Good afternoon.

And until further notice, committee meetings will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code, Section 5495 3E, added by Assembly Bill 361, which allows the city to use teleconferencing and to provide the public an opportunity to address the city council via a call-in option or an internet based service option during a proclaimed state of emergency.

While the public is allowed to attend the meetings in person, we encourage you to maintain six feet of social distance, as well as follow California mask guidelines where masks are strongly recommended.

In addition to being able to attend in person, this meeting is being televised and live streamed on the city's website, and the committee liaison will continue to make arrangements for the public to comment using the Zoom webinar platform.

Additionally, members of the public who wish to provide testimony via call-in or internet based service option must enter the virtual speaking queue within five minutes after the conclusion of in-person public testimony or before the virtual speaking queue is exhausted, whichever occurs first.

This will allow for better meeting management between the two platforms and ensure the council is able to manage and conduct city business.

We appreciate the public's cooperation, and I will now call the meeting of the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations Committee of Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 to order.

Now call the role.

Vice Chair Montgomery Step.

Here.

Councilmember Lee.

Here.

And I am also present.

Also in chambers are Nikki Bennett, Associate Fiscal and Policy Analyst from the Office of Independent Budget Analyst.

Deputy City Attorney Kate Malcolm from the Office of the City Attorney.

Stephen Hill, Senior Policy Advisor from the Office of Mayor Todd Gloria.

If you're in person, please complete a speaker slip located at the entrance of chambers and place it in the box indicated at the speaker's lectern at the front of the room.

Please do so in a timely manner to ensure proper meeting management.

Members of the public can join the webinar by computer tablet or smartphone by accessing the link which is listed online in the preamble language of this agenda on the city's webpage.

And the link to join the committee meeting webinar by computer, tablet, or smartphone is listed on the agenda.

Join the Zoom webinar by telephone.

Please add 1669-2545252.

And when prompted, the webinar ID is 160-381-2925 pound.

This information will appear on the agenda and will appear on the screen during public comment period for each agenda item.

Members of the public who wish to provide their testimony via the call-in or internet based service option must enter the virtual speaking queue within five minutes after the conclusion of in-person public testimony or before the virtual speaking queue is exhausted, whichever occurs first.

Please note if you're watching City TV Channel 24 or online, there may be a delay, so please participate via the audio on your phone and mute your TV or computer when it is your turn to speak.

If you're in person, please come up to the reserve seats at the front of the room.

Please, nobody rush.

If you've joined the webinar by a computer, tablet, or smartphone, we will receive a pop-up notice to select to unmute your device.

If you have called into the meeting, press star six on your phone to unmute yourself.

We will briefly review the instructions and summary again when the public comment period for an item is open.

Please wait until the item you wish to speak on has been called before raising your hand.

If you raise your hand during a non-comment period, your hand will be lowered.

When you are announced as the next speaker, unmute yourself and offer your comments and mute the volume on your TV or computer.

A quorum now being present, we will now dispense with the approval of the committee actions.

The actions before us are for the approval of our special meeting of November 17th, 2022.

Public comment period for this is now open.

If you're in person, please come to the front with your speaker slip.

Members of the public may raise your hand via the call-in or internet based service option at this point.

As a reminder, virtual speakers, please raise your hand.

You'll be s uh you can do so by selecting the raise your hand button or star nine.

Ms.

Jordan, how many speakers do we have or in the queue right now?

We currently have no speakers in chamber and there are no speakers in our virtual queue.

Very good.

We will now move to the approval of the committee actions.

Do I have a motion?

I have a motion from the vice chair.

Do I have a second?

I have a second from Council Member Lee.

Having a motion and second, we'll now take the roll call.

Vice Chairman Montgomery Step.

Councilmember Lee.

Yes.

And I am a yes.

That motion passes uh with all members present.

We'll now take up non-agenda public comment.

Each speaker will have two minutes.

Council members uh respect and appreciate the public's input and are fully committed to protecting every participant's free speech rights at council and committee meetings.

And for temporary rule 2.6, non-agenda public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to comment on items that are not on the agenda but within the subject subject matter jurisdiction of the committee.