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A couple of council members absent,

so now that the rest of us are here,

I'll to order the January 21st 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, can you present any updates?

Thank you, Madam Mayor.

The council did meet in closed session

for the items listed on the agenda.

No reportable action was taken.

All right, and we would like to invite our guests

to join council and staff in the pledge.

Fire Marshal Brian Johnson,

can you please lead us in the pledge tonight?

I pledge allegiance to flag the United States, one nation, indivisible.

As is noted on the agenda, counsel is prohibited by state law from discussing or taking any

action on items that we are that are brought up under public comment item one

we are gonna make a change in today's agenda process and I'll explain that in

a little bit but I'm gonna continue to give you a little more background this

this is an important opportunity for a public forum the public is given an

opportunity at this time which will take place after another agenda item to

address the City Council and issues not listed on the agenda and we do ask that

anyone wishing to address the council on this or any other agenda

item to please fill out a request to speak card

and return it to the clerk.

If you have not, you will not be acknowledged

and you cannot come up.

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 to speak.

Now in front of the clerk, there is

a timer to ensure that everyone has had a chance to be heard.

We ask that all comments be limited to a specified number of minutes.

Also, in front of the clerk is an analog flip chart, which indicates which agenda item the council is currently considering.

We also recognize that for some, speaking in public can cause anxiety, so we request that there be no applause or boos, catcalls, 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,

that have posted and not speak in loud, threatening, offensive,

abusive, or other disrespectful language that disrupts,

disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct

of the meeting.

We have made some changes to how we can cease for those

that are speaking that are disruptive.

And we will allow the clerk to turn off the mic

once I gavel down, asking for the disturbance to be stopped.

We also would like to add that if there's anybody that has a special need or a disability,

to please give a 72 hours notice.

Given that it's sometimes very difficult to understand that, I will make an accommodation

if nobody is aware for the one time.

But if I recognize that you're coming back and not providing the 72 hours, I will ask

that you not present.

We can work something out.

I will try to work that out.

So with council's approval, I would like to bring up agenda item 22 now, which is a request

by council member Alcala to include an item on a future city council meeting agenda, Three

Sisters Garden LLC lease at 5th and C Streets.

And council member Alcala will provide a little bit of background and then we'll open it up

for public comment, Madam Clerk.

For that agenda item, can you pull those up so we'll ask people to speak if there's anybody

interested in speaking.

anybody under public comment who wants to speak about that can you please come

up on this item all right councilmember okay thank you so the main part of my

request is to have staff present options for a long-term lease with three sisters

gardens for the fifth and C Street property so they can pursue building

improvements and expand their programming I'd also like staff to take

this opportunity to review how the city can support our nonprofits in general

whether it's through use of city properties or direct funding with grant

three sisters gardens has this specific request but as we consider options for

it we should also be mindful of how we can offer similar support for our local

nonprofits that serve our community so well

okay madam clicker there any request to speak

nobody submitted a card with this number on it but there may be people that

wanted to speak on this item there any request to speak about this item okay

and did you all submit a card

okay if you did not submit a card you will not be able to speak even under

public comment by the way if you want to submit if you want to submit a card

while the speaker is coming you can do that now but you do need to go get a

card and the speaker who did submit a card and I'm gonna call out Alfred

Melbourne since I know he wants to speak on this and you each have three minutes

your mics not on hold on

Thank you.

My name is Alfred Melbourne, a long time community member here in West Sacramento, Roderick,

and it's been a pleasure to be able to work with the community and was able to found and

open Three Sisters Gardens in 2018 to be able to support the potential High Promise

youth in our community.

And since then, we've been able to do a good job to provide pathways to urban agriculture

and farming in general for youth in our community.

But at the same time, we've been able to grow thousands of pounds of nutrient-dense organic

vegetables right here in the community to give away to the community.

So there couldn't be a greater task to be able to teach our youth valuable knowledge

in how to reconnect with the land and producing vegetables in a way that is really significant.

But truth be told, it would be way more conducive to teach our youth in a space

that's going to be out of the elements and have all the different things that we'll need

to be able to store our food and preserve our food and create the space that's going to be

more open, inviting to our public and guests that we have coming from far.

So the ability to be able to upgrade the site and make the changes necessary to make that happen

does require us to have a long-term lease.

And we've been very grateful for the opportunity to work with the city,

but it just takes a little bit more of a commitment so that we can continue to do the good work

and not have to, you know, feel pressure, but having support from the city,

city manager's office, mayor, and all our council to be able to teach our future leaders, you know,

how to grow food and take care of themselves.

But it's much more than that.

You know, we're opening doors and creating other opportunities for them

because other services in this community that, you know, we can't provide,

we're able to hand off and work with our partner agencies like YCCA, Mercy Coalition, or Mosaic Village, and different orgs.

But yeah, it's our goal to be able to expand the site and do a lot more with it so that we can continue doing the great work.

But thankful for Martha and Norma Alkaloff for putting this forward.

Support from the mayor and we hope from the rest of our council as well.

So thank you guys.

Kimberly Cargill.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Thank you so much for working together with Three Sisters Garden to provide a place for

the children of the community to learn how to grow gardens.

This is one of the most valuable resources we have in West Sacramento.

And with the times as they are, the future is dependent upon us teaching our children

how to grow their own food.

It's a very valuable resource here, and we're thankful to have them.

And I've heard only good things about them.

So I'm here tonight to support them.

Thank you.

Thank you, Kimberly.

Thank you.

Haley Moore.

Hello my name is Haley Moore and I'm here to support Three Sisters Gardens I'm a volunteer

at their garden I also have a background in sustainable agriculture and plant-based nutrition

and I think that if they did have a more of a concrete structure it'd be nice to be able

to volunteer and educate children and adults on gardening and the importance of nutrition

of course that's important

also my mom is retired

and she is part of their food program

where she receives free vegetables every week

she comes in on Fridays and gets veggies

I just really appreciate the garden

I also feel like it's a very valuable part of our community

and I'm that this has come up so they can continue their lease

thank you

Matt Weaver

I always thought the public comment on items not on the agenda came first I

think I come here almost as much as the people who work here and got voted to be

here but I'm here to speak on this matter because I think this matter you're

just asking to put something on the agenda you're not asking us what we

think about it can I have clarity on that is that what this matter is who

would I address to ask just to be clear so so normally this item on the agenda

appears at the end of the agenda and it's an opportunity for the council with

advanced notice to request a future item for council consideration at a later

meeting in this case we we thought there would be as is showing there be several

speakers and so as a courtesy we suggested the mayor obliged to move this

item up to the front of the agenda the regular time to address matters not on

the agenda but still within the jurisdiction of the council will follow

this item so if you have a speaker card in for item 1a that's coming next okay

cool just want to make sure I understood the sequence thing because I'm becoming

a student of this thing so should you put it on the agenda yes or no I'm going

to spend a minute and 54 seconds talking about whether you should put something

on the agenda or not and we're gonna have ten more people come to the meeting

weren't at the meeting last year this room was full of people who wanted to

lift this issue to the city unfortunately behavior was abhorrent of

the adults in the room that the youth were just should be applauded but this

is the first time I've ever seen anything moved to be put on the agenda

for so for God's sakes yes I support putting something on the agenda that the

people want to see on the agenda I could spend another minute and 19 seconds to

say it shouldn't be this freaking hard to get something on the agenda because on

the public comments about matters not on the agenda I've been speaking week after

week after week and no one's moved to put that on the agenda so if it takes all

the kids in town talking about the food that they put in the community and it

takes all these voices to get something on the agenda and then it takes having

public comment to whether or not you should put something on the agenda the

answer is why aren't you asking the people what they want to see on the

agenda from the City Council more often why should this be such a freak of nature

event that even I have never seen this done I am in support of adding it to the

agenda and can't wait to hear public comment in the eventuality that you

support it being put on the agenda thank you

Thank you, Matt.

Juan Gutierrez.

Good evening.

My name is Juan Gutierrez, and I'm here to speak regarding carport.

Oh, Juan?

That would be under public comment.

That's not on the agenda.

No, I know it's not on the agenda.

Oh, sorry.

His got mixed in with the one.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

Just to clarify, so you'll have a chance on the next item.

The next time sorry for the confusion on that so again that this part is only for the future item requests involving

The three sisters garden please, so if you're here to speak for that you'll be called

We have no additional requests to speak on this item

All right bringing it back closing public comment bringing it back to council. Is there any other comment questions or?

Sure, yeah, I think it it's an important conversation

We need to have but I think we need to take a step back and it's more than just the lease itself

It's that parcel the history of the parcel how we got here

And so I'd like to ask staff this did come back from general. What would it look like would we have that information?

Because I think there's a lot to unpack in this that not everybody has all the data to

Oh, yeah, it's just my read of the

The direction that is being sought and I think councilmember Alcala summarized it well in terms

it starts with the essential question of the fifth and seat property and the

status of the lease what three sisters gardens ultimate goals are with that

property and like you said looking not just that the history of the property

and the intent behind their reframing program but also a larger question of

the city has other many other properties that could be put to use by nonprofit

causes what do we what are we doing there do we need to have more of a formal

policy discussion so so that's part of it we would absolutely bring back those

issues and with a focus on the fifth and C property there's also issues are

related to when when the city does a lease or property transaction there's

things like surplus land act considerations that need to be looked at

so we want to give a clear picture of the council about what the options are

for the lease but also what the process would need to be like should there be

support for it I think within that what we'd also suggest is the council has a

strategic plan priority kind of centered around resource support for nonprofits

not just in terms of use of property but also there was a desire as part of the

last issue planning session to explore actually having a grant program for a

local nonprofit so my goal would be we would package all of that and bring it

back as feasibly soon as possible to deal with the issue that the primary

issue that councilor McCall is raising but also some of the other issues that

you just brought up

All right.

With that, I'll accept a motion.

So moved.

I'll second.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Councilmember Alcala moved.

And Councilmember Sopizio, Mayor Pro Tempizio Ho seconded.

Please call the roll.

Councilmember Alcala?

Aye.

Mayor Pro Tempizio Ho?

Aye.

Mayor Guerrero?

Aye.

This item is approved.

I'll see you on the agenda.

Okay.

Next, this comes, we have item one, presentations by the public on matters not on the agenda

within the jurisdiction of the council.

Each person has three minutes.

We'll have Juan come back up, please.

Juan, we'll let you come back to the podium.

Now you're...

You can speak now.

Thank you.

Good evening.

Again, my name is Juan Gutierrez,

and I'm here to speak about carports.

My understanding from staff, city staff,

that 36 residents were ordered

to remove their carport and

for some reason some people think that

state law outlaws carport

they do not

state law only

provides for the construction

of carport

it's up to the

the local

jurisdiction to determine

under what conditions carport could be

erected

within the jurisdiction in this case the city of West Sacramento

specifically I went to the law library in Sacramento and I talked to the

librarian there who assisted me in in doing the research and apparently the

requirements for carport that are found in title 25 with the California Code of

regulations specifically section 1478 which merely describes how carports

should be constructed and it leaves it up to the local jurisdiction to determine

if they are to be allowed in West Capitol in West Sacramento the the city

ordinances prohibit carports over driveways in a home and that's why 36

residents were ordered to remove their carports in the last couple months

and I would request that the City Council amend the city code to allow

residents to have carports that's it thank you one

Madam Clerk, any other requests to speak?

Yes, ma'am.

Matt Weaver?

Welcome back, Matt.

Thank you very much, Council.

I feel like I'm officially a regular.

I know.

I feel that way too.

And a broken record.

But with that said, I know there's other people going to speak on something I've come to

speak to the Council about.

it was a street a strategic imperative of the council a few years back and here

we are in 2026 there'll be lots of public comments on something I've called

out repeatedly obviously I'm not speaking to hear myself speak I could I

could do that anywhere I'm doing that to bring it to my city leaders who haven't

done much with it medical not medical I'm sorry

retail cannabis dispensaries were approved as a strategic imperative

And like so many things, whether it's carports or getting

something on the agenda, even our little town of 67,000

can show how incapable government can be when it wants to be.

Getting something on the agenda gets to be so difficult.

Getting the council's strategic imperatives

becomes so difficult.

I'm a property owner who's had two LOIs, leases, and offers

to buy my property from people who've been circling West

Sacramento saying hey this would be a great place to open a dispensary that's

what made me vested in this conversation the last few years and I've watched the

city just do what they're doing right whether it's carports agenda items or

any of the things and I just don't get it I don't get it because whether it's

filibustering canceling meetings that should happen with planning whether it's

filibustering in this room whether it's hand-wringing in the back offices always

some gerrymandering with maps you guys ended a moratorium on cannabis

dispensaries and turned around and started one by making new red zones and

green zones that excluded entire populations from participating issued an

RFP wasn't well circulated wasn't well communicated it went dark extended it

did it again here we are no one's awarded marijuana from out of town comes in town

untaxed all the reasons why this program should have been tilted up and why we

should have one two three or four licenses now

it just there's no action now how many conditional use permits for liquor

licenses have we at a gas station in that time why is it that's such an easy

conversation to have in these chambers get staff to stamp off get council to

vote and we'd have to bring a hundred people in here to even get it added to

the agenda there's other people here maybe the other hundred will speak out

on why it needs to move forward but it needs to move forward where everybody

has an opportunity to participate every city block every commercial zoned

building everybody needs a shot at this this is a war on drugs it's been going

on for many many years and you guys restarted it right here in our

neighborhood again thank you Matt

guy Stevenson

hi guys hi

I have an issue with, of course, VIA.

And I was telling your attorney right there that I was going to sue VIA,

and I'm still probably going to do it.

But the problem is, if I do it, I have to sue the city.

And I don't want to sue the city.

It's not really a city's problem.

Here's the problem.

One, they don't address anything.

They take kids and young adults to different events and stuff.

Well, I'm going to tell you what happened to me on Christmas Lighting when you guys had it out there.

I was talking to a detective that just got promoted actually last week as a sergeant.

I talked to him for 45 minutes.

15 people came up to me, at least that many, and said, you know what?

Stay on them because they're unsafe drivers.

and then I told these people at night, you know, I have cataracts, so it's hard to see.

I don't drive, so I take the Via.

This lady decides she wants to go through the construction site.

Annihilated my phone, and then I called Via, and because they're in New York, I have a problem with Sue.

So I had somebody on the other side of the bridge run the lady's name that drives for Via,

and she's on drug diversion.

she got busted for crack cocaine

and it was a felony

they dropped it down, plead bargaining

and she's

on drug diversion but she's driving

around these people

and me and other people

in those vans

that company, they're a fly by night

I have an issue with it

a big issue with it

I've been talking to an attorney about it

I said that

I've talked to New York

the people that run it out of New York

I've talked to this lady, I don't know what she was with, some beverage company that runs it now.

She don't know nothing about that.

And I think that if something happens, the liability is going to fall on you people.

You guys need to do something about VIA.

And that's why I'm here.

You know, I've repeatedly told you these people are unsafe drivers.

I've seen them over there in a Walmart parking lot smoking weed and driving a van.

But I have an issue with it because senior citizens riding those and people's kids ride in those vans.

And you got some idiots.

You know how easy it is to get a job with Via?

Right there.

You just go on their app, fill out an application, they do a soft background check,

and because California only goes back seven years, you don't know nothing about that person.

So I run that lady's name, and like I said, she's on drug diversion.

out of yellow County so do I want those people driving a van service where they

take high school kids and elderly people absolutely not so I I want you to look

into it and I don't care what these people upstairs say I don't care they

don't know anything

Kimberly Cargill did you still want to speak on this item

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

My name is Kimberly Cargile.

West Sacramento is my hometown.

I am a proud graduate of River City High School, and I'm also a medical cannabis patients

rights advocate and the CEO of a therapeutic alternative, a social equity dispensary in

East Sacramento.

I'm here tonight to request that you do not shut down the social equity program for cannabis

retail here in West Sacramento instead I propose an alternate solution of

providing two social equity permits one for each applicant that applied I

personally know both applicants Richard and Alfred there I know that they are

good people who do an excellent job providing for the community and their

lives speak for themselves they are compassionate and work daily to make

this world a better place and I believe they would serve the citizens of West

Sacramento very well. I was here at your swearing-in. It was one of the proudest

evenings in my life watching all you ladies get sworn in. I was so proud of

West Sacramento. On another occasion here I was here when you decided to move

forward with the cannabis social equity program saying that you were going to do

it right compared to so many cities in California who have done it wrong.

again I was proud very proud tonight I find myself in a place I didn't expect

to be a place in opposition against what the city of West Sacramento is currently

proposing and you know I do believe that West Sacramento citizens have a right to

safe medical access close to their homes and I hope you can take some time to

ponder this and put some more thought into it and come up with a solution

that's best for the citizens of West Sacramento.

With schedule three, with cannabis moving to schedule three,

most likely this year, we have proven that cannabis

does have medical value and citizens should have

a right to safe access.

So I appreciate everything you do for West Sacramento.

Thank you, you guys are heroes.

And please take some time to come at this

from this perspective of what the citizens deserve.

Thank you.

Thank you, Kimberly.

Brett Egbert.

Hello, Brett.

Been here for a while.

Faithful, let me talk a little bit.

Nice to meet everybody.

Hope you come back.

So first, I'd like to thank the people that helped me in the city.

Stephanie Chan met with me around.

So I don't know what I get to talk about.

I'm going to do my best.

I'm schizophrenic, so ideas come and go.

Thank you for your grace and patience.

So Stephanie Chan met with me a couple times on VIA.

She's faithful.

Steve, I work under her.

Super nice guy.

Jennifer took a couple of my phone calls.

Sandra took a couple of my phone calls.

Josh left a message.

City manager, Aaron.

and Doug, I think.

And then they got Mike calling me back at home.

So thank you.

I love being a part of this city.

I've been doing this 46 years now.

I only left town long enough to get married and divorced.

So I come back and, look, I took a lot from this city.

And I feel a certain kind of way about drugs.

I can't talk about that now.

I get that. I'm trying to follow the rules these days.

I come here a day to talk about cigarettes, nicotine product.

So I remember hearing on NPR, I like NPR, and one of the city council members,

can't say who, can't remember the name. Memory's not that good,

but she said, please don't call the city about potholes.

I thought that was funny because I live here, and I don't drive anymore,

so it's even funnier but

nicotine products like a pothole

I like that to sink in

nicotine products

like a pothole

and

like we know better now

this city's big enough

and it's small enough and it's got you

willing to look at things

different

there are other cities so

Beverly Hills did this no more nicotine

in Beverly Hills this is my Beverly Hills

and

like I fell in that hole personally

several times

and I got friends die behind that

stuff I think we can do that

so Lutheran

pastor's kid over at Mercy Court and I had

some of them vegetables

they're awesome

but

David is named

pastor's kid tell me

you can it changed my life

and I just want to share that with you

folks you can do this and I don't know what my part is.

I'm not sure I try to stay in my lane but I'm here

until I'm not here anymore and I'm just gonna keep

coming back whatever the process is I'm willing to learn it

but I would like to partner with somebody.

I'm not really fond of the word agenda

because it didn't work out for me but I'm willing to learn

and if you can help me find somebody in the city

to work with I'll do everything I can

till the end of my days see that nicotine's

out of here and gone forever evicted.

I can't find a safe way to do that.

And I think the time has come.

Thank you for letting me talk.

Thank you, thank you so much.

Richard Miller.

Hello Richard.

Good evening Mayor, City Council Members.

My name is Richard Miller.

I am the co-owner of Stash.

I'm here regarding the city's decision

to rescind the social equity cannabis RFP award

that was granted to Stash.

Social equity programs exist to repair the harm caused

by the war on drugs.

They are not meant to justify political favoritism

or the bending of eligibility rules.

A true commitment to equity requires honoring the process,

the criteria and the outcome when the outcome is reached fairly.

After more than a year of good faith participation and after investing time in a substantial amount of capital,

the city formally notified Stash on July 17, 2025, that we had been selected as the successful applicant in the final phase of the RFP process.

We were invited to apply for development agreement to the city's first medical cannabis retail storefront.

Just seven weeks later, the city would rescind that award.

Without prior notice, without stated cause, or any justification, which is in total violation of state law.

Apparently, at the urging of an unsuccessful applicant.

Public records show that while Stash met every eligibility requirement the city

allowed a politically connected applicant participate despite not

meeting the income eligibility requirements and despite being rejected

twice during the IRFB process even after receiving repeating accommodations

rather than defend a fair and lawful outcome the city reversed course and

and stripped stash of its award.

This is not equity.

This is not transparency.

And this is not justice.

For over 30 years, I have been a medical cannabis patient

advocate working with legislature, educating patients,

and caring for AIDS patients during the height

of the epidemic.

In that fight, I was arrested, injured, lost my home,

lost my business and custody of my nephew.

This is exactly what social equity programs are meant

to support and uphold, and that's why they exist.

STAS does not seek prolonged litigation.

We ask that the council reverse course,

honor the original RFP award, and restore public trust

by standing on fairness and not public patronage.

I really do not want litigation in this matter, but you've left me no other option and no

other recourse but to file suit if you do not reverse this.

It's my hopes that we can come up with a solution so we can move this forward.

I thank you for your time.

Thank you, Richard.

Louise Ahern.

Hi, good evening.

I have been a licensed cannabis user for the last 12 years, and that's when I first met

Richard, back in 2014.

He spent a lot of time with me talking about ways to ease out of the medical conditions

I've been going through and to find something that will work for me.

I was tired of taking massive amount of medication drugs.

And I found that when I used this appropriately, cannabis,

then I could wean off the other drugs.

My goal was to only take an aspirin in life if I could.

I was on eight prescriptions.

He's been a wonderful person in all this.

He knows what he's doing.

He cares about people immensely.

And we sure need a dispensary in this little town.

To go across the river to get something is sometimes not possible with all the road construction

and things closed off.

And going to Davis is about the opposite.

That's too hassle to get there also.

It would really be wonderful if we had one in our town, let alone the 50,000, 60,000

new people that would be moving in when everything is built out in South Fortway.

But we really do need this big time.

For some of us, it's something that keeps us alive.

Otherwise, we'd be competing up bridges we don't have.

But I would really like you to consider his application and tell us and branding it.

I really need it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Daniel Morrison?

Hello, Daniel.

Hello.

Good evening, Council.

My name is Daniel Morrison.

Hello Daniel. Hello. Good evening counsel. My name is Daniel Morrison. I'm a 20-year Air Force veteran, recently retired as of last year.

Thank you for your service. Oh, thank you, ma'am. As I said, I recently retired. I'm also a father of four and a husband.

I have served both stateside and overseas, and like many who served, I came home carrying things that don't fit neatly into a uniform.

PTSD, chronic insomnia, anxiety, and a constant edge that made it hard to truly be present.

For a long time, sleep was my enemy.

Anxiety followed me everywhere.

I did what I was told to do.

I took the prescribed medications, Ambien, Klonopin, and others,

because I wanted to continue to serve and provide for my family.

But those medications didn't heal me, they numbed me.

They took pieces of me away, even as they attempted to heal me.

While I was serving, cannabis was not an option.

Not legally, not culturally, not at all.

After I retired for the first time in two decades, I was allowed to make a legal choice for my own health, and I chose cannabis.

Within the first year of retirement, with the help of cannabis, I've cut two psychiatric medications from my daily pillbox.

I still have many more of these.

I fall asleep without shaking or crying, or worse, completely pass out due to barbiturate medications that continue to affect me well into the next day.

I wake up now without being completely full of dread.

My daily mood is stabilizing, and constant irritability is easing.

Cannabis doesn't make me less responsible.

It makes me more responsible.

It made me calmer, more patient, more present, and more emotionally available.

My family finally got the version of me they needed and the version they deserved.

The one they didn't always get while I was serving.

That matters, because that is public health.

Next page.

Here in West Sacramento we talk a lot about safety, about families, about community well-being,

and yet alcohol and extremely destructive substances everywhere are normalized.

Heading to Sacramento to pick up my cannabis through the street of West Capitol,

I pass four stores designated as liquor stores, along with every grocery store and convenience store

that has shelves fully stocked with alcohol.

We see the consequences of having it readily available with DUIs, violence, addiction, and broken homes.

Alcohol doesn't affect the drinker, doesn't only affect the drinker,

It ripples throughout families and our communities and neighborhoods.

Cannabis tells a different story.

For many people, including myself, cannabis actually reduces alcohol use.

Studies have and continue to show when cannabis is available, people often drink less or stop drinking entirely.

That's not theory.

That is a lived experience, my lived experience, and many others' lived experiences.

West Sacramento needs safer alternatives, regulated access, education, and local oversight.

Right now, residents already use cannabis.

They are just forced to leave our city or rely on unregulated sources.

That doesn't protect anyone.

It encourages more illegal and illicit activities throughout our community.

A local dispensary isn't about encouraging use.

It's about acknowledging reality and choosing harm reduction over stigma.

It's about veterans like me who are tired of being over-medicated, parents who want

to be present, adults taxpaying citizens.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Laura Mendez.

Good evening Mayor, Council members and city staff.

My name is Laura Mendez.

I'm a longtime resident here in West Sacramento.

I am also the CEO of Woodland Cannabis Dispensary.

I've worked in the cannabis industry for nearly 20 years, operating retail storefronts throughout

the Sacramento area.

Tonight, I'm here speaking not just as a business owner, but as a resident and a cannabis advocate who truly cares about what happens in our city.

As a community, we should be coming together to support our local residents.

Unfortunately, that is not what I see happening with the decision to eliminate the cannabis equity program.

The purpose of this program was to give local individuals a fair opportunity, not to just apply, but to actually have a chance to follow through on their passion and building something meaningful in the cannabis industry.

By taking this opportunity away and opening the program to everyone, we are not creating fairness.

We are creating an uneven playing field.

This only opens the door for large corporations and out-of-town operators while pushing local voices aside.

Cannabis is not just about selling a product.

For many people, it is medicine.

It is about care, compassion, improving quality of life.

Local operators understand this because we are a part of the community we serve.

West Sacramento has the opportunity to do better, to support its residents, to

stand by the intent of equity, and to show other cities what it looks like when

a community truly invests in its own people. Let's set that standard. Let's be

the example of what this city can do when it chooses fairness, integrity, and

community first. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much.

Deanna Garcia.

Good evening Mayor, City Council, City staff.

Thank you for the opportunity to come up here and address you tonight.

I was also here the night when City Council said let's move forward with social equity

for cannabis.

Let's do it right.

Let's make sure that we don't follow the other city's footsteps and having a system

that lets people down and doesn't actually turn out to be everything we want it to be.

And you guys went through the process,

and I was very proud that the city of West Sac was taking that step

and making sure that you guys did have equity here

and that cannabis was an equity opportunity.

And I understand that there was also going to be another process to follow after

that was going to be an open market where there was going to be an unlimited amount of dispensaries.

And then as following the meetings along, then we decided not to go further with our cannabis project here.

We decided that we were going to let the other cities continue on collecting our tax dollars.

We were just going to scrap our program altogether.

Even though we spent time, energy, love, and effort into making the program,

we just decided we weren't going to have it anymore.

So I thought a fair solution would be for not only the city residents, but for city economics,

is to have two cannabis social equity dispensaries and no other dispensaries.

Our city is small. Our city is not a big territory.

And two dispensaries would be just great, one on each side of the city,

to give everybody a local dispensary in their community to call their own.

And, you know, that way revenue is not split so thin where the businesses are hurting

because there's a lot of cost and tax involved in running a cannabis dispensary.

But two dispensaries, one for Richard and one for Alfred,

and then no other dispensaries, no open free market where everybody is going to do so poorly

that they're going to have to shut their doors

and not where the citizens who don't agree with cannabis is so upset

because there's one on every corner.

And, you know, just a nice, beautiful project like you guys were talking about,

that it was something to be proud of here in West Sacramento,

something that would bring revenue, bring support, bring education on the product,

bring what the city really needs.

And I think that would be a beautiful idea if we could go back to something such as that. Thank you. Happy New Year. Thank you. Happy New Year.

Christine Spurgeon.

Hello.

My name is Christine Spurgeon. I'm a lifetime resident of West Sacramento. I'm here to support the cannabis dispensary here in town.

Currently I'm a caretaker for my mother and I need to access her medication.

It's hard to go across the rivers and sometimes the medication is not accessible.

I know Richard personally I know that he can provide clean legal medication for my mother.

I need that.

I was very excited when I heard that there was going to be a dispensary here.

I'm still excited I have faith in the city that that will happen

I've seen a lot in the city a lot and I think a dispensary would help

the homeless people I think it would help the people that are on things they

should not be on I think it would help everyone I mean I think it's a great

a great idea and I just wonder why there's so many massage parlors up and

not a dispensary that's like blows my mind and I personally live next to a

massage parlor so it really blows my mind so I hope that you guys reconsider a

dispensary I think it's good for our town I think we need it

I think we need to move forward and put being behind the times.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you, Christine.

Haley Moore.

Come back, Haley.

So I live here in West Sacramento.

I also work in West Sacramento.

and I'm here to support the equity program for cannabis dispensaries I know dispensaries are

inevitable in our city and I believe we should have owners and operators of this unique business

that are knowledgeable experienced and who are a part of the community thank you

Michael Hicks

Good evening, Mayor and Council Members.

My name is Michael Hicks and I'm a resident of West Sacramento.

I'm proud of the commitment and effort that you all put into serving our community.

That said, I'm here today to speak about a matter where the outcome fell short and deserves

careful reconsideration.

I'm here tonight because I'm deeply concerned, disappointed and frankly baffled how the city

handled the Equity Cannabis Retail Program.

For more than two years, the city engaged public process.

There were meetings, workshops, and opportunities for community input.

Regulations were drafted, revised, and finalized.

An application process was created and equity applicants were encouraged to participate in

good faith.

Those applicants did exactly what the city asked of them.

They spent thousands of dollars.

They prepared extensive documentation.

They secured landlords, negotiated leases, paid consultants, showed up for interviews.

These applicants are equity applicants.

People of the program were specifically designed to uplift residents who already faced systematic

barriers to opportunity.

Then after all of that, the city selected an applicant and instead of standing by the

process it created, chose to rescind the entire program.

What is most troubling is not only the decision itself, but how it was handled.

The public was not notified, there was no transparent discussion, and two years of public

involvement, the final most consequential decision was made without the community.

That feels like betrayal of public trust.

The city has said there was a loophole allowing the program to be closed at any time.

Even if that is legally true, it does not make it right.

Equity is not just a word in policy, it is a commitment, and commitments matter, especially

when people are asked to invest their time, money, and hope based on the city's promises.

It is also important to note this program was to be funded with the community development

funds, money generated specifically for community benefit.

Instead of being used to support equity, the result has been harmed.

I'm asking the council to reflect seriously on the message this sends.

The equity applicants can be encouraged, invested in, and then discarded quietly when things

become inconvenient.

West Sacramento can and should do better.

Transparency matters, accountability matters, and equity must mean more than good intentions

on paper.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you so much.

Alfred Melbourne, did you want to speak on this item still?

Yeah, thank you guys.

So definitely wanted to add some comments on the social equity cannabis program being canceled.

I was quite surprised also to just have the rug pulled out from underneath our feet when we had participated in such a stringent process that, as folks before me have stated, it was very costly and time-consuming.

and the different people that had to assist us.

You know, there's always barriers,

but, you know, we overcame a lot of challenges.

And then to be at a point where it seems as though

the city has completely dropped the ball entirely

when it comes to supporting, you know,

real equity in the city and, you know,

thinking they could just, you know,

wash their hands of a process where, you know,

you had real hometown people here.

I've met with Richard, and he's a really good person.

He truly believes in the therapeutic medicines that, you know, they can offer, you know.

And my biggest concern throughout this process was going to be, like, big money coming in and taking over.

And I had participated since around 2019 when Sacramento had legalized cannabis and knew that, excuse me,

I knew that at some point it would be coming this way and then trying to you know take a good opportunity and

Create something better for you know our community

and allow the city to be able to you know collect the revenue and

Participating in the process we thought that you know there would be transparency there would be you know

Things worked out, you know, and I remember that the council was very adamant that if there was going to be

be retail cannabis, that it would start with and only with a social equity program getting

a head start.

And then to just throw the whole thing out the window, once people have invested almost

two years into the process, it just baffled me.

And that why would the city want to take a chance at litigation when the answer is pretty

much sitting right in front of your guys's face to support the applicants

that did rightfully meet all the qualifications and criteria up until when

the application started changing and disqualifying people unjustly so but do

feel that you know at this point that the city should reconsider their plan

and and eliminating the program and go back to what the original plan was and

support social equity applicants from this community thank you thank you

justine Crawford

good evening mayor council members my name is Justine Crawford I'm here to

speak on behalf of Richard Miller and the cannabis equity program it I am a

a longtime cannabis user.

And the importance to me is in the therapeutics of cannabis.

It's not just in the THC.

It's in the CBN and the CBD.

And the importance of having individuals who actually

care about the city and their patients, like Richard Miller,

and how this equity program was started,

seems to me like you guys were very much involved

in wanting to see that type of person

be involved in your community as a business owner.

And now, to me, it seems like that's not important.

It's the almighty dollar.

And as a patient, I would hope that you would put patients

first and see us as important, and not just what money you

can get from some large outside corporation that doesn't care,

that just wants to sell THC to a bunch of kids.

So thank you.

And I hope that you reconsider.

put things back into place.

Thank you.

Andrew Crawford?

Good evening, Mayor and Council Members.

I'm here to speak on behalf of Richard Miller also.

So I've known a few of the people in the

Cannabis industry in this community just in the local city

So I was also disappointed to hear about the withdrawal if you want to call it that of the cannabis equity program or social equity program

I know that Richard and other people like him have put in a lot of their own time hard work money

Everything just to meet the requirements of this program just to see it

Pulled away from them so that they can no longer use it

I would strongly urge that you reconsider doing this I don't want to

see Richard and other people like him thrown into the same arena on equal

footing with big businesses and corporations who can easily outnumber

and outgun them and I think that Richard for one would be a great small business

owner for the city of West Sacramento I know that he and others like him care a

lot for the people in this community they go to them because the patients go

to them because they know them so I think there's there's a lot of

personal touch there that we'd be missing out on if we open the door to

let big businesses just move in and take what they can so that's that's my

thought on the matter thank you very much for your time this evening thank

you we have no more requests to speak on

this item. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you everybody for showing up today.

Next on the agenda we do not have any public hearing agenda items so we'll move

to item 19 under our regular agenda consideration of resolution 26-9

approving exception to the 180-day period. Madam Mayor are we gonna do the

consent calendar? Oh so sorry. I'll accept a motion for agenda items 2 through 18.

This is with the exception of number 11 which has been pulled from the agenda.

And with the exception of number 11 which has been pulled from the agenda.

Are there any requests to speak on the public comment?

There are no requests to speak on any of these items.

Great. Thank you.

Councilmember Ocala moved and Mayor Pro Tems, please.

You'll second it.

Councilmember Ocala?

Aye.

Mayor Pro Tems, please.

You'll hold.

Aye.

Mayor Guerrero?

Aye.

All right.

This is approved.

Now we move to item 19 under our regular agenda.

We will pause for just a moment.

We don't have a quorum.

A little stretch break.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Item 19 under a regular agenda is consideration of resolution 26-9 approving exception to

the 108-day waiting period to hire a CalPERS retired annuitant in accordance with government

vote section 752.56 and 21224. Mr. City Manager who's going to present on this.

Oh hi. Good evening. All right good evening Mayor and Council members it's been a while

since I've been up here I am Becky Robertson I am the city's finance

manager so tonight I am presenting resolution 26-9 which would

approve an exception to the 180 day waiting period typically required before

hiring a retired annuitant as an extra help employee so CalPERS regulations

typically require a 180 day waiting period before the retired annuitant can

return to work at a CalPERS agency however exceptions can be granted when

it serves a critical operational need but does require governing body approval

through a resolution in a public meeting.

So as detailed in the staff report, our procurement division in the finance department is currently

operating at about 50% staffing level.

As we had a critical employee in the division suffer a medical emergency that requires an

extended leave, and of course that happened shortly after we had retirement of our most

tenured analyst, because you know timing is always great with those things.

So due to the emergency, there has been a delay in our ability to recruit for the vacancy in that analyst role.

Hiring Brenda Key as an extra help retired annuitant would allow us to continue to provide continuity of our operations

while the division remains short-staffed, as well as provide a proper transfer of Brenda's knowledge and expertise

through training of the new analyst once they are selected.

The proposed arrangements complies with all of the CalPERS regulations regarding work hours and compensation limits for retired annuitants.

So staff recommends that the City Council approve Resolution 26-9, and I am happy to answer any questions that the Council may have.

Thank you, Becky.

Madam Clicker, are there any requests to speak?

We have no requests to speak on this item.

Closing the public comment, bringing it back to Council for any questions or a motion.

No, happy to move.

Second.

Mayor Proctem.

Councilmember Acala seconded.

Councilmember Acala.

Mayor Pro Temsul-Pizio-Hull.

Mayor Guerrero.

Next under regular agenda item 10 in the finance department is mid-year budget workshop in consideration of resolution 26-11 adopting amendments to the operations and maintenance and capital improvement program budgets for fiscal year 25-26.

Thank you. It looks like you're up again.

Your lucky day.

I am up again. All right, so good evening again. Let's get the PowerPoint pulled up.

All right. So once again, I am Becky Robertson, the finance manager with the city.

Tonight I am filling in at the last minute for Roberta. I did pull together a quick presentation

to present the fiscal year 25-26 proposed mid-year budget for consideration.

You have all received a very robust packet with all the detailed information regarding

each of these requests.

So hopefully tonight's presentation is going to be brief.

You should have each also received a late errata.

I will say and I apologize up front, my slides were not able to be updated since that errata,

but I do have the revised numbers that I will talk and update you with as we move through

the slides.

all right

there we go all right so starting with what are we asking for consideration

tonight so we are asking council for consideration and approval resolution 26

dash 11 that a resolution is adopting the fiscal year 2526 mid-year supplemental

decision packages in CIP as well as asking for approval of the authorized

position list salary schedule and approval of the facility supervisor job

description

so as I mentioned I'm hoping that tonight's presentation is going to be

pretty brief we will take a look at the general fund and one-time general fund

as well as the tax measure funds in addition we're going to look at the

supplemental requests and the associated impacts of those requests at a very high

level and then of course review the recommended action once more.

Starting with the general fund so we expect revenues of about 87.1 million

with the fiscal year 25-26 budget there are adopted general fund expenses of 86.4

million that number does not include the items in the agenda report tonight.

after the mid-year supplementals if everything were to be adopted today the

total expenditure budget for the general fund would be eighty seven point one

million so this so the 87 includes all the ballot measures that you know the

sales tax no this is just for the general fund office upper slide for the

tax measures thank you this includes additional requests of about six hundred

and fifty thousand with five hundred thousand of that being ongoing and about

a hundred and fifty thousand being one time.

Now looking at the one-time general fund prior to tonight's mid-year request the

expected one-time general fund balance was expected to be five point one

million at the end of the fiscal year. After approving the mid-year supplemental

request the available fund balance would be one point two million. There are about

500,000 in one-time operations and maintenance requests and 3.4 million in

CIP requests those CIP requests include 1.8 million for the Park Boulevard

class 2 bicycle land and crosswalk restriping project and 900,000 for the

community center north and south entrance enclosure design and

construction project

so this slide provides a brief overview of the tax measure funds and their

projected fund balances at the end of fiscal year 2526 after the inclusion of

tonight's supplemental requests so looking at measure K the expected ending

fund balance would be seven hundred and sixty two thousand requests for measure

K includes six hundred and twenty thousand in CIP requests which includes

four hundred thousand for the recreation center lap pool heater replacement

project and two hundred twenty thousand for the recreation center fire safety

project. The expected ending fund balance for measure V is just over seven

million. The expected ending fund balance for measure E is 23,000. Requests for

measure E items include a hundred thousand for operations and maintenance

requests and nine hundred and fifty thousand for CIP requests. Those CIP

requests include funding of five hundred thousand for the Sacramento Avenue

complete streets corridor improvement plan and three hundred and fifty

for the homeless emergency housing program project the expected ending fund

balance for measure n is four hundred and eight thousand and there is about a

hundred and ten thousand in operations and maintenance ongoing requests now

ending with measure o the expected ending fund balance for measure o is

about thirty seven thousand so with measure o council has previously

approved a five-year spending plan where 15 months of revenue have already been

programmed in addition to a measure V loan to fund some of the CIP projects and

so we knew that additional funding wasn't going to be able be available for

new requests until next fiscal year however there is one funding swap

included in tonight's item and that's 1.4 million from the fire training tower

renovation project to a handful of priority public safety projects at fire

stations 43 44 and 45 replacement funding for the tower renovation project is

going to be requested with the fiscal year 26 27 budget

now looking at the supplemental request by category so this slide gives you a

breakdown of the overall request by category the total mid-year requests

overall is 24.5 million of that 16.1 million is for CIP projects with

funding for those CIP projects coming from 4.9 million from the bridge

district IFD bond proceeds 3.4 million from the one-time general fund and 2.1

million from the sewer fund is kind of the top funding sources for those CIP

projects in addition there is 5.7 and one-time O&M requests or 5.7 million

let me that's by in one time o and m requests 165 000 for personnel 322 000 for vehicles and

equipment 1.7 million for supplies and services and about 570 in technology requests

so this next slide breaks down the mid-year supplemental request by funding source you'll

see a large amount coming from measure g this is largely due to a one-time transfer of property tax

tax increment revenues to the bridge district ifd and the eifd for the upcoming debt service payments

in addition you'll see a request of 4.9 million of the bridge district ifd bond proceeds

to fund eligible cip requests within the bridge district

now looking at personnel requests these requests include three new positions and one position

upgrade increasing the city's total full-time positions to just over 508

full-time employees the three new positions include a facility supervisor

in the Public Works Operations and Maintenance Department an assistant

slash associate transportation engineer in the Community Development Department

and a finance specialist in the homeless services program in the fine in the

economic development and housing department in addition there is one

position upgrade in the city manager's office requested and that is to take a

human resources technician 1-2 vacancy and upgrade that position to a human

resources analyst 1-2 the total funding requested for these personnel requests

is about a hundred and thirty seven thousand

now looking at the general fund reserve balances at the end of the fiscal year

year it is expected that the budget stabilization fund will have a budget

just a balance just under three million the general fund reserve balance would

be about 15.2 million which gets us to about 18% with no additional

contributions from the general fund and then the staffing continuity reserve

would remain at 500,000

So that does conclude my presentation.

Again, we're asking for approval on Resolution 26-11, which adopts the Fiscal Year 25-26

midyear supplemental request and approves the authorized position list, the salary schedule,

and the facilities supervisor job description.

And at this point I would love to open it up to any questions that the Council may have.

Thank you.

to point out in case it wasn't clear there's a random memo that has several

changes to the budget materials that could be in front of you as well

thank you Becky I do have a question I've been waiting for a full budget since

I've been mayor is that coming anytime soon it is so we were able to fill one

of our vacant budget analyst positions recently and so that is one of the key

projects that she is working on and we have also

contracted with a consultant who specializes in the finance sector, public

finance sector specifically, to help with her to get this completed and get the

new budget system up and ready. I did touch base with Roberta and it sounds

like with the next fiscal year 26-27 we will they will have a budget book it may

not be as robust as what they hope the final one will be but they should

have that shortly after yeah we have had quite a few vacancies in our

department that has unfortunately slowed down the process the last person

overseeing the forward movement and the new budget system is no longer within

the city and so that did cause a little bit of a pause because at the same time

we were also moving forward with the measure o budget but now that we have a

position filled plus a consultant and we're hoping to see a lot of forward

progress on the new budget system yes I would like to prioritize that please yeah

I don't know if any not having a full

we have a whole budget I think we just to clarify your request is about having

a budget book correct yes that's yeah the budget the budget I just want to be

clear for the public the budget is you know a full budget it's in good shape

it's in the system we used to have and I know this is this has been a request

that you've made several times over the last few years a budget book that was

published every year we I think on staff we always kind of looked at it as yes it

was published but was it very user friendly so I think part of the effort

that finance has been going through is to find the right kind of presentation

for that information and so it is forthcoming I know it's frustrating that

it's not something that we have we haven't had in the last couple budget

cycles but it's something that we understand is a priority for you mayor

and we'll definitely stay on that right five years going on six

councilmember I'll call it real quick so when we do get it it's gonna be put on

the website for the public yes yes it will be placed on the city's website

I also have any questions I'm just I'm trying to find something and you can

keep going and okay I do notice a lot of investments along the riverfront you

know signs things like that I would like to see in the future budget more

investments in the Brighton Broderick area there's I've noticed a lot of

missing street signs, ditches, you know, you can't drive.

Like you really have to slow down or your car's

going to get smashed from the bottom.

I'd like to see more investments in the Brighton Broderick area.

In a future budget.

In the next budget.

I'm sure Councilmember Ocala and her friends

can go with cameras, take pictures, and bring them back.

They have.

I'm sure you get lots of emails.

Yeah, and I appreciate the recommendations

on some of the aesthetics.

It's along the riverfront.

It's where we have a lot of traffic and things like that.

I do appreciate that, but I also want to see it citywide.

So I can't seem to find an attachment for the respite center.

if somebody quickly knows the page number for half a million dollars for the

respite center so that was included in their Rata it was removed from tonight's

item correct yeah and on that one it was in the Rata it'll just show that there

were a couple of projects that we pulled from the budget request for tonight I

just want to give a little bit more background on each of those the respite

center is a concept that has been sort of in the early phases of being built

out by staff as a potential option in the overall program of our response to

homelessness the basic idea is it would be a place where during the daytime you

know homeless individuals could go to not be on the street there's a lot of

details that still need to be worked out with that I know there's there's some

concerns at least some of the council has expressed leading up to this but

also at the staff level there's still a lot of work to do before we're fully

ready to present what it would actually be and so what I'd suggest on that one

is we'll bring it back at a future meeting probably in the context of a

larger topic concerning homelessness in general and give the council more

information and potentially a budget request at that time the other item is

the having to do with the southern extent of the Clarksburg Trail this one

is simply we need more time to figure out the right funding source for it we

had a different source in the budget that was inadvertently put in as the

request but having looked further at it we understand that's that's not really

the right place for that that funding to go so it'll be back but we need to

figure out a different source

and then I do I did want to just respond mayor to your comment about the concern

around street signs that is something that we absolutely want to hear about if

there's missing street signs or ones that are in disrepair one of the

benefits of measure O particularly with having the new road crew being formed is

that that is a really primary task for that group it's not just about filling

potholes but it's also about replacing aging signs or missing signs so please

you know do tell all your friends make sure that those are reported to us so we

can be on those to replace it doesn't have to be a annual budget request to

to get that kind of work done.

I actually send in .

That's great.

I would say that the Brighton Broadway community,

in my experience, interacting can get them

to be more engaged in activities.

It's a lot more word of mouth.

It's not like social media or West Sac Connect kind of use.

it's a way to phone it in or maybe email.

But they have a lot more traditional ways of connecting.

So if there is a way to publicize a more easy way

to report things, I don't know, what do you suggest?

Always reaching out to those hubs, churches.

That's right, the churches are good.

There's a lot of, there's Bright, the one on Sacramento Avenue.

They could be really good and helpful,

and especially in their language.

There's multiple languages in there.

So yeah, it's a good idea.

That's it for me.

But by the way, this homeless emergency housing program,

I think that $500,000 for the modern, so this was,

is this what you were looking for?

It was the respite.

That's the respite center.

On West Capitol Avenue.

I didn't put a tag on my binder.

I started and having to .

I know, I need tags too.

So the respite center is in this, yeah,

I see another homeless item.

Yeah, there are actually two.

The other one has to do I believe with the operations of the existing motel programs

Yeah, so it's what I see. Yeah, so the five hundred thousand line item for the recipe Center was just kind of a ballpark starting point for

Allowing the staff to explore, you know potential the potential site how it would function how it would be designed

We want to take a little more time to look at those issues and kind of all things considered including

What the true budget impact would be and then we would return to council

potentially with that proposal at a later date.

Okay, so then this

memo is still moving forward

in addition to, it's an amendment.

to what's in the correct okay good

so we would have to in the motion mention those changes yeah just the

motion would be the recommended action including the errata including the errata

okay

Whoever makes the motion.

We have a request to speak on this item.

Oh, we do.

Sorry.

Yes.

Thank you so much.

Patrick Markham.

Hello.

Sorry.

We just jumped right over that.

Problem.

Good evening, Mayor Guerrero and Council Members.

I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today.

I'm here speaking on the item that was removed, item 1406.

and just briefly, I'm not gonna take a lot of your time on it, but basically what I represent

landowners that have owned and farmed the land through which the Clarksburg Branchline

Trail Extension is proposed to go through, and it's gonna bisect their land.

They've owned and farmed that land for 150 years, and

the reason I'm here speaking to you tonight since you pulled the matter from

the from the agenda we really don't have anything to talk about is I one of the

efforts that I've been putting out there and and it really just kind of goes along

with what we're trying to do all my clients have ever asked to do is to be

treated fairly in this matter and it's very very important because of the

farming practices with these farms that have provided jobs and food for this

community like I said for a century and a half that that at least the with

respect to the bike trail that the alternatives be considered if there is

one and if there isn't an alternative that mitigation be considered to reduce

the impact on the project on my client with that in mind one of the things that

I'm really really having a difficult time with and the reason I'm addressing

you now is working with planning staff and the transportation staff because

they're taking this approach that they've got 80 feet and they're just

going to take it whether they need it or not the bike trail based on the based on

the city documents or the county document or notes city documents excuse

me requires about 20 feet and in this item when this came up and we didn't

even know it was in the agenda when I looked at it one of the things that

really struck me was again just a night an example of how we're being treated is

there was an NOE that went out in February of 25 the NOE really didn't

address our project we didn't know about it for five months we finally realized

that this NOE had been filed with county we contacted mr. Mitchell and we

contacted staff and said hey guys you're not gonna really rely on this are you

and they say yeah no no we're not relying on this on this project well then you get a budget report

this is in fact yes they are relying on it on this project and if we hadn't a word search this and

found it on page 857 of 957 and found it on Sunday and this Sunday night and realized it was there

I wouldn't even know that this matter was being discussed I did speak to Mr. Mitchell and Mr.

Mitchell, you know, indicated that it was,

I guess it was a mistake.

And I appreciated that.

I've worked with Jeff for years.

Anyway, just in conclusion, please ask staff

just to treat us fairly.

One of the things that we are going to ask to do

is to sit down at a workshop-type situation

and try to talk about it.

Thank you so much.

OK.

Thanks for your time.

I appreciate it.

We have no additional request to speak on this item.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'll move to approve with the errata memo.

Second.

Mayor Pro Temsulpezio-Hole moved with the errata memo and Councilmember Ocala seconded.

Councilmember Ocala?

Aye.

Mayor Pro Temsulpezio-Hole?

Aye.

Mayor Guerrero?

Aye.

All right.

Thank you so much, Becky.

Next under General Administration Function Part 2, do we have any reports from our Council

assignments?

No.

Okay, Council calendars.

Hi, good evening.

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a ribbon cutting for the State Street's Road Rehabilitation

Project, and that's at 1509 Alhambra Avenue at 10 a.m.

All right, thank you.

City Manager, report.

Just looking ahead and hopefully the council has all been contacted and had an opportunity to interview with your strategic planning

Consultant so that's coming up where staff is very much looking forward to that annual process and you'll be receiving your materials for it

Yeah, we're saying hopefully next week, but we'll do our best to get you in them in advance. So thank you. That's all you

City attorney report

Nothing to report future and all that has been done. All right

in no staff direction all right meeting is adjourned good night everybody