City Council - Regular Meeting

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Before we go into a roll call, I'd like to uh read an acknowledgement. The city of Daily City acknowledges that we are on the ancestral lands of the Ramatouch Oloney peoples. We recognize their enduring connection to this region and honor their history, culture, and contributions. As the indigenous protectors of this land, we affirm their sovereign rights as the original inhabitants of this land and pay respects to the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatouch Aloney peoples. Okay, with that being said, this meeting is now called to order. May I have a roll call, please?

Miss D. Giovani, present. Dr. Rod, here. Miss Ferano, here. Miss Manalo, present. Mr. Sylvester,

Glenn Sylvester, present. Thank you, Madam City Clerk. We have the following presentations. We'll start off with the first presentation is a proclamation of women's history month. And I'd like to ask uh Council Member Jesseline Manalo to uh present the proclamation because as I think back a few years ago, it was the uh her constant drive to create a women's commission. So with that being said, Council Member Manalo, please.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, as we proclaim women's history month, I'll read the whereas clauses clauses. Whereas the city of daily city has observed women's history month every March since 2005. And whereas women's history month is an annual celebration that honors the vital role that women have played throughout history in shaping societies, advancing social justice, and contributing to global community in countless ways. Whereas women continue to make tremendous strides in areas such as education, policym, technology, and the arts, yet face persistent challenges, including genderbased violence, unequal pay, and under reppresentation and leadership positions, which must be addressed through ongoing advocacy, policy changes, and collective action. Whereas the theme for Women's History Month 2026 is leading the change, women shaping a sustainable future, emphasizing the leadership of women in creating sustainable communities, promoting equity, and inspiring positive change. Whereas Daily City's population is comprised of 50.2% 2% females and the city's workforce is currently comprised of 37% females making up more than onethird of the city's total number of employees. Whereas on January 13, 2025, the daily city city council became the first city in Sonteo County to establish a women's commission, which officially formed on March 27, 2025 to support, uplift, and provide resources for women and girls in the community. And whereas the Daily City's Women's Commission will hold its Women's History Month

celebration Thursday, March 19, 2026. Come on and join us everyone at 6:00 p.m. bringing the community together to honor women's achievements and contributions to our city. Now therefore, Mayor Glenn Sylvester and members of the city council hereby proclaim 2026 as Women's History Month in Daily City and encourage the community to celebrate women of all ages for continually making our community a better place in which we live, work, and play.

Uh thank you, uh Council Member Manalo. And is with uh deep honor that I would like to ask Miss Adrien Tissier to come on up and accept the proclamation. Now, for those of you who don't know, uh Miss Adrien Tissier actually sat up in this chair way long before I even thought about running for city council. Miss Tissier is also uh a former member of the uh board of supervisors of San Mateo County and has also served as a chair of that board. And also Miss Adrien Tissier is now the chair of the Daily City Women's Commission. So, uh congratulations. Those are my comments and I'd like to turn it over to my uh colleagues if they have any other comments.

Okay. I'd just like to point out that the vice chair of the women's commission is also here, Gabriella Maxman. So, thank you for being here. It Yes. And I'd like to say um how proud I am to have Adrien Tier being not only on the women's commission, but leading the the force. And um I look forward to seeing all the wonderful events and workshops that this women's commission will bring to us and to the women of Daily City. Thank you. Uh, Council Member Diovani, please.

Uh, thank you, Mayor. Well, Miss Tissier, your years of public service are unremarkable, unmatched, and for how you always I remember actually when I first even started attending these uh meetings and you were sitting up here, you were always advocating for the right thing and advocating what was best for Daily City. And I remember how you and I think it was I think she was congresswoman there. Always did women's issues. Always focused on the women's issues and made sure that the women were always highlighted. So, I couldn't think of a better person at this moment to be one of the first to accept this and very humble that you are serving and continue to serve and you came back for a commission which you didn't have to but you did. So, thank you very much, humble and grateful for your service and your continued service. Thank you so much. Thank you, Council Member Diovani. Uh, Dr. Rod,

I don't know if this mic is on, but uh, I'll take care of that. I'll try. All right, great. Um, thanks, Mayor.

Um, I just want to say, um, happy Women's History Month. Um, when we talk about, um, you know, sometimes we we talk about like the unpaid labor that women have in our society, right? Um we always put so much stock in terms of like who gets paid in terms of like professional but when we talk about the emotional care the the um the emotional labor the spiritual labor that women have to do in terms of holding up families and you know looking up to my colleague uh just Manalo and Teresa Pano and being grandma and moms you hold up a lot and there's a lot of privilege that I stand on because of of women And um just want to you know deeply appreciate and thank you. Thanks for all the women that have uh shaped who I am today. Um that has taught me how to be patient, that has taught me to become the husband I am today and and the father I am today. Um if it wasn't for you all in terms of shaping who I am, I probably wouldn't be in the position I am where I'm at now.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dr. Rod. Uh Council Member DJani, did you have an additional See all the women sitting down here? They're a representation of all cultures. And for all the women, not just in here, but everything there. I see our Pacific Island women who represent also I know that a lot of passionate and I see all of you sitting in the back there and I see Lzelle over here and I see Natalie and and Denise and all the women here and uh this tells you about leadership in our city and uh what they represent and especially Miss Tita Pearla who really has been a in service all your life. So, I really appreciate all of that and uh to all the women out there when they they say when you rise a woman up, everyone rises and I believe that because that is that is the real truth of what I think Dr. Rod expressed as well. So, thank you. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank Thank you very much, Council Member Diovani. Um Adrien, would you like to say a couple of words?

Well, I'd just like to say thank you on behalf of the Commission on Well, not on the status of women. As I go back into time, the women's commission, we've had a great year. We've had a retreat. We've we've got a path forward and we're looking forward to next Thursday. That's very exciting for us. We've created a wonderful program with some wonderful people being honored and we hope everybody here can come. We'd love to see all of you. And I'd also like to, you mentioned Gabby's here, but so is Lzelle Samoserio. Where is she? Oh, there she's over. I'd like to have them come up as well. We got it all all accepted together.

Well, I think uh I think uh uh Adrian, I think as council, I think we should come up behind you and stand. Oh, perfect. That'd be absolutely perfect. We'll stand in the back since the camera's this way. Oh, wait a minute.

Ready on three. Thank you. Thank you. We ask the other women to if you're if you're a women in the audience that would like to take a photo together to honor Great. Um, you know, uh, the women's history month. Please join us. I think let's do one with all the women, right, Mir?

Come up here. Come up here. Wait, are you on the council? Put you in the background. See you. Women not coming. Let's wait for everybody. Come on. Don't be shy. Don't be shy. City clerk. Where's Rose? Right here. Right here. Where's Teresa Fua? We're gonna call everybody out.

Oh, I forgot those cards to get. I want to get up and get one picture. Okay. All right. Bye. Can we Can we get in? Do you got it? Do you smiling? Are we smiling for anybody? Oh, wait. I was talking smiling. No, I was talking. I was talking. Well, that would be a good Thank you all. I appreciate it. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. Okay.

Absolutely. Absolutely.

All right, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much. Again, congratulations. And uh we're going to move on. The next uh we have a presentation from Peninsula Clean Energy, the CEO, Sean Marshall. Hi. I'm I'm kind of smiling because I used to be on Peninsula Clean Energy for a long time and uh I know the work that you do and uh Dr. Rod is now the representative there and you have some long meetings and technical meetings. Yes, we do. Not that I couldn't handle it, but uh I really appreciate the awareness and the outreach and uh what Peninsula Clean Energy does. So,

thank you, Marshall. You have What a lovely segue. Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the council. My name is Sean Marshall. I am the CEO of Peninsula Clean Energy. Uh I was also around during the startup of PCE and helped with the county of San Monteo and all the cities back in the day. So it is it's a real pleasure to be here. I do have slides. Hopefully you receive those.

Great. If we could cue the slides. Thank you. Maybe while we're waiting, I'll just acknowledge uh Council Member Raw Daus Magal, excuse me, for the the pronunciation there. You've been a longtime board member. I do want to just acknowledge your service along with Teresa Pirano, uh his alternate. So, I do appreciate both of you and all of your service on the board. Alrighty. Okay. So, what we're here tonight to do is to just provide a very very brief update on uh what we've been up to throughout our service territory and then also I'll just draw reference to um a consent item that you all have this evening. It is an administrative amendment to our joint powers agency agreement. We are planning to change our name to both mark the 10-year anniversary of our service. Um, but also to just bring us into the future in a way that doesn't have an acronym that confuses people with PG&. We've been dealing with that for a long time. Um, and also just to reflect our broader service territory. So, uh, you'll see that on your consent uh, calendar this evening. Um, but just to bring us bring us local here. So um Peninsula Clean Energy was founded in 2016 on a couple of key pillars. The first is to lower electricity costs and I'm really proud to say that PCE has done that since day one. Uh we have always operated at a discount for our customers currently at a 10% discount on uh energy generation. Also from day one we have always provided cleaner energy. Our entire energy portfolio is 100% carbon-f free and this year we stand at 60% renewable on our way to 100%

renewable by 2030 for our default product. And the third pillar has always been community reinvestment. So here in daily city uh what that has meant recently is 126 EV chargers. many of those at some of your larger multif family buildings, but also city facilities, corporation, yard, city hall. Um, a number of residential electrification measures both for renters and residents. Five upcoming solar projects for the city of Daily City and then support electrifying the city's uh vehicle fleet. So, we work in partnership with all of our member agencies and our customers to make that happen. So, in the past decade, specific to Daily City, your constituents have saved about $17 million. For the agency as a whole, our savings are well over 225 million in the last 10 years for our customers. So, what that equals out to is approximately a week of free energy per household per year. We have invested in Daily City a little over a million dollars, almost 1.1 um and that's really customer rebates. That's in addition to the other um projects I was talking about, but that's really in the form of customer rebates for our various programs. We also have a 0% interest loan program. So people can take out $10,000 to do electrification, to do solar, batteries, anything they like uh with a repayment period of 5 years at 0% interest. And as I mentioned before, uh from the get-go, we have been pro uh riding providing 100% clean energy. Our role has deepened and expanded in 10 years. So, it is still true that the reason we exist and our bread and butter is really about

providing uh cleaner electricity to all of our customers in order to green the grid and just provide for a healthier future. But along the way, we've also gotten more sophisticated, more settled, and more um um kind of clued in about what it is that our customers are looking for. So now we're at the point where we're working with customers to help them make smart investment decisions for their homes and then providing rebates and loans uh to do that if they want to electrify. Same uh goes for businesses. the year ahead for Daily City, we do plan to complete a number of um EV and solar projects and those are um located at I believe you've got one here at city hall. Um let's see, the solar projects are the Beayshore Community Center, community center, one of your fire stations, your fleet maintenance yard. Three more sites are on their way, including your city hall, another fire station, and and one of your libraries. So, five in total. A couple of those we will retrofit with batteries to make sure you also have the resilience um component of that. And uh we are continuing our rate savings currently at 10%. This is on top of the discounts that PG& has been announcing um in the past couple of months. We are going to be rolling out a brand new residential solar and battery um program and we are offering preferred pricing to our customers who want to do that on their homes and businesses. And then we have a couple of local partnerships with uh your nonprofits, Daily City Partnerships and Healthways. and those organizations help us reach um underserved communities and help with various languages to make sure that we are reaching all of our customers with

our different programs. So, what I referenced at the top of this update is that coming soon um very soon actually in May, May and June, we will be rolling out a new name called West Light Energy. Same great agency meets a great new chapter. So, we're really leaning into our 10th year. Um, we're very excited to roll this out. We'll be back to you to show you all the new branding. And part of this is to reduce confusion, as I noted, but also we really want to raise brand awareness so our customers know the value that we're bringing um and that it's also inclusive of our entire service territory. So, um, look for that and and hopefully that will will go ahead and be adopted on your consent calendar. So our ask tonight is to approve the JPA amendment. We are asking you to help us clearly communicate this name change to our customers. Nothing else is changing terms of service and discount and all the rest. And then help us. We will uh be inviting all of you to participate in various 10-year anniversary celebrations that will commence in the back half of this year. We're deep in planning at the moment. So, with that, I want to say thanks for having me and I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you.

Thank you. Excuse me. Thank you, Miss Marshall. I have any questions from my colleagues? Seat number one. Uh, Council Member Diovani, did you did you did you hit the mic? I think she first. Oh, I'm showing seat number one. This new technology is great. I know who ce who queued up first, so that would be you. Did you have anything, council member? Just want to say thank you. And then Oh, wait, wait. Hold on. Hold on. They can't hear you. Oh, there's a It's blinking off and on. You're good. There you go. Do you have a new system? We will be getting new systems, too. We're excited.

So, I just want to thank you and then our we was the mayor, vice mayor, and Dr. Rod has been keeping us really ab breast on what the changes have been and what they're like the positive things and what uh PCE has been doing and like to acknowledge publicly about how Dave Pine started all of this and that how it's turned into this is is remarkable and uh a lot to be proud of and glad you're on board. Glad he's on board and you have a great group and which much much success and because what your success is ours in our community. So, thank you so much

and thank you for the solar projects here and um and the green energy that you uh always thinking about outside the box cuz he recently told us about different types of batteries and uh so we learn a lot. So, I know those meetings are long but he gets a lot of information and he conveys it back to us and thank you for your work. So, I'm looking forward to the 10th anniversary. We're going to have a good time. Yeah. Thank you to celebrate energy, clean energy. Got it. Thank you, Council Member Deioani. Anyone else? None. Do you see me? I can hear you.

Okay.

Yeah. New technology, new name. Um, but I think it's so wonderful. You know, it's been a decade for the work that you've all been doing. You know, I personally see it on my on my bill. um and where that comes in. And I think we all know how important it is for our environment um and just for our future um to utilize clean energy. I'm so grateful for all the work that you do on there. Uh, Council Member Doss Makbo and previously mayor. Um, you know, as we look towards our future, there's there's we we can't continue the way we've been doing things. And so when you bring forth alternatives to us that are clean um, and it's showing the impact, you know, this is something we need to do continuously. So, thanks for all your work and congratulations on a decade. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Manalo. Is it working? You're blocked out now. Now, now I'm working. Um, I won't take long, but I wanted to say that uh the time I attended a meeting on behalf of uh Dr. abroad. Everyone was so kind and welcoming and it was so nice to see the different communities come together and discuss what needs to be done so that we are prepared you know for the all the changes that are happening. So I wanted to thank you personally. Welcome back anytime I will be there. Thank you.

I don't know. I'll just probably turn this thing off and you folks just do whatever you want to do. Uh Miss Marshall again, thank you so much. I can speak at length to uh what the organization has been doing but I'll definitely keep it short. You know uh as Dr. Rod made mention and you made mention about the savings that uh and it's clean energy and it goes far beyond that as well because as we sit up here on the council and when development comes up especially big developments we ask if they will put down the infrastructure for EV charging and you you dig once and get the wires in there and you be prepared for later rather than having to dig again and spend a lot of money. And I do remember uh the solo farms and uh thinking way in the future. We need to start building. So good work is really coming out. I'm really appreciative. I can feel your passion, your energy, and your care. And welcome aboard as the CEO of the coming Westlight Energy. I was I was going to say something like uh West Foggy Energy, but you covered the whole gamut of folks and not just Daily City. So, thank you again so much.

Thank you. All right. Uh Dr. Rod, go ahead. I think you got this is great.

Just one thing I just want to say. I've been part of PCE since uh 2018 when I got on and um it's been a place where um I had no clue. I just I just knew my heart was in the right place in terms of doing um things that are green educoriented um innovative ways to provide energy for the county. Um, and so I I've received a lot of mentorship and, you know, I talk I'll talk more about it when we get to our council committee reports, but I think one thing that I just want really want to highlight is um how uh PC or now West Light has been a champion in terms of equity programming and and standing um on two feet um despite where our national or federal politics is going. Like we're still advocating. We provide programs for the most vulnerable people in the communities. I'm going to be talking about the ebike program and how that's been such a successful program. And so the small things everything from education to the ebikes to you extending our partnerships all the way to Los Banos. Our reach is pretty far and I just want to say thank you Sean um for this um new chapter and you know looking forward to seeing you again at the end of this month.

Thank you very much council. All right. Thank you so much. All right. Have a good evening. Thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. All right. Right. The next item on the agenda is a proclamation and Vice Mayor uh Piranho will present the proclamation and uh please

thank you very much for this um I think it's extremely important uh subject here and uh I at this point at this time I would like to again thank uh the vice chair of the women's commission Gabriella Maxman because she brought brought this to our attention. So, I'd like to thank you. So, as I read this proclamation for eating disorders, thank you, Gabriella. Eating disorders awareness week, February 23rd to March 1st, 2026. Whereas eating disorders are serious and often misunderstood illnesses that can affect individuals of any age, body size, race, gender, socioeconomic status, or background. And whereas eating disorders have among the highest mortality rates of all psychiatric disorders, resulting in an estimated 10,200 deaths each year in the United States, equating to approximately one death every 52 minutes. Whereas nationally, approximately 9% of Americans or 28.8 8 million people will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, reflecting the widespread and significant public health burden of these conditions. And whereas eating disorders are often coupled with other serious mental health conditions and are associated with elevated risks of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and suicidal behavior compounding their

impact on individuals health functioning and longevity. And whereas each identification, education, and compassionate support are critical for recovery and public awareness efforts, help reduce stigma, increase understanding of warning signs and symptoms, and promote referral to evidence-based care and support services. And communities thrive when all individuals affecting affected by eating disorders are recognized, supported, and provided access to appropriate clinical and psycholog psychosocial resources. And whereas the city of Daily City joins communities across the nation in recognizing eating disorder awareness week and reaffirming our commitment to support mental health awareness, promoting body positivity, and ensuring that residents know help and resources are available. Now therefore, our mayor Glenn Sylvester and the members of the city council of the city of Daily City do hereby proclaim February 23rd through March 1st, 2026 as eating disorders awareness week in Daily City and encourage all residents to raise awareness, reduce stigma, support individuals and families affected by eating disorders, and promote access to education. resources and pathways to to recovery

within our community. So, it's there. I'll bring this down, but let's if I'd like to give you a few moments to speak.

Thank you so much. Um, Mayor Sylvester, Vice Mayor Pano, Council Members Manalo, DJ Giovani, and Das Magbal. Thank you very much for your recognition of eating disorders awareness week in Daily City. Uh, I'm going to read a speech by Commissioner Freda Agette, who helped bring Eating Disorders Awareness Week in San Monteo County. But I just first wanted to say that this is an issue very personal to me as someone who um has recovered from a number of eating disorders. From 14 to 21, anorexia, bulimia, and later binge eating disorder took over my life. It prevented me from the adolescence and young adulthood that I saw American on American sitcoms when I came to this country as a refugee in 1988. At age 17, I joined a 12step program that at the time saved my life. But it wasn't until 21 that I started therapy that my life finally began to transform. I'm an example of what an eating disorder survivor is. But I was one of the lucky ones. eating disorders have one of the highest mortality rates of any mental illness. Thank you for bringing attention to this important and serious set of mental illnesses. Um this recognition is going to help so many still struggling. Um and now I'll read Freda's words. Um Mayor Sylvester, Vice Mayor Pano, esteemed city council members, city manager, and residents of Daily City. My name is Freda K. Aguette. I am a San Mateo County Behavioral Health Commissioner, chair of its youth committee, co-founder and catalyst of the futures commission, community consortium chair of Al Cove San Mateo, and most personally today, I am someone in recovery from an eating disorder. I'm unable to be with you in person due to business travel, but I'm deeply grateful to Commissioner Gabriella Maxman for championing this issue and for generously reading these words on my behalf. Thank you, Daily City Council,

for adopting this pro proclamation. By recognizing eating disorders as a leading cause of preventable death, claiming an estimated 10,200 lives each year, one life every 52 minutes, you are doing something profound. You are saying that the suffering is real and that our community will not look away. Let me offer a face or a lived account to go to those numbers. Eating disorders are not about vanity or willpower. There are serious mental and physical illnesses. Over those 15 years, from 15 to 30, the disease manifested along a full spectrum of behaviors. For me, restriction was an illusion of control, a way to manage an interior world that felt unmanageable and an external world that felt chaotic. The purging was releasing intense emotion, punishment, and pentance. The binging and the compulsive eating was seeking false comfort and protection from food when what I really needed was to reach out. My experience is not unique. Although eating disorders are on the rise amongst young people, especially young girls, accelerated with the advent of social media, there are not adolescent phases or lifestyle choices. Eating disorders are among the highest mortality rates of any mental health condition, affecting people of everybody, every body size, every race, every gender, and every background. Roughly 9% of Americans struggle with an eating disorder in their lifetime. In the state of California alone, 3.5 million residents will have an eating disorder, underscoring the local impact of these illnesses illnesses on families, schools, workplaces, and community health systems. Spearheaded by the people with lived experience through Supervisor Mueller's office, San Monteo County launched its firstwide eating disorders awareness week in over a decade. a week of conversations, celebrations, and connections designed to stop the stigma and start the dialogue. In adopting this proclamation, Daily City is extending that commitment beyond a single week and sending a clear

signal. Mental health does not have office hours. Recovery is not linear. It is a conscious and at times white knuckling practice, one day, one hour, one breath at a time. And it is possible. I am living proof. But it requires early identification, compassionate support, and most of all, the willingness of communities like this one to say, "You are not alone and help is here." If you or someone you love is struggling, please reach out. Call or text 988 the suicide and crisis lifeline, which also supports eating disorders crisis. Locally, Al Coves, NAMI, San Monteo, San Monteo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, the Healthy Teen Project, and Measure Up San Monteo County provide local support for those struggling and caregivers. They are here to help. You do not have to face this alone. I want to close by thanking Supervisor Ray Mueller for sponsoring this recent initiative, as well as behavioral health commission liaison supervisor David Canniba for being a consistent champion of this work. And again, my deepest appreciation to Commissioner Maxman for standing in this room today in my place and to this council for lending your voice to an issue that has long deserved one. Together we can and do recovery with gratitude and in solidarity solidarity. Freda K again.

Okay. Uh uh vice mayor take a seat. Yeah. Let's No. No. Congress.

Right. Right. Uh, I'll start off. I'll probably end up. Uh, first of all, I want to say Commissioner Maxman, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. And Freda's words were very touching. There was one paragraph that you said even though as the proclamation states February 23rd to March 1st, that is already passed. However, by bringing awareness is kind of like extending it. And I caught that when you read it. That is so true. Very much true. So, I want to say thank you so much. Uh your position on the women's commission as we can see this evening. Uh I was first apprehensive at first and I'm just going to admit uh admit this but I realized that the women's commission don't just handle issues pertaining to women but basically for everyone. So, uh, kudos to, uh, the women's commission, kudos to you for bringing this to our attention, and kudos to Freda, who, uh, received the proclamation from San Monteo County. Uh, it's very much appreciated. So, with that being said, I'll I'll open it up to my fellow council members. Council member Pam Diovani.

Thank you. Well, when you speak from your personal story, I think that that to me is that when you get up and do that, I think that lets other survivors know we are we are blessed that you are a survivor because that bears witness so other people know that and the fact that you are here and have the courage and you gave Freda the voice and even though the the the voice is hers on some of it, it's your voice too. So it tells you that it's a fight for people every day and that we need more awareness and if there's something that we can do to have awareness campaign through our behavioral health or because I know even at the youth center they touch on it a lot for the youth because it affects all ages and like you were saying you came here as a refugee so when people go through trauma or whatever they go through it could trigger certain things you know um no matter what it is and it can manifest in different ways and that is something that people need to know about and not to have a shame because everybody walks a walk and we all have testimonies to tell in our life and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for you telling yours and for free to open this up and to the board of supervisors in the county because it needs more. It needs more. We do a lot awareness on many things. This is a part of it and to make sure it's integrated, which I'm glad the behavioral health is and Dr. Jay, but um it really needs to be talked about. And it when you talk as a person that's going through it, I think that's where you hit the heart and you hit everything about it, like all of it. And seeing you standing there is really a testament. And I thank you for sharing from the bottom of my heart and thank everyone else who is suffering. You don't have to suffer there, right? They they can know that they're not

alone and we need to get that word out. Thank you very much, Mazletov. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Djiovani. Anyone else? Am I Am I on the list? Oh, you you have full control, Council.

Oh, you're no longer doing that. Oh, okay. I was like, I want to make sure. Am I on the list? Thank you. Um, no, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your courage to speak your story as well as Freda's story. And I think you touched upon it. You know, now in the age of social media, a lot of our young people um see, you know, images that um sometimes are very unrealistic and even with the age of AI, right? Um and to be able to educate and have that support system uh continuously is so important. Um, and to also let those that are going through it that you can survive and push through it. Um, is a testament of really being your resilience and Freda's resilience and the continuation of making sure that education and awareness are at the forefront. Um, so thank you so much this evening.

Okay. Thank you, Council Member Manalo. Dr. Thank you. I'll make this short because I got to read this. This was it just a but it was so every time I got to a whereas I was like yeah that's that's true that's important. Um but the most important thing is to say that your sharing helps people know they're not alone. That's what's most important that I heard today. No one's alone and there's something there's places to go and a phone number or a person that can help them. So, thank you for bringing this to us. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Dr. Rod,

uh Gabriella, thank you for um sharing your story as well. Um and also I'm sharing Freda's words. I think a lot of times when we think of like vulnerabilities, we kind of view it as weakness, but from my perspective, I think vulnerability represents strength. And that's what you all demonstrated um through this um resolution um or proclamation um you know, and a lot of times we we tend to disassociate our personal political, but our personal is political and the political is personal. And so bringing things up to our council, things like this type of proclamation is so important. And I'm proud that our and thank you the mayor for um forwarding this um proclamation for us to show that daily city is um cognizant about how eating disorders is a mental health issue. And so um you know just to give some a little bit of statistics here. I think I saw something about um LGBTQ plus youth are about three times more likely to have an eating disorder than their straight peers and trans and non-bar non-binary young people face especially high risk and suicide attempts and so these things are real things you know so when we sometimes think like oh they just need to be a little bit more have a little bit more willpower a little bit of this but sometimes it's it's systematic um it's like what council member Malo said it's what we watch what we what are the expectations, what are the norms and sometimes we fall into the trap of trying to fit that mold. Um I hope that we do more than just a resolution. Hopefully like when we start pro we do a lot of events that we're cognizant of like flyers that we put out that is um that we include people of all sizes and shapes and and look right because I think that's that's important. And that's the messaging that sometimes we don't see that goes beyond words, but the images that we see becomes more powerful for people that view it. So, thank you again, Gabrielle.

Thank you all. Thank you. Uh, Dr. Rod, uh, I can see vice mayor is just ready to go. Ready to go. Why don't we all step down and take a picture, please, and present the proxim. Thank you again for contacting me. I appreciate you. It works. Let me get back. Well, I'm going to stay down.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you so much. So much, mayor. All right. Thank you. Great job. You can start crying now.

Thank you all. Thank you all for your pres uh patience and uh congratulations to everyone especially uh those who uh received the proclamation today. Uh really means a lot to us. So we're going to move ahead on the agenda. The next item is the approval of the minutes. I'll entertain a motion for the approval of February 26 minutes of 2026. Motion to approve the minutes. First by council member

uh council member Manalo and it was a I heard the second by council member Djioani. Uh any further discussion? All those in favor of approving the minutes of February 23rd, 2026 say I. I. I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? The minutes pass. Moving on to the next item is the approval of the agenda for this evening, March 9th, 2026. Motion to approve. Second. We have a first by Council Member Manalo, a second by Vice Mayor Piranho. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I.

Any oppose? Any abstensions? The minutes pass. Okay. The next item on the agenda is uh oral comment. Uh speakers will be limited to two minutes. Uh the council cannot take any action on any matter raised under this item. At this particular time, I have two cards. Madame city clerk is uh giving me the nod. No, I don't have any, but I have two. Good enough. So, we'll first start off with uh Miss Marjorie Ruez, PG&E public comments. Hey, Marjorie. Hello, Mayor. All right, vice mayor. Thank you for coming. City Council,

I'm home tonight in this council meeting. I It's wonderful to see you, Dr. Rod Felicides. Congratulations on your tenure ship at Skyline. For anyone who doesn't know, we can embarrass him later. Oh, she she'd be trolling. She knows. I do. I got to be careful. Nothing fun, nothing.

No, I just I want to remind you here of my role. Uh I've been at P Genie now for 10 months. I almost said 10 years just now. And I am here to serve you. And I would love to make two comments, two brief points tonight. One about regulatory work. So P Gen is required to engage in as everyone knows all costs that customers pay are approved by the CPU and every four years Pen proposes a general rate case. And so that outlines a proposal to increase safety and modernizing the grid. This includes undergrounding and clean energy. So I want to focus on gas for a moment. The current GRC for 2027 through 2030 that will be considered like prior GRC's includes work around Pen's gas system. This is important for our service territory including Daily City. I want to stress that this has not yet been approved. Um, but we are proposing replacing about 160 plus miles of gas distribution pipeline annually and upgrading internal inspections. This GRC also includes a proposal to support mobile leak detection technology to find and repair gas leaks reducing methane emissions. The second point that I'd love to make and I can follow up is I want to touch on the public purpose programs that P Gen provides customers and this includes care for P for gas and electricity customers and it provides up to 20% discount or more. So I am happy to follow up with an email and also provide hard copies to share with the community and they are available in multiple languages so that it's accessible and inclusive. Please reach out to me should you have any questions, comments, concerns. I am here for you. I am here for the town of Daily City and I made it just indeed. Thank you.

Thank you very much uh Miss Ruiz and it's great to see you and thank you for uh your advocacy for Daily City not only in PG& but what you used to do before and we don't forget. So you need to do it. Thank you so much. All right. The next card we have is uh Desi Devang Ghan um regarding organization uh into the streets and this is in regards to uh top of the hill RFP. Yes, that's correct. Okay. Okay. Great.

Hi council members. Thank you for having me. Um I am part of a coalition who applied to the top of the hill RFP that Daily City issued out in January. Our coalition represents Into the Streets, Pinth Agency, Make It Marico and Copa Cultural Center. Uh we believe we turned in a very competitive uh application and unfortunately we lost we lost. I'm not here to debate uh as a sore loser why we lost, but we would just like to have a little bit more transparency about the RFP process. Um because we believe we had a very competitive um application. Um the consortium that I represent has uh is a bipacled group. Um we have experience over 10 years experience producing large scale block parties and night markets in San Francisco. Um, we were actually the group that created the first night market in San Francisco called Undiscovered. Um, also part of our consortium is Into the Streets, who produces a monthly block party in San Francisco called Downtown First Thursdays that has an attendance of 20 to 30,000 people every month. Um, in general, our consortium has the track record of managing city and public funds of budgets of over $2 million. And when we asked for a scorecard, we didn't get a scorecard. And typically, when we apply for civic RFPs, when you lose, you get a very detailed scorecard on the reason why you lost. And I know this RFP had a very detailed rubric on judging applicants, but we weren't given a scorecard based on this rubric. And so we urge the daily city council to look into the RFP process and provide a little bit more transparency for all the applicants who spent their time putting in applications. Thank you.

Thank you m Mr. Dangan and uh thank you for coming to speak to us. Thank you. Okay, I don't have any other cards at this time. So, we're going to move on to the consent agenda. Uh, I'll entertain a motion to unless you want to item number 10. Is that okay? To pull item number 10. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. So, we're now on the consent agenda and I'll entertain a motion to accept. If any council member would like to pull any item, please let me know. Yes.

Council member Djiovani would like to pull item number 10. Okay. Anyone else? Mhm. Um if we can look at uh seven and eight since they're here and um 11. Thank you. Acknowledging 7, 8, 10, and 11 at this time. Are there any other items? All right. Just for the record, uh, Vice Mayor, I wanted to let you know because I do see the folks here. I was thinking the same thing, seven, so I just wanted to let you

like minds. You're very good. Um, all right. So I'll entertain a motion to accept all items on the consent agenda with the exception of items 7, 8, 10, and 11. Who would like to be? So moved by council member Manalo. Second. Second by council member Djiovani. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose?

Any abstensions? Okay. So, we'll move on to item number seven. Consider partnership with the Filipino Bayhan Resource Center for a Kamayahan feast fundraiser at Pacelli Event Center. And we have uh our director, Miss Brown. Welcome.

Good evening, mayor, members of the city council. I am here to present um a staff report to consider city partnership with the Pilipino Bayanahan Resource Center at the Bachelli Event Center to host the Kamayat Kamayan Kamayan thank you feast fundraiser event on Saturday June 13th 2026 and consider fee waivers. PBRC is a community-based nonprofit in Daily City dedicated to empowering individuals and families through education, advocacy, and access to essential resources rooted in the spirit of Bayan coming together to uplift one another. PBRC serves the Filipino community while remaining open and inclusive to people of all backgrounds. For over 10 years, PBRC has proudly partnered with the city of Delhi City Department of Recreation Services, serving on the planning committee for the Kasayahan sad daily city cultural event and helping sponsor and support community events such as Spring Funday and other programs that strengthen connections across Daily City. PBRC is hosting an event on Saturday, June 13, 2026. As a partner, the city would host the event at the Bell Pachelli Event Center and promote the event to the daily city community. The Kamaya

Kamayan feast fundraiser is inspired by the Filipino tradition of sharing a communal meal, celebrating culture, togetherness, and connection through food. While kamayan meals are traditionally enjoyed without utensils, this event will offer utensils for guest comfort while preserving the spirit of gathering and shared experience. Proceeds from the fundraiser will directly support PBRC's community programs and services, including educational workshops, youth and family resources, cultural programming, and outreach efforts that benefit diverse communities throughout the area. As a partner, the city would host the event at the Vichelli Event Center on Saturday, June 13th from 3:00 to 10:00 p.m. The chart below depicts all costs associated with the rental. PBRC has already submitted payment for the $1,000 refundable deposit, the $400 mandatory non-refundable custodial fee, and the $147 non-refundable insurance fee, which totals $1,547. The total rental fees requested to be waved are for the hourly rate of $225 times the 7 hours of which amounts to $1,575. Staff recommend that the city council provide direction to staff on event partnership and fee wavers. Staff and the community partners are available to provide any additional information desired by the mayor or council members.

Thank you, Miss Brown. Uh any questions? Vice Mayor, I was just going to say thank you for giving that report. I think it was thorough. I wrote down the date, June 13th. I'm excited. Thank you. Yeah. Anyone else? I have one question. If I can have uh you want me to call uh Ta Pa Ta Pearl? Ta Pa, could you come up to the front, please? This is just for clarification. Wow. Hi, Tita Pilla. How are you? Good. Good. I'm glad. I'm excited.

Well, you're always excited. Uh, thank you. Um, for Denise, thank you. Um, I just want uh Tita Pear uh tell you what the word in Filipino kamaya means. There you go, Marie. Come on. Come on. This is just for information only, folks. So, explain the kamayan. What's kamayan? You eat with your hands. No. Oh, you say it. Okay. It's to eat. This to eat with your hands.

Mayan. All right. Oh, wait. Okay. Well, since I got you there, Maria, using your hands. Okay. Now, uh, Miss Brown had made mention that you'll be providing utensils there. Are you meaning to say you're actually going to have a boodle fight? That's what it is. Yeah, exactly. On banana leaves. On Okay. A boodle fight is where all the food is on banana leaves and you eat with your fingers on top. Yes. For those of you who didn't, you have serving spoon, you have serving, you have everything gloves, but the foods are there. You can have all yourself.

Very good. Very good. Thank you so much for that clarification. I just did that so that the uh public can uh help understand, you know, because we definitely uh respect many cultures in Daily City and uh this is good to know. Thank you so much. Thank you. Um are there any other uh comments for uh the presenters? Uh Council Member Manalo, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I think it's it's just a wonderful idea also to be able to share the Kamayan experience. I don't and you know at a at a at a large scale and be able to

um share that part of our culture and and then for those that have never tried it that you know it's really a time where you know you eat together and it's really a special time and experience. So, um I know nowadays if you look out in kind of the restaurant world, they say it's not only the food but the experience to draw people in. Right. Exactly. I think even in like ceremoni like all of these um arenas, it's all about the experience. And so you're also providing an experience. So, thank you.

Great. Anyone else? I'll make the final comment. If I show up, you make sure you have some bug and alam. Okay. And kamates and seaboas. Oh, he's putting in his order. All right. Okay. Uh not not uh seeing any additional comments from my uh colleagues, I'll entertain a motion to accept item number seven to motion to accept item number seven. We have a first by council member Diovani, a second by council member Manalo. any further. Pano, I thought it was you. We both sounding the same. Oh, yeah. You are okay. Uh, but

she beat me to it. I was going to do it at the same time. Vice Mayor, I expect you to be first in line with me. Yes. As long as there's some babinkham there. Okay. Uh, any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I. I. Any oppose? Any abstension? Motion passes. Congratulations. June 13th from the hours of 3 to 10. Thank you very much. Thank you, Miss Brown. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, Luman. I'm back.

Okay. Uh item number eight, consider partnership with Pacific Islanders Together for various athletic tournaments and fundraising opportunities. Miss Brown, you have the floor. Thank you. Okay.

I am here to ask the city council to consider a city partnership with Pacific Islanders together and the waiver of facility rental fees for the following events. a pickle ball tournament and toy drive at the Warmo Community Center, a crab feed fundraiser and a Polynesian youth cultural competition at the Pichelli Event Center, a pickleball tournament, basketball tournament, and a volleyball tournament at the War War Memorial Community Center. Established as a nonprofit organization in 2012, Pacific Islanders Together's mission is to strengthen community unity through cultural programming, wellness initiatives, and direct community service. Over the years, PIT has supported residents by creating inclusive spaces for artistic expression, prioritizing health and wellness, and providing resources to those in need. PIT will host its third annual pickle ball tournament and toy drive on Saturday, December 5th, 2026 at the War Memorial Community Center. This event aims to blend recreation, community engagement, and philanthropy by encouraging attendees to donate toys for children in need during the holiday season. The tournament is designed to raise awareness, increase participation, and foster a sense of unity while supporting a charitable cause. In addition to the toy drive event, PIT plans to organize a series of athletic tournaments in spring 2027, April, and May that serve as leadup activities to its annual Shine Family Day Festival in partnership with the city of Delhi City. PIT plans to host a crab feed fundraiser. They also plan to host a Polynesian youth cultural competition, bringing together high school, college, Polynesian clubs from across the Bay Area to participate in a day of cultural performances, student led speeches, and creative expressions rooted in Polynesian heritage at the

Pachelli Event Center. This event is designed to celebrate Pacific Islander identity, empower youth leadership, and foster cultural learning in a safe, inclusive, and family-friendly setting. The event will also feature cultural booths, resource tables, and an award ceremony recognizing student excellence, and will serve approximately 150 to 200 participants and guests, including students, school adviserss, families, and community leaders. As a partner for the above listed toy drive, athletic tournaments, crab feed run fundraiser, and Polynesian youth cultural competition, the city would provide ininding the use of facilities, promotional assistance, staff facility support on day of events, and equipment such as tables, chairs, and access to pickball equipment. For event dates and locations, please refer to the table on page two of this report. The city council is asked to consider approving this partnership and waving associated facility rental fees for these scheduled events. It will be the responsibility of PIT to make payment of the non-refundable insurance and mandatory custodial fees totaling ing5 and refundable deposit fees totaling $1,800 two weeks prior to the first event occurring on December 5th, 2026. The total rental fees requested to be waved amount to $10,400. Um, as the event scheduled for April 17th, 24th, and May 1st, 2027 will be issued under a single permit, only one non-refundable insurance fee and one refundable deposit fee will be applied. And as the event scheduled for May March 20th and April 10th will be issued under a single permit, only one non-refundable insurance fee and one refundable deposit will be applied. Each event will still need to pay the $400 non-refundable custodial fee. Staff recommends that the city council provide direction to staff on event partnership and fee waiverss. Myself and the community partners are

available to provide any additional information desired by the mayor or council members. Thank you, Miss Brown. Uh Vice Mayor Pano.

Yes. Um first of all, thank you from Pacific Islanders together. Your events are always fun to go to. It's a really nice event for the community and for us to be able to share uh your special uh dancing, food, I mean so much. But I I would be remiss if I didn't recognize uh town of Council Member Ken uh Gonzalez. So hello, good to see you. And um so I I would just say is thank you for for you know coming to the city and working with us. Uh I think it's it's a really wonderful time and I've been to various events of yours. So thank you

uh council member uh Diovani.

Yeah. I just want to make it short because I know PBRC's been here longer in our city for partnerships and that in the short period of time the pit has had um being able to partner with the city. I think there's been a really growing um for for your for PIT has done more and more and more and contributed to everyone and being inclusive. So I really thank you for that and being inclusive and uh for everyone and that look forward to all the events and it's nice that we support nonprofits because nonprofits are struggling right now. I mean, they always struggle, but they really struggle. And then it's nice to be able to be proud enough to support and say, "Hey, you know, come to Daily City. If you're a nonprofit, then, you know, if you partner with Daily City, then uh we're going to support you." So, thank you very much and really appreciate everything, all the hard work for all our nonprofits. Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Diovani. Anyone else? And thank you, Denise. Mayor.

Yes, Council Member Manalo. Thank you so much. Um, you know, when looking over the requests, I think what is for me, I see that the organization, you've been looking ahead to see what you can do for the community. Um, and it's well organized and yes, um, I've been to many of your events and it's really wonderful to see how you've been able to bring people together from um, Shine Family Day and also just a toy drive continuously year after year. Um and so with that, you know, when I see the opportunity for also the pickle ball tournament, the basketball tournament, all of that provides that avenue for an experience for youth or young adults or who wants to join. But it's also an element um that we all support here as a city around recreation and being able to ensure that we have places for um all of us to be able to you know move our bodies and so I see you've covered it all the way from pickle ball, basketball, volleyball. So all those arenas uh which is really wonderful and then um so I see you know there's there's uh really a partnership that I think that we continue to bring forward and I think for me it's um the wellthoughtout plan. So I see that and also uh thank you for being here as well uh council member Gonzalez. Um I know um you do so much as well and with this organization um with your amazing photography and everything. So thank you for being here today and look forward to your events in the future.

Oh, may I add to that, please? Yes, Vice Mayor, please.

Um I think it's important to point out that all these events that you do, it's because you're raising funds to then give back to the community. Um and and and I would say uh we were uh many I think almost all of us we were at the the event at Beayshore uh Christmas time and it was I mean a sight we were standing on the stage uh mayor as you recall and uh we were there and we could see the children and and your the PIT how they work together to to gift I bicycles. Kids were even able to to put a, you know, I guess they put a their name in in uh there was all sizes of bicycles. And I just want to just say that that experience to be there, the music, the food, the gifts that these are these people hear that you're doing these events, but they don't may not realize that these events are to uh raise funds and then to give right back to the community. So, thank you. Thank you, mayor. Thank you. Sure, Vice Mayor. Anyone else? You know, uh, Vice Mayor, I'm going to try to speak before you because, uh,

no, no, because she pulls out everything that I was about to say.

So, uh, so I'll I'll start then. Uh, again, I'd like to acknowledge uh, Council Member Gonzalez from KMA for being here in the audience. Not only is he here in the audience for supporting Pit, but also uh uh well, he represents Pit and uh Mr. Gonzalez can really cook and he's always on the grill and taking pictures. Uh I don't know if it Yeah, I think it goes back this far. I I remember uh when my child p played uh football and with the Pop Warner, I think they had something called the Titan Burger in which that was a hamburger with cheese and a hot link. And if you can finish that, uh that'll be great. Uh pickle ball. I attended my first pickle ball function fundraiser at uh War Memorial and they brought me out on the court and served served me a serve and I couldn't even hit the hit the thing and that's something I'm not going to forget but pickle balls getting to be a big thing nowadays. And then uh what PIT has done over the years, especially at the toy drive at uh Beayshore Elementary, if I'm not mistaken, last year was one of the biggest turnouts that they had. They normally serve, I think it's anywhere, if I'm not mistaken, 800 kids, but last year was 2500. So it shows uh and besides uh during co and uh uh council member Djiovani I know you are very involved in the the giving of food and distributing the food. So uh I don't have to second think this as to what uh pit wants to do and their aspirations and especially with the uh support of daily city. Uh Miss Brown, I

do have a question for you. Uh there's a lot of dates involved here and uh if this gets approved uh I guess it would not have come before council if pre-planning wasn't done to hold those dates. So those dates are okay. Those dates are secure. Yes. Very good. Very good. All right. So that's all the comments that I have at this time. So are there any further comments on this uh issue? Hearing none and seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to motion to approve item number eight. We have a first by council member Manalo and similar sounding Vice Mayor Piranho. Yes, sir. Are there further discussions?

Hearing none and seeing none, all those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Any abstensions? Thank you very much. Uh item number eight has passed. Congratulations and we wish you the best. All right. Next item uh for approval is number 10. Accept $20,000. Oh, Denise. Hi. Was hoping you wouldn't get enough of me. Accept $20,000 charitable gift from the Margaret A. Zer revocable trust for the Dolier Senior Center. Miss Brown.

Thank you. We are requesting the city council to adopt a resolution accepting a $20,000 charitable gift from the Margaret A. Zider revocable trust for the benefit of the Dolier Senior Center and authorize the city manager or designate to execute all documents necessary to receive the funds. Margaret A. Zider established the Margaret A. Zider revocable trust as amended and restated in 2016. Upon her death, the trust directs the trustee to distribute $20,000 to the Dolier Senior Center located at 101 Lake Merrced Boulevard. The Dolure Senior Center is operated by the Department of Recreation Services of the City of Dilly City. As such, acceptance of the charitable gifts requires formal action by the city council. The trustee has provided notice pursuant to California Probate Code section 16061.7 and is prepared to distribute the funds upon confirmation of acceptance by the city. Section 5.2A 2A of the trust provides a mandatory charitable distribution of $20,000 to the Dolier Senior Center provided the beneficiary is able to accept the gift and qualifies as a charitable entity at the time of distribution because the center is a city department acceptance by city council resolution is required. Acceptance of this gift will allow the city to support programs, services, and activities benefiting older adults served by the Dolier Senior Center. consistent with do don lord donor intent. There are no conditions attached to the city to the gift other than its use for the benefit of the Dolure Senior Center. The $20,000 gift will increase revenues to the city. Funds will be deposited into a special deposit deposits account and designated for Dolier Senior Center programs and expenditures. There is no adverse impact on the general fund. Acceptance of this generous gift honors the donor's intent and provides

meaningful financial support to the Dolier Senior Center and its patrons. I am available to provide any additional information desired by the mayor or city council. Thank you, Miss Brown.

Uh, council member DJI. Yeah, the reason I pulled this because we don't think you know we see a lot of our volunteers and people that inter that in and out and you know almost everybody that's throughout the years and that the generosity of Margaret and although we can't thank her but we could in person anymore but then to know that that her heart and humbly how how much she cared about the the senior center and that that is a very generous and humbling gift and that Um, who better than Denise than for you to make sure that it's always going where it's supposed to go and that that that's a heartfelt and that they can rest assure that that Margaret Zeller and your blessed memory that it will go to where you want it to go and it will benefit so much of our Dolier. And so I just wanted to make sure that people know that that in the trust that sometimes we do get gifts like that. This is not the first time, but um I wanted to make sure that she was recognized and um in her charitable memory and loving memory. Who could forget the dolder? It benefits a lot. Thank you. And thank you very much, Denise.

Thank you. And to the trustees. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Uh sure. Thank you, Council Member DJani. Any other comments? Mayor. Uh yes, Council Member Manella. Thank you so much. I think um

you know when we see gifts like this uh to back to our city I think it is a reflection of their experience and and having the Dolier Senior Center as their second home. Um and I think it is really beautiful because um you know in the thoughtfulness of um you know being able to gift something um at their tail end of their lives, right? And I think that it's a testament to staff. I it's a testament to the culture and environment um that you all bring. Um, and so, um, I think that's it's so noble to see. So, thank you.

Thanks. Thank you. U, Council Member Manalo, any other comments? All right. I'll entertain a motion to accept item number 10. I motion to accept item number 10, please. Council member DJani. Motions. Second. I had We sound the same. I had to look over. Okay. Second by council member Malo. Any further discussion? Okay. All those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Any abstension? The motion passes. Thank you, Denise. Denise.

As we're moving down the consent agenda, I believe and I I believe uh we only have one more item, which is number 11. However, I saw Mr. Lungousen walk in and I did want to pull item number 14. Now, uh would that require uh an amendment on the vote or whoever made the motion that if we can pull item number 14 instead? You can pull it if you just want a discussion on you can pull it to change the vote if you if the vote changes after the discussion. Okay. So, we can have a discussion on the item and then if we want to Okay. But uh according to this, this is just a set date and time.

That's correct. It's just a set time and place. Okay. But what if you want uh modifications on the title? Uh uh the conditions. Oh, on the conditions. Well, you could do it at the hearing because this is just setting the hearing. This is not a public hearing. Thank you so much. All right. Uh thank you, madam city attorney. Uh item number 11 is the next item. Approve amendment to the professional service agreement for construction management and inspection services for North C's smart corridor expansion project. Mr. Chu, welcome sir.

Yes. Thank you. Uh good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the city council. Uh this item is to approve amendment to the professional services agreement for construction management and inspection services for the northern city's smart corridor expansion project. So, the city county associations of government of Sanonteo County, CKAG, uh they're sponsoring the Sanonteo County smart corridor project, which is an intelligent transportation system project that extends along El Camino Rial and major local streets in Sontel County connecting to US 101 and I280. Uh the project enables cities and uh California Department of Transportation Calrans to proactively manage daily traffic and non-reoccurring traffic congestion caused by diverted traffic due to a major incident on the freeway. Um, CKG has secured funds for the northern city's smart quarter expansion project and they will be reimbursing Daily City for costs incurred to manage the construction of the project as well as inspection services and staff time. Uh, on January 8th, 2024, the city council authorized the city manager to execute the funding agreement with CKAG for the construction phase of the smart corridor project. On January 8th, 2024, the city council awarded a construction contract uh to Zoom Engineering in the amount of $424,724.30 for construction management and inspection services. An amendment in the amount of 170,000 was executed in September of 2025 to provide additional construction support services through December 31st, 2025. The project completion date has been further extended due to additional changes and the desire to have Zoom

engineering involved through system integration. That's basically uh connecting the system to the main uh northern um city smart corridor system. Um, under the proposed amendment number two in the amount of $125,730.95, Zoo Engineering will provide construction support and inspection services through the system integration and project completion which is estimated to be May end of May 2026. Um, there is sufficient funds for this action uh in the approved 2023 2024 transportation fund uh under the smart corridor project. uh to cover this amendment. Uh staff is recommending that the city council authorize the city manager to execute an amendment to the agreement for prof professional services with Zoom Engineering uh to provide construction management and inspection services for the Northern City Smart Corridor expansion project in the amount of $125,730.95. Uh staff is available to provide any additional information desired by mayor and or city council.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chu. Uh, who pulled this item? I did. Oh, okay. Vice Mayor, please. Uh, uh, questions or No, I I'm sorry. Thank you, Mr. Chu. I asked this to be pulled because I thought it would be interesting to hear about it. And sometimes I think it's important for us to talk about what we do with other entities and how we work together for this for the residents and of Daily City. So, thank you very much. Yes, it's a good collaboration and the project is near completion. Just a few final touches to do. So, thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor, Council Member Manalo.

Thank you um so much uh Mayor for this opportunity and thank you Director Chu for the presentation. Um I sit on CCAG and so yeah um you know uh able to um it's been I think six years consecutively now on there and this has been uh on there as a project and to hear that it's going to near the end of it completion it's so important. I mean we do see the congestion um and we hope that with that we're able to alleviate some of the congestion that we see right in these smart corridors. And so, um, it's exciting. Yeah. So, thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Manalo. Anyone else? Okay. I'll entertain a motion to accept item number 11. Vice Mayor, did you want to make that motion? As soon as I can get a green button, I like to make that motion, please. Second. Okay. Uh, we have a first by Vice Mayor. Uh, I couldn't uh discern who made the second. I got Council Member Manalo and Council Member Diovani. So, I'll just say that for the record. Uh, any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Thank you. Any oppose? Any abstensions? Thank you very much, Mr. Chu.

All right. Um, I wanted to pull item number 14, but I see that basically it's just a set uh date and time to discuss this. And I'm assuming that if I have any questions or concerns, uh, based upon the date and time, I can address it, but this is just to set the date and time. Sound good?

Okay, great. So, uh, we don't need to take a vote on this. It's just a matter of, uh, clarification. And thank you madam city attorney. That's the end of the consent agenda. Next item is item number 16. Award of contract for the construction of Mr. Grandandy drainage basin improvement project to shimik construction company incorporated and Mr. Cosgrove. Very much. Thank you. Oh uh oh. I do have a presentation. Does anybody anybody like a hard copy of the presentation? Is that how big your presentation is, Mr. Uh uh. I'll take it. I'll take one, too.

Oh, I thought it was the whole thing as well. That's a lot of trees there. Not that you know, we don't mind reading. Yeah, we thought it was. Thank you.

You were brave. Yeah. I thought the same thing. I'm like, "Oh, no." That's all. Make sure this is working first.

Okay. A little bit of technical difficulties at the beginning. Thank you very much, honorable mayor, vice mayor, and members of the city council. Sorry about that, sir. Um, tonight's item in front of you is the bid recommendation for the Vista Grand Drainage Basin Improvement Project. Uh, a little bit of background on the project. Um, I provided some of this at the the sanitation meeting that we had um at our last meeting, but I wanted to go over it a little bit more u for yourself and for members of the public that may be watching. the Vista Grand Drainage Basin Improvement Project. It is a multi-benefit storm water management project that will manage, treat, and reuse storm water in the Vista Grand Drainage Basin while also providing regional water quality, water supply, wastewater, environmental, and recreation benefits. Just to orient yourselves. Uh once again, the everything in the yellow outline is the Vista Grand Basin. Any drop of water that falls within that yellow outline flows through a series of pipes northward towards Lake Merrced. And instead of going into Lake Merrced as it used to in its natural hydraology, it goes through the Vista Grand drainage facilities, a canal, a tunnel, and a structure box on the beach. The red outline is the um unincorporated San Monteo County and Broadmore. And then the orange line at the top, that is the county line with um San Francisco. This is a satellite view of the extents of the projects of the project, excuse

me. The red line is the Vista Grand Canal. It runs basically parallel with John Mir Drive and the southern part of Lake Merrced. And there is a dashed red line that represents the Vista Grand Tunnel that goes underneath the Olympic Club, underneath Highway 35, underneath Fort Funston and through the bluff and into uh a structure box that is on the beach, which is rep uh represented by a dotted line. Uh there is also the wastewater treatment plants effluent that flows through that dotted line through an outfall uh into the Pacific Ocean. I wanted to give you some highlights of the uh project and some of the things that we're doing. This is a picture inside the Vista Grand Tunnel. So this tunnel is a little overundred years old. Uh we walked it a few years ago and and this is a picture from inside. And so the project will be uh replacing this tunnel, be destroying this tunnel and building a new one as uh as the machine goes through. This next picture is a picture of the canal itself. Um we're replacing approximately a third of the canal and and putting the facilities underground and building a environmentally sustainable wetlands on top of it. And so this is just a picture of uh a po portion of the canal. So this picture is showing you where the canal transitions into the tunnel. So, if you look at the uh it kind of looks like a creek that's running um from the top of the picture to almost the bottom,

that's the canal. And then there's a bar screen uh that you can kind of see at the bottom part of that canal. And from that bar screen, there is a tunnel that goes underneath the Olympic Club, underneath that um green that you see right there, and then continues on uh toward the uh toward Fort Funston. a cos cosgrove. Uh is that your car parked in the driveway? No, I don't believe so. Okay. Do we enforce any? You know, do you folks have to get in there and

Yes, we do. We do have to get in there to clean the bar screen or perform other types of maintenance and we work a lot with uh San Francisco on being able to have access and along with Olympic club as well. There is a lot of coordination that takes place. Thank you. So this is a picture of Fort Funston. Oh jeez.

And uh you can see the bluff and then what you see in this picture is two structure boxes. The structure box that is on the left that is owned and operated by San Francisco and it's not part of this project. And then the structure box on the right is our structure box owned and operated by City of Daily City in North Sono County Sanitation District. Um, one of the things you will note uh as as uh I flipped the slide to the next picture is the bluff has eroded quite a bit exposing the structure box. And so part of this project is to replace that structure box and move it back more closer to the bluff. Um,

okay.

And then you also see a portion of the outfall uh pipe that comes out of the structure box and goes uh underneath the beach and then again that goes out into the Pacific Ocean and the wastewater treatment plants effluent. It's treated water flows into the ocean through that pipe. I wanted to provide a little bit more information on the tunneling part of this project. This is an overview of Fort Funston. Uh on the left of that picture is the parking lot and the area that's kind of outlined in like a rectangle uh if you will. Uh that is the area where we're going to have our temporary construction staging. And then the circle that is almost in the middle of the picture, that is an overview of the construction shaft, the drop shaft that's going to be built where we lower down the equipment to be able to perform work on the tunnel. And the line that intersects that picture, that is that is the tunnel itself on this drawing. And then this is from the drawings itself. and it's uh giving you an elevation view of the drop shaft. And um it's a little hard to see because the numbers are very small, but if you look at the bottom part of that picture, you'll see the drop shaft uh almost in the middle and it's about 180 ft down. So it's yeah, it's a very very deep shaft. It's about 30 feet in diameter. And that shaft needs to be deep and wide because this is a picture of what we're going to place through that and down into the tunnel. This is an example of the type of tunneling machine that we'll be using on this project. And you can

see uh the operator sits inside. He has um a claw that helps to uh destroy the existing tunnel uh along with a conveyor belt to remove the material. And then he's got the shield that will help to construct the new tunnel as he moves along. So it's a process where you destroy the ex and and remove the existing tunnel and then build a new one behind it. Sure.

It it just it's like a movie. So I'm just I it's it's it's mindboggling. I don't think we saw a photo of it. You talked about it the last time, but this is the first time you see it. So, this item, this machine goes into the tunnel, destroys the old tunnel, creates the path for the new tunnel, and then is I'm just trying to figure out like is there something else that's attached? What if the dirt just gets it's what if it gets stuck? Well, it's it's building the new tunnel as it moves along. So a as the front of it is destroying the existing tunnel. Yeah.

Behind it, it's building the new tunnel. So it's slowly just moves, destroying the tunnel and building the new one behind it. So it has that structural integrity behind it. And the drop shaft is um it's not in the middle of the tunnel, but it it it's close to the middle. And so the machine will be uh lowered through the shaft and then we'll dig uh towards Lake Merrced and it will build the new tunnel as it makes its way and then it'll get to the other side. We'll pick it up. We'll bring it back to the drop shaft, lower it back in and then go out towards the bluff and it'll build that new tunnel behind itself. That's amazing. That's just amazing.

And I I'm sure there's a much more fancy complicated way of describing that. That's just my m r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r rudimentary way of describing it. Um we do have uh representatives of 12 underground who are the design engineers for this project. Sean Spring and John Kaplan. Sean has a lot of experience in doing tunnels. So um if you wanted more details, they're here to provide that.

Council member No. Um, I just wanted to say as we're going through the presentation, I I thought it was it it's all of um your talking points coincide as we go along with the photos and what we're going to see next. So, I just wanted to give you your kudos around um taking us through this process. It's it's very clear and you know I feel like we're you know seeing exactly what needs to be done and having even this photograph is so helpful for us to understand exactly what what's happening for such a large magnitude of a project. So thanks for taking us through this and I think also those watching

it's very helpful for them. So thanks. You're welcome. Thank you. Oh, yes. Do they have like a video showing this? Like, you know, a cartoon that shows it? I'm just, you know. Yeah, I I'm would imagine there is. I have not searched for one myself, but we'll we'll look for that. See if we can find example. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Just you can share. Not obviously not right now, but it would be very interesting to see it in motion to see it actually happening. Okay. Thank you. That would have been a great idea for my the presentation, right? I wish I would have thought of that. It's okay. Next time. Next time. Thank you.

Um, okay. This next slide is about the bid process. So, we advertise staff advertised a construction bid in December. So, just um uh about four months ago. And on February 6, we received three bids. And just as an aside, this was actually uh quite successful getting those three bids. There was another tunneling project in San Francisco, I believe, that took place right around the same time and they had zero bids actually. So, it kind of shows how strong our outreach was to companies to take part in this project. And these were the three companies that turned in bids. The lowest responsible bid was by Shimik Construction Company Incorporated for $179,850,000. A little bit about Shimik. Uh Shimik has done a lot of projects in the Bay Area. These are just a few of them, three of them. They uh did work to the Sonteo Hayward bridge span, work to Dumbartan Bridge, seismic retrofit to that bridge. They did work uh for BART West Dublin Pleasanton station. I didn't find a picture in time for the presentation, but they also had just done a safety retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge as well. Sorry, I don't know if that was me, but that's a little bit about Shimik. And then uh Shimik is actually has a subcontractor that does the tunneling portion of this work. Their name is Drilltech. And Drilltech has done a number of projects in the Bay Area. These are just uh three of them. Transbay Transit Center project, Cal Memorial Stadium for um University of California, Berkeley, and then the Calot Calicott tunnel. They were part of that

project, the new bore for Calicott. Sorry, I forgot to move the slide. Okay. Uh construction timeline, a little bit about what happens from this meeting on. Uh I wanted to just put at the top of the the slide here taking us back December 11th, 2017. That was when this council uh formally approved this project. Uh there was a lot of work that went up to that point, but I just wanted to kind of mark that milestone that that's when this project was um or formally approved by this council and it's been a lot of work getting to this point here. So, uh, if the project is approved tonight, uh, with Shimik, March 23rd would be the notice to proceed to that company. Uh, and these are all estimated dates, uh, subject to change depending on things. But from March 24th to May 20th, there will be preparation, initial submitts between the contractor, the design engineers, staff review, uh, a lot of work that goes into pre-planning uh, of actually putting a shovel in the ground. Uh we're working, city manager and I working on a groundbreaking. We're targeting May uh hopefully when we get out of the wet weather. Um and then right right before we put shovels into the ground. So we're working on that. From roughly May 21 to June 28th, there will be a mobilization to the site. PRGC, that is the uh Pacific Rod and Gun Club. That's an area that's right next to Lake Merrced where San Francisco has helped us to coordinate being able to store some equipment there. Uh and then site prep along John Mir Drive where the canal is. Um they'll be prepping for the diversion structure and Box Culvert at that time. And then construction would

begin roughly around June. And it's a 30-month project, almost three-year project. So, we estimate project completion around December 2029. I went over this at the the last presentation I gave our finance plan, but I wanted to put that in front of you. Also, there's um just I expanded on a couple of things from the the last time I presented, but this information is basically the same. Uh we're funding this project through grants, project partners, and a finance in the financing uh portion. So we have already $7 million of approved grants for this project with the state water resource control board and through Congress uh Congressman Mullen. We also have applications for $7 million more dollars uh in grants through uh congressionally directed spending through Senator Schiff's office. We have contributions from part uh project partners uh over $50 million of contributions from project partners, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Sonteo County, uh state of California through CALR. Uh and then the financing is through California Clean Water State Revolving Fund. That's through the state water resources control board. a water infrastructure financing and innovation act, a WIFIA loan which uh was presented and you approved at our last meeting. And then we're looking we have an application with the California Infrastructure Bank, a potential public market offering, and then uh potential cash uh contributions from the water enterprise fund and the district sanitation fund. That's our finance plan. Mayor,

uh, Council Member Manalo, please. Thank you. Um, I appreciate the presentation. You know, the question I have with such a large infrastructure project. Um, obviously, we're going through um, a bid pro process and, um, we're going with the lowest bidder. Um with that um have do we know if this particular company utilizes local labor?

Yes, they do. Uh part of the bid process was the CWA and so that has uh been accepted as part of this bid and uh yes they they are using uh local labor. Thank you very much.

Uh thank you. That that was my presentation. I just wanted to conclude it by um saying thank you first to you the city council through your leadership. Uh you have really helped us to move this project forward to where it is now. Uh really the foundation of this project being able to do it is is the financing plan and uh the foundation of that is the enterprise funds rate structures which you help us develop and then approve. uh and that has created a solid uh financial foundation for us to be able to uh do this project. Uh one of the things that uh I believe I mentioned at our last meeting, we just received a double A rating from standard and pores uh for the water fund and the sewer enterprise uh sewer enterprise fund which is a very strong rating for a city our size. um you have supported us to remove all our debt in anticipation of this project. So there is no outstanding debt for the water fund and the enterprise fund which is a huge part of us being able to do this project. Um and you've supported staff. So I just want to thank you very much throughout that process. Of course, I wanted to thank the city manager, Thomas Piccolotti, who a lot of this work here is from him and under his leadership first in water and then as city manager. So, uh, he has really done an excellent job bringing this forward. And then just quickly just thank, uh, our city attorney, Rose, who has worked tirelessly for a long time on this project that she has worked very much with agreements with project partners and permits and just all the different legal requirements for this project. um our assistant city manager Tim uh and as the finance director uh really critical to being able to develop the financing plan to be able to move this project forward. As I mentioned, Sean Sprang and John Kaplan are here

from Delve Underground. They helped to design this project, put it out to bid. They will help us manage the construction. Um from the Department of Water Wastewater Resources, Kyla Defreeze is here. She did a lot of the heavy lifting internally to get this project out to bid. Uh and and she's also done a lot of other things for this project. Anthony Tofiga who often situps here. He was unable to be here tonight uh for some reason. I let him take vacation uh during this time but um he's done a lot of work also moving this forward along with many others in this department, many consultants uh to move this forward. So with that um happy to answer any questions. Dr. Rod.

Um, yes. Um, I'm just curious, um, knowing that we're in an area where there's a lot of seismic risk and like San Andreas fault and land stability. Um, are there any specific specific geo technical or seismic hazard studies that have been completed to confirm that the the ground is safe for this type of project? Yeah, we we've done a lot of geotechnical work and um I'd hap happily ask Sean Spring to come to the podium and and describe a little bit of that right there.

Uh to answer about geotechnical risks, we did perform a complete geotechnical investigation um primarily centered on the tunnel. Um there we are only about a mile away from the San Andreas fault actually where the 06 earthquake epicenter was.

Um and so that did weigh heavily into our design. We actually do cross a a small of the San Andreas fault called the Sarah fault. Um we did take design considerations there. Um where our our tunnel is a little bit more ductal there because we are expecting up to a foot of movement through there. Um and also the outlet structure you know those bluffs are inherently unstable. You see the existing outlet structure. The bluff has receded over 60 feet over years. Um so our our tunnel and and outlet structure are designed to withstand repeated um movement of the of the earth.

Okay. I think that's that's it for me. I was just kind of curious because once I saw that um they call tunnel maker. I was like, "Oh, you know, we're close to these, but didn't really think about in terms of consideration that, you know, there was already a tunnel there or u and pipes and outlets to to that." So, um yeah, I was just wondering if there was any current ones and just curious about um the question I asked. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, uh Dr. Rod. Uh council member Djiovani, please.

Yeah, I just want to say there's a lot of details. Thank you gentlemen for being here tonight and you're the experts in your field and then how you all work together. It it's it's great and and I'm sure that this has been a um a great process because we have great leadership as you can tell and with the again all began with uh our city manager when he was the director over wastewater. This is longtime project and uh it's f finally moving where it's supposed to be going and I thank you under your leadership and Mr. Nevin and of course Rose who all has you know like you said everybody does the heavy lifting and all our wastewater there's so many people involved that that collaboration uh shows a lot about our city and we really have a lot to shine about with employees and then for coming here and wanting to partner and putting in your RFP and uh thank you for the workforce agreement uh that is much appreciated um when you use union thank you That's it. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, uh, Council Member Djiovani. Uh, Vice Mayor Perano, please. Thank you. I We're just, uh, just going to bring this out. So, this tunnel, uh, was creat by hand, right? I was say that's me in that photo, by the way. Is that you? Okay. Nice photo. Um, no, but I was looking at it and it just it looks like Is it Are they bricks? It is. And this was this was handone. All hand mined. Yes. And And 1896.

1896. And how long I mean to envision that and to dig out the dirt and then to carry the dirt out and then to to line it with these bricks. So your machine's going to chew up the bricks. It will. Yes. Wow. because I was looking at this going. Great picture, by the way. You should have it framed. It's a good picture. Um, it's just amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Wow. Great. Okay. I have a question now. You do. Go ahead. Yeah.

Um and so after um the bricks or the debris that you take from there, where where does it go and is it um recycled so that it's you know I just want to understand that since it's a long I mean that's pretty amazing back in the 1800s around how they were able to do that. Yeah. But um just wondering uh as far as like the eco side of things, like what happens with all of that?

Yeah. So the the the what we call the tunnel muck coming out of the tunnel, it's going to be a mixture of sand and bricks. Um and sometimes we try to reuse that and we've been trying to work with national parks to actually reuse some of the tunnel mock to fill one of the Nike missile silos. Um and that um we're still working with them on that. There's some environmental issues on their side. Um other than that um this material is often I mean it it's it might be taken to a a waste facility. Sometimes they like to use this as liner material. Um like for the the day's trash, then they can layer like sand on top of it and it's a good liner material. um some of the like the shaft material that's coming out, it's more it doesn't have all the bricks in it. It's cleaner sand and that can be used within Fort Funston for some of the site restoration.

Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Sure. Council member Malo, anyone else? How long is that tunnel, if I may ask? Just over 3,000 ft. And that was you in that picture? That was I'm thinking claustrophobia. That's why uh you need to be paid for what you do. So I just hang that out. Uh sorry Joshua. Just a quick question. Well, actually two questions. Uh Lake Merrced, is that why we don't have water and you can't fish in there anymore? I mean because I used to fish there and

not anymore. I miss it. Yes. Unfortunately, Lake Merrced was damned off for it to be able to flow into the ocean and then the natural flow of water was um removed from flowing into Lake Merrced through the Bista Grand facilities. So, the there's not a turnover in that lake, but this project is going to recreate that because we're going to build diversion structures from the new facilities into the lake and then uh take that water back out of the lake. So, there will be a turnover of water and and uh from our studies, our design, it should improve the water quality. I don't know if you'll be able to fish in it. Okay. Okay. Cuz I I I guess what you're saying, if you're able to fish again, you have to wait till 2029.

You might have to wait a little bit and give us some time. Yeah. But yes, we're But no promises. Yes. No. No. No promises here.

All right. And when I saw the picture, uh, uh, Vice Mayor, that little blue thing, you know what that is? That's a conveyor, which I guess it takes out the, uh, materials or brings it in. I you know when I saw that uh I was thinking about the boring tunnel and uh it's uh unique and um by um by human beings for technology to develop something like that to make it work. I'm very uh definitely impressed um to Mr. Cosgrove. I added up your numbers on the page and I get 210 million. So, am I correct in assuming Oh, that might be for uh Mr. Nevin. we have uh excess of 39,150,000 I guess leeway and I guess that would uh probably decrease some of the loans that we may not have to take full advantage of or however am I correct because I see the bid is 179,850 but yet your funds come up to 210 million.

Uh that that's correct. the the grants are uh the 7 million that direct director Cosg Grove mentioned those that's already have been that's been received. Um and a current application for an additional $7 million if that were to to come in. Some of the other items in terms of what we'd have to borrow later would decrease. Good. And uh the project partners those dollars are also finalized and committed. Uh so really the financing structure will be in play throughout the next couple years in terms of when we finalize loans and other things what we need to uh what amounts we need to do to do those for.

Okay. Well, I like the uh first of all, I like the bid. Uh second of all, uh the playroom that we have, which I think was very uh um smart on both of your parts. And my last comment to you Josh was uh this was an excellent presentation and you acknowledging the whole entire team and this time you took the words out of my mouth because as soon as as you were talking I'm thinking picotti

and I think he sets up the nexus as to uh basically deferred maintenance and what may we may have to deal with later on in the future and you definitely acknowledge especially your entire staff. So, uh, kudos to you for that. Thank you so much. Okay, that's all I have. Any other comments? Uh, hearing none. So, this is the, uh, item number 16, award of contract for the construction of the Vista Grandandy drainage basin improvement project to Shimik Construction Company Incorporated. I thank you for their presentation and this will rec require a roll call vote, please. Madame city uh city clerk roll call please.

May I have a I happy to emotion this project. I know it's been here for a very long time and multiple um directors working on this

um and so many pieces and so it's I'm glad to see this here. I know that when it was first talked about, it was around um first sizing the plan and then at the simultaneously looking for the financing and so to see where we're at today. Um and then also being mindful of using uh local union labor is I think you've really been able to thread through a lot of the pieces that we care about. Um, and this is definitely long overdue and we know that it's going to help the next generation. So, thank you for all the hard work.

Okay. So, I'll entertain the motion first. I'll take the That was my motion. That was your motion. I mean, I said I said I I that was the second. All right. So, we have a first by uh Council Member Monalo with a second followed by Council Member DJani. May I have a roll call vote, please? Misty Gavanni I Dr. Rod I Miss Piranho I Miss Manalo I Mr. Sylvester Glenn Sylvester I thank you Mr. Cosgrove. Uh thank you for the uh representatives who are here to speak on this matter and uh thank you. Best of luck and best wishes. Thank you. All right. Thank you.

Okay. Okay. The next item is ordinances number 17, the second reading reading of ordinance number 1488 amending chapter 8.16 of the Daily City Municipal Code regarding property maintenance and nuisance abatement recovery of attorney fees. And uh madame city attorney uh you have the floor. Thank you Mr. Mayor and members of the city council. This item came before you as an introduction at the last meeting and this is the second reading up for adoption. Thank you very much. Uh any comments from anyone?

All right. I'll entertain a motion. Oh, this is just a second. Well, we'll uh obtain a motion for the second reading to adopt the ordinance. Make a motion to adopt it. Resolution. Council member Diovani. Motion. Is there a second? I'll second. Dr. Rod seconds. Any further discussion? May I have a roll call vote, please? Miss G. Giovani. I. Dr. Rod. I. Miss. Piranho. I. Miss. Manalo. I. Mr. Sylvester. Len Sylvester. I. All right. The next item is appointments. Board commission membership committee appointments.

Um. Um um uh may I was just thinking was I think I already mentioned that uh Christina Luna was going to be uh sworn in but we haven't done it yet. We're going to uh Chella is looking at me. What's the date? 17th 17th of March 6 p.m. not seven here in the chambers. So, if anyone would like to be there, I it's going to be an exciting uh swearing in. Was that What day was that? March.

It's uh Did I just say the 17th here? I know it's in here. 17th. Yep. Okay. Thank you. 6 p.m. Okay. Will you be sending out a reminder leilani to everyone reminding about the meeting on 17th please? Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. Any other uh uh board commission membership committee appointments? Okay. Hearing none, we'll move down to item number 18, council committee reports. Dr. run.

Um I attended um the Peninsula Clean Energy um meeting on February 26th um as we had our uh CEO Sean Marshall spoke. Um there were a lot of highlights that are happening with PCE or now what call Westlight. Uh one is the government uh photo volic uh or government PV program has expanded to 36 projects. um CEO Marshall u briefly spoke about that about how we have current projects here in Daily City and throughout the county um in terms of everything from um you know those parklets um with the with the solar panels that um cover um parking lots um and generating power locally. Um, one of the other highlights was the ebike rebate applications. It has increased over 300% year-over-year and is requiring uh some program adjustments.

Um, and then um, Council Member Manalo talked about um, when she gets the statement for electricity and talking about um, I I've I've heard some constituents say like, "Oh, we I see this this um, additional line item." And some people leave. But what has happened over um this past January and February, there's actually a decrease of optouts. So people are remaining in the PG

um program. Um they also have this other program called the green access program which was for formerly known as disadvantaged communities green tariff. Um and is a commitment to environmental justice and equitable access to renewable energy. Uh this green access program serves about 2,600 low-income customers with 6 megawatt of solar capacity. Um it also provides uh folks that could rent um opportunities to um have solar um power as well. Um what else is there? Oh, this is a big one. Another one was um board leadership nominations for chair, vice chair. We uh have definitely have moved on. We have a new uh board and a more a new uh chair and new uh uh vice chair. So we have director Marty Medina from San Bruno who is now the chair for the next two years.

He's our original board member that served with you, mayor. Um and so there's only I think there's only three people that are from the original PCE board. So he's one of them. So congratulations to Marty Medina. Um for vice chair we have uh Leslie Ragsdale from the town of Hillsboro.

Um they come from um a very extensive um environmental um protection um experience as a lawyer um has experiences in looking at contracts. So, it's going to be viable for uh Westlide or PC moving forward, especially with with all the different forms of green energy opportunities that are very limited that's happening because of the the federal um the federal um I guess uh agenda in terms of not going towards green energy. Um, and then I also want to give uh flowers to our former U chair um Donna Coulson.

Oh,

and so Donna is one of our um one of the original PCE board members, but I just want to say thank you to Donna. Donna's just was has been a champion for PCE um over these past two years. I served with her when we were coming up with the DEAI um policies and even when um DAI practices were being attacked nationally, she stood um she stood on the values of what we represent for PCE and championed and stood for the EAI policies in terms of what PCE stand for stands for in terms of diversity, equity, um access um and um accessibility. Um and one thing that I really um appreciate about her is she there's not there's every time I look for leadership, I always kind of look at in terms of what they say is aligned with what they do and Donna has definitely did that in in a very very um courageous way. Um, and so I just want to say thank you to Donna for um, not only being a a leader but like a mentor to me through uh, PCE um,

making these complicated things so accessible for me to understand um, and to uh, bring forth um, her leadership. And what she demonstrated was like since we were celebrating a women's history month, she that was one of her cornerstones was to put like women in leadership and and stand on not just saying it but also putting women in positions like Sean

um in positions to lead us to the next um the next uh phase of PCE. And so um let's see is there anything else? And so um as a as we saw Sean coming here to our um uh meeting, she is also going to different cities that are related to PCE um also Los Banos and all the cities in the county um providing these these agency presentations. And let me see is there anything else? I think that's that's it. Yeah. Very good. Thank you, mayor.

Um, thank you, Dr. Rod. Uh, before I let everyone else speak, I just wanted to add on one aspects regarding PCE because I was on there quite some time ago and I know uh about um Miss Coven. Yes. Right. And uh if I'm not mistaken, the seating arrangements is usually by city, so she probably sits next to you. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Well, when I was there, a representative from KMA sat next to me and she's no longer with us and that's Ken Gonzalez's wife. So, I mean, it's just a coincidence. So, just thought you would know that history. Um, Gonzalez.

All right. Any other um council committee reports? Vice Mayor. Oh, I promised I was going to talk before you. uh vice mayor and I we had a meeting. This was the first time for uh vice mayor to have uh to sit on the uh meeting uh the CDBG

uh community development block grant. You know, it's uh it's a way to get the vice mayor to understand the various committees. And it went pretty well. uh is very well educated and uh played an important role in understanding where the city of Daily City puts its funds and for what reason. So I think a lot of good questions was um presented there and I'd like to say thank you very much uh vice mayor and uh that's all I have. Anyone else? Okay, next it Oh, vice mayor you have anything? I'm I'm um Do you know we have another meeting? I don't know. Commissioners meeting I illegal dumping. Huh?

Illegal dumping. Illegal dumping. Okay. I missed that one. Oh, that was one. Okay.

I I said this the last time. Illegal dumping um is uh committee or group is comprised of so many different departments all working together to try to stem the issues of illegal dumping. And as we and other cities are noticing, it's not getting better. It's getting worse. And so I was quite impressed with um Leilani and the whole other group that got to speak to us about what what the ideas are, you know, being able to say, "What about cameras? What about offering uh re rebates to to families or businesses or housing or apartments or whoever it is, especially where it's happening more prevalent under freeways, you know, up top of the the edge of San Bruno Mountain where people's houses bet up to there and how people just show up um and dump. So you this committee and this group I think that we're you know little by little we're going to get things done and it may not be as fast as we want it to be but I I just want to say it's it's um it's a good committee and I and I thought it was a good meeting and uh Michael was there Leilani uh representative from Republic Services. Richard was in wonderful meeting as well. I know there's a whole list of names. Next time I'll take everybody's name so I don't forget a name. But thank you. Thanks for saying that.

Yeah. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Mhm. Any other uh council committees? All right, we're moving on to city council uh events and uh presentations and appearances. Anyone? Uh vice mayor, please.

Okay. So, um I've put a note on a few of these to let you speak about it after. but um uh attended the Daily City Women's Commission uh meeting where I'm going to let uh um my fellow council member uh Jessine Manalo speak about her um swearing in of a wonderful lady there. And so uh both the mayor and I was there, mayor Glenn Sylvester was there as well as is uh council member just Manalo. So I'll just skip that right there. Um, I was absolutely honored uh to be at w and with uh uh council member Justin Manalo Sonteo College and to be in that group of I don't know there might have been a hundred people there on your behalf um where congratulations uh for associate professor Rodas Magu on obtaining his tenure at Skyline College.

It was I mean, everybody had people, but he had people.

It was it and and that's all I'm going to say because I know you should be able to speak about that. Um, so I'm going to go right past that. Um, we att Manalo, I'm sorry, Council Member Just Manalo and Mayor Glenn Sylvester and his lovely wife Nita. We attended the birthday celebration of the emperor emperor of Japan hosted by the consil general of Japan Kataro Osuki and it was lovely. So I know you all might want to say something about it. Um but my favorite part was our mayor and he had this was it a hammer?

Yeah. Mal and he banged out a drum that had Saki in it

and he was amazing. So he may want to speak about that. So I just want to say that was pretty amazing. Um, we uh were able to stop by uh the Daily City uh planning uh with partnership with the Daily City Koma Chamber of Commerce for an informative workshop on how to obtain permits in Daily City and uh that was pretty cool. I caught part of it and um was happy to be there. Uh, I got to attend the 8:30 Friday 26th anniversary of the walkabout in ceremony shopping center. That was so much fun and sh So Denise uh Brown, thank you uh director Denise Brown. It was a wonderful event. Um, I also met up with uh council members Jessalo and Pam Diovani. um daily city host Lions Club 85th anniversary as a proud Lion for the last 20 years. I was proud to be there. Um I was uh there with many Lions and with council member Justin Manalo and her lovely little girl who was very well behaved and our mayor and his lovely wife and it was a lovely event and I'm just touching lightly on it in case they want to say something. Um we were all at the Daily City Lunar New Year's. Yeah, that was good.

Amazing. That's all I'm going to say because I know other people want to speak about that. And um one of the highlights of my last couple weeks was uh attending or being at the Beayshore Elementary Read Across America. Yeah. There were 17 people uh participated in reading to the children including police daily city police officers O'Shea and Briggs. Also commissioner Adonis Marcelino. I read and does anybody remember I love you Forever book? Yeah.

Do we remember that book? So, I was going to read another book, but every time I tried to practice, I cried because it's it's a it's a I I didn't bring the title, but I should bring it. It's about a tree and it gives everything to the little boy and you want you want a house, here's my branches. You want to make money, here's my apples. And it ended up into a stump. But anyway, so I do I tried to read that one and I am telling you I was like so I couldn't read it. So I decided I thought I wasn't going to te cry at anything but I read Love You Forever and it was the third grade and the little children wanted to know how old I was. So one said, "Well, she must be at least 19." And then another one says, "You're are you 29?" And the teacher's like, "I am so sorry, but my birthday's next week." And the kids are all fascinated about birthdays. So, um, I try to explain to them how I how my oldest is 44. Oh my gosh. And when and when I and then I'm reading this book and I go sometimes I would tell my grandchildren, my son Nick has two. Then I said, "No, no, come over here." And because he's my baby, so he'll sit on my lap. And then the kids go, "Oh, no, Grandma, he will break your leg." And I go, "No, he has to do it very carefully." So I make him sit down and I go, "See, he's my baby." You know, getting to the book. And so, so the kids are going, they're still thinking, they didn't calculate that he's 44, you know, and that I have to be over 29, but I did not argue with the little boy who said I was 29. But anyway, so I explained about the book. It's called Love You Forever. And you know that one, right? So the mom gets the baby.

And so at my house, I made up a little song to go with the words. I'll do it for you. So then you're holding the baby, right? And you go, I love you forever. I like you for always. As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be. So I I would do that with my kids, my grandkids. And so we're doing that. There was a little boy in front of me every uh that's not right. How come the mother could take a How can she break into her son's house? You know where the part where he gets older and she goes on the ladder and climbs it. How can she pick up him? He's so big. And that's when I told him the story about my son.

So at So at the end of it, I had like three kids come and give me little hugs because, you know, I I shed a tear and then the teacher started crying. So a

she pulls out her Kleenex and the kids are watching that the teacher's crying and then I started to get a little tearary and try not to cry. And then the teacher goes to the kids, "Well, it's because I miss my mom and she's so far away." And so they they went up to her and hugged her. So, I would say that if you haven't done it in a long time, you need to do it again. Read a story with these kids. Um, they they fed us. There was a wonderful meal and then they we went to a rally and the kids were there and then we went and read the story. So, I would just say to you is um it was a real see I'm not standing a tear now, but it was a really fun time. Um and I look forward to doing it again. So, the only other thing I would say is um Saturday I was at the daily city recreation day. I got to see our staff. Everybody's in competition, department against department. I would say at this point, who has the best toys? I mean, kids. I know. Water did really well. Fire was great. Uh I'm missing somebody. Uh oh, you know, yes, Richard, your department did very well as well. They greeted and they were very kind and lots of people were their water was great. I was being I was explained the different um gifts that they had. So um that was wonderful. I did see council member Pam Deioani there. And the last thing I would like to bring up is to all women, to the ladies that I I serve here and to the ladies that we work with throughout the city of Daily City and beyond, happy women's day. Thank you.

I typed it up. Wow. I was a little busy. All right. Uh apparently I I see you left some holes open. I did for uh others uh to elaborate. So, uh, council member Diovani, mine is short, but I will say you're right. The Bay Shore Readathon, it is like a highlight, right? The best and that your age is that's perfect. 29.

Yeah. And thank you for sh alluded that we all we we were at the vice mayor and I were at the resource fair which was fantastic in the lunar new year. We're all there. That's fantastic. Everything is great. And that the walkabout as well. The when you can't believe how many years with a maza cake. I mean, and then the volunteers. Thanking all the volunteers. Couldn't do it without the great volunteers that that come every Friday and they never stop. So, thank you Marie from Ceremani Denise because you guys and Romeo and everyone that that puts that together because that's a it's a great thing. So, thank you. And they did walk. They've been walking. So, that part's good to Mercy, Shirley, Evelyn, and all the volunteers, Mary. Thank you very much. And so, that's about it because she covered the other thing. It's all great. There's so many great things that um that are going on. And then we have more things coming up. I'm sure the mayor will be announcing. And to women's international month, make it may it be every day that women are celebrated, respected, and their voices matter and that people actually listen and the old days of saying, "Oh, it's just, you know, whatever a woman said, all all the things they used to say, they're excited or whatever." that that is just more welcoming than ever that we should all uh cherish that no matter where they come from and all the cultures as well. Thank you.

Thank you. Council member uh Dioani, you want to go or should I go? Up to you. I'll go. Okay.

Um the 28th uh Luna New Year was uh a nice event. Last year I was told that it rained. I didn't make it, but this year uh the weather was permitting. Uh everyone was there and thank you all for attending including uh dignitary assemblyman Matt Haney who provided us a uh proclamation. So that was nice. Uh the city manager and I met uh in San Bruno. Uh there's a um group that gets together basically up north where all the mayors attend and different cities coma San Bruno South San Francisco Milbury and uh I wanted to let you know Tom thank you for being there because I don't know I don't have a pulse as to what's happening and I'm glad you were there and Tom was just writing little notes to me and Okay. Okay. So I I really appreciate that and we try to meet uh almost a month every month monthly basis so that you know every city is unique and so we uh it's a good uh good to get together on that. Uh vice mayor I was taking a little notes you said your son is 44.

Yes. Yeah. Okay. Uh, mine would be 50 in two weeks and I wouldn't even think about having him on my lap, but I would sing cuz I got these new glasses. I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I guess we all have to come up with some kind of talent. But that's all I have. Thank you very much. Oh, wait. Are you going to talk about the barrel?

Oh, yeah. The barrel. The barrel is called and thanks to the city manager and Leilani because I had no clue. And uh it's called Kagami Baraki where it's a traditional Japanese uh um tradition. It's called the mirror opening. And I had to ask Leilani to make sure because you have to put on this robe. And I had to make sure they had a at least a 2X for me. They said they would, but that thing was tight. But it was good. It It's a good experience and I'm and I'm so happy to spend uh the time with u the vice mayor and council member Manalo. It was good and it was the same night that we had to you had to rush back for the swearing in of Miss Lzelle Chan for the uh women's commission. So so much is going on and thank you all so much. Okay, Council Member Manalo, please.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, I wanted to share that I was able to uh join with uh Vice Mayor the Sato Commission status of women meeting um and they held it at um the Jefferson Union High School um their new facilities. Um what was really nice is that they had child watch. Yeah.

Um and and so um they had some of the uh high schoolers volunteer. so that all of the women could focus on the individual or like they had certain tables just that they can focus on the questions that they had. Um so that was really nice. Their first one happened here in Daily City. Yes.

And they're going to go all around the different um uh districts. Um and then also I really want to echo and uh vice mayor uh where the huge congratulations to Dr. Rod Dasmoal for his tenure at Skyline College. We know how much um you've given to Skyline College and the youth and all of those that you've mentored. Um, so I, you know, we both were filled with joy hearing your name and watching all of Exactly. probably a hundred folks come through um, and rally behind you and seeing you do your speech outside with everyone. Um, super deserved, super deserved um, to get your tenure. Um, and long overdue. So, congratulations on that. Um, yeah, I had a blast with a mayor, vice mayor, and mayor's wife at the emperor's birthday. Um, it was really nice to uh be in community and it the room was packed. It was definitely packed and I know with the new council general um being able to meet him that evening was really wonderful. Also, the Lunar New Year event that was so beautiful. The weather, it was gorgeous. The weather was so gorgeous. I want to share that uh Mayor and Jesselle, my daughter, both bought um were Chinese uh cultural attire from Chinatown. And so, um that was really so sweet to see. Um and they definitely got to hang out for a little bit. Uh but it was it was such wonderful weather. Such wonderful weather. Um and thank you. I want to say thank you to mayor and vice mayor for

joining me with the oath of office for lizel loan um and in her role joining the our women's commission here um in the city of daily city um and to have them complete once again um in their charge to do women issues. Oh uh mayor is showing the photo of both of them matching together. Yeah. Um, and so also I wanted to say the readathons have always been a joy. Um, I'm so glad you were able to experience that, Vice Mayor. Um, I had an emergency for my son. Um, unfortunately could not make it. Um, but I'm I'm so glad you enjoy. I mean, it's it is always a joy and there are questions, right? And you're like, "Wow, the the questions I have are so profound, yet you're like, did you say that as a second grader?" Right. Um, so I definitely see how that could be your a highlight. Um, Walkabout at its 26th anniversary.

Um, also proud to be a Lion with its 85th anniversary um, at NYX. Um, and then also the housing community development committee in Sonteo County. I sit on that. And so we were just reviewing some of our funding um some of the funding uh options that we'll be voting on uh for that committee. So similar to our CDBG committee there, the county has a committee on funding areas in those uh different domains. um also uh joined the SATO uh commission of women and ch children. Is that what No, she Commissioner Tissier said it earlier. um but they had their women's hall of fame recognition um at Skyline and so it was really wonderful to see all of um the recipients um and their just all of them and their stories about sometimes feeling that um they have impostor syndrome

and that they have to overcome that and that they felt that they did never deserve those awards. efforts, but then realizing that they do cuz they do the work. Um, and it ranged from women, older women to young women in their respective communities. um there there wasn't um a representative from district five, but I know that Supervisor David Canipa recently um honored our very own Nancy um Rodriguez for women of the year.

And so that was really a homage and um to the leadership that we have here in District 5. Yeah. Um, and it was really beautiful because he did it right on International Women's Day yesterday. Yes. Yes. I know. I know. If we could like show ours. Yeah. Live view. Yeah. Which was really beautiful. Um, on the

tail end of that, um, I just want to say that we're able to also, um, call out the ending of domestic violence with Commissioner Lizel. um Luca Chan. So on the heels of International Women's Day, uh we did a call to action um that there is still so many more issues in the community and um also ending um domestic violence in our communities and violence against women um across the globe. And also I I just wanted to share it's like very very exciting that um we're looking ahead already to uh the top of the hill festival that's upcoming like it's you know and I know that there is a RFP that's been set out and um you know the real intent of it was to have an opportunity for our residents to have a place or for a festival that they could call their own. Um, and also become a destination. Um, and I I believe that, you know, hearing from public comment today that transparency is good governance and is really uh that key. And so I, you know, you know, I think it's important as the festival gets larger and larger that we do have that lens. Um and so um mayor um I'm requesting if you would look at the opportunity to have an ad hoc committee um in regards to an overview of the process so that we have a gain uh gain an understanding around what has um you know the process been as a testament to

the staff. it's gotten larger and larger and so with that um mayor if you're open to having an ad hoc committee um I don't have to be on it um but if you assign to others uh to be on that I think that it would be um helpful for us to understand as um this festival grows larger and larger. Yeah. Thank you, Council Member, uh, Manalo. Um, I'm going to address that in a moment. Uh, your thoughts. Uh, but, uh, council member DJ Ovani, did you

I just I was just want to bring to attention with something I'm sure all council's aware of and our city manager, there's a lot of response for that post, which I didn't even know about till they posted it on the Lake Merrced project. And then if clarity could be done, I don't know where it originated from. People are asking who's going to make the decision. These are just some of the questions. Who who makes the decision? When is the decision going to be made? Um they want more details. And then there's I mean there this one really got a lot of um I noticed a lot of activity on it and who is going to be reviewing and uh the information of all the post and it um I don't know if you guys noticed but there were a lot of comments about the lane diet and that you know some opposed to it and the traffic and studies and so if that could give more details on the next post concerning the lake Merrced um that would be great because there's a lot of questions I received a lot of texts and um they they want to know who the decision makers are is one big thing. So that would be really helpful um to um address some of the concerns about the that the uh community had. That's all that's the post that was on the daily city government concerning the Lake Merrced

diet. Okay. Thank you so much. Did you have something? Yes, I I got a few. So, um, I was able I had the privilege to attend the council of cities that was on February 27th. Oh, yeah. I heard that. Uh, I proxied for our for mayor Glenn Sylvester and we voted in Diane Howard um to the heart board um during the city selection. Um I think one of the things that stood out was a um a presentation about the children's collective

and it started off with uh Mayor Pranita Venatesh who also serves as the vice chair of the council of cities and she she started off with a personal story about how she transitioned from corporate to running a daycare and then when she decided to put out a daycare there was a lot of people there's a lot of resistance in in San Carlos that was like, "No, this this shouldn't happen." And they're like, "What?" And so there was everything from if you have a daycare here, you might have like a fire hazard or there's going to be an increase of um emergencies. And then so that's what kind of urged her to go into city council. And then she talked about how wow

there was this need to have more um affordable uh child care. So, she talked about the Children's Collective, which is a coalition of 40 public agencies, government entities, businesses, and nonprofit organization. Um, and they launched a comprehensive countywide child care blueprint to address the shortage of care for children's ages 0 to 12.

Wow. It was supported by measure K, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, First Five San Monteo County, the Sano County of um education buildup SMC. Um, and this blueprint was identified child care as essential community infrastructure vital to both the economy and family well-being. It outlines um strategies to expand affordable and accessible um care, ensure fair compensation and support for the workforce, increase suitable facilities, and build a coordinated wellunded um system. And so one of the main people that um presented was um Andrea Jones and she served as a consulting director of the children's collective and presented the blueprints uh key goals and also um Andrea Martisich who's assistant community development director um who shared about San Carlos ongoing childcare initiative and after the presentation was done I was talking about how we as Daily City we do as well um emphasized the the need for affordable um child care and how down the pipeline we voted as a council um to have one created um down the line.

And so um I'm glad that that is that was presented at the at the county level. Um, another thing that I I was able to attend was um over the weekend was in Santa Clara, which was the New York City Dance Alliance um regional competition where uh Westlake School for Daily Cities Westlake School of Performing Arts um went in there and they wrecked shop. They had u the male dancers, the um the fe female dancers. They won um many awards um everything from outstanding dances um

one thing that stood out too was that they also won um they're the backto-back champions for the outstanding studio of the year

and so New York if you're not familiar with this um dance alliances NYCA it's it's it's a national um recognized uh competition and um the winners of these regions they go to the finals in New York or Phoenix and they compete and um these are like the best of the best and again WSPA pulls through and it just gives me great pride when they're like from Daily City, California, the West School Performing Arts and they it's just it looks like watching a free show. Oh yeah, it is kind of a free show but not for me. Got to pay for that tuition. But um very ultra talented uh group of youth um that went there and truly made Daily City proud. Um number four is um March 12th DCPLA St. Patrick's Day's lunchon

uh at the KMA Community Center. So please check that out. Um, also the inaugural Irish flag raising on March 13th, um, which is from 11 to 12:00 p.m. And then there's also another, um, um, another event, um, that is going to be sponsored by, um, you know, organizations or groups that serve North County, uh, which is called, uh, Boogie Down Brisbane. And so uh this thing called the Boogie Down Brisbane is put together by um Boogie Down Bay Area and it is a Bay Area community gathering of elders and youth root in in collective power to embrace culture and wellness through a celebration of hiphop and all of its elements. Um and so when we talk about um this inaugural event for Boogie Down Brisbane, um it's going to be on when is it? March 21st from noon to 400 p.m. It's an all age event. Uh the hip-hop benefit concert that will showcase a vibrant family-friendly lineup of hip-hop music, art, activities, and community solidarity. It's going to be at the Brisbane Community Park at Old County Road and San Francisco Street. It's free and the folks that are um helping this is it's a also a fundraiser. So fundraiser for um the for the annual rock to school bells hiphop conference at Skyline College uh lyrical opposition which is a hip-hop um hip-hop education organization and daily city- owned uh couple cultural center. Um so donations will go to those organizations through this um through this event that will have uh local curated um lineup of local and regional hip hop um performers, DJs, dance performances, community vendors, food and beverage offerings, um

activities, entertainment for youth and families. So try to come out. That's it for me, mayor.

Wow. Thank you. Thank you all so much. Um I was taking some notes here and uh um two issues came up. one that council member um Manalo had made mention about uh a followup on top of the hill fair and uh you know unless uh I haven't heard anything yet and uh I would ask that uh well I'm going to uh ask the city manager to perhaps give us uh what is known at this time. However, if we want to go further into depth, I think maybe if we can agendaize this item for us to discuss it uh based upon additional information because I know time is uh very short as we get closer. So, if you can uh Tom uh uh hold on for a second. If you can give us a little something on that because it's not on the agenda, but if uh we can agendaize it, that would be great. And then the issue that council member Di Vani brought up about uh more information about the lake Merrced project. Is this what we discussed uh council member tonight regarding the um drainage uh uh tunnels or something else different?

Yeah, it's a it's a proposal of having a road diet. A road what? Road road diet. Bringing it down from four lanes to two lanes and then trying to get input. But it was a very active activity. Lots of questions. Okay. Yeah. You I I don't mean to cut you off. I I just wanted to get the gist of what it was because I was trying to take notes and uh if um uh city manager, Mr. Picolotti, if you can address at least those two in your uh staff report and then if we have to agendaize the items both for further detail, I think that would be appropriate. So

yeah, thank you. With that being said, uh, Mr. Picolotti, it is now time for staff reports, sir. Yeah. Through the chair, I think I Mr. Chu can address the the lake diet real brief and then I'll address the other topic. Oh, Mr. Chu.

Yes. Uh, thank you. Good evening. Um, yes. In terms of the Lake Merrced, uh, there is a study being done. Uh, part of that study, uh, is some outreach in regards to the community and getting input. Um nothing is set in stone at the moment but uh it's the early stage. Um this is as a result of kind of connection to some quick build projects that San Francisco did on their side of Lake Merrced. And so the the thought was you know does it make sense to do some continuity in regards to our connection to San Francisco? But again it's just a survey and a study at this time and uh the survey is to get input from the public. So hopefully that helps. Well, it's not agenda, so I can't say anything. Right.

Uh, right. Well, thank you for that information, uh, Mr. Chu. Uh, it appears, well, from what I gather, it appears that council member uh, Diovani uh, we're not going to get in a dialogue right now, but uh, Mr. city manager if we can agendaize it for an issue to discuss perhaps. Uh we'll do. Okay. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chu. Okay, Mr. Picotti.

The second item that the uh top of the hill festival RFPs uh went out. We received six um responses. Those were reviewed, scored. Um currently in negotiations with the top two. Uh, I don't want to really go too deep into it, but I'm happy to provide a report out at the next council meeting. Okay. I think that's probably appropriate. Um, I can I'm happy to give that information of all the scoring once it's all been complete if that's helpful. Or if you'd like more than that, I'm happy to provide whatever the council requests.

Okay. Uh, Council Member Manalo, you had uh expressed uh some thoughts about this. Uh, we're going to agendaize this item and uh is there any else besides uh scoring and uh Oh, no. I think I think it's helpful to understand, you know, what the process is and also um it's it's gotten larger. I don't know what the number what's the dollar amount now. I mean, I don't think we even know as a council how how how large it's been, right? Like what's the dollar amount? Um, uh, Tom,

as far as what the council budgeted within the last bianual budget, the budget was 200,000. Wow. For the entire festival just just for a a number. Um, but I'm happy to give a report on the recent RFP cuz the budget for the festival is in totality and then the RFP is is another facet of it. But I'm happy to give that report. I I think on the 23rd Monday we can give a full report. I think we'll we'll be far enough along where

I believe they'll be there'll have been um notifications, decisions made in writing. Um but at this point there's a lot of um negotiation and collaboration going on. Thank you. So that that's Monday the 23rd I believe. Okay. What's today? The 9 9 + 14 is 13 23. Thank you, Mr. Picotti. Okay. Any other staff reports? Um I I think council covered it. I the the launch on Thursday and the inaugural flag raising this week. Then there's a couple other events next week. Um that the uh birthday celebration. Oh which is followed by the state of the city state of the city mayor.

There's also the the women's commission celebration. Those two things next week. All right. Thank you, uh, Mr. Pigotti. Uh, Dr. Rod, I also wanted to thank you also for having my back on some of those dates because there's just so much stuff going on. I actually depend on all of you. Oh, yeah. as a reminder and uh uh Tom I was going to uh with your permission but you you handled it well to ask Leilani to give us upcoming dates as to what's going on but you did just fine sir. Yeah, those two Thursday and Friday are big events and next week Thursday and Friday next week I believe it's a Wednesday Uhhuh.

and Thursday. So next Wednesday and Thursday are big events citywide. Wednesday Oh, Wednesday, Thursday. Okay. Thank you. One is the women's history is Thursday. Wednesday is the state of the city along with the 115th year birthday celebration. Your state of the city will follow the the event immediately following at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, sir. All right. The last item is uh adjournment and I don't have anything. However, uh council member Diovani did let me know earlier that she had two. I have just a short information. You have one too.

Yeah, one. Uh okay. Uh it's very short. Okay. Uh great. So we'll start off with council member DJI please.

Okay. Thank thank you mayor. So as um well actually the mayor had mentioned earlier that uh council member and former mayor of Koma town of Koma uh passed away and she passed away on March 1st 206 and uh I happen to have known her personally. So, I'll just give you a little background on her. Diana Isabelle Kovven was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August the 15th, 1951 to Lope and Irene Abadia. And then, like I mentioned, she passed away sadly due to illness on March 1st, 2026. She announced her retirement on October the 7th, 2022 from the town of Koma Chamber due to her illness with cancer. She lived in coma and for over 50 years and she had served on prior to that to as we know to our cow palace board and she attended the Ka Elementary and intermediate school. She's going to be sadly missed. There's more information on her background, but I wanted to let people know that she fought a hard battle from the diagnosis till she passed. And I was able to visit her with the former mayor of uh John Goodwin frequently while she was at home fighting the battle of lung cancer. So, um that she lost that battle, but that's a long time for her to survive. She was a fighter. So everyone at the town of Koma, I sincerely heartfelt condolences. I know the Koma um police department had a post about her. She had a very soft mannerism, spoke very softly and a

loving spirit. So to all of them and to former mayor John Goodwin who's very close to her as well and everyone in coma, uh heartfelt condolences. She had a light from within and a lot of love to give. So I'll make the other one short as well. May she rest in peace and love. So this one I I'm not sure if our city manager probably knows this gentleman. Rearen remembers brave coach Badetta. So he was a presence becomes ingrained into the school itself and over time they became part of the school's identity. Whether it's in dugout during baseball practice or in the classroom, first as he was a student and later as a teacher or at school events that bring the community together. Edgar Bateta, class of 1985 was one of those special people. On February the 18th, the Rearan community lost a teacher, coach, alumnus, and mentor whose influence reached far beyond the job titles. Bata taught Spanish and history and coached baseball and football. What defined him was his consistency in showing up daily for his students, his players, and his fellow crusaders. As a member of the class in 1985, Bateta once walked along the same hallways he would later guide his own students through. He lettered in both baseball and band as a rearen student before returning years later. Committed to giving back to the community that shaped him. Over time, he became a renowned presence on campus. Someone whose students and players counted on for encouragement, leadership, enthusiastic commitment. When asked to describe him in one word,

a close friend Ernesto Castillo, class of 87 responded without hesitation, genuine before adding, "No one was more generous than Edgar. You knew who where you stood and how where you stood with him." That authenticity was felt by many, especially on the baseball field. Coach Pateta was an outstanding coach, an energetic person. He will be greatly missed. For Anthony Tentus, 26 years old, Coach Pateta's impact extended beyond practice and games, as all coaches do. Coach Ed would always be in our corners throughout baseball and off the field, in the classroom, and just helping us in everyday life. Those everyday interactions and encouraging words are what many students will remember for fellow faculty members. It's a really long one, so I'll I'll cut it short for length of time. He actually was diagnosed with a uh which weakened his immune system and he developed it's called I think excuse my mispronouncing lymphop proliferative disorder. Despite multiple rounds of chemotherapy, he continued to fight. Edgar continued the battle and went through a couple of rounds of chemotherapy. However, it did not completely kill the lymphoma cells and they spread. Edgar passed quietly while sleeping, surrounded by many of his fellow crusader brothers and family. So, I just wanted to add because it was uh pretty overflowing with the youth that he made such an impact and um and even the services today at um OM was overflowing with people that loved him and coaches really do have such an impact and I think our city manager is a coach and you know how you you impact that especially the youth. So, may he rest in peace. And we have a lot of uh daily city members that attended the

school and were at the services. Thank you very much. Thank you, Council Member uh Diovani. Uh Vice Mayor Pano, please. Yes. I just wanted to add to Diana Kovven's um what uh Council Member Divani said. Uh she served uh a number of years with the Daily City Food Pantry and Dining Center of Daily City

um on board and uh there is a service for her uh a memorial mass at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 14th at Church of the Epiphany in San Francisco. So, I'd just like to uh mention that she was not just involved with the town of Koma, but she also helped serve uh the community of Daily City, and she will be greatly missed. Thank you, T. Thank you, C. Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Thank you, uh, Vice Mayor. All right. Are there any other adjournments? Okay. If we can all kindly please pause for a brief moment of silence, please. Thank you very much. This meeting is now adjourned. Stay healthy, stay safe, and we'll see you again in two weeks. Thank you.