Good afternoon.

The Sacramento City Council will please come to order with the clerk call the roll to

establish a quorum.

Thank you, Councilmember Kaplan.

Councillor Member Tao.

Mayor Pro Tem, Tell them on days.

Here.

Vice Mayor Maple.

Councillor Member Gatta.

Here.

Councillor Member Jennings.

Here.

Councillor Member Vang.

Here.

Mayor Steinberg.

I am here.

Councillor Member Vang, would you please lead us in the landing knowledge.

Councillor Member Jennings, would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Yes.

Please rise if you are able.

To the original people of this land, the Nisanan people, the Souther Maydu valley, and

the Nisanan people, and the people of Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento only federally recognized

tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside

us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement

and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous peoples, history, contribution, and lives.

Thank you.

So, Luke, Pledge, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and

to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and

justice for all.

Well, very good afternoon to everyone, to members of the city staff, my colleagues, members

of the public.

I would like to announce seven new initiatives.

I might this afternoon.

Thank you.

Mr. Mayor.

Oh, Councilman Gatta, yes, please.

I'm glad we just took roll call because I'd like the Sacramento historians to record that.

I think Councilmember Chantau will be the only Councilmember in Councilmember history

with 100% perfect attendance.

That's it.

Showing up.

Yeah.

I love doing a nice, great deal.

I heard more from our council.

I'm gonna say 100%.

That's right.

And not only showed up, but showed up in the right way.

So, great to go.

Thank you, Councilmember Gatta.

That's a great, great start to the meeting.

We begin the meeting with another very special presentation here.

And I get the honor of this presentation.

And that is to present a resolution to honor our senator, Angelique Ashby for advocacy

and achievement.

Would you come up, please, Senator Ashby?

We have a lot of supporters here in the audience on this day, and maybe most importantly, among

the people of Sacramento.

Because this resolution is to recognize and to never take for granted the fact that we

have a champion at the state senate for the city of Sacramento.

And even though your work and your responsibility now is different and of statewide scope, among

the things that makes you so important and so special is that your work comes from your

heart and from your love for the people of Sacramento.

The way you have fought, and yes, sometimes fought, when it's right and appropriate for

the things that you care about, or the things that matter to your district and to your city.

For people who sometimes are taken advantage of in the wrong ways.

We can always count on Angelique Ashby to not only represent everybody with high intellect,

with an incredible work ethic, but to also fight for the things that matter the most.

And as for me personally, as you know, we have had, and you talked a little bit about this

last week, we have had a journey together.

And it is a journey that began with us running against one another in a political election.

Sometimes, well, I'll leave it here.

And developed into a partnership, a political partnership, and more important, a friendship.

And I know that among the big things we've been able to do even over these last couple of

years, that could not have done it without you, your counsel, and your direct intervention

at some points in time when things mattered at the state level.

So this is just a small way of saying to you that we see you, we appreciate you, we admire

you, and we're grateful for all you have done, but maybe more importantly for what you're

going to continue to do for the people of Sacramento and for the state of California.

I know we have some other colleagues that want to express their thanks as well before I get

to present to you, and I don't read the resolution.

I could read it.

I mean, it is, because it is as long and it is detailed.

Maybe at the end, I'll go through some of the highlights.

Go ahead, Vice Mayor Maple.

Thank you, Mayor.

I couldn't miss the opportunity to see a few kind words about my friend and mentor, Angelique

Ashby.

You said it so well, so I'm not going to build on that, but one thing I did want to point out,

and I think a lot of us in this room already know this, in addition to all the accolades,

all the things that you do and your day-to-day work, not just in your role as senator, but in

your role as a community member, the ways that you step up and show up, you're a mentor.

You really help so many young people, and especially young women, in the city find their voice

and find their place, and I'm one of them.

I count myself among many, and I'm so grateful for your leadership, because you realize

that it's not just about the work that you do while you're in office to get resources

for the region, to set people up for success, or staff up for success.

But also, how do you build a bench behind you of people that can come on and continue

that work?

And so I'm really, really proud and grateful to be a part of that, and I just want to

say thank you.

Thank you for everything that you do.

You're so beautiful.

Mayor Pro Tem, former chief of staff, Palo Lantes.

I'm just sitting here, Angelique V. Ashby.

He added the V now, and you knew Senate.

Just in case there's another Angelique.

Just in case.

And when I saw that, I'm like, okay, I love it.

It's a new, like a new you, and a new day for the Sacramento region, because I know how

hard you work, how hard you fight, and how you're constantly trying to lift people up behind

you.

And like, you're the reason why a lot of us up here were elected.

You helped mentor us, helped uplift us, and were there for us in the toughest times.

Like the Mayor said, you're just a leader of the Sacramento region, and I'm just so grateful

to have you in my life.

And thankful for all you've done for Natomas, for our Sacramento region, and like the

Mayor said, I've spent six and a half years here at City Hall now.

And the first four or five of them were with you.

And now I'm here as a council member, and I am just so grateful for you.

And I am keeping the tradition alive.

I did win the door decorating contest last year.

I had a girl at City Hall.

And it's not happening this year, so I am two time winner of the door decorating contest.

So following your footsteps.

Very proud, very proud of you.

Thank you.

Council member Vang.

Thank you Mayor.

Senator Ashby, thank you so much for paving the way for so many of us.

I echo Mayor Proton's holomontist, and vice mayor Maple on the comments they've made.

And I just also wanted to remind folks that for a long time, you were actually the only

woman sitting woman city council member.

And I know how lonely that has must have been for you, but you stood your ground, and

you fought for so many of us.

And now we had a majority woman council.

We won't be majority more, but we still got strong four amazing women leaders here on

the diet, but really a big part of the makeup of this diet is because of you and your leadership

and your mentorship.

I also just want to say thank you for fighting for an atomis, but not just notomis.

You're a fighter also for South Sacramento.

And I know there's so many neighborhood folks, so many babies, so many families that love

you in South Sacramento, because you just don't fight for one part of the city, but you're

fighting for the entire region.

You're fighting hard for those that have been left behind.

So I just want to say thank you so much for your leadership, and we look forward to

continue working with you and thank you for everything that you've done in your short

time as a state senator.

And so looking forward to all the great things that you're going to continue to do for this

region.

And thank you so much for your mentorship.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks for yourigenings.

Thank you, Mayor.

I just want to let you know that I can't say thank you enough for all the things that

you've done for me.

Helping me as a new council member 10 years ago to come in and learn how to do the right

things and how to make sure not to do the wrong things.

You've always been a friend that has been by my side.

I call you a friend indeed that you can always count on.

And I appreciate that.

You are a mother.

You are a wife.

Former City Council member.

State Senator and I think what we forgot to do was bring the cape because all of that

adds up to being a superwoman.

And that's really what you are.

All of us who look up to you, who are proud of you, who count on you, who needs you.

And so keep doing what you're doing.

We'll make sure to get the cape for you so everyone knows.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

I just want to echo my colleagues and as a staffer I watched you on the dias and you

are definitely not just a champion for an autonomous but for all of Sacramento.

Especially in North Sacramento.

Hands down in North Sacramento, hey you with library.

That's all thanks to you.

And the $2 million to our parks right before you left in the Senate.

That was all because of your advocacy on the dias for North Sacramento which you didn't

represent but you represented it with North of the Tommas.

And so I thank you for your championing these causes for neighborhoods in Sacramento,

not just in the Tommas.

And you've been a great role model and I've been watching you on the as a staffer on the

dias and now at the Senate too.

So Senator Ashby, thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm Mr. President Powell, Councilmember Kaplan.

Thanks Mayor.

Hi Senator.

So let's be real.

You and I have not often been on the same side.

But I see this over the past two years as moms coming together and fighting for what's

right.

And so you have always fought.

I am my own way have fought for the kids.

You've fought for the city.

Now you get a fight for the region.

I am a partner.

We are together in this.

We as a city are better when we are together and fighting for the same cause.

And I know that's where we're going to be.

I look forward to your continued leadership.

And somebody tried to sneak him back but we also have the support of Senator Cabaldon.

So this is not just a little thing but our newly elected West Sacramento Senator is here

supporting as well.

Which says a lot about who you are as a leader for the region.

And here's the thing.

We're going to get some stuff done.

You've already shown that.

You've brought millions to this region.

Millions more is going to come in.

So we are on your side to fight for whatever you need.

We're just a phone call away.

So I look forward to all that you're going to do not for our region but for the state.

So thank you.

Let me and my welcome to Senator Cabaldon as well.

This is going to be a dynamic duo in the state senate.

Watch out Los Angeles.

Welcome Christopher.

Council Member Gettah.

Thank you mayor.

It's been said over and over again.

I've watched you as a fighter from when you ran your first campaign and back then.

I think we were all eligible for the college of Democrats and for your endorsements.

And it's continued.

Even watching you in the legislative sessions here to continue to fight.

Whether the cards were on the table to win or not.

But you continue regardless.

And for those who needed to help the most.

But most importantly, I think it was an urgency to get this resolution here today because if

not we'd need two pages for that resolution of lists instead of being able to get it on

one picture frame.

Congratulations and thank you again for your commitment to Sacramento.

Thanks sir.

The city clerk reminds me that it actually did start as four pages.

So that's this is true.

But here's the thing.

The fight and the passion.

It has delivered huge results for the city of Sacramento and at the legislature it's delivering

huge results.

When I look at the short long list actually in a short period of time of things that you

have accomplished from the Human Trafficking Detection Act to the Emergency Medical Services

Reimbursement Act, the fostering futures which by the way was the only budget allocation

in a very tough budget year for Senator Ashby's proposal to help further the education of

foster youth a big deal and so much more.

I just can't wait to watch you continue to achieve and rise and all the rest of it.

What a great moment.

Thank you Angelique.

It's all yours.

All right.

Okay.

Well thank you.

It's harder than you might think to just stand in one spot and receive all of that.

So I appreciate you all so very much and I can't tell you how many times I texted the mayor

and the city manager to say this is not necessary.

We don't have to do this.

Please don't feel like you have to do this.

It's okay.

But it's really, it's very gracious of you and kind and I do have a few things I'd like

to say.

I just, you know, nobody does these jobs alone.

That list for pages is not the deed list of one woman.

It is the working product of a team of individuals, some who are out in the community who are

very supportive and help me make sure that people out there know what work and heart on and

that I care about them and some inside of the building and I would love for those who

are here with me today to stand up in the audience.

All of you.

All of you that are with me stand up.

Thank you.

It is as much credit as I do and this team over here that represents the Senate District

Eight team and those who have come before them on the Senate District Eight team are

every bit a part of each one of those victories as I am.

They go in and they fight for you and they fight for the city just the same as I do.

Thanks for standing up.

Thanks for being here, you guys.

You can sit down if you'd like.

The other thing I want to say to all of you is there's no, there's no way to walk into

a new environment like that.

Some of you know this well.

I know Kareena knows this well.

I don't come from the capital.

So it's brand new to me and you know, walking in it can be a little intimidating.

There's so much to figure out and so much history.

It's so storied.

And I get a lot of credit for my committee assignments and for getting $175 million worth of stuff

to this city and I have a not at all secret weapon and he's sitting in the middle of your

dius.

And it's not a secret that when I learned that former pro tems have floor rights and can

return to the floor anytime they want that I immediately started calling on him to show

up as often as possible, especially when I needed help glaring at people on the senate

floor.

And he has obliged and I appreciate you so much.

The reason why the fostering youth project which by the way pays for foster youth in

the state of California to go to college debt free, pays for everything.

They're housing their tuition, their books.

And it was the only new ongoing funding item in the last two years in the budget cycle.

But the reason that happened isn't because I got there and within two months figured out

how to embed something in the budget.

It's because Mayor Steinberg taught me how to embed something in the budget as soon as

I walked through the door and that worked.

And that's how only one legislator got a new ongoing item because one legislator had

a pro tem whispering in their ear to explain to them how to get it done.

I also did not fill out my document for committee assignments.

I deserve no credit for the committee assignments.

In fact, the committee assignments I thought I should pick were dead wrong.

Mayor Steinberg filled out the form for me and I signed my name at the bottom and submitted

it.

And then everyone said, how did you get all these committees?

I don't even, I don't know, Darrell filled out the form.

So every time I met Judish until 9 o'clock at night, I texted him, thanks for putting

me on Judish.

Mayor, bring me some food.

So it's a team is what I'm telling you.

It's really about the relationships and Council Member Gara works in that building.

But I can tell you and my team can tell you how much time we spend with him.

We ask him to come down all the time.

We ask him for advice.

He knows that building really, really well.

He's been there a long time.

He is a beloved member of the Senate and he has supported us so much.

So Eric, I personally thank you in particular for just keeping an eye on us and coming down

and explaining things to us and helping my team.

I know they all appreciate you so much and we're really grateful to have your friendship

in that building too.

It's made a huge difference in my first two years.

And so for all of you, my advice to you whether you're sitting at this dais in one of these

seats or you head across the street to the county or you come over and join me in the

Capitol or maybe one of you hopefully will replace me in the Capitol at some time or you

move to that center seat and replace a mayor.

Just know that it is all about the relationships.

If I didn't have the relationship with the city manager that we have, that list of 175

million would not be 175 million.

I'm fighting right now for you for an ice street bridge and Christopher Cobaldon is

about to enter the ring to help me so these people are not going to know what hit them.

But I can't tell you how many times I've called Ryan Moore.

And I can call Ryan Moore because I know that your city manager will be okay with me calling

Ryan Moore.

I don't have to go through a whole chain like other cities do, like other legislators

do.

When some of you come to me with Bill Ideas, I'm able to reach out directly to the police

department or to the fire department who was also here and I'm able to talk to them.

It makes such a difference.

There are other senators who cannot do that and therefore were quicker than them.

Which means we can get to the resources faster.

Which means we can make our case.

On the longest hardest day of the legislature so far, it was one of those days that started

very early in the morning and went until midnight.

And what I will tell you about your senator is Mayor Steinberg started there in the morning,

saying, hey, man, was there for the beginning of the day for part of the celebration.

Help me honor an outgoing, very important member of the senate team, lady named Bernie.

And at midnight, the end of that meeting, city manager Chan was there underneath the dome

checking on me to make sure I was okay.

And both of them checked in throughout the day.

You go find me another senator who has that kind of love and support and partnerships

in their community.

And if you find me one, then they too will also have a four page list of their accomplishments

in two years.

Because that's how it works.

And I'm very humbled, very honored, very grateful to get to be the senator for the city of Sacramento

and for Elk Grove and Real Linda and Alberta.

And there are many elected officials behind me, two people who will be sworn in next week

who are also mentees of mine who I'm really proud of.

Deanna Reed, who will join the Real Linda, Alberta Parks Board in a few days here.

Get to swear her in.

Trained in the city of Sacramento's parks division by the way.

And Sumiti Mehta, who will join the Natomas Unified School Board as their newest trustee.

And the first Indian woman elected to a seat in the city of Sacramento.

I'm extraordinarily proud of all of them and of all of you.

And to the three young women on this dius who I have helped in any way.

I want you to know I'm very proud of you, all three of you.

You don't have to vote a certain way.

You don't owe anybody anything other than a loyalty to your district and

staying true to your heart and what you came here to do.

And you're all three so different.

You all three represent very different communities.

You have very different backgrounds.

But each of you had a place on this dius long before you ever put your name on the ballot.

And it makes me very proud to see you sitting up here, owning the space that you sit in.

And I hope that every day that you come here, you recognize how lucky you are to get to

represent half a million people in this city along with other amazing stewards of Sacramento's resources.

Consider me a partner always.

And thank you so much for honoring me today, Mary.

I'm very grateful.

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All right, we now have a wonderful retirement celebration presented by councilmember Rick Jennings.

Rick?

Okay, Mayor. I'm going to talk a little bit while the room

clears. But we just honored an incredible champion and we're getting ready to do another

honor of a champion who is right here in City Hall and has been here at City Hall for

the last 26 years. This is honoring David Adrozzolin on the occasion of his retirement,

which I have tried my best to talk him out of, but I've had no success, so I just have

to go along with it. And I just want to acknowledge his family who is here with him.

His family is on the road with him and want to give them a round of applause if I can.

I don't have enough time, David, to speak to all the things that you've done in this city,

which you've done for each one of the districts here. You know, it's 26 years is a long time.

So I don't have time to do that, but what I do have time to do is to provide you with

a resolution that speaks to that. What I'm hoping is that you'll open your doors up in

your home to let everybody come and see this incredible resolution. So I want to just

read a few lines of it just to make sure that people know the impact that you've made

on the City of Sacramento all the way since 1998. So honoring, whereas David attended

the San Jose State University from August 1991 to 1998, earning a master's degree in

civil engineering and becoming a registered civil engineer through the California Board

of Registered Engineers, also obtaining a traffic engineering license as well, where he began

his distinguished career in public service with the City of Sacramento in August of 1998,

as a supervising and senior engineer for over two decades, implementing numerous roadway

improvements to enhance operation safety, equitable transportation access, and whereas

David became the interim traffic engineer and division manager in June of 2019 and officially

assumed the role in October of 2020, overseeing all transportation matters, including private

development, planning roadways, operations, and maintaining 40,000 streetlights in 850 traffic

signals. Now I'm going to start not giving the whole paragraph, but just a sentence or

two. Whereas David's tenure, during his tenure, he prioritized equitable access to safe

and sustainable transportation options for all residents. David made significant contributions

to the City's Vision Zero Action Plan established in August of 2018 by leading efforts to reduce

traffic fatalities and serious injuries focusing on vulnerable road users. His work included

updating pedestrian crossing guidelines, reviewing top priority corridor projects, securing

grants, and implementing speed reductions in school zones and other safety initiatives.

Whereas he led a critical safety program, including the medium island safety program, speed

lump program, and traffic signal program. And the reason I'm saying all this is because

it's so important to understand the impact that you made to create a safer Sacramento so

kids could go to school, seniors could cross the street, and people like me can ride our bikes

and feel like we are safe in riding our bikes and going through the roadways. So I just

want to let people know the impact that you made in doing all these things. David's career

exemplifies a commitment to public safety, transportation, equity, and improving Sacramento's

residents quality of life through innovative and exclusive, inclusive solutions.

Therefore, let it be resolved by the mayor and this City Council of the City of Sacramento

that we do hereby recognize you and express our sincere gratitude for your outstanding

service, leadership, and congratulations on a successful career here in the City of Sacramento

and wish you the very best on your well earned retirement. With that, let's give them

a big round of applause.

So David, I should have probably had you come up to the mic, right? But I know you're

a quiet man and you don't really necessarily like all this attention. I know that. But

now I'll bring you to the mic so you can tell us what you think about all of this.

Keep it coming, I like it. I like it.

Before we turn over to the mic, did we do have a couple of colleagues that also want to

say something so if you could send in the line like take it in David, take it in, let

me begin to mayor pro-tentellers.

David, when I was in second grade, someone asked me if I could have any superpower, what

it would be. And I think I answered that I would control the street lights in the world

so I can make people as good day or bad days.

I can control kind of flow of traffic and I just thought it was really fascinating. So

when I got here to City Hall, six years ago, they're, you know, they're, I was doing a

briefing and you were telling me all the work that you do and I thought, wow, that was

the dream that I had back in second grade. And the amount of traffic studies that you

do and all the work that you do, I have just like, have loved getting to know you as a

person. And when I saw that you were retiring a few weeks ago, I called you immediately

and I went straight to voicemail. And then I texted you and said, please don't retire.

And you said, my wife retired, I'm going to go to Greece, I'm going to go vacation and

I deserve it. And I'm like, amen, you do. And you are just an incredible human being,

such a hard worker. And I'm just going to miss calling you for every single street light

and every single thing because I just, I know that when I call you or when I email you,

when I contact you, you always come back with a solution. Sometimes it doesn't work,

sometimes it does work, but you always look into it and just make me feel so heard in

my community, so heard. So thank you so much for your service, the city of Sacramento.

And I hope you enjoy your vacation.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor Perter. Vice mayor.

Thank you, Mayor. I just want to start out by saying we haven't known each other for

a long time because I haven't been here a long time, but you have. You've been at the

city for 26 years. And I just, I know there were a lot of accolades, all the work that you've

done over those two plus decades. But I just want to bring up a really specific example

on the one that I've impacted me in my district when I first came on board. So I represent

Oak Park area. And before being elected, there was quite an uproar in the community because

right where Broadway turns around a corner where MLK hits, there is a senior housing building.

And because of the speed at which people travel on Broadway and the angle of that curve,

I think there had been at least two vehicles that had hit that building in a very short period

of time, including at least one fatality and many other accidents in the years leading

up to that. And so it was a major area of concern for the community. And I came in and I

know didn't know anything then and still know nothing compared to you about a traffic

or how the roadways were designed. But I came to you with a problem and you came to me

with a solution. And I just really appreciate that about you. It was, it wasn't all the

things that we couldn't do. Because certainly sometimes that's what we've faced with in

challenges when it comes to policy. You have very much an attitude of how to get to

yes and how to find the solution that works for the community. And what resulted was a very

fast solution that has worked incredibly well and has gone from me receiving hundreds

of calls a week to zero about this intersection. But it's not about me. It's about the safety

of the community. And so if that's just one example, I'm sure there are hundreds or thousands

of other examples where you come up with solutions that have made an impact on real people's

lives over the decades that you've been in service. So I just want to thank you for all

the time that you've spent the city of Sacramento for your service. And I'm wishing you the

best in your retirement. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Merva Venge.

Yes. I just wanted to take this moment to echo my colleagues and thank you, David,

for your many years of service to the community. And congratulations on your retirement. But

there's only one way to leave City Hall and make sure that it's fashionable. So Council

member Jennings has a street sign named a street sign of your name on it so that you could

keep that home. So nice. So, so, so, so proud. Congratulations on your retirement. Thank

you so much for your many years of service to the city. So, thank you. So I just want to

say it's the mayor of the city that there are quiet heroes in heroines of the public service.

Right? The people who do not look for the limelight but who make the light. Little little attempt,

little attempt, little attempt at eloquence that fell flat. But, but it wasn't even a dad joke.

It was, it was, I meant that thank you for leading on something that is so basic to the public

welfare and the public safety that maybe we too often take it for granted but you remind

this it's important never to take it for granted. Congratulations, David. Thank you. Thank

you. Thank you. You have it. You're doing this. Mr. Jennings,

you think it's a ten minute speech. Oh, you got to speech. You go right ahead. Sorry. Yes.

Thank you all for your kind words. I appreciate it. It just seems like yesterday I was starting

my career. But I've had a memorable time over the last 25 years working for the city and we've

accomplished a lot. However, I like to acknowledge that we could not have gotten this far without

the leadership of Howard Chan, Hector Barone, Ryan Moore, Matt, Lucinda, and others. It's

with their leadership that we've been able to accomplish things. And I wish I could take

the credit for everything that was mentioned. But that is not the case. Public works is just

blessed with many, many fantastic workers, very intelligent, hard workers. I've collaborated

with folks over the years, whether it's in traffic engineering, engineering services,

outreach, all of them. They're just fantastic to work with. Can do attitudes. I've been blessed

to be able to work with other folks, a lot of them in the city attorney's office who have

helped me and the city resolve various issues. So I've been blessed to work with everyone here

at the city. Lastly, I'd like to thank my family who supported me every day over the years.

I come from a very, very humble background. Today I'm joined by my two sisters and my brother

and sister-in-law. They've just been a support for all these years. Then I'd like to acknowledge

my wife of 40 years. She's put out with me. As well as my three children, my son over here,

Garick and then I have a daughter in San Francisco and a son in Chicago who couldn't make it. But

without my wife, my immediate family and all the public works, assistance, I cannot have gotten

this far. So thank you for your time, words.

You ready? Yes. What hasAD echo for us?

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One, two, three.

Got it.

So sorry so much.

You have the show.

Well, I now get the honor of asking Lieutenant Matthew McFail to leave his post for just a moment.

As we have, I thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah.

I have the opportunity in my last meeting here to honor Lieutenant McFail on his promotion to Lieutenant.

Now, everyone who gets promoted deserves this kind of recognition, but we don't always do that.

But this is a special case.

Because looking at, of course, your record, you've been a police officer since December of 2005, voted to serge in 2017, an integral part of various units, patrol, district pop, bike team, the list goes on and on, on and on, recognize bravery and dedication, the bronze medal of valor in 2011, being named employer the quarter in two different years, 2014 and 2021.

All that is really important and meaningful and maybe most meaningful to the community and the department.

But what adds to that for us and for me personally is your role as the sergeant at arms for the City Council for the past two and a half years.

Now, that may seem like whatever, adding whatever.

We are living in an environment.

Well, let's just say things get hot in the council chambers.

And there is, of course, a line between a sort of even aggressive advocacy and expressing one's opinion and even anger to public officials.

And there is the other side of the line where people act in ways that disrupt the ability for others to participate.

And Lieutenant McPhale, through a number of these instances, and you know we have had them in the year 2024 and the year 2023, has always been an incredibly calm presence and effective presence in a very turbulent time.

And that does not go unnoticed. We feel safer, of course, but it's so much more than that.

The way you do your job and the way you have done this work has created at least a little bit more comfort and safety for people to want to come into these chambers and to be able to participate in the sacred democratic process.

And so I want to just say thank you. And I know my colleagues, some of them will speak as well to say thank you for the way you have done your job, the way you model the public service, and the way you have handled some really difficult situations in this chamber.

And you're grads on your promotion.

Thank you, Mayor. I think it's worth noting. I fully agree with the mayor because your presence is calm.

But it also when we look at when an officer gets awarded a bronze medal of valor, that all should be their service to us because the mayor was right.

Well, I'm happy to have a person sitting here and be an officer who gave me an opportunity to join you in having a patient who was treated in a massぎ Natudaije.

where it doesn't escalate.

And that has been seen.

And considering I say mostly closest to you,

knowing that you have my back.

And the people's back who want to be here

in this council chambers and do it safely

has meant the world to me.

So I just want to say thank you for just being you

and serving this city the way it deserves to be served.

It has not gone unnoticed.

And this promotion will probably not be your last.

So I look forward to your long tenure here

continuing to serve the citizens of Sacramento.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you so much.

Vice Mayor Maple.

Thank you, Mayor.

I'm on a roll tonight.

I urge this afternoon as I'm going to keep rolling.

I just want to say for so congratulations

on your promotion.

It's well deserved.

But it's been really special working with you

as I'm new in this role.

Two years into my position as a city council member,

but one year in as Vice Mayor.

And so learning how to run the meetings,

learning how to do that in a very challenging time

as the mayor stated.

There is more than once that we're sitting

in the back hallways in our back room,

trying to figure out how do we manage such

and such situation and can't imagine of anyone else

better to be there than you.

It's been said by multiple colleagues

that you bring a calmness, that's true.

But the thing that I've noticed the most

is you also bring a kindness.

It's the little things that people don't even pay attention to.

But I'm always looking around because I have ADD.

And I always notice that if anyone is in need of help,

whether it's a door opened, they have a question

about how to submit a form, whatever it may be.

You're always there.

You don't view your job to be just the specific roles

and responsibilities that might be in your job

description.

You've it to be of service.

And that's really evident.

And so whoever may come after has big issues to fill.

But thank you for leading with that kindness

because I think it sets a wonderful example

in these tumultuous times that we're living in right now,

especially as it relates to government and local government,

having role models of people that show what it means

to be able to have discourse and disagree with one another,

but also be civil and kind is really important.

So thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

In Chief Lester, we also want to thank all the other men

and women who are here on those long Tuesdays.

For your service as well.

All right?

We're calling out Lieutenant McFelby

want to thank you as well.

OK.

It's pretty comfortable up there.

There he is.

OK.

Take two minutes or as long as you would like.

I share as long as you would like.

I won't need a full two minutes.

On Thursday, you see, look at what the agenda has in store

for me at the end of each week.

And so I was a little surprised to see my name on there.

So I wasn't quite sure what I was going.

I didn't get a phone call about this.

So I got to talk to somebody about that.

But I think if I have anything I want to get across,

I appreciate the recognition of the kindness element.

It's being kind as free and treating people with respect

is easy.

And that goes a long way to getting people to do sometimes

what you want them to do, but really what you need them to do.

And the other thing I want to raise up

is I've had a great team of people that I've worked with

that made my job actually really, really easy.

And it's not just my officers that have been here

every Tuesday afternoon or Tuesday night.

It's the clerk staff that have been here, city manager

staff that worked the media desk.

It's a whole team of people that are each doing little roles

that really make my job easy, because I

can count on them to do all those little pieces.

So I just get to sit in the corner of the eye candy.

So I've heard a lot of people say that.

Yeah.

Thank you.

So thank you.

Thank you.

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Thank you.

They got some work up there.

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Go down there.

Go down there.

Sara is north of Idaho.

It's a north car.

I'm here.

I'm going to get you a little bit more.

I'm going to get you a little bit more.

I'll be closer.

One, two, three.

One more.

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and it's filled by old tiles.

Excellent.

Excellent point.

At least five.

Excellent point.

The

I'm happy to present more resolutions here today, by the way.

Let's go to the consent calendar.

We do have city business or there are items that members would like taken up separately or to speak about separately.

Yes, 21.

Very good.

Anybody else?

We do have public testimony.

Do we want to take a motion?

Well, you want to wait till you comment on 21, are you?

I'll make a motion to consent.

Okay, thank you.

Moved and seconded.

Now let's hear from the public.

We'll hear from Councilmember Kaplan and then we'll take a vote.

Here I have four speakers on the consent calendar.

First is Lambert on items 3, 9 and 12.

So we send ye Lee ox on item 8.

Sophia Kennen on item 8 and then Jeffrey Carnegie on item 21.

Yes, I wanted to speak on number three first.

It talks about commission appointments and right now district two is on fire.

I don't mean that literally, but they are in the news all over California right now.

And the reason I came down is because there was not one person nominated for district

two as a commissioner.

All of these people on here and maybe I have it wrong.

But that's another example of excluding district two.

For those of you who aren't aware, Grant High School's football team won the championship

the day after Thanksgiving.

And they had to go on the road to win that.

Then the CIF sent them to Stockton in the rain and they went there.

I should say we went there because I go to the games and they won that game.

Then they had to go last week to Google country Mountain View and they won that game which

was Northern California.

That's tremendously hard to do in one year.

I mean it's a three-peat.

A lot of championships have been won under the watch of Mayor Steinberg.

I'm not saying he's the reason.

I'm just saying it happened on his watch.

I don't think it's a coincidence.

And he also came to the games.

That meant a lot to the community but we need to improve that.

There's a lot of talented people in district two.

And somebody maybe Roger Dickerson will do it.

But there should be more commissioners from district two.

It's one of the most gerrymandered districts in California.

It has over 20 communities.

It should be somebody with talent in that community.

Here comments.

Our next speaker is Siou Ye Lee.

And I'm probably not pronouncing it right.

Please correct me.

Good afternoon.

My name is Siou Ye Lee.

Alex.

I am the director of Sacramento Valley Small Business Development Center.

The Sacramento Valley SBDC is pleased to support the establishment of the City of Sacramento

Small Business Assistance Center and appreciate the opportunity to be the city's C-TAP provider.

Sacramento Valley SBDC has been hosted by California Capital Financial Development Corporation

since January of 2022.

In the last three years, we have invested over 7,000 counseling hours to over 1600 City

of Sacramento-based small businesses.

We help 50 entrepreneurs start their business, help create over 1,500 full-time and part-time

jobs and help secure over $28 million in loans for City of Sacramento-based small businesses.

Our team of diverse 20 business devices are also subject matter experts in starting and

running businesses.

Many of whom are also bilingual in Spanish, Hindi, Mung, Russian, and Dari.

We're very excited about the opportunity to work with McAll as well as the needs to

expand our capacity to serve the small business community in the Peebitt corridors.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Sophia and then Jeffrey.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Councilmembers.

My name is Sophia Kanan and I am the director for the Women's Business Center at California

Capital Financial Development Corporation and for nearly a decade I have had the privilege

of serving entrepreneurs here in the City of Sacramento as well as the surrounding areas.

I'm here in favor of the execution of the C-Tap Agreement with California Capital because

we would like to continue our effort to support entrepreneurs in this region and we truly

believe that supporting this agreement is an investment in the city's small business

ecosystem and in its future.

I urge you to vote in favor of this motion to continue supporting services for entrepreneurs

by way of training, counseling.

We do a lot of work with folks here by helping them grow their dreams, start their dreams.

As of recently our Women's Business Center has been one of the leading Women's Business

Centers in California to provide ongoing childcare training services to folks here in the

City of Sacramento because we really want to fill those childcare deserts not only to

provide entrepreneurs with additional ways of becoming entrepreneurs but also to help

other folks fill them to re-enter the workforce.

And so with your support we really hope to continue to do this work and thank you very

much.

Thank you for your comments.

Mr. Tartigui, would you prefer a handheld microphone?

Whatever works that you can hear me.

Thank you.

I'm here as an advocate.

Not only for regional transit, not only for public transportation but the two things I

want to remind you on here is communication with the city talks to RT and where you

have not put in the bus stops, red markings.

So that on the weekends, people park there.

I just put that out there in the context of this initiative right here and make sure that

planning and the rest of code enforcement likewise work together with RT in doing this

come out.

That's my comment for now and we'll get you at the end of not for a comments off the

agenda.

Thank you, Jeffrey.

Thank you for your comments.

Mary, I have no more speakers on the consent calendar.

All right, Council Member Kaplan, item 21.

Thank you, Mayor and thank you, Jeffrey, for this because this is something that does need

to be called out and really think our public works department.

This has been a change in state law that now we will be able to ticket those who are

parking where our buses can't get in safely, then stay on the roadway and it's going to

be a camera on the front part of vehicles.

So it's going to ticket them automatically but it is also going to ticket people who are

in our bike lanes and parking in our bike lanes which, you know, this is a proactive step

that I really appreciate if you have not met with our public works division.

Please with Ironman and his team, I am really appreciative of all the steps they are taking

because they are taking the safety of our citizens who bike and walk who are disabled

seriously and have a plan as well as plan for curb management because now that we know

we have more door dash and Uber Eats, how do we plan for that so that they are not blocking

our bike lanes and our bus lanes and Jeffrey what I will say is if you notice where there

needs to be red striping, take a picture and send it in.

You are more than welcome just to send them into my office wherever they are and I will

make sure public works get that but you can also send it in to 311.

I know that's something that public works in their department is on top of and wants to

make safe but I am really appreciative of this coming forward and the forth forward thinking

from our public works department what they are doing.

So thank you mayor.

Thank you very much council member Kaplan.

All right we do have a motion and second on the consent calendar.

All in favor please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed I abstain that passes unanimously.

We do have two public hearings, one is item 22.

And mayor just to let the record reflect two more hours until your future former mayor.

Two more hours.

Is there an hourglass somewhere with sand?

I know that to be true.

It is the fountain of youth.

I cannot wait sorry for the interrupt.

No you are all good.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Good afternoon mayor and council.

I am Jamie Mosler, associate planner in the community development department and I will

be providing today's presentation on title 17 omnibus ordinances.

As an overview of this presentation I will first define what omnibus means.

I will then describe the categories of amendments and provide an overview and then outline which

review steps are necessary.

So what does omnibus mean essentially it is a proposed law that covers a variety of topics

and these ordinances do that within three main categories.

This being state law consistency.

These amendments ensure that our local code is consistent with new state laws.

Second category is streamlining.

We often notice things that aren't working quite the way that we would like and these amendments

allow us to refine existing regulations without establishing a new policy.

And the last category is administrative cleanup which is these are primarily just correcting

typos.

Before going into an overview I did want to highlight attachment two of the staff report

which does provide a more detailed explanation of each of them and I will talk about today.

So the first category state law consistency with accessory dwelling unit senate bill

477 was passed earlier this year and reorganized state law for 80 use but didn't make any policy

changes.

So these amendments just make sure that our references are correct.

For charging stations it has been a statewide requirement since 2016 to administratively approve

EV charging stations and senate bill 1291 additionally requires that for hydrogen fueling

stations.

So the amendment clarifies that both of these are exempt from our discussionary site plan

and design review process.

For housing there's a couple of bills here so AB 1490 allows 100% affordable adaptive

reuse projects by right.

Senate bill 4 allows creates a new pathway for housing only and owned by higher education

and religious institutions so the ordinance includes amendments to clarify how we would

process both of those locally.

And then for density bonus there are a number of changes to this law every year and so the

new ordinance chapter would create a section that really references state law and is more

resilient to those changes in state law.

Second category is streamlining.

There's four amendments here.

So the first issue we notice is that for odd shaped lots per our code if we need to determine

the setbacks of those when it's not obvious it requires a full site plan and design review

application even if no other application would otherwise be required.

And so we're proposing to authorize the zoning administrator to make that determination

when an application isn't required and really want to remove a burdensome cost for basic

regulatory information.

Second one deals with accessory structures so our code has some confusing standards for

trollesses, pergolese and swimming pools and there also aren't any defined standards

for arbores when the public has questions about them.

So our proposed amendment is to clarify the difference between in traless and pergolese

simplify wording for swimming pools and define arbores with standards.

Really want to increase the accuracy of information that we're providing to the public.

Next deals with site plan and design review so once someone has an approved application

if they want to make any changes to it per our code they're required to submit an entire

new application which could be really large fees for a minor change.

So we're proposing to create a minor and major modification process which is what we do

for conditional use permits.

Really want to have a consistent approach with our entitlements and reduce unnecessary

costs for minor changes while still ensuring that they're reviewed.

Next with tentative maps.

So the subdivision review committee reviews tentative maps before the zoning administrator

for conformance with standards and provides conditions of approval.

If the map is nearing its expiration and they need to request more time per our code they're

still required to go to the subdivision review committee even though no changes are proposed

in the map.

So we're proposing to remove the requirement for time extensions to go to the subdivision

review committee.

Really want to remove an extra step in our entitlement process.

Last category is administrative cleanup.

So I won't walk you through every single typo that we corrected but I did want to highlight

the ASCAL avenue and labor intensive overlays.

So title 17 was comprehensively updated in 2013 and as part of the update these overlays

were removed and the standards associated with them.

However the title still remains in our code along and they still show up on our zoning

map.

And so we're proposing to remove the title text from those and rezone the parcels just

to remove that overlay language that hasn't had any standards associated with that and

over 10 years and we really want to maintain a code free from errors and consistent with

prior city council actions.

Terms of review stops these ordinances were presented to the planning and design commission

in October along with the law and legislation committee in November both making motions

forwarding into the city council today.

So our recommendation is to conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion move staff's

recommendation.

That concludes my presentation.

Staff is available for any questions.

Thank you.

Mary have no public comments on this item?

Very good.

Highly technical and really important council member Kaplan.

Mayor I'd like to open this public hearing on the various changes in the omnibus bill

to title 17 would actually streamline housing and brings more of it in.

And if there are no comments make a motion to close and approve.

Work for that.

Moved in second all in favor please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed abstain that passes.

Thank you very much for your good work.

Appreciate it.

Item 23 the last item of the day.

Presenting on this too.

Yep me again.

Go go.

We for the presentation the queue up.

Hello again.

Genie Mosler, Associate Planner in the community development department.

There was a presentation for this.

Okay.

Perfect.

Yeah.

Also be giving a presentation on an ordinance for housing element program age 15 which

is titled permitting requirements for special needs housing.

As an overview of this presentation I'll first provide some background on where this

work originates in the housing element.

Of them provide an overview of the five housing types.

This ordinance affects and outline the review stops for this as well.

To ask them background state law requires every city and county in California to adopt

a housing element as part of its general plan.

Our current housing element was adopted by city council in 2021 and this document sets

forth policies and programs to address housing needs and Sacramento.

This including program age 15 which directs the city to ensure compliance with state law

and encourage special needs housing through actions pertaining to the five housing types

listed on the slide.

And we'll go through each of those one by one.

With starting with low barrier navigation centers.

This is defined in state law as a housing first low barrier service in rich shelter that's

focused on moving people into permanent housing and provides temporary living facilities

while case managers connect individuals to services.

Low barriers to find by the state to being best practices to reduce barriers to entry such

as allowing pets, storage of possessions and presence of partners if it's not a population

specific site.

So a couple years ago bills passed that required all cities and counties to allow these centers

by right and mixed use zones and non residential zones that permit multi unit dwellings.

So the direction from the program was to amend the zoning code to allow these centers where

required by state law.

So what the ordinance does is currently these centers aren't addressed in title 17 so

it adds them to find the land use and allows them by right in those zones or state law

requires.

We'll also be creating an application form specific to these to provide more information.

Second housing type are temporary residential shelters.

These provide short term temporary housing to individuals for free or substantial labor

low cost services may be provided such as those lifted on the slide and it's also known

as an emergency shelter in state law.

These might sound similar to low barrier and navigation centers but services may be more

minimal at these versus that low barrier and navigation center.

So there's three points of direction for age 15 for this so it's to revise a zoning code

to do three things first to ensure that our requirements comply with state law.

Second ones to establish a higher threshold for the number of beds allowed by right and

lastly to ensure the zones where those shelters are allowed by right provide enough capacity

in our inappropriate locations.

So the ordinance implements all three of these directions by first revising standards

to comply with state law.

State law sets parameters for the type of standards that cities can apply to these and we removed

any standards that conflicted.

Second currently shelters with up to 24 beds are allowed by right and the ordinance proposes

to increase that to 100 individuals which is consistent with Sacramento County's zoning

ordinance.

And then lastly there is a detailed analysis on the staff report but we did look at those

zones where shelters are allowed by right and make sure that there is enough that could

provide the capacity required by state law.

And lastly the ordinance also proposes to for the shelters that aren't in those four

zones that do require conditionally permit to lower the level of review down from the

planning and design commission to the zoning administrator level.

CUPs were identified in the housing element as a potential constraint for larger shelters

and this would reduce time and cost for applications while still allowing for a public hearing

process.

The next housing type are SROs or single room occupancy.

This is a land use for six or more rooms or guest rooms.

You can think of it like a dormitory where there's smaller private rooms in a shared

kitchen or bathroom.

They're also known as a residential hotel in our local zoning.

So the direction from the program was to update the zoning code to allow these by right

in commercial and multi-unit dwelling zones.

So the ordinance implements this direction by changing the review level from the planning

and design commission level permit to an administrative permit the stock level in commercial and

multi-unit dwelling zones.

We also revise the standards to clarify and make sure they reflect how SROs operate today.

Next housing type is supportive housing.

This is defined in state law is housing with no limit on the length of stay that is linked

to on site or off site services and occupied by the target population which is defined

on the slide.

And state law requires local jurisdictions to treat this the same as a dwelling meaning

of supportive housing is occurring in apartment building.

For zoning purposes it should be treated the same as any apartment building.

So bill is passed a few years ago that requires all cities to allow 100% affordable projects

with supportive housing units by right where multi-unit and mixed use development aren't

permitted.

And so program each 15 directs the city to develop a processing procedure to comply with

this.

So the ordinance implements this direction by adding a new chapter to our zoning code

for processing these applications and will also be creating a new application form specific

to this as well.

So the last housing type are group homes.

So there's not an official definition for group homes but there are several land uses

in title 17 that could fall within this category listed on the slide.

But essentially the primary activity is individuals living together that are not biologically related.

Services may be provided at the home and they share kitchen and bathroom facilities.

So the direction from the program was to review and amend the zoning code is necessary

to ensure that requirements for group homes of seven or more persons are consistent with

state law and fair housing requirements.

So expanding on that many of the group home uses that were listed on the slide of more

than six individuals are living there they require conditional use permit.

This is allowed by state law if state license services are being provided.

However if housing falls within supportive housing or transitional housing we have to treat

those the same way as a dwelling.

So the ordinance implements the direction by revising the definition of residential care

facilities which do require a CUP to specify that their state license.

And then we're also revising several of those group home land uses to clarify the protections

for supportive and transitional housing.

In the future we want to continue looking into group homes and there's so many different

terms for very similar things and really as part of work to bring title 17 into consistency

with our new general plan evaluate creating a new land use classification of dwelling that

replaces all of these different ones to align with our policy goals for a broader array

of housing types including group homes.

Terms of review steps this ordinance was also presented to the planning and design commission

in October the law and legislation committee in November both forwarding emotions bring

it to city council today.

Our recommendation is to conduct public hearing and upon conclusion move staff recommendation.

That concludes my presentation and staff is available for any questions.

Thank you.

Excellent job Ms. Mosler and then we have Councilmember Kaplan.

Thank you vice mayor of course.

Oh do we have any public comment on this?

I'm Jeffrey Tartigia.

You know mayor Lisa one second it all goes away.

Sorry about that Mr. Tartigia.

Good to see you Jeffrey.

My comments related to before the mayor was here is how low cost housing the for developers

literally got eliminated.

So it's amazing and so I ended up having to go to a state meeting to encourage what would

be funding for low housing for these things and it realize he's taken this long the city

of Sacramento to realize what is helpful and needed for accessibility and also for the

affordable housing.

So thank you for this.

Even though it's the last one that the mayor gets to make on comment but I hope he comes

back for not on the agenda.

I think he certainly will be back.

Thank you so much councilmember Kaplan.

Again thank you vice mayor and while the mayor did walk out.

We always we can hear what's going on in the back.

So I'm sure he is listening of which I also want to say thank you to our mayor because

ominous bills and Ms. Mosler like these are tedious detailed where we have to have compliance

changes in state law of which requires going through all of our codes to make sure that

there is consistency.

These are not easy work but these little changes could result as we pass the most progressive

like housing element and general plan.

This helps us accomplish that.

So these are all the little pieces and I know our mayor has a direct link to at the state

level who might have said these are some of the things we need changing to make housing

easier in Sacramento.

And those conversations really matter when we at the local level can tell our state leaders

we can't do everything you want us to do because there is no ability or state law prevents

us from doing that.

So the ominous bills are actually pretty amazing at the state level.

They could be hundreds of pages and know how long it takes to do them.

So thank you.

It's not easy work.

I will open and close the hearing and move the item.

And we have a motion of a second.

Mr. Mayor.

Thank you so much Madam Vice Mayor.

I do have one actual question that kind of caught my attention as the presentation was being

made.

I think you said that this applies to households, the group homeless for example where there

are non-biological relatives.

And so it makes me wonder whether or not families for example, I don't know how you define biological

with adopted children or other, the family units now are in a beautiful way are taking different

forms and all kinds of ways.

I'm just wondering we never want to inadvertently because I know it would be unintentional but like

require a special permit for families that are different to be able to live.

So what was that term biological kind of bothered me a little bit?

Maybe to Kevin Claw and the Zoning Administrator.

To put some context to that comment in the staff report that the regulatory changes were

proposing we were going in the opposite direction that the zoning that we're starting with has

certain assumptions built into it such as single families only you think of that concept

if family unit.

There are special categories that Ms. Moser pointed out for a group homes that don't fit

into that category.

We have folks who are related or not related cohabitating and so we're proposing changes

today that make that clear that where it's required by state law we're making it allowed

in our local code and that we're going to do some further work and we look at implementing

the general plan with future coaching.

So there would be nothing that would discriminate so to speak against people who are part of

families that are considered different in any way.

Not in any way yeah we're very aware of the fair housing requirements of state law and

in our housing.

Thank you.

And a great great questions and comments because I know I heard an impassioned speech from

our mayor just last night about the rights of all people in the city and the civil rights

of people and so I think that's a really important line of questioning.

And so what I'm going to do is I'm going to speak briefly and give the seat back to you

where you belong.

And just want to say yeah do you want to go first?

Okay.

I just wanted to say that what an appropriate last item to for very last like speaking discussion

item for our mayor because this is an area where you've done a lot of work over many many

many years both first time on the city council then once you're in the legislature and

now back in the last eight years in advancing opportunities for people who are living

and sheltered on our streets and other precarious situations to e-commerce and state housing

Sacramento and so thank you for all your work and making sure that we stay compliant with

the state laws as we continue to change and shift.

Thank you and I'll pass it over to councilor McGara.

Thank you very much vice mayor and also again just to recognize the great work that our

staff have done and the leadership of our mayor and council here and one that's why

our what he called it our planning department has been nationally recognized and I want

to make sure we don't forget that that we've been nationally recognized and also that

that compared to our comparable cities that we've produced more housing and different

types of housing at all different levels and income levels because of that policy work

and with that I was very proud of second this motion moving forward.

Very good thank you thank you for the important important work.

All right we have a motion of second all in favor please say aye.

Opposed abstained that passes and that concludes the agenda for this afternoon.

We do have public testimony and items not on the agenda and council member comments questions

and comments.

This please.

I have two speakers first is Lambert then Jeffrey Tartiguiha.

Jeffrey.

Oh Lambert first okay.

Okay mayor I'm glad that you returned.

It's going to sound almost like a love fest for you.

This is this is the San Francisco Chronicle talking about the grant

Pacers winning in Google country they actually went by Google I was there with

them it was wonderful to see because they weren't born when Google was created.

That's how young they are.

And this is the San Francisco Chronicle this is wonderful article they won on the last

second field goal.

So a lot of you talk about winning but in order to win you got to win under pressure

and that's what they've done they played this Friday in Orange County.

Now here they are with the best record and they have to go on the road.

They should have played here.

I wrote this out and I know it's going to be in trusted hands if I give it to

Minty Cuppie and this is also for the mayor.

This is what I think they should get and there's enough time for me to read some of this.

This is a three-peak this year.

They should get summer jobs.

Okay they think it means more to them to have summer jobs than taking photo ops.

They also should have bankwits.

There's many cultures on this team.

Different nationalities, Chinese food, Samoa and Hawaiian, Hispanic, Mexican.

I mean it's just a talented team of youngsters and they should be rewarded.

Also December 1st to the Bay and Back Cheesecakes was featured at the Sacramento Convention Center.

What was that?

That was called the Bridal and Wedding Expo and we went viral there and that covers Sacramento and Northeast.

I wish you well mayor.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Comments Jeffrey.

Well mayor I remember when your first meeting of City Council took place here and when I discussed pit

stands for the

National Council, you seem to have the deer in the eyes look.

I believe you know what pit stands for now and how important that has been to the homeless and will respectfully say to you is I hope at next

count we get a more accurate count than because of the latter the cap your film last January that I know areas that just got totally lost.

What I want to talk about is for the whole council is there is a real need for speakers bureau.

So you have leaders of various cultures nationalities come up and you know how to get a hold of them to talk directly to the various communities that are within Sacramento.

Big need and something that you have not addressed and looked at as of yet something for next year.

Other thing I will say to the mayor is and I will say to Howard is please hopefully you will move the agenda so that public comment is not the last item on the agenda.

I think RT does a better job of making it after consent and putting it in there so you get a flavor and you know because by this time on some meetings you have are ready to leave and you have not

been listening to what has been said. That is my public comment to you is maybe the last comment but congratulations on whatever you are going to do next mayor.

Thank you Jeffrey. Thank you very much. Thank you for your activism and advocacy.

All right let's hear council ideas and questions councilmember Kaplan.

Thank you mayor just want to do an AB1234 I attended CalCities last week where we discussed setting the CalC for the league's policies for the next year as well as the state budget and where and the federal budget of where cities might be impacted by some federal changes.

There is some good stuff in there and then just last week for night three and four of Santa in Natomas and Robla this Thursday and Friday and Sunday is a winter wonderland with free ice skating as well as get your picture with Santa and I just really want to thank our police department our fire department and intercom public safety who come out and make each night joyous for our Santa in Natomas.

Thank you. Thank you so much councilmember Kaplan. Vice mayor Maple.

Thank you mayor. Hi I have a very special announcement which is that our very own district director Michael Benjamin the second has has won his election to serve on the Sacramento City Unified School Board Board of Education Board of Directors I think I said that right.

Yes congratulations to him so he will be having his swearing in on December 19th at 5 p.m. That will be at the Sacramento City Unified School District Board Chambers if you need information on that I can send it to you I'll put it on our website.

Please do come celebrate and join and and cheer him on he's a true advocate for the community born and raised in Oak Park has been him and his parents and his parents parents generations from that community and have done a lot to not only only

uplift the neighborhood but especially young people he is an educator in the Sacramento City Unified School District including teaching the men's leadership academy at with their bank high school and so just couldn't be more proud I'm I'm beaming from from the inside out so congratulations to Michael and hope to see you there.

Thank you. The voters made a wise choice. Thank you that's great councilmember van.

Thanks mayor I thought we were going to do announcement of everyone's doing it I'll go ahead and make my announcement.

Just wanted to take this time to let folks know that metal lights.

Meda view metal lights is happening this Thursday at the Penel community center from 68 o'clock there be goodies a lot of amazing activities for the kiddo so come out to that and then this past Sunday was our

six month anniversary for the med of you certified farmers market really just want to think alchemists in the community and our med of you farmers market a visor committee for all the great work that they've done we're going to put a pause on that and then reopen in the spring as well given the season so really just want

to take this time to think all of the residents serving on our med of you farmers market committee and then lastly mayor this is your last meeting and I just wanted to say thank you so much for your

leadership you will be missed and but we I have your cell phone on speed dial but really just thank you so much for your leadership and the legacy that you have left as mayor of this city and we're going to miss

you and so really just want to say thank you. Thank you thank you so much.

That is very kind we have mayor pro temt element this.

I have to keep saying I love that. I know what it made that up.

Yeah it's stuck. I also have Santa and Atomas for three nights in a row going to be spreading holiday joy stopping by all our parks or schools keeping the traditional

life that our senator started many years ago and we finally broke ground our taco plaza we took the cement out of the corner of Northgate and we're on our way to having our first phase of phase one

of our taco plaza to be done and I just want to thank the Hispanic Chamber and economic development and everybody from city staff for helping me through this and so I'm

really excited to eventually have my first taco festival event in Northgate so wonderful.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you mayor. I just want to let everyone know about the green haven soccer club council member Rick Jennings and district seven and assembly member Stephanie

and having a drive through holiday toy drive benefiting a nonprofit organization entitled outside the walls where they will take new and unwrapped toys for ages one through 13 you can drive through the school and drop off your gifts without ever getting out of your car.

We're going to be doing it rain or shine. It's going to take place at the school of engineering and science from two to four p.m. on the 14th Saturday to 14th.

So come on out and bring a toy and let's let's take toys and holiday joy to all those who maybe will not have Christmas holiday without our help.

I'd like you to do so. Thank you.

So much good work going on in this city and all of its districts among the staff among the members among the community.

So I'm going to go to the school before we adjourn the Doug and Fren have a picture that they wanted to show on the screen.

That apparently that that apparently was an old tradition.

When councilmember first got sworn in their first meeting that they were asked to wear that beanie.

And so inexperienced as I was I said yes to that and Mindy at the very end here at Fren and Doug thank you so much found this picture.

So I guess before adjourning I will say well first of all at five o'clock tonight I will gavill in the meeting and then I will turn it over to vice mayor maple.

I will sit in maybe the seventh row and I will have the honor of presenting a gavill to the new to the new mayor and look forward to tonight.

But this has been an incredible journey and as I said last week and I've said many times or less couple weeks nothing but love and gratitude for all of you.

The city team for the community for the voters and for the city of Sacramento.

It's best days Sacramento's best days are ahead. Thank you. We are adjourned.

I have no way. I do that thing.