City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay welcome everyone to the. Little bit after 5 o'clock special meeting of August 24th 2026 roll call please.

Lee. Here. Maza.

Here.

Wang. Here. Andrade Stadler.

Here.

Maloney.

Here. Next is our flag salute. Please stand, face the flag, and repeat after me.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible,

Next we have our land acknowledgement. We acknowledge the land in which we are gathered is the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Gabrielino Tongva peoples. We seek to prioritize respect for the historic culture and contemporary presence of the native peoples throughout California especially in the greater L.A. Alhambra area. We come with respect and gratitude for the Gabrielino Tongva people who still consider themselves the caretakers of this land. It's through their example that we are reminded of our greater responsibility to take care of Mother Earth and to take care of each other.

Next is a report from the city clerk.

Yes, this meeting was noticed. The special meeting was noticed in accordance with the section 54956 of the government code of the state of California.

Great. Thank you so much. We have two speaker cards, non-agendized items. I don't think we'll get there but remember these are three minutes apiece and then if you want to speak for longer we can do it at the end of the meeting. So first up is Brian Otis. Brian says the topic is USA and he is for it. So thank you.

Good evening members of the City Council, Mr. Mayor. As you know, this is the 250th anniversary of the United States. Many of you, some of you might also know that this is the 120th anniversary of the death of Susan B. Anthony. She is somebody you might remember as being on the dollar coin, but also she was a strong campaigner of the women's right to vote. This is many years ago. In 1873, she gave this speech, and I think I'd like to read just a couple of sentences to you, if I may, please. It says, friends and fellow citizens, I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted in the last presidential election without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work that this evening to prove to you that in this voting, I not only constituted no crime, but instead simply exercised my citizen's right guaranteed to me under the United States Constitution beyond the power of any state to deny. And then she goes on to say, with regard to this Constitution, it was we the people, not we the white males. And yet we, not we the male citizens, but we the whole people who formed the union, we formed it not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them. not for the half of ourselves, but for the whole of our posterity. And this goes on and on, but let me just say this. I was reading this speech, and it just really affected me quite deeply. To the extent that I can apologize on behalf of all male citizens, including myself, who have ever offended or harmed women in any way, I do so. To the extent that I can apologize on behalf of all people, my ancestors included, who enslaved black people and treated them horrendously. I do so. To the extent that I can apologize for all people who were Chinese people at the turn of the 20th century, were treated appallingly, and later Japanese citizens who were treated just the same way, I do apologize. You may look at this United States as being a glass half empty. You may even look at it as being entirely empty. And you wouldn't necessarily be entirely wrong. But let me just say one last thing. And that is that we are getting better at this. And I think that we can all agree that however bad things are, we can continue to improve. So let me just say thank you to the United States for your 250th birthday. anniversary. Thank you to Susan B. Anthony, and thank you to the five of you who've done such a wonderful job. Thank you.

Thank you, Brian.

Next is Shirley Tatsuno. Topic is Mayor Maloney. Be nice, Shirley, please.

And you're looking at me about the time limit. Good evening, Mayor Maloney and city council members. I was going to talk about an entirely different subject, but then I realized the importance of this day. And I just wanted to say thank you to Mayor Maloney. I mean, we had some tough meetings, right? I mean, very. tough and as I see the police getting closer and closer to you when it was really getting kind of rowdy, I think back. But the thing is that you kept your cool. demeanor through the whole thing. And although it took time sometimes to get the meeting started again, I just appreciate that keeping your cool. I mean, we were able to go through it, even though sometimes the meetings were really long. And I just want to say thank you. Thank you to you and to all the city council members. And I just want to talk about that ICE situation just a little bit. You know, I had a big project. at my apartment. It's the walkway, which we are, by law, we have to, remodel if we have a problem, which I did. So I look back at that and how I was just so nervous when these guys were coming to do my job. Just some background though, the estimate originally for that walkway was like 70, $75,000. And I said, that is a bunch of baloney because I know my walkway is pretty good, just a couple areas. So after all the work that I went to finding someone, getting the estimates, going on Yelp, trying to find the best people, and then this whole thing with ICE, I was so nervous through the whole project. I said, they better not come on my property. After all the work I went through, and these guys were doing a very good job, and it took They really did a nice job. And actually, I had someone else I referred to on another type of job recently. And I was a little nervous for them, too. But thankfully, that also came out very nicely, very beautiful. And that was a good price. So I'm just thankful that we didn't have that ice problem, which I had been worried about. But again, I want to thank you again, Jeff, for your service.

I would have given you more time to do to say nice things that is our public comment for this portion unless anyone else wants to chime in quickly we have a little bit of time if not we're gonna move to the consent agenda this is items 1 through 16 5 minutes per speaker if you want to speak on two or more items you can have 10 minutes don't have to have 10 minutes Any comments? We do have one speaker card. I'm sorry, item number four, Dan O'Neill.

Hi, I'm Dan O'Neill. I live in District 5, and I don't have a complaint. I want to say that I like the present street lights that I see in the neighborhood. They have that sort of warm, Thomas Kinkade look. I've lived there several years. A couple of people have even complimented me on the look of those streetlights. And I've seen some of the other neighborhoods where they have those bright white ones, and it just doesn't achieve the same level of aesthetic. So I think this is one quality of life issue that we got right, and I'd just like to see it stay that way. Thank you.

Thank you. That's the only card I have for any of these items. Does council want to pull any of these?

I'd like to pull number four just for a comment.

OK. Number four, anyone else?

Hearing none, I'll accept a motion on the remaining items other than number four.

move to approve just one point of clarification there was a substitute exhibit that you have that just there was one block that was missing on the midwick track parking permit district weekend map and that's been corrected it's it's described correctly I believe in the staff report but the map is was incorrect so this is a substitute

You need a separate motion?

No, no, just if you're approving the consent with the corrected map.

With the changes.

We are.

Sorry, do I misunderstand? This is the Midwick tract? It's labeled Midwick tract.

That's correct. It's Alhambra Hills, Midwick track parking permit district. So it's the same area for weekdays. And then that smaller map is a correction for the weekend. There were three survey responses that were missing on Westmont.

What do you call that area south of the 10 next to Monterey Park, behind the hotel?

I don't know. I thought that was Midwick.

OK. I'm learning. It's only been 10 years. OK, with that substitute exhibit, is that OK with the motion maker?

Yes, absolutely.

So we had a motion and we had a second, too? We're waiting.

I'll second.

OK, motion and a second. Roll call, please.

Lee? Yes. Maza? Yes. Wang? Yes. Andrade-Stadler? Yes. Maloney?

Yes.

OK.

so we've got gone through those items and we are I'm sorry was number four pulled yes before is pulled councilmember Wang Thank You mayor I just want to say thank you to my colleagues and thank you to staff for including the residential area for the pilot project to to implement solar lights to include the two large residential areas as part of the pilot program so that it gets expedited. I think that's very important for our infrastructure and for our public safety for those residential neighborhoods. So thank you for that. And I also would like to ask that I'm hearing from the community that the color of the light is something that people would want to have the option to choose from. So as we move forward, if we get to that point to look at the color of the light, if we can have that opportunity to have some community input on that, that would be great.

So we're moving to LEDs, right?

That's correct.

And we can sort of pick the color temperature. The light temperature.

Dennis is shaking his head, yes. But notoriously, LED is a crisper, cleaner, whiter light, which we've heard overwhelmingly from lots of the residential communities would make them feel safer when they're walking in the evenings or even just out when they park on the street late at night. And we would try to have it be standardized across all of the neighborhoods.

I would say that's good. I mean, there's a spectrum. of color temperature. There's like the super bright white, which I think are, personally, very distracting and kind of really grating. And then there's sort of like the warmer temperature in the middle. I think that might be what our speaker was talking about. And I think people do like that a little better and softer.

But it still provides plenty of light.

OK?

That's it, Mayor.

OK. You want to make a motion on that?

Move to approve number four.

I will second.

OK, motion and second.

Lee? Yes. Mazza?

Yes.

Wang? Yes. Andrade-Stadler? Yes. Maloney?

Yes.

Motion passes.

OK, so that's it for that. Any council communications for this portion of the meeting?

Nice and easy. I don't think we have any additional speaker cards, correct?

OK. Nobody on Zoom.

All right. So we'll go ahead and I'm going to use my gavel. Take it away from me in a little bit. We'll go ahead and adjourn this portion and then return at 6.

Good afternoon, evening, everyone. I had to cut the conversation short. I'm glad to hear all the laughing and good times in the chambers. We do have a little business to take care of tonight, but first we're going to start with a roll call.

Lee? Here. Malza? Here. Maloney?

Here.

Andrade Stadler? Here. Wang? Here.

Next, we have our flag salute. Please stand and face the flag.

We're doing color guard.

We will all salute the flag. We're going to do it. But we actually have our Hamburg Police Department with the honor guard. So we're going to skip this one and do a fancier one in a minute. So we do have one business item, actually I'm sorry, we have public speaking, public comment portion of the meeting. I have one card, if anyone else wants to turn one in, you can speak for three minutes at this portion. We have Mary Hosokawa.

Honorable council members and esteemed mayor, for a couple of meetings I've been coming to you and asking for a reconfiguration of our city's businesses, city's retail and restaurant businesses, in particular bringing in my lovely Trader Joe's to Alhambra. But tonight I want to take a break from my petitions and I just want to thank you. In a democracy, we elect federal, state, and local leaders. Those leaders, in turn, through various means, learn what the people want and need and move levers of government to improve the lives of their constituents. One of the ways of hearing from the community is through city council meetings, where we come before you and ask you to make things better in our community. This is what democracy looks like at a local level. Anyone who ever took a high school civics class, and I don't know if they still do those, would value this right. And it annoys me and saddens me to no end that people use this forum to showcase their bathroom fixtures and make inane comments. But we are still a democracy, and we all get a voice, even when it's odd. So thank you for respecting all who stand before you, because you respect our precious democracy. Thank you.

Thank you, Mary. Any other comments at this portion of the meeting? Anyone online? OK. If not, we'll move on to the consent agenda. We only have one item on here. It's the second reading to adopt ordinance as listed here. This is zoning and municipal code amendment and zoning map amendment. Everyone OK with it? Any comments? I think it's second reading, so we've already done it.

I'll move to approve.

A second.

Okay. Motion and second. Roll call, please.

Lee? Yes. Mazza? Yes. Maloney?

Yes.

Andrade-Stadler? Yes. Wang? Yes. Motion passes.

Okay, that passes. So the only thing left tonight is, I think, what most people are here for. It's the ceremonial reorganization of the Alhambra City Council. So in accordance with our city charter section 29, it's time for the rotation of the mayor, vice mayor, and councilpersons of various departments. Each council person will serve in the following offices as listed on the agenda. And there we go. So we're going to move on to the reorganization ceremony itself. And as I promised, the first thing we will do is have the presentation of the colors by the Alhambra Police Department Honor Guard. Please stand.

Please join me in the flag salute.

Ready, begin.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You be seated please.

So keeping in longstanding tradition of my own I put together some remarks about 20 minutes ago and I just wanted to start off by saying thank you to all the folks who have helped Me personally over this last nine months we have a pretty quick term as mayor here in Alhambra. We we serve as mayor for nine months each and then we rotate again. So it's only been nine months. It felt at times like two or three years. But it was very rewarding this year. I really enjoyed this last nine months and it sort of brings into much clearer focus the fact that I'm only going to be on this council for another two two and a third year or so. and I hear a clock ticking to get all the stuff that I wanted to do to get it done as quickly as possible. So we're working on that. But I do want to say thank you first to my family, a smaller version of the rambling family that comes in sometimes here tonight. My wife, Akiko, my daughter, Mayumi, and my son, Koji. They're in the front row here. They're the ones that, well, yeah, thanks. They deserve a round of applause. They're the ones that either welcome or suffer through my absences from home, coming to these meetings, staying late at night. And I appreciate you guys for putting up with all the back and forth and all the changing schedule. And thank you for your sacrifices on this stuff. I want to say, next, thank you to my fellow council members. been very enjoyable serving with you all I think we have a really good team I think we've been guiding this city in the right direction for some time now and I don't think that just happens I think that shows commitment from each one of us that we put the city and interest of our residents in front of our own because a lot of cities you don't see that and I won't name names wonderful cities around here but I won't name names but a lot of times when people are in elected office they don't put the interest of their community and their residents first and I know that each one of us does we don't always have the same idea of what our citizens want or deserve but you know what we figure it out we work it out and we move forward and we do it without without too much drama And I think that really is important and it's important because in order to carry out good policies and implement good projects you need good staff in the city. And we have a fantastic staff led by our city manager and all of her. all of her department heads the stability on our staff I think over my last decade serving in this position I think that is maybe the single most important dynamic in city government is making sure that you have stability you have consistency you don't have rancor and fighting up here at the council level and that translates to staff a stable staff is able to do more of the crazy things the council wants them to do because they have more capacity to do that. There's a lot of what happens in a city that that residents and many people don't see. They don't see all of the hard work that goes into the day to day filling potholes programming recreation programs at the parks making the library work and function. where my kids just came from they were there for an hour before this meeting um police fire all the different departments in the city most of what they do is unseen it's behind the scenes so what you see up here is just a small sliver of what the city does we couldn't do any of it without each other and whether without a great staff so i want to thank everyone for that i also want to thank the public we have members of the public that are really committed to this community and come here almost every meeting and offer their thoughts they offer their constructive criticisms. Some folks offer not so constructive criticisms but people come they engage and they want to make sure that their community is improving like we do. So I appreciate everyone who takes time out of their schedule who doesn't make the big bucks like the council members do to be here every every Monday night. And your input and your your advice really helps guide guide our community. So I do want to go through a couple of things a few things that we have done over the last several months roughly nine months but you know it kind of blends into one. Top of my list is that we finally adopted the first ever comprehensive sustainability plan in Alhambra. This is something I wanted to do before I ran for office make sure we got a sustainability plan. in place and we did that we formally adopted it two months ago a month and a half ago and we're moving to the implementation phase so that we can make sure this isn't just a plan that sits on a shelf somewhere that it actually is a document that helps guide us into the future because when I look around I look at my kids and I think about the community the world the environment that we're going to leave for them. It's extremely important that we do this work here. Alhambra is not going to solve the problem on its own, all the issues of sustainability. But on the other hand, we're a city of over 80,000 people and the second biggest metropolitan area in the country. We can have an impact, and we will have an impact. So thanks to everyone for that. We were able to invest. about 19 million over 19 million dollars in bicycle pedestrian and greenway projects throughout the city including 14 million to implement the very first set of pedestrian improvements throughout the city that will help solve the issue of cars bikes and pedestrians having we'll call them unfortunate collisions and this is a this is a fact of life in our communities we're so car centric that we can't allow this to happen in our communities we have to protect the folks who aren't driving as much as we think about the interests of the people who are driving. I'm looking forward to continuing to implement that four million dollars for bike bike path planning and I look forward to that coming to fruition in the near future. Have you heard about the Alhambra Community Center down on Shorb. This is over twenty five million dollar project. We got twenty five million dollars from the state several years ago and it's being built. We're going to we're looking at next year. next summer or so to be completed. If you have a chance to drive by, go get a banh mi sandwich at Banh Mi Che Khao Lee, the place right there, and just go walk around the project. It's beautiful. It's coming together so nicely. Some of the elements from the old building that we were able to restore are going to match up with the elements of the new building. It's going to be a fantastic project and a real asset to our community. We're in the middle of some really intense planning for the use of over $240 million stemming from Measure R that would have gone to the completion of the 710 freeway, which, if you haven't heard, is not happening. So we are working with Caltrans, our regional partners, a consultant, members of the community to try to figure out the best use of those funds. This is probably the most important project that any of us are going to work on in our time here on council. It's still some time off, but the work we're doing now is going to set the foundation for the future. We've adopted citywide design guidelines for new development throughout the city. We adopted our first ever economic development action plan. We've launched a revised community transit routes. We're going to we're improving the buses for people in the community. We have we went through I think one of my most difficult personally difficult times maybe one of the most difficult times this council has faced in some time with pretty significant protests and members of the community coming out during controversies over federal immigration actions over the last several months. It was tough. There were a lot of people here, a lot of people that were very frustrated, and we were... a venue for them to take out their frustrations. And it was difficult to sit through that. But we knew that it was important to let the community say their piece to work with the community. And I'm really proud of this council and the staff in our community because we work together. Vice Mayor and I sat the vice mayor for just a few more minutes. I will stop talking. She and I were on a subcommittee and we worked with the community to come up with a resolution to implement new policies for the city and to respond directly to the to the concerns we heard from the city and it passed and it passed with the support of my colleagues here and it was really important. And I think as challenging as it was it was one of the more rewarding experiences because of the way we resolved it. So thanks everyone for that. We had a vote to prohibit data centers. We implemented new smoke free protections for multi-unit housing. We launched, with the help of a grant from our assembly member, Mike Fong, Wi-Fi at all of our major parks in the city. We formalized a sister city relationship with the city of Kirishima in Japan. We have our first ever traffic calming safe streets plan. And we install our first ever speed bumps in the city. It's a long history in this city. And it's our first ever speed bumps. And I like to think back, we had a, we spent New Year's Day cold and wet, riding on a float that won the Bob Hope Humor Award in the Rose Parade this last year. It's a real fun experience. My feet, I think, are still thawing out. But when you're out there on New Year's Day and you see the smiles on the faces of people lined up along Colorado Boulevard, it makes it worth it. So that was a nice treat. We look forward to many more years of winning those awards right Mike and team. We are a really desirable community. People like to live here they like to come here to shop to work. And we shouldn't take that for granted. So that's why I want to take a few moments to think about our accomplishments. There's a lot of work to do. I'm going to leave that to the next mayor. But I do want to stop and appreciate the fact that there's so many opportunities for us here. We have great restaurants. We have galleries, interesting retail options, music. We have movies. So much. We need to take a step sometimes and just look around and appreciate what we've built as a community and what our predecessors have helped us build. There's a lot to do. But the best way to deal with an uncertain future is to build a strong foundation in the present. I think we've done that. I really look forward to the next few years on council and many more years of being a resident here making sure that our community continues to thrive. So again I'll say that we have work to do. But this council this staff this community has really created the foundation for a bright future. And I appreciate everyone for putting the interest of the city and the community in front of their own time and time again I think it makes all the difference in the world so thank you and I know it'll continue under our new mayor and vice mayor so thank you all for your support and thank you for these last nine months it was very fun what happens now Presentation of certificates. We have representatives. We actually, what's our protocol? We start with the elected officials, yeah? Okay, so we have mayor and council member, yeah. Mayor and council member from our neighboring city of Monterey Park, our good friends, Henry Lowe and Elizabeth Yang.

One up.

You weren't in the Monterey Park section.

Well, Mayor Maloney, I just want to say congratulations, a job well done, for serving now your second time as mayor for this great city of Alhambra, and also as a Our friendship goes back now 26 years, and so just to see you serve your community, like your colleagues, is a wonderful thing. And I think what's so important and special about our relationship between Monterey Park and Alhambra is that, for example, you mentioned Measure R funding. We also have Measure R funding, and the projects that we adopt will have an impact on your project because it's It's a community, and issues know no boundaries. And we share demographics. We have major boulevards like Alhambra and Garford that go up north and south to our cities. And so it's always been a partnership. And we have just been so grateful between your colleagues, your staff, that we've worked together for the betterment of our constituents. And just so happy to be able to celebrate the conclusion of your term. And I will pass it on now to my colleagues to also share their words as well.

Also wanted to share in the celebration of your mayorship, Mayor Maloney. I actually spend quite a bit of time in Alhambra, even though I represent the city of Monterey Park because I just teach across the street, and you know that. But wanted to specifically, every time I talk to my students about you in particular, is your emphasis on environmental sustainability, just the environment. So I really appreciate the words you said earlier about the importance of leaving a world behind or community behind that is environmentally sustainable for our future kids. So I really appreciate your work on that. I always admire the work that you do with that. So thank you so much for not just doing that, but also for being a great neighbor to us here in Monterey Park. And we look forward to our new mayor coming in as well. So thank you so much. Thank you all.

Well, I wanted to echo my colleagues' words of congratulations. Mayor Maloney, our mayorships actually overlapped in the last year, and we attended a lot of the same events and community functions together. I just wanted to say what an amazing job you did for Alhambra. Like my colleague said, our cities are neighbors, and a lot of our... you know, actions are parallel. We both banned the data center and now we're dealing with the flock issues. So a lot of the public commenters from our city also speak at your city. So we know, you know, all the long meetings that you have. So congratulations on a great term. And now you have more times for your chickens.

And with that, we would like to present this certificate signed by all five council members in recognition of your term as mayor for City of Monterey Parks.

I will say that is this on one of the things that that sometimes people don't see from the outside is how much cities like ours work together right and in a regional in a regional sense and even just one-to-one and of all the cities around Monterey Park you know no offense to anyone else but there's some of the closest friends of ours and we share so many of the same issues And I bounce ideas off you guys all the time, and it's great to work with you all. So thank you. So next, I think we have Gigi from Congresswoman Judy Chu's office.

Hi, good morning. Oh, good evening, sorry. Good evening, yeah. Good evening, city council, and good evening, Mayor Maloney. So my name is Gigi Lee, so I'm field rep for Councilman Judy Chu. So it's my pleasure to be here today as we recognize and celebrate the outgoing Mayor Jeff Maloney and his service to the city of Alhambra. Mayor, you have done so much for Alhambra during your time in the city council and mayor for a really long time. So together with your federal council members, you helped build data center in Alhambra, and you adopted the first sustainability plan that you just mentioned. You helped adjust infrastructure needs, including repairing broken sidewalks and making improvements throughout our community. So I've been grateful for the opportunity to attend several events in Alhambra, including the ribbon cutting ceremony in Honduras and coconut and coal with Jeff. Yeah, great time together. And so wonderful to see the business of both and the cities have so growing and then wonderful to see like the city achievement today. And I really think that special about Maloney is The establishment of the official sister-sister relationship with Kishima Japan, that impressed me a lot because he just doing it a lot, a lot, again, again, every year. And the mayor from Japan came, and then, yeah, we also have... Chamber people went there to have a visit, and yeah, that's a lot. The partnership will create opportunities for cultural exchange and collaboration, strengthening the friendship and relationship between the United States and Japan. So on our congressman's behalf, I want to thank you for your leadership and your dedication to making Alhambra a better place. So I would like to congratulate you, to give you a certificate of congressional recognition, to thank you for your service over the past year and over the years in the city council. Congratulations.

I want to say that, I guess I'm going to keep doing this, I should have mentioned the sustainability plan would not have happened without the congresswoman. She was the one who put that funding request into the federal government, and she funded the entire project. So she deserves a lot of credit for that. So thank you for that.

Thank you.

Next, we have Amber from Senator Sasha Renee, is it Sasha Renee Perez? I'm just kidding.

Thank you.

Good evening, everyone. Honorable Mayor, Vice Mayor Andrade Sadler, and council members. My name is Amber Jane from the office of State Senator Sasha Renee Perez, and it's an incredible honor to be here tonight. I want to start off by saying thank you for everything you've said the past nine months. Since being elected to city council in 2016, your focus on sustainability, the environment, housing, and economic development never wavered. You've prioritized long-term planning strategies that would benefit the city's residents and businesses, such as expanding housing opportunities and enhancing the quality of life for our residents. And while most of these issues aren't always on my mind like they are yours, that's how we know we deeply care about this city. Sorry, I'm going to throw in some... Jokes, close jokes here. You also advocated for park expansion, open street events, and the Alhambra Community Center, which is now in construction, thanks to your role and commitment to this project. Maybe you can even promote or propose country music nights and play Willie Nelson. I don't know how that works, but I know you can do something like that. Now towards the beginning of this term you face several challenges, but still manage to lead with courage and dignity Giving the residents of Alhambra your time and patience like any leader would you've always been committed to public service And it is reflected in your empathy and your practical contributions to the city of Alhambra I'm excited to see what the rest of your time on City Council looks like because we know that there's still a lot on your plate as You work hard to serve the people whether in City Hall or on the road again Yeah, thank you Thank you so much for your incredible term as the mayor of Alhambra. And on behalf of the California State Senate and Senator Sachiné-Pérez, I'd like to present you with another certificate to add to your pile.

Thank you, Amber. And we love Sacha, our state senator, obviously. And she played a big part in all the things that we're doing now. So thank you. And good choice on that. I think last but definitely not least, we have Jason from Assemblymember Mike Fong's office.

Good evening, Council, Mayor. My name is Jason Hu. I'm a field rep from the Office of Assembly Member Mike Fong. To our outgoing Mayor, Jeff Maloney, big congratulations. It's been an absolute pleasure working with you for the past nine months. Your advocacy for environmental sustainability and our immigrant community has definitely made a big impact in our community, and we banned data centers. Me personally, I want to thank you for leading a city and keep building relationships. You know, recently we hosted a delegation from Kanishima, Japan. I also have sister, we're also sister city with Granada, Spain. You know, those kinds of relationships are the true emblem of a diverse community and we cannot be prouder and more grateful for everything you've done for our city. So thank you and congratulations. On behalf of assembly member Mike Fama, I also want to present a certificate of recognition to add to your pile. Thank you for everything you've done for our city.

Jason your your boss Mike has done so much for our community all the communities around here so we really appreciate him that community center would not have happened either without his support in the legislature

OK. Now.

We are moving to the administration of oaths of office by the city clerk to the incoming vice mayor Ross Mazza and the incoming mayor and Andrade Stadler. Oh I'm sorry the administration of Adele's oath will be by Robert Lawrence Andrade.

So city clerk Ross and then.

I'll have you place your right hand up, and then you can repeat after me. I solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States. the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution the state of California and the Constitution of the state of California that I take this obligation freely that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion and that I will that I will well and faithfully well and faithfully discharge the duties discharge the duties upon which I am about on which I'm about to

can we have Mr. Andrade come on up thank you I would be remiss if I didn't take this opportunity to first of all let you know that Adele Andrade Stadler as you well know is a brilliant office holder And all of us in the Andrade family are very proud for her continued work, not only for Alhambra, but for the immigrant community as well. So now we take an oath of the office very seriously. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I do solemnly swear

That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California.

That I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation.

or purpose of evasion, and that I will, well and faithfully, discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter. Thank you.

First of all, thank you all for being here today I am honored by your presence and so grateful for this incredible privilege of serving as your next mayor of Alhambra to my husband Joe and my daughter Ramona my sister Viviana and my brother Roberto my sister in La Maria and my goddaughter the veterinarian Catherine All of those that could be here today as well. Thank you for being with me every step of the way. Mayor Maloney, thank you for all that you have done for our city. You are a role model and an inspiration. You lifted up the voices of so many and took our city to new heights. Of all your accomplishments, perhaps the most significant for me was your response to ICE in our city, creating the subcommittee to come up with stronger, more committed resolution and a commitment to our immigrant community. Let us welcome those who come searching for a new life and a new opportunity. Let us reach out to those who find themselves on the outside. I want to thank all the elected officials here today, both current and former. We are all part of a representative democracy that makes this country great. Thank you all for being here. Thank you to my family and friends. Your unwavering support and advice is immeasurable. Thank you for helping me deliver for our families. I'm here today to be mayor for all Alhambra. We are neighbors. We walk the same sidewalks, shop at the same stores, utilize the library, and our children go to our schools. We dream of a vibrant city, even if we prefer different plans or pathways. We must listen to each other. I've heard from neighborhood leaders who have asked me to address the challenges facing their neighborhoods, from traffic calming to public safety and affordability, clean streets, thoughtful development infrastructure, and other quality of life issues. As a council member I take pride in assisting my constituents. As mayor I will continue to do what I do but also lead with a vision that will help not only today but our future. We must continue to envision a sustainable community whose people and our planet are healthy and protected from the worst effects of climate change. Our small business owners want to see more opportunities for entrepreneurship. We must continue to invest in our small businesses and find grants to help them when the economy changes. I've heard from our college-bound young people yearning to carve out their own place in our city, but need to be able to afford to live here as our city evolves and grows. We must continue with our commitment affordable housing we have a wave of evictions and we must direct what is needed we need to resolve this the city's workforce also should be able to live in the city that they work I've heard from lifelong residents who need stronger communication from us they need to know how many resources our city our County and our state provide to make their lives easier Our artists want art walks in our alleys and to take the arts out to the community. They need more opportunities to enhance their creative spirit. My vision for Alhambra is a city that puts its people first. We must empower our community, one in which all people, regardless of income, have clear pathways to inform and influence our decision-making. We must continue to work in partnership with our state and our federal offices because they help us fund our projects. We must double down on our commitment to diversity, inclusion, equal rights, and supporting those in need. We must be wise and prudent servants of our public dollars. And there is a contrast in our successes and what we have yet to do. Some people in our community are still waiting for their turn. The journey ahead will not always be easy or quick. It will take a lot of us working together as neighbors. But thank you for giving me this opportunity to lead Alhambra as we embark on our next leg of the journey. Thank you. And we will now hear from our vice mayor, Ross Maza.

Thank you, Mayor, and congratulations. I'm going to keep my comments brief tonight, as tonight is really about our past mayor and our newly sworn in mayor. But I want to start by taking a moment to thank Mayor Maloney for all of his work. I think all of the words that have been spoken about him tonight can't be any more true. I think he's represented our city extremely well. Proud of all the work that you've done. We appreciate just how you've led us through many difficult issues and positive, obviously, items that we've worked towards, some which we've already accomplished and some which we have yet to accomplish. But we're working through them and towards them. I want to thank his family as well for, obviously, lending them to the city and to the community. It's a lot of work. I mean, just last week, we were in a meeting. I think he was here for a good six hours. So, you know, that's his full-time job, I see. So, you know, thank his family for that. And congratulations, you know, for your passion, Mayor Maloney, for serving the community. You know, we thank you. It's just a pleasure working together. And unfortunately, we've only got a couple of years, which is, you know, amazing just to think that I've been up here for just about eight years I remember when Mayor Maloney talked about running and it's almost there it's almost 12 years you know time flies I want to take a moment to congratulate our newly sworn in mayor Adele Andrade-Stadler as well also a pleasure working with you you know you also are a tremendous representative of the community I mean you know all of all the things that you work towards a lot of which are never seen by the community even city staff you know you work behind the scenes and so many things you know food banks for those in need you work with the Alhambra Unified School Board towards you know representing those that have those needs as well the immigrant well so so many things you know we've got a nine months ahead that we're looking forward to working with you together uh through your leadership uh we appreciate your past two terms and we're looking forward to your next term so uh and uh you know with that you know a lot of our achievements of course are in collaboration with city staff you know every single department and i mean every single department and every person in each department does so much towards helping us achieve uh what we you know our wish list really our strategic plan which is huge and so much of that has been checked off in the last few years I mean it started as a huge list and little by little you know things have been checked off a lot of it mentioned by Mayor Maloney just a second ago But the city manager's office as well, thank you for all the work. Every director that is here tonight, every single person in your department, our city attorney, thank you as well. Our fire department, our police department. And all I can say is as far as the departments and all the work that you do, that we are here to support all of the work. We appreciate it. And of course, we want to give you all of the tools necessary to making sure that you accomplish what you need and what we're looking for along with the community. As far as as far as myself I want to thank the Alhambra community for the privilege the opportunity and the support. I always say we only become better servants to the community when we are receptive when we listen and I appreciate the feedback. Remember stopping by Ms. Hosokawa's home just a few weeks ago. Thank you for the support. You know one of the things that I heard from Ms. Hosokawa and other community members is As far as this council I'm proud to say that you know many people have mentioned how receptive this council has been you know in comparison to maybe other councils and so you know all of that happens along with city staff and with their support. and of course with just the feedback from the community. So I pledge to and just you know will remain dedicated to just continuing to serve being available being transparent and receptive to the community but just thankful for the opportunity and you know can't wait for the next nine months and really the next four years. Thank you all.

We are adjourned. Oh, I'm sorry. I get certificates.

That's for me after it's done. OK. I'm so sorry. Can we get you all up there? And maybe we can do one big shot with all the certificates.

Yeah, yeah. Okay.

OK, starting with Jose Sanchez.

Oh, OK. All right. Federal first? Federal is always first. I don't know why. Sorry.

OK. Oh, yes.

We'll get it. We'll get it. Thank you.

Congratulations. Thank you, Mayor. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Thanks for being here.

We'll get him in. Thank you. Thank you all for being here. Yeah, thank you.

really apologize I thought we were gonna wait until I did something but I guess I have but with that we need we don't need a motion to adjourn we just adjourn okay and we'll see you all downstairs for some refreshments thank you very much

Thank you. So, you