HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - December 16, 2020 Public CommentC-8 Appoint Teri Staring and Sandra Legan to Lodi Senior Citizens Commission and Post for
Expiring Terms on Lodi Improvement Committee (CLK)
Directed the City Clerk to make the following appointments and to post for the following
vacancies:
APPOINTMENTS:
Lodi Senior Citizens Commission
Teri Spring Term to expire December 31, 2024
Sandra Legan Term to expire December 31, 2024
POSTINGS:
Lodi Improvement Committee
Magdalena Saldana Term to expire March 1, 2021
Kathryn Siddle Term to expire March 1, 2021
C-9 Set Pubiic Hearinq for December 22, 2020, to Consider Adopting Resolution Approving
Amendment No. 2 to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program 2019-2023
Consolidated Plan and Amendment No. 2 to the 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan (AAP) to
Allocate Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act CDBG (CDBG-CV)
Grant Funding and Amendment to Citizen Participation Plan CPP to Establish Citizen
Participation Practices During Declared Emergencies (CD)
Set public hearing for December 22, 2020, to consider adopting resolution approving Amendment
No. 2 to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program 2019-2023 Consolidated Plan
and Amendment No. 2 to the 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan (AAP) to allocate Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act CDBG (CDBG-CV) grant funding and amendment to
Citizen Participation Plan (CPP) to establish citizen participation practices during declared
emergencies.
D. Comments by the Public on Non -Agenda Items
THE TIME ALLOWED PER NON -AGENDA ITEM FOR COMMENTS MADE BY THE
PUBLIC IS LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES.
Monica Davenport, a citizen, provided public comment regarding the Regional Stay At Home
Order and the Limited Stay At Home Order. Ms. Davenport encouraged the City Council to
support local businesses and to consider adoption of a resolution declaring the City of Lodi a
"Sanctuary City for Small Businesses."
Mayor Kuehne verified that the City Council had received Ms. Davenport's email regarding the
matter.
Pamela Coburn provided public comment via email, in support of the Harmony Homes Project.
Jennifer Lynn provided public comment via email, asking the City Council to uphold the
Constitution, declare the City a "Sanctuary City" for houses of worship, small businesses, and
schools, and to make the City of Lodi a Charter City.
E. Comments by the City Council Members on Non -Agenda Items
None.
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From: Pamela Cgburn
To: City Council Comments
Subject: Harmony Homes
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 5:32:50 PM
I believe this small housing project is great for LODI! I hope it's successful and can be replicated a few times in the
future.
Sent from my iPhone
From: iennifer lynn
To: W Council Comments
Subject: Public Comment - Non Agenda Item: Dec 16, 2020
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:37:48 AM
Hello again Council and Mayor, and welcome to our newest council members,
At the end of April I sent comment to this council demanding that you stop all enforcement
of the Governor's orders and do what was right for the city.
Council finally gave direction to the Police Chief to stop enforcement, which was a good
decision, although you screwed the pooch in the beginning. A great officer was fired, a
church closed it's doors on another, and some businesses were closed for good. In each of
these incidences, police were involved and either had too much time on their hands or too
many staffed to complete these so-called educational actions.
These "educations" were intimidation tactics - ask me, I was at Wednesday night church
service when police interrupted, then on Palm Sunday when they wouldn't allow us to even
step foot in the parking lot. Doing this to businesses is also wrong. It's not education, it's
scare tactics.
The decision at the urging of citizens to stop enforcement was a wise one. However, nine
months into this lockdown, you have still allowed the Governor to continue his tyranny and
his arbitrary orders (NOT laws) to infiltrate our city to further crush the right to life, liberty,
and property. The Governor has continued to act unconstitutionally for the last nine months
and I think it's about time we were delivered of him.
My 3 -fold request is simple:
1. Uphold the Constitution
Don't tell me again that your attorney says you are, and that under the 10th amendment
the Governor can do whatever he wants. That's a crock of bull and your attorney has done
you and the citizens of this city a great disservice.
2. Become a sanctuary city for houses of worship, small businesses, and schools
We need to know that our leaders will back us up when we need it, and support the right to
free exercise of religion, the right to earn a living, the right to our property, and the right to
an education. Please put this on the agenda to be voted on or motion to take steps toward
this and vote on it now.
3. Make Lodi a charter city.
Please set an agenda item to be discussed and voted upon to move forward in making Lodi
a charter city. Enough is enough. Lodi citizens should be voting in their Mayor, Chief of
Police, and others. Former council member Mounce mentioned that we might not qualify or
have the dollars to be a charter city when I brought this up in July. Please explain this. By
the way, Joanne Mounce was a force to be reckoned with and I will miss her voice for the
people on this council.
Our small businesses are STILL suffering, our churches are widely STILL closed, and our
children are STILL suffering under distance learning programs. As I said in April, the mental
health of this community is suffering, the monetary success of this city is dwindling, and the
small businesses are being crushed under the foot of the Governor and all who refuse to
stand up to him. You're still part of the problem if you don't stand up for our citizens, their
businesses, churches, and schools, and you're going to be held accountable for this
continued lack of action.
I've urged over the last several months that you send a cease and desist letter to the
Governor, the PHO, and whoever else is involved in the shutdown of our civil liberties and
business closures. I'm asking now again that you do this orjust plain DO NOT follow his
ridiculous and tyrannical orders. Do not comply for the good of our city and as an act of
good faith toward the citizens you represent.
Finally, I'd like to know where you all stand: Will each of you state for the record whether
you agree with the Governor and his choices? A simple I do or I don't will suffice. We the
People want to know what we're dealing with.
OPEN LODI AND FIGHT FOR YOUR CITIZENS.
Thanks,
Jenny Miller
PS. Recall Gavin