The South San Francisco City Council met on September 8, 2021, in a hybrid in-person/virtual format. The meeting included proclamations, presentations, consent calendar approvals, and administrative business. The council also recessed for a joint special meeting with the successor agency and later held a closed session.
No public comments were made during the regular meeting. During the recessed joint special meeting of the City Council and Successor Agency, three public comments were submitted regarding the closed session item on Linden Avenue properties. Commenters advocated for the site to be used as a park, community garden, or community center, citing the East Side's lack of green space.
Items 6–9 were approved unanimously by roll call (5-0). The consent calendar included:
Here. Councilmember Flores. Present. Councilmember Nicholas. Present. Vice Mayor Nogales. Here. Mayor Adiego. Here. And next item, Rosa. Moving on to Pledge of Allegiance, Mayor. Okay. So we'd like to invite uh Mita Baxter to the podium, and she'll begin us uh with the Pledge of Religions. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic, which is our stands. One day. Thank you. Moving on to agenda review mayor. Okay. Mr. Mayor, there are no um changes to the 6 o'clock agenda, but as you know, we will recess, go to the 601. I I took note. You you made it clear how we're so I don't mess up. Thank you, Mike. Moving on to announcements from staff. No announcements from staff, Mr. Mayor. Okay, thank you. Thank you. We'll now move on to presentations. Item number one proclamation recognizing September as childhood cancer awareness month. Okay. So I would like to uh present this and uh hey Seuss Pena, um, if you would join me at the podium, um I'd like to read it to you there. So um this is uh something we wanted to do for the entire community, a few of us uh gathered um this last uh a week ago Wednesday on the first, right when it was getting dark and the steps of City Hall to um celebrate the tradition, the much revered tradition of lighting of the tree on Sign Hill, but also adding the lighting of the um uh City Hall. So um there was a very enthusiastic group that was quite supportive of you and your family. And this is certainly for Juliana, but also for all the young people that have fought various childhood cancers. So I'd like to read this into the record. Um this is in recognition of September as childhood cancer awareness month, whereas childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly, and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class with geographic region. Whereas each year more than 15,000 kids and young adults are diagnosed with cancer, which amounts to about 43 cases per day. Whereas the causes of most childhood cancers are unknown and not strongly linked to lifestyle or environmental risk factors, unlike many adult cancers. Whereas though the five-year survival rate for childhood cancers has reached 80 percent, nearly 2,000 children under age 19 pass away each year, making cancer the leading killer of children. Whereas children's cancer can be treated exactly like adult cancers, can't be treated exactly like adult cancers. Current treatments are toxic, affect the child's development, and can be decades old. Whereas to treat childhood cancer in the best way possible, we need to create specialized treatments just for kids. We need to understand how treatments affect kids long term so we can prevent late effects. Whereas childhood cancer has touched many in our South San Francisco community, among them Jesus Pena and Patricia Watson, who lost their 33-month-old daughter Juliana to neuroblastoma. Whereas, as the color gold is significant and symbolic because it represents childhood cancer, the tree on Sign Hill shines bright, as well as South San Francisco City Hall lit gold during the month of September in honor of Juliana and all the other families that have been affected by childhood cancer. Now there will be it resolved that the City Council of this city does hereby recognize September as childhood cancer awareness month, which is a time to recognize the children and families affected by childhood cancers and to emphasize the importance of supporting research on these devastating conditions. This is signed by all members of the council, and this is uh for you to keep. Thank you very much.