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SPECIAL MEETING
CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL
August 17, 2021
5:30 P.M.
The Cypress City Council conducted this meeting via teleconference only 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 5:30 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
Mayor Pro Tern Paulo Morales
Council Member Anne Hertz
Council Member Frances Marquez
STAFF PRESENT
City Clerk Alisha Farnell
City Manager Peter Grant
City Attorney Fred Galante
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Council Member Marquez led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Limited to 30 minutes — three minutes per speaker, unless
extended by the City Council)
None.
NEW BUSINESS
Item No. 1: Receive and File Public Comments submitted for the August 17, 2021
Special City Council Meeting
The City Clerk reported that no public comments were submitted.
No action was taken.
Item No. 2: Conduct Applicant Interviews and Consider Candidates for
Appointment to Fill the Council Vacancy and Adopt a Resolution Filling a Vacancy
in the Office of City Council Member by Appointment
The City Council conducted an interview with Carrie Katsumata Hayashida.
The interview process was completed.
The City Manager and City Attorney joined the meeting at 5:57 p.m.
The City Manager stated he and the City Attorney are available to provide limited
procedural guidance to the City Council during their deliberations.
City Council discussion ensued.
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It was moved by Council Member Hertz and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Morales, to
continue the deliberation following candidate interviews and appointment to fill the City
Council vacancy to the regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, August 23, 2021.
The motion was unanimously carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Hertz, Marquez, Morales and Peat
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None .
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Peat adjourned the meeting at 6:07 p.m. to an adjourned Regular Meeting, to be
held on Monday, August 23, 2021, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Executive Board Room.
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