This special meeting of the Redwood City Council focused on work plans from three boards, commissions, and committees (BCCs): the Housing and Human Concerns Committee (HHCC), the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (PRCS), and the Port Commission. The council also received public comments on various topics and adjourned to closed session to discuss litigation related to the Docktown marina, where they approved two settlement agreements.
Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome to our August twenty first council meeting here in Redwood City. Hope everyone's having a great summer, even though the Mother Nature is uh having fun with us between rain, winds, storms, and tropical storms in California. But we are flexible, and we're all adjusting. So I hope everyone's being safe and staying safe. Items will be taken in the order that they are listed on the agenda. With our hybrid meeting format, the public comment procedures are as follows. Speaker cards are located at the table in the back. Detailed instructions for public comment will be provided on the screen when the time for public comment begins. Lastly, please submit your speaker card or raise your hand on Zoom as soon as possible after the relevant agenda item has begun. Once the public comment period has begun, no additional speakers will be allowed to join the list of speakers. So now I'd like to ask our interim city clerk to call the roll. Thank you and good evening. Councilmember Aguirre. Here, Councilmember Aitken. Here. Councilmember Howard. Here. Councilmember Martinez Taballos. Here. Councilmember Sturkin. Here. Vice Mayor Espinosa Garnica. Here. And Mayor G. Here. Thank you. Thank you. Seeing that all members are present. We don't need to deal with AB 2449 on absences. So we'll now turn to item number four public comment. Well, thank now take public comment on items that are not on tonight's agenda. If you join the meeting to speak on any of the boards, commissions or committees work plans or on the closed session item, an opportunity to give comment on those topics will be provided later in the meeting when they're called on the agenda. If you're attending in person, please fill out a speaker card and submit it to our interim city clerk here at the DS. If you're attending virtually, please feel free to raise your hand on Zoom or press star 9 if you've joined by phone. Once we've gathered all the speaker cards and raised hands and have begun public comment, no additional speakers will be allowed to join the list join the list of speakers. I'll now turn over the public comment to our interim city clerk to facilitate this process. Thank you, Mayor. Now is the time for public comment on item number four. That's general public comment for items that are not on the agenda. Please follow the instructions on the screen to be recognized for public comment. And as the mayor mentioned, we'll be taking public comment first from those who have joined in person and next from those who've joined by Zoom or phone. Once our list of speakers is finalized, I will state the names of the last speakers, both in person and on Zoom. And once public comment begins, no additional speakers will be allowed to join the list of speakers. And now I'll do a last call. I do have four speaker cards for item number four in person. And I'll do a quick last call if there's anyone else that would like to speak. Okay. And we've got three raised hands on Zoom. Our last in-person speaker will be Brian Shields.