Individual Members: Deb Comini, Woody Dukes
Organizations: Sawyer Mizer, Commercial Business Furniture
City, County and State Representatives: Virginia Stapleton, Ward 1 Councilor; Linda Nishioka, Ward 2 Councilor
Guests: none
The
regular meeting of CANDO was called to order at 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday,
March 21, 2023. The meeting was conducted by Zoom video-conference.
The Chair and Secretary-Treasurer were present.
The agenda and minutes of the February meeting were approved unanimously.
The
chair asked Councilors Stapleton and Nishioka to begin with a Q&A,
given they had missed the last two meetings due to the Council work
sessions. In response to a question about the deputy City Manager
positions (2), Councilor Stapleton said the positions existed prior to
the 2008 recession and offered reasons and arguments in support of the
decision to reinstate them. Councilor Nishioka expressed agreement with
the decision to reinstate the positions. The City’s response to
homelessness was mentioned repeatedly. The budget process and the need
to increase revenue were also discussed.
Sawyer
Mizer of Commercial Business Furniture told the board about the
business’s proposal for a loading zone parking area on Belmont between
Commercial and Liberty Streets and invited questions and comments. No
objections to the proposal were offered. Jim Griggs’s motion to approve
the proposal passed unanimously.
In
unfinished business, the chair reported that following his
investigation on the feasibility of CANDO issuing a quarterly newsletter
he had concluded it would not be a good use of the board’s limited
capacity.
There being no further business before the board, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 6:47 pm.
