Regular Meeting Agenda
City Council
Mark Turner - Mayor
Yvonne Martínez Beltrán - Mayor Pro Tem
Miriam Vega - Council Member
Marilyn Librers - Council Member
Soraida Iwanaga - Council Member
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
AMENDED AGENDA - PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber - West Conference Room
17555 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
**Please note: The only item on this agenda is a continuation of a previous closed session item. There will be no regular open session items discussed or considered.**
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE
DECLARATION OF POSTING AGENDA
CONTINUED CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATON
Significant Exposure to Litigation § 54956.9(d)(2)
One case
June 25, 2025
2 One potential action involving significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Section 54956.9 (d)(2); facts and circumstances are known under Section 54956.9 (e) (2) - complaint of inappropriate conduct made by Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Martinez Beltran
ADJOURNMENT
June 25, 2025
3 NOTICE
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PUBLIC COMMENT
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June 25, 2025
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From: Joe Baranowski
To: Michelle Bigelow
Cc: Christina Turner; CC Public Comment; CityCouncil
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] I assume Public Comment will be taken at this evenings meeting? Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 6:31:06 PM
Michelle,
The item on the agenda is a continuation of a closed session which I obviously know nothing about. The agenda also indicates the original item had something to do with a potential legal action against the City. Again, I have absolutely zero knowledge of anything whatsoever to do with a possible legal action against the City and I can assure you my Public Comment has nothing do do with any potential legal action against the City.
I had hoped to deliver my comments in person. However, upon arriving at the meeting at exactly 6:02, you were at the door and informed me that Public Comment had already been closed. One traffic light too many.
Therefore, I submit the following Non-Agenda Public Comment for the June 25th, 2025 City Council meeting and request this email be supplemented in whole to the public record:
On Oct 23rd of last year a MH resident whose Nextdoor profile indicates he was a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent and mid-level internet executive at Yahoo posted the following:
Lucky, very lucky that I attended the council meeting this evening to watch, listen, and learn what is being proposed for our fine city. A very complicated ordinance is being proposed by staff.
Now, only one Council member asked very insightful, professional, foreword thinking / common sense questions – that was Yvonne Beltran.
Originally, our family intended to vote for Turner as Mayor, Not anymore. He lacked Leadership, Intellect, and concern for the overall impact to the City and Morgan Hill Life.
I have never met this resident or talked to him but How True. One Council member asks professional, foreword thinking / common sense questions while the Mayor lacks intellect and concern for the overall impact to the quality of life in Morgan Hill.
I believe that is the reason a twice elected councilwoman currently representing my district has singularly been subjected to conduct unacceptable in any workplace - including being censored, cutoff in mid-sentence, talked down to, and verbally harassed.
It's shameful that City leadership, namely Christina Turner and Don Larkin, that trumpet “MH Together” and Morgan Hill government being a beacon for equality and inclusion has sat and watched inappropriate conduct and done absolutely nothing. Like you are
rocks glued to your chairs.
You have an obligation to ensure that nobody is subject to a hostile environment when conducting the business of the City. Instead, you remain silent, yet when the time comes to oppose any dissent regarding your proposals, you are eager to vocally advocate for your position.
I don’t know what the law requires to qualify as inappropriate conduct, but I am aware that in the plain text English meaning, inappropriate conduct creating a hostile environment happens on a regular basis – in this building. And that includes when a completely false allegation of using Hate Speech was Just Made Up and directed at me.
Someone who has faithfully and professionally fulfilled her obligation and duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of Morgan Hill residents with knowledge and passion and community support has had that flipped upside down by those who are threatened with her abilities which are the root cause of the singular and inappropriate treatment she receives in this building.
What I have both witnessed and been a subject of should have been addressed and stopped a long time ago.
When will you stop looking the other way ?
Regards,
Joe Baranowski
MH Resident of 25 years
On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM Michelle Bigelow <[email protected]> wrote:
HI Joe,
Thanks for reaching out. This is a continued closed session. We will take public comment for items not on the agenda.
Michelle Bigelow, MMC, CPMC
City Clerk/Public Information Officer
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Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 3:24 PM
To: Michelle Bigelow <[email protected]>; Christina Turner <[email protected]>; CC Public Comment <[email protected]>
Cc: CityCouncil <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] I assume Public Comment will be taken at this evenings meeting? The agenda does not indicate an opportunity for the Public to provide comment at tonight's meeting, which the agenda says starts at 6 PM.
I’m assuming that is a simple oversight?
I’ll be there to make a public comment,
Joe Baranowski
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