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YOU AND, UH,[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL IN THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 22ND.IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, UH, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.
I'LL NOW INVITE MONICA RICCIO AND MARIA GALVEZ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO TAKE ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING.
LET'S, UH, LET'S RISE AND HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
MOVING ON TO OUR AGENDA CHANGES,
[AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)]
DELETIONS, ITEM FOR THE EVENING.I'M LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DI AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY, UM, CHANGES OR DELETIONS TO OUR AGENDA.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT ITEM.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
GO TO OUR, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.AND, UM, DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL, UM, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT ARE OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES.
TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.
I KNOW I ALREADY HAVE 16, 17 CARDS.
SO I'D, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK THE CITY CLERK IF WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
WE RECEIVED FIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEY'RE ALL POSTED ONLINE WITH OUR AGENDA.
AND CAN I ASK THE MODERATOR, READ OUR MESSAGING BEFORE WE START AT THIS TIME? I'LL START A 32ND CLOCK FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS.
AND THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION.
A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS.
AND, UM, AS WE HAVE, UM, 16 CARDS, YOU HAVE 16 CARDS IN HAND.
UM, THAT WILL, UM, LEAD US TO HAVING A ONE MINUTE FOR EACH PERSON'S COMMENTS TONIGHT.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE ERIC LELAND TO SPEAK FIRST TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARY BETH LELAND.
AND PLEASE SET THE CLOCK IN ONE MINUTE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THE SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE AND HOW IT AFFECTS PETALUMA.
UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE WORKED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF ON, UH, FOCUSED ON, UH, SOME HATE SPEECH ISSUES,
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UH, PARTICULARLY AROUND, UH, ANTISEMITISM, UH, IN SONOMA AND LOCALLY.UM, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW, OR YOU MAY KNOW THAT ANTISEMITISM AND HATE SPEECH, UM, AND ALSO, UH, ANTI-MUSLIM HATE HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY IN THE COUNTY.
UH, THE NUMBERS ARE 400% FOR ANTISEMITISM AND OVER 250% FOR, UH, ANTI-MUSLIM AND ANTI PALESTINIAN HATE.
I THINK THE CITY SHOULD CONSIDER AND TAKE UP SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION AGAINST MASS VIOLENCE.
UM, AS WE KNOW RETALIATION USING MASS VIOLENCE, UM, UH, BY THE LITERATURE, UH, IS NOT.
A MINUTE GOES VERY, VERY FAST.
I, I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE, BUT, UM, AND, AND IF SOMEONE HAS MADE THE COMMENT YOU WISH TO MAKE, IT'S OFTEN EFFECTIVE JUST TO SAY, I SUPPORT WHAT HAS BEEN SAID EARLIER.
AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY BETH LELAND, TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALEX ES.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A CEASEFIRE YET.
IF IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO ADDRESS IT, THIS IS GONNA KEEP TAKING UP MORE TIME.
IF YOU'RE NOT FOR A CEASEFIRE, I THINK YOU SHOULD SAY SO.
IF YOU DON'T THINK CITY COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE A STAND ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, YOU SUPPORTED UKRAINE.
OUR BRIDGES ARE STILL LIT UP IN YELLOW AND BLUE.
IF IT'S BECAUSE SOME OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS DON'T AGREE PLEASING EVERYONE IS NOT WHAT POLITICIANS CAN DO.
YOU SUPPORTED THE PAINTING OF BLACK LIVES MATTER MURAL OUTSIDE THE, THE LIBRARY.
YOU SUPPORTED THE L-G-B-T-Q CROSSWALK ON KENTUCKY DESPITE HOMOPHOBIC AND RACIST CONSTITUENTS BEING VOCAL ABOUT THEIR OPPOSITION.
YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE, BUT YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
SAY I CONDEMN KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE, SAY I CONDEMN MASS VIOLENCE.
THANK YOU, ALEX NEMANJA TO BE FOLLOWED BY SANDRA SHAN.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, CONDITIONS AT THE PUBLIC POOL, THE SWIM CENTER.
UM, MY DAUGHTER IS PART OF THE AC SWIM CLUB.
UM, THEY SWIM THERE SIX DAYS A WEEK.
AND THE OVERALL CONDITIONS I KNOW ARE ON YOUR RADAR.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE, UM, POTENTIALLY SOME PLANS TO UPGRADE, UH, THE LIGHTING AND THE HEATING AND SOMETHING ON THE DECK AS WELL.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY SCHEDULE ANYTIME SOON TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CHANGES.
AND, UM, FOR CLARITY, WE DON'T RESPOND, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS SUBMIT THOSE COMMENTS IN WRITING AND GET RESPONSES.
SANDRA SHAN SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, JAMIE BLOOM.
OH, I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM A SMALL QUAKER MEETING, WHICH HAS A COUPLE OF MEMBERS AND ATTENDERS HERE IN PETALUMA.
80 YEARS AGO, AMERICA STOOD MUTE IN SILENT DENIAL WHEN WARNED OF SIGNS OF THE HOLOCAUST.
WHEN ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MILITARY MACHINES WENT INSANE AND MURDERED OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SOME AMERICANS SPOKE UP TO SAY, HEY, IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.
MOST SAINT AMERICANS NOW REGRET THAT.
HERE AGAIN TODAY, WE SEE CLEAR SIGNS OF GENOCIDE AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MILITARY MACHINES HAS GONE INSANE.
THIS TIME MURDERING OUR PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GAZA HAS BEEN TURNED INTO SOMETHING EERILY SEMINARY, REMINISCENT OF THE WARSAW GHETTO WITH DENIAL OF FOOD, SHELTER, WATER, MEDICAL CARE, AND SAFE HAVENS FOR CIVILIANS THE UN HAS CAUSED CALLED GAZA, A GRAVEYARD FOR CHILDREN, PLEASE, THE STARVATION OF 2 MILLION PALESTINIAN SUSTAIN.
YOUR, UM, ONE MINUTE HAS EXPIRED.
JAMIE BLOOM SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY AND, UH, I WILL TELL THE MUSHROOM FLAG TO GO AROUND BECAUSE PETALUMA IS NOT PART OF THE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, JAMIE BLOOM TO BE FOLLOWED BY HINDA BLAS.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, JAMIE BLOOM, RESIDENT OF PETALUMA.
UM, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO TAKE UP A RESOLUTION, UH, CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, BUT IF YOU MUST, AND IF YOU DO, I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO WORK ON IT VERY HARD AND VERY CAREFULLY SO THAT IT DOESN'T END UP CAUSING MORE DIVISION AND MORE STRIFE THAN WE ALREADY HAVE IN THIS TOWN.
THANK YOU, HINDA BLAST TO BE FOLLOWED BY ED WINSTON.
DON'T WORRY, I WON'T SHOW YOU EVERYTHING UP HERE, BUT
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I WOULD LOVE TO.I WANNA SHOW JUST ONE PICTURE.
THIS IS A FAMILY, THE BIBAS FAMILY WITH ONE SURVIVOR WHO WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CONDITION IS.
I'M TRYING NOT TO GO ON YOUR HEARTSTRINGS, BUT YES I AM.
UH, AS A GRANDMOTHER OF A REDHEADED CHILD MYSELF, IT HURTS VERY MUCH WHEN I HEAR THE, THE P WOOD OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT OUR MEDIA IS.
I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M DEPLORING, I'M BEGGING DO NOT TAKE UP ANY AGENDA ON A CEASEFIRE.
WE NEED TO GET THE HOSTAGES HOME.
WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER 1930S NAZI EUROPE TO BE HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD AS A STEP GRANDCHILDREN KNOWN AS THE PALESTINIANS.
UH, HAMAS HAVE BEEN PROVEN SO BECAUSE THEIR GRANDFATHER WAS HAJA SINI, THE PARTNER OF HITLER.
I KNOW I'M TAKING A LOT OF TIME.
I I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE WORKING JUST LIKE DAR.
ED WINSTON TO BE FOLLOWED BY TOM ISAAC.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU, UH, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
WHAT SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE PRO CEASEFIRE FORGOTTEN THE OSLO AGREEMENT.
IN 2005, ISRAELIS GAVE UP LAND FOR PEACE.
WELL, THAT WAS YOUR CEASEFIRE THAT WENT AWAY.
AND NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN PETALUMA.
DON'T INJECT NATIONAL POLITICS INTO PETALUMA WITH THE CEASEFIRE.
THANK YOU TOM ISAAC, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TI AHMED.
UM, I, I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT A RESOLUTION, BUT THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE TONIGHT IS, UM, I'M A LIFER HERE IN PETALUMA.
AND, UH, I THINK IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE CULTURE, UM, AND NOT ADVISABLE IN THE TIMES FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE SPONSORS OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUCH DIVISIVENESS.
I THINK IT SETS UP A FUTURE WHILE YOU'RE, WHILE YOU WILL HAVE VERY DIFFICULT, UH, UH, QUESTIONS TO ANSWER WHEN OTHERS WANT RESOLUTIONS.
AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT, I THINK, TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS WAS THE TIME FOR AN INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTION.
IF AHMED TO BE FOLLOWED BY SHALOM BACHNER.
A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING THAT CEASEFIRE OR NOT CEASEFIRE, LEMME REMIND OUR JEWISH FRIEND AND OUR CHRISTIAN FRIEND THAT THERE ARE 124,000 PROPHETS CAME IN THIS WORLD TO TEACH US ABOUT TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND JUSTICE.
YOU NEVER CAN HAPPEN IF YOU TRY TO SOLVE, YOU KNOW, WAR AND ESTABLISH PEACE BY WAR.
YOU CANNOT ESTABLISH ORDER BY DISORDER.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CEASEFIRE AND PETA WILL BE AFFECTED.
AMERICA WILL BE AFFECTED BY LONG-TERM WAR IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER MANY WAYS.
WE, WE ARE A PART OF THE GLOBAL VILLAGE TODAY.
IT'S GONNA AFFECT US IN ONE WAY OR OTHER.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A RELIGIOUS PERSON OR NOT, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A JUST HUMAN BEING TO SAVE SOME ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
ABOUT MORE THAN 34,000 PEOPLE ARE, HAVE BEEN KILLED IN PALESTINE.
MORE THAN 70% WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AND SHALOM BACHNER TO BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID SAL.
MY NAME IS SHALOM, AND I'M THE RABBI OF THE LOCAL JEWISH CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN PART OF PETALUMA FOR MORE THAN 160 YEARS.
JEWS PRAY FOR PEACE THREE TIMES A DAY, EVERY DAY.
AND WE HAVE PURSUED PEACE FOR MORE THAN 3000 YEARS BY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE SACRED, MADE IN THE IMAGE OF THE DIVINE, SADLY, RATHER THAN PEACE.
WE HAVE KNOWN THE WORLD'S OLDEST HATE IN THE FORM OF 3000 YEARS OF ANTI-JEWISH OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE.
IT IS THE SAME HATRED THAT SEEMS TO MOTIVATE HAMAS, THEIR FUNDERS IN IRAN AND THEIR SUPPORTERS AROUND THE WORLD.
I ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO STAY FOCUSED ON THOSE WHO LIVE HERE TO RESPOND TO GROWING ANTI-JEWISH HATE HERE IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY.
AND TO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY RESOLUTIONS WHICH CAN ADD TO LOCAL TENSIONS.
MY REQUEST IS FOR ALL OF US TO FOCUS ON PEACE AND WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
LET'S LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY THAT ARE BASED ON PEACE AND DIALOGUE.
THANK YOU DAVID SAUL, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARSHA HARRIS.
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GOOD EVENING.WE'D NOW LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD A STATEMENT BY SAN FRANCISCO'S MAYOR LONDON BREED, WHO HAS ELOQUENTLY SUMMED UP OUR FEELINGS ON A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
AS ONE PERSON'S TIME EXPIRES, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER CONTINUE READING THE STATEMENT INTO THE RECORD.
AS I SAID LAST WEEK, I ALMOST NEVER COMMENT ON OR ENGAGE WITH NON-BINDING RESOLUTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THIS ONE WARRANTS AN EXCEPTION.
SINCE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS INTRODUCED THEIR GAZA CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, AND CERTAINLY SINCE THEY PASSED IT LAST WEEK, OUR CITY HAS BEEN ANGRIER, MORE DIVIDED AND LESS SAFE.
SADLY, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE POINT.
THEIR EXERCISE WAS NEVER ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND WHILE LATE AMENDMENTS MITIGATED THIS, THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE.
AT THE BOARD'S HEARING ON THIS RESOLUTION, ONE MAN SPOKE ABOUT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED BY HAMAS.
ON OCTOBER 7TH, PEOPLE IN THE CROWD MADE PIG NOISES, DEVIL HORNS WITH THEIR HANDS AND SCREAMED HIM TO KILL HIMSELF AS HE WALKED OUT OF THE CHAMBER.
AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARSHA HARRIS.
TO BE FOLLOWED BY DREW WEST PROTESTORS SOUNDED A JEWISH CITY EMPLOYEE IN THE RESTROOM TO INTIMIDATE HIM, SURROUNDED BY A JEWISH CITY EMPLOYEE IN THE RESTROOM TO INTIMIDATE HIM.
WHILE HE WAS DOING NOTHING MORE THAN BEING PRESENT IN HIS WORKPLACE, THEY SHOUTED DOWN AND INTIMIDATED THOSE WHO DISAGREE, INCLUDING A LEGISLATOR OFFERING AMENDMENTS, CITING THE ATROCITIES, ATROCITY ACTS OF HAMAS AS A SUPERVISOR.
CANDIDATE DEBATE ON WEDNESDAY, A CANDIDATE BROUGHT UP THESE INSTANCES AT THE BOARD AND THE CROWD BOOED HIM LOUDLY WHEN HE MENTIONED THE DOCUMENTED SEXUAL VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY HAMAS, PEOPLE YELLED, LIAR, AND CONTINUED JEERING HIM THROUGH THE EVENT.
I THINK ABOUT THAT AND I WONDER WHAT IF WE REPLACED JEWISH WITH BLACK OR GAY OR ASIAN? WOULD ANYONE SPEAK UP? I HOPE WE WOULD.
UH, DREW WEST TO BE FOLLOWED BY STUART NISENBAUM.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK.
IF THE WOMAN WHO WERE MURDERED, RAPED, OR OTHERWISE BRUTALIZED BY HAMAS TEENAGERS, GRANDMOTHERS BABIES WEREN'T ISRAELI WOMEN BUT BAY AREA WOMEN, WOULD WE ALLOW THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO BE SHOUTED DOWN AS LIARS? OR WOULD WE SAY, NO, THAT'S TOO FAR.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN DISAGREE, BUT THAT'S JUST WRONG.
NO ONE IN THESE CROWDS SEEMS TO BE SAYING THAT SADLY, DEMONI DEMONIZATION, HEARTLESSNESS AND OBJECT ANTISEMITISM HAVE SE HAVE, IT SEEMS BECOME POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE AMONG A CERTAIN SUBSET OF ACTIVISTS.
THANK YOU STUART NISENBAUM TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOE WEST SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH NUMEROUS JEWISH SAN FRANCISCANS WHO TELL ME THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN CITY.
THEY WERE AFRAID TO ATTEND THE LAST BOARD HEARING AND THEY CERTAINLY WOULDN'T ATTEND ANOTHER.
THEY ARE FEARFUL OF THE GROWING ACTS OF VANDALISM AND INTIMIDATION AND THE TARGETING OF JEWISH OWNED BUSINESSES.
THEY'RE WORRIED THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING WORSE RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
NO ONE SHOULD FEEL UNSAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND NO ONE SHOULD THINK THAT WHILE ADVOCATING FOR PEACE ABROAD, IT'S OKAY TO STOKE DIVISION AND HATE AT HOME.
UH, PEOPLE I KNOW AND LOVE HAVE ASKED ME TO VETO THIS RESOLUTION.
TO SEND A SIGNAL THAT MUST STOP, UH, THAT ANTISEMITISM WE ARE SEEING IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I'VE GRAPPLED WITH THIS REQUEST FOR 10 DAYS.
IT'S KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH FRIENDS AND FAITH LEADERS ON ALL SIDES.
I PRAYED FOR CLARITY AND WERE IT NOT FOR TODAY'S DEADLINE, I WOULD LIKELY NOT CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UM, NEXT SPEAKER IS JOE WEST TO BE FOLLOWED BY SELLA, UH, NISENBAUM.
FIRST, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHOULD NEVER HAVE PUT OUR CITY IN THIS POSITION.
CITY SUPERVISORS ARE NEITHER ELECTED NOR QUALIFIED TO UNDERTAKE COMPLEX FOREIGN POLICY.
FRANKLY, NEITHER ARE MAYORS AND IT WAS NAIVE TO THINK TWO HEARINGS AND LAST MINUTE AMENDMENTS WERE ADEQUATE TO, FOR SAN FRANCISCO'S OFFICIAL POSITION ON A CRISIS.
AS FRAUGHT AS THIS, WE SHOULD BE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVERSATION FOR PEOPLE TO RALLY AROUND OUR COMMON VALUES, ADVOCATE FOR PEACE AND SUPPORT HUMAN LIFE.
WE SHOULD BE COMING TOGETHER, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, SEEKING THE COHESION AT HOME THAT WE HOPE FOR ABROAD.
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HAS DONE THE OPPOSITE, AND I WORRY THEIR IRRESPONSIBILITY WILL CONTINUE.SECOND, MY HEART BREAKS FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA, THE VICTIMS OF THIS WAR ON ALL SIDES, AND THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD.
THE LOSS OF LIFE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, THE VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND HOSPITALS ARE HARD TO WITNESS AND EVEN HARDER FOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
S NISENBAUM TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, ROB ROBERT GOODMAN.
THIS, THE LOSS, THE LOSS OF LIFE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, THE VIOLENCE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES AND HOSPITALS ARE HARD TO WITNESS.
AND EVEN HARDER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE REGION.
THE WAR HAS CAUSED IRREPARABLE HARM IN GAZA.
I PRAY FOR PEACE AND WANT TO SEE THE SIN.
LASTLY, I MUST UP UPHOLD THE SAFETY AND COHESION OF SAN FRANCISCO.
THE ANTISEMITISM IN OUR CITY IS REAL AND DANGEROUS.
MY VETO WOULD SEND THIS ISSUE BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN WHOM I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE ON THIS ISSUE.
IT WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO YET MORE DIVISIVE, HARMFUL HEARINGS, WHICH IN TURN WOULD KEEP THIS MATTER AND DIVISIVENESS FRONT AND CENTER IN OUR CITY.
AND FAN, EVEN MORE ANTISEMITIC ACTS.
I CANNOT WATCH US DIVIDE OURSELVES EVEN MORE.
A LEADER LIKE A DOCTOR, SHOULD BE GUIDED BY THE BA BASIC ETHOS TO DO NO HARM, TO NOT MAKE A BAD SITUATION WORSE.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE PUT US IN THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, ROBERT GOODMAN AND ROBERT GOODMAN IS THE LAST SPEAKER CARD I HAVE FOR THE EVENING UNDER PUBLIC EXPRESSION.
YOU READ ALL OF THAT RIGHT FROM THE TOP.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS PUT US IN THIS TERRIBLE POSITION.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION AND PRAYER, THE BEST THING I CAN DO IS TO TRY TO QUELL IT, TURN DOWN THE VOLUME AND BEGIN THE HEALING.
WHEN WE ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.
WE SHOULD STILL CARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PAIN AND AFRAID.
UM, SO LET US BEHAVE AS WE BELIEVE.
LET US REJECT THOSE THAT SEEK TO DIVIDE US AND SHOW AND, AND SHOW THAT LIFE IS SACRED, THAT WE ARE A STRONGER UNITED, AND THAT WE ALL DESERVE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES WITHOUT FEAR, RIDICULE, RETRIBUTION, OR DIVISION.
I RETURN THIS RESOLUTION WITHOUT MY SIGNATURE SIGNED.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S INPUT TONIGHT.
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MOVE TO, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS.UM, AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER POKA TO LEAD US OFF TONIGHT.
UM, UH, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TONIGHT IS, UM, UM, SEVERAL, UH, UH, HOMELESS COALITION MEETINGS, UH, EMPHASIZING THE FACT THAT, UH, THE PIT COUNT IS COMING UP.
UH, AS WE MENTIONED LAST, LAST MEETING, UH, THIS FRIDAY THE 26TH.
IT STARTS AT 5:00 AM AT THE MARY ISAAC CENTER.
UM, YOU CAN FIND DETAILS, VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED.
UH, UH, I ASSURE YOU YOU'LL BE DONE BY NINE.
UM, AND, UM, UH, IF YOU GO, IF YOU WANT FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE GOOGLE SONOMA COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION.
UH, IF YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE PIT COUNT, WHICH STANDS FOR POINT IN TIME, PIT POINT IN TIME COUNT.
IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT ON THE FIRST PAGE, BUT YOU SEE AGAIN, SONOMA COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION, CLICK ON THAT AGAIN, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE PIT COUNT PAGE.
AT LEAST THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE TODAY.
THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT METRIC TO KNOWING WHAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM IS.
UM, THE PARKS ARE GETTING IMPROVED.
IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE ARGUS COURIER, WE HAVE THREE PARKS ONLINE, UM, FOR THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE IN THE POOLS.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU THE UPDATE TONIGHT, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION.
UM, THE SPRING AND SUMMER RECREATION GUIDE IS COMING OUT VERY SOON, LIKE IN THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE PARENTS ARE ALREADY ASKING ABOUT SUMMER CAMP.
AND THE VETERAN EGG DAY PARADE IS SET FOR APRIL 20TH.
SO PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GOOD EGG NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2024 GOOD EGG AND, UM, THINK GLOBAL ACT LOCAL.
SO, UM, I, I CONTINUE TO PREFER THAT THE CITY NOT TAKE UP A RESOLUTION ON, ON THE MIDDLE EAST.
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THOUGHTS ARE IN, I'M VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, MAYOR BREED OF SAN FRANCISCO.UM, A COUPLE OF, UH, LIAISON REPORTS, UM, FIRST FROM THE WATER WORLD, AND I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY MY ESTEEMED FORMER W CHAIR FROM RENER PARK, MR. MCKENZIE TONIGHT.
UM, I'VE TOLD THE THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST THAT, UM, LAKE SONOMA'S WATER SUPPLY POOL IS FULL AT 245,000 ACRE FEET.
UM, THEY'VE STOPPED REPORTING A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
I THINK THEY WERE OVERWHELMED BY THE RECENT STORMS, BUT AT LAST, LAST HEARD FROM IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 250,000 ACRE FEET IN STORAGE.
SO IT'S OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR THE REGION FOR THE COMING YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, MY POLICY COMMITTEE WITH THE, UH, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, I'M ON THE GOVERNANCE TRANSPARENCY AND LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE, UM, CONSIDERED POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO, UM, SB 2 52 AT OUR MEETING LAST THURSDAY.
SB 2 52 IS THE VEHICLE THAT WOULD, UM, REQUIRE CALPERS AND CALLISTER TO DIVEST OF, UH, FOSSIL FUEL STOCKS.
AND THEIR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WOULD MAKE THAT OPTIONAL TO CITIES.
SO EACH CITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD TO MAKE IT, WOULD GET TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION ON WHETHER THEY WANTED A FOSSIL FREE CALPERS PORTFOLIO.
IT, IT GOT A POSITIVE RECEPTION.
IT'S COMING BACK TO THE NEXT GT AND LR COMMITTEE MEETING IN MARCH FOR, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY, UH, HAVE THE WORDS LAST WEEK.
UM, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING TONIGHT.
I WOULD SAY, UM, I SIMILARLY SHARE A LOT OF WHAT, UM, MAYOR BREED SAID.
UM, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS THAT I'VE TALKED TO JUST WANNA LIVE IN PEACE.
THEY WANNA WATCH THEIR CHILDREN GROW UP, GO TO WORK, CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS, AND ENJOY BASIC FREEDOMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
ON OCTOBER 7TH, I WAS HO HORRIFIED BY THE GROTESQUE TERRORIST ACTS CARRIED OUT BY HAMAS.
AND SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN SIMILARLY TRAUMATIZED BY THE SCALE OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN GAZA.
I'M NOT JEWISH OR PALESTINIAN, BUT SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, I'VE SEEN MORE HATE DIRECTED AT BOTH GROUPS THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN MY LIFE.
AND I CAN, UM, I'M FEELING THE FEAR THAT YOUR COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING, EVEN THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS MUCH.
UM, YEAH, I'M EXPERIENCING IT WAY MORE THAN I EVER HAVE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
UM, AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE HERE IN, UM, IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ASKING US TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND ASKING US NOT TO, BECAUSE IT'S AN INCREDIBLY FRAUGHT ISSUE WITH A LOT OF HISTORY AND BAGGAGE.
AND, UM, AND IT'S INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING.
AND, UM, WHEREAS OTHER TRAVESTIES ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD, AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO FUND THIS WAR.
AND IT'S, AND OUR COMMUNITY'S HURTING.
I'VE BEEN RELUCTANT TO SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BEING PERCEIVED AS BEING PRO HAMAS OR PRO-WAR, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAKING ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL LESS SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON WHAT I SAY, I WANT THE WAR TO END.
I WANT HUMANITARIAN AID DELIVERED TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.
AND I WANT ALL THREE OF THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, IF NOT SOONER.
I THINK WE ALL CAN SHARE THAT.
VOTING IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION DOES NOT MAKE SOMEONE PRO HAMAS JUST AS MUCH AS VOTING AGAINST IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM PRO-WAR.
I'VE NOT BEEN, UM, I BELIEVE THERE IS A STATEMENT TO BE MADE.
I'VE NOT BEEN AN ADVOCATE, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL MAKES A STATEMENT, BUT GIVEN THAT THE RESOLUTION IS COMING BEFORE US, IT SEEMS IMMINENT.
UM, I'VE SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME SEARCHING FOR WORDS THAT I HOPE CAN UNITE US AND NOT DIVIDE US, BECAUSE IN THE END OF THIS, UM, VOTING FOR OR AGAINST ANY SORT OF A RESOLUTION, UM, IS CHOOSING SIDES.
AND I, UM, I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND WORDS THAT, UM, DO MAKE US FEEL CONNECTED TO A COMMON CAUSE OF PEACE, PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE FOR ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, BECAUSE BOTH SIDES ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW.
I HOPE I WISH EVERYBODY PEACE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
UM, I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF A RESOLUTION.
I FEEL AS THOUGH, UM, LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT AND I'M NOT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER WITH LANGUAGE THAT EVERYBODY IS GONNA BE HAPPY WITH.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS THE, UM, WHY I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I DO WATCH, UH, WORLD POLITICS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RUSSIAN UKRAINE, AND IT'S, I'M GLAD THE CITY PUT UP LIGHTS, BUT THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION.
AND THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
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THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND EVERYBODY'S SILENT.AND I ALWAYS FEEL WHENEVER THERE'S, UM, A WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IT'S ALWAYS AGAINST, THE JEWS ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE BLAMED.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I MEAN, IT'S, THAT'S JUST HISTORY.
AND I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH WE NEED TO BRING THAT INTO THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, LAST WEEK'S MEETING OR THE WEEK BEFORE WAS EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE UP UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
UM, FOR ME, I FEEL AS THOUGH PEOPLE CAN HAVE DIALOGUE ON THIS, BUT IT IS NOT THE PLACE AND THE COUNCIL TO DIVIDE THIS COMMUNITY ANYMORE THAN IT IS BEING DIVIDED RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I, I AM HOPING SINCE THE RESOLUTION WAS PULLED, UM, THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T COME BACK AND THAT WE JUST MOVE ON AND WE DO CITY BUSINESS, UM, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, PEACE AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK IT IS, UM, I AM THE ONLY JEWISH PERSON UP HERE, SO I FEEL IT VERY DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
I HAD WATCHED THE SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, RICHMOND CITY COUNCILS.
I WATCHED SAN JOSE, UM, AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE AS BAD AS OUR MEETING WAS LAST WEEK, EXCEPT THERE WERE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THERE.
AND IF SOMEBODY JEWISH GOT UP AND SPOKE, THEY WERE JUST BOOED.
AND THAT WAS NOT HAPPENING ON, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER END.
UM, THE DISCOURSE OF LAST WEEK AND THE DISRUPTION.
AND WHEN I SEE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WALK INTO THIS CHAMBER AROUND 10 30 AT NIGHT, GOES, INSIST IN THE FRONT ROW, TAKES THE PURSE AND DROPS IT DOWN JUST TO MAKE IT LOUD, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR, FOR THAT KIND OF DISRUPTION.
AND WE HAVE HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS HERE? LET'S SEE, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE.
AND THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS, UM, THIS IS NOT WHY I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
I PERSONALLY, AS I SAID, WATCH POLITICS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, BUT I DON'T NEED TO BRING IT HERE AND SHARE MINE, UM, THROUGH RESOLUTIONS.
AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.
I'M HOPING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THEY'RE BEING PRESSURED NOW.
SANTA ROSA'S BEING PRESSURED, AND THESE ARE PRESSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE UNDER.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S, UM, FAIR, UM, TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION.
AND I THINK THERE IS, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY, BUT THE ONE THING I DO WANNA SAY IS THAT WHEN I HEAR THAT OCTOBER 7TH DIDN'T HAPPEN, THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM.
AND THE VICIOUSNESS THAT HAPPENED TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN, JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR, CHILDREN WERE BURNT ALIVE IN FRONT OF THEIR PARENTS.
IF YOU WERE IN THE MILITARY, YOUR VAGINA WAS SHOT AND THIS WAS ALL ON HAMAS VIDEO AND IT WAS HORRIBLE.
WHAT HAPPENED? AND THAT IS, I DO NOT WANNA SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY SUPPORTING HAMAS.
AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY A CEASEFIRE, WHAT THEY'RE REALLY SAYING IS, WE WANNA HAVE A CEASEFIRE SO HAMAS CAN GET STRONGER.
AND WE HAVE IRAN, YOU KNOW, FEEDING MONEY INTO THIS.
AND ONE THING THAT I HEARD WAS, THIS IS LIKE THE VIETNAM WAR.
WELL, I WENT RESEARCHING THE HOUTHIS AND READING AND WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TOO.
SO PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND SEEING WHERE THIS INFORMATION'S COMING FROM.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S, UM, THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS TONIGHT.
I TOO WATCH AND HORROR WHAT'S GOING ON AND CONTINUES TO GO ON IN, IN GAZA.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY FOLKS WOULD COME TO CITY COUNCIL AND WANT TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
UH, THIS IS THE FOURTH MEETING WHERE WE'VE HAD THIS AS A VERY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
PEOPLE ARE RAISING THIS ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I CAN SEE SORT OF RAISES, RISES FROM THE HORROR AND THE FRUSTRATION OF NOT BEING SOLVED IMMEDIATELY.
BUT I ALSO CAN APPRECIATE MAYOR LONDON BREEDS PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK SHE PUT GOOD WORDS TO TRY TO CAPTURE, UH, ROLES OF CITY COUNCILS.
UM, AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
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BARNACLES WORDS, THE KEY OF WHICH PEACE IT IS.PEACE WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS PEACE WE NEED TO CHASE FOR, AND, UH, IS PEACE.
WE SHOULD NOT REST UNTIL OCCURS.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA LEAVE MY COMMENT AT THAT POINT AND I'M GONNA MOVE TO ONE OTHER COMMENT I HAVE ON A DIFFERENT WHOLE DIFFERENT SUBJECT.
UM, UH, PETALUMA IS, UH, HOSTING A, UM, GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UH, PROGRAM AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
IT'S CALLED NORMALIZING SAFETY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UH, PUT TOGETHER BY THE, UH, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY WOMEN.
UH, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE, UH, TWO FEATURED SPEAKERS ARE TWO UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES SPEAKING AT THIS, UH, MIKE THOMPSON AND JARED HUFFMAN, PLUS MANY OTHERS.
OUR, OUR, UH, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF AND OTHERS, UH, IT'S JANUARY 28TH.
I WANT EVERYONE TO TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
IT'S TWO TO FOUR AND IT'S AT OUR LUCCHESE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD, WE NEED TO REMEMBER ISSUES AT HOME AS WELL.
I HOPE PEOPLE WILL TAKE NOTE OF THIS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CLOSES UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING, AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT OVER
[CITY MANAGER COMMENT]
TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, WHO'S SUBBING IN TONIGHT FOR OUR ASSISTANT, OUR CITY MANAGER.UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM YOUR END HERE? THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
UH, JUST ONE WANTED TO FLAG FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HAVING THE KENWORTH PARK REDESIGN PROJECT COMMUNITY MEETING ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD.
SO THAT'LL BE FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND THE TEAM WILL BE HOSTING A DROP-IN EVENT, SO YOU CAN COME ANYTIME DURING THAT THREE HOUR PERIOD.
WE'LL BE SHOWING OFF THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE PRELIMINARY PARK DESIGN CONCEPTS AND SEEKING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, UH, TO HELP GUIDE THE FINAL DESIGN.
SO SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE, DRINKS, GIVEAWAYS, AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
AND WHILE WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT ON FEBRUARY 3RD THERE WILL BE NO RAIN, IF THERE DOES HAPPEN TO BE RAIN, UH, THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED INDOORS AT THE TEEN CENTER, WHICH IS THERE AT, UH, THE KENNELWORTH PARK.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN GO TO CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG/KENNELWORTH PARK FOR ALL THE DETAILS.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
MUCH.NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING.
UM, I, I DO WANNA WISH TO NOTE ONE ITEM OF CHANGE IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR HERE.
WE HAD, UH, PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED A TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR, UM, TWO UPCOMING MEETINGS, BUT THE MEETING OF THE, UH, 29TH, UM, IT'S A CLOSED SESSION, SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION MEETING, AND WE'VE, UH, POSTPONED THAT MEETING.
SO THERE'S A MINOR CHANGE, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE A COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? AND, UM, I'M GONNA ASK FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION HERE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BUT THAT'LL GIVE US A MOMENT TO MOVE IF WE WANNA, IF, UH, OUR BUSINESS WITH COUNCIL TONIGHT IS COMPLETE.
AND, UM, I HAD A QUESTION ON ONE ITEM, BUT IT DOESN'T TO BE, NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA PULLED.
UM, THEN LET'S PROCEED WITH THAT QUESTION BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ON ITEM ITEM THREE, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FOUR BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES.
THE STAFF REPORTED INDICATED THAT THE, THE BUSES WILL HAVE A RANGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 180 MILES PER CHARGE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT A NORMAL DAILY BUS, HOW MANY MILES A BUS? YEAH, I'M HOPING, UH, JARED HALL, OUR TRANSIT MANAGER COULD ANSWER THAT FOR US.
UM, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? IT WAS ABOUT THE RANGE OF 180 MILES, UH, THE STAFF REPORT.
I INDICATED THAT THESE BUSES HAVE A, AN EFFECTIVE RANGE OF 180 MILES IN ONE CHARGE.
AND I JUST WONDERED WHAT A NORMAL DAILY RUN IS.
UH, JARED HALL TRANSIT MANAGER, BY THE WAY.
SO THESE BUSES, THEY ESTIMATE THAT THEY HAVE 250 MILES RANGE IS WHAT THEY QUOTE YOU.
BUT BASED ON KIND OF INEFFICIENCIES WITH ENERGY LOSS FOR HEAT, AC WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 180 MILES.
RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT PIECE IS 200 TO 210 MILES PER DAY IF THE BUS IS RUNNING FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE DAY.
SO GENERALLY WE THINK IT COULD DO OVER 90% OF OUR OPERATIONAL PIECES RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT WE WOULD'VE TO CHANGE THE BUS OUT ONCE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IF WE PUT IT OUT UNDER THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.
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BE ABLE TO COVER THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR SERVICE.AND, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
UM, MAY I ASK THE CLERK IF WE'VE HAD ANY COMMENTS? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND MAY I ASK THE MODERATOR TO READ OUR MESSAGING FOR THIS ITEM? MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION.
A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS AND SEEING NO ONE, UH, RUSHING TO THE PODIUM WITH A CARD IN HOT IN HAND.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE ONE CARD WHOM I DO HAVE BEN PETERS TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
I AM, UH, SORRY TO SEE THE ROOM SO EMPTY.
I DO THINK A DISCUSSION OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IS ONE THING THAT CAN UNITE OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENT REGARDING THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM ON THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOFTWARE.
UM, I DO THINK THE SOFTWARE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO OPERATE THESE VEHICLES THAT, UH, GETS SHORT SHRIFT IN THE STAFF REPORT.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO ENCOURAGE THE SOFTWARE THAT MANAGES THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BE, UH, HEAVILY CONSER CON, UH, CONSIDERED DURING THE DESIGN, UH, AND OPERATION OF THIS.
UM, IT'S WAS MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY MENTIONED THE QUESTION ON THE RANGE OF THESE VEHICLES AND, YOU KNOW, THE LARGE BATTERY CAPACITIES AND SO FORTH.
WHAT ISN'T, UH, NECESSARILY BEING CONTEMPLATED, AT LEAST IN THE PUBLIC, IS WHAT TO DO WITH THESE ASSETS WHEN THEY ARE NOT OPERATIONAL.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ON HOLIDAYS AND THINGS.
AND SO THESE ASSETS CAN PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO THE GRID, PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK TIMES OF FOUR TO 9:00 PM.
AND SO THE SOFTWARE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, THE SOFTWARE BEING CONTEMPLATED FROM CHARGEPOINT, IF YOU DRIVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH CHARGEPOINT.
I WILL, UH, LEAVE MY EXPERIENCE, UH, ASIDE, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHARGEPOINT SOFTWARE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THERE IS FUTURE DISCUSSION AROUND HOW THESE IMPORTANT ASSETS CAN ACTUALLY BE OPTIMIZED FOR THE CITY.
SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A MOTION.
UM, I MISSED THE SECOND, UH, SECOND BY BARNACLE.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS IN MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE EVENING ITEM SEVEN RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE REPORT, MAKING A FIVE YEAR FINDING PURSUANT TO THE MITIGATION FEE ACT.AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME JESSE G***H, OUR NEW NEWISH, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MCDONALD AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT EACH LOCAL AGENCY THAT IMPOSES A B 1600 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT PROVIDES SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE FEES AND EVERY FIVE YEARS TO REPORT ON THE REMAINING IMPACT FEE FUND BALANCES AND PLANNED CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THE REPORT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2023.
AND WE RECOMMEND THIS EVENING THAT THE COUNCIL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FISCAL 2023 AB 1600 REPORT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND, UM, SEEING NONE, I I THINK I'LL HAVE COMMENTS, BUT, UH, WHEN WE BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL, BUT NO PARTICULAR QUESTIONS.
AND AT THAT, WE WILL TAKE IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND I ASK THE CLERK IF WE'VE HAD ANY PRIOR COMMENTS.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
AND I'D LIKE OUR MODERATOR TO READ PUBLIC COMMENT MESSAGING.
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OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION.
A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS AND SEEING NO ONE HEADING EITHER TO THE TABLE OR TO THE, UH, UM, CLERK'S DESK WITH A CARD.
I WILL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MATTER AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL FOR ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO MOTION.
AND, UM, JUST THE, THE, THE ONE I GUESS I HAD IS, UH, CONNECTING US TO THE FIVE-YEAR.
CIP, UH, IS REITERATES THE NEED FOR THE COUNCIL TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FIVE YEAR CIP.
UH, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN BUDGET REVIEW TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA GET DONE THIS YEAR? UH, BUT, UH, WE HAVE FUND RESERVES AND WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING ON A FIVE YEAR BASIS.
AND, UH, THAT MEANS NO ONE YEAR CAN FALL BEHIND BECAUSE THE NEXT YEAR WOULD HAVE TO CARRY TWICE THE LOAD.
AND, UH, SO JUST WHEN WE LOOK AT BUDGET, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ONLY THIS YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL THING TO RE REMEMBER AND COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC WHO EXPECTS, UH, COMPLETION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AND BETTERMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS ITEM BEFORE US TONIGHT.
UH, I KNOW IN PAST YEARS IT'S BEEN CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, BUT WITH THE FIVE YEAR ELEMENT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT IT BE HEARD AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
SECOND, UH, MOVE, UH, MOTION BY BARNACLE.
MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE BARNACLE.
[WORKSHOP]
THE WORKSHOP.CAN I SAY MAIN EVENT? UM, AND, UH, TONIGHT WE ARE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASURE TO EXTEND THE PETALUMA URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY TO BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER, 2024 BALLOT FOR VOTER APPROVAL.
AND, UH, HELPING US WITH THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT, UM, OUR HEATHER HINES, UH, OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, UM, AND BRIAN O OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO CHAT ABOUT THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, UM, WHICH IS IN PLACE AND SET, UM, TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2025.
SO AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND GET COUNCIL FEEDBACK, UM, TO HELP GUIDE OUR EFFORT AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
I'VE LOST MY ABILITY TO SEE MY SCREEN.
SO, AS BACKGROUND, UH, PETALUMA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF LOCAL EFFORTS TO MANAGE GROWTH.
UM, THIS REALLY INITIATED IN THE 1960S IN RESPONSE TO SPRAWL DEVELOPMENT AND FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SET FORTH A SERIES OF, UM, ACTIONS BY THE CITY TO, TO HAVE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING THAT GROWTH, UM, REALLY CULMINATED WITH THE ADOPTION OR THE VOTER APPROVAL, UM, OF AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IN 1998.
UM, THE, AT THE TIME THIS LARGELY MIRRORED AN URBAN LIMIT LINE THAT HAD BEEN IN THE 1987 GENERAL PLAN AND IT CREATED THAT PHYSICAL BOUNDARY TO COMBINE GROWTH AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, INITIALLY WHEN THE VOTERS APPROVED THE UGB UM, MEASURE IN 1998, IT EXTENDED TO 2018.
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UH, 30 YEARS, UM, THAT WAS THEN EXTENDED AGAIN BY VOTERS IN 2010 TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION OF THE UGB TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.AND THAT WAS DONE TO MATCH THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2008, UH, WHEN THE, UH, UGB WAS ADOPTED OR, UM, APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 1998.
IT INCLUDED FOUR EXPANSION AREAS, WHICH THIS IS A FIGURE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND THERE'S FOUR EXPANSION AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN, UM, IN A, A, A HATCHED LINE, UM, ON THAT GRAPHIC.
AND THOSE ARE, AS WAS, UM, APPROVED IN 1998.
WE HAVE HAD NO ANNEXATION OF THOSE EXPANSION AREAS SINCE THAT TIME.
UM, AND SO THOSE REMAIN IN PLACE.
I DO WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, THIS GRAPHIC, WHICH IS FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN AND WHICH WAS, UM, INCLUDED THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, WHICH IS THE DARK SHADED AREAS.
UM, AT THE TIME, UH, WE SPOKE WITH OUR, UM, COLLEAGUES WITH LAFCO, UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, THE BOUNDARY OF THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS SHOWN IN THIS GRAPHIC.
UM, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, UM, BRINGING THOSE TOGETHER AS WELL AS, AS PART OF ANY FUTURE FUTURE EFFORTS.
SO I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE, THERE MIGHT BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS IN THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AND WHICH IS IN, UM, HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY LAFCO.
ANOTHER THING THAT THE, UH, BALLOT MEASURE APPROVED WERE FOUR EXCEPTIONS.
AND THESE, UM, ARE ADOPTED INTO OUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN POLICY ONE P 32.
AND THESE FOUR EXCEPTIONS, UM, PROVIDE FOR, UM, AN ALLOWANCE TO AMEND THE UGB BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL.
UM, SO THESE COVER, UH, THE NEED FOR PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR ALL ECONOMIC SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO AVOID A CONSTITUTIONAL TAKING THAT MAY ARISE DUE TO THE UGB BOUNDARY.
UM, EXCEPTION THREE IS FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT NEAR TRANSIT STATION.
UM, ALTHOUGH THIS ONE DOES LIMIT TO 1,500 FOOT RADIUS FROM A RAIL STATION, AND WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, LATER IN THIS REPORT.
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE UGB FOR OFFICE OR INDUSTRIAL USES TO IMPROVE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE FOURTH, UM, EXCEPTION IS FOR AGRICULTURAL OR AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT USES, UM, THREE OUT OF FOUR OF THESE, UM, REQUIRE A SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE BY THE COUNCIL, UM, AND IN MORE DETAIL AND UNDER THE BALLOT MEASURE AS WELL AS THE, UM, GENERAL PLAN POLICIES OR SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND, AND, UM, MORE NUANCE.
UM, AND THAT WAS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT, UH, TO YOUR STAFF REPORT TO DATE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN SIMILARLY TO NO UGB EXPANSION.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY, UM, APPROVAL OF ANY OF THESE EXCEPTIONS SINCE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY, UM, ADOPTED.
UH, THE OBJECTIVES, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY, BUT THEY ARE IN THEIR FULL FORM IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THE OBJECTIVES FROM THE ORIGINAL MEASURE I FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE UGB IN 1998 ARE STILL VERY, UM, RELEVANT TO MUCH OF OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY IN TERMS OF ENCOURAGING EFFICIENT GROWTH PATTERNS.
UM, PROTE PROTECTING PETALUMA'S NATURAL SETTING, CONCENTRATING GROWTH, UM, TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON SERVICES, UM, AND ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO MEET HOUSING NEEDS.
SO THIS IS REALLY, UM, SHOWS THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THE UGB AND EX CONTINUING TO, UM, EXTEND, UM, THE EXPIRATION OF THE UGB SO IT REMAINS IN PLACE.
SO, UH, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, UM, THAT STAFF HAS PUT FORWARD.
AND THIS IS REALLY, IT'S BASED ON CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO TIME AND BUDGET.
ALSO BASED ON CONSIDERATIONS SUCH AS THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS, THE CURRENT, UH, STATUS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PETALUMA NORTH STATION RECENT GRANT AWARDS WE'VE RECEIVED, AS WELL AS PUBLIC INPUT THAT HAS COME IN, UM, DURING THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF HAS PUT FORWARD IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A MEASURE FOR THE NOVEMBER, 2024 BALLOT TO EXTEND THE UGB, INCLUDING
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NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTING UGB BOUNDARIES OR EXPANSION AREAS TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION OF THE UGB TO 2050.AND TO MODIFY GENERAL PLAN POLICY ONE P 32 TO MODIFY EXCEPTION THREE TO ALLOW EXPANSION OF APPROXIMATELY HALF MILE RADIUS FROM A RAIL TRANSIT STATION FOR TOD.
AND I'M GONNA GO INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THAT INFORMED, UM, THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THE THE UGB EXTENSION, UH, WOULD SYNC UP WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, ALTHOUGH WE'VE MADE SOME BIG STRIDES WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS IN TERMS OF A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, FLOOD AND SEA LEVEL RISE MODELING, UH, THE DRAFT BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, UM, THE TIMING IS NOW ANTICIPATED TO BE ADOPTED, THE GENERAL PLAN TO BE ADOPTED IN SUMMER OF 2025.
UM, AND SO REALLY FEELING LIKE THAT PUSHES THE TIMING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT UGB, WHICH EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, PUSHES IT TOO FAR OUT.
UM, ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE THAT HAS INFORMED THE RECOMMENDATION IS DURING COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
DURING THAT, THE VISIONING, UM, STAGE, THERE WAS COMMUNITY INPUT THAT INDICATED A POTENTIAL SUPPORT FOR UGB EXPANSION FOR THE AREA AT THE CORNER OF CORONA AND THE SMART RAIL TO FACILITATE TOD TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT NEAR THAT NEW STATION.
THERE WAS REALLY MINIMAL INTEREST IN ANY OF THE OTHER UGB UH, EXPANSION AREAS, UM, AND ACTUALLY OPPOSITION TO EXPRESSED BY BOTH GPAC AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO THOSE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO KEEP THE EXISTING UGB BOUNDARIES WITH FOCUS ON POTENTIAL IN THE AREA AROUND THE PETALUMA NORTH STATION, UM, WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UH, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
UM, DURING THE SIXTH CYCLE, OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION WAS 1,910 UNITS.
WE DO HAVE A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT THAT DOES INCLUDE OPPORTUNITY SITES, THAT HOUSING INVENTORY SITES THAT DEMONSTRATE PETALUMA'S CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT FULL, UM, HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION.
AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE ARENA WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT POINT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DEPENDING ON ANY ANNEXATION IN ORDER TO MEET OUR HOUSING ALLOCATION NEEDS FOR THIS NEXT EIGHT YEAR CYCLE.
UM, A FEW YEARS AGO WE, UM, WE ADOPTED A PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA.
UM, AND THIS IS A, A PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA, OR PDA IS AN INFILL AREA THAT'S CLOSE TO EXISTING TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT'S REALLY SEEN AS BEING OPTIMAL TO BRING TRANSIT, JOBS, HOUSING TOGETHER AS PART OF OUR REGIONAL GROWTH FRAMEWORK.
UM, SO IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NORTH PETALUMA NORTH STATION, UM, THE CITY SUBMITTED TO, UM, METROPOLITAN TRANSIT COMMISSION, MTC, UM, TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, UM, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH A NEW PDA, UM, AROUND THE CORONA STATION.
AND THAT WAS, UM, DESIGNATED AND THIS SHOWS AN OUTLINE OF, OF THAT.
UM, PDA, UH, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT DOES INCLUDE MUCH OF THAT, UM, UGB EXPANSION AREA, UM, AT THE CORNER OF CORONA AND, UM, AND THE SMART RAIL TRACKS.
UM, SO THAT PDA WAS REALLY ADOPTED INTO ANTICIPATION OF THE BUILD OUT OF THE STATION, UM, AND IS A VITAL PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF THIS AREA, UM, IN PETALUMA, UM, TO BE CONSIDERED PETALUMA NORTH STATION TWO IN NOVEMBER, UM, OF 2023.
IT WAS THE GROUNDBREAKING EVENT ON THE SITE, UH, CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN THIS MONTH IF IT HASN'T ALREADY.
UM, AND ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE, UM, CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO CREATING THAT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT HUB ALONG WITH THE STATION TO SUPPORT THE STATION TO SUPPORT INCREASED
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DENSITY AROUND THAT, UM, TRANSPORTATION, THAT TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE.UM, SO AGAIN, ANNEXATION OR THE POSSIBILITY OF ANNEXING THAT UGB EXPANSION AREA ADJACENT TO THE STATION IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO REALLY CREATE TRUE TOD AROUND THE STATION.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT 1998 UGB EXPANSION AREA.
UM, AND IT REALLY APPEARS TO BE OF THE FOUR UGB EXPANSION AREAS, IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST TIMELY AND SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ALONG WITH THAT LAST YEAR, UM, PETALUMA WAS AWARDED $1.15 MILLION, UM, FROM UH, MTC TO DEVELOP A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THAT CORONA PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA.
UM, SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOCUSED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT VISIONING FOR THAT AREA AROUND THE SMART STATION, RECOGNIZING WITH THE ADDED STATION THERE THAT WE REALLY HAVE A A A A JUST A AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, VISION THAT AREA.
UM, AND THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT TIME TO CONSIDER EXPANSION OF THE UGB IN THAT AREA.
IT ENSURES THAT WHEN POTENTIAL ANNEXATION IS CONSIDERED, IT'S PART OF THAT CLEAR COMMUNITY VISION FOR HOW DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR IN THAT AREA.
IT'S ALSO CONSISTENT WITH GENERAL PLAN POLICY ONE P 39, WHICH SAYS SPECIFIC OR MASTER PLANS FOR MAJOR ANNEXATIONS BEYOND THE 19 80 98 UGB TO ENSURE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS FINANCING FOR NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT UGB EXPANSION NOT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BALLOT MEASURE, BUT RATHER KEEPING THE BOUNDARIES AS THEY ARE AND LETTING THAT, UM, EXPANSION AREA BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF AN EXCEPTION CONCURRENT WITH THE ADOPTION OF A SPECIFIC PLAN IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO AS MENTIONED, WE ARE RECOMMENDING CONSIDERATION OF A MODIFICATION TO ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS.
UM, AND THAT'S EXCEPTION THREE.
AND THAT EXCEPTION, UM, PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY TO, UM, APPROVE AN EXPANSION OF THE UGB WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL WITH A SIXTH SEVENTH VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THERE ARE FOUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT NEAR A RAIL STATION, HOWEVER THE EXCEPTION INCLUDES A LIMITATION TO A 1500 FOOT RADIUS FROM THE STATION.
SO THAT INNER RED LINE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE 1500 FEET.
UM, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT A SURGICAL MODIFICATION TO THAT EXCEPTION, UH, BE MADE TO CHANGE THAT 1500 FOOT RADIUS TO A HALF MILE RADIUS, WHICH IS MORE IN KEEPING WITH, UM, UM, STATION PLANNING THAT WE TYPICALLY DO.
UM, AND THAT'S THAT SECOND LINE.
UM, WE ALSO REALLY EMPHASIZING THE APPROXIMATELY, 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LINES GO RIGHT THROUGH PROPERTIES, SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GONNA ANNEX THE REAR PART OF THE PROPERTY AND LEAVE THE FRONT PART IN THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THAT APPROXIMATELY WOULD ALLOW US TO JOG THAT LINE A LITTLE BIT TO, UM, TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE, THOSE, UM, VARIATIONS.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO CONSIDER ANNEXATION AS PART OF THE SPECIFIC PLANNING PROCESS, MAXIMIZE BENEFITS OF PLANNING FOR TOD DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT HALF MILE OF THE NEW STATION.
AND THIS JUST GIVES ANOTHER, ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AREA AND REALLY LOOKS AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT 1500 FOOT, UM, RADIUS FROM THE STATION AND THE HALF MILE, WHICH IS CLOSER TO 2,640 FEET.
SO A COUPLE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON.
UM, OUR EXISTING GENERAL PLAN, THE MAXIMUM DENSITY OUTSIDE OF OUR, UM, CORE DOWNTOWN, THE UNDER THE SMART CODE, UM, OUR MAXIMUM DENSITY IS 30 UNITS TO, TO THE ACRE.
SO IF, IF THERE WAS AN EXPANSION OF THE UGB BOUNDARIES THAT HAPPEN NOW, THAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM, UM, DENSITY THAT WE COULD, UM, WE COULD DESIGNATE THE AREA AND THAT MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE TO FACILITATE THE INTENSITY OF TOD THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT LIKE TO SEE, UM, AROUND THE, UH, STATION AREA.
UM, SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, UM, THE, THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND CONTROLS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO SEE, UM, TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE STATION.
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UM, OUR, OUR GRANT FUNDING FROM MTC FOR THE SPECIFIC PLAN, UM, DOES HAVE A MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENT OF 25 UNITS AN ACRE.AND THIS IS MINIMUM, NOT MAXIMUM, BUT UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THEIR TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES POLICY.
SO AGAIN, REALLY THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TYPES OF PROVISIONS, UH, SO WHEN THAT PROPERTY MIGHT BE ANNEXED IN THE FUTURE, WE GET THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, WE WANT AROUND THE STATION.
UM, SO WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO THE BOTH THE UGB BOUNDARIES AS PART OF THE ANY FUTURE BALLOT MEASURE, BUT ALSO THE EXPANSION AREAS WE ARE RECOMMENDING EXTENDING THE UGB TO 2050, WHICH, UM, IS SLIGHTLY LONGER.
UM, BUT REALLY LOOKING TO, UH, PAIR THAT UP WITH A, UH, ADOPTION OF OUR NEW GENERAL PLAN IN 2025, A 20 YEAR ANTICIPATED PLANNING HORIZON FOR THAT DOCUMENT, AND THEN FIVE YEARS TO ALLOW THAT SUBSEQUENT GENERAL PLAN ADOPTION IN UGB TO BE, TO BE TRACKING CONCURRENTLY.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, UM, ON THE TIMING OF THE BALLOT MEASURE.
AND THIS IS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPENSIVE FOR, UM, THE BALLOT MEASURE TO BE PLACED ON A REGULAR ELECTION, UM, BALLOT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO A SPECIAL ELECTION.
SO, UM, OUR CLERK, UM, LOOKED INTO THE DIFFERENCES AND THERE'S SOME VARIATION 'CAUSE IT DEPENDS ON A LOT OF FACTORS.
UM, BUT THERE COULD BE A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE, UM, IF, IF WE DID NOT MAKE THE 2024 UM, ELECTION.
UM, SO PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, THERE HAS BEEN THE, UH, DISCUSSION OF THE UGB EXPIRATION HAS BEEN ATTRACTING ATTENTION AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW THE UGB TO EXPIRE.
UH, STAFF DID MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM GREET BELT ALLIANCE TO DISCUSS CITY APPROACH AND ANTICIPATED TIMELINE.
UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE CONTINUING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM ON OUTREACH AS WE GET DIRECTION AND MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AND STAFF WAS ALSO RECENTLY APPROACHED BY PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE EXPANSION AREA LOCATED, UM, AT THE SOUTH OF TOWN, UH, F FRED IN LAKEVILLE, UM, ABOUT POTENTIAL ANNEXATION AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UM, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES IN THE BOUNDARIES.
SO THEY WOULD REMAIN AN EXPANSION AREA AND HAVE THE EXCEPTION SHOULD, UM, THEY WANT TO SUBMIT, UM, A CONSIDERATION OF A PROJECT THAT INVOLVED, UM, UH, AN EXPANSION, UM, THAT NO CHANGES WERE BEING PROPOSED THAT WOULD IMPACT THEM IN THAT WAY.
UM, FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS NO ACTION THIS EVENING.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION, BUT NO ACTION.
SO, UH, GIVEN THERE'S NO ACTION, TONIGHT IS NOT A PROJECT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE BRING THE ITEM BACK FOR COUNCIL ACTION TO PLACE THE ITEM ON THE BALLOT, IT WILL BE A PROJECT.
WE WILL INCLUDE APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO CONSIDER.
AND THE EXTENT OF THAT ANALYSIS LARGELY DEPENDS ON FEEDBACK AND THE SCOPE OF, UM, ANY FINAL BALLOT MEASURE.
UM, THE SCOPE OF THE FINAL BALLOT MEASURE.
UM, IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVES, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON A LOT OF FACTORS, UM, REALLY LOOKING AT TIMELINE AND BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
UM, SO JUST THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES THAT THE COUNCIL MAY WISH TO CONSIDER.
UM, AND JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT CHANGES TO THE SCOPE OF THE BALLOT MAY HAVE UNINTENDED IMPACTS TO THE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, TIMELINE AND BUDGET.
UM, AND AS, AS EXPRESSED STAFF HAS CONCERNS WITH PUSHING TO A SPECIAL ELECTION IN 2025, GIVEN THE EXPIRATION OF THE UGB AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW THAT TO LAPSE.
UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT, JUST A RECAP ON WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY STAFF FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL, RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS THAT WE PLACE THE MEASURE TO EXTEND THE UGB ON THE NOVEMBER, 2024 BALLOT WITH NO CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OR EXPANSION AREAS EXTEND TO 2050.
UM, AND THAT MODIFICATION RECOMMENDED FOR EXCEPTION THREE TO ALLOW A GREATER EXPANSION, UM, FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TO A HALF MILE RADIUS FROM A RAIL TRANSIT STATION.
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AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.UM, WE'RE BOTH HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COUNCIL TO MAKE COMMENTS AND, UH, QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE QUESTIONING.
UM, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE RATIONALE, UM, AROUND THE CORONA STATION FOR THE OTHER THREE.
UM, CAN, ESPECIALLY THE ONE ON LAKEVILLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF, I MEAN, REALLY THE OTHER THREE EXPANSION AREAS, THEY JUST SEEM LIKE THEY WOULD JUST BE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING WITH A SPRAWL PARADIGM.
WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST, UM, ONLY HAVE THE CORONA STATION EXPANSION AREA INCLUDED IN THIS UGB UPDATE? UM, I MEAN THAT, THAT IS AN OPTION.
LEAVING THE OTHER THREE N IS JUST ALLOWING FOR FLEXIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS IF, IF THE NEED AROSE.
AND CONTINUING WITH THE, WHAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1998, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
UM, WELL, TOMORROW NIGHT'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING CORNERSTONE, WHICH IS AT THE NORTH END OF TOWN.
SO IT'S KIND OF ODD HAVING THAT TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UGB AND WHERE WE WANNA GO WITH IT.
AND YET THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING SEWER AND WATER HOOKUPS AND OTHER THINGS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE, UH, FLOOD MAPPING ISN'T COMPLETED.
SO THAT PROPERTY IS IN THE UGB, RIGHT.
UM, SO THEY HAVE HAD THAT APPLICATION IN AND ARE REQUESTING ANNEXATION CONSISTENT WITH OUR EXISTING, SO ALL FOUR OF THESE AND AREAS THAT CAN BE ANNEXED, THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH LAKEVILLE OR ON REUS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, BUT, UH, MUCH DIFFERENT FINDINGS, UM, PROCESS AND A REQUIREMENT FOR A SIX SEVENTH VOTE OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, FOR ONE OF THE REASONS, ONE OF THE EXPANSIONS OR EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, SPECIFIC FINDINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE AND THEN A SIX SEVENTH VOTE TO APPROVE IT AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL.
SO THERE'S A MORE STRINGENT REVIEW, UM, OF THOSE URBAN, UM, UGB EXPANSION AREAS AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY IN.
SO THAT'S SO CORNERSTONE WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL NEED A SIXTH, SEVENTH VOTE? NO, BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE UGB, IT'S NOT AN EXPANSION AREA, IT'S THE LAST PARCEL, UM, BEFORE BETWEEN LAST PARCEL BETWEEN CITY CURRENT CITY LIMITS AND THE CURRENT UGB.
WELL IS, BUT WHY ON THE MAP? IS IT SHOWING AN EXPANSION AREA? IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S SHOWING THE SLATES, THE SLATS, YOU KNOW, ON THE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP MAP, IT LOOKS THE SAME AS THE OTHER THREE.
UM, I WILL TRY TO, IF WE CAN, I'LL HAND THE MIC OVER TO BRIAN AND TAKE OTHER QUESTIONS AND I'LL TRY TO BRING UP A BETTER MAP TO SHOW, DEMONSTRATE THAT.
SO ALONG A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR VEIN, I'LL START WITH, UM, THE EXPANSION AREA ON, ON THE, THE WEST SIDE OF, OR THE EAST SIDE OF 1 0 1 AT THE NORTH END OF TOWN.
UM, I, I THOUGHT THAT PROPERTY HAD SOME PRETTY PROFOUND FLOODPLAIN ISSUES.
UM, IF, IF YOU COULD CHECK THAT BEFORE YOU COME BACK.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALISTIC TO CONTINUE TO COUNT THAT ONE AS, AS SOMETHING THAT'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN.
MY, MY BIGGER QUESTIONS, UM, ARE AROUND HOW WE'RE GONNA DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH LAND WITHIN THE EXISTING OR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY TO ACCOMMODATE THREE ARENA CYCLES WORTH OF HOUSING BECAUSE WE JUST GOT A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT FOR AN EIGHT YEAR ARENA CYCLE, BUT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GO OUT TO 2050 AND WE HAD TO GET PRETTY CREATIVE, UM, TO, TO GET A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT THIS TIME.
SO I, WHAT I'M EXPECTING TO SEE FROM STAFF, UM, WHEN THIS COMES BACK IS HOW WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO HCD AND THE WORLD THAT YES, INDEED WE HAVE ENOUGH LAND WITHIN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY TO, TO SAY THAT
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YES, WE CAN STILL ACCOMMODATE, UM, OUR ARENA NEEDS AND AND THOSE ARE UNKNOWN OBVIOUSLY, BUTSO, UM, I, I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD SEE THAT IN MAY WITH THE, UM, PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
WOULD THAT BE FAIR? SO WHEN WE, I BELIEVE WE ARE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK, UM, IN EARLY SUMMER, LATE SPRING.
AND SO THAT, AT THAT POINT, DEPENDING ON HOW THE DISCUSSION GOES THIS EVENING, UH, WE WOULD, UH, PREPARE MORE IN DEPTH, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
UM, THAT IS ONE, UM, POTENTIAL OUTCOME WOULD BE, I'M LOOKING AT PAGE THREE OF THE STAFF REPORT AND IT SAYS MAY 17TH PUBLISH INITIAL STUDY SLASH MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION IF NECESSARY.
AND JUST, UM, THAT IS THE PLAN, UM, JUST PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AGAIN, IF THERE IS A MORE DETAILED, UM, DISCUSSION TONIGHT TO BROADEN THE SCOPE, UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE WANTED, UH, TO, UH, TO FLAG FOR THE COUNCIL.
THAT, THAT'S THE BIGGEST QUESTION IN MY MIND.
I, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THIS, I THINK WE ALL SUPPORT THIS, WANNA MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, UM, QUALIFYING, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND DOES THE, DOES THE AREA YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP UNDER A, YOU KNOW, A TOD TYPE OF, UH, UH, LAW, UM, DOES IT JUST HAVE TO BE 1% WITHIN A HALF A MILE OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE 52.7%? GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE, UH, AS, UH, MY COLLEAGUE HEATHER POINTED OUT, WE WANTED TO HAVE AN APPROXIMATE, JUST BECAUSE AS YOU SAW, THE PARCELS AREN'T NEATLY FIT INTO THE RADIUS THERE.
UM, JUST THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS A HALF MILE RADIUS, SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WALKING AND BIKING FROM A STATION.
AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY, I MEAN, YOU SEE THAT WITH OUR DOWNTOWN STATION PLANNING.
UM, IT'S SORT OF THIS INTERNATIONAL MODEL.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE THE HALF MILE COMES FROM.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO MAKE IT APPROXIMATE, JUST GIVEN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PARCELS AND HOW THAT'S LAID OUT.
BUT IN GENERAL, UM, I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO, UM, OR SEE SOMETHING THAT'S TRANSIT ORIENTED AS WITHIN, UM, A HALF MILE, UM, DISTANCE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT DOES THE OVERLAP THERE MAKE IT HARDER TO GET ANY STATE APPROVALS THAT ARE REQUIRED OR ANYTHING? UH, I GUESS IS WHAT I WAS ASKING WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THAT WERE THOSE LOTS WERE THE, THE, UH, COLOR, DIFFERENT COLORED AREA OF THE, OF THE ANNEXATION, IF YOU WILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT GOES BEYOND HALF, HALF A MILE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF IS THAT EVER AN ISSUE? UH, YOU KNOW, DOES IT HAVE TO BE ALL WITHIN THE HALF MILE? UH, SO THAT'S WHERE, AGAIN, UM, WORDING MATTERS, RIGHT? SO IF WE SAY SHALL NOT GO BEYOND THE HALF MILE, THEN I COULD SEE THAT BEING A POTENTIAL ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE PROPOSING IT TO BE APPROXIMATE.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A LITTLE LATITUDE, UM, TO INCLUDE.
SO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE HALF OF A PARCEL THAT IS JUST WITHIN THE 2,600 FEET FROM THE STATION, UM, THE INTENT WOULD BE TO INCLUDE THAT ENTIRE PARCEL.
UM, WELL, THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS WE DON'T WANT IT TO LAPSE.
SO IF WE DO THESE LITTLE NUANCED CHANGES, DO WE HAVE TO DO A CQA PROCESS THAT WOULD, WOULD, UM, DELAY GETTING IT READY FOR THE BALLOT, WHICH WE WANNA AVOID? YES.
UH, SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA AVOID THAT.
AND SO, UH, WHAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS EVENING IS A PROPOSAL TO RETAIN THE EXISTING BOUNDARY, UH, CREATE THE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE IN THE EXISTING POLICY AND THE VOTER INITIATIVE, UM, AND ADD THE EXPANSION OF THE EXCEPTION.
AND SO ALL OF THAT WE FEEL WE CAN, WE CAN COMPLETE AND GET THIS ON THE BALLOT, UM, IN TIME FOR THE NOVEMBER, 2024 ELECTION.
AND THAT INCLUDES JUST HOW IT'S ON THE MAP TONIGHT? CORRECT.
I'M SORRY, COULD I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON, ARE, ARE YOU SAYING IF WE DO ACCEPT THAT, UM, EXPANSION AREA OF CORONA, IT, IT'S A NEGATIVE DECK OR, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT LEVEL OF SQL WOULD BE REQUIRED? UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING
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AT THAT, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO, UM, UM, AN EXEMPTION, UM, IF WE ARE KEEPING THE BOUNDARIES WHERE THEY ARE, NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES.UM, AND THEN AS MORE FOCUSED, UM, PLANNING AS PART OF THAT SPECIFIC PLAN WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT THE LAND USE DESIGNATION WOULD BE, THAT THAT LEVEL, UM, IT COULD BE FOLDED INTO THE, UM, WHATEVER THE ENVIRONMENTAL WOULD BE FOR THAT SPECIFIC PLAN.
UM, LET ME EXPRESS MY ENTHUSIASM IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION.
IT, UM, IT SEEMS THE SCHEDULE IS DETERMINED ON THE, UH, BALLOT MEASURE TIMELINE.
IS THERE A REASON WE CAN'T, UM, ACCELERATE THE SCHEDULE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT BACK IT UP FROM THE, FROM THE MEASURE TIMELINES, BUT FROM TODAY, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET US TOMORROW, UM, APPROVING THIS? RIGHT? AND WE WERE JUST MAKING SURE THAT LIKE, THOSE DROP DEAD IN TERMS OF LOOKING BACKWARDS, BUT DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK THAT COMES, COMES OUT OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE MAY BE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE THAT UP AND, AND BE BACK FURTHER SO WE'RE NOT UP AGAINST THOSE DEADLINES.
YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE COUNCIL EXPRESS THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE THE MEETING DATES ACCELERATED IF THEY SO CONCURRED.
UM, SO WE HAVE A STUDY FOR TOD FOR THE CORONA AREA.
UM, DOES THE TOD ALLOW FOR OR REQUIRE US TO HAVE MIXED USE? I MEAN, I THINK WE'LL BE TALKING MIXED USE THERE.
IS THAT ALL PART AND PARCEL TO THAT STUDY'S, UH, ABILITIES TO SAY THAT WE'LL HAVE A MIXED USE? IS IS TRANSIT ORIENTED RESIDENTIAL ONLY OR, YEAH.
SO THE INTENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL, UH, FOR, UH, COMMUTERS TO UTILIZE THE STATION, BUT ALSO, UM, THE OPPOSITE RIGHT.
PEOPLE, UM, WANTING TO WORK, UM, THAT CAN COME FROM OUTTA THE CITY, UM, AROUND THE STATION AND GO TO THEIR PLACE OF WORK.
AND, UM, IF WE RECOMMEND, UH, HAVING TOD IN THAT AREA, UM, AT WHAT POINT DO WE DO THE ZONING OF THAT AREA THAT THE HIGHER DENSITY? IS IT, HOW DOES THAT NEXUS OCCUR? UM, SO, UM, WE DO NOT DO LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OUTSIDE OF OUR UGB.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ON THE, ON THE LAND USE MAP, IF IT'S INSIDE OUR UGB, THERE'S A LAND USE DESIGNATION, BUT THERE'S NOT ZONING ASSIGNED.
THE ZONING THEN GETS ASSIGNED YOU PRE-ONE WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION.
UM, SO WHAT WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS THROUGH THAT SPECIFIC PLAN PROCESS, DECIDING ON WHAT, WHAT LEVEL OF DENSITY AND INTENSITY IS DESIRED IN THAT AREA, UM, AND ANY KIND OF, UM, POTENTIAL EXPANSION AND OR, UM, LAND USE DESIGNATION, UM, AND ZONING HAPPENING AS PART OF THAT.
SO DOES THE ZONING SPECIFIC PLAN HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE CAN BE ON THE BALLOT OR WE CAN BE ON THE BALLOT WITHOUT A ZONING, WE CAN BE ON THE BALLOT BALLOT BALLOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING IF AS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE BOUNDARIES.
SO IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T CHANGE AS PART OF THE BALLOT MEASURE WHEN IT WOULD CHANGE IS WHEN WE HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS IN PLACE THROUGH THE SPECIFIC PLAN AND THERE'S AN EFFORT TO, UM, EXTEND THE UGB ONCE ALL THOSE PROVISIONS ARE IN PLACE.
SO AT THIS TIME, CAN YOU, UM, IS THERE, UM, A PLAN, UH, A CONCEPT FOR, UM, THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC FOR THIS ADDED AREA? UH, I SEE ONE OF THE PARCELS HITS, ELI, WOULD IT COMPLICATE MATTERS THAT IT HITS ELI THAT, UM, WOULD WE HAVE TRAFFIC PATTERNS THAT REACH OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS? IS THAT PART OF THIS CONVERSATION OR IS THAT SPECIFIC PLAN LEVEL STUFF? YEAH, SO PRIMARILY IT WOULD FALL WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE IN HAVING IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE GENERAL PLAN, WE CAN, UM, LOOK AT IT TO AN EXTENT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SO I BELIEVE WE WILL TOUCH ON IT DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE JOURNAL PLAN UPDATE AND THEN HAVE A MUCH MORE FOCUSED, UM, DISCUSSION, UM, AROUND THE IMPACTS THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, UM, FOCUS ON THIS, UM, THE NORTH END OF TOWN.
AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I WROTE FROM THE PRESENTATION WAS, UM, CHANGES IN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IS OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE GETTING LARGER OR SMALLER.
SO THE CURRENT GREAT QUESTION, THE CURRENT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE THAT IS WITH LAFCO, UH, IS CON CODE TERMINUS, UM, WITH OUR UGB.
SO IT'S, IT'S SMALLER THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED
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EARLIER AND IT JUST LINES UP, UM, PART AND PARCEL WITH OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? YES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT CATER THOMPSON.
THE HALF A MILE VERSUS, UM, THE OTHER 1500.
SO ARE WE LOOKING AT, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING A HALF A MILE? IF WE DO, DOESN'T THAT CHANGE THE, FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT? WHAT WE'RE, LOOK, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO DO IS JUST TO CHANGE THE WORDING IN EXCEPTION THREE, TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE OF A HALF A MILE RADIUS UP TO A HALF MILE RADIUS INSTEAD OF THE LIMITATION TO THE 1500 FOOT RADIUS.
BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY INCLUDING IT CHANGING ANYTHING, WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE, JUST THE LANGUAGE MM-HMM.
SO WE'RE, SO WHAT'S EXISTING THAT IS WHAT'S GONNA BE IN THE GENERAL PLAN, EXCEPT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE COULD ALLOW EXCEPT FOR THE ONE CHANGE TO EXCEPTION THREE.
BUT NO CHANGE IN THE BOUNDARIES.
AND THEN THIS MAP IS, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN MAP, AND I JUST WANTED TO, THIS IS THE PARCEL.
MM-HMM,
I THINK IT'S 5,400 OLD RED, AND THIS IS THE EXISTING CITY LIMIT LINE, AND THIS IS THE EXISTING UGB.
SO THIS PARCEL IS THE LAST PARCEL BEFORE THE UGB, BUT IT IS WITHIN THE UGB AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, IT IS NOT AN EXPANSION AREA BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR UGB COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY.
SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, UM, I, I GUESS MY CONCERN WITH USING THE WORD APPROXIMATELY IS IT, IT INTRODUCES AMBIGUITY IN AN AREA WHERE WE DON'T REALLY WANT AMBIGUITY.
UM, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS MAP THAT YOU THOUGHTFULLY PREPARED AND I, I DON'T WANNA WORDSMITH NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO AT THIS POINT, BUT MAYBE THE THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE A 1500 FOOT RADIUS, BUT ALSO INCLUDING THE REMAINDER OF PARCELS, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE, ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE 1500 FOOT RADIUS OR THE 20 HALF MILE RADIUS.
I'M SORRY, SOME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT TO A PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CLERK TO LET US KNOW WHETHER WE'VE HAD ONLINE COMMENT PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE DID, WE HAD ONE COMMENT AND IT'S POSTED ONLINE IN OUR AGENDA.
AND I'D LIKE OUR MODERATOR TO READ OUR MESSAGING FOR THIS ITEM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS.
AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION.
A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS.
AND THAT'S OUR 30 SECONDS, I GUESS, RIGHT THERE.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE RUSHING TO THE, UH, COUNTER WITH CARDS.
AND I HAVE, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT CARDS, UH, PRESENT.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, NICOLA FRY TO SPEAK FIRST, FOLLOWED BY BLAKE HOOPER.
UM, HAVING WORKED WITH HELEN PUTNAM ON THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARY, UM, AND GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF GETTING IT ON THE BALLOT AND LISTENING TO EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS AND EVERYTHING, I AM THRILLED THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE BALLOT TO KEEP IT.
I'M BLAKE COOPER TO BE FOLLOWED BY JAKE MCKENZIE.
I'LL ALSO TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT.
I JUST CAME TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I WAS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING KEEPING THE CURRENT URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE HALF MILE CHANGE FALLS VERY WELL WITHIN RECENT STATE LAW.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE 2024 SCHEDULE IS PERFECT FOR VOTER TURNOUT, WHICH WOULD BE EVEN BETTER FOR SHOWING STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE MEASURE.
AND AT A TIME WHEN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PETALUMA'S HISTORY AND CULTURE, THIS REALLY DOES EPITOMIZE PETALUMA'S FOCUS ON PROTECTING OUR NATURAL AGRICULTURE, OUR, OUR NATURAL OPEN SPACE, AND REALLY CREATING THAT SENSE OF PLACE THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT.
JAKE MCKENZIE TO BE FOLLOWED BY CALLUM WEEKS.
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MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M JAKE MCKENZIE.I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
UH, NOT, NOT AS A RECOVERING POLITICIAN, BUT AS A MEMBER OF THE GREEN BELT ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE HISTORY IN PETALUMA TOO.
MY LATE EX-WIFE, DONNA MCKENZIE, WAS ON THE FIRST COMMITTEE OF THE 500 UNIT, UH, BATTLES THAT WERE ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE FROM THAT HISTORIC GROWTH MANAGEMENT, UH, ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA, UH, FOUND ITSELF ARGUING ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.
SO, UH, AND WITH ALSO THE BACKGROUND THAT IN 1993, MY WIFE AND I WERE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF GREENBELT ALLIANCE'S URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY CAMPAIGN.
WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTY WHERE ALL NINE JURISDICTIONS HAVE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES AND WE'RE JOINED BY THE COUNTY IN THAT.
UM, AND AN INTERESTING THING HAPPENED IN RENER PARK ONCE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WAS IN PLACE, UH, THE 20 YEAR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IN THE YEAR 2000 SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY PURCHASE PROPERTY ON PETALUMA HILL ROAD.
THEY THEN CAME TO THE CITY OF RENER PARK ASKING THAT THEY BE CONNECTED WITH OUR PUTABLE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. IT WAS THEIR LAND THAT THEY PURCHASED WITHOUT TALKING TO US WAS OUTSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
AND OUR ANSWER WAS VERY CLEAR, NO, WE WILL NOT PROVIDE SERVICES OUTSIDE THAT URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.
THEY THEN WENT TO THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA AND THEY SAID, YEAH, IF YOU BUILD A 10 MILE TRUNK LINE ALL THE WAY TO OUR SUB-REGIONAL PLANT, WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO, UH, SUPPLY YOU WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT.
SO, UH, IT'S A REAL THING, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, AND YOU DO HAVE THAT LONG HISTORY.
UH, I'VE LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSIONS OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HALEY AND I BACK IN THE DAYS OF, OF SMART NEGOTIATIONS ON THAT VERY SITE.
UH, SO I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
AND I WAS PLEASED TO SEE YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, OF TOD AND I WAS CHAIR OF MTC IN INVOLVED WITH PDA, UH, ACTIVITIES.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A, AN INTERESTING WALLOW AND NOSTALGIA FOR ME THIS EVENING.
THAT BRINGS ME TO MY STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
UM, CLEARLY STATED THAT GREENBELT LINE STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU STAFF AND THAT YOU INTENDED TO CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE.
DID I READ THE STAFF REPORT CORRECTLY? I BELIEVE I DID.
AND SO WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT.
UH, AND WE SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS MADE IN FRONT OF YOU AND PLAN THE AREA 2050 SPEAKS TO MAINTAINING URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES THROUGHOUT THOSE NINE COUNTY REGIONS.
WEEKS TO BE FOLLOWED BY TERRY SHORE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I'M THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF GENERATION HOUSING.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FIRST PLUS ONE, EVERYONE THAT CAME BEFORE ME, I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH, UH, A SHARED INTEREST AMONG ALL RESIDENTS OF SONOMA COUNTY THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES AND THAT WE INCREASE AND REALLY FOCUS ON HIGHER INTENSITY IN OUR DOWNTOWN ARTERIAL ROOTS HERE IN THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT SONOMA COUNTY.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND BRIEF AND TO THE POINT.
UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD OUR VOICE, UH, TO SUPPORTING THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH STAFF FOR YOUR CONTINUING YOUR WORK.
I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL AND, UH, I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO HEAR YOU GUYS ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND MTC TLC'S REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, DENSITY UNITS PER ACRE.
AND, UM, YEAH, HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
THANK YOU, TERRY SHORE TO BE FOLLOWED BY DWAYNE BELLINGER.
I'M MAYOR MCDONALD, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, MY NAME IS TERRY SHORE AND I AM REPRESENTING THE, UH, SIERRA CLUB REDWOOD CHAPTER SONOMA GROUP.
IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD SINCE A LONG TIME LAST TIME I WAS HERE SPEAKING AND AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH THESE KIND OF TUMULTUOUS YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD.
UM, SO SIERRA CLUB, UM, URGES THE RENEWAL OF THE EXISTING URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WITH A VOTE OF THE
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PEOPLE, UM, WITH A BALLOT MEASURE PUT ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE NOVEMBER, 2024 BALLOT.AS WE ALL KNOW, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IS A VERY IMPORTANT LAND USE TOOL THAT ENSURES THAT WE HAVE A CLIMATE FRIENDLY, WILDFIRE, SAFE, DIVERSE, AND AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE STAFF REPORT DOES, UH, HIGHLIGHT, UM, EXISTING AND POSSIBLE NEW EXPANSION AREAS, UM, THAT COULD OCCUR WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
UM, UH, OVERALL I THINK IT'S OKAY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T REALLY, SIERRA CLUB CAN'T TAKE A POSITION TILL WE SEE THE FINAL BALLOT MEASURE LANGUAGE, BUT, UM, IN GENERAL, I THINK WE PROBABLY WILL BE IN SUPPORT.
WE HAVE TO OFFICIALLY VOTE ON THAT.
UM, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN ANSWER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
UM, IF AND WHEN YOU DO MOVE WITH THE EXPANSION AREAS, UM, WOULD YOU NEED TO DO CA, SO IF THE VOTE, YOU KNOW, SIXTH SEVENTH OF THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES FOR ONE OF THESE AREAS, WOULD YOU NEED TO DO CA? WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO TO LAFCO AND GET THEIR APPROVAL? UM, WOULD THERE BE ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMUNITY SEPARATORS THAT ARE NOT BUMPING UP TO, BUT FAIRLY CLOSE? UM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOME COUNTY POLICY LANGUAGE ABOUT IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY SEPARATORS.
UM, AND REGARDING RENA, UM, THE EXISTING, UM, BALLOT MEASURE DOES ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXPAND AREAS TO MEET STATE HOUSING LAW, UM, UP TO FIVE ACRES I THINK IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHEN, UH, SOMETHING IN THE EXISTING MEASURE THAT MIGHT ADDRESS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY'S CONCERNS.
SO, UM, I WILL END BY SAYING THE SIERRA CLUB IS PR PRIORITIZING, UM, THE RENEWAL OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND HOPING TO GET IT PASSED, UH, AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THANK YOU DWAYNE BELLINGER TO BE FOLLOWED BY BEN PETERS.
THE, UH, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES, UH, HAS DONE WHAT, UH, I HAD HOPED IT WOULD DO, AND THAT IS PREVENT, UH, TWO CAR SUBURBIA FROM, UH, GROWING UP AROUND THE, UH, CORONA STATION.
I HAD ANTICIPATED THE CORONA STATION OF THE NORTH STATION, UM, SINCE, UH, 1989 HEARING, UH, CALTHORPE, UH, SUGGESTED.
UM, I I WOULD POINT OUT THOUGH TAKING US BACK A LITTLE NOSTALGIA, NOT QUITE, NOT QUITE BACK AS JAKE MCKENZIE, BUT I WOULD TAKE US BACK TO THE, UH, THE CRON ELI PLAN.
AND THAT WAS BASICALLY, UH, IF I RECALL, OF SIX DEVELOPERS WANTING TO BUILD, UH, 350 ACRES, UH, IN THE NORTH END.
AND IF YOU, UH, RECALL THE, UH, THE, UH, THE, WHAT THE, UM, UH, THE SUSTAINABLE ASSESSMENT TEAM, UH, CALLED IT, THE, THE NORTHEAST CORNER THERE, A LITTLE GEM AND LOOKING IT BACK AS TO HOW THAT WAS DONE, I WOULD MAKE A, I WOULD MAKE A, A SUGGESTION THAT IT WAS, IT WAS TAKEN IN AS A UNIT SO THAT THEY COULD LEAN ON ALL SIX DEVELOPERS TO PUT IN THIS TWO SCHOOLS TO THE DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE THE LAND FOR THE, UH, SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S THERE FOR THE TWO PARKS THAT ARE THERE, FOR THE PLAYING FIELDS THAT ARE THERE.
AND FOR THE CHANGE OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE, OF ELI TO GO OVER TO DELIVER PEOPLE TO THE, UH, TRAIN STATION.
ALL OF THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE THEY WERE BROUGHT IN AS A UNIT.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT WHEN YOU GO TO EITHER PLANET OR ANNEX IT, UH, THE CORONA ELI AREA, NOW THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AS WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR LEVERAGE TO GUARANTEE THAT IT ACTUALLY BE BUILT INTO A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED COMMUNITY, THAT YOU WANT THE PLAN IN PLACE AND YOU DON'T WANT IT, UH, PIECEMEAL BROUGHT IN AS, UM, JUST A HODGEPODGE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO.
UH, THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE A CARD FOR TONIGHT IS BEN PETERS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS, UH, SPECIFIC TO, UH, THE LONG VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO PEN GROVE.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE INTERESTING, THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE COMMENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE EXTENDS INTO PEN GROVE, ALTHOUGH OUR UGB BOUNDARY CUTS THAT SHORT, SO I DON'T QUITE KNOW THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE COMMENT AS IT EXTENDS TO PEN GROVE.
UM, I DO THINK WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND 2050.
THE FIRST DOMINO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON MENTIONED WAS THE ANNEXATION.
THE SECOND DOMINO IS REED'S TRAILER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PARCEL IS CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY'S APPROVED HOUSING ELEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S TWO DOMINOES ALREADY IN THE PLAN.
AND SO EVEN WITHIN EXCEPTION ONE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT DOESN'T
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TAKE THAT MANY PARCELS TO GET US INTO PENN GROVE.AND SO IS THAT MAYBE THAT IS WHAT WE WANT, MAYBE THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT, BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT IN OUR THINKING.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, THE WAY THE COUNTY HOUSING ELEMENT WAS DONE WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE REEDS TRAILER AND THEN WE HAVE THE BODEGA AVENUE PARCELS FOR OUR AREA, THE, UH, RONNER PARK AREA.
ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR RONNER PARK AND TATI WAS IN PEN GROVE.
THERE IS GONNA BE A LOT OF POTENTIAL BUILDING IN PEN GROVE AND IT'S ALREADY PRETTY DENSE WHEN YOU GET TO THE, UH, WHATEVER THAT BAR IS OVER THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CURRENT HOUSING LAWS AND LOT SPLITS OR WHATEVER, NOW YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE PARCELS BETWEEN US AND PEN GROVE THAT ARE STILL GREENBELT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OR UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY EXTEND PAST ELI, OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW CREATIVE WE WANNA GET WITH THE LANGUAGE, BUT JUST BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING HAPPENING IN PEN GROVE WITH THE COUNTY AND THE IMMENSE PRESSURE ON THE COUNTY'S ARENA NUMBERS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANNA DO IS BUILD IN PEN GROVE AND HEY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PEN GROVE BECOMES PLUM AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS, AND MAYBE THAT'S OKAY AND WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE PEOPLE BETWEEN NOW AND THEM TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT THAT IS THE ONE AREA THAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND IF WE WANT THAT, IF WE DON'T WANT THAT, OR HOW EXACTLY WE WANT THAT, UH, PROCESS TO PLAY OUT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DOMINOES ALREADY STACKED UP BETWEEN NOW AND PEN GROVE, AND YOU KNOW, THAT REEDS TRAILER, THAT'S A BIG PARCEL THAT'LL TAKE YOU, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE TO THE PALACE OF FRUIT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THE PALACE OF FRUIT IS RURAL AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE RURAL MUCH LONGER.
AND, UH, THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING AND I, WHILE BRINGING IT UP TO, UH, COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS.
I, I THINK I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO, UH, MAYBE MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT HOW, UH, CITY AND COUNTY WORK TOGETHER, ARENA NUMBERS, HOUSING ELEMENTS, AND UH, UH, THE KIND OF PRESSURE THE COUNTY HAS AND MIGHT WANNA APPLY ON CITY.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY TO, UH, THIS EVENING JUST PROVIDING, UH, PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE PLANNING IN A VACUUM.
UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN WE WOULD EMBARK ON THE SPECIFIC PLAN EFFORT, GENERAL PLAN EFFORT, AS WE START TO HAVE, UH, MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THAT AREA, WE WOULD WANT TO BE ENGAGING WITH OUR, UM, COUNTY COUNTERPARTS.
AND SO, UM, ENSURING NOT ONLY, UM, COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY PLANNING AGENCY, BUT ALSO OUR LOCAL FORMATION, UM, UM, ORGANIZATION, SO LAFCO.
AND SO WE'VE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
BRINGING IT BACK UP TO, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY.
UM, WITH REGARD TO PENNGROVE, I THINK THE MAIN REASON THAT THERE IN OUR, UM, AREA OF INFLUENCE IS BECAUSE WE PROVIDE SEWER SERVICE TO, UH, CENTRAL PENN GROVE.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN PETALUMA WANTS TO ANNEX PENN GROVE, AND I'M SURE THAT, I'M SURE THEY SHOW THAT CONSIDERED THAT, THAT, THAT THOUGHT.
SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THAT EXISTS.
UM, DON'T READ ANYTHING MORE INTO IT THAN THAT.
UM, SECONDLY, UM, I DO SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY EXPANSION.
I THINK IT MAY BE SOMEWHAT LESS IMPORTANT THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST BECAUSE EVEN IF SOME OF THESE PARCELS OUTSIDE OF OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WERE AVAILABLE FOR ANNEXATION, THEY STILL COULDN'T BE DEVELOPED AS SUBDIVISIONS BECAUSE OF OUR VMT POLICIES.
UM, AND, UM, I, I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT.
THE ONE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS, IS THE EXPANSION AREA BY THE RAIL STATION WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
THAT SCORE IS VERY WELL UNDER VMT.
UM, EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE ACTUALLY LAND INSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY THAT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF VMT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF OUR CHALLENGE FOR CREATING HOUSING GOING FORWARD.
AND, UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE ANALYSIS ON HOW, UM, HOW WE'RE GONNA MEET THREE ARENA CYCLES WORTH OF HOUSING INSIDE OUR EXISTING URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WITH THE V MT CONSTRAINT.
AND I WANTED TO TELL THE STORY, UM, BACK WHEN
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THE, THE, UH, THE NOW EXPIRING GENERAL PLAN WAS BEING PRESENTED BY PAMELA TUF, WHO, UH, WAS THE, UH, GENERAL PLAN, UM, LEAD STAFF PERSON, UH, EARLY IN THE PROCESS, PROBABLY AROUND 2004, AND KAREN, YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN HERE, UM, UH, PAMELA CAME AND SAID, OKAY, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.AND, AND THEN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY EXPIRES AT THE END OF 2018, AND JANUARY 1ST, 2019 IS GONNA BE THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH.
HE DIDN'T USE THOSE WORDS, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUSH OUT HERE, WE'RE GONNA PUSH OUT THERE, WE'RE GONNA PUSH OUT EVERYWHERE.
AND THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY SAID, YEAH, NO, UM, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE, UH, THE THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN, UH, AND UH, CONTINUED THE EXISTING URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND WHY, UM, THE, THE COUNCIL PUT THE BALLOT MEASURE ON IN 2010 TO EXTEND IT TO 2025.
SO THERE, THERE'S A HUGE CONSENSUS IN THIS TOWN, UM, TO, TO NOT PUSH OUT PAST, UM, WHERE WE ARE NOW.
THE OTHER THING IN YOUR HISTORICAL, UM, TIME TIMEFRAME, TIMELINE AT THE BEGINNING THAT IS MISSING THAT KIND OF THE POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE THAT, UH, MADE ALL THIS HAPPEN WAS THE FREY'S RANCH, UH, REFERENDUM IN 1982.
AND, AND THAT WAS, UH, UH, A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME.
AND THEN PETITIONS WERE GA UH, CIRCULATED, THE SIGNATURES WERE GATHERED AND THE COMMUNITY SAID, YEAH, NO.
SO THAT'S, THAT REALLY WAS KIND OF THE, THE IMPETUS TO A LOT OF THIS.
AND THE COMMUNITY FEELS THE SAME SAME WAY TODAY.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA BOUNCE OFF STAFF.
UH, SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THIS WORKSHOP REGARDING, UM, THE EXTENSION, UM, EXTENSION OF TIME, THE EXTENSION OF A PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, AND ANY OTHER WOULD, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO TEE UP THE STAFF, UH, THE COUNCIL FOR WHERE YOU WANT SUPPORT AND INPUT? SO JUST FOR CLARITY, 'CAUSE IT ALSO CAME UP AS PART OF A, A PUBLIC COMMENT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE UGB, UM, AND NOT TO CHANGE, NOT CREATE ANY NEW EXPANSION AREAS TO KEEP THE BOUNDARIES AND THE FOUR EXCEPTION AREAS AS THEY ARE.
SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL, IS THAT, IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THAT? IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THE 2050, UM, AS A, AS AN EXTENSION, A TIME EXTENSION? AND IS THERE SUPPORT FOR MAKING THAT MODIFICATION TO EXCEPTION THREE TO ALLOW A LARGER, UM, RADIUS AROUND THE STATION TO MEET THE HALF MILE RADIUS KIND OF STANDARD THAT WE USE FOR STATION PLANNING THESE DAYS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DIRECT, BUT THAT'S, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THAT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT RENEWING THE UGB WITHOUT, UM, CHANGING THE CURRENT BOUNDARY.
UM, I SUPPORT EXTENDING IT TO 2050.
UM, I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE THE THREE EXPANSION AREAS THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT 300 ACRES OF SPRAWL, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING, UM, THE AREA AROUND THE CORONA, THE POTENTIAL ANNEXATION AREA AROUND CORONA STATION.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT I REALLY LIKE, THERE WAS A REALLY GREAT ARTICLE IN THE ATLANTIC JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO, UM, ABOUT IT WAS TITLED, UM, THE CULTURE WAR TEARING, AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALISM APART.
AND IT'S BASICALLY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WANT DENSITY AND WALKABLE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE TRADITIONAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND WE'RE BUMPING UP AGAINST THIS WITH THINGS LIKE THE OVERLAY, OUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
AND I REALLY HOPE THE CAMPAIGN FOR THIS IS NOT JUST A CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE, BUT IT'S ALSO A CAMPAIGN, UM, IN FAVOR OF WALKABLE COMMUNITIES, TOD AND FIELD DEVELOPMENT AND REALLY A VISION FOR WHAT OUR CITY'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN 2050.
'CAUSE UM, IF THE NEXT 25 YEARS OF GROWTH LOOKS LIKE THE LAST 70, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY'S, RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS MEETING
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, UM, MY ONE CONCERN WITH THE, UH, EXPANSION AREAS IS THE, THE SORT OF ISLANDS THAT ARE CREATED ON, UM, ON ELI ROAD.
AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE THERE IS, UM, GREAT CLASS FOUR BIKE LANES ALONG ELI
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ROAD THAT JUST WIND UP NOT BEING CONTINUED BECAUSE THOSE ARE COUNTY PARCELS AND, UM, IT'S NOT THE COUNTY'S PROBLEM.AND SO, UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE WOULD, UM, GO ABOUT ENSURING THAT, UM, THE, THE EXPERIENCE IF WE WERE TO EXTEND, UM, ON CORONA ROAD OR AT THE CORONA STATION, UM, AREA THERE, HOW WOULD WE ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SORT OF LIKE A TALE OF TWO CITIES, UM, ON ELI ROAD WITH THOSE PARCELS THAT ARE ISLANDED THERE? COUNCILMAN, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT CORONA, UM, SO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE ON CORONA, UH, GOING EASTBOUND, CONNECTING ELI ROAD POTENTIALLY ELI ELI, YEAH, IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU LOOK ON THE, THE PARCEL MAP, YEAH, IT IS, LET'S SEE HERE, THIS IS, UM, IT'S ONE OF THE TWO ATTACHMENTS THAT ARE ON THERE.
UM, CORONA RA I THINK IT'S ATTACHMENT THREE.
YEAH, ATTACHMENT THREE, THIS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, SO THOSE ISLANDED THE PARCELS THAT KIND OF LIKE A, BUT THAT WOULD BE STILL COUNTY PARCELS, BUT ARE, UM, YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN THERE ON ELI, I IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS IN THE, ON THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE PURPLE ON ELI ROAD.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE COORDINATION WITH OUR COUNTY COUNTERPARTS COME IN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ANYONE, UH, WANTS TO, UH, PUT FORTH A PLAN OR DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, WOULD POTENTIALLY DUMP SOMEBODY, UH, FROM A PROTECTED BIKE LANE, UM, INTO, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, AND THAT A CHANGE IN CON A CHANGE IN CONDITION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK INTO AS A POLICY, AS PART OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S, I MEAN, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THAT'S SORT OF FOR STARTERS WHERE WE WOULD, WHERE WE'D GO.
WELL THEN, GIVEN THAT RESPONSE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT I WOULD SUPPORT REMOVING THE OTHER THREE EXPANSION AREAS.
WE'VE ALREADY, I WAS JUST LOOKING BACK AND THERE'S A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE LANDOWNERS ON LAKEVILLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JULY, 2021, SEPTEMBER, 2022, MAY, 2023, ALL ASKING FOR US TO ANNEX THAT PROPERTY IN.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S A TICKING TIME BOMB.
AND, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION AREA AT AROUND CORONA STATION, UM, I'D LIKE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE, UM, NO MORE SPRAWLING PETALUMA.
THIS IS WHAT BEING, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING CARBON, TRYING TO GET TO CARBON NEUTRAL BUILDING, UM, THE RIGHT WAY MEANS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL THAT WAY, BUT I, UM, I HOPE SO.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, UM, MAY, I ACTUALLY WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, UM, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE EXTENDING, UM, THE AREA BY THE CORONA STATION, UM, BECAUSE THE ONE ON REUS ROAD, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, VMT AND THE ONE ON LAKEVILLE IS ACCESS ISSUES.
I MEAN, SO THERE'S SOME, I THINK, REAL PROBLEMS WITH BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES WHERE, UM, THE CORONA STATION KIND OF FITS, UM, EVERY, EVERY WHICH WAY AS FAR AS, UM, REGIS'S, VMT AND THEN YOU HAVE EXPANSION IN THERE, THAT AREA TO TAKE US TO 2050 AND IT WOULD ELIMINATE, UM, FUTURE, UH, PROPOSALS COMING THROUGH KIND OF LIKE THE ONE UP NORTH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, TO ME IS A REAL PROBLEM.
THE ONE UP NORTH, CONSIDERING I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT PROPERTY FOR 30 YEARS AND THERE'S DEFINITELY WATER ISSUES THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF BEING FORCED TO SUPPORT SOMETHING AND I THINK, UM, WE DON'T REALLY WANNA BE FORCED INTO SUPPORTING PROJECTS AND THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
CAN WE MOVE THOSE TWO? IT'S NOT, IT'S TWO, PROBABLY TWO, NOT THREE, CORRECT.
BECAUSE ON THE MAP THAT I'M LOOKING AT UP HERE, IT'S SHOWING THE PROPERTY.
SO ARE THERE FOUR EXPANSION AREAS AND WHERE IS THE ONE UP NORTH? EXACT PAST CORONA? THERE IS ONE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, UM, FROM THE 5,400, THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF OLD RED BEHIND OTHER PARCELS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED.
OH, I BAKER STREET OR SOMETHING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION.
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YEAH, IT'S, UH, IS IT DENMAN ROAD OUT THERE? DENMAN ROAD AND THEN IT TURNS INTO BAKER? YEAH, YEAH.YEAH, I WOULD THAT, I GOT CONFUSED WITH THAT ONE, THINKING IT WAS CORNERSTONE.
AND SO YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH ALL THREE BEING REMOVED.
AND, UM, ANYONE ELSE? EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT HERE, HUH? OKAY, GOOD.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY SAID.
SO IN, IN TERMS OF REMOVING THE EXPANSION AREAS, UM, I, I'M OPEN TO THAT.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT SINCE WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE RATTLING THEIR CAGES A LITTLE BIT, I THINK THE SE A NEEDS TO BE BULLETPROOF IF WE'RE GONNA GO THAT WAY.
UM, SO I'M, I'M OPEN TO THAT AND LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK.
AND, UH, I TOO AM SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE, THE KEY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, I'D WANT TO ADD THE, UH, UH, TIMELINE REQUEST.
UH, THEY ACCELERATE THE TIMELINE.
UH, AND THEN ALSO IF WE DO, UM, IN, IN A REVISED IN A LATER DATE, IF WE TALK ABOUT, UH, DELETIONS OF AREAS, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A, AN ALTERNATES LIKE WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO US OF DOING, YOU KNOW, IF WE STATE IN WHAT WAY THAT WILL HELP, UH, GET US ON THE BALLOT IN, IN WHAT WAY IT WILL HELP US, DELAY US FROM THE BALLOT IN WHAT WAY IT WOULD SHIFT US ENVIRONMENTALLY IN THE, IN A SEQUENCE SENSE.
SO, UM, JUST AN EVALUATION OF THAT.
AND THEN THE TWO OTHER POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE IS I DID APPRECIATE WHERE WE SAW THAT, UH, PETALUMA'S CURRENT SMART STATION IS THE MOST ACTIVE SMART STATION IN THE SYSTEM.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE NOTABLE THAT PETALUMA, UH, IS, IS, UM, ALL IN FOR SMART.
AND I WOULD EXPECT, EXPECT THAT THE, THE, UH, CORONA STATION WOULD BE THE SAME KIND OF MAGNET FOR, UH, PEOPLE IN PETALUMA AND HAVE JUST AS ROBUST OF USE, WHICH REALLY HITS US ON OUR CLIMATE GOALS FOR HOW TO GET PEOPLE INTO, UH, UH, ENGAGED IN THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA THROW A LITTLE BARB AT GREENBELT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS OF SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, FROM JUNEAU TO TULA.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, EVERYBODY IS, UH, SENDING US EMAILS AND THE GIST OF THEM IS, DON'T LET US BE THE FIRST TO FAIL.
I REALLY WISH THE TONE HAD BEEN, WE REALLY RESPECT THE OVERWHELMING WILL LET, PETALUMA WILL NOT LET THIS, I MEAN, WE POLITICALLY WE ARE ALL IN ON ALL THIS AND, AND, UM, LIKE TO HAVE THAT MESSAGE ADVOCATED BY GREENBELT AS WELL.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, MADE OUR COMMENTS, THE STAFF HAVE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE WORK STRONG, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
I JUST WANNA REMIND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME MY COUSIN COMES FROM PETALUMA, FROM THE CITY, SHE ALWAYS SEES IN BETWEEN PETALUMA NOVATO, IT'S GREEN.
AND THEN YOU GO IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PETALUMA AND TATI, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE GREEN SPACE AND UNLIKE, YOU KNOW, CUPERTINO, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IN CUPERTINO, SUNNYVALE OR WHEREVER YOU'RE AT.
AND SO JUST PEOPLE, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE SAVING LAND AROUND US.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD FEELING THAT WE'VE DONE WELL.
AND, AND WE OWE QUITE A BIT TO ALL THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US AND PUT THIS IN PLACE.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR THE EVENING.