Folsom City Council Special Meeting

>>> with the clerk call role. We will know for the record that councilmember a lack Ms. Freemantle and mike kozlowski are in attendance. -- elect sarah aquino and mike kozlowski are in attendance. >>> thank you for coming tonight. We will start this presentation so keep your eyes on the screen and we will let you know what we will be selling to you. Seriously. Before we get started I want to give some time to my colleague and I to say something keys. I would like to ask council member morin to say a few words. >> just briefly, thank you to everybody. I've been on the council for exactly 60 -- 16 years I guess. My thanks to everyone. My colleagues appear, present and past. And all the great employees and all of the wonderful residents and businesses in this community. I could not have done this for 16 years be -- without the kind support and hard work that everybody puts into making this town worked well. Roger, it has been a privilege the last 2 years. Ernie, the last 10 years, steve, 16 years and carry 16 years. Your camaraderie during my tenure has meant a great deal to me and lastly, my sincere congratulations on your reelection carry. Sarah, on your election and mike on your election. I really have great high hopes for the future of the city. we will continue to have a great counsel. My congratulations and I will ended there. Thank you mary. -- mayor. >> [Applause] >> I want to say a couple of brief comments. One of the things I tell people about andy and there are two command -- to connections. Very first time I was on sutter street in the city of folsom my wife and I had breakfast at the balcony restaurant which is what andy owned. The second time was when we were trying to build the aquatic center and andy was in charge of some swim teams. We would put our heads together and we worked well together. I said andy, you need to run for student council. So thank you for taking that challenge and you have been a remarkable colleague for all of those years. Kerri, when I was elected in 1994, my hair was blonde. But more importantly I had the honor and privilege of appointing kerri to the planning commission. She was my first planning commission and I am proud of her. I'm very happy I supported her on all my years and congratulations on your election. Ernie and I have known each other for a long time. We met before city council because we try to put our heads together to figure out how to know the community pool. A partner at the time and my brother were trying to build the facility and the economy did not cooperate. We put our heads together to figure out another round and I look upon you for guidance at city council to make sure that we get the best we can for our kids in the park system. We have to do things differently and I have to say that we almost did everything that we needed to do. We have a little bit more work to do but I'm happy that with your leadership we solved the gap for the other side of folsom . Roger, we met a number of times and I'm happy that you said that we need to figure out how to get things done. All I can say is keep working hard and learning and experiencing everything and I think that your career will be fine. I'm happy to be a colleague of yours for his -- for these years and I hope that I can call your friend and that will continue as well. For my new counsel colleagues, and all that I've had the opportunity to sit with, the most important thing on your business cards when you get them is the very first word. Councilmember. It is all about the city. It is not about you, it is about the city. Andy and I were saying this evening that it is representing the city in the most professional way, collegiate with your colleagues and at the end of the day every discussion should be issue based. Don't ever go personable -- personnel because at the end of the day it does not solve anything. Concentrate on the issues. We have issue based the sessions and discussions. At the end of the day we walk out as friends and that is the expectation of the city and certainly they deserve it. I want to say thank you for the opportunity for everything that everyone has allowed me to do during my 24 years as a city councilmember. I was going through city hall earlier today and I've been all over this country. I can actually say without hesitation that we absolutely have the best city employees in the entire country. We should not be number 17, we should be number 1 because the amount of courage and attitude. And professionalism that city employees have is amazing. Their attitude is that this is their community. Whether they live here or not they were care and they treat it as if it is their mom, dad, little brother and sister. Thank you to all employees. I got to saying -- thanks a bunch at the breakfast the other morning. Outstanding bunch and I would never trade anything for my career that I have had with the city employees here and that is one of the hardest things walking away. Last and certainly not least, the community. I am blessed and honored to have a community that cares so much about how we shape our lives and how we shape our children and how we ship everything. I see police and fire here, thank you gentlemen and ladies for your support. When I ran and 94 I wanted to make sure that public safety was number 1 and recreation was number 2. We are number 1 and to me I stayed on purpose because they have to interact. Thank you for your support. With that, before I get sappy thank you again everybody and I appreciate the opportunity. >> [Applause] >> our next item of business tonight is the consent calendar. >> does anybody wish to pull anything for consent? I dare you. >> a motion a second. For those who want to know what it is, needed to the audience. >> these are routine items that typically are not up for the individual boat. With a motion and second I will call the role. -- vote. With emotion and a second I will call the role. >> next item. >> I will turn it over to the city manager at this time. >> thank you krista. We said a lot of thank you's and read a lot of were as is at the last -- whereas's at the last meeting. Is hard to properly think these gentlemen. Thank you for balancing your careers, your businesses, your personal lives and your community purposes to serve folsom in exemplary fashion's. Thank you for always being a visit or a phone call or email away from our residents wishing to express russians and concerns. Thank you for your tremendous and ongoing praise for city staff. Many of whom have shown appear to say goodbye to you. Thank you personally for your faith in support of me in this position. We are all very grateful for your tremendous work ethic, knowledge, strategic sense and dedication. You spent literally hundreds if not thousands of hours going through palm -- complex issues to arrive at the best possible outcome for our residents. We look forward to your continued involvement in our community. Although perhaps just not here at midnight on second and fourth tuesdays. Thank you steve and andy. >> [Applause] >> we are stepping down and the vice mayor will officially finish the rest of the meeting. >> it is now my pleasure to introduce sarah aquino and mike kozlowski to you. Sarah served as a member of the board of education of the folsom unified school district from 2014 through 2018. In that position she voted against adding nonessential positions, insisted many be set aside to review -- reduce the unfunded liability of the district postretirement health benefits and authored policy changes that increased the authority of the district bond oversight committee. She serves on the citizen advisory committee for folsom state prison and california state prison sacramento. She is pastor of the board of directors of the folsom chamber of commerce, former library commissioner, three- time pta President, I'm getting exhausted, I'm impressed and former board member of the folsom cordova education foundation. She grew up in fair oaks attending public schools in the san juan unified school district and graduated from california state university of sacramento. She is a licensed life and health insurance agent and vice President Of her family's insurance agency. Her husband john here tonight is a physical education and adaptive physical education teacher in the district. They have men -- been married 19 years and have to build -- beautiful children who attend public schools in folsom. Welcome sarah. I would like to introduce mike kozlowski to you. Mike is active in the coalition for adequate school housing and the sacramento region builders exchange. He coaches track and field including my own children over the years and is a certified youth coach with usa track and field. Mike's day job is at the project manager at con -- johnson controls providing planning, design and project management services. He lectures on green building and project management topics. Mike is a passionate architect and designer and a pragmatic project manager. He has design projects for small business owners, national retailers, school districts and individual homeowners. He has served as a city of full sun utility commissioner, board member, athletic boosters and heritage preservation league and as Chairman Of measure g which brings exciting changes to schools and facilities. He and his family have called folsom home since 2005. He is a native of chicago, illinois and holds bachelor of science and masters degrees in architecture from lawrence technological university in southfield, michigan. They have been married and kim is here with him today as well is his mother, mike and his wife kim have been married for 26 years and have three children. It is my pleasure now to introduce -- reintroduce council member howell to you. Kerri was elected in November 1998 for the first time and served as mayor in 2012 and 2014. And as vice mayor in 2002, 2006 and 2017. She is a past chair and city representative on the sacramento transportation authority and has chaired the folsom el dorado county rail jpa and lay college foundation board. She is a past chair of the sacramento regional county sent -- sanitation district board and is a member of the rotary. She served on the planning commission from 1994 to 1998 and has represented the city council on a myriad of local authorities and commissions. In addition to city council activities, her day job, carrie is President Of atlanta consulting inc. Specializing in civil and corrosion engineering consulting located in folsom with a bs degree in civil engineering and professional engineering, licenses in civil and corrosion engineering, she brings both her business and technical background to city business. She was raised in the boston area and moved to sacramento in 1980 after graduating from the university of massachusetts. She moved to folsom in 1985. At this time, I would like to invite councilmember elect sarah aquino, councilmember elect mike kozlowski and councilmember we elect kerri howell to stand and take the oath of -- of office. >> we should give and applause. >> [Applause] >> [Swearing in] >> [Applause] >> council members, -- sarah aquino, kerri howell and mike kozlowski, it is my pleasure to welcome you to take your seats. Council member aquino, if you would like to make some comments you are welcome to do so now. >> thank you. First and foremost I want to thank the voters in folsom for your trust and confidence in me. And I want to assure you that this is the responsibility and honor I don't take lightly. I will always strive to serve the city and its residents the way I was taught. Which is to do more than what is expected. I want to introduce my family here today. I husband john gets the award for the staff who walked the most precincts. Our daughter is a senior at vista and our son andrew is a freshman at vista. My mom maggie cox is here and I have a lot of friends and former school board colleagues and mentors in the audience to thank you for your support. Finally I want to say to the city staff and to my new colleagues, that I look forward to working with you and learning from you. My former school board colleagues will tell you I last -- I ask a lot of questions. Mostly because I don't know what I don't know. I know that we will have a lot of spirited discussions for the next month and years and we will not always agree. That that is what makes it fun. Tonight we celebrate and tomorrow we get to work. Thank you. >> [Applause] >> council member aquino, council member howell if you have any comments. >> I would like to thank all the people in folsom who supported me in this election and all of those who have either supported me or challenged me in the past 20 years I've been serving here. It is been extremely rewarding. I continue to be passionate as I was on day one that the city through the work of the people on the council and all of the staff, folks in the audience and the residents who live here, that we will continue to maintain being one of the best places to live, work and raise a family in the state of california. i welcome sarah and mike to the council and look forward to working together for the next couple of years. Thank you again. >> [Applause] >> thank you council member howell. Council member kozlowski, if you have any comments. >> I will make it brief but I want to in introduce -- introduce my family. Bobby is my mom and I'm -- is proud to be visiting from detroit today. I mentioned earlier, my extraordinarily patient wife I've been married to for 26 years this year. Thank you very much. Annie, not so patient but I love you anyway. And I have run a couple of campaigns in the past for school bond and for my own self. And have gotten great advice and help from a lot of people in the room. Key among them are david and chris and krista and dan. They have been helpful with each and every one of my crazy endeavors I've got myself into. And very early on when I thought it might be something interesting to be on the city council, I got great advice from ernie sheldon, from kerri howell from andy and steve. I want to thank all of you for encouraging me and challenging me because it is not a small thing to be a peer. I will close with one quick thing. I think that the timing is sad and elegant and perfect. The very first person I got to vote for President Was former president george h w bush. I happen to be the right age for vote for President For the first time in 1988. I want to bring something up that george w. Bush brought up in his eulogy this week. It was from george hw bush's inaugural address. We could not help to -- hope to leave our children a bigger car, bigger inc. Account, we must give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, loving parent and citizen who leads his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it. With that that is my commitment to all of you, thank you very much. >> [Applause] >> our next item. First is the election of mayor and vice mayor. >> the councilmembers are receiving ballots for mayor and vice mayor. Once they marked those, they will be turned in and I will read them. It is not intended to be a secret ballot, we will announce it. >> I was making sure I had five ballots. So council member gaylord votes for kerri howell for mayor. Vice mayor sheldon votes for ernie sheldon for mayor. Councilmember sarah aquino votes for kerri howell. Council member howell votes for kerri howell for mayor and council member kozlowski votes for kerri howell for mayor. So kerri howell will be the mayor for 2018 -- 2019. >> [Applause] >> I want to thank each and everyone of you for your support and I promise to work very hard on all of our behalf's. Thank you again and to all the people here tonight. >> to be clear, carrie and I discussed my vote last night. >> that was after delivering mac & cheese and I still didn't get it. So ernie cannot be bought. >> the next item is ballot for vice mayor. Council member kozlowski votes for sarah aquino for vice mayor. Mayor howell votes for sarah aquino for vice mayor. Council member gaylord votes for roger gaylord for vice mayor. Councilmember sheldon votes for roger gaylord for vice mayor and sarah aquino votes for sarah aquino for vice mayor. The sarah aquino will be vice mayor. -- so sarah aquino will be vice mayor. [Applause] >> now we are at the time that we will close this session. We will go to the lobby and have some refreshments. I look forward to tomorrow for our first meeting of the new committee and council and as I told carrie in a discussion we had the other night, we will work together. We fight like the devil on elections and we argue and we cuss and do all the good things but when results are in, the people vote and that is what counts. It is our job, the five of us to get together and work together for one purpose and that is for the city. I have been dedicated it -- dedicated to it for 30 years and I will continue for 2 years then I will kick back. In regards to that and in honor of our colleagues, we will welcome all of you to go out and enjoy what we have out there. And come back tomorrow and you will see the new counsel. I officially closed this and as