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Thu, Jan 7, 2021 · 1:30 PMFinal

Meeting details

Meeting name: City Council
Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: Thu, Jan 7, 2021 · 1:30 PM
Minutes status: Final
Location: Council Chambers Special Meeting
Published minutes: Minutes
eComment: Not available
Meeting video: Not available

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Agenda 8

- City Council met in special session, City Hall on the date and time written above.
- Council President Chavez called the special meeting to order at 1:44 P.M.
- NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRESNO
- Meeting & participation information
  DATE: Thursday, January 7, 2021 TIME: 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard LOCATION: City Hall - Electronic meeting only Please Take Notice the Council of the City of Fresno hereby calls a Special Meeting of the City Council pursuant to California Government Code section 54956 at the above stated time and place. The Council meeting will be conducted electronically and telephonically only. The purpose of the special meeting is to meet and consider the following:
- 21-121Notice of Special Meeting - SIGNED
  Documents 1
  Signed Notice 1-7-2021
- Open Session
- 21-122RESOLUTION - Expressing solidarity with farmers protesting the passage of farming bills in India and in support of affected members of Fresno’s South Asian community.
  On motion of Vice President Esparza, seconded by Councilmember Soria, that the above Action Item be adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:
  Documents 1
  Resolution
  VoteAye 7
  - Esmeralda Z. SoriaAye
  - Garry BredefeldAye
  - Luis ChavezAye
  - Miguel Angel AriasAye
  - Mike KarbassiAye
  - Nelson EsparzaAye
  - Tyler MaxwellAye
  ADOPTED
- Adjournment

Agenda summary

1Sections

8Items

General8

How to participate

Members of the public may comment in person at the address above. To request an interpreter or accessibility accommodation, call (559) 621-7650 at least three business days before the meeting.

In person
Attend at the location listed on the agenda. A speaker card is available at the entrance — submit it to the Clerk before your item is called. Each speaker is generally allotted up to three minutes.
Online via Zoom or by phone
Watch the live stream from any meeting page. To comment remotely, join the Zoom web-conference link posted with the agenda and use “Raise Hand” to be called on when your item comes up.
eComment (per agenda item)
Submit a comment on a specific agenda item online through eComment. Open the meeting from the calendar, then use the eComment link in the meeting details to register your position and remarks on each item. eComment opens once the agenda is published and closes at 9:00 a.m. the day before the meeting.
Written comment
Email clerk@fresno.gov with the meeting date and item number by 9:00 a.m. the day before the meeting. Comments received are distributed to members and entered into the record.
Accommodations & language access
Under California SB 707, agendas and participation instructions are published in every applicable language for the meeting, and free interpretation is provided at the meeting on request. Applicable languages currently include Spanish, Hmong, and Punjabi. Real-time captions are available in English and Spanish during the meeting through Wordly, and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is provided live on the Zoom feed. For CART captioning, interpretation in another language, or other disability accommodations, contact the City Clerk at least three business days before the meeting.

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Meeting disruption policy

Meetings are conducted so everyone — in the room and watching or calling in remotely — can take part. A person who disrupts a meeting in person may be removed after a warning. Under California SB 707, if a service disruption within the City’s control cuts off the public’s ability to participate remotely, the body takes no further action on agenda items and recesses for at least one hour while staff make a good-faith effort to restore access; the meeting resumes only once remote access is back.

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Rules of Procedure

The 27 rules governing how City Council meetings are conducted — agendas, voting, public comment, hearings, and decorum.