Remarks by Eduardo Martinez
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When Attorney Moore suggested ways that you could have input. I was thinking of the Brown Act and I knew that you couldn't email me. But I like the suggestion of emailing things to the city clerk. So if everyone could agree to do that, then the two council member ad hoc would work and everyone would have their input.
Excuse me. You're speaking out of turn. This is the council's time, not your time. So let's take a vote. Do we have speakers? Oh, okay.
Sure. I am an American of choice. Excuse me. You're not supposed to speak to the but you were responding to something that was said by the speaker. You're not to do that. I know that I've lost a lot of political capital by being strong on this. But I have been strong on this because I do have a lot of complaints about my fellow council members. I don't air them. I don't talk about them. But they know what they are because I tell them. There needs to be rules, not only rules written but rules followed. People know, council members know what the rules are and they refuse to follow them. I want…
I did not make a personal attack on you.
You do not have the chair. I did not give it to you.
By me. Okay. That was the alternate motion.
Councilmembers, anyone? Yes, Councilmember Brown.
Thank you. Any other council members? Council Member Bonham.
So, I guess we have to start anew in terms of conversation. Do we have any speakers?
Excuse me, senior manager. I think we should allow the council to have their say at this point. You'll be able to speak after council's finished. Councilmember gimenez.
We are following. You were not asked a question previously. You chose to speak unsolicited. Thank you for clarifying. When counsel asks you a question, it is your responsibility to answer. Thank you.
In response to councilmember Jimenez Noted I want to get to council members first so councilmember Brown Thank you so much for the update and thank you for the updated numbers and I mean I just
Okay. Thank you. Does Councilmember Wilson want to speak?
I need to speak. Yes. At the last meeting, I mentioned all the planning and assessments that city staff are making and I think I need to reiterate them because we seem to forget how much we've piled onto our staff to do. There's a sea level rise adaption plan, there's a facility condition assessment, there's a mental health assessment, there's a port economic impact, there's offshore wind study, Chevron settlement funds assessment, Facility Needs Assessment, Black Resiliency Assessment, Richmond Fund for Children and Youth Assessment, the HUD Annual Plan, the City Assist Plan. Along with…
I would like to make an alternate motion, and that is for staff to consider various options, from Dirt World to the Bike to Work event, you know, and Fiesta Patria or Cinco de Mayo or Juneteenth. And I know that asking you to do that many things is asking you to do many more hours than you would if you just considered one. Maybe before I make my motion, you can help me think of which one of those would be best in terms of staff time.
Could we do one on the bayside trail? That would be the cheapest way to do it.
The bay trail. Yes. And we are looking for cooperation. So.
It wasn't including the fiscal budget because we had no idea how much it would cost.
If it's including money in the suggestions, we will have the option of voting yes or no when it's presented to us. We'll be given many options, and one of those options is no.
Anyone else? Well, I would like to celebrate a trip to our sister city, Zhoushan. We sent 60 students from Richmond, from the Bay Area. Many of them were from Arpao. So it was very eventful and we hope to continue doing that in the future years. So thank you. With that, if there are no other people, this meeting is adjourned.