City Council - Regular Meeting

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All right. Good evening, everyone. We're going to call our regular meeting to order. If you would please stand with me as we do our silent invocation and the pledge of allegiance. Amen. You would engage in the Pledge of Allegiance? 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. Please be seated. Okay, we have a proclamation tonight for parks and recreation i'm going to come down and make the presentation. Any Tucker if you would come on up. Tonight, we're pleased to recognize July as Parks and Recreation Month and honor the many ways parks and recreation enrich our community through health, wellness, connection, and outdoor recreation. Our parks, trails, recreation programs, and community spaces play a vital role in enhancing quality of life and creating opportunities for people of all ages to learn, grow, and thrive. We thank our Parks and Recreation staff, volunteers, and community partners for their dedication to creating welcoming and inclusive spaces that strengthen our community. On behalf of the City Council and the residents of Morgan Hill, it's my honor to proclaim July as Parks and Recreation Month. Jenny, would you like to say a few words?

Thank you, Mayor. We just want to announce that July, as the Mayor mentioned, is Parks and Recreation Month. We're going to be celebrating all month long through different free activities to the community. All the information is on our City of Morgan Hill website. You just type in Morgan Hill Parks and Recreation. Lots of free events, a free resident day at the Aquatic Center. We have some free activities at the Centennial Recreation Center. We're partnering with Sharks Ice to do an activity at the Community and Cultural Center. We have a really large event on July 11th at Galvin Park that's open to the community. So we invite you all to celebrate Parks and Recreation. Thank you.

Okay, we now have city council reports, and tonight I have the honor of doing the three-minute report, an update on what's going on and the activities I've been involved with back on June 4th. We had our Santa Clara County Library District. I'm honored to say that the directors approved a reference I brought forward, a referral I brought forward to implement a countywide reading program, a literacy program focused on third grade reading proficiency. That's something that's going to be getting rolled out soon. And so we'll have more updates for you on that. That same day, I attended a VTA board meeting. On the 7th, we attended a reach out food pantry open house and ribbon cutting that took place across the street. And then yesterday, I attended a youth leadership Morgan Hill presentation talking to the students about leadership. And that does it for my report. So with that, I'd like to turn to the city manager for her report. Christina.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, the community, my teammates that are here this evening. I have a few different announcements for you. The first is a really amazing report of a police officer saving a life. On June 13th, Morgan Hill Police Department received a report of a male subject that had collapsed in the parking lot of the library. Within three minutes of the call, Officer Lorenzo arrived on scene and took over CPR. He utilized his AED and delivered one shot to the subject. The subject regained a pulse and started shallow breathing. Our community member is now recovering, and Officer Lorenzo is being commended for his actions. Nice. A couple other, yes. Yes. Wanted to share that the city is launching the Greater Downtown Specific Plan, and this will be an update to the 2009 Downtown Specific Plan and guide future growth in the expanded downtown area. The effort will address housing, mobility, infrastructure, and public spaces while helping the city maintain eligibility for future One Bay Area grant or OBAG funding. The project is funded through the Long Range Planning Fund and a $950,000 MTC transit-oriented communities planning grant. So over the next two years, our team will be conducting extensive community outreach with the adoption anticipated in summer of 2028. The project officially kicks off on June 18th, so tomorrow, at the downtown Twilight Market. My next update is about the Spanish Leadership Academy. We're also launching the Elevate Academy. This is a 10-week Spanish language leadership and civic engagement program designed to empower Spanish-speaking residents and expand economic opportunities. Participants will develop practical skills in community leadership, advocacy, and civic participation through hands-on learning and volunteer service. Graduates will earn and elevate Morgan Hill Promotora Certificate and serve as trusted community ambassadors. The program is primarily funded through an ICMA, International City Management Association, grant with additional support from Santa Clara County Supervisor Aranis's office and community partners. This inaugural Elevate Academy will begin in the fall of this year. And now for my last item is a bittersweet report, and I'm going to embarrass him and ask him to step forward up here so you can all see him. Yes. And coming forward is our Michael Horta, our Human Resources Director. So it's with mixed emotions that we share that our beloved HR director, Michael Horta, has accepted a new opportunity as the human resources director with our neighbor to the south, city of Gilroy. While we are saddened to see Michael leave the city of Morgan Hill, we're excited for him as he takes this next step in his career and returns to a community that has long been part of his family's story. Michael earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in HR from Fresno State back in 2005. And he later completed his Master's of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2009. After college, he began his professional career in the hospitality industry as a human resources assistant for a hotel. With both of his parents having worked for the city of Gilroy, Michael was encouraged early on to explore a career in local government. Building on his private sector experience, he joined the city of Santa Cruz as an HR technician, where he began his municipal career. He later advanced to the city of Los Altos, serving as a human resources technician and a HR manager and risk manager, where he further expanded his expertise in HR, risk management, and organizational leadership. Prior to joining Morgan Hill, Michael returned to the city of Gilroy as a human resources analyst and was later promoted to senior human resources analyst.

And that is where I met Michael when we both worked together at the city of Gilroy.

In April 2018, he joined the city of Morgan Hill as our senior human resource analyst, bringing with him not only extensive knowledge and experience, but also a fun, high-spirited attitude that quickly made a positive impact across the entire organization. In 2019, he was promoted to HR director, where he continued to strengthen relationships, support employees at every level, and expand his leadership and influence throughout the organization. Over the past eight years, his outgoing personality has played a vital role in shaping the city's culture, fostering an environment of trust and collaboration, which will leave a lasting mark on the organization. While we will greatly miss Michael's presence and contributions, we are grateful for his years of service to Morgan Hill and wish him continued success in his new role with the city of Gilroy. We know he will continue to do great things and make a meaningful impact in the community he now returns to serve. And with that, let's congratulate Michael. And that concludes my report.

Very good. Michael, thank you for your commitment and dedication to our community and all that you've done here. We really appreciate that.

No words.

He's a man of few words, but a lot of action. Okay, now for our city attorney's report. Elisa?

Yes, thank you, Mayor. The city council met in closed session starting at 5.30 this evening. It considered one item, which is identified on the agenda. No reportable action was taken.

Very good. Thank you, Elisa. Now for other reports, this would be one-minute reports if anyone is interested. Anybody? Council Member Martinez-Beltran?

Thank you. We had our Cal Cities Policy Committee attended some of the graduations, Jackson, Murphy, and Sobrato. And we had our Peninsula Division meeting and a meetup, pinstripes. And then I also wanted to take the time to highlight that the county has filed a lawsuit against the federal administration for the ice expansion in South County. There is an amicus brief that has been put forward that counties and cities are signing on to, and I'll be asking that we join in that effort. Thank you.

Very good. We're going to ask the audience to refrain from applauding and clapping during these reports. So I appreciate you complying with our request. Anybody else looking for a report? Okay, very good. We'll now move on to public comment. Do we have public comments this evening? We do. I believe we have... Gabby, Christine. Real quickly, I want to make sure people understand. We're going to do two-minute reports. You have opportunity to do two-minute public comments.

Mayor, why aren't we changing it from three minutes to two minutes?

Because we have 10 or 11 here. We're going to change it to two minutes.

We have 10 on the same subject?

10 speakers on the same subject. Yes. Okay. Very good. Thank you.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the Council. I'm Gabby Cressini, Downtown Morgan Hill Improvement District, here to share a few downtown updates. If you've noticed that the lights on Monterey have changed to red, white, and blue, that's because summer has begun. And tomorrow evening, June 18th, we will host our third annual summer kickoff Twilight Market from 4.30 to 7.30 on 3rd Street. This free community celebration will feature live music, local vendors, and community organizations and activities, as well as several downtown business specials. A portion of 3rd Street and the sidewalk area will be activated for this event. We invite everyone in the community to come and celebrate the beginning of summer. I'm also excited to share some very special news regarding the Downtown Gateway Arch Project. As of June 1st, we have secured 100% of our funding to be able to move forward with this project. As many of you recall, the DMHID Board of Directors committed $250,000 towards this project and asked the community to help us raise an additional $250,000 by June 30th. I'm thrilled to report that the goal has been achieved ahead of schedule, and we are actually above and beyond our goal. We remain on track for installation in November of 2026 as part of Morgan Hills' 120th anniversary celebration. Beginning July 1st, we'll begin our Community Brick Foundation, giving residents, families, and businesses an opportunity to purchase a brick. Thank you to the council for your support of downtown and the projects and programs that help our community thrive.

Thank you, Gabby. And thank you for all the work you do. I don't know if everybody realizes those lights that change colors every season, you're the one who's out there changing those lights at every tree. So thank you for your dedication. Thank you.

Congratulations.

Our next speaker is Marilyn Kaplan. And after Marilyn, we have Daniel Coltier.

Thank you, Morgan Hill City Council. Saturday, we had, excuse me, Sunday, we had a very peaceful march in Gilroy. We marched from the area near the ice potential or proposed ice facility. And we had about 250, maybe 300 people that came from Santa Cruz San Jose, Morgan Hill, of course, Hollister, Salinas, Monterey, they're all supporting Gilroy. We're asking Morgan Hill to do the same. Please help us fight this. We're getting a data center in Gilroy. We're getting potential battery storage in Coyote Valley. They're trying to mess with our valley. Please, please, we're asking you for our support, a resolution, something to fight this. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Daniel Cloud here. And up after Daniel is Rick Kent.

Good evening, City Council. Appreciate the time. My name is Daniel Cloutier. Morgan Hill has been my home for 44 years. My comments pertain to the imminent threat to the safety and well-being and dignity of our residents and families. 1930s Germany is 11 miles from Morgan Hill's doorstep, and it's time to show courage and stand up as a community. The for-profit ICE facility in Gilroy will directly and indirectly impact Morgan Hill and people in the Bay Area and Central Coast. The facility is going to process 90 people per day, one to two day stays, before sending them to larger prison centers in Southern California, annualizing 33,000 people. Think about it. That's equivalent to the entire city of Morgan Hill being processed in a 17-month period. Government statistics show that 74% of people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction of any kind, and 5% have been convicted of a violent crime. I urge the City Council to publicly oppose establishment and expansion of any ICE detention center in Gilroy and Morgan Hill via a compelling resolution. Even if centers are not directly within city limits, they impact our community from an infrastructure, environment, and moral standpoint. I also asked the City Council to join the Monterey Santa Cruz regional amicus brief in support of Santa Clara County and the Attorney General of California's lawsuit against construction of the ice facility in Gilroy. If we do nothing, silence is complicity. Thank you.

Very good.

Next speaker.

Rick Kent.

Thank you. And good evening, Mr. Mayor, council members, and city council, city staff. My name is Rick Kent. I live in Morgan Hill. I've been here, lived, worked, and raised kids here for the better part of 30 years. I'm here tonight as a member of the leadership group of Indivisible South County to discuss the detention center. which is right outside of Gilroy city limits. I'm here to urge the city council to, one, pass a resolution to oppose the Gilroy distribution, or sorry, detention center, adopt a no staging policy to prohibit the use of any public property for ice staging and file or support amicus briefs to support in support of the Santa Clara County lawsuit opposing the facility. This facility impacts the delicate balance of agriculture, industry, tourism that Morgan Hill, Gilroy, and the county have worked so hard to maintain and that is documented in Vision Morgan Hill. California's Attorney General Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County Council Tony Lopresti have filed a lawsuit against the proposed ICE detention facility near Gilroy. Monterey County and Santa Cruz County have opposed the facility and are joining in the lawsuit. The Gilroy City Council and the Gilroy Unified School District have also passed resolutions opposing the facility. Our County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas and State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas both oppose the facility. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF MORGAN HILLS CITY COUNCIL TO DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEW SPEAKER? NEW SPEAKER?

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GREG FELLOIS. NEW SPEAKER?

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GREG FELLOIS. NEW SPEAKER? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GREG FELLOIS. NEW SPEAKER? OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GREG FELLOIS. We represent all of South County. It used to be just Invisible Gilroy, but we expanded to include South County because we care about all of South County. South County includes Gilroy, San Martin, and Morgan Hill. You see what is happening here in Gilroy. And what we want you to do is be part of our interest and our concern about what is happening in our South County. As Rick said, the Gilroy Unified School District and the Gilroy City Council both passed resolutions, both have amended resolutions against the ice detention facility and we please suggest and ask you to do the same and show the concern that you have for our whole South county show the concern do the right thing. And expressing this. Some people say, oh, it's just a resolution. It's just a piece of paper. But what it does is it shows that you people care. The Gilroy-Fright School District, it shows the schools and the parents and the students that they care. The city council, it shows the whole community. Show that you care about what's happening. Not just in Morgan Hill, but in the whole county. And we would like you to please follow up. And you'll see us out there here in Morgan Hill. You'll see us out on the corner of Dunn and Monterey. And what we do is we're getting the message out. And we're getting positive feedback from sending our message. So we would like to pass that on. Thank you so much.

Very good. Next speaker.

Bruce Cooley.

Hi, my name is Bruce Cooley. I live in Morgan Hill. And I want to express my feeling against the detention center in Gilroy. I'm asking the city two things. I'm asking the city of Morgan Hill to support a resolution objecting the construction of the ice facilities in Gilroy. And number two, I asked the city of Morgan Hill to join the Monterey Santa Cruz regional amicus brief to support in support of Santa Clara County, California attorney general's lawsuit against the construction of the ice facility in Gilroy. Thank you.

Very good. Thank you. Next speaker.

Sheila Dunwoody.

Good evening. My name is Sheila Dunwoody, and I've been a resident of Morgan Hill for just a little over 40 years. And I also want to agree with the other statements that my other friends have made and regarding the ICE Detention Center. And I'd like to also, just as Bruce had said, ask the City of Morgan Hill to support a resolution objecting to the construction of an ICE facility in Gilroy and ask the City of Morgan Hill to join the Monterey Santa Cruz Regional Amicus Brief in support of Santa Clara County and the California Attorney General's lawsuit against the construction of the ice facility in Gilroy. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker.

Next speaker is Caitlin Blue.

Hi, my name is Caitlin Blue, and I am a resident of San Martin since 2004. I want to speak today to express my strong opposition to the planned ICE facility that has begun construction in my backyard in Gilroy. Since ICE started expanding operations, there have been documented 31 deaths of detainees in ICE custody in 2025, and in 2026, there have been 20 deaths so far. This does not count the deaths of those who have... those killed while trying to escape ICE, or the very public executions we've seen of legal observers documenting their actions. Detainees being held in these facilities suffer horrible conditions, experiencing medical neglect, and are being fed rotten food. Many people being detained by ICE are immigrants going through the proper channels, showing up to their court dates, and nonetheless, they are being detained because meeting a quota is the priority for ICE. The people ICE is detaining and terrorizing are our neighbors and friends. They breathe life into our community and deserve a chance to follow a path towards citizenship. They are not the ones making our lives harder, but they are a convenient distraction for those who are. ICE has been operating as an unaccountable agency, no longer required to present a judicial warrant signed by a judge to take someone. They're becoming a symbol of how our rights are quickly being eroded, as anything done to the most vulnerable of us creates a permission structure for the same things to be done to all of us. Remember the poem, First They Came For, because we're in that moment. I call on our city council and our community to oppose the ice facility in Gilroy and to prevent ice from further taking root here and to protect our friends and neighbors. Ice will not make our community safer and will further the erosion of the rights of all. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker?

Lauren Hausman.

I think you're two minutes already up. You've been talking the whole time.

I live in Gilroy, but I'm here today. I believe I've emailed all of you about my fears regarding the data center in Gilroy. Currently in the United States of America, there's over 4,500 data centers with more to come. which is China has a population that's three times that of the United States and they only have 400 data centers. So I'm urging you because the federal government is failing at their job to protect people and the environment to protect the city of Morgan Hill and our water and our air and our farmlands and to ban data centers in Morgan Hill.

Thank you. Oh, look at that. Perfect timing. Yeah. Thank you for being here. Who's next?

Armando Benditez.

I want to thank Indivisible of South County for coming out here, and I support everything that you're doing. Mayor, I want to, and City Council, I want to give you an update. The City of Gilroy agendized the item of a regulatory framework appropriate for high-density, high-scale AI data centers. And in fact, they gave directions to their city manager to come back in August with recommendations as to what regulations need to be updated. They put on their legislative hats, they're moving along. The city of Monterey Park down south, east of LA, basically, they put on their legislative hat. And what they did is they put a measure before the voters. They went out. The first data center came in and said, we want to go in there. And guess what they did? They went out and they talked to the community. find out what they wanted to do, and they put a measure on the ballot so the voters decide. And guess what? In the past, June 2026, 88% of the voters voted no to data centers. As a result of that, that Monterey Park is not going to have any data centers. And it's legal. They did not have forced voters to go out and collect signatures for a citizens initiative. They actually did it for them. And guess what, 88% I bet that Morgan Hill and Gilroy would probably have the same numbers. So, Morgan Hill right here is staying far behind in the curve in terms of getting an action on this item. Armando Duran- At the gill at the euro that that staff recommend the staff reported that the approval for that data Center was an anomaly. Armando Duran- And it's regulatory framework to me that's a sign, and I think you really need to put on your legislative hat and come up or agenda society, and thank you, thank you Armando who's next.

Sharon Luna.

Good evening, Mayor and Council Members. My name is Sharon Luna, and I'm from San Martin, and I am an immigrant. I'm from Canada, and my husband is from Mexico. We came through the legal process as far as that ongoing process. My husband came over actually as a farm worker and after 10 years applied for his visa and went through those steps. We did not become citizens because we didn't know if we wanted to live in Canada or if we wanted to live in Mexico. Circumstances came about with children that we decided to stay in the United States. I'm going to share an experience with you. My 84-year-old father could not come into the United States. He had a green card. However, he let it lapse. I could not. I was at the border, and I could not bring him into the United States when my mother passed away. He was held in Canada, which was where he was born. But there are all kinds of reasons, rules, rules And there needs to be work done on the immigration process. As far as detention centers, if there is illegal activity or if there's things going on, the jails, the county hasn't built a new jail. So what are you going to do? It's not I went by the detention center and it's something that I don't think is the right place in the surrounding of agriculture and farm workers and farmland. So I think more thought has to be put into it before we file lawsuits and we talk to each other and find out what is wrong with the process that we have currently. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker.

There are no more speakers.

Very good. We're going to close the public comment and we will now move on to.

Mayor, I'd just like to note there were not 10 speakers for.

Duly noted. Thank you. We are now move on to the adoption of the agenda. Before we do so, though, we are going to ask council, we're going to remove item three. Christina, do you want to address that?

Yeah, we intended this item to come forward to council tonight, but unfortunately something on the side of the developer is not ready. So we ask that this item be continued.

Very good, thank you for that, then I will look for a motion to adopt the agenda with item three removed so moved got a motion and a second all in favor aye aye any opposed there being none that passes four to zero and one absent. Where you will now move on to see here. To the consent calendar, other than if no one is looking to pull any items from the consent calendar.

Mr. Pugh. Second.

Motion and second. That's great. All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed? There being none, that passes 4-0 with one absent. Thank you for that. We're going to move on to our item 11. Christina, turn it over to you.

Yes. Statwin, our finance director, is coming up to introduce this item.

good evening okay good evening mayor council members uh name is that green president director the item before you tonight is the uh amendment of the copper's contract for the city's unrepresented employees uh as you recall back in the example of last year the council approved the management resolution that reduced the employee cost sharing of the employer's car post contribution Even though the provision was approved by the council, CalPERS is still required to go through this amendment process for the unrepresented employees, just for the proper accounting and reporting of the employee, employer, CalPERS contribution. And I want to make a note that this proposed action here does not change the employee cost sharing of the rate that the council or you will be approved. This is just the administrative process that required by CalPERS. I just recommend that the council adopt the resolution of intention, open and close the public hearing and waive the first and second reading of the ordinance amending the city's contract with CalPERS and introduce the ordinance. That concludes my presentation and I'm happy to answer the question that you may have.

Very good. Thank you, Dat, for that presentation. Any questions by the council? Seeing none, we'll go to public comment. Any public comment on this item?

There are none.

We'll close the public comment and bring it back again. If there is no further discussion by the council, we're going to take item 11.1 separate and then item 11.3 separately as well. So if there's no further discussion, I'll entertain a motion to approve item 11.1. I've got a motion and a second. All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed? There being none, that passes four to zero with one absent. And then for item 11.3, move to approve. I have a motion. Thank you for that. I have a motion. And a 2nd, unless I'm pointing to you, I'm putting motion and a 2nd, and with that, they can't ask you to introduce the ordinance and call the role. We got a motion and a 2nd. Yep, thank you.

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Morgan Hill authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City of Morgan Hill and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees Retirement System.

And call the roll.

Mayor Turner?

Yes.

Council Member Vega?

Yes.

Leavers? Yes. Iwanaga? Martinez-Veltron? Aye.

Very good. Thank you for that. Now move on, actually moving through rather quickly here to our future council initiated agenda items. Anybody have one? Council Member Martinez-Beltran.

Thank you. I do have two different future agenda items. First, I'd like to ask that we have a resolution to oppose the ice expansion and no staging zones on city property. And second, I would like to request that the city schedule a special meeting to join the amicus brief And I'll propose the day of our city barbecue next week. It is imminent. And so they are looking for cities to join now. County of Santa Clara has filed a lawsuit. And this brief is being supported by the county of Monterey. the County of San Mateo. Santa Cruz has already verbally stated they'll be supporting that as well, the County of Santa Cruz. The City of San Jose has voted to support it. The City of Palo Alto has voted to support it. Mountain View, the City of Mountain View has placed it on its agenda. And the City of Gilroy, our neighbor, is looking at a special meeting as well for that.

okay so you're going to write that up it will come back in august this is no i'm asking for a special meaning how do we how do you want to handle that schedule that and this is a future agenda item

It is. And this would be a if it were a special meeting, it will be a closed session under the Brown Act because we are under the existing litigation.

So we would not do it out in a barbecue.

That is other cities have loaded on it. I'm not sure that they've all done it in a CLOSED SESSION, SO I WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. SURE. BUT I WILL, I'M REQUESTING A SPECIAL RUNNING WHICH DOES NOT NEED TO COME THROUGH OUR FUTURE AGENDA PROCESS AS YOU'RE AWARE. AND WE CAN DO THAT AS A READING, YOU KNOW, AS IS CONVENIENT. AND JUST TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THEM.

WELL, THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST A COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSING A SPECIAL MEETING.

I'd like to call the question to vote that we have a special meeting.

I understand that. But we know the legal process on how this would work.

I might recommend that we take a recess so that city attorney can review the process for a special meeting and what that would require.

Sure. That's perfectly fine. That would be helpful. Thank you. How much time do you need? Ten minutes? Ten minutes would be great. Okay. We'll take a break for ten minutes. Thank you. Thank you. We call the meeting back to order. And we'll turn to Elisa and give us some clarification here.

Thank you very much for the break and the opportunity to look into this further. Our council policy 9701 does allow for a special meeting to be called at any time by the mayor or by three members of the city council. So I understand the issue of whether we should have a special meeting has been called. Um, and it now becomes, uh, does, uh, do three members of the council want to move forward with a special meeting? And I'd like to speak on that place.

Well, first of all, it's been vote has been called. So there's no more. There's no more conversation.

The vote has not been called.

And I'd like you called for a vote is my, am I right?

That was before we took a break. So that our city attorney could understand what the process was.

And I'll look, I'll look to you for your clarification on that.

It would be appropriate to have a little bit of discussion.

Okay. Very good. Thank you.

So I have typically when I make a future agenda item for those who aren't aware, this is the last meeting that we have for this for the session we will go into. Our Council recess, which is normal every year we take the Council recess in July, we will do that again this year and we don't have means so. I have asked because the future agenda item, I've requested future agenda items in the past and they can take up to three months to actually come to the council dais. So in the interest of time, I have requested a special meeting to be scheduled. However, we do have Wednesday next week pending, which we often don't use as our third city council meeting. And I've been advised that that would be possible to go ahead Because I did the special meeting request, we can now go ahead and make that and have that happen next week, which is great. We'll need three votes, I understand, to do that. I've asked for it to be a public vote because there are, as you've heard, counties and cities who have voted for this. I do believe that some of those have been, if not all of them, in public meetings, just as now, where you can be witness to it. I'm being told that there is a request to make that a closed session, which I'm opposed to. I think it should be a public session so that the community is aware of our votes and how we're voting in the interest of the community. And so with that, I will ask that I do schedule that meeting to see if we will be joining the MCAS brief in support of the lawsuit by the county of Santa Clara against the federal administration for the ice expansion in South County. And again, I will ask that it is a public meeting where our votes are duly noted.

Okay, so first let's get through what there is going to be a special meeting. So you're making a motion for a special meeting.

I've been told that because we have a scheduled, a meeting scheduled held, a time held where we're all holding.

So you're asking for a meeting next Wednesday to discuss this item?

I'm asking for a meeting and they've told me that that can happen next Wednesday.

If approved by three council members, right?

No, that we can have the meeting. Next Wednesday. And that next Wednesday is when we will vote the three.

So what has to happen is the vote has to happen tonight. So the policy says that the mayor can bring forward an item or three council members can bring forward a special workshop or a meeting. So tonight what needs to happen is three of you have to say, yes, we indeed want to have this discussion in this case next week.

Okay. Well then I would happily defer. If the mayor would like to put this on the agenda, I would defer to you.

Well, I'm not quite sure.

I'm asking if you would put this as an agendized item next week, Mayor.

Well, first of all, let's have you make your motion to have this item Talked about because we don't really while we have it on the agenda. Typically, we do not meet for those that on that third Wednesday. We typically do not. So you can say, I would like to meet next Wednesday, discuss it. We can then vote whether or not we are going to please hold your comments. We listen to you. You're going to not listen to us. So so you can if you want to bring it forward, if you don't bring it forward, there's no meeting next Wednesday. So if you want to if you want if you want to vote if you want to bring this forward as a motion or listen we're not asking you know you're going to we're going to ask you to remain quiet. we're going to talk it low Sir Sir there's no public comment right now we're going to ask you to remain quiet there's no public comment we're going to ask you to remain quiet. If you don't remain quiet, we will have you removed from the meeting so Sir we're not going to have to be here okay so. We don't typically meet on Wednesday. So if you would like to, please make the motion to have this item discussed next week.

Mayor, the city manager has just informed me that either the mayor, which is yourself, has the authority to place this on the agenda next week. Or three council members.

I'm going to ask for three council members to make that decision.

As the motioner,

Did you say you made a motion?

As the motioner, I need to retract that so that you could simply, rather than us having a vote, you could use your authority, Mayor, and put this on the agenda next week. Would you be willing to do that? And I will gladly retract my motion.

If you're retracting your motion, I'm going to move on to the next item.

So that council member leaders, I have questions. Okay. Number 1, will Sarita or other council member be returned by then?

What does that matter?

Because I am not available next Wednesday night.

Okay. Well, there will still be 3 of us available.

We don't remember that's happened in the past with others as well. So we just. So question, I mean, we are going to call for the vote. So if you have a motion, maybe there's no further discussions. There is no further discussion.

I'm calling for the stated for the vote. Christina, go ahead.

Another date. I said to the city manager and the city attorney. I'm going to ask you to refrain, please.

Why don't we start with, if I may, a vote on whether we want to move forward with a meeting, and then we could perhaps figure out a date for a meeting. Okay.

Does it need a second? Mayor, what do you need? It needs a second.

If it doesn't have a second, it dies.

Okay. Do you mean the mayor scheduling something next week?

No. Bear in mind, this is future agenda items that we're in right now.

Right.

You've called for this item, right? So no one else has done that. The mayor hasn't done that. So you have the floor and your request has been to see whether or not the others are interested. And so what we should do now is is go for a vote and have a vote of whether or not there's three council members that want to move forward with this item for next week.

Let's be clear with respect, Christina, because I'm sitting down at your turn. You have told me that because we have a meeting held next week, that we could change how that we could, that it would fit within the way to have it at the next council meeting. And so you've also told me here that the mayor has the prerogative to put it on the agenda, as we all are aware, or that three council members can make that decision. And so I am simply saying, as happens very routinely, that I will be happy to read to recall my motion if the mayor is willing to put it on the agenda.

And you've asked several times that he's not. He's not. So you should move on.

Right.

Let's call this for a vote.

We've called the vote. No.

We've had two council members say there's a.

We're not going to keep playing your game.

Next Wednesday.

We are going to now. We are now going to vote at this point. We're going to vote. Is there a second for this?

It does not have to be next Wednesday.

Is there a motion? Got a second.

Thank you.

All in favor for a meeting next week?

Aye.

Very good. We have a meeting next week. Very good. Now for future agenda items, I would like to add to that funding of the Morgan Hill Gateway Vintage Sign Project, which I'll talk about when that comes back. We also need to go back to item number 11. I missed 11.3 as far as voting on that. So we're going to go back to 11.3. We're going to start there with wave the first and second reading. And we need a motion and a second.

Happy to move that. Got a motion and a second.

All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? There being none, that passes four to zero to one. And now it is to introduce the ordinance. I need a motion.

So moved.

I have a motion. Second. And a second. If you would, Vicki, please introduce the ordinance and call the roll.

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Morgan Hill authorizing an amendment to the contract between the City of Morgan Hill and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees Retirement System. Mayor Turner?

Yes.

Vega?

Yes.

Levers? Yes. Iwanaga? Martinez-Beltran? Aye.

Very good. If there's no further future agenda, meeting is adjourned.

Thank you.