Here.

Mayor Reddick.

Here.

We have a quorum.

So we have a couple items on our agenda this evening.

The first one is a study session related to legal property documents that the city has to consider in order to effectuate this project.

So because there are so many people and probably more online I can't see.

So this is a study session.

We're going to be talking about two different documents.

So we're going to start.

Sorry.

Is it a long presentation?

Yeah, the other side.

I think we start with the public.

Yeah.

And uh actually uh Councilmember Nagengast is gonna make a statement first.

Go ahead, Paul.

Thank you.

For the record, before we begin on both of the items relating to 555 Kelly, I'd like to disclose that prior to my time on the City Council, I filed an appeal regarding this project as a private resident.

I have considered this matter and confirmed that I have no personal or financial interest in this matter.

And I want I want to state that I will consider the lease agreement and the affordable housing property disposition agreement as well as the potential extension of the ENA based on the documents before the council, the staff report, and public comments.

I've heard some really negative things about me, some of them have been borderline threats.

But having work in city government in sp and I've worked in this town of Half Moon Bay.

I know passions run strong.

Those that know me know that I don't judge who you are.

So that's I just wanted to make those statements because I've heard a lot of things out there, and I just felt it's important to start what I did.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Nagengast.

I'll just make a just in case it comes up.

Uh Councilmember Johnson is under the weather this evening and will not be attending.

Um he sends his regrets.

So I'm going to begin with Patty Ramirez.

Patty, are you here?

She will be followed by Lucy Miller.

Okay.

Okay.

It is a glad I will.

She's going to read it and then I'm going to do a site translation.

You can lower it for her too.

Okay.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, members of the council.

I want to appreciate the opportunity to express myself.

La vivienda no es únicamente una structura física.

Las familias viven en la constante preocupación de no saber si podrán permanecer in un lugar donde trabajan.

Esta presión constante de theory mental debilita la cohesión social y limita la capacidad de las personas para prosperar.

Pero hoy quiero enfocarme, hoy quiero enfocar su atención in un grupo que sostiene silenciosamente nuestra economía, la comunidad campesina y los trabajadores esenciales.

Son las manos que cultivan nuestros alimentos, quienes mantienen funcionando nuestros servicios básicos, quienes cuidaron de nuestras ciudades durante los momentos más difíciles.

Sin embargo, muchos de ellos no pueden permitirse vivir in las mismas comunidades que ayudan a sustenerse.

Esta contradicción no solo es moralmente problemática, sino estructuralmente.

Kelly, I was the last one person there.

And I remember when Pen the Council mayor and that time it was Pen Rose.

I'm asking the same.

Nicholas, do you want to read her statement quickly?

Yes, yes.

I'm here not only to present an argument, but also to remind you reality that sometimes is hidden behind statistics and reports.

not knowing if they can stay in a place where they in the place where they work where they educate their children and they contribute to the to the social uh well being this pressure uh this pression this constant pressure uh deteriorates the mental health develop um weakens the social cohesion and limits the capacity of the people to prosper but oi i today i want to focus in on the attention of a group that is supporting uh silently our economy the the the agricultural community and the essential workers they are the hands that that cultivate our food who might uh who support uh the functioning of our basic services who care uh for our city during the the moments the the worst moments besides that many uh many of them they cannot afford living in the same community that they are helping to support this contradiction not only is uh morally problematic but struct but uh structurally in so sustainable from the persp juridic uh from the political policy perspective the access to uh accessible housing it shouldn't be considered unique uh only as a social initiative but as an strategic inversion in the economic stability and lab and labor of the region when the session essential workers have to uh displace uh and move for long distances to find an accessible dwelling uh that uh increases the cost of transportation diminishes produtivity and the i and weakens the resiliency of the local economy uh thank you could you stay there for a minute I want to check in what is our policy when we have Spanish speakers in terms of time allotted right so it depends on how the translation is completed um what what happened here is the speaker did all of their comments in Spanish so they're given two minutes and then the translation takes as long as it needs to take if it's a back and forth translation we give them four minutes and you know however long it takes for them to speak and the translation happens there it's limited to that four minutes.

Well I think Nicholas ought to explain that for this meeting so that people you know abide by those standards so if you could do you need it to be repeated again for you Nicholas what the policy is here I want to you want me to say it in Spanish to the all the presidents in espanoly necessitan interpretation de esta manera dos minutos solo dos minutos para expressarse leer lo que tienen y luego yo voy a estar interpretando si lo van a hacer de manera consecutive expresarse in frases cortas y yo voy a interpretar a lingles immediatamente solamente dos minutos el tempo que tienen para hablar no sé si me comprende si okay thank you um our next speaker is Lucy Miller followed by Jennifer Moore my name is Lizzie Miller I am nine years old and in my short life I had no idea that there was other types of house could somebody help her with that mic my name is Lizzie Miller and I am nine years old and my name is Lizzie Miller and I am nine years old and in my short life I had no idea that there were no idea that there was other type of housing and I had the opportunity to meet my friends and grandparents who are farmers and I realized that they are very kind and full of love I they be can't love me like if I was their own grandchild and today I have to come to ask you of the construction of the building on Kelly Street because I do not want them to leave just because they can't afford a place to live thank you thank you very much next speaker is Jennifer Moore followed by Suzanne Moore just a little bit taller.

Thank you.