* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] AND GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL AND THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 18TH. AND MAY I ASK THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL? BARNACLE. HERE. CATER THOMPSON. HERE. HEALY HERE. NOW MARKED AS ABSENT. . HERE. SHRIVES HERE. MCDONALD HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT OTHER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. AND I NOTE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW HAS RECUSED ON THIS ITEM. AND SO WE'LL BE JOINING US AT A, A LATER MOMENT IN THIS. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR [CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 P.M.] CITY ATTORNEY TO, UH, WEIGH IN ON WHAT OUR CLOSED SESSION ITEM IS FOR THE EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD, THE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW'S CONFLICT STEMS FROM, UM, HAPPY HEARTS PRESCHOOL, UM, WHICH IS, UM, AND HAS BEEN A TENANT ON THE CITY'S FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, UM, HAVING BEEN A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR HER WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S ACTION. UM, AND SO THE COUNCIL'S CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT IS A CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.8. THE PROPERTY IS THE CITY OWNED FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY. IT'S ASSESSOR'S PARCELS, NUMBERS 0 0 7 0 3 1 0 0 4. UM, AND THAT ADDRESS IS 1 7 5 FAIRGROUNDS DRIVE AND ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER 0 0 7 0 3 1 0 0 5. AND THAT ADDRESS IS 8 66 EAST WASHINGTON. THE AGENCY'S NEGOTIATOR, UM, LET'S JUST SAY THE CITY'S NEGOTIATOR IS PEGGY FLYNN, CITY MANAGER. NEGOTIATING PARTIES ARE THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, A STATE AGENCY, A NEGOTIATION OR PRICE IN TERMS OF PAYMENT AND OTHER TERMS OF USE OF PORTIONS OF THE CITY OWNED FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY FOR PRESENTATION OF THE SONOMA MARIN FAIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU. AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE E FOR THIS ITEM, THE CLOSED SESSION. AND, UM, I NOTE THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENT ON, UH, CLOSED SESSION, AND WE WOULD LIMIT THE CONVERSATION TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON AND ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, FILL OUT A, UH, A CARD SUCH AS THIS ONE AND, UM, AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK. UH, AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FIRST SPEAKER UP AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND ASK THE QUESTION. OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT WOULD BE TAWNY SCON. THANK YOU. MAYOR TANI SCON, CEO AT THE SONOMA RINN FAIR. UM, SO, UH, AS YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM STAFF TONIGHT, WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO HAVING A FINAL AGREEMENT WITH YOU RELATED, SORRY, I'M GETTING THROUGH PNEUMONIA STILL, UH, RELATED TO THE, UM, THE, UH, THE, UH, TERMINATION OF THE LEASE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WITH US PUTTING ON THE ANNUAL FAIR. THERE IS ONE KIND OF STICKING POINT STILL, AND I'M HOPING, UH, YOU GUYS CAN, UH, DISCUSS THIS AND, AND FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO OUR MILK BARN. UH, THE MILK BARN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS BUILT BY OUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT IS, UH, IN, UH, MEMORY OF HOWARD CLEMENTINA WHO GOT KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER IN I THINK 1982. AND SO ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE GONE FOR THAT, INCLUDING ALL THE TANKS AND ALL THE, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S BEEN JOINTLY MANAGED BETWEEN THE FAIRGROUNDS AND A MILK BARN COMMITTEE FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS. SO THE MILK BARN COMMITTEE HAS EXPRESSED A CONCERN WITH IT BEING UNDER CITY MANAGEMENT AND BEING AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY TO USE BECAUSE IT IS VERY COMPLICATED SYSTEM. IT DOES INVOLVE A LOT OF ANIMAL SAFETY AND FOOD SAFETY, UH, PROGRAMS. SO WE USE IT AT FAIR TIME. IT'S WHERE THE KIDS TAKE THEIR ANIMALS TO GET MILKED. THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE PROVIDE KIND OF PUBLIC VIEWING TO SEE HOW COWS GET MILKED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE USE IT AT FAIR, WE USE IT AT AG DAYS. UM, AND SO MILK, THE MILK BARN COMMITTEE HAS SAID THAT IF THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE CONTROL OVER THE USE OF THAT, THEN IT'LL BE ONE OF THE ITEMS WE ASK TO TAKE DOWN AS PART OF THE LEASE. IT ALLOWS US BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO TELL YOU WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GONNA TAKE WITH US BY JUNE 30. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD CONSIDER A SOLUTION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHO USES IT AND HOW THEY USE IT, OR IF YOU PUT IT AS A PART OF OUR LICENSE AGREEMENT, WHICH YOU ALREADY ALREADY GIVEN US NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF ADMIN AND NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. AND POSSIBLY WE COULD HAVE NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE MILK BARN. SO, THANK YOU. AND, UH, I'LL BE BACK LATER. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. UM, THAT GOOD COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY? TONY, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THE MILK BARN IS LOCATED? I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. UH, SO, UH, YEAH, IF YOU'RE GOING TOWARDS THE LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE BARNS, IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT. UM, IT'S PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 30 BY 30, IT'S [00:05:01] CINDER BLOCK KIND OF BUILDING. AND THEN IT'S GOT A VIEWING AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE THE COWS COMING AND GET MILKED. SO IT'S TOWARDS THE LIVESTOCK AREA. THANK YOU. MM-HMM, . THANK YOU. UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK IF SHE'S RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS, UH, TO THIS ITEM? PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING? YES. WE RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS POSTED ONLINE WITH THE AGENDA. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT, I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. AND COUNCIL WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION. WE WILL RETURN SIX 30. [CALL TO ORDER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL IN PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 18TH. IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND, UH, BRING IT FORWARD TO OUR CLERK HERE. AND I'D NOW LIKE TO INVITE MONICA RICCIO AND MARIA GALVEZ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WISH YOU PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU CITY CLERK. MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING? BARNICLE PRESENT. KIDDER THOMPSON. HERE. HEALY HERE NOW. HERE. HERE. SHRIVES HERE, AND MCDONALD HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S RISE AND TAKE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. I JUSTICE FOR US. AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. AND TONIGHT [AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)] TO START TONIGHT'S MEETING, LET'S, UH, LOOK UP AND DOWN THE COUNCIL AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY A, A AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED FOR TONIGHT. GOOD. THEN LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK. AND, UH, NEXT, IT'S, UM, TIME FOR A VERY BIG CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO THE ST. VINCENT'S FOOTBALL TEAM. UH, A HUGE AND WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT. STATE CHAMPION, UH, CREDIT, NOT JUST THE BOYS, BUT ALL THE COACHES STAFFS PARENTS, AND AS I HEARD ON SUNDAY GRANDPARENTS TOO, WHO WERE HELPFUL IN [PROCLAMATIONS] THIS. BUT WE HAVE A CITY PROCLAMATION FOR Y'ALL. AND SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, TRENT HERZOG AND, UH, COACH AND PRINCIPAL TONY, UH, UH, RECO TO COME TO THE PODIUM. AND, UM, AND WE WILL READ OUT THE, UH, THE PROCLAMATION HERE. NOW, UH, THE PROCLAMATION IS HONORING THE ST. VINCENT'S DEPAUL, UH, SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM, DECEMBER 18TH, UH, 2023, UH, CIF DIVISION SIX AA STATE CHAMPIONS. WHEREAS THIS PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL'S PROUD TO HONOR THE MEMBERS OF THE 2023 ST. VINCENT'S DE PAUL HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SEASON OF PERSEVERANCE AND SUCCESS GOING UNDEFEATED THIS YEAR ON THEIR HOME TURF IN PETALUMA, WHICH CULMINATED IN A VICTORIOUS SEASON FINALE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VERSUS WASCO HIGH SCHOOL BY SCORE OF 27 TO SIX. AND WHEREAS ST. VINCENT'S DEPAUL MUSTANGS ATTAINED THIS FIRST TIME ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH A 13 AND TWO RECORD FOR THE SEASON, PLAYING SEVEN HOME GAMES, EIGHT AWAY GAMES, SOME OF WHICH WERE NAIL BITERS AND SOME WERE HIGH SCORING REFLECTIVE OF DOMINANT OFFENSE AND FORCEFUL DEFENSE, UH, AND ARE THE DISTRICT SECTION AND DIVISION CHAMPS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND WHEREAS IT CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED THAT THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS IS DRIVEN BY THE LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING OF HEAD FOOTBALL COACH TRENT HERZOG, WHO [00:10:01] JOINED THE TEAM IN 2018, AND THE SUPPORT OF COACHING STAFF ALONG WITH ST. VINCENT'S DEPAUL, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HEATHER CAMPBELL AND PRINCIPAL TONY GRECO, WHO LEAD THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES BY EXAMPLE, ADVISING THEM TO ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE COMPETITIVE, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY FIT AND CARING TEAMMATES. WHEREAS THIS PARTICULAR TEAM AND THEIR SUPERCHARGED SEASON DESERVES FORMAL MEMORIALIZATION FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS AN ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AND AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL PETALUMA TEAMS IN ALL COMPETITIONS IN THE FUTURE. AND WHEREAS WE NOW APPLAUD AND CELEBRATE THE EACH AND EVERY MEMBER, AND YOUR NAMES ARE EACH IN THIS PLAQUE, UM, OF THE, OF THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ST. VINCENT HIGH SCHOOL MUSTANGS VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SEASON. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AT I KEVIN MCDONALD, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, PROUDLY WISH TO CONGRATULATE THE COACHING STAFF, THE FOOTBALL TEAM MEMBERS, AND THEIR SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL AND PARENT GROUPS FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BEING NAMED CIF DIVISION SIX AA STATE CHAMPIONS, AND DECLARED DECEMBER 18TH, 2023 AS ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MUSTANG VARSITY FOOTBALL DAY. I'D LIKE TO INVITE COACH TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE THE COMMUNITY OF PETALUMA HAS BEEN AWESOME. THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE HONOR THAT THIS TEAM, THE COMMUNITY OF ST. VINCENT'S, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR COACHES, WE'RE GONNA REMEMBER FOREVER. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL AND VERY GRATEFUL. YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AWESOME TEAM AND I'M SUPER PROUD TO BE THEIR COACH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUCH. AND NOW AS WE MOVE ON TO NEXT ORDERS OF BUSINESS, IF, UH, YOU GUYS DO, IF IF WE TAKE A LITTLE MINUTE ON, I'M PRETTY SURE THE REST OF THE AGENDA'S NOT GONNA BE AS INTERESTING AS THAT PART . SO, UM, DO WE WANT, DO WE HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY HERE WE CAN TAKE, DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE A PHOTO FROM THE FRONT HERE? NEIL, I'LL TAKE A PHOTO. JUST FEEL FREE TO, TO COME ON BOARD HERE. PLEASE DO. OH, SIT UP STRAIGHT GUYS. PAM, PAM, I'LL TAKE IT. GET IN. 1, 2, 3. MAKE HIM GET, GET IN THERE, GET IN THE PICTURE ONE WAY. 1, 2, 3. YEAH. YOU OKAY. IT'S NOT EVERY, UH, DAY YOU SEE STATE CHAMPIONS IN A STATE AS BIG AS CALIFORNIA, SO QUITE QUITE A, AN HONOR THERE. [00:15:03] I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO OUR [REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION] NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS FOR THE EVENING, AND IT'S OUR REPORT OUT OF OUR CLOSED SESSION THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS EVENING. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ANNOUNCE ANY REPORTABLE ACTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THERE IS NO ACTION TO REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE MOVE TO OUR GENERAL [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] PUBLIC COMMENT. AND, UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC'S INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING AN ADDRESS COUNCIL TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES, TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. AND, UH, AND DO I HAVE THAT, UH, CORRECT MR. CITY ATTORNEY? UH, ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE FURTHER THERE? YOU, YOU DO. UM, AND IF IT PLEASE LET MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'LL JUST ADD A FEW BRIEF REMARKS TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, CITY OF PETALUMA BROWN ACT BODIES, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, ARE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT. UM, AND FOR SPEECH PURPOSES, THEY'RE LIMITED PUBLIC FORUMS. UM, AND THEY'RE LIMITED IN THE SENSE THAT THE PUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION IS, IS LIMITED TO COMMENTS, UM, ON TOPICS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, WHICH MEANS THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO AFFECT. AND ALSO, UM, THAT'S WITH RESPECT TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA. UM, IT'S, THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO, UM, THOSE THAT ARE GERMANE TO THAT. UM, I ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, AND WE ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE, BUT ALSO, UM, TO PARTICIPATE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND I'LL, I AND OTHER STAFF WILL BE READY TO ASSIST, UM, THE MAYOR IN CASE WE NEED TO REMIND, REMIND FOLKS REGARDING THOSE REQUIREMENTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU. AND, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN AND I'D LIKE TO CHECK WITH OUR CITY CLERK WHETHER, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. YES, WE RECEIVED 10 PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THOSE ARE POSTED WITH THE AGENDA ONLINE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MODERATOR TO, UH, GIVE US OUR, UH, INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EVENING. THANK YOU, MS. RAM. MAYOR, THIS TIME I'LL START AT 32ND CLOCK. FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL AND THEIR COMMENTS THAT THIS MEAN IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND THE VIEWERS. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, UM, AND I SEE ANOTHER ONE COMING BEFORE THE FINISHED GOWN. I, I BELIEVE I HAVE, UH, 10 CARDS IN FRONT OF ME, AND THAT MAKES OUR 20 MINUTE TIME TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. SO, UM, PLEASE, UH, BE AWARE THAT THERE'LL BE A, A TIMER RUNNING FOR EACH SPEAKER. AND, UM, THE FIRST SPEAKER, UH, TONIGHT WILL BE NICOLA FRY, TO BE FOLLOWED BY ABBY LEVINE. GOOD EVENING. TODAY, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A MATTER OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE, THE NEEDS AND ISSUES OF THE SENIORS AND THE DISABLED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALL NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRUCIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE SENIORS, AND WE NEED TO EXPLORE THE ACTUAL SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. FOR OUR 32% OF PETALUMA RESIDENTS, I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THE CURRENT AND POOR UNDERSTANDING THERE IS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER ADULTS, AT LEAST ONE IN SIX SENIORS LIVE IN POVERTY. 96% LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, 30% LIVE ALONE, MORE THAN 20% DO NOT DRIVE OR OWN A CAR. ONE IN NINE LIVE WITH MILD TO SEVERE DEMENTIA. 20% LIVE NEED HELP WITH AVERAGE DAILY NEEDS. 40% HAVE AMBULATORY LIMITATIONS, AND 80% HAVE TWO OR MORE CHRONIC MEDICAL ISSUES. THESE AND OTHER PACS LEAD OLDER ADULTS TO BEARING THE BRUNT OF ALL DISASTERS IN THE 2021 HEAT WAVE IN OREGON, THE MEDIAN AGE OF THOSE WHO DIED WAS 67 YEARS OLD IN THE CAMPFIRE IN 2018, AND THEN LAINA FIRE IN 2023. THOSE WHO PERISHED WERE OVER THE AGE OF 60. THINK OF THESE FACTS AND ACTS YOURSELF, WHITT, ARE WE DOING TO HELP PETALUMA SENIORS? [00:20:01] AN EXAMPLE, PETALUMA HAS 47 PARKS AND MILES AND MILES OF TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS WHERE THE MOST ARE NOT SENIOR ARE HANDICAP OR FRAIL FRIENDLY. 40% OF OUR PARKS HAVE DESIGNATED FACILITY FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, BUT ONLY ONE HAS ANYTHING FOR SENIORS THAT'S OUR SENIOR CENTER. OUR TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS ARE DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE AS SENIORS, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SOME FACILITIES AND RESOURCES FROM SOME EXCELLENT PETALUMA NONPROFITS. WE HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT AND WORKING HARD TOWARDS ADDITIONAL BIKE PATHS, THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTING MORE TREES AND THE NEED FOR MORE ART AND PETALUMA. BUT ALL WHILE, ALL OF THESE ARE GREAT, THEY DO NOT A ADDRESS THE ACTUAL NEEDS AND ISSUES WE LIVE WITH, WITH EVERY DAY. I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, WE ALL NEED TO BE INVOLVED. THANK YOU. BUT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER IS ABBY LEVINE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, ANAN . AND, UM, DID YOU WANNA STOPPING BETWEEN LINES FOR TRANSLATION OR NO? UM, NO. JUST IF YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT SLOW MORE SLOWLY. OKAY. UH, SO OUR TRANSLATOR CAN GET IT. OKAY. AND, AND PULL THE, THE MICROPHONE TOWARDS HIMSELF. THANK YOU. AND A PAUSE ALWAYS WORKS TOO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ABBY LEVINE AND I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF BENET ISRAEL JEWISH CENTER. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GROWING ANTISEMITISM LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE CIVIL DIS DISCOURSE HERE IN TOWN BETWEEN PALESTINIANS, MUSLIMS, ISRAELIS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND OTHERS ABOUT THE CURRENT HAMAS ISRAEL WAR. WE BELIEVE THAT PE PEACE IS POSSIBLE. WE BELIEVE THE WAY, UH, PEACE IS POS POSSIBLE BY RESPECTFULLY LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER. THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE IMPORTANT, AND WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE FEELS HEARD AND SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HANNAN. ANITA TO BE FOLLOWED BY ED ELLEN OSLER. HELLO, MY NAME IS HANAN HODI. UM, THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US THIS EVENING. I AM A PALESTINIAN AND, UH, WE WERE HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. UM, MANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY, BOTH JEWISH, PALESTINIAN, AND OTHERWISE, HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE. I MYSELF MET WITH, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND SHRIVES, AND ALSO THE MAYOR ON FRIDAY. UM, DISCUSSING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER SOME SORT OF A STATEMENT FROM OUR CITY, UH, THAT CALLS FOR AN END TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN REZA IN THE WEST BANK AND IN ISRAEL. THE REASON WE HAVE ASKED THE CITY TO DO THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALSO MET WITH OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE NOT REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS. UH, AND WE KNOW THAT IN THE TIME OF THE VIETNAM WAR, MANY CITY COUNCILS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DID IN FACT, CALL FOR AN END TO WAR, UH, PER GUIDANCE, I REACHED OUT OR I DIDN'T REACH OUT. I, I MET WITH RABBI SHALOM. WE SAT TOGETHER. WE HAD A VERY BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATION, VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, AND WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PART ONE OF WHAT WE HOPE TO BE A MULTIPLE PART RESOLUTION. THE FIRST PART IS ADDRESSING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PETALUMA, JEWISH, PALESTINIAN, MUSLIM, AND OTHERWISE COMING TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE ENDING OF VIOLENCE NEEDS TO HAPPEN. IT IS A VERY HARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WHEN PEOPLE COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND HAVE EXTREMELY DIFFERENT LENSES. BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER. THE HOPE, THE PROMISE IS THAT THERE WILL BE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS. WE DO INTEND TO RETURN WITH ANOTHER ASK COUNCIL PEOPLE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND SAFETY FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, ELLEN OSLER TO BE FOLLOWED BY SENA MOANA. UM, HI THERE. I HAD INTENDED TO ASK YOU TO JOIN OTHER LOCAL BODIES WHO HAVE PASSED CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS TO HELP GET WORD TO OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE DON'T WANT OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING SPENT TO SLAUGHTER AND DISPLACE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN INNOCENCE. I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT THE NON-CONTROVERSIAL [00:25:01] LANGUAGE. THE CITY OF DAVIS ADOPTED IN ITS RESOLUTION, WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD HAVE ALLAYED YOUR FEARS OF DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK IT WOULD'VE ALLAYED YOUR FEARS OF OVERBURDENING CITY STAFF. I LEARNED, HOWEVER, THAT THE MAYOR WANTS A LOCAL RABBI'S OKAY. BEFORE THIS COUNCIL WILL EVEN CONSIDER PLACING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA. AS A JEWISH PERSON AND A RESIDENT OF PETALUMA, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW DISAPPOINTED I AM. I YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU, UM, SENA, UM, ANA TO BE FOLLOWED BY GEORGE BEELER. HELLO, MY NAME IS SENA MUG GUAM, AND I'M A PROUD PALESTINIAN AMERICAN AS MY GRANDFATHER IS A BYPRODUCT OF THE TERROR THAT MY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH FOR THE PAST 70 PLUS YEARS. AS I STAND HERE TODAY, I'M GREATLY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD. PETALUMA HAS PRESENTED ITSELF AS A CITY, CITY THAT STANDS FOR EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR ALL WE HAVE BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THE LGBTQ PLUS FLAG PAINTED ON OUR STREETS. SO NOW PLEASE TELL ME WHY I HAVE TO STAND HERE TO ASK THE ADULTS RUNNING THE CITY FOR YOU TO SEE US AS HUMAN BEINGS. ALL INNOCENT, ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LIVES LOST ARE A GREAT TRAGEDY. AND I PRAY TO GOD WE ALL STILL HAVE ENOUGH HUMANITY LEFT IN US TO AGREE ON THAT. SHAME ON ALL THOSE WHO SIT IDLY BY AS MY PEOPLE ARE BEING MASSACRED BY THE THOUSANDS. I AM NOT HERE AS A PALESTINIAN, BUT I'M HERE AS A HUMAN BEING PLEADING FOR YOU ALL TO CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE. NO MORE INNOCENCE ON EITHER SIDE, SHOULD HAVE TO STOP, SHOULD HAVE TO SIT BY WHILE THEIR HOUSES ARE BEING BOMBED WHILE THEY WATCH THEIR FAMILIES DISAPPEAR. FAMILY MEMBERS GONE MASSACRED. I ASKED THE CITY OF PETALUMA, WHERE IS YOUR HUMANITY? HELP US FREE PALESTINE. RELEASE ALL HOSTAGES AND END THIS GENOCIDE. PLEASE CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GEORGE BEELER TO BE FOLLOWED BY ERNIE ANA. TO BE HONEST, IT'S HARD TO GET UP HERE AND SPEAK AFTER THAT. I JUST WANNA CRY, FRANKLY. I'M GONNA READ JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THE DAVIS RESOLUTION. THEY SAY IT A LOT BETTER THAN I CAN. AND, AND THERE'S TALK AMONG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY DON'T WANNA STIR UP MORE HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THE DAVIS CITY COUNCIL HEARS AND FEELS DEEPLY THE PAIN OF ITS COMMUNITY CAUSED BY THE VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL AND GAZA. MILLIONS OF LIVES ARE AT RISK. IF VIOLENCE CONTINUES, PEACE IS NOT ACHIEVED. AND HUMAN BASIC NEEDS ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, THE UNITED NATIONS, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE MADE A CALL TO END THE VIOLENCE AND PREVENT THE FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE AND CIVILIANS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. IN RESPONSE TO THE CONFLICT, THE CITY OF DAVIS CONDEMNS THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITIC ISLAMOPHOBIC, ANTI-ARAB, AND OTHER RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR REGION, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ALL HUMAN LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND THE CITY OF DAVIS HAS A LONG AND PROUD HISTORY OF STANDING ON A SIDE OF PEACE AND AFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO SPEAK AGAINST INJUSTICE. OVER 1200 CITIZENS IN ISRAEL, AND OVER 18,000, ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S OVER 20,000 NOW. AND PALESTINE KILLED WITH OVER 7,000 OF THOSE BEING CHILDREN. VIOLENCE HAS ALREADY CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TOO MANY ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS AND THE WOUNDED TOO. THANK YOU. YOUR, YOUR TIME HAS RUN THROUGH. THANK YOU, ERNIE, UM, NAN AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY LUIGI PATRICK DOVE. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS ERNIE GANIM AND I'M OL, ALSO KNOWN AS ANISE. THAT'S MY BAPTISMAL NAME. UM, I WAS BORN IN 1939, SO WHEN THE FIRST NBE HAPPENED, I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD LIVING IN HAIFA. MY DAD HAD A BUSINESS, WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, JUST A NORMAL CHILD. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS JUST WENT CRAZY. AND MY [00:30:01] DAD DECIDED, UH, I THINK WE BETTER PACK UP AND LEAVE TO A SAFER PLACE FOR MAYBE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, A MONTH, TWO MONTHS. WE HAD GRANDPARENTS THAT LIVED IN JORDAN. SO WE WENT THERE. AND OF COURSE, THINGS NEVER CHANGED. THEY GOT FROM BAD TO WORSE. FINALLY, UH, MY DAD DECIDED FOR MYSELF WE'RE A FAMILY OF 13. HE DECIDED, UH, THERE'S NO FUTURE FOR US WITH THINGS THE WAY THEY WERE GOING. I HAD AN UNCLE THAT LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO. HE CAME HERE AS A YOUNG, YOUNG MAN. HE, WE MADE, MY DAD MADE THE PAPERWORK, AND I CAME TO TO LIVE HERE. I CAME HERE IN 1954. I SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN THE NAVY. I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS COUNTRY GAVE ME. I HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR SONS, 10 GRANDCHILDREN, AND FOUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BACK THERE, MY HEART IS JUST TORN APART. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, OTHER THAN BEING HUMANS, I AM CONNECTED. SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT, I AM CONNECTED. AND DAILY, DAILY, DAILY, THE THING IS HAPPENING. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD IS JUST, THANK YOU. BUT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU AND, UH, NEXT IS LUIGI PATRICK DOVE TO BE FOLLOWED BY BEVERLY VOLIN. HELLO CITY COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE, I, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO APPLAUD THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE FIRST STEP, THE RESPECTFUL COMMUNITY DIALOGUE RESOLUTION, UM, PROPOSAL TO YOU. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESPECTFUL COMMUNITY DIALOGUE GOING ON ALREADY, AND I'M CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. WHY AM I AT PETALUMA CITY HALL CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION? BECAUSE THE CITY IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF A COUNTRY. IT IS THE CELL OF THE ORGANISM, WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY. WHEN NATIONAL POLITICIANS WANT TO BE BE REAL, THEY CALL A TOWN HALL. THIS IS OUR TOWN HALL. THIS IS THE REAL TOWN HALL. AS HAS BEEN SAID, OUR FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE NOT RESPONDING TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THE SAME WAY THEY DID NOT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. AND THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY IS RECLAIMED. NOTHING LESS THAN THAT. A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON WAR BY THIS ADMINISTRATION, A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER SPENT HERE. ALSO, IT DOES NOT HELP OVER THERE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WILL HAVE TO RECONCILE AND MAKE PEACE. AFTER ALL THIS, AT THE PETALUMA VIGIL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, EVERY SATURDAY, WE GET A LOT OF POPULAR SUPPORT, HONKS INTEREST. FOR THIS REASON, I SAY AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IS THE WILL OF THE LOCAL POPULATION, BOTH PRO-ISRAELI, AND PRO PALESTINIANS. WANT TO SEE THE MADNESS? AND THANK, THANK YOU BEVERLY VOLIN TO BE FOLLOWED BY TARYN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I AM ALSO A PERSON WHO IS IN FAVOR OF CEASEFIRE, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO READ TO YOU THE RESOLUTION THAT SOME OF US HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS QUITE SHORT RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR RESPECTFUL DISCOURSE IN THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY ABOUT CURRENT VIOLENCE IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND ISRAEL. WHEREAS THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL HEARS AND FEELS DEEPLY THE PAIN OF ITS COMMUNITY CAUSED BY THE VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. AND WHEREAS ALL HUMAN LIFE IS PRECIOUS, AND WHEREAS MILLIONS OF LIVES ARE AT RISK, IF VIOLENCE CONTINUES, PEACE IS NOT ACHIEVED, AND BASIC HUMAN NEEDS ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA CONDEMNS THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-JEWISH ISLAMOPHOBIC, ANTI-ARAB, AND OTHER RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC ACTIONS AND SENTIMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR REGION, [00:35:01] AND THROUGHOUT OUR WORLD. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA ADVOCATE FOR THE DIGNITY AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS IN EVERY COMMUNITY HERE. AND THAT PEACE DIPLOMACY BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF FAIR-MINDED PEOPLE AND LEADERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I, I WAS IN ISRAEL AND IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY ON THE DAYS WHEN THIS, UH, VIOLENCE ERUPTED. SO I HAVE A VERY PERSONAL CONNECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TARYN, TO BE FOLLOWED BY ROBERT HANSON. GOOD EVENING. BACK IN MARCH OF 2022, UM, OUR CITY DID THE RIGHT THING BY CARING ABOUT UKRAINE AND UNITING AND SHOWING OUR CARE AND OUR UNIFICATION WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE BY LIGHTING UP THE BRIDGE DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT S SYMBOL FOR PETALUMA. I I ASK YOU TO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND ADVOCATE FOR PEACE. TO SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF WAR MONGERING BY ONE PERSON IN GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS A PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU, UM, IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SAYING YOU'RE ANTI-SEMITIC BEING ANTI-ZIONIST IS NOT THE SAME THING AS BEING ANTI-SEMITIC BEING ANTI HITLER IS NOT THE SAME THING AS BEING ANTI-CHRISTIAN, BEING ANTI-TERRORIST OF THE IRA IS NOT THE SAME THING AS BEING ANTI-AIR IRISH, PROTESTANT, IRISH CATHOLIC. IT'S NOT THE SAME THING. UM, IF WE'RE AS A HUMAN RACE TO MOVE TOWARDS PEACE, THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY TODAY WHO SAID THAT ALL OF GAZA PALESTINIANS SHOULD BE KILLED. I SAID, THEY'RE NOT ALL HAMAS. DO YOU MEAN JUST HAMAS? THEY SAID, NO. I SAID, DO YOU MEAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND BABIES? AND THEY SAID, YES, THEY SHOULD ALL BE KILLED. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ELEVATE, UPLIFT THE RIGHT MESSAGE OF WHAT INTELLIGENT, NON-EMOTIONAL PEOPLE DO TO REACH OUT A HAND TO SOMEBODY DIFFERENT AND TO UNIFY IN LOVE TO KEEP OUR WORLD IN PEACE. PLEASE PASS A RESOLUTION OF SUBSTANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ROBERT HANSSEN IS THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE FOR THE EVENING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. TO EVERYBODY I WISH THE VERY BEST IN HEALTH. MR. MY NAME'S ROBERT HANSSEN, FAT RETIRED CARPENTER. GRANDFATHER TERMINATED CALIFORNIA PRECINCT INSPECTOR. I WAS RAISED BY A GENERATION THAT INSTILLED PRIDE IN COUNTRY, PRIDE IN CITIZENSHIP, A GENERATION THAT CELEBRATED THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN. AND NOW I FIND THE GREATEST THREAT TO MY COUNTRY. THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN IS OUR FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT. WHEN HILLARY CLINTON RELEASED THE STEEL DOSSIER ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THAT CONSUMED OUR COUNTRY FOR THREE YEARS, IT DEPENDED ON THE LAG TIME BETWEEN CRIME AND JUSTICE. AND IN THAT LAG TIME, THEY DID MASSIVE DAMAGE TO OUR COUNTRY. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, PETER, SHE ENOUGH CACTUS PETE WAS ACCUSED OF PEDOPHILIA FROM A 9-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL WHO FOUR DAYS LATER RECANTED THAT CHARGE. THIS WAS A NINE LITTLE GIRL, 9-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS COACHED TO LIE BY A MAN, AND I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY, SITTING IN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. BUT IT DIDN'T STOP PETER SPENDING TWO DAYS IN JAIL BASED ON A LIE. HE THEN SPENT FOUR DAYS IN JAIL FOR VIOLATING A GO [00:40:01] OVER ROBERT. UM, THE, THE TIME HAS EXPIRED THIS EVENING. IT WAS AT A TWO MINUTE TIMELINE TONIGHT. AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. IF THERE'S MORE YOU WANT TO HAVE IN THE RECORD, IF YOU'VE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO OUR CLERK, WE CAN MAKE SURE IT ALL GETS IN THE RECORD. BUT OUR SPEAKING TIME IS, IS UNDERSTOOD. OKAY, THANKS. YOU BET. EVERYBODY HAVE A BIG CHRISTMAS. UM, LET'S SEE THAT, UM, THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENTER AND THAT CLOSES, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. AND, UH, [COUNCIL COMMENT] OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS. AND, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE LONG SOMETIMES IN OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHANCE FOR THE COUNCIL TO SAY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN BETWEEN MEETINGS, UM, AND THEN GET US ONTO THE BUSINESS MATTERS AT HAND. AND WE'RE GONNA TRY AND KEEP, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS TO WHAT WE WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TIMELINE TO BE. AND SO THAT'LL BE TWO MINUTES TONIGHT. AND, UH, SORRY FOR, UH, HAVING TO CHANGE THAT ON YOU ALL OVER, THEN MY MR. MODERATOR. AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REBS TONIGHT. OKAY. UH, BASICALLY TWO ITEMS. UM, FIRST IS, UH, STRICTLY BUSINESS ON THE, UM, LAST THURSDAY, THE CLIMATE COMMISSION, UH, MET AND WE'VE TALKED AND DISCUSSED, UM, AND SHARED OUR VIEWPOINTS ON THE, UM, THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY. SO THAT COMMISSION HAS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THREE THAT ARE GONNA TAKE ALL OUR COMMENTS, PUT 'EM TOGETHER. UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO SUBMITTED SOME COMMENTS THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT TO MAYBE INCLUDE IN THAT. BUT THERE'LL BE A LONG, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS NEXT MONTH, WE'LL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY LOOK AT THE DETAILS AND THE BREADTH AND OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR TO GET TO CARBON NEUTRALITY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE VERY S SERIOUSLY, AND, AND WE'RE TAKING HUGE STEPS, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, THE SECOND ITEM I'D LIKE TO REFER TO, UM, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COMMENTS FOR THE FOLKS HERE. UM, I'VE MET WITH A GROUP JUST THIS LAST WEEK, AND I'VE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO RESOLUTION TO MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE. BUT ESPECIALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COOPERATIVE TO SHOW, UM, THAT WE CAN COOPERATE HERE IN PETALUMA FOR PEACE. AND THAT WE BRING TOGETHER BOTH SOME PROPONENTS FROM JEWISH COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND SHOW COMMUNITY TOGETHER THAT WE WANT ALL WANT PEACE, WE ALL WANT CEASEFIRES. IN FACT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN JUST A CEASEFIRE. I'D LIKE TO SEE A LOT STRONGER LANGUAGE THAN JUST CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE THAT WE GET DONE. SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT, THAT A RESOLUTION CAN BE BROUGHT FORTH, THAT IS A COMMUNITY BASED FROM ALL SIDES, UM, SUPPORTING OUR ANTI HATE MESSAGE THAT SHOULD BE WORLDWIDE. SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN, UH, SHORTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ZIKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, I TOO WANT TO SPEAK, UH, TO THIS, UH, UH, LAST ISSUE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SBS BROUGHT UP. UM, UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL STAY WITHIN MY TWO MINUTES. HOWEVER, UM, YES, I, I, I, UH, I THINK THE, THE DAVIS RESOLUTION IS, UH, A, A A REALLY GOOD EFFORT THAT, UH, IS NOT ONE-SIDED. UH, BUT, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO OFFERED A, A, ANOTHER, UH, VERSION, UM, UM, THE VERY SHORT ONE THAT, UH, MS. BOLSEN, UH, READ. UM, I THINK THAT, UH, I, I LET JUST, JUST POINT OUT, I I KIND OF, UH, I HATE TO HAVE A DEFINITION OF A WORD CHANGED, AND I'M CONCERNED WITH THE WORD CEASEFIRE. THIS IS THE DEFINITION I FOUND ONLINE THAT A CEASEFIRE IS A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF FIGHTING, TYPICALLY ONE DURING WHICH PEACE TALKS TAKE PLACE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEACE, SOME HERE TALKING ABOUT CEASEFIRE. SOME FOLKS HAVE ASKED ME TO, TO NOT TO USE THE TERM CEASEFIRE, ALTHOUGH TO ME IT SEEMS THE FIRST STEP IN ANY PIECE. UH, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUGGEST SIMPLY, UH, IN TERMS OF ANY, ANY DIRECTION I CAN GIVE THE STAFF THIS TIME, THAT IF WE DO GO TO THE SIMPLE RESOLUTION, UH, READ BY MS. VOLIN, THAT, UH, I WOULD OFFER A THREE ADDITIONAL WORDS IN IT, WHICH IS IN THE LAST PART THAT SAYS, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA ADVOCATE FOR THE DIGNITY AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS IN EVERY COMMUNITY HERE. AND THAT PEACE DIPLOMACY BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF FAIR-MINDED PEOPLE, PEOPLE AND LEADERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. TO ADD, UH, THREE WORDS, UH, AFTER THE DIGNITY AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS IN EVERY COMMUNITY HERE. AND THAT HERE'S WHERE THE THREE ADDITIONAL WORDS ARE A CEASEFIRE. AND, AND THAT A PEACE FIRE, [00:45:01] A CEASEFIRE AND PEACE DIPLOMACY BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS IS POSSIBLE WITH HELP FAIR MINDED PEOPLE. I THINK, UH, A LOT MORE FOLKS WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT. AND I WOULD AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. WELL, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE TO FOLLOW. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER OSA KREBS. UM, THIS IS THE SEASON OF PEACE ON EARTH. UM, I'M GOING TO LOOK TO THE MAYOR'S DIRECTION AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR WHAT WE DO AS A COUNCIL, BUT OF COURSE, IN OUR HEARTS, WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE HARMED IN ANY COUNTRY OR ANYWHERE. AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S SADDENING AND IT'S, IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR, UH, THE NEWS AND IT'S HARD TO IGNORE. SO IT'S IN FRONT OF US. UM, IN PETALUMA LAST SATURDAY EVENING, I ATTENDED THE DISTRICT 13. IT WAS ACTUALLY DISTRICT 12 AND 13 OF THE POLICE. UM, UM, THEY HAVE NOW BROKEN INTO OUR CITY, INTO DISTRICTS, AND I AM DISTRICT 13. UM, IT WAS NOT WELL ATTENDED, BUT I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE OFFICERS THAT WERE PRESENT. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW OF THEM, AND THEY GAVE ME A LIST OF THE CALLS AND REPORTS AND THE DESCRIPTIONS AND BROKE IT DOWN FOR ME. AND SO, IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO YOUR DISTRICT MEETING, THEY WILL GIVE YOU MAPS AND THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH, UM, DATA ON WHAT CRIMES AND POLICE CALLS ARE BEING MADE IN YOUR AREA. UM, I ATTENDED, UM, THE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING FOR DECEMBER. AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY OUR AIRPORT IS IN REALLY GREAT FINANCIAL SHAPE AS AN INTER SITE ENTERPRISE FUND. AND WE HAVE A GRANT FOR A TAXIWAY A REHABILITATION, AND TAXIWAY B UM, THEY WILL BRING BACK, UM, LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT THE HANGERS, UM, AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS FAR AS RENT INCREASES. AND, UM, THAT WILL BE COMING BACK FROM OUR TO, UH, THE AIRPORT COMMISSION IN JANUARY FROM OUR AD HOC COMMISSION. AND THE, UM, HANGAR LICENSE AGREEMENT AND ALLOCATIONS IS PART OF WHAT THE AIRPORT COMMISSION DOES. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR PILOTS IN THE AREA HAPPY. I LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS. THERE'S, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND TO, UM, EVERYONE CELEBRATING EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY THIS SEASON. UM, I WISH YOU THE BEST AND OF HEALTH AND HARMONY AND PEACE ON EARTH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, BARNACLE. UM, YES, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, MEETINGS, UM, MOST NOTABLE ONE TO REPORT OUT ON. WE HAD A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, UH, WITH THE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCIES. UM, ALL, ALL THREE OF THE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCIES ABOUT CONSOLIDATION AND LONG-TERM FUNDING. UM, I WOULD SAY IT WAS A PRETTY FRUITLESS, UH, CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF MAKING PROGRESS ON CONSOLIDATION. UM, THE AMOUNT OF SAVINGS, UH, FROM CONSOLIDATION WOULD BE ABOUT $125,000 A YEAR ACROSS, UM, IN TOTAL, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 1.8%. UM, AND THE COST TO CONSOLIDATE WOULD COST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE. UM, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO RE, WOULD REQUIRE ALL OF THE, UM, ALL OF THE GSAS TO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE IT. AND THEN, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT. AND THE RATES, UM, WOULD, THEN, THE RATES FOR THE GSA WOULD THEN BE SET BY, UM, SOME OTHER BODY. UM, AND PETALUMA WOULD LOSE ITS, UH, STRONGHOLD IN THE GSAS. UM, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S MOVING ANYWHERE. UM, BUT JUST, UH, THAT'S IN THE, IN THE PAST. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, CONGRATS FOR A THOUSAND TREES AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT, UH, MS. FJA READ. MS THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. THANK YOU. SO, UM, I WANTED TO REPORT ON TWO, UM, THINGS I'VE, UH, BEEN UP TO LATELY. UM, THE NORTH BAY DIVISION, UH, OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES HELD A, A ZOOM MEETING ON DECEMBER 6TH. AND THE, IT WAS A PRESENTATION BY THE FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, UH, ADVOCATING FOR A, A NEW CITY IN SOLANO COUNTY, JUST SOUTH [00:50:01] OF TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE. AND ONE OF MY MAIN INTERESTS WAS TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE REPLICATED, REPLICATED CLOSER TO US. AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO. UM, IT'S VERY LOW QUALITY FARMLAND. UM, IT'S, UM, BASICALLY POOR GRAZING LAND. UM, AND SOLANO COUNTY HAS SOME, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE. UM, AND IT'S GONNA GO TO A VOTE OF SOLANO COUNTY VOTERS, UM, PROBABLY NEXT FALL. AND IF SOMEONE WERE TO TRY TO DO THAT HERE, IT WOULD, UH, GET CLOBBERED. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT BEING A, A MODEL THAT ANYONE'S GONNA TRY HERE ANYTIME SOON. AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, THE ZONE TWO, A, UM, BOARD MET LAST THURSDAY AND APPROVED A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, 24, 25. IT SEEMS FUNNY TO SAY THAT, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. UM, AND I'LL SAVE MY SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS ON THAT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO THE COUNCIL IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR WORKSHOP AT THE NEXT MEETING ON FLOOD AND SEA LEVEL RISE MAPPING. UM, AND THAT WILL BE A VERY FASCINATING DISCUSSION 'CAUSE ZONE TWO A GOT, GOT THE, THE SHORT VERSION OF THAT, UM, LAST THURSDAY. AND THEN I, I'D SAY I, I'M, I'M STILL HESITANT TO, UM, TAKE ON A RESOLUTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST. UM, AND, AND, AND PART OF THE MAIN, AND I, I, I SYMPATHIZE WITH A LOT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS AND JUST HOURS AND HOURS OF HATEFUL SPEECH ON BOTH SIDES. AND I DON'T WANNA SUBJECT OUR COMMUNITY TO THAT. IF, IF, IF, IF THERE'S A WAY TO AVOID THAT, I'M WILLING TO BE TALKED INTO THAT, BUT I REALLY DON'T SEE A PATH AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, VICE MAYOR CATER THOMPSON. THANK YOU. UM, THIS LAST WEEK I MET WITH JAMES CAMERON, THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCTA. WE MET IN PETALUMA AND KIND OF DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST. AND ALL THE PROJECTS WE TALKED TO, HE SAID, WERE ACHIEVABLE. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT WE HAD PUT PROJECTS, UH, FORWARD. ONE OF THEM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CORONA OVERCROSSING TO PUT AN AUXILIARY ROAD OR WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA DO FOR BIKES AND BIKE AND PED. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE COMMENT WAS IS THAT IN SANTA ROSA IT COSTS LIKE $40 MILLION. WELL, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A $40 MILLION, UM, PROJECT. UM, I DO FEEL AS THOUGH WE COULD LOOK AT CORONA AS A HISTORICAL BRIDGE AND USE THE EXISTING DESIGN FOR THAT, AS, YOU KNOW, AS A SEPARATE ROADWAY, UM, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, WHICH HAPPENED KIND OF IN SANTA ROSA, AND IT WAS OVER COST. UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WHEN THAT'S COMPLETED, WHICH I HOPE IS SOON, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, OVERLAPPED IN THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO WE WENT OVER A FEW, UM, AREAS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONNECT, AND WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ON THAT. AND SO I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION LATER. UM, AND THEN ON ACTUALLY THE CONSENT ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS FOR THE COMPLETION OF, OF, UM, MCDOWELL TONIGHT, I HAD, I MET WITH NICOLA FRY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE A DA IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE DONE IN FRONT OF SPECIFICALLY THE MOBILE HOME PARKS, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THEY WERE DONE ALL THE WAY TO SNOW, UM, SUNRISE PARKWAY. AND SO THAT'S, I KNOW A SEC, A DIFFERENT SUBJECT FROM, UM, ITEM FOUR, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ROADWAYS ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR WHEELCHAIR AND PEOPLE USING WALKERS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I'M SURE WE CAN ASK STAFF TO GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON, UM, BY EMAIL AS TO WHETHER THAT WAS A COMPLETE PATH, COMPLETE SI, SIDEWALKS, UM, IN REGARDS TO MY COMMENTS TONIGHT, UM, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE, UM, HEARING AND, UH, ALL, ALL THE VOICES THAT ARE BRINGING THIS OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. YOU'RE ON TELEVISION, YOU'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. UM, FOR AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA, WE'VE SEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE, UH, FROM COUNCIL, FROM PUBLIC. AND SO FOR AN ITEM THAT'S NOT YET ON AN AGENDA ITEM, THAT'S TREMENDOUS PROGRESS. SO DON'T VIEW IT AS LACK OF PROGRESS. IT'S, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF MICROPHONE TIME HERE. AND, UM, PERSONALLY I WANT, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, BEV CHEN AND, UH, HANNAN THAT, UM, THAT THEY DID OUTREACH WORK, UH, AS REQUESTED, WE WANT INCLUSIVENESS. WE'D WANT TO AVOID, UM, THINGS THAT RAISE TENSIONS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH COMMUNITY [00:55:01] BUILDING AND TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE OF DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES. SO I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT AS WELL. UM, I DO WANT TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FIVE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL, UM, WENT TO THE THOU 1000TH TREE PLANTING OF RELEAF. AND I WANT TO GIVE, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES, UH, CREDIT FOR ALL OF HIS PERSONAL EFFORTS TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM, UH, WORK STRONG. UM, AND, UH, ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, UH, SEVERAL OF US ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PETALUMA SCHOOLS ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PROGRAM. AND, UH, THAT'S A, A STRONG PROGRAM, ENGAGING YOUTH AND, AND, UH, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, CLIMATE ACTION. SO THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE THING. AND, UM, THEN THIS HAPPENS TO BE OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR. AND, UM, FOR ME, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A YEAR WITH A LOT OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENT HERE AT THE CITY. AND SO, UM, I WANNA EXPRESS GREAT GRATITUDE FOR EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN OVER THE YEAR. AND, UM, PARTICULARLY ALSO TO GRATITUDE TO THE STAFF WHO PUTS IN THE WORK FROM ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS DOWN TO THE CLERKS WHO SOLVE PEOPLE'S WATER BILL PROBLEMS. I MEAN, EVERYBODY IS, UH, ACHIEVING HERE IN THE CITY AND, AND IT'S, IT'S FUN TO BE ON A TEAM WHEN THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHING SO MUCH. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THE SAME IN THE NEW YEAR. AND I'D LIKE TO PASS IT [CITY MANAGER COMMENT] OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY. UM, SPEAKING OF, OF, OF HARDWORKING STAFF, OUR STAFF, UM, OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE MONTHS HAVE BEEN COORDINATING OUR STORM PREPARATION, UM, IN RESPONSE TO OUR RAINY SEASON AND RAINY SEASON IS HERE. UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, CLEARING OUT CATCH BASINS LEAVES TO MAKE SURE THOSE LEAVES GET PICKED UP, UM, MAKING SURE THE WELLS AND GRATES ARE CLEARED. UM, BECAUSE AS WE SEE, UH, WE ARE, UM, NOT ONLY, UM, EXPERIENCING WET WEATHER NOW, BUT WE ARE EXPER WE'RE EXPECTING VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. UM, A LONG RANGE FORECAST INCLUDES A HIGH PROBABILITY OF A LARGER STORM DELIVERING MORE RAIN, UM, OVER THE HOLIDAYS. SO WE HAVE SET UP A, UH, SELF SERVE, UM, SANDBAG, UH, FILL STATION AT OUR CITY CORP YARD AT EIGHT 40 HOPPER STREET, AND WE'LL OPEN UP ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS AS NEEDED. AND DEFINITELY, UM, WE'LL LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND THEN FOR THE HOLIDAYS, CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED FROM FRIDAY, UH, THE 22ND THROUGH THE 26TH AND REOPEN ON WEDNESDAY THE 27TH. SO THAT WOULD BE IT FOR MY COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR A GREAT YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, MOVING NOW [CONSENT CALENDAR] TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING. UH, I'D LIKE TO LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DAAS TO SEE IF ANYONE WISHES TO REMOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE DAAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. SO I WOULD, I NEED TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM FIVE, SO I JUST ASK THAT THAT BE, UH, VOTED ON SEPARATELY. THANK YOU. UM, SO NOTED. AND, UM, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE, UM, CONSENT CALENDAR. AND I HAVE NO CARDS AT THIS TIME. UM, BUT THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THESE, UH, NINE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE, AND, UH, HAVE WE MISS, UH, CITY CLERK. UH, HAVE WE HAD ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR PRIOR TO OUR MEETING TIME? NO, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, MAY THE MODERATOR PLEASE READ OUR MESSAGING. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL AND THEIR COMMENTS THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS. THANK YOU. AND SEEING NOBODY, UH, RUSHING CARDS UP TO THE CLERK, UH, I'M GONNA SUGGEST THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL CLOSE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. I'D LIKE TO BRING IT, UH, BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR, UM, A MOTION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. REMEMBER THE MOTION IS, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS HERE. SO WHO WOULD LIKE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. UH, THE VICE MAYOR IS MAKING A MOTION, I BELIEVE, FOR A ONE THROUGH FOUR AND SIX THROUGH NINE. THAT IS CORRECT. AND, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POKAY. OH. AND, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO, UH, RUN THAT VOTE. BARNACLE AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. HEALY? YES. NOW YES. POST. OKAY. YES. SHRIVES? YES. AND MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE. MOTION. UH, CATER THOMPSON MAKES THE MOTION. [01:00:01] COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW THE SECOND AND THE VOTE, PLEASE. BARNACLE AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. HALEY RECUSING NOW? YES. ? YES. SHRIVES? YES. AND MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO WITH HEALY RECUSING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, WE'LL [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. AND, UH, ITEM 10 HERE IS TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION OF THE NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2022, INCLUDING AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2021 AND 2022. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BRIAN COCHRAN, TO, UH, TAKE IT AWAY AT THIS POINT. OKAY, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE, UH, HAPPY TO WELCOME SUE DAVEY AND MARK SCOTT HERE TONIGHT WITH NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES. UH, AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY RECALL, UH, NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES ARE NBAS HAS BEEN THE CITY'S ANIMAL SERVICES PROVIDER SINCE 2018. UH, THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT FOR ANNUAL AND, UH, BIANNUAL REPORTING. AND TRADITIONALLY OR HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST, WE WOULD, UH, PRESENT THE ANNUAL REPORT AND RELEVANT, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THE, UH, AN ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, HOWEVER, ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, UH, THAT COMMITTEE DID DISSOLVE. SO IN THAT ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE AGREED THAT, UH, THOSE SAME ANNUAL REPORTING MECHANISMS SHOULD COME, UM, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, SO THAT NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PRESENT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THEIR WORLD, WHAT SOME OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE, AS WELL AS SOME UPCOMING, UH, OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE STATE OF ANIMAL SERVICES. AND ALSO SO THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND, UH, ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT ANIMAL SERVICES IN PETALUMA. SO, SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE SUE, AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET THE SLIDES QUEUED UP. THANK YOU. HI, I'M SUE DAVEY. I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR FOR NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES. UM, BRIAN'S GONNA TAKE US THROUGH THE SLIDES TONIGHT, BUT, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, CITY STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ANIMAL SERVICES IN PETALUMA. UM, WE HAVE BEEN CONTRACTING FOR THIS SERVICE FOR ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. WE ARE A NO KILL SHELTER, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE A NO KILL COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE BUILT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, BY IMPLEMENTING, HOW DO WE DO IT? HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT NO KILL STATUS. WE IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS. THEY ARE COMPREHENSIVE, ROBUST. WE HAVE RESCUE PARTNERS, VOLUNTEERS, FOSTER CARE, TRAP, NEUTER RELEASE. WE HELP PETS STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND FIND FOREVER HOMES FOR PETS. WE BUILD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES LIKE VETERINARIANS, THE SAFE TEAM, CITY AGENCIES, MARY ISAAC CENTER, MORE AND MORE AND MORE. BUT ALL OF IT STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE A VERY HARDWORKING, COMPASSIONATE LEADER. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARK SCOTT, HE WORKS SIDE BY SIDE WITH STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE EXEMPLARY SERVICES. HE'S RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND BEYOND AS A LEADER IN THE ANIMAL WELFARE INDUSTRY. UNDER HIS DIRECTION, WE'VE WEATHERED MANY STORMS, CREATED NEW PROGRAMS, DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY NEED, AND REMAINED NIMBLE TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER ANIMAL ISSUES ARISE NEXT, PLEASE. SO TO THAT END, OUR ORGANIZATION WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THE BEST FRIENDS NETWORK IN 2022 AS A NO KILL SHELTER. THIS IS A HUGE HONOR FOR OUR SHELTER AS WELL AS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE GET. NEXT, PLEASE. OKAY. UM, YOU ALL RECEIVED THE SERVICE NUMBERS FOR 2022, UH, BUT WHAT I WANNA PROVIDE TONIGHT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW, UM, AND PUT THOSE NUMBERS INTO CONTEXT OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. UH, WE WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, SO WE'LL TALK, GO THROUGH INTAKES AND OUTCOMES, TALK A BIT ABOUT THE INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA, TALK ABOUT OUR CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE TO THAT. AND SPOILER ALERT, WE HAVE A NATIONWIDE VETERINARY CARE SHORTAGE. YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE CONTINUE. [01:05:01] UH, SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT OUR INTAKE NUMBERS. UM, ALL FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE ARE HERE WITH THESE NUMBERS. WE'VE BROKEN THEM DOWN BY INTAKE TYPES FOR CATS, FOR DOGS, FOR OTHER, WITH TOTALS. I DO WANNA EXPLAIN QUICKLY THAT SEIZED STRAY INTAKE TYPE IS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER BRINGS AN ANIMAL INTO US, OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC BRINGS AN ANIMAL TO US. OGS STANDS FOR OWNER GUARDIAN SURRENDER. SO AN OWNER NEEDS HELP WITH THEIR PET, THEY SURRENDER IT TO THE SHELTER, UH, TRANSFER IN. SO AN INTAKE OF A TRANSFER. WHEN WE HAVE RESOURCES, WE HELP, UH, WE HELP OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OUT AND WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER ANIMALS INTO OUR SHELTER. AND THEN WILDLIFE, THE DEFINITION OF WILDLIFE FOR US IS A, NOT, NOT A COMPANION ANIMAL. SO, CAT'S, DOGS, SMALL ANIMALS, THEY ALL ARE CARED FOR BY US. BUT WILDLIFE WE TAKE, WE TAKE THEM IN AND DECEASED WILDLIFE WE HANDLE, BUT LIVE WILDLIFE, WE SEND OUT TO, UH, SNOW WILDLIFE RESCUE, AND THEY TAKE IT FROM THERE. OKAY. UM, OH, AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS SERVICES. SO WE, WE DO OFFER SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC THAT DON'T INCLUDE CARE FOR THEIR ANIMAL. SO WE DO MICROCHIPPING, CREMATION SERVICES, SOME MEDICAL, SOME BOARDING. A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT THIS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2020, THOSE NUMBERS JUST THROW THEM OUT. IT WAS ANOMALY, RIGHT? WE WERE ALL IN LOCKDOWN. ALL OF THE DOORS WERE CLOSED, ALL OF OUR NUMBERS DIPPED. THIS IS VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED AROUND THE COUNTRY IN ANIMAL WELFARE. DURING THAT YEAR. IT CONTINUED INTO 2020 BECAUSE LOCKDOWN CONTINUED. HOWEVER, WE WERE ONE OF THE, AMONG THE FIRST TO OPEN OUR DOORS BACK UP TO THE PUBLIC. UM, WE, UM, AND WE EVEN INCREASED OUR HOURS OF SERVICE IN 2018 WHEN WE TOOK OVER. THE PUBLIC WAS ALLOWED TO COME TO OUR SHELTER FROM, I DON'T REMEMBER, ONE TO SIX. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SATURDAY WAS 12 TO FOUR. NOW WE'RE NINE TO SIX. EVERY DAY. COME, COME AND DO YOUR BUSINESS WITH US, UM, AT THE SHELTER. UM, ONE OF THE REASONS YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP OUR OWNER GUARDIANS SURRENDER NUMBERS FAIRLY LOW IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, DEVELOPED AND IMPROVED A PROGRAM WHEREBY WE HELP, UH, OWNERS WITH NEEDS. THEY MIGHT HAVE ONE WEEK, THEY MIGHT NEED A BAG OF DOG FOOD TO GET THEM THROUGH TO THE END OF THE MONTH. IT IS SO MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND BETTER FOR THE PET TO STAY IN THEIR HOME. SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE, HAVE A FREE PET PANTRY AND SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY WHO NEEDS IT. UM, LET'S SEE. AND THEN I DO WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TRANSFER IN NUMBERS. SO REMEMBER, THESE ARE TRANSFERS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO NEED HELP, RIGHT? WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO THIS CONTRACTUALLY. UM, BUT IT DOES HELP OUR POPULATION AND IT HELPS PETALUMA. WE GET, WE CAN BRING IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS, AGES OF ANIMALS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT HELPS THE ANIMAL WELFARE WORLD IN GENERAL. SO IN 2020, THE NUMBERS OF, UM, REQUESTS THAT WE GOT TO BRING ANIMALS IN ALMOST, UH, DROPPED TO ZERO. WHAT EVERYBODY SAW IN CALIFORNIA WAS THAT IN 2020, FOLKS WERE STAYING HOME. FOLKS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ADOPTING PETS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE FOSTERING, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE KEEPING THOSE PETS LOCAL. AND THEN IN 2021, AS THINGS STARTED TO OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT, WE DID, WE WERE STARTING TO SEE REQUESTS FROM HIGH IMPACT AREAS LIKE FRESNO, LIKE LAKE COUNTY. UM, BUT MOST OF THOSE NEEDS WERE MET. AND YOU CAN TELL BY OUR NUMBERS, NOT BY US. WE'RE A LITTLE ORGANIZATION RELATIVELY, BUT THEY WERE MET BY THE BIG ORGANIZATIONS, SAN FRANCISCO, SPCA, UM, MARIN HUMANE, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SO THEN, UM, WHEN 2020, END OF 2022, HIT 2023, HIT A HUGE CRISIS, HIT ANIMAL WELFARE ACROSS THE NATION IN CALIFORNIA, AND [01:10:01] WE'VE KIND OF BEEN SPARED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAFETY VALVE OF NOT, WE HAVE THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING IN ANIMALS IN FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP OUT. WE CAN USE THAT AS OUR SAFETY VALVE TO KEEP OUR POPULATION LOWER. UM, SO WHAT'S THE BIG CRISIS RIGHT, RIGHT NOW IN ANIMAL WELFARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, SHELTERS ARE EUTHANIZING, HIGHLY ADOPTABLE PETS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE SPACE TO HOUSE THEM OR THE RESOURCES TO CARE FOR THEM. AND I WANNA BE SUPER CLEAR, WE ARE NOT EUTHANIZING ADOPTABLE PETS IN PETALUMA. WE ARE NOT DOING THAT. UM, THE INDUSTRY EXPERTS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS LOOKING AT THIS PROBLEM. EXPERTS FROM UC, DAVIS FROM SHELTER ANIMALS, COUNT FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE A-S-P-C-A, FROM PET POINT, FROM BEST FRIENDS, HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF MAJOR STRESSORS TO THE INDUSTRY. SO FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A VETERINARY CARE SHORTAGE DURING 2020. VETS WERE MANDATED TO STOP ELECTIVE CARE, AND THAT MEANT VACCINES, AND IT MEANT SPAY NEUTER. SO, AS IN, AND IN MOST STATES, ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA SHELTERS ARE MANDATED TO SPAY AND NEUTER PETS BEFORE AN ADOPTION CAN HAPPEN. SO WE DON'T PUT PETS OUT THERE WHO AREN'T SPAYED OR NEUTERED. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN VETS WERE FINALLY ALLOWED TO OPEN BACK UP AGAIN, IT WAS HARD TO FIND AN APPOINTMENT. AND ANY PET OWNER HERE CAN ATTEST TO THAT. ON TOP OF THAT, THE VET INDUSTRY ITSELF SAW A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VETERINARIANS WHO WERE GRADUATING. AND IN 2020, LOTS OF VETERINARIANS RETIRED. SO WE HAD A PERFECT STORM. UM, UC DAVIS PREDICTS THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS TO TRAIN ENOUGH VETS TO FILL THE NEED. SO WE'VE GOT FOUR MORE YEARS OF THIS CRISIS. AND THIS REAL, THIS IS NOT TO SAY, NOT TO DENIGRATE VETS IN ANY WAY. THEY DO AMAZING WORK, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF THEY'RE RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS. THEY'RE THE CARE, THE MEDICAL CARE FOR ANIMALS IS NOT SUBSIDIZED THE WAY THAT IT IS FOR HUMANS. AND SO THE CONVERSATIONS VETS HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE, WITH THEIR, UM, PATRONS, IS OFTEN ONE BASED ON, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY? WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU DO HAVE THE MONEY? LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO CARE FOR THOSE PETS. ALL RIGHT? ANOTHER FACTOR AT PLAY IS THE HOUSING CRISIS. SO WHEN EVICTION MORATORIUMS WERE LIFTED, EVICTIONS HIT COMMUNITIES ALL AT THE SAME TIME. UM, AS RENTERS HAD TO LOOK FOR NEW HOUSING, THERE WAS LESS PET FRIENDLY HOUSING AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE DOGS. SHELTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAW HUGE INCREASE IN SURRENDERS IN PETS AND PETALUMA. THIS HASN'T HIT US. UM, PARTLY IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE AND WE'VE SOUGHT OUT THOSE FOLKS WHO MIGHT NEED THAT BAG OF DOG FOOD OR NEED THAT BAG OF LITTER TO GET THEM THROUGH TO THE END OF THE MONTH. WE HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PET FRIENDLY HOUSING, AND IN SOME INSTANCES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BOARD PETS FOR FOLKS WHILE THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD. SO THE CRISIS HASN'T HIT US THE WAY THAT, UM, IT HAS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. AND THEN FINALLY, THE OVERALL INCREASED COST OF LIVING. THE INDUSTRY IS SEEING THAT MULTIPLE PET HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT REPLACING A PET WHEN ONE PASSES AWAY. SO YOU OWN THREE DOGS, ONE DIES OF OLD AGE, THOSE FOLKS ARE NOT REPLACING THAT PET. WHAT DO ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON? ALL OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTROL OF ANY ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION. THESE ARE BIGGER SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND OFFER SERVICES AS WE CAN, BUT WE LOOK TO YOU ALL TO HELP US SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND TALK ABOUT OUTCOMES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR OUTCOME NUMBERS, 2020 LOOKS REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO 2019. AND WHILE WE CLOSED, I THINK I CAN SAY THIS OUT LOUD, WE CLOSED OUR PHYSICAL DOORS RIGHT TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE NEVER STOPPED SERVING THE PUBLIC. SO WE HAD, WE HAD [01:15:01] DRIVE UP VACCINATION, UH, FOR OUR FOSTER ANIMALS. I'M SURE IF YOU GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU SEE LOTS OF PHOTOS OF THAT. IT, IT WAS GREAT. WE FACILITATED ADOPTIONS STILL. WE STILL WANTED TO GET THOSE PETS INTO HOMES BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST PLACE FOR A PET. UM, THE BIGGEST STORY HERE ABOUT OUTCOMES IS REALLY THAT ADOPTIONS HAVE DECREASED. SO PART OF THE REASON ADOPTIONS HAVE DECREASED IS THAT REMEMBER THAT PET HAS TO BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED BEFORE WE CAN MAKE THAT ADOPTION OFFICIAL. WE CAN'T GET AS MANY SPAY NEUTER APPOINTMENTS AS WE NEED. THEREFORE, THE NUMBERS OF ADOPTIONS ARE GOING TO BE DECREASED ON PAPER. SO WHAT DID WE DO? NEXT SLIDE. UM, WE INCREASE A PROGRAM THAT IS CALLED FOSTER TO ADOPT. IT IS A PROGRAM THAT SHELTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY USE. UM, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SLIDE. AND SO LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOSTER TO ADOPT. SO WE DO HAVE A FOSTER PROGRAM. MOST THIS IS WHERE A VOLUNTEER OPENS THEIR HOME TO A PET. A PET IS REALLY IN OUR CARE, BUT IT'S CARED FOR AT SOMEBODY'S HOME. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. USUALLY IT'S OUR MOST VULNERABLE PETS. SO KITTENS, PUPPIES, UM, MEDICAL, UH, PETS THAT HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES. BUT, UM, SINCE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS POLICY TO GET PETS INTO HOMES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE DEVELOPED THE FOSTER TO ADOPT PROGRAM. SO SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE SHELTER AND SAYS, I REALLY WANNA ADOPT FLUFFY. AND WE SAY, UH, WE CAN'T FINALIZE THE PAPERWORK 'CAUSE FLUFFY'S NOT SPAYED YET. HOW ABOUT IF YOU FOSTER FLUFFY UNTIL WE GET THAT SPAY ON THE BOOKS AND WE CAN MAKE THAT ADOPTION FINAL? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR FOSTER TO ADOPT NUMBERS, THEY ARE HUGE. THE FOSTER TO ADOPT CATS IN 2022 JUST EXPLODED. IF YOU ADD UP FOSTER TO ADOPT. AND, UM, THE ADOPTION NUMBERS, THEY ALL, THEY DO EVEN OUT. SO WHILE ON PAPER, ADOPTIONS HAVE DECREASED, THE NUMBER OF PETS AND HOMES HAVE NOT. WHAT THIS SLIDE ALSO SHOWS US IS A DE DECREASE IN MEDICAL SERVICES. SO NOT ONLY HAVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE VET CRISIS, GIVEN SOME, UH, GIVEN US SOME CHALLENGES AROUND SPAY AND NEUTER, IT'S ALSO GIVEN US SOME CHALLENGES AROUND SOME OF THOSE, UH, VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS. THE, THE LESS, UM, THE, THE VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS THAT CAN WAIT. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT CHALLENGES HAS OUR CURRENT SITUATION PRESENTED AND HOW HAVE WE RESPONDED? UM, OUR PRIMARY DATA TRACKING SYSTEM, PET POINT IS, UH, DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD WAY TO TRACK ME MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OWNERS AND FOSTER CONTACTS. WE DIDN'T WANNA INCUR THE COST OF PURCHASING A MEDICAL BOOKING SYSTEM TO KEEP TRACK OF THESE SPAY NEUTER APPOINTMENTS. SO WE CAME UP WITH A SYSTEM, SIMPLE SHARED SHEET. WE PRIORITIZE THOSE PETS AND WE WORK, STARTED WORKING THROUGH THE LIST. BUT THIS PROBLEM ISN'T GOING AWAY, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT SHARED SHEET FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS SPAY NEUTER ACCESS PROBLEM FOR A WHILE. UM, THIS WAS A NEW WORK STREAM FOR OUR STAFF. AND SO I, I USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, I I, IT WOULD BE SO GREAT IF YOU MADE A PHONE CALL TO THE FOSTER AND SAID, CAN YOU SHOW UP ON THURSDAY TO SPAY THIS PET? AND THEY SAID, YES, I'LL BE THERE AT SEVEN 30. THAT'S THE HAPPY PATH, RIGHT? RARELY HAPPENS. LOTS OF BACK AND FORTH. LOTS OF COORDINATING NOT ONLY WITH THE ADOPTERS, FOSTER ADOPTERS SCHEDULES, BUT ALSO WITH THE VET SCHEDULES. SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH MULTIPLE VETS NOW, AND EACH VETERINARY OFFICE HAS THEIR OWN PROTOCOLS. WHEN IS A DROP OFF? WHEN IS PICKUP? WHAT ARE THE GO HOME, UH, RULES AND, AND RECOMMENDATIONS. SO IT'S BEEN A NEW WORK STREAM FOR OUR STAFF. AND SO WE'VE HAD, UM, NEW RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FOLKS TO LEARN. OKAY, LET'S SEE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO, CALL. SO THAT WAS A LOT ABOUT SHELTERING AND CARE OF ANIMALS, RIGHT? THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH REALLY ISN'T ANOTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IT IS REALLY ALL ONE [01:20:01] BIG ORGANIZATION, IS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE OR THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER'S, UM, TASKS. UM, WHAT WE, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE INCREASE WHEN OUR HUMAN POPULATION INCREASES BECAUSE THE ANIMAL POPULATION INCREASES. BUT WHAT WE REALLY SEE, GO AHEAD. NEXT SLIDE IS THAT OUR WILDLIFE CALLS ARE, ARE OFF THE CHARTS. WE HAVE SO MANY CALLS ABOUT WILDLIFE. IT STARTED IN 2020 WHEN PEOPLE WERE HOME AND NOTICING MORE ABOUT WILDLIFE. AND IT'S CONTINUING AS WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO ENCROACH ON WILD SPACE. OKAY, LET'S SEE. THE OTHER THING TO NOTE HERE, JUST GENERAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF CALLS, BARK COMPLAINTS, ENFORCEMENT OWNER ASSISTS, STRAY PICKUP, WELFARE CHECKS. UH, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE, MORE PETS, MORE CALLS. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. UM, THE OTHER PART THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS THE, THE AUDIT. SO THIS AUDIT WAS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA, IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, ALL OF NBAS. IT'S NOT SPECIFIC JUST TO PETALUMA. SO AS YOU'RE REVIEWING THOSE NUMBERS, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A DECREASE IN LICENSING REVENUE. UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S, IN ORDER TO GET A DOG LICENSE, THAT DOG HAS TO BE VACCINATED. YOU NEED THAT RABIES VACCINE. HARDER TO GET VET APPOINTMENTS, HARDER TO GET A RABIES VACCINE. THE LICENSE IS GONNA BE THE LAST THING, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL NOTE IS THE EXPLOSION OF MEDICAL COSTS. THINGS COST MORE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE ANIMALS IS JUST CONTINUES TO RISE. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. SO, UM, IF I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL, IT WOULD BE FLASHING BRIGHT RED. OUR INDUSTRY HAS NEVER SEEN THESE BROAD NATIONAL PROBLEMS BEFORE THAT ARE AFFECTING INDIVIDUAL SHELTERS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, UH, ESPECIALLY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE SEEING THEM TODAY. VET COSTS ACCESS TO VET SERVICES. WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT FOR YEARS TO COME. ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY PET FRIENDLY WITH BIG DOGS, IT'S A PROBLEM. UM, COST OF LIVING, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERYTHING COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES BETWEEN FEEDING THEIR KIDS OR ADDING ANOTHER PET TO THEIR HOUSEHOLD, THE PETS ARE GONNA STAY LONGER IN THE SHELTER. UM, WHAT REALLY WORRIES ME ABOUT ALL OF THAT IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, 10 TO 15 YEARS, WE ARE SEEING IN CALIFORNIA ADOPTABLE PETS BEING EUTHANIZED. WE HAVE, OVER THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS, WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO, TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS, MOVE PETS INTO AREAS WHERE THEY CAN GET ADOPTED. THAT EUTHANASIA HAS, HAS REALLY SLOWED DOWN, BUT WE'RE SEEING IT AGAIN, AGAIN, NOT IN PETALUMA. UM, BUT I WAS REMINDED OF, UH, BY A FACEBOOK MEMORY A COUPLE DAYS AGO THAT IN 2012, THE PETALUMA ANIMAL SHELTER HAD A EUTHANASIA LIST. 2012 ISN'T THAT LONG AGO. IT WAS THE LAST ONE. , WE HAVEN'T HAD, NO ONE'S HAD ONE SINCE THEN, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANIMAL WELFARE THEN AND ANIMAL WELFARE NOW IS TRANSPARENCY. SO NOW WHEN SHELTERS ARE IMPACTED, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT, HERE ARE THE FIVE DOGS THAT ARE ON THE YOUTH LIST. UNLESS THEY GET SAVED, THEY'RE GONNA DIE ON FRIDAY. IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. LOTS OF FOLKS ARE SAVING MORE AND MORE PETS. UM, BUT IT DOES TAKE A TOLL ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CREATING THOSE LISTS, MAINTAINING THOSE, THOSE LISTS, AND FINALLY HAVING TO MAKE THAT, UH, TO DO THAT EUTHANASIA ITSELF. SO, UM, AS YOU REVIEW WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, I, [01:25:01] UM, WELCOME YOU TO COME VISIT THE SHELTER. WE'RE A PRETTY BUSY PLACE. . I'D SAY SIT IN A VISITING ROOM WITH A DOG OR A CAT AND JUST LISTEN. SO MUCH HAPPENS IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT AT THE SHELTER. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. UM, AND THEN, AND ABSOLUTELY ASK US QUESTIONS. ASK US WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT. UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THOSE HARD DECISIONS FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND FOR OUR REGION, REMEMBER THE HOMELESS PETS. REMEMBER THE IMPACT THAT YOU DECISIONS WILL HAVE ON FAMILIES WITH PETS. THANKS. THANK YOU. IS THAT, UH, COMPLETE THE PRESENTATION? GREAT. LET'S BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL HERE AND ASK COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, THE STAFF OR NBAS AND SEEING NONE. UH, I'LL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE TOPIC FOR THE EVENING AND ASK THE CLERK IF WE'VE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MATTER. NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED TO THIS ITEM. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MODERATOR, WEIGH IN WITH THE MESSAGE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS MEAN IS BEING TRANSLATED, PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SEEING NO ONE MOVING TOWARDS THE, UH, UH, CLERK'S DESK, I'M GOING TO DECLARE PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD CLOSE, BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL FOR ANY COMMENTS THEY WISH TO SHARE. UM, AND I DO, UH, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL THE EFFORTS AND A GREAT PRESENTATION AND ALL THE EFFORTS, UH, YOUR GROUP, UH, DOES MAKE, UH, THE PET PANTRY AND OTHER INNOVATIONS. UH, I REALLY GET HOW, UH, VIEWING THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY CAN HELP OUR, OUR, OUR PROBLEM. UH, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, UH, PET WORKERS, UH, PROBABLY NEED WORKFORCE HOUSING TO KEEP THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S AN ASSET, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DIRECTLY, UH, PUT OUR FINGERPRINTS ON HERE AS HOUSING. AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION HERE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE VICE MAYOR, PETER THOMPSON, AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. AND WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. BARNICLE AYE. CATER THOMPSON. YES. HEALY? YES. NOW, YES. POKAY? YES. SHRIVES YES. AND MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING TO ITEM 11, IT'S A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AND ADOPTION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SEAMUS REDWOOD LP FOR 13,408 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AT 1 3 1 8 REDWOOD WAY. AND, UH, HERE TO HELP US, UH, TH THROUGH, UH, THIS ITEM IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES. GINA BENEDETTI. NIK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I LOWER THIS? THERE WE GO. OKAY. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM HERE TO, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A REALLY BRIEF INTRO TO THIS ITEM. IT, IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UM, AND A LOT OF THE DETAILED DEVILS ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE EXHIBIT TO THE ORDINANCES. UM, THIS ITEM IS, UM, IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF TWO DIFFERENT ORDINANCES. BOTH OF THESE REQUIRED FOR OUR CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO LEASE NEGOTIATION. UM, THE SIZE OF, OF THE, UM, OF THE AGREEMENT, UM, IS THE DOLLAR SIZE OF THE AGREEMENT IS WHAT'S TRIGGERING THE ORDINANCE, I BELIEVE, AND ERIC COULD PROBABLY CONFIRM THAT FOR ME. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING, UH, FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FIRST AND EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO ALLOW US TO NEGOTIATE THIS LEASE IN A TIMELY WAY AND SECURE SOME EXCEPTIONAL INCENTIVES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED BY THE OWNER. UH, AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP IS, UH, THE REGULAR ORDINANCE. AND SO THE FIRST READING OF THE REGULAR ORDINANCE IS ALSO INCLUDED HERE. AND A A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS, IS A LARGE DEPARTMENT AND A HUGE MAJORITY OF OUR 130 OR SO STAFF ARE HOUSED AT WHAT WE CALL THE WATER FIELD OFFICE. AND WATER FIELD OFFICE WAS SO NAMED BECAUSE IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A FIELD OFFICE FOR OUR WATER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE STAFF AND CREWS. IT WAS BUILT IN ABOUT 2005 [01:30:02] AND HOUSED THOSE GROUPS. AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS HAS GROWN, UM, IN RECENT YEARS. IT WAS, IT DID NOT GROW FOR A WHILE AND IT WAS VERY QUIET AND IT WAS A VERY SUITABLE SPACE AND ACCOMMODATED US WELL. UM, IN RECENT YEARS WITH THE PASSAGE THANKFULLY OF MEASURE U AND OUR WORKFORCE STABILIZATION MEASURES, UH, WE HAVE BEEN HIRING MORE STAFF TO ACCOMPLISH OUR, UM, OUR AGGRESSIVE CAPITAL WORKS, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, PROJECTS. AND SO WE HAVE A LARGE STAFF AND IT'S EVER-GROWING. UM, WE'VE BROUGHT ON A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE AND WE STILL HAVE MORE, UH, OPEN POSITIONS. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE IN A FACILITY WITH PEOPLE SHARING MULTIPLE PEOPLE SHARING OFFICES AND WORKSPACES. SO INCLUDING THE, OUR DIRECTOR AND MYSELF AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER, THE THREE OF US SHARE AN OFFICE, UM, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING AND . AND, UH, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF THAT DO THE SAME. SOME OF THESE ARE, ARE NOT, UM, ARE, ARE NOT CHALLENGING SITUATIONS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STILL SOME HYBRID WORKFORCE. UM, BUT MORE AND MORE WE ARE BRINGING STAFF INTO THE OFFICE FOR, FOR THE GREAT BENEFITS OF COLLABORATION AND WORKING IN PERSON TOGETHER. AND AS WE ARE RECOVERING FROM THE, THE COVID ERA, AND WE HAVE MORE AND MORE STAFF OF OUR EXISTING STAFF WORKING IN OFFICE AND NEW STAFF ARRIVING. UH, WE ARE, WE ARE EXTREMELY CROWDED. SO THE STAFF REPORTS GOES, GOES INTO SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS. I THINK I ALSO PROVIDED THAT, UM, SOME RESPONSES TO COMMENTS, COUNCIL COMMENTS THAT, UH, WERE POSTED, UH, TODAY, UH, WITH THIS AGENDA PACKET THAT ANSWERED SOME MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS. UM, SO WE HAVE, JUST REAL QUICKLY BACKGROUND. WE HAVE, UH, I MENTIONED WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT OFFICE IN THAT WATERFIELD OFFICE. THIS IS 2 0 2 NORTH MCDOWELL. WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE SOME OF THAT STAFF FROM THERE TO 1318 REDWOOD WAY. THAT IS A PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEASE FOR OUR STAFF TO MAKE THE ROOM WE NEED. AND, UM, THE PROPERTY, UH, IS WELL PRICED. WE'VE LOOKED AT MANY PROPERTIES, TOO MANY PROPERTIES, UM, AT LEAST A DOZEN, UH, IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND FOUND THIS TO NOT ONLY MEET OUR NEEDS, BUT BEYOND THAT, OFFER ENOUGH SPACE TO WHERE WE CAN, UH, OFFER SOME HOTEL, HOTEL SPACE FOR VISITING STAFF, UH, AND POSSIBLY EVEN, UH, INCORPORATE SOME, UH, REGULAR OFFICE SPACE FOR, UH, TRANSIT STAFF AND, UM, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. UM, BECAUSE WE AREN'T THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT IS WORKING IN CROWDED CONDITIONS. SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR, OUR CONCEPT IS TO TAKE OUR ENGINEERING GROUP. SO THAT'S OUR CIP TEAM, THAT'S OUR ENGINEERING MANAGER AND ALL OF HIS TEAM, THE ENGINEERS, THE PROJECT MANAGERS, OUR, OUR DRAFTING TECHNICIANS, OUR CAD STAFF, AND, UH, AND OUR, UH, MANAGEMENT SUPPORT STAFF. SO SOME ADMIN MANAGERS, MYSELF AND THE DIRECTOR, UH, WOULD, WOULD MOVE TO THAT SPACE. AND WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE RESTORING THE WATERFIELD OFFICE TO A WATERFIELD OFFICE, WHERE NOW OUR MAINTENANCE AND UTILITY STAFF AND, UH, UM, OUR, UM, WATER CREWS AND OUR NEW, UH, AND GROWING WATER RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION TEAM, AND OUR ALSO GROWING GIS, THAT'S OUR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TEAM. THEY DO ALL THAT INCREDIBLE MAPPING ON OUR WEBSITE. UM, THAT STAFF WOULD STAY AT WATERFIELD OFFICE AND BE ABLE TO RETAKE, UM, SOME, UH, COMFORTABLE QUARTERS THERE. SO, UM, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS. AND I THINK, UH, FOR ANY MORE DETAILS, I'LL JUST REFER YOU TO THE STAFF REPORT TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. AND, UM, AND I'M HERE AND, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER REBS? UM, YEAH, I'VE MADE A FEW VISITS TO THE, UH, THE OFFICE DOWN THERE, THE WATER WORKS AND, UH, IT, IT ALWAYS FELT, EVEN BACK TWO YEARS AGO, FELT REALLY CROWDED. SO I I FULLY UNDERSTAND, UH, UH, YOU NEED TO MOVE. SO, UM, WHAT I HAVE QUESTIONS ON IS, UM, AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THIS NEW OFFICE SPACE, IT'S MOSTLY OFFICE SPACE, WHICH IS GOOD FOR FOLKS THAT WORK AT [01:35:01] DESKS, BUT NOT FOR, UH, SO GOOD FOR FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY, UM, DO FIELD WORK AND STORE EQUIPMENT AND THE LIKE. AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'VE, UM, AS PART OF A DISCUSSION AS TO INCREASING OUR SPACE FOR BASICALLY OFFICE WORKERS, UH, DESK JOCKEYS WHO ARE DOING THINGS, PHONE WORK AND ALL THAT. UM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE, UH, MAJOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, THE ACTUAL OF NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING PHYSICAL WORK IN THE FIELD. AND, UM, HAVE WE, AS WE EXPAND. I KNOW WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, WHEN YOU HAVE A, A SUPERVISOR USUALLY HAVE FIVE PEOPLE WORKING, WHEN ONE SUPERVISOR DOING THE DESK WORK AND FIVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORKING, UM, ARE WE MAINTAINING OUR RATIOS? UM, AND IN THE PAST AND MOVING TOWARD THE FUTURE ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND MORE MAINTENANCE SPACE, UM, FOR THE FOLKS THAT NEED, UH, TO, TO PARK THEIR, UH, TRUCKS AND, UH, MOWERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, THE, UH, PIPES, THE, LIKE, SO ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT AS WELL? UH, WE KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS A GREAT JOB FOR THE OFFICE FOLKS. UM, BUT I, I ALSO KNOW WE HAVE A HIGH NEED FOR MAINTENANCE FOLKS. UM, SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR SPACE FOR THEM OR IF WE CAN USE SOME OF THE SPACE FOR THEM, UM, OR WHAT'S THE FUTURE PLANS THERE? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UH, IT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THIS, THE SPACE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO ACCOMMODATE OUR, OUR, UM, OUR OFFICE TEAM, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM LARGELY IN ADMIN AND THE, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CREW THAT'S CURRENTLY WORKING OUT OF THE FIELD OFFICE, UM, WILL HAVE NOW SPACE TO ACTUALLY WORK INSTEAD OF BEING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE LEAVING AND CREATING MORE SPACE, GIVING THAT SPACE BACK. SO, AND THAT'S A LOT OF THAT TEAM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOSE, THOSE FIELD WORK, UH, CREWS, UH, UTILITIES, SO WATER, SEWER, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE PARKING IN THE BACK AT THAT, UH, AT THAT FACILITY FOR SOME EVS AND FOR SOME STAFF, UM, UH, CREW TRUCKS AS WELL AS STAFF. UM, AND SO THEY WILL BE, UM, THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR THEM AND A, A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM A LITTLE BIT MAYBE TO BRING IN A FEW MORE PEOPLE. THOSE COULD BE HOTEL SPACES, AGAIN FOR VISITING STAFF. UM, AND UH, ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT NEXT DOOR WHO'S BURSTING AT THE SEAMS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME VERY CLOSE SPACE FOR THEIR STAFF. UM, THE REST OF OUR FIELD WORK IS HAPPENING OUT OF THE CORPORATION YARD ON HOPPER STREET. AND THAT FACILITY IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF RETHINKING. UH, WE STARTED A MASTER PLAN PROCESS, UH, RIGHT BEFORE COVID, I WANNA SAY PROBABLY A YEAR BEFORE COVID. AND, UH, AND WE'VE, UM, WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE HAD, HAVE, WE MADE IT A CERTAIN WAY ON THAT. AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THE MARY ISAAC CENTER, UH, BUILT THE VILLAGE AND IN, IN ACCOMMODATING THE SPACE FOR THAT, WE ROBBED MORE OF THE CORPORATION YARD FOR THAT FACILITY TO, UH, TO BE CONSTRUCTED. AND SO THAT PROPERTY IS EVEN MORE CROWDED. AND THAT IS WHERE OUR, UH, WE HAVE, UM, OUR PARKS CREWS RUN OUT OF THAT AS WELL AS OUR, UH, STREET CREWS ALL RUN OUT OF THAT FACILITY, UH, AND SIGN MAKING CREWS. YES, WE HAVE SIGN MAKING THERE. UM, SO SHOP AND, UM, OF COURSE, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES IS THERE. AND, UH, SO IT IS VERY CROWDED AND WE NEED, UH, AND HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT OTHER CITY PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN, UM, POTENTIALLY DEVELOP TO, UM, TO PROVIDE NE MUCH NEEDED SPACE, UM, FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND PERHAPS SOMETHING BIG ENOUGH THAT WHERE WE COULD INCORPORATE, UM, UH, TRANSIT AND FLEET AND, AND REALLY DO THE THING, RIGHT. SO, UH, WE TOOK A STEP BACK FROM DO MASTER PLANNING THAT SITE THAT IS NOW TOO SMALL TO DO MUCH WITH, UH, AND, AND REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT A BIGGER PICTURE. AND, UM, THE CITY MANAGER MIGHT WANNA SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED. GOOD. THANK YOU. JUST I'VE, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING, UH, FROM FOUR, UH, OVER 30 YEARS WORKING WITH THE PARKS MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT FOLKS, UM, AND JUST FOLLOWING WHAT'S BEEN GOING AT THE CORPORATE YARD, UM, EXTREMELY HIGH NEEDS THIS WHOLE TIME THAT PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS OVER 30 YEARS AGO AT THE SAME YARD, WHICH HAS GOTTEN SMALLER AND SMALLER. SO I JUST WANNA ADVOCATE FOR, UM, NEXT, NEXT ROUND OF, OF EXPANSION. REALLY LET, LET'S HOPEFULLY GET SOME MAINTENANCE FOLKS, UM, [01:40:01] UH, SET UP NEXT, PLEASE. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. THANK YOU. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, UM, VICE MAYOR, KIND OF A QUESTION AND THEN A COMMENT, UM, AT THE CORP YARD, SINCE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN, WHEN ARE THE, UM, WASTEWATER FACILITIES, BUILDINGS, WILL THEY EVER BE REMOVED? WE'VE DONE TWO PHASES OF DEMO OUT THERE THUS FAR. SO A LOT OF THE FACILITY, UH, HAS, UM, UM, SOME, MOSTLY TANKS AND SMALLER STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT NOW. AND, UH, ULTIMATELY THERE IS, THERE IS ANOTHER PHASE OF DEMOLITION THAT, UM, COULD PROCEED. UM, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, REALLY WITHOUT THAT MASTER PLAN IN PLACE, WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT AND HOW AND HOW AND WHEN, UH, WE HAVEN'T PUSHED FORWARD WITH DOING ANY MORE DEMO ON THAT SITE. UM, THERE IS ONE STRUCTURE THERE THAT, UH, IS OFFICE SPACE THAT COULD BE SALVAGED, UH, AT GREAT EXPENSE. AND JUST FROM MY CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND, I, I SEE THAT AS NOT AN EFFICIENT WAY TO SPEND, UM, THE COMMUNITY'S DOLLARS, BUT, UH, A FULL ANALYSIS NEEDS TO BE DONE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY SHOOT FROM THE HICK TAKE ON IT. UH, SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CHANGE OUT THERE OVER TIME, BUT IT IS RIGHT NOW NOT AT THE TOP OF, OF OUR, OF OUR PRIORITY LIST. WE ALSO HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THERE THAT, UM, UNTIL OUR, OUR NEW PIPS, UM, LINE IS BUILT, UM, THAT WE NEED TO KEEP UNTIL THAT'S BUILT. THAT'S TRUE. UNTIL WE HAVE A REDUNDANCY ON THAT LINE. AND THEN, UM, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES, WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED A LOT ON OUR FLEET FOR OUR MAINTENANCE FOLKS. UM, THAT WAS THEIR MOST IMMEDIATE NEED, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD FOLKS CHOOSING ON WHO WAS GOING TO USE THE VEHICLE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE STAYED BEHIND. SO FLEET HAS BEEN THE, THE FIRST PRIORITY, BUT, UH, FACILITIES DEFINITELY IS, IS FIRST AND TOP OF MIND NOW. SO NOT JUST DESK JOCKEYS. I'M GOING TO, I DIDN'T TAKE ANY OFFENSE AT THAT. ANYWAY. UH, VICE MAYOR CATER THOMPSON, I JUST WANNA FINISH UP WITH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT NEW FIRE AND POLICE FACILITIES, AND THIS KIND OF REMINDS ME OF WHY WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK LINEAR. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED MORE SPACE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT INCORPORATING MORE SPACE FOR THE FUTURE, GOING UP HIGHER. AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CAMPUS. YEAH, THERE'S, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT WISHLIST, BUT I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO ADD LIKE, YOU KNOW, A FEW EXTRA STORIES AND GET, YOU KNOW, POLICE AND FIRE ALTOGETHER AND ALSO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES. SO, AND THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY DOES HAVE AN ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR. WE'RE ONLY TAKING A PORTION OF THE FIRST FLOOR, SO THERE WILL BE MORE SPACE AVAILABLE THERE AT SOME POINT. UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A GREAT SOLUTION BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AS A, AS A PERMANENT LOCATION FOR, FOR POLICE. IT WOULDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR THEM. HOWEVER, IT MAKES A REALLY GREAT TEMPORARY SPOT FOR THEM TO CAMP OUT WHILE WE'RE DOING THE RENOVATIONS. I, I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW POLICE AND OR FIRE AND POLICE CAMPUS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT, LOOKING AT THE TAJ MAHAL, WHICH WOULD BE ADDING A FEW EXTRA STORIES SO WE CAN HAVE MORE SPACE SO PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE CONNECTED TOGETHER INSTEAD OF MM-HMM. , WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT IT IS OUTSIDE OF AN AREA. IT'S NOT CLOSE TO TRANSIT AND, BUT I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY A NEED FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS. OKAY. SINCE YOU DID, UH, GO OUT AND VISIT SEVERAL SITES OUT THERE IN OUR OFFICE, UH, LOOKING FOR THAT, UM, JUST IN HOW ARE WE, HOW IS OUR OFFICE SPACE DOING HERE IN THE CITY? ARE WE, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF OFFICE SPACES, UH, WHOLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE EMPTY NOW? OR, UM, HOW IS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO USE THIS OFFICE SPACE? ARE WE GROWING? IS IT ALL EMPTY? UM, CAN YOU GIVE A OVERALL VALUE NOW THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH AND, AND CHECKED OUT 12 OF THESE? UM, SO I'M SORRY, ONE MORE TIME. YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE SPACES THAT WE LOOKED AT, OR YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT'S HERE. WHEN YOU SAID THE CITY, YOU MEANT THE CITY AT LARGE, UH RIGHT. THE CITY AT LARGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, SINCE YOU WENT OUT AND SEARCHED YEAH. SEVERAL OFFICE BUILDINGS AND LOOKING FOR LARGE PIECES OF EMPTY SPACE, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW IS OUR, THE BUSINESSES WHO, WHO RUN ALL THESE OFFICES HERE IN TOWN HERE, UM, ARE THEY GETTING MORE EMPTY? ARE THEY STARTING TO FILL UP, THEY'RE STARTING TO FILL, HOW ARE BUSINESSES? THEY'RE, THEY'RE STARTING TO FILL UP AGAIN, BUT IT'S, THERE'S BEEN A VERY HIGH VACANCY RATE ON [01:45:01] RETAIL SPACE NOW FOR SOME TIME. AND IT'S STILL DEFICIENT. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SPACE THERE. UM, PRICING IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO COMMENT ON 'CAUSE I DON'T TRACK COMMERCIAL LEASE PRICING ANYMORE ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES ARE CERTAINLY MORE EXPENSIVE AND WE FELT OUT OF OUR PRICE RANGE. UM, AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE FRINGES, WE LOOKED AT THE BUSINESS PARKS ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH END OF TOWN AND FOUND THEM TO BE, UM, MUCH, UM, MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE, UH, PRICE POINT. AND, UM, SOME OWNERS ARE MUCH MORE MOTIVATED THAN OTHERS. WE LOOKED AT ONE PROPERTY AND THEY WANTED TO SELL THE WHOLE DARN THING TO US. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST, THEY WERE DONE. AND, UH, AND, AND THEN OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER OWNERS AND, AND LEASING AGENTS WERE MUCH MORE CAREFUL AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO AN IMPROVING ECONOMY AND THINKING AHEAD AND, UM, NOT REALLY OFFERING BARGAIN BASEMENT PRICES. AND THEN THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE AGGRESSIVELY TRYING TO WORK A DEAL AND THOSE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE LANDED ON. GOOD, BECAUSE I KNOW COMING UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, WE HAVE SEVERAL OPERATIONS THAT MAY WANT TO RELOCATE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, BUSINESSES TOWN. WE ALSO HAVE SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICES LOOKING FOR MORE SPACES AND THE LIKE. SO I JUST THINK, UM, UH, DO WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY? LET'S KEEP THESE AS OPPORTUNITIES OPEN FOR WHEN, WHEN THINGS START HAPPENING HERE, UH, WHICH THEY MAY SOONER THAN LATER. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK THE CLERK IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. NO PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MODERATOR TO, UH, READ THE MESSAGING. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN-PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEAN IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SEEING NO ONE RUSHING TO THE, UH, CLERK. UM, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM MOTION. AND THE VICE MAYOR MAKES A MOTION. AND I'LL, I'LL SECOND AND SECOND THAT. AND I BELIEVE THE MOTION IS FOR BOTH THE, UH, FIRST READING AND FOR THE URGENCY RESOLUTION. IS THAT CORRECT? ORDINANCE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY AND ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. HEALY? YES. NOW? YES. ? YES. SHRIVES? YES. AND MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR NEXT ITEMS, WHICH ARE, UM, ITEM 12 IS THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FOR USE OF THE CITY OWNED FAIRGROUNDS AND PROPERTY FOR THE ANNUAL FAIR. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, UH, TO SPEAK FIRST I WILL BE RECUSING FROM THIS ITEM AND THESE AGENDA, UM, TWO ITEMS AND I WILL LEAVE THE CHAMBERS. UM, THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE, UM, WE'RE WISHING YOU A GOOD EVENING. YEAH, I THINK AND I, GOOD EVENING. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO END THAT, BUT, AND, AND THEN AS WELL, HAPPY HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR AND ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO, UM, INVITE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ERIC DANLEY, TO TAKE IT AWAY HERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND JOINING ME AS, AS INGRID VERDE, OUR, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPEN GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR WHO PREPARED THE, UH, SLIDES THAT, UM, OUR CITY DEPUTY CLERK IS ABOUT TO SHARE WITH US. UM, AND IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT SHE JOINED THE TABLE WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BRIAN COCHRAN, BECAUSE AS YOU'LL HEAR IN OUR PRESENTATION, THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH, UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION TO HELP US GET TO THIS POINT. UM, AND IT, SO ARE YOU READY TO TAKE US THROUGH THE SLIDES, KAMI? YEP. SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THAT'D BE GREAT. AND SO, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS, UM, THE ACTION ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL, UM, TO, UM, GIVE DIRECTION ON APPROVAL OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT, A NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FOR USE OF THE CITY OWNED FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY FOR THE ANNUAL FAIR, UM, AND FOR THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE USE, UM, FOR, [01:50:01] FOR, FOR THEM AS AN AGENCY. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TOUCHING ON IN OUR PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT, WHICH IS BACKGROUND ON, ON, UM, BRINGING THIS ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE CON UH, CONVERSATIONS AND COUNCIL DIRECTION LEADING TO THIS POINT. UM, THE GOALS FOR THE TRANSITION OF THE CITY'S, UM, FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, THE WORK THAT STAFF HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT SINCE LAST OCTOBER, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE LICENSE AGREEMENT ITSELF, WHICH IS ALSO, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE, UM, THE AGREEMENTS FOR THE OTHER TENANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE FAIRGROUNDS SIDE AS, UM, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED. AND, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE GRAPHICS FOR THE, UM, USE OF THE PROPERTY, THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE PROPERTY DOING FAIR AND NON-AIR TIME. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, INGRID? OKAY. SO PLEASE JUST JUMP IN 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S LOTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO ADD THAT I WON'T. UM, THANK YOU. DO YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, KAMI, PLEASE. OKAY. SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE HAD QUITE A PROCESS AND INGRID, I'M GONNA, WHY DON'T YOU MAYBE TAKE THIS SLIDE, INGRID, BUT, 'CAUSE INGRID HAS LED OUR VERY EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PROCESS AND WE'VE HAD THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PROCESS. SO DO YOU WANT TO WANNA COVER THAT ONE? SURE. RECORD. SO A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, LAST OCTOBER, WE WERE HERE PRESENTING ALONGSIDE OUR HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PANEL, UM, SOME OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD. UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT OUR HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PANEL, WAS ABLE TO PRESENT THEIR, THEIR RESULTS. UH, WE ALSO COMPLETED OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH SURVEYS AND A LARGE OPEN HOUSE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL. WE ALSO PRESENTED A TRANSITION PLAN, UM, AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES. SO, UM, JUST KIND OF LEADING INTO THIS, I WAS GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, IF YOU WANNA CHANGE THE SLIDES. SO THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PANEL. THESE WERE THE TOP, UM, FIVE, UM, MOST AGREED UPON POINTS. UM, HEALTHY DEMOCRACY WAS VERY CAREFUL NOT TO FORCE CONSENSUS. UM, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS HELPFUL JUST TO SEE THAT A AGRICULTURE KEEPING THE SONOMA MARIN FAIR WERE THE TOP TWO, UM, AGREED UPON, UM, GOALS FOR THE PROPERTY. UM, THE PANEL ALSO SAW A NEED FOR AN EVACUATION CENTER, A YEAR-ROUND FARMER'S MARKET, AND THEN, UH, ECO-FRIENDLY NOISE MITIGATION, THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THE COUNCIL, UM, LAST OCTOBER YOU ADOPTED A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES. UM, DO YOU HAVE THE NOTES? UM, ESSENTIALLY, AND THESE, THIS IS JUST A VERY SHORTENED VERSION, BUT, UM, WE PUT TOGETHER A, A CONCISE RESOLUTION THAT HELPED GUIDE OUR WORK, UM, THAT POINTED TO, OH, HERE WE GO. YEAH, THANK YOU. I DID HAVE SOME NOTES HERE, I THINK, DO YOU WANNA GRAB, IT'S IN THERE. YEAH. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT, UH, WAIT A MINUTE. LIKE SCROLL? YEAH. PERFECT. RIGHT THERE. OKAY. SORRY. YEAH, SO I WANNA BE ABLE TO READ 'EM BECAUSE I THINK THEY WERE, UH, WORDED, UM, VERY SPECIFICALLY. AND, UM, JUST A REMINDER FOR ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALL YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN TAKING THESE, THESE POLICIES VERY SERIOUSLY, UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND BUILD UPON COMMUNITY INPUT REGARDING THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, WHILE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD TO CREATE, MAINTAIN, AND ENHANCE AUTHENTIC PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, PROVIDE CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL STABILITY DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD AND BEYOND, SO THAT THE FAIR EVENT AND OTHER KEY USES CONTINUE AFFIRM A RENEWED COMMITMENT OF THE CITY TO THE PETALUMA COMMUNITIES AGRICULTURAL FUTURE, PRESENT AND PAST THROUGH NEAR MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM ACTIONS AND MILESTONES FOR THE PROPERTY AND RELATED PROGRAMS. AND ALSO TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE KEY ELEMENTS, RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS CONNECTED TO. AND THAT MAKES THE PLACE UNIQUE TO HONOR THE LEGACY, UM, OF HISTORY, PLACE AND COMMUNITY WHILE FOSTERING SAFE HEALTH, HEALTHY INCLUSIVE CULTURAL CONNECTEDNESS OF, UM, ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY TO PROVIDE CRITICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESOURCES FOR PETALUMA IN THE REGION. AND, [01:55:01] UM, FINALLY TO PRESERVE 20 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE TO ENSURE FUTURE ANNUAL FAIR EVENTS AND EVACUATION CENTER CAPABILITIES ARE MAXIMIZED TO EFFECTIVELY AND COMPATIBLY ACCOMPLISH AS MANY OF THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND WANTS FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION. AND THEN WE DISCUSSED A TRANSITION PLAN, SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY THE SHORT TERM ACTION ITEMS, UM, THAT WE HAD PRESENTED, UM, TO DEVELOP A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND USE PLAN, INCORPORATE PROPERTY, UM, IN THE GENERAL PLAN TO SUPPORT THE DAA TO PILOT USES AND INITIATE A MASTER PLAN. UM, AND AS FAR AS WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, UM, WE'VE REALLY KIND OF BEGUN TO DEVELOP A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND USE PLAN. UM, WE DID SPEND CONSIDERABLE TIME MEETING WITH THE DAA AND THINKING THROUGH, UM, USE SCENARIOS THAT MIGHT OCCUR ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE ALSO, AS YOU RECALL, MET WITH THE NINE TENANTS THAT ARE ON SITE AND NEGOTIATED, UM, LICENSES FOR THEM TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY. WE ALSO HIRED, UM, A PROPERTY MANAGER TO HELP OUR STAFF IN MANAGING THE PROPERTY. WE, UM, HAVE MET WITH THE DAA OVER A DOZEN TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO REALLY FINE TUNE A TRANSITION PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE FOR, FOR THE DAA AND FOR THE CITY. UM, I THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FINE TUNED. THAT SHORT TERM WAS, WAS SORT OF TWO TO THREE YEARS, AND THAT'LL BE, CONTINUE TO BE REFINED OVER THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR AND FISCAL YEARS. UM, AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET ON THE PROPERTY, LEARN, UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY, START TO PUT IT INTO TO MORE PUBLIC USE, UM, AND BEGIN MAINTENANCE ON SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AND I, AND WE EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE LEARNING ALONG THE WAY AND REFINING AND, AND BRINGING BACK REFINED PLANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OH, YES, YES, YES. UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, AS WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING PILOT USES AND, AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KEY USES WAS A RESILIENCY CENTER. WE'VE APPLIED FOR A STATE GRANT TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND CREATION OF A RESILIENCY CENTER THAT COULD SERVE AS A CENTRAL QUOTE, ONE PETALUMA DESTINATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND GATHERING. UM, WE'VE ALSO STUDIED, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES. UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE FACILITIES ON SITE, SO WE'VE GATHERED A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE'LL BE FINE TUNING THAT INTO A MORE PRECISE PLAN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE CAM, HERE YOU JUMP IN. SO THANK YOU. AND SO I'LL, UM, START TAKING US THROUGH, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE COVERED, WHAT'S COVERED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, AND AGAIN, WE, UM, WE, WE STRUCTURED THE, THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION, UM, AND WITH THE OTHER USERS ON THE FAIRGROUNDS THE SAME, SO IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT. UM, AND THEY'RE ALL DESIGNED SO THAT IN THIS SORT OF LEARNING, UM, AND INITIATION STAGE THAT INGRID, INGRID TALKED ABOUT AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND JUST A COUPLE WEEKS, UM, WE'RE, WE, WE'VE BUILT IN SOME FLEXIBILITY, UM, TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE CAN, UM, KEEP THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE THE FAIR WHILE ALSO MAXIMIZING PUBLIC'S USE AND ACCESS TO, TO ITS MOST VALUABLE PROPERTY IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY. SO, UM, WE, UH, HAVE PROVIDED A LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR YEAR-ROUND SPACE FOR THE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS. UM, AND AS THE SLIDE INDICATES FULL ACCESS FOR THE FAIR TIME, WHICH IS, IS, UM, UM, IDENTIFIED THERE. AND IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT JUST WHEN THE FAIR'S OFFERED, BUT THE LICENSE PROVIDES FOR INSTALLATION FOR THE FAIR AND TAKE DOWN FROM THE FAIR FOR THE FAIR. UM, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, IT, AND, AND PARTICULARLY THE FIRST YEAR, IT'S, UM, THE, THE PLAN IS TO AVOID DISRUPTIONS THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH OFFERING THE FAREWELL, ALSO TRYING TO ACHIEVE HARMONY AMONG THE VARIOUS USES THERE LIKE LIVE OAK, UM, HAPPY HEARTS AND THE OTHER USES THAT ARE ON SITE. UM, AND ONE OF THE KEY MECHANISMS WE HAVE FOR DOING THAT IS, UM, WE, WE HAVE A PROVISION THAT REQUIRES AN ANNUAL FAIR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE PRESENTED SO THAT THAT HELPS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, PREPARING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS THAT THE FAIR HAS, UM, TO OFFER THE ANNUAL FAIR WHILE ALLOWING US TO, UM, FACILITATE, UM, AND BE CREATIVE ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT SO THAT WE AVOID CONFLICTS AMONG THE OTHER USES. UM, LET'S SEE. AND, [02:00:01] AND, AND WE'VE, THAT THERE'S A PARALLEL, THERE'S PARALLEL LANGUAGE IN THE OTHER TENANT'S LICENSE AGREEMENTS, LIKE THERE IS, UM, IN THE ASSOCIATIONS ITSELF. UM, LET'S SEE, AND, AND, AND I GUESS I'LL REEMPHASIZE, BUT I THINK THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ARE AWARE IS, UM, THIS TRANSITION PERIOD OF, OF THREE YEAR LICENSES WITH, UM, TWO ONE YEAR RENEWALS ARE DESIGNED TO, TO GET US THROUGH THIS INITIAL USE, UM, PRESERVING THE FARE AND THE OTHER USES WHILE WE MAXIMIZE OTHER PUBLIC USES. AND WE'LL BE, UM, INTRODUCING THOSE ON THE SITE, UM, AND MASTER PLANNING TO GET READY FOR LONGER TERM PLANNING IN THE SITE. AND YOU'VE STARTED TO HEAR SOME OF THAT COMING FORWARD. UM, AND IT WAS REFERRED TO TONIGHT ALSO WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, ET CETERA. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, UM, ANSWER IF THERE ARE MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LICENSE. UM, AND I'LL LET INGRID TALK ABOUT THE, UM, TIMELINE OF DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES. AND BRIAN'S HERE TOO, BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH IN MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS. THANKS. NOT AT ALL. YEAH, JUST, JUST TO GIVE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY, AND, UM, JUST TO, TO ASSURE THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE DILIGENTLY MET WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, OVER MANY, MANY MONTHS TO LOOK AT, UM, VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR, UH, PARTNERSHIP PROPOSALS AND AGREEMENTS AT THIS TIME. UM, THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT IS THE MOST, UM, IS THE, IS THE MOST STRATEGIC WAY TO SUPPORT THE DAA SO THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO HOST THE ANNUAL FARE, PRODUCE THE ANNUAL FARE, KEEPING THEM ON SITE WITH, UM, THE PROPERTY. THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE IN THE MAINTENANCE SPACE. THAT'LL BE FREE OF CHARGE YEAR ROUND, AND THEN HAVING ACCESS TO THE FULL FAIR FOOTPRINT, UM, UH, DURING THE FAIR. YEP. OKAY. UM, SO IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. KAMI, WHICH ONE WALK THROUGH? YEAH, SO THIS IS A MAP SHOWING SORT OF ALL THE USES, UM, TOGETHER. SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT USES THAT YOU APPROVED IN THE, IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING LIVE OAK AND, UM, THE JAVA HU ELROY, ET CETERA. UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, THE STRIPED PROPERTIES WILL BE THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT THE DAA WILL BE, UM, WILL BE USING YEAR ROUND. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, KAMI. THANKS. AND THEN, UM, THIS MAP IS, IS INTENDED TO DEMONSTRATE, UM, OUR INITIAL AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF FOOTPRINT FOR THE FAIR. UM, THE SPEEDWAY IS OUTSIDE OF THAT FOOTPRINT. UM, IN GENERAL, THE DA DOESN'T TYPICALLY PROGRAM THAT SPACE. I DO THINK THE SPEEDWAY MAY OFFER SOME, UH, ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE FAIR, UM, AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL WORK THROUGH THAT. UM, BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THERE'S TWO, TWO KIND OF WHITE HASHTAG AREAS PRIMARILY THE PROPERTY, WELL, ONLY THE PROPERTY WHERE THE LIVE OAK CHARTER SCHOOL IS. UM, THE LIVE OAK, UH, SCHOOL IS THE MOST IMPACTED BY THE FAIR AND IS STRUGGLES THE MOST TO MOVE OUT ALL OF THEIR CLASSROOMS FOR THE SCHOOL. SO OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, ASSURE THE DAA THAT THAT PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE FAIR. SO THEY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES THEY NEED TO OFFER THE FAIR THAT THEY'VE MOST RECENTLY OFFERED IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE MOST COMFORTABLE WITH. OUR GOAL IS BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SPACES THAT MIGHT MEET SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL IF POSSIBLE. AND I WAS JUST IN TOUCH WITH, UM, THE PRINCIPAL TODAY ABOUT GETTING THEIR LICENSE AGREEMENT IN PLACE AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH US TO DO THAT. THANKS, ST. GRID. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANKS, KAMI. SO, UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO IMPORTANT ACTIONS BEFORE THE, THE COUNCIL TONIGHT THAT NEED TO OCCUR BEFORE, UM, THE NEW YEAR. AND, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THEM, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE FURTHER NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE FAIR PROPERTY TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE FAIR AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER USES AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR MAXIMIZING USE ON THE SITE, SUCH AS YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT AND YOU'VE DIRECTED US TO DO, AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE DELIVERING ON THAT. UM, AND IN ADDITION THOUGH, THERE'S ALSO A ZONING EXERCISE THAT'S ALSO ON, UM, ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY [02:05:01] DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UM, BRIAN BLE TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT. UM, THAT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE, UM, THE OTHER USES, THE OTHER TENANTS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE OPERATING AND HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON THE CITY'S FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY. UM, A NUMBER OF THEM ARE NOT REALLY PERMITTED USES. UM, AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024 WHEN THE LEASE EXPIRES WITH THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS IS THAT WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF ACTIVATING ALL OF OUR POLICE POWER LAND USE REGULATIONS ON THE SITE. AND WE ACTUALLY NEED TO, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXISTING USES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE LAWFUL, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY TO BE ENACTING LICENSES FOR UNLAWFUL USES ON ITS OWN PROPERTY. UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM, THERE'S MORE HAPPENING WITH THE OVERLAY THAN JUST THAT, EVEN THOUGH THAT, THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS AN IMPORTANT ACTION. UM, WE'RE ALSO, UM, PROVIDING A MECHANISM, UM, IN THE OVERLAY TO DO THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE DIRECTED THAT HAPPEN ON THE SITE, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE FAIR USES IN THE EXISTING USES. AND THAT IS, UM, BRINGING ALL KINDS OF OTHER USES ONTO THE SITE TO TEST DRIVE THOSE, UM, THINGS LIKE, UM, LIKE, UH, FARMER'S MARKETS AND MORE THAT, UM, INGRID ALSO TALKED ABOUT AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND DURING THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY EXERCISE. SO, YEP, I THINK THAT COVERS THAT. AND IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, KAMI, IS THAT, WAS THAT IT? GOOD. SO, UM, WE, UM, LET'S SEE. I THINK I, I MEAN IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE LICENSE, UM, IT'S A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP LIKE THE OTHERS, IT'S NON-EXCLUSIVE, LIKE THE OTHERS. UM, AND, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY TO, TO MAXIMIZE THE PUBLIC'S USE AND ACCESS TO THE SITE. UM, THE, THE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION IS SUBSTANTIVELY ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE OTHERS. UM, THEY SORT OF MIRROR EACH OTHER IN THE FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS. UM, THERE'S MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE USES THAT ARE GONNA BE CARRIED OUT BY THE ASSOCIATION BECAUSE IT DOES MORE USES DURING THE FAIR TIME. UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE ALLOCATION OF LIABILITY IN TERMS OF THE, AS IS NATURE OF, OF THE PROPERTY THAT, UM, THE ASSOCIATION'S GONNA BE USING AND THE OTHER TENANTS, UM, THAT'S THE SAME. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NO SECRET THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THE SITE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING, UM, WITH THE USERS AND WITH OUR, UM, CONTRACT, UM, PROPERTY MANAGER THAT INGRID MENTIONED, UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME SORT OF RECENT FEEDBACK FROM THE ASSOCIATION, UM, AND THEIR, UM, THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE, UM, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, THEY'VE REQUESTED SOME CHANGES REGARDING THE, UM, THE ALLOCATION OF LIABILITY PROVISION IN THE AGREEMENT. UM, WHICH WE ARE ONLY GONNA BE ABLE TO, I'M ONLY GONNA RECOMMEND WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'VE ASKED IS TO INCLUDE SOME FAULT BASED LANGUAGE, UM, WHICH IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY. AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TENDER, UM, DEFENSE, UM, IF THERE ARE CLAIMS. UM, WE, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE LANGUAGE AS THE COUNCIL IS USED TO SEEING IN OUR INDEMNITIES, THAT LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT BY, BY APPLICABLE LAW AS, AS IS APPROPRIATE. UM, THERE IS SOME ACCOMMODATION WE CAN DO IN WHAT'S BEEN REQUESTED OF US IN THAT LANGUAGE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO WHO PROVIDES A DEFENSE. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE CANNOT ACCEPT, UM, FOLKS OFFERED TO DEFEND CLAIMS THAT, THAT MAY NOT BE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT APPLY TO ATTORNEYS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT THEY MAY HAVE OR CONFLICTS AMONG REPRESENTATION. SO THAT'S, UM, SO, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT THOSE ARE DETAILS THAT WE CAN, UM, WE CAN RESOLVE PRETTY EASILY. UM, HOWEVER, UM, BRIAN, ARE YOU READY WITH THE NEXT SLIDE? SO, UM, DURING THE COURSE OF SOME OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES, UM, AND WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF, OF A TRANSITION FOR THE PROPERTY, UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES THOSE CONVERSATIONS INCLUDED, UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION SUGGESTING THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER BRINGING AN INITIATIVE, [02:10:02] UM, TO PREVENT THE CITY FROM IMPLEMENTING THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND THE, AND THE, UM, INTEREST OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND GETTING MUCH GREATER ACCESS TO AND, UM, PUBLIC USE ON THE SITE. UM, AND, UM, WE HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A, A CURRENT POLL THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED TO TEST BALLOT LANGUAGE, UM, FOR SUCH A MEASURE THAT WOULD BASICALLY HAVE THE EFFECT OF, UM, OF PUTTING BEFORE THE VOTERS, UM, A, A, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S LAND USE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD RESTRICT USES ON, ON THE CITY'S PROPERTY. AGAIN, IT'S THE, THE TAXPAYER'S MOST, MOST VALUABLE AND LARGEST, UM, PIECE OF REAL ESTATE. UM, AND THE EFFECT OF THE MEASURE WOULD BE TO, UH, AND BRIAN SHARING IT WITH US THANK YOU, WOULD BE, THAT'S THE BALLOT QUESTION. IT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY TO RESTRICT THE, UH, FUTURE USES OF THE PROPERTY, NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT THE POTENTIAL ON THE SITE IS AND WHAT'S, I THINK OBVIOUS TO THOSE OF US THAT HAVE, HAVE CONSIDERED THE SITE. UM, BUT INSTEAD TO LIMIT THOSE TO THE USES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE LAST TWO FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION LEASE TERMS, 2 25 YEAR SUCCESSIVE TERMS. UM, AND SO, UM, WE FELT IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS RELEVANT TO WHETHER, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ASSOCIATION ACTUALLY IS READY TO PROCEED WITH US IN GOOD FAITH, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT'S, UM, MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS TO PARTNER ON THE FAIR, UM, AS AN ONGOING OFFERING AND AVAN AS AN ONGOING OFFERING WHILE THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC NEEDS AND, AND WISHES AND, UM, DESIRES FOR, FOR MORE FULL UTILIZATION OF THE SITE. SO, UM, IT WOULD BE OUR, IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A SHARED RECOMMENDATION FOR STAFF, BUT CERTAINLY MY RECOMMENDATION THAT IN VIEW OF, UM, WHAT MAY BE AN EFFORT, UM, UM, EITHER SPONSORED OR SUPPORTED BY THE ASSOCIATION OR ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION TO, UM, PROHIBIT, UM, UM, MAKING GREATER USE OF THE SITE THAT WE, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT US TO INCLUDE IN THE TERMINATION PROVISION OF THE LICENSE. A, UM, A PROVISION UNDER WHICH THE CITY WOULD RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE LICENSE UPON NOTICE TO THE LICENSEE. UM, IF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CIRCULATE A PETITION ON A MEASURE TO RESTRICT THE FUTURE USE OF THE CITY'S FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY TO FAIR AND OR ANCILLARY USES IS FILED WITH THE CITY. AND THAT IN SUCH EVENT, THE CITY WOULD COOPERATE WITH THE LICENSEE REGARDING A REASONABLE TIMETABLE FOR ORDERLY WINDING DOWN OF THE LICENSEE'S OPERATION ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND REMOVAL OF THE LICENSEE STAFF AND MOVABLE PROPERTY FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND IT'S PROBABLY OBVIOUS, BUT THE PURPOSE OF, OF A PROVISION LIKE THAT WOULD BE TO GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL THE OPTION, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION TO, IN THE EVENT, UM, THAT THE ASSOCIATION OR THOSE WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF, UM, RATHER THAN PARTNERING WITH THE CITY, UM, WANT TO GO TO THE BALLOT BOX TO TAKE THE CITY'S PROPERTY EFFECTIVELY BY RESTRICTING ITS USE, THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO TERMINATE THAT LICENSE AGREEMENT. UM, AND, AND REALLY TO, CAUSE I THINK, UM, THE, UH, THE ASSOCIATION TO, TO, TO CHOOSE, UM, BETWEEN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEING OFFERED, UM, AND THE POSSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION THAT THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE COUNCIL. SO THAT IS, UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. UM, THE, UM, THE, THE PROPOSED AGREEMENTS ARE IN THE PACKAGE. UM, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL. AND I, AND I NEED TO NOTE, UM, YOU'VE HEARD FROM INGRID TONIGHT AND FROM ME, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BRIAN'S PARTNERING WITH INGRID, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EXTENSIVE STAFF EFFORT, UM, TO, TO DELIVER THIS VERY IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY. IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THOSE OF US YOU SEE HERE AND, UM, BUT THOSE OF US THAT ARE PRESENT WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. UM, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG, UM, A LONG ROAD TO GET TO, TO THIS POINT. THAT WAS QUITE [02:15:01] A, UH, UM, SIGNIFICANT COMMENT YOU MADE THERE RIGHT AT RIGHT AT THE END THERE. AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE THAT, IS THAT LANGUAGE AVAILABLE TO POST UP ON THE, THE SCREEN THAT PROPOSED, UH, PARAGRAPH, UH OH, SURE, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. UM, WELL WE WERE STILL LOOKING AT THE POLL. LEMME SEE. YOU MEAN THE PROPOSED TERMINATION LANGUAGE? LET ME SHARE THAT RIGHT NOW. JUST A SECOND. UM, COME ON. YEAH, CAN YOU OPEN IT? I THOUGHT IT WOULD BENEFIT US ALL TO, TO ACTUALLY SEE IT AND TO UH, YOU KNOW, GET OUR HEAD AROUND IT. UM, AND I'M SURE WE'LL MOVE INTO QUESTIONS RIGHT AFTER THAT. SHARE PARTICIPANT, OH, SHARE SCREEN. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. UH, I'M SORRY, JUST TURN THAT ON ON RIGHT THERE. YEAH, NO, DON'T DO, DON'T THAT ONE. CANCEL, CANCEL. WE DID I THAT WORK. GO AHEAD. SORRY. THERE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY THIS ONE. YEAH. UM, THERE, THERE WE GO. OKAY. THAT'S FABULOUS. OKAY. AND, UH, MAYBE WE, YEAH, I'M GOING TO, SORRY, SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL INEPTITUDE AND THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ASSISTING A LITTLE BIT LESS, LITTLE BIT LESS . SORRY, IT'S LIKE PHONE. LEMME OKAY. AND THEN SCROLL DOWN AND KILL THIS. OKAY. UM, SO I, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN READ THAT. UM, AND, AND ALL, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL CAN GIVE DIRECTION AND WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE LANGUAGE IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO. BUT AGAIN, UM, WHEN WE BECAME AWARE OF THIS CURRENT POLLING INITIATIVE THAT SEEMS TO, UM, WELL, IT SEEMS INTENDED TO, UM, PROVIDE FOR INITIATIVE OPTION, UM, SUCH AS MEMBER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION HAVE MENTIONED DURING SOME OF OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE, UM, AND THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO AT LEAST FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HAVING THIS OPTION. UM, IF, IF, IF THE ASSOCIATION OR THOSE ON ITS BEHALF, UM, CHOOSE THE ROUTE OF, OF, OF, UM, PRESERVING THE STATUS QUO AND, AND PROHIBITING THE, THE INCREASED USE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE ON THE PROPERTY. THANKS. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND SO, UM, THIS, IT, WE UM, ARE YOU SAYING WE CAN ADD SOMETHING TO THE CONTRACT? UH, THE COUNCIL AS IF IT VOTES THAT WAY, CAN ADD TO THE CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. RIGHT, RIGHT. WE WOULD ADD IT TO, UM, AS A, AS A THIRD PARAGRAPH IN THE EXISTING TERMINATION PROVISIONS. 'CAUSE CURRENTLY THE TERMINATION PROVISIONS PROVIDE FOR TERMINATION BY AGREEMENT AND TERMINATION FOR CAUSE UPON BREACH OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY. UM, AND IT'S CERTAINLY THE CITY'S RIGHT TO, UM, TO, IF IT WISHES, UM, RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE FOR CONVENIENCE. THIS, THIS WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T BE SUCH A BROAD RIGHT. IT WOULD JUST BE, UM, RESERVING THAT RIGHT IN THE EVENT THAT A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CIRCULATE A PETITION ON A MEASURE TO RESTRICT FUTURE USES WE'RE FILED WITH THE CITY. AND THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR, UM, TO BRING, BRING A, TO PUT A MEASURE BEFORE THE VOTERS, UM, THAT WOULD PURPORT TO DO THAT. SO WE WOULD GET THAT NOTICE. UM, AND IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN AGREEMENT OR DIRECT US TO DO THAT, UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD RESERVE THAT RIGHT. FOR THE COUNCIL AND, AND ONLY THE COUNCIL TO, TO, TO DIRECT AT SOME LATER TIME. THANKS. RIGHT. AND, AND, UH, JUST SEEING THIS, UH, HAS IT, HOW IT WOULD FIT IN THE, UH, DOCUMENTS AND STUFF, SO I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TERMINATION. PARAGRAPH 11. THIS WOULD BE C UNDER THAT AREA. RIGHT. AND PROBABLY WE DROP THE WORD ACCORDINGLY AT THIS PARAGRAPH AND THIS PARAGRAPH THAT'S, UH, YEAH, JUST IT WOULD START WITH THE CITY RESERVES. YEAH. SO I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE THE CITY RESERVES. PERFECT. OKAY. WELL, LET ME ASK COUNCIL, UH, TO WEIGH IN ON QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. YEAH, THANK YOU. THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THE PARAGRAPHS THAT ARE ABOVE ON, ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS FINE. SO THIS COULD BE 11 C. AND [02:20:01] THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE I WOULD SAY IN THE SECOND LINE WOULD BE TO ADD THE WORD INITIATIVE TO CIRCULATE AN INITIATIVE PETITION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, LEASE AGREEMENT AT THIS TIME? SO, UM, I GUESS, UH, ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS, IT'S VERY KNOWN THAT THE POLL OCCURRED, BUT, UM, DOES STAFF HAVE ANY, UM, DOCUMENTATION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO PUT THE POLL OUT? I MEAN, IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES TO DO A POLL LIKE THIS. IT CAN'T BE TOTALLY HIDDEN AS TO WHO. WELL, IT'S CLEARLY A PROFESSIONAL POLL THAT'S DESIGNED TO TEST THAT BALLOT QUESTION, AND ALSO NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE MESSAGING RELATED TO THAT BALLOT QUESTION. UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO ELABORATE, BUT, OKAY. YEAH, NO, UH, I JUST, WHEN I SAW IT, I WAS PRETTY OFFENDED ABOUT THE BAD FAITH THAT OCCURRED OVER THE PERIOD. AND I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHO'S NOT ON BOARD WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. THAT'S WHY I ASK IF WE KNOW WHO THAT WAS. BUT, UM, LOOKING UP AND DOWN FOR QUESTIONS ON, ON THE DIOCESE, UH, SCENE, NONE, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE IT OVER TO A PUBLIC COMMENT AT, AT THIS POINT. AND, UM, UM, I'LL ASK THE CLERK IF WE HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS IN AHEAD OF THE MEETING. YES, WE RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT'S POSTED WITH THE AGENDA ONLINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MODERATOR TO RUN THE MESSAGING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTEND IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS, THE CLERK'S DESK, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS. AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, NOT SEEING ANY, UH, UH, GREAT, UH, MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE CLERK'S DESK. I HAVE ONE CARD, UH, HERE TONIGHT AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE TANI TO SCON TO, UH, COME AND SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. THANK YOU MAYOR TONY DICON, CEO OF THE SONOMA RUN FAIR. SO, UM, THE NEW TERMINATION CLAUSE IS SOMETHING I'VE JUST SEEN, SO I'LL TRY TO SPEAK TO IT. UH, I GUESS IF YOU GUYS FEEL THAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, FEELS YOU GUYS ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED IF WE RAN A BALLOT MEASURE. 'CAUSE IN YOUR THEORY, YOU GUYS WOULD THINK WE WOULD LOSE, BUT WE HAVE HAD COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY COMMITTEE, UH, PANEL WHO FEEL LIKE YOU AREN'T GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT HEALTHY DEMOCRACY HAD, UM, ACTUALLY VOTED ON AND LOOKED FOR. SO, BUT, UM, WE'LL LEAVE THE LEGAL EAGLES, UH, TO WORK THAT OUT. I KIND OF QUESTIONED IF THIS TERMINATION CLAUSE, IT KIND OF FLIES IN THE FACE OF DEMOCRACY. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LOOKS AT WHEN THEY SEE THAT TERMINATION CLAUSE. BUT ANYWAY, UH, WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE, WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS NOT WHERE THE FAIR BOARD AND THE STAFF WAS HOPING TO BE TODAY. UH, WE HOPED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THERE WOULD BE MORE OF A JOINT PARTNERSHIP WORKING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD MAKE US MORE AT EASE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FAIR, ACTUALLY BEING ON THAT FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY BEYOND THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. UH, AND I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS THE, UM, EFFORT OF THE FOURTH DAA TO TAKE IT, UH, A PROPERTY 85 YEAR, AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S BEEN THREE LEASES. UH, BUT TO TAKE THE PROPERTY 85 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS JUST A HORSE PASTURE AND TO CREATE A COMMUNITY EVENT CENTER. NOW, GRANTED, IT'S TIRED. WE ALL ARE, I THINK, BUT WE DID DO ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DID ALL THE BUILDINGS, WE DID ALL THE PARKING LOTS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT EFFORT HAS BEEN DISMISSED. BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, I DO WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, US WORKING WITH THE STAFF AT THE CITY. WE'VE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, I THINK, AND WE'VE GLEANED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM EACH OTHER. UM, I'M HOPING WE CAN WORK FORWARD, BUT ULTIMATELY WE DO NEED A FOREVER LOCATION FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, YOU'LL ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE, UM, ELEMENTS IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT GUARANTEES THE FUTURE OF A FAIRGROUNDS. BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, WE REPRESENT SONOMA AND MARIN COUNTIES, AND WE'LL HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION OR GET SOME SORT OF CONTINUITY AT THE LOCATION THERE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. BUT I THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL GONNA WORK VERY POSITIVELY TOWARDS A GOOD TRANSITION. I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE FAIR STAFF AND HOW, AND KIND OF HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US FOR THOUSAND, THOUSANDS OF DAYS, BUT MANY DECADES HAS A VERY POSITIVE TRANSITION FROM THE CHANGE [02:25:01] IN MANAGEMENT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND, UM, SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC, UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR COMMENTS. AND SO WE MOVE TO YES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS LATEST WRINKLE WAS A BIT UNEXPECTED, BUT IT REMINDS ME OF, OF A STORY OF WHEN, UH, RONALD REAGAN WAS GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, AND, UM, GOVERNOR REAGAN WAS ASKED IF HE'D BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON AN ISSUE AND SETTLE FOR HALF A LOAF. AND HE CHEERFULLY RESPONDED THAT YES, HE'D BE HAPPY TO SETTLE FOR HALF A LOAF, HALF A LOAF NOW, AND HALF A LOAF LATER. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS AGREEMENT WAS NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH BY ALL THE PARTIES, AND THIS IS THE AGREEMENT. AND SO THIS IS WHAT I EXPECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GOING FORWARD. AND THIS LATEST EDITION JUST ENSURES THAT, THAT THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE PARTIES. AND OF COURSE, THE FOURTH DA IS GONNA BE WELCOME TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN ALL THE MASTER PLANNING ACTIVITIES, UH, AS IS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WE WANNA MAKE THIS SUCE SUCCESS FOR EVERYONE. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE WILLING TO MOVE THE ITEM AND I'LL SECOND THAT. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS JUST TO CONFIRM WITH THE PROPOSED, UM, AMENDMENT? YES, YES, OF COURSE. GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL JUST COMMENT THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER, UM, WITH THE FOUR DAA AND THE COMMUNITY ALTOGETHER. AND, AND COUNSEL, IF I COULD JUST ADD IN RESPONSE TO MS. T'S COMMENTS. UM, THE INITIATIVE OF POWER IS THE INITIATIVE POWER, AND THE PEOPLE HAVE IT, AND IT'S GUARANTEED ANOTHER CONSTITUTION, AND WE RESPECT IT AS A, AS WE MUST. UM, AND THE LANGUAGE THAT WE SUGGESTED IN RESPONSE TO, UM, THE CURRENT PUSH PULL, UM, DOESN'T AFFECT THE INITIATIVE POWER. UM, HOWEVER, THE CITY, UM, IS NOT REQUIRED TO CONTRACT WITH A PARTNER THAT MAY NOT BE ENGAGING IN GOOD FAITH. AND, AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE, UM, LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE SUGGESTED GOES TO. UM, IT DOESN'T AFFECT AND CAN'T AFFECT THE INITIATIVE POWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, AND, UH, AND, UH, AND I'D KIND OF LIKE TO ADD ON TO, TO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE CASES WHERE TWO CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THERE'S A THIRD PARTY PACK THAT MAYBE PUTS OUT SOMETHING NASTY RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION, THIS KIND OF THING. AND IT'S SORT OF INCUMBENT ON THE PARTY WHO'S BENEFICIARY TO DISAVOW THAT LAST MINUTE DIRTY POOL IN, IN ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. AND WE WOULD EXPECT A GOOD FAITH PARTNER WOULD DISAVOW THIS KIND OF, UH, UM, THING IF IT, IF IT EVER DID OCCUR IN, IN, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP HERE. UH, THE OTHER POINT I DID WANNA MAKE IS THAT, UH, UH, WHILE THE OTHER TENANTS, UH, AROUND THE PROPERTY ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME SOMEWHAT EASIER NEGOTIATING, UH, PROBABLY NOT A LOT OF CONCERN WHO THE LANDLORD IS AS SUBTENANTS, UH, WITH THE FAIR, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A DEEPER STAKE, MANY YEARS OF ROOTS, UH, MANY YEARS OF, UH, EFFORTS. AND SO GETTING TO THIS POINT IS A, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW IT WAS A DEADLINE TODAY, BUT, BUT GETTING HERE IS A REAL ACHIEVEMENT. AND SO WE WANT TO THANK THE STAFF INVOLVED AND THE DAA AND EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE GOTTA A DEAL IN ON JANUARY 1ST. UM, THE, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IS JUST GONNA, UH, ROCK IT OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY GOOD THINGS, WHICH IS ALSO THE CHALLENGE TO STAFF. YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'VE DONE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, THE STAFF'S GOTTA GET, GET US TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF SHOWING THAT, UH, WE IN, IN FACT, CAN DELIVER ON, UM, ALL THE, UH, PROMISE WE'RE MAKING HERE. SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. AND SO MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. KITTER THOMPSON. YES. HEALY? YES. NOW RECUSED POST. OKAY. YES. SHRIVES, YES. AND MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO WITH NOW RECUSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 13, WHICH IS AN ADOPTION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE, AN INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE OF THE PETALUMA IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE TO ADD SECTION 5.080, ESTABLISHING A FAIRGROUNDS OVERLAY ZONE AND AUTHORIZING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO ZONE A PORTION OF TWO EXISTING PARCELS, LOCATED AT 8 6 6 EAST WASHINGTON AND ZERO EAST WASHINGTON STREET. UM, AND LET'S SEE HERE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW REMAINS RECUSED ON THIS ITEM. AND, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, UH, BRIAN O, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO, UH, MAKE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WELCOME, BRIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST PULL UP THE POWERPOINT. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. [02:30:26] OKAY. UH, SO MR. MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY LISTENING, UH, ONLINE, UH, MY NAME IS BRIAN ODE, YOUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND, UM, HAPPY TO PRESENT THE FINAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION, UM, ON A, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT. A, UM, A VERY INTENSIVE, UH, PROCESS THAT NOT ONLY INCLUDED THIS CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO STAFF AS WELL AS COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE, UM, HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PARTICIPANTS. AND SO, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT HERE. UM, TONIGHT WHAT COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING IS AN OVERLAY, A ZONING OVERLAY OVER THE, UM, UH, THE CITY'S FAIRGROUNDS. AND SO, JUST A QUICK BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE. UM, THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, UH, WHICH IS THE CURRENT, UH, MANAGERS OF THE CITY FACILITIES, THE LEASE IS SET TO EXPIRE, UH, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. UH, THERE'S A TRANSITION PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PROCESS THAT STAFF IS, UM, WORKING ON. SO IF YOU, UM, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE LISTENING ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM, UM, THERE'S, THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A REPEAT HERE, BUT, UM, JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM. SO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, AND I'LL, UH, WALK THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, AND THEN, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION EARLIER THIS YEAR TO EXECUTE LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH THE EXISTING TENANTS, UM, THAT ARE ON SITE. AND SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UH, COMPLETE, UM, ALL NINE, UH, SEPARATE LICENSES. UM, AND ALSO WE DO NOW HAVE DIRECTION, UM, TO CONTINUE ON, UH, WITH A 10TH LICENSE. UM, AND SO AGAIN, C HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO ASSUME PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS TO START JANUARY 1ST OF, UH, THE TURN OF THE YEAR. UM, THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO, UH, LIKELY SEEN, UH, A LOT OF OUTREACH AND MESSAGING RELATED TO THE KENNELWORTH PARK. AND SO THIS IS AN ONGOING, UH, SEPARATE PROCESS TO HELP REVITALIZE, UM, AND TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON HOW, UM, UH, FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE KENILWORTH PARK, UM, THAT'S JUST ADJACENT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS. UM, AGAIN, UM, UNRELATED AND NOT IMPACTED BY THE OVERLAY. UM, AND THIS REALLY SETS US UP AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. UM, UH, RELATED TO FUTURE PLANNING, MASTER PLANNING, WHICH THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION WOULD, WILL ABSOLUTELY BE A PART OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES HERE. UM, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED LAST YEAR, WE'LL JUST FOCUS ON THE THIRD PRINCIPLE IS TO PROVIDE CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL STABILITY DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD AND BEYOND, SO THAT THE FAIR EVENT AND OTHER KEY USES CONTINUE. AND SO THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM COUNCIL AND THE, UM, WHAT HAS LED US TO THE PROPOSED OVERLAY HERE THIS EVENING. SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXISTING NINE TENANTS. UM, MANY OF US HAVE, UM, INTERACTED WITH, UM, UH, THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS BUSINESSES, THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ON SITE. UM, BUT THIS IS THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF OUR, UM, WHAT MAKES THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT PARCELS, UH, TWO DIFFERENT ZONING DESIGNATIONS. UM, WHAT THIS OVERLAY WILL DO IS RETAIN THOSE EXISTING REGULATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, FOR BOTH OF THOSE PARCELS. UM, AND ALSO HELPS, UM, ESSENTIALLY LEGALIZE, UH, THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND PROGRAMS THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO. AND SO, AGAIN, UH, WITH THAT COMMITMENT THAT COUNCIL MADE, UM, ON THAT NOTE. AND SO JUST STARTING FROM THE TOP, UM, ELROY JAVA HUTT AIRPORT EXPRESS, HAPPY HEARTS, PRESCHOOL REBUILDING TOGETHER, PETALUMA, UH, PLAY, DOG PLAY, PLAYLAND, LIVE OAK SCHOOLS, AND GLAD ENTERPRISES, WHICH, UM, COMMONLY [02:35:01] KNOWN AS THE SPEEDWAY. AND SO, AGAIN, TWO DIFFERENT ZONING DESIGNATIONS THAT YOU SEE IN THE COLUMN, UH, JUST, UM, FROM THE SECOND TO THE LEFT. AND THEN THE, UH, WHAT OUR ZONING CODE. SO THE IZO, UH, IS THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, DEFINES THESE TYPES OF USES, UM, ACCORDINGLY. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM AN UNDEFINED USE, UH, MOBILE VENDING DOWN TO COMMERCIAL RECREATION AND OUTDOOR. AND THEN THE FINAL COLUMN THERE IS THE EXISTING REGULATIONS. UM, AND SO WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE HYPHEN, UH, THESE WOULD CURRENTLY BE, UM, UNPERMITTED OR, UM, UH, USES THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BASED ON OUR EXISTING ZONING. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE ZONING OVERLAY COMES IN, UM, TO PLAY. SO OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW YEARS AS THE CITY EMBARKS ON A MASTER PLAN EFFORT, UH, THE ZONING, UM, OVERLAY WOULD ESSENTIALLY, UH, LEGALIZE, UM, THE USES HERE, UM, THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. AND SO THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOT OF OUR, UH, CITY PROPERTY HERE, CIVIC FACILITIES. UM, IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING. THERE'S A COUPLE CARVE-OUTS THERE, UH, TO THE, UM, TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CORNER ON WASHINGTON AND PAYAN. UH, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO NOT BE INCLUDED. UM, AND THAT'S KENNELWORTH PARK. AND THEN TO THE OTHER EXTENT THERE, UH, KENILWORTH DRIVE IN WASHINGTON IS OUR SWIM FACILITY AND SKATE, UM, SKATE PARK. AND SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE PARKING LOTS AS WELL AS THE, UH, ACTUAL SITE. AND SO, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE OVERLAY, HOW DO WE ALLOW INTERIM OPERATIONS OF THESE USES? UM, HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED FOR THE SITE? AND HOW DO WE ENSURE OPERATION OF THE SITE IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC? AND SO THERE'S SOME PROPOSED, UH, REGULATIONS AS PART OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. UM, AND HOW DO WE, UH, APPROPRIATELY REGULATE AND PERMIT OTHER POTENTIAL CIVIC USES? AGAIN, THIS JUST ANOTHER, UM, LITTLE CLEAR EXAMPLE. SO CIVIC FACILITIES, UH, MOST OF THE FAIRGROUNDS ITSELF, UH, THE PARKING LOT, UM, IS CURRENTLY ZONED MIXED USE ONE B. AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF PERMITTED USES ATTACHED TO THAT ZONING DESIGNATION AS WELL AS CIVIC FACILITIES. AND SO THE OVERLAY, UH, IS, UH, FOUND AS ATTACHMENT ONE EXHIBIT A. UM, AND IT DOES THESE SIX, IT PROPOSES TO DO SIX THINGS. UM, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE EXISTING TENANTS, UM, ARE ABLE TO OPERATE DURING THIS TRANSITION AND INTERIM PHASE? UH, IT ALSO, UH, ASSUMES THAT, UH, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS AND POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS, UH, MAY BE NECESSARY ON THE, UM, EXISTING STRUCTURES. AND SO THERE'S SOME PROVISIONS, UM, IN THE OVERLAY, UM, ORDINANCE, UM, THAT WOULD HELP DICTATE THIS. UH, NUMBER TWO, UM, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY EFFORT, UM, UH, A PERMITTED USE, UH, UH, BEING THE ANNUAL SONOMA AND FAIR, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE, UH, BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO AS RESIDENTS, UM, OF THE NORTH BAY, UM, AND PETALUMA IN PARTICULAR. UM, THIS SOLIDIFIES THE COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH HAVING A FAIR, UM, AN ANNUAL FAIR ON SITE, UH, 60 DAY TEMPORARY USES. AND SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TESTING AND POTENTIAL USES, UH, OF A TEMPORARY NATURE. AND SO THIS IS AN EXISTING, UM, PROVISION IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, 60 DAY TEMPORARY ZONING PERMIT. THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT. UM, SO AS NEW USES, UM, ARE PROPOSED, UH, BY THE COMMUNITY, UM, TEMPORARY IN NATURE, UM, THAT'S ONE POTENTIAL PATH THAT WE COULD PERMIT, UM, AND REGULATE, UM, POTENTIAL USES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. UH, TEMPORARY PUBLIC BENEFIT USES, AGAIN, THIS IS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT 60 DAYS AS, UM, MAYBE A, A SUMMER, UM, FARMER'S MARKET OR SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS, UH, A START TO AN END, UM, LESS THAN 60 [02:40:01] DAYS, THAT SORT OF FITS IN THAT NUMBER THREE CATEGORY. THE FOURTH IS A TEMPORARY PUBLIC BENEFIT USE. AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, BASED ON A NUMBER OF FINDINGS, INCLUDING, UM, IS THERE A PUBLIC BENEFIT, UM, WITH THE PROPOSED USE. UH, THIS WOULD ALSO, UH, NOT INCLUDE ANY, UM, PERMANENT STRUCTURES. UM, AND SO THE LANGUAGE IS QUITE CLEAR ON THAT. AND THEN THE NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX, EXISTING ZONING USES. AND SO A PREVIOUS SLIDE I OUTLINED, UH, TWO DIFFERENT ZONING DESIGNATIONS, CIVIC FACILITIES, AND MIXED USE. EACH OF THOSE HAVE PERMITTED USES AND CONDITIONAL USE, UM, CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES, UH, THAT THE CITY, UH, RULES ALLOW. UH, AND SO AGAIN, TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE A USE PERMIT. THAT WOULD BE, UM, UH, A POTENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT, UH, THAT COULD BE APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, GIVEN THIS IS A, UM, UH, SUCH A HIGH PROFILE SITE SUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THESE POTENTIAL USES, UM, PROPOSED USES MAY NEED, UM, A, UH, A BUDGET ALLOCATION. THE OVERLAY, UH, PROPOSES THAT, UM, THE APPROVAL LAND WITH CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ANY MAJOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT MAY BE PROPOSED. SO AGAIN, THERE'S UH, A FEW DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE, UM, THREE THROUGH SIX, UM, THAT WOULD HELP US ENVISION, UM, ANY, UH, POTENTIAL USE DURING THIS INTERIM PHASE. LAST WEEK, PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED FOR ZERO, UM, IN FAVOR TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH TWO MINOR RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, AND THE TWO ARE, UH, DISPLAYED THERE TO STRIKE FOOD FROM THE DEFINITION OF MOBILE FOOD VENDOR. UM, AND SO THIS, UH, THE COMMENTS THERE WERE AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOOD VENDING, BUT UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW USES, UM, THAT MAY BE NON-FOOD. UM, AND SO WE, WE WANTED TO MOVE THAT RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. UM, AND THEN THIS WAS, UM, UH, REALLY A, A STAFF ERROR. UM, THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PRESENTED TO, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD 90 DAYS. UH, BUT AGAIN, THE TEMPORARY ZONING PERMIT THAT IS IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, CLEARLY STATES 60 DAYS. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO, UM, ALIGNED, ALIGNED BOTH THE OVERLAY ORDINANCE AS WELL AS OUR EXISTING LANGUAGE AROUND TEMPORARY USE. AND SO ALL THAT TO SAY, UM, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU, UH, WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING, UM, REALLY IS ONE OF THE FINAL STEPS, UM, TO ACHIEVING THE VISION, UM, OR AT LEAST THE START OF THE VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY OUTLINED, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO. AND SO, UM, WITH THIS, UH, POTENTIAL OVERLAY HERE THAT CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING, UM, IT REALLY ALLOWS THE CITY, IT REALLY ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD. IT ENSURES THE INTERIM USES, UH, REMAIN INTACT, UM, THROUGH THIS TRANSITION PHASE, UM, AS WE WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO REIMAGINE THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND WITH THAT, MAYOR, I TURN IT BACK TO YOU. WONDERFUL. THANKS AND GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, GREAT LOOK FORWARD. AND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, STAFF AND, AND, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING AFTER BRIAN'S EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, AND THAT IS WHAT'S, WHAT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL HERE IS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ZONING CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXISTING USES AND TO IMPLEMENT WELL, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. BUT WE SHOULD NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE CITY'S WHAT'S, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PARCEL, IT'S CITY OWNED FEE PROPERTY. SO IT, IT, THE ZONING REGULATIONS ALONE DON'T PERMIT OTHERS TO COME USE THE CITY'S OWN FEE PROPERTY. THE HOS ALSO HAS TO BE PERMIT OR AUTHORIZATION OR LICENSE, UM, REGARDING THAT USE, LIKE YOU'RE SEEING WITH THE, THE ASSOCIATION ITSELF, LIKE YOU APPROVED TONIGHT, AND ALSO FOR THE OTHER TENANTS. SO YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA LAYER OF CONTROL AND ABILITY TO REALLY FINE TUNE, UM, WHAT HAPPENS THERE. AND, AND THE SCHEME THAT BRIAN HAS JUST OUTLINED AND, AND STAFF TOOK TO, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND YOU KNOW, HOW THEIR RECOMMENDATION TOO, UM, COVERS THE ZONING PIECE, THE REGULATORY PIECE OF THAT, BUT THE CITY HA STILL HAS CONTROL OVER OTHERS' USE OF ITS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR WHATEVER KIND OF INSTALLATION. SO THAT EXISTING THINGS. THANKS. THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE QUESTIONS I'M GONNA ASK IN A MINUTE HERE. , UH, LIKE HOW DO WE ACCESS, UM, BUT, [02:45:01] UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, REZ. OKAY. JUST, UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND SOME, UH, UH, ALSO A COUPLE THINGS FOR, FOR JUST CLARITY. UH, FIRST OFF, JUST ON THE SECOND LINE THERE WHEN YOU SAID, UH, FOR 60 DAYS, UH, LIMIT THE USE, UM, BECAUSE, UH, 60 DAYS COULD BE DEFINED EITHER AS 60 CONTINUOUS DAYS OR 60 DAYS TOTAL THROUGHOUT A A YEAR. SO THAT HAS TO BE CLARIFIED, WHICH WE REFER TO. 'CAUSE I KNOW MAYBE SOMEONE LIKE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE CIRCUS THAT WE HAD HERE, AND THE CIRCUS MAY WANT TO HAVE CONTINUOUS USE JUST ONE TIME A YEAR VERSUS SOMEONE ELSE THAT MAY WANT TO COME IN AND COME IN EVERY WEEKEND. FARMER'S MARKET AND OTHER VENDORS OR, UH, LIKE AN ART, UH, DEALER MIGHT SAY, OKAY, LET, LET'S SET SOMETHING UP. I'LL COME IN EVERY WEEKEND, THREE DAYS, AND THEN EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND. UM, IS, ARE THOSE, THOSE GONNA BE COMPARED THE SAME WAY AS 60 DAYS OR NOT CONTINUOUS OR TOTAL? SO THAT HAS TO BE, THAT LANGUAGE I THINK NEEDS TO BE CLEARED UP. 'CAUSE UH, DIFFERENT PEOPLE MAY WANNA HAVE TEMPORARY USE IN THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS. UM, SO THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED EITHER TOTAL OR END OR, UM, CONTINUOUS, UM, THAT WAY. THEN, UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES, YES. UM, WHAT BRIAN'S REFERRING TO AND THE OVERLY REFERS TO IS ALREADY EXISTING LANGUAGE. MM-HMM, , THOSE, THOSE, UM, THEY'RE TEMPORARY ZONING PERMITS, IS THAT RIGHT, BRIAN? IN THE CORRECT. SO THE ORDINANCE, UH, THAT'S BEFORE YOU, IT JUST REFERENCES SECTION 7.070 OF OUR ZONING CODE. AND WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO, IS THAT REFERRING TO 60 DAYS CONTINUOUS OR 60 DAYS TOTAL? SO WE READ IT TO MEAN UP TO, IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC 60 DAYS. IT'S UP TO 60, UP TO MAXIMUM OF 60 DAYS, UM, IN A CALENDAR YEAR. IN A CALENDAR YEAR. SO TOTAL, YEAH. YEAH. AND, AND, AND WHEN YOU THINK OF, I MEAN, IT DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, BUT, AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE OLD LANGUAGE AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE COULD BE CLEARER THAN IT IS, BUT, BUT WE CONSTRUE IT AS UP TO 60 DAYS. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE USES THAT ARE LISTED FOR, FOR, AS BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THAT, OR INTENDED FOR THAT KIND OF PERMIT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I, THEY'RE ITINERANT USES, THEY'RE NOT PROLONGED USES. SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE'VE CONSISTENTLY CONSTRUED THAT. AND, AND IT IS REALLY JUST A CROSS REFERENCE IN THE OVERLAY TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE. OKAY, GOOD. UM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHO'S GONNA BE USING IT FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSES. 'CAUSE SOME FOLKS, UH, 60 DAYS IS, UM, 52 WEEKS IN THE YEAR. THAT'S ONE DAY, JUST A LITTLE OVER THAN ONE DAY A WEEK. UM, BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO USE IT TWO DAYS A WEEK FOR SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, WELL, BUT REMEMBER THAT'S ONE 60 DAYS, REMEMBER THIS IS NOT, THIS IS SO, UM, WE REALLY HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS ON THE CITY'S FEE PROPERTY. MM-HMM. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE MAKING LAWFUL UNDER THIS EXERCISE. SO WE ARE NOT GONNA, UM, THIS PROVIDES SOME TOOLS FOR STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, BUT IT DOESN'T DIMINISH OUR CONTROL. REALLY ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER WHAT GETS TO HAPPEN ON THE CITY'S FREE PROPERTY. OKAY. SO WE'RE, IT'S GONNA REALLY BE A FUNCTION OF, UM, WHAT THE CODE PERMITS. 'CAUSE WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE AUTHORIZING UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY ON THE CITY'S PROPERTY. UM, BUT ALSO WHAT'S, WHAT IT IS THAT THE, THAT'S DESIRABLE FOR THE, FOR TO IMPLEMENT, UM, AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL FOR THE COUNCIL LEVEL APPROVAL. SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, WHAT ARE POTENTIALLY BENEFICIAL USES. AND YOU KNOW, MY OWN HUNCH IS THAT A LOT OF THE USES BEING TEST DRIVEN WILL START OUT TO BE PRETTY SHORT TERM IN NATURE UNLESS THEY'RE, THEY'RE WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WE, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DONE THAT USE ON OTHER, OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AND WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. SO IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT, UM, HOW HOW EXTENSIVE IS THE CONTROL THAT WE HAVE. AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE VISITED WITH HAVING TO ACCEPT USES THAT THE OVERLAY PERMITS, BUT DOESN'T ITSELF AUTHORIZE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO OKAY. COVERED. I WOULD JUST SET SOME CLARITY THERE. UM, AND THEN AS, UH, I THINK THIS OVERLAY IS MEANT TO BE MORE OF A TEMPORARY OVER DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD RATHER THAN LONG TERM. 'CAUSE I THINK THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY FOLKS CAME ALL THESE IDEAS AND MAY HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A ATTITUDE OF DIFFERENT CHANGE. THEY MAY WANT A MORE COMMUNITY-BASED, LESS BUSINESS, LESS COMMERCIAL. LET'S GET RID OF ALL THE BUSINESSES, MAYBE MIGHT HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE HERE. SO, UM, WHEN WE DO THIS OVERLAY, ARE WE LOOKING MORE AS A, A TEMPORARY THING WITH A DEADLINE? OR ARE WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUING THIS TYPE OF OVERLAY LONGER THAN THAT? GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. SO TYPICALLY, UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE, UM, POINTING [02:50:01] TO, UH, TYPICALLY SOMETIMES THERE'S A SUNSET CLAUSE. UH, THIS DOES NOT PROPOSE ONE, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. UH, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND COMMITTED TO DOING A MASTER PLAN EFFORT. UM, AND SO WE WANT TO SEE THAT PLAN PROCESS TO FRUITION. UM, WE ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, UM, IN THE MIDST OF A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. AND SO, UM, OF COURSE ANY, UH, FINAL WORK THAT HAPPENS, ANY COMPLETION OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, ANY UPDATE TO THE, THE ZONING, UH, CODE, UM, WOULD INCLUDE, UM, UH, ALIGNMENT WITH, WITH THE OVERLAY. UM, AND SO THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT, BUT BASED INTENT IS WHAT I'M ASKING IS, UM, THE INTENT OF THE OVERLAY IS A, A TEMPORARY THROUGH THIS TRANSITION PERIOD, AND THEN WE'LL WORK IT OUT AFTER THE TRANSITION PERIOD. WE, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER, BETTER IDEA AND WE MAY BE CHANGING THE OVERLAY, UH, LANGUAGE, RIGHT? WE FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE THE NEW GENERAL PLAN, WE'LL HAVE THE NEW IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, THAT'S THE ZONING LEVEL REGULATIONS, IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN. UM, BUT AS BRIAN JUST MENTIONED, WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY, AND I SUSPECT IT'S NOT GONNA BE ALL AT ONCE, HOW IT IS THAT THE MASTER PLAN'S GONNA GET IMPLEMENTED. AND WE STILL, UNTIL WE HAVE THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE, WE STILL NEED THESE MECHANISMS TO MAKE USES THAT ARE LAWFUL AND ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR ALL THE, ALL THE ACTIVATION OF THE SITE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE RAMPING UP ON AN INTERIM BASIS. SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LAND ON A SUNSET DATE. BUT, BUT WHAT WE FULLY ANTICIPATE IS, UM, THE SITE WILL BE MASTER PLANNED, UM, THAT WILL BE INFORMED BY AND INFORMED THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS AND THE, THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT'S GONNA IMPLEMENT THE NEW GENERAL PLAN. THAT'LL BE THE MORE PERMANENT HOLISTIC SCHEME FOR THE LAND USE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING ON THIS SITE. UM, AND THAT SHOULD OBVIATE THE NEED FOR THE OVERLAY TO CONTINUE. WE CAN PROBABLY GET RID OF IT AT THAT TIME, BUT WE, BUT WE NEED THE TOOLS IT GIVES US TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZING THE PUBLIC'S USE, UM, ON THE SIDE AND HAVING HARMONY OF THE USES ON THE SIDE IN THE MEANTIME. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY NO, I JUST WANT SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT. YEAH, THAT'S WHY NO SENSE WE STARTED OUT WITH ONE, BUT WE REALIZED, SO THAT'S A YES. OKAY, GOOD. UM, THEN GETTING DOWN TO, UH, THERE'S TERMINOLOGY OF, OF TEMPORARY AND NO CONSTRUCTION AND, UM, I KNOW, UM, UH, ONE OF THE GROUPS I WORK WITH IS, IS RELIEF AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ASKED OF PLANT TREES AT THE RACEWAY AREA ALONG THE FENCE LINE AND THE LIKE, WHICH ARE SORT OF PERMANENT. UM, SO, AND THERE'S OTHER FOLKS THAT MAY WANNA DO A FEW OTHER THINGS. IF SOMEONE WANTED TO SUGGEST MAYBE STARTING A CULINARY ART SCHOOL IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, MORE OF A LONG-TERM USE RATHER THAN A TEMPORARY USE. UM, SO, UM, HOW DO WE APPROACH, AS I GET ASKED THESE QUESTIONS, UH, HOW CAN I ANSWER THEM? WELL, IF I COULD TAKE A CRACK AT A TWO PART QUESTION, UH, TREES, I, I WOULDN'T CONSIDER THAT. UM, SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, NEW PERMANENT STRUCTURES AND USES, UM, AND SO WHEN I READ THAT, I DON'T THINK TREE PLANTING, UM, TO BE PROHIBITED, UM, OR PROHIBITIVE. UM, AND THEN TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT, UH, NEW POTENTIAL USES SUCH AS, UH, COMMERCIAL KITCHEN OR, UM, SOMETHING THEY, THAT MAY REQUIRE SOME, UM, NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'VE PROPOSED IT THIS WAY. SO THERE'S ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, MIRIA VARIOUS WAYS THAT IF THE COMMUNITY, UM, HAS AN IDEA, UM, AND PUT SOMETHING FORWARD AND, UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE PATHS THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW, UM, UH, THAT TO BE PERMITTED. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS. SO BEFORE WE COMMIT TO ANY PERMANENT USES ON THERE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT FITS WITH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS, RIGHT? AND THIS IS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU REALLY IS INTENDED TO BE A SCHEME TO ALLOW STAFF LEVEL DETERMINATIONS FOR THINGS THAT ARE CLEARLY CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THAT ARE SHORT TERM AND LOW IMPACT IN NATURE VERSUS RAMPED UP LEVEL APPROVALS GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL IF, IF IT'S A MORE LASTING THING AND A MORE SIGNIFICANT FOOTPRINT. AND, AND IT'S IN THE BACKGROUND OF ALL THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THAT THING I ADDED TO BRIAN'S PRESENTATION, WHICH IS, UM, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S PERMITTED UNDER THE OVERLAY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S APPROVED TO DO, UM, TO ACTUALLY DO SO EVEN SOMETHING AS COOL AS TREES ARE, AND WE KNOW WE WANNA HAVE AN URBAN CANOPY, AND I IMAGINE SOMEDAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN URBAN FORESTER AND THE WHOLE THING. UM, BUT TREES ARE LONG LASTING, THEY'RE MEANT TO BE. AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO HEAR, UM, FROM [02:55:01] STAFF PRESENTATIONS, FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, HOW PRECIOUS EVERY SQUARE INCH OUT THERE IS, UM, AND HOW THE MASTER PLAN REALLY NEEDS TO GUIDE THAT. SO, UM, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND THIS IS INTENDED TO BE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS INTENDED TO BE A THOUGHTFUL WAY TO, TO START ACTIVATING THE SITE WHILE LEAVING IT OPEN FOR MAXIMIZATION AS A RESULT OF THE MASTER PLAN. AND, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE COUNCIL AS IT ALWAYS IS, IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO JUDGE WHETHER WE'VE THREAD THE NEEDLE RIGHT AND STRUCK THE BALANCE, RIGHT. BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. VERY MINDFUL OF THE, OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS AND HOW IT NEEDS TO PRESERVE ALL THE OPTIONS IT POSSIBLY CAN FOR SUCH AN INCREDIBLY, UM, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FILLED, UNDERUTILIZED SITE WITHIN, WITH, YOU KNOW, SUCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY. JAMES LEADS ME TO, UM, GROUNDED INTO ACTUAL EXAMPLES. UM, SO ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IS, IS BUILDING THE FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON. AND IF, IF WE DO GET THE, UM, THE MEASURE MORE TAX MONEY COMES IN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, OR GRANT MONEY COMES IN, UH, FOR A CENTER, UM, UM, TO HELP RE UH, EVACUATION TYPE CENTER, IF WE GET THOSE MONIES IN 20, $40 MILLION, UM, DOES THIS ORDINANCE ALLOW US TO, UH, BREAK GROUND AND, AND START DOING SOMETHING ON THAT SITE BEFORE THE THREE OR FIVE YEARS IS UP IF THE, IF THE COUNCIL SO APPROVES? 'CAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT, THAT'S NOT A STAFF LEVEL, YOU KNOW, DECISION, BUT IT IT'S A VEHICLE, IT'S A VEHICLE FOR THAT. YEAH. SO THAT, THAT'S STILL A POSSIBILITY. OH YEAH, WE'RE NOT, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY AND SOME TRANSPARENCY HERE ON ON, SO IT'S CLEAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, AND, UH, WHAT'S POSSIBLE. YEP. AND THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, JUST AS SOME OPPORTUNITIES. SO IF I'M A ENTREPRENEUR LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITY HERE, UM, IS ARE WE OPENING THE DOOR A LITTLE BIT, UH, AT THIS POINT AND SAYING, IF, IF YOU WANT TO USE SOME OF THE FACILITY NOW TO DO SOMETHING, PLEASE COME TALK TO US. UM, VERSUS WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TALKING TO US UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN IS DONE, UH, FOR THE SITE. UH, WE WANT TO HAVE AN OPEN DOOR FOR ENTREPRENEURS WHO WANT TO ACTUALLY TRY, UM, OR NONPROFITS THAT MAY WANT TO COME IN AND TRY TO DO THINGS TO ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY FROM COMING TO US AND RIGHT. SHARING THEIR IDEAS. SO THIS IS A, A MORE OF A, AN OPENING, UH, POSSIBILITY RATHER THAN A CLOSING DOWN IS WHAT, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUBLICIZE HERE. THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT THE EXCITING TIME REALLY STARTS NOW AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS JUST ME TALKING ABOUT, I FEEL LIKE AS, AS RICH AS WAS THE PUBLIC INPUT DURING THE, UM, HEALTHY DEMOCRACY TIME. THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING TOO. I MEAN, PEGGY'S TALKED ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS AS AS THE ONE PETALUMA SITE WHERE EAST AND WESTE, UH, WHERE, WHERE IT'S A HUB OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC'S BEEN CHAMPIONING AT THE BIT TO GET ON ITS PROPERTY, SO THEY NEED TO GET ON THE PROPERTY. THE, THE, THAT STUFF THAT'S LISTED IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT'S PRETTY EXPANSIVE AND, UM, VISION, UM, AND LOT LOTS, LOTS MORE DETAILS ARE GONNA, ARE GONNA FLESH THAT OUT. SO THE DOORS ARE GONNA BE OPEN LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY TO A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS. AND THIS IS, THIS IS DEFINITELY INTENDED TO BE A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT. UM, WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, VARYING LEVELS OF APPROVAL NEEDED, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OR THE MORE LASTING THE POTENTIAL USE IS. GOOD. I JUST WANNA CLEAR, WHILE WE'RE MAKING REGULATIONS AND THINGS, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE HELPFUL TO EVERYONE TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND DO NEW THINGS AND BE INNOVATIVE. UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEFER. UM, I'M FINE WITH THE PROPOSAL. UH, BUT THERE WAS ONE SLIDE THAT RAISED OTHER QUESTIONS IN MY MIND TO KIND OF GO BEYOND THE FOUR CORNERS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE TENANT SLIDE? SHARE THAT ONE? YEAH, THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST LINE, ELROY IS IZO USE CATEGORY UNDEFINED. DOES THAT MEAN THAT OTHER FOOD VENDORS IN TOWN DON'T, AREN'T IN PROPER ZONINGS EITHER? UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER ONES. SO WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION FOR, UH, MOBILE FOOD VENDING. UH, WE IN THE PAST HISTORICALLY HAVE HAD A PERMITTING PROCESS, UH, USUALLY A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UM, AND SO THERE IS A HISTORIC WAY THAT WE'VE, [03:00:01] UM, UH, APPROACHED, UM, PREVIOUS FOOD TRUCKS. SO THE OTHER ONES ARE, ARE LEGALIZED THROUGH THAT PROCESS A HUNDRED PERCENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, OR THEY'RE, UM, JUST ENTREPRENEURS. THEY'RE INDEPENDENT. I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SOCCER TOURNAMENTS I GO TO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD, UH, FOOD TRUCKS AT THEM. AND, AND, UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CODIFY MOBILE FOOD AND GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. WOULD THAT BE OUR GOAL? UM, THAT'S AWESOME. UM, AND THEN, UM, MY, MY CONCERN IS NOT REALLY THE EVENTS WE'RE BRINGING ON IN THE INTERIM PERIOD, BUT WHAT THE BURDEN IS TO GET THROUGH THAT AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE GETTING A CUP COULD BE, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVE, EXHAUSTIVE. UM, SO THE EVENTS WE TALK ABOUT ARE A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT RIGHT AWAY. WE TALK ABOUT POP-UP ROLLER HOCKEY. THEY'D BRING IN THEIR, THE, UM, UM, WALLS AND YOU PLAY WITHIN THE WALLS AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT COULD FIT ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT AWAY. AND, UH, WE HAVE AN ART AND A PARK, UH, IDEA. WE HAVE AN ITALIAN STREET PAINTING FAIR IN OTHER CITIES, UM, AND THEN A FOOD TRUCK, UM, RALLY, FOOD TRUCK OPPORTUNITY THERE AT NIGHT AT THE FOOD. MAYBE THERE'S A BAND THERE. COULD YOU BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT WHAT PERMIT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, OR MAYBE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND HOW HARD WOULD IT BE FOR MY LITTLE NONPROFIT TO GET A PERMIT TO DO THAT THING? ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR. UH, TO WHAT EVERYONE HAS, UH, POINTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY THIS IS, UM, ADDING EXISTING PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLIC FACILITIES INTO OUR, UH, PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM. AND SO WHAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UM, OUR COUNTERPART, UH, DREW HALTER IS LEADING THIS EFFORT, UM, IS IN ESSENTIALLY TAKING, UH, THE FACILITIES ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, INCORPORATING THEM INTO OUR, UM, PERMITTING SYSTEM, UM, THROUGH PARKS. AND I SEE OUR DIRECTOR, UM, IS HERE, BUT, UH, BASICALLY SOMEONE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, UM, THEY WOULD SUBMIT RENT THE SPACE, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE IF IT'S AVAILABLE. UM, AND WE WOULD GET THEM ESSENTIALLY A OVER THE COUNTER PERMIT, BUT WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO DREW IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. NO, THANK YOU, BRIAN. YEAH, APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, DREW HALTER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. AND, AND WE REALLY CAN GO ABOUT THIS IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE, UH, LIKE BRIAN ALLUDED TO, UH, ENTER INTO A, A FACILITIES OR A PARK PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THE SPACE. SO YOU APPROACH PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF OR CITY STAFF, UM, HEY, I'M LOOKING FOR A VENUE. UM, WE'VE GOT THIS GREAT NEW COMMUNITY PROGRAM OR EVENT AND WE USHER THE PROCESS THAT WAY, UH, OR WE, UH, WE SCHEDULE, UM, OR HAVE INSTRUCTORS AND RUN PROGRAMS IN-HOUSE WHERE WE'RE ORGANIZING STAFF'S, ORGANIZING LEADS, EVENTS, ET CETERA. SO, UM, NO, UH, ONE WAY IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER. I THINK WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INCREDIBLE, UH, FOLKS AND ENERGY IN THE COMMUNITY LOOKING TO RUN, UM, EXCITING NEW PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'RE NOT LIMITED BY THE PROCESS. WE WANNA REMOVE BARRIERS AND MAKE IT EASY AND STREAMLINED, AND THAT'S, WE'RE PREPARED TO DO SO. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, I'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS. OTHERS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, A LOT OF SUCCESS WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY TO USE CITY FACILITIES FOR EVENTS AND APPRECIATE THAT. DID ANY OF THOSE ITEMS I MENTIONED RAISE TO THE LEVEL WHERE THEY COULDN'T BE ADMINISTRATIVELY OVER THE COUNTER? UH, NONE OF THE ONES YOU DESCRIBED? NO, THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, UM, OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, THEN, UH, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK THE CLERK IF, UH, SHE'S RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATIONS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. NO PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'D LIKE OUR MODERATOR TO, UH, WEIGH IN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS, THE CLERK'S DESK, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. ACCOUNTANT WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SEEING NO ONE, UH, MOVING TOWARDS THE, UH, CLERK'S DESK, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. AND INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. THANK YOU. UM, WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE AND TO INTRODUCE AS A FIRST READING THE, UH, THE PERMANENT ORDINANCE. I'LL SECOND THAT SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND, UH, I JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT, UH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS TO GET ALL USES INTO CONFORMANCE, BUT ALSO TO KICK OFF THE, THE GOOD THAT OPENING IT UP TO PUBLIC, UH, [03:05:01] MORE PUBLIC PROCESS PARTICIPATION WILL BRING. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. HEALY? YES. NOW, RECUSED POST. OKAY. YES. REBS? YES. AND MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO WITH NOW. RECUSED. WONDERFUL. UM, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE, THE LONG-TERM WORK ON THIS, UH, PROCESS. AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR THE EVENING AT 9 29. THANK YOU. AND, UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.