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present. Mayor Sarmiento was absent. <br />SPECIAL OPEN SESSION <br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Sarmiento <br />MINUTES: Councilmember Mendoza led the pledge of allegiance. <br />Council considered staffs presentation on item 1 prior to hearing pi . comment. <br />Councilmember Phan recused herself from 3rd and Broadway don o. , staffs <br />presentation due to conflict of interest. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT - Members of the public may ads. City Council only on items <br />listed on the Special Meeting Agenda. <br />MINUTES: Hector Bustos, Communicy v,- I -for at Chist. ,poke on <br />the organization's priorities for current bL yet cyL., _ `h incluo, .j a request for a million <br />dollar allocation within the city budget to t, -1 a poF '-ht board, prioritize more <br />funding and development for community b, -4d r .inizatiu,._, with a budget of less than <br />one million dollars annually -ore fundi, community and youth programs with a <br />focus on mental health, ,, -ind lean, hip training, more access to WiFi and <br />computers. <br />Carl Benninger, Pt. 'Ant of C, ` ^n Li,,Kage Forum (Com-Link) spoke in support <br />of keeping police fun, Rr :stea a line item to add equipment for disaster <br />preparedness and supl, more neighborhoods with creating a Community Emergency <br />Response T 'PERT). fly, spoke in support of adding a line item for one time use of <br />$25, 000 , iui,9, . ',00d a,-iations to purchase items that would allow for movie nights <br />and r munity eve,. <br />Clei. `the Council Dal, Gomez reported out on correspondence received. <br />Jennifer r . s, Policy ✓ocate and Organizer with ACLU Southern California working in <br />Orange Coy, urr council to approve the budget proposals submitted by <br />community ba, ' janizations and to create a fixed and protected budget for <br />investigative au(. ,r of police oversight. Offered strong support of the proposals to allocate <br />funding to community based grants to non-profit programs that provide mental health, re- <br />entry programs and investing in community focused non -profits to see reduction in crime. <br />Supports reducing police department budget to support previously mentioned <br />organizations. Listed an organization layout of positions for a police oversight board and <br />the assigned duties. <br />Daisy Cruz, representative from the Kennedy Commission, spoke in support of police <br />oversiqht board, paid city jobs for youth within the city council, fundinq for community <br />City Council 27 - 2 561(2/2022 <br />