CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
PRESENTATIONS
CITY COMMISSIONS AND KEEP
HAYWARD CLEAN AND GREEN
TASK FORCE
APPOINTMENT
ITEM #1
APPT 22-002
1 CITY COMMISSIONS AND TASK FORCE
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Miriam Lens, City Clerk
City Commissions and Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force:
Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Appointment and Reappointment of Members of the Community Services Commission, Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force, Library Commission, Personnel Commission, and Planning Commission
ITEM 1: APPT 22
-
002
2 4/5 • Recruitment Starts
6/16 • Application Deadline
6/28 • Council Work Session
7/1 • Deadline for Council to Pre-Screen Applicants
7/6 • KHCG TF Subcommittee Interviews
7/12 • Council Interviews
9/20 • Council Meeting: Action
3 BODY Vacant
Seat(s)
Seeking
Reappointment
Total
CSC 2 4 6
LC 0 2 2
PERS C 2 1 3
PC 0 3 3
KHCGTF 11 0 11
25 SUMMARY OF VACANCIES
4 Name Term Expires
• Artavia Berry 9/30/2026
• Arti Garg 9/30/2026
• Lacei Ramirez-Amodei 9/30/2026
• Collin Thormoto 9/30/2026
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
REAPPOINTMENTS: Four (4)
5 Name Term Expires
• Shonda Goward 9/30/2026
• Shareen Purcell 9/30/2026
LIBRARY COMMISSION
REAPPOINTMENTS: Two (2)
6 Name Term Expires
• Denise Thompson 9/30/2026
PERSONNEL COMMISSION
REAPPOINTMENTS: One (1)
7 Name Term Expires
• Ray Bonilla Jr. 9/30/2026
• Briggitte Lowe 9/30/2026
• Zachariah Oquenda 9/30/2026
PLANNING COMMISSION
REAPPOINTMENTS: Three (3)
8 COMMISSIONS
APPOINTMENTS: Four (4)
Community Services Commission (2)
Jagdeep Singh (Succeeds Tatiana Backlund)) September 2025 Lenita Wheeler (Succeeds Corina Vasaure) September 2025 Personnel Commission (2)
Jadesola Edwards (Succeeds Nicolia Gooding) September 2026 Lucy Woo (Succeeds Zheefong He)) September 2026
9 KEEP HAYWARD CLEAN AND GREEN TASK FORCE
APPOINTMENTS: Eleven (11)
Lucas Banks (Succeeds Raul Chavez) September 2023
Margaret Barton (Succeeds Wilfredo Hoffer) September 2026 Terence Candell (Succeeds Gerald Sanebeck) September 2024 Tammy Cooper (Succeeds Adithya Naresh) September 2026
Pekon Gupta (Succeeds Michael Chand) September 2025
Gordean Lum-Villiados (Succeeds Chiemeka Okoronkwo) September 2023 Shalin Patel (Succeeds Adam Murphy) September 2023
Regneel Prasad (Succeeds Edward Moore) September 2024
Chandrakala Siramdas (Succeeds Krysta Penfield) September 2024 Katlin M. Turner (Succeeds Bert Manzo) September 2026
Suyog Zambre (Succeeds Reanne Meighan) September 2023
10 COMMISSION ALTERNATES
SELECTED: Three (3)
Name Meeting Body
Elena Lepe Community Services Commission
Elaine Alvite Community Services Commission
Arti Garg Planning Commission
11 2RECOMMENDATION
That the Council adopts a resolution confirming fifteen (15) appointments and ten (10) reappointments; and 3 alternates.
12 FIREARMS REGULATIONS
WORK SESSION
ITEM #10
WS 22-029
1 Work Session:
Firearms Regulations
Development Services and Police
Departments
2 Firearms Regulations
Background
• City currently has 2 establishments, both ancillary sales • Big 5 Sporting Goods
• Security Six
• Firearms sales regulated under the HMC
• Firearms Dealers Permit required (PD)
• Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Primary use (DSD)
• No CUP if ancillary (less than 10% of floor area dedicated to sales) 3 Firearms Safety:
Recommendations from
Giffords Law Center
• Videotaping Gun Sales
• Establishing Location Criteria
• Prohibition on Public Property
• Safe Storage in Homes
• Gun Buy-Back Program*
4 Videotaping
Gun Sales
Giffords Law Center
• Lack of regulations at federal or state level
• Provides valuable evidence to law enforcement
Current Regulations/Process
Could be added as part of any CUP or Firearms
Dealers Permit
Staff Recommendation
Amend Chapter 6, Article 11 to explicitly include a
provision under subsection 6-11.05, Conditions of
Approval
5 Establishing
Location
Criteria for
Firearms
Sales
Giffords Law Center
• Prohibit sales near sensitive locations including
schools, churches, playgrounds to reduce
children’s exposure
Current Regulations/Process
• Evaluated on a case-by-case basis as it is not a
listed use in Zoning Ordinance
Staff Recommendation
• Amend Chapter 6, Article 11 to explicitly include
a provision under subsection 6-11.03,
Application Form; and prohibit within ½ mile of
any school or playground
6 Prohibiting
Possession
of Firearms
on Public
Property
Giffords Law Center
• Helps keep guns out of spaces where freedom of
expression and assembly is important, where
children frequent, and where disagreements are
common
Current Regulations/Process
• Have regulations related to prohibiting discharge of
weapons in the City limits, but no language
prohibiting possession on City property. HARD
does have provisions prohibiting possession in their
parks.
Staff Recommendation
• Amend Chapter 3, Public Safety to specifically
regulate the possession of firearms on City Property
7 Safe
Storage in
the Home
Giffords Law Center
• Local Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws to enhance
existing regulations related to safe storage of guns in homes to help prevent accidental shootings, suicides and firearms theft
Current Regulations
• CAP laws already exist under State law
• CA Penal Code Section 25100 punishes the criminal
storage of a firearm; can be a felony or misdemeanor
Staff Recommendation
• Do not adopt any local provision, but rely on existing state laws given any local law that is substantively different or stricter than state law would raise validity issues under the Second Amendment
• Difficult to enforce
8 Gun Buy-
Back
Programs
Council also requested information about Gun Buy-Back
Programs.
Current and Past Practice
• Historically held a gun buy-back event at the Business Costco
• Guns relinquished were inconsistent with those found
in the field, many didn’t function properly, and all were legally owned
• PD will accept guns for destruction at any time at the HPD
Staff Recommendation
Given concerns over program effectiveness, cost concerns, and insufficient staff capacity, staff does not recommend creating a formal buyback program
9 Questions/Discussion/Feedback