Sorry for the delay, everybody.

Welcome to the Tuesday, September 16th meeting of the Half Home Bay City Council.

I ask for a roll call, please.

Councilmember Johnson.

Councilmember Nagengast.

Council Member Penrose here.

Vice Mayor Reddick here.

Mayor Brownstone.

Here.

We have a quorum.

Thank you.

Make a motion to approve.

Oops, sorry.

Pledge of allegiance.

Can we all please stand for Pledge of Allegiance?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, everybody.

Can I have a motion to approve the agenda?

So moved.

Second.

All those in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

All those against motion approved.

Thank you.

So next on the agenda, we're moving on to proclamations and presentations.

First, we're going to have a presentation from Midcoast Council.

Good evening, and as always, thanks for having me over.

I'm Scott from the Midcoast Community Council.

And first off, uh a little order of business I want to take care of.

I just wanted to from the MCC to the community apologize for having to postpone some agenda items from our meetings and council meeting due to illness and some caregiver issues that were going on.

But at our next meeting will be at full strength.

And we have two exciting agenda items to cover at that one.

So the first one is during that our next our next meeting on Wednesday is uh the planning meeting to discuss the parking issues associated with the surfers beach area and the new proposed parking area, the removal of parking along one.

And we hope to be able to invite all, not at this meeting, but plan to invite all the uh stakeholders, which include you guys at NHMB, Caltrans, the Harbor, the Coastal Commission, GCSD, and the county.

So that's going to be our planning meeting to try to get everybody together and do the best thing for the community.

The second item I want to talk about is I attended a two-day seminar down there at the fire station regarding the defensible space initiative given by Calfire.

And I'll be given a presentation on that at our next meeting.

It's and it's really all about keeping the embers produced from a fire storm from burning our houses to entering our houses or interacting with combustible material around the house.

So is we're gonna talk about zone zero and the things that I learned at that Calfire meeting.

And uh that's about it for my update.

Thank you.

You got any questions?

Any questions?

Council.

No questions.

Thanks very much.

Good to see you.

Okay, next um Jalisa will um have a presentation, a proclamation for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh good evening, Mayor, Council members, and community.

Uh thank you for joining us today as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

It is a time to celebrate and honor the cultures, histories, and contributions of the Hispanic and Latino uh Americans, whose ancestry can be traced back to Mexico, Spain, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

This celebration starts on September 15 to mark the Independence Day of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua in Costa Rica, followed by Mexico on the 16th, Chile on the 18th, and Belize on the 21st.

I'm going to go ahead and read the proclamation and afterwards I'll uh present our recipients.

Victor, I will be reading the proclamation in Spanish as well.

So the proclamation reads as follows.

Whereas from the early settlers of the New World to today's vibrant communities, Hispanics have profoundly shaped and enriched the fabric of American life.

And whereas the United States Congress officially designated the period from September 15 to October 15 as Hispanic Heritage Month in 1988, recognizing the lasting impact and invaluable contributions of Hispanic communities, and whereas Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the achievements of Americans with roots in Spain, Mexico, Central, and South America, and the Spanish speaking nations of the Caribbean, and whereas reaffirming that diversity is one of our country's greatest strengths, and uh we honor the leaders who have championed equal justice, driven progress and created pathways for future generations, and whereas September 15 was chosen to commemorate Independence Day anniversaries of five Latin American countries, and September 16th for Mexico's independence, and whereas this year's themes is collective heritage, honoring the past, inspiring the future, reminds us of the enduring legacy and promise of Hispanic communities across the nation.