The meeting began with a land acknowledgement, closed session report (no action), and the Pledge of Allegiance led by retired Colonel Chad Caldwell. Due to a large number of public comment cards (59), the council reduced public comment time from three to two minutes. The council honored two proclamations, heard extensive public testimony regarding urban farming and a long-term lease for Three Sisters Gardens, discussed the transition of homeless case management services in-house, and adopted the Vision Zero Action Plan.
No further agenda items. The meeting adjourned.
Getting the words we know what we want. I was there. Gloria Gloria. Don't do it. Oh yeah. Gloria. We said Oh, great. Norma. If you have your car. Now call it calling the meeting to order. Can you hear me out there? Everybody can hear me okay? Okay, great. Thank you. So now that all the council members are present, I call to order the September 15-17th meeting of the city of West Sacramento City Council, the West Sacramento Redevelopment Agency and Finance Authority. We will begin with the land acknowledgement. We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we live, work, learn, and commune is the original homelands of the indigenous people of West Sacramento who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. We acknowledge and we thank the original inhabitants who have occupied, maintained, and secured this place, and who still exist on this land. We respect and celebrate the many diverse indigenous people still connected to this land on which we gather. The council met in closed session this evening. Mr. City Attorney, do we have any items to report? There is no action to report. All right. The count uh we would like to invite our guests to join the council and staff in the pledge, which will be um we would have the honor of having um retired Colonel Chad Caldwell to come to the podium and lead us in the pledge to this this evening. Thank you. Please stand, place your hand over your heart. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. As is noted on our agenda, City Council is prohibited by state law from discussing or taking any action on items that are brought up under public comment, but we are going to switch around public comment to after the presentations. Um I do want to add that anyone who is wishing to address counsel on this or any other item this evening to please fill out a request to speak card and return it to the clerk. And we accept the request to speak cards up to the conclusion of the reading of the staff report on any particular agenda item once the staff report has been read and we open the item up for public comment, the clerk will announce your name for you to walk to the podium. So please uh listen to your name and uh then um we will have a in in front of the clerk, there'll be a timer for public comment today. We have quite a few, so in order for us to be able to have everybody have an equal chance to be heard, we will allow for um Madame Clerk, we will narrow it down to two minutes instead of three. So if you can um adjust your clock. And uh we ask that all comments be limited to that amount under public comment only. So also as we move forward along in the agenda, we have an analog flip chart, which indicates which agenda item the council is currently considering or discussing. And we also recognize that for some speaking in public can cause anxiety, so we request that there be no applause or booze cat calls or other demonstrations. Furthermore, so that we may maintain a civil discourse here in the chambers, we ask that those in attendance and those who address the city council abide by the code of conduct posted on the wall. Um, but it does say that we should not speak in loud, threatening, offensive, abusive, or other disrespectful language that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. So, Madame Clerk, we're going to um pass on the item one since we have quite a few um request to speak cards. I think we have over 50 at this time. 59. We will begin with the proclamation of the city council of the city of West Sacramento honoring retired Colonel Chad W. Caldwell, who just came up on his service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in his retirement. If you can please come on up to the podium. And do you have your family members with you? Is that please have them all come on up?