At its Nov. 30 meeting the Santa Cruz City Council approved two consent calendars and took several formal actions summarized below.

- Consent calendar (items 827): Council approved the grouped consent items on a single motion with small modifications (including a clause adding the third-district county supervisor or designee to a day-services working group and additional annual-review language for legal services). The motion passed on roll call with recorded 'Aye' votes.

- Consent public hearings (items 2834): The council approved items 2834 on a single motion; Mayor Keeley was disqualified on item 34 because she lives next door to that proposed project, and the vice mayor presided for the consent public hearing segment.

- Item 35 (No-parking street-sweeping program): Council adopted the staff recommendation to expand no-parking street-sweeping measures after a pilot showed trash reductions and staff reported Coastal Commission staff support related to coastal trash-control compliance.

- Item 36 (Tree appeal at 401 Ingalls): Council denied an appeal and upheld the Parks & Recreation Commission decision to issue Heritage Tree Removal Permit TR2500087 to remove two coast redwoods on the property, citing staff findings of likely utility damage and engineer/plumbing evidence.

- Election of the 2026 vice mayor: The council re-elected the incumbent vice mayor by voice vote for continuity.

Why it matters: The consent approvals and formal votes finalize a range of administrative and project-level decisions, while the tree appeal decision and the vice-mayor election set near-term policy and governance outcomes.

What's next: Staff will proceed with implementing adopted programs and processing required follow-up for permits and contracts; the Flock camera issue will return to the January agenda for further consideration.