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Good morning everyone. Welcome to the Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting.

The meeting is now called to order at 1102. Will the clerk please establish a roll call for Quorum.

Thank you chair. Member Telemontes is currently absence. Member Valenzuela.

Here. Vice Chair Maple. Here. And Chair Kaplan. Here we have a quorum and I know that Council Member Telemontes is on her way.

So Vice Mayor Maple, can you start us off? Please stand if you are able.

Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands.

To the original people of this land, the Nisanan people, the southern Maidu, Valiant Plains, Miwak, the puts on one to two peoples and the people of the Wultz and Rancheria,

Sacramento is 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 people's history,

contribution and lives. Thank you. Please remain standing. So we've amplaged. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, divisible, liberty and justice for all.

Is anybody here to speak on the consent calendar? Thank you, Chair. I have no speaker slips. Anybody else members? I'll move consent. Move by Maple, second by Valenzuela. All in favor?

Thank you. Now we are moving on to action. I had our discussion calendar. Item three, applicants for the active transportation commission.

Thank you, Chair. The seats needing recommendation today for the active transportation commission are seats J and K. The requirements for seat J are as follows.

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and I have a full circuit of my sciences. I have a full circuit of my family affairs. I have a full circuit of my faculty, I have a full circuit of my faculty, I have a full circuit of my Colorado wheels summary of the

to apply today, but the day-to-day values and actions I uphold in my commitment to

centering community voices and the transportation and urban planning arenas.

In my current role as a strategic investment planner at CalTrans Headquarters, I coordinate

and communicate all across the state with our district, regional, local partners to

help envision and advocate for projects that are more well-rounded, well-rounded, and responsive

to the needs of, you know, the communities and the regions themselves.

We advocate projects that provide multimodal access to jobs, schools, health care, other

essential destinations.

We advocate for projects with proven counter safety measures to eliminate all fatalities

and severe injuries on our roadways.

And we advocate for projects that are eco-conscious, reducing the equal miles traveled, alleviating

environmental, socioeconomic, and other burdens on our most disadvantaged communities.

And engender climate adept resilient best practices, you know, such as bus shelters,

trees, things that like keep our most vulnerable road users safe.

So had the opportunity to do this across the state, we've had workshops, we've done

site visits with the communities to help realize these projects.

And that is what I stand for, and I came here to stand for that today, and I really appreciate

your time, and thank you.

Thank you.

Our next applicant is Jerry Champa.

Good morning.

I am Jerry Champa.

I've been a Sacramento resident since 1990, and I've been practicing as a licensed civil

engineer in California since 86.

My professional work experience includes 20 plus years at CalTrans as a supervising transportation

engineer and a traffic safety program specialist responsible for numerous and varied highway

safety, traffic calming, and active transportation initiatives.

I want to also mention, though, that my other experience as an advocate and even my personal

life are also things that qualify me.

I hope I have time to mention a few.

But I also understand the role of the active transportation commission and the specific

responsibilities of the commissioner who fill C.J.

I'm intentionally emphasizing the safety related aspects of the commission's ongoing

work this morning because it has clearly shifted an increase to our traffic safety crisis.

I also want to express heartfelt appreciation for this opportunity and for your individual

and collective efforts as city leaders.

You're making significant contributions and a significant difference because you've

listened to advocates and are taking an important step.

The low point we reached this year is also the turning point because it is very true

that recognizing or admitting the existence of a problem is at least half the battle.

Again, I'm well qualified, prepared, and highly motivated to serve as a commissioner based

on a lifetime of personal educational, professional, and volunteer experiences.

I hope that my advocacy efforts over the past year are known or recognized, but two I

want to mention, after joining the Slowdown Sacramento shortly after it was initiated, I presented