City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you.

Roll call, please, Madam Clerk.

Yes, Council Member Carr, are you on Zoom? Okay. Council Member Panduro? Here. Thank you. Council Member Sandhu? Here. Council Member Tonneson? Here. Council Member Williams? Here. Vice Mayor Bertani? Here. And Mayor Vaccaro? Here. Thank you.

Okay. The invocation will be provided by Pastor Christian Bravo of the Liberty Church.

Good evening, everyone.

I want to start reciting a word from Psalms 33, 12. It says, Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Let's bow our heads and pray. Heavenly Father, first and foremost, we give you all the honor, all the glory, and all the praise. We acknowledge you as our creator, the giver of life, and the source of wisdom and every good blessing. Tonight, We thank you for the beautiful city of Fairfield and every person who calls this community home. Lord, may Fairfield be a city of blessing, peace, opportunity, and prosperity. May our families flourish, our businesses prosper, and our children have a bright and hopeful future. We ask for your wisdom and guidance over our mayor, our city council, and every leader serving our community. Give them wisdom in every decision, integrity in every responsibility, and compassion for the people they represent. We pray for our police officers, firefighters, first responders, city employees, educators, business owners, churches, and community organizations. Protect them, strengthen them, and bless the world of their hands. Lord, where there is division, bring unity. Where there is uncertainty, bring wisdom. Where there is need, bring provision. And where there is discouragement, bring hope. May your favor rest upon Fairfield. May this be a city where families thrive, businesses grow, communities come together, and future generations prosper. Blessed tonight's meeting. May every conversation be filled with respect and every decision be guided by wisdom. We give you all the honor and all the glory. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Councilman Sandu, may you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Yes.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands,

Okay, council reports. Councilwoman Williams, will you lead us to start it?

Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor, colleagues, Fairfield residents. On August 21st, I attended the 2026 Women's Equity Day Luncheon hosted by the Friends of the Solano Commission of Women and Girls at Jelly Belly. Women's Equity Day is a certification of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920, which provided denying citizens the right to vote based on sex. However, this historic victory did not immediately provide equal access to the ballot for every woman. Black women continue to face poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, and other discriminatory practices and barriers. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally gave the federal government meaningful power to challenge and prohibit many of those practices. today women are a decisive force in our democracy in the 2024 presidential election nearly 67 women of eligible women voted Here in Solano County, an earlier commission report found that women represented nearly half of our elected officials and even more women than men were registered to vote. The Solano County Commission of Women and Girls was established by the Board of Supervisors in 2018. following the work of a 14-woman formation committee. Dr. Frances McCullough, Jennifer Barton, and Erika Rodriguez-Lingley initiated the early conversations. The commission's first members and leaders included Rochelle Sherlock, Elise Cheek, and our colleague on the dais, Doris I want to thank them and all of those women whose leadership helped establish and sustain this important organization. I also want to thank the Friends of the Commission, the League of Women Voters, and the Solano Commission for Women and Girls for ongoing community together to celebrate women's voices, leadership, and political power. On a personal note, The mistress of ceremonies asked me to stand during this event, and the room gave me a standing ovation in recognition of the resilience shown while facing cyberbullying, doxing, harassment connected to my service on this dais. That moment was profoundly moving. To be surrounded and supported by women and men who understood what it means to stand firm, continue serving, and refuse to be silenced by one of the most heartwarming experiences I have had during this difficult time. I left reminded that women's equity is not simply about gaining a seat at the table. It is about ensuring that women can speak, lead, and serve without being intimidated out of public life. Thank you to every person in that room, I see someone, that stood with me. Your support strengthened me and I will continue standing for the residents of Fairfield. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you very much. Councilman Tonneson.

Thank you mayor Pretty busy again this last couple of weeks We had the summer music in the park series. This one was at Mancos Park That is in councilmember cars district and he and I went together they were doing Hamlet was the movie that they were playing and it was very well attended And then many of us went to prime rib in the park That is That's been going on for I think it was 19 years. And that was the last year that Nancy Meadows is going to be doing that. So it's a job well done. She's been doing that for a long time with a lot of help from many others. The downtown and Fairfield in general has a lot of action going on right now. The streets are, you know, a lot of streets are being repaved. There's a lot of activity in the city right now, the most that I've certainly seen in decades. So it was frustrating for me at times having to maneuver the traffic, but I know it's all for a good cause, so I'm really happy to see all the action going on and all the, I call it progress, because things are looking good. Downtown, we have Hustlin' Grind that's coming in pretty soon. If you remember where Ryan's Cafe was down in the heart of Fairfield and the 700 block, we're getting a new coffee shop in there. AND THEN SHELL'S IS OPEN. SHELL'S IS AT THE, AGAIN, THE SHELL'S IS OPEN. SHELL'S IS AT THE, AGAIN, THE SHELL'S IS OPEN. SHELL'S IS AT THE, AGAIN, THE 700 BLOCK. SHELL'S IS AT THE, AGAIN, THE 700 BLOCK. SHELL'S IS AT THE, AGAIN, THE 700 BLOCK. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM EVELYN'S 700 BLOCK. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM EVELYN'S 700 BLOCK. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM EVELYN'S PIZZERIA. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM EVELYN'S PIZZERIA. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM EVELYN'S PIZZERIA. AND THAT IS A, IT'S GOING TO BE A PIZZERIA. AND THAT IS A, IT'S GOING TO BE A PIZZERIA. AND THAT IS A, IT'S GOING TO BE

Thank you. Councilman Pandoro.

Hi, everyone. Yes, thank you, Mayor. It was great to see everyone at Primate in the Park, especially seeing all the amazing youth out there from the PAL Center receiving recognition for all the hard work that they do for the PAL Center and for the event itself. It was also, as a past commissioner, being able to attend the Women's Equity Lunch was really amazing. to see all the powerful women in our community come together to acknowledge women's equity, but then also learn more about the history of women and their right to vote. I learned so much that day. And then lastly, I attended the California League of Cities North Bay Division meeting at American Canyon City Hall, where there was reps from marin napa solano and sonoma and each of them talked about the impacts of hr1 and that and what each county is doing and has been doing to help mitigate that impact with regards to their residents and what they're doing now and have been doing and what to look forward to in the future with how that's going obviously it wasn't a fun conversation to have but it was a very necessary one just to see what everyone was doing and how we could all help and support one another Also, we had a business meeting where there was an election of the North Bay Division second vice president and board of director. And so nominations were for Alma Hernandez, mayor of Susan City, for board of director, and Chantel Walker, vice mayor of San Anselmo as second VP. And so both were voted in unanimously by the rest of the members that were from the League of Cities. And so that is my report. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Vice Mayor Bertani.

Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, everyone, for coming out this evening. It's always good to see your faces here in the chamber, and thanks, everyone, too, for watching from home. I'll be brief and just say a big thank you to the Rolling Hills Neighborhood Network. On August 19th, we had a Rolling Hills Neighborhood Network meeting, a general meeting, and we had none other than Chief Dan Marshall and Chief Sturdy come and talk to our Rolling Hills and Paradise Valley residents about the police department updates, the fire department updates, and Measure P. And I think that we had a really great conversation, very engaging, very informative, and very well attended. So I just wanted to say thank you, Chief, Marshall Thank You chief sturdy for coming out and taking the time to address us out in rolling hills With Paradise Valley in the house as well very well done and much appreciated. That's my report. Mr. Mayor. Thank you Thank you Councilman Sandu no point today.

Thank you. Okay I'm gonna I'm gonna do my report but I'm gonna if it's okay, mr. City manager. I'm gonna go to you first any report I

I have no report today, Mr. Mayor.

City Attorney? No report, thank you. Okay. Teresa Raymond, you guys want to come up? Okay. Today's, well, this is going to be kind of tough, I think, for me and, of course, Theresa and Raymond. This is the 18th year anniversary of the tragic murder of Councilman Matt Garcia. You know, I think we all remember that day, just like, unfortunately, like it was yesterday. You know, and I know none of us will ever forget it. So at the time of his murder, Matt was the youngest councilman in the state of California. Matt was also my student at Armio High School when I was principal there. You know, I just remember Matt coming into my office so many times and I kind of joke with him because I say, wait, you know, aren't you late? It's like six minutes past the period. He goes, oh, no, no, I had to do something. Can you walk me to class? I said, sure, I'll walk you to class. But I don't know how many times he told me over the years that he was going to be the mayor of Fairfield someday. And as you can see, his picture's up there, he's the honorary mayor of Fairfield. So what he said did come true, unfortunately, in a very tragic way. But so anyway, going to the next, when he ran for council, not many people gave him a chance at all. And we'd meet and have coffee, and he'd say, I'm going to win. And I'd say, well, yeah, I think you are, because you believe you're going to win. But no one else did. Very few people did. But a lot of people voted for him, and guess what? He won. And I remember going to Coffee World, the old Coffee World, that night. And he's like raising his hand, hey, Mr. Peccaro, I won, I won. I said, yeah, you sure did. And you told everybody you were, and you did. After his tragic murder, his family asked me if I would consider taking his seat on the council. I agreed to because I knew what Matt's vision was. We talked about it many times, sometimes in my living room. Sometimes I had to kick him out at 2 in the morning. He was friends with my daughter, friends with my son. I know my son Nick, as Teresa and Raymond know, helped him a lot on his campaign almost every day. When he did get elected, I was running the Golden Hill School at the time. I had left Armia and went to work for the county. And Matt would come to the Golden Hill School and he would talk to the different kids. It didn't matter which side a student was on, what kind of affiliation, whether they were or whether they weren't affiliated. He wanted to talk to everybody. because you know he believed he didn't believe in divisiveness he believed in togetherness and I think that's one thing we got to start to see in our community it's really start to you know get keep together because we see divisiveness every single day I see it at these council meetings I see it at all different meetings I see it at school board meetings and it's just it's definitely not what his vision was His vision was a positive one. His Matt Garcia Foundation right now, led by Raymond and Teresa, a living testament to that this day. Because of Matt, many young people decided to take leadership roles in this community. We have a young man sitting right here, Manveer. Like I said, he didn't believe in division. His dream still lives on. He will always, always be remembered as the promising young leader, cut down way too soon. I know I think about Matt all the time. When I took his seat, I remember saying on that podium, I think on that side, I can't be Matt, he's 22 years old, I'm older. But I know what he wanted and what he believed in, so I tried my best over the years. So I'm going to hand this over to Teresa and Raymond if they'd like to say a few words. But I would like to close this meeting tonight in honor of Matt Garcia, our young councilman whose life ended way, way too soon.

And I thank the council and Mayor Rick Vaccaro. And I remember when Matt was running and we had something at the Courtyard Marriott and and Rick spoke for for Matt and I have that little clip too. I think We're honored that Matt still is remembered We're honored by that and we're so grateful and we just want to keep his dream alive Which was if you support youth it'll help stop crime and that'll strengthen our communities and that's the facts and whatever we have to do to continue that and to hold on to each other and the dreams that each one of us have. I'm grateful. I thank you. I thank you all.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Madam Clerk, your report?

No report this evening, thank you.

Okay. So we'll now turn to presentations, Madam Clerk, if you would.

Yes, our first presentation, Proclamation Declaring the 25th Anniversary of September 11th, presented by Mayor Rick Ficarro to Fire Chief John Sturdy and Police Chief Jan Marshall.

Whereas on September 11, 2001, our nation endured the deadliest terrorist attack in modern history, losing 2,977 innocent lives at the World Trade Center in New York City, my hometown, at the Pentagon in Virginia, and in the fields near Shankville, Pennsylvania. Whereas marking a solemn quarter century, this 25th anniversary calls upon us to reflect on a defining moment in American history. While honoring the memory of those who perished and to continue supporting the families and the survivors who bear an enduring grief And whereas in the immediate wake of the tragedy, firefighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel, and everyday citizens displayed extraordinary courage, rushing into unimaginable danger to save others at the cost of their own safety. And whereas thousands of rescue, recovery, and relief workers continue to face long-term health challenges, and we honor with profound gratitude both those who died on that tragic day and those who have since passed away from 9-11-related illnesses. And whereas out of the dust and devastation emerged an unbreakable spirit of national unity, resilience, and compassion that reminded the world of the strength of our democratic values. And whereas a new generation of Americans now looked back on September 11th as a historical milestone rather than a living memory, placing a profound responsibility on our communities to pass down the lessons of sacrifice, service, and unity. And whereas designated nationally as Patriot Day and as a national day of service and remembrance, we transform our grief and the purposeful action by serving our neighbors, strengthening our communities, and ensuring that the passage of time never diminishes our commitment to honor those we lost. Now, therefore, I, Rick Ficarro, Mayor of the City of Fairfield, do hereby recognize September 11, 2026, as Patriot Day, a national day of service and remembrance, and encourage all residents to honor the lives lost, remember the sacrifices of the heroes and first responders, and support all who continue to be affected by the events of September 11, 2001. John, Dan. would you guys like to say something sure okay all right

Our next presentation, Fairfield Community Services Foundation Update, presented by board members Jeremy Profitt and Natalie Hicks.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Tonight, Natalie Hicks and myself have the honor of sharing some of the highlights from the Fairfield Community Services Foundation. Our strongest, kind of our slogan, building stronger communities together. What we pride ourselves on is bringing the community together to support underserved youth, seniors, and families. So this is our 32nd year in serving Fairfield. 100% of everything raised is reinvested back into Fairfield, with little over $3 million raised and invested back. We're an all-volunteer board of directors, no paid staff. Amazing partnerships, volunteers, and supporters are really what makes the magic happen in giving back to Fairfield.

Some of the awards that the Foundation has received today is the Helen Putnam Award by the League of California Cities. We were recognized as Non-Profit of the Year by the Fairfield Sassoon Chamber. We were awarded the Jim Capute Community Partner of the Year by Kaiser Permanente and the Community Partner Award by the Fairfield Police Department.

So just kind of talk about the history. We first started 25 years ago with a signature program, the Fun on the Run partnership with the Fairfield Parks and Recreation. Due to the pandemic, as most of us, we needed to pivot. Am I talking too close, getting too loud? Yeah. Due to the pandemic, we had to pivot and focus on purchasing meals for seniors to local restaurants that were in need. Working with various nonprofits, Paradise Valley Estates, St. Mark's, and food pantries. Providing services to some of our folks in need through houselessness. And then we transitioned recently into providing, we used to do the backpack giveaway. As you know, our community has been gracious in providing more backpacks throughout the community. So we pivoted to every child loves a new pair of shoes. So this year we started off about 150 shoes two years ago. This year we've been able to double that to 400 pairs of brand new shoes. We're talking shoes such as Nike, Jordan, Reebok, all those amazing shoes that kids love to kick off the year and start strong. The foundation was able to purchase those and also meet with local barbers and provide haircuts and some of the essential needs before school kicked off. It's been a really amazing partnership with Bethel Community Church and all of our amazing partners from Kaiser, Valley Strong, and some of the local businesses. What's great about our organization is everything is built around partnerships, building our community together and providing back to those in need. And the shoe giveaway has been amazing. I mean, I've seen some of these kids walk away with, you know, shoes are expensive, $180 pair of Jordans. So we know a lot of our kids can't afford that. So to see them kick that off, the smiles are amazing. ON TOP OF THAT, THE PARTNERSHIP WAS SOULS FOR SOULS AND FAIRFIELD PROVIDED ANOTHER 700 PAIRS OF SHOES WITH THE FAIRFIELD SUZUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOURCE CENTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM. SO ABOUT A THOUSAND PAIRS OF SHOES THIS YEAR. OR, EXCUSE ME, LAST YEAR. WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR.

So we used to really focus on giving away toys. We would do a toy dive every year and give away toys. But the one thing that we found that when the kids came to get the toys, they were lacking shoes and they were lacking coats. And so we said, okay, what can we do to kind of meet the needs of the community? And that's where we started looking at instead of just getting toys, we really need to source coats as well. And so last year we did 1,200 new coats, 1,000 toys, and $5,000 in gift cards to kids that either didn't have a toy or a coat that was of the right size for them. And each family received a bag of groceries. The one thing that we've really been trying to... as Jeremy mentioned, partner with communities, is finding those ways into the communities to get food to the families. And so just this last week, we worked with Casa Del Racion, and we're helping fund their food program. And we provided a refrigerator to Mount Calvary because they do an exceptional job getting food to the community as well as expanding the Bethel community food program by offering them a freezer so they can store more protein as well.

Also, another strong commitment has been from city staff, Fairfield Fire, Fairford Police, Public Works, and so forth, providing all these wonderful resources during the holiday season. We could not thank our city staff for their ongoing contribution in working with Bethel Church. Macy's has been another amazing partner, our local Macy's stores, providing coats and all the essential needs during the holiday season. Sir Optimist as well. So again, there's strong ties to all these programs in our local community. Okay.

So one of the things that people don't realize is a lot of times kids don't have the opportunity to go to a sporting event, right? And so we've worked together with various organizations to get these kids from here to a sporting event, whether it's a Kings game, an A's game, a Sac Republic soccer game. Our most recent one was Club Chaos. They got to go to the A's. yep to the a's so it's huge for these kids and so it's a wonderful opportunity to get them out there and see and we're actually also focused focusing on uh like girls sports as well so we added a girl sports in there yeah yeah sorry so this year powell got to attend a valkyries game so women's w nba game so we're trying to incorporate women's professional sports as well

Scholarships is another huge part in providing resources to our youth, connecting them with life after high school and connecting with more than $20,000 in scholarships through our assisted grant program. Also, again, working with Fairfield Community, or excuse me, Parks and Recreation Department in sponsoring some of their teen events, such as Neon Swim. Talk about the food pantry. Yeah.

So during COVID, we had, like Jeremy had mentioned, we had really focused on the Fun on the Run program, but through COVID, we had to kind of switch and meet the needs of the community. And so we've been working with St. Mark's Food Pantry since COVID all the way through today. And as I mentioned earlier, we've also looked at how do we get into some of these other neighborhoods because we can't just walk up and start handing out food. So we're trying to find inroads, whether it's through Bethel or Mount Calvary or any of these churches. And so we're instead of us going out there, we're helping them expand their food program. So we're raising the funds and we're giving them grants to expand their storage of food, essentially.

I think one of the reoccurring themes that we're seeing, not just in Fairfield but across, is food insecurity. There's many partners, many of our churches provide resources in food pantries, but that's something that is continuing to drive as a need with the inflation and cost of everything. some other donations working with mission samoa two thousand dollars in purchasing turkeys this is another wonderful program that we're working the fairfield police department in providing grange middle school families turkeys full meals on thanksgiving something that natalie brought on board with the landfill is encompassing furniture so what we started last year thanks to natalie's connections is working with local folks to get So these families, what we're finding working with the Fairfield Police Department, not only did they not have meals during Thanksgiving, but most of them had no dinner tables to eat the meals on, no beds to sleep on. So we started last year and again this year providing full bedroom sets, dining room sets, on top of to enhance this program that Sergeant Bender put together for Thanksgiving meals. so this year the fairfield or excuse me last year fairfields community services donated 3 500 in mills but also furnished it was at 21 families 21 families got bedroom sets dining room tables again we were going in there we had no place to set the food so working with the school district and working with the police department identifying families so we'd have furniture delivered before the food was delivered And again Fairfield Fire Department has been a tremendous asset. You'll see in the top photo us delivering a bed to some of our families. Special events, Chocolate and Vine is an amazing fundraiser, but what is great about this is working the partnerships with the school district and their culinary institute, providing the hors d'oeuvres and some of the tasty treats. So again, culminating in our youth, giving them a platform to show off their skills while we're also raising funds to give back to our youth. Rodriguez High School FFA students are involved. The Solano Wins for music. So a lot of great community partnerships invested into these events.

One of our other signature events, which Christina, who's sitting here today, helped us with was Pouring Hope, a winemaker dinner. Without all of these events, we couldn't do what we do in the community. And so it's been very important for the success of the foundation and for what we can provide to the community. With that, we work with Chef Paulina from Bella Verde and Rancho Solano. They prepare the food courses, and then we pair it with a winemaker who comes out, and it's a very intimate event. We had limited it to 40 people last year, and we'll do the same next year. I think we have our next one set for May 27th right now.

So another staple event, which will be our fourth annual Vine to Table. So a wonderful event downtown raising funds for all of our programs, but it really draws in back to our downtown area. There's been a ton of support downtown and revitalizing that area. This is really a staple event that brings more folks downtown to highlight the amazing assets that we have down there and welcoming our community. So Vine to Table will be going into our fifth year this year. These are some of our wonderful sponsors. Volunteers in support. Any questions?

Yeah, just thank you for all that you do. We don't think about it, but man, you guys put on a lot of events. And seeing all those, I'm like, yeah, they did that. They did that. They did that. But fantastic job and fantastic presentation. Thank you for what you do.

Thank you, guys. Thank you. OK, we now turn to public comments, Madam Clerk.

Yes, persons wishing to address the City Council on subjects not on the agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Council may do so at this time. The Council cannot discuss or take action on matters not on the agenda for this meeting, but Council members may briefly respond to statements made or questions raised by the public, ask for clarification from staff, refer the matter to staff, request staff to report back to the Council at a subsequent meeting, or place the matter on a future agenda. If you're online to speak on an agenda item, please use the raise your hand feature or press star nine on your phone. Speakers are limited to three minutes per item as determined by the mayor. And our first speaker is Jeannie White.

Good evening Fairfield City Council and staff. My name is Jeannie White and I'm the president of the Northern Solano Democratic Club speaking on behalf of the membership. Our club members live throughout northern Solano County. Recently our club was made aware of events and social media appearing to target elected officials and public servants, mostly women of color, some here in Fairfield sitting on this council. As a club, we were asked to sign a petition circulated by BWAPA, the Black Women Organized for Political Action, condemning any racial intimidation, threats, and conduct which might cause public servants to fear for their safety. Our executive board voted unanimously in support of signing the petition. We feel that step alone was not adequate to demonstrate our deep concern concerning this issue. Over the last 10 years, a hostile communicating style has permeated social media at every level. The spread of misleading, false, and malicious information has escalated. Cruelty, intimidation, and even implied and direct threats behind the safety of a computer screen are becoming the weapons of choice for many. These bad actors tend to focus their attack on particular people who have chosen to step forward and lead, namely women of color. We strongly condemn this behavior. Running for and holding public office is difficult. I admire and respect anyone who steps forward with the desire to serve. Those who choose to do so are opening themselves up to criticism. Leaders can and should be held to account. Disagreement is part of a healthy democracy. This can't be done without threats, without intimidation, without dehumanizing those who want to make a difference in our communities. Candidates and local officials should be encouraged to share their vision for the future without fear. The Northern Solano Democratic Club will continue to speak out against harassment of any kind targeting public servants and elected officials. We particularly condemn those who resort to racial and gender based slurs and imagery in their attacks. We hope you and every Fairfield resident will join us in this effort. Thank you.

Next is Nicole Suvalo.

Good evening, Fairfield Council. My name is Nicole Georgiana Suvaco. I am coming here representation of myself and my family. We have been subjected to a great, great deal of unconstitutional and unjustifiable action by Jeannie had best worded it, these officials that are in power that do hold the availability to do the right thing. And yet my son, my son who's six years old, who had reported to me, to others about his abuse, and was approved on a DBRO with me, which, if you aren't aware, is a domestic violence restraining order. I was approved as my son was approved. One month later, a judicial officer had changed that order in regards to no evidence of any alleged coaching. My son has done multiple disciplinary interviews. He has not got any justification in that. There has been no evidence of me coaching and or telling him to do anything, but yet he was taken out of my care and still have. Today, I actually came here for a visitation 4 p.m. and guess who wasn't there my son I haven't seen him in almost a month neither has the school neither has Kaiser Permanente which I see that has a lot of affiliation here in Solano County and it's very concerning that the whereabouts of my child is unknown And I asked Mr. Marshall here, the officer, hey, could you please help me? You're the chief officer. I'm here as a 2009 graduate and or standing, was once, could have been a graduate from Cordelia. Fortunately, I grew up in Lake County after, but I am very familiar with this county. And what I do not know is that the ongoing judicial abuse that happens to people that come and protect their children. So now my son is kidnapped. I just got a call about two hours later on his whereabout, and still there's no contact. There's no EPO, which is emergency protective order, to be in a safe place, which I am a Latina, fourth generation here. I am also a BIPOC person. And I grew up in an all-black family. My son is biracial, and we're being targeted. I was arrested the day after. I have 29 seconds. I was arrested the day after my judge recused herself because my declaration was so strong in the unconstitutional... and unjustifiable actions that were made. And my son is still subjected to abuse to this day. And please, I would hope you're doing something about it, because as Jeannie said, I will be talking about it online, but respectfully.

Thank you.

Next is Ryan Masano, to be followed by Willa Gruver.

Good evening. so we heard a lot about unity and love but you know without truth unity and love don't matter you could be united on a lie you could be sincerely united on a lie that doesn't mean anything it has to be based on objective truth an objective is something that is true for all time for all men in all circumstances That's extremely important. The non-profits that are helping the children, I don't trust Kaiser either. I don't trust the non-profits. Macy's? I don't shop at Macy's. These big corporations, every single one is owned by Blackstone, Vanguard, and Tenstreet. These big corporations run all of our cities. I don't trust any of them. I trust them like I trust rattlesnakes. One thing, too, we need to talk about the First Amendment. The First Amendment does not protect a couple things. It does not protect racial slurs. It does not protect profanity. It does not protect pornography, which this ruling was brought in place. It actually needs to be banned again. It does not protect libel, slander, or lies. The First Amendment does not protect any of that. Everything else it does protect. And the First Amendment is followed by the Second Amendment. So when, as Mr. Harrison mentioned, there's going to be violence threatened for someone who has a different opinion, then the American people are able to protect their First Amendment rights. But I did want to talk about California Forever because it's extremely interesting that six out of seven of the top funders of California Forever happen to be Zionists or Talmudic Jews. Now why, just why is the media not talking about that? Why is that not important? If it was six out of seven were Chinese, that would be big news. If it was six out of seven were Indian, Oh, this is big news. India is taking over our country. Six out of seven Japanese, oh, Japan's taking over America. But six out of seven support Israel or our Jews, and we have dead silence from the media that is dominated by Talmudic Jews, if you want to be honest about it. We do need to be honest. Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, I don't know what to say. I mean, why is everybody being quiet about this? We need to talk about our information is all controlled by one small group who will try to intimidate and silence, and they own all the criminal gangs in this nation. So when Mr. Harrison mentioned violence, yeah, they own all the gangs, the Bloods, the Crips. The Norteños, the Sireños, the Aryan Brotherhood, they own all of them. All your mafia, we saw the Godfather, the movie, but what you don't know is Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel were the biggest gangsters in American history. Bugsy Siegel started Las Vegas, and they're Jews. I don't know what to say. I mean, just because we research this stuff, I mean, is this hateful to state the facts about the people who 2,000 years ago put an innocent man to death? And not all Jews are involved. Let me be very clear. There's a lot more to say, but thank you.

Willa Groover to be followed by Alex Hansen.

Hi, everyone.

My name is Willa Gruver. I'm the Resilient Communities Program Manager at Sustainable Solano. I'm here to spread the word about and invite the community to several of our upcoming events. Most importantly, we have our countywide air quality summit coming up on Saturday, October 17th at the Joseph Nelson Center in Sassoon City. The event will bring together community groups experts and policymakers to learn about and discuss air quality issues here in Solano County There will be resources and information there from other organizations you'll be able to see projects created by Fairfield Sassoon youth and A presentation from the California Air Resources Board on the biggest sources of air pollution in Solano County. There will be skill building workshops there for participants, opportunities to ask air quality experts your burning questions, and more. The full agenda will be released soon on the Eventbrite page. Just some logistics, it'll start at nine, it'll go till about four, it will include lunch for everybody. The first 50 folks who arrive who have been registered who are non-government affiliated will receive $50 to compensate the time spent with us that day. and Spanish language translation services will also be available for those who need them. Space is limited, so please register to reserve your spot. I'll have flyers out front with some information for folks who are interested. If you're concerned about air quality and you want to be involved in initiatives in your community, I highly recommend joining us. One of our goals with the summit is community building and fostering more engagement with air quality issues in Solano communities that don't currently have strong air quality groups such as Fairfield. There will be opportunities there to connect with other folks as well as some post-summit follow-up meetings where we'll discuss next steps. So anybody's welcome to join us who's interested in being part of that. We also have an event coming up Tuesday, September 22nd. This will be an air quality community meeting just for Fairfield and Sassoon residents. It'll be an opportunity to look at some air quality data and talk about what actions are needed here. So if you'd like to engage more deeply in the work, please join us. I'll also have flyers for that. There will be pizza. There will also be stipends for folks who participate. Finally, I know I have 30 seconds, we're hosting a community workshop focused on adaptation solutions to sea level rise. That'll be Saturday, October 3rd at the Sassoon City Yacht Club. So Fairfield community members are welcome to join us to share feedback and weigh in on adaptation solutions. Food and refreshments will be there. Gift cards will be available. If you have any questions about any of these events, or if you can't make any events but you're interested in joining, please reach out. I'll leave my card with the flyers out front. Thank you so much.

Next is Alex Hansen to be followed by Debbie Toth.

Hello. First of all, this has nothing to do with Mr. Massano's remarks.

I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible. These are the words of billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel in an essay published in 2009. Peter Thiel is a fascist. Long before Peter wrote his essay, he was inspired by a financial advice book called The Sovereign Individual. The sovereign individual reads as part end of the world tech manifesto, part Doomer financial self-help guide. This book, written in 1997, talks about how nations will soon collapse due to the creation of cyber currency and artificial intelligence. And in its ashes would rise CEOs running cities that would make their own regulations. These CEOs would answer to no one, make their own rules, be loyal to no nation. Only then would they be truly free. and sovereign individuals. Peter spent years turning his book into reality, and we are currently in its final stages. He has cultivated and persuaded many to follow his worldview. Among his list of co-conspirators are Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk, David Sachs, and Marc Andreessen, the primary investor of California Forever. Peter's most important chess piece sits one McDonald's-clogged artery away from the Resolute Desk. James Donald Bowman, also known as J.D. Vance, was entirely built by Thiel. $16 million purchased him a Senate seat. Then later, $545 million and super-packed donations from Big Tech bought Vance the vice presidency. Peter Thiel is also the co-founder of Flock Safety and the founder of Palantir. The company name is derived from the Tolkien novel, The Lord of the Rings. Palantir is the all-seeing stone wielded by the corrupt wizard Saruman who spies on all the lands of Middle Earth. How's that for symbolism? Across the country, people's eyes are opening to the plot of these tech bros. Cities are canceling contracts with Flock due to Fourth Amendment violations. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a man I thought I would never agree with on anything, just ordered all Flock cameras on state highways to be removed within 30 days. For these reasons and more, I ask for this council to take immediate action to divest and cancel all contracts with Palantir, Flock Safety, Tesla, and any of these companies backed by these treasonous, fascist billionaires. Until such devices can be removed, every camera should be covered by a black trash bag to protect the citizens of this county. These men are involved in an attempt to subvert and overthrow our democracy. This may sound like a grand conspiracy, but I assure you it is real. To learn more about this tech fascist movement and how it applies to billionaires, mass surveillance, AI, and California forever, read the book The Nerd Reich by Gil Duran. You, as our city council and elective representatives, must choose to stand against them or fall with them.

Thank you.

Next is Debbie Toth to be followed by Dana Dean.

Good evening, Mayor, council members, staff, community. My name is Debbie Toth. I'm a Fairfield resident. I've been a Solano County resident for close to 30 years. I've been in Fairfield since 2009. I am so disheartened by the divisiveness happening in our community, and I am particularly disturbed at the constant threat of violence against people who stand up to lead in our community and be public servants. I am further, I think, discouraged that I don't hear the city council speaking out about it I believe that silence is complicity and it's tacit consent to the behavior that's happening. And I want my city council to lead with rejecting that behavior. I'm not saying you can control what people say. I'm not talking about constitutional rights. I'm talking about humanity and appreciation of people who step up to lead and community members. Learning that my city council members picture of her car and her abode Were posted on social media so that people who are threatening violence against her could access her Happened I can't believe that this is 2026 in Fairfield, California and certainly not in the community where I live and commute and hang out with farmers and winemakers and other nonprofit leaders and other people who are lifting the members of our community. That nonprofit organization foundation tonight stole my heart and what a perfect night to have to represent the beauty that was your son. And there can be so much beauty and there can be disagreement in policies and what we believe. I'm an Ashkenazi Jew, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, so now you're not going to trust me because of my ethnicity or you're going to hate a woman because she's black? That's not disagreeing on policy. That is outright hate, and it's not welcome in Fairfield. And I, for one, would like to see this city council take a stronger stance. I don't know what that looks like. You lead with love. But we also need words and we need actions that back that up. Thank you.

Next is Dana Dean to be followed by Jay.

Good evening. I am Dana Dean. And I have been an elected official in Solano County for the past 18 years. The last 13 of them in my role on the Solano County Board of Education, trustee for area three. I have 70,000 constituents ranging from the waterfront in Venetia and Vallejo all the way up through Fairfield, Travis and to South Vacaville. and including unincorporated county. Through the years I've served, I have myself have faced various baseless attacks that included flat out deliberate lies. My SCO colleagues who are with me tonight and I have been exposed to frightening and baseless attacks over time. We know what that feels like. I will also note that I was raised in a southern state. Decades after Brown v. Board of Education, we still had a color line. This means that I recognize covert racism as a basis to encourage overt racism and degradation. It's with these experiences and through that prism that I come to you tonight to discuss the racist, misogynistic, and degrading imagery and messaging that is growing in our county, in particular in Fairfield, now ground zero for the current controversies. How did we find ourselves here? It started with the personal attacks on Council Member Williams. And through the months that have gone on, those attacks have gotten more aggressive and louder. Eventually, less subtle and more heinous imagery and messaging surfaced. Ms. Williams, a woman of true substance who has an advanced degree, has raised her family here, owns a business here, serves her community, and has been a duly elected member of this board for four years, has recently been characterized, a caricature of her as a subservient dog, has been circulating the Internet. I know you've all seen it. Having been emboldened, what do they do next? They come to the vice mayor, Pam Bertani, pull down her signs and stab her face with a stake.

30 seconds.

And then last week, we hear at a public comment with 100 people in the room at the Board of Supervisors, a man calls out the two African-American women and refers to them in the most heinous term we know. It's getting worse. And we as elected leaders, as the folks in this room who want to be elected, as people who say to themselves and to others that they lead, we have to stand up and condemn in no uncertain terms with full-throated authority and no ambiguity. Time's up. Thank you. This has to stop. Condemn it. Every one of us, every leader needs to speak loudly. Thank you.

Next is J to be followed by Dave Harrison.

Good evening, council and city members. And thank you all for the work that you do. I just want to start off by saying that deflection does not erase reality. Because we've spoken at a lot of these meetings recently about the racism and the misogyny and everything else. And then people have been coming back saying that things have been happening to them. Let's just deal with the reality. The reality is that the tone has been set at a national level, and just most recently, where black elected women have been called the most racist, horrific things on the planet. We don't deserve this. It's not only black women, but it's Asian, it's Hispanic women, and people of color. This is not who we are in Fairfield. This has gotta stop. Two people, two organizations spoke this evening about the services and the resources that are available. For those people who have zeroed in and who have developed tunnel vision and have brought some of the community people in with them about certain events, let's get real. The issues that are facing people in this community have to do with people who are unhoused, people who don't have jobs, people who are looking for homes, people who are dealing with substance abuse issues, people who are dealing with day-to-day things with their children. These are the things that we need to focus on. And I'm telling you, I most recently have become the target of attack because I've supported my councilwoman I've been called horrific things. I've been invited to, well, I won't even say what I've been invited to do, but it's horrific. And, you know, I am, I'm a Mormon. I'm a Christian. I believe in God, but I don't believe in turning the other cheek. This has got to stop. And for those people who have all this time to be excoriating our elected officials, how about doing something like cleaning up the streets, attending sporting events, and helping our children, adopting a street, working with the PAL program, supporting the food banks, and supporting small businesses. Because I had the pleasure this past weekend of attending... 30 seconds. of attending an event of a laundromat that's open on Texas Street. Let's support our small businesses. Let's stop the vileness and the evilness, and let's be kind and civil. Let's be Fairfield United. We don't have to agree, but let's love each other and be kind. But I'm going to tell you something. I don't turn the other cheek. Thank you so much.

Next is Dave Harrison to be followed by Andrea Lair.

Council members, city staff, Dave Harrison, District 3. I didn't plan to speak tonight, but there were some words spoken earlier that kind of compelled me to. And I want to go back in time a little bit. I think it was 2007. I was a young business agent for the Operating Engineers Local 3 and still kind of learning about politics and how politics affected my union. And... We were going through political interviews at the time, and we were interviewing some folks for this council. Do we need to take a break? Okay. We were interviewing folks for this council, and a young kid came in. and said he wanted to run for city council. And we interviewed him, and he said all the right things. And he had this charisma, and he had this energy. And when he left, and I can't remember, he might have been running against Tim or somebody. There was some old Fairfield blood that was running against him at the time. And after we interviewed everyone, we deliberated and said it was me and Lou Franchamon and Dan Broadwater and Rod Cameron, a bunch of the old timers. And young me, and he says, this kid don't stand a chance. And after we interviewed him, he said, man, I think he can win. Pretty cool. And I think we endorsed him, and we got behind him. It was an easy decision to make because he said the right things. He had a ton of energy. We thought he could win, but maybe didn't really think he could. And when he won, it was pretty powerful. And I just wanted to recognize Matt Garcia and what he did for the city of Fairfield. Thank you. I remember he came in after he won, and he said, guess what, guys? I'm on MTV. I'm on the MTV list of the youngest electeds in the country. It was pretty cool, and I miss Matt. He brought a lot to the city, and And I appreciate his parents and what you continue to do in his honor. So I'll finish with saying that, as always, I condemn racist comments and actions and some of the stuff that Ryan said. He is so misled, and I want to help him. I really do. And I'll finish, most importantly, with saying don't forget to vote yes on Measure P. Thank you.

Next is Andrea Lehrer.

Hi, Andrea there. I just really quickly, I keep hearing an echo every time I come to these, and I want to share a little bit of advice. Get off Facebook. I've been off for over 10 years, and I promise you, you'll be so much happier. That toxic, disgusting environment is rotting your brain. OK, I agree. Go volunteer for PAL. I loved it. Go clean up a street. I've done that. I adopt one. You're happy to join me anytime. I don't have enough people. When I got here, I came late, but I was listening to the presentation and something caught my ear. No food, no furniture. So basically the people that we're talking about are on the verge of homelessness, and this is going to sound mean, with my experience of being here. So I'm just curious that how do we plan to get people to care about these kids and families? Because currently from what I can see, we don't care about the 300 currently unhoused individuals that are living on our streets. So hopefully you guys are partnering with the Danco and Vista Ridge in order to make sure that it's our existing Fairfield residents that are first in line because they certainly sound like they'll be this cruel winter's next victims. I'd like to provide an update on my flock petition on the co-authoring of my flock petition. Petition camera. I'm happy to report that as of tonight. We've reached 343 signatures I understand that I don't know what the official process is and yet yet talking to the attorney yet i'll be there um i'd like to formally request that you follow the lead of ron desantis i never thought i'd agree with him earlier in florida who just today ordered all flock cameras be removed within the next 30 days from the entire state um i thought we were broke by the way i thought fairfield was broke i keep hearing this other echo about how poor we are so i hope my neighbors who care very much about you know, who's maybe doing fraud or this or that or tax. I hope my neighbors are wondering what was cut in order to pay for these contracts that we did not get to vote for. Lastly, I'd like to formally request that Dover Elementary School and all surrounding Santa streets be marked as a school zone. I sent an email before school break And I'm tired of standing out in my pajamas with my cup of coffee telling adults to slow down. I know you would hate to wait until a kid gets hit by a car and you have yourself a lawsuit on your hands.

Thank you.

Patrick Williams.

Good evening. So first off, I'd like to address one thing. A lot of these people are coming up speaking out against racism and all these other false accusations that there's no evidence of. A lot of them are actually tied directly in with KPW. And some of them have even been on the Thank You page by California Forever. So none of this is race related as much as you would like it to be because it's convenient. None of it has to do with your gender. The city manager of Sassoon has actually had a lot of stuff that has happened with you with him. You have not been doxxed as far as I have seen. You have not had any threats made against you as far as I have seen. On the other hand, you have doxxed residents. You have put out a list publicly of people's full legal names, vehicles they drive, areas they live in, As well as people they associate with. So you're full of it. As well as some of these other people. So enough with that garbage. It's a bunch of lies. If it's not a lie, provide the evidence. And as far as your education goes, where's your degrees? I'm sorry. Kay Patrice Williams? No, it should say Kesha Patrice Williams. So I'd like to actually see that to see if it's really valid. I don't know. The reason that you have a target on you is because of your support for California Forever, as well as a lot of things that are really sketched with your paperwork. Right? That's it. I don't go after Pam. I don't go after a lot of other people. I don't go after Ms. Shefford in Sassoon. You know why? Because they're not problems. You are. And it's got nothing to do with your race. there's anything racial show it there's nothing though you have nothing you helped and saw him his wife was paid by california forever right is that not true your wife was paid by california forever it was in the news this quote warren too Okay, there's two people up here that might not live in Fairfield. How come there's no investigation done if it's actually about the laws and the rules on these other two people? I'm not going to say who it is because you know damn well who I'm talking about. And then as far as your friend coming up here who has openly supported AB 205, wrote an article on it and sits on the school board. yeah everyone that's been coming in 30 seconds has been tied to you and you've made every city council meeting basically a campaign for yourself None of it has to do with race or gender. It has to do with your ties to California forever. And by the way, it's funny that you mention how people talk about you, but you never say anything about the Nazi that keeps coming in here. You make it about you and you being a victim, not the Nazi coming in. You make it about people that stand up against you. That speaks louder than anything. Thank you.

Did anyone else wish to make a public comment? Anna Patero. Thank you.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of City Council. I know that our city clerk is going to be leaving in a few years, but I'd like to start her farewell tour by saying thank you so much for helping us to organize the Adopt-a-Street program. It is now expanded to Vallejo. Sassoon also has a program. And I want to thank you so much for everything that you've done. And another shout-out to Anchor Community. Thank you. I group a department in our city that doesn't get enough accolades, Public Works, Valerie Stanfield. I want to thank all of those ladies and gentlemen there who help us and provide us our bags and are always there to pick up trash. I think part of their job for about a week is just picking up the bags that we leave behind. So as Ms. J said, What we all can do as members of this community is to do what we can do and what we do best to help keep Fairfield beautiful. I don't do very many things well, but I can pick up trash like nobody's business. And so that's something that we all can do. And I'd like to applaud you, Kay Patrice Williams. You have got to be some kind of brilliant to be able to live rent free. in so many people's minds. Congratulations. And as usual, Mr. Tonneson, thank you so much for representing my district. Good evening.

Any other comments?

There are no hands raised on line there Okay, so we're gonna turn to the consent calendar. Do we have any public speakers on any of these?

I do have one Let me just read this statement all matters listed on the consent calendar are to be approved with one motion unless a member of the City Council or the public requests that separate action be taken on a specific item and Monica Brown would like to pull k3 and i will read um i will read it resolution 2026-182 lopes road construction management professional services agreement award with haley aldrich authorizing the city manager to execute a professional services agreement with haley and aldrich to provide construction management services for the Lopes Road Emergency Storm Damage Repair Project and authorizing an update to the fiscal year 2026 to 2027 capital budget. And Michael Heather is the contact person. Monica, did you want to come up? Okay. I went into my happy place because football started soon.

I just wanted to bring it to your attention that two weekends ago when we didn't have two bridges, it was chaotic. And we only are down to Lopes Road. one lane and if you want to get on the freeway you have to get yourself on 680 and then bring yourself over it's very scary i worry and i want to know can we make can we move this on a little bit faster because we have an el nino coming we're already seeing it happening i worry with that traffic that we had to deal with that if there was any fire nobody was going to get out There was nothing happening. It was very scary. And the other that I want to just take two seconds is that Matt came when I was teaching summer school at Arm Hill and showed everybody, I have this person's phone number, this person's phone number, and this is why you guys need to stay in school. It was really great. So I love it. And you guys have done a great job. I just am very concerned because this happened almost four years ago. When the hill took out Benecia's water supply, this is, guys, I have to go to Benecia because I don't want to take the freeway the whole way. I have to go a little bit on the freeway and then get myself over on Lopes Road. There's the stuff that we had to deal with. Why can't you just shut down a lane on 680, Monica? Because I want to ride my bike. That was arduous to deal with it. So somehow, can we just move it forward? Because I know we've had the money. I don't know if the check has come yet from the orange man, but it was supposed to. So anyway, that was it. It was just to let you know, because that weekend, and it's coming up again, because they're going to be shutting down both bridges soon. Okay, thank you.

Okay, were there any other public comments on? Any other comments on consent? On consent? No, okay.

Okay, so we'll vote on that separate then. Okay, do I have a motion? So moved by Councilman Tonneson, a second? Second. Second by Vice Mayor Bertani, roll call.

Council Member Pandero? Yes. Council Member Santu? Yep. Council Member Tonneson? Aye. Council Member Williams? Yes. Vice Mayor Bertani? Yes. And Mayor Vaccaro?

Yes, motion passes.

Thank you.

So I need a motion for the rest of the consent calendar, so moved by Councilman Tonneson. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Councilwoman Williams. Roll call.

Yes, Council Member Pandora. Yes, Council Member. Sandu yeah, Council Member Tonison. I Council Member Williams. Yes, Vice Mayor Bertani. Yes, and mayor of the Carl.

Yes, motion passes and thank you. We're going to adjourn this meeting and out of our late Councilman Matt Garcia. Thank you.

Thank you.