10-20-2025 Neighborhood-University Relations Committee

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What is the purpose of the opening roll call and oath ceremony?

Suds Jain 0:01

Very good, welcome everyone. I will now call to order the NERC committee meeting for October 20th, 2025 at 6.05 PM. I will now take the roll call. Member Chahal.

Sean Collins 0:20

Present.

Suds Jain 0:21

Member Ross. Present. Member Collins. Present. Member Mulqueeny.

Jennifer Zhong 0:29

Present.

Suds Jain 0:29

Is that correct?

Jennifer Zhong 0:30

It's Mulqueeny.

Suds Jain 0:31

Mulqueeny, okay. Member Zeng.

Jennifer Zhong 0:34

Present.

Suds Jain 0:35

Member Forgery has notified staff that he is unable to attend tonight. So our policy is that we can vote on excused absences if the member has notified staff or the chair in advance. So can I get a motion?

Raj Chahal 0:54

Make a motion to excuse member for jury. Or jury. Or

Sean Collins 0:59

G, yeah. I second that.

Suds Jain 1:02

You second?

Sean Collins 1:04

I second that.

Suds Jain 1:05

We have a second from member Collins. We have everyone here, right? All in favor? Aye. Okay, aye. Aye. Opposed? Abstentions? Okay, passes unanimously. All right, now we come to the consent calendar.

Rena Brio 1:23

Chair Jane, if I could just, it's an unusual meeting since this is our first meeting. We have Vin here because he's actually able to take the oath of office

Brianna 1:34

for

Rena Brio 1:34

our new committee members who have not done that, which is everyone except for our two council members. If he could do that, that way the votes they cast are valid because right now they actually are not taking their

Suds Jain 1:46

oath of

Rena Brio 1:47

office. I know, I think that the notes for the meeting don't cover it. It's on the agenda that way. That's why I'm helping

Suds Jain 1:53

and

Rena Brio 1:53

kind of, helping along here. Yeah, no, you wouldn't have seen it on the notes. It's on the agenda as at the very beginning call to order roll call. And we're going to do the ceremony now, the welcoming in.

Suds Jain 2:06

You may have to take the vote again. Yeah.

Rena Brio 2:09

Legitimately, that would be true.

Suds Jain 2:10

Yes. Okay.

Unknown 2:14

Assistant city clerk. Okay. If all the newly appointed members can please join me in standing up and raise your right hand and then repeat after me. I, your name. do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. And I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter. Okay, thank you. If you can please sign the form at the end there and I'll collect the form from you.

Suds Jain 3:27

Okay, now we have sworn members. So we will have to repeat the last motion. Is there a motion to excuse member 4G? So moved. Second?

Sean Collins 3:41

Second.

Suds Jain 3:42

All right, second by member Collins. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstentions? Passes unanimously. Okay, now we can go on to the consent calendar. The consent calendar items may be enacted, approved or adopted by one motion unless requested to be removed by anyone for discussion or explanation. If any member of the NERC commission, staff or a member of the public wishes to comment on a consent calendar item, would like the item to be heard on a regular agenda, make this request now. Items listed on the consent calendar with associated file numbers constitute public hearing items. So we have one item on the consent calendar today. That is the NERC meeting minutes of May 5th, 2025 special meeting.

Rena Brio 4:44

And

Suds Jain 4:44

it would be

Rena Brio 4:44

appropriate for those members who didn't review the meeting to just abstain from these minutes. If you haven't reviewed this, you don't feel comfortable voting on it, you can just abstain.

Suds Jain 4:57

We have a little bit of a problem because then we won't be able to approve them. Okay,

Rena Brio 5:02

well, there were individuals who were part of coming to this meeting, like Steve Ross and Sean Collins. So they may have familiarity with the meeting itself and probably understand.

Suds Jain 5:15

Or if you reviewed the meeting, or if you have reviewed the notes, you are able to vote affirmatively or negatively on the. Yeah.

Rena Brio 5:26

And for everyone who isn't familiar, for instance, minutes are really just high level summary, high level, very high level summary of what was talked about. Usually we keep things so high level because they're only based on actions that sometimes we have very little content.