Or of the goals from our strategic plan, it actually aligns with all six of them.

So that's really all I have.

I will answer any questions.

I'll reserve time for any questions.

Um I'm sure my my two colleagues may want to speak on it as well.

Thank you.

I'm with you.

Well, thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh just uh to reiterate reiterate what uh my colleague said, basically to try to provide transparency.

Of course, a lot of these stall projects are in district two, and I have been hearing a lot of great concern from a lot of residents in district two.

So this is just an effort to provide transparency with the community.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Gotcha.

Councilmember Gray.

I will just reiterate what my two colleagues have said.

The the um spirit in which this was requested was just to have some transparency around the Muhammad projects, the SOLS CPI projects, and just to get some information for the public because their confidence is really lacking in us as um being able to move the city forward.

So that's what it was around.

Gotcha.

Uh well, thank you, Councilmember.

And then before I go to the attorney of reference to the district attorney's items, there was um there are some copies that should be on your dais uh from dated April 24th of 25 this year, uh correspondence between uh our city attorney uh LaCelle Pullium and the district attorney's office uh reference to uh formally requesting his involvement uh in the criminal uh investigation portion, if any.

Um, and then also from uh earlier uh around that same time there's a letter that we spoke about uh that uh on the heels of a conversation with members of our delegation that was sent um electronically by Jennifer's office uh reference to the same thing that to brief uh the delegation on where we were going with this and involvement or the request of of uh Billy West.

Um Mr.

West is at a district attorney's conference in San Francisco, I think, and he has sent back uh a video for us, and I'll go to the attorney for that because she thinks that that may be something that we need to view in in closed session.

So, madam attorney.

Thank you, Mayor Covey.

Um City Council, um, as the mayor said, uh District Attorney West did send us a video.

Um it appears that the audience of the video is the city council, and so it's my recommendation that the council view that in closed session, maybe at the end of the meeting upon motion of one of the council members.

I have a question.

I have a question.

Yeah.

So thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

I guess my question is, and I didn't go back and look through my emails, but as I'm looking at these letters and these emails, were we copied on these?

No, ma'am.

Okay, so because this is the first time I'm I'm played up recalling seeing this.

So I guess my question is, you know, this was done on April 24th with information that was going back and forth that we didn't know about well, some of these involved in Jenner's Jennifer's notes.

I think she included it with came out of the discussion of our meetings, the mayor mayor pro tem meeting.

Minutes.

But um council, once we I spoke to uh Senator McKinnis, uh this did happen in a meeting.

I don't uh we can pull minutes from that, but I was talking to the council about my conversation with him uh in the spring about his concerns with this and and sent that letter after speaking with you all.

But we can pull that for the question.

I just think in the future that maybe when something like this these letters go out that the council should see it because I think it would have given some information to everyone.

That's it.

Thank you.

Yes, ma'am.

Councilman Benavette.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Uh, this is maybe for our city manager, city clerk.

How are we doing the five minutes at this moment?

Paula's currently timing this, and then the next one will start um through the timer on the screen.

You'll see.

Um Mr.

Mayor, I think that if we are talking about transparency right now, um most things, if not everything, that another elected official like our can like our district attorney Billy West is gets sent to the rest of city council, it is for public review.

So if there is a video that needs to be played, I think we have the A V equipment to play it right now so that we can vote on this right now.

I don't think we need to be delaying any further um, like it's already been delayed this question of this audit.

Uh we should have had this meeting over a week ago.

Um, and so I'm not interested in any more delay tactics as it relates to this matter.