:24:49,320
I just want to say this young couple here they're being crucified and we want to

1380
02:24:49,320 --> 02:24:53,980
grandfather in the ones that have been here illegally doing it. They're the only ones that have

1381
02:24:53,980 --> 02:24:59,380
brought this to the attention of the council to make everyone do it illegal. Everyone's been

1382
02:24:59,380 --> 02:25:05,020
violating the zoning for months or years and so but this is the couple that wants to make that

1383
02:25:05,020 --> 02:25:09,420
legal for them and everyone else that we're going to put through the ringer for 20 months

1384
02:25:09,420 --> 02:25:14,600
over this stuff. It's completely ridiculous in my opinion. There are people in downtown,

1385
02:25:14,880 --> 02:25:19,460
people you know, people that are friends of yours that are not just doing cosmetic tattooing,

1386
02:25:19,680 --> 02:25:24,900
they're tattooing. We're not trying to hurt anybody else. That's ridiculous. So what we're trying

1387
02:25:24,900 --> 02:25:30,640
to do is make them legal. On a side note, I know that there was some discussion about the 65-foot thing.

1388
02:25:30,640 --> 02:25:36,200
I'm that guy that likes the people that have been doing it, and Brent would open in their door seven days a week to stay

1389
02:25:36,200 --> 02:25:42,200
So I'd like to see the people that are already doing it grandfathered in. I think that's a good idea. The studio V

1390
02:25:42,200 --> 02:25:45,160
I hear nothing but wonderful things about that guy. I don't know her at all

1391
02:25:45,860 --> 02:25:50,020
She may be in that 65 foot. She's at the back of the building

1392
02:25:50,840 --> 02:25:58,100
If you guys decide there's that 65 foot range, I would love to see it shortened for this enough to make sure she could stay in business as well

1393
02:25:58,400 --> 02:25:58,820
Okay.

1394
02:25:59,040 --> 02:25:59,420
Thank you.

1395
02:26:06,050 --> 02:26:08,270
I have no additional speaker cards in person.

1396
02:26:08,430 --> 02:26:10,010
I do have three hands raised.

1397
02:26:12,050 --> 02:26:13,550
First speaker is Rod.

1398
02:26:14,370 --> 02:26:14,970
Rod.

1399
02:26:15,090 --> 02:26:15,410
Go ahead.

1400
02:26:18,960 --> 02:26:19,740
Thank you, Amanda.

1401
02:26:21,020 --> 02:26:21,160
Quickly.

1402
02:26:21,740 --> 02:26:24,720
I think ABC has shown us how we can regulate this.

1403
02:26:26,260 --> 02:26:30,200
ABC has a license of 47 license that you can sell alcohol.

1404
02:26:30,620 --> 02:26:34,860
But it can only be 50% of your business because you have to be a restaurant.

1405
02:26:34,860 --> 02:26:48,160
So instead of saying a tattoo is cosmetic or not, you could say whether or not it's done in a cosmetic establishment and limit the percentage of revenue that they took for tattooing.

1406
02:26:48,720 --> 02:27:01,520
And then, you know, if they did a permanent or not, at least it would, it wouldn't be a big tattoo shop if they were only doing 25% of their business or less was tattooing as opposed to having a tattoo shop.

1407
02:27:02,080 --> 02:27:15,760
I also object to council members, Pearson and Orleman's being voting on this as they confess to the last time they responded to me.

1408
02:27:16,480 --> 02:27:24,340
They both had a meeting outside of public view with a private person and came to a conclusion that this is something that the city should do.

1409
02:27:24,580 --> 02:27:29,260
So this is not the way that you're supposed to do things under the Brown Act, under the Brown Act.

1410
02:27:29,260 --> 02:27:35,700
all decisions must be made in a public meeting, such as you're having tonight. I think they've

1411
02:27:35,700 --> 02:27:42,580
disqualified themselves, and I do also have a couple of court filings where Pat and Asha Davis

1412
02:27:42,580 --> 02:27:48,920
is listed as attorney for plaintiff, and so I know that she has represented somebody that she

1413
02:27:48,920 --> 02:27:57,440
says she has not. 30 seconds left. I think that this whole matter could easily be set aside

1414
02:27:57,440 --> 02:28:02,760
for a couple of months until these two have left the City Council, they're lame ducks, they have no

1415
02:28:03,440 --> 02:28:10,600
intention of returning, and then let the new City Council objectively, and with no prior

1416
02:28:10,600 --> 02:28:17,100
exposure to it, make a decision in full public view, in full compliance with the Brown Act,

1417
02:28:17,400 --> 02:28:20,460
and with no suspicion hanging over your head. Thank you.

1418
02:28:20,460 --> 02:28:21,360
The

1419
02:28:23,480 --> 02:28:24,940
next speaker I have is Sinsi.

1420
02:28:25,640 --> 02:28:26,800
Sinsi, go ahead.

1421
02:28:30,230 --> 02:28:31,010
Hi, good evening.

1422
02:28:31,810 --> 02:28:34,990
I am just so tired of this conversation.

1423
02:28:35,470 --> 02:28:43,370
Please stay in line with what downtown Redmouth's specific plans stipulate.

1424
02:28:43,810 --> 02:28:53,830
All I hear in this discussion is potato, potato, tomato, tomato, bad yard, micro-blade being

1425
02:28:53,830 --> 02:29:00,850
all the things that don't make sense and literally just waste our tax money.

1426
02:29:01,370 --> 02:29:12,190
The three people who support Tom Gregory modifying our downtown specific plan are also in support

1427
02:29:12,190 --> 02:29:21,330
of a company supervisor who keeps complaining about our Brent to Planning Commission and Brent

1428
02:29:21,330 --> 02:29:31,490
to city council, you know, spending extra hour of our tax money and constantly complaining

1429
02:29:31,490 --> 02:29:38,750
about how brand-new it is so difficult. So the three of you are very difficult right now.

1430
02:29:39,070 --> 02:29:42,110
So please make sure you stay on top of the title.

1431
02:29:42,110 --> 02:29:43,570
It's on point, I'm sorry.

1432
02:29:46,470 --> 02:29:49,630
I'm really sorry. So here's the thing.

1433
02:29:51,650 --> 02:29:54,150
If the people who own the tattoo

1434
02:29:54,150 --> 02:29:59,850
to parlor, they not read the terms of their contract or lease or whatever they

1435
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:29,620
We're closed with Tom Gregory. They're exactly the same as Tammy Zikker of Harry's cavern, who didn't read her terms with Emporium, and that's why her business closed. So we need people. Solid business owners downtown. No tattoo parlors. Those are not revenue generating. So just stop this conversation and stop wasting our time.

1436
02:30:29,620 --> 02:30:31,500
and to have smut me. Thank you so much.

1437
02:30:35,610 --> 02:30:38,610
The next speaker is Vanessa. Vanessa, go ahead.

1438
02:30:41,660 --> 02:30:45,920
Hello, this is Vanessa Vincent, owner of Studio V. I wish I was there in person

1439
02:30:46,720 --> 02:30:52,860
here with the kiddos. Anyways, I just wanted to clarify a couple of things. I did want to mention

1440
02:30:52,860 --> 02:31:03,200
that Freckle Hart fine line was mentioned, and I did want to clarify. There is no fine line being

1441
02:31:03,200 --> 02:31:09,920
offered at my salon. I will be offering a part of a permanent cosmetics which are little

1442
02:31:09,920 --> 02:31:14,380
freckles, the size of a freckle, using different pigment. So I just want to clarification

1443
02:31:14,380 --> 02:31:22,780
in that. I wanted to say thank you, Tom. Those were kind words. I am not in the hatched

1444
02:31:22,780 --> 02:31:28,260
area for zoning. I made sure all of these things because before I signed a lease, I wanted

1445
02:31:28,260 --> 02:31:34,660
to make sure that I was doing everything correctly. I do have approval as well as I noted in the last

1446
02:31:34,660 --> 02:31:44,680
time that the way that the city was approving me was because I am in a salon doing a cosmetic

1447
02:31:44,680 --> 02:31:50,920
service that they considered me. I have an email with that approval saying that it is not considered.

1448
02:31:50,920 --> 02:31:58,880
Um, I'm and so I just wanted to remind you guys on that. Um, and yeah, I just, uh, I think

1449
02:31:58,880 --> 02:32:03,800
that you can tell the difference when you enter in a beauty salon versus a tattoo shop.

1450
02:32:04,320 --> 02:32:08,840
I'm not against a tattoo shop. I want to clarify that as well. I just wanted to give my

1451
02:32:08,840 --> 02:32:12,440
perspective and some reminders and clarification. So thank you so much for your time.

1452
02:32:18,090 --> 02:32:19,750
The next speaker is Chris.

1453
02:32:21,230 --> 02:32:22,350
Chris, go ahead.

1454
02:32:24,500 --> 02:32:25,340
Hi, thank you.

1455
02:32:25,680 --> 02:32:32,700
I just wanted to say that there is no, like when you're walking into a tattoo parlor

1456
02:32:32,700 --> 02:32:37,080
or a cosmetic studio, there's literally no difference.

1457
02:32:37,280 --> 02:32:42,400
You can't see if this person is getting a tattoo or a cosmetic procedure done.

1458
02:32:43,040 --> 02:32:49,140
I have both, I have, you know, normal tattoos on my body and I also have microplated tattoos

1459
02:32:49,650 --> 02:32:50,680
or excuse me, I rest.

1460
02:32:51,200 --> 02:32:53,040
So there's really no difference.

1461
02:32:53,120 --> 02:32:58,660
So if you were wanting to send a code enforcement officer in to try to tell the difference, they're

1462
02:32:58,660 --> 02:33:03,900
not really going to be able to because all of the same materials are used, pigments look

1463
02:33:03,900 --> 02:33:04,900
exactly the same.

1464
02:33:04,900 --> 02:33:11,800
I just don't see why, like this is such a big deal.

1465
02:33:13,080 --> 02:33:16,200
I think tattoo parlors are definitely a tax revenue,

1466
02:33:16,580 --> 02:33:21,160
like it brings stuff into the city, especially on main street,

1467
02:33:21,160 --> 02:33:25,040
where there are a lot of stuff happening in downtown.

1468
02:33:26,000 --> 02:33:29,540
So I just, I don't really understand why this is such a big deal.

1469
02:33:31,200 --> 02:33:37,560
Tattoo parlors have such bad reps and it's really not as taboo as it used to be.

1470
02:33:39,010 --> 02:33:39,740
Tattoo's are beautiful.

1471
02:33:39,940 --> 02:33:46,640
People get beautiful art portraits all over their body and it's beautiful and I just don't

1472
02:33:46,640 --> 02:33:51,240
really understand why this is as big of a deal as you guys are making it.

1473
02:33:52,780 --> 02:33:58,380
Yeah, I just wanted to mention that because it's just kind of crazy how big of a deal this

1474
02:33:58,380 --> 02:34:00,880
is all getting. That's it thank you for your time.

1475
02:34:04,480 --> 02:34:06,100
The last hand I have raised is Tracy.

1476
02:34:07,360 --> 02:34:08,420
Tracy go ahead.

1477
02:34:11,230 --> 02:34:19,450
Okay I'm back. You know again like I said I'm not against tattoos or tattoo

1478
02:34:19,450 --> 02:34:29,310
parlors. I moved I don't know like maybe four years actually almost to the day from Pleasant Hill and

1479
02:34:29,310 --> 02:34:37,610
And the Pleasant Hill downtown, unless they've changed it in four years, they did not have

1480
02:34:38,350 --> 02:34:45,530
an actual tattoo parlor. They did have salons. I don't know if they might, I don't recall if

1481
02:34:45,530 --> 02:34:52,070
they had, you know, the eyebrow business or whatever, but there was tattoo parlors,

1482
02:34:52,970 --> 02:35:00,630
you know, not on or in the little two-street downtown or one-street, really.

1483
02:35:01,150 --> 02:35:05,610
They had them, you know, like across the street or down contra costable of art.

1484
02:35:05,770 --> 02:35:08,450
It was surrounding that particular area.

1485
02:35:09,090 --> 02:35:17,330
But again, you know, I just, I mean, Brentwood's different, but I really did enjoy the Pleasant Hill atmosphere.

1486
02:35:17,330 --> 02:35:25,590
where I thought it was good for the kids, there's tattoo parlors, just not downtown.

1487
02:35:26,290 --> 02:35:31,550
Now I asked for the microblading, I don't know, maybe they do that now, whatever, but

1488
02:35:32,270 --> 02:35:38,670
like I said, I preferred our downtown without tattoo parlors, they were available everywhere

1489
02:35:38,670 --> 02:35:39,090
else.

1490
02:35:39,630 --> 02:35:40,690
Anyway, thank you.

1491
02:35:45,030 --> 02:35:47,090
I have no additional hands raised in soon.

1492
02:35:47,710 --> 02:35:48,150
Thank you, Amanda.

1493
02:35:48,150 --> 02:35:49,550
And I'm going to start over here.

1494
02:35:49,770 --> 02:35:53,090
Councilmember Rollerman, do you want to speak or for that matter?

1495
02:35:53,430 --> 02:35:56,690
Maloney, either one of you want to speak on this in discussion.

1496
02:35:59,440 --> 02:35:59,700
All the way.

1497
02:36:01,180 --> 02:36:02,500
I'm good, I'll go.

1498
02:36:06,230 --> 02:36:12,770
I've made every effort not to answer people that are making public comments.

1499
02:36:13,610 --> 02:36:17,890
So I'm going to continue that tonight and we'll just move on with this item.

1500
02:36:17,890 --> 02:36:28,450
I don't see the difference between applying tattoos to somebody's body or putting on temporary tattoos for makeup.

1501
02:36:29,010 --> 02:36:43,650
It's the same business. We have many, many studios in the city of Brentwood that are applying permanent makeup, permanent art.

1502
02:36:44,690 --> 02:36:52,050
And I don't know if they have CUPs, but everything outside of the downtown that applies tattoos is supposed to have a CUP.

1503
02:36:53,370 --> 02:37:01,930
So if they are, and we've defined it as a tattoo in our own words, we've defined them as tattoos.

1504
02:37:02,510 --> 02:37:10,030
Then are we going to run around the whole city of Brentwood and shut down all the salons that are applying permanent makeup?

1505
02:37:10,030 --> 02:37:20,770
So, all this was brought forward for was the downtown specific plan being separated

1506
02:37:20,770 --> 02:37:22,330
from the rest of the city.

1507
02:37:22,870 --> 02:37:25,390
I just wanted it to be the same as the rest of the city.

1508
02:37:25,870 --> 02:37:33,210
I don't see a difference of the downtown specific plan being an amazing place that has

1509
02:37:33,210 --> 02:37:38,810
to be protected from these horrible businesses that are called tattoo parlors.

1510
02:37:38,810 --> 02:37:39,950
I don't see that.

1511
02:37:40,550 --> 02:37:42,230
It doesn't appear that way to me.

1512
02:37:42,570 --> 02:37:50,490
It appears that everybody in Brentwood would like to go where they want to go to get the

1513
02:37:50,490 --> 02:37:51,750
services they want to get.

1514
02:37:52,250 --> 02:37:57,350
And if one of those businesses are in the downtown where they should be permitted just

1515
02:37:57,350 --> 02:38:03,230
like the rest of the city with a conditional use permit in the downtown, then let them

1516
02:38:03,230 --> 02:38:04,110
be in the downtown.

1517
02:38:04,810 --> 02:38:06,370
Why is it different?

1518
02:38:06,370 --> 02:38:33,110
What's separate about the downtown specific plan that is so different that we have to give it its own zoning and make it different than the Brentwood Boulevard specific plan that we have to make it different than how many planning districts do we have 72 or 85 or something that we all have to be different and they all have to be different because who said so.

1519
02:38:33,110 --> 02:38:46,930
Let's make them the same, which is what I originally tried to do anyway was draw all the planning districts into and have a common planning district to make it easier for small businesses to come to Brentwood.

1520
02:38:47,670 --> 02:38:58,210
Give the small business all the rules laid out in front of them, give them too many advance and let them do their job, which is open a business.

1521
02:38:58,210 --> 02:39:04,650
We just had one of our restaurant owners in here telling us how hard it is to open a business in Brentwood.

1522
02:39:05,490 --> 02:39:12,190
But we're going to continue to make more rules to make it harder for more businesses to want to come to Brentwood

1523
02:39:12,190 --> 02:39:19,350
because the downtown is so great and so different than the rest of the city we have to treat them differently.

1524
02:39:20,850 --> 02:39:27,970
All we're trying to do, all my original intent was to make the citizens of Brentwood the same no matter where they lived.

1525
02:39:28,210 --> 02:39:33,070
No matter which side of Brentwood Boulevard they lived on, no matter which side of San Creek they lived on,

1526
02:39:33,350 --> 02:39:38,910
all the businesses, all of them are the same, but we're going to continue to separate it.

1527
02:39:39,770 --> 02:39:41,890
Doesn't make any sense to me.

1528
02:39:42,810 --> 02:39:47,450
I would like to see this move forward.

1529
02:39:48,150 --> 02:39:53,670
To find body art separately and classify it as a separate land use would be fine with me.

1530
02:39:54,530 --> 02:40:00,290
prohibit body art within the first 65 feet of the first floor along Oak Street and

1531
02:40:00,290 --> 02:40:08,190
First Street. The consistent with the DSP retail required measurement and then required

1532
02:40:08,190 --> 02:40:14,270
administrative body art license permit. The two existing downtown body art facilities

1533
02:40:14,270 --> 02:40:19,930
would continue allowed two additional body art establishments for a total of four.

1534
02:40:20,990 --> 02:40:24,250
So you didn't call that in a motion, so we're going to do that.

1535
02:40:24,310 --> 02:40:26,810
I'm not in a motion because I'm given everybody the opportunity.

1536
02:40:27,330 --> 02:40:29,410
But that's what I would like to see to happen.

1537
02:40:29,870 --> 02:40:32,910
And I'm more than ready to make a motion whenever you're ready for it.

1538
02:40:33,250 --> 02:40:33,630
Thank you.

1539
02:40:34,130 --> 02:40:34,870
You'd like to go next.

1540
02:40:36,250 --> 02:40:37,530
I thought she said she wanted to wait.

1541
02:40:37,790 --> 02:40:38,390
Did you want to go?

1542
02:40:39,150 --> 02:40:39,590
No,

1543
02:40:42,940 --> 02:40:43,220
I'll wait.

1544
02:40:48,450 --> 02:40:50,590
I completely disagree with everything Tony said.

1545
02:40:51,850 --> 02:40:55,490
Downtown is such a special place and it needs to be treated differently.

1546
02:40:56,370 --> 02:41:00,830
I said it before, when we look at our downtown, it is an economic driver.

1547
02:41:01,510 --> 02:41:06,430
You need to look at it as a mall, kind of when you do the zoning and what you desire to

1548
02:41:06,430 --> 02:41:06,910
have in there.

1549
02:41:07,730 --> 02:41:12,850
You want to create an area that fits what you want for your downtown.

1550
02:41:13,250 --> 02:41:16,590
That's why most downtowns don't have tattoo parlors downtown.

1551
02:41:16,850 --> 02:41:21,170
They don't bring in traffic and we've said that, I mean, people can say they do, they don't,

1552
02:41:21,170 --> 02:41:22,830
they don't bring in sales tax driving you.

1553
02:41:22,830 --> 02:41:29,950
people can say they do, they don't. I am not okay with having tattoo parlors downtown.

1554
02:41:30,290 --> 02:41:33,750
I said last time I would be okay, conceding to having them on the second floor.

1555
02:41:35,230 --> 02:41:39,790
I know I've heard a major landowner or he said three other tattoo parlors want to come downtown.

1556
02:41:41,050 --> 02:41:46,250
I also am not okay and this isn't their fault. This is more Tom's fault because he

1557
02:41:46,770 --> 02:41:51,590
rented in the place before they had the license. You've been tattooing in there already.

1558
02:41:52,870 --> 02:41:57,850
Okay, I've seen the videos, so my thing is I'm not going to reward bad behavior.

1559
02:41:58,070 --> 02:41:58,470
I don't.

1560
02:41:58,630 --> 02:42:03,210
I want to follow the rules, and I don't think that we should reward bad behavior.

1561
02:42:03,350 --> 02:42:08,430
And when I sent the list of the license from the Contra Costa County Health last meeting,

1562
02:42:08,690 --> 02:42:10,810
they did not have a license for that location.

1563
02:42:11,090 --> 02:42:14,930
They might have had personal licenses, but not for that location when I looked online.

1564
02:42:14,930 --> 02:42:27,590
So, I don't reward bad behavior, it's not something we allowed, and I think it will change

1565
02:42:27,590 --> 02:42:35,210
the downtown, and it's just how I feel, and some people might think we make it hard to

1566
02:42:35,210 --> 02:42:39,990
do business in Brentwood, it's because we have high standards. We should have high standards

1567
02:42:39,990 --> 02:42:46,550
for our town. It's not like I don't see anything wrong with having standards. I don't want to dummy

1568
02:42:46,550 --> 02:42:54,090
them down, which is what I feel like we're doing. And we are sacrificing our downtown financial

1569
02:42:54,090 --> 02:42:55,470
vitality when we do that.

1570
02:42:58,530 --> 02:43:04,830
So I'm sorry, you have you you've said the existing business I'm assuming

1571
02:43:04,830 --> 02:43:11,230
you're referring to golden hearts is permanently applying tattoos right now and you have proof of

1572
02:43:11,230 --> 02:43:14,810
that. I sent the videos to staff. They have the video. We have proof of that.

1573
02:43:14,870 --> 02:43:22,350
Yeah, I sent it to staff. Okay. And you know, they're standing right there saying they

1574
02:43:22,350 --> 02:43:29,830
have a permit to apply for body art that you're saying it didn't exist two weeks ago, but

1575
02:43:29,830 --> 02:43:32,650
they're showing us it does. Yeah, but I sent it to staff.

1576
02:43:38,620 --> 02:43:41,760
Can you hand that to the city clerk,

1577
02:43:41,760 --> 02:43:43,040
so I can at least see it.

1578
02:43:53,570 --> 02:43:55,730
Councilor Miloney, do you have anything to add at this point?

1579
02:43:59,340 --> 02:44:04,780
I'll reiterate what I said last time. I do believe that we need to be very thoughtful

1580
02:44:04,780 --> 02:44:09,320
on what we do in our downtown because it is the center and the heart of our city.

1581
02:44:10,620 --> 02:44:17,080
I don't believe that every single area needs to be treated the same. We have industrial zoning,

1582
02:44:17,300 --> 02:44:24,180
we have commercial zoning, we have our downtown, we have streets of Brentwood, we have PA-1,

1583
02:44:24,180 --> 02:44:28,520
everything has to get treated the way that it needs to and I do agree with what

1584
02:44:28,520 --> 02:44:33,860
we have in the general plan and the downtown specific plan but I do believe

1585
02:44:33,860 --> 02:44:40,060
that I am okay with having tattoo parlors in our downtown but it needs to be

1586
02:44:40,060 --> 02:44:45,460
done in a thoughtful matter especially knowing that there is zero tax

1587
02:44:45,460 --> 02:44:51,480
generated revenue from a tattoo parlour so I wouldn't want to see five or six

1588
02:44:51,480 --> 02:44:58,240
next to each other, in our center of our city, basically, in our heart of our city, to take

1589
02:44:58,240 --> 02:44:59,980
away from ...

1590
02:45:00,430 --> 02:45:24,050
Businesses that would allow for foot traffic, whether it's restaurants or clothing or whatever the situation is. So I probably say that I am okay with having like what I said last time too. And grandfathering what we had previously. And just having the limited strict so I would have to see the map and the options again.

1591
02:45:30,190 --> 02:45:35,590
Thank you. Thanks. A couple of things. I don't know.

1592
02:45:35,590 --> 02:45:42,490
I'm a little over the conversation as well because I'm still there while we go we go we're going

1593
02:45:42,490 --> 02:45:48,410
so hard on this one. It's the council me I'm sorry the staff I appreciate you and your

1594
02:45:48,410 --> 02:45:54,190
thorough report. I appreciate you all trying to figure out some way to work around all of our

1595
02:45:54,190 --> 02:46:00,590
concerns and questions. I do feel like at the last meeting there was like a little tug of war

1596
02:46:00,590 --> 02:46:04,250
in one direction or what would be best and I appreciate all of us trying to work cohesive

1597
02:46:04,250 --> 02:46:09,870
to try to find out some remedy or some way to rectify it to make it amenable. So thank you.

1598
02:46:09,930 --> 02:46:16,770
I thought your suggestions were timely and I thought they were great. I do, Tony, you're good.

1599
02:46:16,910 --> 02:46:23,450
I'm going to actually say something. I normally don't give clowns sound by time, but I'm a little

1600
02:46:23,450 --> 02:46:30,270
concern that I have been consistently accused of violating a law. And I take that very seriously.

1601
02:46:30,270 --> 02:46:37,290
And I've already been acquitted by the FPPC and by the State Bar, by the same people who consistently keep filing complaints.

1602
02:46:37,950 --> 02:46:45,650
And they go nowhere, it's probably cost the city already in legal fees in upwards to $75,000 to defend me in my family.

1603
02:46:47,410 --> 02:46:56,610
And nobody said it was illegal when Councilmember Mendoza and the mayor brought back a joint agenda item for

1604
02:46:58,010 --> 02:47:02,910
the, what is it, something in the park, the holiday event that we're going to do?

1605
02:47:03,850 --> 02:47:13,290
Nobody said anything about it when Councilmember Mendoza and Councilmember Melloni are bringing

1606
02:47:13,290 --> 02:47:13,670
a future.

1607
02:47:13,830 --> 02:47:21,690
I intend to item a request for potential for us not to have any type of AI centers.

1608
02:47:21,690 --> 02:47:30,970
I can keep going down the list whenever Councilmember Orleman's and I do the same thing that we have the absolutely go right to we are

1609
02:47:30,970 --> 02:47:38,170
Drag through the mud people try to come for our families come for our income. We are we are dragged to the mud

1610
02:47:38,930 --> 02:47:40,830
It has been like this since day one

1611
02:47:42,210 --> 02:47:48,570
And it is disgusting and we are accused of things that we didn't do we brought a future agenda out of request

1612
02:47:48,570 --> 02:47:52,530
because there was lies told last time that I met with the business and councilmember

1613
02:47:52,530 --> 02:47:52,970
orlements.

1614
02:47:53,170 --> 02:47:54,390
I never said I met with the business.

1615
02:47:54,470 --> 02:47:55,750
I actually said the opposite of that.

1616
02:47:56,470 --> 02:48:01,290
Two councilmembers discussing bringing a future agenda item request is not a brown

1617
02:48:01,290 --> 02:48:01,810
egg violation.

1618
02:48:02,290 --> 02:48:06,150
I would suggest that people, especially people who are elevated to positions, when they

1619
02:48:06,150 --> 02:48:10,150
should know these things, really study hard to figure out and make sure they're representing

1620
02:48:10,150 --> 02:48:17,030
correctly, versus making inflammatory criminalizing in statements that are completely patently

1621
02:48:17,030 --> 02:48:26,410
untrue. That being said, we've talked at length about this. I think there are some things that I

1622
02:48:26,410 --> 02:48:32,210
agree with a little bit with a lot of that people said. I think Councilmember Maloney said it

1623
02:48:32,210 --> 02:48:40,810
well about where she landed at tonight. I wanted to talk about I don't want to do anything

1624
02:48:40,810 --> 02:48:44,830
procedurally that one puts us at legal liabilities but also makes it procedurally

1625
02:48:44,830 --> 02:48:52,190
effective for us to execute from a enforcement perspective. So I think that as you all presented in

1626
02:48:52,190 --> 02:49:01,550
this staff report for items B, B and C, I think that that is where I went head tonight.

1627
02:49:02,130 --> 02:49:06,010
But I haven't had the benefit of hearing the mayor speak and I would love to hear what the mayor

1628
02:49:06,010 --> 02:49:13,130
has to say. Thank you very much. First thing I want to say is that one of the things I think I agree with

1629
02:49:13,130 --> 02:49:15,610
I think most people here is that this has taken way too long.

1630
02:49:16,610 --> 02:49:18,790
The conversation has gone on way too long.

1631
02:49:18,790 --> 02:49:23,390
You've been waiting for a decision way too long and I personally feel really bad about

1632
02:49:23,390 --> 02:49:23,630
that.

1633
02:49:24,250 --> 02:49:28,570
Where others have which way this goes, that makes me feel really bad because you've come

1634
02:49:28,570 --> 02:49:28,730
in.

1635
02:49:28,830 --> 02:49:29,350
You've brought your kids.

1636
02:49:29,430 --> 02:49:30,190
You've made your statements.

1637
02:49:31,710 --> 02:49:33,630
So, first of all, I'm sorry about that.

1638
02:49:35,250 --> 02:49:43,030
This has never been about tattoo parlors for me as far as like not being appropriate, walking

1639
02:49:43,030 --> 02:49:47,430
spaces or inappropriate around schools or any of those things and I've said that before.

1640
02:49:48,050 --> 02:49:54,030
I still feel strongly about that. It's self-expression and I think that is absolutely something

1641
02:49:54,030 --> 02:50:00,650
that people should celebrate. All those things like I still have hesitations around the idea

1642
02:50:00,650 --> 02:50:07,590
of amending the DSP. I have hesitations around the cap of four. I actually heard that two

1643
02:50:07,590 --> 02:50:14,230
different property owners downtown had each been receiving phone calls about additional tattoo

1644
02:50:14,230 --> 02:50:20,910
prollars that would like to move here. So I'm not good with a free fall. I think if I'm hearing

1645
02:50:20,910 --> 02:50:25,910
correctly what is probably going to end up happening and I could be wrong is that your business

1646
02:50:25,910 --> 02:50:35,150
would be approved to to finally be legal. If I had my dreaders, I would say I really prefer the 65

1647
02:50:35,150 --> 02:50:39,670
five feet out, not in the downtown core or the second story. That's my personal preference.

1648
02:50:41,410 --> 02:50:47,070
I did speak with one of the stakeholders that was part of the DSP planning the first time around.

1649
02:50:48,190 --> 02:50:55,930
And they told me that the tattoo parlor prohibition was not even questioned. There was nobody

1650
02:50:55,930 --> 02:51:01,410
in the committee at the time that thought that was an odd thing at all. Instead, but they really

1651
02:51:01,410 --> 02:51:05,710
had contention around was office space. There was a lot of back and forth about whether offices

1652
02:51:05,710 --> 02:51:11,430
should be allowed downtown when it takes up very valuable retail space. So I think that

1653
02:51:11,430 --> 02:51:18,330
the calls coming in the idea that there was a stakeholder group that was gathered together

1654
02:51:18,330 --> 02:51:22,930
to have this discussion about what's appropriate downtown and I will say a very definitely think

1655
02:51:22,930 --> 02:51:30,490
downtown does need to be treated differently based on the, it is the heart of the center of the city,

1656
02:51:30,490 --> 02:51:35,330
The amount of people it brings in economic development wise, the fact that it brings people

1657
02:51:35,330 --> 02:51:40,470
in here that then go other places, it's tied to our agricultural tourism, like oh, there's

1658
02:51:40,470 --> 02:51:45,510
so much about downtown that needs to be held up high to a different standard in my opinion.

1659
02:51:47,110 --> 02:51:52,330
One of the things that I've heard is that some of the members of that committee to plan the

1660
02:51:52,330 --> 02:51:57,510
original DSP or the most recent, I should say, are questioning why they went to so much effort

1661
02:51:57,510 --> 02:52:02,190
to make that happen and to work so hard on establishing what was the appropriate zoning

1662
02:52:02,190 --> 02:52:07,910
and then City Council is able to change it without another community group gathering.

1663
02:52:09,130 --> 02:52:12,950
And I understand that feeling. I feel like that is a valid feeling.

1664
02:52:14,850 --> 02:52:19,290
Especially now looking at the streets of Brentwood and the way that's been turned around,

1665
02:52:19,430 --> 02:52:22,250
there's a lot of economic development opportunities coming there.

1666
02:52:22,750 --> 02:52:26,730
I have heard from businesses downtown that there is concern that

1667
02:52:26,730 --> 02:52:30,290
that foot traffic and patronage from residents

1668
02:52:30,290 --> 02:52:32,930
and outside of the city also are going there

1669
02:52:32,930 --> 02:52:33,690
instead of downtown.

1670
02:52:34,550 --> 02:52:36,330
So I think we have to be very careful

1671
02:52:36,330 --> 02:52:39,450
and very cognizant of everything that we're doing

1672
02:52:39,450 --> 02:52:41,230
and how it impacts downtown.

1673
02:52:42,550 --> 02:52:46,230
So what I'm saying, again, I feel awful this process

1674
02:52:46,230 --> 02:52:47,090
has taken this long.

1675
02:52:47,950 --> 02:52:50,910
I would prefer second story, 65 feet out,

1676
02:52:50,910 --> 02:52:52,470
but not in the downtown core.

1677
02:52:53,010 --> 02:52:54,390
I don't think I'm gonna win this.

1678
02:52:54,510 --> 02:52:55,690
I think there's gonna be a different vote

1679
02:52:55,690 --> 02:53:04,450
Again, speculating, I don't know anybody's vote for sure, but if you do end up becoming legal, congratulations.

1680
02:53:05,570 --> 02:53:11,250
This has been a long hard battle. And with that, I think what we, I don't know if there's anything else to talk about.

1681
02:53:11,330 --> 02:53:13,270
We've all really expressed how we're feeling about this.

1682
02:53:14,450 --> 02:53:18,430
I just don't see it as something that belongs in the absolute core.

1683
02:53:18,630 --> 02:53:23,070
The extended areas outside of the core itself. Yes, I see that.

1684
02:53:25,050 --> 02:53:29,750
So with this, if there is a motion coming, that's fine, any more discussion, that's fine, too.

1685
02:53:33,730 --> 02:53:34,770
I can make a motion.

1686
02:53:35,430 --> 02:53:37,530
I was looking at that because I was about to make one.

1687
02:53:38,610 --> 02:53:45,270
So I'll make a motion to adopt staff's recommendations and just a moment.

1688
02:53:46,890 --> 02:53:51,110
My motion is that the staff define body art separately and

1689
02:53:51,110 --> 02:54:14,410
classify it as a separate land use, that we prohibit body art within the first 65 feet of the first floor along Oak Street and First Street, and that we require an administrative body art license permit with the two existing downtown body art facilities continuing to allow two additional body art establishments to apply for them for a total of four.

1690
02:54:14,410 --> 02:54:17,530
that's my motion. And all second.

1691
02:54:22,330 --> 02:54:23,130
Council Member Maloney.

1692
02:54:25,420 --> 02:54:29,400
Yes. Vice Mayor Pearson. Yes.

1693
02:54:29,800 --> 02:54:36,260
Council Member Mendoza. No. Council Member Orleman's. Yes. Mayor Mayer. No. And the motion

1694
02:54:36,260 --> 02:54:37,200
passes. Congratulations.

1695
02:54:43,480 --> 02:54:48,660
Moving into item H which is informationals. Council Member Maloney

1696
02:54:48,660 --> 02:54:49,240
will start with you.

1697
02:54:55,740 --> 02:55:04,320
Since our last meeting, I met with Lily Pierce and I was educated on everything

1698
02:55:04,320 --> 02:55:09,260
the Brentwood community just has done for our community and what they continue to do. So I'm

1699
02:55:09,260 --> 02:55:14,400
really excited about the future things that they're going to be doing. I also went to the City

1700
02:55:14,400 --> 02:55:23,120
Attorney's Office and congratulated Evett Tolland on her retirement after serving the City of Brentwood

1701
02:55:23,120 --> 02:55:29,680
of 24 years. I also attended a meeting to go over our LLAADs with our finance

1702
02:55:29,680 --> 02:55:34,600
department. I attended the elected woman's luncheon in Pleasant Hill. I attended

1703
02:55:34,600 --> 02:55:39,500
the financial ad hoc committee with council member Moodosa. I attended the

1704
02:55:39,500 --> 02:55:43,620
school interagency committee meeting where we discussed our last council meeting

1705
02:55:43,620 --> 02:55:50,540
within regards to reach topic and also e-bikes and I also visited businesses

1706
02:55:50,540 --> 02:55:55,020
is downtown and a few businesses off of San Creek to listen to some of their concerns

1707
02:55:55,020 --> 02:55:55,800
that they've had.

1708
02:55:57,220 --> 02:55:59,320
Thank you, Council Member Orleman's.

1709
02:56:01,720 --> 02:56:05,640
Since our last meeting, I attended the tri-delted transit meeting.

1710
02:56:07,520 --> 02:56:10,540
I'm going to spend a half a second on the tri-delted transit.

1711
02:56:11,400 --> 02:56:17,880
The Couch Cost County Transit Authority came and gave us a presentation during the meeting,

1712
02:56:17,880 --> 02:56:31,420
And out of all the presentation one of the slides that popped up was a map of Contra Cost County with all the different cities not all was several different cities listed on them.

1713
02:56:32,180 --> 02:56:40,560
And it was titled Growth since 1990 to 2024, I believe, or 24 or 25.

1714
02:56:40,560 --> 02:56:50,820
And almost all the other cities were in double digits, kind of in that 25, 20 range over that 30-year period.

1715
02:56:51,400 --> 02:56:59,860
Brent would grew by 684% in a 36-year period of time.

1716
02:57:00,400 --> 02:57:02,780
Just thought it was interesting, and I would share it.

1717
02:57:02,780 --> 02:57:10,620
I attended the DBC General Meeting Promotion Ceremony at the PD for Surgeon Alonka, Inter-Beakler.

1718
02:57:11,020 --> 02:57:14,600
Congratulations Alonka, and I attended a gender review.

1719
02:57:15,820 --> 02:57:17,080
Councilmember Van Dosa.

1720
02:57:18,000 --> 02:57:24,740
I attended a teach event at Trilogy where they gave scholarships to, I believe, five individuals.

1721
02:57:25,440 --> 02:57:32,480
Trilogy does a great job at fundraising for scholarships for LMC students that need financial

1722
02:57:32,480 --> 02:57:34,900
to help, so it was great to be there for them for that.

1723
02:57:35,340 --> 02:57:39,140
Attended the 101st anniversary of the VFW downtown.

1724
02:57:39,540 --> 02:57:43,600
Thank you, DBC, because I know you guys helped put a lot of that together, so thank you.

1725
02:57:44,220 --> 02:57:45,740
Attended our budget subcommittee.

1726
02:57:46,100 --> 02:57:48,160
Attended our DBC general meeting.

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It's nice to have a meeting that anyone can come to, because it was super packed, great

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turnout.

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02:57:54,300 --> 02:58:02,380
Let's see, oh, attended a CalCities meeting where they went through veto, a suggestion

1730
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and support suggestions for different bills

1731
02:58:05,180 --> 02:58:06,560
that were happening in Sacramento

1732
02:58:06,560 --> 02:58:08,240
that you could write your governor.

1733
02:58:09,860 --> 02:58:10,520
Vice mayor?

1734
02:58:11,820 --> 02:58:13,700
Well, I came to say bye to Vette Toulin,

1735
02:58:13,700 --> 02:58:15,940
but she was busy doing the work of the city.

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02:58:16,140 --> 02:58:18,100
So I got to write in her yearbook without a photo,

1737
02:58:18,100 --> 02:58:21,120
but hopefully she knows that I appreciate all her years

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02:58:21,120 --> 02:58:21,560
of service.

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02:58:22,040 --> 02:58:25,320
I did that same day meet with the interim city manager

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and with our parks and rec staff regarding our debrief

1741
02:58:30,260 --> 02:58:35,560
of Juneteenth, and it was an amazing meeting, I think, that we found out that we had over

1742
02:58:35,560 --> 02:58:41,240
3,000 people on attendance for Juneteenth. A lot of the new things that we put in place,

1743
02:58:41,240 --> 02:58:47,580
which was the space that we have for people who may need to quiet, a more quiet space

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02:58:48,100 --> 02:58:54,020
with accessibility and resources was very well received. And we did have a huge turnout

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02:58:54,020 --> 02:58:59,900
for the American Red Cross for Blood Donation. The event was very well received, and it was

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02:58:59,900 --> 02:59:04,800
amazing and we had conversations about I had no bad feedback for them. They were like,

1747
02:59:04,880 --> 02:59:09,180
okay, what can we do better? Which I love our a lot of our staff will show up in a meeting

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02:59:09,180 --> 02:59:13,940
after they've executed an excellence and always acts how they can do better and they do not get

1749
02:59:13,940 --> 02:59:19,360
offended when we give feedback or at least they don't let us know. And so I'm just so I have so much

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02:59:19,360 --> 02:59:24,840
gratitude not just for Parks and Rec but for all of our departments. So I just want to say publicly

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and corporately. Thank you so much for your willingness to always be open to feedback,

1752
02:59:31,080 --> 02:59:34,780
but I had absolutely none. You guys killed it. So thank you.

1753
02:59:37,640 --> 02:59:42,040
Since we last met, I attended the same Tridelta Transit meeting that comes remember.

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Oralman was talking about. I was also rather shocked by that number.

1755
02:59:46,960 --> 02:59:53,080
Even an additional shock came from the projection of growth that they had for the future of Brentwood,

1756
02:59:53,080 --> 02:59:59,820
which actually would have taken us outside of our capacity, our, yeah, I can't think of the word, thank you.

1757
03:00:00,980 --> 03:00:07,060
So, it was an interesting transportation presentation. I've actually seen it three times now. And I have

1758
03:00:07,060 --> 03:00:12,360
a transplant meeting on Thursday, and I get to see it again. I had a meeting with Dr.

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03:00:12,520 --> 03:00:17,620
Samir Norr, the principal of Pioneer School, to discuss participation in an upcoming national

1760
03:00:17,620 --> 03:00:23,580
campaign related to the local government. The Teach Scholarship Awards to Los Bonanno students

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03:00:23,580 --> 03:00:31,340
held at Trilogy, the VFW Open House for the 101st Anniversary, the Contracosta Elected

1762
03:00:31,340 --> 03:00:36,680
and Empowered Women's Luncheon, filmed a video for the Contracosta Business Conference

1763
03:00:37,310 --> 03:00:45,700
with the Acting City Manager. Did go up to say farewell to that Toland to congratulate her

1764
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for her retirement from the City Attorney's Office. We had a special Ag Enterprise Committee to

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03:00:50,420 --> 03:00:56,960
clean up MOUs, Council Member Maloney attended that with me as well. The OpenDBC meeting which

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03:00:56,960 --> 03:01:02,860
really was incredibly packed with a lot of people very excited to be a part of that energy.

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03:01:03,640 --> 03:01:09,100
Presented the state of the city and updates to the Brentwood Lions along with Terrence and our chief

1768
03:01:10,140 --> 03:01:15,300
went beyond our time for the presentation. There was a lot of questions and there were

1769
03:01:15,300 --> 03:01:20,540
moonwalks happening on both sides. There were some that got it on video and I know who they are.

1770
03:01:23,060 --> 03:01:26,800
Attended the CalCities webinar call to action sign and veto request.

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03:01:27,660 --> 03:01:31,960
Attended the mayor's conference in Moraga. There was a presentation by St. Mary's College

1772
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and had a meeting with a parks and rec commissioner talking about just future ideas and agenda items

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03:01:39,000 --> 03:01:44,240
potentially. So at this point do we have any future agenda items that are new?

1774
03:01:45,160 --> 03:01:48,000
I have a question, who can moonwalk better?

1775
03:01:49,160 --> 03:01:56,720
I am not going to answer that, but I will say that acting city manager Terence surprised

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03:01:56,720 --> 03:01:59,280
me a bit with a Michael Jackson kick at the end.

1777
03:02:03,280 --> 03:02:08,460
I knew that Chief Kid Moonwalk, I did not know that our acting city manager Terence could.

1778
03:02:12,350 --> 03:02:17,430
So the mayor and I emailed Terrence about a future agenda item probably kick off after

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03:02:17,850 --> 03:02:18,470
the holidays.

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03:02:18,890 --> 03:02:22,290
We would like to review the downtown specific plan and all of the uses.

1781
03:02:22,590 --> 03:02:26,250
Do we want to pull back any uses or expand any uses?

1782
03:02:26,470 --> 03:02:31,130
But we all think that looking at the downtown and bringing the community in is important.

1783
03:02:31,530 --> 03:02:36,370
So while we do make some changes up here next year we would like to redo that downtown

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on specific plan and get the businesses inside and the community.

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03:02:42,520 --> 03:02:46,560
And I did forget, I'm going to go backwards for just a moment to apologize that Terrence

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03:02:46,560 --> 03:02:50,940
and Thomas, if you had something you wanted to share for our informational section, I forgot

1787
03:02:50,940 --> 03:02:51,560
to ask you that.

1788
03:02:53,100 --> 03:02:53,840
Thank you, Mayor.

1789
03:02:54,360 --> 03:02:54,940
Just one item.

1790
03:02:55,780 --> 03:02:59,740
Once a month, city staff have a booth out at the farmers market.

1791
03:03:00,540 --> 03:03:03,780
And so I think the city clerk has been out, right?

1792
03:03:03,780 --> 03:03:10,760
So several members of the team, public works has been there, many familiar faces, and

1793
03:03:10,760 --> 03:03:14,880
thanks the staff for that, opportunity for us to interact with the community.

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03:03:15,420 --> 03:03:20,600
I will be there on Saturday with the police department, I'm not sure whom will be there,

1795
03:03:21,020 --> 03:03:22,380
and I might move up.

1796
03:03:23,400 --> 03:03:24,780
So see you Saturday.

1797
03:03:26,680 --> 03:03:27,740
Two quick things.

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03:03:27,900 --> 03:03:32,740
Thank you to all the councilmembers who showed up to see that it really meant a lot to her,

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03:03:32,740 --> 03:03:38,940
And so it was just great. And for signing the book and all of that, yeah. And the staff members.

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03:03:39,300 --> 03:03:45,060
And then the second thing is, so you saw today, Michelle McGarell started in the City Attorney's Office

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03:03:45,060 --> 03:03:50,780
on September 1st. And so very happy to have her. It's been very helpful. And thank you so much

1802
03:03:50,780 --> 03:03:52,520
to council for allowing that. Thank you.

1803
03:03:55,800 --> 03:04:01,460
Any other new agenda items? Okay. Then I need a motion

1804
03:04:01,460 --> 03:04:03,380
for adjournment. Motion to adjourn.

1805
03:04:04,200 --> 03:04:04,560
Second.

1806
03:04:04,960 --> 03:04:05,560
Roll cold, please.

1807
03:04:06,600 --> 03:04:07,460
Council member Maloney.

1808
03:04:08,360 --> 03:04:08,640
Yes.

1809
03:04:09,120 --> 03:04:09,840
Vice Mayor Pearson.

1810
03:04:10,120 --> 03:04:10,280
Yes.

1811
03:04:10,540 --> 03:04:11,440
Council member Mendoza.

1812
03:04:11,760 --> 03:04:11,860
Yes.

1813
03:04:12,140 --> 03:04:13,120
Council member Orlemans.

1814
03:04:13,320 --> 03:04:13,460
Yes.

1815
03:04:13,780 --> 03:04:14,160
Mayor Mayer.

1816
03:04:14,340 --> 03:04:15,320
Yes, we are adjourned.

1817
03:04:15,380 --> 03:04:15,840
Thank you, everyone.

1818
03:04:19,700 --> 03:04:22,340
I thought that was going to go faster tonight, by the way.

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03:04:24,180 --> 03:04:25,520
I know why, no.