City Council - Regular Meeting

Today is Monday, January 26, and the time now is uh 77. Before I start, I'd like to advise there are few ways that public can participate this evening. One is by submitting comments to the city clerk by emailing the city clerk at dailycity.org and including public comment in the subject line. All comments received by 4 p.m. on meeting day will be provided to the city council prior to the meeting. And this works because I read a lot of comments uh today. So I did get them and I'm sure my colleagues did as well. The other uh the other way is uh during the meeting you may visit dailycity.org agendas to submit comments using the public comment form to address the city council on a specific item. And those are the green cards that you'll be able to obtain at the back of the um council on the desk in the back. Green cards. And to speak at the meeting, please provide a speaker card located at the entrance. And persons with disabilities who require auxiliary aid or services in attending or participating in this meeting should call the office of the city clerk as soon as possible. If you all kindly please stand for the pledge to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you very much. [snorts] Uh, madame city clerk, may I have roll call, please? Miss D. Giovani, present. Dr. Rod, present. Miss Piranho present. Miss Manalo present. Mr. Sylvester. Glenn Sylvester present. Uh I I'd like to uh d make sure I get this done first and that's the uh Pam I didn't forget you. Uh I want to call to order and uh give the Daily City land acknowledgement and then Pam I'll get to you. Okay. [snorts]

The city of daily city acknowledges that we are ancestral lands of the Ramatouch Aloney peoples. We recognize their enduring connection to this region and honor their history, culture and contributions as the indigenous protectors of this land. We affirm their sovereign rights as the original inhabitants of this land and pay respects to the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatu Aloney peoples. Thank you very much. So, what I would like to do at this time, I'd like to turn it over to council member Djiovani. She would like to uh make a statement. She did contact me earlier. So,

thank you through the mayor. I just want to make a really short statement. Um this is my first night back after having surgery. So, if you see me um the since the first night, I'll have to probably have to see how the night goes. I may have to leave a little early, but look forward to uh getting back on my feet and serving um the the community. But since this is the first night, my my uh under doctor's uh authority, I would say that uh I have to keep and I might have to keep moving. So, if you see me stand up for a minute, I don't want to be disrespectful to anyone here or to my colleagues to let them know what's going on and the city clerk and the community. So, if you see me, it's not disrespectful. It's because of um getting over the surgery. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Council Member Djiovani. Uh before we move on, does uh any other council members? I I'll turn the floor over to them for any quick announcements. Might as well. Welcome back, Pam. Thank you. All right. So, hearing none and seeing none, I'll move further down the agenda, I'm looking to obtain uh an approval of the special meeting of January 6, 2026. Motion to approve the minutes for the special meeting of January 6, 2026. Second. Okay, we have a first by Council Member Manalo, a second by Vice Mayor Pano. Any further discussion?

I was absent. So, okay. So, with that being said, uh we'll uh do a roll I mean a voice vote. All those in favor say I. I. With the exception of council member uh Diovani and you said you were absent. Correct. Got it. So, with that being said, it passed. Thank you very much. Next item on the agenda is the approval of the agenda for tonight, January 26, 2026. So move sec. Uh motion by second member Bual. Is there a second? Oh yeah. Second by council member DJani. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I.

I. I. Okay. Approval of agenda has been approved. At this time, uh, we have an item, uh, staff communication and, uh, I'll turn that over to our city manager, Mr. Picotti.

Yes. Thank you through the chair, Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council. Um, just wanted to give an update. As council may know, the city has received a multitude of complaints regarding the area just north of Thornton Beach and south of the Ocean View Stables. Um, a fence was erected without known permits and structures placed on the property. Code enforcement was notified. And in addition, uh we've all myself and other departments are in receipt of several complaints regarding this matter and council as well has received complaints. Uh we're here to give acting director of economic devel community development Michael Van Lock Houston and the code enforcement officer Anna Santiago an opportunity to update the council um on the recent efforts that the city is undertaking to address the situation. So, at this point, I'd like to give them invite them up to give them an to give the council an update if council wishes.

Yes, Bill. Thank you very much. Right now. Right now. Yeah. [laughter] Okay. Uh thank you, Mr. Picoli. Uh Mr. Lungousen and uh thank you for being here. Before we do this, uh I'd like to uh allow Council Member Manalo for a quick comment.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I appreciate it. Um, [snorts] I just want to acknowledge those that are in the audience today regarding Thoran Beach Access. Um, when I heard what was happening, I did stop by um, right before sunset to see the fencing. Um, it was quite appalling to see that it's barricaded. Like many of you, we grew up here in Daily City or have moved to Daily City and it is a point of respit for each and every one of us. Um today I'm really thankful that staff has really been on the ball to give you all an update regarding this. Um I also signed a petition um to be sent to Governor Nuome um in this regard. I think that um we all know how special it is for us to have um it's actually a beautiful hidden gem if you don't know Than Beach, but when you don't have access to it to the public, it's definitely not what we want here in our community. And so I wanted to say that um I I I had to see it for myself. Um and it's really atrocious that um those trails that have been there for many years um now we cannot access it. Um and so with that, I'm thankful to staff. I think um along uh with each and every one of us, hearing from each and every one of you, this is something that um spurred upon us. But I know that as we care for the environment, as we look at at place as a respit, we're all working together as the city of Daily City to address this. And I'm thankful that the staff is here. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for allowing me u for this comment. Uh, thank you very much, Council Member Manalo, for your due diligence and actually going out there. I found out today it was too late for me to get out there, but thank [laughter] you. Your

word is gold to me. So, thank you for that comment. Okay. Uh, Salon Housen and team, please.

Good evening, mayor and members [clears throat] of the city council. My name is Anna Santiago and I am the code enforcement officer for the city of Daily City. The city is aware of a fence surrounding a property on Olympic Way near Ocean View Stables and of the complaints that fencing has been restricted access to an area historically used by the public and equestrians to reach the beach and coastal trails. We acknowledge that the community has expressed significant concern and that we understand how important this area is to many Daily City residents, me included. A code enforcement case has been open and I am actively working on this matter to support from support with my legal team and planning teams in coordination with the California Coastal Commission. We are taking this issue seriously and following the necessary legal process to resolve it. The following complaints we received, our office conducted an initial review and issued a formal notice of violation to the property owner. The notice addresses possible violations, including construction of a fence without a required permit, possible encroachment into public land and or city right away, obstruction of a public or equestrian trail used by the community for decades, development activity within a coastal resource protection zone without a coastal development permit. The f the fence may inter interfere with historic access that could raise to the level of a prescriptive public easement or implied public dedication which the city is actively investigating. To move forward, we've requested the property owner to provide documents including permits, site plans, and a survey data.

A coordination site inspection and boundary review will be conducted by multi- agency city team that includes code enforcement, public works, engineering, fire department, city attorney staff, and coastal commission. The property owner was given 10 days to comply and that period is still active. Our goal is to verify all facts through inspection before any further action is taken. I would also at this time like to provide a public safety report from the police department. In addition to the zoning and coastal concerns, the city has received reports of posted signage near the fence that some residents have described as intimidating or hostile. I also want to note that the individual connected to the site was following an alleged threat to a member of the public. While no criminal charges have been filed at this time, we are monitoring the situation closely and will take further action if any public nuisance or safety violations are identified. We are proceeding under the authority of the daily city municipal code, California building and civil codes and the California coastal acts. The rules protect the safe legal use of land, public access and community space and peace. [gasps] Lastly, the city is actively responding to this issue and is working within the law to resolve it. We understand the strong community interests and are committed to ensuring a fair and respectful outcome that protects both public access rights and legal land use requirements. We will continue to provide updates as we complete the inspections and gather more information as needed to determine the next steps to evate any violations. And I thank you for your time.

Thank you, Miss Santiago, Mr. the lunk housing. Did you need to add on to that or she said it all? I think she covered it. Very good. [laughter] All right. Thank you so much. Uh, is there any additional comments from my colleagues for staff regarding this? Vice Mayor, I would just like to take the time to thank the staff for working on this project and being so diligent in uh working on finding out uh who owns the property, what the rules and laws are, and and I include the police as well. Uh thank you to everybody for working on this project. Thank you, Council Member Diovani.

Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, I just also would like to thank the staff because you didn't they took action like right away when we first even got the very first public comment and that to me it says that they take everything in the city and the people's safety and then their access um we already know there's a president case um in another part which everybody will be on it and that you're working in concert with so many departments and uh really appreciate it. is very thorough uh from our code enforcement, ECD, our our city manager and our police department. So, the community knows cuz public safety is a a key priority here and public access because I also have been out there and then and we know from that area that people are always walking their dogs and and that's a place where everybody recreates. It's a it's a for their health um and it belongs, you know, that access belongs to the people. So, thank you very much and know that the community I'm sure that you really needed and deserved an update because and thanks for all the the um everybody that sent in on all the comments. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Council Member Diovani. Have a brief comment. Uh council member, please.

Thank you, mayor. Um I think as many of y'all that are coming here to speak on the issue, um I was quite surprised as myself. Um, I was drive on uh the road over there and I was like, hm, how come nobody told me about this, right? And I'm like, I should be one of the first people know I was being a council member. And if I was surprised, then for those that use those trails on the regular are more surprised than I was. So again, I want to thank the the staff for being prompt and hopefully this solution can swiftly be addressed. Thank you, Council Member Dasmark Buell. And I echo the same sentiments as you. I think I've uh all the time I've been in Daily City, I've probably gone by there twice. And now when we see something, you never know how good you have it until you don't have it at all.

Yeah. So, uh, thank you to our staff and code enforcement and the work you're doing. and we are definitely going to stay up on this and we will notify the public of anything that we find later on in the future. Thank you so much again. Uh Mr. Picotti, anything else you wanted to add?

Okay, great. All right. Uh moving along. Uh now's the period for oral comment. And I do have some uh speaker cards here. [clears throat] Let me see. How many we got? Oh, we got quite a few. All right, we're going to start off with uh the Daily City Host Lions Club. And we have uh two two cards here. So, I'll start off with uh a Sherlin Lum and Ray Sator. Are you Come on up, Ray. Great to see you. Welcome.

Good evening, honorable mayor, members of city council. Appreciate you having us this evening. Um I'm the uh Lions president of the uh Daily City Host Lions Club, and I'm really excited to announce that we're celebrating our 85th anniversary. Uh the club was the club was chartered in February 26th of 1941 and we'll be celebrating our anniversary dinner at NYX in Pacifica which we're handing out flyers here for you. Um we're one of the oldest service clubs in the Bay Area. Um and proud to serve and very hardworking. We do with a lot of laughter. A matter of fact, we've got a couple of Lions in the room. We've got Vice Mayor Terresa Priano, Council Member Just Manalo, we got Chief Daily City Chief Christian Cameron Cameron Christensen, sorry. And uh I also have Lion Ray Sator here who's going to tell you a little bit about our club,

the honorable mayor, members of the honorable council. uh we came here as a partner in growth and development when it comes to civic and community development and we are inviting you including the city manager and department head for our momentous 85 years of anniversary at Lions International. We take pride in the service we bring to the community, [snorts and sighs] the value we bring to our service and how our diversity makes us stronger, smarter, and more compassionate. We believe that diversity is our strength and uh postering understanding, appreciating our differences and valuing our dichotomy of our talents and experiences. Our core values guide our mission and elevate our membership and our service. They are the standards we set ourself and promise we extend to the world of the Lions Club. And we invite you all and we are proud that we have two uh honorable members of the council, Vice Mayor Teresa Puano and Joselyn Manalo. We do this. Thank you very much. Thank you.

All right. Thank you so much. Thank you, Mayor President, Mr. Mayor Sherman. Thank you. Uh, I have another card for Daily City Host Lions. Is there another card? Another one who wanted to speak on it? That's good. All right. Thank you. Thank you again for coming. 1941. 1941. That was a good year. [laughter] Was Was that the war? Yeah, the war. Yeah.

Okay. All right. Uh I have some additional cards here. Um general public comment. So we are still on oral comment. Okay. So I'm going to go down the list here. It didn't give a specific agenda item, but uh Tzo Rico TSR construction construction and demolition deposit. Um Mr. Rico, come on up, sir. [clears throat] And then we'll have after him Zachary Leaden, Ocean View Stables, Olympic Way fence. Hello.

Hello, Mr. Rico.

My name is Rico and I'm right here because uh I'm a contractor and on January 13, 2026, I request for my reimbursement for the construction demolition. Uh the version deposit for the project I did in Daily City permit number 058063. Uh the permit I know I take a little time to for the application for the reimbursement. It was finished in 2020 and I'm claiming now and I talked to Mr. remind the supervisor and then he told me if the job was finished like a year from now, he will be in a consideration and he advised me to talk to the director and I went to talk to the director before she retired Tatum and she told me I should have get my refund back but I've been back and forth back and forth. So, I'm here now. You see if you guys can take my consideration, my requests.

Okay, Miss Rico, thank you so much for coming before council. Uh, what I can do, uh, this is news to me, but I I need to have more information. You said it was something for something that was done before. You said, uh, two years ago, five years ago. Five years. I mean, four years ago. Four years ago. Well, what I'd like to do is forward this uh to uh the resources here in Daily City and they will provide additional information. Did you have a telephone number that you wanted to go ahead? I'll write it down. 650 65 0 826 826 4954 49 54

five four four 650 82649-54. Yes. All right. Well, we'll send this through and let's see what we can find out. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much Rico for uh coming before us. Zachary Leen for Ocean View Stables. Huh? We have two cards. Let me see. Uh, Zachary Ocean. Uh, Tony Caseris. Yes, that's me. Okay. Got two cards there. And let's see.

Thank you for letting me know. Okay. Who's going to go first?

Good. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and uh members of city council and everybody here in attendance. Um my name is Tony Caceris and I'm here with my business partner Zachary Leaden and we own Ocean View Stables um on Olympic Way. Um my primary reason for for speaking today is just to notify the community. Um you know, I know that fence has caused a lot of noise uh as of recent and um it's unfortunate that you know, we're getting some backlash for that. I just want to let everybody know that that fence has nothing to do with with with our business. Um it's totally separate ownership over there. So, I just wanted to make the community aware of that. Um yeah, and uh if possible, I'll defer the rest of my remaining time over to Zachary.

Thank you, uh Tony. Zachary,

uh thank you for letting us speak here. Um, so I I just want to start by kind of giving you an understanding of what we do and what we're here for. Uh, we love horses. We're passionate about it and we've been actively a part of the Daily City community since we came here. We show up to all of the events. We bring horses there. We allow the community to use them for free. We are happily a part of everything and we believe in community service. Military veterans ride for free at our facility. That's our giving back. We're building an inner city youth program at our facility. The things that we're doing are to build community, not take away from it. What is happening next door to us is nothing to do with how we represent ourselves and it is not what we see fit for that property. Our goals with the property, if we had any vision on it, would be to be a community space and to have things for the community to do. Our horses ride on that to go down to the trails. And historically, this property has been a horse facility for over a hundred years. and they're taken away from that. Now, another clarity that wasn't put out is I've spoken I've spoken to three of the many owners of this property and none of them know this person who is put up the fence. They don't know the person who has Olympic Way LLC and they're all very concerned. I am aware that they've all contacted the city and the city is on top of that and I really appreciate what you guys are doing. You guys have been incredibly diligent and and working very hard. It's only been two weeks and you guys have made more impact and more movement than I've ever seen a government entity do. So, thank you very much. [clears throat]

Well said. Uh thank you uh both of you and Zachary, thank you so much for being here. I think I saw you on TV and uh you know just to provide the trails for the horses but then when you close it off and you know it's not your fault. So we're going to do the best that we can and thank you for coming in here and expressing your thoughts. Thank you mayor. I appreciate that.

All right. Thank you. Uh, I have a Tori Jacobs for wildlife. Is this uh the same issue regarding this? Okay, I'm trying to get all the cards here in Oh, okay. We got quite a few. Uh, Tori, after you, we'll have a Stephanie Bernstein. Welcome, Tori. Thank you. Um, good evening, mayor,

um, city council members and community. My name is Tori Jacobs and I live at Palomar Stables next to Ocean View Stables on Olympic Way and we share a property line on the north side of the unofficial entrance to Thornton State Park. Um, since this fence has been erected, this unofficial entrance of the park is now the only entrance for the park goers to enter. Um, I want to share a recent email from Annie um, Litaup. She says, "I have good news. I was able to speak to one of the owners of the parcels who confirmed that the parcels were not sold to Luke Be or anyone else. The owner will work with Daily City to evict Luke, his RV, and get rid of the fence." So, I just wanted to say that. But that's not why I'm here. I am here to speak on behalf of the wildlife in Thornton State Park. All we all love the park. I've just listened to everybody say we're all here because we love the park, but we don't realize that the ecosystem is collapsing in the park. I am here today to speak on behalf of the wildlife that call Thornton State Park their home and to address the utter failure to enforce leash laws and waste disposal ordinances which has turned our neighborhood and adjacent park into an unregulated commercial dog park. The commercial dog walking industry is invading our residential street, transporting via vans and large double-decker vans and trucks of hundreds of dogs a day into the park,

ignoring the maximum. Go ahead. Two dog per person on leash. May I continue? It's not much more. Go ahead.

Thank you. Thank you. Briefly, this problem arose in 2020 during the COVID event when the commercial dog walking industry exploded and became the largest growing industry in America for 2 years straight. Fort Funston immediately became inundated by fleets of commercial dog walking industry people and Fort Funston dealt with with it immediately by hiring a park ranger to issue tickets. This in turn sent a flood of commercial dog walking industry people to our little neighborhood on Olympic way. This is not a neighbor versus neighbor issue. This is a safety and environmental crisis. Upwards of 8 to 20 dogs per dog handler offloaded their dogs from sun up till sun down 7 days a week, allowing them to run free in the park, in the street to rush pedestrians and threatened pets. The park is inundated with dog poop and the trails are littered with plastic bags with dog poop that is never picked up, which is a public health hazard. Ecological impact. The impact is profound. The constant illegal off leash pressure has decimated the wildlife in the park. The resident pop coyote population is completely gone. And the few that might or may remain up, you want to have to

Okay, I'll come back at another time and I want to get on the agenda to really fully explain the dynamic. But um what I'd like to say is we have laws on the book and we have signage everywhere in the park of two dogs only on leash. It's very clear. It's not confusing. And I don't need a change.org uh petition to sign a petition to sign to get people to come here. We have laws on the book. Let's just enforce them.

It's as simple as that. They'll be gone tomorrow if someone were to come and start enforcing it just like Fort Conston. Thank you very much. Thank you. Absolutely.

Okay. Our next speaker is Stephanie Bernstein for Thornton Park. [clears throat] What you need to do. This is going to be short and sweet because all I really want to do is thank you so much. Um, everybody who is working to well, I'm talking about Thornton because it's a a space that I use, my family uses it, my friends use it, we have people sitting in the back who all use it. And so, um, thank you so much for taking it seriously and doing something about it. And it makes me very happy to know that you're on it. And that's why I came today because I wanted to know what updates [clears throat] there were. So I thank you. And then the only other thing is to say about the dog walkers. She's got a point there are that that is what is happening is they they come to Fort Fun. But I think that's something we should address in another in another venue. But um [snorts] yeah, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. [applause] Uh we have Emma Ma uh Dor Dorchester Drive. Say that. Hi. Did I say your last name correctly? Mapa. Ma. Hi. Um this is my second round. Good. Good. Thank you for coming.

And it's the same problem. Okay. Um my sister had her car uh hit and run and they got totaled. My neighbor got her car hit and run and she got totaled. And just recently, my neighbor had a brand new car and it got it's still in the shop. So, my thing is maybe we should have more lights on Doorchester and cameras. What do you think of that? because they're running through to get to, you know, John Dailyaly or to get to um Joe's to have a drink or two. They don't care. I was coming out of the car the other day and the there's a stop sign here and there's stop. You know what? The guy just went and if my car door was open, guess what? I would have lost my door. So, it was very nice. I'm sorry to call you Cameron because I can't remember your last name, Cameron. You know, he put um motorcycle police or whatever and um they were good for a week and then now it's happening over again. And just last Friday, there was a big whatever. There was four police cars. Anyways, my neighbor saw it and I said, "Can you tell me what that was all about?" But yeah, he says, "I saw it. I I said, why don't you take a picture of it?" But anyways, my thing is, please cameras and more lights on Doorchester. What do you think of that? Do you think it's going to work? We need it. These people are getting their cars smashed and they're older like me who can't afford a new car.

What do you think? Thank you. Are you going to think about it? Uh, thank you for the kudos for our chief Cameron Christensen. I think our police department does a good job and I'm glad they did do some passing calls out there and now Oh, he disappeared. But I guess he hear he heard you. Uh, rest assured they're going to come back out there again. Okay. Thank you so much. Oh, he's giving the thumbs up.

All right. Uh, I got a few here and I'm I'm quite sure it says speak on a uh D O GG. I'm sorry. DO GG uh organization represented F12 dog of F12 dog F12 sir okay is that on a particular come on come on up sir

uh let me see negotiations ask me check right on all right um Well, I want to start by saying how ironic it is to pledge allegiance to the flag and then do a land acknowledgement when that flag stole the land from the indigenous people. But uh moving on to uh what's pressing here is um this is uh unseated indigenous aloneian land and it is a shame that we're not deferring to the original landowners about this matter because I do not see any indigenous people on this board. However, I am born and raised in San Francisco, and my entire life, that area has been a beach access point. I've been walking my dogs there the past 11 years, and I've never seen such obstruction. And while I do have my own interest in seeing the land free to the community, I do have great concern and sorrow for the elderly community that may just as well have been walking those trails for far longer than I have. Every day, hundreds, if not thousands of people park in that Thornton Beach Circle parking lot. And in my experience, it may be even a majority elder community that enters the trail from that parking lot and no and they no longer can. [snorts] Um, those poor folks are now being turned around defeated and their weekly and daily routine has been imposed upon due to sheer greed. This is a second there is a secondary access on the south end of that lot. And I travel this entry with extreme caution, but I've seen other people determined to get to those trails, sliding on their butts down the hillside. I've seen elders either risking limb and injury trying to get down or simply just forfeit entirely. And children do not have any chance to descend those trails. And yes, I've actually seen a couple people fall down because they couldn't go the normal way. I've seen several uh cardboard cutouts

that were erected with crudely drawn guns on them and a direct inference that they're prepared to shoot people for walking the trails that they've walked for decades. [snorts] One went as far as to say fence vandalism will be met with gunfire, which is just crazy and unnecessary for children and elders alike to see that. [snorts] Um, I want to say that if it was legitimately acquired because people are whispering about who owns this and that and the right to have defenses up, then you guys got to have to hold the bureaucrat that signed that uh land away accountable for destroying a community because this may very well have been an administrative fault. Uh, thanks.

All right. Thank you, Mr. Do. [snorts] All right. Uh uh we I have uh a Tatum King representing the self for general comment. Hey, good evening.

Hi. How you doing, sir? Honorable mayor, honorable vice mayor, uh city council members. I also want to say thank you on behalf of um a community that also actively uh visits the Thornon Beach uh Bluff Preserve. I've spoken to you all in the past at different events and I want to say thank you very much to Mr. Picolotti, um Miss Mother's Head, Mr. Lousen, u Mr. Chief Christensen just for getting on this topic so quickly. I I don't need to dwell on um uh on the issues because you provided an outstanding report uh to the community. Um, I do want to let folks know that there is a website thorton beach uh [clears throat] uh bluffpreserve.com if you want to see track the issues. Again, I I trust that our city council and our our leadership uh city manager and team will continue providing updates. But again, really appreciate as a constituent of daily city uh you all taking such quick attention uh and making a difference in our community. So, thank you very much. Ideally, we can come up with a permanent resolution. I don't know what that is. Um I I heard uh um you know some discussion of of maybe a park or learning center. I again I know that uh we talked to uh uh Mr. Canip in the past about trying to figure out maybe parks could take it on but I guess the county parks it's a tremendous uh expense uh to maintain uh that property uh and the access. And of course I don't think state beaches I think they appreciate it being closed just because they closed the beach a long time ago or that access. But um really appreciate you all, you know, um actively working this issue and thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. King. [applause] All right, we're going to uh move down. We got a few more cards left and we're going to get into uh looks like ask me. Uh before I do so, I'm going to call up Charlie Chan, ECD, building inspector. Mr. Chan.

Hello. Hi. Uh, thank you, mayor and councelor member and then the city manager. Uh, yeah, my name is Charles, last name Chen, Charlie Chen. And um today I just want to share uh my experience working for the city last year because I just started as a building inspector and um first I want to be um thank you for the opportunity to help me to serve the city. Uh before I become a inspector, I was an architect. I for 25 years the last project I did in Daily City was converting the pepper meal to Moonar.

Oh yeah. [laughter]

So um today first I'd like to share this appropriate I want to share um how grateful I served the city in my last year. First I want to thank you uh our city manager Tom and I have been participate a lot of the event and I see that he actually really bring the community together through the event and even I remember the last Halloween party is so great. [laughter] So um so today um I think um what I'd like to say is like how why I enjoyed it is because I can give up I can provide my architectural uh service to the public at the same time I'm learning I'm receiving a lot of new knowledge. And so my uh conclusion is like um I want to continue to serve the public, but I know um the city also maybe take care of their staff, okay? So they don't need to worry about too much about their retirement or their uh uh um other stuff. So that's is um my uh thing want to share. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chan, for the kind words. [applause] [laughter]

Okay. Next, we have Felipe Donaire. Ask me local 829. Felipe. And after Felipe, we'll have uh Ryan Fernandez. Um, thank you to the city council and the mayor for giving me this opportunity to speak. Uh, my name is Felipe Donaire and I'm president of Local 829. In addition, I'm a daily city voter. I want to thank you for the last good contract that you gave the city workers. I'm here today to discuss the need to take care of the daily city workers. I appreciate what they do for the city such as making sure our parks are clean and our roads are safe. I want to thank them for the recreational services they provide to the residents as well as the library services. In addition, I thank them for keeping our buildings safe. These are workers that make daily city work. I want to ask the city council to please provide these cities workers with decent wages and better benefits. Given the high cost of living and the rise of groceries, they deserve a decent contract. I believe the city of Daily City wants to retain the best and brightest workforce to maintain the best services in Daily City. Thank you for your time. [applause] Okay. Ryan Fernandez. And after Mr. Fernandez, we have a Joshua Ree.

Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council, and uh our city manager. I just wanted to say this evening, thank you for everything that you've done for this city. Thank you what you have done for our uh union members in the past. All of you have been fair to all of us. And I just want to say thank you to that. and I wish and we all wish to continue this good relationship that we have with you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Fernandez. [applause] Joshua Ree, and then the last we'll have is Anthony Waters.

Good evening, council. My name is Joshua Reese. I'm a librarian at the Daily City Library and I'm here today asking the city to help support us, the library, the recreation staff, custodians, everyone that makes some of the least amount of money in the city for a cost of living increase for our union members that helps us to afford to actually still be here to continue to work. [snorts] Keeping in mind the consumer price index shows more than a 3% rise in the last 12 months and our members, some of them make under 70,000 a year working for the city and that's very hard to live on here. We need the city to put in enough increase in benefits, increase in pay for our members to be able to continue to afford to be here and to continue to want to be here. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Reed. [applause] All right. Uh, Mr. Anthony Waters. Good evening, mayor, council members, and residents of Daily City. My name is Anthony Walters, union representative for ASME Local 829 and Council 57. And I'm going to talk a little bit about our negotiations. ASME 829 represents dedicated and hardworking daily city employees as you know and we are concerned that we need management to move urgently toward compromise in our contract negotiations. We we request your support in directing management to propose quality cost of living adjustments to address severe local inflation and housing costs. We know that you value top quality uh services for your residents, which means enhancing salary and benefits for workers. We've made some progress to a tenative agreement, and yet we also need your commitment to a retroactive wage increase that will successfully complete our negotiation process. Biding arbitration is also a logical provision that will ensure accountability and timely resolution of personnel matters. This is a provision that ensures due process rights for workers at a time when checks and balances are very much needed. We appreciate your support for a fair contract settlement. Thank you so much for your public service. Good evening.

Thank you, Mr. Williams. [applause] That being said, that's the end of the cards that I have. So, uh, we're going to move on with the agenda. Thank you everyone for providing your comments this evening. All right. So, the next item on the agenda is the consent calendar. I'll give my colleagues a moment to take a look if any wants to make uh a motion to approve. Motion to approve consent agenda. Second. Can I uh make a friendly amendment if I may? Uh, Council Member Manalo. Yes. If we can pull item number 14.

Okay. With the exception of item number 14. Thank you, Council Member Manalo. Uh, Council Member uh Oh, yeah. Did you? [laughter] Okay, sounds good. Okay. Absolutely. Thank you so much. Uh, are there any further comments? All those in favor say I. I Okay. Item number 14. Yeah. Mr. Picottio, are you going to be the one?

Yeah. Thank you, mayor. Um, as you, as the council may know, um, longtime director of economic and community development, Tatum's mother's head, uh, retired. Um, actually her official retirement is April 1st. However, a crude vacation. Her last day at work was Friday as I notified the council. And tonight, we're commending her. And if you'd like, mayor, I would defer to the mayor to read the whereouses, but I would just like to say that she uh worked here for over 26 years and performed um admirably and has chosen to retire and I think it's wish her well in retirement and thank her for her service to the community.

Yes. And I I can read the wherees, but if you if you'd like or it's up to you, sir. Well, Mr. Picotti, this is your staff. I would prefer if you did. Okay. [laughter] So, uh on a resolution

of the city of council of the city of Daily City commending Tatum Mothershed on occasion of her retirement, whereas Tatum Mother's began her career with the city on October 4th, 1999, serving as an assistant planner in the department of economic and community development. And whereas on April 2nd, 2001, Tatum Mother's Head was promoted to associate planner, providing technical planning support and assistance to the planning division. And whereas Tatum Mother's Head served in a temporary appointment as senior planner beginning July 19th, 2002 before being officially promoted to senior planner on July 21st, 2003, assuming increased responsibilities related to planning, review, and project coordination. And whereas on April 21st, 2008, Tatum Mother's Head was promoted to planning manager where she oversaw assigned planning functions, supervised staff, and manage administrative responsibilities in accordance with city policies and procedures. And whereas Tatum Mothers had served in a temporary appointment of director of economic de and community development beginning October 21st, 2013 and was promoted to director of economic and community development effective January 1st, 2016, overseeing departmental operations and programs. And whereas during her employment with the city, Tatum Mothers Head participated in professional development opportunities including completion of the 2007 leadership academy, the 2013 succession academy, and the 2024 public sector leadership academy, which provided training in organizational processes and management fundamentals. And whereas over the course of more than two decades of service, Tatum mothers had maintained ongoing service within the department of economic and community development and applied her knowledge in carrying out departmental responsibilities. And whereas throughout her tenure, Tatum mothers had carried out her assigned

duties and responsibilities and contributed to the ongoing operations and functions of the city. Now therefore, be it resolved by the city council of the city of Daily City that does hereby commend Tatum, director of economic development, community and economic development Tatum Motherhead on the occasion of her retirement and acknowledge her years of service and dedication as a city employee. Be it further resolved that the city council, the city of Daily City, extends its best wishes to Tatum Mother's Head upon her retirement and thanks her for her service to the organization. This is your part, sir. You hereby certify the foregoing copy of the resolution. City Council of California regular meeting therefore held on this day, 2026, which is Give me the date. January 26, 2026 by the following vote of members thereof.

Thank you, Mr. Picotti. Well, uh, since you put me on the spot because I put you on the spot, I'll just make a quick comment. I've been on council since 2016 and I've dealt with many parts of dealing with staff and uh one thing I've learned especially with Miss Mother's head and her staff is you know I ask the questions so that I can become more knowledgeable. Transparency is the key. And I see Lenel there, too. And she's always been patient with me. And Tatum and Mike Longghousen, they've always been patient with me. And when I ask that question, I look at the body language and I I see, uhoh, I think I'm going down the wrong path. I learned that from them. So I have to congratulate uh uh Miss Mother's Head and for the most part your entire staff because uh you folks are the expert. I'm new here and uh thank you so much is that we have to make the decisions and we make informed decisions but those decisions do not come lightly without what your staff provides to us. So thank you Mr. Picotti and please feel sure to relay those sentiments to Miss Mother's head. Okay. Anyone else?

Anybody? Go ahead. Okay. Um Tatum, if you're watching, just want to say um thank you.

Um when I got invol involved in like as a library commissioner, then transition to planning, I was like a deer in headlights. And I remember just being there and I was there with Michael and Tatum and I was like what is a sequa? What is this and what is this zone and what and um I think a lot out of all the director heads this like I would say Michael and Tatum um besides uh Rose would probably be in the most meetings I've ever been in with. And I think one thing that I was able to gain out of this is like relationship building. And just like what the mayor said, it's like you go from not knowing a lot of the terminologies or understandings, but you gain a literacy of how the how a city operates. And I just want to say thank you Tatum um you know building this relationship and getting to know um your husband Joseph when I was on library and and hope you enjoy your retirement and thank you for what you've done for Daily City and um helping me understand how municipality um or how cities work.

Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Uh, vice mayor,

as we go down the road of memories. Hi, Tatum. Um, [laughter] uh, I too went from recreation uh to planning and, uh, I have a lot of fond memories and and learning and and going through the process, uh, uh, understanding uh, [snorts] all the different laws and the, uh, projects. And it was always nice to be able to see when a project came to us and eventually uh we saw the project uh come to fruition. So I'd like to say to Tatum, have a great time. Enjoy it. Enjoy your family. Say hi to Joseph and I love their dog. Last time they brought their dog. But um I just want to say it was a pleasure working with both you and Michael. And uh I hope I wish you all the best. Okay,

council member DJ Bonnie,

thank you. I guess we all have that same kind of story with uh they were always available to answer questions. Always like they said if you if you need to ask a question, we're here to ask a question and I have to give it to Mr. Lockenhousen as well as Tatum. It seemed like it was such a team that works so well in our city and they have great communication skills I have to say and they were a give lay person like myself and then going on a plan commission they were able to convey a lot of terminology a lot of things that people don't realize that you need to know. Will we ever reach their level? Of course not. But um they never were making us feel when myself speaking for myself never made me feel bad for asking a question or intimidated or that you know why are you asking that question. They were always welcoming about that and then they have so much knowledge that you couldn't package it all together and it'll be a big hole in our city. But I know that Tatum, you're going to have uh such great time with your your young adult children and your husband and hopefully you get to travel and backpack and and just enjoy life. And uh thank you for everything you've done for our city. And I know that they work very well with our public works as well. When we have all these projects going on, it that takes a lot of communication in all our departments. they have to be bringing in plans, all kinds of things. But thank you so much and um you'll be missed. Thank you for all your 20 is it 26 26 years. Thank you for your dedication to the city. Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member uh Diovani. Anyone else? Uh Council Member Manalo, please.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yes. Um Tatum, congratulations on your retirement. Uh wish you the best of luck. you get to join your husband um who also like all of you talked about planning but I did not come from uh the planning commission like planning planning planning but you know I did come from a development background and so um when I started in 2016 she was a director of economic development and so um I think from many uh different projects whether um small or large we definitely were able to work together um on many many uh projects to see them come to fruition and so enjoy your retirement and wish you the best. Um say hello to Joseph. Thank you.

Thank you uh Council Member Manalo. Uh with that being said, I'd like to make a motion that we approve item number 14 on the consent. Motion to approve. Second. First have first and second. Any [clears throat] further uh discussion? All those in favor say I. I. I.

Any oppose? Any abstensions? Okay. Passes. All right. Next uh is item number 16, the second reading of ordinance number 1485, which amends chapter 2.16 of the municipal code in regards to the arts and culture commission. and I'll turn it over to uh city attorney uh Kelly Kelly Scott.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um this this item is an ordinance that amended chapter 2.16 of the municipal code regarding the arts and cultural commission and it um was regularly uh it was introduced at the regularly scheduled meeting and is up for adoption this evening. Thank you. Any questions for uh the city attorney? We went through this. We discussed this at previous meetings and this is basically the second reading for approval. That is correct. So I'll entertain a motion to accept. Motion to accept. Second.

Uh first by uh Council Member Manalo, second by Council Member Diovani. Uh, any any further questions? May I have a roll call vote, please? Miss D. Giovani, I. Dr. Rod, I. Miss Piranho, I. Miss Manalo, I. Mr. Sylvester, Glen Sylvester. I [snorts] [cough]

Thank you. Again, this is for the second reading of ordinance number 1486 amending chapter 2.20 20 of the municipal code regarding the recreation commission. Uh, and I'll turn it over to Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yes, this is this item was introduced at the last regularly scheduled meeting and is an ordinance amending chapter 2.2 of the municipal code for the recreation commission and it is scheduled for adoption this evening by roll call vote. Thank you. Motion to approve. Second.

Okay, we have a first and second. Any further discussion? We have a roll call vote, please. Miss D. Giovani, I. Dr. Rod, I. Miss Piranho, I. Miss Manalo, I. Mr. Sylvester. Glenn Sylvester. I [clears throat]

All right. Uh, moving ahead. Uh appointments board commission membership committee appointments. M Mr. Mayor, I don't have an appointment this evening, but forthcoming I will. Fourthcoming. Yes. Great. Thank you. Uh Council Mandalo for the heads up. You vice mayor, you got one? I'm working on it, too. Yes. Thank you. Is it because of this protocol we're going to start working on? I don't know. [laughter] It was helpful, though. What? Helpful.

Helpful. Okay, thank you. That's good to know. We're making headway, Mr. Thank you. Thank you all. Um, next is our reports. Oh, Dr. Rod, I didn't ask you if you had Oh, no. I don't have any. Okay. Uh, council committee reports. Anyone? I [snorts] do. Uh, PC. Yes, it is. How'd [laughter] you know? Um, okay. Dr. Rod, you have the floor.

Yes. So I attended the Peninsula Clean Energy Board of Directors meeting on January 22nd, 2026. A lot of things uh occurred on our first meeting of the new year. Um one was that we one of some some of the key board actions was that we had a rate reduction in customer savings. So the board approved a 47% reduction eco plus generation rates. um it's so complicated I don't even want to go into it because the way that uh it it'll show up in your PGE bill but then PCE will be its own um thing within that bill and the reason why is because PCE provides energy into the grid that is renewable and clean energy. Um over time you're you're going to start to see how clean energy is a lot more affordable over time. Um but given the federal constraints and anti- um clean energy um approaches that our current administration going, it's it's going to be a challenge um until a new administration comes through. Um we have a new thing that uh we just approved as well. Um so the board approved uh PC's participation in the Willow Rock energy storage center project. It's actually called um ACES or advanced compressed air energy storage. It's a non- lithium emissions free technology. Um I think it's one of the first of its kind where um you'll see battery generation and usually when it's battery generation, you'll have um electricity that's stored in um lithium ion batteries. But given the lithium ion batteries that takes a lot of um very earth material, it starts becoming very very um you know um harsh to the environment to get those type of minerals. So the way

that it it kind of works out if uh just a brief um way I kind of understand it is that the ACE this type of project is it uses um like heat and it gets generated underground and it comes back up and then whenever the electricity or whenever the grid needs more power it gets um generated through the heat that is generated through these turbines. Um I believe China has one of the largest um ACES projects and this is some new technology. We decided to um pass that resolution and hopefully um and invest um not to exceed 99 million over 20-year program. The timeline is that the commercial operation is expected to be coming on in uh December 31st, 2030. Um, there are some strategic priorities that we we focused on. So, number one, there's a customer focus on a 10-year anniversary celebration. So, guess what everybody? I'm not going to come in here saying I got a PC update. It's going to be called, "Yo, I got the West Light [laughter] update." So, they're going to rebrand and rename uh Peninsula Clean Energy because um it's not just Sanonteo County that gets that gets um that's partnered. It's also Los Banos and since Los Banos is not part of Peninsula the Peninsula,

they rebranded it calling it West Light Energy.

Uh so they're right now in the rebranding and creating a new logo. Um and also we're going to be moving um probably around like February or March to a new building. So we're not going to be in that current location. So they're starting to see a lot of growth that's coming out of Peninsula Clean Energy, which will be called West Light in the future. Um they're driving innovation in terms of um regulatory leadership um economic de development with a commitment to $10 million in customer rate savings. Uh distributed energy resources um implementation of or the the support for virtual power plants. Uh residential solar plus storage programs. Um equity programs. So, installation of 250 free solar storage projects and 200 home electrification projects for low-income customers. Um, Pescadero micro grid advancement. And so, when you start to think about all these new things that are happening, there's a lot of new things that are happening with PCE or what we'll be calling West Light Energy. Um, and so there's going to be a road show [laughter] where they're going to come to a couple of our uh city council members, our council meetings to uh let us know what's going on um with the new rebrand um and I think that's about it. Yeah, that's it.

Thank you. Um Dr. Rod, you had me thinking cuz I definitely know what it means for rebrand because when you get all the other entities, well, why should I be a part of this? We're way on the other side. We want some acknowledgement, too. Great, great stuff. Yes. Okay. Any other uh council committee reports? Yes, Mr. Mayor.

Yes. Go ahead. Uh, council member Mandalo. Uh on January 15th, I joined the BOSA meeting, board meeting um at Berling [clears throat] Game Community Center, the election of the chair and vice chair for the calendar year. Uh the chair is Lewis Vea and Karen Hardy as vice chair of the board. Also, um we did meet um as the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Finance Authority and at that same meeting um the vice chair and chair or Vea and Karen Hardy. Um also the items on included in consideration for additional payments of Kalpers to reduce the BOSA's unfunded pension liability. There was a mid-year report on the current fiscal year's work plan, budget, and general reserve balance, as well as a planning session for the development of Bosa's fiscal year 2627 work plan and budget. Chair Chambers congratulated Luis Vea for being elected as chair for the calendar year. He also commented in his two years as board chair, he was disappointed to see Nicole San Doula leave. Bosa is in good hands with CEOs Miko's extensive financial and executive management experience with Cal Water. Um he also thanked the board for leading the agency successes that we accomplished because of our member agency's collaborative efforts to ensure a reliable supply of high quality water at a fair price for the Bosa region. He believes that the member agency's

unity is what makes BOSA effective in finding regional solutions. Uh the board policy committee chair Karen Hardy reported the committee met on December 10th where it voted unanimously to recommend board approval for the fiscal year 2627 bond search charges. The committee was then presented with the results of the 2025 regional water demand and conservation study and options for making additional one-time payment to Kalpers to reduce Basa's unfinded pension liability. The committee reached consensus and recommended the board consideration. Also the SFPUC report, Allison Casat Castama, SP SFPUC's Bosa and wholesale customer leaison provided a water supply condition update stating the regional water system storage in the state reservoirs are in good condition given the precipitation to date. She also reported the SFPC's budget process and 10-year capital improvement plan highlighting the schedule as well as the status of major projects including the proposed HCH HCHE CIP and water enterprise. Uh also on the action calendar um the by roll call vote the board voted for option three of various options presented which authorize a one-time additional payment of 300,000 to Kalpers to reduce Bosa's unfunded pension liability. Um also there is a continued look at the 2025 regional water demand and conservation study and let's see we also uh the CEO reported on the Bay

Delta plan and FK process the SFPC's 10-year CIP plan and also the effects of SB707 on Bascar Limited um as well as SB852 which requires BOSA board members to file the form 700s directly with FPPPC. Um and also SB827 requires all board members to receive fiscal and financial training by January 1, 2028. The next board meeting is March 19 at the Berling game community center. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Malo. Vice Mayor, you have many committees. Okay. That

Oh, not yet. No, you got uh city council, right? Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Well, [clears throat] I got committee. All right. I'll give a quick brief report on uh SMC P H E M SG. Wow. And I can see uh city manager Picotti's smiling cuz he was there with me.

And you're saying, "What is that?" San Monteo County prehosp emergency medical services group which is a joint powers authority. So we had a meeting on January 21st 2026 and uh we discussed many items. Right now we are looking uh to get an RFQ for radio infrastructure project. In other words, how can we make our radio system better because this serves the whole entire San Monteo County, especially our ambulance service. So, we weren't too happy with what we had before. So, we're doing due diligence and uh you know, sometimes folks get too comfortable and they think they'll only the only game out there. So, we're going out and getting the RFQ to see if we can update our uh system. Mr. Potting any say is that enough? That's enough. All right, that's all I have. All right. Uh, did you do Okay, so moving on. City Council number 19. Who's going to go first?

Vice Mayor, you go first because you got a whole sheet of paper there. Oh, no. Just a few. Just a few. Um, on um, let's see here. Well, [snorts] first of all, there was a ribbon cutting at Origilly Origilly Japanese Kitchen. Uh where the um the cookies, what was that? Mrs. Field's cookies was in ceremony. So, uh Council Member Jess Manalo, my uh council member Rod and Mayor, uh we were all there and it was a lovely event. I wasn't there. You weren't? Oh, no. We called you. You weren't [laughter] you, right? He was there in spirit cuz we called you,

right? She was there. That's right. You weren't there yet. But um anyway, it was took away Mrs. Fields.

Yeah. No more Mrs. Fields. So, this is there and uh if you'd like um it was a nice ribbon cutting. Uh it was well attended and there was a long line of people uh waiting to have some free yummy food. Um, as well as uh myself, Jesseline and Rod, we were at uh the and uh actually Chella Anderson was there as well as other uh important people who are uh behind the statue of uh national hero of the Philippines, Jose Risal. Um and we were I was uh happy to be there. Uh it was a nice uh it was a nice discussion on where it's going to be and and and how the library will tie in with books and information. Um it was really nice. So I was happy to be there. And then uh I went to the clergy appreciation dinner at Holy Angels, which was for me fun because I saw a lot of different um clergy that uh I work with when I sing at funerals and weddings and such. Um, and then uh I know I'm missing something, but I will say tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. who is gonna be there with me. Sacred Heart is [laughter] it's going to have a groundbreaking at March Banks Park uh at 7:30 in the morning. I understand there's going to be a bag piper and that will help us wake up at that time and uh so hope to see many of you there. It's very exciting. [laughter] Um, and that's it for me.

Council member Malawa, thank you so much. Um, I wanted to let everyone know I joined a peninsula division uh board meeting um and where we discussed our agenda for the upcoming year. Um we also have an event with the California Cal City's Peninsula Division League. Um for my colleagues here, uh there is a legislator spotlight in conjunction with um our uh city county um what is the organization called? The one on a monthly basis. Council of Cities.

There you go. So, the Council of Cities of Sonteo County and then there is a council of cities. They have a separate name for Santa Clara County. Okay. It's going to be a joint event. Okay. Um and so um bringing in legislators, it'll be called Legislators Spotlight from Congress uh to assembly. And so it is going to be in Mountain View at El Camino Hospital from 5 to 8:00 PM and it's uh free to attend. Um also um I was able to attend the memorial service of Dad Banatau.

Oh yeah. And so, uh, being able to see, um, some of the relics that they brought out for their father as far as literally the microchips and, um, just over the course of years, I learned that he was also an avid runner. I didn't know that. Um but it was just beautifully done from his colleagues to his grandchildren speaking on um they called it the doisms where basically a lot of things that he uh stood for um was printed on a napkin but it was uh really wonderfully done um in uh Palo Alto. Also the onening was very nice. I think that, you know, when we think about the cost of um food rising in the Bay Area, uh Oningili is a price point I feel that um is is great because you can get um some affordable um bites to eat. Um so I think it's very familyfriendly and I'm glad that Onengilly is in there in Ceremony. Um on Martin Luther King Day, um me and my children joined the march from the train station on 4th and Towns End all the way to Yerba Buena Gardens um and met uh some organizations in South Market such as West Bay Multifilipino Center and United Players. Uh, also join um the Connect Bay Area press conference with Senator Scott Weiner, Assemblywoman Katherine Stephanie, Mayor Daniel Lurri, and Mayor Barbara Lee um

in San Francisco really to unite on getting signatures on the ballot so that the voters can choose to uh put resources to our transit systems in the Bay Area. Um and then also um you know when we did the ocular visit um with the Philippine consulate and thank you vice mayor for bringing this up and I know uh Dr. Rod was there as well and uh the Filipino Bayian Hun Resource Center and Capwa um cultural center um was there as well and some volunteers that want to give to this project. It was pretty amazing because I was I was asking our city manager if there's any place we can convene indoors because I'm like I don't know what the weather is going to be like and I know Chella can attest to this. It was actually a nice beautiful sunny time um when we met in the area. And so um I shared with everyone when the group came with the idea and shared what they did in Colorado Springs and that it was by a library. Um the location when I went to visit it seemed like it was the best place because we have that empty plaza with nothing. it literally needs something there. Um so the foundation agreed it was um the best place. Um and the connections are pretty phenomenal because uh the president of the foundation raised her children in Daily City and have fond memories of bringing her children to Gullard Park, the library. Um and then um I happened to ask Franco Finn because I needed to give

him something. he ended up to stop by, learned about the project, um and then his fond memories of Geller Park came about. My grandma lived over here and so it was really um a wonderful moment. I think a springboard to what's to come ahead. Uh so I want to thank staff. Thank you so much um city manager Tom Piccolotti and also to Chella, director of library and also um to Richard who came to support. So thank you so much for that. Um and then I joined the Bay Area Seniors Association. It's actually was their inaugural event um a new organization um which was um held in the South San Francisco Recreation Hall, but these are Bay Area seniors that are coming from all over the Bay. Um so it was really wonderful uh to see them um you know create a new organizations for themsel and self-empowerment. Um, I have to echo the excitement about the March Bank's um, groundbreaking with Sacred Heart. Um, I think that it being um, the largest private public partnership in the history of Daily City is huge. I remember very clearly when this was on the dis for us to approve um that we're here now and that it takes an opportunity to see what could be. Um and as someone who grew up literally down the street. Um I I've said it before, look, March Banks looks the same ever since I was young and I won't tell you my age. Um so it's long overdue to be able to revitalize that. I know mayor had the idea of putting in the football lines and so I remember that.

See, you should forgot. But I mean, it's it's versatile. We It's, you know, and it's going to be state-of-the-art. Um, and I'm glad that, you know, our community will be able to have a facility that's state-of-the-art and that partnership is huge and a community benefit. Um I also wanted to share that because we did this community uh partnership or public private partnership. Um we were able to share this with the California League of Cities that how we were able to do these partnerships that other cities up and down California could hopefully partner with other entities. And so I see Leilani smile and she helped me with that presentation. But it just also showed that us as a city, what we're doing is innovative and that we get to share um you know best practices um with with other other cities up and down the coast. And so I'm excited. I'm not going I don't wake up early, but I'm going to wake up early. And I think we're all going to um we're all going to Yeah, exactly. We're going to we're going to do it. and it's going to uh I'll probably just maybe I'll super my mom's house. She's just literally [laughter] down the street. Um so, but that's exciting ahead. And um yeah, happy uh I know it's it's crazy how time flies, but we're all almost to the end of the month. Um I also want to say happy birthday early birthday, but we won't have a meeting. Um so, mayor, happy birthday. um because we won't have another meeting and then it'll be your birthday and so happy birthday mayor.

Wish you guys could eat that cake. So, [laughter] thank you. Thank you. I've got one more mayor. Sure. Sure. Um as we know the uh Super Bowl is coming to the Bay Area and just to promote uh Daily City the Cow Palace uh if you're familiar with Guy Fury. Yeah. diners, drive-ins, and drive-throughs or something like that. Oh, yeah.

He's having a huge tailgate at the Cow Palace. So, um it's a free tailgate Sunday, February 8th from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Um but it's a free tailgate, but the trick is you have to go into the website guys flavortowntailgate.com and they're giving out the first free 10,000 tickets. Wow. Um, so there's going to be 10 plus restaurants, uh, drinks galore, live music, and yeah, just a one way to promote the Super Bowl and, um, our own Daily Cities Cow Palace. That's great.

I hope the point of sale goes to us [laughter] with their machines. I'm sorry. Say, thank you, guy. [laughter] 10,000, right? Yeah, for me. Okay, thank you. Any other uh city council reports? All right, hearing none. Seeing none, the next item is staff. Staff reports. No reports tonight. No reports, but I will see you bright and early in the morning. Sir,

you know, Mr. Picolai, I'm giving you a new nickname. You're the John Madden of Daily City. Watch Bank Park and it's all because of you, sir. So, that too. Thank you. All right. Next item is uh adjournment. Have one. I do. You do? Do I have a list here? I forgot to add mine in. Oh. Oh, thank you. All right. Uh go ahead. We'll start off with uh Vice Mayor, if you don't mind. Thank you.

I don't mind. Thank you. No problem. It's probably there somewhere. Um I have two and I'd like to start with um Thank you. Thank you.

You're welcome. Oh, thank you. I'd like to start with one um for Adilia Adilia Ramirez. She was born in Managua, Nicarawa in 1930. And she passed away on January 11, 2026. Her parents were Carlos Agusto Ramirez and Isabelle Cabzas. She had a wonderful childhood with her family and after high school she enrolled in secretary school where she learned how to type and write shortorthhand. She learned discipline, intelligence and pride. She was devoted to her work at the water department remaining a defining part of who she was. Adelia married and although the marriage did not last, she was blessed with three children, Enrique, Angie, and Gumo. In 1972, there was a big earthquake in Nicaragua. The family was trapped in their home and the neighbors had to break down the front door in order to help them out. With nothing left after the earthquake, her sister Esmeralda provided air for air airfare for the family to come to San Francisco. Adelia made the brave decision to pack their lives into one suitcase and leave everything she had ever known. Adelia was brave and courageous. She was pregnant with her se her third child. So she and her two children went to another came here and not knowing the language she was brave beginning a new life in America. So right after arriving in the US she enrolled herself and attended night school to learn how to speak English. That same night she met someone that told her about a job opening in the cafeteria at Bank of America. The next

day she got the job making sandwiches and she later was promoted to cashier. With determination and willpower, she provided for her family while always being in the right place at the right time. She loved life and lived it to the fullest. She wanted to see everything and do everything and be everywhere. She adored her grandchildren and as she got older, she was spoiled with love from her children and her grandchildren. She enjoyed traveling the world with her daughter Angie. And Angie and I, we went to school together. So, uh, and I knew her mom. Uh, she was just the life of the party. She was just amazing lady. And, um, she also traveled with her son-in-law, and I always say his name right. Oh, here we go. The deis. Her children referred to her as the youngest, oldest person I ever knew. So her son Enriky said, "She was short in stature, but she was the biggest and the strongest person I have ever met. In the face of fear and uncertainty, my mom remained strong. That strength is something I will always admire." And um the next one uh many of us know Bob McClennon and uh uh Planet Fitness and his mom Dorothy Mcclennen known to her family and friends as Nani passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side. Nanie was born and raised in San Francisco. She graduated from Baloa High School in 1952. She was married to her Irish sweetheart Jim Mlennon in 1953. She led an incredible life founding with her husband Champion Speed Shop, Half Moon Bay Dragstrip, Champion Speedway, Fremont Raceway, the Carriage House Restaurant, a founding

partner of What a Racket Health Club, now Planet Fitness, and three motel on Lombard Street in San Francisco. Nani was the backbone to all these endeavors. Nani was either at the ticket booth or running the concession business at the tracks with crowds in the tens of thousands per event. She hired within her family for all these ventures. She would always make it known that family comes first, no matter what. Nani was known for having her legendary Woodside house parties for her family and friends and hosting the annual Mlennon Christmas party that has included over 100 family members every year. Her hobbies in later years included attending her grandchildren's sporting events, attending the drag races in Bakersfield, and going to dinner at her favorite restaurant, Joe of Weslake, whenever possible. Of special note, on her 90th birthday, she was the passenger in a rear engine dragster that traveled down the quarter mile track at close to 150 miles per hour. And I [clears throat] want to say when Bob told me that when I he she got out and she goes, "Let's do it again." She I was like, "Wow." You know, she was the uh epitome of a family matriarch. She is survived by her children, Bob, Sandy, uh, Dan, and Mike, Maggie, all graduates of Westmore High School in Daily City. her beloved blended family of grandchildren and stepg grandandchildren, Angela, Patrick, Jay, Lisa, Casey, Carter, Brooke, Mickey, Ella, and Catherine, along with

her great grandchildren, Connor, Danica, Micah, and Kalia will miss her immensely. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I believe uh Dr. Rod had one and Council Member Manalo had one. You want to go first?

Yes. Thank you, uh, mayor. Um, I'd like to adjourn in memory and let me um for Joy Gutteras Polaris's um mother-in-law Nelia Gallardo Parilari, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and faithful servant of God, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2026. 6. Surrounded by her loving family and church, she was 83 years old. Born on March 30th, 1942 in Mikati Rizal, Philippines, Nellia grew up surrounded by family, faith, and the values [clears throat] that shaped her strong and resilient spirit. She was the beloved daughter of Juan Bonoan Gar Gardo and Florencia Aria Ravilles, both of whom preceded her in death. She is survived by her siblings Francisco Frank Galdo Teresita Tessie Aino and Marilyn Gok and is reunited in eternal peace with her late siblings George Gallardo and Marie Edna Eison a woman of outspoken strength and unwavering devotion. Nellia built a life centered on family and service. As a matriarch, she was a bridge that kept a family connected through generations, offering guidance, support, and steadfast love. She shared a lifetime of love and partnership with her husband of 54 years, Jesus Pari. And together, they raised three children who are the pride of her life. Ariel Pari, married to Anna, Gerald John Pari,

married to Joy, and Eileene May Polari Pensodus, married to Ren. Her greatest joy came from her grandchildren, Jacob, Kai, Lauren, Ariel, Savannah, Sky, Joshua, and Cameron, each of whom brought light, laughter, and purpose to her days. Nellia dedicated 19 years of service in the finance department at Bank of America and the city of Daily City where she was known for her kindness, reliability, and strong work ethic. Faith was a defining influence throughout Nelia's life. For nearly 60 years, she was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving faithfully and mentoring others with compassion and wisdom. She was deeply loved within her ward and respected for her generosity, quiet leadership, and knowledge of the scriptures. Her service in the Relief Society was a source of great purpose and pride. Nellia will be remembered by her kindness, her quiet strength, and her deep faith. Her presence will be profoundly missed, but her spirit lives on in the hearts of all who were blessed to know her. Family and friends are invited to honor her memory at Cypress Lawn at Tiffany Channel Chapel, 3070 El Camino Rial, Koma. The visitation Thursday, January 29, and Friday, January 30. and the funeral mass Saturday, Janu January 31st. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Council Member Nalu. Uh Council Member Dr. Rod.

Yes. Um I [clears throat] have two for today. Uh one is both these two people have made national headlines not for a positive thing but um draw our attention to really think about um what's going on in Minneapolis. So the first one is Renee Nicole Good was a 37-year-old writer, poet, and mother whose faith, creativity, and everyday kindness touched people from Colorado to Minneapolis and beyond. She was shot and killed by an ICE agent on January 7th, 2026 in Minneapolis in what in what community leaders and eyewitnesses have described as an extraditial killing. One that has shaken public trust and reminded us that immigration enforcement, one unchecked, can become a license for deadly force against the very neighbors we called to protect. As we remember Renee, I join um those demanding independent investigation, real accountability, and the removal of ICE from our communities where its presence now represents fear, family separation, and state violence rather than safety or justice. Next is Alex Jeffrey Petti, who is also 37-year-old intensive care nurse whose life was rooted in compassion, community, and service to others. for his years as a student athlete, a musician to his work caring for veterans and critically ill patients. He was killed in Minneapolis on January 24th, 2026 while filming f federal immigration agents after ICE officers wrestled him to the ground. His death has become a painful symbol of how federal immigration enforcement has turned protest and civic witnessing into a fatal risk for ordinary people. In honoring Alex tonight, I also denounced escalating violence and lack of accountability by ICE. And we stand with cities across the country calling for an end to federal immigration actions that

disregard due process, community safety, and the basic dignity of human life. [clears throat]

Thank you, Dr. Rod. I have uh one. It's with a heavy heart that I like to provide the following. Adigna Francisco Carmona. She was born May 7th, 1928 to Jonah Josephina and Don Agapito Francisco. She was raised in a loving home and enjoyed a happy childhood growing up as part of the prominent family in her community prior to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. She [snorts] was a devout Catholic throughout her life. Dignas faith guided all that she did. Her deep belief in God was reflected in her devotion to prayer, family, and service to others. and it remained a source of strength and comfort until the end of her life. DNA pursued her education at the College of the Holy Spirit in Manila where she developed grace, discipline, and strength defined her life. She later married Jose L. Carmona. They shared a long and beautiful life together, raising their family with love, faith, and resilience until his passing in 2020. In 2001, she was a devoted mother to 10 children. Jose Sunny Carmona and his wife Ellie Alejandro Andy Carmona and Christina remembering the late Marcia Carmona Gileina Gilly Carmona and Alfredo remembering the late Ephine Deleon Digna Denny Carmona Beatus Betty Carmona and her husband

Scott Nora Kimona Sakaro Kora Kimona, Cecilia Leilot Kimona, Antonio Tony Carmona and his wife Josie, and the youngest and favorite favorite Benjamin Benji Carmona and his wife Rachel. [snorts] As a woman of many talents, DNA loved to dance and play the piano with joy during the brown outs in the Philippines. She would gather her children around the piano, filling the darkness with music, surging, singing, and dancing. She loved telling stories of her childhood, creating lasting memories for her family. She also enjoyed playing maong with her family, cherishing the time spent together around the table. You said, "Wow, I heard you." And there's more. After moving to the United States, DNA worked for approximately 30 years at Westboro Royale in South San Francisco as a dietician and cook. [snorts] She served others with dedication and compassion, reflecting the care and generosity that defined her life. In her later years, DNA found great joy in food and time spent with loved ones. In her final two years, her childrenly lovingly took her out to eat every day, surrounding her with care and togetherness for the last 20 years of her life. She made her home with her son Benji, his wife Rachel, and their daughter Noel. DNA passed away peacefully on January 13th. Surrounded by her children and grandchildren,

they prayed over her, thanked her, and entrusted her into God's care. She has survived by 10 children, 32 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren and one and two of the great grandchildren is two of my grandkids. Oh,

I mean it the how the circle of life and everybody plays a very important part and you never know. And I was at the service and the clergy was trying to do the numbers and he says if I do the numbers right that comes up to 83. Wow.

And uh and talking with the family they had to make preparations for 110. So she'll be remembered for unwavering faith, devotion to family, joyful, joyful spirit and the lasting of legacy and love she leaves behind. Eternal rest grant her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen. Thank you very much everyone. All right. Is there any others? Hearing none, if we can kindly please pause for a brief moment of silence, please.

Thank you very much. This meeting is now adjourned.