Burbank, California City Council Meetings, 22 Aug 2022

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From YouTube: Burbank City Council Closed Session Meeting - August 22, 2022

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Burbank City Council Closed Session Meeting - August 22, 2022

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To participate in the public comment period, please call now at 818-238-3335.

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Members of the public may speak for up to three minutes depending upon the number of speakers.

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Thank you good afternoon and welcome to a special closed session meeting of the burbank city council on monday august 22nd 2022 to help slow the spread of covert 19 city council adopted an emergency proclamation on tuesday july 19th, requiring face coverings to be worn while in attendance at all city of burbank public meetings, including, but not limited to, meetings of the city council and its boards and commissions.

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We appreciate all attendees joining us in person for wearing a face covering while they are inside the council chamber. Mr city attorney, will you please state the items on the agenda.

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Yes, good afternoon, mr mayor vice mayor and council members, this afternoon, city council is meeting in closed session on three items of existing litigation. Pursuant to government code, section 54956, 0.9 d1. They all relate to the same matter. It's pickwick investment, llc versus city of burbank, at all uh california, department of housing and community development, notice of violation regarding the pickwick denial and yinbi law versus city council city of burbank.

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Thank you, mr city attorney, madam city clerk. Do we have any in-person public comment on closed session items only yes, mr mayor, we do have one caller and we're going to go put him through. Thank you. Welcome.

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Our first caller is ellen ruskin.

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Hello, council members, I'm elon ruskin. I live in rent in downtown burbank, quite near city hall, as I understand you're about to discuss the legal implications of defying state law on housing construction. It is absurd and unconscionable that we've come to this point. The law is unambiguous. We are talking about replacing a disused commercial garden and several defunct businesses with badly needing badly needed housing and years of signs and data show that adding housing and shortage is the best way to hold down costs for everyone.

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Yet here we are provoking the lawsuit. We know we will lose in a chaotic effort to protect the untaxed capital gains of a few wealthy land owners who won't like the sort of people who might move into the neighborhood.

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This is counterproductive, disruptive, unethical and worst of all, pointless. Please do not deliberately waste the city's money on a futile gesture, so showing the city values horses over houses comply with state law. Thank you.

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Our next caller is austin broder.

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Hi, thank you for taking my call. uh I just wanted to talk a little bit about. I believe you guys are talking about the legal implications of rejecting this housing development on the land, and I think that it's not a particularly thoughtful um way of managing this. It seems that this is a disused commercial land. That's not being used for anything in an area.

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Really desperately needs housing and I think it's a very important.

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To to think about, what's the implications on people on real people's lives and livelihoods being able to afford housing in this area, and I just really hope that we find the endorsement to move forward with that.

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That's all thank you for your time.

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Great. Thank you.

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Any other callers. No, mr mayor, no more callers, okay! Thank you. There being no further public comment. I now declare the public comment period closed. We will now proceed to a closed session meeting. A joint meeting with the housing authority will be held tomorrow, tuesday august 23rd, at 5 pm in the council chambers.

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The public may view the meeting online or on television and will be able to provide public comment in the following four ways: in person for general public comment and public hearings by calling in directly to the council meeting to speak during the general public comment period and public hearing items only by leaving an e-comment on the city webpage by emailing, the city council directly. The televised portion of the special closed session is now over.

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