Remarks by Loraine
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Okay, well I will close public comment for this item at this time and bring it back to my fellow council members for questions, feedback, et cetera. Looking around, council members.
Okay, thank you. Anyone else? Deputy Mayor Fernandez.
IF I MAY, AREN'T YOU IF I MAY, AREN'T YOU ESSENTIALLY ASKING ABOUT ESSENTIALLY ASKING ABOUT BOTH?
May I ask a clarifying question about number three? Are you saying yes to having food truck operations be allowed on permitted places?
Or potentially pots, okay. Yeah. Okay, so not a conditional use permit, more just in anywhere we have defined, we like to have it. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Well, I have a question or two. So... we maybe talk a little bit well about maybe the farmers market we have currently at the the drager's sort of area can we can you share like how how did that come about what what what does what could that represent you know i i do is there a conditional use permit being given there or um you know What did we need to do to make that possible?
Okay, so we currently have language in our special events permit resource that can allow for, let's say, a food truck to regularly come to a I guess, are we considering that area a vacant lot? It's owned by somebody, right?
Okay, that's helpful. And just as a reminder for me and perhaps others, do we currently have any sort of distance requirements away from schools for either food trucks or non-motorized vendors?
Okay. And I imagine this is sort of a similar question, and I apologize if it's too remedial or we already sort of went over it, but I seem to recall in the presentation you noted that we cannot make them move. But are we saying beyond the sort of moving violation sort of framework we have right now with regard to food trucks, i.e., we may not allow them to... We may have issues with them staying in a position for a certain amount of time. Maybe this is similar to what Councilmember Newsom was saying.
Right. Thank you. Okay. So I'm a, I'm a little torn at the moment because I sort of feel as though I don't really know what we might like with regard to these questions. Personally, I feel, um, that I appreciate the research conducted and some ideas shared, but to me, I think, um, I may not like, you know, without maybe a little more diving into examples for, you know, from cities that may like answer these questions in various ways and look at like some templates as ideas. I'm not completely sure what good looks like at the moment. But I'm hopeful that maybe we'll have an opportunity in…
Thank you. And I think I generally agree with that. To me, I think another wrinkle of the conditional use permit is that I think maybe if we were to try something new, if we were to pilot something or take first steps toward something new and different, The conditional use permit, I think, allows us a little more flexibility where we can we can put it into motion. And then if we need to tweak it or something, we it can be temporary and we're not locked into something and have to redo it. But Councilmember Newsom, did you have something else you wanted to add?
Okay, thank you. I don't know if I missed Director Dahl wanting to share anything or staff, anybody.
to get your feedback okay thank you uh well i i will say yes to number one um and i think similar to what councilmember sirko gadiski and and councilmember newsome were outlining just now to me i i think i'm somewhat aligned with this idea where um and i appreciate what you just mentioned councilmember newsome as well about uh reminding us to to look at the food trucks versus uh other other vendor types and and see these as more of an opportunity to partner uh perhaps and so with that in mind i think i'll say yes to uh number one um and should it be limited by zone district or location um I…
OK thank you very much for this item thanks everybody for their input and with that. We can go to Reports, Announcements, and Committee Updates, and just ask around who may have any. Councilmember Diaz-Nash.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY? COUNCIL MEMBER NEWSOM?
Excellent announcement. Anything customer? Okay. I will be brief. I hope. I believe so. I'll just note East Hillsdale Park. Really appreciated the opportunity to come out with staff and enjoy the reopened and renovated East Hillsdale Park. I also want to shout out Andrea and the staff who put together the recent Sea Level Rise Climate Adaptation Plan sort of first steps. We had a packed oak room. So good start on the outreach for that. Dia de los Muertos was awesome, as it always is, at King Center and Park. I saw the Deputy Mayor there. I saw Council Member Newsom and, of course, Powell.…
Thank you very much for that timely reminder. And with that, I'll pass it back to Councilmember Newsom. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you. And this meeting is adjourned.
Everyone and welcome to the City Council special meeting this Monday October 19th. City Clerk can you please call the roll.
Here. Thank you. And welcome everyone. We're excited to be here in person with options for those who choose not to be in person to still participate remotely. Thank you for your cooperation and for helping us maintain an efficient and accessible meeting environment. There are several ways to participate in public comment tonight. For those attending in person, you may complete a yellow request to speak slip and hand it to the city court. If you're participating remotely, use the raise your hand feature in Zoom. and you will be called upon at the appropriate time. If you're calling in via…
Okay, then I will close public comment on this item and we will convene in conference room C and then return for the next item on our agenda. Thank you and we'll be back soon.
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Thank you, at this time I'll open this item for public comment. So if anyone has any public comment, you may bring a request to speak slip or unmute yourself to raise your hand. Deputy City Clerk, do we have any public comment?
Okay, then I will close public comment for this item, bring it back to the dais and ask if council members have any questions or comments. Okay.
I appreciate that. Council Member Spierko-Groditsky.