Hello, good evening everyone. I'm going to. I'd like to call to order the regular meeting of the Berkeley City Council in January 21st. Welcome back everyone after winter break. Can we have the role please? Yes, Council Member Kester Wani. Here. Applin, present. Barclad is absent. Tregum, present. O'Keefe. President. Blackaby. Here. Unapara. Here. Humbert, President, and Mayor Ishi. Here. Okay. Thank you very much. I want to make an announcement in case anyone is here for the Zab appeal, which is item number 25. The appeal has been withdrawn by the appellants. So you're still welcome to stay for public comments, We have a meeting for the councilmember. We have a meeting for the councilmember. We have a meeting for the councilmember. We have a meeting for the councilmember. We have a meeting for the councilmember. We have a meeting for the councilmember. We have a meeting for the councilmember. the last month was Councilmember Kessarwani, District 1. Thank you for doing that. And this month is Councilmember Tapplin, our District 2 Councilmember. Good evening, everyone. The City of Berkeley recognizes that the community we live in was built on the territory of Huchun, the ancestral and unseated land of the Chorchino speaking of Lonely People, the ancestors and descendants of the sovereign of Verona band of Alameda County. The slant was and continues to be a great important saw the Allowing Tribes and descendants of the Verona band. As we begin our meeting tonight, we acknowledge and honor the original inhabitants of Berkeley, the documented 5,000 year history of a vibrant community, the West Berkeley Shell mound, and the Allownie people who continue to reside in the East Bay. We recognize that Berkeley's residents have and continue to benefit from the land and from the use and occupation of this unseeds-solving land since the city of Berkeley's incorporation in 1878. As stewards of the laws regulating the city of Berkeley, it is not only vital that we recognize a history of this land, but also recognize that the Alonium people are present members of Berkeley and other East Bay communities today. The city of Berkeley will continue to build relationships with the Lijon tribe and to continue meaningful actions that uphold the intention of this land management. Thank you so much council member. We have no ceremonial matters this evening, so I'm gonna move us on to city manager comments. No comments tonight Madam Mayor. Thank you. I'm now like to move on to our city manager comments. No comments tonight Madam Mayor. Thank you. I'm now like to move on to our city auditor comments. Is our city auditor here? Thank you so much. Okay. Wonderful. Okay. Can you hear me? Okay. I wanted to tonight share our 2024 audit recommendation follow-up report that my office released in December. I'll share why we follow up on audit recommendations as well as some of the highlights from our recent report. So every why we follow up, every report that we issue includes recommendations for departments to support them to meet their mission goals and address the identified risks. After the release of the audit, departments are responsible for providing updates on the status of their recommendations on their implementation of these recommendations. This helps you as the city council. It helps the public and it helps our office track the progress departments are making and where they need more support. Last month, six departments shared updates with City Council as information items on the City Council agenda. Our annual report provides a comprehensive overview of where the city stands in implementing these recommendations and what risks still exist. The report covers the period from May to November of 2024 of the audits and the audit recommendations issued in the past five years. In order to streamline the reporting, we are moving to an annual follow-up process for most audits, including releasing annual reports like this one. This new process will make it easier for stakeholders to know when to expect updates and reduce the burden on under staff departments. Plus, we still have our online dashboard where council and the public can get regular updates. Moving on to the findings of the report, the city is making progress. Since May, the library and departments across the city have implemented nine recommendations. For example, in order to improve reporting and transparency, the fire department has developed a dashboard to track defensible space inspections and is sharing progress and outcomes with the disaster and fire safety commission from the measure FF audit. In response to our recommendation regarding strengthening the city's debt management, the finance department updated its debt management policy with the city council approval and lowered the general obligation bond threshold from 15 to 6% of assess value. In total, departments have implemented 37% or 42 of the 113 audit recommendations released since 2019. This will provide a baseline going forward in tracking recommendations. Departments made additional progress on other recommendations starting or partially implementing them. For example, the environmental health division started or partially implemented eight out of nine recommendations proposed in the restaurant inspections audit released in July. However, 58 audit recommendations across five departments and the library and the mayor and city council remain unimplemented. Additionally, we dropped 10 recommendations for the fire department. We dropped Council remain unimplemented. Additionally, we dropped 10 recommendations for the fire department. We dropped recommendations after five years. However, the fire department is continuing to work on several of these recommendations, including adjusting BMC language and staffing response to increased construction. Per council member Black had used request at the December 10th meeting, the fire department will share a memo with updates to council in six months. You can learn more about our audit recommendations across the seven departments on our dashboard. and the city manager for their work on their cooperation and implementing these recommendations, submitting updates and working with us to improve operations and services for the Berkeley community. I also want to thank the city council for your commitment to accountability and providing this form to track the city's progress on implementing audit recommendations. And I want to thank my team of dedicated public servants for doing this important work. Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate your comments in the report as well. We will now be taking public comment on non agenda matters. Do we have any? There would be an opportunity to ask questions of the city auditor. Yes, go ahead. I'm sorry. I asked you to come back up if you don't mind. Thank you. The way is, thank you so much, Auditor, for all of you, to you and your team, for your hard work. I was curious if you could let us know which are the recommendations that the mayor and council are responsible for, one of which it appears has started and one of which it appears has yet to start. We can go back and look at that. I know one of the recommendations is pertaining to the staff retention report with identifying a way of gathering regular information from staff, but we can look up the other recommendation and get that information to you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Other questions? Okay. Great. I would like to move to public comment now. Yes, we just have three cards for in-person non-agenda comments and the three names are Lisa Teague, Mary Ann Uribe and Carol Morosovic. So you can come up in any order up to the podium there. I'm going to go to ask about the ongoing early construction starts at the People's Park Project. The construction, well this morning there were lights on and a truck being moistly unloaded. I live across the street as do many other people, including students who live in Martinez on the other side. 415 AM, there was noisy unloading of a vehicle et cetera, et cetera. Now, according to the Berkeley Municipal Code and the standards for construction, they're not supposed to start construction noises until 7 a.m. There are some caveats about the amount of noise, but really it's pretty clear that they're not supposed to start from 7 a.m. I don't know if the university is required to abide by Berkeley noise ordinances, although they do encourage students to abide by Berkeley quiet hours after 10 p.m. So that is something that they have noticed. And it's very wearing, honestly, to not have very much of a break from the constant noise. I understand seven to five. That's cool. But beyond that, it's, it's really excessive. Thank you. Thank you so much. And my staff is going to follow up with you. Appreciate your comment. Thank you. But next speaker. And does the third speaker want to come up as well? Just so you're nearby. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I come before you today to speak for people who do not feel that they have a voice in this city. Those are the people who were wiped out during Black Friday when a storm came in, we were at the encampment, the homeless encampment in front of the city. And a storm came in and lighted this all out. I nearly died. My neighbor had to take me out of my tent and try to save my life. Now, what also happened is a city came through and did a sweep and took all of our personal property. I have lost my laptop, my phone, I've talked to Mr. Rudenhagen about establishing a fund so that we can get that property back. The city did not have a right to take us out. And the only reason they did and did not even want to get our property back to us is because they assume we were homeless and therefore worthless. So I ask you today to establish that fund where we can be reimbursed by the city for their theft at an embezzlement of our property. Also, I want to urge all of you to look at the people that live in these encampments. I am now over at City Sonapark. And I'm sorry if you could finish your sentence. Okay, number eight on your agenda is acceptance of a grant for national government. I'm sorry, this is actually on non-agenda matters. Okay, but I did hear your comment about taking a look at folks who aren't encampants and I appreciate your comments. So thank you so much for speaking about your time as well. We want a website. There are so many people that are in those at Clampons that are talented. They're a great artist. I absolutely agree with you, but you're kind as us. So I'm going to ask if you can speak with my staffer who's in the audience, he's going to come up and chat with you as well. And we need you, your compassion. Thank you. Not your disrespect. We are not vagrants. We are not criminals. We are. Thank you people who contribute. Thank you so much. I know your point is well taken and I definitely understand the value of people who are living on the street. For 50 years. So come on. Thank you so much. I want to give time for the next speaker, but I appreciate your comments and thank you. I want to set up an appointment with you. Okay. Thank you. Welcome. Come on. I know some of you, or I know you have all been sent to a letter in terms of the restroom, portable restroom that's being established at University in San Pablo to provide some history of this restroom. And the other restroom at Adelaide, and Alcatraz, which has had no complaints and the telegraph has had no complaints from the community, they're actually welcoming. These portable restrooms, this originally started from a recommendation from the Homeless Commission in 2017 where we asked for restrooms and watched stations throughout the city because of the need. And it was also around the time of the outbreak as San Diego of hepatitis. The City Council was on board with it and did and contracted with the consultants, the City Contracted with consultants who have done an excellent job on the city rest room study. It is one of the most thorough reports I've ever seen done. It, they did extensive groups, including with community members. I was on three, at three of the four groups that were where they met with homeowners and business owners and I was at the one in West Berkeley and I distinctly remember that group recommended that location. University in San Pablo as well as James Kennedy report park. If you look at the Citywide Restroom study you will see that they contacted ride share drivers, they contacted AC trans and anybody who might need a 24-7 restroom. This is an absolute need. It's in the permit process about ready to go to bid and the the protest about it essentially it's again the fear of the homeless and that they were using it. And I was actually at the district four forum and they're asking for something like that because they're complaining about public defecation and urination. Thank you so much. I appreciate your comment. Do we have. Yes, we have speakers on zoom. So I will take the first seven speakers on zoom, since we only have three in person. And first up is Kit Saginaw. Kit, you should be able to unmute. Thank you very much for taking my comment. I'm Kit Saginaw, and I am the chair of the Fair Campaign Practices and the Open Government Commission. And I'm wanted to let you know that unfortunately we now have four vacancies. We had a problem with not having enough commissioners last year and thanks to you you pointed folks and then we had eight. But unfortunately two people have moved out of town. One person who had served a long time has now stepped down, and we're back to only five commissioners. We are actually two commissions of the Open Government Commission is the same people that is the Fair Campaign Practices Commission. It's the ex officio where we're appointed to both commissions. And each commission has a full set of work. The Fair Campaign Practice Commission is responsible with enforcing the Open, the Berkeley Election Reform Act and Open Government is the open government ordinance. So we have quite a bit of work. And ordinarily we do a lot of that work with three persons subcommittees. But. Sorry to interrupt you, but your time is actually up. And I have noted that there are four vacancies that need to be filled. Thank you. Can we have our next speaker please? Yes, next is Rose Ellis. I'm going to go to the council. I'm going to go to the council. I'm going to go to the council. Rose Ellis. Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Good evening, city council and mayor. My name is Rose Ellis. I'm the founder and leader of the group. Save the United Artists in Berkeley. You may not know that our group is hired in an attorney and we filed an appeal to the zoning boards granting Patrick Kennedy a full exemption from Sequa. We ask that you follow the law. The United Artist meets all the criteria to have a historical Sequa EIR. It is landmarked and on the state register. At the last Zab hearing, the heads of Zab hid their own city peer review reports that were done by the Rinc and Consulting Group which stated in no in certain terms this building qualifies for CEQA. They were not given to the Zab members and they didn't even know about it until I handed them out. Lastly Mayor our group has repeatedly tried to arrange a meeting with you, but no one seems to answer your phone and no one answers your emails. Thank you. Thank you so much, Rose, for letting us know about that. I will check in with my staff. Next speaker? Okay. Next is Amy Baldwin. Amy, you should be allowed to speak unmute. Hello. Hi. I think I had another. Caller who was willing to see their times for me if I needed extra. If there's a mayoral Segal on the comment list. Yes. So Merrill is seating, let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Actually, Merrill is not one of the 10 speakers, so she would not be able to yield. Okay, okay. That's all right. I am with a group called Beautiful Sand Pablo and we endorse the implementation of the modern standards of crime prevention through environmental design called SEPTED to create safety in public spaces through building architecture, and neighborhood design. But with love and things for you. Sorry, you're actually cutting out. We can't hear you. Amy, you have a bag. We could come back to you though. City planning, I didn't gather a few of human connection through direct visible sight lines and creating a sense of shared responsibility over public spaces. In other words, public safety comes as a result of a strong diverse welcoming and active community. Design choices include clear sightlines through choices of material and location of windows doors, porches and so on. Avoiding, is there someone talking? Yeah, I just go ahead. I'll go ahead. I'll just keep you put your comments. Thank you. Okay. We asked that city planners give top priority to creating objective design standards throughout city that adhere to the accepted principles because the design of buildings and our city affects how we live and the human connections that we will make and maintain during our lives. Thank you. Okay, next is Anna Marta. Hi, thank you for taking me. So I actually live in the building that's by the Wells Fargo West, in Pablo, the corner of San Pablo and University, the Northwest Building. And I've been here for many years. It's a co-op. I had a plight to get into a man artist and a social worker. And something new has been happening here. We have in the empty Will's Fargo parking lot. Now we have a homeless encampment developing and there's been fires along our building. Quite a few of them, we've had to call the police and they came with fire truck and police officers really nice and helped us with that. And our manager is also had to put two out himself. And we have one of our people, we have a 26 unit complex in one of the women who lives in the unit has Lyme's disease and all her big issues. And she, they're a lighting fire. She said that are going a foot high, close to where she was. Is that please conclude your comments? We, we, we need some help from the city. We, we need, it's private property. We need the, we need the people put into shelters and not living in our parking lot. And we also don't want a public restroom outside our door to bring, I have a lot of pride in where I live. Okay, next speaker is a speaker with a phone number ending in 211. Press star 6 to unmute. There you go. Hi. Good evening. My assistant, our sole manager tonight, served me with some paper. Our business, our great business, 51-year-old business, is suing the city of Berkeley for $1,080,000. And you deserve it. You really acted very bad. A corrupted employee of yours would have foot in all of your mouth. And just a regain who ended up to be the worst mayor in the history of Berkeley as many of the city council as well. One to be ashamed of our city. I've been in Berkeley for 62 years and I've ever seen such a bad shape. The new mayor is welcome. You could do something, but the losses you did to us, not to be us, not to be us. Our clients, millions of clients in the area, follow our business. They have nowhere else to go. You have totally shamed our city. Our beautiful city. I'm graduate from Mercury. I have spent 14 years in your engineering, thought at Berkeley. Just to air again, you shame you see Berkeley as a fellow graduate from Berkeley. You have done horrible things. Not only to me, look at the city, horrible trees, homelessness, poverty, all because of your action. Okay, the final speaker is Cheryl Davila, former council member. Thank you. Happy New Year, although it's starting out to be an incredible year with the fires in Los Angeles and a black community out to D&R, burned to the ground. It's really sad all the trauma that we have to go through because people don't pay attention to the climate. But I just wanted to talk about a couple things. One, there was a driver's license checkpoint the other day on Ashby below San Pablo. What kind of crap is that? That was like very interesting. I don't understand why that's needed. It seemed like that would be an opportunity for, you know, not bad actions by BPD and I don't understand why you need to do that. Also, it makes me wonder if you're gonna cooperate with ICE, even though you're not supposed to, because we're a sanctuary city. And you should be ashamed that, even though it wasn't all of you, but still you're the city council now. And I haven't heard Jack about the ceasefire. Yeah, we have one. Sad to see that. Luna Par is not wearing her cafe anymore because there's still a lot of support needed for. Okay, that concludes non agenda public comments. Thank you, thank you everyone for your comments. Next is public comment by employee unions, which happens at the first regular meeting of the month. Are there any unions here that like to speak? Ah, yes, I see someone coming to the front. Thank you. Any others if you want to come up to the front, so you can be ready to speak as well. Thank you. Hi. Hi, everyone. Nice to see you. My name is Sarah Ceramie and I am the vice president I'm here on behalf of our chapter officer team to express our support of item 27 reaffirming book as a sanctuary city. This item refers the city attorney to explore legal support and defense of sensitive sites, creates a task force to help protect against threats to immigrant communities and request department heads and form all staff of our sanctuary status. SCIU-10-1 has historically supported the effort to establish sanctuary cities. And in 2018, a group of 10 to 1 members were a part of a successful lawsuit, which ultimately determined Trump's threat to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities was unconstitutional. The fight for workers' rights is inextricably tied to the fight for immigrants' rights and vice versa. And it will require loud and firm solidarity to fight what is ahead, which our team is probably committed to. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for speaking on behalf of your union for being here this evening. Are there other comments from unions? Okay. We are now moving on to the consent calendar. I just want to note that on item 22, I wanted to let folks know that we've added Council Member Kessarwani as our representative to ACTC with Council Member O'Keefe as the, say again, thank you, alternate. And at this time, if there are any council members who have comments on consent, go ahead and please press your buttons for me. I'm going to start with council member Bacchody. Thanks, Mayor. Just a few comments on a couple of items. First of all, item 10, which is the FEMA Public Assistance Item Fire Department. Just a that, again, in the wake of what we've seen in Los Angeles with the wildfires, we've been getting a lot of constituent inquiries rightfully so. I just want folks to know that this is a priority for all of us, public safety priority, for all of us on the council priority for the fire department. And there's a lot of work that has been done and much work that is coming. And you'll be seeing the results of that in terms of the fire departments pulling together in the next few weeks. I want folks to know that emergency response and wildfire preparedness is probably the top priority. Certainly for me in District 6 and I can speak for several of my other colleagues. And so anyway, I just want folks to know that is coming. We take it seriously. I appreciate all the hard work that's already been done, but we know there's much more to do and we are ready and you'll see much more of that soon. Item 16, just wanted to thank, this is on the benchmark analytics for the early intervention system. This is an item actually, I saw when I was serving on the Berkeley Police Accountability Board. It came out of the city's fair and impartial policing work, which is giving the police department more tools to identify problems and issues in the ranks before they become problems. And I just appreciate the work that the department with the PAB and the BPA have done together. It's a really good example of collaborating to address an important topic and find a solution together that's going to make a difference. And I think it's a very reasonable investment to improve the quality of policing, the professionalism of our department, which is already very high. So again, thank you for bringing that forward. And the last is on item 27, which is a sanctuary city item, I'd like to move that to the consent calendar. We have a lot of community members here who are eager to speak on that, want to make sure they have the opportunity earlier in the meeting. Again, I'm glad that we are considering it at today's meeting. It's the first day after the Trump administration took office. They have made, as we know, mass deportation threats and threats to come after our immigrant communities. And I think it was really important for us as a council to come together and reaffirm that here in Berkeley we're planting the flag very firmly that we reject that and that we stand up for all of our neighbors here in Berkeley and we wanted to make sure that on day one of our calendar in 2021, which has or 2025, which happens to be the first day after the Trump administration took office that we are putting our flag firmly in the ground for sanctuary. And I wanted to thank you. And folks can see the item. Folks to see the item. It does reaffirm our sanctuary policy, which is previously in place, but also we did want to expand beyond what had been done before to pledge very tangible support for our community-based organizations and sensitive sites since the Trump administration has newly targeted them for action. And we're working with the city attorney to help us figure out what is practical and what kind of support can be provided either directly or through other community organizations to support those very important institutions. So it's about what we do as a city and it's also about how we're showing support for our community members. So thank you the mayor for being a co-sponsor to Council Member Luna Paura to Council Member Taplan for being supporters. Thank you to City Attorney, thank you to the city manager for being fully with us in support of the effort to lease off one of East Bay Sanctuary and many of you who are here tonight to speak on it. This is incredibly important as a community that we speak with one voice and we're glad to brought forward. So I just asked we move at the consent to allow people to make comment. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any opposition to moving item 27 to consent? Okay, seeing none, we will move it to consent. Thank you so much, Council Member. Next is Council Member Luna Para. Thank you so much. And thank you so much for Black B for writing this item for sanctuary city. I would like to see if there is any opposition to also sending items number 26 and 28 to the consent calendar as well. 26 and 28. Okay. Great. No objection. Okay. Those will also move to consent then. Thank you so much. For. Sorry. I'm so sorry, but you know you've had an opportunity to speak already. I apologize but thank you. Thank you for your comments and I apologize for interrupting you but we are taking council member comments right now. Absolutely your comments is well taken. Thank you very much for sharing and I want to make sure that we give opportunities to our council members to to give their comments. But thank you very much. I appreciate you being here this evening. Councilmember Luna part did you have other comments you wanted to make. Thank you, yeah, really briefly. I, on item 21, I'd like to extend my congratulations and excitement for Lisa Teeck's appointment to the Mental Health Commission. There are fierce advocate in the Southside and lead with compassion and integrity. And I know that they'll continue to do that as we move and move forward with the Mental Health Commission's new role. And for item 28, I wanna also thank Public Works Director Davis for and his team for their support and in constructing this budget referral with grace and effectiveness. Thank you so much. Thank you. See you next is Councilmember Traykup. Thank you so much. I was going to make some recommendations that already were made. And I would just very briefly like to voice my strong support for item 27, reforming partly as a sanctuary city. I was just talking to former senator and former mayor, Ronnie Hancock. And I was reminded that we really are standing on the shoulders of giants here over 50 years of history. It was under our leadership on the council that Berkeley became the first sanctuary city in the nation. Yeah, this is... I never thought that we would have to be at a time when we have to reaffirm this again. This is very personal to me as an immigrant whose family is here, but for the ability for asylum to be granted for some of them. And I shatter to think that there are attacks on others by the highest elected official in the nation right now through words and threats of actions. It reminds me of the quote, and it's very relevant today, that I'll thread. An injustice to one is an injury to all. And so on behalf of our district for office, that is comprised entirely of immigrants and forced generation folks, as an immigrant myself. I see you and I am ready to lock arms and stand shoulder to shoulder to defend, ensuring that Berkeley remains a beacon of light, hope, inclusion, and acceptance. No one should feel unsafe here, and I am, I don't know if excited is the word given the time that we are in, but I am very much looking forward to joining this council and working together to ensure that we remain a sanctuary community for all. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Humbert. Thank you very much Madam Mayor. Now that we've moved virtually everything to the consent calendar, I'll make the comments that I was going to make on the action calendar. Now, first of all, I want to bring a little attention to item number seven on the consent calendar, which is the commission of Julie Chang to do some wonderful work in the form of a mosaic inside the new soon to be this summer. summer opened the Willard Clubhouse. I want to thank the staff, the Civic Arts Commission, and the members of the selection panel for their work on this. And of course, thank the artist Julie Chang for all the work she's done and will do on this mural. It's really a wonderful piece of art. I've seen representations of it, McCats. And I'm really excited for the club has to be complete and to include this new work of art in our collection, our city collection of wonderful pieces of public art. If you'll bear with me, I'll go through my notes here. Into the action calendar. What was the action calendar? And of course, number 27, reaffirming Berkeley as a sanctuary city. I want to thank Council Member Blackaby. I want to thank Mayor Ishi, Council Member Luna Parra and Council Member Taplan for bringing forward this recommendation for a recommitment to our sanctuary city status. I also want to thank just listening to Councilmember Tregub for his heartfelt comments. And they were really inspiring and poignant. It was for me to sit here and listen to those comments. It's worth remembering that the United States only exists in its current form because a caravan of undocumented migrants got on a boat in England and came over here to make a new life. And our country has benefited from immigration ever since. Maybe it's a glib, but that's an historic fact that highlights the hypocrisy and bigotry at the heart of our current immigration policies and at the heart of the policies that are going to be and are being enacted by our current administration in Washington. Enforcing federal immigration law is not and should not be the jurisdiction of local police, this item reaffirms that basic principle. The incoming administration has made clear that they intend to run roughshod over basic human rights and constitutional protections as they attempt to deport undocumented immigrants. But all of us, council members, city staff and our police officers have a solemn duty to uphold the constitution and to protect the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right to the right With respect to item number 28, which is curb marking and preventive infrastructure upgrades and allocation. Hopefully from the June budget to provide the city with adequate funding to really get started and get a sort of get really underway as quickly as possible with this critical safety work. I want to thank Councilmember Alunapara for bringing this item and for also bringing me on as a co-sponsor. It will help fund our constitution under California State Law to expand red curbing around our intersections and crosswalks. This single and simple improvement works to dramatically enhance pedestrian safety. It's been proven in the very dense cities of Hoboken and Jersey City, both in New Jersey and elsewhere across the country. It's really true vision zero in those cities. There have been no deaths or serious injuries for the past five years. At the last time I looked at the stats. Pedestrians can see cars coming with red curbing before they step off the curb and drivers can see pets with more time to prepare to stop. Daylighting is really critical for public safety. And the latest news I read was that the cities, the large cities of Oslo and Helsinki are dramatic examples of how this policy has worked. Both these cities managed to get traffic deaths per annum down from 20 to 30 per year, in one case to zero and the other case to near zero. So really excited that we're taking this step to enhance safety here in Berkeley. And I'm grateful for Council Member Lunapar's work on this and to staff who will help implement it. Thanks a lot. Thank you so much. We are now moving on to Council Member Tapplin. Thank you very much. I wish to thank Mike colleagues for the leadership on items 26, 27 and 28. And I would like to discuss item 22 and wish to move it to action. Are there two other council members? Yes, I would like to do that as well. And council member Blackaby. Okay. That item will move to action. All right, other other comments? Oh, no, that's all. Thank you. Thank you, council member Keserwani. Thank you very much. Madam Mayor. Happy New Year to everybody. I want to thank Council Member Blackaby for your leadership on reiterating our commitment to be a city of refuge and sanctuary. I want to acknowledge the fear and pain that many are feeling right now. And I know Council Member Truggett said he is an immigrant. I'm the daughter of immigrants. We are a nation of immigrants. And this resolution, I hope reiterates our commitment to our immigrant community here in Berkeley. I want to thank Council Member Luna Pada for her budget referral to implement the state's new day lighting law. And on my item, I want to clarify that we are moving the supplemental two to consent. The supplemental two just clarifies the purpose of the referral and also makes clear that the direction that council has provided on the middle housing ordinance has paused any consideration for the hillside overlay zone until we receive the results of our evacuation study. So what we are moving forward on is a plan for areas of our city outside of that hillside zone that is prone to fire risk. So thank you to my co-sponsors on that item. Council members, Humbert, Bartlett, and Luna Pada, and that's all I have. Thank you very much. Thank you so much for your comments. And I had seen Councilmember Keith slide up. I just want to make sure you did you want to speak still? I did. Okay. Yeah. It went away. So just one of these. Thank you. Yeah, I would really want to especially thank Councilmember Blackaby and co-sponsors for bringing the incredibly important sanctuary city re-information item to us tonight. I feel very strongly about it and I'm delighted for the opportunity to vote in support of it as part of the consent calendar. Even though it doesn't represent a change in law or policy, I think publicly reaffirming this policy is a really essential action to take during this very front week. So the policy is, it's straightforwardly good public policy. I think that's uncontroversial, but the power of it actually lies in not just having the policy, but in the public awareness of it and public trust in our policy. And that's why I think it's so important to actually reaffirm it publicly today. So I really want to take this opportunity to speak directly to our neighbors who lack documents and their loved ones. If you feel unsafe and you need the assistance of the police, please call them. Please call them. Please keep yourself safe. If you have children, please send them to school. Please continue to participate in civic life as you have had before. You are our neighbors, you are part of us. Please, we welcome you and we will protect you. I really want that known and heard clearly. Please. Yeah, please just believe us when we say that we're here to serve you. I. I think we should reaffirm this policy at every meeting. Honestly, we can add it to our to our, to our landing knowledge matter or something. I really just, please spread the word. Please, everybody should know we welcome you, you're part of us. So thank you very much and thanks again for being the item. Thank you. Thank you so much. Council Member Blackaby, did you have another comment? We're just one quick and Council Member Custor, why don't you brought it up up but just to highlight it because again I know it's an issue that came across a lot of our desk, but on item 26 On the homeownership proposal just confirming again this doesn't change any of the You know, I know the planning directors going back and reworking the proposal But in terms of new middle housing in the high fire zones, this doesn't change that exclusion and just wanted to confirm that and make that very clear to folks that that's in consideration that's part of this, right? Councillor Murk. Yes, if that's a question, yes, not politically. Yes, it's not making any change to the council direction, which was very clear on a pause for the hillside overlay zone, which is where we have our fire zones. Two and three. Yes. Okay, so because with that, I'm happy to support it, but that exclusion obviously is important for us. So thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I do think it's so important that we make sure it's clear to the public what it is that we're doing. I know it can be very confusing and our agendas are very long. So thank you all. I want to make some comments myself about the sanctuary city item. Again, thank you so much to Council Member Blackaby and Council Member Zlunopara and Taplin for co-sponsoring. I've joined them as a co-sponsor as well and I just want to say as mayor, I think it's really important for me to say that we as Berkeley, we affirm it status, our status as a sanctuary city, given the new presidential administration and the current political climate. There are some cities out there that are actively assisting ICE, and we are taking the stance to reaffirm that we will not be doing that. And I think that's so important to be able to say, and I feel very lucky to be in a city where this is not a controversial issue. I was thinking. I mentioned outside earlier that I've just been at the U.S. Conference of Bears in DC, and I spoke with other cities who aren't able to do this. So I feel very grateful to my colleagues that we are all united here in this. We must say vigilant to new and ongoing threats to our community members. This is a scary time for many folks. And as a Japanese-American, my family was wrongly incarcerated during World War II just because of their identity. And I understand that sometimes our government makes these decisions and it's important for us on a local level to really stand up and say that that's not right. I feel it's my responsibility to reassure our residents that they are safe here. Our country needs to reform our immigration systems and a path to citizenship, not past policies that cause fear and uncertainty. And until that time, I ask that all Berkeley schools, that we can't afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to afford to So that Berkeley can truly become a place where we can all live and thrive. So thank you all so much for being here today. I know that many of you are here to speak in support of that. And I do want to give you that time. So thank you. Okay. So I would like to close council comments and open public comments on consent calendar and information items only, but although we've moved most things from action over. Go ahead up whenever you're ready. Thank you. I'm going Hoffman with the Space Engineering Covenant and we strongly support the resolution reaffirming Berkeley as a sanctuary city. This resolution aligns with EBSC's Mission and Values and we are proud to be part of this initiative to protect our community members from intimidation and attacks from federal authorities. EBSC provides legal and social services, community organizing and education to support low-income immigrants and people fleeing violence and persecution. provides legal and social services, community organizing and education to support low-income immigrants and people fleeing violence and persecution. We reach over 12,000 people every year and help them on their path to citizenship and integration. As many of you know, the sanctuary movement in EBSC were founded in 1982 by faith congregations in response to the Reagan administration's cover-up and support of war crimes and genocide in Central America. Sanctuary supporters risked arrest and imprisonment by publicly declaring and acting on their commitment to provide sanctuary for the 60,000 Salvadoran and Guatemala refugees fleeing violence and persecution by their own governments. EBSC has evolved over the past 42 years in direct response to the needs of the refugees in immigrants we serve. We work directly with undocumented immigrants who come to the San Francisco district to seek safety and begin to rebuild their lives. Many people we serve have experienced atrocious violence and deserve to be welcomed and supported, not demonized and forced into the shadows. We want community members to feel safe going to school, the hospital, and places of worship without fear of ice raids. All Berkeley residents have the right to access these spaces and live without fear of deportation and family separation, despite the Trump administration's attempted reversal of DHS policy around sensitive sites. We applaud the Berkeley City Council in May for once again meeting the way in supporting immigrant members of our community and working to keep families together rather than tear them apart. We look forward to partnering with the sanctuary task force to create an ordinance. Now is not the time to be silent. Trump's deportation agenda affects all of us and the council and the safety and prosperity of our communities. Thank you for ensuring that community voices are heard. Thank you so much for your comments. I just want to warn you all, I am a stickler for time so I apologize. I mean be very consistent so that way everyone gets the same amount of time. I'm really trying to be fair here so thank you all so much because I am looking forward to your comments. So thank you. Go ahead. You have one minute to speak. Oh my goodness. Okay. Hello everybody. I'm Ono Romero and 30 minutes. Do you want to move to Michael Little Closer just sorry? I'm the chair of the Berkeley Peace and Justice council. Do you want to move to Michael closer just sorry? I'm the chair of the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission. And I'm going to read a letter. I'll support past unanimously by our commission and sent to you. The Peace and Justice Commission advises the city council on all matters relating to the city of Berkeley's role in issues of peace and social justice. We write to urge the passage of the 2025 resolution reaffirming Berkeley as a sanctuary city. We thank the author, Councilmember Bakkeby and the co-sponsors, Mayor Ishi, Councilmember Bakkeby and the co-sponsors. Mayor Ishi, Councilmember Lina Pada and Councilmember Tathlin for bringing this resolution to protect the rights of the over 21% of Berkeley residents who are immigrants in the city and the public safety of all residents. I'm so sorry Grace. If you can make sure, we'll make sure that we receive your letter as well. Okay, great. You've got another, you've got another minute. I'll just kind of truncate the letter because there are three points we wanna make. Point one is that we urge the council to go one step further and begin the process of codifying this resolution and the past sanctuary act resolutions into a city ordinance. Given the urgency of the situation which I will heard you talk about, our recommendation is that the tax force take actions towards ordinance recommendations in the first 100 days of the new term administration. We also urge this council to allocate funds to the support of community-based organizations. And finally, we ask the commission to amend the resolution to include a call for the repeal of the Enemy Aliens Act of 1780, 1798, which President Trump threatened to vote in his promise to detain and depart millions of non-citizens. Wow. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. And our next speaker. Thank you. On item 10, I would call these discussions during the pandemic. And I hope we're consulting with other jurisdictions to find out what the delays are in terms of the reimbursement to the city. On item 28, only districts 1, 2, and 4, I believe have had the community forms the council talked about. Moving to item 27, so we absolutely need to identify the CBOs and others in the community who have trusting relationships with undocumented immigrants. The Women's Daytime Drop and Center, for example, serves undocumented immigrants regularly. When I make sure that they're in the loop and other ones are also involved in these decisions because we want this to be more than theoretical. We want this to be pragmatic. I'm glad to hear one of the legal organization speaking. I believe we have three legal organizations in Berkeley that are nonprofits that we should be engaging. It's going to be extremely important to have that legal support. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, my name is Michael Smith. I'm with the East Bay Sanctuary. I started there in 1985. I just want to bring up a couple interesting parallels between those times and this time. The sanctuary movement got really active in 1982 because of the lies of the Reagan administration, saying all these central Americans were coming to the US for economic reasons. While we were supporting genocide and mass occurs in Central America, the current administration also tells many lies about immigrants, says they're rapists and murderers, murderers and criminals. This coming from a president who is a convicted felon, has been convicted in a civil court of the sexual assault, and has like 20-some other women accusing him of sexual assault. So it's important to see these parallels and declare sanctuary. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, my name is Rebecca Gurney. I also work to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. I'm going to read it. feel safe going to school, into the hospital, into places of worship, without fear of ice raids. I think all Berkeley residents should have the right to access these spaces and live without fear of deportation and family separation. We are standing up for our friends, our family members, our neighbors, and our colleagues, and all residents should be able to trust in local law enforcement and feel confident they won't be turned over to ICE or deported if they send their kids to school or have to go to the doctor. Now is not the time to be silent. Trump's deportation of Jenna affects all of us and the safety and prosperity of our communities. We are happy to see Berkeley rising to the occasion and standing up to protect the right to sanctuary. Thank you all for your work on this. Thank you. Thank you for your concise comment. Hello, Madam Mayor, is she and council members? It's been a little while since I spoke here. Usually I speak on other matters mostly related to housing. But this time, you know, it's very positive. And I'm so glad, as Mayor Ishi just said, that we live in Berkeley. I thought there was actually going to be an argument about this, you know, I was prepared. I have materials here that I was going to pass out, but I'm not going to do that. I'm just going to thank the Council and Mayor Ishii for reinforcing the idea that this is a sanctuary city, that immigrants matter, that we're all immigrants. And I was just going to say that there are others here who have curated and exhibited at the Berkeley Historical Society about what happened when things go wrong. In 1942, over 1,000 Japanese-Americans were moved from the city of Berkeley. We have them all on a map. We're gathering their stories. It was horrible, but thank you, thank you. Thank you for your comment. Thank you, my minutes. I'm a current UC Berkeley student. I wanted to convey how strongly I support the resolution to Rue from Berkeley as in sanctuary city. And I have a little speech to go with it. More now than ever, our protections in sanctuary city and I have a little speech to go. More now than ever our protections in sanctuary necessary for immigrants and their families. When immigrants are being persecuted understand that it's not only an attack against them but it's an attack against all of us. For one, immigrants are the backbone, blood and soul of this nation, let alone our city. They are neighbors, they are farmers, they are frontline workers, they are cooks, they are caretakers, our cleaners, they are students, our academics, our teachers, et cetera. In many ways, they do so much more of the heavy lifting than most native born Americans wouldn't think of doing. Their persecution would result in disastrous effects for the US socially, economically, politically, et cetera. We depend on immigrants much more than we think. The doors, which are in the process of opening, which threat our citizenship and residency here, threaten all of us, the political climate at the moment led by President Donald Trump, threatens to reverse birthright citizenship, not just for immigrants of the past, but for also Americans of tomorrow. This isn't obviously an unconstitutional initiative. It reveals a much more sinister reality and attack on immigrants would open the doors for an attack on all of us. What matters most right now is that we protect those being unjustly persecuted especially during this unconstitutional nightmare. We need to protect new protection in sensitive areas like schools, hospitals, religious institutions and public transportation. We need SB 48 and we need sanctuary. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm here to speak in favor of two items, 26 and 28. 26 because I own property with two units on it. And if this gets all sorted out, that is something kind of thing that would give somebody an opportunity to own in the future that they wouldn't have otherwise. And for 28, there's a for curb daylighting. There's a large van that parks at the end of my block routinely and it makes it very dangerous for pedestrian and cyclists going by on California Street. So we can't get this done soon enough. And I would much rather have curb-savvended red than to rely on enforcement from the police department. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker. One hold it up. Hello, my name is Nancy O'Kai. I was born in Berkeley at out debates. And I went to the Berkeley Public Schools. I'm the daughter of immigrants who lived on six street and university. My grandfather had a cut-flowered nursery, and he'd be really surprised at fourth-street right now. I'm here speaking on behalf of my family, who were taken to Tanfuran Race Track and the Topaz Nita concentration camp. And I'm also speaking on behalf of Sudo-Frasal Adairi, which is a national immigrant rights Japanese American social justice organization. Suzanne and I are members of that. Today I brought a poster and it says, Berkeley was not a sanctuary city for my mom in 1942. Berkeley, high end Calgrad, never again is now. When my mother was in 1942, my mother was in L.A. She was in art school and she decided to take a train up to Berkeley so the family would not get separated into different camps. She had to be fingerprinted. She's an American citizen, and she had to carry this alien enemy permit to travel. It says here, native of USA, because she wasn't an alien. And when I think about the trauma of our community, 80 years later, down to me, a third-generation Berkeley, and we don't want that to happen again now, but 80 a hundred years from now, children who are separated from their families, putting camps, demonized, are feeling the pain of racism, loneliness, and discrimination. Thank you very much, Council Member Blocka for authoring this resolution and to Council Member Luna Pada, Taplan and Mayor Ishi for sponsoring this. Now, since we had a sanctuary in the city in 1942, it might have protected them with an 1100 Berkeley Japanese Americans who were taken away. And now birthright citizenship is under attack. That's all I'm going to say. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for sharing your story. Good evening. My name is Karen Hilovers and I'm addressing the chamber tonight in my capacity as a former president and current board member of the Berkeley chapter of the Japanese American citizens league, the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the country. And I don't think I could say anything more beautiful or moving than what my fellow Japanese American Berkleyans have already said. So I will just thank the Council very much for this resolution as Japanese Americans and our incarceration history. We do feel a special duty to stand up for disfavored groups. And for me personally and many of my friends all in and outside the Japanese American community, the idea of the rounding up of persons from our community to go to our works and our schools and our neighborhood and to see one day that some of us, our people are gone, is sickening and terrifying and I just thank you so much for being strong and for and I just thank you so much for being for being strong and for your work. Thank you so much. Thank you. Hello my name is Becca Holtz. I'm an immigration attorney at Oasis Legal Services which is based just down the street here in Berkeley. OASIS is a nonprofit legal organization for LGBTQ immigrant community members. And we've represented over 1,500 LGBTQ plus asylum seekers since our founding in 2017. Our clients have fled to the United States after enduring horrific violence in their countries of origin because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or HIV positive status. Given the prior experiences of persecution, it takes substantial effort for asylum seekers to learn to trust our institutions, to seek help, medical attention, justice, or attend school. Unfortunately, there are more and more places in the US that are not safe for LGBTQ plus immigrants. Places that seem proud to be in welcoming even hostile. Thank you to the City of Berkeley for taking us to support our community's rights, safety and human dignity and pushing forward on efforts for city ordinance. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, my name is Piallo. I am a homeowner in Berkeley having been an alum of UC Berkeley back in the 70s when it wouldn't have been considered controversial to propose a sanctuary ordinance, but I'm really glad that it isn't now either. That Berkeley hasn't changed that much, at least in that regard. So I would like to encourage the Council to consider broadening the resolution a bit because of the kinds of things that our president has stated in recent days, particularly to reaffirm that their constitutional provisions, that we believe in the constitutional provisions that all people born in this country are citizens, that all of them, whether citizen or not, have legal rights, constitutional rights, and that, Berkeley, excuse me, and to repeal the early enemies act. And also to just to reaffirm that Berkeley will not fall to fear and intimidation of a partnership. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Ishii and City Council members. My name is Nina Sardvantis. I'm the executive director of the Multicultural Institute and with me is Rudy La, our senior programs director. Our organization has been founded in Berkeley in 1991 and since then 34 years ago we have remained true to our mission and have served immigrant families, immigrant day labors and domestic workers, intentionally and with humanity by providing advancement opportunities at a home away from home. And we are not shying away from that now. We will not allow a new administration, the fear of deportation and ice rates, or cool laws to get in the way of our work. We will continue to fight for a safe and dignified life for all immigrants. And I want to thank you. Thank you all for sending out for our immigrant community and for supporting our faith and community based organizations and for standing together for a safe and welcoming Berkeley. I want to thank you again for renewing your commitment to doing the right thing and I look forward to working with each one of you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm with social justice collaborative. We're a nonprofit based in Berkeley. We provide legal services to immigrants with low income who are facing deportation. In 24, we served over 1400 families and in the last couple of months, we've had a sharp increase in the individual seeking services, resources, information or anything that might help ease anxiety. We support the reaffirming of Berkeley as a sanctuary city. A sanctuary city is a step to help ensure that people can live without the constant fear of displacement. It's a statement that our community will not contribute to fear separation and harm. We must ensure Berkeley does not participate in deportation detention or the denial of basic human rights. The connection between over-policing racial and economic inequities and the deportation pipeline is clear. We need every safeguard possible against systems designed to target and displays our immigrant neighbors. Birkin must refuse to be complicit and so I thank you for taking the step. Thank you. My name is Drew. I'm a pastor at first Presbyterian Church of Berkeley. I'd like to speak in favor of the Sanctuary Resolution. I'd want to thank council members Blackby and Luna Paura and Tapplin and Mayor Ishi for seeking to renew the city's Sanctuary commitment in light of this current moment. It is beautiful to see our council united on this issue. I believe with my whole heart that this is not only the right thing to do, but it is our moral imperative. This is more than a symbolic gesture. It is an urgent life-saving measure with every beloved child of God who is subjected to the violence of detention and deportation, a gaping hole is torn not only in the life of that individual, not only in their family, in their school's workplaces, worshiping communities, but in the fabric of our city and society. We intend to exercise our religious freedom and practice our faith by welcoming and protecting the stranger and we may not be able to stop all the harm or change everything but together we can decide who we are going to be. Thank you. Thank you. Hello my name is Marissa and I am a community organizer for the East Bay sanctuary. I was going to seed my minute, but I did. I can use it now to thank you all and to provide testimony that I am organizing, know your rights, workshops two weeks ago. We had 150 people, 150 allies, friends of La Penha, say, what can we do to help our neighbors? And last weekend I had to give hugs to some of the people that attended the workshop, where we were telling them about the rights, and several of them just cried, because I saw that they need a hug. So that's the reality of what we're talking about. I wish we had more testimonies like that, but I can tell you that's what we are facing from the CBO. So thank you so much for your example of unity, solidarity, and you guys give hope to people. So thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, my name is George Lippman. I'm vice chair of the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission. I'll be speaking only for myself. I've been doing steeped and immigrant rights work for decades and have been in the commission for the last 20 years. We've been following sanctuary and pushing it forward. I have, I gave consultation on this item, and I'm proud of it, and I'm happy with everything that's in it. Fully supported, and I wanna raise an issue that I don't wanna take away from it, but I just wanna point out a question and a challenge to the council and to staff. Are we really a sanctuary community? Are we really a sanctuary community when we question whether we believe that homeless people are people or are they a problem? We have to rise above as Abigail said, we have to challenge ourselves on this and we have to create sanctuary like Embra- we have to find a way to embrace all the members of our community, or we're not really actually doing sanctuary. Thank you. Let's talk about it. Thank you. I'm sorry. Just came in dot I'm a resident of Berkeley. I'm really glad to hear that to be here and find that this sanctuary proposal is so uncontroversial that it. Receive is able to move to consent. I'm so sorry to interrupt you. I just want to, I just notice the clock is not. Yeah. Okay. Just. Okay. Please continue. Sorry. We're like, um, however, it is my opinion that quite frankly, if, if nobody thinks the policy is going too far, then it's probably not going far enough. And I would like to encourage the council to take this unanimous support for the policy as a signal to go further, to continue drafting legislation that will protect immigrants and you know, fight against these things to really write this stuff into law rather than just affirming it and make sure that these sentiments are really put into action. I just wanted to encourage that we really work hard on that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, welcome to our new council, Kelly Hammagrand here. Just a couple of things on item 26. I continually worry and our pursuit of housing that we are ignoring the impacts of covering land with hard-scape without thought to the we put the environment back on top. On the sanctuary, sitting with reaffirmation, thank you very much. And makes me proud to be in Berkeley. And then just like to say the fascist playbook never changes. It's always about a group to hate. And let's not forget our young turns, genders who are in so attacked. Thank you. I need to advise you that for over about three years, I specialized in post-conviction relief and what that meant is I vacated the convictions of immigrants who convictions of immigrants who had a facing deportation. And as a result of my work, those convictions were vacated. In other words, they did not exist. So, there, besides being a sanctuary in City, which is, I think, is absolutely wonderful. There is legal remedies to this situation. I think I'm going to have to take a look at the next slide. I'm going to take a look at the next slide. I'm going to take a look at the next slide. I'm going to take a look at the next slide. I'm going to take a look at the next slide. I'm going to take a look at the next slide. I'm going the president of two encampments, two homeless encampments. Thank you for sharing. I'm so sorry, but I'm trying to be really strict so everyone gets the same amount of time. A homeless encamp, but thank you. Thank you so much. I know my staff is gonna be reaching out to you. Thank you. We have another speaker in person. Hi, my name is Olga Bolatina. I'm speaking in my personal capacity. Thank you so much for introducing this legislation. I'm an immigrant. You probably hear my accent still. After 25 years, I came here in 99. Is a 23 year old who was looking for a bright life in United States. It took me about 10 years to get my green card. And the terror that people are sharing with you is old who was looking for a bright life in the United States. It took me about 10 years to get my green card. And the terror that people are sharing with you is real. I didn't run from the country that I would face terrors, but still I woke up many nights and a week during those 10 years horrified and with horrors. And when I first was stopped by police officer, yes, I was speeding. I admit, I was pleading with him not to deport me. And I'm an educated woman. I'm very blessed. So and still I had to work 10 years as a return to addition,, cleaning and doing the job that very few Americans want to do. So, thank you so much. And please support this legislation. Thank you. One really fast. We need to train now, please, because a lot of people who are coming from countries, they're really terrified. Thank you. Enforcement, thank you so much. Yes, absolutely. Thank you. I'm very much. Thank you so much. Yes, absolutely. Thank you. Did we have online comments? OK, and sorry, just to be clear. So I am moderating the in person, but we've decided that our city clerk will help to moderate the online. So apologies for stepping on you earlier. No problem. No problem. Right now we have eight raised hands. the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You should be able to unmute. Liza Lutsker. Okay, we'll come back. Next is Cheryl D'Avala, former council member. Go ahead. You should be able to speak. Next is Cheryl Dabble, a former council member. Go ahead, you should be able to speak. So, Sanctuary City, I hope it for, I just question for who? I hope it's for everyone. It includes the unhoused community, our brothers and sisters, our neighbors that are living on the streets or in shelters part time. And I hope it includes Palestinians and other people, Black and brown, indigenous communities because it doesn't seem like you cared about them when it came to not supporting a ceasefire. And I also don't think it's a great idea to give the clerk the authority to decide who gets in and not on Zoom because I know he's been discriminatory in the past and pretends to give people the mute and you know, unmute yourself, blah, blah, blah, play games. So please don't allow him to do that. And I'll take that power back. It's your, you're the mayor. Take the power. Be the mayor. Thank you. All right. I just want to briefly speak in defense of our city clerk who I believe is very fair and works very hard to connect to people who on Zoom that sometimes technology is very fair and works very hard to connect to people who on zoom that sometimes technology is very complicated. So thank you so much to our city clerk who has a very difficult job. So I'm sorry, please continue. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Try. Let's go again. Liza, you should be. There you go. Able to unmute. Yeah. Hi here. Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. Great. Sorry. Had some technical difficulties. So first, just wanted to speak for myself. Thank you so much for your sanctuary city item. I couldn't be more proud to hear all of the comments from folks and the unanimous support. Second, I'm here on behalf of Walkbike Berkeley to support what is now, I guess, consent item 28. And to just remind you all that day lighting is truly a life saving technology. We need, we need to make sure that cars are not parked on corners 80% of our pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries happen at intersections and Berkeley. This couldn't happen faster. And we really need the red paint to help remind people because, you know, citations can only go so far. And we really, really need preventive infrastructure, which actually will prevent people from parking in these spots. It will add to civic life on the streets and it will speak slow cars down. So thank you for pushing this forward in June on your budget. Thank you. Okay, next is Ren Fitzgerald. Ren you should be allowed to When you should be allowed to, and you should be able to unmute, there you go. Yeah. Hi, good evening, council. Run fits Gerald chair of the city's transportation and infrastructure commission, though I'm speaking on my own behalf tonight. I'm speaking tonight in support of council member Luna Par is budget referral for day letting implementation with over 80% of severe and fatal accidents in our city happening near a crosswalk. Daylighting is a paramount solution to Berkeley's traffic violence crisis. Daylighting alone could result in up to a 30% reduction in pedestrian injuries. The city manager is yet to give a clear direction on whether beginning April 1st, violations not at a red paint occur will be ticketed. Lunapar's measure is essential to ensuring not only that the city can actually enforce its own legislation, but keep Berkeley safe. Please vote on this item to ensure that daylighting can do its job and save lives and on the sanctuary city item for reasons mentioned by other commenters. Thank you. Okay. Next is Shirley Kirsten. Can you hear me? Yes. Thank you very much. I'd like to also congratulate you for the sanctuary's city resolution on for it. But I'm here to talk to you about the daylighting loss, which I approve of. I've sent you all pictures of big rig trucks that are redundantly parking at the intersection as a busy intersection of Hopkins and McGee. They're causing very deleterious blind spots for pedestrians. They're also causing blind spots for cars turning down McGee onto Hopkins. And I've talked to some of the shop owners who's trucks they're contracted with for delivery. And I'm trying as this private citizen to get the enforcement, but I don't think I can alone do that so I ask you to try to get the police and fire department and transportation to enforce the law and I really appreciate that you are supporting it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next is Benjamin Fry. Hi, thank you to Council and thank you for continuing the sanctuary city item as well. But I'm calling in support as a resident of district five of the item 28 in support of the budget referral for day lighting support. Like Shirley mentioned, I would, in addition to all of the red painting that we'll be going on, I'd really like to encourage city council to continue to fund infrastructure improvements that will actually help ensure that drivers are unable to illegally use day lighting spaces, especially around the area that you mentioned at McGee and Hopkins streets. Those areas also tend to have fewer bike parking spaces and often get used up. So putting in things like by crowds would be a wonderful improvement and also encourage more shopping in the area. So thank you for your support. And I hope that the city council will be able to make a better would be a wonderful improvement and also encourage more shopping in the area. So thank you for your support and I hope that the city council will continue to move forward on safer streets. I yeah. Okay next is Janice Ching. Thank you. Madam Mayor and City Council. I'm commenting on item 26, which I understand is now on consent. I applaud the city council's intent to get more affordable housing built in our city. But what I don't see in any of the proposals regarding middle housing is any guard rails being put in place to require certain income levels or certain housing prices. Everything is always being left to market rate. And I just want to caution you about what you're agreeing to give up in return for a hope of more affordable housing. And I'd really like to see more safeguards being put into place. Because I do worry about losing all of our open space and all of our family style housing in our city. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Virginia Browning. Okay, you can hear me. Yes. I'd like to speak on item 26 also. I agree with Janice and with what Kelly Hammergren said. The theory of this middle housing, and I know you're now calling it middle income here, and it ignores the price of land. In hedge funds and huge developers have driven up the price of land by this sub-dividing. Even when you had a city council person on here who he admitted that this was not going to make things more affordable. The middle housing in April of 2024, Lori Kapitel had admitted that it was not going to make it more affordable. It was about increasing the number of units. They'll be market rate, expensive. It's, I don't know how many people are sincere or just caving in to the wealth mongers that are driving this. But I really wish that, as Janice said, that you would try and put caving in to the wealth mongers that are driving this. But I really wish that, as Janice said, that you would try and put guardrails on this. Thank you. Next is Wendy Allison. Should be able to unmute. Yes, thank you very much. I'm sorry. I need to rename myself, but my name is Marilyn Cleveland. I'm a member of the Berkeley Friends meeting and the clerk of our accompaniment team. And I'm here to speak on item 26 on the Sanctuary City motion. And I want to thank the City Council for considering this and strongly urge you to please approve it. It is really important that we support every member of our community and as a group that has worked with a number of folks who are newly arrived in this area and are seeking a way to make a life for themselves and to also be of service to what will hopefully be their new country. I am hopeful that we can all join together in supporting every resident of the city, including those who are from other places. So thank you very much. Okay, thank you. And just as just a set expectations, we have a few more comments on Zoom and then I do want us to take vote, but then I will I do want to give counsel break because we have been sitting here for a couple hours and want a model good health and wellness outcomes so. Okay, yes, just have three more speakers on zoom. Next, the last name is in DAI first name, as in. You should be able to unmute. Hi, my name is Asa NNDI. I'm the executive director of the Northern California Land Trust. I'm calling speaking and support of item 12, which includes funds to support the rehabilitation of 2201 Hay Street. I want to thank the City of Berkeley City Council for your continued support for NCLT and for our project on Hay Street and for other community projects throughout the city. I also want to speak in support of your resolution on the centuries, on centuries cities. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next is Richard Ilgin. Should be able to unmute. Thank you. Look, I'm a housing person. As council member Traygoub who I've known for a long time knows, I'm a I'm a housing person that run an nonprofit housing corporation in the past. so I support housing. But I'm surprised that 26 was moved to non consent. I've seen a lot of the comments coming in from people written comments on this item. I think it needs a lot more consideration before you move forward. There has been no analysis of who benefits from this housing. No analysis with this by the city staff of who is going to, if there's going to be any low income housing created or what what level of income are going people are going to be eligible for this housing. That's one. Two is the fire risk. Right. Well, you've accepted the hills for now. The 1991 fire caused evacuations all the way down to college. And if that, if the winds had not changed, half a Berkeley would have burned. And that means evacuation plans are important for the rest of the city also, and concern over density and the rest of the city is also a concern. So that's it. You pay more attention to this when the item comes back. Thank you. Thank you. Last speaker is phone number ending in 816. I just remind you that the Nile by Donald Trump about COVID-19 cost over 1.3 million Americans from most other countries that only 10 or 20,000. The sad fact is this country is built by immigrants and right now right now we have this man coming back Nothing good is going to come from him at all Immigrants built this country in fact while he did that Corbett Madonna CEO was Lebanese the Visor CEO was Greek, both of migrants. It is pretty sad that state of the country, state of the city, wrote him back in power. And our business hard, people, hundreds of people over the last 50 years contributed many in the doors to the better government, to the state, to the city. Wake up and do your job as good American should be distening itself from the ugly picture that Donald Trump brings to him. This man is symptoms of illness, disease and passions. Thank you and have a good night. Thank you. Okay, thank you all so much for your comments. Is there a motion to approve the consent calendar with the changes that we've made? And actually do you want to read back the changes we've made that might be helpful? Sure. So yes, the consent calendar is as published items one through 21 are remaining on consent. Item 22 regarding the City Council appointments has been moved to action. And then item 26, expanding homeownership opportunities, item 27, reaffirming Berkeley as a sanctuary city and item 28, the budget referral for curb marking, those three have been moved to consent. Okay, and I think actually Councilmember Tapman has some comments. Thank you very much. I just wanted to thank everyone who spoke tonight and I want to thank Ms. Hammergund for her comments and support of trans youth. And I also wanted to just say very quickly, and I'm 26, I appreciate the advocacy for open space for all housing and fire safety. It is not clear to me how increasing ownership opportunities for a wider range of families is a threat to any of those things. Thank you. And Councilmember Trayga. Motion to approve that consent calendar. Second. Okay. 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And I'd like to pass it over to our city manager if you'd like to introduce the item. 23 sorry we are Yeah On item 23 California California municipal finance authority bond financing for 2001 Ashby Avenue. Thank you Madam Mayor from my apologies This item is is being led by our Health Housing Community Services Department. It's a pretty straightforward item that either we or Alameda County could actually take the initiative on. We don't have a presentation, but we do have our HHS Director Gilman here, and our Housing Community Services Manager Margot Ernst is also here if anybody has the questions. They don't have a presentation, but they're happy to answer any questions. Thank you so much. And thank you for being here to the staff. I would like to open public hearing. The public hearing and tick public comments. If there are any. Hey, seeing none, I'd like to take council questions only. Any council questions? Okay, I'd like to make a motion to close the public hearing then. Is there a second? Second. Okay. And. You can take a vote. You can. Or I can just say, yeah, all right. So seeing as long as there are no. Abjections. Sorry objections. Thank you. So if there are no objections, I will have us recorded all his eyes. Yes. Okay. Great. Then we also need to have council deliberations. Any. Collaborations. Council deliberation. Well. Oh, Motion to approve item 23. Second. Okay. Unless there are any objections, we can also be recorded as eyes here. All right. Thank you. Moving on to item 24, which is the changes to select recreation facilities and camps program fees city manager. Thank you Madam Mayor. This is a fee increase for some more recreation facilities and camps. We have our parks andreation and Waterfront Director Ferris' on the line in case council has any questions about any of these. We don't have a presentation to share with you tonight though. Thank you so much. I'd like to open the public hearing and take any public comments. Okay, I see one here. Hi, my name is Jerome Solberg, and I'm a board member with actors on Sombal of Berkeley. I've been board member since 2007. We've been producing theater continuously in Berkeley since 1957 and in John Hinkle Park since 2013 usually about two shows a year not counting COVID. Last year we produced the imaginary envelope and much to do about nothing to rave reviews and about 3,000 spectators free of charge. This this measure attempts to fix some issues related to the previous law that but the previous law increased our fees by about double what they were in 2023 or 2024 to 2023. And by my calculations, this will increase even with the discomforts in it by about another 8%. So I want to just, yeah, I want to just ask the council to, well, at least approve this, but consider some, I will send a note about some other details. Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay, I see another comment. So under the former council, I have spoken to this issue about their need for a waiver at the actors ensemble company. I cannot speak highly enough of the actors ensemble company. They are so dedicated to this community. They put on those John Hinkle productions, but they put out on the productions too. In 2022, I was looking for a theater company to do a production of row so that it would be timed around the the DOBS decision. And people said this couldn't be done. You know, when I went out to try to do this and I called blindly and I called the actors ensemble company and I worked with them on producing we co-produced row within three months in Berkeley free. They provided a public service, the council generously contributed to it. Please look at this company carefully and grant them a waiver. Thank you. Thank you for your comment. Any other public comments on this item? Any on zoom? No hands raised on zoom. Okay. Then I would like to take council questions only. Yes, councilmember black. Director Ferris, very quickly. And I know this is a bit of the staff report, but it'd be helpful just to summarize. You know, your process of setting fees, comparing to the other jurisdictions, kind of determining what's appropriate where it was appropriate to increase or leave the same. Just wonder if you could speak to that process and how you went through it, how you thought about it, especially since I think you guys did it without a consultant report, you did it with your own kind of knowledge and comparison, but if you could just help us understand that, I would really appreciate it. Definitely. Can you hear me? Yes. Fantastic. Yeah, well, there were two different kind of areas of fee increases here. You saw it, we've seen the small increases to Berkeley Day Camp, Echo Lake Camp, and Berkeley Tormi Camp. In the cost comparisons are in the back of the study, so we compared them to a variety of resident camps in the back of the study so we compared them to a variety of resident camps in the area. And also, taken to consideration that the the camps fund, which is made up of all three camps plus Casadero and some of our fee classes, is a self-sustaining fund and needs to be in the block. And so in order to do that as you know, raise for a camp we have to raise fees associated with it because it's not general funded. It's all self supporting. But we did do cost comparisons and they're in the back of that report and for the most part we're you know especially atcamp, we're way at the bottom of daycamp costs to our residents. And the same thing at Berkeley Echo Lake Camp. To all me, we're more in the middle in terms of resident camps for family camps of cost. But keep in mind, We gave away, I think, over $200,000 worth of scholarships to our summer programs last year and a lot of them were at these three camps. So we have a lot of 100% scholarship participants. The same thing with the fees for the picnic site rentals we're actually bringing on a bunch of new picnic sites. We've had a bunch of requests from residents that we make a lot more tables reservable. And then you'll see and there's some changes from some of the fees. Cedar, Cedar Rose Area 1, Grove Park Area 1, and Strawberry Creek Area 1 because we've added amenities to those changes. And then the discount to John, he pulled amphitheater. That was put in there and that really wasn't done with the whole water background, but we when we did establish that three several years ago. I think it was three or four years ago at this point that we did do comparisons for amphitheaters across the Bay Area. So. Thank you. Yeah, thank you so much. And I'm glad you touched on the scholarships as well. Other questions from council. Okay, seeing none. I would like to make a motion to close the public hearing. Second. And if there's no if there are no objections, I'll mark this all his eyes. Thank you. I'd also like to make a motion to approve item 24. Second. I'm glad you're touching the scholarships as eyes. Thank you. I'd also like to make a motion to approve item 24. Second. Right. And again, unless there are any objections from council members, we can all be recorded as eyes. Okay. Great. Thank you so much. So for item number 25, I just want to make sure that folks know that the appeal was withdrawn and that the ZAB decision therefore stands and also we're allowing still for public comment though. So if anyone has any public comment on the ZAB appeal that's item 25. I invite you to come up now. Okay. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. All right. So moving on to our other action items. There is only one item now in our action items, which is, which was moved from consent. That's item number 22, which is the seating arrangement for the council vice mayor term revision mayoral appointment to city UC student relations committee and 2025 council appointments. I am the author of this and so I'd like to introduce this item. First of all, by saying that there was a supplemental, again, just as a reminder, for a CTC appointment, which was Councilmember Kessarwani, and also our, in case she's not able to make it, Councilmember O'Keefe is listed. And I also just, yeah, I think actually just starting this off. I want to ask if there are any public comments about this item. Did you have a comment on this item? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Did you have a comment on this item? I'm sorry, but. Yes, thank you. So we're actually. I'm so sorry, but this is. I have to take a break. So totally understandable. On 26th. And I'm so sorry, but you know what? We were actually. Middle income people. Ma'am, I'm so sorry. It is not for low income or non-income people. Thank you very much. And actually, we've heard. That is what has to be addressed. We've heard your comments previously. And I'm so sorry, Ma'am, but we're on. Excuse me. You know, excuse me. Almost people in Brooklyn. 35,000. And you. Walk to go. Excuse me. Ma'am, I'm so sorry, but we're actually on item number 22 right now. People. What is wrong with you? Excuse me, I'm so sorry. Thank you very much for your comment earlier. I appreciate you bringing this forward to the council. But I think that of those people who need it the most. I'm sorry. Can you remind me your name the most? They don't need your penny. They don't need your name. They don't need your neck. Mark, can you please remind me of this woman's name? So I can address her by her name. And I'm going to repeat. Maryann, I'm so sorry. I appreciate your comments. Thank you very much. Can't help them. Then what the hell are you doing in office? Thank you very much for your comments. I appreciate your comments. but take care of that. This is not the time for comments on that item. Go and we've actually already voted on this item. Talk about your conscience, your conscience, on how you put these people in. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comments. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comments and seating and I thank you so much for being here. But I'd like you to be respectful of everyone's time and the folks who are here to hear this next item. Respectful. Respectful of this. I'm going to ask my staff to speak with you and you are welcome to finish giving your comments to them. Thank you so much for being here this evening, but I want to make sure we have time to move through the rest of our meeting. My staff member, Anthony is here and he'll speak with you. Ganty, I'm very tough. And I know he's giving you his card, but I'm so sorry I'm going gonna ask you to step down from the comments. Ma'am. Boy, you're conscious. You need to help these people. Thank you so much for your comments. Need. Ma'am to judge them. Marianne, thank you so much. Thank you. If you don't do it, I feel sorry for you. Thank you. Thank you for your comments and thank you to Anthony for helping her. Okay. Are there any other public comments? Okay. Do we have any comments from council members? Yes, council member Taplan. Thank you very much, Madam Mayor and thank you to my colleagues for your indulgence. I have a point of clarity. to the AC Transit Inter-EDEN-C-LIS on committee. I just wanted to check that in my notes. Thank you. Great. Yeah, so thank you so much. I respect and appreciate that I've received a perspective and a range of experiences represented by the proposed committee assignments. Given the hills vulnerability to wildfire risk and the forthcoming evacuation study, I agree that council member Black will be, Black would bring up crucial and timely perspective to the public safety committee. I do believe a gentleman rules would benefit from the experience of senior members who have gone through the legislative process numerous times, have seen the iterative evolution of the rules and procedures, and would contribute further to the balance of perspectives with respect to the assessment of potential council referrals. Concerned the appointment of the ceremonial vice mayor previously has gone by order of seniority and yet for some reason council member Kessor Wani has never been vice mayor despite serving for six years which was always strange to me to speak for my part. I believe such an order would be fair and objective. In addition to appointing Councilor Berlitz-Lanius and Black could be the public safety, I propose that we appoint Council member Humber to agenda rules and Council member Lennon-Parag to Lannius, whose leadership on housing policy would be an asset to that committee. I likewise propose that we set the rotation for vice mayor chronologically in order of election with members elected the same year appointing in order of I S. Vogue. Thank you. Motion. Councilor Patelin. Oh, yes, I move the affirmations. Second. Councilmember Linapara. Thank you. It is not my M.O. to yell or point fingers or shame others for disagreement, but I am appalled and saddened about what my colleagues are trying to do today. I want to just put this in context. This is the second meeting of our new mayor, the first woman of color to be mayor and the first Asian American mayor. I'm the first Latina to ever serve in the Berkeley City Council. I was the first open-me career woman of color to ever serve in the Berkeley City Council, grateful to now serve alongside the second. I represent District 7, the only student supermajority district and represent thousands of engaged, intelligent, passionate young people, and I do so proudly and wholeheartedly. I'm not a person who is a person who is passionate young people and I do so proudly and wholeheartedly. And to do so, I sometimes must dissent and I have and will continue to dissent for my colleagues when I and my district disagree from council consensus. And when I do, I know that I'm not dissenting alone. And I think there's a lot of power in that. And better future for us all. And apparently, so with my colleagues, for some of my colleagues, that descent is threatening, even when we share a similar view for a better future of Berkeley. And especially after a united front in the support of our immigrant community and against growing fascism at the federal level, I am so dishearted to see that folks that I have tried very hard to work with despite and while celebrating ourements, run with the Trumpist tactic of silencing dissent. I also want to talk about what the signals to a young residents, especially a young residents of color, of whom I only represent some of. This is signaling to them that you think that their voices, which are necessary to change the world, should be sat to the side. I want to make it very clear that it is hard. And how inaccessible politics is, especially local politics for young people and for dissenting voices is and has pushed out so many people from these spaces. It has multiple times pushed me out of these spaces. Unfortunately, and truthfully, my colleagues are playing a game that I don't want to play. And I find this to be a matter of immeasuriting. I know that we all feel a really big shift from the response to a new presidential administration this year versus how we did eight years ago. And part of that has to do with the frustration and exhaustion of so many young people, many of whom are and will feel the brunt of the constant marginalization hand down from the federal government. It's also really ridiculous to know how much time this topic took up for so many of my colleagues. It is frivolous, untransparent, and petty. Our agenda and rules committee is not meant to serve as a small council. And if it does get to decide policy so drastically that it is not working as designed and should be reformed or built anew. I wanna be very clear about the message that this would be sending tonight. I have been true to myself, true to my district, true to this work, and true to a commitment to work with all of you with kindness and respect and collaboration and empathy. And by trying so hard and so relentless these to make sure that I am not on agenda in rules. I want you to know that you have brews the relationships that I thought that we were building. Honestly, I thought that we were better than this and I really, really hope that we are. And regardless of what happens, I will not back down from doing what I know is right or for delivering for my constituents or for the city. Thank you. I'd like to create a substitute motion to keep the council member appointments. As has in my item 22 with of course. Also making that switch between council member Blackbee and council member Bartlett on land use and public safety. So that would just be a direct switch. And of course, including my supplemental as well. Second. So. We have the forced to motions. And I know I know I know you have comments as well. Councilmember Tapland. So I'll allow you to have those comments of course. I'm a gay black man. I was raised in Section 8 housing. And I know you have comments as well, Councilmember Kaplan, so I'll allow you to have those comments, of course. I am a gay black man. I was raised in Section 8th Housing. I am the son of a single mother who has MSN diabetes. I represent the neighbor of I grew up in West Berkeley. I have seniors who have their homes foreclosed. I have isolated elders who have nothing. I'm not a Berkeley graduate, but I represent my district. I, the choices I make are in the interest of the city and my constituents. I have nothing against any of my colleagues. I strive to find things to work with all of you on, and I revel in that I cherish that. I cherish each of the relationships I've built with every last one of you. Whether we agree, whether we vote the same, whether we disagree, whether we fight, we are one council. And I do not wish to treat intersectional identity discourse as some kind of defensive joust. But suffice to say that I consider it a service to set discourse if members with differing identity expressions are prohibited from dispute. Thank you. I have one more comment. I want to say that it's things that I thought would be appropriate given your interests and also your areas of expertise. And just that I'm disappointed that there's such opposition to Council Member Lina Para being on a Judd and Rules Committee. Our society has often has an order that's based on seniority. And I really see this my election as a chance to shake things up and give others leadership opportunities. And let's be clear about what that means. The Agenda and Rules Committee can send an item back to committees for work, but it does not have the power to veto an item. The Agenda and Rules Committee is not an executive committee or a mini council. It's a group that was created to streamline our council meetings and determine if an item needs more work. And frankly, if it has so much power, then that's something that we should be looking at because one committee should not have that much power. And also, I just want to say this is no reflection on my feelings for council member Humber. I have so much respect for you. And I'm sure that you would also do an excellent job. This is about giving others an opportunity. And I also want to speak to the comments that were made earlier, or the item, the part of the item that's about vice-mairs, and say that of course that that was not meant as an insult at all. And I am very sorry, Council Member Kessarwani, if you're insulted by that. I want to say that this was my hope, and in my vision for Berkeley that we give others opportunities for leadership that we sort of went back and forth between a long time and a newer council member to allow for that to happen. And you know, I think that the question when coming back to council member Lina Parra being on agenda and rules or not, the question that we should really be asking ourselves is if council member Lina Parra will prepare for these meetings and move the agenda forward without political delays, not if your policies align with her. This is not a political point, it's a process one. This is about process and moving things forward. So I just want to level set there and share my feelings on this matter. And you know, I just, I also want to thank my colleagues for engaging on this in a simple manner. I really appreciate all of you and the work that you do. And regardless of what happens, we will all move forward together. So there's a substitute motion on the floor. I'd like the clerk to call roll, please. Okay, substitute motion to adopt the council's commission to adopt the council appointments. As submitted in the item with the addition and sub two for the AC transit committee and to include switching council members Bartlett and black would be on the public safety and the land use committee. So on the substitute motion, council member Kester Wain. No. Tap one. No. Bartlett is absent. Trigger. Upstein. Okay. Yes. Black would be. No. the . And Mary is she. Yes. That motion fails and we can vote on the main motion. Which would be to Virgin and rules and the land use committee to switch council members, Humber and Lutipara and on the Public Safety Committee and land use to switch council members Bartlett and Black Abbey to include the AC Transit Committee appointment in the supplemental and order for the sequence for vice of a tie in seniority, that tie would be broken by the person who received more votes in their most recent election. Yes. I guess we'll figure that one out and amend the resolution accordingly. Okay. On the main motion. Councilmember Kessar-Wonney. Yes. Tapplin. Yes. Councilmember Bartlett is absent. Councilmember Traygob. Hi. O'Keefe. No. Blackob. Aye. O'Keefe. No. Blackaby. Yes. Nupara. No. Humbert. Can I make a comment in connection with my vote? Is that protocol? All out. I want to say that I haven't lobbied for an appointment to agenda and rules. And I have tremendous, tremendous respect for Councilmember Luna Parra. And I was moved by her comments. But having heard that for other Council members on the dias would like me to serve, I would be willing to do so. And hence I'm going to vote yes. And Mary is she. No. Okay, motion carries. Okay, we are finished with action items. Our information items were already presented by our city auditor. And. We are going to vote yes. Our information items were already presented by our city auditor. And we are, are there any public comments for items not on the agenda that we didn't hear earlier in this meeting? Someone from the audience is coming forward. I'm going to go to the next floor. I'm going to go to the next floor. I'm going to go to the next floor. I'm going to go to the next floor. I'm going to go to the next floor. I'm going to go to the next floor. I'm going to you guys tonight as a parent of a seventh grader at Longfellow Middle School. Coming to you guys with concerns that other parents and myself have and the neighbors who are the upcoming work force housing, which I am in favor of our teachers and staff having affordable housing. The concern is with the traffic, which is going to occur on Virginia and Curtis when our school entry and drop off switches in end of February March when that project begins. We've already had. Sorry. Do you want to just finish your sentence? Yeah. There's already been incidents where students and other people have been struck. And just asking the city to work with the school district to make it same for students. Yes, thank you very much. I appreciate you bringing that forward to us and collaborations important. I'll ask my staff also if you could meet just to make sure you get the rest of that comment. Thank you so much. Are there any other public comments? On Zoom. There's one non-agent comment on Zoom. Okay. That's Robert. I'm going to go to the next slide. Hello. Can you hear me? Yes. Okay. I my concern is that I got a ticket on Dana and Durant and I paid my parking, but I misplaced the ticket. I put it on the right side of the dashboard instead of the left side to try to make it easier for the meter made, but apparently they took a picture of it and I went to dispute the ticket and they reviewed it and they said that it was not acceptable to put it on the right side instead of the left side or around the front. And so I wanted to fight it, but it was Christmas. I was out of money. I'm on a fixed income. I'm on a senior citizen. I only get social security. I'm disabled. And so what happened was that by the time I got the money, I wanted to dispute it, but time went by. So by the time I got around to going, every time I went it was closed because it's only open four days a week from 11 to 2 and then if you pay online you got to pay fees to the banks and so at any rate by the time I got around my time I got my money to be able to pay the ticket it was at $73 and so what I feel that we should maybe follow a San Francisco system where if you take the money out of my account, you know, I paid and I wrote in my response when I wrote to appeal my ticket. I paid, but they apparently that wasn't good enough. My word wasn't good enough. But I feel like the proof is that I paid the ticket. So I think it's just kind of a game to not accept my response that I paid it, which you have the proof because you took the money out of my account. So I feel like if I'm going to pay $73, then you should pay if I'm not going to be honored for paying the parking ticket. You should return the money that I paid for the parking meter or you should have a different system that doesn't. Sorry, but your time is your time is up. Sorry, Mark. I know I that's fine. Thank you. Okay. So any other public comment? Okay. I would like to make a motion of the Quest of Council Member Blackbe, to adjourn a memory of those who died, who perished in the fires in Southern California. Is there a motion? Oh, I guess I'm making the motion. So the second, sorry. Thank you. Okay. Yeah, if there's no objections, then I will have us marked all as I. Okay, we are adjourned. Thank you so much. Thank you everyone. Thanks for being here.