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Fresno City Council November 19,2020! Among the agenda items are report from Commission on Police Reform; Solar on three City buildings; Tower District and Roosevelt High area streetscapes; Banning 7-11 alcohol sales across from high school; 80’ tall LED billboard #Fresno

Among the Consent Calendar items: 1-C Approve the 2021 Council Meeting Schedule; appropriating $382,000 for the Ventura Street-Kings Canyon Road Corridor Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Adaptive Project

3. Award a construction contract in the amount of $1,578,972 to Audeamus Inc., dba Sebastian of Fresno, CA, as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the Ventura Street-Kings Canyon Road Corridor ITS Adaptive Project (from Van Ness to Chestnut Avenue)

1-E Actions pertaining to the Shields Avenue Bankside Trail Project from Fresno Street to First Street (Council District 7): 1. Adopt Environmental Assessment No. P20-01778, dated October 21, 2020, a determination that the proposed project for the Mid-Town Trail qualifies for the

analysis set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15183 (Projects Consistent w/ a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning) 2. RESOLUTION - Authorizing the Public Works Director or designee to negotiate and execute all right-of-way

Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with the Fresno County Transportation Authority for Freeway Litter Abatement Services (Citywide)

1-G * Actions pertaining to solar projects proposed at three new City of Fresno facilities: 1) Fresno Animal Shelter 2) Fire Station 18, and 3) Southeast Police Sub-Station (Council Districts 1, 4 and 5):

1-J Complete Streets Policy Annual Report - first annual report fresno.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

1-K Approve agreement for sale of 0.87 acres vernal pool preservation credits in the amount of $60,900 from the Great Valley Conservation Bank owned by California Conservation Holdings, LLC, a California for the Veterans Boulevard State Route 99 Interchange and Extension Project

1-N * Actions pertaining to the Olive Avenue Streetscape Project from Roosevelt Avenue to Yosemite Avenue - Bid File No. 3745 (Council Districts 1 and 3)
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff determination, pursuant to Sections 15301/ Class 1, 15302/Class 2, and

and 15304/Class 4 of the California Environmental Quality Act guidelines
2. Award a construction contract in the amount of $834,681.00 to A.J. Excavation of Fresno, California

1-P *Actions pertaining to the Tulare Avenue Complete Streets Project between 6th Street to Cedar Avenue @joeandheidi

1-U Approve the appointment of Sabrina Kelley to the Housing Authority Board.

1-V Approve the reappointment of Lawrence Garcia to the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control Board, and the reappointment of Fely Guzman to the Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board.

1-BB Actions pertaining to Commercial Cannabis Activity: 1. ***RESOLUTION - 46th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2020-159 appropriating $71,700 for the Cannabis Consulting and Support Services Agreement (Subject to Mayor's Veto) @JePahl_White

2. Approve an Agreement Amendment with Hinderliter, de Llamas, and Associates for Professional Cannabis Consulting and Support Services
1-Y Approve City Attorney amended contract

1-CC Initiating a Rezone and adding a condition of zoning to prohibit the issuance of an alcohol license for real property located at the northwest corner of North Cedar Avenue and East Tulare Street pursuant to Fresno Municipal Code Section 15-5803-B @joeandheidi

1- DD Approve Purchase and Sale Agreement with Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission for the sale of Pride Park (APN 467-292-05T)

You can watch today’s City Council meeting cmac.tv/gov/

President Arias states Council will start in five minutes after some technical issues are solved and then go to Closed Session for one item regarding purchasing the old Fresno Bee 1625 G St and then back for remainder of open season items.

A special meeting will also be held this morning. All Councilmembers are present this morning. Arias, Caprioglio Soria and Bredefeld are at City Hall( in their offices) other than Bredefeld. Rest are from home it appears via Zoom.

Agenda approved with several changes. (Continuation , pulled for discussion etc)@MayorLeeBrand speaks on longtime city employee Annie Reni (sp) who passed away this week. @MiguelArias_D3 we will miss her dearly. always a happy person.

@PaulCaprioglio Proclamation of Valley Caregivers Resource Center who give relief for the spouse / family members who take care of relatives. It is a valuable place. Michelle: aging is a process 45 million over 65. This number will grow. More older than children ratio is coming

Need more ways to help families for challenges taking care of those who need help. Some tender moments and laughing but it is hard for the caregivers too.

Proclamation for Dr Joseph Castro Day who is outgoing Fresno State President. He has been in that position since 2013. “School is the gem of District 4” says Caprioglio. Castro will become Chancellor for Cal State Schools. Castro: appreciates the proclamation. He often saw

Caprioglio at Fresno State events. Great partnership between the City of Fresno and the 25,000 talented students. We tried to make the surrounding neighborhoods safer @Treebeard1671 Castro says will do his best to continue to help Fresno State. @MayorLeeBrand events, football

and quarterly events has been enjoyable. Castro will be going down to Long Beach to begin his new position. Caprioglio wishes Castro an early birthday (this Saturday). @MiguelArias_D3 he was reminded of a photo of Castro leaving a modest home of his mother after a breakfast.

Arias has similar memories of fresh tortillas and then leaving to do the heavy lift of this City. Thanks Mary Castro too. Castro made Fresno State welcome and open to everyone including farmworkers.

Council is leaving for Closed Session. Council changes to agenda : 1-B some portions removed, 1-G Solar projects continued to December 3rd. Items 1-Q, 1-U, 1-V and 1-Y continued to uncertain date. Pulled for discussion by @MiguelArias_D3 1-F, 1-R, 1-W and 1-X. Chavez recuses

Himself from 1-DD (Pride Park sale). @Esmeralda_Soria recuses herself from 1-EE South Stadium a project with Noyan Frazier Capital LP.

and Esmeralda Soria recuses herself from 1-EE on Noyan Frazier Capital LP South Stadium project.

@Esmeralda_Soria Her office @AnnalisaPerea and Joaquin Arambula will be giving free turkeys this Saturday 10 am at City College. Also a tamale kit giveaway at City College as well as health resources at another date. Steinbeck elementary will have groceries. Tomorrow is due date

For art applications to Fresno City Council. @kmkarbassi Senior food giveaway SAFER will have an adjusted giveaway next week due to Thanksgiving. @PaulCaprioglio community center is being remodeled. Also Operation Gobble will give away 500 meals. @LuisCha70215912 thanks CBOs

that helped with food boxes. (Ran out in two and half hours. Used to be only older vehicles came thru but newer too this time). @D7Esparza we have taken a step back with Covid rate. We have had leaders that haven’t modeled good behavior to reduce the rate. @MiguelArias_D3 he has

Traditionally had a football Turkey bowl (where he has gotten hurt ) but we won’t be able to have as much family in attendance this year. Potential consequences due to available beds or resources. This Thanksgiving/Xmas won’t be the same this year. Take care of your family.

10:05 AM ****Consideration of Variance Application No. P20-02831, a request to vary height standards to allow for the development of an 80-foot tall, 14-foot high by 48-foot wide double-sided digital LED billboard at 7221 North Howard Avenue, located on the west side of North

Howard Street, between Herndon and Alluvial Avenues. (Council District 6) - Planning & Development Department. 1. CONSIDER Environmental Assessment No. P20-02831, dated November 4, 2020, a determination that the proposed project is exempt from the California Environmental Qualit

Quality Act (CEQA) through a Class 3 Categorical Exemption; and, 2. CONSIDER Variance Application No. P20-02831 requesting authorization to vary height standards to allow for an 80-foot tall, 14-foot high by 48-foot wide double-sided digital LED billboard to be located on the

subject property. Staff: jose Valenzuela says it is on city property along freeway 41. Previously denied in May to allow 80 ‘ billboard. Planning Commission to overturn that decision. @GarryBredefeld appealed the Planning Commission. Variance filed by applicant for 60’ high bill-

board. 55’ from freeway grade but sign itself is 80’. Public:@LisaYFlores1 light glare and beautification questions. We have lots of signage already. Glare to neighborhoods. Next: architect Armen D of Outfront Media. Planning Commission approved and want to Proceed now. This is

dropped down from 86’ originally requested. Outfront Media and City will lose revenue if not approved. 60’ is not feasible and won’t be built. The freeway elevation shows that it needs to be given variance to 80’ from 60’. (PowerPoint presentation given by architect)

We are not allowed to cut trees and not marketable otherwise unless the 26’ variance is given. A higher sign is actually safer as drivers can see it easier and faster. City will get $6 million in revenue over the 25 years of the sign. No neighbors in this area. Cell towers are

higher than this sign. Architect says @GarryBredefeld didn’t file the Appeal and Outfront doesn’t think Bredefeld should be allowed to vote on his own appeal. Ends presentation. @GarryBredefeld I am supportive of businesses but we have rules. Originally they wanted 86’ and now

want 80’. Dropped it 6’. Cal Trans won’t trim tree either. Visual blight is an issue. Bredefeld Asks Planning Dept Will Takket if three of the criteria wasn’t met. Only changes were 6’ but no other changes to meet criteria. Takket agrees. Bredefeld says we have municipal codes

for reasons. Keep City clean etc. asks rest of Councilmembers to deny the variance. Cal Trans need to trim tree so original 60’ height can be used. Karbassi and I will get complaints if this is approved. Denial of variance fails for a second. Motion to approve variance approved

5-1 with Bredefeld voting no (chavez not present ). Bredefeld pulls 1-BB and 1-EE and 1-J by Soria. Remainder of calendar approved. Public comments: @LovesMercy Brandi: 1-E bank side trail. Thanks for approval. @LisaYFlores1 Wasn’t allowed into Arias’ budget townhall. Thanks

Caprioglio and Karbassi for senior food her neighbor loves. Next: Rebeca Rengal says Police Reform this afternoon has some exciting items such as citizen advisement board. Old Police Chief gets to choose new police chief?? He shot Brand in foot on that one. Transparency of budget

FPOA is too powerful. They create obstacles after obstacles. Low morale in PD and that is 18 on reform. 19: youth shot in back as he was running away. Was that kid actually invoiced in a crime? Baines said we are not the military and we are not in a war with our community. I hope

we abide by that. 1-F Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with the Fresno County Transportation Authority for Freeway Litter Abatement Services. Public Works director Scott Mozier says this extends contract a year. City will control RFP process hopefully in next 90 days.

Arias: this is one of top complaints by residents. Soria: other cities have become innovative in using homeless to clean the encampment. San Jose gives limited debit card for clean up. Mozier: we did outreach to local organizations and put this in RFP. No organizations came to-

gether unfortunately. Soria asks Mozier to find out a why they were not responsive . Caprioglio: let’s reach out to San Jose and see how that worked. Public: Brandi @LovesMercy thanks Soria for request. Street families are interested in this type of cleanup. Caprioglio thanks

@MarkStandriff for his beatification efforts in District 4. Perhaps that is a place to ask. Approved 7-0

1-J Complete Streets Mozier asks Jill Gormly on PSA’s used by Traffic to promote pedestrian safety. Bus wraps (Spanish and English) , movie trailers etc. Soria: wanted to see ways to broadly educate community. Low income tend to ride bikes but she ain’t sure movie trailers is the

best way to reach out to that population. $5 million SB-1 allocation active transportation projects seems too small. Many of her residents don’t have sidewalks. What is the % of budget ? Mozier: 5%. all new projects have complete streets added though. Soria: will it get to 15%?

Mozier: would like to discuss with incoming administration adding /repairing sidewalks and trail ways. Soria: 10% budget is not adequate. How equitable is the distribution? She would like to see that. We are at Silver level for biking. Is Gold the highest ? Mozier: we actually at

Bronze. We have been given a list of items needed to get to Silver. Arias: perhaps we need a full presentation on this soon. He still has half a dozen schools without sidewalks. Councilmember elect @Maxwell4Fresno needs to be included too on full presentation .soria asks about

Exceptions granted on Clinton Ave west of 99. It is a County/City stretch that will become a four way part. We only did paving and not include the sidewalks. Strictly just maintain that road. Re-striping or slurry laying won’t trigger complete streets. Approved 7-0

1-R Actions related to Lease Agreement of City-owned land at the Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility (RWRF) (Council District 3. Arias: A local farmer rents this from city. Director Carbajal says this breaks rent up due to Covid. Arias: just wants to say we

need to be consistent to other businesses that rent from city. Soria:would like rent to be year to year rent and not automatic four year extension. Carbajal: this expires end of this year. Doing year by year won’t work. Counsel Sloan: council could do that. Soria: ROI for city

with solar etc. Motion to approve one year agreement. Carbajal: contract does allow flexibility. City can take back property of a governmental use is found such as with Darling Project. Planning Director Jennifer Clark says lease has been amended for 5th time. Jim Schaad: farmer

needs to agree too. Arias:let’s table this to give us more time to. 1-W APPROVE - Second Amendment to the Exclusive Negotiation Agreement by and between the City of Fresno and Tutelian & Company, Inc.Arias: approved in 2018 for Fulton St area property. In March asked for 9 months

Administration and applicant asks for 60 . This applicant was given exclusive negotiation agreement (ENA) of this property he doesn’t own. This is unusual but Arias will make a motion to approve. @kmkarbassi we have given this applicant a lot of time but we all want success.

Arias: we can extend time after 60 days but I want to see some progress before we do that. I don’t want any applicant to land bank using pandemic as an excuse. City workers and corporate workers are working during this. (Applicant is online if needed)Karbasi: banks are shaky now.

Applicant Cliff Tutelian says we have worked diligently on this and made the progress Council requested. We are 24 months into the project. None of that time has been wasted. The impact by Covid on city hall led to running out of time to finish negotiations. ENA requires us

finish before expiration. We have worked with owner of building the mural next to this project. CVS is still interested in project. We did lose connection with CVS for two months. Respectfully requests 60 days. Bredefeld: would like 90 day extension. He wants to see if this

response on this will be same as South Stadium agenda item. Approved for 60 days. 1-X Approve an Amendment to the Agreement with Kings View Corporation extending the time of performance to June 30, 2021, and increasing the contract value by $54,936, for a total contract amount of

$726,883 for homeless outreach and assessment services. H Spees: allows this group to sync with other contacts. Soria: grand jury expressed concerns with our homeless projects. Spees: we have all the info. Updates are given regularly. Significant homeless outreach is possible now

We are waiting on Police Reform suggestions. Soria: should we wait then? Spees: important we extend this now. Kings View has been helpful at Santa Clara encampment and on G St. Kings View’s Virginia Sparks says work on freeway camps is important. Spees: grand jury did a good job

on homeless report. But Bee did a poor interpretation of Grand Jury’s report. Bee has been responsive in our comments on their article. Grand Jury’s Report is complex. Arias: Street to Home committee hasn’t met since before pandemic. I would give us a C +. We don’t have enough

beds. Complex with drug addiction and mental health issues. Public comments: @LisaYFlores1 CalTrans property where homeless. Asks Kings River if anyone was housed after that? Approved 5-1 with Chavez voting NO and Karbassi not present.

Police Reform Commission report at 1:00 pm. Two more consent items and two items to be heard after lunch break.

While you are waiting for the Council’s lunch break here is the report on the Commission for Police Reform fresno.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Here is the PowerPoint that will be shown once Council resumes.

Council resumes at 1:05 pm. Staring with consent items. 1-BB Actions pertaining to Commercial Cannabis Activity: 1. ***RESOLUTION - 46th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2020-159 appropriating $71,700 for the Cannabis Consulting and Support Services Agreement

Bredefeld asks why is this consultant paid $300? Jennifer Ruiz: she is project manager for this. Consultant is doing training of staff, worked with fees, application process. This consent items adds on additional hours. There is a range of pay based on which of the staff is used

$300 is high end. Soria makes a motion to approve. Bredefeld wanted to deny. Soria says she got a second. Bredefeld jokes he doesn’t know what that is like ! Approved.

1-EE Consider Amended and Restated Disposition and Development Agreement with Noyan Frazier Capital L.P. for the South Stadium project (Soria recuses herself due to boyfriend’s connection). Bredefeld says we are here six years after this proposal. Ten extensions for this.Tutleian

was on his fourth extension early at this meeting. These applicants requested $700,000 earlier. Applicant said he wouldn’t be back for additional requests at that time says Bredefeld. Noyan: I did say he wouldn’t request more money said nothing regarding extensions. Bredefeld:

Project began ten years ago and will take ten years to build. What is Administration’s idea on this? Assistant Manager Jim Schaad delegates to Aldi. Counsel Sloan: there is a lawsuit against City and four of the Administration. Noyan says 2/3 of applicants online. Bredefeld: does

applicant own the land? A: city owns at this point. Bredefeld: we are being sued by one of the applicants , may take ten years to build, ten extensions. I can’t approve. Arias makes motion to approve. Esparza seconds. Public: @LisaYFlores1 there should be milestone of achievement

and sunset date of when it should be built. Ten years isn’t long though. Arias: Armenian Project is over ten years. State of California gave South Stadium extension due to pandemic. City owns this property completely whereas Tutelian project has private landowner too. Separately.

@LuisCha70215912 what has been challenges in building? Noyan: State has to commit before we can. A year before getting a response was a factor. Pandemic has delayed it due to fewer workers can be present at one time. Financing fully funded. Construction must begun August and

finished January 2024. @kmkarbassi I wasn’t here when the other extensions were given. I appreciate building Downtown plus issues from Covid.I will give you benefit of the doubt. Schaad: administration is in support of downtown projects. Approved 5-1 with Bredefeld voting NO.

Special Meeting items. Contracts in regards to Covid testing. Arias: modify contract to include data sharing to allow contact tracing. Also allow testing /tracing into January too. Allow contractors to be available for vaccine distribution. $1 million addition taken from motels

@MayorLeeBrand trying to stay on top of this curve. We were 500 tests short but reducing that shortfall. Soria: need to use data to find hotshots. Working with County Supervisors too. We know what tier we are in effects small businesses so we need more testings. Many test sites

require pre-registration but many of the population we are targeting doesn’t have computers or literacy needed. Also health insurance is needed but many farmworkers don’t have insurance. @LuisCha70215912 people have to wait long hours to get tested. One site ran out of test kits

by ten thirty which is unacceptable. People seem more comfortable with drive thru testing. CBO’s have been very helpful getting resources to those with Covid. We don’t want to give false security as vaccines are coming. Low income zip codes have high rates-of Covid.protect your-

self with masks. Friends in El Paso need more trucks as they are overwhelmed. We don’t want that happening here either. Please have small Thanksgiving events this year. Arias: additional resources include today’s 4-B that allows more testing. Bredefeld: more money to be given to

These groups. Arias: funding extend a to February 28th. We are recommending we use CARE dollars into February and go past dealing of December 2020. Bredefeld: we are extending the money past December on our own. Building Healthy Communities are doing what? Arias: BHC and EOC are

providing the staff for those doing testing. Bredefeld: is this all being spent/ used correctly? City Manager Quan brings on Finance Director Mike Lima. A: We have spent some of the money. We do a compliance check then and make adjustments if needed then. BHC has gotten $1 Mil-

-lion. We have not done a compliance check yet as they have not spent over half that amount of $2 million. Quan: staff Courtney Espinoza Follows up with these CBO’s. Lima:good compliance with the checks done so far. Building Healthy Community rep Sandra Celedron says we have

staff that does a variety of jobs in regard to Covid. We have given back up documentation and have requested next round of money. Extension to February 28 is needed while we wait for vaccines. We averaged our staff time for two month and asking for close to that amount.

Arias: want to test above minimum so it will look better to State as to when we can reopen. Bredefeld: would like this info from committee as soon as possible. Appreciated @sanlens report. @MayorLeeBrand : we met with Congressman Costa as to what will happen if Congress doesn’t

Provide testing past December deadline.Bredefeld: we owe Trump credit for Operation Warpspeed for getting these vaccines. @D7Esparza six weeks it was spiking in Europe so not surprising it will rise here. This is going beyond 2020. We need to prepare for pandemic getting worse

than it is now. @LisaYFlores1 250,000 have died. Never should have been this high. Money is well spent in this city. @LovesMercy Brandi: thanks organizations for doing their work. Approved this special item as well as related 4-B ( Caprioglio had to leave for medical appointment)

4-A Extension of the Senior Aid for Food and Resources Program (SAFER) Approved. Mike Lima: we are short $450,000 to fund this SAFER. Arias jokes to take that from City Manager’s budget. Quan jokes from next City Manager’s budget.

Police Reform Commission.Oliver Baines and @sanlens Sandra Celedron are on panel now. ATTENTION: please see my previous posts of this PowerPoint )

Baines: this is most important item he has dealt with. 73 recommendations were made and approved by majority. Near unanimous support for final report. PD has long history of challenges in its 100 years. We also had peaceful protests. Celedon: online survey was generated by Fresno

State’s Social Study Dept. PD ‘s Use of Force policy needed to be updated. Four other priorities Fresnans requested by 4000 who took survey. Reinvest general fund dollars back into PARCS Dept. And City Development. Baines : large themes came out such as #29 that PD reflects the

Community it serves. #7 Reduce / reallocate responsibilities-of the FPD. De-escalate response to mental health or behavioral health. PD don’t get much training to combat This. #19 early intervention of individual police officers. They are not rewarded to act in a community police

engagement. Officers just go call to call. #21 Public needs to be able to make complaints about PD. #12 physical force should only be used when no other option is available #14 deadly force may be only used for protection of human life.(so not a suspect fleeing) Celedon: return

to basic principles of police oversight. Better integration of OIR (Office of Independent Review) and citizen oversight board. #2 Citizen Oversight Board 11-13 members Also Fiscal Management of PD #40 determine how much non-productive tome is lost and not reliance on overtime

#47 evaluate Special Units like SWAT and Vice. #55 partnership with community based organizations for family and gang violence as well as SexTrafficking. #56 disband Homeless Task force #70 juvenile diversion strategies for low level juvenile offenders.

#71 City increase funding for counseling and restorative for families that have dealt with trauma. Conclusion: Baines: extraordinary results from the community. Fresno stayed together and didn’t diverge like other cities did. Shows slide that states: pro-Community and Pro-Police

We should not have to choose only one side “ This Commission gave you a well thought report to consider. Arias thanks for the best report he has ever seen. Especially during this divergent nation we have now. We can peacefully protest in Fresno but also get to results.

This will begin in January when new council and mayor is sworn in. Public: Gerry Bill: supportive of recommendations. Some are baby steps but some are larger and controversial. Brianna Zweifler thanks youth and council who worked on this. Just the beginning. True justice and in-

vesting in community. Please have youth and recently incarcerated on commission. Those closest to the pain are closest to solution. Next: Cindy P says money from homeless Taskforce should be spent on mental Health and Marjoree Mason etc. Dr Amber Crowell of Fresno State. Spacial

Mapping was analyzed. Most stops by police were in South Fresno. Students from that area told stories of being pulled over and having their families days being disrupted. @LovesMercy Brandi thanks to all who have worked on this. Approve all of the recommendations. Homeless Task

force often rushes homeless. Bredefeld had mentioned safety of mental health officers in dealing with homeless. Brandi had talked to homeless about those comments and they said they treat people well if they know they are there for their well being. Next DezMartinez : when can

homeless be part of this conversation? They can’t go to city hall. Can Poverello have a room that they can meet and comment on these issues? Homeless Task Force needs to have a female on the force Arias: $1 million given in budget for this commission soria: thanks the entire city

by marching and creating this commission. Shuffling homeless around town or fining them when they don’t have money doesn’t work. Neighborhood safety is needed with preventative work to help the youth. False choice to have to pick parks over Police. She has her sleeves rolled up

to help. @LuisCha70215912 Chavez: how do we implement this for years to come ? Someone someone mentioned that we need to get uncomfortable. City is ready for this. Needs to involve Council and Mayor’s office to implement. Bargaining with unions will be needed. @OliverBaines need

to be on implementation committee. New Councilmember and Mayor can add their members to this new committee in January. Stakes are high due to people dying. @MayorLeeBrand our entire nation faced a reckoning this summer. Appreciates the hard work of commission. Resolve these

decades of problems. I know we will be better going forward. @kmkarbassi Some commissioners released their own reports. If you are not completely happy but still at the table is good. It is a gift we are not Seattle or Minneapolis. New Mayor will give us resources we need.

Asks clarification of commission that Chavez made. Karbassi wants public to know that we are only accepting the work but not necessarily that we are approving all the recommendations. This report won’t just sit on a shelf though. Now Council has work to do. Arias: this is not

final step. @D7Esparza thanks Baines for his unique skill set as former police officer and council member. Esparza wasn’t in favor of dragging this out as community was hurting. Commission did a good job. Historic moment here. We are doing some recommendations already like Advanc

People. @kmkarbassi Council makes policy changes. We are accept report and not all recommendations. Arias: I accept report and all recommendations and will work on implement them. Karbassi: I will take this report to my constituents and see what they think. @D7Esparza you will

need to take each recommendations one by one. Arias: we have a lot of work to do , legal policy changes etc. @GarryBredefeld thanks Oliver Baines. Nobody on this city had the credibility to pull all these commissioners together. Thanks Sandra Celdon and the other commissioners

for their hard work. We were all outraged by George Floyd. Men and Women who work for PD are almost all upstanding and do a tough job. We see what happens in Portland and Seattle and anarchy there. Bredefeld doesn’t agree with all recommendations. He supports Homeless Task Force

And School police officers. We did things correctly in Fresno by not rioting. #3 identify resources Seems like we are implementing all the recommendations. Arias tries to assure we are only accepting this today. He thanks the commission for are all their work. Approved 7-0

Baines’ daughter Angelique Jackson thanks them all for keeping this on council agenda and looking forward to implementing process. Sandra Celdon: she wasn’t sure how authentic the commission and council would be but it was good process. Future actions of this council for youth

in supporting them. She wants to look back years from now when she has Grey hair and she won’t recognize Fresno for how amazing it is. Baines thanks Council. Arias asks those who want to be on implementing committee to reach out to their Councilmembers to be chosen January 7.

Council going to Closed Session now.
Next meetings: December
3, 2020 - 9:00 A.M. And December 10, 2020 - 9:00 A.M.

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