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• Looking forward to City sponsored event next year where community <br />will be united. <br />Mayor Pro Tern Alvarez: <br />• Clarified that recognition to the American Independence Day <br />Celebration Committee members was done in disregard of council <br />policy not to have presentations at 2"d meeting of the month and against <br />council support; a member of the Committee was given opportunity by <br />Council to serve on commission, but failed; noted that certificates to <br />individual committee members were sent. <br />Councilmember Bustamante: <br />• Apologized for missing last council meeting was in Cambridge, <br />Massachusetts for training. <br />• Thanked public speakers for comments and committed to chairing 2011 <br />Independence Day celebration event; welcomed assistance; Holiday <br />celebrates greatness and freedom of Country. <br />Councilmember Martinez: <br />• Excuse her absence from last meeting; first meeting missed in 4 years; <br />attended conference in Washington D.C. with NALEO on immigration <br />rights. <br />• Asked Council to work in unity, set differences aside, for the good of the <br />City. <br />Councilmember Sarmiento: <br />• Noted that Minutes from previous meeting should be corrected to more <br />accurately reflect Council's support of American Independence Day <br />celebration event. <br />Directed City Attorney to include in the Grand Jury Report response, <br />both in the findings and recommendations, City's challenge and inquiry <br />into the process used to formulate the report; due to a potential conflict <br />of interest by a grand juror, the integrity of the report might have been <br />compromised; other grand juries have been challenged on demography <br />of jurors; the way the grand jury convened and the report was generated <br />was likely flawed. <br />Thanked all who attended event on Saturday at the temporary lot on <br />Standard and McFadden. <br />Mayor Pulido: <br />• Respects civility and common ground shared by Council. <br />• Recommended Council/staff committee be established to organize next <br />year's 4th of July Celebration. <br />• Invited all to attend Annual Concert at Morrison Park on August 21 from <br />6-10 p.m. <br />Councilmember Benavides: <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 12 AUGUST 2, 2010 <br />