So we can get started.

Good evening, everyone.

Today is Monday, February 9th.

I call to order the student committee meeting of the 30 second Board of Representatives.

The time now is 7.02 p.m.

Ms.

Montova, would you uh please call the role, please?

Absolutely.

Representative Adams.

President.

Representative Bouchard.

Present.

Representative Camporelli.

Present.

Representative Gardner.

If you're here, you need to actually say present.

Present.

Thank you.

Representative Hughes.

Present.

Representative Johnson.

Present.

Representative McEwen.

Present.

Representative Morrison.

Present.

Representative Pollack.

Present.

Representative Price.

Present.

Representative Sanford.

Present.

Representative Shaw.

Present.

Representative Shaw.

President.

Representative Sylvester.

Present.

Representative Weinberg.

Present.

Representative Wirts.

Present.

Representative Zachary.

Oh, do you call me?

Yes.

Oh, yes.

I'm here.

Sorry.

Okay.

And I also believe I saw Representative De La Cruz and Representative Walston as far as our ex officio members that are present.

If there are any other ex-officio members that are present, please unmute yourself and let me know your name so I can add you to the list as being present.

Okay.

Well, marring that, we have a um the full committee here today.

So thank you very much.

Um the regular meeting for the 32nd Board of Representatives of the City's change food will be held on Monday, March 2nd, 2026.

The invocation will be responsibility of the uh district nine representative.

So when you have someone, please send the name to the board office.

Uh we will now move on to our uh standing committees.

Um as you either before you move your item uh before or after, please announce the the date um and time of your meeting and also the mode of your meeting with that appointments committee.

Uh which one of the co-chairs will be uh presenting today.

Uh thank you, President Shaw.

It's uh uh representative shore.

Go ahead, coach shore uh uh so uh we'll be meeting on February 25th, uh 6.30 in the Democratic Caucus room and by webinar.

Uh being the appointments committee, I think it's always best that uh as many who can make it in person uh try to do so.

Uh and uh so I have nine items that I'd like to move to the agenda.

So starting with number one, a thirty-two dot zero one one.

This is for the golf commission.

Uh Mikel Briscoe.

It's a reappointment.

Uh number two, a thirty-one point zero one two, also golf commission.

Uh Susan Flynn.

Uh item number three, a thirty-one dot zero one three.

Uh Stanford Golf Authority.

Uh, and this is Gina White.

Uh number four, A31.014, zoning board of appeals, George Dallas.

A reappointment.

Number five, a thirty-one.015, Board of Assessment Appeals, Daniel Axe.

Number six, A31.016, Board of Ethics, Dennis Torres is a reappointment.

Number seven, A31.017, zoning board, Roseanne McManus, uh, a reappointment.

Uh number eight, a thirty-one uh point zero one eight for the zoning board, David Stein, a reappointment.

And finally, number nine, a thirty-two uh dot zero one nine, uh zoning board alternate, Peter Rustin.

Um does that work?

Do I do I do I move to uh the agenda?

You can go ahead and move it and somebody you know make a motion to move.

I'm making a motion to move this to our agenda.

Second okay, so there's a motion to move the items, and there's multiple seconds.

Any discussion?

I'm just looking for our hands.

Seeing none, let's take this by most board.

All those in favor of moving items one through nine for the appointments committee agenda, please say aye.

I need opposed.

Any abstentions?

Okay, those items will be placed in the agenda.

Thank you.

Uh co-chair shore.

Thank you, President Shaw.

Okay.

Uh to fiscal committee, which one of co-chairs will be presenting today?

Madam President.

Go ahead, majority in a motion.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh, we'll have 10 items on our agenda this month.

Uh item one, F32.043 for $50,945.

An additional appropriation operating budget.

Uh law department to appropriate funds from contingency to pay current year wage settlements that were recently agreed upon via a tentative agreement between the city and the attorneys union.

I'd like that on.

Item two, F32.044 for $650,000.

Additional appropriation operating, snow removal, salt or store salt for storms, requesting funds from contingency to maintain city salt domes at safe salt levels for the remainder of the 25-26 winter season.

I'd like that on.

Uh item three, F32.045 for 144,686,112.

An additional appropriation capital budget.

Project CP 1471, West Hill High School Replacement Project, amending the fiscal year 2526 capital budget for the construction of a new West Hill High School, state and city funded.

I'd like that on.

And the corresponding resolution, item four, F32.

A resolution amending the fiscal year 2526 capital budget to appropriate 144,686,112 for the West Hill High School Replacement Project and authorizing $36,171,528 in city general obligation bonds and also authorizing related school construction grant.

I'd like item four on as well.

Item five, F32.

An additional appropriation grants.

Drug recognition expert DRE instructor grant, 100% federally funded to cover overtime associated FICA and travel for certified DRE instructor to conduct statewide training.

I'd like that on.

And the corresponding resolution.

Item six, F32.048.

A resolution authorizing the mayor to sign an agreement with the Department of Transportation for financial assistance for the drug recognition expert instructor project.

And I'd like item six on.

Additional appropriation grants.

I'd like that on.

And the corresponding resolution, item eight, F32.050.

A resolution authorizing the mayor to sign an agreement with the Connecticut Department of Health for the Environmental Health Grant.

I'd like that item on.

Additional appropriation grants.

And finally, item 10, F32.

A resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into and sign agreements with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the Hatchfield Park Improvement Projects.

Improvements project.

I'd like that on as well.

And I so move items one through 10.

Second.

Okay, there's a motion to move, and there's a second.

Any discussion.

I have a question, Chair.

Yes, go ahead.

I was just I haven't seen um an amount like that for the schools so far.

So I'm just a quick question: where are the funds coming from and why such a large amount now?

Uh the the funds are being covered 80% by the state and 20% by the city.

I will get you the answer to why that large amount at the moment.

But this is uh this is an appropriation from capital.

The money um the money is coming in from the state, and we have to appropriate it out in order for it to be used.

The first step in the construction project is going to be the demolition of the existing uh um the existing structure uh after the new building is built.

So that's that's what they have to begin.

The hundred the 144 million dollars is all from the grant money, or it's the it's the 8020.

I I just didn't understand 144 million out of our money in one month like that.

Uh this increases the prior authorization to match a total project budget commitment of 446 million, 80 80% by the state.

The local share reflects 5% retainage held by the state of Connecticut.

Uh so this is but it's an additional appropriation, meaning it was not budgeted for, right?

Well, an appropriation moves money from one place to another.

I just I always thought additional appropriation meant it was additional money not set forth in the budget.

No, not necessarily.

An appropriation moves money, authorizes money to be used from one place when it isn't in that line item already.

But this this 144 million breaks out as 108 and a half million from state grant and 36 million uh to be bonded by the city.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Go a chair price.

Thank you, uh, Madam Chairman.

Representative Morrison, I I think I just heard you say that the total price for this project is 446 million dollars.

There is a um reading from the Capital Project appropriation request on F32045, uh, which you'll see attached to the legislative record.

This increases the prior authorization to match a total project budget commitment of 446 million.

I will get you the context of that, but uh yes, that is approximately the cost of the entire project.

Is that for just West Hill High School or is that for the other school uh as well?

That's just West Hill High School.

Thank you.

The entirety of the project from um the the whole road already having been laid right down to the um uh the opening of the new building and then the demolition removal and restoration of those grounds after the new building opens.

The entirety of the project.

Thank you, sir.

I yield my time.

Uh just also for this information on this item, uh, the Board of Finance Chair uh uh Mary Little Ronaldi had sent us a great presentation that was um uh given by uh Director Cunionas um and his team about the construction, the overall construction from the day it started up until where it is now.

And she wanted us our you know, all our reps to go through it because it really is a very good presentation that details it.

Um and they are going to vote on this, the Board of Finance will be voting on this in their meeting in the upcoming Board of Finance meeting, and then it'll it'll be you know when we come to our fiscal meeting, we'll have uh we'll have uh you know the updates on that.

But I will send those presentations out to everyone tomorrow.

So it's very helpful.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Okay.

Any um, yes, uh Chair Pierce.

Um if this gets it to the side gets approved and goes on to the agenda, um, is there a plan to have a little bit of a layman's explanation at the meeting?

That would you know that would cover this?

Yes.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Okay, seeing none, all those in favor of moving items one through ten of the fiscal committee agenda, please say aye.

I need opposed.

Any abstentions okay?

Those items are moved inanimously.

Uh and your meeting uh details.

Uh Chen Morrison.

Thank you.

Our meeting will be Monday, February 23rd at seven o'clock in the Democratic Caucus Room and by Zoom webinar.

Sounds good.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Um to uh legislative and rules committee, Chair McEwen.

Thank you, Madam President.

Uh the legislative and rules committee is going to be meeting on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 at 7 p.m.

in the Democratic Caucus Room and by webinar.

Uh there are six items uh on the agenda for consideration tonight.

The first of which is LR 32.004, an ordinance uh for publication and public hearing at the committee, amending section 614-32 of the code of ordinances to allow the city to accept a private road by only requiring a petition signed by no less than two-thirds of the owners.

Uh subsequently LR32.011, review of an ordinance for discussion of a revised comprehensive tree ordinance.

Third, LR 32.012, approval of a proposed prototype form lease for the use of space at the Lathan Wider Community Center.

Fourth, 32, LR32.013.

Approval of an agreement with Corvell Enterprise Claims Inc.

for liability claims administration.

Fifth, LR32.014, an ordinance requiring notice of AI enabled biometric technology use uh in places of uh public accommodation.

Uh and then finally, LR32.015 approval of an amendment to the Board of Rules, uh excuse me, board rules of order regarding personal attacks, formerly part of LR 32.010.

At this this time, I would move for items one, three, four, and six onto the legislative and rule committee agenda.

Second.

Sorry, it was one, three, four, and six.

That is correct, Madam President.

Okay.

Uh is that a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Discussion.

Second.

Uh Chair Weinberg.

Uh thank you.

Um through you, may I ask Representative Camparelli a question?

Sure.

Thanks.

Uh Karen, on uh on LR uh 32.

Uh 011.

Uh, do you expect um uh to have any additional report to deliver to the committee uh at the February meeting?

Uh if not, then not putting it on the agenda makes sense.

I just want to confirm with you.

Yeah, no, I I think we agree to put this on pending um while we work on the ordinance and also work, wait for the uh urban forester to be hired.

So there's a so there's just a lot of work to be done behind the scenes before before we're putting this back on committee.

Okay.

So I think I think Representative McEwen is gonna make a motion to put this on to place this on pending until you and I are ready to have it back in the in the uh committee meetings.

Okay.

Uh thanks very much.

I yield.

Thank you.

Um Representative Zachary.

Yes.

Uh I have a question about 32.014.

Uh was this inspired by the information that um sorry, one of the stores uh sorry, but I can't think of it.

In New York is now using biometric identification for everybody who comes into the store.

And do you have a prototype ordinance from other cities throughout the United States that you can draw upon?

So I believe that this item will not be moved at this time, but I will let Chair McEwen address it.

Thank you, Madam President.

As to the motivations, um, I'd have to defer to Representative Hughes who submitted this item.

I understand that there might be some movement at the state level legislatively.

Uh so I believe the intention is to move this on to pending to see how that might resolve.

Uh, but I'd I'd request that uh representative Hughes uh fill in the blanks if he has any more comments to share.

Representative Hughes, would you like to address the uh yes, thank you, President Shaw.

Uh yes, rep Zachary.

Uh it was generally inspired just by uh learning more about AI kind of surveillance and biometrics and kind of reading about how federal agencies like ICE are you know using private data um and just kind of the reality that people don't know that their data biometrics data um can be acquired, you know, when you're out shopping and sold via third party.

Uh so not in response to anyone's specific uh business, but I certainly have seen that you know there are some uh in the city that uh use this type of uh technology.

Thank you.

I yield.

Thank you.

Any other discussion?

Okay, seeing none.

Uh all those in favor of moving items one, three, four, and six, please say aye.

Uh any opposed.

Any abstentions?

Okay, those four items will be placed on the LNR agenda.

Back to you, Chair McEwen.

Thank you, Madam President.

With respect to items two and five, um, I uh I'd I'd like to I'm gonna move these on to the pending agenda.

I mean, my understanding procedurally um is we don't need to do that by motion.

Um that the absence of placing it on a committee agenda will thereby place it on the pending agenda.

Um and we've already spoken uh as to the motivations as to why these two items are being placed on the pending agenda for tonight.

Great.

So those two items, item two and item six will be placed on the pending agenda for now.

Uh excuse me, madam president.

It's gonna be items two and five two and side, not six, two and five.

Thank you for that clarification.

Um, thank you very much.

And moving on to personnel committee, Chair Weinberg.

Oh, thank you.

Uh the personnel committee will meet on Tuesday, February 17th at 7 p.m.

Uh, even though it says in this agenda that we'll meet by webinar, we will actually meet both in person, presumably in the Democratic Caucus room, and webinar.

So uh please uh uh Barbara, whoever from the office is is on this is attending this meeting, please go ahead and uh and make that change in the documentation.

Oh no.

Um thank you.

Uh we have one item that I'd want to move on to the agenda, uh a rejection item that's listed here.

Uh there will also be an item that I want to move from pending to uh uh to the uh to the February 17th meeting agenda.

Uh so the first is uh P32.008.

It's a rejection item of an assistant corporation council union labor settlement 2026.

Um I want so as I said, I will uh why don't I go ahead and move that on to uh on to the personnel committee agenda and then come back to the one from pending uh and I saw move.

If you if you'd like you can move them at the same time, Chair Weinberg, but if you would rather prefer to do separately, that's fine.

Well, um either way it's fine.

The one to move from the pending agenda is P32.003, um, which is a review of the city's classification systems uh for positions that are not on the uh on the pay on the non-union uh pay plan.

Uh so I so move those two items onto the personnel committee agenda.

Is that a second?

Second.

Okay, multiple seconds of discussion.

Uh my chair Camperelli.

Madam President, I just wanted to let somebody know that Representative Walston uh has been trying to get moved to be a panelist.

Okay.

Ms.

Montovo, can you promote her to a panelist, please?

She should be already, but I'll try.

Okay.

Okay, any other discussion?

Okay, seeing none.

All those in favor of moving item C32.008 and item P32.003, please say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed.

Any abstentions?

Okay.

So those two items will be placed on the personnel committee agenda.

Thank you, Chair Weinberg.

Thank you, and I yield.

Okay.

Uh moving on to land use and urban redevelopment committee.

Which one of the co-chairs will be speaking today?

I will be, madam president.

Go ahead, uh, Coach Ed Hughes.

Thank you.

Uh the land use and urban redevelopment committee will be meeting uh Wednesday, February 18th at 7 p.m.

via webinar.

Uh tonight we have two items for consideration.

Uh and I'd like to move LU 32.004 resolution accepting newly constructed North Ridge Road as a city street under the code of ordinances 214-32.

And then item two, uh, I'd like to hold uh to be pending.

Uh that's LU 32.005 review owner occupied home rehabilitation assistance programs under the Stanford Housing Affordability Plan.

And I'd like that item to be moved to pending.

Um that is all I have.

Thank you.

So there's a motion to move LU32.004 to the agenda.

Is that a second?

Second.

Any discussion.

Okay.

Seeing that.

All those in favor of Madam President.

Sorry.

Go ahead.

Coach Price.

Go ahead.

Uh I just wanted to alert you to the fact that uh Representative Adams has his hand raised.

Sorry, say that again.

I wanted to let you know that Representative Adams actually had his hand raised.

There was some discussion to be had.

Okay, sorry.

I couldn't see him at all in my screen.

Go ahead, uh Representative Adams.

Yeah, I wanted to uh notice now for putting number two on um pinned and I didn't realize that um Ryan was um um talking on the meeting tonight.

I spoke to Glenn about putting number two on for review um so that the grant department can come do a re um presentation on about the uh the HUD grant that's coming down from the federal government to give these um homeowners um the grant to to work at the house.

And I was unable to have the discussion with him.

So I wonder what what was he aware of that.

Are you asking if coach price is aware of that?

Or did you know that?

I'm actually put um Ryan is aware of that.

Uh I spoke to Mr.

Um Glenn today, but I I didn't realize that Ryan was the one that was uh presenting the meeting today.

So I mean, I um I'll leave it up to the chairs for the discretion, but I I understand that they had uh no um they were not aware of this item being placed.

Um as a procedural uh method, we have to call copy the chairs um on their um, you know, when you submit an item and you also need to have a discussion with them.

So I just was this morning.

I was under the impression that uh they were not aware of this item being placed and why this item is being placed.

So I assume that was a reason for the uh you know, putting, you know, not having enough information.

That was the reason for putting that in the pending agenda.

So I will leave that up to the discretion of the chairs.

Um, you know, personally, like I'd like to follow the process and keep the items, you know, sent in the in the correct way and and with the discussion of the chairs and copying the chairs, uh, but that's just my my view.

So uh I I'll assume that they did copy the chair on the review item, but I was only able to talk to Glenn um to today.

So I don't know if Glenn want to elaborate on our conversation or you prefer not to.

I I know I'm very I'm very happy to.

I was just waiting till you are finished.

Uh Representative Adams, I I do apologize.

Yes, I was very happy to talk to you and learn about this today.

Um, I did not uh I didn't realize that you had only spoken to me and not with rep uh with uh with with co-chair you so I do apologize for that misunderstanding.

I do have an understanding of why you'd like this to be on the agenda.

Um, and I think it has value, but I'm not the uh chair for tonight's uh for for tonight's purposes, and so I do apologize for that misunderstanding, and I yield.

I guess my question is to Ryan, uh, would you have a problem?

Is it's only for education for the homeowners that will be receiving the $10,000 um grant to do work on their house.

So would you have a problem with the grant office doing the presentation showing weighted money coming from uh how to qualify for the money, how to um how the grant would be forgiven.

Are you asking you ask a question?

Yeah, yeah, Ryan.

You're asking me.

No, I'm asking Ryan, um, the coach here.

I'll I'll have um Coach Fuse address it because he's speaking tonight.

Thank you.

Uh yeah, Representative Adams.

I have no issue with uh with that.

Um Coacher Price, do you can I ask through you, Chair?

Sure.

Oh, you're muted, uh, Coachair Price.

Um I'm very happy to have it on the uh agenda, and um I was very satisfied with uh representative Adams uh conversation and the color around uh the the issue.

So I'm I'm happy to say yes.

Okay, thank you.

Then uh so I I then uh I I move uh to add item number two, LU 32.005 review owner occupied home rehabilitation assistance program under the Stanford Housing Affordability Plan.

Uh and I move to add that to the agenda for the Wednesday uh meeting.

Is that a second?

Second.

Okay, any additional discussion seeing none.

All those in favor of um adding items LU32.004 and LU32.005 to the land use agenda, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions.

Okay.

Those items will be placed on the land use and urban redevelopment committee agenda.

Uh thank you, co-chair Hughes.

Just as a reminder, before we move on, I do want to point out that um, you know, for and we sent this via email.

But if you do have an item to be placed, please send it to the board office, copy your co-chairs or chairs, and actually have a conversation with them before you actually put them on so they know what you're asking.

And if there's guests that need to be invited, additional things.

Sometimes it might have been an agenda item that you could actually email someone and get information.

So that's what we're trying to assess while you put the items.

So whether if it's a review item or if it's a resolution ordinance, whatever it is.

Um, I think the chairs uh deserve the courtesy of being um informed and uh being added.

So just keep that in mind.

Okay.

With that, we will move on to operations parks and uh rec's committee.

Chair Sanford.

Thank you, madam president.

Umperations parks and rec will meet on Thursday, February 19th, 7 p.m.

via webinar.

We have four items up for consideration tonight.

The first item is OPR 32.002 resolution concerning building permit fees on commercial projects exceeding a million dollars.

Originally O3201.

Uh second item is OPR 32.003 ordinance amending chapter 214 of the code of ordinances concerning the excavation permits, enforcement, administrative fees, and cost recovery.

Uh third item is OPR 32.004, the review of the parks and rec commission update on making swimming a priority in Stanford, including swimming related infrastructure needs.

Fourth item is OPR 32.005, a review of the ongoing effort to zone city-owned park properties as parks, including pending submissions for two properties for consideration at the next planning board meeting and providing background the importance of the effort and next steps.

At this time, I would like to move items one and two onto February's agenda.

Okay, is that a second?

Second.

Any discussion.

Just looking for hands.

Okay.

Uh uh Chair Weinberg first and then white chair can't probably go ahead, Chair Weinberg.

Uh thank you.

Three may I ask uh uh uh Mr.

Samford a question.

Sure, go ahead.

Uh uh Dan, can you just uh share with us the rationale for um for not moving items three and four?

Sure.

So these came from the parks and rec commission when I actually talked to the administration on item three, the review of the parks commission update on making swimming in priority.

There's no there's no funds or budget in the administration for upgrading our plan for swimming facilities.

The idea from the Parks and Recs Commission is to have uh a huge nadatorium style aquatic center and hire people.

There's there's nothing in the pipeline to support that.

It would basically be just a discussion of you know, I want to build a major league baseball stadium.

Um it's a good conversation to have, maybe, but um it it's it's really out of the likelihood of anything that's feasible at this point.

There is a presentation if you want to see it.

Um that's fine, but I I think it's there's nothing we can do for it at our meeting at our level.

There's there's nothing to appropriate, there's nothing to approve for item four.

The ongoing effort to zone city-owned park properties.

This is at best a zoning issue, and when I talk to zoning today, there is already a planning board meeting tomorrow where they will discuss all this that will have all the answers.

And the I answer I got today, for instance, is tomorrow's planning board meeting, they'll present a map amendment to change the zoning for McKeethan Park on the east side from R5 medium density to P Park District.

That effort does not include any assessment of the park, it's just how it shows up on the zoning map.

That's verbatim from the zoning board.

So um, or from the from the zoning department.

So the there's there's nothing for us to do here, and I don't have any answers other than I would say go to the planning board meeting tomorrow, and you'll get all your answers addressed because we shouldn't have multiple meetings on the same thing.

If that answers your question.

Yeah, that's very helpful.

Thank you.

I yield.

Thank you.

Uh my should Camp Rally.

Um I actually had my hand raised for a different reason, but I'm going to ask a question regarding this.

Um, did anyone speak to Chair Hollis about her rationale?

Yeah, so Chair Hollis has submitted the items, and the first one or the fourth one has been discussed at a meeting before, and told me that it was going to be discussed at the planning board meeting tomorrow.

So you know, it for for what we can do as as a committee here, it you know, it it's a zoning issue that is being discussed tomorrow.

I I would suggest go to that meeting it to if you have any questions.

I I guess I was just asking if anyone spoke to Chair Hollis regarding her rationale for putting it on for putting both of these items on.

It it's it's a review item.

I mean it's it's so no, no one spoke to her.

No, it's already been discussed.

One of the items has already been discussed at a previous.

I remember our oh five was discussed.

And the yes, and the packet that is the whole business plan, quote unquote of the aquatic center was was shared.

So it her rationale was was briefed through an email with with her business plan of of justifying it.

And then President Shaw, uh, through you regarding um 002.

Uh to the to the people that are are sponsoring it and also to to you, President.

I I don't understand why we're reviewing this.

The full 31st board voted on this just like two months ago.

The mayor didn't veto this or complain about it or say anything about it or make a ruckus about it.

So why are we bringing this back to overturn something potentially that the 31st board literally just spent their time on two months ago?

Chair Sanford, would you like to answer that?

Because I know you the last meeting you had the whole session on it.

So I'd love to answer that.

Yeah, I think it would be best for having a debate during the committee meeting, but the resolution was that we have a new board, and they disagree with the fees that were passed in the last board.

Did we take a poll or something?

Because I don't disagree with the fees that were put on the last board.

We we took let me let me just finish my sentence.

Talk about it during the committee then and put it on the adjustment.

We took care of um low-income housing separately.

That was a different resolution, and we made adjustments and everything.

These were for profit uh fees put on on developers, right?

We're not we're not having an issue in Stanford with people not wanting to build to your for-profit.

So right.

And last meeting we had an executive session, and we had more information that has come to light since the last fee was passed, last board.

So with new information comes, you know, new action.

So we can discuss it at the next meeting when it's up for debate.

Thank you.

I yield.

Thank you.

Uh representative Delacruz.

Need to unmute yourself.

Representative Delacruz.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'll go to a mute.

Go ahead.

I'd like to address the item on swimming.

Uh, someone that actually witnessed one of our only served kids in Waterside drown at Bokusit Park.

I made it a mission to bring awareness to the need for swimming, swimming lessons.

And out of that, I finally got a program at Bokusi Park to teach our kids how to swim.

The group that started the program couldn't fulfill its commitments, and we were at risk of losing that program.

Point of order.

Yes.

Yes.

What's who's is that Chair Weinberg?

Yes, thank you.

Um I I thought that we're discussing whether or not to place this item on the agenda or put it in pending.

Um not the not the merits of not the merits of the of the of the issue.

Trying to already do I uh president, do I do I understand correctly?

Yes, you are your understanding is correct.

Representative Delacruz, we can't go into the the item details itself, but if there's some a specific question what you have or you'd like to address to Chair Sanford, go ahead.

Madam President, I was trying to advocate that the item should be put on the agenda.

And if that's not appropriate, I don't know what to do.

I I well I'm gonna again, I'm gonna I think Chair Sanford has given his reasons.

I'm not sure there is anything else to discuss at this point.

Um so I'm going to you know at this point, just uh you know, report back to him and move on.

Yeah, I I'll finish like with this, Representative De La Cruz, and I don't mean any disrespect or anything, but there's there's there's nothing to come out of the there's there's no action item for us, so there's no funding to support it.

There's nothing in the pipeline to do it.

There is some stuff in the works about looking at the assessment of our of our athletic fields in their entirety that will be briefed during the budget season.

But to have a discussion about swimming lessons.

I I don't know what the value is that that we're gonna get out of it.

We could have a discussion about why we need soccer lessons.

We could have a discussion about what my point is is there's there's there's nothing that we can have an outcome of this that is that is going to be really productive other than having a uh a discussion about swimming.

That that's why I would rather put the priority on an ordinance that we have submitted by the administration for concerning excavation permits and stuff that is that we need to take an action on and other things that we need to take an action on as opposed to just having lengthy discussions.

Also, additionally, correctly.

Um I'm gonna give my my view one second.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, Chair Sanford.

My understanding is also that this is just the plan of submitted by the the Parks and Rex chair, commission chair, but this is not actually what has been a plan in the uh cities, you know, or the administration's view at this point based on the budget uh constraints and other things, and also the fact that there's other facilities which could be potentially used for swimming and not develop a whole complex at this point.

Is that correct?

That that's correct.

There is nothing right now in the works that would support what they're proposing.

Yeah.

Okay.

Uh quickly, but I don't think we're going to go on on this representative Delacruz.

Quickly, if you have a comment to make, go ahead, but um, we need to move on.

Yes, there is such a thing as advocacy and discussing this item adds to the advocate advocacy for the importance of a life or death matter as learning how to swim.

And that was all I was trying to accomplish to bring a spotlight on the need how to swim to learn how to swim.

No one dies from not knowing how to play soccer.

But people die from not knowing how to swim.

And any opportunity to advocate for the importance of that, I believe should be taken.

I yield thank you, Madam President.

Thank you so much, Representative Delacruz.

All right, any other discussion.

Seeing none, let's uh take these two items.

from not knowing how to play soccer well people die from not knowing how to swim um any opportunity to advocate for the importance of that i believe should be taken by you thank you madam president thank you so much representative delacruz all right any other discussion seeing none let's uh take these two items uh all those in favor of moving items opr 32.002 and opr 32.003 please say aye aye any opposed any abstentions okay those two items will be placed in the agenda and items 004 and 005 will be placed in the pending agenda thank you chair samford uh moving on to public safety and health committee chair bouchard thank you madam president uh the public safety and health committee will meet on thursday february 26th at 630 p.m via webinar uh i have two items to move um on to the agenda first item is ps32 dot zero zero two uh is for review is for the overview of the Stanford Department of Health and Human Services this will be provided by uh Ms.

Jody Bishop Pullen of the director of health and human services during our meeting uh the second item is PS32.003 for review uh it is an overview of the Stamford Emergency Communication Center the ECC uh that will be provided by Mr Brian Funnigan uh the director of the ECC um I would like to move these items on to our agenda okay uh there's a motion to move items one and two is there a second second second any discussion okay seeing none all those in favor of moving items one and two of the public safe safety and health committee agenda please say aye aye any opposed any abstentions okay those two items will be placed in the agenda remind me chairbouchard did you announce your meeting date and time already and I missed it I did but I can go over it again if you'd like no it's fine if you did it I'm just blanking out thank you so much thank you all right uh thank you moving on to community development housing education social services and state and commerce chess committee is that one of the co-chairs will be speaking I know there's no items but I'm happy to speak on it um but one thing I would note since there's no items submitted uh I do see and I just want to clarify for future dates and times I see it says two Tuesday February 17th and I thought on the calendar it was uh the 24th so I just want to double check no I think we moved it to the third Tuesdays going forward based on last month's discussion yes uh it's on the calendar on the website as the 24th under the calendar and on the agenda it's the 17th okay because I have the the calendar here the committee calendars and I see February 17th so we'll make sure that it aligns in the double check that because it was on both and they're different and it's overlapping with I believe personnel so something we know it definitely is on the 17th for sure but you're not having a meeting this month so we're not um calendar and on the website so we'll talk about it but I just wanted to note it for the record.

Thank you for bringing us Ms.

Monto can you make a note of that and see what's on the website please sure the the the the the one you printed out for me with all the committee dates has it correctly I just don't know if the website's aligned so okay thank you so much the last committee here is transportation committee uh chair weirs thank you um so just to comment on the uh the the conflict there the transportation committee meeting is at the exact same time as the chess meeting um if that is the case on uh Tuesday February 17th at 6 30 by webinar um i had submitted one item i had uh missed the deadline by a few hours um do i need to ask for a suspension of the rules yeah so we'll just we have to um just yeah it's not quite suspension but we will have to um take a two-thirds to um consider this item and then we'll move the item so um since you've already kind of pointed out that uh it'll delete submission so um is there a motion to consider this item almost so there is second second is there any discussion okay we had to do uh two thirds so uh miss montawa can you call the role please or call the votes please absolutely rep atoms yes repouchard yes rep camparelli yes rep Gardner if you're speaking rep Gardner you are muted yes thank you rep Hughes yes Representative Johnson yes Representative McEwen yes

Rep Camporelli.

Yes.

Rep Gardner.

If you're speaking, Rep Gardner, you are muted.

Yes.

Thank you.

Rep Hughes.

Yes.

Representative Johnson.

Yes.

Representative McEwen?

Yes.

Representative Morrison.

Yes.

Representative Pollock.

Yes.

Representative Price.

Yes.

Representative Sanford.

Yes.

Representative Shaw.

Yes.

Representative Shore.

Yes.

Representative Sylvester.

Yes.

Representative Weinberg.

Yes.

Representative Worth.

Yes.

And Representative Zachary.

Yes.

It's unanimous.

Thank you.

Um I'm not.

I'm not sure if I should have read the item before we voted.

Well, um, we have to make a motion now to um take the item so you can go ahead and uh read and make your motion now.

Okay, I'd like to uh move item T32.002.

It's a review item overview of the transportation traffic and parking department.

Um it'll be presented, I believe, by both uh Luke Buttenweiser and Tom Turk.

Second.

Is that a second?

Okay.

Any discussion.

Okay, seeing none, all those in favor of moving item T32.002 uh to the transportation committee agenda, please say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, that item will be placed on the transportation committee agenda.

If I could just add just a comment on this, it is an overview of the transportation department.

I do think especially the new members might find this educational and interesting, and I do encourage um everyone who is available to attend to attend this by webinar.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you for that insight.

Yes, there's a there's a whole bunch of review items.

While I know they're not there's all of these items are supposed to be very informational this month, so whatever anyone can uh attend or hear or listen in to the video, that would be good.

Um okay.

So no special committees, then we will just move on to the approving the minutes.

So um uh can I entertain a motion to place the approval of February 2nd, 2026 regular board meeting minutes to the agenda, please.

I so move second okay.

If there's a motion and a second, any discussion.

Seeing none, all those in favor of placing the uh approval of the minutes um and the agenda, please say aye.

Aye, aye.

Any opposed?

Any abstentions?

Okay, that will be placed on the uh next agenda.

With that, we already covered the one pending item that's on here.

Um motion to uh adjourn.

So move.

Second, second meeting is adjourned at 7 56 p.m.

Have a great night, everyone.

Good night, all thank you.

Good night.

Good night.