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MINUTES Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Redlands held on March 24, 2021 at 5 00 P M Present Staff Paul Banch, Mayor Eddie Tejeda, Mayor Pro Tempore Paul Foster, Council Member Denise Davis, Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, Council Member Charles M Duggan, Jr , City Manager, Dan McHugh, City Attorney, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk, Carl Baker, Public Information Officer, Danielle Garcia, Management Services/Finance Director, Jim Topoleski, Fire Chief, Janice McConnell, Assistant City Manager This was conducted as a virtual meeting with all Council Members and staff participating remotely In compliance with public health recommendations to limit public gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic and acting as the City of Redlands Emergency Services Director, City Manager Charles M Duggan Jr , directed meetings of the City Council/Successor Agency of the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands be closed to the public until further notice or until the current local State of Emergency has been lifted The City Council will continue to meet to conduct essential business Public comments, up to 250 words and received by 5 00 P M the day before the meeting, were read aloud by the City Clerk Mayor Banch called the meeting to order at 5 00 P M and a quorum was established PUBLIC COMMENT All public comments received by 5 00 P M the day before the meeting were read into the public record at the meeting Reopen Council Meetings & Measure G - Joshua Hall demanded the City reopen Council meetings to the public, claiming the closure has been under the guise of protecting the publics' health and safety, but he wondered who was really being protected, since he said COVID-19 had a fatality rate of less than 1% He worried the Council was not honoring the voters' defeat of Measure G, and instead was promoting the construction of what he called unrestricted stack and pack housing Proposed Legislation for Military - Dennis Bell questioned the proposed legislation from Congressman Aguilar to ban white supremacists from the military He suggested the country needed to reinstate the military draft for both men and women, and it should uphold the promise to take care of veterans STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP - FIRE DEPARTMENT Fire Chief Topoleski provided background and an overview of the Fire Department's Strategic Plan and future fiscal year goals for the penod beginning July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2025 He explained best practices, among fire services, is the need to maintain an up-to-date Strategic Plan Citygate completed an Assessment/Deployment Study of the Department which was presented to Council in September 2020 This was the basis for the Strategic Plan development which addresses the findings and recommendations made in the Standards of Coverage analysis to ensure the success and sustainabihty of the Department for years to come With the safety of the firefighters and citizens always at the forefront, he pointed out that each community has the level of fire services they choose to purchase and can afford because there are no federal Special CC_March 24, 2021 Page 1