Citizen Comment: Mostly on Item 26, expanding the criteria for qualification as a designated historical site. Everyone is in favor. One speaker spoke eloquently about Pauline Espinoza, who was a local public figure and business owner back in the 1930s, and is now getting the Rec Center named after her.
There was a presentation on some early budget prep work for 2022-2023; none of the councilmembers reacted in any noticeable way. There was a snafu involving SMPD’s overtime budget – basically they’d been budgeting for 1 1/2 time as though it were 1/2 time, and now it would cost $600k to fix the issue. To me, it seemed like the kind of unfortunate-but-honest error that comes from having high turnover in your city office. But Council raked the staff member over the coals a little bit for it.
The City’s strategic plan for the next 12-36 months is being discussed. It looks like apartment-renters will get a CONA rep at CONA meetings, which is great.
(If I were making a wish-list for a strategic plan, I’d put a tenant’s council with a city lawyer to assist renters on the list. Just saying.)
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