The Elk Grove City Council convened on September 10, 2025, addressing proclamations for community recognition, public comments on immigration enforcement and local safety, approval of a residential development project, discussion on launching a mural festival, and appointments to city commissions.
Thank you, everyone. We have reconvened from close session. And I would like to make the following disclosure. By a five to zero vote, the city council authorized and directed the city attorney's office to defend the cases of Umapeg versus the City of Elk Grove and Nixon versus the city of Elk Grove as identified by the case numbers on the city council agenda. And then also by a five to zero 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. So we will adjourn the special meeting at 604 p.m. And at this time, I will go ahead and call to order the Elk Grove City Council regular meeting. Today is Wednesday, September the 10th, 2025. And the time is 6.04 p.m. Clerk. Thank you, Mayor. This meeting of the Elkgrove City Council is recorded with a closed captioning. The recording will be cable cast on Metro Cable Channel 14, the local government affairs channel on the Comcast and Direct TV Uverse Cable Systems. The recording will also be video streamed at Metro14 Live.gov. Tonight's meeting replays will be on Friday, September 12th at 1 p.m. and Sunday, September 14th at 6 p.m. on Metro Channel 14. Once posted, the recordings of this and previous meetings can be viewed on demand at the 3W's Elkgrove.gov or YouTube.com/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 Elgrove 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 city 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, I will be moving into our roll call. And for the roll call, I will be starting with Councilmember Spees. Present. Councilmember Brewer. Present. Councilmember Sewen. Vice Mayor Robles. Present. And Mayor Singh Allen. All right. Next up is our land acknowledgement. Assisting with that will be our vice mayor. Thank you, Madam Mayor. We honor, respect, and acknowledge Elkgrove's first inhabitants, the Plain Miwalks, who've lived as sovereign caretakers of this land, these waterways since time memorial. We commemorate and advocate for their descendants to Woolton Rancheria, the only federalized recognized tribe in Sacramento County who endured because of their brevity, resilience, determination of their ancestors, tribal members, and leaders. All right, thank you. Next up is our Pledge of Allegiance. If you can, please rise. And I would like to call forward Mr. Carlos Garcia to help lead us this evening. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. Thank you. At this time, please join us for a brief moment of silence.