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SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2025
CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Kwan called the Special Meeting to order at 5:01 p.m.
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRESENT: Cao, Cheng, Fu, Wang, and Kwan
ABSENT: None
PUBLIC COMMENT - No one appeared.
City Attorney Maurer explained to the City Council the need to add a Closed Session item to
the agenda under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4), pursuant to Section 54954.2(b)
of the Brown Act, and that they would need to make the following two findings: (1) there is a
need to take action prior to the next City Council meeting, and (2) that the need to take action
arose after the agenda was posted and the findings are based on information regarding a
potential lawsuit received after the agenda was posted.
The City Council unanimously voted, 5-0, to make the required findings under the Ralph M.
Brown Act to add a Closed Session item to the agenda, pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(b)(4).
Because the proposed late item is for potential initiation of litigation, no additional facts and
circumstances were provided.
CLOSED SESSION
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957, Public Employee Performance
Evaluation: City Manager.
b. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1) to confer with legal counsel
regarding the matter of Elias Hernandez v. City of Arcadia, a government entity:
Yiming Ou. an individual: and Does 1-30, inclusive (Case No. 24NNCV05154).
No reportable action was taken on items a. and b.
c. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(4) to confer with legal counsel
regarding_ potential litigation for the case of American Industrial Partners, LLC,
American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, LP, American Industrial Partners
Capital Fund IV (Parallel), LP; AIP/CHC Holdings, LLC, Oshkosh Corporation: REV
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Group. Inc.; Rosenbauer America LLC; and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers'
Association v. City of Arcadia,
The Closed Session Ended at 6:15 p.m.
There was no reportable action for Closed Session items (a) and (b); and it was the consensus
of the City Council to file a complaint against American Industrial Partners, LLC, American
Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, LP, American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV (Parallel),
LP; AIP/CHC Holdings, LLC, Oshkosh Corporation; REV Group, Inc.; Rosenbauer America LLC;
and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers' Association for the added Closed Session item.
Mayor Kwan called Study Session to order at 6:16 p.m.
STUDY SESSION
a. Report, discussion, and direction regarding the commemorative naming of City
facilities.
After City Council discussion, a motion was made by Council Member Cheng, seconded by
Council Member Wang, to have staff identify options for a commemorative naming display
in the City Council Chambers and/or City Council Conference Room, and to propose
additional criteria for the selection of honorees going forward, which should be brought back
for further consideration at a future meeting.
AYES: Cheng, Wang, Cao, Fu, and Kwan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
The Study Session ended at 6:34 p.m.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor of the City of Arcadia
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