Incorporated July 1, 2000
Website: www.elkgrovecity.org
Bobbie Singh-Allen, Mayor
Kevin Spease, Vice Mayor Rod Brewer, Council Member Sergio Robles, Council Member Darren Suen, Council Member
AMENDED AGENDA
Subsequent to the publication and posting of the Special Meeting agenda on Friday, February 3, one additional matter of Significant Exposure to Litigation was added to Item 2A.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Elk Grove City Hall
8400 Laguna Palms Way, Elk Grove, CA 95758
City Council Chambers
The Elk Grove City Council welcomes, appreciates, and encourages participation in the City Council Meeting. The City Council requests that you limit your presentation to three (3) minutes per person so that all present will have time to participate. The City Council reserves the right to reasonably limit the total time for public comment on any particular noticed agenda item as it may deem necessary.
If you wish to address the Council during the meeting, please complete a Speaker Card and give it to the Assistant City Clerk prior to consideration of the agenda item.
Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5, a writing that is a public record relating to an agenda item for open session of a regular meeting distributed to a majority of the City Council less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be posted
on the City’s website, and physical copies of any such
materials will be available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk, 8401 Laguna Palms Way, Elk Grove, CA during regular business hours.
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
1.1 Roll Call
2. CLOSED SESSION
Once the closed session has ended, the special City Council meeting will be reconvened in open session. The Mayor or presiding officer will then make any announcements required by the Brown Act relative to reportable actions taken during the closed session.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Elk Grove City Council
Special Meeting, WEDNESDAY, February 8, 2023 - AMENDED
2 A) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION:
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9:
Two (2) Matters
B) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION:
Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9:
One (1) Matter
C) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION:
Pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9:
Seven (7) Matters:
1. Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) v. City of Elk Grove Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2023-00332729
2. Oak Rose Apts LP, a California limited partnership v. City of Elk Grove Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-80004031
3. Faryal Kabir, the guardian of the canine Zeus v City of Elk Grove Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-80003929
4. Faryal Kabir v City of Elk Grove Animal Services
Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-00326595
5. Faryal Kabir, the guardian of the canine companion Zeus v City of Elk Grove United States District Court Eastern District of California Sacramento Division Court Case No. 2:22-cv-01661-TLN-DB
6. Ghesal Kabir v City of Elk Grove
Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2022-00327633
7. Ghesal Kabir v Crystal Mocek, et al.
United States District Court Eastern District of California Sacramento Division Court Case No. 2:22-cv-01855-TLN-DB
3. ADJOURNMENT
Pursuant to Section 54956 of the Government Code of the State of California, this agenda was posted at a place freely accessible to the public 24 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting.
NOTE: Subsequent to the original posting on February 3, 2023, one additional matter of Significant Exposure to Litigation was added to Item 2A
Elk Grove City Council
Special Meeting, WEDNESDAY, February 8, 2023 - AMENDED
3 NOTICE REGARDING ORDERLY CONDUCT AT PUBLIC MEETINGS
Any person who engages in unlawful disrupting behavior may, following warning by the presiding officer, be removed from the meeting. Any person engaging in a use of force or a true threat of use of force may be removed from the meeting without prior warning. (Gov. Code § 54957.95; Pen. Code § 403.)
NOTICE REGARDING CHALLENGES TO DECISIONS
Pursuant to all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation, California Government Code Section 65009 and or California Public Resources Code Section 21177, if you wish to challenge in court any of the above decisions (regarding planning, zoning and/or environmental decisions), you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing(s) described in this notice/agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.
ADA COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
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