* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY, I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS, UH, [1. CALL TO ORDER] MEETING TO ORDER LIVE. WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. NOTICE AN 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 IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, EITHER IN PERSON BY SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE SALMON COLORED SLIPS THAT ARE AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER, OR BY EMAILING NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE IF THEY ARE RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE. WITH THAT, COULD WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? CAN YOU COUNCIL MEMBER YAMANI HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ PRESENT, UH, VICE MAYOR BUSH HERE. MAYOR MORRISON, UH, PRESENT AND WE'LL NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA IS ABSENT. OKAY. WITH THAT, IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR PLEASURE. YEAH. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND I WOULD ASK, UH, UH, MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, WOULD YOUR PLEASE, PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART? READY? BEGIN TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT. [4. PUBLIC COMMENT (Public Comment will be restricted to Agenda Items Only)] WITH THAT NOW, WE'LL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA. AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON ZOOM ON ANY ITEMS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION? NO, THEY'RE NOT. NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. SO EVERYTHING IS JUST IN SLIPS ONLY. UM, THESE WILL BE ON THINGS THAT ARE, UH, REGARDING THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION. AND, UH, WE'RE LIVING IT TO TWO MINUTES. AND WE'LL START WITH ON 5.2. WE HAVE DANIEL KAY TO BE FOLLOWED BY LISA, UH, LUISA MCCARTHY TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARISSA CUEVAS, PLEASE, GRANT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MAYOR. WE HOPE THE CITY WILL, UH, WE, WE WISH THE CITY THE BEST OF LUCK IN LOOKING FOR A NEW CITY ATTORNEY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THE CITY, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE, MAYOR, YOU HAVE OBSTRUCTED THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER OF NATIONAL CITY AND INTERFERED WITH HIS ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE AND ENFORCE THE CITY'S LAWS AND REGULATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, YOU'VE OBSTRUCTED HIS ABILITY TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT AFTER SHE ENGAGED UNLAWFUL CONDUCT, YOU THEN PRESSURED THE CITY ATTORNEY NOT TO SUPPORT THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DISCIPLINE HER. YOU'VE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO PRESSURE THE CITY ATTORNEY INTO NOT ENFORCING THE OPEN MEETING LAWS AND TO, AND, AND INTO NOT OBEYING THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, YOU ARE NOW CARRYING OUT A SCHEME TO EMPLOY A YES MAN FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY POSITION LIKE YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO FOR THE NEXT CITY MANAGER, YOU'VE FOSTERED A CLIMATE OF UNLAWFULNESS IN NATIONAL CITY GOVERNMENT, TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF CITY EMPLOYEES, CITY OFFICIALS, AND THE PUBLIC. IT IS YOU MAYOR WHO SHOULD BE DEPARTING, NOT THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY. THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY ARE LEARNING OF YOUR ABUSE OF OFFICE AND YOUR POLITICAL RECKONING IS COMING, COMING, EXCUSE ME. AS OLIVER CROMWELL SAID TO PARLIAMENT IN 1653, YOU HAVE SAT TOO LONG IN THAT CHAIR FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. THE PART I SAY AND LET US BE DONE WITH YOU. IN THE NAME OF GOD. GO. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO WITH, UH, LUIS MCCARTHY. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE SOME EVIDENCE FOR A LOT OF THOSE CLAIMS, BY THE WAY. OF COURSE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM SOUND LIKE LIES. JUST SO YOU KNOW. TRIAL ACT VIOLATION. NO, IT'S NOT LUISA, BUT GO ON AND CONTINUE PLEASE. LUISA MCCARTHY, FOLLOWED BY MARISSA CUEVAS. NO, YOU, WE CAN TALK LATER IN CLOSED SESSION. JOSE. TIME IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. HURRY UP. NO, YOU'RE TALKING AND YOU'RE INTERRUPTING. YOU CONTINUE TO OBSTRUCT THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER OF NATIONAL CITY AND CONTINUE TO INTERFERE WITH HIS ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE AND ENFORCE CITY LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IT'S CLEAR TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT YOU, RON AND LOUIS MOLINA AND MARCUS BUSH'S ABILITY TO HOLD YOUR SELF-PROCLAIMED PARTNER, JOSIE FLORES CLARK, ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENGAGING IN UNLAWFUL CONDUCT. YOU'RE DOING AWAY AND DOING YOUR VERY BEST TO EMPLOY A CHERRY PICKED YES MAN FOR A CITY ATTORNEY. SADLY, THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL PER YOUR MO. WE ALL KNOW WHO MIGHT BE NEXT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. WHO NEEDS TO GO IS REALLY LUZ MOLINA AND RON MORRISON WHOSE LEGEND WILL BE CREATING A CLIMATE OF UNLAWFULNESS HAS DESCENDED UPON THE [00:05:01] NATIONAL CITY GOVERNMENT TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES, THE CITY OFFICIALS, AND THE PUBLIC, THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY NEIGHBORING GOVERNMENTS. MEDIA ARE HEARING ABOUT YOUR WRONGFUL DOINGS AND YOUR MOMENT OF TRUTH IS FAST APPROACHING FOR YOUR POLITICAL CAREER. MARK MY WORDS. THANK YOU MARISSA. UH, CUEVA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. YOU HAVE BEEN PULLING THE STRINGS IN SO MANY PLACES WITH A NATIONAL CITY IN WHICH YOU INSERTED YOURSELF INTO PROJECTS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE YOUR INVOLVEMENT. WORSE. YOU HAVE TAKEN IT UPON YOURSELF TO OBSTRUCT THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER OF NATIONAL CITY AND HAVE INTERFERED WITH HIS ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE AND ENFORCE CITY LAWS AND REGULATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, YOU OBSTRUCTED HIS ABILITY TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT AFTER SHE ENGAGED IN UNLAWFUL CONDUCT. FOR INSTANCE, HOW DID A LETTER TO YOU GET TO PRES GET TO BE PRESENTED FALSELY AS A CLAIM? YOU HAVE PERSUADED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO NOT SUPPORT THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DISCIPLINE THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT. YOU'VE ATTEMPTED TO PRESSURE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO NOT ENFORCE THE OPEN MEETING LAW AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. NOW YOU EVALUATE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S JOB PERFORMANCE AS IF HE'S EVEN ALLOWED TO ACT AS CITY ATTORNEY. YOU NOW ARE CARRYING OUT A SCHEME TO EMPLOY A YES MAN FOR CITY ATTORNEY WHO WILL BE UNDER YOUR THUMB IN THE SAME WAY YOU THE SAME WAY YOU'VE SET UP THE NEXT CITY MANAGER. AS A RESULT, A CLIMATE OF UNLAWFULNESS HAS DESCENDED UPON THE NATIONAL CITY GOVERNMENT TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF CITY EMPLOYEES, CITY OFFICIALS, AND MAINLY THE PUBLIC. IT IS YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA WHO SHOULD BE DEPARTING. NOT CITY ATTORNEY BARRY SCHULTZ. THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY ARE LEARNING ABOUT YOUR WRONGDOING AND YOUR POLITICAL RECKONING IS FAST APPROACHING. YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY SHOWN YOUR TRUE COLORS AND NATIONAL CITY CANNOT BE RUN BY SUCH UNLAWFULNESS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. ON FIVE TWO. ON FIVE FOUR WE GO WITH ALEX GUT. WE FOLLOWED BY LUISA MCCARTHY TO BE FOLLOWED BY MICKEL POLANCO. NATIONAL CITY'S OWN WEBSITE DESCRIBES THE CITY MANAGER AS A CEO OF THE CITY. THIS MEANS SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY RUNNING THE CITY WITH A DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE. THE MUNICIPAL CODE ALSO REQUIRES THE CITY MANAGER TO BE INDEPENDENT, SMOOTH, EFFICIENT, AND PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOWHERE NEAR HOW I DESCRIBE NATIONAL CITY. UNDER THIS SUPERVISION, THE NEW CITY MANAGER MUST BE SOMEONE WHO CAN OPERATE THE CITY SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY BE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, NOT ANY CITY OFFICIAL OR ANY MAYOR'S INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS. SO LET'S REVIEW WHAT IS NOT EFFICIENT AND SMOOTH IN RUNNING A CITY. ISSUING ILLEGAL VARIANCES ON A LEGAL PROJECT FOR A MAJOR BENEFACTOR COVERING UP ILLEGAL ACTS OF THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT, RUSHING A CLOSED CITY COUNCIL SESSION TO PUBLISH THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE'S FALSE CLAIM AND STILL NOT PRODUCING, REQUESTED PUBLIC RECORDS ON HOW THE CITY ABRUPTLY CHANGED ITS PUBLISHED CLAIM FORM AND REMOVED ITS PUBLISHED DIRECTIONS RIGHT AFTER A PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST WAS MADE. SO PLEASE USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY OF EMPLOYING A NEW CITY MANAGER. USE IT AS A WAY TO RUN NATIONAL CITY APPROPRIATELY AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RUN IN THE FIRST PLACE. THANK YOU LUISA MCCARTHY TO BE FOLLOWED BY LANCO TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARISSA CUEVAS, THE NAME PLATE OF SHAME. ALEX HERNANDEZ, ENTERTAINING, PLACING A CHIEF OF POLICE WHOSE INVOLVEMENT RUNS DEEP INTO THE $10 MILLION SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT AS THE NEXT CITY MANAGER. WHAT COMES TO MY MIND WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT NO LONGER PROTECTS YOU FROM THE CORRUPT BUT PROTECTS THE CORRUPT FROM YOU, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL CITY IS DOOMED. IF HE CAN'T MANAGE A SMALL POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK HE CAN MANAGE A CITY [00:10:01] CHIEF ADOLFO GONZALEZ AND CHIEF MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, INFLUENTIAL LEGACY OF THEIR LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE AND PRIDE IN HOLDING THEIR OWN ACCOUNTABLE, TAINTED BY SHAME, THANKS TO THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF ALEX HERNANDEZ, NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW COMPLETELY TAINTED WITH SHAME. WHAT A SAD NOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK UP TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. AND HERE THE BLUE IS AS DARK AS THE DARK, AS CLOUD OF NATIONAL CITY THAT HANGS OVER IT WAS ONCE RESPECTED, ONCE A BEAM OF RESPECT. AND MARCUS, YOU'RE HERE DOING THIS. WE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR YOU. SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WHATEVER. LIKEWISE ANYWAY, WE AT LEAST ARE HARDWORKING WITH JOBS NOT GETTING EVICTED FROM OUR HOUSE BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE A PAYMENT OR HOLD A HOUSEHOLD TOGETHER. YOU SHOULD LEARN FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, MICKEL BLANCO. WE FOLLOWED BY MARISSA CUEVAS. WE FOLLOWED BY DANIEL. KAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THE CORRUPTION GOES ON HERE AT NATIONAL CITY. YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT $50,000 OR MORE TRYING TO, UH, HIRE A CITY MANAGER, AND YET WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY WORD ON THAT. THE CITY MANAGER NOW THAT YOU INTEND TO NAME AS CITY, UH, MANAGER IS ALEX HERNANDEZ, WHO'S UNDER THE THUMB OF YOU, RON AND MOLINA AND BUSH, ONE OF WHOM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A $10 MILLION SEXUAL HARASSMENT JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY. ONLY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WOULD THAT RECORD BE LOOKED AS A POSITIVE THING TO SERVE THE CITY AS CITY MANAGER, AS DR. KING ONCE SAID, NO LIE CAN LIVE FOREVER. AND AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID, YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME AND YOU CAN FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. THE ONLY WAY TO BRING REFORM AND EFFICIENCY AND FAIRNESS TO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY IS TO EXIT MAYOR RON MORRISON AND HIS SIDEKICKS. COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOLINA, LET'S REVIEW THE RECORD. YOU WERE CAUGHT IN ISSUING ILLEGAL VARIANCES ON AN ILLEGAL PROJECT FOR YOUR MAJOR BENEFACTOR. YOU WERE CAUGHT LYING UNDER OATH ABOUT PUBLIC RECORDS ON YOUR CELL PHONE. YOU WERE CAUGHT COVERING UP ILLEGAL ACTS OF THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT AND THE WORD IS SPREADING AND YOU KNOW IT. AND SO BOTH OF YOU TOO, IT'S GONNA CATCH UP. THE RESISTANCE IS BUILDING THE, THE MOMENTUM IS INCREASING BEHIND THE BANNER OF MORRISON, MOLINA AND BUSH. AND THE TIME IS GONNA COME WHEN YOU'RE GONNA FACE THE JUDGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, MR. CUEVAS FOLLOWED BY DANIEL KAY, GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, THE CORRUPTION GOES ON. YOU HAVE SPENT $50,000 FOR A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER, $50,000. AND WHERE IS ANY UPDATE IN TERMS OF HOW THAT SEARCH WENT, HOW THAT MONEY WAS USED, EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A SMALL SUM, THAT'S TAXPAYER'S MONEY, THAT $50,000 AND WE SEE AGAIN THAT YOU'RE INTENDING TO NAME CITY EMPLOYEES TO BE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER WHO'S ALREADY UNDER YOUR THUMB. SO AGAIN, $50,000 DOWN THE DRAIN FOR THIS PERSONAL VENDETTA, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING A, PUTTING PEOPLE IN THAT YOU KNOW WILL WORK WITH YOU AND YOU KNOW, WON'T PUT, HAVE PUSHBACK, UM, ONE OF WHOM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A 10 MILLION SEXUAL, $10 MILLION SEXUAL HARASSMENT JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY. ONLY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WOULD THAT RECORD BE LOOKED AS A POSITIVE TO SERVE AS CITY MANAGER. THE ONLY WAY TO BRING REFORM AND DEFICIENCY AND FAIRNESS TO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY IS TO EXIT MAYOR MORRISON AND HIS SIDEKICK COUNCIL MEMBER LIZ MOLINA. BECAUSE AS MS AS [00:15:01] MIKA HAD STATED BEFORE, LET'S REVIEW THE RECORD. ONE, YOU WERE CAUGHT, LI CAUGHT ISSUING ILLEGAL VARIANCES ON ILLEGAL ILLEGAL PROJECT FOR YOUR MAJOR BENEFACTOR THAT WAS DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. TWO, YOU WERE CAUGHT LYING UNDER OATH ABOUT PUBLIC RECORDS REGARDING YOUR CELL PHONE. THREE, YOU WERE CAUGHT COVERING UP ILLEGAL ACTS OF THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE. AGAIN, AS SHE HAS STATED BEFORE, IS THAT THE WORD IS SPREADING, THE RESISTANCE IS BUILDING AND I HOPE MORE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE GOING BACK TO THE $50,000, UM, THAT'S A LARGE LUMP SUM TO INVEST INTO THIS. AND AGAIN, WHERE IS ANYTHING BEING HEARD ABOUT HOW THAT WAS SPENT? WHO'S BEING, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSED OR ANYTHING? AND SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO YOU CAN CONTROL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY, DANIEL. KAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I'D LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS IS, THAT THIS COMMENT IN THE LAST FOUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN IN RESPONSE TO ITEM 5.4, WHICH RELATES TO THE CITY, UM, MANAGER MM-HMM . AND THE ROUND OF COMMENTS BEFORE THAT RELATED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS TO CLOSE US OFF. NUMBER ONE. WELL, AND REALLY THIS IS THE GIST OF IT IS IT'S UNFORTUNATE TO SEE THE FALLOUT FROM THIS MAYOR'S MISMANAGEMENT OF THE CITY. BEN MARTINEZ WASN'T PERFECT, BUT HE DESERVED BETTER THAN THIS. THE CITY DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS. HE TRIED TO DISCIPLINE THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANT AFTER COMMITTING AN ACT THAT WOULD GET MOST OF US FIRED FROM OUR JOBS, OR AT LEAST IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE TRIED TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY OF YOU. AND THESE ARE THE MINIMUM THINGS YOU'D EXPECT FROM A COMPETENT CITY MANAGER WHO TAKES THEIR JOB SERIOUSLY AND YOU PUSHED 'EM OUT THE DOOR FOR IT. NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO REPLACE THEM WITH ESSENTIALLY YOUR PUPPET. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE THOUGH, YOU DO SO AT YOUR PERIL. THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY ARE WISE UP. THEY'RE REALIZING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND THEY AREN'T GOING TO STAND FOR IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE LOOKS LIKE ALEX G THIS IS ON 5.20. OKAY? MM-HMM . I I SAW ALEX G AND I I REALIZE, OKAY, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL, SHALL BE AN ENTITY SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM ALL OTHER OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS. THE CITY ATTORNEY SHALL INVESTIGATE AND ENFORCE CITY LAWS AND REGULATIONS. AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED, YOU'VE OBSTRUCTED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ABILITY TO PERFORM THIS VERY FUNCTION TO ENFORCE CITY LAWS AND REGULATIONS. LET'S REVIEW THIS. THE MAYOR NUMBER ONE, LYING UNDER OATH ABOUT MISSING CELL PHONE RECORDS. 174 DAYS LATER, STILL NOT SIGNING HIS DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPTS UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY. NUMBER TWO, RUSHING A CLOSED CITY COUNCIL SESSION TO PUBLISH THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE. FALSE CLAIM NUMBER THREE, STILL NOT PRODUCING THE REQUESTED PUBLIC RECORDS ON HOW THE CITY ABRUPTLY CHANGED ITS PUBLISHED CLAIM FORM. REMOVED ITS PUBLISHED DIRECTIONS RIGHT AFTER A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED. NUMBER FOUR, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HOLDING SERIAL MEETINGS, VIOLATING OPEN MEETING LAWS. AND NUMBER FIVE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONDING IN LENGTH TO CITIZENS EXERCISING THEIR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RIGHTS. WE HAVE BROUGHT FIVE SEPARATE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY. WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT AND ACCOUNTABLE CITY ATTORNEY. A CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN BLATANTLY DISRESPECTED SO FAR. THANK YOU. UH, MP, I TAKE IT. THAT'S CITY ATTORNEY. 5.2. 5.2. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, THE PRESSURE IS ON, ON, ON BARRY NOW. I KNOW THE, UH, CONTRACT WILL PROBABLY BE UP SOON. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, THEY'VE SET UP IN THE DAAS. BUT MAYOR, YOU HAVE BEEN PULLING ALL THESE STRINGS IN SO MANY PLACES HERE. NATIONAL CITY IS REALLY APPALLING, BUT WE SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE NOW. YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY SEE THE FRAUD BEHIND ALL OF WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU CAN NO LONGER FOOL US. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE IT. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT. UH, WE DO NOT NEED A TYRANT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT. WE NEED AN UNBIASED AND FAIR AND JUST GOVERNMENT IN OUR CITY. I, UH, SO HOPE THAT WE TURN THIS SHIP AROUND BECAUSE [00:20:01] I REALLY WANT AN END TO THIS. AND BELIEVE ME, I'VE BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. I CARE ABOUT OUR CITIZENS. I CARE ABOUT OUR FUTURE, AND I CARE ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND OUR ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE IN. AND I WILL NOT STOP. I WILL BE HERE AT EVERY MEETING FIGHTING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT, FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH. I'M NOT GONNA STOP. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. I WILL HOLD EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR CITY. AND IT'S ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO. NOW, BARRY, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD IT REALLY ROUGH. I KNOW IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. DON'T THINK THAT IT'S ALL BAD. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT. YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THE NEXT CITY, UH, UH, ATTORNEY DOESN'T COMPROMISE WITH ALWAYS GOING FOR THE VOTES AND DOES WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY AND IS UNBIASED AND IS IMPARTIAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT. IT WILL BE BRIEF. WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH, I WAS ON A DEBATE TEAM AND WE WOULD HAVE FICTITIOUS DEBATES AND WE HAD, I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE HAD JACK THE GIANT KILLER, UH, AGAINST JACK OR AGAINST THE GIANT. AND UH, WE DID, WE HAD TO MAKE UP PHONY TESTIMONY AND EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT HOW, HOW ATROCIOUS EVERYTHING WAS. I WAS VERY REMINISCENT WHEN JUST HEARING ALL OF THAT. JUST NOW WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE BE GOING INTO CLUB SESSION. I HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT. I HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT, OKAY. A LOT OF LIES TOLD HERE TODAY, LUISA AND MIKA IN PARTICULAR, AND YOU BOTH SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF ON THE FALSE ATTACKS ON OUR POLICE CHIEF NOW OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. AND I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE JOSE AND DITAS SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS. YOU HEARD WHAT THEY SAID AGAINST OUR POLICE CHIEF. IT'S TIME. ARE YOU GONNA SIDE WITH OUR STAFF WHO ARE BEING BULLIED OR ARE YOU GONNA DO YOUR JOB FOR THE CITY? THANK YOU. BRIEF. [5. CLOSED SESSION] OKAY, WE WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION. I WILL, UH, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS. I'LL HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY INTRODUCE CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU MAYOR. THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS ON TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION. 5.1 IS CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS. UH, THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION IS A POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION. 5.2 IS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. UM, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 B ONE AND THE POSITION CITY ATTORNEY 5.3 IS CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY, UH, NEGOTIATIONS. UM, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO PROPERTY. THE, UH, A PN NUMBERS R 5 5, 9, 1 1, 7, 0 4, 0 5, 0 6, 0 7 AND 12. AND UNDER NEGOTIATIONS IT'LL BE INSTRUCTIONS TO NEGOTIATORS REGARDING THE TOWER 9 9 9 LLC DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND THEN FINALLY 5.4 PURSUANT TO IS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 5 4 9 5 7 B ONE AND THE POSITION IS CITY MANAGER. OKAY WITH THAT WE ARE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION. WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING OR AT THE END COURT SESSION. ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL BE, UH, REPORTING OUT AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. UM, WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED AND GIVE US ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO GET OUR STUFF TOGETHER. WE'LL BE BACK OUT HERE. START THE REGULAR MEETING. OH, I KNOW. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.