Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2024-12-03 7:00 PM

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Santa Clara City Council 4h 42m 3 speakers 8 agenda items transcribed 4 days ago official recording ↗

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What opening remarks and pledges are made at the beginning of the council meeting?

Lisa Gillmor 8:51

Good evening everyone. Welcome to the Santa Clara City Council meeting. Could I ask you to please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for our statement of values? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, individual liberty and justice for all.

Todd (Todd/CPA - last name not provided) 9:18

As we gather, we humbly seek blessings upon this meeting. May we act with strength, courage, and will

Councilmember Jane 9:23

to perform our obligations and duties to our people with justice to all. Let us seek wisdom so that we may act in the best interests of our people, our neighbors, and our country. All this we ask we may serve our community with fairness and respect, putting their needs before all.

Lisa Gillmor 9:36

Thank you. Please be seated. City Clerk.

Nora Pimentel 9:45

Council member, board member Watanabe. Here. Councilmember, Board Member Shahal.

Karen Hardy 9:49

Present.

Nora Pimentel 9:49

Councilmember, Board Member Hardy? Present. Councilmember, Board Member Park? Here. Councilmember Board Member Jane?

Lisa Gillmor 9:55

Here.

Nora Pimentel 9:56

Vice Mayor, Vice Chair Becker.

Lisa Gillmor 9:57

Present.

Nora Pimentel 9:58

Mayor and Chair Gilmore. Here. Thank you. The A B twenty three announcement. Members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, Sports and Open Space Authority, and Housing Authority are entitled to receive thirty dollars for each attended meeting. Statement of behavioral standards. The City of Santa Clara has adopted a code of ethics and values and behavioral standards for public meetings to promote and maintain the highest levels of conduct. This includes mutual respect, robust discussion, and allowing city business to be done in an efficient and consistent manner. Please note that as the presiding officer, the mayor's and chair's direction in matters of process and decorum should be followed, and that use of the gavel indicates all

Nora Pimentel 10:36

Conversations must conclude and everyone in attendance should come to order and attention. Welcome and thank you for your participation. For those attending this evening and joining us in the capacity of a registered lobbyist, we ask you to please identify yourself as such and disclose the clients andor organizations that you represent. This is pursuant to City Code section two point one five five point one one zero. Thank you, Mayor.

Lisa Gillmor 11:02

Thank you. So good evening, everyone, and welcome. For tonight, for today's meeting, the city council is back in person and is conducting its meeting in a hybrid manner. The public is welcome to attend in person, and the city continues to use a Zoom feature to allow participation from your home or office. Members of the public can still join via the link and or call into the Zoom meeting phone number shown on the screen. Now, yeah. If you would like to speak on an agenda item or during public presentations, please raise your hand on the Zoom application or press star nine on your phone. Please only raise your hand while the item you're seeking to speak on is presented. Staff will enter your name or the last four digits of your phone number, and I will call on you to speak.

Lisa Gillmor 11:46

As a friendly reminder, members of the public have two minutes to speak on an agenda item and three minutes on public presentations and those are reserved for topics that are not on the agenda. Prior to each agenda item, staff will lower your hand to ensure members of the public are seeking to speak on the appropriate agenda item. So we're gonna move on to the council agenda now. Uh Joe, can I ask you to make me a participant in this? Sorry to disturb you. All right. Next we're gonna move on to continuances, exceptions, and reconsiderations. Oh, I just got it now. Thanks. Uh city manager, staff, city council, anyone? None. Any member h member of the public? All right, seeing none, we're gonna move on to our special order of business.

Lisa Gillmor 12:43

So this evening uh we're going to be honoring two groups here, well, one individual and then a group of students as well. Uh we recognize a few Santa Clara youth for their exceptional work with various projects and initiatives. First, we would like to recognize Santa Clara resident Andrew Lamb. Andrew has taken on many projects to benefit the needs of others on both a local and global level.