[1:25:00] closed session. Thank you. I.

[1:27:30] I.

[1:27:33] Okay. Good evening. Um, I

[1:27:33] ll

[1:27:36] now reconvene our city council

[1:27:40] meeting at 631. And we are glad

[1:27:42] that you are all here. Um, I

[1:27:43] want to welcome you for joining

[1:27:45] the meeting tonight in Council

[1:27:46] Chamber, as well as those

[1:27:49] watching remotely. We have been

[1:27:51] in closed session. City

[1:27:52] manager, do we have any actions

[1:27:54] to report?

[1:27:55] Good evening, Your Honor. No

[1:27:57] action to report. Thank you.

[1:27:59] Thank you. And now we

[1:27:59] re moving

[1:28:01] on to item two, the flag salute

[1:28:03] and invocation. We honored

[1:28:05] those who make it possible for

[1:28:07] us to be here today. Is there

[1:28:09] anyone here in the audience who

[1:28:11] is on active duty or or a

[1:28:13] military veteran? Please stand

[1:28:15] or raise your hand so that we

[1:28:26] MAY recognize you. Thank you.

[1:28:28] Our flag salute tonight. If you

[1:28:30] remain standing, will be by

[1:28:31] Councilmember cartoonists in

[1:28:33] our non-sectarian invocation by

[1:28:35] Councilmember Lewis.

[1:28:36] All right. Please rise. If you

[1:28:37] have not already. Remove any

[1:28:39] caps. Face a flag over here and

[1:28:41] you MAY begin. I pledge.

[1:28:45] Allegiance to the our prayer

[1:28:47] and to the Republic for which

[1:28:50] it stands. One nation under GOD,

[1:28:52] indivisible, with liberty and

[1:28:55] justice for all. Thank you.

[1:28:57] Please remain standing.

[1:28:58] Gracious Lord, we come before

[1:29:00] you in gratitude for our city

[1:29:03] and its new leaders and

[1:29:05] continuing leaders. We ask for

[1:29:07] your guidance, your wisdom, and

[1:29:09] your peace. Unite our leaders

[1:29:11] and our city with a shared

[1:29:13] vision for the common good. And

[1:29:14] grant all of us with the

[1:29:15] strength to serve with

[1:29:17] integrity, humility and

[1:29:20] compassion. We also pray that

[1:29:22] you inspire all of us to work

[1:29:24] together for fairness and

[1:29:26] prosperity of our great city.

[1:29:27] MAY your love and light guide

[1:29:29] us forward. Amen.

[1:29:33] Amen.

[1:29:36] And now we have a special

[1:29:39] presentation and announcement.

[1:29:43] Um, we have a special person in

[1:29:46] our staff. Um, our city

[1:29:48] manager, MR. Rahm Ryan,

[1:29:52] celebrating 25 years.

[1:30:14] With us.

[1:30:18] Happy anniversary to you. Happy

[1:30:22] anniversary to you. Happy

[1:30:26] anniversary, dear MR. Chapin.

[1:30:42] Happy anniversary to you.

[1:30:50] Dave. Thank you.

[1:30:52] For coming. Hold on, hold on. I

[1:31:02] know I need for quite a while.

[1:31:04] Well, now.

[1:31:05] You folks can.

[1:31:10] Please. Know that.

[1:31:10] I

[1:31:18] m looking for protocol sake.

[1:31:20] Off the fire.

[1:31:21] 52 or 20.

[1:31:21] I wouldn

[1:31:23] t be here at 52.

[1:31:27] All right. That

[1:31:36] s fine.

[1:31:44] Smile.

[1:31:46] Thank you. Thank you so much.

[1:31:48] Very nice. Thank you. Sir.

[1:31:48] Thank you.

[1:31:51] Thank you. Thank you sir. Thank

[1:31:52] you.

[1:32:01] It was.

[1:32:09] Oh.

[1:32:10] Thank you for letting us do

[1:32:10] that. It

[1:32:12] s really important. We

[1:32:14] really appreciate you, sir. Um,

[1:32:14] so now we

[1:32:15] re moving on to item

[1:32:17] three. Announcements of

[1:32:19] withdrawal, deferred and or

[1:32:21] supplemental items.

[1:32:22] Where do I begin? Thank you,

[1:32:24] Your Honor. Mayor. Mayor and

[1:32:25] council, I truly appreciate

[1:32:28] your kind gesture. It was 25

[1:32:30] years ago on the JULY 16th,

[1:32:32] that I walked into City Hall as

[1:32:34] an intern. And, um, who would

[1:32:36] have thought 25 years later

[1:32:37] would be here celebrating? But

[1:32:40] I really appreciate all of you

[1:32:41] and the prior mayor and council

[1:32:44] members, including MR. Jackson

[1:32:45] and Mary Giordano, who were

[1:32:47] instrumental, and Kim Turner,

[1:32:48] who gave me my first big boy

[1:32:50] full time job. So thank you.

[1:32:51] With that, Your Honor, are no

[1:32:52] supplemental materials

[1:32:54] available on the city website?

[1:32:54] Thank you all.

[1:32:56] All right. Thank you. We

[1:32:56] ll go

[1:32:58] ahead and move on to item four.

[1:32:58] I

[1:32:59] ll take a motion to waive for

[1:33:02] the readings of resolutions and

[1:33:04] ordinances. After a number and

[1:33:09] title. If we have any.

[1:33:12] So moved.

[1:33:16] Second.

[1:33:24] Start voting, please. Are you

[1:33:28] having problems?

[1:33:32] I MAY need some assistant.

[1:33:33] Oh, you got to press your

[1:33:37] button. Your name first.

[1:33:40] Oh.

[1:33:41] Thank you.

[1:33:42] Thank you for. The help.

[1:33:46] Your Honor. That motion carried

[1:33:46] unanimously.

[1:33:48] Thank you very much. Um, moving

[1:33:53] on to item five. Council

[1:33:54] meeting minutes and staff

[1:33:56] announcements. I would like to

[1:33:57] invite Social Service

[1:34:00] Commission chair Karen prior to

[1:34:01] the podium to introduce the

[1:34:04] back to school supply drive.

[1:34:06] Good evening. Thank you. Mary.

[1:34:08] Mayor Kalani. Thank you. So

[1:34:09] awesome to say that, uh,

[1:34:11] members of city council and all

[1:34:12] you fabulous people up here. My

[1:34:14] name is Karen Pryor. I am the

[1:34:15] chair of the Social Services

[1:34:17] Commission, and we would like

[1:34:19] to encourage the community to

[1:34:21] participate in our annual back

[1:34:24] to school supply drive. This is

[1:34:25] held in partnership with

[1:34:27] Torrance Unified School

[1:34:29] District. Every donation helps

[1:34:30] provide students in the

[1:34:33] district who are in foster care

[1:34:35] or experiencing homelessness

[1:34:36] with the essential school

[1:34:37] supplies they need for a

[1:34:40] successful school year.

[1:34:42] Requested donations include,

[1:34:44] but are not limited to,

[1:34:45] backpacks, lunch bags,

[1:34:47] notebooks, folders, binders,

[1:34:49] umbrellas, hair products, and

[1:34:50] other essential school

[1:34:53] supplies. Collection boxes are

[1:34:54] currently located in the City

[1:34:56] Hall lobby. Permit center,

[1:34:58] while Library and North

[1:35:00] Torrance Library, the supply

[1:35:02] drive ends, it says. This

[1:35:03] Friday, JUNE 23rd, it

[1:35:04] s JUNE

[1:35:04] 24th. You know, we

[1:35:05] ll take them

[1:35:07] into next week. I think, uh, to

[1:35:09] view the complete list of

[1:35:11] requested items, please visit

[1:35:14] Torrance, ca for help others.

[1:35:16] And if you have any questions,

[1:35:22] please call 310 6185880 or

[1:35:23] email Social Services

[1:35:26] Commission at Torrance, ca gov.

[1:35:27] Thank you.

[1:35:28] Thank you Commissioner. Chair.

[1:35:33] Commissioner. Prior.

[1:35:36] To MAY. Thank you mayor. Good

[1:35:37] evening mayor and members of

[1:35:38] the city Council, David Dumais,

[1:35:39] fire chief, I would like to

[1:35:41] remind the community that the

[1:35:42] Torrance Refining Company will

[1:35:44] be conducting the monthly test

[1:35:46] of the community. Alert sirens

[1:35:48] on Wednesday, AUGUST 5th at

[1:35:49] 11:30 A.M.. That

[1:35:50] s two weeks

[1:35:51] from now. As a reminder, this

[1:35:53] is only a test. The test will

[1:35:55] include a one minute all clear

[1:35:57] chime, followed by a two minute

[1:35:59] siren tone and another minute

[1:36:01] of the all clear chimes. Total

[1:36:02] testing time will not exceed

[1:36:04] five minutes. It is important

[1:36:06] to note the siren tone MAY be

[1:36:08] heard farther than the chimes

[1:36:09] during an actual emergency. You

[1:36:11] will hear the sirens. We

[1:36:13] encourage the community to take

[1:36:14] action to shelter, shut and

[1:36:16] listen for instructions from

[1:36:18] the city. Shelter in place

[1:36:19] means if you are outside while

[1:36:21] at home, go inside. Close all

[1:36:22] windows, doors and vents and

[1:36:24] turn off air conditioning.

[1:36:25] Listen for instructions from

[1:36:27] local cable, radio, social

[1:36:28] media sites and through the

[1:36:31] Torrance Alert app. If driving

[1:36:32] continue to drive, close all

[1:36:34] windows and vents, set air

[1:36:36] conditioning to recirculate.

[1:36:39] Turn your radio to 16:20 A.M..

[1:36:40] City Sounds for local

[1:36:41] instructions. If you

[1:36:41] re in your

[1:36:43] car, do not start the engine.

[1:36:45] Close all windows and vents and

[1:36:47] turn your radio to 1620 city

[1:36:49] sounds for instructions. Listen

[1:36:50] for the chimes that signal the

[1:36:52] all clear message to signal the

[1:36:54] emergency has concluded. For

[1:36:55] additional information,

[1:36:57] residents MAY contact the

[1:36:58] Torrance Refining Company

[1:37:01] Community Relations at

[1:37:04] (310) 212-1852. That

[1:37:04] s

[1:37:08] (310) 212-1852. We also

[1:37:09] encourage Torrance residents

[1:37:11] and businesses to sign up for

[1:37:12] Torrance Alerts, which is

[1:37:13] Torrance

[1:37:13] s emergency

[1:37:14] notification and warning

[1:37:16] system. Torrance Alerts

[1:37:18] delivers early warning and real

[1:37:19] time updates during emergencies

[1:37:21] such as earthquakes, fire,

[1:37:23] fires or public health events.

[1:37:25] When action is needed, like

[1:37:27] evacuations of avoid or shelter

[1:37:28] in place, you

[1:37:29] ll receive alerts

[1:37:31] by phone or email, text or

[1:37:32] through the Torrance Alert app.

[1:37:34] For more information regarding

[1:37:35] Torrance Alerts, please go to

[1:37:35] the city

[1:37:39] s web page at. Forward

[1:37:41] for Torrance Alerts. Thank you,

[1:37:41] Your Honor.

[1:37:43] Thank you, chief to me. We

[1:37:43] re

[1:37:45] now moving on to Community

[1:37:48] Matters with six a. Our next

[1:37:50] item is a special recognition

[1:37:52] from our community services

[1:37:54] department. The city is proud

[1:37:55] to recognize the friends of the

[1:37:57] Torrance Theatre Company for

[1:38:01] their generous $35,000 donation

[1:38:02] to support this year

[1:38:03] s Torrance

[1:38:06] Theatre Company. 2026 Summer

[1:38:09] musical frozen. The friends of

[1:38:10] the Torrance Theatre Company

[1:38:11] have long supported the city

[1:38:12] s

[1:38:14] productions by funding the live

[1:38:16] orchestra each season. This

[1:38:16] year

[1:38:18] s contribution will also

[1:38:20] help offset the additional

[1:38:21] costs of bringing the

[1:38:23] spectacular production to life,

[1:38:26] including scenery, costumes and

[1:38:27] puppet building materials.

[1:38:30] Frozen opens Saturday, AUGUST

[1:38:33] 8th, 2026 and closes Saturday,

[1:38:36] AUGUST 22nd, 2026 at the James

[1:38:38] Armstrong Theatre, located at

[1:38:41] three 330 Civic Center Drive in

[1:38:43] Torrance. This production is

[1:38:46] directed by Jim Hormel,

[1:38:49] choreographed by Swan

[1:38:51] Drawbridge, with music and

[1:38:53] vocal direction by Bradley

[1:38:55] Hampton. The show is selling

[1:38:56] out fast, so you

[1:38:56] ll want to get

[1:39:00] your tickets right away at

[1:39:02] Torrance Theatre Company or at

[1:39:04] the James Armstrong Theatre box

[1:39:22] office by calling

[1:39:30] 31078171713107817171, along

[1:39:30] with tickets to the show, you

[1:39:31] can purchase vip packages at

[1:39:31] Torrance Theatre company.Com,

[1:39:32] including a royal coronation

[1:39:36] ceremony that Irwindale Welcome

[1:39:37] Station and let it snow. Family

[1:39:39] photo experiences. Now, I

[1:39:39] d

[1:39:42] like to ask Harry Jordan from

[1:39:43] the friends of the Torrance

[1:39:44] Theatre Company to say a few

[1:39:46] words and present the donation

[1:39:47] check, and we

[1:39:48] ll.

[1:39:49] Go now for a picture.

[1:39:50] Thank you. Mayor.

[1:39:50] Council.

[1:39:51] Everyone else up here. I

[1:39:53] appreciate the time. You

[1:39:53] ve

[1:39:54] just. You said it perfectly. No

[1:39:56] notes. Um, the, uh, we

[1:39:57] ve just

[1:39:58] continued to support the city

[1:40:01] by raising money to continue to

[1:40:03] bring quality live theater to

[1:40:05] the residents of the city and

[1:40:06] beyond. And so we

[1:40:07] re just happy

[1:40:09] and proud to be here to to, uh,

[1:40:12] present this $35,000 check to

[1:40:15] the city for frozen. And, uh,

[1:40:16] we appreciate all the

[1:40:17] information that you provided,

[1:40:18] because now I don

[1:40:18] t have

[1:40:19] anything else to say.

[1:40:20] Thank you.

[1:40:20] So we

[1:40:21] re going to come down for

[1:40:22] a great opportunity.

[1:40:38] Thank you. Side note. All

[1:40:42] right, boys, and. I

[1:40:43] m sure

[1:40:47] people here. And I don

[1:40:48] t have

[1:41:01] to worry about what side.

[1:41:03] Right here.

[1:41:07] Or do you want to.

[1:41:08] Or do you just want to before

[1:41:09] you be on the podcast, you

[1:41:09] re

[1:41:19] on the show.

[1:41:23] Keep making it perfect. Are we

[1:42:02] straight?

[1:42:03] Thank you. Thank you so much.

[1:42:04] Thank you so much.

[1:42:15] Thank you.

[1:42:33] Yeah.

[1:42:35] Okay. Moving on to six b from

[1:42:38] our city clerk.

[1:42:40] Thank you, Your Honor. Rebecca.

[1:42:42] City clerk. It is my

[1:42:43] recommendation that city

[1:42:45] council take action to fill

[1:42:47] vacancies on various

[1:42:48] commissions by appointing

[1:42:50] qualified applicants. All

[1:42:51] applicants have been verified

[1:42:53] as registered voters of the

[1:42:54] City of Torrance who have

[1:42:55] completed commission

[1:42:57] certification training. And if

[1:42:59] a current seated commissioner

[1:43:00] completed. Ethics ab one, two,

[1:43:03] three, four and non Supervisory

[1:43:04] harassment Prevention

[1:43:06] trainings. The appointment

[1:43:07] process will be as follows.

[1:43:09] Applicants and attendants will

[1:43:10] be asked to stand as their name

[1:43:12] is called. Then the mayor will

[1:43:14] allow members of the public to

[1:43:16] have an opportunity to speak.

[1:43:18] Mayor will call for nominations

[1:43:19] from council. If a council

[1:43:21] member wishes to nominate, they

[1:43:23] MAY request to speak and the

[1:43:25] mayor will acknowledge them.

[1:43:27] Council members MAY only

[1:43:30] nominate one applicant. Please

[1:43:31] speak into your microphone and

[1:43:33] state the name clearly. Once an

[1:43:35] applicant has been nominated,

[1:43:36] they do not need to be

[1:43:38] nominated a second time.

[1:43:39] Council members MAY choose to

[1:43:41] concur with the applicant that

[1:43:43] has already been nominated or

[1:43:45] remain silent. Council members

[1:43:47] MAY choose not to nominate an

[1:43:48] applicant as well. The

[1:43:50] nomination process should

[1:43:52] narrow the field of applicants

[1:43:55] for voting. After nominations

[1:43:57] are closed. Mayor will request

[1:43:59] a roll call vote. Council

[1:44:01] members were clearly state the

[1:44:03] name of the candidate they are

[1:44:05] voting for. Please speak into

[1:44:07] the microphone to be appointed,

[1:44:09] the applicant must receive a

[1:44:10] majority of votes from the City

[1:44:12] Council per council. Rules of

[1:44:15] order. Section 4.8. If there is

[1:44:17] a tie, a coin toss MAY be used

[1:44:20] to determine the terms. Your.

[1:44:21] Your honor, I will now call the

[1:44:23] applicants names. It should be

[1:44:26] noted that, um, applicant, Furi

[1:44:30] and applicant Pascal are unable

[1:44:33] to attend tonight. Russell

[1:44:43] Akiyama. Adam Bertino. Charles

[1:44:46] Diemer.

[1:44:51] Paul Fox.

[1:44:58] Judy. Gerber. Cameron. Henson.

[1:45:04] Phil Hong, mia. Kurt. Sonus.

[1:45:10] Kenneth. Lu. Stephen. Leis.

[1:45:13] Brennan. Mendez. Michelle.

[1:45:20] Pokhari. Adam. Mrazek. Gary.

[1:45:27] Safran. Aarohi. Sharma. Tyler.

[1:45:34] Stivers. Joy. Sun. Alex. Truman.

[1:45:37] Christopher. Truman. Tremaine.

[1:45:43] White and Tony. I now turn the

[1:45:46] process over to you. Mayor.

[1:45:49] Thank you very much. Uh, we

[1:45:51] will designate up to ten

[1:45:52] minutes for members of the

[1:45:54] public to comment. City clerk,

[1:45:56] has anyone signed up to speak

[1:45:58] prior to the start of the

[1:45:58] meeting?

[1:46:00] No one signed up for this item,

[1:46:03] your honor.

[1:46:03] I

[1:46:04] m so sorry, everyone. You can

[1:46:05] sit down.

[1:46:08] Thank you.

[1:46:11] Thank you. Council member Lewis.

[1:46:13] Does anyone from the public

[1:46:15] wish to be heard on the

[1:46:16] appointments? You have up to

[1:46:17] three minutes to address the

[1:46:25] council. Okay, I see no one

[1:46:27] will now take remote

[1:46:29] participants. Callers can press

[1:46:31] star nine to raise their hand.

[1:46:32] Staff, is there anyone that

[1:46:34] would like to speak?

[1:46:35] Your honor, there are no remote

[1:46:36] callers.

[1:46:38] Okay. Thank you very much. I

[1:46:40] will now start to accept

[1:46:43] nominations for the Planning

[1:46:45] Commission, and I think we

[1:46:45] ll

[1:46:47] go ahead and start to my left

[1:46:52] with Council Member Gerson.

[1:46:54] I would like to nominate Adam

[1:46:57] Razzak.

[1:47:00] I would like to nominate a

[1:47:02] Rohit Sharma.

[1:47:04] I would like to nominate Adam

[1:47:07] Bertino.

[1:47:11] Council member Sheikh.

[1:47:12] Might have been nominated.

[1:47:13] Thank you.

[1:47:14] Mine have been nominated

[1:47:34] already as well.

[1:47:36] Sorry, your honor, to clarify,

[1:47:39] the nominations were Adam

[1:47:41] Resnick, Adam Bertino, and was

[1:47:42] there a third one.

[1:47:43] Rohit Sharma?

[1:47:49] Okay. Thank you. My apologies.

[1:47:51] Was that are you closing the

[1:47:53] Nominations. Okay. Would you

[1:47:55] like me to start the voting?

[1:47:56] Yes, please. Okay. Please start

[1:47:58] the voting.

[1:47:59] Council member.

[1:48:01] Adam Razak.

[1:48:01] Oh. I

[1:48:11] m sorry. You picked two.

[1:48:13] Council member. Yes, please

[1:48:15] pick two.

[1:48:21] MISS Sharma and MR. Bertino.

[1:48:24] Council member Lewis.

[1:48:25] Patino and.

[1:48:28] Sharma.

[1:48:32] Council member Liu.

[1:48:38] Sharma and Adam Bertino.

[1:48:40] Council member Shaikh.

[1:48:46] MISS Sharma and Adam Razak.

[1:48:48] Mayor Kalani.

[1:48:53] Adam Bertino and Aarohi Sharma.

[1:48:55] Your honor, I have a Rohit

[1:48:58] Sharma with six votes and Adam

[1:49:00] Bertino with four. Um. That

[1:49:03] does ratify. You have met the

[1:49:05] council. Rules of order. I

[1:49:07] would suggest that since MISS

[1:49:09] Sharma got more votes, she get

[1:49:12] the longer term and MR. Bertino

[1:49:13] get the shorter term.

[1:49:15] Do you need a motion for that?

[1:49:16] No. We do one motion at the end

[1:49:17] of all the appointments.

[1:49:19] Okay.

[1:49:21] Mayor Kolody, can I interject

[1:49:22] one question? I

[1:49:22] m going to have

[1:49:25] to be recused from some of

[1:49:27] these. So when we do one motion

[1:49:30] at the end.

[1:49:31] Do we. We can.

[1:49:31] If you

[1:49:33] d like, I apologize.

[1:49:35] Council member. I forgot you

[1:49:36] will be recusing yourself. I

[1:49:36] m

[1:49:36] going to. Why don

[1:49:36] t we do a

[1:49:38] motion now for planning?

[1:49:39] Thank you. Guys, I

[1:49:39] m making.

[1:49:39] It more. Thank you. I

[1:49:40] d like to

[1:49:46] make a motion. CHAIRMAN, take

[1:49:47] the term. It

[1:49:49] s been expiring in

[1:49:51] 2030. And Adam Bertino to

[1:49:54] taking the term that expires in

[1:49:54] 2029.

[1:49:57] Second.

[1:50:02] Start voting, please. Your

[1:50:04] honor, that motion carried

[1:50:06] unanimously.

[1:50:09] Thank you. And congratulations

[1:50:09] to both.

[1:50:16] Of you.

[1:50:18] So correct me. Please correct

[1:50:18] me if I

[1:50:20] m wrong. Clerk. Boy,

[1:50:22] those please stay so that you

[1:50:22] can.

[1:50:25] Yes. Please stay at the end of

[1:50:26] all of the appointments. Those

[1:50:28] who are appointed will be asked

[1:50:29] to come forward and take the

[1:50:30] oath of office.

[1:50:31] Thank you. I

[1:50:33] ll now accept

[1:50:36] nominations for the Civil

[1:50:37] Service Commission, and we

[1:50:37] ll

[1:50:39] start to my right with Council

[1:50:41] Member.

[1:50:41] I

[1:50:44] m going to nominate MR. White.

[1:50:47] And that is all of our

[1:50:49] potential nominees for this

[1:50:50] commission.

[1:50:51] Well, we did have one other

[1:50:52] person who was on the list, but

[1:50:54] he got appointed to the

[1:50:54] previous one.

[1:50:55] That is.

[1:50:55] Correct.

[1:50:56] Sorry. That

[1:50:57] s why I was waiting

[1:51:01] for the.

[1:51:03] Is there anyone that would like

[1:51:04] to make a motion?

[1:51:08] I move that we, um, appoint

[1:51:10] Jermaine White to the Civil

[1:51:13] Service Commission ending in

[1:51:14] 2030.

[1:51:15] I second.

[1:51:16] That. Probably.

[1:51:18] No, wait. She said.

[1:51:21] It.

[1:51:22] Council member Lewis, did you

[1:51:25] second. That okay? Could you

[1:51:25] please click in.

[1:51:26] Please. I

[1:51:28] m stuck.

[1:51:29] Oh, Councilmember.

[1:51:29] Yeah.

[1:51:32] There you go. There we go. Okay.

[1:51:36] Start voting, please. Your

[1:51:37] honor, that motion carried

[1:51:38] unanimously.

[1:51:41] Thank you. Congratulations,

[1:51:49] sir. I will now accept

[1:51:50] nominations for the

[1:51:52] environmental quality and

[1:51:53] Energy Conservation Commission.

[1:51:54] We

[1:51:54] re going to start with

[1:51:57] Commissioner Liu.

[1:51:57] I

[1:51:59] d like to nominate Russell

[1:52:03] Akiyama and Brennan Mendez.

[1:52:05] You MAY only nominate one

[1:52:07] applicant.

[1:52:08] Oh.

[1:52:10] Do MR. Akiyama.

[1:52:13] First member.

[1:52:17] Paul Fox.

[1:52:18] Councilmember.

[1:52:23] Adam Razak.

[1:52:24] Member.

[1:52:26] Mine were nominated.

[1:52:28] Thank you. Nominated. And so

[1:52:33] far, my. Oh.

[1:52:35] Pardon me.

[1:52:39] I will nominate MR. Mendez.

[1:52:39] I

[1:52:40] m sorry, I couldn

[1:52:40] t hear you.

[1:52:41] Council member..

[1:52:42] Mendez.

[1:52:43] Mendez.

[1:52:49] Okay.

[1:52:50] Okay, we

[1:52:50] re ready for.

[1:52:52] A roll. Council member.

[1:52:55] Calzones, please vote for two.

[1:52:59] MR. Akiyama and MR. Fox.

[1:53:01] Council member Lewis, please

[1:53:02] vote for two.

[1:53:05] Akiyama and Fox.

[1:53:07] Council member Liu. Please vote

[1:53:08] for two.

[1:53:11] Akiyama and Mendez.

[1:53:14] Council member shake.

[1:53:18] Akiyama and Fox.

[1:53:21] Council member Gerson.

[1:53:24] Akiyama and Mendez.

[1:53:26] Mayor Kalani.

[1:53:28] Akiyama and Fox.

[1:53:31] Your honor, I have Akiyama with

[1:53:35] six votes and Fox with four.

[1:53:38] Both terms expire at the same

[1:53:41] time. Um, would you like to

[1:53:44] take a motion to confirm those?

[1:53:44] Yeah. Let

[1:53:46] s take a motion to

[1:53:49] confirm both. Russell Akiyama

[1:53:52] and Paul Fox onto the quality

[1:53:54] and energy. Environmental

[1:53:56] Quality and Energy Conservation

[1:53:57] Commission.

[1:53:58] So moved.

[1:54:02] Second.

[1:54:07] Start voting, please. Your

[1:54:09] honor, that motion carried

[1:54:19] unanimously.

[1:54:21] Congratulations, gentlemen. Uh,

[1:54:23] the next historic preservation,

[1:54:25] um, commission, we have one

[1:54:27] person for two seats. Do we

[1:54:29] want to take a motion to

[1:54:32] appoint MISS Hansen?

[1:54:33] I would like to make a motion

[1:54:35] to appoint Cammy Henson to

[1:54:38] historic preservation, to a

[1:54:41] term expiring in 2036.

[1:54:41] I

[1:54:41] ll second.

[1:54:41] That.

[1:54:47] You can.

[1:54:53] Start voting, please.

[1:54:53] Did you.

[1:54:56] Vote?

[1:54:57] Council member. Lou. Thank you,

[1:54:59] Your Honor. That motion carried

[1:55:00] unanimously.

[1:55:07] Congratulations, MISS Hansen.

[1:55:10] Okay, moving on to nominations

[1:55:12] for the airport commission.

[1:55:12] Let

[1:55:14] s quickly remove, uh.

[1:55:16] Mayor Kolody, I want to ask

[1:55:18] that I be recused for this

[1:55:21] item. As my wife is on the

[1:55:23] appointment list. And although

[1:55:24] the compensation to these

[1:55:26] positions is very low, it is a

[1:55:27] potential conflict of interest

[1:55:29] from financial standpoint. So

[1:55:30] I

[1:55:30] ll be right, and I

[1:55:30] ll be

[1:55:31] right behind that door.

[1:55:33] Thank you. And just confirming

[1:55:35] that everyone, um, that

[1:55:35] s on

[1:55:39] our commission list is still..

[1:55:40] Yes.

[1:55:41] Okay. So we

[1:55:42] re going to start

[1:55:43] with council members.

[1:55:45] Yeah, I know, I mean, uh, MR.

[1:55:49] Gary Saffron.

[1:55:52] I will go ahead and nominate

[1:55:55] Adam Razzak.

[1:55:58] Uh, mine are already taken.

[1:55:59] Council member Lynn.

[1:56:01] Mine are taking.

[1:56:02] Council member.

[1:56:02] I

[1:56:13] ll nominate me.

[1:56:14] Okay.

[1:56:15] Thank you, Your Honor. I

[1:56:15] m

[1:56:16] getting ready. I

[1:56:17] ve got to

[1:56:19] cross off names and do things

[1:56:22] down here. Um. Let

[1:56:23] s see. Did

[1:56:25] we have a motion? Oh, no. We

[1:56:25] re

[1:56:26] voting. Sorry. Council member.

[1:56:30] Lewis, pick two, please.

[1:56:33] Resnick and saffron.

[1:56:35] Council member Lou, pick two,

[1:56:36] please.

[1:56:39] Rise and saffron.

[1:56:40] Council member. Shake. Pick

[1:56:42] two, please.

[1:56:45] Red and saffron.

[1:56:46] Council member Gershon. Pick

[1:56:50] two, please.

[1:56:55] Rise and.

[1:56:55] I

[1:56:56] m sorry. What was your second

[1:57:00] choice? Okay. Thank you. Mayor

[1:57:01] Kalani.

[1:57:03] , Razzak and saffron.

[1:57:05] Your honor, they both got five

[1:57:08] votes, both terms. And in 2030.

[1:57:12] I move that we, um, appoint

[1:57:16] Adam Razzak and Gary Saffron to

[1:57:17] the airport Commission terms

[1:57:19] expiring in 2030.

[1:57:20] Second.

[1:57:27] Start voting please. Your

[1:57:28] honor, that motion carries with

[1:57:30] council member, cartoonist

[1:57:55] recused.

[1:57:57] Commissioner.

[1:58:00] Yeah.

[1:58:01] Council member Lewis wishes to

[1:58:04] speak.

[1:58:06] I would like to get council

[1:58:12] concurrence to, um, accept more

[1:58:14] applications for the Commission

[1:58:17] on Aging. Can I have a

[1:58:18] concurrence to accept further

[1:58:20] applications on the Commission

[1:58:26] of Aging?

[1:58:28] Do we have it?

[1:58:28] There

[1:58:29] s a request for

[1:58:31] concurrence to accept more

[1:58:33] applications for the Commission

[1:58:35] on Aging, whether rather than

[1:58:36] choosing this evening.

[1:58:37] Your honor, that would be to

[1:58:40] direct the city clerk to

[1:58:42] advertise and solicit more

[1:58:44] applications. Correct? Yes.

[1:58:47] Okay, let me revise that to,

[1:58:49] uh, direct the city clerk to re

[1:58:52] advertise, uh, to openings on

[1:58:54] the Commission for aging. Do we

[1:58:56] need a concurrence or do we

[1:58:58] need a vote?

[1:59:00] You could do either. Would you

[1:59:01] like to vote? You can make a

[1:59:03] motion.

[1:59:04] What do you prefer? Make the

[1:59:06] motion. Okay. I make a motion

[1:59:08] that we direct the city clerk

[1:59:11] to re advertise the openings on

[1:59:19] the Commission on Aging.

[1:59:19] I

[1:59:22] ll second.

[1:59:35] Start voting, please. Your

[1:59:38] honor, that motion fails with

[1:59:39] Council member Gerson Calzone

[1:59:41] as Lou and Shake voting no.

[1:59:44] Okay, so we have two seats with

[1:59:47] two applicants, Kenneth Lu and

[1:59:48] Christopher Truman. Is there a

[1:59:52] motion to, um, appoint. Them

[1:59:53] both to the commission?

[1:59:53] I

[1:59:55] d like to make a motion that

[1:59:57] we appoint Kenneth Liu and

[1:59:58] Christopher Truman to the

[2:00:00] Commission on Aging. Uh, both

[2:00:02] terms expire in 2030.

[2:00:07] I second.

[2:00:14] Start voting. Please. Your

[2:00:16] honor, that motion carries with

[2:00:20] Council Member Lewis abstaining.

[2:00:22] Okay. Thank you.

[2:00:28] Congratulations. We

[2:00:29] re moving

[2:00:29] on.

[2:00:31] Your honor, please pause so

[2:00:32] that I can update the grids.

[2:00:33] Thank you.

[2:00:33] Okay.

[2:01:32] Thank you.

[2:01:33] Thank you, Your Honor.

[2:01:33] I

[2:01:34] m ready.

[2:01:37] I appreciate that. Um, city

[2:01:38] clerk, would you please go down

[2:01:40] the list and tell us who is

[2:01:41] already on a commission now at

[2:01:42] this point?

[2:01:44] Um, so for cultural arts, the

[2:01:46] applicants that have not been

[2:01:47] appointed to any other

[2:01:51] commission so far, Alex Truman,

[2:01:55] Pesco Cardozo, Judith Gerber,

[2:01:58] Brennan Mendez, Tyler Stivers.

[2:01:59] Thank you. We

[2:02:01] ll go ahead and

[2:02:03] start again with Council Member

[2:02:05] Gibson.

[2:02:08] Thank you, mayor. Um, I

[2:02:09] d like

[2:02:12] to start with nominating Judith

[2:02:14] Gerber.

[2:02:16] Council member Lou.

[2:02:17] I

[2:02:18] d like to nominate a scout

[2:02:20] for those of.

[2:02:22] Council member Lewis.

[2:02:23] I

[2:02:27] d like to nominate. Brendan

[2:02:31] Mendez.

[2:02:35] Council member shake.

[2:02:35] I

[2:02:37] d like to nominate Alex

[2:02:39] Truman.

[2:02:42] Council member. Cartoons.

[2:02:45] I apologize. Um, city clerk,

[2:02:46] could you let us know who

[2:02:46] s

[2:02:47] nominated right now? I

[2:02:48] m sorry.

[2:02:48] Could you let us know who

[2:02:49] s

[2:02:51] nominated?

[2:02:54] Alex. Truman. Pascal Cardozo,

[2:02:56] Judith Gerber, and Brennan

[2:02:56] Mendez.

[2:02:58] Okay. All all my nominees are

[2:02:59] nominated for this commission.

[2:03:00] Thank you.

[2:03:01] I have no other nominees as

[2:03:06] well.

[2:03:09] There are three. Uh, open

[2:03:12] positions on this commission.

[2:03:12] So you

[2:03:15] ll be voting for three.

[2:03:16] Council member. Shake. Please

[2:03:18] vote for three.

[2:03:21] Thank you. Alex Truman. Pascal

[2:03:24] Cardozo, and Judith Gerber.

[2:03:26] Thank you. Council member

[2:03:28] garrison, please vote for

[2:03:29] three.

[2:03:33] Alex Truman, Judith Gerber,

[2:03:36] Brennan. Mendez.

[2:03:38] Council member Kurt Sonus.

[2:03:41] Please vote for three.

[2:03:45] Gerber, Cardozo, and Truman.

[2:03:47] You said Gerber, Cardozo and

[2:03:48] Truman.

[2:03:48] Yes, I did, thank.

[2:03:50] You, thank you. You went out of

[2:03:52] order, so I had to check.

[2:03:54] Apologize.

[2:03:55] Council member Lewis, please

[2:03:56] vote for three.

[2:04:04] Uh, Truman, Cardozo and Gerber.

[2:04:05] Council member Liu. Please vote

[2:04:06] for three.

[2:04:10] Alex. Truman, Pascal Cardozo,

[2:04:12] and Judith Gerber.

[2:04:14] Mayor colon, please vote for

[2:04:15] three.

[2:04:20] Truman. Cardozo, and Gerber.

[2:04:23] Your honor, I have Alex Truman

[2:04:25] and Judy Gerber with six votes

[2:04:28] and Pascal Cardozo with five

[2:04:30] votes. I would recommend the

[2:04:32] two with the six votes

[2:04:34] received, the two longer terms

[2:04:35] and the one with the lesser

[2:04:37] votes received the shorter

[2:04:38] term.

[2:04:41] I move that we nominate Alex.

[2:04:44] Alex, Truman and Judith Gerber

[2:04:45] to the Cultural Arts Commission.

[2:04:50] With terms expiring in 2030,

[2:04:53] and Pascal Cardozo to the

[2:04:54] Cultural Arts Commission

[2:04:56] expiring in 2028.

[2:04:56] I

[2:04:57] ll second that.

[2:05:00] Start voting, please. Your

[2:05:02] honor, that motion carried

[2:05:04] unanimously.

[2:05:12] Congratulations. Okay, moving

[2:05:14] on to the Library Commission.

[2:05:15] One moment, Your Honor.

[2:05:17] Sure. Thank you. Sorry about

[2:05:45] that.

[2:05:46] Thank you, Your Honor. I

[2:05:46] m

[2:05:48] ready now.

[2:05:50] Thank you. Could you please let

[2:05:53] us know what applicants are

[2:05:55] still available for the Library

[2:05:55] Commission?

[2:05:57] Yes. Your honor. Joyce son

[2:06:00] Steven Leis and Tyler Stivers.

[2:06:01] Thank you. We

[2:06:02] ll go ahead and

[2:06:04] start the nomination process

[2:06:12] with Councilmember cartoons.

[2:06:15] And we can come back to you.

[2:06:20] Council member, shake.

[2:06:20] I don

[2:06:22] t mean a joyous son.

[2:06:25] Please.

[2:06:27] Councilmember Lewis.

[2:06:30] Nominate Tyler Stivers.

[2:06:32] Council member. Lou.

[2:06:36] I nominate Stefan Laz.

[2:06:37] Okay, so that

[2:06:37] s everyone that

[2:06:38] s

[2:06:40] available. We can please go for

[2:06:42] roll call.

[2:06:44] There are two terms. Both end

[2:06:45] in 2030. You

[2:06:46] ll be voting for

[2:06:54] two. Council member Gerson.

[2:06:57] Steven Leis and Tyler Stivers.

[2:07:02] Council member. Calzones.

[2:07:05] Son and Stivers.

[2:07:08] Council member Lewis.

[2:07:10] Son and Stivers.

[2:07:13] Council member Lou.

[2:07:17] Joy. Son and Steven. Lays.

[2:07:19] Council member. Shake.

[2:07:24] MISS. Son and Tyler Stivers.

[2:07:26] Mayor. Kalani.

[2:07:29] Sun and Stivers.

[2:07:30] Okay. If my votes are correct,

[2:07:32] i have Joyce son and Tyler

[2:07:34] Stivers each receiving five

[2:07:35] votes.

[2:07:39] I make a motion that we appoint

[2:07:41] Joy, Son and Tyler Stivers to

[2:07:42] the Library Commission, both

[2:07:45] terms expiring in 2030.

[2:07:45] Second.

[2:07:46] Start voting.

[2:07:48] Please.

[2:07:50] Your honor, that motion carried

[2:07:52] unanimously.

[2:07:59] Congratulations. Okay, moving

[2:08:02] on to the Parks and RECs

[2:08:03] commission.

[2:08:04] Your honor.

[2:08:04] Pardon?

[2:08:05] I said one moment, Your Honor.

[2:08:06] Thank you.

[2:08:10] Thank you.

[2:08:11] Your honor, for Parks and Rec.

[2:08:13] You have two terms and only one

[2:08:19] candidate available.

[2:08:21] And the available candidate is

[2:08:21] MR..

[2:08:22] Steven Lane.

[2:08:24] Steven Lacey, can I make a

[2:08:26] motion to appoint Steven Leys

[2:08:28] to Parks and Rec commission

[2:08:29] expiring in 2030?

[2:08:31] I second that..

[2:08:34] Start voting, please. Your

[2:08:35] honor, that motion carried

[2:08:37] unanimously.

[2:08:43] Congratulations. Okay, moving

[2:08:45] on to the Social Services

[2:08:46] Commission. Could you please

[2:08:48] let us know what candidates are

[2:08:49] still available?

[2:08:50] One moment, Your.

[2:09:18] Honor. I don

[2:09:19] t have it. Oh,

[2:09:23] there it is.

[2:09:25] Somehow it only had one.

[2:09:33] Grid.

[2:09:35] Okay. Your Honor. Social

[2:09:37] services. There is one term and

[2:09:39] one applicant available.

[2:09:40] Brennan. Mendez.

[2:09:42] I make a motion that we appoint

[2:09:44] Brendan Mendez to the Social

[2:09:45] Services Commission. With one

[2:09:48] term ending 630, 20. 30.

[2:09:49] Second.

[2:09:51] Start voting, please. Your

[2:09:53] honor, that motion carried

[2:09:57] unanimously.

[2:10:02] Congratulations. And I

[2:10:02] m going

[2:10:04] to wait till the clerk tells me

[2:10:04] she

[2:10:06] s ready.

[2:10:06] Okay.

[2:10:10] Ready for traffic. Not next.

[2:10:11] I

[2:10:11] m sorry.

[2:10:12] Yes.

[2:10:15] Okay. Moving on to ssd.

[2:10:15] Should be last. It

[2:10:16] s a

[2:10:17] committee, not a commission.

[2:10:19] Moving on to the traffic

[2:10:21] commission. City clerk, can you

[2:10:21] tell us.

[2:10:22] Who is Killarney? I

[2:10:22] m gonna

[2:10:24] need to recuse myself. I

[2:10:26] apologize for the same reasons

[2:10:27] as before.

[2:10:27] We

[2:10:30] ll give a moment for council

[2:10:35] member to leave. If you could,

[2:10:36] please let us know who

[2:10:36] s still

[2:10:38] available.

[2:10:41] Yes. Your honor, Phil Hong and

[2:10:42] Mia Carson. And there are two

[2:10:44] terms.

[2:10:44] Thank you. We

[2:10:45] re going to start

[2:10:47] with council. Oh, no.

[2:10:47] They

[2:10:48] re just two people. Can I

[2:10:49] just make a motion?

[2:10:51] Yeah, please.

[2:10:53] All right, I move that we

[2:10:55] appoint Phil Hong and Mia

[2:10:56] cartoonist to the traffic

[2:10:58] Commission. Both terms expire

[2:11:06] in 2030.

[2:11:06] Yeah.

[2:11:08] I second.

[2:11:11] Start voting. Please. Your

[2:11:13] honor. That motion carries with

[2:11:22] council member Carson recused.

[2:11:28] Congratulations. And if my if

[2:11:31] my notes are correct, we have

[2:11:33] one seat with one available

[2:11:35] applicant for water. Is that

[2:11:35] correct?

[2:11:36] That is correct, Your Honor.

[2:11:37] So we

[2:11:38] ll take a motion.

[2:11:40] I make a motion to appoint

[2:11:42] Charles Deamer to the Water

[2:11:44] Commission, with a term

[2:11:45] expiring 630, 2030.

[2:11:46] I second.

[2:11:49] Start voting, please. Your

[2:11:51] honor, that motion carried

[2:11:54] unanimously.

[2:12:01] Congratulations. And our last

[2:12:03] one are sst Oversight

[2:12:05] Committee. We have three seats

[2:12:07] and three applicants.

[2:12:09] But one term expires in 29.

[2:12:11] Right. So how would you like us

[2:12:12] to handle it?

[2:12:12] We

[2:12:15] ll take, uh, vote for two.

[2:12:17] Do you want to do that? I

[2:12:17] m

[2:12:19] sorry. If we take a vote for

[2:12:20] two, then the person with the

[2:12:21] least number.

[2:12:22] I would recommend Michelle

[2:12:24] Pokhari. Since hers is a

[2:12:25] reappointment, that she gets

[2:12:28] one of the longer terms.

[2:12:29] Okay.

[2:12:30] Would you like me to make that

[2:12:35] motion or wait till the end?

[2:12:36] Either way, you would like.

[2:12:37] To do it. I still have one

[2:12:39] longer term and one shorter

[2:12:39] term.

[2:12:40] Correct.

[2:12:41] So do you want to take a vote

[2:12:45] on Furey or Truman for the

[2:12:48] longer vote, or the longer

[2:12:51] appointment? Go ahead please.

[2:12:51] I

[2:12:55] ll give a thumbs up.

[2:12:57] I told you, I make a motion for

[2:13:00] Furey for longer term.

[2:13:01] I

[2:13:02] ll second that.

[2:13:04] Please click in your motion.

[2:13:15] Please. Start voting. Please.

[2:13:17] Your honor, that motion carried

[2:13:21] unanimously.

[2:13:23] Any.

[2:13:25] Let me make it official then.

[2:13:26] Um, let me also a motion. A

[2:13:30] motion to nominate, um, Carrie.

[2:13:31] Also to the 2030 term.

[2:13:33] You could do one motion and do

[2:13:35] poll carry to 2030 and

[2:13:38] Christopher Truman to the 2029.

[2:13:40] I will add Chris Truman to the

[2:13:42] ssd Citizens Oversight

[2:13:43] Committee as well. With the

[2:13:46] term expiring in 2029.

[2:13:46] I

[2:13:48] ll second that.

[2:13:50] Start voting, please. Your

[2:13:52] honor, that motion carried

[2:13:53] unanimously.

[2:14:00] Congratulations.

[2:14:02] Your honor, that concludes the

[2:14:04] commission appointments. Thank

[2:14:06] you.

[2:14:08] Do you want to move on?

[2:14:14] Oh, yeah.

[2:14:15] For all of those appointed,

[2:14:17] please meet me up here at the

[2:14:32] podium.

[2:14:34] About three years ago. Gathered

[2:14:50] here around the podium.

[2:14:52] Raise your right hand. Repeat

[2:14:54] after me. I do solemnly swear.

[2:14:56] I do solemnly swear.

[2:14:58] That I will support and defend.

[2:14:59] That I will support and defend.

[2:15:01] The Constitution of.

[2:15:02] The Constitution.

[2:15:03] Of the United States of

[2:15:03] America.

[2:15:05] The United States of America.

[2:15:07] And the Constitution of.

[2:15:08] And the Constitution.

[2:15:09] Of the State of California.

[2:15:11] The State of California.

[2:15:12] Against all enemies.

[2:15:13] Against all enemies.

[2:15:14] Foreign and domestic.

[2:15:16] Foreign and domestic.

[2:15:17] I will bear true faith and

[2:15:17] allegiance.

[2:15:19] I will bear true faith and

[2:15:19] allegiance.

[2:15:21] To the Constitution of.

[2:15:22] To the Constitution.

[2:15:23] Of the United States of

[2:15:23] America.

[2:15:25] The United States of America.

[2:15:26] And the Constitution of.

[2:15:27] And the Constitution of.

[2:15:29] The State of California.

[2:15:30] The State of California.

[2:15:31] That I take this obligation

[2:15:32] freely.

[2:15:33] That I take this obligation

[2:15:33] freely.

[2:15:35] Without any mental reservation.

[2:15:37] Without any mental reservation.

[2:15:38] Or purpose of evasion.

[2:15:40] Or purpose of evasion.

[2:15:41] And I will faithfully

[2:15:42] discharge.

[2:15:43] And I will faithfully

[2:15:43] discharge.

[2:15:44] The duties upon.

[2:15:45] The duties upon.

[2:15:45] Which I

[2:15:46] m about to enter.

[2:15:48] Which I am allowed to answer.

[2:15:50] Congratulations. Please follow

[2:15:51] Theresa. She will give you your

[2:15:53] oaths to sign and your welcome

[2:15:54] packet.

[2:16:05] Thank you.

[2:16:07] I want to say thank you to

[2:16:09] everyone that applied. If you

[2:16:09] weren

[2:16:11] t appointed tonight, I

[2:16:12] encourage you to apply again.

[2:16:14] Torrance is very fortunate to

[2:16:16] have so many residents willing

[2:16:18] to volunteer on a commission.

[2:16:21] So thank you again. Okay. We

[2:16:21] re

[2:16:23] going to go ahead and move on

[2:16:25] to oral communications. Number

[2:16:27] one, this portion of the

[2:16:28] meeting is reserved for

[2:16:30] comments on items under the

[2:16:33] consent calendar or items that

[2:16:35] are not on the agenda under the

[2:16:37] Ralph and Brown Act. City

[2:16:39] Council cannot act on items

[2:16:40] raised during public comment,

[2:16:43] but MAY respond briefly to

[2:16:44] statements made or questions

[2:16:47] posed. Request clarification or

[2:16:49] refer the item to staff.

[2:16:50] Speakers under orals are

[2:16:51] limited to either oral

[2:16:53] communications number one or

[2:16:56] oral communications number two,

[2:16:58] and no longer than three

[2:17:00] minutes per speaker for

[2:17:02] in-person participants, the

[2:17:03] time starts when you step up to

[2:17:05] the microphone. If presenting

[2:17:07] handout materials. Time starts

[2:17:08] when you step up to the

[2:17:12] microphone and handouts should

[2:17:14] be provided. 11 copies to the

[2:17:15] City Clerk before speaking.

[2:17:17] Handouts will be distributed

[2:17:19] while you speak in accordance

[2:17:20] with California State Senate

[2:17:23] Bill 707, the city has

[2:17:25] implemented remote public

[2:17:27] participation through zoom to

[2:17:29] provide members of the public

[2:17:30] with an additional option to

[2:17:32] address the council during

[2:17:34] public comments, members of the

[2:17:36] public attending remotely MAY

[2:17:45] call by dialing 16694449171.

[2:17:49] Callers can press star nine to

[2:17:50] raise their hand if they would

[2:17:52] like to speak. When the last

[2:17:54] four digits of your number are

[2:17:56] called, you will be prompted to

[2:17:58] unmute telephone participants

[2:18:00] should press star six to unmute

[2:18:03] before speaking. City clerk has

[2:18:04] anyone signed up to speak?

[2:18:05] Yes, your honor, Charlie

[2:18:24] Salinas.

[2:18:28] Good evening, Honorable mayor,

[2:18:30] Killarney City Council. Uh,

[2:18:32] congratulations to the new

[2:18:34] council people. And, uh, Mayor

[2:18:36] Clowney. For those of us that

[2:18:38] assisted on your campaign, who

[2:18:39] are we? Glad that

[2:18:40] s over with.

[2:18:42] And we and we got what we

[2:18:44] wanted. But although now our

[2:18:46] work is over, yours is just

[2:18:48] beginning, and I think we have

[2:18:50] to give credit to, uh, Mayor

[2:18:53] Chen for turning over a

[2:18:56] well-functioning city. And, uh,

[2:18:58] we have chief Jim Wood. Your

[2:19:00] fire department keeps it a

[2:19:02] number one, top of the line

[2:19:04] fire department. Just like

[2:19:06] throughout its history, chief.

[2:19:08] Done. Coming on, putting his

[2:19:11] foot down. Strict. No fooling

[2:19:13] around in the in the respect of

[2:19:17] the police officers. And, uh, I

[2:19:19] think the community is behind

[2:19:22] you. I, for myself, you can

[2:19:26] count on me anytime, anywhere.

[2:19:32] Good evening.

[2:19:34] Thank you. Does any member of

[2:19:36] the public that did not sign up

[2:19:38] wish to be heard at this time?

[2:19:39] If so, please step up to the

[2:19:54] mic. You have three minutes.

[2:19:55] Greetings, mayor. Killarney

[2:19:57] City Council members, I, Daniel

[2:19:59] Johnson, invites you to the

[2:20:00] Torrance Art Museum to

[2:20:02] experience studio system from a

[2:20:04] Greek island culture. Ride. The

[2:20:06] exhibitions will be on display

[2:20:08] from AUGUST 1st through AUGUST

[2:20:10] 29th. In lieu of an opening

[2:20:11] reception, there will be a

[2:20:12] closing reception on Saturday,

[2:20:15] AUGUST 29th from 6 to 9 P.M..

[2:20:17] Studio system and experimental

[2:20:19] artist residency project

[2:20:20] transforms the main gallery

[2:20:22] into a studio. Visitors are

[2:20:23] encouraged to peek behind the

[2:20:25] curtain and engage with the

[2:20:26] artists while witnessing their

[2:20:28] process. And Gallery two from a

[2:20:30] Greek Isle showcases the fruit

[2:20:31] of Torrance art museums

[2:20:32] partnership with Cycladic Arts

[2:20:34] in their joint residency

[2:20:38] program from 2023 through 2025,

[2:20:40] as part of their residency,

[2:20:41] Southern California artists

[2:20:43] create work during their 25 day

[2:20:45] stay at an artist run space,

[2:20:48] and Alki Paris, Greece, and the

[2:20:49] darkroom culture right

[2:20:51] documents a motorcycle journey

[2:20:53] from Los Angeles to New York to

[2:20:54] Brooklyn and back, capturing

[2:20:56] conversations with folks in the

[2:20:58] art world about creativity,

[2:21:00] community and the arts world,

[2:21:01] and sustaining democracy in

[2:21:03] America. Nomad, Tryst and

[2:21:04] Odyssey will return to the

[2:21:06] dilemma. Crossing Nomad is a

[2:21:08] pop up fare for southern

[2:21:10] Southern California Artists

[2:21:11] Trust is the world

[2:21:11] s largest

[2:21:14] art fair dedicated exclusively

[2:21:16] to artist run initiatives,

[2:21:18] collectives and independent

[2:21:20] organizations. During these

[2:21:22] fairs, join Tama in the art in

[2:21:24] its odyssey to support the

[2:21:26] museum by donating $100 in

[2:21:28] exchange for art or treating

[2:21:30] yourself at the refreshment

[2:21:32] bar. The main event takes place

[2:21:34] on Saturday and Sunday, AUGUST

[2:21:36] 8th and ninth from noon to 6

[2:21:39] P.M.. A vip opening reception

[2:21:41] will be held on Friday, AUGUST

[2:21:43] 9th at noon, then at 3 P.M..

[2:21:45] Odyssey opens for Tama members.

[2:21:46] Friday

[2:21:47] s event will be open to

[2:21:48] the public at 4 P.M. And

[2:21:51] conclude at 6 P.M.. For more

[2:21:52] information about the museums

[2:21:54] and its projects, visit

[2:21:56] Torrance Art Museum. To become

[2:21:57] a member, especially to get in

[2:22:00] early on the Odyssey. Support

[2:22:02] the museum and enjoy old Tama

[2:22:04] talks. Check out Tam

[2:22:06] advocates.Com. Thank you and

[2:22:08] good night.

[2:22:13] Thank you. Thank you. Okay.

[2:22:13] Yeah.

[2:22:16] Good evening. Torrance city

[2:22:17] council. It

[2:22:18] s great to see all.

[2:22:20] Six of you, especially Mayor

[2:22:22] Kalani and my COUNCILMAN David.

[2:22:24] Calzones. My name is John

[2:22:26] Clifford, and I know that

[2:22:27] eventually we

[2:22:27] re going to have

[2:22:29] to have numbers set for the

[2:22:32] seventh seat unfilled. So I

[2:22:32] d

[2:22:33] like to know when they

[2:22:34] ll be

[2:22:37] considering. Um, candidates for

[2:22:39] either a special election or an

[2:22:40] appointment. I hope you

[2:22:40] ll do

[2:22:41] an appointment, because I would

[2:22:43] like to recommend someone whose

[2:22:43] family

[2:22:46] s been involved in the

[2:22:47] city of Torrance for many, many

[2:22:50] years. Many generations. And

[2:22:50] he

[2:22:51] s been involved with

[2:22:53] historical preservation. So I

[2:22:54] worked with the school

[2:22:55] district. So they bring with

[2:22:56] the experience there. It

[2:22:56] s a

[2:22:58] proud supporter of the Torrance

[2:22:59] Theatre Company. I think you

[2:23:00] MAY know who I

[2:23:01] m referring to,

[2:23:02] and I hope I

[2:23:03] ll be able to make

[2:23:04] a recommendation for him in the

[2:23:05] future.

[2:23:06] Thank you. Thank you. That

[2:23:06] s

[2:23:06] actually there

[2:23:07] s an item later

[2:23:08] on the agenda.

[2:23:10] For that. Okay.

[2:23:14] Thank you. Anyone else wishing

[2:23:15] to speak on oral

[2:23:21] communications? One in person.

[2:23:22] Okay. We

[2:23:24] ll now take remote

[2:23:25] participants. Callers can press

[2:23:27] star nine to raise their hand.

[2:23:29] Staff? Is anyone on the line

[2:23:31] that would wish to speak?

[2:23:32] Your honor, there are no

[2:23:33] callers.

[2:23:35] Okay. Thank you very much. Um,

[2:23:36] the time for public comment.

[2:23:37] Then we

[2:23:38] ll go ahead and end.

[2:23:38] And we

[2:23:39] re now moving on to the

[2:23:40] consent calendar. Do any

[2:23:42] council members wish to pull

[2:23:44] any items under the consent

[2:23:49] calendar? Council member Lewis.

[2:23:49] I

[2:23:53] d like to pull a e, please.

[2:23:53] That

[2:23:55] s eight e is an Edward.

[2:23:56] Yes, ma

[2:23:57] am. Eight e is an

[2:23:58] Edward.

[2:24:04] Anyone else?

[2:24:06] Okay, so item eight e was

[2:24:09] removed. And do I have a motion

[2:24:11] to approve the consent

[2:24:13] calendar? With the exception of

[2:24:14] eight e.

[2:24:16] You do? Mayor, you have a

[2:24:18] motion to approve all the

[2:24:20] consent calendar. Accept eight

[2:24:21] e.

[2:24:23] Second.

[2:24:27] Start voting. Please. Your

[2:24:28] honor, that motion carried

[2:24:29] unanimously.

[2:24:30] Thank you, Council Member

[2:24:33] Lewis, on item eight e, please.

[2:24:35] So this is a very exciting

[2:24:39] project. Um, to start with, our

[2:24:40] Torrance Regional Transit

[2:24:42] Center parking structure. And

[2:24:47] at a price tag of $32,000,662.

[2:24:51] And I can kick in the $154 if

[2:24:52] you want. It would be my

[2:24:54] contribution, but we wanted to

[2:24:55] go through the funding

[2:24:56] mechanisms of how that

[2:24:57] s up.

[2:24:58] Got it.

[2:24:58] Uh.

[2:24:59] Good evening. Your honorable

[2:25:00] mayor. Honourable members of

[2:25:01] the city council, and I

[2:25:01] m

[2:25:02] Milton Tanabe with the General

[2:25:04] Services Department. I did want

[2:25:05] to give kind of a brief

[2:25:06] overview of this project, since

[2:25:08] it is a bit large, as you

[2:25:09] mentioned. So before you

[2:25:11] tonight is a recommendation to

[2:25:13] award a design build agreement

[2:25:14] for the Torrance Regional

[2:25:15] Transit Center Parking

[2:25:17] Structure project and to

[2:25:18] approve a First Amendment to

[2:25:19] the owners, and Owners

[2:25:21] Representative Services

[2:25:23] agreement. So this was

[2:25:24] following a competitive design

[2:25:26] build procurement process, and

[2:25:27] staff recommends awarding the

[2:25:28] contract to McCarthy Building

[2:25:30] Companies, the highest ranked

[2:25:31] proposer, based on the

[2:25:32] technical qualifications,

[2:25:35] project approach and costs. In

[2:25:36] addition, staff is also

[2:25:37] recommending to approve and

[2:25:38] amend the Moca Systems

[2:25:40] Agreement to continue providing

[2:25:41] owners representative services

[2:25:43] throughout the construction

[2:25:45] phase. This project includes

[2:25:46] the construction of a four

[2:25:48] story, approximately 1000 space

[2:25:49] parking structure, along with

[2:25:51] the surrounding surface parking

[2:25:51] lot. I

[2:25:53] d also like to take this

[2:25:54] moment to recognize the

[2:25:55] collaborative efforts of the

[2:25:56] many city departments and staff

[2:25:57] whose dedication and

[2:25:58] partnership have been

[2:25:59] instrumental in bringing this

[2:26:01] project to this important

[2:26:03] milestone. Thank you

[2:26:04] specifically to community

[2:26:06] development and the fire team,

[2:26:10] as well as public works. So

[2:26:12] once this project is completed,

[2:26:13] um, this project will

[2:26:15] significantly expand parking

[2:26:17] capacity at the transit center,

[2:26:18] improve access and convenience

[2:26:20] for transit users, and support

[2:26:20] the city

[2:26:20] s long term

[2:26:22] transportation and mobility

[2:26:23] goals. Um, with that, we

[2:26:24] re

[2:26:25] available for any questions, if

[2:26:27] you have any. As far as the

[2:26:29] funding mechanisms go, this is

[2:26:32] funded through a measure. I

[2:26:32] want to say it

[2:26:33] s a metro funds

[2:26:34] that that was what was

[2:26:35] originally given to the city.

[2:26:37] The balance of it is to be

[2:26:40] still worked through. But, uh,

[2:26:41] some of it is going to be from

[2:26:43] the general fund, and the other

[2:26:44] portion will probably be from

[2:26:46] the Transit Enterprise Fund,

[2:26:48] depending on some splits that I

[2:26:49] think the finance team was

[2:26:50] working through.

[2:26:52] Your honor. And City manager,

[2:26:55] if I MAY chime in, the goal of

[2:26:57] this project is to be completed

[2:27:00] by la 28 Olympics, and as such,

[2:27:02] the award at this time will

[2:27:05] help us bridge that gap. Uh, in

[2:27:07] timing to to make sure that

[2:27:07] we

[2:27:09] re able to construct a

[2:27:11] surface lot and start the

[2:27:13] project. We will continue to

[2:27:14] work with our metro and

[2:27:16] regional, uh, any potential

[2:27:19] partners to identify external

[2:27:20] funding for the balance of the

[2:27:22] project. But we also do not

[2:27:24] want to compromise the number

[2:27:26] of parking stalls. Given

[2:27:26] Torrance

[2:27:28] s future. Uh, growth

[2:27:30] opportunities as a sports,

[2:27:31] entertainment tourism

[2:27:33] attraction hub. As such, we

[2:27:35] will recommend council approval

[2:27:36] at this time, and we

[2:27:37] ll return

[2:27:38] back to you with additional

[2:27:40] options. How to completely fund

[2:27:45] this project. Thank you.

[2:27:48] Councilmember Shek.

[2:27:49] Thank you. That was my

[2:27:50] question. I hope we complete

[2:27:52] this project by la 28 of

[2:27:54] Olympics. That will be

[2:27:56] wonderful. And also I think

[2:27:58] this project is just for the

[2:28:00] capital part of it. The

[2:28:01] operation when we

[2:28:02] re ready. So

[2:28:03] we should have something

[2:28:04] already in plan. What we

[2:28:04] re

[2:28:05] going to do to support the

[2:28:08] Olympics, and also from, I know

[2:28:09] from Torrance to Florence

[2:28:11] project and things like that.

[2:28:13] So we could help our community

[2:28:14] to park the cars and go a

[2:28:15] different operation.

[2:28:17] Including overnight parking. We

[2:28:18] will have a parking automated

[2:28:19] parking management plan,

[2:28:21] security plan, coordination

[2:28:23] with tpd to ensure that it

[2:28:23] s

[2:28:26] safe and secure. Um, and we

[2:28:26] ll

[2:28:28] make sure that again, it is

[2:28:29] incorporated in our planning

[2:28:30] for la 28.

[2:28:31] Thank you. Well thank you.

[2:28:32] Congratulations. Great job.

[2:28:33] Hopefully we

[2:28:33] re.

[2:28:35] Doing. Thank you.

[2:28:37] Council member calzones.

[2:28:38] Thank you very much. It

[2:28:38] s a

[2:28:41] very exciting project. I look

[2:28:43] forward to to seeing it built

[2:28:45] before the Olympics. Um, just

[2:29:07] the one one comment I had is

[2:29:08] that there is a comment in here

[2:29:10] about rooftop solar. Uh, I

[2:29:11] really hope that we find a

[2:29:13] to to maket Um, my

[2:29:15] understanding is that there are

[2:29:17] some grants that that MAY still

[2:29:18] be out there that MAY be

[2:29:19] expiring. So hopef we can

[2:29:22] expedite the thought processn

[2:29:23] that and move that forward,

[2:29:23] because I think this is a

[2:29:26] c opportunity

[2:29:27] to offset some of our, our

[2:29:29] energy expenses. But this

[2:29:31] just great. I

[2:29:31] m looking forward

[2:29:32] to it. Thank you.

[2:29:33] Thanks. Milton, star

[2:29:34] General Services again. It

[2:29:36] also emphasize t

[2:29:38] part of our project does have

[2:29:39] the infrastructure capability

[2:29:41] built in so t we could

[2:29:42] advance such an initiative in

[2:29:43] e. The city nager

[2:29:44] s office already passed

[2:29:47] every avenue to see

[2:29:48] if we c actually implement

[2:29:48] that. So we

[2:29:49] ll be continuing to

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[2:29:52] MAY become available in the

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[2:30:37] comm? Okay..Or you take

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[2:30:40] to everyone that worked on t

[2:30:44] proj With us Moca par nny Santana, financeector

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[2:30:52] evert

[2:30:53] s still going to

[2:30:58] ensure that we g o trt parkistructure, whiorrance

[2:30:59] of for

[2:31:00] future. And all

[2:31:03] approvals behind the s.

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[2:31:07] Thank you.

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[2:31:10] Thank you to everyonnd

[2:31:12] those t don know, I dt

[2:31:13] f a wantso talk

[2:31:15] the transit center.

[2:31:16] Um, it

[2:31:18] aor events.

[2:31:20] And t parking structu will

[2:31:21] port that as well.

[2:31:23] Yes. We are actively promoting

[2:31:24] tle service throu

[2:31:26] fifa. As you know, we

[2:31:28] transpor the fans well as

[2:31:31] ts to Hollywood Bowl. So

[2:31:34] Spo Center, Dodgers,

[2:31:38] the really becoming a

[2:31:41] wonderful alternative to iving and significantly less

[2:31:43] in parking fees compared to

[2:31:45] those facilities. So again,

[2:31:46] sincere thanks to the transit

[2:31:49] ops team for being able to

[2:31:50] manage and all of our bus

[2:31:52] operators, because you need

[2:31:54] people to drive these shuttles,

[2:31:56] as COUNCILMAN L experience

[2:31:57] and others. So my

[2:31:59] appreciation the entire

[2:32:00] tion.

[2:32:01] And to Mayor.

[2:32:01] And Counc

[2:32:03] For your.

[2:32:05] Thank you..

[2:32:06] And there

[2:32:08] s s there for

[2:32:10] events as well. Correct.

[2:32:11] Yes. We do have.

[2:32:13] Aderful state of the

[2:32:15] event space pleas

[2:32:18] Torrance, ca.Gov at the

[2:32:20] transit. Uh,r me on

[2:32:21] To gov and will connect

[2:32:24] you to the folks for bookings.

[2:32:27] Thank you. All right. There

[2:32:28] s no other comments.

[2:32:30] Uh is there a motion to approve

[2:32:32] item eight 80 is an Edward.

[2:32:34] I move teept the

[2:32:35] recommendation the General

[2:32:39] Se Director, that we a design bui agreement

[2:32:40] for the Torrance Regional

[2:32:42] Transit Center parking

[2:32:43] structure McCarthy

[2:32:44] Building Companies, Inc. Of

[2:32:47] Sacramento, California, in the

[2:32:52] amount of $32,662,154 and

[2:32:54] authorize a 10% contingency of

[2:32:59] 3,266,216. Sorry, 215 and $40,

[2:33:01] for a total not to exceed

[2:33:08] amount of $35,928,369.40 for athree year period beginning

[2:33:11] JULY 21st, 2026 and ending JULY

[2:33:14] 20th, 2029. And approve a First

[2:33:16] Amendment to contract services

[2:33:19] agreement with Moca Systems,

[2:33:20] Inc. For owner

[2:33:21] s representation

[2:33:22] services for the Torrance

[2:33:23] Regional Transit Center.

[2:33:26] Parking structure. As described.

[2:33:27] I second all.

[2:33:29] That staff voting please. That

[2:33:39] motion carried unanimously.

[2:33:41] Go ahead. Councilmember.

[2:33:42] Oh, I just missed that. I was

[2:33:44] going to ask which district was

[2:33:44] that in? I

[2:33:45] m just kidding. It

[2:33:46] s

[2:33:49] the three.

[2:33:50] Thank you.

[2:33:52] There are no hearings, so we

[2:33:52] re

[2:33:54] going to be moving ahead to

[2:33:56] administrative matters. Um, ten

[2:33:58] a to discuss and provide

[2:33:59] direction on filling the

[2:34:01] district for council member

[2:34:04] unscheduled vacant seat. Um, is

[2:34:06] there a staff presentation,

[2:34:07] please?

[2:34:08] Thank you, Your Honor. Rebecca.

[2:34:10] City clerk, it is my

[2:34:11] recommendation that the city

[2:34:13] council discuss and provide

[2:34:14] direction to the City clerk for

[2:34:15] filling the district for

[2:34:17] unscheduled, vacant council

[2:34:18] seat. With the term expiring

[2:34:21] MARCH 7th, 2028. Created by the

[2:34:23] election of district four

[2:34:24] Council member Sharon Kehlani

[2:34:27] to mayor on JUNE 2nd, 2026.

[2:34:29] Voters elected district four

[2:34:31] Council member Sharon Kalani as

[2:34:33] the mayor. She took office on

[2:34:36] JULY 14th. Government code 1099

[2:34:36] a state

[2:34:37] s a public officer,

[2:34:39] including but not limited to an

[2:34:41] appointed or elected member of

[2:34:42] a governmental board,

[2:34:43] commission, committee or other

[2:34:45] body shall not simultaneously

[2:34:47] hold two offices that are

[2:34:48] incompatible with Government

[2:34:50] Code. Section 1099 b states

[2:34:51] that when two public offices

[2:34:53] are incompatible, a public

[2:34:55] office or shall be deemed to

[2:34:56] have forfeited the first office

[2:34:59] upon acceding to the second.

[2:35:01] Under Torrance City Charter,

[2:35:04] section 603 a any council. I

[2:35:04] m

[2:35:04] sorry, I think it

[2:35:06] s 403. Any

[2:35:08] council? Um, sorry, it

[2:35:09] s 403. A

[2:35:11] um any council vacancies

[2:35:13] occurring and in any of the

[2:35:15] elective offices provided for

[2:35:17] this in the charter, with the

[2:35:18] exception. Um, I

[2:35:19] m sorry. We

[2:35:21] shall be a field by appointment

[2:35:23] by the city council. Torrance

[2:35:25] City Charter Section 403 b

[2:35:26] states the in the event that

[2:35:29] the city council fails to fill

[2:35:30] a vacancy by appointment within

[2:35:32] 60 days after such vacancy

[2:35:33] occurs, the city council must,

[2:35:35] immediately after the

[2:35:36] expiration, have said 60 days,

[2:35:38] cause an election to be held to

[2:35:40] fill such vacancy. The 60 days

[2:35:42] began the date of the

[2:35:44] installation of the new office

[2:35:48] and ends on SEPTEMBER 13th. The

[2:35:49] last City Council meeting

[2:35:50] scheduled that would meet this

[2:35:52] deadline is Tuesday, SEPTEMBER

[2:35:54] 8th. The City Council has the

[2:35:56] following options. Appointment

[2:35:58] based upon nominations from the

[2:36:00] City Council. Solicitation of

[2:36:02] applications. Interviews of

[2:36:03] applicants and appointment by

[2:36:05] City Council. Nomination and

[2:36:07] voting on those nominated upon

[2:36:09] expiration of the 60 Days Call.

[2:36:11] A special election per

[2:36:13] Government Code section 3006

[2:36:15] 512. The special election would

[2:36:17] not be held until Tuesday,

[2:36:20] March 2nd, 2027. If the council

[2:36:21] chooses to solicit

[2:36:22] applications, the prior

[2:36:24] practice has been for the City

[2:36:26] clerk to advertise by way of

[2:36:28] written notice in the Daily

[2:36:29] Breeze post on the city

[2:36:29] s

[2:36:31] website, post on the city

[2:36:32] s

[2:36:33] social media pages, make

[2:36:35] announcements at city council

[2:36:37] meetings, notify community

[2:36:39] organizations. Um. Previously,

[2:36:41] the council has requested that

[2:36:42] persons wishing to be

[2:36:43] considered for appointment

[2:36:44] complete an application form

[2:36:46] supplemental questionnaire and

[2:36:47] submit them to the City Clerk

[2:36:48] s

[2:36:51] office. Um, all the information

[2:36:52] and given deadlines are

[2:36:54] provided to Council below. The

[2:36:56] following dates are suggested

[2:36:57] if City Council direction is to

[2:37:00] solicit applications, website

[2:37:02] posting and email notices to

[2:37:04] public groups. Wednesday, JULY

[2:37:06] 22nd Daily Breeze Add

[2:37:09] publication would um. The Daily

[2:37:10] Breeze takes a couple of days

[2:37:11] once we submit a ad. So it

[2:37:12] would either come out on

[2:37:14] Friday, JULY 24th or Saturday,

[2:37:16] JULY 25th. Applications and

[2:37:17] supplemental questionnaires

[2:37:19] would be available, uh,

[2:37:20] beginning in the City Clerk

[2:37:20] s

[2:37:22] office, um, online or via

[2:37:26] email. Beginning tomorrow. And

[2:37:27] the deadline for receipt of

[2:37:29] applications would be delivered

[2:37:32] in person, email or us mail.

[2:37:34] Postmarks are not accepted.

[2:37:34] City clerk

[2:37:35] s office is not

[2:37:38] responsible for, um, email

[2:37:39] errors. Not getting there by

[2:37:42] the 5:00 deadline. Thursday,

[2:37:45] AUGUST 13th is the deadline by

[2:37:47] 5 P.M.. City Council action to

[2:37:49] appoint would take place on

[2:37:52] Tuesday, AUGUST 25th. The

[2:37:53] interim appointment would last

[2:37:54] from the date of the

[2:37:56] appointment. The installation

[2:37:58] of an elected successor after

[2:38:00] the MARCH 7th, 2028, election.

[2:38:02] If City Council fails to make

[2:38:03] the appointment by Tuesday,

[2:38:05] SEPTEMBER 13th, the special

[2:38:07] election must be called

[2:38:08] California Government Code

[2:38:11] Section 36512 states that an

[2:38:13] election to fill a vacancy must

[2:38:15] be held not less than 114 days

[2:38:16] after the date of the order of

[2:38:18] the election. Um, as I stated,

[2:38:20] the um Los Angeles County

[2:38:22] Register reporter, uh,

[2:38:24] conferred with me and MARCH

[2:38:26] 2nd, 2027 would be the election

[2:38:28] date. Um, they were unable to

[2:38:29] provide me a quote. They said

[2:38:30] it would take three weeks, so I

[2:38:32] was unable to get a quote for

[2:38:32] tonight

[2:38:35] s item. I request that

[2:38:37] your honorable body provide

[2:38:38] direction for the use of

[2:38:40] application process, or

[2:38:42] determine alternate methods as

[2:38:43] a special election would, is on

[2:38:45] budgeted and would occur.

[2:38:49] Additional um funding. Uh work

[2:38:51] to find the funding for that.

[2:38:53] If the application process is

[2:38:55] preferred. Uh the meeting prior

[2:38:56] to the end of the deadline is

[2:38:57] AUGUST 25th, and there is

[2:38:59] sufficient time to allow for

[2:39:01] interested parties to submit

[2:39:04] applications, and also for

[2:39:05] council to interview the

[2:39:07] applicants. And again, the

[2:39:08] appointed member would serve

[2:39:12] only until the MARCH 7th, 2028

[2:39:14] uh general municipal election

[2:39:15] results are certified and

[2:39:16] adopted by the City Council,

[2:39:19] which are usually, uh APRIL of

[2:39:21] APRIL of that year. With that,

[2:39:23] I am available for questions.

[2:39:24] Thank you, Your Honor.

[2:39:26] Thank you. Would you repeat

[2:39:26] that.

[2:39:27] Please? I

[2:39:31] m sorry.

[2:39:32] I said, would you repeat that,

[2:39:34] please?

[2:39:35] Seriously?

[2:39:36] Yeah. No. I

[2:39:37] m kidding. Okay.

[2:39:40] Thank you. Um, clerk.

[2:39:41] Has. Anyone signed up? Thank

[2:39:43] you for the presentation. And

[2:39:44] thank you for all your work.

[2:39:44] And I

[2:39:45] m going to jump back and

[2:39:46] say thank you for all your work

[2:39:48] on the commissioner

[2:39:48] appointment.

[2:39:48] Thank you.

[2:39:50] For us as well. Um, has anyone

[2:39:52] signed up to speak on this

[2:39:52] matter?

[2:39:54] Not prior to the start of the

[2:39:55] meeting, Your Honor.

[2:39:57] Thank you. Is there anyone in

[2:39:59] the public, um, who would like

[2:40:00] to speak that did not sign up?

[2:40:05] Please step up to the mic.

[2:40:07] Okay, I see none. We

[2:40:08] ll now

[2:40:10] take remote participants.

[2:40:13] Callers can press star nine to

[2:40:14] raise their hand. And staff, is

[2:40:16] there anyone who signed up to

[2:40:16] speak?

[2:40:17] There are no callers, your

[2:40:18] Honor.

[2:40:20] Thank you. Are there any

[2:40:21] questions from the council? I

[2:40:24] see Council member calzones.

[2:40:27] Thank you very much. Um, MR.

[2:40:28] City Clerk, I know you said

[2:40:29] there is no quote. I just want

[2:40:31] to clarify, I think based on

[2:40:33] previous, uh, quotes from them,

[2:40:34] we

[2:40:35] re talking in the hundreds

[2:40:37] of thousands of dollars for a

[2:40:37] special.

[2:40:39] It could potentially go that

[2:40:41] high. It depends. So how the

[2:40:43] county assesses costs of an

[2:40:44] election? It depends on how

[2:40:46] many cities are on that ballot

[2:40:48] and the costs are shared

[2:40:49] amongst the cities. The

[2:40:51] sanitation districts, the water

[2:40:54] boards. Um, at this time, um,

[2:40:56] from what I understand, if we

[2:40:57] were the only ones, we would

[2:40:59] bear the all the costs. So it

[2:41:03] would probably be higher.

[2:41:04] Thank you.

[2:41:06] Council Member Scheck.

[2:41:09] Thank you, MADAM Clerk. For the

[2:41:12] presentation. Uh, do you think

[2:41:12] there

[2:41:14] s a chance we could bring

[2:41:16] this in NOVEMBER? Elections?

[2:41:17] No. It

[2:41:18] s too late for the

[2:41:19] NOVEMBER election. Nominations

[2:41:21] period is already going on. For

[2:41:22] that election. We would have

[2:41:23] had to call that election by

[2:41:24] JULY 6th.

[2:41:26] And we missed that deadline.

[2:41:26] And we couldn

[2:41:27] t have called the

[2:41:29] election because Councilmember

[2:41:30] Colon had not vacated the seat

[2:41:31] to the mayor

[2:41:32] s office.

[2:41:33] Thank you for clarifying the

[2:41:34] reason I asked. A lot of people

[2:41:36] did question that to me. And

[2:41:38] thank you for clarifying that.

[2:41:41] Uh, thank you.

[2:41:44] Anyone else? Councilmember

[2:41:46] Carlson?

[2:41:46] Um, nobody

[2:41:48] s discussed it, but

[2:41:49] I.

[2:41:49] Would like.

[2:41:50] To go the.

[2:41:52] Direction of nomination. I

[2:41:52] think it

[2:41:55] s the most fiscally

[2:41:57] responsible. Um, and if

[2:41:59] council does will to go that

[2:42:01] way. I wanted to discuss the

[2:42:02] application a little bit. Would

[2:42:07] now be an appropriate time.

[2:42:15] Mayor. Yes.

[2:42:16] Um, I wanted to make some

[2:42:18] recommendations to the council

[2:42:21] on the questionnaire portion.

[2:42:24] Can we do that?

[2:42:26] Yes. It is up to council. The

[2:42:28] this application and these

[2:42:29] supplemental questions are what

[2:42:32] council has prior used prior.

[2:42:34] Historically they have not

[2:42:35] changed. No council has changed

[2:42:37] them since they the last time

[2:42:38] they were used. So if you would

[2:42:40] like to update them please feel

[2:42:40] free to.

[2:42:41] Council Member Lewis was

[2:42:42] appointed.

[2:42:45] Um, I believe she was last one.

[2:42:46] Yes.

[2:42:48] Um, to help everyone up here.

[2:42:48] Follow me. I

[2:42:49] ve created some

[2:42:51] copies of the changes I

[2:42:51] m going

[2:42:51] to ask, so I

[2:42:52] m going to pass

[2:42:53] these out. Would you please

[2:42:54] take one and pass them down?

[2:42:56] And City Clerk, I have a copy

[2:42:56] for you to make things easy.

[2:43:05] Thank you. Well.

[2:43:06] You can have my copy when I

[2:43:07] m

[2:43:12] done. Sorry, MR. Sullivan, I

[2:43:15] know I normally go to you, but

[2:43:17] the one that looked legal, I

[2:43:20] ignored it.

[2:43:22] Thank you.

[2:43:24] Um, the first one is a simple

[2:43:25] one. So when I looked at number

[2:43:27] one, I wanted to ask that we

[2:43:29] separate those two questions

[2:43:32] into two different numbers. So

[2:43:33] number one remains. Why do you

[2:43:34] want to be appointed to the

[2:43:36] city council? But number two

[2:43:38] becomes, why do you feel you

[2:43:38] are sorry? What do you feel you

[2:43:40] bring to this position. So I

[2:43:42] just wanted to split that up.

[2:43:45] Um, number three seemed a

[2:43:48] little weird to me. Um, asking

[2:43:51] about future plans of elected,

[2:43:52] you know, seeking for elected

[2:43:53] and appointed office at any

[2:43:55] level of government. Um, and I

[2:43:57] just wanted to keep it confined

[2:43:58] to something that might be

[2:43:59] useful to this council. So

[2:44:01] number three, I asked for it to

[2:44:03] be written to if appointed, do

[2:44:05] you intend to seek election to

[2:44:06] the city Council seat when this

[2:44:08] term expires? Please explain

[2:44:10] your current intentions. Um,

[2:44:11] based on what I

[2:44:11] ve heard, that

[2:44:13] could be an important

[2:44:15] distinction for some members of

[2:44:20] the community. Um. Skipping

[2:44:25] down to number nine on our

[2:44:26] list, I think it

[2:44:26] s number eight

[2:44:34] on. Let me make sure. Yes. Uh,

[2:44:37] number eight, changing that to

[2:44:39] what do you see as the biggest

[2:44:40] challenges facing the city and

[2:44:43] omitting next year? Um, just

[2:44:44] what are the biggest challenges

[2:44:46] facing the city and the work

[2:44:49] that we do rarely gets fixed in

[2:44:51] one year. So the changes we put

[2:44:52] into place are, um, just

[2:44:55] allowing a more long term look.

[2:44:58] Number ten is just switching

[2:45:00] three and top. So it says what

[2:45:01] are your top three priorities

[2:45:02] for the city rather than the

[2:45:06] three top priorities? Um, okay.

[2:45:08] Getting to the to the real one.

[2:45:11] Number 11 seemed like it was

[2:45:13] Is important at the time. The

[2:45:14] council member Lewis was

[2:45:16] appointed. Um. It says

[2:45:18] circumcised. Uh, sorry.

[2:45:19] Circumstances outside the

[2:45:19] city

[2:45:21] s control. And it talks

[2:45:23] about an impacted budget. But

[2:45:25] due to the passage of sst, our

[2:45:26] budget is actually in a very

[2:45:28] good position. And so I

[2:45:28] ve just

[2:45:29] asked that number 11 be

[2:45:33] stricken. Number 12 and 13 were

[2:45:35] both yes no questions. And I

[2:45:35] don

[2:45:38] t know how useful, um, that

[2:45:41] is. So rather than a yes no

[2:45:44] question, um, changing it to a

[2:45:45] more open ended question. So

[2:45:47] this was regarding the city

[2:45:49] budget based on your review of

[2:45:49] the city

[2:45:50] s current budget, what

[2:45:52] do you believe are the city

[2:45:52] s

[2:45:53] most significant fiscal

[2:45:56] opportunities or challenges, as

[2:45:57] opposed to have you seen the

[2:45:59] budget? Um, and number 13 was,

[2:46:00] you know, have you reviewed the

[2:46:00] city

[2:46:01] s general plan? Again,

[2:46:05] very generic. So, um, based on

[2:46:05] your review of the city

[2:46:06] s

[2:46:07] general plan, what goals or

[2:46:09] policies do you believe should

[2:46:11] receive the greatest attention

[2:46:12] during your tenure as a council

[2:46:15] member, and why? And then

[2:46:17] number 14 was a was a run on

[2:46:19] sentence. And even though I

[2:46:20] mostly taught math, I did teach

[2:46:22] some English. Um, and so I

[2:46:27] wanted to rewrite. Number 14,

[2:46:28] describe your involvement in

[2:46:30] the community, including civic

[2:46:31] organizations, volunteer

[2:46:32] activities, boards,

[2:46:33] commissions, neighborhood

[2:46:34] groups, or other public

[2:46:36] service. How have these

[2:46:37] experiences prepared you to

[2:46:40] serve on the city Council? So

[2:46:41] if you would entertain those

[2:46:41] changes, I

[2:46:46] d appreciate it.

[2:46:51] Council member.

[2:46:53] Uh, I

[2:46:55] d like to understand what

[2:46:58] that, uh, delayed the process

[2:47:00] for. Uh, if you make any of

[2:47:02] those changes, would that have

[2:47:03] any impact?

[2:47:04] We would have to make the

[2:47:06] applications available Thursday

[2:47:07] just so we had time to change

[2:47:09] this. Um, tomorrow. But if you

[2:47:11] vote on it tonight with these

[2:47:12] changes, we could change it

[2:47:13] tomorrow and have the

[2:47:15] application packets ready for

[2:47:17] Thursday morning.

[2:47:21] Uh, for our city attorney. Uh,

[2:47:24] even though the one that I

[2:47:25] think is number three, they

[2:47:25] re

[2:47:25] you

[2:47:26] re asking to strike the

[2:47:28] first part. What future plans

[2:47:30] do you have for seeking elected

[2:47:34] or appointed office? Uh, what

[2:47:36] happens if we if this person

[2:47:37] says no and then you decide to

[2:47:41] run for election? Is there any.

[2:47:41] It

[2:47:42] s you. The voters can hold

[2:47:43] them accountable, but there

[2:47:43] s

[2:47:45] nothing to prevent someone from

[2:47:45] saying I won

[2:47:46] t run for office.

[2:47:48] And then changing their mind.

[2:47:53] Do you see any any benefit of

[2:47:57] changing like this?

[2:47:57] It

[2:47:59] s truly up to the council. I

[2:48:02] know in the past, um, back

[2:48:04] when, um, Harvey Horwich was

[2:48:06] like our super sub for a while,

[2:48:07] he always said that he wasn

[2:48:07] t

[2:48:08] going to run. That meant

[2:48:09] something to some council

[2:48:10] people that they didn

[2:48:10] t want to

[2:48:12] have that person being able to

[2:48:15] run as an incumbent. But

[2:48:15] there

[2:48:16] s the city can

[2:48:16] t prevent

[2:48:19] someone from doing that, but

[2:48:22] they can ask if they want.

[2:48:24] Right.

[2:48:27] Uh, MADAM Clerk, are we doing

[2:48:28] any background investigation

[2:48:30] for this role?

[2:48:32] We do not do background

[2:48:34] investigation. The only part

[2:48:36] that the city clerk has is to

[2:48:37] check with the register

[2:48:38] recorder to make sure they are

[2:48:40] registered in the city of

[2:48:44] Torrance. That is as far as our

[2:48:47] investigative process would go.

[2:48:47] The city clerk doesn

[2:48:48] t have

[2:48:49] investigative authority, nor

[2:48:52] does it have, um, enforcement

[2:48:54] duties.

[2:48:55] Uh.

[2:48:56] I like to request that we

[2:48:57] should have some kind of

[2:48:59] background investigation for.

[2:49:01] Well, we do have a resolution

[2:49:04] coming back to council to have

[2:49:05] council and commissioners

[2:49:07] fingerprinted. That would be

[2:49:09] the extent of that. Okay. And

[2:49:10] once that resolution is

[2:49:11] adopted, whoever is appointed

[2:49:13] would have to comply with that.

[2:49:17] Perfect. Thank you.

[2:49:19] Council Member Lewis.

[2:49:23] Um, I like all of the changes

[2:49:25] that, uh, Council Member Gerson

[2:49:28] brought forward, except for

[2:49:31] number three. Um, and I

[2:49:31] m

[2:49:33] sorry, number two on the

[2:49:35] original number three on his,

[2:49:37] um, I think the question is

[2:49:38] good the way that it

[2:49:39] s listed

[2:49:41] because, uh, once you start to

[2:49:44] venture into this, you maybe

[2:49:45] don

[2:49:46] t know what your future

[2:49:48] plans are until you get into it

[2:49:50] to see what the job is really

[2:49:51] about and to make someone

[2:49:53] commit on an application and

[2:49:55] then later hold them

[2:49:56] accountable if they change

[2:49:58] their mind. Um, I don

[2:49:58] t think

[2:49:58] that that

[2:50:00] s where we want to

[2:50:02] go. This question allows that

[2:50:07] individual to, um, be able to,

[2:50:11] um, basically say, well, so for

[2:50:12] me, I never thought I would run

[2:50:16] for public office at all. Um,

[2:50:17] so I think I

[2:50:18] d like to see the

[2:50:20] question remain the way that it

[2:50:20] is, but I

[2:50:21] m okay with the rest

[2:50:24] of the changes.

[2:50:26] Can I read the two? Just back

[2:50:29] to back so we hear them as it

[2:50:33] is in the application. It says,

[2:50:34] what future plans do you have

[2:50:36] for seeking elected or

[2:50:37] appointed office at any level

[2:50:40] of government? And the changes

[2:50:41] if appointed, do you tend to

[2:50:42] seek election to the city

[2:50:43] Council seat when its term

[2:50:45] expires? Please explain your

[2:50:46] current intentions so all it

[2:50:48] does is kind of take out the

[2:50:49] higher levels of government.

[2:50:50] It

[2:50:51] s still kind of the same,

[2:50:52] but if you want to keep the

[2:50:55] same one and someone wants to

[2:50:56] go against, uh, well, they

[2:50:56] can

[2:50:57] t go in the primary, so

[2:50:57] they can

[2:50:59] t go against a sale or

[2:51:04] Erickson.

[2:51:04] Oh, I

[2:51:06] m sorry I missed the the

[2:51:07] last part.

[2:51:08] I was just naming some

[2:51:09] candidates who are going for

[2:51:10] state office, because when I

[2:51:11] think that

[2:51:12] s probably what

[2:51:14] their thinking state.

[2:51:15] But.

[2:51:16] I understand what you

[2:51:16] re

[2:51:16] saying, though.

[2:51:17] But we can keep it the same.

[2:51:17] And yeah.

[2:51:19] I would think going for county

[2:51:21] supervisor in the next

[2:51:22] election, then they might say

[2:51:22] that.

[2:51:23] That would that would be on

[2:51:25] them. But I wouldn

[2:51:26] t want to

[2:51:29] try to, uh, discourage anyone

[2:51:32] from applying if they, you

[2:51:34] know, if they don

[2:51:35] t want to do

[2:51:36] elected office. I mean, it

[2:51:38] could go either way. Um, it

[2:51:39] could be somebody that might

[2:51:41] want to or MAY want to come in

[2:51:42] and try out being a council

[2:51:44] member for short term and has

[2:51:46] no intent of running and could

[2:51:47] still contribute. I don

[2:51:47] t want

[2:51:49] to exclude those folks by

[2:51:51] saying, uh, explain your

[2:51:53] current intentions. Don

[2:51:54] t know

[2:51:55] until you get into the job. So

[2:51:57] I would I would think that

[2:51:59] number three basically does,

[2:52:01] uh, maybe we can take out, uh,

[2:52:03] any level of government, maybe

[2:52:05] as a compromise.

[2:52:07] We can strike the whole

[2:52:08] question and just not ask at

[2:52:10] all. And in an interview, if

[2:52:10] someone

[2:52:11] s interested, they can

[2:52:13] ask because we are going to

[2:52:14] have the opportunity to

[2:52:14] interview them.

[2:52:17] So we could do that as well.

[2:52:17] It

[2:52:18] s just a leftover from

[2:52:19] previous. And I didn

[2:52:19] t like the

[2:52:21] way it was written, and I was

[2:52:22] just trying to make it better.

[2:52:23] But we can strike the whole

[2:52:25] thing.

[2:52:25] Uh, I

[2:52:26] m okay with striking the

[2:52:27] whole thing.

[2:52:28] Okay.

[2:52:28] That

[2:52:29] s okay with me.

[2:52:31] To.

[2:52:31] I

[2:52:33] m okay with the, uh, keeping

[2:52:35] assist for the number three,

[2:52:36] but all other that you

[2:52:36] re

[2:52:37] recommending, I think they

[2:52:37] re

[2:52:41] pretty good for me. Thanks.

[2:52:43] Um, so on the.

[2:52:46] On the request to speak, I have

[2:52:51] Sheik still. Oh. Council

[2:52:52] member. Cartoonist.

[2:52:53] Thank you. I was just going to

[2:52:54] add that I

[2:52:55] m actually in favor

[2:52:57] of keeping three, either as it

[2:52:59] was or as it has been

[2:53:00] recommended. I

[2:53:00] m happy with.

[2:53:02] Either way. I think, um, it

[2:53:03] ll

[2:53:06] get an answer. Um, but I

[2:53:07] m I

[2:53:07] m

[2:53:08] in favor of keeping it, I

[2:53:09] think.

[2:53:10] So, to be clear, you

[2:53:10] re talking

[2:53:11] about number three on Council

[2:53:13] member page, not number three

[2:53:13] on.

[2:53:14] My page.

[2:53:16] Thank you. Yes, correct.

[2:53:16] That

[2:53:17] s important to know.

[2:53:17] Correct.

[2:53:23] Thank you.

[2:53:26] I would like clarification. So

[2:53:28] you you want to keep it the way

[2:53:31] it was or the way Councilmember

[2:53:34] Grissom has changed it.

[2:53:34] I

[2:53:36] m fine with it either way.

[2:53:37] Um, I don

[2:53:37] t know. I don

[2:53:37] t know

[2:53:38] how we

[2:53:41] re gonna parse that out.

[2:53:41] Um, but I

[2:53:42] m.

[2:53:42] I

[2:53:44] m kind of keeping track. So

[2:53:45] do you want. I like the way it

[2:53:52] was or the change.

[2:53:54] I like the updated version.

[2:53:56] Okay. Thank you. Councilmember.

[2:54:02] Do.

[2:54:04] I think that, um, instead of

[2:54:05] these broad questions that we

[2:54:10] have in the current draft, um,

[2:54:11] COUNCILMAN Garrison

[2:54:12] s edits are

[2:54:14] asking for more specific

[2:54:16] information. And I believe that

[2:54:18] the specific information would

[2:54:21] give us council members more

[2:54:23] information about the app, not

[2:54:24] just more information about the

[2:54:27] applicants, but perhaps even

[2:54:28] come up with some creative

[2:54:30] ideas of how to improve our

[2:54:32] city. So I would I would like

[2:54:35] to take, um, not Trustee

[2:54:40] Gershwin, Councilmember Gerson,

[2:54:42] uh, edits as it is.

[2:54:44] Okay. And I have a suggestion.

[2:54:47] I actually because of my

[2:54:49] financial background and and

[2:54:52] experience in, in, uh, an

[2:54:54] unexpected situations. I like

[2:54:57] number 12 because it talks

[2:54:59] about circumstances outside the

[2:54:59] city

[2:55:01] s control can and have

[2:55:03] impacted dramatically the

[2:55:03] city

[2:55:05] s budget. What approach

[2:55:06] would you take as a council

[2:55:07] member to balance the budget or

[2:55:09] address the issues? We don

[2:55:09] t

[2:55:11] have an issue right now, but

[2:55:13] another pandemic and we just

[2:55:15] might. So I would like to see

[2:55:18] that that left in personally.

[2:55:20] Otherwise I three doesn

[2:55:20] t

[2:55:21] matter one way or another

[2:55:23] because I can always ask the

[2:55:24] questions if I

[2:55:25] m interested.

[2:55:26] And if someone

[2:55:27] s seeking higher

[2:55:30] office. But I do like the more

[2:55:33] open questions of the balance

[2:55:34] of the changes. So thank you

[2:55:35] for taking the time to do that.

[2:55:40] Councilmember person.

[2:55:42] I have one go back.

[2:55:43] Thank you.

[2:55:45] I just wanted to remind my

[2:55:47] colleagues and for the public

[2:55:49] that these applications that we

[2:55:52] will be receiving are public

[2:55:53] record. So they

[2:55:54] re not just for

[2:55:56] our eyes. Only the public will

[2:56:00] be able to review all of the

[2:56:03] applications. So, um, as you as

[2:56:04] we continue to discuss that,

[2:56:06] this is a public record. So

[2:56:08] please keep this in mind.

[2:56:09] Thank you.

[2:56:11] So how would the council like

[2:56:14] to proceed? Um, are we making

[2:56:16] any changes to are we

[2:56:21] separating one and two?

[2:56:22] Are you going to take it one.

[2:56:23] Yeah.

[2:56:24] Should we take it one at a

[2:56:27] time? Uh, city clerk.

[2:56:29] That might be helpful because

[2:56:31] he renumbered them on his. And

[2:56:32] some of you talked about his

[2:56:34] numbers and some the other

[2:56:35] numbers.

[2:56:38] Should we separate on the

[2:56:40] current questionnaire item one

[2:56:42] into two questions. That

[2:56:42] s the

[2:56:43] first.

[2:56:46] Question.

[2:56:47] Do you want to take some kind

[2:56:48] of roll.

[2:56:49] Are we giving thumbs up for

[2:56:50] that or.

[2:56:51] We can do thumbs up.

[2:56:52] However council would like to

[2:56:54] do it. It can be a thumbs up.

[2:56:55] It can be a motion.

[2:56:56] Separating question one and

[2:56:58] two. So that

[2:57:01] s a six. So

[2:57:06] changing question three to

[2:57:07] Councilmember Grissom

[2:57:08] s

[2:57:11] recommendation thumbs up or.

[2:57:12] Not on mine. It

[2:57:14] s number two.

[2:57:17] Yeah okay. The current

[2:57:18] questionnaire. Number two

[2:57:21] changing it to Councilmember

[2:57:21] Grissom

[2:57:22] s recommendations or

[2:57:25] not.

[2:57:27] 2 or 3 I have three.

[2:57:27] It

[2:57:27] s it

[2:57:28] s three on

[2:57:29] Councilmember Kirsten

[2:57:31] s page.

[2:57:32] Number two on my page. I

[2:57:33] m

[2:57:34] trying to keep it clear so that

[2:57:34] I.

[2:57:35] Can the number.

[2:57:35] Two, it

[2:57:36] s the question about

[2:57:39] future plans.

[2:57:39] I

[2:57:41] d like to keep at six.

[2:57:43] Okay. So then so it

[2:57:44] s a three

[2:57:45] three. So it stays as.

[2:57:47] It is. Um.

[2:57:52] Um, question 11 on the existing

[2:57:56] questionnaire versus 12 on

[2:57:57] Councilmember Grissom

[2:57:57] s

[2:58:00] recommendation. Keep it as is

[2:58:02] or change it. Keep thumbs up to

[2:58:04] keep it as is.

[2:58:06] Versus striking it.

[2:58:07] Your honor, there wasn

[2:58:08] t one

[2:58:10] recommendation. A number

[2:58:11] current eight. What do you see

[2:58:12] as the biggest challenges

[2:58:14] facing the city? Strike out

[2:58:16] next year.

[2:58:17] Oh, yeah.

[2:58:20] Oh, that is correct. Thank you

[2:58:22] for keeping us straight. I

[2:58:23] m

[2:58:24] fine with striking out next

[2:58:25] year.

[2:58:29] Yes. Next year. Okay.

[2:58:31] Six oh.

[2:58:33] Do you want to take over city

[2:58:35] manager?

[2:58:36] Okay.

[2:58:40] So, um, en Councilmember

[2:58:40] Grissom

[2:58:43] s number ten. What are

[2:58:46] the your top three or your

[2:58:51] three? Top.

[2:58:51] Three.

[2:58:54] Okay. Looks top three.

[2:58:54] Top three.

[2:58:58] Top three is a six and a zero.

[2:59:00] Uh, number 11 on the existing

[2:59:02] questionnaires, circumstances

[2:59:03] outside the city

[2:59:04] s control can

[2:59:06] and have impacted dramatically

[2:59:06] the city

[2:59:07] s budget. What

[2:59:09] approach would you take as a

[2:59:11] council member to budget that,

[2:59:13] um, council Member Grissom

[2:59:20] suggested a total strike?

[2:59:21] Thumbs up to recommend to leave

[2:59:22] it as is.

[2:59:23] Can I just ask you to amend

[2:59:24] that that we spell

[2:59:26] councilmember correctly for our

[2:59:29] code?

[2:59:31] Amended.

[2:59:33] Okay.

[2:59:34] Leaving it, that

[2:59:34] s fine.

[2:59:36] Okay. It looks like it is a

[2:59:37] five. One.

[2:59:38] More information leave.

[2:59:38] Oh, it

[2:59:38] s.

[2:59:40] Fine to leave it as is five

[2:59:42] one. But correcting the

[2:59:47] spelling of council member.

[2:59:50] And that was number 111 on my

[2:59:52] sheet. Number 12 on garrison.

[2:59:53] Correct. Okay.

[2:59:58] So the next one is 12 on the

[3:00:03] existing and becomes 13. So it

[3:00:04] goes from a closed end in

[3:00:06] question to based on your

[3:00:07] review of the city

[3:00:07] s current

[3:00:09] budget, what do you believe are

[3:00:09] the city

[3:00:11] s most significant

[3:00:13] financial opportunities or

[3:00:16] challenges? Um, thumbs up to

[3:00:19] change it to the open ended

[3:00:27] question of Gerstle. Five one.

[3:00:30] Uh, Council member um, number

[3:00:34] 14 versus the existing 1313 is

[3:00:35] have you reviewed the city

[3:00:36] s

[3:00:37] general plan? That

[3:00:38] s a yes or

[3:00:40] no question. He changed it to

[3:00:42] based on your review of the

[3:00:42] city

[3:00:43] s general plan, what goals

[3:00:45] or policies do you believe

[3:00:47] should receive the greatest

[3:00:49] attention during your tenure as

[3:00:51] a council member, and why?

[3:00:55] Thumbs up to change. That

[3:00:56] s a

[3:01:02] six oh. And then finally, his

[3:01:06] number 14. Have you attended

[3:01:09] and or participated any civic

[3:01:10] meetings, and if so, which

[3:01:12] ones? And describe your

[3:01:15] participation, his change is on

[3:01:17] number 15. Describe your

[3:01:19] involvement in the community,

[3:01:21] including civic organizations,

[3:01:24] volunteer activities, boards,

[3:01:25] commissions, neighborhood

[3:01:26] groups or other public service.

[3:01:28] How have these experiences

[3:01:29] prepared you to serve on the

[3:01:31] council? Um, thumbs up to

[3:01:35] change it to persons. Okay. Six

[3:01:36] oh, did that work? Did that

[3:01:36] help?

[3:01:38] Yes. Thank you very much.

[3:01:41] All right.

[3:01:44] Any other questions? I still

[3:01:46] see Council Member Loos name.

[3:01:47] I spoke already.

[3:01:53] Okay. Thank you. Doctor.

[3:01:55] So after we speak. You don

[3:01:55] t.

[3:01:56] You know, we

[3:01:57] re trying.

[3:01:58] Oh.

[3:01:58] She

[3:01:58] s supposed.

[3:02:02] To do.

[3:02:03] She can remove it or I can

[3:02:05] remove it. Mayor Chen like to

[3:02:05] remove it, so I don

[3:02:06] t remove it

[3:02:09] until I give her a chance.

[3:02:10] Are you making.

[3:02:11] A move? Okay. Are we in a

[3:02:13] position to make a

[3:02:15] recommendation? A motion on

[3:02:16] item ten.

[3:02:19] A?

[3:02:23] Council member Liu.

[3:02:24] Okay.

[3:02:24] Councilmember.

[3:02:25] You can do it.

[3:02:26] Go ahead. Oh.

[3:02:27] Do you want to.

[3:02:27] Do.

[3:02:29] It? Okay, good.

[3:02:29] It

[3:02:30] s your edit.

[3:02:31] So yeah.

[3:02:33] Go ahead.

[3:02:40] All.

[3:02:43] Um, I will make a motion. I

[3:02:46] will make the motion that we,

[3:02:50] um, go the appointment route

[3:02:53] and that we alter the

[3:02:55] questionnaire portion of the

[3:02:56] application as we went through

[3:02:58] together. And the city clerk

[3:02:59] recorded.

[3:03:01] I second that.

[3:03:02] So to clarify.

[3:03:03] Because there was an

[3:03:04] appointment or an appointment

[3:03:06] by application, you are picking

[3:03:07] the appointment by application

[3:03:09] and supplemental questionnaire

[3:03:11] as changed by counsel.

[3:03:12] That sounds perfect.

[3:03:19] Thank you. Start voting please.

[3:03:21] Your honor, that motion carried

[3:03:23] unanimously.

[3:03:24] Thank you. And thank you for

[3:03:24] everyone

[3:03:26] s patience on that.

[3:03:27] Um, okay, we

[3:03:28] re moving on to

[3:03:31] Tenby. Um, to appoint members

[3:03:34] to outside regional boards and

[3:03:36] agencies. Is there a staff

[3:03:38] presentation, please?

[3:03:39] Yes, your honor, Carl

[3:03:39] s.

[3:03:41] With our management associate

[3:03:41] with the city manager

[3:03:42] s office

[3:03:44] item. Tenby is a recommendation

[3:03:46] of the mayor. The city Council

[3:03:48] concur with the appointments as

[3:03:50] voting delegates. And our

[3:03:51] members and alternates to the

[3:03:52] National League of Cities, the

[3:03:54] League of California cities,

[3:03:55] the sanitation districts of

[3:03:56] L.A. County, the Southern

[3:03:57] California Association of

[3:03:59] Governments, South Bay Cities

[3:04:00] Council of Governments,

[3:04:01] Independent Cities Association,

[3:04:03] U.S. Conference of Mayors, West

[3:04:04] Vector Control district of L.A.

[3:04:06] County, and the Torrance Sister

[3:04:08] Cities Association, and

[3:04:09] directing the City Clerk to

[3:04:11] updating them post form 806 on

[3:04:11] the city

[3:04:13] s website. Uh, due to

[3:04:14] the most recent Torrance

[3:04:15] municipal election, the City

[3:04:17] Council has gained council

[3:04:18] member Betty Liu and David

[3:04:20] Parsons, which is necessary for

[3:04:22] the mayor to appoint uh members

[3:04:24] to outside regional boards and

[3:04:24] agencies. It

[3:04:25] s been the policy

[3:04:26] of the city council that

[3:04:28] members are appointed by the

[3:04:29] mayor to the various regional

[3:04:31] boards and agencies. Uh, the

[3:04:32] mayor has made the following

[3:04:33] appointments to the outside

[3:04:35] boards and agencies for the

[3:04:37] Independent Cities Association.

[3:04:38] Uh, the primary member would be

[3:04:40] Mayor Sharon Kalani, with the

[3:04:41] alternate member being the

[3:04:43] mayor pro tem. The League of

[3:04:44] California Cities L.A. County

[3:04:46] chapter would be Mayor Sharon

[3:04:47] Kalani as the primary member,

[3:04:49] and then the mayor pro tem as

[3:04:51] alternate. National League of

[3:04:53] Cities is will also be mayor.

[3:04:54] Sharon Kalani as the primary,

[3:04:56] with the mayor pro tem serving

[3:04:59] as alternate um Southern

[3:05:00] California associations of

[3:05:02] government or skag also will be

[3:05:03] Mayor Sharon Kalani as the

[3:05:04] primary member, with the Mayor

[3:05:06] pro tem as the alternate. The

[3:05:08] us conference and mayor will be

[3:05:09] with Mayor Sharon Kalani also

[3:05:11] primary with Mayor Pro Tem as

[3:05:13] an alternate for the sanitation

[3:05:15] districts of la County also

[3:05:16] will be Mayor Sharon Kalani as

[3:05:19] a primary uh, but with Council

[3:05:20] member David Carson as the

[3:05:22] alternate member for the West

[3:05:23] Vector Control District of la

[3:05:25] County Council member Sam

[3:05:26] Sheikh will be serving as the

[3:05:28] primary member, with Doctor

[3:05:30] Jeremy Gerson serving as the

[3:05:33] alternate for the South Bay

[3:05:35] Cities Council of Governments

[3:05:36] board. Um Council member

[3:05:38] Bridgette Lewis will serve as a

[3:05:40] primary, and then all city

[3:05:41] council members have the option

[3:05:43] to serve as an alternate as

[3:05:45] available. Uh, for the South

[3:05:46] Bay Cities Council of

[3:05:48] Governments for the Housing

[3:05:50] Trust. Um, Council member David

[3:05:51] Carson as will serve as a

[3:05:53] primary with council member

[3:05:55] Aslam Sheikh serving as the

[3:05:56] alternate for the Twin Sister

[3:05:59] Cities Association. Doctor

[3:06:00] Jeremy Gerson will serve as a

[3:06:02] primary with Mayor Sharon

[3:06:04] Kalani serving as the alternate.

[3:06:06] Um, and then this is just going

[3:06:07] to be some legal jargon, but

[3:06:10] please bear with me. Um, fair

[3:06:12] Political Practices Commission

[3:06:14] fpc amended the California Code

[3:06:16] of Regulation, title two,

[3:06:20] section 18702.5, which

[3:06:21] authorizes public officials to

[3:06:22] vote on their own appointment

[3:06:24] in order to do so. Section

[3:06:27] 18702.5 requires a form 806 to

[3:06:28] be adopted by the public agency

[3:06:30] and then posted on its website.

[3:06:35] Uh. Uh form 806 requires public

[3:06:37] agencies to list following one

[3:06:39] each appointed position for

[3:06:40] which there is a material

[3:06:41] financial effect on the public,

[3:06:43] officials or officials.

[3:06:44] Immediate family personal

[3:06:47] finances of at least $250 and

[3:06:49] any 12 month period. Two the

[3:06:51] salary or stipend for each

[3:06:53] appointed position three the

[3:06:54] name of the public official, if

[3:06:55] any, who has been appointed as

[3:06:57] an alternate and for the term

[3:06:59] of the position. The City

[3:07:01] Council adopted the most recent

[3:07:06] form, um 806 um. This was back

[3:07:09] in, I believe, APRIL of 2024,

[3:07:11] and it is available on our

[3:07:11] city

[3:07:13] s website. We did release

[3:07:15] a new updated city website, so

[3:07:17] the url is correct on the staff

[3:07:20] report. Um, as such, city

[3:07:22] council members MAY vote on

[3:07:23] their own appointments to

[3:07:24] compensated positions on

[3:07:25] various types of boards of

[3:07:27] commissions. However, uh, just

[3:07:28] for awareness, there

[3:07:29] s no

[3:07:30] compensations for members that

[3:07:31] serve on the South Bay Cities

[3:07:33] of Council of Governments.

[3:07:34] Should your honorable body

[3:07:35] concur with the mayor

[3:07:35] s

[3:07:37] appointments, the city Manager

[3:07:38] recommends that your honorable

[3:07:40] body direct the City clerk to

[3:07:43] update the fpc. Form 806 to

[3:07:45] reflect the above appointments

[3:07:46] and to post the updated form on

[3:07:47] the city

[3:07:48] s website and cities

[3:07:50] of city staff is available for

[3:07:52] any questions.

[3:07:54] Thank you so much for your

[3:07:56] presentation. Um, city clerk,

[3:07:58] has anyone signed up to speak?

[3:07:59] No, your Honor.

[3:08:01] Do any members of the public

[3:08:01] who didn

[3:08:02] t sign up wish to

[3:08:04] speak at this time? Please step

[3:08:08] up to the microphone. Okay, I

[3:08:09] see none. We

[3:08:11] ll now take remote

[3:08:13] participants. Callers can press

[3:08:15] star nine to raise their hand.

[3:08:16] Staff. Has anyone signed up.

[3:08:17] To speak?

[3:08:18] There are no callers, Your

[3:08:19] Honor.

[3:08:19] Okay.

[3:08:26] Any questions from the council?

[3:08:29] I see none. Um, how would the

[3:08:30] council wish to proceed on this

[3:08:32] item?

[3:08:35] I would like to make a motion

[3:08:37] that we concur with the mayor

[3:08:37] s

[3:08:40] appointments and direct the

[3:08:42] city clerk to update fpc form

[3:08:44] 806 to reflect the above

[3:08:45] appointments, and to post the

[3:08:46] updated form on the city

[3:08:46] s

[3:08:50] website.

[3:08:52] A second.

[3:08:55] Start voting. Please. Your

[3:08:57] honor, that motion carried

[3:08:58] unanimously.

[3:09:00] Thank you so much, sir. Um,

[3:09:03] moving on to item ten, see,

[3:09:04] select and appoint chairs and

[3:09:06] members to the City Council

[3:09:08] committees. Is there a staff

[3:09:09] presentation?

[3:09:10] Yes, Your Honor. Again, Carlos

[3:09:11] Ruiz, our management associate

[3:09:12] with the city manager

[3:09:13] s office.

[3:09:14] Uh, item ten c is a

[3:09:15] recommendation of the city

[3:09:16] manager. That city council

[3:09:17] select and appoint chairs and

[3:09:18] members to the city council.

[3:09:20] Standing and special standing

[3:09:21] committees in accordance with

[3:09:23] the city council rules of

[3:09:24] order. It is a policy of the

[3:09:25] City Council that chairpersons

[3:09:27] and members are selected for

[3:09:28] the six City Council standing

[3:09:30] committees and three special

[3:09:31] standing committees. The

[3:09:32] current committee assignments

[3:09:34] were last selected appointed on

[3:09:36] APRIL 20th 3rd to 2024. This

[3:09:38] report provides an overview of

[3:09:39] the selection process for City

[3:09:41] Council. Ad hoc committee,

[3:09:42] special standing committees,

[3:09:43] and then standing committees as

[3:09:44] outlined in the Council Rules

[3:09:46] of Order. Um, we

[3:09:46] re going to be

[3:09:48] covering the ad hoc and then

[3:09:50] working groups. First section

[3:09:51] 9.3 of the Rules of Order

[3:09:53] provide that the mayor MAY form

[3:09:54] ad hoc committees and designate

[3:09:56] the chair of each, unless

[3:09:57] otherwise ordered by the City

[3:09:59] Council. At this time, the only

[3:10:01] active ad hoc body is ad hoc

[3:10:03] naming a public facility uh

[3:10:05] committee, the mayor has

[3:10:06] elected to eliminate this

[3:10:07] committee with intent to

[3:10:09] re-establish a in the future.

[3:10:11] If a if the city was to receive

[3:10:13] a new public facility renaming

[3:10:15] application in the future. Um,

[3:10:17] in 2022, the city Council

[3:10:18] directed staff to form an

[3:10:19] informal working group with the

[3:10:21] Torrington High School District

[3:10:23] to usd to establish a joint use

[3:10:24] agreement for shared public

[3:10:25] facilities and exchange

[3:10:29] services. Resolution 2020 355

[3:10:31] was subsequently approved on

[3:10:34] MAY 23rd, 2023, formalizing the

[3:10:35] agreement. While the agreement

[3:10:36] has been executed, the mayor

[3:10:38] wishes to continue this working

[3:10:39] group. The Tuesday Working

[3:10:40] Group will consist of four

[3:10:42] members total, two City Council

[3:10:44] members selected by the council

[3:10:45] to represent the city, and then

[3:10:47] two members selected by the

[3:10:47] Torrance Unified School

[3:10:49] District Board at their

[3:10:50] discretion to represent the

[3:10:53] school district. Um. Per the

[3:10:55] mayor selection. The following

[3:10:56] members from the City Council

[3:10:58] have been selected to be

[3:10:59] appointed to this working

[3:11:01] group. Uh, Doctor Jeremy Gerson

[3:11:04] and Council member Aslam Shaikh,

[3:11:05] uh, for special standing

[3:11:08] committees are uh established

[3:11:09] under section 9.4 of the Rules

[3:11:11] of Order. Uh, this includes

[3:11:14] armed Forces um Committee, as

[3:11:15] well as a federal and state

[3:11:16] legislative advocacy committee.

[3:11:18] Um, and these chairs and

[3:11:19] members are appointed by the

[3:11:21] mayor. Below are the proposed

[3:11:23] appointments from Mayor Colony

[3:11:26] for council. Confirmation for

[3:11:27] the Armed Forces Day Committee.

[3:11:28] Uh, Council Member Bridget

[3:11:29] Lewis will serve as chair.

[3:11:31] Council members Betty Lou and

[3:11:33] David Parsons will serve as

[3:11:34] members for the State

[3:11:36] Legislative Advocacy Committee.

[3:11:38] Uh, Mayor Sharon Kalani will

[3:11:40] serve as the chair, with

[3:11:42] council members Betty Lou and

[3:11:44] Sam Shaikh serving as members

[3:11:45] for the federal Legislative

[3:11:47] Advocacy Committee. Mayor

[3:11:48] Sharon Kalani will serve as the

[3:11:50] chair, with Doctor Jeremy

[3:11:51] Gerson. Uh, and Bridget Lewis

[3:11:55] serving as members for standing

[3:11:56] committees. The City Council

[3:11:57] selects the chairs and members

[3:11:59] of the six standing committees.

[3:12:01] Um, as established under

[3:12:03] section 9.2 of the Rules of

[3:12:05] Order. Uh. This is based on the

[3:12:06] rotational selection process

[3:12:09] that is based on seniority. One

[3:12:10] each council member, excluding

[3:12:12] the mayor, selects one standing

[3:12:14] committee on which to serve as

[3:12:16] chair in the order of seniority

[3:12:18] to each council member in

[3:12:19] reverse order of seniority,

[3:12:21] selects a second standing

[3:12:22] committee on which to serve as

[3:12:24] a member. Each council member,

[3:12:25] in the order of seniority then

[3:12:27] selects their third standing

[3:12:28] Committee, on which they will

[3:12:30] serve as a member. Uh section

[3:12:32] 10.3 of the Rules of Order

[3:12:33] establishes the length of

[3:12:34] continuous service and office,

[3:12:36] which determines the seniority

[3:12:38] where two or more members are

[3:12:39] elected or appointed at the

[3:12:40] same time, the member receiving

[3:12:41] the highest number of votes at

[3:12:42] their initial election holds

[3:12:45] greater seniority under section

[3:12:46] 9.6. The mayor serves as the

[3:12:47] permanent voting alternate

[3:12:48] members for all standing

[3:12:50] committees, and the absence of

[3:12:51] any member. The mayor MAY

[3:12:52] participate in the call of a

[3:12:54] committee meeting or act as a

[3:12:55] voting member at the meeting.

[3:12:57] Based on this criteria, the

[3:12:58] City Council

[3:12:58] s current

[3:13:00] seniority ranking, excluding

[3:13:01] the mayor, is as follows. One

[3:13:03] council member. Sam Shaikh. Two

[3:13:04] Council member Bridget Lewis.

[3:13:06] Three Council member Jeremy.

[3:13:08] Doctor Jeremy Curson. Four

[3:13:09] Council member Betty Lou. Five

[3:13:10] Council member David Garson.

[3:13:12] And then we have the vacancy.

[3:13:15] Number six. Um, as we have a

[3:13:17] new council, a new selection

[3:13:19] process is required. Um, but by

[3:13:20] providing each council member

[3:13:22] with an equal opportunity to

[3:13:23] select committee assignments

[3:13:24] based on their respective level

[3:13:26] of seniority, with the six

[3:13:28] total starting committees, each

[3:13:29] council member will serve on

[3:13:30] the total of three committees,

[3:13:31] one as chairing and two as

[3:13:33] members. Uh, so at this time,

[3:13:34] we will go ahead and proceed

[3:13:44] with the rotating process. All

[3:13:46] right. So for this first round,

[3:13:46] it.

[3:13:47] Would be.

[3:13:47] Please, there

[3:13:48] s a question from

[3:13:49] Council member.

[3:13:50] Lewis.

[3:13:52] Uh, Carlos, I have a quick

[3:13:55] question. So, um, according to

[3:13:58] the council rules of order, um,

[3:14:00] for section 9.1, standing

[3:14:02] committees, the Citizens

[3:14:03] Development and Enrichment

[3:14:05] Committee has the

[3:14:07] responsibility of assigning the

[3:14:09] school district liaison. And

[3:14:12] generally, in the past, whoever

[3:14:14] ended up on the committee would

[3:14:18] end up as the usd working Group

[3:14:20] board. Do we want to separate

[3:14:22] that out or change that?

[3:14:24] Because that would mean that,

[3:14:26] uh, either Jeremy or Assam

[3:14:29] would have to select that

[3:14:31] committee.

[3:14:31] Uh, if it

[3:14:32] s up to the councils,

[3:14:33] if that

[3:14:34] s what they decide, we

[3:14:36] can make that modifications to

[3:14:37] the rules of order.

[3:14:39] Yeah. To just to just strike it

[3:14:41] out of the rules of order and

[3:14:42] no longer be the school

[3:14:44] district liaison in the

[3:14:46] description.

[3:14:46] We

[3:14:47] d have to bring that back.

[3:14:50] But we could do that because

[3:14:51] the rules were adopted by

[3:14:52] Rizzo.

[3:14:54] Okay. Well, so that will leave

[3:14:58] us with an issue then.

[3:15:00] Unless we both wind up on the

[3:15:01] committee.

[3:15:03] What? All depends on how well

[3:15:05] all three of you would have to

[3:15:11] end up on the committee. So

[3:15:11] it

[3:15:14] s whoever. So whoever. Um,

[3:15:15] chooses that committee is

[3:15:18] chair. And then the other two

[3:15:21] would have to be, uh, you or

[3:15:22] Assam.

[3:15:23] Yeah.

[3:15:23] That

[3:15:24] s fine.

[3:15:25] So fine. Yeah.

[3:15:26] Okay.

[3:15:28] Um, well.

[3:15:28] Let

[3:15:30] s see how it turns out.

[3:15:31] We can see how it turns out

[3:15:34] that, uh, yeah, because the

[3:15:36] school board has only five, uh,

[3:15:38] trustees. Five school board

[3:15:40] members. They would only send

[3:15:41] two people out. Correct. I

[3:15:42] don

[3:15:42] t think that would be

[3:15:44] right. If we send three people

[3:15:46] out and they only send two.

[3:15:46] We only send two.

[3:15:48] Get two. And just two and two.

[3:15:49] Right? That

[3:15:52] s more fair. Okay.

[3:15:57] So I think the question is, um,

[3:15:59] does council member Doctor

[3:16:04] Grissom want to chair that

[3:16:04] committee?

[3:16:06] So you still have to do it by

[3:16:07] seniority, though, right.

[3:16:11] So what do you suggest? Um, MR.

[3:16:13] Sullivan?

[3:16:13] Really?

[3:16:14] Okay.

[3:16:15] I guess, like I said, if that

[3:16:16] s

[3:16:17] the way the rules are written,

[3:16:18] then we follow the rules.

[3:16:20] Unless you want to push this.

[3:16:22] Um, but I guess we can also

[3:16:25] revisit it. Um, or as I think

[3:16:26] Doctor Gerson said, we just see

[3:16:27] how it works out tonight.

[3:16:29] Okay. Just do that. And then if

[3:16:31] we need to, we can bring an

[3:16:33] amendment and then or separate

[3:16:35] the school board. The

[3:16:37] appointment that joined me

[3:16:38] committee. Until we bring that

[3:16:40] back as a separate item.

[3:16:40] Okay.

[3:16:41] So we

[3:16:41] re going to go ahead and

[3:16:43] move forward then with the

[3:16:44] standing committees and see

[3:16:45] what happens. Right.

[3:16:47] That works.

[3:16:49] So to be clear, if, uh,

[3:16:51] Patrick, if I want to be the

[3:16:53] chair for citizen development,

[3:16:53] it

[3:16:56] s okay. Yeah, exactly. All

[3:17:00] right. Thanks.

[3:17:02] Ready to proceed?

[3:17:03] Perfect.

[3:17:05] All right. So, based on the,

[3:17:06] uh, on the current seniority

[3:17:09] ranking. Councilmember shake,

[3:17:10] you go first.

[3:17:10] Okay, I

[3:17:12] ll go with the chair

[3:17:15] for citizen development and be

[3:17:18] the member for strategic and

[3:17:19] transportation.

[3:17:19] Uh.

[3:17:19] So we

[3:17:20] ll.

[3:17:21] Go first through the chairs

[3:17:22] first, and then we

[3:17:22] ll. It

[3:17:22] s

[3:17:24] going to be a three rotations.

[3:17:25] No problem. Citizen development

[3:17:26] as a chair.

[3:17:26] Okay.

[3:17:27] Thank you.

[3:17:28] Thank you. Council member

[3:17:29] Lewis.

[3:17:30] Employee relations and public

[3:17:32] safety.

[3:17:37] Doctor Gerson.

[3:17:39] Finance and governmental

[3:17:41] operations.

[3:17:46] Councilmember Liu.

[3:17:50] Strategic plan.

[3:17:51] And Councilmember Carson

[3:17:52] s.

[3:17:57] Community planning and design.

[3:17:59] And then we do have that one

[3:18:03] vacancy. Um, so, Patrick, can

[3:18:06] we can we designate the chair

[3:18:08] for the appointee or just leave

[3:18:09] it as vacant?

[3:18:09] That

[3:18:10] s the only position that

[3:18:11] would be open to them, unless

[3:18:12] they decide to redo it when

[3:18:13] they come on board. Right now,

[3:18:14] you can designate the district

[3:18:19] for. Okay.

[3:18:21] All right. All right. For the

[3:18:23] second round. Uh, Council

[3:18:26] member Carson.

[3:18:27] You got with me first.

[3:18:34] Um.

[3:18:36] Employee relations and public

[3:18:40] safety.

[3:18:48] Council member Lou.

[3:18:55] Transportation.

[3:18:56] Doctor.

[3:18:58] Citizens development and

[3:19:01] enrichment.

[3:19:04] Council member Louis.

[3:19:07] Citizen development. Enrichment.

[3:19:11] And council member. Shaikh.

[3:19:16] Strategic.

[3:19:17] All right, so this last round,

[3:19:18] we

[3:19:20] re going to go in order of

[3:19:21] seniority. Uh, Councilmember

[3:19:22] shake.

[3:19:26] Uh, transportation.

[3:19:30] Councilmember Lewis.

[3:19:32] Finance and government

[3:19:33] operations.

[3:19:34] Thank you.

[3:19:42] Uh, doctor Griffin.

[3:19:47] Strategic plan.

[3:19:55] Councilmember Lou.

[3:19:57] Finance and government

[3:19:59] operations.

[3:20:00] And Councilmember Carson

[3:20:03] s.

[3:20:05] We have a bit of an issue. We

[3:20:06] do.

[3:20:07] We have no numbers.

[3:20:07] For the.

[3:20:15] Design.

[3:20:16] How do we.

[3:20:18] Well, I mean, in the worst case

[3:20:19] scenario, the mayor can serve

[3:20:20] as a voting member.

[3:20:21] Anyone want to trade with.

[3:20:22] Me?

[3:20:22] You.,

[3:20:24] uh, go get some public safety?

[3:20:24] Yeah.

[3:20:25] Yeah, I was.

[3:20:25] Going to say no. I

[3:20:26] m already on

[3:20:27] that..

[3:20:29] On community planning. Are you

[3:20:29] already there, too?

[3:20:31] Is there anyone willing to make

[3:20:32] a change?

[3:20:32] Um.

[3:20:37] I can make a change.

[3:20:39] Uh, just for awareness. We

[3:20:39] don

[3:20:40] t have a chair for

[3:20:41] transportation, so that

[3:20:43] s. That

[3:20:47] MAY pose an issue. Um.

[3:20:47] It

[3:20:48] s district four.

[3:20:49] Unless we want it.

[3:20:50] For district four.

[3:20:51] Yeah.

[3:20:53] So how about I temporarily come

[3:20:56] off of finance and government

[3:21:00] relations and then go on to

[3:21:01] wherever you guys want to.

[3:21:01] Put community.

[3:21:03] You need planning.

[3:21:04] I can go to community and

[3:21:05] planning and design.

[3:21:07] Okay.

[3:21:08] All right. So.

[3:21:10] Uh, I take finance and.

[3:21:11] Yes.

[3:21:12] Okay.

[3:21:16] Yeah.

[3:21:18] Thank you, Councilmember Lewis.

[3:21:21] It works out perfect.

[3:21:25] Okay. And then. So that means,

[3:21:27] uh, for community planning and

[3:21:28] design, as well as for the

[3:21:29] employee relations and public

[3:21:32] safety will, uh, assign the

[3:21:34] district for appointee for

[3:21:36] those roles. That member role.

[3:21:37] That

[3:21:39] s what I have as well.

[3:21:40] All right. Uh, let me go ahead

[3:21:43] and just confirm for citizens

[3:21:45] development and enrichment. Uh,

[3:21:46] we have council member Sam

[3:21:47] Shaikh as the chair. Doctor

[3:21:49] Jeremy Gerson and council

[3:21:50] member Bridget Lewis as

[3:21:52] members. Committee planning and

[3:21:54] design. We have, um,

[3:21:55] Councilmember Carson

[3:21:56] s as chair

[3:21:58] and then, uh, council Member

[3:22:00] Lewis, and then, uh, future.

[3:22:03] Uh, district four appointee as

[3:22:04] a members employee relations

[3:22:06] and public safety. We have

[3:22:08] Councilmember Lewis chair and

[3:22:09] then Councilmember Carson, as

[3:22:12] in the district 4.8 as members.

[3:22:13] Finance and Governmental

[3:22:15] operations. Doctor Gerson as

[3:22:17] chair and then Councilmember

[3:22:21] Carson and Lou as members. Uh,

[3:22:23] Councilmember Liu as chair for

[3:22:25] the Strategic Plan with

[3:22:26] Councilmember Shake and Doctor

[3:22:29] Gerson as members. And then for

[3:22:30] the Transportation Committee

[3:22:32] would be the district four

[3:22:34] appointee with Council Member

[3:22:39] Liu and Shaikh as members.

[3:22:39] Very good.

[3:22:41] Thank you. All right.

[3:22:42] Um, if there

[3:22:43] s no other

[3:22:44] questions, how does the council

[3:22:45] wish to.

[3:22:45] Proceed?

[3:22:47] Oh, does that solve our. That

[3:22:50] solves our situation with the

[3:22:53] usd working group as well. Do

[3:22:54] you concur with.

[3:22:55] That.

[3:22:57] MR. Sullivan?

[3:22:58] Yes.

[3:23:01] Okay.

[3:23:02] What a team. What a team.

[3:23:02] I

[3:23:05] m very impressed. Okay. Do we

[3:23:09] have a motion?

[3:23:11] Alrighty. I move that we accept

[3:23:14] and file the select and

[3:23:17] appointed chairs and members of

[3:23:20] each committee. As we as has

[3:23:24] been spoken and chosen by.

[3:23:25] Us.

[3:23:28] I will second that.

[3:23:31] Start voting, please. Your

[3:23:33] honor, that motion carried

[3:23:34] unanimously.

[3:23:37] Thank you. Very impressed.

[3:23:39] Okay. Time to move on to oral

[3:23:40] communications. That actually

[3:23:43] completes our administrative

[3:23:45] items. Moving on to oral

[3:23:46] communications. Um, this

[3:23:48] portion of the meeting, number

[3:23:49] two, this portion of the

[3:23:51] meeting is reserved for

[3:23:53] comments on items that are not

[3:23:55] on the agenda under the Ralph

[3:23:57] and Brown Act. City Council

[3:23:59] cannot act on items raised

[3:24:01] during public comment, but MAY

[3:24:03] respond briefly to statements

[3:24:04] made or questions posed.

[3:24:06] Request clarification or refer

[3:24:08] the item to staff. Speakers

[3:24:10] under orals are limited to

[3:24:12] either oral communication one

[3:24:13] or oral communication number

[3:24:16] two, and no longer than three

[3:24:17] minutes per speaker. For

[3:24:21] in-person participants. Time

[3:24:22] starts I hear someone

[3:24:23] s phone.

[3:24:24] Time starts when you step up to

[3:24:27] the microphone. If presenting

[3:24:28] handout material to council,

[3:24:30] please provide 11 copies to the

[3:24:32] City Clerk before speaking.

[3:24:33] Handouts will be distributed

[3:24:36] while you speak in accordance

[3:24:38] with California Senate Bill

[3:24:41] 707. The city has implemented

[3:24:43] remote public participation

[3:24:45] through zoom to provide members

[3:24:46] of the public with an

[3:24:47] additional option to address

[3:24:48] the council during public

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[3:25:05] can press star nine to raise

[3:25:06] their hand if they

[3:25:06] d like to

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[3:25:09] digits of your number are

[3:25:11] called, you MAY be prompted to

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[3:25:16] should press star six to unmute

[3:25:18] before speaking. City clerk has

[3:25:20] anyone signed up for orals?

[3:25:20] Number two?

[3:25:21] No, your Honor.

[3:25:22] Is there.

[3:25:23] Thank you.

[3:25:25] Does any member of the public

[3:25:26] that did not sign up wish to be

[3:25:28] heard at this time? If so,

[3:25:29] please step up to the mic. You

[3:25:33] have three minutes. Okay, I see

[3:25:34] no one. So we

[3:25:34] ll now take

[3:25:37] remote participants. Callers

[3:25:39] press star nine to raise their

[3:25:41] hand. Staff. Has anyone called

[3:25:41] in to speak?

[3:25:42] There are no callers, Your

[3:25:43] Honor.

[3:25:46] All right. Thank you. Um, so at

[3:25:48] this time, public comment has

[3:25:49] ended. We

[3:25:50] re going to go ahead

[3:25:51] and return to the council and

[3:25:53] council order to make any

[3:25:54] comments that they would like

[3:25:56] before we go back to closed

[3:25:57] session. And we are going to

[3:26:01] start with Council Member Lewis.

[3:26:04] i want to wish my

[3:26:06] granddaughter, Kehlani, a happy

[3:26:08] birthday. And yes, she

[3:26:08] s

[3:26:10] pointing because she was named

[3:26:14] after Sharon. Um, uh, a happy

[3:26:16] fourth birthday.

[3:26:18] Thank you very much. Council

[3:26:18] Member.

[3:26:21] Liu.

[3:26:24] Yes. Thank you, Mayor Kalani.

[3:26:26] Um, the hillside Overlay

[3:26:29] ordinance is an important issue

[3:26:31] for me and for many Torrance

[3:26:33] residents. The uncontrolled

[3:26:35] building of ADUs has far too

[3:26:37] often taken away people

[3:26:37] s

[3:26:40] properties. Right? To view air,

[3:26:43] light, and privacy. These

[3:26:45] rights are supposed to be

[3:26:46] protected by a Torrance

[3:26:49] Hillside Overlay ordinance that

[3:26:52] was enacted decades ago. Many

[3:26:55] of our residents purchased

[3:26:57] their properties in reliance of

[3:26:59] this city ordinance. Now, the

[3:27:02] excessive building of ADUs is

[3:27:03] taking away these property

[3:27:06] rights. I previously testified

[3:27:08] before the Planning Commission

[3:27:10] and the City Council about how

[3:27:12] unfair this is to our

[3:27:14] residents. I had argued for an

[3:27:16] ordinance for so long with

[3:27:18] stronger, more objective

[3:27:20] development standards. I want

[3:27:22] to thank city staff for making

[3:27:24] a presentation and public

[3:27:26] workshop on the Hillside

[3:27:28] Overlay Ordinance earlier this

[3:27:30] year. I understand that staff

[3:27:31] is now in the process of

[3:27:34] collecting input from residents

[3:27:35] by creating an internet page

[3:27:37] for people to comment about

[3:27:39] this ordinance. I want to let

[3:27:41] people know that the link to

[3:27:44] provide comments on this issue

[3:27:46] is on the front page of the

[3:27:49] Torrance City website, and it

[3:27:49] s

[3:27:50] towards the bottom of the front

[3:27:52] page. It is titled Single

[3:27:55] Family and Hillside and Coastal

[3:27:57] Overlay Zone. I encourage

[3:27:59] residents to submit comments

[3:28:02] and make your voices heard.

[3:28:04] That was my first oral

[3:28:08] communication comment. And my

[3:28:11] second one is I want to note

[3:28:14] that I attended the Riviera

[3:28:15] Homeowners Association meeting

[3:28:18] last night, and I want to thank

[3:28:20] our Torrance, our several

[3:28:22] Torrance Police Department

[3:28:23] officers for making their

[3:28:26] presentation on Riviera Crime

[3:28:27] Update. They covered recent

[3:28:29] crime trends and the presence

[3:28:31] of organized theft groups,

[3:28:33] practical steps that you can

[3:28:34] take to protect your home,

[3:28:37] family and property, and

[3:28:39] burglary prevention and

[3:28:41] personal safety handouts that

[3:28:43] were given out at the meeting.

[3:28:44] I just want to thank the

[3:28:45] Torrance police officers for

[3:28:47] doing that, and it was very

[3:28:48] informative and it was very

[3:28:52] well attended. Thank you.

[3:28:54] Thank you very much. We

[3:28:54] ll go

[3:28:57] to Council Member shake.

[3:28:59] Thank you. Mayor. Uh, first I

[3:28:59] d

[3:29:02] like to thank and congratulate

[3:29:05] all the commissioners. Uh,

[3:29:08] yeah. See you to keep us proud.

[3:29:10] Thank you for your service. I

[3:29:12] appreciate all your dedication

[3:29:15] to our city. Uh, additionally,

[3:29:16] we attended a lot of ribbon

[3:29:18] cutting ceremonies last week,

[3:29:22] and, uh, also, Rock Around the

[3:29:23] Block was one of the favorite

[3:29:25] events for our city. A lot of

[3:29:28] people were there. I saw my

[3:29:30] colleague. Did you win the

[3:29:32] contest? Pie by eating contest?

[3:29:33] No, but I did get some in my

[3:29:34] nose.

[3:29:34] Okay.

[3:29:37] Thank you. You got to share

[3:29:38] that photo. I have that if you

[3:29:38] don

[3:29:39] t, I

[3:29:40] m gonna blackmail you.

[3:29:42] And, uh, I want to thank the

[3:29:44] city for arranging that very

[3:29:46] safe. And, uh, family

[3:29:47] environment. And thank you for

[3:29:51] your participation. Thanks.

[3:29:52] Thank you.

[3:29:55] Council member Kirsten.

[3:29:56] You know me. I don

[3:29:56] t like to

[3:29:58] talk. But as council member Lou

[3:30:00] kind of made me feel like I

[3:30:02] need to say stuff. Um, no. Rock

[3:30:04] Around the Block was fun. Um,

[3:30:07] not only that, but I. I enjoyed

[3:30:09] having the opportunity to speak

[3:30:11] to some of our younger police

[3:30:12] officers, getting to know where

[3:30:14] they came from. Um, what

[3:30:16] brought them to Torrance? And,

[3:30:17] uh, hearing a little bit about

[3:30:19] their experience and then also

[3:30:21] the chief, um, setting up an

[3:30:22] opportunity for me to watch a

[3:30:24] briefing, and I hope to see

[3:30:27] more and, um, next week, have a

[3:30:31] ride along scheduled. So, um,

[3:30:33] enjoying learning even more

[3:30:34] deeply about our police

[3:30:36] department and with tonight

[3:30:36] s

[3:30:37] appointments, I

[3:30:38] m excited

[3:30:39] because, um, Council Member Liu

[3:30:42] will be able to represent us.

[3:30:44] Um, going to Sacramento and

[3:30:46] fighting for those rights that

[3:30:48] she was talking about. And, um,

[3:30:49] and, yeah, I

[3:30:50] m looking forward

[3:30:51] to actually getting to

[3:30:52] participate in legislative

[3:30:54] action now, is, uh, Mayor

[3:30:56] Kalani putting me on to the

[3:30:59] federal advocacy team, which

[3:30:59] I

[3:31:01] ve been wanting for years. So

[3:31:03] thank you. Thank you for being

[3:31:05] inclusive and letting us all

[3:31:08] participate.

[3:31:10] My pleasure. Thank you. Council

[3:31:12] member. Calzones.

[3:31:14] Thank you, Mayor Kalani. Um, I

[3:31:16] just want to congratulate

[3:31:18] again, MR. Chavarria and our

[3:31:21] city manager for 25 years. Uh,

[3:31:23] we appreciate you spending so

[3:31:25] much of your your life here in

[3:31:26] our beautiful city. Uh, you

[3:31:27] ve

[3:31:28] made it a better place by doing

[3:31:30] so. And we appreciate your

[3:31:31] commitment. Uh, we are lucky to

[3:31:33] have you. Uh, great. First

[3:31:34] meeting Mayor Kalani.

[3:31:35] Um.

[3:31:37] Uh, excited to be part of the

[3:31:39] team. Uh, I also attended Rock

[3:31:40] Around the Block. You heard a

[3:31:42] little bit about my fun pie

[3:31:44] eating experience. I also hula

[3:31:46] hoop and chewed gum. So that

[3:31:49] was. That was also fun. Um, I

[3:31:51] want to thank our city staff

[3:31:54] for their their very hard work.

[3:31:56] While we had the World Cup here

[3:31:59] in Los Angeles. I know everyone

[3:32:01] was working really hard from

[3:32:03] our watch parties, which were

[3:32:05] were a lot of fun. Uh, to

[3:32:08] actually several teams staying

[3:32:09] in the city of Torrance. I know

[3:32:11] it was not highly publicized

[3:32:13] for obvious reasons, but, um,

[3:32:14] for those who don

[3:32:15] t know,

[3:32:18] Paraguay, Canada, Belgium,

[3:32:20] Bosnia and Herzegovina, New

[3:32:22] Zealand and Turkey were all

[3:32:24] here in the city of Torrance

[3:32:27] and our, uh, our city staff and

[3:32:28] our police department kept them

[3:32:32] here with no issues. So really,

[3:32:33] really proud of everyone

[3:32:33] s hard

[3:32:37] work on that. Um, and, uh, and

[3:32:39] appreciate it. So thank you.

[3:32:41] Thank you. And I just have a

[3:32:44] few comments. Rock Around the

[3:32:46] Block was awesome. For those of

[3:32:47] you that don

[3:32:48] t know, we

[3:32:50] recognize the Torrance High

[3:32:54] School class of 1956, their

[3:32:57] 70th anniversary. There were

[3:33:00] all 88 years old and it was

[3:33:02] really special to have them

[3:33:03] there. A couple of them came

[3:33:05] and visited with us. Um, the

[3:33:07] staff thank you. Flawlessly

[3:33:10] executing fifa and our watch

[3:33:12] parties and our hosting and our

[3:33:15] hosting of the teams here. So,

[3:33:19] um, that was amazing. Um, I

[3:33:19] m

[3:33:20] so honored to be sitting with

[3:33:21] all of you. So now I

[3:33:22] m going to

[3:33:24] thank you each and every one of

[3:33:26] you individually. Um, so

[3:33:28] excited to be working with you.

[3:33:28] We

[3:33:30] ve had a wonderful time

[3:33:30] today. We

[3:33:31] ve got the city

[3:33:31] s

[3:33:33] business done, and we

[3:33:33] re here

[3:33:34] for you. So I want to wish you

[3:33:36] all a very good night. Um,

[3:33:36] we

[3:33:37] re going to go back into

[3:33:39] closed session and continue the

[3:33:40] work of our great city. So

[3:33:41] thank you for joining us.

[3:39:12] Tonight.

[4:24:05] I.

[5:27:20] I. I.

[5:34:17] We. You. Oh,

[6:11:21] I.

[6:13:36] Two.

[6:13:40] Okay, I will now reconvene our

[6:13:44] city Council meeting at 11:17

[6:13:48] P.M.. I do have one oral, if I

[6:13:50] MAY please, to all of you, as

[6:13:52] we begin this new chapter of

[6:13:53] this council body, I

[6:13:54] d like to

[6:13:55] recognize the opportunity we

[6:13:58] have before us to work together

[6:14:00] on behalf of the entire

[6:14:01] Torrance community. While each

[6:14:03] council member was elected to

[6:14:05] represent a specific district.

[6:14:09] We all look and took the same

[6:14:11] oath to serve the people of

[6:14:13] Torrance, our district

[6:14:14] elections ensure every

[6:14:16] neighborhood has a voice, but

[6:14:18] our responsibility is to make

[6:14:20] decisions that benefit the city

[6:14:23] as a whole. This is the essence

[6:14:25] of the one Torrance philosophy.

[6:14:27] While each council member

[6:14:28] represents a district, we

[6:14:31] govern as one council committed

[6:14:33] to the success and well-being

[6:14:35] of the entire community.

[6:14:36] Following the city

[6:14:37] s transition

[6:14:39] to district based municipal

[6:14:41] elections, the council has

[6:14:43] traditionally reaffirmed its

[6:14:45] commitment to governing as one

[6:14:47] body in service to the entire

[6:14:48] community. I

[6:14:49] d like to continue

[6:14:51] that transition by asking my

[6:14:53] colleagues to reaffirm our

[6:14:56] commitment to working together

[6:14:59] collaboratively, governing with

[6:15:01] one voice, and serving all the

[6:15:03] residents, businesses and

[6:15:05] stakeholders throughout our

[6:15:06] city. With that, I

[6:15:07] d like to

[6:15:09] ask each council for

[6:15:12] concurrence to direct staff to

[6:15:14] return with a resolution

[6:15:15] reaffirming the City Council

[6:15:15] s

[6:15:17] commitment to governing

[6:15:20] together and serving the entire

[6:15:22] city of Torrance. Do I have

[6:15:25] that concurrence? Okay. Thank

[6:15:28] you very much. That was six

[6:15:29] zero, and I

[6:15:31] ll take a motion to

[6:15:34] adjourn the meeting.

[6:15:36] Your honor, there was no update

[6:15:37] from closed session just.

[6:15:38] To oh, I apologize.

[6:15:38] You

[6:15:39] re welcome. No problem.

[6:15:44] Thank you. Thank you.

[6:15:47] Your honor, I move that we

[6:15:49] adjourn the council meeting to

[6:15:52] the council meeting of Tuesday,

[6:15:55] AUGUST 11th, 2026 at 5 P.M. For

[6:15:56] closed session with regular

[6:15:59] business commencing at 6:30

[6:16:00] P.M. In the Leroy j. Jackson

[6:16:04] Council Chamber with Tuesday,

[6:16:07] JULY 28th, 2026 and Tuesday,

[6:16:09] AUGUST 4th, 2026 being dark

[6:16:10] nights.

[6:16:12] Good job. A second.

[6:16:15] Start voting please. Your

[6:16:17] honor, that motion carries with

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