The Berkeley City Council meeting on September 30, 2025, began with ceremonial proclamations for Indigenous Peoples Day and adjournments in memory of Dan Siegel and Din Lee. The consent calendar was approved, featuring significant grants and policy measures. Public comments addressed domestic violence, humanity, and international conflicts. Discussions included planning fee changes and police accountability resolutions, with mixed outcomes.
All right. I am going to call the Berkeley City Council meeting to order. Today is September 30th, 2025. Clerk, could you please take the roll? Certainly. All right. Councilmember Casarmani? Here. Taplin. Present. Bartlett. Here. Tragub. Okay. Here. Thank you. Flagby. Here. Munapara? Here. Hambert? Present. And Mary Ishii. Here. All right. We have a few um ceremonial items this evening, beginning with our Indigenous Peoples Day. Um, I'm going to read this. And if folks, if you want to come up, if you're here for Indigenous People Day, you're welcome to come up to the podium. All right. Celebrating Indigenous People's Day in Berkeley, whereas the year 2025 marks the 33rd anniversary celebration of Indigenous People's Day in the city of Berkeley in commemoration of 533 years of resistance and renewal of native cultures in the face of political and cultural repression. And whereas the Indigenous People's Day Committee, a community group of local Native people and others, have once again organized the annual celebration with an Indigenous People's Day powwow and Indian market in Martin Luther King Civic Center Park on Saturday, October 11th. And whereas the Indigenous culture flourishing in Alone Territory since time memorial was a sustainable, peaceful culture based on cooperation among neighbors, on respect for the land and for all creatures living in it. And this indigenous culture was disrupted and destroyed in Alone Territory, Berkeley, as in almost all parts of this hemisphere, and yet it has survived. And whereas the Indigenous People's Day powwow and Indian Market has brought greater understanding to the people of Berkeley regarding native cultures and the enormous contributions Native people have made and continue to make to world culture. Now, therefore be it resolved that I, Adina Ishi, mayor of the city of Berkeley, do hereby affirm that Monday, October 13th, 2025, should be celebrated as Indigenous People's Day in the City of Berkeley and encourage the public to attend the 33rd Annual Indigenous People's Day Pow Wow and Indian Market on Saturday, October 11th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Martin Luther King Center Park. Thanks. Our member Nona is going to give the two-minute statement in support of the Powell. And thank you, Council and Mayor. Good evening. I'm very honored to be here on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples Today's Committee. And we really appreciate the acknowledgement for the Indigenous people and uh the original people of this land. Thank you. May I also add that it is a coming together of the people of the Eagle and the people of the Condor of North and South America, which is um was the inspiration for the creation of this powwow. So we honor um the tribes from North and South America. Thank you, Mayor. Um Sydney, sure. You guys want to line up for the wall? Is all the people?