Minutes 2001/11/09
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Meeting
November 9,2001
Gilroy, California
The Mayor called the meeting to order.
Roll Call
Present: Councilmembers: Guadalupe Arellano, Peter D. Arellano, Charles S.
Morales, Al Pinheiro, Anthony C. Sudol III, Roland Velasco, and Thomas W.
Springer - 12:30 p.m.
The Mayor stated that the Council would adjourn to closed session regarding
Public Employee Performance Evaluation for the City Administrator, pursuant to
Government Code Section 54957.
The Mayor reconvened the meeting and announced that no action had been
taken.
At 2:00 p.m., the Mayor announced that the City Attorney requested an
additional matter be agendized pursuant to California Government Code section
54954.2(b)(3), which allows for such an action when there is a need to take
immediate action on an item, and the matter came to the City's attention
subsequent to the posting of this agenda.
The City Attorney explained that the matter is whether to intervene in the
lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court of California on behalf of the petitioners from
Morgan Hill challenging the redistricting of South County, and that her office had
been told by a clerk of the Supreme Court that any such petition for intervention
should be filed immediately.
The City Council then voted unanimously to add the matter to the agenda.
Adjournment At 2:05 p.m. the Mayor adjourned the meeting to a closed session pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(c):
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
One potential case. Dennis Kennedy, Steve Tate, Larry Carr, petitioners v. Gray
Davis, et ai, in the Supreme Court of California.
Thereafter, the Mayor reconvened the meeting and announced that the City
Council directed that a Petition to Intervene be filed on behalf of the Mayor and
City Councilmembers in the lawsuit known as Dennis Kennedy, Steve Tate, Larry
Carr, petitioners v. Gray Davis, et ai, in the Supreme Court of California regarding
redistricting for the Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts, and further
adjourned the meeting at 2:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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