City Council - Regular Meeting

uh I I think for the record I need to go through this anyway. Uh there are three ways to submit public comments. One is submit written comments by the meeting day. Uh, two, submit written comments during the meeting, and three, attend the meeting in person. And we have a few cards. Vice Mayor, to submit written comments by meeting day, please email the city clerk at city clerk@ailycity.org. And all written, I mean, all written comments received by 400 pm on the meeting day will be provided to the city council prior to the meeting. Any email comments after 4 PM uh on the meeting date are not guaranteed to be received by the city council prior to the meeting and comments are not read aloud into the record. During the meeting, you may visit dyscity.org/aggendas to submit comments using the public comment forum. to speak at the meeting in person. Please submit a speaker card located at the entrance to the council chamber and uh we'll uh you'll have a opportunity to speak on any matter. So with that being said uh may I have roll call please?

Misty Giovani present. Dr. Mr. Rod present. Miss Piranho present. Miss Monado present. Mr. Sylvester Glenn Sylvester present. All right. Uh entertain a motion for the approval of the agenda. Motion to approve. Second. We have a first and second. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I.

I. Uh the next item is public appearance and communications. All right. I have two cards here. uh I don't know if this pertains to the joint powers financing authority and uh asked the members of the public uh who u produced the card uh did you want to speak on one of the items on the joint powers financing authority Mr. Larame, my understanding is for city council.

Thank you, madam city clerk. Got it. All right. So, we have no cards at this time. Moving on to new business. Item number two, resolution authorizing a WIFIA loan agreement with the North San Monteo County Sanitation District, the city of Daily City, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a related bond in the maximum amount of 34,000 excluding capitalized interest and separate financing agreements with the city of Daily City and the North Sanonteo County Sanitation District. in connection with the financing of the Vista Grand drainage basin improvement project and authorizing the city manager or the district manager or designate to execute and deliver such agreements and related documents and establishing one or more pledge sources of revenue for repayment of funding and approving related agreements and actions. That was quite a bit. Uh, Mr. Cosgrove, you have the floor, sir.

Thank you very much. Chair, mayor Sylvester. Um, as as I mentioned at our sanitation district meeting, I went through the presentation, which is all the same information that um I would go through for this meeting. So, unless you have questions, um the uh recommendations are in front of you on the screen.

Thank you, Mr. Cosgrove. any uh open it up. Any questions from my colleagues? Hearing none and seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to approve the resolution authorizing a WIFA loan agreement and the North Sanonteo County Sanitation District and with the city of Daily City and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Motion to approve. You have a first second. Second. Uh, madame city attorney, can we take all three bullet points? All three.

Uh, council member Manalo, uh, would you, uh, make that amendment and indicate all three on your motion?

Happy to do so, mayor. Um with the amendment uh of the recommendation for the Joint Powers Financing Authority um adopting a resolution authorizing the field loan agreement with the city sanitation district and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to finance the project. The project is at 34 million whiffy alone is payable from payments made by the city at 49.23% 23% and the sanitation district at 50.77 pursuant to financing agreements. Um and with that the city of Daily City uh adopts that resolution paying 49.23% 23% um of the loan payments from the water enterprise net revenues and the sanitation district paying 50.77% of the loan payments from the sewer enterprise net revenues.

Thank you uh council member Malo. Is there a second? Second. A second by Vice Mayor Pano. Any further discussion? Hearing none and seeing none. All those in uh roll call. May I have a roll call, please? Miss D. Giovanni. I. Dr. Rod. I. Miss Piranho. I. Miss Manalo. I. Mr. Sylvester. Glenn Sylvester. I thank you very much everyone. Next item is the board of directors. Any reports from the board? Hear none. Seeing none. Next is staff staff reports. Hearing none. And seeing none, this meeting is now adjourned. Thank you very much.

How's everybody doing? All right. Yeah.

Okay. Ready?

Yes. Okay. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today is Monday, February 23rd, and I'd like to call to order the uh city council meeting. Prior to doing so, I want to advise of the following. Public participation. There are three ways to submit public comments. One, you can submit written comments by the meeting day. two, submit written comments during the meeting, and three, attend the meeting in person. To submit written comments by the meeting day, please email the city clerk and in the public comment and in the subject line, indicate your comments. All written comments received by 4 pm on meeting day will be provided to the city council prior to the meeting. Any email comments received after 4 pm on the meeting date are not guaranteed to be received by the city council prior to the meeting and comments are not read aloud into the record. During the meeting, you may visit www.dcity.org/aggendas to submit comments using the public comment form to address the city council on a specific item or during the public comment period. And such comments are delivered to the city council and city staff during the meeting and may be read into the record at the time they are received. To speak at the meeting in person, please complete a speaker card located at the entrance to the council chamber and submit it to a staff member as early as possible during the meeting. At this particular time, I would like to

have us all please rise. Those who can 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 everyone. Uh, Madame City Clerk, if I can have a roll call, please. Miss D. Giovanni, present. Dr. Rod, present. Miss Piranho, present. Miss Manalo, present. Mr. Sylvester.

Glenn Sylvester, present. Thank you so much. I'd like to provide a land acknowledgement at this time. The city of Daily City acknowledges that we are on the 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 inhabit inhabitants of this land and pay respects to the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatouch Aloney peoples. Oh, I did that kind of backwards, didn't I? I should have did that first because now I see it's roll call. So, we already had roll call. All right. All right. Thank you.

All right. Thank you so much. Uh, next item is the approval of the minutes uh of February 9th, 2026. I'll entertain a motion. Motion to approve minutes. Council member Manalo makes a motion to approve. Is there a second? Second. Dr. Rod. Council member Dr. Rod Desm seconds. Any further discussion? Hearing none and seeing none. All those in favor of approving the minutes say I. I. I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? Thank you. Amendments have passed. Uh, next item is the approval of the agenda for tonight's agenda, February 23rd. Is there a motion? Motion to approve.

Second. Council member Diovani. Motion second by Vice Mayor Piranho. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I.

I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? Okay. Uh, thank you very much. We the minutes have been approved. Okay. The next item is oral comment and uh looks like I have um two cards here. However, uh it's by the same person and uh is uh Mr. Laram. Laramie, come on up, sir. And please feel free. I'm I've been a citizen here since birth really and I I lived on a street west cavore that was uh beautiful. It was wellkept and nice lawns and everything. And now the city has put uh over the years has put in these trees. these trees that are inappropriate for the size of our sidewalks that have buckled the sidewalks. We have students from Jefferson and night school people walking in this dark street now where people have put parking lots in where the nice lawns used to be. We could always put a tree there. The park department of Daily City is very curt with uh with with any of my suggestions. they it's cost the taxpayer thousands of dollars to have the the the sidewalk on each spot repaired. I'd like to have a I'd like to know who is who the um the nurseries that are getting these contracts are and how much they're they're paying what the city is paying them and and how much the street workers are. They have to come and and pull out the old sidewalk and bring in the new. And we have these palm trees on Mission

Street that are just look like sticks because they're so tall and high and inappropriate for Daily City with some froth you'd have to be on the fifth floor to look at to see. And they must have cost a fortune. I'm sure they're very expensive. And who how much are these things? on the bulletin. I'd like to find out how much all this labor and uh product is costing us uh citizens and um the the the guy from the park department. I don't know I talked to first I talked to the engineer dean who was very nice and everything but he's just he was just told by the park we can't and the tree that knocked up the the concrete is awful. The guy who owns the house said he's from of Mexican descent. He said, "Oh, I picked the tree out and told the guy I wanted the tree." Well, the tree is full of it's it's gone into a monster and uh it it's pull it pulled the sidewalk up, but he's not interested in getting rid of the tree and going back to something more sane. He says, "No, the tree's healthy. The tree's healthy." Which I thought was odd since it kicked up the whole the whole sidewalk to just say, "Oh, it's healthy now that they put in a new sidewalk." So, it's giving maybe he has a thing with the street department like giving them work and you know I don't know what but he he it's not a it's not a um a good relationship between the citizen daily city citizen and the department. It's like a he's like in his uh shadowy t tower in the in the uh in in his court and he's not he's not going to take any any uh you know feedback to what how we feel. Thank you.

All right. Thank you uh Mr. Larie me for coming and addressing the council and uh you brought up a lot of points and some some concerns and uh we're going to forward this information and um hopefully uh see a fiveyear mayor term because 12 months is too short. You can't get through the the wasting 12 months. It needs to be four years again. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Laramie. All right. Uh, that was uh oral comment. Uh, did I mess that up again?

Yeah, cuz it says oral comment comes under the agenda. Oh, no. Consent agenda. Okay, I'm okay. You're good. I'm okay. All right. The next item is the consent agenda. And looks like we have one, two, three, four, five. Uh, no. We have three, four, five, and six items on the consent agenda. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to pull item number four for informationational only for the public. Council member DJ Giovani, item number four. Anyone else? Okay, I'll make that motion uh to approve all items on the consent agenda with the exception of item number four. Can I have a second?

Second. Second by uh Vice Mayor uh Piranho. Uh all those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? All right. Thank you very much. Item number four and that is authorized pilot program allowing city permitted taxi cabs to accept transportation network company TNC referred trips through the curb platform as a pilot program. And as per council member DJ Ovani, uh this is for infformational purposes, additional information. I could give that report, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, Madam City Attorney. So, members of the city council, the item before you this evening is a proposed resolution authorizing a 180day pilot program that would allow the city permitted taxi cabs to accept transportation network company or TNC referred trips through the curb platform program. As you know, the daily city regulates taxi cab operations under the existing municipal code and taxi operators must hold certificates and public convenience and necessities. Vehicles must be permitted and meet all uh safety requirements and fairs approved by the city council. This um program is an appbased ride referral generated by platforms such as Uber andyft. Curve functions only as a dispatch and technology bridge. It does not license drivers or operate transportation services. All purchasing vehicles and drivers must remain fully regulated by daily city for referred pilot trips only. Fairs will be determined by the TNC pricing model rather than the taxi meter rate. This is structured for 180 days to allow sufficient time for evaluation by the city and the city manager may approve a one-time administrative extension up to 180 days. The purpose of the pilot is for the city to evaluate how this integrates its functions with its long-term authorization. There currently is no direct fiscal impact associated with this pilot. The city is not increasing tax rates or modifying its business license structure. In summary, the proposal does provide a controlled timelmited opportunity for city permitted taxi cabs to participate in the appbased ride referrals while preserving the city regulatory authority and oversight. Staff's available to uh answer any questions in the adoption of

the regul of the resolution. Thank you, madam city attorney. Council member DJ Bonnie. Yeah, thank you, city attorney. I think I believe um one resident contacted me and just since it's a brand new program or people like Sarah cab under this and all their all the taxis that we have in the city. Secondly, they want to know like um is it going to be more expensive because they're going to charge a fee upfront? Is that correct? Or they can charge a fee up front. So it doesn't change the existing rates and the Sarah cabs. It's only taxi cabs that would be subject to it. Okay. Yeah. So you basically pay through the fee the app through the app.

Right. Through the app only, right? So those of those who don't have are able to do that then um or have the app like our some of our seniors. Is there other ways available for them to to be privy to this or they would just go under the existing taxi cab and taxi cab fair? Great. So they have access. This is just another opportunity for the taxi cab business to um pick up rides and then you'll we'll have oversight because of our MUN code. Yeah. Essentially this is a 180day uh program. So essentially it would just come back to see how it integrated with the taxi cab fair.

Okay. Thank you. And I appreciate um the due diligence. I know they were asking questions and it's better that the city attorney answers the questions. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you, Mayor. More questions. Uh, council member Dr. Rod, please. Um, are there any other pilot programs that are similar like similar to this in the county that we know of? Not that I know of. I know um it's a similar platform to Uber and Lift except they don't use um curb. You have to be a licensed fleet or taxi cab to use it. Okay. Good question. Thank you, Dr. Rod. All right. Anyone else with uh further questions?

Thank you very much, madam city attorney. Uh, Council Member Diovani, I'll uh look to you to make that motion to approve this item. Number four. Motion to approve item number four, please. All right. Is there a second? Glenn Sylvester. I'll second. Any further uh discussion? All those in favor say I. I.

Any oppose? Any abstensions? That item has passed. Thank you very much. The next item is uh public hearings. I'll move to item number seven, the introduction of an ordinance amending chapter 8.16 of the Daily City Municipal Code regarding the recovery of attorney fees for nuisance abatement. And I'll turn it over to um our city attorney, Mrs. Zimmerman. Zimmerman.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor and uh members of the city council. This item is for a adoption of an ordinance amending our chapter 8.16. Under the government code section, the city is authorized to recover attorney's fees in any administrative action um judicial action and court proceedings to abate public nuisances provided by the city has adopted the or the ordinance authorizing this recovery. Under the municipal code, the city is authorized to obtain inspection, abatement warrants, and abatement actions from court. The judicial proceedings can concur significant costs to the city and force the city property maintenance and nuisance abatement laws um for us to recover these costs. So, this is merely just to amend it uh the ordinance to allow for this recovery.

Yeah. Thank you, Madam City Attorney. With that being said, I'll uh entertain a motion to open uh to the public for uh comments. Motion to open public hearing. Second. Have a first and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Do we have any uh members of the public who would like to speak on this matter? Hearing none and seeing none. Thank you, madam city clerk. Uh I'll entertain a motion to close the public hearing. Motion to close the public hearing. And I'll second. All those in favor of closing the uh public hearing on this matter say I. I. I. I.

Any oppose? Any abstensions? All right. Next, I'll entertain a motion for the city attorney to read by title only. So move. Uh motion by Dr. Rod. Uh and is there a second? Second by Vice Mayor Ferano. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose. Any uh abstensions? Hearing none. Seeing none, that motion is passed. Uh madam city attorney, do you please proceed?

Sure. This is an ordinance of the city council of the city of Daily City amending chapter 8.16 of the municipal code regarding property maintenance and nuisance abatement. Council may introduce the ordinance. Thank you very much. Do I have a council member who wish to introduce the ordinance? Rod, I'll go ahead and introduce. Dr. Rod will uh introduce the ordinance. All right. Thank you very much. That's the end of that.

Next item is number eight, uh, under communications, the legacy business nominations, the third installment for 2026. And I have staff Maybel Mano if she's present today. Is there someone who uh will act on her behalf? Yeah, I saw her earlier. Oh, okay. Yeah.

Uh just a few moments, ladies and gentlemen. We're just checking Come on. Oh, word. Bra. Nice.

Thank you, Leilani.

Good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor, and council members. I'll go ahead and step in for this item here. Uh, thank you, uh, Leilani. I Oh, I didn't see you walk back in. Wow. If you were if you were a snake, I would have been bitten. All right, Miss Ramos, go ahead, please.

We're happy to bring council the third installment of our legacy business nominations. Um staff recommends that the city council approve all legacy business nominations. As way of background, in April of 2023, the city council adopted an amendment to the Daily City Municipal Code, chapter 2.58, Small Business Commission ordinance to establish a legacy business program. The purpose of the program is to recognize and celebrate the long-standing community serving and culturally relevant businesses in the city. In addition, the city intends that the registry be a tool for the provision of promotional assistance to legacy businesses to encourage their continued uh viability and success in the city. So we um have a process through the small business commission. Um they have gone through the process as per the ordinance um and they will now we will present it on their behalf. The first business Sorry, technical difficulties. So the first business we have listed here that meet the eligibility criteria um is teeth gums and beyond the dental practice by Dr. Mileen D. Gandinko.

The business has operated in the city of Daily City for 10 years or more with no break in daily city operations exceeding two years. The business may have operated in more than one location and may have gone through an ownership change. Teeth, Gums, and Beyond. The dental practice of Dr. Mileen D. Gandinko opened on May 13, 2014. The business has contributed to the history or identity of the neighborhood and community with within which it is located. Uh this business has provided highquality compassionate dental care to daily city residents for many years building a trusted reputation through consistency clinical excellence and strong community relationships. Dr. Gandinko and her team serve multi-generational families with pre preventive, restorative, and emergency dental services that support the health and confidence of working families. The practice operates with integrity and transparency, clearly communicating care options and costs while accommodating seniors, children, and patients with language access or mobility needs. The business supports local employment, collaborates with nearby schools and community groups on oral health education, and donates time and supplies to residents who may otherwise delay necessary care. Recognition in the Legacy Business Registry would honor a small business that has contributed meaningfully to the well-being of Daily City residents through reliable service and patient centered values. And I'll now turn it over to Mayo. Good evening, mayor and council members. Tonight, I'm honored to present this third installment of the daily city's legacy business designation. So when council established the legacy business program in 2023, the intent was pretty clear that we wanted to formally recognize the businesses that have

helped define Daily City's character. So not just businesses that have lasted, but businesses that have mattered. So uh this year's five nominations reflect the depth and diversity of Daily City's economy. They represent healthcare, neighborhood services, recreation, vocational education, and skilled trades. So together they tell a story about who we are as a city and thank you Leilani for presenting the first one uh teeth gums and beyond the dental practice of Dr. Mileen uh Gandinko um and she talked about how they served multi-generational families since 2014 and they strengthen the Westlake neighborhood vitality. So second, I also want to present Broadmore Cleaners laundry and alteration. Since 2016, under the ownership of Shea D, Broadmore Cleaners have exemplified what we often call the small town spirit within a large and diverse city. So Sheay opens early, she stays late. She's built personal relationships with customers, many who are city staff here, who affectionately call her Auntie Sheay. In an era of increasingly defined automation and impersonable transactions, this business preserves the human connection that defines our local commerce. So, Broadmore Cleaners keeps the Juniperosa corridor active and vibrant. It's a daily uh it's a daily service business that reinforced trust, reliability, and community familiarity. That consistency matters for this corridor stability and neighborhood identity. LA. Uh, next local favorite, Classic Bowling Center. Yay. Since 1985, Classic Bowl has served as one of the largest bowling venues in San Francisco and Sanonteo counties. With 60 lanes, it is not simply a recreational facility. It's a

gathering space. It's a venue for birthday parties, league nights, youth events, fundraisers, and cultural celebrations. Classic Bowl represents Daily City and reflects Daily City's diversity. It attracts families from across the region and has become part of the social fabric of the community. In an environment where many similar recreational venues have closed, Classic Bowl has remained resilient. That resilience reflects both strong management and strong community support. And fourth, we have Hilltop Beauty School. Established in 1964, Hilltop Beauty School represents over six decades of vocational education along the Miss Street corridor and top of the hill neighborhood. It's trained thousands of cosmetology professionals, many of whom have gone on to open their own businesses and contribute to the local service economy. This is not just a school. It's a workforce development institution. It provides career pathways, economic mobility, and entrepreneurship opportunities. It also offers affordable services to residents while training the next generation of beauty professionals. Hilltop Beauty School embodies the immigrant-driven enterprise and small business culture that Daily City is known for, and it definitely anchors the Mission Street commercial corridor. Last but not least, Kulma Auto Body Shop.

Yeah. Operating since 1975 on Mission Street, KMA Auto Body has restored vehicles for multiple generations of families in the auto repair industry. Longevity is earned through trust and craftsmanship. This business has demonstrated both for over 45 years. Its presence strengthens the Mission Street corridor, commercial corridor, and reflects the durability of Daily City's locallyowned service sector. Skilled trades are foundational to a functioning local economy and Koma Auto Body represents that backbone. Collectively, these businesses do more than just provide services. They create stability, they anchor corridors, they provide jobs, and they preserve identity. From an economic development perspective, the legacy program, the legacy business program is a retention strategy. Business attraction is important, but retention is just as critical. And long-standing businesses um uh long-standing businesses provide predictability in tax base, employment, and corridor vitality. They also shape community memory. When residents think about Daily City, they think about places like these. In terms of fiscal impact, there is no uh general fund appropriation required. The program only involves recognition plaques, uh, minor event logistics set for our annual celebration during small business week. So that's the first week of May, and updates to our city's online registry. These costs are absorbed through the economic and business development divisions existing to budget. And this designation does not provide financial subsidies. What it does provide is recognition, promotion, and affirmation. It signals that Daily City values its small businesses and recognizes their contribution to our shared civic identity. This third installment de demonstrates the program's continued momentum and

reinforces our commitment to celebrating businesses that have grown with Daily City and helped shaped it. So, uh, staff respectfully recommends approval of the 2026 legacy business nominations and I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. All right. Thank you uh Miss Mano. I'll open it up to the dis to see if anyone has any questions or additional comments or concerns. First, uh Vice Mayor, I would just like to say that uh with my observation, it's it was a nice uh yeah,

the choices were in different spots from different spots of the city and uh they're all well known. we somehow have had years and years of having them in our community. So, I just like to commend the group uh for choosing businesses that uh we recognize and that we've recognized for many many years and uh have used some of their services. So, thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Anyone else? Uh Council Member Diovani.

Uh thank you, Mayor Miss Mano. It really is nice to see though, especially the ones like you when you noted 1964 or whatever. I'm sure when you when you were able to speak with them, just to know that it's a refreshment for them, you know, in our community to know that they're appreciative and this will give them a big boost of confidence, which they already have the business, but I think it is to to say show gratitude. And I think that's what you and the commissioners do is to show the gratitude to all the great businesses. And there's so many I know this is going to continue which is a great thing. So um and as the vice mayor said such a variety and that shows what we have we can showcase them. So thank you for the work putting it together the report and to the commissioners. Thank you very much. Thank you Miss Manuel.

Thank you Council Member Diovani. Anyone else? Dr. Rod. Yes. Uh Mayel. Great. Oh and the Small Business Commission. Great job. Um, I think these are examples where we close the dis distance between like government and community where we recognize like u businesses that have been here for a long time.

And I'm familiar with um a couple of the owners and not only do they have like successful businesses, but it's like the personalities and the people that make up the business that connects our community. Um, like Shay, beautiful person. drag cleaned all my suits. So, big shout out to you, Jay. Can't wait to see you. Um, and of course, um, you know, Classic Bowl that has been an anchoring force for so many different events over the past, um, few decades and, you know, people celebrated birthdays or have met their sign significant others in spots like that and um, yeah, it's a beautiful uh, selection that um, we that y'all um, have for us. So, thank you.

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

Thank you, Mayor. Um, thank you for the presentation, Miss Monio. Um, as far as the small business commissioners, I want to acknowledge them. I know they're the ones that really put forth the nominations over the course of the years. Um and to see um our small businesses, those that are our commissioners that are rooted to bring forth um those recommendations is really u I think uh a reflection and of how integrated as mentioned um our small business commissioners are and I think also the nominations for 2026. It's it's it's wonderful to see the array as mentioned and so look forward to celebrating each and every one of them. So thank you.

Thank you uh council member Manalo Emanuel. Thank you for your report. I have uh looking at the eligibilility criteria. There's one there says no pending city complaints. What what does that entail? Uh it could be anything from um uh a member of the public having a complaint about them, uh the county having a complaint about food safety, um code having a code violation, business license having um impending taxes that haven't been paid. So those are all checked before presenting.

All right. Well, you know, I'm just wondering when it says city complaints, would that also apply to lawsuits against the city from any of these businesses? Correct. So, I'll defer to madam city attorney. Do we have any of these businesses who currently have a lawsuit against the city of Daily City? Not that I know. Thank you very much. All right. I have no further questions. With that being said, I'll entertain a motion to uh adopt the resolution of the legacy business nominations uh third installment for 2026. Motion to approve.

Motion by council member Malo. Is there a second? Second. Second by vice mayor. Uh may I have a roll call vote, please? Miss D. Giovani. I. Dr. Rod, I. Miss Piranho I Miss Manalo I Mr. Sylvester

Glenn Sylvester abstain. Motion passes at this time. Thank you very much. Okay, moving on to item number nine. uh four lot subdivision and at 933 through 969 Crocker Avenue minor subdivision SUV 072416596 and design review DR 0824 1669 and Mr. Felding. Thank you so much. You have the floor, sir.

Great. Good evening, Mayor Sylvester, Vice Mayor Proano, Council members, and City Manager Picolotti. The next item before you this evening are the planning entitlements of a minor subdivision and design review for a residential project located at 933 969 Crocker Avenue. The existing site is a 13,051q ft vacant lot located on the north side of Crocker Avenue between Templeton Avenue and Point Pacific Drive. The project site is located in the residential medium low density land use designation and is zoned single family residential R1. This is the San Monteo County assessor map and the uh green outline of the vacant lot. The surrounding uses include a single family residential to the north, west, and east, and the Point Pacific subdivision to the south and San Bruno State Park to the southeast. The proposed project is a subdivision of a vacant lot into four parcels and construction of one single family residential building with one ADU on each lot totaling eight residential units. The parking will include four parking spaces, two garage spaces, and two driveway spaces for each residential building. The requested planning entitlements are the subdivision parcel map for a lot split from one to four parcels and construction of one single family

residence with ADUs on each parcel totaling eight units and design review for site plan, building design and landscaping for the single family residences. Some background on the project. Uh we did receive a letter of support for the project from the California Housing Defense Fund on February 3rd, 2026. And on February 3rd, 2026, the plan commission voted 5 to zero to recommend city council approval of the minor subdivision and design review for the project at 933 969 Crocker Avenue. As mentioned previously, the project site is 13,051 square uh ft vacant lot um zoned single family residential R1 with residential medium density land use designation. The lot contains a north facing downhill slope of 25%. U and this is just a summary of the the lot that the vacant lot that will be uh subdivided into four parcels containing the single family residents and the ADUs on each parcel for a total of eight residential units. The application is similar to the proposed four lot subdivision application and design review for four single family homes that the planning commission and city council approved back in 2012. The project was ultimately not pursued at that time due to financial constraints from the property owner. says some information about the project detail. As mentioned before, the four residential buildings will be built on a 25% slope. Uh each fourstory building is built into the hillside with front

eleation consisting of two stories from the ground floor to the roof parapit. The design is a contemporary homestyle design compatible with the neighborhood. It complies with citywood city-wide design objective standards and the buildings are built into the steep slope with two stories facing the street and four stories at the rear elevation. As mentioned before, there will be four parking spaces for each single family residence. And the project includes streetscape and landscaping including permeable grass pa driveways, city standard sidewalks, street lights and curbs, front yard landscaping with Japanese maple trees and backyard landscape of grass, lawn and drought tolerant native plants. This slide shows the lot and floor area data for the four individual uh homes. We have the lot area in square feet, the primary dwelling square footage, the ADU square footage, and the private deck areas. This is a topographic survey of the lot. The homes are located approximately 28 to 38 ft from the project site rear property line. This this slide shows the tenative map uh for the parcel hot split. This is the proposed parcel map. These are the site photos of the project. Uh site photos from left to right. facing north, facing northeast, facing east, facing southwest, and facing east to the adjacent four single family residences.

These are the adjacent homes to the west and the adjacent homes to the east. This is the proposed site plan. Uh the lots will comply with the required 20ft front setback and the 10-ft rear setback. And the distance from the rear elevation of building, exteriors, and decks to the rear property line is approximately 47 to 54 ft. This slide shows the proposed floor plan for each single family residence. From left to right, we have the basement two, which is the ADU with a deck. Basement one, which is the kitchen, bathroom, sump room, and deck. The ground floor, which includes a living room, interior, stairwell, bathroom, deck, and twocar garage. And the second floor, which includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two front decks, and one rear deck off the rear bedroom. This slide shows the vehicle parking. So the top left corner there is the plan for the uh twocar parking garage. And then uh located in in the front of each of the residential buildings, there's space for two surface parking uh that's clear of the sidewalk. so it's it does not encroach on the sidewalk. Uh in addition, there are four street parking spaces uh space cutouts on the south side of Crocker Avenue that are located approximately 105 ft west of the project site. So there are it it is a narrow street in Crocker Avenue, but there are some uh surface parking spaces along Crocker Avenue.

This is the front south elevation showing the two-story buildings with a height from the front elevation ground floor to the top of approximately 22t 3 in. This is the proposed norththeast elevation right side. This is the proposed southwest elevation left side. And this is the proposed northwest elevation. At the rear elevation of the building is four stories, not including the staircase and retaining wall below the ADU basement 2 level. The overall building height is 55 ft 5 in at the rear elevation. This section shows the pure foundations and floors of each residence. From the Crocker Avenue, the building is two stories and from the rear elevation, it's four stories. These slides show a rendering of the front and rear views of the project. The proposed hillside homes feature deep foundations, peers, piles, uh retaining walls and terracing for stability. Visually, they use multi-level design, expansive glass walls and windows, and cantalvered decks and terraces to follow the slope, maximizing panoramic views, natural light, and outdoor living spaces that are integrated with the with the steep terrain. According to the applicant, the exterior materials and finishes are chosen for their sustainability. The design will feature thermally broken anodized aluminum windows and doors, composite wood panels, and tempered glass railings. Grass pavers will be used to ensure a

permeable surface for the driveways complemented by drought tolerant landscaping. The overall front design of the development is designed to integrate seamlessly with the surrounding area and enhance the residential character of the neighborhood. Staff has reviewed the design, materials, color, and landscaping and determined that the project meets the required findings of section 17.45.080 080 design review of the municipal code and the citywide design objective standards and supports the building design for the proposed four residential homes with the lower basement level ADUs. This is the landscape plan. It includes in the front yard uh Japanese maple leaf trees and grass permeable paved uh driveways. The backyard would include grass landscaping, plants, and a fence separating the storm water treatment biotreatment area. All proposed plants shall be based on the appendix Z of the latest SMCW or storm water pollution um um prevention program C.3 regulated project guide. Sort of a mouthful. It's a um but that's part of the storm water requirements for the project. This slide shows the storm water management plan. Um the green area located in the back is the uh bio treatment area for the storm water management. You'll notice that there there are some X's uh in the diagram there um beneath the buildings. That's the actual location of the trees that will need to be removed for the project. There's 16 non-native eucalyptus trees and one acacia tree that will be removed.

These are the minor subdivision findings. Uh they're required for approval. The project should be consistent with the applicants uh general and specific plans, the applicable general and specific plans. The site must be physically suitable for the type and density of the proposed subdivision and it must not cause substantial environmental damage. Uh the design must not cause serious public health problems and the design must not conflict with any easements. Planning staff has determined based on the review of the project plans and tenative map that the proposed subdivision meets the findings required pursuant to the subdivision map act. These are the uh design review findings. Uh we'll just briefly go through these that they um it it meets the public health, safety and general welfare of the community. Uh that the the project has been designed to provide a desirable environment. It ensures uh that the architecture is compatible with the development and that the design concept and the character of other adjacent buildings is is considered in the design. Uh staff notes that the architect has done a good job of integrating the residential building into the steep hillside terrain using the pure foundation and retaining walls and terracing. Um and the front building elevation utilize a variety of exterior materials and colors and vertical and horizontal features to break up the mass of the buildings and provide a visually interesting facade. The proposed housing development complies with the citywide objective design standards for single family

residential housing developments, including site design, building design, massing and articulation, windows, building materials, details and color, and hillside design standards. supply staff completed SQA environmental review for the proposed project and determined that the project is categorically exempt per sequel section 15332 for an infill development project on vacant lot on a vacant lot. Staff recommends that city council take the following action. Approval of a subdivision parcel map for a lot split from one to four parcels and design review for the construction of one single family residence with one accessory dwelling unit on each parcel. Uh I also would like to note uh at the conclusion here that the uh applicant is requesting um if if approved that they be allowed to start the construction within two years in instead of the general requirement that it be constructed within one year. Um and this is due to the primarily due to the P Gen permits that are required and that will take time to secure. Um, and this concludes my uh presentation staff presentation. I'm happy to answer qu any questions and we have the project applicants architect Wing Lee and the property owner Raymond Lee are also available to answer questions about the project. Thank you.

All right. Thank you, Mr. Fielding. Uh, any questions for uh the applicant or Mr. Felding? Uh, Council Member Malo, please. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Um, thank you for your presentation, Mr. Fielding. Um, I I I do want to comment on the facade. I think that um the front-facing parcels that uh the architect has put forth does seem aligned with, you know, a lot of our daily city homes um just, you know, just by its design. Um my question is on the very back end of the home um what would be is is that a hillside? Mhm.

Yeah. 25% slope. Yes, that's correct. Okay. Okay. So then it's it's basically the back of um the hill. Yes, that's correct. Yeah. Well, I mean, um, if you go to the front portion of the facade,

the renderings. Yep.

Yeah. The renderings. I feel like, um, you know, our design, the designs of our daily city homes, um, it pays tribute to to them. And so, I I I noticed that in the architecture. Um but also um you know looking at you know daily city has a lot of fog and so being mindful of the types of um materials being used is is definitely key. Um, but to me it looks like a welldesigned, you know, I just wanted to know when you're looking at the hillside like if you know what homes are are going to be there. But it's just the top of the hill, right? At at a Crocker on the way to vice may I mean I I mean on the way to um

Yes. I can show you the site photos. Uh yeah, in the site photos, there's some homes up above the adjacent um Oh yeah. So there's the adjacent photos to the east. So that's uh just to the right of the vacant lot. And then these are the homes to the west of the vacant lot. Okay. So the the homes to the east are they're sort of also in more contemporary style and and they are more recently constructed. Yeah, it it it seems very congruent like the flow.

Yeah, I I mean I I I understand why they have a need to extend instead of uh with the PG and the approvals and everything. It makes it makes a lot of sense in that regard. And obviously it's four units um that they're building versus I don't know one or two. So um but um I just want to acknowledge the architect. It looks really uh wonderful. So thank you. Thank you Council Member Manalo. Anyone else? Oh, you want to go first? Can you go first? Go ahead, Dr. Rod.

Okay. Um so I just have um a couple of questions. Um, I'm very familiar with this place. Um, because it's right down the street from my house, I think. Um, realistically, how many residents can uh potentially be in these homes? So, each each home is a single family residence and then the lower like basement 2 level

is a accessory dwelling unit. uh which is allowed under state law. So I I put it in here forformational purposes. So each each home will have the the the ADU and then the the three stories of single family residents. Okay. Um and I I saw in the report two cars in front standard daily city. Um two cars in the garage, two cars behind the garage. Correct. There's there'll be each home will have a twocar garage side by side and then two spaces in the driveway and that's required based on the the habitable square footage. Okay.

So based on the the square footage of the single family homes they they're required to have four spaces. Okay. But it's pretty unpredictable on how many people could live in those homes. Well, yes. Yeah, I mean it's we don't regulate by by bedrooms. Okay. So, it's the the way daily city municipal code regulates it's by lot coverage and then the the uh parking requirements based on the habitable square footage. So, but we don't regulate like how many rooms or how many people. Okay.

I think it architecture looks beautiful. Um it flows up even with the newer um properties when you go up uh Crocker. Uh my only concern is the parking. Um going up that steep hill daily. Um and you see I mean with the visuals that you have right now, you'll see like one car there, two cars there, but

there are multiple cars in front of these driveways all the time. And the danger for me is that it's a downhill slope and coming in and out of those homes become a very very public safety issue. Um and so that's my only concern, right? Like I can't predict how many people are going to live in those homes. Um, even with the homes that were recently built right after COVID, um, those were beautiful homes as well, but you would see stacks of cars, more than two in the garage, two in the behind the the garage. You could probably fit like four to six cars all in one section, right? Cuz we don't really have like the infrastructure to oversight these parking um, issues. But my whole thing is just the safety part. There's a lot of people that ride their bikes up there because they want to ride the bikes up to San Bruno Mountain. There's people that jog, walk, walk their dogs. There's a lot of elderly people there. And so my my whole thing is um is the whole thing of of just safety in general. I I run those streets as well, you know. So, it just it makes me concerned of uh I mean if it was the amount of residents that can just have two cars in the garage and two cars behind the garage, that'd be perfect, but that's not the reality. Those are my comments.

Yeah, I don't have any more questions. I'm I'm I'm just more um very precautious about the d the it's already a dangerous street going up there. Um and just the just the whole um feeling of safety of cars pulling out pulling in and the amount of elders and people running and biking in that area. Yeah. Thank you. Uh council member Dasma. Uh council member Diovine, did you have your hand? Let vice mayor go. I'm sorry. Vice Mayor wanted to go for Okay, that's fine. Vice Mayor Fran. I appreciate that. Thank you, Mayor.

So, the only thing I would just mention is yes, I do I did like the rendering of the of the facades of the houses. I I noted that uh I heard three bedroomedroom, three bath, correct? That's besides the ADU, which would have how many bedrooms? One bedroom, one bath. Uh, is there a family room as well in the house of the 33? Is there a family room as well?

Uh, let me let me pull up the floor plan. Uhuh. So, so the the ground floor is uh is the is the uh location there where the where the the vehicles are parked. Mhm. Um I'm not able to zoom in on the on the on this slide. Um, but I I could have the um that we have the architect that maybe I'll the to answer that specifically.

The the only reason I'm saying that is just in listening to Dr. Rod when there's a family room if people want to put people more people in a in a space and we're talking about four units and four houses. So we have four houses uh plus if it's a three three and if there's a family room. and you can't regulate this, but if there's, let's say they have somebody else living in that space, the potential of having many vehicles. Uh, the only thing I was going to say is, and I'm not, I've been up that street, but I'm not very familiar to it. Would that there be a need for a stop sign somewhere? Probably not. Slow things down.

I I think it would be hard because it's just a downhill slope of it. Yeah. But if there was some something like that or speed bumps or something. I think probably speed bumps probably the best.

Speed beds. Yeah, because I was just listening because what it sounds like to me and is that the danger of having even more vehicles daytoday in that vicinity. Uh perhaps uh I don't know if uh Richard would be able to touch base on that, but perhaps some sort of a deterrent for vehicles to fly down the hill. You know, that's all I I don't live in that area, so that's the only thing I would think about um with regards to vehicles, extra vehicles in in that space. Thank you.

Yeah, the just to follow up on your question, the ground floor would have a living room, the interior stairwell, bathroom, deck, and a twocar garage. Um, and then it looks like the the Yeah, the second floor are made up mostly the bedrooms. So, thank you very much for checking. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um, Council Member Dirani.

Uh, thank you, Mayor. So, I like the idea that you already include the ADUs because, you know, there's a big push and Daily City's always been ahead of the game on on building the ADUs back even in I think this has been decades. So that's always been a big push. And then we say we need housing and then you're able to put that it's almost like intergenerational housing. And I think that that thought always needs to be there. And that I know that people with and culturally that people usually think ahead of of their elders and where are they going to be and sometimes you take them in and then you have a ADU so they have an independent thing. I mean I don't know what the plan is and you don't know who the buyers are going to be. No one knows that it's crystal ball. But I think that uh because that design is that way and because the the back the which is the the um on that slope. I thought that was a good part of the design and that I'm sure there's a setback for I'm sure cuz the fire has already looked at that because of the brush and and the way it is over there. So, they have to make sure they probably already know that that you always have to make sure that there's clearance and and our firefighters are great about coming out to properties and then they, you know, give information. I'm sure you you'll be in touch with them anyway. But, um, safety, I'm familiar with that road. People do drive fast as they do across our city and I don't know where those I was trying to figure out where is the closest in that area where you go around where is the closest like stop sign to that property

you know it's where the San Bruno Mountain goes cuz when you go down the hill Crocker and uh yeah so you have to go around and just go down the South Hill Boulevard and Crocker But then the next stop sign will be none all the way until we get down to the bottom of the hill. But that's for, you know, we don't I don't think there's a stop sign until we get to like Belleview Crocker Avenue.

Okay. Okay. So maybe not, you know, I know this is about the splitting the property and that's what we're here for, but maybe our city because now we know that we are getting more residential. Maybe we the city can think of some ways to in that area because we haven't had much building up there and I'm so grateful that that is something to beautify that one spot when you go by it's brown it's dry and it helps the neighbors on their side and bring in some continuity of community to where because this land is very scarce now especially in daily city and that um for our public saf safety committee um which I know is a part of uh Mr. Chu and the chief and you um can get together and I think Michael Van Lockenhousen is a part of that as well and think of some way to look at that area because that area um um in that area it it has been a long time and people trying to back out for that but that's for this you know for us to look at in general because of that area really I don't know if we've really we focused on it but now we really need to focus on it. And thank you for taking and picking and choosing and have that development because anything we could do to make the city better and the the design really does blend well because so many times when you go through and not because of my you know where we all come from a different background I'm Italian so when I was watching the Milan you know with the architecture and then you know you drive over and you see Safeway and then you go to another place in Mission Viejo. It's the same retail box, you know. So, for me, that makes me like crazy cuz I'm thinking, where are those architects at? And now I see that there's one there who can make a design,

make a quality design, and blend in residential where people actually can feel at home and be a part of our community. So, I I think that's a great idea. So that's my two cents on the uh public safety and bravo on the design and making the city blend in for and welcoming people to our community. Thank you and thank you for your welldesigned well deserved. You did a lot of work. Thank you.

Thank you council member um DJ Vani. Are there any other comments? Okay, I'll make a couple of comments before I open it up to the public if there are any cards. First of all, to the property owner, I'm a very staunch supporter, and I've said this many times before on property owner rights. Yes, to have a piece of property and want to make use of it, I completely support it. I just wanted to start off with that. Number two, providing an ADU, yeah,

is very very it's a thing nowadays and you're definitely assisting on the ADU aspect. I'm giving you all the good parts first because I do have some concerns about the other uh other matters. And number three, besides the design, I think doing this project is very very ambitious. In other words, uh you know, given the slope and making use of the typographical area, I think you've done an outstanding job. Thank you. Okay. And now as for the other side, first of all, I have to um commend our planning division for looking at the uh setback. You made mention of a 20 foot setback which I think is very very appropriate. That's number one. Number two, based upon the square footage, I see you have adhered to what Daily City's code is, and that is the flexibility, I mean the uh requirement to have four parking spots based upon the footage, the frontage of the piece of property. And for those of you who don't know, if this piece of property was in San Francisco and you had that same frontage, San Francisco only requires.25%. That means for every four homes that's built,

you only have to provide one parking spot. Wow. So, thank you uh planning for that as well.

I've been up in that area. I know uh Dr. Rod lives up that area. And once I start up that hill, I don't want to come back down because it's only one lane of traffic both ways. And to have cars parked if they utilize the garage, if they utilize outside, you have to also be aware that folks when they go to work or they come home, they either pull in or pull out and cars are always speeding down and that could cause a hazard. I mean, I want you to build, but there are some mitigating circumstances that perhaps I think will help in this regard. First of all, to the cars parked there, it will require a behavioral change amongst the residents who live there. I know if I live there and if I want to have a party, where are folks going to park? So, I put a I put I put a note down here. Well, offer a valet service if you have a party. That's a behavioral change because you know it's going to be diff difficult. Uh be cognizant, be good neighbors because I don't know what if I own the one of those houses next door and I only have one car. I say, "Sure, you can park in my driveway." But I don't know that that's for you guys to uh to decide. But I'm trying to come up with ideas to help mitigate the situation which could be a dangerous situation on that street. Vice Mayor uh alluded to it because I I had already made a note. I would like as a appro a condition of approval that at

least I I received information how many accidents have been up there. Number two, has engineered engineering gone out and if there is a curve which there are some curves and I couldn't determine from the rendering then as a condition of approval we put up a regulatory sign. Regulatory sign tells you what's ahead which is black and yellow. slow down or curve ahead. So, uh you know, I I don't have an engineer's report. I don't know about uh previous as to how many accidents that have been up in that area. And of course, with the addition of additional property, which I would like to see, but that can also increase the propensity of uh accidents because they do speed down that street, sir. they do speed. So I I mean I'm open. Uh uh so those are my comments. So what I'll do now after I made my comments, I'll go back to council and uh with those additional uh comments uh um please if you want to chime in, please do so. Council member Diovani, go ahead.

I just have a quick question through the mayor because he has a lot of experience also like on the planning commission. But if we are able to approve that, I think the approval on this is just to on on the to make sure that we are able to give them the the the thing to build, right? So I don't know can we are we able to as Rose put anything else on there because it's supposed to be just to approve their being able to build. Well, I think Mr. agenda, not anything related to public safety. Well, Mr. lock housing.

Thank you, council members. And um yeah, it it is possible to add a condition of approval requiring some sort of a sign that indicates, you know, curb head or something like that. I think one of the things to keep in mind is that uh a lot of the existing condition there with the speeding or caused by existing residents in the area. Uh so it's um sort of a you know um condition that this particular development is not going to solve.

The idea of the speed bumps has been visited over the years several times. The city's fire department has always been opposed to any kind of speed bumps. Anything that slows emergency response, medical response is going to be um you know kind of frowned upon. And so that's why you don't see speed bumps in Daily City in general. I mean, we do have some, but um so that's kind of an idea that uh really has never taken off, but yeah, the sign maybe is something we could add as a condition of approval. Sure. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Lockhousen. Anyone else? Uh, Council Member Melo.

Thank you. I mean, um I think not in this particular case, but in the future, if we can um look at speed humps, not speed bumps. there are I' I've seen it in San Francisco and so it delineates um an opportunity for emergency vehicles to go through

um and not necessarily just have the hump and so I think if there's any way to look at that um as a I think a compromise within making sure emergency vehicles could get through um I I agree I think that the conditions um already the traffic conditions there are there. But also, I mean, um, you know, it's it's not only for the safety of the residents, it's going to be the safety of for you all, too, for this those that live there, right? And so, is what I'm hearing just um having a sign, right? A slow down sign, it seems like. Yeah. Is that what you're saying? Yeah. Yeah. Like a curve ahead.

Curve ahead. I think that's I think that's what the Well, I know that um Council Member Rod is the the frequent flyer or writer up there. Do you think that when you see see that it will curb behavior? I think it will help. I think my my my issue would be like the folks that live in Point Pacific area,

right? because once they get past that four-way stop, you have that new development and then the applicant's property and then you go downhill. And so for for me um is anything that can help mitigate either like speed cushions like you were you were saying and maybe some signage um that could probably be worked out. Um because I I I'm just concerned about that area because you see people walk across and because they want to get to the San Bruno Mountain and you know um and we see that pretty regular

and bike riders as well, you know, cuz they they bike ride that narrow pathway and anything that can provides any type of signage or speed cushions. Um I think that would probably be be um advisable. Down, right? Yeah. Right. I mean, even Yeah. Some sometimes cities put dimples if they call them the road, you know, to try to slow the traffic. Right. Right. Right. And that doesn't slow emergency responders, but public works department would have to Yeah. say okay to that. That's anything inside the public rideway is outside the planning division's realm of authorities. Okay.

Essentially, what we're doing here is allowing the subdivision of land. Um the houses built upon the land are actually allowed by right. Um we have object objective design standards as Sam went over.

So it's essentially you know can they subdivide the land into the minimum square feet this uh particular zoning district allows and they are doing that and of course you're well within your right to add some conditions of approval and we can we can do that. Um but yeah that's sort of what we're looking at. um we're have to find a nexus between any of those conditions of approval and um versus existing conditions that exist in the neighborhood. And so there has to be a balance there, but uh I I I think assigned is something that, you know, we can definitely look into.

Yeah, I I mean I I'm hearing it. I mean obviously um I feel that um as I mentioned earlier in the very beginning, the design is well thought out. I mean obviously the structural piece of it was stated and how to make sure that the building is safe, the surrounding I mean the even the addition of the ADU is something that we want to see right in our housing element, more housing in that respect. And so I think it's um I I think I don't know I'm I'm okay with just having signage. Um I feel like uh we didn't ask the other properties for the slowing down like you know that were adjacent that was in the pandemic and so um for me you know a compromise is at least having signage or or lighting signage or lighting because I feel like it's night time when

you know the lighting the sign that has lighting I think helps like remind people right I don't know I always ask Rod because he goes up there. But would that help like you know like making sure it's just just as long as people can like slow down there. Right. Yeah. But if you if Director Chu would like to

uh Yes. Thank you. Uh good evening council members. Um if I may offer a suggestion. Um sounds like some of the conditions that are being discussed maybe existing conditions, existing situations. Um uh Mayor Sylvester talked about looking into accident history. Um so one of the things that we can do um you know separate from this is uh I can allow public works and police department we can work together in regards to looking at the situation looking at the uh accidents that have occurred. Uh we can also bring this before the traffic safety committee to be discussed and then we can return back to uh to the council in regards to any proposed suggestions or recommendations based on the data that we find uh as we work with police department.

That's excellent.

Well, Mr. you you took the words right out of my mouth because before you got up there I was going to recommend that since the applicant is requesting up to two years to build uh it's not going to happen overnight but into inter interim uh as Mr. Blanc Housing had made mention what we're deciding is to split that into four lots, but there's not going to be any changes in regards to the uh traffic right now. So, if we can put that part aside to review the additional information that may come as a result of a study that's done, then we can go from there to find out if we want to add anything to mitigate possible hazards that may occur. That sound How does that sound? Uh, council member DJ.

No, you go, Dr. R. No, you council member DJ body because when I started talking, you already were. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Yeah. No, I have to agree with you. And then we don't want to put it all on just one because this neighborhood's been there for a long time, right?

And then we shouldn't make just one owner. Like you said, homeowners have rights and we protect their rights and then make it not on them. We're just trying to make it safety for them and the whole area. And now that's come to light. I think that um and with the uh when you guys have your safety committees, I think that's that's where it's at. And now that it's been highlighted, especially by mayor and council than that, but like you know, I don't think we should put it on the property owners themselves.

Thank you, Council Member Diovani. Dr. Rod. Um, I know that the map for vision zero doesn't incorporate that area, but if there was a way to incorporate like some creative way of having vision zero, just knowing that there's a lot of bike riding up in that area, um, I think that would be ideal as well. If you could just throw that in there with the studies, the safety if there Yes, definitely. We can uh add this to the traffic safety committee's agenda to review and discuss as a request from the city council. uh and then we can uh work with our police department to gather the the data and then continue the discussions and like I said we can return back to the council for recommendations. Okay.

And the only thing I would add is that um understanding that the gentleman here uh is trying to improve the community by adding housing. Um we just recognize I just want to let you know I'm hearing from my colleagues here. We recognized that four buildings that include ADUs would somehow generate more people. And that being the case, we are pointing out that if you go four units and there's four cars times four plus, you know, bicycles or whatever, it adds up. it adds up to a possibility of having accidents or something happening. So I appreciate uh that we all work together so that by the time your project is being built or is bu completed that these problems won't arise. That's all. Thank you.

All right. If I may, um I'm just going to beg the question. Are there any cards on this matter before I uh ask? Thank you. uh city clerk. So, no need to open and close a uh public hearing on on this. All right. Well, with that being said, uh I'll entertain a motion to uh adopt a resolution to basically as submitted four lot subdivision and at 933-969 Crocker Avenue minus subdivision sub072416 6596 and design review DR082416609

motion to approve item. Second uh Mr. Field did I do something wrong? Also in No, also including the con allow the construction uh the condition to allow construction within two years instead of one year. Yeah. Uh good. Happy to do a friendly amendment mayor with Thank you, Council Member including the amendment to two years. Yeah. Thank you. So we have a first. A second. Uh second by council member D Giovani. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Seeing run none. Can I have a roll call vote please? Miss D. Giovani I. Dr. Rod I abstain. Miss Piranho I. Miss Manalo I.

Mr. Sylvester Glenn Sylvester I. All right. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Okay. All right. The next item is uh item number 10. Resolutions authorize a WIA loan agreement with the city with Daily City Joint Powers Financing Authority, the DCJPFA, Daily City, and the Environmental Protection Agency, and a financial agreement with the Daily City, JPFA, for the financing of the Vista Grand Drainage Basin Improvement Project. And the author Josh, are you getting bored? Are you getting bored?

No, it's a lot to read. Exciting. Culmination of years. It just shows I'm trying to I'm trying to multitask. I watch you and I make sure I I look at you to make sure I'm doing it the right way. Okay. and deliver uh uh drainage basin improvement project and authorizing the city manager or the district manager or design to execute and deliver such agreements and related documents and approving related agreements and actions. Mr. Cosgrove and Attorney Zimmerman, you have the floor. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mayor, honorable mayor and members of the city council. Uh as I stated previously during the sanitation meeting um the presentation that I gave then then covered that meeting the JPFA and the city council meeting. It's all the same information. So I put up the slide that has the recommendations and um happy to answer any questions if there are but it is the same information as presented before.

Thank you Mr. Cosgrove. Any questions from my colleagues? I'm going to make this easy. I'm going to make a a motion that we approve uh this resolution consisting of three parts. The Joint Powers Financing Authority, the city of Daily City, and the Sanitation District. Second. Okay, go ahead. Second. I have a a second by Council Member Manalo. Any further questions? No. Hearing none and seeing none, do we have any cards on this? Thank you, Madam City Clerk. So, may I have a roll call, please? Miss D. Giovanni, I. Dr. Rod,

I. Miss Piranho, I. Miss Manalo, I. Mr. Sylvester, Len Sylvester. I thank you very much, Mr. Cosgro. Thank you. Next item is item number 11, second reading. The ordinance number 1487 adding chapter 5.96 to the daily city municipal code to establish an entertainment zone. Madame uh city attorney. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of the city council. This item came before the council as an introduction. It is up for adoption this evening.

Motion to approve. Second. Okay, we have a motion by council member Malo, second by council member Diovani. Are there any other questions, thoughts, concerns? Seeing none and hearing none, may I have a roll call vote, please? Miss D. Giovanni I, Dr. Rod, I. Miss Piranho, I, Miss Manalo, I, Mr. Sylvester. Glenn Sylvester. I thank you so much. The next item is appointments. The boards, commissions, membership committee appointments. Vice Mayor, please.

Thank you. Well, I'm pleased to announce uh that I have uh spoken uh with current uh recreation commissioner Christina Luna. And Christina has been on recreation since from 2017 to present. I served with her. She was a young uh newbie at that time. Uh and I'm proud to announce that she has accepted uh my request that she serve on the library board of trustees. I have two smiley faces over there, Miss Denise and Miss Chella. um I'd like to just say is uh she is a voracious reader and she is also writing a novel and so I think she'd be a perfect fit and uh she we hope to have her sworn in at the next meeting which is Hi Chella. Thank you. She's checking the calendar. You

have to approve first. Thank you. Oh, March 17th. Very good. And that's at 6:00 instead of 7. That is correct. So, March 17th and uh I'm just saying thrilled to have her. So, thank you. I apologize, Denise, for taking her from recreation, but I think she's a great fit for our library. Thank you. Happy to second that. So, we have a first and a second. I'd like to make a comment. Uh, vice mayor, did you say a voracious reader or a loquacious reader? Voracious.

Veracious. Okay. Clear. All right. So, we have a first and second. Uh, any further discussion? Uh, all uh is it can I do this as a um all in one vote? No roll call or for commission. Voice a voice. Voice voice vote. All right. Uh, can I have a vote? Uh, roll call, please. Miss D. Giovanni. I, Dr. Rod. I, Miss Barano. I, Miss Mano. I, Mr. Sylvester.

Glenn Sylvester. I All right. Any more nominations or appointments? All right, moving ahead. Uh, reports, council committees reports,

Dr. Rod. No, I don't. I don't have anything for you, man. I'm usually in line with you. That's why I grabbed my bag. I was like, what did I do? When's the next PC? Well, that's this week.

any uh any uh council member council committee? Yes. No, I don't have any council committee. Wow. Oh, I found All right. Anyone? No one. All right, then I'll start. Uh, you know, on February on February 11th, I attended the Sanonteo Mosquito Vector Control District and uh really nothing much to report. Everything is business as usual. I was just voted in as the vice chair. Uh congratulations.

Thank you so much to represent Daily City.

We are um financially stable and I'm looking for the lab report. I think uh there was no uh incidence of West Nile virus or ticks right now. So everything is good here in the city of Daily City. That's mosquito vector. On February 12th, I had the opportunity to attend with our city manager, Mr. Picotti. See, I think I caught him. He he just looked now. See? And uh the vice mayor to the board of supervisors meeting to discuss uh they wanted us to get together and discuss issues that may affect San Monteo County. And one of them that I learned and uh we do have an expert on that on that particular topic which even to this very day I'm still having trouble understanding it and that's the vehicle license fees and how we've come uh uh so much to depend on vehicle license fees especially throughout the years when many people say well aren't you getting all those fees why don't you uh you know why don't you count that in. But uh I was told and when vice mayor begged the question of our staff, so what about this? Are we going to lose 6.5 million? We managed to get some money the last time around thanks to the city attorney said that the state owes us some money. I'm going to write a letter and we got some of some of it, but we won't we didn't get all of it. So we are basically one year in a rears. So this year it's supposed to be 6.5 million and vice mayor had asked did we put that in our budget? Oh no we never counted that so we didn't depend on it. So I think that was very good uh vice mayor and I'm glad you and uh came down.

Yeah. Uh they talked about the impacts of HR1 on county on county safety net. They also talk about the antihuman trafficking trafficking

and uh the road to functional zero homelessness. Supervisor Coro is uh this is really her top priority. They really want to get rid of homelessness in San Monteo County. and the district attorney on antihuman trafficking uh San Mateo uh county has hired additional resources to include people to deal with antihuman trafficking and he gave a few good examples but overall uh it was very good and I'm glad I had the opportunity to attend and uh as for the food that they service I ate the Tom Picolotti share And uh it was a good time. Thank you. That's all I have.

Well done. That's all I have. Okay. This is our real vice mayor. Oh, thank you. Well, you said everything perfectly. Um I I don't have anything else that I have. I can uh mention a few events that I went to. Would that help? Can we go to that? Uh the the events is is that the next one? That's the next one. That's the next one. I'll wait for that. I I know you'll wait for that. Okay. Council committees. Any other committees? No. Okay. Uh city council uh city council and this is uh all the events, vice mayor. Thank you.

I'll give you the pleasure of starting.

Thank you. Um, I would like to uh say that um if I move backwards, Sunday we had the swearing it in of uh Pastor uh Grusi uh of Gateway Christian Church as our daily city chaplain. It was beautiful. Uh uh council member Pam Dioani was there as well as our mayor and his lovely wife. uh city manager Tom Picolotti uh Chief Cameron uh spoke uh led the presentation beautifully and I'd like to just say I was honored to be there and to witness uh the beautiful event with the pastor and his family and friends. It was it was a lovely event and you might want to talk about it after but that was lovely. Um Saturday, uh Council Member, uh Rod and uh council member, uh Jessa Manalo, we were and as well as uh city manager and I'm going to uh May Bell was there as well. This there was a ribbon cutting at Cafe 86. It was uh the daily city coma chamber of commerce uh had uh taken care of that organizing. It was a lovely event. Lots of people were in line. Uh and it was it was lovely. So I'm I was happy to be there to present uh certificate. Um, and then the uh the only other thing is is uh I'd like to uh mention two events that are coming up. One is the navigating success a guide to daily city permits which will be here in a joint uh event with the daily city coma chamber of commerce

February 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. And this guide to daily city permits I think would be it's a very it's an excellent uh opportunity to see uh the changes. Uh and last but not least, um our daily cities birthday, 115th birthday will be celebrated March 18th. Everybody be there or be square. So March 18th from 5 to 7:00 immediately following the state of the city presentation by our dear mayor. Uh and I think that's it. Thank you. I think did I forget something?

Did I get it? from DJI.

Thank you very much. Yeah, in addition, I want to say too, yeah, the cafe 86 was inspiring because these were all young veterans. Uh they were a family and they were all veterans. It was very impressive from the Navy, the Marines, and they even indicated with their graffiti art, which was fabulous inside. I encourage everybody to go and support such an inspirational young veterans, Filipino veterans in our community who are family working together as that business. It's two doors down from Seafood City. Seafood City, then the the pot, and then you have the Cafe 86, so you can make a one-stop shop and then pick up your ube dessert and be on your way. And then also I think the we we all almost all of us right other than we attended the black history month.

Yeah. It was vice mayor mayor and I saw Dr. Rod come in and then um and we were it was I I'm the music Denise that music was incredible. At one point we're all people were eating inside and Miss Denise announced that everybody was gonna miss the band and that was the intentions. She did make the announcement. So people packed up their stuff. She said, "I recommend you pack it up and get out there." And sure enough it was like they they did 30 minutes and I'm sure that you'll be having them back. and some of the other ones. It was a great variety, great time, great location, and Romeo did a fantastic job along with the staff, the volunteers, I mean, and the community that came. It was it was it was really good. And the food of course from Opal and then of course, you know, the which we all like vice mayor alluded to, the swearing of of the chaplain, our very first own chaplain. Now, they've had chaplain in the past, but they shared them from uh in um out of San Bruno with the firefighters and others. This is the first time Daily City's ever had their own. And and I can't say nothing about our chief because when he spoke and he told how it it came about, it proves that he listens he listens to his his the people in his department. He was mentioned Reyes, Captain Reyes and them and they brought the idea and the timing couldn't have been I I I can call it divine timing when the when we all needed um a chaplain for our chief in our department and the city manager was there as well and our mayor and vice mayor and um and pastor Gusie as you know has been part of our community forever and was a perfect fit. So, I say

that this is just the beginning and for anything we they can do. And I thank the city manager for supporting our PD and supporting anything our chief wants because he knows what he needs. We don't need to tell them. He knows what they need and then they work together. So, so it's really beautiful. So, that making mine short and then if they want to elaborate as well for Dr. Rod and he brought his son as well, which I thought that was inspirational. And there was a young guy at the end who um that that did a lot of u kind of like a hip-hop type thing and um he's from Daily City and I got you know information so I know that Denise has his information and I thought that his story is also very inspiring. So it was great that you used a lot of locals. I think that that says a lot about who we are as a community. So thank you very much and look forward to the other events that are coming up there. I'm sure there's plenty. We have the When is the Chinese uh the Lunar New Year?

Lunar New Year is coming up this uh the 28th. I think it begins at 10 am here at city hall. It's always a fantastic event. We have the children's youth, the Chinese youth and we also have plenty more which I'm sure that the um Dr. Rod and and maybe the mayor we will announce. So that's it for me. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Dioani. I just have one. Um,

just want to give a big shout out to um just the daily city, all the departments from Tom, Rose, PD, everybody for bringing down the fences at Thornton Beach. Got to see Tom ride a horse. Um,

and our city. I think that's a prime example of um you know when all of our departments collaborate we take the patients and um you know surgically um have a surgical approach of doing things um with a with great precision and I just want to give a props and big thank you to everybody that was involved in that and there was a lot of people um when They when a lot of the residents when they saw the uh fences coming down lot of lot of happy faces and when I got there I I saw mayor and council member Malo there and thank you for the text message. I was like on my way from my dental appointment. I was like I might as well stop by and all that stuff was going on and you know there was a lot of happy faces. So thank you.

Thank you uh Dr. Rock. Thank you so much. Um I wanted to share that I attended the California city's API caucus retreat. Um and in that we just talked about our upcoming agenda for the year. Um and um highlighting um our signature programs in which I will be able to share with the council. Um, I I do want to say happy Lunar New Year um to everyone that celebrates. We're still in the 15 days of celebration. To those um communities um from China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, uh Mongolia, the Philippines, and many more that celebrate Lunar New Year. It is the year of the horse um the fire horse um and so blessings to each and every one of you. Um I want to echo uh Dr. abroad. Um it was uh really wonderful because when we did get the text, we got we were over there and um uh mayor and his lovely wife Nita was there. Um there was uh supervisor David Canipa as well manager Tom Picotti, our city attorney Rose Zimmerman. Um and um uh all the amazing staff who have really been there to as you mentioned um there was one resident that said um they were really happy to see uh government be able to work swift swiftly and for them and so um it it it was a really breath of fresh air cuz I remember when I heard

about it I did drive down there cuz you know it's just down the hill the very end and it was really outrageous. Right. You had the fences all the way to the end of like the cliff like it. Yeah. And to see it gone. Um it was really really a breath of fresh air and it was perfect timing. The weather was gorgeous and calm and you know we had all the heavy rains and so it was a perfect day to um see that happen. So agreed kudos. Um I also um on October I'm on October on um February 19th um I went to San Francisco State University for the day of remembrance which commemorates the 84th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 um with um and for those of you watching it was the executive order to intern Japanese Americans. Um there was a ceremony honoring the 19 Japanese American students that were forced to go to incarceration camps. Um they had featured a short film called Dust and um commemoration at the Ruth Asawa Garden of Remembrance. Um, you know, that day commemorates never forgetting the dark history of racial injustice, you know, vopia and the surveillance that occurred. Also present was the founders of the Third World Liberation Front, um, Honorable Ron Kajayai, um, who was the first Filipino American judge in the Superior Court in um, San Francisco.

also um was able to attend the South San Francisco Kaiser um panel of it was a panel for the magnet gold standard of nursing excellence. The panel I uh was on was a community panel to share how nurses have been integral in community service. Um and only 9% of hospitals hold this gold standard. So we wish them the best. Um they had their um interview uh this past week. Um but really in receiving that gold standard, it's high standards and outcomes, empowered work environment, professional development and shared governance. Um also, um I was able to join at the last hour of uh Black History Month. Um I brought my daughter. Um and the portion was being um able to celebrate in music um and dance uh with a wonderful choir and also um the lyric lyricist and rapper from the community which was really wonderful. also um was able to attend uh a dinner honoring uh Nancy Pelosi as it is her last term um in Congress. Um and was able to run over for the ribbon cutting with my family um to Cafe 86. um and cafe. It just shows the resilience of businesses, not only uh legacy bu businesses, but businesses wanting to come to our city. Um, I I learned when speaking to the owners that

this was actually three and a half years in the making and that they had identified the location. Um, and the young women were actually workers at another location and asked the two owners if they can um build their own store uh with that brand, Cafe 86. And so when you talk about resilience and um you know community wanting to be in Daily City, the line was really long and it just it it showed how much people are waiting for this cuz they don't have to drive across the bridge. It's here in our home and so congratulations to the new location of Cafe 86. Um and also um I was unable to join the pinning of pastor Russi but I I have been able to many many years when Gateway um church uh have attended services with him and he's uh been such a wonderful community leader and and just bringing community together and you know it's always been his vision. um to see that you know Daily City is a community filled with love um in that respect and so um I think it's such an excellent choice chief um and I think you know really you feel that um connection and and just um the timeliness and also uh just the commitment And so, um, congratulations to Pastor Gracie. And then, um, I also wanted to share that,

um, I'm so excited for our the third annual Lunar New Year, right? It's the third. Um, and so excited to see that, um, this Saturday from 10 to 12. Um, and it's just always beautiful to celebrate in community. um with each and every one of you and my colleagues. Um that's it. I have on on here mayor. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh Council Member Manalo, do we go through everyone? Can I just real quick? Absolutely. Vice Mayor,

I I just wanted to say Miss Denise and to all the uh I'm sorry I missed that. I had it here, but it was in pencil. um, Black History Month uh, celebration. It was absolutely phenomenal and it was nice to go to each table for each department that was there representing the city and speaking with the staff and spending money. I said I'm going to take cash cuz I didn't want to spend a lot and I still spent with the with the cat. I know it was naughty, but but uh it was just lovely and and just and the food was perfect and uh that and I wanted to make sure I said that. Please tell Opal for me it was delicious. Uh second um Chief I I thought it was amazing the event and I should invite Can I invite you? Um I didn't know if you wanted to give just a few words with regards to the pinning. uh in your view. Um it was beautiful. But

yeah, it was great. Uh Pastor Gusie, like I said, I had met him probably a year ago. I had met him in several community events throughout the last couple years, but um when we started talking about putting together a chapy program for the department um the the goal wasn't necessarily for uh internal benefit um for spiritual and wellness and health and everything internally, but was also to build the relationship with the community. Um, so we went and met with everybody at the Gateway Church, met with Pastor Grusy, um, and just kind of talked through what our vision was as an organization, um, and the value that they can bring from their community perspective and ours and bridging that gap. Um, and so it was great and and the event yesterday went really well. Um, he had invited all of his extended family um, from down south, East Bay, everywhere else. Um, so it was nice to be there, part of the congregation as well um, who were also present to experience that. So it was it was great. It was nice to to finally um formalize that relationship and it has been uh you know these last he's been with us for probably 3 months um and he's been present for um several um grief related incidents in the community as well where we've called him out to calls for service um where he's come out and met with family members um that are dealing with loss um to be present by their side and he's also followed up with people outside of that. So, not just the work that he's done for the police department, but for the community already. And um I know there's great things to come for sure. So, it was great to have.

Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, Chief. Thank you, Vice Mayor. That it

mayor, everybody's adding. So, I just want to add just a real quick one. So, that you guys were and I thank Dr. Rod for acknowledging especially that fence um with all of you because I think that when I when I turned on the news and then we have our city attorney and she was on the news and I was so proud that that under her legal guidance and then with Mr. Von Lockenhousen the code enforcement the city manager and firefighters and public service and our PD I mean it took a lot right it took all them together and Mr. you and workers and staff and um and it was done quickly. I Mr. Everyone was did it so quickly when you think about it and I have to agree is for all a lot of cities is proud to say that listen to the people quickly found out the legal legalities of it and went and did it in the manner it should be done and now that that says a lot about the team here at at city hall. So proud and thankful and great gratitude and so are the many residents for sure. Thank you. Thank you mayor and thanks Dr. Rod for saying that.

Thank you uh council member uh DJ Giovani. With that being said I'll give my report now. Uh you know I tend to add a little humor to when I talk. So I'm going to add a little a little bit uh to Denise and the Black History Month. First of all, uh, when I show up somewhere, I'm probably there for five or 10 minutes and I'm gone. Because of Black History Month and everything you had going on there, I was there for over four hours. So, must have been telling you something. Why would he stay here that long? Number one, it was the entertainment. Number two, it was the food. And to the vice mayor, when you says it was delicious, that's the wrong terminology. What you're supposed to say is let Opel know she can burn. Yes.

Okay. All right. Sorry I missed Cafe 86, uh, Thornton Beach. Uh, it was a sight to behold because when I got there, I had no idea as to the magnitude of that fence. M

now uh uh city manager and the supervisor did offer me to uh go and take a horse ride so you can see where the horses go down the trail and exactly but the city attorney and myself were the smart ones and did not do that. Okay, but uh good job. I'm I'm I'm glad that's over. Uh how am I going to put this? the uh chaplain. Uh it was a pleasure to be there and when I walked into Gateway uh church and the enthusiasm of their parishioners, you can you can just feel it. When you say good morning, they all yell good morning. And uh when you ask them a question, uh they'll they'll answer you. So Denise, you weren't there. Tim, you weren't there. Josh, you weren't there. and Rich, you wasn't there. And Mr. Lunk House and you wasn't there. Just letting the public know there's people here still here in the audience. So, one one thing I asked the parishioners, have you ever asked a police officer how does he or she put their pants on?

Can any of you answer that? Huh? Who said it? Denise, you are absolutely correct. Not unless you're a firefighter and you can do it two at a time. So anyway, it it was great and uh the the spiritual that uh help that's going to come and being part of the Daily City Police Department and our Daily City family is uh something that we should not take for granted. So it was a pleasure. It's been a great week. And with that being said, I have nothing else. Uh Council Member Manalo. Yes.

Um I did remember something. Um, both you and I attended the Hol Hollywood Lunar New Year event, right? Council member, I didn't want to make mention. I don't want people think all I do is eat. It was a celebration of music

and and food. Um, but to ring in the Yeah. the Lunar New Year. And yeah, I um uh I I couldn't stay long, but was able to see Mayor Glenn Sylvester as well as um Council Member Nor Floren Nicholas. Yeah. Right. It was Yeah. And uh Vice Mayor Jeff Wang from Union City. City. Yeah. So it was uh really beautiful cultural event. Yeah. I'm sorry. Now you now you done made mention the yesterday I did attend a food festival and that was a Burmese food festival at Westlake and uh

you know everything's happening in Daily City and it's all good. All right, can I move on now? Is okay? Yes. All right. Uh next item is a German and Dr. Rod, you have one. Yes. Um so I want to begin with these words. Yes. Go for it. Oh. Oh, did I? I am so sorry. Wait, wait.

Normally, in the interest of time, I would not report right now, but but I did want to mention that um it was an honor to be invited to the the badge pinning for Chaplain Grusy. Um the mayor and chief kind of uh meshed their their words were were perfectly almost rehearsed. Um but like I said, it was great to be there. great that it's a I think he's going to do great things in this community. Uh, also I just when we talk about the fence, I think the city attorney did the heavy lift. Oh, really?

Um, for the most part, not not not literally. I I don't she wasn't out there lifting fence, but she spent a lot of time in court and then also was diligent about getting the consent from the property owners. And I don't know if there's more to come from the fence issue, but as at this time, we've restored the public access as it should be out there, right?

And and I'd also like to acknowledge that that Anna was instrumental code enforcement. Also, Natalie was out there uh cat logging the incident for us the day for for purposes. And also Joshua and his staff responded to deal with some fence that was actually thrown out in the public right away at some point in time. So, so there there was a lot of things happening, a lot of moving plates out there and and I do think everybody uh did what was necessary for the public good. Um, every everybody included. So, that's all the third annual um lunar is is here both. Looks like the weather's going to hold up. We're we're hoping so in the courtyard and in the ratunda. So, those are some things going on. So, thank you. I tried to make it quick. So, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Pilotti. I apologize again uh Dr. Rod for a journey. Well, since I'm at it, since you apologize. Yes, sir. I did offer to um put the mayor on a horse and said he said these were his words. He said, "A man's got to know his limitations." Thank Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Thank you. That's great, Dr. R.

Okay. Um, I want to start with these words before um I go into um this adjournment. So, the words are, I may be poor, but I am somebody. I may be young, but I am somebody. I may be on welfare, but I am somebody. My clothes are different. My face is different. My hair is different, but I am somebody. Those were the words by the late iconic Reverend Jesse uh Lewis Jackson, Senior, a person that I've looked up to since I could remember as a child um seeing him run for president back in 1984. He was a civil towering civil rights leader, minister, and tireless advocate for justice who died on February 17, 2026 in Chicago at the age of 84. In the spirit of his poem, uh we remember his inst instance that I am somebody. A simple powerful affirmation he used to lift up those who had been told they were nobody and to declare that the poor, the black, the marginalized, the forgotten are worthy of dignity and respect. Born on October 8th, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, Reverend Jackson rose from Jim Crow segregation and poverty to become one of the most recognized voices for civil and human rights around the world. A protege of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led Operation Bed Bask in Chicago, and used boycots and negotiation to win jobs and economic opportunities for black communities. He later founded uh Push, People United to Serve Humanity, and the Rainbow Push Coalition, combining prophetic preaching with a political organizing to fight for voting rights, economic justice, and human dignity. In the 1980s, his presidential campaigns broke new ground, registering millions

of new voters and advancing a multi-racial rainbow coalition that helped open the door for future generation generation of leaders, including a black President, Barack Obama. Through his oratory and organizing has inspired countless people with that instant message, I am somebody. Calling on those who had been ignored or excluded to see themselves as worthy of love, opportunity, and power. Even as he battled Parkinson's disease and later progressive super nuclear policy, Reverend Jackson continued to march, preach, and speak out against voter suppression, police violence, and economic inequality. He has survived by his wife Jacqueline, their children, and by millions of those whose lives he were touched by his ministry and activism. Today, we honor um Reverend Jesse Jackson's legacy, not only with words, but with our commitment to work that he championed, building a broader, more inclusive democracy where every person is valued and every voice counts. In his memory, I respectfully ask that we enjoy for in his memory.

The flag the flag. Thank you, Dr. Rod. With that being said, if we can all uh kindly brief pause for a moment of silence, please. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, uh this uh meeting is now over. Please drive safely. Stay healthy and we'll see you at the next meeting. Thank you. Okay.