[0:03] 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,

[0:32] staff, President Include, our city manager, Starla Jerome Robinson, our interim city attorney,

[0:39] Cara Silver, and our city clerk, Judy Heron. Ms. Heron, would you please provide instructions

[0:44] to the city council and members of the public on how the meeting will proceed.

[0:50] Thank you, Mayor Taylor, and again echoing the welcome to this special

[0:54] Middle Park City Council meeting today, December 15th. At this time, we do ask that the city council

[1:01] remain on screen for the duration of the meeting, controlling your own

[1:05] webcams and microphones. Staff will engage their webcams and microphones when

[1:11] making presentations and responding to any questions from the city council.

[1:16] For members of the public, if you wish to speak on an item on tonight's agenda,

[1:21] after the mayor calls for a public comment, please engage that and feature in the top

[1:26] right side of your screen that will alert us to your comment.

[1:29] I'll have the chance to open up their microphone and we may address the city council at that time.

[1:35] Finally, directing our attention to the handouts. We have got an update to an attachment to one of

[1:42] the staff reports for city council appointments, as well as the agenda. And, Mayor Taylor, you may

[1:48] continue. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Heron. And the next item on our agenda is presentation and

[1:56] and proclamations? Ms. Haren, do we have any public comment on presentations and proclamations?

[2:03] Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So, for any member of the public wishing to speak on any of our

[2:08] presentations and proclamations this evening, regarding the state of the city, please engage that

[2:14] hand feature in the top right side of your screen. I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone

[2:19] and you may address the city council at this time.

[2:25] So, this will be the final call

[2:27] for any public comment on the state of the city

[2:34] and seeing no hands raised, Mayor Taylor, you may continue.

[2:39] 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.

[2:58] Good evening. I am Cecilia Taylor, your 2020 mayor. I will be presenting the 2020 state

[3:05] of the city address on behalf of the City of Menlo Park and the Menlo Park City Council.

[3:10] 2020 has been an unprecedented, dented year for Menlo Park and the entire world.

[3:17] 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.

[3:24] businesses both small and large were shut down. Schools were closed and far too

[3:31] many of our residents have gone through incredible hardships. My heart goes out

[3:37] to residents that were impacted by COVID-19. Whether they lost their job,

[3:42] faced dwindling essential supplies, became ill themselves or lost a loved one.

[3:51] In

[3:52] public health concerns, mental park has survived and continues to serve its residents, and

[3:59] great part due to the leadership and guidance of the City Council.

[4:04] To say that Council and City staff were faced with some of the hardest decisions in Council

[4:09] history as an understatement.

[4:12] With the deficit of nearly $13 million, there were difficult budget cuts to be made.

[4:17] We have been able to pivot our programs and resources to meet the needs of our community

[4:23] and our well on our way. One of our biggest concerns was making sure our vulnerable populations

[4:30] were taking care of mentally and physically. I am pleased to say that we were able to completely

[4:37] change operations practically overnight with hands-on help from city staff from all departments.

[4:43] We converted the senior center meal program to home delivery, added wellness checks with phone calls, and added online activities.

[4:54] 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.

[5:04] it. We were also able to safely reactivate childcare and transform afterschool programs into

[5:11] learning pods for distant learning.

[5:14] Facelet library closures, library staff, revitalize the little free library program, and move

[5:21] to a books by mail model in addition to opening up curbside pickup in order for residents

[5:27] to have access to books and entertainment.

[5:29] Our police personnel carried out their duty to protect and serve our community under

[5:36] compounding crisis of COVID-19, record-breaking heatwaves, and hazardous air quality from

[5:42] wildfire smoke.

[5:44] We have initiated community listening sessions to hear residents, perceptions, and expectations

[5:50] of our police department and its services.

[5:53] And the department enhanced training this year by facilitating implicit bias training for

[5:59] all sworn personnel. Recognizing the financial hardship of our residents, the City Council modified

[6:06] the tenant relocation assistance program to the tenant assistance program, making $100,000

[6:13] available for emergency rental assistance. With downtown businesses, especially restaurants struggling

[6:20] to stay prosperous, the City Council supported closing some downtown streets to allow more foot traffic

[6:27] and outdoor space. The building department has implemented the temporary outdoor use permit,

[6:34] program, and expedited permit review to support local businesses during the uncertainty of the

[6:40] pandemic. The city also donated $70,000 to the San Mateo strong to assist small businesses in

[6:47] mental park affected by COVID-19. Public works has continued to maintain our city without

[6:54] interruption for the duration of the pandemic. They are clearly and truly are

[6:59] essential service staff. The city has enhanced its permit tracking and land data

[7:05] management system to accept online building permit applications and issue

[7:10] certain permits to provide flexibility and continuity in service while city hall

[7:16] remains closed to the public.

[7:19] Some of this year's additional accomplishments

[7:22] We have issued the building permits to construct a public pedestrian path from the Facebook West Campus over Bayfront Expressway to the Bay Trail.

[7:34] It is anticipated to be completed by the fall of the new year.

[7:39] The city participated in a FEMA program that will lower flood insurance for some of our residents.

[7:44] The city's environmentally sustainable local amendments to the California Building Code known as the Reach Code became effective on January 1, 2020.

[7:57] 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.

[8:13] The city adopted an urgency accessory dwelling unit, ordinance also known as ADU, to

[8:20] conform to new state laws to further promote the production of housing.

[8:26] The community development department continued to process large development projects within

[8:31] the El Camino Riau downtown specific plant area and the Bayfront area.

[8:36] We also issued a notice of funding available of approximately $10 million to support the preservation and or production of permanent affordable housing.

[8:48] 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.

[9:00] They have also adapted to remote processes and improved efficiency by continuing to eliminate

[9:09] paper-based processes in business licenses, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

[9:16] None of these accomplishments would have been possible without our outstanding IT department,

[9:22] which facilitated fast, safe, and effective telework options for the majority of city staff,

[9:28] allowing city council meetings and city operations to continue remotely, as well as commissions and committee meetings.

[9:37] 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.

[9:52] And then came COVID.

[9:54] In addition to the pandemic, we have faced an overwhelming wildfire season.

[10:00] The public upward and unrest over the murder of George Floyd and countless others, and

[10:05] overall systemic racism being a public health crisis as called out by the American Medical

[10:11] Association.

[10:13] I am proud that together, on June 16th, the Council unanimously passed a resolution number

[10:19] or 65, 63, condemning police brutality

[10:22] and supporting Black Lives Matter.

[10:24] These events have led us to carefully evaluate

[10:27] and discuss current operations

[10:29] in the city of Millil Park.

[10:31] And I want to assure you that the council

[10:34] is committed to ongoing change.

[10:36] Structural and systemic racism has long-term impacts

[10:40] on our community's health and well-being,

[10:42] and I will continue to be a voice

[10:44] on the council to address these issues.

[10:46] As I prepare for the end of the year and our city council reorganization in

[10:52] Millow Park, I look back on this year and cannot imagine any of these

[10:56] achievements without the strength, resilience, and courage of our residents, our

[11:02] city council, and our city staff. On a personal note, I'm especially proud of all

[11:09] that I've achieved based on my priorities coming into this role. Some of these

[11:13] achievements build on what I've covered so far and others are initiatives that I drove

[11:19] and aligned to my focus on equity, inclusion, and community well-being. Here are five achievements

[11:26] I am particularly proud of addressing homelessness in our city. I created the Triangle Task Force in June

[11:33] 2020 in response to multiple calls to the Mental Park Police Department and the Mental Park Fire

[11:39] Department about the homeless encampment that is bound by Willow Road University Avenue

[11:45] and Bayfront Highway 84. This is governed by multiple jurisdictions, and it is important

[11:52] that we help keep our first responders safe and increase the outreach to the encampment dwellers.

[11:59] In a three-year period, there were 100 encampment calls, 26 encampment medical calls,

[12:06] and six fire investigations and in 2020 alone there were 46 fires, 12 medical

[12:14] calls and five fire investigations. Also there is a cleanup effort that began

[12:20] in phase one in October of this year and there will be another phase two of the

[12:28] cleanup happening in January of 2021. Just as an update in the summer there were

[12:33] approximately 60 dwellers on that land and currently there are less than 10.

[12:39] I say progress has been made. Being a consistent advocate of needs of the residents of

[12:47] Millenal Park, as a part of this, I created a community amenities list, a community

[12:52] amenities subcommittee with the support of the council, which allowed us to review and reprioritize

[12:59] The adopted list of community amenities from 2016 and will include a review of items placed

[13:06] in the parking lot that typically don't get addressed coming out of a large brainstorming

[13:11] or strategy session.

[13:14] Next, focusing on emergency preparedness of our communities, I have achieved this by elevating

[13:20] the flood district and sea level rise discussion to include areas of concern particularly since

[13:27] 60% of the Bellhaven neighborhood is in the flood zone.

[13:31] Next, improving the quality of our residents' lives, and on this note I advocated for the

[13:37] installation of air quality monitors in Bellhaven by the San Mateo County Labs.

[13:43] I also advocated for temporary noise monitors that were placed and installed by the SFO

[13:49] Roundtable for a few weeks to better determine and understand how airplane noise impacts our

[13:56] communities. The report will come out in some time of the early 2021. Lastly, given a voice

[14:04] to District 1, which has not had a representative as mayor in almost 40 years on the council.

[14:12] Now more than ever, District 1 residents are members of commissions and committees and

[14:17] contributing solutions to our challenges. For example, I'm proud of District 1's voice and

[14:23] involvement in the strategy and planning of the new Menel Park Community Campus in

[14:28] Bell Haven. Being a member of the subcommittee, I ensure that our community's concerns

[14:34] would be in addressed. This campus has a targeted completion date of 2023. I'm deeply appreciative

[14:41] of the investment, partnership and support that Facebook has demonstrated with our residents,

[14:47] residents, our city staff and the city council.

[14:50] Mental Park is a vibrant city, blessed with talented staff, and led by a caring and

[14:56] informed council.

[14:58] I want to assure you that we-

[15:00] 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.

[15:30] We'll move to the next item on our agenda, which is our consent calendar.

[15:34] Under the consent calendar, the City Council may take action to approve routine business

[15:39] items in one motion unless a City Council member, City staff member, or a member of the

[15:46] public requests that an item be discussed or continued to a later date.

[15:51] Ms. Heron, do we have any public comment on the consent calendar?

[15:55] Thank you, Mayor Taylor.

[15:57] So at this time we invite any member of the public wishing to speak on item C1 or C2

[16:04] 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.

[16:20] This will be the final call for any public comment on the consent calendar.

[16:25] Item C1 or C2.

[16:32] Seeing no hands raised, Mayor Taylor, you may continue.

[16:36] 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?

[16:49] So moved.

[16:53] 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.

[17:01] Any further City Council discussion or questions?

[17:06] Seeing none by roll call vote, City Council Member Carlton.

[17:09] Aye.

[17:11] City Council Member Mueller.

[17:13] Yes.

[17:14] City Council Member Nash.

[17:17] Yes.

[17:18] Vice Mayor Holmes.

[17:19] Yes.

[17:20] And Mayor Taylor.

[17:22] Yes.

[17:23] The motion passes unanimously.

[17:25] Thank you.

[17:26] Thank you, Ms. Heron.

[17:28] The next item on our agenda is regular business.

[17:31] Under regular business, the City Council considers recommendations from City staff on policy matters

[17:37] or administrative actions that require City Council approval and item D1 is

[17:42] recognition of our outgoing City Council member. Ms. Heron, do we have any

[17:47] public comment on this item?

[17:51] Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So for any member of the

[17:53] public wishing to speak on item D1, recognition of outgoing City Council member,

[17:58] please engage that hand feature on the top right side of your screen. We'll have

[18:02] the opportunity to open up their microphone and you may address the City Council at

[18:07] this time.

[18:13] Okay, so our first public commenter will be Pam Jones,

[18:19] Kayla. I'd like to unmute

[18:20] yourself. You may address the city council this time. Good evening and thank you, Pam Jones

[18:27] here. I want to say to you, Catherine Carlton, that I have to acknowledge that at times

[18:35] I was rather harsh and my apologies. I'm deeply grateful for your commitment to minimal park

[18:42] and your passion and tireless service for all of us.

[18:45] You have helped to make Memo Park a better, a great city.

[18:50] I will miss that passion that you demonstrate on the council

[18:53] and most of all, I will miss your smile. Thank you.

[19:01] Thank you for your comment.

[19:05] Our next public commenter will be

[19:08] Gina Papin. Gina, if you'd like to unmute yourself, you may

[19:12] address the city council at this time.

[19:13] Gina,

[19:21] it does look like you are off-nuked.

[19:24] Are you able to engage your microphone?

[19:43] So at this time, our next speaker is going to be

[19:51] Ragnadod Karsar.

[19:54] Forgive me if I can mispronounce your name.

[19:57] Ragnadod Karsar.

[19:59] No, it's actually Ragnadod.

[20:01] Could you hear me?

[20:02] Yes, thank you so much.

[20:03] 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.

[20:17] But I'd like to present this congressional record to Councilmember Kaplan Carlton on behalf of Congresswoman Jackie Spear.

[20:23] We recognize Ms. Carlton for her eight years of service on the City Council of Menlo Park.

[20:29] During her time on the council, Ms. Carlton represented Menlo Park on 12 regional committees

[20:33] or agencies.

[20:35] Under her leadership and guidance, the city has been revitalized.

[20:39] The parks refreshed, the libraries upgraded, long needed infrastructure investments were made,

[20:44] and schools remained strong.

[20:46] She has served as a volunteer with over nine nonprofits among many other accomplishments,

[20:51] 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.

[21:00] We are honored to know and work with Ms. Carlton and wish her all the best in the years ahead.

[21:10] Thank you for your comment.

[21:12] Our next public commenter will be Lynn Bramlett.

[21:16] Lynn, you're off mute and able to address the city council at this time.

[21:19] So

[21:28] again, you hear me?

[21:29] Oh, perfect.

[21:29] Thank you.

[21:30] Okay.

[21:31] I have a new computer.

[21:32] Good evening, counsel.

[21:34] And I certainly want to thank

[21:36] and counsel member Carlton

[21:38] and just say I very much appreciate

[21:41] your eight years of service.

[21:43] I appreciate your quiet dignity

[21:46] that you always had on the council.

[21:48] I certainly admire how

[21:51] your graciousness with people,

[21:53] your tack, your diplomacy,

[21:55] see your general poise as well as very specifically what you accomplished in the

[22:00] areas that you focused on. I appreciate to your support of disaster

[22:06] preparedness in Menlo Park and really caring about your community. And I do

[22:12] want to mention one thing that people may not know and one of the library

[22:17] someone told me how you would even send us give people a ride home from the

[22:21] council meeting who didn't have a car and you know just that kind touch and you

[22:27] know you're not you're not a chest thumper which I really admire but I just

[22:31] want to say you do many kind many quiet acts of kindness and you are very much

[22:38] appreciated and you will be missed.

[22:46] Thank you for coming in.

[22:50] I am going to go to

[22:52] to assembly member Mark Vernon. Mark, you are off mute and able to address the City Council at this time.

[23:01] Great. Thanks so much. And congratulations, Mayor Taylor. I'm your year. Congratulations, General Wilson for getting elected.

[23:10] 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.

[23:20] mental park resident. I want to say thank you for all the work that you've done to

[23:25] make mental park as amazing of a city as it is and then me and my wife are

[23:30] enjoying so much. I remember you and I got elected to City Councils at the

[23:35] same time. I was living in Pellow also then and got elected to the Pellow to City

[23:39] Council same time you got elected to mental park and I remember I think the first

[23:43] time we met might have been in or around Sacramento for the League of

[23:48] training that they did and I remember the first thing I thought to myself is

[23:52] thank God cat wasn't running against me because here is somebody who's been

[23:59] so successful in the private sector who's lived and worked and been successful

[24:03] abroad who'd already volunteered and participated in so many local

[24:09] organizations supporting the community and now you decided to put your efforts

[24:14] towards the city council and I just I'm so grateful since then we've had a lot of meetings

[24:20] whether it's since I've been in the assembly you brought people up for the junior league

[24:25] and we've had really good conversations in my office and Sacramento in my office here

[24:30] around your work around peninsula clean energy and regional leadership on energy policy.

[24:36] It seems like most of us put aside a lot of our additional interests when we serve on a council

[24:43] it seems like you served on the council and you kept you added more things onto your plate

[24:48] in terms of you know the different activities that you did to make mental a park a better place.

[24:54] So I just really thank you for the conversations that we've had whether it was a progress

[24:59] seminar, League of Cities meetings or you know as some other folks mentioned I always know when I talk

[25:06] with Kat that A it's going to be substantive but B you're not going to be yelling at me about a lot

[25:12] of things, which I can't say for everybody. You just have a way about you that is substantive

[25:21] and to the point, but also pleasant, that I really appreciate. So, just really want to say

[25:27] thanks for all you've done for Menlo Park. We have a fancy resolution on its way. Unfortunately,

[25:33] COVID has disrupted the state's ability to turn those out as quickly as we usually do, but it is coming

[25:38] and just thank you so much for your friendship for all your work and look

[25:42] forward to more chats in the future.

[25:48] Thank you, Assemblymember Berman. Our next

[25:51] public commenter will be returning to Gina Pappen. Gina, if you'd like to unmute

[25:56] yourself, you may address the City Council at this time.

[26:00] Naomi? Yes, thank you. Oh, good. Thank you. Sorry about that. Technical difficulties.

[26:07] Cat, you are amazing. Yeah, my name is Gina Pappen. I am on the Milbury City Council

[26:12] and I served with Kat on the legislative committee for CKag and CKag in so many different areas.

[26:20] She has been a fantastic representative, not only from Enlo Park, but regionally.

[26:26] She has brought in honest and respectful opinion to absolutely everything.

[26:33] I have so enjoyed working with you and I hope to work with you in the future.

[26:37] We all have so many great things to do ahead.

[26:40] I wish you the very, very best. Thank you so much for serving your community and the region,

[26:49] Kat, you're great, and I hope that we still get to see you around. I'm sure you are going to be

[26:56] around. Thank you so much. I wish you all the best. Happy holidays to everyone. Thank you.

[27:01] Thank

[27:07] you for your comment and our final hand raise is Laurence Enable,

[27:15] you're on to you

[27:17] and able to address the City Council at this time.

[27:21] Hello, my name is Laurence Ennouce, I've met Catherine around the world in various conferences

[27:28] and large global events and I want to congratulate Catherine Cousin for her dedicated work.

[27:35] No one in my knowledge has been a more incredible, humble, thoughtful, and passionate ambassador to her city.

[27:42] And I want to thank her for the education and inspiration she gave many of us for the last years, all around the world.

[27:48] It's not only in your area in California that people respect her and listen to her and look up to her.

[27:56] It's all over the world and I wanted to thank her for that.

[27:59] And thank you for giving me the chance to say it out loud.

[28:02] Thank you.

[28:03] Thank

[28:07] you for your comment and this would be the final call for any public comments on item D1

[28:15] according with the condition of city council member Carlton seeing

[28:23] no further hands raised

[28:25] and our tailor you may continue. Thank you Ms. Heron and at this time I will read the proclamation.

[28:35] A proclamation expressing the city of mental parks appreciation to Catherine Carlton.

[28:41] where as Catherine Carlton was elected to the City Council in 2012 and reelected in 2016

[28:49] and was selected as Mayor Pro Tem in 2014 and served as Mayor in 2015 and whereas Catherine Carlton

[28:58] served with distinction representing the city on dozens of local regional and state committees

[29:05] and colluding peninsula clean energy, sea cag, league of California city's environmental

[29:12] and public safety policy committees, serving as president of the league's LGBTQ caucus

[29:20] among countless others.

[29:23] And whereas Catherine Carlton was also a champion of small businesses as evidenced by her support

[29:30] for the Responsibility, the Responsible Redevelopment of the El

[29:34] Camino Rial Corridor, her outreach to many residents, excuse me, her

[29:39] outreach to many restaurants and shops that make downtown Menlo Park

[29:43] special, and her efforts to preserve and enhance Santa Cruz Avenue

[29:48] throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by adapting the city's policies to

[29:53] support local businesses, and whereas Catherine Carlton and the City

[29:58] Council.

[29:59] Adopted.

[30:00] 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

[30:29] of Mental Park residents, an updated housing element, housing policies for accessory dwelling

[30:36] units, and density near transit, and whereas Catherine Carlton is known statewide as an

[30:43] ardent supporter of social justice, working to end human trafficking, domestic violence, bullying

[30:50] and discrimination, and whereas Catherine Carlton worked to open community to historical, cultural

[30:58] and business opportunities by supporting the work of the sister city committee to foster friendship and

[31:05] sit in sister city relationships including agreements with cities in Ireland, Japan, India, and China

[31:13] and now therefore it be it flow claimed that the city of Mimile Park it stands its heartfelt

[31:20] appreciation to Catherine Carlton for her years of leadership, dedication, and service to the

[31:26] mental park community.

[31:32] And now I would like to turn the floor to Council member Catherine

[31:37] Carlton.

[31:39] Wow. Thank you. Thank you so much. I want to give my deepest thanks to all of the

[31:45] residents, commissioners, business owners, staff, and the other elected officials who

[31:50] worked with us to make mental park and our larger community, the best place that it can be.

[31:55] Many years ago we had councils who attacked each other on the

[31:58] diaspora, like Gacha with staff. And I'm so happy that we've

[32:01] established a culture where we work together. When talking

[32:05] about United We Stand, most people think of Abraham Lincoln,

[32:09] but it's actually from the Bible. Every kingdom divided against

[32:12] itself is brought to dissolution, and every house divided

[32:16] against itself shall not stand. I've mentioned before when I've

[32:20] spoken that United We Stand divided repal is part of our

[32:23] culture. Even Harry Potter was written to say, we are only as strong as we are united,

[32:29] and weak as we are divided. For Martin Luther King to Benjamin Franklin, agnostic

[32:34] front to Sonny and Cher, Asop's stables to marvel comics across our history and our culture,

[32:41] united we stand, divided we fall, has been a truth that is known and repeated. It has been a

[32:47] very, very weird and difficult year, but I know that the coming year will bring healing,

[32:52] But physical healing in the pandemic, coming under control with the vaccine, which I hope people take, and

[32:58] psychological healing and working together.

[33:00] Be kind to each other. I was delighted that Mayor Taylor mentioned that in her speech, harsh words, put people on the defensive.

[33:08] Kind words inspire compassion and action. Kind words are so much more powerful.

[33:14] I know that people now on council, I know them well as individuals. I remember when Jen first came up concerned about

[33:22] say for us to school when one of the schools opened I've seen her evolve and really respected

[33:27] the amount of work that she's she's put in through the years. I can say without reservation

[33:32] that our council members are all good people who want Menlo Park to be the best place that it can be.

[33:37] They may not agree on every detail of how to get there, but they know not to hold grudges.

[33:42] Someone might vote against you for one thing, but be a great ally on the next.

[33:47] Eve, every single one of these people have earned my respect through the years,

[33:50] And I know that our city is in good hands.

[33:53] I want to say thank you to my family for their support and their patience when I spent

[33:57] all weekend studying my council packet instead of playing with them.

[34:01] And so many weeks, when night after night, I had a council meeting, a subcommittee meeting,

[34:06] a joint power authority meeting of some kind, and it's clean energy, all the different

[34:10] city-related meetings, I cannot say enough about how strong and supportive my husband is.

[34:16] And I want to say thank you again to our city staff for their patients and their dedication.

[34:23] A lot of people don't know.

[34:24] We have staff members from Harvard, from Princeton, people with decades of really amazing experience.

[34:31] And you really don't know how many hours goes into each one of those staff reports.

[34:37] Our staff is critical for the work that we do, and I deeply and sincerely appreciate

[34:42] their patients, their support, everything that they've done through the years to make

[34:46] a successful. I want to say thank you to the other City Council members throughout the region.

[34:52] We sit on state, we sit on regional boards. Most of our real issues are not specific to

[35:00] Menlo Park, housing, traffic, they're all regional issues and we've worked together to address these

[35:07] and so many of you aren't just colleagues you've become really good friends now and I

[35:11] I sincerely have enjoyed working with you and I've learned a lot and I look forward to seeing

[35:18] how that impact grows and develops over time for our communities. And I want to say thank you

[35:22] to the residents of Monroe Park for your faith in electing me twice to the City Council.

[35:28] It has been an absolute honor and privilege to serve you and I leave you in good hands and I want

[35:34] to say thank you to all of you and I want to say welcome to Council Gen. You'll have a lot of fun,

[35:40] it'll be a lot of work, but I think you'll find it one of the most rewarding things you'll do in

[35:44] your lifetime. So, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, I'm going to miss you all so much. I

[35:50] really will, but at least now we don't have to worry about Brown Act. We can get together.

[35:58] So, thank you. I'll miss you a lot and I deeply appreciate everyone's support and their trust in

[36:06] their face. I hope to see you soon. Bye.

[36:14] Thank you, Council Member Carlton. I appreciate

[36:17] everything you just shared, and I saw Council Member Mueller had his hand raised.

[36:25] Yes, so first I have a text from a colleague and a former in another city that he's asked me to read,

[36:33] so I'll read that first. It's from, excuse me, I can see, from Wayne Lee, from Milbury, and Wayne

[36:43] Wayne has written Deer Mayor Taylor and City Council.

[36:47] I regret that I cannot be present in person

[36:49] and express my sincere thanks to each of you.

[36:52] I'm exiting the Milbury City Council after nine years.

[36:55] But I want to express my appreciation for you.

[36:57] I feel unfortunate to serve Milbury, San Mateo County

[37:00] and the City of California as represented

[37:02] on the Association of Bay Area Governments.

[37:05] Congratulations to Mayor Taylor for your outstanding

[37:07] leadership during these unprecedented times.

[37:09] You stated the shift during the crisis

[37:10] and the city respond positively.

[37:13] Thank you to Councilwoman Catherine Carlton,

[37:15] who I consider a wonderful person and friend.

[37:18] We set on many environmental boards and committees

[37:20] and incycling energy as one.

[37:23] We've precluded thousands of greenhouse gases

[37:25] from poisoning or planning.

[37:27] Congratulations and says something about me.

[37:30] Congratulations to Council Member-Elect Jen Wilson.

[37:33] As the former president of the California League of Cities

[37:36] Asian Pacific Islanders Caucus

[37:37] and the current President of San Mateo County API Caucus.

[37:41] We thank Mayor Taylor and the City of Mental Park

[37:42] for supporting and announcing assaults against Asians.

[37:45] San Mateo County API Caucus support diversity and equality.

[37:49] We thank you for your support,

[37:51] a protection for Asians during this difficult time

[37:54] and Chinese villainization due to COVID-19.

[37:57] In summary, it has been a deep, profound honor to work

[38:00] with each of you and I say that you are my friend.

[38:03] I wish you, your staff and daily city citizens well,

[38:06] well, and best wishes for our safe and healthy future,

[38:09] former Wayne J. Lee, a recovering council member,

[38:13] C. D. Milbury.

[38:15] Now, I've read that.

[38:17] Cat, I'm gonna miss the Annan City Council.

[38:19] We've served together for eight years

[38:22] and the way that we were introduced each other,

[38:24] people were trying to force a marriage.

[38:27] And it was funny, we didn't really know each other that well.

[38:31] And during these eight years,

[38:33] it's been a relationship that grew

[38:35] to really to a neutral respect and friendship

[38:39] and really could rely on you.

[38:41] And it's funny you did everything with such clasps

[38:45] during your time on city council.

[38:47] It was always, and it was funny,

[38:48] you'd call me after a council meeting

[38:50] and you'd say, I'm so mad.

[38:51] And I think, I know she's mad,

[38:53] but she's just saying it was such class and so happily.

[38:55] It's hard to imagine she's that mad.

[38:58] And it allows you to get things done.

[39:00] And it was that diplomacy that just really shined through.

[39:04] it allowed you to be so effective on PCE and I always tell people when we did

[39:10] international we did some international events and travel together and I always

[39:14] felt like I was a person carrying your bag because everyone would just

[39:17] responded to you so well. You're such an incredible diplomat and the work that

[39:24] you did in our city, the attention that you pay attention to our downtown and your

[39:29] your spheres advocacy that I know is going to continue. I know that that will continue and I'm

[39:36] going to miss all of it and but I'm going to miss your policy making and to miss your I'm used

[39:41] to working with you on counseling, hearing your input. I'll miss that and I'm going to miss your

[39:46] friendship. So thank you and thank you for the service to the city.

[39:56] Council move in action.

[40:00] The cat I believe we first met about five years ago when you were a member of council and I was

[40:07] active on community matters that were before the council and I've really enjoyed getting to know

[40:13] you over the past two years and you've been a wonderful colleague. I've been amazed at your

[40:19] networking skills with so many government and business relationships as well as your experience

[40:28] on council. It's just been invaluable and thank you for everything. I've appreciated your leadership

[40:33] on the pencil clean energy board and I look forward to staying in touch and not having to worry about

[40:39] the brown act. So thank you for everything.

[40:47] Ice mirror columns. Yeah so first I'll start off

[40:50] and saying I think I was the recipient of one of those drives home back in the day so I can

[40:57] confirm that Lynn Bramlett is accurate. I definitely 100% remember our first conversation

[41:07] because I was new to Menlo Park and I was working from home at the time and so when I saw

[41:13] that the city was accepting applications for bike commissioners, I was like, oh, this seems

[41:18] interesting. It'll get me out of the house. And so I applied. And then I remember some weeks later,

[41:27] I got a call from you and you were the only member of the council that called. And you wanted to

[41:35] know about like sort of what I thought about sort of multi-modal transportation

[41:38] schemes and and about the trade-offs and I was like, why is this woman calling me?

[41:45] I just want to be on the bike commission. Why is she asking me always really

[41:50] in-depth questions about where I what I'm thinking and what I've read when it

[41:54] comes to different approach to transportation. But again, I think that that

[42:01] That speaks to who you are, what I think we've all seen

[42:04] and what has been said previously.

[42:06] You are someone that does their homework

[42:10] with a thoroughness that I have rarely seen

[42:14] over the course of my academic and professional

[42:18] and community service career.

[42:20] And so hats off to you.

[42:22] I think it is a motto for everyone who follows you

[42:26] and then this role, the way in which you've approached

[42:31] the things that we've taken up and so I just like to say it has been a pleasure

[42:38] serving with you on City Council for the past two years. It has been a pleasure serving

[42:46] with you, serving the residents of Memel Park for together for the past seven years. I think

[42:53] there was a recent discussion in closed session where you reminded me that you first voted for me

[42:57] when I employ for the planning commission and so I again thank you for that early support,

[43:03] but thank you for your service more than anything to this community. I'm in awe of it and it has

[43:11] been again a pleasure to see it up close for the past few years.

[43:19] Council Member Mueller.

[43:22] Sorry to go back in, but my phone's lighting up. Former East Palo Alto mayor Larry Moody

[43:27] is reaching out saying much appreciation to Council Member Catherine Carlton and Mayor Taylor.

[43:32] and ask me to share that with you all.

[43:34] So I wanted to make sure I did.

[43:37] Thank you.

[43:38] I'm sad that we can't get together and celebrate,

[43:41] but I think we should do it in August.

[43:43] I'm making the leap of faith that we're

[43:45] going to have a vaccine.

[43:47] And we're going to get this under control.

[43:48] And I look forward to getting together at some point

[43:50] in the near future and celebrating.

[43:52] But before I, I don't know how this is going to work.

[43:55] I guess I'm going to just turn off my camera

[43:57] and then Jen will jump in here.

[43:58] I don't envy Meritailer for the year that you've been mayor.

[44:04] For those of you that don't know Meritailer personally,

[44:09] she's quiet, but she sees everything.

[44:12] And she thinks, I had a professor in college that used to say,

[44:16] do not vomit what you have not yet digested.

[44:19] And I think that Cecilia does a very good job of listening

[44:22] and thinking and considering before she speaks.

[44:26] weeks, and I have just grown to respect her so much through the years and think about

[44:33] everything that you've gone through. What we've had protests coming through Menlo Park,

[44:37] we've had the plague, we've had all these different things, and you have dealt with it

[44:42] with such dignity and such thoughtfulness, and I think a genuine passion, not only for

[44:49] District One, but for the City of Menlo Park and our whole region. And I just wanted to

[44:53] say, I really think that you are an amazing, wonderful person. And I really

[45:00] To steer the city through a very difficult year. So, congratulations. And congratulations to Jen. I know

[45:06] you'll have a wonderful experience on council as well.

[45:12] Thank you, Councilor Recurleton. I really appreciate

[45:15] the kind words about me. I want to share my kind words about you. I remember when I first met you,

[45:22] it was at a San Francisco Speedle Creek JPA meeting. And you asked me, you said, are you sure you want to

[45:29] We're on the council, is that getting a PhD?

[45:33] And you're right, considering the size of our packets.

[45:36] They're pretty massive.

[45:38] But my experience with you just over the past 12 months,

[45:43] I'm especially serving on subcommittees with you.

[45:46] I have a wrong bond of view.

[45:49] And also I have a deep, deep honor and respect for you.

[45:53] Your opinion, your position, your commitment,

[45:56] your tenacity, your honesty,

[45:58] and your love of what you do and I know that wherever you wind up tomorrow morning on whatever

[46:05] your thought is, it will definitely carry those things. I appreciate being able to serve with you.

[46:11] I got my first badge of honor, I believe, running for Council in 2016 and not winning and having the

[46:18] opportunity to sit next to you running the second time. So thank you. Thank you for being welcoming. Thank

[46:25] Thank you for being honest. Thank you for being you. And I look forward to our non-brown

[46:31] act conversations.

[46:37] And Ms. Heron, I have to ask you at this time. I'm not sure what the

[46:41] procedure is.

[46:44] Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So, City Council Member Carlton, you're more than

[46:48] welcome to stay on screen for item D2. City Council Member Elect Wilson will join us for

[46:54] the oath and then she will be with us for the duration of the meeting.

[46:57] Okay.

[47:01] Thank you.

[47:01] And Ms. Herron, I believe at this time we are to take public comment on item D2.

[47:08] Correct.

[47:09] So at this time, if any member of the public wishes to speak on item D2, recognition of outgoing

[47:15] mayor, please engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen.

[47:20] I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the city council at this

[47:25] time or

[47:29] first public commenter will be Julie Chanson.

[47:34] Julie are off mute if you would like to address

[47:36] the city council at this time.

[47:41] So I just wanted to say Mayor Taylor it has been a pleasure to have

[47:46] you at the helm of the city and others have mentioned what a challenge this particular year has been.

[47:53] I think you've risen to it at amazingly and I look forward to all the great things you will still

[48:00] be doing as a member of the City Council. Thank you.

[48:06] Thank you for your comment. Our next public

[48:09] commenter is Gina Pappin.

[48:14] Yes. Perfect. Thank you. Mayor Taylor, I've had the pleasure of working

[48:20] with you on several different things and I so appreciate your honest and truthful representation

[48:28] of the residents of Menlo Park.

[48:32] It's not always easy to keep a city together.

[48:35] You've done an amazing job this year.

[48:38] It's been so challenging for everyone.

[48:41] So thank you for your service.

[48:43] I look forward to working with you in the future.

[48:46] We have many great things to do as far as transportation

[48:50] and what goes on in your city.

[48:52] So I look forward to working with you

[48:54] and the remaining members of the council.

[48:56] I wish you well. Congratulations on a very tough year and a very productive year.

[49:06] Thank you for your comment. Our next public commenter is Josie Garrick.

[49:12] Josie, if you'd like to unmute yourself, you may address the City Council at this time.

[49:17] Great. Can you hear me? Yes, thank you. Mayor Taylor, thank you.

[49:23] Like others have said, you know, every, you know, waking up during the pandemic,

[49:28] we would get messages from you. I just kept thinking to myself they were very

[49:34] reassuring. They were very clear. They provided wonderful leadership during a

[49:39] really stressful time and I just want to say thank you and how much I admire,

[49:43] you know, the leadership that you provided. The other thing I want to say is it's

[49:48] just so wonderful to now have someone representing District One to bring the

[49:55] voices of the community members, you know, or fellow mental park residents from district

[50:00] want into the conversation. And I really appreciate your leadership and just bringing those

[50:06] important voices forward. So thank you for your leadership and I look forward to your continued

[50:11] leadership on the council.

[50:17] Thank you for your comment. So this would be, oh, here we go.

[50:25] Lynn Bramley, did you have a public comment at this time?

[50:31] Yes, I do. On this new computer, I can't really see the hand, so I'll get a pick later.

[50:38] But I do want to express my most sincere appreciation and respect for you, Mayor Taylor.

[50:44] And just the wonderful job that I think you've done as mayor this year.

[50:48] And all the many things you do that a lot of people just know a little bit about and I would say that encampment.

[50:55] 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.

[51:07] And it's just been a huge undertaking.

[51:10] And I'm very appreciative of that.

[51:15] And I've heard that expressed as well by other people.

[51:21] I also want to compliment you on how you've been at these meetings.

[51:25] I thought you had a lot of voice the way you would call on people, be very fair.

[51:29] It was extremely smooth.

[51:32] And for something that, you know, this is new for you.

[51:36] And especially your very first meeting was pretty astonishing to me.

[51:39] you had just been elected and suddenly you had to act in the mayor role because the mayor

[51:46] wasn't at the meeting and it just went so well and there's been a real refreshing

[51:53] realness about you too in addition to the poise and how you are. So I'm very grateful and I think

[52:02] you have very good judgment and I really appreciate all the work you're doing outside your district

[52:07] and for other people. You really care about the city that's evident. And I'm just really glad

[52:14] that you'll still be on the council and we look forward to more contributions from you.

[52:25] Thank you for your comment.

[52:30] Our next public commenter, the name is coming up. It's Kape Zoe.

[52:38] We'd like to unmute yourself. You may address the city council at this time.

[52:49] Again,

[52:50] Zoe, did you have a public comment at this time?

[52:53] You do it.

[52:54] Oh, hi.

[52:55] Sorry.

[52:56] Perfect.

[52:56] Thank you.

[52:58] Okay.

[52:59] Hi.

[53:00] We just wanted to say this is Zoe.

[53:03] Yes, of Cafe Zoe fame.

[53:05] No.

[53:06] And Kathleen, we just wanted to say to Mayor Taylor that she is the epitome of class and grace.

[53:13] Every conversation we leave either inspired, having shared laughter or both.

[53:19] Cecilia, I can't wait to see you again for a gigantic laughter and avocado

[53:25] toes soon. Love you. Hi, it's Kathleen. Just to say Cecilia, it's been an honor

[53:33] ever since the day I met you when you walked into the cafe that first year you

[53:39] ran to help you with your campaign and just to watch you deal with this city, the

[53:46] higher city with such grace, belief in everyone in a year where so much has happened, you know,

[53:58] 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

[54:04] it was your year to be mayor, everything from the Black Lives Matter protest to COVID, to systemic racism,

[54:13] understanding what's really going on in your district but taking on the

[54:18] entire city and caring about the entire city while you so desperately hang on

[54:23] to making things better for Bell Haven in the city at large so it's just an

[54:29] honor and a joy to have you in the cafe light to share you with you know the

[54:38] community that you get to see in this little random cafe but just more

[54:41] 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.

[54:56] Thank you for your comment.

[54:59] So this will be the final call for any public comment on item D2.

[55:03] We're going to the recognition of the outgoing mayor.

[55:09] The next public commenter will be Pamela Jones.

[55:12] Pamela, would you like to address the city council?

[55:15] You may at this time.

[55:16] Yes, thank you. I wouldn't be consistent if I didn't say something about most things on the agenda.

[55:23] But to you, Mayor Taylor, I appreciate the work that you've done, and I too can testify to the

[55:30] grace and compassion that you've had for this past year for the residents of Millow Park and for

[55:37] your council, each council member. And that's quite remarkable. You've been a real credit to our city,

[55:44] you know, to our little community over here and to your family. So I'm really I'm really proud of you.

[55:51] I know that this next year that you will be doing amazing work on behalf of the city of Memo Park

[55:59] and I'm grateful for that and I would like to read two letters that came in as I was asked to read them.

[56:09] This is from Marty Hunter, Cecilia.

[56:13] Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for the Bellhaven community as well as mental park at large.

[56:20] I applaud your commitment, conviction and authenticity in all that you do when making decisions even in the face of adversity.

[56:29] I hope you are proud of what you have accomplished so far,

[56:35] knowing that you have more to go. Congratulations from Marty and Cassandra. The

[56:42] second one, hey, Auntie, just wanted to let you know that I'm very proud of all

[56:49] you've done for Menlo Park. I wish you all going best during this next chapter of

[56:55] your career. Love nephew, Cam.

[57:06] Thank you for your comment and

[57:11] seeing no further

[57:12] hands raised. Mayor Taylor, you may continue. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Hannon, and thank you all

[57:20] for the wonderful things that you have said. I'm actually standing here holding my husband's hand

[57:26] so that I do not cry on camera, but I am humble. And at this time, I'm going to turn the meeting over

[57:38] to Vice Mayor Collins.

[57:44] I think, and seeing is how I have a proclamation to read,

[57:48] but I'll go with Council Member Nass

[57:50] for her since she's raised her hand,

[57:52] and we can get to the proclamation after the comments.

[57:56] Thank you.

[57:57] I just, I wasn't sure what the protocol was.

[58:02] Cecilia, I just wanna say a few words

[58:04] that you've been an excellent voice for a city

[58:07] this tumultuous year.

[58:08] you've led with a steady hand and a strong calm voice and 2020 was a heck of a

[58:16] year to be mayor and thank you so much.

[58:25] Council member Mueller.

[58:29] I just want to

[58:30] express my appreciation so yeah everyone says you're calm but your fears too and

[58:36] it's it's this quiet intensity that's you're not I mean and the number of meetings

[58:41] that you'll schedule, you just stay after it and stay after it and it's like, my only worry

[58:47] sometimes is that you're going to be so exhausted from so many meetings with so many people

[58:52] in this very hard year and you just sailed through, did an amazing job for the city and you're

[58:59] just such an amazing voice or racial equity and inclusion in the city is much stronger having

[59:05] that we'd have in you on council.

[59:07] So thank you for everything you did this year.

[59:17] So I'll chime in and say that like,

[59:20] since I'm talking about when I first met every council member,

[59:25] I remember Mayor Taylor the first time

[59:27] that we met, you had him out me and we met at Cafe Bronya.

[59:32] I think this is when you were in lead up to the first run.

[59:37] And I just remember that there was this,

[59:39] this, it didn't really matter what I was going to say to you, you were running, so but like

[59:45] you were, you were in the information gathering phase and it was one of those situations

[59:49] like this train has left the station, you can get on it or you cannot, but it is moving out.

[59:54] and I appreciate from

[1:00:00] That first moment that every, all of my interactions with you since have run true to that, your determination

[1:00:07] and your focus and your commitment to serving your community is something that I think we should

[1:00:18] all be appreciative of. And so it has been, you know, an employee we've talked about, like, sort of serving

[1:00:27] as mayor doing what has been a really upside down year and a pandemic, literally in

[1:00:37] almost 180 fashion from plenty to famine, to revenue access, to revenue that doesn't

[1:00:50] meet the needs and so and the series of closed sessions that follow great and through all that

[1:00:59] whether it was those meetings where we were digging into ways to cut the budget

[1:01:04] are seeing you with a bullhorn at a protest you rose to the occasion and on all of those situations

[1:01:13] and so which is a testament to you I think a testament to your family and a testament to your

[1:01:20] to your community.

[1:01:21] And so, it has been an honor serving with you

[1:01:25] for the past two years and it's been an honor

[1:01:28] being on council with you as mayor

[1:01:30] and it will be an honor to continue serving with you.

[1:01:35] And that's it, so I'm going to go back to councilmember Mueller.

[1:01:42] I apologize, it happened again, my phone's low enough.

[1:01:45] So, I have a text from Rose Becker staff

[1:01:49] who I believe at one time was president

[1:01:51] of the Bell A of the Neighborhood Association

[1:01:53] 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.

[1:02:10] With that, I'm going to read the proclamation now.

[1:02:15] This is, I think, my first time reading one of these. So please become.

[1:02:20] Okay, here we go.

[1:02:22] Whereas the facility Taylor was first selected to City Council in 2018 was selected as mayor

[1:02:28] pro-chem for 2019 and served as mayor in 2020.

[1:02:32] And whereas mayor Taylor has demonstrated a dedication and fortitude in leading the city

[1:02:36] as mayor during the COVID-19 pandemic and the face of uncertainty and while pushing it

[1:02:41] for enhanced communication, collaborative solutions, and equity for all.

[1:02:45] And whereas Mayor Taylor worked to secure mineral parks, dedication of $100,000 in funds

[1:02:51] to help those in need pay for rent, food, utilities, and other necessities through a partnership

[1:02:56] with Samaritan House, the creation of programs to support local businesses suffering due to

[1:03:00] the ongoing pandemic and a rate assistance pilot program that will help solid waste and water

[1:03:05] customers make ends meet in the face of rising costs.

[1:03:09] And whereas Mayor Taylor successfully advocated for environmental justice, adopting the city's

[1:03:14] ambitious climate action plan,

[1:03:16] reason awareness about the threat of sea level rise,

[1:03:19] adopting a transportation master plan

[1:03:21] to address impacts of traffic and safety

[1:03:24] and the quality of life of memo prep residents,

[1:03:27] lobbying for and achieving the installation of air quality

[1:03:29] monitors by the County of San Mateo

[1:03:31] and noise monitors through the SFO round table

[1:03:34] and whereas Mayor Taylor presided over what is likely

[1:03:38] the most city council meetings on one year

[1:03:41] recent memory, called for and served on numerous subcommittees to address important issues,

[1:03:46] such as development, homelessness, and a new multi-generational community campus.

[1:03:51] And whereas Mayor Taylor demonstrated her commitment to serving all a mental park by making

[1:03:56] herself available and accessible to all through virtual town hall meetings, regular office hours,

[1:04:02] and countless emails and phone calls. And now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council

[1:04:07] recognizes and honors Cecilia Taylor for dedication and service to the mental part community.

[1:04:15] And so, and with that I would ask Mayor Taylor to have some comments, if you'd like.

[1:04:22] Yes, and thank you, Vice Mayor Cones, Council Member Nash, Council Member Carlton, and Council

[1:04:28] Member Mueller. I appreciate all of your kind words and definitely the public that called in for

[1:04:34] comment. I remember when we did the transition last year, and I remember insisting that the

[1:04:44] picture is the five of us, not just me, because I see this as a collective work. Even what the

[1:04:53] title is mayor and vice mayor, we still need the rest of the council. So I appreciate everything

[1:04:59] that all of you have done. I appreciate all the kind words that you shared with me this evening,

[1:05:05] and I appreciate the work that we have ahead of us because there definitely is a lot,

[1:05:10] but I will take this moment just to accept and appreciate the recognition. I am eternally grateful,

[1:05:19] and I'm grateful. So thank you.

[1:05:25] And I believe I am supposed to continue on here. So the next item on

[1:05:30] our agenda. I am proud to say that we will be swearing in our city council members.

[1:05:37] Ms. Harold, do we have a comment on this item?

[1:05:40] On that note, I will say goodbye and leave you.

[1:05:45] Hi. I genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, love and respect, you guys. I'll miss you,

[1:05:50] but I'm going to go out with my family now to a downtown restaurant and have dinner.

[1:05:58] support your local businesses. And thank you all very much. I love that where we seem to be

[1:06:04] leaving on the theme of be kind. I think that's a wonderful, wonderful place to leave you

[1:06:09] and congratulations to Jen. I know you'll do a great job. Bye everybody.

[1:06:14] Thank you.

[1:06:19] Thank you, Mayor Taylor. So at this time, if any member of the public wishes to speak

[1:06:23] on item D3, which will be the swearing university council members, city council member Mueller,

[1:06:29] and City Council member will listen. Please engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen.

[1:06:35] I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the City Council at this time.

[1:06:45] This will be the last call for any public comment on item D3,

[1:06:49] swearing in of City Council members, Mueller and Susan.

[1:06:56] Seeing none, Mayor Taylor.

[1:07:02] Ms. Haren, I believe at this time you were swearing the new council members.

[1:07:06] 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.

[1:07:21] 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.

[1:07:31] We can do that. Thank you, Mr. Councilmember Mueller.

[1:07:36] So, City Councilmember Wolison, if you would like to join us at this time.

[1:07:50] Hello, Wolison family. I'd like to introduce Gabe Naomi Jonah.

[1:07:56] I don't see sky. That's their, their fur baby.

[1:07:59] There. Welcome welcome.

[1:08:04] And so at this time, Councilmember Wolison, if you could have your family swear you in.

[1:08:16] I am well I assume do solemnly affirm do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend

[1:08:25] that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of

[1:08:32] the state of California and the constitution of the state of California against all enemies

[1:08:37] against all enemies foreign and domestic foreign and domestic.

[1:08:42] So they're true faith and religions that I will bear true faith and the

[1:08:47] legions, the Constitution of the United States, to the Constitution of the United States,

[1:08:53] and the Constitution of the State of California, and the Constitution of the

[1:08:57] State of California. That I take this obligation freely, that I take this

[1:09:02] obligation freely, without any mental reservation,

[1:09:12] without any mental

[1:09:12] I will well and faithfully.

[1:09:14] And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties,

[1:09:18] discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter,

[1:09:22] upon which I am about to enter.

[1:09:28] Luke.

[1:09:32] Looks like I have a new city council members

[1:09:35] in our city clerked in my regimen here,

[1:09:38] beautifully done.

[1:09:39] Thank you.

[1:09:40] Hi, Grace.

[1:09:41] Good to see you.

[1:09:44] All right, and at this time,

[1:09:46] I'd like to introduce Kristin Max and L

[1:09:49] to swear in City Council Member Mildred.

[1:10:06] You solemnly affirm, you solemnly affirm,

[1:10:09] that I will support and defend.

[1:10:11] I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States,

[1:10:14] the Constitution of the United States,

[1:10:16] and the Constitution of the City of California,

[1:10:18] and the Constitution of the City of California.

[1:10:20] Against all enemies,

[1:10:22] and install enemies,

[1:10:23] or anistic,

[1:10:24] or anistic,

[1:10:25] that I will bear to be an allegiance.

[1:10:28] That I will bear to be an allegiance,

[1:10:30] to the Constitution of the United States,

[1:10:33] to the Constitution of the United States,

[1:10:35] and the Constitution of the State of California,

[1:10:38] and the Constitution of the State of California.

[1:10:41] Then I take his obligation freely,

[1:10:43] but I take this obligation freely

[1:10:45] without any mental reservation,

[1:10:47] without any mental reservation,

[1:10:49] or purpose of evasion,

[1:10:51] and that I will well and facefully,

[1:10:54] and that I will well and faithfully,

[1:10:56] discharge the duties,

[1:10:57] discharge the duties,

[1:10:58] on which I am about to answer.

[1:11:04] Great job. Thank you. That's so much more fun than having me do it. I like

[1:11:12] all

[1:11:18] right. So we will give City Council Member Mueller just a couple of minutes here to go back to

[1:11:25] his workstation and then Mayor Taylor you may continue on to item D for.

[1:11:40] Excuse me Mayor Taylor.

[1:11:47] Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the current council

[1:11:56] and especially outgoing council member Carlton for her graciousness both serving on council

[1:12:05] and helping me during this transition. She's been incredibly generous with advice.

[1:12:11] and her time. And I'm looking forward to seeking her council in the years ahead.

[1:12:18] And I also wanted to thank Mayor Taylor for her incredible leadership during this unbelievable year.

[1:12:25] And how remarkable it was to watch you in action. And I learned a lot from you.

[1:12:31] And I hope to continue to learn a lot from you in the years to come.

[1:12:35] 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.

[1:12:45] 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.

[1:12:58] And I'm just feeling a lot of love and gratitude this evening.

[1:13:03] And it was especially heartwarming to get to share this experience with my children.

[1:13:10] My son has been sharing to his class because I can hear him all day long.

[1:13:15] That his mom is going to be the new counsel person.

[1:13:19] So for him, getting to see this play out is a real joy.

[1:13:24] 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.

[1:13:35] 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.

[1:13:45] 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.

[1:13:57] 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.

[1:14:05] I met my best friend on next door. We had our first date at the park down the street at Seminary Oaks Park.

[1:14:12] and I've just continued to meet such incredible people over the year. Parents, while we are watching

[1:14:19] gymnastics or swim classes, everyone that I seem to bump into in memo park really cares about this

[1:14:26] community. And I've also noticed that the more I've given to the community and the more I've put myself

[1:14:32] out there and participated, the more I've gotten back. And I can't believe where I am now on that

[1:14:40] journey of receiving so much from Menlo Park and from the people of Menlo Park and I'm just so

[1:14:47] grateful for all of that and I want to encourage all of those of you who are watching who may be

[1:14:55] considering, you know, getting involved in city affairs.

[1:15:17] 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

[1:15:29] to say that while the vaccine is arriving, so is the surge.

[1:15:36] And I wanted to say for a moment to please continue.

[1:15:40] I just got the Menlo Park mask.

[1:15:43] Continue to wear your masks.

[1:15:45] Don't put it down when you're talking to others.

[1:15:48] Keep it up.

[1:15:49] If you're not feeling good, stay home.

[1:15:52] Don't wait for your test result.

[1:15:54] If you're just not feeling good, stay home.

[1:15:56] get tested. There's a new curative booth at Ravenswood and Millfield in District 3 and you

[1:16:04] can sign up at curative.com to get tested. And just remember that we all have to look out for

[1:16:10] each other and be responsible. And if you are planning on traveling over the holidays, when you get

[1:16:16] back quarantine, remember your neighbors and those who are more vulnerable to catching COVID. And

[1:16:24] And in closing, I just wanted to say that this year has been, you know, a hard, oftentimes

[1:16:32] dark year. And tonight is the 6th night of Hanukkah. And Hanukkah teaches us that in darkness,

[1:16:40] we don't just give up, we light a candle. And so I've been so in awe of all of you in

[1:16:48] this community who have been lighting candles throughout this dark year. And I look forward

[1:16:52] to continuing to work together when brighter days come to do what we can to make our community

[1:17:00] as wonderful and strong as it can be. So thank you, and I look forward to getting to work.

[1:17:07] And I'll take this off. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Wilson. Council Member Mueller.

[1:17:14] I just briefly just want to thank the residents for the city and the city of Menlo Park for

[1:17:21] last eight years to represent them. It was an honor to do so. And I'm incredibly grateful to the

[1:17:29] residents of District 5 for the opportunity to carry on.

[1:17:34] And frankly, for my supporters who

[1:17:36] helped me. And then I have to mention and it was great to have them swear me in how great

[1:17:44] I am to my wife, Kristen and the kids,

[1:17:48] the Maxinelli for their love and support

[1:17:50] and for their permission to keep going.

[1:17:53] So, thank you.

[1:17:58] Thank you and congratulations to the both of you

[1:18:02] and our next item on the agenda is item D4,

[1:18:06] which is the selection of the 2021 mayor and vice mayor.

[1:18:10] And at this time, I'll go to our city clerk.

[1:18:13] Do we have any public comment?

[1:18:15] Thank you, Mayor Taylor.

[1:18:16] 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.

[1:18:28] We'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the city council at this time.

[1:18:38] So final call for public comment on item D4, the selection of mayor and vice mayor for 2021 and

[1:18:51] seeing no hands raised mayor Taylor, you may continue.

[1:18:53] 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.

[1:19:10] I'll second that.

[1:19:12] Is that a seconding thing?

[1:19:16] Yes, we can take a second if there are no other nominations.

[1:19:22] 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.

[1:19:56] 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.

[1:20:05] is unanimously, so congratulations to Mayor Colton's.

[1:20:11] And at this time, Ms. Heron, will I be turning the meeting over to our new mayor?

[1:20:17] Yes.

[1:20:18] Thank you, City Council Member Taylor.

[1:20:24] Okay, so and my first act is to take nominations for Vice Mayor.

[1:20:29] Yes, thank you.

[1:20:33] Council Member Mueller.

[1:20:36] I'd like to nominate Council Member Betsy Nash.

[1:20:42] Council Member Woolison.

[1:20:44] Well, I was going to second that.

[1:20:45] Okay, I forgot there's a motion and then a thing. I'm new.

[1:20:49] So are there any further nominations for Vice Mayor? Seeing none, I have a motion on the floor

[1:20:56] by City Council Member Mueller and a second by City Council Member Wilson to select City Council Member

[1:21:02] Nash as Vice Mayor. Any further questions or comments?

[1:21:09] Seeing none, Vice or City Council Member Mueller?

[1:21:13] Yes,

[1:21:16] 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.

[1:21:34] Yes, congratulations.

[1:21:38] to make a comment or two.

[1:21:41] 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.

[1:21:58] Thank you.

[1:21:59] Thank you for those comments. I also look forward to working with you. I'll say briefly,

[1:22:07] before we move on to the next item, when I sort of envision the possibility of becoming there,

[1:22:13] it wasn't in my bedroom.

[1:22:17] But I have to say that it makes, to me, the honor no less special,

[1:22:23] So, in fact, maybe it makes it even a little bit more special that I am sort of taking

[1:22:29] over as mayor doing what is, you know, very challenging times, I'm on urge.

[1:22:37] I'm also humbled, as I said two years ago, when my neighbors elected me, the first representative

[1:22:44] of District 2, that I was humbled that they were entrusting in me, this responsibility,

[1:22:50] I'm now humbled that you, my colleagues, are interested in me.

[1:22:53] I know it's a rotation, but I am humbled that you're interested in me,

[1:22:59] this responsibility to lead the city as mayor during what is a challenging time for our community,

[1:23:09] our country and our world.

[1:23:11] I would be remiss if I didn't use this opportunity to thank my family, especially my wife Alexa,

[1:23:20] who has approached the sacrifice that has been this surface to the community with a

[1:23:28] poise and income, even as there has been, again, so much change in all of our lives because

[1:23:35] of the pandemic.

[1:23:36] I believe in changes in our own life with moving.

[1:23:40] I think a couple of times,

[1:23:41] and also welcoming a new photo one and two into our home.

[1:23:46] And all that she has been very accepting

[1:23:50] and accommodating of the sacrifice that this has been.

[1:23:57] To my children, I learned the newest one

[1:24:01] 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.

[1:24:17] 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.

[1:24:31] or we don't, but we all need to cross the finish line.

[1:24:37] 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.

[1:24:46] And in that book, there's a mayor who rides around town in a big limousine.

[1:24:52] And so I've been over the past couple of weeks having to disabuse daily of this idea

[1:24:57] that there will be any limousine coming to pick us up anytime soon, but it has been

[1:25:08] even though there certainly have been sacrifices, it has been an honor to show them, show my daughter that, again, the value of community.

[1:25:21] I'll just say that like, what can you expect me as a man besides a kid screaming in the

[1:25:29] background on these calls?

[1:25:32] I think for staff, for the community, for my colleagues, I think you can expect what

[1:25:38] you've gotten for the past two years in approach to the responsibilities of this position with

[1:25:47] with integrity, with a thoroughness, with a fairness, and yes, it's sometimes a doggedness.

[1:25:54] It is, but that is me, and that won't change. I'll say just as a final point, I really do hope

[1:26:07] that 2021 is a year of recovery having nothing to do with me being mayor, but as a testament

[1:26:17] to all of us, like to this community, to our ability to sacrifice when needed and when this

[1:26:27] community, I mean, mental parking in the world, right? The ability to sacrifice when needed

[1:26:33] a commitment to science and for me I see in those again like I say that the

[1:26:41] sees of the recovery and so for me I hope that that is mayor I get to see our

[1:26:49] community recover. So with that I will move on to the next the next

[1:26:56] agenda item. Thanks for hearing me out.

[1:27:04] And it is a D5 a point city council

[1:27:06] also represented as an alternates to various local and regional agency and as liaisons and members to city council advisory bodies.

[1:27:14] To introduce this item, I'm going to turn to city clerk Judy here.

[1:27:20] Thank you, Maricoms. So I don't have any formal presentation, much more information about what was presented in the staff report.

[1:27:28] 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

[1:27:44] ethical advisory bodies and that does include my very very presentation.

[1:27:53] So with that said like can we as it makes sense can we sort of approach these? Does

[1:28:01] there need to be like a motion with regards to these actions and can we approach it like when it comes to

[1:28:06] like sort of the standard mayoral vice mayoral appointments can can we just by

[1:28:13] acclimation except that will follow tradition on that or do we need to make some specific action.

[1:28:20] So for the assignments that are typically assigned to the mayor and or vice mayor we can you

[1:28:26] can direct staff to do that and that that's not a problem. When it comes to the other assignments that

[1:28:34] require appointment for either a primary or an alternate that will have to be done line by line

[1:28:41] but we can do one motion to approve all the direction from City Council.

[1:28:48] Okay. Well, that works for me. So then we'll skip the mayoral assignments and go straight

[1:28:54] into the regional assignments. And again, I know there are some spots where former Council

[1:29:01] Member Carlton is the primary. And so certainly we'll have to have a seat action on that.

[1:29:06] with regards, so I'll start off the, there's.

[1:29:09] Mayor Combs, pardon my interruption.

[1:29:11] Should we take public comment first?

[1:29:14] Yeah, let's do that.

[1:29:15] Perfect.

[1:29:16] So if any member of the public wishes to comment

[1:29:18] on item D5, the Point City Council representatives

[1:29:21] and alternates to various local and regional agencies,

[1:29:25] and as liaison and members to City Council advisory bodies,

[1:29:29] please engage that hand feature

[1:29:30] on the top right side of your screen.

[1:29:32] I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone

[1:29:34] and you may address the City Council at this time.

[1:29:41] Okay, final call for any public comment on D5,

[1:29:45] regarding City Council appointments

[1:29:47] to local and regional agencies and advisory bodies,

[1:29:54] seeing no hands raised.

[1:30:00] 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

[1:30:30] any clarifying questions. If my plan just to be clear was again like we just go line by line and

[1:30:37] and you know see if there if there's interest or if there's any change and then go on like that

[1:30:46] but if anyone wants to approach it a little bit differently until we open well

[1:30:56] then we can we can start

[1:30:58] with the airport community roundtable council member tailors is primary and informal council member

[1:31:04] or Carlton is alternate.

[1:31:06] Councilmember Brickhaler,

[1:31:08] it is your desire to stay the primary on that.

[1:31:11] Yes.

[1:31:13] Okay, and so is there anyone interested

[1:31:15] in being the alternate Councilmember Mueller?

[1:31:21] Okay.

[1:31:22] Yes, nice.

[1:31:24] And if we're all good with that,

[1:31:26] then we'll move on to BASCA,

[1:31:30] the Bay Area Water and Supply and Conservation Agency.

[1:31:33] and see currently council member,

[1:31:36] a former council member, Keith has been serving

[1:31:38] as the representative because the terms there are gone

[1:31:44] actually mirror the terms on council.

[1:31:48] It is my understanding that if it is the desire

[1:31:51] of this council that we can ask a former council member Keith

[1:31:56] for her resignation and appoint a current member

[1:32:00] of the council. And so, with that background, is there the desire to move in the direction

[1:32:08] of having a current council member serve on this board? Council member Mueller.

[1:32:16] I actually am interested in serving on this board. So it matches up with some interest

[1:32:20] Sunday with the serve provider foundation on their blue water task force. So I think it would

[1:32:27] to marry that well, and also be beneficial to the city.

[1:32:32] Overall, I will say that I am supportive

[1:32:35] of a current council member serving on the board,

[1:32:40] but I'll open up a council member Nash.

[1:32:45] So I am also supportive of a current council member

[1:32:48] serving on the board, and if it's possible,

[1:32:51] I would love to add something that whoever serves

[1:32:56] is willing to commit to stepping off the board at the time when they are no longer serving

[1:33:01] on council.

[1:33:06] That's a fair, fair for my perspective. I will commit to that now. If I am so

[1:33:14] appointed, when my council term ends, I will step down. And I'll just say for some reason

[1:33:22] the future I'm ever on BASCA in relation to being on council. If I'm not on council, I

[1:33:27] I will also commit to stepping down, but yeah, okay,

[1:33:32] till we do, we should for this, should we have an alternate selected,

[1:33:39] because we haven't had one with Councilmember Keith,

[1:33:43] is do we not do an alternate with this appointment?

[1:33:47] That's a question to anyone on staff who would know the answer.

[1:33:52] So this appointment is typically done by the mayor and vice mayor,

[1:33:59] I do not believe an alternate is required of BASCA, however, it is a nice staff if the

[1:34:05] primary is unable to attend.

[1:34:09] Well, we have Council Member Mueller expressing interest in being a primary.

[1:34:14] Council Member Nash, would you be interested in being the alternate for the secondary?

[1:34:18] I'd be happy to be the alternate.

[1:34:24] 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.

[1:34:38] 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.

[1:34:49] Yeah, Mayor comes. I would be very interested in serving on this because of district three in the train.

[1:34:57] So I'm happy to be the alternate if Betsy wants to serve as the primary.

[1:35:04] Council member Nash.

[1:35:05] So I actually would prefer not to be the primary jumping ahead a little bit.

[1:35:10] I've been the alternate for PCE, which conflicts time wise. So it's a difficult situation.

[1:35:15] I'm happy to be the primary member then.

[1:35:17] Exactly. That would be great.

[1:35:19] If no one else is interested, I'm more than happy to be the alternate.

[1:35:24] But I'm also very happy to step off if someone else.

[1:35:28] Yeah.

[1:35:30] Councilmember Mueller, are you okay with the Councilmember?

[1:35:33] What was in being a primary in Councilmember Nash being the alternate? Are you rolling off?

[1:35:37] No, I'm fine. Yeah. I'm fine coming off.

[1:35:40] Actually.

[1:35:41] Councilmember Nash.

[1:35:41] Given the time conflict, if you would like to be the alternate, I would be more than happy

[1:35:49] to roll off.

[1:35:50] I can go either way.

[1:35:53] I'm fine then to stay at the alternate, that's fun.

[1:35:58] And then these two members then are also de facto than the two members of the RELSOB committee

[1:36:05] correct.

[1:36:09] Are those separate?

[1:36:10] Someone can correct me if I can get their separate.

[1:36:13] Thank you, Americans, for pointing that out.

[1:36:15] Rails up committee would be reflective of the countering

[1:36:18] modernization local policy group.

[1:36:21] So if city council members will listen and

[1:36:24] Mueller are okay with also contributing to the Rails

[1:36:27] up committee, then we can take those as both.

[1:36:30] Council member Nash, I forgot that that was a piece of it.

[1:36:37] Cause I'm interested in the Rails up committee,

[1:36:41] the city, although I'm actually, I would just, no, I'm fine. Thank you.

[1:36:49] Absolutely fine. Councilor Nash, you are. That's fine.

[1:36:53] I think I will have more than enough on my plate. Thank you.

[1:36:56] Okay.

[1:36:58] Okay, totally, totally cool.

[1:37:01] So then we have the City County Association of Governments of San Mateo County.

[1:37:07] and we currently have former council member Carlton as the primary and council member Nash as the

[1:37:16] alternate and so obviously we'll need a primary there is the council member Taylor.

[1:37:23] I'm interested in being primary on CKAC. Is there any other interest?

[1:37:32] I'd be interested in being the alternate if Betsy feels like her schedule's filled.

[1:37:37] but I would defer to Betsy if she wants to stick with it.

[1:37:42] I would be.

[1:37:43] I was also interested in being the alternate, but that's fine.

[1:37:52] I cannot accept to you.

[1:37:54] It's if people have to feel strongly about it, I can wait.

[1:37:56] But if I'd love to do it next year, if I'm not doing it this year, so.

[1:38:00] So it's so hard doing this process because you don't know how everything else is going

[1:38:08] to shake out.

[1:38:10] Can we come back to this?

[1:38:12] Can we see how other things like how much is filling up or is that awkward?

[1:38:19] Okay, so but then Councilmember Taylor has expressed a desire to be the primary and so we can

[1:38:26] hold that and say that we're going to revisit the alternative.

[1:38:30] I would appreciate that because then depending how other things that will know more about our schedules and everything.

[1:38:37] Kelly Fair. There is in the County of Santa Clara Community Resources Group for Stanford University in

[1:38:44] Council for Bernache is the primary and council member Taylor is the alternate. Is there any desire for

[1:38:52] change in personnel there or is keeping that fine? Okay cool let's emergency services council

[1:39:00] San Mateo County JPA, we have a council member, Taylor, as the primary and I'm the alternate.

[1:39:11] Are you fine with continuing to be a primary council member, Taylor?

[1:39:15] Yes.

[1:39:17] Is there anyone? I'm also fine with being the alternate, but if there's anyone who has a desire

[1:39:21] to be the alternate, then I'm also fine with throwing off.

[1:39:28] Then we'll keep that.

[1:39:30] There is the Facebook local community fund, which has, is this a Councilmember Mueller is

[1:39:40] the primary and Councilmember Carlson as an alternate Councilmember Mueller.

[1:39:46] I'm happy to come off of it, so I've been on it for a while, happy to come off of it.

[1:39:52] Okay.

[1:39:53] So then we have two open spots, the primary and the alternate for the Facebook local community

[1:39:58] fund.

[1:39:58] Obviously, I'm recused, so I can't mention that.

[1:40:01] My council member, Sheila.

[1:40:04] I'm happy to be primary.

[1:40:07] OK, and so is the council member,

[1:40:10] Nashville, and would either one of you like to be the alternate

[1:40:14] for the Facebook logo community fund.

[1:40:17] I would be happy to, but I'm fine not to as well.

[1:40:22] Yeah, if you need someone, I'll do it, but.

[1:40:24] OK, well, so we'll go with council member Nash

[1:40:26] and see was the first one to talk.

[1:40:30] Okay, the grand boulevard task force and so

[1:40:35] current personnel is Council Member Nash as the primary and I'm the alternate

[1:40:42] Council Member Nash, do you desire some change or would you prefer to remain the primary?

[1:40:49] So I actually would like to roll off, but the task force, the grand boulevard is no longer meeting

[1:40:55] 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.

[1:41:13] 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.

[1:41:20] Okay, does anyone have a desired council member Wilson?

[1:41:26] Yeah, I'm happy to take it unless anyone else wants it.

[1:41:29] So you'll be the primary and I'll be the I'll stay the secondary for the alternate.

[1:41:36] Um, the heart board member agency committee.

[1:41:39] this range, this currently has Councilmember Mueller, a primary and Councilmember Nash as the alternate, is there Councilmember Nash?

[1:41:54] 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.

[1:42:08] So, but it looks like an interesting board, but I'm fine rolling off if someone else is interested.

[1:42:15] Council member Mueller.

[1:42:17] I'm happy to stay on.

[1:42:19] If we need to fill it, like I'm happy to stay on it.

[1:42:23] But there's strong desire for someone else to take it. I can roll off as well.

[1:42:28] Okay. I'll cancel my rule. Listen.

[1:42:30] Yeah, I'm willing to serve on that one.

[1:42:34] But I'm not going to.

[1:42:36] Okay, so yeah, so then let's then keep Councilmember Mueller as the primary and Councilmember

[1:42:42] Wilson, you can be the alternate and

[1:42:48] okay, so then we have a PCE currently Councilmember

[1:42:52] Carlton is the primary and then Councilmember Nash is the alternate Councilmember Nash,

[1:42:58] I'm assuming that you want to move into the primary role. Okay, so what's the interest in

[1:43:02] that alternate Councilmember Mueller? If no one else is interested in alternate, I'm happy

[1:43:07] to take it since Councilmember Nash and I ended up doing a lot of environmental work together.

[1:43:14] So, that's fine with me any objection?

[1:43:19] Yeah, I'm interested, but I really respect the work you guys are doing and that's fine.

[1:43:27] Yeah, I think you know what? Actually, you know what? Councilmember Wilson, I really believe it's

[1:43:32] important to like share the subject matter. So if you want it, why don't you go ahead

[1:43:39] and jump in?

[1:43:39] Why not?

[1:43:40] How about if you, maybe this is the time, then if you want to take C. Cag and I, I take

[1:43:47] B, does that sound reasonable?

[1:43:49] That sounds great.

[1:43:50] Yeah.

[1:43:50] That sounds great.

[1:43:51] I think the more the more people involved in that matter, the better.

[1:43:55] Wonderful.

[1:43:56] Thank you.

[1:43:58] See how that worked itself out?

[1:44:01] 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?

[1:44:20] Yes.

[1:44:21] Okay. Is there any objections to that?

[1:44:23] Okay, totally cool.

[1:44:27] The San Mateo County mosquito and vector control district,

[1:44:31] this has a council member Carlton as the primary.

[1:44:37] And so, is this one of those.

[1:44:42] City clerk here, does this run separately?

[1:44:46] Does this appointment run separately than the council appointment?

[1:44:49] So for the mosquito and vector control district this is a city council appointed position this year we have

[1:45:00] 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.

[1:45:16] Council Member Newer.

[1:45:19] 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.

[1:45:30] If the council's supportive of that, I know she's passionately

[1:45:35] of being attending trainings for Councilmember Renash.

[1:45:40] Thank you. I actually, I am very much in favor of keeping Councilmember Carlton on, or I'm sorry.

[1:45:48] Cat, Catherine Carlton on it.

[1:45:52] What I wanted to say is that this is actually a slightly different situation.

[1:45:58] 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

[1:46:04] Perhaps we can put it in a slightly different

[1:46:07] category so that it's not it's on the sheet, but it's not confused with other appointments with traditionally council members.

[1:46:16] Yes. Thank you, Vice Mayor Nash. This appointment does not require the appointment of a city council member.

[1:46:23] It can be a member of the public, a resident of Memal Park.

[1:46:26] 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.

[1:46:37] Okay, so we're all we're all good with that.

[1:46:41] And there's no need for it and alternate their rate.

[1:46:45] That is correct because there's a separate appointment. Okay, totally cool.

[1:46:48] So, then we have the South Basite Wies Management Authority.

[1:46:53] And so, we have former Council Member Carlton,

[1:46:56] as a primary and then Council Member Taylor

[1:46:59] as the alternate council member Taylor.

[1:47:02] Do you have a desire to move into the primary spot?

[1:47:08] This is for doing, I don't know, okay,

[1:47:11] this is the fourth Thursday.

[1:47:12] Can we come back to this one?

[1:47:13] I just want to make sure and look at the schedule

[1:47:16] so that there is an overlap.

[1:47:18] Okay.

[1:47:19] Okay.

[1:47:20] If assuming the schedule works up, Council Member Taylor would take over the primary.

[1:47:26] We still would have to not open.

[1:47:28] Is there an interest from anyone else on council?

[1:47:34] If not, then I'll take the either the secondary primary depending on what works for Councilmember

[1:47:43] Taylor's schedule.

[1:47:45] Does that, does that sound right?

[1:47:46] Although, I think that the issue though here is that there is a conflict with the the

[1:47:55] Creed JPA meeting because I think that that came up when I was the alternate last year

[1:48:02] here.

[1:48:03] So, I don't know that if I am the alternate, then that should be fine, but I probably won't

[1:48:11] be able to serve as the primary.

[1:48:14] So maybe if your schedule doesn't work out Council Member Taylor, we can revisit the issue.

[1:48:20] Okay. Thank you.

[1:48:23] Okay.

[1:48:24] So cool.

[1:48:25] So Claire Karen, are we all cool with the regional assignments from your perspective?

[1:48:34] Yes.

[1:48:34] Yes, and just for clarity back to CCAG would just like to confirm that section.

[1:48:45] We have the primary as city council member Taylor and the alternate city council member

[1:48:50] Mueller.

[1:48:50] Is that correct?

[1:48:51] Correct.

[1:48:52] Perfect.

[1:48:53] Then, yes, we can return to SBWMA after we look at the advisory body of this.

[1:49:02] 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.

[1:49:16] 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?

[1:49:26] I mean, I've been on it for a long time,

[1:49:29] so I think it's probably good that other people

[1:49:34] but the council desires me to stay for continuity.

[1:49:37] So there's one person who's continuing with it, I can,

[1:49:41] but I think it's, but if people are ready to jump in there,

[1:49:45] I'm also ready to roll off.

[1:49:48] So we have either one or two spots open

[1:49:51] on the finance and audit committee.

[1:49:52] I counsel Renash.

[1:49:53] 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

[1:50:10] 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.

[1:50:21] Well, I'll chime in first and then let Councilmember Mueller chime in on that.

[1:50:27] And maybe even the city court has, I think, some comments on that maybe.

[1:50:33] I have been supportive of that.

[1:50:36] I don't think that that proposal had three votes last time we discussed it.

[1:50:40] 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

[1:50:58] 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.

[1:51:15] Councilmember Mueller.

[1:51:17] 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.

[1:51:29] And so you'd have one person roll on and one person stay.

[1:51:32] 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.

[1:51:42] 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.

[1:52:10] I mean, if there's no interest from anyone else, then I'm totally fine with what's staying on.

[1:52:18] 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.

[1:52:28] So, since the last time we approach this topic.

[1:52:35] Okay, so then the personnel for the Finance and Honor Committee will stay as Mueller and Combs.

[1:52:44] So then there's the advisory body based on.

[1:52:48] And so there is complete streets commission, which I am on the.

[1:52:58] 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.

[1:53:09] Council member, we'll listen.

[1:53:11] Yeah, I appreciate that.

[1:53:13] 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.

[1:53:26] If that's kind of where I'm thinking.

[1:53:29] 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.

[1:53:39] And I would also if there is no one else I would also be willing to do to do library.

[1:53:44] If there's there's no one else interested in council member Nash.

[1:53:51] Excuse me, I have an interest in staying on the EQC.

[1:53:55] And my apologies, vice mayor Nash.

[1:54:01] So, okay, so then let's say that like so.

[1:54:07] I think you say it only if you see is fine as you know, no objections to that.

[1:54:12] As you know, objection to councilmember Woolison taking over planning.

[1:54:19] Let's say that there's no objections to me taking over parks and rack.

[1:54:23] 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.

[1:54:37] No one.

[1:54:38] Okay.

[1:54:39] We need someone for complete streets. It's kind of my wheelhouse, but I'm trying to branch out.

[1:54:45] Yeah, is there someone who want to do library?

[1:54:53] Okay, so then, because if not then I'm gonna take a library.

[1:54:56] And then Council Member Wilson,

[1:54:58] I'm gonna ask if you're okay with taking complete streets

[1:55:01] and planning, is that good?

[1:55:05] Okay, so then, then, then, wait, Council Member Taylor.

[1:55:12] Taylor at Mueller, so yeah okay so let's I mean so do would you prefer library or whatever everything's

[1:55:20] on the table. Sorry if there's if is there because I didn't notice that you weren't already there

[1:55:29] represented by something is there is there a commission irrespective of the discussion we just had is

[1:55:36] commission that you want to be on.

[1:55:44] Who are you speaking to?

[1:55:47] Council member Taylor. Did I not? I lost, I lost audio for a moment. So I didn't hear

[1:55:53] the part. Oh, okay. So, so is there of the the commission liaisons? Is there one that

[1:55:58] you have a preference to be on? No. Okay. Would, uh, so if if we're saying like if it's

[1:56:08] between complete streets and library, is there one that you would prefer over the other?

[1:56:14] I'll do complete streets.

[1:56:17] Okay.

[1:56:18] Okay.

[1:56:18] Then we will have Councilmember Taylor for complete streets.

[1:56:24] And then Councilmember Mueller would you be okay with library?

[1:56:33] May I make a suggestion that someone on the subcommittee for the new library be the library liaison?

[1:56:46] So I am not on that, so who's on that subcommittee?

[1:56:53] So it used to be Councilmember, I used to be former Councilmember Crawlton and Councilmember Taylor.

[1:57:01] And so we need to I think a point though it's not on here, we probably need to disappoint someone to that subcommittee.

[1:57:07] which is probably coming later in our next item and then that person presumably would be liaison to the library commission.

[1:57:15] I think the civic matters closely overlap.

[1:57:23] Don't disagree and so then council member Taylor.

[1:57:30] Or are you, does that logic sort of work for you or are you disagree?

[1:57:34] I agree.

[1:57:35] No, the logic works for me and I am interested in staying on the subcommittee or the new campus.

[1:57:44] So if that means instead of being on complete streets to be on the library commission, I'm comfortable with that as well.

[1:57:52] So I'm interested in being on the.

[1:57:58] I have a mail-apart council that campus subcommittee and would be if I don't know if anyone

[1:58:05] else is, but I'd be happy to serve on that.

[1:58:08] And if I do do that, I'd be happy to pick up the library commission.

[1:58:15] Okay.

[1:58:16] So then it's, so then for that subcommittee, we have vice mayor Nash and council member Taylor.

[1:58:22] And then the question is just which one of you will be the liaison to, to, to library?

[1:58:27] right?

[1:58:29] Is there, is there, I would say, because, you know, maybe Councilmember Nash

[1:58:37] you, so then you'll have a library and you'll have EQC and then Councilmember Taylor will have complete streets.

[1:58:42] Because at least one person has to have to, right? And then, but wait, too. But then where are you at Councilmember Mueller?

[1:58:50] 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.

[1:58:59] I'm interested in staying on housing, but I believe that councilmember Wilson also expressed an interest and so I would be fine with.

[1:59:10] I'm I'm easy.

[1:59:13] 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.

[1:59:23] Because I said I was going to take on parts and wreck.

[1:59:26] I, you know, this year I'm fine with going with that one.

[1:59:29] If you guys are okay.

[1:59:31] 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.

[1:59:37] I have a lot.

[1:59:39] So I love what I have, but it's a lot so.

[1:59:43] Yeah, I think for me, I think it, I mean, I would love to have housing and

[1:59:47] planning because there's going to be a lot of overlap between them coming up.

[1:59:51] What seems like a council member in Nash was amenable to that grade council member vice mayor Nash.

[2:00:00] 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

[2:00:29] 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

[2:00:43] Wollison for housing commission vice mayor Nash for library. I have mere coals for parks and wreck city councilmember Wollison for planning commission.

[2:00:59] 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.

[2:01:08] I'm happy to take either, but you know, but honestly, if you want them, I'm fine with it.

[2:01:13] It's not it doesn't. It's not rubbing me the wrong way at all. I think it's great.

[2:01:16] 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.

[2:01:34] Okay. Well, cool. So then I think we're all set on the advisory body leesons.

[2:01:38] And so then are we are we appointing outside agency liaisons now?

[2:01:48] Yes, for the flood and sea level rise agency, the mental park city school district, and then the mental park fire district.

[2:01:56] Okay, and following that would be the downtown street closure task force.

[2:02:00] Okay, and is it do we not have we had members on this for for 2020, right?

[2:02:05] they're just not listed here right or we did not okay okay so then and are we we appointing

[2:02:12] two people are just one liaison again I do not believe that the alternate is required so that

[2:02:19] would be again just a nice to have but the primary for the FSLR would be acquired and then just

[2:02:26] single members to the three remaining mental parks and school district protection district in the

[2:02:32] Okay. Well, let's go. If there's interest from two, then we'll do this secondary.

[2:02:37] And if not, then we'll do just the primary council member, Mueller, and then council member T.Y.

[2:02:42] 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

[2:02:48] 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

[2:02:56] with our arena numbers coming up. We're going to have a lot of interactions with our school districts.

[2:03:03] So, with that, so then we'll, can I just wanted to share with you what I'm interested

[2:03:17] in, and that's the flood and sea level rise agency and the member park fire district.

[2:03:23] Okay.

[2:03:24] So, with the council member Nash, vice mayor Nash.

[2:03:28] I would be interested in being an alternate for the flood and sea level rise agency if that's available.

[2:03:38] 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.

[2:03:47] Okay, so then we've got that one.

[2:03:49] And then let's just do the downtown street closure task force.

[2:03:55] So that currently is is former council member Carlton and council member Taylor.

[2:03:59] Council member Taylor, do you have a desire to remain on that?

[2:04:05] Only if no one else wants it.

[2:04:08] I'm just looking at my own schedule.

[2:04:10] Yeah.

[2:04:11] Council member, of course, there are, especially when we get to the next agenda item.

[2:04:18] There's some other down, there's a lot of downtown things.

[2:04:21] and I'm a bit, I'd love some clarification on which of those is doing what?

[2:04:29] And I know there was various, I mean, I know there's enough room downtown for everybody,

[2:04:33] but just what's the, what are the lines on all these different committees and subcommittees?

[2:04:41] So what, so with the downtown street closure, again, staff and everyone else, well,

[2:04:50] free to chime in. Again, the main focus of that was in connection with the proposal to

[2:04:57] sort of close treats in connection with the pandemic, right? And so then, so that's my

[2:05:03] understanding of it. And I know that they've, there's been a lot of ways oning with the Chamber

[2:05:08] of Commerce in relation to that exercise or that project. And I do think that they have,

[2:05:15] is some of the subbeds come under their purview has been related to also the sort of the

[2:05:22] little sort of parklets or what do you call them where we're dining is set about outside.

[2:05:30] So I think that that's my understanding of that someone can hear me if I'm wrong,

[2:05:33] Council Member Mueller.

[2:05:35] I was saying it correct too, I think you're right, but I would be happy to do the downtown street

[2:05:41] to close your task force.

[2:05:43] Okay.

[2:05:44] And so then council member will listen to make sure we're,

[2:05:48] so then what's the other sort of committee or commission?

[2:05:54] There's one called business on the next item.

[2:06:00] And then how that differs.

[2:06:02] And then I guess this is the Chamber of Commerce

[2:06:05] city liaison.

[2:06:06] on.

[2:06:08] Well, the, the, the, uh, I'll let, uh, I'll let the city manage or go.

[2:06:14] All right. So I think there's been a lot of activity with the chamber in the downtown

[2:06:19] this year, but to councilmember Wallace in this comment, I think we need just one group.

[2:06:24] So if the council could form a subcommittee, they could also interact with the chamber on

[2:06:30] the business task force. If that makes sense. So just, so I think we could eliminate the

[2:06:37] outside agency task force and instead just appoint a subcommittee which is listed on the next item as

[2:06:46] business. So just make that a business-related business-flash chamber related council subcommittee.

[2:06:54] So, facility manager Jerome Robinson would that one be on that economic?

[2:07:01] Okay, so that's that there's also one called downtown vibrancy, also, which

[2:07:08] should all be one.

[2:07:11] Let's just have one group working on it. I think that'll be really helpful.

[2:07:16] So I'm definitely interested, but if other people really feel strongly, just so I'm clear, though, those other

[2:07:25] weren't aren't they disbanded or inactive? Some of those other ones like like

[2:07:33] downtown vibrancy, right? I guess I just wanted to understand like as someone

[2:07:41] that's been watching council it's been a little confusing who's working on what

[2:07:45] so I just want to get a sense of what's left but it sounds like I think one

[2:07:51] committee that does all types of things makes a lot of sense. My sense is a lot of us care a lot

[2:07:58] about downtown or all of us do so, but if there's people that feel passionately about it I'm going

[2:08:04] to have a busy first year or so. So I want to be clear if I made that it's not just the downtown,

[2:08:10] it's also the economic development works throughout the city that we'd be working on, except the

[2:08:15] would be looking at. And if I if I can just one more comment. I just want to make sure before we move

[2:08:22] away from the council designate for the flood and sea level rise that is clear that the city of

[2:08:28] Menlo Park this would be someone attending on behalf of the council but we are not on the board at

[2:08:34] this time and we wouldn't have a vote. And we may at a future time but just not currently.

[2:08:40] Okay.

[2:08:43] Okay. So, um, I'm, I'm if, as I think we left it off, um, can I just remember

[2:08:53] Mueller expressed an interest in being on the downtown street closure task force, which

[2:08:58] we have morphed into a larger sort of downtown sort of economic development subcommittee.

[2:09:05] I would be specifically since I think I serve as liaison to the chamber and until we find

[2:09:12] with with with serving on on that sort of that new new new downtown street closures or sort of economic development commission committee.

[2:09:24] 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.

[2:09:43] more thing a subcommittee into a task force, but we can do it either way. We can

[2:09:49] either remove this street closure task force and then, you know, embed it

[2:09:54] into the subcommittee. Yeah, that seems like the easier and

[2:10:02] morphological approach, so that works for me. Is there a council consensus for that?

[2:10:09] I'm sorry.

[2:10:11] It's cool with me how no matter how we name it, we just want to do it.

[2:10:20] I'm sorry, Councilmember Wolfe, and then I'll go to the city attorney.

[2:10:26] I just want to know, were we going to return to the school district, or whatever, yeah.

[2:10:34] Yeah, yeah, we were, because they're still the school district and the fire district,

[2:10:38] like although I know Council member Taylor has expressed

[2:10:42] in interest in the fire district,

[2:10:43] but yeah, my plan was to go back to them.

[2:10:45] I'm happy, oh, should I comment on that now

[2:10:48] or do you want me to wait?

[2:10:50] Well, I think that the city attorney is gonna comment

[2:10:53] on the subcommittee task force,

[2:10:56] and so let's go to her and then we can come back to that.

[2:11:01] Thank you, Mayor Combs.

[2:11:03] So I think the subcommittee on business

[2:11:07] and economic development as currently

[2:11:10] envisioned. First of all, it belongs in the second agenda item so we can discuss it

[2:11:17] then and make the appointment in connection with that agenda item. But also, I did want

[2:11:22] to point out that it's likely the way the current committee now is scoped is that it will

[2:11:29] be a standing committee as opposed to an ad hoc committee. And the significance of that is

[2:11:35] that standing committees are brown act committees,

[2:11:38] and so you will have to have agendas

[2:11:42] and invite the public to those meetings.

[2:11:46] The reason why it would be a standing committee

[2:11:48] is that it's dealing with a whole range of issues,

[2:11:51] not just a discreet issue that ad hoc committees

[2:11:55] typically deal with.

[2:11:57] So I just wanted to pop on now

[2:12:00] because that may be relevant to whether you want

[2:12:02] to form this a larger committee or whether you want to keep the business elements in separate ad hoc

[2:12:11] committees.

[2:12:15] Thanks for that additional information. It seems as though the route we were going in

[2:12:23] was, you know, making the having one source of truth for lack of a better word in this subcommittee.

[2:12:29] 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.

[2:12:41] I'm sort of again like.

[2:12:43] In composing everything sort of economic development downtown related in the subcommittee versus again keeping this separate downtown task force.

[2:12:55] So I've typically found that standing committees are a little bit more difficult because there's

[2:13:02] only two council members and they can't speak to each other as several of us have noticed

[2:13:06] in these.

[2:13:07] I'm wondering if there's an opportunity to make it a business subcommittee that's maybe

[2:13:19] be specifically related right now to the pandemic, and therefore can stay as a regular

[2:13:27] subcommittee as opposed to, and then in a future date, when we figure out what's happening

[2:13:34] with the pandemic, how things look, then it could become longer standing subcommittee, but

[2:13:41] right now it would just be a subcommittee where the members could interact as a subcommittee

[2:13:46] maybe as opposed to having it a more formal committee.

[2:13:50] Um, city attorney silver.

[2:13:53] 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.

[2:14:08] Okay.

[2:14:09] Um, so then we are, so at this point though, like with regards to the task force, we're going to.

[2:14:16] to essentially not appoint anyone here in disbanded.

[2:14:20] And so, there's a general consensus with that approach, correct?

[2:14:26] Okay.

[2:14:27] And then we'll take this off with regards to the next agenda item.

[2:14:32] And so, then that takes us back to, we'll start with the fire district liaison.

[2:14:39] 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.

[2:14:52] That are are we are we comfortable with just leaving Councilmember Taylor as the reason.

[2:15:00] 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

[2:15:29] those in the primary or alternate on that?

[2:15:35] Is there interest from anyone else?

[2:15:39] So then I'll, how about this councilman Roles

[2:15:42] and you'll be the primary and I'll be the alternate.

[2:15:44] Does that, does that work?

[2:15:46] Yeah.

[2:15:49] Okay.

[2:15:49] So then I think that that is everything

[2:15:53] for this agenda item, correct?

[2:15:59] Thank you, Marcom Z. Yes.

[2:16:01] And so what we would need is a motion

[2:16:04] and a second to approve the appointments made.

[2:16:12] Do you have a motion?

[2:16:15] Or do you do that or do I do that?

[2:16:18] Yes, you can definitely call for the motion.

[2:16:22] Okay.

[2:16:24] Okay.

[2:16:24] We have a motion from vice mayor Nash.

[2:16:29] Thank you.

[2:16:31] So with a motion by vice mayor Nash, do we have a second?

[2:16:33] 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.

[2:16:48] Is there any further City Council discussion or questions?

[2:16:53] Seeing none by roll call vote, City Council member Mueller.

[2:16:57] Yes.

[2:16:59] City Council member Taylor.

[2:17:01] Yes.

[2:17:02] Yes.

[2:17:03] Any council member will listen?

[2:17:06] Yes.

[2:17:07] Vice Mayor Nash.

[2:17:09] Yes.

[2:17:09] And Mayor Coles.

[2:17:12] Yes.

[2:17:13] And the motion passes unanimously.

[2:17:15] Thank you.

[2:17:17] Thank you.

[2:17:19] And with that, we move on to item D6, right?

[2:17:24] So appoint city council member to various standing and ad hoc subcommittees.

[2:17:27] disband and active ad hoc subcommittees and direct a review of ad hoc subcommittee objectives and estimated duration.

[2:17:35] So with that, I'll turn it to the city clerk to introduce the item.

[2:17:40] Thank you, Macomb. So similar to the last item, I don't have a formal presentation.

[2:17:45] 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.

[2:17:57] committees and then direct those ad hoc subcommittees that are still active to return to January with

[2:18:03] objectives and estimated duration, similar to what interim city attorney Cara Silver had said.

[2:18:10] There has to be an objective and an estimated duration for these to remain as ad hoc subcommittees

[2:18:17] and not be a standing committee which is under the Brown Act. And that does conclude my presentation.

[2:18:25] Okay. Okay. So, um, I'm, uh, was assuming we just approached us like we did the

[2:18:30] last-age indictment. Is that okay? Okay. So then, um, we're starting with the community

[2:18:34] grant funding. Um, it's, it was, uh, it counts on our call turn, and I, I'm fine with staying

[2:18:41] on it, um, which means that we, uh, uh, uh, public comment.

[2:18:48] Perfect. So, uh, thank you,

[2:18:50] 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.

[2:19:10] I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone and you may address the City Council at this time.

[2:19:18] Final call for any public comment on item D sits regarding the appointments to City Council standing in ad hoc subcommittee.

[2:19:29] And see no hands raised.

[2:19:33] Maricomes we can continue in the same fashion as.

[2:19:37] 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.

[2:20:02] 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?

[2:20:10] Council member Taylor.

[2:20:12] So, then, then Council member Taylor and I, does that work for everyone?

[2:20:17] Okay. So, and then the rail subcommittee is set correct.

[2:20:23] And so, then we go to business.

[2:20:25] 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.

[2:20:39] So currently it is Councilmember Crawlton and former Councilmember Crawlton and Councilmember

[2:20:45] Taylor. So I'll go to you first, Councilmember Schiller. Is it your desire to continue or do you want

[2:20:53] to roll off? Since the committee, I think it's only existed. I want to say less than four months,

[2:21:02] I would be happy to say on. Okay. And so is there?

[2:21:09] another council member interested in also serving and taking council and former council member Carlton's spot

[2:21:15] Mr. Councilmember Muehler yeah I'm interested okay so uh so then we'll have council members

[2:21:23] Taylor and Muehler um so then there's the city attorney recruitment which has been

[2:21:28] former councilmember Carlton and councilmember Nash I'm assuming that councilmember Nash wants to

[2:21:34] remain, um, or maybe not, uh, vice mayor Nash. Um, I'm actually wondering whether we still need

[2:21:41] the recruitment committee at this point.

[2:21:46] I know we still have some questions that I don't know

[2:21:49] that the committees, um, that this committee's actually beneficial at this point, although I'm happy

[2:21:54] to serve on it. Okay. Um, let's, uh, let's go to, to maybe the city manager for that, the, the,

[2:22:01] answer to that question because I don't I don't know.

[2:22:12] Good evening. I think perhaps we could wait to point numbers to the subcommittee to a

[2:22:19] later time. Okay. That works for me. Um, so, okay, so we'll put a pause on that one.

[2:22:28] Until then we have the city manager priorities, which is currently, um, Taylor and Carlton.

[2:22:35] And so, Council Member Taylor, would you like to remain on this City Manager priorities at hot committee?

[2:22:45] Yes, I'm in.

[2:22:47] Okay, so, okay, now you, Council Member Wolfson.

[2:22:51] I apologize. I just had a clarifying question about what this is exactly.

[2:22:57] I apologize for not asking it earlier.

[2:22:59] No, totally fair.

[2:23:01] I'll let the city manager come back on our maybe councilman for Taylor can I haven't

[2:23:10] said they're doing it so I don't know exactly how it operates in practice and so so either

[2:23:16] the city manager or council member to you well I think this could be accomplished in one

[2:23:21] of two ways.

[2:23:21] I mean it could be a subcommittee but we could also move to a quarterly update with the city

[2:23:28] manager and the City Council in closed session as a personnel review.

[2:23:34] And that way all five council members could be present.

[2:23:40] And I'm supportive of that that that approach.

[2:23:44] Is there is our consensus?

[2:23:47] Okay, totally cool. All right, so we think we're just getting rid of these ad hoc committees.

[2:23:52] 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.

[2:24:08] There is the connectment and low community amenities, which is currently a Nash and Taylor is their desire for that to remain consistent.

[2:24:15] Yes. Yes. Cool.

[2:24:18] Um, emergency response home listening camp and in Bayfront currently Taylor Mueller.

[2:24:23] Is that so good? Okay. Yes.

[2:24:26] Um, and then we have Facebook will develop development agreement negotiations which is national in Taylor.

[2:24:32] I think is is is is support for that that remaining.

[2:24:35] Okay. Um, inventory existing proposed and potential citywide development, which is national Taylor.

[2:24:41] we're okay with that. Councilmember Wilson. Thank you. This is another question. What is this?

[2:24:52] It sounds like like. Yeah, I think I could try to explain it, but I think Councilmember Nash or

[2:24:59] Taylor will do a better job. So I'll kick it to them.

[2:25:06] Yeah, Councilmember, Vice Mayor Nash.

[2:25:07] 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.

[2:25:36] 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.

[2:25:48] And I personally would like to still serve on it.

[2:25:54] And then so is that the same for you council member Taylor and then I'll go to the city manager.

[2:26:03] Yes, okay.

[2:26:06] So you manager Jerome Robinson.

[2:26:08] I think given the overlap between community amenities and really what this is the subcommittee,

[2:26:14] which I think much of the work has been accomplished. Maybe since we're on a roll, this would be a great

[2:26:19] opportunity to eliminate yet another subcommittee.

[2:26:25] 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.

[2:26:37] So then, okay, so the city attorney, I think we skipped finalizing the.

[2:26:45] the the the the waste management representative and so because the or did I get

[2:26:55] that that message late I got a message from the city clerk but maybe my my

[2:26:59] mobile is delayed do we need to go back to anything so we can we can do that now if

[2:27:05] you don't mind I did forget to go back with this is for item D5 for the SBWMA we

[2:27:10] wanted to go back up reviewing your calendars for all that you graciously signed up for.

[2:27:17] So I wanted to either confirm the primary and alternate as Taylor incomes,

[2:27:22] or if there was an interest from another city council member for these.

[2:27:30] Yeah, I was just sort of trying to get, I'm okay with being the alternate, but there's a direct conflict

[2:27:37] with the, with the, the Cree JPA, so they couldn't be a primary. But Councilmember Chavar,

[2:27:45] are you okay with being a primary partner for me? Yes. I checked my schedule so it should work fine.

[2:27:50] Thank you. Okay, perfect. So we will leave this as I appreciate you coming back to this and now we

[2:27:58] can resume our subcommittees. Thank you. Okay. No worries. Sorry. Sorry. I skipped it.

[2:28:03] Um, okay, so then we were at the, uh,

[2:28:10] where we, we're, we're at the mental part, okay, okay, okay, thank you.

[2:28:17] So that's currently, uh, Taylor and Carlton, missing me, uh, Councilmember Taylor wants to remain on there.

[2:28:25] Um, and so is, is there anyone else that would like to sort of on that with the councilmember and vice-manage?

[2:28:30] 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.

[2:28:43] So council member Taylor, it is your desire to remain in that community.

[2:28:48] Yes, and Council Member Carlton and I have yet to meet on that item, so it'd be perfect

[2:28:56] to have someone new, but I would love to stay on it.

[2:29:00] Yeah.

[2:29:01] Can you, because I'm going to print, yeah, it counts, but I wasn't.

[2:29:05] Did you give us a brief Cliff Knows version of what, what the quality of life ordinance.

[2:29:15] So the quality of life ordinance, it came from the idea of creating a, I believe it was

[2:29:25] hay crime. It was about developing some type of hay crime ordinance or some way of reporting

[2:29:33] because of information that some residents were sharing. So it ended up being quality of

[2:29:39] life ordinance instead of being crime ordinance.

[2:29:44] And that's all the information I have,

[2:29:45] council member Wilson.

[2:29:48] Okay, and so we have Taylor.

[2:29:53] Do we have anyone else who's interested

[2:29:56] in serving on this?

[2:30:00] No, then I'll, you can swap call to not for me. And so, and then we have the willow road highway 101,

[2:30:09] interchange the improvements. I'm going to assume that we're okay with the current personnel,

[2:30:15] seem as though those are the two representatives whose districts are sort of advocated by the

[2:30:22] by the interchange. So, okay, and so in bin we have these disbanded,

[2:30:31] inactive, ad hoc subcommittees, and just sort of reviewing them. Is this okay,

[2:30:38] is this comport with everyone's understanding, or is there any of these subcommittees someone

[2:30:44] wants to bring from the day?

[2:30:48] Council Member Mueller.

[2:30:50] 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.

[2:31:10] Yeah, fair point, Councilmember Mueller. I also, when I saw that that was on this sort

[2:31:17] of disband and active, I think my heart sank a little bit, because I just know all of

[2:31:22] the work that those neighbors have put. Again, I also know on the resource inside from

[2:31:25] the city that it is a challenge to make this a priority, but I know also, again, like I

[2:31:30] say, all the work those residents have already put into this effort. And so yeah, I think

[2:31:35] to your point. We take this up at goal setting.

[2:31:43] Okay, so then I'll tell you that, then

[2:31:46] are we good on this city court here and then we just need a motion.

[2:31:53] Councilmember Wilson.

[2:31:54] Yeah, I'll move adoption of all of these assignments. Cool. I'll second. Councilmember, we

[2:32:04] cancel my Mueller and then councilmember Nash. There's just something that's on my mind

[2:32:08] and I'm just going to, and it's regarding the climate action plan subcommittee.

[2:32:13] We'll find to stay there now with Council Member Nash, but I would like to both talk with

[2:32:18] our liaisons for the PCE, I mean, for the EQC, and also I encourage Council Member Wilson to think

[2:32:27] about that. And the reason why is I know that you have an interest in it, and I have a very,

[2:32:32] I mean, I have a very strong interest in it, and I'm going to remain strongly engaged in that,

[2:32:37] and working with a mentalist park and others and I'm really a strong component of bringing people

[2:32:42] into their areas of interest and getting them involved in as quick as possible. So I think we

[2:32:49] should all think about that and maybe revisit that. I appreciate that comment and you're spot on

[2:32:57] that it's an area of interest of mine and it's funny it's like the gift of the Magiars when I was

[2:33:03] thinking you have so much momentum on this like you should keep with it, but if you want to stay out

[2:33:09] for now and then we like you said revisit it. That sounds great. I appreciate that.

[2:33:16] Great. We'll talk about weekend. I'll talk about it with the cap liaison and then figure it out,

[2:33:24] but I think it's important to think about so. Wonderful.

[2:33:34] Thank you. I was wondering if we could see that above this where we see actually the council

[2:33:41] assignments for a minute before we vote because I made one other comment. Okay, so the way

[2:33:48] we've left the city attorney recruitment blank, I'm wondering if we could move up the West

[2:33:55] to the active but unfilled, just so it doesn't get lost when the inactive are taken off.

[2:34:03] I'm in complete support of that.

[2:34:07] I'm supportive also.

[2:34:08] Any objection to that?

[2:34:14] Okay.

[2:34:16] And I saw that Mr. Pagarros came on for a second.

[2:34:20] is going to come back.

[2:34:30] Sure, thank you, Mayor Combs.

[2:34:32] Just a reminder that we will be convening all of the,

[2:34:37] if council approved staff recommendation,

[2:34:40] we will need to convene these ad hoc subcommittees

[2:34:44] to identify their purpose,

[2:34:46] their objectives,

[2:34:48] and also time frame in order to comply with our procedures

[2:34:53] is regarding ad hooks of committees. So we will be doing that. I just want it to make that reminder.

[2:35:04] All right. And so I think with that, we can proceed. There was a first from Council Member

[2:35:11] Wilson and a second from me. Correct. Correct. I do have a first by City Council Member Wilson,

[2:35:16] in a second by Maricolms to appoint City Council representatives and alternatives to the various

[2:35:27] subcommittees, ad hoc subcommittees, direction to disband the inactive ad hoc subcommittees,

[2:35:32] and then as the Assistant City Manager, and if the guests have mentioned Director Review

[2:35:36] of the ad hoc subcommittees, objectives, and estimated time duration.

[2:35:40] So, next for their City Council discussion or questions.

[2:35:45] Seeing none, I will call vote.

[2:35:47] So, City Council Member Mueller.

[2:35:52] So, funny to go first now.

[2:35:53] Aye, yes.

[2:35:55] City Council Member Taylor.

[2:35:57] Yes.

[2:35:59] City Council Member Willisson.

[2:36:01] Yes.

[2:36:02] Vice Mayor Nash.

[2:36:04] Yes.

[2:36:05] And Mayor Cones.

[2:36:07] Yes.

[2:36:08] And Emotion passes unanimously.

[2:36:10] Thank you.

[2:36:13] And with that, we move on to item D7,

[2:36:17] Then provide direction to the city's voting delegate regarding regional vacancies for the city selection committee meeting December 18, 2020.

[2:36:27] And with that, I'm going to sort of recognize councilmember Mueller.

[2:36:34] 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.

[2:36:44] That privilege to the mayor just go ahead and vote their conscious because there are speeches given at these events and cases made.

[2:36:56] 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.

[2:37:05] So I'd be supportive of just saying go for it, Mayor Cohns.

[2:37:11] 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.

[2:37:19] Okay, so we do have a motion, but certainly open to discussion from anyone else on the council.

[2:37:25] And there comes, may we open this to public comment before city council discussion.

[2:37:30] I need a mental note.

[2:37:37] I'm always going to interrupt for this. I do apologize. But at this time, if any member

[2:37:42] of the public wishes to speak on item D7, provide direction to the city's voting delegate

[2:37:48] regarding regional vacancies for the next city selection committee meeting on December 18,

[2:37:54] 2020. Please engage that hand feature in the top right side of your screen. I'll have the opportunity

[2:37:59] to open up your microphone and you may address the city council at this time.

[2:38:09] Final call for public comment on item D7 regarding the city's voting delegate for the city selection committee meeting.

[2:38:20] Seeing none, miracles, you may continue.

[2:38:24] Okay, so we have a promotion from councilmember Mueller.

[2:38:28] And I think that there was a second from councilmember Nash or the vice mayor or a desire to comment either way.

[2:38:35] Okay, so I think I think we have a first and a second.

[2:38:40] Perfect.

[2:38:41] Having a first by City Councilmember Mueller in a second by Vice Mayor Nash to direct

[2:38:50] the voting delegate as Mayor Cones.

[2:38:54] Any further city council discussion or questions?

[2:38:58] Seeing none, City Councilmember Mueller.

[2:39:02] Yes.

[2:39:04] City Council Member Taylor. Yes. City Council Member Wolison. Yes. Vice Mayor Nash. Yes. Mayor Colms. Yes. In the motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

[2:39:18] So with that, we'll go on to D8, introduction and first reading of ordinance number 1074,

[2:39:29] a mini ordinance number 92 for modifying the city council's regular meeting schedule

[2:39:33] and adoption of 2021 city council meeting schedule.

[2:39:37] And with that, I will introduce the city attorney.

[2:39:43] Thank you, Mayor Cones and members of the council.

[2:39:48] 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.

[2:40:13] However, all council members, duties and allegiance goes to the city as a whole.

[2:40:21] So as council members are sworn in, they're, and they may be asked to make certain questions

[2:40:30] or make certain policy decisions that impact their own district, the decisions will be made

[2:40:38] based on the impact to the city as a whole.

[2:40:41] that's the principle of district elections.

[2:40:45] So one of the first acts that you do take as a new counsel,

[2:40:49] of course, is to set up your meeting schedule.

[2:40:54] And there are two different types of meetings.

[2:40:57] There's regular meetings that take place

[2:41:01] on a pre-published basis.

[2:41:04] And certain business can take place

[2:41:07] at those regular meetings,

[2:41:08] such as adoption of ordinances which cannot be taken on at special meetings.

[2:41:17] And this setting up the regular schedule is done on an annual basis.

[2:41:23] This year we are proposing as with last year that the regular meetings be on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.

[2:41:33] and we have been changing the meeting time from 7 o'clock to 5 o'clock during the pandemic.

[2:41:42] We found that this has worked well, so we suggest carrying that forward as well.

[2:41:49] And to do this, we need an actual amendment to the ordinance that will codify the change

[2:41:57] of the meeting to instead of every Tuesday as the ordinance currently reads to just the second

[2:42:06] and fourth Tuesday of every month, and then the ordinance will also codify the change

[2:42:12] in the time from 7 o'clock to 5 o'clock. Also, there are two regular meetings that conflict

[2:42:21] with holidays, and so we are recommending that those two regular meetings be canceled

[2:42:29] and rescheduled, so that would be the April 13th meeting would be changed to April 20th,

[2:42:38] and the September 28th meeting will be changed to September 21st to accommodate holidays.

[2:42:46] And finally we are proposing in connection with this year's meeting schedule a goal setting meeting of January 19th.

[2:42:57] So that concludes my report. Happy to answer any questions.

[2:43:03] Are there any any clarifying questions for the city attorney councilmember Wilson?

[2:43:13] for the benefit of the Council and the public. Do you have a time for the January 19th goal setting meetings that up yet?

[2:43:23] I do not know if that has been scheduled. I'll defer to the city clerk on that one.

[2:43:32] Oh, Starlie, I'm happy to defer to you. I do not believe a time has been scheduled.

[2:43:37] It is typically earlier in the day compared to a five p.m. start time.

[2:43:42] However, I do also realize that there is a holiday on January

[2:43:47] Monday 18th. So the goal setting is tentatively scheduled for January 19th.

[2:44:04] 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

[2:44:10] concrement yet on a facilitator. So we may need to move the actual date based on the availability of a facilitator.

[2:44:18] but ideally, we would do it earlier in the afternoon because I think, you know, it can be an

[2:44:25] exhausting process and starting later in the evening. It really doesn't give us our best outcome,

[2:44:30] so if we can, and we would need to clear that to each of the council's schedules because we know

[2:44:36] that you all work very hard.

[2:44:44] Okay. If there are council members and any suggestions, we'll go

[2:44:50] free to throw them out there. I think I can get so I have comments but I think do you need to take

[2:45:00] 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.

[2:45:39] 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.

[2:45:54] So but and schedules change as we've experienced this year, so I think just as if we can adopt

[2:46:02] the schedule and know what the plan is, then we can work with that and then understand

[2:46:08] it at least on time.

[2:46:09] There may be a, you may be absent from time to time,

[2:46:18] or with that, I think we'll, we'll

[2:46:20] go to public comment.

[2:46:23] Thank you, Mayor Colm.

[2:46:25] So at this time, if any member of the public was just to speak on item D8, introduction and

[2:46:30] First reading of ordinance number 1074,

[2:46:33] amending ordinance number 924,

[2:46:35] modifying the city council's regular meeting schedule

[2:46:37] and adoption of the 2021 city council meeting schedule.

[2:46:41] Please engage that hand feature

[2:46:43] in the top right side of your screen.

[2:46:44] I'll have the opportunity to open up your microphone

[2:46:47] and you may address the city council at this time.

[2:46:54] So final call for any public comment on item D8

[2:46:58] regarding the city council schedule and calendar.

[2:47:02] Seeing none, Mayor Cohns, you may continue.

[2:47:09] Cool.

[2:47:11] With that, then, we'll bring it back to the virtual Dias.

[2:47:14] And I'll start with the Council member, Melissa,

[2:47:17] who I know had some comments.

[2:47:19] Thanks, Mayor Cohns.

[2:47:20] Yes, I have a few comments.

[2:47:22] The first is the date change for April 13th.

[2:47:31] for Yom Hazikaron, which is a Jewish holiday.

[2:47:35] While I very much appreciate the Jewish holidays

[2:47:38] being recognized, this actually Yom Hazikaron

[2:47:41] is not a religious holiday.

[2:47:42] It's Israeli Memorial Day.

[2:47:46] So my feeling is I don't think that day needs to be rescheduled.

[2:47:53] It's an important day for Israelis and for people,

[2:47:56] but it's not a religious observance.

[2:47:58] So I would propose having the meeting on the 13th instead of the 20th of April as it would normally be per the pattern.

[2:48:11] My second comment is God willing in August we can like go somewhere.

[2:48:18] So I would, I plan to serve the city dutifully and to the best of my ability, but if we could take the holiday.

[2:48:28] In August, the 10th that is being proposed, I would love to not have a meeting at a minimum on that day.

[2:48:34] And then my final comment is regarding having just been a member of the public a couple of hours ago.

[2:48:42] 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.

[2:48:53] If that could be published, if that's going to occur, if it could be if the time could be put on the agenda.

[2:48:59] So the members of the public know when that's going to happen that that would help.

[2:49:03] 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.

[2:49:12] 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

[2:49:19] gone into closed session yet, but given all of your expertise, if there is anything that could be

[2:49:25] done to help the public with a sense of timing, I think that would be a huge courtesy. So those are my

[2:49:32] comments.

[2:49:34] Yeah, totally. I'll just get off and say Council Member Wolff, and I go into every closed

[2:49:39] session hoping that it was just 20 minutes.

[2:49:44] I think that that will take a little bit more

[2:49:48] thinking. All of the other suggestions I'm totally supportive of I would just sort of throw

[2:49:52] through my head in the ring, but then kick it to everyone else to see whatever comments

[2:49:59] or suggestions they have. But yeah, definitely in favor of making public the dinner break

[2:50:08] That's totally makes sense.

[2:50:19] So then council vice mayor.

[2:50:22] Thank you.

[2:50:23] I was going to just move that we approve the calendar

[2:50:27] with changing the 20th back to the 13th and,

[2:50:31] as recommended by staff.

[2:50:36] Yeah, just so we can give staff the opportunity to respond

[2:50:45] Are you guys okay with that and has there been some issue in the past with regards to recognizing the the Israeli holiday?

[2:50:53] I just want to want to make sure that there hasn't been a past issue.

[2:50:56] But again, totally supportive of Council Member Wolus and suggestions.

[2:51:01] Thank you, Mayor Combs.

[2:51:02] In regards to the holiday in April or the recognized day in April,

[2:51:08] we have not run into any instances in the past where that has been an issue.

[2:51:11] 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.

[2:51:30] 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.

[2:51:45] Councilmember Taylor. I'm comfortable with skipping the meetings for the summer break.

[2:51:57] I'm

[2:51:57] comfortable keeping it.

[2:52:03] Councilmember Mewer.

[2:52:11] I'm fine with both changes and I just my experience with

[2:52:15] this is calendar changes. By the time we get to March we'll really know what the calendar is going to

[2:52:22] a click later in the air. So totally fine. I think those are good changes, good, good, good, good changes.

[2:52:30] Thank you. And I just wanted to comment on trying to agenda as either closed session timing

[2:52:35] or generate staff will accept that direction attempt to get those estimates either on our agenda

[2:52:42] or to public in some sort of question.

[2:52:47] Okay. Okay. Council member Wilson.

[2:52:50] I'm sorry council member Taylor. I don't know if I've heard you correctly. Are you proposing that both

[2:52:57] 27th and 10th are canceled for mental health or that you want to keep them?

[2:53:04] No. Well, the schedule that I looked at has said it was for a summer break tentatively.

[2:53:11] So you want that? Yes.

[2:53:13] Definitely.

[2:53:14] Thank

[2:53:18] 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.

[2:53:44] do we have a second thank you council member Taylor any further city council

[2:53:52] discussion or questions seeing none by roll call vote city council member

[2:53:59] unit yes

[2:54:04] city council member Taylor yes city council member will listen yes by

[2:54:12] mayor Nash? Yes. And their phones? Yes. And the motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

[2:54:21] Thanks. With that, we'll go to city manager report.

[2:54:31] Good evening. I have three quick reports.

[2:54:34] One, as you may be aware, there's a tradition of relaxed traffic enforcement in not traffic parking

[2:54:40] enforcement in residential areas. This year that will start on December 18th and

[2:54:46] rent through January 4th. So it will be in an upcoming digest article that I

[2:54:52] wanted you to be aware of it. Second, I know that you're all keenly interested in

[2:54:57] our new Youth Advisory Group. They'll be having their first meeting on Thursday afternoon.

[2:55:03] And third, just so that you in the public know, the police chief recruitment is open

[2:55:09] 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.

[2:55:20] Thanks for those those updates.

[2:55:23] And I think I don't know if that can cancel over Nash.

[2:55:28] I'm sorry. Thank you.

[2:55:29] Could you.

[2:55:31] Could someone repeat what was on Thursday, which advisory group is this?

[2:55:36] The youth advisory group.

[2:55:38] Perfect.

[2:55:39] Thank you.

[2:55:40] And actually my comment or suggestion was going to be related to that.

[2:55:46] I don't know if the staff as agenda I asked anyone on council maybe to go and welcome them.

[2:55:52] Since it will be the first one.

[2:55:54] I don't want to.

[2:55:55] I know this has been near and dear to council member Mueller.

[2:55:59] Sorry, but I don't know his schedule.

[2:56:01] So,

[2:56:04] it is dear to my heart, but let me tell you, it matters a lot more than the mayor comes.

[2:56:10] The mayor should be the one to do it.

[2:56:12] The title with it means everything to him.

[2:56:15] It's got to be you.

[2:56:16] Yeah.

[2:56:17] Okay.

[2:56:17] I see how that works.

[2:56:18] Council member view.

[2:56:19] I make a suggestion.

[2:56:21] Okay.

[2:56:21] I'm totally fine with doing that, but I think it would be important and nice for someone

[2:56:28] on council to welcome them to the city government okay with that we'll go on to council member reports

[2:56:40] and so is there are there any council member reports okay

[2:56:50] well I'll just just council member

[2:56:54] Will listen. Yeah, I just realized when I had my little spiel at the beginning, I didn't

[2:57:01] acknowledge the staff and how it's been a pleasure getting to know them as a member of

[2:57:06] the public the last four years. And I'm really looking forward to working with them and

[2:57:12] seeing kind of what's under the hood. And so I just I just wanted to make sure that they are

[2:57:17] such a big part of the city. And when I spoke about community, I just wanted to acknowledge

[2:57:22] that what an important part they all play. So thank you to the staff in advance.

[2:57:28] No, totally fair and I understand those misses for my speech when I was sworn in. I forgot

[2:57:33] to thank my mother and she was actually in the audience. I had to go back and do a

[2:57:39] do a make up there. Totally cool. Well with that I just wanted to say that to council members

[2:57:46] Mueller and Wilson very much congratulations on your your your election and being

[2:57:53] part of this this this full switch to tertiary collections and in the city to

[2:57:59] a vice mayor Nash I look forward to to serving with you as the mayor and vice

[2:58:05] mayor over over over the next over the next year to that we won't be meeting in

[2:58:13] person, so I can't sort of nudge you and be like, so where are we at? What did they just say?

[2:58:20] And to Councilmember Taylor, you leave very, very big shoes to fill,

[2:58:28] and so I think I'll just just leave it at that, and very, very big shoes to fill. So with that,

[2:58:37] I think we will adjourn.

[2:58:45] I feel it is everyone.

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