Speaker 0: Okay. So then we have a council referral. Matters placed on the agenda by council member. And this one is, uh, I think Councilmember Odie and Vice Mayor Knox White and I would just say don't feel compelled to do a full blown report because I have it on good authority that a lot of us are already. Yes.
Speaker 3: You can go.
Speaker 2: Thank you. I was going to say as a member of the campaign committee, I have I have copies of the the list. And I was going to make the argument that to keep it short, our schools are very important not just to the students who go to them, but to the community that we have. We have known through many, many parcel taxes that almeida's teachers are some of the lowest, almost the lowest paid teachers in the entire county. And every single time we pass a parcel tax, we say once we pass this, we then need to figure that out. Well, this is the time. And I would just respectfully ask my council colleagues to adopt a resolution supporting it.
Speaker 0: During the meeting.
Speaker 3: I'll just thank you, Madam Mayor. I will just echo that. And, you know, to save staff time, we will actually John wrote the resolution. I wrote the staff or the staff report. We put together a resolution that we thought you all might be able to be supportive of.
Speaker 0: And just to add that, I met the school board president, Mia Bonta, for coffee recently, and I told her that she certainly had my support and endorsement, but I couldn't do so as mayor until the entire council voted on it. And.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 0: I think this is a no brainer and it is, I think it's well thought out. It's a seven year term and they've got their polling behind it. And yeah, we need to attract and retain new teachers as our long time teachers.
Speaker 4: Are.
Speaker 0: Retiring.
Speaker 3: So you want to make the motion?
Speaker 0: Sure. I'll make a motion that the city council adopted a resolution supporting Alameda Unified School District's Alameda Teacher Staff Retention Measure period. All in a second and it's been seconded by Councilmember Vela all in favor I oppose have say no and I will note that two of us on the dais sitting next to each other are the products of Alameda Public Schools. And we get along even though rejects and hornets but that they were all schools you know we support our schools and they're good. That's great. Okay, let's go quickly through Council Communications. Councilmember Vella, can we start with you.
Consider Adopting a Resolution Supporting the Alameda Unified School District’s (AUSD) “Alameda Teacher/Staff Retention” Measure or Alternatively, Direct Staff to Agendize a Resolution Supporting the Measure. (Vice Mayor Knox White/Councilmember Oddie)