[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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UH, WELCOME TO TODAY'S SPECIAL MEETING.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AND WE ARE CONVENING A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TIME 5:00 PM WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM MAYOR MORRISON OF A NEED TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.
FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF AB 24 49, WE MUST FIRST CONFIRM THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
CONFIRMED BY VISUAL, UH, CONFIRMATION.
MAYOR MORRISON IS PRESENT VIA ZOOM.
MAYOR MORRISON, PLEASE ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL TO FIRST CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN HEAR, THAT YOU CAN BE HEARD AND SEEN AND THAT YOU CAN HEAR AND SEE US.
CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO THE NEED TO APPEAR REMOTELY? I AM OUT OF TOWN ON GOVERNMENT BUSINESS AND MAYOR MORRISON, ARE YOU CLAIMING YOUR ABSENCE UNDER JUST CAUSE OR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES? WE CAN ASK THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION IF NECESSARY.
UH, JUST CAUSE AND MAYOR MORRISON, IS THERE ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OF AGE PRESENT AT THE REMOTE LOCATION WITH YOU? I'M HERE ALL BY MYSELF NOW.
DEPUTY CITY CLERK, PLEASE CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF TIMES MR. MOR MAYOR MORRISON HAS APPEARED REMOTELY WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
THIS IS THE MAYOR'S SECOND OCCURRENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE TO ACCEPT THE JUST CAUSE REASON FOR MAYOR MORRISON APPEARING REMOTELY.
OH, HE MAYOR MORRISON DOES A VOTE.
NOW WE WILL BEGIN THE SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2026 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, BEFORE WE PROCEED, DO WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER FOR THIS MEETING? YES.
I REQUEST THAT THE INTERPRETER TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS EVENING.
THE FOLLOWING WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN SPANISH.
PLEASE A REMINDER, SILENCE ALL YOUR CELL PHONES AND DEVICES IN THE CHAMBER.
NOW A LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW.NATIONALCITYCA.GOV.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING LIVE VIA ZOOM, VIEWING THE SPECIAL VERSION OF THE MEETING INTERPRETER INSTRUCTIONS WILL APPEAR IN THE CHAT BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO SIT IN THE CHAMBER, HEADSETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE LIVE SPANISH TRANSLATION, PLEASE SEE THE CITY CLERK'S DESK TO CHECK OUT A HEADSET.
THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT.
YOU CAN DO THIS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS IN PERSON HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER BY SUBMITTING A SALMON COLORED REQUEST.
TO ENTER A PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, SLIP TO OUR CITY CLERK VIA ZOOM.
YOU MAY REQUEST, UM, TO MAKE A COMMENT BY REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND RAISING A HAND DURING THE ITEM TO COMMENT.
AND YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AT PUBLIC COMMENT@NATIONALCDCCA.GOV.
NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE.
NOW, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL MS. DEPUTY CITY CLERK COUNCIL MEMBER YAMAN.
MAYOR MORRISON PRESENT VICE MAYOR MOLINA.
NOW FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE STAND.
I WILL ASK OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BUSH TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
READY, BEGIN I UNITED STATES OF PUBLIC NATION INDIVISIBLE
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WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE RULE.[4. PUBLIC COMMENT]
WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEM SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA.PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY 1 0 4, THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK WILL REPORT THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AT THREE MINUTES EACH EXCEEDS THE 30 MINUTE ALLOTTED TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ARE ALLOWED, THE CHAIR IS ALLOWED TO REDUCE THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH SPEAKER, EXTEND THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, OR CONTINUE REMAINING SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
DEPUTY CITY CLERK, I WILL ALLOW THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND UH, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS IN THE CHAMBER.
FIRST, CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS HOW MANY SPEAKERS WE ARE EXPECTING? THERE ARE NONE IN THE CHAMBER.
DO WE HAVE ANY ON ZOOM? I HAVE TWO ON ZOOM.
RON LACEY AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ANGELO'S TOWING AND RECOVERY.
AND I WANNA SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TO NOVEMBER 30TH AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT STAFF WILL BE LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY BOTH ANGELO'S TOWING AND OTHERS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO WHO WAS CONTACTED AND EVEN IN THIS CASE, THE FACT THAT MR. HABI WAS CONTACTED, WHICH HE WAS THE CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, BUT HE WAS BROUGHT INTO PLAY FOR THE EXTENSION OF THIS CONTRACT AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIM.
AND THEN THE OTHER ALLEGATIONS OF GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO BOTH TONY'S AND CORTEZ TO MAKE CORRECTIONS THAT ANGELO'S TOWING SEEMS TO HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN AS THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WAS TRULY NEEDED, EVEN THOUGH I DID GET THE, UH, 2 34 B SUBMITTED THAT SHOWED THE DATES AND TIMES THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY DONE, WHICH WAS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION FOR THE PROPOSAL AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, I WANNA REALLY THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALONG WITH STAFF AND WE APPRECIATE THIS FROM ANGELO'S TOWING.
BRAD RAMSEY, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK? NO RESPONSE THERE,
DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE COMMENTS? YES.
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR]
WE WILL CONTINUE ON TO THE ONE ITEM THAT WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE STAFF REPORT.THIS IS ITEM 5.1, EXTENDING AGREEMENTS FOR TOWING AND IMPOUND SERVICES.
WE HAVE OUR POLICE CAPTAIN DEREK ALOT AND OUR ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR, MS. RACHEL BARRERA, WHO WILL BE GIVING US A REPORT.
I UNDERSTAND MR. RICHARD ROMERO.
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL AS TRAFFIC SERGEANT MICHAEL SCOTT SHANAHAN.
UH, CAN WE PLEASE HEAR FROM STAFF? THANK YOU.
UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNSEL DEREK OTT HERE ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UH, ATTENDING TONIGHT AS WELL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE PRESENTED THIS ITEM LAST WEEK BACK ON THE 22ND, UM, AND AT, UH, COUNCIL'S REQUEST, UH, THEY REQUESTED THAT, UM, UH, STAFF COME BACK WITH SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT A LATER, UH, TIME.
UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING, I BELIEVE IT'S NOVEMBER 17TH, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK ON YOUR DOCKET.
UM, IN THE INTERIM, YOU REQUESTED THAT EXTENSIONS WITH OUR CURRENT TWO CURRENT TOW VENDORS BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE END OF, UH, THAT MONTH, NOVEMBER 30TH, UM, WHICH WE, UH, COMPLETED ON YOUR BEHALF.
SO, UM, BOTH VENDORS, ROAD ONE AND ANGELA'S AGREED TO EXTEND.
AND HERE WE ARE TONIGHT THROUGH THE CHAIR.
YES, WE THAT RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF.
UM, I KNOW THIS ITEM IS ON CONSENT AND IT IS, UM, I I SUPPOSE IF WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT, WE WOULD NEED TO PULL IT FROM CONSENT.
WAS THERE DESIRE TO MAKE A COMMENT? SO I DO HEAR A MOTION AGAIN, LET ME JUST REITERATE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ENTITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE FOURTH AMENDMENTS.
FOURTH AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT WITH A TWO Z ENTERPRISES, INC.
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ALEXANDRA INVESTMENTS, INC.DBA, ANGELO'S TOWING AND RECOVERY TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT TO NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026.
UM, MS. YAMANI, IS THAT THE MOTION YOU'RE MAKING? YES, MA'AM.
AND I THINK I HEARD A SECOND FROM MR. RODRIGUEZ? CORRECT.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THERE IS, DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I DON'T SEE MAYOR MORRISON'S HAND UP.
SO, UH, MS. DEPUTY CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? SURE.
ALSO WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE HAD A WRITTEN COMMENT FROM TED KASAL, CORRECT? YES, WE DID GET A COMMENT FROM MR. TED GACHA.
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2026.