City of Chula Vista
Special Meeting of the City Council
Meeting Minutes
August 28, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA
Present: Councilmember Cardenas, Councilmember Chavez, Councilmember Gonzalez, Deputy Mayor Preciado
Absent: Mayor McCann
Also Present: City Manager Kachadoorian ; Jill Maland representing Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak LLP , Interim Acting City Attorney ; City Clerk Bigelow; Deputy Director City Clerk Services Hernandez
The City Council minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the City Council Agenda.
Agenda items may be taken out of order during the meeting. The agenda items were considered in the order presented.
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1. CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 5:03 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located in City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California.
2. ROLL CALL
City Clerk Bigelow called the roll.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Councilmember Chavez led the Pledge of Allegiance.
4. ACTION ITEMS
4.1 Emergency Proclamation: Ratification of the August 21, 2023 Proclamation of Existence of Local Emergency by the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Chula Vista and Report of the City Manager Regarding Emergency Response Efforts in the Community
City Manager Kachadoorian and Emergency Services Manager King spoke regarding the item.
Clerk Note: Excused absences
pending City Council approval.
2023-08-28 City Council Special Meeting Minutes
The following members of the public spoke in opposition to the staff recommendation:
Alan C., and gave a presentation and submitted written comments John Acosta
Paul Henkin
Consuelo
Sherri Woody
Joseph Leshen
Eva Adolfsson
The following members of the public submitted written comments in opposition to the staff recommendation:
Truth
Paul Henkin
Robert Johnson
Moved by Deputy Mayor Preciado
Seconded by Councilmember Chavez
To adopt Resolution No. 2023-124, heading read, text waived. The motion was carried by the following vote:
Yes (4): Councilmember Cardenas, Councilmember Chavez, Councilmember Gonzalez, and Deputy Mayor Preciado
Carried (4 to 0)
Item 4.1 heading:
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-124 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2.14 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF EXISTENCE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
OF THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
5. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:39 p.m.
Minutes prepared by: Tyshar Turner, Deputy Director, City Clerk Services
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Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk