[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, WE'VE GOT QUORUM HERE AND THERE COMES ON MARCUS.
UM, SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH NEED TO, UH, PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.
UH, FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF AB 24 49, WE MUST FIRST CONFIRM THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT IN THE ROOM AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE.
THREE MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH IS PRESENT VIA ZOOM.
UH, SO EVEN THOUGH WE KIND OF ALREADY DID IT, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BUSH, PLEASE ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL FIRST, CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN BE HEARD AND SEEN AND THAT YOU CAN HEAR AND SEE THE DAIS.
NOW THERE, UM, PLEASE, UH, PROVIDE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE RELATED TO THE NEED TO REMOTE TO, UH, REMOTELY APPEAR.
LAST WEEK I TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.
SO, UH, TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF QUARANTINE.
I'M FEEL, I'M FEELING GOOD THOUGH.
WE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT TV SCREEN HAS BEEN DISINFECTED AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND NOTHING COMES THROUGH.
UM, WITH THAT, THAT IS A, UH, UH, JUST CAUSE AND SO THEREFORE, UH, IS THERE ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 PRESENT AT THE REMOTE LOCATION WITH YOU? NO.
AND IF CITY CLERK, IF YOU CAN CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS APPEARED REMOTELY WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MAYOR FOR THE AB 2, 4, 4 9.
OTHERWISE, UM, HE RE HE, UH, ATTENDED ONCE PER THE BROWN ACT.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME UNDER AB 2 4, 4 9.
WE WILL, UH, AT THIS POINT, UM, TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT TO ACCEPT THE VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE DOING TO, UH, JUST CAUSE UH, REASON PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ PRESENT.
YOU WOULD VOTE ON BUSH VICE MAYOR IMANI? YES.
AND WILL INDICATE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA IS ABSENT.
OKAY, WE'LL NOW BEGIN THE SEPTEMBER 3RD SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I WOULD ASK THAT THE CITY CLERK PLEASE PROCEED WITH ROLL CALL.
MAYOR MORRISON, UH, PRESENT AND WE'LL INDICATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA IS ABSENT.
WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND A LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE, UH, VIEW IT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
IN PERSON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SPEAKER SLIPS OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, UH, ALL, UH, WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
AND, UH, SO WITH THAT CITY CLERK, IF YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE I JUST DID, MAYOR, SORRY.
YEAH, BUT THAT ROLE WAS NOT FOR THE MEETING.
THAT WAS FOR TO DO THE, UH, THE VOTING FOR, UH, MEMBER BUSH.
THAT WAS THE FIRST, THAT WAS THE FIRST VOTE.
YEAH, BECAUSE, AND THEN YOU FOLLOWED IT WITH THE ROLL BECAUSE THE MEETING HADN'T BEEN CALLED TO ORDER YET.
SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE HAVE, YOU CAN'T DO THE ROLE UNTIL AFTER THE MEETING'S BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
FOR THE MEETING ITSELF, THE FIRST, MY APOLOGIES FOR THE PURPOSE, MY APOLOGIES FOR DOING THE VOTE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE, OR YES.
CAN I ABSTAIN? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON,
WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST DOING ROLL CALLS.
UH, VICE MAYOR IMANI, I'M HERE.
NOW THEN WE CAN HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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MOLINA, WOULD YOU, UH, LEAD US PLEASE? LATEREADY TO BEGIN? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT]
UH, WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEM SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA.UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER AND LAURA WILKINSON.
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNSELOR AND CITY MANAGER.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUBSTANTIAL REVENUES FOR THE CITY.
SIMILAR TO VISTA, CALIFORNIA'S WINDFALL REVENUES, WE APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION ON WHAT COULD BE A FAST AND WINNING SOLUTION TO SOLVE ECONOMIC CONCERNS BOTH IN CITY EXPENDITURES AND IN NEW REVENUES FOR THE CITY.
MAYOR RC AT THE S-C-E-D-C SOUTH COUNTY EDC SUMMIT, YOU ACTUALLY KIND OF MESMERIZED THE ROOM TALKING ABOUT PARADISE CALIFORNIA AND HOW THEY GOT TO YES.
HOW TO GROW THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BACK SO QUICKLY.
THEY SET UP TWO TRAILERS AND THE CITY COOPERATED TO HELP BUSINESSES GO THROUGH AND GET TO YES, TO GET BACK UP TO GOING, TO GET BACK UP AND INVEST IN THE CITY.
YOU MESMERIZED THE ENTIRE ROOM WITH THAT AND IT WAS A TRUE STORY.
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, IF WE CAN, IS GET TO YES.
WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, OUR FONDEST WISH IS TO INVEST IN THIS CITY.
OUR FONDEST WISH IS TO MAKE YOU PROUD OF US AND CREATE JOBS.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AND WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE PROSPERITY.
WE ASK YOU TO HELP YOU AND TO HELP US GET TO YES, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE TOGETHER WE CAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS DO? NO, THERE ARE NONE.
[5. CLOSED SESSION]
WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING AND, UH, WITH THAT I AM GOING TO, UH, TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.TONIGHT'S CLOSED, UH, CLOSED SESSION AGENDA CONSISTS OF THREE ITEMS INVOLVING EXISTING LITIGATION.
THE THREE MATTERS ARE CALI MODA VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, B-C-D-L-L-C VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND CUMMINS VERSUS CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
WITH THAT WE ARE INTO CLOSED SESSION AND THEN WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
CAN WE BE PLEASE BE QUIET STAFF.
ALRIGHT, UH, GOING TO, UH, REOPEN THE MEETING AND, UH, OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND UH, SO WE, WE WILL COME BACK INTO OUR, INTO OUR MEETING WITH, WE HAVE THE, UH, UH, ALL MEMBERS PRESENT INCLUDING MEMBER BUSH ON ZOOM.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO GO GET OUR PAPERWORK TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO WE CAN OPEN THE REGULAR MEETING.