Hello, everyone.

It is six o'clock, so we're gonna go ahead and get started.

Good evening and thank you all for joining us for our regular city council meeting of November 10th, 2025.

We are holding meetings in a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual participation available.

The city welcomes public comment on topics within the city's subject matter jurisdiction, and members of the public may provide comments as follows.

In speaker, in-person speakers will be called first.

Speaker cards are located at the back table in the council chambers and must be turned in to the city clerk here at the Dais.

Please be sure to indicate the agenda item number which you wish to speak on.

Attendees who have joined us by Zoom will be called to speak after in-person speaker comments have been given, and detailed instructions for public comment will be provided on the screen when the time for public comment begins.

If there's a high volume of public comment this evening, we may decrease the total time allotted for each comment or limit the total time for public comment.

In the event this occurs, please feel free to send your full comments to the city council at Council at Redwood City.org.

Written comments are not read aloud but will be made part of the final meeting record.

And before we begin tonight's meeting, I'd like to take a moment of silence to honor and remember two members of our community, Benny or Beninho Nuguid Bade and Anil Kumar Shorma, who tragically lost their lives in a fire that occurred here in Redwood City last week.

As we pause together, let us remember their lives and the impact they had on those around them.

May this moment remind us to cherish the people we hold dear and to stand together in times of lost.

Please join me now in a moment of silence.

Thank you, everyone.

I'll now turn it over to our city clerk to call the roll.

Thank you, and good evening.

Councilmember Chu.

Councilmember G.

Present.

Council Member Howard.

Here.

Councilmember Padilla.

Here.

Councilmember Starkin.

Here.

Vice Mayor Aiken.

Here.

Mayor Martinez Saballos.

Here.

Thank you.

Thanks, everyone.

We'll go on to the Pledge of Allegiance.

Councilmember Howard could do the do the honors, please.

Thank you.

And the day before Veterans Day, let's stand and honor our flag and our country.

I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and two great other stands.

Thank you, Councilmember Howard.

We will move on to item four.

Item four is a procedural item for the purpose of identifying and confirming any council members who wish to participate in the meeting remotely and have not already provided a remote location listed on the agenda.

This item doesn't pertain to public comment from the public.

And not seeing we have any council members exercising this, so we'll move on to item five, which is our presentations and acknowledgements.

And our first recognition item this evening is to recognize a local partner that's provided critical resources to combat hunger and food insecurity here in our region.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley continues to supply Redwood City residents with healthy food and financial support to ensure that Redwood City residents, excuse me, that Redwood City residents and families do not go hungry.

On behalf of the City Council, I'd like to present the following proclamation.

Whereas Second Harvest of Silicon Valley has been a steadfast partner in the fight against hunger, providing nutritious food to hundreds of thousands of individuals and families across San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

And whereas the City of Redwood City recognizes that addressing hunger strengthens our entire community and reaffirms our shared values of compassion, inclusion, and equity.

And whereas the dedicated staff and volunteers of Second Harvest embody the spirit of service and generosity that makes Redwood City and the Greater Peninsula a place where we can all thrive.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, Elmer Martinez Aballos, Mayor of Redwood City, on behalf of the City Council and the people of Redwood City to hereby proclaim our heartfelt appreciation for Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and commend their unwavering commitment to ending food, excuse me, ending hunger and uplifting the lives of our residents.

And now I'd like to invite Second Harvest of Silicon Valley's program director, Josue Parajas, and his team to accept the proclamation and tell us more about the great work that they're doing in our community.

Welcome, Josue and team.

Thank you very much.

It is an honor and privilege to be here standing up with some of my colleagues.

We are very grateful and we are thankful for everything that has happened in this time because it's um served as a testimony of how we can work together to unify and how as a community we come together.

Um we're also very honored to be working with two special partners in this region, Cañada College, and um give me one second.

Let me pull out my notes.

Oh, yes, and College of San Mateo.

Both of those have um worked very closely to continue to provide nourishment in the community.