Remarks by Luis A. Mc Arthur
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“The chair was mentioning he's used to giving them, now he's receiving it on his end. But thank you so much. And as the chair mentioned, there are key people that I will recognize later, like the Chattanooga High School Band, Selena Zacarias, Ralph Casillas, AMR, and many others who also contributed to making this event successful. We're gonna recognize him at a future event. And the last commendation we have, this is for Peggy Rivera. And as the family, and this is a commendation after death. Peggy died about a month back. I joined the family in a Celebration of Life event that happened here…”
“Would you like to introduce the family that's here?”
“Anthony Ramirez, son. Olivia, her granddaughter. Sophia, her granddaughter.”
“He's also one of our Bass City employees here, right here. And if it's okay, we'll take a picture, a group picture. Thank you city staff and thank you members of the audience for your patience and bearing with us. I personally think highlighting the great people of our city is so important and having them come to our city hall, their city hall, to me is incredibly important for strengthening our community and to let our community know that we work for them. So thank you for bearing with us. Yes, go ahead council member, absolutely.”
“Thank you, Council Member Perlow. And again, thank you everyone. Those that are here, I hope you get an opportunity to see with what we celebrate here today and recognize these various groups, the beautiful heritage of our city and how vibrant our city really is. We will now move to the next item on the agenda. And I hope everyone can hear me okay. This is item G, this is for public comments for items not on the agenda and also for non-action items. And we have at least a couple in-person speakers on this item. We'll start with Julia Martinez, followed by Tara.”
“Thank you. That was very good. Thank you. Tara?”
“Thank you, Tara. Thank you very much. J.R. Ruiz.”
“THANK YOU, JR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. YES, GO AHEAD.”
“Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Madam Clerk, does that conclude the speakers for this item?”
“Thank you. The next item is item H. This is a report of the city manager. Sonsagard.”
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“Thank you, Council Member. Mayor Portem.”
“Wonderful. Thank you, Mayor Portem. We'll go to Councilman Basuwa.”
“That's wonderful. That's wonderful news. That's fantastic. He's here in our council chambers. We have a nice... photo of him up here. And I watch his special Netflix. It's wonderful to have him here in our city. Council Member?”
“Thank you Thank You customer star councilwoman Yes, thank you so much.”
“Thank you, Councilwoman. And I'll just wrap up with I stay really busy in my office meeting and then driving out to meet with various constituents in our city anywhere from driving out to meet them at their house regarding parking issues, alley concerns, hazards in our city. And our city staff has been extremely responsive in addressing these highlighted concerns from members of our community. Also really proud that We're going to have the Ceviche Festival. It's going to happen here at the harbor this Saturday at 1 o'clock to 6 p.m. The Ceviche Festival has traditionally been held in Ventura,…”
“Thank you for mentioning that. You'll see, I think we all collaboratively did a beautiful job, our city staff maintaining our center medians, our green spaces, and you'll see the flags that are on Vineyard Avenue showcasing that we're home to the summer training camp of the Dallas Cowboys. So it's a beautiful collaboration with the Lodging Association, our city, the Cowboy staff, our police department, providing protection services in conjunction with the Dallas Cowboys and their staff. And so it's a beautiful time. Many of us will be there this Saturday for the opening day celebration. So we…”
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. Do any council members wish to remove an item from the consent agenda for further review and discussion? Council Member Perrella, go ahead.”
“Okay, we will pull item L6, which is from the Public Works Department for further discussion. Any other items from the consent agenda? No? Okay. What's the pleasure of council on the other items, L through one through nine, with the exception of L5 that Madam Clerk has pulled, and item L6, which we will pull for discussion?”
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. We'll go to item L6, which Councilmember Perrello wished to further have a discussion on. This is from the Public Works Department. The subject entails approve additional contract funds for additive bid item one for the Mandalay Bay seawalls, which is West Hemlock Street seawall repairs project. Specification number of Public Works 24-129. The recommendation is that the City Council approve and authorize additional contract contingency funding for the execution of alternative bid item number one in the amount of $232,000. TO AGREEMENT 326-00126 WITH GEO HEAVY…”
“That's okay. Thank you, Director Wolff, for that. That's going to enhance our city. Madam Clerk, we'll call for the vote.”
“Thank you for your comments. Thank you very much for calling in.”
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. The next item on the agenda is item N1, This is from the city attorney's office. Subject, ordinance regulating e-bikes. Recommendation that the city council approve and introduce by title only. And wait for the reading of an ordinance titled Ordinance of the City of Oxnard, California adding an article to chapter seven of the city code regarding the regulation of the operation of motorized wheeled conveyances, e-bikes, and similar devices. The Community Services, Public Safety, Housing, and Economic Development Committee approved this item back on July 14 with a vote…”
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“Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Go ahead, Damir Portoum.”