The Elk Grove City Council met on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 6:02 PM in the City Council Chambers. The meeting included proclamations for Fair Housing Month and Donate Life Month, the Stars of Service Awards, public comments, approval of the consent calendar, and the appointment of a new voting member to the Planning Commission.
The meeting adjourned at 7:36 PM.
All right, we have reconvened from our closed session, and I would like to make the following disclosure. By a 5-0 vote, the city council authorized the city attorney's office to initiate litigation in one matter. The name of the defendants and details are not subject to disclosure at this time once litigation is filed. This information will be disclosed to any person upon inquiry. With that, we will adjourn the special meeting at 6 02 p.m. And at this time, I would like to call to order the Alkgrove City Council regular meeting. Today is Wednesday, April the 10th, 2024. It is 6.02 p.m. Clerk. Thank you, Mayor. This meeting of the Elk Grove City Council will be cable cast on Metro Cable 14, the local government affairs channel on the Comcast Consolidated Communications and ATT Uverse Cable Systems. The meeting is closed caption and webcast at Metro14Live.gov. Tonight's meeting replays will be on Friday, April 12th at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, April 17th at 9 a.m. on Channel 14. Previous meetings can be viewed online at the 3W's Upgrove City.org or YouTube.com backward slash Metro Cable 14. For members of the participating audience who may have personal electronic devices, please place them on silent mode during the meeting or on mute when you are not speaking. The Elkrove City Council welcomes, appreciates, and encourages participation in the City Council meeting. City Council requests that you limit your presentation to three minutes per person so at all present will have time to participate. City Council reserves the right to reasonably limit the total time for public comment on any particular notice agenda item as it may deem necessary. Pursuant to resolution number 210-24. No individual speaker concerning public comment may address the council for more than three minutes. If you wish to address the council during the meeting, please complete a blue speaker card, which can be found at the back of the chamber and provide it to assistant city clerk, Brenda Haggard, prior to consideration of the agenda item. With that, Mayor, we will move in to the roll call. And starting with the roll call, I will start with Councilmember Robles. Present. Councilmember Speeze. Present. Councilmember Sewin. Here. Vice Mayor Brewer. Present. And Mayor Singh Allen. Here. All are present. All right. Thank you. And the land acknowledgement, if I can get our vice mayor to read that, please. Yes, thank you, Mayor. We honor, respect, and acknowledge Oakgrove's first inhabitants, the Plains Miwok, who lived as sovereign caretakers of this land in these waterways since time immemorial. We commemorate and advocate for their descendants, the Wilton Rancheria tribe, the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County who endure because of their bravery, resiliency, and determination of their ancestors, tribal members, and leaders. All right, thank you for that. At this time, uh, let's see. I would like to call on Phil Lewis, our general manager from the C CSD to help lead us in the pledge if you would like to come forward. That's what happens when famous people come to city council meetings. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. At this time, please join us for a brief moment of silence. All right, thank you. Next up is the approval of the agenda.