Special Emergency City Council Meeting: February 5, 2024

Special Emergency City Council Meeting: February 5, 2024 — Feb 5, 2024 - 02:33 PM

Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to a special meeting of the pasada city council. Um and this is an emergency meeting um today's FEBRUARY 5th twenty twenty four three P.M. I you're all staying safe and dry and hopefully indoors. Um this is a one item uh agenda. Why don't we go ahead and call the roll. Uh COUNCILMAN Hampton's not yet here. COUNCILMAN Jones you need to unmuted um see is not yeah. We'll come back to him. Uh, COUNCILMAN Lyons not yet here customer massouda here COUNCILMAN Riva's mayor council member williams um unmuted. But we didn't hear you. Could you do that one more time? You're gocha and uh, vice mayor madison. You're and COUNCILMAN Jones we can't hear you just yet so we'll try and fix that. But you can proceed. We have a quorum the council present mayor cordeaux sorry. Yeah. I'm here to mayor's in the chamber with us and MR. Jones is did you say did you elect him as PRESIDENT? We're going to try and get him into the meeting. Um, and um I see him on the screen. He's he's in the meeting. I we just can't hear him just yet. Ok, ok. And uh COUNCILMAN Our line is joining us shortly when we just go ahead and proceed on our agenda for this emergency meeting is the authorization to conduct our business meeting this evening and allow for teleconference pursuing to the california government code section five four nine five three three subsection e one MR. City manager testing ok, justin casimira jones is in the meeting with us. I don't know I don't know that we need a presentation but no, as you indicated, mayor, now that council member jones is on it would be appropriate for a motion to authorize the previously notice for 30 P.M. Regular meeting the city council to take place via teleconferencing pursuant to california government code section five four nine five three subsection e one. And this would allow the staff ,the public and members of the city council to participate via teleconference ensuring that we are taking into account the extreme weather that we're experiencing in pasadena and throughout the region and this can be done due to the fact that the governor made a proclamation of a state of emergency. So the motion would also include the sequel finding that it's exempt from sequoia and authorizing that for 30 meeting to be held via teleconference or combination, right? Correct. And we'll let the record reflect that council member line during the meeting as well. Yes, thanks. um, and I would just note that if anyone comes to the chamber the chamber will be open. So if they're close by and they want to be in person they can do that. But this is to accommodate those that are unable to get to the chamber due to the safety concerns. I would simply note that we have had more than five inches of rain in the last 24 hours and it's going to continue to rain throughout the evening just so you're all aware of that and the makes a good point and one of the chambers will be open. Obviously we're here so anyone who wishes members of the public or anyone else who wishes to be in the chambers is free to to come on down, ok? With that we need a motion and a second to approve the staff recommendation which is to authorize previously noticed for 30 P.M. Regular meeting of the city council to take place via teleconference pursuant to california government code section five four nine five three e one and there's a sequel finding and then that same action that was that I just read their motion. I'll make one, ok? Move move by MR. Massouda seconded by MR. Reavis. MR. Madison has his hand or madison do you think I just wanted to point out that I would I would actually add to the comments that were already made that it's not just about well it MAY be inconvenient or difficult for some to get there but with an emergency of this kind it's not in anyone's interest to be driving to be out and about. There's an extreme need for emergency services to be able to respond to real exigence circumstances which are still unfolding. So I think it's totally consistent that we meet remotely and I'll support the motion. Thank you all good points motion in the second hour. We need to roll call. We do. And COUNCILMAN Jones is having technical difficulties. Can you bring him back into the meeting so all right. Well, we can proceed with you calling on your cell just ok here he comes and you can lower vice mayor maslin's hand if you want. Ok, we have a motion in a second to approve the staff recommendation. COUNCILMAN Hampton is absent council member jones, can you on mute and say yes or no will come back to you council member lyon yes. COUNCILMAN Addison actually the vice mayor but yes. Sorry MR. Madison. I went out of order. Sorry, COUNCILMAN Massouda. Yes. Cast riva's yes. COUNCILMAN Williams. Yes. Vice mayor madison I don't mean to vote smart but ok, thank you . And mayor gordon. Yes. Motion is unanimously approved. I didn't hear from kazmir jones. Were you able to mute mr. jones? Maybe you can just if you vote yes maybe raise your virtual hand if you can hear us. I think he's just having technical difficulties. You just call on his cell phone registers, vote oh, he's a you're on live. Do you vote in favor or against in favor. Right. Thank you. Here we go now we're done. And the only other question that the staff would have is who is if anybody plans to be in person? But I will connect with the council members separately. Thank you. Ok everyone stay safe. Stay dry.