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[CALL TO ORDER]
THIS MEETING OF RECREATION PARKS AND MUSIC COMMISSION, UH, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 2024.CAN WE DO, UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL IT TO ORDER, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND CLERK, CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH ROLL CALL PLEASE? MARY ANN ELLI.
AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, START WITH GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAD ANY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS GIVEN, UM, VIA EMAIL.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON, UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THAT PUBLIC, PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT WITH ARE WITHIN THE CITY COM.WELL, RECREATION, PARKS AND MUSICS, UH, SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
AND THEY ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE.
THEY WILL ALL BE FOR THREE MINUTES TODAY.
OH ONE, UH, WE DID HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING POSTED TO THE AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE.
WERE THEY SENT TO US VIA EMAIL? ARE THEY ATTACHED TO HERE? ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
I THINK I NEED TO RE UH, REFRESH MY AGENDA.
SO I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE'RE, UM, UH, SENT IN VIA EMAIL.
WE WILL MOVE TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND SO ANYONE WHO'S HERE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU, HAVE YOU GOTTEN A SPEAKER CARD? OKAY.
YOU'RE GONNA WANNA GRAB A SPEAKER CARD OVER FROM THE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE BACK.
YOU CAN FILL 'EM OUT, PUT YOUR NAME ON IT.
UM, IF YOU'RE REPRESENTING SOMEONE OR AN ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THERE, YOUR EMAIL.
AND THEN ONCE YOU FINISH WITH THAT, YOU CAN GIVE THEM TO THE CLERK AND THEN SHE'LL SEND 'EM OVER TO ME AND WE'LL CALL YOU UP ONE BY ONE.
BUT I'M GONNA START WITH NICOLA.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUSIC PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE THAT I'VE BEEN TO, BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
MY NAME IS NICOLA FRY AND I'M ON THE CHAIR OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND I WANT TO INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS OR MOST OF OUR MEETINGS IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO ALL OF THEM.
UH, WE MEET ON, UM, THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT NINE IN THE MORNING IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU AT SOME TIME IN THE FAIRLY NEW CLOSE FUTURE.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU I KNOW ALREADY, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW THE REST OF YOU.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE, UH, MORE SLIPS? GRAB? OKAY.
UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER, LISA GOOT.
I'M GONNA STAND BACK HERE 'CAUSE I'M REALLY LOUD.
SO I COACH WITH AC SWIM CLUB AND WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN NOVATO, I SWAM CLUB IN NO NEVADA, BUT WE WOULD DRIVE TO THE PETMAN SWIM CENTER EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY MORNING AND SWIM FIVE 15.
AND ALL THE DADS WOULD GO AND THEN GO TO WINCHELL'S DONUTS AND EAT DONUTS WHILE WE SWAM, AND THEN WE WOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO THE SWIM CENTER HAS A LONG, BEAUTIFUL HISTORY OF AQUATICS FOR EVERYBODY IN PETALUMA, IN SONOMA AND MARIN COUNTY.
AND THE, WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS POOL TEMPERATURE
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80 TO 82.CURRENTLY IT'S BEEN 70, 74, AND US SWIMMING ACTUALLY SAYS THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SWIM UNDER 75 DEGREES.
IT'S JUST COLD FOR LITTLE KIDS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SWIM, INCLUDING OUR ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE EIGHT YEAR OLDS AND 90 YEAR OLDS SWIMMING IN THAT POOL ALL THE TIME.
LIKE ON SATURDAYS, IF YOU COME, YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE SHALLOW END WALKING, BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY'RE, THEY CAN BE MOVING BECAUSE THEY'RE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR WALKERS.
WHEN THE POOL IS WARM, IT SERVES MORE OF THE PUBLIC POPULATION.
WHEN THE WATER IS COLD, IT DECREASES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN USE THE POOL.
AND THE NUMBERS ARE PLUMMETING THE BOILER.
THERE'S TWO BOILERS THAT I BELIEVE WERE PUT IN WHEN THE TARGET CENTER WAS PUT IN, BECAUSE THE TARGET CENTER HELPED RENOVATE, UH, THE POOL DECK AND THE, THE GRASSY AREA.
AND THEY PUT CANOPIES UP AND THEY PUT IN TWO NEW BOILERS.
WELL, THAT WAS HOW LONG AGO WAS THE TARGET CENTER? 10 YEARS? YEAH, 10.
SO THOSE BOILERS, ONE IS WORKING.
ONE THEY WERE WORKING ON TODAY, THE POOL WAS 79.
LITTLE KIDS WERE ABLE TO STAY IN THE WHOLE HOUR.
I FEEL LIKE IF WE COULD JUST KEEP THE WATER 82 IN THE WINTER, AND IF WE COULD GET NEW LIGHT BULBS ON THE LIGHTS ON THE DECK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DARK ON ONE END OF THE POOL AND NICE AND LIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL.
IF, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE SUPPORT IN THAT, THAT WOULD REALLY HELP TO BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE POOL.
AND WE ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SO APPRECIATE HAVING THE RESURFACING OF THE POOL ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR.
IT, IT, IT REALLY WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
IT'LL MAKE THAT POOL BEAUTIFUL.
PEOPLE WANNA BRING THEIR KIDS FOR SWIM LESSONS, THEY'RE GONNA WANNA SWIM.
UM, IF WE COULD HAVE THE AQUATIC COMMUNITY STAND UP SO PEOPLE KNOW.
SO THIS IS WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW.
NO, LISA, I GOTTA CUT YOU OFF.
I STILL, THE KIDS ON THE WATER.
I JUST WANTED TO, WELL, IT'S REALLY LOUD, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK THE CITY FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT WITH THE AMAZING SWIM CENTERS.
MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN A SWIM CLUB MEMBER PRIOR TO AC COMING ON BOARD.
SO SHE JOINED MAYBE WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT NINE AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
NOW SHE'S 17, A JUNIOR AT CASA GRANDE AND IS STILL SWIMMING FOR CASA AND ALSO FOR AC.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE, THE HE, THE HEAT TEMPERATURE AND THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP WITH THE POOL WARNING ARE NEW.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE FULL 10 YEARS.
THE LAST, I WOULD SAY YEAR, MAYBE YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, IT, IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND IT GETS REALLY COLD.
AND I'VE SEEN, EVEN PRIOR TO AC COMING ON BOARD, THERE WERE SOME OF THE YOUNGER CHILDREN THAT WOULD SIT OUT THE FULL WINTER SEASON BECAUSE OF THE POOL.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURES WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT'S A FANTASTIC SPORT THAT TEACHES SUCH GREAT TIME MANAGEMENT.
AND TO SEE THESE KIDS HAVING TO SIT THE SESSION OUT AND MAYBE NEVER COME BACK, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REALLY SAD.
'CAUSE IT'S A GREAT SPORT, GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN I'VE ALSO HEARD RUMBLINGS THAT, UM, CASA GRANDE, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A SWIMMING POOL IS POTENTIALLY, THEY ALWAYS PRACTICE OVER AT PETALUMA HIGH, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DISCUSSING OPTIONS AND LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY USING THE SWIM CENTER AS WELL.
SO IF THAT CAME TO FRUITION, THEN IT WOULD NOT ONLY SERVE THE, THE PRIVATE CLUBS, BUT ALSO THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
NEXT I HAVE, UH, SUZANNE WHITFORD.
HI, I'M SUZANNE WHITFORD AND MY CHILD IS ON THE AC SWIM CLUB AT THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER.
UM, THE POOL HAS BEEN COLD, UH, FOR SOME TIME, AND I THINK THE SWIMMERS WOULD HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE IF THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS UP TO LIKE, UH, LISA MENTIONED 80
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TO 82 DEGREES CONSISTENTLY.THEY'VE HAD TO CANCEL SOME OF THE PRACTICES BECAUSE THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS TOO COLD, BOILERS WEREN'T WORKING, AND THEY HAD TO WAIT TO GET THE BOILERS FIXED BEFORE THEY COULD RESUME, UM, SWIM PRACTICES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS ON THE TEAM, UM, THINK CLOSE TO A HUNDRED KIDS ON THE TEAM.
SO IT AFFECTS A LOT OF, A LOT OF KIDS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO MASTERS LEVEL ADULTS THAT SWIM THERE.
THE, UH, GROUP CALLED THE KRAKENS, AND THEN A GROUP CALLED THE JELLIES.
AND SO IT AFFECTS THEIR SWIMMING AS WELL.
AND THEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT USES THE, THE POOL, UM, FOR SWIMMING LAPS AND, UH, REC SWIM, IT AFFECTS THEM TOO.
UM, AND SO IT'D BE MUCH APPRECIATED IF THAT COULD BE, IF THAT ISSUE COULD BE ADDRESSED.
AND ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE POOL IS THE LIGHTING AT LISA ALSO MENTIONED, UM, THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMES AT THE SWIM GROUP SWIM, BUT THE GROUP THAT MY SON IS IN NOW, THEY SWIM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, WHICH IT'S DARK THEN.
UM, THEY'RE, THE LIGHTING ISN'T GOOD.
UH, IT JUST PRESENTS A SAFETY RISK.
UM, SOMEONE COULD TRIP ON A WET DECK AND HURT THEMSELVES.
UM, SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL IF THAT ISSUE COULD BE ADDRESSED, SOME NEW LIGHTING.
UM, AND IF THAT COULD BE PUT ON THE CALENDAR TO, UM, BE, TO GET THAT NEW LIGHTING PUT ON, UM, AT THE POOL CENTER, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOPE.
SO WITH THAT, OH, DO WE HAVE I WAS I GUESS ONE MORE.
UM, HI, I'M MICHELLE KATZ MORTIMER.
UM, I HAVE BEEN SWIMMING HERE SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID WHEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE LION FOUNTAIN AT THE POOL.
THAT WAS AWESOME WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
I, BUT, YOU KNOW, NATHAN ADRIAN, WHO'S AN OLYMPIC SWIMMER, IS THE OWNER OF OUR CLUB.
SO THAT IS HUGE FOR HERE IN PETALUMA.
AND WE CAN REALLY WORK, YOU KNOW, AND GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SWIMMING, UM, YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS, ADULTS.
AND THAT WE HAVE NATHAN ADRIAN WHO OWNS OUR, OUR CLUB IS SUCH A PLUS HERE IN PETALUMA THAT HE ACTUALLY CHOSE PETALUMA TO COME AND OPEN UP THIS AWESOME SWIM CLUB.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE IS THE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE LIGHTING AND THE TEMPERATURE ARE IFFY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE SO UNSAFE, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT USE THE SHOWERS, WHICH IS FINE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO PRIVACY.
SO THE KIDS CAN CHANGE AND IT'S REALLY OPEN.
UM, SO THOSE THINGS JUST REALLY DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT CAN JUST MAKE IT AN AWESOME PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
[PRESENTATIONS]
TO, UH, THE PRESENTATION PORTION.ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE PARK TO PARK CROSSTOWN BIKEWAY BIKEWAY INITIATIVE.
WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A PRESENTATION BY SAFE STREET PETALUMA AND PROVIDE INPUT REGARDING AN INITIATIVE CENTERED ON IMPROVING CITYWIDE PARK CONNECTIONS AND AC ACCESS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
DREW, DO YOU WANNA KICK THIS OFF? SURE.
UH, AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UM, OUR PARTNERS AT SAFE STREET PETALUMA, AND, AND THAT INCLUDES BRUCE HAGEN TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL QUEUE UP A PRESENTATION SLIDES FOR YOU, BRUCE, SO THE COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON THE SCREENS BEHIND YOU.
AND I THINK TO JUST SET SOME CONTEXT AROUND THIS, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TIMELY BECAUSE, UH, FOLLOWING THIS ITEM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE A MORE, UH, ROBUST, UH, CARBON NEUTRALITY FOOTPRINT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY ALL INTERCONNECTED.
AND OFTENTIMES OUR COMMISSION, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR COUNCILS ARE HEARING ABOUT THESE, UM, UM, SEPARATE EFFORTS AND, AND PARALLEL PLANS OF, YOU KNOW, BLUE ZONES AND GENERAL PLAN UPDATES, AND HOW DOES IT ALL REALLY KIND OF COEXIST AND WORK TOGETHER.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE TAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE, UM, THE HORIZON AS FAR AS OUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BRUCE SPEAK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, WITH THESE TYPES OF INITIATIVES, I IMPORTANCE, IF ANYTHING ELSE, TO KIND OF LAY THAT SEED FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE TO REALLY HELP US REACH
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THE GOALS WE WANNA MAKE.SO THAT'S THE LONG-WINDED INTRO.
BUT WITH THAT, BRUCE, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND DIVE RIGHT IN.
THANKS SO MUCH, UH, FOR MAKING TIME FOR THIS.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS TOWN WITH MY FAMILY FOR ABOUT 44 YEARS.
I WAS ON THE COMMISSION FROM 2000 TO 2008.
AND THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THAT, I WAS ALSO ON THE PETALUMA PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND WE DID THE FIRST BIKE PLAN BACK THEN.
UM, SAFE STREETS PETALUMA HAS BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS, AND WE FORMED OUT OF THE GROUP THAT RIDES THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH SAYING, WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE CONDITIONS.
AND WE WERE HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THAT FROM KIDS, ADULTS, SENIORS, FAMILIES, AND SO ON.
UH, FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, CITY STAFF, UH, FROM PEGGY FLYNN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND, UH, WHO ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THIS AND ARE VERY CAPABLE.
UH, THE ONLY THING THEY MIGHT LACK IS, UH, A STRONG ENOUGH WIND IN THEIR SAILS, IF YOU WILL.
SO IT WAS OUR JOB TO TRY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND BUILD A PUBLIC WILL FOR TAKING MORE OF THE CITY PROPERTY, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE LAWNS, UH, AND MAKING BETTER USE OF IT TO ALLOCATE IT FAIRLY AMONGST ALL THE DIFFERENT USES.
CARS WILL STILL BE THERE, CARS WILL BE SAFER, CARS WILL BE QUIETER.
UH, THEY'LL GET MORE RESPECT AND IT'LL BE LESS STRESSFUL IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE TRYING TO CUT IN FRONT OF THEM.
SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT INCLUSIVENESS, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT CHOICE THAT PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE FOR, WHETHER IT'S CLIMATE OR HEALTH OR, UH, PERSONAL FAMILY ECONOMICS TO RIDE A BICYCLE.
AND WHEN I SAY BICYCLE, IT WILL INCLUDE, IT WILL INCLUDE NICOLA'S, UH, TRICYCLE, THAT SHE'S GONNA GET THE LITTLE ELECTRIC TRICYCLE AND ALL THESE OTHER MOBILITY VEHICLES THAT ARE SHOWING UP.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE, UH, WHAT DO THEY CALL THE FIT AND FEARLESS 3% WHO ARE OUT ON CHILENO VALLEY ROAD.
LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES, PARTICULARLY IN EUROPE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS HERE THOUGH, AND NOT AT PBAC OR THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY? UH, PART OF IT IS THAT IT OCCURRED TO ME IN, IN CONCEIVING OF THIS IDEA FOR A CROSSTOWN PARK TO PARK TRAIL, THAT, THAT, UM, THAT TRANSPORTATION TO THESE FACILITIES IS PART OF THE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ON A REALLY NICE TRAIL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL? MUCH BETTER KNOWN.
UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON EAST WASHINGTON CREEK? OKAY, THAT'S NOT BAD.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY PRETTY PLACES.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON D STREET? EVERYBODY, I HOPE, UH, THAT, THAT ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
AND IF THEY CAN BE EXPERIENCED IN A WAY WHERE, UH, ME AND MY SON AND MY TWO GRANDKIDS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TAKING THEIR LIVES INTO THEIR HANDS, THEN ALL THE BETTER FOR THE RECREATION EXPERIENCE.
THE OTHER ELEMENT OF THAT I THINK IS, IS, UH, AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY THAT, UH, UH, IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE NEW PUTNAM PARK EXTENSION OR THE NEW, UH, THE NEW, UH, RIVER PARK.
UH, EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE APARTMENTS BEHIND SAFEWAY OR FURTHER OUT THAT, UH, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA CAR OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, THEY CAN'T SEND THEIR KIDS OUT 'CAUSE IT ISN'T SAFE, THEN WE'RE DENYING OPPORTUNITIES TO A SIGNIFICANT SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION.
SO ALL OF THIS MAKES IT RELEVANT TO THE, UH, RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION.
UH, OKAY, SO MY GOAL, WHAT IS THIS? UM, AND A TERM ABOUT NOMENCLATURE, WHEN I SAY BIKES, I MEAN ANYTHING THAT IS NOT AN AUTO, I WAS GONNA SAY NAUTO, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS UNLESS YOU'RE JAPANESE.
UM, SO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A BIKEWAY, IT'S BASICALLY FACILITIES FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
AAA, IT'S ALSO REFERRED TO AS LOW STRESS.
SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU'RE NOT JUST LIKE CONTINUALLY FREAKED OUT THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA CUT OFF YOUR SON IN FRONT OF YOU, WHO IS PULLING YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER IN A TRAILER ON I STREET, WHICH HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
UM, THIS WAS A WEEK AFTER I SAW A DEAD FULL GROWN DO DEER IN THAT SAME SPOT.
AND I HAPPENED TO WATCH IT GET KILLED.
SO, I MEAN, THESE ARE EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU'LL NEVER SEE THIS.
IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU AND YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF CONDITION THAT CREATES STRESS AND KEEPS PEOPLE FROM USING THE FACILITIES WE DO HAVE.
WE WANNA GET RID OF THAT AND MAKE IT SAFE AND MAKE IT, UH, DESIRABLE.
SO THIS, UH, BIKEWAY CONCEPT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF CAME UPON RIDING AROUND ONE DAY AND REALIZED HOW MANY, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT YOU WANNA FLIP TO THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS IN YOUR PACKETS? I CAN
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GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT BASICALLY THAT RED LINE STARTS AT THE SPORTS FIELDS ON EAST WASHINGTON.EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OKAY? MM-HMM,
UH, AND, UH, CONTINUES ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN AND PRETTY MUCH OF A STRAIGHT LINE TO PUTNAM PARK.
AND, UM, THERE'S SOME DETAIL ABOUT WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL SEGMENTS OF THIS, BUT ALL OF THIS WITH ONE EXCEPTION IS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE ALREADY OWN THE PROPERTY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET A 30 FOOT STRIP OR SOMETHING.
UM, THE PART THAT ISN'T IS THE TARGET PARKING LOT.
AND I'M SURE TARGET WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A STEADY STREAM OF CYCLISTS GOING IN THERE TO SHOP AND, UH, GO OVER THE OVERPASS.
AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THAT ALREADY OVER THE FREEWAY.
SO THAT PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT, UM, NOT YOUR JOB TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS, THAT'S PAC IN TERMS OF COMMISSIONS, IT'S CITY STAFF.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S ALREADY THERE, THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF IT ALREADY THERE.
BUT WHAT I FOUND MORE INTERESTING IS WHEN I STARTED CONSIDERING ALL OF THE DESTINATIONS THAT WERE WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OR A BLOCK OR TWO FROM THIS ALIGNMENT, I'LL JUST READ 'EM QUICKLY.
THE SPORTS FIELDS, PRINCE PARK ROOSTER RUN GOLF COURSE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE TOTTING YOUR CLUBS AND THE LITTLE TRAILER BEHIND YOUR BIKE? MY SON IS READY TO DO THAT.
UH, WISEMAN PARK, EAST WASHINGTON CREEK TRAIL, THE PETALUMA RING TRAIL, WHICH RUNS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, UH, MURPHY FIELDS'S LITTLE LEAGUE ACROSS FROM SAFEWAY, THE WHOLE MCDOWELL SCHOOL COMPLEX.
AND GUESS WHAT? SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.
THIS WILL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE THEM.
UH, IT'S THE OVERPASS, THE, UH, THERE'S, UH, THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE BMX PROPOSAL.
UH, YEAH, THERE'S, UH, AN IDEA TO TAKE THE INFIELD OF THE, OF THE RACETRACK AND MAKE A WORLD CLASS, UH, BICYCLE MOTORCROSS FACI FACILITY THERE.
REALLY COOL, UH, THAT'S JUST GETTING UNDERWAY.
THEN YOU HAVE THE SWIM CENTER, THE SKATE PARK, THE LIBRARY, THE TEEN CENTER,
UM, YOU HAVE THE SMART STATION AND YOU HAVE THE TRANSIT MALL.
SO PEOPLE CAN GET THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE AND THEN GET ON THEIR BIKES AND GO EITHER WAY OR GO UP THE SMART TRAIL, FOR INSTANCE.
SO TRANSPORTATION SENSITIVE, THE NEW RIVER PARK, WALNUT PARK, MCNAIR PARK, UH, THE HISTORY MUSEUM, UH, THE FLOAT HOUSE.
I'M A BIG FAN OF THE FLOAT HOUSE, A WONDERFUL FACILITY.
I PULLED MY BIKE WITH A TRAILER AND MY PACK RAFT DOWN THERE THE OTHER DAY WAS ABLE TO PADDLE AROUND IN THE TURNING BASIN, UH, WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO GET IN MY CAR.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE REST OF THEM.
THE IMPORTANT THING TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT THIS IS NOT ONE PROJECT.
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE COMING YEARS.
THE CITY IS DEVELOPING AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS.
AND THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING NATO.
IT MEANS YOU'RE OUT THERE USING SOME PHYSICAL CAPABILITY.
IF YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT'S PUSHING YOUR VEHICLE MOST OF THE TIME, YOU'RE STILL PEDALING, YOU'RE STILL STEERING, YOU'RE STILL PAYING ATTENTION.
SO YOU'RE VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
THIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED SOMETIME THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY IN THE FIRST HALF.
AND IT'LL HAVE A LIST OF LOTS OF PROJECTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN.
I WAS HOPING, WE ARE HOPING IN SAFE STREETS PETALUMA, TO USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT WON'T TAKE A WHOLE LOT TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, WORLD CLASS AMENITY, UH, UH, THAT SERVES A LOT OF INTEREST.
RECREATION, COMMERCE, PEOPLE GETTING TO WORK, SHOPPING DOWNTOWN AND SO ON.
AND I MADE SOME EFFORT TO IDENTIFY WHAT FACILITIES ARE ALREADY THERE, LOW STRESS IN BLUE, UH, WHICH FACILITIES WOULD NEED THE KIND OF WORK THAT THE CITY NOW IS ROUTINELY DOING.
HOW MANY PEOPLE
SO THERE'S A TWO FOOT STRIP WITH BIG GREEN PLASTIC PYLONS.
THESE ARE WAYS THAT PROTECT THE, UH, PEOPLE ON BICYCLES TO GET HERE AND THERE.
AND THEY ARE DOING THIS NOW ROUTINELY WHENEVER THEY PAVE A NEW STREET.
SO A LOT OF THIS IS HAPPENING, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN GREEN.
GETTING OVER, GETTING PAST MCDOWELL AND GETTING ACROSS, UM, UH, LAKEVILLE.
THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE PETALUMA RIVER ARE GONNA TAKE SOME MORE ENGINEERING TIME, STUDY AND MONEY, BUT IT'S ALL THERE NOW.
UH, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND THERE'S I CATEGORY THREE, UH, THE VISION ZERO MEAN, NO SE NO FATALITIES OR SERIOUS ACCIDENTS, AND ALL THE ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES AND, AND CRITICAL, UH, INJURIES ARE HAPPENING AROUND THESE BIG
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INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CALM DOWN AND SLOW DOWN AND MAKE IT SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT CARS.UH, THE ACTIVE TRACE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BLUE ZONES, PART OF THE HEALTH ASPECT THAT BLUE ZONES IS INTERESTED IN IS NOT JUST PEDALING, UH, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, BUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE RIDING AROUND OR WALKING AROUND ON THE SIDEWALKS, YOU HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE WHEN YOU'RE IN A CAR.
YOU BUILD COMMUNITY, YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF CREATING THESE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE TO BE 95, 9500, WHATEVER.
UM, CLIMATE NET ZERO BY 2030, GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES ARE LIKE 60% OF OUR EMISSIONS.
AND, UH, IT WON'T TAKE MUCH TO REDUCE THAT IF WE HAVE THE FACILITIES THAT PEOPLE WILL USE, BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.
UM, EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF PETALUMA HAVING A HOUSING ISH HOUSING PROBLEM, JUST LIKE MOST OF CALIFORNIA.
PART OF AFFORDABILITY IS THAT BUILDERS ARE HAVING TO BUILD PARKING SPACES INSTEAD OF BEDROOMS BECAUSE OF OUTMODED LAWS FOR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO MOVE INTO THESE PLACES HAVE NO WAY TO GET AROUND OTHER THAN CARS BECAUSE WE LACKED THESE SAFE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BIKE FACILITIES.
SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL ON THE EQUITY SIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES IF YOU WANNA GO DOWN.
UM, THESE ARE RIGHT OUT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, DOCUMENTS.
AND IT SHOWS THE RED LINE WHERE OUR, OUR, UH, OUR BIKEWAY OR OUR PATHWAY WILL BE.
THEN THE DARK, THE DARK BLUE IS AREAS WITH THE LOWEST INCOME.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE JUST RIGHT ALONG THAT ROUTE.
UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, YOU CAN SEE CONCENTRATIONS ALONG THAT ROUTE.
WHEN YOU BUILD A TRANSIT SYSTEM AND YOU, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF TRANSIT CENTER DEVELOPMENT? COMMON CONCEPT YES.
WHERE YOU BUILD LOTS OF HIGH DENSITY APARTMENTS NEAR YOUR TRANSIT STATION RATHER THAN SPRAWL? WELL, HERE WE ALREADY HAVE CONCENTRATED POPULATIONS AND WE HAVE A FACILITY.
WE HAVE A KIND OF LIKE A MONORAIL SYSTEM RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT, EXCEPT THERE'LL BE BICYCLES.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER INDICATOR OF, UH, OF DEMOGRAPHIC STATUS THAT, UH, EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THE YELLOW IS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF THAT.
SO, UH, THIS ROUTE IS PARTICULARLY GOOD AT COVERING A LOT OF BASES.
SO WHY DO WE DO IT? IT USES EXISTING FACILITIES.
THIS PICTURE HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE MULTI-USE PATH THAT'S ALONG EAST WASHINGTON BETWEEN THE BALL FIELDS AND, UM, THE AIRPORT.
UM, AND LET'S SEE, UH, SO A LOT OF THE STUFF'S ALREADY THERE.
THE IMPROVEMENTS I SAID ARE WITHIN THE CITY'S CAPABILITIES, THE MEASURE U AND, AND THE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING OR MAKING THESE THINGS POSSIBLE.
LARGE CONCENTRATION OF HIGH VALUE DESTINATIONS, UM, AND, UH, CONCENTRATIONS OF HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
SO HOW DO WE GET THIS? I WANNA FOCUS PARTICULARLY ON THE SECOND ONE UP HERE.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF RECREATION AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION.
BUT, UH, SAFE STREETS, PETALUMA, IN ORDER TO BUILD THIS, WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE COALITION OF EVERYONE, EVERYONE HAS AN INTEREST IN CREATING MORE MOBILITY CHOICES FOR PETALUMA ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS SUCCESSFULLY HAVE PAID ATTENTION NOT ONLY TO THE BICYCLISTS, BUT PEDESTRIANS AND, UH, DRIVERS AND, UH, TRUCKS AND COMMERCE TO BALANCE OUT THE USE OF ROADS, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH OFFER CARS AND TRYING TO GET CARS TO GO AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
GOD HELP US IF SOMEBODY STEPS OFF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THEM.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR DECLARATION WE STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BLUE ZONES HAS SIGNED ON SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION, A COUPLE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UH, BUT OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO GET ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE GROUPS, UH, UH, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION TO SAY WE WANT TO HAVE COMPLETE STREETS.
MEANING WE WANT THE STREETS TO SERVE EVERYBODY'S INTERESTS, UH, AND DO IT AFFORDABLY AND FAIRLY.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA USE, UH, THIS, UH, THIS DECLARATION AND THE SIGNERS TO DEMONSTRATE PUBLIC SUPPORT WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL FACES A TOUGH DECISION, UH, OR THERE'S PUSHBACK ON STAFF.
AND WE WILL ALSO USE IT, UH, AS A DEMONSTRATION THAT PETALUMA QUALIFIES FOR GRANTS TO DO IF WE HAVE TO UPGRADE THE FREEWAY CROSSING.
YOU KNOW, HERE'S A COMMUNITY THAT'S UNITED FOR THIS STUFF.
LOOK AT ALL THESE GROUPS THAT HAVE SIGNED ON.
SO I KNOW WE DON'T USUALLY TAKE, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO TAKE ACTION AS A COMMISSION ON THIS TONIGHT, NOT ON THE AGENDA AND ALL THAT
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MAY BE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO TO, UH, SAFE STREETS PETALUMA.ORG, AND YOU'LL SEE THE LINK TO THE LITTLE FORM WHERE YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION AND COMMENTS, AND YOU WILL JOIN THESE OTHER FOLKS AS THE COALITION OF ONE FOR SAFE STREETS.UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE DAY I WAS OUT DOING MY INITIAL SURVEY ON THIS, IT WAS RAINING.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHOWERY DAY.
AND, UH, I RAN INTO THIS COUPLE AND THEY WERE KIND OF CRUISING ALONG AND I SAID, HELLO THERE.
THEY, UH, THEY WERE TOURISTS VISITING FROM GERMANY.
SO I SAID, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK IF WE WERE TO BUILD A TRAIL LIKE THIS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE TOWN TO THE OTHER, WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND I'VE GOT THIS ON VIDEO.
THIS IS A, A FRAME GRAB FROM THE VIDEO.
AND THIS GUY SAYS, THAT'S GREAT.
SO THERE'S AN INDICATION THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE IN PETALUMA, BUT IT'S FOR TOURISTS.
IT'S FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL TOWN AND SEE IT AND SMELL IT AND FEEL IT ON THEIR SKIN AS THEY WALK AND RIDE AROUND.
SO, WITH THAT, IF YOU NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? OR ACTUALLY, FIRST BEFORE I SAY THAT, ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? YES, KATE? UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SMART TRAIL.
HOW DOES THAT FIT IN? I WAS TRYING TO SEE ON THE MAP, UM, I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF WITHIN THAT SECTION THAT REQUIRES MORE WORK AND MONEY AND PLANNING AND TIME.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW SMART KIND OF FITS INTO THIS PLAN? SURE.
THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, A PARTICULAR TRAIL ALIGNMENT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAD A LOT OF, UH, BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEKING, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL THIS HAVE DONE IS A COMPLETE CONNECTED NETWORK OF THESE LOW STRESS, ALL AGES, UH, FRIENDLY FACILITIES.
SO IT WOULD INCLUDE EXISTING FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE SMART TRAIL.
UH, SMART HAS A COUPLE OF GAPS IN IT.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OTHER PLACES WHERE GAPS NEED TO BE FILLED, BUT UNTIL YOU FILL THE GAPS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT MY GRANDDAUGHTER GOING DOWN, UM, D STREET AND THEN HAVING LIKE A THREE BLOCK STRETCH WHERE THE BIKE LANE JUST DISAPPEARS, UH, AND SHE'S OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC.
SO, UM, SMART IS DEFINITELY A PART OF THIS.
UH, AND WE'RE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE NOT ONLY THE TRAINS, BUT THE BIKE PATHS AS WELL.
YEAH, I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF YEAH, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
WELL, I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS GONNA HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MAPS AND IT WILL HAVE THIS TRAIL ALIGNMENT EXISTING AND POSSIBLE FUTURE THINGS.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH COFIELD AND WHEN IT, WHEN IT GOES ACROSS THE RIVER OR WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT GONNA DO OVER THE FREEWAY, ALL OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE PART OF THAT NETWORK.
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? COUNCIL PERSONNEL? HI.
UM, I MET WITH THE D STREET NEIGHBORS AND I MET WITH THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF D STREET AND WHAT IS THAT, FOURTH? YEAH, IT'S NEXT TO THE POST OFFICE.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE GONE OUT AND MEASURED B STREET AND IT IS ACTUALLY THREE FEET WIDER THAN D STREET AND D STREET IS A DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE.
SO THEY HAD QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF THESE ARE BIKERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EN ENJOY THE RECREATION AND RIDE THE BIKES TO THEIR LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
BUT THEY HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS IS A DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE THAT'S GOING OUT D STREET, UM, TO THE DAIRIES AND TO THE BUSINESSES OUT THAT WAY.
AND SO THEY WERE WONDERING WHY WE HADN'T LOOKED AT B STREET SINCE IT DOES CONNECT WITH WINDSOR AND UP INTO HELEN PUTNAM PARK.
SO I, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S THREE FEET WIDER, WHICH GIVES US EVEN MORE OF A BIKE LANE AND ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE PARKING.
'CAUSE D STREET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING PARKING AWAY COMPLETELY.
AND THE NEIGHBORS AREN'T ALL ONBOARD WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED.
NO ONE'S EXPLAINED TO THEM WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT THEIR TRASH CANS OR WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT THEIR DELIVERY VEHICLES WHEN AMAZON COMES OR FEDEX AND THE PARISH RAN THAT PICKS THEM UP.
AND, UM, SO WE HAVE TO EXPLORE MAYBE B STREET
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AS A SAFER ROUTE.UH, THE, THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH D STREET DIFFERENT PLACES ON D STREET, UH, IS NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR TONIGHT.
BUT WHAT I WANT, UH, WHAT, AND THE FACT IS, YES, THIS TRAIL ALIGNMENT DOES GO ALONG D STREET.
THE, THE STAFF PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW IS FOR BIKE LANES TO REPLACE PARKING ON ONE SIDE, NOT ON BOTH SIDES.
AND CURRENTLY THE PARKING UTILIZATION RATE ON D STREET BASED ON CITY STUDIES AND SOME CONFIRMATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE IS ABOUT, I THINK 13%.
SO, UH, A LITTLE OVER ONE OUT OF 10 PARKING SPACES EVER HAS A CAR IN IT.
AND, UH, I THINK FROM MY OWN PERSONAL VIEW, STEPPING ASIDE FROM THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT, UH, WHEN YOU CONSIDER, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, B STREET I SEE IT'S GOT NICE PAINTED BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES AND, UH, BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY FAR.
THE, THE PARKING AREAS AREN'T VERY WIDE.
SO IF YOU GO UP THOSE BIKE LANES, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU'RE GONNA GET DOOR.
UH, AND THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE FULL.
WHENEVER I GO UP B STREET, I SEE A LOT OF CARS PARKED THERE.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAKING AWAY SOMETHING THAT'S BEING USED.
I THINK WHAT THE STAFF'S CONCLUSION WAS ON, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE, UH, BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES AND PARKING ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER UP AND DOWN THE STREET, WAS THAT THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH PUBLIC BENEFIT OR PRIVATE COST TO, UH, TO, UH, MAINTAINING THOSE PRIVATE PARKING SPACES ON, OR THOSE FOR MAINTAINING THOSE PARKING SPACES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY TO WARRANT JETTING THE ENTIRE CONTINUOUS STRIP OF, UH, OF BIKE LANES.
'CAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU START SENDING PEOPLE ZIGZAGGING AROUND, IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE IN A CAR, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO DETOUR.
IF YOU'RE GONNA GO FROM, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO FROM, UH, UH, WASHINGTON AND, UH, AND, UH, PETALUMA BOULEVARD TO, UH, SAFEWAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TURN LEFT ON, UH, I DUNNO NAME SOME OTHER STREET WHERE BASICALLY YOU GET THE IDEA.
IT'S LIKE, I'VE GOTTA NAVIGATE THIS ROUTE.
I JUST, I WANT TO GO IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE WIDTH OF THE STREETS, BUT, UH, B STREET, WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE IS SOME PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE INCONVENIENCED AND HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO, UH, MAYBE PUT THEIR GARBAGE CANS ON THE PLANTING STRIP BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE GUTTER.
THOSE, UH, VEHICLES HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH IN AND DO THAT.
AND IF THEY HAVE GUESTS THAT ARE COMING OVER, THEY CAN PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
THEY CAN PARK ON THE SIDE STREET.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DRIVEWAYS FOR, UH, MOST OF THESE HOUSES, THEY'RE PRETTY LONG, UH, MOST OF THESE HOUSES HAVE TWO CAR GARAGES.
SOME OF THEM HAVE THREE OR MORE.
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING THIS CONTINUOUS ROUTE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RIDE THEIR BIKES, BUT THEIR FAMILIES OUT TO THE NEW PUTNAM PARK IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE OCCASIONAL, UH, CONVENIENCE OF SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVING ON THAT ROUTE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT, THEY NEVER HAVE AN, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ENTITLEMENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMIT, THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY KIND OF EASEMENT THAT ALLOWS 'EM TO PARK THERE.
THEY'RE PARKING THERE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE CITY.
AND IF THE CITY DECIDES TO USE THAT PROPERTY FOR SOMETHING ELSE, OVERRIDING PUBLIC BENEFIT, THEN THAT'S A DECISION THE CITY AND THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY HAS TO MAKE.
WHAT ABOUT THE, THE TRUCK ROUTE? IT'S A DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE.
SO EVEN THE COUNTY HAS STATISTICS SHOWING THAT THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF INJURIES BECAUSE OF TRUCKS AND BICYCLES DON'T MATCH.
THERE'S WAYS TO, THERE'S WAYS TO BUILD THAT THAT WILL SLOW THE TRUCKS DOWN.
I MEAN, TRUCKS ARE A LITTLE WIDER, BUT THE PROBLEM IS TRUCKS GET GOING AND THEY LUMBER AND THEY DON'T SLOW DOWN.
SO THAT STREET CAN BE DESIGNED IN A WAY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE, THE, WHAT THE CITY'S DOING.
NOW, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND GETTING INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS, UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW KAREN IS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, AND MAYBE YOU'RE NOT.
BUT THE, THE PROJECT THAT WILL PROBABLY COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN A MONTH OR SO IS GOING TO HAVE WHAT ARE CONSIDERED LEGIT.
OUR, UH, FULL SIZE ON-STREET BIKE LANES.
SO SIX AND A HALF FEET WIDE WITH A BIG, UH, THERMOPLASTIC SEAL, WHITE STRIP ON BOTH SIDES.
AND SIGNS, UH, THERE WILL BE, UH, THERE WILL BE, UH, UH, CROSSWALKS AND BALL BOUTS AT THE STREETS.
A BALLOUT IS WHERE THE STREET GETS NARROW SO THE PEOPLE IN THE CROSSWALKS AREN'T HAVING TO WALK AS FAR EXPOSED TO CARS.
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT'LL HAPPEN TO SLOW THE CARS AND TRUCKS DOWN.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THE TRUCK SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE STREET.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE CITY CAN, IF THE CITY CAN, WHY THE HECK NOT? YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S INTEREST TO BALANCE THERE.
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THAT IT'S A TRUCK ROUTE, WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO HAVE A STREET THAT, UH, MEANDERED BETWEEN PARKING ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE RIGHT SIDE, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE STREET? WHAT IF THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 20 AND IT HAD CAMERAS OR POLICE PATROLS TO ENFORCE IT? SOMEBODY MIGHT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE EXTRA 27 SECONDS IT MIGHT TAKE TO GO FROM THE BOULEVARD TO THE EDGE OF TOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING 20 INSTEAD OF 35.IT'S NOT WORTH THE COST OF ABANDONING, UH, A ROUTE THAT IS BEING DEMANDED BY THE PUBLIC SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS PROGRAM AND ALL THAT SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO GO FAST.
AND, UH, CYCLISTS ARE FORCED TO BE TRY TO FIND A PLACE, FIND PLACE ZIGZAGGING AROUND GOING UP OVER THE HILLS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, AND THIS IS A LONGER CONVERSATION, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP THE COMMISSION'S TIME HAVING IT HERE, KAREN, HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS, BUT THANKS.
I ALSO THINK TOO, ON D STREET, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A FEW MORE CROSSWALKS AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, GENERAL, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT OR, OH, I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN NOW SAID.
MY, MY, UH, THINKING WAS, I HOPE WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING WHEN IT COMES TO ANY ROUTE THAT WOULD, UH, REQUIRE CHANGING ANYTHING WITH VEHICLE TRAFFIC OR PARKING.
THAT WE, THAT WE DO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITIES OF, UM, UH, PARALLEL ROUTES THAT CAN BE ALMOST AS QUICK, BUT WITHOUT, BUT WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN EXISTING VEHICLE TRA UH, PARKING AND TRAFFIC AND, UH, BIKE TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THEN MY QUESTION WAS, THIS IS AN EAST TO WEST THING.
WHAT ABOUT NORTH TO SOUTH? UH, WELL, THAT'S NOT PART OF WHY I'M HERE TODAY, SO I'M KIND OF LIKE, I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE STUFF FOR HOURS.
IS THAT THE POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE? 'CAUSE I MEAN, WE HAVE, HAVE THE RIVERFRONT IMPROVEMENT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY WAYS IS SMART TRAIL FOR ONE IS A NORTH TO SOUTH, UH, MCDOWELL BOULEVARD HAS NOW A SIGNIFICANT STRETCH IN THIS IMPROVEMENT THAT THEY'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED WITH REALLY NICE SIDEWALKS.
AND NICOLO WILL ATTEST TO THAT.
UH, STILL OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, THE SMART CROSSING IS, UH, IS BEING WORKED ON NOW WITH THE, WITH THE SMART IN THE CITY.
UH, BUT THAT COULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE FOUR LANES, IN MY OPINION.
AND IN MODERN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE FOUR LANES.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM, I THINK, A BIT OF EDITORIAL COMMENT, PEOPLE DON'T MIND GOING SLOW AS MUCH AS THEY MIND HAVING TO STOP FOR STOPLIGHTS TO TAKE A MINUTE AND A HALF.
AND IF YOU PUT IN ROUNDABOUTS, UH, TRAFFIC CIRCLES, WHICH ARE DONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, YEAH, YOU DO HAVE TO GO SLOWER.
YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE AROUND THAT THING.
BUT AFTER A WHILE, IT'S INSTINCTIVE AND YOU NEVER, YOU NEVER HAVE TO STOP.
AND THAT WILL SPEED UP TRAFFIC, IT'LL MAKE IT SAFER, AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE MCDOWELL SCHOOL, UH, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS COMMITTEE SAYING THAT THEY WILL NOT LET THEIR KID RIDE A BIKE TO SCHOOL BECAUSE MCDOWELL IS TOO DANGEROUS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT SITUATION.
SO, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO, UH, MIGHT LOSE PARKING SPACES THERE, THEY MIGHT LOSE PARKING SPACES ALONG COALFIELD.
BUT ARE WE GONNA REALLY LET US HOLD, LET THAT HOLD US BACK TO MAKE OUR GOALS FOR VISION ZERO FOR CLIMATE, FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, FOR SOCIAL EQUITY.
UM, BUT BEND HAS A LOT OF, UH, TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION, UM, TONIGHT.
AND I AM SO EXCITED AS SOMEONE WHO I TAKE MY SON TO PRESCHOOL RIDING A BIKE THE DAYS THAT WE CAN, AND THAT IT'S NOT POURING OUT.
IT'S, IT REALLY IS NOT A GREAT EXPERIENCE, BUT WE DO IT.
AND EVERY DAY THAT WE DO, I'M LIKE, WHEN WE GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY, I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE DID IT AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT OVER AGAIN.
SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THAT KIND OF HIGHER ANXIETY THAT YOU HAVE.
SO I JUST LOVE THE IDEA OF A ROUTE ACROSS TOWN THAT IS SAFE AND ENJOYABLE.
AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT TAKE THE SMART TRAIN UP HERE TO COME AND VISIT, LIKE HOW WONDERFUL IT WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE OUR CITY IN THIS WAY.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE MANY OBSTACLES AND, UM, I'M JUST REALLY
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HOPING THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND GET THIS, GET THIS GOING.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE SO I DON'T BIKE BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY GET TO THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL WITHOUT LIKE BEING LIKE, OH MY GOD, I'M GONNA DIE.
UM, BESIDES THE STREETS BEING COMPLETE GARBAGE, THAT LIKE, IT'S NOT ENJOYABLE TO RIDE A BIKE ON AND THEN YOU'RE ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE WEAVING AROUND DOG WALKERS AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK ANYWAYS.
UM, I JUST REMEMBER AS A KID, I THINK WE WERE IN TAHOE OR SOMETHING, BUT THEY HAD THIS WHOLE BIKE TRAIL THING WITH STOP SIGNS AND LIKE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THE COOLEST THING AS A KID.
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS LIKE A ROAD I CAN BE ON AND I CAN FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC LAWS.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT MEMORY STANDS OUT TO ME AND IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND TOWN SAFELY ON A BIKE IF I CHOSE TO.
IT'S ALWAYS SO GREAT TO HEAR YOU SPEAK.
YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE AND YOU, YOU BRING SO MUCH TO THE TABLE, SO MUCH RESEARCH, UM, AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO LISTEN TO.
UM, IN PARTICULAR, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, VOICE FOR EQUITY AND, UM, FOR MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT, AT THIS, THROUGH THIS LENS.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
THANKS, COMMISSIONER BERTELLI.
WELL, AS A E-BIKE ETRI RIDER, UM, I APPRECIATE, UM, ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BIKE BIKING, UH, PATH PATHWAYS AND TRAILS AROUND THE CITY.
I'VE HAD A FEW, UM, PRETTY NERVE WRACKING, UH, EXPERIENCES MYSELF, UH, WITH TRAFFIC AND WITH, UH, THE POOR QUALITY OF SOME OF THE, THE BIKE LANES.
UH, SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT AND MORE IMPROVEMENTS FOR BIKERS AROUND THE CITY.
COUNCIL NEL, ANYTHING? WELL, THANK YOU, BRUCE.
I ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR, UM, PRESENTATIONS AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE THE PASSION.
UM, I GREW UP IN PETALUMA, SO I LOVE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE AS A KID LIVING OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND RIDING MY BIKE TO SCHOOL WHEN WE MISSED THE BUS, OR THAT WAS OUR ONLY MOVES OF TRANSPORTATION 'CAUSE WE WERE NOT PRIVILEGED TEENAGERS WITH VEHICLES, BUT, UM, IT WAS NOT SAFE.
AND OUR BICYCLE THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN WEAR HELMETS.
AND THEN BEING A PARENT OF KIDS WHO RODE THEIR BIKES ALL OVER PETALUMA, I AM SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE BIKE ROUTES BECAUSE THEY WERE POPPING TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE RUNNING OVER GLASS AND GOING TO SCHOOL TO AT KENWORTH, UM, WHICH IS NOW A TARGET SHOPPING CENTER.
SO I AM APPLAUDING ALL THE BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT, UM, THE EXISTING STREETS AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE HOMES AND HOW THEY'RE, HOW THE, IT IS A DIFFERENT WORLD WITH ALL THE DELIVERIES AND TRUCK ROUTES AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A DIFFERENT WORLD.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY DELIVERIES 10 YEARS AGO, AND NOW THERE'S DELIVERY VEHICLES AND LOTS MORE TRUCKS OUT ON THE STREETS.
AND THAT'S MORE AS A RECREATIONAL BICYCLE RIDER, I GET MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE TRUCKS THAN I DO THE SMALL VEHICLES.
SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT TOO.
ANY COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER CHISHOLM? MY ONLY ADDITIONAL THOUGHT WOULD BE THE STRESS, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF WAY FINDING FOR THIS TO MAKE SURE IT'S REALLY EASY AND CLEAR FOR PEOPLE TO, TO, TO KNOW THESE ROUTES.
TO MAKE SURE THERE'S, THERE'S NO CONFUSION OF WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO CATCH THIS.
AND IF I COULD SPEAK FOR, UH, BJORN GRUENBERG, WHO, UH, IS
SO WE'RE GONNA START SEEING MORE OF THAT FOR EXISTING TRAILS AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE NEW ALIGNMENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, STAFF.
I KNOW, UH, DREW AND HIS AND HIS TEAM AND CINDY HAVE DONE SOME TREMENDOUS THINGS FOR US DOWN AT THE MCNAIR PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN.
BUT, UH, PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF ON THIS TOPIC, IT'S JUST REALLY HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE AND THEY'RE WORKING REALLY
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HARD AND I'D LIKE TO SEE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY STEP BEHIND AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT ON SOME OF THIS STUFF.THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS ALL GREAT.
UM, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE HOMES ON D STREETS, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD PUT THE BURDEN OF THE DELIVERY TRUCKS ON THE DELIVERY COMPANIES.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WITH UP, UM, WITH THE POST OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY WILL FIGURE OUT WAYS AROUND THESE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE WALKING PACKAGES, THEY HAVE DOLLIES, BUT, YOU KNOW, AMAZON WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
THEY'RE LOGISTICAL PEOPLE, RIGHT.
MAYBE WE CAN GET OUR PACKAGES DELIVERED TO OUR ROOFS.
UM, BUT NO, I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING, UM, MORE THINGS ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO ACROSS TOWN, UM, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS A PERSON WHO LIVES ON THE EAST SIDE AND I HAVE TEENAGERS AND I HAVE TO DRIVE THEM A LOT TO THE WEST SIDE.
UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I FELT CONFIDENT THAT THEY COULD GET THERE SAFELY.
SO I THINK THIS IS, UM, REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I JUST REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE MY MIC ON THAT WHOLE TIME AND I HAD SUCH GREAT THINGS TO SAY.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES.WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH IN DECEMBER, SO WE ARE APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? GREAT.
AND WITH THAT, THE MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023 ARE APPROVED.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
ON OUR AGENDA IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY.UM, WE RECEIVED THIS REPORT, UM, AND HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S, UH, OF PETALUMA'S BLUE CAR.
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO CONSIDER PROVIDING INPUT AND FEEDBACK TO STAFF ON ANY AND ALL ELEMENTS OF THIS DRAFT REPORT FOR CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO FINAL ADOPTION.
UH, DREW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS? INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKERS? SURE.
UM, THANK YOU CHAIR, UM, COMMISSION COMMUNITY.
UH, IN A MOMENT I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UH, HEATHER GITZ.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE CHRISTINA PAUL, WHO, PRINCIPAL PLANNER, UM, WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED HEAVILY IN THIS PROJECT.
AND WE ARE VERY MUCH WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO COLLECT INPUT, UH, IN A TIMELY MANNER, UH, TO KEEP THIS MASSIVE AND IMPORTANT PROJECT, WHICH IS TO CREATE A ROADMAP FOR HOW THE CITY, UH, INTENDS TO, UH, REACH ITS GOALS OF NEW CLIMATE NEUTRALITY.
AND WE DO THAT BY TRYING TO COLLECT, UH, UNIQUE INPUT FROM OUR COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, AND ALLOW THEM TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO SYNTHESIZE THAT BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK OUT THROUGH THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST COMMISSIONS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
UM, I, EVERY COMMITTEE COMMISSION APPROACHED THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO BEFORE I INTRODUCE HEATHER, THIS IS A, A, A, A BIG, UH, WICKED PROBLEM AS, AS WE SAY, AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
WELL, THE, THE RECREATION MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION HAS ONE OF THE MORE BROAD PURVIEWS AND SCOPE OF WHAT WE TOUCH.
WE MANAGE LANDS, WE'RE STEWARDS OF RESOURCES, BUT WE'RE ALSO, UH, MANAGING OPERATIONS.
WE PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN TRANSPORTATION SEQUESTRATION.
SO, UH, I, I DID NOT PROVIDE MUCH, UH, CLEAR OR GUIDANCE TO, TO KIND OF HAVE THE COMMISSION WEIGH IN, IN PARTICULARS OF THIS PLAN.
WHEREAS SOME COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF REFINE THE SCOPE OF REVIEW.
BUT WHAT'S HELPFUL FOR STAFF, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE COMMENTS SHARED AMONG THE COMMISSION THAT YOU WANT TO, UM, ELEVATE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SECOND, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WE'LL BE TAKING NOTES AND TRACKING, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR KIND OF MAJORITY COMMENTS THAT WE CAN PACKAGE UP WITH THE OTHER, UH, FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE TO CARRY THIS, UM, THIS PROCESS FORWARD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MARCHING ORDERS.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, I'LL INTRODUCE HEATHER AT THIS POINT, WHO'S GONNA BE ZOOMING, ZOOMING WITH US TONIGHT, AND SHE'LL DRIVE THE PRESENTATION.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, A STAFF REPORT AS WELL AS SOME, UH, INFORMATION AND CONTEXT, OUR LINK TO THE AGENDA IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW ALONG SEPARATELY.
SO HEATHER, UH, GRITZ, UH, SENIOR PLANNER, TAKE IT AWAY.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, DREW.AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TALKING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S PLANNING STAFF, GENERAL TEAM, GENERAL PLAN TEAM, UM, AND INTRODUCING TO YOU THE, UM, OH, I CAN, I CAN DO THAT.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, START OUT AND SAY, UM, THANK YOU.
AND SO, UM, GO AHEAD AND SHARE.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL SEEING THE CORRECT SCREEN, SO, YES.
UM, SO WE'LL START OFF, AND I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T JUMP TWICE.
UM, SO THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON, UM, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND THERE THE CITY DID FORM A CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN, UM, IN, IN ACTUALLY DRAFTING IT, UM, WORKING WITH OUR SUBCONTRACTOR RAMEY.
AND, UM, THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE PLAN WAS RELEASED IN OCTOBER, UM, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC DRAFT.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD A PORTAL UP ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE PROMOTED IT THROUGH EMAIL TO PEOPLE WHO SUBSCRIBED TO THE CITY'S EMAIL, UM, NOTES.
AND, UM, WE BASICALLY SENT THAT OUT.
IT WAS PROMOTED THROUGH COOL PETALUMA, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OTHER GROUPS.
AND SO BETWEEN OCTOBER 2ND AND NOVEMBER 17TH, WE SENT THIS OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO A, UH, COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WAS HELD IN PERSON AT CITY HALL WHERE PEOPLE WERE INVITED TO COME AND TALK TO RAMEY PEOPLE AND, UM, LEARN ABOUT IT.
SO RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE'RE AT IS, UH, WE'VE CLOSED THAT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE'RE COMPILING ALL THE COMMENTS.
UM, AND THE CAC ALSO REALLY WANTED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM, UM, OTHER, UM, OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS TO ALSO, UM, SOLICIT SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE NEUTRALITY.
UM, AND THAT ALL THAT FEEDBACK IS GOING TO THEM ON FEBRUARY 8TH.
UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, FINALIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE SPRING OF 2024 BECAUSE, UM, AS WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY.
AND, UM, THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT THIS BLUEPRINT SETS FORTH HOW WE CAN REDUCE OUR CARBON EMISSIONS AND GET TO CLIMATE NEUTRALITY BY 2030.
SO, UM, BUILDS ON THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY FRAMEWORK.
IT LOOKS AT THE RELEVANT POLICIES AND INFORMATION IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
UM, AND SO REALLY IT'S ALL OF THAT EFFORT, UM, AND IT IS MEANT TO BE INTEGRATED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING AS WELL.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND.
UM, AND IT DOES INCORPORATE SOME OF THE NEW INNOVATIVE PRACTICES, UNLIKE THE GENERAL PLAN.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A SHORT TERM PLAN, SO IT'S MEANT TO BE LESS THAN 10 YEARS.
SO AGAIN, OUR TARGET DATE IS 2030.
UM, AND, UM, AS A, AS A BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN A CLIMATE ADAPTATION OR CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN, THE IDEA OF THE BLUEPRINT IS ABOUT REDUCING, UM, CARBON EMISSIONS.
AND SO GREENHOUSE GASES, AS WE KNOW, ARE, UM, HOPE WE ALL KNOW, ARE RELATED TO, UM, CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO THE KEY ACTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW DO WE REDUCE THAT? THERE ARE CLIMATE ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE PLACE, BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE DECREASE EMISSIONS AT THIS POINT, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS ABOUT HOW AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE, BUT THERE ARE CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, BUT I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE SEPARATING THAT OUT FROM WHAT THIS IS, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REDUCING, UM, GREENHOUSE GASES.
AND WHAT IS THE CO2 EQUIVALENT IS THE MEASUREMENT THAT WE USE, UM, IN ORDER TO REACH THE TARGET OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030.
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AGAIN, I, OH, I, I GUESS I KINDA SKIPPED AROUND ON MY SLIDES HERE, BUT AS MENTIONED, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WERE DONE WERE THE INVENTORIES, UM, TO FIND OUT WHAT WERE THE, WHAT ARE EXISTING, UM, GREENHOUSE GASES, UM, AND THEN DOING ANALYSIS, DEVELOPING ACTION PLANS, AND AGAIN, GOING THROUGH THIS PUBLIC PROCESS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY AND THAT IT, WHEN IT'S ADOPTED, THAT ITS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED.SO, UM, THE STARTING POINT THAT WE LOOK AT HERE IS WHAT WERE THE GHG EMISSIONS IN 2018? AND THIS IS REALLY RELEVANT CONVERSATION THAT YOU JUST HAD BECAUSE AS DISCUSSED, UM, ON-ROAD, TRANSPORTATION COUNTS FOR 67% OF THE CARBON, UM, THAT GOES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND IS FROM, THE SECOND MOST IS FROM ENERGY.
AND AGAIN, I SAY CARBON, BUT I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS GREENHOUSE GASES.
IT'S, IT'S A HABIT THAT I HAVE FROM, COMES FROM MANY YEARS AGO,
BUT IT IS THE, THE, WHEN I SAY CARBON, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CARBON DIOXIDE, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT METHANE AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES, BUT WE USE CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT BECAUSE IT GIVES US ONE METRIC TO KIND OF LOOK AT ALL OF OUR GREENHOUSE GASES.
UM, BUT REGARDLESS, THIS, UM, THIS IS THE 2018 PROFILE.
SO THERE'S THREE SCENARIO, OR SORRY, THERE'S SEVERAL SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, AND, UM, IS WHAT IF WE DO NOTHING? WHAT IF JUST ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS AND WE JUST KEEP GOING THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS GONE AND WE DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT IS THE BUSINESS' USUAL.
UM, THAT'S THE BUSINESS'S USUAL TRAJECTORY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT LINE, UM, GOES UP.
SO GREENHOUSE GASES WOULD GO UP.
NOW THE STATE IS TAKING ACTION AND THERE'S CHANGES IN REGULATION.
THERE'S MINUTE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING ON, YOU KNOW, OTHER LEVELS.
AND SO THERE IS AN ADJUSTED BUSINESS AS USUAL.
SO AGAIN, UM, THAT'S SORT OF LIKE, UM, ADOPTING STATE POLICIES, BUT NOT LOCAL ACTION.
SO IF YOU SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING LOCALLY, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE.
THERE IS SOME REDUCTION, BUT IT'S NOT, UM, ANYWHERE NEAR SIGNIFICANT.
NOW, UM, THE AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION LINE THAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS YELLOW LINE, UM, THAT IS WHAT IF WE TAKE THE AMBITIOUS ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THE BLUEPRINT THAT HAVE, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE, THAT WE HAVE IN DRAFT PHASE, AND WHAT IF WE IMPLEMENT THOSE ACTIONS? UM, AND THAT DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE, UM, IN CARBON EMISSIONS NOW, NO, IT'S NOT CARBON NEUTRAL, WHICH IS THE TARGET.
AND SO WE DO HAVE THIS QUESTION OF WHAT DOES IT TAKE? UM, AND WHAT THIS ACKNOWLEDGES IS THAT TO GET TO CARBON NEUTRALITY, UM, IT TAKES MORE THAN WHAT YOU CAN REGULATE OR MANDATE BY STATE LAW.
SO YES, IT INCLUDES ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS THAT WERE, THAT ARE PART OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, BUT IT ALSO IS, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, UM, THERE'S PERSONAL ACTIONS THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS TO TAKE AND THAT, UM, AND THAT WITHOUT THOSE THINGS HAPPENING, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO CARBON NEUTRAL.
SO THE, WHAT DOES IT TAKE SCENARIO? SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.
ARE, ARE AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UM, THE ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THERE, AND THERE ARE 22 CORNERSTONE ACTIONS, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN THAT IN THE PLAN.
IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED PAGES ALTOGETHER, JUST THE PLAN, NOT INCLUDING THE APPENDICES.
UM, AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT AMBITIOUS ACTIONS ARE, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE, UM, MAKING BUILDINGS MORE EFFICIENT, DECARBONIZING THEM, UM, USING DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, YOU CAN REDUCE CARBON ABOUT 40%.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU DO THAT'S, OR SORRY, IF YOU DO ABOUT 40% OF THAT, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THAT NUMBER.
UM, BUT TO GET TO NEUTRAL WOULD TAKE 85%.
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OF ALL VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WOULD GIVE US AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION.AND, UM, WHAT DOES IT TAKE WOULD BE, UM, AGAIN, 25%, OOPS, SORRY.
UM, LOOKING AT BICYCLE SHARE, SO MODE SHARE.
SO, UM, AS WE JUST, I LOVE THAT NEW PHRASE, NATO, THAT MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY.
SO I HOPE EVERYBODY PICKS THAT UP TOO.
UM, AS WE JUST LEARNED FROM OUR FRIEND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET AMBITIOUS ACTION AND 50% OF ALL TRIPS BECOME N TRIPS, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET TO THAT AM YOU KNOW, THAT GOAL OF REDUCTION, UM, THAT YOU SEE THE AMBITIOUS, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT DOES IT TAKE IS 75%.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE GAPS.
UM, AND AGAIN, AS PARTIALLY RELATES TO PERSONAL BEHAVIOR.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PLAN.
UM, IT IS SEPARATED INTO SECTORS, SO CLEAN ENERGY, UM, BUILDINGS, AND WE DO LOOK AT BOTH EXISTING BUILDINGS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDINGS.
UM, TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE ARE ALSO A CRITICAL COMPONENT, UM, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION.
SO, UM, THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE FROM WHAT WE ARE CONSUMING? UM, SO WATER IS ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE, UM, PRODUCTION AND USE OF WATER, UH, DOES HAVE IMPACTS TO ENERGY AND CARBON, UM, AND SEQUESTRATION IN NATURAL SYSTEMS. SO WE THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE TREES, UM, LAND MANAGEMENT, AND HOW DO WE SEQUESTER MORE CARBON IN THE LANDS THAT WE HAVE? UM, AND OF COURSE, UM, CITY AS A LEADER, MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS, HOW DO WE AS A CITY REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS AND LEAD THE WAY IN THIS EFFORT? SO AS WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT ACTIONS IN THESE, UM, DIFFERENT SECTIONS, UM, DIFFERENT ACTIONS HAVE EITHER A LOWER OR HIGHER POTENTIAL TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
SO A VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION AND ELECTRIC MOBILITY ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST, UM, WAYS THAT YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR, UM, CARBON EMISSIONS.
UM, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE, UM, WATER EFFICIENT ENERGY CONSERVATION HAS AN IMPACT, BUT NOT AS BIG.
OR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TRAIN STAFF AND CHANGING HOW YOU MIGHT RUN THE CITY WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT IT'S PRETTY MINIMAL RELATIVE TO, UM, SOMETHING LIKE SAYING, OKAY, OUR, YOU KNOW, 67% OF OUR EMISSIONS ARE COMING FROM TRANSPORTATION.
SO VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION AND OTHER METHODS OF REDUCING, UM, VEHICLE MILES, TRAVEL AND EMISSIONS COMING FROM CARS IS, IS GOING TO HAVE A GREATER IMPACT.
THE OTHER LEVEL OF COMPARISON TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND THIS IS WHERE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING, WE ARE LIMITED BY WHAT, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE COSTS OF THESE THINGS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, PURCHASING CLEAN ENERGY IS RELATIVELY LOWER IN COST.
THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GENERATE ENERGY LOCALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE SO THAT NEW BUILDINGS ARE USING MATERIALS WITH EMBODIED CARBON, UM, THAT ARE CARBON NEUTRAL MATERIALS IS GOING TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TRYING TO ELECTRIFY AND RETROFIT EXISTING BUILDINGS.
UM, AND SO, UH, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF, OF REALLY LOOKING AT THESE.
AND THESE ARE IN THE PLAN, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE 22 CORNERSTONE ACTIONS, UM, THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.
UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THESE IS, I'M JUST GONNA SHOW YOU A BRIEF EXAMPLE, ARE SEQUESTRATION.
UM, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, REVISING THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, UM, REVISING THE URBAN FOREST PLAN WITH DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND COMPREHENSIVE LAND, CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES FOR CITY PROPERTY, THAT CITY PROPERTY THAT CENTER AROUND, UM, REGENERATIVE MANAGEMENT.
SO, UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S MORE.
UM, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, IS, I KNOW IT'S A BIT OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE PLAN, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE KIND OF BROKEN UP INTO A SHORT PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.
UM, AS NOTED, THERE IS A CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION
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THAT HAS REALLY TAKEN THE LEAD AND THERE'S SOME, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH A LOT OF EXPERTISE IN HOW WE MANAGE, UM, GREENHOUSE GASES AND, UM, REDUCE EMISSIONS.SO IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO WORK WITH THEM AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE OTHER, UH, GROUPS AS WELL.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, THERE'S, WE HAVE LOTS MORE INFORMATION.
UH, SOMETHING THAT THE, IF, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AN ACTION TONIGHT, YOU MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMITTEE, UM, WANTS TO ENCOURAGE ITS MEMBERS TO INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UM, THROUGH THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL GOING TO SEVERAL COMMITTEES OR, UM, THE OTHER OPTION IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO, AS A COMMITTEE PROVIDE FEEDBACK OFFICIALLY AS THE COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
I'M GONNA STOP MY SCREEN SHARE AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT I GOT.
DO WE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? COMMISSIONER SIMMONS? HI, UH, THANK YOU.
ON THE, SO ONE OF THE SLIDES SAID GHG INVENTORY YEARS, AND WE STOPPED AT 2018.
DO WE HAVE ANY LIKE, CURRENT DATA OF WHERE WE'RE AT? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING DATA AND GETTING GOOD DATA IS, THERE'S ALWAYS A BIT OF A TIME LAG.
AND SO BASED ON WHEN THE PLAN WAS STARTED, THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT AVAILABLE.
SO WE WILL NEED TO RECALCULATE ONCE THIS IS ALL SAID.
AND ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, THANKS.
AND THEN ON ANOTHER SLIDE, IT HAD LIKE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, 40% BUILDINGS, 85% IF WE WANT TO GET THERE BY 2030.
UM, AND IT HAD ELECTRIC CARS AS THE SAME 25% ON BOTH SLIDES.
AND THEN I THINK IN THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SAID THE GREATEST THING WE COULD DO IS TO GO ELECTRIC CAR.
SO WHY WOULDN'T WE INCREASE THAT? AND THEN YOU COULD KIND OF MAKE THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE LIKE, PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA ELECTRIFY THEIR HOMES IF THEY HAVE A GAS STOVE WHEN LIKE POWER CAN'T BE KEPT ON AND YOU NEED TO COOK AND BATHE YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT AND I APOLOGIZE.
UM, SO I AM HAPPY TO SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT OUT AS, UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW.
AND UNLESS HEATHER, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE OTHER HEATHER'S FLOATING AROUND, SO IF SHE'S ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, GOOD EVENING CHAIR COMMISSIONERS, HEATHER HEINZ.
I'M SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER WITH THE, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, ONE OF THE HAZARDS OF US BEING HERE AND, AND PRESENTING THIS PLAN AS THIS PLAN IS SO HIGHLY TECHNICAL IN CERTAIN WAYS.
SO THERE A LOT WENT INTO IT BY, UM, THE CONSULTANTS RAMEY.
SO I ALSO DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT THAT SAME THING CAUGHT MY EYE WHEN THAT SLIDE FLASHED UP.
I WAS LIKE, IS THAT RIGHT? UM, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK THAT QUESTION AND GET AN ANSWER BACK THROUGH DREW FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP.
ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? NO.
I SEE THAT WE DO HAVE, OH, OH, I'M SORRY.
I GUESS IT'S SORT OF A CLARIFYING QUESTION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA WAIT UNTIL COMMENTS.
A QUESTION THAT MIGHT TURN INTO A COMMENT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE DID GET ONE, UM, EMAIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SUSAN KIRKS.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT? NOPE.
SO THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO, UM, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
SO COMMISSIONER GREENSPAN, WE'LL GO RIGHT TO YOU.
I HAVEN'T QUITE FORMED THE THOUGHTFULLY, BUT, UM, I, I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, HEATHER, YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT PERSONAL BEHAVIOR AND CHANGES THAT WILL BE NEED TO BE MADE IN PERSONAL BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE PART OF THIS.
AND JUST ANECDOTALLY, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAVE TONS OF NEIGHBORS WHO BURN
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WOOD IN THEIR FIREPLACES, EVEN ON DAYS THAT ARE CONSIDERED, UM, NO BURN DAYS.AND I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORS ABOUT IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY ARE YOU BURNING WOOD? AND THEY SAY THE GAS PRICES ARE TOO HIGH, I CAN'T AFFORD TO HEAT MY HOME ANY OTHER WAY.
HOW, HOW DO WE AS A COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND INSPIRE THESE CHANGES WHEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AN ECONOMIC PART TO THIS, THERE'S AN EQUITY PART TO THIS.
IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS SO MASSIVE.
AND THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS IS AMAZING.
MM-HMM,
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT PERSONAL BEHAVIOR PART AND HOW, HOW WE ARE GOING TO INSPIRE THESE CHANGES IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR CITIZENS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BECAUSE I, SOMETHING I DID NOT REALLY GET INTO IS THAT IN EACH OF THE ACTION PLANS WE IDENTIFY, UM, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND SHARE THIS AGAIN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WORTH SEEING.
UM, SO, UH, IN, IN ADDITION TO IDENTIFYING ACTIONS, WE IDENTIFY PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU CAN'T JUST REGULATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIPS.
AND, UM, I, I FOR SURE UNDERSTAND AND HEAR, UM, THAT A A A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BURN WOOD BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE, UM, ARE ABLE TO HEAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT THAT IS VERY COMMON AND ESPECIALLY EVEN MORE SO IN RURAL AREAS.
AND SO, UM, IT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIPS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UM, THAT THE RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UPGRADE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF MODELS OUT THERE, AND THIS CAME UP A LOT DURING THE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE EQUITY IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN.
UM, YOU CAN'T REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS IF YOU DON'T BRING EVERYBODY ALONG.
AND SO THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT REALLY TOOK PLACE IN TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE AROUND WATER CONSERVATION.
SO THE STATE IS FUNDING, UM, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR RETROFITTING FOR WATER CONSERVATION.
SO EACH JURISDICTION IS ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AS THEY SEE FIT.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S PROVIDING KITS, UM, THAT PEOPLE CAN INSTALL.
AND THEN IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TEAMS THAT WILL GO IN AND LOOK AND SAY, OKAY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR SHOWER HEAD IS WRONG AND WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT OUT, AND YOUR TOILET IS LEAKING, SO WE'RE GETTING YOU A NEW RUBBER SEAL.
AND, UM, THERE, THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THESE GOALS.
AND SO ABSOLUTELY THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL PIECE TO MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY IS THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, BUT THAT WE'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OTHER GROUPS, NONPROFITS, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS, WHOEVER IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES, UM, ARE CONSIDERED THAT THERE'S A WAY TO PROVIDE THEM.
CAN I CHAIR, MAY I ADD TO THAT RESPONSE? SURE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING ALSO THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, LIKE CONSUMPTION EMISSIONS, LIKE HOW THE CITY CAN'T REGULATE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES YOU ORDER FROM AMAZON OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF BEHAVIORS.
BUT IT'S A HUGE PIECE OF OUR GREENHOUSE GASES.
SO REALLY ONE OF THE STEPS IN HERE IS TO DO, I THINK IT'S A SURVEY TO REALLY GET SOME KIND OF, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH CONSUMPTION, UM, AND, AND ITS IMPACTS ON EMISSIONS, AND THEN TARGET SOME OF THAT WITH EDUCATION.
AND ARE THERE WAYS THAT EVERYBODY ON MY BLOCK CAN GET THEIR AMAZON DELIVERED ON THE SAME DAY? AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE IDEAS.
SO IT REALLY DOES LAY OUT A LOT OF THINKING, UM, ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS, UM, AND RECOGNIZES THAT WE CAN'T JUST REGULATE OURSELVES OUT OF THIS.
IT'S, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT CREATIVELY AND FROM ALL DIFFERENT SIDES, AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY.
SO FROM LIKE BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION,
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WE KNOW HAND IN HAND WHEN WE COME OUT WITH REGULATIONS ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION, WE HAVE TO COME OUT HAND IN HAND WITH FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES AND GROUP DISCOUNTS AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT IS.AND WE'RE STILL DEFINITELY EXPLORING THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A KEY COMPONENT AND WE REALIZE THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT THE BLUEPRINT AND THINK, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S SO MUCH IN HERE.
SO WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
THE OTHER, UM, KIND OF THING THAT I WANTED TO ELEVATE WAS JUST LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND, UM, KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES OF EQUITY THERE.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I GUESS.
UM, I, UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION TO US.
I THINK JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, IT IS
I MEAN, UM, TRANSPORTATION, VEHICLE MILES, TRAVEL, THAT IS SUCH A HUGE PART OF THIS.
SO I THINK, UM, DREW, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS ABOUT HOW THIS COMMISSION REALLY, THIS, YOU KNOW, TIES IN WITH SO MANY OF THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND, AND BRINGING, YOU KNOW, ELEVATING OR, YOU KNOW, SHINING A LIGHT ON SOME OF THESE REALLY KEY ISSUES THAT INVOLVE OUR COMMISSION.
SO, UM, YEAH, I'M JUST
AND, UM, IT'S TIMELY, IT'S AMBITIOUS, BUT, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE CITY GET THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I GUESS JUST TO GO OFF THE WOODBURN, SINCE THAT WAS ONE EXAMPLE, UM, LIKE EVEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE CARE WITH PG E RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LOW ON THEIR PG E BILL'S OVER $200, THAT'S NOT GONNA, THE CITY CAN'T FIX THAT.
THAT HAS TO COME FROM THE STATE.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT STATE REGULATION HAPPEN FOR THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THIS.
PG E ALREADY OFFERS THOSE SEALANTS AND WE'LL COME INSPECT YOUR HOME AND MAKE IT ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND WE'RE STILL GONNA CHARGE YOU OVER $250 A MONTH TO HEAT YOUR HOUSE.
SO, LIKE MY NEIGHBOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DON'T HAVE A HEATER, THEY BURN BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR ONLY HEAT SOURCE.
SO THE CITY'S GONNA PAY FOR A WHOLE FURNACE.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T EVEN PAVE OUR STREETS OR TAKE CARE OF OUR PARKS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA JUST LIKE GO BE PUTTING FURNACES IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
IT'S, UH, I MEAN, THERE, IT'S ALL GREAT IDEAS, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY IS GONNA HAVE THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO ANY OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PLAN.
I THINK IT'S VERY AMBITIOUS FOR UNDER 10 YEARS.
UM, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT, ESPECIALLY THE EDUCATION PIECE.
THE CONNECTION TO THE WA WATER CONSERVATION WAS A GOOD CONNECTION FOR ME TO MAKE.
UM, JUST BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WENT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AND GOT OUR BUCKET AND OUR SHOWER HEAD AND ALL OF THAT, UM, I, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT'S A PLAN THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO ROLL OUT REALLY FAST AND, AND, UM, THE CITY IS GONNA HAVE TO BE ON BOARD AND PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES TO THIS PLAN TO MAKE IT, UM, EFFECTIVE AND HAPPEN.
SO, UM, I HOPE, I HOPE IT HAPPENS.
I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT A PRETTY AMAZING COMMISSIONER BERTELLI, ANY COMMENTS? UM, JUST THAT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO START, AT LEAST START THE PROCESS OF THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS AND TRYING TO, UM, KIND OF GET OUR ARMS AROUND ALL OF THESE MANY ISSUES THAT ARE ALL RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON CARBON NEUTRALITY.
UM, AND I CAN SEE THAT, UM, DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THIS PLAN ARE ALSO BEING TOUCHED ON IN OTHER PLANS THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO I CAN SEE THAT PORTIONS OF IT ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, SORT OF BITTEN OFF BY DIFFERENT OTHER, UM, PROCESSES THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON,
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OTHER FUNDING SOURCES POSSIBLY.BUT IT, IT IS, IT IS A, UM, A VERY AMBITIOUS PLAN.
NOT THAT THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULDN'T START AND THAT WE SHOULDN'T TRY.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THE CITY IS THINKING ABOUT THIS IN A MORE HOLISTIC WAY.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS, UM, ARE ACCOMPLISHED.
PARTICULARLY AS COMMISSIONER RIZZO, UH, POINTED OUT, THE THINGS THAT RELY, UM, HEAVILY ON BEHAVIOR CHANGES, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY
THERE CAN BE INCENTIVES, THERE CAN BE, UM, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO START SOMEWHERE.
I THINK IT'S A VERY AMBITIOUS PLAN.
UM, I AM STILL READING THROUGH IT PAGE BY PAGE, AND I WILL, UM, TRY TO PUT SOME OF MY COMMENTS IN WRITING AND SEND THOSE IN.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THE CITY IS, UM, IS TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND, AND SOMEHOW BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.
YES, IT'S, IT'S A VERY, UM, GOOD STEPPING OFF PLACE FOR THE CITY AS WE DO OUR GENERAL PLAN FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
IT'S 70 TO 112 PAGES, AND I'VE ALREADY SAT IN ON MEETINGS WITH THE SENIORS GETTING THEIR VIEWPOINTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAN THE, UH, A FAMILY THAT'S JUST STARTING WITH THEIR NEW FIRST HOME AND SMALL CHILDREN.
AND THEN THERE'S THE MIDDLE INCOME, AND THEN THERE'S THE LOWER INCOME WHO HAVE CHALLENGES.
BUT I ALMOST SEE IT AS HOW WE DEAL WITH GARBAGE RECYCLING AND COMPOST.
IT ALL STARTED WITH EDUCATION, WHICH WE DID THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, AND EACH GENERATION GOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, WE WERE BURNING THE GARBAGE IN THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY, BUT IN PETALUMA, THEY HAVE INCINERATORS THAT THEY WOULD PUT ALL THEIR GARBAGE AND JUST, I CAN'T IMAGINE THE TOXINS THAT WENT INTO THERE.
NOW WE, YOU KNOW, 50 YEARS LATER WE'RE RECYCLING EVERYTHING.
THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING IN MY GRAIN, MY GRAY BUCKET.
AND, BUT THE MOST IS IN THE GREEN, THE GREEN THAT IS FOR COMPOSTING.
THAT'S, WE'VE COME SO FAR AND THERE'S A LOT IN MY BLUE FOR RECYCLING.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE REUSE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING, WE HAVE THIS COOL PETALUMA THAT'S GOING NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST PREACHING, BUT SHOWING HOW IT CAN BE DONE, HOW YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE, HOW YOU CAN BUY LOCAL AND SAVE, AND THE ENERGY EFFICIENT THING.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START.
AND I AM REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS GROUP HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE WITH WHAT THEY WANNA SEE IN PARKS AND FOR THE, UM, PUBLIC LAND AS FAR AS NATURAL TURF VERSUS ARTIFICIAL TURF.
SO WE'RE ALREADY SO INTO THAT CONVERSATION, THAT DIALOGUE AND THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS GROUP AND IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK THE CITY IS, I THINK WE'RE UP FOR IT.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED AND, UM, THANK YOU TO BOTH HEATHERS FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TIME INTO IT.
UH, WELL, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY JUST READ ABOUT IT THIS WEEK TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, ENERGY PRICES AND WHAT THE STATE CAN DO.
I, I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR CHANGING, UM, UH, THE WAY UTILITIES ARE BILLED TO A FIXED RATE PER HOUSEHOLD, UH, BASED ON INCOME LEVELS.
SO THAT, UH, AS FAR AS I READ THIS WEEK IS, IS A POSSIBILITY THAT'S IN THE WORKS FOR CALIFORNIA.
UM, OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, UM, UH, FOR 50% MOTIVE SHARE I THINK WAS ONE OF THE GOALS WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
DOES THAT INCLUDE, UM, ONE OF THE OPTIONS, UH, INSTEAD OF DRIVING, IS THAT INCLUDE PUBLIC TRANSIT? AND IF SO,
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HA HAS THE PUBLIC TRANSIT COMMITTEE HAD THIS PRESENTATION? 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'D REALLY WANT TO.HEATHER, DO YOU KNOW IF TRANSIT HAS MET TO DISCUSS THIS? I KNOW PBAC DID.
I DON'T REMEMBER ABOUT CAMPUS.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT HAS GONE TO TRANSIT YET.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S, UM, NOT GOING TO GO TO THEM.
UM, CONFESSION, I'M ACTUALLY THE UNDERSTUDY, SO
UM, BUT, BUT MY SHIFT WOULD INCLUDE TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, GET GETTING OUT OF YOUR, OUT OF YOUR CAR.
UM, MY, MY LAST COMMISSION WAS THE TRANSIT COMMISSION.
I WAS THE, THE VICE CHAIR TALKING, HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, THE TRANSIT MANAGER AND THE CHAIR ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
SO I KNOW THE CHAIR WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION.
YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF THEY, I, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF 'EM, SO I JUST DUNNO THE STATUS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, I JUST HAD A FEW, UM, COMMENTS.
UM, OVERALL, UM, LIKE THE, THE DEFINITION OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS AND BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTION ITEMS, UM, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF LIKE, QUANTITATIVE METRICS, AND IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG THING, BUT, UM, KIND OF THE WHOLE THING WITH, YOU KNOW, SMART GOALS IS THAT THEY NEED TO BE MEASURABLE.
UM, AND I, AND I JUST DON'T SEE A LOT OF THAT IN THERE.
UM, IT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO START TO COMPARE AND OVERLAY LIKE THE CITY BUDGET, UM, AND THESE ACTION ITEMS AND REALLY SEE, DO THESE THINGS LINE UP? UM, I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DEFINITELY BE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF THEY'RE ATTAINABLE.
UM, AND EVEN PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS? HOW DOES THAT LIGHT, YOU KNOW, GO INTO THIS 2030? I MEAN, I MEAN, THAT'S SIX YEARS AWAY,
UM, SO ANYHOW, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, ON PAGE 79, UH, THIS IS, UH, NOT, OH, I MEAN, THIS IS, I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT TREES HERE.
UM, PAGE 79, NUMBER FIVE, LIST OF APPROVED STREET TREES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS COMING UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY WANNA PUT, UM, THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY PARKING AND PUT TREASON IN KIND OF LIKE THE, THE LANA MARIA DRIVE.
AND, UM, ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IS LIKE, WHAT TYPE OF TREES.
AND IT MIGHT BE LIKE, THAT'S TOO SPECIFIC, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEN THE RESIDENTS ARE, ARE IN CHARGE OF THESE.
SO WHEN WE'RE GOING AND TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YES, WE NEED MORE CANOPY AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT CANOP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE TREE IN YOUR YARD, AND THEN IF IT DIGS UP THE SIDEWALK, THEN YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
SO JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT TREES ARE USED FOR THAT.
UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF, UM, MONEY FOR PEOPLE TO REPLACE THEIR SIDEWALKS.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF THIS KIND OF WRAPS RIGHT BACK INTO, UM, THE, I GUESS IT'S LIKE THE TOGGLE THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE BEFORE, UM, WHEN WE WERE IN A DROUGHT, RIGHT? IS LIKE, WE CAN CUT OFF ALL OF THE WATER, UM, WHEN WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, BUT THEN WE'RE RUINING ALL OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAT'S ALL MADE OUT OF PLASTIC
UM, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A BOILER AT A SWIM CENTER.
UH, AND THAT'S A, UM, A BIG ISSUE IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GAS BOILER AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH ELECTRICITY, THAT'S GREAT, BUT CAN IT ACTUALLY HEAT THAT BIG OF A POOL TO THE TEMPERATURE WE NEED IT? SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS I THINK IS WHERE I WAS HEADED WITH, LIKE HOW YESES IS A VISION, BUT IT ALSO NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE SOME OF THE METRICS OF LOOKING AT EACH OF THESE BIG THINGS AND WHAT THE IMPACT COULD BE.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FOR THAT.
SO NO OTHER WE'RE GOOD ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I DID, UH, HAD IN A, A DIFFERENT VERSION, I GUESS WITH PBA.
I THINK WE, WE DID EVERYTHING.
YOU GUYS DIDN'T COME AND PRESENT TO US.
UM, WE READ THE WHOLE THING AND THEN, OR MAYBE WE SAW IT TWICE.
I, ON THIS ONE YEAH, ON THE BLUEPRINT.
I THINK BJORN FELT LIKE, YEAH, HE JUST, HE HAD IT DOWN.
UM, YEAH, SO ANYHOW, WE DISCUSSED IT LAST, LAST MONTH TOO, BUT, UM, IN THAT COMMITTEE, BUT THIS WAS GREAT.
IT'S JUST HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THERE, YOU KNOW? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LOT OF WORK.[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
OUT OUR, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS PART.AND NOW I'M GOING TO GO TO COMMITTEE COMMENT.
OUR COMMISSION COMMENT, SORRY.
UM, MAYBE I'LL GO TO THE LEFT THIS TIME.
DO YOU HAVE, UH, A I KNOW, I I ALWAYS GO TO THE RIGHT AND THEN I, I MOVE ON DOWN THERE.
I WANTED TO GIVE A, A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE FOR THE PETAL OF THE RIVER PARK, ACTUALLY.
'CAUSE IF ANYONE SAW, THERE WAS SOME BIG NEWS RECENTLY, UH, JUST PURCHASED ANOTHER 40 PLUS ACRES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SLU SIDE OF THE RIVER, THE EAST SIDE, WHICH BASICALLY BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND THE NEW RIVERFRONT HOUSING FROM BASIN STREET, UM, EXCITING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THAT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO IT'LL BE A SLOW AND DILIGENT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS THE BEST WE CAN.
BUT ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE IS THE COMMITMENT TO THE RIVER ENHANCEMENT PLAN.
UH, THAT WAS A BIG, UM, PART OF THE DECISION WAS TO, TO BE SURE THAT, THAT THAT WHOLE PATH CAN CONTINUE THE, THE, THE RIVERFRONT PROPERTY HAS STARTED AND CAN THEN CROSS OVER TO THE RIVER PARK, CONTINUE DOWN INTO DOWNTOWN.
IT'LL BE A SLOW AND DILIGENT PROCESS, AS I SAID, BUT IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
UM, BUT THE OTHER THING I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS IS THAT DOESN'T CHANGE OR SLOW THE PROC, THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR THE PARK, THE PENINSULA PART OF THE PARK AT ALL, UM, THAT STILL IS, IS NUMBER ONE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE, UH, A FULL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM ABOUT TO GO ONLINE.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO KEEP THE PARK USABLE AND COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE UNTIL WE CAN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT'S, THE FIRST STEP OF PLANNING THE PHYSICAL LOOK OF THE PARK INTO THE FUTURE.
BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'RE WORKING HARD TO KEEP IT USABLE.
AND, UH, FOR YOU AND I, I'M PART OF BOTH OF THOSE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS IN STORE SOON.
AND TO ADD TO THAT, THE OYSTER, UM, COVE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO ADD EVEN MORE LANDSCAPING AND I THINK EVEN SOME ELECTRICITY TO THAT PENINSULA PARK.
SO JOHN MCNAIR LANDING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY OUT THERE.
UH, POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY TO THE, UH, STEAMER LANDING PORTION.
THE, THE CITY PARK IN THE BEGINNING, RIGHT? YES.
AND PROBABLY SOME, UM, DEVELOPER FEES.
SO THAT'S I HIS ADDING ONTO HIS, UM, THE, UM, PARKS THAT I, AND I'M BACK, I GET YOU FOR ANOTHER YEAR, OR YOU GET ME FOR ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ROTATE COMMISSIONS THIS TIME.
I'M USED TO THE OLD SCHOOL WHERE WE ROTATED COMMISSIONS EVERY YEAR, BUT THEY SAID WE COULD KEEP ON, SO I'M HERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE WAS FOR MCDOWELL.
UM, THE MCDOWELL IMPROVEMENTS, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S IN THE SURE, SURE.
THE PARK ACCESS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
WE DON'T HAVE A FIRM CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, BUT I CAN TOUCH ON IT IN MY COMMENTS.
UH, SO, UM, ARE WE PART, UH, IS MURPHY FIELD THAT BASEBALL DIAMOND, IS THAT PART OF US? THE REASON I ASKED IS THE FLAG NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE AMERICAN FLAG THAT'S AT THE BASEBALL FIELD AT MURPHY FIELD, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY OR IF THE LITTLE LEAGUE PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO ASSUME IT'S LITTLE LEAGUE.
I'LL CHECK WITH MY STAFF, BUT IT'S NOT ONE OF THE FLAGS THAT WE REGULARLY ROUTINELY REPLACE.
SO MY GUESS IT'S LITTLE LEAGUE.
'CAUSE I KNOW OTHER FLAGS I'VE GOTTEN DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HEARD WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF PASSIONATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, ABOUT THE, THE, THE INTERNATIONAL WAR THAT'S GOING ON AND WANTED US TO DO A RESOLUTION.
UM, WE HAD TO LEAVE THE DEIS AND WAIT FOR THE, OUR PETALUMA POLICE DID A WONDERFUL TIME GETTING THE, THE, UM, PROTESTORS OUTSIDE SO WE COULD HAVE FINISH OUR MEETING.
UM, WE DID GET TO LISTEN TO A PRESENTATION ON, UM, THE, THE MAPPING FOR FLOODWAY AND FLOOD PLAIN IN PETALUMA WITH THE, UM, WITH THE
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SEA LEVEL RISING.AND WE GOT TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE PLANS AND WHAT THE FUTURE'S GONNA BE LOOKING LIKE WITH THE WATER FLOW IN CASE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG WINTER STORM AND HOW THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE PART OF OUR NEW GENERAL PLAN TOO.
SO WE GOT TO SEE AN HERE, AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND, UM, OUR GENERAL PLAN IS COMING ALONG, UM, SLOWLY, BUT THAT'S HOW THAT DOCUMENT, I WAS ON THE LAST ONE, SO I KNOW HOW TIME CONSUMING AND WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MONDAY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF KEEPING PETALUMA WITHIN, UM, THE GREEN BELT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED 50 SO YEARS AGO, MAYBE LONGER, 70 YEARS AGO BY, UM, HELEN PUTNAM AND A GROUP OF VERY, UM, VICIOUS PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO KEEP PETALUMA SO THAT WE HAVE MORE, UM, WE, WE PROTECT OUR GREEN BELT AND WE DO THE INFILL, SO WE, WE BUILD IN INSTEAD OF BUILDING OUT AND SAVE THAT FARMLAND.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I UNFORTUNATELY HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN OUT AND ABOUT MUCH.
I WASN'T KIND OF UNDER THE WEATHER FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN THE WEATHER'S BEEN KIND OF KEEPING ME UNDER THE WEATHER TOO,
BUT, UM, WHEN I, THE PARKS THAT I HAVE GONE BY JUST IN PASSING BASICALLY, TO BE HONEST, I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN OUT WALKING AROUND THAT MUCH.
OF COURSE THE RAIN IS ALWAYS GOOD AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TOO EXCESSIVE.
BUT, UM, JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS AND AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO WORK ON SOME MORE STUFF.
UM, ALL THE HOLIDAY EVENTS WERE WONDERFUL IN PETALUMA.
UM, THE SANTA LETTER WRITING WAS INCREDIBLE.
UM, I HAVE A CHILD THAT LIKES TO CHALLENGE SANTA IN UNIQUE WAYS EVERY YEAR AND MAKE IT REALLY SPECIAL.
SO SANTA DID A REALLY, REALLY GREAT JOB WRITING BACK AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
UM, THE MUSEUM IS DOING GREAT MOVING FORWARD ON A GREAT TRAJECTORY.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY PARTY.
RACHEL HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION TO, UM, TO THE MUSEUM AS OUR LIAISON.
UM, SHE'S REALLY TAKING ACTION, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UM, WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UM, NOT ONE, BUT TWO YOUTH LIAISONS TO THE BOARD THIS YEAR.
UM, WE JUST COULDN'T DECIDE BETWEEN THE TWO.
WE HAD OUR NEW YEAR'S CONCERT.
UM, OUR AMAZING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS MAPPED OUT OUR EXHIBIT EXHIBITS FOR, UM, NOT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
AND THEN SHE HOPES TO GO BEYOND THAT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A MAP OR A PLAN LIKE THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING A BIG MEMBERSHIP PUSH RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT IN STAFF COMMENT WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SUMMER CAMPS, WHICH I, I JUST AS A PARENT, IT APPALLS ME THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN SUMMER CAMPS AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, UM, PLANNING SUMMER CAMPS IN JANUARY.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY SUPPORT, I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THIS.
IF THERE'S ANY SUPPORT IN, UM, SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE LOW INCOME IN ACCESSING THOSE SUMMER CAMPS.
UH, BEFORE WE GO TO COMMISSIONER, UH, SIMMONS, UM, COMMISSIONER BERTELLI HAS AN UPDATE FROM THE TREE COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE WE JUST HAD THAT MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THIS ONE.
UM, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, IN SPEAKING ABOUT THE, UM, BLUEPRINT, UM, ABOUT THE TALKING TO HOMEOWNERS ABOUT THE TYPE OF TREE THAT THEY SHOULD BE PLANTING.
IF IT DOES, IT'S GONNA DO DAMAGE TO THE SIDEWALKS.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE HELD LIABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON IS THE, UM, ADOPTION OF THE FINAL, UM, TREE PRESERVATION, UH, PLAN, WHICH TALKS ABOUT, UM, BASICALLY MAINTAINING THE TREE CANOPY, BUT AS ANOTHER ASSOCIATED DOCUMENT WITH THAT IS A RECOMMENDED, UM, TREE LIST THAT'S BEING FINALIZED BY THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND THAT IS A LIST OF TREES THAT DON'T DAMAGE SIDEWALKS, DON'T CREATE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO USE AS A RESOURCE WHEN LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENT TREES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE ADOPTED, I THINK, PRETTY SHORTLY.
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THE TREE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON THAT WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND OTHER THINGS TO KIND OF CODIFY ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.SO JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, OUR LAST ART COMMITTEE, WE HAD TO EXTEND MONEY FOR SOME PROJECTS BECAUSE THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS THE ART COMMITTEE PAY FOR PULLING PERMITS, WHICH, UH, SEEMS SILLY WHEN IT'S ALL THE SAME MONEY TO THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY ON SALARY FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
SO WE, THAT WAS BASICALLY ALL WE DID IN THAT MEETING.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE PROJECTS TO DISCUSS SOON.
UM, WAS GONNA ASK WHEN ANNA'S MEADOW'S PLAYGROUND IS GETTING UN CHAINED.
I CAN GIVE A UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING MCNAIR BECAUSE IT IS NOW A MOSS INFIELD.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT I KEEP HEARING RUMORS ABOUT THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, THERE'S, YEAH, IT'S ALL GREEN.
THERE'S NO DIRT INFIELD ANYMORE.
UM, SO IF THERE'S AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS, UM, YEAH, FEBRUARY BASICALLY STARTS BASEBALL SEASON HERE IN TOWN, SO I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE WANTING TO GET OUT ON THOSE FIELDS AND BE ABLE TO USE THEM AS THERE ARE FEW BASEBALL FIELDS IN TOWN AND YEAH, PARKS LOOK GOOD.
EVERYTHING'S GREEN, NO FLOODING.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREENSMITH.
UM, I ALSO NOTICED EVERYTHING'S REALLY GREEN, ESPECIALLY MCNAIR.
UM, SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AS WELL.
AND I HAD ONE OTHER PARK COMMENT CONCERN, BUT IT HAS, SO I WILL EMAIL.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO CHECK IN ABOUT WHEN THE POOL IS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY TIMELY THAT, UM, POOL FOLKS WERE HERE.
SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT ON THE AGENDA SOON.
AND THEN I ALSO WAS REMINDED, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, BY THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY.
UM, LAST YEAR I HAD ASKED ABOUT WHAT, UM, STAFF WAS DOING WITH GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT AND IF THERE WAS ANY ELECTRIFICATION COMING SOON.
SO I WAS JUST HOPING FOR AN UPDATE ON EQUIPMENT.
I THINK CINDY, YOU HAD MENTIONED STAFF TRYING OUT SOME, SO I JUST WAS HOPING FOR AN UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE, I THINK.
AND I WILL EMAIL AS SOON AS I REMEMBER WHAT THAT OTHER THING WAS.
UM, UH, I GUESS I'LL GO WITH MY PARKS FIRST.
PARKS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
UM, MCNAIR IS DEFINITELY GREEN.
I DON'T KNOW, DO THEY MULTIPLY IT IN THE WINTER? BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, EVERY PARK I'VE BEEN TO, UM, NOT THAT YOU GUYS WANNA HEAR THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
UM, AND MY DOGS ARE NOT CATCHING THEM, SO THEY'RE NO HELP.
UM, LAST MONTH AT, OR IT WAS ACTUALLY THIS MONTH 'CAUSE IT'S THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
UM, WE HAD AT PBAC, WE HAD A MICRO MOBILITY UPDATE KIND OF SPECIFIC TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC EYE ON SENIORS AND WHAT DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THEY COULD TAKE.
UH, WHETHER IT BEING ELECTRIC BICYCLES, UM, DIFFERENT TRIKES THAT ARE OUT KIND OF WIDTHS OF, OF UM, SIDEWALKS AND STUFF FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE.
UM, WE ALSO, I THIS CRAZY, UM, POINT OF DATA THAT, YOU KNOW, IN FIVE YEARS AND, AND THIS IS IN PETALUMA IN FIVE YEARS, THE NUMBER OF SENIORS WILL OUTNUMBER THE NUMBER OF KIDS UNDER 18.
THAT'S LIKE, LIKE THAT'S A REALLY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT FACT IN TERMS OF LIKE WHERE WE ARE.
UM, NOT THAT KIDS AREN'T IMPORTANT, BUT WHERE WE ARE SENDING SOME OF OUR ENERGY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A SENIOR PLAYGROUND, MAKING SURE THAT THE SIDEWALKS ARE WIDE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, ON AND ON AND ON.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A REALLY
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INTERESTING DATA POINT.UM, THE REST OF THE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THE CARBON NEUTRALITY, UM, DRAFT, UM, WHICH WAS A FEW HOURS OF THAT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT, UM, INPUT ON THAT.
THAT'S ALL, UM, CATEGORIZED AND UPLOADED.
UM, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S PUBLIC.
FOUR ELECTRIC BUSES WERE PURCHASED.
THE PETALUMA WAS AWARDED A HUGE GRANT, SO THAT SHOULD, UM, REALLY SOLIDIFY THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
UM, AND I BELIEVE WITHIN THIS GRANT, THIS WILL PAY FOR THINGS LIKE, UM, HAVING THE CROSSWALKS ALL HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY HUGE THING FOR PETALUMA IN TERMS OF, UM, AGAIN, GOING WITH THE SAFE STREETS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT FROM THAT, THAT MEETING.
UM, I ALSO, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE, THE SWIM PEOPLE.
I THINK THE, WITH THE SWIM COMMUNITY, I THINK JUST THE, IT BEING SO COLD, I THINK THEY'VE, THEY'RE JUST HITTING A, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A POINT OF, UM, OF FRUSTRATION.
BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK I REALLY REALIZED, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE WE'RE THINKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE KIDS, BUT THE, THE ADULTS HAVE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST COLD, YOU KNOW.
AND SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN.
I KNOW THE BOILERS AREN'T EASY TO DEAL WITH 'CAUSE THEY SEEM TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, THE WIND BLOWS LEFT AND THE WIND ALWAYS BLOWS LEFT AND THEN IT'LL GO RIGHT AND THEN ONE OF 'EM BREAKS.
SO, UM, BUT UH, I THINK IT WAS GOOD AND I ECHO, UM, TRYING TO GET SOME, JUST SOME MORE CLARITY ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THAT.
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CINDY UPDATES.YEAH, YOU, UH, YOU'RE KEEPING US BUSY AS WELL, SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP TRACK, BUT AT THE END OF THIS WE'LL JUST DO A ROUND ROBIN TO MAKE SURE, I'M TRYING TO KEEP, UM, MAKE SURE WE CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THE, THE QUESTIONS.
UM, CINDY, I'M GONNA LET YOU START AND THEN MAYBE HOW WE TAG TEAM AQUATICS IS, UM, GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BOILER AND THEN I'LL HANDLE, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT WHERE KIND OF WE'RE HEADING FROM HERE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND WORK TOGETHER AT THE POOL.
UM, COMMISSIONER SIM IS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT ELECTRIFYING.
WE DID ASK FOR FUNDING FOR ELECTRIC MOWERS, BUT WE HAD TO GO AHEAD AND USE THAT FUNDING TO GET THE TRACTOR AND TO GET THE BIG GANG MOWER THAT WE NEED TO DO FIELDS BECAUSE ELECTRIC MOWERS DON'T, NUMBER ONE, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE DECK WITH THAT.
WE NEED TO GET THE WORK DONE WITHOUT MORE STAFFING.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM, THEY'RE STILL ON OUR WISHLIST.
UM, ELECTRIC TOOLS WE'VE BEEN TESTING, WE HAVE SOME STILL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUT SOME STUFF INTO ROTATION.
UM, BUT ALSO LIKE ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF SUSTAINABILITY IS THAT YOU DON'T REPLACE PRODUCTS UNTIL THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
SO AS THEY DAY OUT, WE'RE GOING ELECTRIC, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THIS CARB TRAILER CAME THAT'S FROMA FROM THE STATE, SO WE CAN TEST A BUNCH OF BRANDS SO THAT THE CREW CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHICH ONES THEY WOULD ACTUALLY WANT TO USE.
AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED THAT STILL WAS KIND OF THE HOME PRODUCTS FOR THE MOST PART THAT THEY WOULD GO WITH AS WE KIND OF CHANGE THESE OUT.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, FOR REALLY, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, ELECTRIC TRACTOR TOO? UM, OH YEAH.
SO THERE WENT TO COUNCIL, THERE IS AN ELECTRIC TRACTOR THAT WENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, SO WE'LL BE GETTING ONE OF THOSE IN ROTATION, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE DIESEL POWERED ONE THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE DIFFERENT CAPACITIES FOR WHAT THEY DO.
BUT YEAH, SO I MEAN THAT'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER MAJOR THING THAT PATRICK CARTER HELPED US KIND OF GET WITH GRANT FUNDING, SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO NOTHING'S KIND OF SITTING ON THE BACK BURNER.
WE ARE MOVING AND CHANGING AS WE GO OUT.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, TOUCHING BASE ON JUST WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER BURELLI TOLD YOU YES, A TREE COMMITTEE.
WE SAW THE FIRST OR THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE, HIS HISTORIC TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE OVERSIGHT OF THE IZO, WHICH IS THE PLANNING CODE.
AND THAT WILL, THEY'LL COME BACK TO US WITH A REVISED DRAFT, UM, BEFORE THE FINAL GOES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT STREET TREES ARE IN THE MUNI CODE, SO THAT WILL COME TO US AS WELL SEPARATELY, SO IT'S NOT ALSO NOT BEING FORGOTTEN.
AND IN THAT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF STUFF I THINK THAT GETS COVERED, YOU KNOW, SPECIES OF TREES AND THAT APPROVED STREET TREE LIST.
SO THAT'S ALL BEING WORKED ON YOUR PARKS TEAM, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE KIND OF A HARD MONTH BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT THEY'VE BEEN BUSY.
UM, THEY PURCHASED A NEW PLANER SO THEY CAN HELP, UM, KIND OF REDO PARK BENCHES AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE WOOD.
SO THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF IMPLEMENTING THAT.
UM, THE GOPHERS, YES, THEY HAVE MULTIPLIED BY A LOT, BUT YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT OUR GOPHER UM, CONTRACTORS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PARKS WE HAVE HIM IN.
SO HE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, EXPAND THE PARKS AS WE KIND OF REEVALUATE.
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BUT HE CATCHES A LOT.AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF ANOTHER CYCLE AGAIN AROUND APRIL WHERE THEY REPRODUCE.
AND SO THERE'LL BE LIKE THIS HUGE SURGE IN.
BUT WE DID SEE KIND OF, UM, AN ODD INCREASE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING, ESPECIALLY IN PRINCE PARK.
MCNAIR MCNAIR STILL CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE ONES WHERE THEY'RE JUST PROLIFIC.
SO HE'S STILL OUT THERE, HE'S STILL TRAPPING.
HE HASN'T GIVEN UP ON US YET, AND HE MAY HAVE TO HIRE STAFF.
SO THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, AT MCNAIR PARK, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UM, PARK STAFF WAS OUT THERE LAST WEEK PUTTING IN THE VALVES, STARTING TO DO SOME OF THE WORK SO THAT THEY CAN GET AND DO SOME OF THE OTHER WORK.
SO YOU'LL SEE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
IT'S COMING, UM, IT'S SLOW, SLOW MOVING, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE COME IN ON OVERTIME TO WORK ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE GREEN FOREVER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FUNNY YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A YEAR AGO WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, NOTHING'S GREEN AND WE'RE JUST SO STRESSED ABOUT NOTHING BEING GREEN.
AND MAYBE IT'S A BLESSING
SO KIND OF A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
SO I MEAN, WE DON'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT YOUR FACILITY STAFF HERE IN THE CITY.
HE IS, UM, BOY, HE'S BEEN WORKING ON YOUR POOL BOILER.
THERE'S A LOT THE, SO THE, IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW, JUST IF YOU HAVEN'T, AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE BOILER ROOM.
THESE BOILERS WERE DESIGNED AND THEY'RE STACKED.
IT'S, I KNOW COMMISSIONER VIRTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S LIKE NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE, BUT THIS DESIGN HAPPENED TO FIT THE SPACE.
AND SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT WHEN THE TOP BOILER'S OUT AND THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE TRYING TO FIX AND THERE'S ISSUES AND YOU'RE DOING A LOT WELDING OF PARTS.
SO HE IS BEING VERY DILIGENT AND, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE ONE BOILER GOING AND IT GOES DOWN RIGHT, THEN THE POOL TEMPERATURE WILL DROP JUST BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE NO BOILER.
SO THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, IT'S JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, BUT PARTS ARE IN, HE'S WORKING ON IT.
THERE WAS A REVIEW TO ELECTRIFY AND AT THAT POINT LAST YEAR, UM, THE CONSULTANT THEN CAME BACK.
IT WAS $2 MILLION TO ELECTRIFY.
SO IT WAS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD AFFORD.
SO WE'RE HAVE NOW BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT REEVA, UH, EVALUATED IN THIS ENERGY, UM, EVALUATION WE'RE DOING FOR THE CITY.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT IF WE WON'T GO ELECTRIC, WE WOULD LIKE TO, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE THE COSTS ARE AT THE POOL BOILERS THEMSELVES AND EVERYONE.
THIS, BECAUSE THIS DESIGN WAS DONE BEFORE I WAS HERE, SO OBVIOUSLY IT WAS SOMETHING I INHERITED, UM, THE, THE CAPACITY OF THOSE BOILERS.
I SPOKE TO THE CONSULTANT THAT HELPED WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT LIKE, WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING? WHY DO WE KEEP HAVING ISSUES? HOW DO WE STOP THIS? UM, THOSE BOILERS AND THEIR CAPACITY WAS DESIGNED TO NOT RUN FULL YEAR OPERATIONS.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE RUNNING
SO WHILE YOU HAD ONE THAT WAS FIXED AND IT'S WORKING, IT'S JUST THE CAPACITY OF IT IS BEING OVERLOADED.
SO WE'RE HOPING WE'LL GET THE SECOND ONE UP AND RUNNING, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE MONTH, AND THEN WE'LL BE AT LEAST IN A STABLE PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SHORT TERM UNTIL WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR LONG-TERM PLAN WITH THE BOILERS.
SO, LIKE I SAID, NO EXCUSES ON THE BOILERS, BUT IT IS BEING WORKED ON.
I KNOW YOU PROBABLY THINK I'M A BROKEN RECORD, BUT HONESTLY IT'S, IT'S, IT IS BEING WORKED ON EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE POOL.
I'LL LET DREW DOVETAIL ON THAT PART AND HE CAN FILL YOU IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, AND HE, I WOULD TELL YOU I HAVE ONE FACILITIES TECH FOR THE WHOLE CITY AND HE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE BOILERS RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN I THINK, WHEN I'M TELLING YOU IT'S A PRIORITY, I'VE PULLED HIM OFF ALL OTHER WORK HE DOES IN CITY BUILDINGS UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
UM, AND SO THE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
SO UNLESS I HAVE A CALL THAT, UH, AN HVAC SYSTEM IS DOWN FOR CITY HALL OR SOMETHING'S GOING ON, ANYTHING THAT CAN BE A, YOU KNOW, REPRIORITIZE IS BEING PUSHED BACK.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PARK STAFF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF YOUR PARK STAFF, HE WENT TO VISIT FAMILY IN HAWAII AND HE GOT STUCK THERE FOR AN EXTRA WEEK BECAUSE THE PLANE, YOU KNOW, THAT GOT BAD A ROTATION.
WE WERE ALL VERY SAD FOR HIM, NOT REALLY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HE WAS PROBABLY ENJOYING HIMSELF.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THEY ARE BUSY, THEY'RE DOING GOOD RELIEF BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MEET IN DECEMBER UPDATE, WE'RE THERE, WE PLANTED OUR THOUSANDTH TREE OVER IN FOX HOLLOW PARK.
SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO FOX HOLLOW OR FOX HOLLOW ISN'T YOUR PARK, NOT ONLY DID WE PLAN OUT FOX HOLLOW, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UM, THE GREENBELT LEADING UP TO PRINCE PARK WAS ALSO PLANTED.
SO THERE'S, THAT'S REALLY JUST GONNA LOOK REALLY, REALLY DIFFERENT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE GREEN BELT, IT'S NOT FOX HOLLOW PARK, IT'S ALSO THE AREA OUTSIDE OF FOX HOLLOW PARK THAT LEADS TO SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.
SO THAT WHOLE AREA WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT ONCE THOSE TREES MATURE.
SO WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, GO TAKE A LOOK.
BUT WE'VE BEEN BUSY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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OF AQUATICS, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, ATTENTION OR STAFF ON A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT WITH NOT JUST THE SWIM CENTER, THE KAVANAUGH POOL, THE AQUATICS OPERATION, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE INITIATED, UM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH A AQUATICS CONSULTANT.UM, COUNCILMAN HUSS HUNKER IS THE NAME OF THE FIRM, AND WE INITIATED THIS PROCESS TO REALLY DO THE FIRST, UM, DEEP, DEEP DIVE, PUN INTENDED, OF THE OPERATIONS TO MAINTAIN THE POOL, UH, POOLS AS WELL AS GAP ANALYSIS AND PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE'VE NOT DONE A DEEP DIVE IN A STUDY SINCE THIS UNIQUE CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED IN 2013, AND YOU GO BACK TO THAT TIME AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALLY WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THAT MODEL OR, OR WOULD EXIST COME 10 YEARS LATER, UM, FACTORED INTO DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AQUATICS PROGRAM IN GENERALLY IS, IS SEEN AN INCREASE.
SO YOU FACTOR ALL THOSE THINGS IN.
UM, WE'RE NOT SITTING IDLY TO WAIT FOR SOME OF THE, THESE DECISIONS TO BE MADE FOR US.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT TIME NOW TO, UM, START TALKING IN THE COMMISSION AMONG THE COMMISSION IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS ABOUT, UM, BRINGING, UM, AN AD HOC, UH, AQUATICS ADVISORY BACKUP TO YOU, UH, TO START WORKING WITH STAFF, UM, AND THE CONSULTANT TO ULTIMATELY HELP PRODUCE, UH, SOME OF THE FINDINGS, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT OPERATIONS AND, AND IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'LL WANNA DO THAT, UM, AND KEEP THAT ENGAGEMENT HEADING INTO THE BUDGET CYCLE.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY, UM, FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL FROM YOU ALL, UH, AND STAFF.
UM, A AGREES WITH A LOT OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT THE POOL.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THOSE STAFFING MODELS? WHAT IS THE GAP WHERE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THOSE PROGRAM HOURS? SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER EFFORT THAT YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF AND WE SUPPORTED WAS THE POOL PLASTERING.
UM, THAT ALSO INCLUDES A LIGHTING, UM, UPGRADE AND RETROFIT FOR THE POOLS WITHIN, WITHIN THE POOL.
BUT WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DECK LIGHTING THAT'S ABOVE THERE.
BUT THE, THE, THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED THAT'S GOING FORWARD INCLUDES THE LIGHTS FOR THE POOL, THE POOL PLASTERING, AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE DON'T HAVE A A CONSTRUCTION WINDOW YET OTHER THAN WE EXPECT IT TO, YOU KNOW, HIT UNFORTUNATELY DURING SUMMER.
SO WE, WE WANT TO PLAY WITH THAT VERY CAREFULLY, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOWN FOR SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, HOW DO WE SCHEDULE THAT TO WHERE WE CAN AFFORD, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT MAXIMUM IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THERE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UH, ENGAGEMENT FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITIES TO POOL, TO SWIM.
UM, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO PROGRESS THE LONGEVITY OF THE POOL SURFACE WE'RE DOING, WE'RE TRYING.
AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO GET WAY AHEAD OF IT.
NOT, UM, TRY TO CLOSE DOWN THE POOL AT INOPERABLE TIMES, BUT THIS IS ESSENTIAL WORK AND WE NEED TO GET IT DONE.
SO THAT'S THE, THE, THE PROJECT THAT'S ON THE DOCKS NOW.
UM, WE ARE ALSO GOING FORWARD, UH, WITH A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT.
UM, THESE ARE THE LOCKER ROOMS, THESE ARE THE, UM, THE EXISTING, UH, FACILITIES WITHIN, UH, THE SWIM CENTER IN PARTICULAR.
THIS IS A 60 PLUS YEAR OLD FACILITIES.
UM, SO THAT EFFORT IS PROBABLY GONNA DOVETAIL FOLLOWING THE, UM, OPERATIONAL, UM, FEASIBILITY STUDY.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO MANAGE THE THREE PROJECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT IN ORDER OF PRIORITIES, WE'VE GOT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DIVISION REALLY HELPING US SPEARHEAD THE, THE POOL PROJECTS ITSELF.
WE'VE GOT RECREATION STAFF, UM, TAKING THE LEAD ON, ON A LOT OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT IS THE, THE SWIM CENTER UM, LOCKER ROOM ASSESSMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IN ALL OF THAT IS YOU ALL, UM, AND I THINK IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP GIVING UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY, KEEP GETTING BUY-IN, UM, AND LETTING FOLKS KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE LEAD UP TO THE BUDGET CYCLES.
TO, UM, BRING BACK A, AN, AN ITEM FOR YOU ALL TO, TO, UM, BRING BACK THE AD HOC, UM, AQUATICS, UM, COMMITTEE, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS LAST FORMED, UM, TO BRING ON THIS THIRD PARTY OPERATOR IN 20 13, 20 15, I THINK WAS, UM, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID ORIGINALLY.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS APPROVED FOR LIKE IN THE BUDGET CURRENTLY.
UM, SO THE DECK LIGHTING ABOVE POOL LIGHTING,
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THERE'S NO MONEY TO REPLACE AND FIX THOSE LIGHTS.IT'S ONLY THE PLASTERING AND THE POOL LIGHTS IN THE POOL.
SO THE, UH, YEAH, THE, THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES THE, UM, INTERIOR POOL LIGHTING, IS THAT, THAT COULD BE SIMPLY PACKAGED TO THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT GOES OUT AND DOES THAT.
RIGHT? THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, YEAH.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DECK LIGHTING AS PART OF, UM, DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY THE CITY MAY HAVE ON, UM, UPGRADING LED SPORT LIGHTING RETROFITS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST A, IT'S ALL GONNA COME FROM SOMEWHERE, BUT WE WANTED TO KEEP THE, UM, FUNDS FOR THE POOL DEDICATED AT THE SWIM CENTER.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE WAITING POOL.
SO IF IT HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE WAITING POOL, GETTING SOME OF THOSE, UM, PLASTERING AND THEN THIS, THE DECK LIGHTING, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TO DO AT ALL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PURSUING OTHER AVENUES FOR THE DECK LIGHTING BECAUSE EITHER WAY THAT'LL PROBABLY BE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SO YOU'RE RE KIND OF REALLOCATING THE MONEY THAT YOU DID HAVE FOR DECK LIGHTING, REALLOCATING IT TO REPLASTERING THE TOP, THE KITTY POOL.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? NO, THANK YOU.
UM, I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
TO CLARIFY, WE NEVER HAD THE DECK LIGHTING, UM, SET ASIDE.
IT WAS A POOL PLASTERING PROJECT THAT INCLUDED THE LIGHTING FOR THE INTERIOR.
UM, UH, RETROFITS, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, NICHE PROJECT AND THE, THE, WE'LL CALL IT SPORTS LIGHTING.
UM, IT'D BE KIND OF MORE OF A GENERIC, UM, PROJECT, BUT IN ORDER OF PRIORITY WE'RE LOOKING AT ASSESSING THE PLASTER AT THE WAITING POOL, DOING ALL THOSE LIGHTS.
AND WHEN WE PACKAGE THAT PROJECT FOR AWARD, THAT'S THE PRIORITY.
THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT WE HAD TAKEN OUT FOR APPROVAL.
IF THERE'S EXTRA MONEY THERE, GREAT.
WE'D LOVE TO DO A BID ALTERNATE AND FINISH THE LIGHTING, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT HOLDING OUR BREATH.
WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO FUND THE LIGHTING FOR THE DECKS.
CAN WE ASK TARGET LIKE, HEY, 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, DON'T YOU WANNA PUT SOME DECK LIGHTING UP
WHY DIDN'T WE DO, WHY DIDN'T WE ASK FOR DECK LIGHTING? YEAH.
LIKE, THAT SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER.
WASN'T, WASN'T AROUND, BUT YEAH, WE, WHERE WERE YOU THE COMMISSION 10 YEARS AGO, PUT SOME LIGHTS UP, THEY WOULD SELL WITH SOME LIGHTS.
UM, COUNCIL ON MONDAY, LAST MONDAY NIGHT, UM, AWARDED THE PROJECT.
SO THAT WAS THE BIG MILESTONE THAT WE WE'RE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
SO NOW IT'S JUST ABOUT, UH, THE CONTRACT'S BEEN AWARDED, UM, GETTING IT SIGNED, GETTING IT ROUTED, AND GETTING ON THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
SO TYPICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE IN THE WET SEASON, BUT TYPICALLY YOU WOULD SEE KIND OF A MOBILIZATION WITHIN 60 DAYS.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE WROTE IT INTO THE CONTRACT.
I THINK WHAT'S UNKNOWN A LITTLE BIT IS, UM, WE'VE GOT THREE PARKS, WE'VE GOT MCDOWELL, WE'VE GOT MCNAIR, AND WE'VE GOT LARA.
SO WHAT'S THE MOBILIZATION SCHEDULE AND THE TIMING OF WHICH PARKS GET DONE, WHEN THOSE ARE THE NEXT KIND OF QUESTIONS TO ASK, UM, WHERE DO WE STAGE AND THEN HOW DO WE GET THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF, UM, WHERE THE EQUIPMENT'S GONNA BE? BUT THE, THE BIG TAKEAWAY WAS ON MONDAY NIGHT, UM, AWARDED THE, THE CONTRACT.
SO SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT PROJECT.
AND FROM HERE ON OUT, IT'LL HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO AS SOON AS I GET MORE FIRM CONSTRUCTION DATE, I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU.
BUT, UM, WEATHER WINDOWS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST BARRIER AT THIS POINT.
I THINK MY, MY BRAIN DID A, A BLIP, I'LL CALL IT.
DID YOU JUST SAY THAT CITY COUNCIL AWARDED NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE THREE PAR? DID I HEAR THAT INCORRECTLY? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? SORRY.
THE PARK ACCESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
SO IT'S THE, UM, INTERIOR PARK PATHWAYS OF THOSE PATHWAYS THREE CARS, PATHWAYS, NOT THE EQUIPMENT.
I HEARD EQUIPMENT AND WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE GONNA PUT A NEW PLAYGROUND IN.
UM, SO WE'LL IT'S GONNA MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY FROM HERE.
SO THE, THE, THE AWARDS HAPPEN, SO AWESOME.
ANNA'S MEADOW, UH, PLAYGROUND.
SO THE EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED, UH, THAT'S AWESOME.
SO WE HAVE A PUNCH LIST ITEM, UH, PLAYGROUND INSPECTOR CAME BACK.
UM, SO THERE'S A FEW ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS BEFORE WE CAN OPEN THAT PLAYGROUND.
THE, THERE'S DELAY ON THE SHADE SALE STRUCTURE.
SO WHAT WE ARE GONNA, UM, PURSUE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO
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OPEN THE PLAYGROUND, BUT THERE IS GONNA BE A GAP IN THE LANDSCAPE RETAINING WALL THAT'S HOLDING IN THE INFILL MATERIAL UNTIL THE NEXT PROJECT CAN ARRIVE.AND WE CAN INSTALL THAT SHADE STRUCTURE PAD AND THEN ACCESS WALKWAY.
SO THIS WAS ALWAYS KIND OF BE KIND OF A RISK, RIGHT? UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR BEST PEOPLE ON CREATIVELY SOLVING, HOW DO WE SHORE UP THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE PLAYGROUND SO WE CAN OPEN IT UNTIL WE HAVE TO UNFORTUNATELY CLOSE IT AGAIN, AGAIN, SO THAT WE CAN INSTALL THAT SHADE AND, UM, UH, SEEDING AREA.
IT'S, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE, IT'S REALLY COOL.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY, UM, TO SEE IT FROM RENDERING TO THEN GO UP AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.
AND WITH THE TREES THAT WERE PLANTED, UH, I KNOW IT'S, I'M PRETTY IMPATIENT WHEN IT COMES TO MY TREE CANOPY, BUT IN 10 YEARS YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT SHADE GROWTH PLAYING INTO SOME OF THAT.
UM, WHEN WE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU PUSHED, UH, HARD TO HAVE, MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH WAS GO OUTSIDE THE MEANS TO GET SOME SHADE ESTABLISHED IMMEDIATELY.
SO NOW WE HAVE, UM, SHADE, UH, LEADING INTO A SUMMER AND THAT ALLOW TIME FOR THE TREES TO GROW AROUND IT.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UM, PRETTY AWESOME, BUT, UH, WANTING TO OPEN UP THAT PLAYGROUND, SO HAVING SOME LOGISTICS TO WORK OUT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE BEFORE WE DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, THE SHADE SALE AND CONSTRUCTION WINDOW FOR THAT TOO, WHEN WE GET IT.
MCNAIR, I THINK CINDY ESSENTIALLY ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE WORK.
UM, MOST OF THE WORK YOU WON'T SEE BECAUSE IT'S REWIRING ALL 24 ZONES OF IRRIGATION OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK THE BIG SUCCESSES MORE RECENTLY WAS, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE PULLING IRRIGATION INTO THE INFIELDS, UM, TO RESTORE EVENTUALLY A GRASS INFIELD, WHICH WAS MORE HISTORIC AND ICONIC TO ORIGINAL SITE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING, UM, THAT WAS REALLY ON THE TABLE A YEAR AGO.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, THE PARK CREWS HAVE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF TIME IN IT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UM, SOME COMMUNITY GROUPS HELP US KIND OF FINISH THE WAY, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME GRADING TO DO ON THE BERM.
UM, THE INFIELD CAN BE SCRAPED AND, AND MOVED AROUND FOR THE MOST PART, BUT IT WAS THAT IRRIGATION, RIGHT? IT'S, IF WE CAN'T WATER THAT BERM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME THING IN A YEAR AND WE'RE GONNA BE REVISITING THIS.
SO WHAT DO WE DO, UM, TO PULL THAT IN, UH, AND SET US UP WITH A NICE, UM, LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR THAT TRANSITION FROM INFIELD AND OUTFIELD.
AND WE'RE SEEING THE SAME KIND OF IMPACTS ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD TOO.
SO PART OF IT IS TRYING TO CREATIVELY FIND, UM, WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THE SOFTBALL FIELD AS WELL, EVEN IF IT'S JUST PULL 15 OR 20 FEET OF THE OUTFIELD SO THAT WE'RE DRAGGING LESS.
UM, TEAMS ARE SPENDING LESS TIMES HAVING TO GET TO THE FIELDS EARLY.
UM, NEIGHBORS ARE UPSET THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT DUST COMING OR THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY WHEN IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE.
SO, UM, EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT, UM, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FOR FIELDS RIGHT NOW AND IT COULDN'T COME CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE WORTH IT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LET WEATHER KIND OF RUN ITS COURSE.
DID WE CONSOLIDATE THOSE 24 ZONES OR DID WE JUST REWIRE 'EM? WE STILL HAVE 24 ZONES.
WE DID, UM, SHIFT SOME OF THE ZONES TO AREAS WE WEREN'T HITTING.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT PRESSURE TOO.
SO WE'VE GOT THE, UM, IT, THE BOOSTER OUT THERE NOW TOO.
SO THAT WAS A PART TWO IS WE COULDN'T RUN EVEN IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULDN'T RUN THOSE ZONES.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE GETTING THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE HURDLES CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE.
UM, AND THEN WE NEED TO SET IT UP TO A SET TO WHERE ANYONE, UM, ABSENT OF PARKS HANDS CAN GO IN AND HIT A SWITCH TO IRRIGATE WHILE THEY'RE GRABBING EQUIPMENT OUT AND WE GET WATER ON IT.
UM, AND THAT'S THE, THE KEY TO SUCCESS OF THE MAINTENANCE PART OF IT IS WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PUT MONEY, UM, TO REDO FIELDS EVERY YEAR.
SO IF WE CAN MAINTAIN 'EM DURING THOSE BUMPER SEASONS AND THEN BE DILIGENT ABOUT KEEPING FOLKS OFF AND WHEN WE NEED TO AND WE GET A CHANCE OF, UM, BRINGING MORE, MORE ACTIVITY BACK AT A TIME THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.
I'M ALREADY TIRED OF HEARING MYSELF TALK, BUT I'M GONNA FINISH UP.
SO JANUARY 1ST, 2024, THE CITY OWNED FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY OFFICIALLY TRANSFERRED OVER TO LOCAL CONTROL.
UM, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE LAST THREE WEEKS, I THINK WE'RE IN WEEK
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THREE, OFFICIALLY, UH, INTO THIS TRANSITION PERIOD HAS BEEN VERY MUCH AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT.UH, PARKS AND RECREATION PLAYS A, A PREMIER ROLE IN IS THE EVENT EVENTS MANAGEMENT AND FACILITIES KIND OF BOOKING THAT'S IN OUR WHEELHOUSE.
BUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING IS INVOLVED.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES, OUR WATER AND SEWER FOLKS HAVE BEEN ON SITE EVERY DAY.
UM, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL ARE STILL WORKING, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THE KINKS WITH THE, THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M, I'M EXCITED TO JUST KIND OF SHARE THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIA ENTHUSIASM AROUND THAT WE'RE LEARNING A LOT EVERY HOUR.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN, UM, A LONG TIME, UH, SINCE THE CITY'S HAD ANY HAND.
SO THAT TRANSITION PERIOD IS, UM, HAS BEEN ONE THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, A LOT OF FUN TO BE INVOLVED WITH, UH, BUT A LITTLE BIT SCARY AND DAUNTING.
UH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO, UH, INCREASING PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE IMMEDIATE FACILITY NEEDS ARE.
UH, WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, FORMER MANAGEMENT, THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, TO RUN THE FACT DAY ANNUAL FAIR.
SO THEY'LL BE STAYING ON SITE, UM, IN THE ADMIN BUILDING AND USING THE MAINTENANCE YARDS TO, UM, PLAN AND PREP THE, THE ANNUAL FARE TAKING PLACE AT THE END OF, UH, JUNE.
UM, BUT THEN THE CITY WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM, UH, CLOSELY ON, UH, TRANSITION PLANS TO, TO BRING BACK AND HOST, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, RECREATION, MUSIC, PARKS COMMISSION, UH, WILL BE INVOLVED WITH, AS WITH PROBABLY MANY.
UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE A, A VILLAGE, I THINK, TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT KIND OF TRANSITIONAL USES, WHAT TYPE OF COOL POP-UP ACTIVITIES CAN OCCUR.
SO, UH, WE'RE GETTING IDEAS REGULARLY.
WE'RE GETTING SOME REALLY INTERESTING ONES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, I THINK THE, THE FUN STUFF.
BUT IN THE INTERIM, WE REALLY HAD OUR NOSE DOWN AND, UH, CINDY AND, UM, THE WHOLE TEAM IS REALLY TRYING TO PUT, UM, THE RIGHT PEOPLE, CONTRACTS, GROUNDS MAINTENANCE IN PLACE TO, UM, TO REALLY, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO BEFORE WE CAN WELCOME PEOPLE BACK IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.
SO THAT'S THE UPDATE FOR NOW AND MUCH MORE TO COME IN THE WEEKS, MONTHS YEAR AHEAD RECREATION.
UH, KEVIN HAYES, UH, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THIS WITH THE CITY FOR FIVE YEARS, UM, HIS OFFICIAL LAST DAY WITH THE CITY WAS ON DECEMBER 21ST AS OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR.
SO, UM, WE THANK KEVIN FOR HIS FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
HE'S NOW, UM, GONNA GO INTO EVENT MANAGEMENT FULL-TIME.
HE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE LUTHER BURBANK CENTER.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM ON HIS NEXT CHAPTER OF WORK.
UM, BUT THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IN THE SHORT TERM IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HE HANDLED A LOT OF THE FIELD ALLOCATION.
SO OUR TEAM IS, UM, UH, FOCUSED ON THAT, VERY MUCH SO.
UM, BUT REALLY GIVE CREDIT TO, UM, THE TEAM WORKING WITH KEVIN TO HAVE A GOOD TRANSITION PLAN.
BUT, UM, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR FIELDS AND WHATNOT.
UM, THEY KNOW HOW TO REACH US, WE ASK FOR THEIR PATIENTS, BUT WE, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE.
THE SPRING SUMMER ACTIVITY GUIDE, I THINK YOU ASKED ABOUT, UM, SUMMER CAMPS.
SO JANUARY 26TH IS WHEN THE SPRING ACTIVITY GUIDE WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE ARGUS.
UM, PROBABLY PUBLISHED PRIOR TO THAT, BUT, UH, SCHOLARSHIPS, YES.
UM, YES AND YES, WE, UH, HAVE SET MONEY ASIDE TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE KIND OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT WE SET ACROSS FOR PROGRAMMING FOR OUR MEASURE M EXPENDITURES EACH YEAR.
BUT WE'RE ALSO BUILDING THAT MORE INTO JUST KIND OF STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO WHEN YOU GO OUT AND TALK WITH FOLKS, REALLY DO, UM, ENCOURAGE THEM, UM, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD BE A GUILT AROUND NOT HAVING, UM, SOMEONE ELSE MISS OUT.
IT'S MORE SO USE IT AND THEN WE CAN, UM, UH, WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS MY POINT.
WE, UH, WE'RE WILLING AND OUR ABILITY TO HOST, UM, PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL MEANS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
THE ADULT BASKETBALL REGISTRATION IS OPEN, SO WE'VE HAD SOME, A LOT OF SUCCESS KIND OF BRINGING THIS LEAGUE BACK.
UH, IT'S GROWN, UM, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO, UH, WE'RE RUNNING A MEN'S AND WOMEN'S LEAGUE AT CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL ON SUNDAY, AND IT'LL START ON FEBRUARY 18TH.
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ARE STILL SOME AVAILABILITY, BUT NOT MUCH TIME.SO IF YOU'RE READY, UM, THROW YOURSELF BACK IN THERE OR KNOW ANYONE
UH, ONE OF LASTLY, I BELIEVE, UH, IMPORTANT DATE TO SHARE, THIS IS COMING PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, THE UM, KENWORTH PARK, UH, PLAYGROUND DESIGN TEAM AND STAFF WILL BE, UM, WORKING WITH PUBLIC ART.
AND WE WANT TO WELCOME PEOPLE TO THE SITE.
WE'RE GONNA INVITE PEOPLE TO KENNELWORTH FROM 10 TO ONE IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW.
SO DON'T QUOTE ME WORD FOR WORD, BUT THE TAKEAWAYS ARE FEBRUARY 3RD, 10 O'CLOCK.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME DESIGN, UM, ELEMENTS, RENDERINGS OUT THERE, AND WE'RE INVITING FOLKS TO COME IN AND REALLY DIVE INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE DESIGN, UM, THAT WAS SHARED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEY, AS WELL AS KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING FOLKS WE'RE HOPING FOR GOOD WEATHER ONE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE TEEN CENTER IF WE NEED TO, BUT WE'RE REALLY GONNA START TRYING TO DRUM UP THE INTEREST AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME, UM, BUT HOPEFULLY, UM, WITH ING GOES OUT NEXT WEEK AND, UM, WE CAN GET A GOOD POURING OF FOLKS TO SUPPORT SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECT SPECIFICS IN THE ACTUAL SPACE AND KIND OF HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT.
SO THAT'LL BE FEBRUARY 3RD, KENWORTH PARK.
I JUST HAVE ONE THING I FORGOT TO SAY.
UM, WE'RE GETTING A CONSULTANT ON BOARD BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA PILOT AN ORGANIC TURF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN A COUPLE OF OUR PARKS.
SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING STARTING THE SPRING.
AND SO LIKE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF GETS UP AND RUNNING.
AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SUMMER.
SO WE WANNA JUST SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, BUT THAT WE'RE GONNA START THAT PILOT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TOO.
RIGHT? THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
YEAH, I KNOW THE FAIRGROUNDS TOO WELL, AND THE FAIRGROUNDS, I MEAN, DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH UHHUH.
WAS THERE ANY COPPER WIRING LIFT? CAN, CAN I, UM, I THINK YOU, YOU FORGOT TO ALSO, THAT IS COMING TO COUNCIL, THE PAST MANAGEMENT.
OH, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK ABOUT WHEN WE WERE GONNA SEE THAT AGAIN.
I THINK IT'S ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH.
SO WE DID PUSH BACK THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT.
WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TONIGHT.
UM, WHAT WE ARE LEFT TO DO, UH, REALLY A LOT OF KUDOS, AGAIN TO OUR AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT WE HAVE NOW THE INFORMATION WE NEED FROM THE ROOSTER RUN FOLKS, UH, TO DETAIL THEIR OPERATIONS IN DEPTH.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF THAT KIND OF OPERATIONAL INFORMATION.
WE ARE RUNNING IT AND VETTING IT THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ON THE IPM.
AND THEN WE'RE SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS HERE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE DRAFT, GET THE DRAFT UPDATED, GET THE THREAT MATRIX UPDATED AND BRING IT BACK.
SO WE HAD TO PUSH THE COUNCIL MEETING BACK BECAUSE WE NEED, WE WANT TO COME HERE IN FEBRUARY, WHICH MEANS THE IPM, THE EARLIEST IT WOULD GET TO COUNCIL WOULD BE, UM, I BELIEVE MARCH 11TH, I THINK IS THE EARLIEST DATE.
SO THE TAKEAWAY IS NEXT MONTH, IPM.
AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO COMMISSIONER HANNAH, RIZZO, SIMMONS, AND ELLI.
'CAUSE WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO AND A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS, BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE LIKE SO, SO CLOSE.
I'M SIGNING UP FOR THE ADULT BASKETBALL
NO, WE PULLED MY SON TEAM THE OTHER DAY.
SO I THINK WITH THAT, THAT, UM, BRINGS OUR MEETING TO A CLOSE.