All right, and with that, we will adjourn the special meeting and we'll call to order our regular meeting for May 12th, 2026.

Will you please call the role?

Yeah, Councilmember Zakino here, Leary, here, Rohrerbach, Kerr, and Rathel.

Here.

And Kozlowski is absent.

Thank you.

If you'll please stand with me for the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible, liberty, and justice for all.

And do we have any updates to the agenda this evening?

Yes, Mayor, we have an additional information transmitted for the public hearing, which is agenda item number 10.

We have two letters that have been transmitted to the council, and there are additional copies on the back table for the public.

Thank you so much.

And now's the time where we do business from the floor.

If you're here tonight to address the council on any unagendized items, you can come on up.

You'll get three minutes to address the council.

This is just on unagendized items tonight.

Anyone from Business from the Floor going once?

Going twice.

Sold.

Business from the floor.

All right, perfect.

We will move on to scheduled presentations.

Please call item number one.

Item number one is a proclamation of the mayor proclaiming May 17th to the 23rd as National Public Works Week, declaring May 20th as City Works Day, and recognizing public works as emergency responders.

There we go.

There we go.

All right.

Who wants to hold our proclamation here?

Lindsay?

All right, perfect.

All right.

Tonight we have uh Rebecca Neves, our public works director, uh Jennifer Tio, our management analyst, and Lindsay Markets, our administrative assistant for public works, accepting our proclamation.

So thank you all for being here.

Uh our proclamation of the mayor of the city of Folsom proclaiming May 17th to 23rd, 2026 is National Public Works Week.

Uh recognizing public works as emergency responders and recognizing May 20th, 2026 as City Works Day.

So whereas public works professionals focus on facilities, infrastructure, and services that are of vital importance to sustainable and resilient communities and to the public health, high quality of life, and well-being of the people of the state of California and the residents of the city of Folsom.

And whereas public works professionals play a vital role in disasters and other emergencies and are often considered the silent arm of public safety, working diligently, often without fanfare, to support emergency response partners regardless of the hazard.

Public works maintenance and operation staff are among the most visible and essential elements during the response and recovery phases of disasters.

They assist with rescue, evacuation, flood control, and sheltering, provide temporary traffic control and perimeter security, transport critical supplies and equipment, and restore damage infrastructure, making their broad capabilities a critical component in nearly every type of disaster or emergency.

And whereas the year 2026 marks the 66th annual National Public Works Week, sponsored by the American Public Works Association, with the theme Service Powered by Community, reflecting the strong connection between public works teams and the residents they serve, as well as the collaborative interdependent partnership shared with police, fire, and other emergency service partners.

And whereas City Works Day, taking place on May 20th, 2026 at City Lyons Park, invites residents of all ages to engage with and learn about the interconnected public works services that support daily life in Folsom and to repeat to meet the professionals who work collaboratively to protect and serve the community.

Now, therefore, I, Justin Rathel, Mayor of the City of Folsom, on behalf of the Folsom City Council, do hereby proclaim the week of May 17th to 23rd as National Public Works Week, and May 20th as City Works Day in the City of Folsom, encouraging all residents to participate in the educational activities and events, honoring the indispensable contributions of public works professionals and their collaboration as emergency responders alongside and in support of police and fire and safeguarding public health, safety, and quality of life.

Let's give these folks a round of applause.

Hey.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Council, for recognizing uh National Public Works Week and City Works Day.

Uh we just want to invite all of you and the entire community to come join us May 20th at City Lions Park.

Attendees will be able to look at approximately 35 booth vehicles and city equipment displays.

And we expect about 2,000 attendees.

So this year's theme is uh service powered by community.

And you may notice we don't have any of our amazing public works staff up here.

It's because they're all in bed.

6:30 is past their bedtime.

So they're up quite early.

But I just, in all sincerity, I just really wanted to uh not only thank um our first responders and police and fire, but also our team in public works who works alongside with them in emergencies.

Um it really can't be understated some of the value and and how they are able to keep the community moving when unsightly things happen, when we have uh calls about down trees, uh blocking roads, flooding.

Um, this happened to be my favorite one.

This was our this last Christmas, actually.

So we had a couple of uh gentlemen who had just opened their brand new um Christmas gift and did not want to get their new sweater and pants dirty.