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2020-12-2124 SPECIAL MEETING CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL December 21, 2020 5:30 P.M. The Cypress City Council conducted this meeting via teleconference in accordance with California Governor Newsom's Executive Orders N-29-20 and COVID-19 pandemic protocols. Mayor Peat called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. ROLL CALL Cypress City Council, also acting as the Ex -Officio Governing Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District Mayor Jon Peat (via teleconference) Mayor Pro Tem Stacy Berry (via teleconference) Council Member Anne Hertz (via teleconference) Council Member Frances Marquez (via teleconference) Council Member Paulo Morales (via teleconference) STAFF PRESENT City Manager Peter Grant (via teleconference) City Attorney Fred Galante (via teleconference) Acting Chief of Police Matt Timney (via teleconference) Police Captain Chris Revere (via teleconference) City Clerk Alisha Farnell (via teleconference) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Limited to 30 minutes — three minutes per speaker, unless extended by the City Council) None. CONSENT CALENDAR Item No. 1: Receive and File Public Comments Submitted for the December 21, 2020 Special City Council Meeting Recommendation: Receive and file submitted public comments. The City Clerk stated that no comments were received. No action was taken. ITEMS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Item No. 2: Authorization to Join in Support of Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes' Challenge to an Order Releasing Approximately 1,800 Inmates from Orange County Jails The City Attorney provided a report on this item. City Council discussion ensued. It was moved by Mayor Pro Tem Berry and seconded by Council Member Morales, to approve joining in a brief to be filed by the City of Newport Beach supporting Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes' challenge to the order issued on December 11, 2020 (in the case entitled Cynthia Campbell et al. vs. Don Barnes, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Orange County, California, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2020-01141117- 25 CU-WM-CXC), ordering the reduction of the Orange County Jail inmate population by fifty percent (50%) in all congregated living areas. The motion was unanimously carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Hertz, Marquez, Morales, Berry and Peat NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ADJOURNMENT Mayor Peat adjourned the meeting at 5:53 p.m. to an adjourned Regular Meeting, to be held on Monday, January 11, 2021, beginning at 5:30 p.m. t e xecutive Board Room. iiy MA '4 r.O T E CITY OF CYPRESS ATTEST: �l. A CITY • ER OFT CITY OF CYPRESS