City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today is Tuesday, January 6, and I'd like to call this meeting to order. If you are watching, we do have a live telecast, and I'm sure folks out in the audience knows that you can access our live meeting on YouTube and also uh dailycity.org. or on agendas on Comcast channel 27. There are three ways to submit public comments. One is submit written comments by the meeting day. Two, submit written comments during the meeting. And three, attend the meeting in person. to submit written comments by meeting day if we haven't already done so. You email the daily city clerk at city clerk at dailycity.org and include public comment. Please note that any email comments received after 400 p.m. on the meeting date are not guaranteed to be received by the city council prior to the meeting. Comments are not read aloud into the record during the meeting. You may also visit dailycity.org/aggendas to submit comments using the public comment form to address the city council on a specific item or during the public comment period. And such comments are delivered to city council and the city staff during the meeting and may be read into the record at the time that they are received. All right. to speak uh this evening at the meeting. Please complete a speaker card at the entrance to the council chambers and submit to a staff member as early as possible. Persons with disabilities who require auxiliary aids or services in attending or participating in this meeting should call the office of the city clerk as soon as possible. With that being said, if we could all

kindly please rise for the pledge to the flag, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you very much. Please be seated. [clears throat] I'd like to begin the meeting with the following acknowledgement. The city of daily city acknowledges that we are on the ancestral lands of the Ramatouch Oloney peoples. We recognize their enduring connection to this region and honor their history, culture and contributions. As the indigenous protectors of this land, we affirm their sovereign rights as the original inhabitants of this land and pay respects to the ancestors, elders, and relatives relatives of the Ramatouch Aloney peoples. Next item, uh our uh madam city clerk, if you can entertain us with a roll call, please. Misty Givani, Dr. Rod

here, Miss Piranha present. Miss Manalo present. Mr. Sylvester, Glenn Sylvester present. Thank you very much. The first item on the agenda is a presentation and uh we have a presentation from Hip Housing regarding the 2026 calendar contest winners. Thank you. Glad to see.

Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. My name is Brian Perkins. I'm here I represent the board and staff of HIP Housing. I'm on the board of directors of HIP Housing and it's my pleasure tonight to present the council and the people present here tonight with a calendar. Each year, HIP Housing runs a calendar contest in which children from kindergarten to fifth grade give us pictures and their ideas about what it is that home means to them, what it means that a house means to them. Hip Housing is a nonprofit affordable housing developer and each night approximately 1,200 people sleep under roofs that we either own or manage and these children take it upon themselves to compete so that they can tell the public what it is that a home and a roof means to them. Tonight is also the time when we as an organization express our appreciation to the city of of Daily City because you are our partners in trying to make sure that affordable housing is exists in our community. And I'm here to report that in 2425 fiscal year, we served 258 residents through our properties and programs. And this included 35 tenants who are in one of our apartment buildings on Hillside here in Daily City. These tenants are extremely low in income and their rents reflect that. But they live stable, secure, dignified lives because hip housing, the city of Daily City combined work to make sure that there's a place in this community for them to thrive. We also helped um eight families enrolled in our self-sufficiency program here in Daily City. Self-sufficiency program means that you're paying as little as $100 a room per month. And in return for that, you've signed a contract to get an education and you're on your way towards self-sufficiency. It's my pleasure to watch every month as people graduate. And time and time again, they're graduating with master's degrees in social work or they've gone to the community college district and gotten a certificate and they're all on their way

towards being able to live in Daily City without further subsidy. And um almost to a man and woman, they have children. That that seems to be the marker for all of these people. Um we also helped during the year 14 seniors through our housing readiness program. We've taken it upon ourselves to answer the questions that senior citizens have. How do I get on the list? How do I even find a place? How fast is this going to take? All of this requires um a lot of time and a lot of effort. But we're proud to do it because seniors um have a special place in our committee. Quite frequently. They've been here for a long, long time. And the only mistake they ever made was to grow old in Sonteo County where rents are outrageous and where it's difficult to actually make your way over time. So, I don't want to belabor the point. I do want to note that um I took it upon myself last night. I'm always curious as to who it is that in this community would be income eligible for a HIP unit if we had more available. And I say this community, I mean broadly speaking, the labor market of South San Franc, the south part of San Francisco, Daily City, and so forth. So, on the indeed job uh.com bulletin board, there was an advertisement for a warehouse associate from Express Freight Handlers in San Francisco. $20 an hour. That person as a warehouse person would be eligible for hip housing here in Daily City. A dishwasher full-time for Bonap Petite in San Bruno, that person would be eligible for a hip housing unit, income eligible. We all when we get older or perhaps have medical problems have need of an inhome caregiver. So, Jewish Family and Children's Services is offering a job for $20.91 for an hour. That person is income eligible. So, when we're speaking to the community about the importance of affordable housing, I think everybody on the DIS certainly understands it, but these are concrete examples of people I would add, by the way, the pharmacy technicians at Walgreens or Safety uh

Safeway. These are the people who form the superructure that makes lifeable in our communities. And so I want to thank the city of Daily City sincerely for its support for HIPPA housing. Um our name stands for human investment project and we're proud to be investing our time and energy and dignify in making life dignified here in Daily City. Thank you so much for your help. Happy to answer any questions but otherwise thank you. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Perkins. If you can just stand by because I'm sure uh my colleagues on the DA have a few comments. Uh

happy to answer questions as always. always supported hip housing and I I I see they're ready to go. So, whoever wants to start off, I I'll make mine quick, please. Sure. Um I just want to say I love this one. Let me see which month is it? January. January. Yeah, I do. It's January. And it's the youngest. It's a kindergartenner. And may I read this? Absolutely.

It says, "My home is like a rainbow house. It has ice cream, fish, and lots of colors. At home, I laugh, play, and get big hugs. My home means love and happiness every day. This one is pretty spectacular. Look at that artwork. They're all beautiful, but I have to tell you, the youngest really put it. So, I want to thank you for what you do and and uh so important to let people know that if they're in that wage uh bracket that hip housing is there to serve. So,

yes, thank you. And I also want to emphasize the flip side. We have a home um in effect a marriage service. We um have home sharing and it's often senior citizens who are house rich and cash poor who come to hip housing to get a roommate. I mean, if you're going to do it for a market rate, go to the internet. They do that very well. But if you want to do it because you both want a home, a friend, and you want the income, please give us a call at Hip Housing because we always have people on the waiting list for shared housing, spare room, and so forth. There were 28 people last year that applied for shared housing um who are residents already of Daily City and it would be nice if we had 28 homes where we could place them into. We write the contract, we do the match to make sure that everybody is, you know, all aware and comfortable with the arrangement and everything. So, thank you again for your help and thank you for highlighting the kindergartener.

Yeah, thank you. That's the best one. Thank you. Okay, anyone else? Council member Malo, please. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I just want to say thank you so much. The work that you do is tremendous. Um, there have been moments where I have referred to hip housing. Um, individuals are looking for a place and they can't afford a unit for themselves and letting them know that there's that opportunity and I know there's a wait list right now, but um, for them to get educated about the options they have.

Yeah. Um, and also just um really being able um to I think that's that's an issue around where sometimes Yeah. there's homes that have how many bedrooms? Yeah. Three bedrooms and one person. It's just a little bit frightened. Yeah.

But it's you you form lifelong friendships through this um service. I've I've been to um many of your events on the annual basis where they highlight the individuals that you all have helped and also the matching those that have matched. I'm sure and those stories have always been really heartwarming to see all the lives changed and so um thank you for that. This is such a beautiful every year, a beautiful um gift and calendar. Um now that my daughter um I put it in her room. Oh, good. Yeah. And it's [laughter] in her room and she has that calendar and gets to see other artwork from other children.

Um but it's really amazing. We know that in Daily City and our county and um there's just so much need and all of us working together is so important. Um, and that's a big piece of it. And so, um, kudos to HIP Housing. And, you know, I think we're here as a city to be able to share the opportunities that hip housing does.

And this council is terrific about approving affordable housing projects when they come before the council. You're exemplary in that reflect. We really appreciate it. I, you know, some of you know, I did my career with Supervisor Jackie Spear and I now volunteering in her office. So, I keep track of the affordable housing statistics in the county. There's approximately 4,000 unit actually 5,000 that have been developed in the county since about 2013. The waiting list for affordable housing, the interest list is 25,000. Wow.

So, as you talk to your constituents, you know, we have to explain to them the need for affordable housing. We also have to think a little bit about I joined the board in part because of the name. We're investing in human beings and we're investing in human dignity. That's what the 25,000 are waiting for. They're waiting for that piece of stability that will allow them the dignity to continue being our friends and to continue serv serving with us. So, and thank you very much for your comments. Thank you. Anything else? Dr.

Um I just want to say thank you for all the work that um HIP housing has done. And I think um everything's already been said in terms of you know serving the most vulnerable populations from folks that um are elders to folks that are you know getting out of college needing needing a home and you know and I think any type of resources in this type of housing climate is is is so so important. And so I just want to say thank you for everything that um you do and and what hip housing

Thank you. And I want to call out the community college districts in particular because for our people who are in the um program of self-sufficiency, they are absolutely the key to getting people to become self-sufficient and um we couldn't do it without a good partnership with the community colleges. Thank you. Terrific opportunity for everyone. Thank you. [clears throat] Uh Mr. Perkins. Uh, first of all, I'd like to thank you for coming and it's good to see you again. Yeah, it's nice to see you too, Mr. Mayor. I'll start off with uh, Council Member Pano. They're all good, but one of my favorites is July. Oh, I hadn't I hadn't gotten to July yet, believe it or not. The reason why I picked July because it reminds me of the cliff house. Oh, yeah, it does. You're right. Look at that.

I'm trying to figure out whether the sun is coming up from the east or the west and I I've been perplexed. Just keep looking at it. [laughter] And um uh I really like this one and looks like it was from a fifth grade out of San Bruno. So the second thought came to my mind. H where in San Bruno is a cliff that overlooks the ocean, [laughter] but a little scarce. Right. So I just wanted to start off with that. as you gave your presentation, you said a magic word that uh kind of make me perk up and and uh not that I wasn't listening, but uh that's [laughter] okay. Uh you said dishwasher.

Well, I met my wife when I was a dishwasher. Oh, yeah. And uh another uh part was all too often folks get into housing and for one reason whether it's economical they stay there for a long time in rental units maybe 15 20 maybe some even 30 years. Yeah. And what really impressed me is your program that you administered to eight families uh for self-sufficiency. And I think that's an outstanding um [clears throat] uh um concept also because we can help you but you know uh we want you to learn to become self-sufficient. That's

education is the key. Education is the key. Yes. and uh let me see 25,000 on the weight list and I'm also on the board of HART housing endowment and regional trust organization where you have 5% down and uh those who own homes the shared housing aspect is also very important because we had a grant con and to which plans for ADUs from studios up to two bedrooms were uh produced. Wow.

And most cities in San Monteo County have approved those plans. So, anyone thinking of putting uh uh a unit of some sort in their backyard, they don't need an architect. They can get a copy of these plans and they're free and uh you can submit that free plans that'll knock a 100,000 off a project.

I I'll tell you. So, you know, uh I know a council member Manalo and I, we are we sit on many affordable housing and when we talk to developers, that's one of our top priorities. She knows the numbers better than me and [laughter] and uh sometimes I just have to shake my head. Did she really ask for that? [laughter] But, you know, a closed mouth don't get fed. So, uh Mr. Perkins, thank you so much. I've always supported uh hip housing and especially the shared aspect because you have you said another term house rich but cash poor, right?

And sometimes it works both ways. You have a student and you have someone who is a alone and loneliness is an issue. Just to have the companionship and just know that somebody's there that they can call on. It's uh it works both ways. So I mean you will definitely have the support here.

Well, thank you Mr. Man. Just wanted to call you out too. As I mentioned, I used to work for Congresswoman, then Congresswoman Jackie Spear, and you were instrumental in getting some assistance for some folks who are in affordable units. But unfortunately, the rents were going up faster than they could afford. We don't do that at HIPPA. Our rents go up more or less with just inflation and with whatever the income is that people have. But some have a different choice. And so, you were instrumental in in getting them some assistance to the limits of the law. And it was really a relief to them. And I know it's many years now, but I you've got a big heart and you do things behind the scenes. I'm sure all of you do, but it's just so good you're here. [laughter] Thank you, Mr. B. Thank you. Thank you very much.

All right. Thank you so much. All [clears throat] Okay, everybody. Okay. Good. All right. Next item on the agenda is approval of minutes. I'll entertain a motion to accept the regular meeting of December 8th, 2025 and the special meeting of December 9th, 2025. Anyone for approval? I need some move. All right. Is there a second? Any changes? Second.

Thank you, Council Member Vice Mayor Pano. Are there any other additional comments, concerns, or questions before we move to the vote? Hearing none. And seeing none, all those in favor of approving the minutes say I. I. I. I. All right. Next item is approval of agenda of agenda of the special meeting for this evening of January 6. Motion to approve agenda. Second. Okay, we have a first and second. Any further comments? All those in favor say I. I.

Tonight I tonight's meeting is uh the has been approved. Okay. Oral comments, madame city clerk, no cards. Okay. Thank you. All right. Uh let's see. Okay, we did the approval of the consent agenda and that's okay. That's all taken care of. All right, moving ahead. A consent agenda. I'm sorry. I get a motion for the uh this consent agenda was approved, wasn't it? All Oh, okay. Uh regular agenda.

All right. So many agendas here. I'm sorry. I'm just getting back in. No worries. Uh to entertain a motion to accept the items on the consent agenda. Motion to approve consent agenda. We have a motion. Second. We have a first and a second. Any further comment? All those in favor say I. I. I. I. I. Okay. The consent agenda has been approved. Uh check. And all right. Next item on the agenda is item number six, the award of bids and contract. We'll start off with uh the contract for John Dailyaly Boulevard Skyline Boulevard pedestrian connection project. And here is Director Richard Chu. Mr. Chu, happy new year and welcome.

Yes. Uh good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the city council. Happy new year to you. Happy new year.

New year. This item is award of construction contract for the John Dailyaly Boulevard and Skyline Boulevard pedestrian crossing project. Uh back in September of 2020, staff submitted an application for an infrastructure project under the pedestrian and bicycle program. Uh in January of 2021, the Sonteo County Transit Authority selected uh Daily City's project uh John Dailyaly Boulevard and Skyline Boulevard pedestrian connection project for grant funding in the full requested amount of $620,800. Uh in April of 2021, uh the city council accepted and appropriated the grant funds uh and also appropriated $155,200 of unallocated measure A funds for the local match portion of the project. Um the project includes installation of approximately 1,400 linear feet of uh city standard curb gutter and sidewalk. Uh and this is on the north side of John Dailyaly Boulevard between East Gate and Skyline Boulevard. It also includes a curb ramp construction uh and also installation of eight pedestrian scale lighting projects along the sidewalk uh as well as some miscellaneous pavement markings and stripings. Uh this project is intended to improve access to the Thornton State Beach. The um project was advertised on November 24th, 2025 and we received 10 bids on December 10th, 2025. The bids range from uh 612,955 and uh all the way to 1,155,51410. The uh uh staff report indicates the

three lowest bids as well as the engineers estimate. Uh we did receive a bid protest uh from Interstate Grading and Paving Incorporated on December 16th, 2025. As a result, the city staff um did a detailed review of the bid documents and we determined [laughter] that uh Bay Area Light Works Incorporated met the bid requirements and submitted all the required documentations. As a result, the bid protest was rejected and Bay Area Lightworks Incorporated was deemed the lowest responsible uh bidder. Bay Area Lightworks Incorporated of San Francisco, California has been in business since 2003. The bidder holds the required class A contractor's license uh which is current and in good standing. The contractor's references for work performed for other public agencies are acceptable including the city of San Francisco. Uh if approved, um it is anticipated that the John Dailyaly Boulevard and Skyline Boulevard pedestrian connection project would begin construction next month and be completed by November of this year. U for fiscal impact. The total estimated construction cost of the project is uh $766,200. This includes the $612,955 uh construction costs and an additional $153,245 uh for construction contingency uh inspection and also contract administration costs. um with the grant funds and the previously appropriated funds, there are sufficient funds for this project in the uh CIP project account uh for for this project. In summary, staff is recommending that the city council approve the design documents for the John Dailyaly

Boulevard Skyline Boulevard pedestrian connection project, affirm the SQA determination of categorical exemption, accept all bids, and award a construction contract to Bay Area Light Works Incorporated of San Francisco, California in the amount of $612,955 and also authorized the city manager to execute all necessary documents. ments for the John Dailyaly Boulevard, Skyline Boulevard pedestrian connection project. Um, that concludes my presentation. Be happy to answer any questions the council may have. Thank you. [clears throat] Thank you, Mr. Chu. At this time, I'd like to open up to my colleagues for uh any questions, concerns, and for Mr. Chu.

Mayor, may I? Sure. Council member Mano, thank you so much. Um, I thank you for this presentation. I think that um seeing this uh on the agenda today is great because of the fact that um I feel like you know when you don't have a proper sidewalk and folks are trying to get over to the Thordan Beach view, right? I feel like this is going to actually kind of help at least um have a proper a proper path. Yeah.

You know, um I recently when was it? I think it it was over the holidays. Um I was able to, you know, just uh take a drive over with the kids and go at the overlook. Um and [clears throat] a lot of um residents, some of them just walk or some of them drive, but I think, you know, it makes so much sense that um this project um will help those that are just nearby um and that maybe instead of them driving over, they'll walk. So, I think this is um you know, a great addition to what needs to be done in respect to some of the improvements in um our daily city neighborhood. So, thank you for your work on this.

Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Manalo. Uh Vice Mayor Fano, I totally agree. So, I would just say thank you for having this on the agenda and uh it's any improvement to get people to be able to access parts of Daily City like Thornton Beach. I think it's a great project. So, thank you.

Thank you. I just want to mention very [clears throat] briefly that there's a second part um later on that is actually crossing uh Skyline Boulevard and that's we have that as a different project. It's a different grant. Um so, this is kind of like part one. Um, but in the future, in the near future, there'll be that second part that comes along to get you all the way across Skyline as well. So, Mr. Mayor, I think I was envisioning the future, [laughter] but thank you. Like a bridge. I'm just kidding. That' be cool, Dr. Ron. Council member smoke.

Yeah. Um, I just have just a quick question. So, the the low bid was 45% below the engineer estimate. Are there any risk or advantages because of this? Um um I I think we really got lucky in terms of timing. Um and you can see the number of bids that we got. Uh 10 bids, that's really good. Uh one of the other things that we look for is what's the difference between the first low bidder and the second low bidder. Um and you can see that they are pretty close. Um you know, roughly about $50,000 uh difference. And so uh because of that we feel very comfortable that the low bid number is is a valid number

um and good number. So but if there was a big difference between one and two got it. We would have some more concerns. Thank you Mr. Chair. Thank you for the question. Good Dr. Rod. Yeah. Good. Okay. Great.

Well Mr. you I've always said before in the past and uh you you definitely make it easy in the sense of uh you turn over those rocks and find monies for us and uh 612,000 is a big grant and to come up with additional 153,220 I mean so we do did get lucky if I'm not mistaken when I read the information did we have one bid that Close to a million. Yes, that is correct. Yes. Wow. But we had 10 bids total. So that's that's a lot.

Oh, okay. That shows the particip uh participation aspect and that folks are definitely interested. Well, thank you for the prelude to uh part two. I'll be definitely looking forward to it and I thank you for your report this evening. Thank you. All right. With that being said, I'll entertain a um motion to award the construction contract for the John Dailyaly Boulevard/Skyline Boulevard connection project. Motion to approve. Second. First and we have a second. May I have a roll call vote, please? [clears throat] Dr. Rod, I. Miss Piranho, I. Miss Manalo, I.

Mr. Sylvester Glenn Sylvester I thank you very much Mr. Chu and uh we look forward good luck with that and thank you for everything you do.

All right the next item on the agenda is appointments board commission membership committee appointments none. Okay well uh I believe this may be the appropriate time. This is uh an agenda item and there are no appointments at this time but I would like to make a comment if I may. I consider our commissions and the volunteers of all commissioners as very very important and especially to get things done in our city. I do understand that it's a volunteer position and what brought this up is what I've seen before in the past and with the latest uh resolution that we passed in regards to the arts and culture commission and I think we can do better. So what I'd like to do is create an ad hoc committee. I haven't came up with a name yet, but it pertains to the commissions. And basically, uh, what we will be looking at is a few things. One is advertising the positions. I'm on the line now and I see arts and culture, one vacancy. I see library board of trustees, two vacancies. Personnel, one vacancy. Recreation, one vacancy. Small business one. And I think our city clerk has done an excellent job because I get notices when folks apply for these positions. I think that can help. However, it's up to each individual council member to try to fill these particular uh positions and I feel that that's of the highest priority is that the council member he or she picks who they want. But there comes a time where uh it may not work out that way. So, I think we have to get

something down on paper to try to uh basically um it's like protocols or recommendations. Uh if you have commissioners that don't show up, then sometimes you don't have a quorum and you can't get business done. I like to take a look at that. I like to get an idea as to what each commission does. What is arts and culture? What is small business? uh description. Then the attendance aspect. If you meet 12 times a year, I think you should be here at least three. Uh you shouldn't miss no more than three meetings. That's 25%. So uh you know there are some commissions that only meet maybe twice a year. Well, I think you should be here for at least for one of those. So I, you know, I'd like to establish an ad hoc committee to look at those items and solicit ideas as to how we can make it better. So with that being said, I'd like to uh u put this out to everyone. I would ask uh Vice Mayor Terresa Piranho to be part of this committee as we look forward to the future to developing some sort of protocol. And of course, we as council have to approve it. But I will say this, each council member has an appointment and that takes top priority and I I you know I I won't put that aside but in the interim if you don't appoint something then your colleagues will. So I mean that but that's only a part. So, we we'll come back to council and put that out and and keep you posted. And I hope I can get the um [clears throat] um not the approval, but the um collaboration with city staff to provide us the information that we need so that

we can make an informed decision for our commissioners. Okay. All good. Okay. Thank you. Is that okay? Rose, I I I have to check them. All right. So, that was boards, commission, membership, committee appointments. Moving on, uh since there are none, uh appointments or recommendations at this time, the next item is reports. And we'll start off with council committee reports over the holidays. Did uh anybody attend any meetings over the holidays or since our last meeting?

Well, council committee reports committees. Uh vice mayor, you have one. We uh we were at the council city's uh dinner. Oh. Oh, yeah.

And it's the highlight of uh of the year when we go to Koma and the firemen put on the spread. They [laughter] they they warn you that it just keeps coming and the platters just keep coming and you're you're never prepared because it's so it's so it's so well done. So I um Council Member Manala was there. You your s uh mayor were were there and uh many other city representatives and and uh our new sheriff was there.

Yeah. as well as um we had a super two supervisors there I believe as well. So it was well attended. It was a nice event and uh I can't remember if I went to anything else. [laughter] Sorry. That was it. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Anyone else? No. Uh council member.

Thank you. Um and I I think it was it was definitely after a meeting. Um the Northern California Nursing Academy had their 15-year anniversary in which uh both mayor and vice mayor was present. Um it was uh definitely nice to have um all the resources that they provided for the community there. Um and then also Operation Santa Claus in its 76th year

um you know was able to do delivery night um with them and it was just it's always a joy um and it we've been doing it as like a family um to be able to deliver um toys to families um and also join the San Francisco Farms Bureau um event. Um and you know we had representatives from the cow palace there especially since you know they are uh leading the rodeo at the cow palace and then it was really wonderful to uh be at the council of cities dinner um and I know you had your lovely granddaughter with you and then um mayor you brought um your lovely wife atita right to the event. Um, but also I think it was it's always a a great time because it's a full house and um you're right the um Koma firefighters are cooking the food and I will say that the shrimp scampy was delicious um in that respect. And then also um the PIT annual Christmas giveaway.

It was um really well organized and so I think I've been able to uh participate every year. Um even during the pandemic, Pacific Islanders together figured out a way to deliver toys to uh families. They had it outdoors where they would open the trunk and be able to match the kids' age with toys. It was really well done. And now, you know, are back in person. Um, so it's um really great to see the continuity, but the best is all the smiles on the children's faces. I mean, that's always such a treat. So, thank you so much to our daily city firefighters, our daily city police um that was uh there. Um and I know that our HR director Natalie was uh present as well. Um and also our city manager, Tom Picolotti, we are passing ships [laughter] as um but um it was it's really wellrun and um wonderful. Um, that is all I have on on the list, but yeah, that was I think right in between the holidays. So, yeah.

Thank you, Council Member Malo. Uh, anyone else? Dr. I just wanted to tag on uh that you and I were at the PIT event with uh uh Council Member Manalo. And I will say that and I'm sorry I forgot I had I had my new calendar and I don't have my old calendar but I will say that I think my favorite part was watching the children picking their gifts and they were so excited. But there was one child uh the mom asked me if I spoke Spanish so I said yes

and she had was uh dealing with leukemia. So, uh, when I told Raina, she says, "Now go down that way. Go to that table." And it was so great because the firemen are like, "Take another gift. Oh, here. Take this one." And they were so sweet and she was so excited. And um, and she did say when Rea said, "You know, we have a special, we do something very special for these children." And uh but not only did she do special for all the children, but th this child uh she treated her with just it was it was so special. Um and I will say that uh it was so nice to be there. It was so nice to to greet everybody and see how hard the police and fire uh and all the volunteers work. So anyway, thank you for saying that. I can't believe we forgot that. And we did go to Ceremony and and Ceremony also had a

I did. That was a busy Saturday. We were hopping together [laughter] and it was really a lot of fun up there. So, uh Christmas was amazing. So, yeah. Yeah, it was. It was um 99.7. Yes. Right. They had their they had their um toy drive. Yes. Exactly. So, we had a lot of fun doing that. So, thank you for having me remember that crazy Saturday and uh spending it with all of you. So, anyway, thank you.

Thank you, Vice Mayor. Uh you know, uh the good part is when we go to different places, we can chime off of each other. And I think that's very important because, you know, we'll forget and now that Council Member Manalo made mention, now I'm going to say something, [laughter] too. So, uh, thank you for that. I, uh, Council Member Piranho, I I do want to let you know I did learn something from you, uh, the past week because sometimes we call each other and say, "Hey, don't forget, uh, this thing is going on, so we'll call each other." And Council Member, uh, Pirano was a little bit mixed up. And to my surprise, she wasn't mixed up because she out of her purse, she pulled out about eight or 10 pieces of paper folded and it all had times on it. I said, "Well, I can't I can't beat that." So, I've learned something. I always depend on my wife. Don't forget you got this today. Don't forget you got this today. But, uh, Teresa, thank you for that. You know, Operation Santa Claus, I did it maybe six years ago for the family. We have a big family. I played Santa Claus. They said, "You should do it here in Daily City." I said, "Oh, no way." [laughter] So, that's a thought. Okay. Thank you for bringing that up. Um, pickle ball tournament from PI, right?

Yeah, we did do that.

And I had no idea what pickle ball was all about. And folks were telling me for years, we ought to get involved in pickle ball. You ought to make more courts. So, just there in the gym, I couldn't even hear a ball that came right to me. It's like I was a blind mouse. [laughter] But you know what? It is fun. And uh that was done through PIT, which they received some toys uh prior to that to for the uh toy giveaway at the Beayshore Elementary School. And Miss Raina uh who runs uh PIT or was a part of it, she made a speech. She says, "Normally we serve about 600 kids. This year they serve 2,000." Mhm.

So you can imagine how very very important uh what Pacific Islanders do for the community and it was an eye opener for me [snorts] and uh they did something new this year. You know when we when we're talking about food and council of cities and whatnot they they they gave food. Yes they did. Oh yeah.

Yeah. And you had your choice of uh was it chicken? Uh it was three different things and they were all frozen and and I went up there and they says, "Okay, what would you like?" I said, "I'll take one of those." "Oh, you can have another." I just have fun. You know, if it comes to food, I just have fun. So, oh, and the um Council of uh Council of Cities of Coma where it's great to be alive. Yeah.

I look forward to that every year. And what happens? They pass uh a bucket or a box around and you donate and they take all those monies and they provide gift cards to all the veterans at the veterans uh housing in Koma. So, it's a very good event. And the firefighters, even though I'm a police officer myself in the past, but the firefighters, they can burn. Okay. So, a little note. Okay. You know what I mean by they can burn?

They can cook. Exactly. [laughter] All right. So, thank you very much for that update. I think it's it's again it's good when we all do certain things and we learn from each other and and it's good. I'm having a good time. So, very good. All right. I have one last thing because I wrote a list before the holidays. Um but um I was able to uh join the county meeting this morning. Oh, this morning

for their uh reorganization and wanted to thank our district 5 supervisor David Canniba who was president last year in his um uh wonderful work that he was did for very intense year for the county. Um but also uh congratulated um Noel Corso. Oh, for uh now being the president of the board and uh vice president Ray Mueller. Oh, good. Yeah. So, thank you for that. I almost forgot. I was like I had my list before. I was like, "Wait, that's today." You know, I was like, "So, thank you, mayor."

Absolutely. All right. Anything else? Moving on to city council reports or did we cover some of that? Oh, I think I did it in it. Yeah. No, it's all good. [laughter] [clears throat] I'll I'll say something. Yes, Dr. Rod.

I know I don't have the jurisdiction to say this, but um I just want to personally denounce what our federal administration did in terms of the capturing of a and what and the events that hap happened in Venezuela and the capturing and kidnapping of a world leader. No matter how bad a dictator he might be, I think it endangers um international relationships between our own country and around the world and um it also um it just upsets me that we don't have the responsibility um to keep him in check. Um, and I'm

and I just feel that um there's many people that are very very upset um when there are rising housing prices, food's expensive, and we're out doing this type of international, depending on who you ask, illegal actions um abroad. And I I personally want to condemn our president for sending this type of operation endangering army uh or military folks um and especially endangering the people of Venezuela.

Okay. Thank you, Dr. Rod. All right, moving on. Staff reports. No reports from staff. Thank you, Mr. Picoladi. All right. Uh, we'll move on to adjournments and I'd like to turn it over to uh, Council Member Manalo if please. If you have another adjournment, may uh, I need some time. Okay. Yeah. All right. Vice Mayor, would you uh, be so kind to oblige? And thank you very much. Absolutely.

Thank you. So, uh, this evening I'd like to recognize someone who, uh, well, first of all, I preface this by saying that, um, I've worked at Dougen Sarah Mortuary for the last 26 years. And, uh, one of the owners, uh, before he retired, uh, you know, I worked with him. His name, uh, is William J. Bill Dugen. He is Dan Dugen's older brother. He was born April 21st, 1944 in San Francisco and he passed away at the age of 81 on December 9th, 2025 after a violent battle with cancer. Uh, Bill uh was a native San Franciscan. He graduated from St. Amidius and Archbishop Ren High School and Archbishop he was there at 1962 graduate. also the San Francisco Mortuary College. It used to be in San Francisco before it went to Sacramento and he graduated in ' 63 and the University of San Francisco in 1967. He was a proud veteran of the Air Force Reserve and uh Bill served with the 51st Transportation Squadron at Osan Air Base in South Korea after the 1968 PBLO incident. Uh Bill was a pillar of San Francisco and Daily City community. He also lived on Niantic for uh some time uh before he moved to San Francisco. And he was one of the founding um he uh he joined his parents. So in 1963, Dugens opened. He was 19. And uh in those days, I like I love to hear the stories of Meline. his mom used to say uh she used she was an RN and she would uh you know they would have in one of the rooms there they had like they would

have dinner and if the bell went off they knew someone was at the door and you know they did at the beginning a lot of the work Bill uh Bud uh Meline and and the family and so um Bill was uh part of active member at Olympic club a young men's institute of Columbus Knights of the Holy Supplr for almost 60 years and he faithfully served families with compassion and care at Dugen cereamortuary again which he helped found in 1963 with his parents. So um one of his highlights was he was uh honored as the grand marshall of the two thou 2015 San Francisco St. Patrick's Day parade and uh he rejoined his parents Bud and Meline and his sisters uh in heaven and he leaves behind his wife uh Patricia and uh his children and his brother Dan. So Bill will be remembered for his Irish pride, his sincerity and humor, his adventurous adventurous spirit and his true zest for life. Thank you. Thank you, uh, Vice Mayor. Thank you,

uh, Council Member Manalo, please.

Thank you, uh, mayor. Uh, this evening would like to, um, adjourn in memory of Dad Banatau, Diosa, Dios, Dad Pamean Banatau, beloved engineer, entrepreneur, and mentor, husband, father Lolo, and Filipino. Dios Dado. Many know him Dad. Pameitan Banatau. A pioneering Silicon Valley engineer, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist whose work helped shape the modern personal computer. Data networks for computing and communications and the smartphone industry passed away on December 25, 2025 in Palo Alto, California. He leaves behind a legacy of innovation, perseverance, mentorship, and service. God was born on May 23rd, 1946 to Salvador and Rosita Banatau in the rural farming town of Eigu in Kagayan province of the Philippines. Wishing for a better life for his children, his father, a rice farmer, pushed him to focus on his education as opposed to helping in the fields. He excelled academically, graduating at the top of his class from Malabak Elementary School, which earned him a place at Ateneo Tukagaro, a Jesuit boarding high school far from his village. He later earned a bachelor of science electrical engineering from Mapwa Institute of Technology in Manila. After pursuing pilot training with Philippine Airlines, Datau's engineering talent led him to the United States in 1968, where he joined Boeing as a design engineer working on the Boeing 747 program in Seattle, Washington. He enrolled at the University of Washington for continuing

education courses where through mutual friends, he met his future wife, Maria Kariaga. Maria was also attending University of Washington where she ultimately earned a master's in educational psychology. It was in 1970 he accepted into the graduate school at Stanford University where he earned a master's in electrical engineering concentrating on computer architecture and semiconductor systems. It was a convergence of expertise, timing and location that would define his career. Maria soon followed Dada to California and they would marry in 1972. Upon graduating from Stanford, Doto became a central figure in the early semiconductor and personal computing industries, holding influential engineering roles at a national semiconductor, Commodore International at Seek Technology, where he had developed the first 16bit CMOS Ethernet transceiver. At Commodore, he contributed to the early system concepts that led to the PET computer, one of the first mass market PCs. Across these roles, he was known for his rare ability to bridge hardware and software at a time when the two disciplines were seldom integrated. With the knowledge he gained as an engineer, these companies, Do went on to start his entrepreneurial career with Mrone in 1984. Data later co-founded chips and technologies with Gordon Campbell and Ron Yara where to design the first um world's single chip PC chipset through this breakthrough dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of IBM compatible personal computers accelerating the global adoption of the PC. Under his technical leadership, the company grew rapidly and

went public with two years defining the emerging fableist semiconductor business model and reshaping how semiconductor industry designed and delivered products. Data co-founded S3 with Yatada and adding Donna Young after identifying a critical inflection point in commun um computing as a graphical user interface, multimedia and visual performance became essential to personal computing. He recognized that graphics acceleration would be central to the next phase of PC evolution. um as I read this um and many of you I'm reading a lot of technical computing um pieces but really we wouldn't have our personal computers without the innovation of do um you know following his success he transitioned into a venture capitalism joining the Mayfield fund as a venture partner in 1997 and later founded Talwood venture capital where he focused on early stage companies tackling complex engineering challenges with a semiconductor and communication fields. As a venture capitalist, he was known for his deep technical insight, disciplined approach to company building and his long-term patient perspective. He not only supplied capital to startups, he worked closely with founders helping them build every aspect of their business. He won numerous awards during his career. He was shaped by his own journey from a modest beginning to global impact. Doto believe strongly in giving back by expanding access to education, advancing innovation, and ensuring that technology serves society as a large.

Through a collaboration with UC Berkeley and four other UC campuses, Citrus advances research in real world solutions such as health, climate resilience, intelligent infrastructure, transportation, public policy, and equitable access to technology. The institute bridges academic research and practical application through seed funding, prototype facilities, and partnerships to move concepts to impact. He also founded the Philippine Development Foundation to strengthen the innovation of ecosystems through academic scholarships, entrepreneurship programs, and partnerships connecting academia, industry, and government. Through Phil Dev, he helped create pathways for young Filipinos to pursue advanced education, build companies, and contribute meaningfully to the global technology development. D is survived by his lo beloved wife of 53 years Maria Bonatau. his children Ray Bonatau and his wife Gabrielle Bonatau, Desi Bonatau and his wife Gina Bonatau, Tala Bonatau and his husband and her husband Thomas Brownie and his nine cherished grandchildren, Isabelle, Lucas, Benjamin, Nathan, Khloe, Kayla, Owen, Brandon, and Austin. He has also survived from his extended family from United States, Australia and the Philippines. Do's journey from a farmer's son in the rural Philippines to a Silicon Valley pioneer to a society changing philanthropist stands as a testament to the power of education and perseverance. His influence endures in

the technologies he helped create and the lives he uplifted along the way. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you. Um, Council Member Manalo, you know, as you were reading and when I saw the name, I said that rings a bell to me. And as you started, ah I remember because it was in those days I had a 8088 computer from IBM which was 16bit and uh to create that 16bit uh especially through uh wafers and semiconductors uh now today I mean that has expanded from well 8088 was an 8bit he created the 16 bit which was twice as fast. That means they can process the memory in in in both ways at 16 bits. Then came 32, then came 64, then came 128. And you know, that's amazing for that day and time. And you also made mentioned uh a lot of folks don't know what's GUI. You know, I know what it is. It's graphical user interface and uh we see it on our phones and uh and CMOS that was the old days. compliment complimentary metal oxide uh uh [snorts] system or something like that. So I understood the language and it really brought back memories even for me. So I want to thank you for that as well and that name I just knew something was different and I remembered that name. But thank you so much. All right. Any other uh journey memories?

No. All right. uh not seeing any or any additional. I'd like to take a brief uh moment of your time to pause for a moment of silence, please. All right. Thank you very much. This meeting is now adjourned. Uh stay healthy, stay safe, and we'll see you at the next meeting. Thank you all.