Special City Council 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
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
6:00 PM
Council Chamber Building
17555 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Morgan Hill City Council meetings are held in person with the option for the public to attend in-person or participate by teleconference/video conference. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is below.
MEETING PARTICIPATION
Morgan Hill City Council meetings are held in person. The community may attend in person or via Zoom (video/teleconference). This meeting will be live-streamed on the City’s Facebook page.
As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may attend online.
However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option.
Those wishing to participate in the meetings remotely must register in advance at https://bit.ly/CityCouncilZoomRegistration. Additionally, Zoom participants must be running the latest version or will be required to update to the latest version before being able to join the meeting remotely.
Remote participation is also available by calling (669) 900-9128 and entering webinar id: 873 3200 8380#. Dial *9 to raise your hand, and be called upon to speak for up to 3 minutes. Dial *6 to unmute.
July 22, 2025
2 PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment may be offered verbally at the meeting or in writing before the meeting.
Those attending remotely may only offer public comment for items on the agenda.
Public comment will be heard from those attending in person first, with the submission of a speaker card. Once that is complete, we will move to those on Zoom who have their hand raised. Following public comment from Zoom, we will close the public comment period for that item.
Written public comment may be submitted to the City Clerk:
• In person at the City Council Meeting;
• Via email to [email protected]; or
• Hand delivered or mailed to the City Clerk at 17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Please email your comments to the City Clerk no later than 3:00 p.m. on Monday (the day before the Special City Council meeting) so that your comments can be submitted to the members of the City Council with sufficient time to review them. You may continue to provide written comments up to noon on Tuesday (the day of the meeting), although Council Members may not have sufficient time to review them before the meeting. Public comments submitted to the City Clerk after noon (12:00 p.m.) the day of the meeting will be provided to the City Council as time allows.
Written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the City Council Meeting. Please note that written comments are posted on the City's website. It is recommended that you do not include any personal information that you do not want to be posted on the web. Please be advised that communications directed to the City Council are public records and are subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act and Brown Act unless exempt from disclosure under the applicable law. Communications will NOT be edited for redactions and will be printed/posted as submitted.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (408)779-7259 or by email at [email protected]. Requests must be made as early as possible and at least two full business days before the start of the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTS
July 22, 2025
3 Correspondence received before posting the agenda.
Correspondence received after posting the agenda.
JULY 7, 2025 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING CLOSED SESSION REPORT OUT
The City Council took the following actions on a 3-0 vote (Mayor Turner and Mayor Pro Tem Martinez Beltran did not participate):
1. They waived the attorney-client and work product privileges for the limited purpose of responding to Public Records Act requests for the attached report, and directed staff to make the report public without redaction (except for legally required redactions to the attached police report).
2. They voted to refer the report to the Fair Political Practices Commission for further review.
3. They voted to refer the report to the Civil Grand Jury for further review.
4. They requested a session with a consultant to discuss the functioning of the City Council.
5. In light of the totality of the circumstances, the Council voted to schedule a special meeting on July 22, 2025, at 6:00 pm. to present the report in open session. The City's retained counsel, Shelline K. Bennett from the law firm of Liebert, Cassidy, Whitmore, will make a presentation.
PROCEDURAL OVERVIEW FOR THIS AGENDA
To ensure a clear and orderly process, the following procedures will be followed for this agenda:
1. The City Attorney will run the meeting.
2. Outside Counsel, Shelline K. Bennett of Liebert, Cassidy, Whitmore, will provide a presentation.
3. Mayor Pro Tem Martínez Beltrán and Mayor Turner will be allowed seven minutes each to comment.
4. The public will be allowed one minute each to comment.
5. Council Members will be allowed five minutes each to comment.
6. No questions from the Mayor, Council, or community will be allowed.
CALL TO ORDER
July 22, 2025
4 ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE
DECLARATION OF POSTING AGENDA
OTHER BUSINESS
1. Receive Report Regarding the Complaint of Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Martínez Beltrán
Recommendation:
1. Receive the Report from Outside Counsel
2. Receive Response from Mayor Pro Tem Martinez Beltran (7 Minutes)
3. Receive Response from Mayor Turner (7 Minutes)
4. Receive Public Comment (1 Minute Each)
5. Receive Council Comments (5 Minutes Each)
ADJOURNMENT
5 NOTICE
Any documents produced by the City and distributed to the majority of the City Council less than 72 hours prior to an open meeting, will be made available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Counter at City Hall located at 17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037 and at the Morgan Hill Public Library located at 660 West Main Avenue, Morgan Hill, California, 95037 during normal business hours. (Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5)
PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the Public are entitled to directly address the City Council concerning any item described in the notice of this meeting during consideration of that item. If you wish to address the Council on any item on this agenda, please complete a speaker request card located in the foyer of the Council Chambers and deliver it to the Minutes Clerk before the City Council discussion on the item. You are not required to give your name on the speaker card to speak to the Council, but it is very helpful. When you are called, proceed to the podium, and the Mayor will recognize you.
Please submit written correspondence to the Minutes Clerk, who will distribute correspondence to the City Council.
Persons interested in proposing an item for the City Council agenda should contact a member of the City Council who may request an item on the agenda for a future City Council meeting. Council discussion or action may not be taken until your item appears on an agenda. This procedure is in compliance with the California Public Meeting Law (Brown Act) Government Code §54950.
City Council Policies and Procedures (CP 03-01) outlines the procedure for the conduct of public hearings. Notice is given, pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, that any challenge of Public Hearing Agenda items in court, may be limited to raising only those issues raised by you or on your behalf at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to the Public Hearing on these matters.
The time within which judicial review must be sought of the action by the City Council, which acted upon any matter appearing on this agenda is governed by the provisions of Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
For a copy of City Council Policies and Procedures CP 97-01, please contact the City Clerk’s office (408) 779-7259, (408) 779-3117 (fax) or by email [email protected].
July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025
6