MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE
GONZALES CITY COUNCIL AND
GONZALES SUCCESSOR AGENCY
MONDAY, JULY 22, 2024
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Jose L. Rios.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The flag salute was recited by all present.
1. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Jose L. Rios Mayor/Chair Present
Scott Funk Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Present
Liz Silva Council/Agency Member Present
Lorraine Worthy Council/Agency Member Present
Maria Orozco Council/Agency Member Present
STAFF PRESENT
City Manager Carmen Gil (via zoom), City Attorney Michael F. Rodriquez, Community Development Director Taven Kinson Brown, Executive Assistant to the City Manager/Deputy City Clerk Mary Villegas, Administrative Assistant II Esthela Palmerin, Public Works Director/City Engineer Patrick Dobbins, Fire Chief Jason Muscio, and Police Sergeant Herbert Brown. * Successor Agency Item
PUBLIC NOTICE
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PRESENTATIONS
2. Introduction of the New Youth Commissioners for FY 2024-2025 City Manager Gil introduced the two new Youth Commissioners and elaborated on their summer immersion program going on right now.
Emily Mendez and Valeria Cardenas, both incoming High School Seniors, expressed their happiness to be this year's Youth Commissioners.
City Manager Gil added that they will start attending the Council meetings once school starts.
3. Introduction of the Public Works Intern
Public Works Director Dobbins introduced Public Works Intern Juan Huerta. He mentioned this was the 6th summer the Public Works Department has had an intern, which was a real pride point for him to have this program here. He went over the different interns throughout the years, and the colleges they attended. He mentioned that Juan will be starting with the City of Soledad soon as an Assistant Engineer.
Public Works Intern Huerta said he has been an intern for the last three months and expressed his appreciation for this opportunity where he has learned a lot and it's a great place to work. He thanked the City and especially Public Works Director Dobbins for giving him this opportunity.
4. Salinas Valley Health Chief Executive Officer Introduction Joel Hernandez Laguna, Salinas Valley Health Board Member, mentioned he was here a few months ago updating the Council on the search process for the new Chief Executive Officer, which was a national search. He elaborated on the process and said he was happy to be here to introduce Dr. Allen Radner as the new Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Allen Radner, Salinas Valley Health Chief Executive Officer, introduced himself and talked about what they're doing overall in healthcare and in the community of Gonzales.
He answered questions regarding wait time for appointments at the Taylor Farms Center and ensured they will make that better with new providers coming in.
BUSINESS FROM THE PUBLIC
5. Business from the Public not on the Agenda; any member of the Public may address the Council for a period not to exceed three minutes on any subject not on the Agenda. The Council will listen to all communications, but may take no action.
Henry Martinez Sr., 112 Tenth Street, commented about what happened at their party on Tenth Street on the 4th of July, and an incident for a ticket involving several officers and his family later that night. Henry Martinez Jr. showed a video while Martinez Sr. was talking.
Henry Martinez III, 116 Tenth Street, said he may have anger issues but that night he had the right to protect his sister not to get arrested. He elaborated on that incident; demanded a citizen’s arrest of the officers; and said he hated the police and wanted them gone forever.
April Martinez, 116 Tenth Street, commented about giving toys at the park on the 4th of July and an incident that occurred around 9:30pm at her home and getting hit by officers while she was protecting her son from getting arrested. Henry Martinez Jr. showed a video while she was talking. She continued saying she wanted to have the officers under citizen’s arrest; and she filed a complaint against the cops. She wanted Melgoza, Mendoza, and Perez gone.
Mayor Rios asked them to do either one or the other because it was hard to hear her when they had a video going and talking at the same time.
Elvira commented in Spanish about her son receiving a ticket on the Fourth for firing illegal fireworks and thought it was because he was around where everything was happening with the neighbors. She elaborated on the questions she asked the officers if she didn't sign the ticket; and her kids being present during the incident that happened with the neighbors. She asked if she could see the pictures of her son doing the illegal fireworks or if he was targeted because he was around all the illegal fireworks around them.
Diego Rodriguez, 128 Tenth Street, commented about what happened on the 4th of July in his neighborhood when cops started questioning him and threatening to arrest his mom if she didn’t sign the ticket; and seeing an officer hit Henry with the flashlight.
Ruben Zurita commented about a shed fire in Gonzales and incidents in other cities on the 4th of July and shared his concerns about information missing on the letters and banners. Didn’t know how many people got contacted, and people shouldn’t be hosing down roofs or tarps to prevent fires. He asked about holding future committee meetings.
Roman Barba commented about not having illegal fireworks landing on his house this year; a problem with tree in front of the post office due to sap; weeds around businesses; Park on First Street being an eyesore; and the whole old town needing to be cleaned.
Richard Dansby, Gonzales resident since 2010, shared his concern about the possibility of an accident when people come into town around the curb by Fifth Street due to cars being backed up. He suggested a traffic light for people to slow down.
Henry Martinez Jr. felt it was a joke on the 4th of July for having nine officers asking for him, and he elaborated on the incident that happened with him and his daughter and his family getting involved; teaching the cops a lesson; the illegal fireworks coming from the house next door; filing a complaint today against every single officer involved; and told them it was payback time.
City Attorney Rodriquez suggested moving Item 18 up before Consent Agenda which was the California Breeze Assessments Election. He informed that we had to count about 130 ballots, and the Council could open the public hearing, receive comments, then send our Consultant to the back room to count the ballots during the rest of the meeting, and we will have the results before the end of the meeting.
Mayor Rios said he wanted to move Item 21 up as well because Scott will have to step off as he's a resident of California Breeze.
City Attorney Rodriquez mentioned we couldn’t do both because we won't know whether or not we're going to do that California Breeze item until the ballots are counted.
CONSENT AGENDA
6. Approve the Joint City Council and Successor Agency - Budget Meeting - June 17, 2024 Minutes
7. Approve the Joint City Council and Successor Agency - Regular Meeting - June 17, 2024 Minutes
8. Approve City Accounts Payable Warrants #50396-50535
9. City Manager’s Report
10. Community Development Department Activity Report
11. Community Engagement & Recreation Departments Activity Report
12. Fire Department Activity Report
13. Police Department Activity Report
14. Public Works/City Engineer Department Activity Report
15. Consider Approval and Authorize the City Manager to Sign an Agreement Between the City of Gonzales and C4 Consulting for Rendering Services That Support Youth Leadership Development
16. Consider Approval of a Consulting Services Agreement Between the City of Gonzales and Armanasco Public Relations, Inc. Dated July 23, 2024 through June 30, 2026 for an Amount not to Exceed $60,000 per Fiscal Year, for a Total Contract Amount of $120,000; and Authorize the City Manager to Sign it
17. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2024-51, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving a Telecommunication Easement Agreement Between the City of Gonzales and TPA VI, LLC, Concerning the Acquisition of Lease Agreements with Verizon and T-Mobile for Cellular Tower Sites on the City Water Tower at 700 5th Street Council Member Silva asked if the activity reports were for the month of June and didn't include any information for anything that occurred in the month of July.
City Manager Gil responded that was correct. Staff prepared the reports for the previous month, and anything that happened in July will be on the following report.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Maria Orozco, Council Member
SECONDER: Liz Silva, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco *
*
REGULAR AGENDA
18. Consider Approval of 1) Resolution No. 2024-40, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Conducting a Public Hearing, Considering All Assessment District Protests, Approving the Engineer’s Report, and Confirming the Levy of the California Breeze Benefit Assessment District NOS. 1, 2 and 3 for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and 2) Resolution No. 2024- 41, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Conducting a Public Hearing, Considering All Assessment District Protests, Approving the Engineer’s Report, and Confirming the Levy of the California Breeze Parks and Open Space Assessment Districts NOS. 1, 2, and 3 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
This item was discussed before the Consent Agenda items.
Mayor Pro Tem recused himself from this item.
Staff Report: Public Works Director Dobbins presented the staff report.
Mayor Rios opened the public hearing at 6:48pm.
Public Hearing: Richard Dansby, Homeowner, asked if his home was assessed in 2010 when he first moved there since there was mention that something hadn't been done in 30 years, the percentage used for 2025 scared him. He mentioned that as long as the assessment was fair, he was willing to pay for the workers mentioned on the second part.
Public Works Director Dobbins responded yes, it has been assessed every year. He clarified the maximum assessment was tied to the Consumer Price Index benchmark which is the San Francisco Bay Area CPI increase used April of every year, and that has worked well for the other six assessment districts. He noted that there was no CPI increase to the maximum assessment after 30 years, since this was in the early 90s, we're basically not covering the cost to maintain these two districts for operations and maintenance. For the Parks & Open Space, we have the Smith and Enright landscape contractor who's out there once a week, the other costs such as electric meters used; and for the Benefit Assessment, it was street maintenance and signs, and storm drain basins maintenance. He noted the report showed this was phased out over three years or four depending on the assessment based on the input of our Assessment Engineer Harris & Associates, to get us to full assessment to cover the cost.
Henry Martinez Sr., 112 Tenth Street, commented about the cost of homes in San Francisco being higher versus Gonzales and said to stop looking at big cities.
Henry Martinez Jr. commented about the only one person coming to defend themselves here and felt there should be more people speaking and defending themselves. He mentioned he didn't know anything until he sat at this meeting.
City Attorney Rodriquez clarified that all of the homeowners in the California Breeze districts were notified by mail and sent a ballot. They all had notice to the fact that this election was taking place, and we received a pretty good response, which was 130 ballots.
Mr. Martinez Jr. said they should be here speaking for themselves.
City Attorney Rodriquez responded we can’t tell people they have to come and speak, and in this case casting their ballots was how they spoke.
Roman Barba commented about this being a pretty high jump, the property taxes going up every year, and suggested fixing the sidewalks.
Rick Clark, Harris & Associates, clarified the reason we use the CPI from the San Francisco Bay Area rather than somewhere else, was that the only CPI indexes that we have to use are either from San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego. He understood the concern of the residents that the CPI may not apply to them but they don’t have much of an option to use anything other than using the closest one. In regards to the resident who commented about the 22% increase, he said that was high but that district was formed in the early 1990s and there had been no increase in the dollar amount since that time. He gave an example of a 3% average each year through the 30 plus years, where you would probably not have to have this issue tonight, since there would be plenty of money to pay for the streets and everything to be properly maintained. He explained that was the reason we were going through this process since the district doesn’t have the funds to maintain the district properly and to make the necessary repairs.
Mayor Rios commented about Canyon Creek having this increase on an annual basis and there’s plenty of money in that district to maintain it but the problem was California Breeze that there hasn’t been an increase for over 30 years, and right now the City is taking general fund money to pay for maintaining the park and streets, but can’t continue to do that and take money from the rest of the residents to take care of one area of town. He stated that area needed to be taken care of by that particular district which that was the way it had been set up.
City Manager Gil mentioned the City embarked on this process because we heard loud and clear from folks from that area that there were maintenance issues and as of June 30th of this year, Parks and Open Spaces District in California Breeze was in the red $252,000 taken from the general fund to cover those needs. She said this was an attempt to bring things to current and this was not going to cover everything, but we desperately need that funding to maintain Meyer Park and the surrounding areas. She clarified folks in that neighborhood were notified multiple times and received at least two reminders to send in their ballots, and thought over 100 ballots was a pretty good turnout so we’ll see where they stand. She also clarified it was impacting our general fund greatly and needed to consider what we were doing out there and how we maintain safety and reduce issues without continuing to go into the red in that subdivision.
City Attorney Rodriquez asked if there was anyone in the audience with the ballot that had not been submitted.
There was none.
Mayor Rios closed the public hearing at 7:03pm.
City Attorney Rodriquez mentioned at this point this matter was closed and will be reopened once the ballots had been cast, and hand over the ballots to Rick and Chief Muscio to count them, and the Council could move on with the agenda maters.
Ater considering Item 19, City Attorney Rodriquez reported that we will not be needing to Consider Resolutions No. 2024-40 and No. 2024-41 as we don’t have a final count yet but it looked like it was overwhelmingly been rejected. They will still be doing the California Breeze assessments that were on this agenda later on in the packet but with respect to Item 18, it had been overwhelmingly rejected. So far, there had been 5 yes votes and the rest were noes, and have 20 or so envelopes left.
The Council continued with the rest of the agenda items.
Before considering the closed session, City Attorney Rodriquez asked Harris & Associates Engineer Rick Clark for an update on the final tally for Item 18.
Engineer Clark informed that 91% of the ballots were noes, and 9% yes.
Item died due to the outcome of the ballots.
19. Community Center Complex Project Progress Report and Task Order No. 2 with Harris & Associates
Staff Report: Public Works Director Dobbins presented the staff report.
Luis Flores, Harris & Associates Construction Manager, elaborated on the design development phase of the project, construction documents, and permit issuance for the construction happening at the moment. He elaborated on the grading pads occurring now and the day-to-day construction activities, project management, progress reports and budget updates.
Public Comment: Henry Martinez Jr. commented on the potholes damage that's going to happen on Fifth Street due to the construction.
Richard Dansby commented about making the kids aware to look and listen to the guys with the vested suits.
Roman Barba commented Fifth Street was a mess and wondered if they were going to pave the road. He believed this was caused by semitrucks.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Scott Funk, Mayor Pro Tem
SECONDER: Liz Silva, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco
20. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2024-42, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Approving and Accepting the Gonzales Police Department’s AB 481 Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Military Equipment Report Pursuant to Government Code Section 7071(d), and Renewing City of Gonzales Ordinance No. 2022-131 “Approving Gonzales Police Department Policy Manual Policy 709-Military Equipment” Staff Report: City Attorney Rodriquez presented the staff report.
Mayor Rios opened the public hearing at 7:30pm.
Public Hearing: Henry Martinez Jr. commented about the drone's intention for the 4th of July and it wasn't being used due to the pilot being at his house, and believed there was no need for the drone and the AR-15s.
Henry Martinez Sr. commented about not trusting the police with using military equipment and the time an officer was shooting an AR-15; and the drone being at his house instead of catching everyone popping the fireworks while the operator was at his house.
Roman Barba expressed his opposition to this policy and believed it wasn't needed since this was one of the safest Cities with no crime. He opposed to the drone purchase and said it was a waste of money.
Mayor Rios closed the public hearing at 7:37pm.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Liz Silva, Council Member
SECONDER: Maria Orozco, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco
21. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2024-43, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagrams and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - California Breeze Benefit Assessment District Nos. 1, 2 and 3; and Resolution No. 2024-44, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagram and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - California Breeze Parks and Open Spaces Maintenance Assessment District Mayor Pro Tem Funk recused himself from this item.
Staff Report: City Attorney Rodriquez presented the staff report.
Mayor Rios opened the public hearing at 7:45pm.
Public Hearing: No comments came forward.
Mayor Rios closed the public hearing at 7:45pm.
RESULT: APPROVED [4 TO 0] Resolution No. 2024-43 and Resolution No. 2024-44 MOVER: Liz Silva, Council Member
SECONDER: Lorraine Worthy, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco RECUSED: Scott Funk
22. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2024-45, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagrams and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - Canyon Creek Benefit Assessment District Nos. 1, 2 and 3; and Resolution No. 2024-46, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagrams and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - Canyon Creek Parks and Open Spaces Maintenance Assessment District Nos. 1, 2 and 3
Council Members Worthy and Orozco recused themselves from this item.
Staff Report: City Attorney Rodriquez presented the staff report.
Mayor Rios opened the public hearing at 7:51pm.
Public Hearing: No comments came forward.
Mayor Rios closed the public hearing at 7:51pm.
RESULT: APPROVED [3 TO 0] Resolution No. 2024-45 and Resolution No. 2024-46 MOVER: Scott Funk, Mayor Pro Tem
SECONDER: Liz Silva, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva
RECUSED: Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco
23. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2024-47, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagrams and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - Gonzales Industrial Park Benefit Assessment District; and Resolution No. 2024-48, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagram and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 for Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 - Gonzales Industrial Park Landscape Maintenance Assessment District This item was discussed first, before item 21.
Staff Report: City Attorney Rodriquez presented the staff report.
Mayor Rios opened the public hearing at 7:43pm.
Public Hearing: No comments came forward.
Mayor Rios closed the public hearing at 7:45pm.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Scott Funk, Mayor Pro Tem
SECONDER: Maria Orozco, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco
24. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of Resolution No. 2024-49, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagram and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - Cipriani Estates Benefit Assessment District; and Resolution No. 2024-50, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Gonzales Confirming Diagram and Assessments and Levying Annual Assessments Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 - Cipriani Estates Parks and Open Spaces Maintenance Assessment District Mayor Rios recused himself from this item.
Staff Report: City Attorney Rodriquez presented the staff report.
Mayor Pro Tem Funk opened the public hearing at 7:53pm.
Public Hearing: No comments came forward.
Mayor Pro Tem closed the public hearing at 7:53pm.
RESULT: APPROVED [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Maria Orozco, Council Member
SECONDER: Liz Silva, Council Member
AYES: Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco RECUSED: Jose L. Rios
At this time, City Attorney Rodriquez indicated for the record that the tallying of the ballots was still going on and there was no need to return to Item 18 as the results were clear that it was overwhelming response.
Mayor Rios asked for clarification where the majority of the money was being spent at that district.
Public Works Director Dobbins clarified the majority of the money was for the landscape maintenance efforts of the parks and open spaces.
BUSINESS FROM CITY COUNCIL
25. City Council Board/Committee Reports
a. League of California Cities Monterey Bay Division
No report.
b. Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
Mayor Pro Tem Funk reported they went dark in July.
c. Monterey Salinas Transit
Council Member Worthy reported on the capital improvements program including hydrogen upgrades and a microgrid design project; Narcan distribution policy; and York Students project. She mentioned MST will go dark in August.
26. Oral Communications
Council Member Worthy mentioned the 4
th of July festivities were amazing.
Council Member Silva mentioned the 4th of July was quite loud on the north end of Ninth Street where her cousin’s dog was traumatized, and it was sad to see the animals react. She knew the officers were busy ever since Memorial Day and it still continued, and there were three animals lost due to the shed fire in that area. She announced the Monterey Fair from August 28th- September 2nd, and hoped people would support the exhibitors. She reminded everyone school will start on August 8th and asked everyone to be careful with the extra bodies out there.
Mayor Pro Tem Funk said the 4
th of July festivities were great and thanked staff for continuing to do a great job, as well as the Police and Fire Departments, and he appreciated their presence and enforcement out there.
Council Member Orozco thanked everyone on behalf of Rotary who came to the 4th of July, as well as the Police and Fire Departments, and Mayor Pro Tem Funk and his wife and Monica for a great job on the parade. She said they will be looking at forming subcommittees to help with the different activities in the future. She announced the Annual Rotary Golf Tournament on August 10th, and anyone interested can sponsor the event or donate items for the silent auction, which proceeds to go scholarships. She thanked the City Manager and staff for their efforts on the Financial Literacy Workshop which was very well attended regarding the home buying process.
Mayor Rios thanked Rotary for the well-done event on the 4th of July. He thought the retention pond at the Canyon Creek subdivision was a waste of space and liked what Soledad was doing with one of the retention ponds which was used as a park. He understood we don't have money now, but in the future as the community grows, he thought we could add that open space area.
Fire Chief Muscio mentioned in that particular retention pond, there was a guy that slid down numerous times over the years, and it was way too steep to do anything with it, and it would also take tons of work to be able to make a usable area out of that. He said when you get to the flat areas you can see where it drops down and it's pretty steep.
On another note, Mayor Rios said his last visit to Stanford was not as successful as he hoped to and elaborated on his vision problem and the bad news was that his left eye is pretty much done.
He mentioned that being said, he was really contemplating whether to run this year and he had decided that he would like to run these last two years and he guaranteed he will not run again after these two years because not only we have the development of the Vista Lucia, but the need for a new substation. He said he made some phone calls internally to PG&E as he still has friends, and they told him they hadn't even heard from the guys that do the planning, and he couldn't believe it because there had been some emails that there was movement on this. He said he made connections with the planning engineers and Randy hoping to move this project along. He said if people would support him for two more years with his mumbling of the agendas, he felt he was very committed to make sure we get the housing and substation. He felt if that substation was not built, there would be a lot of development that wouldn't get built in Gonzales because there's not enough power and for these reasons he decided to run again. He said he wanted to make this announcement.
BUSINESS FROM CITY MANAGER
27. Oral Communications
City Manager Gil reported we got notice about a grant we’re receiving and that will be coming before the Council at an upcoming meeting. She thanked the community for doing their part on the 4 th of July, as well as the Fire and Police Departments for having a well thought out plan of action and strategies in place that worked. She said staff will have an update at the next meeting. She reminded everyone about the senior programming coming back in August. She reported the housing meeting was quite successful and a lot of people who were interested in housing received a lot of good information. She wanted to make sure people know it's important to stay on top of the announcements that are coming out in the utility bills and social media pages, so they don't lose opportunities like these. She added United Way came out and had a great financial presentation for people who were interested in buying a home. She gave kudos to our Public Works Director Dobbins and everyone who worked in getting the final executed SRF Loan Agreement.
Council Member Worthy asked how the community garden was going as she had people ask what they could do.
City Manager Gil updated that staff met with all the partners at the site last Friday and Save the Whales will be coming monthly to do activities with kids there once school starts, and they will be notifying the various organizations involved as to what the need is out there. She said there will be more irrigation and people are now picking veggies and fruits. She encouraged anyone that would like to do anything there to reach out to Jessica Albor-Olmedo who will be happy to coordinate where things will go. She added that staff will be putting up signs shortly with the types of plants.
She concluded that people could have boxes as well, and Olinga was going to be leading that.
CLOSED SESSION
Any member of the public may address the Council on a closed session item appearing on the agenda.
Speakers shall have a limited time of three (3) minutes. Please be brief and to the point.
There was none.
28. The City Council will recess to closed session to consider personnel matters pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(B)(1) - City Manager Evaluation.
The Council engaged in the process. No other reportable action taken.
ADJOURNMENT
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Liz Silva, Council Member
SECONDER: Lorraine Worthy, Council Member
AYES: Jose L. Rios, Scott Funk, Liz Silva, Lorraine Worthy, Maria Orozco The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
ATTEST:
Mary Villegas, Deputy City Clerk