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>>> good evening, everyone,

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and welcome to the regular session of

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the martinez

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city council. It is wednesday, december

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10, and

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it is 7:03 p.m. Please join me

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for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance

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to the flag

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of the united states of america and to the republic

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for which it stands one nation under god

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indivisible with liberty and justice for

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all.

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>> clerk, please call

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the roll.

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>> mayor brianne zorn? >>

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present.

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>> vice

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mayor jay howard?

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>> present. >> councilmember

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greg young is currently absent?

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he is en route.

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>> I've

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been informed

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he's en route. Councilmember satinder

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malhi?

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>> present. >>

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councilmember debbie mckillop?

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present.

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>> wonderful. Thank you so

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much. All right. Tonight, we have

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a fairly light agenda, so we

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not have any presentations scheduled,

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so we're going to go straight

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into public comment. I did not receive

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any public comment cards, but

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if there is anyone in council chambers

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this evening that would

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like to speak on any item, now is

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the time, and you're

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welcomed to

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come up to

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the microphone. Come on up.

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>> good evening. Sorry about my ugly

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sweater today. We had a

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holiday party at my workplace.

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let's see. Well, while I'm here

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today, I was kind of curious, based

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on the agenda,

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whether this would be the shortest

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council meeting of martinez

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history, so we'll see what happens,

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but I'm

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not going to hope matters. I

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guess one thing on my mind is --oh,

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might as well take my three minutes

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to talk about my favorite

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topic, which is housing, as we near

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the end of the

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year, get ready to

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enter 2026. Obviously you guys are

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still grappling with

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issues around the unhoused. We all

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know that. It's been a long-term challenge. And

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I think, you know, the solutions

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to that issue are complicated. But one

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thing

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we should all be striving to do is

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prevent

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more people from

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becoming unhoused because we know

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that once you become

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unhoused, the challenges become deeper. And

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know because of our housing crisis,

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there are a

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lot of people on the edge in our community

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and communities up and down the

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state, and really throughout the country. And

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so, you know,

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we're trying to make progress on this

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our housing element. But the issue

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with affordable housing is still not

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the priority

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I think it should be for this

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city and this council. And the reason

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it should be a top priority because

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it is such a hard issue, it's such

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a complicated issue, and that's why it

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should be a bigger focus than say

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your plans for the marina. I

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really hope that like as

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we go through 2026, one thing we could see

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happen as hopefully some more housing

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developments

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come down the pike, is that

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instead of

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this kind of incremental approach,

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where we have

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a few affordable units here, a few there,

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the bare

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minimum of the 20%, to qualify

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for the state bonuses

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or what have you. That we really

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try to find affordable housing developer

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out there. There

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are, and there are ones that have

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big projects that are in the bay

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area. And really set a goal of having an

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all affordable project

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in martinez. We need an all-affordable,

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100% affordable low income, very low income

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to really make a dent in

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this problem. Other cities have done

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it, whether they wanted

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to or had to be dragged along. It

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can be done. And

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I think if we make it

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a top priority, it can be done. This

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we're going to stop more

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people from sliding into homelessness. There's

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interview I heard on the way over

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from

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a homeless strategy expert with decades

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of experience on

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fresh air. Wrote a book called "placeless." I hope you

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take the

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time to listen to

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the 40-minute interview because

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he disspills a lot

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myths about homelessness. Thank you.

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>> thanks.

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>> all right, is there anyone in the

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audience that would like to speak

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on public

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comment right now?

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>> for those attending virtually,

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you'd like to make a comment,

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please use the raise hand feature. I

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all right, let's move

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on to the consent

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calendar. So we have --staff has requested

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that I pull item six, and I'd also

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pull item seven for the rest of the councilmembers,

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any other items you'd like

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to pull from the consent calendar,

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one through seven? None, all right. Let's

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go ahead --yeah, they're both common, I'll treat

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them at the same time. I'll go ahead

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and go to public comment

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for items one through five. Anyone

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in council chambers who would

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that? All right. How about in the

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hand feature. I have no hands.

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to that item, please?

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I just wanted to mention that

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had published the agenda, staff caught

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missed cross reference to another

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section. It's on page

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14 of the policy section, 9.5, and

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a couple of places in that

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introductory paragraph, where it says

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formal bidding would otherwise be required

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this policy, but an exception is

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being applied under section. It says

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which is immediately the proceeding section. Then

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later says the documentation must include

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reference to the specific

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category listed in section, and had

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10.4, it should 9.4. We wanted to make everyone

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aware of that, made the corrections, and

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adoption, we'll make that clean up. So

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it was a late catch, but we didn't

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agenda because of a minor typo we

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item seven, I just requested to pull that

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because this is the request that came out

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of the council comments

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at the end of the

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last meeting, requesting $2,000 to be donated. $1,000

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to food bank of contra costa

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and solano, and then $1,000 to loaves

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and fishes. Thank you

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for putting that on the consent calendar. I

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wanted to clarify, the expectation of

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this was to help out during the holiday

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season, and I just wanted to ask what the

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process would be for getting the checks

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of those two organizations.

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going to contact those organizations,

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and just -- typically what finance

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is an invoicing of the city to complete

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the transaction. I'll

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tell them what this

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is for. These organizations we supported sometimes

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through our community grant process,

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council approved a

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donation or a grant of some sort. They

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over just a very simple request or

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invoice type of form for $1,000 each, and then

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we'll work to expedite the checks

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for those two parties.

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could communicate out to the council when

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that's going out, that would

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be appreciated.

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do.

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comments from council

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on six or seven? No? Okay. All right, so

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I'll bring that

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up to public comment for items six or

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seven. Any comments on

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that part of the consent calendar? All

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right,

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how about the virtual audience? Any

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consent calendar items six or seven?

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use the raise hand feature. I have

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all right, I'll bring it back to council

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for a

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motion for all items, please.

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like to make a

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motion that we pass consent calendar items

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one through seven. Is

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all in favor --

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actually, roll call vote, please?

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>> mayor

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brianne zorn?

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howard?

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satinder malhi?

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yes.

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>> councilmember debbie mckillop? >>

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aye.

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>> and councilmember greg is currently

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absent for this

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vote. Motion passes, all ayes.

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>>

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great, thank you. All right, we are

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going

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to be racing to see if we can get the meeting

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done before greg is

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able to get here. [ laughter ] it's

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the direction

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this is going. So general business

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items, there is none

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on the calendar this evening. Public

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hearing items,

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there's none on the agenda. Next item

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is comments from the chief

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of police.

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>> for chief white. I

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have no updates at this time.

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>>

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thank you. Does anyone have

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any questions for captain sal? No. All

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right, next, city manager comments and

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updates.

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>> the next

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two fridays, so this upcoming friday,

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december 12, and then the subsequent

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friday, december 19, which are

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the last two fridays that will be

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open

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to the public of this calendar year. We

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are

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going to have city hall open, and

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all the counters open with the exception

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of the building permit

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counter for the reason the department

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has asked to

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have those two afternoons dedicated

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for staff to

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really focus on the backlog of building permits

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that

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they have in the que already. We'll

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have some signage posted to allow

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people to know

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those particular windows, just friday afternoon,

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1:00 to 4:30 p.m., the

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building permit counter will be closed

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because they are desperately trying

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to get through the backlog of people that

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already have,

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that are already in the queue, waiting for

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their building applications to be

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processed. So just want to

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give an update on that.

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>> and can

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you just also speak to the schedule

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for

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city hall in general for

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the holidays?

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>> sure, sure. City

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hall

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is going to be

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closed from essentially noon on christmas

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eve, december 24, and all

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the way through until friday, january

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2. What I have to figure out too is a

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lot of

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people are largely going to still

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be out

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until monday, january 5, and take

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a vacation day on that friday. So

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we'll have to check with staff to

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see who will actually be here. I

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expect it will be not anywhere near

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a full

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crew on that first friday, january

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2, but city

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hall is scheduled to be

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open that friday.

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>> hold on one second. Oh,

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hi. I'm just going to pull

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up the january 2 as a friday,

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and then how about the

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26th will not be closed?

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>> the entire

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time from

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half day, so noon on christmas eve, all

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the

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way through until january

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2.

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>> okay, great. Thank you. All

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right. Any questions

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for

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our city manager

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this evening? All right. Seeing none,

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our

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next item is appointments to commissions and/or

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agencies. This is adopting a

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resolution to appoint our vice mayor

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for next year. Will you

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be speaking to this item?

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>> I

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was going to defer to

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you since it's your appointment.

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>>

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absolutely. So every

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year about this time, we appoint

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the next person in line, the next

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councilmember in line to

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be the vice mayor. I am recommending

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that we appoint councilmember satinder malhi

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as vice mayor

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from december 11 through december

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9. Does

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anyone have any

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questions or comments on

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this item? All right. I'm going to

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open this up. Any

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public comment on

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this item? How about in the virtual audience,

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please?

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>>

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please

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use the raise hand feature. I

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have no hands.

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>> all right. Then

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back to

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my

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colleagues for

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a motion, please.

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>>

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I move that

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we

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appoint councilmember malhi to vice mayor,

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effective december --

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>> 11. >> december

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11.

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>> I will gladly

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second that.

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>> all right, roll call

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vote, please?

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>>

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mayor brianne zorn?

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>>

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yes.

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>> vice mayor jay

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howard for the last

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motion?

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>> yes. >> councilmember satinder malhi? >>

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yes. [ laughter ]

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>>

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I was becoming concerned.

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>>

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councilmember greg young?

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>> yes. >>

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councilmember

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debbie mckillop?

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>> aye. >> motion

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passes. All ayes.

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>> congratulations. >>

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congratulations.

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>> yeah, congratulations, satinder

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malhi.

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>> satinder malhi. >> thank

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you. Thank you, colleagues.

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>> so

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I very much

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appreciate having the rotating vice

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mayors, so every --

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every year we -- whenever there is

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a

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number two required for a meeting

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or whatever, I was

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trying to engage the vice mayor. And

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as everybody

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knows, a quorum is three people on

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council, so it is

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really helpful to have a default council

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member that I can go to. So

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the vice mayor, I

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look forward to working with councilmember

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malhi for this upcoming year

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for all the activities I'm sure will

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come our way. Next,

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subcommittee and outside agency reports. We only

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have one on the

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agenda, the franchise and public infrastructure

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from november 24. Would any of

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you all like

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to report out on that?

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>> yes. So

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we discussed maintaining a tree board,

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a department having a community

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tree ordinance, spending at least

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$2 per

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capita on urban forestry,

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and celebrating arbor day. In my notes

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from that

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day, we spoke

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about a budget of $193,000. And that

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we were very

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excited about next year's arbor day. We

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would

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like to invite the girl scouts, the

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sea scouts, the boy scouts, junior high

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and

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college park high

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school to participate in the arbor

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day. And that

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I had assurances from staff that we

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would

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have bubblers on

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all of the new trees. That's

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about it.

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>>

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all right, excellent. Any

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other subcommittee report outs that

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we may not

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have listed or any outside agency

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report outs that

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anyone would

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like to report out on? No? Councilmember

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malhi, I know

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that you attended a meeting for

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me a few weeks ago. I didn't --I didn't

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ask

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for a report out, but is there anything

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that

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you would like to share this evening? I'm

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not sure if

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any decisions were made that evening

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that

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you wanted to share?

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>> no, madam

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mayor,

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there were no

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decisions. There was an extensive discussion

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on

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various items on the agenda. More

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having

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to do with

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process than actual substance. I would

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submit, but I believe those issues

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will hopefully be dealt

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with at future meetings, but nothing

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substantive to report

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out. Thank you.

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>> great, thank you. All right,

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well, in that

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thing, the only thing to update

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is updates from city council. Councilmember

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malhi, do you

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want to stay off mute, and

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you can start?

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>> yes, thank you very

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much, colleagues, for placing your trust

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in me and for the vice mayor

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appointment. I'm very

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humbled and honored. As I mentioned

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now, our former vice mayor, howard,

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with great power comes great responsibility. So

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I just

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wanted to follow in his

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footsteps, and follow the great example

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that he paved for me, so

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thank you very much. I wanted to very

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quickly

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let you know, I recently had the opportunity

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to

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--oh, did I freeze?

564
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>> yes, but

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we can

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still hear you. Go ahead.

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>> I did want

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to just share that I had

569
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an opportunity to

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address the view homeowners association board,

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which is

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a residential neighborhood located

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off of sweetwater drive

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it in district three. So I wanted

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to thank them

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for inviting me, providing me the opportunity

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to

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provide some timely city updates,

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along with some district updates. But

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I

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also wanted to give a special shout

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out

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to sergeant king with the martinez

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police department

585
00:18:36,984 --> 00:18:39,987
who also joined me at that

586
00:18:39,987 --> 00:18:41,987
meeting, providing a

587
00:18:41,989 --> 00:18:42,990
very informative presentation on some traffic

588
00:18:42,990 --> 00:18:44,990
safety mitigation efforts

589
00:18:44,992 --> 00:18:45,993
that are taking place in and around

590
00:18:45,993 --> 00:18:48,393
the area of sweetwater

591
00:18:48,996 --> 00:18:49,997
drive, which

592
00:18:49,997 --> 00:18:51,999
I think was very well received by members of

593
00:18:51,999 --> 00:18:53,999
the board, so

594
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,400
thank you, sergeant king. And then

595
00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,500
lastly, just wanted to give a special

596
00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:00,405
shout to our parks

597
00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,800
and rec staff

598
00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:04,110
and all the community volunteers and

599
00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:06,110
staff out there

600
00:19:07,140 --> 00:19:09,140
who helped make

601
00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:12,986
for another fantastic holiday parade. So thank

602
00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:13,987
you all.

603
00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:15,987
>> yeah, that

604
00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:16,990
was a very fun parade. So vice

605
00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:18,992
mayor howard for another couple of

606
00:19:18,992 --> 00:19:20,992
hours, would you

607
00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:21,995
like to be the next report?

608
00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:23,995
>> sure,

609
00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:27,000
sure, sure. It's been an honor

610
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,100
to be the vice mayor. And looking

611
00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,100
forward to

612
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,500
next year with vice

613
00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:34,700
mayor malhi taking over. I did want

614
00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:36,700
to mention that

615
00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:39,120
we did a check

616
00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:40,130
presentation this evening, and the

617
00:19:40,130 --> 00:19:42,983
hometown hero mural is going

618
00:19:42,983 --> 00:19:44,985
to be off and running. After

619
00:19:44,985 --> 00:19:45,986
speaking to the artist, I would like

620
00:19:45,986 --> 00:19:47,986
to invite

621
00:19:47,988 --> 00:19:48,989
everybody and their children, specifically to

622
00:19:48,989 --> 00:19:50,989
come

623
00:19:51,992 --> 00:19:53,994
down and help out. It is 220 feet,

624
00:19:53,994 --> 00:19:54,995
so there would be a lot to do. They

625
00:19:54,995 --> 00:19:56,995
will

626
00:19:56,997 --> 00:19:57,998
do some wall preps first. Everybody

627
00:19:57,998 --> 00:19:59,998
is excited

628
00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:02,200
to get things going and get

629
00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:06,202
that mural off and running. I did

630
00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:08,800
get a lot of rave

631
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,100
reviews about the christmas parade, although

632
00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:12,100
I wasn't able

633
00:20:13,130 --> 00:20:15,413
to attend. I heard

634
00:20:15,983 --> 00:20:17,983
it was

635
00:20:18,986 --> 00:20:19,987
magical, so that's wonderful.

636
00:20:19,987 --> 00:20:21,987
>> do

637
00:20:21,989 --> 00:20:22,990
you have any updates?

638
00:20:22,990 --> 00:20:24,990
>> I

639
00:20:24,992 --> 00:20:25,993
just wanted to

640
00:20:25,993 --> 00:20:27,995
echo the comments about a wonderful parade

641
00:20:27,995 --> 00:20:29,995
last

642
00:20:30,998 --> 00:20:34,100
week, and I just wanted to

643
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:37,100
thank the staff for all

644
00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,400
of your

645
00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:43,100
support. Also, I want to recognize

646
00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:45,100
staff and

647
00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:46,130
been seeing the new trees going up

648
00:20:46,130 --> 00:20:48,130
in

649
00:20:48,982 --> 00:20:51,982
the community, and that is

650
00:20:51,985 --> 00:20:54,988
just so cool and exciting. And so

651
00:20:54,988 --> 00:20:56,988
thank you all

652
00:20:57,991 --> 00:21:00,391
for your efforts in

653
00:21:00,994 --> 00:21:02,994
bringing all of

654
00:21:03,997 --> 00:21:04,998
our trees and getting those planted. The

655
00:21:04,998 --> 00:21:05,999
last

656
00:21:05,999 --> 00:21:07,000
piece is --and I may have mentioned

657
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,000
it at the last meeting,

658
00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:12,300
but we're

659
00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,900
in the holiday season, and unfortunately

660
00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:19,120
this is a season of frauds

661
00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,140
and scams, so just making

662
00:21:21,140 --> 00:21:21,982
sure people are staying vigilant as

663
00:21:21,982 --> 00:21:23,982
we

664
00:21:24,985 --> 00:21:26,985
do a lot

665
00:21:26,987 --> 00:21:27,988
of holiday shopping online and virtual,

666
00:21:27,988 --> 00:21:29,988
just to be

667
00:21:30,991 --> 00:21:31,992
careful. This is kind of bleeding

668
00:21:31,992 --> 00:21:33,992
into my day

669
00:21:33,994 --> 00:21:36,994
job, but it's --it's a

670
00:21:36,997 --> 00:21:40,000
huge issue with fraud and scams, so check

671
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000
and verify,

672
00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:45,300
check

673
00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:46,600
and verify because it's pretty serious. It

674
00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,600
also

675
00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:52,120
really impacts our elder and senior

676
00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,130
communities. So let's just stay vigilant, protect

677
00:21:53,130 --> 00:21:54,140
your

678
00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:54,982
information, know the sites that you're

679
00:21:54,982 --> 00:21:57,982
going to and just making

680
00:21:57,985 --> 00:21:58,986
sure you're protecting all of your

681
00:21:58,986 --> 00:22:00,986
data,

682
00:22:00,988 --> 00:22:02,988
so that's all

683
00:22:03,991 --> 00:22:04,992
I've got.

684
00:22:04,992 --> 00:22:06,994
>> thank you. >> well, first

685
00:22:06,994 --> 00:22:07,995
off, I just wanted to thank the city

686
00:22:07,995 --> 00:22:09,995
staff as

687
00:22:09,997 --> 00:22:11,997
others have for

688
00:22:11,999 --> 00:22:14,100
the amazing light parade, the children's light

689
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,300
parade was amazing. We had a new

690
00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:19,600
route, so that was fun. There were

691
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:20,700
so many people downtown, taking advantage

692
00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:23,700
of the new vantage points

693
00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:25,120
on both sides of

694
00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:26,130
the road. I guess we went down ward

695
00:22:26,130 --> 00:22:28,130
and came

696
00:22:28,150 --> 00:22:28,982
up main. There were a lot of people. It's a

697
00:22:28,982 --> 00:22:29,983
lot of work to

698
00:22:29,983 --> 00:22:30,984
do that, so I want to thank everyone

699
00:22:30,984 --> 00:22:31,985
and for all the people that came out and

700
00:22:31,985 --> 00:22:32,986
celebrated

701
00:22:32,986 --> 00:22:34,988
and were a part of the parade. A lot

702
00:22:34,988 --> 00:22:35,989
of our community came out and

703
00:22:35,989 --> 00:22:37,991
celebrated together for the holidays,

704
00:22:37,991 --> 00:22:40,391
so thank you to

705
00:22:40,994 --> 00:22:42,994
all the people

706
00:22:42,996 --> 00:22:43,997
that donated their time, their energy,

707
00:22:43,997 --> 00:22:46,397
financial, candy, all that

708
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000
to make it

709
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,300
a wonderful event for our children. And then also,

710
00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:52,300
I

711
00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:55,605
wanted to thank the carpenters as

712
00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:59,900
jay said earlier tonight, the

713
00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:01,412
carpenters and local 152 donated

714
00:23:01,982 --> 00:23:03,984
$20,000 to the joe dimaggio hometown

715
00:23:03,984 --> 00:23:04,985
hero organization to do the mural downtown. And

716
00:23:04,985 --> 00:23:06,985
so

717
00:23:06,987 --> 00:23:07,988
that was quite a contribution, and

718
00:23:07,988 --> 00:23:09,988
I'm

719
00:23:09,990 --> 00:23:10,991
really grateful for their donation. The

720
00:23:10,991 --> 00:23:12,991
artist was

721
00:23:13,994 --> 00:23:16,997
there, as well as members of the

722
00:23:16,997 --> 00:23:19,997
organization, so it was a

723
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,100
really nice brutal ceremony and $20,000 goes

724
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,200
a

725
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,300
long way, so that was a great donation. So

726
00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:25,300
thank you

727
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,600
to them for

728
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:29,900
all their support. And then want to

729
00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:31,900
congratulate satinder

730
00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:32,120
for, you know, stepping up to be vice

731
00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,130
mayor for the year. I look

732
00:23:33,130 --> 00:23:34,982
forward to seeing all the fun things

733
00:23:34,982 --> 00:23:37,985
you're going to do because next

734
00:23:37,985 --> 00:23:38,986
year

735
00:23:38,986 --> 00:23:40,988
is a special year. It's 105th anniversary, so

736
00:23:40,988 --> 00:23:43,988
a lot of things in

737
00:23:43,991 --> 00:23:46,991
stored for that. So looking

738
00:23:46,994 --> 00:23:47,995
forward for all

739
00:23:47,995 --> 00:23:49,997
those adventures. And then lastly,

740
00:23:49,997 --> 00:23:50,998
there's a santa beer crawl

741
00:23:50,998 --> 00:23:53,000
this saturday, so beware, there will

742
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,200
be lots of santas out there roaming

743
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:56,300
the streets. A lot of drunk santas

744
00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:58,300
out there. So

745
00:23:58,500 --> 00:23:59,600
if you want to partake in that, have

746
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,800
fun. If you just want to

747
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:02,900
go down there and check out all the crazy

748
00:24:02,900 --> 00:24:04,900
santas, you

749
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:08,150
can do that too. So do a little

750
00:24:08,150 --> 00:24:08,982
shopping and remember parking is free. So

751
00:24:08,982 --> 00:24:10,982
you

752
00:24:10,984 --> 00:24:11,985
can go down and park and do

753
00:24:11,985 --> 00:24:15,989
some shopping for the holidays. That's it.

754
00:24:15,989 --> 00:24:16,990
>> thank you. That's a great reminder

755
00:24:16,990 --> 00:24:19,990
about the santa crawl. All

756
00:24:19,993 --> 00:24:21,993
right, so I

757
00:24:21,995 --> 00:24:22,996
have a couple of items. Today, city

758
00:24:22,996 --> 00:24:25,999
manager and I took a tour

759
00:24:25,999 --> 00:24:29,200
of the boys and girls club. They had

760
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,300
a merger with some other clubs,

761
00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:32,500
a couple of months ago now, and so

762
00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:34,700
we got an opportunity to meet

763
00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:35,800
some of the new leadership. And so now

764
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,100
the club spans about 100

765
00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:38,110
miles to the south bay, which is really,

766
00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:40,110
really great. We

767
00:24:41,140 --> 00:24:43,984
had a really great tour,

768
00:24:43,984 --> 00:24:44,985
so that was excellent. Thank you again

769
00:24:44,985 --> 00:24:45,986
for

770
00:24:45,986 --> 00:24:46,987
the holiday frolic. I have gotten

771
00:24:46,987 --> 00:24:48,989
nothing, but positive feedback about

772
00:24:48,989 --> 00:24:49,990
the new route, so I just wanted to request

773
00:24:49,990 --> 00:24:51,990
that

774
00:24:51,992 --> 00:24:52,993
we go ahead and stick with that for

775
00:24:52,993 --> 00:24:53,994
next year. I think

776
00:24:53,994 --> 00:24:55,996
that's one of those things that when

777
00:24:55,996 --> 00:24:58,999
we do it again next year, you'll see

778
00:24:58,999 --> 00:25:00,000
it there is probably even a few less people

779
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,100
on main and

780
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:02,200
more people on ward. I think it's

781
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,300
going to work out great, yeah.

782
00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:04,400
>>

783
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:05,500
can I just

784
00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:06,600
add to that one piece of feedback

785
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,600
that the

786
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:09,900
team told me was the campbell theater was

787
00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:11,900
operating

788
00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:13,130
during the parade. And so there was,

789
00:25:13,130 --> 00:25:14,140
in case you hear anything. We noted,

790
00:25:14,140 --> 00:25:15,983
and

791
00:25:15,983 --> 00:25:16,984
they're actually going to be attending

792
00:25:16,984 --> 00:25:17,985
next week for their

793
00:25:17,985 --> 00:25:19,987
routine visit, so they might bring

794
00:25:19,987 --> 00:25:22,990
it up there, but it's noted for

795
00:25:22,990 --> 00:25:24,992
next year to just make sure we

796
00:25:24,992 --> 00:25:25,993
coordinate with them.

797
00:25:25,993 --> 00:25:26,994
>> okay, great. I

798
00:25:26,994 --> 00:25:28,996
appreciate that. So I think

799
00:25:28,996 --> 00:25:29,997
people had provided me feedback

800
00:25:29,997 --> 00:25:31,999
that they didn't totally believe that

801
00:25:31,999 --> 00:25:33,000
ward was actually a part of the parade. Then

802
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000
when they

803
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,300
saw it was going down, people were

804
00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:38,500
kind of migrating over. But that said,

805
00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:40,500
I think it

806
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:42,900
would be a great opportunity for next year

807
00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:43,100
to expand

808
00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:44,110
the holiday frolic back to have a

809
00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:46,411
few holiday frolic activities

810
00:25:47,140 --> 00:25:49,983
before the parade, as we've done

811
00:25:49,983 --> 00:25:51,985
in years past. That's something

812
00:25:51,985 --> 00:25:52,986
that's really important to me. Wanted

813
00:25:52,986 --> 00:25:54,986
to formally

814
00:25:54,988 --> 00:25:55,989
make that request. I think that having

815
00:25:55,989 --> 00:25:58,992
holiday frolic activity in the plaza

816
00:25:58,992 --> 00:26:01,995
is even more supported now that we would

817
00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:03,995
have a

818
00:26:04,998 --> 00:26:06,998
parade route

819
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,400
around both sides. Let's see. I

820
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:12,500
have one additional request. I appreciate

821
00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:13,600
jay mentioning

822
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,800
the trees. I appreciate you mentioning

823
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,800
the trees. We are going

824
00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:20,130
to be working quite a

825
00:26:20,130 --> 00:26:22,983
bit next year on finishing up the

826
00:26:22,983 --> 00:26:23,984
150th tree plantings, then doing media

827
00:26:23,984 --> 00:26:26,984
improvements. I think we're going

828
00:26:26,987 --> 00:26:28,989
to find in a handful of

829
00:26:28,989 --> 00:26:29,990
months that the cal trans operated

830
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:31,990
off

831
00:26:31,992 --> 00:26:32,993
ramps off the freeway, very much are

832
00:26:32,993 --> 00:26:33,994
going

833
00:26:33,994 --> 00:26:35,996
to be eyesores because everything that

834
00:26:35,996 --> 00:26:38,999
we've touched looks great. So I

835
00:26:38,999 --> 00:26:40,000
would like to request that we

836
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,200
look into getting an encroachment

837
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,400
appointment from cal trans

838
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,500
to make some improvements to our offramps, if cal trans

839
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,500
isn't

840
00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:48,800
going to do it by us asking, I think

841
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,800
we

842
00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:51,110
can get an encroachment permit. I'll

843
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:53,110
follow up

844
00:26:54,140 --> 00:26:56,984
with maybe joe, mike, see if

845
00:26:56,984 --> 00:26:58,986
we can get something going

846
00:26:58,986 --> 00:27:01,989
with them for next year. And then

847
00:27:01,989 --> 00:27:02,990
lastly in addition to the santa crawl

848
00:27:02,990 --> 00:27:04,990
on saturday,

849
00:27:05,993 --> 00:27:07,995
we have our lighted boat parade on friday,

850
00:27:07,995 --> 00:27:08,996
and there is a lighted bike parade

851
00:27:08,996 --> 00:27:10,998
as well. If you've

852
00:27:10,998 --> 00:27:11,999
got kids that would like to decorate

853
00:27:11,999 --> 00:27:13,999
their bikes

854
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,300
and ride around town, you can meet in the

855
00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:17,400
afternoon, and they will be doing

856
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:21,800
that. They are actually taking their bike

857
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,110
parade down to the marina, so it

858
00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:26,110
corresponds

859
00:27:26,130 --> 00:27:27,140
to the boat parade. There will be

860
00:27:27,140 --> 00:27:28,982
both kayaks and canoes,

861
00:27:28,982 --> 00:27:29,983
as well as fully operational boats

862
00:27:29,983 --> 00:27:31,983
that

863
00:27:32,986 --> 00:27:33,987
have slips in the marina that will all

864
00:27:33,987 --> 00:27:35,989
be participating. Come down and check

865
00:27:35,989 --> 00:27:36,990
it out from our new beautiful

866
00:27:36,990 --> 00:27:38,992
fishing pier. We'll also have the

867
00:27:38,992 --> 00:27:39,993
jazz band from

868
00:27:39,993 --> 00:27:41,995
the martinez junior high performing,

869
00:27:41,995 --> 00:27:43,995
and then there

870
00:27:43,997 --> 00:27:45,999
will be hot chocolate that donations will

871
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help contribute to the band, and santa

872
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will also be there to visit. So

873
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we've got a nice event going on friday

874
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afternoon. I

875
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encourage everyone to join us. All

876
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right, that's everything from me. Anyone

877
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else on staff have

878
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any final announcements that didn't get

879
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covered this evening? None? All right. So

880
00:28:02,983 --> 00:28:03,984
with that, our next

881
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meeting is actually next week. Normally

882
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we meet

883
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every other week. I want to remind

884
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everyone, it will be

885
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on the 17th. I anticipate

886
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it being a rather long meeting,

887
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opposite to this evening. So in that

888
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case, this

889
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meeting is now adjourned. Thank you.