Jan 26, 2026 City Council Regular

[ ROLL CALL Cypress City Council, also acting as the Ex-Officio Governing Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District Mayor Leo Medrano Mayor Pro Tem Kyle Chang Council Member Bonnie Peat Council Member David Burke Council Member Rachel Strong Carnahan]

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EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO START THIS MEETING OFF, PLEASE, IF YOU CAN CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL.

CITY CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER. STRONG. CARNAHAN, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. BURKE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PETE HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG HERE. AND MAYOR MEDRANO PRESENT. ALL PRESENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE GIVEN BY PASTOR BRANDON BEUKELMAN FROM WEST CYPRESS CHURCH. MY NAME IS BRANDON BEUKELMAN AND I'M WITH WEST CYPRESS CHURCH. I'M ALSO A CHAPLAIN WITH CYPRESS PD, SO THANKS FOR ALLOWING THIS PRAYER.

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, BOW YOUR HEADS. LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE AN AWESOME GOD AND THAT YOU ARE A GOD OF ORDER. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT'LL GO ON TONIGHT THAT I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT. AND AND PEOPLE HAVE WALKED IN WITH BAGGAGE AND PERSONAL ISSUES. AND LORD, I PRAY THAT TONIGHT GOES FANTASTIC, THAT YOU WOULD HELP EVERYONE TO THINK OF THE PERSON ACROSS THE ROOM, ACROSS FROM THEM AND JUST SPEAK WITH WITH LOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. EVERYONE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY TO BEGIN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THIS EVENING WE'LL START OFF WITH THE PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF THE

[ PRESENTATIONS Recognition of the Cypress High School Girls Volleyball Team Division II State Championship ]

NEXT UP MISS ASHLYN WENZLER. MISS CAMILLE DE GUZMAN. MISS GABBY MARCELO. NEXT UP ONE OF OUR CAPTAINS HANNAH SCHOFFSTALL. ALSO ONE OF OUR CAPTAINS AND CIF PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ISABELLA FARROW. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS KANANI MORENO. NEXT UP WE HAVE KATRINA SOKOLOWSKI.

ONE OF OUR SENIOR LEADERS, MISS KENDALL HARRIS. ALSO ONE OF OUR SENIOR CAPTAINS, MISS LEONA ALEXIS. NEXT UP WE HAVE MIRIAM MASANJA. NEXT WE HAVE RISHA RAJKUMAR. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR LIBERO ZURI GALLEGOS. AND THAT IS OUR VARSITY PROGRAM. AND WE WERE CIF CHAMPIONS AND

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123. NEVER EVEN NOTICED. THAT'S GREAT.

HELLO EVERYONE. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR. MY NAME IS MADDIE MARKS NOBLE AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF STATE SENATOR TONY STRICKLAND'S OFFICE. AND I WANTED TO COME ALSO CONGRATULATE THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM ON THEIR WIN. I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR, SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS IMPROVE. AND IT DEFINITELY HITS HOME FOR ME BECAUSE THE TEAM YOU BEAT IN THE STATE FINAL WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL, CLOVIS WEST. SO I KNOW THEY'RE REALLY GOOD. SO YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY ARE EVEN BETTER. SO AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS. ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. NOW AT THIS POINT

[ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS This portion of the meeting is set aside for public comments regarding any matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Comments on non-agenda items will be heard at this time. Comments related to a specific agenda item will be heard following the staff report for that item and prior to the City Council action, unless the speaker prefers to make the comment during the general public comment period. The City Council cannot discuss or take action on matters not on the agenda for this meeting, but Council members may provide brief responses. 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 or City Clerk to call on you to address the City Council virtually. Speakers providing in-person comments will be called first. Time allotted for public comment (subject to change by the presiding officer). General Public Comment (not on agenda): 3 minutes Consent Calendar (any or all items): 3 minutes Agenda Items (not on consent calendar): 3 minutes per item]

TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL VIRTUALLY. SPEAKERS PROVIDING IN-PERSON COMMENTS WILL BE CALLED FIRST. TIME ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER GENERAL. PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THREE MINUTES. CONSENT CALENDAR ANY OR ALL ITEMS THREE MINUTES. AGENDA ITEMS NON CONSENT CALENDAR THREE MINUTES PER ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR THE CARDS. FIRST UP IS PETER CORDY FOLLOWED BY ROB JOHNSON. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN UP FIRST, SO HERE GOES. MY NAME IS PETER CORRODI. I'M A LONG TIME CYPRESS RESIDENT AND LIVE IN CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. FIRST OF ALL, I WISH YOU ALL HAD YOUR DISTRICT NUMBERS ATTACHED TO YOUR NAMES IN FRONT OF YOU HERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE, AND ALSO ONLINE ON THE CITY WEBSITE. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM 15 ON TODAY'S AGENDA. I WOULD BE SO PROUD OF OUR CITY COUNCIL IF THEY PASS A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING PROTECTION OF OUR CONSTITUENT CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TO CONDEMN THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY FEDERAL AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. DUE PROCESS FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, ROB JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY PAULA MORALES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROB JOHNSON. I'VE BEEN A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, HOMEOWNER SINCE 1999. I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH THE PROCESS CONCERNS. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE, WHO INTRODUCED THIS ORDINANCE,

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REGARDLESS OF THE INTENT THAT OVERLAPS AND CREATES A CLEAR APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHEN WHEN A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER ADVANCES POLICY THAT DIRECTLY ALIGNS WITH A C ORGANIZATION THEY LEAD, IT RAISES REASONABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPERATIVE AND PUBLIC TRUST. EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT IS ENOUGH TO SWAY THE PUBLIC INTEREST. FOR THAT REASON, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE RECUSE HIMSELF FROM VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE. DOING SO WOULD PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS PROCESS AND ENSURE PUBLIC CAN HAVE THE FULL CONFIDENCE FOR THAT DECISION BEING MADE WITHOUT ANY PERSONAL OR ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCE. I ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, AND I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION DIDN'T GO BEYOND JUST THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND BROWN ACT VIOLATION.

SO I'M HOPING COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND ASK TO BE EXCUSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND GOOD LUCK TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, PAULA MORALES, ITEM NUMBER 12, FOLLOWED BY PAUL COCONIS. ITEM NUMBER 1215. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PAULA MORALES AND I AM A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR HERE IN THE CITY AND PROUD TO CALL CYPRESS MY HOME. YOU KNOW, SINCE I TURNED OUT IN DECEMBER OF 2022, I AM ONE OF THOSE THAT CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS DECORUM. I HAVE NOT COME TO MEETINGS. I HAVE NOT THROWN MYSELF AND CALLED OUT PEOPLE PUBLICLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A PROCESS AND REALIZE THAT MY TIME WAS DONE AND IT IS TIME FOR THAT COUNCIL THAT IS THERE TO DO. AND THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAVE BOTHERED ME OVER TIME. BUT WHAT FRUSTRATES ME AND BOTHERS ME ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE GOING ON, THAT HAVE GONE ON. I'VE HEARD THIS COUNCIL AND THE ONE JUST BEFORE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE ANIMOSITY AND THE NAME CALLING AND THE CHEAP SHOTS AND THE OTHER THINGS, AND MINE IS YOU'RE RIGHT, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE HERE. BUT WHEN CERTAIN THINGS ARE MADE PERSONAL, LIKE THE REMOVAL OR THE DISMISSAL OF A CITY MANAGER WHO HIMSELF AND I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL IS GOING TO TELL US THAT IT'S A PERSONAL MATTER AND THEY CAN'T DISCUSS IT. BUT THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. AND WHEN YOU REMOVE HIM AND HE ASKS FOR TIME TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB AND HE'S ADAMANTLY TOLD, NO, WE'RE SUBJECT. AND IT COST THE CITY OVER $300,000. AND YET HE FOUND A JOB PRIOR TO THAT TIME THAT HE'D ASKED FOR.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE WAY MONIES ARE SPENT. SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS CAMPAIGN FINANCE ORDINANCE AND TO PUT AN END TO THESE POLITICAL GAMES THAT ARE HERE. CYPRUS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY, BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL HAS TRADITIONALLY PUT OUR COMMUNITY ABOVE POLITICS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS. BUT THIS ORDINANCE DOES THE OPPOSITE. IT FAVORS SPECIAL INTERESTS AND DRIVES MORE MONEY INTO WHAT'S KNOWN AS DARK MONEY. INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGNS, WHILE MAKING IT HARDER FOR THE EVERYDAY WORKING FAMILY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ELECTIONS, EVEN DISSUADING SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO RUN. WHEN YOU COUNT WHAT LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN GIVE DIRECTLY TO CANDIDATES, YOU DON'T REMOVE MONEY FROM POLITICS. RATHER, YOU'RE PUSHING IT INTO OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT EXIST TO ATTACK THE OPPONENTS AND POLARIZE OUR COMMUNITY. ON TOP OF THAT, IT ADDS UNNECESSARY RED TAPE AND HARSH PENALTIES THAT WILL DISCOURAGE CIVIC PARTICIPATION. CYPRUS ELECTIONS SHOULD BE DECIDED BY THE VOTERS, NOT BY COMPLICATED RULES PROTECTING INCUMBENTS AND EMPOWER POLITICAL INSIDERS. EVEN A MEMBER HERE ON THE COUNCIL. NOW, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE $500 LIMIT. WHEN HE HIMSELF LOANED 15,000 TO HIS OWN CAMPAIGN. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO VOTE NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAUL.

ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 15, FOLLOWED BY STACY CHOI. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL PAUL KOKKINOS, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF CYPRUS. I WANTED TO START OUT WITH SHARING MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM 12. FOR TOO LONG, THE CITY OF CYPRUS WAS PLAGUED BY SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT LED TO, I BELIEVE, A PAY FOR PAY FOR PLAY SITUATION WHICH NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S PROPOSED IN ARTICLE 12 WILL SHOULD DISSUADE ANYBODY FROM RUNNING. IF ANYTHING, IT'S

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BUT THIS WILL DEFINITELY ALTER THAT SUPPORT. SHOULD YOU SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN CARNAHAN'S MOVE TOWARDS ANY KIND OF SANCTUARY CITY IN THE PAST? ALSO, YOU'VE ALL BEEN IN PARTICULAR, MR. BURKE HAS BEEN VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO FOCUS ON MATTERS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CITY OF CYPRUS, WHICH MEANS WE STAY AWAY FROM THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SPECTER OR INTERNATIONAL, BECAUSE THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST AND THEY WERE ALL REASONABLY, AND I THINK, JUSTLY SET ASIDE. SO I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE SAME THING TODAY WHEN IT COMES TIME TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 15. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, STACY TROY, ITEM NUMBER 11. AND AFTER THAT IS DANIEL HAHN. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO REQUEST A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE OTHER DAY CARE CENTER LOCATED AT 6269 BROADWAY IN NEW PRAISE CHURCH BUILDING. YEAH. OUR BUSINESS IS LICENSED BY.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS FACILITY IS FOR THE ACTUALLY THE ELDERLY. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MAYOR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TO COME DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE OPEN AND CLOSED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TESTIMONY TO BE PART OF THE RECORD. SO THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 11 ON OUR AGENDA LATER ON. SO YEAH, CITY ATTORNEY IS CORRECT.

CAN SHE CONTINUE TO SPEAK SINCE SHE'S ALREADY STARTED? SHE CAN. BUT THE COMMENTS WON'T BE PART OF THE RECORD. OKAY. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK. BUT AS THE CITY ATTORNEYS MENTIONED, YOU CAN GO AND WAIT UNTIL WE ENTER INTO PUBLIC HEARING. YOUR CHOICE. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE FINISH MY STATEMENT? OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. IF DANIEL HAHN CAN PLEASE COME. ITEM NUMBER 11. YOU CAN SPEAK NOW, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, SINCE THAT IS PART OF THE. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW OR WAIT UNTIL WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YEAH I WAIT WAIT OKAY, I'LL PUT YOURS ASIDE. GREAT. NEXT UP IS MARILYN MARINES, ITEM NUMBER 11. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW, MARILYN? OR WAIT UNTIL WAIT? OKAY. NEXT UP IS LARRY ANDRE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. LARRY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SHIRLEY FITZGERALD. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LARRY ANDRE. MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THE CITY OF CYPRUS SINCE 1967, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING ON THE VERY LAST DAIRY FARM IN THE CITY, IN THE MEDIA, ON A DAILY BASIS. THERE ARE VOICES OF CONCERN THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS

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THAT'S A DEMOCRACY KILLER, BECAUSE THAT PERSON'S VOICE HAS BEEN QUASHED BY THIS. THE INTENTIONS ARE GOOD, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO CONSIDER THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE'S NEW ORDINANCE ADDS LOCAL RULES ON TOP OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FPPC ORDINANCE OR LAWS RIGHT NOW. AND IT ALSO RISKS SMALL CAMPAIGNS HAVING TO COMPLY WITH ALL THIS WITH NO MONEY. IT TAKES MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING HERE. THEY'RE AT RISK OF BEING VIOLATING THE LAW.

FINALLY, THIS LAW ALSO SHIFTS POLITICAL SPENDING AWAY FROM CANDIDATES INTO INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES, WHICH ARE LESS TRANSPARENT AND MORE NEGATIVE, AND THE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS WILL BECOME BURDENSOME AND EXTREME TO LOCAL ELECTIONS. CYPRUS DESERVES THOUGHTFUL REFORM, NOT THE OVERREACH OF COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE'S POORLY WRITTEN, DEMOCRACY KILLING LAW.

I RESPECTFULLY URGE A NO VOTE AND PROTECT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. IT'S BAD FOR CYPRUS.

IT'S BAD FOR DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS SHIRLEY FITZGERALD, ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 15, FOLLOWED BY JODY TOCCI. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHIRLEY FITZGERALD, AND MY HUSBAND, MARK, AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF CYPRUS SINCE 1997. SO APPROXIMATELY 29 YEARS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING AT A MEETING, SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I COME TO YOU TODAY OVER TWO ISSUES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THE CYPRUS CITY COUNCIL, THE FIRST BEING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS RESOLUTION.

IT'S NOT NECESSARY AND ACTUALLY MAKES IT LOOK LIKE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING OUT AND LOOKING TO HARM PEOPLE, WHICH IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH. THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER PATROL.

BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT LOOKING TO CAUSE TROUBLE. THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO THEIR JOB, GO HOME AND BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES JUST LIKE YOU AND I DO WHEN WE GO TO OUR JOBS.

HOW ABOUT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS? LET'S PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY AND OUR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE SECOND ORDINANCE I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. I STRONGLY OPPOSE OPPOSE THIS ORDINANCE. ALSO. I STAYED UP THE OTHER NIGHT AND I READ THE ORDINANCE AND IT WAS OVERWHELMING AND CONFUSING. IF YOU'RE A LAYPERSON AND WANTED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, YOU MIGHT NEED AN ATTORNEY TO HELP EXPLAIN CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ONE ERROR THAT YOU COULD MAKE. YOU COULD BE CHARGED $10,000 PER VIOLATION. I FOUND THAT TO BE SHOCKING. ALSO, I DON'T THINK 5900 PER DONATION IN TODAY'S WORLD IS EXORBITANT CONSIDERING THE COST OF THINGS. WHO DECIDES

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GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JODY TOCCI, REPRESENTING JANE TSUCHIHARA AND PARK CYPRESS RV STORAGE. WE'VE BEEN HERE. WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS SINCE 1973, AND WE'VE LIVED IN CYPRESS SINCE 1969. I'M EXPRESSING MY OPPOSITION TO COUNCILWOMAN CARNAHAN AND PRO TEM CHANG REGARDING THE PRO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ANTI ICE RESOLUTION. WE BELIEVE THAT ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES TO REMAIN IN OUR SMALL, CHARMING CITY ENDANGERS THE CITY OF FOR MYSELF, MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY DAUGHTERS AND MY 94 YEAR OLD MOTHER WHOSE PARENTS IMMIGRATED HERE FROM JAPAN AND MEXICO LEGALLY. AS THE PROPERTY MANAGER OF PARK CYPRESS RV STORAGE, WE FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND CRIMINALS AT OUR BUSINESS WITH NO CONSEQUENCES. UNDER CURRENT LAWS, EXTENDING PROTECTION TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE CRIME, DRUG USE, AND VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR PRIORITY MUST BE SAFEGUARDING THE CYPRESS COMMUNITY, NOT PROTECTING THOSE TARGETED BY ICE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW, PATRICK, ITEM NUMBER 15, FOLLOWED BY HARUMI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PATRICK MELIS AND I'VE LIVED IN CYPRESS FOR 21 YEARS. I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 15 ON THE AGENDA. LET ME START BY SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NOT MAKE A RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN ICE FOR DOING THEIR JOB, GIVEN TO THEM BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS NOT OUR PLACE AS A CITY TO OVERRIDE A FEDERAL AGENCY, BECAUSE THIS CONCERN OVER PUBLIC SAFETY IS UNFOUNDED. THERE'S NOT A REASON TO FEEL UNSAFE GOING TO SCHOOL, SCHOOL, OR TO WORK, OR TO WORSHIP, OR GET MEDICAL CARE, OR PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC, CIVIC LIFE AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. THIS STATE OF FEAR IS A RESULT OF FEAR MONGERING, ANTI ICE PROPAGANDA THAT WE SEE IN A LOT OF THE MEDIA TODAY. AS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, THEY ARE GUARANTEED TO ALL CITIZENS AS LONG AS NO ONE'S BREAKING THE LAW. WHICH WHICH MEANS. IN REGARD TO THE RECENT FATALITIES IN MINNESOTA, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE GOING TO PROTESTS AND ATTEMPTING TO RUN OVER FEDERAL AGENTS WITH THEIR VEHICLES OR FIRING SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOLS AT THEM. IT'S NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. RACHEL ALSO SAID THAT WE NEED TO AFFIRM THE PROTECTION OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND THE DEFINITION OF A CONSTITUENT IS SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN A COMMUNITY. THIS MEANS THAT A CONSTITUENT MUST BE A US CITIZEN, BECAUSE ILLEGAL AND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION TO VOTE YES ON ITEM 15, AND THIS RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN ICE WOULD ONLY RESULT IN DRAWING UNWANTED ATTENTION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OUR CITY THAT WE DON'T NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RUMI. ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 15, FOLLOWED BY ANNE HERTZ. MALLORY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HARUMI AND I LIVE IN THE CITY OF CYPRESS. FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSED CAMPAIGN FINANCE ORDINANCE. CYPRESS HAS LONG BEEN A GOLD STANDARD IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE UNTIL NOT TOO LONG AGO, THE COUNCIL BODY HAS HAD FOCUSED ON THE BASICS PAVING OUR ROADS, MAINTAINING OUR PARKS AND SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, TEARS DOWN THIS TRADITION. SIMPLY PUT, THIS MEASURE ONLY

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PLAY A BIG ROLE IN CYPRESS DONATIONS IN ELECTIONS. IT SABOTAGES EVERYDAY RESIDENTS AND RISKS DIVIDING OUR COMMUNITY. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMING. THIS VOTE IS HAPPENING BEFORE FOURTH QUARTER. FPPC FORM 460 DISCLOSURE ARE MADE PUBLIC AT THE END OF THE MONTH. IT'S FAIR TO ASK WHETHER ANYONE RUNNING FOR REELECTION WAS ABLE TO RAISE MONEY. UNDER THE CURRENT RULES OF 5900 PER DONOR, AND IS NOW BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON $500 PER INDIVIDUAL LIMIT. LIMIT LIMITS. MOVING FORWARD, PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE NEW RULE ARE FINE OF UP TO $10,000. HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO EDUCATE? CYPRESS REGISTERS REGISTERED VOTERS ABOUT THE RULES AND FINES BEFORE THE UPCOMING 26 ELECTION, AND THAT'S JUST PHASE ONE. NOW, PHASE TWO IS GIVING CANDIDATES ELECTION FUNDS FROM THE CITY. YES, YOU HEARD IT RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE WOULD LIKE TO USE YOUR AND MY TAX DOLLARS TO FUND THE CAMPAIGN OF ALL CANDIDATES. RESIDENTS DESERVE FULL TRANSPARENCY. MR. BURKE, YOU RAN ON 2022 ON TRANSPARENCY.

WAS THAT ALL TALK JUST TO GET ELECTED? IT'S LIKE, WHO CARES? I'M NOT ELECTED. I NEED TO PROTECT MY REELECTION BY PASSING THIS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND GIVE MYSELF AS MUCH ADVANTAGE OVER WHOEVER RUNNING AGAINST ME. DOES THAT RAISE SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY? THAT'S NOT HOW CYPRESS DOES BUSINESS. CYPRESS VOTERS DESERVE BETTER.

THE COMMUNITY IS PAYING ATTENTION. I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON ANOTHER ITEM. 15 COUNCIL MEMBER RACHEL STRONG. WHY ARE YOU SO QUICK TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CRIMINALS, MURDERERS, RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS, DRUG DEALERS, AND SO ON? AS A CYPRESS RESIDENT, I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE PROTECTED FROM THEM. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING.

DON'T INTERFERE WITH THEIR WORK TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE CRIMINALS NOW ON SANCTUARY CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AN ITEM NUMBER 12, FOLLOWED BY BETH CULVER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANN HERTZ MALLORY. I'M A FORMER MAYOR OF CYPRESS, AND I SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WITH BALANCE AND WITH CYPRESS BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.

FOR DECADES, I'VE WORKED WITH LOCAL WORKING FAMILIES TO HELP THEM REACH THEIR GOALS AND ACCESS RESOURCES THAT EMPOWER THEM. CYPRESS IS STRONG BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE BELIEVE IN GOOD GOVERNMENT, CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS SO-CALLED CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ORDINANCE. I STRONGLY SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY AND FAIR ELECTIONS, BUT THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT DELIVER EITHER, AND IT CREATES SERIOUS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR CITY. FIRST, CYPRESS IS ALREADY GOVERNED BY STRONG STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS AB 571 AND THE FPPC PROVIDE CLEAR LIMITS, ROBUST DISCLOSURE AND CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT. SECOND, THE PROPOSED $500 CONTRIBUTION CAP IS EXTREME AND ARBITRARY. IT DISADVANTAGES CHALLENGERS, FAVORS INCUMBENTS, AND PUSHES MONEY TOWARD SELF-FUNDING AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES, BOTH OF WHICH REDUCE TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS. THIRD, THE ORDINANCE CREATES A TWO TIER SYSTEM WEALTHY CANDIDATES MAY SELF-FUND WITHOUT LIMIT, WHILE COMMUNITY BASED CANDIDATES FACE COMPLEX RESTRICTIONS THAT FAVORS WEALTH OVER GRASSROOTS SUPPORT. IT CREATES RED TAPE AND HARSH PENALTIES THAT WILL STRONGLY DISCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ENGAGING, AND IT CREATES THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTION SEASON LEGAL WARFARE. LET'S BE HONEST, THIS IS NOT REFORM. IT DOES NOT REDUCE MONEY IN POLITICS. IT REDIRECTS IT TO OUTSIDE PACS AND DARK MONEY GROUPS. THIS MAKES ELECTIONS LESS TRANSPARENT AND LESS ACCESSIBLE TO OUR EVERYDAY RESIDENTS. IF YOU TRULY CARE

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YOU ARE TO PROTECT OUR LIBERTIES. THE PROMISES OF THE PREAMBLE NOT TO PERVERT, PUT DOWN, SUBVERT, EVEN CREATE FALSE NARRATIVES OR INTERFERE WITH THE LEGAL OPERATIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USING FALSE NARRATIVES TO OVERRIDE YOUR OWN AGENDA WHICH DOES NOT TRAMPLE, WHICH TRAMPLES ON OUR CIVIL RIGHTS. AND BY THE WAY, CIVIL RIGHTS ARE NOT PROTECTED.

I MEAN, YOUR ARE NOT PART OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. YOUR YOUR OPINIONS PROMOTING A SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY IS NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. AND WHEN YOU COLLUDE TOGETHER TO OVERTHROW SOMETHING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ORDAINED, THAT'S A REASONABLE EFFECT.

SEDITIOUS, LIKE I SAID, IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION, BUT THE BEHAVIOR CLEARLY IS. IF I HAVE A FEW MINUTES HERE, THE PREAMBLE MENTIONS THAT IS PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, PROTECT FOR COMMON DEFENSE, PROMOTE GENERAL WELFARE, SECURE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY. NONE OF THIS OTHER NONSENSE ABOUT SOMEBODY'S CIVIL RIGHTS, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE A DECISION THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS MADE. IT'S NOT IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, STEVE MOSS, ITEM NUMBER 15. I'M SORRY. CORRECTION PER ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 15, FOLLOWED BY STEVE MOSS, ITEM NUMBER 15. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PEARL BOULTER, RESIDENT OF CYPRESS, FOR ITEM NUMBER 12. I'M ASKING THAT CITY COUNCIL NOT TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT STRONG AND ELECTIONS THAT ARE HAVE INTEGRITY. AND FIRST OF ALL, OUR CITY HAS MOVED TO DISTRICTS.

AND SO NOW WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE AT LARGE ANYMORE. AND THEN WE COME UP WITH THIS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM THAT ACTUALLY LIMITS GREAT CANDIDATES FROM RUNNING. AND FOR THAT, WE WHEN WE MOVE TO DISTRICTS, TWO DISTRICTS WERE ALLOWED TO RUN UNDER THE CURRENT STATE RULES.

AND NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT IT UP AND HAVE THREE DISTRICTS. THE LAST THREE DISTRICTS RUN UNDER THESE NEW RULES. I THINK THAT IS NOT EQUAL OR FAIR AT ALL. AND I BELIEVE THAT REGARDLESS OF THIS, WE SHOULD NOT DO IT THIS YEAR, AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WAY IT IS AND LET THE THREE DISTRICTS VOTE AS IS WITH THE STATE RULES. SECOND, AS I JUST SPOKE, THESE RULES WILL IMPACT CANDIDATES FIRST OF ALL, FROM WANTING TO RUN. I MEAN, IF YOU READ THEM, THEY'RE JUST SO DIFFICULT TO EVEN FOLLOW. AND MOST OF US, AND I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SUED. AND SO THESE RULES WILL GIVE PEOPLE PAUSE TO EVEN CONSIDER RUNNING FOR THOSE SEATS. AND THAT I THINK IS HORRIBLE. AND THE OTHER THING IS, THIS WOULDN'T EVEN BE ON THE AGENDA IF IT WASN'T FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE AND HIS 501 FORESEE THAT

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CAMPAIGN FINANCE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX AREAS OF PUBLIC POLICY, AS WITNESSED BY THE TEN PAGES OF LEGAL DOCUMENTATION, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS IT SPEAKS TO YOUR COMMITMENT, ACTUALLY TO ETHICAL AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT. I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT.

WE ALL SHARE THE SAME GOAL FAIR ELECTIONS FREE OF IMPROPER INFLUENCE, WHERE EVERY VOTER'S VOICE TRULY MATTERS. THAT SAID, I'M CONCERNED THAT IMPOSING STRICT LIMITS ON LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS MAY NOT ACHIEVE THE FAIRNESS YOU HOPED FOR AND COULD EVEN CREATE NEW INEQUITIES. THE CHALLENGE LIES IN WHAT THIS CITY CAN LEGALLY REGULATE AND WHAT IT CANNOT. AS YOU KNOW, THE US SUPREME COURT'S CITIZENS UNITED DECISION ESTABLISHED THAT INDEPENDENT POLITICAL SPENDING BY PACS OR OTHER OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS IS CONSIDERED PROTECTED PROTECTED FREE SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. BECAUSE OF THAT PRECEDENT, CITIES CANNOT RESTRICT MONEY SPENT BY INDEPENDENT GROUPS SO LONG AS IT ISN'T COORDINATED WITH A CANDIDATE'S CAMPAIGN. IN PRACTICE, THIS MEANS THAT EVEN IF LOCAL CONTRIBUTION LIMITS ARE ENACTED, LARGE SUMS FROM OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS CAN STILL FLOW INTO OUR ELECTIONS, POTENTIALLY OVERSHADOWING THE VOICES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS. THAT SEEMS LIKELY TO ME, ESTABLISHED LIMITS ON INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL REMAIN, WHILE POWERFUL THIRD PARTY ENTITIES LIKE POLITICAL PARTIES AND SPECIAL INTERESTS WILL REMAIN UNCONSTRAINED, THE EFFECT MAY BE TO WEAKEN LOCAL CANDIDATES WHO RELY ON GENUINE GRASSROOTS SUPPORT, WHILE EMPOWERING THOSE BACKED BY DEEP POCKETED INTERESTS OPERATED BEYOND THE CITY'S LEGAL REACH. I TRULY RESPECT THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL, BUT THIS IS A POLICY AREA WHERE STATE AND FEDERAL LAW HAVE ALREADY DRAWN DIFFICULT BOUNDARIES. REFORM AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, HOWEVER WELL INTENTIONED, IS LIKELY TO BE EASILY SKIRTED, LEGALLY CHALLENGED, OR SIMPLY RENDERED INEFFECTIVE BY OUTSIDE SPENDING. BEWARE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO CHANNEL ITS FOCUS AND RESOURCES TOWARDS EFFORTS THAT ARE FULLY WITHIN ITS AUTHORITY, INITIATIVES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER, SAFER AND MORE LIVABLE FOR EVERYONE. LET'S INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, QUALITY SCHOOLS, WELL MAINTAINED STREETS AND THRIVING PARKS THE AREAS WHERE THE CITY LEADERSHIP CAN MAKE A LASTING DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILIES. THINGS THAT ACTUALLY UNITE US. EVERYTHING ABOUT NUMBER 15 HAS ALREADY BEEN SET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY ELLEN. MARK, ITEM NUMBER THREE, 12 AND 15, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA BOGGS. HELLO, I'M MARY ELLEN YORK. I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT.

USED TO BE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE. AND IT'S OKAY THAT I'M NOT THERE ANYMORE. I'M ACTUALLY HERE. I PUT THE NUMBERS WRONG. SORRY. ON NUMBER FOUR. CHANGING IT FROM MONDAY TO TUESDAY. JUST A QUICK QUESTION, YOU GUYS. WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR JOB, DID YOU LOOK AT THE RULES? I MEAN, I WAS THERE I DIDN'T LIKE MONDAY NIGHTS, BUT I TOOK THE JOB. AND YOU, NONE OF YOU CAME UP WITH ANYTHING THAT WAS THAT YOU HAD TO CHANGE IT FROM MONDAY. YOU MADE ALL THE EMPLOYEES CHANGE.

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BUT AND I'M ASSUMING OUR POLICE WOULD BACK UP ICE IF THEY CAME IN AND DID CROWD CONTROL. YOU CAN'T COMPARE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE MAY NEVER BECOME A SANCTUARY CITY. THOSE OF US THAT ARE LAW ABIDING NEED TO HAVE SOME RIGHTS AS WELL. AND YOU PROBABLY SEE A WHITE WOMAN STANDING UP HERE AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY WHEN WHITE PEOPLE SAY THINGS ABOUT THIS, WHICH IS TOTALLY WRONG. I HAVE MY FAMILY'S VERY DIVERSE.

I HAVE FOUR MEXICAN BROTHER IN LAWS WHO PREFER TO BE CALLED MEXICAN INSTEAD OF HISPANIC. MY CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN ARE ASIAN AND MY NEPHEW IN LAW IS BLACK. SO WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE FAMILY AND NONE OF THEM WOULD SUPPORT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING UP HERE. THANK YOU.

NEXT, ISABEL GALLEGOS, ITEM NUMBER 12, FOLLOWED BY CHUNG VO. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO.

THIS IS ON ITEM NUMBER 12. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSING THIS ORDINANCE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. I SUPPORT ESTABLISHING A LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT AS WELL AS A REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF TOP CONTRIBUTORS IN A SIMPLE ONE TITLE TRANSPARENT LISTING ON DIGITAL AND PRINTED CAMPAIGN MATERIALS. I BELIEVE THESE CHANGES ARE AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS BY SETTING A REASONABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT AS OPPOSED TO SOME COMMENTS THIS EVENING, I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS NOT ONLY TO SEE WHO'S FUNDING EACH CANDIDATE, BUT IT WOULD GIVE THEM A VOICE AND A PATHWAY TO PARTICIPATION. THE CITY OF CYPRESS, THROUGH THIS, I HOPE IN GOOD FAITH, IS ALLOWING ALL VOTERS, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL MEANS AND ALL CANDIDATES, TO HAVE A FAIR CHANCE AT DETERMINING WHERE THEIR SUPPORT GOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHUNG VO. ITEM NUMBER 12 AND 15, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT WINTER. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS CHUNG VO, FORMER MAYOR OF CERRITOS, JUST RECENTLY STEPPED UP FROM THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR. WHY AM I HERE? BECAUSE YOUR CONSTITUENTS GAVE ME A CALL AND ASKED ME TO COME SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 15. AND THEN I LEARNED ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 12. SO I'LL

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AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO WIN AGAINST THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SELF-FUND AND ALSO HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAD REALLY WEALTHY WALLETS. I HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE WHO I AM AND WHAT I'M THERE TO DO. AND SO THEY SUPPORTED ME. AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN ME DONATED TO MY CAMPAIGN TO GET ME WHERE I NEEDED TO BE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVED IN ME. AND SO DOING THIS WITH THE RESTRICTIONS, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE THE INCUMBENTS TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO RUN, TO MAKE REFORM, TO MAKE CHANGE, OR TO JUST EXPRESS THEIR THEIR DIFFERENT VISION FOR THE CITY. SO NOW I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15 BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MUCH HERE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BEST LOCAL WORKS BEST WHEN IT STAYS LOCAL FEDERAL POLICIES, INCLUDING IMMIGRATION, ARE DECIDED IN WASHINGTON. AND WHEN I BECOME THE CONGRESS MEMBER, I PLEDGE TO TALK TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES YOU BELIEVE TO BE ISSUES. OKAY, CITY COUNCILS DO NOT WRITE FEDERAL LAWS, CANNOT ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES, AND SHOULD NOT PRETEND OTHERWISE. WHEN LOCAL OFFICIALS WEIGHED INTO NATIONAL POLICY BATTLES, THEY WASTE TIME, DISTRACT FROM THE REAL RESPONSIBILITIES, AND DIVIDE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. THE ROLE OF CITY COUNCIL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. MANAGE INFRASTRUCTURE BALANCED BUDGETS, SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND MAINTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE. FOR RESIDENTS IN CYPRUS, THAT MEANS FOCUSING ON PUBLIC SAFETY, TRAFFIC AND ROADS, WATER UTILITIES, RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, PARKS, SCHOOLS AND FISCAL DISCIPLINE. THESE ARE ISSUES WHERE LOCAL LEADERSHIP ACTUALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. USING CITY HALL AS A PLATFORM FOR FEDERAL POLITICAL SIGNALING DOES NOT SOLVE IMMIGRATION, FOREIGN POLICY OR NATIONAL DEBATES. IT DOES, HOWEVER, CREATE UNNECESSARY DIVISION AMONG NEIGHBORS WHO OTHERWISE AGREE ON FAR MORE THINGS THAN THEY DISAGREE ON. RESIDENTS COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS ON NATIONAL ISSUES, BUT THEY ALL SHARE THE SAME STREETS, SCHOOLS AND LOCAL SERVICES. ISSUES.

COMMON GROUND EXISTS WHEN LEADERS FOCUS ON WHAT 15 SAFE COMMUNITY, STRONG LOCAL BUSINESS AND GOOD SCHOOLS, CLEAN PARKS AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT. 320 THANK YOU.

PLEASE FINISH OFF YOUR LAST. OKAY. I'M TRYING TO OKAY. LOCAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAY IN THE LANE. WHEN IT DOES IT SERVES EVERYONE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ROBERT WINTER FOLLOWED BY ESTHER HOPE. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS ROBERT WINTER. MY WIFE AND I ARE 27 YEAR RESIDENTS OF CYPRESS. I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT CYPRESS LACK OF ACTION IN ESTABLISHING CLEAR POLICY POSITIONS REGARDING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S VIOLENT, INCREASINGLY UNLAWFUL AND AT TIMES, DEADLY RAIDS, APPREHENSIONS AND RESPONSES TO PEACEFUL PROTESTERS OCCURRING ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, INCLUDING HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY. WHEN I SPOKE ON THIS TOPIC BACK IN JULY, I WARNED THAT WITH THE INCREASED FUNDING GIVEN TO HOMELAND SECURITY, IT WOULD GET WORSE. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE JULY. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT, SEVERAL KILLED. MANY MORE HAVE DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY. PEACEFUL PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED AND MAIMED. IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS IN MINNESOTA, WE WITNESSED THE MURDER OF TWO U.S. CITIZENS AT THE HANDS OF FEDERAL AGENTS. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF SAID. MINNESOTA IS JUST THE BEGINNING. SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE IN MINNESOTA. WE'VE HAD OUR EXPERIENCE HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THIS MUST BE OF LOCAL INTEREST, OF INTEREST TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS LOCAL LEADERSHIP TO THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE. IF YOU AREN'T WATCHING THE HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, BRUTAL ABUSE, INJURIES AND DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE EVENING NEWS, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. IF YOU'RE WATCHING CABLE TV, YOU'RE NOT

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MORE AND MORE RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES UP TO $10,000 PROPOSED WILL NOT STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY. THEY WILL ONLY SILENCE IT AND DEMOLISH IT. WE CYPRESS COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT POSITIVE CARE, SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT. WE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CITY CONTRIBUTING WITHOUT THREATS AS THIS ORDINANCE UNDERMINES THAT SPIRIT FOR THE SAKE OF FAIRNESS AND AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS COLIN EDWARDS CAMPAIGN REFORM. GOOD EVENING. COLIN EDWARDS HERE, A LONG TIME CYPRESS RESIDENT HERE ON MY OWN BEHALF. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. IT'S NOT MY DAY JOB, BUT I'VE BEEN IN AND AROUND THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. SO I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF FAMILIARITY. A LOT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY. IF THIS IS ADOPTED, CYPRESS WILL HAVE THE LOWEST PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION LIMIT IN ORANGE COUNTY. FOR CONTEXT, THE NEXT LOWEST IS THE CITY OF IRVINE.

IT WAS 600, BUT IT'S INDEXED TO INFLATION. SO IT MIGHT BE LIKE 650. NOW, IF YOU TALK TO ANYBODY WHO'S RUN FOR OFFICE IN IRVINE, THEY WILL ALL TELL YOU ONE THING BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT.

THEY ALL RELY ON INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES TO FUND THEIR CAMPAIGNS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DON'T COORDINATE, THEY DON'T BREAK THE LAW. BUT THERE'S KIND OF AN UNSPOKEN RULE THAT THEY'LL RAISE X AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND THEN I DID A LITTLE QUICK BACK AND NAPKIN MATH HERE BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE'S REALLY INTERESTED IN IT. IN THE LAST 2024 CAMPAIGN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE REPORT THAT'S DUE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES SPENT $828,576 JUST UP UNTIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION. SO I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LESSON THERE, AND IT GIVES US CONTEXT FOR WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT WITH SUCH A LOW. SORRY, DID I MISHEAR YOU? YOU SAID 800 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CYPRUS. I'M SORRY. IN IRVINE I MISSPOKE, I APOLOGIZE. THERE'S CERTAINLY A BROADER CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN HAVE ABOUT MONEY AND POLITICS. I THINK IT'S BEST SUITED FOR THE NATIONAL LEVEL DISCUSSION ABOUT INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES. I'D BE INTERESTED

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I'M SURE EVERYONE CAN COME TO A CONSENSUS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT I DON'T THINK $500 A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION AND MISDEMEANOR FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ESSENTIALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT IS THE ANSWER FOR US HERE IN CYPRUS. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO MORE CARDS. CLERK ANY MORE. IT APPEARS WE HAVE FIVE HANDS RAISED ONLINE. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST CALLER. FIRST CALLER IS CHERYL KATZ. I HAVE UNMUTED YOU AND YOU CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. CHERYL, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. DISTINGUISHED MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS CHERYL KATZ. I'M A LAW PROFESSOR AND HAVE LIVED IN CYPRUS SINCE 1983. MY LATE HUSBAND AND I RAISED OUR SON HERE, AND I TAUGHT THE CAREERS IN LAW PROGRAM AT CYPRUS HIGH SCHOOL. MY MOTHER, A 98 YEAR OLD HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. PHOTOS HANG IN THE HOLOCAUST GALLERY AT CYPRESS COLLEGE, WHERE SHE AND I HAVE SPOKEN AT EVENTS FOR MANY YEARS. I SHARE THIS BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. THIS MEETING, THIS MEETING SHOULD NOT BE POLITICAL, YET THE COUNCIL HAS MADE IT SO. FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW IS NOT A PARTIZAN ISSUE. IT'S A MATTER OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. PRESIDENTS CLINTON AND OBAMA BOTH ENFORCED IMMIGRATION LAWS, AND PRESIDENT OBAMA REMOVED MORE THAN 3 MILLION INDIVIDUALS DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION. IN 2015, HE HONORED TOM HOMAN. NOW, THE BORDERS ARE FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THESE FACTS SHOW THAT ENFORCING FEDERAL LAW IS NOT FASCISM. IN 2024, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ISSUES WAS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WAS A MAIN REASON WE REELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY. HOWEVER, SOME POLITICAL LEADERS WRONGFULLY PORTRAY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WHITE SUPREMACISTS OR NAZIS. AS THE DAUGHTER OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, I FIND THESE COMPARISONS DEEPLY OFFENSIVE AND HISTORICALLY FALSE. DEPORTATION IS NOT GENOCIDE.

COMPARING ICE TO NAZIS DEMEANS SURVIVORS LIKE MY MOTHER, DISHONORS THOSE MURDERED IN THE HOLOCAUST AND DISRESPECTS THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS, INCLUDING MY FATHER AND FORMER CYPRESS MAYOR, LIEUTENANT COLONEL LEROY MILLS, WHO FOUGHT TO DEFEAT ACTUAL NAZIISM AND EXTREMISM. TOMORROW IS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. CITIES AROUND US, WESTMINSTER, SEAL BEACH, BUENA PARK ARE HONORING IT. YET HERE IN CYPRESS, AN APPOINTED, NOT ELECTED OFFICIAL IS INSTEAD FOCUSED ON RESOLUTIONS INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. MEANWHILE, FAMILIES WHO'VE LOST LOVED ONES TO VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS HERE HERE UNLAWFULLY, ANGEL MOMS AND DADS RECEIVE LITTLE COMPASSION OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT. FEDERAL LAW IS CLEAR. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS A FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND FEDERAL LAW PREEMPTS STATE AND LOCAL ATTEMPTS TO OBSTRUCT IT. IT'S A CRIME TO HARBOR OR SHIELD INDIVIDUALS HERE ILLEGALLY, AND CITIES THAT REFUSE TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL DETAINERS RISK LOSING SIGNIFICANT FUNDING.

CALIFORNIA'S ALREADY FACING A MAJOR DEFICIT. CYPRESS IS NOT A SANCTUARY CITY AND CANNOT AFFORD POLICIES THAT EXPOSE US TO LEGAL AND FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES. ICE AGENTS PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR HOUSES OF WORSHIP, AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT COMPASSION VERSUS CRUELTY. IT'S ABOUT LAWFULNESS VERSUS LAWLESSNESS. WELCOMING THE STRANGER IS A VALUE I HOLD, BUT IT NEVER MEANT IGNORING CRIMINALITY OR EQUATING LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH MORAL EVIL. TO ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS OF CYPRESS, AND TO ALL WHO SERVE IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE MILITARY. MY FAMILY THANKS YOU. MY MOTHER IS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE AMERICAN SOLDIERS LIKE MY DAD AND THE GREATEST GENERATION OF WORLD WAR TWO LIBERATED HER FROM THE CONCENTRATION DEATH CAMP OF DACHAU. YOU'RE AT 315. I URGE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED AND APPOINTED TO DO. PROTECT

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CITY CLERK. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT HIM ON PAUSE. IF HE CAN WORK HIS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, HE CAN BE THE LAST ONE. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE SHAPIRO. YES, I CAN, I CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, HI. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. HI, KATIE. COULD YOU HOLD OFF JUST ONE MOMENT? WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH EDWIN KRAMER FOR THREE MINUTES, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED WITH YOU AND MR. KRAMER. YOUR THREE MINUTES STARTS NOW. WE CANNOT HEAR YOU, MR. KRAMER. MR. KRAMER, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? HI. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. MR. KRAMER, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. FOR THREE MINUTES. AND. AND, MR. MAYOR, WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT GREAT KATIE SHAPIRO. HELLO. SERIOUSLY, I'LL JUST GO. LET HIM GO. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. YOUR THREE MINUTES STARTS NOW. HELLO? GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL IN. OKAY? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OH, HELLO. GOOD. YES. WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH THREE MINUTES. THERE'S SOME KIND OF DELAY. I'M GOING TO CALL IN UNLESS YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW, I'M GOING TO DIAL IN. OKAY. WE CAN HEAR YOU. NO, I THINK I HAVE A DELAY. YES, YOU DO HAVE A DELAY. I SUPPORT ITEM. MY NAME IS ED KRAMER. I LIVE IN CYPRUS, I SUPPORT. OUR SUPPORT. ITEM 12 CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. I'M TIRED OF DEVELOPER AND VENDOR MONEY FUNDING. CYPRUS ELECTIONS. THE STATE ELECTION FINANCE RULES ARE NOT WORKING. RECENT ELECTIONS SAW 30 4K PUT SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS SEVERAL DEVELOPER OR VENDOR CANDIDATES IT WAS DISCUSSING. IT WAS WELL KNOWN. WE CAN HEAR YOU. NO? OKAY. FRANKLY, I'M SURPRISED AT THE SHORT MEMORIES AND OPPOSITION. I DON'T SEE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT WOULD CAUSE MAYOR BURKE CAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE TO RECUSE. THERE'S NO BENEFIT TO HIM DIRECTLY AND HAVING AN OPINION OR ACTION TOWARDS HIS BELIEF IS NATURAL AND REGULAR. I SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 15, CYPRUS. I STRONGLY SUPPORT CYPRUS DECLARING OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I WORK IN LA. I WAS THERE WHEN THE FEDS INVADED LA. THERE WAS NO UNREST. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL POLICE BOARD. IT WAS A POLITICAL PLOY, JUST LIKE THE INVASION IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHERE ARE ALL THESE DANGEROUS IMMIGRANTS THAT NEED TO BE ROUNDED UP IN CYPRUS? YOU CAN'T EVEN FIND DE WORKERS AT HOME DEPOT. IT'S ALL A POLITICAL FARCE. ICE IS NOT BEING DONE WELL. THEY HAVE ALREADY SHOWN US WHO THEY ARE. THEY HAVE OVERREACHING FEDERAL PARDON LATITUDE. CYPRUS NEEDS TO STAND UP FOR ITS CITIZENS. WE SPEND OVER 50% OF OUR BUDGET ON POLICE. I WANT THEM TO SUPPORT ME AND MY RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST AND SECURE IN MY HOME FROM OBVIOUS, OVERREACHING GOVERNMENT. WHAT AM I TO DO IF MASK JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTIONISTS COME TO MY DOOR AND DEMAND WARRANTLESS ACCESS? I'M TRAINED NOT TO ALLOW THIS. IT'S NOT RIDICULOUS. I'VE SEEN GOVERNMENT GASLIGHT

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AND BEFORE I START SPEAKING, I WOULD LIKE TO REASSURE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME THAT ARE JUST DUMBFOUNDED BY THE DIVISIVE RHETORIC AND HATE THAT'S COMING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORS. I ASSURE YOU THAT MOST OF THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT FEEL THAT WAY, AND I WILL SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF RIGHT NOW. THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION REPRESENTS A NECESSARY AFFIRMATION OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES I'M TALKING ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG'S ITEMIZED AGENDA, NUMBER 15, THE PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE REJECTION OF EXCESSIVE FORCE IS NECESSARY.

THESE ARE NOT PARTIZAN VALUES. THEY ARE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPERATIVES AND MORAL BEDROCK UPON WHICH OUR DEMOCRACY RESTS. THE RESOLUTION IS OUTLINED DOES NOT PROPOSE THAT CYPRUS BECOME A SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITY OR INTERFERE WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. RATHER, IT ARTICULATES OUR CITY'S VALUES AND ENSURES THAT OUR OWN RESOURCES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES ALIGN WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR EVERYONE WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. THIS DISTINCTION IS CRITICAL AND OFTEN DELIBERATELY OBSCURED IN INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION POLICY. AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS A GRANDDAUGHTER OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR MYSELF, WE HAVE WITNESSED BOTH HISTORICALLY AND IN RECENT YEARS HOW VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS, CAN FACE DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF FORCE AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

WHEN OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ABSENT. A RESOLUTION OF THIS NATURE SERVES AS BOTH A MORAL STATEMENT AND A PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK, ENSURING THAT CYPRUS OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATIONS REGARDING COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND THE PROTECTION OF RESIDENTS. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. BRIEFLY, BEFORE I END, I WANT TO ADDRESS DIRECTLY THE ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN OF INTOLERANCE WE WITNESSED TONIGHT. THIS IS NOT WHO CYPRUS IS AS A CITY. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR TEN YEARS. CYPRUS IS A MUCH LARGER, MUCH MORE DIVERSE IN THOUGHT AND VALUE THAN THE SAME 20 PLACES THAT SHOW UP AT EVERY MEETING ATTEMPTING TO DOMINATE THE NARRATIVE. THE SILENT MAJORITY OF REASONABLE, COMPASSIONATE RESIDENTS DESERVE REPRESENTATION TOO, AND THEY DESERVE A COUNCIL THAT GOVERNS WITH PRINCIPLE RATHER THAN YIELDING TO THE LOUDEST VOICES OF INTOLERANCE. I REALLY, REALLY DO WANT TO COMMEND RACHEL STRONG FOR AGENDIZE THIS, KNOWING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AS DIVISIVE AS IT IS, AND SHOWING UP AND SPEAKING AND ADDING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY'S MORAL VALUES THAT I KNOW CYPRUS IS CAPABLE OF. SO THANK YOU, RACHEL. THANK YOU DAVID. ALSO, THANK YOU THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. I REALLY SUPPORT YOU TO PASS THIS. IT'S IT'S THE DUTY THAT WE DESERVE THREE MINUTES, 15 SECONDS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. I'M DONE. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY KAYE. HI THERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. YES. OKAY. AWESOME. SO TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO. OH. WELL HI, I'M KELLY, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CYPRUS SINCE 2002, AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THREE DIFFERENT TOPICS. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, 12 AND 15. IN REGARDS TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, WE HAVE LESS THAN $600,000 IN OUR CASH ACCOUNTS. CURRENTLY AS OF 1231 2025. AND I FIND THAT EXTREMELY ALARMING. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE DID ALL OF OUR CITIES, WHERE DID ALL OF OUR MONEY GO? IS ARE WE WASTING IT EXCESSIVELY ON? I DON'T KNOW,

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AND THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION. I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ITEM NUMBER. WELL, THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, WHAT I COULD ONLY SURMISE OR ASSUME IS THE FACT THAT THIS EXTREMELY DRACONIAN AND PUNITIVE $10,000 PUNISHMENT FOR SOME ORDINARY CITIZEN FOR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING A A CANDIDATE WITH MORE THAN $500 WHEN THE CURRENT STATE STATUTE, IF I'M CLEAR, IT'S UNDER AB 571 AND THAT OTHER GOVERNMENT CODE. RIGHT. IT'S IT'S LIKE UP TO $5,900. SO LIKE THE THAT'S WILD TO ME THAT WE WOULD HAVE SUCH A DRASTIC AND INSANE PUNISHMENT FOR SOMEONE JUST FOR TRYING TO GET THE PERSON THAT THEY WANT IN OFFICE, IN OFFICE. AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK, LIKE, WHAT IF I WANTED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL? WHAT IF IT WAS MY DREAM? WOULD MY CITY FIND LIKE, LET'S SAY IT'S MY GRANDPARENTS. BOTH OF MY GRANDPARENTS INDIVIDUALLY DONATED $5,000 TO MY CAMPAIGN, RIGHT? UNKNOWINGLY, UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, THAT THERE IS THIS WEIRD, DRACONIAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM LAW THAT HAS BEEN RANDOMLY PUT IN PLACE. WHAT WOULD THAT LIKE? WOULD YOU FIND SOMEONE LIKE THAT $10,000, TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE YOU KNOW, AND WOULD YOU FIND THEM SUCH AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF MONEY? THAT'S CRAZY. YOU KNOW, FOR SUPPORTING A FAMILY MEMBER. OTHERWISE I WOULD I THINK WHEN I DID THE MATH, THERE'S SO ON AVERAGE EVERYBODY GETS ABOUT 10 TO 15, SOMETIMES UPWARD OF $20,000 IN LOANS IN ORDER TO FINANCE THEIR CAMPAIGN. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT I WOULD NEED AT LEAST 25 DIFFERENT PEOPLE EVERY MINUTE. 15 SECONDS. OH, I'M SO SORRY. OKAY. I'M AGAINST THAT. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS. I THINK IT'S OVERLY PUNITIVE. AND PLEASE, ENOUGH WITH THE VIRTUE SIGNALING WITH THE I STUFF. MISS THREE MINUTES AND 30S. PLEASE FINISH. NOT ELECTED. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THAT TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND REMEMBER, WE ONLY HAVE $600,000 LEFT LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. 40S. PLEASE FINISH RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD AND BRING ON THE NEXT ONLINE SPEAKER. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THIS OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE 600,000. I'M LOATHE TO RESPOND TO ANYONE, ANYONE COMMENT. I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE IS PRETTY FULL TONIGHT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE ANYTHING BUT EXTRAORDINARILY WELL RESOURCED, AND THE MONEY THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE COFFERS OF THIS CITY HAS FOR DECADES BEEN VERY, VERY WELL MANAGED. I'LL TURN TO STEVE TO SPEAK TO THAT PARTICULAR COMMENT, AND THEN WE'LL WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR MAKE A PRESENTATION. BUT QUICKLY, STEVE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE UNDERSTANDABLE MISUNDERSTANDING BY SOME OF YOU MIGHT JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS. WELL, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. YEAH WE CURRENTLY WE HAVE A WORKING CAPITAL AND THE WORKING CAPITAL IS JUST CASH ON HAND TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON WARRANTS. AND THAT'S ABOUT $600,000. BUT IN AN INVESTMENT POOL, WHICH IS OUR FUNDS WHICH ARE LOCAL AGENCY FUNDS, THOSE ARE MONEY MARKET SHORT TERM FUNDS. WE HAVE $83.2 MILLION AVAILABLE TO US AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM, WE HAVE AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR LADDER, VERY SAFE INVESTMENTS WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCY SECURITIES. WE HAVE ANOTHER $103 MILLION. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT CITY OF CYPRUS IS BEEN PRUDENT AND FRUGAL, AND HAS PLENTY OF FUNDS TO DO WITH WHAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR, FINANCE. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I'LL TURN IT BACK NOW TO CITY CLERK. I SEE ONE MORE CALLER AND THAT CALLER IS MALINI NAGPAL. I AM GOING TO ENABLE YOUR MIC RIGHT NOW AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR US. GO RIGHT AHEAD FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MALINI NAGPAL. I HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY OF CYPRUS FOR OVER 30

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[ 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.]

MAY I JUST MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT. SO FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR FOR SPECIFICALLY I HAD VOTED NO. SO I AM. WHEN I VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, I AM NOT VOTING FOR THREE AND FOUR.

ACTUALLY, I'M VOTING NO ON BOTH OF THOSE. THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU. AND SO FEW ITEMS I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON QUICKLY. AND BY THE WAY, WELL DONE, MAYOR MEDRANO. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'VE EVER HAD. AND IT WAS ONLY YOUR SECOND MEETING.

SO WELL DONE. SECOND MEETING IS MAYOR. MY APOLOGIES FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE. RECEIVE THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN KIND OF UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COME DOWN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION, MR. CORELLIAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A COUPLE BIG PICTURE TAKEAWAYS. WILL DO. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS OUR AUDIT RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025, WHICH IS ALSO THE TIME THAT WE DO OUR ACT FOR THE CITY CONTRACTS CONTRACTED WITH THE NEW AUDITING FIRM. I'D.

BAILEY. AFTER MANY YEARS OF WORKING WITH ANOTHER AUDITING FIRM NAMED LSL. SO IT'S VERY COMMON AND BEST PRACTICES TO PERIODICALLY CHANGE YOUR AUDITING FIRM. SO THE RECEIPT THE CITY RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR AN AUDIT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR MALONEY AND HER ACCOUNTING TEAM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK FOR THE AQUIFER. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU GET A NEW AUDITOR AND THAT YOU GET A REALLY GOOD REPORT. CITY ENDING FISCAL YEAR 2025 WITH THE SURPLUS OF NEARLY

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GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PETE IS STATED NO FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL ANYTHING? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH SORRY. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SO EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE. AND ITEM NUMBER TEN WILL BE MOVED TO LATER IN THE AGENDA.

PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTES AND LOCK THEM IN. AND THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PETE DISSENTING FROM THREE AND FOUR. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC

[11. Approve Conditional Use Permit No. 2025-02 for an Adult Day Health Care Facility at 6269 Ball Road Prepared by: Christopher Wong, Business Development Manager Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2025-02, subject to the attached conditions, and confirm the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).]

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AS ALICIA SAID.

CHRIS WONG, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL IS REVIEWING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2020 502, WHICH IS A REQUEST TO ALLOW AN ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE FACILITY TO OPERATE IN AN EXISTING CHURCH BUILDING LOCATED AT 6269 BALL ROAD. THE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE DAYTIME HEALTH, THERAPEUTIC, RECREATIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS OR DISABILITIES. APPROXIMATELY 9900FT■!S OF THE EXISTING INTERR SPACE WILL BE USED FOR THE PROGRAM. HOURS OF OPERATION

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THE PROGRAM MAY SERVE UP TO 150 PARTICIPANTS WITH UP TO NINE STAFF MEMBERS, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL ATTEND EVERY DAY. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BALL ROAD AND JUANITA STREET. SURROUNDING THE PROJECT SITE ON THREE SIDES ARE MULTIPLE FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. EAST TO THE SITE IS COMMERCIAL. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED CG OR COMMERCIAL GENERAL. THE CITY APPROVED A CHURCH USE ON THE PROJECT SITE IN 1995, AND THE BUILDING HAS CONTINUOUSLY FUNCTIONED AS A CHURCH SINCE THAT TIME. NEW PRAISE CHURCH CURRENTLY OCCUPIES THE BUILDING AND OPERATES ONLY ON WEEKENDS. THE CUP LIMITS OPERATIONS TO A MAXIMUM OF 15 HOURS PER WEEK. HERE'S THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF THE EXISTING BUILDING. IT INCLUDES A SANCTUARY, BANQUET ROOM, PLAYROOM, ALL USES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR ASSEMBLY AND GROUP ACTIVITY. THERE ARE TWO EXTERIOR ENTRANCES TO THE BUILDING ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE BUILDING. THE CARE FACILITY WILL GENERALLY BE USED AS ACTIVITY AND THERAPY SPACES FOR PARTICIPANTS, AND ADULT ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ARE ALLOWED IN THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONE WITH APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THE PROJECT WAS EVALUATED AGAINST THE REQUIRED CUP FINDINGS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS THE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, INCLUDING SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS AND LANDSCAPING. PARKING IS REQUIRED AT A RATE OF ONE PARKING SPACE PER EMPLOYEE AND ONE SPACE PER TEN PARTICIPANTS. BASED ON THE PROPOSED OPERATION, 24 SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND THE SITE PROVIDES 43 SPACES, WHICH EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENT BY 19 SPACES. PARTICIPANT PARTICIPANTS EITHER ARRIVE BY PROGRAM OPERATED VANS. OR CAREGIVER DROP OFF AND PICK UP ON SITE. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL NOT DRIVE THEMSELVES. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES ARE STAGGERED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, AND NOT ALL PARTICIPANTS ATTEND EVERY DAY. TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF INCLUDED SEVERAL KEY CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION. FIRST, THE ADULT DAY CARE FACILITY AND THE CHURCH CANNOT OPERATE AT THE SAME TIME, ELIMINATING OVERLAPPING DEMAND ON THE SITE. ANY OPERATING SCHEDULE MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CITY. SECOND.

OOPS. EXCUSE ME. I'LL DROP OFF AND PICK UP. MUST OCCUR ENTIRELY ON SITE, WITH NO QUEUING, DOUBLE PARKING, OR SPILLOVER INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. IF PARKING ARE CIRCULATION ISSUES ARISE. OPERATOR IS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT OPERATIONAL CHANGES, INCLUDING A PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY, AND THEN LASTLY, A MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT IS CAPPED AT 150 PARTICIPANTS, AND THESE CONDITIONS GIVE THE CITY ONGOING OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. WITH CONDITIONS. THE PROJECT SATISFIES. THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FINDINGS, COMPLIES WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND WILL REMAIN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. IT ALSO MAKES USE OF AN UNDERUTILIZED CHURCH BUILDING FOR WEEKDAY CARE SERVICES.

BECAUSE THE PROJECT INVOLVES INTERIOR REUSE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING WITH NO EXPANSION OR PHYSICAL INTENSIFICATION, IT DOES QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE SITE AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY REQUIREMENTS. AS OF TONIGHT, WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS. IN SUMMARY, THIS PROJECT IS COMPATIBLE IS A COMPATIBLE USE OF AN EXISTING FACILITY WITH RECOMMENDED OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PREVENT IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THE APPLICANT AND OPERATOR HAVE READ ALL OF THE CONDITIONS AND HAVE INDICATED THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT.

THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2025. DASH TWO, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WONG FOR THIS. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL IN A OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE I'M GOING TO SEE IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF. THEN AFTERWARDS WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD, THEN LET THE APPLICANT THEN MAKE ANY COMMENTS. THEN THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DIRECT QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME TO THE APPLICANT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

ASK THE APPLICANT FOR ANY FINAL COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME I'M OPENING IT UP THE FLOOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY

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SO THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW I SEE DOCTOR KYLE CHANG. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A SHORT QUESTION. WHAT'S THE TARGET POPULATION FOR THIS ADULT DAYCARE? SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH CHRONIC DISABILITIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THE COUNCIL ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD. OKAY. VERY WELL. APPLICANT, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD, PLEASE. AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. AS THE APPLICANT, DO YOU AGREE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL? YES. VERY WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? OR SPEECH. YEAH.

THIS IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR BUSINESS. IT'S ADHD WE CALL HOPE. ADHD PROGRAM IS. GIVE THE BENEFIT TO THE SENIOR AND CITY ALL THE TIMES. THINK ABOUT IT. CONSIDER SENIOR. HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IS SOME SENIOR IS VERY HARD TO SOLVE. IT'S WITH DISABILITY. WITH DEMENTIA. IT'S SOME OF THEM. A LOT OF SENIORS HAVE A COGNITIVE FUNCTION DECREASE. SO HOW TO SOLVE THEM.

YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO OPEN HOPE AID PROGRAMS IN 6 TO 6 NINE BALL LORD. SO I WANT TO WE HAVE TWO WINGS. WHY WE SET UP THE HOPE ADHD PROGRAM. AND THE OTHER ONE IS OUR MISSION. I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR PURPOSE AND OUR MISSION. SO OUR MISSION IS TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN SELF-CARE ABILITY AND DELAY AND PREVENT INSTITUTIONALLY, JASON AND FOSTER PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTICIPANTS AND FAMILY AND PETITIONS AND COMMUNITY FOR OPTIMAL WELL-BEING AND OUR PURPOSE. WHY WE SET UP THIS BUSINESS IS TO DELIVER HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO FRAGILE SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITY OR CHRONIC DISEASE, AND HELPING THEM STAY INDEPENDENT AT HOME AND AVOID NURSING HOME PLACEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL? BONNIE PETE, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? OKAY. YOU CAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE MICROPHONE. OR YOU COULD JUST ANSWER FROM YOUR SEAT. THEY'RE EASY QUESTIONS, IF I MAY. IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY ANSWER THE MICROPHONE SO THE SPEAKER CAN PICK UP AND PEOPLE ONLINE CAN HEAR, OKAY, THANK YOU. JUST SOME SIMPLE I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ADULT PROGRAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M ASSUMING SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN HAWAIIAN GARDENS AND EXPANDING INTO CYPRESS, I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE MEDICAL STAFF THAT YOU HAVE BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE CLIENTS. IS THAT WOULD THAT BE A GOOD ASSUMPTION? YEAH. IT'S IS THERE IS A NUMBER. IT'S WE HIRED A SKILLED NURSE OKAY. AND SOCIAL WORKER. AND THE OTHER ACTIVITY COORDINATOR AND THE OTHER PERSON. BUT YOU ASK THE MEDICAL. YEAH. SO YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT'S WHAT'S

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OKAY. YEAH. ALL THOSE GROUPS AND WITH SOME DISABILITY OR DEMENTIA. YEAH KIND OF THAT OKAY. AND WHERE DO YOUR CLIENTS COME FROM. ARE THEY ARE THEY LIVING IN LIKE A GROUP HOME OR SOME OTHER SITUATION. DO THEY LIVE AT HOME. WHAT'S WHAT'S USUALLY WHERE. YEAH, USUALLY SENIOR APARTMENT. APARTMENT. YEAH. SURROUNDING AREA. CYPRESS OR SENATORS OR GARDEN GROVE.

ANAHEIM. BUENA PARK. WE PICKED THEM FROM THERE. OKAY. OR SENIOR APARTMENT. SOME PLACES.

MOBILE HOME OR PLACE THAT. OKAY. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THERE'S A THERE'S A REAL NEED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS OUR POPULATION AGES. AND IF YOU'RE GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO BE ACTIVE AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS, AS YOU SAID, DON'T DON'T SIT IN A NURSING HOME. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL? IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS RAISED IN THE SPEAKER QUEUE, I'M GOING TO CALL. I HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS HERE FROM STACEY CHOI, DANIEL HAHN AND MARILYN REAMS. SO I'M GOING TO INVITE STACEY CHOI TO SPEAK FIRST. HELLO? YES. YEAH. AS HE SAID THE OTHER DAY, HEALTH CARE CENTER IS SO BENEFICIAL. PROGRAM FROM THE STATE. YEAH.

FOR ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. YEAH. SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR SELF CARE ABILITY. ALSO THEY CAN WE CAN PREVENT THE ELDERLY FROM BEING HOSPITALIZED OR INSTITUTIONAL CARE LIKE LONG TERM FACILITY. SO WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO. YEAH SELF CARE AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAINTAIN IN THEIR HOME OR IN THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT BEING HOSPITALIZED. SO IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE ELDERLY AND IT'S A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE. YEAH. SO I'M SO HAPPY TO SERVE THE ELDERLY. YEAH. SO IT'S A VERY. POSITIVE AND VERY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM FROM THE STATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT IS DANIEL HAHN. OH. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, GREAT. IF NOT THAT'S FINE. AND THE LAST CARD I HAVE IS MARILYN REAMES. MARILYN REAMES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER YOU'D LIKE TO SUBMIT A CARD, PLEASE GO. YOU HAVE ANOTHER CARD THERE.

OKAY. MARILYN REAMES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES WHENEVER YOU WANT TO START. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT OF ITEM 11 OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS ADULT DAYCARE. I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER PETE ASKED QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ALSO. WHICH ARE? WHO ARE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE ON SITE MEDICAL PERSONNEL. YOU SAID SOCIAL WORKERS. AND YOU KNOW, I THIS IS A PERSONAL I TAKE THIS PERSONALLY. I HAD A HUSBAND WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND AT AGE 64, AND THE ADULT DAYCARE CENTER THAT WAS NEAR US WAS A LIFE SAVER FOR ME AS HIS CAREGIVER, TO HAVE A FEW HOURS OF THE DAY WHERE I COULD TAKE HIM TO INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE WERE PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE THERE GUIDING AND DIRECTING HIM. SO IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING THIS. I'M EXCITED FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THIS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT SERVICE RIGHT HERE IN CYPRUS. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, LARRY ANDRE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN I'M LARRY ANDRE. I'M IN FULL

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LIKE JUST CURIOUS. I JUST NEED TO HAVE THOSE THINGS ANSWERED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SORT OF INVADES A LOT OF THESE FACILITIES. SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW, CITY CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE? NO, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA. SORRY. NEXT IN THE PROCESS IS TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS. YEAH. THIS HOPE ADH IS A PROGRAM IS GIVE A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT STEP IS I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ASK THE CITY COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. NO MORE APPLICANT APPLICANT QUESTIONS ARE ALLOWED. THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE ITEM AND THEN WE'LL TAKE PROCEED TO A CITY COUNCIL VOTE. SO AT THIS TIME, SINCE THERE ARE NO FURTHER FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE APPLICANT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW I'LL ASK THE CITY COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

ANYTHING I'M NOT SEEING. OKAY, FINE. NO. OKAY, CLEAR THAT ALL. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDITIONAL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2020 502. I SECOND THAT MOTION. NOW WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE. PLEASE LOCK YOUR VOTE IN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO NEXT ON THE ON THE AGENDA NEW BUSINESS

[12. Adopt an Ordinance on Campaign Finance Reform Agendized by: Council Member David Burke Recommendation: Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cypress, California, Amending Chapter 2, Article X of the Cypress Municipal Code by Adding New Sections 2-128.1 and 2-128.2 Establishing a Local Campaign Contribution Limit and Disclosure of Top Contributors, to be read by title only and waive further reading.]

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THOSE CANDIDATES THEN WENT ON TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO THE COMPANY FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO LAUNDERED THE MONEY INTO THEIR CAMPAIGNS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANYONE'S IDEA OF GOOD GOVERNMENT. IN ADDITION, IN 2022 GROUP CALLED THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS PAC SPENT NOW, I HAD WRITTEN $35,000 AFTER THIS LAST MEETING, SOMEONE CONTACTED ME AND SAID IT WAS ACTUALLY WELL OVER $50,000. WHATEVER IT IS, SOME MYSTERIOUS ENTITY CALLED THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS PAC HAD SPENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THREE LOCAL CANDIDATES IN 2022 SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS PAC. NOBODY KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT. WHO WAS THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS PAC? I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT DARK MONEY IS IN THE ROOM. DARK MONEY IS WHEN A PERSON OR ENTITY FUNNELS MONEY THROUGH ANOTHER ENTITY TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES TO HIDE THEIR OWN IDENTITY. EVENTUALLY, WE FOUND OUT HERE THAT THE PAC WAS ACTUALLY FUNDED BY A LOCAL TRASH COMPANY AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN UP TONIGHT ARE PROBABLY WILL SPEAK UP TONIGHT. HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN THE BENEFICIARIES OF ILLEGALLY LAUNDERED MONEY OR THESE MASSIVE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES? I MEAN, IN MY OPINION, I DON'T WANT TO GENERALLY BE KIND OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN SORT WITH MONEY LAUNDERERS. SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE POSITION I HAVE ON THIS ONE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THAT BRINGS ME TO THE SECOND REFORM I'M SUGGESTING.

WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT DARK MONEY? HOW DO YOU PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM FUNNELING MONEY THROUGH AN ENTITY OR TWO TO HIDE ITS TRUE SOURCE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A FEW YEARS AGO PASSED SOME LAWS ESSENTIALLY REQUIRING THAT ON THESE MAILERS, FUNDED BY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE GROUPS, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE TOP FUNDERS OF THOSE MAILERS, LIKE WHO ACTUALLY PAID FOR THIS MAILER? YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T JUST BE THE CYPRESS IS GREAT PAC. IT COULD BE THE CYPRESS GREAT PAC, BUT THEN IT'S FUNDED BY DEVELOPER NUMBER ONE, FUNDED BY TRASH COMPANY, FUNDED BY WHOMEVER. SO THE PROPOSED REFORM IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE GROUPS DISCLOSE THE TOP FIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO THAT COMMITTEE ON THOSE MAILERS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE CANDIDATES. AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS MANY LAWS LIKE THIS. A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE ADOPTED LAWS LIKE THIS. AGAIN, NOTHING REMOTELY, YOU KNOW, EXTRAORDINARY OR ABNORMAL ABOUT A CITY ENACTING A REFORM LIKE THIS. AND AGAIN, JUST IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT DARK MONEY AND EVEN SOME BIZARRE ACCUSATIONS THAT THIS ORDINANCE COULD CAUSE DARK MONEY. NO, NO, DARK MONEY IS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN CYPRUS FOR YEARS. WE'RE TRYING TO DISCLOSE THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE MONEY. SO IT'S NOT DARK MONEY ANYMORE. SO I'M HAPPY TO CLEAR UP THAT MISCONCEPTION. AND I THINK MORE OR LESS, THOSE ARE THE TWO REFORMS IN THE ORDINANCE. AND SO. YEAH, I THINK THAT ABOUT COVERS IT. AND I'M HAPPY TO, I GUESS, AS MAYOR MEDRANO SAID, OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION. BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO SO THE NEXT THING ON THE PROCESS IS NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR IF I CAN, JUST CITY ATTORNEY SIMPLY GOING TO SAY, I KNOW. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE HAD ASKED IF I BELIEVE THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN HIS PARTICIPATION ON THIS IN LIGHT OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN HIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. I UNDERSTAND THE FACTS ARE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION. IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS MEMBERSHIP OR OPERATIONS OF THAT NONPROFIT BASED I BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND FURTHER RESEARCH OF BOTH FPPC CONFLICT RULES AS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1090, I DID NOT FIND ANY BASIS TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE WAS A CONFLICT, SO I WANTED TO JUST AT LEAST PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. OKAY, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY ATTORNEY, FOR PROVIDING YOUR LEGAL ANALYSIS.

I'M SORRY. OKAY, THEN. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO. I HAVEN'T OPENED UP THE FLOOR YET, BUT GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER. SORRY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT. YEAH, THANKS. MR.

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WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. BONNIE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BONNIE, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE A LONG THING TO TALK ABOUT. SO I ASKED THAT I HAVE THE FLOOR AND I CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF OTHERS. PLEASE. SO I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS, AND I'M NOT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY. AND THE REASON I'M UNCOMFORTABLE IS THE BUREAUCRACY THAT'S BEING PUT INTO PLACE AND THE LAWFARE THAT IS BEING PUT INTO PLACE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD TO THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE. WHEN WE TRANSITION TO DISTRICTS, VOTING DISTRICTS, COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE STATED, WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CANDIDATES TO RUN, PUTTING IN RULES THAT NEED TO BE INTERPRETED BY AN ATTORNEY. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK I'M IN A REASONABLY BRIGHT PERSON. I COULD NOT GET THROUGH IN TERMS OF IS THIS LEGAL? IS THIS NOT IF I USE THIS FONT, IS THAT BAD? I HONESTLY, I GOT I STRUGGLED, WHICH TELLS ME I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO HIRE SOME KIND OF LAWYER TO HELP ME WORK THROUGH IT. SO PUTTING IN THE RULES THAT NEED TO BE INTERPRETED BY AN ATTORNEY WITH ENFORCEMENT, THAT WOULD SCARE CANDIDATES IF THEY MAKE A SIMPLE MISTAKE, IS NOT MAKING IT EASIER TO RUN, IT WOULD APPEAR IT'S LESS ABOUT PROVIDING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE GREAT TRANSPARENCY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE TALKS ABOUT, BUT IT'S PUTTING MORE ABOUT RULES IN PLACE TO PROTECT INCUMBENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO CAN SELF-FUND. WE HAD OUR FIRST DISTRICT ELECTION IN 2024. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD BRING. AND HAVING ONE ELECTION IS NOT A TREND. IT'S IT'S A IT'S A SPOT IN TIME. OKAY. IN TERMS OF HOW THAT ELECTION RAN AND MANY RESIDENTS HONESTLY DO, TWO THIRDS OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WENT BECAUSE THEY WERE IN DISTRICTS ONE, 2 OR 5.

SO IF YOU WERE IN DISTRICT 3 OR 4, YOU PROBABLY HAD A GREATER VISIBILITY BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY SAW POTENTIALLY FLIERS. YOU ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR. SO WHAT I DID IS I DECIDED TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF THE TWO CANDIDATES, TWO SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES THAT RAN AND LOOKED AT THEIR FORM FOR 60S AND SAID, WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY SPEND? WHAT DID THEY RAISE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THESE FORMS FOR 60 ARE ARE PER ARE FILED IN THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION DATABASE. SO MAYOR MEDRANO, SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE IN DISTRICT FOUR, HE HAD 15 DONORS. HE RAISED $30,000. 80% OF IT WAS SELF-FUNDED, 20% WAS DONATIONS.

HE SPENT $30,000 ON HIS CAMPAIGN. SO IF WE GO AND ASSUME THE $500 LIMIT, HE KNOWS, YOU KNOW, AND YOU NOT SELF-FUNDING BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO SELF-FUND, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY GET.

EXCUSE ME A MINUTE. HOW THEY GET MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF $500. SO WHERE HE HAD 15 DONORS AND AGAIN, NOT SELF-FUNDED, HE WOULD HAVE TO GET 60. THAT WOULD GIVE $500 EACH TO GET WHAT HE SPENT DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER. I'M JUST SAYING THESE ARE FACTS, OKAY? MOST DON'T GIVE 500. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT MINE. I WAS HAPPY TO GET 50. OKAY. SO IF YOU ASSUME 50, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE 600 DONORS. HE HAD 15. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TRIPLE GETTING TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF DONATIONS OF 500 EACH? THAT IS

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OKAY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. SO IT ENCOURAGES PACS. IT ENCOURAGES INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE THING. SO MY CONCERN IS WE'VE HAD ONE DISTRICT ELECTION. WE HAVE NO IDEA IF NEXT CANDIDATE COMES IN. YOU HAVE TO RAISE $30,000. WE DON'T KNOW. WE HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA. I WAS HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD SAY, HEY, LET'S GET THROUGH TWO DISTRICT BY DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS, THOUGH. WE HAVE THE ENTIRE CITY THAT HAS BEEN ELECTED BY DISTRICT, THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN A BY DISTRICT. I HONESTLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HALF OF THAT. THE TWO NON-SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES THAT RAN IN THREE AND FOUR RAISED, I THINK THEY SPENT, I'LL SAY 15,017 THOUSAND. SO CLEARLY ABOVE 20,000 IS THE WINNING IS THE WINNING NUMBER, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR. SO MY CONCERN IS WE'VE HAD ONE DISTRICT ELECTION AND WE HAVE NO IDEA REALLY WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR WHEN ONE, TWO AND FIVE BECOME AVAILABLE. TO BE CLEAR, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT FOUR 60S FOR AT LEAST THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AMONGST ALL THE CANDIDATES, THE ONLY CANDIDATE IS COUNCILMEMBER BURKE IN 2022 THAT ACCEPTED THE MAX OF 4900. AT THAT TIME. THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE GOT THROUGH PO AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, BUT IT IS NOT EASY TO GET THE MAX NUMBER AGAIN, I APPLAUD HIM, I NEVER QUESTION, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH HIM TAKING IT. MY ONLY CONCERN IS HE IS NOW LIMITING THAT WHEN HE HIMSELF TOOK IT AND NEVER GAVE IT BACK, IF HE FELT SO CONFIDENT THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT, HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE MONEY BACK. SO IN OTHER CITIES, LIKE I SAID, PACS, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES HAVE PLAYED A MUCH, MUCH BIGGER ROLE. AND IF THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO, THEN THAT'S WHERE WE GO. OKAY. WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION IN DISTRICT ELECTIONS TO REALLY SAY WE NEED TO PUT LIMITS BECAUSE THERE'S A LEGAL ACTION. AND I AND I WANT TO QUESTION MAY COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE ON HIS STATEMENTS. I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL CYCLE, HAVE THE WHOLE CITY ELECTED AT AT BY DISTRICTS, AND THEN WHOEVER THE COUNCIL IS AT THAT TIME SAY, HEY, HOW DID IT GO? DID WE HAVE A LEGAL ACTION? DID WE SEE THAT THERE WAS UNFAIR? DID EVERYBODY DO SELF-FUNDING? ARE WE LIMITING CANDIDATES FROM RUNNING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SELL FUND AND EVERYBODY ELSE DID? I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU'RE SELF-FUNDED, THAT'S GREAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT NOT EVERYBODY CAN. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. MOST OF THEM ARE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE. BUT I'LL START WITH YOU. HAVE A COMMENT ON HERE ABOUT ILLEGAL LAUNDERED FUNDS OR WHATEVER. I AM REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE REAL

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BUT IF THE CANDIDATES DID ILLEGAL, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED IT IF THEY DID SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND I DON'T THINK THEY DID OKAY. DID THE PERSON THAT DID IT? ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEY PAID FOR IT. OKAY. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE'S THE CRIME? OKAY. I HEARD MR. KOKKINOS AND HE HAS SAID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AND I'M GLAD HE HAS CHANGED HIS WORDING. BUT HE SAYS I BELIEVE THERE IS PAY FOR PLAY. I BELIEVE THERE IS PAY FOR PLAY. HE HAS NO FACTS, NO DATA, THAT THERE WAS A PAY FOR PLAY ACTION. NOW, IS IT HARD TO PROVE? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S HARD TO PROVE. BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS FACTUAL. THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THAT SAYS, HEY, COUNCIL MEMBER SO AND SO, THEY SHOULD BE PENALIZED FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY DID SOMETHING ILLEGAL. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. HAVING SPECULATIONS, HAVING PEOPLE SAY, I THINK IT'S THAT IS TO ME NOT FACTUAL. SO WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING BASED ON THAT, TRYING TO PUT ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEABLE THINGS AND ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS UP TO $10,000 AND YOU'LL GET HALF IF YOU DO IT. I RESIDENTS, BY THE WAY, CAN DO IT TODAY. THEY DON'T GET THE $10,000, RIGHT. BUT IF THEY SEE AN ILLEGAL ACTION, SUBMIT IT, GIVE IT TO THE FPPC AND SAY, HEY, I THINK THIS HAS HAPPENED. CAN YOU DO AN INVESTIGATION? THAT IS VERY, VERY IT IS AN OPEN BOOK TODAY AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY DO THAT. SO MY QUESTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE IS WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE? HOLD ON ONE SECOND. AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. BONNIE. PETE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? OH, I DO OKAY, OKAY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND THEN. BECAUSE NEXT IN THE QUEUE IS KYLE CHANG.

BEFORE WE GET TO DOCTOR KYLE CHANG. OKAY, I WILL HOLD ON ONE SECOND. HOLD ON ONE SECOND, PLEASE. CAN WE PLEASE TAKE THIS DOWN AND JUST HAVE A BLANK SCREEN? OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER PETE HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR KYLE CHANG. AND THAT'S MY PROCESS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SPEAKING OVER EACH OTHER. THAT'S A VERY CONTROLLED MANNER. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEESCALATING AND WE'RE GOING BY THE PROCESS. AND SO YOU WILL HAVE THE FLOOR. BONNIE PETE, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE PETE, UNTIL I PASS IT OFF. NEXT TO THE QUEUE IS DOCTOR KYLE CHANG. SO CONTINUE. DOCTOR. SO WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ASK ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND THEN HAVE THE FLOOR TURN OVER WHEN YOU'RE READY TO? COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE, I'M GOING TO LEAVE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THEN ONCE YOU GIVE IT UP, IT WILL GO TO KYLE CHANG. SO. OKAY, JUST SO, JUST SO JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BACK AND FORTH. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH TALKING OVER EACH OTHER IN THE PAST. OKAY. THEN I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY QUESTION, OKAY. THAT I HAVE HOW WILL THIS ORDINANCE STOP PAY PER PLAY POLITICS? I DON'T SEE THE SOLUTION. AM I LESS INFLUENCED BY A $500 DONATION VERSUS 1000 VERSUS 50? NOTHING MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ME. IF 5900 WAS AN ISSUE AT STAKE, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE REDUCED IT A LONG TIME AGO. SO I DON'T SEE IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT NUMBER AND WHAT FACTUAL THINGS SAY THAT SOMEBODY IS MORE INFLUENCED BY A CERTAIN NUMBER. IF WE MAKE CHANGES TO OUR CAMPAIGN LIMITS FOR COUNCIL, DOES THIS MEAN THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION IS NO LONGER THE GOVERNING BODY AND WE HAVE TO GO TO THE DISTRICT? DA THE ORANGE COUNTY DA THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS FPPC IS NO LONGER BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT OUR OWN RULES IN PLACE AND THEY BASICALLY WALK AWAY.

AS I SAID EARLIER TODAY, RESIDENTS CAN STILL SUBMIT A THING TO FPPC. THERE'S NOTHING THAT STOPS THEM FROM DOING THAT. AND I KNOW THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. MR. COUNCILMEMBER BURKE TALKS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. OKAY, I GUESS THE BIGGEST ISSUE I HAVE IS THE IS THE CONSTANT SURPRISES THAT I HAVE. WHEN I WALKED INTO THE NOVEMBER MEETING, AS I SAID, THE THE PRESENTATION THAT HE SHARED JUST EARLIER WAS SHARED SIX HOURS BEFORE. OKAY. I HAD NOT SEEN IT UP TO THAT POINT. HE PROMISED THAT HE WOULD DO IT AT LEAST WHEN THE AGENDA WAS RELEASED, BUT DID NOT DO IT AND ACTUALLY DID NOT DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO DO IT AND JUST SAID, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD, BUT DIDN'T TELL HER HE HAD ALREADY COMMITTED TO IT, MY CONCERN IS I GET THIS SIX HOURS. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO RESPOND. SO HERE'S MY HERE'S

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OUTSIDE GROUP SUCH AS SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS PAC. AND I DO HAVE CONCERNS. SOMEONE THAT'S GETTING $16,000 FROM OUTSIDE MONEY, SUCH AS WHAT HAPPENED IN 2022. THAT'S A VERY BIG STARTING GAP, HAVING TO COVER $16,000 VERSUS STARTING AT ZERO.

THAT'S THAT'S ENOUGH, I THINK, TO TO AFFECT AN ELECTION, $16,000 CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF VOTES. I LIKE TO THINK OF TERMS OF RETURN ON INVESTMENTS. YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH $16,000 CAN BUY YOU CAN YOU BUY YOU 50 VOTES, 100 VOTES, 500 VOTES AS POSSIBLE. I RAN A VERY CLOSE ELECTION. I RAN BY JUST A HANDFUL OF VOTES. IF I WAS UP AGAINST $16,000, I'M PRETTY SURE I WOULD HAVE LOST MY ELECTION AT THE OTHER END. IF YOU WERE TO RECEIVE THAT KIND OF MONEY, HOW SURE CAN YOU BE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WON IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THOSE MONIES? EVEN WITH LOW CONTRIBUTION LIMITS, GROUPS WILL FIND A WAY TO INFLUENCE ELECTIONS. YOU'VE HEARD WHAT HAPPENS IN IRVINE, AND IT'S FROM WHAT I CAN TELL. A REAL PROBLEM, $620. I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT GETTING MUCH FROM THAT. THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY DOES COME FROM OUTSIDE EXPENDITURES. WE SAW IN ONE SPECIAL ELECTION $70,000 FROM A GROUP BACKED BY MCDONALD'S, OF ALL THINGS. IF WE DO HAVE THAT LOW LEVEL, I'VE TALKED TO SOME GROUPS AND THEY WILL SHIFT THEIR THEIR MONEY SPENT ON ELECTIONS FROM CONTRIBUTIONS OVER TO EXPENDITURES. BUT I'M I'M HERE TO I'M HERE TO MAKE DEALS. I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND A, YOU KNOW, A LIMIT THAT EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH. I THINK $500 IS TOO LOW. I THINK $1,000 IS TOO LOW. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE POLICY THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REVERSE. THAT IS SO COMMON SENSE THAT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST FALL WE HAD A POLICY TO HAVE NEW NONSMOKING, A NEW NONSMOKING ORDINANCE FOR CERTAIN PLACES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, OUTSIDE DINING. I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME ON AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT? I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SMOKE AND OUTSIDE DINING, OR I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SMOKE IN THE BATHROOMS IN OUR PARKS. THAT'S JUST SO COMMON SENSE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REVERSED. THOUSAND DOLLARS, I THINK, IS TOO LOW. WE SAW SEVERAL CITIES THAT REVERSED THEIR LIMIT. I'M GOING TO THROW OUT A NUMBER $2,700. THAT'S THE COUNTY LEVEL THAT AFFECTS SEVERAL RACES, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A SMALL CITY, IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO WIN AN ELECTION.

AS YOU SAW FROM MY OWN ELECTION. AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE FLOAT THAT AMOUNT TO WHATEVER THE COUNTY IS. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN NOT HAVING THIS ELECTION REFORM AND THE COUNTY LEVEL OF $5,900. I THINK I COULD I COULD PERSONALLY RUN AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN ON $2,700. I THINK SOMEONE ELSE COULD TOO. ARE YOU DONE, COUNCILMEMBER? YES. I THINK I'LL YIELD MY TIME. OKAY, THEN I'M GOING TO. NEXT ON THE QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER PETE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, FOR POINT OF CLARITY, THE OUTSIDE, I JUST WANT TO AND I THINK YOU WERE CLEAR WHEN YOU DESCRIBED IT, BUT WHEN YOU SAID IT, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. YOU SAID THAT IN I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 2022, BUT THAT OUTSIDE MONEY WAS GIVEN TO CANDIDATES AT THAT TIME. IT WAS IT WAS NOT MONEY. IT WAS AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE THAT SOMEBODY MADE ON THEIR BEHALF. SO THE CANDIDATES NEVER GOT ANY TYPE OF FUNDS. IT WAS I'M GUESSING IT WAS A FLIER THAT CAME OUT. AND THAT'S HOW OUTSIDE HOW THE FUNDS WERE SPENT. IT WAS AN INDEPENDENT AS AS MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG ARTICULATED, IT WAS NOT MONEY INTO THE CANDIDATES. THE OTHER THING IS, IS. AND I AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T PUSH YOUR

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YEAH, SOME GOOD, GOOD QUESTIONS AND GOOD POINTS. I'LL JUST CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS AND THEN TRY AND MAKE A DEAL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG OR MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG OVER THERE. SO YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE POINT. LOOKING AT THIS ORDINANCE, IT'S LONG. COULD IT BE CONFUSING WHAT CANDIDATES NEED A LAWYER TO RUN FOR OFFICE? OH MY GOSH. YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE INTIMIDATING, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE THE THE ONLY PROVISION THAT AFFECTS CANDIDATES IS LOWERING THE LIMIT FROM 1900 TO 500 OR 2700 OR WHATEVER. SO IF FOR YEARS AND IN CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE, CANDIDATES CAN ABIDE BY A LIMIT, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. YOU JUST DON'T ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS OVER WHATEVER LIMIT THAT IS. YOU DON'T NEED A LAWYER TO SAY, HEY, IF THE LIMITS 500, DON'T ACCEPT A $501 CONTRIBUTION. IF WE ONLY HAD THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS IN HERE, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE REALLY SHORT. THE REASON IT'S LONG IS BECAUSE OF THE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DEFINE A LOT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT GOOD NEWS IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES IN CYPRUS ELECTIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. NOBODY MADE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES TO SUPPORT MY CAMPAIGN. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY MADE ANY TO SUPPORT MAYOR MEDRANO'S CAMPAIGN OR COUNCIL MEMBER CHIANG'S CAMPAIGN AGAIN. SO THIS IS VERY STILL VERY SIMPLE FOR CANDIDATES. AS LONG AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT IS, THE PART THAT IS, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY MORE INTENSE IS FOR OUTSIDE GROUPS TRYING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO INFLUENCE CYPRUS ELECTIONS. AND YEAH, THE PENALTIES ARE KIND OF STIFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DETER IT. IF SOMEONE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT A $50,000 MAILER AND NOT SAY WHO IT WAS FROM, AND THE PENALTY WAS 500 BUCKS, THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THEM. SO YOU NEED TO HAVE A PENALTY. THAT'S MORE THAN THE PRICE OF A SPEEDING TICKET, SO TO SPEAK. A COUPLE OTHER POINTS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OTHER CITIES HAVE LIKE HAVE REVERSED THEIR LIMIT LIKE A CITY HAD 1000. THEY REVERSED IT. WELL, THAT MEANS IT DIDN'T WORK FOR THEM. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT IT MEANS. I'LL JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU. SOMETIMES THESE CITIES CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THEIR COUNCIL. AND EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM IS A PARTIZAN ISSUE, TRADITIONALLY DEMOCRATS TEND TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, AND REPUBLICANS ARE OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS TEND TO BEND BENEFIT FROM LARGE DONORS AND OUTSIDE SPENDING MORE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE. A LOT OF DEMOCRATS HAVE PLENTY OF SPENDING AND BIG DONORS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU GO UP THE LADDER. BUT JUST BECAUSE A COUNCIL REVERSED POLICY DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS BECAUSE IT WASN'T WORKING IN THE CITY. AND FRANKLY, CYPRUS ISN'T REALLY COMPARABLE TO CITIES LIKE IRVINE AND ANAHEIM. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES OR PAC MONEY HERE IN CYPRUS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT REALLY MATTERS WHAT IRVINE'S LIMIT IS, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT BIG PICTURE, I THINK THERE WERE SOME GOOD POINTS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, I UNDERSTAND IF YOU THINK 500 IS TOO LOW. PERSONALLY I THINK 2700 IS A BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE. I'VE ONLY

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AND I APPRECIATE MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT, HEY, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. I'D SAY I'M OKAY WITH THE 2700. IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN SOME THINGS FOR THE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND SAY, HEY, DO THIS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I AM NOT OKAY WITH DOING ALL THE OTHER STUFF. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE A TEAM PLAYER HERE. YOU GUYS ASKED ME TO BE MORE OF A TEAM PLAYER. OKAY, I'M TRYING TO GET THERE. MY FIRST FIRST THING IS DON'T DO IT UNTIL NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE LET'S GO THROUGH THE SECOND ELECTION AND GET SOME REALLY KIND OF WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO RUN? SO THAT'S MY FIRST THING. BUT I REALIZE I'M A MINORITY HERE. SO MY SECOND THING WOULD BE, OKAY, LET'S TAKE WHAT'S ORANGE COUNTY GIVES.

ORANGE COUNTY CAN CONTROL WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS. I KNOW MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE FEELS THAT'S TOO HIGH. I THINK IT'S HALF OF WHERE WE WERE. RIGHT? I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO HIGH AT ALL. AND IT'S FOR THE COUNTY. AND YES, THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ARE LESS THAN THAT, BUT THOSE CITIES HONESTLY HAVE ACCESS TO PACS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS OUR CANDIDATES DON'T. SO I WANT TO CAPITALIZE. SO THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO RUN, THAT'S MY NEIGHBOR THAT CAN'T SELL FUN HAS ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET CONTRIBUTIONS TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. SO I'M ONLY SAYING THAT MY FIRST THING IS WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER. AND OR THE SECOND THING IS LET'S DO 25, 20, 700. PUT SOME WHATEVER DETAILS YOU WANT TO HAVE. GET RID OF ALL THE OTHER NONSENSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS, AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING SEEMINGLY NOW GOING OVER THE SAME POINTS AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, SOMEONE JUST PUT THEIR NAME ON THE SPEAKER QUEUE. SO SO NO NO NO NO. SO I WAS GOING TO CLOSE DISCUSSION, BUT SOMEONE JUST PUT THEIR NAME ON THE SPEAKER QUEUE SO I'LL RECOGNIZE THEM.

WELL I WAS PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE. OKAY. AND SO EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR. I DO HAVE TWO HANDS RAISED, SO I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THAT ORAL COMMENT BEFORE YOU VOTE. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THAT'S CORRECT. TO THE EXTENT YOU HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT DIDN'T SPEAK EARLIER, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SPEAK. IF THEY DID NOT SPEAK BEFORE. THEN THEY THEY SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BEFORE THEY WERE IN THE QUEUE EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THIS ITEM THAT THEY SPOKE ON OR A DIFFERENT ONE THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. IF THEY HAVE NOT SPOKEN ON THIS MATTER, THEN WHEN WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ALLOW THEM TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE IS KELLY K. I BELIEVE SHE DID COMMENT ON THIS. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS ED KRAMER, I BELIEVE ED KRAMER COMMENT ON THIS. I BELIEVE THEY BOTH COMMENTED ON THIS. SO AS SUCH WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE DISCUSSION. AND I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS IS. SO I LOOK, I I'VE HEARD

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OKAY, SO CAN YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE MOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE? THIS LAST MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE TO ADOPT NEW LIMITS OF 500, INSTEAD OF 500 TO 1000, AND ADJUSTING THOSE LIMITS BEGINNING IN 2027. DO YOU WANT TO CORRECT ME? JUST AS A CORRECTION? I BELIEVE THE MAYOR MADE THE MOTION, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE SECONDED THE MOTION. SECONDED THE SECOND AT THE ORIGINAL MOTION. THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, DID NOT RECEIVE A SECOND, AND AS SUCH IT IS NO LONGER ON THE FLOOR. I'M SORRY, I INTERRUPTED. I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE JUST

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BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE TEN ROMAN NUMERAL TEN CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING NEW SECTIONS TO DASH ONE, 28.1 AND 2-1 28.2 ESTABLISHING A LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT AND DISCLOSURE OF TOP CONTRIBUTORS, AND THAT IS BEING ADOPTED BY. READING OF TITLE ONLY AND WAIVING FURTHER READING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE VOTE CITY COUNCIL AND LOCK YOUR VOTES IN.

OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES WITH THREE YES VOTES AND TWO NO VOTES, ONE BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. VERY WELL. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13,

[13. Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cypress, California, Amending Cypress Municipal Code Section 1-13 and Adding Subsections 1-13.1 and 1-13.2 to Regulate Use of the City Seal and Logo Prepared by: Sean Joyce, Interim City Manager Recommendation: Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cypress, California, Amending Section 1-13 and Adding Subsections 1-13.1 and 1-13.2 of the Cypress Municipal Code to Regulate Use of the City Seal and Logo, to be read by title only and waive further reading.]

I AM SEEING NO ONE IN THE SPEAKER QUEUE. SO AS SUCH, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE DISCUSSION AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 13. I MOTION TO TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 13. SECOND. SECOND. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY CLERK.

[14. Timing for Transition of City Attorney Representative In Light of Change of Council Meeting Dates Prepared by: Fred Galante, City Attorney Recommendation: Provide direction on the timing of transitioning City Attorney representative in light of the change of Council meeting dates.]

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YES. THE IT'S THE COUNCIL'S CHOICE IF YOU'D LIKE ANOTHER OPTION BESIDES BILL WINDER. I KNOW HE'S YOU KNOW, HE'S OUR NAME PARTNER AND HAPPENS TO BE A RESIDENT AND IS VERY INTERESTED IN FINDS IT TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND LATER IN HIS CAREER. BUT IS IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MEET ANYONE ELSE. THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION. YOU COULD DO THAT IN THE SHORT TERM OR LONGER TERM IF UPON YOU KNOW, IF DURING BILL'S TENURE, WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WOULD DESIRE, IT'S YOUR CHOICE AS TO WHO IN THE FIRM. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M CURIOUS WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THINK. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD GOOD, GREAT INTERACTIONS WITH BILL AT TIMES WHEN HE'S FILLED IN. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH HIM MORE INFORMALLY. AND SO I WOULD WOULD BE CURIOUS TO LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT HIM. AND THEN I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WERE OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR FIRM WHO WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED. AND SO, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THE IDEA OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THOUGHT. YOU DID REMIND ME OF SOMETHING HE DID MENTION. BILL WINDER DID MENTION THAT HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE A CHAT BEFOREHAND. SO, AS I MENTIONED, HE'S A RESIDENT, SO EASILY AVAILABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ATTORNEY. DOCTOR CALLAHAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. AND I SHARE SIMILAR SENTIMENTS. I WOULD BE HAPPY IF FRED WERE ABLE TO SERVE OUT YOUR TERM.

AND THEN. BILL, I THINK BILL'S A GREAT. HE'S BEEN HERE BEFORE. HE'S FAMILIAR WITH CYPRUS, SO I THINK HE'S READY TO STEP IN. I CONCUR. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? IF NOT, WE'LL PROCEED. I GOT THE DIRECTION I NEEDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT. NEXT

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THE Q, WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? FIRST CLICK THE BUTTON. TAKE A BUTTON. OKAY. YOU GOT IT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY. SO. LET'S TAKE A BIO BREAK HERE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES IF WE CAN PLEASE.

THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST AND WE'LL BE BACK UP AT 855. THANK YOU.

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WHEN THE WON'T STOP THAT MUSIC, RIGHT? AND I'M A GIRL. GOT MY HAND ON MY OWN FLOOR I'VE BEEN DANCING FOR HOURS. BUT SHE STILL WANTS MORE. THIS IS THE SUMMER. THIS IS THE SUMMER.

THIS IS THE SUMMERTIME. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN.

SUMMER. THIS IS THE SUMMER. THIS IS THE SUMMERTIME. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN. ALRIGHT? LET'S GO FOR A CHEVROLET. GO TO THE BEACH AND HAVE FUN RIGHT THROUGH THE DAY. GO TO THE MOON. WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN. THEN WE'RE GONNA DRIVE IT ALL AROUND THE TOWN.

THIS IS THE SUMMER. THIS IS THE SUMMER. THIS IS THE SUMMERTIME. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN. YEAH.

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OKAY, SO WE'LL RECONVENE NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. ITEM NUMBER TEN, ADOPT THE 2026 FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR CHANG HAS THE FLOOR. THANK YOU GUYS. I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU ALL INTERESTED IN THIS ITEM. AND AND THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM? THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM LAYS OUT THE CITY'S OFFICIAL POSITION AND ALSO GUIDES ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING. TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS A CITY. CITY STAFF TAKES A LOOK AT THE BILLS THAT ARE UP FOR UP FOR BEING PASSED, AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, OR IF THEY DO LIKE IT, THEY'LL WRITE A RESPONSE TO THAT, TO THAT BILL, WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD CITY STAFF BE DEVOTED TO ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES? HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE RESEARCHING WHAT BILLS ARE OUT THERE AND RESPONDING, RESPONDING TO THESE BILLS AND KIND AND ALSO REPRESENTING YOUR OWN VIEWS? OR DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE YOUR OWN VIEWS AND POSSIBLY MAKING YOUR OWN DECISIONS ON THESE KIND OF BILLS? I ASKED THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER HOW MANY LETTERS WERE WRITTEN IN HIS TIME HERE. THE ANSWER IS ZERO. OH, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT. SORRY. WHATEVER I SAID WAS WRONG. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME HAVE TO SAY THAT. IT'S ABOUT TEN A YEAR OR SO.

JASON KNOWS BETTER THAN I. OKAY, I GAVE A TYPICAL NUMBER FOR WHERE I'VE BEEN. HERE IS MORE IMPORTANT. BETWEEN 5 AND 15 IN A CALENDAR YEAR. OH, OKAY. YEAH. IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS? HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU GUYS SPEND ON ON. SO WE WE GET A LOT OF DIRECTION FROM THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES WHO PROVIDES A LOT OF SAMPLE LANGUAGE FOR THE CITIES THEY REPRESENT TO USE. AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE PERSONALIZE THAT OBVIOUSLY TO SEE HOW IT BILLS IMPACT CYPRESS. AND THEN WE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF YOU ACTUALLY TOOK A LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, I THINK YOU WOULD ACTUALLY FIND THAT MUCH OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM IS A BIT OUTDATED. TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OPPOSED STATE LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT LIMIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITY TO COLLECT OR ALLOCATE PARK IN LIEU FEES. WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT WHEN THERE'S NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A CITY, WE'RE REQUIRED TO BUILD A PARK, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT'S PROPORTIONAL TO ALL THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING BUILT IN LIEU FEES ARE WHEN WE CAN COLLECT DEVELOPER FEES THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER CITY PROJECTS INSTEAD OF THESE PARKS. BUT IF YOU KNOW US, I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY PRO PARK.

WE LOVE PARKS. YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER WILL SAY THE SAME THING.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE HAVE MORE PARKS IN CYPRESS THAN WHAT WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT I THINK NO LONGER REPRESENTS WHAT THE CITY, OUR CITY STANDS ON IT. SO I HAVE TWO OPTIONS THAT I WANT TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL.

ONE IS THAT WE GO THROUGH EACH ITEM LINE BY LINE AND DISCUSS EACH ITEM, OR WE POSTPONE LOOKING AT THIS. I THINK THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM DESERVES A DEEPER DIVE AND REORGANIZATION.

MY GUESS IS THAT OVER TIME IT MIGHT HAVE STARTED AS BEING CONCISE, BUT PEOPLE HAVE ADDED SLOWLY TO IT. SO IT'S THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN ITEM AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISORGANIZED. AND MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE ADD THIS TO A FUTURE STRATEGIC PLAN OR CREATE AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS. THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER ON THIS, SO THAT THEY CAN INCLUDE THEIR OWN THOUGHTS AND THAT THEY'LL KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS. SO ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT FOR NOW, WE ACTUALLY ONLY ADOPT THE FIRST PAGE AND WE WORK ON THE REST ANOTHER TIME. THE FIRST PAGE HAS GOT THREE MAIN THEMES THAT I THINK IS ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL PRESERVING LOCAL CONTROL,

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THANK YOU. AND SO YEAH, I THINK SO. MY TAKE ON THIS WAS SIMPLY THAT I THINK, LIKE DOCTOR CHANG SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE KIND OF TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS WAS. AND THEN IN LOOKING AT IT A LITTLE BIT, I THOUGHT IT WAS REDUNDANT AND COULD BE SIMPLIFIED. AND SO MY THOUGHTS WERE EITHER WE COULD ASK STAFF TO COME BACK TO US WITH A SIMPLIFIED VERSION THAT MAYBE TURNS FOUR PAGES INTO TWO, OR IF THERE'S AN APPETITE AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYBE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, A POLICY ISSUE, CLEARLY THE PURVIEW OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT YEAH, I'D SUGGEST THAT POSTPONING IT IN SOME CAPACITY TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, EITHER THROUGH STAFF RECOMMENDATION OR THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER AND STAFF WORKING TOGETHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BONNIE.

COUNCILMEMBER PETE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. YEAH, I AGREE, LET'S CONTINUE IT. AND BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I DON'T CARE HOW IT GETS DONE, IS A RED LINE, YOU KNOW, OF SAYING, HEY, THIS IS OUTDATED, LET'S DELETE THIS. LET'S ADD THIS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT IF THAT'S JASON. BUT YEAH. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT AND COME BACK AND THEN THAT, THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES. AND THEN HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THAT OR MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES. SO THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION. VERY WELL I. I CONCUR WITH YOUR IDEAS. I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN SPEAKER QUEUE I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MOVE? PROCEED. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, WITHOUT THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON FROM ITEM NUMBER TEN. AND PROCEED TO ITEM NUMBER. CONTINUED ITEMS ARE NO CONTINUED ITEMS. ITEMS FROM

[15. Consideration of a Council Member Request to Discuss City Council Declaration of a Commitment to Protection of Public Safety and Civil Rights with Regard to ICE Enforcement Agendized by: Council Member Rachel Strong Carnahan Recommendation: Consider Council Member Strong Carnahan's request (seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Chang) and provide direction concerning adopting a resolution of the City Council affirming "the protection of our constituents' civil rights and to condemn the use of excessive force by federal and immigration authorities." ]

THAT'S YOUR LAST MEETING. COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG CARNAHAN MADE A REQUEST, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG, PROVIDING DIRECTION CONCERNING. ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMING THE PROTECTION OF OUR CONSTITUENTS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CONDEMNING THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY FEDERAL AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. CONSISTENT WITH CITY COUNCIL POLICY, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN JANUARY OF 2025. AT THAT MEETING, IT WAS REQUESTED OF STAFF. PARDON ME, COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG CARNAHAN ASKED HER COLLEAGUES TO AGENDIZE THIS MATTER FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, AND FOR THAT REASON IT IS ON YOUR AGENDA. THIS EVENING, SHE HAD ASKED THAT YOU CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING A COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN RELATION TO ICE ENFORCEMENT AND WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY'S RESOURCES, POLICIES AND VALUES. SPECIFICALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG CARNAHAN REQUESTS HER COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A PREPARATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMING THE PROTECTION OF OUR OF OUR CONSTITUENT CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CONDEMN THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. AS I MENTIONED, THAT CONSIDERATION IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. IF THERE IS A MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING THAT REQUEST, STAFF WOULD THEN PREPARE A RESOLUTION WITH CAREFULLY CRAFTED LANGUAGE REFLECTING YOUR EXPRESSED INTERESTS THIS EVENING AND RETURN TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING. PRESUMING WORKING TOWARD BRINGING THAT BEFORE YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 9TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS MOMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO THIS IS THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I'M GOING TO PASS

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AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REAFFIRM THAT THIS IS OUR STANCE IN CYPRUS. WE ARE NOT A SANCTUARY CITY, BUT WE ARE IN A SANCTUARY STATE AND THE POLICIES OF DAILY PRACTICE OF OUR FORCE WITH RESPECT TO THIS IS MANDATED AT THE STATE LEVEL, NOT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED AND IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE. IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, COOPERATION CAN AND SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO APPREHEND AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A CRIMINAL CONVICTION OF A VIOLENT NATURE. SO I AM IN NO WAY SAYING WE SHOULD BE HARBORING CRIMINALS OR VIOLENT PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. IN SHORT, WHAT I'D LIKE IS FOR THIS RESOLUTION TO, FIRST OF ALL, REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, SOMETHING ALL OF US UP HERE HAVE SWORN TO PROTECT AND DEFEND AGAINST ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. I CARRY ONE IN MY PURSE. I READ IT OFTEN. IT'S VERY WELL LOVED.

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY, FREE EXPRESSION AND PROTECTION FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES ARE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. THIS CITY HAS BOTH THE AUTHORITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO STATE. THESE RIGHTS APPLY TO EVERYONE IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES AT ALL TIMES.

CITIZEN. NON-CITIZEN. RESIDENT. NON RESIDENT. CONSTITUENT. NON CONSTITUENT. HUMAN. HUMAN BEING WITH A PULSE IN THE CITY OF CYPRUS. THAT'S WHO THIS APPLIES TO. SECOND, I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE A GENERAL AND UNEQUIVOCAL CONDEMNATION OF VIOLENCE REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE. THIS IS NOT A STATEMENT ABOUT INTENT OR LEGALITY, BUT A CLEAR DECLARATION THAT HARM TO RESIDENTS, DEMONSTRATORS, BYSTANDERS OR PERSONNEL IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT'S CONTRARY TO OUR COMMUNITY'S VALUES. THIRD, I'D LIKE THIS RESOLUTION TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS PREPARED TO PROTECT ITS LEGAL INTERESTS SHOULD AN EXTERNAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION CONDUCTED WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES RESULT TO INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. IT IS A HUGE LIABILITY FOR OUR CITY. A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF MY RESOLUTION THAT I'M REQUESTING WOULD BE TO CLARIFY THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN EXTERNAL TASK FORCES AND OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE SPENT YEARS BUILDING TRUST WITH RESIDENTS CONSISTENT PRESENT THROUGH CONSISTENT PRESENCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THAT TRUST IS ESSENTIAL TO EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS INCLUDES THEIR BEST PRACTICE, TRAINING, AND RESOURCES TO DE-ESCALATE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND VIOLENT SITUATIONS. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS ON THE CYPRESS PD WEBSITE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT IT AND DO SO. IT'S A BEST PRACTICE WHEN RESIDENTS ARE UNABLE TO CLEARLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN LOCAL OFFICERS AND OUTSIDE PERSONNEL, THERE IS THE REAL RISK. COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY HESITATE TO REPORT CRIME, TO SEEK EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE OR TO COOPERATE WITH INVESTIGATION, AND THAT HESITATION CAN LEAD TO UNDERREPORTING, DELAYED RESPONSES AND ULTIMATELY REDUCED PUBLIC SAFETY FOR EVERYONE. THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT OBSTRUCTING LAWFUL OPERATIONS, NOR IS IT ABOUT ASSIGNING BLAME. IT IS ABOUT CLARITY, TRANSPARENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHO'S OPERATING IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY, AND THAT OUR CITY'S VALUES ARE CLEARLY STATED AND CONSISTENTLY UPHELD. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT ON THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS

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ANY LOCAL LAWYERS OR SERVICES THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK PRO BONO OR AT A AT A REDUCED RATE TO HELP LOCAL RESIDENTS SCAMS, TO WATCH OUT FOR BASIC RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, SUCH AS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE BEING DETAINED AND NOBODY IS TELLING YOU WHY? INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYERS. IF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY OCCURS IN THE WORKPLACE AND ON THE WEBSITE, AND ALSO POSSIBLY IN COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG'S RESOLUTION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AFFIRM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICIES ON ICE ACTIVITY AS OUTLINED BY SB 54, THE CALIFORNIA VOTING ACTS, WHICH REMAINS BINDING LAW HERE IN CALIFORNIA. AND THAT'S THE PRECISE LAW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SEAN CARNAHAN WAS READING FROM. AND I'M OKAY WITH HAVING JUST A SHORT STATEMENT VERSUS A RESOLUTION. I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO EVERYONE ELSE. BUT I DO THINK I DO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER KHAN'S SENTIMENT THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE, THAT WE DO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT THEY THAT WE THAT THE CITY RESIDENTS CAN TURN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT BEING IN DANGER. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PETE HAS THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR MEDRANO. AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, CHIEF LOUDERBACK, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE. I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RESPOND, I'M GOOD. I HAVE MY OWN COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE OR JUST SUPPORT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. NO. THAT'S OKAY.

LISTENING TO WHAT'S BEING SAID ON THE DAIS, REST ASSURED, THE CYPRUS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK HERE IN THE CITY AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THEIR STATUS IS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT EVERYONE'S RIGHTS REGARDLESS, AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW. THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY DOES KNOW

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BURKE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR, YOU KNOW, SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ISSUE BECAME EVEN MORE PROMINENT SINCE THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS MADE. MY VIEW, AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THIS COUNCILMEMBER STRONG CARNAHAN, MAYBE NOT AS MUCH, BUT MY VIEW HAS BEEN TO NOT BRING FORWARD AND TO ABSTAIN FROM KIND OF RESOLUTIONS ON, YOU KNOW, STATE BILLS OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TYPE ISSUES IN THE PAST. AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON CYPRUS, BECAUSE THEY DO. I GUESS I GOT A LITTLE JADED, PERHAPS SOME OF MY PRIOR WORK, ATTENDING OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SERVING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. I SAW. SOMETIMES ONCE YOU GO DOWN THE ROAD OF KIND OF PASSING RESOLUTIONS IN A CERTAIN VEIN, IT JUST KIND OF SPIRALS AND TAKES THE FOCUS AWAY FROM THE LOCAL, LIKE THE MOST LOCAL FOCUSED ISSUE. LIKE SUDDENLY MY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IN WEST LA WAS SPENDING MORE TIME ON LIKE RESOLUTIONS ABOUT FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAN ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OR IS, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT YOU CAN'T FOCUS ON AN ISSUE OR TWO OR OCCASIONAL RESOLUTION. I'M JUST SAYING MY PERSPECTIVE HAS BEEN TO ABSTAIN AS JUST A PRINCIPLE THAT I, I FOLLOW. AND I ALSO GENERALLY THINK IT'S BEST TO LET EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND KIND OF EXPRESS THEIR OPINION TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WANT TO. I KNOW SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, CITIES WILL PASS A RESOLUTION LIKE 3 TO 2, AND THEN I ALWAYS THINK FOR THE OTHER, FOR THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT IT, LIKE, OKAY, WELL, DOES THAT NOT REPRESENT 40% OF THE CITY OR 60%? WHO KNOWS? AND SO IF A RESOLUTION CAME FORWARD, I LIKELY WOULD ABSTAIN, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN MY HISTORY OF WHAT I'VE DONE. AND THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE I TRY AND FOLLOW. WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS WAS PUT FORTH AND RESIDENTS REACHED OUT WITH EMAIL COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DID RAISE QUESTIONS.

IT SHOWED I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, MAYBE MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE EVEN SUGGESTING. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FEDERAL AGENTS. AND SO MY MY THOUGHT WAS MAYBE ALONG THE LINES OF

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I THINK IT'S GOOD TO PUT FACTUAL INFORMATION OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I HAVEN'T TRADITIONALLY BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF KIND OF MORE BROAD RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS. THANK YOU DOCTOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR HERE. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, DAVID, IS MORE OF A MATTER OF FACT STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT ARE THE POLICE'S POLICIES WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHOUT MENTIONING. WELL. WITHOUT MENTIONING EXCESS VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, MORE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS. WHAT KIND OF RULES WE'RE FILING. I'M HOPING IF WE DO GO THAT ROUTE, THAT WE DO INCLUDE SB 54, THOSE KIND OF LAWS THAT ARE PASSED DOWN FROM CALIFORNIA DOWN TO HERE. BUT I ALSO DO WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE IMMIGRATION WEBSITE TOO. SO I GUESS WE HAVE TWO SUGGESTIONS IS EITHER STATEMENT SLASH RESOLUTION AND ALSO THE IMMIGRATION WEBSITE IDEA. DAVID BURKE HAS THE FLOOR. OH, REAL BRIEFLY, JUST SINCE YOU ASKED ME. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF YOU GOT A SENSE OR YOU SUMMARIZED MY THOUGHTS, WHICH ARE I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY TO PUT OUT FACTUAL INFORMATION. AND I'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES, CITIES KIND OF DO THAT. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL CHANNELS OR OTHER MEANS, PUT OUT THEIR KIND OF PERSONAL STATEMENTS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, AND WHETHER THAT'S OUR CITY WEBSITE OR DIRECTING PEOPLE TO OTHER RESOURCES LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S MY DIVIDING LINE, I THINK IS LIKE CITIES PUT OUT FACTS, PEOPLE EXPRESS OPINIONS. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE SPEAKER QUEUE. WE'LL CLOSE DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION IS CLOSED. IF THERE'S NO MOTION, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. OKAY.

WONDERFUL. I HIT THE BUTTON. YOU. LEO I. OKAY, SO SO WE'VE CLOSED DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. YES, I HIT THE BUTTON. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CRAFT AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION REGARDING AN AFFIRMATION OF OUR, OUR CITY'S DEVOTION TO PROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. I ALSO THINK IT SHOULD INCLUDE A CONDEMNATION OF VIOLENCE AND AN AFFIRMATION OF SUPPORT FOR OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO ARE FOLLOWING SB 59. DOCTOR CHANG. I'LL BE MAKING A COUNTER MOTION TO HAVE A INSTEAD OF A RESOLUTION. IT'LL BE A ONE PAGE STATEMENT FROM THE CITY OUTLINING OUR POLICE POLICIES. WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERAL LEVEL COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL LEVEL INVESTIGATIONS AND ACTIVITY, AND ALSO CREATING THIS IMMIGRATION WEBSITE RESOURCE IMMIGRATION RESOURCES WEBSITE. THANK YOU. AS A PRESIDING OFFICER, THERE IS NO SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. SO IT WILL FAIL. AND WE'RE NOW BACK TO THE FIRST MOTION. AND IF THERE IS NO SECOND FOR THE FIRST MOTION, THEN IT WILL FAIL TO AM I CORRECT, CITY ATTORNEY? AND MY PROCESS? THAT IS CORRECT. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SECOND, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE WASN'T, THEN YOU COULD PROCEED TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION. OKAY, SINCE THE BOTH MOTIONS ORIGINAL MOTION, SUBSTITUTE MOTION DID

[ COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY-AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND REMARKS]

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COUNCIL MEMBERS REPORTS FROM CITY AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, AND REMARKS. WE'LL START. SORRY. WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STRONG. THANK YOU. I CAN NEVER GET THE BUTTON TO WORK. I DON'T KNOW WHY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. DURING SINCE THE LAST MEETING, I ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ACADEMY IN SACRAMENTO. IT WAS SUPER INFORMATIVE AND IT GAVE ME A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY LEARN MORE ABOUT MY POSITION, WHAT I'M HOPING TO ACHIEVE, WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO IN SERVICE TO THE CITY, BUT ALSO NETWORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE MINDED AND WHO HAVE EXPERTISE THAT CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM. AND THAT WAS LAST WEEK IN SACRAMENTO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PETE. THANK YOU. YEAH, THREE DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE IS I PARTICIPATED IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD REVIEW FOR THE EAGLE SCOUTS. WE HAD ONE INTERVIEW AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS ABOUT THE EAGLE SCOUT. HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD. YOU THINK, OH NO PROBLEM. RIGHT. HE HAD ALREADY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS IN COLLEGE, AND HE IS IN COLLEGE. HE'S FROM HERE AND HE'S IN COLLEGE IN COLORADO AT A LIKE A COMMUNITY. AND HE'S GOING TO GO BE LIKE A PHYSICS SCIENTIST OR SOMETHING, I CAN'T IMAGINE. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S GOT TO BE TOUGH FOR A 16 YEAR OLD TO BE IN COLLEGE. SO ANYWAY, SO I DID THAT. AND THEN I ATTENDED THE CYPRESS CHAMBER MIXER THAT THEY HELD AT MODERN CELLARS, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR O'CLOCK. AND THAT CONCLUDES THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER BURKE.

I ATTENDED THREE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY MEETINGS. I'M ON THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE, THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING. SO THERE WERE I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT REPORT IS THAT WE HIRED OUR OR PROMOTED, RATHER, OUR INTERIM FIRE CHIEF, TJ MCGOVERN, TO REPLACE OUR OUTGOING FIRE CHIEF, BRIAN FENNESSY, WHO HAS TAKEN A ROLE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. MR. MCGOVERN BRINGS EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND I BELIEVE HE WAS. YES, HE HAD SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS ALIKE.

SO WISHING HIM THE BEST THIS YEAR. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IF OUR CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T GET UPSET WITH ME. A COUPLE OF PIECES OF INFORMATION HE SHARED WITH US THROUGH HIS WEEKLY MEMO. CITY CLERK LISA BERGLUND, INSPIRED BY THE JANUARY 1ST, 2026 MODIFICATIONS TO THE BROWN ACT, ADDED A TRANSLATION WIDGET TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS USERS TO ACCESS COUNCIL AGENDAS AND STAFF REPORTS AND HAVE THE MATERIALS TRANSLATED INTO MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND HELPING ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE WAS NOTHING, SO THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE PROGRESS WITH NO EXPENSE. AND THEN ALSO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THIS. A REPLACEMENT REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER FOR THE SENIOR CENTER WAS ORDERED. AND SO A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FINANCE TEAM FOR WORKING TO GET THOSE ESSENTIAL, THAT ESSENTIAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. BUT ALSO WE LEARNED APPARENTLY THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS, THAT WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WAY WE DO THIS IN THE FUTURE TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. SO FANTASTIC JOB EVERYONE. AND THEN OUR INTERIM BOY, I NEED GLASSES. OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, STEVE. AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS HIS LAST MEETING WITH US. AND SO, YOU KNOW THESE INTERIMS, THEY PLAY. THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE. THEY STEP IN WHEN YOU NEED THEM. THEY SPRINKLE A LITTLE FAIRY DUST OF TAKING A FRESH LOOK AT YOUR ORGANIZATION AND MAYBE LEAVE YOU WITH SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS GOING FORWARD THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE TO BENEFIT FROM OR GET CREDIT FOR.

BUT I WANT TO THANK MR. SHIRLEY FOR HIS TIME HERE IN CYPRUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR CHANG. YOU. I ATTENDED THREE BOARDS, THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL.

I'M GLAD TO REPORT THAT WEST NILE HUMAN CASES ARE DOWN, BUT FLEA BORNE TYPHUS IS UP IN 2025.

AND WE HAD A RECORD YEAR FOR FOR TYPHUS, THE BORNE TYPHUS IN HUMANS. STEAM KITS ARE NOW ARE

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SOME GOOD NEWS. WE'VE INCREASED ATTENDANCE AT PROGRAMS UP BY 8%, AND MOST OF THIS IS IN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, CRAFTS, MUSIC. THERE'S ALSO AN EXPANSION OF THE LIBRARY THINGS.

THEY ALSO NOW INCLUDES PICKLEBALL RACKETS, WHICH IS INTERESTING, AND ALSO INSTRUMENTS. SO IF YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY GUITAR OR UKULELE. YOU CAN GO OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND TRY TO FIND ONE OF THOSE. WE'VE ALSO FILLED ALL THE VACANCIES THAT WERE KIND OF ON HOLD. SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT IRVINE LIBRARY LEFT OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM. SO THAT'S THREE BIG LIBRARIES THAT THAT LEFT. AND THERE'S KIND OF WE HAD STAFF THAT WAS AT THE IRVINE LIBRARY THAT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY, AND WE HAD TO MOVE AND REASSIGN THOSE STAFF. BUT IN THE PROCESS THERE'S THERE'S 28 VACANCIES THAT WE'RE THE COUNTY IS PUTTING ON HOLD FOR THOSE POSITIONS BEFORE SO THE IRVINE STAFF CAN MOVE OVER. BUT NOW THOSE 2528 VACANCIES HAVE BEEN FILLED AT OTHER LIBRARIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JANUARY 15TH I ATTENDED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER AT A MODERN CELLAR, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT. HAVING BEEN A IN CHARGE OF FINANCE AND VARIOUS GROUPS, I KNOW IT'S VERY DEMANDING TO TO GO THROUGH AUDITS AND IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING. AND AT THE END OF IT YOU GET A PASS AND EVERYONE JUST SAYS, OH, YOU NEED TO START OVER AGAIN. IT'S A NEW YEAR, SO IT'S NEVER ENDING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THE PATIENCE AND COMING IN AND DOING WHAT YOU DID. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, I SEE.

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[ CITY MANAGER REMARKS]

I'LL SPEAK FOR HIM. HE'S REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH STAFF, BUT I ENJOY WORKING WITH THE FOLKS

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