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Welcome to the city council's December 15th, special city council meeting. This is a teleconference meeting with city council, city staff, and members of the public participating remotely to ensure proper social distancing in this federal, state and local emergency. I would like to introduce staff and city council members present Vice Mayor Drew Combs, city council member Cat Carlton, city council member Betsy Nash, city council member Rae Mueller,

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staff, President Include, our city manager, Starla Jerome Robinson, our interim city attorney,

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Cara Silver, and our city clerk, Judy Heron. Ms. Heron, would you please provide instructions

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to the city council and members of the public on how the meeting will proceed.

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Thank you, Mayor Taylor, and again echoing the welcome to this special

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Middle Park City Council meeting today, December 15th. At this time, we do ask that the city council

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remain on screen for the duration of the meeting, controlling your own

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webcams and microphones. Staff will engage their webcams and microphones when

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making presentations and responding to any questions from the city council.

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For members of the public, if you wish to speak on an item on tonight's agenda,

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after the mayor calls for a public comment, please engage that and feature in the top

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right side of your screen that will alert us to your comment.

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I'll have the chance to open up their microphone and we may address the city council at that time.

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Finally, directing our attention to the handouts. We have got an update to an attachment to one of

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the staff reports for city council appointments, as well as the agenda. And, Mayor Taylor, you may

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continue. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Heron. And the next item on our agenda is presentation and

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and proclamations? Ms. Haren, do we have any public comment on presentations and proclamations?

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Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So, for any member of the public wishing to speak on any of our

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presentations and proclamations this evening, regarding the state of the city, please engage that

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hand feature in the top right side of your screen. I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone

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and you may address the city council at this time.

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So, this will be the final call

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for any public comment on the state of the city

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and seeing no hands raised, Mayor Taylor, you may continue.

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Thank you, Ms. Heron. And at this time, I would like to acknowledge this fact that assisted in this process with the state of the city, Mr. Nick Brigeros, Chief Dave Spiller, and also Myra Lumbaros might not be pronouncing your name correctly, but I just wanted to say thank you for helping me pull this together.

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Good evening. I am Cecilia Taylor, your 2020 mayor. I will be presenting the 2020 state

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of the city address on behalf of the City of Menlo Park and the Menlo Park City Council.

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2020 has been an unprecedented, dented year for Menlo Park and the entire world.

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Back in March, we were hit by the first shelter-in-place order from the governor due to the biggest public crisis of our lifetime.

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businesses both small and large were shut down. Schools were closed and far too

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many of our residents have gone through incredible hardships. My heart goes out

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to residents that were impacted by COVID-19. Whether they lost their job,

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faced dwindling essential supplies, became ill themselves or lost a loved one.

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In

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public health concerns, mental park has survived and continues to serve its residents, and

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great part due to the leadership and guidance of the City Council.

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To say that Council and City staff were faced with some of the hardest decisions in Council

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history as an understatement.

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With the deficit of nearly $13 million, there were difficult budget cuts to be made.

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We have been able to pivot our programs and resources to meet the needs of our community

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and our well on our way. One of our biggest concerns was making sure our vulnerable populations

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were taking care of mentally and physically. I am pleased to say that we were able to completely

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change operations practically overnight with hands-on help from city staff from all departments.

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We converted the senior center meal program to home delivery, added wellness checks with phone calls, and added online activities.

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Recreation facilities were forced to close, but our outstanding staff developed a virtual rec center and virtual events to keep the residents engaged and connected.

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it. We were also able to safely reactivate childcare and transform afterschool programs into

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learning pods for distant learning.

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Facelet library closures, library staff, revitalize the little free library program, and move

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to a books by mail model in addition to opening up curbside pickup in order for residents

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to have access to books and entertainment.

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Our police personnel carried out their duty to protect and serve our community under

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compounding crisis of COVID-19, record-breaking heatwaves, and hazardous air quality from

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wildfire smoke.

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We have initiated community listening sessions to hear residents, perceptions, and expectations

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of our police department and its services.

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And the department enhanced training this year by facilitating implicit bias training for

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all sworn personnel. Recognizing the financial hardship of our residents, the City Council modified

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the tenant relocation assistance program to the tenant assistance program, making $100,000

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available for emergency rental assistance. With downtown businesses, especially restaurants struggling

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to stay prosperous, the City Council supported closing some downtown streets to allow more foot traffic

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and outdoor space. The building department has implemented the temporary outdoor use permit,

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program, and expedited permit review to support local businesses during the uncertainty of the

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pandemic. The city also donated $70,000 to the San Mateo strong to assist small businesses in

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mental park affected by COVID-19. Public works has continued to maintain our city without

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interruption for the duration of the pandemic. They are clearly and truly are

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essential service staff. The city has enhanced its permit tracking and land data

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management system to accept online building permit applications and issue

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certain permits to provide flexibility and continuity in service while city hall

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remains closed to the public.

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Some of this year's additional accomplishments

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We have issued the building permits to construct a public pedestrian path from the Facebook West Campus over Bayfront Expressway to the Bay Trail.

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It is anticipated to be completed by the fall of the new year.

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The city participated in a FEMA program that will lower flood insurance for some of our residents.

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The city's environmentally sustainable local amendments to the California Building Code known as the Reach Code became effective on January 1, 2020.

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Adopting local energy codes that reduce fossil fuels such as natural gas used in buildings aligned with the city's climate action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions working towards zero carbon buildings.

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The city adopted an urgency accessory dwelling unit, ordinance also known as ADU, to

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conform to new state laws to further promote the production of housing.

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The community development department continued to process large development projects within

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the El Camino Riau downtown specific plant area and the Bayfront area.

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We also issued a notice of funding available of approximately $10 million to support the preservation and or production of permanent affordable housing.

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Finance has implemented new budget and reporting software allowing remote preparation of the budget and dynamic transparent views of city finances for members of the community.

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They have also adapted to remote processes and improved efficiency by continuing to eliminate

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paper-based processes in business licenses, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

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None of these accomplishments would have been possible without our outstanding IT department,

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which facilitated fast, safe, and effective telework options for the majority of city staff,

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allowing city council meetings and city operations to continue remotely, as well as commissions and committee meetings.

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IT has also continued improvements to network infrastructure, security and the IT master plan implementation and finalize land management software upgrade and expanded options available to the public.

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And then came COVID.

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In addition to the pandemic, we have faced an overwhelming wildfire season.

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The public upward and unrest over the murder of George Floyd and countless others, and

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overall systemic racism being a public health crisis as called out by the American Medical

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Association.

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I am proud that together, on June 16th, the Council unanimously passed a resolution number

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or 65, 63, condemning police brutality

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and supporting Black Lives Matter.

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These events have led us to carefully evaluate

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and discuss current operations

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in the city of Millil Park.

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And I want to assure you that the council

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is committed to ongoing change.

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Structural and systemic racism has long-term impacts

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on our community's health and well-being,

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and I will continue to be a voice

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on the council to address these issues.

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As I prepare for the end of the year and our city council reorganization in

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Millow Park, I look back on this year and cannot imagine any of these

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achievements without the strength, resilience, and courage of our residents, our

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city council, and our city staff. On a personal note, I'm especially proud of all

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that I've achieved based on my priorities coming into this role. Some of these

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achievements build on what I've covered so far and others are initiatives that I drove

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and aligned to my focus on equity, inclusion, and community well-being. Here are five achievements

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I am particularly proud of addressing homelessness in our city. I created the Triangle Task Force in June

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2020 in response to multiple calls to the Mental Park Police Department and the Mental Park Fire

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Department about the homeless encampment that is bound by Willow Road University Avenue

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and Bayfront Highway 84. This is governed by multiple jurisdictions, and it is important

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that we help keep our first responders safe and increase the outreach to the encampment dwellers.

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In a three-year period, there were 100 encampment calls, 26 encampment medical calls,

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and six fire investigations and in 2020 alone there were 46 fires, 12 medical

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calls and five fire investigations. Also there is a cleanup effort that began

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in phase one in October of this year and there will be another phase two of the

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cleanup happening in January of 2021. Just as an update in the summer there were

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approximately 60 dwellers on that land and currently there are less than 10.

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I say progress has been made. Being a consistent advocate of needs of the residents of

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Millenal Park, as a part of this, I created a community amenities list, a community

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amenities subcommittee with the support of the council, which allowed us to review and reprioritize

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The adopted list of community amenities from 2016 and will include a review of items placed

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in the parking lot that typically don't get addressed coming out of a large brainstorming

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or strategy session.

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Next, focusing on emergency preparedness of our communities, I have achieved this by elevating

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the flood district and sea level rise discussion to include areas of concern particularly since

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60% of the Bellhaven neighborhood is in the flood zone.

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Next, improving the quality of our residents' lives, and on this note I advocated for the

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installation of air quality monitors in Bellhaven by the San Mateo County Labs.

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I also advocated for temporary noise monitors that were placed and installed by the SFO

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Roundtable for a few weeks to better determine and understand how airplane noise impacts our

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communities. The report will come out in some time of the early 2021. Lastly, given a voice

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to District 1, which has not had a representative as mayor in almost 40 years on the council.

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Now more than ever, District 1 residents are members of commissions and committees and

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contributing solutions to our challenges. For example, I'm proud of District 1's voice and

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involvement in the strategy and planning of the new Menel Park Community Campus in

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Bell Haven. Being a member of the subcommittee, I ensure that our community's concerns

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would be in addressed. This campus has a targeted completion date of 2023. I'm deeply appreciative

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of the investment, partnership and support that Facebook has demonstrated with our residents,

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residents, our city staff and the city council.

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Mental Park is a vibrant city, blessed with talented staff, and led by a caring and

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informed council.

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I want to assure you that we-

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We are working tirelessly to keep you and your family safe, and to set ourselves up for prosperous future. It has been my honor and privilege to serve as your mayor this year 2020. I'd like to end with a quote from Henry P. Organ, a mental park resident. Acts of kindness should not be random, but deliberate and daily. Thank you.

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We'll move to the next item on our agenda, which is our consent calendar.

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Under the consent calendar, the City Council may take action to approve routine business

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items in one motion unless a City Council member, City staff member, or a member of the

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public requests that an item be discussed or continued to a later date.

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Ms. Heron, do we have any public comment on the consent calendar?

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Thank you, Mayor Taylor.

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So at this time we invite any member of the public wishing to speak on item C1 or C2

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of our consent calendar to engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen will have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the city council at this time.

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This will be the final call for any public comment on the consent calendar.

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Item C1 or C2.

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Seeing no hands raised, Mayor Taylor, you may continue.

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Thank you, Ms. Heron. At this time, I'll bring it back to the council. Are there any questions on the consent counter calendar? Or do I have a motion to approve?

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So moved.

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Thank you. So I have a motion on the floor by City Council Member Carlton and a second by City Council Member Nash to approve the consent calendar.

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Any further City Council discussion or questions?

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Seeing none by roll call vote, City Council Member Carlton.

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Aye.

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City Council Member Mueller.

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Yes.

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City Council Member Nash.

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Yes.

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Vice Mayor Holmes.

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Yes.

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And Mayor Taylor.

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Yes.

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The motion passes unanimously.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Heron.

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The next item on our agenda is regular business.

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Under regular business, the City Council considers recommendations from City staff on policy matters

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or administrative actions that require City Council approval and item D1 is

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recognition of our outgoing City Council member. Ms. Heron, do we have any

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public comment on this item?

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Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So for any member of the

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public wishing to speak on item D1, recognition of outgoing City Council member,

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please engage that hand feature on the top right side of your screen. We'll have

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the opportunity to open up their microphone and you may address the City Council at

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this time.

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Okay, so our first public commenter will be Pam Jones,

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Kayla. I'd like to unmute

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yourself. You may address the city council this time. Good evening and thank you, Pam Jones

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here. I want to say to you, Catherine Carlton, that I have to acknowledge that at times

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I was rather harsh and my apologies. I'm deeply grateful for your commitment to minimal park

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and your passion and tireless service for all of us.

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You have helped to make Memo Park a better, a great city.

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I will miss that passion that you demonstrate on the council

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and most of all, I will miss your smile. Thank you.

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Thank you for your comment.

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Our next public commenter will be

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Gina Papin. Gina, if you'd like to unmute yourself, you may

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address the city council at this time.

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Gina,

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it does look like you are off-nuked.

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Are you able to engage your microphone?

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So at this time, our next speaker is going to be

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Ragnadod Karsar.

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Forgive me if I can mispronounce your name.

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Ragnadod Karsar.

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No, it's actually Ragnadod.

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Could you hear me?

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Yes, thank you so much.

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I'm actually here on behalf of Congresswoman Jackie Spear, and I'm not sure if Mayor Taylor has already retrieved our congressional record that I dropped off to City Hall earlier today.

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But I'd like to present this congressional record to Councilmember Kaplan Carlton on behalf of Congresswoman Jackie Spear.

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We recognize Ms. Carlton for her eight years of service on the City Council of Menlo Park.

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During her time on the council, Ms. Carlton represented Menlo Park on 12 regional committees

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or agencies.

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Under her leadership and guidance, the city has been revitalized.

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The parks refreshed, the libraries upgraded, long needed infrastructure investments were made,

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and schools remained strong.

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She has served as a volunteer with over nine nonprofits among many other accomplishments,

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All while raising two children with her husband, Robert, her service and accomplishments are hereby and stated in the congressional record of the United States of America.

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We are honored to know and work with Ms. Carlton and wish her all the best in the years ahead.

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Thank you for your comment.

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Our next public commenter will be Lynn Bramlett.

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Lynn, you're off mute and able to address the city council at this time.

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again, you hear me?

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Oh, perfect.

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I have a new computer.

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Good evening, counsel.

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And I certainly want to thank

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and counsel member Carlton

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and just say I very much appreciate

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your eight years of service.

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I appreciate your quiet dignity

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that you always had on the council.

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I certainly admire how

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your graciousness with people,

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your tack, your diplomacy,

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see your general poise as well as very specifically what you accomplished in the

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areas that you focused on. I appreciate to your support of disaster

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preparedness in Menlo Park and really caring about your community. And I do

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want to mention one thing that people may not know and one of the library

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someone told me how you would even send us give people a ride home from the

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council meeting who didn't have a car and you know just that kind touch and you

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know you're not you're not a chest thumper which I really admire but I just

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want to say you do many kind many quiet acts of kindness and you are very much

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appreciated and you will be missed.

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Thank you for coming in.

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I am going to go to

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to assembly member Mark Vernon. Mark, you are off mute and able to address the City Council at this time.

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Great. Thanks so much. And congratulations, Mayor Taylor. I'm your year. Congratulations, General Wilson for getting elected.

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And thank you so much to Kat Carlton for your eight years of service on the council. And obviously more years than that in your service to Menlo Park.

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mental park resident. I want to say thank you for all the work that you've done to

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make mental park as amazing of a city as it is and then me and my wife are

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enjoying so much. I remember you and I got elected to City Councils at the

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same time. I was living in Pellow also then and got elected to the Pellow to City

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Council same time you got elected to mental park and I remember I think the first

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time we met might have been in or around Sacramento for the League of

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training that they did and I remember the first thing I thought to myself is

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thank God cat wasn't running against me because here is somebody who's been

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so successful in the private sector who's lived and worked and been successful

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abroad who'd already volunteered and participated in so many local

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organizations supporting the community and now you decided to put your efforts

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towards the city council and I just I'm so grateful since then we've had a lot of meetings

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whether it's since I've been in the assembly you brought people up for the junior league

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and we've had really good conversations in my office and Sacramento in my office here

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around your work around peninsula clean energy and regional leadership on energy policy.

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It seems like most of us put aside a lot of our additional interests when we serve on a council

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it seems like you served on the council and you kept you added more things onto your plate

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in terms of you know the different activities that you did to make mental a park a better place.

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So I just really thank you for the conversations that we've had whether it was a progress

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seminar, League of Cities meetings or you know as some other folks mentioned I always know when I talk

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with Kat that A it's going to be substantive but B you're not going to be yelling at me about a lot

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of things, which I can't say for everybody. You just have a way about you that is substantive

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and to the point, but also pleasant, that I really appreciate. So, just really want to say

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thanks for all you've done for Menlo Park. We have a fancy resolution on its way. Unfortunately,

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COVID has disrupted the state's ability to turn those out as quickly as we usually do, but it is coming

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and just thank you so much for your friendship for all your work and look

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forward to more chats in the future.

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Thank you, Assemblymember Berman. Our next

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public commenter will be returning to Gina Pappen. Gina, if you'd like to unmute

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yourself, you may address the City Council at this time.

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Naomi? Yes, thank you. Oh, good. Thank you. Sorry about that. Technical difficulties.

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Cat, you are amazing. Yeah, my name is Gina Pappen. I am on the Milbury City Council

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and I served with Kat on the legislative committee for CKag and CKag in so many different areas.

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She has been a fantastic representative, not only from Enlo Park, but regionally.

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She has brought in honest and respectful opinion to absolutely everything.

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I have so enjoyed working with you and I hope to work with you in the future.

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We all have so many great things to do ahead.

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I wish you the very, very best. Thank you so much for serving your community and the region,

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Kat, you're great, and I hope that we still get to see you around. I'm sure you are going to be

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around. Thank you so much. I wish you all the best. Happy holidays to everyone. Thank you.

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you for your comment and our final hand raise is Laurence Enable,

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you're on to you

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and able to address the City Council at this time.

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Hello, my name is Laurence Ennouce, I've met Catherine around the world in various conferences

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and large global events and I want to congratulate Catherine Cousin for her dedicated work.

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No one in my knowledge has been a more incredible, humble, thoughtful, and passionate ambassador to her city.

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And I want to thank her for the education and inspiration she gave many of us for the last years, all around the world.

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It's not only in your area in California that people respect her and listen to her and look up to her.

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It's all over the world and I wanted to thank her for that.

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And thank you for giving me the chance to say it out loud.

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Thank you.

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Thank

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you for your comment and this would be the final call for any public comments on item D1

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according with the condition of city council member Carlton seeing

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no further hands raised

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and our tailor you may continue. Thank you Ms. Heron and at this time I will read the proclamation.

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A proclamation expressing the city of mental parks appreciation to Catherine Carlton.

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where as Catherine Carlton was elected to the City Council in 2012 and reelected in 2016

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and was selected as Mayor Pro Tem in 2014 and served as Mayor in 2015 and whereas Catherine Carlton

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served with distinction representing the city on dozens of local regional and state committees

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and colluding peninsula clean energy, sea cag, league of California city's environmental

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and public safety policy committees, serving as president of the league's LGBTQ caucus

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among countless others.

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And whereas Catherine Carlton was also a champion of small businesses as evidenced by her support

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for the Responsibility, the Responsible Redevelopment of the El

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Camino Rial Corridor, her outreach to many residents, excuse me, her

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outreach to many restaurants and shops that make downtown Menlo Park

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special, and her efforts to preserve and enhance Santa Cruz Avenue

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throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by adapting the city's policies to

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support local businesses, and whereas Catherine Carlton and the City

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Council.

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Adopted.

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Major planning and development initiatives that will impact our communities for decades to come, including connect mental general plan update. The city's ambitious reach codes, building electrification and electric vehicle charging requirements and updated climate action plan with the goal to be carbon neutral by 2030. The transportation master plan and its multi-modal approach to approve the quality of life

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of Mental Park residents, an updated housing element, housing policies for accessory dwelling

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units, and density near transit, and whereas Catherine Carlton is known statewide as an

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ardent supporter of social justice, working to end human trafficking, domestic violence, bullying

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and discrimination, and whereas Catherine Carlton worked to open community to historical, cultural

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and business opportunities by supporting the work of the sister city committee to foster friendship and

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sit in sister city relationships including agreements with cities in Ireland, Japan, India, and China

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and now therefore it be it flow claimed that the city of Mimile Park it stands its heartfelt

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appreciation to Catherine Carlton for her years of leadership, dedication, and service to the

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mental park community.

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And now I would like to turn the floor to Council member Catherine

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Carlton.

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Wow. Thank you. Thank you so much. I want to give my deepest thanks to all of the

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residents, commissioners, business owners, staff, and the other elected officials who

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worked with us to make mental park and our larger community, the best place that it can be.

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Many years ago we had councils who attacked each other on the

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diaspora, like Gacha with staff. And I'm so happy that we've

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established a culture where we work together. When talking

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about United We Stand, most people think of Abraham Lincoln,

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but it's actually from the Bible. Every kingdom divided against

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itself is brought to dissolution, and every house divided

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against itself shall not stand. I've mentioned before when I've

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spoken that United We Stand divided repal is part of our

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culture. Even Harry Potter was written to say, we are only as strong as we are united,

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and weak as we are divided. For Martin Luther King to Benjamin Franklin, agnostic

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front to Sonny and Cher, Asop's stables to marvel comics across our history and our culture,

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united we stand, divided we fall, has been a truth that is known and repeated. It has been a

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very, very weird and difficult year, but I know that the coming year will bring healing,

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But physical healing in the pandemic, coming under control with the vaccine, which I hope people take, and

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psychological healing and working together.

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Be kind to each other. I was delighted that Mayor Taylor mentioned that in her speech, harsh words, put people on the defensive.

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Kind words inspire compassion and action. Kind words are so much more powerful.

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I know that people now on council, I know them well as individuals. I remember when Jen first came up concerned about

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say for us to school when one of the schools opened I've seen her evolve and really respected

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the amount of work that she's she's put in through the years. I can say without reservation

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that our council members are all good people who want Menlo Park to be the best place that it can be.

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They may not agree on every detail of how to get there, but they know not to hold grudges.

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Someone might vote against you for one thing, but be a great ally on the next.

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Eve, every single one of these people have earned my respect through the years,

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And I know that our city is in good hands.

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I want to say thank you to my family for their support and their patience when I spent

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all weekend studying my council packet instead of playing with them.

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And so many weeks, when night after night, I had a council meeting, a subcommittee meeting,

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a joint power authority meeting of some kind, and it's clean energy, all the different

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city-related meetings, I cannot say enough about how strong and supportive my husband is.

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And I want to say thank you again to our city staff for their patients and their dedication.

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A lot of people don't know.

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We have staff members from Harvard, from Princeton, people with decades of really amazing experience.

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And you really don't know how many hours goes into each one of those staff reports.

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Our staff is critical for the work that we do, and I deeply and sincerely appreciate

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their patients, their support, everything that they've done through the years to make

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a successful. I want to say thank you to the other City Council members throughout the region.

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We sit on state, we sit on regional boards. Most of our real issues are not specific to

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Menlo Park, housing, traffic, they're all regional issues and we've worked together to address these

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and so many of you aren't just colleagues you've become really good friends now and I

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I sincerely have enjoyed working with you and I've learned a lot and I look forward to seeing

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how that impact grows and develops over time for our communities. And I want to say thank you

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to the residents of Monroe Park for your faith in electing me twice to the City Council.

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It has been an absolute honor and privilege to serve you and I leave you in good hands and I want

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to say thank you to all of you and I want to say welcome to Council Gen. You'll have a lot of fun,

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it'll be a lot of work, but I think you'll find it one of the most rewarding things you'll do in

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your lifetime. So, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, I'm going to miss you all so much. I

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really will, but at least now we don't have to worry about Brown Act. We can get together.

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So, thank you. I'll miss you a lot and I deeply appreciate everyone's support and their trust in

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their face. I hope to see you soon. Bye.

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Thank you, Council Member Carlton. I appreciate

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everything you just shared, and I saw Council Member Mueller had his hand raised.

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Yes, so first I have a text from a colleague and a former in another city that he's asked me to read,

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so I'll read that first. It's from, excuse me, I can see, from Wayne Lee, from Milbury, and Wayne

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Wayne has written Deer Mayor Taylor and City Council.

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I regret that I cannot be present in person

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and express my sincere thanks to each of you.

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I'm exiting the Milbury City Council after nine years.

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But I want to express my appreciation for you.

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I feel unfortunate to serve Milbury, San Mateo County

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and the City of California as represented

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on the Association of Bay Area Governments.

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Congratulations to Mayor Taylor for your outstanding

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leadership during these unprecedented times.

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You stated the shift during the crisis

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and the city respond positively.

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Thank you to Councilwoman Catherine Carlton,

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who I consider a wonderful person and friend.

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We set on many environmental boards and committees

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and incycling energy as one.

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We've precluded thousands of greenhouse gases

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from poisoning or planning.

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Congratulations and says something about me.

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Congratulations to Council Member-Elect Jen Wilson.

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As the former president of the California League of Cities

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Asian Pacific Islanders Caucus

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and the current President of San Mateo County API Caucus.

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We thank Mayor Taylor and the City of Mental Park

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for supporting and announcing assaults against Asians.

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San Mateo County API Caucus support diversity and equality.

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We thank you for your support,

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a protection for Asians during this difficult time

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and Chinese villainization due to COVID-19.

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In summary, it has been a deep, profound honor to work

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with each of you and I say that you are my friend.

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I wish you, your staff and daily city citizens well,

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well, and best wishes for our safe and healthy future,

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former Wayne J. Lee, a recovering council member,

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C. D. Milbury.

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Now, I've read that.

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Cat, I'm gonna miss the Annan City Council.

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We've served together for eight years

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and the way that we were introduced each other,

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people were trying to force a marriage.

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And it was funny, we didn't really know each other that well.

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And during these eight years,

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it's been a relationship that grew

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to really to a neutral respect and friendship

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and really could rely on you.

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And it's funny you did everything with such clasps

442
00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:46,740
during your time on city council.

443
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:48,720
It was always, and it was funny,

444
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:50,300
you'd call me after a council meeting

445
00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:51,640
and you'd say, I'm so mad.

446
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,500
And I think, I know she's mad,

447
00:38:53,620 --> 00:38:55,740
but she's just saying it was such class and so happily.

448
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,220
It's hard to imagine she's that mad.

449
00:38:58,260 --> 00:39:00,240
And it allows you to get things done.

450
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:04,480
And it was that diplomacy that just really shined through.

451
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:10,280
it allowed you to be so effective on PCE and I always tell people when we did

452
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:14,180
international we did some international events and travel together and I always

453
00:39:14,180 --> 00:39:17,860
felt like I was a person carrying your bag because everyone would just

454
00:39:17,860 --> 00:39:24,620
responded to you so well. You're such an incredible diplomat and the work that

455
00:39:24,620 --> 00:39:29,480
you did in our city, the attention that you pay attention to our downtown and your

456
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:36,380
your spheres advocacy that I know is going to continue. I know that that will continue and I'm

457
00:39:36,380 --> 00:39:41,660
going to miss all of it and but I'm going to miss your policy making and to miss your I'm used

458
00:39:41,660 --> 00:39:46,820
to working with you on counseling, hearing your input. I'll miss that and I'm going to miss your

459
00:39:46,820 --> 00:39:50,080
friendship. So thank you and thank you for the service to the city.

460
00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:57,460
Council move in action.

461
00:40:00,570 --> 00:40:07,430
The cat I believe we first met about five years ago when you were a member of council and I was

462
00:40:07,430 --> 00:40:13,610
active on community matters that were before the council and I've really enjoyed getting to know

463
00:40:13,610 --> 00:40:19,930
you over the past two years and you've been a wonderful colleague. I've been amazed at your

464
00:40:19,930 --> 00:40:28,110
networking skills with so many government and business relationships as well as your experience

465
00:40:28,110 --> 00:40:33,910
on council. It's just been invaluable and thank you for everything. I've appreciated your leadership

466
00:40:33,910 --> 00:40:39,750
on the pencil clean energy board and I look forward to staying in touch and not having to worry about

467
00:40:39,750 --> 00:40:42,890
the brown act. So thank you for everything.

468
00:40:47,410 --> 00:40:50,850
Ice mirror columns. Yeah so first I'll start off

469
00:40:50,850 --> 00:40:57,230
and saying I think I was the recipient of one of those drives home back in the day so I can

470
00:40:57,230 --> 00:41:06,190
confirm that Lynn Bramlett is accurate. I definitely 100% remember our first conversation

471
00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:13,810
because I was new to Menlo Park and I was working from home at the time and so when I saw

472
00:41:13,810 --> 00:41:18,610
that the city was accepting applications for bike commissioners, I was like, oh, this seems

473
00:41:18,610 --> 00:41:26,670
interesting. It'll get me out of the house. And so I applied. And then I remember some weeks later,

474
00:41:27,030 --> 00:41:35,310
I got a call from you and you were the only member of the council that called. And you wanted to

475
00:41:35,310 --> 00:41:38,750
know about like sort of what I thought about sort of multi-modal transportation

476
00:41:38,750 --> 00:41:44,950
schemes and and about the trade-offs and I was like, why is this woman calling me?

477
00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:50,630
I just want to be on the bike commission. Why is she asking me always really

478
00:41:50,630 --> 00:41:54,930
in-depth questions about where I what I'm thinking and what I've read when it

479
00:41:54,930 --> 00:42:01,190
comes to different approach to transportation. But again, I think that that

480
00:42:01,190 --> 00:42:04,030
That speaks to who you are, what I think we've all seen

481
00:42:04,030 --> 00:42:06,250
and what has been said previously.

482
00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:10,150
You are someone that does their homework

483
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,230
with a thoroughness that I have rarely seen

484
00:42:14,230 --> 00:42:17,550
over the course of my academic and professional

485
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:19,710
and community service career.

486
00:42:20,490 --> 00:42:21,750
And so hats off to you.

487
00:42:22,030 --> 00:42:26,770
I think it is a motto for everyone who follows you

488
00:42:26,770 --> 00:42:30,570
and then this role, the way in which you've approached

489
00:42:31,190 --> 00:42:37,690
the things that we've taken up and so I just like to say it has been a pleasure

490
00:42:38,830 --> 00:42:46,390
serving with you on City Council for the past two years. It has been a pleasure serving

491
00:42:46,390 --> 00:42:53,170
with you, serving the residents of Memel Park for together for the past seven years. I think

492
00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:57,770
there was a recent discussion in closed session where you reminded me that you first voted for me

493
00:42:57,770 --> 00:43:03,530
when I employ for the planning commission and so I again thank you for that early support,

494
00:43:03,710 --> 00:43:11,090
but thank you for your service more than anything to this community. I'm in awe of it and it has

495
00:43:11,090 --> 00:43:14,070
been again a pleasure to see it up close for the past few years.

496
00:43:19,060 --> 00:43:19,700
Council Member Mueller.

497
00:43:22,060 --> 00:43:27,460
Sorry to go back in, but my phone's lighting up. Former East Palo Alto mayor Larry Moody

498
00:43:27,460 --> 00:43:32,820
is reaching out saying much appreciation to Council Member Catherine Carlton and Mayor Taylor.

499
00:43:32,820 --> 00:43:34,780
and ask me to share that with you all.

500
00:43:34,980 --> 00:43:36,860
So I wanted to make sure I did.

501
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:37,960
Thank you.

502
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,820
I'm sad that we can't get together and celebrate,

503
00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:42,900
but I think we should do it in August.

504
00:43:43,180 --> 00:43:45,480
I'm making the leap of faith that we're

505
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:46,400
going to have a vaccine.

506
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:48,340
And we're going to get this under control.

507
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,460
And I look forward to getting together at some point

508
00:43:50,460 --> 00:43:51,680
in the near future and celebrating.

509
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,880
But before I, I don't know how this is going to work.

510
00:43:55,220 --> 00:43:57,240
I guess I'm going to just turn off my camera

511
00:43:57,240 --> 00:43:58,700
and then Jen will jump in here.

512
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:02,840
I don't envy Meritailer for the year that you've been mayor.

513
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:08,040
For those of you that don't know Meritailer personally,

514
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,400
she's quiet, but she sees everything.

515
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:16,900
And she thinks, I had a professor in college that used to say,

516
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,160
do not vomit what you have not yet digested.

517
00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:22,660
And I think that Cecilia does a very good job of listening

518
00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:26,340
and thinking and considering before she speaks.

519
00:44:26,340 --> 00:44:33,180
weeks, and I have just grown to respect her so much through the years and think about

520
00:44:33,180 --> 00:44:37,160
everything that you've gone through. What we've had protests coming through Menlo Park,

521
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:42,240
we've had the plague, we've had all these different things, and you have dealt with it

522
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:49,080
with such dignity and such thoughtfulness, and I think a genuine passion, not only for

523
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:53,680
District One, but for the City of Menlo Park and our whole region. And I just wanted to

524
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:59,780
say, I really think that you are an amazing, wonderful person. And I really

525
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:06,360
To steer the city through a very difficult year. So, congratulations. And congratulations to Jen. I know

526
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,340
you'll have a wonderful experience on council as well.

527
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,420
Thank you, Councilor Recurleton. I really appreciate

528
00:45:15,420 --> 00:45:22,180
the kind words about me. I want to share my kind words about you. I remember when I first met you,

529
00:45:22,380 --> 00:45:29,460
it was at a San Francisco Speedle Creek JPA meeting. And you asked me, you said, are you sure you want to

530
00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:32,000
We're on the council, is that getting a PhD?

531
00:45:33,020 --> 00:45:35,400
And you're right, considering the size of our packets.

532
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:37,700
They're pretty massive.

533
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,980
But my experience with you just over the past 12 months,

534
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,040
I'm especially serving on subcommittees with you.

535
00:45:46,540 --> 00:45:48,960
I have a wrong bond of view.

536
00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:52,780
And also I have a deep, deep honor and respect for you.

537
00:45:53,180 --> 00:45:56,400
Your opinion, your position, your commitment,

538
00:45:56,860 --> 00:45:58,620
your tenacity, your honesty,

539
00:45:58,620 --> 00:46:05,200
and your love of what you do and I know that wherever you wind up tomorrow morning on whatever

540
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:10,880
your thought is, it will definitely carry those things. I appreciate being able to serve with you.

541
00:46:11,460 --> 00:46:18,620
I got my first badge of honor, I believe, running for Council in 2016 and not winning and having the

542
00:46:18,620 --> 00:46:25,920
opportunity to sit next to you running the second time. So thank you. Thank you for being welcoming. Thank

543
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:31,120
Thank you for being honest. Thank you for being you. And I look forward to our non-brown

544
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:32,000
act conversations.

545
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:41,460
And Ms. Heron, I have to ask you at this time. I'm not sure what the

546
00:46:41,460 --> 00:46:42,260
procedure is.

547
00:46:44,340 --> 00:46:48,060
Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So, City Council Member Carlton, you're more than

548
00:46:48,060 --> 00:46:54,040
welcome to stay on screen for item D2. City Council Member Elect Wilson will join us for

549
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:57,400
the oath and then she will be with us for the duration of the meeting.

550
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:57,480
Okay.

551
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:01,660
Thank you.

552
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:08,020
And Ms. Herron, I believe at this time we are to take public comment on item D2.

553
00:47:08,820 --> 00:47:09,300
Correct.

554
00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:15,900
So at this time, if any member of the public wishes to speak on item D2, recognition of outgoing

555
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:20,000
mayor, please engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen.

556
00:47:20,420 --> 00:47:25,020
I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the city council at this

557
00:47:25,020 --> 00:47:25,980
time or

558
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:32,140
first public commenter will be Julie Chanson.

559
00:47:34,450 --> 00:47:36,230
Julie are off mute if you would like to address

560
00:47:36,230 --> 00:47:37,570
the city council at this time.

561
00:47:41,550 --> 00:47:46,170
So I just wanted to say Mayor Taylor it has been a pleasure to have

562
00:47:46,170 --> 00:47:52,990
you at the helm of the city and others have mentioned what a challenge this particular year has been.

563
00:47:53,650 --> 00:48:00,430
I think you've risen to it at amazingly and I look forward to all the great things you will still

564
00:48:00,430 --> 00:48:03,470
be doing as a member of the City Council. Thank you.

565
00:48:06,940 --> 00:48:09,940
Thank you for your comment. Our next public

566
00:48:09,940 --> 00:48:11,820
commenter is Gina Pappin.

567
00:48:14,430 --> 00:48:20,430
Yes. Perfect. Thank you. Mayor Taylor, I've had the pleasure of working

568
00:48:20,430 --> 00:48:28,150
with you on several different things and I so appreciate your honest and truthful representation

569
00:48:28,150 --> 00:48:31,350
of the residents of Menlo Park.

570
00:48:32,230 --> 00:48:35,570
It's not always easy to keep a city together.

571
00:48:35,770 --> 00:48:38,390
You've done an amazing job this year.

572
00:48:38,530 --> 00:48:40,710
It's been so challenging for everyone.

573
00:48:41,570 --> 00:48:43,410
So thank you for your service.

574
00:48:43,590 --> 00:48:45,610
I look forward to working with you in the future.

575
00:48:46,230 --> 00:48:50,930
We have many great things to do as far as transportation

576
00:48:50,930 --> 00:48:52,550
and what goes on in your city.

577
00:48:52,710 --> 00:48:54,270
So I look forward to working with you

578
00:48:54,270 --> 00:48:56,770
and the remaining members of the council.

579
00:48:56,770 --> 00:49:02,850
I wish you well. Congratulations on a very tough year and a very productive year.

580
00:49:06,870 --> 00:49:11,990
Thank you for your comment. Our next public commenter is Josie Garrick.

581
00:49:12,850 --> 00:49:16,090
Josie, if you'd like to unmute yourself, you may address the City Council at this time.

582
00:49:17,610 --> 00:49:22,370
Great. Can you hear me? Yes, thank you. Mayor Taylor, thank you.

583
00:49:23,390 --> 00:49:28,770
Like others have said, you know, every, you know, waking up during the pandemic,

584
00:49:28,770 --> 00:49:34,350
we would get messages from you. I just kept thinking to myself they were very

585
00:49:34,350 --> 00:49:39,230
reassuring. They were very clear. They provided wonderful leadership during a

586
00:49:39,230 --> 00:49:42,870
really stressful time and I just want to say thank you and how much I admire,

587
00:49:43,630 --> 00:49:48,510
you know, the leadership that you provided. The other thing I want to say is it's

588
00:49:48,510 --> 00:49:55,350
just so wonderful to now have someone representing District One to bring the

589
00:49:55,350 --> 00:50:00,570
voices of the community members, you know, or fellow mental park residents from district

590
00:50:00,570 --> 00:50:06,310
want into the conversation. And I really appreciate your leadership and just bringing those

591
00:50:06,310 --> 00:50:11,310
important voices forward. So thank you for your leadership and I look forward to your continued

592
00:50:11,310 --> 00:50:12,830
leadership on the council.

593
00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:22,580
Thank you for your comment. So this would be, oh, here we go.

594
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:30,840
Lynn Bramley, did you have a public comment at this time?

595
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:38,360
Yes, I do. On this new computer, I can't really see the hand, so I'll get a pick later.

596
00:50:38,780 --> 00:50:43,840
But I do want to express my most sincere appreciation and respect for you, Mayor Taylor.

597
00:50:44,620 --> 00:50:48,680
And just the wonderful job that I think you've done as mayor this year.

598
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:55,560
And all the many things you do that a lot of people just know a little bit about and I would say that encampment.

599
00:50:55,860 --> 00:51:07,420
I had no idea they extended that and how quietly you went about bringing together the different jurisdictions to work together on this very serious problem.

600
00:51:07,940 --> 00:51:10,820
And it's just been a huge undertaking.

601
00:51:10,820 --> 00:51:15,180
And I'm very appreciative of that.

602
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:21,000
And I've heard that expressed as well by other people.

603
00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:24,780
I also want to compliment you on how you've been at these meetings.

604
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,280
I thought you had a lot of voice the way you would call on people, be very fair.

605
00:51:29,900 --> 00:51:31,740
It was extremely smooth.

606
00:51:32,180 --> 00:51:35,980
And for something that, you know, this is new for you.

607
00:51:36,140 --> 00:51:39,720
And especially your very first meeting was pretty astonishing to me.

608
00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:46,080
you had just been elected and suddenly you had to act in the mayor role because the mayor

609
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:51,600
wasn't at the meeting and it just went so well and there's been a real refreshing

610
00:51:53,420 --> 00:52:02,700
realness about you too in addition to the poise and how you are. So I'm very grateful and I think

611
00:52:02,700 --> 00:52:07,960
you have very good judgment and I really appreciate all the work you're doing outside your district

612
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:14,340
and for other people. You really care about the city that's evident. And I'm just really glad

613
00:52:14,340 --> 00:52:19,560
that you'll still be on the council and we look forward to more contributions from you.

614
00:52:25,390 --> 00:52:26,690
Thank you for your comment.

615
00:52:30,210 --> 00:52:36,470
Our next public commenter, the name is coming up. It's Kape Zoe.

616
00:52:38,390 --> 00:52:43,410
We'd like to unmute yourself. You may address the city council at this time.

617
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:50,260
Again,

618
00:52:50,260 --> 00:52:52,880
Zoe, did you have a public comment at this time?

619
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:54,200
You do it.

620
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:55,120
Oh, hi.

621
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:55,500
Sorry.

622
00:52:56,020 --> 00:52:56,320
Perfect.

623
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:57,560
Thank you.

624
00:52:58,280 --> 00:52:58,880
Okay.

625
00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:00,200
Hi.

626
00:53:00,700 --> 00:53:02,920
We just wanted to say this is Zoe.

627
00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:04,940
Yes, of Cafe Zoe fame.

628
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:05,980
No.

629
00:53:06,460 --> 00:53:12,640
And Kathleen, we just wanted to say to Mayor Taylor that she is the epitome of class and grace.

630
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:19,820
Every conversation we leave either inspired, having shared laughter or both.

631
00:53:19,820 --> 00:53:25,500
Cecilia, I can't wait to see you again for a gigantic laughter and avocado

632
00:53:25,500 --> 00:53:33,560
toes soon. Love you. Hi, it's Kathleen. Just to say Cecilia, it's been an honor

633
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:39,660
ever since the day I met you when you walked into the cafe that first year you

634
00:53:39,660 --> 00:53:46,860
ran to help you with your campaign and just to watch you deal with this city, the

635
00:53:46,860 --> 00:53:58,500
higher city with such grace, belief in everyone in a year where so much has happened, you know,

636
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:04,760
in many ways sometimes I wish this wasn't the year that you got to be mayor, but then I'm also so proud that

637
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:13,880
it was your year to be mayor, everything from the Black Lives Matter protest to COVID, to systemic racism,

638
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:18,640
understanding what's really going on in your district but taking on the

639
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:23,620
entire city and caring about the entire city while you so desperately hang on

640
00:54:23,620 --> 00:54:29,980
to making things better for Bell Haven in the city at large so it's just an

641
00:54:29,980 --> 00:54:38,040
honor and a joy to have you in the cafe light to share you with you know the

642
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:41,540
community that you get to see in this little random cafe but just more

643
00:54:41,540 --> 00:54:51,620
I'm just so honored and I think Menlo Park is just so fortunate to have brought you into the city government. So just thank you.

644
00:54:56,900 --> 00:54:58,280
Thank you for your comment.

645
00:54:59,180 --> 00:55:02,720
So this will be the final call for any public comment on item D2.

646
00:55:03,540 --> 00:55:05,880
We're going to the recognition of the outgoing mayor.

647
00:55:09,190 --> 00:55:11,690
The next public commenter will be Pamela Jones.

648
00:55:12,790 --> 00:55:14,570
Pamela, would you like to address the city council?

649
00:55:15,030 --> 00:55:16,010
You may at this time.

650
00:55:16,570 --> 00:55:22,170
Yes, thank you. I wouldn't be consistent if I didn't say something about most things on the agenda.

651
00:55:23,230 --> 00:55:30,610
But to you, Mayor Taylor, I appreciate the work that you've done, and I too can testify to the

652
00:55:30,610 --> 00:55:37,250
grace and compassion that you've had for this past year for the residents of Millow Park and for

653
00:55:37,250 --> 00:55:44,530
your council, each council member. And that's quite remarkable. You've been a real credit to our city,

654
00:55:44,530 --> 00:55:51,490
you know, to our little community over here and to your family. So I'm really I'm really proud of you.

655
00:55:51,890 --> 00:55:58,850
I know that this next year that you will be doing amazing work on behalf of the city of Memo Park

656
00:55:59,830 --> 00:56:07,470
and I'm grateful for that and I would like to read two letters that came in as I was asked to read them.

657
00:56:09,370 --> 00:56:12,370
This is from Marty Hunter, Cecilia.

658
00:56:13,110 --> 00:56:19,790
Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for the Bellhaven community as well as mental park at large.

659
00:56:20,570 --> 00:56:28,730
I applaud your commitment, conviction and authenticity in all that you do when making decisions even in the face of adversity.

660
00:56:29,650 --> 00:56:35,630
I hope you are proud of what you have accomplished so far,

661
00:56:35,630 --> 00:56:42,810
knowing that you have more to go. Congratulations from Marty and Cassandra. The

662
00:56:42,810 --> 00:56:49,890
second one, hey, Auntie, just wanted to let you know that I'm very proud of all

663
00:56:49,890 --> 00:56:55,530
you've done for Menlo Park. I wish you all going best during this next chapter of

664
00:56:55,530 --> 00:56:58,170
your career. Love nephew, Cam.

665
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Thank you for your comment and

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seeing no further

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hands raised. Mayor Taylor, you may continue. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Hannon, and thank you all

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00:57:20,730 --> 00:57:26,130
for the wonderful things that you have said. I'm actually standing here holding my husband's hand

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00:57:26,870 --> 00:57:38,530
so that I do not cry on camera, but I am humble. And at this time, I'm going to turn the meeting over

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to Vice Mayor Collins.

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00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:48,440
I think, and seeing is how I have a proclamation to read,

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but I'll go with Council Member Nass

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for her since she's raised her hand,

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and we can get to the proclamation after the comments.

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Thank you.

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00:57:57,220 --> 00:58:01,580
I just, I wasn't sure what the protocol was.

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00:58:02,500 --> 00:58:04,060
Cecilia, I just wanna say a few words

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that you've been an excellent voice for a city

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this tumultuous year.

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you've led with a steady hand and a strong calm voice and 2020 was a heck of a

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year to be mayor and thank you so much.

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00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:26,280
Council member Mueller.

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I just want to

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express my appreciation so yeah everyone says you're calm but your fears too and

685
00:58:36,780 --> 00:58:41,260
it's it's this quiet intensity that's you're not I mean and the number of meetings

686
00:58:41,260 --> 00:58:47,480
that you'll schedule, you just stay after it and stay after it and it's like, my only worry

687
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:52,080
sometimes is that you're going to be so exhausted from so many meetings with so many people

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00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:59,280
in this very hard year and you just sailed through, did an amazing job for the city and you're

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00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:05,660
just such an amazing voice or racial equity and inclusion in the city is much stronger having

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00:59:05,660 --> 00:59:06,840
that we'd have in you on council.

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So thank you for everything you did this year.

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00:59:17,380 --> 00:59:20,200
So I'll chime in and say that like,

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since I'm talking about when I first met every council member,

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I remember Mayor Taylor the first time

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that we met, you had him out me and we met at Cafe Bronya.

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I think this is when you were in lead up to the first run.

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And I just remember that there was this,

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this, it didn't really matter what I was going to say to you, you were running, so but like

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00:59:45,380 --> 00:59:49,300
you were, you were in the information gathering phase and it was one of those situations

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00:59:49,300 --> 00:59:54,920
like this train has left the station, you can get on it or you cannot, but it is moving out.

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00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:56,920
and I appreciate from

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That first moment that every, all of my interactions with you since have run true to that, your determination

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01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:18,320
and your focus and your commitment to serving your community is something that I think we should

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all be appreciative of. And so it has been, you know, an employee we've talked about, like, sort of serving

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01:00:27,500 --> 01:00:37,120
as mayor doing what has been a really upside down year and a pandemic, literally in

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01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:50,660
almost 180 fashion from plenty to famine, to revenue access, to revenue that doesn't

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01:00:50,660 --> 01:00:59,500
meet the needs and so and the series of closed sessions that follow great and through all that

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01:00:59,500 --> 01:01:03,900
whether it was those meetings where we were digging into ways to cut the budget

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01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:13,300
are seeing you with a bullhorn at a protest you rose to the occasion and on all of those situations

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01:01:13,300 --> 01:01:20,540
and so which is a testament to you I think a testament to your family and a testament to your

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01:01:20,660 --> 01:01:21,360
to your community.

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And so, it has been an honor serving with you

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01:01:25,460 --> 01:01:27,780
for the past two years and it's been an honor

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01:01:28,340 --> 01:01:29,620
being on council with you as mayor

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01:01:30,140 --> 01:01:32,880
and it will be an honor to continue serving with you.

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01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:38,420
And that's it, so I'm going to go back to councilmember Mueller.

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01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:44,580
I apologize, it happened again, my phone's low enough.

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01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:49,500
So, I have a text from Rose Becker staff

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who I believe at one time was president

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01:01:51,580 --> 01:01:53,040
of the Bell A of the Neighborhood Association

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01:01:53,040 --> 01:02:05,040
and may still be. She wanted me to pass on to Cecilia. How much? We have appreciated her term as mayor representing the whole city and giving presence to district one. Please pass this on to you.

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With that, I'm going to read the proclamation now.

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This is, I think, my first time reading one of these. So please become.

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01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:22,140
Okay, here we go.

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01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:28,340
Whereas the facility Taylor was first selected to City Council in 2018 was selected as mayor

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01:02:28,340 --> 01:02:32,000
pro-chem for 2019 and served as mayor in 2020.

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01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:36,960
And whereas mayor Taylor has demonstrated a dedication and fortitude in leading the city

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01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:41,480
as mayor during the COVID-19 pandemic and the face of uncertainty and while pushing it

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01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:45,160
for enhanced communication, collaborative solutions, and equity for all.

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01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:51,120
And whereas Mayor Taylor worked to secure mineral parks, dedication of $100,000 in funds

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01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:56,240
to help those in need pay for rent, food, utilities, and other necessities through a partnership

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01:02:56,240 --> 01:03:00,940
with Samaritan House, the creation of programs to support local businesses suffering due to

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01:03:00,940 --> 01:03:05,720
the ongoing pandemic and a rate assistance pilot program that will help solid waste and water

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01:03:05,720 --> 01:03:08,540
customers make ends meet in the face of rising costs.

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01:03:09,300 --> 01:03:14,220
And whereas Mayor Taylor successfully advocated for environmental justice, adopting the city's

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01:03:14,220 --> 01:03:15,740
ambitious climate action plan,

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01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:19,220
reason awareness about the threat of sea level rise,

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01:03:19,500 --> 01:03:21,180
adopting a transportation master plan

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to address impacts of traffic and safety

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01:03:24,490 --> 01:03:26,640
and the quality of life of memo prep residents,

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01:03:27,140 --> 01:03:29,700
lobbying for and achieving the installation of air quality

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01:03:29,700 --> 01:03:31,680
monitors by the County of San Mateo

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01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:34,640
and noise monitors through the SFO round table

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01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:38,460
and whereas Mayor Taylor presided over what is likely

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01:03:38,460 --> 01:03:41,000
the most city council meetings on one year

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01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:45,940
recent memory, called for and served on numerous subcommittees to address important issues,

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01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:51,020
such as development, homelessness, and a new multi-generational community campus.

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01:03:51,380 --> 01:03:56,540
And whereas Mayor Taylor demonstrated her commitment to serving all a mental park by making

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01:03:56,540 --> 01:04:01,680
herself available and accessible to all through virtual town hall meetings, regular office hours,

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01:04:02,040 --> 01:04:07,600
and countless emails and phone calls. And now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council

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01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:12,980
recognizes and honors Cecilia Taylor for dedication and service to the mental part community.

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01:04:15,650 --> 01:04:21,270
And so, and with that I would ask Mayor Taylor to have some comments, if you'd like.

753
01:04:22,190 --> 01:04:28,450
Yes, and thank you, Vice Mayor Cones, Council Member Nash, Council Member Carlton, and Council

754
01:04:28,450 --> 01:04:34,550
Member Mueller. I appreciate all of your kind words and definitely the public that called in for

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01:04:34,550 --> 01:04:44,370
comment. I remember when we did the transition last year, and I remember insisting that the

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01:04:44,370 --> 01:04:53,370
picture is the five of us, not just me, because I see this as a collective work. Even what the

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01:04:53,370 --> 01:04:59,430
title is mayor and vice mayor, we still need the rest of the council. So I appreciate everything

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01:04:59,430 --> 01:05:04,910
that all of you have done. I appreciate all the kind words that you shared with me this evening,

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01:05:05,090 --> 01:05:09,810
and I appreciate the work that we have ahead of us because there definitely is a lot,

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01:05:10,410 --> 01:05:19,090
but I will take this moment just to accept and appreciate the recognition. I am eternally grateful,

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01:05:19,550 --> 01:05:23,030
and I'm grateful. So thank you.

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01:05:25,870 --> 01:05:30,690
And I believe I am supposed to continue on here. So the next item on

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01:05:30,690 --> 01:05:35,790
our agenda. I am proud to say that we will be swearing in our city council members.

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01:05:37,010 --> 01:05:39,970
Ms. Harold, do we have a comment on this item?

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01:05:40,790 --> 01:05:43,850
On that note, I will say goodbye and leave you.

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01:05:45,190 --> 01:05:50,790
Hi. I genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, love and respect, you guys. I'll miss you,

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01:05:50,970 --> 01:05:55,830
but I'm going to go out with my family now to a downtown restaurant and have dinner.

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01:05:58,030 --> 01:06:04,710
support your local businesses. And thank you all very much. I love that where we seem to be

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01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:09,670
leaving on the theme of be kind. I think that's a wonderful, wonderful place to leave you

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01:06:09,670 --> 01:06:13,530
and congratulations to Jen. I know you'll do a great job. Bye everybody.

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01:06:14,270 --> 01:06:14,930
Thank you.

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01:06:19,760 --> 01:06:23,860
Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So at this time, if any member of the public wishes to speak

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01:06:23,860 --> 01:06:29,340
on item D3, which will be the swearing university council members, city council member Mueller,

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01:06:29,340 --> 01:06:35,440
and City Council member will listen. Please engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen.

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01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:40,580
I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the City Council at this time.

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01:06:45,580 --> 01:06:49,240
This will be the last call for any public comment on item D3,

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01:06:49,900 --> 01:06:52,840
swearing in of City Council members, Mueller and Susan.

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01:06:56,560 --> 01:06:58,200
Seeing none, Mayor Taylor.

779
01:07:02,730 --> 01:07:06,430
Ms. Haren, I believe at this time you were swearing the new council members.

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01:07:06,430 --> 01:07:20,230
Yes, thank you so at this time I would ask that for City Council member Mueller to invite Kristen Max and L to actually perform the swearing in this evening.

781
01:07:21,350 --> 01:07:31,630
I have to go actually pull my wife out of a school board meeting so maybe we should move on to our new Council member Wilson while I set it up and grab them all out of their places.

782
01:07:31,630 --> 01:07:35,630
We can do that. Thank you, Mr. Councilmember Mueller.

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01:07:36,530 --> 01:07:40,970
So, City Councilmember Wolison, if you would like to join us at this time.

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01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:55,300
Hello, Wolison family. I'd like to introduce Gabe Naomi Jonah.

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01:07:56,120 --> 01:07:58,940
I don't see sky. That's their, their fur baby.

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01:07:59,760 --> 01:08:03,360
There. Welcome welcome.

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01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:08,400
And so at this time, Councilmember Wolison, if you could have your family swear you in.

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01:08:16,970 --> 01:08:25,030
I am well I assume do solemnly affirm do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend

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01:08:25,030 --> 01:08:32,810
that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of

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01:08:32,810 --> 01:08:37,890
the state of California and the constitution of the state of California against all enemies

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01:08:37,890 --> 01:08:42,550
against all enemies foreign and domestic foreign and domestic.

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01:08:42,550 --> 01:08:47,590
So they're true faith and religions that I will bear true faith and the

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legions, the Constitution of the United States, to the Constitution of the United States,

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01:08:53,050 --> 01:08:57,290
and the Constitution of the State of California, and the Constitution of the

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State of California. That I take this obligation freely, that I take this

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01:09:02,550 --> 01:09:05,910
obligation freely, without any mental reservation,

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01:09:12,170 --> 01:09:12,530
without any mental

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01:09:12,530 --> 01:09:14,230
I will well and faithfully.

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And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties,

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01:09:18,650 --> 01:09:21,850
discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter,

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01:09:22,330 --> 01:09:24,150
upon which I am about to enter.

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01:09:28,740 --> 01:09:29,180
Luke.

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01:09:32,190 --> 01:09:35,150
Looks like I have a new city council members

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01:09:35,150 --> 01:09:38,130
in our city clerked in my regimen here,

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01:09:38,550 --> 01:09:39,270
beautifully done.

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01:09:39,490 --> 01:09:40,090
Thank you.

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01:09:40,530 --> 01:09:40,970
Hi, Grace.

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01:09:41,570 --> 01:09:42,330
Good to see you.

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01:09:44,550 --> 01:09:46,090
All right, and at this time,

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I'd like to introduce Kristin Max and L

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to swear in City Council Member Mildred.

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01:10:06,410 --> 01:10:08,970
You solemnly affirm, you solemnly affirm,

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01:10:09,390 --> 01:10:10,650
that I will support and defend.

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01:10:11,070 --> 01:10:14,150
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States,

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01:10:14,490 --> 01:10:16,130
the Constitution of the United States,

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01:10:16,290 --> 01:10:18,190
and the Constitution of the City of California,

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01:10:18,450 --> 01:10:20,230
and the Constitution of the City of California.

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01:10:20,710 --> 01:10:21,790
Against all enemies,

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and install enemies,

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or anistic,

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or anistic,

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that I will bear to be an allegiance.

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That I will bear to be an allegiance,

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01:10:30,730 --> 01:10:33,610
to the Constitution of the United States,

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01:10:33,730 --> 01:10:35,490
to the Constitution of the United States,

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and the Constitution of the State of California,

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and the Constitution of the State of California.

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01:10:41,470 --> 01:10:43,390
Then I take his obligation freely,

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but I take this obligation freely

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01:10:45,310 --> 01:10:47,210
without any mental reservation,

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without any mental reservation,

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or purpose of evasion,

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and that I will well and facefully,

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01:10:54,730 --> 01:10:56,070
and that I will well and faithfully,

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discharge the duties,

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discharge the duties,

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on which I am about to answer.

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01:11:04,300 --> 01:11:12,700
Great job. Thank you. That's so much more fun than having me do it. I like

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01:11:12,700 --> 01:11:13,340
all

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01:11:18,810 --> 01:11:25,990
right. So we will give City Council Member Mueller just a couple of minutes here to go back to

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01:11:25,990 --> 01:11:30,930
his workstation and then Mayor Taylor you may continue on to item D for.

842
01:11:40,530 --> 01:11:41,770
Excuse me Mayor Taylor.

843
01:11:47,730 --> 01:11:56,490
Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the current council

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01:11:56,490 --> 01:12:05,770
and especially outgoing council member Carlton for her graciousness both serving on council

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01:12:05,770 --> 01:12:11,750
and helping me during this transition. She's been incredibly generous with advice.

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01:12:11,750 --> 01:12:18,590
and her time. And I'm looking forward to seeking her council in the years ahead.

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01:12:18,590 --> 01:12:25,190
And I also wanted to thank Mayor Taylor for her incredible leadership during this unbelievable year.

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01:12:25,790 --> 01:12:31,010
And how remarkable it was to watch you in action. And I learned a lot from you.

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01:12:31,450 --> 01:12:35,590
And I hope to continue to learn a lot from you in the years to come.

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01:12:35,590 --> 01:12:44,670
And to all the council, I'm really looking forward to serving alongside each and every one of you and I'm excited for the wonderful things we can do together.

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01:12:45,310 --> 01:12:58,510
I also wanted to thank all of the volunteers that worked on my campaign, my neighbors, my friends, my parents are watching my sister, my cousin from Chile is tuning in.

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01:12:58,510 --> 01:13:03,370
And I'm just feeling a lot of love and gratitude this evening.

853
01:13:03,910 --> 01:13:09,550
And it was especially heartwarming to get to share this experience with my children.

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01:13:10,270 --> 01:13:15,070
My son has been sharing to his class because I can hear him all day long.

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01:13:15,630 --> 01:13:18,410
That his mom is going to be the new counsel person.

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01:13:19,110 --> 01:13:24,690
So for him, getting to see this play out is a real joy.

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01:13:24,690 --> 01:13:34,850
I also just want to acknowledge that even in this really happy time that this is a really hard time and there's hard times to come.

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01:13:35,630 --> 01:13:45,870
And I wanted to just say that for those of you who have suffered this year, whether it's in small ways or big ways, my heart goes out to you.

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01:13:45,870 --> 01:13:55,750
And for those of you who have done something bigger small to alleviate the suffering of others, I just want to thank you for that.

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01:13:57,850 --> 01:14:04,330
When my family moved to Memo Park eight years ago, we got a lot more than just a house and a home. We got a community.

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01:14:05,390 --> 01:14:12,190
I met my best friend on next door. We had our first date at the park down the street at Seminary Oaks Park.

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01:14:12,190 --> 01:14:19,510
and I've just continued to meet such incredible people over the year. Parents, while we are watching

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01:14:19,510 --> 01:14:26,270
gymnastics or swim classes, everyone that I seem to bump into in memo park really cares about this

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01:14:26,270 --> 01:14:32,470
community. And I've also noticed that the more I've given to the community and the more I've put myself

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01:14:32,470 --> 01:14:40,170
out there and participated, the more I've gotten back. And I can't believe where I am now on that

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01:14:40,170 --> 01:14:47,210
journey of receiving so much from Menlo Park and from the people of Menlo Park and I'm just so

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01:14:47,210 --> 01:14:55,610
grateful for all of that and I want to encourage all of those of you who are watching who may be

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01:14:55,610 --> 01:14:59,530
considering, you know, getting involved in city affairs.

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So I hope you join me in participating in whatever way works for you and your lifestyle during this challenging time. I also want to make sure I don't miss an opportunity

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01:15:29,180 --> 01:15:35,500
to say that while the vaccine is arriving, so is the surge.

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01:15:36,100 --> 01:15:39,820
And I wanted to say for a moment to please continue.

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01:15:40,460 --> 01:15:42,680
I just got the Menlo Park mask.

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01:15:43,480 --> 01:15:45,140
Continue to wear your masks.

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01:15:45,640 --> 01:15:48,160
Don't put it down when you're talking to others.

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01:15:48,460 --> 01:15:48,900
Keep it up.

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01:15:49,600 --> 01:15:52,320
If you're not feeling good, stay home.

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01:15:52,620 --> 01:15:54,200
Don't wait for your test result.

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01:15:54,480 --> 01:15:56,060
If you're just not feeling good, stay home.

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01:15:56,060 --> 01:16:04,700
get tested. There's a new curative booth at Ravenswood and Millfield in District 3 and you

880
01:16:04,700 --> 01:16:10,440
can sign up at curative.com to get tested. And just remember that we all have to look out for

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01:16:10,440 --> 01:16:16,220
each other and be responsible. And if you are planning on traveling over the holidays, when you get

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01:16:16,220 --> 01:16:24,620
back quarantine, remember your neighbors and those who are more vulnerable to catching COVID. And

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01:16:24,620 --> 01:16:32,240
And in closing, I just wanted to say that this year has been, you know, a hard, oftentimes

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01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:40,240
dark year. And tonight is the 6th night of Hanukkah. And Hanukkah teaches us that in darkness,

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01:16:40,760 --> 01:16:48,160
we don't just give up, we light a candle. And so I've been so in awe of all of you in

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01:16:48,160 --> 01:16:52,500
this community who have been lighting candles throughout this dark year. And I look forward

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01:16:52,500 --> 01:17:00,960
to continuing to work together when brighter days come to do what we can to make our community

888
01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:06,260
as wonderful and strong as it can be. So thank you, and I look forward to getting to work.

889
01:17:07,340 --> 01:17:12,280
And I'll take this off. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Wilson. Council Member Mueller.

890
01:17:14,520 --> 01:17:21,220
I just briefly just want to thank the residents for the city and the city of Menlo Park for

891
01:17:21,220 --> 01:17:29,540
last eight years to represent them. It was an honor to do so. And I'm incredibly grateful to the

892
01:17:29,540 --> 01:17:32,560
residents of District 5 for the opportunity to carry on.

893
01:17:34,920 --> 01:17:36,940
And frankly, for my supporters who

894
01:17:36,940 --> 01:17:44,180
helped me. And then I have to mention and it was great to have them swear me in how great

895
01:17:44,180 --> 01:17:46,300
I am to my wife, Kristen and the kids,

896
01:17:48,260 --> 01:17:50,660
the Maxinelli for their love and support

897
01:17:50,660 --> 01:17:52,420
and for their permission to keep going.

898
01:17:53,420 --> 01:17:54,580
So, thank you.

899
01:17:58,750 --> 01:18:01,710
Thank you and congratulations to the both of you

900
01:18:02,830 --> 01:18:06,530
and our next item on the agenda is item D4,

901
01:18:06,770 --> 01:18:10,470
which is the selection of the 2021 mayor and vice mayor.

902
01:18:10,830 --> 01:18:13,030
And at this time, I'll go to our city clerk.

903
01:18:13,510 --> 01:18:14,790
Do we have any public comment?

904
01:18:15,510 --> 01:18:16,590
Thank you, Mayor Taylor.

905
01:18:16,590 --> 01:18:27,930
So at this time, if any member of the public wishes to speak on item D4 selection of the 2021 mayor and vice mayor, please engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen.

906
01:18:28,230 --> 01:18:32,910
We'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the city council at this time.

907
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:46,400
So final call for public comment on item D4, the selection of mayor and vice mayor for 2021 and

908
01:18:51,100 --> 01:18:53,960
seeing no hands raised mayor Taylor, you may continue.

909
01:18:53,960 --> 01:19:06,280
Thank you, Miss Heron, and at this time, we are taking nominations for Mayor, and I would like to nominate Vice Mayor Combs to be Mayor.

910
01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:11,200
I'll second that.

911
01:19:12,540 --> 01:19:13,980
Is that a seconding thing?

912
01:19:16,840 --> 01:19:19,200
Yes, we can take a second if there are no other nominations.

913
01:19:22,040 --> 01:19:32,420
The men I have a motion on the floor by Mayor Taylor and a second by City Councilmember Wilson to select Drew Combs as the Mayor for 2021.

914
01:19:56,040 --> 01:20:05,960
I think I have a conflict here but but I'll I think I think it's okay and by the way more Taylor. Yes, and the motion passes.

915
01:20:05,960 --> 01:20:09,440
is unanimously, so congratulations to Mayor Colton's.

916
01:20:11,740 --> 01:20:16,140
And at this time, Ms. Heron, will I be turning the meeting over to our new mayor?

917
01:20:17,500 --> 01:20:17,860
Yes.

918
01:20:18,280 --> 01:20:20,540
Thank you, City Council Member Taylor.

919
01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:29,020
Okay, so and my first act is to take nominations for Vice Mayor.

920
01:20:29,880 --> 01:20:30,700
Yes, thank you.

921
01:20:33,580 --> 01:20:34,340
Council Member Mueller.

922
01:20:36,660 --> 01:20:38,520
I'd like to nominate Council Member Betsy Nash.

923
01:20:42,290 --> 01:20:43,350
Council Member Woolison.

924
01:20:44,070 --> 01:20:45,050
Well, I was going to second that.

925
01:20:45,050 --> 01:20:48,270
Okay, I forgot there's a motion and then a thing. I'm new.

926
01:20:49,830 --> 01:20:56,830
So are there any further nominations for Vice Mayor? Seeing none, I have a motion on the floor

927
01:20:56,830 --> 01:21:02,770
by City Council Member Mueller and a second by City Council Member Wilson to select City Council Member

928
01:21:02,770 --> 01:21:06,830
Nash as Vice Mayor. Any further questions or comments?

929
01:21:09,820 --> 01:21:13,320
Seeing none, Vice or City Council Member Mueller?

930
01:21:13,320 --> 01:21:14,400
Yes,

931
01:21:16,430 --> 01:21:32,930
City Council member Nash. Yes, City Council member Taylor. Yes, City Council member will listen. Yeah, and Maric Holmes. Yes, and the motion passes unanimously. Congratulations, Vice Mayor Nash.

932
01:21:34,170 --> 01:21:35,790
Yes, congratulations.

933
01:21:38,550 --> 01:21:41,230
to make a comment or two.

934
01:21:41,930 --> 01:21:58,230
Um, just, I am just honored and grateful to be vice mayor and the floor to working with you mayor cones and the council and staff and the community this upcoming year.

935
01:21:58,730 --> 01:21:59,650
Thank you.

936
01:21:59,650 --> 01:22:06,910
Thank you for those comments. I also look forward to working with you. I'll say briefly,

937
01:22:07,170 --> 01:22:13,070
before we move on to the next item, when I sort of envision the possibility of becoming there,

938
01:22:13,350 --> 01:22:14,910
it wasn't in my bedroom.

939
01:22:17,670 --> 01:22:23,410
But I have to say that it makes, to me, the honor no less special,

940
01:22:23,410 --> 01:22:29,310
So, in fact, maybe it makes it even a little bit more special that I am sort of taking

941
01:22:29,310 --> 01:22:36,870
over as mayor doing what is, you know, very challenging times, I'm on urge.

942
01:22:37,670 --> 01:22:44,530
I'm also humbled, as I said two years ago, when my neighbors elected me, the first representative

943
01:22:44,530 --> 01:22:49,570
of District 2, that I was humbled that they were entrusting in me, this responsibility,

944
01:22:50,310 --> 01:22:53,790
I'm now humbled that you, my colleagues, are interested in me.

945
01:22:53,930 --> 01:22:59,750
I know it's a rotation, but I am humbled that you're interested in me,

946
01:22:59,990 --> 01:23:08,650
this responsibility to lead the city as mayor during what is a challenging time for our community,

947
01:23:09,330 --> 01:23:11,310
our country and our world.

948
01:23:11,310 --> 01:23:19,710
I would be remiss if I didn't use this opportunity to thank my family, especially my wife Alexa,

949
01:23:20,110 --> 01:23:28,610
who has approached the sacrifice that has been this surface to the community with a

950
01:23:28,610 --> 01:23:35,170
poise and income, even as there has been, again, so much change in all of our lives because

951
01:23:35,170 --> 01:23:36,190
of the pandemic.

952
01:23:36,190 --> 01:23:39,710
I believe in changes in our own life with moving.

953
01:23:40,250 --> 01:23:41,130
I think a couple of times,

954
01:23:41,330 --> 01:23:45,510
and also welcoming a new photo one and two into our home.

955
01:23:46,490 --> 01:23:50,490
And all that she has been very accepting

956
01:23:50,490 --> 01:23:55,390
and accommodating of the sacrifice that this has been.

957
01:23:57,250 --> 01:24:01,910
To my children, I learned the newest one

958
01:24:01,910 --> 01:24:16,790
and daily, I hope that you see in this the value of service to others and the value of service to community that at the end of the day we are all in this together.

959
01:24:17,870 --> 01:24:29,650
And this year proves that more than the midi prior years and that we either sort of succeed and hopefully we succeed together by pulling each other up.

960
01:24:31,570 --> 01:24:36,710
or we don't, but we all need to cross the finish line.

961
01:24:37,690 --> 01:24:45,930
As an aside, I'll say that one of our favorite books these days at bedtime is a little blue truck goes to the city.

962
01:24:46,650 --> 01:24:52,230
And in that book, there's a mayor who rides around town in a big limousine.

963
01:24:52,770 --> 01:24:57,470
And so I've been over the past couple of weeks having to disabuse daily of this idea

964
01:24:57,470 --> 01:25:08,250
that there will be any limousine coming to pick us up anytime soon, but it has been

965
01:25:08,250 --> 01:25:19,850
even though there certainly have been sacrifices, it has been an honor to show them, show my daughter that, again, the value of community.

966
01:25:21,330 --> 01:25:29,670
I'll just say that like, what can you expect me as a man besides a kid screaming in the

967
01:25:29,670 --> 01:25:31,610
background on these calls?

968
01:25:32,510 --> 01:25:38,990
I think for staff, for the community, for my colleagues, I think you can expect what

969
01:25:38,990 --> 01:25:47,070
you've gotten for the past two years in approach to the responsibilities of this position with

970
01:25:47,070 --> 01:25:53,950
with integrity, with a thoroughness, with a fairness, and yes, it's sometimes a doggedness.

971
01:25:54,990 --> 01:26:07,410
It is, but that is me, and that won't change. I'll say just as a final point, I really do hope

972
01:26:07,410 --> 01:26:17,590
that 2021 is a year of recovery having nothing to do with me being mayor, but as a testament

973
01:26:17,590 --> 01:26:27,950
to all of us, like to this community, to our ability to sacrifice when needed and when this

974
01:26:27,950 --> 01:26:32,410
community, I mean, mental parking in the world, right? The ability to sacrifice when needed

975
01:26:33,150 --> 01:26:41,610
a commitment to science and for me I see in those again like I say that the

976
01:26:41,610 --> 01:26:49,150
sees of the recovery and so for me I hope that that is mayor I get to see our

977
01:26:49,150 --> 01:26:56,110
community recover. So with that I will move on to the next the next

978
01:26:56,110 --> 01:26:57,750
agenda item. Thanks for hearing me out.

979
01:27:04,100 --> 01:27:06,960
And it is a D5 a point city council

980
01:27:06,960 --> 01:27:13,120
also represented as an alternates to various local and regional agency and as liaisons and members to city council advisory bodies.

981
01:27:14,120 --> 01:27:18,780
To introduce this item, I'm going to turn to city clerk Judy here.

982
01:27:20,060 --> 01:27:28,100
Thank you, Maricoms. So I don't have any formal presentation, much more information about what was presented in the staff report.

983
01:27:28,100 --> 01:27:44,880
Just to sum up the recommendations from staff, we asked that the City Council appoint representatives and alternates to various local and regional agencies, as well as appoint committee members to applicable advisory bodies and finally appoint liaisons to

984
01:27:44,880 --> 01:27:50,160
ethical advisory bodies and that does include my very very presentation.

985
01:27:53,820 --> 01:28:01,680
So with that said like can we as it makes sense can we sort of approach these? Does

986
01:28:01,680 --> 01:28:06,780
there need to be like a motion with regards to these actions and can we approach it like when it comes to

987
01:28:06,780 --> 01:28:13,060
like sort of the standard mayoral vice mayoral appointments can can we just by

988
01:28:13,060 --> 01:28:20,120
acclimation except that will follow tradition on that or do we need to make some specific action.

989
01:28:20,640 --> 01:28:26,820
So for the assignments that are typically assigned to the mayor and or vice mayor we can you

990
01:28:26,820 --> 01:28:34,480
can direct staff to do that and that that's not a problem. When it comes to the other assignments that

991
01:28:34,480 --> 01:28:41,880
require appointment for either a primary or an alternate that will have to be done line by line

992
01:28:41,880 --> 01:28:47,000
but we can do one motion to approve all the direction from City Council.

993
01:28:48,240 --> 01:28:54,920
Okay. Well, that works for me. So then we'll skip the mayoral assignments and go straight

994
01:28:54,920 --> 01:29:01,000
into the regional assignments. And again, I know there are some spots where former Council

995
01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:06,300
Member Carlton is the primary. And so certainly we'll have to have a seat action on that.

996
01:29:06,900 --> 01:29:09,840
with regards, so I'll start off the, there's.

997
01:29:09,860 --> 01:29:11,620
Mayor Combs, pardon my interruption.

998
01:29:11,900 --> 01:29:13,220
Should we take public comment first?

999
01:29:14,040 --> 01:29:15,180
Yeah, let's do that.

1000
01:29:15,540 --> 01:29:15,820
Perfect.

1001
01:29:16,360 --> 01:29:18,640
So if any member of the public wishes to comment

1002
01:29:18,640 --> 01:29:21,760
on item D5, the Point City Council representatives

1003
01:29:21,760 --> 01:29:24,660
and alternates to various local and regional agencies,

1004
01:29:25,160 --> 01:29:28,820
and as liaison and members to City Council advisory bodies,

1005
01:29:29,360 --> 01:29:30,660
please engage that hand feature

1006
01:29:30,660 --> 01:29:32,280
on the top right side of your screen.

1007
01:29:32,540 --> 01:29:34,860
I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone

1008
01:29:34,860 --> 01:29:37,220
and you may address the City Council at this time.

1009
01:29:41,660 --> 01:29:44,740
Okay, final call for any public comment on D5,

1010
01:29:45,080 --> 01:29:46,500
regarding City Council appointments

1011
01:29:47,380 --> 01:29:50,400
to local and regional agencies and advisory bodies,

1012
01:29:54,850 --> 01:29:58,170
seeing no hands raised.

1013
01:30:00,240 --> 01:30:30,180
I'm going to take this opportunity to update our screen. And I have them all listed here. We can go in the order I have that is listed or, uh, Maricombs, if you would like to. Well, first and, and my notes did say, go to public comment. I'm sorry. And it also said that I should ask if any of my colleagues had any clarifying questions. So I will before we like I sort of. Before we go into that. Yeah, I wanted to throw a back and see if they're, they're

1014
01:30:30,180 --> 01:30:37,500
any clarifying questions. If my plan just to be clear was again like we just go line by line and

1015
01:30:37,500 --> 01:30:46,300
and you know see if there if there's interest or if there's any change and then go on like that

1016
01:30:46,300 --> 01:30:50,980
but if anyone wants to approach it a little bit differently until we open well

1017
01:30:56,900 --> 01:30:58,280
then we can we can start

1018
01:30:58,280 --> 01:31:04,600
with the airport community roundtable council member tailors is primary and informal council member

1019
01:31:04,600 --> 01:31:06,060
or Carlton is alternate.

1020
01:31:06,780 --> 01:31:07,900
Councilmember Brickhaler,

1021
01:31:08,040 --> 01:31:11,060
it is your desire to stay the primary on that.

1022
01:31:11,840 --> 01:31:12,400
Yes.

1023
01:31:13,160 --> 01:31:15,360
Okay, and so is there anyone interested

1024
01:31:15,360 --> 01:31:19,930
in being the alternate Councilmember Mueller?

1025
01:31:21,790 --> 01:31:21,930
Okay.

1026
01:31:22,470 --> 01:31:22,850
Yes, nice.

1027
01:31:24,690 --> 01:31:26,390
And if we're all good with that,

1028
01:31:26,470 --> 01:31:29,870
then we'll move on to BASCA,

1029
01:31:30,410 --> 01:31:33,030
the Bay Area Water and Supply and Conservation Agency.

1030
01:31:33,030 --> 01:31:36,010
and see currently council member,

1031
01:31:36,390 --> 01:31:38,630
a former council member, Keith has been serving

1032
01:31:38,630 --> 01:31:43,910
as the representative because the terms there are gone

1033
01:31:44,690 --> 01:31:47,190
actually mirror the terms on council.

1034
01:31:48,410 --> 01:31:51,450
It is my understanding that if it is the desire

1035
01:31:51,450 --> 01:31:56,610
of this council that we can ask a former council member Keith

1036
01:31:56,610 --> 01:32:00,950
for her resignation and appoint a current member

1037
01:32:00,950 --> 01:32:08,090
of the council. And so, with that background, is there the desire to move in the direction

1038
01:32:08,090 --> 01:32:15,050
of having a current council member serve on this board? Council member Mueller.

1039
01:32:16,030 --> 01:32:20,950
I actually am interested in serving on this board. So it matches up with some interest

1040
01:32:20,950 --> 01:32:27,330
Sunday with the serve provider foundation on their blue water task force. So I think it would

1041
01:32:27,330 --> 01:32:29,910
to marry that well, and also be beneficial to the city.

1042
01:32:32,490 --> 01:32:35,650
Overall, I will say that I am supportive

1043
01:32:35,650 --> 01:32:39,690
of a current council member serving on the board,

1044
01:32:40,770 --> 01:32:42,450
but I'll open up a council member Nash.

1045
01:32:45,290 --> 01:32:48,330
So I am also supportive of a current council member

1046
01:32:48,330 --> 01:32:51,270
serving on the board, and if it's possible,

1047
01:32:51,490 --> 01:32:56,710
I would love to add something that whoever serves

1048
01:32:56,710 --> 01:33:01,890
is willing to commit to stepping off the board at the time when they are no longer serving

1049
01:33:01,890 --> 01:33:02,490
on council.

1050
01:33:06,510 --> 01:33:14,930
That's a fair, fair for my perspective. I will commit to that now. If I am so

1051
01:33:14,930 --> 01:33:22,670
appointed, when my council term ends, I will step down. And I'll just say for some reason

1052
01:33:22,670 --> 01:33:27,570
the future I'm ever on BASCA in relation to being on council. If I'm not on council, I

1053
01:33:27,570 --> 01:33:32,690
I will also commit to stepping down, but yeah, okay,

1054
01:33:32,750 --> 01:33:38,970
till we do, we should for this, should we have an alternate selected,

1055
01:33:39,930 --> 01:33:42,910
because we haven't had one with Councilmember Keith,

1056
01:33:43,250 --> 01:33:45,310
is do we not do an alternate with this appointment?

1057
01:33:47,610 --> 01:33:50,430
That's a question to anyone on staff who would know the answer.

1058
01:33:52,450 --> 01:33:55,910
So this appointment is typically done by the mayor and vice mayor,

1059
01:33:59,470 --> 01:34:05,910
I do not believe an alternate is required of BASCA, however, it is a nice staff if the

1060
01:34:05,910 --> 01:34:07,570
primary is unable to attend.

1061
01:34:09,690 --> 01:34:13,650
Well, we have Council Member Mueller expressing interest in being a primary.

1062
01:34:14,150 --> 01:34:18,090
Council Member Nash, would you be interested in being the alternate for the secondary?

1063
01:34:18,710 --> 01:34:19,990
I'd be happy to be the alternate.

1064
01:34:24,930 --> 01:34:37,410
So then there's a powertrain modernization local policy group and so we have in here a councilman Mueller is the primary council member Nash is the alternate.

1065
01:34:38,610 --> 01:34:49,350
Is that is that correct is is it's council member Nash is the primary right and then council member Mueller is alternate council member will listen.

1066
01:34:49,350 --> 01:34:56,530
Yeah, Mayor comes. I would be very interested in serving on this because of district three in the train.

1067
01:34:57,770 --> 01:35:03,090
So I'm happy to be the alternate if Betsy wants to serve as the primary.

1068
01:35:04,270 --> 01:35:05,070
Council member Nash.

1069
01:35:05,710 --> 01:35:10,430
So I actually would prefer not to be the primary jumping ahead a little bit.

1070
01:35:10,430 --> 01:35:15,690
I've been the alternate for PCE, which conflicts time wise. So it's a difficult situation.

1071
01:35:15,690 --> 01:35:17,490
I'm happy to be the primary member then.

1072
01:35:17,890 --> 01:35:18,890
Exactly. That would be great.

1073
01:35:19,610 --> 01:35:22,890
If no one else is interested, I'm more than happy to be the alternate.

1074
01:35:24,330 --> 01:35:28,150
But I'm also very happy to step off if someone else.

1075
01:35:28,710 --> 01:35:28,790
Yeah.

1076
01:35:30,050 --> 01:35:33,470
Councilmember Mueller, are you okay with the Councilmember?

1077
01:35:33,590 --> 01:35:37,170
What was in being a primary in Councilmember Nash being the alternate? Are you rolling off?

1078
01:35:37,870 --> 01:35:39,590
No, I'm fine. Yeah. I'm fine coming off.

1079
01:35:40,110 --> 01:35:40,350
Actually.

1080
01:35:41,010 --> 01:35:41,730
Councilmember Nash.

1081
01:35:41,730 --> 01:35:49,050
Given the time conflict, if you would like to be the alternate, I would be more than happy

1082
01:35:49,050 --> 01:35:50,130
to roll off.

1083
01:35:50,510 --> 01:35:52,010
I can go either way.

1084
01:35:53,010 --> 01:35:55,670
I'm fine then to stay at the alternate, that's fun.

1085
01:35:58,730 --> 01:36:05,970
And then these two members then are also de facto than the two members of the RELSOB committee

1086
01:36:05,970 --> 01:36:06,350
correct.

1087
01:36:09,130 --> 01:36:10,130
Are those separate?

1088
01:36:10,910 --> 01:36:13,130
Someone can correct me if I can get their separate.

1089
01:36:13,130 --> 01:36:14,930
Thank you, Americans, for pointing that out.

1090
01:36:15,450 --> 01:36:18,450
Rails up committee would be reflective of the countering

1091
01:36:18,450 --> 01:36:20,230
modernization local policy group.

1092
01:36:21,030 --> 01:36:24,010
So if city council members will listen and

1093
01:36:24,010 --> 01:36:27,210
Mueller are okay with also contributing to the Rails

1094
01:36:27,210 --> 01:36:29,470
up committee, then we can take those as both.

1095
01:36:30,870 --> 01:36:37,130
Council member Nash, I forgot that that was a piece of it.

1096
01:36:37,170 --> 01:36:41,130
Cause I'm interested in the Rails up committee,

1097
01:36:41,130 --> 01:36:49,290
the city, although I'm actually, I would just, no, I'm fine. Thank you.

1098
01:36:49,810 --> 01:36:53,030
Absolutely fine. Councilor Nash, you are. That's fine.

1099
01:36:53,150 --> 01:36:55,250
I think I will have more than enough on my plate. Thank you.

1100
01:36:56,050 --> 01:36:56,170
Okay.

1101
01:36:58,840 --> 01:37:00,160
Okay, totally, totally cool.

1102
01:37:01,200 --> 01:37:07,060
So then we have the City County Association of Governments of San Mateo County.

1103
01:37:07,060 --> 01:37:15,150
and we currently have former council member Carlton as the primary and council member Nash as the

1104
01:37:16,900 --> 01:37:22,520
alternate and so obviously we'll need a primary there is the council member Taylor.

1105
01:37:23,220 --> 01:37:30,580
I'm interested in being primary on CKAC. Is there any other interest?

1106
01:37:32,340 --> 01:37:37,040
I'd be interested in being the alternate if Betsy feels like her schedule's filled.

1107
01:37:37,040 --> 01:37:41,880
but I would defer to Betsy if she wants to stick with it.

1108
01:37:42,440 --> 01:37:43,360
I would be.

1109
01:37:43,960 --> 01:37:52,320
I was also interested in being the alternate, but that's fine.

1110
01:37:52,520 --> 01:37:53,800
I cannot accept to you.

1111
01:37:54,020 --> 01:37:56,600
It's if people have to feel strongly about it, I can wait.

1112
01:37:56,780 --> 01:38:00,840
But if I'd love to do it next year, if I'm not doing it this year, so.

1113
01:38:00,840 --> 01:38:08,780
So it's so hard doing this process because you don't know how everything else is going

1114
01:38:08,780 --> 01:38:09,560
to shake out.

1115
01:38:10,660 --> 01:38:12,000
Can we come back to this?

1116
01:38:12,020 --> 01:38:17,180
Can we see how other things like how much is filling up or is that awkward?

1117
01:38:19,560 --> 01:38:26,520
Okay, so but then Councilmember Taylor has expressed a desire to be the primary and so we can

1118
01:38:26,520 --> 01:38:30,520
hold that and say that we're going to revisit the alternative.

1119
01:38:30,520 --> 01:38:36,900
I would appreciate that because then depending how other things that will know more about our schedules and everything.

1120
01:38:37,780 --> 01:38:44,300
Kelly Fair. There is in the County of Santa Clara Community Resources Group for Stanford University in

1121
01:38:44,300 --> 01:38:52,200
Council for Bernache is the primary and council member Taylor is the alternate. Is there any desire for

1122
01:38:52,200 --> 01:38:59,720
change in personnel there or is keeping that fine? Okay cool let's emergency services council

1123
01:39:00,520 --> 01:39:09,540
San Mateo County JPA, we have a council member, Taylor, as the primary and I'm the alternate.

1124
01:39:11,340 --> 01:39:14,800
Are you fine with continuing to be a primary council member, Taylor?

1125
01:39:15,660 --> 01:39:15,980
Yes.

1126
01:39:17,240 --> 01:39:21,680
Is there anyone? I'm also fine with being the alternate, but if there's anyone who has a desire

1127
01:39:21,680 --> 01:39:24,140
to be the alternate, then I'm also fine with throwing off.

1128
01:39:28,160 --> 01:39:29,500
Then we'll keep that.

1129
01:39:30,500 --> 01:39:40,160
There is the Facebook local community fund, which has, is this a Councilmember Mueller is

1130
01:39:40,160 --> 01:39:45,670
the primary and Councilmember Carlson as an alternate Councilmember Mueller.

1131
01:39:46,450 --> 01:39:52,350
I'm happy to come off of it, so I've been on it for a while, happy to come off of it.

1132
01:39:52,670 --> 01:39:52,890
Okay.

1133
01:39:53,090 --> 01:39:58,430
So then we have two open spots, the primary and the alternate for the Facebook local community

1134
01:39:58,430 --> 01:39:58,770
fund.

1135
01:39:58,770 --> 01:40:01,570
Obviously, I'm recused, so I can't mention that.

1136
01:40:01,910 --> 01:40:02,770
My council member, Sheila.

1137
01:40:04,650 --> 01:40:06,450
I'm happy to be primary.

1138
01:40:07,830 --> 01:40:09,970
OK, and so is the council member,

1139
01:40:10,030 --> 01:40:14,330
Nashville, and would either one of you like to be the alternate

1140
01:40:14,330 --> 01:40:16,230
for the Facebook logo community fund.

1141
01:40:17,910 --> 01:40:21,350
I would be happy to, but I'm fine not to as well.

1142
01:40:22,130 --> 01:40:24,150
Yeah, if you need someone, I'll do it, but.

1143
01:40:24,970 --> 01:40:26,850
OK, well, so we'll go with council member Nash

1144
01:40:26,850 --> 01:40:27,930
and see was the first one to talk.

1145
01:40:30,670 --> 01:40:34,430
Okay, the grand boulevard task force and so

1146
01:40:35,390 --> 01:40:41,390
current personnel is Council Member Nash as the primary and I'm the alternate

1147
01:40:42,690 --> 01:40:48,230
Council Member Nash, do you desire some change or would you prefer to remain the primary?

1148
01:40:49,050 --> 01:40:55,390
So I actually would like to roll off, but the task force, the grand boulevard is no longer meeting

1149
01:40:55,390 --> 01:41:11,870
as an initiative. They've basically are trying to have annual convenings, which they have not done because of the COVID, but essentially they've decided that they're ready for a new phase and so they're transitioning to a new structure.

1150
01:41:13,090 --> 01:41:20,330
And so I do not feel, I think we still should have someone there, but it may or may not meet and I am fine.

1151
01:41:20,330 --> 01:41:25,810
Okay, does anyone have a desired council member Wilson?

1152
01:41:26,310 --> 01:41:29,530
Yeah, I'm happy to take it unless anyone else wants it.

1153
01:41:29,970 --> 01:41:33,390
So you'll be the primary and I'll be the I'll stay the secondary for the alternate.

1154
01:41:36,470 --> 01:41:39,630
Um, the heart board member agency committee.

1155
01:41:39,630 --> 01:41:52,890
this range, this currently has Councilmember Mueller, a primary and Councilmember Nash as the alternate, is there Councilmember Nash?

1156
01:41:54,110 --> 01:42:07,270
So I'm not sure if this is clear to everyone but this is actually a housing board and it has not met all year that we're one of the member agencies and it has not met all year.

1157
01:42:08,310 --> 01:42:13,030
So, but it looks like an interesting board, but I'm fine rolling off if someone else is interested.

1158
01:42:15,880 --> 01:42:16,700
Council member Mueller.

1159
01:42:17,820 --> 01:42:18,920
I'm happy to stay on.

1160
01:42:19,260 --> 01:42:22,680
If we need to fill it, like I'm happy to stay on it.

1161
01:42:23,960 --> 01:42:27,640
But there's strong desire for someone else to take it. I can roll off as well.

1162
01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:30,320
Okay. I'll cancel my rule. Listen.

1163
01:42:30,940 --> 01:42:33,300
Yeah, I'm willing to serve on that one.

1164
01:42:34,840 --> 01:42:36,120
But I'm not going to.

1165
01:42:36,640 --> 01:42:42,060
Okay, so yeah, so then let's then keep Councilmember Mueller as the primary and Councilmember

1166
01:42:42,060 --> 01:42:44,680
Wilson, you can be the alternate and

1167
01:42:48,940 --> 01:42:52,660
okay, so then we have a PCE currently Councilmember

1168
01:42:52,660 --> 01:42:58,420
Carlton is the primary and then Councilmember Nash is the alternate Councilmember Nash,

1169
01:42:58,460 --> 01:43:02,040
I'm assuming that you want to move into the primary role. Okay, so what's the interest in

1170
01:43:02,040 --> 01:43:07,140
that alternate Councilmember Mueller? If no one else is interested in alternate, I'm happy

1171
01:43:07,140 --> 01:43:12,360
to take it since Councilmember Nash and I ended up doing a lot of environmental work together.

1172
01:43:14,800 --> 01:43:17,960
So, that's fine with me any objection?

1173
01:43:19,300 --> 01:43:26,020
Yeah, I'm interested, but I really respect the work you guys are doing and that's fine.

1174
01:43:27,040 --> 01:43:32,680
Yeah, I think you know what? Actually, you know what? Councilmember Wilson, I really believe it's

1175
01:43:32,680 --> 01:43:39,440
important to like share the subject matter. So if you want it, why don't you go ahead

1176
01:43:39,440 --> 01:43:39,920
and jump in?

1177
01:43:39,920 --> 01:43:40,220
Why not?

1178
01:43:40,540 --> 01:43:47,240
How about if you, maybe this is the time, then if you want to take C. Cag and I, I take

1179
01:43:47,240 --> 01:43:49,540
B, does that sound reasonable?

1180
01:43:49,660 --> 01:43:50,020
That sounds great.

1181
01:43:50,500 --> 01:43:50,740
Yeah.

1182
01:43:50,900 --> 01:43:51,420
That sounds great.

1183
01:43:51,720 --> 01:43:55,080
I think the more the more people involved in that matter, the better.

1184
01:43:55,580 --> 01:43:55,860
Wonderful.

1185
01:43:56,160 --> 01:43:57,100
Thank you.

1186
01:43:58,120 --> 01:43:59,540
See how that worked itself out?

1187
01:44:01,600 --> 01:44:19,800
Okay, so next we have the Creek GPA. I'm the primary in Councilmember Taylor is the alternate. I have a desire to remain the primary Councilmember Taylor. Do you still have this desire to remain the alternate?

1188
01:44:20,480 --> 01:44:20,860
Yes.

1189
01:44:21,680 --> 01:44:23,960
Okay. Is there any objections to that?

1190
01:44:23,960 --> 01:44:25,900
Okay, totally cool.

1191
01:44:27,420 --> 01:44:31,220
The San Mateo County mosquito and vector control district,

1192
01:44:31,220 --> 01:44:35,360
this has a council member Carlton as the primary.

1193
01:44:37,060 --> 01:44:39,640
And so, is this one of those.

1194
01:44:42,620 --> 01:44:46,220
City clerk here, does this run separately?

1195
01:44:46,580 --> 01:44:49,160
Does this appointment run separately than the council appointment?

1196
01:44:49,160 --> 01:44:59,940
So for the mosquito and vector control district this is a city council appointed position this year we have

1197
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:12,980
A separate city council item appointing city council member Carlton to this board. And then most recently, we extended that term, I believe, for 2023, if I'm not mistaken, because it's a four year term.

1198
01:45:16,320 --> 01:45:17,420
Council Member Newer.

1199
01:45:19,520 --> 01:45:30,780
I know council member Carlton just recently attended a training for this. And this historically has been something that we have appointed a member of the city to. I'd be very comfortable leaving her in this role.

1200
01:45:30,780 --> 01:45:35,880
If the council's supportive of that, I know she's passionately

1201
01:45:35,880 --> 01:45:39,840
of being attending trainings for Councilmember Renash.

1202
01:45:40,400 --> 01:45:46,900
Thank you. I actually, I am very much in favor of keeping Councilmember Carlton on, or I'm sorry.

1203
01:45:48,940 --> 01:45:51,040
Cat, Catherine Carlton on it.

1204
01:45:52,160 --> 01:45:58,720
What I wanted to say is that this is actually a slightly different situation.

1205
01:45:58,720 --> 01:46:04,040
I think in the water board where we kept a council member on and I wanted to just point that out and see if in the

1206
01:46:04,040 --> 01:46:06,500
Perhaps we can put it in a slightly different

1207
01:46:07,460 --> 01:46:15,620
category so that it's not it's on the sheet, but it's not confused with other appointments with traditionally council members.

1208
01:46:16,900 --> 01:46:22,940
Yes. Thank you, Vice Mayor Nash. This appointment does not require the appointment of a city council member.

1209
01:46:23,140 --> 01:46:26,380
It can be a member of the public, a resident of Memal Park.

1210
01:46:26,380 --> 01:46:35,500
It's not specific to city council. So thank you again vice mayor for pointing that out and going forward staff will try and make that more clear of a distinction.

1211
01:46:37,740 --> 01:46:40,840
Okay, so we're all we're all good with that.

1212
01:46:41,200 --> 01:46:45,140
And there's no need for it and alternate their rate.

1213
01:46:45,420 --> 01:46:48,620
That is correct because there's a separate appointment. Okay, totally cool.

1214
01:46:48,620 --> 01:46:52,740
So, then we have the South Basite Wies Management Authority.

1215
01:46:53,020 --> 01:46:56,620
And so, we have former Council Member Carlton,

1216
01:46:56,760 --> 01:46:59,160
as a primary and then Council Member Taylor

1217
01:46:59,160 --> 01:47:02,700
as the alternate council member Taylor.

1218
01:47:02,920 --> 01:47:05,620
Do you have a desire to move into the primary spot?

1219
01:47:08,200 --> 01:47:11,220
This is for doing, I don't know, okay,

1220
01:47:11,320 --> 01:47:12,340
this is the fourth Thursday.

1221
01:47:12,620 --> 01:47:13,720
Can we come back to this one?

1222
01:47:13,800 --> 01:47:15,880
I just want to make sure and look at the schedule

1223
01:47:16,360 --> 01:47:17,720
so that there is an overlap.

1224
01:47:18,540 --> 01:47:18,740
Okay.

1225
01:47:19,160 --> 01:47:19,420
Okay.

1226
01:47:20,040 --> 01:47:25,640
If assuming the schedule works up, Council Member Taylor would take over the primary.

1227
01:47:26,080 --> 01:47:27,980
We still would have to not open.

1228
01:47:28,240 --> 01:47:31,600
Is there an interest from anyone else on council?

1229
01:47:34,060 --> 01:47:43,260
If not, then I'll take the either the secondary primary depending on what works for Councilmember

1230
01:47:43,920 --> 01:47:44,960
Taylor's schedule.

1231
01:47:45,240 --> 01:47:46,720
Does that, does that sound right?

1232
01:47:46,720 --> 01:47:55,920
Although, I think that the issue though here is that there is a conflict with the the

1233
01:47:55,920 --> 01:48:02,160
Creed JPA meeting because I think that that came up when I was the alternate last year

1234
01:48:02,830 --> 01:48:03,180
here.

1235
01:48:03,660 --> 01:48:11,600
So, I don't know that if I am the alternate, then that should be fine, but I probably won't

1236
01:48:11,600 --> 01:48:13,620
be able to serve as the primary.

1237
01:48:14,320 --> 01:48:19,440
So maybe if your schedule doesn't work out Council Member Taylor, we can revisit the issue.

1238
01:48:20,400 --> 01:48:21,240
Okay. Thank you.

1239
01:48:23,310 --> 01:48:23,570
Okay.

1240
01:48:24,610 --> 01:48:25,330
So cool.

1241
01:48:25,710 --> 01:48:33,610
So Claire Karen, are we all cool with the regional assignments from your perspective?

1242
01:48:34,470 --> 01:48:34,670
Yes.

1243
01:48:34,670 --> 01:48:44,450
Yes, and just for clarity back to CCAG would just like to confirm that section.

1244
01:48:45,070 --> 01:48:50,110
We have the primary as city council member Taylor and the alternate city council member

1245
01:48:50,110 --> 01:48:50,390
Mueller.

1246
01:48:50,390 --> 01:48:50,970
Is that correct?

1247
01:48:51,490 --> 01:48:52,150
Correct.

1248
01:48:52,790 --> 01:48:52,970
Perfect.

1249
01:48:53,250 --> 01:49:02,570
Then, yes, we can return to SBWMA after we look at the advisory body of this.

1250
01:49:02,570 --> 01:49:15,670
Okay, cool. And so then the first in the sort of city council advisory bodies is the finance and audit committee and currently there are no sort of, you know, primary alternatives to members.

1251
01:49:16,370 --> 01:49:26,190
It's currently me and council member Mueller. I have a desire to roll off of it. Council member Mueller. Do you have a desire to remain?

1252
01:49:26,190 --> 01:49:28,930
I mean, I've been on it for a long time,

1253
01:49:29,230 --> 01:49:31,930
so I think it's probably good that other people

1254
01:49:34,250 --> 01:49:37,390
but the council desires me to stay for continuity.

1255
01:49:37,810 --> 01:49:40,370
So there's one person who's continuing with it, I can,

1256
01:49:41,190 --> 01:49:45,250
but I think it's, but if people are ready to jump in there,

1257
01:49:45,470 --> 01:49:47,070
I'm also ready to roll off.

1258
01:49:48,450 --> 01:49:51,070
So we have either one or two spots open

1259
01:49:51,070 --> 01:49:52,390
on the finance and audit committee.

1260
01:49:52,810 --> 01:49:53,630
I counsel Renash.

1261
01:49:53,630 --> 01:50:09,410
Thank you. I was just wondering whether there is this could be an appropriate time to actually have this act more like a wreck the commissions where and I believe mayor comes and

1262
01:50:10,390 --> 01:50:20,150
Council member Mueller since you've been participating you know more but is it possible to actually have this be a regular liaison as opposed to two voting members.

1263
01:50:21,850 --> 01:50:26,970
Well, I'll chime in first and then let Councilmember Mueller chime in on that.

1264
01:50:27,090 --> 01:50:31,450
And maybe even the city court has, I think, some comments on that maybe.

1265
01:50:33,950 --> 01:50:36,130
I have been supportive of that.

1266
01:50:36,250 --> 01:50:40,870
I don't think that that proposal had three votes last time we discussed it.

1267
01:50:40,870 --> 01:50:58,490
And I know if I'm remembering the counter argument that there was a concern that when it came to talking about sort of finances and reviewing the budget that you wanted council members sort of with eyes on that process and that engagement between

1268
01:50:58,490 --> 01:51:14,550
I mean, the public that's appointed to that committee and staff, but so I remember that being the counterargument, but I have in theory share your position on this council member natch, but but I do remember that being being the counterargument.

1269
01:51:15,290 --> 01:51:16,130
Councilmember Mueller.

1270
01:51:17,910 --> 01:51:28,530
Yeah, in the past as well, and I remember, I remember former Mayor Rich Klein talking about the fact that it was always important to have one person be there for continuity sake.

1271
01:51:29,470 --> 01:51:32,170
And so you'd have one person roll on and one person stay.

1272
01:51:32,950 --> 01:51:42,770
And so you always had an idea of what had happened before because it really is a continuing dialogue between staff and those committee members around what's happening on the finance and audit committee.

1273
01:51:42,770 --> 01:52:00,230
And then I also think I've also remember the argument that having two members is important because they might see it differently in terms of what's in terms of what's been reviewed so to be able to bring different perspectives on that to council is something so important as the budget is important.

1274
01:52:10,920 --> 01:52:16,820
I mean, if there's no interest from anyone else, then I'm totally fine with what's staying on.

1275
01:52:18,360 --> 01:52:28,940
And again, maybe at a later date, we can sort of revisit the possibility of a transition to commission and see if they're, if the vote count on that has changed.

1276
01:52:28,940 --> 01:52:34,260
So, since the last time we approach this topic.

1277
01:52:35,460 --> 01:52:42,100
Okay, so then the personnel for the Finance and Honor Committee will stay as Mueller and Combs.

1278
01:52:44,830 --> 01:52:47,570
So then there's the advisory body based on.

1279
01:52:48,450 --> 01:52:54,230
And so there is complete streets commission, which I am on the.

1280
01:52:58,210 --> 01:53:08,650
We'll take it to the council member, Wilson approach, and let's just sort of turn it to the scrum, let's sort of maybe deal with these holistically versus going down the line.

1281
01:53:09,710 --> 01:53:10,490
Council member, we'll listen.

1282
01:53:11,250 --> 01:53:12,630
Yeah, I appreciate that.

1283
01:53:13,450 --> 01:53:25,490
And I think that the two that I'm most excited about would be housing or planning. And I'm happy to do both but I'd be happy to have one of those.

1284
01:53:26,370 --> 01:53:28,490
If that's kind of where I'm thinking.

1285
01:53:29,650 --> 01:53:39,210
Okay, and I'll just sort of throw in and then I'll show you to I'm only interested in parks and rec and so and so that that's my interest.

1286
01:53:39,670 --> 01:53:44,130
And I would also if there is no one else I would also be willing to do to do library.

1287
01:53:44,630 --> 01:53:47,750
If there's there's no one else interested in council member Nash.

1288
01:53:51,310 --> 01:53:55,850
Excuse me, I have an interest in staying on the EQC.

1289
01:53:55,850 --> 01:53:59,310
And my apologies, vice mayor Nash.

1290
01:54:01,930 --> 01:54:05,710
So, okay, so then let's say that like so.

1291
01:54:07,470 --> 01:54:11,990
I think you say it only if you see is fine as you know, no objections to that.

1292
01:54:12,550 --> 01:54:16,930
As you know, objection to councilmember Woolison taking over planning.

1293
01:54:19,170 --> 01:54:23,370
Let's say that there's no objections to me taking over parks and rack.

1294
01:54:23,370 --> 01:54:35,530
And so is there so then we'll go so complete streets is there anyone interested in and taking over that if there's not then I'm I'm totally fine with what's staying the ways on.

1295
01:54:37,970 --> 01:54:38,730
No one.

1296
01:54:38,790 --> 01:54:39,190
Okay.

1297
01:54:39,470 --> 01:54:45,250
We need someone for complete streets. It's kind of my wheelhouse, but I'm trying to branch out.

1298
01:54:45,250 --> 01:54:49,810
Yeah, is there someone who want to do library?

1299
01:54:53,070 --> 01:54:56,070
Okay, so then, because if not then I'm gonna take a library.

1300
01:54:56,350 --> 01:54:58,610
And then Council Member Wilson,

1301
01:54:58,750 --> 01:55:01,710
I'm gonna ask if you're okay with taking complete streets

1302
01:55:01,710 --> 01:55:04,690
and planning, is that good?

1303
01:55:05,030 --> 01:55:11,030
Okay, so then, then, then, wait, Council Member Taylor.

1304
01:55:12,030 --> 01:55:20,970
Taylor at Mueller, so yeah okay so let's I mean so do would you prefer library or whatever everything's

1305
01:55:20,970 --> 01:55:29,390
on the table. Sorry if there's if is there because I didn't notice that you weren't already there

1306
01:55:29,390 --> 01:55:36,460
represented by something is there is there a commission irrespective of the discussion we just had is

1307
01:55:36,460 --> 01:55:37,620
commission that you want to be on.

1308
01:55:44,790 --> 01:55:45,970
Who are you speaking to?

1309
01:55:47,130 --> 01:55:53,170
Council member Taylor. Did I not? I lost, I lost audio for a moment. So I didn't hear

1310
01:55:53,170 --> 01:55:58,410
the part. Oh, okay. So, so is there of the the commission liaisons? Is there one that

1311
01:55:58,410 --> 01:56:08,670
you have a preference to be on? No. Okay. Would, uh, so if if we're saying like if it's

1312
01:56:08,670 --> 01:56:12,270
between complete streets and library, is there one that you would prefer over the other?

1313
01:56:14,540 --> 01:56:17,000
I'll do complete streets.

1314
01:56:17,780 --> 01:56:17,940
Okay.

1315
01:56:18,420 --> 01:56:18,520
Okay.

1316
01:56:18,720 --> 01:56:23,820
Then we will have Councilmember Taylor for complete streets.

1317
01:56:24,560 --> 01:56:32,040
And then Councilmember Mueller would you be okay with library?

1318
01:56:33,300 --> 01:56:40,220
May I make a suggestion that someone on the subcommittee for the new library be the library liaison?

1319
01:56:46,580 --> 01:56:52,440
So I am not on that, so who's on that subcommittee?

1320
01:56:53,220 --> 01:56:59,440
So it used to be Councilmember, I used to be former Councilmember Crawlton and Councilmember Taylor.

1321
01:57:01,370 --> 01:57:07,090
And so we need to I think a point though it's not on here, we probably need to disappoint someone to that subcommittee.

1322
01:57:07,090 --> 01:57:15,330
which is probably coming later in our next item and then that person presumably would be liaison to the library commission.

1323
01:57:15,690 --> 01:57:17,950
I think the civic matters closely overlap.

1324
01:57:23,410 --> 01:57:28,370
Don't disagree and so then council member Taylor.

1325
01:57:30,110 --> 01:57:34,450
Or are you, does that logic sort of work for you or are you disagree?

1326
01:57:34,450 --> 01:57:34,630
I agree.

1327
01:57:35,630 --> 01:57:42,950
No, the logic works for me and I am interested in staying on the subcommittee or the new campus.

1328
01:57:44,090 --> 01:57:49,990
So if that means instead of being on complete streets to be on the library commission, I'm comfortable with that as well.

1329
01:57:52,930 --> 01:57:58,630
So I'm interested in being on the.

1330
01:57:58,630 --> 01:58:05,830
I have a mail-apart council that campus subcommittee and would be if I don't know if anyone

1331
01:58:05,830 --> 01:58:08,730
else is, but I'd be happy to serve on that.

1332
01:58:08,950 --> 01:58:13,170
And if I do do that, I'd be happy to pick up the library commission.

1333
01:58:15,890 --> 01:58:16,030
Okay.

1334
01:58:16,250 --> 01:58:22,290
So then it's, so then for that subcommittee, we have vice mayor Nash and council member Taylor.

1335
01:58:22,790 --> 01:58:27,330
And then the question is just which one of you will be the liaison to, to, to library?

1336
01:58:27,330 --> 01:58:27,490
right?

1337
01:58:29,810 --> 01:58:37,210
Is there, is there, I would say, because, you know, maybe Councilmember Nash

1338
01:58:37,210 --> 01:58:42,150
you, so then you'll have a library and you'll have EQC and then Councilmember Taylor will have complete streets.

1339
01:58:42,530 --> 01:58:49,590
Because at least one person has to have to, right? And then, but wait, too. But then where are you at Councilmember Mueller?

1340
01:58:50,850 --> 01:58:58,650
because what about housing a councilmember Nash are you would you like to say on housing because then I actually have you down for three.

1341
01:58:59,230 --> 01:59:08,530
I'm interested in staying on housing, but I believe that councilmember Wilson also expressed an interest and so I would be fine with.

1342
01:59:10,010 --> 01:59:11,130
I'm I'm easy.

1343
01:59:13,480 --> 01:59:23,800
Um, yeah, my, uh, so then though, if housing goes between one of you, then we don't have a, a, a liaison assignment for accounts member.

1344
01:59:23,840 --> 01:59:26,420
Because I said I was going to take on parts and wreck.

1345
01:59:26,900 --> 01:59:29,520
I, you know, this year I'm fine with going with that one.

1346
01:59:29,820 --> 01:59:30,840
If you guys are okay.

1347
01:59:31,220 --> 01:59:37,660
I'm happy to take one if you'd like me to, but I'm looking at the, I'm looking at the other things I have in my plate.

1348
01:59:37,660 --> 01:59:38,500
I have a lot.

1349
01:59:39,300 --> 01:59:42,740
So I love what I have, but it's a lot so.

1350
01:59:43,340 --> 01:59:47,760
Yeah, I think for me, I think it, I mean, I would love to have housing and

1351
01:59:47,760 --> 01:59:51,400
planning because there's going to be a lot of overlap between them coming up.

1352
01:59:51,940 --> 01:59:59,460
What seems like a council member in Nash was amenable to that grade council member vice mayor Nash.

1353
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,920
Yeah, thank you. So then, then, because then vice mayor Nash would have EQC and in library, and then Councilmember Wilson, you would have planning and housing. Then I would have parks and rec, Councilmember Taylor would have complete streets, right? And that's everybody. Yeah, city court carrying. Yes. Thank you, Mayor Combs. I was just going to

1354
02:00:29,920 --> 02:00:43,820
You basically do you just it and just check down what we have decided to this point I have city councilmember Taylor as the complete streets liaison vice mayor Nash as the EQC liaison city councilmember

1355
02:00:43,820 --> 02:00:55,260
Wollison for housing commission vice mayor Nash for library. I have mere coals for parks and wreck city councilmember Wollison for planning commission.

1356
02:00:59,600 --> 02:01:07,260
I just want to make sure you don't want housing or planning because I don't want to take two and you get none if you if you want one.

1357
02:01:08,160 --> 02:01:12,980
I'm happy to take either, but you know, but honestly, if you want them, I'm fine with it.

1358
02:01:13,380 --> 02:01:16,480
It's not it doesn't. It's not rubbing me the wrong way at all. I think it's great.

1359
02:01:16,480 --> 02:01:31,400
So, but but happy to take happy to take either if mix if if you think it makes sense. So whatever if I take on too much and I'm drowning. I'll let you guys know. Yeah, no problem. I'll happy to do happy to do it.

1360
02:01:34,240 --> 02:01:38,640
Okay. Well, cool. So then I think we're all set on the advisory body leesons.

1361
02:01:38,640 --> 02:01:46,720
And so then are we are we appointing outside agency liaisons now?

1362
02:01:48,120 --> 02:01:55,480
Yes, for the flood and sea level rise agency, the mental park city school district, and then the mental park fire district.

1363
02:01:56,360 --> 02:01:59,840
Okay, and following that would be the downtown street closure task force.

1364
02:02:00,340 --> 02:02:05,220
Okay, and is it do we not have we had members on this for for 2020, right?

1365
02:02:05,220 --> 02:02:12,620
they're just not listed here right or we did not okay okay so then and are we we appointing

1366
02:02:12,620 --> 02:02:19,940
two people are just one liaison again I do not believe that the alternate is required so that

1367
02:02:19,940 --> 02:02:26,940
would be again just a nice to have but the primary for the FSLR would be acquired and then just

1368
02:02:26,940 --> 02:02:31,920
single members to the three remaining mental parks and school district protection district in the

1369
02:02:32,600 --> 02:02:37,320
Okay. Well, let's go. If there's interest from two, then we'll do this secondary.

1370
02:02:37,540 --> 02:02:41,920
And if not, then we'll do just the primary council member, Mueller, and then council member T.Y.

1371
02:02:42,960 --> 02:02:47,780
I was just going to say, I know this is normal park city school district, but you might just want to have it just be school districts

1372
02:02:48,620 --> 02:02:56,420
because it's hard. It's kind to my colleagues what I'd say is the people who sign up for this expect a lot of work

1373
02:02:56,880 --> 02:03:01,640
with our arena numbers coming up. We're going to have a lot of interactions with our school districts.

1374
02:03:03,740 --> 02:03:17,020
So, with that, so then we'll, can I just wanted to share with you what I'm interested

1375
02:03:17,020 --> 02:03:22,420
in, and that's the flood and sea level rise agency and the member park fire district.

1376
02:03:23,600 --> 02:03:24,260
Okay.

1377
02:03:24,720 --> 02:03:28,800
So, with the council member Nash, vice mayor Nash.

1378
02:03:28,800 --> 02:03:36,740
I would be interested in being an alternate for the flood and sea level rise agency if that's available.

1379
02:03:38,420 --> 02:03:47,160
So then if we it is okay with everyone council member Taylor is the primary and the vice mayor as the secondary for the sea level rise.

1380
02:03:47,440 --> 02:03:49,900
Okay, so then we've got that one.

1381
02:03:49,900 --> 02:03:55,040
And then let's just do the downtown street closure task force.

1382
02:03:55,180 --> 02:03:59,140
So that currently is is former council member Carlton and council member Taylor.

1383
02:03:59,340 --> 02:04:01,360
Council member Taylor, do you have a desire to remain on that?

1384
02:04:05,260 --> 02:04:07,580
Only if no one else wants it.

1385
02:04:08,500 --> 02:04:10,460
I'm just looking at my own schedule.

1386
02:04:10,620 --> 02:04:10,720
Yeah.

1387
02:04:11,340 --> 02:04:18,480
Council member, of course, there are, especially when we get to the next agenda item.

1388
02:04:18,620 --> 02:04:21,600
There's some other down, there's a lot of downtown things.

1389
02:04:21,600 --> 02:04:27,300
and I'm a bit, I'd love some clarification on which of those is doing what?

1390
02:04:29,120 --> 02:04:33,480
And I know there was various, I mean, I know there's enough room downtown for everybody,

1391
02:04:33,620 --> 02:04:38,760
but just what's the, what are the lines on all these different committees and subcommittees?

1392
02:04:41,880 --> 02:04:50,500
So what, so with the downtown street closure, again, staff and everyone else, well,

1393
02:04:50,500 --> 02:04:57,800
free to chime in. Again, the main focus of that was in connection with the proposal to

1394
02:04:57,800 --> 02:05:03,080
sort of close treats in connection with the pandemic, right? And so then, so that's my

1395
02:05:03,080 --> 02:05:08,360
understanding of it. And I know that they've, there's been a lot of ways oning with the Chamber

1396
02:05:08,360 --> 02:05:15,800
of Commerce in relation to that exercise or that project. And I do think that they have,

1397
02:05:15,800 --> 02:05:22,440
is some of the subbeds come under their purview has been related to also the sort of the

1398
02:05:22,440 --> 02:05:29,320
little sort of parklets or what do you call them where we're dining is set about outside.

1399
02:05:30,040 --> 02:05:33,680
So I think that that's my understanding of that someone can hear me if I'm wrong,

1400
02:05:33,860 --> 02:05:34,560
Council Member Mueller.

1401
02:05:35,820 --> 02:05:41,180
I was saying it correct too, I think you're right, but I would be happy to do the downtown street

1402
02:05:41,180 --> 02:05:42,060
to close your task force.

1403
02:05:43,400 --> 02:05:43,500
Okay.

1404
02:05:44,260 --> 02:05:48,100
And so then council member will listen to make sure we're,

1405
02:05:48,220 --> 02:05:53,500
so then what's the other sort of committee or commission?

1406
02:05:54,720 --> 02:05:58,640
There's one called business on the next item.

1407
02:06:00,880 --> 02:06:02,260
And then how that differs.

1408
02:06:02,800 --> 02:06:04,820
And then I guess this is the Chamber of Commerce

1409
02:06:05,570 --> 02:06:06,380
city liaison.

1410
02:06:06,380 --> 02:06:06,560
on.

1411
02:06:08,900 --> 02:06:13,960
Well, the, the, the, uh, I'll let, uh, I'll let the city manage or go.

1412
02:06:14,860 --> 02:06:19,120
All right. So I think there's been a lot of activity with the chamber in the downtown

1413
02:06:19,120 --> 02:06:24,340
this year, but to councilmember Wallace in this comment, I think we need just one group.

1414
02:06:24,500 --> 02:06:30,180
So if the council could form a subcommittee, they could also interact with the chamber on

1415
02:06:30,180 --> 02:06:37,360
the business task force. If that makes sense. So just, so I think we could eliminate the

1416
02:06:37,360 --> 02:06:46,300
outside agency task force and instead just appoint a subcommittee which is listed on the next item as

1417
02:06:46,300 --> 02:06:53,200
business. So just make that a business-related business-flash chamber related council subcommittee.

1418
02:06:54,120 --> 02:06:58,980
So, facility manager Jerome Robinson would that one be on that economic?

1419
02:07:01,220 --> 02:07:08,180
Okay, so that's that there's also one called downtown vibrancy, also, which

1420
02:07:08,180 --> 02:07:09,120
should all be one.

1421
02:07:11,460 --> 02:07:14,940
Let's just have one group working on it. I think that'll be really helpful.

1422
02:07:16,940 --> 02:07:24,280
So I'm definitely interested, but if other people really feel strongly, just so I'm clear, though, those other

1423
02:07:25,440 --> 02:07:32,600
weren't aren't they disbanded or inactive? Some of those other ones like like

1424
02:07:33,500 --> 02:07:41,820
downtown vibrancy, right? I guess I just wanted to understand like as someone

1425
02:07:41,820 --> 02:07:45,140
that's been watching council it's been a little confusing who's working on what

1426
02:07:45,140 --> 02:07:51,680
so I just want to get a sense of what's left but it sounds like I think one

1427
02:07:51,680 --> 02:07:58,580
committee that does all types of things makes a lot of sense. My sense is a lot of us care a lot

1428
02:07:58,580 --> 02:08:04,420
about downtown or all of us do so, but if there's people that feel passionately about it I'm going

1429
02:08:04,420 --> 02:08:10,360
to have a busy first year or so. So I want to be clear if I made that it's not just the downtown,

1430
02:08:10,360 --> 02:08:15,520
it's also the economic development works throughout the city that we'd be working on, except the

1431
02:08:15,520 --> 02:08:22,140
would be looking at. And if I if I can just one more comment. I just want to make sure before we move

1432
02:08:22,140 --> 02:08:28,860
away from the council designate for the flood and sea level rise that is clear that the city of

1433
02:08:28,860 --> 02:08:34,820
Menlo Park this would be someone attending on behalf of the council but we are not on the board at

1434
02:08:34,820 --> 02:08:40,360
this time and we wouldn't have a vote. And we may at a future time but just not currently.

1435
02:08:40,360 --> 02:08:41,260
Okay.

1436
02:08:43,750 --> 02:08:53,830
Okay. So, um, I'm, I'm if, as I think we left it off, um, can I just remember

1437
02:08:53,830 --> 02:08:58,050
Mueller expressed an interest in being on the downtown street closure task force, which

1438
02:08:58,050 --> 02:09:04,650
we have morphed into a larger sort of downtown sort of economic development subcommittee.

1439
02:09:05,510 --> 02:09:12,530
I would be specifically since I think I serve as liaison to the chamber and until we find

1440
02:09:12,530 --> 02:09:21,530
with with with serving on on that sort of that new new new downtown street closures or sort of economic development commission committee.

1441
02:09:24,380 --> 02:09:43,620
There comes if I may I believe what the city manager was saying about the downtown the business the economic development would be a subcommittee, which is something we can bring up at the next item and then actually removing this task force and having it morphed into that subcommittee opposed to.

1442
02:09:43,620 --> 02:09:49,860
more thing a subcommittee into a task force, but we can do it either way. We can

1443
02:09:49,860 --> 02:09:54,620
either remove this street closure task force and then, you know, embed it

1444
02:09:54,620 --> 02:10:02,160
into the subcommittee. Yeah, that seems like the easier and

1445
02:10:02,160 --> 02:10:08,500
morphological approach, so that works for me. Is there a council consensus for that?

1446
02:10:09,040 --> 02:10:09,480
I'm sorry.

1447
02:10:11,760 --> 02:10:15,440
It's cool with me how no matter how we name it, we just want to do it.

1448
02:10:20,720 --> 02:10:25,020
I'm sorry, Councilmember Wolfe, and then I'll go to the city attorney.

1449
02:10:26,340 --> 02:10:34,200
I just want to know, were we going to return to the school district, or whatever, yeah.

1450
02:10:34,220 --> 02:10:38,920
Yeah, yeah, we were, because they're still the school district and the fire district,

1451
02:10:38,920 --> 02:10:42,040
like although I know Council member Taylor has expressed

1452
02:10:42,040 --> 02:10:43,600
in interest in the fire district,

1453
02:10:43,760 --> 02:10:45,440
but yeah, my plan was to go back to them.

1454
02:10:45,960 --> 02:10:48,820
I'm happy, oh, should I comment on that now

1455
02:10:48,820 --> 02:10:49,720
or do you want me to wait?

1456
02:10:50,400 --> 02:10:53,800
Well, I think that the city attorney is gonna comment

1457
02:10:53,800 --> 02:10:56,600
on the subcommittee task force,

1458
02:10:56,600 --> 02:10:59,300
and so let's go to her and then we can come back to that.

1459
02:11:01,420 --> 02:11:02,900
Thank you, Mayor Combs.

1460
02:11:03,540 --> 02:11:07,900
So I think the subcommittee on business

1461
02:11:07,900 --> 02:11:10,060
and economic development as currently

1462
02:11:10,060 --> 02:11:17,260
envisioned. First of all, it belongs in the second agenda item so we can discuss it

1463
02:11:17,260 --> 02:11:22,400
then and make the appointment in connection with that agenda item. But also, I did want

1464
02:11:22,400 --> 02:11:29,480
to point out that it's likely the way the current committee now is scoped is that it will

1465
02:11:29,480 --> 02:11:35,780
be a standing committee as opposed to an ad hoc committee. And the significance of that is

1466
02:11:35,780 --> 02:11:38,080
that standing committees are brown act committees,

1467
02:11:38,520 --> 02:11:42,460
and so you will have to have agendas

1468
02:11:42,460 --> 02:11:45,660
and invite the public to those meetings.

1469
02:11:46,240 --> 02:11:48,060
The reason why it would be a standing committee

1470
02:11:48,060 --> 02:11:51,480
is that it's dealing with a whole range of issues,

1471
02:11:51,800 --> 02:11:55,560
not just a discreet issue that ad hoc committees

1472
02:11:55,560 --> 02:11:56,880
typically deal with.

1473
02:11:57,800 --> 02:12:00,000
So I just wanted to pop on now

1474
02:12:00,000 --> 02:12:02,680
because that may be relevant to whether you want

1475
02:12:02,680 --> 02:12:11,240
to form this a larger committee or whether you want to keep the business elements in separate ad hoc

1476
02:12:11,240 --> 02:12:11,760
committees.

1477
02:12:15,350 --> 02:12:23,130
Thanks for that additional information. It seems as though the route we were going in

1478
02:12:23,790 --> 02:12:29,970
was, you know, making the having one source of truth for lack of a better word in this subcommittee.

1479
02:12:29,970 --> 02:12:39,790
So that again that that comes with certain restrictions as the city attorney enumerated it does that dissuade any of us from going down that that route.

1480
02:12:41,550 --> 02:12:42,990
I'm sort of again like.

1481
02:12:43,930 --> 02:12:51,650
In composing everything sort of economic development downtown related in the subcommittee versus again keeping this separate downtown task force.

1482
02:12:55,070 --> 02:13:02,110
So I've typically found that standing committees are a little bit more difficult because there's

1483
02:13:02,110 --> 02:13:06,430
only two council members and they can't speak to each other as several of us have noticed

1484
02:13:06,930 --> 02:13:07,510
in these.

1485
02:13:07,870 --> 02:13:19,630
I'm wondering if there's an opportunity to make it a business subcommittee that's maybe

1486
02:13:19,630 --> 02:13:27,570
be specifically related right now to the pandemic, and therefore can stay as a regular

1487
02:13:27,570 --> 02:13:34,870
subcommittee as opposed to, and then in a future date, when we figure out what's happening

1488
02:13:34,870 --> 02:13:41,310
with the pandemic, how things look, then it could become longer standing subcommittee, but

1489
02:13:41,310 --> 02:13:46,870
right now it would just be a subcommittee where the members could interact as a subcommittee

1490
02:13:46,870 --> 02:13:49,430
maybe as opposed to having it a more formal committee.

1491
02:13:50,870 --> 02:13:52,390
Um, city attorney silver.

1492
02:13:53,210 --> 02:14:04,930
Yes, that would certainly satisfy the Brown Act in terms of forming a very limited duration ad hoc committee and it would not have to be a standing committee under those circumstances.

1493
02:14:08,400 --> 02:14:08,560
Okay.

1494
02:14:09,340 --> 02:14:16,060
Um, so then we are, so at this point though, like with regards to the task force, we're going to.

1495
02:14:16,060 --> 02:14:20,740
to essentially not appoint anyone here in disbanded.

1496
02:14:20,920 --> 02:14:24,900
And so, there's a general consensus with that approach, correct?

1497
02:14:26,460 --> 02:14:26,900
Okay.

1498
02:14:27,660 --> 02:14:31,940
And then we'll take this off with regards to the next agenda item.

1499
02:14:32,520 --> 02:14:39,560
And so, then that takes us back to, we'll start with the fire district liaison.

1500
02:14:39,560 --> 02:14:50,220
And so Councilmember Taylor has is currently there and is I think expressed an interest so is there anyone who would like to join as an alternate.

1501
02:14:52,760 --> 02:14:58,740
That are are we are we comfortable with just leaving Councilmember Taylor as the reason.

1502
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:29,980
Councilmember Mueller. You know, because we were working on the triangle together and that involved so much work with the fire district happy to be the alternate thinkers crossover work. Okay. So then, then we have have it set for for that. And so now the school district and so we need either one or two people. Is there interest from anyone council? Councilmember Wallace? Yeah, I could do either of the

1503
02:15:29,980 --> 02:15:33,080
those in the primary or alternate on that?

1504
02:15:35,120 --> 02:15:37,980
Is there interest from anyone else?

1505
02:15:39,980 --> 02:15:42,660
So then I'll, how about this councilman Roles

1506
02:15:42,660 --> 02:15:44,160
and you'll be the primary and I'll be the alternate.

1507
02:15:44,460 --> 02:15:45,260
Does that, does that work?

1508
02:15:46,000 --> 02:15:46,060
Yeah.

1509
02:15:49,080 --> 02:15:49,380
Okay.

1510
02:15:49,920 --> 02:15:53,200
So then I think that that is everything

1511
02:15:53,200 --> 02:15:55,300
for this agenda item, correct?

1512
02:15:59,620 --> 02:16:00,940
Thank you, Marcom Z. Yes.

1513
02:16:01,620 --> 02:16:04,700
And so what we would need is a motion

1514
02:16:04,700 --> 02:16:09,740
and a second to approve the appointments made.

1515
02:16:12,380 --> 02:16:13,300
Do you have a motion?

1516
02:16:15,950 --> 02:16:17,890
Or do you do that or do I do that?

1517
02:16:18,350 --> 02:16:21,290
Yes, you can definitely call for the motion.

1518
02:16:22,970 --> 02:16:23,530
Okay.

1519
02:16:24,410 --> 02:16:24,630
Okay.

1520
02:16:24,810 --> 02:16:28,910
We have a motion from vice mayor Nash.

1521
02:16:29,770 --> 02:16:30,590
Thank you.

1522
02:16:31,070 --> 02:16:33,970
So with a motion by vice mayor Nash, do we have a second?

1523
02:16:33,970 --> 02:16:47,490
a second by City Council member Taylor to approve the appointments to City Council representatives and alternates to various local and regional agencies and as the asylums and members to City Council advisory bodies.

1524
02:16:48,010 --> 02:16:50,770
Is there any further City Council discussion or questions?

1525
02:16:53,740 --> 02:16:57,080
Seeing none by roll call vote, City Council member Mueller.

1526
02:16:57,800 --> 02:16:58,140
Yes.

1527
02:16:59,180 --> 02:17:00,780
City Council member Taylor.

1528
02:17:01,900 --> 02:17:02,240
Yes.

1529
02:17:02,240 --> 02:17:02,440
Yes.

1530
02:17:03,880 --> 02:17:05,320
Any council member will listen?

1531
02:17:06,100 --> 02:17:06,260
Yes.

1532
02:17:07,540 --> 02:17:08,380
Vice Mayor Nash.

1533
02:17:09,200 --> 02:17:09,340
Yes.

1534
02:17:09,960 --> 02:17:11,240
And Mayor Coles.

1535
02:17:12,000 --> 02:17:12,300
Yes.

1536
02:17:13,360 --> 02:17:14,980
And the motion passes unanimously.

1537
02:17:15,580 --> 02:17:15,940
Thank you.

1538
02:17:17,000 --> 02:17:17,440
Thank you.

1539
02:17:19,720 --> 02:17:24,060
And with that, we move on to item D6, right?

1540
02:17:24,240 --> 02:17:27,580
So appoint city council member to various standing and ad hoc subcommittees.

1541
02:17:27,580 --> 02:17:33,600
disband and active ad hoc subcommittees and direct a review of ad hoc subcommittee objectives and estimated duration.

1542
02:17:35,300 --> 02:17:39,220
So with that, I'll turn it to the city clerk to introduce the item.

1543
02:17:40,220 --> 02:17:44,420
Thank you, Macomb. So similar to the last item, I don't have a formal presentation.

1544
02:17:45,140 --> 02:17:57,560
Staff recommendation is to make appointments to city council standing committees to appoint city council members to be active ad hoc subcommittees to disband the inactive city council ad hoc subcommittee.

1545
02:17:57,560 --> 02:18:03,700
committees and then direct those ad hoc subcommittees that are still active to return to January with

1546
02:18:03,700 --> 02:18:09,820
objectives and estimated duration, similar to what interim city attorney Cara Silver had said.

1547
02:18:10,080 --> 02:18:17,080
There has to be an objective and an estimated duration for these to remain as ad hoc subcommittees

1548
02:18:17,080 --> 02:18:23,640
and not be a standing committee which is under the Brown Act. And that does conclude my presentation.

1549
02:18:25,320 --> 02:18:30,720
Okay. Okay. So, um, I'm, uh, was assuming we just approached us like we did the

1550
02:18:30,720 --> 02:18:34,420
last-age indictment. Is that okay? Okay. So then, um, we're starting with the community

1551
02:18:34,420 --> 02:18:41,440
grant funding. Um, it's, it was, uh, it counts on our call turn, and I, I'm fine with staying

1552
02:18:41,440 --> 02:18:45,080
on it, um, which means that we, uh, uh, uh, public comment.

1553
02:18:48,100 --> 02:18:50,560
Perfect. So, uh, thank you,

1554
02:18:50,560 --> 02:19:10,720
So at this time I would like to ask any member of the public who wishes to comment on item D6 appoint City Council members to various standing and ad hoc subcommittees to span an active ad hoc subcommittees and direct review of ad hoc subcommittees objectives and estimated duration to engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen.

1555
02:19:10,720 --> 02:19:15,180
I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the City Council at this time.

1556
02:19:18,780 --> 02:19:26,520
Final call for any public comment on item D sits regarding the appointments to City Council standing in ad hoc subcommittee.

1557
02:19:29,990 --> 02:19:32,850
And see no hands raised.

1558
02:19:33,430 --> 02:19:36,170
Maricomes we can continue in the same fashion as.

1559
02:19:37,310 --> 02:20:02,150
Okay, thanks. Hopefully I will, I will start remembering public comment one day. Okay, so we're as I was seeing so there's the community grant funding, which is currently former council member called and then I'm fine with staying on it and so meaning we need at least one new person, but also if they're, if there are two people were interested in I'm fine with rolling off of it completely.

1560
02:20:02,990 --> 02:20:08,390
So, is there at least one person who doesn't understand it and it's sort of been on the community grant funding, standing committee?

1561
02:20:10,710 --> 02:20:11,650
Council member Taylor.

1562
02:20:12,890 --> 02:20:16,510
So, then, then Council member Taylor and I, does that work for everyone?

1563
02:20:17,610 --> 02:20:21,450
Okay. So, and then the rail subcommittee is set correct.

1564
02:20:23,110 --> 02:20:25,790
And so, then we go to business.

1565
02:20:25,790 --> 02:20:39,050
And so, and then this is a sort of ad hoc subcommittee that will at least in the interim be focused on a lot of the business related sort of issues in connection with the pandemic.

1566
02:20:39,670 --> 02:20:45,730
So currently it is Councilmember Crawlton and former Councilmember Crawlton and Councilmember

1567
02:20:45,730 --> 02:20:53,990
Taylor. So I'll go to you first, Councilmember Schiller. Is it your desire to continue or do you want

1568
02:20:53,990 --> 02:21:01,950
to roll off? Since the committee, I think it's only existed. I want to say less than four months,

1569
02:21:02,930 --> 02:21:07,810
I would be happy to say on. Okay. And so is there?

1570
02:21:09,610 --> 02:21:15,030
another council member interested in also serving and taking council and former council member Carlton's spot

1571
02:21:15,730 --> 02:21:23,370
Mr. Councilmember Muehler yeah I'm interested okay so uh so then we'll have council members

1572
02:21:23,370 --> 02:21:28,650
Taylor and Muehler um so then there's the city attorney recruitment which has been

1573
02:21:28,650 --> 02:21:34,530
former councilmember Carlton and councilmember Nash I'm assuming that councilmember Nash wants to

1574
02:21:34,530 --> 02:21:41,350
remain, um, or maybe not, uh, vice mayor Nash. Um, I'm actually wondering whether we still need

1575
02:21:41,350 --> 02:21:43,590
the recruitment committee at this point.

1576
02:21:46,890 --> 02:21:49,430
I know we still have some questions that I don't know

1577
02:21:49,430 --> 02:21:54,270
that the committees, um, that this committee's actually beneficial at this point, although I'm happy

1578
02:21:54,270 --> 02:22:01,990
to serve on it. Okay. Um, let's, uh, let's go to, to maybe the city manager for that, the, the,

1579
02:22:01,990 --> 02:22:03,890
answer to that question because I don't I don't know.

1580
02:22:12,090 --> 02:22:19,690
Good evening. I think perhaps we could wait to point numbers to the subcommittee to a

1581
02:22:19,690 --> 02:22:27,850
later time. Okay. That works for me. Um, so, okay, so we'll put a pause on that one.

1582
02:22:28,030 --> 02:22:35,410
Until then we have the city manager priorities, which is currently, um, Taylor and Carlton.

1583
02:22:35,410 --> 02:22:44,190
And so, Council Member Taylor, would you like to remain on this City Manager priorities at hot committee?

1584
02:22:45,490 --> 02:22:46,410
Yes, I'm in.

1585
02:22:47,750 --> 02:22:50,890
Okay, so, okay, now you, Council Member Wolfson.

1586
02:22:51,270 --> 02:22:56,630
I apologize. I just had a clarifying question about what this is exactly.

1587
02:22:57,010 --> 02:22:58,390
I apologize for not asking it earlier.

1588
02:22:59,610 --> 02:23:00,250
No, totally fair.

1589
02:23:01,770 --> 02:23:10,580
I'll let the city manager come back on our maybe councilman for Taylor can I haven't

1590
02:23:10,580 --> 02:23:16,040
said they're doing it so I don't know exactly how it operates in practice and so so either

1591
02:23:16,040 --> 02:23:21,320
the city manager or council member to you well I think this could be accomplished in one

1592
02:23:21,320 --> 02:23:21,840
of two ways.

1593
02:23:21,840 --> 02:23:28,400
I mean it could be a subcommittee but we could also move to a quarterly update with the city

1594
02:23:28,400 --> 02:23:33,260
manager and the City Council in closed session as a personnel review.

1595
02:23:34,860 --> 02:23:38,000
And that way all five council members could be present.

1596
02:23:40,320 --> 02:23:43,700
And I'm supportive of that that that approach.

1597
02:23:44,960 --> 02:23:46,440
Is there is our consensus?

1598
02:23:47,480 --> 02:23:52,380
Okay, totally cool. All right, so we think we're just getting rid of these ad hoc committees.

1599
02:23:52,380 --> 02:24:07,120
So then there is the claimant action plan, which is currently newer in TAC and in Nash and so I'll go to you guys, do you have a desire to remain in these roles? Okay, totally, totally cool.

1600
02:24:08,040 --> 02:24:15,840
There is the connectment and low community amenities, which is currently a Nash and Taylor is their desire for that to remain consistent.

1601
02:24:15,840 --> 02:24:17,260
Yes. Yes. Cool.

1602
02:24:18,020 --> 02:24:22,800
Um, emergency response home listening camp and in Bayfront currently Taylor Mueller.

1603
02:24:23,400 --> 02:24:26,060
Is that so good? Okay. Yes.

1604
02:24:26,400 --> 02:24:32,320
Um, and then we have Facebook will develop development agreement negotiations which is national in Taylor.

1605
02:24:32,740 --> 02:24:35,620
I think is is is is support for that that remaining.

1606
02:24:35,880 --> 02:24:41,140
Okay. Um, inventory existing proposed and potential citywide development, which is national Taylor.

1607
02:24:41,820 --> 02:24:49,460
we're okay with that. Councilmember Wilson. Thank you. This is another question. What is this?

1608
02:24:52,920 --> 02:24:59,540
It sounds like like. Yeah, I think I could try to explain it, but I think Councilmember Nash or

1609
02:24:59,540 --> 02:25:03,300
Taylor will do a better job. So I'll kick it to them.

1610
02:25:06,250 --> 02:25:07,490
Yeah, Councilmember, Vice Mayor Nash.

1611
02:25:07,490 --> 02:25:35,090
So essentially this was sort of morphed out of what Councilmember Taylor and I were recommending for the community amenities and then also working with staff to take a look at what is currently citywide development and it's just looking at how it's presented and numbers and just making sure that we're getting all the numbers together and I don't know if it.

1612
02:25:36,530 --> 02:25:47,410
I mean, honestly, I was surprised to see it as a separate subcommittee because my understanding was it was sort of rolling, we were going to do community amenities and then it was way to roll into this, but I'm happy any which way.

1613
02:25:48,370 --> 02:25:51,430
And I personally would like to still serve on it.

1614
02:25:54,530 --> 02:26:02,610
And then so is that the same for you council member Taylor and then I'll go to the city manager.

1615
02:26:03,690 --> 02:26:05,290
Yes, okay.

1616
02:26:06,170 --> 02:26:07,990
So you manager Jerome Robinson.

1617
02:26:08,690 --> 02:26:14,430
I think given the overlap between community amenities and really what this is the subcommittee,

1618
02:26:14,430 --> 02:26:19,790
which I think much of the work has been accomplished. Maybe since we're on a roll, this would be a great

1619
02:26:19,790 --> 02:26:22,570
opportunity to eliminate yet another subcommittee.

1620
02:26:25,210 --> 02:26:34,610
I'm I'm fine with that. Is there their consensus? So yeah, we would because the the personnel is the same. So yeah, okay, but that totally works with me.

1621
02:26:37,410 --> 02:26:44,510
So then, okay, so the city attorney, I think we skipped finalizing the.

1622
02:26:45,790 --> 02:26:55,470
the the the the waste management representative and so because the or did I get

1623
02:26:55,470 --> 02:26:59,590
that that message late I got a message from the city clerk but maybe my my

1624
02:26:59,590 --> 02:27:05,230
mobile is delayed do we need to go back to anything so we can we can do that now if

1625
02:27:05,230 --> 02:27:10,590
you don't mind I did forget to go back with this is for item D5 for the SBWMA we

1626
02:27:10,590 --> 02:27:16,070
wanted to go back up reviewing your calendars for all that you graciously signed up for.

1627
02:27:17,550 --> 02:27:21,870
So I wanted to either confirm the primary and alternate as Taylor incomes,

1628
02:27:22,310 --> 02:27:27,990
or if there was an interest from another city council member for these.

1629
02:27:30,960 --> 02:27:37,080
Yeah, I was just sort of trying to get, I'm okay with being the alternate, but there's a direct conflict

1630
02:27:37,080 --> 02:27:45,560
with the, with the, the Cree JPA, so they couldn't be a primary. But Councilmember Chavar,

1631
02:27:45,900 --> 02:27:50,620
are you okay with being a primary partner for me? Yes. I checked my schedule so it should work fine.

1632
02:27:50,860 --> 02:27:58,440
Thank you. Okay, perfect. So we will leave this as I appreciate you coming back to this and now we

1633
02:27:58,440 --> 02:28:03,200
can resume our subcommittees. Thank you. Okay. No worries. Sorry. Sorry. I skipped it.

1634
02:28:03,200 --> 02:28:08,180
Um, okay, so then we were at the, uh,

1635
02:28:10,900 --> 02:28:17,580
where we, we're, we're at the mental part, okay, okay, okay, thank you.

1636
02:28:17,820 --> 02:28:24,460
So that's currently, uh, Taylor and Carlton, missing me, uh, Councilmember Taylor wants to remain on there.

1637
02:28:25,080 --> 02:28:30,740
Um, and so is, is there anyone else that would like to sort of on that with the councilmember and vice-manage?

1638
02:28:30,740 --> 02:28:43,300
Okay. So then we have a national tailor for the middle part community campus. And then there is the quality of life ordinance, which is a tailor and Carlton.

1639
02:28:43,980 --> 02:28:48,700
So council member Taylor, it is your desire to remain in that community.

1640
02:28:48,700 --> 02:28:56,700
Yes, and Council Member Carlton and I have yet to meet on that item, so it'd be perfect

1641
02:28:56,700 --> 02:28:59,940
to have someone new, but I would love to stay on it.

1642
02:29:00,700 --> 02:29:00,780
Yeah.

1643
02:29:01,180 --> 02:29:04,700
Can you, because I'm going to print, yeah, it counts, but I wasn't.

1644
02:29:05,660 --> 02:29:11,980
Did you give us a brief Cliff Knows version of what, what the quality of life ordinance.

1645
02:29:15,340 --> 02:29:25,460
So the quality of life ordinance, it came from the idea of creating a, I believe it was

1646
02:29:25,460 --> 02:29:33,000
hay crime. It was about developing some type of hay crime ordinance or some way of reporting

1647
02:29:33,000 --> 02:29:39,480
because of information that some residents were sharing. So it ended up being quality of

1648
02:29:39,480 --> 02:29:41,380
life ordinance instead of being crime ordinance.

1649
02:29:44,020 --> 02:29:45,500
And that's all the information I have,

1650
02:29:45,620 --> 02:29:46,460
council member Wilson.

1651
02:29:48,740 --> 02:29:52,300
Okay, and so we have Taylor.

1652
02:29:53,220 --> 02:29:56,420
Do we have anyone else who's interested

1653
02:29:56,420 --> 02:29:57,560
in serving on this?

1654
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:09,520
No, then I'll, you can swap call to not for me. And so, and then we have the willow road highway 101,

1655
02:30:09,660 --> 02:30:15,000
interchange the improvements. I'm going to assume that we're okay with the current personnel,

1656
02:30:15,000 --> 02:30:22,360
seem as though those are the two representatives whose districts are sort of advocated by the

1657
02:30:22,360 --> 02:30:28,760
by the interchange. So, okay, and so in bin we have these disbanded,

1658
02:30:31,320 --> 02:30:38,340
inactive, ad hoc subcommittees, and just sort of reviewing them. Is this okay,

1659
02:30:38,740 --> 02:30:44,060
is this comport with everyone's understanding, or is there any of these subcommittees someone

1660
02:30:44,060 --> 02:30:45,360
wants to bring from the day?

1661
02:30:48,610 --> 02:30:49,310
Council Member Mueller.

1662
02:30:50,350 --> 02:31:09,190
I'm the West Menlo triangle annexation, don't remember how it became dead, but they're still large, but they're still a group of neighbors in the triangle who want to be annexed into the city, but I think we can probably, I think for now, what we should do is table that and pick it up during council goal setting discussion.

1663
02:31:10,950 --> 02:31:17,250
Yeah, fair point, Councilmember Mueller. I also, when I saw that that was on this sort

1664
02:31:17,250 --> 02:31:22,130
of disband and active, I think my heart sank a little bit, because I just know all of

1665
02:31:22,130 --> 02:31:25,790
the work that those neighbors have put. Again, I also know on the resource inside from

1666
02:31:25,790 --> 02:31:30,730
the city that it is a challenge to make this a priority, but I know also, again, like I

1667
02:31:30,730 --> 02:31:35,990
say, all the work those residents have already put into this effort. And so yeah, I think

1668
02:31:35,990 --> 02:31:38,770
to your point. We take this up at goal setting.

1669
02:31:43,560 --> 02:31:46,840
Okay, so then I'll tell you that, then

1670
02:31:46,840 --> 02:31:50,660
are we good on this city court here and then we just need a motion.

1671
02:31:53,110 --> 02:31:53,770
Councilmember Wilson.

1672
02:31:54,470 --> 02:32:04,190
Yeah, I'll move adoption of all of these assignments. Cool. I'll second. Councilmember, we

1673
02:32:04,190 --> 02:32:08,130
cancel my Mueller and then councilmember Nash. There's just something that's on my mind

1674
02:32:08,130 --> 02:32:12,370
and I'm just going to, and it's regarding the climate action plan subcommittee.

1675
02:32:13,030 --> 02:32:18,150
We'll find to stay there now with Council Member Nash, but I would like to both talk with

1676
02:32:18,150 --> 02:32:27,630
our liaisons for the PCE, I mean, for the EQC, and also I encourage Council Member Wilson to think

1677
02:32:27,630 --> 02:32:32,710
about that. And the reason why is I know that you have an interest in it, and I have a very,

1678
02:32:32,830 --> 02:32:37,370
I mean, I have a very strong interest in it, and I'm going to remain strongly engaged in that,

1679
02:32:37,370 --> 02:32:42,950
and working with a mentalist park and others and I'm really a strong component of bringing people

1680
02:32:42,950 --> 02:32:49,570
into their areas of interest and getting them involved in as quick as possible. So I think we

1681
02:32:49,570 --> 02:32:57,710
should all think about that and maybe revisit that. I appreciate that comment and you're spot on

1682
02:32:57,710 --> 02:33:03,770
that it's an area of interest of mine and it's funny it's like the gift of the Magiars when I was

1683
02:33:03,770 --> 02:33:09,470
thinking you have so much momentum on this like you should keep with it, but if you want to stay out

1684
02:33:09,470 --> 02:33:15,490
for now and then we like you said revisit it. That sounds great. I appreciate that.

1685
02:33:16,510 --> 02:33:24,710
Great. We'll talk about weekend. I'll talk about it with the cap liaison and then figure it out,

1686
02:33:24,710 --> 02:33:29,090
but I think it's important to think about so. Wonderful.

1687
02:33:34,370 --> 02:33:41,150
Thank you. I was wondering if we could see that above this where we see actually the council

1688
02:33:41,150 --> 02:33:48,930
assignments for a minute before we vote because I made one other comment. Okay, so the way

1689
02:33:48,930 --> 02:33:54,050
we've left the city attorney recruitment blank, I'm wondering if we could move up the West

1690
02:33:55,790 --> 02:34:02,090
to the active but unfilled, just so it doesn't get lost when the inactive are taken off.

1691
02:34:03,890 --> 02:34:05,370
I'm in complete support of that.

1692
02:34:07,150 --> 02:34:08,870
I'm supportive also.

1693
02:34:08,970 --> 02:34:10,650
Any objection to that?

1694
02:34:14,370 --> 02:34:14,490
Okay.

1695
02:34:16,490 --> 02:34:20,670
And I saw that Mr. Pagarros came on for a second.

1696
02:34:20,670 --> 02:34:25,410
is going to come back.

1697
02:34:30,590 --> 02:34:32,430
Sure, thank you, Mayor Combs.

1698
02:34:32,550 --> 02:34:37,190
Just a reminder that we will be convening all of the,

1699
02:34:37,190 --> 02:34:39,330
if council approved staff recommendation,

1700
02:34:40,150 --> 02:34:43,830
we will need to convene these ad hoc subcommittees

1701
02:34:44,290 --> 02:34:45,910
to identify their purpose,

1702
02:34:46,890 --> 02:34:47,790
their objectives,

1703
02:34:48,170 --> 02:34:53,750
and also time frame in order to comply with our procedures

1704
02:34:53,750 --> 02:35:00,230
is regarding ad hooks of committees. So we will be doing that. I just want it to make that reminder.

1705
02:35:04,230 --> 02:35:11,050
All right. And so I think with that, we can proceed. There was a first from Council Member

1706
02:35:11,050 --> 02:35:16,470
Wilson and a second from me. Correct. Correct. I do have a first by City Council Member Wilson,

1707
02:35:16,470 --> 02:35:24,130
in a second by Maricolms to appoint City Council representatives and alternatives to the various

1708
02:35:27,450 --> 02:35:32,550
subcommittees, ad hoc subcommittees, direction to disband the inactive ad hoc subcommittees,

1709
02:35:32,950 --> 02:35:36,270
and then as the Assistant City Manager, and if the guests have mentioned Director Review

1710
02:35:36,270 --> 02:35:39,830
of the ad hoc subcommittees, objectives, and estimated time duration.

1711
02:35:40,830 --> 02:35:43,170
So, next for their City Council discussion or questions.

1712
02:35:45,920 --> 02:35:47,500
Seeing none, I will call vote.

1713
02:35:47,500 --> 02:35:49,440
So, City Council Member Mueller.

1714
02:35:52,150 --> 02:35:53,310
So, funny to go first now.

1715
02:35:53,490 --> 02:35:54,030
Aye, yes.

1716
02:35:55,390 --> 02:35:57,030
City Council Member Taylor.

1717
02:35:57,690 --> 02:35:58,390
Yes.

1718
02:35:59,330 --> 02:36:00,550
City Council Member Willisson.

1719
02:36:01,130 --> 02:36:01,390
Yes.

1720
02:36:02,730 --> 02:36:03,810
Vice Mayor Nash.

1721
02:36:04,310 --> 02:36:04,630
Yes.

1722
02:36:05,310 --> 02:36:06,430
And Mayor Cones.

1723
02:36:07,190 --> 02:36:07,370
Yes.

1724
02:36:08,090 --> 02:36:09,370
And Emotion passes unanimously.

1725
02:36:10,210 --> 02:36:11,070
Thank you.

1726
02:36:13,350 --> 02:36:17,610
And with that, we move on to item D7,

1727
02:36:17,610 --> 02:36:26,510
Then provide direction to the city's voting delegate regarding regional vacancies for the city selection committee meeting December 18, 2020.

1728
02:36:27,570 --> 02:36:32,530
And with that, I'm going to sort of recognize councilmember Mueller.

1729
02:36:34,330 --> 02:36:44,350
I was just going to say that the past couple years, we've actually just given discretion to the mayor on these votes and I I'd actually vote to continue that.

1730
02:36:44,350 --> 02:36:56,130
That privilege to the mayor just go ahead and vote their conscious because there are speeches given at these events and cases made.

1731
02:36:56,630 --> 02:37:05,370
And I think it's a good practice to allow our mayor to use their discretion at the event voting up to it on that vote.

1732
02:37:05,790 --> 02:37:09,670
So I'd be supportive of just saying go for it, Mayor Cohns.

1733
02:37:11,490 --> 02:37:18,710
And so it's, is that, I mean, we can certainly discuss, but is that a motion just just yeah, that would be that would be my motion.

1734
02:37:19,530 --> 02:37:23,910
Okay, so we do have a motion, but certainly open to discussion from anyone else on the council.

1735
02:37:25,530 --> 02:37:28,590
And there comes, may we open this to public comment before city council discussion.

1736
02:37:30,130 --> 02:37:31,830
I need a mental note.

1737
02:37:37,670 --> 02:37:42,510
I'm always going to interrupt for this. I do apologize. But at this time, if any member

1738
02:37:42,510 --> 02:37:48,970
of the public wishes to speak on item D7, provide direction to the city's voting delegate

1739
02:37:48,970 --> 02:37:53,650
regarding regional vacancies for the next city selection committee meeting on December 18,

1740
02:37:54,470 --> 02:37:59,490
2020. Please engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen. I'll have the opportunity

1741
02:37:59,490 --> 02:38:03,610
to open up your microphone and you may address the city council at this time.

1742
02:38:09,250 --> 02:38:17,690
Final call for public comment on item D7 regarding the city's voting delegate for the city selection committee meeting.

1743
02:38:20,600 --> 02:38:23,600
Seeing none, miracles, you may continue.

1744
02:38:24,820 --> 02:38:28,660
Okay, so we have a promotion from councilmember Mueller.

1745
02:38:28,920 --> 02:38:34,900
And I think that there was a second from councilmember Nash or the vice mayor or a desire to comment either way.

1746
02:38:35,920 --> 02:38:39,300
Okay, so I think I think we have a first and a second.

1747
02:38:40,480 --> 02:38:41,240
Perfect.

1748
02:38:41,760 --> 02:38:50,140
Having a first by City Councilmember Mueller in a second by Vice Mayor Nash to direct

1749
02:38:50,140 --> 02:38:53,120
the voting delegate as Mayor Cones.

1750
02:38:54,920 --> 02:38:57,160
Any further city council discussion or questions?

1751
02:38:58,620 --> 02:39:01,320
Seeing none, City Councilmember Mueller.

1752
02:39:02,800 --> 02:39:03,560
Yes.

1753
02:39:04,500 --> 02:39:18,860
City Council Member Taylor. Yes. City Council Member Wolison. Yes. Vice Mayor Nash. Yes. Mayor Colms. Yes. In the motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

1754
02:39:18,860 --> 02:39:29,180
So with that, we'll go on to D8, introduction and first reading of ordinance number 1074,

1755
02:39:29,460 --> 02:39:33,680
a mini ordinance number 92 for modifying the city council's regular meeting schedule

1756
02:39:33,680 --> 02:39:36,500
and adoption of 2021 city council meeting schedule.

1757
02:39:37,200 --> 02:39:39,980
And with that, I will introduce the city attorney.

1758
02:39:43,110 --> 02:39:46,830
Thank you, Mayor Cones and members of the council.

1759
02:39:48,010 --> 02:40:13,610
So first of all, I want to congratulate the two new district council members and we now have for the first time a full body of district elected council members and the council members are already aware of this but I did want to highlight for members of the public who are watching that district council members are of course elected by geographical regions.

1760
02:40:13,610 --> 02:40:20,450
However, all council members, duties and allegiance goes to the city as a whole.

1761
02:40:21,670 --> 02:40:30,350
So as council members are sworn in, they're, and they may be asked to make certain questions

1762
02:40:30,350 --> 02:40:38,010
or make certain policy decisions that impact their own district, the decisions will be made

1763
02:40:38,010 --> 02:40:41,010
based on the impact to the city as a whole.

1764
02:40:41,010 --> 02:40:44,070
that's the principle of district elections.

1765
02:40:45,010 --> 02:40:49,790
So one of the first acts that you do take as a new counsel,

1766
02:40:49,790 --> 02:40:54,230
of course, is to set up your meeting schedule.

1767
02:40:54,690 --> 02:40:57,690
And there are two different types of meetings.

1768
02:40:57,950 --> 02:41:01,470
There's regular meetings that take place

1769
02:41:01,470 --> 02:41:03,810
on a pre-published basis.

1770
02:41:04,550 --> 02:41:07,010
And certain business can take place

1771
02:41:07,010 --> 02:41:08,270
at those regular meetings,

1772
02:41:08,270 --> 02:41:16,310
such as adoption of ordinances which cannot be taken on at special meetings.

1773
02:41:17,670 --> 02:41:22,990
And this setting up the regular schedule is done on an annual basis.

1774
02:41:23,410 --> 02:41:33,330
This year we are proposing as with last year that the regular meetings be on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.

1775
02:41:33,330 --> 02:41:42,550
and we have been changing the meeting time from 7 o'clock to 5 o'clock during the pandemic.

1776
02:41:42,770 --> 02:41:48,730
We found that this has worked well, so we suggest carrying that forward as well.

1777
02:41:49,510 --> 02:41:57,690
And to do this, we need an actual amendment to the ordinance that will codify the change

1778
02:41:57,690 --> 02:42:06,430
of the meeting to instead of every Tuesday as the ordinance currently reads to just the second

1779
02:42:06,430 --> 02:42:12,170
and fourth Tuesday of every month, and then the ordinance will also codify the change

1780
02:42:12,170 --> 02:42:21,590
in the time from 7 o'clock to 5 o'clock. Also, there are two regular meetings that conflict

1781
02:42:21,590 --> 02:42:29,370
with holidays, and so we are recommending that those two regular meetings be canceled

1782
02:42:29,370 --> 02:42:38,110
and rescheduled, so that would be the April 13th meeting would be changed to April 20th,

1783
02:42:38,270 --> 02:42:46,910
and the September 28th meeting will be changed to September 21st to accommodate holidays.

1784
02:42:46,910 --> 02:42:56,770
And finally we are proposing in connection with this year's meeting schedule a goal setting meeting of January 19th.

1785
02:42:57,450 --> 02:43:00,990
So that concludes my report. Happy to answer any questions.

1786
02:43:03,030 --> 02:43:11,150
Are there any any clarifying questions for the city attorney councilmember Wilson?

1787
02:43:13,370 --> 02:43:20,730
for the benefit of the Council and the public. Do you have a time for the January 19th goal setting meetings that up yet?

1788
02:43:23,500 --> 02:43:28,400
I do not know if that has been scheduled. I'll defer to the city clerk on that one.

1789
02:43:32,390 --> 02:43:36,950
Oh, Starlie, I'm happy to defer to you. I do not believe a time has been scheduled.

1790
02:43:37,230 --> 02:43:41,050
It is typically earlier in the day compared to a five p.m. start time.

1791
02:43:42,110 --> 02:43:47,550
However, I do also realize that there is a holiday on January

1792
02:43:47,550 --> 02:43:53,210
Monday 18th. So the goal setting is tentatively scheduled for January 19th.

1793
02:44:04,300 --> 02:44:10,980
And if I may just add into that, I think there's still some unknowns. We're looking for a facilitator and we don't have

1794
02:44:10,980 --> 02:44:18,600
concrement yet on a facilitator. So we may need to move the actual date based on the availability of a facilitator.

1795
02:44:18,600 --> 02:44:25,260
but ideally, we would do it earlier in the afternoon because I think, you know, it can be an

1796
02:44:25,260 --> 02:44:30,820
exhausting process and starting later in the evening. It really doesn't give us our best outcome,

1797
02:44:30,820 --> 02:44:36,660
so if we can, and we would need to clear that to each of the council's schedules because we know

1798
02:44:36,660 --> 02:44:38,200
that you all work very hard.

1799
02:44:44,980 --> 02:44:50,940
Okay. If there are council members and any suggestions, we'll go

1800
02:44:50,940 --> 02:44:59,480
free to throw them out there. I think I can get so I have comments but I think do you need to take

1801
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:28,960
First. So, yes. Thank you. So, we'll, we'll, I want to just, we're done with sort of clarifying questions. If we're done with clarifying questions across the sort of virtual diets, then you know, I'll turn it to the city to councilmember vice mayor Nash. Thank you. I guess I do have one clarifying question. And that is, is the desire to from staff that we actually comment when we know that we may have an absence.

1802
02:45:39,820 --> 02:45:54,420
We do not typically request that the council pre-identify if they're going to be absent understandably your schedules are very busy and from time to time, not able to join the meeting or join remotely these days, you can join from anywhere, so.

1803
02:45:54,420 --> 02:46:02,980
So but and schedules change as we've experienced this year, so I think just as if we can adopt

1804
02:46:02,980 --> 02:46:08,440
the schedule and know what the plan is, then we can work with that and then understand

1805
02:46:08,440 --> 02:46:09,220
it at least on time.

1806
02:46:09,380 --> 02:46:13,420
There may be a, you may be absent from time to time,

1807
02:46:18,260 --> 02:46:20,320
or with that, I think we'll, we'll

1808
02:46:20,320 --> 02:46:20,920
go to public comment.

1809
02:46:23,830 --> 02:46:25,070
Thank you, Mayor Colm.

1810
02:46:25,150 --> 02:46:30,210
So at this time, if any member of the public was just to speak on item D8, introduction and

1811
02:46:30,210 --> 02:46:32,950
First reading of ordinance number 1074,

1812
02:46:33,490 --> 02:46:35,750
amending ordinance number 924,

1813
02:46:35,970 --> 02:46:37,990
modifying the city council's regular meeting schedule

1814
02:46:37,990 --> 02:46:41,370
and adoption of the 2021 city council meeting schedule.

1815
02:46:41,810 --> 02:46:43,230
Please engage that hand feature

1816
02:46:43,230 --> 02:46:44,650
in the top right side of your screen.

1817
02:46:44,910 --> 02:46:47,170
I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone

1818
02:46:47,590 --> 02:46:49,670
and you may address the city council at this time.

1819
02:46:54,220 --> 02:46:58,640
So final call for any public comment on item D8

1820
02:46:58,640 --> 02:47:02,160
regarding the city council schedule and calendar.

1821
02:47:02,160 --> 02:47:06,910
Seeing none, Mayor Cohns, you may continue.

1822
02:47:09,250 --> 02:47:09,370
Cool.

1823
02:47:11,190 --> 02:47:14,210
With that, then, we'll bring it back to the virtual Dias.

1824
02:47:14,550 --> 02:47:16,850
And I'll start with the Council member, Melissa,

1825
02:47:17,070 --> 02:47:18,450
who I know had some comments.

1826
02:47:19,290 --> 02:47:20,350
Thanks, Mayor Cohns.

1827
02:47:20,810 --> 02:47:22,030
Yes, I have a few comments.

1828
02:47:22,750 --> 02:47:31,410
The first is the date change for April 13th.

1829
02:47:31,410 --> 02:47:34,610
for Yom Hazikaron, which is a Jewish holiday.

1830
02:47:35,370 --> 02:47:38,190
While I very much appreciate the Jewish holidays

1831
02:47:38,190 --> 02:47:41,130
being recognized, this actually Yom Hazikaron

1832
02:47:41,130 --> 02:47:42,590
is not a religious holiday.

1833
02:47:42,890 --> 02:47:45,210
It's Israeli Memorial Day.

1834
02:47:46,870 --> 02:47:52,650
So my feeling is I don't think that day needs to be rescheduled.

1835
02:47:53,110 --> 02:47:56,150
It's an important day for Israelis and for people,

1836
02:47:56,250 --> 02:47:58,570
but it's not a religious observance.

1837
02:47:58,570 --> 02:48:10,270
So I would propose having the meeting on the 13th instead of the 20th of April as it would normally be per the pattern.

1838
02:48:11,650 --> 02:48:18,590
My second comment is God willing in August we can like go somewhere.

1839
02:48:18,590 --> 02:48:27,350
So I would, I plan to serve the city dutifully and to the best of my ability, but if we could take the holiday.

1840
02:48:28,010 --> 02:48:33,970
In August, the 10th that is being proposed, I would love to not have a meeting at a minimum on that day.

1841
02:48:34,810 --> 02:48:42,590
And then my final comment is regarding having just been a member of the public a couple of hours ago.

1842
02:48:42,590 --> 02:48:53,010
I have the most recent experience of what it's like to attend a meeting and want to engage and a couple things. One is the dinner breaks.

1843
02:48:53,710 --> 02:48:58,970
If that could be published, if that's going to occur, if it could be if the time could be put on the agenda.

1844
02:48:59,590 --> 02:49:02,810
So the members of the public know when that's going to happen that that would help.

1845
02:49:03,330 --> 02:49:11,170
And then I know this one's a lot trickier, but it is challenging for members of the public who are waiting during closed session.

1846
02:49:12,590 --> 02:49:19,050
to know if it's going to be a 20-minute wait or an hour and a half wait, and you know I haven't

1847
02:49:19,050 --> 02:49:25,270
gone into closed session yet, but given all of your expertise, if there is anything that could be

1848
02:49:25,270 --> 02:49:32,030
done to help the public with a sense of timing, I think that would be a huge courtesy. So those are my

1849
02:49:32,030 --> 02:49:32,290
comments.

1850
02:49:34,310 --> 02:49:39,210
Yeah, totally. I'll just get off and say Council Member Wolff, and I go into every closed

1851
02:49:39,210 --> 02:49:40,950
session hoping that it was just 20 minutes.

1852
02:49:44,730 --> 02:49:48,850
I think that that will take a little bit more

1853
02:49:48,850 --> 02:49:52,950
thinking. All of the other suggestions I'm totally supportive of I would just sort of throw

1854
02:49:52,950 --> 02:49:59,110
through my head in the ring, but then kick it to everyone else to see whatever comments

1855
02:49:59,110 --> 02:50:08,010
or suggestions they have. But yeah, definitely in favor of making public the dinner break

1856
02:50:08,870 --> 02:50:10,610
That's totally makes sense.

1857
02:50:19,340 --> 02:50:21,180
So then council vice mayor.

1858
02:50:22,540 --> 02:50:23,220
Thank you.

1859
02:50:23,300 --> 02:50:26,480
I was going to just move that we approve the calendar

1860
02:50:27,200 --> 02:50:31,440
with changing the 20th back to the 13th and,

1861
02:50:31,640 --> 02:50:35,260
as recommended by staff.

1862
02:50:36,700 --> 02:50:45,080
Yeah, just so we can give staff the opportunity to respond

1863
02:50:45,080 --> 02:50:52,780
Are you guys okay with that and has there been some issue in the past with regards to recognizing the the Israeli holiday?

1864
02:50:53,160 --> 02:50:55,960
I just want to want to make sure that there hasn't been a past issue.

1865
02:50:56,140 --> 02:50:59,580
But again, totally supportive of Council Member Wolus and suggestions.

1866
02:51:01,240 --> 02:51:02,540
Thank you, Mayor Combs.

1867
02:51:02,620 --> 02:51:08,920
In regards to the holiday in April or the recognized day in April,

1868
02:51:08,920 --> 02:51:11,900
we have not run into any instances in the past where that has been an issue.

1869
02:51:11,900 --> 02:51:29,900
So staff would be more than comfortable to still have the meeting on the 13th opposed to the 20th I would like a little bit of clarification on the August and July meetings that staff proposed to cancel which would have been July 27th and August 10th.

1870
02:51:30,700 --> 02:51:39,120
So if City Council would like to retain both of those retain one of those retain neither of those would need some clarification on that.

1871
02:51:45,640 --> 02:51:54,820
Councilmember Taylor. I'm comfortable with skipping the meetings for the summer break.

1872
02:51:57,410 --> 02:51:57,510
I'm

1873
02:51:57,510 --> 02:51:59,110
comfortable keeping it.

1874
02:52:03,400 --> 02:52:04,500
Councilmember Mewer.

1875
02:52:11,940 --> 02:52:15,300
I'm fine with both changes and I just my experience with

1876
02:52:15,300 --> 02:52:22,340
this is calendar changes. By the time we get to March we'll really know what the calendar is going to

1877
02:52:22,340 --> 02:52:27,200
a click later in the air. So totally fine. I think those are good changes, good, good, good, good changes.

1878
02:52:30,060 --> 02:52:35,720
Thank you. And I just wanted to comment on trying to agenda as either closed session timing

1879
02:52:35,720 --> 02:52:42,860
or generate staff will accept that direction attempt to get those estimates either on our agenda

1880
02:52:42,860 --> 02:52:45,400
or to public in some sort of question.

1881
02:52:47,640 --> 02:52:50,140
Okay. Okay. Council member Wilson.

1882
02:52:50,140 --> 02:52:57,100
I'm sorry council member Taylor. I don't know if I've heard you correctly. Are you proposing that both

1883
02:52:57,720 --> 02:53:03,480
27th and 10th are canceled for mental health or that you want to keep them?

1884
02:53:04,680 --> 02:53:10,380
No. Well, the schedule that I looked at has said it was for a summer break tentatively.

1885
02:53:11,000 --> 02:53:13,140
So you want that? Yes.

1886
02:53:13,740 --> 02:53:14,140
Definitely.

1887
02:53:14,140 --> 02:53:14,400
Thank

1888
02:53:18,080 --> 02:53:44,360
you. So I do believe the motion was made by Vice Mayor Nash to prove the City Council calendar and to introduce the first reading of ordinance number 10 74 including removing the April 20th meeting adding the April 13th meeting and removing the July 27th and August 7th or August 10th meeting for summer break.

1889
02:53:44,360 --> 02:53:52,390
do we have a second thank you council member Taylor any further city council

1890
02:53:52,390 --> 02:53:59,330
discussion or questions seeing none by roll call vote city council member

1891
02:53:59,330 --> 02:54:00,770
unit yes

1892
02:54:04,860 --> 02:54:12,440
city council member Taylor yes city council member will listen yes by

1893
02:54:12,440 --> 02:54:20,180
mayor Nash? Yes. And their phones? Yes. And the motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

1894
02:54:21,080 --> 02:54:26,560
Thanks. With that, we'll go to city manager report.

1895
02:54:31,140 --> 02:54:33,720
Good evening. I have three quick reports.

1896
02:54:34,540 --> 02:54:40,900
One, as you may be aware, there's a tradition of relaxed traffic enforcement in not traffic parking

1897
02:54:40,900 --> 02:54:46,120
enforcement in residential areas. This year that will start on December 18th and

1898
02:54:46,120 --> 02:54:52,600
rent through January 4th. So it will be in an upcoming digest article that I

1899
02:54:52,600 --> 02:54:57,580
wanted you to be aware of it. Second, I know that you're all keenly interested in

1900
02:54:57,580 --> 02:55:02,420
our new Youth Advisory Group. They'll be having their first meeting on Thursday afternoon.

1901
02:55:03,380 --> 02:55:09,360
And third, just so that you in the public know, the police chief recruitment is open

1902
02:55:09,360 --> 02:55:18,680
And we're looking for great applicant. So encourage anyone you know who would be a great police chief to come join our team. That's it. Thank you.

1903
02:55:20,320 --> 02:55:22,040
Thanks for those those updates.

1904
02:55:23,120 --> 02:55:26,040
And I think I don't know if that can cancel over Nash.

1905
02:55:28,100 --> 02:55:29,640
I'm sorry. Thank you.

1906
02:55:29,660 --> 02:55:30,540
Could you.

1907
02:55:31,380 --> 02:55:35,280
Could someone repeat what was on Thursday, which advisory group is this?

1908
02:55:36,580 --> 02:55:38,160
The youth advisory group.

1909
02:55:38,960 --> 02:55:39,400
Perfect.

1910
02:55:39,700 --> 02:55:39,980
Thank you.

1911
02:55:40,600 --> 02:55:46,100
And actually my comment or suggestion was going to be related to that.

1912
02:55:46,260 --> 02:55:51,140
I don't know if the staff as agenda I asked anyone on council maybe to go and welcome them.

1913
02:55:52,180 --> 02:55:53,480
Since it will be the first one.

1914
02:55:54,420 --> 02:55:55,540
I don't want to.

1915
02:55:55,720 --> 02:55:59,300
I know this has been near and dear to council member Mueller.

1916
02:55:59,300 --> 02:56:00,840
Sorry, but I don't know his schedule.

1917
02:56:01,300 --> 02:56:01,720
So,

1918
02:56:04,660 --> 02:56:09,280
it is dear to my heart, but let me tell you, it matters a lot more than the mayor comes.

1919
02:56:10,340 --> 02:56:11,860
The mayor should be the one to do it.

1920
02:56:12,140 --> 02:56:14,740
The title with it means everything to him.

1921
02:56:15,060 --> 02:56:15,860
It's got to be you.

1922
02:56:16,480 --> 02:56:16,560
Yeah.

1923
02:56:17,020 --> 02:56:17,200
Okay.

1924
02:56:17,400 --> 02:56:18,340
I see how that works.

1925
02:56:18,660 --> 02:56:19,400
Council member view.

1926
02:56:19,560 --> 02:56:20,620
I make a suggestion.

1927
02:56:21,400 --> 02:56:21,520
Okay.

1928
02:56:21,860 --> 02:56:28,900
I'm totally fine with doing that, but I think it would be important and nice for someone

1929
02:56:28,900 --> 02:56:40,440
on council to welcome them to the city government okay with that we'll go on to council member reports

1930
02:56:40,440 --> 02:56:46,480
and so is there are there any council member reports okay

1931
02:56:50,770 --> 02:56:54,970
well I'll just just council member

1932
02:56:54,970 --> 02:57:01,070
Will listen. Yeah, I just realized when I had my little spiel at the beginning, I didn't

1933
02:57:01,070 --> 02:57:06,390
acknowledge the staff and how it's been a pleasure getting to know them as a member of

1934
02:57:06,390 --> 02:57:12,310
the public the last four years. And I'm really looking forward to working with them and

1935
02:57:12,310 --> 02:57:17,310
seeing kind of what's under the hood. And so I just I just wanted to make sure that they are

1936
02:57:17,310 --> 02:57:22,570
such a big part of the city. And when I spoke about community, I just wanted to acknowledge

1937
02:57:22,570 --> 02:57:27,350
that what an important part they all play. So thank you to the staff in advance.

1938
02:57:28,730 --> 02:57:33,990
No, totally fair and I understand those misses for my speech when I was sworn in. I forgot

1939
02:57:33,990 --> 02:57:39,390
to thank my mother and she was actually in the audience. I had to go back and do a

1940
02:57:39,390 --> 02:57:46,570
do a make up there. Totally cool. Well with that I just wanted to say that to council members

1941
02:57:46,570 --> 02:57:53,070
Mueller and Wilson very much congratulations on your your your election and being

1942
02:57:53,070 --> 02:57:59,650
part of this this this full switch to tertiary collections and in the city to

1943
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a vice mayor Nash I look forward to to serving with you as the mayor and vice

1944
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mayor over over over the next over the next year to that we won't be meeting in

1945
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person, so I can't sort of nudge you and be like, so where are we at? What did they just say?

1946
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And to Councilmember Taylor, you leave very, very big shoes to fill,

1947
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and so I think I'll just just leave it at that, and very, very big shoes to fill. So with that,

1948
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I think we will adjourn.

1949
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I feel it is everyone.