The San Leandro City Council held a special meeting on May 6, 2025, beginning with closed session at 5:00 PM and reconvening publicly at 7:10 PM. The council addressed multiple public hearings, including wastewater fee increases, an appeal of a warehouse development, and district‑based election maps. The meeting also included proclamations, consent calendar approvals, and a handbook discussion. All votes were unanimous (7‑0) except the handbook motion.
Okay, it's seven ten. I'm calling this meeting with Stanley and our city council to order today's Monday, May 5th. And I do want to express my appreciation for members of the audience. We had a very extensive close session meeting that lasted for two hours, and we managed to just get here a few minutes late. So thank you for your patience. With that, I will call on the city clerk to call a roll. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Aguilar. Present. Councilmember Azevedo. Present. Councilmember Bolt. Present. Councilmember Simon? Present. Councilmember Faveros Walton. Present. Vice Mayor Bowen. President Mayor Gonzalez. Present. Please note all members are present. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and through the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay, the City of San Leandro conducts orderly meetings to fulfill its mandate, discriminatory statements and conduct or conduct that would potentially violate the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and or the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Penal Code Sections 403 or 415 are per se disruptive to meeting and will not be tolerated. Please see the City Council handbook and city council meeting rules of decorum for additional information. Madam Clerk, your announcement. Thank you, Mayor. If you would like to make a public comment during the meeting, you can do so in person or via Zoom. If you are present at the meeting, please complete a speaker card and submit it to the city clerk before the item is presented. If you wish to participate in public comment via Zoom, you can use the raise your hand tool when the item is called. During the public comment session, speakers will be invited to speak and will have a set time to share their comments. A countdown timer will appear for their convenience, and when the time is up, the microphone will be muted. All raised hands outside of public comment will be lowered to avoid confusion. Once public comment is opened, hands may be raised to speak. There will be a 30-minute window for public comments, which will take place under item seven, public comments as per the published agenda. After this time is up, the council will proceed with the rest of the meeting's agenda. If you have not had the opportunity to speak during the initial 30 minute period, there will be another chance to do so after item 12 City Council reports. Thank you. So for item three, is there any report on close session action taken? Thank you, Mayor. No uh reportable actions were taken in closed session, but direction was provided to staff. At this point in time, we'll move to item four recognition. So we're going to start with a declaration on Asian American, I think it's Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month here in the City of San Leandro. We'll start with June Lee, Executive Director of the Korean Community Center of the East Bay. Come on up and I'll join you. After which we will do a declaration for mental health awareness month. Welcome to City Hall. And this is for you. So for those that uh don't know the Korean Center, the East Bay's mission activity, I'm going to definitely give you a little bit of time to chat. We're glad to have them here in San Leandro.