So I'll call this meeting to order.

This is the Council Sustainability Committee meeting on April 30, 2026.

And it's a little late to finally the scheduling of other committee meetings.

And I just want to express my thanks to the staff for making it work.

It definitely is better for me.

And oh, I know you had to stay a little longer, but I appreciate it.

Okay, so I call the order.

This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component.

Anyone wishing to address the council sustainability committee virtually may join the meeting on Zoom using the link or phone number and web ID shown on the screen.

Um by dialing 669928 and entering webinar ID 838 1846 6283.

When the chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click on the raised hand feature on Zoom or dial nine on your phone.

Star nine on your phone.

When the chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via phone, please press star six to unmute yourself.

Um for in-person attendees, uh please fill out a speaker part when you can find which you can find on the um table right over there with the water to the left of the door.

So that's item number one.

And um I wonder if there are any speaker cards to be turned in.

Okay.

All right, so um, would you like to take roll call?

Certainly.

Uh Chair Show Walter here, member Clark.

Hey, here.

Okay, item three is um approve the minutes.

Uh we had a CSC meeting um in December 1st, and we have minutes from that to approve.

Does anyone have any comments or questions about the meeting minutes?

No.

Okay.

Well, if not, then a um a uh motion is in order.

Come on.

Motion to accept.

Okay.

If there's no public comment, I'll second that.

Okay, all right.

Do we have any public comment on the minutes?

You're right.

We have first comment.

Any public comment on Zoom?

Okay, good.

So yes, we'll take your um second.

Thank you very much.

And um uh all in favor?

Hi.

All right, that passes unanimously.

The next um part of this meeting is oral communications.

Um, that is uh from the public.

This portion of the meeting is reserved to persons wishing to address the committee on any matter that is not on tonight's agenda.

Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for up to three minutes during this section.

State law prohibits the CSD from acting on non-agendized items.

Would any member of the public like to provide comment on an item that is not on tonight's agenda?

Is there anybody on yes?

Hello, Mary.

Do you want to comment on the system?

Okay, so um please uh uh tell us your name and start talking.

Yeah.

Uh hi, my name is Sophia Yamata, and I'm currently a student at Mona Vista High School, and I'm here to address the community education on how we can prevent plastic solution from the source before it ever reaches the creek, and then share a few amendments after sharing my story.

A few weeks ago, I was along Calabasas Park near my neighborhood, and I noticed plastic bottles, food wrappers, and single use bags caught in the weeds on the banks.

And I've also seen the same thing collecting and drains along Steven Sleep Boulevard and in Mountain View.

And I feel like these plastic have nowhere except straight into a local waterways and eventually the San Francisco Bay.

And this is not a distant problem because every piece of plastic that enters into our storm drain goes untreated into the creeks and then into the bay, and once it gets there, it does not just float on the surface, but it breaks down into microclasses so small you cannot see them, and then they affect the fish and the water supply and into us eventually.

And because the bay is so important for the ecosystem for millions of people and thousands of species, it depends on.

Um, I feel like right now the waste is flowing into it every time it rains, and we have a responsibility to do something.