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          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:05]
          PUBLIC COMMENT OR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM A NUMBER OF WAYS. 
          EITHER IN PERSON USING ONE OF THE SALMON COLORED SLIPS OR ON EMAIL 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, WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IMANI HERE. 
          HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. 
          HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, MS. ABSENT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I DON'T SEE YOU ON MY SCREEN, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH HERE, VICE MAYOR MOLINA PRESENT AND MAYOR MAREK PRESENT. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH THAT. 
          IF WE COULD, UH, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I'LL ASK, UH, MEMBER BUSH A YOU READY? BEGIN ALL TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC. 
          REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          AND NORMALLY ON THOSE THINGS I TRY TO GO FROM ONE END TO THE NEXT, BUT IT, IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE LAST MEETING. 
          I FORGOT WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON THE, UH, WITH TAKING THE PLEDGE IN ORDER THERE. 
          UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE SPECIFIC ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA AND ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN ZOOM EITHER. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THERE'S NO ONE IN ZOOM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [5. CLOSED SESSION]
UM, WITH THAT WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR CLOSED SESSION. 
          I'LL NOW, UH, WE'LL BE CONVENING INTO THE MEETING AND I'LL HAVE OUR, UH, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY LEAD US IN. 
          WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 5 4 9 5 7 B ONE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT WITH A POSITION TO BE FAILED. 
          INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, WE ARE IN CLOSE SESSION. 
          WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT AFTERWARDS.
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