Special Concurrent City Council and Redevelopment Agency Meeting December 2, 2008

0:07:24uh scra the new place uh filled up on behalf of the current city council I'd like to call the Tuesday December 2nd 2008 meeting of the uh elero city council to order like to ask uh council member Bridges to lead us in the fledge please join me I pledge allegiance to the flag of

0:07:48the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one na under God indivisible with liberty and justice thank you we have uh this is a uh this is a feel-good meeting here for during the the holiday season we have a lot of things to celebrate and people to

0:08:11recognize and we're looking forward to it tonight so thank you all for coming uh we have uh staff communication and Council leaz on reports none okay uh ask the city clerk to announce the next agenda item please item three on the agenda is presentation El Serita wall of fame um the adopt a

0:08:36resolution recognizing the leadership contributions and achievements of mirian Wilkins in the area of Heritage roses and inducting Marian Wilkins into the elero wall of fame thank you welcome everybody here that's uh going to be SE celebrating mariam's uh special

0:08:54honor with the city of elero uh to get started I'd like to ask Maran Kent step forward and say a few words for us tonight no oh there she is good I had to ask some technical question oh great thank you Mr Mayor and city council my name is Maran Kent and I'm the president of the elero Garden Club

0:09:25and I am very happy to be here tonight with members of our club as well as all of you to share in the presentation honoring Miriam Wilkins for the elero Hall of Fame Wall of Fame excuse me she is a longtime member of our club and in 2002 we presented her with an honorary membership to our club

0:09:46and we're very proud to have her as a member thank you very much thank you also uh one of the sponsors of tonight's award um Garden Club member but uh one that kind of led the charge on this uh Esther Sergeant with Esther would you like to say a few words please good evening my name is EST

0:10:15Sergeant I live at [address removed] in elito um I am the chairperson the garden club's chairperson to honor Miriam Wilkins and um this is indeed a pleasure um honorable mayor and all council members I particularly want to thank you for uh unanimously endorsing

0:10:41Miriam into the city's Wall of Fame this is truly an honor and I want to especially thank Leticia Moore and Jan Bridges I watched the council meeting the night that mayor Jones asked for or suggested there become a new policy committee and I was just so impressed

0:11:07that the two of you immediately volunteered and got things rolling and I I have read the policy and I do feel it was well needed um and the rewriting was just excellent and um it's it's very clear now as to uh Direction that also includes um honoring people into the uh

0:11:32entering them into the wall of fame I want to thank all of staff for your endurance through this long process and I especially have to thank cherol our city clerk she has just been amazing so thank you very much and um I also at this time want to thank um Carolyn Sanders from the

0:12:01Heritage roses group she uh we've become good friends and we've made a few acquaintances along the way and without her help she was very instrumental in making this happen tonight um my committee my chairperson Donna um um Salvador I don't know if Donna is here tonight did Donna come

0:12:27tonight well she's been very very supportive for this and I also want to thank the other committee members who worked so hard and long to make this happen um and I need to thank the entire Garden Club and especially our our president Maran Maran Kent and now I would like to

0:13:00say thank you especially all the people who have come for this wonderful occasion and we should be very proud that we have this this lovely person she is our Rose Queen our own City's um uh honory to be inducted tonight so with that um I just want to show my gratit

0:13:28ude and appreciation and we should be proud that she is our our our native Rose queen of Els serito thank you all very much thank you Esther um as we pointed out the award is a special award it's not given every year it's not given to everybody and it there is a long process in the

0:13:53evaluation of the application when it comes forward this particular nomination was made by uh one of our uh most distinguished I think and and long running uh clubs in elero the elero Garden Club so I was just wondering uh before we get on with the uh the presentation

0:14:14if there's anybody else that would like to speak uh in this honor thank you chance to thank everyone yes yes you will yeah there was a couple of people who wanted to speak uh gentleman in the back first yeah we mayor Jones and Council thank you my name is Christina Osborne and I'm a

0:14:43regional coordinator for the Heritage Rose group that Miriam founded and I uh would love to say I memorize this but I'm not good at memorizing so I'm going to read what I have prepared the Heritage Rose group is so pleased that the city of elero is honoring our

0:15:00founder and dedicated lover of old garden roses Miriam wi Miriam wilin and we're so pleased that you're honoring her with your wall of fame Miriam's passion for antique roses has inspired people from all over the world to appreciate the beauty and fragrance of these roses from long

0:15:19ago Miriam began the Heritage roses group in 1974 when she placed a simple ad in the American Rose Society magazine asking anyone who shared her love of these old roses to contact her surprisingly people did these are the roses that grew in your grandmother's garden and your

0:15:40great-grandmother's garden among the earliest to join her group were Florence Malcolm Mariam Anne green Ruth boft and Margaret Frost other early members were Edis Sher Carl Kato Lily shohan Charles Walker and and Leone Bell currently the Heritage Rose group is divided into six regions across the

0:16:04United States to address the growing issues that are unique to each area the Heritage roses group exists to preserve enjoy and share knowledge about old and endangered roses Regional groups focus on projects that are unique to their part of the country and Miriam is happy

0:16:22to have people visit her garden which produces an abundance of blooms that Cascade down the hill Elser Hillside Miriam began a quarterly Rose letter which I brought a sample she produced the first rose letter in 1975 to promote the love of old garden roses and to share information on events

0:16:45nurseries and Rose Growers who support these lovely old roses the rose letter continues today and we have approximately 300 Heritage roses group members spread over the United States in and in other countries such as Australia India Thailand and Canada Miriam also created the old

0:17:08rosers digest which is a simpler little magazine which included her musings on roses along with valuable information on Rose growing Rose events nurseries Rose Growers Rose books and carav old roses she typed out two issues every year on her manual typewriter she only just

0:17:31recently passed the Baton on this but still continues to contribute articles to the issues people hoard these old issues of the old Roser digest for their wealth of information and we often receive requests for old copies the enthusiasm and dedication that Miriam used to found the Heritage

0:17:52roses group continues most notably in the annual celebration of old roses that is held here in elero in your community center it was started more than 30 years ago it is the world's largest and least formal and most enjoyable Rose show aligned for the display and sale of old

0:18:14roses Rose crafts Rose food Rose plants and anything Rosy hundreds of people many of whom travel long distances attend this free event that is dedicated to promoting and understanding the beauty of the old Rose the highlight of the event are thousands of Rose cuting grouped by class and

0:18:35labeled displayed on over 100 ft of table in the center of the room Miriam has lived most of her life in elero and this is where she and her husband raised their children she is adamant that this event continues to happen in El C Sero you're all invited to attend the celebration of

0:18:54old roses next year it'll be on Sunday May 17th 2009 it'll be at your own community center on moer Lane it is always held on the first Sunday after Mother's Day in case you can't remember the date Maran is passionate about promoting antique roses and is eager to help others grow

0:19:15them and show them under Miriam's Guidance the Heritage Rose group has also supported the creation of the guadalupi old Rose Garden in San Jose the old roses Garden in Old Sacramento Cemetery and the old roses plot in the old section of San Diego California people from all over the

0:19:35world know about Els Sero California because of Miriam's passion for old garden roses and more people know about grow and appreciate the Splendor of these Beauties because of her thank you again for including Mariam Wilkins in the El Sero Wall of Fame we cannot think

0:19:51of a more deserving recipient thank you thank you Christina I I think I saw another hand up in the back great my name is Greg Lowry thank you so much for uh giving me a moment to share my passion and my appreciation for all that Miriam Wilkins has uh contributed

0:20:25to my life and to the lives of many people around the world I represent an organization known as The Heritage Rose Foundation which is a uh which is a charitable Foundation which uh promotes the preservation of our history of old roses in the United States and abroad this organization came to be as a

0:20:45result directly of Miriam's creation of the Heritage roses group and was a a project that was put together by members of The Heritage roses group who wanted to make Miriam's contribution a permanent Legacy in the United States to show our passion for roses for gardening and for the

0:21:06connection between the past and the present through through Gardens through plants and through roses this connection is a very important Connection in the world today I think because it begins with the very oldest roses which are the Wild Roses and as we look at the future of our

0:21:24world the future of the planet future of of native plants in the world it it is extremely important that we save and preserve those plants which are a part of that Heritage particularly our Wild Roses of which California is um blessed with many many different species the second connection which I

0:21:45think is so tremendously important is history in uh the 19th century the early 19th century a rose that was created in the city of New York known as was Harrison's yellow formed a part of many many households who traveled by wagon train across the United States to settle

0:22:06in the west to come to places like elero and that Rose which was such a great Survivor now has a history in many small towns and Villages and big cities across the United States because it meant so much to those people to keep a piece of beauty of living natural beauty

0:22:28of the rose with them as they went and lastly uh the future of roses the future of uh our Gardens is very much an issue today as we Face questions of how we how we inhabit the landscape that we that we live in are we using too much water in our Gardens and are roses a large contributor to that sort

0:22:51of attitude in in gardening um and one of the great things that we've learned through Miriam's guidance to understand old roses is that they are survivors they will survive with a great deal less water and a great deal less care without spray without the kinds of things that tend to be non not

0:23:10beneficial to our environment all of these things are are with us today because Miriam Wilkins inspired such a large number of people around the world to care about roses to care about old roses and to care about our relationship with the landscape that we live in and

0:23:28Garden in thank you thank you did I see another hand in the oh Tom good evening mayor Jones and Council persons I'm very happy to be here tonight and and we have a wonderful ceremony honoring Mrs wilin tonight her contributions in the Horticultural area are very well documented i' just like to

0:23:58add to everything she's done she's been an enormous contributor to the history of elero and as a member of the ELO Historical Society that's obviously very valuable to us so i' just like to add that to the record that she's not just wonderful to us in this town for what

0:24:13she's done with her roses but she's made major contributions to the historical record in this town as well thank you good evening thank you um mam J I want to tell you we have a very distinguished guest here tonight also um Native Alo Teresa parella parella she is

0:24:39a long time friend of mar they they've known each other since childhood they just followed their path they went to the same Local Schools together uh they went to the University of San Francisco together they their teaching career began in Marin County and they were very anxious to return

0:25:05back to their their Hometown and they were teachers together at Vermont school so this twoo is one of Miriam's very cherished friends who was so instrumental in providing us with some of the history about Miriam so we'll just answer you should see who she is I'd like

0:25:38toess and it's really a privilege to be here on this wonderful occasion I've been U attending the RO shows how many years quite a few years and it's always been a wonderful and I thought to myself many times that the city of El should be something for Mir and at last they have

0:26:09congratulations and lots of good Lu thank you dear friend [Applause] Teresa also fellow teachers together and Teresa was a wonderful teach but my class was always happy that's was a very thank I'll have to second the um your statement that Miss Pella was a very

0:26:48good teacher I had her in the third grade at anybody else like to speak okay um before we get on was there any comments by the council concerning the award U particularly a council member Moore or council member Bridges who was on the uh subcommittee actually one of the um pieces of information we

0:27:20have here is that Miss Wilkins is honored with a beautiful pink rose that has been named after her and if you look at the screen it's better you can see it better on the television behind us um that is the Rose named after Miss Wilkins and um the note I have here says others who share this

0:27:37distinction include Abraham Lincoln johnf Kennedy Barbara stran Amelia arheart Grace Kelly Carrie Grant Queen Elizabeth and William Shakespeare among others but none of them are from elero which is the most important good deal well I just wanted to comment that

0:27:57it's just an extreme honor that um we can honor you in this way um after all that you've done and the recognition that you've received tonight um but I think it was also very important what Tom panana said is that you're you're really a n a true native El seren and

0:28:13that uh your parents were some of the founding fathers of the city of elero um as far back as 1917 and that your father I believe was assistant Fire Chief and at one point was even uh in the Elso police department so your history does go back and it's just a real privilege to honor

0:28:33you sure J I just wanted to say how um happy I am that we're able to have this ceremony today and that so many people came out but I'm especially honored um that we were able to do um this is part of restoring the wall of fame um I I don't even remember the last time one of

0:28:55the people who is was on the uh Wall of Fame was put there um but um it was quite some time and I'm not even sure what the old procedure was but it really um makes me feel good to know that we have a new procedure and that Miriam Wilkins is the one who is the first

0:29:16Honore uh in this uh what I would like to think is a um um recognition of the work that Mar has done for community and for our country it's not just our community but our country and so I'm really happy that we're able to honor you Mariam uh today and thank you very

0:29:37much for all that you've done for all of us for these many years I think that several folks have alluded to the process we went through and Esther pointed out that we've been working um to make this a reality for several months and in that time I think we've all learned so much more about you

0:29:56and um I'm just so very proud and I want to express my appreciation the elero rose show is a unique part of elero it happens every year it's part of our community it's a place I think many of us have enjoyed attending and we have you to be grateful for and um I hope

0:30:15that it continues and that we all have an opportunity on May 17th of 2009 to um enjoy all of the Heritage roses and the other Rosie treats that are there for the community so I just wanted to extend our appreciation and congratulations for you this evening well without any further words

0:30:41uh I'd like to ask for a motion to adopt a resolution recognizing the leadership contributions and achievements of Marian Wilkin in the area of Heritage roses and inducting Marian Wilkins into the elero wall of fame so moved second it's been moved and seconded on the motion all

0:30:59those in favor I opposed motion carries [Applause] congratulations we going to uh like to read a little bit and ask Maran to come on up oh my goodness think [Music] soame but this is the resolution I won't read everything but uh put on a few comments it says where asked the daughter of Elo Founders

0:32:03and petitioners for the city incorporation in 1917 John F Walsh and Anna Pete Walsh Marin Walsh Wilkins was born in 1908 and at an early age oh no no 18 this isn't a granite is it 1918 excuse [Laughter] [Music] me early AG it was apparent she would be inspirating Ro model to the city of

0:32:48elero where M attended Local Schools including the old wooden elementary school and completed her education at the University of California at San Francisco where she obtained a teaching degree and later became an educator at faar school a school attended by her

0:33:07four children and it says here uh whereas the UC pical Garden Showcases of beautiful Mariam wils dark pink high red t- named after our beloved ELO Rose Queen and where at on October 21st 201 Miss WS was invited to attend the Heritage rosium featuring women of Distinction in France

0:33:34England and the United States and was honored with the installation of an annual $1,000 scholarship award established in her name and whereas M Wilkins has organized and chaired the annual Heritage Rose show at the elal community center for the past years attracting residents

0:33:55throughout Northern California now therefore be it resolved by the city council of the city of elero that is hereby appoints Mariam Walsh Wilkins to the ELO Wall of Fame and recognition of her significant contributions to the community thank you very [Applause]

0:34:25much so you wanted to a few words yes uh I have a few notes uh I know I shouldn't take up too much time I can read GL certainly I thank the council uh I just can't really believe this is happening I thank the Garden Club I thank Heritage roses and when I see all the people who

0:34:50are here tonight I just really feel so good about this it's impossible to feel nervous among so many friends um so I do have roots in California was born the 700 block of el street is anyone who can't hear me I'm pretty loud oh ah and I stood on the porch um when I

0:35:21was 5 years old and watched the first Fairmont School burn down a TR mendous Blaze Unforgettable my first memory and uh my father was as hasband said one of the founding fathers there used to be a plaque my husband when he was making El Cero's first Maps saw the

0:35:44plaque but I think perhaps it has disappeared in over the years and my father also built the U First Firehouse over there let's make an effort now I don't want to carry on uh as there's so much history one thought leads to the other and I have to be sure to confine

0:36:05myself to what's here um my childhood and my growing up years were blessed by a heroic and loving mother who made sure that her two daughters received an education for that I'm very thankful she would be so happy if she could be here but she she would be even elderly than my 1908

0:36:34day as has been said Teresa and I went back to Fairmont those were wonderful years The Fellowship of teachers just can't be beat um okay oh remember when we came back to feont that Hazel brenaman was still there and she had taught us so we really felt we had it made look at us your your

0:37:01uh students now are teaching here my husband and I stayed in elero and raised our four children and to say I'm passionate about old roses is not important enough because I just have had such Joy with the beautiful roses out there I could no longer Garden as you see but the Roses were BL May

0:37:27whether they have much care or not so thanks to everyone I still can't believe this is happening but believe me it's a lot of fun thank [Applause] you thank you very much um after uh after the meeting there will be Refreshments uh out in the lobby to uh celebrate

0:38:08Miriam's uh induction into the wall of fame as well as honoring our uh uh council members that are leaving us tonight and welcoming our new ones that will be seated tonight so um all right we'll go on if I could ask the city clerk to announce the next agenda item please next item on the

0:38:29agenda is oral Communications from the public this place on the agenda is reserved for comments and inquiries from the public regarding matters on the agenda and matters which do not otherwise appear on the agenda all persons wishing to speak should sign up with the city clerk remarks are limited

0:38:44to 3 minutes per person we have a um speaker light up here and you'll see when you come up the light will turn green and when your time is concluded it will be red our first speaker is Dr Bruce Harter good evening council members it is indeed an honor to be here tonight

0:39:08with two retired teachers uh from our Fairmont school and what what a great uh what a great uh grounding for me in terms of all the problems and issues going on to see the city council recognize uh the accomplishments of of one one of its members and and uh the

0:39:25historic roses I came tonight just to thank the city council for all your support on Major D it was a terrific success for us over 79% of the voters districtwide supported the supported the measure and it's going to be the underpinning of keeping all those things

0:39:39that are really important to us our class size reduction our counselors our Librarians and our athletic programs and our schools I can't thank you enough because we're going to face some really tough times in California and West Contra Casta but those are things that

0:39:52the voters have said with your help that we're going to keep and secondarily I'm here tonight to recognize the accomplishments on the behalf of the Board of Education and the West Contra cast Unified School District of council member Bridges and council member more

0:40:04thank you so much for all your service and I'll leave these over here with a close thank you great thank you very much next speaker is M Miss will hello everybody my name is I Chinese I was in 30 years in China since I come in the United States I started to learn

0:41:00English I need improving my job I went to college of ARA I was take a designer in the English class I passed the CZ examination in December 28 2005 and I receive my oper designer certificate in 2006 there I find aob at waiting however two weeks later the said I was doing slowly and qu my

0:41:45job immediately some people gave me J was baby all the old woman I didn't have the experience to do their baby and service the old woman therefore I had no choice that home there had a lady b some fabric gave to me and she said she needs I create some Dres here

0:42:30buiness when I finish the swing those Dr I could here come into our house P my lior and take her dresses to their home because my son called me go to England immediately for his wife will be new born and I wanted some money to replace my tee but she said she was going to

0:43:04abandon the would not pay me she me because of my PO English I'm Chinese my English is not good now I plan to open a business in our city of because I have occupation skill and the experience in M closing in 2002 I put some machines to materials some and I create

0:43:46some all of it yes in my home of open t store including Wai but I don't have money to the store I think near my home there is new building over a year it has been EMP I like building is near my home can you possibility if you can un to me I can pay you later we are

0:44:40M we can become a partner you have can units I have specialize theup SCH I hope you you your hands help and support me successful if you agree to open the door you can be the bus I am work we are our benefits thank you very much sincere thank you next right hi my name is Jim R I live at [address removed]

0:45:40Waldo Avenue I feel very privileged to be speaking in front of such a mature audience all of whom require glasses to read because I've been there for about 5 years now so anyway I'm happy to live in a small city that has a mile long Greenway and bicycle path a brand new

0:45:55swimming pool complex and great Transit access I think this speaks highly to Progressive of city leaders and residents I'm here tonight specifically to express my strong support for the Sero Theater which a number of us supported in the the past couple years as it got off the ground I know that

0:46:10it's coming up for an audit in the next couple years or maybe sooner than that and I wanted to let you know that I've had many opportunities to enjoy excellent films in the spacious and comfortable Sero theaters both of them I've also enjoyed the the opportunity to

0:46:22enjoy great food and drink a beer or two while watching some of my favorite films what I see in the Sero theater has helped to create an interesting mix of new businesses at the core of elero that we can all eventually benefit from specifically I bought 60s and 70s rock

0:46:35music at the revolution 33 record shop also coffee shop I've um found all kinds of interesting things at The Eclectic store and I've bought all kinds of rock music from' 60s and 70s at mod Lang so I think all these businesses put together represent something new for elero I

0:46:51think the days of elero being able to rely on big box stores whether they're here or not or whether they're here next year or not is another thing and I don't think we're going to be able to rely on large volume auto dealers to support El anymore so I personally would like to

0:47:04celebrate and commend city council for having the vision to see what's possible in city of elero and I'd like to urge Elso residents to be open-minded about the prospects for the future I think a lot of positive things have already started to happen in a couple years and

0:47:18I'd like to see it going in an upy Direction and I'd like you to view it open-mindedly as it comes up for an audit and view it as a long-term investment in the future of elero as a viable business community and I can even say that we we can be sort of like Berkeley without having to be Berkeley

0:47:33because I know elero doesn't want to be Berkeley but it's nice to live in elero and have some Berkeley type amenities without having the Berkeley Ambiance so I I think that the Sero theater is part of a cluster of business that is adding viable opportunities to the city every

0:47:47day and I'd like to express my strong support that we continue to support that in light of the OD thank you very much thank you other speakers on non-agenda items okay great well fine uh I guess the time has come to uh celebrate I guess um two people that are retiring off of

0:48:10the uh city council board and uh let me take comments from the council before we get on with with the presentations do you want to go first I'll go first um if I'm going to read um what I have to say tonight um if I had a better voice I'd probably wrap it however um you would all be running for

0:48:38the doors so instead I'll just read it it's been a busy year or before much has been done but there are needs for more budgets were balanced and new ordinances were passed thoughtful decisions were made that I hope will last we pulled all our residents to deal with our

0:48:57streets more Paving continues before this job completes improvements on S Pablo Avenue were made for City Gateway and renewed businesses Foundation laid new play equipment appeared in each neighborhood park replacing stuff that was outdated and downright Stark after

0:49:17months of review we have updated our zoning paint staking attention still has our planning commissioner moaning for the first time in decades we hired up cops hoping and then seeing the crime drops this Council was ambitious with our projects and [Music] goals new theater new fire trucks and

0:49:49rid of a city hall with holes continuing on we took transparency and ethics to new heights establishing newsletters public forums and of course websites huge thanks to our staff Cheryl Scott Scott Lance Mitch and Jerry and of course Monica Sky Jennifer Lori Sandy

0:50:12Karen and Mary to continue with the tradition that's been started at the city council I'm now going to present my top 10 things that I will miss about being on city council and those I won't this is a huge staff joke these are what my agenda bills look like I've

0:50:35all miss having to buy six new highlighters every month in order to get through my agenda packet I won't miss having to spend Sunday nights cramming I mean studying for City Council meetings I can finally watch the NCA M's basketball final which of course is on Monday nights I won't

0:50:54have to hear another Creekside appeal and I won't have random neighbors calling me to find out why the police were at my house again on Thursday night things that I will miss I will miss all the dinners at the Elks the Eagles the moose and various other creature name clubs which I'd

0:51:17never been to prior to being on Council all to celebrate police officer of the Year Awards I will miss Bill's very IC gavel pounding and Janet's long- winded tangents I will miss eating Dutch Treat meals at nibs with Scott for my weekly updates and I will miss our long and

0:51:43interesting Council meetings filled with letia isms so thank you okay I clearly should have gone first because I'm nowhere near as entertaining so I just want to say some thank yous and I also wrote it down because I I'm going to try to avoid tears but you never know um first of all I want to

0:52:13thank the voters um it's been seven years I want to thank you for voting for me for giving me two terms it's been an extraordinary experience and I am very grateful for the faith um that your votes indicated um I want to thank the elero community neighbors volunteers

0:52:32people I've had the privilege to meet and work with in elero and throughout the Contra Casta County I want to thank the city council that first appointed me to the Planning Commission in 1997 because that started my service with ELO and as I said it's been just a

0:52:49very special experience um I want to thank the staff and volunteers at the the Elso Senior Center because they made um my grandmother's time in elero very very special she felt very welcome and it was a really wonderful place for her and she um made a lot of friends and

0:53:09that was very important to me and very important to her I want to thank the city county state and federal elected officials and their staff for their support in the last 7 to 11 years their mentorship ship their advice and their friendship um I want to thank my

0:53:31colleagues on this city council um my service with you has been very very special the blend of personalities Styles interests experiences have made this Council really really um wonderful for me in particular and I feel very fortunate to have worked with each and

0:53:51every one of you individually and as a council and I'm really pleased to call you friends um I want to thank City staff the current city staff and those who've moved on um so many of you um from the folks in the Corp yard the recycling center Police Department fire department

0:54:13Recreation Finance administration building planning Redevelopment um our Chiefs our managers City attorneys clerks inspectors Engineers you've taught me so much in the last 11 years um and I'm I really want to thank you for for that education I want to thank you for the support um

0:54:38in everything that we've accomplished together over that time and I want to thank you for all the big and small ways that you've supported me personally and this is the crying part so I'm not going to say very much just thank you and um and I want to say to everyone to the

0:54:55people here to the people at home to the people who may never ever hear these words my life has been infinitely richer for having represented the city of elero um you've greatly expanded my education both my knowledge of the world around me and um my own self-awareness of my

0:55:15abilities and my limitations and my letia isms um all of you and this experience with the elero city of elero has given me a keen appreciation for how many ordinary people are doing extraordinary things in their professional and personal lives to improve the communities that they live

0:55:35and work in and it leaves me with the notion that I need to do so much more with my life because so many of you are doing so much with yours so for everything thank you well I wanted me cry I thought there's been much dialogue about the cry I thought that was settled with Hillary

0:56:02Clinton and barock Obama but apparently not so Leticia has never wavered in her belief of elero as a trend setting and sophisticated place and she has um always when there's a newspaper article featuring a business in Elo or an accomplishment of our city or an achievement of our one of our residents

0:56:23she made sure that we all knew and we could appreciate that too and tonight I want to say how much I appreciate you wait tears and um I want to acknowledge you for your extraordinary contribution to our community I know that you love elero and you've served our city with your

0:56:44uniquely utia way and that way is with absolute Integrity bold leadership and style and even though you said in a public meeting that we could not be appointed to the same subcommittee cuz all we would do is fight it has been my honor to serve with you so thank you very

0:57:11much I have a few words for Miss Bridges as well oh um I wanted to thank you Jan you've given a lot to your community starting with your time in park and wreck and then also undertaking the community organizing to rebuild our swimming pool which was um you know a difficult task

0:57:33and now with four years on the service of the city council you've worked incredibly hard and tireless in your research on engaging in all the city issues and um I'm surprised it only took one pack of highlighters per week you're a wonderful leader modest compassionate and always considerate to

0:57:53everybody and you provided consistent and insightful and strong leadership and have been a vital member of this team and I'm going to miss you and I want to thank Peter for all your support and friendship because I know that this job takes us away from our families and um

0:58:12we're going to miss Jan but we'll continue our friendship BR flowers yes you may more roses [Applause] what well I first for the [Applause] so Peter's Jan's husband Phil's actually sy's husband don't ask any questions well I first met Leticia on the when we were on the Planning

0:59:12Commission together with Sandy um and some other uh notable people and um I must say that that was a great Planning Commission to be on we I thought we really worked well together we actually uh created the current General plan um about 199 1999 I think if I remember correctly and um I feel like

0:59:37this Council has has been that same has been the same as that Planning Commission and has just been a cohesive unit not that we all think alike we definitely don't uh nobody could have Leti isms like Leticia and that's okay you know and um it's going to be really hard um not

1:00:00having both Leticia and Jan here because you both brought so much um and um so it's really hard for me to to say to see you leaving but I'm hoping that you'll stay around and that we'll see lots of you I have many fond memories of the times that we've shared together Jan I

1:00:22have to say I the the first the oldest thing I can think of about you is not a fun memory but it's not because of you um you were being um you were chair of the parks and W commission I think at the time you know what I'm talking about and um you were being grilled about the

1:00:41workings of the park and rec commission and um and the Parks and Rec Department I believe and um you stood up for you stood up and and basically took it and did a fantastic job and um so even though that was maybe not a great experience it is for me a great experience of how you um were and I

1:01:06think you've carried that forward onto the council and I always know that whatever you say or do make any decisions that you make are always good ones and I'm I really appreciate that and I know I'm really going to miss that and I wish you the best in all that you

1:01:25do um you deserve the best and I hope you find it in all that you do and um as as well as you Leti I can't imagine you not being here um I really can't and um so I hope I will see lots of you around because um it's it's we've um actually had a a long time together since those

1:01:48days on the Planning Commission um which were great days right Sandy absolutely and um so we've done quite a few things for the city I I I hope people think and I know I think that that we have and I think that you've been a very integral part of it both of you and thank you very much thank

1:02:15you sure before we go on um i' like to take public comment on this issue is there any who have signed up first speaker is Kleen McKinley keep with the plan yeah another member of that Planning Commission still on it um I'm Kathy McKinley [address removed] Mr mayor

1:02:39council members I want to thank Leticia and Jan for their years of service to the city and the community um I met Leticia when she came on the Planning Commission I was already on at that time and I'm still on um we had great times together I mean I forgot that we did the general plan

1:03:00thank you for reminding me of that that was quite a slog both Jan and and Leticia have also been liaison to the Planning Commission in different stints during their uh time on the council and they've been invaluable in that role to the Planning Commission but I think the

1:03:16main thing is that both of you can be very proud of the things that the city has accomplished with your hard work and the time that you've been in office we have changed tremendously on your watch and in good ways I'm I mean I'm thrilled that I'm here I'm I I was we had our

1:03:35first Planning Commission in this building for their last meeting and I couldn't believe it we're in a real building oh my God would imagine that um you have been invaluable to the city I I'm sorry to see you leave I know we have some good people coming in to replace you quote unquote but it's um

1:03:55I'm very sorry that both of you are leaving office but I'm also very glad that you're not leaving office because you're leaving town I'm glad that you're both going to be still around and maybe we can kind of rope you in again in the future but enjoy your uh Monday evenings

1:04:12uh enjoy not having to slog through all those packets I think people who aren't on the city council cannot imagine how much work it really is um and the city council members here are citizen volunteers I mean I think you get some tiny little compensation but it ain't

1:04:30nothing you know you might be able to buy a few rolls of toilet paper with it but the the work that people on the city council do is irreplaceable and I really my hats off to all of you thank you so much and uh I'm glad you're not leaving town so we can continue to nag you and suck you in

1:04:51thank you very much thank you thank you Joan Carpenter good evening um mayor Jones council members I'm here to say goodbye to a very dear friend Leticia Moore uh and also to Jan Bridges I've worked most with Leticia um with um with our office uh supervisor John joya's office she has not only been

1:05:34a council member for the city of Elso but she has worked with the rest of the County West County which is very important and um I just want to say we are we and West County will miss you tremendously thank you and uh you will not be forgotten nor you Jan and uh Jan

1:06:01and I we meet up in the funniest places one was in um Pleasant Hill when she went uh to get a nomination for our current new council member and I was there to help sustain that um nomination but I just want to say we love you best wish best wishes to you both and thank you so much for your

1:06:36[Applause] work Phil Martin uh good evening mayor Jones and members of the council my name my name is Phil Martin I'm been an Els Sero resident for 17 years and I'm here this evening also to thank the outgoing Council um for the last four years of dedicated service to our city um this

1:07:06council's been remarkable for in a number of ways remarkable for its efficiency in getting things done uh remarkable for its good sense in balancing fiscal responsibility with um providing services and upgrades to the infrastructure and rebuilds to the city that elero residents can now enjoy um

1:07:28I'd particularly like to thank Jan Bridges and Leticia Moore um who are leaving the council um and thanks to your efforts elero is a better place literally to live play and work um Jan and Leticia have provided consistent leadership continuing the efforts of recent past councils to pull us out of

1:07:51the fiscal crisis that this city faced in the 90s it's it's easy to forget that now um but when I first moved to elero City infrastructure was literally falling apart um under your guidance the city rebuilt the pool and Clubhouse and the City Hall and Jan I just want to

1:08:10acknowledge you because I use that pool regularly I know you were um involved even before um your time on the council and getting it rebuilt uh and I think you can both be proud that you leave the city with gu gued stable Revenue um and in much better shape so thank you both uh

1:08:30finally i' I'd just like to tell a quick story um about the Martin Luther King Day Junior uh Day Parade I didn't know Leticia well at the time um but she called out to me and my two daughters uh and told us we had to join the parade uh and we have been ever since then and I

1:08:49just wanted to tell that story because it's it's her spirit to be involved and to to call others to participate uh to make the community a better and warmer place so thank you both and I'll miss you thank you Peter Lal good evening as mayor Jones said this is a Jo

1:09:14occasion but we all know that uh a lot of people when we leave here in fact most people out there will have to make major adjustment down ward in the future and the one reason council members more and bridges should be missed is that they won't be around to deal with the

1:09:33financial mess they have create I think it's going a little bit too far to claim create for the pool everybody I know was in favor of the pool including your opponents your political opponents now these two were chosen by voters just like president President Bush once was

1:09:53but in their case promoted by the West County political establishment reflecting the interest of the construction industry the Redevelopment and Tash and our city management they were just as fiscally irresponsible as the federal and state governments fortunately with a much

1:10:11smaller budget they could do only little harm so we now have a grandio new city hall yet to be paid for while we all know that uh Public Schools quite a few public schools in the district will have to be closed we have an insolvent movie theater which I too like what was not mentioned it cost us

1:10:37$7 million in subsidy and there it's insolvent they can't even pay 10,000 a month now I'm actually all in favor of keeping the theater we have it but we have it at the cost of the of something we won't get and that's a refurbished new library or improved library and the senior center these are

1:11:00now beyond our means and we have a bloated CER of bureaucrats looking for make do work now I'm all for the movie theater being kept uh but these bureaucrats cost us half a million dollars for people a year and they spend a year and $800,000 they they do out uh to

1:11:22Consultants now but what I mainly remember this du for is the pathetic attempt to shut up a critical voice now last night President elect Obama explained the need for political plural pluralism not just democracy uh but also Common Sense uh and that requires that

1:11:45alternative viewpoints are given a fair chance to be heard and considered and these two and with the help of the other three try to s they just don't listen now uh why am I speaking this way today on a feel good occasion it's because unlike in Washington we don't have a regime

1:12:08change and uh it's high time that this machine and all the cogs that happen to be here I know most of you are family and friends uh that they start taking uh serious measures of what this city really needs rather than catering to the needs of the people that brought them thank

1:12:31you GL please thank you mayor Jones and council members for the opportunity to address you tonight my name is Glenn price been a resident of elero for about 23 years I'm a business owner in elero and had the Good Fortune to to serve on the school board for a couple years at the

1:12:55same time as these council members and I really want to thank particularly Jan and Leticia for your incredible service on the city council we are going to miss you tremendously I think as as Kathleen said it's really difficult for a lot of folks to imagine how much stress work and time

1:13:14is involved in doing what you do and I think we as a community have to be tremendously grateful that people like you have stepped up and said we're going to take a stand for our community so Jan and latia really thank you for for doing that letia it seems like it was

1:13:28basically yesterday that we were out campaigning for you 7 years ago and I think that was one of the best political Investments that I ever made and helping you get elected you've certainly made major Returns on that and I guess I also wanted to remember tonight uh the voices

1:13:42of those who who aren't here and particularly this Children and Youth of our of our community and I know from the time that I spent here as a as a parent in uh in our community as member of our school board that we could always count on uh the elero city council and I want

1:13:59to thank you Jan and thank you Leticia for your acts of courage Your acts of leadership and standing up for the Children and Youth of our community um I was happy to see Dr har here earlier thanking you for uh the historic stand you took in favor of of measure D that's

1:14:13just one indicator of uh an incredible string of stands that this Council has taken and that you Jan and you Leticia have taken for the Children and Youth for community so just want to remember them tonight and thank you um as Kathleen and others mentioned uh I'm

1:14:29thinking of the words of of Duke Ellington when he was asked uh what his greatest work uh was he said it's the work I'm going to do tomorrow so we're looking for great things from you your job in Elser Ros not over thank you thank you no no more speakers okay is there is

1:14:53there anybody else that would like to uh make comment I have one sentence that I unable to see my glasses and that was to tell Esther sergeant that I so very much appreciate everything she's done for me she's just worked for over a year and I appreciate it thank

1:15:16you thank you very much well we we're down to uh making presentations and uh it's been a pleasure we'll start with Leticia it's been a pleasure serving with you uh four years uh learned a lot uh enjoyed your critical thinking and your analysis um and I also enjoyed rubbing

1:15:48uh shoulders with a yay for the last three or four anyway um what we're doing and hopefully it'll become a a tradition the portraits that you see hanging in the lobby area we're giving U both of our people the same portrait uh to take back with them so we uh appreciate it so on

1:16:09behalf of the city council and and particularly myself thank you very much for everything you've done you're most [Applause] welcome like to say um we see we see each other as as council members but we also uh there's been a lot of good people that have served El Sero uh in the past and

1:16:38uh Jan and Leticia will be joining them as former members but um what's interesting is the two also have a great professional as well as a family life but a a a great professional uh life and I don't know that very many people know that uh Jan Bridges is not only one of

1:16:58the top people in her profession at the Kaiser system but also in Northern California as a medical practitioner so Jan it's been great um uh serving with you I enjoyed uh the level henness that you would always bring and uh Lo looked very uh all the time look forward to hearing what you

1:17:22had to say say on on the issues that were before us and uh Leticia I I think Sandy did hit it I had it on my notes too I enjoyed uh Leticia every time she would come back from a trip or a convention or or something she would always tell us who she met that either

1:17:40lived in elero at one time was living knew elero um and was always telling us that we had great people in elero all over the country so all over the world that's right anyway um Jan thank you very much and your portraits are right here [Applause] thanks to be out done the council do

1:18:10have flowers however something a little different than roses do we step down now we're having a reset in a minute I'm packing so thank you with that we're going to take a brief recess as we reset the the chairs up here to welcome uh Greg Lyman and uh an Chang to the uh city council

1:18:35so we'll be recessing for 5 minutes thank you [Music] thank you very much bring the meeting back from recess and continue with the meeting next agenda item is the swearing in and seating of our new elected officers or officials Greg Lyman and an Chang like to turn this over to the city

1:26:27clerk thank you mayor Jones for the record tonight I have the distinct pleasure of administering the oath of office and presenting certificates of election to our newly elected officials I'll be swor in Mayor Bill Jones who was reelected to a second term and council

1:26:43members elect an Chang and Greg Hyman would each of you please stand raise your right hand and repeat after me the oath of office I please State your names I Greg L and do Solly swear do Solly swear that I will support and defend I I will support and defend the Constitution of the

1:27:05United States the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California and the constitution of State of California against all enemies form and domestic that I will bear true faith and Allegiance bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the

1:27:22United States the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California and in the Constitution California that I take this obligation freely take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or

1:27:38purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion and that I will well and Faithfully discharge and I will that I will well and Faithfully discharge discharge the duties upon which the duties upon which I'm about to enter I'm about to enter congratulations time for public comment

1:28:05if anybody would like to address the council thank you very much I have some we have one speaker Peter lobal nice hello old new Council uh not uh many residents have the stomach to become council members in Elo with first having to spend years in commissions proving their loyalty to the

1:28:33powers that be now miss Chang never uttered a nasty word to me she always smiled at me nicely but I remember her from the park and rec commission and the Planning Commission and never once did she utter a single word that was contrary to what ST sta or Council wanted not a ripple so what I

1:28:56know about an is she likes to Bicycle I do too she likes to walk great good for you uh Greg Gman I know even better he was occasionally outspoken but generally coupled it with heaps of praise for the council that's rather clever we need a clever person on the on the council so you did make a few

1:29:19waves but we're in a situation where we need some major waves and I'm curious how this more old the new Council will manage the challenges you'll have your work cut out for you uh nothing like the new Administration in Washington but actually looking at the changes there

1:29:42and here uh though the challenges are so much greater at the national level and even the state level uh I I really I'm optimistic about at least them heading in the right direction I'm really really quite pessimistic here but I'd be glad to be surprised and I will apologize if you do

1:30:01surprise me thank you I have no speaker cards any other speakers for tonight oh private citizen more I'm not sure I ever um spoke before any of the other city councils so well welcome to the new council members welcome back mayor Jones um I think you see from tonight some of what you can

1:30:30expect over your term in elero um I think the the most wonderful thing about the community is the people the most difficult can be the people and the most difficult part about your job will be all the things that you want to do and um the limitations on what you can get

1:30:50done so that really is the most difficult thing and you you haven't faced it yet um there are lots of little irritants but there's a lot of joy in this opportunity and a lot of growth and a lot of potential for um for feeling that you're doing something very important and you are just having

1:31:08successfully run made that choice to put yourself out there and to run a campaign and to win is a huge step and the rest of it is a lot more I think enjoyable though um I know you both and um I know that there are a lot of things you want to see happen in elero um it will take

1:31:30time but have faith there are a lot of people who have faith in you and that's why you're elected and Bill you're just fabulous thank you thank [Applause] you okay all right uh we'll go to UHA item number eight item number eight adoption of the consent calendars item 5A is minutes for

1:31:58approval and 8B is declaring and confirming the results of the November 4 general election you'll note that the county um faxed us over the their certified results at 5: this evening and a copy of each is before you ready for a motion yes I move adoption of the consent calendars item

1:32:22um 8A minutes for approval and 8 B declaring and confirming the results of the November 4th 2008 general election I second it been move and second to approve uh the consent calendar for tonight all those in favor iose motion carries next agenda item please next

1:32:44agenda item under policy matters is the city council reorganization [Music] yes I'd like to call for reorganization of the city council um it says here uh acknowledge family members and Friends present highlight the year in office and I guess that's for the mayor's

1:33:10office first of all I'd like to um thank my family they've come out again after four years they're still willing to uh appear in public and on my behalf uh my wife Gail My Father Bill senior and my son Christopher thank you all for coming um it it's not you've heard um

1:33:31and no job is really easy I I don't think um uh and it's not it is hard um on the family members sometime but I have to say that uh my family as well as I think the other families here um will fully support it I had there hasn't been a a moment where they've said that uh I'm taking away

1:33:54from them for for and serving on on the council and doing other things and for that I uh I'm indebted it it's much easier to do a job like this and other jobs when you have uh support behind you and uh I hope that I give them the same support uh in their in their way of

1:34:14doing things in their daily lives so thank you the highlights of the office I I just want to say it's been a it it's been a pleasure to serve as as mayor and represent the city of elero um so I I appreciate the opportunity that the council has given me and elected me for

1:34:33this year for the mayorip it's especially gratifying to go outside the city one of the things that the mayor does in the city of elero is go outside and represent elero and um it is it is really a pleasure to go out and represent this city and hear comments that other people

1:34:52have about El cero and about the people they have met here and they were especially uh gracious with their remarks uh at the mayor's conference when we hosted the 19 Mayors uh at the con Costa mayor's Conference in October uh so we have a lot of good friends there's a lot of good feeling

1:35:11out there uh out beyond the be borders of Els Sero and look forward to continuing that process in the future so thank you very much so I want to take this opportunity bill to thank you for enthusiastically representing the city both at the West County Mayors and supervisors monthly

1:35:38meeting as well as the contracosta mayor's Council and I think you did an outstanding job Joan Carpenter referred to how important the work is for West County and on Regional issues and we're really proud of the work that you've done in that regard also um you've provided

1:35:56outstanding leadership at various public events and many grand openings and you didn't really get into all your accomplishments but like many residents in El Sero I received uh the newsletter in the mail recently and the fact that we have a newsletter is an accomplishment of this city council and

1:36:14on page two um it talks about what happened this year under your leadership completion of this wonderful city hall building uh upgrades on San Pablo Avenue significant reductions in crime I'm just picking out a few passage of measure a which has ensured a stable Revenue

1:36:32source for Street repairs and increased public information efforts so I wanted to make oh and I also wanted to acknowledge all the ribbon cuttings because we're so happy to have Joanne Fabric and many other new businesses and Jones Bill always showed up and did its

1:36:48best and also was there for the grand opening of the Tom bat Sports Complex after he had spent quite a lot of effort on the committee of the joint Powers Authority which El Sero is a member of so I really appreciate that um and I want to congratulate you on your re-election and I did want to thank

1:37:09this take this time to thank Bill's wife Gail who has been so supportive and also his son Chris who's here and I'm sure your whole family who's here tonight is very proud of you and so on behalf of this city council and the community um I want to present you with this plaque

1:37:27Mayor Bill Jones 207 and 2008 so thank you very much nice kind words but it was the whole city council who who got us through those and I'm I'm proud to be a member of that thank you very much um and before we move on I did want to take a moment to congratulate the new city

1:37:51council members and um to an I have two things to congratulate you on your recent wedding as well as an election to the city council and I think these are two major life accomplishments that will bring some challenges and also great rewards um you bring a youthful

1:38:13enthusiasm and the perspective of only someone who has been raised in elero which I think is going to be wonderful I look forward to working with you and to learning more from you and your expertise on Transportation Planning and sustainable communities and Greg um also

1:38:31congratulations on your election you've worked long and hard for a number of issues in our community including Youth Sports Recreation the environment and um also sustainable planning and um if the preview we got during the campaign is any indication of your discipline and

1:38:55efficiency I think that we are in good hands and I look forward to you continuing your duties in that spirit so congratulations thank [Applause] you um reorganization of the city council declare the offices of Mayor and mayor protim bacon I'd like to nominate Sandy Potter

1:39:20for the office of Mayor call for any further nominations if no other nominations I move the nominations be closed second all in favor of closing nominations indicate by saying I oppose no I motion carries all those in favor of selecting mayor proam Potter as mayor

1:39:46indicate by saying i i i v is unanimous mayor proen has been selected mayor for the city of El thank you pass the gav I think I'm G to have to start working out to get as much sound out of this gavel as mayor Jones did okay um I call for nominations for the office

1:40:15of Mayor protim like to nominate Janet ablon for mayor protim call there any further nominations if no other uh further nominations I move the nominations be closed I'll second all in favor of closing the nominations indicate by saying I I all those in favor of selecting

1:40:41council member ailson as the mayor proem indicate by saying I I motion carries unanimously that was unanimously okay council member ablon is selected as the mayor [Applause] proam I um I just have a few comments I'm really very honored to serve again in my second

1:41:18term as mayor and I just it's wonderful to be here in the new city hall filled with so many members of the community who've come out both to recognize our new recipient of the um wall of fame and also to send off our city council members Bridges and um more and um to

1:41:37see the incoming new folks and the reorganization of our Council um it's been a privilege for me to serve and I hope to continue the tradition of conducting our meetings and a professional and efficient way while providing an opportunity for all the public to have a dialogue on the issues

1:41:56important to the running of our city and also um of interest to the quality of life of our residents throughout the community um I'm looking forward to Bringing forward um with the help of the community the staff and this Council a balanced budget for 2009 and 2010 and it's my top priority that we

1:42:17continue our level of service during our uncertain Economic Times I want to just take a moment to thank all my friends and family who are here tonight I really really appreciate the turnout my husband Phil and my daughters Lindsay and Julia my sister Debbie Potter and my nephew Camila Vela

1:42:38and Carol singer and Sarah Thomas thank you very much mayor protim would you like to make any comments okay um I would like to um thank the council for selecting me and I look forward to the next year this will not be as easy a year as the last few have been uh the economy um I noticed

1:43:11today in the newspaper it said officially we're having a recession surprise surprise so I think we're going to have a lot of work however I think that we have a good um start um that we're we are solvent and I would like to um thank the past Council and the staff for that and

1:43:31I we're going to have to work hard to keep it that way but I think that this Council can do that and I'm looking forward to making that happen at the same time I'm hoping that we will continue uh working on um climate protection in particular I think this this more than any time is a time when

1:43:52we can do that and combine the cost cutting measures of that into making our city uh continuing to be solvent so I look forward to that in the next year thank you thank you Janet and I just want to add that I'm looking forward to serving as a team as uh mayor and mayor

1:44:10Pro Tam Janet and I did serve on the Planning Commission we ran two campaigns and um I think that will provide some good leadership and stability and Al this entire team I'm looking forward to working together um to meet those challenges I wanted to announce to

1:44:27everyone that you are invited to stay for Refreshments following the reorganization of the Redevelopment agency which is the next order of business unless there are other comments from the council um brief comments um I too am honored to be up here and and really um am excited about this

1:44:45opportunity and looking forward to it uh I want to thank the voters of Elo uh for for for allowing me to to sit here so I I thank you very much I want to acknowledge and thank U my parents who are in the audience as well as my wife so thank you very much and I [Applause]

1:45:06will and I would also really like to thank this the uh citizens of elero for electing me to this position um it's it's definitely an honor to be here to be the first Asian-American of the city to be um on the council I think that's very special I feel very proud to to play in that

1:45:27role and to hopefully you know bring the experience of the council to a whole population of people that maybe were not aware of what the council does and combined with uh growing up here I really enjoyed the opportunity to campaign and reconnect with the people

1:45:43that I I grew up with from my girl Scott leader to my piano teacher to um to other great you know role models in um growing up and and also definitely want to thank my husband Wy Osborne and my mom who just slipped out unfortunately and my dad um and my stepmother and

1:46:05family friends who've come to support me tonight and um and just thank everybody for for being here tonight and I hope that I will you know keep you guys interested and engaged and um excited about the future of R okay so your patience is appreciated we now will call for uh reorganization

1:46:33of the Redevelopment agency declare the offices of chair and vice chair vacant call for nominations for office of Redevelopment chair I nominate agency member Jones for the office of chair call for any further nominations I move that nominations be closed second all in favor of closing

1:46:58nominations indicate by saying I or oppose no I vote is unanimous motion carries all those in favor of selecting agency member Jones as chair indicate by saying I or opposed I motion carries council member J or agency member Jones has been selected as chair of the Redevelopment agency thank

1:47:24you call for nominations are the office of Vice chair I nominate uh agency member Chang as for the office of Vice chair call for further nominations I move nominations to be closed second been moved and seconded that the nominations be closed all those uh all all those in favor of uh closing

1:47:52nominations say I I I oppose nominations are closed all those in favor of selecting agency member Chang as vice president or vice chair she's getting a promotion not yet you have to be mayor you have to be mayor of the city before you're eligible to be vice president uh anyway uh all those in

1:48:17favor of selecting agency member Chang at as Vice chair indicate by saying I I oppos motion carries a agency member Chang has been elected vice chair of the agency thank you very [Applause] much thank you all and I now adjourn the December 2nd meeting of the elero city

1:48:42council and the Redevelopment agency and please join us for Refreshments y [Applause] nice so you actually got through the wedding and you're sitting on