CITY COUNCIL/ SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA WESTMINSTER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY March 14, 2022
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Pursuant to the State of California Executive Order N- 29- 20 related to coronavirus ( COVID- 19), the City Council of the City of Westminster, California convened on March 14, 2022 at 7: 12 p.m. via teleconference/ web conference.
7: 00 P. M.
ROLL CALL MAYOR TRI TA
PRESENT: VICE MAYOR CARLOS MANZO
COUNCIL MEMBER TAI DO
COUNCIL MEMBER KIMBERLY HO
COUNCIL MEMBER CHI CHARLIE NGUYEN
ABSENT: NONE
Lucie Colombo, Interim City Clerk, announced a quorum with all City Council Members present.
STAFF PRESENT: Interim City Manager Christine Cordon
Interim Assistant City Manager Adolfo Ozaeta
Interim City Clerk Lucie Colombo
Public Works Director/ City Engineer Jake Ngo
Finance Director Erin Backs
Interim Community Development Director Debra Kurita
Human Resources Director Jodie Griner
City Attorney Christian Bettenhausen
Assistant City Clerk Abigail Y. Alcala
Administrative Assistant II Tanya Ramirez
SALUTE TO FLAG: Council Member Do
REPORT FROM CITY CLERK: None.
1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
VIA ZOOM
The following members of the public spoke and addressed the City Council via Zoom, teleconference.
1. Roger Mindrum, Westminster, requested Measure SS be placed on the ballot.
2. Terry Rains, Westminster, spoke regarding Measure SS and past elected officials' comments and votes related to the tax measure, and requested it be placed on the ballot.
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3. Vincent Huante, Vice President WMEA, spoke in support of placing _ Measure SS on the ballot.
4. Amy Wash, Westminster, echoed previous speaker' s comments, and spoke regarding the outcome of not approving the measure.
The following is a list of public members who submitted E -Comments which were included in the Agenda Packet and read into the record by the Interim City Clerk.
1. Syed Shah, Westminster, spoke regarding the pros and cons of the sales tax measure in the City.
2. Kyle Seasock, President Westminster Police Officer' s Association ( WPOA), expressed concern regarding the proposed budget, spoke regarding personnel and spoke in support of placing the tax measure on the ballot.
2. Deferred from the March 9, 2022 City Council Meeting: Citizens Oversight Committee Update Regarding Measure SS ( One -Percent Transaction and Use Tax).
Measure SS Committee Chair Diana Carey, presented the staff report.
Measure SS Committee Chair Diane Carey and City staff responded to questions and concerns. The City Council had questions, made comments, raised concerns, and had discussion on this matter.
Motion was made by Council Member Do, seconded by Vice Mayor Manzo to receive and file the report.
The motion carried 5-0, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: TA, MANZO, DO, HO, NGUYEN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
3. Deferred from the March 9, 2022 City Council Meeting:
Strategic Plan Goal # 1: Achieve Financial Stability.
Strategic Plan Objective: Provide information to the City Council on the impacts to the City if the sales tax measure is not renewed.
Interim City Manager Cordon, Interim Acting City Manager Ozaeta, and Finance Director Backs, presented the staff report, responded to various concerns and inquiries, and provided comment. City staff provided history of Measure SS, the positive overall impacts, the potential negative and detrimental impacts of not having tax revenue from Measure SS, and reviewed items presented on the detailed power point presentation.
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After City Council discussion, some of the ideas that were suggested and provided as direction to staff included, consider new ways to generate revenue, search and reviewpreviousnotesthat may be availablefrom when MeasureSS was originally introduced with previous administrations ( both personnel and City Council), achieving community involvement via a task force or general input and the concerns and potential delays of creating a Task Force, staying on schedule with Strategic Plan objectives and deadlines, etc.
Motion was made by Council Member Do, secondedby Vice Mayor Manzoto receive and file the presentation.
The motion carried 5-0, by the following vote:
AYES: TA, MANZO, DO, HO, NGUYEN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
3. COUNCILADJOURNMENT: MayorTa adjournedthe meetingat 8:42 p.m.
NextRegularMeetingwill be heldWednesday, March23, 2022at 7:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
Lucie Colombo, CMC, CPMC _
Interim City Clerk
APPROVED:
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Tri Ta
Mayor/ Chair
ATTEST:
Lucie Colombo, CMC, CPMC
Interim City Clerk
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