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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
IS TUESDAY, MAY 19TH.WE'LL CALL OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IN ORDER, LET'S HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, OR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION AND THE GOD INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY COUNCIL MEMBER MARADA IS ABSENT TODAY AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH
[3.1 2025-26 Youth Advisory Committee Annual Report ]
OUR AGENDA.ITEM THREE, PRESENTATIONS AND THE PROCLAMATIONS.
USE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ANNUAL REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SHE REDDY, AND I'M THE RECREATION COORDINATOR WITH THE PARKS AND COMMITTEE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
TODAY I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR 2025 AND 2026 CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PRESENT ON THE COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT.
THIS IS OUR CHAIR, NEIL KARU PERIC, AND OUR VICE CHAIR KAITLYN WEISS.
GOOD EVENING, LYNN WEISS, VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE YC ANNUAL REPORT.
WE'D LIKE TO APPLAUD ALL OF OUR 20 25, 20 26 YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
DURING THE 20 25 20 26 TERM, WE DEVELOPED A WORKING PLAN FOR THE TERM WE RECOMMENDED 10 YOUTH MINI GRANTS TOTALING $10,000 COLLECTIVELY HOSTED FOUR EVENTS INCLUDING THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FORUM IN THE FALL, TRI-VALLEY YAK ROUNDTABLE EVENT AND KID VENTURE NIGHT IN THE WINTER, AND OUR DUBLIN BENEFIT CONCERT IN THE SPRING.
WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED ONE GOOD THING, WHICH IS A SPRING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS INITIATIVE.
AND OVERALL, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED A HUNDRED HOURS COLLECTIVELY AT CITY EVENTS.
THE YC ESTABLISHED THE MINI-GRANT PROGRAM IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2012 TO 2013 TO SUPPORT YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING PROGRAMS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
EACH YEAR, DUBLIN BASED YOUTH CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS. ACTIVITIES ARE PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE DUBLIN YOUTH FUNDING IS RECOMMENDED ANNUALLY BY THE COMMITTEE AND AWARDED BY THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMITTEE RECEIVED 15 MINI GRANT APPLICATIONS.
FIVE OF THE 15 APPLICATIONS DID NOT MEET MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR WERE DUPLICATES RESULTING IN 10 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS.
REVIEWED STAFF USED THE MINI GRANT APPLICATIONS RATING SHEET TO EVALUATE THE LARGE NUMBER OF GRANT PROPOSALS, AND THE TOP 10 WERE INVITED TO PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.
IN YEARS PAST, THE TOTAL GRANT AWARD AMOUNT WAS $2,500.
ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THE REVIEW FOR THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING STAFF REVIEWED IT, AND THE UPDATED AMOUNT TO $10,000 WAS APPROVED.
WITHIN THE 2024 TO 2025 BUDGET CYCLE, THE COMMITTEE AWARDED $10,000 TO 10 ORGANIZATIONS THEY FELT WOULD MOST BENEFIT DUBLIN YOUTH.
WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL 10 ORGANIZATIONS USED FUNDING AS PLANNED AND PROJECT GOALS AS STATED AND INITIAL APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN, THESE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED MONTE MINES, KA MUNCH TEENS, LATINOS UNIDOS, AMERICAN EMERALD ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB, DUBLIN FOR WELLNESS, DUBLIN HIGH DIVERSITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN MILITARY CAREERS, SENSORY WALL, EMERALD HIGH BASIC LIFE SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND IGNITE IGNITE PATHWAYS.
THE 20 25 20 26 YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE KICKED OFF ITS TERM BY HOSTING THE FIFTH ANNUAL YOUTH MEN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FORUM ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025 AT THE SHANNON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE EVENT CATERED TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.
SEVEN PANELISTS INCLUDED A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEACHER, A YOUTH AMBASSADOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH DIGITAL APP, AND A DUBLIN AND MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
PANELISTS PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSED COPING STRATEGIES.
THE FORUM ALSO INCLUDED LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AS TABLE SPONSORS PROVIDING FURTHER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR ATTENDEES.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL, NAMI DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL, BC TWO M DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL MIND FOR YOUTH, MONY MINDS Z CARES FOUNDATION, PSYCHOLOGY STAGE SAUNA DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED INSIGHT PSYCH, EMERALD HIGH SCHOOL, NAMI AND PROJECT HOPE.
THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 50 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH ID HOC COMMITTEE PLANNED THE FORUM SOLICITED PANELISTS AND TABLE SPONSORED
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AND CREATED A VIDEO FOR ADVERTISING.THE EVENT WAS ADVERTISED AT DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TABLE SPONSORS AS WELL AS THE WAVE DIGITAL DISPLAYS.
QR CODE SYSTEM WAS POSTED AROUND THE ROOM ALLOWING PARTICIPANTS TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS ANONYMOUSLY.
THE EVENT WAS BOTH PERSONALLY SIGNIFICANT TO US AND PROVEN SIGNIFICANT TO MANY OTHER STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.
THE YOUTH ADVISOR COMMITTEE HOSTED THE SECOND ANNUAL VENTURE NIGHT ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2026 AT THE DUBLIN SENIOR CENTER.
THAT WAS A FUN-FILLED EVENING FOR CHILDREN, AGES FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD COMMITTEES MEMBER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN GROUP GAMES, ARTS AND CRAFT, WATCH MOVIES, PLAY BOARD GAMES AND VIDEO GAMES, AND SERVE A PIZZA DINNER FOR THE CHILDREN.
IT WAS A NIGHT OF FUN WHILE PARENT PARENTS COULD RELAX FOR A FEW HOURS.
THIS YEAR, EACH MEMBER OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERED AT TWO OR MORE OF THIS FIT CITY SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIS INCLUDED SPLATTER HARVEST FAIR FLOATING PUMPKIN PATCH, GHOST OF DUBLIN, THE HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING ST.
PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL, SPRING EGG EXTRAVAGANZA, AND THE TRI-VALLEY TEEN JOB FAIR ON SATURDAY MARCH, ON SATURDAY MARCH, 2026 AT THE PLEASANTON SENIOR CENTER.
COLLECTIVELY, THE COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERED OVER A HUNDRED HOURS EACH YEAR.
THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE PARTICIPATES IN THE TRI-VALLEY ROUNDTABLE EVENT WITH YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEES FROM DANVILLE, DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, AND SAN RAMON.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU.
THE GOAL OF THE EVENT IS TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER YOUTH COMMITTEES, REVIEW UPCOMING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, DISCUSS SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, AND GENERALLY SOCIALIZE WITH OTHER YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
HOSTING DUTIES ARE ROTATED AND THIS YEAR WE HOSTED THE EVENT ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2026 AT THE WAVE COMMUNITY ROOM.
DURING THE JANUARY 14TH, 2026, YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REGULAR MEETING MEMBERS EXPLORED WAYS THE CITY COULD SUPPORT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH IN A MANNER THAT FEELS APPROACHABLE, INCLUSIVE, AND RELEVANT TO TODAY'S YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF NORMALIZING MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT CREATING PRESSURE TO DISCLOSE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, KEY THEMES THAT EMERGED DURING THIS OPTIONAL PARTICIPATION POSITIVE REFLECTION AND CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR YOUTH TO ENGAGE AT THEIR OWN COMFORT LEVEL.
BASED ON DISCUSSION STAFF CON CON CONSULTATED THE COMMITTEE'S IDEAS AND PROPOSED THE PROGRAM CONCEPT ONE GOOD THING.
THE INITIATIVE ENCOURAGED PARTICIPANTS TO IDENTIFY AND REFLECT ON ONE POSITIVE MOMENT FROM THEIR DAY REINFORCING AWARENESS OF SMALL POSITIVITIES AS WELL AS A SIMPLE MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS PRACTICE.
PARTICIPATION MAY OCCUR PRIVATELY OR THROUGH OPTIONAL SHARING, ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY ACROSS FAMILIES, PEER GROUPS, AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
THE ONE GOOD THING MOVEMENT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 11TH, 2026 THROUGH APRIL 19TH, 2026 ON SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
THE YAC HOSTED THE ANNUAL DUBLIN BENEFIT CONCERT ON THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2026 AT THE FARMER'S MARKET AT EMERALD GLEN PARK AMPHITHEATER.
THE DIVERSE LINEUP OF 12 PERFORMERS FEATURE TALENTED YOUTH OF ALL AGES, SHOWCASING A VARIETY OF MUSICAL GENRES, INCLUDING SONGS FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT JAZZ, MUSIC, CULTURAL ARTS, AND MUCH MORE.
THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED SPONSORSHIPS FROM TWO GENEROUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DONATIONS.
TOTALED ARE RECORD BREAKING $1,000 AND 36 1030 $6, BENEFITING THE YOUTH FEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE YEAR'S CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THIS YEAR'S SUCCESSES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AT THIS TIME.
I WANT TO ASK US, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS ONE DOUBLING BENEFIT CONCERT.
IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU DO THIS? OH, NO, THIS IS, I I I THINK WE FIRST HOSTED IT FOUR YEARS AGO.
I YEARS AGO, INCORRECT, BUT WE'VE HOSTED THIS EVENT BEFORE.
I WANT TO, UH, SINCERELY COMMENT THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING YEAR OF SERVICES, LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY IMPACT.
SO YOU HAVE SHOWED IN A REMARKABLE COMMITMENT TO THE DUBLIN YOUTH AND THE FAMILIES, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, UM, YOUR ENERGY, UM, CREATIVITY AND HEART INTO PUBLIC SERVICES.
YOUR WORK REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY, AND WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR DEDICATION TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER AND, UH, UH, BETTER CONNECTED.
INVITE MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE COMMENTS,
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UH, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, JUST THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED BY ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, NOT ONLY IN EXECUTING, BUT ALSO THE PLANNING OR ORGANIZING AND IDEATION PIECE OF IT.I KNOW A LOT GOES INTO ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES AND I'M JUST, UH, VERY IMPRESSED AND THE THE WORK YOU DO IS VERY IMPACTFUL, SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UM, THE, THE ONE GOOD THING, THE SHARING SMALL BITS OF POSITIVITY REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME, AND I HOPE THAT YOU, UM, CONTINUE WITH THAT.
AND IT WAS A PLEASURE BEING THERE AT THE DUBLIN BENEFIT CONCERT AND, AND MEETING YOU ALL.
YEAH, I, MY COMMENTS ARE VERY SIMILAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I ALSO ENJOYED, UM, THE BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE PART THAT I GOT TO SEE.
I WAS ONLY ABLE TO BE THERE FOR ABOUT THE FIRST HOUR.
I ENJOYED THE JOKES IN BETWEEN THE, UH,
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE ONE GOOD THING, UM, REALLY A NEAT IDEA.
UM, DO YOU HAVE STATISTICS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ENGAGED OR, UM, THE KIND OF, UM, I KNOW YOU HAD A VIDEO THAT YOU WANTED TO SHOW AND IT DIDN'T PLAY, BUT, UM, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHARED OR HOW MANY PEOPLE, UM, ENGAGED WITH IT IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR? SO WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ENGAGED WITH IT.
UM, THE SIMPLE PREMISE WAS THAT YOU SHARE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT YOUR DAY MM-HMM
AND THAT CAN BE A VERY LIKE, EASY WAY FOR US TO SPREAD POSITIVITY.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET YOU A NUMBER, UH, LATER ON, BUT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ENGAGE WITH A SPECIFIC POST UHHUH.
AND IT RAN FOR A WEEK, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, UM, ARE YOU GUYS INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THAT FURTHER? I THINK A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE WERE DISCUSSING WAYS TO MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE WELCOMING AND FRIENDLIER TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE SO WE CAN REALLY EXPAND IT.
BUT THAT'S ALL UP TO NEXT COMMITTEE, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT.
YOU'RE ALWAYS DOING GREAT WORK EVERY YEAR, YOUR GROUP AND THE PRIOR ONES.
AND WHAT STICKS OUT TO ME IS YOUR INTEREST IN, IN GOING INTO AREAS THAT CAN BE VERY SENSITIVE AND WHAT STICKS OUT IS THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH FORUM.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW YEARS AND I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, AND CERTAINLY OVERALL AND ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS EVERYBODY MADE YOU, YOU'RE THERE.
YOU'RE MAKING AN IMPACT IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BENEFIT YOU AND, UH, OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU, ALL THE MEMBERS.
I'M OVER AND HAVE A PHOTO WITH US.
YEAH, JUST COME OVER HERE AND GREAT WORK.
CAN'T SEE IT, MAYOR, YOU'LL BE FINE.
[3.2 Presentation from the Mayor’s Council ]
PRESENTATION FROM THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL.GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS EMMA TAN AND I HAVE PROUDLY SERVED THE DUBLIN MAYOR'S COUNCIL AS THEIR CO-CHAIR FOR THE 2025 TO 2026 TERM.
THIS IS OUR NEW END OF YEAR REPORT.
I HOPE ALL OF YOU FIND SOMETHING INSPIRING AND UNIQUE FROM THIS REPORT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING UPDATES THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE.
THIS YEAR WAS TRULY BOTH A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR THE COUNCIL AND ALSO A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE GROWN AND HOW ALL OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS HAVE SHOWN SUCH INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP.
WE TRULY COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR THE IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE ON US AND ALSO THE IMPACT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO UPON OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
NOW I'LL BE PASSING IT ON TO MY FELLOW CO-CHAIR TO INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, GIVING YOUR TIME TO US THIS EVENING.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE? YEAH.
UM, BEFORE YOU ASK, THIS IS NOT OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAVE AROUND 70 MEMBERS.
UM, WE HAD OVER 180 APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, SO, UM, WE, IT, IT, IT WAS A LOT AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO CHOOSE, UM, THE, THE RIGHT MEMBERS.
BUT, BUT THIS YEAR, WITH THE WAY THAT OUR COUNCIL HAS REALLY COME TOGETHER, UM, I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF EVERYONE.
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LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND.WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2015 UNDER MAYOR HOBERT.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE LED BY MAYOR HERNANDEZ AND NOW BY MAYOR WHO, UM, AND WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM DUBLIN HIGH, EMERALD HIGH, AND CORY LANE.
UM, AND THIS IS THE, THE FIRST YEAR THAT, THAT WE'VE REALLY HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM ALL THREE SCHOOLS.
SO WE, WE'VE TRIED TO REALLY IMPROVE ON, ON OUR DIVERSITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENTS, UM, AND BRINGING THOSE BACKGROUNDS TOGETHER.
UM, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR ALUMNI.
UM, AFTER PARTICIPATING WITH THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL, UM, THEY'VE GONE TO SOME OF THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD AND HAVE DONE SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS.
SO SUPER PROUD OF OUR ALUMNI AS WELL.
I WILL NOW INTRODUCE ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS.
WHEN I SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY, UH, ME, THE CO-CHAIR, AND ALONG WITH DION JERAL, FELLOW CO-CHAIR, CO-PRESIDENT, TON HAN CO-PRESIDENT SOPHIA HENNINGSIN.
SECRETARY, SECRETARY KYLIE WONG, SECRETARY ION PERU, WHO SADLY CANNOT BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, UNABLE TO ATTEND THAR OF GABA PUBLICITY CHAIR ANDRE PIAN, AND UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT.
AND HERE ARE ALL OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE 2025 TO 2026 TERM.
ONCE AGAIN, IF I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP FORWARD, LEAD OF THE SENIOR SOCIALIZATION GROUP, SHIVANI RAMATHAN, LEAD OF THE MENTAL HEALTH GROUP, ARIA SHASTRI, UNABLE TO ATTEND.
TONIGHT, LEAD OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP.
LEVI LEE, LEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, AHI SHARMA, LEAD OF THE JOURNALISM AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GROUP.
ALIA AURORA, LEAD OF THE CAREER EXPLORATION GROUP, KASHIC CLU AND RAJ KAR AND LEAD OF THE HOPE HIGH SCHOOLERS FOR OPIOID PREVENTION EDUCATION GROUP.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE PROJECT MANAGER PRESENTATIONS IF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD COULD TAKE A SEAT.
OUR PROJECT WAS TO HELP INCREASE ACCESS AND INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT CAREERS IN DUBLIN.
AND ONE THING WE DID WAS HAVE CAREER SPOTLIGHTS, SPOTLIGHTS ON INSTAGRAM, SHOWCASING DIFFERENT CAREER OPTIONS.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN, UH, TOUCH WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DUBLIN AND, UM, A LOT OF FOLKS WITH DIFFERENT CAREERS, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING THEM FEATURED FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH AND POTENTIALLY INTO JUNE AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT IS OUR INSTAGRAM.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CAREER FAIR PLANNED FOR SUNDAY.
AND, UH, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE AS DIVERSE, UH, OF CAREER OPTIONS AS WE CAN SO THAT STUDENTS IN DUBLIN CAN HAVE THE MOST INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA PURSUE IN THE FUTURE.
HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS SHIVANI RAMAN AND I LED THE SENIOR SOCIALIZATION GROUP FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS GROUP IS TO CREATE A BOND BETWEEN THE YOUTH AND THE SENIORS IN THE HEARTS OF THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST EVER SINCE THE START OF DUBLIN MAYOR'S COUNCIL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIORS DON'T FEEL A DISCONNECTION WITH THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS THROUGH EIGHT DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS.
AND THIS YEAR, UM, HONORABLE MAYOR WHO WANTED TO DO MORE CULTURAL EVENTS.
SO WE DID CHINESE NEW YEAR CARD MAKING, WE DID DIWALI EVENTS, WE ALSO DID ZUMBA CLASSES AND YOGA EVENTS TO CREATE SOME MINDFULNESS ALSO WITHIN THE SENIOR GROUP.
BUT SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SHOUT OUT IS THIS YEAR WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH POVERTY PATCH UP A LOCAL DEBA NONPROFIT.
AND WITH COLLABORATION WITH HONORABLE VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ONE OF TRI VALLEY'S LARGEST FOOD CAN DRIVE.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DONATE 80,000 FOOD CANS TO OPEN HEART KITCHEN, COVENANT OF HOUSE, CALIFORNIA, ALAMEDA, FOOD, FOOD BANK, UM, COMMUNITY.
AND THIS HAS BEEN SO IMPACTFUL BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE WANNA IMPACT THE SENIORS, BUT THROUGHOUT CANS THAT WE'VE DROPPED IN EVERY SINGLE SITUATION IN OUR DUBLIN CITY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING SO MANY DONATIONS THROUGH CLUBS, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPACTFUL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE'VE BEEN ALSO ABLE TO IMPACT THE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
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NAME IS AHI SHARMA, AND THIS YEAR I LED THE DMC ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.SO OUR GOAL WAS TO RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY IN THE YOUTH OF DUBLIN.
AND WE DID THIS BY MAKING VARIOUS AWARENESS POSTS WITH OVER 2K VIEWS.
AND, UM, ALSO PARTNERED UP WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP FOR CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE AWARENESS.
AND LASTLY, WE ORGANIZED A K THROUGH EIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS COMPETITION ON MAY 2ND HERE IN THE BRAY ROOM, WE HAD OVER 12 SIGNUPS, AND WE WERE BROUGHT WITH SO MANY INSIGHTFUL IDEAS THAT OUR YOUTH HAD NOW BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CONNECT WITH THE YOUTH MORE.
WE MADE THIS A K THROUGH EIGHT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT ALREADY, BUT WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT OUR ACTUAL YOUTH HAD IN STORE FOR THEM TOO.
MY NAME IS ABNI AND I LED THE HOPE THROUGH ART CITYWIDE SUMMIT THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAD OUR EVENT ON APRIL 25TH AT EMERALD GLEN PARK.
UM, AND OUR GOAL THIS YEAR WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT OVERDOSE PREVENTION, WHICH IS, UM, AND, UM, THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS A GROWING CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY AMONG THE YOUTH.
TO PROMOTE OUR GOAL, WE ORGANIZED A BAY AREA WIDE ART CONTEST FOR ALL STUDENTS.
UM, AND ON THE DAY OF OUR SUMMIT, WE ALSO HAD A WORKSHOP WITH THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE, WHERE WE HAD A WORKSHOP TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON OVERDOSE PREVENTION.
OUR EVENT HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.
WE HAD OVER 200 ATTENDEES, OVER 15 HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND ALL OF OUR ART CONTEST WINNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALSO ATTENDED.
UM, AND THE HOPE INITIATIVE WAS ORGANIZED BY MAYOR HU.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK HER FOR BEING A PART OF THE EVENT AND SHARING HER THOUGHTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
HI, MY NAME IS OLIVIA KONG AND I LED THE HOPE LIBRARY WORKSHOPS COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, THE GOAL OF THESE WORKSHOPS WAS ESSENTIALLY TO ORGANIZE BIMONTHLY WORKSHOPS TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY MENTAL HEALTH HABITS AND TO PREVENT OVERDOSE, UM, DRUG OVERDOSE.
AND IN TOTAL WE HAD THREE WORKSHOPS.
WE HAD DE-STRESSING THROUGH ART, DIGITAL HEALTH, AND NARCAN TRAINING.
AND WITH THESE THREE WORKSHOPS, WE TARGETED A MULTITUDE OF AGE GROUPS.
SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAD DESTRESSING THROUGH ART WORKSHOP, IT FOCUSED ON YOUNGER STUDENTS FROM K THROUGH EIGHT, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO FOCUSED ON TRAINING TEENS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH AND, UM, NARCAN TRAINING, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN PREVENTING OVERDOSE AND OVERALL DRUG USAGE.
UM, HI, MY NAME IS ULA AND I LED THE HOPE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH PROGRAM.
SO OUR, ESSENTIALLY OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE OVERDOSE AWARENESS, EDUCATING THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY ON LIFESAVING RESPONSE METHODS, AND CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED.
WE WORKED WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOPE, UM, OUTREACH PROGRAM IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE WHAT THEY NEEDED AND THE EVENTS THAT THEY WERE HOSTING.
AND WE BASICALLY WANTED TO EDUCATE DUBLIN STUDENTS ON HOW THEY CAN GET HELP AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AS WELL AS RESPONSES TO OVERDOSES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS NIKITA RAO AND I WAS THE PROJECT LEAD FOR THE HOPE DUSD EDUCATION, UM, PROGRAM.
SO THIS YEAR OUR GOAL WAS TO EDUCATE DUBLIN YOUTH ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE WHILE PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
UM, THE FIRST EVENT THAT WE ORGANIZED WAS, UH, DURING RED RIBBON WEEK, THIS PAST OCTOBER, WE SENT OUT PSAS AND RESOURCES TO, TO 13 DUSD ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STU MIDDLE SCHOOLS, REACHING 12,000 PLUS STUDENTS.
UH, WE HAD A BOOTH AT THE 2025 YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FORUM WITH PAMPHLETS AND RESOURCES, AND WE ALSO CREATED A JOINT MURAL MADE OF PUZZLE PIECES DRAWN BY STUDENTS OF DHS, CORY LANE SCHOOL AND EHS.
HI, MY NAME'S ALICE LEE AND I LED THE NARCAN GROUP.
SO OUR INITIATIVE IS SUPER SIMPLE, WHICH IS FIRST OF ALL JUST TO EDUCATE OUR, UM, COMMUNITY AND HAVING THAT SOCIAL AWARENESS OF, UM, HOW TO GO OVER, UM, A RESCUE FOR, UM, OVERDOSING.
AND THIS IS REALLY COMMON IN LIKE MEDICATIONS OR IN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT MIGHT ABUSE SOME TYPE OF SUS SUBSTANCES.
UM, AND WE GO INTO SPECIFICS LIKE WHAT IS IN A NARCAN GROUP.
WE GOT GLOVES, UM, TWO NASAL SPRAYS, UM, INSTRUCTIONS AND A CPR MASK.
SO PROVIDING THAT, UM, NARCAN OVERDOSE TRAINING TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO OUR PROJECT, UM, MEMBERS AS WELL.
AND ALSO PROVIDING FENTANYL TEST STRIPS AND FLYERS ON A MORE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF HOW TO AVOID AN OVERDOSE.
I RE I LED THE JOURNALISM PROJECT AND THE PROJECT SCHOOL WAS TO BOOST CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN DUBLIN BY GETTING THEM TO WRITE ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT.
WE HAD SECTIONS FOR LOCAL NEWS, ARTS, LIFE OPINIONS, AND STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS SHOWCASING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEERS.
UM, SO WE HELD A WORKSHOP WITH DUBLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND GOT, UH, 400 IN ATTENDANCE AND HAD, UM, SPEAKERS FROM THE STANFORD DAILY COME AND GIVE A,
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UM, SORT OF INTRODUCTION TO WRITING OP-EDS AND EDITORIALS AND JOURNALISM AND GIVE AN INTRODUCTION TO WRITING IN GENERAL.AND WE HAD OVER 50 PIECES FROM THE WIDEST ARRAY OF TOPICS FROM LOCAL NEWS TO DUBLIN'S UPCOMING ELECTIONS TO THEIR EXPERIENCES.
UM, BEING A CERTAIN RACE IN THE BAY AREA TO BIOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AND REALLY EVERYTHING AND WHATEVER YOUNG PEOPLE WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT, UM, THE PAPER GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO AMPLIFY THAT.
AND, UM, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUBMISSIONS AS WELL AS PUT THEM ON THE WEBSITE AND EXPAND OUTREACH TO GET MORE READERS AS WELL AS MORE WRITERS, UM, AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE IN DUBLIN ENGAGED WITH WRITING ABOUT THINGS THEY CARE ABOUT.
HI, MY NAME IS ARIA SHASU AND I LED THE WELLNESS FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCING STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH BY NORMALIZING OPEN DISCUSSION.
WE STARTED THIS YEAR OFF BY SENDING OUT A DISTRICT-WIDE SURVEY TO GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, INCLUDING SCHOOLS LIKE FALLON WELLS, EMERALD HIGH, DUBLIN HIGH, AND COTTONWOOD CREEK, WHICH WHEN WE BASICALLY ASKED THEM MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONS SURROUNDING HOW STUDENTS MANAGE THEIR STRESS LEVELS, MENTAL HEALTH AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND PROCEEDING THAT WE CREATED A MENTAL HEALTH BROCHURE, WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS TO SEEK HELP, UH, WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, ALONGSIDE A MAP WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN THE TRI-VALLEY AREA.
AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH TIPS AND STRESS, WELLBEING TIPS, AND THEN PROCEEDING THAT WE CREATED A SERIES OF INFORMATIONAL POSTS ON INSTAGRAM SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS AND STRESS TIPS TO OVERALL JUST REDUCE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH.
AND THEN FINALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD A SERIES OF FUNDRAISERS TO RAISE FUNDS TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS WITH OUR LARGEST FUNDRAISER GARNERING AROUND A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE END OF OUR PROJECT MANAGER PRESENTATIONS.
TO END OFF OUR END OF YOUR REPORT, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR LOVELY MENTORS, ESPECIALLY HONOR HONORABLE MAYOR WHO, WHO HAS GUIDED US SO MUCH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW CO-CHAIRS FOR THE 2026 TO 2027 TERM SHIVANI RAMATHAN AND ARIA SHASTRI, WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
AND WE HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL SEE A LOT MORE PROGRESS NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS.
YEAH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GREAT WORK.
YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH, AND LIKE IT TAKES, UH, TIME FOR US TO EVEN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND THAT'S, UH, SO MUCH IMPACT YOU HAVE MADE ALREADY AND YOU DEFINITELY SHOWED YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND AS A YOUTH, I KNOW MANY OF YOU, YOU ARE SELF, UM, INITIATED.
YOU ARE LIKE A GROUP, YOUR, YOUR MEMBERS AND THEN DO THOSE ACTIVITIES, UH, WITH YOUR, WITH A LOT OF LIMITED RESOURCES, RIGHT? SO I WANT TO COMMENT YOU ON, ON YOUR PASSION, ON YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO CONGRATS.
MANY OF YOU, I KNOW YOU, WE, YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY LIKE THOSE VERY TOP SCHOOLS.
I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF YOU AND, UM, AND I KNOW, UM, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, BUT THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY ALSO HAD A LOT OF FOCUS ON OPIOID PREVENTION AND ALSO ON THIS OVERDOSE, UH, PREVENTION PROGRAMS. AND I'VE SEEN YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF SCHOOLS, OTHER COACHINGS EVENTS, YOU HAVE MADE DEFINITELY HUGE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT WORK, PROUD OF YOU.
ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE, UH, OUTTA CURIOSITY? HOW MANY OF YOUR SENIORS AWESOME.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT WORK.
UM, I'M, I'M AGAIN VERY IMPRESSED, UH, OVERALL AT THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SELECTED, UH, IN PARTICULAR THE DIVERSITY OF THE PROJECTS AND, AND DIFFERENT TOPICS AND HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO EXECUTE ON ALL OF THEM.
UM, ALSO REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO SELF-ORGANIZE AND HAVE THE LEADERSHIP AND THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND, AND, UH, BE ABLE TO REALLY PUT YOURSELVES IN, INTO THOSE SMALL GROUPS AND, AND BE IMPACTFUL.
UM, AND THE THIRD THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS JUST, UH, I'M, I'M VERY IMPRESSED ON HOW QUICKLY YOU WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE.
I KNOW IN WITH THE, THE POVERTY EVENT, UH, TRYING TO FILL THAT, UM, FOOD INSECURITY GAP, UH, AND BEING ABLE TO MOBILIZE NOT JUST YOUR GROUP, BUT IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER GROUPS SO QUICKLY, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT A, THAT YOU COLLABORATE, BUT B, THAT YOU'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED HOW QUICKLY YOU'RE ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE AND, AND, UH, AND, AND DO THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
I WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU COME OVER FOR PHOTO, BIG PHOTO WITH ALL THE CONSULT TOGETHER.
CAN WE, I HAVE TO F FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET EVERYBODY
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NICE.EVERYONE WE'LL FIGURE OUT, WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE WAY.
YEAH, THIS IS TO BE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE.
[3.3 Employee Introduction ]
EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTION.UH, MAYOR, THE EMPLOYEE IS OUT SICK, SO WE'LL MOVE THAT TO A FUTURE MEETING.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENT.AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THEN AGENDA THE ITEMS. PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER IS PETER FREDERICK PETER FRIEDRICH IN 2022, DUBLIN NOMINATED THE HINDU Y MVA SONG, THE HSS FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR.
AND LAST OCTOBER, DUBLIN ORG CO-SPONSORED AN EVENT AT EMERALD GLEN PARK WITH THE HSS SAVE A INTERNATIONAL AND THE HINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION.
AND SO THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHO AND WHAT IT HAS BEEN.
PARTNERING WITH THE HSS IS THE INTERNATIONAL WING OF THE RUSH T SWAK SONG, OR RSS, WHICH IS A HINDU NATIONALIST PARAMILITARY WHOSE FOUNDERS OPENLY ADMIRED NAZI GERMANY'S RACIAL POLICIES AND WHOSE LONGEST SERVING CHIEF PRAISED HITLER'S TREATMENT OF JEWS AS THE MODEL THAT INDIA SHOULD FOLLOW.
ITS MEMBERS HAVE CARRIED OUT PILGRIMS AGAINST MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN INDIA FOR DECADES.
AND ONE OF ITS MEMBERS SHOT GANDHI AT POINT BLANK RANGE SAVE A INTERNATIONAL AND THE HINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION ARE PART OF THE SAME NETWORK.
AND ALL THREE TRACE BACK TO THE RSS.
NOW CONSIDER WHAT THAT NETWORK DID WITH ITS POLITICAL POWER.
JUST LAST YEAR, CALIFORNIA PASSED SB 5 0 9 A BILL TO TRAIN CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT, DUBLIN LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO IDENTIFY THREATS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
IT PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS WITH ZERO VOTES OF OPPOSITION.
THE POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION ENDORSED IT, AND TWO OF DUBLIN'S CO-SPONSORS THE HSS AND HAF WERE LOBBYING TO KILL IT.
THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT WHEN THE VETO WAS CELEBRATED AT A CEREMONY IN SAN JOSE, INDIA'S OWN DEPUTY CONSOLE GENERAL ATTENDED WATCHING HINDU NATIONALIST NETWORK LEADERS BE HONORED FOR DEFEATING A POLICE TRAINING BILL LET THAT LAND BECAUSE ON FEBRUARY 13TH OF THIS YEAR, A MAN NAMED NIKHIL GUPTA ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA IN FEDERAL COURT, ADMITTING THAT HE HAD CONSPIRED AT THE DIRECTION OF INDIA'S GOVERNMENT TO HIRE A HITMAN TO MURDER A US CITIZEN ON AMERICAN SOIL.
A COURT ACCEPTED THAT PLEA, A JUDICIAL FACT THAT AN INDIAN GOVERNMENT OPERA OPERATIVE DIRECTED THE PLOT.
DUBLIN CO-SPONSORED THAT EVENT LAST YEAR, WHILE THESE ORGANIZATIONS WERE ACTIVELY WORKING TO DENY CALIFORNIA POLICE THE TRAINING TO RECOGNIZE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ASSASSINATION PLOTS.
AND NOW THAT HINDU NATIONALIST NETWORK IS RUNNING A CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE IN THIS DISTRICT, ROCKY IS RONNIE IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, AND SHE BUILT HER CAREER INSIDE THE RSS NETWORK AS A VP OF SAVE A INTERNATIONAL AND AN EXECUTIVE OF THE VHP OF AMERICA.
SHE HELPED LEAD THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT KILLED SB 5 0 9 AND NEARLY 40% OF HER CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM OFFICERS OF THAT HINDU NATIONALIST NETWORK.
AND DUBLIN COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN MARADA, HAS ENDORSED THIS CAPTIVE CANDIDATE.
IF SHE REACHES CONGRESS, SHE WILL ARRIVE AS THE INSTRUMENT OF A NETWORK LINKED TO THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, A GOVERNMENT WHOSE OPERATIVE JUST PLED GUILTY TO DIRECTING AN ASSASSINATION PLOT ON US SOIL.
THAT NETWORK KILLED THE ONLY BILL DESIGNED TO TRAIN POLICE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE PLOTS.
MARADA ENDORSED ITS CANDIDATE, AND THAT IS THIS CITY'S CITY COUNCIL'S PATTERN OF DISCRETION.
SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S FLAG POLICY.
UH, SO UP UNTIL 2019, OUR CITY ALWAYS FLEW THREE FLAGS IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL, THE AMERICAN FLAG, THE CALIFORNIA FLAG, AND THE FLAG OF DUBLIN.
UH, IN 2019, THERE WERE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO FLY THEIR COMMEMORATIVE FLAG.
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IT WAS AN AGENDA ITEM, AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE THE PLACE WAS PACKED AND EVERYBODY DID PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE WAS DELIBERATION AND THE COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO DO IT, AND THE TWO MEMBERS IN THE MINORITY BROUGHT IT BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING IN A DIFFERENT FORM.AND SO THAT VIOLATED OUR NORMS. UH, IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
UM, AND THEN THE POLICY WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW THAT ONE GROUP TO COMMEMORATE THEIR FLAG EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE FLAG POLICY BACK AND REMOVE THE COMMEMORATIVE FLAG SECTION AND JUST MAKE THE POLICY THE THREE FLAGS.
OKAY, I'M GONNA BE MOVING OVER TO ZOOM, AND THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT I HAVE FOR ZOOM IS JUDY.
JUDY OR, UM, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? MELISSA, HOW MANY COMMENTS DO WE HAVE? UM, I HAVE TWO ON ZOOM.
OKAY, LET'S SEE IF I CAN I SEE JUDY ON, LET ME, OKAY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
TODAY I STAND IN STRONG SUPPORT.
EVEN USING BLUNT OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IS PROTECTED.
FREE SPEECH SAYING A CERTAIN WORD DOES NOT STIR A WHITE PERSON OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
LET ME ASK THIS COUNCIL DIRECTLY.
DO WHITE AMERICANS LOSE THEIR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS THE MOMENT THEY UTTER A FORBIDDEN WORD? ARE WE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DEFEND OURSELVES, OUR COMMUNITIES, OR OUR HERITAGE? IF THE WORDS WE USE ARE OFFENSIVE, TO SOME OFFENSE, IS NOT VIOLENCE.
THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, EVEN OFFENSIVELY, IS THE BEDROCK OF THE REPUBLIC.
IF WE SURRENDER THAT RIGHT TO AVOID HURT FEELINGS, WE SURRENDER EVERYTHING.
CH THE BUILDER HAS DONE NOTHING MORE THAN EXERCISE THE SAME FREE SPEECH THAT IS CELEBRATED WHEN USED AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE ARE TRADITIONAL AMERICANS, EQUAL PROTECTIONS UNDER THE LAW, UNDER THE LAW DEMANDS HE HAS NOT SINGLED OUT, PUNISHED FOR IT.
BLACKS ROUGHLY 13 OR 14% OF THE POPULATION ACCOUNT FOR OVER 50% OF THE KNOWN MURDER OFFENDERS YEAR AFTER YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE FBI CRIME REPORTS, IN MULTIPLE RECENT YEARS, THE FIGURES APPROACHED 50 55, 50 6%.
INTERRACIAL VIOLENT CRIME SHOWS STARK DISPARITIES WITH BLACK ON WHITE INCIDENCES, FAR OUTNUMBERING THE REVERSE.
THESE PATTERNS DEVASTATE FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR LAW ABIDING RESIDENTS DESERVE REAL PROTECTION, NOT EXCUSES OR SELECTED BLINDNESS.
WE MUST ALSO CONFRONT THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSFORMATION OF OUR COUNTRY CENSUS.
THIS DATA SHOWS THAT NON-HISPANIC WHITES HAVE FALLEN FROM AROUND 90% OF THE POPULATION IN 1950 TO ROUGHLY 58%.
PROJECTIONS INDICATE WHITES WILL BECOME A MINORITY BY AROUND 20 44, 20 50.
IT'S DRIVEN BY MASS IMMIGRATION, DIFFERENTIAL BIRTH RATES AND POLICIES AND AMOUNT TO REPLACEMENT OF THE HISTORIC AMERICAN PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, OUR STATE AND COUNTRY.
THE SAME SHIFTS ARE ACCELERATING OUR CHILDREN RISK INHERENTLY A COUNTRY WHERE OUR ANCESTORS' MAJORITY STATUS IS ERASED.
THIS IS DEMOGRAPHIC REPLACEMENT AND WE MUST HONEST, BE HONEST ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HOUSING, SCHOOLS, CULTURE, CRIME AND SOCIAL COHESION.
THE CITY COUNCIL MUST EXPLICITLY STAND AGAINST ANTI-WHITE HATE DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT TREAT WHITES AS FAIR GAME FOR HATRED WHILE SHIELDING OTHER GROUPS ONLY DEEPEN DIVISION.
TRUE EQUALITY MEANS PROTECTING ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE HISTORIC MAJORITY FROM DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE.
FINALLY, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TOO OFTEN SHOWS MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR WHITE DEFENDANTS WHILE GRANTING SHOCK AND LENIENCY.
TO REPEAT VIOLENT BLACK OFFENDERS, THE TWO TIERED JUSTICE ERODES TRUST THE LAW MUST BE COLORBLIND.
CH THE BUILDERS COURAGEOUSLY HIGHLIGHTING THESE REALITIES, SUPPORTING THEM MEANS DEFENDING FREE SPEECH, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND DEMOCRATIC DEMOGRAPHIC HONESTY AND EQUAL JUSTICE CITY COUNCIL, PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, OPPOSE ANTI-WHITE HATE, AND ENFORCE THE LAW EQUALLY SECURE OUR FUTURE.
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, YOU MUST SECURE THE EXISTENCE OF OUR PEOPLE AND A FUTURE FOR WHITE CHILDREN.
AND THEN THE LAST SPEAKER WAS JUDY AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT PERSON ONE MORE CHANCE.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST SAY THAT THAT LAST SPEECH WAS ONE OF THE BEST, BEST SPEECHES I'VE HEARD AT A FORUM LIKE THIS IN SOME TIME.
IT IS, UM, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HARD TIME BREATHING WITH THE ALLERGIES HERE.
UM, I'M A PART OF A FREE SPEECH ACTIVIST GROUP, AND WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, UM, FREE SPEECH, UH, RIGHTS BEING DETERIORATED IN THIS COUNTRY IN 2023 AFTER, UM, ISRAEL, UM, COMMITTED A FALSE FLAG TO GIVE
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THEMSELVES, UH, PERMISSION TO START A THREE YEAR GENOCIDE.THEY, ALONG WITH SHUTTING DOWN FREE SPEECH AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES, UM, THEY ALSO USED THE A DL TO THREATEN LOCAL BODIES LIKE YOURS TO LIMIT FREE SPEECH AND DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT.
UM, AND THEIR VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION WAS FORCED ON CITY COUNCILS.
UM, AND AT A TIME WHEN GENOCIDE WAS GOING ON, AND ISRAEL BEING THE NUMBER ONE ISRAEL, THE ZIONISTS, AND YES, THE JEWS BEING THE NUMBER ONE KIND OF FACILITATOR OF GENOCIDE IN THIS, UM, LAST COUPLE, UH, HUNDRED OF YEARS.
UM, NO ONE'S EVER HEARD OF THE HALAL WAR.
UM, AND PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UKRAINE.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE BEFORE IN THE UKRAINE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE HAL LOTOR IS WHEN THE JEWISH BOLSHEVIKS, UH, KILLED TENS OF MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS.
UH, IT IS TIME FOR NOT ONLY THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT FREE SPEECH AND TO DIFFERENTIATE, UM, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM VIOLENCE, WHICH HAS, UM, BEEN AN EFFORT THAT THE A DL HAS USED TO CONFLATE THOSE TWO.
SO THAT DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
UM, PEOPLE, UM, RIGHTFULLY, UH, RIGHT NOW HAVE PEOPLE THAT THEY DO HATE AND THEY HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
AND, UM, HATE IS A EMOTION THAT IS ALLOWED.
WE ARE ALLOWED TO HATE WHAT WE SEE AS BEING EVIL.
AND IF, IF TAKING AWAY FREE SPEECH TO ALLOW GENOCIDE AND USURY AND PORN AND THIS, UH, CORRUPT WORLD THAT IS DOMINATED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN, UH, AND HIS FRIENDS, WHICH IN THEIR PAPERS THEY TALK ABOUT, UH, BEING FUNDED BY ROTHCHILD.
AND THAT IS, UM, INTERESTING THAT ALONG WITH THAT 3000 EMAILS, SPEAKING OF US AS THE GO, WHICH IS LIKE CALLING US THE N WORD, WHICH I AM ALLOWED TO SAY, I WON'T SAY IT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE TRIGGER HAPPY AND SHUTTING PEOPLE DOWN, BUT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SAY THAT WORD AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO BREAK THEIR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS TO SPEAK.
UM, THE SPLC HAS BEEN FUNDED TO PAY JEWISH ACTORS TO MAKE UP WHITE SUPREMACY AND CALL THAT THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO THE WORLD.
BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE JEWISH SUPREMACY THAT EXISTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
THEY'RE SUPREME AND THEY OWN AND DOMINATE US.
WE CONTINUE TO GO FOR WARS FOR THEM, AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US WITH THEIR USY.
AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SAY K**E AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SAY, N****R.
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR ]
UH, AGENDA ITEM FIVE, CONSENT CALENDAR.SO CAN CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL IN NATURE AND, UH, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ONE SINGLE ACTION.
SO I WANT TO ASK MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ANY CONSTANT AND, UH, CONSTANT CALENDAR ITEMS? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM FIVE FOR A BRIEF COMMENT IN A SEPARATE VOTE.
SO, SO LET'S GO AHEAD TO LOOK AT YOUR QUESTION ON 5.4.
YEAH, THE QUESTION IS IN THE INVESTMENT REPORT, UH, IT SAYS THE AVERAGE MARKET YIELD WAS 3.95.
UH, AND OUR, UH, IF I'M LOOKING AT THE, UM, PORTFOLIO AMOUNTS, TOTAL MARKET VALUE WENT FROM, UH, 526 MILLION TO 523 MILLION.
UH, WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE, GET A LITTLE CONTEXT IN TERMS OF WHY THE AVERAGE MARKET YIELD WAS 3.95, YET WE'RE SHOWING A NEGATIVE NEGATIVE, UM, MARKET VALUE THERE BETWEEN, UH, DECEMBER 31ST OF 25 AND MARCH 31ST OF 25 OR 26, EXCUSE ME.
UH, JAY, BACK TO THE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UM, A BIG PART OF THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT, UM, JUST THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE INVESTING.
SO IN DECEMBER WE RECEIVE A LARGE PORTION OF OUR, UH, ANNUAL REVENUE IN PROPERTY TAX.
SO USUALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU'LL KIND OF SEE A SPIKE IN THE DECEMBER QUARTER OF JUST THE, NOT ONLY THE MARKET VALUE, BUT JUST THE OVERALL, UM, VALUE OF THE PORTFOLIO.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT AND WE DON'T GET AS MUCH, UM, IN THE MARCH QUARTERS, WE KIND OF SPEND IT DOWN AND THEN WE'LL GET ANOTHER KIND OF INFUSION.
SO IT, IT'S LESS ABOUT HOW IT'S PERFORMING AND MORE JUST THAT WE'RE SPENDING DOWN, UM, THE VALUE OF THE, WE'RE SPENDING DOWN THE MONEY WE DO HAVE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A SHIFT KIND IN THE LIFE IN THE CAMP, YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE.
AND IF, IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, ARE, UH, OUR A, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR MARKET YIELD WAS, OR OUR, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE INCREASE IN OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT, UH, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT, UH, BETWEEN, IN THE, IN THE LAST
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QUARTER, LEMME JUST PULL UP ON, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE NOTICE OR WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS, UM, SINCE INTEREST RATES, SO THE, THE CAMP IN THE LIFE PORTFOLIOS, UM, WHEN INTEREST RATES GO DOWN, THEY KIND OF REACT IMMEDIATELY.SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME LOWERING OVER PROBABLY THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, THOSE HAVE, UM, THOSE REACT QUICKLY OR, OR MORE QUICKLY.
AND WITH THE CHANDLER PORTFOLIO, BECAUSE THEY TAKE A LONGER TERM APPROACH, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY KIND OF SEEN WHERE LAING CAMP WERE HAD A HIGHER MARKET YIELD TO THE CHANDLER.
WE'RE KIND OF SEEING THAT SWITCH.
AND THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF USING LIKE A, A CHANDLER AS WELL AS THE, THE CASH POOLS.
UM, BECAUSE CHANDLER CAN, UM, THEY'RE MORE LONG TERM WE'RE SEEING, WE'RE GETTING A, WE'RE GETTING A BETTER YIELD ON THE LONGER TERM.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING ON THE CHANDLER THE MARKET YIELD GO UP.
AND THEN ON THE LIFE IN THE CAMP, IT'S, UM, GOING DOWN JUST A LITTLE.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IS SHIFTING MONEY, MORE MONEY TO THE CHANDLER PORTFOLIO, WHICH THEN CAN, UM, INVEST IT IN THE LONGER YIELD AND THEN, UM, HAS A HIGHER INTEREST RATE.
AND WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE OUTPERFORMING, SLIGHTLY OUTPERFORMING THE MARKET.
SO YOU WANT TO POLL THAT 5.8, WE'RE A SEPARATE VOTE TO MAKE TO A SEPARATE VOTE.
SO LET'S VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM 5.12, 5.7, FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE, OH, TAKE A LOOK.
SO ARE THERE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 5.12 5.7? UH, YES, I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON 5.8 AS WELL.
SO TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON, DO YOU WANNA DO FIRST THEY WANT TO, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS UNDERSTOOD IS ON 5.8 UNDERSTOOD.
LET'S, UH, DO THE OTHERS FIRST.
LET'S, UH, UH, HAVE A MOTION ON 0.1, 2.7.
YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 5.1 THROUGH 5.7, I'LL SECOND.
[5.8 America 250th Marker Dedication Day Proclamation ]
HAVE A 5.8, A 250 50TH MARKER DEDICATION DAY PROCLAMATION.SO THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT I HAVE FOR 5.8 IS BRENT SANJI.
SO I LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DON'T APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION TONIGHT, BUT YOU PUSH IT OUT FURTHER.
I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
SO YOU WANT TO PUT A PLAQUE IN DON BIDDLE PARK IN MAY, BUT THE ANNIVERSARY IS IN JULY.
SO WHY ARE YOU DOING THE, IN THE WRONG MONTH? IT SHOULD BE IN JULY.
UM, ALSO IF YOU DO IT IN MAY, THAT THERE'S NO LIKE PUBLIC PROCLAMATION LIKE YOU DID TONIGHT WITH THE YOUTH, THEY'RE ABLE TO STAND UP HERE AND TALK AND TAKE A PICTURE.
SO YOU'RE LIKE NOT DOING THAT WITH THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC PROCLAMATION IN THE CHAMBER IN JULY.
UM, AND I JUST DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT THE WHEREAS, AND WHEREAS WAS WRITTEN THAT WE COULD CHANGE THE WORDING A LITTLE, UM, AND MORE COMMUNITY INPUT, LIKE THANKS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, I WANT TO, UM, BRING A POINT OF ORDER IS THAT ON THE ONLINE APPLICATION, UH, SLIP FOR SPEAKING, IT ONLY LETS YOU CHECK ONE BOX.
UM, IT'S A BULLET POINT AND THE BULLET, SEE, UM, WE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON, I UNDERSTAND AGENDA ITEM FIVE 50 YEAR MARK.
I UNDERSTAND THE 250 YEAR MARK, BUT, UM, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOUR SYSTEM FOR THE SLIP FOR ONLINE SPEAKING DOESN'T ALLOW MORE THAN ONE SPEAKING.
THAT'S WHY I OBVIOUSLY AM, UH, JUDY DESTROYER.
NOW, BECAUSE OF THAT, YOUR SYSTEM WOULDN'T ALLOW IT, UM, WHICH I HOPE YOU'LL CORRECT, UM, ON THE 250 YEAR, BECAUSE I'M ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON EVERY ITEM IF I WISH, NOT JUST CHOOSING ONE.
UH, FOR THE 250 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITIZENS RECOGNIZE THE BIRTH OF OUR COUNTRY WAS AN INDEPENDENCE AND A BREAKING AWAY FROM A BANKING SYSTEM THAT WAS ENSLAVING US AND A MONETARY SYSTEM THAT WAS ENSLAVING US.
WE DECIDED TO BREAK AWAY FROM THAT SLAVERY.
AND THIS IS 250 YEARS LATER, WE ARE MORE ENSLAVED BY BANKS AND JEWS THAN WE EVER HAVE BEEN.
AND IT IS TIME FOR THE PEOPLE TO WAKE UP, WAKE UP.
UM, I PROPOSE THAT ON THIS 250 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THAT, UM, THE CITIZENS, UH, GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO, UM, MAKING OUR COUNTRY INDEPENDENT AGAIN, ESPECIALLY
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THIS TIME NOT OF ENGLAND, BUT INDEPENDENT FROM ISRAEL, AND NOT JUST ISRAEL FROM ZIONISM, AND NOT JUST ZIONISM, THE JEWS IN GENERAL, BEING AWAY FROM THEIR TALMUDIC CONTROL AND JEWISH SUPREMACY.AND I THINK OUR, OUR COUNTRY SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET AHEAD, THE MANIPULATION COMING FROM THE JEWS, IT SETS US BACK AGAIN.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO WAR AGAIN.
WE HAVE OUR WHOLE ENERGY CRISIS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE JEWS AGAIN.
WE PAY FOR THEIR IRON DOME TO PROTECT THEM WHILE THEY PICK ON EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND FIREBOMB, UH, HELPLESS PEOPLE, THERE WAS THREE YEARS OF GENOCIDE, BUT STILL EVERYONE SAYS YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY WORDS THAT OFFEND THE JEWS, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE THE JEWS.
I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER IN OUR TWO 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY HOW IMPORTANT FREE SPEECH HAS BEEN TO US BEING ABLE TO STAY TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY AND WHETHER OUR COUNTRY IS WORTH SAVING.
IF WE'RE LOSING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, ONE BY ONE, OUR RIGHT TO SPEAK, OUR RIGHT TO, UH, CRITICIZE, UH, GENOCIDE FOR INSTANCE, OR USY OR PORN OR ANY ONE OF THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES THAT THE, THE JEWS SEEM TO FLOURISH IN.
IF, IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES WITH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR SECOND AMENDMENT WHEN, UH, VIOLENT, UH, UH, IMPULSE CONTROL CHALLENGED BLACKS, UH, ATTACK US FOR USING WORDS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE, WE ARE LOSING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY ONE BY ONE.
AND I THINK ON THIS 250 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, A LOT OF PEOPLE BESIDES THE BOOMERS AND THE JEWS THAT SEEM TO BE DOING REALLY WELL UNDER THIS SYSTEM, I THINK EVERYONE ELSE IS STARTING TO DECIDE, UM, AND START TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHO DO WE REALLY WORK FOR? LIKE, WE'RE SLAVING FOR THESE JEWISH BANKERS.
THEY ALL WORK FOR APAC AND THE A DL, BUT SBLC MAKES UP WHITE SUPREMACY AND BLAMES WHITES FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THE JEWS ARE CREATING FOR EVERYONE.
IS THIS COUNTRY EVEN WORTH CELEBRATING WITH TWO 50 YEARS? OR SHOULD WE REALLY BE DISGRACED BY HOW CUED WE ARES? THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS? NO MORE SPEAKER SLIPS.
WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE COMMENTS HERE.
AND I ALMOST APOLOGIZE FOR PULLING THE ITEM, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD'VE PULLED IT ANYWAY.
UM, IN LIGHT OF THE ABHORRENT COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT, UM, THAT HAD REALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ITEM, IT WAS AN EXCUSE TO, UM, BE HATEFUL ONLINE, UM, COWARDLY, IN FACT WITH FAKE NAMES AND SUCH.
UM, AND I JUST APOLOGIZE TO ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING TO OUR MEETINGS.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREE SPEECH.
UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE CAN SAY HATEFUL THINGS IF THEY WANT TO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
UM, I PULLED THIS TO MAKE A COMMENT AND JUST TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE BECAUSE
UM, THE, SHE WAS A DOCENT AT THE ARCHIVES.
SHE WAS VERY INTO HISTORY, PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST, AND EVERY TIME WE TOOK A ROAD TRIP AS A KID, WE HAD TO STOP AT EVERY HISTORICAL MARKER ALONG THE WAY AND READ IT AND SEE WHAT IT COMMEMORATED IN THAT LOCATION.
UM, THE REASON I PULLED THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, AND I WILL BE VOTING NO ON IT, IS BECAUSE, UM, NOTHING IN CALIFORNIA HAD ANY NEXUS TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE WAR, THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
I DON'T BELIEVE DON BIDDLE PARK IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO HAVE A AMERICAN REVOLUTION, UM, MARKER, HISTORIC MARKER, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW IT IS PRESENTED.
IT DOESN'T SAY WE ARE JUST COMMEMORATING THE 2250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH I VERY MUCH SUPPORT.
UM, IT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A COMMEMORATIVE MARKER OF THE, UM, AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
AND, UM, CALIFORNIA DID NOT BECOME PART OF USING UNITED STATES FOR 76 MORE YEARS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M FINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE VOTING.
YES, I WOULD, UM, JUST LIKE TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY OTHER COMMENTS.
UM, I I, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, I LOOK AT THIS IN, IN, UH, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
I LOOK AT THIS AS AN, UM, THE, UM, MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WERE PART OF THE PROCESS AND, UM, I, EVEN THOUGH THIS OCCURRED BEFORE IT, IT FORMED THE PLATFORM FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS BEYOND THAT.
SO, UM, I, I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, I HAVE A DIFFERENT, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON IT, AND I'LL PROBABLY GO WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE.
BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATE, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT COMMENT.
I, I FEEL THERE'S MORE SUBSTANCE TO IT, THAT'S ALL.
UH, YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AS WELL.
UM, NOT THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH
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ASPECTS OF IT, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE, THE REVOLUTION PIECE AND, AND BEING SOMEWHAT OF A HISTORY BUFF.UM, I, I KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA WAS NOT PART OF THAT
MY OBJECTION IS TO HAVING THE MARKER PLACED IN DON BIDDLE PARK, UM, COMMEMORATING, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A, A PROBLEM COMMEMORATING THE 2250TH, UM, BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND I'M, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THE PARTY WE'RE GONNA THROW IN JULY, UM, FOR THAT OCCASION.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE DAR IS PLANNING TO PLACE THE MARKER ON MAY 30TH, WHICH IS WHY THIS PROCLAMATION IS, UM, TALKING ABOUT MAY 30TH.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE A CALENDAR INVITE TO, UM, TO, TO BE THERE FOR THE UNVEILING OF THAT MARKER, WHICH THEY PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY CREATED
UM, SO MY INTENT IS JUST TO VOTE NO ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT THE DAR SPECIFICALLY PUTTING A MARKER IN, UM, DON MIDDLE PARK COMMEMORATING THE, UM, THE REVOLUTION AND THE, THE, THE 250TH BIRTHDAY.
SO IF YOU WANNA WORKSHOP THE, THE WAREHOUSES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
I'M, I'M LIKELY TO VOTE NO NO MATTER WHAT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT THE PROCLAMATION, THE WORDING OVER THERE, UH, THE ANNIVERSARY.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, THE MEMORY OF INDEPENDENCE AND HISTORICAL MILESTONE IN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON OUR NATION'S PAST, HONOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF ALL AMERICANS.
SO SECOND ONE IS, SOUNDS FINE.
SO IN THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION, I, I, I THINK THEY FOCUS ON THIS TWO 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND, AND TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE ANYONE'S MIND.
I SEE, UH, DAUGHTERS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN, AND THEN THEY DEDICATE A MARKER.
SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WE WANT TO DO BEFORE WE VOTE? YEAH, I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA EXPLORE THIS A LITTLE BIT.
AND WHETHER SHE'S IN ON IT OR NOT, WE'LL GO, BUT I, I HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A MARKER VISUALLY, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.
AND WHAT IS IT ACTUALLY GONNA SAY? LET, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE REALLY PLANTING IN THE GROUND OVER THERE, IF WE WERE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS? I JUST, I, I THINK THE, THE MARKER IN THE GROUND, AND I'M SPEAKING FROM MEMORY, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, UM, SAYS SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN THE PROCLAMATION.
SO, SO YOU'LL HAVE A MARKER THAT HAS, IT'S A SMALL, RIGHT? UH, WELL, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THIS SMALL.
IT'S GONNA BE THE SIZE OF THE, THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON SAN RAMON ROAD THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MARKER SIZE.
UM, THE, THE CITY DID NOT DESIGN OR, OR CREATE THE MARKER, THE CITY NO.
IS, UM, THIS IS ABOUT ACCEPTING CORRECT.
THE MARKER THAT IS COMING FROM AN OUTSIDE AGENCY.
WE, WE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE WORDING OR THE DESIGN.
UM, WE, UH, WERE APPROACHED BY THEM FOR A LOCATION.
ORIGINALLY THEY ASKED ABOUT, UM, HERITAGE PARK, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WASN'T APPROPRIATE.
UM, THEN THEY APPROACHED US ABOUT DON BIDDLE, UM, AND, UH, THIS WAS, UH, SOME MONTHS AGO THAT THIS OCCURRED.
SO, UM, I'M HUSTLING HERE FOR, FOR A SOLUTION.
DO WE HAVE TIME TO, TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE MORE TIME WITH, WITH THE GROUP TO, AND SEE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE? UH, I, I DOUBT THAT WE HAVE TIME TO CHANGE WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THE PLAQUE ITSELF.
UM, UH, AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE PROCLAMATION IS NOT REALLY, UH, AS IMPORTANT AS THE PLAQUE ITSELF.
UM, THEY REQUESTED THIS AS A CEREMONIAL ASPECT OF THE DEDICATION OF THE, OF THE MARKER ON, ON THE DAY OF THE INSTALLATION.
TO, TO BE CLEAR, MY, MY OBJECTION IS, IS LESS TO THE PROCLAMATION AND, AND MORE ABOUT THE, THE MARKER ITSELF.
UM, I JUST, ENOUGH SAID FOR ME, I THINK
I THINK, I THINK IT'S, UH, BEING THAT IT'S AN OUTSIDE GROUP, I, I THINK IT'S PROPER TO ACCEPT IT, UH, MM-HMM.
I THINK IT'S MORE AROUND COMMEMORATION, THE WAY I'M READING IT, IT'S MORE, MORE AROUND THE COMMEMORATION OF, OF AMERICA AND SORT OF RECOGNIZING THAT AS OPPOSED TO RECOGNIZING IT AS, UH, PART OF THE REVOLUTION, WHICH IT CLEARLY ISN'T.
I THINK IT'S JUST AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S PUSHING IT FORWARD OR PRESENTING IT TO US.
UM, SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM 5.8.
SO, UM, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
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COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HORTON? YES.OKAY, SO THAT MOTION PASSES, UH, THREE TO ONE.
[6.1 Status Update on Vacancies in Compliance with Assembly Bill 2561 ]
ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, PUBLIC HEARING, 6.1, STATUS UPDATE ON VACANCIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 25 61.COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THE SARAH MANASSAS HR DIRECTOR HERE TO, UH, HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AB 2 5 6 1.
UM, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR, THIS IS A NEW BILL.
IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW, UH, JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
SO THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME IN WHICH YOU'LL BE RECEIVING THIS REPORT.
UM, AND THE IDEA WAS THAT, UH, LOCAL AGENCIES MUST HOLD AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING PER FISCAL YEAR, GENERALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
AND, UM, AND TO TALK ABOUT REPORT ON VACANCIES RECRUITMENT RETENTION EFFORTS.
AND THE GOAL OF THE BILL IS TO JUST HAVE TRANSPARENCY WITH, UM, COUNCIL, BUT THEN ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY REGARDING VACANCIES AND, UM, ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO OUR SERVICE DELIVERIES.
SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, UPDATE.
SO LAST YEAR WE REPORTED ON 2024 THIS YEAR, REPORTING ON 2025, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE.
WE WENT FROM AN AVERAGE FTE OF 1 0 7 TO 1 0 9.
OUR AVERAGE VAS THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES FROM 7.08 TO 7.58.
OUR AVERAGE VACANCY RATE OF 6.61 TO 6.92.
AND THEN OUR HIGHEST VACANCY RATE FOR EITHER MONTH WAS 9.72%.
I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UM, AS REFERENCED IN THE STAFF REPORT, I DID RECALCULATE 2024.
WHEN I INITIALLY WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, I DIDN'T REALLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE INTERNAL MOVEMENT THAT HAPPENS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND YOU'LL SEE JUST HOW MUCH IT IS AND HOW MUCH IT DOES IMPACT.
IT MIGHT JUST BE A MONTH HERE.
SOMETIMES THERE'S ACTUALLY NO BREAK, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY CAPTURE EVERY PIECE OF MOVEMENT THAT HAPPENED.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE, UH, ATTACHMENT, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED AND THEN THE REVISE, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
UM, THIS RATE IS RELATIVELY LOW, THE 6.92, IT'S AN AVERAGE RATE.
I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET SOME CURRENT VACANCY INFORMATION FROM ABOUT 16 TO 17 CITIES, KIND OF IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UM, THE AVERAGE FOR 2024 WAS, UH, 8.44 FOR THESE AGENCIES.
AND THOSE RANGE, THE LOW VACANCIES WERE AS LOW AS 4%, BUT YOU HAD SOME AGENCIES AS HIGH AS 15%.
SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.
THIS IS JUST A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE NUMBER OF, UM, VACANCIES PER MONTH.
IF YOU START WITH THE ORANGE LINE, THAT'S 2024, AND THEN CONTINUE, GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT AND GO TO THE GREEN, THAT'S HOW YOU'LL SEE IT'S 10, 10, 10, 10.
AND THEN IT KIND OF GOES DOWN FROM THERE.
UM, IT'S GENERALLY HIGHER THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE VACANCIES, IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME TO RECRUIT.
IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT, OH, WHEN ARE WE GONNA POST? WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AND PEOPLE GET BUSY.
SO, UM, WE WORK REALLY HARD WHEN WE KNOW, UM, VACANCIES AHEAD OF TIME TO, TO SCHEDULE IT SUCH THAT WE DON'T IMPACT THE HOLIDAYS.
BUT SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE NATURAL DELAYS BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY HOW IT DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
'CAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE, UM, ON THE BOOKS.
HERE'S SOME MOVEMENT, UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO IN 2025, WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAD 14 EMPLOYEES SEPARATE, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD 39, UM, EMPLOYEES MOVE JOBS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SO, UM, IT'S GREAT AT THE CITY OF DUBLIN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A SMALL AGENCY, WE REALLY LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES, PROMOTE INTERNALLY.
WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO EVEN TRANSFER LATERALLY.
SO MIGHT NOT BE AN INCREASE IN PAY, UM, OR A CHANGE IN THE JOB, BUT THEY'RE LEARNING NEW SKILLS BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING IN ANOTHER, UH, PROGRAM OR MAYBE EVEN IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
ALSO, IT'S, IT'S A SMALL, UH, FOOTNOTE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, IMPORTANT TODAY.
'CAUSE WE JUST PROCESS THE PERSONNEL ACTIONS FOR THESE 181 TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THING THAT, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES DOES.
WE DON'T TRACK IT IN THE SAME, UH, WAY THAT WE DO FOR THE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITY, BUT IT IS, UM, IT A BIG PART OF OUR WORKFORCE.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO, SOME RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES.
UM, AS A CARRYOVER FROM LAST YEAR, IT'S REALLY JUST THE SPECIALIZED POSITIONS, THE HIGHLY TECHNICAL, SO THE
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ENGINEERING AND THE PLANNERS.SO WE'RE JUST SEEING LONGER TIME TO FILL IN THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE NOT UNIQUE IN THAT.
SO A LOT OF AGENCIES ARE HAVING SIMILAR STRUGGLES, AND I HEAR FROM JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS THAT EVEN PRIVATE SECTOR IS STRUGGLING IN SOME OF THESE PLACES.
SO WE ARE ABLE, WE ARE DOWN TO ONE SPECIALIZED POSITION LEFT, UM, WHICH WAS RECENTLY VACATED BECAUSE OF A PROMOTION.
UM, SO, SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
AND THEN INTERNAL MOVEMENT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, RIGHT? IT'S A GREAT THING.
UH, BUT IT DOES, UM, INCREASE OUR VACANCIES A TINY BIT.
BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE DO INVEST INTERNALLY AND WE GIVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOVE IT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
SO OUR STRATEGIES KIND OF CONTINUED.
WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE SALARY AND BENEFIT PACKAGE.
UM, THIS WILL ACTUALLY KIND OF BE UP FOR REVIEW.
YOU GUYS WILL SEE IT COME TO YOU FOR THE EMPLOYEE PROCESS.
UM, WE DO, WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE IN OUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES.
WE, IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WE'RE GETTING, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE GETTING.
WE'VE GOT SOME KIND OF CLERICAL POSITIONS COMING IN WHERE WE'RE GETTING HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS.
SO WE'RE TREATING THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN WHEN WE'RE ONLY GETTING, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 15.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE OUR PROCESSES AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE SITTING OUT A NOT HEARING FROM US, BUT THEY JUST SITTING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
AND WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ANY POLICIES, UM, THAT ARE HINDERING OUR RECRUITMENT.
SO LOOKING INTO 2026, THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORKFORCE STABILITY.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT OF RETIREMENTS.
THERE'S NONE THAT KIND OF, THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, UM, ON THE HORIZON.
UM, WE'RE ACTIVELY SUCCESSION PLANNING, AS YOU SAW FROM ALL OF THAT INTERNAL MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, IT REALLY IS HOW WE'RE GROWING OUR STAFF FROM WITHIN.
WE ARE GONNA BRING BACK COMPENSATION BENCHMARKING AGAIN AS PART OF THE, UM, EMPLOYEE PROCESS IS GONNA BE, UH, LATER IN 2027.
AND THEN BESIDES THAT, I WILL BE BACK HERE NEXT YEAR WITH A SIMILAR REPORT.
AND SO I ASK THAT YOU CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING DELIBERATE AND BY MOTION DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE OUR RECRUITMENT INTENTION EFFORTS.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SARAH.
UM, ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? PERFECT TOO.
UM, FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES, OR AT LEAST IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WERE FLOATING AT AROUND 9%, UH, VACANCY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF IF THOSE WERE MORE SKEWED TOWARDS SPECIALIZED, UH, ROLES OR SORT OF GENERAL OR WHAT THE MAKEUP WAS THERE AND IF IT'S COMMENSURATE OR IN LINE WITH, WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN? ONLY ANECDOTALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING WITH COLLEAGUES AND THEN THE ONE THING THAT I DON'T HAVE PARS, PARS OUT AS WELL IS THE POLICE AND FIRE.
SO THOSE ARE ALSO ONES WHERE, BECAUSE WE CONTRACT, UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
SO SURE, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT TO THAT IN SOME OF THOSE AGENCIES.
AND THEN, I KNOW, UH, TWO YEARS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT A DEI, UH, REPORT AROUND HIRING PRACTICES.
ANY UPDATE THERE? AND IF, UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND PRESENT THAT, OR IF THERE'S ANY UPDATE TO THAT? UH, WE, AT OUR LAST MEETING, OH, SORRY.
DID YOU WANNA, UH, AT OUR LAST TIME WE BROUGHT IT UP, WE TALKED ABOUT ONLY COMING IF THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.
BUT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO THAT, WE ARE HAPPY TO.
AND I'LL JUST ADD, WE DID, UH, UH, SEND THE COUNCIL A MEMO ON, UM, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOW THEY CHANGED OVER THE LAST, I THINK WE WENT BACK 10 YEARS.
UM, IT WASN'T A DOCUMENT THAT WE MADE PUBLIC, BUT YOU ALL RECEIVED IT.
UH, I THINK IT'S IN A GOOD ENOUGH FORMAT THAT WE COULD, UH, PUBLISH THAT ONLINE IF THAT'S THE INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, SO I, I JUST HAVE A ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, SO, SO FOR EACH JOB I HEARD THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF APPLICANTS, RIGHT? LIKE NORMALLY HOW, HOW IS YOUR, UM, INTERVIEW PROCESS? YEAH, SO, UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE DOING.
SO LET'S SAY THAT WE HAVE A, AN ENTRY LEVEL CLERICAL POSITION, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED 200 APPLICANTS.
WE WILL ACTUALLY RUN EVERYONE THAT MEETS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS THROUGH A, UM, A, A TEST THROUGH A THIRD PARTY TESTING AGENCY.
FROM THERE, WE'LL GET THEM, UM, THE MOST QUALIFIED AND WE'LL RUN THEM THROUGH AN OUTSIDE PANEL.
SO OUR OUTSIDE PANELS ARE GENERALLY FROM OTHER AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, IN KIND OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT ARE, UM, AT, AT LEAST ONE LEVEL HIGHER THAN THE POSITION WE'RE HIRING FOR.
THAT OUTSIDE PANEL THEN RANKS THE CANDIDATES AND PUT, MAKES AN ELIGIBLE LIST FOR OUR CITY STAFF, AND THEN THE CITY STAFF WILL HIRE OFF OF THAT LIST.
UM, AND SO THE IDEA BEING IS THAT WE'RE NOT BRINGING ANY OF OUR BIASES IN THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING, UM, INTERVIEWED BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES.
AND THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PUT IN FRONT OF THE HIRING STAFF AT THE CITY.
UM, IF WE'RE NOT DOING AN EXAM, WE DO BLIND RATING, UH, FOR SME, UM, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL SEND ALL THE, THE CANDIDATES, UM, BUT ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION IS REMOVED.
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TO, WHERE THEY LIVE, THEIR NAMES, ANY OF THOSE, THAT INFORMATION, AND THEY'LL RANK THEM BASED ON A PREDETERMINED, UM, MATRIX, IF YOU WILL, BASED ON, AGAIN, TYING IT TO THE JOB, THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES NEEDED FOR THAT JOB.AND THAT WILL HELP US NARROW DOWN THE CANDIDATE POOL.
'CAUSE WE WANNA BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE IN THAT TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE COULD BRING IN FRONT OF A PANEL.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH A PANEL.
WE CAN'T INTERVIEW EVERYONE THAT MEETS THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.
SO WE GOTTA LOOK FOR A DEFENSIBLE WAY TO GET IT DOWN TO A REALLY SOLID NUMBER OF, OF CANDIDATES.
SO, UM, THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS HERE? I HAVE NO SPEAKER SLIPS.
SO WE'LL BRING BACK ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I, I JUST WANNA, UM, COMMENT ON THE, THE, UM, REALLY NICE JOB THAT YOU DO.
UM, HIRING FROM WITHIN, UM, GROWING OUR EMPLOYEE SKILLSET, UM, GIVING PEOPLE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN IN A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION.
THE, UM, CROSS TRAINING, THE, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR STAFF GETS AND, UM, THE ABILITY TO MOVE PEOPLE UP INTO NEW DEPARTMENT HEAD ROLES.
AND, UM, THE SUCCESSION PLANNING THAT WE DO, I THINK IT HAS REALLY SERVED THE ORGANIZATION VERY, VERY WELL.
UM, AND SO I, I LIKE TO SEE THAT, I LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A VACANCY EITHER WAY, WHETHER WE FILL THE VACANCY AT THE HIGHER LEVEL OR WHETHER WE MOVE SOMEONE UP AND FILL THE VACANCY, UM, BEHIND THEM.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT HAS SERVED THE AGENCY VERY, VERY WELL.
AND CLEARLY PEOPLE WANNA STAY IN THE AGENCY, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE SO MANY PEOPLE UP.
SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT.
ANY COMMENTS AGAIN? UM, I THINK THE, THE SENTIMENT THAT I HEAR A LOT IS HOW DESIRABLE IT IS TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND, AND I DEFINITELY WANNA MAINTAIN THAT.
UM, MY POINT IN ASKING MY PREVIOUS QUESTION WASN'T TO, TO PUT ANYONE IN THE SPOTLIGHT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, FEET TO THE FIRE.
IT WAS MORE AROUND, I THINK WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT TRYING TO, TRYING TO BE, UH, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE IN OUR HIRING PRACTICES.
I THINK IT'S WORTH SHARING SOME OF THAT WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THEY UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE QUALITY OF OUR STAFF, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ENSURE WE MAINTAIN THAT QUALITY AND ALSO TRY TO BE AS, UH, INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND, AND THAT WAS MY POINT IN, IN BRINGING THAT UP.
I KNOW OUR CITY IS DOING GREAT JOB.
UM, SEEMS A LOT OF EMPLOYEES OR APPLICANTS THEY WANT TO WORK FOR, FOR US, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ALSO, I THINK DEI IS A FACTOR WE DO CARE ABOUT.
WE WANT TO HAVE A IN, IN THE LONG RUN AND TO HAVE OUR, UH, CITY STAFF TO REFLECT OUR DEMOCRA DEMOGRAPHIC, RIGHT? SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE GROUP.
I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THAT WE CAN, UM, DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE THEIR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
SO WE, THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE IN PUBLIC COMP.
WE ALREADY HAVE A FIRST AND, UH, SECOND.
[6.2 Amendments to City’s Noise Ordinance (PLPA-004348-2026) ]
6.2 AMENDMENTS TO CITIES NOISE ORDINANCE FIRST, UH, MY NAME'S JENNIFER BIAS, THE PLANNING MANAGER HERE WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN.UM, HERE TO PRESENT A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION ON SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RELATED TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
UM, AGAIN, JUST GOING BACK TO THE BACKGROUND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT FRAMEWORK FOR OUR EXISTING NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS CHAPTER 5.28.
UM, IT REALLY IS A NUISANCE BASED, UM, ORDINANCE THAT TALKS ABOUT A REASONABLE STANDARD.
AND AGAIN, WHERE WE STARTED WITH THIS WAS BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2025, WE WERE HERE PRESENTING SOME CHANGES RELATED TO OUTDOOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THAT TIME THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT MAYBE SOME CHANGES THAT WOULD REDUCE SOME SUBJECTIVITY WITHOUT CREATING A TRUE DECIMAL LEVEL FOR
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CERTAIN TYPES OF NOISES WITHIN THE CITY.SO IN FEBRUARY OF THIRD, WE CAME BACK IN 2026 AND HAD A DISCUSSION AND GOT SOME DIRECTION, UH, RELATED TO SOME AMENDMENTS THAT ARE TIME-BASED STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS RELATED TO LAWN EQUIPMENT AND AMPLIFIED NOISE.
SO REALLY THIS IS THE SIMPLE HEART OF IT.
THIS IS A, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED THREE CHANGES.
ATTACHMENT TWO IS THE RED LINE VERSION.
THE HEART OF IT IS ADDING A NEW SECTION TO, UM, THE ORDINANCE 5 28 30, WHICH WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE ACTS.
UM, THAT REALLY ADDS THIS TABLE INTO OUR ORDINANCE THAT TALKS ABOUT PROHIBITED LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS DURING, DURING CERTAIN TIME PERIODS OF THE DAY, AND PROVIDE SOME EXAMPLES.
ALSO, AGAIN, SAME, UH, TYPE OF CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR AMPLIFIED NOISE.
AGAIN, LIMITED TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME, AGAIN, HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. UH, WE'RE RETITLING THE FIRST SECTION TO BE GENERAL PROHIBITIONS AND RENUMBERING.
UM, SECTION 28 30 AS HOUSEKEEPING AND CLEANUP WITH THIS ADDITION.
UH, WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE HERE TO, UH, CONDUCT A REQUEST THAT YOU CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, DELIBERATE AND WAIVE THE READING OF THE FIRST ORDINANCE AND INTRODUCE IT, UM, AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 5.28 NOISE.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE CHANGES.
ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? YES.
UM, SO I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS IN FRONT OF US.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
I KNOW THIS IS A, AN EVOLVING AND, AND A A GOOD, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE.
UM, BUT CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF, I MEAN, THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC, AT LEAST PROHIBITED ACTS IS VERY SPECIFIC, AND THEN I READ THE, THE, UM, INTRODUCTION INFORMATION.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY OR VERY CLEARLY MENTIONED, UH, AND YOU HAVE SOME GENERAL COMMENTS UP AT THE TOP, HOW IS THIS, HOW DOES THIS CITY DEAL WITH THAT? CAN WE JUST KIND OF GO OVER THAT PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, IF IT ISN'T SOMETHING RELATED TO THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE BEING SPECIFIC TO OUR, OUR NOISE ORDINANCE IS STILL MOSTLY REMAINING IN PLACE EXCEPT FOR THESE ADDITIONS.
SO IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE NUISANCE STANDARDS THAT EXIST TODAY FOR A REASONABLE PERSON TO MAKE AN EVALUATION ON WHETHER THAT NOISE IS A DISTURBANCE OR NOT.
AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT? UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, RIGHT? UH, IT'S IMPLEMENTED THROUGH, AGAIN, UH, COMPLAINT DRIVEN MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE COMPLAINT, UH, THE CITY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMPLAINT, UM, AND THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION IF THERE WAS A VIOLATION TO THE SECTION OF AN ORDINANCE OR IF SOMETHING ELSE WAS GOING ON.
SOMETIMES AT THE SHERIFF, SOMETIMES IT'S GOES THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT'S WORKED FOR SOME TIME EFFECTIVELY, IT SOUNDS LIKE? CORRECT.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS, IS KIND OF, UH, UH, IT IS NOT AS IMPORTANT, BUT I, WE USE THE TERM AMPLIFICATION OR AMPLIFIED NOISE.
UH, IS THAT, UM, UH, HOW, HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT EXAMPLES, BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN? WHAT DOES THE WORD AMPLIFICATION MEAN WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST LOUD ANYTHING? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN AMPLIFIER THAT AMPLIFIES, YOU KNOW, A DEDICATED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IS THAT JUST A RAISED LEVEL OF, OF NOISE REGARDLESS OF THE, OF THE SOURCE OF THE EQUIPMENT OR WHAT, JUST KIND OF STUMPED THE PLANNER.
I, I KNOW I THREW THE EXERCISE.
I WAS JUST, I WOULD JUST SCRATCHING MY HEAD AT THAT.
I WOULD GO A LITTLE BIT WITH, AGAIN, THERE IS A, A TECHNICAL RIGHT WHEN SOUND IS PUT THROUGH A MACHINE.
UH, THERE IS A TEMP, A TECHNICAL, UM, PURPOSE FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT LOUD YELLING OR CROWD CHEERING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S HEARD, THAT THE DEVICE THAT'S BEING USED IS MAKING AND PROJECTING THE SOUND OUT.
NOT TECHNICAL ANSWER, BUT MY PLAN.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING.
I JUST NEEDED CONFIRMATION ON WHAT YOU WERE LIKE A MEGAPHONE MICROPHONE.
THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES THAT WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
UM, FOR THE PURPOSES TO PIGGYBACKING ON, UM, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CORSON SAID THE PURPOSES OF ENFORCEMENT.
UM, YOU MENTIONED IT COULD EITHER BE CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT COULD BE, UM, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DOUBLE POLICE SERVICES.
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WHAT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS DO THEY HAVE ONCE THEY GET TO A VIOLATION? YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY THINK I'M GONNA CALL ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AMY MILLION TO PLEASE, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, SO I DON'T MAKE MISTAKES.AMY MILLION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND I WILL CERTAINLY ALLOW, UH, MR. BOCKER TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
UM, SO THERE IS A SECTION OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR, UM, PENALTIES FOR ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLATIONS.
UH, IT'S, UH, ARGUABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH THAN I THINK THE CITY WOULD PROBABLY TAKE.
UH, THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS, AND THAT'S, UH, IN A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE CODE, BUT IT RELATES TO ANY VIOLATION THAT GOES THROUGH THE DMC.
UH, THAT ONE HAS, UM, A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
I THINK IT'S MORE IN TUNE WITH, UH, PROBABLY WHAT THE VIOLATION IS.
BUT THE, I THINK THE CLIFF NOTES HERE IS THAT THE CITY HAS THE FLEXIBILITY TO DETER, TO DETERMINE WHICH APPROACH THAT THEY WANNA TAKE, DEPENDING ON REALLY WHAT THE VIOLATION IS AND HOW WE FEEL BEST TO ADDRESS IT.
SO WE HAVE, UM, A NUMBER OF TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX.
THERE'S NOT ONE ME, THERE'S NOT LIKE ONE EITHER SLAP ON THE WRIST OR OVER THE TOP ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE THE GAMUT OF, UM, OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO EITHER CODE ENFORCEMENT OR DUBLIN POLICE SERVICES, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY, THE, UM, HABITUAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, SO WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON BASE.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER SLIP FOR JAKE ADAMS. GOOD EVENING.
UH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A, A BREATH AFTER THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TONIGHT.
UH, DON'T WANNA FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS AT ALL.
UM, SO MAYOR HUGH, UH, VICE MAYOR
UM, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE PERSONAL PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS AND REACH OUT, UH, THE, THAT SOME OF YOU HAD.
AND, AND ALSO, UH, JENNIFER AND THE STAFF, UH, DID AS WELL.
I I REALLY AM GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE, UM, OF THE FOLLOWUP YOU'VE DONE AFTER MY, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS LAST WEEK, UH, LAST TIME.
SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, AND THE WORK THE STAFF HAS PUT INTO THIS REPORT.
UH, THE COUNCIL PREFERS TO JUST MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WITH THE AMENDMENTS AS DRAFTED, THE PROPOSAL WITH THE DEFINED HOURS FOR ACTIVITIES AS A REAL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, HOWEVER, OFFER ONE CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNCIL.
CLEAR GUIDELINES HELP RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM, UH, DURING THE FEBRUARY 3RD STAFF REPORT THAT COMPARE DUBLIN TO SAN RAMON, LIVERMORE, DANVILLE, WALNUT CREEK, AND PLEASANTON.
THESE CITIES PLUS FREMONT AND MANY MORE CITIES USE A SINGLE SENTENCE THAT I'D ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO BE PLAINLY AUDIBLE AT A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET FROM THE BUILDING IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED SHALL BE, BE PREMA FAE EVIDENCE OF A VIOLATION.
I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
UM, SO BASICALLY MY PROPERTY LINE TO MY NEIGHBOR, OR NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR IS ABOUT 50 FEET OR A STANDARD RESIDENTIAL STREET, ABOUT 50 FEET.
HEARING A NOISE FROM 50 FEET AWAY IS NOT ONE PERSON SAYING TOO LOUD.
IT'S WHAT MANY PEER CITIES HAVE DECIDED IS TOO LOUD.
AND THEY USE THE WORDING TO ENFORCE THAT IT REQUIRES NO EQUIPMENT, NO CALIBRATION, NO ADDITIONAL TRAINING, AN OFFICER.
UM, WHETHER A POLICE OFFICER OR ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STANDING 50 FEET AWAY FROM A PROPERTY CAN APPLY IT DIRECTLY.
UM, MAYOR HU, IN FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING, YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT PLEASANTON IS DOING, AND YOU ARTICULATED THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS MEANT BY A REASONABLE PERSON.
UM, I WANT TO, UM, UH, SUPPORT THAT, RIGHT? I, UH, ALONG WITH MANY OF THE RESIDENTS STRUGGLE WITH THE REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD.
AM I UNREASONABLE BECAUSE MY CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY NOISE? ARE THE RESIDENTS WITH SOUND SENSITIVITIES FOR ANY MANY REASONS? UH, PTSD AUTISM, UH, REASONABLE UNREASONABLE FOR BEING AFFECTED.
CLEAR STANDARDS PROTECT ALL RESIDENTS WHO DON'T FIT ONE DEFINITION OF NORMAL SENSITIVITY.
CLEAR STANDARDS PROTECT RESIDENTS WHO DON'T FIT THE DEFINITION OF NORMAL SENSITIVITY.
THIS ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH OUR CITY'S MISSION TO PRE PROMOTE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE, ENSURE A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT, AND CHAMPION AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
SO JUST ADDING ADDITIONAL CLARITY TO OUR NOISE ORDINANCE DOES NOT CHANGE THE ACTIVITY BASED STRUCTURE THAT THE COUNCIL AND STAFF HAS PROPOSED SO FAR.
IT JUST ADDS AN OBJECTIVE ENFORCEMENT TRIGGER AND A CLEARER COMMUNITY GUIDELINES TO THE TIME RESTRICTIONS.
I'VE DONE SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH IN COMPARATIVE CITIES, INCLUDING FREMONT'S ORDINANCE.
UM, I HAVE THE CITY OF DANVILLE'S NORWAY'S ORDINANCE RIGHT HERE TOO.
SO I'M GLAD TO SHARE THAT IN MATERIAL, UH, THE RESEARCH WITH THE STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD FIND IT USEFUL TONIGHT, UH, OR IN THE COMING WEEKS, OR LIKE I SAID, IF YOU JUST WANNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT'S A, A BENEFIT TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
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SO WE BRING BACK OR CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, RIGHT.AND BRING BACK TO FURTHER, UM, DELIBERATION.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE? YEAH.
UM, I APPRECIATE OUR, OUR SPEAKER.
UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE'VE LANDED.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS A A NUMBER OF TIMES NOW.
UM, UH, I'M SENSITIVE TO, UM, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT ONE, DEFINE A REASONABLE PERSON.
UM, I THINK EACH OF US THINKS WE ARE THE REASONABLE PERSON,
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT COMES DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU NOT AGREE WITH ME? CLEARLY I'M THE REASONABLE ONE, RIGHT? AND SO I, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, OUR DEPUTIES, UM, CERTAINLY SEE A, A WIDER GAMUT THAN EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY DOES, AND CAN, UM, HELP TO APPLY THAT STANDARD.
UM, AS FAR AS THE 50 FEET GOES, UM, WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN DUBLIN WHERE, UM, THE PROPERTY LINES ARE MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER THAN 50 FEET.
AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO, UM, REMOVE FLEXIBILITY, UM, AND HAVE NEIGHBOR, UM, AGAINST NEIGHBOR ARGUMENTS BECAUSE THE LOT LINES ARE ONLY 12 FEET APART, AND OUR STANDARD HAD SOMETHING LIKE 50 FEET IN IT, AND YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO TALK IN YOUR BACKYARD, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO I'M, I'M SUPER COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE'VE LANDED.
I THINK THAT IT ACHIEVES THE OBJECTIVES WE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR LAST MEETING OF, UM, HAVE HAVING SOME PROHIBITION AGAINST AMPLIFIED NOISE AND LAWN EQUIPMENT AT THE CRACK OF DAWN OR VERY LATE AT NIGHT, WHILE STILL ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ENJOY THEIR OWN HOMES, UM, HAVE THE OCCASIONAL PARTY IN THEIR BACKYARD OR GRADUATION EVENTS OR, UM, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS OR POOL PARTIES OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND STILL, IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR RESIDENT THAT IS ABUSING THAT PRIVILEGE BY HOSTING THINGS EVERY NIGHT OR EVEN EVERY WEEKEND, UM, OUR, OUR ORDINANCE GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY OF SAYING, IF IT IS HABITUAL, UM, THEN THAT COULD RISE TO THE LEVEL OF, UM, NOT MEETING THE REASONABLENESS STANDARD.
SO I'M SUPER COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE, AND THAT'S MY ADVOCACY.
I LIKE HOW IT WAS PUT TOGETHER.
UH, VERY THOUGHTFUL, GIVES US ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY, AND I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT IT AS IT IS.
UH, WITH WHERE IT'S LANDING, I THINK IT, IT ADDS QUITE A BIT OF CLARITY, BUT ALSO THAT FLEXIBILITY, I THINK THE, UH, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THERE, UM, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BAKED IN IS THE FLEXIBILITY AROUND ENFORCEMENT AND, AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION IF OKAY.
SO I, I CANNOT AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS, AND I THINK FLEXIBILITY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 50 FEET, FOR MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS, WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A 50 FEET AT ALL.
SO PUTTING A NUMBER THERE MIGHT BE A ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT'S HARD TO SET UP SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.
SO WE'LL LEAVE TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM TO MAKE A JUDGMENT.
UM, SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE AS WELL.
HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE READING AND INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO DOUBLE IN MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 5.28 NOISE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT MOTION.
MOTION PASS YOUR UNANIMOUSLY HERE ON THE, ON THE TABLE.
UM, AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
[8.1 Special Designation of General Fund Reserves for Fiscal Year 2025-26 ]
NEW BUSINESS 8.1.SPECIAL DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND RESERVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 26.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JAY BSA, CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE TO DISCUSS THE SPECIAL DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND RESERVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.
UM, WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT, UM, WE ARE PROJECTING AT YEAR END A $20.5 MILLION SURPLUS.
UM, THE, THIS, THE CHART ON THE, THE, UM, SLIDE KIND OF GOES THROUGH, UM, OUR STARTING BALANCE OF RESERVES IS 325.5 MILLION.
UM, WE FACTOR IN THE 20.5 MILLION, WHICH IS THE OPERATING SURPLUS WITHOUT FACTORING ANY TRANSFERS OUT, WHICH WE THEN DO, UM, THE TRANSFERS OUT.
THOSE ARE RESERVES, UM, THAT ARE SPECIFIC FOR CIPS.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, 12.7 MILLION.
AND THEN, UM, CIPS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, BUT DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC RESERVE, WHICH WE, UM, CLASSIFY AS UNASSIGNED.
AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF FROM OUR CASH FLOW, UM, LINE.
UM, CONTRIBUTION TO ISF 2 MILLION.
WE HAVE A, A SLIGHT TRANSFER IN OUR SMALL TRANSFER IN, SO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTING, OUR RESERVE BALANCE IS GONNA BE 323.4 MILLION, AND THAT IS A DIFFERENCE OF 2.1 MILLION.
SO, UM, ONE THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS YEAR THAT WE, I, I REALIZED THAT'S REALLY SMALL, BUT, UM, IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A, UH, CLIP FROM, UH, THE ATTACHMENT TO, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS, UM, TRY TO MAKE THAT
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SPREADSHEET OR ATTACHMENT THAT WE OFTEN PRESENT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING LAST YEAR, AND WE, WE KIND OF HEARD FEEDBACK THAT, UM, WE ALWAYS PROJECT OUT, WE'RE GONNA SPEND EVERYTHING, WHICH CAN OFTEN GET CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
SO I THINK LAST YEAR WE SAID WE WERE PROJECTING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA SPEND $50 MILLION AND WE SPENT 10.
SO, UM, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, AND THE REASON FOR THAT WE EXPLAINED, YOU KNOW, IS WE DON'T WANT TO DOUBLE COUNT THE MONEY.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU YOU HAVE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY SET ASIDE OR BUDGETED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO TO DO THAT, WE WOULD SAY WE PROJECTED IT.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE THOUGHT, AND IT'S KIND OF A SIMPLE, AND IT LIKE KIND OF A NO, UH, UH, KIND OF, UH, LIKE, WHY DIDN'T WE DO THIS BEFORE, IS WE JUST ADDED TWO COLUMNS THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT'S BUDGETED.
SO THE, THE GREEN AND THEN THE, UM, KIND OF YELLOW COLOR IS THAT, IS WHAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FROM THOSE RESERVES TO VARIOUS CIPS.
AND THEN, UM, A MUCH SMALLER AMOUNT, BUT TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN SHOW YOU, UM, HEY, SO FOR THE TOP ONE ASSET CONTINGENCY, WE ALLOCATED $5 MILLION, WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING WE'RE GONNA SPEND THAT $5 MILLION, AND THEN IT KIND OF GOES DOWN.
SO NOT ALL OF THEM WILL BE FULLY SPENT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW ON THIS ATTACHMENT KIND OF MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE DOING, UM, WE'RE TAKING A MUCH CLOSER LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY THINK WE'RE GONNA SPEND.
THAT WAY, THERE'S NOT THAT HUGE JUMP FROM WHEN WE BRING IT TO YOU IN MAY, UH, MAY JUNE, AND THEN BACK IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
AND THIS JUST IS, UH, KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, UM, WHERE HISTORICALLY WE WOULD'VE SAID, WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE WHOLE 41.9, BUT, UM, WE WENT AND LOOKED AND WE, WE BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA SPEND 12.6 MILLION.
THAT MEANS, UH, 29.3 IS GONNA GO KIND OF BACK TO THE RESERVES, AND THEN WE WILL, UM, MOVE IT FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THE SAME WITH THE UNASSIGNED, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA SPEND 8 MILLION, WHICH THEN WE'RE GONNA CARRY FORWARD 19.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE'S JUST THE, IT'S A $2 MILLION TRANSFER TO ISF, WHICH WE MAKE.
THAT'S JUST A, THAT'S JUST A TRANSFER AT YEAR END.
SO IN ALL, UH, WE HAVE 71 MILLION BUDGETED AND TRANSFER.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY ALLOCATED TO, UM, TO CIPS.
UM, FROM OUR RESERVES, UH, WE, WE BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA SPEND ABOUT 22.6, AND THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA CARRY FORWARD, UM, THE 48 MILLION.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE BIG PROJECTS, THIS IS KIND OF STANDARD.
AND JUST A, A QUICK REMINDER THAT THERE'S, UM, FIVE DIFFERENT RESERVE TYPES.
SO NONS SPENDABLE MEANS WE CAN'T SPEND IT.
IT'S USUALLY A, A GOOD PREPAY.
WE ALREADY PAID FOR IT, SO WE CAN'T SPEND SOMETHING WE ALREADY PAID FOR.
RESTRICTED USUALLY MEANS LEGALLY WE CAN'T USE THOSE EITHER.
IT'S A LAW, IT'S A CONTRACT THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU MONEY, BUT YOU HAVE TO USE IT FOR, YOU ONLY CAN USE A LOT OF THOSE IS WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU ONLY CAN USE THE INTEREST.
SO THEN WE SET THE MONEY ASIDE.
UM, COMMITTED MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION, AND SO THAT IT'D BE A RESOLUTION ASSIGNED IS MORE GENERAL AND DOES NOT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
BUT, UM, WE ALWAYS BRING, ANYTIME WE MAKE A CHANGE TO A RESERVE, WE ALWAYS BRING IT TO COUNCIL.
BUT WITH AN ASSIGNED, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO.
UM, AND THEN UNASSIGNED IS JUST EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR CASHFLOW RESERVE.
WE'RE MAKING THREE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS YEAR.
UM, THE FIRST IS A COMMITTED RESERVE FOR VILLAGE PARKWAY.
IT'S AN INCREASE OF $5 MILLION IN TOTAL.
UM, IT'LL BRING THE RESERVE TO 24.8.
UM, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADDING THE $5 MILLION TO, UM, TO, UH, OFFSET A FUNDING SHORTFALL.
UM, THAT'S A RESULT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE, THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT ON THE PROJECT.
UM, THAT'S REQUIRING ADDITIONAL WORK BE DONE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS THE LEASE REVENUE BOND.
UH, WE'VE, UH, AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND JUST PRIOR DIRECTION TO SET A MILLION DOLLARS ASIDE EACH YEAR TO PAY THE BOND OFF EARLY, WE CAN PAY THAT BOND OFF.
UM, IN 28 29, UM, AT APPROXIMATELY 13 MILLION, WE'LL HAVE A PAYOFF STATEMENT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S, UM, APPROXIMATELY THAT MILLION WILL BRING THAT UP TO 10 MILLION.
AND THEN LAST, WE ARE RECOMMENDING CREATING A NEW RESERVE, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT RESERVE, WHICH IS A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THIS IS JUST GONNA FOCUS ON SETTING MONEY ASIDE FOR LOCAL BUSINESS AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
AND REALLY IT'S GONNA BE THERE TO, UM, TO DESIGN AND STRENGTHEN AND JUST PROMOTE THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO SET THAT MONEY ASIDE.
SO JUST KIND OF IN SUMMARY, THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY DESIGNATION.
UH, WE'LL BRING, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WHEN WE CLOSED THE BOOKS OFFICIALLY.
UM, THE TOTAL RESERVES AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UH, 323.4 MILLION, WHICH IS A DECREASE OF 2.5 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY JUST FOR CIP SPENDING AS WE HAVE AN OPERATING SURPLUS.
UM, WE ARE, UH, UNASSIGNED CASHFLOW RESERVE IS GOING UP 4.8 MILLION TO 55.3 MILLION.
AND JUST A REMINDER THAT BEST PRACTICE IS, UH, TWO TO FOUR MONTHS.
A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THERE.
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AND SETTING MONEY ASIDE, WE'RE AT 5.2 MONTHS.SO, UM, WE ARE DOING VERY WELL.
AND S UH, RECOMMENDATION IS ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND COMMITTED RESERVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, AND THEN CONFIRM CHANGES TO THE GENERAL FUND ASSIGNED RESERVES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR, UM, THE VERY CLEAR EXPLANATION OF, UM, EACH CATEGORY AND HOW WE DO THE BUDGETING THERE.
UM, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS ON THE VILLAGE PARKWAY.
UM, ARE WE PURSUING OTHER FUNDING, UM, FOR THAT PROJECT WITH PARTNER AGENCIES? UM, IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY WE HAVE SET ASIDE? WELL, I'LL TAKE THAT.
UH, SO WE DID GET A VERY BIG GRANT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, 9 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, WE, AS YOU KNOW, ARE GONNA BE ASKING, UM, D-S-R-S-D TO EVALUATE WHAT THEIR, UH, CONTRIBUTION IS BASED ON THE IMPACT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE ON, ON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS, SO, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM.
AND THEN ANY OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT POP UP, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, UH, UNTIL WE'RE BACK BEFORE YOU WITH A, UH, AN AWARD OF CONTRACT.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA REEVALUATE THE PROJECT AND SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY, UH, BECAUSE THE COSTS ARE GROWING, UM, SO QUICKLY.
AND THEN, UM, MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, WHICH, OH, I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
IN THE ANSWER ABOUT VILLAGE ROCKAWAY.
UM, THE, UM, THE, THE PAYING OFF OF THE, UM, ENERGY BOND EARLY, CAN YOU REMIND US MOSTLY, UM, BECAUSE I'VE FORGOTTEN THE ACTUAL NUMBER, BUT ALSO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UM, APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH DOES THAT SAVE US AN INTEREST BY PAYING IT OFF AT OUR EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY? IT WILL SAVE US ABOUT $3 MILLION.
JUST, UH, DOUBLE CLICKING ON THAT $3 MILLION, UH, I'M ASSUMING WE ARE ALLOCATING THE MONEY NOW, AND THEN ONCE THE PAYMENT IS DUE, WE WOULD EVALUATE WHAT IT COSTS FOR US TO PAY IT OFF VERSUS WHAT THE CURRENT INTEREST RATES ARE AND DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE THAT ACTION.
WE'RE EARNING MORE THAN IT'S JUST A CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE.
UM, AND THEN SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, JUST SO, UH, FOR, FOR CLARITY AROUND THE PROCESS.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE AUTHORIZING, POTENTIALLY AUTHORIZING THE SPECIAL DESIGNATION OF THE GENERAL FUND, UH, BUT THEN THIS IS GONNA COME BACK TO US IN OCTOBER OR SO FOR THE FINAL, BASED ON THE FINAL NUMBERS.
SO, UH, VERY QUICK QUESTION ON THAT, OF, UM, VILLAGE PARKWAY.
DO WE, AFTER WE INCREASE THIS 5 MILLION, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH BUDGET, UH, TO COVER THE, UM, THE EXPECTED COST? WE DON'T KNOW YET.
AND WE, WE ARE GETTING THE FUNDING FROM SENATOR, RIGHT? I REMEMBER WE HAVE, YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, I THINK IT'S EIGHT OR 900,000.
UH, AND THEN ADDITIONAL, THE BIG GRANT, UM, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, TIME HAS PASSED, UM, THINGS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, AND THEN THERE'S OTHER WORK THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REVIEW IT AGAIN.
UH, WITH THE COUNCIL AND DECIDE EXACTLY HOW WE WANT THAT PROJECT TO GO.
SO WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY DELIBERATIONS.
SUPPOSEDLY A COMMENT AROUND THE, UH, QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A STRONG IDEA TO, UH, PROACTIVELY, UH, BALANCE OUR BUDGET
AND, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY SMART IDEA.
UH, I KNOW THIS WAS AN OUTCOME FROM SOME OF THE ECONOMIC WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING PREVIOUSLY.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL, YOU'LL INTRODUCE GOOD SOLID PROGRAMS THAT HAVE A SOLID ROI, UH, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT, WHAT YOU COME BACK WITH.
I, IT'S VERY FOCUSED AND WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD SOME OTHER WORDS HERE, PROACTIVE, THE WHOLE BIT.
AND I'M ALL ABOUT PAYING DOWN DEBT, RIGHT? BASED ON THE COST OF DEBT AND WHAT IT IS AT THAT POINT IN TIME, CERTAINLY.
SO I THINK THE FOCUS IS THERE, AND I WOULD, I'D CERTAINLY BE SUPPORTIVE IN THAT CASE.
UM, I'LL MAKE ONE RECOMMENDATION AND IT, IT, UH, I HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE, UM, AND, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER HELPED ME THROUGH IT, BUT IT WAS TY OUT WHEN WE MAKE A TABLE, AND THAT TABLE WAS ACTUALLY VERY USEFUL.
IT SHOWED THE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT SOMETIMES I LIKE
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TO SEE WHAT THE BACKFILL IS.SO I WENT, WENT TO THE, WENT TO THE DOCUMENT IN THE END, AND I HAD A, HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE TYING IT OUT, AND I GOT THE INFORMATION I NEEDED, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE, UM, YOU PRESENT A TABLE IN A SUMMARY FORM AND WE CAN EASILY GO BACK TO THE DATA.
AND I, I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING ON THIS, AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT I KIND OF SAT THERE AND SPENT A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION.
I WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT OUR CITY HAS BEEN DOING FINANCIALLY, UM, PRUDENT.
SO WE, UH, HAVE, UH, THIS SURPLUS.
THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE STUFF AND ALL THE, ALL THE CITIZENS, EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THIS, UM, A QUARTER MILLION LINK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, SUPPORT.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO, UH, TO SHOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY.
SO ARE WE GOING TO MAKE, UH, I DID HAVE ONE.
I I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ERSTEN, IT'S A TIE OUT, UH, IN CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, THE DETAIL IN THE END, IT'S, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PULL THAT TOGETHER.
I CAN MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHERE THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR.
YOU DID NEED THAT INTERMEDIATE, UH, PIECE TO SEE WHERE IT ALL CAME.
THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE IT CLEAR, BUT GOT IT.
FOR GUIDANCE WHO LIKE TO DIG IN AND THROW.
I, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN PROBLEMATIC, BUT NO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION.
UM, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS ONE IF I MIGHT, THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL DESIGNATION OF GENERAL FUND COMMITTED RESERVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 26, UM, CONFIRMING THE CHANGE TO THE GENERAL FUND ASSIGNED RESERVED.
AND THIS TIME I WILL SECOND IT.
[8.2 Report Regarding City Council and Mayor’s Salaries ]
AGENDA, ITEM 8.2 REPORT REGARDING CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S SALARIES.GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS TO PROVIDE A REPORT REGARDING POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR'S SALARIES.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, GOVERNMENT CODE 3 6 5 1 6 ALLOWS A GENERAL LAW CITY TO PROVIDE A SALARY TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALLOWS AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION BY ORDINANCE.
THE SALARY IS SET BY ORDINANCE AND IS IN DEBIT MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 8 0 2 0, AND THE MAYOR'S SALARY IS SET IN SECTION 2 0 8 0 4 0.
THE MAYOR RECEIVES THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SALARY, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO HALF OF THE SALARY SET IN 2 0 8 0 2 0 FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SENATE BILL 3 2 9 BECAME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AND CHANGED GOVERNMENT CODE 3 6 5 1 6 IN 2024 WITH THE CITY'S POPULATION BETWEEN 50,070 5,000.
THE CITY COUNCIL SET THE SALARY OF $1,600 A MONTH, AND THAT IS WHERE IT SITS CURRENTLY.
THE MAYOR CURRENTLY RECEIVES $2,400 A MONTH.
GOVERNMENT CODE 3 6 5 1 6 NOW ALLOWS TWO METHODS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADJUST THE SALARIES SHOULD THEY WANT TO.
THE FIRST OPTION IS TO INCREASE THE SALARIES BASED ON 5% PER CALENDAR YEAR.
SINCE THE LAST ADJUSTMENT, WHICH WAS IN DECEMBER OF 2024, THIS OPTION WOULD PUT THE CITY COUNCIL SALARY AT $1,764 A MONTH, AND THE MAYOR'S SALARY AT $2,646 A MONTH.
THE ANNUAL TOTAL INCREASE WOULD BE $10,824.
THE SEC SECOND OPTION IS TO INCREASE BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE 6% SINCE THAT DATE.
THIS OPTION WOULD INCREASE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SALARIES TO $1,696 A MONTH, AND THE MAYOR'S SALARY TO $2,544 A MONTH.
THE TOTAL ANNUAL INCREASE WOULD BE $6,336.
TONIGHT, STAFF RECOMMENDS OR REQUESTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING THE SALARIES.
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TO ADJUST THE SALARIES, STAFF WILL BRING AN ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION ON JUNE 2ND, FOLLOWED BY ADOPTION ON JUNE 16TH.THE CHANGE IN CITY COUNCIL SALARIES WILL NOT BE APPLIED UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER 20, 26 ELECTION.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, SOMEHOW I GOT MYSELF CON OH 5% A YEAR.
I WAS CONFUSED BY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 5% AND 6% AND HOW THE 5% WAS HIGHER NUMBER THAN THE 6%, BUT I JUST ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION.
THE, UM, YES, THE LAW, SORRY, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOST MY HEAD THERE FOR A SECOND.
THE LAW THAT ALLOWS, UM, THE INCREASE TO COUNCIL SALARIES, THAT DOES NOT DICTATE THE MAYOR'S SALARY.
THE DIFFERENTIAL, WE DID THAT OURSELVES.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I THINK IT WAS IN, UM, 2022 IS WHEN WE CHANGED THAT TO THE 50%.
UM, THERE IS GOVERNMENT CODE THAT ALLOWS AN ELECTED MAYOR TO HAVE A SALARY THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SALARY.
BUT THEN WE HAVE THAT SET AS SPECIFICALLY AT THE 50% IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND THE LAW DOESN'T SAY WHAT THE ELECTED MAYOR'S SALARY E DOES IT SAY WHAT THE FLOOR IS THAT IT, THAT, THAT, UM, WHAT THE CAP IS? NO, IT DOES NOT JUST SAYS COUNCILS ARE CAPPED AT A CERTAIN PERCENT AND THE MAYOR IS WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES.
THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, WHEN WE, THAT WAS BACK IN 2022, WHEN? 2022, WHEN WE INCREASED IT, IT'S BEEN THAT LONG.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN WE DID THE 50%, UM, FOR THE MAYOR'S SALARY.
THE, THE, THE WHOLE THE WHOLE, UH, INCREASE WAS, WAS SEVERAL YEARS OLD.
CAN YOU REMIND ME, UM, HOW, HOW LONG BEFORE THAT, UH, DID WE ADDRESS THIS? IT WAS QUITE SOME TIME, RIGHT? QUITE TWO YEARS.
IT, IS IT ALWAYS EVERY TWO YEARS, OR, IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE IT WAS TWO YEARS THIS TIME.
SO WHAT I, CAN YOU GO BACK AND JUST REMIND ME WHEN THE LAST TIME, PRIOR TO THIS ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THIS MATTER? YES.
SO WE LAST ADDRESSED SALARIES IN 2024.
WE CHANGED THE MAYOR SALARY IN 2022 TO THE 50%.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO BRING EVERY TWO YEARS EARLY IN THE YEAR, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE, UM, ANY CHANGE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THE ELECTION.
SO EVERY TWO YEARS WE BRING THIS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM AND LET THE COUNCIL DECIDE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.
SO IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT HISTORICALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS.
WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE, UH, COUNCIL FOR DELIBERATION.
I, I'M HAPPY TO START IF YOU WANT.
UM, I, I'M GONNA SAY THE SAME THING THAT I ALWAYS SAY ON THIS ITEM.
I THINK, UM, WELL, SINCE I HEARD, UH, SINCE SEAN KUMU, I CHANGED MY MIND ON THIS ITEM MY FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL THAT WE HEARD IT.
UM, LOW COUNCIL STIPENDS ARE A BARRIER TO, UM, PARTICIPATION FROM SOME SEGMENTS OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.
IN FACT, UH, THERE WAS A STUDY OUTTA STANFORD THAT TALKED ABOUT THE HOW, UM, KEEPING STIPENDS LOW, UM, IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THEN ONLY FOLKS WHO CAN AFFORD TO TAKE TIME OFF, UM, WORK OR AREN'T WORKING, OR HAVE ANOTHER SPOUSE THAT CAN CARRY THE LOAD, CAN AFFORD TO SPEND THE TIME TO, UM, SERVE ON COUNCIL.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR MOVE TO, UH, DISTRICT ELECTIONS.
NOT ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS HAVE THE SAME HOUSING TYPE MAKEUP, UM, UH, RENT VERSUS OWN, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH, YOUTH VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE AGE WITHIN THE DISTRICTS IS NOT THE SAME.
UM, LOW STIPENDS ARE A BARRIER, PARTICULARLY TO, UM, UH, YOUNG FOLKS, SINGLE FOLKS, AND, UM, RENTERS.
AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA ADVOCATE THAT WE GO WITH THE, UM, THE HIGHER AMOUNT, THE 5% PER CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, I THINK THAT MOST OF THE COUNCILS AROUND US ARE DOING SIMILAR THINGS FOR SIMILAR REASONS.
UM, I THINK THAT IS IN KEEPING IN LINE, UM, IF WE SIMPLY WERE TO GO WITH CPI THAT, UM, THAT KEEPS THE COUNCIL STIPENDS FROM LOSING GROUND.
UM, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF, UM, LOW STIPENDS BEING A BARRIER TO FOLKS, UM, WANTING TO RUN FOR COUNCIL.
AND I THINK IT IS IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST FOR US TO HAVE A DIVERSE, UM, COUNCIL.
AND SO I WILL, I WILL ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
UM, THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN WHAT THE MAYOR, UM, MAKES AND WHAT COUNCIL MAKES, WHEN WE MOVED IT TO, UM, 50% IN 2022, THAT
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WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT HISTORICALLY WE'D HAD.WE HAD A HUNDRED DOLLARS DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN COUNCIL AND, UM, THE MAYOR'S SALARY.
AND I THINK WE'D HAD, JOHN, IF YOU, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IT WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR, UM, LIKE 20 YEARS OR MORE, UM, BEFORE THEN.
AND WE MOVED IT TO, AND THERE WASN'T, THERE HAD BEEN NO, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN, IN 1988 OR 92, WHENEVER WE HAD A, THAT FIRST DIFFERENTIAL, UM, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS GOES A LOT LESS, UM, TO 2022.
AND WE FELT THAT THAT WAS NOT THE RIGHT, UM, DIFFERENTIAL ANYMORE.
UM, HISTORICALLY OUR MAYORS HAVE GONE TO EVERYTHING AND HAVE, UM, DEVOTED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME.
IT IS MY OPINION THAT, UM, THE 50% IS TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENTIAL.
AND SO I AM GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE IT TO, UM, SAY, $250 DIFFERENCE, UM, BETWEEN WHAT COUNCIL MAKES AND WHAT MAYOR MAKES, UM, TO BE IN MORE IN LINE WITH, UH, THE CURRENT PRACTICE, UM, OF, UH, THE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT WORK THAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE MY ADVOCACY AT THIS POINT.
HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS.
THAT'S, UH, I GUESS EYES ARE ON ME.
UM, SORRY, I'M JUST DOING SOME QUICK MATH TO SEE, TO SEE WHERE WE WOULD LAND THERE.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOUR FIRST POINT, UH, WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE, AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, IN TERMS OF INCENTIVIZING FOLKS TO TAKE TIME OFF EFFECTIVELY, TO, TO, UH, TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND, AND, AND TO, UH, TO SIT, UH, SIT HERE AT THE DAIS.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE $164 A MONTH MATERIALLY CHANGES ANYTHING.
UM, BUT, BUT THE SENTIMENT IS THERE.
UH, AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
UH, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF.
UM, IF, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE ALL OR ALL OF THEIR, ALL, ALL OF THEIR INTENDED SALARY, RIGHT? LIKE THEY COULD TAKE A PORTION OF IT OR NONE OF IT IF THEY CHOOSE TO YOU.
THE, THE STATUTE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME TAX IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR INCOME TAX.
BUT, BUT YES, YOU CAN DECLINE THE, THE SALARY.
THERE USED TO BE SOME QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT THE STATUTE WAS AMENDED TO ALLOW THAT.
UH, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WAIT.
I, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE SECOND PART.
I GUESS IS ACTUALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT METHODS BY, BY STATUTE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THESE ARE FOR GUIDANCE AND FOR LIMITATION PURPOSES.
UM, WHAT IS THE RATIONALE? DID ANYBODY LOOK INTO THAT FOR OPTION? I GUESS IT WAS OPTION ONE, THE 5% TO ME.
UM, I, I DIDN'T GET A LOT FROM THE REPORT AS TO HOW THAT WAS FORMED, WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS BEHIND THAT.
UH, CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THAT? THAT THAT'S THE, IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND IT'S BEEN THERE.
THAT'S THE ORIGINAL METHOD THAT'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, EVEN BEFORE THE CHANGE IN LEGISLATION IN 2024.
SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE JOHN KNOWS HOW FAR BACK THAT GOES, BUT THAT IS THE ORIGINAL, UM, METHOD THAT THE GOVERNMENT CODE HAD FOR COUNCIL SALARIES.
UM, THAT GOES BACK TO AT LEAST 1998 WHEN I STARTED PRACTICING.
SO, SO WE KNOW OVER THAT TIME, THINGS IN EBB, UH, NUMBERS HAVE EBBED AND FLOWED, INFLATION'S GONE UP AND DOWN, BUT THERE'S NO RATIONALIZATION FOR THAT OTHER THAN IT'S A HISTORICAL NUMBER.
AND, UM, I WANT TO CONVEY TO YOU, I LOOK AT THINGS THEY, THEY'VE GOTTA BE RATIONALIZED, RIGHT? PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN SALARIES.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 5% CAME FROM.
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A REASON DECADES AGO, OR MAYBE IT WAS SOONER, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I DIDN'T GET THE FEELING THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WAS SUPPORTED IN ANY WAY.
SO, UM, I LIKED, YOU KNOW, I COULD POSSIBLY SUPPORT, UH, SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS RATIONALIZED, AND THAT'S THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES.
UH, I DON'T WANNA CORNER MYSELF, BUT I WANNA LOOK AT THIS FOR HERE.
AND NOW I'M NOT LOOKING AT THIS ABOUT FUTURE GENERATIONS.
CERTAINLY THIS WILL AFFECT OTHER COUNCILS.
IT'LL ALSO AFFECT PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL RIGHT HERE.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHATEVER WE DECIDE, UM, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT.
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BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING, UH, OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO, TO, UM, APPLY OR, OR BE PART OF, PART OF THE COUNCIL.I'M NOT LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY.
I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW AND, AND, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF IT'S A COST OF LIVING INCREASE AND IT'S CLEARLY RATIONALIZED AND THERE'S A METRIC BEHIND IT.
UM, SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, BUT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THAT, UM, WE SHOULD BE, UH, CERTAINLY I APPRECIATE THAT LOOK FORWARD, BUT WE SHOULD BE, UH, LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IN SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES AND PEOPLE ARE HURTING OUT THERE.
SO I'M, I'M PLAYING THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS COIN HERE IS THAT CERTAINLY WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, UM, I'M LOOKING AT IT THE OTHER WAY.
WE SHOULD BE SETTING THE PACE AND WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS, UM, BY EXAMPLE AND, AND MINIMIZING OUR, OUR EXPENDITURES, UH, REGARDLESS OF OUR BACKGROUNDS AND OUR CAPABILITIES.
I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING, AND I JUST, I DON'T, I, THERE'S NO PROOF THAT THIS WOULD ENTICE ANYBODY, AS YOU POINTED OUT, UM, AN EXTRA A HUNDRED BUCKS OR WHATEVER IT IS, SOMETHING MIGHT ARGUE, YEAH, THAT'S BENEFICIAL.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE.
SO I COME BACK AND SAY, THE, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT BEHIND IT.
SO I WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, ENTERTAIN, UH, A, A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WHICH IS REASONABLE.
AND I THINK THE CPI IS REASONABLE, UH, AS LONG AS WE DON'T INCLUDE GAS PRICES,
BUT ANYWAY, AND AS FAR, AS FAR AS THE MAYOR SALLY, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, SUPPORT LOOKING AT THAT.
IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, THAT, THAT, THAT'S REASONABLE HERE, AND I UNDERSTAND NOW, AND THAT'S WHY I'M, THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY BEHIND THAT IS HOW THAT CAME TO BE.
RIGHT? UM, AND I, AND I, I'M THERE WITH YOU.
I THINK THE 50% WAS, UM, LOOKED AT AND PUSHED THROUGH VERY QUICKLY, AND, UM, IT DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T REALLY SETTLE ON IT.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT SOMETHING FROM THAT STANDPOINT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S, IT WASN'T PARTICULARLY RATIONAL IN MY MIND AT THE TIME.
UM, BUT I'M MORE FOCUSED ON, ON THE BA ON THE SALARIES FOR THE, FOR THE MEMBERS AND, AND HOW WE CALCULATE IT.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY WE ARE NOT HERE FOR THE MONEY.
PEOPLE CAN SAY, UM, IT'S, UH, LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WEIGHT, RIGHT? SO, UM, BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY AS COUNCIL MEMBER AND AS MAYOR, SO I FEEL THE TIME REALLY SPENT IN THE MEETINGS, IN THE EMAILS, IN TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, GO TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
THE DIFFERENCE OF TIME COMMITMENT IS I ACTUALLY FEEL MAYOR AS MAYOR IS A THREE TIMES OF A COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT'S HOW MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT LIKE A, UM, WHAT TO SAY, LIKE A JUST DID, DID A MAYOR FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER ONE YEAR.
SO, UM, MAYBE OTHER MAYOR CAN DO BETTER JOB ONLY SPEND TWICE THE TIME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE I WANT TO SHARE HERE.
AND, UH, ANOTHER THING IS, UH, UH, 5% OR 3% LIKE A, LIKE A-A-C-P-I.
UM, I'M, I, I HEARD YOU, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE, BUT I ALSO REMEMBER WE DID, UM, WE DID SOME, WE DID SOME WORK BEFORE WE COMPARE TO, WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES, WE COMPARE TO MULTIPLE THINGS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S THE RE LIKE A, UM, THAT'S THE REASONS WE CAME UP WITH WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE DID MORE RESEARCH IN THE PAST THAN TODAY, SO WE ALREADY BUILD ON THINGS IN THE PAST.
I REMEMBER WE LOOK AT OTHER, OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING CITIES, WE LOOK AT A LOT OF INFORMATION BECAUSE JUST ANECDOTALLY, I TALK TO PEOPLE I KNOW, LIKE, UH, BERKELEY, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MAKE MUCH MORE, RIGHT? LIKE, MAYOR, MAKE A HUNDRED K, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANECDOTALLY, LIKE OAKLAND, THEY MAKE MUCH, MUCH MORE.
ALTHOUGH THEIR STRUCTURE IS NOT EXACTLY SAME AS WHAT WE HAVE.
AND, UH, FREMONT IS, UH, DIFFERENT TOO.
SO, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, UM, LIKE A RATIONALITY BEHIND IT.
WE DID EXHAUSTIVE STUDIES, RESEARCH, DELIBERATION IN THE PAST.
I REMEMBER THAT I WAS IN THE COUNCIL.
UM, SO, AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS,
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UM, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MARADA, UH, IS ABSENT TODAY, BUT HE DIDN'T MAKE A COMMENT SENDING TO ME AND THE CITY, UH, CITY MANAGER AND, UH, AND OUR ATTORNEY, UM, JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR GENERAL PRACTICE.UM, COUNCIL'S COMMENTS ARE NORMALLY NOT, NOT RATED IN THE COUNCIL MEETING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BY THE WAY.
BUT THREE OF US, WE GOT EMAILS, SO WE HEARD, WE HEARD THE COMMENT.
UH, SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT'S IT, THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
I FEEL I'M FINE WITH 3% OR 5% EITHER WAY.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY.
I, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, UM, THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD FROM, FROM TWO COLLEAGUES ABOUT, UM, UH, ONE, YOU'RE SAYING $164 A MONTH WOULDN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND YOUR COMMENT THAT, UM, UH, TRYING TO BE, I, I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, LEADING BY EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT.
UM, UH, I WANNA POINT OUT TWO THINGS.
THE TOTAL INCREASE, IF WE WERE TO GO BY THE MAX, AND, AND THE REASON THE 5% IS THERE, IS THAT IT'S A, IT'S A CAP THAT THE STATE LEGISLATOR DID NOT WANT.
COUNCILS SELF-DEALING ESSENTIALLY BY RAISING THEIR SALARIES BY, YOU KNOW, EXORBITANT PERCENTAGE RATES PER YEAR.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT 5% CAME FROM.
IT'S A, IT'S A CAP, NOT A SUGGESTION, RIGHT? IT'S THE MAX.
YOU CAN DO, THE TOTAL INCREASE IF WE WERE TO DO THAT TO THE CITY'S BUDGET, WOULD BE JUST UNDER $11,000.
WE JUST SAID IN THE LAST ITEM THAT WE THINK THAT INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND WE PRAISE THE 250,000 THAT WE PUT IN RESERVES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IT IS MY OPINION, UM, THAT HAVING DIVERSITY OF VOICES ON COUNCIL IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND LOW STIPENDS CAN BE A BARRIER TO THAT.
UM, EVERY ONE OF US IS A HOMEOWNER.
IS THAT TRUE? EVERY ONE OF US OWNS THE HOME IN DUBLIN, AND MOST OF US HAVE OWNED THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR MORTGAGES PAYMENTS ARE FAIRLY LOW.
UM, THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR NEWER RESIDENTS OF DUBLIN WHO HAVE ONLY LIVED HERE TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS.
THEIR, UM, THE, THE HOME PRICES WERE MORE EXPENSIVE.
THEIR COST OF LIVING IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER JUST FOR HOUSING THAN WHAT ANY OF US ARE PAYING.
WE HAVE A VERY MUCH A SAMENESS OF PERSPECTIVE ON HOUSING UP AT THIS DIOCESE, JUST FROM A PERSONAL LIVED EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF THAT PERSPECTIVE.
WE, UM, WE ARE ALL WITHIN A SIMILAR AGE RANGE.
SOME OF US A LITTLE OLDER THAN OTHERS, UM, BUT WITHIN A, A BASIC RANGE.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT ALL IN THE SAME FINANCIAL SITUATION.
WE ARE NOT $164 A MONTH WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, TO BE QUITE FRANK.
WHEN I GO TO THE STATE OF THE CITY, OR WHEN I GO TO A RIBBON CUTTING THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, I DO NOT GET PAID FOR THAT TIME.
AND SO THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE IN THAT SITUATION AND HAVE MADE THE CALCULATION THAT IT IS NOT WORTH RUNNING FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
AND SO I WANT US TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE LAND ON, WE LAND ON, BUT I WANT US TO RECOGNIZE THE POSITION OF PRIVILEGE THAT THE FOLKS AT THIS DIOCESE ARE SITTING IN.
TO BE ABLE TO SAY IT'S ONLY $164 A MONTH, $164 A MONTH GOES A LONG WAY FOR SOME OF US.
UM, $10,000, $11,000 TO THE CITY BUDGET FOR US TO GET A DIVERSITY OF VOICES IS A VERY SMALL TRADE OFF, IN MY OPINION.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE POINT YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE.
YOU WEREN'T TRYING TO BE CASUAL ABOUT PEOPLE'S FINANCIAL SITUATION.
YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE INCREASE IT, IF WE INCREASE IT TO THE MAX, IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND I AGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY.
BUT $164 MAKES A DIFFERENCE PER MONTH.
UM, I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR TIME AND THE EXTRA TIME THAT YOU SPEND.
UM, MY INTENT IS NOT TO CALL YOU OUT IN ANY WAY, BUT MY INTENT IS TO SAY THAT I, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE WAY DUBLIN IS BEING REPRESENTED, UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL DUTIES, UM, THAT IS BEING DONE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOES NOT WARRANT A 50% INCREASE.
KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS DOES NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.
WHATEVER WE DO RIGHT NOW IS NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY ONE OF US.
WHATEVER WE DO RIGHT NOW WILL NOT AFFECT ME PERSONALLY.
UM, WHATEVER WE DO RIGHT NOW IS NOT
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ABOUT, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW.THIS WILL BE A DIFFERENT FIVE PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER.
MANY OF YOU WILL STILL BE HERE.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE MY POSITION THAT WE GO TO THE 5% MAX FOR COUNCIL SALARIES, AND THAT WE, UM, MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
I I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP NICELY TOWARDS THE END.
LIKE, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH TO CHANGE A PERSON'S DECISION.
I'M, I'M NOT MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT.
UH, AND, AND I KNOW EVERYONE'S FINANCES ARE DIFFERENT AND, AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING THERE.
UM, I, I, UH, I I WANT TO SORT OF, UM, I RESONATE WITH, WITH WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARSON WAS SAYING, RIGHT? WE, WE TALK ABOUT BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
WE TALK ABOUT THE DEFICIT COMING IN AND IN, YOU KNOW, IMPEDING, UH, DEFICIT IN, IN FOUR YEARS TIME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HO HOPEFULLY WE CAN STAY AWAY FROM THERE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, CREATIVE WAYS OF, OF INCREASING OUR TAX BASE AND, AND OUR REVENUE STREAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, I THINK THIS IS PART OF IT.
UM, IT'S KIND OF DOING BACK IN THE NAPKIN QUICK MATH.
LIKE I, I THINK IT WOULD BE RELATIVELY COST NEUTRAL IF WE GO WITH EITHER THE 3% OR, OR THE 5%, UM, FOR COUNCIL AND REDUCE THE DIFFERENTIAL FOR, FOR THE MAYOR.
UH, I AGREE WITH YOU IN THAT, UH, IT, IT, UM, SORT OF PUTS THE ONUS ON REPRESENTATION AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THAT DIFFERENTIAL IN TERMS OF PAY.
UH, AND, AND THE, IT SUPPORTS THE, THE DIVERSITY I THINK THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE LOOKING FOR MORE SO THAN THE, THE FINANCIAL, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANNA CALL IT A REWARD, BUT INCENTIVE.
YEAH, SO I, I FEEL LIKE, UH, INFLATION IS THERE JUST FOR FUTURE MAYORS FOR ME.
I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT, WHATEVER LAMBER YOU AGREE WITH.
BUT JUST FOR FUTURE MAYORS, ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE, THAT'S REALLY LIKE A, THERE'S A RADIO SALARY WITH INFLATED, UH, COSTS.
IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT THAT FOR ME.
IT'S A, IT'S LIKE, IT'S A STEP BACKWARD.
I JUST WANT TO PUT THERE, BUT I ACCEPT WHAT, WHAT, WHETHER YOU DECIDED TO DO, FOR ME, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY FOR SURE.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE AGREEING WITH, WITH SOMETHING THAT MAYBE I DISAGREE WITH A DIFFERENT, TO A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THOUGH.
UM, I, I AGREE TO SOME EXTENT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN I THINK OF AN INVESTMENT I COMMUNITY, I MEAN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT, UM, THROUGH A, A CHANNEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIRECT WAY, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT EXTRA, THAT INCREMENTAL AMOUNT WILL BE, UM, I, I, I COME BACK TO THIS AND I DON'T WANNA PUT MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH, BUT I JUST, I DON'T SEE THE INCREMENTAL VALUE IN THAT.
UM, I DO SEE VERY CLEARLY JUSTIFICATION FOR COST INCREASES, RIGHT? UM, AND I COULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT.
I, I WOULD SUPPORT IT BASED ON SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HOLD ONTO AND POINT TO AND SAY, OKAY, HERE, HERE'S 3% INFLATION'S, 3%, OR WHATEVER METRICS WE WANT YOU WANNA USE.
I JUST DON'T HAVE, UM, UH, THE MOTIVATION, UH, OR THE INCLINATION TO SUPPORT SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE MAX.
AND JUST BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, UH, AND, AND, AND PERCEIVE THIS TO BE, UH, OF, OF, UH, INCREMENTAL VALUE, WE DON'T KNOW.
PEOPLE MAKE THEIR DECISIONS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
UM, SO I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT A 3% OR, OR, OR SOMETHING THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE CCPI.
UH, AS FAR AS THE MAYOR, AND I DON'T WANNA REPEAT MYSELF TOO MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S QUITE REASONABLE, I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT.
WHAT I REFLECT UPON IS THAT, YEAH, THERE'S PERHAPS JUSTIFICATION FOR LOOKING AT THIS.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA KEEP FLIPPING AND FLOPPING, UH, WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION, WHATEVER WE DO, I, I THINK, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK TO IT.
SO THE 50% I, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT THAT'S REASONABLE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM THERE, MAYOR.
UH, I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING, UH, BASED ON, UH, A METRIC.
UH, AS FAR AS THE SALARY'S CONCERNED, IT DOES MEAN A DIFFERENCE TO ME.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MAYOR THING, I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
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I'M OPEN, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.AND THEN TO SEE IF WE CAN PASS OR WE GET A, UM, OTHERWISE, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION OF, UM, RECOMMENDED.
CAN WE, CAN WE CHECK THE, THE MOTION OVER HERE? THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE'LL MAKE A MOTION OF, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR INCREASE OF 5% PER YEAR AS REC AS RECOMMENDED FOR BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S SALARIES.
UM, THAT WILL BE THE STARTING NEXT YEAR AFTER THE ELECTION.
THERE'S NO SECOND YOU CAN PROPOSE.
I'LL MAKE A, UM, A DIFFERENT MOTION THAT WE, UM, GO WITH THE, UH, 5% PER YEAR FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THAT WE CHANGE THE DIFFERENTIAL FOR THE MAYOR, UM, TO BE THE COUNCIL MEMBER SALARY PLUS $250 PER MONTH.
SO IT'S A 14% INCREASE OR DELTA.
DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT?
IF THERE'S NO SECOND, I'M JUST NOT SUPPORTIVE FOR AMENDMENT FRIENDLY OR OTHER
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
AND YOU CAN MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF YOU'D LIKE.
UH, WELL, UH, IF THERE'S SECOND WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS, RIGHT? NO, WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER MOTION.
IF THERE'S A SECOND THERE, THERE CAN STILL BE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, BRADY? I, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO, I LOVE THIS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND.
DO WE VOTE ON THIS? WELL, HE, HE CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
I THINK THAT'S THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE 5% TO, TO, UH, A BASIS OF, UH, CPI.
AND IF THAT CPI IS 3%, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MAYOR'S SALARY, YOU KNOW, TWO 50 MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOW.
UM, I COULD GO WITH SOMETHING HIGHER THAN THAT.
UM, YOU WANT TO PUT A NUMBER? UH, YEAH.
DO WE VOTE ON THIS? OR WE HAVE A WE CAN VOTE ON THIS.
DO YOU WANNA DELIBERATE
WELL, FIRST I HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FROM AMENDMENT.
WELL, YOU DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
UM, AND IT WOULDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE, YOU WOULDN'T BE ACCEPTING IT AT FIRST.
I WOULD, KELLY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? BUT WE CAN DELIBERATE BEFORE WE VOTE.
DID YOU, DID YOU SAY YOU WANTED TO? WELL, NO, NO.
I, YOUR THOUGHTS? UM, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, UM, THAT AMENDMENT, BECAUSE I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT, UM, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION.
UM, AND I, YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOME HYPOTHETICAL PERSON THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
THAT, AND, AND I'M TELLING YOU, LIVED EXPERIENCE, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND, AND THAT, THAT IS NOT EMOTIONAL THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING.
UM, SO THAT DELIBERATION, I NEED MORE DELIBERATION.
UM, I GUESS WE'RE, WE'RE BETWEEN THE CPI AND THE 5% PER, PER CALENDAR YEAR, UH, CURRENTLY.
UM, SHALL WE T TACKLE THE SECOND PIECE OF IT? FIRST
IF WE RESTATE, WILL WE, UM, 500 FLAT FIXED? WOULD I, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE HIGH, BUT I'M, IT'S NOT A HILL I'M GONNA DIE ON.
HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT 20% SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE? OR, OR YOU MEAN
DO I DO THIS? WELL, UM, YOU CAN DELIBERATE HOWEVER YOU WANT.
I, I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS FOCUSING ON THE FACT THAT, THAT YOU'RE LOCKED UP.
YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE THREE VOTES FOR ANY PARTICULAR PROPOSAL.
SO HE'S TRYING TO FIND, OKAY, SO WE TRY TO NEGOTIATE DISCUSSION.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES.
W WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO LIKE THREE 50 OR THE MAYOR'S SALARY INSTEAD OF THE TWO 50 OR THE 500, WHICH PUTS US AT DO THE MATH REAL QUICK.
OH, UM, NO, THAT, YEAH, IT MEAN IT WOULD BE TWO WOULD BE ROUGHLY 2000.
SO, NO, I MEANT THE PERCENTAGE WISE.
UM, YOU, I, I, I, I SEE YOU WERE SAYING YOU WERE, YOU WERE PLANNING TO LIKE 20% INSTEAD OF 50%.
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AND I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BECAUSE THEN IT SCALES WITH INFLATION.UM, I, I, I WANT TO SAY, HOW ABOUT NO SALARY FOR MAYOR? I PROPOSE NO SALARY FOR MAYOR.
I SAID LET'S MAKE THIS DELIBER SHEET NO SALARY FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER AS WHAT WE RECOMMENDED.
DO YOU MEAN NO INCREASE? NO INCREASE, BUT NO.
MAYOR IS TO DEDICATE, CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT GETTING STEP.
I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THAT EITHER, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, UM, DETRIMENTAL TO FUTURE COUNCILS.
THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY, MY MOTION.
DO I GET ANY MOTION? ANY, ANY SECOND? I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE MAYOR GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT IF, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
BUT I, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF DIFFERENTIAL.
I THINK I'M SORT OF HANGING ON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO 50 AND, AND 500.
UH, THAT WOULD COME OUT TO ROUGHLY 17% IF I'M DOING THE MATH CORRECTLY.
SO MAYOR, MAY, MAY WE RESTATE WHERE WE ARE HERE? EXACTLY.
WE HAVE TO GATHER MORE MOTION.
NO, I, AND I KNOW YOURS IS NOT SUPPORTED, I GUESS, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHERE WE DO, WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESTATE IT AGAIN.
WHERE WE LANDED AND WHAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING HERE.
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, YOU CAN HAVE A THIRD MOTION.
SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO INCREASE THE SALARY, UH, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO 5%, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT TO PER YEAR.
UM, WHICH ABOUT TO 1 64 CURRENTLY.
AND, UH, INCREASE THE, INCREASE THE MAYOR'S SALARY TO $350, UH, WHICH EQUATES TO ROUGHLY 17%, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S SALARY.
MAY I ASK YOU A CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE I SECOND THAT MOTION? CAN YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE THAT TO, INSTEAD OF A FLAT RATE, A PERCENTAGE THAT WOULD THEN SCALE WITH INFLATION FOREVER? SO COUNCILS DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THAT PERCENTAGE YEAR AFTER YEAR SO THAT THE THREE 50 DOESN'T CHANGE IN PURCHASING POWER, FOR EXAMPLE? OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THREE 50? I I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THREE 50.
THEN I'LL NUMBER, THEN I'LL, I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION.
I CAN YOU REPEAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT.
UH, SO IT'D BE A 5% INCREASE PER YEAR, PER CALENDAR YEAR FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO TO WHAT NUMBER DO YOU HAVE? 1 64.
IT'S WHAT'S IN THE GO TO PAGE, UM, GA NUMBER.
SO THE TOTAL SALARY WOULD BE $1,764 PER MONTH.
THE FIRST COLUMN, IF THEY'RE VANESSA, SO MUCH TO GO BACK A SLIDE.
IT'S THE TOP ONE, THE ONE SIX, THE NINE SIX.
FOR, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR MAYORS.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? AN ADDITIONAL 350 ON TOP OF THAT.
SO IT'S LIKE, UH, NO, HOLD ON.
LET ME GET, SO FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY INCREASE 5% EACH YEAR.
SO TWO YEARS IS OFFERED LIKE 11% FOR MAYORS, THEY REDUCE LIKE 15%.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE COMES DOWN PRETTY, THE $10,000 COMES DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
YOU, YOU SECOND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF FIVE, 5%.
SO YOU GET THE FIRST AND SECOND.
YOU DON'T GET THE FIRST AND SECOND.
AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T SUPPORT THIS.
SO WE NEED TO VOTE, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE MORE MOTIONS ACCORDING TO ROSENBERG.
YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THREE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR AT A TIME.
YEAH, YOU KIND OF WENT AROUND AND, AND SORT OF ASSUMED HOW PEOPLE WERE GONNA VOTE, BUT I THINK YOU DO NEED TO TAKE, TAKE ACTION ON THE MOTION.
HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THIS, UH, MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, QUARTERLY.
UM, JUST TALK ABOUT 5% EACH YEAR, INCREASE ON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND FOR, FOR MAYOR IS $350 ABOVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S NUMBER.
UM, IF WE THE ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS HERE.
WELL, NO, WE HAVE TWO MORE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR.
UM, WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER ONE BEFORE WE VOTE IF THAT'S YOUR WILL.
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CAN VOTE AND CLEAR THOSE MOTIONS OFF AND SEE IF EITHER OF THEM PASSES.SO WE HAVE, UH, OTHER MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR.
WHAT OTHER MOTIONS WE HAVE? MIKE'S MOTION WAS NEXT.
MCCARSON'S MOTION WAS, UM, 3% FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND 500 MORE FOR THE MAYOR.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, WE VOTE ON COUNCIL MEMBERS 5% PER YEAR ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE WE GO TO RIGHT NOW? WE'RE GOING TO, I WOULD MOTION TWO, WHICH IS BASICALLY 3% PLUS.
AND I ALREADY SECOND THIS ONE, CORRECT? YEAH.
CPI EACH YEAR ON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
500 ON TOP OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR MAYOR.
WE GOT FIRST, WE GOT SECOND AS A ROLL CALL ON THIS ONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARSTEN? YES.
SO WHAT'S THE THIRD, THIRD MOTION ON THE, ON THE RULE? IT WOULD BE THE FIRST FIVE.
IT WAS 5% CPI AND 250 ADDITIONAL FOR THE MAYOR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A, A DECISION HERE.
I AGREE ON CPII AGREE ON CPI AND, AND THE AND THE CPI IS NOT PER YEAR.
THE CPI IS 6% TOTAL BACK TO JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
SO IT'S NOT A, PER THE CPI IS NOT A PER YEAR ONE.
IT ACTUALLY GOES BEYOND THE LAST CHANGE WE DID IN DECEMBER, 2024.
BUT IT GOES TILL NOW AS OPPOSED TO, TO, UM, DECEMBER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FROM JANUARY, 2024 TO NOW, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, THE 5%, WHICH IS TWO CALENDAR YEARS.
SO IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN 3% PER YEAR.
'CAUSE IT GOES LONGER THAN EVEN HALF TWO YEARS.
SO, OKAY, SO WE STILL NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THE UM, SORRY, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR CPI EQUATE TO, UH, IN TERMS OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT? UH, SINCE THIS IS ANNUALIZED, I'M, I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A MIDDLE GROUND
SO WE WENT AND PULLED WHAT THE CONSUMER, UM, THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX HAD UP TO THIS POINT.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE FULL YEAR.
WE JUST USED WHAT THEY HAD UP TO.
I THINK IT WAS, AND I KNOW JAY AND I BOTH LOOKED AT IT.
I THINK IT WAS THE FEBRUARY NUMBER WAS THE MOST RECENT NUMBER THAT WAS THERE, UM, WHEN WE, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE STAFF REPORT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL YEAR FOR THAT.
UH, IT, THAT, THAT FIGURE THAT WE SEE IS AN ANNUALIZED NUMBER REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE, IN THE, UH, YEAR.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT SOMETHING, UH, THAT YOU MULTIPLY MUL MANY TIMES TO GET TO SOME HIGHER NUMBER.
MY INTERPRETATION OF THAT INDEX IS THAT IT'S AN ANNUALIZED INDEX AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME.
AND I, SO I, I DIDN'T WANNA GO OFF AND GET CONFUSED HERE TONIGHT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ANNUALIZED INDEX NUMBER, AND THAT'S HOW THIS SHOULD BE ADJUSTED.
AND YOU AND I JUST HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL D DISAGREEMENT ON THE NUMBER, UH, NO, ON THE METHODOLOGY.
AH, YOU, YOU THINK THAT IT SHOULD ONLY THAT, THAT THERE'S, YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY IN COUNCIL MEMBER STIPENDS.
AND SO YOU WANNA KEEP IT AT THE STATUS QUO, JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T LOSE GROUND BASED ON CPI.
AND I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THERE IS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY THAT IS A BARRIER TO DIVERSE VOICES ON THE COUNCIL, UM, BASED, AND THE ONLY REMEDY WE HAVE FOR THAT IS THE CAP OF 5% PER YEAR.
SO I'M, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, STRICTLY STICKING TO A CPI INCREASE CPI.
SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS THING THROUGH.
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UM, SO I'LL MAKE ANOTHER AMENDMENT.SO THE CPI WOULD BE FOR
DROP THE MAYOR, DROPS MAYOR TO THREE 50 OR 400.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THAT? CPI, I'M GOING WITH C-P-I-C-P-I.
AND THEN, UM, WE CAN WIGGLE AROUND WITH THE, UH, INCREMENTAL AMOUNT ON THE MAYOR, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR IS THINKING NO, IT'S, NO, IT'S FOR MAYOR.
THAT'S MY PROPOSAL IS WE, WE CAN DROP IT INCREMENTALLY ON THE MAYOR SIDE, UH, TO A FLAT RATE OF SAY, THREE 50, WHICH I THINK YOU PROPOSED.
AND, UH, WE'LL STICK TO C-P-I-C-P-I STICKING POINT IS THE MAYOR'S PIECE.
THIS, ARE YOU NOT SUPPORTIVE OF 5%? SO IT'S A, WHAT DO YOU SAY? IT'S A GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY? SO CPI MAKES SENSE.
I I ACTUALLY THINK MOST PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY, THEY MAY NOT EVEN GET CPI.
BUT I THINK YOUR, YOUR POINT, YOUR POINT EARLIER WAS THAT THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF COUNCILS THAT ARE HIGHER THAN THAT.
AND THEN YOU DON'T, DO YOU, DO YOU NOT AGREE THAT FOR, FOR, BUT THOSE OF US HERE, IT'S, THE SITUATION IS IT'S GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY FOR SURE.
AND IT, IT'S A, IT'S, THAT'S HOW, LIKE I KNOW INDUSTRY, THERE'S A LOT OF LAYOFFS, THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE ECONOMY.
AND HOW WE, WE DO THIS IS A SIGNAL.
I THINK CPI MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THE, THAT MIGHT BE SIMILAR NUMBER AS A, BECAUSE NOW TO FEBRUARY, AND WHEN I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL ARE OUR CPI INCREASES UP THERE, JUST LOOK AT FEBRUARY'S NUMBER OR WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT REALLY CPI TILL THE TIME WE DO THE INCREASE NEXT YEAR.
THIS, THIS INCREASE IS, IS WHAT WE WOULD USE IF WE USE CPI.
UM, THE MAXIMUM WE CAN USE, IF WE USE IT BASED ON CALIFORNIA CPI, IS WHAT IS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH IS, UM, WORKS OUT TO A TOTAL OF 6%.
THE STATUTE ALLOWS US TO DO ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS.
WE COULD, THE, THE OTHER CALL, IF WE DO CPI, IT'S THIS MAXIMUM OF 6% RECOGNIZING THAT IT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL NOVEMBER.
AND YET THE, THE CPI IS GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT CAPTURED IN THIS NUMBER.
HOWEVER, WE CAN INCREASE IT BASED ON THE 5% CAP, BUT CHOOSE SOME CAP BELOW 5% THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH EXACT CPI NUMBERS, WHICH IS WHAT'S LISTED THERE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, MARSHA.
IF WE USE OPTION ONE, WE CAN BASE, WE CAN GO UP TO A SPECIFIC PERCENT THAT WE NAME.
AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T GO OVER 5% AND APPLY IT PER CALENDAR YEAR.
SO WE COULD SAY, OKAY, INSTEAD OF 5% PER YEAR, WE CAN DO THE MATH AND SAY 4% PER YEAR, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTUAL CALCULATED CPI THAT IS LISTED HERE FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2024 TO RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHAT STATUTE, THE STATUTE SAYS WE HAVE TO DO, IF THAT'S THE OPTION WE'RE CHOOSING, CORRECT? YES.
SO MIKE'S PROPOSAL OF 3% PER YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN THIS.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
THAT WASN'T ONE OF HIS MOTIONS.
IT WASN'T HIS ACTUAL MOTION, UM, WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY THIS $96 PER PER MONTH INCREASE THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT WITH THE NEXT COUNCIL.
BECAUSE I'M, I'M TRYING TO, I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET US
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT A DOESN'T KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE, THE INFLATION IS GOING UP MUCH MORE NOW THAN IT WAS, UM, PRIOR AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GAS AND FOOD PRICES AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, SO I, I AM NOT GONNA VOTE FOR THAT OPTION BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SHORTSIGHTED AND, AND IT LIMITS, UM, THE, JUST THE, THE PEOPLE THAT CAN RUN, UM, THE, THE 5% SOUNDS LIKE IT IS COMPLETELY UNPALATABLE TO MIKE AND YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE OTHER THREE OF US END UP VOTING THAT WAY, SO BE IT.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE NOT VOTING NECESSARILY THE WAY CPI.
UM, SO, SO THERE MAY BE A MOTION OUT THERE THAT IS
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FOR 3% PER YEAR OR 4% PER YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH CPI THAN 5%.UM, WHICH MIGHT LAND US, UM, SOMEPLACE WE CAN AGREE ON.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
DOWN THESE PATHS, IT'S GONNA BE 6% OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO THERE.
MY, UM, RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LOOK AT THE CPI LOOK AT THE ANNUALIZED NUMBER ON THAT AND BASE IT ON THAT.
AND THEN PERIODICALLY, I MEAN, YOU WOULD LOOK AT IN TWO YEARS WHAT THAT CPI NUMBER IS.
BUT MY INTENTION WAS TO KEEP IT ON WHAT I THINK IN CPI REPRESENTS, WHICH IS AN ANNUALIZED NUMBER, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 3%.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE ANNUAL ANNUAL NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD INCREASE THAT BY WHATEVER THAT BREAKS DOWN ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
IT IS, BUT IT, UH, IT'S AN ANNUAL INCREASE.
SO, SO WE'RE BETWEEN 3% AND 5% COULD BE SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND DO 4%.
CAN YOU SHOW ME AN INDEX THAT SAYS THE COST OF LIVING IS 4%? WELL, I THINK TO COUNCIL OR VICE MAYOR JOSIE'S POINT CPI IS GONNA OUTPACE THE 3% AND LIKELY THIS YEAR FOR SURE.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE GAS, BUT MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M, I'M KIND OF, I'M STUCK ON THE CPI BECAUSE I, I CAN TOUCH, I CAN SEE IT, I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S GOING.
I THINK CPI OR LESS IS A VERY, IF WE GO WITH CPI, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS, UM, 16 90 CENTS, 1696 PER MONTH, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF, IT'S A 96 BUCKS.
WHICH DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION.
NO, I, I, I HEAR WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'RE SAYING, HEY MAN, UH, GAS PRICES ARE $8 A GALLON.
BUT THIS, THIS CALCULATION STOPPED BEFORE PRICES SHOT UP AND THE PRICES ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP AND WILL BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER WHEN THE 96 GOES IN FOR THE NEW COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, UM, PARDON? YOU NEED ONE MORE TIME HERE.
SO IN TWO YEARS, THIS WILL BE LOOKED AT AGAIN? YES, YES.
SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UH, THAT PRICES WILL GO UP IN THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF ENERGY OR WHATEVER THE OTHER FACTORS ARE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE.
MAYOR, DO YOU MIND IF WE VOTED ON THAT C TWO MINUTE RECESS? MAYOR, DO YOU MIND IF WE TAKE A TWO MINUTE RECESS? TWO MINUTES RECESS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE OUR MEETING, UM, CONTINUE TO DISCUSS 8.2 CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S SALARY.
AND WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS.
I'LL MAKE A, A PROPOSAL, WHATEVER WE WANT.
CALL IT MOTION RIGHT NOW, MY HEAD'S GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, A MOTION TO, UM, INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, FOR SALARIES, UH, TO 4%.
AND, UH, KEEP THE MAYORS AT 400 THERE.
WAS THAT A MOTION? THAT WAS A MOTION THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARSTEN? YES.
SO LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NINE.
CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL REPORTS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST WANNA, UH, REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT, UM, THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THEIR BALLOTS FOR, UH, VOTING ON THE FORMATION OF A NEW STREET LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT TO HELP US, UM, FUND MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT COSTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
AND, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, ABOUT WHAT THE BALLOT IS, WHAT THE, WHAT THE QUESTION IS THAT, UM,
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THAT IS ASKED.AND, UM, THERE'S, THERE ARE TUTORIALS.
THERE'S A RECORDING OF A, UH, ONLINE COMMUNITY MEETING.
WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER.
SO WE JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS, UM, TO REACH OUT.
IF YOU'RE CONFUSED BY THE MATERIALS, GIVE US A CALL, WE'LL RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
UM, AND, UH, OR SEND US AN EMAIL.
UM, JUST TWO THINGS TO REPORT.
UM, SO ATTENDED THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT MEETING, UM, LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, ENCOURAGE, UM, RESIDENTS TO DUMP ANY STANDING WATER.
UH, I THINK WITH THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND RAIN, IT'S GONNA CREATE, UH, ENVIRONMENTS FOR MOSQUITO BREEDING AND, AND, UM, SOME OF THE SPECIES ARE QUITE HARMFUL.
UM, SO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT EVEN CAPSULES OF WATER AND, AND FLIP THEM OVER SO THAT THEY'RE NOT HARBORING MOSQUITO OR MOSQUITO LARVAE.
UM, ALSO ATTENDED A RACE EQUITY AND LEADERSHIP MEETING THAT'S RACE OR REAL, EXCUSE ME, UM, WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
UH, AND THEN AS WE APPROACH THE LONG MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, BUT ALSO STAY SAFE.
UM, TRI VALLEY, UH, ASIAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION, AND I THINK IT GETS, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.
UM, I, EVERY YEAR I THINK IT GETS BETTER AND I JUST LIKED THE FORMAT.
I LIKED THE TALENT AND IT WAS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY BRINGS CULTURE TO OUR, OUR CITY, SO I ENJOYED THAT.
UM, AND, UH, I ALSO HAD A HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, COMMISSION MEETING, UH, UH, ON, ON THE 13TH AND, UH, VALLEY LINK BOARD MEETING.
AND, UH, WE'RE MOVING, MOVING WELL ON THAT.
WE, WE, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF BUDGET WORK AND UH, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE FUNDING HERE AND THERE.
SO, UM, POSITIVE FOCUS, LONG-TERM PROJECT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WANNA SAY THAT WE HAD THE D-D-U-S-D, UM, LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY, I'M SORRY, PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON, UM, A CROSSING GUARD FOR THE, UM, SHAMROCK HILLS.
UM, UH, LOOK AT THAT, HOW TO, UM, BRING THAT FORWARD.
UM, SO, UH, WITH HEAD NODS, I'LL ASK THE CITY STAFF TO PUT THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR US TO DELIBERATE ON THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANNA, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE ASIAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION.
UM, APOP DOES SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB ON THAT EVENT.
UM, I HAD A STOP WASTE MEETING.
UM, OUR TOPIC WAS REUSABLE FOOD WARE AND THE GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH STOP WASTE.
UM, THEY OFFER QUITE A, A BIT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE, UM, TRANSITIONING FROM DISPOSABLES TO REUSABLE FOOD WARE.
UM, UH, THAT CAME, UH, UNFORTUNATELY AFTER THE LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, BUT MAYBE A TOPIC FOR A FUTURE LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THEY HAVE GRANTS AVAILABLE UP TO $500 FOR, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, UM, CAN HELP TO COVER THE STARTUP COSTS OF TRANSITIONING FROM DISPOSABLES, UH, TO REUSABLE, UH, FOOD WARE WITHIN RESTAURANTS.
SO ANY OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, CAN CONTACT US AND WE CAN PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH, UM, STOP WASTE FOR THOSE GRANTS.
UM, I JUST ALSO WANNA ASK IF, UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO DO A, UM, FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AGAIN, UM, UH, IN AT OUR FIRST JUNE MEETING FOR THE PRIDE FLAG FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
IT WAS PART OF THE ANNUAL PROCLAMATION THAT YOU APPROVED IN, IN JANUARY.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, TIME ISSUE THOUGH BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING EARLY THAT DAY AT FIVE 30.
UM, THERE'S A FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FOUR 30.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING, I'M LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS RIGHT NOW, UH, ON THAT AGENDA, WHICH WAS THE INVESTMENT REPORT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY REVIEWED.
SO IF, IF YOU'RE AMENABLE, UM, WE COULD CANCEL THAT MEETING AND LOOK AT SCHEDULING A SPECIAL MEETING IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF ROUTINE BUSINESS THAT THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO, TO DEAL WITH.
AND THEN WE COULD DO THE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY BEFORE THE FIVE 30 EARLY TIME.
SO LIKE A FIVE O'CLOCK, UM, FIVE O'CLOCK ISH TUESDAY, YES.
IS THAT OKAY? I'M LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M SEEING, UM, GENERAL AGREEMENT.
I HOPE I'M READING THAT RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN I, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL.
THE, UM, WE HAVE THE LEPRECHAUNS, OUR VERY OWN LEPRECHAUNS HAVE THEIR, UH, OPENING GAME AT HOME ON SATURDAY.
AND I THINK A FEW OF US ARE, ARE THROWING OUT PITCHES.
UM, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S WARMING UP THEIR ARM THE WAY I AM SO THAT I
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DON'T HURT MYSELF.UM, AND THEN, UM, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT, UM, WE ARE OFFICIALLY INTO, UM, IT MIGHT NOT BE OFFICIALLY FIRE SEASON, BUT FIRE SEASON IS HERE.
AND SO WITH THE, UM, HIGH WINDS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND THE, UM, HEAT WAVE THAT WE HAVE, A LITTLE HEAT WAVE NOW, AND THEN HEAT'S COMING AGAIN, UM, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO CLEAR OUT ANY BRUSH THAT IS CLOSE TO YOUR HOUSE, UM, AND COULD, UH, CATCH FIRE.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WHEN WE, UM, ADJOURN TONIGHT, THAT WE ADJOURN IN, UM, MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.
SO, UM, THIS HAS BEEN BUSY WEEK,
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BUSY TWO WEEKS FOR ME.SO WE, WE HAVE A FULL DAY IN SACRAMENTO WITH ALL THE OTHER MAYORS IN TRA, TOTAL FIVE MAYORS.
UM, WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO TO MEET ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND THE LABOR DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK THERE SENATORS FOR ADVOCACY DAY FOR OUR POLICIES OF TRIBAL BODY.
AND THEN AS USUAL, WE DID MAYOR'S REPORT EVERY THUR, EVERY ANOTHER THURSDAY.
AND THERE'S, UH, THERE'S DSUD, THE DOUBLING UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LIAISON MEETING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, JOSE IS ALSO THERE AND CELEBRATION OF ASIAN, UM, MONTH, THE CELEBRATION, WHAT TO SAY, THE EVENT WHERE WE'RE ALL THERE.
AND WE HAVE, UH, I JUST REMEMBER THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
THERE'S, UH, A CTC FINANCE MEETING, A CTC, AND THEN ALSO VISITED THE ACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH, UM, IN PLEASANTON.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE THERE, BUT IT'S A SEPARATE MEETINGS AND ALSO FOR STEM.
OH, THAT'S, THAT'S SUCH A GOOD NEWS.
LIKE STANFORD HEALTHCARE ACTUALLY HAD GROUND GROUNDBREAKING, GROUNDBREAKING FOR THEIR, UM, FOR THEIR EXPANSIONS.
IT HAS BEEN OVER LIKE THREE DECADES.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BUILDING ANY NEW FACILITIES.
AND ALSO THAT WILL ADD A LOT OF, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES, JUST HEALTH SERVICES TO OUR TRIBAL RESIDENTS.
SO STANFORD HAS THAT, UH, GROUNDBREAKING AND I, I REMEMBER THE, THE DAY MIGHT BE AT LEAST TWO YEARS CONSTRUCTION, SO STILL THE TIME AHEAD.
ANOTHER THING IS WE, I HAD A AMI LAB MEETING, UM, LAST THURSDAY.
THERE'S, THERE'S MORE MEETINGS GOING ON.
OKAY, SO TOMORROW, OR NOT TOMORROW, FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE A, A NEW BUSINESS.
I THINK IT'S NOT REALLY BRAND NEW.
UM, THEY HAVE ANOTHER, UM, GROUND OPENING, GRAND OPENING AGAIN TO CELEBRATE THEIR OPENING I THINK PROBABLY EARLIER THIS, THIS YEAR.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I ACTUALLY HAVE THIS, I LIKE TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE THREE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING AT THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF SAN DIEGO.
AND IN REAL, REAL FORMATION OF LIN'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND TO A CHAMPION, UH, CHAMPIONING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR TODAY AT, UH, NINE 50.