City Council Meeting - August 01, 2022

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Meeting Summary

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The transcript begins with technical difficulties regarding Council Member Susan's internet connection, prompting a request for someone to text her a dial-in number. 📄 There is informal conversation among participants about weather conditions in different locations, including rain in Sausalito and heavy fog. 📄 Walfred Solorzano thanks the group, and it is noted that Council Member Cleveland Knowles has joined. 📄 The meeting is called to order, with a sergeant or staff member indicating no other members of the public are present. 📄 The meeting is confirmed to be conducted telephonically via Zoom due to a declared state of emergency, in compliance with Government Code Section 549530E, and is broadcast live on the city's website.
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CALL TO ORDER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 420 LITHO STREET – 10:00 AM 📄
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The Chair requested the roll call to begin, and the Clerk started by calling Council Member Sobieski and Council Member Cleveland-Know. 📄
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LEAD DEPARTMENT 📄
The meeting convened to discuss a closed session item, B1, regarding a conference with legal counsel on existing litigation under California Government Code Section 54956.921, specifically the case Sausalito-Marine County Chapter of the California Homeless Union versus City of Sausalito. 📄 The Mayor confirmed no public comments on closed session items, and the council prepared to adjourn to closed session after technical difficulties with the Zoom link distribution. 📄

Meeting Transcript

Time Speaker Text
00:00:00.79 Walfred Solorzano Yes.
00:00:00.79 Unknown Yes, Susan just texted. She's having problems with her internet and will call in. Can someone please text her a one tap dial in?

So Greg or Alex, if you have that, you can convey that to Susan, that would be very helpful.

Or, sir, do you have that?
00:00:18.04 Walfred Solorzano Um,
00:00:24.33 Unknown because I'm saying that you're going to send it.

Ha ha ha.
00:00:31.76 Unknown And also, Is it raining here?

Thank you.
00:00:37.31 Unknown in Sausalito? Yeah.
00:00:38.45 Unknown It was raining earlier here down in St. Carlos where I am.
00:00:42.37 Unknown kind of.

Weird.

It's just, it's very heavy fog.

TORNADO WEATHER.

Not in San Salido.
00:00:49.12 Unknown not.
00:00:51.06 Unknown It was in Washington, D.C. and I was like,
00:00:51.13 Unknown It wasn't a...
00:00:54.92 Unknown Robbie, I'm like, Robbie, look at those clouds. That's a funnel cloud.

He was like, what?

That was just Joe Manchin.

Is he working?

I'm not.

Not a final glance.

Ugh.
00:01:06.97 Unknown Bye.
00:01:08.64 Unknown Thank you.
00:01:08.66 Unknown He's a little bit.

Yeah.

Ever since my mom's house was, or no, not my mom's house,
00:01:14.69 Unknown Thank you.

Yeah, I think that the one that mobile is in the invite It's just kind of down in the notes.
00:01:24.36 Unknown Thank you.

Thank you.
00:01:25.05 Walfred Solorzano Thank you.
00:01:25.08 Unknown Thank you.
00:01:25.87 Walfred Solorzano .

Thank you.
00:01:26.99 Unknown Yeah.

Okay.
00:01:29.99 Walfred Solorzano Madam Mayor, council members of the NOLS just joined their group.
00:01:34.78 Unknown Great. Thank you. And thank you, Council Member of Cleveland Knowles. I appreciate it.

Okay, so why don't we go ahead and start?

Sergeant, head over to you.
00:01:44.72 Walfred Solorzano Sure, we're gonna meet you at our audience meetings.

there are no other members of the public.

40 now.

And good morning, Mayor Kellman and council members. This meeting is developed pursuant to government code section 549530E. And in light of the declared state of emergency, the special meeting of the city council for August 1st, 2022 will be conducted telephonically through Zoom and broadcast live on the city's website.

Welcome.
00:02:17.26 Unknown Great, thank you very much. We'll go ahead and call the meeting to order, and can you please call the roll?
00:02:22.39 Walfred Solorzano Council Member Sobieski.

Council Member Cleveland-Know.
00:02:26.03 Unknown Thank you.
00:02:26.05 Unknown here.
00:02:27.32 Walfred Solorzano Councilmember Hoffman.
00:02:28.99 Unknown Here.
00:02:30.13 Walfred Solorzano Vice Mayor Blomstein.
00:02:31.97 Unknown Here.
00:02:32.66 Walfred Solorzano and Mayor Kelman.
00:02:33.91 Unknown Thank you.
00:02:34.07 Walfred Solorzano Thank you.

Members are present and there's a quorum.
00:02:37.09 Unknown Great, thank you. We're convening today to talk about one item in closed session, item B1.

Conference of Legal Counsel, Existing Litigation Pursuant to California, Government Code Section 54956.921,
00:02:47.23 Unknown Thank you.
00:02:48.43 Unknown The name of the case is Sausalito-Marine County Chapter of the California Homeless Union versus City of Sausalito.
00:02:53.19 Walfred Solorzano Thank you.

Thank you.
00:02:53.30 Unknown Do we have any members of the public here to make public comment on closed session items?
00:02:59.73 Walfred Solorzano Madam Mayor, it appears we do not have any members of the public with any hands raised.
00:03:06.69 Unknown Okay, then we'll go ahead and close public comment.

and we will go ahead and adjourn to closed session.

Thanks everybody.

Thank you.
00:03:20.52 Unknown Thanks, man.
00:03:21.74 Unknown Oh, hey Greg.

Yes.
00:03:23.04 Unknown I'm not.
00:03:23.88 Unknown Sorry, I am looking at...

I don't see your closed session. Did you send that out?
00:03:32.08 Unknown or
00:03:33.97 Unknown A closed session, Zoom link.
00:03:37.96 Unknown I started with closed session.
00:03:39.61 Unknown Zoom link.
00:03:41.35 Unknown All right.

I thought that was set up.

I've been...

That's probably something that Mary would do and I normally don't do that so I guess I would
00:03:55.74 Unknown Yeah.
00:04:01.01 Unknown No problem. If you were Alex, I don't know who, for whomever it is easier, if you could please make sure council gets the closed session Zoom link.

with the dial in for Councilman Clever-Mosso.
00:04:12.13 Unknown this is the closed session Zoom link, right?
00:04:14.27 Unknown and we're going to be
00:04:14.34 Unknown Thank you.
00:04:14.37 Unknown Thank you.
00:04:14.39 Unknown It's hard to find.
00:04:14.98 Unknown No, okay. So then yeah, I couldn't find it. Okay. We don't have a closed session. So Greg, you're gonna send that out?
00:04:15.64 Unknown numbers.
00:04:20.68 Unknown I'll work on that. I might need some help. Greg, do you want me to just do
00:04:23.06 Unknown Greg, do you, .
00:04:24.46 Unknown Thank you.
00:04:24.51 Unknown Thank you.
00:04:24.85 Unknown Yeah, if you could do it, that'd be great.

No.

OK.
00:04:28.34 Unknown Okay, thanks, Alex. We'll see you guys in two minutes.

Thanks.