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ALL RIGHT.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
WITH THAT, WE'LL START THE MEETING.WE HAVE A REQUEST TO INTEND VIRTUALLY BY A COUNCIL MEMBER UNDER AB UH, 24 49.
AND, UH, WE RECEIVE THAT REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI, UH, TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.
FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF AB 24 49, WE MUST FIRST CONFIRM THERE IS A QUORUM PRESIDENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHICH THERE IS, THERE'S THREE MEMBERS, UH, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, UH, CHAMBER.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI IS PRESENT VIA ZOOM AND, UH, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND FIRST CONCERN, UH, CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN BE HEARD AND SEEN AND THAT YOU HEAR AND SEE THE DAIS.
I CAN SEE YOU, UM, AND I CAN HEAR YOU, MAYOR.
UM, PLEASE, UH, PROVIDE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES RE RELATING TO THE NEED TO APPEAR REMOTELY.
UM, MAYOR, THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE BODY THAT I AM GOING ON A VIDEO FOR A REMOTELY PARTICIPATE REMOTELY FOR JUST CAUSE.
UM, BECAUSE I'M TRAVELING WHILE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF OR OF SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
AND, UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, IS THERE ANYONE, UH, OVER THE AGE OF 18 PRESENT AT THE REMOTE LOCATION WITH YOU? NO.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, CITY CLERK CONFIRMED THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI HAS APPEARED REMOTELY WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, UH, CITY CLERK WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE, UH, TO ACCEPT THE VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE DUE TO JUST CAUSE RE UH, REASON COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, ARE WE VOTING IF SHE CAN PARTICIPATE? YES.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE, UH, MAY 5TH, 2026 SPECIAL, UH, CLOSED COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, UH, FOR THE OPEN SESSION, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER A LIVE WEBCAST.
THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
NOTICE AND AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORMS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, UH, IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER IN PERSON BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THE SALMON COLORED SLIPS OR EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
WITH THAT, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ PRESENT, UH, VICE MAYOR MOLINA PRESENT.
WE HAVE A QUORUM AND I'LL NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH IS ABSENT.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, COULD WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND, UH, MEMBER MOLINA, WOULD YOU READ, PLEASE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO REPUBLIC COURT HANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE NOW HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK? NO.
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WE HAVE A CONCERNING CLOSED SESSION.WE HAVE, UH, ONE ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR, WAIT, WHAT'D THEY SAY THE OTHER TIME?
UM, IN CLOSED SESSION TODAY, ITEM 5.1, SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING TWO CASES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH TWO, SUBDIVISION D OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9.
ALRIGHT, AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL BE GOING TO CLOSE SESSION AND WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
I WANT TO, UH, WE'RE COMING OUTTA CLOSED SESSION.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, LET'S SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ADIDAS BACK ON THE, UH, ON THE ZOOM YET OR NOT, HUH? JUST HERE.
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SO WITH, UH, ALL MEMBERS PRESENT WITH UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BIMANI ON ZOOM, UM, AND SO WE'RE COMING OUTTA CLOSED SESSION AND SO WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT CLOSED SESSION AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.SO WE'RE ADJOURNED THE CLOSED SESSION GIVE US, AND, UH, WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.
WE'LL GIVE US A FEW MINUTES TO KINDA GET OUR BOOKS TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING.
WE'LL COME BACK AND START THE REGULAR MEETING.