[1. CALL TO ORDER 5:30 P.M. Executive Board Room]
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          WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. MADAM CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? ATTENDEES ARE IN LISTEN ONLY MODE. YES, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM MADRANO PRESENT. MAYOR BURKE HERE. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY CALLING PASTOR NADER HANNA FROM THE KING OF NATIONS CHURCH FORWARD FOR OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. LET'S PRAY. GRACIOUS GOD, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH HEARTS FULL OF GRATITUDE FOR THE CITY OF CYPRUS. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL, FOR THE DEDICATED CITY STAFF, AND FOR ALL WHO WORK FAITHFULLY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, ORGANIZED AND THRIVING. WE LIFT UP THE SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANCY AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY. WE PRAY ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER. LORD, WOULD YOU GUIDE THIS CITY TO A LEADER OF INTEGRITY, VISION AND WISDOM? SOMEONE WHO WILL SERVE WITH FAIRNESS AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMON GOOD. WE ALSO LIFT UP EVERY RESIDENT OF CYPRUS. MAY EACH ONE EXPERIENCE PEACE, DIGNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH. LORD, WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE CHALLENGES AND THE DIVISIONS IN OUR WIDER COMMUNITY AND THE NATION IN THESE TIMES OF UNREST AND HEAVY HEARTS IN THE WAKE OF RECENT VIOLENCE. WE ASK THAT TRUTH, COMPASSION AND PEACE WOULD PREVAIL. FILL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH RECONCILIATION, EMPATHY, EMPATHY, AND UNDERSTANDING. HELP US TO RISE ABOVE HOSTILITY AND WORK TOGETHER WITH RESPECT, UNITY, AND LOVE. WE ASK THAT FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE WOULD PERMEATE EVERY CORNER OF THIS CITY. REMIND US THAT WE CAN CAST ALL OUR CARES ON YOU BECAUSE YOU CARE FOR US. ONLY YOU CAN HEAL OUR WOUNDS, TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS, RENEW OUR SPIRITS, AND LEAD US IN THE PATH OF PEACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND SO TONIGHT WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS COUNCIL WITH WISDOM IN THEIR DELIBERATION, WITH RESPECT IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS, AND WITH UNITY IN THEIR DECISIONS. GUIDE THEIR WORK AND BLESS ALL WHO CALL CYPRUS HOME. 
          WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR HOLY AND MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. I HOPE YOUR HEART. LET'S BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, AND TO BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO 
          [ REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION / WORKSHOP City Manager/City Attorney]
INVITE COUNTY SUPERVISOR. MAYOR. YES. YOU WANT TO REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION FIRST? YES I DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISTER WEINER. YOU'RE WELCOME, MISTER MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN BUSY TONIGHT. BEFORE THE PUBLIC SESSION, THEY MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 957 TO CONSIDER FILLING THE POSITION OF CITY CLERK. CITY STAFF MADE A PRESENTATION OF THE COUNCIL, RECOMMENDED AUTHORIZATION TO SEEK A CANDIDATE THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING FOR RATIFICATION, AT A MINIMUM, AS THE INTERIM CITY CLERK, POSSIBLY A FULL TIME CITY CLERK, THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT SUCH A RECRUITMENT AND TO RETURN AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO BE RATIFIED BY THE FULL COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. 
          [ PRESENTATIONS 	Veteran Recognition Presentation 	Recognition of Outgoing City Clerk 	Recognition of Cypress Girls Softball 10u Blue All-Star Team 	Oath of Office for Incoming Commissioners 	Fire Prevention Week Proclamation 	County of Orange Update from Supervisor Janet Nguyen]
WEINER, AND I APOLOGIZE. I WAS SIMPLY RATHER EXCITED TO START OUR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. 
          SO LET ME TRY AGAIN. ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR JANET NGUYEN, PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND WE'RE 
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EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR REPORT ON ALL THINGS GOING ON IN THE COUNTY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MAYOR. REALLY APPRECIATE GIVING ME THE TIME. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN AT THE COUNTY COMING BACK FROM THE STATE SENATE. AND SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE HIGHLIGHTS LIKE I DO IN ALL IN, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IN MY DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT I'VE HELD IS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO. SO AS MENTIONED, I'M ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR JANET WYNN, REPRESENTING YOU AT THE FIRST DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY. FOR THE LAST NINE MONTHS, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON BEHALF, ON YOUR BEHALF TO RESTORE INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SOME OF MY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS I'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO IS ONE. I AM A BOARD MEMBER ON SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. WITH THAT, I'M ALSO ON THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE AND CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE. I AM ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE ON ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY, WHERE I SIT WITH YOU, MAYOR, AND WITH THAT I AM APPOINTED TO THREE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. ONE IS I'M VICE CHAIR OF LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. I AM ON BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. I AM ALSO ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE AS WELL. AND THEN I REPRESENT YOU ALSO ON THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. I AM A I'M ALSO ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE. YOU NOTICE THAT I'M ON LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND THE TRANSIT COMMITTEE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A A FORMER SENATOR COMING BACK, RIGHT, TO BE A COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIRECTLY JUST FROM A YEAR AGO. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ON ALL THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. I'M ON THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. I'M AN ALTERNATE TO CALOPTIMA. I'M AN ALTERNATE TO ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT. I'M AN ALTERNATE TO BOTH THE ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL AND ALSO SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AREA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH AT THE COUNTY. ONE IS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IN RECENT DAYS OR LAST COUPLE WEEKS, IS THAT IN 2021, A WOMAN REGISTERED HER DOG TO VOTE, AND SHE TURNED IN THE BALLOT UNDER THE DOG'S NAME TO VOTE IN THE RECALL ELECTION AND ALSO IN THE ELECTION IN 2022 AS WELL. BUT BECAUSE FEDERAL LAW MANDATES THAT FIRST TIME VOTERS NEEDS TO SHOW PROOF OF ID TO CAST A BALLOT IN A FEDERAL ELECTION, THAT'S HOW THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO CATCH THAT SHE THAT THIS, THIS DOG OR SOMEBODY VOTED WITHOUT AN ID. SO THE DOG VOTED AND THAT BALLOT WAS COUNTED FOR THE RECALL. BUT IT THEN WAS STOPPED BY THE COUNTY. AND AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I DIRECTED OUR ROV, BOB PAGE, TO REQUEST THE ORANGE COUNTY PET LICENSE REGISTRY LIST AND COMPARE ALL PETS NAMES TO THE VOTER ROLLS TO SEE IF ANY OTHER ANIMALS ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE. AND SO I KNOW IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT IT'S HAPPENING. BUT SO WITH THESE CRAZY LAWS WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA, WE DO NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR VOTER VOTER ROLLS CLEAN IN ORANGE COUNTY, I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY WILL MOST LIKELY COME TO YOUR CITY AND ALL THE CITIES TO BASICALLY GET YOUR ANIMAL LICENSE REGISTRY SO THAT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT IT AND COMPARE IT TO OUR OUR VOTER ROLL. THE ONLY ONES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE THE ONES THAT ARE WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, THE ONE THAT THE CITIES RESIDENTS FROM THE DIFFERENT CITIES WE DON'T HAVE. WE CANNOT TRANSFER IT OVER TO THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THAT PERMISSION IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SECOND IS, AS YOU KNOW, THE FORMER SUPERVISOR WHO SQUANDERED OVER $10 MILLION OF OUR DISTRICT FUNDS. HE IS NOW IN PRISON, FEDERAL PRISON IN ARIZONA. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CONSTITUENTS AND YOU AS WELL HAVE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT AND ALSO HELPED US TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE FEDERAL COURT HEARING TO MAKING SURE THAT HE RECEIVED MAXIMUM SENTENCING. SO HE HAS RECEIVED HIS FIVE YEAR SENTENCING AT THE FEDERAL PRISON AT THE COUNTY SIDE, WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL WORKING AND LOOKING AT ALL POLICY AND PROCEDURES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT IN NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SO THAT NO COUNTY SUPERVISOR OR EXECUTIVE OR COUNTY STAFF COULD EVER DO THIS AGAIN. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FORENSIC AUDIT COMING UP ON ALL HIS SPENDING AND ALL COVID FUNDING THAT CAME INTO THE COUNTY. SO NOT JUST HIS SPENDING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO 
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COMB THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SPENT BY THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, WHETHER IT'S BY COUNTY SUPERVISORS OR THE COUNTY ITSELF. WE WILL COMB THROUGH THEM. JUDGE SELLNER ORDERED $2.4 MILLION THAT THEY HAVE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SEIZED THROUGH BANK ACCOUNTS, THAT THOSE MONIES WILL BE RETURNING BACK TO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE. THERE IS A CALOPTIMA IS ANOTHER PUBLIC AGENCY THAT HE SAT ON FOR MANY YEARS AS THE CHAIRMAN THERE. THEY JUST CONCLUDED THEIR REPORT AND THEY'RE NOT RELEASING IT PUBLICLY. WE ARE ALL CALLING FOR THEM TO RELEASE IT PUBLICLY, BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS ON THERE THAT I'M HEARING SHOULD BE HEADING TO THE DOJ AND DA OR THE AG FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE COUNTY OF ORANGE THAT LOST MONEY THROUGH THAT FORMER SUPERVISOR. IT COULD BE BEYOND THAT AS WELL. AND BACK TO THE SO BASICALLY FOR US IS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE AND ALL THE PUBLIC AGENCY HE TOUCHED, AND TO TRY TO RECOUP ALL THE FUNDINGS THAT WE CAN BACK TO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND PARTICULARLY TO OUR DISTRICT AS WELL, BACK TO THE ANIMAL CARE AGENCY. I DID AUTHOR AND PASS, AND WE GOT A PASS, A MEASURE TO FULLY OPEN THE ANIMAL SHELTER BY INCREASING HOURS TO THE PUBLIC FULL TIME AND ALSO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WE HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS OR FULL TIME PRE-COVID, SINCE PRE-COVID, SINCE COVID AND SINCE TO THIS MONTH, I MEAN, TO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN OPEN JUST PART TIME FOR A FEW HOURS OR WE'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN OPEN AFTER COVID. AND SO WE WERE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT MEASURE ALSO REQUIRED THAT THE COUNTY NOW HAS TO DO MONTHLY REPORTING, POSTING OF DATAS THAT ARE LIKE INTAKES, ADOPTION, UTILIZATION, ETC. RATES MONTHLY ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT TO LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT ARE HAPPENING WITH ALL THESE ANIMALS AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING, BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WHEN I WAS IN THE SENATE LAST YEAR, WE DID A BILL, SEVERAL BILLS. ONE OF THEM IS MAKING SURE THAT ALL VETERINARIANS WHO OVERSEES OR TAKE CARE OF ANY ANIMALS, OF ANY SHELTER IN CALIFORNIA, WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MEDICAL. 
          THEY WOULD HAVE TO WRITE UP ALL THE MEDICAL, ALL THE MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF THOSE ANIMALS BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY THEY HAVEN'T. IMAGINE IF YOU WENT TO THE ER AND THE MORNING DOC, ER DOCTOR GAVE YOU MEDICATION, BUT THE EVENING ER DOCTOR HAS NO CLUE WHAT YOU WERE PROVIDED IN THE MORNING AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WAS HAPPENING AT OUR ANIMAL SHELTERS. A LOT OF THESE ANIMALS, NOBODY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN MEDICATION FOR PAIN OR ETC. OR WHY THEY WERE EUTHANIZED. WE HAD OVER ALMOST 200% EUTHANIZED EUTHANIZATION RATES IN ORANGE COUNTY. SO WE'RE OUR JOB IS TO BRING IT DOWN BECAUSE THESE ANIMALS DON'T HAVE A VOICE AND WE NEED TO BE THEIR VOICES. A COUPLE MORE THINGS. ONE IS WE'RE WORKING HARD ON MAKING SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT FENTANYL AND KRATOM. LAST MONTH, I ALSO PASSED AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALES, DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF SYNTHETIC KRATOM PRODUCTS THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT THIS MONTH. AND WE'RE ASKING ALL CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY TO ALSO DO THE SAME. KRATOM ARE BEING SOLD AT GAS STATION, VERY PRETTY PACKAGING, JUST LIKE GUMMY BEARS. CHILDREN'S DON'T KNOW. AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO UNDER 18 ARE ALLOWED TO BUY THEM RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THIS COUNTY ORDINANCE. 
          BUT IT ONLY AFFECTS COUNTY UNINCORPORATED AREA. SO WE NEED CITIES TO PUT FORWARD YOUR OWN PROPOSAL TO BAN ALL KRATOM FROM CHILDREN UNDER 18 TO BE ABLE TO BUY THEM, AND IF AND THEN ALSO BAN THE SYNTHETIC, THE DANGEROUS ONE, WHICH IS 708, TO NOT ALLOW ANY ADULTS IN OUR COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE 708 AS WELL. AND SO WE ALSO, AS WE'RE ENCOURAGING CITIES TO LOOK AT KRATOM, WE'RE ALSO ENCOURAGE CITY TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT FENTANYL. FENTANYL IS THE NUMBER ONE LEADING DEATH OF YOUNG ADULTS FROM THE FROM 18 TO 45 IN OUR NATION. AND EVERY CALIFORNIA ALONE, THOUSANDS DIE FROM FENTANYL. WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR CHILDREN, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE UNDER 18, BECAUSE IT'S CREEPING INTO THE TEN YEARS OLD AND THE FIVE YEARS OLD AS WELL. AND THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES THAT IF YOU NEED PAIN MEDICINE, COME TO AN ADULT, WE'LL GET IT TO YOU AT A PHARMACY. DO NOT GET IT ON THE STREET. SNAPCHAT IS ONE OF THE WORST SOCIAL MEDIA 
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DEVICES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THAT THESE YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE HEADING TO MIT, BERKELEY, HARVARD, YOU NAME IT, THESE ARE THE PERFECT STUDENTS. THE 4.0 STUDENTS AND BEYOND ARE NOW DYING BECAUSE OF THESE FENTANYL. AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE. AND SO I'VE BEEN A BIG CHAMPION IN FIGHTING AGAINST THAT FOR MANY YEARS, HAVE DONE LOTS OF LEGISLATION AND PUTTING THAT ALLOWED US TO PUT A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS, DRUG DEALERS, BEHIND BARS. WHEN I WAS IN THE SENATE, LAST, LAST ISSUE THAT WE DEALT WITH IS AQMD. WE HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST RULE 1111 AND 1121. WHAT IS THAT? IT WILL AFFECT IT WOULD HAVE AFFECT 17.5 MILLION PEOPLE, RESIDENTS IN FIVE COUNTIES, WHICH IS THAT IF YOU WERE HAD THE HAD IT PASSED, YOU WOULD HAVE TO IF YOU WERE TO REPLACE YOUR GAS HEATER, IT WOULD HAVE TO BECOME ELECTRIC. LOOK, I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE. WE ALL KNOW WE WANT CLEAN AIR. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE ANYMORE. WE WANT CLEAN AIR. BUT WHAT? HOW DO WE GET THERE? A LOT OF THE HOMES IN ORANGE COUNTY, PARTICULARLY IN MY DISTRICT, MOST OF THE HOMES ARE BUILT BACK PRE 1970S. AND WITH THOSE HOMES, IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUY AN ELECTRIC HEATER, IT WOULD HAVE COST MAYBE A FEW THOUSAND MORE, JUST THE DEVICE ITSELF. BUT TO WIRE YOUR HOUSE COULD COST YOU $20,000 IF YOU WERE TO DO SOME PLACES. WE LOOKED AT FROM LOS ANGELES, SAN BERNARDINO, RIVERSIDE TO ORANGE COUNTY. IT COULD HAVE IT COULD HAVE GONE UP TO $100,000. IF YOU HAVE ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX OF A DUPLEX, BECAUSE YOU BOUGHT IT WHEN RIGHT BEFORE YOU WERE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, AS A RETIREMENT INCOME FOR, FOR A FAMILY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WIRE IT ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT HOUSE. AND SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS THAT THE BOARD OF AQMD VOTED AGAINST A REGULATION THAT WAS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY AQMD STAFF, AND THAT REGULATION ITSELF WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE NOX OR THE OZONE LAYER THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH FEDERAL MANDATES. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER POLICY THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH. AND JUST OVERALL FOR THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE PASSED IT. BALANCED BUDGET FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR IS $10.7 BILLION. WE ARE AT 3.2 MILLION RESIDENTS. THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BUDGET IS $1.76 BILLION. OUR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. IN THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, WE WILL BE SPENDING $139 MILLION ON STORM CHANNELS IN OUR DISTRICT ALONE. JUST IN OUR DISTRICT, WE'LL BE SPENDING $139 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THEN JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT IS ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. THE COUNTY OF ORANGE HAS 24 DEPARTMENTS OVERALL. SO JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT, WE HAVE APPROVED BACK IN APRIL $102 MILLION TO WE REHAB OUR TAXIWAYS. WE'VE ALSO PASSED A $589 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND WE HAVE BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE BEST AIRPORTS IN THE NATION AS WELL. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS, NOT JUST IN OUR FIRST DISTRICT, BUT OVER IN ORANGE COUNTY, WILL BE PROUD. 
          WHETHER YOU FLY INTO JOHN WAYNE OR YOU'RE GOING TO FLY OUT OF JOHN WAYNE AND THEN JUST A FEW, A COUPLE OF I'VE GOT A COUPLE EVENTS THAT IT'S THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ANNOUNCE ON OCTOBER 11TH, WE HAVE OUR PET ADOPTION EXPO, LOW VACCINE CLINIC COST. WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF ANIMALS THERE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER FROM THAT IS IN TUSTIN. 
          TO SEE IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT, PLEASE CONSIDER ADOPTING A LOT OF OUR ANIMALS, BECAUSE IF NOT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SHELTER ALL OF THEM CONTINUOUSLY. ON TOP OF THAT, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A FREE HEALTH EXPO AS WELL. FREE HEALTH EXAM, EYEGLASSES, DENTAL AND ETC. AND LAST, WE ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTING FOR INTERNSHIP, ESPECIALLY COLLEGE STUDENTS OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE'D LOVE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO AND HOW TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY, BUT UNDERSTAND OTHER OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY, BUT ALSO SEE HOW WE WORK IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          I STARTED AS AN INTERN MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND I WAS HEADING I WAS BOUNDED TO AT UC IRVINE GOING TO SCHOOL, WANTED TO BE AN OBSTETRICIAN. I ENDED UP DOING AN INTERNSHIP AND 30 YEARS LATER, HERE I AM IN THE LAST 20 YEARS HAVE BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OUR DISTRICT. AND SO AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE AN UPDATE 
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OF THE COUNTY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, PLEASE LET US KNOW. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR STAFF, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WHEN WE REACH OUT AND AND AND WORK WITH YOUR TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF ON MANY ISSUES, COUNTY OR WITHIN THE CITY, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FRIENDLY AND HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US, TO HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION AND I WAS TAKING SOME NOTES AS I WENT ALONG. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND JOINING MY COLLEAGUES. HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. 
          YOU MENTIONED OR THE SYNTHETIC. 70708 WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT? SO KRATOM. SO KRATOM ITSELF IS THE 708 IS THE DERIVATIVES FROM KRATOM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY POTENT. SO IT'S, SO IT'S IT'S A SYNTHETIC THAT IS DIVIDED DERIVATIVES OF THE NATURAL FORM OF KRATOM. SO THEY CALL SEVEN. 
          OH IT'S A CHEMICAL COMPOUND. BUT IT'S KRATOM ITSELF. KRATOM ITSELF IS IT'S ALMOST A LOT OF FOLKS NOW USE IT ALMOST SIMILAR TO FENTANYL A KIND OF A PAIN, A LITTLE STEP, I WOULD SAY A LITTLE STEP ABOVE MARIJUANA. BUT BEYOND THAT IT'S MORE OF A IT'S IT'S MORE OF USE LIKE FENTANYL OKAY. OPIATE OKAY. AND NOW RIGHT NOW AT HOAG HOSPITAL, THE DRUG ADDICTION REHAB CENTER, THE MEDICAL CHIEF THERE HAVE STATED THAT KRATOM HAVE INCREASED PATIENTS FROM KRATOM COMING INTO HIS FACILITY IN THE HUNDREDS, PERCENTAGE IN THE LAST 30 COMPARED TO THE LAST 30 YEARS. SO KRATOM IS NOW LOOKING AT ALMOST MIMICKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH FENTANYL. OKAY. YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE. SO YEAH. THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING US. AND YOU MENTIONED THE FORMER SUPERVISOR ANDREW DOE AND I I'VE HEARD ESTIMATES THAT HE'S HE'S TAKEN AT LEAST LIKE $10 MILLION OR MORE. AND HE'S SPREAD IT AROUND HIS FRIENDS OR FAMILY. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO AFTER THAT MONEY TO. THAT'S. YES. OKAY. SO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE ALSO HAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM, HIS DAUGHTER. OKAY. AND ALL OF HIS ASSOCIATES THAT HAVE SCHEME UP THERE, WE BELIEVE IT'S WELL OVER $20 MILLION. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THE TEN AND IT'S YOU WHAT YOU'VE READ IN THE NEWSPAPER OR THE BIGGER CONTRACTS, BUT THERE'S LITTLE CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT THE LAST DECADE THAT HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE AT THE COUNTY, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT CALOPTIMA, AND CALOPTIMA IS A ALMOST A $4 BILLION AGENCY, AND THERE'S MILLIONS. THEY'RE THEY'RE SITTING ON A $1.7 BILLION SURPLUS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTIGATION THAT HAS GONE THROUGH WITH A LOT OF DEALINGS THAT HE DEALT WITH AT CALOPTIMA. THAT COULD BE IN THE MILLIONS AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH THAT'S TERRIFIC. I, I USED TO WORK WITH ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH CARE AGENCY AND THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON AT OPTUM WAS WAS THE RUMOR. SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO GO AFTER THAT MONEY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THAT'S THE ONE THING IS THAT WE'VE BEEN BACK THEN PRIOR TO ME COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY, EVERY DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR OWN PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING STAFF. NOW EVERYTHING HAS COME INTO ONE HOUSE EXCEPT FOR THE COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS. THEY GET, I MEAN, LIKE THE SHERIFF, THE DA THERE, THEY CAN MAKE THE CHOICE. BUT SOME OF THEM ARE WITH US. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. BUT BACK THEN, BECAUSE IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY OF THESE CONTRACTS BEING GIVEN OUT AND STAFFS WEREN'T LOOKING AT AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE MAKING MEETING THE PERFORMANCE OR EVEN IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED FOR THESE CONTRACTS. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, IS THAT WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT IN MORE POLICY AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANKS. GOOD QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, TO PARAPHRASE THE TELEVISION SHOW I WATCHED RECENTLY, THE FIRST TIME YOU CATCH SOMEONE STEALING ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE DONE IT. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CIRCLE BACK REALLY QUICK TO THE CRIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PARENTS AND ADULTS HERE. YOU MENTIONED THAT WAS BEING SOLD IN GAS STATIONS. I'M ASSUMING AS A DIETARY SUPPLEMENT. THAT'S HOW THEY GET AROUND THAT SO THEY CAN SELL IT JUST OVER THE COUNTER. YEAH. 
          IT'S KRATOM IS LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA. AND EVEN WITH THE 708 BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S IT'S NOT REGULATED RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL FDA ARE LOOKING AT REGULATIONS OF IT ACTUALLY TRYING TO BAN 708. AND I KNOW THERE WAS LEGISLATION LAST YEAR IN THE STATE SENATE 
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THAT WAS GOING WAS GOING THROUGH I THEY PAUSED. I THINK IT BECAME A TWO YEAR BILL. BUT LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH. THERE'S THEY'RE BEING SOLD AS GUMMY BEARS. THE PACKAGING ITSELF IS VERY COLORFUL. THEY'RE CONSIDERED THE GAS STATION DRUG. LEGAL DRUG. OKAY. 
          WELL THANK YOU AGAIN. IT'S JUST MORE OF A POINT OF AWARENESS FOR ALL THE THE PARENTS HERE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND I'M SURE WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON. AND I THINK I'LL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY EVENING. 
          YES. THANK YOU. WELL, NEXT UP, THIS EVENING, IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE A VETERAN FOR A VETERANS RECOGNITION PRESENTATION. AND TONIGHT, WE HONOR UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN NELSON BRINDLE. ON. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NELSON'S SERVICE. 
          NELSON SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1969 TO 1972. HE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT FORT ORD AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE AT THE PRESIDIO IN MONTEREY TO TRAIN IN VIETNAMESE FOR HIS ASSIGNMENT AS A LINGUIST IN THE ARMY SECURITY AGENCY, NELSON MOVED ON TO GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, FOR A SECURITY TRAINING AND RECEIVED A TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE. IN 1972, NELSON WAS WAS DEPLOYED TO VIETNAM AND STATIONED AT A SECURITY BASE IN PHU BAI, LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SOUTH VIETNAM. IN ADDITION TO TRANSLATING ENEMY COMMUNICATIONS, NELSON ALSO BECAME EDITOR OF THE BASE NEWSPAPER AND DROVE A DEUCE AND A HALF CARGO TRUCK. NELSON RECEIVED A BRONZE STAR FOR HIS PART IN THE RECOVERY OF SEVERAL SOLDIERS WHO HAD BECOME TRAPPED IN A COLLAPSED TRENCH DURING AN INTENSE RAINSTORM. NELSON WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT E-5 IN NOVEMBER OF 1972. NELSON, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN THE WELL FOR A PHOTO? THANK YOU. THANK. YOU. HAPPY. CANNOT MAKE THE FIRST SERVICE. WORD. AMEN. IF YOU WANT TO REALLY MAKE IT LIFE AND YOU FIND OUT YOU'RE BEING ON MEMORY, YOU SAY, WELL, COME ON. 
          MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US. THANK YOU. COME ON. YEAH. LOOK AT YOU, BUDDY. COME ON. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND. YOUR FAMILY? 
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PHOTO. AND? AND THIS IS GOING TO REMAIN AT CITY HALL BEFORE WE GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. WE ALSO HAVE A. AS WELL. BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO STOP BY AND SEE THIS HANDSOME BUSINESS. GO RIGHT OVER THERE IN OUR IN OUR CITY HALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NELSON, FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK. YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COOL. I WAS. YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, NEXT UP WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTGOING CITY CLERK, ALICIA FARNELL, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MATT BURTON TO SAY A FEW WORDS. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. TONIGHT WE SAY SO LONG AND EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES TO ALICIA FARNELL. ALICIA. WILL BE LEAVING HER POSITION AS CITY CLERK AT THE END OF THE WEEK. ALICIA HAS SPENT NEARLY 19 YEARS WITH THE CITY'S, WITH THE CITY AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CYPRUS COMMUNITY ARE MANY. FIRST, SHE WORKED AS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND THEN A SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SHE OVERSAW A SLEW OF PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE BUDGET. THE COMMUNITY SURVEY PROCESS, AS WELL AS BEING ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SEVERAL KEY TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES AND THE INITIAL LAUNCH OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AT THE CITY. THEN, SIX YEARS AGO, ALICIA BECAME CITY CLERK AND HER TIME AS CITY CLERK HAS BEEN EVENTFUL, TO SAY THE LEAST. SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH SEVERAL UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES, WHICH INCLUDE THE PANDEMIC, THE IMPACTS OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH VIRTUAL MEETINGS, AND THE CHANGING LAWS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THE CITY'S CHANGE TO CITY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THAT WAS ANOTHER MAJOR CHALLENGE THAT SHE FACED. AND THEN ALSO WITH THAT HAS COME A PROLIFERATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. AND TO ALICIA'S CREDIT, SHE HAS HANDLED ALL THOSE ITEMS WITH GREAT APLOMB. AND I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ALICIA FOR THESE LAST 19 YEARS. AND I WOULD DESCRIBE HER AS SMART, PROFESSIONAL AND DEDICATED. NOTHING LIKE THE STEREOTYPES ASSOCIATED WITH HER FELLOW MILLENNIALS. AND THAT'S A LITTLE JOKE THAT SHE WOULD GET. 
          BUT ALICIA IS A VALUED RESOURCE AND A FRIEND, AND SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE WILL MISS HER GREATLY AND WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT SUCCESS IN THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR CAREER. THANK YOU, ALICIA, FOR. THANK YOU. I TOLD MYSELF I WASN'T GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN AN AWESOME 19 YEARS HERE WITH CYPRESS. I HAVE TOLD A FEW PEOPLE IN PASSING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE I ANNOUNCED MY RESIGNATION, THAT WHEN I STARTED HERE, I WASN'T MARRIED, DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU KNOW MY HUSBAND, MY ELDEST DAUGHTER IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. SHE'S A MEMBER OF OUR YAK HERE IN CYPRESS. WE ARE RESIDENTS HERE IN CYPRESS, SO IT'S VERY HARD TO LEAVE HOME. BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING MY JOURNEY IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
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YOU GUYS HAVE MADE THE LAST 19 YEARS THE GREAT JOURNEY THAT IT'S BEEN. SO THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, ALICIA, AND AND THANK YOU, MATT, I THINK YOU YOU SAID IT. WELL, IT'S BEEN AN EVENTFUL FEW YEARS OR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH A STAGGERING NUMBER OF PUBLIC RECORDS, REQUESTS AND OTHER CHALLENGES. AND, ALICIA, YOU'VE HANDLED EVERYTHING THAT'S COME YOUR WAY AND THEN SOME. AND SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND USUALLY YOU'RE THE ONE TAKING PHOTOS WHILE OTHERS STAND IN THE WELL. BUT IF YOU'LL PERMIT US, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US FOR A PHOTOGRAPH TOGETHER. COME ON, GIVE ME YOUR. 
          FOR YOUR GET TOGETHER. 
          ALL RIGHT. WELL, AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME ALL STARS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT. SO NEXT, WE RECOGNIZE THE CYPRESS GIRLS SOFTBALL TEN YOU BLUE ALL STAR TEAM FOR THEIR IMPRESSIVE RUN THIS SUMMER. AM I GOING TO RUN DOWN THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS? OKAY, I'M GOING TO RUN DOWN JUST A FEW OF THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          WINNING THE TUSTIN ALL STAR TAKEOFF AND SCRIPPS RANCH ALL-STAR TOURNAMENTS. FINISHING AS RUNNER UP IN THE PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA ALL-STAR SUMMER CLASSIC, IRVINE SUMMERTIME CLASSIC, AND CENTRAL DISTRICT C TOURNAMENTS. AND PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FINISHING IN THE TOP SIX OUT OF 52 TEAMS IN THE USA. SOFTBALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE TOURNAMENT AND EARNING A BERTH TO THE USA SOFTBALL PACIFIC COAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE GAMES IN SAN DIEGO. NOW, CHRIS RYDER, CYPRESS GIRLS SOFTBALL PRESIDENT, IS HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHRIS TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR THE PAST 55 YEARS, THE CYPRESS GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE HAS BEEN PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF CYPRESS AS ONE OF THE PREMIER RECREATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          WE HAVE HELPED STOKE A LOVE AND A LOVE OF SOFTBALL IN HUNDREDS OF YOUNG FEMALE ATHLETES, SPANNING LITERALLY ACROSS GENERATIONS, WITH A FOCUS ON MAKING COMPETITIVE SOFTBALL ACCESSIBLE TO ANY GIRL WHO WANTS TO PLAY. AND NOW, WITH THE GIFT OF OUR BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED HOME FIELDS AT CYPRESS ARNOLD PARK, WE'RE POISED TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST TEAMS TO USE THAT NEW FACILITY IS THE EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF LADIES THAT WE HAVE SEATED, SEATED TODAY WITH US THIS PAST SUMMER. 
          THEY TRAINED ON THOSE FIELDS BEFORE BATTLING THEIR WAY TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE USA SOFTBALL ALL STAR TOURNAMENT SERIES. THEY ARE SHINING EXAMPLES OF FOUR OF KSL'S CORE VALUES PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITIVE SPIRIT, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY. WE ARE EXCEEDINGLY PROUD TO PRESENT THE COACHES, MANAGERS, AND PLAYERS OF OUR 2025 TEN NEW ALL STAR BLUE TEAM TO THE CITY OF CYPRESS COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS 
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TO YOUR TEAM ON YOUR MANY ACHIEVEMENTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW YOU CONTINUE AND MOVE FORWARD NEXT YEAR. AND WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES FOR EVERYONE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN ME IN THE WELL, AND I WILL CALL YOU UP BY NAME, ONE AT A TIME, AND THEN WE CAN GET TOGETHER FOR PHOTOS. DON'T BE SHY. PICTURE OF THEM. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? SO FEARLESS. STRONG. CONFIDENT. YEAH. THAT'S YOU. AWESOME I LOVE THAT. ALL RIGHT, FIRST UP, I'D LIKE TO CALL HEAD COACH CASEY FINE. 
          MANAGER KATIE STONEBERG. ASSISTANT COACH PAUL ESPINOZA. ASSISTANT COACH PERLA AYALA. NOW WITH OUR PLAYERS, ADDIE BEHAN. CALLIE CROOKS. ARIANA ESPINOSA. JORDAN FINE. 
          CLARICE GOMEZ. NOEL MURRAY. STELLA MORA. JESSICA RAMIREZ, AYALA. CHLOE REYES. PAIGE STONEBERG. SIENNA TRIOLO. AND RUBY WHAT? NOW? TEAM IF YOU WANT TO GATHER MORE IN THE MIDDLE, WE'LL GET SOME AS MANY PHOTOS AS THE FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE. PLEASE SEE PICTURE WITH ATTITUDE. YEAH. OKAY. NOW SILLY FACE. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR CYPRESS GIRLS SOFTBALL ALL STAR TEAM. 
          HI, MOMMY. CAN'T HEAR STEPS IN. MASS. YEAH. ME KNOW. 
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I'M SO FUNNY. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR OUR INCOMING COMMISSIONERS. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR NEW TRAFFIC COMMISSIONERS, BLAZE BENTZ AND DWAYNE SUMMERS, TO COME FORWARD FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE. TO BE ADMINISTERED BY OUR CITY CLERK. THAT WAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THEN REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE. TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY. WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE HANG THERE, AND WE'LL JOIN YOU FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. OKAY. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU. 
          AND A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW TRAFFIC. STAY DOWN HERE. WE HAVE ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 5TH TO OCTOBER 11TH, 2025. AND THIS YEAR IS FOCUSED ON LITHIUM ION BATTERY SAFETY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DIVISION CHIEF MATT SHEETS FORWARD TO ACCEPT A PROCLAMATION FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF ON BEHALF OF THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS PROCLAMATION. FIRE PREVENTION IS VERY IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY'RE OFTEN THE UNSUNG HEROES OF PEOPLE THAT PERFORM THE FIRE PREVENTION PORTION OF OUR JOB. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING AWARENESS TO THEM WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR AGENCY. WE RECENTLY HIRED A NEW ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF, FIRE MARSHAL FELICIA BRYANT, WHO BRINGS 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OUR ORGANIZATION. LAST COUNT, I THINK WE HAVE OVER 100 PEOPLE IN OUR STAFF WHO WORK 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THEY'RE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR AGENCY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MANY FIRES WERE INJURIES OR CASUALTIES WE WOULD HAVE WITHOUT THOSE FOLKS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR PEOPLE. LET THEM KNOW THE SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. 
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SO, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO TELL YOU A WAR STORY THAT I THINK IS PRETTY HILARIOUS. THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT YOU'RE GETTING A HIGHER CLASS OF COMMISSIONER THAN IN SOME OTHER MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION. SO A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, I WAS AT A BADGE PINNING AN OATH OF OFFICE FOR TWO BRAND NEW POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF GLENDORA. AND AFTER THEIR BADGES WERE PINNED ON THEM, THEY WERE ASKED TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE. THEY BOTH RAISED THEIR RIGHT HAND TO THE SQUARE. THE CITY CLERK SAID, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. AND SHE SAID, I STATE YOUR NAME. AND THEY BOTH SAID, I STATE YOUR NAME. YOUR NEW COMMISSIONERS NEW TO DO IT RIGHT. WELL, KUDOS. YOU PASSED THE FINAL TEST. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR 
          [ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS  (Three minutes per speaker. The City Council may adjust the time allotted per speaker.) The public may address the City Council on agenda items prior to any action taken. Although Council Members may provide brief responses, the City Council may not engage in a discussion with members of the public during the meeting. Please complete a Speaker's Card to address the City Council in-person. Please follow the instructions at the end of the agenda and wait for the Mayor/City Clerk to call on you to address the City Council virtually. Speakers providing in-person comments will be called first. Members of the public are encouraged to communicate with the City Council via email at citycouncil@cypressca.org or by calling 714-229-6699.]
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS PRIOR TO ANY ACTION TAKEN, ALTHOUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY PROVIDE BRIEF RESPONSES, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DURING THE MEETING. 
          PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN PERSON, OR FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA, AND WAIT FOR THE MAYOR OR CITY CLERK TO CALL ON YOU TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL VIRTUALLY. SPEAKERS PROVIDING IN-PERSON COMMENTS WILL BE CALLED FIRST, AND I HAVE HARAMI, FOLLOWED BY BETH CULVER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HARUMI. I LIVE IN THE CITY OF CYPRUS. FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I HAVE A SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO LEAD OUR CITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO NOT PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OCTOBER STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING. WHY NOT? THIS MEETING HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR ONE OF THE REASONS OUR CITY HAS RUN SO SMOOTHLY FOR YEARS. IT ALIGNS PRIORITIES, GIVE STAFF DIRECTION AND ALLOW RESIDENTS TO SEE WHERE CYPRUS IS HEADED, ELIMINATING IT UNDERMINES STABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO ELIMINATE AND AT WHAT COST TO OUR STAFF, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR OUR CITY'S FUTURE? YOU PUSHED OUT A CITY MANAGER WHO SERVED SUCCESSFULLY FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, AT THE COST OF OVER $300,000 IN SEVERANCE PAY FOR THE CITY OF CYPRUS. YES, PETER GRANT GOT A NEW POSITION AT A NEIGHBORING CITY, WINNING OVER 40 OTHER CANDIDATES THAT APPLIED FOR THE POSITION. MANY RECOGNIZED HIS WORTH. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU THREE THAT DIDN'T? OUR CITY CLERK WITH 19 YEARS OF SERVICE HAS NOW RESIGNED. OUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK HAS RESIGNED AS WELL. WHO IS NEXT? HOW MUCH INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY ARE YOU? STABILITY. ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE CYPRUS DESERVE DESERVES STEADY, TRANSPARENT LEADERSHIP, NOT CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION. THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING FOR OCTOBER MUST MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. BETH CULVER, FOLLOWED BY JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA. GOOD EVENING. AS CHARLIE KIRK WOULD SAY, BIG GOVERNMENT SUCKS. HE'S RIGHT. THE ULTIMATE BIG PROPOSITION 50 IS THE ULTIMATE BIG GOVERNMENT POWER GRAB. IT IS THE MOST VITAL, IMPORTANT MEASURE PUT BEFORE CALIFORNIA IN MY LIFETIME. AND I CAN SAY THERE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS BILL ARE BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATIONS. EVERY SINGLE DESTRUCTIVE BILL THAT WAS EVER TEMPORARILY TABLED WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND PASSED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO ONE THERE TO STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF CALIFORNIA DIE. DOUBLE GAS PRICES BY BY PROP 13. 
          BY THE WAY, LET ME ADD, IF PROP 13 GOES DOWN, LET'S SAY YOU OWN A $900,000 HOME, YOUR PROPERTY 
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TAX FOR ONE YEAR WILL BE $27,000. THERE'S OTHER EGREGIOUS BILLS. THERE'S PROP 84, THERE'S FOUR, 95. THERE'S SIX 95, 79, 37. IT GOES ON AND ON. YOUR CHILDREN WILL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF GOVERNMENT, AND ONLY ELECTRIC CARS WILL BE ALLOWED. OUR POWER GRID WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE IT CAN'T AFFORD IT. END OF GAS STOVES. SANCTUARY CITIES WILL REIGN AND PROFIT. 
          HOMELESS WILL FLOOD THE CALIFORNIA AND OUR MEDICAL SUPPLIES. THINK OF THE CONTROL OVER OUR ABUNDANCE WATER SUPPLIES BECAUSE THE IGNORANT FOOLS AND AND THE WATER BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO POUR MASSIVE AMOUNTS INTO THE OCEAN. SOUNDS EXTREME, BUT IT'S A LONG RANGE REALITY OF POWER GRABBING, HUNGRY MARXISTS. JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA, FOLLOWED BY CHERYL BENTZ. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSE TRINIDAD CASTANEDA. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. AND I HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR VARIOUS AGENDA ITEMS, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF IT SOUNDS LIKE A LIKE A DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE HERE. SO ONE FOR ITEM 15 ON SMOKING REGULATIONS. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE CITY MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. YOU FOLLOW A LONG LINE OF CITIES STARTING FROM IRVINE, FOLLOWED BY WINTER PARK AND SO ON THAT HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN CLEANING UP OUR AIR AND CLEANING UP OUR PUBLIC HEALTH. WITH REGARDS TO SMOKING. NUMBER 16 ON THE EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT SEARCH FIRM, IT'S CRITICAL THAT COUNCIL DIRECTION BE PROVIDED TO THE FIRM TO PRIORITIZE CANDIDATES BEYOND THE ORANGE CURTAIN. THERE IS A CULTURE OF. THE MOLDED CITY MANAGER AND THE METHODOLOGY THAT THOSE MOLDED CITY MANAGERS APPROACH WITHIN THE ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY. AND IT'S JUST CRITICAL THAT IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DEEPLY EMBEDDED CULTURAL THEMES OF. LET'S JUST SAY, MISCONDUCT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CANDIDATES OUTSIDE OF THAT DEEPLY EMBEDDED CULTURE OF MISCONDUCT HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY. SO THAT HAS TO BE EXPLICITLY PROVIDED FROM COUNSEL WHEN YOU GET TO THAT ITEM, IF YOU PULL IT FROM CONSENT CALENDAR NUMBER 17 ON ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, I'M SURE THAT YOU SEE THE PROBLEM WITH ME PROVIDING A TON OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON VARIOUS AGENDA ITEMS BACK TO BACK TO BACK WITHIN A THREE MINUTE LIMIT. CLEARLY, THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO HAVE THREE MINUTES PER ITEM OR TWO MINUTES PER ITEM DEPENDING ON YOUR TIME RESTRICTIONS. AND FOR ITEM 18. FOR THE DECORUM AND RULES, THE QUORUM RULES AND CODE OF ETHICS. I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR PRO TEM LEO MEDRANO FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD, BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME CLEAR COMMON SENSE APPROACHES TO HOW A COUNCIL MUST CONDUCT ITSELF, AND HOW IT MUST APPLY ITS OWN RULES AND UPHOLD THOSE RULES FOR ITSELF. THE COUNCIL IS ONE INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATIVE UNIT, DESPITE THE APPEARANCE OF HAVING FIVE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS, AND SO TOGETHER AS ONE UNIT, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR UPDATING POLICIES LIKE THIS. AND SO I WANT TO APPLAUD AGAIN, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I HOPE YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND LAST IS THE RESOLUTION ON PROP PROP 50. NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING MORE CONTROVERSY BY CHIMING IN ON THIS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. CHERYL BENTZ FOLLOWED BY GLENN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MR. JOYCE AND MR. WEINER. I'M CHERYL BENSON, I'M A 50 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON AGENDA ITEM 19. I AM STRONGLY OPPOSED TO GERRYMANDERING AND I AM STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF FAIR ELECTIONS. BUT WITH OTHER STATES VIOLATING BOTH OF THESE STANCES, WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE CYPRESS VOTERS TO VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE ON PROP 50. PLEASE VOTE NO ON AGENDA ITEM 19. THANK YOU. GLENN. FOLLOWED BY BROOKE. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL. GLENN BUTTON. BEEN IN THE CITY FOR OVER THREE DECADES NOW, AND I JUST WANTED TO START BY ADDRESSING SOME OF THE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS 
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COMMENTS THAT HAVING A A RESOLUTION AGAINST STRIPPING FROM THE VOTERS THE APPROVAL THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR A NONPARTIZAN. DISTRICTING FOR THE STATE, IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO KEEP IT THE WAY THE VOTERS APPROVED IT. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT CALIFORNIA DOES NOT SIDE WITH RETALIATING AGAINST OTHER STATES FOR WHATEVER THAT WOULD DO. BUT THE REAL THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. WE'VE HAD A A RECENT EXODUS FROM OUR CITY STAFF. THAT'S VERY, VERY CONCERNING. AND I'M TROUBLED BY THE EXPENSE THAT INEXPERIENCE CAN CAUSE. AND WHETHER IT'S THE SEVERANCE FOR AN OUTGOING CITY MANAGER, WHETHER IT'S THE SEARCH FOR A CITY MANAGER THAT'S AGENDA ITEM 16, WHETHER IT'S THE LOSS OF ADDITIONAL STAFF. ALICIA HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN JUST VERY, VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY FRIENDLY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT GO ON HERE IN OUR CITY. AND THAT PRESENTATION WAS SPOT ON FOR YOU. BUT I ENCOURAGE OUR CITY COUNCIL TO BRING OUR CITY BACK FROM THE CURRENT APPARENT TOXICITY TO A PLACE WHERE EXEMPLARY LEADERS WANT TO WORK. I ASK THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL COMMIT TO WORKING IN COORDINATING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY, AND STOP THE HEMORRHAGING OF THESE AVOIDABLE EXPENSES AND GIFTED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SERVED OUR CITY SO FABULOUSLY. SO GET THE GET THE MENTORING YOU NEED. 
          GET THE COACHING YOU NEED NECESSARY TO WORK TOGETHER DESPITE DIFFERENCES. BECAUSE ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE SERVING FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. BROOKE. FOLLOWED BY MARILYN REAMS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. AND FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK ALICIA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN A ROUGH ROAD. YOU DID A JOB WELL DONE. WE'LL MISS YOU. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 18. FIRST, THAT NEW POLICY LACKS ANY LANGUAGE REGARDING CIVILITY TOWARDS CITIZENS. CITIZEN ROBIN ITZLER SPOKE BEFORE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO HER INTERACTIONS WITH MAYOR BURKE. SHE REQUESTED AN APOLOGY FOR THE VERBAL HARASSMENT. NONE WAS OFFERED BY THE MAYOR. ON APRIL 13TH, THE 2025 SENT AN EMAIL TO COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO MAYOR BURKE'S PROPOSED CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM BEING PLACED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ON FOR 1525. HE RESPONDED IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WHEN THAT ITEM COMES FORWARD DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN ON APRIL 28TH, 2025, WHILE I WAS WALKING FROM THE BREEZEWAY INTO THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, HE APPROACHED ME WITH AN AGGRESSIVE TONE AND ASKED WHY I WAS AGAINST HIS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS AND TRANSPARENCY. HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION AND TONE OF VOICE WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE AND MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. THANKFULLY, I SAW ANOTHER RESIDENT AND WAS ABLE TO EXTRICATE MYSELF FROM HAVING A CONVERSATION. I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE GIVEN THE TONE THAT I WAS SPOKEN WITH, AND I TOLD OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, AND NOW I'M JUST BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE OF THE POLICY. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS CONDUCT CODE IS NECESSARY. IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT MEASURE AND IT DOESN'T ADDRESS RESIDENTS. I FEEL THAT MAYOR BURKE, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG LIKELY HAS ISSUES LISTENING TO THINGS THEY MAY NOT WANT TO HEAR. I FIND THAT THE DIALOG BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE USEFUL TO ME IN UNDERSTANDING THINGS. AS TO MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO'S CLAIM THAT THE LAST MEETING REGARDING COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA'S CONDUCT AT DOMINICK'S RESTAURANT. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, HE OFFERED RESIDENTS TO GO AND ASK THE MANAGER. WELL, A GROUP OF 5 TO 7 OF US DID SO THAT EVENING, AND SOME OF THEM ARE WITH US THIS EVENING. WE SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE MANAGER AND TO SOME OF THE STAFF, AND WHAT WAS CLAIMED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, ACCORDING TO THEM, DID NOT HAPPEN. I THINK PERHAPS SOME OF THE ISSUES HERE ARISE BECAUSE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS LACK PROFESSIONAL WORK ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENCE, WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO BUILDING GOOD INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS. AND A FEW GOOD QUOTES COME TO MIND. 
          FREE SPEECH IS NOT JUST BEING ABLE TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. IT ALSO MEANS HAVING TO 
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HEAR THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR. CHARLIE KIRK APRIL 4TH, 2018. THE LEFT PRETENDS TO LOVE FREE SPEECH UNTIL YOU SAY SOMETHING THEY DISAGREE WITH. CHARLIE KIRK ALSO ONCE SAID THAT NO ONE IS MORE HATED THAN HE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH. AND LASTLY, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED THE MAYOR DID NOT TAKE THE ACTION OF A LEADER AND WORK WITH COUNCIL IN THE CITY TO RELEASE A MESSAGE REGARDING THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK, LIKE SOME OTHER CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY DID, YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LEADER, RISE ABOVE IT ALL, AND FOR THE CITY TO LEAD IN A TIME WHEN A NATIONAL FIGURE WAS ASSASSINATED ON A LIVE FEED, WHERE THE WHOLE WORLD TO WITNESS, AND HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN TO WITNESS FOREVERMORE? YOU SAT SILENT. THANK YOU. PLEASE FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. YOU SEE ONE'S TRUE CHARACTER WHEN THEY HOLD POWER. YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT A PERSON BY HOW THEY REACT WHEN SOMEONE DIES. 
          CHARLIE KIRK NOVEMBER 27TH, 2016. MARILYN REAMS, FOLLOWED BY PEARL BOULTER. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MARILYN REAMS, RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. I'M ALSO I WANT TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE ISSUES. I'M GOING TO TRY AND TALK FAST. FIRST ONE ITEM 15 THE SMOKING REGULATION I HATE SMOKING. I AM DEEPLY AFFECTED BY IT. I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I AM TROUBLED. I WILL SAY I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THIS ORDINANCE, AND I MY GUT REACTION IS THIS. THIS IS A LOT TO PUT ON OUR ON OUR CITY BUSINESSES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THE THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE IT IS VERY TROUBLING. I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE PHONE CALLING CODE ENFORCEMENT TO COME OUT AND GET SOMEBODY THAT'S SMOKING A CIGARETTE OUTSIDE? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T HONESTLY, I IN THE YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE, I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AS BEING A PROBLEM. I SUPPORT FULLY ALL THE ONES ON KIDS, ANYWHERE NEAR CHILDREN, ANYWHERE NEAR A HEALTH FACILITY. BUT I AM CONCERNED, SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT IT REQUIRES A LITTLE MORE DIGGING IN AND MAKING MORE SENSE TO ME. THE NEXT ONE IS THE CHANGE FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. 17 I'M IN FULL, FULL FAVOR OF THAT, I BELIEVE. ANYWAY, ANY TIME CITY, STATE, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE MIX AND ALLOW THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD NO MATTER WHICH SIDE OF AN AISLE THEY MIGHT BE ON, IS CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT. SO I FULLY SUPPORT THAT CHANGE. THE NEXT ONE IS 18, THE CODE OF CONDUCT. I CANNOT EVEN FATHOM A MORE IMPORTANT TIME THAN TO GET THIS CODE OF CONDUCT BACK IN PLACE. THE CODE OF CONDUCT WAS CERTAINLY PUT IN PLACE 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS I WILL I WILL SAY IT WAS PROBABLY A POLITICAL MOVE. IT FELT LIKE THAT AT THE TIME TO SILENCE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT IN AGREEMENT. AND I. I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO, TO TO DO THAT. SO I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT THAT. AND ON 19, I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE THE CITY OF CYPRUS GETTING INVOLVED IN A HEATED, CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL. 
          ITEM, A PROPOSITION. WE ARE DIVIDED ENOUGH, AND IT IS NOT A PLACE FOR A CITY TO DO THAT. 
          LET THE RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA MAKE THEIR DECISIONS WHEN THEY VOTE. THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. 
          THANK YOU. PEARL BOULTER, FOLLOWED BY LINDA STOCK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M PEARL BOULTER, RESIDENT OF CYPRUS. I'M SUPPORTING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19. THE RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE PROPOSITION 50. I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO TAKE A PUBLIC STAND AGAINST CHANGING WHAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE VOTED FOR IN 2010, WHICH WAS AN INDEPENDENT CALIFORNIA CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. IN 
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FACT, I REVIEWED THE ORANGE COUNTY VOTER DATA DATA FOR PROPOSITION 20, WHICH CREATED THE COMMISSION AND THE PROPOSITION PASSED IN ORANGE COUNTY 69% TO 31%. SACRAMENTO. 
          AND OUR GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE WHAT THE VOTERS PUT IN PLACE. AND I THINK THE CITY, OUR CITY SHOULD SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU. LINDA STOCK, FOLLOWED BY KATIE SHAPIRO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA STOCK. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 55 YEARS AND JUST RECENTLY GOT MORE INVOLVED WITH CITY GOVERNMENT. I BELIEVE THAT HONESTY AND FAIRNESS SHOULD BE A NECESSARY QUALIFICATION FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WHEN THEY'RE ON THE DAIS TO WITH TAXPAYER FUNDS TO TAKE POSITIONS ON POLITICAL ISSUES. OUR COUNCIL IS NONPARTISAN. I'VE NEVER SEEN AN R, A D NEXT TO ANYBODY'S NAME, AND I'VE HEARD IT REFERRED TO AS A DEMOCRAT COUNCIL TWICE BY COUNCILWOMAN PETE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD IT REFERRED TO AS A REPUBLICAN COUNCIL PRIOR TO THAT. WE NEED A CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL. JUST FOCUS ON OUR BUSINESS. PROP 50 IS AN ATTEMPT TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AFTER THE ELECTION IN TEXAS, NONE OF US WOULD HAVE LET THOSE CYPRESS SOFTBALL GIRLS GO INTO A GAME WITH A50 DEFICIT. THEY'VE CHANGED THE RULES AND WE HAVE TO RECIPROCATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED THEM TO GET TEXAS TO GET A FIVE VOTE DIFFERENTIAL, A FIVE SEAT DIFFERENTIAL GERRYMANDER. AND AND THEY DID. TEXAS CITIZENS WEREN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO VOTE ON IT FOR OR AGAINST. AND IT HAS THEIRS HAS NO TERMINATING DATE. 
          OURS DOES. AND WE GET TO VOTE ON IT. CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA COULD HAVE GONE FOR A SEVEN SEAT GERRYMANDER. AND THEY DIDN'T. THEY JUST WANTED IT TO BE FAIR. CALIFORNIA VOTED ON IN A NONPARTISAN MAP, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYONE. I WISH WE COULD DO IT FOR THE WHOLE NATION. 
          BLUE STATES OF COLORADO, MICHIGAN, WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK ALSO HAVE NONPARTISAN MAPS. 
          REPUBLICANS ALSO WANTED FAIRNESS. AND IN ARIZONA, IDAHO, MONTANA, THEY VOTED IN NONPARTISAN MAPS. AS A CITY, WE HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME MANAGING OUR OWN BUSINESS WITHOUT TAKING ON STATE ISSUES. AND AS FOR OUR HISTORY ON MAP DRAWING, WE DO NOT HAVE A STELLAR PAST. WE SQUANDERED OVER $2 MILLION BY AVOIDING IMPLEMENTING BY-DISTRICT ELECTIONS AND A GUARANTEED LOSER LAWSUIT. SEVERAL OTHERS, AND I DID SPEAK ON THAT ONE. 
          SEVERAL OTHER CITIES HAVE TRIED, HAD TRIED, AND LOST, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NEW EVIDENCE TO BRING TO GET A DIFFERENT JUDGMENT. IT WOULD HAVE COST US ONLY A $30,000 FEE TO TRANSITION TO DISTRICTS VOLUNTARILY. THE ONLY THING ON OUR DELAY IN IMPLEMENTING THE MAP GOT US WAS ALLOWING BONNIE PETE TO RUN AT LARGE, BECAUSE SOME WERE AFRAID THAT THE PETE'S HOME AND THE HOME WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAWN IN THE SAME DISTRICT. WHEN DRAWING A MAP COULD NO LONGER BE AVOIDED, COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL AGREED ON A MAP, BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU. PLEASE FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. OKAY. SCOTT INTRODUCED A NEW HYBRID MAP. NONE OF THE COUNCIL HAD THE MAP TO LOOK AT YET. IT PASSED WITH A 3 TO 2 VOTE, WITH BURKE AND MARQUEZ DISSENTING. WE DO NOT BELONG TAKING ISSUE WITH STATE GOVERNMENT. THAT JUST ISN'T OUR PLACE. THANK YOU. KATIE SHAPIRO, FOLLOWED BY ANN MALLORY. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. IT'S NICE TO BE BACK. I'VE MISSED EVERYBODY SO MUCH. SO MY NAME IS KATIE SHAPIRO AND I'VE LIVED IN CYPRUS FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND HAVE SEEN ALL THE POTENTIAL IT HAS TO OFFER. AND YET I'VE BEEN UNFAIRLY GROUPED WITH POLITICAL LEADERS AND PORTRAYED AS SOME SORT OF COORDINATED EFFORT. WHEN MY VOICE IS MY OWN, THE VOICE OF A CONCERNED RESIDENT AND A PATRIOT DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY FROM HER GOVERNMENT, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO HAD REQUESTED EMERGENCY RULES PROHIBITING COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM VERBALLY ATTACKING 
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EACH OTHER. WHEN YOU NEED FORMAL ORDINANCES TO STOP ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACTING LIKE CHILDREN, DYSFUNCTION IS COMPLETE. THIS DYSFUNCTION INCLUDES JANUARY OF 2024, WHEN THIS COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADMONISHED MAYOR MINIKUS FOR ATTACKING FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS AND RESIDENTS ME BEING ONE OF THEM. SINCE THEN, HIS BEHAVIOR HAS ESCALATED, LAUNCHING THREATENING OUTBURSTS AT MAYOR BURKE WHEN EXPOSED AND CREATING A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT THAT HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE ADOPTED AS THEIR OWN PLAYBOOK. 
          MINIKUS DOESN'T PICK FIGHTS WITH ALLIES OR THOSE WHO STAY QUIET. HE TARGETS SOMEONE LIKE ME, SOMEONE LIKE MR. BURKE, SOMEONE LIKE DOCTOR MARQUEZ. ARTICULATE, ARTICULATE, MORE INTELLIGENT, MORE EFFECTIVE. SOMEONE A SMALL PERSON FEELS THREATENED BY. WE'VE SEEN IT WITH MAYOR BURKE AND WITH RESIDENTS LIKE MYSELF WHO ASK QUESTIONS, WHO CANNOT ANSWER. 
          THIS MIRRORS THE BROADER BREAKDOWN WE SEE NATIONALLY. AS REFERENCED THIS EVENING. ATTACK THE MESSENGER, OBSCURE THE TRUTH. WEAPONIZE PROCESS TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY. CYPRUS HAS BECOME A LABORATORY FOR THE VERY SAME TACTICS POISONING OUR DEMOCRACY EVERYWHERE. THE NEARLY $2 MILLION WASTED FIGHTING OUR VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT, OF WHICH I WAS A PART OF, DEMONSTRATES HOW EXPENSIVE AVOIDING ACCOUNTABILITY BECOMES. DOUG DANKS TRIED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT ALLEGED ILLEGAL MISCONDUCT BY PETER GRANT, BUT WAS SILENCED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. AS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19, PROPOSITION 50 WOULD NOT TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO THE LEGISLATOR AS STATED IN YOUR RESOLUTION. IT WOULD IMPLEMENT A MAP APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE. BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT. THEN AUTHORITY GOES BACK TO THE COMMISSION, AND IF PROPOSITION 50 ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED AUTHORITY TO THE LEGISLATURE, WE COULD LIKELY HAVE A MAP THAT ELIMINATES 8 OR 9 REPUBLICANS, NOT JUST FIVE. THEN THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE MYSELF THAN THOSE WHO ARE MEAN SPIRITED IN NATURE, PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES AND JOBS AND PETS WHO DON'T MAKE IT THEIR MISSION IN RETIREMENT TO ATTEND EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND WE'RE TIRED OF BEING GASLIT BY PROCEDURAL NICETIES AND BLATANT LIES THAT SOUND LIKE ENCOURAGEMENT. I DO WANT TO READ THIS LAST PART BECAUSE I KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. AND MAYOR. EXCUSE ME, MR. MEDRANO, THIS QUOTE IS FOR YOU. 
          THE ONLY KINDS OF FIGHTS WORTH FIGHTING ARE THOSE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO FIGHT THEM AND LOSE AND LOSE AND LOSE UNTIL SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE WHO BELIEVES AS YOU DO, WINS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SHARE. AND MALLORY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANN MALLORY, AND I WANT TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TOPICS. FIRST OF ALL, ALICIA, I AM GOING TO MISS YOU. YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND MENTOR. DURING MY TIME ON COUNCIL, AND I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE, I THINK EVERYBODY FEELS THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOUR FAMILY HERE TONIGHT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING GREAT PEOPLE. WE'VE LOST OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY CLERK AND THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK ALL WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. AND I'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO OTHER PEOPLE TALK TO ME THAT THEY'RE LOOKING. SO WE HAVE THIS HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY. I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE BACK THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO UTILIZE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION TO REBUILD BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BROKEN TRUST BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, AND YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T HAVE GREAT STAFF TO FOLLOW THROUGH. 
          SO CONSIDER THAT AS YOU MAKE SOME DECISIONS TONIGHT ON THE CIVILITY POLICY WE SAW LAST WEEK. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO REALLY ENCOURAGED DEBATE IN OUR COUNTRY, GET KILLED BY SOMEBODY THAT OPPOSED THEM. AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CIVILITY POLICY OR ANY KIND OF ACTIONS ON THE COUNCIL THAT YOU'RE ENCOURAGING DEBATE, YOU'RE NOT 
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TRYING TO SHUT IT DOWN. THERE ARE A FEW TERMS IN THE CIVILITY POLICY THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO CIVILITY POLICY IS BEING UTILIZED AS A HAMMER FOR POLITICAL GAIN. THE DISPARAGING IS A LITTLE BIT SUBJECTIVE, AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO WRITE ONE OF THESE THINGS, BUT I THINK WHO DECIDES WHAT COUNTS AS DISPARAGING, HONEST CRITICISM OF A POLICY COULD BE RULED OUT OF ORDER. SO YOU JUST WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS THERE. CIVILITY RULES SHOULD PROTECT FAIRNESS, NOT ENCOURAGE SILENCE. I REALLY ON THE FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA WITH THE PROP. IT'S UNLIKELY THAT A RESOLUTION WILL PASS, BUT I DO SUPPORT. FURTHER DIALOG ON THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YEAH, JUST I DON'T NORMALLY CORRECT ALL THE FACTUAL ERRORS IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT SOME OF THE EASY ONES I JUST FEEL COMPELLED TO MENTION BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WE SHOULDN'T POSTPONE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING. JUST FOR THE RECORD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE POSTPONE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AT THE REQUEST OF MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS TO DO SO, AND IT WAS VOTED ON UNANIMOUSLY, FIVE ZERO BY THE COUNCIL TO DO SO. SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, BUT THIS IS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE COLLECTIVELY BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO HANDS RAISED ONLINE. YES, MR. MAYOR, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS EDWIN KRAMER. ALL RIGHT. MR. KRAMER, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          HI. MY NAME IS ED KRAMER. I'M A CYPRESS RESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON 16, 17 AND 19. 16. I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH SEARCH FOR NEW TALENT. I WAS BEEN PRETTY GUTTED BY LOSING OUR HALF, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR TOWN CENTER AND SOME OF OUR PARKS TO SPECIAL INTERESTS, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE SEE SOME NEW TALENT. SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. SEARCH 17. HAPPY TO SEE THE REVISIONS TO THE ORAL, THE RESIDENT ACCESS TO MEETINGS. I WORK, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET TO MEETINGS SOMETIMES. 
          MATTER OF FACT, I'M WORKING NOW. BEGIN THIS MEETING AS I LISTEN SO I COULD ONLY DIAL IN TONIGHT. 
          I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN HERE, HAD NOT BEEN FOR ME TO CHIME IN. SO I LIKE THE REORGANIZATION. I HOPE YOU VOTE YES ON THAT. WE REALLY, I THINK I THINK IT WAS CHANGED TO TRY AND CUT DOWN CITIZEN ACCESS. AND I THINK CITIZEN ACCESS THERE AT THE TOP OF THE CITY ORG CHART. SO THEY'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. WE SHOULD ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO CHIME IN. 
          NUMBER 19, THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT. I THINK CYPRUS SHOULD SUPPORT THAT. I THINK IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A RESOLUTION, WE SHOULD SUPPORT IT. TEXAS IS ACTUALLY 47% DEMOCRATS AND AND 37% REPUBLICANS, AND THEY'VE GERRYMANDERED THAT STATE TO STEAL THE ELECTION. THE PRESIDENT IS ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR TO STEAL THE ELECTION AGAIN. HE STILL THINKS HE WON 2020. SO CALIFORNIA IS MERELY RESPONDING TO REPUBLICAN ELECTION RIGGING. AND THAT'S WHY THE ACT IS CALLED THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT. 
          SO CYPRUS SHOULD SHOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THAT. IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO HAVE IT EVEN PROPOSED THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT. AND I THINK IF ANYTHING, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD. WE SHOULD SUPPORT A YES ON ON 50. WE SHOULD NOT BE. WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING A RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE 50 BY CYPRUS. SO I'M IN SUPPORT. SO PLEASE VOTE NO ON 19 AND YES ON 
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17. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED ONLINE? YES MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL HANDS, ONE BY KELLY KAYE AND ONE BY MELINA NAGPAUL. ALL RIGHT, KELLY K, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES TO COMMENT. MR. MAYOR, I SHOW THAT KELLY K IS SELF MUTED. KELLY K I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO UNMUTE. AND IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM YOU IN 10S, WE'LL MOVE ON TO MISS NAGPAUL. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO MISS NAGPAUL. 
          MISS NAGPAUL, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME YOU'RE FREE TO COMMENT. THANK YOU. YES, I CAN HEAR YOU. 
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
          ALL RIGHT. MADAM CITY CLERK, IS KELLY KAY'S HAND STILL RAISED? YES, MR. MAYOR, ALL RIGHT. 
          KELLY KAY, YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER CRACK AT IT. YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. HI THERE. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. YES WE CAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY. I WAS HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES. ANYWAY, I WANT TO ALSO SAY I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT. I WANT TO SAY, ALICIA, YOU ARE SUCH A GEM. AND THIS CITY IS GOING TO MISS YOU TERRIBLY, ALONG WITH YOUR DEPUTY, CLARK. CHRISTINA, I KNOW YOU GUYS DO SO MUCH WORK, AND I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT OUR CITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITHOUT YOU NOW AND THEN. I WOULD LIKE TO. OH, BY THE WAY, MY NAME IS KELLY. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 2002. LONG TIME 
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RESIDENT OF CYPRESS, AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON A FEW ISSUES, MOST NOTABLY. IT'S MAINLY GOING TO BE ABOUT PROP. WELL, IT'S THE 19 AGENDA ITEM 19 THE CIVILITY ITEM AS WELL AS. JUST IN GENERAL. I JUST NEED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE. BY THE WAY, HAS PUBLISHED THIS LIKE WHY'D WE DISPERSE AND POPULAR CAMPAIGN CORRUPTION DOCUMENT WHERE HE LITERALLY TALKS ABOUT LIKE PAY TO PLAY AND LIKE TWO OF THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR TWO OF THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY HAVE REWARDED THEIR FRIENDS AND CAMPAIGN DONORS WITH VERY PROMINENT POSITIONS IN THE TRAFFIC AND SENIOR CITIZEN COMMISSION. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S A LITTLE STRANGE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HYPOCRITICAL. BUT I WILL ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, HIS WIFE, DECIDES TO IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS ADMISSION TO A COMMISSION, HIS WIFE DECIDES TO GET UP AND SPEAK FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO SORRY, KELLY KAY, I MAYBE MAYBE YOU CUT OUT A BIT. THESE ARE FOR COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHICH AGENDA ITEM YOUR COMMENT IS IN REFERENCE TO. OH, OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS IS GOING TO GO AND SPEAK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT TWO PEOPLE RESPONDED TO. SO MAINLY, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE MISS REAMS SAYING THAT SHE THINKS THE SMOKING BAN IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. I 100% AGREE WITH HER, AND I, ALTHOUGH I DISAGREE WITH HER POSITION ON THE CIVILITY CODE. AND THEN I WAS GOING TO ALSO SPEAK ON THE PROP 50 TOPIC THAT MISS BENTZ. SO TOTALLY JUST DIMINISHED. GO AHEAD. YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 30S LEFT. OH, OKAY. YEAH, I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY REALIZE THAT PROP 50 IS THIS IS A TANTAMOUNT POSITION. YOU DON'T MEET GERRYMANDERING IN TEXAS, THE ALLEGED GERRYMANDERING WITH MORE GERRYMANDERING OVER HERE. WE SIGNED A CONTRACT AS A CITY. AND I KNOW THAT THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO I DON'T THINK IT APPLIES AT LEAST TO CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY FORCED INTO DISTRICTING. IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE SENATE. BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT WE SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT WON'T ALLOW THAT FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS, OR UNTIL THE NEXT DECADE OR THE CENSUS. SO 2030. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO UPHOLD THAT AS A CITY. WE DON'T WANT TO BE FACED WITH LAWSUITS. 
          PLEASE FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. OH, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SAID THAT THERE THAT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE SUPPOSEDLY NONPARTISAN. THREE OF YOU GUYS TOOK DIRECT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS DIRECTLY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SO AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY LIKE THE ORANGE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 
          SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT THIS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE WHEN THIS IS CLEARLY A PARTIZAN ISSUE. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU GUYS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT AND ENGAGE IN OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. BURKE. AND MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DID NOT TAKE ANY MONEY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND IF YOU WANT TO CHECK THE FORM FOR 60S, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK. OKAY. IF THERE ARE 
          [ CONSENT CALENDAR  All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with one motion unless a Council Member requests separate action on a specific item.  Council Members voting no or abstaining on a Consent Calendar item may do so without removing the item from the Consent Calendar.]
NO OTHER HAND RAISED HANDS RAISED ONLINE, THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE TO BE APPROVED WITH ONE MOTION, UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING NO OR ABSTAINING ON A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM MAY DO SO WITHOUT REMOVING THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          THE WARRANT REGISTER INCLUDES ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER NUMBER 17856, IN THE AMOUNT OF $341.78 AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL COVERAGE I'M ENTITLED TO RECEIVE AS A CALPERS ANNUITANT IN VOTING FOR ANY MOTION TO APPROVE THE WARRANT REGISTER. I AM NOT VOTING ON ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER NUMBER 17856 FOR THE REASONS I'VE DISCLOSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE ITEM I'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, WHICH IS RELATED TO ITEM THREE. RECEIVING AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN SIX MONTHS OBJECTIVES. I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THOSE OBJECTIVES RELATED TO GETTING PLANS AND DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE DESIGN OF SYCAMORE PARK HAS BEEN POSTPONED, AND I WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ABOUT THAT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT 
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THE ULTIMATE PARK PROJECT IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED, OR SIMPLY THE PROCESS OF OUTREACH AND DESIGN? CAN YOU OFFER SOME CLARIFICATIONS, PLEASE? YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE REVIEWING ALL OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS JUST FOR DETERMINING FEASIBILITY OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AS PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDING THAT THE VENDOR WILL CONDUCT SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH AS PART OF IT. AND WITH THAT, THEY WOULD PROVIDE A COST ESTIMATE. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE. SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THOSE PROJECTS WILL COST. THAT WILL HELP US DETERMINE SOME OF THE FEASIBILITY. BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT DOING THE PROJECT ON SCHEDULE. IT'S JUST AS OF RIGHT NOW. WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT OFF TO DO THE OUTREACH. SO THAT WAY WE DO IT CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL BIDDING OF THE PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IS THERE AN EXPECTATION OF A NEW EXPECTATION OF WHEN THAT OUTREACH MIGHT BE CONDUCTED, OR WHEN THAT MIGHT COME BACK TO US? WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE NEXT PLANNING PERIOD. SO WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12. I'LL SECOND. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [13. Approve Updates to the Contribution Policy for Non-Profit Organizations Prepared by:  Jeff Draper, Director of Recreation and Community Services Recommendation:  Approve updates to the Contribution Policy for Non-Profit Organizations.]
NEXT UP, OUR NEW BUSINESS ITEMS. ITEM 13 APPROVE UPDATES TO THE CONTRIBUTION POLICY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, JEFF DRAPER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO LOOK AT UPDATES TO THE CONTRIBUTION POLICY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. SO THE NONPROFIT GRANT REQUEST PROGRAM IS A IS A TWO YEAR CYCLE WHICH ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO BUDGET EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT PROVIDES NONPROFIT GROUPS A GREATER LEVEL OF CERTAINTY IN THEIR PLANNING FOR THEIR FUTURE EVENTS. SO THE GRANT REQUEST PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP MAINTAIN OR EXPAND THEIR PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND EVENTS. AS FUNDING COMES FROM THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND AND NOT THE CITY'S, THE SUPPORT MUST BE RECREATIONAL BASED, SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AS RECREATIONAL BASED AND HAS SOME BROAD COMMUNITY APPEAL. DURING THE LAST GRANT PROCESS, THE CITY COUNCIL GRANTED APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION TO 18 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FORM OF DIRECT FUNDING, STAFF SUPPORT AND FEE WAIVERS. AND THE REASON WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS THE CONTRIBUTION POLICY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE POLICY THAT DRIVES THE NONPROFIT GRANT REQUEST PROGRAM. SO THE CONTRIBUTION POLICY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2012. AND THE POLICY ESTABLISHES A FORMAL AND FAIR METHOD FOR CONSIDERING SUPPORT AND PROVIDES A PROCESS TO ENSURE IT'S NOT JUST A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS. THE POLICY, AS IT CURRENTLY SITS, IS VAGUE, AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE QUESTIONS EVERY TIME WE DO THE PROGRAM IF IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR IT AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO APPLY. SO AFTER GOING THROUGH THE LATEST PROCESS, THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED A STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE TO RECOMMEND UPDATES TO THIS POLICY. THE PROPOSED UPDATE AIMS TO FIX SOME OF THE VAGUENESS OF THE OF THE POLICY, AND PROVIDES NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE SEEKING. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT ORGANIZES THE POLICY INTO SECTIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN. IT PROVIDES A CLEAR PURPOSE TO SUPPORT LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DELIVER SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS THAT ALIGN WITH OR ENHANCE THE CITY AND DISTRICT'S OWN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. IT ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT, AND IT SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTARY IN NATURE, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY MEANS OF SUPPORT. IT OUTLINES THE GRANT PROCESS, WHICH OCCURS EVERY TWO YEARS. AS IT DOES NOW, IT PRIORITIZES SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT OR ENHANCE THE DISTRICT'S SERVICES AND HAS BROAD COMMUNITY APPEAL. IT ALSO OUTLINES ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING SUPPORT. AND THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IN THE COMPLETED APPLICATION PACKET, HAVING AND MAINTAINING TAX EXEMPT STATUS, PROVIDING A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM OR EVENT THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY. IT MAINTAINS A 55% RESIDENCY RATE FOR THEIR 
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MEMBERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE BOARD TO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF CONSIDERATION, AND IT ALSO ENSURES THAT THE CITY AND DISTRICT'S INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET BY THE ORGANIZATIONS. SUPPORT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND COMPLY WITH ALL LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL STATUTES AND LAWS. SUPPORT MUST BE USED FOR A CLEAR AND DEMONSTRATED DEMONSTRABLE BENEFIT FOR CYPRESS RESIDENTS, AND IT CANNOT BE USED FOR DEBT OBLIGATIONS, POLITICAL PURPOSES, OR PASS THROUGH FUNDING TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS. SUPPORT MUST ALSO BE USED IN THE SAME YEAR THAT IT IS GRANTED. IF IT'S NOT USED WITHIN THAT YEAR, THE SUPPORT OR FUNDING WILL COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN THEIR GENERAL FUND. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE THE PROPOSED POLICY FORMALIZES THAT PROCESS AND OUTLINES WHAT IS NEEDED FROM EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. SO THAT WASN'T IN THE POLICY BEFORE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO SUBMIT THEIR MISSION STATEMENT, DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES, WHAT TYPE OF FUNDING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND JUST DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THEIR BUDGET AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IT ALSO PROVIDES PROVISIONS OF SUPPORT AND BREAKS DOWN THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, POSSIBLY SUPPORTING THESE GROUPS WITH INTO THREE CATEGORIES. SO OBVIOUSLY DIRECT FUNDING, WHICH IS CASH, STAFF SUPPORT AND FEE WAIVERS. AND EVERY SINGLE COST THAT OR EVERY EVERY TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT IS GIVEN TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS DOES HAVE A COST TO THE DISTRICT. AND THESE THREE CATEGORIES WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN JUST WHAT WE HAD BEFORE, WHICH WAS DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS. THE NEW THE RECOMMENDED POLICY ALSO PROVIDES A WAY OF. TO TO SUSPEND THE SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN. ONE IS IF THE DISTRICT COMES UNDER FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT ANYMORE OR TO THE ORGANIZATION GOES THROUGH A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE, WHETHER THAT BE OPERATIONAL OR FINANCIAL. SO IT DOES GIVE US A COUPLE OF WAYS TO SUSPEND THAT SUPPORT IF NEED BE. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THIS PROPOSED POLICY DOES IS IT IS INTRODUCING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS. AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WOULD INCLUDE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WOULD COME FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF EACH YEAR. AND INSIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT, WE WANT TO COVER LETTER SUMMARIZING HOW THE GRANT WAS USED AS WELL, WITH DETAILS ON SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. WE WANT TO HAVE THE GROUPS COME UP WITH METRICS TO MEASURE THEIR PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT. SO WE WANT TO SEE LEVELS OF ATTENDANCE OR NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED AT THEIR EVENTS. AND THEN THEY SAY PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR PHOTOS OF THE GRANT SUPPORTED SERVICES AND AND EVENTS THAT THEY RUN FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO GET DIRECT FUNDING OR CASH. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THEY INCLUDE AN ITEMIZED ACCOUNTING OF HOW THE FUNDS ARE SPENT, COPIES OF INVOICES AND RECEIPTS, AND A COMPARISON OF THEIR ACTUAL BUDGET EXPENDITURES VERSUS THEIR APPROVED BUDGET, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RELATIVELY IN LINE WITH THEIR BUDGET. WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS MAINTAIN THEIR RECORDS FOR THREE YEARS. AND SHOULD THE CITY OR DISTRICT HAVE A NEED TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OR ASK FOR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION THAT THAT BE PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL? SO THE RECREATION COMMISSION HAS ACTUALLY REVIEWED AND PROVIDED INPUT ON THE RECOMMENDED POLICY BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE CONTRIBUTION POLICY FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. SO PLEASE PRESS YOUR BUTTONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AND I SEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS DOES. 
          JEFF, THANKS FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I QUESTION FOR YOU, THOUGH, IF SOMEBODY AN ORGANIZATION DOES NOT MAINTAIN THE RECORDS OR CAN'T PROVIDE RECEIPTS FOR THE MONEY THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM, WHAT HAPPENS? SO AS PART OF THIS, WE WOULD REQUIRE EACH ORGANIZATION TO COME INTO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO LIVE UP TO THOSE, WE COULD ALWAYS CLAW THAT MONEY BACK OR ATTEMPT TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER CHANG, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. THANK 
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YOU. JEFF, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE PUTTING ADDING THAT THOSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND THAT ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATIONS, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT YOU ADDED THAT. BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THAT YOU ARE THAT WE'RE ADDING A HIGHER LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THESE, TO TO OUR NONPROFITS. THERE WAS TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING SOME GEOCODING WHEN IT COMES TO TRACKING OF DATA FOR WHO GOES TO WHAT EVENTS ARE WE STILL ABLE TO INCORPORATE INCORPORATE THAT? YES. SO WE HAVE A DATA ANALYTICS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN TRAINING ON. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT SHORTLY AND AND BE ABLE TO TRACK EVENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OKAY. 
          AWESOME. TERRIFIC. I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, SOME SUGGESTIONS. AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, I'VE NEVER FELT GOOD ABOUT THE CITY BEING A BIG NONPROFIT DONOR. WE'RE ONE OF THE MORE GENEROUS CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING AWAY MONEY. MANY CITIES HAVE LIMITS ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY GIVE AWAY TO NONPROFITS. SOME CITIES, LIKE IRVINE, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT GIVE AWAY 40,000 TO $60,000 TO NONPROFITS, OTHER PLACES PUT A CAP OF, YOU KNOW, $200,000 FOR ALL THEIR NONPROFIT GIVE AWAY MONEY. SO. VERSUS VERSUS A CITY MANAGED PROGRAMS WHERE THE CITY HAS OVERSIGHT OVER HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT. AND THEN WE CAN MONITOR THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT WITH NONPROFITS, I WAS A BIT WORRIED THAT WE WON'T HAVE THESE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. BUT I'M GLAD NOW THAT WE DO HAVE THESE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND AND AUDITING THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT HOW WE MIGHT HELP LIMIT OUR PROGRAMS FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUSTAINABLY GIVE AWAY THIS MONEY TO NONPROFITS SO THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN CONTINUE. THE FIRST IS THAT WE SHOULD ENFORCE A MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE RESIDENTS FROM CYPRUS. THIS IS CYPRUS TAXPAYER MONEY, AND IT SHOULD BE GOING BACK TO CYPRUS RESIDENTS. WHAT IF WE HAVE A NATIONAL OR REGIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT ONLY HAS 1% OR 10% OF WHO THEY SERVE? BEING CYPRUS RESIDENTS, SHOULD THAT NONE? SHOULD THAT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS, FOR THIS GRANTS? SO I WANT US TO SET A FLOOR OR A MINIMUM FOR THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE FROM CYPRUS. I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE REINFORCE THAT 55% LIMIT THAT STATED IN THE NONPROFIT POLICY. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT A MAJORITY OF THOSE IN OUR NONPROFIT PROGRAM ARE FROM CYPRUS. NONPROFITS SHOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT IF THEY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF HAVING AT LEAST 55% OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS BE FROM CYPRUS, AND HAVE LEADERSHIP TEAMS THAT ARE COMPRISED OF AT LEAST 55% OF CYPRUS RESIDENTS. I THINK ONLY FOUR OF OUR 19 CURRENT GRANT RECIPIENTS DON'T MEET THAT 55% REQUIREMENT. CYPRUS YOUTH BASEBALL IS ACTUALLY A CLOSE ONE. THEY'RE AT 51%, AND I THINK THEY COULD EASILY BOOST THEIR NUMBER OF CYPRUS RESIDENTS TO 55%. BUT I'M OKAY WITH CHANGING THAT CUTOFF NUMBER. I THINK AT SOME POINT WE USED TO BE AT 50% PLUS 1 OR 51%. ACTUALLY IT'S IT'S 50% PLUS ONE MORE RESIDENT, RIGHT? YES. IN 2010, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE RESIDENCY PERCENTAGE. SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL REQUIREMENTS. BUT I THINK THIS WAS BOOSTED UP TO 55% TO MATCH OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS, WHICH DO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, OF WHICH ONES HAVE THAT 55% RESIDENT RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT ROSTERS FROM ALL OF OUR YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THEY ARE ALL ABOVE 55% AS FAR AS THEIR PARTICIPANTS. OKAY. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. I'M SORRY GUYS, THIS IS BRAND NEW. SOMETHING I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT OVER THE WEEKENDS. AND BUT I DID MANAGE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH JEFF TODAY. BUT I'M SORRY FOR THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BRINGING THIS UP. THE SECOND PART IS REINFORCING A CAP PER PARTICIPANT. SO IN TERMS OF COST, AND THAT'S A CEILING FOR HOW MUCH WE SHOULD SPEND PER PERSON FROM CYPRUS, NONPROFITS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE CITY TO SURVIVE. FINE WITH US HELPING OUT. BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE THE MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THESE NONPROFITS. IF WE ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF MONEY FOR THESE NONPROFITS, THEY SHOULD BE MANAGED BY THE CITY AND RUN BY CITY STAFF. AN EXCEPTION, I THINK, IS THE CYPRUS FESTIVAL. WE ALREADY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF 
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INVOLVEMENT AND OVERSIGHT WITH THE CYPRUS FESTIVAL GROUP, AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE UNDER THAT $1,000 PER RESIDENCY RESIDENT COST MARK. SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE START OUT WITH $1,000 PER CYPRUS RESIDENT AND POSSIBLY REDUCE THIS AMOUNT IN THE FUTURE. $1,000 PER PARTICIPANT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO ME, AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY VERY GENEROUS. MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE AT $200 A PARTICIPANT. AS AYSO, CYPRUS KIWANIS, THE WOMEN'S CLUB, AND I THINK WE ONLY HAVE TWO THAT ARE ABOVE THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD LIMIT. $1,000 PER PARTICIPANTS. NOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE MAKE THESE CHANGES RIGHT AWAY. 
          EVEN THIS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. SO I'D BE FINE WITH IT FOR THE FOLLOWING CYCLE EVEN, BUT HOPEFULLY THE NEXT CYCLE. BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN TWO YEARS. WITH THESE CHANGES, I THINK WE CAN BECOME MORE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN CYPRUS, AND WE CAN REIN IN COSTS FROM GETTING OUT OF HAND IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IF PROGRAMS DO START TO GO ABOVE THAT $1,000 MARK. AND SO WE CAN PUT A LIMIT ON IT NOW BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF CONTROL. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PETE HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK. AND SO I KNOW YOU MADE SOME NEW SUGGESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. SO I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PETE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE HER THOUGHTS. AND THEN WE CAN SORT OF CIRCLE BACK TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND SEE WHERE THE GROUPS AT. WELL, DOES JEFF HAVE ANY RESPONSES? WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THEM OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST MOVE FORWARD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS POLICY. AND BECAUSE OF THE OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB, AND I TALKED TO JEFF A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BECAUSE THE WOMEN'S CLUB, AS AN ORGANIZATION, THEY GET NO CASH, THEY GET USE OF FACILITY. AND THAT'S THE FUNDS THAT THE THE WOMEN'S CLUB GETS. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CLUBHOUSE OKAY. SO SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING JUST AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE WOMEN'S CLUB THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE. WE ACTUALLY CHANGED OUR BYLAWS A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BYLAWS WENT ACCORDING TO WHATEVER THE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CYPRUS, BECAUSE WE NEVER WANTED TO LOSE THAT FUNDING, BECAUSE THAT USING THOSE FACILITIES IS, IS VERY CRITICAL TO US. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THE REPORTING THAT'S SOMETHING NEW. OKAY. AND HONESTLY, AS A AS A CLUB MEMBER WHO TAKES THE, YOU KNOW, OUR CLUB MEMBERS GET THE BENEFIT OF USING THE FACILITY. I THINK IT'S ONLY RIGHT TO TO HAVE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS COME BACK IN TERMS OF HOW DID YOU USE THE FACILITY, WHAT DO YOU DO AND HOW DO HOW ARE YOU BETTERING THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S THE CONVERSATION YOU AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO YOU HAVE MY TOTAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND SO REGARDS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG SUGGESTIONS, I GUESS THERE WERE ESSENTIALLY TWO OF THEM. ONE WAS SUGGESTING REQUIRING A MINIMUM MINIMUM RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. AND I THINK EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT WAS IT OF 55%. RIGHT, 55%. RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'S WRITTEN THAT THAT'S THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. BUT THERE'S REALLY NO I MEAN, THERE'S NO REALLY A LOWER PRIORITY AND THERE'S NO LOWER NUMBER FOR THAT THOSE PRIORITY, BUT JUST 55% ACROSS THE BOARD. SO 55% I GUESS TO BE ELIGIBLE. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND WAS A CAP PER PARTICIPANT OF $1,000 IN COST PER MEMBER OR PARTICIPANT SERVED PER YEAR. YOU KNOW, THE SECOND PART, I WOULD EVENTUALLY LIKE TO MOVE IT TO A COST PER RESIDENT, BUT I'M FINE WITH JUST HAVING A COST PER PARTICIPANT FOR NOW. OKAY. AND SO. ONE QUESTION I GUESS I HAVE FOR MR. DRAPER, JUST LOOKING OVER THE COST PER PARTICIPANT OR RESIDENT RESIDENT COLUMN, MAYBE. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S DETERMINED WITH WHAT'S A PARTICIPANT OR MEMBER LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, I SEE THE THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL ONLY HAS 15 MEMBERS SERVED, BUT HAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTEND. SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD VOTE ON THAT BEFORE I BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MEMBER PARTICIPANT SITUATION. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT IT. NUMBER ONE, THE CYPRESS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL, WHEN IT HAS A COST OF MEMBER OR PARTICIPANT, THAT IS THEIR BOARD ROSTER. IT'S VERY HARD TO GET A DETAILED RESIDENCY STATUS FROM THE FESTIVAL, AS WHEN PEOPLE ATTEND THE FESTIVAL, THEY ARE NOT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, VERIFYING IDS WHEN THEY WALK IN. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT COUNT ON 
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HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTEND OR WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM. HOPEFULLY WITH THE DATA ANALYTICS SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A BETTER GUESS AT THAT. BUT STILL, THAT THAT WON'T EVEN BE EXACT WHEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FEW OF THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. ONE IS THE CAP PER PER RESIDENT OR OR PARTICIPANT. SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE THE ENTIRE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THESE GROUPS ARE DOING. 
          SO A LOT OF TIMES THE MEMBERSHIPS ARE WHAT THEIR BOARD ROSTERS ARE, NOT THE MEMBERS WHO THEY ARE SERVING OR THE PEOPLE WHO THEY'RE SERVING WITH OUR YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS, IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE THEY SIGN UP, THEY PLAY IN A LEAGUE. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE FESTIVAL, WE DON'T CHECK EVERYBODY'S ID AS THEY WALK IN. 
          AS FAR AS RESIDENCY, YOU HAVE FOUR GROUPS THAT IF YOU IMPLEMENTED A 55% RESIDENCY RATE AND STUCK TO THAT, IT WOULD AFFECT ONE WOULD BE CYPRESS PONY BASEBALL, WHICH IS OUR CHAMPION BASEBALL LEAGUE, WHICH YOU HEARD LAST, LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT THEY SERVE OVER 200 KIDS AND THEY COME FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF OF AREAS, NOT JUST CYPRESS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MAKES THAT LEAGUE SPECIAL. YOU ALSO HAVE CYPRESS YOUTH BASEBALL, WHO THAT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED, BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM SINCE, AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR RESIDENCY UP TO 55% AS FAR AS PARTICIPANTS, BUT THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD STILL DOES NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE THE ROTARY CLUB WHO THEY DO NOT MEET, THE 55% RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY MERGED WITH A FEW OTHER ROTARY CLUBS SO THAT NOW IT'S MORE OF A REGIONAL GROUP. 
          BUT THAT BEING SAID, THEY ARE THEY THEY HAVE ONE FACILITY RENTAL THAT THEY DO EACH YEAR WITH US, AND THAT'S FOR A FUNDRAISER. AND THEY ALSO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THEM DURING THAT ONE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS SAINT EYES, THE CHURCH. THEY DO A CHRISTMAS EVE MASS AND THEN A FEW OTHER LITTLE THINGS, BUT WITH THEM THEY DON'T MEET THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEIR PARISH SERVES MORE THAN JUST CYPRESS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY MAY BE AT A 3,536% RESIDENCY RATE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY STILL SERVE ABOUT 4100 CYPRESS RESIDENTS. SO RIGHT NOW, THE POLICY JUST STATES THAT IT'S THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. AND WE KIND OF GIVE COUNCIL THAT LEEWAY TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE THE RESIDENCY NUMBERS UP IN THE REPORT WHEN WE DISCUSS THOSE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE CLARIFICATIONS. I SUPPOSE I HAVE TWO THOUGHTS AFTER HEARING THAT AND THE DISCUSSION SO FAR. ONE IS IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAP DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D PROBABLY NEED TO BRING BACK IN THE FUTURE WITH SOME CLARIFICATION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A MEMBER OR PARTICIPANT MORE CLEARLY DEFINED, IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH A SORT OF RESIDENCY EXECUTIVE BOARD LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY SOMETHING WE A CRITERIA THAT WE USE. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WANTED TO SHARE THOUGHTS ON THAT PROPOSAL. THE IDEA THAT SORT OF 55% OF AN ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OR THEIR MEMBERS THEY SERVE SHOULD BE CYPRESS RESIDENTS. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR MONEY. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS WHAT'S WRONG WITH JUST LEAVING IT THE WAY THAT IT IS? I THINK IT'D BE INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL. HURTFUL. I'M AT A LOSS FOR ANOTHER WORD FOR EXCLUDING A CHURCH IN CHAMPIONS BASEBALL, AND THE OTHER TWO THAT JEFF JUST MENTIONED. WHY DON'T WE JUST LEAVE IT AS IS? IT'S WORKED FOR THIS LONG. PROVIDE THE ACCOUNTABILITY, OF COURSE, BUT JUST LEAVE IT AS IS. WHY DO WE WHY DO WE NEED TO CHANGE IT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I'M. I'M NEW TO THIS. I'M LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT I. I DON'T HAVE THE BIAS THAT MANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEING LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE INVESTED IN THESE PROGRAMS. YOU GUYS HAVE FRIENDS IN THESE PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, YOUR FRIENDS PROBABLY STARTED SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. I'M JUST LOOKING AT A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CYPRESS MONIES, CYPRESS DOLLARS, STAY WITH CYPRESS RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO RENTING OUT A FACILITY. YOU KNOW, IT'S SMALL. IT'S, YOU KNOW, FIVE, $10,000. IT MIGHT BE TOUGH, BUT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND THAT 5 OR $10,000. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T LET THIS GET OUT OF CONTROL, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT'S VERY POSSIBLE SOMEONE COULD COME ALONG AND THEY COULD MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THESE OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING. BUT THEY'RE ONLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I 
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MENTIONED, 1% CYPRESS RESIDENTS, 10% CYPRESS RESIDENTS. AND THEY WOULD THEY SHOULD GET THIS MONEY, BUT WE MIGHT NOT GIVE THEM THE MONEY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST NOT A CYPRESS NONPROFIT. AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I'M COMING FROM WITH THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, PETE. YEAH. FOR CLARITY, ARE YOU REFERRING TO I'LL CALL IT THE INDIRECT THE, THE, THE USE OF THE FACILITIES THE SAME AS GIVING MONEY. YEAH. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD SEGUE BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT WITH SEAN JOYCE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. AND PART OF IS WHY DO WE CHARGE SO MUCH FOR OUR FACILITY FEES, INCLUDING OUR FIELDS, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO END UP WAIVING OUR FEES FOR MOST OF THESE GROUPS? SO ONE IDEA, I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE IS LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE'RE CHARGING FOR OUR FACILITIES AND OUR USAGE FEES. ON PAPER, THIS WOULD REDUCE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT, BUT IT HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF MAKING THIS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO I MEAN, LIKE ARNOLD CYPRESS PARK, THE FIELDS, IT'S ABOUT $40 AN HOUR OR SOMETHING. IS THAT IS THAT RIGHT? I'M NOT SURE, JEFF. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? APPROXIMATELY. 
          YES. I MEAN, WHAT WHAT MIDDLE SCHOOLER OR HIGH SCHOOLER IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I, YOU KNOW, I'M WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, FIND WHATEVER OPEN PARK WAS THERE AND PLAY ON IT. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU GUYS WALKED BY ACP FIELDS AND THEY'RE COMPLETELY LOCKED AND NOBODY'S PLAYING ON THEM? YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE ARE TO LOWER THAT COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FEES, WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABLE TO PAY THOSE FEES AND PLAY ON THE PARKS. SO, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MIGHT BE A STRATEGIC GOAL THAT WE ADD FOR NOT THIS TIME, BUT NEXT TIME, POSSIBLY LOWERING OUR FEES AND FINDING A WAY FOR US TO TO GET THOSE COSTS DOWN. COUNCIL MEMBER. MINIKUS. THANK YOU, KYLE, TO MY POINT IS ABOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S NOT THAT I KNOW PEOPLE ON THEM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT FOR YEARS NOW, THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RELIED ON THE CITY, RELIED ON ON US TO HELP THEM OUT. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S TRAGIC IF WE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM. 
          YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE OKAY, SO WE'VE ALREADY AGREED EVERYBODY HAS THEIR CONTRACT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. RIGHT? SO TO DO ANYTHING MIDSTREAM WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. OKAY. IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, IN A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE NEW CONTRACTS, WE COULD DO THAT IF WE FEEL WE DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT A GIVEN PROGRAM BECAUSE OF RESIDENCY, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE, RIGHT? THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT CITY. I HATE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, BUT IF THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO BUSINESS, THAT IS WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD NOT BE MY VOTE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT. BUT I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE RIGHT NOW FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE I THINK EVERYBODY HAS SIGNED THEIR AGREEMENTS. HAVE THEY NOT. OKAY. 
          AND AND SO THE ONE THING I TALKED TO JEFF EARLIER ABOUT TODAY WAS PERSONALLY, I APPRECIATE THAT WE MEET DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN THERE'S LESS ACTIVITY GOING ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S NOT OTHER CONFLICTS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. BUT IF, IF, IF THAT WANTS TO BECOME A TOPIC IN THE NEXT ONE, FINE. THE FEES. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, ABOUT MAKING IT MORE, I'LL CALL IT COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER CITIES. SO I DON'T THINK WE ARE OUT OF BED FROM WHAT OTHER CITIES DO. MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY COMPETITIVE RATE. WE WEREN'T FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE HAVE HONESTLY, WE HAVE GREAT FIELDS, YOU KNOW, FOR BASEBALL, FOR SOCCER, BASEBALL. RIGHT. SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE FOR REDUCING IT UNLESS OF COURSE, WE SEE SOME HARDSHIPS WHERE PEOPLE JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT. AND THEN THEN I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ANYWAY, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST MAYBE WE PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR FOR A YEAR FROM NOW. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WHEN THE NEXT ONE COMES ABOUT AND THEN TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION, AND WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN OTHER AGENDA ITEMS TO GET THROUGH. SO HERE'S WHAT I'LL SHARE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. AND THEN A SUGGESTION. LOOK, I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG BROUGHT THIS UP I THINK THIS THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK. I THINK IT IT IS A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK. SHOULD CYPRUS TAX DOLLARS GO TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE MAJORITY 
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OF THE PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT THEM AREN'T CYPRUS RESIDENTS, OR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION, I, ON THE LIST THAT 0% OF THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD IS CYPRUS RESIDENTS, AND THEY'RE GETTING 100 AND OR 300 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TOTAL SUPPORT OVER TWO YEARS. 
          WE'RE ALSO IN AN ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU'VE WATCHED THESE MEETINGS, YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TRADE OFFS. AND ONE THING YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF IS, WELL, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE STAFF RESOURCES TO REPLACE A PLAYGROUND. WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE PARK DISTRICT FUNDS TO DO ANOTHER PROJECT. AND SO WHEN I SEE THAT SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT EVEN HAVE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN CYPRUS ARE GETTING GENEROUS CITY SUPPORT, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE BEING TOLD WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF, RESOURCES OR MONEY TO DO OTHER PROJECTS. I THINK AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO, BUT MAYBE NOT DECIDING ON IT TONIGHT. SO I THINK MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE BRING THIS BACK IN THE FUTURE, HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES DO, CONSIDER SOME OF THE GOOD POINTS EVERYBODY'S MADE. I, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST SOONER THAN A YEAR THAT WE BRING IT BACK, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT MEETING. SO IT'S SOMETHING I'LL PROBABLY BRING UP. OR COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG YOU CAN BRING UP BEFORE OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. OR IF YOU WANT TO PERHAPS AGENDIZE THIS CONVERSATION FOR A FEW MEETINGS OUT IN THE FUTURE. 
          THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT THERE'S KIND OF YOUR IDEA. OKAY, I'M FINE WITH THAT. MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE SKIPPING A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND THE NEXT ONE WILL PROBABLY BE IN SPRING, I SUPPOSE. WELL, I THINK WE'VE POSTPONED THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. I'M NOT I DON'T THINK WE'VE DECIDED TO NECESSARILY SKIP IT ALTOGETHER. OKAY. SO WHEN WE DO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING THE NEXT TIME, THEN I'LL BRING IT UP MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT. AND SO THAT WAY WE'LL BE PREPARED TO PUT IT ON AT STRATEGIC PLAN MEETING. OKAY. SO SO, MR. MAYOR, WHAT WE'D LOOK FOR WOULD BE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO A DATE UNCERTAIN. OH, AND SO, JEFF, I SHOULD ASK YOU. AND SO THIS POLICY WE'RE UPDATING, IT'S NOT FOR IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANY OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS. IT'S FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE TIME TO POSTPONE IT A BIT. CORRECT. THE THE POLICY WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. THE ONLY THING WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO IS INTRODUCE THOSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND START WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THOSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. OKAY. WELL THEN COULD IT POTENTIALLY BE BENEFICIAL TO APPROVE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND KIND OF TABLE THE REMAINDER OF THE POLICY? OKAY. WELL IF SO, THEN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ADDED TO OUR NONPROFIT CONTRIBUTION POLICY. BUT TABLE OR POSTPONE THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO A LATER DATE. I'LL SECOND THAT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 14 RECEIVE LOGO SURVEY RESULTS AND 
          [14. Receive Logo Survey Results and Select a City Logo Prepared by:  Alisha Farnell, City Clerk Recommendation:  Receive logo survey results, select a City logo, and approve the refreshed City seal. ]
SELECT A CITY LOGO PREPARED BY OUR CITY CLERK, ALICIA FARNELL. SURE THING WE'VE WAITED 70 YEARS FOR A LOGO, SO I THINK WE CAN WAIT TWO MORE MINUTES. 
          GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND TO OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER. MR. JOYCE, I'VE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU YET, MR. WEINER. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS ARIANNA BARRIOS. I'M THE OWNER OF COMMUNICATIONS LAB. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY ENTIRE COMPANY, MOST OF THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS OF MY TEAM OR MUCH BIGGER TEAM, BUT THE ONES YOU NORMALLY SEE DAY TO DAY HERE IN CYPRUS ARE HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING. WE ARE REALLY PLEASED, AFTER A YEAR LONG PROCESS, TO PRESENT YOU THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN AND ELEVATE THE CITY'S BRAND AS CYPRUS APPROACHES ITS 70TH BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR INCORPORATION NEXT YEAR. SO LOTS OF BIG ACTIVITIES PLANNED 
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AROUND THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR. THIS HAS BEEN A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. NOT ONLY HAVE WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH CITY STAFF, HAD A LOT OF INPUT FROM THEM, BUT WE WENT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL, AND RESIDENTS HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO COME FORWARD AND SAY WHAT THEY LIKED, WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE. WE DID ONE THROUGH A SURVEY AND WE DID ONE THROUGH A SECONDARY SURVEY. THE FIRST ASKED THEM WHAT MAKES CYPRUS, CYPRUS? AND THEY GAVE BACK A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND REALLY HONED US IN ON WHERE WE SHOULD BE. THE SECOND WAS, OKAY, HERE'S SOME SELECTIONS BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL. WE SAID, HERE'S HERE'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING. AND THEY MADE THEMSELVES, THEIR OPINIONS KNOWN. SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS WHOLE EFFORT WAS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE CITY AND THE CITY SEAL. WHAT OUR TASK WAS, WAS TO ADOPT AND REFRESH. AND I REALIZED SOME OF THIS PRESENTATION YOU ALL HAVE HEARD BEFORE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO PRESENT IT TO THE PUBLIC. SO THE IDEA WAS NOT TO CHANGE THE CITY SEAL. THAT IS YOUR OFFICIAL CITY, YOU KNOW, MONIKER THAT PEOPLE WOULD SEE ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS EVERYTHING THAT YOU PRESENTED THIS EVENING TO ALL THE CUTE KIDS, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, BUT THAT IS FOR OFFICIAL USE. AND SO WE WERE ASKED TO UPDATE, MAYBE MODERNIZE IT A LITTLE BIT. WE TALKED TO CITY STAFF ABOUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ISSUES WHEN THEY TRIED TO REPLICATE THAT. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'VE JUST GONE AND TAKEN IT TO DO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE IS TO JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE REFINEMENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, TAKING THE SCALLOP OFF THE EDGE, GIVING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN LOOK, IT WAS ALSO A MATTER OF CHOOSING FINAL BRAND COLORS FOR THE CITY. THAT WOULD BE SHARPER AND CLEARER, MUCH MORE EASY TO REPRODUCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT FOR YOUR CITY SEAL, A LOT OF THAT USAGE WILL BE MOSTLY DIGITAL. WE WON'T IMPLEMENT IT, SAY, FOR LIKE ENVELOPES OR LETTERHEAD. IF WE GO AND PRINT THOSE THINGS UNTIL WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS GONE. SO THERE'S NO WASTE IN THAT ASPECT. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE USING IT ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS WHERE IT'S JUST DIGITAL ASPECT, YOU'D BE ABLE TO USE THE NEW ONE. AND. OKAY, DID IT GO OKAY? SO I KIND OF WENT THROUGH THIS ALREADY. 
          WE HAVE THE SEAL. AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THIS EFFORT WAS TO CREATE A LOGO, A LOGO THAT WAS A LITTLE LESS FORMAL. FORMAL REALLY HONORS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT BOTH YOU, THE CITY STAFF AND THE PUBLIC SAID WERE IMPORTANT AND WERE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY. 
          THE SEAL WOULD STAY ON FORMAL DOCUMENTS AND THEN THE NEW LOGO WOULD BE MORE VERSATILE. SO JUST AGAIN, TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS STARTED THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHERE WE DID A CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP. WE'VE DONE SURVEYS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WE DID SURVEYS WITH THE RESULTS AND REVIEWING IT WITH STAFF AND WITH THE COUNCIL. WE DID A WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED AMONGST STAFF MEMBERS. THEN WE DID A I WANT TO SAY WE PROBABLY DID ABOUT 40 DIFFERENT LOGO CONCEPTS. ALICIA, YOUR VOICE WILL BE VERY MUCH MISSED IN HAVING A SAY IN ALL THAT, AS WILL MR. DRAPER'S. SO WE WORKED THROUGH ALL THAT THAT YOU, AND N WE GAVE THE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THE SURVEY. WE DID IT DIGITALLY. WE DID IT THROUGH THE CITY NEWSLETTER. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY DID A LIVE IN-PERSON VOTING AT THE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. SO WE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER 1200 SURVEYS, 1100 PLUS ELECTRONIC, 61 IN PERSON AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND THESE WERE THE FOUR OPTIONS THAT WE GAVE THEM. NOT ONLY WERE THERE THESE FOUR OPTIONS, BUT WE ALSO GAVE THEM LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS, HOW WE LOOKED AT IT, HOW WE ENVISIONED IT BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK. SO EVERYTHING HAD A STORY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE STORY AND LOOK AT THE VISUAL PRESENTATIONS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I'M GIVING IT AWAY ALREADY. THE NUMBER ONE, A CITY OF CYPRUS WAS THE WINNER, THE CLEAR WINNER AT 47.26%. SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE. SO WITH THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE STORY WAS SO THE STORY OF THIS PARTICULAR LOGO WAS FRAMED BY A CIRCLE, A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF UNITY AND CONTINUITY. THIS LOGO REFLECTS CYPRUS AS A WELCOMING, CONNECTED COMMUNITY. AT THE CENTER, FIVE CYPRESS TREES STAND TALL TO HONOR THE CITY'S NAME. THEY ALSO REPRESENT STRENGTH, PRIDE AND PROTECTION AND REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENTS, LEADERS, AND GENERATIONS STAND SIDE BY SIDE. BEHIND THE TREES, GENTLY CURVED GREEN LINES PAY TRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S AGRICULTURAL PAST AND CONNECT TO TODAY'S COMMUNITY TO THE LAND THAT IT SHAPED ABOVE A GLOWING ARC SEEN AS EITHER A SUNRISE OR A SUNSET EVOKES WARMTH, RESILIENCE AND A SENSE 
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OF OPTIMISM. ALTOGETHER, THE DESIGN REFLECTS A CITY ROOTED IN ITS PAST, CONNECTED TO ITS PRESENT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH HOPE. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T DO THAT IS SOMETHING, AS WE FINALIZED A FORMAL BRAND FOR THE CITY, IS WE DIDN'T CONNECT NECESSARILY THE CYPRESS TREES TO ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR, BUT THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD BE. AND IT COULD BE A SECONDARY THING THAT WE DISCUSS EITHER TONIGHT OR LATER ON WITH CITY STAFF. SO THE FIVE CYPRESS STREET CYPRESS TREES COULD BE THE FIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, OR IT COULD BE THE TOP FIVE CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY SAID INVOKE EVOKED CYPRESS TO THEM, AND THOSE WOULD BE FAMILY FRIENDLY, COMMUNITY PRIDE, SECURITY AND RELIABILITY. SO AS WE GO AND PRINT THE LEGEND WHEN WE MAKE OUR BRAND BOOKS, THAT IS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE CAN DECIDE. SO WITH THAT, AS I SAID, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED. SO WHAT WE DID AND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT FOR YOU TO MAKE A SELECTION ON IS WITH THIS, WE ACTUALLY ADDED SOME STYLISTIC CHANGES TO IT JUST SLIGHTLY, WHICH I'M GOING TO SHOW TO YOU IN A SECOND. THAT WAS BECAUSE AS WE TALKED TO STAFF, THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN THIS VERSION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO RECREATE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN EMBROIDERY, IF ANYBODY WAS TO EMBROIDER THE LOGO. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ADDED THIS STYLIZATION TO JUST CLEAN UP THE LINES A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE THEM STRONGER. AND BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IS ESSENTIALLY EXACTLY THE SAME LOGO WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, MORE DEFINITION TO IT. SO IT WOULD BE EASIER TO RECREATE, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE DO IT IN A MONOCHROMATIC OR GRADIENT OR WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU, JEFF, IN TERMS OF EMBROIDERY. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COULD BE DONE. SO WITH THAT, THE TIMELINE FROM HERE WOULD BE YOU, AS THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ADOPT THE NEW LOGO AND THE REFRESHED SEAL. WE WOULD DEVELOP THE SUBBRANDS FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO WE WOULD TAKE THAT MAIN BRAND AND THEN PUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS UNDER EACH ONE. WE WOULD DEVELOP THE CITYWIDE BRAND GUIDE AND A STYLE GUIDE. THIS MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE A CITYWIDE VOICE, WHICH WOULD THEN BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL STAFF. SO WHEN THEY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, HOW TO DO THAT, WHAT ARE THE RIGHT CONTEXT AND ALWAYS TO REPRESENT THE CITY? WE WOULD DEVELOP TEMPLATES FROM EVERYTHING FROM LETTERHEADS TO MEMOS, THINGS LIKE THAT, EMAIL SIGNATURES OR ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT NEED. STUFF ALWAYS COMING UP WITH UNIQUE WAYS FOR THINGS THAT THEY NEED. AND FINALLY, WE WOULD DO A COUPLE OF STAFF TRAININGS. SO AND JUST PRESENTING THE STYLE AND THE BRAND GUIDE. SO EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. AND SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE, I HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE YET TO MEET MR. JOYCE. WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR SOME TIME. I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO ALICIA OVER. THAT IS A THAT IS JUST A LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE IT IS QUITE COMPLEX AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A MEETING WITH YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY FUN AND EXCITING PROJECT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATED THE PROCESS AND ESPECIALLY I THINK, THE RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, IF A DIFFERENT LOGO HAD WON, I WOULD HAVE CRIED VOTER FRAUD BECAUSE IT ALMOST EVERY EVENT I WAS AT WHEN I TALKED TO RESIDENTS, THAT LOGO WAS THE THE SORT OF OVERWHELMING CHOICE, CLEARLY. AND NEXT TIME, JUST FOR COMEDY'S SAKE, WHEN YOU DO THAT SECOND TOUCHED UP LOGO, IT SHOULD BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AND SEE HOW PEOPLE REACT. THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG HAS A COMMENT. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY AGREE, I LIKE THE THE ONE THAT WAS CHOSEN, BUT CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE THE TWO SIDE BY SIDE? I'M NOT ENTIRELY SOLD ON THE, THE NEW VERSION THAT WAS CREATED, BUT I, I MIGHT JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DIGEST IT. THIS ONE. OH NO. THE NEXT ONE. THE SEAL. THE SEAL. OH NO NO, NO, I'M SORRY. HE MEANS THE REFRESH OR THE THE. YEAH. EMBROIDER DRAPER'S EMBROIDERY IMPACTED LOGO. YEAH. I'M. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SOLD ON THE NEW VERSION. I LIKE THE OLD VERSION, BUT MAYBE I JUST NEED MORE TIME TO GET USED TO IT. SO CAN YOU JUST LEAVE THE SLIDE UP FOR, FOR. AND I WAS TRAINED AS A DESIGNER. SO I ALSO FELT THAT LIKE THE HILLS IN THE BACKGROUND, IT JUST IT DIDN'T IT WASN'T AS EVOCATIVE OF HILLS AS THE OTHER VERSION AS WELL. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T LINE UP PROPERLY. SO THAT ALWAYS GETS ME. BUT IT IS IT IS A VERY SUBJECTIVE CHOICE. 
          IT IS VERY, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION. CAN I ASK A QUESTION THEN IN TERMS OF PRACTICALITY, WHAT IS THE KIND OF REAL LIFE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF, I DON'T KNOW, EMBROIDERY OR OTHER USES BETWEEN LIKE, WHAT'S THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY CHANGE BETWEEN 
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THESE TWO WITH THE WHITE LINES ADDED IN? IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENTIATION THAT MAKES IT EASIER WHEN YOU'RE GOING SPECIFIC. AND I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU EXAMPLES OF A MONOCHROMATIC USE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU REALLY SEE THOSE. AND IT'S IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT IN A GRADATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER VERSION. AND THAT'S WHERE JUST THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY. SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I DID NOT BRING YOU A VERSION OF THAT, SO YOU COULD SEE HOW THOSE WOULD REALLY STACK UP TOGETHER. OKAY. WELL, YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, I LIKE THE ORIGINAL ONE A BIT BETTER ON ON REACTION TO. BUT DO ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER PETE YEAH, CAN YOU GO BACK ABOUT 3 OR 4 SLIDES TO WHERE YOU COMPARE THE FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS? YES. THE ONE THING I DIDN'T NOTICE BEFORE IS ALL OF THE OTHER ONES HAVE CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA. AND THIS ONE SAYS THE CITY OF CYPRESS. NOW CLEARLY OUR SEAL HAS CALIFORNIA IN IT. THE I GUESS I HAVE A BIT OF RESERVATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE CALIFORNIA IN THERE SOMEWHERE, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO CYPRESS, TEXAS, AND I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS FROM THEM RECENTLY. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, GRANTED, WHERE DO I WEAR THIS? IT'S PROBABLY MORE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE CYPRESS IS. BUT THAT'S MY ONLY I DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL I SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER HERE. SO. THAT WAS A GOOD CALL. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT OTHER THAN MAKING IT SMALLER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IS IT THE CITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REPRESENT, OR IS IT CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REPRESENT? SO AS SOMEONE FROM ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, IT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD DO IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANTED ADDED, IT WOULD DEFINITELY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT GO AROUND LIKE THE, THE LOOP, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE CIRCLE ON THE OUTSIDE. AND WE SOME OF THE VERY ORIGINAL ONES WE DID ALSO HAD YOUR ESTABLISHED DATE. SO YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME WE CAN BRING YOU SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS OF THAT. 
          IF YOU WANTED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SELECTED ONE THAT THAT THAT WAS POPULAR WITH THE RESIDENTS AND SAY, OKAY, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME LITTLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE THINGS. THAT IS NOT UNHEARD OF. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SELECTION. THE SELECTION IS FINE. RIGHT? I JUST WAS IT BECAME VERY OBVIOUS THAT I THOUGHT I LOOKED ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AND SAID, WOULD WE WANT TO REALLY MORE REFERENCE THE CYPRESS THAN THE CITY OF CYPRESS? SO ANYWAY, JUST JUST A THOUGHT. I WOULD ALSO SAY YOU CAN SEE THAT IN ALL OF THESE OPTIONS THAT CALIFORNIA IS SMALL, VERY SMALL, SO THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM TO CHEAT THAT IN RIGHT DIRECTLY UNDER CYPRESS TO. YEAH. SO WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. 
          YEAH. BUT OTHERWISE I'M, I'M PLEASED. AND IF YOU NEED TO MAKE SOME THINGS FOR EMBROIDERY I GET IT. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT NOW RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO IT LATER. BUT I'M I'M OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL I, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALL GOING TO COME DOWN TO WHO FEELS THE MOST STRONGLY ABOUT ONE OF THESE THINGS. SO DOES ANYONE FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT THAT THEY WANT TO JUST GO WITH THE CURRENT? THE 47.26% GO WITH GO WITH THE WITH THE UPDATED VERSION OF THAT, OR REQUEST THAT OPTIONS COME BACK TO US INCORPORATING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS WELL. AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST, I DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ENOUGH THAT I, I NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. SO IF ANYONE ELSE DOES OR THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CALIFORNIA IN THERE. I DON'T NEED CITY OF. 
          OKAY, OKAY. JUST MY RECOMMENDATION. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GO AWAY FROM WHAT THE VOTERS SAID. RIGHT. THE SECOND THING IS I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT THE I'LL CALL IT THE HILLS. YEAH, I HONESTLY DIDN'T VOTE FOR THIS ONE. SO AND IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE HILLS AND THE SPIRAL THAT KIND OF THREW ME OFF. BUT I DON'T HAVE A HARD, HARD EITHER ONE ON THAT ONE. MINE IS MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA SIDE. THAT'S IT. SO EITHER WAY, EITHER ONE OF THOSE IS FINE WITH ME. I'LL AGREE WITH BONNIE. I LIKE CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA INSTEAD OF CITY OF CYPRESS. OKAY, WELL, IN THAT CASE, I MOVE THAT YOU COME BACK TO US WITH DERIVATIONS OF THIS LOGO INCORPORATING CALIFORNIA. AND MAYBE IF THERE'S ANY OPTIONS THAT ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHAIN CONCERN TO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF IN BETWEEN, PERHAPS WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ARTICULATE ENOUGH TO BE EMOTION, BUT THAT'S MY MOTION. IF THE OVERALL PREFERENCE IS FOR THE ORIGINAL, WE'RE PERFECTLY FINE EITHER WAY. WE WANT WE JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU AN ALTERNATIVE. OKAY. MY OVERALL 
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PREFERENCE IS FOR THE ORIGINAL, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. I MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE YOU BRING US BACK DIFFERENT VERSIONS INCORPORATING CALIFORNIA, I REALLY TRIED. I'LL SECOND. OH YEAH, I'LL DO I'LL DO THAT ONE NEXT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR APPROVE THE REFRESHED CITY SEAL. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. IT JUST AS A GENERAL COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID. YOU DIDN'T TAKE AWAY. I KNOW YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE GET GAVE FEEDBACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WAS VERY WELL DONE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU DID. SO THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO BACK TO THE CITY SEAL JUST SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE TWO TOGETHER? NO, I THINK THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF ME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS PROJECT FOR YOU. 
          OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL A BRIEF FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND ITEM 15 T READING OF AN ORDINANCE 
          [15. Approve First Reading of an Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Portions of Chapter 17 of the Cypress Municipal Code Relating to Smoking Regulations Prepared by:  Alicia Velasco, Planning Director Recommendation:  Introduce for first reading an ordinance repealing Sections 17-42 through 17-50 of Cypress Municipal Code Chapter 17 and replacing it with a new Section 17-42 (Smoking Prohibited).]
REPEALING AND REPLACING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SMOKING REGULATIONS PREPARED BY OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, ALICIA VELASCO. IS THAT. OKAY? GREAT. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING. SO I THINK FIRST, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHAT STATE LAW ALREADY PROHIBITS IN REGARDS TO SMOKING. IT IS CURRENTLY PROHIBITED IN SCHOOLS AND CHILDCARE FACILITIES, PLAYGROUNDS, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, MULTIFAMILY INDOOR COMMON AREAS SUCH AS LAUNDRY ROOMS, CLUBHOUSES AND GYMS, AND ALL INDOOR WORKPLACES. HOWEVER, STATE LAW DOES NOT PROHIBIT SMOKING IN OUTDOOR DINING AREAS. 
          OUTDOOR MULTI-FAMILY COMMON AREAS OR RECREATIONAL AREAS WHICH DO NOT HAVE A PLAYGROUND. 
          CITIES ARE PERMITTED BY THE STATE TO PASS THEIR OWN ORDINANCES TO FURTHER RESTRICT SMOKING WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION, WHICH TAKES US TO THE NEXT SLIDE. HOLD ON. WE ARE GOING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. OKAY. SORRY, MY MINE IS OFF HERE. OKAY. SO THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDES AN OBJECTIVE TO STRENGTHEN SMOKING REGULATION CITYWIDE. THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 25TH, WHERE DIRECTION WAS PROVIDED. THE DRAFT ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WILL PROHIBIT SMOKING IN RECREATIONAL AREAS, INCLUDING THEIR ASSOCIATED PARKING LOTS, OUTDOOR DINING AREAS, ALL PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT, BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC EVENT AREAS SUCH AS FARMERS MARKETS, FAIRS AND FESTIVALS WITHIN ALL AREAS OF A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, UNLESS IT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR SMOKING WITHIN 25FT OF A BUS STOP AND WITHIN 100FT OF SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE CENTERS. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THESE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE STATE'S REGULATIONS. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE RECOMMENDATION, I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING. SO VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE CONSIDERED A MUNICIPAL CODE INFRACTION. SO THAT WOULD BE A CODE ENFORCEMENT ENTITY WHO WOULD ENFORCE THESE VIOLATIONS. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES HAVE ONLY ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. AND OUR ENFORCEMENT IS GENERALLY COMPLAINT DRIVEN. BUT THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ACTUALLY OTHER COMMERCIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS, SUCH AS GRAFFITI OR ILLEGAL SIGNAGE, WHERE THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE A COMPLAINT AND THEN WOULD RELY ON PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO HELP ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE SMOKING PROHIBITIONS. SO I DO THINK THAT AS THE DIRECTOR OVERSEEING CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT THIS WOULD BE MANAGEABLE AND WE WOULD RELY ON BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS. AND THE ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE CLEAR SIGNAGE PROHIBITING SMOKING ON THE PROPERTY AND ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS AND GIVES THEM AUTHORITY TO DIRECT VIOLATORS TO STOP SMOKING OR TO LEAVE THEIR PROPERTY. SO, IN CONCLUSION, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCE 
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FOR FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S SMOKING PROVISIONS, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JOINING MY COLLEAGUES. HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER ALICIA, HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. SOMEBODY AT THE PARK SMOKING AND A CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OBSERVES THAT. WHAT WOULD BE THE MECHANISM FOR THAT? WOULD THAT RESIDENT OR THAT PERSON THAT WANTS THAT PERSON WRITTEN UP OR ISSUED A CITATION? WOULD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE CALLED? WOULD A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BE CALLED FIRST? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? RIGHT. CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE CALLED FIRST. AND IF IT WAS AFTER HOURS, A PERSON COULD CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT LIKE ALL OF OUR ENFORCEMENT MATTERS, RIGHT? WE CAN SET PRIORITIES. AND IF IT WAS A REOCCURRING ISSUE, CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD GO OUT THERE AND PROBABLY SPEAK TO THE PERSON. THAT'S GENERALLY HOW WE HANDLE THINGS OF THIS NATURE. WE WOULD DO A COURTESY NOTICE OR, YOU KNOW, COURTESY CONVERSATION AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED HERE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE SMOKE SOMEWHERE ELSE. MY, MY LARGER CONCERN AND I SPOKE TO THIS AT THE LAST MEETING. THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS WAS WE COULD POTENTIALLY, BASED UPON THIS NEW ORDINANCE, PUT A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN HARM'S WAY. HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. AGAIN. CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SHOWS UP, WALKS UP TO THE PERSON SMOKING. THEY COULD HAVE A HOST OF ISSUES GOING ON, RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT CAN TRIGGER A VIOLENT OR AGGRESSIVE ACTION ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WHICH IS THEN GOING TO CAUSE POLICE RESPONSE, SO FORTH AND SO ON. 
          MY CONCERN, AGAIN, IS THE OVERALL SAFETY FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRAINED, THEY DON'T HAVE WEAPONS, THEY DON'T HAVE ARREST CONTROL TECHNIQUES, THEY DON'T HAVE POWERS OF ARREST, AS FAR AS I KNOW, AT LEAST HERE IN CYPRUS. AND I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE I SAW THIS HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND INVESTIGATED CRIMES REGARDING THIS VERY SIMILAR SITUATION. SO AGAIN, MY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WITH ONLY HAVING ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WHAT THAT DOES TO OUR MANPOWER ISSUES IN DEALING WITH THE REST OF THE CITY. I KNOW THAT THEIR DOCKET IS FULL EVERY DAY AND THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN DO. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ADDRESS MARILYN'S CONCERN TOO. SO UNDER STATE LAW, BUSINESSES AND COMMERCIAL AREAS ALREADY, OR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT, THEY'RE ALREADY THEY ALREADY FALL UNDER STATE LAW IN TERMS OF BEING PROHIBITED. SO NOTHING REALLY CHANGES WITH THAT. WE DID UPDATE SOME OF OUR CITY CODES TO MATCH STATE CODES, STATE LAWS, BUT THAT WAS BUT THE STATE LAWS PREEMPT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CITY. SAME WITH OUR PLAYGROUNDS. OUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW ALREADY COVERED BY THE CURRENT CITY CITY ORDINANCE. 
          WE'RE JUST EXTENDING THAT OUT TO ALL THE AREAS IN THE IN THE PARK, INCLUDING THE PLAYGROUND. 
          SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TALKING ABOUT VETERANS PARK, THERE'S THE THERE'S THE THE SAND PITS WITH VOLLEYBALL, THERE'S THE SKATER PARKS, THERE'S THE BASKETBALL AREA, THERE'S LIKE THE THE BATHROOMS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT AND ALL THE WALKWAYS AROUND THAT. 
          SO THOSE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE THIS NEW ORDINANCE VERSUS THE OLD ONE WAS JUST THE THE PLAYGROUND. AND WHENEVER THERE'S A SPORTS EVENT AT THAT SPORTS EVENT TOO. BUT MOST OF US IS ALREADY WE THIS IS MOST OF THIS IS ALREADY COVERED BY THAT CITY ORDINANCE. AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT HANDLES IT CURRENTLY. AND I THINK AS YOU GUYS HAVE MENTIONED IT, YOU DON'T SEE TOO MUCH SMOKING IN CYPRUS, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK IT REALLY WOULD CHANGE. I MEAN, IT DOES CHANGE, BUT BUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WE VISUALLY SEE EVERY DAY, I THINK THIS JUST MAKES IT IN LINE WITH. YOU KNOW WHAT, JUST KIND OF OUR, OUR IDEAS OF WHAT WE WANT A CITY TO BE IN TERMS OF CLEAN AIR, YOU KNOW, BREATHABLE AIR AND NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH SECONDHAND SMOKE. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE DRAFTED ORDINANCE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. 
          WAS THAT A MOTION? SURE, SURE. LET'S MAKE A MOTION TO. INTRODUCE THE FIRST READING. 
          INTRODUCED THE FIRST READING OF THIS, THE NEW SMOKING ORDINANCE. SECOND. BEFORE VOTING, I'LL 
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READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING SECTION 17 DASH 42 THROUGH 17, DASH 50 OF CHAPTER 17 OFFENSES. MISCELLANEOUS OF THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE, AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW SECTION 1742. SMOKING PROHIBITED. THANK YOU. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES 
          [16. Identify an Executive Search Firm to Assist with the City Manager Recruitment Prepared by:  Fred Galante, City Attorney Recommendation:  Identify and approve a contract with an executive search firm to assist in the recruitment of a permanent City Manager.]
UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT UP, ITEM 16 IDENTIFY AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM TO ASSIST WITH THE CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT PREPARED BY FRED GALANTE, CITY ATTORNEY. FILLING IN TODAY IS CITY ATTORNEY BILL WINTER. THANK YOU. I KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM. ALL RIGHT. 
          EXCEPT THAT WE HAVE DEALT I HAVE DEALT PROFESSIONALLY WITH ALL OF THESE PROFESSIONAL SEARCH FIRMS. I THINK I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER. HE'S FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THESE FIRMS. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS NO BAD CHOICE. AND IT RESTS WITH YOUR SOUND DISCRETION. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS. I'VE GOT AN IDEA OF HOW WE MIGHT TRY THIS. SO WE'VE GOT WE'RE PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT FIRMS. MY SUGGESTION IS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IDENTIFY THE TOP THEIR TOP TWO CHOICES. AND THEN AFTER WE DO THAT WE SEE IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS AND GO FROM THERE. SO COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE LIST, THE THING THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON AS A COUNCIL IS WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR? SO WE HAVE A RECRUITER THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT AND LOOK, AS A CITY MANAGER, WHAT ARE THE NOT NECESSARILY THE RECRUITER CHARACTERISTICS, BUT WHAT ARE WE ASKING THEM TO DO. AND IS THAT NEXT? MAYBE BECAUSE WE LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT ON THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT A CITY MANAGER DOES. AND SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, HOW CAN WE BRING A RECRUITER IN AND GO OUT AND BRING SOMEBODY IN IF WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE NOT ALIGNED ON WHAT THAT EXPECTATION. SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. 
          TYPICALLY YOU HIRE A RECRUITER WHO SITS DOWN WITH YOU AND SAYS, WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR IDEAL CANDIDATE TO DO? WHAT FUNCTIONS DO YOU WANT YOUR IDEAL CANDIDATE PERFORM FROM THAT? YOUR RECRUITER FIRM WILL THEN BUILD A PROFILE. THANK YOU. OF OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF YOUR IDEAL CANDIDATE. AND THEN THE ADVERTISING PROCESS WILL WORK. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE PICKING A FIRM WHO THEN WILL WORK WITH THE FIVE OF YOU TO COME UP WITH THE VERY CRITERIA THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE BEGIN? OF COURSE. SO. SO WHAT IS THE I'M SORRY GUYS. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE END PRODUCT LOOK LIKE? ONCE THEY DO, THEY COME OUT WITH A LIST THAT WE GO WITH. OR JUST ONE PERSON LIKE THIS IS WHO WE CHOSE. THEY'LL MEET. THEY'LL MEET WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. THEY'LL COMPILE WHAT THEY LEARN. THEY WILL RUN IT BY YOU AS A GROUP TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE ALL BOUGHT INTO THE COMMON THEMES THAT THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALLY. 
          THEY'LL DEVELOP A BROCHURE. THEY'LL RUN THAT BROCHURE BY YOU GET YOUR APPROVAL, THEY'LL BEGIN THE RECRUITMENT AND HAVE A MUCH BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WHO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AFTER THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS WITH YOU, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY. SO YOU'RE DEVELOPING A PROFILE THAT FITS THE RECRUITER THAT THAT THAT HELPS THE RECRUITER UNDERSTAND WHO THEY'RE TALKING TO AND WHAT THEY'RE SHARING ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE EXPRESS OUR PREFERENCES. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO MY LEFT TO RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. ARE THERE TWO FIRMS THAT YOU THOUGHT STOOD OUT IN A POSITIVE WAY? HONESTLY, NO, NOT REALLY, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM HAVE GREAT REPUTATIONS AND ALL OF THEM ARE ABOUT COMPARABLE IN THEIR. IN THEIR BIDS, IF YOU WILL. SO I'M OKAY WITH ANY I DON'T HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO ANY OF THEM. I DON'T KNOW THEM PERSONALLY. SO I, I DON'T HAVE 
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A CLEAR OBJECTIVE AS TO WHO I'D LIKE TO SELECT. I JUST KNOW THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE ALL QUALIFIED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, ANY FIRMS YOU. YES. TO YOU. WELL, I KIND OF USED THE PROCESS ON COMPARING DIFFERENT CRITERIA. SO PRICE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL PRETTY COMPARABLE. SO THERE WAS REALLY NO DISTINGUISHING THEIR PROCESS. THEY ALL SEEM TO USE THE SAME PROCESS. THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE A SIMILAR TIME FRAME IN THEIR PROCESS, WHICH WAS INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. EACH ONE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE BASED ON WHERE THEY WERE, BUT AGAIN, ALL VERY COMPARABLE. WHAT DROVE ME TO MY TOP TWO HAD TO DO WITH SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE RECRUITERS HAD, AND MANY OF THEM HAD. IT WAS DID THEY WERE THEY A CITY MANAGER BEFORE AND NOW THEY'RE A RECRUITER. THEY WORKED IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND NOW THEY'RE DOING THIS. SO MY TOP TWO ARE BOB HALL AND ASSOCIATES, AND BOB MURRAY AND ASSOCIATES WERE MY TWO. THANK YOU. I ECHO A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBER PETE'S COMMENTS. I THINK THE CRITERIA THAT I LOOKED AT THAT STOOD OUT WAS THE NUMBER OF RECENT RECRUITMENTS, AS IN, HAS THIS FIRM BEEN RECRUITING A LOT OF CITY MANAGERS AROUND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECENTLY? IF SO, MY LOGIC IS THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF THE APPLICANT POOL AND MAY HAVE GOOD LEADS. AND SO THE TWO THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WERE BOB MURRAY AND ASSOCIATES AND RALPH ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, BOB HALL AND ASSOCIATES, RALPH ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES, COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. SO. SO FOR ME, I IT WAS RALPH ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES. 
          THEY JUST HAVE SO MANY MORE. SEARCHES GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN 2025. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM BEING OVERLOADED. BUT I MEAN THEY THEY JUST GOT SOMEBODY FOR YORBA LINDA. SO IT SHOULD BE SHOULD BE ONE SPOT OPENING UP. AND THEN I HAVE BOB'S THE BOB'S TIE THAT NUMBER TWO. SO BOTH BOTH BOB'S ARE EXCELLENT. SO I HAVE THEM BOTH AT NUMBER TWO. 
          OKAY. WELL YOU SERIOUSLY HAD THEM TIED BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO. YEAH THAT. YEAH IT DOESN'T HELP. 
          MENTIONS OF BOB HALL, THREE MENTIONS OF BOB MURRAY AND THREE MENTIONS OF RALPH ANDERSON. AND SO. THAT'S THAT'S GOT TO SIGN. WELL, WE COULD YEAH, WE COULD FLIP A COIN OR COUNCIL MEMBER IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A DECISION OR I THINK IF YOU FLIP THE COIN, I KNOW. WELL. 
          SO I HAD RALPH ANDERSON AS A THIRD. OKAY. I MEAN ALL OF THEM, LIKE I SAID, HAD DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE, I DON'T MEAN TO BE BREAK A TIE OR MOVE MINE AROUND, BUT I WAS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH RALPH ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES AS WELL. 
          I THINK THEY HAD A RELATIVELY LARGE TEAM, LARGER TEAM THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE THEY WERE COMPETITIVE. SO I'LL GUESS I'LL BREAK THE TIE AND I'LL MOVE MINE DOWN AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY BOB HALL AND RALPH ANDERSON. SO RALPH ANDERSON OKAY. WELL, IN THAT CASE I MOVE THAT WE SELECT RALPH ANDERSON AS ASSOCIATES TO CONDUCT THE RECRUITMENT. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. EXCELLENT CHOICE. GLAD WE RECOMMENDED 
          [17. Consider the First Reading of an Ordinance Updating the Order of Business at City Council Meetings to Allow for Changes to Oral Communications Structure Agendized by:  David Burke, Mayor Recommendation:  Consider the first reading of an Ordinance updating the Municipal Code relating to the Order of Business at City Council meetings to allow for the City Council directed changes to Oral Communications.]
THEM TO YOU. NEXT UP, ITEMS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ITEM 17. CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO ALLOW FOR CHANGES TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. STRUCTURE. THIS ORDINANCE IS BASED ON SOMETHING THAT I AGENDIZED AND THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK RECAP AND THEN CONFIRM THINGS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SO ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THAT THIS IS INTENDED TO WORK IS THAT ONCE THIS ORDINANCE IS ENCODED, CANCER RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY ITEM OF THEIR CHOOSING, ANY TOPIC AT THE BEGINNING OF MEETINGS, AND THEN RESIDENTS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS CAN DO SO AT THE TIME THAT AGENDA ITEM IS DISCUSSED BY THE COUNCIL, OR IF THEY LIKE, THEY CAN DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. 
          IF THEY'D RATHER JUST GET IT OVER WITH AND GET OUT OF HERE. AND THEN THE SECOND CHANGE IS THAT ALL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PERIODS WILL BE ACCESSIBLY ACCESSIBLE REMOTELY, WHICH I THINK SHOULD EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEETINGS. 
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THIS IS A MODEL I'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES. I THINK IT WILL MAKE THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE HERE AND KEEP THINGS SORT OF ON TOPIC. AND SO THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T SPELL ALL THAT OUT, BUT I'VE BEEN ASSURED BY MR. GALANTE IN A CONVERSATION THAT THE ORDINANCE PERMITS OR EFFECTUATES THOSE CHANGES. MR. WINDER, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE HAD A A PRIOR DRAFT OF THE AGENDA WENT OUT THAT HAD A LITTLE DIFFERENT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, BUT THE AMENDED AGENDA HAS THE UPDATED ORDINANCE LANGUAGE. SO DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG I'M I HAVE A SMALL HESITANCY. I, I DO LIKE IT WHEN THE GENERAL COMMENTING AREA IS AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF IF THERE'S SOMETHING EGREGIOUS THAT THE CITY DOES AND, AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS COME OUT AND SPEAK AT IT. OR, YOU KNOW, IF MARILYN WANTS TO COMMENT ABOUT THE CIVILITY OF OUR OF THE COUNCIL, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR IT. BUT I AM WILLING TO TRY THIS. I, I, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO SUGGESTED WE DO A TRIAL PERIOD OR A AND SO I WOULDN'T MIND US. I BUT MARILYN ALSO SAID SHE REALLY LIKES THIS NEW FORMAT. SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, SO I'M I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE WE TRY IT OUT FOR A BIT AND IF WE DON'T LIKE IT, WE COULD GO BACK TO IT. THERE WE GO. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THAT? SO, MR. WEINER, YOU. SO I'M THE OLDEST GUY ON THE PLATFORM HERE. SO CAN I GIVE YOU SOME FATHERLY ADVICE? SO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS A QUASI PUBLIC FORUM. IT IS PRIMARILY A BUSINESS MEETING, BUT STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT YOU ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE THEY ARE, BEFORE THEY'RE ACTED ON. YOU HAVE NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO LET ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. AGENDA BY AGENDA BY AGENDA. YOU CAN FIX AGENDA PERIODS AND YOU CAN IMPOSE TIME LIMITS. YOU'RE FREE TO DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANT. I HAVE WORKED IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL HAD OPEN COMMENT PERIOD ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON EVERY AGENDA ITEM. THOSE COUNCIL MEETINGS TYPICALLY ENDED AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING. SO PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO LEGALLY. YOU KNOW GOD BLESS YOU. MY MY ONLY THOUGHT IS THAT WHILE YOU DO HAVE A DUTY TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COMMENT, THIS IS PRIMARILY YOUR BUSINESS MEETING, WHICH HAS FIRST AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS SUPERIMPOSED ON IT. BUT CONSISTENT WITH THAT OBLIGATION, YOU CAN FIX TIME PERIODS AND LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT PEOPLE SPEAK. WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH ARE QUASI ADJUDICATORY PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK, AND TYPICALLY YOU ALLOW THAT LONGER BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATING AN EVIDENTIARY RECORD FROM WHICH YOU'LL MAKE A DECISION. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IF THIS IS THE POLICY THAT YOU WANT TO TRY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. MY LAST FATHERLY PIECE OF ADVICE TO YOU IS ONCE YOU START DOWN THIS ROAD, IT'S HARD TO MOVE BACK. WELL THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, THANK YOU. I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME AND I WANT TO ECHO IT AGAIN. I WANT TO TRY NEW THINGS. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PILOT PROGRAM AND SOMEWHAT HESITANT, BUT SUPPORTIVE OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. I WANT TO ALSO TRY SOMETHING NEW HERE. HOWEVER, AS I AS I STATED LAST TIME, I AM HESITANT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS GOING TO INTRODUCE MORE DRAMA. AND IF AFTER 3 TO 6 MONTHS WE FIND THIS EXTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR GOING OFF ON TANGENTS AND SO FORTH, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE GO BACK TO THE WAY WE HAD IT BEFORE. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR GOING AHEAD AND GIVING US THAT BIT OF FATHERLY ADVICE, BECAUSE I CAN KIND OF SEE US GOING DOWN A PATHWAY THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY REGRET. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S BEST TO TRY OUT NEW IDEAS AND LEARN FROM THEM, AND THEN WE CAN RECORRECT IN 3 TO 6 MONTHS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH, I'M KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THE THE PROCESS. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, ITEM THREE, WE HAVE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION. THAT'S OBVIOUS. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN WE HAVE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT'LL BRING THE BACK END TO THE FRONT END. AND THAT'S STILL PROPOSED AT THREE MINUTES I WOULD ASSUME. 
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THEN WE HAVE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUTES. PUBLIC HEARINGS NEW BUSINESS. AND THEN WE'RE SUGGESTING IN THAT NEW BUSINESS THAT ON EACH ITEM, HOWEVER MANY ITEMS THERE ARE, THAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE THE WHAT WE HAD TONIGHT AND WE HAVE MORE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS THAN WE TYPICALLY DO, INCLUDING SOME CONTROVERSIAL ONES. RIGHT. AND I DID A QUICK CALCULATION. AND IF WITHOUT EVEN THE INITIAL ORAL COMMUNICATION JUST FOR NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE SEVEN, I'LL CALL IT NEW BUSINESS ITEMS, INCLUDING WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ADDED. IF YOU GIVE EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM, AND I WENT AND DID A COUNT OF ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT HAD MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY TALKED TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATION FOR, JUST THAT PIECE IS TWO HOURS. NOW THAT ASSUMES THREE MINUTES PER. THEY MAY NOT MAY NOT TAKE THREE MINUTES. RIGHT. BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTED TO IS, I APPRECIATE WANTING TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY AS WE DO A VOTE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT FOR ALL OF US, OKAY, OF HAVING A POTENTIALLY TWO HOUR ORAL COMMUNICATION ON ALL THOSE ITEMS. NOW, WILL THAT HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST TOOK WHAT I THINK IT WAS SIX RESIDENTS I GOT UP TO SPEAK THAT SPOKE AT LEAST OF THREE ITEMS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM. AND AND I'M NOT AND ITEMS PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO GET LESS CONTROVERSIAL. SO IF WE WANT TO DO THIS AS A TRIAL, MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE LEAVE THE FRONT END THE WAY IT IS WHEN I WHEN I SAY THE FRONT END, LEAVE IT AT THREE MINUTES. AGENDA NON AGENDA, NO PROBLEM. BUT WHEN WE GET TO NEW BUSINESS, CAN WE MAYBE MAKE IT TWO MINUTES, MAKE IT A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, SHORTEN IT AND IF WE NEED TO EXTEND IT WE CAN RATHER THAN GOING WITH THE TYPICAL THREE MINUTES. THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT. SO MR. MAYOR, CAN I RESPOND TO THAT. 
          SO I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO TYPICALLY THE WAY I'VE SEEN THIS HANDLED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER IS LET'S ASSUME THAT AGENDA ITEM X HAS TEN PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK TO IT. FIRST OF ALL, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO REPEAT WHAT THEY HEAR OTHERS SAY. AND, AND, AND I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN, AND THIS IS PERFECTLY LAWFUL FOR YOU TO DO. 
          THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHOULD COULD SAY, IN VIEW OF THE NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED X MINUTES, ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES. SO THE PRESIDING OFFICER HAS DISCRETION TO ADJUST THAT TIME BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC TO DO IT. OKAY, SO I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BUILD IN A TIME PERIOD. I THINK YOU ESTABLISH THE THREE MINUTE CRITERIA AND YOU LEAVE IT TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER, THE MAYOR, IN HIS DISCRETION, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM AND THE NUMBER OF ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA TO ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME EACH SPEAKER GETS PERFECTLY LEGAL TO DO THAT. OKAY. AND I WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT RIGHT. WE'VE LET IT GO LONGER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HAVING HARD TIMES NOT TALKING AS MUCH. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S FINE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO GIVE THAT A TRY, I'M FINE. BUT I GUESS PREPARE I THINK PREPARE FOR MEETINGS. I THINK THE OTHER WAY YOU MANAGE THIS ISSUE IS YOU WORK WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER, INNER CITY MANAGER, NOT TO OVERLOAD THE AGENDA SO THAT YOU HAVE A MANAGEABLE AGENDA THAT ENCOURAGES THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE CAN I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THEORETICAL PROBLEMS THAT COULD OCCUR, BUT I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN MANAGE THEM SHOULD THEY ARISE AND ADAPT, SHOULD THEY ARISE. AND I THINK WHAT GIVES ME THE MOST COMFORT WITH TRYING IT IS THAT THIS PUBLIC COMMENT FORMAT IS UTILIZED IN MANY OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. AND SO I THINK IF IT'S A PROVEN METHOD THAT WORKS ELSEWHERE, THERE'S NO REASON IT'S NOT WORTH TRYING HERE. AND SO I WILL MOVE. SORRY, DAVID. ONE CLARIFICATION. SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THAT'S THAT'S STILL ONE SHOT FOR EVERYTHING. RIGHT. BUT ONCE WE GET TO NEW ITEMS, EACH NEW 
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AGENDA ITEM, YOU CAN SPEAK IN FRONT OF THAT NEW AGENDA ITEM. CORRECT. OKAY. SO I WILL MOVE TO PASS THE. YES I JUST ASK A QUESTION. I'M GOING TO GO TO THE CITY CLERK AND I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ALICIA. IF WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE KIND OF GET INTO A ROUTINE, HOW DIFFICULT? BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUAL OR NONE. RIGHT? HOW DIFFICULT IS IT GOING TO BE TO MANAGE TONIGHT? SEVEN ITEMS AND LET'S JUST SAY FIVE SPEAKERS PER ITEM. HOW DIFFICULT WOULD THAT BE IF IT WAS VIRTUAL IN OTHER? IS IT PRETTY? IS YOUR PROCESS PRETTY WELL REFINED AT THIS POINT? YES. IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF CHECKING THE ATTENDEES LIST TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS THEIR HANDS RAISED. OKAY, FOR VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION, MANAGING CARDS AS THEY COME IN. AND AGAIN, IF YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, THEN IT IT PROBABLY IS EASIER THAN NOT. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO ALLOW FOR CHANGES TO ORAL COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE AND ABILITY. DO WE NEED A. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. AND THEN I'LL READ THAT ORDINANCE TITLE BEFORE THE VOTE IS TAKEN. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2-2.9 OF THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND THAT MOTION 
          [18. Consider the First Reading of an Ordinance Relating to the City Council Decorum Rules and Code of Ethics Agendized by:  Leo Medrano, Mayor Pro Tem Recommendation:  Consider the first reading of an Ordinance relating to the City Council decorum rules and code of ethics.]
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 18. CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY COUNCIL DECORUM RULES AND CODE OF ETHICS AGENDIZED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO. JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THIS. THIS ITEM NUMBER 18, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, SPOKE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS. HE MADE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES. INSTEAD OF US GOING AHEAD AND DOING WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST WITH THAT MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENT THAT WAS REVIEWED, DISCUSSED, SIGNED INSTEAD AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE WERE THE BEST PATH FORWARD. SO I'M SUGGESTING MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY, FRED GALANTE, INSERTED IT INTO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO. I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM. WELL WRITTEN ORDINANCE. OKAY. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. OKAY, WE WE UPDATED WHAT'S OUT THERE. AND I THINK SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE SUBJECTIVE A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO THINGS. BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS SAID, WHICH IS KIND OF WHERE MY MINDSET WAS GOING AS WELL IS HOW DO WE ALSO ADDRESS THE DECORUM OF HOW WE RELATE WITH RESIDENTS? OKAY. 
          NOW PART OF IT'S BEHIND THE SCENES, OKAY. PART OF IT'S HERE, RIGHT HERE. I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CORDIAL HERE. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT LISTENING. BUT IN THE PUBLIC AND MAYBE THAT'S A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT I NEED TO AGENDIZE SOME OTHER TIME. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE DECORUM OF HOW WE REPRESENT OURSELVES IN THE CITY, AND MAYBE I'LL PUT THAT AS A SEPARATE ITEM FOR THE FUTURE TO TALK ABOUT. SO BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY A ONE WAY. AS WE'RE ON THE DAIS, SOME OF IT'S SUBJECTIVE, LIKE DISPARAGING IS KIND OF AN OPINION THING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT BUT IN GENERAL, IT IS THE DECORUM. I JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BECAUSE AS A COUPLE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAID, IS IF THEY FEEL INTIMIDATED, THAT'S AN ISSUE, OKAY. AND THAT IS IN GENERAL PUBLIC. SO ANYWAY, THAT THAT'S MY GENERAL COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS JUST KIND OF ADD TO BONNIE'S COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A POLICEMAN, A FIREMAN, MILITARY. 
          YOUR CONDUCT IS NOT JUST WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHEN YOU'RE AT WORK. IT ALSO EXTENDS INTO YOUR 
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PERSONAL LIFE. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS, I'D LIKE TO ADD AN AMENDMENT TO IT THAT IT'S NOT JUST WHEN WE'RE CONDUCTING CITY BUSINESS, BUT ALSO IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AS WELL. SORRY, IS THAT I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING EXACTLY. WE HAVE A WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEFORE US. DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO ADD TO THE ORDINANCE DICTATING HOW COUNCIL MEMBERS BEHAVE IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES, OR. YES, YES, EXACTLY. AND IF THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD HELP US NAVIGATE THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AS WELL. THAT WOULD TAKE SOME FURTHER ANALYSIS ON OUR PART. I'M SORRY TO SAY, I'VE NOT SEEN A CODE OF CONDUCT THAT APPLIES OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC MEETING. SO IF IF THE COUNCIL IS INCLINED TO HAVE US LOOK AT THAT AS A POSSIBLE ADDITION TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WE'D BE PLEASED TO DO THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY LANGUAGE I COULD SUGGEST TO YOU TONIGHT. I THINK THERE ARE SOME LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SUGGESTION THAT WOULD WARRANT SOME FURTHER ANALYSIS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH. I YOU KNOW, AS HE SAID THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE ALL RAN FOR COUNCIL, THERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT WE ALL SIGNED IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AS CANDIDATES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO RUN. I DON'T SEE A REASON OF WHY WE COULDN'T DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO REPRESENT CYPRUS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S THAT'S I SEE NO REASON OF WHY WE COULDN'T DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. AND MAYBE JUST A PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HOW WE'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY IN THE PUBLIC. THAT MAY BE THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE. FOR EXAMPLE, A CANDIDATE'S PLEDGE IS AN ASPIRATIONAL DOCUMENT. IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE. TRUE, TRUE. IT'S THE WAY CANDIDATES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE PUBLIC AND CANDIDATES WHO TAKE THE PROMISE AND THEN BREAK THE PROMISE. THE ULTIMATE SANCTION IS THE VOTERS WON'T VOTE FOR THEM. BUT IN TERMS OF INCORPORATING THAT INTO A CODE OF CONDUCT, AGAIN, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT ISN'T, BUT I WOULD WANT TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS, OR I WOULD WANT TO HAVE FRED DO SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS. SO DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM ME FROM THE DAIS? NO. I THINK IF IF I NEED CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADDING THAT LANGUAGE TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO OKAY, I WOULD SUGGEST I THINK YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, BONNIE, AND ADDING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO THIS IS A CONSIDERATION. I THINK. ALSO, THE CITY ATTORNEY BILL BRINGS UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, TOO, ABOUT NOT SEEING NECESSARILY LANGUAGE LIKE THAT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. SOME CITIES MAY HAVE THAT, BUT IN YOUR HOW MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE A FEW, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT. I DO THINK IT POSSIBLY BRINGS UP SOME ISSUES, AND I THINK IT'S IT'S WRONG FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SOME CHANGES HERE WITHOUT THE ACTING. FRED BEING PRESENT HERE SINCE HE WROTE THIS UP. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, AS I SAID DURING THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE PUT SOMETHING ON PAPER. FRED DID THAT. SIMPLE ADDITIONS. WE APPROVED THAT. AND IF WE WANT TO, WHEN FRED RETURNS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BRING UP A TOPIC OF, HEY, LET'S EXPLORE THIS OTHER ITEM OR IF YOU WANT TO, WHEN IT COMES UP TO COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, HOW ABOUT THEN YOU BRING IT UP, THEN BONNIE, AND SEE IF WE WANT TO GO AND ADD IT. THEN YOUR THOUGHTS, CITY ATTORNEY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IN THAT CASE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY COUNCIL DECORUM RULES AND CODE OF ETHICS. I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT MATTER, I'LL READ THE ORDINANCE TITLE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS TWO, DASH 2.15 AND 2-2.22 OF THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE CITY COUNCIL DECORUM, RULES AND CODE OF ETHICS. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 19 CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROPOSITION 
          [19. Consider a Resolution Opposing Proposition 50 on the November 4, 2025 Ballot Agendized by:  Bonnie Peat, Council Member Recommendation:  Consider a Resolution opposing Proposition 50 on the November 4, 2025 ballot.]
50 ON THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 BALLOT, AGENDIZED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH. THANK YOU. 
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THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP IS NOT BECAUSE I EXPECTED TO GET IT APPROVED. OKAY. WHAT I WANT TO REALLY POINT OUT IS WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE HERE REGARDING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND I'M GOING TO STAY VERY NEUTRAL WITH REGARDS TO THIS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SEEN HOW I VOTE AND HOW I DO THINGS, YOU'LL SEE THAT I USUALLY WANT TO TRY TO STAY WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS. I WANT TO STAY WITH, HEY, THE COMMISSIONERS DO A JOB, DON'T INTERFERE. AND I AND I REALLY TRY TO REINFORCE THAT IF THINGS ARE IN PLACE, IF THE VOTERS VOTED FOR SOMETHING, STAY WITH IT, RIGHT. UNLESS THE VOTERS TURN IT OVER. OKAY. 15 YEARS AGO, THE VOTERS CHOSEN CHOSE TO HAVE THIS SEPARATE COMMISSION AND HAVE IT IN PLACE SO THAT THERE WASN'T, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. AND SO WHAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST, OKAY, IS THIS IS A SPECIAL ELECTION. IT'S GOING TO COST THE STATE NO MATTER WHAT. IT'S GOING TO COST $200 MILLION, OKAY, OUT OF TAXPAYER MONEY. BUT THE ISSUE I HAVE IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR HAPPEN TO US AS ORANGE COUNTIANS. I'LL SAY, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, HEY, GO HIRE SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER CITY. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY BECAUSE OF ORANGE COUNTY IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR THOSE THAT LIVE HERE. RIGHT? AND WE HAVE OUR SURROUNDING CITIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY PROTECTIVE OF, TRYING TO MANAGE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WHO HOWEVER, IT IS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND NOT JUST CYPRESS. OKAY, CYPRESS IS NOT IMPACTED BY THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSITION BECAUSE OUR CONGRESSMAN WILL REMAIN THE SAME, NOT THE SAME, BUT WE HAVE ONE. BUT THERE ARE CITIES THAT WILL HAVE THREE. OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT NEWPORT BEACH, THEY WILL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CONGRESSMEN. HOW DOES YOU GET ANYTHING DONE WITH THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES? CONGRESSMAN. THEN ON TOP OF THAT ONE OF THE DISTRICTS GOES FROM LONG BEACH ALONG THE COAST ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO NEWPORT BEACH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUGHT IN THE LAST ELECTION WAS, HEY, LONG BEACH IS A DIFFERENT CITY, RIGHT? AND SO TO TRY TO SAY YOU WANT THE SAME CONGRESSMAN FOR THAT AS YOU DO FOR NEWPORT BEACH DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. OKAY. 
          SO THE REASON I'M POINTING THIS OUT IS NOT BECAUSE IT NECESSARILY IMPACTS CYPRESS, BUT AS AS A RESIDENT OF ORANGE COUNTY, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT BREAKING UP SOME CITIES, BREAKING UP AND PUTTING THINGS INTO ONE DISTRICT JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO THIS SNAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE COAST. THERE ARE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES IN EACH OF THOSE CITIES. AND SO IF YOU BRING A CONGRESSMAN THAT'S VERY FOCUSED ON LONG BEACH AND WE KNOW WHERE LONG BEACH IS, GO LOOK AND WALK THROUGH THEIR CITY, OKAY. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOES IN PLACE. SO THAT IS WHY I DID THE RESOLUTION IS TO NUMBER ONE, EDUCATE, MAKE SURE PEOPLE LOOK AT THE MAPS, GO OUT AND VOTE FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION HOWEVER YOU WANT TO VOTE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET MISLED BY THE TITLE SAYING PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. OKAY, REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD POSSIBLY IMPACT CYPRESS AS A RESULT OF THIS. SO THAT'S MY BIG MESSAGE. I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA. I PROPOSED A RESOLUTION TO JUST BASICALLY SAY, HEY, CYPRESS SAYS NO FOR THESE REASONS, BUT I RECOGNIZE THIS IS A TOUCHY ISSUE. AND BUT I PUT IT OUT THERE TO BASICALLY VOTE NO ON P OR ON P, ME ON PROPOSITION 50. YEAH, I WAS KIND OF RIGHT. YEAH. PROPOSITION 50. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHY IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BECAUSE CYPRESS HONESTLY IS NOT IMPACTED. SO THAT'S MY THING. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS, THANK YOU. TO BONNIE'S POINT. GOSH, I KNOW I'M TALKING TO THE CHOIR HERE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE, DON'T LISTEN TO COMMERCIALS OR FLASHY ADS ON TELEVISION AND DON'T VOTE AT THE LAST MINUTE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE, PLEASE VOTE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE VOTE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, DO YOUR RESEARCH AND READ THE BALLOT PAMPHLETS THAT COME TO YOUR DOOR AND DON'T THROW THEM AWAY AS SOON AS THEY COME IN. I JUST IMPLORE YOU ALL. THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TOPIC ON BOTH SIDES, I GET IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED INTELLIGENT VOTERS TO VOTE ON. 
          NOT CALLING ANYBODY DUMB. SO DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT PERSON WHO 
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VOTED BECAUSE THEY SAW A A COMMERCIAL ON TELEVISION. I REMEMBER WHEN PROP 47 AND 57 WERE BEING BATTLED OUT OVER THE AIRWAVES. THEY HAD THESE CHIEFS OF POLICE AIR QUOTES INSERTED SAYING HOW GREAT IT WAS AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO BENEFIT CALIFORNIANS. AND YOU CAN TELL IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PROP 47 AND 57 ARE. I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT AS A TEASER FOR YOU TO LOOK UP ON YOUR OWN. BUT IT HAS EXPLODED OUR CRIME RATE OVER THE PAST. GOSH, EIGHT, 13, 14 YEARS NOW AND HAS REALLY BEEN A DETRIMENT TO OUR STATE AND TO SURROUNDING CITIES. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU GUYS MADE SOME EXCELLENT POINTS. SO THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER'S REMARKS PLEASE, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND VOTE. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND YOUR DUTY. 
          LIKE I SAID DID I SAY THIS ALREADY? I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS. WE'RE FREE TO ENDORSE PROPOSITIONS AS INDIVIDUALS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. AND THE CITY ITSELF SHOULD REMAIN FREE AND NONPARTISAN. I DID JUST WANT TO MENTION, AS AN ASIDE, THIS IS A SURPRISINGLY POPULAR PROPOSITION. I JUST SAW THAT THREE DAYS AGO, THE EMERSON COLLEGE POLL CAME OUT. THEY POLLED 1000 ACTIVE REGISTERED VOTERS AND FOUND THAT 51% WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSITION, 36% WERE AGAINST AND 15% UNDECIDED. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS ONE. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, I THINK THAT STATE BALLOT MEASURES LIKE THIS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD FOCUS ON. 
          AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, RESIDENTS CAN VOTE ON THEIR OWN AND EXPRESS THEIR OPINION ON PROP 50. SO TO ME, THIS ISN'T TERRIBLY DIFFERENT FROM A RESOLUTION ABOUT WHO SOMEONE SHOULD VOTE FOR FOR GOVERNOR OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, SO I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ONE ON THAT PRINCIPLE, WHICH IS WHAT I DID LAST TIME. SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH. 
          JUST SO FOR RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE, THESE KINDS OF RESOLUTIONS ARE USUALLY PUT PUSHED BY POLITICAL PARTIES, BY A STATE POLITICAL PARTY OR A LOCAL POLITICAL PARTY. IT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT COUNCILS TO DO. AND THEY THEY ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO IT. AND I DON'T SUPPORT THAT SORT OF INJECTION OF PARTIZANSHIP INTO THESE CITY COUNCIL MATTERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO I DO WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS REGARDING THE DRAWING OF DISTRICTS. I DON'T SUPPORT DRAWING DISTRICTS FOR POLITICAL REASONS. I SUPPORT HAVING INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS OR NONPARTISAN, YOU KNOW, ENTITY OR COMPUTER OR WHATEVER, DRAW DISTRICTS. AND IN FACT, WHEN WE DREW DISTRICTS HERE IN CYPRUS LAST YEAR, I ADVOCATED THAT WE USE AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION. THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL DID NOT SUPPORT THAT AND INSISTED ON DRAWING DISTRICTS THEMSELVES AND NOT TO REHASH THAT WHOLE PROCESS. BUT WHEN WE DREW THOSE DISTRICTS, WE CHOSE A MAP THAT NOT A SINGLE RESIDENT HAD SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF THAT CUT RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN HALF. IT WAS A MAP WE DIDN'T HAVE A PHYSICAL COPY OF WHEN WE VOTED ON IT. AND ONE OF THE TRAITS OF THAT MAP THAT WAS POINTED OUT TONIGHT WAS THAT IT SPLIT COUNCIL MEMBERS PETE AND ANN MALLORY INTO SEPARATE DISTRICTS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER MALLORY TO RUN AGAINST ME IN 2026, RATHER THAN AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, TO WHOM SHE LIVES MUCH CLOSER. AND YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THE FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024 MEETING FOR YOURSELF TO FORM YOUR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT HOW THAT WENT DOWN. AND I HAVE NOT BROUGHT UP ANY OF THIS SINCE IT HAPPENED IN 2024. BUT NOW THIS RESOLUTION WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND I COULDN'T REALLY STOMACH SEEING THIS RESOLUTION. 
          LANGUAGE ABOUT TRANSPARENT, NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING PROCESSES, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST IN NO POSITION IN CYPRUS TO TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION FOR INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING AT THE STATE LEVEL WHEN WE DIDN'T FOLLOW THOSE PRINCIPLES IN OUR OWN CITY. SO I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ONE. I HOPE WE CAN KIND OF STAY OUT OF THESE STATE OR NATIONAL ISSUES IN THE FUTURE. AND NEXT TIME WE DRAW DISTRICTS, I HOPE WE FOLLOW THE 
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PRINCIPLES ESPOUSED IN THIS RESOLUTION ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. YEAH, I'M GOING TO BRING UP THE HISTORY. SORRY, BRING UP THE HISTORY A BIT. I DO I DO SUGGEST YOU GO BACK AND LISTEN. IT'S NOT QUITE HOW HE REFERENCED IT. THERE WAS CLEARLY A REASON FOR SEPARATING MULTI MULTI-FAMILY HOMES AND PUTTING IN THEM ALL TOGETHER, WHICH DID LEAD TO A DIFFERENT MAP, WHICH IS WHY IT HAPPENED. BUT I DO SUGGEST YOU GO BACK AND LISTEN AND LISTEN FOR THE DETAILS. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT I. I'M SORRY COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG THANK YOU. CAN YOU GUYS CAN THE CITY STAFF. DO YOU GUYS MIND REMINDING US? REMINDING ME AT LEAST WHERE WE'RE AT WHEN IT COMES TO TWO 0 OR 2, 1 OR 2, TWO, TWO, TWO VOTES, DO WE STILL NEED THREE VOTES? THREE VOTES TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. MINKUS. THANK YOU. YEAH. TO BONNIE'S COMMENTS. JUST TO ADD ON TO A LITTLE BIT, ONE OF THE REASONS ANOTHER REASON WAS TO IN THAT REDISTRICTING WAS TO INCREASE THE HISPANIC POPULATION IN DISTRICT TWO, WHICH I THOUGHT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ AT THE TIME WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED. IT WAS A 3 OR 4% BUMP IN DISTRICT TWO FOR THE HISPANIC POPULATION VOTE, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY NOBLE THING TO DO AT THE TIME. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, I CONCUR 100% WITH WHAT BONNIE SAID. PLEASE GO BACK AND WATCH IT. 
          WATCH THE PROCESS AND MAKE YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. THAT. MOTION FAILS WITH TWO YES VOTES BY COUNCIL MEMBERS MINIKUS AND PETE, ONE NO VOTE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG AND TWO ABSTENTIONS BY MAYOR BURKE AND MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO. ALL RIGHT. ON THE HOME STRETCH. 
          [ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Three minutes per speaker. The City Council may adjust the time allotted per speaker.)   The public may address the City Council on any item within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council. Although Council Members may provide brief responses, the City Council may not discuss nor take action on items that are not on the agenda. Please complete a Speaker's Card to address the City Council in-person.  Members of the public are encouraged to communicate with the City Council via email at citycouncil@cypressca.org or by calling 714-229-6699.]
SECOND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD. I HAVE GLENN, FOLLOWED BY PEARL BOELTER. I DON'T SEE GLENN, SO I PEARL BOELTER I THINK THAT MEANS YOU'RE UP. ALL RIGHT. PEARL BOELTER, RESIDENT OF CYPRESS. I'D LIKE TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD SOME COMMENTS THAT I OR SOME STATEMENTS FROM A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER THAT DISCUSSES THE WHYS BEHIND CITY MANAGEMENT CHANGES AND THE RESULTING NEGATIVE IMPACTS. AND SO THE ARTICLE I AM REFERENCING WAS IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2025. SO VERY RECENT. AND THE TITLE WAS SOAP OPERA AT CITY HALL. IT MIGHT BE COSTING YOU MONEY. SO THE COMMENTS OR THE QUOTE THAT I'D LIKE TO TAKE OUT OF THE. THERE'S A FEW LINES OUT OF THE REGISTER ARTICLE THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND ONE OF THEM, IT STARTS WITH SAYING, I'LL SAY A NEW COUNCIL GETS ELECTED AND THEY WANT TO CHANGE PRIORITIES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN CITY MANAGER, HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY FEEL MATCHES THEIR PHILOSOPHIES, SAYS SHAUNA CLARK, A FORMER CITY MANAGER IN SAN BERNARDINO AND LA HABRA HEIGHTS WHO TEACHES PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AT CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE. WHEN ASKED WHY SO MANY CITY COUNCILS ARE BLOWING OUT THEIR TOP PAID STAFF, FEW PROPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT BELIEVE SUCH CONFLICT IS GOOD FOR RESIDENTS. 
          IT CREATES UNNECESSARY TURMOIL WHERE THEY OUGHT TO BE FOCUSED ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I DETAILED THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THE RESIGNATION OF PETER GRANT. WE NOW KNOW THAT OUR WONDERFUL CITY CLERK IS LEAVING AND HER DEPUTY ASSISTANT LEFT. I AGREE WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT GOOD FOR CYPRESS RESIDENTS, AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE A COPY OF THE ARTICLE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD I HAD FOR THIS COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD. I DON'T IF WE HAVE ANY MORE PEOPLE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. OH. 
          [ COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY-AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND REMARKS]
THANK YOU. PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY AFFILIATED BOARDS AND 
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COMMITTEES AND REMARKS. COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS. ALL RIGHT, MICROPHONE CHECK. THERE WE GO. 
          COOL. YEAH. JUST MY NOTES HERE REAL QUICK, FOLKS. SO ON MANY LEVELS THIS YEAR, SO MANY LEVELS THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A COMBINATION OF CRAZY HECTIC AND HEARTBREAKING. WELL, AT THE SAME TIME, RECOGNIZING THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THIS PAST YEAR, I REALIZE THAT I AM TRULY A BLESSED MAN. ON JANUARY 13TH OF THIS YEAR, DURING OUR COUNCIL COMMENT PERIOD, I SPOKE ABOUT A FUNNY AND HEARTFELT MOMENT BETWEEN MYSELF AND AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WHILE WE WERE WALKING INTO CHURCH. AND AS I REFLECTED ON THAT MOMENT, I SPOKE ABOUT MY HEALTH, MY BLESSINGS, AND THE GRATITUDE I HAD FOR EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE. LITTLE DID I KNOW, 17 DAYS LATER I'D WATCH MY BROTHER UNEXPECTEDLY DIE IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM, WHILE 14 DAYS LATER HIS WIFE OF 37 YEARS PASSED AWAY AFTER A DECADE LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. TO SAY THE LEAST. MY BROTHER'S PASSING CRUSHED ME TO MY CORE. ADDITIONALLY, IT'S NO SECRET I'VE BEEN SICK SINCE MAY OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS FRUSTRATING WHEN MULTIPLE DOCTORS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AILING ME. DESPITE ALL THIS, THE ONE THING THAT GOT ME AND MY FAMILY THROUGH IT WAS OUR FAITH IN GOD. IN FACT, IN AUGUST OF 21, WHEN I WAS SWORN IN, IT WAS IN THIS VERY CHAMBER ON THAT FLOOR IN FRONT OF ME THAT I PROCLAIMED MY FAITH AND PROFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. ALSO IN MAY, AFTER A LIFETIME OF SERVING MY NATION, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, I SUBMITTED MY RETIREMENT PAPERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR, WITH THAT THOUGHT OF COMPLETELY, WITH THE THOUGHT OF COMPLETELY RETIRING, WHICH, IF YOU KNEW ME WELL ENOUGH, WHEN I TOLD MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES THAT THEIR LAUGHTER WAS AT A MONUMENTAL LEVEL. BUT I THOUGHT OF RETIRING AND ENJOYING MY LIFE WHILE CONTINUING TO REPRESENT OUR CITY, AND IN FACT, RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM IN 2026. BUT NOT LONG AFTER I RETIRED OR SUBMITTED MY PAPERS. I GOT A PHONE CALL AND WAS PRESENTED WITH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS SIMPLY JUST TOO GOOD TO PASS UP. 
          THAT WOULD AND WOULD ALLOW ME THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT I DO BEST, AND THAT'S CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH SOME DOWNFALLS, ONE OF WHICH, IN THE MOST IMPORTANT, REQUIRES ME TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITY AND OUT OF THE STATE. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M ANNOUNCING MY RETIREMENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO BECOME EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. TO NICK, JEFF, ADRIAN, ALICIA, MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT GETTING TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU IN PERSON ABOUT IT, BUT. I'LL GET TO THAT. I'LL GET TO MY THANK YOUS IN A MINUTE. SO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY THERE ARE MANY THANK YOUS I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE I GO. AND IF I DON'T MENTION YOU, MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES AND I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU IN THE COMING WEEKS TO OUR RESIDENTS. DESPITE ALL THE CRAZINESS OF OUR CURRENT PAST, COUNCILS HAVE PUT YOU THROUGH, KNOW THIS. YOU ARE ALL AMAZING, RESILIENT AND I WILL MISS DEEPLY SEEING YOU ALL AROUND TOWN. HERE COMES THE TOUGH PART, JOHN AND BONNIE. PETE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING MY PENDING NEWS A SECRET. FOR WEEKS. AND THERE'S OTHERS THAT KNEW ABOUT IT TOO. 
          BUT THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR KEEPING THAT UNDER WRAPS. SECOND, YOU'RE NOT ONLY AN AMAZING COUPLE, BUT THE MOST LOVING AND CARING PEOPLE I KNOW. AND YOUR SON AND MY DEAR FRIEND MICHAEL IS A DIRECT REFLECTION ON YOU BOTH AND YOUR GENEROUS PHILANTHROPY, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY BUT THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY IS INSPIRING, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL 
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THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE ON COUNCIL. MY DEAR FRIEND, ANN MALLORY. THANK YOU AS WELL FOR KEEPING MY NEWS UNDER WRAPS. YOU'RE A TRUE FRIEND. YOU HAVE BEEN MY CONFIDANT AND MY SOUNDING BOARD, MY MENTOR AND A WOMAN THAT I WILL FOREVER BE IN AWE OF. TO PETE GRANT, I DOUBT YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING MY IDEAS DURING MY TIME HERE ON COUNCIL, BUT ALSO BEING WISE ENOUGH TO HELP ME NAVIGATE THE PROS AND CONS OF THOSE IDEAS WHILE ALSO OFFERING AVENUES. TO COMPROMISE IN FINDING A SOLUTION. YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE FAR TOO MANY TO DISCUSS HERE, BUT REST ASSURED, MY FRIEND, OUR CITY AND THE SUCCESSES WE SHARE ARE DUE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, UNSURPASSED KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERNMENT, AND INSIGHT AND INSIGHT AND THE ABILITY TO INSPIRE OTHERS AROUND YOU TO SHINE AND SUCCEED IN ANYTHING THEY WISH TO DO. TO PAULO MORALES, MY. DURING MY FIRST TIME ON COUNCIL, HE WAS OUR MAYOR AND HIS ADVICE TO ME RUNNING UP THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE TIME WE SAT UP HERE ON THE DAIS TOGETHER, IS IMMEASURABLE, AND WE'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR TO ROB JOHNSON. A MAN OF TRUE RESILIENCY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, ROB SERVED TWO TERMS HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. TWO TIME MAYOR AS A HAS A BASEBALL FIELD. IN HIS NAME, RECOGNIZING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ROB AND I WERE BOTH BOTH SERVED ON THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. HIM BEFORE ME. HE LEFT BEFORE I GOT ON, BUT JUST AN AMAZING PERSON WHO IS A FIRM BELIEVER IN GOD, AND THAT'S REFLECTED EVERY DAY IN HIS MORAL CHARACTER. THE DIRECTORS AND CITY STAFF. ALICIA, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING MY SECRET QUIET AS WELL. AND JUST TO ALL OF YOU BROADLY, WE ARE THE CITY. WE ARE NOT BECAUSE OF US UP HERE ON THE DAIS, BUT BECAUSE OF YOU. WE HAVE SHARED GREAT TIMES TOGETHER THAT ARE FOREVER STUCK IN MY MEMORY BANK, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME ALONG THE WAY. AND. HELP ME NAVIGATE THE DIFFICULTIES. AND YOUR ADVICE IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED. TO THE CHIEF. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH TO YOU BROTHER. YOU'VE BEEN MY SOUNDING BOARD ON MANY LEGAL ISSUES. YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE POLICE CHIEFS I'VE EVER MET. 
          YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE AND ABILITY IS SURPASSED BY NONE, AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE IN NOT ONLY YOU ACHIEVING THE 19TH SAFEST CITY IN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS REMARKABLE IN AND OF ITSELF, BUT ALSO THE WAY YOU BROUGHT A DEPARTMENT TOGETHER, THE WAY YOU'VE BUILT IT, THE WAY YOU'VE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE. AND I HEAR THAT EVERY DAY IN REMARKS FROM, WELL, MAYBE NOT EVERY DAY, BUT REMARKS FROM YOUR OFFICERS AND COMMAND STAFF, YOU TRULY ARE A TREASURED PART OF THIS CITY AND THE BACKBONE OF OUR SAFETY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE KNUCKLEHEADS THAT WERE BLUE. YEAH. EVEN YOU ROOKIE BACK THERE IN THE CORNER. 
          ROGER THAT. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO LET YOU GROW YOUR HAIR OUT? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT I WANT TO SEE A PICTURE SOMEDAY TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS. MY SENTIMENTS ECHO EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE BEEN MY ROCK, MY SOUNDING BOARD, MY MY ADVICE. BUT MORE IMPORTANT, THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME THROUGHOUT MY TIME UP HERE. EVEN DURING CONFLICT, WHICH IS PART OF THE GAME, RIGHT? IT'S PART OF SITTING UP HERE ON THE DAIS. THERE'S GOING TO BE CONFLICT. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH AT HOME IF YOU'RE WATCHING, BUT ESPECIALLY THE MY SOME OF MY DEAR FRIENDS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AGAIN CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. MY FAMILY. MENTIONED MY 
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BROTHER. HE WAS MY ROCK. HE PRETTY MUCH BROUGHT ME UP AS A KID, AND I HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF WHO I AM BASICALLY HAS BECOME BECAUSE OF HIM. HE HE LED ME THROUGH TOUGH TIMES GROWING UP, OFFERED ME ADVICE, BUT HE WAS ALSO A DISCIPLINARIAN AND HE PUT ME IN MY PLACE. AND I AM SO, SO THANKFUL THAT HE BROUGHT ME UP BASICALLY THE WAY THAT HE DID. 
          TO. PASTOR MIKE MCKAY AND HIS WIFE, CHRISTY, TO PASTORS DOYLE AND CODY AT SEACOAST GRACE CHURCH, AND MY CHURCH FAMILY AT AT SEACOAST GRACE. YOU HELPED ME THROUGH THE PASSING OF MY BROTHER AND HIS WIFE AND. THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE FEELINGS I EVER HAD. WITHOUT YOU GUYS, WITHOUT MY CHURCH. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. BUT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY ARE BETTER AND BETTER EACH DAY AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST TO JAN. LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE TOGETHER. LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU ALL. 
          GOOD NIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FOLLOWED THAT, BUT. I MEAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST, SCOTT, I YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD FRIEND, A GOOD COLLEAGUE, A GOOD BUDDY, YOU KNOW, BROWN ACT BUDDY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. BUT I KNOW YOU DO. WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO POSSIBLY VISITING YOU SOMETIME IN THE, IN THE FUTURE. SO YOU'VE BEEN A YOU'VE BEEN A REAL ROCK. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. MY COUPLE OF THINGS WENT TO THE CHAMBER BREAKFAST I COMPLETED AND AND MY CERT TRAINING, MY BASIC CERT TRAINING, THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. SO I'M OFFICIAL BASIC CERTIFICATION. 
          I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF. I JUST GRADUATED ON SATURDAY. SO PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. AND CHIEF, YOU GOT A GREAT TEAM THAT SUPPORTS THAT WHOLE PROJECT, INCLUDING ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CITIES. MELANIE NAGPAUL. SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT I'M SHOCKED WITH, I GUESS, AND SHE SAID SHE'S INTIMIDATED BY ME. I'VE NEVER TALKED TO HER. I'VE NEVER STOOD FACE TO FACE WITH HER. SO I WOULD LIKE HER TO REACH OUT AND LET'S HAVE COFFEE. AND MAYBE SHE JUST NEEDS TO GET TO KNOW ME. I'M NOT. I'M A LITTLE UNCERTAIN AS TO WHY, BUT, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO ME SOMETIME AND GLAD TO HAVE SOME COFFEE. THE LAST THING. AND I WROTE THIS DOWN AS KIND OF AN ADDED THING BECAUSE OF WHAT A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAID. AS THE ONLY WOMAN ON THIS DAIS, I DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY FEELING INTIMIDATED OR HAVING SOMEBODY BULLY ME. SO WHEN I HEAR TWO RESIDENTS COME UP OVER THE LAST MEETING, AND THIS ONE, AS WELL AS AN INCIDENT PRIOR, OKAY, I'M GOING TO REACH OUT AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR MAYOR THAT HE APOLOGIZE. THAT IS IT IS AN UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. I DON'T CARE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT SOMETHING. IT'S AN UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL. IT'S ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IF YOU WOULD INDULGE ME FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE. SURE. ONE LAST THING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT THAT'S HAPPENED THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, MOST NOTABLY THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK. 
          WHO SIMPLY DIED BECAUSE HE EXPRESSED HIS OPINIONS IN AN OPEN FORUM AND ENCOURAGED DEBATE. AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY ARE, IF IT AFFECTED YOU, IT AFFECTED ME. IT AFFECTED THE NATION. IT'S REALLY AFFECTED THE WORLD. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE FOR HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS, HIS CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND WITH THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT ME HERE ON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE PAPERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW AND I WANT YOU ALL TO HEAR THIS CLEARLY, IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE ANY HATE IN MY HEART TOWARDS ANYBODY. I'VE 
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NEVER SAID IN MY LIFETIME THAT I HATE SOMEBODY. IT'S SIMPLY NOT ME, AND IT'S NEVER BEEN IN ME TO DO SO. ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES IN THE BIBLE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY IMPRINTED ON THE COVER OF MY BIBLE, IS FROM JOSHUA CHAPTER ONE, VERSE NINE. IT SAYS, BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS. 
          DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED, AND DO NOT BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD OUR GOD IS WITH YOU, FOR WHEREVER YOU GO. AND I'VE KIND OF LIVED MY LIFE, MY ADULT LIFE, ANYWAY, IN THAT FORM OR FASHION, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE NAVY, BEING A POLICE OFFICER AND NOW MOST CURRENTLY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY, I'VE ALWAYS FELT GOD IS WITH ME. I NEVER HAD MUCH OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, TO BE QUITE HONEST, UNTIL 2021. I WENT TO CHURCH AS A KID AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT NEVER STUCK. SO WITH THAT, IT HAS BEEN TRULY MY HONOR AND THE UTMOST JOY TO SERVE AND REPRESENT YOU ALL. AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT WHEREVER YOU GO, I ASK THAT YOU BE GRATEFUL FOR NOT JUST THE BIG THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT FOR THE LITTLE ONES AS WELL. AND WHEN I SAY, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL, I TRULY, TRULY MEAN IT. WHETHER YOU'RE HERE AT HOME, WHETHER YOU SEE ME OUT IN THE CITY OR IN THE FUTURE, I TRULY HOPE THAT GOD BLESSES YOU ALL WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE IN LIFE AND WISH YOU SO MUCH MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG. YEAH, I WANTED TO. OF COURSE. THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT FOR HIS TIME ON THE TIME ON THE COUNCIL. I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU WERE. YOU HAD WORN SUCH A SMART SUIT TODAY. AND THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING. I WANTED TO BE MORE LIKE YOU. BUT I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS, YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD YOUR HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, GUIDING YOU TO, TO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO BEST OF LUCK FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT TO YOU. STAY SAFE. AND I DO HOPE YOU GET SOME TIME TO TO REST AND HEAL UP BEFORE YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. KYLE. MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT DOCTOR CHANG JUST SAID RIGHT NOW. BEST OF LUCK, SCOTT, ON YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE IN LIFE. 
          NEXT IS I ATTENDED ON THE 18TH THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT. WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON ABOUT THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT PROGRAM THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY TO TREAT THIS INVASIVE SPECIES. SECOND, WE WERE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE BEING DUCTED BY THE BY THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT. AND THIRD CYPRESS WAS AWARDED THE TOP CITY WITH RESPECT TO THE MOSQUITO AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, AND THEY'LL BE HERE LATER ON TO PRESENT IT THEMSELVES. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO WISH TO ANYONE WHO'S AT HOME CURRENTLY CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR, A HAPPY NEW YEAR. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY OPEN HOUSE DAY, WHICH IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON, AND OUR LOCAL STATION, 17 IS PARTICIPATING. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH IN THE MORNING, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. I MEAN, I HAVE SOME OTHER REMARKS DRAFTED, BUT FORGET THOSE. SO COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS WHO YOU'RE THE CIRCLE OF FOLKS YOU TOLD THIS NEWS TO CERTAINLY KEPT IT A SECRET BECAUSE SHOCKING NEWS TO ME AND I THINK MANY OTHERS. I WANTED TO. SO I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS OR JUST SOME THINGS. AS I REMEMBER, I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I EVER HUNG OUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS WAS MY WIFE. COURTNEY AND I WERE OUT ON A DATE AT MODERN SELLER, AND WE WE JUST WALKED IN AND SAT DOWN AND I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS WAS AND AND WE RECOGNIZED HIM AND SAT DOWN RIGHT NEXT TO HIM. AND SO HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS KIND OF STEPPING IN ON OUR DATE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DIDN'T MIND. 
          AND I REMEMBER WE HAD A REAL GOOD CONVERSATION, AND I WALKED AWAY THINKING, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS IS A CHARMING GUY, AND I MEANT IT. I BONNIE'S BONNIE'S SAYING MAYBE, BUT AND I REMEMBER THINKING HE HAD A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR AND COURTNEY AND I ENJOYED ENJOYED THAT EVENING TOGETHER. I ALSO REMEMBER AT OUR CAL CITIES CONFERENCE WE ALL ATTENDED, AND 
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I KNOW THIS STORY HAS BEEN TOLD BEFORE, BUT WE'RE ALL OUT TO A TEAM BUILDING DINNER AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE RESTAURANT TIPPED OVER IN THEIR CHAIR, CONKED THEIR HEAD AND WAS NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. AND AND COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS AND WAS THE FIRST ONE AT HIS SIDE. AS SOMEONE WHO'D BEEN ON THE SCENE OF MANY INCIDENTS LIKE THAT BEFORE, HE KNEW JUST WHAT TO DO. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ MAY HAVE CALLED CALLED 911, AND THE RESPONDERS GOT THERE AND AND YEAH, I JUST IT WAS THAT THAT ATTENDEE WAS LUCKY THAT SCOTT WAS THERE THAT NIGHT. AND RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW THIS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT US, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER MINIKUS AND I HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN TOGETHER A HANDFUL OF TIMES FOR LUNCH OR COFFEE, EVEN AFTER SOME OF THE MEETINGS WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WHERE AT LEAST MAYBE I LOST MY COOL A LITTLE BIT. WE GOT TOGETHER FOR COFFEE AND TALK THINGS OUT AND AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE'VE HAD OUR DIFFERENCES ON SOME ITEMS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THE AGENDA, AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ANYTIME YOU HAVE A COUNCIL AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE ISSUES. BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN CLEAR IS THAT SCOTT REALLY CARES DEEPLY ABOUT CYPRUS, ABOUT OUR STATE AND ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, AND HE CERTAINLY HAS THE TRACK RECORD OF SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY TO TO PROVE THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO OUR CITY AND WISH YOU THE BEST IN, IN ALL OF YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. JOINING MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO ADD. 
          SEEING NONE. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER, BUT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE 
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SEAN JOYCE SITTING UP WITH US ON THE DAIS, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER. SO FOUR HOURS INTO OUR MEETING, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME HIM. HE, MR. JOYCE, STARTED WORKING SEVEN DAYS AGO, I BELIEVE, FOR THE CITY. AND HE'S BEEN DIVING IN HEAD FIRST. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO TO HAVE YOU HERE. MR. JOYCE, DO YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS FOR US THIS EVENING? I DON'T STAFF'S BEEN TERRIFIC. 
          VERY PATIENT WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY LEARNING PROCESS. IT'S A GREAT STAFF. IT'S A IT'S A WELL MANAGED ORGANIZATION. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. MY APOLOGIES FOR THROWING ANOTHER LOG IN YOUR FIRE. YEAH, I'M SURE YOU'RE CAPABLE OF HANDLING IT. YEAH. IF ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM IS PLANNING TO LEAVE, LET'S JUST GET IT OVER WITH NOW, OKAY? I'M GOING HOME. ANY ADDITIONAL REMARKS, MR. WINDER? NO. EXCEPT YOU'RE GETTING A POWERHOUSE. THIS IS THIS INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER OF YOURS. IS IS THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF IRVINE. PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLEX CITY IN ALL OF ORANGE COUNTY. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A PIECE OF CAKE TO HIM. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL HOLD YOU TO THAT, MR. JOYCE. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 5:30 P.M. IN TH
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