Good evening and welcome to the first fiscal year 2021 budget review committee meeting.

Before I do the formal legal remarks, I'd like to thank you all for participating tonight from wherever you are in San Diego.

And I'd like to thank San Diegans everywhere for what a great job you've done with sheltering in place, with adhering to social distance guidelines, and for doing a great job of going to the beach and in our parks in an appropriate way.

And I look forward to the continued opening of our economy in a way that is safe for everyone.

Now per executive order 29-20, which suspends certain requirements of the Brown Act.

Some of the council members will be participating via teleconference, and no members of the public will be in attendance at the meetings in the interest of public health and safety.

In addition, this meeting is being televised and live streamed on the city's website, and the clerk and council committee liaison have made arrangements for the public to comment via telephone and electronically.

We appreciate the public's cooperation.

I will now call the budget review committee meeting of Thursday, April 30th, 2020 to order.

Please note that we will be taking item number two first.

Since the primary purpose of this meeting is to give the public an opportunity to comment on the mayor's proposed budget for fiscal year 2021, we will begin this meeting by listening to their comments.

We have several members of the committee and staff calling via teleconference.

Clerk, please proceed.

Yes, thank you.

And before I note who's present, all of the members of the public who are currently on the public comment line, please hang up your phones.

You will be given the opportunity to call in when your item is called.

However, the first item is non-agenda public comment.

So everybody that's on that line, please hang up now.

We will give people an opportunity to call in for non-agenda public comment.

But right now you're clogging the lines.

And when uh item two comes up, you'll be given the opportunity to call in and speak to the budget.

But everybody that's on there right now needs to hang up.

Thank you.

For purposes of the roll call, the folks on teleconference include Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Ward, Councilmember Montgomery, Councilmember Kercy, Councilmember Kate, and Councilmember Moreno.

Each council member will be watching the meeting from their remote location via City TV and is live on our teleconference over chambers.

But when it comes time for each council member to comment, they will be asking all questions, making their comments, and speaking on the record over the teleconference.

These council the council members present in chambers are Council President Gomez and Council President Pro Tem Bree.

Also on the teleconference line is Deputy City Attorney Brett Bartelata, Independent Budget Analyst Andrea Tevlin, and Director of Policy and Council Affairs for Mayor Faulkner, Jessica Lawrence.

For purposes of this meeting, written comments submitted using the public comment form prior to the start of the meeting have been distributed to the council and posted online.

All written submissions received after the start of the meeting will be made a part of the permanent record.

These comments will no longer be read into the record because we are now able to provide for phone-in live public testimony.

And again, all of you folks who are currently on the line, you need to get off the line.

The first item is non-agenda public comment.

I apologize.

I apologize, Andrea.

So the public may call in.

Once you're told to call in, all 12 of you that are currently on the line, you need to get off.

Tommy Howe, Tam Lisbeth, Antonia Lorenzo.

All of you folks need to hang up your phones and you'll be given the opportunity to call in.

But at the time that you're told to call in, you'll be there'll be information on the screen, and you'll be able to call 619 541 6310 and enter conference ID number 105579 and press the pound key to be placed in the queue for public comment.

Please note that members of the public wishing to speak on an item should call in when the item is introduced.

A slide will go up indicating that the public comment period is open.

And once all members in the queue have had an opportunity to speak, the public comment period will be closed.

This same process will be used for all other items on the agenda.

When you're in the queue, you'll be able to hear the meeting and all others that are providing comment.

You will know that it is your turn to speak when you hear the system prompt saying your phone has been unmuted.

When you hear this prompt, state your name and make your comment.

Each speaker will have one minute.

Please hang up your phone when you conclude your comment so the next speaker can be cued up to speak.

This is not a question and answer period.

This is your time to provide a statement to the council.

Once you have concluded your statement within the allotted time, the call will be ended.

If you wish to provide comment on other items on the agenda, you should call back during those comment periods and you'll be placed in the queue for those items.

If you call in during a non-comment period, your call will not be taken.

Please monitor the meeting and ensure you are calling at the appropriate time.

We appreciate your patience and participation as we aim to provide the best possible access during these unprecedented times.

The public may view the meetings on public television on City TV Channel 24 for Cox Communication and Time Warner Cable or Channel 99 for ATT, or view the meeting online by going to the City Clerk homepage at Sandiego.gov and selecting the City Council live webcast blue button on the right of the page.

Thank you.

Thank you, Clerk, for reviewing those instructions.

Very quickly so that we could accommodate the public in a real-time way during these important budget hearings.