All right, good evening, everyone.

We're gonna go ahead and get started.

It's six o'clock.

Thank you for joining our special city council meeting of October 14th, 2026.

We hold meetings in hybrid format with both in-person and virtual participation available.

And there will be one opportunity for public comment this evening under item five on topics on on the agenda or within the city's subject matter jurisdiction.

And members of the public may provide comments as follows.

Our in-person speakers will be called to speak 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 you wish to speak on.

And attendees who have joined us by Zoom will be called to speak after the in-person comments have been given.

Detailed instructions for public comment will be provided on the screen when the time for public comment begins.

And lastly, I'd like to remind everyone that comments should remain within the city's subject matter jurisdiction and relate to matters that are appropriately before the city council.

We welcome public participation and recognize that members of our community may have a strongly held views and at times strong emotions about the issues before us.

However, we ask that all speakers conduct themselves respectfully.

Thank you, Mayor.

And I will start with Councilmember Chu.

Here.

And if you're attending virtually, feel free to raise your hand on Zoom and press star nine if you've joined by phone.

Once we've begun public comment, no additional speakers will be allowed to cue up to speak.

And I'll pass things back over to our assistant city clerk.

And no public comment.

Sorry.

John Slater, please come to the podium.

Is this the podium?

Thank you.

Yes.

Can you hear me?

Okay.

Shall I start?

Why not?

Right?

Yes, please.

The environmental review for the Redwood City Ferry Terminal projects $7 million in revenue against $13 million in annual operating expenses.

We are consistently asked to bail out public transportation, and this will add six million dollars a year in shortfalls.

Or even greater shortfalls of readership if ridership does not meet projections.

And this does not even account for the eighty million dollars that'll have to be spent for the ferries themselves.

Any ferry ridership that occurs will probably take revenue off of Caltrain, and Caltrain, as you know, is underutilized and in running is running deficits.

A ferry ticket will cost $18 and 75 cents.

Three times what Keltrain charges.

A ticket price that covers all costs, including the ferries would be $50.

So each trip that you make is going to cost taxpayers $31.

This trip will take twice as long as a Kel train ride.

The report, the environment our environmental report says that the average trip to the ferry will be four and a half miles.

Realistically, how many people will choose to use the ferry?

Which adds over an hour in each day's round trip commuting.

According to the review, fuel efficiency is fifty passenger miles per gallon if the ferries are 100% full all the time.

A

hybrid car with two people doubles this.

EVs of course do much better.

If the ferries also have tier four diesel engines, which will produce more pollution than what if everybody just used cars.

So why is this project a priority?

Thank you, John.

And that concludes speaking public comment.

Thank you, and thank you to our public commenter for joining us tonight.

And with that, we'll now adjourn to closed session to discuss public employee performance evaluations as identified on tonight's agenda.

As there will be no reportable action following the closed session, we will adjourn meeting excuse me, we'll adjourn the meeting immediately following closed session, and the city council will not return to the days.

The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 26th.

Thank you for joining tonight's meeting, and we wish you all a great evening and great week ahead.

Thank