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City of Fresno
Meeting Minutes
City Council
President - Nelson Esparza
Vice President - Tyler Maxwell
Councilmembers:
Annalisa Perea, Mike Karbassi, Miguel Angel Arias,
Luis Chavez,
Garry Bredefeld
City Manager - Georgeanne A. White
City Attorney - Andrew Janz
City Clerk - Todd Stermer, CMC
10:00 AM Council Chambers (In
Person and/or Electronic)
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Special Meeting
The City Council met in special session in the Council Chamber, City Hall, on the date and time above written.
10:03 A.M. ROLL CALL
Councilmember Chavez was absent during roll call but joined the meeting at 10:19 A.M.
Councilmember Nelson Esparza
Council President Tyler Maxwell
Vice President Annalisa Perea
Councilmember Mike Karbassi
Councilmember Miguel Angel Arias
Councilmember Luis Chavez
Present: 6 -
Councilmember Garry BredefeldAbsent: 1 -
APPROVE AGENDA
City Clerk Stermer announced that Councilmembers Perea, Arias and Council President Esparza were each co-sponsors of agenda item A (ID 22-1951).
On motion of Vice President Maxwell, seconded by Councilmember Perea, the agenda was APPROVED AS AMENDED. The motion carried City of Fresno ***Subject to Mayoral Veto Page 1
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by the following vote:
Aye: Esparza, Maxwell, Perea, Karbassi and Arias5 -
Absent: Chavez and Bredefeld2 -
ID 22-1950 Special Meeting Notice - Signed
OPEN SESSION:
A. ID 22-1951 ***RESOLUTION - Emergency Expansion of City of Fresno Warming Centers
Councilmember Arias provided an overview of the item.
Upon call for public comment, the following people addressed Council:
Dez, Mary Mason, Brandi Nuse-Villegas, Davante, Cindy Piomino, Alex Sanchez, Robert McCloskey, Lisa Flores and Trisha B.
Councilmember Arias motioned to approve the item with amendments to keep all four warming centers open for the next thirty days from 6 P.M. to 8:
A.M.
City Manager White clarified that City staff had already been given direction to open all four warming centers the previous night and to keep them open through January 31, 2023. She also noted the adjusted opening and closing times for warming centers would conflict with some recreational, senior and youth programming scheduled for the community centers. Councilmembers were in agreement that warming center functions would take priority but requested an assessment of impacted programs.
In discussion with the Council President, City Manager White clarified the intent was for funding to come from existing appropriations in the PARCS Department.
Council discussion included: the need to update criteria for triggering warming centers; how many possessions an unhoused individual would be allowed to bring to a warming center on a FAX bus; whether or not pets would be allowed to travel to warming centers on FAX busses, and; the possibility of rotating the mobile shower units at the warming centers.
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RESOLUTION 2022-307 ADOPTED AS AMENDED
On motion of Councilmember Arias, seconded by Councilmember Chavez, that the above Action Item be APPROVED AS AMENDED. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: Esparza, Maxwell, Perea, Karbassi, Arias and Chavez6 -
Absent: Bredefeld1 -
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:44 A.M.
The above minutes were approved by unanimous vote of the City Council during the January 5, 2023, regular meeting.
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