[0:00] Great.
Hear you embody your voice. [laughter]
[0:26] Good evening commissioners.
After all, things are going to be a
[0:30] little bit different this evening as we
have a um commissioner participating uh
[0:35] via Zoom in a public location.
So, all votes, [clears throat] excuse
[0:41] me.
[0:50] Any and all votes will be a roll call
vote. I will announce the remote
[0:54] participating member and their location
address and we will then conduct a roll
[0:58] call vote to authorize the remote
participation.
[1:02] Commissioner Kaibenfar provided
notification regarding a Zoom
[1:05] participation but we were not provided
an address in time therefore may not
[1:09] participate but can make public comment
on one item as a private citizen.
[1:16] I will now begin roll call.
Commissioner Canard here. Chair Gotautle
[1:23] » here.
>> Vice Chair Morgan
[1:26] » here.
>> Commissioner Parbanet.
[1:32] We have a quorum.
Commissioner Morgan is participating
[1:37] remotely from Crown Plaza, Englewood,
401 South Van Brunt Street, Englewood,
[1:43] New Jersey 07631
in the USA.
[1:53] When your name is called, please state
your vote of yes or no authorizing the
[1:57] remote participation.
Commissioner Canard,
[2:01] » yes.
>> Commissioner Morgan,
[2:04] » yes.
>> And Chair Gotautle,
[2:07] » yes.
[2:24] We now have review of the agenda.
If there are any items that arose after
[2:29] the 72-hour posting deadline, this is
the point in the meeting where a vote
[2:33] may be taken to add the item to the
agenda.
[2:39] Looking like we don't have anything to
add,
[2:42] we'll move on to public comment.
Members of the public in the chamber,
[2:49] please approach the podium, members on
Zoom, please use the raise your hand
[2:52] feature or dial star9 from a phone.
[3:07] » Good evening. Uh my name is Alex Miller
and [clears throat] I am a city council
[3:11] member for the great city of Seaside.
I'm here today to uh thank you. Thank
[3:16] you for your service to the city. Uh
it's uh 3 days before Christmas and here
[3:21] you are at 5:30 at night when you could
be with your families and your loved
[3:25] ones, but you care so much about our
city that you're here dedicating your
[3:29] time tonight to help the betterment of
the city. And so I want to say thank you
[3:35] and uh I appreciate what you guys do as
a commission. I started uh as a
[3:40] commissioner myself. I was on the
neighborhood improvement commission and
[3:43] I remember it was tough. We had meetings
on my birthday. We had meetings right
[3:48] before Christmas, but it really showed
the dedication and the true value of our
[3:52] of our volunteers. So, thank you for
your service. Uh my ladies in the back,
[3:56] Irene, and she is a huge giftgiver. So,
she has uh two gifts for you guys as a
[4:03] uh thank you for your service and
especially as close as we are to
[4:06] Christmas, you spending the time here at
city hall is commendable. Thank you.
[4:19] Thank you.
Thank you.
[4:43] Thank you very much,
[4:50] » chair. We don't have anybody else uh
wanting to make public comment. Public
[4:55] comment is now closed.
We'll now move on to the approval of
[4:58] minutes. Approve minutes from October
27th, 2025.
[5:13] Um, I make a motion to approve.
>> I will do a roll call vote.
[5:18] » Oh, sorry.
[5:22] » Yes. Go ahead. We'll get a second and
then I'll do a roll call.
[5:26] » I'll make a motion to approve the
minutes from um from October.
[5:31] » I'll second.
[5:35] Minutes are approved. I will now do a
roll call vote.
[5:40] Please state yes or no when your name is
called. Commissioner Canard,
[5:44] » yes.
>> Commissioner Gotautle,
[5:46] » yes.
>> Commissioner Morgan,
[5:49] » yes.
>> Minutes are approved.
[5:58] » We now move on to uh business. Item A,
discuss tracking of the city business
[6:04] and commission meetings by environmental
commission members.
[6:25] » Good evening, commissioners. Uh this
item was a request from a commissioner
[6:29] to put on for discussion
um in [clears throat] looking at the
[6:34] other commissions in the city and even
city council meetings. Uh whether or not
[6:38] the commission wants to choose to
formalize who what commission members on
[6:43] the environmental commission track what
and report back to each other during the
[6:47] meetings. Um, so I put on a couple of
reminders of the purpose of the
[6:52] environmental commission and
uh the recommendation for this item and
[6:59] the discussion to take place. Um, a
reminder of how this could overlap and
[7:06] guide you on what you do pay attention
to regarding specific commissions. The
[7:11] duties from the municipal code for the
EC are another reminder of that. um
[7:16] regarding
what you're looking at in terms of being
[7:21] aware of and providing recommendations
and guidance to other commissions and
[7:25] council in the city.
[7:30] And I went on to our website and if we
need to, I think we can definitely click
[7:36] on a couple of the links, although it
might not be hyper helpful for this
[7:39] first one because it just lists the same
information. But this is a list that we
[7:43] have of all of our uh commotions that
exist and when they meet although
[7:50] sometimes we don't have quorum and a
meeting doesn't happen. Um but on the
[7:55] next page is our published agendas and
minutes which is where you can gain
[8:00] access to as our uh clerk Jennifer sends
you it when it is published. Um this
[8:07] applies to all meetings. So typically
it's the week before um the meeting. So
[8:12] for example, if city council is the
first and third Thursdays of the month,
[8:15] it would be the Friday prior that the
agenda is published. So available over
[8:20] the weekend for reading and
understanding and delving into those
[8:24] topics,
but that is a huge resource. Um the city
[8:29] also has
most meetings are uh live broadcast on
[8:34] YouTube, especially city council
meeting. Um, other meetings are recorded
[8:38] and then posted later, but they're
always accessible via YouTube after the
[8:43] fact. Um, that's another resource for,
you know, if you can't make it because
[8:47] you have other obligations on the nights
that you're not here, then you can go
[8:50] back and watch the meetings. That's very
common for some staff who don't
[8:54] necessarily need to attend the council
meeting but want to stay updated on what
[8:59] is happening with maybe an item that
their manager is taking or just
[9:03] generally with public comment and what's
the sentiment of the community. [snorts]
[9:07] Um so that's another resource available
to you and if you want to open up that
[9:13] one it might be helpful just to give you
a look at the website. If you want to
[9:18] click that link from the PowerPoint, you
should be able to open it.
[9:24] Then I think you got to drop that page.
[9:36] Yeah.
[9:42] So this is how it shows up on the
website. you can see our meeting tonight
[9:46] um which would have been posted since
Friday. You can download the packet from
[9:50] there. Um and also you can go back in
time um so you can select any time frame
[9:56] that you want and you can go through
certain items and read or see what's
[10:00] coming up to scan through and see
whether or not it is relevant for
[10:03] something to bring back to the EC. We
kind of touched on a little bit on this
[10:07] when we were discussing whether or not
we wanted to make any requests for
[10:11] spending from the NIC. So you're
starting to connect the dots of how
[10:15] maybe certain commissions uh hold
certain responsibilities and there's
[10:19] requests and eventually things filter up
to council. Um so I just wanted to
[10:23] provide that just as a baseline for this
discussion and you all can take it
[10:28] wherever you want to take it from here.
[10:33] » Great. Thanks thanks for that overview
of the resources. Um
[10:38] yeah I just kind of wanted to open this
up for discussion. We disc I think it
[10:41] was in the last meeting we talked about
kind of tracking um city business and
[10:46] doing that in a more official way and
seeing where you can kind of overlap and
[10:50] intersect with some of the other
commissions. So, um
[10:57] » I agree with like uh kind of assigning
certain commissions for in terms of
[11:02] follow
>> um but not necessarily we should do that
[11:05] with commissioner or not here
>> just to give her a fair chance of if
[11:09] there's any commission that she actually
wants to follow. Um but it's along with
[11:15] this I was uh
hoping to also
[11:23] uh not really just follow the
commissions but different
[11:27] » have a representative at those. Um but I
was looking at the website and there's I
[11:33] don't know if there's not events on the
calendar yet for the first quarter.
[11:39] » Can I get you to um put your mic a
little bit closer please? Um, and that's
[11:43] also for it picking up. Um, what was the
question?
[11:47] » Uh, events on the calendar. Is it not
published yet or there just no events?
[11:53] » Uh, most of the events you'll see on the
calendar are typically park and wreck
[11:58] and maybe some things that occur on an
annual annual basis. Otherwise, at the
[12:02] city council meetings, they always read
off uh events that are happening. So
[12:07] that's within, you know, the beginning,
typically 20-ish minutes, depending on
[12:13] what happens before that they're doing
announcements to make the public aware
[12:16] of services in the city. For example,
like the snip bus will get an
[12:20] announcement and any activity that
parking wreck is doing that might also
[12:24] be on the calendar will get an
announcement. So there's always a verbal
[12:27] at the council meeting going on.
>> Thank you.
[12:37] This is Commissioner Morgan and I just
wanted to chime in and say I think the
[12:41] spirit of this is great to keep us
timely and relevant and also make sure
[12:47] that we can participate effectively in
what other commissions are doing and in
[12:52] the city as a whole. But I think it
would be helpful for me to have a sense
[12:55] of the priorities that we want to focus
on so that when we do hear about things,
[13:00] we know what is most worth paying
attention to as far as the our
[13:05] commission goes.
[13:12] » Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense.
Um, and so, you know, maybe when it is
[13:18] that we come come around to developing
our work plan,
[13:24] um, and have like a clearer sense of
what what it is that we're doing as a
[13:27] commission that that,
um,
[13:32] this kind of like business tracking
could could follow from that discussion.
[13:36] Um, and I guess I'm thinking that in the
in the meantime,
[13:41] um, that just kind of having having our
feelers out for a few a few of the
[13:46] meetings, um, might be good, um, just to
kind of, you know, just be aware, start
[13:53] to get aware of like what the um, what
the different um, groups are are meeting
[13:58] about and kind of get a get a finger on
the pulse of what's going on. um
[14:03] » specifically with like the you know
parks and wreck and um the neighborhood
[14:08] improvement commission which seem like
they they have a lot of kind of natural
[14:12] overlap with um with the type of
environmental work that that we might be
[14:18] getting. But I can definitely see the
value too in in kind of
[14:22] » not formalizing this yet until we have
um a work plan formalized. I think uh my
[14:29] idea is like leaving it up to the
commissioners to kind of when we are in
[14:34] those meetings and we hear anything that
might relate to the cap that we're uh
[14:39] » enforcing or not enforcing but uh
encouraging um like um I think it is the
[14:46] planning commission I believe they were
working on the storm water uh drainage
[14:57] over at in seaside at the America's Tire
that they're building.
[15:01] » Um,
and that I believe that has some
[15:04] relation to the CAP in our
understanding. Um,
[15:09] » but yeah, just looking for those things
that relate to the CAP and the different
[15:12] commissions.
[15:16] » And this is Commissioner Morgan again. I
one of the things I really like about
[15:20] the spirit of this is to keep us
proactively engaged and then also
[15:26] communicating with each other and the
public during our meetings. I think um
[15:30] Commissioner Gotautle you brought to our
attention some of the things some of the
[15:34] conversations about turfing the near the
in the parks that kind of thing and I
[15:39] think this is a reminder for all of us
to be paying attention to anything and
[15:44] everything we're hearing whether it's at
an official meeting or around town or in
[15:48] one of the local papers.
But there are certainly going to be some
[15:52] issues coming up related to the climate
action plan and us linking back to the
[16:00] conversations that are being held at
other commission meetings makes a lot of
[16:03] sense to me. So I really like this even
if we don't have a formal plan to do
[16:09] this. It's just a call [snorts] to
action.
[16:14] » Yeah. And I think too to sort of the you
know part of the feeling behind this is
[16:19] to spread out the work a little bit and
um
[16:23] » you know we all have busy lives and and
jobs outside of this this particular
[16:26] volunteer work that we're doing. Um and
so yeah kind of being able to designate
[16:32] um based on interest or availability
which which meetings we might be able to
[16:36] tune into. Um, and Commissioner Canardi
brought up a good point that um, since
[16:41] Commissioner Kimfar isn't officially
participating in the meeting tonight, we
[16:46] might want to um, like I don't know in
what capacity that could be decided
[16:50] during the public comment period, but
it's not really part of the the dialogue
[16:55] necessarily. Um, but maybe just to kind
of
[17:00] start to move this a little bit forward
and we can continue the conversation
[17:03] next time. um would be maybe the if the
three of us who are
[17:11] participating officially in the in the
conversation can um could kind of figure
[17:16] out which which meetings we might be
interested in being responsible for
[17:20] tuning in to. Does that make sense?
Um,
[17:28] we I I don't know that every single
meeting that like group that meets is is
[17:36] necessarily going to have any overlap.
Some that I that I sort of lacked as I
[17:40] was looking through this was, you know,
city council obviously, the planning
[17:44] commission, neighborhood improvement
commission, um, and then parks and
[17:50] recreation.
And then the other one that I actually
[17:54] had a couple questions about was the the
Laguna Grande Park JPA which I um it
[18:01] seems like they meet on a quarterly
basis. Is that right or not sure? Okay.
[18:05] So that one is um maybe something that
we can that I can look into um which is
[18:11] the joint powers authority between the
cities of Seaside Monterey and Monterey
[18:16] Peninsul
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park
[18:19] District. to managing the park. So, um
but yeah, if anyone else has um are
[18:30] there other meetings that
that folks wanted to discuss tracking?
[18:40] Well, like if we're expanding the list,
I think about some of the county level
[18:44] park focused organizations, um, public
meetings, but also there's some advocacy
[18:51] organizations that would be helpful for
us to be paying attention to
[18:58] FOSPA obviously, but beyond that,
[19:08] yeah, another one that comes to mind for
me, and that category is the communities
[19:12] for sustainable Monterey County and the
the seaside chapter as well. But that
[19:17] would be yeah more in the yeah community
based organization
[19:21] » bucket.
[19:42] Yeah, I don't really have anything else
on the discussion besides if we want to
[19:45] formalize it moving it to the next
council meeting.
[19:48] » Okay.
>> Um
[19:53] don't know how to go about that.
>> Uh if I can add something.
[19:58] » Um so yeah, I think you have named the
three main ones that seem most relevant
[20:03] at this time to this commission. Another
thing to keep in mind regarding, you
[20:08] know, the emails that I send out asking
for items, a lot of this is going to be
[20:12] commissionerdriven. Um, because it will
be on a cyclical basis that we're going
[20:18] forward at times with items from the
climate action plan, getting your
[20:22] permission to say we're going to move
these ones forward. Then it goes to
[20:26] internal staff and then whatever makes
it through that goes up to the council
[20:30] because like engineering will assess
certain ones for even possibility
[20:35] viability. Um so I think in terms of the
work plan staff isn't going to be
[20:41] handing that to you. It's more so that
we will be coming to you maybe on a
[20:45] quarterly basis with this climate action
plan and these various items related to
[20:51] it. But in that time in between, what
are you as a group going to choose to
[20:56] do? Um, so we don't need to wait for the
annual work plan to be established to
[21:00] start tuning into meetings, for example.
Um, and it seems like there's some
[21:05] awareness of even groups outside of the
city that would be beneficial um to
[21:09] start tapping into. Um, so a lot of it
will be commissioner driven. And I read
[21:15] the charter um because you know having
one item and being close to a holiday
[21:19] brought up the question of do we want to
meet just to meet um that we're required
[21:26] to meet only six times a year. So in
these future asks for agenda items um or
[21:33] even for guest speakers to come that I
can help coordinate with for some of
[21:36] them where I do know people involved in
those groups were more than willing to
[21:40] assist with that. Um, but if I don't get
any requests back for an agenda item and
[21:45] we're kind of on our internal steps of
the CAP process, then we might not have
[21:50] a meeting. Um, so think about in the
time that we've started to now. Um, and
[21:55] then what you want to do moving forward
to transition your efforts and when you
[21:59] would see those best placed and what
type of maybe outreach you guys want to
[22:03] do as a group because there's always
like the FOSPA events at the parks. Can
[22:07] we collaborate on anything? Um, so yeah,
more conversations will help that, more
[22:13] exposure to boards and commissions will
help that, especially when we find out,
[22:17] for example, like what the NIC is
suggesting to council to vote on or even
[22:21] when that goes to the council, whether
or not you feel it's appropriate to make
[22:24] public comment as a citizen or as a
member of the environmental commission,
[22:27] but as a private citizen, totally up to
you to start gauging uh the level to
[22:33] which you want to engage with the
community via your role or as a member
[22:37] of the public who's just a bit more
informed. because of your volunteerism.
[22:52] » Yeah. So, I guess um given given all
that um we can I think we could probably
[23:00] decide to
either, you know, kind of put our names
[23:04] by by this listed organizations,
commissions, um council meetings that
[23:08] we've just listed or we can probably
decide to to do that at the next meeting
[23:12] if we wanted to um if we wanted to wait
for um Commissioner Kimfar to also be
[23:18] part of the discussion. But yeah, thanks
Beth too for reminding us that it's just
[23:23] yeah, Commissioner Dven.
>> Yeah. Um just a note on proceeding with
[23:28] this item. Uh if you do want to make a
motion, we have to open up public
[23:32] comment first and we will have three
minutes if uh Commissioner Kyan Far is
[23:38] on as a member of the public to which
she can speak. Um,
[23:44] and yeah, we can motion to continue the
item to our next regularly scheduled
[23:48] meeting and that would be sufficient and
for Jennifer to do the roll call vote.
[23:53] » Okay, sounds good. Um, and given that, I
would I would like to make a motion to
[23:58] continue.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Public comment, please.
[24:02] Okay, so let's open it up then for for
public comment.
[24:05] » Members of the public in the chamber,
please approach the podium. Members on
[24:08] Zoom, please use the raise your hand
feature or dial star 9 from a
[24:37] Diane, you may make your public comment.
Thank you. Good evening, Environmental
[24:44] Commission. My name is Diane Nielsen and
I am on the board of uh FASPA
[24:52] and I'm [clears throat] pleased to hear
that uh
[24:57] you would like to reach out and learn
more about FOSPA or collaborate with
[25:03] FOSPA.
And also I I attend the JPA meetings
[25:09] that were started back um a couple of
years ago now
[25:16] and it's really important to have
support in that area. Um it's a
[25:23] slowmoving
process but they have a lot of their uh
[25:29] requirements to proceed have been
approved by the various entities that
[25:36] need needed to do so
and there's a lot of opportunities um
[25:45] that can be brought up or ideas I should
say that can be brought up at the JPA
[25:50] also.
And we
[25:54] um jumping back to FOSPA
probably you I don't know but probably
[26:02] somebody
there may be receiving our weekly
[26:06] reminders about FOSPA work days every
Saturday we're in a uh one of the nine
[26:13] parks that we steward and you can go to
uh friendsof seasideparks.org or and and
[26:21] learn a little bit more and see our
schedule.
[26:25] And I just want to thank you for being
on this commission and um and the work
[26:32] that you're doing. Thank you.
>> Thank you for your comment.
[26:48] chair. We don't have anybody else
wanting to make public comment.
[26:53] » All right. Well, thank you. Thanks,
Diane, for joining. Um, and yeah, we'll
[26:57] definitely be in touch with FASA. Um,
okay. So, I would like to now make a
[27:02] motion to continue this discussion at
our next regularly scheduled um
[27:07] environmental commission meeting.
>> I second.
[27:16] We'll take a roll call vote.
Um, Commissioner Canard,
[27:22] » yes.
>> Commissioner Gotautle,
[27:24] » yes.
>> And Commissioner Morgan,
[27:27] » yes.
[27:41] We'll go to
Item six, reports from commissioners.
[28:04] We'll move on to item seven, reports
from staff.
[28:13] Hi.
>> Uh, I have a couple updates for you on
[28:17] things that happened at other
commissions. Um, one was at the planning
[28:21] commission meeting and one was last week
at the city council meeting. And again,
[28:26] it's just an item that maybe we've
touched on that could be of interest or
[28:31] just on a larger scale of interest. So,
this is maybe similar to what you would
[28:37] be doing if you do uh get assigned or
choose a certain board or commission. Um
[28:42] coming back and briefly sharing with
everybody.
[28:48] We'll give a second for the PowerPoint
to come up. Thanks.
[28:56] Uh so on December 10th, we had a
planning commission hearing. We had two
[29:00] items, one of which was for 795
Broadway. Uh they were were granted a
[29:07] use permit um for a meeting facility at
that location as well as uh
[29:12] architectural review approval for some
uh exterior installations they were
[29:18] doing around an enclosed uh a trash
enclosure. Um
[29:23] this is the corner site um across the
street. It's on Elhhamra on Broadway uh
[29:30] where a lot of the goal activity is
happening on the rooftops of those shops
[29:35] and uh code enforcement made us aware a
while ago about this specific property
[29:41] and property owner receiving a citation
regarding the nuisance of some of the
[29:48] waste associated with the nesting sites
there. Um, this wasn't a project that I
[29:53] worked on. My colleague did, but um,
being advised by our manager, I'll give
[29:58] you a minute or so to read a condition
of approval that we placed on the
[30:04] project. Um, and
[30:10] just let you see how we approach this
for it being a first time coming across
[30:15] our desk associated with a project on a
site that had previous uh code
[30:20] enforcement activity.
[30:39] And I guess I will read it just in case
there's any uh
[30:44] connection or just accessibility issues.
It was a condition of approval added
[30:48] that said prior to each nesting season,
deterrence shall be installed to prevent
[30:53] the establishment of colonies of birds.
Prior to procurement and installation,
[30:57] the applicant shall submit a deterrent
plan to the community development
[31:01] department for review and approval.
Approved deterrent shall be promptly
[31:05] installed and maintained in working
order. Abandoned nest shall be removed.
[31:09] Nothing in this condition shall be
construed to require the applicant to
[31:13] harass any birds with established nests
on the site, nor to disturb or remove
[31:18] any nests with eggs or chicks still
present. And where this is kind of left
[31:22] open is that they submit a plan to us
for review and approval and we didn't
[31:27] want to get into naming for example like
we will consult with the autobond
[31:31] society and we will consult with matter
I don't know what other organization um
[31:36] but in leaving that open it gives us the
ability to reach out to those who do
[31:41] have the knowledge and expertise to
provide us with guidance on what is
[31:45] appropriate. um it's more so requiring
the applicant to take the first step of
[31:50] giving us something so we can provide it
to an outside agency to turn around and
[31:54] give us guidance on that way it will be
done correctly. Um so this is just an
[32:00] example of something we've come across
in this uh you know presentations or uh
[32:05] reports from commissioners or staff
isn't a time for discussion or
[32:08] questions. of course via email. If you
have questions about this or anything
[32:12] that you want to share regarding
resources for us, you can go ahead and
[32:15] do that. Um text on this is a little bit
small. I definitely won't be reading
[32:20] this all in, but I will read the top uh
item, which was the item description on
[32:24] the city council meeting uh from last
week. 121825 adopt a resolution opposing
[32:30] the inclusion of new offshore oil and
gas leasing off the coast of California
[32:34] and the federal 5-year national outer
continental shelf oil and gas leasing
[32:38] program. Um you can go back as we showed
you on the agendas and go back in time
[32:44] and select the 1218 meeting. you could
pull up the actual resolution where
[32:48] you'll see all the declarations that
were made in that and um what the city's
[32:53] stance on it is and essentially the
bottom
[32:58] um footnote bullet says if adopted the
resolution would convey the city's
[33:02] position to the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management and to state and federal
[33:07] elected officials through distribution
of the approved document. So,
[33:12] just another example of what's happening
outside of the EC, but definitely rel
[33:17] related to the environment on a larger
scale. Um, this was probably floated
[33:22] around by another agency to cities in
the area asking for support. Uh, oftent
[33:28] times a template's given. It could have
also been initiated from the inside um
[33:32] by somebody who's just keeping track and
is aware of things. So, those are a
[33:36] couple of examples of
pieces of information that, you know,
[33:41] commissioners could be sharing in the
future by following their respective
[33:44] commissions that they're assigned to or
volunteer for. And that's all I have for
[33:48] you.
[33:53] » I have a question. Is is the appropriate
time?
[33:59] There's um no discussion or questions on
report items because they're not open
[34:03] for public comment either. But if you
want to ask a question, yeah, send me an
[34:08] email, please.
>> Okay.
[34:25] Are we ready to move on to the last item
eight, adjournment?
[34:29] Um, we'll start with a motion and then
end with a roll call vote.
[34:33] » Okay. I make a motion to adjourn today's
meeting.
[34:36] » A second.
[34:42] » I will do a roll call vote on adjourning
the meeting at 6:06
[34:50] p.m. Commissioner Canard.
>> Yes.
[34:54] Commissioner
Morgan,
[34:57] » yes. And Chair Gotautle,
>> yes.
[35:07] Uh, the meeting has been adjourned.