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City Council Regular Meeting May 11, 2026 7:45 PM

Clerk file 2026-960 — its full path through the council

Passed · Approve · moved by Bradley Freeman Yes: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver.

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resent Maya Jamaleddine At-Large Present Manjula Karamcheti Ward 1 Absent Elizabeth Kowal At-Large Present John Obremski Ward 2 Present Christopher Park Ward 3 Present Devin Romanul Ward 7 Present Kimberly Vandiver Ward 5 Present Ryan Williams At-Large Absent William Bradley Feeman President Present 1 II. MINUTES APPROVAL A. City Council Regular Meeting May 11, 2026 7:45 PM Motion to Approve the minutes by unanimous consent without reading made by President Freeman Minutes were approved RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Jason Chen, Cal Finocchiaro, Bradley Freeman, Maya Jamaleddine, Elizabeth Kowal, John Obremski, Christopher Park, Devin Romanul, Kim Vandiver NAYS: None ABSENT: Manjula Karamcheti, Ryan Williams III. PUBLIC COMMENT When: May 18, 2026 07:45 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: City Council Meeting Join from

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Transcript (~1 min @ 45:08)

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▶ 45:02 Bradley Freeman: At this time, I'll motion by unanimous consent to approve without reading the minutes from the May 11th, 2026 meeting. Seeing no objection, those minutes are now approved. I will motion by unanimous consent to open the floor for public comment. Seeing no objection, we are open for public comment.