Good evening.

This is the City of Belmont City Council regular meeting, June 10th, 2025.

We are currently in the county and the council chambers.

And we have just come back from our closed session at 6 30 p.m.

We are now on item three, which is the Pledge of Allegiance.

Please rise if you're able.

Okay, thank you.

Item four, report from closed session.

Do we have any reports today?

Good evening, Madam Mayor.

We did have a closed session tonight.

However, at this time we do not have reportable action.

Okay, thank you.

Moving on to item five.

Special presentations.

5A is a proclamation on Juneteenth, day of day of observance observance, which is June 19th, 2025.

We have a proclamation.

I'll just read a little bit of it here.

Observing Juneteenth Independence Day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

Whereas President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.

And whereas despite this proclamation, enforcement in many parts of the country, particularly in the Southwest was delayed, and freedom did not reach in all enslaved African Americans until much later.

And whereas on June 19th, 1865, more than two years later, Union troops led by Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and formally announced the end of the war and the emancipation of all enslaved people in the region, marking the date that would come to be known as Juneteenth.

And whereas Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Emancipation Day has long been recognized and celebrated within the African American community as a symbol of liberation, resilience, and cultural pride.

Whereas in 2021, Juneteenth, National Independence Day was officially designated a federal holiday, reinforcing its significance in American history and the ongoing pursuit of equity, inclusion, and justice.

And whereas the City of Belmont encourages all residents to join in reflection, education, and celebration in honor of Juneteenth, acknowledging the pain of the past, the progress that has been made, and the work that still lies ahead.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, Julia Mates, Mayor of the City of Belmont, on behalf of the Belmont City Council, resolve that June 19th, 2025 is recognized as Juneteenth, Independence Day, and urges the Belmont community to actively raise awareness of the significance of this celebration in African American history and in the heritage of our nation and city.

So June 19th will be we will be commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

That is all for our special presentations.

We will move on to public comments on items not on the agenda.

This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the body on Eddie City matter not on the agenda.

The period for public comment is limited to 15 minutes with a maximum of three minutes per speaker.

And uh I'll um remind the um council and the public of our protocols and policies regarding um comment period and public comment, uh, which is all on our published agenda.

Um Madam Clerk, uh do we have any public comments on items not on the agenda for item six?

Um yes, we do have a few public speaker slips here.

Um first up we have Marjorie.

Um you'll have three minutes whenever you're ready.

Madam Mayor, Mayor, Madam Vice Mayor, Council members, good evening.

My name is Marjorie Ruisy Dalgo.

Thank you for this opportunity to introduce myself to you.

I am your PG ⁇ E local government affairs representative for the 21 jurisdictions on the peninsula.

This means that I am your single day-to-day single point of contact.

And this includes department heads, city managers, senior staff.

I've already met some of them.

We've been in contact.

I started in late April and I've come tonight just to say hello and commit to you here publicly that I will do my utmost to help serve your constituents.

But I do not do this by myself, thankfully.

And this includes gas and electric crews, emergency response, service planning, vegetation management, everyone responsible for the customer experience, promoting anything and everything that goes into serving the hometown.

I've left my contact cards with your city manager with your city clerk.

Please feel free to reach out.

I look forward to meeting each and every single one of you individually for coffee, on a walk, on a call.

Please reach out.

I'm here.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

It's a pleasure meeting you.

And I know we'll be in contact.

I know our residents are going to be eager to know that we've got a new contact at PGD.

So hopefully we won't be in contact too often.

No, it would be great.

I've already been in contact with a few of you, but I wanted to come and put a face to the name and to the email address and to the phone number so that you know who I am.