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[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING, ALL.WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL AND THE PETALUMA SUCCESSOR AGENCY.
AND WE ARE GONNA WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO GET A SEAT.
LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE SEATS ARE FULL, BUT THERE'S A FEW SEATS UP FRONT IF YOU WANT A SEAT UP IN THE FRONT ZONE.
AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE, UH, REGULAR MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024.
AND IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD.
UM, THEY'RE IN THE BACK OF THE HALL THERE IN THE OUTSIDE THE DOORS A LITTLE BIT.
AND BRING IT TO OUR CITY CLERK HERE.
I WILL NOW INVITE MONICA RICCIO AND MARIA GALVEZ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH TONIGHT.
MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING BARNACLE.
LET'S, UH, STAND AND HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'M LOOKING DOWN OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND LOOKING ACROSS THE D DIOCESE.
I, UH, DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE ANY NEED TO MAKE CHANGES OR DELETIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, UH, WHICH WILL BRING US
[PROCLAMATIONS]
TO OUR PROCLAMATION FOR THE EVENING.UM, AND, UH, VERY FUN ONE FOR US TO READ, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO IN INVITE, UH, FAITH ROSS TO THE, UH, PODIUM TO ACCEPT, UM, TONIGHT'S PROCLAMATION FOR PETALUMA, BLACKS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTHS FEBRUARY, 2024.
WHEREAS PETALUMA BLACKS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1978 BY A GROUP OF BLACK RESIDENTS TO ACQUAINT THE COMMUNITY WITH BLACK CULTURE AND HISTORY, TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR NEW BLACK FAMILIES MOVING INTO THE AREA AND ENSURE THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY BECAME A POSITIVE PART OF LARGER PETALUMA COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS PETALUMA BLACKS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN KEEPING WITH THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES HAVE CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDED A VENUE FOR SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH AN ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY PRO, UH, PROGRAM, MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
THE GROUP HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE BLACK, UH, SUPPORT FOR BLACK FAMILIES THROUGH SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND REACHING OUT TO EACH OTHER.
AND WHEREAS PETALUMA BLACKS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED OUR YOUTH BY MAKING THEM ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ORGANIZATION, ENCOURAGING THEM IN THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND TEACHING THEM TO VALUE OUR BLACK HISTORY.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE FEBRUARY, 2024 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND COMMEND PETALUMA BLACKS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND TO PROVIDE OUR CITY WITH BLACK CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARENESS OF BLACK HERITAGE.
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HONOR.TO THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
WE ARE ON A JOURNEY TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE STEREOTYPES THAT STILL PLAGUE OUR COUNTRY AND SEPARATE US BECAUSE OF COLOR.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN WORK AS ONE COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER THIS YEAR.
I, I JUST, I NEED TO TELL YOU THIS, THAT WHEN WE PUT OUT THE CALL FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND HELP WITH THE EXHIBIT, WE GOT SO MANY CALLS.
PEOPLE CALLED AND SAID, I CAN COME FOR AN HOUR.
I, I CAN COME FOR TWO HOURS AND HELP YOU OUT.
AND JANICE WAS THERE EVERY DAY WORKING WITH US.
IT WAS JUST SO, IT WAS SO GREAT, UM, TO SEE, TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE CARING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING.
AND, UH, THE PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR BIPOC COMMUNITY, THEIR BI PLOT, BLAH, THEIR BIPOC CLUB DID THE, UH, COLLAGE THAT'S ON THE FRONT OF THE EXHIBIT.
SO I HOPE PEOPLE GO IN AND SEE THAT AND SEE THAT THAT WAS DONE BY STUDENTS IN, IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, MY NAME IS TINA ROGERS AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE JUST LIKE 30 SECONDS OR 60 SECONDS.
I WANT TO THANK, UM, GLORIA ROBINSON AND, UH, FAITH ROSS AND YOUR FAMILIES AND EVERYONE FOR BEING DILIGENT FOR, WELL, LIKE NEARLY 50 YEARS OF MAKING SURE THIS TYPE OF STUFF HAPPENS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE SAY BLACK, IT'S NOT ABOUT A COLOR, OBVIOUSLY.
SO WE ALL LEARNED THAT IT'S A CULTURE THING.
AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT LIVED RIGHT OVER HERE ON F STREET, LIKE IN 1975.
AND MY MOM, CAROLYN, UH, WORKED AT PG E ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK PEOPLE TO, UH, BLACK WOMEN TO WORK HERE IN PETALUMA.
AND THERE'S LIKE A HUGE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE ALL BEEN HERE AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE HUMANITY AND TO CELEBRATE ALL OF US AND ALL OF OUR SUFFERINGS, ALL OF OUR OPPRESSIONS, BUT ALL OF OUR GLORY AND OUR GRACIOUS FOR NOT JUST GOD, FOR ANYBODY THAT WE CELEBRATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
AND IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PLUMA BLACKS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT THE CHILDREN, HAS BEEN ABOUT THE YOUTH AND FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN PETALUMA, AND NOW WE JUST, PETALUMA A FINE EXAMPLE FOR SONOMA COUNTY.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES.
TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES IS WHAT THE PAPERWORK SAYS.
UM, I HAVE, UH, 50 CARDS FOR SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT WE DO NOT HOLD THAT TO 20 MINUTES, BUT RATHER STAY AT A ONE MINUTE MAXIMUM FOR EACH SPEAKER 50 50 MINUTES.
UM, AND, UM, IF THE POINT HAS BEEN MADE PREVIOUSLY, IT CAN OFTEN BE MOST TIME EFFICIENT IF YOU REITERATE THE OTHER PERSON WHO ELOQUENTLY SAID IT PRIOR, RATHER THAN REPEATING THE FULL OF THE CONTENT.
I THINK EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL APPRECIATE THAT, UM, EFFORT AND IF WE CAN KEEP, UH, DECORUM TO, UH, WHAT OUR CONVENTIONAL STANDARD IS, WHICH IS NO DISRUPTIONS IN IN THE ROOM.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF REMINDER ABOUT THE RULES THAT GOVERN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BROWN ACT MEETINGS, UM, OF THE CITY PETALUMA, SUCH AS THIS ONE.
THESE MEETINGS ARE LIMITED PUBLIC FORUMS. THAT MEANS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK AS LIMITED TO COMMENTS ON TOPICS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
THAT'S TOPICS THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT.
THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS.
UM, AND ALSO TO COMMENTS PERTINENT TO AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
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ON THE PUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION HELP ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONDUCT THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS.UM, WITH THE MAYOR'S PERMISSION, I WILL ASSIST HIM IN IDENTIFYING PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND IF SO, I'LL PROVIDE A REMINDER, UM, AND IF, AND, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT, AND IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
I ALSO WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT, UM, TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS IT'S CONDUCTING IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF, OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, WHICH WE CANNOT PERMIT TO BE DISRUPTIVE.
UM, AND IF NEED BE, WE'LL PROVIDE REMINDERS ABOUT, ABOUT DISRUPTIONS OF THE MEETINGS AND, AND, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, TO CURTAIL THOSE BY REMOVING PEOPLE.
BUT WE DON'T WANT THAT TO OCCUR, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE, UM, AND A CIVIL, UM, ATMOSPHERE IN TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CLERK IF WE HAVE RECEIVED A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, BY EMAIL PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
YES, WE RECEIVED 19 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEY'RE ALL POSTED, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE WITH THE AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MODERATOR TO SHARE THE MESSAGING AND, UH, SETTING THE CLOCK.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL 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 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 SETTING THE CLOCK FOR ONE MINUTE PER SPEAKER TONIGHT.
AND THE, UM, SPEAKER, THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE DANIEL LYNCH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY BEN PETERS.
IS DANIEL LYNCH IN THERE? WE ARE.
GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
MY NAME IS STILL DANIEL LYNCH AND I'M STILL HOUSELESS.
UNFORTUNATELY, LAST WEEK I WAS ARRESTED FOR IT.
THEY CALLED IT TRESPASSING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
IF WE OWN THE PROPERTY, THEN WHY WOULD I BE ARRESTED? THERE'S ALSO THAT THING CALLED THE CONSTITUTION.
EVEN THE COUNTY AGREES THAT 14 DAYS IS GUARANTEED FOR ME TO HAVE A PLACE.
THEY GAVE ME, UH, 2 72 HOUR NOTICES, AND I STILL HAD TWO DAYS LEFT.
ALSO, THEY ARRESTED ME IN THE WRONG PARKING LOT.
I WAS ARRESTED THE, THE STREET AT THE PALOMA MARKET.
UPON MY RELEASE, I SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER AT PELOMA MARKET AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY I WAS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING IN THEIR PARKING LOT.
SOMEHOW I WAS SPARED THE LOSS OF MY THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT AND, AND FOR ALL.
IF YOUR COMMENTS, UH, TAKE LONGER THAN ONE MINUTE, FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT 'EM TO THE CLERK SO THEY CAN BE PUBLISHED.
AS PART OF THE RECORD, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BEN PETERS TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, COREY SCHAFER.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. LYNCH FOR HIS COMMENTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF HOUSELESS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING TONIGHT.
IT'S TO SET THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR OUR CITY.
I KNOW FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MEETINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED PROVIDED GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN LEFT.
IF THIS IS THE ONE MEETING YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER GIVING US THE COURTESY OF REMAINING AND PROVIDING COMMENTARY ON WHAT THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE, WHICH ARE WITHIN OUR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
CORY SCHAFER TO BE FOLLOWED BY STEVE ULU.
UM, MY SON HAS BEEN ON A SWIM TEAM HERE IN TOWN FOR OVER 12 YEARS, AND THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER IS A VERY VALUABLE, IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'D BE A LOT BETTER FOR THE USERS IF WE COULD INCREASE THE POOL TEMPERATURE TO 81 DEGREES.
UM, THERE'S ALSO CONCERN ABOUT THE LACK OF GOOD, UM, GENERAL LIGHTING ON THE POOL DECK.
USERS ARE GETTING IN THAT POOL EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THEY'RE GETTING OUT IN THE EVENING WHEN IT'S DARK AND THERE'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S IT'S HAZARDOUS.
UM, NOT GREAT CONDITIONS, NOT HAVING A BETTER LIGHTING IN THE AREA.
THANK YOU STEVE JLU TO BE FOLLOWED BY SANDRA HAN.
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UH, I I HAVE, UH, TALKED TO THE COUNCIL PERSON, JANICE CATER THOMPSON ABOUT G STREET, UH, OR OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HOPE FOR AN ORDINANCE BANNING GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.AND SEE, SHE SUGGESTED THE BEST THING FOR ME TO DO IS TO MAKE MENTION OF THIS MATTER BEFORE THE COUNCIL DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND THAT SHE WOULD BE A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PLACING IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
WE ASK THAT BOTH THE SALE AND USE OF GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS BE BANNED BY AN ORDINANCE PLACED INTO THIS, UH, IN, INTO LAW BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PETALUMA.
UH, THIS IS LOW HANGING FRUIT.
BY TAKING THIS STEP, WE CAN ACHIEVE A REASONABLE REDUCTION IN CARBON EMISSIONS SUCH THAT IT WOULD BE MORE NEARLY POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE AN ORDINANCE TO BAN THESE LEAL MACHINES IS PART OF THE AGENDA.
SANDRA SHAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY ELAINE STEVI.
S EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A DISABILITY.
WOULD YOU NOT START THE CLOCK WHILE I'M STANDING UP? I WOULD LIKE THE FULL MINUTE TO SPEAK.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE MATTERS AS A DIVERSITY EDUCATOR, I NOTED WHEN THE MAYOR REPEATEDLY REASSURED SYNAGOGUE MEMBERS OF HIS SUPPORT FOR THEIR WISHES, WELLBEING AND SAFETY, HE SHOWED GENUINE CARING AND GOODWILL, WHICH THEY ABSOLUTELY DESERVE.
YET I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT LEVEL OF CONCERN HERE FOR THE WISHES.
WELLBEING AND SAFETY OF PETALUMA'S PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS WHO ARE CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM, THEY TOO ARE STEREOTYPED TARGETS OF BIGOTRY, HATE, THREATS, VANDALISM, SUFFERING, ANGUISH OVER THE LOSS OF FAMILY TO VIOLENCE.
THEY TOO DESERVE TO BE SUPPORTED.
COUNSEL, TO MAKE THAT POSTER REAL, I EXPECT YOU TO CARE EQUALLY FOR ALL PETALUMA AND NOT GIVE POWER TO ONE GROUP BASED ON RACE OR RELIGION.
IF YOU WANT FEEDBACK FROM HOUSES OF WORSHIP, INCLUDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE ISLAMIC CENTER, QUAKERS, ET CETERA, TO ASK JUST ONE IGNORE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
IF YOU AREN'T READY TO LISTEN WITHOUT BIAS TO ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS RE THANK YOU, THE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELAINE ST.
TO BE FOLLOWED BY LINDA CORBETT, MAYOR MCDONALD, UM, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ELAINE STE AND I'M A RESIDENT AT 28 LIBERTY STREET HERE IN PETALUMA.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PETALUMA WOMEN'S CLUB AND A MEMBER OF ITS TIME TO TRESTLE COMMUNITY PROJECT GROUP.
INVESTING IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE PETALUMA TRESTLE IS NOT JUST ABOUT PRESERVING A PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE.
IT'S A COMMITMENT TO HONORING OUR ROOTS AND PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE PETALUMA TRESTLE IS NOT MERELY A STRUCTURE OF WOOD AND STEEL.
IT'S A SYMBOL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S RESILIENCE, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY.
BY INVESTING IN ITS REHABILITATION.
WE'RE NOT JUST MENDING BEAMS AND RAILS.
WE'RE INVESTING IN THE SOUL OF PETALUMA, ENSURING THAT THE STORIES OF OUR PAST CONTINUE TO RESONATE THROUGH THE AGES.
I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE THE, UH, CONSIDER THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CITY PRIORITY AND SUPPORT FUNDING NEEDED TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THIS PETALUMA TRESTLE.
UH, LINDA CORBETT TO BE FOLLOWED BY JAN CLEVE.
MY NAME IS LINDA CORBETT AND I TOO AM A MEMBER OF THE PETAL AND WOMEN'S CLUB.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS AWARE, BUT WE ARE IN, UH, ENGAGED WITH THIS PROJECT AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT BECOME SHOVEL READY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS FROM MY HUSBAND AS WELL WHO'S NOT BEING ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PET BALL YACHT CLUB AND WE ARE GREETERS TO MANY MEMBERS THAT COME TO OUR TURNING BASINS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND, UM, WE'RE GREETERS AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DANGER AND MESS THE TRE TRESSLER REPRESENTS OF OUR TOWN.
AND THEY ALWAYS ASK WHAT HAS TAKEN OUR TOWN SO LONG, UH, TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND ACCESSING THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE EYESORE.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU JAN CLEVE TO BE FOLLOWED BY FAIDA SHAHEEN.
I AM CO-FOUNDER OF THE CINEMA BAR THEATER.
SO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE.
ANYWAY, I'M HERE TODAY JUST, UM, TO SAY ONE THING.
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A RIGHT TO THEIR COUNTRY, TO THEIR LIVES, AND TO, UM, FREEDOM, WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DENIED FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.SO PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO STOP THE GENOCIDE THAT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT IT BLOOD ON MY HANDS.
THANK YOU, HIDA SHAHEEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY SAM TUTTLEMAN.
UM, I JUST, WE NEED THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO DEATH.
IT IS INEXPLICABLE TO ME HOW WE CAN STAND BY.
AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAR WHERE HUMANITARIAN AID IS BEING ACTIVELY BLOCKED.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE STARVING TO DEATH.
CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FIVE HAD SAID, HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO DIE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT LIVE ANYMORE.
WE WATCH CHILDREN THROWING UP FROM BEING FED.
ANIMAL FEED SIMPLE HUMANITARIAN AID IS NOT BEING ALLOWED.
THE LAST TIME AN AID TRUCK WAS ALLOWED INTO THE NORTH OF GAZA WAS A MONTH AGO BECAUSE UN R INEXPLICABLY AMERICA, ALONG WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WITHDREW THEIR FUNDING FOR UNRE.
THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN FEEDING THE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA WITHDREW THEIR AID BECAUSE OF UNFOUNDED AND SINCE PROVEN UNFOUNDED CLAIMS AND THAT AID HAS NOT BEEN RESTORED.
WE NEED THE BOMBING TO STOP AND WE NEED THESE PEOPLE TO BE FED.
THANK YOU SAM TUTTLEMAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY TOM ISAAC.
UM, I KNOW A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE MADE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT HOW ALL THIS BRUHAHA, IF YOU WILL, OVER GAZA IS TAKING AWAY ATTENTION FROM VITAL CITY BUSINESS.
AND I THINK THERE'S A VERY CLEAR PATH FOR THIS COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
AND THAT IS TO PUT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PROPOSED ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND HAVE A STRAIGHT UP OR DOWN VOTE.
THAT WAY THE CONSTITUENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN PETALUMA WILL KNOW WHERE YOU STAND AND SO WILL BOTH THE PROPONENTS AND OPPONENTS OF THE RESOLUTION.
SO I DEEPLY AND HEARTILY REQUEST THAT YOU ALL PUT THE RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
THANK YOU TOM ISAAC, TO BE FOLLOWED BY ABBY LEVINE.
UM, I WANT TO SALUTE THE COUNCIL FOR FORBEARING FROM GETTING INTO AN INFINITELY COMPLEX CHOICE AND FOR AVOIDING ANGRY IMPLICATIONS THAT WOULD DRIVE THEM TO QUOTE TAKING SIDES AS WE KNOW THE FORM OF RESOLUTION WOULD SIGNAL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT ROLE AS A 77 GENERATION PETALUMA.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY FEELING TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, THAT THE HEARTS BREAK AND WE ARE A TOWN, A PEACEFUL, LOVING TOWN.
AND WHEN THIS IS OVER, I HOPE WE ALL RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER IN THAT CONTEXT.
THANK YOU ABBY LEVINE TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN O'BRIEN.
UH, THANK YOU, UM, JOHN, JOHN O'BRIEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID SAUL.
I'M ALSO AN 86-YEAR-OLD VETERAN WITH LONGEVITY AND A COUPLE OF METALS.
I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE MY TOILETS IN OVER SIX YEARS BECAUSE PG AND E DAMAGED MY LATERAL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF WASHINGTON STREET.
NOW, THE DAMAGE MIGHT BE CAUSING NOT ONLY EFFLUENT FROM MY HOUSE, BUT EFFLUENT FROM VALLEY ORCHARD'S SENIOR CITIZEN FROM ALL OF ALDERWOOD DEVELOPMENT, THE EIGHT INCH MAIN PIPE COMING DOWN, WASHINGTON HAS A FOUR INCH HOLE, WHICH IS MY LATERAL.
AND I'M SURE THE BREAK IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IF WE CAN HAVE A MEETING, WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
I AND I HAVE MET WITH, UH, THE MAYOR DID.
HAD, UH, UH, HERRERA DAN HERRERA SPEAK TO ME.
I GAVE HIM THE INFORMATION AND I CAN GIVE THE INFORMATION.
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THANK, THANK YOU.UM, YOUR ONE MINUTE HAS EXPIRED DAVID SAUL TO BE FOLLOWED BY JAMIE BLOOM.
WHEN MEMBERS OF OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY MET IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CEASEFIRE COLLABORATIVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN FINDING COMMON GROUND.
THEY PRESENTED US WITH THEIR ANTI-ZIONIST JEWISH REPRESENTATIVES TO ENGAGE IN THE DIALOGUE.
HOW COULD WE HOPE TO REACH AN UNDERSTANDING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL? AT THIS CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION WAS ABOUT ENDING MORE AND ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE.
THE RESOLUTION WOULD CONDEMN HAMAS, WHICH HAS OPPRESSED THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE FOR DECADES, AND WHICH VIOLATED AN EXISTING CEASEFIRE.
IN STARTING THE WAR WITH ITS OCTOBER 7TH MASSACRE, THEY WOULD CALL ON HAMAS TO SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES, WHICH WOULD END ISRAEL'S MILITARY OPERATION.
IMMEDIATELY THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE GOAL OF GETTING PETALUMA AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS TO END USAID TO ISRAEL, WHICH WE ALL KNOW WOULD POSE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO ISRAEL AND TO HALF OF THE WORLD'S JEWISH POPULATION.
THIS IS NOT SIMPLY ANTI-ZIONISTS.
THIS IS CALLING FOR THE GENOCIDE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
UH, JAMIE BLOOM TO BE FOLLOWED BY LINDA BARAZ.
I LIVE IN, ACTUALLY LIVE IN PETALUMA.
UM, I ONE TO SECOND TOM ISAACS, UM, WORDS AS WELL AS, UH, DAVID SAS.
LINDA BARAZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY SUE SULLIVAN.
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE PLAN TO PASS A RESOLUTION ABOUT A CEASEFIRE ON AS ON ISRAEL, IT ISN'T UP TO OUR CITY TO DO THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN US CITIZENS ARE BEING HELD AS HOSTAGES BY THE VERY PEOPLE WHO BROKE THE CURRENT CEASEFIRE IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR BY A DEADLY RAMPAGE AGAINST THE CIVILIANS OF ISRAEL.
SO I SAY NO, THANK YOU, SUE SULLIVAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY SUZANNE WHITFORD.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, LAWYERS, ET CETERA.
I DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANYBODY OUT.
UH, THOSE OF US LIVING IN THE MOBILE HOME PARKS ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN MAKING CURRENT THE CITY ORDINANCES FOR MOBILE HOME LIVING.
AS THE ORDINANCES WERE CHANGED, I BELIEVE JULY 1ST OR AUGUST 1ST, 2023, ONE OWNER, UH, FEENEY IS IN VIOLATION.
WE BELIEVE OF SEVERAL ORDINANCE, WHICH ARE LAWS.
WE BROUGHT THE PAPERWORK SHOWING THIS TO THE CITY LAWYERS NOVEMBER 8TH, AND NOW WE'RE APPROACHING FOUR MONTHS TIME FROM THAT DATE.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S BEEN NO VIOLATION LETTER OR NOTICE ISSUED TO FEENEY AT THE COTTAGES.
EIGHT MONTHS OF VIOLATING THE LAW ORDINANCES IS LONG ENOUGH.
WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE NOTICE TO BE ISSUED? PLEASE HELP COMPLETE THIS.
THANK YOU, SUZANNE WHITFORD TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, JASON SWEENEY.
HI, MY NAME IS SUZANNE WHITFORD AND MY SON SWIMS ON THE AC SWIM CLUB AT THE PETALUMA SWIM CENTER.
THERE'S A COUPLE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE SWIM CENTER THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS FIRST, THE POOL LIGHTS AT THE SWIM CENTER ARE AGING, AND AT NIGHT WHEN THE SWIM TEAM PRACTICES, THE POOL DECK IS NOT WELL LIT.
THIS CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE SWIMMERS AS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SEE, AND IT CAN LEAD TO SOMEONE TRIPPING.
THE SWIM CENTER COULD REALLY USE A LIGHTING UPGRADE.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE POOL OVERALL.
ON DECEMBER 27TH, ONE OF THE BOILERS BROKE, AND IT TOOK ALMOST TWO MONTHS TO GET IT FIXED.
DURING THIS TIME THAT THE BOILER WAS BROKEN, THE POOL WAS VERY COLD, AND IT WAS TOO COLD TO SWIM IN THE WATER.
AND SO MANY PRACTICES WERE CANCELED.
AND AT TIMES, THE WHOLE SWIM CENTER WAS CLOSED DOWN.
THIS HAS AN IMPACT ON A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE KIDS ON THE SWIM TEAM, THE TWO ADULT MASTERS LEVEL SWIM TEAMS, THE LAP SWIMMERS, AND THE ELDERLY ADULTS THAT USE THE POOL AS ONE OF THEIR OWN.
YOUR TIME HAS, UH, CONCLUDED JASON SWEENEY TO BE FOLLOWED BY BRUCE HICKS.
SORRY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
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GOOD EVENING.UM, I JUST WANT TO, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONSIDERATION OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SAVE LIVES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, WHEN YOU GUYS MAKE DECISIONS, WHEN YOU CONSIDER ANYTHING, THE CHOICES THAT, OR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING THAT AFFECT THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S A RESOLUTION OR THIS PROCLAMATION THAT YOU STAND UNITED AGAINST HATE, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL THE FACTS AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE, LIKE I I USED TO WORK ON FLOOD CONTROL WORK HERE IN, IN THE CITY, AND SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOD INFORMATION AND THERE'S BAD INFORMATION.
SO I JUST IMPLORE YOU TO, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.
AND I GUESS, UM, IF YOU NEED HELP, UH, REACH OUT TO REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE WE, WE, YOU'RE, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT FALSE INFORMATION BEING, BEING PROJECTED AND IT'S DOESN'T HELP.
THANK YOU BRUCE HICKS TO BE FOLLOWED BY SUNNY PAR SMO.
MY NAME IS BRUCE HICKS AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS MICHAEL COHEN WHO WAS WORKING FOR DONALD TRUMP AND LATER SAID THAT HE HAD LOST HIS MORAL COMPASS.
AND I JUST WONDER IF MOST OF THIS COUNCIL IS LATER GOING TO BE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE LOST THEIR MORAL COMPASS.
SUNNY PAR PARAMO, UH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY IAN PALMER.
I'M JUST HERE TO URGE YOU THAT A CEASEFIRE IS NECESSARY FOR PEACE.
IF YOU WANNA CALL THIS YOUR TOWN, YOUR HOME, YOUR CITY, UM, I URGE YOU TO CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING EVERY SECOND.
UM, IT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO IGNORE THE FACTS.
AND PLEASE, THERE'S PEOPLE DYING.
THANK YOU IAN PALMER TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARTIN HEITZ.
UM, I AM A HOUSING ADVOCATE AND A SOCIAL WORKER, AND 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED AND HAVE BEEN BEING DISPLACED FROM PALESTINE FROM FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
SO HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, IS, THERE IS NO MORE TRAUMATIZING INFLUENCE, I BELIEVE, THAN BEING WITHOUT A HOME.
UM, PLEASE SUPPORT US CEASEFIRE.
HI, MITZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY THERESA ANA.
I WANT TO SAY, UH, I LOVE PETALUMA.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ON, UH, SOMETIME IN THE END OF JULY, I COMPLETED A 20 YEAR OBLIGATION TO MY LANDLORD.
I LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME PARK, AND HE WAS CHARGING ME A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR, AGAIN, MORE AND MORE, 4% EVERY YEAR OF HERE, YOU KNOW, 20 YEAR DEAL.
AND THEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO ACCORDING TO WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO, TO THIS, UH, 2%.
WELL, MY GUY CHARGED ME 5.3% AND, UH, I TURNED IT OVER TO YOU GUYS NOW OVER FOUR MONTHS AGO, AND WE, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF SOMEBODY WOULD LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AT LEAST.
THANK YOU THERESA MAG, AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY KYLE EMERSON.
MY NAME IS, THERES MCG WALTH, AND I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN.
THE CURRENT SITUATION IN GAZA IS BEYOND BELIEF.
THE VIOLENCE OF OCTOBER 7TH CAN NEVER BE CONDONED.
IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD IF WE ARE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
THERE ARE HUMAN BEINGS SUFFERING ON BOTH SIDES, AND I PRAY THAT THE HOSTAGES CAN BE RELEASED ALIVE.
I PRAY ALSO THAT PEOPLE AND YOU ALL HERE MAY UNDERSTAND MORE DEEPLY WHAT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IS.
THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE'S CRY IS THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BY THE ISRAELIS, THEIR LAND, THEIR WATER, THEIR HOMES, THEIR BEAUTIFUL OLIVE TREES, THEIR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, THEIR DIGNITY, THEIR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN FREEDOM.
DID YOU KNOW THAT GAZA HAS HAD BEEN UNDER TOTAL STAGE FOR 16 YEARS BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH, AN OPEN AIR PRISON.
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WE WANT THE KILLING TO STOP EVEN IF DESTROYING HAMAS WERE POSSIBLE.OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KYLE EMERSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN HANIA.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND VICE MAYOR, MAYOR FOR YOUR SERVICE, ALL THAT YOU DO.
UM, SO I GREW UP TRULY BELIEVING THAT PETALUMA WAS A TOWN THAT VALUES, UH, THE WELLBEING OF CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN ALIKE, UM, KINDNESS AND HUMAN DECENCY, UM, AND UNFOR.
AND HERE WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO, TATI, SAN FRANCISCO, ALL THESE CITIES HAVE STARTED TO TAKE A, TAKE A ACTIVE STANCE, AND YET WE'RE IN, UH, WE HAVE PETALUMA WILL NOT DO.
SO, UM, HOW MANY MORE, UH, US MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE TO TAKE THEIR LIVES BEFORE, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, UH, BEFORE WE'LL TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, UM, AND NOT A ONE-SIDED RESOLUTION, UH, RESOLUTION THAT CONDEMNS ALL VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THAT OUR, WE DO NOT, PETALUMA DOES NOT SUPPORT OUR TAX DOLLARS KILLING CHILDREN OR CIVILIANS.
UM, JUST A STATEMENT ON THANK YOU, JOHN HANIA, TO BE FOLLOWED BY REL MAST.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY, KEVIN, YOU OWE THIS COMMUNITY APOLOGY, AND I WILL REQUEST THAT YOU APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT YOU DID ON JANUARY 8TH.
CEASEFIRE, WHAT DOES CEASEFIRE MEAN? DOES IT MEAN WE HATE PEOPLE? WE'RE ALL FROM ALL DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD.
WHY CAN'T WE JUST ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER? CEASEFIRE DOESN'T MEAN WE GOTTA TAKE SIDE.
SOME OF YOU OUT THERE ARE VERY PIOUS, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
AND THOSE WHO ARE BIASED, YOU SHOULD ACCUSE YOURSELF FROM, UH, VOTING.
JUST VOTE AND GET IT OVER WITH.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JANICE ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPIC, AND SHE SAID TO ME ABOUT HOW SAN OF AEL HAVE A ORDINANCE.
WELL, WHY WE LOOK AT A, AT A CITIES THAT THEY HAVE CERTAIN THINGS.
WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT HOW MANY CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE CEASEFIRE? WHY? SO WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT.
IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? WHERE'S THE DEMOCRACY? THANK YOU.
RAVE MASS TO BE FOLLOWED BY TARIQ.
UM, I GREW UP HERE IN PETALUMA.
UM, I HAVE THIS ARTWORK HERE THAT SALLY LATCH MADE.
SALLY LATCH IS A LOCAL ARTIST.
I, IT CAN'T BE SAID ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE TO STAND AGAINST GENOCIDE.
THAT SILENCE EQUALS COMPLICITY.
AND WE COME HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK TO ASK FOR SCRAPS FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, A NON-BINDING CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FROM OUR BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES.
HOW, HOW IS THIS? I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN WATCH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIE AND NOT SPEAK UP.
TARIQ KA IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY BOB HAMAN.
UM, YOU TELL US, YOU TELL US THIS IS NOT A LOCAL ISSUE, AND YOU TELL US THAT IT'S NOT WITHIN YOUR POWERS, NOT WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW.
THE WAR WAS BROUGHT HOME YESTERDAY IN THE STRONGEST WAY POSSIBLE WHEN A SOLDIER POURED GASOLINE ON HIS HEAD AND LIT HIMSELF, AND HE'S DEAD NOW.
OUR CHILDREN, OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE COMPLICIT IN THIS, UH, GENOCIDE THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND YOU SAY IT'S NOT, YOU HAVE NO POWER TO DO IT.
EVERY ONE OF US, WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER AND
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SAY, STOP, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE POWER.YOUR ONE MINUTE HAS EXPIRED, BOB HAMAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALAN WOLVES.
YOU KNOW, I, I WATCH THE NEWS.
I'M RETIRED, SO I HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO WATCH THE NEWS, THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND LOCAL NEWS, AND I READ NEWSPAPERS AND SO ON.
IT SEEMS TO ME THE OVERWHELMING PRIORITY IS TO ASSIST THE NON-COMBATANTS, THE PEOPLE IN THIS CONFLICT IN GAZA WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG AND, UH, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I HEAR, PLEASE, FOR A CEASEFIRE, PLEASE, FOR ACADEMICS FROM, UH, HEADS OF STATE, EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE AS AMERICANS, WE STAND FOR SOMETHING AND I THINK WE HAVE A HISTORY OF, OF GOING TO THE AID OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHY DO WE ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE? WHY DO WE ALLOW ISRAEL TO VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW? THANK YOU ALAN WOLVES TO BE FOLLOWED BY AARON OAKS.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD FROM US MANY TIMES AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, ASKING YOU TO TAKE UP A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, I'VE HEARD SOME MEMBERS EXPRESS THAT THEY'VE HEARD FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
UM, AND BY THAT THEY MEAN ASKING REPRESENTATIVES OF ONE SYNAGOGUE.
UH, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IS, UH, ABSOLUTELY NOT UNITED ON THIS ISSUE.
LAST WEEKEND, THERE WAS A PROTEST IN VIGIL HERE IN PETALUMA WHERE MANY, MANY, UH, JEWS FOR A CEASEFIRE CAME OUT AND DEMANDED A CEASEFIRE.
UH, ANOTHER ARGUMENT THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT, UH, JEWS ARE SCARED THAT ANTISEMITISM WILL RISE IF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS PASSED.
THERE'S NOTHING TO BACK THIS UP.
UH, WHEN WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE SCARED THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE TAKING THEIR JOBS, WE DON'T PASS RESOLUTIONS BASED ON THAT.
WE DON'T JUDGE OUR POLICY BASED ON THAT.
WE SHOULD NOT MAKE POLICY BASED ON FALSE AND UNPROVEN FEARS.
HER OAKS TO BE FOLLOWED BY JORDAN.
UH, I'M HERE BECAUSE AS PETALUMA ARE, TAX DOLLARS ARE SENT OVERSEAS TO BUY ARTILLERY SHELLS THAT ARE USED TO KILL CHILDREN IN GAZA EVERY 10 MINUTES.
AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AMERICANS AND AS PETALUMA TO STAND UP AGAINST THIS USE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS AND TO DEMAND A CEASE FIRE AND DEMAND A CHANGE IN OUR NATIONAL PRIORITIES.
TO BE FOLLOWED BY MUHAMMAD ALI.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT, UM, I DO SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND THE PROPONENTS FOR THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
WE DO WANT THE HOSTAGES TO GO HOME.
WE WANT DIGNITY, FREEDOM, JUSTICE, SAFETY, PEACE AND EQUALITY AND COMMUNITY HEALING FOR EVERYONE.
WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE PEOPLE TO DIE.
WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE PEOPLE TO SUFFER.
AND THIS LANGUAGE IS IN OUR RESOLUTION.
SO I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE HAVEN'T READ THE RESOLUTION THAT ARE STANDING AGAINST IT, AND YET THE OPPOSITION COMES TO THE TABLE, IMPLORING THE CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT ANY SUCH RESOLUTION.
TO REFUSE TO PUT THIS RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA, I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU, YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN WAR CRIMES.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE US IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF LAKEY LAWS, WHICH PROHIBIT ANY FOREIGN AID GOING TO A COUNTRY THAT IS, UH, SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING WORK, WAR CRIMES, OR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, WHICH ISRAEL IS DE SUSPECTED OF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS.
THE TIME HAS LAPSED MUHAMMAD ALI TO BE FOLLOWED BY SAM LOWRY.
I GREW UP HERE IN PETALUMA WHEN I INTRODUCED MYSELF AS A PALESTINIAN, WHEN I WENT TO BERNARD ALDRIDGE.
WHEN I WENT TO CASA, I INTRODUCED MYSELF AS A PALESTINIAN.
AND THE FIRST THING SOMEBODY WOULD TELL ME IS LIKE PAKISTAN.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS? WHAT'S PALESTINE? AND
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PALESTINIAN MEANS ENDURING.BEING PALESTINIAN MEANS TO LOVE LIFE.
BEING PALESTINIAN MEANS TO RESPECT YOUR NEIGHBORS.
BEING PALESTINIAN MEANS TO PUSH FORWARD.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN FOR THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, 146 DAYS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE IN REZA.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE WEST BANK WHO BEAR SUFFERING, PEOPLE DYING ON THE DAILY, OR 10 CHILDREN EVERY MINUTE, OR SORRY, CHILDREN EVERY 10 MINUTES.
AND I BELIEVE MANY OF YOU ARE PROBABLY PARENT, AND I WANT YOU TO THANK YOU.
TIME HAS EXPIRED, SAM LOWRY TO BE FOLLOWED BY MY, MY, UH, PEER.
I'M 15, AND I'M ONE OF THE STUDENTS ATTENDING RANCHO TATI HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN PALESTINE IS SO CLEARLY WAR CRIMES.
WE CAN'T ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE IN MY HAND.
I HAVE THE RESOLUTIONS, I'M GOING TO BE HANDING IT TO THE CLERK AND AROUND THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
UM, MAY MAYAN PIER TO BE FOLLOWED BY ETHAN LOWRY.
HI EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS MAYAN.
I WAS IN TEL AVVA ON OCTOBER 7TH, AND I'M HERE TO CALL FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY, PJCC, THE PETALUMA JEWISH COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE HOSTED, UM, A PROTEST AT HENRY PARK WHERE WE HAD 47 JEWS FROM PETALUMA FOR CEASEFIRE.
IT WAS A MIX OF ZIONISTS, ANTI-ZIONISTS, AND NON ZIONIST JEWS.
OUR OPPOSITION TONIGHT AND THE JCRC THAT BACKS THEM, UM, DO NOT REPRESENT JEWS OR EVEN ZIONISTS.
IF YOU WISH TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR PEACE LOVING AND JEWISH CONS, CONSTITUENTS THAT EXIST ACROSS THE ZIONIST SPECTRUM.
UM, IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT, UH, JEWS WHO ARE UNITED AGAINST HATE, ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, WE ARE ALL CEASES FIRE.
THIS RESOLUTION SAYS NOTHING ABOUT ISRAEL.
PASS THE CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE.
IT STOPS THERE, AND I ASK YOU TO STAND WITH IT.
STAND FOR HUMANITY FOR US JEWS FOR PERMANENT AND LASTING CEASE FIRE.
WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THIS RESOLUTION IS ON THE AGENDA.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AND THANKS FOR YOUR, AS A SUPPORT OF YOUNGSTOWN AND OTHER MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS HERE IN PETALUMA AND IN THE BROADER SONOMA COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, ETHAN LOWRY TO BE FOLLOWED BY TESS TO HOUSES.
MY NAME'S ETHAN LOWRY, AND I AM SAM'S DAD.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND THINKING, EH, I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK DEEP IN YOUR HEART AND WONDER IF I PUT A LOCAL STAMP ON THIS RESOLUTION.
WOULD IT RIPPLE OUT? WOULD IT RIPPLE OUT TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO PERHAPS MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN? TO ACTUALLY MAKE A CEASEFIRE STOP, UH, A CEASEFIRE HAPPEN? AND STOP THE KILLING.
IF YOU HAVE TO ASK, WHY WOULD I WANNA STOP KILLING? I WANT YOU TO LOOK DEEP IN YOUR HEART AND WONDER WHY WOULDN'T I? SO PLEASE TAKE THIS UP IF YOU HAVE TO FI FIDDLE WITH THE WORDING, FIDDLE WITH THE WORDING.
BUT REALLY, IF YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, SHOULD WE REALLY SAY YES TO MORE KILLING, LOOK DEEP IN YOUR HEART.
THANK YOU, TESS TOVA TO BE FOLLOWED BY HANAN HANIA.
MY NAME IS TESS TOVA TOVA, A NAME I GET FOR MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, JOHANNES TOVA JENSEN, A NAZI HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.
I I'M THE FOURTH WITH HIS NAME.
IT MEANS CUSTOMS HOUSE IN DANISH.
HE HELPED PERSECUTED JEWS ROMANI DIFFERENT PEOPLE ACROSS DENMARK TO FLEE NAZI PERSECUTION.
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT PERSECUTION HAPPENS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, INCLUDING IN THIS MOMENT.
AND WE SEE IT IN THIS MOMENT IN PALESTINE, IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.
AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO THINGS WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS ASK THEM OF YOU.
PLEASE INTRODUCE THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FOR THE VOTE.
IT IS THE LEAST THAT YOU CAN DO.
THE SONOMA COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAS EXPLICITLY CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE IN A LETTER.
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO ANSWER THEIR CALL AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND BY LISTENING TO THESE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE HERE, PLEASE VOTE ON A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU, HANNAN NIA, UH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TING
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TEGA.HELLO, MY NAME IS HANAN HUI AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF PETALUMA PRIDE.
AND I DO REPRESENT US IN WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
I'M REALLY NOT WANTING TO BE HERE.
AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS DON'T WANT US HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
AS A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN, NONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE LISTENING TO US.
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS AT THIS POINT SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE.
OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE FUNDING THE MURDER OF MY PEOPLE.
THEY ARE FUNDING THE STARVING OF MY PEOPLE.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE US DO? WE ARE COMING TO YOU IN TEARS AND PAIN AND LOSS OF SLEEP AND AGONY, ASKING YOU TO REPRESENT US.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT TO BEG MY REPRESENTATIVES TO REPRESENT ME AND THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS.
AND, AND I GOT TO BE FOLLOWED BY LARRY DEL.
HELLO, MY NAME IS TAJ AND I LIVE IN PETALUMA.
I'M A GRANDMA, AND I'M A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.
MY HUSBAND WAS A NAVAL OFFICER IN WORLD WAR II.
HIS SISTER WAS THE LAST SPY, DROPPED INTO PARIS TO GIVE RADIO SIGNALS BACK.
SHE WAS CAPTURED, KILLED IN DACHAU.
THANK YOU, LARRY HEEL, TO BE FOLLOWED BY JEREMY.
HELLO, CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF CITY HALL.
UM, MY NAME IS JEREMY MARQUARDT.
AND JUST LIKE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE NOT LISTENING TO PUBLIC OPINION, WHICH THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
LOCAL RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS CONVEY POPULAR SENTIMENT AND CAN ACTUALLY MAKE REAL CHANGE.
WE NEED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION NOW.
UM, BEVERLY, UH, BULLEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY LUIGI.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CEASE MOVEMENT FOR MANY YEARS.
I AM JEWISH, I HAVE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN ISRAEL.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN, UM, A FULBRIGHT, UH, SCHOLAR AND A VISITING PROFESSOR AT ONE OF THE PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITIES.
I HAVE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND FORMER STUDENTS IN THE WEST BANK.
I KNOW HOW VERY DIRE THE SITUATION IS THERE, AND IT'S GOTTEN SO MUCH WORSE SINCE THE 7TH OF OCTOBER.
I WAS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND AIS IN THE WEST BANK ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER.
UH, THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, WHICH WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU, BLAMES NO PARTY.
IT CALLS FOR A CEASEFIRE BINDING ON ALL PARTIES TO SAVE LIVES.
IT CALLS FOR RELEASE OF THE ISRAELI HOSTAGES.
AND, UH, AS OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, CRUCIALLY, IT ASKS FOR OUR MESSAGE TO BE SENT UP TO OUR STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE NOT BEEN LISTENED TO THE MAJORITY.
LUIGI PETRO, FOLLOWED BY MATT MCGUIRE.
UM, UM, I HAVE BLOOD ON MY HANDS.
WE ALL DO SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.
UM, WE ALL HAVE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS BECAUSE THIS MONTH IN, IN THE CONGRESS, THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE $3 MILLION, UM,
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A WAY OF PETALUMA MONEY.UM, PETALUMA FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS.
SO WE ALL HAVE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS.
I'M HERE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
UH, THAT MONEY COULD BE HOUSING DANIEL, I BELIEVE IT COULD BE FIXING SEWER LATERALS, OR AT LEAST PURSUING PG E TO GET FIX THEIR, THEIR WORK COULD BE HITTING THE POOL, FIXING THE POOL.
UM, SO $14 BILLION DIVIDED BY 380 MILLION AMERICANS.
IT'S FOR OFFENSIVE WEAPONRY BEING USED ON CIVILIANS.
AND I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT WE ALL HAVE BLOOD RED HANDS AND, UH, YEAH.
THANK YOU MATT MCGUIRE TO BE FOLLOWED BY GEORGE BEELER.
WELL, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL STAFF.
YOU KNOW, IF I WERE STILL SITTING ON THAT DIOCESE LIKE I DID FOR EIGHT YEARS, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE AGENDA A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND I WOULD'VE PROFOUNDLY SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF ADOPTION OF A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
TAX MONEY FROM THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE.
AND PRETTY MUCH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD, AND CERTAINLY YOUR CONSTITUENTS RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ISRAEL TODAY IS MASS MURDER.
IT'S A GENOCIDE, AND IT NEEDS TO STOP.
IT IS AN UNAMBIGUOUS MORAL ISSUE OF OUR TIME.
AND IT IS TIME FOR THIS NONSENSE TO STOP.
AND YOU NEED TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE NOW, WITHOUT QUESTION, BECAUSE THERE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE BEING KILLED BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS.
NOW, HOW MUCH MORE DO WE NEED TO SEE? IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S LIKE 85% OF DEMOCRATS WANNA SEIZE FIRE.
WELL, GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONSTITUENCY HERE.
EVEN NON DEMOCRATS, JEWISH PEOPLE, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
AND I ASK YOU, TIME HAS EXPIRED GEORGE BEELER TO BE FOLLOWED BY NORA AZIZ.
THANK YOU BRUCE HICKS TALKING ABOUT FINDING OUR MORAL COMPASS.
I KEEP COMING HERE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE AT LEAST DEBATE THE RESOLUTION.
IT'S, IT'S BREAKING SO MANY HEARTS.
UM, THE GENOCIDE GOING ON MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD MORE DANGEROUS.
THE MIDDLE EAST IS A TENDER BOX.
OTHER ARAB NATIONS ARE, ARE DESPAIRING OVER WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND GOD KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO NEXT.
THERE'S ISRAELIS HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
I'M WITH THE PEACE CRANE PROJECT.
LORD KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH THEM.
THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS THE POWER TO GET THEM TO STOP.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION, AT LEAST DEBATED.
THANK YOU NORA AZIZ TO BE FILED BY BEVERLY ALEXANDER.
I COME TO YOU AS AN AMER ARAB AMERICAN, BUT TONIGHT, MOST IMPORTANT, A PETALUMA CITIZEN.
I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
I LOOK AT ALL OF YOU, AND TRUTHFULLY, I'M JUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
I'VE SEEN WE'VE ALL SEEN HOR THINGS, SHREDS OF HUMAN BEINGS SPREAD ON THE GROUND.
THREE YEAR OLDS, SEVEN YEAR OLDS PICKING UP THEIR MOTHER.
WE CAN'T LET ANY MORE TAX DOLLARS ANYMORE.
CITIZENS FEEL THAT THEY AREN'T PROTECTED.
THERE'S ARABS HERE, THERE'S PALESTINIANS, THERE'S HUMANS.
PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU BEVERLY ALEXANDER TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, ILEANA MADRIGAL.
MY NAME IS BEVERLY ALEXANDER AND I AM JEWISH.
UM, MY GRANDMOTHER'S SISTER, HER HUSBAND, AND HER TWO CHILDREN WERE MURDERED IN GERMANY.
I KNOW THAT ANY RESOLUTION IN THE MATTER OF GAZA HAS VIRTUALLY NO POWER TO CHANGE OUR GOVERNMENT'S COURSE.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE A STAND.
THE TALMUD SAYS, WHOEVER SAVES A SINGLE LIFE IS CONSIDERED BY SCRIPTURE TO HAVE SAVED THE WORLD.
AND JEWISH LAW SAYS THAT THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE OVERRIDES VIRTUALLY ANY OTHER
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RELIGIOUS RULE OF JUDAISM.I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO, JEWISH PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT GIVING AN INCH IN GAZA WILL LEAD TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JEWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
TO PARAPHRASE BEN FRANKLIN, THOSE WHO WOULD DEPRIVE OTHERS OF LIFE AND LIBERTY TO PURSUE SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER.
TIME HAS EXPIRED ILEANA MADRIGAL TO BE FOLLOWED BY IRV PETSKI.
THE NORWAY LAW CANCELS AND A STATEMENT TO FL CIO ORING, THE FOLLOWING AND IMMEDIATE, IM PERMANENCY FIRED BY ALL PARTIES.
AND IMMEDIATE SAFE RETURN OF ALL HOSTAGE HELD BY HAM AND ISRAEL, THE RAPID ENTRY OF SUBSTANTIAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INTO GAZA AND THE RESTORATION OF FOOD, CLEAN WATER, FULL AND ELECTRICITY, AND AN END TO THE SUPPLY OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS BY THE US TO ISRAEL WITH RELEVANT FUNDING PROTECTED AWAY FROM WEAPONS AND TOWARDS ESSENTIAL JOBS AND SERVICES THAT PROMOTE PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
FURTHERMORE, WE COMMIT TO THE DEFEND THE RISE OF WORKERS AND OLD PEOPLE TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND TO PROMOTE GALLEGO AND PREVENT WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AND ATION RETALIATION.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, I WANNA PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT, UH, WHEN I GRADUATED FROM SONOMA STATE IN 1968, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN JERUSALEM AND BEING A STUDENT AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM FOR A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS.
DURING THAT TIME, I HAD ARAB CLASSMATES.
WHEN I WENT TO THE HADASSAH HOSPITAL, THERE WERE ARAB AND JEWISH DOCTORS WORKING TOGETHER.
ARABS AND JEWS WERE BEING TREATED EQUALLY.
THERE IS A WAY FORWARD TOWARD PEACE.
HOWEVER, THE REASON THAT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS A TERRIBLE IDEA, BECAUSE IT IS, BECAUSE IT IS ANTI PEACE.
I COMMEND TO ALL OF YOU THE CHARTER OF HA OF, UH, HAMAS.
IT UNAMBIGUOUSLY CALLS FOR THE ELIMINATION AND THE MURDER OF THE JEWISH POPULATION OF ISRAEL.
THERE CAN BE NO PEACE WITH THAT KIND OF GENOCIDAL, UH, AGENDA BY HAMAS.
IF YOU WANT PEACE, HAMAS MUST BE ELIMINATED.
AND THAT WAS OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT, SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING.
AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING IT,
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UM, BACK UP HERE NOW FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS.UM, USUALLY COUNCIL IS, UM, COMMENTS ON THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS, UH, DURING THE PERIOD SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE LONG IN OUR COMMENTS.
AND SO I ASK THE COUNCIL TO, UH, TRY AND, UH, BE SUCCINCT AND, AND BY SUCCINCT, I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO STAY WITHIN A THREE MINUTE LIMIT ON, UH, EACH OF THEIR COMMENTS.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER DENNIS ATE TO LEAD OFF TONIGHT.
UM, IN TERMS OF MY, UH, ASSIGNMENTS, UM, WE, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, UM, SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR FUNDING FOR OUR HOMELESS FOLKS.
UM, BEYOND THAT, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE LETTER PUT OUT BY THE SONOMA COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND, UH, I DO FAVOR A CEASEFIRE.
UM, THE PARKS AND RECS MEETING THIS MONTH, UM, WAS POSTPONED 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
SO WE WON'T, UM, GET TO, UM, THE UM, IPM UNTIL THURSDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
BUT THOSE COMMENTING ON THE POOL, PLEASE EMAIL MYSELF AND I CAN GIVE YOU UPDATES 'CAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH TO DO ON MY COUNCIL REPORT THIS EVENING.
UM, I WAS PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF PET OF MAN CLOVERDALE ON FEBRUARY 8TH, FIRST FIVE OF SONOMA COUNTY GAVE A REPORT ON THE SUCCESS OF PATHWAY TO INCOME EQUALITY PROGRAM THAT PETALUMA IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS A TWO YEAR PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A HAND UP TO SO MANY FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND THE STIPEND OF $500 EACH MONTH WAS GIVEN TO THESE FAMILIES IN ADDITION TO MEDI-CAL CALFRESH, AND MAKING SURE TO SAFEGUARD THESE FAMILIES AGAINST REDUCED OR LOSS OF EXISTING BENEFITS.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF PETALUMA AND
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OUR PREVIOUS COUNSEL, UM, WHO RECOMMENDED THAT WE BE A PART OF THAT.AND MR. MAYOR, I HAVE THE, THE OTHER NOTES ON THAT MEETING.
THANK AND I ATTENDED A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PETALUMA LODGING ASSOCIATION AND THANK YOU TO, UM, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY DYLAN BRADY FOR THE TRAINING.
HE GAVE THE GROUP ON BROWN ACT.
IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY LODGING REPRESENTATIVES.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATION OF OUR TOURIST, UM, INDUSTRY, THE HOTEL AND LODGING, UM, ENTREPRENEURS THAT WERE THERE IN ASSISTANCE TO GIVE US KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE, LIKE TRAVELING TOURNAMENTS THAT COME TO TOWN.
THOSE SPORTING TOURNAMENTS BRING REVENUE TO PETALUMA WHEN THEY STAY IN OUR LOCAL HOTELS AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR TOURNAMENTS ON OUR BLAINE FIELDS.
UM, THE WINE GROWERS, UM, THE PETALUMA GAP HAVE PUT OUT A MAP AND YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, WHICH IS, UM, THE PET ME GAP.COM.
OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR VISITOR CENTER AND GET THE MAP THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT MAKES OUR AREA SO UNIQUE.
AND NOT JUST THE FOG, BUT, UM, THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THE, THE VISITORS PROGRAM.
UM, SEVERAL, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ATTENDED THE NORTH BAY DIVISIONS, UH, QUARTERLY MEETING IN PETALUMA ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
UM, AND THAT FOCUSED ON THE, THE TOPIC OF THE BAY AREA HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY, UM, AND THEIR POTENTIAL BALLOT MEASURE IN NOVEMBER OF, OF THIS YEAR.
I, I HAVE TO SAY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER AND MORE SUBSTANTIVE, UH, NORTH BAY DIVISION MEETINGS I'VE BEEN TO IN A LONG TIME IN TERMS OF REALLY PEELING THE ONION AND, AND GETTING, UH, A, A GOOD CON HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE REAL ISSUES AROUND THAT.
AND, AND I THINK WE'VE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR, UM, VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE CITIES AND SONOMA COUNTY AND, AND THE COUNTY.
UM, AS, AS WE LEAD INTO CAMPAIGN SEASON.
'CAUSE THAT PROBABLY WILL BE ON THE BALLOT.
UM, STAYING ON LEAGUE BUSINESS.
UM, I DID ATTEND THE, UH, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.
HAD A, A, UH, A BOARD MEETING, UM, LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, UM, UP IN THE SIERRAS.
AND I WANTED TO REPORT ON A FEW THINGS THAT WERE DONE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE, THE LEAGUE'S FOCUS ON DEFEATING THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, UH, MEASURE, UH, ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT CONTINUES, UH, FULL SPEED.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, UM, BUT THERE WAS A FULL PAGE, UH, NEWSPAPER AD IN BOTH THE LOS ANGELES TIMES IN THE NEW YORK CHRONIC, UH, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO.
AND I HAVE, UM, A COPY OF THAT THAT I'LL PASS AROUND THE DAIS SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT.
BUT IT'S, UH, BASICALLY ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS OF CBRT AND ASKING HIM, WHY ARE YOU FUNDING THIS TURKEY? UM, WITH ALL THE BAD THINGS IT DOES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, KIND OF AN OPENING SALVO.
UM, THE BOARD DID TAKE POSITIONS ON TWO BILLS PENDING IN SACRAMENTO.
ONE WAS, UM, SB 2 51 BY SENATOR NEWMAN.
IT'S, UH, IT WOULD, UH, INCREASE FINES FOR FALSE, OBJECTIVELY FALSE STATEMENTS IN, UM, CAMPAIGN, UH, OR IN BALLOT STATEMENTS, UM, UH, IN, IN LOCAL ELECTIONS FROM $1,000 TO $5,000.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN FREQUENTLY, BUT I DO REMEMBER ONE INSTANCE HERE LOCALLY WITHIN THE LAST 20 YEARS WHERE WE HAD A CANDIDATE CLAIMING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM AN INSTITUTION SHE'D NEVER GRADUATED FROM.
SO IT, IT DOES POP UP FROM TIME TO TIME.
UM, AND THEN, AND SO THE, THE LEAGUE SUPPORTS THAT ONE.
AND THEN WE TOOK AN OPPOSED POSITION ON AB 7 97, UM, WHICH WOULD MANDATE ALL CITIES IN CALIFORNIA TO HAVE INDEPENDENT POLICE REVIEW BOARDS.
UH, THE GROUP FELT THAT THAT WAS, UM, UH, A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, UM, IN, UM, UNFUNDED MANDATE.
YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT MAY NOT FALL PRECISELY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT'S IN THE BILL, BUT, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE, THE, THE BOARD, UH, VOTED TO OPPOSE.
UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOMELESSNESS HAS COME UP TONIGHT AND THERE WAS A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION, UM, AT THE BOARD MEETING, UM, THE MAYOR OF BAKERSFIELD AND THE MAYOR'S REPRESENTATIVE FROM SAN DIEGO, BOTH WHO ARE BOTH ON THE BOARD, WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND, AND THEIR EXPERIENCE.
I I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUCH PRECISE MEASURES, BUT WHAT THEY SAID, BOTH OF THEM SAID, IS FOR EVERY NEW 10 NEW HOMELESS
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BEDS, THEY CREATE EVERY NEW, UH, 10 NEW PLACES THEY CREATE FOR PEOPLE TO, TO MOVE INTO 15 MORE HOMELESS SHOW UP IN TOWN.UM, AND, AND THEY'RE LOCAL FOLKS.
THEY'RE NOT COMING IN FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO, TO BE THERE.
SO IT'S, IT, IT'S A RATHER INTRACTABLE PROBLEM.
AND WE DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I I I, I, I KNOW WE, WE, WE DO HAVE A SERIOUS HOMELESS PROBLEM HERE IN PETALUMA, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR WHAT BAKERSFIELD AND SAN DIEGO AND LOS ANGELES AND OTHERS ARE, ARE DEALING WITH.
SO IT'S, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A WAKE UP CALL IN TERMS OF JUST HOW CHALLENGING THESE ISSUES ARE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT JUST CREATING MORE BEDS IS, IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GET UPSTREAM, UM, IN A, IN A VARIETY OF CREATIVE WAYS, AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN DOING MUCH OF THAT LATELY.
AND THEN I'LL CLOSE WITH TWO THINGS.
UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, UH, I, I KNOW THE, THE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM STAFF ON, ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SWIM CENTER, AND MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER COULD SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, IN, IN, IN, UH, CITY MANAGER COMMENTS.
AND I WAS HOPING THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD ADDRESS THE, THE COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN LODGED WITH YOUR OFFICE AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, I HAVE NO LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO REPORT ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ALSO, AND I JUST WANT, I DO WANNA FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE COTTAGES AND SUE SULLIVAN AND ALSO WITH JOHN O'BRIEN TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE SEWER.
AND, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE I SENT SOME INFORMATION TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT COTTAGES RECENTLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER REBS, VICE MAYOR SHRI.
UM, I, WARREN MUNDANE MATTERS.
UM, I, I WENT TO THE AGATE OPEN SPACE ADVISORY MEETING AND THE CHANCELLOR RANCH, WHICH IS A VERY LARGE, UH, RANCH THAT WAS PURCHASED, IS NOW GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A SPECIAL OPEN DAY COMING UP SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, BETWEEN 10 AND 12.
IT'S FREE TO GO OUT THERE AND EVEN HAVE HORSEBACK RIDING.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S FREE OR NOT, BUT IT'S OPEN FOR, FOR VISITATIONS.
UM, IT'S ALL PART OF THE OPEN SPACE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THEY'VE GOT GOING SO FAR.
UM, THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE GRAZING PROGRAMS THAT THEY'VE USED, UH, USING, UM, UH, SHEEP, UH, HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AS THEY HAVE HERE.
UH, AND THEN I GOT, UH, NOMINATED AND VOTED IN AS THE, UH, VICE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY I'LL, UH, HAVE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT SOME AGENDA ITEMS. BRING SOME MONEY HERE TO PETALUMA OPEN SPACE ON THE CLIMATE COMMISSION.
UH, SPEND ITS TIME REVIEWING THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SECOND TIME.
UM, A LOT OF INTERCHANGE THERE.
SO, UH, THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, UH, IT'S HUGE.
UM, SO I HOPE WE CAN AT LEAST MAKE HUGE MOVEMENT ON IT.
UH, SHORTLY, UH, WITH RELIEF, UH, IT WAS OUT SATURDAY AND WE PLANTED 50 TREES AT A, UH, AT A LOCAL, UH, CHURCH ON THE WEST SIDE, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST USING THE COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS, AND THAT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
UH, ON THIS SATURDAY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SPONSORING A SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY DISCUSSION, UH, GROUP.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, UM, HOW TO TEACH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN EVERY SINGLE GRADE BY EVERY SINGLE TEACHER.
THAT'S, UH, THE TOPIC NOW THAT'S HAPPENING AT, AT THE PENDULUM SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO STRONGLY SUPPORT.
UM, AND IN A COOL, PETALUMA GOT TOGETHER LAST FRIDAY, BROUGHT A LOT OF FOLKS IN NONPROFITS TOGETHER, AND WE'RE ALL MOVING FORWARD TRYING TO REIFY THE COMMUNITY UP.
UM, COMING UP, WE HAVE A, UH, ADOBE CREEK SEDIMENT, UH, STUDIES BEING DONE IN SFEI.
THERE'S A MEETING ON THAT BIKE AND PET HAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING COMING UP THIS WEEK AS THE SMART, I THINK, ALL HAPPENING THIS WEDNESDAY.
SO PICK AND CHOOSE WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO ON WEDNESDAY.
UM, THEN ON OTHER MATTERS, UM, I DID MEET SOMEONE, UH, FROM, UH, DURING THE COOL PETA, SOMEONE OF BRAVER ANGELS IF, UH, UH, TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR DISCUSSIONS AND DIALOGUE, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YES, WE DO HEAR, UH, WE ARE ALL SUFFERING.
AND, UH, I WATCHED THE NEWS TOO.
UM, I JUST RECENTLY SAW THE, UH, COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, WHAT THEY SAID, AND ALSO LISTENED TO A, UM, A PODCAST, A WEBINAR, TED TALK BY A, BOTH A TALK BETWEEN A PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST AND AN, UM, AN ISRAELI ACTIVIST FOR PEACE.
AND TOGETHER, THEY, THEY FORMED AND SAID, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT TO USE THE WORD CEASE CONFLICT AND DO IT WORLDWIDE.
THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW, UM, IN, IN SUDAN, IN SYRIA, UM, IN UKRAINE.
UM, UH, MY FAMILY'S ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN A COUPLE WARS IN THE PAST.
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OVER THERE TOO, IRAQ, DESERT STORM.UM, I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH CONFLICT AND DEATH THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S BEEN CONSTANT, AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT MORE SO, UH, JUST LOOKING FOR, JUST, I'M LOOKING FOR CEASE CONFLICT WORLDWIDE BY EVERYBODY.
UM, IN MY COMMENTS, UH, I JUST WANNA NOTE TO THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, THE VERY ANGST AWAITED, UH, D STREET, UM, UM, BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, COMBINED WITH THE FIFTH STREET EFFORT, UM, WHICH WE'RE ALL COUNTING ON FOR THE MARCH, UH, TO BE A MARCH CALENDAR, UH, ITEM FOR THIS COUNCIL, UH, HAD TO BE POSTPONED OFF TO APRIL.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE ARE, UM, AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING AT WAYS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AROUND TOWN.
UM, I ATTENDED A, UH, RELIEF EVENT, UH, WITH, UH, STRAW.
STRAW IS, UH, PART OF IT'S STUDENTS AND TEACHERS RESTORING, UH, WATERSHEDS.
AND THEY WERE AT, UH, WILSON CREEK, UH, JACOBSON RANCH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CO UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR SHRIVES, WHO, WHO HAS MADE RELIEF, UH, YOU KNOW, HIS PASSION PROJECT IN THIS TOWN.
UM, AND THEN, UH, REGARDING THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS ASSOCIATION, WHICH PETALUMA CHAIRS FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, AND SO APPRECIATE STAFF'S HARD WORK TO KEEP THAT MAYORS AND COUNCIL PROGRAM WORKING.
UM, BUT THAT FIRST MEETING WHERE THEY HAD, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME FOR PEOPLE, UM, IT'S JUST A PILOT PROJECT.
AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOALS, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN TAKE A PILOT PROGRAM, TURN IT INTO DATA, AND TURN DATA INTO CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIFE LIVES, WHICH I THINK TOUCHES NICELY ON COUNCIL MEMBERS HEALEY'S POINT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE UPSTREAM INVESTMENT TO BREAK CYCLES OF POVERTY AND TO, UM, DO, DO MORE ON OUR TRAGIC INCOME INEQUALITY EFFORTS.
UM, ALSO, I'M, I AM A LIAISON TO THE, UH, MEASURE O OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
IT'S THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, TAX MEASURE IN THE COUNTY.
AND, UM, THEY, UH, ARE RECEIVING STRONG TAX RECEIPTS FROM IT.
SO THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE THING, AND THEY ARE SPENDING IT AS FAST, THEY'RE GETTING IT INJECTED INTO THE CRISIS OF MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COUNTY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO GROW MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS TO FIND THE PROVIDERS WE NEED AND, AND, UH, SET UP THE SUPPORT PROGRAMS. BUT THEY'RE GROWING THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S A, A GOOD, UH, COUNTY MEASURE, AND IT'S BRINGING MONEY TO PETALUMA FOR A NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT'S COUNCIL COMMENTS.
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CITY MANAGER FOR HER COMMENTS.THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY, UM, WANTED TO A, RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH CALTRANS TO, UM, CREATE A, A, A SAFER CORRIDOR, UM, ON LAKEVILLE.
AND, UH, RECENTLY WE'RE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ACCESS ONTO LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY, UH, FROM BOTH THE PINE VIEW WAY INTERSECTION AND THE NORTH MCAL EXTENSION INTERSECTION.
UM, ALSO IN THE SHORT TERM CALTRANS, WE'LL BE RE STRIPING TO DROP FOUR LANES TO TWO FROM FREIGHTS ROAD TO CITY LIMITS, UH, ELIMINATING UNSAFE PASSING IN THE SLOW LANE AND REDUCING SPEED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE WORKING ON LONG-TERM, MORE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS WITH SCTA AND CALTRANS, UM, TO, UH, GET A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION, WHETHER IT'S ROUNDABOUT OR A, A LIGHT, BUT WE ARE NOT GONNA LET OUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL, UM, AND ON, ON THIS EFFORT.
SO, WANTED TO, WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CORRIDOR IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
UH, ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THIS THURSDAY, UH, FEBRUARY 29TH FROM SIX TO EIGHT, WE HAVE A HIGHWAY 1 0 1 CROSSINGS COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, UH, TO LOOK AT HOW TO IMPROVE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ACCESS WHEN, UM, WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS TOWN.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WAYS TO ENHANCE THAT TRAVEL FOR THOSE WALKING, BIKING, OR ROLLING AT FOUR LOCATIONS, CORONA ROAD, RAINIER AVENUE, LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, AND THE PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING AT MACKENZIE AVENUE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND IDEAS FOR IMPROVING THESE CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE MAKING IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR CIP AND THAT, UH, AND I'VE GOT ONE MORE UPDATE, AND I BELIEVE THAT I'VE GOT DREW HALTER WAITING IN THE WINGS TO TALK ABOUT OUR AQUATICS PROGRAM AND, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
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CITY COUNCIL, UH, COMMUNITY AND STAFF, HAPPY TO PROVIDE A QUICK, UH, UPDATE ON THE SWIM CENTER AND STATUS OF THE BOILERS.UH, YES, UH, WE'VE HAD A, UM, A TOUGH GO, UM, THIS WINTER.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TWO BOILER SYSTEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO, TO HEAT THE, UH, UM, ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION GALLON, UH, POOL THAT WE HAVE AT THE SWIM CENTER.
UH, AS OF LAST WEEK, THE SECOND BOILER WAS FULLY UP AND RUNNING.
SO TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WERE 80 DEGREES, UH, GIVE OR TAKE.
UH, AGAIN, UH, ANOTHER ISSUE WE HAVE OUT THERE ARE THE COVERS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO STAY, UM, IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE AQUATICS OPERATOR TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COVERED.
UH, WHEN WINDS GET ABOVE 15 OR 20 MILE AN HOUR, HOWEVER, WE, WE DO NOT COVER THE POOL.
UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
SO IT'S PUTTING MORE STRAIN ON THE BOILERS.
UM, THERE'S NOT ONE SINGLE REASON WHY WE THINK THEY FAILED, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING.
AND AGAIN, UM, LAPS SWIMMERS, I THINK, UH, ARE GETTING A LITTLE BREAK FOR NOW.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST CALL TO ATTENTION THAT WE DO HAVE A POOL REPLASTERING PROJECT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE FORWARD AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.
WE DON'T HAVE A FIRM DEADLINE NOW, BUT, UM, THE CIP TEAM'S WORKING HARD WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT POOL REPLASTERING PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
SO MORE UPDATES THERE WHEN THAT PROJECT MOVES AHEAD.
DID WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY? UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, I HAVE SOME BRIEF FEEDBACK IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM, UM, SOME OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK TENANTS TONIGHT.
UM, WE ARE, SINCE COMPLETING THE COUNCIL'S CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED, UM, AND THOROUGHLY DELIBERATED UPON UPDATES TO OUR, UM, MOBILE HOME REGULATIONS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN UNFORTUNATELY INVOLVED IN DEFENDING TWO, UH, LAWSUITS BROUGHT TO CHALLENGE THOSE.
ONE FOCUSED ON THE, UM, SENIOR OVERLAY, UM, LEGISLATION THAT THE COUNCIL ENACTED, AND THE OTHER FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE LONG STANDING REGULATIONS OF THE CITY.
UM, AND FRANKLY ALSO CHALLENGING STATE REGULATIONS, UM, THAT WE DON'T CONTROL ABOUT, UM, PARK CLOSURE, UM, AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR US BECAUSE WE, UM, THE BASIS FOR OUR PROTECTING, UM, OUR MOBILE HOME TENANTS IS THOSE REGULATIONS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY CONTINUE IN EFFECT, I BELIEVE WE WILL, WORKING WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND BOTH LAWSUITS.
WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON THAT.
SO THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, AND ARE CONTINUING, UNFORTUNATELY, TO RECEIVE, UM, COMPLAINTS AND INFORMATION FROM TENANTS ABOUT, UM, ACTIONS BY PARK OWNERS THAT HAVE TRUE, MAY BE UNLAWFUL, MAY AMOUNT TO RE RETALIATION FOR EXERCISE OF THEIR RIGHTS UNDER OUR REGULATIONS.
UM, WE ARE PREPARING SOME, UM, UM, MESSAGING TO PARK OWNERS, UM, IN RESPONSE TO, TO SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS WE RECEIVED, UM, TO PUT THEM ON NOTICE.
UM, AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING AS A TEAM WITH THE HOUSING TEAM TO, UH, TO ORGANIZE THE INPUT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, GET FURTHER INFORMATION THAT WE'LL NEED IN SOME CASES TO HELP DECIDE WHETHER WE MAY HAVE BASIS FOR, UM, FOR COMMENCING OR AT LEAST NOTICING OF POTENTIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, UM, AND OR WHETHER WE MAY, UM, BE REFERRING, UM, OUR, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS TO OTHER RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY NEED, UM, TO ASSIST THEM WITH, WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE, UM, WE'LL BE UPDATING ABOUT THE, UH, THE LEGISLATION.
UM, WE JUST GOT THE OPPOSITION FILED, UM, IN, IN ONE OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE REVIEWING WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL TOMORROW.
UM, AND ALSO WE'LL BE PROVIDING UPDATES ABOUT, UM, THESE, THESE OTHER CONCERNS THAT, THAT OUR, UM, PARK OWNERS, OUR PARK RESIDENTS ARE, ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND, AND WE'RE SORRY THAT'S THE CASE, BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM SO THAT THE CITY'S REGULATIONS HAVE THEIR INTENDED EFFECT, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED.
AND WE HAVE COUNCIL'S, UH, QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IN A, UM, IN THIS, UH, MOMENT WHEN WE ARE HEARING FROM THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S, UM, UH, PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S, UH, GOING ON IN THE CITY, IT, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CONGRATULATE AND EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
UM, SHE IS TODAY COMPLETING FIVE YEARS WITH
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PETALUMA.AND, UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, SHE'S CAME INTO A CITY THAT WAS, UH, SUFFERING IN A FINANCIAL AND SUSTAINABILITY WAY.
SHE'S LED US OUT OF OUR WILDERNESS AND INTO A SOLID AND SUSTAINABLE FISCAL ENVIRONMENT, GROWING US BACK TO WHAT A FULL SERVICE, UH, REALLY CAN BE.
AND I, FOR MY PART AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, SHE'S INSPIRATIONAL TO STAFF OR TO COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR, UH, SERVICE.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHEN, UM, PEGGY WAS HIRED, I PROBABLY THE FIRST DAY WROTE YOU AN EMAIL TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING ORDINANCE,
AND I JUST THINK, UM, WHAT I'VE SEEN, UM, JOHN BROWN KEPT US AFLOAT AND MEASURE U WHICH YOU BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, RELIEF, MADE IT THAT THIS CITY COULD HIRE STAFF AND WE COULD BE A FULL SERVICE CITY.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, BEING PART OF THIS COUNCIL AS YOU ARE CITY MANAGER, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, AND, AND, UH, AND WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING.
AND, UM, THE CONSENT CALENDAR HAS WHAT WE HAVE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE, UM, NINE ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'D LIKE TO LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DS AND SEE WHETHER ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, POLL, UH, ANY ONE OF THE ITEMS. AND, UM, LACKING THAT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK IF, UH, THE, ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? NO.
UH, WELL THEN LET'S GO TO, UH, PUBLIC EXPRESSION ON THIS ITEM.
SO HAVE WE RECEIVED, UM, INPUT PRIOR CLERK? WE, WE DID RECEIVE ONE COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AND IT'S POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.
AND I'D LIKE OUR MODERATOR TO READ THE MESSAGING.
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 THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION.
ACCOUNTANT WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS, AND I DO NOT SEE ANYONE FILLING OUT CARDS AND RUSHING TO THE SPEAKERS, UH, TO THE CLERKS TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I HAVE ONE CARD CURRENTLY IN HAND, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE BEN PETERS TO SPEAK, UH, ON HIS CONCERNS.
THIS IN REGARDS TO THE FLOATING SOLAR PROJECT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UH, BEFORE I DO SPEAK, I WOULD, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STICK AROUND, AND IF YOU DO FEEL THAT THE PRIORITY OF THIS CITY SHOULD BE TO MAKE COMMENTS, STICK AROUND TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING AND MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT MATTERS HERE REGARDING THE FLOATING SOLAR PROJECT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO GO BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE ONE MORE TIME AND ASK FOR A FIVE OR 10 YEAR EXTENSION ON THE TERM IN EXCHANGE FOR A LOWER RATE.
I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY BASIC DIRECTION THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE IN ALL OF MY DEALINGS OVER THE YEARS.
THAT'S THE BEST DEAL THAT THE CITY CAN DO, IS A LOWER RATE FOR A LONGER TERM, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION, THAT WOULD BE AT MOST ADVANTAGEOUS.
YOU PROBABLY READ MY DETAILED ANALYSIS ON THIS DEAL.
IT WAS, UM, VERY UNFORTUNATE WHAT THE MOSQUITO DISTRICT, UH, HAS DONE TO THIS PROJECT.
UH, I WOULD SAY AS A SOUNDBITE, IT GAVE THE WHITE PINE PROJECT A BIT OF A BLACK EYE.
I THINK THE MOSQUITO DISTRICT NEEDS TO BE SOMEWHAT HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT BEING A WILLING AND ABLE PARTNER ON THIS.
WE'RE PAYING EXTRA $300,000 A YEAR FOR THIS.
THAT'S, THAT COULD STAFF TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO RESPOND TO MOSQUITO ABATEMENT.
AND INSTEAD, WE'RE DOING SIX GANGWAYS WIDENING.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ THE STAFF REPORT, I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE, THE ENGINEERING UPDATE.
UH, IT'S SOMEWHAT UNFORTUNATE HOW WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THIS SITUATION.
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I THINK THE PROJECT ITSELF IS A GOOD ONE, IF MANAGED APPROPRIATELY.WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM THE UPDATED SAVINGS ANALYSIS IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE SAVINGS OF THIS PROJECT ARE COMING A FROM, UH, SAVING FROM THE HIGHER EVERGREEN RATE.
AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA GET OUT OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION DISASTER, THEN GETTING FOLKS TO PAY AN EVERGREEN PREMIUM IS REALLY NOT FEASIBLE, RIGHT? AND SO ALL OF OUR SAVINGS ARE BASICALLY COMING FROM THE INFLATED EVERGREEN PREMIUM.
NOW, THE SECOND SOURCE OF THE SAVINGS IS THE DEMAND CHARGES.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU PROVIDE A DIRECTION WHEN YOU APPROVE THIS.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION AGAIN, TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT STAFF.
THEY NEED TO MANAGE THE FACILITY IN A MODERN WAY IN COORDINATION WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THIS FACILITY.
UH, SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS THAT CLOSES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY.
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THANK YOU.I, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE, AND WITH RESPECT TO ITEM TWO.
AND THERE WAS AN AGENDA REQUEST MEMO SUBMITTED BY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, UH, REGARDING CANNABIS.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE THAT UP, UH, UNDER, UH, ON THE WORKSHOP ITEM AND, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION UNDER AGENDA ITEM 10.
AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND.
IS THERE NOT A SECOND? UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
WE, WE HAVE NOT YET SPOKEN ABOUT CANNABIS, SO, AND THERE IS, LIKE, YOU, YOU DO NOTE A, A, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST TO INCLUDE IT IN OUR UPCOMING, UM, UH, AGENDA.
AND THERE WAS A SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ACTIONS.
WHY DON'T I, UH, DEFER TO STAFF TO SAY WHAT STAFF'S THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER ARE CURRENTLY, SINCE WE HAVE A COUNCIL, UH, ACTION.
WELL, STAFF IS PREPARED TO EITHER ADDRESS IT UNDER THE TENTATIVE AGENDA OR AT THE WORKSHOP, WHATEVER IS PREFERRED BY COUNSEL.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO ADDRESS IT REGARDLESS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER BARNELL QUESTION, UM, CAN STAFF COMMENT ON MR. PETER'S COMMENTS AND JUST RESPOND TO THOSE? AND DO WE, UM, DO WE FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO, UM, TO REQUEST A, AN EXTENDED TERM? UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M PATRICK CARTER, UM, THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, CITY, UH, MANAGER.
AND, UH, WORKING, SOMETIMES I ASSIST THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL,
UM, AND WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, UM, BASICALLY FROM ITS START, UM, THE, AN EXTENDED TERM IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT.
UM, OUR CONSULTANT ON THE PROJECT, MV FIVE, UM, RECOMMENDED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THAT TO KIND OF THINK OF IT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE LATER ON IN THE PROJECT, IT MIGHT BE, UM, AT THE END OF THE TERM WHERE, OR WHITE PINE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER, UM, SELL US THE PROJECT OR REMOVE IT AT THEIR COST, NO COST TO THE CITY.
UM, TRYING TO RENEGOTIATE THEM THEN WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE BEST, THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS, UM, TERMS AT THAT TIME.
COULD, IT'S DEBATABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE MOTIVATED BECAUSE IT'S THEIR COST TO REMOVE IT.
UM, SO WE DID CONSIDER AT THAT TIME AND, AND RULED AGAINST IT.
UM, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY COST IN 20 YEARS, UM, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY'S GONNA BE LIKE AT THAT, AT THAT POINT, WHETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM THAT WE COULD DO AT THAT SITE.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS OUR THINKING AT THE TIME.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS CAN ASK THE QUESTION IF THAT COULD BE DONE, UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, UH, WE'D STRONGLY RECOMMEND APPROVING THE AMENDMENT AS IT IS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS TALK, BUT APPRO THE AMENDMENT AS IT IS, UM, BECAUSE THAT GIVES US THE ASSURANCE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT, UM, AND, UH, FULFILL THE CITY'S COMMITMENTS TO THIS.
UM, 'CAUSE TERMINATION OF THAT AGREEMENT, UH, HAS A, A ROUGHLY $4 MILLION PRICE TAG IF WE WERE TO WALK AWAY AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS TALK, UM, TO THEM.
THEY, THEY MAY FIND IT AMENABLE.
UM, IT WASN'T COMPELLING AT THE TIME, BUT WE CAN TALK.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AS, UM, AMENDED? AND, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND NOW ON THAT, UH, COULD I ASK THE MAKER THE MOTION JUST TO REPEAT THE NUANCE OF THE MOTION? SURE, OF COURSE.
I, I, THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH
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NINE, UM, WITH THE, UM, CAVEAT THAT THE AGENDA REQUEST MEMO INCLUDED, UH, IN CONNECTION WITH, UH, ITEM TWO REGARDING, UH, CANNABIS RETAIL, UM, BE CONSIDERED, UH, UNDER ITEM 10 LATER TONIGHT.UM, SO DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE NOT APPROVING THE AGENDA REQUEST MEMO THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE TENTATIVE AGENDA THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
AND THEN UNDER ITEM 10, WE'LL CONSIDER WHETHER WE WANT TO ADD THAT ITEM, UM, PER THE REQUEST MEMO AFTER WE'VE HAD A MORE FULL DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND HOW THINGS FIT TOGETHER.
I'M NOT GONNA, I'M GONNA WITHDRAW MY SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER NOW.
UM, I'LL MAKE THE SECOND 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT ON THE WORKSHOP.
AND, UM, I, I JUST WANT, UH, ASK STAFF A CLARIFYING QUESTION AS WE HAVE NOW A MOTION AND SECOND AGAIN, UM, WE CAN AMEND A FUTURE AGENDA, UM, EVEN AFTER THE WORKSHOP TOWARDS THE END TONIGHT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, AND IS THAT AMENDMENT, UH, OF A FUTURE AGENDA TRICKY? IS IT, YOU KNOW, DO WE REVOTE ON THAT OR IS IT JUST AT THIS POINT JUST STAFF MAKING AN UPDATE? IT'S, IT'S A DIRECTION TO THE NEXT MEETING, IF SO, INCLINED.
WELL, WE, WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M, THAT'S WHY I'M CONCERNED.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE FANCY FOOTWORK.
WHY DON'T WE JUST HEAR IT ON MARCH 11TH? THAT'S WHAT WE REQUESTED, SO I DON'T SEE WHY WE'RE DOING FANCY FOOTWORK, I GUESS COUNCIL MEMBER HALEY.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FULL CONSIDERATION OF THE AGENDA REQUEST ITEM UNDER, UM, ITEM 10.
AND, AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GET INTO COUNCIL PRIORITIES, WHAT ARE THEIR, IS LIST OF 200 THINGS AND, AND HOW DO THEY FIT TOGETHER AND WHAT COMES FIRST AND WHERE, WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL, UM, DISCUSSION ON ANY ONE OF THEM.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE FRUSTRATION ON THAT ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE.
WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN 20 MINUTES.
WELL, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE VOTE NO ON THIS MOTION AND MAKE A SECOND MOTION THAT JUST APPROVES IT AS IS.
BUT, BUT THE AS IS, IS THE TENTATIVE AGENDA THAT WAS APPROVED WAS, IS SUBMITTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, THE AGENDA REQUEST MEMO.
THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THE AGENDA REQUEST MEMO.
AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THE, UH, TENTATIVE AGENDA.
AND WE, WE NOW HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND COMMENT.
COUNCILMAN? CORRECT? I GUESS I'LL JUST REQUEST THAT WE VOTE NO, AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA REQUEST.
MEMO IN, IN A SECOND MOTION FROM FOR THE COUNCIL.
MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE BARNACLE.
ARE WE, UH, WHAT WAS THE ACCOUNT THERE? MOTION CARRIES.
UM, SO, UH, WITH THAT WE COMPLETE THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR AND MOVE INTO TONIGHT'S
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WORKSHOP, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON COUNCIL GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEARS 23, 24, 24 25.AND FINDING THIS ITEM IS EXEMPT FROM CQA PURSUANT TO CQA GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 3 8 7 B FIVE.
AND TO LEAD US OFF ON THIS IS OUR CITY MANAGER, PEGGY FLYNN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.
IT IS WAITING TO GET THE POWERPOINT UP.
TONIGHT'S STAFF ARE EXCITED AND DULY PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS.
AS THIS IS COUNCIL'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S PRACTICE ANNUALLY, WE REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE GOALS AND PRIORITIES IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR BUDGET CYCLE AND PREPARATION TO ENSURE THE WORK PLAN IS SET FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR ON JULY ONE.
UH, TONIGHT OUR GOAL IS TO COME AWAY WITH A CLEAR SET OF OBJECTIVES THAT STAFF CAN THEN PREPARE, PROPOSED MILESTONES, OUTLINE, BUDGETS, AND IDENTIFY OTHER RESOURCES NECESSARY TO COMPLETE EACH INITIATIVE TO RETURN TO COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY ON APRIL 15TH FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW TIME FOR, UH, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE, UH, BEEN WITH US AT THAT FIRST WORKSHOP, WE
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HAD OUR, I CALL IT HISTORIC GOALS AND PRIORITY SETTING IN 2019, UM, WHICH PROVIDED US A ROADMAP.AND YOU CAN SEE SOME VESTIGES OF THAT, THAT WE STILL HAVE ON OUR, ON OUR WALL TODAY.
UM, SETTING, UH, PROVIDING US A ROADMAP OF OUR COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, IF YOU WERE AT WITH US AT THAT WORKSHOP, YOU WERE THEN FAMILIAR WITH OUR EVOLUTION, WHICH RESULTED AT THAT TIME 256 PRIORITIES.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES THERE, THERE ARE NO PRIORITIES.
UM, WE WHITTLED THAT DOWN TO 157 PRIORITIES IN 2021.
AND THEN IN 2022, WE LANDED ON A TOP 10 TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS AND CONTINUED THAT SECOND YEAR OF OUR WORK PLAN LAST YEAR IN 2023, BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE ARE UNDERTAKING TO ADDRESS THE MANY DEFERRED AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THIS CITY.
AND BECAUSE MOST OF THAT WORK IS NON-DISCRETIONARY, MEANING WE ARE REQUIRED EITHER BY LAW OR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, IMMEDIATE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, OUR DISCRETIONARY TIME IS NEGLIGIBLE.
UM, SO WE ARE IN A CITY IN NEED OF CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL PRIORITIZATION TO ENSURE OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCES, OUR PEOPLE POWER, OUR CITY FUNDING, ARE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY UTILIZED TO THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR CITY HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER AND MORE FISCALLY AND ORGANIZATIONALLY SOUND THAN IT IS NOW.
AND OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON DOING A FEW THINGS REALLY WELL AND KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK RATHER THAN DILUTING OUR EFFORTS AND TAKING TOO LONG TO ACHIEVE WHAT CAN, WHAT CAN AND NEEDS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY, WHICH IS A LOT.
THIS IS WHAT TONIGHT IS ABOUT, TO MAKE THOSE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS, KNOWING THAT WE ALL HAVE THE INGREDIENTS WE NEED FOR SUCCESS.
THESE ARE OUR CURRENT TOP 10 PRIORITIES ORGANIZED BY OUR FIVE OVERARCHING GOALS THAT WE CREATED IN 2019.
NOT ONLY WILL WE DISCUSS, UH, DISCUSS THESE PRIORITIES, UH, THEIR STATUS AND OTHER INITIATIVES, UM, BUT OTHER INITIATIVES THAT REQUIRE CITY FOCUS OVER THESE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO TONIGHT WE TALK ABOUT ONE PETALUMA.
UM, RECENTLY STAFF I HELD A LEADERSHIP RETREAT REFLECTING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME VALUES FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
THERE'S SEVEN VALUES, UM, EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, EQUITY, SERVICE, TRUST, AND EMPATHY.
AND IT REFLECTS THE UNIFIED VISION FOR OUR CITY, UH, ONE THAT CRYSTALLIZES THESE VALUES AND IS INTENDED TO EMBODY THE ASPIRATIONS AND SPIRIT OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN A LAUNDRY LIST OF TASKS TO COMPLETE STAFF AND VISION.
ONE, PETALUMA AS A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF MISSION, VISION, VALUES.
SO START OF A STRATEGIC PLAN TO GUIDE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, OUR INTERACTIONS, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND ULTIMATELY HOW WE DELIVER CITY SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT OUR ACTIONS AND PRIORITIES ALIGN WITH THESE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES.
FOSTERING A COHESIVE AND VALUE DRIVEN APPROACH TO SERVE OUR CITY SOON TO FOLLOW WILL BE AN INTEGRATED MISSION AND VISION THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, A PRIMER HERE.
AS WE DEVELOP OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE ALWAYS CONSIDER HOW BEST TO DELIVER THESE SERVICES.
WHAT DEPARTMENTS WILL BE LEAD, WHAT RESOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED, WHAT OTHER INITIATIVES CAN BE PIGGYBACKED ON OR REQUIRED PRIOR TO STARTING THE WORK? AND WHAT, IF ANY, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES EXIST? THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION WE CAN ASK IS WHY WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE, WHO BENEFITS AND WHAT IS THE OUTCOME IF IT'S MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE.
SO, IN RESPONSE TO OUR EVOLVING NEEDS AND THE INSIGHTS GARNERED FROM ONE PETALUMA, WE'VE REALIGNED OUR PRIORITIES.
STAFF FELT THAT WE NEEDED TO BETTER REFLECT THE ACTUAL TYPE OF WORK THAT STAFF ARE ACCOMPLISHING BY INCORPORATING MANY OF THE CRITICAL INITIATIVES THAT ARE ONGOING OR WILL BE ACHIEVED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
RATHER THAN LIMITING THE FOCUS TO A TOP 10.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOUR CATEGORIES OF INITIATIVES, WHICH WE'LL DIS DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT.
AND THOSE ARE THE FOUR YOU SEE HERE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS, OUR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, OUR PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND PLANS, AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH.
NOT ALL PRIORITIES ARE CREATED EQUAL.
WHILE WE DISCUSS SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TONIGHT, OUR GOAL IS TO PRIORITIZE ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS HOLISTICALLY AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL HAVE IN MAY AS PART OF OUR BUDGET.
SO IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES THAT I'LL
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GO THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY, WE'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.SO WE'VE GOT OUR TOP 10 IN THE ORIGINAL TOP 10, RIGHT? AND THEN ADDITIONAL THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING AS, AS WE PRIORITIZE, EVEN THOUGH THESE WEREN'T CALLED OUT IN THE TOP 10, THEY'RE NEVERTHELESS ESSENTIAL AND COMMAND SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCE AND HAVE LASTING BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU'LL SEE AN ASTERISK THERE, UH, BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS SEPARATE.
UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM TONIGHT, BUT FOR PRIORITIZATION FOR OUR, UM, TOP 10 TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THEM HOLISTICALLY IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, DISCUSSION IN MAY.
SO NEXT SLIDE, UH, LEGISLATION AND POLICY.
WE'VE GOT OUR TOP 10, OUR RETAIL CANNABIS, OUR TREE PRESERVATION, OUR TENANT PROTECTION REGULATIONS.
ADDITIONAL TO THAT IS A ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE, WHICH WILL HAPPEN ON THE HEELS OF OUR GENERAL PLAN, UM, ADOPTION OR UPDATE ADOPTION, OUR PARKING ORDINANCE UPDATE, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN, I BELIEVE, AS THE RV ORDINANCE, UM, HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT PARKING MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC.
THAT WAS KIND OF THAT PART TWO OF OUR DOWNTOWN PARKING CONVERSATION.
OUR CHARTER AMENDMENTS, WHICH ARE MANY.
AND, UM, OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, WHICH WE'LL BE GOING TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER WITH THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND PLANS.
ORIGINAL TOP 10 WAS THE FAIRGROUNDS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OUR ELECTRIFICATION PLAN.
NOW, THE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, TALKING ABOUT, UH, COMPLETION OF THE GENERAL PLAN, OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND OUR DOWNTOWN INVESTMENT SLASH BEAUTIFICATION, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE CONTAINED IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND TO ADD, SO NEXT SLIDE IS OUR PLAN END HOMELESSNESS, SEA LEVEL RISE, PETALUMA NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN EFFORT, AND OUR CITY HALL, WEST WING UTILIZATION, TAKING BACK CITY HALL AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH CATEGORY.
UH, AND OUR ORIGINAL TOP 10 THAT INCLUDED OUR POLICE OVERSIGHT, WHICH WAS OUR INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY GROUP.
UM, DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AND OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING, UM, EFFORT THAT WE ARE, ARE DOING INTERNALLY, UM, FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.
ADDITIONAL TO THAT IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INVESTING IN OUR STAFF, OUR, UH, LAUNCH OF OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR SOFTWARE IN THE ORGANIZATION.
UH, BOTH FINANCE, ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT TOUCHES THE ERP.
ACTUALLY, EVERY DEPARTMENT TOUCHES THE ERP, UM, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND PURCHASING REGULATIONS, UM, AND POLICY AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE UPDATES, WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE IN DECADES.
SO, CONSIDERATIONS FOR TONIGHT, AGAIN, IS TO CONSIDER, UM, ESTABLISHING THE PRIORITIES, GIVING US A LIST OF REALLY CLEAR COUNCIL DIRECTIVES OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR NEXT TWO YEARS.
ARE THESE ARE, ARE THESE THE CORRECT INITIATIVES? IS ANYTHING MISSING? IS ANYTHING NO LONGER A PRIORITY THAT WE NEED TO, UH, REPLACE WITH SOMETHING ELSE? AND TO HELP US PRIORITIZE, UM, WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIND OF ORDER OF EXECUTION? AND WE WILL COMMIT TO FOR THE NEXT MEET ON APRIL 15TH TO BRING BACK THAT CLEAR LIST OF PRIORITIES BASED UPON COUNCIL FEEDBACK, MORE DETAILED WORK PLAN FOR 24, 25, AND 25, 26, INCLUDING RESOURCE REQUIRED AND TIMELINES AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, SO COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT FI FINAL PRIORITY LIST.
UH, THEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IN MAY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND THEN ONCE GOALS ARE IMPROVED OR APPROVED, UH, THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO GIVE UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT THE STATUS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES ARE, AND IF THERE'S, UM, AND WHAT THE TIMELINES ARE, UPDATED TIMELINES.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION TONIGHT, AND I'M JUST, I'M GONNA KICK IT OFF IF THERE ARE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON OUR STAFF REPORT AND THE ATTACHMENT ONE THAT WE, UM, PROVIDED AS FAR AS STATUS UPDATES
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ON OUR TOP 10.UM, BEFORE INVITING, UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, I, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, WHEN WE DID THIS PRIORITIZATION SOME YEARS AGO AND WE LISTED A TOP 10, UH, THE CONTEXT OF THAT WAS STAFF STAFF'S DAY JOB.
IT IS 99% OF ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND THE TOP 10 WOULD BE, WELL, IF THERE WAS A MINUTE EXTRA, WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING COUNCIL WANTED? SO, UH, THE TOP 10 WAS, UH, NEVER A GUARANTEE OF THOSE BECOMING IMPORTANT, BUT IT WAS A TRUE SENSE OF WHAT THAT COUNCIL THOUGHT SHOULD BE ELEVATED THROUGH THE WORK PROCESS.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOP 10 WHERE THE GOALS ARE GONNA BE ACHIEVED THAT YEAR AND THE TOP 10 WHERE IF WE HAVE EXTRA CAPACITY, AND WE, AT THAT POINT, WE WERE JUST TURNING THE SHIP AROUND AND, AND WE'VE DONE SO WELL AT TURNING THE SHIP AROUND, UH, ALL THE, ALL THE, UH, INDEPENDENT AUDITOR POLICE EFFORT IS, I MEAN, THINGS, PROGRAMS, YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH, HOW CONSUMING THEY ARE OF SUCH BROAD STAFF LEVELS.
UM, AND THE GOAL OF MAKING THE CITY AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE WHERE WE, UM, HAVE A HIGHER RETENTION RATE, WHICH, UH, IF YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES AND NOT VACANT POSITIONS, YOU GET A LOT MORE WORK DONE.
SO, UM, DRIVING THE CITY TO THAT WAS, WAS TWO HUGE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FROM THAT EARLY PERIOD.
UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF, NOW, I THINK NOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING TOP 10, WE MIGHT BE ASKING, UM, MORE THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE THE, THE FIRST PRIORITIES COMPLETED KIND OF RE REFRAMING THAT.
IS THAT A FAIR, UH, ASSESSMENT OF, UH, HOW WE'RE NOW TRYING TO DEFINE THINGS? WELL, I THINK WE HAVE, I, I MEAN, YES, AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE, THE DISCRETIONARY TIME PIECE OF THAT MAYOR, BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS CRUCIAL HERE.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT JUST LIKE WE HAD MENTIONED, UH, LAST YEAR WHEN WE BROUGHT THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD THAT WHOLE OTHER LIST, I THINK SOMEBODY HAD ASKED A QUESTION AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT HOW OBJECTIVES DESIGN STANDARDS CAME UP.
AND I, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE STAFF'S HARD WORK BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S US TRYING TO RETAIN LOCAL CONTROL WHEN WE GET APPLICATIONS IN THAT ARE STATE MANDATED.
AND THOSE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS WE LISTED IN LAST YEAR'S, I'M USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK THAT WASN'T RECOGNIZED IN THE TOP 10 THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS WAS NECESSARY TO GET THAT DONE.
SO THE, I THINK WE'RE REFRAMING IT AS IT'S NOT JUST A TOP 10, BUT LOOKING AT THE TYPES OF WORK WE'RE DOING, WHETHER IT'S LEGISLATIVE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, CA OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S, UM, INITIATIVE BASED, UH, AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ARE WE HITTING, HITTING THE MARKS, AND THEN COMING BACK AND SAYING, HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET DONE THAT FIRST YEAR, AND HERE'S WHAT WE CAN GET DONE THAT SECOND YEAR AND TEE UP FOR THE THIRD.
WITH THAT, ANY, UH, WHO WANTS TO START OFF THIS CONVERSATION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY.
SO THERE WAS A REALLY INTERESTING, UM, MEMO CIRCULATED TO THE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO SOME COUNCIL QUESTIONS, AND I JUST WANTED TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, ON THE, UH, THE QUESTION OF THE CALL FIELD CROSSING, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS.
IT SAYS THE LATEST COST ESTIMATE FOR THE CALL FIELD SOUTHERN CROSSING PROJECT IS $110 MILLION, AND THE FUNDING GAP IS ABOUT $85 MILLION.
SO AM AM I READING THAT, THAT THAT'S BASICALLY ASSUMING THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FUND BALANCE AND THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION IMPACT FEE PROGRAM IS COMMITTED AND THERE'S STILL AN $85 MILLION GAP? IS THAT HOW I'M READING THIS? CHRIS, CAN YOU CLARIFY? 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, WE'RE ASKING ABOUT THE MONEY WE HAVE, UH, THE 25 MILLION OR SO IN FUND BALANCE, IS THAT RIGHT? AND IN THE SHORTFALL FOR THE 110 MILLION TOTAL, SO WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, UM, THE 25 MILLION THAT'S IDENTIFIED IS, IS THAT THE FUND BALANCE AND THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION IMPACT FEE PROGRAM? OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? YES, IT'S OKAY.
AND SO EVEN, AND IS THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT'S IN THAT FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT OR CLOSE TO IT? IT'S, IT'S AN ESTIMATE OF APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED PERCENT, MAYBE NOT QUITE A HUNDRED, BECAUSE WE DO NEED THAT, THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO EVEN WITH THAT, THERE'S AN $85 MILLION FUND GAP FOR COMPLETING THE CALL FIELD CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND PARTIALLY, UH, WELL, IN LARGE PART THAT'S BECAUSE WE JUST RECEIVED THE NEW COST ESTIMATE FOR THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS NOW
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AT, UH, $67 MILLION.AND THAT OF COURSE, LOOKS OUT TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION YEAR OF, UH, I BELIEVE 2027.
UM, LEMME CHECK MY NOTES HERE.
YEAH, IT'S ABOUT A TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME STARTING IN 2026, PROVIDED WE CAN GET THE FUNDING AND THEN WE'VE ADDED IN THE, THE ROADWAY AND THE INTERSECTION OF WORK THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, UH, TO, TO MAKE IT A FULL CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR, UM, FACILITY FOR US.
AND SHIFTING GEARS, I'M GONNA MOVE OFF THE CALL FIELD.
UH, PREVIOUSLY IN THE MEMO, IT'S, IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE TRESTLE AND IT SAYS THE CURRENT ESTIMATED FUND GAP IS APPROXIMATELY $700,000 JUST TO GET IT SHOVEL READY.
THAT'S NOT CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S JUST TO GET IT SHOVEL READY.
UM, AND, AND THEN THERE'S A FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT, UM, TO DATE ABOUT HALF OF THE $488,000 ALLOCATED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET HAS BEEN EXPENDED.
COULD, COULD STAFF DISCUSS SQUARE THAT CIRCLE FOR ME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, WITH $254,000 ROUGHLY REMAINING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING, IN FACT, WE JUST GOT OUR PROPOSALS FROM CONSULTANTS, AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE AT ABOUT $925,000 TOTAL.
AND AS DESCRIBED IN THE MEMO, IT DEPENDS ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS.
UM, PERMITTING FEES AND, UH, UH, STATE LANDS, COMMISSION FEES, ET CETERA, ARE, ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED.
BUT WE BELIEVE, UH, WITH SOME CONTINGENCY BUILT IN THAT THE TOTAL PRICE TAKE TO GET THE PROJECT SHOVEL READY IS, UH, HOVERING AROUND 925,000 TOTAL.
SO YOU SUBTRACT THE 254,000 REMAINING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET, AND THAT COMES UP WITH ABOUT A $671,000 GAP WITH ROUNDING UP APPROXIMATELY 700,000.
AND THEN IF, IF THINGS WENT PERFECTLY SMOOTHLY, UM, HOW, WHEN, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT WE COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE PROJECT WAS SHOVEL READY? WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN THIS YEAR, DEFINITELY IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UH, APPROXIMATELY A YEAR FROM NOW, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING READY.
WE MAY BE STILL WAITING FOR SOME OF THE PERMITS, BUT ALL THE APPLICATIONS WOULD BE FILED AND, UH, WE COULD CALL THAT PROJECT SHOVEL READY AND BEGIN, UH, YOU KNOW, FAITHFULLY SAYING THAT IN GRANT APPLICATIONS EVERYWHERE.
I, I HAVE COMMENTS, BUT I'LL SAVE THAT FOR AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, CAN I JUST ASK, WELL, I HAVE, I HAVE A DIRECTOR BOLT HERE, CHRIS.
UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT CAULFIELD AND THE PROJECT AND THAT, I MEAN, IT'S STILL A PRETTY WILD GUESSTIMATE.
I MEAN, UNTIL WE GET INTO DESIGN, WE'RE NOT GONNA REALLY KNOW.
I MEAN, 110 MILLION COULD BE LESS, OR IT COULD BE MORE, IT COULD BE LESS.
UH, THIS IS A HEALTHY ESTIMATE, I WOULD CALL IT, WITH CONSERVATIVE FACTORS BUILT IN, UH, OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH A CONSULTANT AND, AND OUR COLLABORATION HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ACCURATE NUMBER THAT WE CAN MEET OR COME IN BELOW AT, AT THIS STAGE.
SO NOT ONLY WE FACTORED IN INFLATION OUT TO THE CONSTRUCTION YEAR, BUT WE'VE BUILT IN, UH, A CONTINGENCY OF ROUGHLY, UM, $17 MILLION.
SO IT SHOULD COVER ANY, ANY BUDGET ISSUES.
SO WITH, WITH GOOD DESIGN AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON THE DESIGN, UM, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS.
AND IF IT'S OKAY, UM, CITY MANAGER FLYNN, WE COULD INVITE, UH, BJORN GREENBERG TO SPEAK TO IT AS WELL.
HE'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON THE, ON THIS SO FAR.
UM, MAY I JUMP IN HERE FOR A SECOND? BECAUSE MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THE GAP? DO DO WE HAVE A CONCEPT FOR THE GAP? AND CHRIS, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE FUND THE GAP? CHRIS, I KNOW WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO SCTA AND DO YOU WANNA ABSOLUTELY.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT OR BJORN MIGHT BE BETTER.
UM, CAN LET BJORN CHIME IN AS WELL, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, WORKING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS AT SCTA, BUT ALSO ALL FEDERAL CHANNELS, UM, AND, UH, THOSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE, ARE FRANKLY ONGOING.
UH, BJORN, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? YEAH, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH, UH, OUR, UM, COLLEAGUES AT SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THIS PROJECT FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION'S REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK ON THAT, BUT, UH, SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY, IM IMPROVE THE PROJECT'S COMPETITIVENESS FOR, ESPECIALLY
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FOR THOSE LARGER, UM, FEDERAL GRANTS.AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US MORE AND MORE COMPETITIVE AS TIME PASSES IS AS WE GET CLOSER TO BEING SHOVEL READY.
UH, SO, UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT IN OUR EARLY DISCUSSIONS WE LEARNED, IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A SET OF PLANS READY TO GO AND PERMITS, UH, ON THEIR WAY AND SO FORTH.
AND WE'RE WORKING, UH, TO THAT END CURRENTLY.
SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME KIND OF TRACK WE'RE GONNA NEED FOR THE TRESTLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI, JUST FOR PROCEDURES ON THIS WORKSHOP, ARE WE GONNA GO ONE ITEM AT A TIME THROUGH THE 10, OR ARE WE JUST GOING THROUGH ONE PERSON GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEM AT THIS TIME? SO HOW ARE YOU PROCEEDING? WELL, UM, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T YOU, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND, UH, TAKE TWO OR THREE BREATHS AND THEN, UH, LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE A SHOT AT IT AND COME BACK FOR ANOTHER TWO OR THREE BREATHS.
SO I'LL JUST GO WITH THE, THE TRESTLE FOR THE MOMENT.
UM, YEAH, THE PRICE TAGS SEEMS AT THIS END, THE CALL FIELD BRIDGE ARE ALWAYS INCREASING.
UH, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING, UM, UH, THAT THE EVALUATIONS OF WHAT THE WORK TO DO.
BUT JUST ON THE TRESTLE, JUST SINCE THE, THE COSTS ARE RISING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, 900,000 NOW JUST TO DO A STUDY BASICALLY, AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME EVALUATION OF THE ACTUAL, UH, PEERING.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE, WE'RE TRYING HARD TO SAVE AS MUCH OF THE TRESTLE AS WE CAN AND THEN REBUILD SORT OF, BUT WOULD THERE BE A, LET'S SAY IF WE JUST CHANGED PACE AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT IF WE DID THIS? WHAT IF WE JUST TORE THE WHOLE THING DOWN, CLEANED IT UP SO THAT IT'S CLEAN LOOKING, REMOVE ALL THE SAFETY STUFF, STORE THE WOOD THAT WE COULD STORE, AND THEN JUST, UH, THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACTUALLY REBUILD IT, UH, WITH, WITH WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OF WHAT WE CAN SAVE? WOULD THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE APPROACH THIS WHOLE FINANCING AND THE STUDIES AND EVERYTHING? AND COULD WE SAVE A LOT MORE MONEY IF WE JUST WOULD USE THE MONEY JUST FOR ESSENTIALLY CLEANING UP, TEAR DOWN, MAKING IT SAFE FIRST, AND THEN REBUILDING IT AS WE CAN? THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN EXPLORE.
THE, THE AVENUE, THE PATHWAY WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW IS TO IT TOWARDS SAVING THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.
AND OUR VISION IS TO, TO HAVE A, UH, A PROMENADE ESSENTIALLY EXTENDING TO THE LANDWARD, UM, TO THE, TO THE SHORE.
AND WE DO KNOW THERE'S FOUNDATION WORK TO DO WITH THE PILING, UH, THAT WAS DISCUSSED WHEN WE PRESENTED THE, THE STUDY.
I DID WANNA CLARIFY THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A STUDY DESIGN.
THIS NINE 25,000 INCLUDES ALL IT'S NECESSARY.
UH, THE DESIGN ITSELF, BASICALLY WE'D HAVE A BID READY PACKAGE, UH, TO, TO PUT IT ON THE STREET AND, AND SOLICIT BIDS TO, TO JUST MOVE TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, PUT THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER FOR A DESIGN, EVERYTHING, AND WE, AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE, UH, THE BITS AND PIECES THAT WE CAN SAVE IN ORDER FOR THAT DESIGN.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CLARIFIED ON, ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING ON THIS.
THAT WAS ALL EVALUATED WITH THE STUDY WE JUST COMPLETED, WHICH INFORMS THIS EFFORT HERE.
WHAT WE BACK IN OCTOBER? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN ON THAT, MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THIS.
LET ME JUST A ASK, UM, ARE WE, UM, SO I MEAN, I APPRECIATE YOU STATING THAT, THAT YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE THE PLAN SPECIFICATIONS READY FOR BID AT THE END OF YEAR WITHOUT FUNDING, UM, BUT, UH, READY FOR, YOU KNOW, READY FOR ADVERTISEMENT BIDDING.
UM, IS THE DESIGN THAT WE'RE CHOOSING, UM, IT IT, DOES IT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COST FOR A PRESERVATION EFFORT? OR ARE WE DOING THIS IN A FAIRLY, UH, DIRECT AND EFFICIENT MANNER? UH, WE'RE PRESERVING AS MUCH OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AS WE CAN IN ORDER TO, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST COST PATH FORWARD, OR BECAUSE WE LIKE OLD WOOD? NO, THERE WERE SOME OPTIONS EXPLORED, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, UM, MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO THAT THAT LOOKED AT, UM, REPLACEMENT OF, OF MUCH OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND I BELIEVE GINA, MAYBE, AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UM, SHE WAS INVOLVED DIRECTLY WITH SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS.
IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND LEARN MORE, UH, THOSE ALTERNATIVES STILL EXIST AND WE HAVE THEM, UH, WE COULD DIRECT OUR DESIGN CONSULTANT TO, UM, TO LOOK AT THOSE.
I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WILL BE COMING HERE VERY SOON IS, UH, SOME, SOME OUTREACH EFFORTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND PRESENTATION OF THE OPTIONS.
UH, THE TWO THAT WE SEE, UH, ONE THAT WE'RE REALLY SHOOTING FOR RIGHT NOW IS THAT PROMENADE, UH, VISION, UH, KIND OF THE GOLD STANDARD.
AND, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE JUST RE RECONSTRUCTING AND, AND SALVAGING THE TRESTLE AS IT IS TODAY AND STABILIZING IT AND PRESERVING IT WITHOUT A PROMENADE.
I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THAT AND, AND I'M GETTING MORE INSIGHT ON WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECTS
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DAY SEPARATE FROM THIS, BECAUSE WE CAN SPEND THIS WHOLE MEETING ON, UH, ON, UH, WHETHER THAT'S THE BEST COST OR WHETHER IT IMPACTS OTHER THINGS.SO, UM, I THINK WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THE TRESTLE AND, UM, UM, TO, OR TO ANOTHER, I, UM, OUR DEPUTY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR'S IN THE HOUSE.
UM, ARE WE GOOD SOLVING THIS AT THE CAPITAL MEETING OR, YEAH, NO, I, I THINK YOU'RE ALL GOOD.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT TO CHRISTOPHER'S POINT, UH, AND TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, ABOUT ARE WE BEING EFFICIENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE? WHAT ARE WE SAVING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SAVING? OR ARE WE SAVING BECAUSE IT'S ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE? UM, I'D SAY IT, IT'S A FINESSE AND WE'RE, WE'RE FINE.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT.
UM, CLEARLY THE PILING IS LARGELY NOT SALVAGEABLE, PILING IS, UM, IS, IS IN VERY BAD SHAPE AND WOULD BE NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE TO TRY AND SAVE MOST OF THAT.
HOWEVER, THE SUPER STRUCTURE THAT CHRISTOPHER'S REFERRING TO IS ALL OF THE UPPER STRUCTURE, AND THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY GOOD CONDITION, AND IT'S HUGE TIMBER.
IT'S EXTREMELY, UM, STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND USABLE AND WOULD PROBABLY COST MORE TO, TO REMOVE IT AND REPLACE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING COST EFFECTIVE DECISIONS.
SO, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE OPTIONS AND TRYING TO FIND, TRYING TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT AND, UM, AND IT, IT IS, UM, IT IS, UH, COMPLICATED AS THEY SAY, BUT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT ALL THOSE OPTIONS AND, AND I THINK, UH, THE, THE ADDITION OF A, UM, THE TRESTLE ITSELF IS A, IS A, UH, AS IT EXISTED AS IT HAS EXISTED, IS A, UM, A DISCREET WIDTH THE ENTIRE DISTANCE, RIGHT? IT WAS THE TRAIN TRESTLE AND IT'S SO, SO MANY FEET WIDE AND THERE IS AN EXTENSION, THE PROMENADE AREA THAT CHRISTOPHER'S REFERRING TO, UM, THAT WOULD EXTEND THAT AND CONNECT BACK TO SOME OF THE PROPERTIES, UM, CLOSER TO, UM, LET'S SEE, TO B STREET, I GUESS, AND TO, UM, SO WE'D BE ABLE TO HAVE A COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON INCLUDE, DON'T INCLUDE AT, AT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, MEANING THE, WHETHER THE PROMENADE SHOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE ALL PART OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT CONVERSATION.
YEAH, I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT DIRECTION YOU WERE GOING IN TERMS OF, UH, I, IT WAS SOUNDING FIRST TO ME, LIKE IT WAS GONNA BE JUST A BIG FREE FOR ALL, BUT NOW IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY SIP AT THIS POINT.
BUT I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST WHETHER WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT THE FOUR SLIDES PEGGY SHOWED FOR, UM, THE FOUR INTERNAL AND, AND POLICY AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND TALK, YOU KNOW, WE'D SEE THE TWO OR THREE EXISTING TOP 10 ON THE LEFT AND A FEW OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR NEEDS ON THE RIGHT AND SORT OF HAVE A MINI FREE FOR ALL ON EACH OF THE FOUR SECTIONS FROM THAT.
CAN WE ROLL THE SLIDES BACK TO THE, UH, PLACE AS MENTIONED? OKAY, THANKS.
THESE POSTED ONLINE? OR DO YOU WANNA READ AND THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WILL BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE, UH, TOMORROW OR WHENEVER.
AND COUNSEL, WHO'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A UPCOMING FOLLOW UP MEETING.
YEAH, I, UM, I, I SUPPOSE, UH, MY SINGLE COMMENT ABOUT THIS TO START WITH WOULD BE THAT, UH, I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS FOLKS HAVE BEEN MAKING ABOUT SAFE STREETS AND, AND OUR 15 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSULTATION AND THAT STUFF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TOGETHER WITH, UH, JUST THE DIRECTION WE'VE GONE SO FAR, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE, THE SAFE, SAFE STREET ISSUE AND, AND PARTICULARLY THE, THE, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN KIND OF, UH, BE BEHIND THE LIST.
UM, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN, OR, WELL, I SORT OF THINK IS THAT AS PART OF SAFE STREETS MYSELF, BUT MAYBE I'M OVER, UH, GENERALIZING, UH, STAFF WANNA WEIGH IN ON, UH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I THINK THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS SCHEDULED TO BE, UM, COMPLETED AND CHRIS OR BJORN, YOU KNOW, SPEAK UP, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
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SO WILL IT BE, UH, ABLE TO BE USED AS THE BASIS OF THE BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT, BUT I'M SURE THAT STEPH'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED.BJORN, DO YOU WANNA, UM, GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT, IF ANY, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECTS WILL SHOW UP IN THIS CIP? YEAH, I, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT FAIR AND PEERS RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY SEVERAL AUTHORITY PROJECTS, UM, BASED ON ALL OF THE INPUTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE AN EXTENSIVE, UH, WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE'VE HAD A, WE HAD AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE MAP THAT RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS THROUGH THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, UM, OUR PREVIOUS EFFORTS ON THE LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF WHICH PROJECTS ARE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR, OUR CIP AND ITS CURRENT FORUM IS HANDLES, UM, SOME OF OUR STREETS AND OUR, OUR TRAFFIC CALMING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE HANDLED ALMOST MORE PROGRAMMATICALLY, WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE, UH, NECESSARILY INDIVIDUAL, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS CALLED OUT FOR THE MOST PART.
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE, I THINK LYNCH CREEK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS HAVE, HAVE HAD A PLACE IN, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF CIPS AS HAS, UH, THE RIVER TRAIL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE, UM, UH, LARGER KIND OF DEDICATED PROJECTS.
UM, WHEREAS A LOT OF OUR, A LOT OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, FRANKLY, IS, IS, UM, INVOLVES JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PAVING PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT GAP CLOSURES OR, UM, REALLOCATE SOME OF THE SPACE ON OUR ROADS, UM, NARROWING LANES AND, AND, UH, ADDING WIDTH TO OUR BIKE LANES THAT, SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHICH OF THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL HAVE A STANDALONE CIP PROJECT VERSUS WHICH ONES WOULD BE DELIVERED THROUGH A MORE PROGRAMMATIC CIP PROJECT.
IF I MAY, CITY MANAGER PLAN? YEP, PLEASE.
UM, THINGS ARE COALESCING NICELY HERE.
ONE OTHER ELEMENT IS A FIVE YEAR STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN, A PAVING PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT FACTORS IN SAFETY AS ONE OF THE, UM, MAJOR, UM, ELEMENTS, UH, ALONG WITH UTILITIES, ALONG WITH PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, UH, COMMUNITY REQUESTS, TRAFFIC, CALMING NEEDS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, BLEND THAT WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PREDICTING, UH, I THINK WE'RE PLANNING FOR COMPLETION THIS FALL.
I, I THINK I SAW IN OUR, OUR NOTES, UH, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, CORRECT, BJORN TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION, PROVIDED, UH, THINGS CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG.
BUT THE FIVE YEAR, UM, STREET PLAN COUNCIL SHOULD SEE THAT HERE, UM, PROBABLY IN MAY, UH, ALONG WITH OUR SB ONE RESOLUTION THAT WE DO ANNUALLY.
AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP BRINGING THAT BACK EACH YEAR TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS MORPHING AND CHANGING AND GET COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND, AND, AND ADOPTION OF THAT.
AND I'LL JUST ADD, WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE ARE TARGETING BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL, UM, THIS SUMMER.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT THERE BEFORE THE FALL.
DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE THE, UH, UM, INTEGRATION WITH THE BUDGET, UH, IF WE SEE IT IN SUMMERTIME.
UM, I DO, I MEAN, I DO LOVE, UH, A GOOD PLAN, A GOOD ROADMAP, UH, REALLY HELPS US KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO END UP.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE YEAR OF DOING THE ROADMAP IS THE YEAR OF NOT DOING THE PROJECTS.
UH, I LOVE THE CITY THREAD THAT THE, UH, CITY THREAD THAT THIS, UH, CITY, UM, HELP, UH, BRING FORWARD.
UH, PARTIALLY I LIKE THAT REPORT BECAUSE IT HAS A YEAR ZERO CONSTRUCTIONS AND, AND IT SAYS, UM, GET FIVE MILES DONE AND PERHAPS ONE OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT SOME POINT WE'LL ADDRESS THIS FURTHER, BUT IT SAYS, GET A BUNCH OF STUFF DONE RIGHT AWAY.
MAYBE THAT'S MORE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING, WHATEVER, COUNCIL MEMBER BAR BARNACLE.
UM, YEAH, I'LL START WITH THE TRESSELL QUESTION, UM, ON THE, LIKE, I THINK THE, THE CAPITAL PROGRAM SAYS THIS'S GONNA BE LIKE A $10 MILLION PROJECT ALTOGETHER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, DO WE, I AM SURE WE'VE LOOKED INTO WHAT GRANTS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
UM, CAN SOMEONE JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT GRANTS WE POTENTIALLY COULD SECURE AND THE AWARD AMOUNTS OF THOSE? LIKE, IS IT LIKE A, A $1 MILLION GRANT, A $10 MILLION GRANT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? JUST WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF IS LIKE HOW MUCH OF THIS IS, ARE WE, UM, ANTICIPATING IS GONNA COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO, UH, AND I'LL, I CAN HAVE STAFF WEIGH IN, BUT, UM, I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT COASTAL CONSERVANCY
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GRANT FOR THE DESIGN PORTION.UH, I KNOW GINA YOU'RE WORKING ON OR HAVE SUBMITTED THAT.
UM, AND AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE STAFF IS LOOKING, BUT I, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE'RE, WE ARE, UM, PREPARING A PRE-APPLICATION FOR COASTAL CONSERVANCY.
UM, AND WE ARE SHARING WITH THEM NOT JUST THE DESIGN ASK, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION ASK EVENTUALLY AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WHERE IT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR TO US THAT WITHOUT HAVING A SHOVEL READY PROJECT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IN PLACE AND THE DESIGN IN PLACE AND THE DRAWINGS READY AND THE PERMITS READY TO GO, UH, WE CAN'T EVEN APPLY SERIOUSLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT COMPETITIVE TO APPLY UNTIL WE GET, UNTIL WE GET OVER THIS, THIS DESIGN HUMP, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY COULD BE A SUITOR FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AS WELL, UH, AS OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE, UM, UH, AGENCIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT YET AVAILED THEMSELVES TO US.
YEAH, JUST INTRO, LIKE KEENLY INTERESTED IN LIKE, THE AMOUNT OF THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR, LIKE JUST, I KNOW WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH, BUT LIKE IS IT KNOW USUALLY WILL, THEY'LL HAVE LIKE A MAXIMUM.
IT'LL VARY BASED ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ON WHO WE'RE, WHO WE'RE APPLYING TO FOR THESE GRANTS.
SOME WILL HAVE MATCHING REQUIREMENTS THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO PERCENT, UM, MAYBE MORE, BUT MANY OF THEM WILL ALLOW YOU TO MATCH FROM OTHER, FROM OTHER GRANT, UM, FUNDING SOURCES.
UH, IDEALLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT, UH, A LOT OF OUR OWN CAPITAL IN THERE.
HOPEFULLY THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE WOULD, WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH ONCE WE HAVE IT SHOVEL READY THAT WE CAN GET, UH, THE LION'S SHARE OF THE FUNDING FROM GRANT SOURCES.
AND TO BE I CAN AND TO BE, I'M SORRY, CHRIS, BUT TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING ALLOCATED IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR, FOR THE TRESTLE, FOR CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I GUESS IS, UM, IS THERE A VIABLE PATHWAY TO SECURING THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING OR IF NOT, OR A PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING? AND DO WE KNOW ROUGHLY HOW MUCH OF THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES? OH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, I CAN SPEAK TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE PUT IN, UH, EACH YEAR FOR FEDERAL APPROPRIATION REQUESTS, AND I BELIEVE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE ASK WAS AROUND 7 MILLION.
UM, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IN CONVERSATIONS WE LEARNED THAT IF YOU ASK FOR THAT MUCH, YOU MAY NOT BE COMPETITIVE.
THEY WANNA SEE LOCAL SKIN IN THE GAME.
SO, UH, IN THE STATE LEVEL, WE, I THINK PUT IN FOR, UH, ALTHOUGH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS NEVER SPECIFIED, THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT $5 MILLION.
BUT, UH, WITH THE STATE, UH, STATE'S BUDGET SITUATION, UM, UNDETERMINED, IF THAT WILL BE A VIABLE AVENUE, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE DO CONTINUE TO TALK, UH, AT GREAT LENGTH WITH OUR PARTNERS AT SONOMA COUNTY, SCTA, UH, BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS.
IF, IF WE, IF THE ULTIMATE VISION OF A, IF A, OF A ACT TRANSPORTATION NODE, A COMMUNITY SPACE IS REALIZED, THEN IT'S A GRAVITATIONAL CENTER IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND, UH, ACT ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT ARE PROGRAMMED FOR, UH, TRAILS AND, AND, UH, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES, UH, CAN BE UTILIZED FOR A PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
ALTHOUGH THERE'S GENERALLY, UH, LOCAL DOLLARS REQUIRED FOR MATCH.
THE IDEAL SCENARIO THAT WE WERE, UH, AT ONE POINT DOWN ON ONE KNEE PRAYING FOR WAS A FEDERAL APPROPRIATION OF 5 MILLION OR SO, AND THEN A STATE APPROPRIATION OF THE 5 MILLION.
AND WE, WE COULD BE ROCKING AND ROLLING, UH, COASTAL CONSERVANCY DOLLARS, UH, ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED.
UH, THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
SO I HOPE THAT INFORMATION HELPS.
UM, I'LL GATHER MY THOUGHTS FOR THE, FOR COMMENTS.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE, WHEN I SEE SAFE STREETS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PAVEMENT TOGETHER, IT, UM, I APPRECIATE BJORN SAYING THAT THE, THE NOMINATION PROGRAM IS MORE PROGRAMMATIC THING, NOT REALLY A CAPITAL PROJECT.
ARE WE NOT CONSIDERING THE SAFE STREET'S NOMINATION PROGRAM, A CAPITAL PROJECT? IS THAT LIKE AN OPERATIONAL THING? WHAT'S THE, HOW ARE WE CAPTURING THAT? BECAUSE, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S UNDER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
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PLAN AND IT'S NOT, UM, SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR.AND, UM, WE JUST HAVE IT UNDER, I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER SAFE STREETS, BUT BJORN, YOU HAD THE ASK IN CAPITAL, SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW WE'RE, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
SO OUR, OUR CURRENT, UM, THE CIP ADOPTED LAST YEAR FOR, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR INCLUDED A PROJECT CALLED, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING IN NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS.
AND THAT'S BEEN USED AS KIND OF A, A CATCHALL FOR, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR, UM, QUICK BUILD SPOT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS, UH, REALLY FOR, FOR THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF THE SAFE STREETS NOMINATION PROGRAM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE.
AND SO IN OUR PROPOSED CIP THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'VE RENAMED THAT THAT CAPITAL PROJECT, SAFE STREETS QUICK BUILDS, AND, UH, YEAH, AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO SERVE AS A, UM, UH, TO PROVIDE A BUCKET, UM, WHERE WE, WE CAN PACKAGE THOSE PROJECTS TOGETHER.
UM, SO WOULD WE, WOULD IT BE MORE APPROPRIATE, LIKE TO SEPARATE THE SAFE STREETS PROGRAM AND THE PAVEMENTS, OR IS THAT ALL ONE THING DOES I CONSIDER LIKE A $4 MILLION PAVING PROJECT TO BE DIFFERENT THAN A $20,000, THOSE ARE SEPARATE IN THE, IN THE CAP IN THAN THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ON, ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
ARE WE CONSIDERING THOSE SEPARATE OR ARE THEY, LIKE, IS ONE OF 'EM NOT THERE, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING? YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHY PAVEMENT'S ON THERE, BUT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR SAFE STREETS BECAUSE GOTCHA.
THAT WAS WHAT COUNCIL HAD IDENTIFIED.
'CAUSE IT, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN HERE ARE, SEEM LIKE THEY'RE MUCH LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO MY, MY QUESTION THEN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFE STREETS IS, UM, WITH THE NOMINATION PROGRAM PROVIDING OVER 400, UM, PROJECTS, DO WE HAVE A GOAL FOR HOW MUCH WE'RE PLANNING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT YEAR? UM, BJORN? YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.
SO WE, WE DID JUST SEND OUT AN UPDATE TO EVERYONE WHO HAD, WHO SUBMITTED A, A NOMINATION.
UM, AS OF END OF JANUARY, UH, WE'D RECEIVED SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 450.
UM, WE ARE GOING THROUGH, WE'RE REVIEWING EACH OF THOSE NOW AND, AND MAPPING THEM AND SCORING THEM.
UH, SO WE SHOULD HAVE OUR FIRST BATCH OF, OF SCORES READY, UM, WI WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS.
AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE A, I THINK, A BETTER SENSE OF THE SCOPE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE EXPECTING A LOT OF SPOT IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING AN INTERSECTION IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, KIND OF BOUNCING AROUND DOING, HAVING GOOD GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN A, A COUPLE OF CORRIDORS HAVE REALLY GOTTEN ORGANIZED AND, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, MADISON COMES TO MIND AS A STREET WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN REALLY ORGANIZED AND, AND WOULD LIKE TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG A PRETTY LONG STRETCH OF ROADWAY.
AND, UH, SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE, HOW THE SCORING PLAYS OUT AND, UM, WHETHER WE, WHETHER IT WOULD BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO OPT FOR, UH, A CORRIDOR APPROACH VERSUS, UM, SPOT IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND CERTAINLY BE, UH, LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK ONCE WE HAVE THE SCORES READY, UH, FROM OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, SO DEPENDING ON, ON, ON HOW, WHICH DIRECTION WE TAKE IT, UM, I WOULD EXPECT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE AT LEAST 10 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, WHETHER THOSE ARE ALL ON ONE OR TWO CORRIDORS VERSUS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS ANOTHER QUESTION.
BUT, UM, I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 TO 20 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING ABOUT OUR UPCOMING METHODS TO EXPEDITE AND ACTUALLY MAKE QUICK BUILDS QUICK, QUICKER.
ANYWAY, UM, WE ARE, UH, WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY INTERNALLY HERE TO HAVE AN ON-CALL CONTRACT, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AWARD COMING IN APRIL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ALL THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT BJORN, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCITING, UM, LEAP FORWARD FOR, FOR US BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL THE THINGS YOU'LL NEED TO DO AND IMPLEMENT.
THESE PROJECTS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR US.
UH, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY? YEAH, SO EACH TIME, I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY MORE DETAILED THAN YOU WANT, BUT EACH TIME WE DELIVER ONE OF THESE, UM, INTERSECTION SPOT IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A, A MINOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND, UH, ALSO MAKE SURE WE DON'T EXCEED THE CITY'S, UM, BID THRESHOLD, WHICH IS, UH, A LITTLE OVER $30,000.
SO, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A A, THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN INVOLVED WITH, UM, HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD
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SMALL PROJECTS.SO THE IDEA WITH THE ON-CALL CONTRACT IS THAT WE WILL BE, UM, UH, GETTING, UH, FINDING A LOW BIDDER, UH, BASED ON THE, THE TYPE OF WORK WE ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT, UH, OVER THE NEXT YEAR, UH, WITH ALL OF THESE SAFE STREETS PROJECTS.
AND THEY'RE ALL, IT'S ALL SIGNAGE AND STRIPING.
IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD STUFF.
BUT WE'LL HAVE THEM LOCKED IN AT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE, THE PRICES THAT THEY, UM, AT THE, AT THE LOW, LOW BID PRICES.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL FROM, UH, OR, OR LEVERAGE THAT CONTRACT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BASICALLY CALL UP A CONTRACT THE CONTRACTOR AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT AN INTERSECTION FOR YOU.
GO DO QUICK BUILD BULL BOUTS HERE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE HEADACHE OF GOING THROUGH A MINOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND, AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, FALLING, UH, OUT OR SCOPING, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BELOW OUR BID THRESHOLD.
SO IT'LL BE A GAME CHANGER AS FAR AS OUR ABILITY TO QUICKLY DELIVER THESE.
UM, THE PAVEMENT PLAN, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN WE ARE, WHEN THAT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL? I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT SAID IT IN THE, IN THE STAFF REPORT.
OUR CURRENT PLAN, WE HAVE A DRAFT THAT'S, UH, BEEN DEVELOPED.
WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF REFINING THAT.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO BRING IT IN MAY, UH, IN TANDEM WITH OUR, UM, UH, SENATE BILL ONE, UH, FUNDING, UH, AS A WRAP UP OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT WHAT'S TO COME, UH, IN THE COMING YEARS.
SO THOSE WOULD BE PAIRED TOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE MARIA DRIVE, UM, PROJECT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ALREADY FUNDED AND READY TO GO, BUT HOW THAT CONNECTS WITH RAINIER AND TAKING THE PURPLE PIPE FROM MARIA DRIVE DOWN TO DEER CREEK, THAT'S THE PLAN.
AND WHAT, HOW LONG IS THIS PLAN? WHEN'S, WHEN'S, WHEN'S THAT POSSIBLY GONNA HAPPEN? IF NOT, CAN WE JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THE QUICK BUILD ON RAINIER, IF IT'S GONNA BE, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME? GOOD QUESTION.
CHRIS, DO YOU WANNA TAKE THAT? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF DAN HERRERA, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, CAN MAYBE, UH, DISCUSS THE RECYCLED WATER PIECE OF THAT.
AND, UH, KEN
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? SURE, I CAN DO THAT.
UM, SO, UM, MY NAME'S DAN GUERRA WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS HERE WITH THE CITY.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME GRANT FUNDING, UH, FOR THAT, THAT SECTION.
UH, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A COUPLE, A COUPLE SECTIONS OF PIPE, UH, ALONG THE MARIA CORRIDOR.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE GOING UNDER DESIGN, SO WE'RE GONNA BE KIND OF FAST TRACKING THE DESIGN EFFORT, UH, THIS, UH, THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR INTO THE NEXT, UH, UH, INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, LOOKING AT PROBABLY COMPLETING DESIGN SOMETIME BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, WE DO HAVE TO COMPLETE, UM, CONSTRUCTION IN 2025 TOWARDS, UH, I BELIEVE JULY OR AUGUST OF 2025, WE HAD TO ACTUALLY, UH, COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF THE PIPELINE.
SO WE'RE FULL BORE, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING FULL BORE TO ACTUALLY DESIGN, IT'S A RELATIVELY SIMPLE DESIGN.
IT'S, IT'S PIPE IN THE GROUND, BUT THAT SECTION FROM RAINIER AND MARIA DOWN TOWARDS DEER CREEK, UM, AND CROSSING MCDOWELL, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THE, UH, THE RECYCLED WATER ACROSS THERE.
SO THAT'S BY 2025 THAT, WELL, WE, WELL, HOPEFULLY, YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY GOING OUT TO BID SOMETIME IN THE WINTER, UH, THAT WAY WE HAVE LIKE A SPRING CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK KEN MIGHT, UH, KEN'S ON, HE MIGHT TALK TO THE, THE, THE PRIORITIES FOR THE PAVING.
BUT AS FAR AS THE PIPELINE GOES, UH, WE'RE MOST, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THAT AS ONE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S THE, IS IDEAL FOR, UH, CIP AND, AND CONS AND OPERATIONS.
UM, SO, UM, YEAH, I THINK 2025 IS THE LATEST.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO EXPEND THE FUNDS BY, UH, 2025.
SO IS IT WORTH, UM, PUTTING LINES IN THE, SO IS THE ENTIRE ROAD GONNA BE RESURFACED FROM SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY TO MCDOWELL? UH, KEN, I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE RECYCLE WATER, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE PIPE IN THE GROUND, UH, BEFORE ANY SORT OF, UH, RIGHT.
PAVEMENT'S GONNA BE DONE SO THAT, THAT WAY WE'RE NEVER, WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG THAT PIPE UP.
WE'RE, WE'RE REPLACING THE WATER SERVICES, I BELIEVE THIS, UH, THIS SPRING.
UH, SO ALL THE WATER SERVICES ON RAINIER ARE GONNA BE REPLACED, AND THEN THE RECYCLED, UH, WATER, UH, INSTALLATION'S NEXT SO THAT WHATEVER THE, HOWEVER THE PAVING, UH, IS GONNA BE DONE, YOU KNOW, THE,
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ALL THE, UH, ALL THE UTILITIES WILL BE REPLACED.AND WHAT IS THE WATER SURFACES MEAN? I'M SORRY, WHAT DOES THE WATER SURFACES MEAN? IS THAT TO EACH QUAD LOT? IT'S YOUR, SO, YEAH, SO, SO WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO, UM, WHENEVER THERE'S A PAVING PROJECT SO THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, DESTROYING BRAND NEW PAVEMENT, UM, WE, WE BASICALLY INSTALL WATER SERVICES.
UM, SO WE REPLACE ALL THE STUDIO AND WATER, ALL THE, ALL THE WATER SERVICES ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT WAY, UM, THEY'RE ALL UP TO SIZING REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR STANDARDS.
SO THEY MEET ANY SORT OF FIRE FLOW REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND THEN THAT WAY, UM, ALL CITY OWNED INFRASTRUCTURES ARE REPLACED BEFORE WE PAY.
AND HAVE THE RESIDENTS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS? UM, YES.
YEAH, WE, WE'VE NOTIFIED THEM.
I BELIEVE WE'RE, WE GENERALLY NOTIFY ABOUT A MONTH, UH, OR A COUPLE WEEKS IN ANTICIPATION WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE GONNA, THEIR WATER'S GONNA BE AFFECTED.
UH, I BELIEVE WE DID SEND OUT SOME, UH, NOTIFICATIONS FOR THAT AND, UH, BUT THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY GONNA BE GOING LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, I THINK WE'RE DOING MARIA, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER WATER SERVICES, 'CAUSE THE PAVING'S NOT GONNA BE DONE FOR A WHILE.
UM, WE ARE REPLACING, I THINK IT'S THE SUMMER WE HAVE COAST SIDE, UH, CON, UH, CO SIDE CONCRETE IN OUR CONTRACT, UH, TO INSTALL THOSE.
THEY'LL BE NOTIFIED BEFORE WE, WE INSTALL 'EM.
SO YOU'RE CHANGING ALL OF THEM FROM SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY TO PRINCE CO, CORRECT? YES.
YEAH, WE'RE REPLACING ALL THE WATER SERVICES.
I THOUGHT THEY, I MEAN THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S LIKE 30 OR SO, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE SOMETHING LIKE 30 OKAY.
SO CAN I ASK THE COUNCIL HERE, UM, IF THE DESIGN OF THE WATERLINE IS IN 20 COMPLETE END OF 2024 IN CONSTRUCTION OF WATERLINE AND STREET PAVING IS MOST OF 2025, DOES THE EXISTING RAINIER, UM, BIKE PROJECT AND, AND BULB OUT PROJECT BOUTS ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET DONE, BUT, UM, THE QUICK BUILD, SHOULD WE LEAVE IT AS IS OR SINCE THE POTENTIAL FINISHED JOB DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL 2026 OR END OF 2025, DO YOU WANT TO DO MORE QUICK BUILD THERE AND, AND THAT THAT'S WHAT I NEED COUNCIL INPUT ON? WELL, THAT'S, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY GETS USED TO THE CHANGES IN THE ROADWAY 'CAUSE IT'S JUST PAINT ON THE, THE STREET.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONE SECTION PEOPLE ARE CALM ABOUT IT.
UM, TRAFFIC HAS SLOWED DROUGHT DOWN TREMENDOUSLY.
AND SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO THAT FOR MARIA, DRIVE UP TOOMA MOUNT PARKWAY AND PREPARE THE RESIDENTS, UM, FOR CHANGE.
AND THEN THEY'LL BE USED TO IT UNTIL THE FULL PROJECT COMES IN 2025.
COUNCIL MEMBER SCH, UH, JUST TO ADD ON TO THE RAINIER SINCE, UH, I DO LIVE THERE AND I GO DOWN THAT ROAD, UH, VERY OFTEN, UM, AND I THINK IT, IF THERE'S, THAT WOULD BE THAT MUCH DELAY.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE'VE SORT OF PROMISED THE RESIDENTS THERE THAT, UH, WE WERE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR ONE YEAR, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ONE AND A HALF, TWO YEARS OUT BEFORE IT GETS DONE.
SO, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S ONLY HALF DONE FROM MARIA DOWN.
UM, THE, THE QUICK BUILD WAS ONLY DONE FROM MARIA TO MCDOWELL AND THE WHOLE OTHER SECTION FROM, UM, SNOW MOUNTAIN PARKWAY DOWN TO MARIA WAS NOT DONE.
AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF CONFUSION, UH, COMES INTO PLAY.
SO WE NEED, IF WE HAVE A PLAN, WHAT, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE END, THEN LET'S GET THAT QUICK BUILD DONE.
IF WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT WE, WE'VE MADE A PROMISE TO THE RESIDENTS, LET'S FILL THAT PROMISE TO SAY WE WILL AT LEAST GET IT PAINTED THE WAY, UH, IT'S PLANNED TO BE PAINTED AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE OKAY AFTER WE REBUILD THE ROAD.
SO LET'S, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETEST THE ACTUAL PLAN THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING TO THE ROAD.
AND UH, KEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT, WHAT, WHAT STAFF'S PLAN IS FOR RAINIER DURING, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, GOING IN AND, UM, RE REDOING THE, THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND STRIKE I THINK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN WE'D EXPECTED, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MUCH, MUCH BETTER, YOU KNOW, END PROJECT OUT OF IT BY GETTING THE RECYCLED WATER IN THERE AND REDOING ALL THE UTILITY, THE REDOING THE WATER LINES, UM, SERVING THE QUAD LOTS.
SO, UM, IT'S, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE COMBINATION OF PUTTING THE UTILITY WITH THE PAVING PROJECT, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON R WHAT WE'LL BE DOING ON HOWARD STREET IS A VERY BENEFICIAL WAY TO GO IN AND DO THE WORK.
THIS HAS TAKEN LONGER, BUT THE, UM, THE ABILITY TO PUT IN THE RECYCLED WATER IS DEFINITELY A BIG BENEFIT.
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HELPS TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE PAVEMENT WORK, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN TO JUST FOR THE PAVING.UM, SO I THINK WE'RE HEARING THAT THE COUNCIL COMMENTS ARE TO DO A QUICK BILL PROJECT TO SONOMA MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND THAT IN, I GUESS IN THIS FISCAL, IN THIS UPCOMING TIME, NOT WAITING.
AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI, UM, JUST TO, UH, GO BACK TO THE SAFE STREETS.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT BELONGS HERE IN ANOTHER PLACE, BUT, UM, AT ONE TIME WE, THERE WAS SOME FUNDING AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO A, A, A STUDY ON WASHINGTON STREET IN THAT CORRIDOR BECAUSE EVERYONE, UM, IS STILL KEEPING RAISING UP.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT WASHINGTON AS IS THE MAJOR, UM, UNSAFE STREET THAT WE HAVE NOW IN TOWN NOW, NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTA WORK ON MCDOWELL AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON LAKEVILLE THAT LEAVES WASHINGTON AS THE MAJOR CORRIDOR THAT'S STILL, UH, THE MOST ACCIDENTS.
AND THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME FUNDING AT SOME POINT TO UDDY HOW TO DO INTERSECTIONS THERE.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT FUNDING AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT, UM, RE-ENVISIONING THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AT THIS TIME SO THAT, UH, MAYBE SOME OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, COULD ACTUALLY RIDE MY BIKE DOWNTOWN ON WASHINGTON AT SOME POINT.
SO, CAN I SUGGEST, UNLESS IT'S A SUCCINCT ANSWER THERE, I I THINK ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE PROVING THE VALUE OF A CAPITAL WORKSHOP UPCOMING TO REALLY SINK OUR TEETH INTO, UH, WHERE WE WANNA SPEND OUR, OUR MONEY AND VISION.
DOES THIS REQUIRE VISION COMMENT TODAY OR DO WE WANT SAVE THIS, THE CAPITAL? UM, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN TALK REAL QUICKLY, TEAM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF JEFF STUTZMAN'S WITH US OR IF KEN CAN SPEAK TO IT, BUT, UM, STAFF'S THOUGHTS ON WASHINGTON HIGH LEVEL, I CAN OPEN UP AND JUST SAY IT IS PART OF OUR FIVE YEAR PAVEMENT PLAN TO BUILD THAT IN AND LOOK AT COSTS AND SO FORTH.
BUT I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO, TO KEN AND JEFF, UH, IF JEFF'S ON AS WELL.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WASHINGTON EXCEPT FOR THE PORTION AT AT 1 0 1, WHICH WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH TO GET THE, TO GET THAT WORK COMPLETED.
UM, BUT THE OVERALL CORRIDOR NOT, UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SPECIFICS ON THAT.
I DO KNOW IT IS A PRIORITY FOR JEFF.
WE'VE TALKED AT GREAT LENGTH ABOUT IT AS WELL AS LAKEVILLE AND OTHER HIGH PRIORITY AREAS.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT MORE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, PROJECT WORKSHOP COMING UP.
UM, LET ME ASK, UM, I, I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT DREDGING APPEARS ANYWHERE IN HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY OR HOW DO WE WANT TO, IS THAT IN CAPITAL OR IS IT ENVISION
AND WE ARE EXPECTING THE COURT TO DO DREDGING THIS YEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF JONATHAN YES.
SO, JONATHAN, CAN YOU, UM, GIVE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY AN UPDATE ON OUR DREDGING PLAN FOR THIS YEAR? YEAH, I, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT DISCUSSION WITH THE US ARMY CORPS.
THEY ARE PLANNING ON DREDGING THIS YEAR.
SO THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE CITY IS THEY'RE NOT PLANNING ON AFFECTING SCHOENBERGER PARK THIS YEAR, UH, DUE TO ITS BEING AT CAPACITY.
SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY TO DO A, UM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO TAKE THE MATERIAL TO, UH, BENEFICIAL REUSE.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON TIMING WITH THEM 'CAUSE THEY HAVE NOT FINISHED ALL OF THEIR APPROVALS, UM, YET, BUT THEY ANTICIPATE TO GET THOSE SOON.
AND I'M HOPING TO GET AN UPDATE THAT I CAN SEND TO, UH, UH, CHRISTOPHER AND PEGGY ONCE WE GET IT FROM THE CORE ON ON TIMELINES.
UM, BUT THEY ARE ON TRACK FOR DOING THE PROJECT THIS YEAR.
YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.
I HAD, UH, TWO FOLLOW UP POINTS.
I GUESS THE FIRST IS I, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE ARMY CORPS.
AND THE ARMY CORPS IS GONNA DO A, UH, I GUESS AN EMERGENCY CLEANUP DREDGE ON THE FEDERAL CHANNEL.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE, I, I HOPE STAFF IS PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES TO GET SOME WORK DONE, UM, AT THE MARINA WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
AND THAT'S ON OUR DIME, NOT THE COORS DIME 'CAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE FEDERAL CHANNEL.
AND THEN, UH, AS WAS JUST MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, SCHOENBERGER, THE DREDGE FOIL SITE IS AT CAPACITY.
WE HAVE A WORKAROUND FOR THIS THIS YEAR APPARENTLY, BUT I THINK OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WE NEED TO CONSIDER GOING BACK AND, UM, GETTING SOME OF THE, THE DREDGE SPOILS OUT OF THERE WHEN IT'S DRY.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT ONCE OR TWICE IN MY TENURE HERE.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE IT READY TO GO, ACTUALLY.
AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
AND JONATHAN'S BEEN, UM, ON TOP OF THIS ONE THAT, UH, THE ARMY CORPS WANTS US TO HAVE A PLAN FOR
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FUTURE BECAUSE THEY'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DREDGE AND HAVE A PLACE FOR THOSE FOS.JONATHAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.
YEAH, SO, UM, I ACTUALLY MET WITH THE CORPS SEPARATELY, UM, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT IF WE CAN HOPEFULLY REVISE OUR 1930 PLAN THAT SPECIFIES WE NEED TO PROVIDE SCHOENBERGER AS THE, UH, DR DISPOSAL SITE.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CALL OUT SCHOENBERGER BY NAME, BUT IT SAYS WE NEED TO PROVIDE UPLAND DISPOSAL.
AND SO WE TALKED THROUGH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY LAST WEEK, TALKED THROUGH SOME OPTIONS FOR HOW WE COULD PROCEED MOVING FORWARD, KNOWING THAT THE CORE WANTS TO TRY AND BRING, UH, MATERIAL TO MORE BENEFICIAL REUSE SITES.
AND KNOWING THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE FUNDING LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO EMPTY THE SITE.
UH, SO ONE THING WE DISCUSSED AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, INTO MORE IS IF WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CORE GOING FORWARD.
AND IT'S NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION, BUT IT'S AS, AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL REUSE SITES IN THE AREA ARE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM ESSENTIALLY TO BE ABLE TO SET ASIDE PROGRAMMATICALLY FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN, UM, PARTNER WITH THEM TO TAKE THE MATERIAL TO BENEFICIAL REUSE IN UPCOMING YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING, OR WE'RE DISCUSSING GIDEON TALKS TO GET LIKE AN MOU TOGETHER TO SEE, UM, IF WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CORE.
UH, I KNOW THIS YEAR THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, BUT IN THE FUTURE YEARS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE EXPLORING.
NOW, THE OTHER THING WE'RE EXPLORING IS LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVE PLACES TO BRING OUR SCHOENBERGER MATERIAL.
'CAUSE WHEN WE GOT JUST ROCK COSTS OF, UM, DISPOSING OF THAT MATERIAL, WE'RE IN THE, YOU KNOW, BALLPARK OF $5 MILLION TO REMOVE THAT.
SO ONE OF THE STUDIES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR CONSULTANT, BOTH IS, AND I SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MONTH GETTING OUR, UM, OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTS BACK FROM THEM IS TO LOOK AT PARCEL B, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF SCHOENBERGER TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BUILD A RESILIENCE THERE AND USE OUR MATERIAL FOR BENEFICIARY USE ON OUR OWN, UM, ON OUR OWN, UH, PROPERTIES, UH, FOR SEA LEVEL RISE AND RESILIENCY AND REBUILDING HABITAT.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLORE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME, UH, 2028 ROLLS AROUND, WE'LL HAVE A, A, HOPEFULLY A GOOD SOLUTION FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND CAN I, YEAH, UH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THERE, SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS PARCEL B THE, UM, PARCEL THAT ADJOINS SCHOENBERGER TO THE SOUTH WITH THE LEVY BREACHED IN TWO PLACES WHERE THE TIDE COMES IN AND OUT TWICE A DAY? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? THAT IS CORRECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP ON WASHINGTON STREET.
ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE EAST SIDE OF WASHINGTON STREET, YOU KNOW, CALTRANS PAID TO RESURFACE THAT.
WHY WASN'T THAT DONE ON THE WEST SIDE? IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A CALTRANS, AT LEAST FOR THE OVERCROSSING.
SO I'M, PARDON ME, THE ON GOT MOVE.
WELL, I KNOW THAT, BUT IT STILL SEEMS AS IT'S CAL IS IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY OR IS IT CALTRANS? THAT'S WHAT I WANT KNOW.
I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY DEFINE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
AND THE POINT MADE WITH THE EAST OFF RAMP INCLUDED EAST INTERSECTION.
THERE WAS NO WEST OFF RAMP AT WORK.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY, WE GET BY COMPLAINTS IN THERE REGULARLY.
UM, UM, AND THEN, UM, ON ANOTHER THING, UM, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT QUICKLY.
UM, WASHINGTON STREET, OH, IS THERE EVER A POSSIBILITY OR LOOK, ARE WE LOOKING AT LONG-TERM FUTURE WHEN WASHINGTON STREET IS REDONE? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THERE'S PIPES UNDER WASHINGTON STREET THAT NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, UPGRADED.
ARE WE LOOK EVER LOOKING AT PUTTING THE PURPLE PIPE DOWN WASHINGTON STREET? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I WOULD IMAGINE, DAN, WE DO HAVE A MASTER PLAN COMING SOON, RIGHT? YEAH.
SORRY, I MISSED THAT QUESTION.
UH, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CATER THOMPSON WAS ASKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE DO WASHINGTON, WOULD WE CONSIDER PLACING PURPLE PIPE DOWN WASHINGTON? UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR I-N-W-M-P, UM, TO GET PRIORITIES FOR, FOR PLACING, UM, RECYCLED WATER PIPELINE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IS A QUARTER WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT.
WE CAN ACCESS THE TARGET CORRIDOR GOING UNDER THE FREEWAY.
WE HAVE KINDA LIKE ANOTHER PLAN TO GET ACROSS THE FREEWAY AND GET TO THE TARGET CORRIDOR AND, AND, AND GET DOWN INTO THAT, THAT, THAT AREA.
UM, BUT WE CAN EXPLORE THAT IN OUR, I I, YOU
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KNOW, ACTUALLY ADDRESS, UH, THE BEST WAY TO GET DOWN WASHINGTON, UM, TO SEE, YEAH, TO SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT USES WE CAN, WE CAN TARGET.UM, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THAT BEING A SPECIFIC ORDER.
THERE'S ALL THESE, THERE'S ALL THESE KIND OF WAYS TO GET ACROSS THE FREEWAY AND THEN ACROSS THE RIVER, I'M JUST FOLLOWING THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE KENILWORTH PARK AND WE HAVE THE FAIRGROUNDS.
GETTING UNDER THERE WAS, UM, LIKE IN, IN OUR, IN OUR, WE DID A STUDY LIKE 2015, THERE WAS AN OLD, UH, ABANDONED CONDUIT UNDER THE FREEWAY THAT'S NO LONGER BEING USED BY CALTRANS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT USING AS A, AS A CONDUIT TO INSTALL A, A RECYCLED WATER AS A CHEAP WAY TO GET RECYCLED WATER ACROSS THE FREEWAY.
UM, IT GETS PRETTY EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU HAVE TO, UM, DO A DIRECTIONAL DRILL UNDERNEATH THE OVERPASS AND, AND THE FREEWAY.
UM, SO WE'RE AT A CHEAPER WAY TO DO THAT.
BUT THE PLAN TO GET TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, TO GET TO THE TARGET SHOPPING CENTER, TO GET TO, UM, THE KIND OF THE LIBRARY LIVE OAK, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACROSS ON ELLIS OR, UH, EDITH.
UM, AND SO, UH, IT, THAT, THAT'S IN OUR PLAN FOR SURE.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S SPECIFICALLY GOING ACROSS WASHINGTON.
IT'S LIKE COMING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY THE IDEA, WE, MP THAT DAN MENTIONED IS OUR INTEGRATED WATER MASTER PLAN.
THAT'S OUR RECYCLED WATER MASTER PLAN.
THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE COMING, UH, LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, THERE'LL BE SOME PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, UH, THERE AS WELL.
AND WE'LL SEE WHERE PROPOSED LINES, UH, WILL GO AND SO FORTH, UH, OR, OR OUR PLANT TO, TO HOW THE NETWORK WOULD BUILD OUT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WE DEFINITELY NEED COUNCIL INPUT FEEDBACK ON THAT.
CHRIS, WHAT IS OUR ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR THAT RECYCLED WATER PLAN? WELL, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL BE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE WERE HOPING TO BE A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG AT THIS POINT, BUT, UH, UM, FORTHCOMING.
DO YOU KNOW DAN? WE'VE HAD YEAH.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A KIND OF A CHANGING OF THE GUARD A LITTLE BIT WITHIN OUR, WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS ORA OUR, OUR NEW WATER RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION MANAGER IS KIND OF REALLY TACKLING, TAKING A DEEP DIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, CHELSEA THOMPSON WAS ORIGINALLY KIND OF FORWARDING THAT AND SHE'S KIND OF FOCUSED ON THE ELLIS CREEK EFFORTS.
SO WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UH, OF A, OF A CHANGE, BUT WE'RE FULL BORE ON IT.
WE'VE, WE'RE GETTING ORIENTA UP TO SPEED AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMER THEY'RE GONNA GET IT FINALIZED AND GET IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
UM, THERE'S STILL A, A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FINALIZE WITH THAT, BUT ORIENTA IS, UH, UH, REALLY AWESOME AND SHE, SHE'S, SHE'S TAKEN THAT, UH, TAKING THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
SO A LOT OF THE LEGWORK HAS BEEN DONE.
IT'S, UH, I THINK OUR NEXT BIG PHASE IS, UH, SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH, UH, AND, UH, BRINGING TO COUNCIL FOR, FOR, UM, FOR REVIEW.
AND, AND WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME GOING TO THE, UM, THE PUMP STATION? AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PIPELINE? YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT PIPS.
IT'S ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS, BUT, UH, RIGHT.
SO DID YOU WANNA GO INTO, SO THE TIMELINE, SO WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FOCUSING ON, UM, OUR CQA, UH, COMPLIANCE AND, UH, LOOKING AT GETTING OUR PERMITS THROUGH CALTRAN, THROUGH SMART.
UM, THOSE ARE KIND OF OUR ROADBLOCKS.
OUR, OUR, I'M GONNA SAY ROADBLOCKS, BUT THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF COMPLETE BEFORE WE FINALIZE OUR DESIGN.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE COMPLETE, UH, WITH THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND HOPEFULLY GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME NEXT, UH, NEXT YEAR.
UM, IT'S, UM, THE, WE INCLUDED THE, THE PATHWAY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF HAPPENED IS WE, YOU KNOW, WE SAW, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR, THERE'S LIKE A PATHWAY ON A, ON A SECTION BETWEEN, UH, CASA GRANDE AND, UM, WHAT'S IT, TECHNOLOGY LANE, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, AND SO IT KIND OF THREW A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP WITH OUR SQL COMPLIANCE 'CAUSE IT'S A PERMANENT, UM, STRUCTURE RATHER THAN JUST TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO GOING THROUGH THOSE HURDLES FOR GOING THROUGH THE WETLANDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE AND GETTING, UH, SQL COMPLIANCE.
BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, ALL THE PERMITS AND ALL THE SL COMPLIANCE FOR, FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THAT, OF, OF THAT, UH, OF THAT AREA, INCLUDING THE PATHWAY.
AND OUR DESIGN IS CURRENTLY AT ABOUT, UH, WE'RE APPROACHING 60%, CORRECT? WE'RE, YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF BEYOND.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE, WE'RE 60, BUT NINETY'S GONNA COME UP REALLY QUICKLY ONCE WE COMPLETE IT.
UH, WE'RE DOING SOME POTHOLE FOR UTILITIES AND WE'RE DOING SOME GEOTECHNICAL, UH, BORINGS.
SO A COUPLE OF THESE PROJECTS TO AVOID, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
WE'RE DOING DIRECTIONAL DRILLS AND, UH, SO GOING INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH A WETLAND, WE'RE KIND OF GOING UNDER ADOBE CREEK, WE'RE GOING UNDER, UM, THE, UM,
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THE MCDOWELL KIND OF CREEK.SO WE'RE AVOIDING SOME AREAS THAT ARE SENSITIVE HABITATS.
SO WE'RE JUST, UH, COMPLETING OUR GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION FOR THAT.
UH, BUT WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLETED WITH THOSE BORINGS SOMETIME THIS, UH, THE NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN, UH, 60% SHOULD BE DONE RIGHT ABOUT END OF MARCH, BEGINNING OF APRIL IS WHEN WE DONE SIX BE DONE WITH 60%.
I'M GONNA, UM, SEGUE INTO ROADS AGAIN.
UM, LOOKING AT ROAD DIETS ON STONE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND ELI AND CASA, ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE THAT, OR, OR WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME FOR SAFETY ON THOSE STREETS? AND, AND PER PERHAPS THIS, THIS DOES SOUND LIKE WE'RE DRILLING DOWN INTO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS LISTING.
I TOLD YOU IT'S GONNA BE POPULAR A LITTLE MUCH
AND SO LET'S PULL BACK FROM THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY, DID YOU HAVE YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA SAVE, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE FORCE, THE PARALLEL FORCE MAIN UNTIL COMMENTS RATHER THAN QUESTIONS.
BUT SINCE IT'S NOW COME UP AND WE'RE ASSUMING TO BLUR THAT LINE, WE ARE BLURRING THAT LINE.
UM, UH, I, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT STAFF IS PUSHING TO GET THAT THING OUT TO CONTRACT, UM, IN 2025.
UM, THAT'S, UH, AN ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES JUST HOW SENSITIVE AND IMPORTANT THAT IS.
UM, AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE APPROACHING 60% DESIGN AND GETTING CQA, YOU KNOW, SQUARED AWAY.
UM, THE, THE, UH, INFORMATION IN THE MEMO WE RECEIVE SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT, UM, AND IF YOU'RE 60% DESIGNED, IT WOULD HAVE TO INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE A, UH, A, A A, A LOCATION FOR THIS THING, UM, MAPPED OUT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, UH, JUST USING THE SAME EASEMENT AS THE EXISTING FORCE MAIN OR IF IT DIFFERS FROM THAT IN SOME PLACES, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT STAFF COULD SHARE, UM, UH, A, A SCHEMATIC WITH THE COUNCIL JUST SHOWING WHERE EXACTLY THIS THING IS GONNA BE LOCATED COMPARED TO WHERE THE EXISTING, THE OLD FORCE MAIN IS, UM, AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
AND I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THIS ONE, UH, ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD.
'CAUSE THIS ONE IS TOTALLY CRITICAL.
I THINK THAT'S A REQUEST FOR THE, UH, CIP MEETING.
TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW.
I DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, INTERRUPT ALL THE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I WANTED TO, UM, GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE TRESTLE AND I, I KNOW OUR STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT GETTING GRANTS.
HAVE WE GONE AFTER HISTORICAL GRANTS AND IS IT A LANDMARK, UH, HISTORIC LANDMARK, THE TRESTLE? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A PIECE OF OUR HISTORY PER, PER, PERHAPS, AGAIN, WE CAN ASK FOR THAT TO BE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED IN, IN OUR CIP, UH, CONVERSATION.
OR UNLESS STAFF HAS A, UH, GOOD ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED HISTORIC LANDMARK, I WOULD SAY NO, I'M SEEING STAFF, I'M LOOKING AT STAFF AND I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT ALL THE POSSIBILITIES AND HOW WE WOULD TRY AND FUND CONSTRUCTION ON THAT, BUT, OKAY.
UM, GOING, JUMPING OVER TO, UM, THE CAULFIELD CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE THE HOPPER STREET WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT NEEDS TO BE DECONSTRUCTED.
WHAT IT, WHERE IS THAT FITTING IN WITH THE CALL FIELD CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR? BJORN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, BEEN TALKING WITH, UH, WITH DAN'S TEAM ABOUT THE TIMING OF ALL THE PIPS IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, AND ONCE WE HAVE, UM, THE PIPS TIMELINE NAILED DOWN, UM, BASICALLY THEY'LL, THAT'LL SET THE DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITHIN THAT, UH, FORMER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY KIND OF SETTING THE PROFILE OF THE ROADWAY THAT WOULD FORM THE CALL FIELD LANE EXTENSION THROUGH, THROUGH THAT CITY PROPERTY AND THEN CONNECTING INTO THE RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, THAT IS PART OF THE SCOPE NOW FOR OUR, FOR THE CALL FIELD BRIDGE PROJECT.
WE HAVE, UM, ADDED THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CALL FIELD HOPPER INTERSECTION, AS WELL AS THE CALL FIELD LANE EXTENSION THROUGH THE CITY PROPERTY.
AND, UH, AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IN THE, IN THE COME PROBABLY IN, IN THE COMING YEAR,
AND ALSO THAT THE, THE OLD PLANT, UH, SOME MAY KNOW THIS, THAT'S PART OF OUR PIPS FORCE MAIN CONTINGENCY PLAN.
IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES 1.8 MILLION GALLONS OF STORAGE SHOULD THERE BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FORCE MAIN OR THE PUMP STATION, UH, WHICH AFFORDS TIME FOR AN EMERGENCY
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RESPONSE.SO IT, ONCE WE GET THE PIPS PROJECT COMPLETED, UM, THAT CAN ALL BE REEVALUATED, UH, AS TO ITS NECESSITY AND SO FORTH.
IS THERE ANY EIR OR ENVIRONMENTAL THAT WE HAVE TO DO AFTER IT IS GONE, AFTER THE FOUNDATION'S BEEN, UM, TAKEN AWAY THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING, OR IS IT APPROVED AS FINE? THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO PROCEED THAT OR BE PART OF THE, THE, THE EARLY PLANNING FOR THAT AND CALL, UM, CA FIELD ITSELF IS GONNA HAVE ITS OWN EIR, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE NEEDED IT ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF A SETTLEMENT THAT WE HAD WAY BACK THAT WAS PART OF THE RELOCATION OF THE, THAT GRADE CROSSING.
SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT AS IS, AS IS REALLY ALWAYS HAS TO BE THE CASE.
UM, WHEN WE'RE DOING A DISCRETIONARY PROJECT AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, WE HAVE TO DO THE CQL BEFORE WE PULL THE TRIGGER ON THE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN TO GO TO THE WASHINGTON STREET WITH THE, THE WATER PIPING FOR THE PURPLE PIPING ON WASHINGTON STREET, THAT ALSO, UM, IS PART OF THE, WHERE THE FAIRGROUNDS IS.
AND THEN, SO ALL THAT HAS TO BE MASTER BLAND AND DOESN'T IT ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND ALSO, RELIEF SENT US AN, AN EMAILS TODAY REGARDING PLANTING OF TREES, SO THE PURPLE PIPES, THE TREES, AND WHAT WE WANNA SEE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND, UM, MAKING SOME TRAFFIC CORRECTIONS WITH MID PIN'S PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET SO THAT IT'S SAFE FOR FAMILIES TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET AT THAT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO OUR NEW PARK, WHICH IS AT KENWORTH.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ALL FITS TOGETHER, BUT, UM, I'D, I'D, I'D LIKE TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
I WOULD JUST SAY COUNCIL MEMBER NOW THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY AN ORDER OF EXECUTION, UM, YOU, YOU'RE RECOGNIZING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, STAFF ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT.
THEY'RE LOOKING, WE'RE LOOKING AT MASTER PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOLAR ON THE, ON THE AQUATIC CENTER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOLAR ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, THERE'LL JUST BE AN ORDER OF EXECUTION, SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGES.
WE'D LOVE TO PLANT TREES, AND THEN THERE'S CERTAIN CORRIDORS WE'RE LIKE, AH, WE CAN'T PLANT TREES UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT'S GONNA GO THERE, BECAUSE WE'D HATE TO UPROOT THEM, SO, RIGHT.
UM, ONE OTHER THING, UM, THE DOWNTOWN BATHROOMS CAME UP IN A FEW EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE WOULD FIT THAT IN AS, UM, IS A CIP OR IS IT, UM, SOMEWHERE ELSE? IT'LL BE IN OUR CIP.
UM, IT'LL SHOW UP IN THIS, IN THIS NEXT CIP.
WILL WE BE SEEING THE, UH, FAIRGROUNDS PUMP STATION IN THIS YEAR'S UPCOMING YEAR WITH PROJECT? I'M THINKING IT MIGHT BE DONE BY THEN.
YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, UM, TAKEN STEPS FORWARD IN REPLACING THE PUMPS AND THE, THE CONTROL PANELS, UH, FOR THOSE PUMPS.
SO THAT'S HAPPENING, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A, A CAPITAL PROJECT ALSO LOOMING, UH, TO, TO, TO MAKE THINGS MORE PERMANENT.
UM, AS PROBABLY YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY ANY NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE, I HAVE, UH, TWO KINDS OF CONCERNS WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ONE IS WHICH PROJECTS AND, AND, UM, AND WHEN THEY COMPLETE, BUT ALSO ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY IN A, IN THE BUDGET FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND ARE WE SUCCEEDING AT, ARE WE ACHIEVING AT EXPENDING THE MONEY WE SAY WE'RE GONNA SPEND THIS YEAR? SO TAKING THEM SEPARATELY AS FROM WHICH PROJECTS TO ON IN TOTAL ARE WE ACHIEVING? UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE A METRIC ON HOW WE'RE ACHIEVING.
I KNOW WHEN WE SEE THE BUDGET EACH YEAR, THE PROPOSED BUDGET SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DRAWDOWNS OF ALL RESERVES, BUT WHEN WE SEE THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET ANALYZED, USUALLY WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT DRAWDOWN.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ACHIEVING BY A CONCERNING LEVEL IN PAST YEARS.
AND THIS IS GOOD THAT THESE GOALS WILL TIE WITH BUDGETING AND NEW DATA FOR HOW WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PRIORITIZED, PRIORITIZE ASSESSMENT OF OUR ACHIEVEMENT OF CAPITAL BUDGET SO THAT WE HAVE AN END OF YEAR, YOU KNOW, ASSESSMENT.
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AND CHRISTOPHER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, JONATHAN, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRO, UM, PROGRAM MANAGER AS WE'LL, HAVE A STELLAR, UM, CIP PRESENTATION FOR COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING.I MEAN, WE ARE BUILDING A PROGRAM AND EVERY YEAR, YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE'RE SPENDING MORE IN OUR CIP.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO BUILDING A PROGRAM, I'M GONNA SAY FROM WHOLE CLOTH, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER SPENT THIS MUCH TIME AND EFFORT ON OUR CIP AS WE HAVE OVER THE LAST EVEN THREE YEARS.
SO, UM, I THINK A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT MEASUREMENT AND METRICS WILL BE ANSWERED.
UM, WE READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE? GOOD, PLEASE.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION IS, UH, PERHAPS I'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT BASED ON EACH SLIDE AND GO, GO THROUGH QUICKLY ON THAT.
SO, UM, I'M WONDERING, DO WE HAVE CARDS? I DO.
AND, UM, IF I READ YOUR NAME, THEN YOU CAN SAY, NO, IT'S NOT ON CAPITAL.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SIT TO THE NEXT ROUND.
AND IF YOU DO WISH TO, UH, SPEAK ON CAPITAL, NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR CARD IN TO THE, UH, CLERK.
AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO, UM, DETERMINE HOW MANY CARDS AHEAD OF TIME ARE FOR THIS SLIDE.
AND, AND ALSO SINCE WE'LL OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY IN FOUR DIFFERENT SLIDES, I THINK, UM, MAYBE WE'LL START A CLOCK IN 90 SECONDS HERE AND LET'S GO BACK TO INTRODUCING, UH, HOW WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, UM, SO, UM, I, I WILL ASK OUR, OUR GENERIC QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF OUR CLERK, HAVE WE HAD INPUT ON THIS BY EMAIL EARLY? WE DID.
WE RECEIVED 21 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, AND THEY'RE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
AND I, I'LL ASK OUR MODERATOR TO, UH, READ OUR MESSAGING.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I BELIEVE THAT'S 20 SOMETHING ODD COMMENTS ON ALL OF THE ITEMS, NOT JUST CIP SPEAK ON THAT.
CORRECT? YEAH, AND THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, AND I, WITH THE, WITH THE CARDS, UH, I WILL READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE STACK IN EACH OF THE FOUR SLIDES.
UH, SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY DONE.
SO SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES TO TRA FOR TRANSLATION.
A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND THE VIEWERS.
JUST TO NOTE, THIS IS JUST FOR THE CIP DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, I HAVE, UH, DAVE ALDEN, IS IT A CAPITAL POLICY? OKAY.
PRIORITIZING SAFE STREETS AND PETALUMA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
I LIVE IN WEST PETALUMA BY D STREET.
MY FAMILY RIDES BIKES, WALKS AND DRIVES EVERY DAY TO SCHOOL AND WORK ACROSS TOWN ON ROADS THAT OFTEN FEEL UNSAFE.
I KNOW MANY FAMILIES IN PETALUMA WHO WISH THEIR CHILDREN COULD RIDE BIKES AROUND TOWN, BUT THEY WON'T BECAUSE IT FEELS UNSAFE.
DESPITE SOME OF PETALUMA STREETS EXISTING BEFORE CARS APPEARED, MOST OF OUR STREETS ARE NOW DESIGNED FOR CARS ONLY.
WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS OTHER FORWARD-THINKING.
CITIES IN THE US ARE GREAT MODELS TO FOLLOW.
OUR STAFF KNOWS HOW TO MAKE ROADS SAFER AND MORE EQUITABLE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO OR CANNOT DRIVE.
DISTURBINGLY COLLISION FREQUENCY IS CURRENTLY ON THE RISE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
WE SHOULD EXPECT INCREASING ISSUES ON OUR ROADS UNLESS WE SIGNIFICANTLY STEP UP OUR ACTION.
WE OWE IT TO OUR CITIZENS TO DO SO.
OUR TALENTED PUBLIC WORKS TEAM KNOWS HOW TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
COUNSEL, PLEASE EMPOWER THEM BY ONE, MAKING SAFE STREETS A TOP 10 PRIORITY TODAY.
AND TWO, GIVING STAFF THE INCREASED BUDGET, HEADCOUNT AND ENCOURAGEMENT THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE.
UM, NICO, NICOLA FRY, IS IT NOT, NOT ON CAPITAL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AND OTHERS,
FIRST OF ALL, I'M HERE TO, UM, SPEAK
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ON BEHALF OF THE TRESTLE.UM, THE TRESTLE IS ONE OF PETALUMA'S MOST HISTORIC RESOURCES.
AND SINCE IT CAME UP, NO, IT IS NOT LISTED ON ANY NATIONAL OR LOCAL OR STATE REGISTER.
HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS APPEARING ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER IN NUMEROUS STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY THE CITY OF PETALUMA, UH, 2011.
UM, THEN AS PART OF THE RESEARCH DONE FOR THE GHD, AND THEN I BELIEVE BASED ON THE, THE PRESENTATION WE HEARD FROM MR. BOLT IN OCTOBER, THAT THERE WAS YET ANOTHER STUDY DONE IN FEBRUARY THAT FOUND IT APPEARING ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
AND THAT I JUST, UH, OTHER COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE DAIS.
THIS IS A HISTORIC RESOURCE AND TEARING IT DOWN AND REPLACING IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE A CONCRETE STRUCTURE KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
IT IS A VERY UNIQUE RESOURCE, UNIQUE TO PETALUMA, UNIQUE TO THE COUNTY, PROBABLY UNIQUE TO THE STATE, AND PRESERVING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ADAPTING IT FOR A RE A NEW USE IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
THAT WAS ALL ADDRESSED, UM, BACK IN 20 11, 20 13, WITH THE GHD STUDY, WHICH ALSO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, LAFFERTY RANCH FAIRGROUNDS, THE RIVER PARK, HELEN PUTNAM PARK, ALL THESE AMAZING PUBLIC SPACES THAT WE HAVE.
AND YET, BY FAR, BY FAR OUR MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC SPACE HERE IN TOWN IS OUR STREETS.
IT'S THE WAY THAT WE ALL INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER EVERY DAY.
IT'S, IT'S THE WAY THAT WE LIVE.
IT'S PSYCHICALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, HOW WE'RE ALL CONNECTED OR NOT CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER.
SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE SAFE STREETS AND MAKE IT AGAIN, A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE ASKING THE QUESTION, WELL, HOW ARE WE GONNA KNOW IF WE DID A GOOD JOB A YEAR FROM NOW OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW? WHAT ARE THE MEASURABLES I'D LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON? MAYOR, ON YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CITY THREAD.
AND IF I MAY ALSO ROUGHLY PARAPHRASE WHAT I'VE HEARD THE MAYOR SAY AROUND TOWN A COUPLE TIMES.
LET'S JUST BUILD SOMETHING, ANYTHING.
UH, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON WITH PLANNING AND MAPPING AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO AND HOW ARE WE GONNA DO IT? UH, BUT AGAIN, WHAT CAN WE GET DONE? I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF MEASURABLE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.
CALLUM, WEEKS CAPITAL OR NONE? I THINK WE KNOW IT'S PAUL.
UH, COUNSEL, UH, MEMBERS AND MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER.
UM, I'M GONNA START BY, UH, READING SOMETHING FROM A LETTER THAT COLLEEN MAHONEY, UH, SENT TO ALL OF YOU, UM, EARLIER TODAY, UH, ABOUT THE TRESTLE RESTORATION.
SHE SAYS, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO HAVE OUR RIVER FRONTAGE RECONNECTED TO OUR RIVER AND TURNING BASIN.
OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PETALUMA GENERAL PLAN, THE CENTRAL SPECIFIC PLAN, AND THE RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, ALL EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF REORIENTING THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY TOWARD THE RIVER.
AND THE REHABILITATION OF THE OLD RAIL TRESTLE WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS, RECREATION, EDUCATION, AND HELP ENHANCE THE CHARACTER AND IDENTITY OF PETALUMA.
THE PROMENADE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DESIGN.
I WILL URGE CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO KEEP CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS IN THE LOOP FOR FUNDING NEEDS.
ONE OF THOSE IS THE PETALUMA WOMEN'S CLUB.
THE OTHER IS MY ROTARY CLUB, WHICH ALREADY HAS SET ASIDE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HELP KICK OFF RAISING FUNDS LOCALLY.
AND I THINK WE CAN ALL DO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE CON.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR CITY MANAGER.
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CREATING A SYSTEM WHEREBY WE GET FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY, NOT ONLY IN SUPPORT FOR OR SAFE STREETS COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY COME FORWARD AND COMMENTS ON THE TRESTLE, BUT ALSO ABOUT COFIELD.
CAWFIELD IS A LOT, ABOUT, A LOT MORE THAN JUST RESOLVING A 30 PLUS YEAR FIGHT OVER WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR.
COFIELD IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE VIBRANT CIRCULATION THROUGH THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SAFETY ON OUR MAIN THOROUGHFARES LIKE D STREET, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ACTUAL CLEAR ACCESS TO OUR MAJOR PUBLIC TRANSIT HUBS LIKE OUR SMART STATION.
AND BEING ABLE TO EXPAND OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CLEAR LOOP ROUTES, WHICH CAULFIELD WILL ALLOW US TO DO.
A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE WEST SIDE COMMUTE TO THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN CUT THROUGH LAKEVILLE TO GET TO THE REST OF THE BAY AREA.
ADDING KAUF FIELD WILL REDUCE A GREAT DEAL OF STRAIN ON OUR TRAFFIC, ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSIT ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH WILL IMPROVE OUR C OUR CLIMATE GOALS.
WE CAN'T BE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES IN THIS REGARD, ESPECIALLY AROUND CLIMATE, ESPECIALLY AROUND SAFE STREETS AND AROUND TRANSIT, IF WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT CLOSING THIS LOOP.
AND THAT REQUIRES US TO FINISH CAULFIELD.
THAT'S OUR LAST COMMENT THERE.
UH, I MEAN, SORRY, BEN PETERS.
I TOOK A WALK WITH MY FAMILY BEFORE COMING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, WALKED ON THE MUD DITCH, WHICH IS MAGNOLIA.
IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE 1985.
UH, I WILL SAY THERE WAS A RECENT CONVERSION OF, UH, AN OLD GARAGE THERE THAT WAS PERMITTED BY THE CITY.
AND SO I HAD THE UNDERSTANDING AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WHEN THINGS ARE PERMITTED, THAT, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS OCCUR AND THAT DID NOT AND HAS NOT OCCURRED.
YOU KNOW, MAGNOLIA IS STILL GONNA BE A MUD DITCH FOR A LONG TIME UNLESS WE GET SERIOUS ABOUT SAFE STREETS AFTER GOING ON MAGNOLIA.
I WENT ON THE LOVELY SH VERY SHORT VERSION OF THE SMART PATH TO LAKEVILLE, AND THEN I MADE THE UNWISE DECISION OF ALLOWING MY 2-YEAR-OLD TO WALK ON THE, EITHER THE CLOVER SIDE OF LAKEVILLE OR THE HUNT AND BURNS SIDE OF LAKEVILLE.
AND I COULD TELL YOU THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.
THAT'S JUST TWO TRUCK BAYS, OKAY? RIGHT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
WE CAN BRING THIS UP IN THE POLICY THING.
BJO SAID SOMETHING INSIGHTFUL, WHICH WAS THAT OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY IS NOW HAMPERING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITIES.
SO LET'S REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID THAT AND REPRIORITIZE HOW WE DO PROCUREMENTS FOR THIS TOWN.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH BRINGING IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL LAST COMMENT ON CAPITAL BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
AND, UM, LET'S POP UP OUR, OUR NEXT SLIDE.
WHILE WE HAVE A MINUTE, I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL HAVE MANY FAVORITE SAFE STREET NOMINATIONS.
UH, UM, THE SIDEWALKS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN FROM CORONA CREEK SCHOOL TO KENNELWORTH, UH, IS HIGH ON A LOT OF OUR, UH, AGENDAS.
UM, COMPLETING THE SMART TRAIL INTO WATER STREET.
SO AS THE COMPLETE SMART AND SMART IS RIGHT NOW HAVING A LISTENING SESSION, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE ALL YOUR VOICES WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON SMARTS CHANNEL TO A ZOOM MEETING AND, UH, AND, AND TELL 'EM THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THE PATHWAY THROUGH TO, UM, SMART STATION.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE UP ON OUR NEXT SLIDE.
AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICY WON'T BE BASHFUL.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I, UH, WE SUBMITTED A MEMO FOR RETAIL CANNABIS.
UM, WE HAVE A GOOD ACTOR IN OUR CITY WHO, UM, SORT OF MASTERED THE, THE DELIVERY, UM, BUSINESS AND THEN COVID HIT AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAD TO MASTER THE DELIVERY BUSINESS TO STAY IN BUSINESS.
UM, EXACTLY ONE MILE FROM WHERE THEIR BUSINESS IS, IS THE CANNABIS BUSINESS THAT EVERYBODY GOES TO.
IT'S JUST ON SIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
WE'RE HEMORRHAGING 200 TO $400,000 A YEAR, PROBABLY IN SALES TAX REVENUE, UM, FOR SOMETHING THAT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS STATE AND I WOULD
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VENTURE TO SAY, PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, UM, ALL SUPPORT.UM, AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I'M RIFFING HERE A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY HAVE MANY QUESTIONS.
UM, MY QUESTIONS ARE, UM, WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS HOLDING US BACK FROM LIKE, ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS COUNCIL PRIORITY.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE, AS, AS WE TRIED TO ADDRESS IN THE RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS TODAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, UM, MADE QUITE A, A, A LOT OF PREPARATIONS FOR THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE PRIOR COUNSEL, WHICH WAS TO PROVIDE A FULL BORE, UM, LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, UM, BASED ON SANTA ROSA'S.
UM, AND WE CAN STILL DO THAT OR STILL PIVOT FROM THAT, BUT, UM, THE REASON IT'S NOT BEEN A FOREGROUND PROJECT IS WE ALSO ADDRESSED IN THE ANSWERS TODAY.
UM, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN DUE TO A LOT OF FOCUS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEVOTE ON, UM, THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, AND THAT TRANSITION, UM, AND TO SOME UNANTICIPATED, UM, LITIGATION EFFORT THAT'S, THAT'S NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT OUR, UM, MO HOME REGULATIONS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTIONS THAT THE, THE COUNCIL HAS INTENDED THEM TO PROVIDE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL ON THAT.
WE'RE STILL ACTIVE IN THAT, BUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I NOTED IN THE RESPONSE, UM, UH, RE RETAIL CANNABIS IS OUR NEXT, IS OUR NEXT BIG PROJECT TO, TO, TO TAKE THAT FORWARD.
I LISTED THE STEPS THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD ENTAIL, AND THEY'RE KIND OF CONSISTENT JUST STRUCTURALLY WITH, UM, WITH, UM, BUT I THINK IN SOME WAYS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD, UM, IN, IN COMPARISON WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY FOR THE MOBILE HOME REGULATIONS, THE COUNCIL HAS TENDED TO, UM, THIS COUNCIL, OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THE RETURNING MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE TENDED TO PREFER, UM, US TO COME FORWARD WITH, UM, WITH, UM, A MENU OF REGULATORY FEATURES, UM, THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH AND DIRECT, UM, US ON, RATHER THAN BAKED REGULATIONS.
IT, IT CAN BE QUICKER TO COME FORWARD WITH BAKED REGULAT REGULATIONS.
AND, AND THE PRIOR COUNCIL REALLY WANTED US TO DO THAT.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THIS, THESE REGULATIONS, UM, THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, POTENTIALLY STREAMLINING AND DELIVERING THIS SOONER IF IT'S FOCUSED MORE ON AN UPDATE OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAM, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM FOR, UM, GRINDING A LIMITED NUMBER OF PERMITS, UM, IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES, EXCUSE ME, WHICH STILL HAS A LAND USE COMPONENT, BUT A MUCH SMALLER ONE.
AND IT'S ALSO A SMALLER, UM, REGULATORY LIFT.
AND, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO START WITH, RECOGNIZING IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE A, A, A BIGGER PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE, A BIGGER EXPANSION IN THE FUTURE, UM, THAT'S, THAT, THAT CAN BE DONE MORE QUICKLY.
BUT I, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL DO WHAT THE COUNCIL WISHES US TO DO.
UM, AND IN THE WAY THAT COUNCIL WISHES, WE CAN DO STREAMLINING IF, IF IT'S SORT OF, UH, LESS OF A WORKSHOP FOCUS WE CAN.
UM, I THINK THAT WHAT THE CITY MANAGER'S SUGGESTION HAS BEEN IS THAT WE BRING IN RESPONSE TO THE MEMO, UM, KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL SORT OF, UM, WORKSHOP ON, ON THE, THE, YOU KNOW, COMPARING WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE COMPONENTS ARE FOR THE, THE WHOLESALE, WHAT I'M JUST GONNA CALL THE WHOLESALE REGULATORY PROJECT VERSUS THE MORE SURGICAL ONE THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
AND, AND THAT, AND THAT PEGGY'S BEEN ENVISIONING AND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE READY TO DO EITHER WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AS I MENTIONED, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OKAY.
I MEAN, I THINK THE COUNCIL'S AWARE, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN THE KIND OF CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT JUST HANDS OFF LEGIS, UH, LITIGATION ON OUR CRITICAL PROGRAMS TO OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
WE ARE STRATEGIZING, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GETS US THE RESULTS THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF AND HAS KEPT OUR REGULATIONS INTACT.
'CAUSE WITHOUT THAT, ONCE THEY'RE CHALLENGED, THEY GO AWAY AND IT'S, IT'S NOT A REAL BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE ALSO ADDRESSED SOME ROUGH TIMING IF WE'RE GONNA DO A MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD APPROACH.
PEGGY, DO YOU WANNA CHIME IN ON THAT? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE'RE PREPARED TO COME ON MARCH 11TH WITH A HIGH LEVEL PROCESS CONVERSATION AND GIVE, GIVE COUNSEL A COUPLE OPTIONS.
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AND SORT ONE WOULD BE, CAN WE GET, COME BACK IN JUNE WITH A, WITH A PILOT PROGRAM? UM, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH DELIVERY AND HOW WE HANDLE DELIVERY.AND SO WE HAVE, UM, SOME THOUGHTS ON REPLICATING THAT FOR RETAIL, UM, AND DOING A PILOT PROGRAM AND THEN GIVING IT A YEAR, COMING BACK TO COUNCIL AND, AND REPORTING OUT ON HOW THAT TURNED OUT.
OR IF WE WANT TO EXPAND OUTSIDE OF OUR INDUSTRIAL AREA, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THE OUTREACH REQUIRED.
SO, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TEAMWORK, BUT IT'S TEAMWORK EITHER WAY.
AND I, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I'M, NO ONE'S GONNA BE MORE DELIGHTED THAN ME TO HAVE THE PROJECT IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND BE TALKING ABOUT OTHER STUFF.
AND I, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
I I PROBABLY JINXING THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON IT, I'LL SAY, I THINK THE LOCAL BUSINESS WOULD, I THINK THE LOCAL BUSINESS WOULD, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE HURTING THEM AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA RUN THEM OUT, AND THEY'RE A GOOD ACTOR.
THEY'VE GOT KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL, AND WE'RE GONNA RUN THEM OUT, UM, IF WE DON'T GET THIS DONE.
AND SO, UM, IT'S, UH, WELL, IT'S NOT THAT I WANT TO GO BUY JOINTS ALL DAY.
IT IS THAT I DON'T WANNA SEE US LOSE 200 TO $400,000 A YEAR WHILE WE SQUASH LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND I WANNA SEE IT GET DONE VAST.
I ALSO WANNA SEE IT GET DONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES CLOSING IN OUR DOWNTOWN, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT IF WE DO A LIMITED, UM, A LIMITED APPROACH TO THIS, UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT IN ONE AREA AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE, UM, IT'S NOT GONNA PROVIDE THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST BASICALLY MAKING, YOU KNOW, A VERY SMALL TWEAK TO, TO ALLOW IT, UH, IN A SPECIFIC PLACE.
JUST A CLARIFICATION, IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST TO ONE AREA.
I THINK WE HAVE A MAP, UM, THAT SHOWS ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
SO IT, IT WOULD BE THE SAME AREAS THAT WE ALLOW FOR, UM, CANNABIS DELIVERY.
AND SO IT'S, WE WON'T LIMIT IT.
UM, AND DOWNTOWN'S GONNA REQUIRE ITS OWN OUTREACH AND CONSIDERATION.
SO, UM, SO THIS WOULD BE ALL THE STRUCTURE OF YOUR, OF THE MARCH MEETING.
THIS IS WHAT THE WORKSHOP WOULD COVER.
TO KINDA LAY OUT THOSE CHOICES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE DIRECTIONAL CHOICES, AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO IT, RIGHT.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE DO THINGS, BUT, AND IT IS GONNA BE WHAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTS, AND IT, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER OR THE SMALLER OR IN BETWEEN, WHATEVER.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UM, DOING SOMETHING THAT GETS RELIEF FOR, FOR THE BUSINESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD SUGGEST ACCELERATING, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RAISING BROADER CONCERNS.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS AND WE'RE KEYED UP TO CAN I, UH, ASK ACROSS THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS ON CANNABIS? I WILL, WE WILL WITHHOLD MY, AND THEN I WAS WAS GONNA SAY, I, I THINK WE OWE THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE SUGGESTED THIS ONTO THE AGENDA.
I THINK WE ALMOST DRAW A POLL OR SOMETHING AFTER WE DO A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
SO I JUST WANNA ASK ACROSS THE, THE DIOCESE, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ADD TO THE CANNABIS COUNTRY CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW? COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING STAFF CORRECTLY, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING IN MARCH IF, IF WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION THAT JUST TEES OFF OF OUR EXISTING CANNABIS DELIVERY ORDINANCE, BUT DOESN'T REINVENT THE WHEEL, IS THAT YEAH, WE'LL BE, UH, WE'LL BRING BACK THE CONVERSATION OF JUST WHAT PROCESS COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE.
DO WE WANT TO DO THAT MORE FINITE PROCESS, OR IF YOU WANT SOMETHING BROADER, WE'D HAVE TIMELINES FOR BOTH.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE TWO ALTERNATIVES ON THE 11TH MEETING.
UM, YES, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING.
HEALY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY WILL REMEMBER THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US LIKE 15 YEARS AGO, THE LAST TIME I WAS ON COUNCIL.
AND AT THAT TIME I HAD COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS, UH, AS CHILDREN, AND NOW THEY'RE ADULTS.
BUT NOW I HAVE FRIENDS MY AGE THAT ARE GOING TO THESE DISPENSARIES.
AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE, I BELIEVE, IN THE OUTSIDE AREA OF PETALUMA THAT WANTS TO BE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND IS, UM, SELLING AS A MEDICINAL, I MEAN, THESE, THIS IS OUR AGING POPULATION WHO IS DEPENDING ON IT OR, UM, OUR CANCER PATIENTS WHO ARE DEPENDING ON IT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO DO THE SECURITY MEASURES, WHICH WERE REALLY IMPORTANT 15 YEARS AGO.
SO WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND IT CAN'T BE CLOSE TO SCHOOLS.
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AND THERE IS SOME SCHOOLS LOCATED IN OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS.SO WE, AND, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE WORKSHOP ON THE, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY GOOD COUNCIL, UH, VICE MAYOR STRIPS.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD SUPPORT THAT THIS HAS STILL BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND, UM, I SAID, UH, OUR AGING POPULATION IS, UM, USE, THEY ARE USERS NOW, AND SO WE REALLY NEED IT.
UH, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AT LEAST THREE THAT I KNOW OF THAT, UH, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME INTO TOWN.
OF COURSE, THEY ALL WANT TO BE, UH, MORE ON A, ON A MAIN STREET RATHER THAN TUCKED AWAY IN A INDUSTRIAL PARK.
BUT IF, IF WE CAN STREAMLINE IT, AT LEAST GET 'EM, UH, FIND THREE LOCATIONS HERE IN TOWN AND MAKE, UM, THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE BOTH TO THE POPULATION THAT USES IT AND TO THE FOLKS THAT WOULD BE HELPING TO SELL BOTH, IF WE CAN HAVE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS FIRST AND THEN FIGURE OUT CAN WE STREAMLINE QUICKLY, THEN WE CAN MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE INPUT FROM THE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, SO THAT'S JUST NOT ON, ON CANNABIS.
I WOULD SUPPORT MOVING A LITTLE FASTER.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FASTER.
AND I BELIEVE SANTA ROSA HAS KIND OF A, A QUICK ROUTE, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE.
I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU SPOKE TO THE BUSINESS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE MENTIONED SANTA ROSA'S, SANTA'S SANTA ROSA'S APPROACH WAS A LITTLE, UM, KIND OF OPENING UP THE FLOODGATES AND CREATED SOME, SOME OTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
SO I DON'T THINK WE WANNA NECESSARILY FOLLOW THAT, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WITH COUNSEL.
WELL, I'LL BRING IT BACK NEXT TIME IN MORE DETAIL OF WHAT I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE MEET.
OTHER POLICY ARE LEGISLATIVE INPUT.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CHIME IN.
I'D LIKE TO DO, I'D LIKE TO DO, UH, CANNABIS, CANNABIS.
QUICKLY GET IT ON THERE AND DECIDE, UH, QUICKLY WHICH DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, VICE MAYOR SHRI.
SO THIS, ARE WE, CAN WE MOVE ON TO OTHER LEGISLATION? YES.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS IN HERE THAT, UH, I KNOW, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL DONE.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S DIFFICULTIES, BUT THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE ROADBLOCKS THAT ARE IN, IN THE WAY OF A COUPLE THINGS THAT, UH, HAVE DELAYED THINGS.
AND ONE OF THEM IS, IS STAFF AND HAVING ENOUGH STAFF TO DO ENFORCEMENTS.
AND THIS IS, UH, FOR THE TWO AREAS HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING AND, AND TREE PRESERVATION.
AND SO FOR BOTH OF THESE TO BE DONE, RIGHT, WE CAN, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO IN CREATING THESE REGULATIONS, UH, WHAT, WHAT SORT OF DELAYED US IS, OKAY, DO WE HAVE THE PROPER STAFF TO DO THEIR RIGHT ADVISING, UH, TO DO THE ENFORCEMENT, TO DO THE EDUCATION.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, AND THEN PARKING TO ALSO HAVE, UM, A PLACE TO PUT THE CARS THAT ARE BEING CITED THAT WE WANT TO GET MOVED.
IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE NEARBY THAT WE CAN PUT 'EM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, 'CAUSE BY LAST TIME I TRIED, I PUT MY RV SOMEWHERE, UM, I CALLED AROUND AND EVERY PLACE WAS FULL.
I FINALLY FOUND ONE, TOOK ME HALF A YEAR TO FIND A, AN OPEN SPOT IN, IN, UM, TO GET MY RV PARKED SOMEWHERE EVEN CLOSE TO TOWN.
THE CLOSEST PLACE WAS, UM, UH, 40 MILES AWAY THAT I COULD ACTUALLY PARK IT UNLESS I COULD FIND SOME, UH, FARMER THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO LET ME PUT ON THE RURAL LANDS THERE SOMEWHERE, WHAT A FEW DO.
SO, AND A FEW HAVE ALREADY STARTED DOING THAT.
BUT WE NEED TO, UM, WE, WITH THESE REGULATIONS, WE REALLY ALSO MEET, NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM WITH THE PROPER STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, SO EVEN THAT AS WELL AS WE CAN DO THESE REGULATIONS, THEY HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED.
AND SO, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TREE PRESERVATION, I KNOW PARKING MANAGEMENT, WE COULD PROBABLY DO, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES THERE, UH, WE STILL NEED TO PLACE FOR, FOR PLATE PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR VEHICLES.
THEN ON THE TREE PRESERVATION, WE REALLY NEED, AGAIN, UH, BEING, HAVING BEEN ON THE, UH, BEING A TREE GUY, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A STAFF THAT'S BETTER FUNDED AND BETTER, UM, CAPACITY FOR, BECAUSE OUR TREES ARE WORTH TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE IN OUR CITY WORTH MORE THAN EVEN SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS, UH, AND OUR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURES.
SO, UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S AS MUCH TREE CANOPY HERE AS MAYBE EVEN OUR STREETS.
AND SO THEY HAVE ALMOST EQUAL VALUE IF, IF, IF WE WANNA LOOK AT IT IN OUR NEW, THE NEW LENSES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH BLUE ZONES AND A 15 MINUTE COMMUNITIES.
SO, UH, GIVEN THAT THERE FINANCIAL WORTH, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT IF WE'RE GONNA INCREASE STAFF, UM, UH, MAYBE WE NEED TO SHIFT GEARS AND, AND GET SOME MORE MAINTENANCE FOLKS, PARKS, MAINTENANCE FOLKS, SOME OPEN SPACE FOLKS, UM, SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT IS, THAT KNOWS ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE OPEN SPACE AS WELL AS AN ARB, UH, CITY ARBORISTS THAT ACTUALLY CAN HELP DO THE EDUCATION AND DO THE, UM, THE REGULATION BOTH.
SO WE NEED TO DO, UH, THAT PREP WORK, UM, AHEAD OF AND WITH THE ORDINANCES SO THAT IT'S A
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COMPLETE PACKAGE.SO THAT, THAT'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR, UH, MY EXPECTATIONS THAT WITH THE ORDINANCE COMES ALSO THAT THE STAFFING AND THE SERVICES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.
I WOULD JUST, UM, FOLLOW UP WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, REBS THAT ON EVERY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WE DO FOR ANY OF OUR ORDINANCES, WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE RESOURCES, WHAT'S REQUIRED.
SO WHETHER IT'S STAFFING, WHETHER IT'S CONSULTANTS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, OTHER RESOURCES AND WHAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO, AND, AND WE REALLY TRY OUR BEST TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN THE ACTUAL REGULATORY WORK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THE, IF THERE'S NOT A LOT OF STAFF RESOURCE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR HYPER EFFICIENT WAYS, HYPER YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE CAN, WITH A LEAN STAFF STILL PROVIDE MEANINGFUL, UM, ENFORCEMENT.
AND, AND ALSO WE LOOK FOR THINGS LIKE MAYBE THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO COVER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
LIKE WE DID THAT WITH, UM, THE ALCOHOL RELATED NUISANCE REGULATIONS.
UM, SO THAT REALLY, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND THAT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE PART OF THE, UM, LEGISLATIVE REGULATORY PROGRAM THINKING.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE, AGAIN, YOU CAN HAVE PAPER REGULATIONS THAT ARE HAVING NO EFFECT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN DELAYING SOME OF THESE THINGS OVER THE, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, COUNCILPERSON, CANER THOMPSON, I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, ORDINANCES, UM, DONE WITH THE CANNABIS, BUT THE PARKING ORDINANCES, IT'S THE ONE THAT I GET THE MOST COMPLAINTS ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S TRAILER HITCHES JUST LEFT ON THE STREET.
YOU HAVE VEHICLES THAT DON'T, THEY'RE, UM, LICENSE.
THERE'S NO LICENSE, AND THEY'RE JUST EVERYWHERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS DRIVING WITH SOMEBODY THAT WAS SHOWING ME, AND I HAD NO IDEA HOW MANY, UM, OUTDATED LICENSE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE EVERY STREET PRACTICALLY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS THIS.
AND I REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BUY THESE TOYS, BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA STORE 'EM BEFORE YOU BUY 'EM.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO STORE TOYS.
UM, AND SO, BUT I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE LEAF BLOWER ORDINANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME BEFORE THIS, THE CITY, I KNOW THERE'S CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A GAS POWERED, YOU KNOW, BLOWER ON THEIR BACK, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT HEALTHY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S, BUT NOT HEALTHY FOR THE PERSON ALSO.
AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO AT LEAST BRING UP SOMETIME THIS YEAR, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE A REALLY SWEET CITY, AND YET YOU HAVE FOUR BLOCKS OF CHAIN LINK FENCES RIGHT ON, UM, PETALUMA BOULEVARD.
AND YOU JUST HAVE GARBAGE OUT.
AND SO HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE JUST TO CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THEIR BUILDINGS AND THEN TAKE WHATEVER IN THE BUILDINGS AND THROW IT OUT IN THE PARKING AREAS? AND SO I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD AT LEAST LOOK AT CONSIDER A TIMEFRAME.
IF SOMEBODY HAS TO PUT A CHAIN LINK FENCE UP, THEY SHOULD GET A PERMIT FOR IT.
AND THERE SHOULD BE A TIMEFRAME THAT IT COMES DOWN.
IT JUST CAN'T BE INDEFINITELY BECAUSE YOU CAN, THIS IS THE HEART OF OUR TOWN.
YOU DRIVE DOWN PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH AND YOU SEE FOUR BLOCKS OF CHAIN LEAK FENCES.
AND THAT IS NOT GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR ECONOMIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I, UM, I WANT TO KIND OF HELP ON TO BOTH OF THOSE, UM, ISSUES.
I, THE, UH, I THINK THE ORDINANCE WE DON'T HA HAVE ON HERE IS EVERYTHING WE ALREADY HAVE
AND PEOPLE SAY, FOR ME, THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN I GET AROUND TOWN, AND ONE OF THE DRIVING MOTIVATORS FOR SAFE STREETS IS PEOPLE SPEED.
PEOPLE RUN STOP SIGNS, AND THERE'S NEVER A COP IN TOWN WHEN YOU NEED ONE.
YOU KNOW, UH, WHY AREN'T WE DOING MORE CITATIONS IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY AND SAY, WELL, IF YOU, AND YOU AND ME BOTH STOP SPEEDING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS COMPLAINT.
BUT THAT'S CHANGING PERSONAL BEHAVIOR, AND THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT USUALLY CHANGES ENFORCEMENT HELPS CHANGE THAT.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE PLACE TO PUT OUR LIMITED RESOURCES OF GENERAL FUND STAFFING, IT WOULD BE MORE INTO ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING, LIKE, UH, ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE OR OF, OF, UM, TRAFFIC CONTROL THROUGH THE EXISTING TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT EXIST, UM, BEFORE WE INITIATE LONG-TERM OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
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SO, UH, THAT'S JUST, UH, MY INTEREST IN, IN, UH, STAFFING, THAT'S NOT ON OUR TOP 10, BUT IN, IF WE WERE GONNA INCREASE STAFFING OR RESOURCES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, UH, SOLVING OUR ABATEMENT PROBLEM.I MEAN, UH, LAST SUMMER WE HAD A ROOSTER PROBLEM IN TOWN, AND I GOT A CALL THE OTHER DAY.
IT'S STILL A PROBLEM IN TOWN DESPITE, UH, HAVING A, UH, NUISANCE ABATEMENT TALKING TO FOLKS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE SOME OF THIS STUFF.
AND SO I'M ANXIOUS TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, ALSO AN ORDINANCE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON HERE AND HAVE, UH, TALKED TO A LOT OF FOLKS ABOUT THAT WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED YET, IS A TIMELESS SALES SIDEWALK REPAIR.
I MEAN, WE DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TALKING ABOUT, UH, WALKABLE CITY AND CLIMATE, AND WE REALLY TALK A LOT, BUT TIME OF SALE, SIDEWALK FIX FIX, IT MEANS, YEAH, THE INDIVIDUAL'S GONNA DO SOMETHING.
AND SO THAT, I, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE BLAMING THE CITY FOR CLIMATE AND ASKING THE CITY TO SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGES TO NOT ONLY DID I HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE, I HELD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, AND I WOULD SUPPORT AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, A TRANSITION PROGRAM, OR SAY THE CITY RAN A PAVEMENT CONTRACT, A SIDEWALK CONTRACT, MAYBE SUBSIDIZED HALF OF THE COST OF THAT FOR A YEAR OR TWO SAYING, HEY, IN THE THIRD YEAR, EVERYBODY WILL DO.
SO THE ORDINANCE WOULD INCLUDE A TRANSITION PERIOD WITH SOME CITY SUBSIDY, BUT WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE A WALKABLE CITY.
WE CAN'T SAY WE'RE HITTING OUR CLIMATE GOALS UNLESS WE MAKE SIDEWALKS WHERE PEOPLE WILL WALK, WHEEL THEIR CHAIRS, BICYCLE THEIR KIDS.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO HAVE ON HERE.
AND I WOULD TRADE OFF CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
I JUST WANNA TOSS THAT IN THERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT AND THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF TROUBLES IN OUR CHARTER.
WELL, I WOULD SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT COUNCIL PAY, AND WE JUST, UH, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE DESIGN BUILD.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CHARTER LIGHT.
WE CALL IT CHARTER LIGHT FONDLY.
UM, IT DOES, IT PRECLUDES US FROM DOING, UM, AND BEING EFFICIENT AS A CITY.
UH, SO I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS ARE KIND OF IMPORTANT AS THEY'RE GONNA BE LONG INCOMING, BUT, UM, THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO IF, IF, UH, COUNSEL WANTS US TO BRING THE LEAF BLOWER AND THE TIME OF SALE, SIDEWALK REPAIR, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE ROOM SOMEWHERE HERE, UM, AS FAR AS ORDER OF EXECUTION.
SO, AND, AND CAN I ASK, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A LIMITED RESOURCE DEALING WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT AGENDAS, OR ARE WE DISCUSSING ADDING TO THE RESOURCE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE MORE MUCH AS WE SAID, WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE AN ARBORIST AROUND OR A TREE MANAGER AROUND, SHOULD WE HAVE AN EXTRA ATTORNEY AROUND TO PUSH THROUGH SOME OF THIS? WELL, AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT DURING BUDGET, BUT WHEN WE BRING THESE BACK AS INITIATIVES, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET REQUIRED AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO NOT ONLY COMPLETE THOSE, BUT IMPLEMENT COUNCILMAN POKAY.
IN TERMS OF, UH, THIS STUFF, I'D JUST LIKE TO, MY QUESTION WOULD BE GOING OVER, WE START ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND TENANT PROTECTION.
I THINK WE'RE HOPING TO FINISH THIS YEAR.
HOPEFULLY WE'RE DONE WITH THAT.
UH, CANNABIS, WE'RE STARTING ON NOW.
URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY HAS TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.
IS THERE ROOM FOR ANYTHING ELSE THIS YEAR? WELL, WE'LL BE DOING, WE'LL PROBABLY START ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE.
UH, WE, BUT THAT'S GONNA TRAIL THE GENERAL PLAN, RIGHT? AND AGAIN, IT'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT ORDER OF EXECUTION.
WELL, YEAH, I I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE, THE LEAF BLOWER ISSUE IF, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD ADD IT THIS YEAR, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE RETURN FOR OUR SECOND BITE OF GOALS, WE'LL HAVE A ASSESSMENT OF HOW DIFFICULT A LEAF BLOWER IS VERSUS HOW DIFFICULT A ORDINANCE FOR SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
YOU KNOW, CANNABIS MIGHT BE MUCH LONGER.
UM, I, I WOULD CONCUR THAT, UM, CHARTER AMENDMENTS ARE, ARE A LOWER PRIORITY FOR ME.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR 25 YEARS.
WE CONTINUE TO LURCH ALONG JUST FINE.
SO, UM, AND I WOULD REMIND FOLKS THAT THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE ELECTIONS IN THE 1990S WHERE INCREASING COUNCIL PAY WAS PUT TO THE VOTERS, AND THEY REJECTED IT ALL THREE TIMES.
SO I, I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S A PLACE WE, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO GO.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M KIND OF AGNOSTIC ON A LEAF BLOWER ORDINANCE, BUT I WOULD REMIND FOLKS THAT THE CITY OF SONOMA HAD A STANDALONE, UM, BAN ON GAS POWERED, UM,
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LEAF BLOWERS, AND IT GOT REFEREND.SO, UM, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
OH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.
SO, UM, THE PARKING OR THE CHAIN LINK FENCE ORDINANCE ONE IS ONE THAT I'M, UH,
I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S GOING AFTER, UM, LIKE A LARGER PROBLEM THAT IS LIKE, WE'VE GOT A GROWING PROBLEM OF VACANT STOREFRONTS IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR US OF LIKE, HOW DO WE BRING BUSINESSES BACK DOWNTOWN, BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN, SUPPORT OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, AND BUILD A, A STRONGER TAX BASE FOR, YOU KNOW, A STRONGER ECONOMIC ENGINE DOWNTOWN.
IT'S NOT CURRENTLY A PRIORITY.
IT'S, I THINK THERE COULD BE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES THAT WE TAKE UP.
I DON'T, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING I'M IN SUPPORT OF VACANCY TAX, BUT I'M IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP TO BRING BUSINESS DOWNTOWN OR, OR HELP TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE, UM, SOME DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON RENTS.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO ON THAT FRONT.
UM, AND THEN I, THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, I, UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GET, DO SOMETHING LIKE, IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT I'M THE ONLY PERSON OUT HERE THAT ISN'T RETIRED.
IF WE WANT TO SEE, UM, MORE REPRESENTATION, UM, IF WE REALLY CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY AND DIVERSE REPRESENTATION, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE RETIRED WHITE PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, A CRAZY PERSON WHO LIKE, HAS A, HAS A FULL-TIME JOB AND DOES THIS, UM, THEN WE BETTER START THINKING ABOUT COMPENSATING PEOPLE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY KEEPING US IN POWER, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, SERVING OUR LARGER GOALS OF INCLUSIVITY AND, AND DIVERSITY COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR REPPS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT WHAT SAID, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ON THE, MY RIGHT, UH, ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEFENSES, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
THERE'S A BEAUTIFICATION COMING, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS FITS IN, WHETHER IT'S POLICY OR WHETHER WE CREATE A, UH, ALREADY USE ONE OF OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS OR THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OR, UM, SELF TAXING, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH MONIES FOR DREDGING.
WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIF FIRE DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE TO DO THE TRESTLE, WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THE FENCING.
UH, THERE'S A PARKING ISSUE DOWNTOWN OF, OF, OF, UM, OF, OF TOW TRUCKS SHOWING UP AND GRABBING ALL SORTS OF CARS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOTEL AND THE OVERLAY HAPPENING, AND THESE ARE ALL A LITTLE DISJOINTED RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE ALL BITS AND PIECES OF THE SAME THING, WHICH IS REALLY ENVISIONING OUR DOWNTOWN AS, AS A WHOLE PLACE OF BEING, UM, HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB WITH THE TOURISM AND VISITING HOW WE GET RID OF GRAFFITI.
SO THERE'S SO MANY TOPICS THAT WE'VE COVERED THAT REALLY DEAL WITH THE DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY'RE ALL PIECEMEAL AND WE'RE ALL ATTACKING ONE THING, LITTLE THING AT ANOTHER.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOMEWHERE, EITHER IT BE IN THE POLICY OR WHEREVER IT OUTFITS IS, IF MAYBE DID WHAT WE DO FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS AND DO A RE-ENVISIONING OF OUR DOWNTOWN, AND WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE? SO THE BUSINESSES ARE TALKING TO US, UH, THE FOLKS WHO LIVE DOWN THERE ARE TALKING TO US, DEVELOPERS ARE TALKING TO US, AND, UH, ALL THE TEAMS. AND WE COME UP WITH, UM, RE-ENVISION AND THE DOWNTOWN AS A MORE OF AN ECONOMIC VIABLE PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT AS A, AS A GENERAL DISCUSSION, BRING THE PUBLIC IN AND REALLY LOOK AT IT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE FIGHTING TOO MUCH OVER A LITTLE THIS AND LITTLE OF THAT IN PIECES INSTEAD OF A UNIFIED VISION.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A KEY ELEMENT.
SO IF, IF ANYTHING, I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT UP AS A, AS A GOAL, MAYBE IN THIS YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY WORKED TOGETHER ON A, UM, REVISIONING STATEMENT, UH, FOR DOWNTOWN THAT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPREHENSIVE.
MAYBE IT'S PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS, BUT THEY, THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE WORKING ON IT THAT MUCH, UH, AS A SPECIFIC FOR THIS YEAR.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAYBE IF WE PUSH THAT FORWARD AND MAKE IT PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS THAT WE GET DONE BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO, SO IT'S IN THERE AS WELL AS WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT.
IT IS A GREAT TOPIC TO RAISE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN PRESENTATION UPCOMING.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR VICE MAYOR REBS, YOU BRING UP THE A A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN, BUT WE HAVE CURRENT ISSUES WITH DOWNTOWN THAT ARE VERY, UM, CONCERNING.
WE HAVE UNHOUSED LIVING IN OUR PARKING GARAGE ON KELLER STREET.
AND, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR OUR, UM, MERCHANTS WHO ARE USING THE PARKING GARAGE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEIR CARS WHILE THEY'RE AT WORK OR WHILE YOU'RE A CUSTOMER GOING TO THOSE MERCHANTS IN THOSE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AND YOU, YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE OR GOING TO A RESTAURANT AND THEN COMING BACK AND YOU
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FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.THERE'S A NEED FOR BETTER LIGHTING DOWNTOWN, MAYBE BEAUTIFYING, UM, THE DOWNTOWN, EVEN DURING THE OFF SEASON WHEN IT'S NOT THE HOLIDAYS AND BRINGING THOSE, THE, DURING THE HOLIDAYS, EVERYTHING'S LIT UP AND, AND NICE SPARKLY LIGHTS.
LET'S DO THAT ALL YEAR, NOT JUST, AND IT GIVES PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, REASSURANCE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE WALKING AROUND OUR DOWNTOWN SAFELY.
UM, ANOTHER THING IS ON THE LEGISLATION, THE PARKING ORDINANCE, WE HAVE THE, UM, WE HAVE LIVING IN RVS AND THEY'RE ON PAYAN STREET.
THEY'RE ON, UM, LINDBERGH LANE.
THEY'RE AROUND THE LUCKY'S SHOPPING CENTER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUT AT THE, UM, INDUSTRIAL AREA ON YOUR WAY TO KAISER OFF OF, UM, MCDOWELL.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN OUR, IN OUR PETALUMA.
WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTION AND SOONER THAN, THAN LATER.
ERIC, YOU PROBABLY WANNA ADD, YOU WANNA PROBABLY WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS TOO.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF THAT RV ORDINANCE, THE PARKING OF THE TOYS ON THE STREET, AND THAT'S ONE ISSUE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, UM, OF OUR, SOME OF OUR, UM, PRECARIOUSLY HOUSED OR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, AND TYPICALLY THEY'RE FAMILIES.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS OUR HOMELESS, UM, STRATEGY IN YEAR THREE THAT WE'RE KICKING OFF HERE IS, UM, RE JUST ADDRESSING OUR FAMILY SHELTER.
'CAUSE OUR FAMILY SHELTER IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.
WE HAD A WAITING LIST I HEARD FROM KOTZ FOR, UH, 42 FAMILIES, AND WE CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE 10 DEPENDING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN, IN THAT FAMILY.
SO, AND SAN AND SANTA ROSA CURRENTLY CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE 14.
UM, AND SO WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ON OUR PLATE, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFERENT ISSUE BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE SEBASTOPOL IS BEING LITIGATED AGAINST, UM, BY THE A CLU BY ENFORCING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, PEOPLE NEED A PLACE, RIGHT? SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE WAY, UM, THE EXPERIENCE OF SHELTEREDNESS LESSNESS HAS KIND OF EVOLVED THIS ISSUE THAT USED TO BE ABOUT WHERE THE TOYS GET PARKED AND KEEPING THE RIGHT SUBWAY WAY CLEAR IS MORE COMPLICATED NOW BECAUSE IT ALSO TOUCHES ON, UM, UH, HOUSING PROBLEMS AND HOUSING SHORTAGE.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE SOME OF THE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WE HAD IN PETALUMA, FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT TENANT REGULATIONS AND MOBILE HOME REGULATIONS ARE SOME OF THE SAME FOLKS THAT ARE SUING SEBASTOPOL BECAUSE OF IMPACTS THEY VIEW AS NEGATIVE IN TERMS IN TERMS OF SHELTER OPTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN BE REALLY PROUD IN PUM OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO THAT PROBLEM AND ACTUALLY PROVIDING RESOURCES THAT DO A PRETTY GOOD, THEY, THEY'RE NOT ADEQUATE YET, BUT THEY'RE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF BEING SCALED TO THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ALL, ALL THAT WORK THAT IS BRINGING THAT TOGETHER, UM, SO THAT WE, UM, HAVE HAVE A GREATER ABILITY TO PROVIDE PEOPLE HOUSING OPTIONS AND SERVICES FOR THOSE THAT NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED WHILE KEEPING OUR PUBLIC PLACES SAFE AND AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
UM, BUT, BUT THERE'S MORE TO DO STILL, AND, AND WE JUST NEED TO SEE THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
WE DO, I I KNOW THE COUNCIL DOES TOO, WHEN WE APPROACH THOSE THINGS AND, AND THERE'S STILL GONNA BE APPROACHABLE, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND MAKE SURE THE, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST ENFORCING, BUT ALSO ADDRESSING THESE OTHER NEEDS, UM, AND EDUCATING YEP.
JUST REEDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT PARKING.
ABOUT HOW WE WANT PROPERTIES TO LOOK WORKING WITH THEIR DOWNTOWN.
YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, VICE MAYOR SCHIBS, UM, ONE, ONE COMPONENT, UM, OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TAPPED INTO ARE PROPERTY OWNERS DOWNTOWN.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS DOWNTOWN.
HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH THEM? HOW DO WE, UM, BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, ONCE REDEVELOPMENT WENT AWAY, WE REALLY DON'T.
SO HOW DO WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND, AND COME UP WITH A FUNDING PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN BEAUTIFICATION DOWNTOWN? ALRIGHT.
AND STRATEGIES LIKE CATALYST PROJECTS AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TO THAT MOVE, MOVE US FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO THOSE WILL BE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHEN WE GET
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TO THE IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS.SO BEFORE WE LEAVE, CAN WE JUST GET CLARITY ON WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK? BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE ITEMS HERE, PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE LUKEWARM ON CHARTER AMENDMENTS, AND WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO OUR YEARS.
BUT ARE WE BRINGING BACK LEAF BLOWER? ARE WE BRINGING BACK TIME OF SALE SIDEWALK REPAIR? PARDON? ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS WHEN WE DO, IF WE BRING BACK SIDEWALK, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST, AND RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, REVIVIFIED SIDEWALK SET OF REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO GAUGE AND STAFF HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB WORKING WITH THEM.
AND WE HAD ON-CALL CONTRACTS FOR THAT.
I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, AND I PUSHED THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THAT THE CITY SHOULD, UH, PARTNER WITH THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND NONE OF THAT MONEY GETS UTILIZED BY PROPERTY OWNERS.
IT GETS UTILIZED FOR DOWNTOWN A DA COMPLIANCE.
AND SO IT REALLY DOESN'T GO TO THE DIRECTED ISSUE.
AND ALSO WHEN THERE IS COMPLAINTS, DIRECTED COMPLAINTS ON OUR WEBSITE COMPLAINT FORM, UM, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE, AND IT DOES, IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT OR, UM, UH, NUISANCE ABATEMENT THAT, UH, HAS THE TEETH IN IT TO STAY WITH IT.
IT'S NOT A POLICY, IT'S AN ORDINANCE, BUT THERE'S NOT A COMMITMENT.
AND IT MAY, AND IT MAY BE WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY BE, I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE A, A FLARE UP OF ACTIVITY THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF, UM, LIMITED STAFFING RESOURCE HAS NOT BEEN KEPT CONSTANT.
BUT, UM, I JUST, I WOULD WANNA LOOK TO SEE IF THAT'S REG REALLY A REGULATORY PROBLEM OR AN IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEM.
UM, TO JUST, TO BE EFFICIENT, I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE COUNCIL COMMENTS.
ON THE SIDEWALK THING, UM, JUST RECALLING BACK, AND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY RECALL THIS, UM, THE PROGRAM WE ENDED UP WITH WAS, UM, UH, SETTLED ON BECAUSE THERE WAS HUGE PUSHBACK TO A TIME OF SALE, UM, REQUIREMENT, UH, ESPECIALLY FROM EVERY REAL ESTATE AGENT IN TOWN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS WELL DESIGNED, BUT IF IT'S NOT WORKING, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S NOT WORKING AND LET'S FIX IT.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S REALLY MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE THING.
SO MAYBE STAFF CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND REPORT BACK, GET THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, DID YOU HAVE A EARLIER HAND COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BARNICLE? YEAH.
UM,
THE HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, AND I LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD BRING BACK, UM, I, I'D BE INTERESTED IN SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT.
UM, PERSONALLY, I'M GETTING MORE BULLISH ON THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO PROMOTE AFFORDABILITY.
UM, AND BUILD EQUITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM, UM, WELL, BUYERS AND REALTORS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN ENTRY LEVEL MARKET.
UM, WE SEE IT IN OUR DATA THAT WE'RE LOSING FAMILIES.
UM, AND SO, UM, I'D BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED PRETTY EASY TO, UH, ELIMINATE IMPACT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK WE SHOULD BRING BACK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, LIKE REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF FEES FOR, UM, FOR OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING THAT REALLY SORT OF START TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
AND I'M THINKING OF THINGS LIKE, UH, FOR SALE CONDOS THAT YOU CAN GET IN FOR 300 OR $400,000 INSTEAD OF 650 TO $800,000 AS A STARTER HOME HERE.
UM, I THINK, UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, ELIMINATING IMPACT FEES FOR ABOVE A CERTAIN FLOOR LIKE THEY'VE DONE IN SANTA ROSA, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING, UM, DEVELOPERS TO GO UP.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING OUR NEXUS STUDY AND LOOKING AT THAT, BUT LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, PRETTY NIMBY POLICIES AROUND HOUSING THAT ARE, THAT ARE HOLDING US BACK FROM LIKE, UH, ACTUALLY ACHIEVING WHAT WE SAY WE WANT TO DO AS A COUNCIL.
UM, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE US LIKE START TO LOOK AT LIKE LOW HANGING FRUIT, THINGS WE CAN DO TO BE PROMOTING, UM, PROMOTING AFFORDABILITY, UM, AND, AND STARTING TO TRY AND REBUILD OUR MIDDLE CLASS THAT, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS OF, OF NIMBY POLICIES HAVE, HAVE GOTTEN US TO.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
I AM JUST GONNA RAISE, UM, WHAT ABOUT PAID PARKING DOWNTOWN? I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT VERY POPULAR, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND IT WOULD BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY.
AND AS MUCH AS I HATE PAYING FOR PARKING WHEN I GO TO
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SANTA ROSA, I DO PAY.SO, SO IT'S SOMETHING TO AT LEAST CONSIDER.
AND I DID HAVE TWO THAT I HADN'T BROUGHT UP, UH, PREVIOUSLY.
UH, ONE IS OUR, UM, ONGOING DAY LABOR, UH, ISSUE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SITS INTO POLICY OR, UM, IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE IN OUR GOALS WHERE WE CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A BETTER PROGRAM TO FACILITATE AND ORGANIZE, UH, DAY LABOR.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S GOTTA BE IN THE QUEUE SOMEWHERE.
AND THEN, UH, EARLIER IN THE EVENING, WE TALKED ABOUT UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS, UH, UH, UM, TO AVOID HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER ISSUES AND HOW OUR GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME, UH, IS ONLY EXTENDS TO THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
I THINK, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A GOAL THAT WE SUPPORT EFFORTS TO, UH, ANALYZE DATA AND FIGURE OUT THE, WHERE THE NEXT FUNDING STREAM COMES FROM.
OUR CURRENT FUNDING STREAM, UH, WAS, UH, FROM, UM, FED FUNDS DURING YEAH.
AND, UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO IT WILL BE A BUDGET DECISION THAT WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE DATA.
AND I KNOW WE WON'T BE THE LEAD ON IT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PARTNERS COUNTY AND, AND HILLSBURG AND SANTA ROSA, BUT MAYBE WE'RE THE ONES THAT PUSH THAT AGENDA.
SO I, I WAS THE ONE WHO RAISED THE CONCEPT OF UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS AND, UM, AND I THINK WE SHOULD CAST THE NET MORE BROADLY THAN JUST ONE PROGRAM.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES, UM, NOT JUST IN CALIFORNIA, BUT AROUND THE WORLD IN EUROPE.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A UNIQUELY CALIFORNIA PROBLEM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER REGIONS OR COUNTRIES ARE DOING RIGHT.
THAT WE'RE NOT DOING, BUT I I I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAMS IN IN THOSE PLACES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SECRET SAUCE IS WITHOUT FOCUSING ON ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM OUT OF THE GATE COUNCIL MEMBER
IT'S BEING, UH, I THINK REALLY HALF OF IT'S BEING GRANT FUNDED IS SOMETHING LIKE, UH, UM, TWO OR 3 MILLION, UH, DOLLARS WHERE WE'RE PUTTING, WHERE THE COUNTY AND THE COC ARE PUTTING IN, UH, HALF THE MONEY AND THERE'S A GRANT TO COVER THE OTHER HALF.
UM, AND, AND, AND THIS IS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE, GIVE PEOPLE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO KEEP THEM IN THE HOUSE THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO LOSE.
UH, AND, AND IT IS BASED ON SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES, I THINK.
DO WE HAVE, UH, STEPH COMMENT? YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
WE ARE EXPLORING A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THIS AREA.
THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME DOES EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE ARE LOOKING AT COLLABORATING WITH A PRIVATE FOUNDATION AND SOME OTHER CITIES.
UH, THE FOUNDATION ACTUALLY WILL KICK IN MATCHING FUNDS TO DO ANOTHER TYPE OF UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE EXPLORING THAT TO BRING MORE FUNDS INTO THE CITY OF PETALUMA FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE JUST KICKED OFF THE LANDLORD RECRUITMENT PROGRAM, UH, WITH HOME FIRST.
THAT HAS ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY GENERATED NEW LANDLORDS WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS ON THAT FRONT.
AND THEY'LL BE CONTINUING TO TRY TO BRING IN MORE LANDLORDS INTO THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN FINALLY, WITH THE EX, UH, EXPIRATION OF SOME OF OUR COVID AND ARPA FUNDING, WHICH WAS FUNDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WE WILL BE TALKING IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT WHAT SORT OF THE NEXT ROUND OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE LOOKS LIKE TO HELP PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO A FEW THINGS BREWING ON THAT FRONT.
UM, JUST AS A SUGGESTION SINCE, UM, THAT, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SHIFTING THINGS, MOVING THINGS FROM ONE BOX TO THE OTHER BOX, UM, THAT SINCE THE TENANT PROTECTION REGULATIONS, WE WERE VERY PROACTIVE BEFORE AND NOW WE'RE, UH, WE'RE NOW IN A REACTIVE POSITION, UH, RESPONDING TO THE SITUATION.
SO MAYBE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THE TOP 10 ANYMORE.
IT COULD BE DROPPED DOWN AS, UH, AND JUST DEAL WITH IT AS, UH, AS IT'S COMING AT US.
UM, BUT THAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY INDUSTRY, UH, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE TEACHERS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, UM, THE TOURISM WORKERS OR THE POLICE FORCE FIRE, OR EVEN IN THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY, THEY CAN'T HIRE THE PEOPLE FOR OUR, AT THEIR COUNTY.
'CAUSE NOBODY'S WILLING TO COME HERE AND LIVE WITH OUR HOUSING PRICES.
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IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE ON THE MOST, IT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.'CAUSE APPARENTLY EVEN THE, THE TOURISM SAY THAT'S THEIR CRITICAL NUMBER ONE THING THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT.
UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME HERE, ANYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST HAVING HOUSING FOR WORKERS, IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR WHOLE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UH, IF WE NEED SOLVE THAT, A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF IS, IS, IS NOT GONNA BE A, A, UH, WE HAVE TO SOLVE THAT FIRST.
WELL, AND I CAN SAY THAT, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BAFA WORKS, I CERTAINLY HOPE EVERYBODY VOTES FOR THAT THIS NOVEMBER BECAUSE THAT WOULD BRING US A NICE CHUNK OF MONEY INTO THIS COUNTY AND DEFINITELY INTO PETALUMA FOR PRES PRODUCTION OF NEW HOUSING PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION.
SO, UM, I, IT WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR US.
'CAUSE WE NEED MONEY FOR THAT.
AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, THAT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.
WE NEED THAT OUTSIDE MONEY TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.
UM, AND I DO WANTED TO UPLIFT, UH, ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS.
CITY MANAGER FROM, UM, REGARDING THE FAMILY SHELTER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PETALUMA'S CAN, UH, ACCOMMODATE, UH, I THINK IT'S 10, 10 FOLKS, BUT THEY'RE ONLY AT THREE OR FOUR CURRENTLY DUE TO STAFFING PROBLEMS. SO WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE JUST NOT, WELL, OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS ARE NOT STAFFED UP ON, AND THAT'S REALLY AN IMPACT IF IT'S YOUR FAMILY THAT'S HOMELESS.
SO I AND HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE A PRIORITY TO HELP THOSE NONPROFITS FIND THE FUNDING THROUGH COC OR WHOEVER.
UH, TO, TO DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN AS A PUBLIC COMMENT ON LEGISLATION AND POLICY NOW.
AND, UM, AGAIN, LET'S SET THE CLOCK AT 90 SECONDS AND, UM, I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND READ THE MESSAGING.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO WITH THIS NEXT LEVEL HERE.
AND I'VE SHUFFLED THE CARDS A LITTLE BIT, UM, BUT IT'S THE SAME DECK.
AND, UM, SO FIRST OFF, UH, TEDDY HERZOG, AND I BELIEVE TEDDY HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.
SO, UM, UM, THEN CALLUM WEEKS, OH, THIS IS LEGISLATION AND POLICY MOMENT FOR CALLEN WEEKS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I DO AGREE WE NEED SOME CHANGES.
IRON THAT IT'S LATE, UH, TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE OVERLAY.
CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR HOUSING, THE DOWNTOWN AREA, REALLY TRY TO CONCENTRATE THINGS, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND TO YOUR POINT, THANK YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER FLYNN FOR BRINGING UP THE BFA BOND.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING ALL THE WORK FOR ME.
UH, IT IS A HUGELY JUST AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CANNOT PASS UP.
UH, IT'S THIS, OR WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AND THE ISSUE PROBABLY GETS WORSE.
AND THAT'S JUST BEING FRANK AND, AND LOOKING AT REALITY AND BEING PRAGMATIC ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.
BUT THERE'S LOTS OF SOLUTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE SPOKE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AND, AND WE HEARD, UH, UH, I THINK ONE BIG TAKEAWAY MESSAGE, AND I'M PARAPHRASING LIGHTLY, BUT IT'S, UH, WE'RE A STRAIGHT A CITY.
UH, WE'RE A STRAIGHT A STAFF AND WE WANT TO GET STRAIGHT A'S ON GENERATION HOUSING'S.
UH, NORTH MAIN NEXT INITIATIVE, ACTION PLAN, DASHBOARD.
SO WE CERTAINLY LOVE TO HEAR THAT MESSAGE AND WE WANT TO HELP, UH, SUPPORT YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE KNOW STAFF SHORTAGES ARE REALLY, UH, UH,
AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN TO, TO KEEP THE NEEDLE MOVING FORWARD AND TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ENTER, UH, THIS, THIS COMING AREA.
WE'RE ALREADY A QUARTER WAY IN THAT WE REALLY TACKLE THIS, UM, AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO, TO GET SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
AND I'LL FOLLOW UP YOU WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, ISAIAH GONZALEZ, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES.
UH, I, OH, I GUESS I SHOULD PUT THIS ON.
UM, I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VETERANS ACTION COUNCIL, AS WELL AS, UM, THE, UH, FOUNDER OF SONOMA COUNTY'S CHAPTER OF VETERANS WALK AND TALK.
UM, I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO, UH, CONSIDER PRIORITIZING THE CANNABIS, UH, THE CITY'S CANNABIS ORDINANCE FOR MANY REASONS.
UM, NOT JUST TO INCLUDE RETAIL, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA START TALKING ABOUT RETAIL, PERHAPS WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER, UH, REVISITING THE CITY'S SMOKING ORDINANCE.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, UH, ON JANUARY 25TH, UH, OF THIS YEAR, CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, AND SENATOR CORY BAKER INTRODUCED THE MARIJUANA AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PARODY ACT.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW, UM, THOSE ON SECTION EIGHT, SUCH AS MYSELF.
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UM, MY KIDS AND I ARE ALSO RECIPIENTS OF THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT.UM, SO THE FACT THAT THE CITY'S CONSIDERING MATCHING OR, OR PURSUING CONTINUED FUNDS FOR THAT IS INCREDIBLE AND ASTOUNDING.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT ON CANNABIS, UM, I'D ALSO URGE YOU TO UPDATE YOUR, UM, YOUR SLIDE.
'CAUSE CANNABIS CAN DO SO MUCH FOR THE CITY IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET, UM, IN A CITY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE, HOW MUCH DO WE CATER TO ALCOHOL, SALES AND CONSUMPTION? UH, WE WELCOME DOWN UNDER INDUSTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUTTER AND EGGS DAY PARADE AND WELCOME THEIR REVENUE WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP, BUT WE DON'T EVEN ALLOW.
SO I THINK, UH, ELIANA IS SAYING SHE'S SEATING HER 90 SECONDS OVER TO ISAIAH, PLEASE, MAY I? YES.
UM, WE DON'T EVEN ALLOW THEM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS WITH WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
IS THAT REALLY A CITY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE? UM, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY? I'D URGE YOU TO LOOK INTO, UH, SOME BRANDS SUCH AS MOON VALLEY, CANNABIS AND SONOMA, UH, HILLS FARMS, AND LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR VERY REGENERATIVE PRACTICES, UM, A SAFE COMMUNITY THAT THRIVES.
UH, I'M STANDING HERE WITH THIS HAT ON AND AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF VETERANS WALK AND TALK, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE THROUGH LIFE ON EARTH ART IN, UM, FACILITATING SONOMA COUNTY'S VETERANS ART DAY AND GOING OUT AND ENGAGING THE VETERAN COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
WHAT I HAVE FOUND PERSONALLY BENEFITED ME THE MOST WAS, UM, A SYMBIOTIC, HORTICULTURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CANNABIS PLANT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT BENEFITED ME, NOT JUST DURING MY TRANSITION OUT OF THE MILITARY, BUT ALSO DURING MY PREGNANCY AND MY POSTPARTUM PERIOD.
I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, NOW FOR RECOGNIZING OUR, UM, AGING COMMUNITY AND THEIR NEED FOR IT.
UM, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I SEE, UH, PREDOMINANTLY IMPORTANT TO VETERANS.
AND THE REASON I DON'T FACILITATE MY WALKS ANYMORE IS BECAUSE I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IF I GIVE SOMETHING TO SOMEONE, THEY GO HOME, THEY GET IN TROUBLE FOR IT, AND NOW THEY'VE LOST THEIR HOME.
I THINK THAT ONE IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY AS FAR AS THE TAX REVENUE CANNABIS CAN CREATE FOR THE CITY.
UM, AND SPACES AND PLACES THAT INSPIRE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO MERCY WELLNESS OR TAKEN A LOOK AT THEIR COMMUNITY PAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT THEY DONATE BACK, BUT PLEASE DO THANK YOU.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, UM, LIVING IN OUR, UM, EFFORTS.
UM, NEXT, UM, LIBBY FITZGERALD.
I BELIEVE LIBBY HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.
UH, FIRST THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON VERY QUICKLY WAS THE RETAIL CANNABIS REGULATION.
THE PROPOSAL ORDINANCE WOULD BE PRETTY IMPORTANT CONSIDERING WE'VE DISCUSSED AD NAUSEUM TONIGHT, THE LACK OF STAFF RESOURCES.
IT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD LITERALLY HELP GENERATE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND HELP BRING MUCH NEEDED SALES TAX AND OTHER REVENUE TO THE CITY AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE CLOSING STOREFRONTS AND A CONTRACTING ECONOMY.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE'D NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER TO CREATE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO HELP FUND THE OTHER ORDINANCES AS ALSO CITED IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S COMMENTS IN THE ATTACHMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO EVERYONE.
PLEASE, AS THE CURRENT CHAIR FOR YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, PLEASE HELP ALLOW STAFF TO PRIORITIZE THE UPDATE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN HINDERED BY OUR OUT OF DATE ORDINANCE THAT WAS NEVER FULLY COMPLETED AND IS INCONSISTENT ON EVERY POSSIBLE MEASURABLE SCALE.
AND TO THAT END, PLEASE GIVE STAFF THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ON PARKING MANAGEMENT AND A PARKING UPDATE TO OUR ANTIQUATED, AND TO BE FRANK, SOMEWHAT ABSURD PARKING MINIMUM STANDARDS.
UH, IF YOU WANT A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT, TAKE A LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE NUMBER OF LANES FOR BOWLING ALLEY AND THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS REQUIRED PER LANE, AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW OUR STANDARDS WERE CREATED AT THAT TIME.
AND FINALLY, PLEASE DO NOT PUT TENANT PROTECTIONS OFF THE TOP 10 LIST IF YOU THINK WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE.
YOU FUNDA FUNDAMENTALLY MISUNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE HERE AS A WORKING PERSON.
UH, BEN PETERS, YOU WANT IN ON THIS? YES.
ON THE CANNABIS THING, I WAS LOOKING AT THE ZONING MAP.
YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING WILL GET YOU NORTH MCDOWELL, BUT LIKE THE AIRPORT OR THERE'S P-C-D-P-C-D ZONING OR BUSINESS PARK ZONING, IF YOU COULD ADD THOSE AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE, YOU WOULD COVER, EVERY DISTRICT WOULD BE COVERED IF YOU INCLUDED THOSE.
UM, I, I CAN'T MAKE THE TREE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I KNOW THE COUNTY INTRODUCED A MORATORIUM IN ADVANCE OF THE ORDINANCE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ME, BUT I HEAR
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A LOT OF TREES BUZZING RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SURE IT'S THE TREE PEOPLE OUT THERE SEWN, HEY, YOU BETTER GET YOUR TREES CUT DOWN BEFORE THE ORDINANCE IS IN.AND SO I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE UPDATE ON THIS ITEM.
AND SO IF WE'RE NOT DOING A MORATORIUM BEFORE WE DO THE REGULATIONS, WE BETTER ACT LIKE THE COUNTY ON THAT TOPIC.
PARKING, PARKING HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF PLACES.
IT'S, UH, IN THE POLICY THING NEXT.
AND THEN IN THE LIKE FINAL, UM, CITY ORGANIZATIONAL THING, WE SHOULD HAVE A COHERENT PARKING POLICY.
UH, CERTAINLY AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, UH, PAID PARKING OR ELIMINATING THE CAR SUBSIDY IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE, UH, CERTAINLY MYSELF AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S A UNPOPULAR FIGHT THAT I'M WILLING TO TAKE ON AND I KNOW OTHERS ARE.
AND SO WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THAT SUBSIDY PERIOD.
THANK YOU DAVE ALDEN, THANK YOU.
UH, A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS TONIGHT, BOTH ON THE SCREEN AND FROM THE DAIS, BUT LET ME ADD A COUPLE AND TWEAK A COUPLE.
IT HAS RECENTLY BECOME ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CL BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE NEUTRALITY HAS A DISCONNECT ON TRANSIT.
WHAT IT EXPECTS FOR FUTURE TRANSIT USAGE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE RESOURCES IT PROPOSES TO PUT FORTH AS WE WIND DOWN USE OF PRIVATE CARS.
WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN, A MASTER PLAN FOR TRANSIT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UH, I'VE MADE THAT POINT SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE UPCOMING FINAL DRAFT OF THE, THAT BLUEPRINT.
SECOND, TIED TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TOD.
UH, THAT IS CLEARLY THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEARING FROM THE LEGISLATURE, AND YET MOST OF OUR TOD PARCELS ARE SITTING THERE.
NOT OUR FAULT, AND WE REALLY CAN'T WRITE A POLICY TO FIX IT, BUT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF ADDRESSING WHY THEY'RE SITTING THERE VACANT.
UH, ON THE TOPIC OF SAFE STREETS, THERE'S A COMING TECHNOLOGY TO RESTRICT THE SPEED OF CARS.
NOT SOMETHING WE CAN FIX, BUT WE SHOULD BE PREPARED WHEN THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THERE'S PROBABLY NO MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO SLOW, UH, OR TO MAKE SAFE STREETS SAFER THAN HAVING SLOWER CARS.
LASTLY, I OBJECT MILDLY TO THE TERM PARKING MANAGEMENT, THE TERM OF ARTIST PARKING REFORM, WHICH IS A BROADER TOPIC TO REDUCE, AS, AS BLAKE SAID, TO ELIMINATE MINIMUMS, UH, PARKING FEES.
UH, ALL THAT COMES INTO PARKING MAN OR PARKING REFORM.
I BELIEVE NATHAN HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.
UH, NICOLA FRY ON THE NEXT STEPS.
I ALSO BELIEVE THE LAST PART YOU RECEIVED.
SHE HAD GIVEN ME HER TIME TEST.
OH, WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO START WITH THIS? DO YOU GUYS KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU SAY? I HEAR BARNACLE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE LOSE FROM CANNABIS.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU LOSE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THE RV? HOW MANY OF YOU CALCULATED HOW MUCH LUXURY TAX YOU GET FROM RV OR BOAT OR LIVE-IN MOTOR HOME, UH, OR TRAILER? THE ONLY ONE PROBABLY REMEMBER THE CHAOS THAT THE CITY CREATED IS MIKE HEALY.
OVER A DECADE AGO WHEN YOU TRIED TO DO THE SAME THING ABOUT THE RV, THIS CHAMBER HERE LOOKED LIKE, UH, JANUARY 6TH AT THE CAPITOL.
OKAY? I DON'T APPRECIATE ONE OF YOU SAYING, WELL, IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM.
PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS, OKAY? AND IF YOU KNOW SOME, SOME OF YOU, THEY DON'T WANNA SEE RV IN EVEN PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WELL, WHERE WE LIVE, DO WE LIVE IN RUSSIA? WHAT IS THIS TOWN COMING TO? OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO ENFORCE PARKING? DO YOU HAVE ONE PERSON, ONE PERSON DOING THAT? AND WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU SAY, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY.
I AGREE WITH MR. SHIPS, WHICH IS, I TALKED TO HIM TO A LENGTH LAST WEEK.
AND HE HAD FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PUT HIM.
I'VE ASKED ERIC LEY YEARS AGO, WHERE, CAN YOU PUT HIM? DID I GET AN ANSWER? NO.
I ASKED MR. BRIAN MILLER 2019 WHEN HE WAS A LIEUTENANT, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT HIM? OKAY,
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NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE LEAF BLOWER.BEING ON YOUR BACK IS NOT HEALTHY.
WELL, OVER 40 YEARS AGO IN, YOU KNOW, IN MY TEENAGER WHEN I WORKED IN THE GROCERY STORE, I STILL REMEMBER THE CIGARETTE PACK HAS GOT A WARNING THAT, BUT IT'S NOT HEALTHY.
SO WHERE DO WE GO? I MEAN, YOU GUYS SEEM TO BE TALKING ON BOTH SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH.
OKAY? LET'S JUST BE CONSISTENT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PARKING, BE PRODUCTIVE.
THINK, OKAY? WHEN I WAS COACHING SOCCER, I TE I USED TO TEACH THE KIDS, YOU HAVE A PLANT AND YOU HAVE A LAND, SO YOU HAVE TO PLANT WHICH ONE YOU WANNA PLANT WITH.
AND YOU HAVE A, TO THINK ABOUT WHICH FOOT YOU WANNA LAND WITH.
AND YOU GUYS JUST, JUST COME OVER AND SAY, NOPE, THIS IS IT.
WELL, HOW, HOW IS THAT POSITIVE? HOW SO? YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
AND THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER ON THIS TOPIC.
UM, LET'S BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY LAST SUMMARY OF, UH, LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY.
ANY COMMENT NECESSARY? STAFF FEELING THAT THEY'VE HEARD THE, THE EFFORT THERE? AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND, UH, COUNCIL, MAY I JUST ASK A QUESTION? ARE LIKE, THERE'S NO PRIORITIZATION HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE A COUNCIL COMMENT AND LIKE DISCUSSION ABOUT LIKE, PRIORITIES AND LIKE PULLING THINGS OFF THE LIST? OR ARE WE JUST LIKE TALKING ABOUT THINGS RIGHT NOW? WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FINAL LIST AFTER THIS CONVERSATION.
SO I'M ASSUMING EACH OF THESE SECTIONS WILL GO BACK THROUGH, BUT THAT'S WHY I ASKED EARLIER.
ARE WE, ARE WE ADDING LEAF BLOWERS? ARE WE ADDING TIMELESS SALE? YOU? YEAH.
YOU TRIED TO CAPTURE THAT AT ONE MOMENT.
YOUR NOTES ARE GONNA LEAD US THROUGH OUR SUMMARY DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, UH, LET, LET, LET'S TAKE A TWO OR THREE MINUTE LEG STRETCH HERE AND, UH, PUT THIS MEETING INTO RECESS FOR, UH, THREE MINUTES.
THE MEETING IS, UH, BACK IN ORDER AND I THINK, UH, FIRST ORDER, UH, I'LL, UH, CALL ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING PAST 11 SECOND.
AND, UM, CAN WE DO THIS BY BARNACLE? AND CAN WE DO THIS BY A CLAIM? SURE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE MEETING, SAY AYE.
SO MEETING, UH, IS ALLOWED TO EXTEND AND, UH, WE HAVE OUR POLICY PROGRAMS AND PLANS HERE.
AND, UM, WHO WOULD, WELL, GOODNESS ME.
UM, SO HOW SHALL WE PROCEED ON THIS? DO EVERYTHING? OKAY.
UM, SERIOUSLY, A, A LITTLE EDITORIAL AND INPUT, I THINK IS WHAT STAFF'S LOOKING FOR HERE.
AND, UH, A LITTLE, UM, COMMENTARY AND, AND LET ME HELP, UM, SET THE TABLE HERE.
SO, OF THE ORIGINAL TOP 10, UH, HOW MUCH OF STAFF RESOURCE, UH, DO YOU FIGURE THE REMAINING THREE ITEMS CONSUME A STAFF RESOURCE AND HOW MUCH STAFF RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT? HOW, HOW, OR FRAME THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY OF ASSIGNING PRIORITY? I'M JUST FISHING FOR HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? WE'RE DOING THE GENERAL PLAN.
THAT'S AN, AN ESSENTIAL, IT'S STAFFED, IT'S FUNDED, IT'S SIGNIFICANT TIME.
UM, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I'M HOPING, PATRICK, THAT WILL BE DONE BY PATRICK OR DREW.
SO THAT'S ONE THAT'LL DROP OFF THE LIST.
UM, FROM, FROM A, UH, POLICY DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, THAT'S GONNA DROP OFF THE LIST AND, UM, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE RMPC, UM, IN TWO DAYS OR ALMOST TOMORROW.
UM, AND THEN I EXPECT TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL, UM, AT THE SECOND MEETING NEXT MONTH.
I THINK THAT'S THE 18TH OF, OF MARCH.
AND TO YOUR POINT, VICE MAYOR SHRIVES IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IPMP AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS RESOURCE AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT GENERAL PLAN UNDER THE UNDERWAY, UH, WITH A COMPLETION TIMEFRAME OF NEXT YEAR AROUND FALL 25.
FALL 25, UM, OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION.
THOSE ARE, UH, FAIRLY BIG CHUNKS.
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WE'VE GOT CEDAR GROVE, ENGLISH HILL.WE'LL BE BRINGING SCOTT RANCH OR SLASH KELLY CREEK PROTECTION HERE SHORTLY.
OUR SPEC SPECIAL PROJECT MANAGER HEATHER HINES, IS COMING TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, SO WE HAVE CEDAR GROVE, WE HAVE LA CRESTA RIDGE, ENGLISH HILL, WE HAVE, UM, HELEN PUTNAM.
WE HAVE, UM, THE, THE GREENWAY, THE NORTH PETALUMA GREENWAY THAT WE'RE UNDER DISCUSSION WITH.
YOU'RE WHISPERING SOMETHING, PLEASE.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT KAVANAUGH IS.
UM, THAT'D BE ON THE TURNING BASIN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING LARRY'S OH, THE POCKET PARKS DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO YES, WE'VE GOT A LOT, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER ALL OF 'EM.
SO YES, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THEM GOING ON AND THEY'RE ALL VERY EXCITING.
ARE THEY ALL FUNDING REQUESTS FROM OUTSIDE PARTIES OR IS THERE STAFF INVOLVEMENT OR, I MEAN, BEYOND THAT? UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE, SOME OF THEM WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WITH SOME OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES THAT FOR ACQUISITION IN AND OF ITSELF, WE WILL NOT NEED LOCAL FUNDING.
OTHERS ARE REQUESTING LOCAL FUNDING.
UM, NONE OF THEM ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE SHOVEL READY OR PURCHASE READY IN THAT, IN THAT WAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING IRONED OUT WITH ALL OF 'EM, BUT WE'RE TALKING, UM, WITH A LOT OF OUR, OF OUR FUNDING PARTNERS ABOUT OPTIONS.
CEDAR GROVE WOULD BE OUTSIDE FUNDING FOR ACQUISITION, HOWEVER, UM, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, UM, WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WE'D HAVE WITH THE TRIBE.
UM, UH, HELEN HELEN PUTNAM IS JUST A ONE-TIME CITY INVESTMENT, UH, BEFORE IT GETS TRANSFERRED OVER TO REGIONAL PARKS.
WE'VE TALKED WITH, UM, OPEN SPACE DISTRICT ABOUT THAT, THAT CONCEPT.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A LITTLE PREMATURE TO APPLY FOR SOMETHING WITH THAT UNTIL WE HAVE, UM, AN ARRANGEMENT WITH SELLERS.
SO JUST REQUIRES STAFF TIME TO HELP COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY HEALY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THREE, UM, OPEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE ACQUISITIONS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
I THINK WE'VE COLLECTIVELY BANGED OUR HEADS AGAINST THAT ONE LONG ENOUGH AND WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S WILLING TO ACCEPT, UH, APPRAISED VALUE.
SO I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY POINT IN SPENDING MORE TIME ON THAT ONE.
UM, AND I REALLY DON'T UNDERS UNDERSTAND WHY CEDAR GROVE IS, IS LISTED HERE BECAUSE THERE'S ZERO PUBLIC ACCESS TO IT.
AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BUY IT, UM, THAT'S FINE.
I DON'T SEE WHY THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE AN INVOLVEMENT IN THAT.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE WHO BOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT UNLESS THEY WANT TO CLIMB OVER THE, THE WALL BY THE RIVER.
UM, I, I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S A PRIORITY.
ENGLISH HILL LA CRESTA, I GET, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
AND RATHER THAN HAVE THREE, I I'D RATHER HAVE ONE.
SO, SO THERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS THERE.
UM, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE FUNDING.
THERE'S THE KIND OF RESOURCE, THE KIND OF UNIQUE RESOURCE IT IS TALKING ABOUT CEDAR GROVE NOW.
UM, THERE'S UM, THERE'S SOME TRANSACTIONAL CHALLENGES WITH THAT.
INTERESTINGLY, THAT ONE'S NOT THE FUNDING CHALLENGE, THAT'S, THERE'S SOME TRANSACTIONAL CORRECT IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES, BUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCESS, SO IT'S NOT REALLY WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE WORKABLE OPEN SPACE.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A BIG ONE.
THERE'S A, IT IS A BIG ONE AND I'M NOT, NOT, AND I'M, AND I, I'M NOT TRYING TO DEBATE OR YOU KNOW, ANY OF THAT KIND OF THING.
I'M JUST TRYING, TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE.
UM, IT'S A BIG ONE, BUT THERE'S A PLAN FOR IT AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL PATHWAY.
UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, THE, THE GREAT RANCHERIA REPRESENTATIVES, UM, AND SONOMA LAND TRUST, S LAND TRUST AND COASTAL CONSERVANCY.
BUT THE PATHWAY IS TO TEAR DOWN AN EXISTING HOUSE.
AND NOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSING SHORTAGE IN TOWN AND WANTING TO CREATE MORE.
SO, WELL WE, ARE WE GONNA REALLY TEAR DOWN A HOUSE ON PAY RENT OR ON ROCA TO, TO GET ACCESS TO THIS THING? WELL, AND ALSO TO POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, CREATE A UNIQUE, UM, UM, CROSS-CULTURAL RESOURCE THAT'S PRESERVED.
UM, AND IN POTENTIALLY DOING SO OR IF, IF DONE WELL, ELIMINATING WHAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING SAFETY PROBLEM THERE.
UM, THAT'S THE OTHER THING WITH THE,
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WELL MAY MAYBE, MAYBE THE STAFF SHOULD, I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THERE THAT THE STAFF HAS NOT UPDATED THE COUNCIL ON.AND, AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE THOUGHTS ARE BEFORE.
YOU SPEND A LOT MORE TIME ON THAT.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE NOT DOING SO WE MIGHT MISS OPPORTUNITIES.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO PRIORITIZE THESE THINGS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND.
AND THE, TO ME IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE.
WE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PRIORITIZE, BUT A WE DON'T KNOW THE VOLUME AND THE RESOURCE WE NEED AND WE DON'T KNOW THE PROJECT.
UM, SO THAT MAKES PRIORITIZATION THIS PARTICULAR ITEM DIFFICULT.
WELL, AND, AND TONIGHT WAS JUST DO, ARE THESE THINGS SOME, I MEAN THESE ARE OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION WAS JUST KIND OF AN OVERARCHING UMBRELLA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO WITH IT? WE, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL A VERY DETAILED LIST.
UM, CEDAR GROVE WE HAVE, I THINK WE'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR MONTHLY REPORT.
UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO UPDATE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN SPENDING TIME ON, SPENDING STAFF TIME ON.
AND THEN I HAD ONE, ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION BRIEFLY UNDER THE ADDITIONAL CATEGORY, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AND I KNOW WE ALL GOT AN EMAIL THAT TODAY FROM LARRY MODAL, UM, ASKING THAT WE FIND A WAY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS ON LAFFERTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A MANY, MANY STEPS TO BE TAKEN ON LAFFERTY.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THE ONE THAT COULD BE UNDERTAKEN RIGHT NOW WITHOUT OVERBURDENING FOLKS IS JUST TO GET PUBLIC INPUT ON WHAT, WHAT THE VISION FOR THE PROPERTY IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MR. DANLEY AND I AND OTHERS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS NEGOTIATING, UM, WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS AND SOMETHING THAT ULTIMATELY COLLAPSED.
BUT THERE WAS A VERY DETAILED PLAN THAT WAS WORKED OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND, AND IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR THE CONVERSATION, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO TASK, UH, PARK AND REC HI, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE COMMISSIONS, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND USING THAT AS A STARTING POINT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE UP THERE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO DO SOME SURVEY WORK, CORRECT.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING I, I, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAL, I TOLD, UM, THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, UM, AND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AND, AND THEY, IT DOES.
UM, LOOKING AT THAT, WELL, LOOKING AT LAFFERTY PROGRAMMATICALLY GENERALLY I THINK IS, IS THE WAY TO GO BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE GET TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND BE EFFICIENT.
IT'S REGULATORY SENSITIVE, AS WE ALL KNOW.
UM, WE WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND GOOD STEWARDS.
'CAUSE THAT'S VER YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF THE PROPERTY IS REALLY STEWARDSHIP, UM, AND, AND, AND ACCESS THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
SO, SO YEAH, I THINK THOSE, THOSE ROAD MAPPING KINDS OF THINGS ARE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY HELP US PLAN THE PROGRESS FORWARD WHILE CONTINUING TO MAKE SOME, UM, FOR THAT.
VICE MAYOR, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT ON THE LIST, I THINK, UH, YOU PROPOSED IS POSSIBLY GETTING HIGHER UP ON THE LIST.
IS, IS THE SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE, UM, THE, OUR TRAIN STATION UP NORTH, NORTH OF TOWN WHERE THAT IT BELONGS IN THIS IT, THAT IT IS THERE.
IT'S AN, UH, ADDITIONAL IN THERE.
UM, BUT NOW THAT, THAT HOUSING IS OF A NEED AND THAT IS, AND THE STATION IS GOING IN.
SO MAYBE, UM, WE NEED TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE THAT, THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE THAT ENERGY AND THAT EFFORT WITH THE STATION COMING IN AND BUMP THAT UP A LITTLE BIT IN PRIORITIES NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARNICLE, UM, ALL FOUR CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD ON THE OPEN SPACE.
UM, THEY JUST SEEM LIKE SLOW BURN ITEMS MOSTLY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE CEDAR GROVE AND WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
UM, I THINK THE FAIRGROUNDS NEEDS TO STAY TOP, LIKE TOP PRIORITY AND I'M, THE MASTER PLAN IS ONE THING, BUT I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, GETTING MORE ACTIVITY GOING ON THE SITE IS, IS CRITICAL.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME TALK IN THE, IN THE BIKE COMMUNITY ABOUT LIKE, COULD WE HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, COMMUNITY RIDE END AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AT LIKE, UM, WITH FOOD TRUCKS THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT SANTA ROSA HAS THEIR TACO TUESDAY RIDE OR SOMETHING AND, UM, TRY AND COUPLE IT WITH FOOD.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING IDEAS, UM, AND WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO LAND THE PLANE ON THAT ONE.
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THE DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS, I'M A LITTLE BUMMED THAT WE DID COMMENTS IN INDEPENDENTLY AFTER THE THING BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED THE TRESTLE PEOPLE TO HEAR, UM,'CAUSE THERE'S THIS, UH, THERE'S THIS FEELING THAT WE JUST CAN PRINT MONEY OR WE'VE GOT GOLD BARS IN THE BASEMENT OR SOMETHING AND WE DON'T.
UM, AND SO LIKE, OF COURSE WE WANT TO INVEST IN BEAUTIFICATION IN OUR DOWNTOWN, BUT I THINK, UM, WE'VE GOT TO LIKE IN, YOU KNOW, BRING MORE ECONOMY THERE AND YOU DID.
UM, SO AGAIN, LIKE WHEN I THINK OF MY PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN DOWNTOWN, ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD ANY NEW BUILDINGS REALLY BUILT IN THE CORE OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO, UM, I'D LOVE TO TO SEE MORE THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF FITS INTO ALL, ALL THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AS LIKE AN OVERARCHING PRIORITY OF LIKE, BUILD OUR ECONOMIC ENGINE.
UM, AND THEN HOMELESSNESS, UM, OR UN YOU KNOW, OUR UNHOUSED GENTLEMAN WAS HERE.
UM, I, UH, PULLED UP THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE, THE GENTLEMAN WHO MOVED INTO PEOPLE'S VILLAGE AND THEN GOT A JOB AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD A, YOU KNOW, MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, UM, FROM PEOPLE'S VILLAGE.
UM, THIS WEEKEND I WAS OUT SEEING MUSIC AND THE DOOR GUY, UH, JUST GOT INTO PEOPLE'S VILLAGE.
HE WAS PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS AND WAS SLEEPING OUT IN FRONT OF THE, UH, THE MUSIC VENUE.
UM, AND NOW HE'S THE DOOR GUY AT THE MUSIC VENUE AND HE HAS A PLACE AT PEOPLE'S VILLAGE.
UM, AND I REMEMBER THE, THE COST OF ONE OF THOSE UNITS IS $13,000, $13,000.
AND WE CAN GIVE SOMEONE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND THEY CAN WORK THE DOOR AT THESE LOCAL VENUES.
AND SO WHEN I THINK OF 200 OR $400,000 COMING IN IN CANNABIS TAX REVENUE, THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TINY HOMES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT OUT THERE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO HELP PEOPLE GET OFF THE STREETS.
UM, AND I JUST, I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT, UM, THE STORIES I'VE HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK, UM, AND CONTRIBUTING, YOU KNOW, IN, IN WAYS, UM, TO OUR ECONOMY AND TO, TO OUR CITY, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE, UM, MORE TINY HOMES.
IT'S, UM, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, I JUST WANNA ADD, UM, WE CAN BUILD THE HOUSE HOUSING UNITS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE, THE BARRIER FOR US.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FAMILY SHELTER RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE IT'S APPROXIMATE TO COTS.
UM, HELPING COTS WITH THAT ONE FULL-TIME STAFF PERSON.
WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THAT IN OUR BUDGET.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO LOOK AT CITY OWNED PARCELS, LOOK AT, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THE BUILDING OF THE UNITS IS NOT THE ISSUE.
IT'S THE, IT'S THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE, FRANKLY.
AND IT'S, IT'S CHALLENGE IN OUR COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE.
SO I THINK WHEN WE DID THE 25 UNITS OF PEOPLE'S VILLAGE, WE SAID WE COULD GET TO 30.
SO MAYBE WE COULD ADD FIVE MORE TO PEOPLE'S VILLAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S FIVE MORE PEOPLE.
WE JUST NEED TO FIND ROOM FOR OUR CORP YARD.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY SUCCESSFUL WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE ARE MY, MY COMMENTS ON THIS.
LIKE, CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, NAIL THE FAIRGROUNDS DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS AND, UM, AND DO MORE ON HOMELESSNESS.
STAFF REPORT CALLS OUT, UH, HOME KEY THREE, AND MAYBE NOT IN THIS CATEGORY, BUT HOME KEY THREE.
UM, WHAT IS A STATUS OF A HOME KEY THREE? I DON'T HAVE KAREN HERE ANYMORE.
I TALKED TO KAREN ABOUT THAT RECENTLY.
TALKED TO KAREN ABOUT THAT RECENTLY.
AND, UH, UM, UH, SHE BASICALLY SAID IT'S, IT'S FULLY SUBSCRIBED, I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT.
I THINK IT'S PASSED THE DEADLINE TO APPLY MAYBE.
AND THERE'S NO HOME KEY FOR, UM, YET
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AGAIN, THIS, THIS HAS BEEN BLAMED ON, WE BLAMED STUFF ON THIS O ALREADY TONIGHT, BUT ON, UH, ON, UH, OWNERS THAT, UH, WANT MORE THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE, THE, THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS TO GET MY OKAY.
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US WORK ON THE MASTER PLAN SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT PARCEL.WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A SAFETY CENTER ON A PORTION OF IT AND, AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
UM, THE, UM, OTHER THING WAS THE DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS IN BEAUTIFICATION.
UM, LOOKING AT OUR AGING COMMUNITY, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK OF, AND I REALLY APPLAUD STAFF FOR GETTING THE GRANT FROM THE A RP FOR THE CHESS BOARDS.
UM, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SENIORS IN OUR HANDICAPPED.
UM, WE NEED, UM, MORE PLACES FOR THEM TO SIT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, UM, THE, THE KAVANAUGH PARK PARK.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I'M SORRY THAT THE LANDOWNER IS NOT WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS WE NEED MORE BENCHES AND PUBLIC BATHROOMS DOWN, DOWN AND PARKING, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR HANDICAPPED.
AND, UM, THAT IS EVERYTHING ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE OUT
CAN I ADD SOME? I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ASKING TO ADD SOMETHING TO OUR LIST.
BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, NOW YOU JUST REMINDED ME BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A RE-IMAGINING SENIOR SERVICES, AND I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY, UH, GOOD PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
EITHER, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE THE END OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE START OR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, WORKING ON A SEVEN DAY SENIOR CENTER AND PROGRAMMING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, UM, WORKING WITH PPSC AND STAFF.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE ADDED THIS TO THE LIST, WHICH, I'M SORRY I'M ADDING THAT, BUT YES, WE NEED IT.
AND TO ADD TO THAT, UM, A POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE EVEN, UM, MAKING SPACE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR AN EXTENDED SENIOR AREA, BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTGROWING OUR POPULATION OF SENIORS HAS GROWN SO MUCH THAT NOW WE'VE OUTGROWN OUR SENIOR CENTER, AND IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO UTILIZE A PORTION OF THAT SPACE OF FAIRGROUNDS IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT'S NOT BEING USED FULL TIME.
OR WE CAN USE IT FOR SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT THE SENIORS OR WE REQUEST SENIOR AND LOOKING AHEAD TO OUR FUTURE POPULATION.
FOR ME, THE FAIRGROUNDS IS NUMBER ONE, WE TOLD THE PUBLIC WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO BE IN CHARGE.
AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS IS NOW WE'RE IN CHARGE.
AND THE BAD NEWS IS NOW WE'RE IN CHARGE.
SO WE HAVE TO GET OUT AND TELL THE PUBLIC, UH, HOW MUCH BETTER IT IS WITH US, WITH US IN CHARGE.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT VISIONING START.
UH, IT MAY BE THAT THAT'S THE BEST LOCATION FOR, UH, DAY LABOR, UM, UH, FACILITY IN TOWN.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT REQUIRES EASY VEHICLE ACCESS, WHICH MEANS FRONT OF PROPERTY.
AND I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYBODY WANTS EASY VEHICLE FRONT OF PROPERTY.
A, YOU KNOW, PREMIUM PROPERTY IS THE EASIEST STREET FRONTAGE RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, DEEP WELL INTO THE PROPERTY.
BUT, UH, I, I REALLY THINK WE HAVE TO TRY AND, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET MORE INTO DISTRICT ELECTIONS, YOU'LL FIND THAT THE DISTRICT, UM, COUNCIL PERSON AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION, WILL BE, UH, LOBBIED HARD BY THE PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED BY THE EXISTING INFORMAL DAY LABOR STRUCTURE.
AND SO YOU WILL, WE WILL NEED TO DO SOMETHING FORMALLY FOR THEM SOON.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE READY TO TAKE THIS TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN AND THE CARDS I HAVE WITH PEOPLE REMAINING, UH, BEN PETERS ON THE OPEN SPACE.
I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE LOST A COUPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR ONLY PARK IS THE CEMETERY AND THEN THE ST.
VINCENT HIGH SCHOOL PARCEL, UH, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE CREEK WHERE THEY PUT UP A NO TRESPASSING SIGN, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE HURTING FOR MONEY RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK A PARK CONSERVATION EASEMENT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS, UH, BOTH A PARK FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A FINANCIAL GAIN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS EXPEDITIOUSLY.
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KNOW, NO ONE DID TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE BLUEPRINT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONGOING.I WILL SAY THE ELECTRIFICATION PIECE IS THE DATE IS 2026, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF IT, EVEN THOUGH SOME, UH, OF THE WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED.
UM, I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL GET INTO THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE.
BUT STREAMLINING, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER OR, UH, VICE MAYOR SRI'S, YOU KNOW, CAN GIVE A VERY ELOQUENT SPEECH ON STREAMLINING THE PERMITTING FOR DOING ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER.
UM, I'M SPEAKING TODAY AND ALL BY, IN RESPECT TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND WE, IN A CONVERSATION WITH DREW HALTER RECENTLY, HE SAID, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO BRING THIS UP.
YOU'RE PROBABLY ASKING YOURSELF TIME FOR WHAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS 47 PARKS AND APPROXIMATELY 40 OF THESE PARKS HAVE PLAYGROUNDS FOR CHILDREN.
WHILE WE SUPPORT THE NEW PARKS THAT ARE GOING IN AND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, WE FEEL IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER AND PLAN FOR OUTDOOR AREAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR OLDER ADULTS.
THIS YEAR, THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE CREATED A STRATEGY PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE SENIORS WHO MAKE UP 30% OF THE POP POPULATION OF PETALUMA.
ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS IS TO PROMOTE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE AND WELLBEING AMONG SENIORS BY DEVELOPING PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI OUTDOOR PHYSICAL EXERCISE FACILITIES, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM.
DURING OUR RESEARCH, WE'VE DISCOVERED SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS WHY THESE WOULD WORK AND WHERE THEY WOULD WORK, BUT OUR GOAL BEGAN TO CREATE A PROPOSAL FOR PROJECTS THAT ENCOURAGED A BROAD RANGE OF PETALUMA TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, THOSE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES, THOSE WHO ARE SENIORS, AND THOSE WHO ARE FIVE YEARS OLD AND OLDER.
AFTER MUCH RESEARCH WE INCLUDED THAT INCLUDED FIELD TRIPS AND THAT SORT OF THING, WE FELT IT IS TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO START CONSIDERING THE NEEDS OF OUR SENIORS.
AND I HOPE THAT COMES UP IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, CONVERSATION A FEW WEEKS.
UM, AND, UH, JOHN HANANIA, ANYTHING TODAY? NOT, NO.
UM, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PERIOD.
AND, UH, ANY COMMENTS ON HERE? DO YOU WISH TO ASK ANY SORT OF PRIORITIZING LEADING QUESTIONS? I'LL WAIT UNTIL THE VERY END, IT WON'T RECAP.
AND IF I LEAVE ANYTHING OFF, YOU CAN TELL ME.
SO WE'RE ON POLICY, PROGRAMS AND PLANS.
NO, THAT'S WHAT WE JUST FINISHED, AND NOW WE'RE ON TO ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH.
JUST TO GIVE COUNSEL AND UPDATE.
AND I THINK, BRIAN, IF YOU WANNA WALK THROUGH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH STAFF, SO JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL'S NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH.
SO IN THIS CATEGORY, FROM THE ORIGINAL TOP 10, WE HAD THAT SORT OF COMBINED GOAL THAT WAS POLICE OVERSIGHT AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
UM, WE HAVE SPLIT THOSE OUT, FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE KIND OF ON THEIR OWN, UH, POSITIVE TRAJECTORIES, BOTH IN BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO WE HAVE BROKEN THOSE OUT INTO TWO.
UH, ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE THIS ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOAL, WHICH, UM, DOESN'T NECESSARILY DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS, BUT THERE'S MORE DETAIL IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, WE DID DO, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE FIRST EVER EMPLOYEE SURVEY, UH, WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION GOT A TON OF GREAT FEEDBACK ON HOW WE CAN MAKE IT, UH, THE BEST WORKPLACE POSSIBLE, UH, HOW WE CAN RETAIN AND ATTRACT FOLKS, ET CETERA.
SO WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT, UH, BULLET POINTS OR WORK PLAN ITEMS UNDERNEATH THIS GOAL IN TERMS OF, UH, IMPLEMENTING A RIGOROUS TRAINING PROGRAM, DOING SOME MENTORSHIP, UH, REVAMPING AND UPGRADING OUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM.
SO A LOT OF INTERNALLY FOCUSED THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REALLY DEVELOP THE ORGANIZATION AND MAKE IT, UH, A, A GREAT WORKPLACE AND BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN OUR STAFF AND KEEP OUR VACANCY VACANCIES LOW AT SIX POINT HALF PERCENT, WHICH THEY'RE LIKE NOW.
WE ALSO WILL BE WORKING ON THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE, UH, AS WELL AS A BIGGER, BROADER STRATEGIC PLAN, INCLUDING A CITYWIDE MISSION VISION, AND THEN THE SEVEN VALUES THAT PEGGY MENTIONED AND, AND ROLLED OUT EARLIER.
AND THEN FINALLY UPDATING PURCHASING REGULATIONS.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME TALK ABOUT THE CHARTER EARLIER.
THAT IS AN ELEMENT OF OUR PURCHASING REGULATIONS, BUT WE CAN'T, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO IN THE SHORTER TERM TO
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REALLY UPGRADE THAT AND MAKE IT EASIER, UH, FOR US TO, TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WE NEED.AND THEN ALSO DOCUMENTING A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES SO THAT WE CAN REPLICATE IT, WE CAN DOCUMENT IT AND RETAIN SOME INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY, UH, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO THIS IS A LESS SEXY CATEGORY,
IT'S SO CRUCIAL FOR OUR PROCESSES, FOR OUR STAFFING, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND THE SERVICES.
UM, JUST THE POLICY AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, I WOULD SAY THAT, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT PERSONNEL RULES BACK FROM 1979.
WE'VE GOT A TON OF WORK WE NEED TO DO ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AND MAKE TIME FOR.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH NEW STAFF, JUST STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
IT MAKES OUR PROCESSES SMOOTHER, IT MAKES, UH, AGENDA MANAGEMENT SMOOTHER.
IT JUST MAKES ALL OF OUR, ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO A LITTLE MORE SEAMLESS, AND WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DELVE INTO IT.
AND I MENTIONED THAT LAST YEAR IN MY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, AND WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S NOT SEXY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT GET THIS STUFF DONE, IT HELPS US GET, YEAH, IT HELPS US GET THE WORK DONE, BUT NOT THIS YEAR.
THIS WILL PAY OFF LONG RUN LONG.
UM, COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN, VICE MAYOR SHRI.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, THIS IS A HUGE SHIFT IN POLICY.
UM, I WAS IN THE CORPORATE WORLD 25 YEARS AGO, AND AT THAT POINT, LOOKING AT ALL THE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, THIS IS WHAT WAS BEING PUSHED.
UM, AND THERE WAS LOTS OF RESEARCH AND DATA TO SUPPORT THIS.
SO LOOKING AT, UH, CHANGING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, STREAMLINING, UM, ESPECIALLY YOUR PURCHASING, UH, THE ABILITY TO COME UP WITH A NEW PURCHASING PACKAGE AND, AND LOOK AT RESOURCE, UH, INVENTORY TYPE PACKAGES THAT INCLUDED WITH THAT, ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT IS THERE.
UM, AND THEN SUPPORTING IT WITH, UH, HEALTHY, UH, STAFF, UH, WELLBEINGS AND DOING ALL THAT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL THIS, THIS CRITICAL WORK.
UM, IT'S, IT IS DEFINITELY THE RIGHT WAY TO GO AND KEEPING OUR STAFF, BECAUSE WE HAVE FANTASTIC STAFF WORKING SUPER HARD AND EFFICIENTLY NOW, AND THEY'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER ALL THE TIME AND BEING MORE PRODUCTIVE AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IN YOUR STAFF IS, IS WAY OVER, ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, UH, MY EXPECTATIONS.
UH, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE SAME THING THAT, THAT WITH, WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB ON ALL THIS.
AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS, IS WHAT, WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BEN PETERS.
ALRIGHT, I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL NIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE PURCHASING POLICY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE NEED TO MODERNIZE OUR PURCHASING POLICY.
BJORN MENTIONED THIS AGAIN TODAY.
IT'S A ROADBLOCK IN GETTING OUR STREETS SAFER.
I WILL SAY, UM, ON THE FLOATING SOLAR PROJECT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS A $300,000 CONSULTING AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED AND THEN A $5 MILLION AMENDMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WITH NO PUBLIC INPUT OR, YOU KNOW, AFTER SITE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN'T APPROVE A $31,000 STREET IMPROVEMENT, BUT THE CITY MANAGER CAN APPROVE A $5 MILLION CONTRACT AMENDMENT.
AND SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE WEREN'T THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO, BUT IF I HAD MORE THAN THREE DAYS TO COMMENT ON THAT, I PROMISE YOU WE WOULD'VE SAVED SOME MONEY.
SO WE NEED TO DAYLIGHT SOME OF THESE SERVICE CONTRACTS.
YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE CIRCO ENERGY EFFICIENCY ONE, WHICH I'M WAITING FOR AN UPDATE ON.
I KNOW IT'S COMING SOON, BUT, UM, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE TO BRING IN THE WEALTH OF COMMUNITY EXPERTISE IN MAKING OUR CITY BETTER AND MAKING OUR PROCUREMENTS HAPPEN, RIGHT? THE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PURCHASING THINGS.
AND SO IF WE FOCUS ON MODERNIZING OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY AND INCLUDING BETTER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAN WE'LL BE BETTER OFF.
I USED TO GET HIT A LOT FASTER.
I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OVERSIGHT POLICE OVERSIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING.
HOW LONG AGO, DENNIS? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I SEE YOU LAUGHING BECAUSE
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR HOW LONG? I'M SORRY.
YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST, YOU HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS
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AND, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.I MEAN, MAYBE I GET AN ANSWER.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT, PLEASE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR WHO'S GOT AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S COMING TO COUNSEL IN MARCH 18TH.
AND WE'LL HAVE A PROCESS FOR SEATING OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY GROUP AT THAT TIME.
I GUESS I'M GONNA GO TO THE CHURCH AND LIGHT AGAIN.
UM, CAN I ASK ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION? UH, CHARTER, UH, REVISIONS, DOES THAT GO TO VOTE OF THE PEOPLE? YES.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ELECTION CYCLE, TIMING IT WITH AN ELECTION CYCLE, TIMING IT WITH ELECTION CYCLE AND HAVING A COMMUNITY, PARDON ME, AND HAVING A COMMUNITY PANEL TO HELP US WITH.
WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, AND, AND IT'S PRETTY LONG.
UM, IT'S LIKE A SIX MONTH PROCESS TO REALLY DO IT RIGHT.
BUT, UM, SORT OF BEHIND WHAT PEGGY WAS SAYING ABOUT SOME OF OUR STAFF INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO IS GONNA BE, IT, IT'S PART OF OUR MATURITY AS OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND, AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW WHERE THE NUMBER OF STAFF WE HAVE AND THE THINGS WE'VE TAKEN ON, UM, WE'RE SEEING THE OBSTACLES THAT ARE HOLDING US FROM GOING FORWARD.
AND, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S RIGHT, THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THE CHARTER TOMORROW, BUT I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, THAT'S GONNA BE THE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IS KEEPING US FROM BEING THE MODERN PETALUMA, FULLY REALIZING ITS POTENTIAL.
AND, AND WHAT YOU SAW, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR STAFF REPORT MATERIALS ABOUT THAT IS THAT CHARTERS ARE DOCUMENTS OF LIMITATION.
THEY'RE VOTER IMPOSED CONSTRAINTS ON THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY.
AND FOR BIG MODERN CITIES, THEY'RE NOT LONG DOCUMENTS LIKE OURS.
THAT'S WHY I SAY OURS IS CHARTER HEAVY, NOT CHARTER LIGHT.
AND IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE WE CAN'T DO DESIGN BUILD, AND IT INCLUDES GOOFY GAPS IN THE PURCHASING, UM, AND RIDICULOUS HOLDOVERS FROM PRE PROP 13 AND WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS WERE MANAGED BY THE CITY AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF, AND A AND A AND A MODERN, AND IT'S OUR, AND IT'S OUR CONSTITUTION FOR THE CITY.
SO, UM, MODERN ONES ARE A LOT SHORTER.
WHAT I'M GONNA ADVOCATE TO YOU NOW, AND THEN IF I'M STILL HERE SERVING YOU, WHICH I HOPE I AM, IS, UM, AS A FULL REPLACEMENT.
UM, AND WE COULD DO DISCREET THINGS IN THE MEANTIME AND WE CAN DO SOME IMPLEMENTATION THINGS AND WILL REGARDING PURCHASING.
UM, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, I I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE TOO, AND I'VE HAD A DRAFT SINCE I THINK 2016 THAT, THAT WE HAVE NOW NEW STAFF TO LOOK AT AND, AND, AND TAKE IT NEXT LEVEL, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE ABOUT THAT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S PART OF OUR MATURATION, I THINK AS A CITY, UM, TO REALLY BE ABLE TO, TO DO, TO DO MORE OF WHAT THE COUNCIL'S TALKING ABOUT WANTING US TO DO MORE OF IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE EXPECTS YOU FRAMED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ISSUE.
QUITE F FINELY GOES WITH AN ELECTION.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, COMMENTS ON THIS SECTION? UH, CAN I ASK THE CITY MANAGER MAYBE HELP LEAD US THROUGH THE SLIDES? ONE MORE.
MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT WHAT YOU WANT FOR MR. MAYOR.
MAYOR, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE WE'RE GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, YEAH, WE DID CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
BECAUSE PEGGY JUMPED IN ON AND ANSWERED WANTED QUESTION.
AND, AND LET ME BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A MOMENT THERE.
YEAH, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET A CHANCE TO MAKE FINAL COMMENTS.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE CASE? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, LET'S, THERE'S A DESIRE TO DO SO.
SO LET'S DO SO AND THAT'LL GIVE CITY MANAGER TIME TO TEE UP WHAT SHE NEEDS FOR, FOR TAKEAWAY.
UM, I THINK YEAR ZERO IN THE CITY THREAD FIVE MILES IS A GOOD GOAL.
UM, BETWEEN D STREET, FIFTH STREET, FINISHING RAINIER.
AND THEN IF WE DID, UH, A QUICK BUILD ON COFFEE CASA GRANDE, AND WE GOT TO WORK ON CA FIELD, THAT'S FIVE MILES, LIKE THOSE FIVE STREETS RIGHT THERE, THREE OF 'EM ARE ALREADY DONE.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THOSE CHUCKED OFF THE BOX, LIKE REALLY QUICK.
WE COULD DO FIVE MILES OF BIKE LANES AND AS A GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, AND ACTUALLY GET THAT, UM, MAKE NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, UM, ON THE NOMINATION PROGRAM.
UM, I THINK FOCUSING ON AREAS OR CORRIDORS LIKE BJORN SAID, I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT CAN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU
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KNOW, SHOW, UM, TO THE REST OF THE CITY WHAT A GOOD PART, WHAT GOOD DESIGN LOOKS LIKE.AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH JUST SPOT THINGS EVERYWHERE.
BUT IF WE, UM, REALLY FOCUS ON LIKE, UH, WEBSTER WESTERN, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE MESS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CLAMORING FOR STUFF OVER HERE.
I'VE MET WITH THEM, THEY, EVERY TIME I SEE THE PEOPLE ON ON WESTERN, THEY ASK ME WHAT'S THE STATUS OF OUR PROJECT? AND, UM, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR 'EM.
BJORN MENTIONED MADISON, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE ON MADISON THAT WANT PEOPLE TO GO SLOWER ON MADISON.
UM, I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT MORE THAN 20 IF WE, UM, IF WE REALLY MOVE THIS FORWARD, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US TRY AND DO THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY.
UM, I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM TOOK THE BIGGEST SERIAL KILLER IN PETALUMA OFF OF OFF THE STREETS WHEN THEY PUT THAT STUFF AT PINE VIEW, LIKE THAT WAS A SERIAL KILLER.
IT WAS GONNA KILL MULTIPLE MORE PEOPLE AND THEY SAVED LIVES.
AND THAT'S WHAT STREET SAFETY CAN DO FOR US.
WE KNOW THESE THINGS AND WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR A PERSON SAY, I WAS SAYING TO THE CITY, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING.
WE WANT TO SAY THEY DID SOMETHING AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.
LIKE, IF WE, IF WE WAIT, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO LET'S JUST TREAT THIS AS THE, AS THE SAFETY ISSUE.
IT WAS AS IF THERE WAS SOMEONE WALKING AROUND WITH A GUN AND GET THEM OFF THE STREET AND SAVE LIVES.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS, HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, FAIRGROUNDS, THOSE ARE ALL LIKE CANNABIS.
THOSE ARE TOP PRIORITIES FOR ME.
UM, ANYTHING THAT FITS INTO THOSE THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, RISES RIGHT TO THE TOP OF MY PRIORITY LIST.
UM, SO ALL, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY FOR MY PRIORITIES.
UM, THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA, UM, ADD IN IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF COMBINATION OF, UH, WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
UH, THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON LAND USE RIGHT NOW, AND, UM, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A, A COMPLETE FIRST DRAFT COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND TURNED IN AND PARTICULARLY WORKING ON, ON THE LAND USES, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT OF WHERE BUSINESSES THAT WE BRING IN, UH, BUILDINGS THAT WE CAN BUILD IN PLACES, TRYING TO FIND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, EVEN AT LIKE, AND THEN, WHICH WOULD ALSO MAYBE INCLUDE, OKAY, DOWNTOWN WE HAVE, UM, STORES GOING OUTTA BUSINESS.
WELL, COULD WE MAKE ONE OF THOSE STORES OUTTA BUSINESS? COULD WE TURN THAT INTO A, A, UH, RESTROOM AREA, A PUBLIC RESTROOM, A FULL FACILITIES THAT'S LARGE ENOUGH FOR CAPACITY FOR THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN FOR VISITORS AND TOURISTS TO COME, COME USE.
UM, BUT FINDING THE LAND USE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND HOW WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP AS A CITY.
UM, THOSE DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW ARE GOING ON, AND I KNOW THAT'S ON THE LIST, BUT WE NEED, WE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GENERAL PLANET, ESPECIALLY THOSE LAND USES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S TIED TO, TO IT, IS AT LEAST A FIRST DRAFT BY END OF THIS YEAR, I THINK.
UH, I THINK THEY'RE WAITING FOR PERHAPS YOUR, YOUR GUIDANCE THROUGH THE LIST.
CAN YOU GET ME BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE PRETTY PLEASE? SO, CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE WILL BE TALKING, UM, AT OUR CIP WORKSHOP IN MAY.
UH, BUT I DID HEAR, UM, CAULFIELD CROSSING, UM, AND A VARIETY OF THINGS UNDER THE COFIELD CROSSING, UM, TRESTLE, YOU KNOW, HOW TO, HOW TO, UH, CLOSE THAT GAP, HOW TO GET IT SHOVELED READY.
UM, WHAT GRANTS, WHAT, WHAT POTENTIAL FUNDING, UM, CAN WE GET FOR THAT, UH, ACT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
I'VE GOT LYNCH CREEK TRAIL RIVER TRAILS GAP CLOSURE, UM, FIVE YEAR STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN, MARIA DRIVE, WASHINGTON STREET.
SO WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UM, OUR SAFE STREETS, UM, AND HOW WE, HOW WE'RE GETTING, UM, TO 20 PLUS, UM, IN A YEAR AND, UH, AND REALLY FOCUSED, UH, FOCUS OUR INVESTMENTS ON, EVEN IF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ISN'T DONE BY THE TIME WE DO OUR CIP, THAT ALL THOSE INPUTS, WHETHER IT'S BEEN OUR, UM, UH, NOMINATION PROGRAM, ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE INFORMED THAT, THAT, UH, WE WILL HAVE, UM, WE'LL HAVE PROJECTS IN THE HOPPER THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR.
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DID YOU WANT TO, TO ALLOW A MINUTE TO YEAH, PLEASE.ANYBODY TO TAKE A MINUTE THERE? UM, I, I JUST WANT TO, UM, UM, UH, SUPPORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLES, UM, FIVE MILE EURO YEAR, ZERO ZERO COMMENT IN THERE.
AND, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A $89 MILLION CIP THIS YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE OUR CAPITAL MEETING TO SHOW THE SUCCESS RATE, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENT RATE OF, UH, ON THE FUNDING OF IT.
AND THEN ANY NEW OR, OR FOR, FOR THE UPCOMING CAPITAL, UH, LET'S PUT A MILESTONE FOR HOW MUCH OF THE PROJECT WE ARE PROMISING TO DELIVER DURING THIS ANY FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE KNOW WE, WE'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
AND I THINK BOTH YOU AND BRIAN MEANT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, UM, BRIAN LISTED A BUNCH OF STUFF, AND I KNOW SOME OF THAT IS PART OF OUR EVENTUAL INTEGRATED, COMPLETE AND SEAMLESS ACTIVE MOBILITY NETWORK.
BUT, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MILES OF, UH, 20 QUARTER MILE SEGMENTS THAT AREN'T CONTINUOUS IS NOT AS GOOD AS, UH, A A MILE TWO, TWO AT A TIME QUARTER, A HUNDRED PERCENT DENNIS, LIKE THE WHAT'S ON RAINIER RIGHT NOW IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE, IT'S AN EFFECTIVE DEMONSTRATION FOR DID WE SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC? RIGHT.
IT'S NOT AN EFFECTIVE DEMONSTRATION FOR DID WE PROMOTE RIDING YOUR BIKE BECAUSE IT'S STILL NOT SAFE TO RIDE YOUR BIKE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA RIDE YOUR BIKE, YOU KNOW, FROM MCDOWELL TO MARIA, YOU'RE GONNA RIDE YOUR BIKE THROUGH THERE.
SO THE CORRIDOR VERSUS THE IN LAPS BACK AND FORTH.
SO CAPITAL DONE LEGISLATION POLICY, GOSH, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CANNABIS.
UM, IF WE CAN DO IT, UH, QUICKER, BRINGING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS ON MARCH 11TH, POTENTIALLY BRING IT BACK IN JUNE, IF WE CAN DO THE QUICKER PILOT PROGRAM, UH, WITH A REPORT BACK WITHIN A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT EXPANSION.
WE'VE GOT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE PARKING AND, UM, THE PARKING ENTRY ORDINANCES, THE ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION OUTREACH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, REVISITING KIND OF, UM, PARKING, WHAT THE PARKING E PARKING ORDINANCE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TWO, TWO ELEMENTS.
ONE WAS THE, JUST THE GOOD BEHAVIOR ON CITY STREETS, UM, WHAT THE SOURCE OF MANY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT TIMELINE WOULD BE AND WHAT THE CHALLENGES WOULD BE IF WE BROUGHT BACK ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
SO, UM, THE PARKING ORDINANCES SEBASTOPOL WAS CONSIDERING PROBABLY IS NOT THE WAY WE WANNA GO, BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNSEL, WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE.
I'VE GOT LEAF BLOWER ORDINANCE, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHEN WE COULD PLUG THAT IN BASED UPON OUR CURRENT WORKLOAD, THE CHAIN LINK FENCE ORDINANCE, I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S MORE OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, AND JUST WHAT, WHAT THAT IMPLEMENTATION LOOKS LIKE AND MIGHT BE MORE THAN, MUCH MORE THAN AN ORDINANCE.
UM, WE'VE LOWERED THE PRIORITIZATION ON CHARTER AMENDMENTS, BUT I'M STILL GONNA PUT THAT IN, IN, IN, IN OUT YEARS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE STILL NEED TO TEE THAT UP AND THEN COUNCIL CAN SHOOT THAT DOWN IF WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
UM, DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFICATION, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT MORE OF A STRATEGY FOR OUR DOWNTOWN, BOTH FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT TO A, UM, A, A CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE COULD DO WITH, WITH, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS, NOT JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT INCENTIVES, INCENTIVIZING OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, WE'VE GOT UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE CITY'S DOING TO LOOK AT, UH, CONTINUING THAT PROGRAM.
UH, THEN WE GOT TALK ABOUT HOUSING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE WILL BE BRINGING OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, UH,
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IMPLEMENTATION BACK TO COUNCIL BY YEAR.I THINK WE HAVE A REPORT CARD ACTUALLY THAT'LL WALK US THROUGH THAT.
BUT YEAH, SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN TWO WEEKS, BUT WE'LL ALSO BRING IT BACK AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THINGS PLUG IN.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT STAFFING, UM, POLICY AND PROGRAMS. SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT WASN'T, UH, DOES COUNSEL WANT US TO BRING BACK THE TIME OF SALE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE? I THINK WHERE WE LANDED ON THAT ONE WAS CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
AND IF WE COULD SHOW ROBUSTNESS AND IF WE COULD SHOW, UM, UH, YEAH, UH, AN AN AN ASSIST PROGRAM.
WELL, YEAH, WHAT IS, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR EXISTING PROGRAM, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT.
UH, POLICY PROGRAMS AND PLANS, OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION, REALLY NOT SPENDING MORE TIME ON KAVANAUGH, BUT, UM, GIVING COUNSEL MORE INFORMATION AND STATUS ON WHERE CEDAR GROVE IS AND, UH, LA CRESTA SLASH ENGLISH HILL.
WE WILL BE BRINGING, UM, THE HELEN PUTNAM EXPANSION PIECE TO COUNCIL, I THINK IT'S APRIL 15TH, SO IT MIGHT BE THE SAME DAY.
WE BRING BACK OUR SECOND BITE AT THE APPLE ON THIS, ON, ON THIS, ON THIS WORK.
UH, NEXT STEPS ON LAFFERTY, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T BRING UP, UM, PATRICK AS PAULA LANE AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON PAULA LANE, SO I'LL ADD THAT.
UH, FAIRGROUNDS WE NEED TO KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE DO HAVE, UM, WE'LL HAVE A TIMELINE THAT ACTUALLY STAFF IS WORKING ON A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS EXTENSIVE.
UM, AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT LIST, SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL, ACTUALLY PROBABLY BEFORE EVEN THE 15TH.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE SENDING THAT OUT TO COUNCIL AND THEN WORKING ON A PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PIECE ON THAT.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SP UH, PRIORITIZING THE SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THE NORTH STATION HOUSING AND THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE LISTED.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE DAY LABOR CENTER AND HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT AND WHAT, WHAT'S KIND OF THAT.
I'VE GOT DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS AGAIN, UM, I CALL IT REIMAGINING, UM, SENIOR SERVICES, WHICH GETS TO A VARIETY OF THINGS.
NOT JUST OUR SENIOR CENTER, BUT OUR AGE FRIENDLY PLANNING EFFORT.
AND, UH, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE MEETING THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT AN ACTION PLAN FOR THAT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THAT PRIORITIZED HOMELESSNESS, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW WE ARE HITTING THAT YEAR THREE OF OUR, UH, TRYING TO GET TO FUNCTIONAL ZERO AND WHAT THAT, UH, TRAJECTORY FOR THE CITY LOOKS LIKE.
AND INVESTMENT, CORRESPONDING INVESTMENT, UH, STREAMLINING.
I, I'VE GOT SOME, UM, SOME PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT STREAMLINING, PERMITTING OF ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS, LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE PART OF OUR, UM, OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST ELECTRIFICATION IN GENERAL.
AND THEN ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH.
YOU GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE NECESSITY.
UM, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK REAL SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO YIELD IN YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO.
SO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE.
I REALIZE THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE CITY GETS THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY, BUT IF WE CAN FOCUS ON A FEW EVERY YEAR, WE CAN GET A LOT MORE DONE.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE WEST WING AND HOW MUCH THE COUNTY OH, YOU MEAN TAKE UNIVERSITY HALL? YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING SLOWLY BUT SURELY KINDA WEARING DOWN THE COUNTY, UM, TO GIVE US BACK OUR WEST WING.
AND IT STARTED OFF WITH, UM, YOU, UM, SUPERVISOR RABBIT GIVING US HIS OFFICE, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
AND THEN US MOVING INTO WHAT USED TO BE THE FIRST, I THINK IT WAS FIRST FIVE, UM, UM, AREA THERE.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE BUILDING OUR, UM, WELL, WE'RE DOING OUR EXTENSION OF OUR PERMIT, SO THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU SEE ON THE WEST WING.
WE STILL HAVE THE COURTS ON THAT SIDE, AND WE STILL HAVE A CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT, THAT WE CAN TAKE OVER WITHOUT HAVING TO, WE JUST NEED TO REVISIT THOSE ARRANGEMENTS.
YEAH, THERE'S A FUNNY HISTORY THERE WITH FORMERLY THE COUNTY HAD A REAL ESTATE INTEREST HERE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FORMERLY FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN NO CONSIDERATION FOR, THEY DO HAVE, THEY, THEY'RE PART OWNER OF THE BUILDING IN THAT SECTION, BUT,
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UM, THERE'S NO GROUND LEASE.SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO REVISIT THAT.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME VERY NICE CONVERSATIONS LIKE WITH JOHANNES ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, AND, BUT IT'S GONNA, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA TAKE SOME LEGAL WORK.
UM, 'CAUSE WE NEED TO, WE NEED, WE NEED TO TAKE BACK OUR CITY HALL.
WE NEED A PATHWAY AND, AND, YOU KNOW.
AND, AND IT'S ALSO, I THINK PART OF IT IS COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY THAT THEY RIGHTLY EXPECT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY NEED LOCATIONS HERE FOR MEETINGS AND STUFF AND THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE PROBLEM, WHICH WE DO ACCOMMODATE.
SO ANYWAYS, IT'S JUST TAKING BACK OUR CITY HALL AND IT'S TO ACCOMMODATE OUR STAFF, OUR GROWING STAFF, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN WE'RE LEASING SPACE FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, BUT FINDING PLACES FOR 400 STAFF WHEN WE WERE A CITY OF 240 WHEN I GOT HERE.
WE HAVE TO UTILIZE EVERY SCORING.
WELL, UM, ANYONE, UH, APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THE, UM, EFFORT ON PUTTING GOALS IN FRONT OF US AND, AND PUTTING BASIC, UH, A BASIC WORK PLAN IN FRONT OF US AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT THE EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
THIS IS JUST THE TOP OF THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG THING.
UH, I, I KNOW, UH, UH, LEGAL HAS TO WORK ON, UH, SMART, QUIET ZONES.
AND I MEAN, THERE'S ALL THESE, UH, THINGS THAT, UH, IN INVOLVE US JUST MORE DEEPLY INTO THINGS THAT MAYBE WE ASSUME THE CITY DOES AN AWFUL LOT, AND IT'S REAL NICE TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING DONE SO MUCH WITH THAT, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.