City Council and Authorities - Regular Meeting

Afternoon everyone and welcome to today's Stockton City Council meeting on the 15th of September Councilmember Blower and I were just saying where did the time go?

It's just flying by but we'll go ahead and start with roll call Councilmember Padilla present Councilmember Rapunzel present Councilmember Blower present Councilmember Enriquez is absent Councilmember Villalpadilla present Vice Mayor Lee present Mayor Fugazi present thank you we have a quorum

Okay, at this time, I would like to invite our chaplain Kenyon up to do our invocation and also to give people some information. Isn't there a dinner coming up too?

Yes, ma'am, we have a dinner, and I'm aware that you already know about the dinner, but I wanted to invite you personally to come and join us that night. We're going to have a fabulous Stockton speaker, Brandon Leak.

Date and time, location?

It's going to be October 1st. It's gonna be, the door's open at 5.30, event begins at six, and it's at 33 West Alpine. That is the First Baptist Community Center. We'd love to have you there. Thank you for this opportunity to lead us in prayer, and I just wanna personally say as a citizen of the city, thank you very much, City Council, for your service to our city. Let's join together in prayer according to your faith. Loving Father, we come before you humbly today, grateful for the privilege that we have to come into the presence of a loving and merciful God. Father, we're so grateful for this day that you've given us, for the breath that we are drawing even now, and the opportunity that we have to use this day in service to others. Father, we're grateful for the city council who has set aside parts of their life so that they can step into and serve the needs of our city. And I pray father that as citizens of this great Republic, we also remember that we have a responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of our city as well. And so I'm grateful for those citizens that are here today. I'm grateful for all of those who continually remember that we are a part of a greater good. And as they attend to the business of our city today, Father, I just pray that you would grant them with extraordinary wisdom. Help them to make decisions that are beneficial to our city, that grow our city, and allow our city to have the freedoms it needs to be creative and to be all that it has the potential to become. And Father, we're so grateful for the blessings that you have rained down on us. We're grateful for the richness and resources that we have in our city. To that end, Father, we want to pray for our children that are the future of our city. We pray that you would bless them with strength, that you would help them to grow in knowledge, that you would help them in their adventures as they explore the world that they're coming into. Father, we pray for families, for mothers and fathers, for grandfathers, for aunties and uncles, for all that come together in the family unit. Help them to continue to be strong as one of the major building blocks of our society today. For the single folks, Father, that are out there struggling with their day-to-day as they network, as they build on themselves, and as they continue to work towards success. For the business owners, Father, I pray that you would give them the ability to grow and to prosper and to continue to add to our community. And for all the different areas, Father, that our city needs to grow, Father, I pray that they would have the freedom to do so in a way that continues to add to the wealth and the well-being and the peace and the justice of our city. And finally, I want to pray, Father, today specifically for those servants in our city that go out and take care of all aspects of our city. City workers that come from all different points to take care of our electrical and our sewers and our pipes and our roads and just all the various things that need to be done to keep our community in order. I also want to pray for the men and women of the Stockton Police Department that step into the difficult situations where they may face on a day-to-day basis dangers to even their own lives or the lives of our community members. I pray, Father, that you would give them wisdom, compassion, and courage, and that you would bring them home safely to their families at the end of the day. We have much to ask for, Father, but we pray that you don't just see our love for you in our words, but in our actions as we serve others around us, as we put off selfishness, as we put off our own isolation to recognize that we are better when we are connected together. And Father, I just pray that you would continue to be our God, our provider, our defender, that you would go before us, that you would walk alongside of us, and that you would stand behind us. Thank you for all that you do in our everyday moments of our lives. We ask that you bless us, that you watch over us, and that you keep us close in your hand. We pray this in Jesus' holy name. Amen.

Thank you. Next up for our pledge, I would like to invite Senior Vice Commander Danny Lee from the VFW.

On behalf of our VFW post, Lunetta Post 52, we want to thank you, the mayor and the city council, for inviting our post to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Please rise. Place your right hand over your heart. Order arms. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Order, arms.

OK, we do not have any additions to regular session. And we are moving on to recognitions, announcements, and reports, 4.1, proclamation, National Forensic Science Appreciation Week.

Whereas forensic science professionals, including evidence technicians, provide an essential service to the communities throughout the United States and Canada by collecting and preserving physical and digital evidence, documenting crime scenes, and providing analysis and testimonies that support the pursuit of justice. and the careful and accurate work of evidence technicians help ensure that evidence is properly documented and preserved, assisting law enforcement agencies and the courts in identifying those responsible for crimes, while helping to protect the innocent, and forensic science continues to evolve through the advances in technology, training, and investigate techniques, making the enterprise and professionalism of those working in the field increasingly important to the criminal justice system. and evidence technicians serving our community with skills, integrity, compassion, attention to detail, often performing their duties under difficult and challenging circumstances. And National Forensic Science Week provides an opportunity to recognize these dedicated professionals and increase awareness of the important role forensic science plays in public safety and the administration of justice. And now, therefore, I, Christina Fugazi, Mayor of the City of Stockton and members of the Stockton City Council, do hereby proclaim September 20th through September 26th, 2026 as National Forensic Science Week.

Good afternoon. I'm Lieutenant Underwood. I oversee the investigations division at the police department. First, I'd like to thank the council for recognizing the men and women that work in our evidence identification unit. They're an integral part of our investigations team. Our technicians process thousands of crime scenes every year. They perform ballistics and fingerprint analysis, testify in court, and a myriad of other duties that they have. Just last year, they responded over 5,000 calls for service just to process fingerprints and photographs. So you can imagine what their call load is actually like when you add in all the other duties they have. So without their hard work and dedication, we would not be able to solve and prosecute the large number of crimes that we actually do. So on behalf of the entire command staff for the Stockton Police Department, I would like to thank our evidence technicians and their supervisors for everything that they do day in and day out. And the recognition you guys are receiving today is well-deserved. And with that, I'll turn that over to our supervising evidence technician, Amanda Diaz.

Good afternoon, Mayor, City Manager, City Council, and the citizens of Stockton. My name is Amanda Dias, and I'm the Supervising Evidence Technician for Stockton PD. On behalf of my team, I would like to express our gratitude to you all for taking the time to recognize the essential work of our field evidence technicians and all that they do during National Forensic Science Week. That plays a vital role within our department, often working behind the scenes to carefully document, collect, and preserve evidence that ultimately helps bring justice for victims and their families. We truly appreciate this recognition and your support of our team for highlighting the role forensic science plays within our community. Thank you.

Come this way. So behind us. Our next proclamation, unfortunately, Keisha was caught flying back and got stuck. But nonetheless, we're still going to read into the record the proclamation for Suicide Prevention Month. And I will pass it over.

Suicide continues to affect individuals, families, and communities across our nation, leaving a lasting impact on those who experience loss and those who may be struggling. And suicide prevention begins with awareness, understanding, and creating an environment where individuals feel supported and encouraged to seek help without fearing the stigma or judgment, and recognizing the warning signs, encouraging open and compassionate conversations, and connecting individuals with appropriate resources. can help save lives and bring those experiencing a crisis and the city of stockton recognizes the dedication work of mental health professional schools non-profit faith-based organizations advocates families the community members who provide education resources and support to those in need and suicide prevention month provides the opportunity for our community to come together rise awareness remember those we have lost support those who are struggling, and remind one another that help and hope are available. And now, therefore, I, Christina Fugazi, Mayor of the City of Stockton and members of the Stockton City Council, do hereby proclaim September 2026 as Suicide Prevention Month.

And I want to let you know that tomorrow at Victory Park at 6 o'clock, there is a group that will be meeting in front of the Haga Museum to do a suicide prevention awareness walk. There will be beverages, snacks. It's family friendly. And all are welcome to attend. So that's tomorrow, September 16, 6 PM, in front of the Haga Museum at Victory Park. Now we are moving on to item five, public comment.

The City of Stockton invites the public to participate in various ways. If you have any questions regarding forms of participation, please contact the Office of the City Clerk. This is the time for public comments for items not on the agenda, announcements, or invitations. You may comment on any subject that is not on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the City Council. If you wish to speak on a specific agenda item, comments will be heard during the item. To ensure sufficient public participation and conduct the agendized city business, the public is limited to one comment opportunity. The Mayor will set the speaking time. Citizens' public comments are not a time for discussions with the Council regarding subjects not on the agenda for this meeting, as the Brown Act limits such discussions. Comments made by members of the public or council may not reflect the viewpoint of the council. We ask that you maintain the rules of decorum as outlined in city council meeting decorum policy. The mayor shall preserve strict order and decorum at all meetings. Persons addressing the council shall not make personal, impertinent, unduly repetitive, slanderous, or profane remarks to the council, any member of the council, city staff, or the general public, nor utter loud, threatening, personal, or abusive language, nor engage in any other conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise unreasonably impedes the orderly conduct of the council meeting. The city council members will practice civility and decorum in their discussions and debate. A member shall not delay or interrupt the proceedings of the council or use personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks. Council members will not speak twice on any given subject unless all other council members have been given the opportunity to speak. Every member, once recognized, shall be limited in their debate to five minutes. Any council member who violates the rules repeatedly shall be sanctioned and be barred from further participation other than voting on the subject. Members shall not disturb any council members while speaking nor disobey the orders of the presiding officer. If a point of order is requested, the presiding officer will ask the interrupter to state their point and the presiding officer shall make a ruling. The rules of decorum set forth above shall be enforced in the following manner. Warning. The presiding officer shall request that a person who is breaching the rules of decorum be orderly and silent. If, after receiving a warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer shall order him or her to leave the council meeting. If such person does not remove himself or herself, the presiding officer may order any law enforcement officer who is on duty at the meeting to remove that person from the council chambers.

OK, so before we get started, I want to point something out. So Chaplain Kenyon had said something. He said, help Stockton be all it has the potential to become. And I agree with that. And there have been members of the audience who have often said, hey, Mayor, It all rests with me. I am the presiding officer of this meeting, so please know that I will be holding counsel to the highest standard in exemplifying that behavior. So if I interrupt you, anybody up here saying anything in point of order, we do not want to do personal attacks against members of staff, personal attacks naming members of the community, or personal attacks regarding each other. So having said that, they will have three minutes

First up we have Zoila Moreno, and then afterwards we'll have Leslie Horan.

Thank you, Jesus. It's very bright today, very positive energy here today. I am Soyla Moreno, and I'm first time ever Adolfo came to city council, which is he's kind of nervous. Good afternoon, Mayor Fugazi, city council, city manager, and fellow community members. Thanks, Mayor Fugazi, for having kept your word. Thanks to you, Western Ranch is no longer in the dark. And it's good and satisfying seeing the lights in the Greenbelt and seeing the community walking safely in the, walking on the Greenbelt, thanks to you. And from the Moreno's team, especially Adolfo, he wants to give thanks to city council. Look at me. You, yes, council member Villapudua for having taken care of the unfinished Paul Weston, Carolyn Weston Boulevard. And like this, it only took two days. Thank you. We appreciate you. And I hope that people will re-elect you because you are not only taking care of your district. Since we don't have a city council representative, thank you because that's what teamwork is all about. Thank you. And Western Ranch meeting with the police is next Tuesday, September the 22nd at 6 p.m. in the Western Ranch Library on French Camp Road. For all those people that are watching through the TV, spread the news so we can reach the unreachables, which are mostly Hispanics. The weather is changing, and the promise to bring the Zumberas into August Nat Gym, crickets. Justice for Sam Carpenter, the city staff, and many that have been harassed, coerced, and put through hell and back, and Candidate Tokoli and yours truly included. I pray that once the distraction is resolved, we can start the healing process and moving our beloved Stockton forward. God bless each of you. Thank you.

Leslie Horan, followed by Frank Ferrell.

Mine, too, is a word of positivity. Mayor Christina, City Council, City Manager Ford, I just wanted to bring some positivity to the meeting. Thank you, Mayor, for the three very informative town hall meetings on Saturday. Your one-on-one attention to the citizens of Stockton is outstanding. You have so much energy that you, thank you for your listening ear and a heart for our concerns in three separate districts. You can tell that you're a teacher, you know everything about anything. Also for your participation in the city's cultural celebrations, Stockton's 58th annual Black Family Day, the Chinese Autumn Moon Festival, and even the graduation at Gospel Center Rescue Mission. So that is really great to be honored by the mayor when you You graduate from drug and alcohol abuse, thank you. And also I want to thank our Stockton police who were also present at all of these festivals, celebrating with our citizens, making us feel secure with their friendly presence. it seems like we have non-stop family-friendly things to do and celebrate in stockton and it's not even the holidays yet so thank you christina for also keeping us informed on all of the activities that are going on before they happen on the mayor's facebook page i see people say i didn't know that was going to happen we'll get on the mayor's facebook page Okay, this is the scripture that God gave me to share today, but I also want to thank my council lady, Michelle Padilla. She's there. If there's a pothole, light out, encampment, just give her a call. Her number is also on her Facebook page. So thank you. And the scripture God gave me today was Jeremiah 29.11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a hope and a future. And that's for Stockton. And wouldn't it be great if we had signs entering Stockton that said, Welcome to Stockton. Our people make us special. Thank you.

Frank Farrell, followed by Ann Johnson.

Good afternoon, everyone. Merry Christmas, by the way, Mike, to your comments earlier. Frank Farrell, Chief Policy Officer with the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, inviting everyone here to our next START workshop on September 17th at 0830, down at the old Bank of Stockton, downtown here. START stands for Standing Together Against All Regional Theft. And it's a program we started two years ago. And I think I may be coming to the council to make a small presentation on that next time or soon. But it's a program where we have everyone participate in the solution for retail theft and other crimes that are impacting our businesses out there. As a Chamber of Commerce, I'm very concerned about every single one of these categories that you can find on our Start app. So I want to invite everyone to be there if you can without breaking the Brown Act or whatever. But I encourage everyone to download the Start app and activate it and be part of that force multiplier in our community because we all have cell phones. We all can be part of that solution. So thank you very much for the opportunity. Yes, Thursday morning, 8.30. I did 0830 for the Army guys over here. But it's down at the Old Bank Stockton with the Yosemite Club, you know, right down there. So thank you very much.

After Ann Johnson, we have Mary Elizabeth.

Thank you, Honorable Ann Johnson, for being here today.

Thank you, Mayor Fugazi. It's my pleasure. Mayor and council members, I'm here today representing Read to Me Stockton and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. As you know, Read to Me Stockton has been in business for 15 years now. We've sent out over 1.1 million children's books. to children between birth and age five in Stockton and now throughout San Joaquin County. This next month we'll be actually sending out 16,265 books to these children in our county. But what I'm here today to tell you about is Dolly Day. Give Like Dolly Day, which the Dollywood Foundation has determined will be an annual celebration of all things Dolly Parton. And surprise, surprise, it's going to happen on 925. In other words, on September 25th, which is next week, Friday. So what we're doing is trying to highlight what we do locally and let you all know how important it is. Dolly's legacy was not just in music, but she gave so much to literacy. And so we're hopeful that we're going to be able to celebrate that in perpetuity, obviously. and enroll even more children. We are going to go to Joan Richards Learning Center on 925 and read to the children in the preschool classrooms you are invited to join us. We'll be happy to provide you with a book at that time. It'll be 9.30 in the morning. If you are available and can do that, contact me and I'll make sure you get books. In the meantime, I'm going to be giving you, each of you, an Imagination Library book. to read to a child in your life. And you may have to fight over them. I'm going to let the clerk pass them out because some of them are classic books. And it's so important, we know, to read to young children. So on behalf of Read to Me Stockton, the board, and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, thank you for your support. You all helped us get through the pandemic. you've helped us since then. Again, when you send out over 16,000 books a month, that's amazing. Every single month, those children get a book in the mail. Thank you again, and read these books to a young child. Thank you.

After Mary Elizabeth, we have Cynthia Gale-Board.

A good afternoon. So I printed off this, and I apologize, it's a long flip, but I'd like to call your attention to this area where you have three all together. They're just going out now? Yeah, so this three. So I'm going to name these three. So we have the Family Dollar Store at 505 West Harding. We have the Highway Smoke Shop, the hot mess that is now gone temporarily. And then we have the Miracle Mile Market. The Family Dollar Store and the Miracle Mile continue to operate, and they are directly across from El Dorado Elementary School. And they were cited in 2025 by the Federal Drug Administration for sale to underage. And they have continued to have permits to operate and sell tobacco, even though they have sold tobacco to a minor. On the back side, I stopped by the Board of Supervisors because they also have some locational exemptions and highlighted Podestos because Podesto is in the county area, also cited in 2026 for exemptions. sale to a minor under 21. So it's very important that the city take a look at their tobacco ordinance because those markets are exempt from the distance requirement to a school at this time. And we need to go back to how it originally was, let them stay grandfathered in until their own deeds result in a revocation of their privilege. And that's not what it is so far. Next. I'd like to call you again, you know, back in January, the legislation and environmental committee passed through some code amendments so that there could be more enforcement with people going around with open container. And I've been waiting, you know, for it to come. That was in January. The staff was directed to bring it to city council, and here we are now, you know, in the middle part of September. And this is one tool that will be very helpful for cleaning up our blighted neighborhoods. Thank you.

After Cynthia, we have David Sinting.

Thank God. still alive in this dangerous ass city. Literally. I had to change my whole speech for today because of something that happened this morning at Medmark. Anybody up there know what Medmark means? All right. It's on El Dorado and Magnolia. You probably pass it all of the time. It's a distribution business that distributes methadone daily. I gave a person a ride there who had an appointment. Immediately, some strange client of theirs was asking folks outside to sell her a lockbox for $20. That's what the supply of methadone is placed in for these people. When she asked me, I told her I didn't have one. She began cursing and disrespecting me. A paid female security stood by without admonishing the woman for breaking the rules or for harassing me. Things escalated quickly when three other methadone clients also harassed and disrespected my 72-year-old ass. Then a male client began to threaten to kick my ass. He began running towards me over 20 feet, am I right? The officer that's in the room was there. Thank God. a black man appeared out of nowhere and intervened by knocking that man to the ground inches from where I stood. I showed my videos to the start to police after I called them. I sent it to Vell in the pool. I sent it to Mr. Ford and I sent it to the vice mayor. I should be able to be safe and protected in this all American city. This business should now be on your radar, Madam Mayor. You need to know about their clients shooting drugs on the sidewalk, gnawed and frozen on the sidewalks around the blocks there. I see it all the time. Your slogans don't mean a thing, like someplace special. Like this shirt, see something, say something. If you don't follow through on your oaths and your promises to keep us safe, like that substation over there that we don't have in District 5, I waited over five and a half hours for a police to respond. You got the video. What's so special about it? I want to be able to live. So in closing, I just say that I thank my father, God, for sending an angel unaware this morning. And I'm so glad he keeps a fence around me. Y'all need to pray.

After David had my Alvarado.

Good afternoon, Council. Happy September 15th. And just saying, and I'm noting the date especially today is September 15th, ahead of the September 23rd deadline for the grand jury response. This weekend, the mayor's PIO, thank you, Jason, for confirming publicly that the mayor, the city manager, and the interim city attorney are working on a draft response to the grand jury report, Governance in Turmoil. I want to note that this proposed draft is not necessarily a response quite yet. The penal code for this requires that the governing body, which is our city council, to comment to the presiding judge within 90 days of the grand jury report being released, taking a vote of the seven council members today. That vote is not on today's agenda, and the words grand jury don't appear on it. I'm curious to see whether or not a special meeting will be noticed before the September 23rd deadline. That would obviously require a 24-hour notice for any special meeting. I'd ask that the city staff and the mayor release the draft response publicly as soon as it's ready so that the members of the public can review this report ahead of that special meeting and also be able to take public comment on it. The mayor's town halls have been valuable. However, a town hall does not have an agenda, minutes, or an official record compared to a city council meeting like this. Nothing said there becomes part of the file that goes to the presiding judge. A noticed meeting is an opportunity where residents like myself can speak on the record to a document that answers findings about the city's transparency in response to June's grand jury report. And one last thing, when a response does come, please note that the penal code requires a specific format. Every finding gets an agree or disagree with reasons backing why that is the case. Every recommendation also gets one of four dispositions with a time frame attached if it is acted upon or planned to be acted upon. I raised that because the last time that the council responded to the grand jury report back in 2023, the jury came back and found that five of 11 recommendations were adequately addressed. That's not even half of the recommendations in the previous report and found that the September 2025 response reached only three of the six outstanding responses. that history is likely why the grand jury report exists and now we are now meeting the moment to respond to it please notice that special meeting so that residents of stockton can reply and respond to the proposed draft report we're all eagerly waiting to see what's in it thank you so much after my ear we have ralph white

Good afternoon, Mayor and members of the City Council. September 11 is not simply another date on the calendar. It is the day our world changed. It revealed extraordinary courage among everyday citizens, firefighters, first responders, law enforcement officers, and our military. It also inspired an entire generation to answer the call to serve. 25 years later, I was proud to see Stockton continue honoring that sacrifice. On both Friday and Saturday, veterans, first responders, families, and community leaders gathered throughout our city to remember the lives lost and recognize those who answered the call. These events were made possible by organizations such as American Legion Carl Ross Post 16, the VFW, Atlantic Jet Center, Gold Star Father Mike Anderson, our Board of Supervisors, and Oakmont Senior Living. These efforts do more than preserve the memory of September 11. They keep alive the spirit of unity, courage, and service that brought our country together during one of its darkest moments. At a time when division can seem louder than what unites us, these gatherings remind us of the strength we have when we stand together collectively. That is why the presence and partnership of our city leaders matter. I want to thank council members Michelle Padilla and Michael Blauer for standing alongside our veteran community. I was unable to attend the Board of Supervisors meeting, so I also want to express my gratitude here. Your presence communicated that service and sacrifices made are valued. Never forget cannot be limited to something we say once a year. It must be reflected in how we serve, how we remember, and how we show up for one another. This weekend, Stockton showed up. Thank you.

After Ralph White, we have Rufus.

First of all, I come in this evening and I was hearing something about a Poseidon officer.

I wish you would move away from that.

The mayor is the mayor. The mayor can ask somebody to be removed, not a presiding officer. I wish you'd move that out of your speech. I mean, it sounds terrible. The next thing is, is 407 in your charter. I hope you would read it because I was told that someone told them that 407 meant something that it didn't mean. A little bit. I don't know if it was misinterpreted or if it was straightened out. But 407 says that the council has the power to punish or remove anyone from this council. Prior to that, you can go to the Attorney General, and that could happen that way. But the counsel in our charter speaks of our charter that it doesn't conflict with the state of California rule, constitution. So Mr. Mayor, you have the power. Counselors, you have the power. If anyone violates your rules, or if anyone sit up here and keep making these derogatory statements about people, also sitting up here calling names, calling people's different little off-the-record names. When I was on the council 16 and a half years, we never acted like this council. We never had one person up here that would do it. I recall the first mayor in the state of California, I impeached him from this council. with our charter. Follow your charter. Don't ask nobody else what you have to do. Read your charter and follow it. You have the power. If someone sits among you and talks about you or you or you or you, including you now, move them. You have the power to suspend them. But you have, it says you punish or expel or remove. Now you know what remove means. The mayor can have somebody removed out of this chamber anytime she want to if they get out of order. And the same thing applies to you. If you get out of order among, she don't have to keep going about no point of order. Once you give a point of order, you don't know how to state it. She can have you removed. She has that power. She don't exercise that power because she just tries to be Curtis and get along with everybody. Hell, if I was the mayor, I'd move you quicker than shit. The next thing is, does anyone come up here? You can't come up here and use this podium. TO HOLD NO PUBLIC FIRM AND TALK ABOUT ANY COUNCILMAN OR ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU DON'T USE THIS HOUSE BECAUSE I PAY TOO DAMN MUCH TAXES. I'LL PROBABLY PAY MORE TAX THAN ANYBODY SITTING UP THERE. A MATTER OF FACT, ALL OF YOU COMBINE. MY TAXES IS THAT I BLOW AND YOU KNOW IT. DO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND? SO DO NOT LET ANYBODY ELSE COME IN THIS HOUSE AND USE THIS TO HAVE NO PUBLIC STATEMENTS. THANK YOU.

AFTER RUPEZ, WE HAVE TWO PHONE CALLERS.

Good afternoon, City Council. My name is Rufus Wallo. I am here today to ask the cities for their endorsement and financial support for the event that we are trying to have here on December 12th called Winter in Wonderland at Weber Point. Winter in Wonderland is a developmental disability festival that celebrates the abilities of people with developmental disability, have service providers and vendors connect with support and services that are provided in the community, Music is the vehicle that brings the community together from our approach. And while we're doing that, our focus is collaboration. That collaboration helps to help service providers, parents, and individuals with developmental disability to create opportunities by connecting them to learning, shared experiences, and resources. Before AB 2189, a law that was recently passed in May, we established different abilities to bridge the gap in minority communities, helping family understand the pathway for support and services. What comes next after high school? What transition looks like? How can we provide services in the community, vendorizations that speaks to us individuals that live in that community? This is what we want to do, and this is what we have tried to do for two years now. We had our first event in the city of Modesto. We was in the 4th of July parade. We had an inclusive float with 20 people in there. We've reached out to communities, programs here in Stockton. We work with so many parent groups to find out the need of the community and what we can do to bring a vendor to the table and we look at what are some ways we can provide support and services in the community. California has a law and program that works simultaneously to support families with developmental disability. That's the Letterman Act law for adult and transition services. And we also have the IDEA law that we usually often hear about in schools. Collaboratively, if these things are worked together progressively, family can be able to collaborate and find support. We can remove the part of the AB 2189 that family are going to be receiving starting soon about the processes of IEP by collaborating and having conversations, realistic conversation that speaks to real needs. This is going to be the first of its kind. Yes, we want to celebrate abilities. Yes, we want to showcase what people can do to destigmatize what people cannot do due to their disability. We're hoping that we can start something unique here in Stockton where data sets were created and here in Stockton where so many great things, especially when it comes to disability support. I reached out to me as office in the vice mayor Jason Lee office meant to reach out to everybody I'm so sorry I couldn't I'm a special ed teacher and I just want to come here and thank you and SP will talk to you on the way out next we have our phone caller Karen Winters

Hello, Karen, can you hear us?

Hello, City Council, Karen Winters. A few of you have been asking why Stocktonians aren't positive about your accomplishments, and I just wanted to offer some perspective. It's because for the last 30 years, this city has prioritized economic development. We accrued a $400 million debt for some downtown renovations, an arena that's barely used, pension plans for retired officers, And when the city realized that we couldn't pay the money back, they defunded the most important city services, like the police and the R2D. So as a result, we became the second most dangerous city in California and top 10 in the country. Around this time, the population that was filling up the homicide rate was my generation, millennials, when we were youth. I grew up in the South area where you could hear gunshots and find out the next day with your best friend's little brother. Or I would look at my grandma, and she'd be staring off into space because she was in deep thought, wondering why she was outliving her grandsons at 80 years old. And now the same people who had to bury their peers are coming into the diaries and crying because they are burying their sons. We have been asking for substations since April of last year. You gave us a bunch of presentations claiming we didn't have the money or the manpower, but then you gave ExxonMedia $7.6 million for teasers and body cams that translate languages. You gave Slack $5.5 million after we told you we didn't want them in our city. And Councilmember Villafedula, he said that we didn't need them in District 5, but the big human trafficking ring in the Central Valley does business on both sides of his district. There's 16-year-olds walking down Charter and Wilton right now selling their bodies against their will. Another thing is that, like, you guys have had a lot of residential housing developers come into the dais begging for money and contracts and licensing. And I've seen you guys ask about streets and parks, but you've never asked these people to build housing for the working class. After mortgage and interest, those single-family homes will cost nearly a million dollars to pay off. Meanwhile, the biggest demographic filling up the shelters in Stockton are working-class women with children because they are being priced out of homes and apartments. The reason why you guys are not getting those pat on the back is because you're not doing enough where it counts. You might offer some sideshow committees and a few programs for some teams, but we need more than that. We need you to demand developers to build housing that's affordable for us. Get rid of flops so we can afford this stuff. Thank you.

This concludes public comment.

OK, thank you. Moving on to the consent agenda, are there any items that council would like to pull? 6.2. So Blower, 6.2. I will pull 6.4 and 6.11. Public comment on consent?

Yes, we have one for 6.10.

OK, so we'll go ahead and take that public comment for 6.10. 6.10.

Yeah.

And then the rest of the consent agenda, is there a motion? Motion to approve. Second. OK, thank you. Oh, sorry. Roll call vote. We're not voting on 6.10. I pulled 6.11. We're not voting on 6.11 either. Well, the ones that haven't, you said we have one public comment. 6-10. Okay, we're voting on the rest of it. Yeah. Okay, so we have a motion and a second. Roll call vote.

Council Member Padilla? Yes. Council Member Ponte? Yes. Council Member Blower? Yes. Council Member Riggis is absent. Council Member Villalpadua? Yes. Vice Mayor Lee?

Yes.

Mayor Fugazi? Yes. Motion passes 6-0. Council Member Rick is absent.

Okay, so we'll go ahead and hear for 6.10, which that item, if I read it out loud, should we turn to it?

It's Mary Elizabeth.

That item is approve a motion to authorize contract change order number six for City of Stockton custodial services, and it's for citywide services.

Yes, I believe that I put in for three, 6.4.

You'll speak on those items when they get called on.

Okay, 610. Okay, so this one, I was just like shocked at Mary Elizabeth Stockton resident at the the amount of money that we are contracting for not having city employees but contracting for and then this change order to have people have these maintenance workers that are doing the custodial work go in to employees trash cans and separate out organic waste like leftovers from a paper. I think that that's something that we need to do. I'm going to just say it. Give a hoot, don't pollute. When you have a garbage can and you've got some food waste, you need to have the responsibility, every single employee, to put it in the appropriate container for that food waste and not have a a garbage sorting being done at the city level. I mean, that is just ridiculous. We can, you know, we don't, we've got things that are not getting cleaned, you know, that could be getting cleaned rather than sorting city staff garbage. Thank you.

Okay. Is there anything council would like to say on this item? I would like to let you know that in our break rooms, we have three containers. The first one is trash, the second one is organics, and the third one is for recyclables. And actually, it's more than in just that area. In our office area, not in our individual offices, but out in the main hallway areas, we do have it divided and it's something that I asked for repeatedly at the last City Hall because people weren't sure about where to put things but nonetheless we're required by California state law to separate out our trash I agree it should be the person putting it in the trash that separates it nonetheless we still have to have someone check and make sure that at that in fact is happening so I will move to approve this item roll call

Council member Padilla. Yes. Council member Raponte. Yes. Council member Blower. Yes. Council member Riggins is absent. Council member Villapedua. Yes. Vice Mayor Lee.

Yes.

Mayor Fugazi. Yes. Motion passes 6-0 with Council Member Rick is absent.

Moving on to 6.4, I think Jordan Peterson will be coming up. 6.4, approve a resolution to accept an appropriate Brownfields community-wide assessment grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. And I just want to let people know why I think it's important that they understand what this agenda item is, because we have lots of areas where there's nothing on it. or there's something on it and it's really, really old, 100 years plus. And when it comes to how do we clean that up, it's usually a pretty invasive process and it's not cheap. So please explain what we did to get this grant and what this grant will allow the city of Stockton to do.

Thank you, Mayor. Jordan Peterson, Economic Development Department. So we applied for this grant. City staff applied for this grant in January of this year to get a community-wide assessment grant. We fortunately got awarded $500,000. In a nutshell, what this is going to allow city staff to do is do community outreach, so talk to the community in three target areas, Airport Way, the Mormon Slough area, and then the North Shore Waterfront area. It's going to allow staff through a contractor that we're going to do an RFP here, assuming council approves. We're going to release an RFP to identify an environmental contractor who's going to do what's called phase one and phase two environmental site assessments. Phase one is more historical understanding, like vacant lots on Airport Way. What's the history behind that lot? Phase two, if required, would be testing the soil and seeing what are the conditions. And I think the most exciting part of the activities is remediation and reuse planning so it's going to allow for i think one site specific remediation cleanup plan so one of the sites maybe it's the airport way site one of the one that's more promising for commercial development coming up with a cleanup plan based on what's going on in the soil so that way we can hopefully then identify a private partner to work with us to clean up the site and what we always want to do with assessment grants like this is use the work to then go after a cleanup grant down the line because it's not going to this is not going to pay for the cleanup it's going to pay for the assessment and understanding what's going on at the site and then we'll go after more money to clean up some of these sites

So roughly, these are large areas. We've got the north shore of the point here. You also have Mormon Slough, which is a property that has many owners to it. There's over 200 or about 200 people that own different pieces of Mormon Slough. And then along Airport Way, where our fire department, we have a firehouse there by Rancho San Miguel and then going south.

what kind of potential cost is it to actually clean it in your estimate I don't have an estimate offhand but I can tell you just rough order of magnitude for South Point that we have a cleanup grant for we have about four and a quarter million remaining that we're hopefully here in the next few months we're gonna go ready to go clean it up we think that that's about as much as it would cost to clean up it's not the full nine acres But it's a pretty hefty chunk of change to clean up property because there's the mobilization costs. So even if it's a smaller site, there's still those high costs. I don't want to throw out a number, but it's in the million-dollar range plus to clean up sites.

And that's the area just west of where we are right now.

That is correct.

Yes. So when people see these big brown or dirt lots, many of them are in that condition because there's a development that we'd love to happen there, but it can't because of the contamination in the soil.

That's correct. Okay.

Any questions from other council members on this item? Go ahead, Council Member Villalobudo.

Can you repeat again, Jordan, when would that process and bid will go out for the cleanup?

So we are actively working with the state. We're talking about South Point. I don't want to maybe get too off track here, but I think this is all related to our brownfields program. We are actively working with the state regarding the public notice for the cleanup document itself. So it's a little premature to give you a date in terms of going out to bid. But we are anticipating public notices to go in newspapers October 6th. Fingers crossed. And I have a CEQA document I need to look at after this meeting. But we're on track. It's probably going to be going to planning commission for commission use permit in early December. So give or take around that time frame.

And for the people who don't know exactly why we're doing this, can you explain what's going on and what's going in there?

Well, as the mayor mentioned, there are a number of sites that have contamination issues or perceived contamination that prevent redevelopment. There's a development and disposition agreement that this council approved in early 2024 for an East Coast developer to come in, but they can't develop it if it still has environmental challenges. And so staff got a grant a few years ago, and we've just been working through the complicated investigation process to dig up kind of the old issues old stuff that's in the soil, the old foundations, and hopefully it'll make it ready for development heading into next year. All right.

Thank you, Jordan, for the questions, Mary. Thank you.

Okay, so bring in Mr. Public comment? Yes, public comment. Okay, go ahead.

We have Mary Elizabeth.

Stockton resident registered environmental health specialist in the state of California and I just would like to say that it was unusual that the agreement the grant agreement wasn't included on the agenda item you know for the public and so I think that That's usually how it is, but it wasn't here. Just before I get started on the brownfields, I'd like to just make a quick comment on the South Point project, that they were advertising for a different number of affordable units that were approved. I contacted the Economic Development. They said no, they didn't make any changes. And so that's an example of an inclusive housing because it includes market rate as well as affordable, which is how communities generally were built. It creates a more inclusive environment for everyone to be mixing together. And then just on this regard here for these three places, the outreach that was done on those previous grants didn't happen. and I've already provided all of that information previously. But I think it's really important that the people be involved, because when you're talking about developing on the North Shore, you know, we have no more access. You know, Harrison's closed. You can't get out. You can walk down the deepwater channel to Harrison, and then that's it. Then all of it, I don't even know how it happened, but Golden Bear took private property right up to the waterway. And so all of that is private property. People cannot walk like we used to be able to walk. You know, people used to be able to fish at the end of Pershing there on Fremont. And all of that access is gone. And so I think when you're talking with the people, you know, make sure, you know, that we don't end up with like what we got here, which is all fences. There are so many fences on the south side here. You can walk out and you think that you're going to get to the path, but no, it's locked. You can't get there. And so access to the water is critical, and I'd just like to hope that the city is going to send out a notice with their constant contact that they have now and not rely on just a notice in the newspaper. Thank you.

We have no other public comments.

Bring it back to council for a motion. Second. We have a motion from Council Member Villalpudo and a second from Councilwoman Padilla. Roll call.

Council Member Padilla. Yes. Council Member Ponte. Yes. Council Member Blower. Yes. Council Member Rigg is absent. Council Member Villalpudo. Yes. Vice Mayor Lee.

Yes.

Mayor Fugazi.

Yes.

Motion passes 6-0.

And I apologize, I skipped over 6.2, appointment of interim city clerk that was pulled by Councilman Blauer.

Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to publicly thank Bonnie Page for being willing to come back and help us out in this particular situation. I think it's unfortunate that we've lost city clerk Catherine Rowland, who submitted her resignation effective September 26th. I think she wasn't Excellent city clerk did a very good job for us. But that left us in a position where we needed to get somebody to get into that office and oversee it, particularly right now, very important during an election season where city clerk is our main person that overdoes things. Oversees that Bonnie page was our city clerk from 2011 to 2017 Prior to that. She was the assistant city clerk for at least five years, I believe And then overall she worked for the city for I think about 28 years. So she brings a tremendous amount of experience She knows what she's doing good I'm very excited that she's coming on board. Um, both the mayor and I had the opportunity to work with her, um, during that time that she was the, uh, city clerk. In fact, in 2016, when I was appointed, she's the one that swore me in at like one 10 in the morning, crazy long meeting. Um, but anyway, so I, I just wholeheartedly support this, um, uh, this item, and again, I'm just very, very thankful that Bonnie Page is willing to come back and serve us for this time period.

Vice Mayor Lee?

Thank you, Mayor, and sorry I couldn't be there in person. I want to say that I have not had the privilege of meeting Bonnie yet, but having talked to Council Member Blauer, and I know that the mayor has worked with her as well, I just want to welcome her to the city and just thank her for taking on this major responsibility. I do want to echo some of the comments that my colleague just said, though, with respect to our city clerk, Catherine Rowland. You know, her leaving for me is very disappointing. I've had the benefit of working with her for the last year and a half as a council member and as the vice mayor. And I have found her to be very integral, somebody who's been a very good leader to her staff and somebody who has been very responsive to not only the needs of council members and myself, but the ever-changing environment there. I think it's important for our legislative record to reflect that she resigned during a time where she made serious claims about interfering with the current election. And this election has been a very interesting experience, both in the building and online. I'm hopeful that we as council members and staff respect the responsibility that the city clerk has to to do for the city. And with this election happening, that there not be any interference and that there be more accountability placed on us as a council to provide the support and protections that she and her department need. And I also hope that she has a chance to get in there and meet with Gabriel and the rest of the city clerk staff to make sure that the environment that they had there, the cohesive environment, the positive work environment that they once had, that they continue to have that. And whatever needs our city clerk staff need, are met with this new person coming in. But I just want to pledge my public support for Bonnie and echo the disappointment that we lost a really good 11-year employee who left at a time where I think we, as a city, were trying to move in the right direction, and also at a time where the grand jury commented about us losing leadership. Anyway. What's the interjection? I'm almost done. I can say more.

We need to stick to the agenda item.

I can say more. It's my time to speak. OK. So you were wrapping it up, I think, Vice Mayor Lee. I was. I was. OK. So again, it's my hope that we welcome her Into the city with open arms and the support that she needs in order to be effective. Thank you.

Thank you. I also You know when the agenda came out Bonnie called me and she said is it public because she she was not ready for it and yes, it is and she actually I opined quite a bit about you know things that were done in the past and things that are done now and what she hopes to impart some words of wisdom and some structure to the process that we have before us because she doesn't want us to lose any momentum going into the election she has many years of experience with I would like to say, though, she will be out of town that first week, part of that first week. And I know it says September 16. But she's only paid for the time when she's here. So if she's not here on the 16th and 17th, don't worry, public. Your tax dollars are not paying her. until she starts working. So I know she's going to be reaching out, if she hasn't reached out already, to the city clerk's office. And she's looking forward to working with everybody in the office. So I, too, am looking forward to having Bonnie back. She is a very positive person, always has a smile on her face. And I'm sure Council Member Blauer can attest to that. But I'm looking forward to it. And then Gabe can have a little break. So with that.

Move to approve.

Second.

Roll call. Before the council votes, I just want to announce that the terms of employment for Ms. Page are set by state law. She'll be paid at a salary of $93.11 per hour, only the hours she works, as the mayor pointed out. And she's not entitled to any benefits.

OK, thank you. OK, so we have a motion and a second. Roll call.

Councilmember Padilla. Yes. Councilmember Ponte. Yes. Councilmember Blower. Yes. Councilmember Villapedua. Yes. Vice Mayor Lee. Yes. Mayor Fugazi.

Yes.

Motion passes 6, 0. Okay. But Council Member Rick is absent.

Moving on to item 6.11, adopt a resolution to authorize the ADA curb rent installation project, districts 3, 4, 5, and 6. The reason I pulled this item, Penny, is because at my town hall this weekend, a constituent had shared that The ramp depending on the width of the sidewalk so if the sidewalk is narrow and at the corner you have an ADA ramp and If you are with a cane, if you are with a walker, if you are in a wheelchair, and the wheels or the hits that curve as it goes down, hits that ramp as it goes down, it makes them off balance. And I know I spoke to the city manager bright and early on Monday about what we could do if we could extend sidewalk. I know in some areas it's not possible. But making sure that not only the width and the length of the ADA ramp, but the width of the sidewalk is taken into consideration so that people with wheelchairs don't start sliding down the ramp, or people with canes topple over, or people with a walker also don't become unbalanced. Because we want to make sure everybody has access and mobility on our sidewalks and in using our ADA ramps.

Thank you, Mayor. We'll certainly take those suggestions and look into it and make sure that those things are applied accordingly.

And we're happy to give you the name and phone number of the person so she can identify where she's talking about because she said she's witnessed other people because she requires a cane and she has difficulty. So we'll make sure you have those. But I know that there's state law regarding this. We've got our municipal code. But if we could extend the sidewalk piece, I think that would be advantageous to everyone.

Certainly.

OK. So if there aren't any questions. Oh, we've got public comment.

Yes, first we have Mary Elizabeth.

So I'd just like to announce there is an ADA meeting tomorrow online. I don't know exactly what the times are, but it is on the ADA, the Stockton's ADA page. And so why I'm coming here to speak about this is that having reviewed the Vision Zero plan, written comments on that, and then now in the process of reviewing this ADA transition plan, I'm struck by how much more the city needs to do in terms of process planning and design so that those ada structures are functional and so you brought an example of one person you know that spoke up you know of the many and so i provided a picture a map from that ADA plan where they had gone out they had contractors in 21 and 22 they'd gone out and they surveyed a whole bunch of sidewalk curb cuts and they identified these as being necessary and And if you notice, you know, there's some up in the areas if you're looking at it, but most of it is all downtown. And that's because when downtown sidewalks were built, ADA requirements were not in place. And so there's different ways of handling those older neighborhoods, and I'd just like to see some more open discussion. One other thing that I'd like to say is, you know, There's just over 260, I think, are left in the backlog. That's all first come, first serve. And the general plan that was adopted in 2018, revised in 2024, the 2040 general plan calls for specific investment in those areas that have not been invested in, that have been neglected in terms for whatever reason. And, you know, when we just rely on first come, first serve, you know, those people, those neighborhoods, you know, that are dealing with other things besides putting in a request for an ADA ramp, you know, for their grandma, it leads a big hole. And, you know, those neighborhoods that are well-versed and, you know, they know how to work the system, you know, they're being served, but those that aren't, aren't. And, you know, I think that it's really time to look at that, and this might be an opportunity to do so. Thank you.

We have no other public comments.

Okay. Council, for a motion? Second. We have a motion from Councilman Villa Pudua and a second from Councilman Blower. Roll call.

Councilmember Padilla? Yes. Councilmember Ponce? Yes. Councilmember Blower? Yes. Councilmember Ricketts is absent. Councilmember Villalpudua? Yes. Vice Mayor Lee?

Yes.

Mayor Fugazi? Yes. Motion passes 6-0.

OK. Moving on to item seven, which is administrative matters. I know we have a list of items that council has requested to bring back to council, agenda items that we're working on. But Councilwoman Padilla, I see your light on.

Oh, yes. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a 60-day request for a presentation on security at city hall during council and committee meetings you know now that we are in city hall with the upgraded security system as well as a security manager i'd like to know how many stockton pd officers are being pulled for these meetings what that cost what that is costing the city and whether the new security measures allow us to safely reduce That officer staffing. I want to make sure that we're keeping everyone safe while also being mindful of our police resources and the additional expense at our city Okay, thank you go ahead city manager Ford I

yes madam mayor and vice mayor members of the council we have already started that process in motion to look at our security plan not only for this building but for all buildings but we will be bringing that back hopefully within the next 45 to 60 days and we think that we're well on our way with pulling that information together so 60 days is really not a problem and we've been working on it and we will be bringing back that report thank you any other items oh vice mayor yes

I'm just going to raise my hand because I don't have a blanket.

Yeah, it's hard to see you. I have to turn to see you up on the screen.

I'll raise my hand. Actually, I wanted to acknowledge David Sengtai's comment about the grand jury report and counsel responding to that. I want to thank the mayor for all the public forums. I think you've done several and two rounds of several throughout the city, and I'm excited to hear what the public's thoughts are. I did want to share, you know, I was the person who filed the complaint with the grand jury so we could get here. And I'm glad that we were looking at this report and the last report. I think we said as one of the council meetings, we're going to combine both. Given the conversation that I just heard about the deadline for council to respond, are we going to have a special meeting? Or what I was going to request is that we talk about it as a council, but if we're going to miss the deadline, I don't know if making a request for this to go on the next council meeting will will exceed that deadline or should we have a special meeting prior?

I was just going to chime in that the 29th, I know that's a few days outside of it, but I don't know what the repercussions of that might be, but I know that the document is almost done. It is, and Mayor,

My staff, along with city attorney staff, and working with both Florence and your office, we will look at, within the next day or so, and try to potentially call a special meeting Right now, we're looking for Monday, but we'll see how that fits into everybody's schedule. And then from there, if not, then we'll keep the 29th as that target date, even though it falls outside of the 23rd. We think we'll still well within that. the time frame to be able to get back initial report to you. And then, of course, get it out to the general public, and then on to the public for comments, and of course, then to the grand jury.

Just the point of why I'm rigging this up is not to discuss the item here. This is a council discussion and a council decision based on what the rules say, right? So there's recommendations. It's not appropriate for staff to make recommendations with one person outside the council body. So if it's a special meeting that will be called, I guess I can wait, or we can wait for the special meeting, or it will fall on the next meeting. But just to clarify, you guys are going to bring back

your thoughts and then we'll talk about it as the council make a decision correct yes sir that is correct and actually if you want it we can give the whole report to the council and let you do it from there or we can do it as staff and once again let you provide those feedback did that answer your question vice mayor i guess i'm confused because

I guess what I'm confused is the grand jury report requires the council, I guess if I read it correctly, to make a determination based on the findings. Is that not the process? Because I think that's what we did the last time. So I'm just trying to understand if that's what we're still doing. Is it happening in a special meeting or at the next council meeting? Because I haven't seen anything and I haven't participated.

Yes, Vice Mayor, that's the process and that's what we plan on doing.

And I will just chime in. So this is the first step in addressing it. And it does come before us. And I'm hesitant for a special meeting only because the public needs time to be able to look at it as well. And giving them 24 hours probably is the best. If we were Friday for Monday and they had the weekend, I still think public wants more time than that probably to weigh in on it. But I see Mr. over there going, I'm not sure.

And the reason why I bring it up is the council hasn't had an opportunity to weigh in or participate in the findings. And so we don't even have them. And that's the point that I guess I'm concerned about since we haven't seen them. I haven't seen them. I can't speak for all the other council members. I think that as a council, it should be something that we all have a chance to discuss, weigh in on, vote on. And I think giving us the opportunity to do that would be consistent with the direction from the grand jury.

And we do do that. It's during the meeting. Just like with the budget, when we have our budget hearings and we weigh in on that and we vote on it, if there are changes that council would like to make, they can make it at that time and then it comes back you know we look at the benchmarks what the recommendations are of staff as to how do we get there and so I you know what we saw last time was only what the previous council had said and how we addressed it and whether or not we did. And it was our city attorney at that time who completed that document then and put it before us. And so now we have City Manager Ford here and we also have Don here and other staff that are working on it that will then bring it to council as well as the public will have an opportunity to review it as well and chime in. There'll be a public comment period for that.

So we have just flagging California League next week. I'll defer to you then, Mayor, if it's a special meeting, if it's the meeting that Johnny talked about. I think, Council, if we can get whatever it is we're going to be discussing prior to that meeting so we have time to digest it and participate appropriately, it would be great.

Yeah. I think staff can do that so you can digest it well before the posting, and then they'll put it out for public. And I see the city manager nodding his head. Okay?

Okay.

Thanks. Great. Okay. No unfinished business, no hearings, no new business. City managers, update.

Yes, ma'am. Tony, you're up.

Good afternoon, Mayor, Council. My name is Tony Vanner, PIO for the City of Stockton, and on behalf of the City Manager's Office, I'd like to present to you the City Manager's Report.

Hello, my name is Kuljit Singh. I am a new finance officer at the city of Stockton. So I came from very diverse background and my first 15 years were in private sector where I did finance for corporate America. And in the last 10 years, last decade, I'm doing public sector. I have diverse background in public sector as well. I have overseen finance or worked in the finance for transit agencies, landfill refuse, and also city experiences. Prior to coming to the city of Stockton, I was deputy finance officer at the city of Merced, where I oversaw the finance under the finance officer. My education background is I have a master in public administration and also I gained a certification in public finance officer, CPFO, from GFY, which really helps me to see finance as a whole bigger picture of finance. and overseeing public finances, the challenges with public finances, and also their compliance with public finance. So my main objective is here to just serve the city of Stockton and residents of Stockton.

Hello, everyone. My name is Marie Guillory Jones, and I am pleased to introduce myself as the city of Stockton's new Director of Human Resources. I am very excited to be here and to serve in this role. I bring more than 25 years of public sector human resources experience, having overseen key human resources functions, including recruitment and retention, benefits, classification and compensation, retirement services, labor and employee relations, organizational development and training, and risk management. In addition, I possess a master's degree in public administration from California State University East Bay, a bachelor's degree in psychology from UC Berkeley, a management certificate from the University of the Pacific, and two senior human resources certifications. I also bring with me the unique perspective of having previously worked for the City of Stockton. Throughout my career, I have valued building strong working relationships, maintaining open communication, and approaching HR matters with fairness, professionalism, and consistency. My goal is to support our employees, supervisors, and leadership, and foster a workplace that is respectful, collaborative, and supportive. I am also interested in hearing your ideas and concerns on how we can work together to strengthen the city. I have always had an appreciation for the city, its employees, and the work we do in serving the community, and I look forward to working with you all.

Good morning. My name is Ricardo Nogueira. I'm the Director of Economic Development for the City of Stockton. Next month, October 8th, Walmart will be having their grand opening community event for the Walmart.com on Mariposa Avenue in South Stockton in the industrial area. They've hired over a thousand employees just in the past few months. This is going to have a significant impact on the city of Stockton and San Joaquin County in general. It will also be a point of sale location. So we're hoping to get sales tax, quite a bit of revenues for the city of Stockton. And it's going to continue to attract more light industrial companies to this area. And more companies are being drawn to the industrial area because of our proximity to the port. the airport and the rail, as well as being nestled between highways 5 and highways 99. It's attracting more industry to Stockton and creating more jobs for local residents.

Hello, my name is James Wong. I'm the engineering services manager at Public Works Traffic Section. We applied for a federal grant. The initial grant goes towards the development of the Vision Zero Action Plan. and that allows the city to pursue monies for infrastructure improvements. There are federal grants that, one of the requirements is that, does the city have a Vision Zero Action Plan? So the city produced the draft Vision Zero Action Plan and it was advertised for public comments. The next step of the draft Vision Zero Action Plan is uh the comments that has been collected we are going to address those comments incorporate those into the action plan and have the city council review and approve or adopt the vision zero action plan once the vision zero action plan is adopted by City Council and we can continue to pursue federal dollars for implementation. That could be anything that can enhance roadway safety with the goal of zero fatalities.

Thank you, Council.

okay anything else for you city manager no ma'am that concludes my report okay we will move on to council comments I know vice mayor you can't buzz in but I you want to start or you want to finish or where do you want to be oh I'll just I'll let somebody go before me okay any other council members wish to make comments okay councilwoman flower

Okay. Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks. Starting with the third, I want to thank the NAACP and El Concilio for putting on a candidate forum. I think that that's important to give the opportunity for the public to hear what the people who want to represent them have to say. On the ninth was the 59th Annual Industrial Barbecue that was put on by the Chamber of Commerce. I just want to congratulate all of the Uh, all of the award recipients at that event, um, it was very well attended. It was very hot, but it was well attended. Um, on the 10th, the California, uh, League of Cities Central Valley Division had their, uh, quarterly meeting. And at that meeting we had, um, officer, uh, officer elections. And so, uh, Mayor Fugazi was, uh, elected as the state director and I was elected as the president of the Central Valley Division. So. I feel pretty good that, um, the city of Stockton is pretty well represented in the central Valley division. Um, then on the 11th, as was mentioned earlier, the national, uh, Patriot day, I want to thank Oakmont, uh, Brookside for putting that on. I think it was a really very moving, um. presentation, there was a gun salute, taps was played, there was a folding of the flag. And, you know, September 11th is just something that we can never forget. And for those of us that, you know, remember it, I mean, watching the events unfold live on our TVs was just something that I'll certainly never forget, and I think we as a society can't forget. Then let's see, moving forward, this Thursday at 9 a.m. in front of City Hall will be a flag raising for the Air Force birthday, so I recommend if anybody wants to come out and do that. And then later that night on the 17th is the big Journey concert. And I do know that there are still tickets available. If we want good things, we need to support good things. So if you don't have your tickets yet, I strongly recommend getting those. The show's going to start at 7.30. And it's going to rock. So hope to see a lot of you out there. One other just quick update, the pickleball courts in Groupie Park, we are moving along. We're very, very close to completion on that project. Unfortunately, there were some cracks in the surface, so the contractor had to go back. chisel them out, fill them in, and to do it right, they need to let it cure. And so we're making sure they're not gonna rush the process because we want it done right. So the last I heard, they're shooting for probably the end of next week for it to be done. So fingers crossed that will happen. Also, right around the same time, right in the same area is a new Ex-A-Loo bathroom. So that's great news that they will have a bathroom very, very close to the pickleball courts. Also, I'm still chugging along, working on trying to get some love for Gibbons Park. I do have some money in my discretionary funds, so I am going to use some of those to do some improvements at that park. And that is my report.

Thank you. Vice Mayor, you ready?

Sure. Okay, first of all, the lighting is great in the chamber, by the way. Everybody looks great today. Okay, the first thing I want to say is that I want to be very clear that I have had to do a lot of personal growth being an elected official because I was talking to somebody recently, being somebody with influence online and being what I do in my day job, sometimes the worlds collide and I just show up as Jason. And I always remind folks that one of the most important comments I got when I ran for office was don't be a politician, be Jason, because that's who we're voting for. So I try to keep that in mind. And I want to thank the mayor for allowing me to finish my comment earlier, because as we're working through us as a group becoming more collegial, I think it's important to understand that being able to exercise our constitutional right, especially in advocacy for our districts, is paramount to us being able to work collaboratively. And whatever I can't say in the meetings, I will be saying online. I want to respond to one of the public comments specifically about Section 407, because I had a call with our city attorney to understand this idea that somehow a council could usurp the communities and voters ability to exercise their constitutional rights and vote people in office. And I'm thankful that he was able to confirm that this council cannot remove an elected official. I want to dispel that right now. I also want to say that given that the Bible that we all, we pray at the beginning of these meetings where the Bible says, touch not my anointed, do my prophets no harm. It's ironic that at one of the council meetings to put me or put a Section 407 hearing on the agenda. And then a week later, some serious claims from somebody in the public come forward about a council member. We have to be very careful about how we use our platform in this chamber to weaponize our political agendas because there is a higher power outside the room navigating us as we move forward. I want to thank the mayor. for coming to the District 6 Development Meeting. And Councilman Mariquez, we had an amazing day. I want to thank our city manager, our police chief, Stanley McFadden, and all of the people from his department that participated. Ricardo, a special shout out to Stephanie Acasio and to Jordan Peterson, who did a phenomenal job laying out the vision that me and my commissioners have had in the residents of both Southeast Stockton, Sierra Vista, and Western Ranch. have had about what the future of development in South Stockton looks like. I want to thank everybody, all of the developers, all of the brokers, all of the people that came from out of town and around the county to talk about investing in South Stockton. I appreciated the conversation about infrastructure and all the needs of how to address things. We had one developer, I think it was D.R. Horton, who talked about building 1,000 homes, affordable homes for people to be able to enjoy the American dream of owning their own houses. I want to thank Peter Ragsdale from the Housing Authority for hosting us in Sierra Vista. And it was a really promising discussion around healthy grocery stores, gyms, residential, but also understanding how to get more commercial development. And again, thank you to the mayor for showing up because I think it definitely demonstrated our unity on starting in the south and moving north and the Last should be first, and the first should be last, and all those things. But it really reaffirmed our commitment. This week, I'll be heading to DC to speak on two panels for the Congressional Black Caucus with Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Congressman Mark Veazey, and then taking meetings on the Hill about the importance of making sure that people understand that their democratic right to participate in the election process and to vote is paramount to the democracy of our country. And so I'm looking forward to that. And as I talk about that and I'm going to go and do that in D.C., I want to just remind everybody in our county that we do have an election. And it is important that regardless of your Democrat, Republican, whatever your thoughts are on anything, you know, that you exercise your your right, your constitutional right that you still have at the at the ballot box and that you get registered to vote. And you can go to the register of voters right there on San Joaquin Street. Earlier we talked about the city clerk and the new city clerk coming in. I just want to remind everybody watching because apparently there's lots of city employees that watch these meetings and then we get emails from everybody that whistleblower protection is something that you still have. Regardless of what you see at City Hall or you see happening or rumors, you do have rights and you have a responsibility to your coworkers and to the city to ensure that Your voices are heard. If you see something, say something. And I sent an email to our city attorney and to our auditor to make sure that our whistleblower protection hotline, whatever that hotline is called, is up and functioning and that the communication on how to access that in a safe way gets out. The mayor already addressed the report for council discussion around the grand jury report findings. and recommendations, and so I look forward to that meeting. The audit committee meeting is on Monday, 9-21 at 1-30, and we'll be discussing what the rules are around PRAs, public requests for information from our police department. I've been educated recently on some things, and obviously I've had my experience with other things, and so I have questions around that. And then also getting into the flock camera system and other updates from city staff and HR will happen on Monday at 1.30. I look forward to that. Also, our legislative committee that's chaired by Member Enriquez, who's not here, will be 4 o'clock on the same day, and I look forward to that. I wanted to end by just being one of the council members, and I'm sure maybe my other colleagues may say something about the SPOA Facebook post. I know Council Member Padilla commented about the security review, and I agree with that, and I look forward to that discussion. You know, lots of people from the media reach out to me to ask me what I thought, and I wanted to say that I applaud the SPOA for taking the courage to share their thoughts. As somebody who worked in labor for 11 years, I think advocacy for your colleagues and for your constituents is a critical part to having a vibrant union. I share in some of the frustration, as we all do, my colleagues, the mayor, I'm sure we all do, of what we went through in the past and some of what we're going through in this very busy election season. But I want to reaffirm my support to all of our men and women who are working every single day, who just get up and go to work to make our city safer and who are doing a great job. I want to thank our SPD PIOs who keep us updated as a council. And I don't want our silence in not responding to the public post to give the perception that we didn't hear you, that we didn't acknowledge how you feel, and that there's no ownership at City Hall for how we got here. And I'm hoping that as we work through this election season that we get back to centering the work of our constituents. And the last thing I want to say is I talked to our sheriff this morning about the mass shooting and the work that they're doing there. And I've no media has reached out to me about that. You know, I'm not going to get in the middle of any active investigations. Um, and I'm not going to use that as an opportunity to propel any personal interest, but I do want to continue to reinforce that if anybody knows anything to continue to share, uh, what's happening. And I, um, I have a lot of faith in our sheriff and our district attorney and the officers in our city who participated in this process. And I'm confident that they're going, to bring justice soon. The last thing before I get out of here, sorry. How much time do I have left? Because I can't see the clock.

647.

I'm going to get out of here real quick. Okay. Let me say, I said something online one day. I said, you know, it's gangsta to have your district attorney and your police pull up. And people just went on and on about, oh, the vice mayor said he's a gangster and they're gangster. And it really was kind of comical to me because it showed the lack of cultural competence that we have in Stockton with some people. So I wanted to take this moment as the vice mayor to say that as a kid who grew up in South Stockton, who used to watch his family and friends run from the police and who used to be scared of the police, I think it's gangster to be able to get elected in your district, in your, I almost said the hood, but the neighborhood, and be able to have the district attorney, the sheriff, the police chief, and the police officers pull up to your community to show kids of color that you don't have to run, that you don't have to be afraid, that you can say something if you feel like somebody's taking advantage of you. And I do think that's gangsta. And I'm never going to apologize for not talking like a buttoned up, politician and that's no shade towards blower i think he's great and he's funny or all of us who are buttoned up at times but we all have we all speak how we speak and i do think it's i think it's um a remarkable example to kids who are trying to figure out what pathway they want to go into whether it's government whether it's media whether it's celebrity whether it's teachers or or you know truck drivers or health care workers we all represent different walks of life in the city, and we all approach the work from different vantage points. But I have to say that I found it comical when people were saying, oh, he's saying that this is a gangster, that's a gangster. No, it is gangster to put on for your community. It is gangster to be able to have a fundraiser tomorrow with Cardi B to bring hundreds of thousands of dollars of programming to your city. And everything that we've done as a council, even in the midst of all the noise, has been real gangster, because we got in and we got to work, and we've done a lot of amazing things, even in the midst of all the turmoil. I just wanted to end on that by saying that elections aren't going to be won on social media. They're going to be won in the streets. And I hope that everybody is staying focused on the direction they want the city to go in. And again, thanking the mayor for the work we've been able to do at getting closer to the middle and to everybody there who showed up and had their voices heard during public comments. That's it. Thank you.

Four minutes left, too.

You can have them. You can have them.

Anyone else from council wish to speak?

Oh, Councilwoman Padilla.

Thank you, Mayor. I want to thank the constituents that came forward and shared some positive comments about the activities that we offer for our families and youth. Because our young people are so important to all of us up here. And with that, this weekend at Weber Point, September 19th, there is a family day. There's a parade. At 1015, there's kids' fun, games, music, clowns, food, storytelling. So again, that is something that. can bring us all together and that we provide for our youth and their families. I also want to recognize the efforts being made around our smoke shops and the smoke shop enforcement here in Stockton. Most recently, our police department has conducted 162 inspections. Six enforcement missions. They issued 50 citations. They seized more than $100,000 in illegal or prohibited products. And 13 smoke shops have been closed. So this just shows that smoke shops, there is a priority within that. And I know it's a priority of this council to limit that and limit those illegal products, especially to our use. And this enforcement is a direct impact to our neighborhoods, especially around those schools and businesses as well. Yes, there are areas in Stockton that are unsafe and not free of crime or violence. But what matters most is that our departments respond. They take action and they continue working on making our city safer for residents, families as well as youth. So I just want to make sure that our local taxpayers know that our departments want to keep all of us safe. Let's see. I want to recognize our city departments and staff. Just today alone, we heard about three grants, and those grants are bringing valuable resources to our city. The power of grants in funding, it means that it allows us to do more for our community without placing the burden on taxpayers so these grants help fund projects they improve services and they stretch our city resources further so thank you to city staff for continuing to look for those grants and making sure we're accessible to those grants as well I want to recognize and thank all the organizations throughout Stockton that held ceremonies honoring the 25th anniversary of September 11th It is very important to continue to remember those lost lives, their families, the first responders who showed incredible courage that day. But also we have a responsibility to educate our youth. Many of our youth weren't even around or born during that time when 9-11 occurred. So they need to understand not only what happened on that day, but the sacrifice, the cure, the courage, the unity amongst our whole state and country. Um, and even in those days that had followed. So, um, as the generation that lived through nine 11, you know, it's our responsibility to pass that history on to every generation, you know, um, as sitting through the ceremonies, you know, I, was just reflecting back on that day and what a huge impact it made for all of us around the world. And so again, I know we continually say we must remember and don't forget, but it's equally important to also share that with our young people. Let's see. I do have one more thing else to say. I guess not. That's it. So thank you for those that showed up and that continue to participate. And have a great week.

yes thank you mayor just want to recognize city manager and penny for all their hard work they do for us and a community and the big shout out to the whole entire city staff appreciate everything you guys do for us you know we're going to these ceremonies certificates it's you guys that makes us look great so I just want to recognize you guys Well as PD and fire and our security guards Thank you guys for always watching us when we come in when we come out looking at our parking lots and what we're leaving so Appreciate out as well as code enforcement and Public Works I do have exciting news. I've been working on with ERA Sports Academy. I just got noticed October 10th. We'll be doing this youth program that I've been working for the last year. Thank you for City Manager for helping me with that as well as Penny. This is a program that's going to help kids. It's a non-profit. It's free for the kids learning how to catch, learn how to throw, learn how to hit baseball. balls, soccer's on the works. But we're going to have a grand opening. I'll be participating, getting pizza. Just a great thing. It's going to be on 611 West Fremont Street. But I'll be updating more information when we get closer to it. As you noticed, last meeting I also said I'm opening up another neighborhood watch. This is my third one that I'm doing. So it will be on the 23rd at Columbus Park at 530. I do these things because I really do these work. It brings these neighborhoods together, get to meet your neighborhood, get to know what's important. We have these information that I get out, that I bring with our community service officer. Distribute Park last month, zero homicide, zero sectional assaults, burglary, zero. I mean, it's been going down. Accidents, five, but... These are the things why we do them. So I just want to thank our PD and Chief McFadden for listening and bringing more officers in our neighborhoods. These are the reasons why I do them. And not just because I do them, it's because our constituents love them and they want them because it works. So that being said, I think I have one more thing. Well, I just want to say, like I always say, great wins. I want to thank my colleagues. And we've got a lot of work to go. Keep doing what we're doing. Everyone, thank you for coming here today. And have a great week and great weekend. Thank you.

OK, reset. It's my turn. OK, so I want to start always with public comments. The first one I want to address has to do with a business that was mentioned. It's not actually just a regular business. It's a clinic. There's HIPAA laws that protect people that go in and out of clinics. And so I know some of the officers were here regarding the statement that was made during public comment. And it's important that everybody feels OK when they are going to seek treatment, even if they're going to bring somebody to seek treatment. The other thing, the person that called in talked about working class housing. Well, when we approved the NOFA, one of the things that I stressed over and over and over and had done it even before that came before us was about workforce housing. We need more workforce housing because we have people who are employed that are literally going paycheck to paycheck. trying to keep a roof over their heads and their family's heads and food on the table. So that's something that is definitely, at least for myself, something that is important to bring to the city of Stockton. Going down my list My town halls this weekend people said they got my constant contact So I was happy about that check your spam It might have gone in your junk because people are like I didn't get it and then they looked in their spam or junk you can opt out if you don't want to get the email and Go ahead, scroll to the bottom and there's a hyperlink that says unsubscribe. You click on that and it will automatically take your email out of it. But I do plan on using it to get more information out to the public and I'm happy to put public hearings and things of that nature out on there. as soon as I get them. I'm glad that the smoke shops, you brought that up. It was on my list. I gave it to Mary Elizabeth, what you were talking about, because I was going to present that, too. So thank you, Councilwoman Padilla, for bringing that up. Crime stats, though. I was waiting for you to go over the crime stats. So I just want people to know that at this time last year, we had 28 homicides in the city of Stockton. And currently, we have 21. So that's a 25% decrease from where we were last year at this same time. And last year was less than the year prior to that. So thank you to the police department. Shootings are down 58 this year, where last year we were at 68. Juvenile homicides, we have had one that, believe it or not, they have taken into custody who's responsible for that 16-year-old that was shot and killed. Firearm seizures. Tongue twister. 920 this year, where last year we had 616. So we're getting those guns so they don't fall into the hands of other people. And DUI arrests were up by 309 this year, where last year 306. So thank you to the men and women of the Stockton Police Department. And that includes animal services, yes, code enforcement, our dispatch center, our neighborhood betterment teams, all the work that they do. It shows we we see it speaking of that. I Vice mayor talked about a flock. I know that I've asked as well I think there's a presentation coming to the first meeting in November on flock LPR AI how our Police department is using that technology And giving a presentation. I'm looking forward to that grand jury report grand jury response yes that was on my notes already bring up but we discussed it looking forward to the public weighing in on that but remember this is just the response and as a member of the public said it's yes it's no and how we plan on addressing it and what that timeline is for implementation Trash and debris. I forgot to bring it up during administrative part of the meeting. Trash and debris. Interested to know how our new contracts are going. I think they started like August 1st. You know, who's out there working? How much trash are they pulling in? What are our teams doing? Would love to have a presentation on that. Walmart.com, thank you so much for hiring Stockton residents. That was a commitment that was made, and it's very important that If you're doing business in Stockton or you're building housing in Stockton or you're doing anything in Stockton, that Stockton residents get the first bite of the apple. 333 East Washington Street. That's across from HSA. That is where there's a number. I counted nine with a tenth setting up to sell phones. And they're all the same company. And as I walked up, with my phone in my hand. Would you like to get a phone, a free phone? I said, I have a phone. Well, how about another one? I said, I've got two. And they were like, well, how about another one? No, I do not want one. But what they've done is pushed back from the sidewalk, and they're actually in the area that's owned by the city as well, because that's our parking lot. And so there were bushes there, but now it's all dead. So maybe some rose bushes planted there or cacti or something like that. But what I will tell you is they're parking their cars and they're leaving their cars there all day and they're working out of the trunk of their cars. So two-hour parking time limit is there. But I continue to get letters from HSA, from Chair Dollywall, asking what is the city going to do about that. So I'm pushing that over to you, City Manager.

I'm sure Code Enforcement is listening, Mayor.

Well, I'm pushing it to you, because you're the boss. I got it. Mayor's Institute on City Design. We had people out here from Washington, DC, the city of Stockton, got selected. I'm so happy about that. We walked the downtown area. It is a program that will help us not only, you know, we come up with designs all the time. It then becomes, well, who's going to pay for it? So the city has property downtown. What do we envision for it? What do we hope it could be? We of course want more people downtown the economic report that we got we talked about an 18-hour Downtown and I will be going to the Institute. They will be coming back out here, but we're excited about that Fabian Molina a shout out to Fabian Molina. He is the first ever Stockton youth who was selected for the California Youth Empowerment Commission. His older sister was my student. He was not my student. But by default, I guess he would. But so proud of him. He got sworn in at Delta College. And again, congratulations to him. having representation. We're the 10th largest city. Having our youth represented at the governor's office is so very important at all levels. So if you want to participate, there is an entire page dedicated to boards, state level boards that have vacancies. So please check it out. Maybe I'll post it. I'll try to post it online for people to be able to look up and see what's available. UP, I was waiting for Councilmember Villalpudo to talk about BNSF. BNSF has a dedicated crew now that will be cleaning up along the tracks, which we haven't had. Yes, once a month, which we haven't don't think ever had so thank you for your work on that I spoke to UP Union Pacific they have many job opportunities they said they have like a hundred openings in and around this area and with Delta College I see a trustee from Delta College out here Delta College now has adopted the track program which is training the workforce for rail and so I said, got to make sure we link up, and we have a work-forward meeting coming up that they will be at that I'm looking forward to. The other thing, Gospel Center Rescue Mission, definitely want to thank them for all the work they do there. We had testimony. We had a husband-wife. They were not a husband-wife before gospel, but they are husband and wife after gospel. But they talked about all the programs that they went to in the city of Stockton, all the different recovery places that they went for help with their substance abuse. And it didn't work. And they found gospel. And I'm not saying these others don't work. What I'm saying is gospel worked for them. And there was a graduation. And they had 12 graduates. And then they also They're saving lives over there. Literally, if you go around gospel, yes, there are people outside of gospel that are using and abusing drugs. There's a lot of fentanyl out there. People are dying. One pill kills. There's a whole campaign on that that the district attorney has put out there. But they go out there, people that work there, people that are in recovery there, they're working on their recovery, have gone out there and saved, literally saved lives using Narcan on people that were overdosing. So thank you to everybody, Dave Madura and his team, all the people out there at Gospel Center Rescue Mission. and then Thank you to councilmember Bauer and Villa Pudua for meeting with me. I'm having individual meetings with each councilmember It's something that I recommended to Mayor Lincoln when he was a mayor and I said, oh, yeah I want to do that and I haven't done it and so now I'm doing it and And I thought it was fruitful to meet with both of you. And I do plan on meeting with the rest of council. We just have to get our calendars to gel. And then the town hall. There were 34 people that went to the town hall. Like I said, constant contact. And it was on Saturday. So I wasn't able to attend the 9-11 events that were happening on Saturday. I did go to one on Friday, only to show up and they didn't know why I was there. And they said, oh, no, it's tomorrow. And I was like, ah, it was on the 12th, not the 11th. And I was thinking 9-11 would be on 9-11, and it was on the 12th. So my mistake on that. And there was one more thing. October 28th, why am I having the town halls? Well, I started doing the town halls in July, June. So June, July, or July, August, September. And data centers was on there because at my very first town hall at Ursula Meyer Library and Community Center, data centers were brought up by Julie Dunning. And people wanted to have that conversation. Then it was part of our economic impact report. what we're working on and I had already had it on my schedule because I am speaking at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo There is a symposium happening there being hosted by Cal Poly Where industry is coming and I said well, what about the voice of the people you can have industry talk to industry to talk to Different cities, but if you leave out the people of that city you're leaving out a very important part of of that equation. So I will be there. People gave me questions that they wanted answered. I have questions I want answered as well. So I will be there on that panel armed in my hand with all the questions that people brought up during our council meeting on September 1 and brought up on my town halls on September 12. So with that, I think that is pretty much it for me with two minutes and 40 seconds left. So we will be now leaving for closed session. This is the end of open session. So are there any comments for closed session?

We have none.

OK, so this board will recess pursuant to government code section 54956.9 subsection D2 to discuss matters pertaining to the threat of litigation, which is item 14.1, conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation. Welcome back. We are here from closed session. Is there anything to report out, city attorney?

Thank you, Mayor. The councilman closed session on one item. There's no reportable action.

Wonderful. A motion to adjourn?

So moved.

Second.

All those in favor? Aye. We're adjourned.