* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING, AND [CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 P.M.] WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL IN PETALUMA, DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024. UH, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING? YES. BARNACLE PRESENT. CATER THOMPSON. ABSENT HEALY. HERE NOW. HERE. . HERE. SHRI. HERE. MCDONALD. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS OUR CLOSED SESSION. WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HOLDING THREE CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT. THE FIRST IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9. SUBDIVISION A. THE CLAIMANT IS AARON GARRAHAN, THE AGENCY CLAIMED AGAINST IS THE CITY. UM, IT IS WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM NUMBER 6 3 0 3 8 7. THE NEXT, UM, CLOSED SESSION THAT'S LISTED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ANTICIPATED LITIGATION. UM, AND THAT RELATES TO SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION UNDER PARAGRAPHS TWO OR THREE OF OF SUBDIVISION D OF SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. UM, NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CASES AS ONE, AND THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT RESULT IN LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY AND THAT ARE KNOWN TO A POTENTIAL PLAINTIFF OR PLAINTIFFS INCLUDE ASSERTIONS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE WESTERN PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION THAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S NEW BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN CHAPTER 17.09 OF THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE ARE PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW UNDER THE CASE OF CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION VERSUS CITY OF BERKELEY. AND THE FINAL CLOSED SESSION LISTED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION UNDER SUBDIVISION, UH, D PARAGRAPH ONE OF SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. AND THAT'S REGARDING TWO CASES. AND THEY ARE ACQUIS FILM FORMING FOAMS, PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION MASTER DOCKET NUMBER TWO 18 MN 2 8 7 3 RMG, AND CITY OF CAMDEN ETAL VERSUS BASF CORPORATION. CIVIL ACTION 2 2 4 CV OH 3 1 74 RMG, UM, AND CITY OF CANADA, MEALL VERSUS TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS. AND THAT'S ACTION 2 24 CV OH 2 3 21 RMG. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AS, UH, WE DO ON OUR ITEMS, WE NOW HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR JUST OUR CLOSED SESSION, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CLERK TO, UM, READ THE MESSAGING. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME. I'LL READ THE MESSAGING NOW. 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, OH, SORRY, THIS PART ISN'T BEING TRANSLATED. UM, PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES. UH, THE TIMER BEHIND THE ES WILL BE RESET FOR EACH SPEAKER. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS WITH NO ONE SEEING, SEEING NO ONE, UH, RUSHING TO THE DIOCESE TO GET IN A COMMENT BEFORE WE ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION. I WILL NOW CLOSE CLOSED SESSION ON THE, UH, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CLOSED SESSION, UM, AND, AND, UH, ADJOURN US TO THE CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE SHALL RETURN APPROXIMATELY SIX 30. MR. MAYOR, ARE WE READY TO BEGIN? WE ARE READY TO BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING, . [CALL TO ORDER] OKAY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SEE WE GOT SOME CALL AND RESPONSE HERE. UM, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL IN THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024. UH, IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD THERE IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER AND BRING IT TO OUR CLERK TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. AND I WILL NOW INVITE MONICA RICCIO MARIA GALVEZ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH TONIGHT. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. UH, CHE. [00:05:57] WE'RE READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING. BARNICLE PRESENT CATER THOMPSON. HERE. HERE. HEALY. HERE NOW. HERE. . HERE. SHRIVES. HERE. MCDONALD HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. ONE NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING, UM, WE WILL BE CLOSING THE MEETING TONIGHT. UH, IN HONOR OF TWO PETALUMA RESIDENTS WHO'VE CONTRIBUTED MUCH OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE RECENTLY PASSED, UH, EACH A TOUR OF DIVORCE, UH, IN THEIR OWN WAY. UH, LYNN M WHO PASSED ON AUGUST 9TH, UH, WHO WAS, UH, CHAIR OF, UH, PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES FOR A BIT AND OTHER PETALUMA COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND ALSO PETER TATUM, WHO PASSED AUGUST 27TH, UH, AND, UH, WAS, UH, HIGHLY INVOLVED IN OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY, THE PENAL MUSIC FESTIVAL. AND, UH, BOTH WILL BE MISSED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN. UM, SO TONIGHT, UH, [AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)] BEFORE WE START THE AGENDA, UH, LOOK UP AND DOWN THE D TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, CHANGES AND DELETIONS TO THE CURRENT AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. YEAH. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE TO CONSIDER THE AGENDA REQUEST MEMO THAT WAS SUBMITTED. I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE UNDER, UH, ITEM TWO ON THE TENTATIVE AGENDA, AND I WOULD REQUEST IT TO BE MOVED TO THERE. I THINK THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO ALL TO MOVE IT DOWN TO THE TENTATIVE AGENDA, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM. AND, UH, NEXT WE HAVE, [REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION] WE HAD CLOSED SESSION EARLIER. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO ANNOUNCE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION TAKEN DURING THAT CLOSED SESSION. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK, UM, THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO REPORT UNDER THE REPORTING OUT SECTION OF THE BROWN ACT, WHICH IS SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.1. BUT TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS, I WILL, UM, WILL REPORT OUT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN DIRECTION TO STAFF TO OPT OUT OF THE PENDING SETTLEMENTS IN THE PFAS, UM, CASES THAT ARE LISTED IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH IS, UM, SEAT OF KAND, I'M SORRY, CITY OF CAMDEN VERSUS BASF, AND, UH, CITY OF CAMDEN VERSUS TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. IT'S, IT'S NOT OFTEN. THERE'S A LOT THAT COMES OUT OF THE CLOSED SESSION WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO ABOUT THE LAWYERS AND THINGS, SO THAT IS NOT AN UNUSUAL REPORT. , UM, LET'S SEE. UH, WE [PROCLAMATIONS] DO START OUR MEETINGS WITH, UH, PROCLAMATIONS, WHICH IS ALWAYS, UH, ONE OF OUR MORE FUN MOMENTS AND, UH, AND THINGS WHERE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE GET TO HONOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UH, THE FIRST TONIGHT IS LATINO, A EX HERITAGE MONTH 2024. AND I'D, UH, LIKE TO INVITE, UH, TO THE DAAS, UH, RAMON MRAZ AND AARON ZAVALA, UH, WHO ARE BOARD MEMBERS OF LOS CN SONOMA COUNTY, UM, LATINO LEADERS ORGANIZATION, AND ALSO LIA, THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FROM LOS. AND, UM, HERE'S THE PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA RECOGNIZES LATINO [00:10:01] HERITAGE MONTH BY HONORING THE HISTORIC CULTURAL AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S COMMITTED TO CONTINUING, BUILDING A WELCOMING NEIGHBORLY COMMUNITY, EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND FOSTERING EQUITY FOR EVERY RESIDENT. WHEREAS MORE THAN 21% OF CITY OF PETALUMA'S POPULATION IDENTIFIES AS HISPANIC OR LATIN AMERICAN. SPANISH IS THE SECOND MOST LANG, UH, SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND 35% OF THE STUDENT POPULATIONS OF THE PETALUMA CITY SCHOOL IS LATINO, A EX. AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR LATIN AMERICAN REPRESENTING OVER 18% OF THE POPULATION NATIONWIDE, LATIN AMERICANS CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR NATION'S CHARACTER, SHAPE OUR COMMON FUTURE, AND STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S PROMISE. AND WHEREAS LATINO, A EX HERITAGE MONTH WHOSE ROOTS GO BACK TO 1968 BEGINS EACH YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF FIVE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, AND WHEREAS MEXICO AND CHILE ALSO CELEBRATE THEIR INDEPENDENCE DURING THIS MONTH ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND 18TH RESPECTIVELY. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL LATINO, A EX HERITAGE MONTH IS OBSERVED FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY HISPANIC AND LATIN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CELEBRATE THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE. WHEREAS FOSTERING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, PLACE OF ORIGIN, ENHANCES PETALUMA'S, CULTURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, AND OVERALL PROSPERITY, AND FOR FU ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM LATINO, A EX HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND ENCOURAGE PETALUMA TO SHARE IN THIS SPECIAL ANNUAL TRIBUTE THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND, UH, CELEBRATE THE GENERATIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATIN AMERICANS WHO HAVE POSITIVELY INFLUENCED AND ENRICHED OUR NATION AND SOCIETY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO I HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON? THERE WE GO. RUSTY. UM, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR MCDONALD, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER FLYNN. UH, WE'D LOVE TO THANK, UH, THE CITY OF PETALUMA FOR THEIR GENEROSITY, FOR THIS RECOGNITION, UH, FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF LOS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST LATINO LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION IN SONOMA COUNTY, REACHING OVER 3,500, UH, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE COMMITTED TO, UM, MANY ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR LATINO COMMUNITY. UH, I DO WANNA JUST REFLECT AND SAY A VERY QUICK FEW THINGS, UM, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS. UH, WE DO HAVE ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING A MEMBER AND ALSO, UH, OUR STATE OF LATINO COMMUNITY FORUM, WHICH IS COMING UP AT SONOMA IN SONOMA STATE, UH, THURSDAY THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH. WE HAVE OVER 550 PEOPLE COMING WITH A WAIT LIST OF OVER 100. UM, SO DON'T TELL PEOPLE TO COME BECAUSE WE CAN'T, THE, THE UNIVERSITY WON'T LET US DO IT. UM, AND IN ADDITION, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED AND ACCESS TO COMMUNITY AND BEING CIVICALLY ENGAGED. SO LOS IN 2025, WE'LL BE LAUNCHING A BOARDS AND COMMISSION BOOTCAMP SO THAT WE CAN REALLY DEMYSTIFY THAT PROCESS OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ON A BOARD? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ON A COMMISSION AND REALLY ENGAGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. UM, AND REALLY JUST CONTINUING TO BROADEN THE SCOPE OF FOLKS THAT CAN PARTICIPATE, UH, IN SUCH IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THOSE. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO RAMON, ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL BOARD MEMBERS. UH, ONCE MORE. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND, UM, CITY COUNCIL. JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, AS A LATINO, PROUD LATINO, THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING US. I HOPE THAT WE CELEBRATE NOT JUST ONE MONTH, BUT THE WHOLE YEAR FOR OUR CULTURE, OUR INFLUENCE, OUR, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TO BEING OUT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. LAST TO ADD. THANK YOU ALL. UM, BUT I JUST REALLY WANNA, UM, PARTICULARLY SAY THANK YOU [00:15:01] TO PETALUMA BECAUSE THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE HAD THREE OF OUR EVENTS HERE, UM, IN THE CITY, UM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF CITY STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY, UM, FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, THE CITY FOR RECOGNIZING THAT AND FOR MARIA AND MONICA, UM, FOR CURRENTLY TRANSLATING THIS MEETING. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. AND NOW FOR OUR OTHER PROCLAMATION TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP THE REPRESENTATIVES OF PETALUMA VALLEY, LITTLE LEAGUE SEAN, THE MANAGER, SEAN DOOLEY, COACHES, UH, MARK PASI AND RICK DUARTE, JIMMY GALLAGHER, AND, UH, THE WHOLE TEAM TO THE PODIUM. HERE WE WILL, UH, READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND, UH, THEN WE'LL TAKE A FEW PHOTOS HERE. ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN OUR NATIONAL GAME OF BASEBALL. AND WHEREAS WE ARE SO PROUD TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR'S REMARKABLE TEAM, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM AT ANY LEVEL SINCE 1995, RIGHT? THEY WERE THIS YEAR'S NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONS AND WERE TWO OUTS AWAY FROM THE JUNIOR WORLD SERIES. WHEREAS MANAGER, SEAN DOOLEY, COACHES, MIKE ENEX, MARK TI AND RICK DUARTE AND JIMMY GALLAGHER HAVE HELPED THIS TEAM DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL SKILLS, PERSEVERANCE, COMRADERY, WHICH WILL GREATLY AID THE PLAYERS IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF ALL THEIR LIFE. UH, WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATED DEDICATION EXHIBITED BY THE PLAYERS, COACHES, MANAGER, AND FAMILIES OF THE PETALUMA, NEVER FORGET THE FAMILIES, HUH? UM, THE PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE ORGANIZATION. AND TO CELEBRATE THE HONOR AND SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE TEAMS AND ORGANIZATION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024 AS PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE DAY, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITY RESIDENTS IN BUSINESSES TO JOIN IN ITS OBSERVANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS. I WANNA START BY, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT LITTLE LEAGUE IS ALL RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. SO I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE THE, THE BOARD AND THE PRESIDENT OF PETALUMA VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE FOR, UH, BEING, FOR SUPPORTING US THE WHOLE YEAR. AND THEN SECONDLY, BEFORE WE GET TO THE PLAYERS THAT WE HAD A, A GOOD, A, A GREAT SET OF, UH, PARENTS AND THAT, UH, BOUGHT IN AND WERE DEDICATED TO BRINGING THEIR, THEIR SONS TO PRACTICE INTO THE GAMES. AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RUNNING THINGS IN, IN OREGON WHEN, WHEN WE WERE, UH, NOT ON THE FIELD. UM, AND SO, UH, NEXT I'D LIKE TO, UM, CONGRATULATE ALL, ALL THE, THE BOYS HERE FOR, UH, ALL THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, STARTING IN FEBRUARY AND IN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR SEASON. AND, AND ALSO THANK THE, THE CITY WE GOT. WE WERE THE FIRST GROUP THAT GOT TO PLAY ON THE NEW FIELD, AND WE DIDN'T LEAVE ANY LOSSES ON IT. SO HOPEFULLY, UH, , WE CAN KEEP THAT UP, . UM, BUT YES, EVERY ONE OF THESE, UH, THESE PLAYERS HERE, UM, PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT AND, AND, UH, GOT BETTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEY WERE GREAT TEAMMATES TO EACH OTHER. AND, UH, IT WAS AN, IT WAS AN HONOR TO COACH THEM. AND, UH, THROUGH OUR REGULAR SEASON, WE WENT UNDEFEATED, UH, WON OUR REGULAR SEASON TITLE, UH, MOVED ON TO ALL STARS, SWEPT THROUGH OUR DISTRICT TOURNAMENT, THROUGH OUR, UH, SECTION TOURNAMENT. UH, WENT ON TO ROCKLAND. WE, WE SUFFERED A LOSS, BUT, UH, ENDED UP TAKING THAT ONE TOO, AND THEN MADE IT UP TO OREGON, WHERE, UH, THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. ALL THE, THE BOYS ALL GOT TO STAY IN A HOTEL WITHOUT A, WITHOUT A PARENT PRESENT IN THEIR ROOMS. ALWAYS FUN, PROBABLY AT THAT AGE, . UM, WE HAD, UH, WE STARTED OFF REALLY, REALLY HOT WITH SOME, UH, BIG WINS. AND THEN PROBABLY OUR MOST MEMORABLE GAME, WE HAD A CAME BACK FROM A, A, AN EIGHT RUN DEFICIT LATE IN THE GAME AND, AND CAME BACK AND WON IT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE PROBABLY ALL REMEMBER IS OUR, OUR FAVORITE GAME THERE. AND THEN IT WAS, IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH THE WAY IT ENDED, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, WE WERE WALKED OFF, BUT HEY, , WE KNOW WE WERE AS GOOD AS THE TEAM WE LOST TO, AND BY MY COUNT, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY IN THE, UH, A TOP FIVE TEAM IN THE UNITED STATES. SO, [00:20:02] . SO REAL QUICKLY NOW, I'D LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS ALONG THE WHAT WOLF COACHES AND PLAYERS. WE HAVE COACH MARK TI RIGHT HERE. WHAT , UH, COLT, CELIA, CHRIS KERCHER, TIMMY DOOLEY, CAL HALUKA, , SKA SKA, GAVIN POWELL, NOAH HAWLEY, TYLER TI, TREVOR HERM MEYER, BRANDON LATO, WYATT COACH RICK DEWART. AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO PLAYERS WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT. CARSON LENS AND, UH, JAYDEN PERRY AND TWO COACHES WHO AREN'T HERE. JIMMY GALLAGHER AND MIKE ENOX. SO, UH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. CONGRATULATIONS. HOLD ON. I THINK WE CAN, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE MINUTE IF YOU, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO DO HOMEWORK OR SOMETHING, , BECAUSE WE GET DOWN TO BUSINESS NOW. OKAY. [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC'S INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNSEL, TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CLERK TO, UM, LET US, UH, KNOW IF WE'VE RECEIVED EMAILS. WE DID RECEIVE 38 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS WEEK, AND THEY'RE ALL POSTED ON THE AGENDA. UH, AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL START THE CLOCK FOR 30 SECONDS MAYBE. THERE WE GO. UM, UH, AND 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. OKAY, THAT WAS THE 30 SECONDS. THANK YOU. AND WHILE SHE'S, UH, BRINGING THE CARDS OVER, UH, SO I HAVE THE NAMES OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL CHAIRS INSIDE THE CHAMBER. IF YOU HAVE THE VERY LAST ONE, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO HEAR OUT THERE, THERE IS ROOM FOR PEOPLE IN THE BACK TO MOVE ON IN, GET REAL GOOD SEATS UP FRONT. THEY DON'T COST ANY MORE THAN THE SEATS IN THE BACK. WE HAVE 17 SPEAKERS TONIGHT. AND SO THAT'S, UM, A, THAT'S A 90 SECONDS PER, UM, PER PERSON. ONE MINUTE AND A HALF, UH, PER PERSON TO TO SPEAK TONIGHT. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE JAMIE TANNER TO SPEAK FIRST AND SANDRA SHAN TO SPEAK. SECOND. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL REGARDING WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES HERE IN PETALUMA AND MARK SCOTT. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN 34 NEGATIVE YELP REVIEWS REGARDING THIS SHELTER SINCE YOU TOOK OVER IN 2018, 34 [00:25:01] NEGATIVE YELP REVIEWS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE WEBSITE HE PROVIDES HAS NO WAY FOR ANYONE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING. ALL COMMENTS ARE TURNED OFF. THERE'S ALSO NO HELPFUL, UH, LINKS ON THAT WEBSITE. UH, THE CITY OF PETALUMA DOESN'T PROVIDE A HEADING FOR NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COMPLAIN OR AIR THEIR CONCERNS ANYWHERE. SO NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS. MARK SCOTT IS THE MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR. HE HAS BOTH TITLES AT THE SHELTER. OUR DOG IS IN THERE. SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER THREE WEEKS. WE'VE HAD NO CALLS, EMAILS, OR LETTERS FROM MARK SCOTT. NO TEXTS, NOTHING. WE VISIT HER EVERY OTHER DAY, AND SHE IS NOW, SHE'S LOST HER VOICE BOX. SHE CAN'T BARK ANYMORE. THIS SHELTER IS UNDER SO MUCH STRESS WITH THE BARKING, IT'S SO MISMANAGED. THERE'S RAT AND MICE, FECES ON THE GROUND, IT'S DIRTY. THERE'S ONLY VOLUNTEERS. THERE'S NO EMPLOYEES. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING. I'M CONCERNED, AND I REALLY WANNA GET THIS ON THE AGENDA. WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION. I SPOKE TO MARK, UH, SCOTT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE MY DOG ENDED UP IN THE SHELTER, AND HE HAD AGREED TO HAVE HER SPAYED AND SENT TO A, UH, F FACILIT, UH, FACILITY UP IN FORTUNA. AND AFTER SHE ENDED UP IN THE SHELTER, HE HAS REFUSED TO SPEAK TO ME OR GIMME ANY INFORMATION. THERE IS NO CLEAR POLICY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE 90 SECONDS HAS EXPIRED. UM, I DO CAUTION EVERYONE, IT GOES VERY FAST. SO, UM, THANK YOU. SANDRA SHAN SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE GRABOWSKI, PETALUMA'S VIGIL FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL. PALESTINE CONTINUES. EACH SATURDAY, WE CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT YOU WILL SEE THE WISDOM OF ENDORSING DIPLOMACY RATHER THAN THE CURRENT VIOLENCE THAT MANY DOUBT WILL EVER LEAD TO PEACE AND TRUE SECURITY. OTHER CITY COUNCILS HAVE PASSED SUCH RESOLUTION WHEN URGED BY LOCAL CITIZENS. PETALUMA SUPPORTED PEACE IN UKRAINE BY DISPLAYING THE NATIONAL COLORS OF UKRAINE ON OUR DOWNTOWN BRIDGE. LIGHTING, THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS LED TO 40,000 DEAD PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS, MOSTLY MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, AND ANOTHER 40,000 MISSING UNDER THE RUBBLE IS NOT UNAVOIDABLE OR AN ACCIDENT. IF ONE GANG MEMBER MACHINE GUNS A CROWD OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY THINK THERE MAY BE A RIVAL GANG MEMBER SOMEWHERE IN THE CROWD, THE SHOOTER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THOSE DEATHS ACCORDING TO US LAW. OOPS, WE DIDN'T MEAN TO, IS NOT A LEGITIMATE EXCUSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. CIVILIANS SHOULD NOT BE TARGETED, AND APPARENTLY HAMAS AND ISRAEL NEED TO BE REMINDED OF THIS. IF YOU WANT A TRULY UNITED PETALUMA WHERE EVERYONE FEELS EQUALLY VALUED, INCLUDING PALESTINIAN AMERICANS, YOU WILL SPEAK UP RESPECTFULLY, BUT FIRMLY FOR PEACE. THANK YOU, KATHERINE BOBOWSKI TO BE FOLLOWED BY JESSE BRADMAN. YES, MY NAME IS K BROWSKI. I LIVE AT THE WOODS VILLA MOBILE HOME PARK ON, UH, LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY. AND, UH, THE HARMONY COMMUNITY, THAT'S ALSO THE OWNER OF THE CAPRI MO HOME HARMONY COMMUNITY IS LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH. THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT MAKING A PROFIT. THEY ARE MAKING A PROFIT. HOW CAN THEY AFFORD BE BUYING MOBILE HOME PARKS STATEWIDE? AND THEY ARE LIARS, CROOKS, AND DISHONEST. THANK YOU, JESSE BRADMAN, PLEASE. WE TRY TO KEEP DECORUM, WHICH MEANS NO CHEERING AND NO BOOING. SO, UM, IT JUST KEEPS A BALANCED PERSPECTIVE HERE. JESSE BRADMAN DO BE FOLLOWED BY JODY JOHNSON. SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT REDUCING SINGLE USE PLASTIC AND THE IMPORTANCE OF REDUCING GENERAL WASTE VIEW, RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING. I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH WASTE WITH RESPECT TO RESTAURANT, UH, CARRYOUT CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS. SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME HERE. SO I'M HERE TO ASK HOW THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS CURRENTLY TAKING A PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP CONTROL WITH RESPECT TO REDUCING SINGLE WASTE PLASTIC IN THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL WASTE. THIS IS A HEALTH ISSUE, AND I ALSO BELIEVE I'VE REVIEWED, UH, I'VE CONTACTED, LET'S SEE, IN, IN MY ATTEMPT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE, A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER'S, UH, OFFICE. I'VE ALSO REVIEWED THE CARBON NEUTRALITY, UH, BLUEPRINT. UM, I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY SPECIFICITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY, ANY CONTROLS AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THIS. I THINK IT'S A SUPER IMPORTANT ISSUE. THIS IMPACTS OUR HEALTH. UM, 80% OF US HAVE MICROPLASTICS IN OUR BLOODSTREAMS, OKAY? SO IT'S A HEALTH ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST RELATED TO, UH, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT, SPECIFICALLY CLIMATE CHANGE. AND I THINK THAT NO DISCUSSION [00:30:01] ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD BE WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING, UH, THE REDUCTION OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC. SO, I'M, UH, HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER, HAPPY TO ASSIST. I'M IN THE EDUCATIONAL PHASE AND, AND IF SWE CAN HELP WITH THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS THINKING ABOUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JODY JOHNSON, TO BE FOLLOWED BY KATE POLAND. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. WE COME TOGETHER AGAIN THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF EACH RESIDENT IN EVERY MOBILE PARK IN PETALUMA. WE ARE LISTENING AND ARE HOPEFUL THAT DEFENDING, ENFORCING, AND STRENGTHENING OUR ORDINANCE AND OUR RIGHTS IS HAPPENING AND WILL CONTINUE. WE MAY SEE THE START OF DEFEND, BUT OTHER THAN LITTLE WOODS, WE ARE NOT SEEING THE ENFORCE AND STRENGTHENING OF THE CITY ORDINANCES AND LAWS. OUR RESIDENTS ARE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, BUT ONCE AGAIN, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IS AT THE FOREFRONT. WE CAN'T IGNORE, THREATENED, CONTINUED ANNUAL ARBITRATIONS CLOSURE PROCESSES, WHICH WILL BEGIN SOON. LOSS OF AMENITIES, SENIORS NO LONGER LIVING IN PEACE LETTERS SENT ANONYMOUSLY TO RESIDENTS MAILBOXES, CREATING MORE FEAR ATTEMPTS AT THREATENING OF TOWING OF CARS, LOCKING OF CLUBHOUSES TO PREVENT SENIORS FROM HAVING THEIR CHAIRS OUTSIDE TO SIT OR EVEN ENGAGE OUTSIDE. AND THEN SISTER CITIES MEETING IN PRIVATE WITH PARK OWNERS TO CONCEDE RESIDENTS RIGHTS BEFORE RESIDENTS ARE EVEN AWARE THAT IS HAPPENING. IN ADDITION, LURKING IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE FEAR OF BECOMING HOMELESS. WE HAVE VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ISOLATED AND SCARED. WE SUGGEST THAT LIKE OTHER LARGE CITIES HAVE DONE THAT, YOU PASS AN ANTI-HARASSMENT ORDINANCE THAT HAS TEETH. WHAT WE DESCRIBE ABOVE ARE JUST THE LATEST ABUSES OF THE LAST THREE WEEKS. WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU. WE ARE REPORTING VIOLATIONS AND ABUSES, AND WE SEE YOU ARE INVESTIGATING OUR TRUTHS. WE ARE AWARE THAT VIOLATION NOTICES HAVE BEEN DONE AND POSTED AT LITTLE WOODS KAY POLAND TO BE FOLLOWED BY LORRAINE. UH, GR GRUNBERGER. WE HAVE COM. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE ARBITRATION FOR CAPRI AND AWAIT THE DECISION. WE WITNESSED A THIRD PARTY ARBITRATOR BEING BULLIED AND ABUSED. WE HAVE SENT OVER 70 LETTERS TO CAPRI MOBILE VILLA OWNERS DEMANDING THAT THE LONG-TERM LEASES BE RESCINDED AS PER AB 27 82, AND ADDRESSING THE RESIDENTS CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY PARK OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT. THESE SAME LETTERS WERE, WERE COPIED TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA BY EACH AFFECTED RESIDENT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE RESIDENTS CAPRI FACED A HUGE RENT INCREASE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST WITH THE PASS THROUGH OF UNWARRANTED ROADWORK AND REASSESS PROPERTY TAXATION ONCE THE NEW OWNERS PURCHASED THE PARK. NOTEWORTHY IS THAT THESE PASS THROUGHS, PASS THROUGHS HAD NO BILLING ATTACHED AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE PASSED THROUGH TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY. THESE WERE ADDED TO GROUND RENT WITHOUT ANY END DATE. AND THE LONG TERM LEASE HOLDERS, 90% COERCED RESIDENTS THEN WERE ALSO CHARGED THE FEE TO BE ON RENT STABILIZATION. A RIGHT. THEY WERE NEVER OFFERED. IN ADDITION, THE 12 AFFECTED ARBITRATION RESIDENTS OF CAPRI MOBIL'S PARKS WERE GIVEN THE INCREASE OF 328 DO DOLLARS NEVER AWARDED IN THEIR SEPTEMBER STATEMENTS HARMONY. ONLY WHEN AN ATTORNEY GOT INVOLVED SAID IT WAS A MISTAKE, GAVE NEW INVOICES, OF WHICH THEY TOOK THE 2.2% ANNUAL INCREASE, NEVER NOTICED. AND ALMOST ALL GROUND RENT WERE OVER 100 TO 142. MUCH TO DATE, THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN CORRECTED. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE RENT STABILIZATION RESIDENTS OF CAPRI WHO RECEIVED UNLAWFUL INCREASES ON AUGUST 1ST PRIOR TO THE ARBITRATION. THANK YOU. UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, LORRAINE GRUNBERGER TO BE FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH VITALI. AFTER THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE PARK OWNER'S ATTENTION, WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS A MISTAKE. THIS TAKES A PERSON TO ENTER THE AMOUNT NOT AWARDED. SO THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WAS NOT A MISTAKE. IT WAS DONE BY A PERSON WE AT YOUNGSTOWN'S HAVE HAD HAD ANOTHER SALE OF A MOBILE HOME AT 31 MICHAEL, THAT THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT, THAT THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT AND PENETRATION. THE CITY OF PETALUMA THOUGHT BECAUSE IT WAS A FALSE, FALSE AND FRAUDULENT THE ADVERTISING THAT IT WAS AN ALL AGE PARK WITH ALL AGE RULES AND REGULATIONS. THIS IS THE FIFTH SALE. IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE PARK OWNER OWNED ONE OF THE PARKED PARKS OWNED MOBILE HOMES, WAS SOLD TO THE DAUGHTER, NOT A SENIOR OF A SISTER PETALUMA PROPERTY, THE MANAGER WHO DOES NOT SELL TO ALL AGE IN THE SENIOR PARK. UM, THE CLUBHOUSE POSTS POST, EVEN THE POST POSTED EVEN AS OF TODAY, AS AN ALL AGE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH NO DATE ON IT. AND OBVIOUSLY, SINCE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS MUST BE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, NO [00:35:01] ENFORCEMENT. SO YOUNGSTOWN PARK OWNERS BRALY CONTINUE TO TO SELL IT TO AN ALL AGE PARK. REALTORS FROM ALL OVER ARE TOLD THAT WE ARE AN ALL AGE PARK, AND THAT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE STATE LAWFULLY SAYS AND WHAT AND THAT ANYONE CAN BUY. THERE ARE NO RULES, NO REGULATIONS, NO SIGNS, NO PURCHASE ORDERS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBORAH VITALI TO BE FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS FRAUDULENTLY, THE, THESE ALL AGE BUYERS ARE NOT EVEN TOLD THAT THE PARK OWNERS HAVE PUT IN IN TO CLOSE THE PARK. WE WONDER IF YOUNGSTOWN REAL ESTATE COMPANY, AMBER HOMES, DOING BUSINESS DAILY IN YOUNGSTOWN, HAS A PERMIT TO OPERATE AS A BUSINESS HERE IN PETALUMA. WE SENIORS HAVE BEEN PATIENT FOLLOWING THE LAWS. WE MUST NOW DEMAND TO SEE PROOF OF ENFORCEMENT HAS BEGUN. YOU HAVE, OH, YOU HAVE CONFIRMED TO US THAT THE, THAT THE SENIOR PARK OVERLAY IS A LAW AS OF OCTOBER 16TH, 2023. OUR SENIORS ARE SUFFERING DAILY. THE YOUNG RESIDENTS SPEED THROUGH OUR PARK, TAKE OVER OUR SWIMMING POOL FROM THE DISABLED UNSTEADY RESIDENTS AND THE CHILDREN'S BIKES AND SCOOTERS, AND THEY PLAY IN THE STREETS WITH SKATEBOARDS. ONE CELL TO YOUNG PEOPLE IS OPERATED AS A BUSINESS OUT OF THE MOBILE HOME WITH NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS DRIVING THEIR CARS IN AND DRIVING EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU TIM PORTIA TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN ROBBINS. COUNSEL. WE ARE A MOBILE HOME PARK, NOT AN INDUSTRIAL PARK OF BUSINESSES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO KNOWING HOW THE ENFORCEMENT AND VIOLATIONS ARE BEING ADDRESSED. YOUNGSTOWN PARK OWNERS CONTINUE TO SELL MORE OF THEIR MOBILE HOMES THEY OWN, WITH NO NOTICE. TO POTENTIAL BUYERS THAT HAVE THAT THEY HAVE ISSUED A CLOSURE NOTICE TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA IN JUNE. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE TWO MORE UP FOR SALE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE DEFENDING OUR RIGHTS, BUT FACE WEEKLY RETALIATIONS ADVOCATES MUST LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDERS WHEN PEOPLE AFFILIATED WITH PARK OWNERS SHOW UP AT ADVOCATES, PLACES OF WORSHIP IN OUR PARKS OR SENDING ANONYMOUS MAILS. WE DEFEND OURSELVES LAWFULLY NEVER PURPORTING FALSE ASSERTIONS. WE ARE NOT DETERRED BECAUSE THE FIGHT FOR ALL PETALUMA MOBILE HOPE PARK RESIDENTS REALLY MATTERS. WE CANNOT EVER ALLOW GREED TO RUIN OUR LIVES. WE CANNOT ALLOW UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR TO PREVAIL WHEN WE ALL FOLLOW THE LAW. WE CANNOT FORGET THAT EVERY RESIDENT, WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK OR WHATEVER DISABILITIES MANIFEST IN THEIR SENIOR YEARS, DO MATTER. WE BOUGHT A MOBILE HOME TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS AND TO LIVE IN PEACE. WE THANK EVERY PART OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT FOR SEEING US. THANK YOU JOHN ROBBINS, TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, A ADINA FLORES. WE THANK EVERY PART OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT FOR SEEING US, FOR LISTENING TO US, AND FOR MAKING SURE WE'RE TREATED EQUALLY REGARDLESS OF OUR INCOME. WE ARE NEIGHBORS. AND AS SUCH, JUST AS PETALUMA ALWAYS DOES, WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. YOUNGSTOWN STRONG, CAPRI STRONG LITTLE WI STRONG PETALUMA MOBILE RESIDENTS STRONG. YOU KNOW, AN IMAGE I'D LIKE TO LEAVE WITH YOU IS THESE GUYS THAT OWN THESE BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, UH, THE FOLKS AT YOUNGSTOWN, I SEE THEM AS THE VILLAIN IMAGE OF THE VILLAIN TYING THE MAIDEN ON THE RAILROAD TRACK. AND HERE COMES THE TRAIN, EXCEPT FOR A MAIDEN. IT'S NOT A MAIDEN. IT'S THEIR GRANDPARENTS THAT HE'S GONNA RUN OVER AND HE HAS NO CARE WHAT AT ALL. AT ALL. IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY FOR THIS GUY. SO HE'S A DISGUSTING PERSONALITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU IDINA FLORES TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, MARIA. UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. I HAVE ISSUES WITH THE FACT THAT MR. BARNACLE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF, UH, THE DECARBONIZATION COALITION. AND MR. PANAMA [00:40:01] BARMY WAS YOUR VICE CHAIR FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION. SO THEY'VE BEEN DIRECTLY PUSHING THROUGH CONTRACTS THAT FINANCIALLY BENEFIT THEMSELVES THROUGH THE VARIOUS LOCAL AGENCIES THAT THEY SERVE ON. SO THAT IS A PROSECUTABLE OFFENSE UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 10 90. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE FACT THAT IAN, WHO YOU JUST HAD SPEAK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LATINX HERITAGE MONTH, UH, MR. HERMAN HERNANDEZ, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, THERE'S A HEARING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 19TH. I SUBMITTED A SWORN COMPLAINT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. HE HAS NOT DISCLOSED HIS REPORTABLE FINANCIAL INTERESTS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF SONOMA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND IT APPEARS THAT LOS CIEN IS, UH, LAUNDERING MONEY TO SILENCE THE VICTIMS IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE. SO, UH, YEAH, THAT'S CONCERNING. AND THEN, UH, WITH MR. BLAKE HOOP ON OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, HE, I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE MEETING TOMORROW. AND ALTHOUGH HE PLAYED POLITICAL THEATER TO PRETEND TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE OYSTER COVE DECISION MAKING FOR THE MULTI-USE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT, HE FAILED TO ABSTAIN DURING THE ENTIRE FEE STUDY PROCESS. SO AGAIN, THAT IS A VIOLATION OF GOV CODE 10 90. I DID REPORT HIM TO THE FPPC. HIS WIFE, UH, WAS ON THE GENERAL PLAN COMMISSION OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WAS ADVISING, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT HOUSING PROJECT. SO THEY DID NOT DISCLOSE THEIR FINANCIAL INTERESTS EITHER, EITHER ONE OF THEM. SO, UH, YOU'RE VERY AWARE THIS, I'VE SENT YOU SEVERAL EMAILS, SO PLEASE CORRECT THAT. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, MARIA. TO BE FOLLOWED BY ELLEN OSLER. I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA SAYS THE MAYOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RULE, UH, ANY SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER, INCLUDING SPEAKERS DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO JUST CHOOSE THAT. BUT UNDER THE BROWNS ACT, 5 4 9 5 0 ENACTING THIS CHAPTER, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE PUBLIC COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COUNCILS AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES IN THE STATE EXIST TO AID IN THE CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LAW THAT THEIR ACTIONS BE TAKEN OPENLY AND THAT THEIR DELIBERATIONS BE CONDUCTED OPENLY. THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE DO NOT YIELD THEIR SOVEREIGNTY TO THE AGENCIES WHICH SERVE THEM. THE PEOPLE IN DELEGATING, THE PEOPLE IN DELEGATING AUTHORITY DO NOT GIVE THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT AND WHAT IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO KNOW. THE PEOPLE INSIST ON REMAINING INFORMED, SO THEY MAY RETAIN CONTROL OVER INSTRUMENTS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED. SO I'M ASKING IF THE BOARD WILL BE REMOVING THAT SO THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE THEY JUST ASSUME THAT THEY'LL BE SHUT DOWN. UM, I DO KNOW THAT WHEN I GO ON TO, UM, PUBLIC FORUMS, I'VE, I'VE HAD INTERACTIONS WITH QUITE A FEW OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD. UM, THEY'RE RUDE AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE ALL AROUND. AND MR. MAYOR, I'VE ASKED YOU QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT CERTAIN THINGS WERE GONNA BE DONE WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT, I ASKED IF YOU COULD, UM, ADD THAT INFORMATION ON WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT ON US OF GET GETTING ON, AND WHEN WE WILL BE REMOVED IF WE DECIDE TO STAY ON. SO I'VE ASKED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED IN PUBLIC COMMENT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLEN OSLER, AND, UM, TO BE FOLLOWED BY NATHAN SPINDEL. UM, HI, UH, SINCE APRIL, WHEN I WAS LAST HERE, GIVEN COMMENT, THE SITUATION IN GAZA HAS GOTTEN EVEN WORSE. THOUSANDS MORE DEAD ARE INJURED. THE CONFLICT HAS ESCALATED. THE FIRST POLIO CASE HAS BEEN DETECTED, AND RECENTLY SIX ISRAELI HOSTAGES WERE FOUND DEAD AS A JEWISH PERSON, I ECHOED THE, I ECHO THE NA SHALOM CONGREGATION'S PLEA I KNOW WAS SENT TO YOU. THIS MUST STOP. WE CANNOT BEAR THIS ENOUGH. NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST THOMAS FRIEDMAN HAS BEEN WRITING ABOUT ISRAEL'S RESPONSE TO MA'S ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7TH. SINCE THE OUTSET, HE'S A LONGTIME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, HAVING WON TWO PULITZER PRIZES IN THE EIGHTIES FOR HIS COVERAGE ON THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON AND POLITICS IN ISRAEL. IN HIS MOST RECENT COLUMN, HE WRITES ABOUT NETANYAHU'S NEFARIOUS REASONS FOR CONTINUING THE SIEGE ON GAZA, AND HOW IT'S LIKELY NETANYAHU WILL ESCALATE THE SIEGE BEFORE NOVEMBER TO MAKE LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE DEMOCRATS. FREEMAN BELIEVES NETANYAHU WANTS TRUMP TO WIN THE ELECTION, WHICH LEADS TO ME, ME TO ASK, WHO ARE YOU ALIGNING YOURSELVES WITH? BY REFUSING TO LIFT UP THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE, UM, FOR A CEASEFIRE. NOW IT SEEMS CLEAR WITH ALL THE MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY CEASEFIRE UNTIL AND ENLISTS THE US DEMANDS IT. WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK? THIS COUNCIL HAVE BEEN, HAS BEEN COURAGEOUS BEFORE AND CAN BE AGAIN. PLEASE. WILL ONE OF YOU JOIN THE COUNCIL MEMBER POST K BEFORE HE LEAVES HIS COUNCIL TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, NOT JUST A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION THAT JUST WON'T CUT IT ANYMORE, BUT A RESOLUTION ASKING OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES [00:45:01] TO CUT OFF SENDING ARMS TO ISRAEL. AND UNTIL, AND UNLESS A CEASEFIRE DEAL IS REACHED, YOU MUST MIGHT JUST SAVE DEMOCRACY AS POLLS SHOW THAT THE HARRIS WALTZ TICKET IS MORE LIKELY TO WIN IN SWING STATES. IF A CEASEFIRE HAPPENS, I IMPLORE YOU TO ACT FOR ALL OF OUR SAKES, AT LEAST PLEASE LET THE COMMUNITY WEIGH IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NATHAN SPINDEL TO BE FOLLOWED BY LUIGI P DOE. HELLO, I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE D STREET TRAFFIC CALLING PILOT PROJECT THAT WAS INSTALLED A FEW WEEKS AGO. MY YOUNG FAMILY AND I LIVE ONE HOUSE OFF D STREET WITH OUR 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD. I USE D STREET MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY, AND I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND HOW THE PILOT HAS SLOWED VEHICLES AND IMPROVED SAFETY FOR ALL USERS, DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS, AND CYCLISTS. FEATURES LIKE NEW CROSSWALKS, PEDESTRIAN REFUGE, ISLANDS, NEW BIKE LANES, AND THE FIFTH STREET TRAFFIC DIVERTER HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED SAFETY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, CHILDREN, SENIORS IN THE DISABLED. SINCE THE PILOT BEGAN, I'VE NOTICED MORE CYCLISTS, PARTICULARLY KIDS AND SENIORS RIDING ON D STREET, SHOWING THAT THEY FEEL SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE ON THE STREET THAN THEY DID BEFORE. I'M THANKFUL THAT THE CITY HAS QUICKLY ADDRESSED STRIPING DESIGN ISSUES AND UNCLEAR PARKING DESIGNATIONS AS THEY CAME UP DURING THE INSTALLATION, SHOWING HOW THE CITY LISTENS TO FEEDBACK AND ARE DEDICATED TO THE PROJECT SUCCESS ACCESS. WHILE WE AWAIT DATA FROM THE CITY ON SPEEDS, COLLISIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION MODES, I CAN ALREADY SEE THE POSITIVE IMPACT. THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR PRIORITIZING OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH THIS PROMISING PILOT PROJECT. THANK YOU LUIGI PEDRE DOVE TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, VICTOR PEREZ. HELLO CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED PETALUMA CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. AND IN A MINUTE AND A HALF, I CAN QUICKLY SAY THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT THE CITY MUST TACKLE BECAUSE IT REVOLVES AROUND, IT REVOLVES AROUND DEMOCRACY AND, UH, A NATION WHICH IS IMPERIALIST CANNOT BE DEMOCRATIC BECAUSE IT WILL FIRST PUT CAPITALIST INTERESTS AHEAD OF THE PEOPLE'S INTERESTS. AND THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. IT'S THE, IT, IT'S A NA IT'S A, UH, LOCAL ISSUE BECAUSE NATIONAL, ON THE NATIONAL SCENE, WE ARE NOT HEARING ABOUT THIS. NOW, HOW CAN, AS MY FRIEND SANDRA SHAN SAID, HOW CAN SUPPORTING, UH, THE UKRAINE PEOPLE GO ON WITHOUT THINKING TWICE IN THE BASHAR BRIDGE DOWNTOWN, THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BEAR THE COLORS OF UKRAINE, WHEREAS SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE IS NOT, IS SOMEHOW NOT A LOCAL ISSUE. SO, UM, FUNDAMENTALLY, THIS IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL TODAY IN PALESTINE, IN GAZA, WHO WILL NOT BE WELL TOMORROW, AND THEY'LL BE TORN APART BY US MADE BOMBS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICTOR PEREZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY DAVE MOLINAR. GOOD EVENING EVERY GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT, UH, REPRESENTING SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, REAL SERIOUS TRAFFIC, UH, SAFETY ISSUE ON KRESGE WAY. THERE ARE TRAILERS COMING FROM 1256 KRESGE WAY THAT BLOCK TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, BLOCK THE SIDEWALK AND MAKE PEDESTRIANS CROSS THE STREET. AND THIS CREATES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THEY ALSO FREQUENTLY VIOLATE THE QUIET HOURS ORDINANCE DUE TO RENTING OUT TRAILERS, MANY DIFFERENT TRUCKS COMING AND OUT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. CHRISTIE WAY IS A VERY BUSY STREET AND RUNNING A TRAILER, UH, BUSINESS, A DUMP TRAILER BUSINESS OUT OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME JUST CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE. CHRISTIE AND STEWART STREET INTERSECT AND IT, AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE TRAILERS ARE OFTEN LOADED WITH CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AND THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO CHAPTER SEVEN, ORDINANCE 25 51, SECTION SEVEN POINT 50, HOME OCCUPATION STATES THE STANDARDS APPLIED ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER PERMITTED ISSUES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND PRESERVE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. CITY COUNCIL FAVORS HOME OCCUPATIONS THAT DO NOT DISTURB OR OR DISRUPT [00:50:02] THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND 1256 CRESTY WAY ARE DISRUPTING THE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, OUR LAST, UH, SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING IS DAVE MULLO DOOR. HELLO. I'M HERE. UH, TO BACK UP MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, VICTOR PEREZ. UH, SO WE SENT KAITLYN MULTIPLE VIDEOS TO SHOW YOU GUYS OF THIS TRAILER BUSINESS THAT THIS, THIS NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR IS RUNNING OUT OF HIS, YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEOS AND THERE'S TRAILERS COMING IN AND OUT ALL DAY BLOCKING TRAFFIC. AND VICTOR, THE FRUSTRATING THING IS VICTOR'S CALLED THE POLICE TWO TIMES. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. UH, HE CALLED THE CITY CODE ENFORCER, DOUG HEARN A COUPLE TIMES. VICTOR TOLD THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE. HE NEVER GOT BACK TO VICTOR. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. SO NOW YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN NOTICE, CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND THIS IS VIOLATING THE CITY CODE 7.050. OKAY? AND THE BIG THING WITH THAT CODE IS, LIKE VICTOR SAID, THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL FAVORS HOME OCCUPATIONS THAT DO NOT DISRUPT THE, DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE HAVE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING DISRUPTED. OKAY? AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER NEIGHBOR HERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. AND ANOTHER THING IN THAT CODE, UM, 7.050, IS THAT THE USE SHALL BE CONDUCTED PRIMARILY WITHIN THE MAIN DWELLING STRUCTURE AND SHALL NOT INVOLVE THE USE OF ANY YARD SPACE OR OUTSIDE AREA. AND THE VIDEOS I SENT CL CAITLIN CLEARLY SHOW IT'S HAPPENING IN THE OUTSIDE AREA. THE TRAILERS ARE BACKING UP INTO THE STREET, PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO WALK AROUND THEM RATHER THAN ON THE SIDEWALK. SO I MEAN, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A LEGITIMATE ISSUE. WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO TO GET REMEDY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THAT WAS OUR LAST CARD AND LAST SPEAKER ON, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE ARE CLOSING. I MAKE THE COMMENT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND, UM, MOVING TO OUR NEXT ITEM AT THIS POINT. SORRY, WE'RE MOVING TO OUR NEXT ITEM NOW. SORRY, CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING? I'M A NEIGHBOR . UM, AND I DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT IT MY FIRST MEETING, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TOO. UH, PLEASE JOIN US AND MAKE IT AS, AS BRIEF AND IF THE POINT HAS BEEN MADE PREVIOUSLY, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AGREEMENT AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THROUGH. SO I CANNOT SAY SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. THE PROCESS IS TO FILL OUT A CARD WHILE I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO THAT AFTER YOU SPEAK. SO WE WILL FILL OUT A CARD AFTER YOU SPEAK. THAT'S A QUESTION. SORRY, I'M HARD OF HEARING. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND. PLEASE SPEAK. OKAY. MY NAME IS MARIA GUTFELD. I LIVE ON 1261 . MY NEIGHBOR VICTOR LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND THE HOUSE NEXT TO HIM, TO HIS LEFT IS THE PROBLEM. HE HAS ONE OF THOSE TRUCKS THAT YOU PUT STUFF ON. IT'S PARKED ALL THE TIME. I GET UP AT FIVE IN THE MORNING AND AT FIVE O'CLOCK THERE IS A TRUCK GOING. IT'S BEEPING, HAS TO BREAK BEEPS ON, AND AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, IF NOT MORE. AND I AM SICK AND TIRED THAT THE CITY HERE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT CLOSES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. AND, UM, UM, MR. MAYOR, I WONDER IF YOU, I I COULD PROVIDE SOME BRIEF UPDATES IF THE COUNCIL PLEASES IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE FOLKS WE HEARD TOO, FROM THE MOBILE HOME PARKS. YEAH. UH, BEFORE OUR GUESTS LEAVE FOR THE EVENING, VICTOR AND, UH, DAVID, UM, PERHAPS, UM, I'M SORRY, THAT'S IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK, UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WAS, UH, MAYOR MISTAKEN. CONTINUE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE'VE GOT STAFF ADDRESSING THOSE THREE. YES. I APPRECIATE, UH, OUR STAFF, UH, TAKING THE MATTER BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION FROM KRESGE. UH, AND, AND BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE HALLWAY IS NOT TYPICAL. THAT UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT WE ADDRESS THAT MATTER. USUALLY THAT'S TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE TIME. BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SOME COMMENTS ON THE MOBILE HOME, UM, IS SITUATION. PLEASE CONTINUE. RIGHT, RIGHT. THANKS MR. MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE BRIEF UPDATES. UM, UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE JUST LAST WEEK FILED, UM, A PETITION FOR WHAT'S CALLED WRIT REVIEW IN THE COURT OF APPEAL TO, UH, SEEK TO COMPLETE THE DISMISSAL OF THE REST OF THE CHALLENGE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BY YOUNGSTOWN TO OUR SENIOR OVERLAY. UM, I HOPE TO, TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK SOON THAT THAT, UM, WRIT REVIEW HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. UM, THAT SEEKS AN ORDER FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR THIS, UH, [00:55:01] SUPERIOR COURT TO DISMISS THE REST OF THE CASE. WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL ULTIMATELY PREVAIL IN THAT CASE BECAUSE THE CITY CLEARLY HAS THE POWER TO ADOPT A SENIOR OVERLAY. BUT I HOPE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. UM, JUST AS A POINT OF INFORMATION, UM, THE, UM, JARVIS FAY FIRM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN THAT LITIGATION IS ALSO REPRESENTING KADI IN VERY SIMILAR, UM, LITIGATION AND HAS FILED FOR A SIMILAR PETITION, UM, IN, IN THE CHALLENGE THAT WAS BROUGHT BY THE HARMONY COMPANIES IN KADI. UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION TO THE PARK RESIDENTS IS, UM, WE ARE HEARING THE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING EXPRESSED. UM, AND WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UM, NONPROFIT PARTNERS LIKE LEGAL AID, UM, LIKE THE NORTH BAY ORGANIZING PROJECT LIKE PPSC, UM, TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. THE SINGLE MOST HELPFUL THING THE PARK RESIDENTS CAN DO IS TO, UM, WORK WITH, WITH THEM AND WITH OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE US, UM, DOCUMENTATION OF VIOLATIONS THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE OCCURRING. SO IF MEMBERS HAVE LONG-TERM LEASES THAT THEY BELIEVE WERE ISSUED WITHOUT GIVING THEM THE OPTION OF, OF RENT CONTROL SPACES AS OUR REGULATIONS REQUIRE, UM, IF THEY BELIEVE THEY, UM, HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE REQUIRED NOTICES OF RENT INCREASES, UM, AND JUST THEY JUST SHOWED UP ON THEIR, ON THEIR STATEMENTS, UM, THAT'S THE KIND OF DOCUMENTATION, DOCUMENTATION WE NEED TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED. UM, I KNOW SOME FOLKS ARE PRO WERE PROVIDING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, BUT, BUT, UM, AND, AND THE SUMMARIES AND THE EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERNS ARE HELPFUL, BUT WE REALLY NEED IS THE DOCUMENTATION. SO PLEASE, UM, REACH OUT, UM, ESPECIALLY TO THE EXTENT THAT, UM, THE RESIDENTS ARE ORGANIZED AND HAVE A STRUCTURE, THEY CAN DO THAT MORE EFFICIENTLY. BUT PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, NOT JUST WITH THE SUMMARIES, BUT WITH DOCUMENTATION. AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO HELP, HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO US, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION, UM, AND WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER UPDATES TO OUR REGULATIONS AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS. UM, AND WE'LL BE KEEPING, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS AS WE GO FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. AGENDA AMENDING, AMENDING CHAPTER SIX, FIVE STABILIZATION. SO, WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TIMING, BUT SO, UH, AGENDA, RIGHT? BUT WE, RIGHT. SO, UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING UPDATES ABOUT THE REGULATIONS, UM, BY THE SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. UM, YES. YES. SO, AND, AND, AND WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON THAT. AND, AND I KNOW FOLKS ARE STRESSED AND, AND, AND, AND WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THAT BECAUSE THE COUNCIL'S BEEN VERY CLEAR TO STAFF TO ENSURE THAT OUR REGULATIONS PROVIDE THE PROTECTIONS THEY WERE INTENDED TO THE NEARLY 900 HOUSEHOLDS IN PETALUMA THAT LIVE IN OUR MOBILE HOME PARKS. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE ALL GOOD UP HERE. GOOD. UM, THE NEXT [COUNCIL COMMENT] ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING IS THE COUNCIL COMMENTS. AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR VICE MAYOR, UH, REBS. UH, THANK YOU. UM, WELL, IT'S BEEN A, A LITTLE WHILE SINCE THE LAST MEETING. UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A FEW MEETINGS, UH, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF. SO A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, LEFT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF OCCASION TIME IN THERE. UM, BUT I DID ATTEND THE SFEI WORKSHOP ON THE ALMOND MARSH, UM, SEDIMENT STUDY THAT'S GONNA BE DONE. UH, SO A LOT OF EFFORT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. WE'LL SEE FOLKS OUT THERE TO REDESIGN THAT, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE SEDIMENT COMING OFF OF OUR HILLS AND, UH, HOW IT CAN BE MOVED AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME RESILIENCY TO SEA LEVEL RISE. SO SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE IS WORKING ON THAT WITH SEVERAL OTHER PARTNERS AT THE AGON OPEN SPACE. UM, THERE IS A, UH, SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR THE $3 MILLION FOR, FOR LOCAL USES WITHIN CITIES. WE'RE NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT, UH, AND SINCE WE'RE NOT ONE, I WAS ALLOWED TO GET ONTO THE COMMITTEE TO HELP DECIDE HOW TO SPEND $3 MILLION AMONGST, UH, SEVEN APPLICANTS. UH, SO I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. ALSO AT THE NORTH BAY WATERSHED ASSOCIATION. UM, UH, NOT MUCH NEW INFORMATION IN THERE. UM, UH, STEPHANIE BASANI FROM FRIENDS OF PENAL RIVER DID GIVE US AN UPDATE. UH, SHE'S WORKING ON THE, UM, THE GREENWAY UP IN THE NORTH RIVER. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, UH, THEY WANNA START A, A GRANTS PROGRAM, UH, FOR BOTH SCHOLARSHIPS AND SMALL PROJECTS, UM, UH, TO BE WORKED ON HERE, UH, [01:00:01] LOCALLY WITHIN, WITHIN OUR, THE NORTH BAY WATERSHED. SO I'VE GOT ON THAT COMMITTEE ALSO TO HELP DISTRIBUTE SOME, SOME OF THE MONEY THERE. UM, AT A RECENT MEETING WITH, UM, UH, RELIEF, UM, WE HAVE NOW OVER 250 SIGNUPS FOR HOMEOWNER TREES, AND THEY'RE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. AND SO THAT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO HAPPEN AND, AND MORE APPLICANTS ARE, ARE SHOWING UP EVERY DAY. SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S, IT'S, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA EASILY MEET, MEET OUR GOAL THERE. THEN, UH, UM, YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE EMERGENCY RADIO TRAINING ALONG WITH, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN ADE WAS THERE TOO. AND SO WE'VE GOT OUR, UH, LITTLE EMERGENCY RADIOS, UH, FROM THAT, AND THERE'S OVER 30 FOLKS FROM PETALUMA THAT ALSO SHOWED UP AT THE TRAINING. SO THERE'S A NICE CORE HERE IN THE CITY THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, UH, WHEN OUR CELL PHONE TOWERS, UH, FALL DOWN OR GET ZAPPED OR EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS, DISRUPTING THE WHOLE SYSTEM. AND SO WE'LL WANT TO, UH, PROMOTE THAT ALONG WITH THE CERT TRAINING, EMERGENCY TRAINING THAT'S COMING UP. UH, THEIR SCOUTS ARE DOING THAT. I THINK AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE WANT TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE SIGN UP TO GET PREPARED. UM, THE BIG ONE IS COMING JUST A MATTER OF NOT IF IT'S WHEN. SO WE WANNA GET AS MUCH READY AS POSSIBLE AND HAVE THESE COMMUNICATIONS AND PREPAREDNESS READY TO GO. UH, 'CAUSE WE'LL BE HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS JUST FOR EARTHQUAKES AND FOR FIRES. SO I'D ALSO RECOMMEND IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN, UH, FOLKS JOIN IN, UM, THIS FREE RADIO THAT WE GOT. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO LEARN TO, UH, TRAIN ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. UM, THANK YOU. UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY, I WANNA TALK ABOUT MR. LITTLE AND KRESGE WAY AND PARKING ORDINANCE, AND IT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN THIS TOWN, AND WE, I WANT, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS ADDRESSED. I MEAN, I HAVE A DUMP TRUCK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAD UTILITY TRAILERS THAT JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN SHOW UP, YOU KNOW, WITH SIGNS ON THEM FOR WORK. AND THIS IS, UM, THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A PROBLEM, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I EVEN GET ANY, UM, RESPONSES. AND SOMETIMES I DO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT A DUMP TRUCK AND UTILITY TRAILERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I MEAN, EVEN, UM, TRAILERS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TRAILER THAT'S PARKED IN FRONT OF A BOND PARK. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS, AND WE COULD ALL AROUND THIS TOWN AND, AND SOMEBODY SAID THEY ACTUALLY WORK WITH, UM, AS A, AS A, WITH THE CITY IN SOME WAY, THIS PARTICULAR ONE. SO I JUST THINK, UM, IT IS A REAL PROBLEM AND I WOULD LIKE IT ADDRESSED. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS IT IN 2025, BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND IT'S A LONG TIME FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS NOT TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THEN WHEN COVID CAME, EVERYBODY GOES AND BUYS MOTOR HOMES OR TRAILERS AND THEY'RE PARKED ON THE STREET, AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM. SO THIS IS A PROBLEM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MR. LITTLE AND DAVID AND MARIA FOR COMING AND SPEAKING ON THIS. AND I WATCHED THEIR VIDEOS AND IT WAS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, STRENGTHEN SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE AND, UM, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, OH BOY, I WAS AT MY SCTA MEETING TODAY, AND THE, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION WAS ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS THAT ALL CITIES ARE DOING IN, UM, THE COUNTY. AND, YOU KNOW, MONIES THAT WE GET FOR THIS, WE WANNA MAKE IT SAFER FOR BICYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND DRIVERS. AND IT IS, IT'S ACTIVE AND THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING. I KNOW THERE'S, WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE POSITIVE LETTERS ABOUT D STREET AND THEN THE NEGATIVE ONES ABOUT D STREET. UH, BUT I KINDA LIKE LINES IN THE ROAD, SO I ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WHEN I'M RIDING MY BIKE OR DRIVING. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE CROSSWALKS, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM, IT'S, UM, SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS AND SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND WHEN IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, YOU CAN'T SAY AFTER ONE DAY, I WANT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA TO BLOW IT UP. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT A PILOT PROGRAM IS ABOUT. SO WE CAN SEE THE PROS AND CONS AND WHEN THE FINISHED PRODUCT HAPPENS THAT IT IS, UM, VERY POSITIVE FOR EVERYBODY. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS D STREET FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS OUT TO HELEN PUTNAM PARK AND PAST, UM, NEEDS TO BE SAFE FOR EVERYONE. SO, AND THEN, UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK TO SCTA. THERE'S, UM, BIKE SHARE PROGRAMS. UM, REDWOOD BIKE SHARE PROGRAM IS GONNA BE STARTING. UM, AND I'M SURE AFTER OUR SMART STATIONS ARE UP, I THINK, UM, THE DOWNTOWN STATION WILL BE PART OF THIS BIKE SHARE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT CORONA STATION IS BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTION WITH THE JUNIOR COLLEGE [01:05:01] AND THE SMART TRAIL ALSO. AND, UM, THIS IS FOR, UM, AIR MCDONALD, THAT EXTRA 500 FEET, I'M REALLY REALIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THAT SECTION SO WE CAN GET FROM WASHINGTON STREET ONTO THE SMART TRAIL SAFER. UM, AND, AND THEN OF COURSE, LAST NIGHT WAS, UM, FINE BALANCE THE DEDICATION. THERE WAS ABOUT 325 ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THIS DEDICATION. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE JUST REALLY HAPPY. AND SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY DOWN ON ANY REDEVELOPMENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN, FOR SOME REASON CHAINLINK FENCES SEEM TO BE OKAY, UM, IN VACANT PROPERTIES. BUT, UM, REDEVELOPMENT IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT IN OUR DOWNTOWN. AND, UM, IT WAS JUST REALLY EXCITING, YOU KNOW, BEING AT FINE BALANCE AND SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY IN THIS TOWN. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IT FOR MINE. I DO WANNA SAY ONE THING ABOUT, UM, THE SMART, AGAIN, MY GRANDSON AND HIS FRIENDS TOOK THE SMART TRAIN TO THE GIANTS GAME BY THEMSELVES. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, 15, 16 YEAR OLDS. UM, WE'VE TAKEN THEM THERE BEFORE, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE RULES. UH, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THE, UM, THE FERRY THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PA BALLPARK, BUT IF THEY DIDN'T, THEY WOULD KNOW HOW TO GET, YOU KNOW, ONE MILE, UH, TO THE FERRY STATION. SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING JUST SEEING THESE YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. UM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE SAME KIDS THAT, UM, NEED TO HAVE SAFE CROSSWALKS, SO THEY GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND GOOD BIKE LANES. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS SINCE, UH, WE HAD AN AIR DISTRICT MEETING THAT, UM, WHERE WE ADOPTED A NEW RULE FOR REFINERIES, UM, LOOKING AT LEAKS FROM THEIR VALVES. UM, AND THEN I HAD A PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY. AND WE, UM, THE MAIN ITEM ON THAT WAS REVIEWING THE, UH, THE STUDY FOR THE CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS, UM, UH, AT CORONA, UM, LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, WHICH, UM, REALLY WASN'T ABOUT, UH, UNDER THE FREEWAY. IT WAS, UM, MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AT MCDOWELL AND AT LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, MACKENZIE WAY. AND, UM, THE FOURTH ONE IS ESCAPING ME. RAINIER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. THANK YOU. SO, UM, TWO THINGS, UM, TO REPORT ON TONIGHT. UH, THE ZONE TWO, A COMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 29. UM, THAT'S THE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH, UH, FLOODPLAIN ISSUES, UM, AND FLOOD WATER ISSUES, UH, IN THE PETALUMA VALLEY VALLEY, UH, WATERSHED. TWO THINGS OF INTEREST, THERE ARE ONE, UM, SONOMA WATER IS GOING TO BE REPLACING A FAILED, UH, SECTION OF, UM, CONCRETE LINING ON WASHINGTON CREEK, JUST, UM, JUST EAST OF MCDOWELL. UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING SOON. AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S SLID DOWN TO WHERE IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE AND THEY'LL BE REPLACING THAT. SO THAT'LL BE A CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM YOU SEE COMING FORWARD SOON. AND THEN, UM, ON AUGUST 21, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON AND I PARTICIPATED IN A UH, NORTH BAY DIVISION SACRAMENTO LOBBYING DAY. AND, UM, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SURREAL BECAUSE IT WAS THE SECOND TO LAST WEEK OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND WE, WHEN WE WERE UP THERE LAST YEAR AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THE PLACE WAS ABSOLUTELY FRENETIC. UM, AND LOTS OF ACTIVITY GOING ON. BUT THIS, THIS TIME WE WERE THERE, UM, DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, AND SO MANY LEGISLATORS HAVE GONE TO CHICAGO THAT NO BUSINESS WAS BEING CONDUCTED. SO WE HAD LENGTHY SIT DOWNS WITH TWO ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, AND OUR, OUR STATE SENATOR PRO TIM, UM, MIKE MCGUIRE, AND GOT LOTS OF INSIGHTS INTO, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND IN PARTICULAR BILLS. UM, SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME RECAPPING THE LAST MONTH'S ACTIVITIES, BUT I WILL GIVE MY LIAISON REPORT ON LAST WEEK'S, UM, PETALUMA DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATIONS MARKETING MEETING. LOTS OF EVENTS FOR DOWNTOWN OUR SCHEDULES AS A A SINCE WE HAVE THE ANTIQUE FAIR COMING UP ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH. DOWNTOWN EVENTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT VISITORS BRINGS VISITORS TO OUR CITY, OR AS THEY LIKE TO SAY, FEET ON THE STREET AND HEADS AND BEDS. THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP QUICKLY AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY PETALUMA. THERE'LL BE NO NEED TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO WHEN WE HAVE AN ICE RINK IN PETALUMA. CHECK OUT THE NEW PETALUMA VISITORS MAGAZINE FOR INFORMATION. AND IT HAS EVERYTHING [01:10:01] ABOUT THE NEW MUSEUM EXHIBITS TO THE RIVERFRONT, UM, EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THE FLOAT HOUSE ON THE FRONT COVER. AND THIS BEAUTIFUL MURAL. IT SAYS, WELCOME TO PETALUMA. WE HAVE, UM, TOT FUNDS TO THANK FOR LOTS OF THIS, AND THANK YOU TO MARIE AND HER STAFF AT THE VISITOR CENTER FROM OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THE BID THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DEVISED A, WHAT IS CALLED A BUSINESS REFERRAL CARD, AND IT HAS THE BUSINESS TO VISIT THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS WITH A GOOGLE MAP, WITH A QR CODE, THE DOWNTOWN P DI BUSINESS DIRECTORY WITH THE TOURISM WEBSITE, WITH A QR CODE. AND ON THE BACK IT HAS A LITTLE MINI MAP. SO IF YOU ARE DOWNTOWN AND YOU ARE A VISITOR AND YOU WANNA KNOW INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO SEE, THE BUSINESSES CAN GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION AND THIS LITTLE MINI MAP, AND THEY GET A WHOLE, UM, THE BR, THE BID GIVES THE BUSINESSES THIS LITTLE ENVELOPE OF ALL OF THESE CARDS TO REFER PEOPLE TO OTHER PLACES IN PETALUMA, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, BUT MAYBE THEY WANNA GO TO LAGUNITAS OR MAYBE THEY WANNA GO OUT TO MCAVOY'S. ANYWAY, UM, WE HAVE, UM, A NEW PROGRAM STARTED AND I GOT TO MEET OUR TRANSIT SPECIALIST, UM, MARIA ARS, AND SHE IS A DYNAMITE, OH MY GOSH. SHE TALKED FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M QUICKLY WRITING DOWN ON MY NOTES. IT'S CALLED LUMA GO PEDALS, FREE ON DEMAND SHUTTLE, AND IT HAS A PHONE NUMBER AND IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM OR MICRO TRANSIT FOR SIX MONTHS, I BELIEVE, A PILOT PROGRAM. SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN, BUT THEY GAVE US THESE LITTLE BACKPACKS SO WE CAN START, UM, THINKING ABOUT HOW TO USE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN UBER, UM, APP FOR OUR PETALUMA AREA. AND I HAVE A SMALL LITTLE MICRO TRANSIT, UM, AREA IF WE NEED TO, UM, CALL FOR A RIDE AFTER, LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THE BEER FESTIVAL WE JUST HAD LAST WEEKEND. UM, I WAS ASKED BY REBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA TO GIVE INFORMATION TO OUR MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SMOKE DETECTOR CHECKUP EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM IN PETALUMA. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PETALUMA FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND RESIDENTS OF THE MOBILE HOMES ARE ASKED TO CONTACT REBUILDING TOGETHER OR EMAIL, UM, THEIR REBUILDING TOGETHER.ORG AND, UM, REGISTER FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR OR YOUR CO MONITOR, UM, CHECKED OUT. AND, UM, MAYBE YOU NEED A NEW SMOKE DETECTOR. SO THIS IS A THANK YOU TO THE PILLOW FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE DONATING THEIR TIME TO CHECK AND INSTALL THESE FREE SMOKE DETECTORS AND KEEP US SAFE AS WE MOVE INTO THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN OUR WINDOWS AREN'T OPEN. AND THE CO MONITORS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW ALREADY BEGAN WITH SOME TALK ABOUT LUMA GO, UM, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, UH, LAST I HEARD, WHICH HAS BEEN A TWO OR THREE WEEKS NOW, THAT WOULD BE BY NEXT MONTH. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A, A NEW DATE, UH, OR WOULD YOU HEAR A NEW DATE AT ALL, KAREN? THAT'S PROBABLY IT. OKAY. UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, THAT OUR, UM, PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS GONE FAIR FREE. AND, UH, THE BEST DATA I HAVE SO FAR IS THAT IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, UH, AFTER THE FREE FAIR PROGRAM BEGAN, UM, TRA UM, UH, RIDERSHIP WAS UP 67%. SO THAT WAS GREAT. UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, MY LIBRARY, UH, COMMITTEE SERVICE, UH, EVERYONE KNOWS LIBRARIES CLOSED FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR FOR REHAB, AND, AND TO BRING IT, UH, UH, BACK TO WHERE, WHERE, UH, EVERYONE WANTS IT TO BE. UM, AND, UH, I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT MEASURE W ON THE, UH, UM, ELECTION BALLOT IN, IN NOVEMBER OR OCTOBER, OR WHENEVER YOU VOTE, UM, UH, MEASURE W IS ON THE, UH, UM, IS ON YOUR ELECTION, UH, UH, VOTING PAD, UH, TO, UH, CONTINUE A ONE EIGHTH CENT SALES TAX, WHICH PROVIDES, UM, ALMOST HALF THE MONEY TO FUND THIS LIBRARY, AND A BIG PART OF THE MONEY THAT'S GOING FOR THE REHAB. SO, UH, UH, THIS WAS FIRST PASSED BY, UH, YOU OR YOUR FOREBEARERS EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND, UH, IT'S ABOUT TO EXPIRE. AND SO IN ORDER TO, UH, KEEP [01:15:01] THE LIBRARY FUNDING AT THE RATE IT IS, AND, UH, PLEASE, IF YOU, UH, KEEP THIS IN MIND, IF YOU, UH, LIKE WHAT THE LIBRARY'S DOING NOW, UM, UH, I GUESS I'D ALSO MENTIONED IN PUSHING FOLKS TO, TO VOTE FOR THIS ITEM, UH, I'D, I'D ADVISE THAT THE SONOMA SYSTEM OVERALL IS THE FIFTH SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM OVERALL IS THE FIFTH HIGHEST UTILIZATION LIBRARY IN THE STATE. UH, WHAT ELSE IN THE HOMELESS BOARD? UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO START A, UH, I THINK A VERY, UH, IMPORTANT HOMELESS PREVENTION PROJECT THAT'S BEING FUNDED, UH, SOMEWHAT BY OUR CITY, BY SAN CITY OF SANTA ROSA, AND BY THE COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE, THOSE THREE SOURCES ARE PROVIDING A THIRD OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS. AND, UH, UH, A NONPROFIT CALLED ALL HOME LOCATED IN OAKLAND'S, PROVIDING TWO THIRDS OF THE FUNDING FOR, FOR THIS HOMELESS PREVENTION PROJECT, WHICH, UH, IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS COUNTY, UH, TO SMALL EXTENTS OFF AND ON, UH, BUT NEVER DONE TO THIS EXTENT. AND ACTUALLY, I'D ALSO MENTIONED IN CONGRATULATIONS TO COTS, COTS HAS, UH, RECEIVED, UH, THE, UM, UM, THE POSITION OF, UH, MANAGING THIS PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IT WON'T ALL BE DONE OUT OF COTS, BUT COTS WILL MANAGE THE DIFFERENT, UH, SUB REGIONS OF THE COUNTY. UM, LET'S SEE. THAT'S THE LIBRARY, THAT'S TRANSIT, THAT'S HOMELESSNESS. FINALLY, UH, WE, UM, WE, UH, SET UP THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. UH, I, I'M THE LIAISON TO THAT. AND, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME EDUCATION, WE'VE HAD SOME GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND, UH, HOPE TO, UH, MOVE ON SOON TO TALKING MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FOR FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS AND, UH, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, ISSUES. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I KIND OF, UH, NOTE THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY ATTEND THIS COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE OF THINGS THEY WISH WERE DONE DIFFERENTLY OR BETTER, OR THEY WANNA WEIGH IN ON, BUT THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT'S COMING FROM COUNCIL THAT ARE GOING REALLY WELL ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE, HOW MUCH, HOW GOOD THE CITY IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, UH, I, I JUST WANNA NOTE, UH, WE HAD THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF, UH, SONOMA COUNTY HOSTED HERE AT A, IN, UH, THEIR DINNER, THE, THE, IN THIS, UH, IN OUR CITY. THAT WAS FUN. BUT WE ALSO GOT TO HAVE ALL OF THE MOBILE CRISIS SUPPORT TEAMS TALK ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND, UH, OUR SAFE TEAM IS, UM, JUST CRUSHING IT ON GOOD WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN A, IN A, UH, REGIONAL SENSE. UH, AND I DID WANNA SHOUT OUT, UH, APPRECIATION TO OUR CHIEF, UM, UH, NEW, NEW CHIEF, UH, MILLER FOR ATTENDING AND HELPING DEMONSTRATE HOW THAT PROGRAM HELPS POLICING IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, I ALSO SIT ON THE, UH, MERO OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND, UH, THEY HAVE A 36 ISH MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET A YEAR TO HELP MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AROUND, UM, UH, AROUND THE COUNTY. AND WITH THAT TAX, THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL IN OUTSIDE MONEY AND ALMOST DOUBLE THE MONEY THAT THEY PULL IN. AND SOME OF THAT MONEY COMES HERE FOR OUR SAFE TEAM AND FOR OUR OTHER PROGRAMS IN TOWN. SO MANY GOOD THINGS. UM, PETALUMA ALSO HOSTED PETALUMA NIGHT OUT THAT, UH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, ONE MORE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN PET IN AT THE PETALUMA FAIRGROUNDS. AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GETTING INCREDIBLY GOOD PRESS REGARDING THE PURPLE CUP PROGRAM. TO BE FAIR, IT'S, UH, NOT A PETALUMA PROGRAM. IT IS AN OUTSIDER FIGURING THAT PETALUMA IS THE PLACE TO MAKE CLIMATE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. UM, BUT IT'S PILOT AND WE HOPE TO SEE THE DATA ON HOW MUCH PEOPLE REUSE CUPS HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. UH, I DID WANNA SHOUT OUT SINCE NO ONE ELSE DID, BOY, IT'S SURE EASIER TO GET ACROSS THE WASHINGTON OVERPASS NOW. PAVING HAS BEEN DONE ON THE OVERPASS. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE MAY HAVE BEEN BAD PAVING IN PETALUMA, BUT IT'S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. UM, AND THEN THE, THE, THE KIND OF THING THE PUBLIC LOVES TO HAVE IS THAT FINE BALANCE, UM, UM, EVENT LAST NIGHT. THE, THE, THE JOY FROM ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT. IT JUST, IT'S JUST FUN TO HAVE, UH, JOYFUL THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY REPORT FOR THE EVENING, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER [CITY MANAGER COMMENT] TO HAVE HER REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'M ALWAYS BLOWN AWAY AT ALL THE, ALL THE GREAT NUGGETS THAT YOU COME TO OUR, UM, COUNCIL MEETING WITH IN YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS, BECAUSE BY THE TIME IT COMES TO ME, I'VE CHECKED OFF LIKE 10 THINGS. SO, UM, JUST TWO THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO DO ON SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY FROM EIGHT 30 TO 2:00 PM WE ARE ALL GONNA MEET AT LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AT PAY [01:20:01] RAN, AND WE ARE DOING A, A BIG COMMUNITY CLEANUP ON, ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. SUPER EXCITED. UM, WE'RE DOING WEED ABATEMENT, TREE TRIMMING, PAINTING, GRAFFITI REMOVAL, PRESSURE WASHING DEBRIS PICKUP, UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE FEEDING YOU, SO COFFEE AND MUFFINS IN THE MORNING AND A BURRITO LUNCH. UM, WE'LL FOLLOW, UM, UH, AT NOON. AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERS TO WALK, BIKE, OR TAKE OUR FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT. UM, BUT IT'S, UH, ONE OF MANY THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ON OUR LYNCH CREEK TRAIL TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTIVE AND, UM, AND CLEAN AND SAFE. UM, AND THEN I JUST WANT TO, I WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY A PREVIEW. UM, YOU MENTIONED OUR ROADS MAYOR, AND WE JUST GOT AN INITIAL, UH, RATING BACK FROM, UM, MTC, UM, THAT'S OUR METROPOLITAN, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE STATE LEVEL. AND, UH, THEY DO A, EVERY THREE YEARS, THEY DO PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX, UM, ACTUALLY DO IT ANNUALLY. THEY DO A THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE. AND THE CITY HAS GONE FROM 43 TO 55, WHICH IS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT MTC STAFF ASKED US HOW WE DID IT IN A YEAR. UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, AND I'M SURE THAT SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, HERE LONG ENOUGH, REMEMBER THE TIME WHERE OUR ROADS WERE KNOWN AS THE WORST IN THE BAY AREA, AND WE REALLY DIDN'T SEE A WAY OUT, AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, PASSAGE OF MEASURE U THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE GETTING DONE. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH, BUT WE ARE GOING AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND IN ORDER TO GET THAT RATING UP, UM, IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. SO, BRAVO, PETALUMA. THANK YOU. UH, UH, THANK YOU. THAT'S, UH, REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR THE CITY HERE. UH, MOVING TO OUR NEXT, [CONSENT CALENDAR] UH, AGENDA ITEM, IT'S THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND WE MODIFIED IT EARLIER IN, IN, UH, THE, UNDER THE, THE FIRST BIT OF, UH, THINGS TONIGHT. AND SO LET ME JUST RECAP FOR WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT. WE HAVE, UM, A MOTION TO DISCUSS A FUTURE, UH, UH, COUNCIL ITEM AND, AND THAT WOULD FIT UNDER OUR TENTATIVE AGENDA ITEM ITEM TWO. SO I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE ARE REMOVING COUNSEL, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND, UH, HAVING THE OTHER ITEMS ONE AND THREE THROUGH EIGHT TOGETHER AS A, UH, SINGLE ITEM. AND, AND ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO BREAK THAT SO THAT, UM, THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY AT THE SAME AT TIME. AND I'D LIKE TO LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE AND SEE IF WE'RE IN CONCURRENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'D, I'D LIKE TO ALSO REMOVE ITEM SIX FOR DISCUSSION. UM, OKAY. UH, AND SO LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE, WE HAVE, UH, TWO CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TO STAND ALONE AND THE BALANCE TO, UM, BE, UH, REVIEWED. I'LL NOW INVITE PUBLIC, UH, COUNCIL COMMENT ON ITEMS, UM, NOT TWO AND SIX. DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON NOT TWO AND SIX, NOT SEEING ANY? I'D LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT, BUT NOT TWO AND SIX. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CLERK TO WEIGH IN. OKAY. 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 AND NOT SEEING ANYONE RUSHING TO THE CLERK'S DESK. I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, NOT ITEMS TWO AND SIX, AND, UH, BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL DAIS. AND, UH, I SEE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. I'LL MOVE IT. THANK YOU. AND A SECOND FROM CATER THOMPSON. AND I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO GIVE US A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDARS, NOT TWO AND SIX, RIGHT? BARNACLE AYE. CATER THOMPSON. YES. HEALY, YES. NOW YES. POST. OKAY. YES. SCH SHRIMPS. YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANKS SO MUCH. WE HAVE, UH, ITEM, UH, TWO TO DISCUSS AS A STANDALONE ITEM. AND, UH, THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD, UH, COUNCIL REQUEST TO MODIFY IT. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY TO SPEAK FOR THAT REQUEST. THANK YOU. THERE WAS, UH, AN AGENDA REQUEST MEMO THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BURNOW AND I SUBMITTED, AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT THAT BE ADDED TO THE, TO THE TENTATIVE AGENDA PRINTED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. I SECOND THAT. UM, I, ARE WE READY TO BREAK THE MOTION? I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE READY FOR THE MOTION YET. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, UH, COUNSEL COMMENT ON THAT. [01:25:01] UM, AND, UM, IT, IT WOULD BE MY COMMENT THAT, UM, THE REQUEST SEEMS, UH, PREMATURE THAT COUNSEL HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD ACTION THAT, UM, UH, D DEDICATED A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE, THE STREET AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT, UM, FOR A ONE TO TWO YEAR PERIOD OR UNTIL DESIGNED FOR THE STREET WAS COMPLETE. AND, UM, AT, AT A MONTH IN, IT SEEMS TO BE, UH, PREMATURE TO, UH, TO TRY AND FIND APPROPRIATE AGENDA TIME, SO, SO EARLY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, REPPS, VICE MAYOR, SCH SHRIMPS, UM, I AGREE WITH THE, THE MAYOR ON THIS. UH, AND WHAT MENTIONED, UH, CHAD CATER THOMPSON SAID EARLIER, UM, ABOUT THE D STREET. WE JUST IMPLEMENTED IT, IT JUST GOT STARTED. THERE'S BEEN BOTH VERY POSITIVE EMAILS COME IN AND SOME, UH, CRITIQUES AND SOME CONCERNS. AND I THINK AT THIS TIME, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS A PILOT PROJECT THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON CONTINUOUSLY RIGHT NOW, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GIVE STAFF THE TIME TO RESPOND TO THE CRITIQUES AND THE ISSUES THAT ARE THERE AND, AND LET THEM COME UP WITH EITHER SOLUTIONS OR, UM, WHAT CAN BE DONE. AND ONCE WE HAVE A REPORT BACK FROM STAFF AS TO WHAT, WHAT THEY THINK THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE, THE ISSUES AT PLAY. BUT IN THE MOMENT, WE DO HAVE LOTS OF POSITIVE THINGS ALSO GOING ON. SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE PILOT STUDY IS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, IT COME BACK TO COUNCIL AT SOME MUCH LATER DATE, UM, WHEN, WHEN THE STAFF FEELS LIKE THEY'RE READY TO REALLY GO OVER, UM, THEIR, THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. IF, UM, THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF COMMENTARY AS WELL, UH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS ITEM TO, UM, ITEM TWO OF THE SAME CALENDARS OR PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE CLERK. PLEASE, UH, READ THE MESSAGING ON THAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE DID RE RECEIVE SEVERAL, UM, COMMENT CARDS AND I'LL 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 AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. AND I THINK THAT'S OUR 32ND CLOCK. WE'VE GOT ONE . YEAH, THAT'S MY, YOU KNOW, SO I WILL, UM, ASSUME THAT WE ARE AT A LEVEL, WE'RE AT THREE MINUTES IF, UH, THE CLERK COULD BE RESETTING OUR, OUR, UH, LITTLE TIMER THERE. AND WE HAVE, UM, MAUREEN GODSHAW TO SPEAK FIRST, AND, UM, MIKE OCK TO, UM, SEED TIME TO MAUREEN. IS THIS, UH, YOUR PLAN? YEAH. OKAY. UM, THERE'S A, I THINK THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE CONCEDING TIME, BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL NEED THAT TIME. WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY MINUTES YOU'RE GOING TO. OKAY. SO WE ARE JUST PREPPING. IT WON'T BE THAT LONG. SO WE, WE'RE AT SIX CURRENTLY, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT. YEAH, PERFECT. SOUNDS GREAT. OH, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS, FAMILIES, VISITORS, CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, CYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, TRUCK DRIVERS, DELIVERY DRIVERS, MEDICAL TRANSPORTS AND SUPPORT SERVICES USING D STREET, WE ARE URGENTLY REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE D STREET TRAFFIC, CALMING AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION QUICK BUILD PROJECT. THE DECISION TO CONDUCT A PILOT RATHER THAN A FORMAL STUDY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THE PROPOSED CALMING MEASURES ON A RESIDENTIAL TRUCK ROUTE IDENTIFIED. AS ONE OF SONOMA COUNTY'S HIGHEST INJURY STREETS IS VIEWED AS IRRESPONSIBLE. WHILE SOME AREAS MAY SEE IMPROVEMENTS, PEDESTRIANS WITH MORE CROSSWALKS, FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS BECOME EVIDENT THAT THE REMAINING MEASURES HAS INCREASED THE DANGER FOR RESIDENTS AND THE USERS OF D STREET. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE TREATED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT ON SUCH A COMPLEX RESIDENTIAL TRUCK ROUTE. THE D STREET RESIDENTS AND STREET USERS HAVE BECOME THE WITNESSES, THE DATA COLLECTORS FOR THE CITY. THIS IS NOT THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSIBILITY, AND NONE OF US AGREED TO ASSUME THIS ROLE. IN FACT, 198 RESIDENTS SIGNED A PETITION AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF THE PARKING. THIS IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR NEIGHBORS. IT IS NOT A SMALL GROUP OF LOUD [01:30:01] INDIVIDUALS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE ARE. THE CONFUSING DESIGN ELEMENTS, INCLUDING THE SHIFTING OF PARKING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE ANOTHER, THE FIFTH STREET BARRIERS, THE MEDIAN ADJUSTMENTS, THE DOUBLE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES, THE TWISTS AND TURNS, AND THE REDUCED LANE SIZES HAVE SEVERELY UNDERMINED THE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DELIVER A SAFE PROJECT FOR ALL. WE HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS SEMI-TRUCK WITH TWO TRAILERS NOT BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE QUICK ROAD CHANGES AND VARYING INTO THE PI, THE BIKE LANE OR THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES. THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT. CONFUSION ON WHERE YOU CAN PARK FROM THE PUBLIC TO DELIVERY TRUCKS, SERVICE CONTRACTORS, PARKING IN BIKE LANES, FORCING CYCLISTS TO SWERVE INTO THE TRAFFIC TO AVOID THEM. THIS IS SERIOUSLY A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. LANDSCAPERS FORCED TO PUSH THEIR EQUIPMENT ACROSS D STREET, DODGING TRUCKS AND VEHICLES, PUTTING THEM IN DANGER DUE TO THE LOSS OF THEIR CLIENT'S, PARKING SERVICE VEHICLES, PARKING AND BIKE LANES, AND NOT ABLE TO FIT TO CUT TREES, CAUSING VEHICLES TO GO AROUND INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE WAS MULTIPLE MISSES. ALMOST A NEIGHBOR HAD TO CALL THE POLICE. SO I GOT ANOTHER THREE PERFECT DISABLED TERMINALLY ILL NEIGHBORS, FORCED TO CROSS THE STREET, ALSO DODGING TRUCKS AND VEHICLES TO GET TO THEIR TRANSPORTATION DUE TO LOSS OF PARKING AND NARROW DRIVEWAYS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING. WE'RE NOT A PILOT PROJECT, WE'RE INDIVIDUALS, AND WE'RE NOT JUST THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE. WE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE, WE ARE REPRESENTING 70-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COME OR HAVE TRIED AND JUST FEEL LIKE YOU AREN'T LISTENING. THEY ARE HURTING A ONE TO TWO YEAR PROJECT TO UPTURN OUR LIVES IS NOT OKAY. NEIGHBORS HAVING BLIND SPOTS AND UNABLE TO BACK UP IN THE DRIVEWAYS WITH A CLEAR VISION OF THE ROAD. THIS IS ONLY A SMALL LIST OF THE NEGATIVE SAFETY IMPACTS THE PILOT HAS CAUSED. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT. WE'RE NOT ASKING TO BLOW THIS UP. WE'RE SAYING THAT D STREET IS A COMPLICATED RESIDENTIAL TRUCK ROUTE THAT HASN'T BEEN CONSIDERED ALL OF THE IMPLICATIONS. AND WE NEIGHBORS ARE DEALING WITH THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE WALK OUT WITH FEAR. I WALK ACROSS THE STREET, I TAKE MY LUGGAGE. IF I'M GOING ON A TRIP, I BRING MY BACKPACK HOME. I CALL MY FAMILY. HEY, I'M COMING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE. CAN, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE MOVE EVERY SINGLE TASK THAT WE PERFORM? WE ARE BEING, WE HAVE TO ADJUST. NOW, YOU GUYS MIGHT THINK ALL OF THIS IS MINOR INCONVENIENCES, BUT IT'S NOT. THESE ARE REAL DANGERS AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE REVIEW NOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL THE CITY HAS APPROPRIATELY LOOKED AT ALL THE IMPACTS. WE NEED YOU GUYS TO HEAR US. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU GUYS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND WE JUST ARE NOT, WE'RE GETTING, OH, IT'S A SMALL INDIVIDUAL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET. OH, IT'S NOT THAT BAD. OH, SOME BIKER REALLY LIKES TO COME DOWN THE STREET. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. I'M GLAD HE DOES. BUT HE ALSO HAS B-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P TO DO THAT. HE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO LOSE OUR PARKING, LOSE OUR SAFETY FOR THAT. I HAVE SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS HERE AND NEIGHBORS WHO'VE COME TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE REVIEW THIS AGAIN, AND DO NOT WAIT. DO NOT POSTPONE BECAUSE YOU ARE IMPACTING OUR LIVES, OUR MOST VULNERABLE ALL OF OUR LIVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, JULIA COURT HAD A CARD IN HERE. DID YOU INTEND TO SEED TIME? IS IT? I ALREADY DID THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, NATHAN SPINDEL IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, TINA STEVENS. UM, NATHAN, GO AHEAD. I'LL ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS CATER [01:35:01] THOMPSON AND MCDONALD HINTED AT EARLIER, THIS IS FAR TOO EARLY TO HAVE A PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM TO MODIFY OR REMOVE THE D STREET PILOT. THE PILOT WAS ONLY VOTED ON IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AGO. IT'S ONLY BEEN INSTALLED FOR LIKE THREE WEEKS, AND THE CITY HASN'T PUBLISHED ANY SAFETY DATA ON IT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY COLLISIONS OR INJURIES THAT I'M AWARE OF YET. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF INJURIES BEFORE THE PILOT, SO WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, THIS IS A TIME LIMITED PILOT SPECIFICALLY TO INFORM THE FUTURE DESIGN OF THE STREET IN A YEAR OR TWO WHEN D STREET IS FULLY CONSTRUCTED. SO WHY STOP IT RIGHT NOW? AND I WOULD HOPE THAT IF THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT IT WOULD HAVE MORE CLARITY, SPECIFICALLY, ONE, WHAT SEGMENTS OF DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ARE BEING DISCUSSED IN THE MEMO. AND TWO, THAT THE AGENDA ITEM WOULD INCLUDE A REQUEST TO PUBLIC WORKS TO PRESENT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS RATHER THAN FULL ON REMOVAL. FOR INSTANCE, DOTTED LANE STRIPING RATHER THAN SOLID DOUBLE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES OR DIAGONAL HASH LINES IN THE MEDIA AREAS LIKE ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD SOUTH. UH, TO JUMP TO REMOVING IT SEEMS REALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND INAPPROPRIATE AND A WASTE OF THIS PILOT. SO I HAD HOPES THAT WE SEE THE PILOT THROUGH, TAKE WHAT WE LEARNED FROM IT, TAKE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK, COLLECT DATA, AND USE THAT TO INFORM WHAT THE FINAL FUTURE DESIGN OF THE STREET WILL BE LIKE WHEN WE PAVE IT IN CONCRETE IN A HOPEFULLY MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE WAY THAN IT CURRENTLY IS. THANKS. THANK YOU. UH, TINA STEVENS, DID YOU WISH TO CONCEDE THE TIME OVER TO, UM, IS IT, WAS THIS IT WAS, IT WAS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, JESSICA MOY MOY. THANK YOU. UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO NATHAN AND A FEW OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE DAY THAT IT'S TOO EARLY TO ABANDON THIS PILOT. CHANGED CONDITIONS ARE INEVITABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET USED TO, BUT THE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS IS TO SLOW FOLKS DOWN. IT WAS DANGEROUS BEFORE, AND NOW WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A FRICTION PERIOD WHERE IT FEELS PERHAPS A LITTLE CUMBERSOME. BUT I THINK WE'LL GET TO THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE CLARITY, MORE SAFETY FOR ALL OF THE USERS OF D STREET. I KNOW FOR MYSELF AS A CYCLIST AND AS A PEDESTRIAN, IT'S WAY MORE PLEASANT. IT FEELS A LOT MORE CONTROLLED, IT FEELS A LOT SLOWER, WHICH I THINK AGAIN, REALLY IS THE POINT HERE. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THE QUICK RESPONSE FROM STAFF. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE AWAY WITH THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES AT SEVENTH STREET, SO THAT TURN IS CLEAR FOR DRIVERS. SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO SEE THIS PILOT THROUGH, AND IT'S PREMATURE TO ADD IT BACK TO THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST CARD THAT CLOSES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE DAAS AND, UH, COMMENT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. ONE, UM, A SPEAKER STATED THAT IT'S THE HIGHEST INJURY STREET. THIS WAS BEFORE THE PILOT PROGRAM. SO I WOULD THINK THAT IF IT'S THE HIGHEST INJURY STREET, WE WOULD WANT TO DO A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT THAT DATA IS. UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS, I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VULNERABLE PEOPLE, WE HAD ALL THE MOBILE HOME PARKS MEMBERS HERE. THEY'RE VULNERABLE PEOPLE. THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEIR RENT IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE KICKED OUT OF THESE MOBILE HOME PARKS. AND WE HAVE 800 MOBILE MOBILE HOMES. NOT EVERY PARK IS AFFECTED, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE, AND THEY'RE A MAJORITY OF LOW INCOME. UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE GONE UP, UP AND DOWN THE STREET IN MY CAR AND ON MY BIKE, AND THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T ACTUALLY CONFUSING RIDING, UM, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY WAS IN THE BIKE, ELAINE, I DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, HAD TO GO AROUND THEM. UM, BUT I WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY CAUTIOUS. SO I WAS LOOKING AHEAD TO SEE, UM, WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME. UM, UM, I, IT IS A TRUCK ROUTE, BUT THE TRUCK ROUTE GOES ALL THE WAY TO LAKEVILLE. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FROM THE D STREET BRIDGE TO LAKEVILLE, THIS IS WHY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OYSTER COVE AND, YOU KNOW, PROVING THAT ROAD, THIS IS WHY I'M SAYING THOSE, UM, UTILITY LINES NEED TO BE UNDERGROUND BECAUSE TRUCKS USE THAT AREA TOO, AND IT'S MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN AT THE UPPER END OF D STREET. UM, SO I, THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST FROM, UM, PETALUMA BOULEVARD, UM, UP D STREET, BUT ALSO DOWN. AND THOSE UTILITY LINES REALLY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO MAKE IT SAFER, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET RID OF TRUCKS. WE'RE NOT GETTING, GET RID OF CARS AND, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UM, WORK WITH BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. I MEAN, D STREET NEVER HAD ANY CROSSWALKS AND PARENTS WERE SCREAMING BECAUSE OF HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS TO CROSS THAT STREET. AND SO THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM. IT'S TO SEE, UM, HOW IT GOES. AND I HAVE CERTAINLY MADE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS ON, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS THAT I HAD IN CERTAIN AREAS. UM, SO [01:40:01] I'M NOT BLINDED TO WHAT IS THERE. UM, AND I, AND I DEFINITELY PUT MY COMMENTS IN TOO, JUST LIKE, UM, WE'RE RECEIVING FROM PEOPLE ON D STREET AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I THINK IT IS TOO PREMATURE TO DROP A PILOT PROGRAM WHEN THE FIRST STATEMENT WAS, IT'S THE HIGHEST INJURY STREET BEFORE THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. THANK YOU. SO I, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TENTATIVE AGENDA AS, AS, UH, PUBLISHED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE ITEM IN THE, UH, AGENDA REQUEST MEMO. THANK. AND, AND FOR PURPOSES OF, UH, GETTING THAT PIECE DONE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND THAT? IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND IT, BUT I WOULDN'T LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. SURE. THAT OF COURSE. I DROVE IT AND BOTH UP AND DOWN AND COMING, TURNING FROM SUNNY SLOPE ONTO D STREET, THE D STREET EXTENSION DRIVERS ARE DRIVING AT A REALLY FAST SPEED DOWN THE HILL, AND THERE'S A TRAFFIC SPEED SIGN THAT BLINKS AND SAYS, SLOW DOWN. AND I'M DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT AT THAT SIGN, AND THE GUY BEHIND ME IS ON MY REAR END HONKING AT ME. IF I HAD BEEN WALKING FROM MY DRIVEWAY ACROSS THE STREET, I WOULD'VE BEEN RUN OVER 'CAUSE THIS GUY WAS JUST FLYING DOWN THE HILL FROM D STREET EXTENSION. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. AND TURNING LEFT, I WOULDN'T WANNA NOT BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT INTO MY DRIVEWAY. SO I SECOND THIS MOTION AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SOME REMEDIES. I, WE HA ARE IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME REMEDIES AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR, UH, SCH, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UM, YES. I'VE ALSO BIKED AND DRIVEN DOWN THE ROAD AND, UH, HUNG OUT A LITTLE BIT. LOOKED AT THE PARKING ON EITHER SIDE, SO SIDE ROADS. SO I, I AM INVESTIGATING IT AS, UM, FAIRLY A LITTLE BIT AT LEAST. AND, UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS NOT ONLY THAT STAFF REALLY LOOK AT, UM, THE, THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING RAISED, WHICH I THINK ARE ABSOLUTELY REAL. I TOTALLY AGREE. THESE ISSUES ARE REAL. I HEAR YOU. I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES. UM, SO WE DO NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. AND I, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO ACTUALLY COME BACK TO US WITH, UM, POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS OR ALTERNATIVES OR SOMETHING ON EACH OF THESE ISSUES. SO I THINK THE STAFF NEEDS TIME TO WORK ON IT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON, UM, THE OTHER STREETS. SO, UH, AS I SAID B STREET, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE B STREET CHANGED IN THE SAME PILOT IN THE SAME WAY THAT D STREET WAS CHANGED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE B STREET DONE, AND EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER STREETS, FIFTH STREET INCLUDED FOR THE BICYCLE WAY. AND WHEN IT'S ALL DONE, WHEN WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX OF THESE ALL DONE IN THE NETWORK, AND THEN WE REALLY WATCH WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON, THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME ANSWERS TO REALLY CHANGE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE, IN THAT WHOLE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE STAFF AND ENGINEERS WORK ON THE ENTIRE AREA, NOT JUST D STREET. AND LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT A WHOLE NETWORK THAT'S GONNA WORK. AND IT'S A NICE STUDY AT THE MOMENT. IT HAS PROBLEMS. WE NEED TO SOLVE 'EM. UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE COMING BACK OR NEXT MEETING. I THINK IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AFTER STAFF DOES A REVIEW AND COMES UP WITH A, SOME PLANS, SOME ALTERNATIVES AND SOME PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. UH, PARTICULARLY REDOING B STREET AND LET'S, LET'S REDO IT AND LET'S SEE WHAT, WHAT IF IT'S GONNA WORK OR NOT. UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. NOW I DO OR NOT WANNA SEE IT. COME BACK TO COUNCIL NEXT MEETING. COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. YEAH, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS, UH, MOTION. UM, WE, AS WE'VE SAID, WE JUST IMPLEMENTED THE PILOT. UM, SOMETIMES WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T GET WHAT WE, WHAT WE WANT ON THE DAAS, BUT WE WANT THE CITY TO SUCCEED. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK THAT, AND THAT WE'VE TAKEN AND TRIED TO MAKE CHANGES, UM, TO IMPROVE AND ADDRESS THINGS IN A TIMELY MANNER. UM, AND THERE'S BEEN ALSO, UH, SOME EFFORTS TO WHAT I'LL CALL ARCHITECT CHAOS. AND THAT'S NOT, UM, THAT'S NOT HELPFUL. I THINK THIS AGENDA ITEM IS, IS THAT IF YOU WERE TO COME FORWARD WITH SPECIFIC, UH, THINGS THAT YOU THINK NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, THEN, UM, I MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY. UM, BUT THE, THE WAY THAT THIS CAME FORWARD, UM, FEELS LIKE IT'S A POLITICAL STUNT. UM, AND I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, UNFORTUNATE AND, UM, I WANNA SEE THE PILOT TAKE, TAKE SHAPE. I WANNA SEE, UM, [01:45:01] SEE THE, THE IMPACTS OF IT, UM, WITH DATA AND, UM, NOT JUST EMOTION IN POLITICS. SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. POKAY. THANKS. UM, I, UH, I, I, I, I DRIVE THIS AREA TO TOWN AND BACK AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, OFTEN TWO OR THREE TIMES FOR MEETINGS. AND, UH, I, I THINK I DRIVE IT AS MUCH AS ANYONE IN TOWN PROBABLY. UM, I, I, I FEEL LIKE IT, IT FEELS SAFER, UH, UM, WITH THESE CHANGES. UH, CERTAINLY, UH, THERE ARE STILL SPEEDERS, BUT THEY WERE THERE BEFORE. UM, THEY HAVEN'T JUST SHOWN UP IN RESPONSE TO, TO THIS, UH, UM, PILOT PROJECT. UM, AND, UM, I, I, SO AGAIN, I, UH, ALSO FEEL LIKE, UH, WE HAVE TO, UM, UM, SEE A LITTLE MORE BEFORE WE, IT'S BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, I, I THINK WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS AN IMPACTFUL PROJECT, UM, IMPACTFUL FOR THE GOOD, BUT IMPACTFUL IN THAT WE WERE ASKING, UH, TO TAKE AWAY A THING, THE PARKING IN SOME AREAS. UM, BUT, UM, UH, I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE LISTENED THE THREE YEAR PROCESS TO GET TO WHERE WE WERE IN APRIL WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS. UM, WAS CITY STAFF LISTENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS LISTENING. I, I, I BELIEVE THAT EVERY CITY COUNCIL PERSON HERE PROBABLY WALKED D STREET WITH RESIDENTS, PROBABLY SAT IN THE HOUSES OF THE RESIDENTS. THAT'S A LOT OF RESPECT AND THAT'S A LOT OF ATTENTION. IT, WE DIDN'T REACH THE SAME CONCLUSIONS. WE COME AT IT FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT EMPOWERING STAFF TO TAKE THIS STEP FOR ITS CLIMATE BENEFITS, FOR ITS TRAFFIC REDUCTION AND SAFETY BENEFITS FOR ALL THE BENEFITS WAS THE RIGHT ACTION. AND TO WALK AWAY FROM THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PAINT WENT DOWN. UM, IT, IT SEEMS PREMATURE. UH, I THINK THAT STAFF CONTINUES TO LOOK AT THEIR OWN WORK. WHENEVER STAFF DOES A PROJECT, THEY LOOK AT WHAT THE BEST PARTS AND WORST PARTS ARE, AND THEY'RE TAKING LESSONS FROM THAT. WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE, THE TAKEAWAY FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS WHAT I KNOW. THE STAFF HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY, UH, UH, CONNECTED TO THE PROJECT AND SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS, RESPONSIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS SUCH AS THEY CAN IN REGARDS KEEPING THE PROJECT WHOLE, BUT LISTENING TO WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE ARE PROJECTS WHERE, UH, EVERYONE WILL NOT BE SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME. BUT I THINK THAT THE COMPROMISE HERE IS WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS A PILOT AND WE'LL ASSESS IT AS A PILOT DOWN THE ROAD. SO I ALSO WILL NOT BE, UH, SUPPORTING THIS. WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THE MOTION IS APPROVED, THE FUTURE AGENDA, BUT MODIFIED AS ADDING THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING. I FIND THAT ADDING IT AT ANY MEETING CERTAIN IS GONNA ASK STAFF TO DELIVER A STAFF REPORT THAT'S, UM, IN THAT IS WITHOUT SUBSTANCE. IT WILL JUST BE, UH, POLITICAL STAFF REPORT, YOU KNOW, OFFERING A CHANCE FOR US TO TALK AGAIN RATHER THAN BRINGING GOOD DATA ASSESSED BY THE ENGINEERS. SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY COMMENT ON THIS. AND SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION, I'D LIKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON ITEM TWO, ADDING THE, UM, THE, UH, AMENDMENT IN AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. BARNACLE. NO CATER. THOMPSON. NO. HEALY? YES. NOW YES. POKAY, NO SHRIVES, NO MCDONALD, NO MOTION DOES NOT CARRY. WE STILL NEED TO DEAL WITH OUR TENTATIVE AGENDA. DOES SOMEONE HAVE AN ALTERNATE MOTION TO ME? I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, WITH THE TENTATIVE AGENDA. ABSENT THE AGENDA REQUEST MEMO. I'LL SECOND THAT ARTICLE. THANK YOU. PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL. CATER THOMPSON. YES. HEALY? NO. NOW YES, POST K, I'M, I'M SORRY, I DID NOT, AND THIS IS TO APPROVE AS IS NO MODIFICATION. YES. SHRIVES? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE ITEM SIX ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. UH, DRAWN SEPARATELY OFF THE ITEM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY, YOU REQUESTED TO PULL IT OFF. ANY COMMENT? YEAH, THIS IS KIND OF A TRICKY ONE. UM, THIS IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A VERY LIMITED NEED THAT PROBABLY IS NOT GONNA BE USED MORE THAN A COUPLE DAYS A MONTH. UM, [01:50:01] I WAS, UM, AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED BY THE, UH, RESPONSE AND THAT WE GOT RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON THAT SAID THAT THIS EQUIPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO THROW DOWN THE KIND OF DEBRIS THAT, UM, OUR MAIN STREET SWEEPERS THROW DOWN. THESE LONG METAL SPIKES YOU CALL THEM. UM, AND UM, SO I I, IT, IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT WHEN THESE KINDS OF LANES WERE BEING APPROVED. 'CAUSE IT WAS CERTAINLY PREDICTABLE THAT WE'D NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SWEEP THEM. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE MEMO THIS AFTERNOON WAS THAT SANTA ROSA AND RUNNER PARK ARE LOOKING AT SIMILAR EQUIPMENT. AND I'M WONDERING, GIVEN THE LIMITED NEED, IF IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THOSE TWO CITIES AND BUY ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE THREE OF US AND THEN SHARE IT. UM, SO I'D LIKE A STAFF RESPONSE TO THAT. DO WE HAVE FROM STAFF, UH, HELPING US OUT WITH THIS ITEM? I HAVE OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF, SORRY, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, JEFF STUTZMAN AND PATRICK CARTER, WHO ALSO RESPONDED, UM, TO TODAY'S Q AND A. I'LL, I'LL START. UM, JEFF'S HUSBAND, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. SO WE MET, SO WE DID OBVIOUSLY SEVERAL TRIAL RUNS WITH A VARIETY OF COMPANIES WHO DO THE BIKE LANE SWEEPERS. UM, WE DID A COUPLE ON MCDOWELL. WE DID A COUPLE ON RAINIER, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY OUR AREAS. UM, IN THOSE SUBSTANCES. WE HAD BOTH REER PARKS, SANTA ROSA COUNTY, UM, ALL THE KIND OF, I GUESS REER PARK AS WELL. CUT ALL THE CITIES, COME OUT WITH PETALUMA, LOOK AT THESE EQUIPMENT, SEE HOW THEY RUN. UM, THOSE, THOSE OTHER AGENCIES WERE NOT INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THEM. THEY WERE NOT AT THAT TIME READY TO BUY 'EM. THEY WANTED TO PURSUE USING RECOLOGY TO PURCHASE 'EM. SO WE WERE, WE'RE WORKING WITH RECOLOGY TO SEE IF THERE WAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO INCORPORATE BIKE LANE SWEEPERS. UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OPTION THAT WE LOOKED AT VERSUS PURCHASING THEM. UM, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THAT WAS REALLY GONNA BE AN OPTION WITH RECOLOGY. THEY WEREN'T REALLY SUBSTANCE TO THE IDEA OF PURCHASING ONE AND USING IT. THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT CAME WITH IT FROM MULTIPLE SWEEPERS THAT THEY WOULD NEED MULTIPLE TRUCKS AND TRAILERS THAT THEY WOULD NEED BECAUSE THERE'S CHANCES THAT IF ROTOR PARK NEEDED TO HAVE THEIR BIKE LANE SWEEPED, PETALUMA WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEIR BIKE LANE SWEEPED THE SAME DAY. THAT KIND OF, THAT, HOW THAT WOULD WORK ON AN OPERATION STANDPOINT WASN'T REALLY THERE. UM, SO WE DIDN'T MAKE MUCH HEADWAY ON TRYING TO GET RECOLOGY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR THEIRS. AND HAVING A BIKE LANE SWEEPER ON OUR, OUR SIDE ON OPERATIONS SIDE ISN'T JUST FOR BUFFER BIKE LANES. IT IS GREAT FOR MCDOWELL. WE DO SPEND A LOT OF EFFORT STAFF TIME TO CLEAN THOSE. UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE COULD USE IT FOR. LIKE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR PARKS TO DO IT. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR, UM, UH, AIRPORT TO SWEEP SOME OF THE, SOME OF THOSE AREAS. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES AND OUR TRAILS LIKE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, THERE'S A LOT OF GRAFFITI, THERE'S A LOT OF CLEANUP THAT CAN BE DONE WHERE WE CAN DO KIND OF MORE ROUTINE CLEANUPS. WE'RE HAVING A, A CLEANUP DAY COMING UP. THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO RUN THAT SWEEPER UP AND DOWN LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. IT HAS A PRESSURE WASHER ON THE BACK WHERE WE CAN ATTACK THAT GRAFFITI MORE OFTEN AND BETTER WITH IT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT WE CAN RUN UP AND DOWN. SO, UM, DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE BIKE LANE SWEEPER AS SOLELY A BIKE LANE. IT HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO NARROW AND SMALL AND IT COULD WORK DOWNTOWN AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP WITH THIS SWEEPER. SO YOU, YOU DIDN'T RESPOND TO THE POINT I MADE ABOUT THIS THING THROWING OUT DEBRIS, LIKE THE LARGER SWEEPERS DO THE, THE METAL SHARDS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT JEFF, IF YOU'D LIKE? I CAN TAKE THAT PLEASE. SO THE, UM, THE METAL SWEEPERS, UH, THE METAL BRUSHES, UM, THAT RECOLOGY USES, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY, SO NONE OF THE SWEEPERS ARE GONNA BE COMPLETELY DEBRIS FREE. UM, IT'S JUST THE ABRASIVE NATURE OF THE STREETS, UM, IS GONNA CAUSE THAT MATERIAL TO WEAR. THOSE ARE CONSUM, YOU KNOW, CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS. UM, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED PERIODICALLY. I BELIEVE. UH, JEFF, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NYLON BRUSHES FOR, FOR THIS ONE. UH, THAT'S WHAT WAS DEMOED, UM, THE DEMO THAT WE SAW ON IT AND IT WORKED REALLY EFFECTIVELY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE STILL GONNA NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY SWEEPER PRODUCT THAT'S COMPLETELY DEBRIS FREE. UM, AND, AND I I THINK ALSO RIGHT NOW, THE, AND JEFF, MAYBE YOU CAN JUMP IN IF I GET THIS WRONG, BUT THE, UM, BIKE LANES AND ALL THESE OTHER PLACES WHERE THE, THE USE CASE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS, UM, IS, IS MANUAL WHERE WE HAVE CREWS COMING OUT THERE, UM, RIGHT BESIDE THE ROADWAY, UM, SWEEPING THE DEBRIS, PUTTING IT IN, UH, THE BACK OF A PICKUP AND THEN BRINGING [01:55:01] IT BACK TO THE CORPORATION YARD. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IMPACT ON THAT. UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE TIME TO HAVE A CREW OUT THERE AND THE PROXIMITY TO, UM, TO THE ROADWAY TO KEEP THOSE, UH, BIKE LANES AND OTHER, UH, TRAILS CLEAN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. NOW I EVEN BROUGHT A SAMPLE. THIS IS VERY SHARP ON BOTH ENDS AND IT'S THE METAL DEBRIS WHEN I GO WALKING IN DISTRICT THREE, ST. FRANCIS IS SO DOWN TO GRAVEL THAT IT LOSES PROBABLY A DOZEN OF THESE EVERY WEEK WHEN THE STREET SWEEPER GUM, I WANT TO HEAR HOW THE CITY IS, IS MAKING RECOLOGY ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE IF THEY NEED TO REPLACE THESE AND, UM, BECAUSE OUR STREETS ARE BAD, THAT'S SOMEWHAT ON US, BUT I I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CONTRACT, OUR GARBAGE CONTRACT IS THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING OUR STREETS CLEAN. UM, CALL FIELD, JUST WALKING OR DRIVING. IT HAS WEEDS GROWING ALONG THE, THE BIKE LANE AND THERE'S NO BALLARDS. SO I KNOW THAT THE STREET SWEEPER CAN GO, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY TWO BALLARDS LEFT ON RAINIER BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES HAVE ALL GOTTEN KNOCKED DOWN. THE MCDOWELL BALL BOERS THAT WE JUST INSTALLED, THEY CAN BE REMOVED AND THE, THE RECOLOGY STREET SWEEPER CAN GO IN THERE AND CLEAN. AM I CORRECT? BUT I KNOW YOU SAID STAFF BLOWS THE LEAVES INTO THE STREET SWEEPER SO THEY CAN GET THEM IN IN OTHER CITIES? CORRECT. OKAY. AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT JEFF POINTED OUT THAT THE, UM, PATHS CAN BE USED WITH THIS NEW SWEEPER THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THE BIKE PATHS, BUT 'CAUSE THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAT WE'RE BUYING IT FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE BIKE LANES BECAUSE I REALLY WANNA HOLD, UH, RECALL ACCOUNTABLE. ESPECIALLY THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS. THERE'S A RESIDENT, UM, A FRIEND OF MINE WHO SHE PICKS UP LIKE A DOZEN EVERY TIME SHE GOES WALKING. AND I THINK SHE POSTS THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE DANGEROUS AND IF YOU RUN OVER 'EM WITH A BIKE, THAT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND CHILDREN PICKING THEM UP TOO. SO, UM, I MIGHT SUPPORT IT THINKING THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT'S A CHUNK OF CHANGE TO SPEND WHEN RECOLOGY SHOULD BE DOING THE JOB. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIMPS, UM, JUST AS A NOTE, I, UM, WORKING WITH RELIEF, WE'RE WORKING ON TREES AND STRAPPING 'EM, TURNS OUT THE STRAPS WE'RE NOW USING, WE GET 'EM FROM THE BICYCLE SHOPS. WE'RE USING THE, UH, THE TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, REPLACED. SO THE INNER TUBES THAT ARE BEING REPLACED, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THERE'S PUNCTURED SOMEHOW. AND SO I GO OVER TO UH, UM, THE BIKE SHOPS AND THEN I, I COLLECT THE INNER TUBES AND WE CUT 'EM UP AND USE 'EM FOR, UM, RELIEF FOR STRAPPING ON TREES AND THERE IS BINS. AND THEN NEXT WEEK, ANOTHER BIN AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK, ANOTHER BIN OF THESE TIRE INNER TUBES THAT ARE COMPLETELY BUSTED AND TALKING TO THE STAFF. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THE, WHERE THE BIKE LANES ARE, BUT EVEN THE STREETS THAT HAVE REGULARLY SWEPT BY THE ECOLOGY THAT, THAT MACHINE, BECAUSE IT'S BIG, THE BRUSHES ARE BIG, DON'T PICK UP THE LITTLE THINGS AND WHICH ARE THE, WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEMS, THE LITTLE SCREWS AND STAPLES AND THINGS. BUT WE'RE, UM, BUT TALKING TO THE BIKE SHOPS, THAT'S THEIR MAIN MONEY MAKER IS REPLACING INNER TUBES RIGHT NOW, . UM, SO, UM, AND I SAYS IT'S GREAT FOR RELIEF 'CAUSE WE GET LOTS OF FREE STRAPS OUT OF IT ALL, BUT THE QUANTITY THERE IS LARGE ENOUGH. I THINK IF WE ACTUALLY ASKED AND FOUND OUT WHAT THE QUANTITY OF, OF AND WHERE THESE THINGS ARE DONE. AND I WAS TOLD CAULFIELD AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, THAT THERE'S HUGE NUMBERS OF OF BIKE TIRES GETTING PUNCTURED ON CA FIELD, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT BALLARD'S, BUT IT NEEDS A BETTER STREET SWEEPER THAN, THAN THE BIG ONE. AND SO THE LITTLE ONE, UH, LOOKED AT THE REVIEWS ON IT AND EVERYTHING. THE BRUSHES ARE SMALLER, THEY'RE TIGHTER, THEY'RE CLOSER TOGETHER, HIGHER VA VACUUM CAPACITY ON IT. SO WE COULD PICK, PICK UP THE SMALLER BITS AND PIECES, THE NAILS, THE STAPLES AND THINGS THAT ARE PUNCTURING OUR TIRES. UM, 'CAUSE IT'S A CONSTANT, UH, I HATE TO TAKE AWAY BUSINESS FROM OUR BIKE SHOPS, BUT I, I ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. UH, I I THINK YOU MAKE A BROADER POINT THAT'S NOT ON, UH, THE PURCHASE OF THIS ABOUT, UH, THE PUBLIC SATISFACTION WITH THE, THE SWEEPING PROCESS. WE ALL HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S FOR A DIFFERENT DAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CATER THOMPSON. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. UM, SO CAN THIS CLEAN UP LIKE SIDEWALKS? YES. I MEAN, IT, IT'S A SMALLER MODEL, SO [02:00:01] IT, IT DEFINITELY HAS A, A RANGE OF MOTION WHERE THE, THE ARMS CAN GO FROM, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 40 INCHES OUT TO 60. I COULD VERIFY THAT. BUT IT, YOU SEE A LOT OF VIDEOS THAT WE, WE POSTED IN THAT COUNCIL RESPONSE THAT IT DOES, IT DOES DO SIDEWALKS. IT DOES MULTI-USE PATHS SO IT CAN GET DOWN. UM, SO IF THERE IS CASES LIKE DOWNTOWN AS EXAMPLE WHERE TREE SAP HAS FALLEN ON THE GROUND MM-HMM. LIKE IT COULD, THE SWEEPER COULD BE USED FOR THAT. IT COULD USE A PRESSURE WASHER TO BREAK IT UP AND THE SWEEPER CAN GET IN THERE AND, AND KIND OF SCRUB IT DOWN AND, AND SUCK IT UP. SO, SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT. THERE'S NO WATER WITH THIS. IT'S JUST THERE IS WATER WITH IT. IT HAS, IT HAS A WATER TANK INCLUDED WITH IT. SO WHAT THE, IT USES THE WATER FOR THE, THE WASHING AS WELL AS THE PRESSURE WASHING. OKAY. 'CAUSE I'M, I'M LOOKING AT MULTIPLE USES AND YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR AT THE DEPOT THERE WAS ALL THESE APHIDS THAT DROPPED ALL THIS STICKY STUFF ONTO THE GROUND. I MEAN IT WAS PRETTY DISGUSTING IF YOU WERE WALKED ON IT. AND SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, INSTEAD OF THE CITY HAVING TO HIRE TO CLEAN THAT UP, SO IT WOULD BE MORE INTERNAL. YEAH. SO WE CLEANED, WE CLEANED THAT UP BY HAND WITH A PRESSURE WASHER WITH OUR CREWS. BUT IN THAT, IN THAT SENSE, IN THAT INSTANCE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN USED A SWEEPER TO USE A PRESSURE WASHER TO JUST BLOW IT OFF AND THEN USE THE SWEEPER TO BLOW IT UP SO THAT ALL THAT STUFF WOULDN'T GO DOWN OUR DRAINS. SO THERE'S AGAIN, A LOT OF USES AND A LOT OF PRACTICALITY THAT WE CAN APPLY THIS TO. I APPRECIATE ALL THE DIFFERENT USES BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND, AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY'S BUYING PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT. I'VE, UH, VISITED WITH OTHER AGENCIES TRYING TO BUY, UH, AMATEURISH EQUIPMENT, UH, AND, UH, NOTHING, UH, GETS THE JOB DONE LIKE GETTING THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB. AND, UM, SO I'M, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD OPEN THIS PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT. AND SO I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO READ THE MESSAGING. WE DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS ITEM AND NOW I'LL 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 AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION AND THE TIMER BEHIND THE DIOCESE WILL BE RESET FOR EACH SPEAKER. THANK YOU. FIRST SPEAKER IS NICOLA RYAN. SECOND SPEAKER IS, UH, JESSICA MOYS MOSES. UM, THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON, BUT UM, I LIVE OFF OF, RIGHT OFF OF NORTH MCDOWELL. I HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR NORTH MCDOWELL TO BE FINISHED BECAUSE BETWEEN MY DRIVEWAY OUT AND GOING SOUTH IS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION HAVING TO DO WITH THE SIGNAL THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR AND THE REVAMPING OF THE, THE SIDEWALK. BUT RIGHT NOW, WHEN I TAKE MY WHEELCHAIR OUT, UM, MY POWER CHAIR, UM, TO GET ANYWHERE I HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE STREET. I DON'T REALLY WANNA GO INTO THE TRAFFIC LANE OF THE STREET. SO I'VE BEEN USING THE BIKE LANE, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT BETWEEN THE WEEDS THAT ARE THERE AND THE DEBRIS THAT'S THERE AND THAT SORT OF THING. I DO HAVE TO DO MANY TIMES THERE IS A, UM, POLE OR A TREE OR A FIRE HYDRANT DEAD CENTER STILL IN THE CENTER OF THE SIDEWALK. SO I HAVE TO USE MY LITTLE CURB RAMP AT THE CORNER, GO OUT INTO THE BIKE LANE, USE THE BIKE LANE, GO PAST WHERE THE IMPEDIMENT IS FOR ME TO GO USE THE SIDEWALK. SO YES, I WOULD LOVE SOME NICE LITTLE THING THAT CLEANS UP THAT AREA OF THE BIKE LANES. 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO USE MY MOTOR SCOOTER MORE PLACES THAN HAVING TO USE MY CAR. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT SPEAKER. JESSICA MOSES. YEAH, I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT NERDLY. UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS FLEET AND HAS, AS WE'VE HEARD, A TON OF USES AND JUST PERSONALLY HAVING BEEN TAPPED INTO THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR TRAIL NETWORK, I THINK IT'LL BE A HUGE ASSET. WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT A LYNCH CREEK TRAIL CLEANUP. IT WOULD BE USEFUL THERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT USE. GREAT TO GET THOSE IN TIP TOP SHAPE AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT THE, THE RIVER THAT WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OUR RIVER ACCESS. AND I THINK THERE'S TRAILS MORE, MORE TO COME THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO KEEP EVERYTHING TIDY. UM, AND WHILE IT ISN'T TOTALLY RELATED TO THIS, APPRECIATE THE CALL, THE CALL [02:05:01] FIELD CALL OUTS. UH, I WROTE IT YESTERDAY AND HAD TO SWERVE A LITTLE BIT TO AVOID SOME OF THAT OVERGROWTH. SO, UM, ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT ATTENTION TO COFFEE FIELD AS WELL SINCE IT IS AN IMPORTANT BIKE ROUTE. UM, AND YEAH, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS SMALLER ITEM COULD BE PICKING UP THOSE LITTLE BITS AND BOBS THAT END UP IN THE BIKE LANE THAT ARE NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR A CAR TIRE, BUT MAY BE MORE IMPACTFUL FOR A BICYCLE TIRE, UM, I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND, UH, THAT CLOSEST, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. AND, AND I WILL JUST ADD THAT, UM, WHEN YOU DO FIND OBSTACLES OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEED REPAIR, THE CITY HAS AN APP, YOU TAKE A PICTURE AND THE APP SENDS IT IN AND IT'S A WORK ORDER IMMEDIATELY. AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE KIND OF TENSION THAT, UH, STAFF CAN'T, UH, BE ACCUSED OF MISSING A PHONE CALL OR BURYING AN EMAIL THAT'S A WORK ORDER IN THERE. AND SO THINGS GET DONE. SO PLEASE REPORT, UH, ON THE APP MORE, MORE FUNCTIONS LIKE THIS. UH, I WILL ADD THAT, UH, I, UH, BIKED ACROSS THE SMART TRAIL AND, AND, UH, UP TO THE NORTH END OF, UM, UH, NORTH, UM, NORTH MCDOWELL ON SUNDAY. AND, UH, AND, AND THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IS IMPACTFUL TO THE BIKE LANES AND I'M SURE THEY ARE TO THE, UH, TO ANY, UH, CHAIR AND, UH, THEY OR SCOOTER AND, AND, UH, TRAFFIC. AND, UH, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE THE LANES, UH, CLEAN AND NICE, BOTH FROM A CONSTRUCTION AND A SWEEPING STANCE. UM, ANYONE, ANYONE, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, UM, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS ITEM. UM, AND IF YOU NEED ANY EXTRA, I, I SWEAR I COULD FURNISH A WHOLE RELIEF PLANTING WITH THE NUMBER OF TIRES THAT I'VE GOT FROM GETTING FLAT TIRES IN ON PLUMER ROADS. SO I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS. THANK YOU. SECOND THAT A SECOND FROM CATER THOMPSON. AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE LEARNED TO CHANGE THE TIRE YOURSELF? YES, RIGHT. . UM, AND MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? BOAT BARNACLE. HI, CATER THOMPSON. YES. HEALY? YES. NOW YES. POST. OKAY. YES. TRIS, YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE MOVING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND, UM, OUR FIRST ITEM IS A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TOSS THIS OVER TO CA OUR CITY CLERK TO, UH, INTRODUCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS YEAR'S LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH 18TH IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. AND AS A PART OF THE CONFERENCE CITY'S VOTE AT THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING ON A SLATE OF RESOLUTIONS THAT ESTABLISHED LEAGUE POLICY. SO IN ORDER FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AT THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST DESIGNATE A VOTING DELEGATE AND UP TO TWO ALTERNATES. UH, AND THE CITY MUST MAKE THE SELECTION AND SUBMIT IT. BY SEPTEMBER 25TH, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND THE VOTING DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE MUST BE AN ATTENDANCE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH FOR THAT BUSINESS MEETING. UH, SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO SELECT A VOTING DELEGATE AND AT LEAST ONE ALTERNATE. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY. SO I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON AND I ARE THE ONLY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WHO WILL BE ATTENDING. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON BE THE, UH, VOTING DELEGATE MIGHT BE THE ALTERNATE. THERE'S ONLY ONE RESOLUTION THAT MIGHT MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR, AND IT'S, I THINK MAYBE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT. IT'S KIND OF A PRIMAL SCREAM FROM SOME OF OUR MORE REPUBLICAN, UH, CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE NOT BEING, UM, SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY GET PASSED OR MAY NOT, OR MAY NOT EVEN GET TO THE FLOOR, BUT I I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A NON-STARTER IN SACRAMENTO. I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF COMMENT ON THE COUNCIL, AND SECOND, WE'RE NOT TAKING A OATH UNTIL AFTER WE DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PIECE. BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERKS TO RUN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT MESSAGING. PLEASE. CERTAINLY, UH, 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 AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. WITH, UH, NO ONE, UM, MOTORING TO THE, UH, CLERK'S DESK. I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I JUST, UH, INDICATED MOTION SECOND BY HEALY, SECOND BY BARNACLE. ROLL CALL VOTE. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON AS THE VOTING DELEGATE AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY AS THE ALTERNATE. CORRECT. OKAY. I'LL DO VOTE NOW. [02:10:01] BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. HEALY? YES. NOW? YES. POKAY? YES. SHRIVES? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UH, NOW WE'RE ON, UH, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? UM, I PLEASE THANK MS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. I WAS ACTUALLY TO NOMINATE USE, BUT IT WENT THE OTHER WAY. YOU GOT YOUR FINGER AT FIRST. UM, SO THAT'S GREAT. SO I'LL SEE YOU IN LONG BEACH, . AND YOU CAN'T LEAVE EARLY. I KNOW. I KNOW. NOW I . THANK YOU. ITEM 10, UH, RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPOINTMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S MEMBERS' ASSOCIATION TO FILL VACANCIES ON MEASURE O CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. BACK TO YOU, MR. CLERK. YES, ME AGAIN. . UM, UH, THE MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS' ASSOCIATION OF SONOMA COUNTY FILLS VACANCIES ON VARIOUS LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARD COMMISSIONS, UH, WHEN THE TERMS OF OFFICE EXPIRE OR UPON RESIGNATIONS. SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO VACANCIES ON THE MEASURE O CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THESE WILL BE THREE YEAR TERMS STARTING IN DECEMBER TO FILL EXPIRING TERMS OF OUR OWN MAYOR MCDONALD AND VICE MAYOR BENFORD OF KATI. THE CALLS FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST CAME TO A CLOSE ON AUGUST 15TH, AND THE LETTERS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING COUNSEL TO RECOMMEND APPOINTMENTS FOR THE TWO VACANCIES, WHICH MAYOR MCDONALD OR HIS DESIGNEE WILL VOTE ON AT THE UPCOMING OCTOBER 10TH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEETING. THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, 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. AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS. AND WITH NO ONE COMING, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. UM, SO ARE WE DOING NOMINATIONS? 'CAUSE I NOMINATE, UH, MAYOR MCDONALD AND, UH, GERARD JU JAY FROM REER PARK. UH, OKAY. SO, UM, LET ME REVIEW THE, THE WAY THAT IS LISTED IN HERE IS, UM, FOR, UH, THREE CANDIDATES THAT, THAT, AND WE'RE, AND WE NEED TWO, THERE'S TWO OPENINGS, THREE CANDIDATES, I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR CANDIDATES. FOUR CANDIDATES, AND THAT'S CORRECT. THERE ARE TWO, TWO OPENINGS. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MCDONALD AND JUE. AND, UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND AND A SECOND FROM CATER THOMPSON? UM, AND SO, UH, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT. CLE AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. HEALY? YES. NOW YES. ? YES. RES YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT CONCLUDES THAT ITEM? YES. OKAY. AND, UM, MOVING US TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF PETALUMA TO AMENDS. SECTION 1548. 40 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS ON WASTEWATER STRENGTH. AND TO HELP US WITH THIS, WE HAVE PATRICK PULIS, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE SUPERVISOR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR MCDONALD AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PATRICK PULIS. I'M WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SECTION FOR THE CITY. I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR, AND THIS EVENING I'LL BE BRINGING BEFORE YOU AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. THIS PRETREATMENT PROGRAM APPLIES TO INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF PETALUMA THAT DISCHARGE WASTEWATER TO THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM. THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHES LIMITS FOR SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS AND DEFINES PROHIBITED POLLUTANT DISCHARGES TO THE CITY'S ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY. SOME OF THESE SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS THAT IT PRESCRIBES LIMITS TO, SUCH AS METALS, TOTAL OIL AND GREASE, AND WASTEWATER WITH HIGH STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS. THESE LIMITS, AS I SAID, ARE SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO AS LOCAL LIMITS. THEY'RE CURRENTLY DEFINED IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE UNDER TITLE 15, WATER AND SEWAGE. THE PURPOSE OF THESE LOCAL LIMITS ARE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC CITY STAFF AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT THE ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY CAN RECEIVE WASTEWATER AND TREAT IT TO THE LEVEL OF ITS DISCHARGE PERMIT BEFORE DISCHARGING TO THE PETALUMA RIVER AND NOT HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. [02:15:03] THESE LOCAL LIMITS ARE REQUIRED TO BE REASSESSED EVERY FIVE YEARS TO SEE IF ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE OR AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO THEM. DURING THE YEARS OF 2017 AND 2022, THESE LOCAL LIMIT EVALUATIONS DIDN'T HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS AND REQUIRED CHANGES, BUT HAD TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL DETAIL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH EPA GUIDELINES. ENSURE A SAFE WATER, A SAFE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS, ENHANCED MUNICIPAL CODE CLARITY AND EASE IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL LIMITS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS TO UPLOAD THE LO, UH, WAS TO UPDATE THE LOCAL LIMITS FOR COPPER AND NICKEL. CURRENTLY, THEY'RE PRESCRIBED AT THE DOMESTIC HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER STRENGTH CONCENTRATIONS. WE ARE PROPOSING TO AMEND THEM. SO THEY ARE TECHNICALLY BASED ON THE ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITIES TREATMENT CAPACITY. THIS WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE EPA GUIDANCE MOD, UH, EPA GUIDANCE MANUAL FOR ASSESSING AND PRESCRIBING LOCAL LIMITS. THE EMITTED LIMITS WILL ALLOW INDUSTRIAL SEWER USERS TO MEET COMPLIANCE WHILE ALLOWING THE ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY TO CONTINUE TO MEET ITS WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, THIS WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY OR ITS ABILITY TO MEET ITS PERMIT LIMITS BEFORE DISCHARGING TO THE PETALUMA RIVER. IN ORDER TO AMEND YOUR LOCAL LIMITS, YOU NEED THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD TO APPRO APPROVE YOUR PROPOSED CHANGES. WE HAVE SUBMITTED THOSE CHANGES TO THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, AND ON APRIL 14TH, 2024, WE RECEIVED THEIR PERMISSIONS TO MAKE THE PRESCRIBED CHANGES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REMOVE THE SPECIFIC LI LIMIT FOR PHENYL. THERE'S ALSO A LIMIT FOR TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS. TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS ARE COMPOSED OF MANY COMPONENTS. PHENYL IS ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS. SO SINCE THERE'S ALREADY A LIMIT FOR TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS, HAVING A SPECIFIC LIMIT FOR PHENOL IS REDUNDANT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE YOU A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND I OPEN MYSELF FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, UH, VICE MAYOR SHRI. UM, I REMEMBER COMING, UM, WORKING DOWN IN RICHMOND THAT THERE WAS, UH, A COUPLE BUSINESSES THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY METALS IN THEIR SHOPS AND SENDING IT IN. THEY FINALLY GOT CAUGHT IN FINED. UM, WE ENDED UP PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN TREATMENT THAT WE WERE DOING AT OUR SITE. HMM. SO WE HAD, SO THERE WAS COMPLICATIONS, SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK, UH, THESE ARE BEING, BEING, UH, METALS, UM, USUALLY STARTED WITH METAL WORKSHOPS AND THE LIKE. UM, WHETHER WE DO HAVE ANY INDUSTRIES HERE IN TOWN THAT ARE PRODUCING THESE COMPOUNDS, UM, AS WASTE OR USUALLY SOME JUST PARTICLES IN THEIR NORMAL PROCESSING OF MANUFACTURING. SO DO WE HAVE BUSINESSES IN TOWN HERE THAT ARE PRODUCING PHENOLS COPPER NICKEL, UM, THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, WORRIED ABOUT? IN GENERAL? ALMOST EVERY FACILITY AT SOME POINT HAS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH METALS IN IT. SO IT, AT SOME LEVEL, ALL OF 'EM HAVE A, A CERTAIN LEVEL OF METALS, JUST LIKE DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES THAT KIND OF THE EPA CATEGORICAL LIMITS ARE ON, ARE FOR METAL FINISHING SHOPS. SO THAT'S LIKE METAL PLATING SHOPS MOSTLY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY METAL PLATING SHOPS. UM, THIS WOULD ALSO BE, UM, COATING SHOPS, SO POWDER COATING METALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY METAL FINISHING, UM, FACILITIES. GOOD. SO GENERAL, JUST AS A GENERAL QUESTION FOR, UM, THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE OPERATING HERE, OR ARE THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH KEEPING WITHIN THE, THE LIMITS AND THAT WE'RE PRETTY SATISFIED IN, IN HOW OUR BUSINESSES ARE RUNNING FOR, FOR ANY OF THE WASTE THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING THAT END UP MAYBE IN IN THE WASTEWATER? YEAH, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT AT TIMES THERE'S BEEN INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE HAD COMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH THESE TWO METALS, BUT OVERALL THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT TREND LINE WITH WHERE THERE'S BEEN CONSISTENT NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THESE METALS AS IT IS WITH METALS, A LITTLE BIT GOES A LONG WAY. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT METAL CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY BIG HIT. SO YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM TIME TO TIME THERE MAY BE BLIPS, BUT OVERALL WE'RE NOT HAVING IN, UH, CONSISTENT NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THESE TWO METALS CURRENTLY. THANK YOU. OR, OR PH. THANK YOU. UM, HOW DOES, UH, ELLIS CREEK, UH, PERFORM OR HOW DID THESE LIMITS STAND COMPARED TO OTHER, UH, BAY DISCHARGES IN OUR REGION? WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THAT ALL THESE LIMITS AS I, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO PROPOSE TO CHANGE ARE REALLY ALL BASED OFF THE OPERATION OF THE TREATMENT PLAN ITSELF. SO THEY REALLY ARE [02:20:01] SPECIFIC TO THE TREATMENT PLANT THEMSELVES. SO WHY WE MIGHT HAVE LIMITS THAT ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE OR LESS RESTRICTIVE, IT REALLY IS BASED ON THE PLANT ITSELF AND WHAT WE CAN HANDLE. UM, TO GET FURTHER INTO THAT, I'D HAVE TO KIND OF DIVE DEEPER. UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LARGER TREATMENT PLANTS IN OUR AREA HAS A HUGE CAPACITY. SO THEY HAVE VERY HIGH LIMITS FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS SUCH AS METALS BECAUSE THE TREATMENT PLANT WAS, UM, BUILT TO TAKE ON A TON OF CAPACITY. SO IT REALLY IS ALL VERY SPECIFIC TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, UM, THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S A SURROGATE QUESTION FOR, UM, HOW, HOW ARE WE IMPACTING BUSINESS AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN TOWN? AND I WAS LOOKING FOR HOW OUR PLANT STACKS UP AND ITS ABILITIES VERSUS OTHER PLANTS IN THE REGION. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO LENDS TO, IN THE FUTURE, ARE WE GONNA NEED A PLANT UPGRADE TO ADDRESS GETTING IN COMPLIANCE WITH OTHERS OR ARE WE AHEAD OF THE CURVE? AND, YOU KNOW, IS OUR, IS OUR PLANT TRAIN BETTER THAN OTHER ALTERNATIVES? WHAT I'LL SAY FOR METALS, UM, I DON'T SEE THIS IS NOT A PRIORITY KIND OF POLLUTANT OF CONCERN THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH, WITH COPPER AND NICKEL. WITH COPPER. RIGHT NOW OUR PLANT DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF REMOVING DURING THE TREATMENT PROCESS NICKEL. WE RECEIVE VERY LOW AMOUNTS OF NICKEL CURRENTLY. SO I DON'T SEE IF WE NEED TO DO EXPAND THE TREATMENT PLANT, I WOULD NOT THINK IT WOULD BE BASED OFF THESE METALS IN ANY WAY. THESE ARE NOT METALS OF CONCERN THAT OUR PLANT IS HAVING ISSUES MEETING ITS PERMIT WITH. UM, PERFECT. AND LIKE I SAID, UPDATING THESE, THESE LIMITS SHOULDN'T HAVE AN EFFECT OPERATIONALLY ON OUR PLAN AT ALL. PERFECT. THANKS. OF COURSE. UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK IF SHE'LL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT WITH OUR 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 AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. THE TIMER BEHIND THE DIOCESE WILL BE RESET FOR EACH SPEAKER AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS. AND WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND THAT. AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY HEALY AND A SECOND BY CATER THOMPSON. EXCUSE ME, COUNSEL. YES. A QUICK GOOFY HOUSEKEEPING THING. IF I COULD JUST MENTION IT BEFORE YOU VOTE. UM, WE'VE REALLY COME A LONG WAY IN, UM, OUR STANDARDIZATION OF OUR STRUCTURE OF OUR ORDINANCES, AND THIS ONE REFLECTS IT. UM, THE ONE THING I'D ASK THAT WE DO, WE DO A FIX ON AS THE COUNCIL'S INTRODUCING IT, IS, UM, THE, OUR CHARTER AMONG THE OVERLY DETAILED THINGS THAT REQUIRES IT SPECIFIES AN ORDAINMENT CLAUSE THAT NEEDS TO SAY NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA. UM, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT AFFECTS THE VALID, THE ORDINANCE. AND THIS ONE SAYS BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IF WE COULD JUST STRIKE CITY EVERYTHING ELSE THERE IS SOLID, ALL THE SEQUEL LANGUAGE THERE, AREALS, ET CETERA. SO SORRY WE MISSED THAT. AND IF WE COULD JUST STRIKE, LET'S SAY HAPPY TO MOVE, AMEND MY MOTION. THANK YOU. THE, THE MOTION AMEND AND THE SECOND AND I WILL REMOVE BE SO ORDAINED. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON. YES. HEALY. YES. NOW YES. , YES. SCH SHRIMPS. YES. MCDONALD. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, LET'S SEE AS WE SHIFT INTO [WORKSHOP] OUR LE UH, NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR WORKSHOP PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK RECEIVED TO INFORM, UH, REVISIONS AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN. UH, THIS WILL NOT INCLUDE THE RECENT RELEASE LAND USE FRAMEWORK, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED SUBSEQUENT MEETING. BUT BEFORE WE START THAT, UM, I'M SUGGESTING WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND, UM, BE RETURNED. I'M SURE THE POWERPOINT WILL BE THERE IN THAT TIME. SEE YOU IN FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S BRING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. AND, AND FOR THIS ITEM TONIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, HEATHER HINES, OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, AND RON WHITMORE OF RAMEY AND ASSOCIATE. UH, LET'S SEE. WE HAVE QUITE THE PRESENTATION TO COVER TONIGHT. AND, UM, LET'S SEE, HOW MANY ITEMS DO WE HAVE HERE? WE HAVE SEVEN 14 ITEMS AND RIGHT, WE HAVE 3, 6, 9, 13 FRAMEWORKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING. 15 FRAMEWORKS. AND SO THEY'RE BUNDLED, RIGHT? ISN'T [02:25:01] THAT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS? CORRECT. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO KEEP TRACK OF THE BUNDLE AND WHEN YOU HIT A BREAK POINT IN THE BUNDLE OF THREE, FOUR, WHATEVER NUMBER OF ITEMS YOU ARE READY TO CALL A BUNDLE, WE SHOULD TAKE A BREAK AT THAT MOMENT AND GO TO PUBLIC AND GO TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS, UH, AND, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, IT'S NOT THAT I WON'T LET THE COUNCIL JUST JUMP IN AS THEY WISH ON THIS, UH, UH, BUT HOPEFULLY THE PRESENTATION LEAVES US SO OUR QUESTIONS CAN BE ALL AGGREGATED AT THE SECTION BREAKS. DOES COUNCIL GET WHAT THAT'S ABOUT? EVERYBODY SAY YES. OKAY. UH, SO WITH THAT, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO, UM, REPORT OUT ON A RELATIVELY EXTENSIVE, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE DID ON THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS FOR THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. SO ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH OUR ROADMAP TO REMIND PEOPLE WHERE WE ARE AND TO POINT OUT THAT THAT BLUE STAR IS DEFINITIVELY MOVING TOWARDS PLAN REVIEW AND ADOPTION. SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW STILL WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UH, BE BEFORE YOU FOR ADOPTION OF OUR GENERAL PLAN. END OF 2025 CONTINUES TO BE OUR GOAL. UM, I WANNA BE CLEAR FROM THE OUTSET, UM, BECAUSE WE RECENTLY RELEASED THE LAND USE DRAFT, LAND USE FRAMEWORK, AND IT IS A MEATY, UM, FRAMEWORK THAT I THINK A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS, UH, CCBS, UM, HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO. WE ARE NOT COVERING THAT TONIGHT. UM, SO, UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY STILL WORKING YOUR WAY THROUGH THAT. BUT, UM, THE LAND USE POLICY FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN RELEASED. UH, IT IS OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER. UH, THIS SHOWS YOU SOME OF OUR MILESTONES, UM, INCLUDING A DEEP DIVE OF THE FRAMEWORK WITH BOTH THE GPAC AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN, UM, OCTOBER. UM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, A PROPOSED LAND USE MAP, UM, THAT WOULD GO WITH THE POLICY FRAMEWORK. UM, SO AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE DOING A SEPARATE, SEPARATE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT SPECIFICALLY ON LAND USE. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONLINE FEEDBACK FORMS. WE HAVE STARTED, UM, A SERIES OF POPUPS WHERE WE ARE, UM, POPPING UP IN AT COMMUNITY EVENTS OR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. UH, WE ARE ALSO, UH, WORKING ON TWO COMMUNITY-WIDE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE SCHEDULED, UH, TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER AND TO TALK ABOUT LAND USE, UM, BOTH POLICIES AND, UM, THE AREAS OF CHANGE AND SOME OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERING THOSE AREAS OF CHANGE. AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE DOING A DEEP DIVE BOTH WITH THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON OUR LAND USE FRAMEWORK. SO THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 10 TO ONE AT BEVERLY WILSON, UM, AT, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AS WELL AS A WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25TH, FIVE TO EIGHT AT LUCCHESE. THESE ARE THE SAME TWO WORKSHOPS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND BOTH. UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OPTIONS FOR, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE, IT'S EASIER IN AN EVENING, WEEKDAY, EVENING, OR THOSE THAT ARE, IT'S EVENING EASIER DURING THE WEEK. SO, UM, WE WILL HAVE STATIONS, UH, IT WILL BE AN OPEN HOUSE TO GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT STATIONS, ALTHOUGH WE ARE PLANNING TO DO, UM, KIND OF A REPEATING, UM, PRESENTATION FOR THOSE INTERESTED AS WELL. SO IT WILL BE, UM, STAFF BY CITY STAFF, UH, THE CONSULTANTS FROM THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR GENERAL PLAN AMBASSADORS ARE GPAC MEMBERS. SO TONIGHT WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS ARE THE OTHER 13 FRAMEWORKS. UM, SO THESE 13 FRAMEWORKS, UM, EVERYTHING FROM ARTS TO NOISE TO FLOOD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, THEY, THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AND HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INPUTS THAT HELPED DEVELOP THESE FRAMEWORKS. SO, AS YOU REMEMBER, WE DID EXISTING CONDITIONS STUDIES, WE DID VISIONING, UM, WITH THE GPAC, WE'RE [02:30:01] WORKING ON OUR BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, INPUTTED INTO CREATING THESE DRAFT, UM, POLICY FRAMEWORKS BY TOPICS. UH, WE ARE NOW DOING THE FINAL FRAMEWORK REVIEW, UM, GETTING INPUT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, GENERAL, GENERAL PLAN, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CITY COUNCIL, LOTS OF INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, AS WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND ULTIMATELY ALL OF THAT INPUT IS GOING TO INFORM DRAFTING THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, WHICH WILL THEN ALSO GO OUT FOR COMMUNITY REVIEW. UM, CCB REVIEW, UM, ANOTHER ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT. UH, SO THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS, THIS IS ALL, ALL 14 OF THEM, THEY ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE WEBSITE PLAN PETALUMA.ORG. THE LAND USE FRAMEWORK IS THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY LIVE WITH AN ONLINE FEEDBACK FORM, WHICH WE ALSO DID FOR THE OTHER 13, UM, WITH THE LAND USE BEING THE FINAL FRAMEWORK FOR REVIEW. SO LOOKING AT THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS AND KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THEY ARE AS WELL AS WHAT THEY'RE NOT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FRAMEWORKS WAS TO BEGIN TO OUTLINE THE GENERAL PLAN GOALS, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES. SO, AS A QUICK REFRESHER GOALS, UH, IT'S A GENERAL STATEMENT THAT EXPRESSES THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. UM, POLICIES ARE THAT NEXT LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY, A STATEMENT OF INTENT WHERE THE ACTIONS ARE THE SPECIFIC, UH, PROGRAM OR PROJECT OR ACTIVITY TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICIES AND THEREFORE IMPLEMENT THE GOALS. SO THAT'S THE GENERAL STRUCTURE. SO GENERAL STRUCTURE OF OUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AND THE FRAMEWORKS WERE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY START LAYING THOSE OUT. BUT THE FRAMEWORKS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL PLAN. AND THIS HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT, UM, CLARIFICATION. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, THE FRAMEWORKS BEING DRY OR THE FRAMEWORKS, UH, NOT NECESSARILY BEING WOVEN TOGETHER. AND THAT'S TRUE. THESE ARE TOPICAL FRAMEWORKS. THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT THEIR OWN SILOS. WHEN WE GO TO INCORPORATE THOSE FRAMEWORKS INTO A GENERAL PLAN, THAT WILL BE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO WEAVE THOSE TOGETHER TO HAVE THAT HOLISTIC, INTEGRATED AND STRATEGIC APPROACH. THAT WILL BE OUR GENERAL PLAN. UM, WE ALSO, UM, GOT COMMENTS ABOUT THE FRAMEWORKS ABOUT THE NEED TO MAYBE CHANGE ORGANIZATION OR, UM, MAKE SURE CERTAIN OVERARCHING THEMES ARE WOVEN THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AS WE MOVE FROM THE FRAMEWORKS TO THE GENERAL PLAN. WE ARE ALSO, UM, LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT WAY TO CREATE A DIGITAL GENERAL PLAN SO THAT IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE ONLINE. UM, AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT'S A, A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE FRAMEWORKS AND THE GENERAL PLAN IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE HEARD A LOT IN RESPONSE TO THE FRAMEWORKS IS WHAT ABOUT PRIORITIZATION? WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE THAT, THAT ACTION MATRIX? SO THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THAT TRACKING PROGRESS, UM, REALLY WILL BE FLESHED OUT AS PART OF THAT GENERAL PLAN. AND IT IS NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE FRAMEWORK. SO WHEN YOU DON'T SEE THOSE IN THE FRAMEWORKS, DON'T, DON'T WORRY, WE, WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT THERE AND THEY WILL BE THERE AS WE MOVE INTO THE GENERAL PLAN. SO WE HAVE ALSO, UH, GOTTEN QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHAT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN? OR HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THE GENERAL PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED? SO THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR GENERAL PLAN, YOUR ZONING, YOUR PLANNING ACTIONS. SO IT'S USED WHEN, UM, A, A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COMES IN, UM, WHEN THAT IS BEING PROCESSED. YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL PLAN, WHAT POLICIES, WHAT ACTIONS, UM, ARE APPLICABLE TO THAT PROJECT. AND, AND AS, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE FINDINGS OF GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY WHEN REVIEWING, UM, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS. ALSO LOOKING AT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THEY'RE CONSISTENT AND THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THE VISION THAT WE IDENTIFY IN THE GENERAL PLAN. SO REALLY, OUR GENERAL PLAN SHOULD GUIDE ALL THAT FUTURE DECISION MAKING FOR THE CITY. UM, AND NEEDS [02:35:01] TO BE ALSO CONSIDERED AS WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT CITYWIDE GOALS AND PRIORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL PLAN ARE BEING LIFTED UP AND, UM, THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ACTIONS ARE PART OF THE CITY'S, UM, LARGER, MORE HOLISTIC PROCESS. AND I THINK WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO RON WHO'S GONNA START DIVING INTO THE SPECIFIC POLICY FRAMEWORKS AND THE ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU HEATHER, AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UM, THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING FOR US. UM, THANK YOU, HEATHER, FOR THE OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS AND, UH, WHAT THE FRAMEWORKS ARE ALL ABOUT. UM, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, UM, WE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS INVITING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THE THIR INITIAL 13, UM, POLICY FRAMEWORKS ON THE SCREEN SHOWS YOU THE LONG SERIES OF MEETINGS WE HAD. WE MET WITH EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE, COMMISSION AND BOARD, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION. WE MET WITH THEM OVER FIVE MEETINGS, I BELIEVE, AND THEY CONSIDERED EVERY SINGLE FRAMEWORK AS DID THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ITS WORKING GROUPS. UM, WE ALSO HAD, UM, AS HEATHER MENTIONED, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ONLINE AND ALSO HELD THE PLAN FEST THAT WAS, UH, ATTENDED BY, UH, OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE. AND THROUGH ALL THOSE MECHANISMS, WE GOT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INPUT. UM, THIS SLIDE SIMPLY HIGHLIGHTS THE WAYS IN WHICH, UH, PEOPLE COULD PROVIDE INPUT ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE. UM, BUT TO SUMMARIZE, WE HEARD WE GOT OVER 2100 DISTINCT INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS ON, UM, VARIOUS FRAMEWORKS. UM, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS AFTER EXTREMELY CLOSE REVIEW BY FOLKS WITH EXPERTISE ON YOUR COMMITTEE'S, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, UM, AS WELL AS A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSION FOR AND EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE WITH A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED IN THE FRAMEWORKS. UM, OVERALL COMMENTS WERE, WERE LARGELY SUPPORTIVE, UM, ABOUT HALF RECOMMENDED REFINEMENTS THAT THEY REALLY LIKED THE DIRECTION THE INTENT, BUT HAD SUGGESTIONS FOR STRENGTHENING LANGUAGE OR PERHAPS BROADENING THE SCOPE OF A PARTICULAR GOAL OR POLICY. UM, AND THEN OFTEN PEOPLE RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, POLICIES. THEY LIKED THE GOAL DIRECTION, BUT HAD ADDITIONAL IDEAS, UH, FOR POLICIES THAT WOULD ALSO HELP TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. AND IN MANY CASES, PEOPLE COMMENTED ON ACTIONS AND PROVIDED IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT WOULD HELP ACHIEVE A POLICY AND GOAL. UM, SOME OF THE MAJOR THEMES, AGAIN WITH 2100 DIFFERENT COMMENTS, UM, COVERED A WHOLE RANGE OF TOPICS AND, UH, EMPHASIS. BUT GENERALLY THE THEMES WERE, YOU KNOW, STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO FELT PASSIONATE ABOUT PARTICULAR ISSUES WANTED TO SEE THE LANGUAGE BE A LITTLE MORE AFFIRMATIVE, UM, USE MORE MOVE, USE STRONGER VERBS, FOR INSTANCE, OF CERTAIN POLICIES. UM, SOME COMMENTS, UH, RELATED TO EXPANDING THE SCOPE. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO YOUR GENERAL PLAN, INCLUDING MANY OPTIONAL ELEMENTS. BUT EVEN WITHIN THAT SCOPE, PEOPLE HAD ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR TOPICS OR SUBTOPICS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THEIR PRIORITIES FOR, FOR THEM OR THEIR NEIGHBORS OR COMMUNITY. UM, ALSO LOTS OF THOUGHTS ON PRIORITIES. THERE'S A A LOT IN THESE DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS, A LOT COVERED BY, UM, YOUR GENERAL PLAN. AND SO PEOPLE HAD SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS FOR WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS. AND AS HEATHER MENTIONED, A LOT OF FOLKS NOTED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AND SOMETIMES OVERLAP AMONGST FRAMEWORKS. UM, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT VERY MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD IN THE INITIAL DRAFTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE CONNECTIONS EXPLICIT AND HELP PEOPLE ENTER THE GENERAL PLAN THROUGH WHATEVER LENS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND FIND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY ALL THE POLICIES RELATED TO A PARTICULAR TOPIC OR AREA IN THE CITY IN AN EASY WAY. UM, GIVEN THAT THOSE THEMES, IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT SOME COMMENTS DID FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF A GENERAL PLAN, EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE TOPICS SIMPLY OUTSIDE OF CITY JURISDICTION, FOR INSTANCE, RELATED TO SCHOOLS, UM, OR WERE A LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT, UM, ISN'T NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE OVERARCHING GOAL SETTING AND POLICY DIRECTIONAL DOCUMENT. UM, AND SOME PEOPLE HAD VERY SPECIFIC COMMENTS ABOUT THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE DONE, AND THOSE MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR INSTANCE, A FUNCTIONAL PLAN THAT WOULD GO INTO DETAIL ON A PARTICULAR, UM, ASPECT [02:40:01] OF CITY GOVERNMENT, LIKE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR A PARKS MASTER PLAN, FOR INSTANCE. UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST QUICKLY TO RECAP, UM, WE HAVE THE EXTENSIVE MULTI-MONTH REVIEW, BOTH GPAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION PROVIDED DETAILED FEEDBACK. UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK ADDITIONALLY THIS EVENING. AND THEN, AS HEATHER NOTED EARLIER, UM, WE'RE NOT PREPARING ANOTHER ROUND OF DRAFTS OF THESE FRAMEWORKS. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING ALL OF THIS EXTREMELY USEFUL INPUT AND USING IT TO INFORM OUR THINKING OF HOW TO CRAFT, UM, THE MOST USEFUL, COMPELLING GENERAL PLAN THAT WE CAN FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA. UM, AND SO, UH, WHAT WAS ALSO STRIKING IS THAT THOUGH WE HAVE A VERY ORGANIZED WAY FOR DIGESTING AND ORGANIZING ALL THE COMMENTS, IT BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF THE COMMENTS, IT'S TAKING US MORE TIME THAN WE THOUGHT MIGHT INITIALLY BE POSSIBLE TO DIGEST THEM ALL AND MAKE CLEAR DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY TO DO IN THE NEXT DRAFT. AND A LOT OF THE TIME IS GONNA BE REQUIRED AS CONVERSATIONS, UH, ADDITIONALLY BETWEEN THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND CITY STAFF TO COME TO KIND OF A RESOLUTION ABOUT WHAT, HOW BEST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE, UH, DIFFERENT COMMENTS. AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE, UH, PROBABLY SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS EVEN. UM, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS, BUT IT'S GONNA GONNA TAKE US THROUGH THE FALL TO, TO GET THROUGH THAT. AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE INITIAL DRAFTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN. OKAY. UM, FORGIVE ME, UH, MR. MAYOR, WE ARE GONNA GO INTO THE FIRST SET OF THREE AND THEN STOP. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A BRIEF SLIDE COVERING EACH OF THE 13 POLICY FRAMEWORKS. UM, AND THIS IS, THIS MIRRORS VERY MUCH WHAT'S IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. AND SO I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THIS AT LENGTH. UM, BUT, UH, IT SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, UH, THE AUTHORS OF THESE FRAMEWORKS, UM, ON ZOOM AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, AS THEY MAY ARISE WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION ACTUALLY OF THE ARTS CULTURE AND CREATIVITY FRAMEWORK. , THE TWO FOLKS WHO WORKED ON THAT MOST CLOSELY SIMPLY WERE NOT AVAILABLE THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL DO, DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT IT. UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO, I THINK IS COVER ARTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN ONE ADDITIONAL FRAMEWORK. AND THEN WE'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOUR COMMENTS. UM, AND EACH OF THESE SLIDES GENERALLY LOOK SIMILAR. ON THE LEFT, WE'VE RECAPPED, UM, WITH WHO, WHO COMMENTED ON THE FRAMEWORK ON THE RIGHT, SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL THEMES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN IN SOME CASES WE POSED MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT FRAMEWORKS TO THE COMMITTEE'S, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS. AND WE'VE INCLUDED THOSE AS WELL IN THESE SLIDES IN CASE YOU WANNA ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE FRAMEWORK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. SO IN THE CASE OF THE ARTS CULTURE AND CREATIVITY FRAMEWORK, IT WAS REVIEWED IN DETAIL AND DISCUSSED BY THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND ALSO A WORKING GROUP OF THE GPAC. AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, VAST MAJORITY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOALS AND POLICY DIRECTION. IF ANYTHING, PEOPLE THOUGHT IT SHOULD GO FURTHER. THEY WANTED TO SEE SOME STRONGER LANGUAGE. IN SOME INSTANCES. THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF INCORPORATING ART INTO CITY OPERATIONS AND INTO ITS THINKING ABOUT, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, PEOPLE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT GROW AND EXPAND. AND AS PART OF THAT, THERE WAS A, UH, SOME INTEREST IN INCREASING THE 1% PUBLIC ART REQUIREMENT TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, THAT WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY BOTH THE GPAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION. THERE ARE ALSO, UH, UH, LENGTHY COMMENTS PROVIDED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHICH WE FOUND, UH, VERY HELPFUL AND APPRECIATED THEM TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS AS WELL. AGAIN, MOST COMMENTS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOALS AND POLICY DIRECTION. SOME OF THE THEMES OF THE COMMENTS INCLUDED, UM, THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF PETALUMA'S ECONOMY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. NONE OF US HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, CRYSTAL BALL. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF MARKET RESEARCH AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. UM, BUT ALL OF US HAVE OUR DIFFERENT IDEAS OF WHAT, WHAT DIRECTION IT MIGHT ACTUALLY GO. UM, AND SO THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS LIKE THE NATURE, THE SIZE, THE TYPES OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT PETALUMA MIGHT SEE IN THE FUTURE, AND HOW WE MIGHT SUPPORT AND ACCOMMODATE THOSE THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN, GIVEN ITS HISTORY. NOT, NOT SURPRISING THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN HOW, UH, THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY MIGHT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND SPECIFICALLY FARMS AND AG BUSINESSES. UM, AND THEN THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING WAS [02:45:01] ALSO NOTED. AND THEN IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A, UH, MORE AFFIRMATIVE CITY LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, NOT SURPRISINGLY, YOU HEAR THIS OFTEN IS, UH, REDUCING BARRIERS THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. UM, AND THEN RELATED TO THAT, BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IS, IS HAVING SOME, UH, MORE, UM, MORE ADDITIONAL HELP WITH NAVIGATING THE PERMIT SYSTEM WHEN PEOPLE DO NEED CITY PERMITS. AND THEN THE LAST TOPIC BEFORE WE, UH, PAUSE IS FLOOD RESILIENCE. ALSO VERY BIG TOPIC REVIEWED BY THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION. THE GPAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION PEOPLE, IF YOU READ THIS ONE, IS PARTICULARLY DENSE AND SUPPORTED AS YOU KNOW, BY THE REALLY CRITICAL AND HELPFUL FLOOD MODELING WORK THAT THE CITY COMMISSIONED. PEOPLE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT AND APPRECIATED THE WAY IN WHICH THE FRAMEWORK BUILT ON THAT AND, AND, AND BUILT ON ASSUMED REGULAR UPDATES TO IT SO THAT THE CITY IS ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE MOST UPTODATE SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECTED SEA LEVEL RISE. UM, SOME OF THE THEMES, INC INCLUDED, CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE MODEL MODEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY, UM, IS ALWAYS, UM, AWARE OF THE LATEST PROJECTIONS. UM, THERE WAS SOME INTEREST IN PROVIDING THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MODEL SCENARIOS TO INFORM PLANS ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THEN SOME COMMENTS ALSO ABOUT THE COST OF IMPLEMENTATION, RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THIS LONG, DECADES LONG PROCESS OF MAKING THE CITY MORE RESILIENT TO FLOODS AND FLOODING HAZARDS THAT ARE TO COME, ARE GONNA, UM, IN INCLUDE SOME COSTS BOTH FOR BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR. AND THERE'S SOME CONCERN RAISED ABOUT THAT. UM, IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR EXPLICIT SUPPORT FOR THE PETALUMA RIVER GREENWAY PROJECT, WHICH IS THAT PROJECT, UM, IDENTIFYING THE UP UPSTREAM AREA AND TRYING TO PRESERVE IT FOR OPEN SPACE, SPACE FLOOD CONTROL, INCREASED ACCESS TO THE RIVER, UM, AS PART OF THAT LIMIT DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE RIVER. UM, AGAIN, WE HEAR OFTEN THE IDEA OF PROHIBITING BUILDING IN THE FLOODPLAIN OR NEAR THE RIVER. AND THEN I ASSUME BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS AROUND, UM, GROUNDWATER, UH, GROUND THE, THE RISE OF GROUNDWATER LEVELS OF SOME COMMENTS ABOUT PROHIBITING, PROHIBITING UNDERGROUND PARKING AS WELL. UM, AND EACH OF THE BREAKS TO REMIND ME THAT IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK. WE'LL PUT THIS SLIDE UP. , YOU SAW THESE QUESTIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT, UM, BUT, AND THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE POSE TO EACH OF THE CCBS AS WELL AS WHAT DO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH ALL THIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT? ARE THERE CONCERNS THAT ANY OF THE GOALS, POLICIES, OR ACTIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK RAISED FOR YOU? AND THEN AS WE NOTED, THERE'S SOME FRAMEWORKS THAT HAVE, UH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON. SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL PAUSE. GREAT, THANK I, YOU'RE FLYING THROUGH THESE THINGS AND, UM, SO I'M SURE THIS QUESTION'S ARISING. UH, WHO HAS ONE ON THE TOP? COUNCIL MEMBER HEALY? SURE. THANK YOU. COULD YOU PUT, COULD YOU PUT THE LAST SLIDE BACK UP ON FLOODPLAIN FLOOD, FLOOD ISSUES? YEAH. UM, I SHOULD RE I SHOULD HAVE REPORTED ON THIS EARLIER OUT OF, UH, THE ZONE TWO A MEETING, BUT, UM, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON LONG-TERM MODELING FOR STORMS IN, UM, IN OUR REGION. AND, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US WHO JUST LIVED THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE COME TO APPRECIATE THAT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IS GONNA BE DROUGHT, DROUGHT, DROUGHT, ATMOSPHERIC RIVER, DROUGHT, DROUGHT, DROUGHT. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PATTERN. BUT IF YOU GO 30, 40 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE AS CLIMATE CHANGE WORSENS, UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME PATTERN, BUT THOSE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS ARE GOING TO BE LONGER AND MORE SEVERE. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE MODELING IS TELLING FOLKS. SO ONE THING THAT, MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE, UM, FOCUSING ON CREATING MORE FLOODPLAIN STORAGE, MORE DETENTION AND RETENTION PONDS, NOT JUST IN TOWN, BUT IN, IN THE ENTIRE, UM, WATERSHED. UM, AND, UM, SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S SORT OF LEADS TO ONE OF MY, UM, QUESTIONS IS, UM, IN, IN, UM, THE COMMENTS SUPPORT THE, UH, RIVER GREENWAY. UH, IS THAT, IS THAT SUPPORT FROM A PARK DEVELOPMENT POINT OF VIEW, OR IS IT A CHANGING AND TERRACING THE LAND OR DOING A, UH, SOME TREATMENT OF THE LAND IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE, TO THESE COMMENTERS? I MEAN, REALLY WHAT KIND OF NUANCE ARE WE GETTING FROM THE INPUT THAT YOU RECEIVE? I, I THINK THE NUANCE RANGES [02:50:01] CONSIDERABLY. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY, FROM OUR CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, UH, RECEIVED MORE NUANCED FEEDBACK, UM, ON THIS, UM, OUR WORKING GROUP, UH, WE HAVE ON FROM THE GPAC THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WITH REAL EXPERTISE IN THIS. SO YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE KIND OF DIVING IN AND ASKING REALLY POINTED QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS WE NEED TO DO. WHEREAS OTHERS ARE MORE, UM, BROAD, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE GREENWAY PROJECT KIND OF COMMENTS. UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I, I REMEMBER SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT TERRACING AS IT RELATES TO, UM, FLOOD CAPACITY IN THE DENMAN REACH AREA, UM, WHICH WE HAVE DONE AS, AS CITY INITIATED PROJECTS. BUT THERE'S ALSO COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT LEAVING IT OTHER AREAS AS IS, AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT TERRACING HAS TO THE, THE BIOLOGICAL AND, YOU KNOW, UM, RESOURCES ALONG THE RIVER. SO I THINK THEY CAN VARY SOME THERE. YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S THE, UH, DEFINITELY THE CHALLENGE TO PULLING TOGETHER THE COMPREHENSIVE, THE, THE CONCLUSIONS IS THAT, UM, YOUR INPUT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE SAYING THE SAME THING FOR DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. AND, AND A A A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE HEAR A PRESENTATION, THEY'LL SAY, BUT I WAS AT THAT AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD. I, YOU KNOW, I HEARD SAVE THE PARK AND SOMEBODY ELSE. AND THE RESULT COMES BACK AS, YOU KNOW, DIG A HOLE OR TAKE, TAKE THE TREES AWAY SO WE CAN DIG IN, IN, AND NOT SPECIFICALLY THAT, JUST JUST GENERICALLY THAT KIND OF THING. UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IS THERE ANY, UM, NUANCE BETWEEN A TOURISM ECONOMY AND A, A DIFFERENTLY, MORE STABLE, BETTER JOBS ECONOMY? I MEAN, AND CERTAINLY WE'RE MOVING TO THE TOURISM ECONOMY AS THE ONLY, UH, SELF-STARTER INDUSTRY. WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE KIND OF WORK AND, AND HOW WE GET THAT? WELL, ONE, ONE THING, UM, THAT REALLY STICKS OUT TO ME IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE E ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HEARD A NUMBER OF COMMENTS ABOUT WERE THAT KIND OF CREATIVE, UM, THE, THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY IN PETALUMA BEING SUCH, IT'S SUCH A CENTER FOR CREATIVES. UM, AND ALSO ABOUT MAKERSPACE OR THE ABILITY TO HAVE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. UM, UH, WHAT ELSE? AND THEN PEOPLE COMMENT LIKE THIS, DO YOU HAVE THE DATA BEHIND OR ABILITY TO GO AND RESEARCH WHICH ONES CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY? TO WHICH LEVELS? YEAH, THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. UM, SO TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, YES, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE RESEARCH ALREADY. UM, AND DEPENDING ON THE COMMENT OR QUESTION, WE, WE COULD DO SOME SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, THE, JUST TO, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE, WE'VE GOT THE COMMENTS IN A, IN A WORKBOOK, A SPREADSHEET, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SORT THEM BY TYPE, BY GOAL, BY POLICY. AND WHAT WE DO IN PRACTICE WHEN REVIEWING THEM IS, IS CLUSTER, THOSE THAT ARE SIMILAR BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMENTING ON THE SAME GOAL OR POLICY OR TOUCH ON THE SAME TOPIC, AND WE LOOK AT THEM TOGETHER. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT ALL THE COMMENTS THAT SPEAK TO, HEY, WE THINK THAT PETALUMA SHOULD BE A LEADER IN X INDUSTRY. WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THOSE TYPES OF COMMENTS TOGETHER AND CONSIDER THE DIVERSITY, COMPARE THAT WITH WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE MARKET. AGAIN, NOBODY HAS A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WE CAN COMPARE IT WITH WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE TELLS US AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT TO SAY OR WHAT DIRECTION TO, TO THEN, UH, INCLUDE IN THE ACTUAL GENERAL PLAN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE GENERAL THOUGHT I HAVE IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION. THE OTHER IS, I, I'M NOT SURE THE GENERAL PLAN IS THE PLACE TO BE OVERLY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES IN A COMMUNITY. AS WE ALL KNOW, ECONOMIES CAN CHANGE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. AND THE QUESTION IN A GENERAL PLAN IS, ARE WE SETTING THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FLOURISHING OF BUSINESSES GENERALLY? AND, AND, AND NOT, YOU KNOW, PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS NECESSARILY, RIGHT? [02:55:01] IT'S LIKE, AND THAT INC A LOT OF THAT IS LAND USE. UM, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, IS DETERMINED BY A LOT OF THINGS, MOST OF WHICH ARE BEYOND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL. UM, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE PERMITTING AND TAXES AND FEES, MOST OF WHICH ISN'T TYPICALLY ADDRESSED IN A GENERAL PLAN. AND SO IT'S A TOUGH BALANCE TO STRIKE SOMETIMES. UM, PETALUMA IS A BIT OF A UNIQUE COMMUNITY IN THAT IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY, PEOPLE ARE VERY WELL INFORMED, VERY INTERESTED, AND WANT THE PLAN TO BE PRETTY SPECIFIC AND DIRECTIONAL. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL IN MANY CASES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO STOP BEING OVERLY SPECIFIC. AND I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAY BE ONE OF THOSE AREAS. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DIGESTING ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND, AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THE, THE, I SAW THE COMMENT, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVELY INVOLVED IN, IN, UM, IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE HOUSING FOR, FOR THAT. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I, I SENSE, UM, MANY THE OTHER COMMENTS ARE SORT OF A NO GROWTH SENSE. SO HOW ARE THESE MARRIED TOGETHER? YOU KNOW, UM, DO YOU REMEMBER SEEING NO, LIKE, COMMENTS ABOUT NO, NO FURTHER ECONOMIC GROWTH OR NOT ECONOMIC GROWTH HOUSING. OH, HOUSING GROWTH. OKAY. YEAH. OH, UM, THE, THE ECONOMIC MARKETS GENERALLY GONNA RESPOND TO POPULATION GROWTH INTO THE LOCATIONS OF WHERE PEOPLE'S PEOPLE ARE. RIGHT. AND SO, UM, IS YOUR, SO YOUR, IS YOUR QUESTION. YOU THINK THE TWO ARE IN, IN, IN . I, I WORRY THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT YOU GET IS NOT AS NUANCED AS THE, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXPERT, EXPERT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON WE DID BLUE RIBBON PANELS, AND YOU HAVE TO MARRY THAT WITH VISION OF LOCAL PEOPLE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT, WITHOUT GETTING 'EM IN THE SAME ROOM AND LETTING THEM TALK TO EACH OTHER, COMMENTS ARE PLACE TO START. THEY'RE NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT. IT, IT HAS TO BE DIALOGUE TO GET TO THE FINISH. THE, MY WORRY IS, THE COMMENTS YOU LIST ARE KIND OF SCATTERSHOT. THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ALL OVER. AND HOW DO YOU SYNTHESIZE THAT? OH, NO, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. YEAH, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T TAKE COMMENTS AT FACE VALUE AND JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'LL DO THAT IN THE, IN WE, WE WILL REFLECT THAT IN THE GENERAL PLAN. WE CONSIDER THEM ALL CAREFULLY. I, IN SOME CASES, WE, WE THINK IT, NO ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN BASED ON THAT COMMENT. EITHER IT WASN'T SPECIFIC ENOUGH OR IT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE, UM, THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTION OR CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY VISION. WE DON'T JUST TAKE EVERYTHING AT FACE VALUE AND PLOP IT INTO THE GENERAL PLAN. SO REGARDING THE COMMENT ABOUT NO UNDERGROUND PARKING, DO YOU TECHNICALLY ANALYZE GOOD AND BAD, LIKE NEXT TO THE RIVER? WE'RE GONNA MAYBE TAKE THAT COMMENT FURTHER IN A HIGH, HIGHER GROUND. WE MIGHT NOT, OR NEAR THE RIVER. I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC COMMENT AGAIN AND WHETHER IT PROVIDED RATIONALE FOR THAT IDEA. BUT NO, WE AREN'T GONNA JUST SAY NO UNDERGROUND PARKING THE GP 'CAUSE SOMEBODY MADE THAT COMMENT ON A POLICY FRAMEWORK AND YOU'RE SHOWING US THE RANGE OF COMMENTS. YEAH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A FEEL. IT, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S 2100 COMMENTS WE STRUGGLED WITH. HOW TO SUMMARIZE ALL THAT FOR YOU. UM, UM, VICE MAYOR, SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THEN SOME COMMENTS. ARE WE DOING COMMENTS TOO? I FEEL LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW DOING COMMENTS. , I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS KIND OF ROLL TOGETHER IN THIS ONE. YES, IT'S A WORKSHOP. PERFECT. SO MY QUESTION ON THE ART, IT SAID INCREASING THE 1%. UM, IS THERE ANY, ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES FOR THAT OUTSIDE OF DEVELOPMENT FEES? WE ARE, AND, AND I THINK POLICY AND LANGUAGE, UM, MAY NEED TO BE MORE GENERAL THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, UM, TO ALLOW US TO. BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THAT, UM, TO LOOK AT OTHER, OTHER SOURCES. AWESOME. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR. UM, SO THE MAJORITY OF MY COMMENTS ARE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE, UM, I, WHEN I GOT ON THE COUNCIL, WE HAD JUST AVOIDED BANKRUPTCY, RIGHT? WE HAD JUST PASSED MEASURE YOU, WE, OUR TAXPAYERS BAILED US OUT. UM, WE LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING WASN'T WORKING, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WE ARE PUTTING INTO OUR NEW GENERAL PLAN IS GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS TO US AGAIN. UM, AND I KNOW [03:00:01] IT THROUGH MY CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHILE I'M OUT CAMPAIGNING THROUGH, UM, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED HERE THAT USE MY MOTHER'S TERM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR EYES ARE BIGGER THAN OUR APPETITE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT WE, WE NEED WAY MORE THAN WE HAVE, RIGHT? UM, AND SO MY, YOU KNOW, WHAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I PUT IN HERE, PRIORITIZE OPERATING REVENUES OVER FEES, RIGHT? WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT LIKE MAKING DEVELOPERS PAY AND WHATNOT. WELL, WHAT IF THAT STOPS A PROJECT FROM HAPPENING? AND THEN THE LOT SITS THERE EMPTY FOR 10 YEARS AND, UM, WE LOST 10 YEARS OF OPERATING REVENUES FROM THAT SITE. UM, I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THAT SORT OF LIKE, BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE LOST REVENUES ARE FROM HAYSTACK. UM, BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN IT. IT, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE'VE SEEN, UM, CERTAINLY WHEN I GO BACK AND I READ OLD ARGUS ARTICLES ABOUT, UM, TARGET, ABOUT DEER CREEK, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT PROMISING THESE BIG REVENUE NUMBERS AND, UM, THOSE ARE NOT THE HOLY GRAIL, RIGHT? WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT HIGH DOLLAR PER ACRE LAND USES. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO, TO LOOK AT, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ACTUALLY TAKE US AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN A STRONG FINANCIALLY BECAUSE, UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IS IN 2050, THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF PETALUMA IS GONNA BE THE EXACT SAME FOOTPRINT AS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND THAT'S LIKE AN AMAZING LEGACY TO LEAVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. BUT, UM, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE'S GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO DEGRADE. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RAISE REVENUES TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COST OF LIVING TO OUR, UH, INCREASES TO OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, TO DO NICE THINGS LIKE REBUILD THE TRESTLE. UM, AND RIGHT NOW I LIKE, THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PLANNING PROJECTS. CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN THROUGH AN ECONOMIC LENS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE, THAT'S MY, MY HIGH LEVEL COMMENT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE. THE SECOND PIECE, UM, THERE'S JUST NO MENTION OF HOUSING. THERE'S THIS IDEA THAT WE CAN BRING IN WORKFORCE, SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE HIGH WAGE JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT NOT IF WE DON'T, UM, HAVE HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ATTRACTING HERE. UM, AND THAT FELT LIKE A MAJOR MISS. UM, AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS IT TALKS ABOUT CONSIDER NEW BUSINESS AND SALES TAXES, OR THERE'S A FEW OTHER ONES THAT I HAVE. AND BUSINESS AND SALES TAXES ON CANNABIS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, ARE NOT BUSINESS FRIENDLY. TYPICALLY WHEN I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE, ATTRACTING LARGE EMPLOYERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE GIVING THEM A BREAK ON, ON THEIR TAXES. LIKE, I'VE DONE WORK IN LANCASTER AND THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT BYD THE BUS MANUFACTURER TO COME THERE BY GIVING THEM TAX BREAKS, RIGHT? BUT THEY BROUGHT IN PEOPLE, THEY BROUGHT IN A WHOLE MESS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND SO I, THERE'S SOME THINGS THERE THAT JUST AREN'T REALLY, LIKE MESHING WHEN I WAS READING IT. UM, . AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, THAT JUMPS OUT IS, UM, DEFINITELY THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND JUST TRYING TO BE, UM, MORE LIKE, LET'S SAY SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY. UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT NEW NEWS, BUT IT'S, UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES IT INTO THE GENERAL PLAN. IT SEEMS MORE LIKE AN OPERATIONS THING. UM, BUT YEAH, I GUESS THOSE ARE SORT OF MY OVERARCHING COMMENTS. MAY MAYOR, HEY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I, UH, MODELS I HAD ON THE WALL WHEN I WAS, UH, TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE WAS, UH, THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL. SO MY COMMENT REALLY REFERS TO, UM, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, THINKING OUTSIDE THE LIMITS. AND, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN SO FAR STILL FOCUSES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS, POSSIBLY IN RESPONSE OUTSIDE, BUT WE NEED TO BE, I'M HOPING THAT WE AT LEAST BRING IN TO SEVERAL OF THESE, UH, FRAMEWORKS, UH, MORE OF A REGIONAL CONCEPTS OF WHAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON AT A REGIONAL BASIS IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR CITY FROM OR TO HELP OUR CITY. AND, UH, SO ESPECIALLY LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, FLOODING, WELL, FLOODING DOESN'T COME FROM THE CITY. IT, IT COMES FROM OUTSIDE, COMES FROM THE ENTIRE WATERSHED. AND SO WE'RE SORT OF AT THE MERCY OF THE COUNTY, UM, WHO CONTROLS A LOT OF THAT LAND USE, UH, OUTSIDE OUR CITY. SO, [03:05:01] UH, WE NEED TO, UM, WHAT I SEE, SEE INCLUDED IN THIS IS, UM, A LOT MORE, UH, DISCUSSION AND, UM, ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LARGER UNITS, REGIONAL UNITS, UM, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF OUR INFLUENCE. SO FOR THE FLOODING, UM, LIKE WE DO HAVE THE, UH, FLOOD ZONE TWO A THAT WE WORK WITH AND EVERYTHING, BUT IN THE COUNTY, UH, WE HAVE THE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABLE AGENCY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, BUT MORE DISCUSSION ON WHAT WHEATED, HOW CAN WE WORK WITH AND, AND, UM, DEVELOP THINGS WATERSHED WIDE RATHER THAN JUST WITHIN OUR CITY. AND SO A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTSIDE OUR BOX. UM, AND THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST THE WATER COMING FROM FLOODING, BUT SEA LEVEL RISE, WHICH IS OUR PET OFUM MARSH. IF WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF, OF WORK THAT NEED, WE NEED TO DO WITH THE COUNTY AND MARIN COUNTY INCLUDED ON A MARSH, THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR CITY. SO I, THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT THERE ON THE, ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT OUR PENA MARSH, WHICH PROTECTS US FROM SEA LEVEL RISE. SO THERE WASN'T ENOUGH IN THAT. UM, THEN THERE'S OTHER REGIONAL THINGS, UM, FROM ENERGY WORKING WITH PG E. UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UH, DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP TO DO, UM, FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION WE WANNA DO, UM, NOT ENOUGH DISCUSSION ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEVELOP A STRONGER WORKING RELATIONSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET WHAT WE NEED DOWN THE ROAD. UM, NOT JUST, OH, THEY'RE GONNA RESPOND TO US, BUT OKAY, HOW ARE WE GONNA WORK IT? WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP WE REALLY GONNA WANNA DEVELOP IN OUR, IN OUR WORKPLACE HERE? UH, OR WILL WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH PG E TO DEVELOP THE NEW TRANSMISSION LINES THAT WE NEED? THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, SO WE HAVE ELECTRICITY, WE ALSO HAVE THE TRANSPORT. WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS, UH, COUNTY TRANSPORTATION, EVERYTHING, BUT IT HAS TO BE COORDINATED. SO NOT JUST THE ROADS HERE IN TOWN, BUT THE FREEWAY THAT'S COMING IN AND OUT. UM, AND, UM, THE WHOLE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS IN AND OUT FROM CITY TO CITY. ARE WE WORKING WITH THE OTHER CITIES FOR THE TRANSPORT CORRIDORS FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS COMING IN TO WORK AND LEAVING TO GO TO WORK? WE HAVE A THIRD OF THE CITY GOING AND OUT. SO ARE WE REALLY WORKING ON OUR TRANSPORT CORRIDORS WITH OTHER CITIES? UM, WHICH IS A, A REAL CONCERN FOR US. SO, UM, THERE'S A, A FIELD THAT'S A MISSING PART OF ALL THE FRAMEWORK SO FAR IS THIS REGIONAL OUTLOOK, RESPONDING WITH THE LARGER PLAYERS INVOLVED OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY TO SAVE OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE, TO WORK WITH IT IN THE FUTURE. WE WE'RE, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE, I WOULD SAY MORE FOCUSED ON OUTSIDE, UH, BROUGHT INTO THE, UH, THE PLAN. SO THAT WAS JUST MY DRILL COMMENT THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE FRAMEWORKS, UH, WHEREVER WE CAN STICK THAT IN. COUNCIL MEMBER POSE. OKAY. UM, UH, I LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE MOST OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO FAR. UM, MY BIG THING THOUGH IS, IS WORKFORCE HOUSING. I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA GET AWAY FROM NEEDING MORE AND MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING. I DON'T CARE HOW, UH, HOW MANY MAKERS COME TO TOWN. UH, IT'S STILL CAPITALISM. UM, AND, UH, AND I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER SUBSTITUTIONS YOU COULD MAKE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, LIKE THE UBI THAT I'M EXCITED. I I JUST GOT A, UH, AN INVITE TO, THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT SOME INITIAL RESULTS OF OUR UBI PROJECT. UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, AND I, AND AGAIN, I THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK WE SPEND ENOUGH TIME. WE'VE GOT ALL THIS DATA, BUT ENOUGH TIME ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR FLOOD CONTROL, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT, UH, MR. HALEY MENTIONED. UM, SO, UH, I DON'T WANNA MAKE TOO MANY COMMENTS, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT STAND OUT MORE, MOST FOR ME ABOUT THESE. UH, AND AGAIN, I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THE ANSWER'S GONNA BE TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI SAID ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER OTHER CITIES. BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION WE'RE SEEING AT A, A VARIETY OF LEVELS WITH HOMELESSNESS, WITH, UH, UH, UH, I CAN'T, I'M BLOCKING ON ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW, BUT ALMOST EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCTA, THE RCPA, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, I MEAN, THE TRANSPORTATION GROUPS ARE WORKING TOGETHER. EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HAD CONTACT WITH IS SEEING LOTS OF COLLABORATION. AND, UH, SO I, I, I DON'T FEEL QUITE AS BAD ABOUT THAT, BUT, BUT I DO, I SEE HOUSING AS OUR BIGGEST ISSUE. I MEAN, THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S EVERYONE WANTS THINGS TO STAY THE SAME AND, UH, THE PRICE OF HOUSING NEEDS TO STAY THE SAME, RELATIVELY SPEAKING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. WELL, UM, I HAD TO LAUGH A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE CRYSTAL BALL BECAUSE MY NAME IS ON THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN, AND I FEEL LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GONNA GO INTO A RECESSION. [03:10:01] LIKE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE BROUGHT UP THAT WE WERE HURTING AS A CITY FINANCIALLY, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GONNA GO INTO A RECESSION AND THE ECONOMIC, UM, DEVELOPMENT, WE WEREN'T GONNA GET THOSE, SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE PROMISED. SO, UM, NOW LOOKING AHEAD, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA FORECAST? AND WE DO KNOW THAT OUR POPULATION IS AGING, SO WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT NOT JUST WORKFORCE HOUSING, BUT HOUSING FOR OUR AGING POPULATION. THEY WANT TO AGE IN PLACE. THEY WANT TO BE IN HOMES THAT ARE SINGLE LEVEL EASILY TO MANEUVER BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE USING WHEELCHAIRS OR SCOOTERS OR, UM, WALKERS OR LOTS OF THINGS. AND I'M IN THAT AGE BRACKET NOW. THEY DON'T WANNA BE IN THEIR BIG HOUSES THAT THEY BOUGHT IN THE EIGHTIES, AND NOW THEY'RE EMPTY NESTERS. SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT NOT JUST WORKFORCE HOUSING, THAT OUR SENIOR POPULATION THAT IS, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UM, THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, UM, DEVELOP. THEY DON'T WANNA BE, AND WE HEARD TONIGHT, THEY DON'T WANNA BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH, UM, FAMILIES WITH SCOOTERS AND SIDEWALKS, UH, SKATEBOARDS AND SIDEWALKS OR, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE IN THEIR OWN LITTLE, UM, COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S QUIET . I UNDERSTAND. TOTALLY. AND THE OTHER THING, UM, WITH THE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING THAT WITH THE MICROT TRANSIT. WE'RE, UM, AND I DIDN'T REPORT ON THIS AND I, I, SORRY, BUT NOW I'M REMEMBERING THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, PILOT THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE SAVE UP PARKING FOR CONSUMERS AND CUSTOMERS AND LET THE EMPLOYEES RIDE THIS TRANSIT INTO TOWN WHEN THEY CAN PARK IN THE, LIKE, MAYBE THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HAVING TO PARK DOWNTOWN FOR EIGHT HOURS WHILE THEY'RE WORKING IN A STORE OR, UM, A HOSPITALITY JOB, ET CETERA. SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT, UM, OUR TRANSIT. AND I THINK, UM, CAST MEMBER PROS, KATE BROUGHT IT UP TOO ABOUT TRANSIT AND THINKING AHEAD TO MAKING IT EASY TO MAYBE SHUTTLE THOSE WORKERS OVER FROM THE WORKFORCE HOUSING TO THEIR JOBS, UM, FOR THE FLOOD, UM, UM, RELIANCE, I, UM, HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PROHIBITING UNDERGROUND PARKING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE, UM, PROPOSED HOTEL DOWNTOWN WANTS TO HAVE UNDERGROUND PARKING. AND I THINK WE EVEN HAVE A HOME THAT'S BEING RECONSTRUCTED WITH UNDERGROUND PARKING. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN WORK THAT IN. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD DREDGING PLAN, AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR TO FINISH OUR DREDGING AND OUR CREEK MAINTENANCE. AND I'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS. SOME OF THE CREEKS HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES ON ONE SECTION OF A CREEK. IT'S, IT NEEDS TO GET MORE STREAMLINED, UH, PUN INTENDED, BECAUSE, UM, IT CAN GET OVERLOOKED AND THEN THAT'S WHAT CAN CAUSE SOME FLOODING. AND THE DEBRIS THAT'S IN THE CREEK NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. UM, THEY, UM, SUPPORT FOR AG GOING BACK TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A LOCATION FOR OUR DAY LABORERS. UM, THE CURRENT LOCATION IS NOT WORKING. IT'S IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S NOT WORKING. SO THAT SUPPORTS AG AND, UM, I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR NOW. THANKS. SOME OF THAT HAD SOME QUESTIONS IN IT. DID, UH, ANY OF THAT RE SOUND LIKE A, IS THAT NOT TOO, WAS THAT NOT TOO CLEAR FOR QUESTIONS? ? I, I, I, I, BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WHEN ARE WE GONNA SUPPORT AG? WHAT ARE WE GONNA, WHERE ARE WE GONNA FIT THE DAY LABORERS IN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OR, UM, WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT THE MICROT TRANSIT? I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE SOME GOOD FEEDBACK. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A DIRECT THESE ANSWER THINGS THAT WOULD FIT INTO, UM, INTO THE GENERAL PLAN AT ALL. AND THEN SECONDARILY, WOULD THEY BE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, UH, ON A CONCEPTUAL, OR WOULD WE GET INTO DETAILING SOME OF THESE SPECIFIC, BECAUSE 20 YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE HOMELESS SITUATION THAT WE HAVE NOW AND THE UNHOUSED POPULATION. SO I'M THINKING AHEAD, IS THAT [03:15:01] GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA JUST GROW IN, POP IN, IN POPULARITY AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO THINK ABOUT, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE UNHOUSED 20 YEARS AGO AND WE MADE THAT MISTAKE. YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF A 20, 30 YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO BE CLEAR YET FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO, TO, SO THAT WHEN CONDITIONS CHANGE, THE DIRECTION IS STILL CLEAR, BUT LEAVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES OF LAND, LAND USE COMPONENTS SPECIFICALLY, WHICH WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU TO DISCUSS IN OCTOBER, UM, TO YOUR EARLIER POINTS, I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF THE TOPICS YOU RAISED CERTAINLY ARE RELEVANT TO, AND I THINK INCLUDED IN THE FRAMEWORKS, THE AGING POPULATION, TRANSIT, UM, MANAGEMENT OF THE CREEKS. UM, IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS FOR DAY LABORERS, I THINK WOULD BE A LITTLE OVERLY SPECIFIC FOR A GENERAL PLAN. UM, BUT CERTAINLY THE NEED FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING, INCLUDING WORKFORCE HOUSING AND, UH, HOUSING TYPES APPROPRIATE FOR AN AGING POPULATIONS ARE CERTAINLY APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF A GENERAL PLAN IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING POLICY DIRECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. UM, JUST A FEW COMMENTS, BUT ONE IS, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE COLLABORATE AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ADE WAS SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF COLLABORATION. I MEAN, TODAY AT THE SCTA MEETING, I, WE WERE COLLABORATING WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, ON BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND, AND WHAT WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THAT LIKE INTERCHANGES, CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS, THOSE ARE JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT WITH SCTA. CALTRANS IS NOT LOOKING AT THAT. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC IN, UM, WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT FEASIBLE. AND JUST KNOWING THAT CALTRANS IS REALLY CHANGING, UM, THEIR DIRECTION. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GENERAL PLAN. SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING A WISHLIST IN THERE. WE'RE PUTTING THINGS IN THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE. UM, AND HOUSING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE NEED ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING. WE HAVE. WE DON'T WANNA REALLY, I PERSONALLY DO NOT WANNA BE LIKE MARIN COUNTY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TURNING INTO. PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE YET. WE WANT THESE AMENITIES. UM, AND THEN WE NEED PEOPLE TO WORK. AND SO I THINK IT, WORKFORCE HOUSING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UM, IN THIS GENERAL PLAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I, UM, LOOK AT FLOODING AND THEN LOOK AT THE, UM, THE MAPPING THAT'S BEEN DONE, I, I LOOK OUT INTO THE FUTURE AND WHAT IS GONNA REALLY CHANGE. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I THINK THERE WILL BE CHANGES, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY PROTECT, UM, UM, ESPECIALLY FROM DOWNSTREAM, MORE FLOODING, WHICH IS GONNA HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING WHERE THE FLOODING WAS AND WHERE THE MAPPING IS, IS VERY DIFFERENT JUST AT THE SOUTH END OF TOWN. UM, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT LIKE GREENWAY PROJECTS, HOW, UM, THEY CAN BE, UM, USED TO PROTECT FLOODING AND THEN WHERE WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY PUT HOUSING, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE PROTECTING FOR THE LONG TERM, UM, AND NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM RESULTS THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH ANOTHER PAY RAN DISTRICT, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, STARTED IN THE SIXTIES. UM, AND, AND I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON PUBLIC ART. PUBLIC ART ORIGINALLY WAS 2%, I BELIEVE, AND THEN A COUNCIL BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 1%. SO WE DID HAVE A 2% FOR, UH, FOR PUBLIC ART. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER MEANS BESIDES JUST, UM, DEVELOPERS PAYING FOR PUBLIC ART, MAYBE OTHER MEANS OF GETTING MONEY, BECAUSE ART IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A COMMUNITY. IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. UM, BUT I THINK, UM, HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT RECOGNIZING TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT'S THAT'S REALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE AND NOT FOOL OURSELVES TO THINK THAT IT'S CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS, INTERCHANGES, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT THE DIRECTION. UM, I THINK CALIFORNIA'S GOING IN GENERAL, SO, AND I THINK COLLABORATION IS, IS, UM, IS IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT. AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY THE UNDERGROUND PARKING CAME IN, BUT, UM, THERE CERTAINLY MEANS OF BUILDING PARKING TO PROTECT IT FROM FLOODING BECAUSE WE SEE THAT IN BIG CITIES, YOU KNOW, LIKE NEW YORK, . SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR NOW. THANK YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP, [03:20:01] BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT ANY ELEMENT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, ISN'T IT ? WELL, IT ALL COMBINES TOGETHER ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS. YEAH. TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE THREE, AND LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE THREE. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, UM, PLEASE, UH, PASS A CARD TO OUR CLERK. SEEING NO ONE RISING, UH, WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND WE MOVE TO THE NEXT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. UH, THESE ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING. UM, SO NEXT UP IS GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION. UM, AGAIN, GIVEN PETALUMA'S PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO ITS GENERAL PLAN, IT HAS, WE WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING A SECTION, IF NOT AN ELEMENT, FOCUSED ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT. AND SO, UH, THE EFFORT WITH THIS FRAMEWORK WAS TO BEGIN GETTING SOME IDEAS ON PAPER FOR HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE GP IS IMPLEMENTED AND REFLECTED IN, UM, REGULAR DECISION MAKING, UH, FROM THE CITY. UM, AND SO THIS WAS LOOKED AT AGAIN, BOTH BY THE GPAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, NOT AT MANY COMMENTS ON THIS FRAMEWORK AS OTHERS, BUT GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE WITH THE THEMES OF THE FRAMEWORK, WHICH FOCUSED ON TRANSPARENCY, UM, ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC, UM, DOCUMENTS AND DECISION MAKING FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AND, UM, AND CONTINUING, CONTINUING ALONG THE VEIN OF THE CITY, STRONG PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. UM, AND SO GENERALLY PEOPLE WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND JUST GEN, IF ANYTHING, HAD COMMENTS ABOUT STRENGTHENING SOME OF THE POLICIES ALONG THOSE LINES. NEXT FRAMEWORK IS HEALTH EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. UH, TWO ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES LOOKED AT THIS IN, IN ADDITION TO THE GPAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION, THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE. AGAIN, COMMENTS WERE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE. UM, SOME OF THE THEMES OF THE COMMENTS INCLUDED, UM, MORE FOCUS ON PUBLIC HEALTH, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH WE THOUGHT WERE PARTICULARLY INSIGHTFUL AND HELPFUL COMMENTS. UM, ALSO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY ON DISABILITIES AND ACCOMMODATING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS NOT AN AREA THAT WE'D FOCUSED ON CONSIDERABLY. SO ANOTHER GREAT SUGGESTION FOR A TOPIC OR SUBTOPIC TO INCLUDE. AND ALSO ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS ON, UH, CREATING PETALUMA AS AN AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY. THERE IS A GOAL OR POLICY AREA SPECIFIC TO, UM, TO THAT. BUT, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS ON HOW TO STRENGTHEN IT. UM, AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER FRAMEWORKS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUSED ON EXPANDING THE SCOPE STRENGTHENING LANGUAGE, UM, AND REALLY ENSURING ONGOING MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AMONGST, UM, REPRESENTATIVE PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PETALUMA. AND THEN FINALLY, HISTORIC RESOURCES. UM, THE HCPC TOOK A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT THIS FRAMEWORK AND HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, AND A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. AGAIN, COMMENTS WERE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE, RANGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, MANY FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING GOAL AND POLICY LANGUAGE. PEOPLE IN PETALUMA, AS YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH VALUE ITS HISTORIC RESOURCES AND WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, UH, FURTHER PRESERVE THOSE, UH, INCLUDING STRENGTHENING, UM, MUCH OF THE, OUR, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL HISTORIC SITES AND ASSISTING WITH THE DESIGNATION PROCESS FOR THOSE, UM, AND ASSUMED IN THAT IS, UH, UH, BUILDING A ROBUST HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY. UM, A LOT OF CREATIVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS OF DESIGNATION OR OTHER MEANS OF PRESERVING HISTORIC RESOURCES, UM, THROUGH FORMALIZATION, IMPROVING THE PROCESS, REDUCING COSTS, ET CETERA. UM, AND ALSO LOTS OF SUPPORT FOR A, A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH TO BOTH IDENTIFYING AND THEN AS APPROPRIATE DESIGNATING OR OTHERWISE PRESERVING HISTORIC RESOURCES. AND THEN, AS YOU'D EXPECT, UM, BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, A NUMBER OF COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT, UH, DOWNTOWN HEIGHT LIMITS, UM, LARGELY ABOUT THE OTHER AGENDA ITEM THAT'S COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER PAUSE. WHO WANTS TO JUMP IN? COUNCIL MEMBER EY BRIEF. AND, UH, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, DENNIS, ON HEALTH, ON HEALTH AND, UH, EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. YOU KNOW, I JUST, I, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE WORD RACISM IN THERE SOMEWHERE. THAT'S WHERE I COME FROM. UH, SECOND THING ON GOVERNANCE, IMPLEMENTATION, WHEN I READ THIS [03:25:01] THE FIRST TIME, I, I STARTED TO SWEAT, BECAUSE TO ME, I SAY THIS TO PEGGY, ABOVE ALL SIMPLY, IS THAT I SAID THERE GOES THE 10% STAFF TIME FOR, FOR, UH, OTHER, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR TOP 10 PROJECTS, THERE GOES THE 10% OF STAFF TIME. I MEAN, I, IT, IT SEEMS, I I WOULD THINK WE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M OVERREADING HOW MUCH THERE IS THERE, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE WE'RE GONNA DO THIS EVERY, EVERY QUARTER. WE'RE GONNA DO THIS EVERY MONTH, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS EVERY YEAR. AND, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO TO TO FOLLOW UP ON STUFF, BUT, BUT I JUST FELT LIKE, UH, MORE THAN, MORE THAN WE COULD DO, IT WOULD LIMIT US TOO MUCH IN OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. UH, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO DO SO MANY THINGS THAT, UH, UM, WE, WE, WE JUST, UH, SHOULD CUT THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT. AND FINALLY, ON HISTORIC RESOURCES. I, FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO INCENTIVIZE ADAPTIVE REUSE OVER SIMPLE REHABILITATION. THAT'S ALL I GOT. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY, I, I WILL TRY TO EMULATE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BEING BRIEF. UM, I JUST HAD A COMMENT ON THE, UM, HISTORIC, UM, PIECE. UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER THIS, BUT I WAS, BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, I WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE OLD HERITAGE HOMES OF PETALUMA ORGANIZATION. AND, UM, EVEN BEFORE THAT, I WAS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO PASSED THE PETITIONS, WHO GOT THE BREWSTER OAKHILL, UM, HISTORIC DISTRICT, UM, APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL BACK IN THE EIGHTIES. UM, IT, IT STRUCK ME, IT STRIKES ME AS ODD THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, BRUCE DUR OAKHILL, AND THEN A STREET. UM, AND THERE ARE OTHER ONES THAT ARE EQUALLY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE EQUALLY DESERVING OF THAT, BUT THE CITIZENS HAVEN'T TAKEN THE INITIATIVE, AND I THINK EVERYONE'S KIND OF FORGOTTEN HOW IT'S DONE ANYWAY. BUT IF THERE'S, I I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, MORE OF THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS GET THAT KIND OF TREATMENT. UM, AND WHETHER THAT'S CITY LED OR NEIGHBORHOOD LED, I, I DON'T REALLY CARE. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO. VICE MAYOR, JUST GOING ON, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY, UH, WHICH IS ALSO MAYBE COMBINED WITH THE, UH, LAND USE. UM, WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL COMMUNITIES THAT, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIKE THE TRACT HOMES THAT WERE BUILT, SIXTIES, SEVENTIES, UM, BUILT FAIRLY CHEAPLY. AND AS YOU GO AROUND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU START SEEING, THERE'S SOME OF THE BUILDINGS GETTING FADED, A LITTLE RUN DOWN, A LITTLE DILAPIDATED. AND SO THOSE STRUCTURES, AND THERE'S POCKETS OF THEM IN OUR LOWER ECONOMIC AREAS, UM, ARE RIGHT AROUND THE FREEWAY, NORTH AND SOUTH. UM, PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT WERE BUILT ON THE EAST SIDE BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LOOK, THINK ABOUT RESTRUCTURING, ARE OFFERING HELP TO, UM, UH, IN, IN WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS, MAYBE INCENTIVIZE PLANS, WHATEVER IT IS TO HELP REBUILD, UM, RELOCATE, DO THINGS. SO I'M JUST PREDICTING THAT WITHIN 25 YEARS, A LOT OF SOME OF THIS HOUSING AND THERE'S SOME DOWNTOWN HOUSING THAT THAT'S, UH, UH, ALSO ON THE LITTLE OLD SIDE, GONNA GET, START GETTING MORE DILAPIDATED, LEAKY ROOFS, MOLD IS GONNA START COMING IN. SO I SEE SOME HOUSING ISSUES FOR, UM, UM, EVEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR DILAPIDATION IN, IN THIS, IN THESE ENVIRONMENTALLY DEGRADED AREAS, UH, THAT HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LOT OF, UM, INCOME. SO, UH, I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THERE WE NEED TO AT LEAST MENTION OR TALK ABOUT, OKAY, THERE'S, THERE'S, WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE DESIGNATED ON THE MAPS, UM, UH, THESE AREAS THAT NEED THAT. WE'LL BE NEEDING MORE HELP DOWN THE ROAD, WHETHER IT BE PUTTING IN PARKS, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO BE TAKING MORE SURVEYS, SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, CHECKING IN WITH THEM, UH, PROVIDING SUPPORT, UH, FOR YOU CARROTS RATHER THAN STICKS TO SAYING YOU CAN'T DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A FEW MORE CARROTS, INCENTIVES FOR, UM, UH, REBUILDING, REMODELING AND THE LIKE. UM, SO OUR FOLKS ARE RE GENTRIFICATION OR WATCHING OUT WHAT THAT MAY HAPPEN. BUT THESE ARE IN THE, THESE AREAS ARE GONNA BE TARGETED IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS. SO DEVELOPERS MAY COME IN AND TRY TO CHANGE THINGS, PUT IN, PUT IN FOURPLEXES, DUPLEX, WHATEVER. SO WE NEED TO BE HELPING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WATCHING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY. AND SO I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE AWARENESS IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PLAN THAT WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF TOWN WHERE, WHERE HOUSING IS GONNA BE MORE DILAPIDATED AND WE NEED TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE CARE DOWN THE ROAD. COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POST A CASE COMMENT ON RACISM, BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR ABOUT MORE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, I LOOK AT THOSE AS REDLINING. I DON'T THINK [03:30:01] THEY'RE GOOD FOR THE CITY. UM, IT REALLY DETERMINES WHO CAN LIVE IN AN AREA AND WHO CAN'T DO YOUR RESEARCH. IT'S TRUE . UM, AND SO I THINK SOMETIMES HISTORIC DISTRICTS ARE, ARE NOT REALLY WHAT YOU WANT IN, IN A COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE IS GONNA BE A HISTORIC, YOU KNOW, POCKET AREAS. AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE, WHY DON'T WE PUT, UM, TOLL ROADS UP TO COME ON THE SIDE OF TOWN? AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION THAT I WANT OUR CITY TO BE SO EXCLUSIVE, ESPECIALLY ONE SIDE OF TOWN. BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THE EAST SIDE, ALL THE HISTORIC AREAS WERE TORN DOWN AND THERE WAS A LOT OF HIS HISTORY THERE. NOT JUST WITH THE INDIANS, BUT THE HOMES THAT WERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, BUT THE HOMES THAT WERE THERE AND THE RESOURCES AROUND THEM THAT MOST OF PEOPLE UP HERE PROBABLY NEVER SAW. UM, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE, UM, THE, THE COVENANTS, THE DEEDS, UM, UP IN LA CRESTA THAT IF YOU'RE BLACK, YOU CAN'T LIVE THERE. UM, OF COURSE YOU CAN, BUT THAT LANGUAGE IS STILL IN THERE. AND SO I DO GET TRIGGERED WHEN I TALK, WHEN I HEAR ABOUT HISTORIC DISTRICTS, UM, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXCLUSIONARY AND KEEPING PEOPLE OUT. AND THAT'S FROM READING THAT I HAVE DONE ON THESE. UM, AND AS FAR AS RACISM, IT IS AN ISSUE IN THIS TOWN. UM, MY, MY DAUGHTER WORKS AT KAISER, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL THIS AS A STORY 'CAUSE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS. UM, BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO WORK AT KAISER IN PETALUMA. SHE DRAWS BLOOD AND SHE WAS DRAWING BLOOD AND HER PARTNER WAS DRAWING BLOOD. AND THE MAN LOOKED AT HER AND SAID, PARKER, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT AN AFRICAN NAME. I MEAN, EVEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COME OUT IN 2024 IS SHOCKING TO ME. AND SO I THINK RACISM IS AN ISSUE AND I THINK THERE IS A PLACE FOR IT IN THIS GENERAL PLAN SO PEOPLE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, UM, BIAS IS. AND THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY, PLEASE. ALRIGHT. UM, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH DENNIS ON THE GOVERNANCE AND THE, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE MORE WORK OR FOR OURSELVES, UM, ON THE EQUITY. UH, I WAS, I WAS DOING AN EVENT THE OTHER DAY AND, UM, A WOMAN ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR WOMEN NOW THAT OUR, UM, WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC IS CLOSED DOWN? AND THAT IS, AND SHE WAS NOT CONCERNED FOR HERSELF AS A WOMAN OF MEANS. SHE WAS CONCERNED FOR WOMEN WHO DON'T HAVE MEANS AND NOW DON'T HAVE THAT RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR THEM. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, WE HAVE SOME DIMINISHED SERVICES FROM OUR, UM, LOCAL HOSPITAL. UM, AND THE EQUITY ISSUES THAT THAT BRINGS UP. UH, I DEFINITELY WANNA SEE MORE FOCUS ON MOBILITY AND HOUSING AND EQUITY. UM, I FELT LIKE SOME OF THE, WE DIDN'T REALLY EXPLORE SOME OF THE AGE ISSUES, BOTH FOR ELDER PEOPLE, BUT ALSO YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THERE. UM, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT CALLING OUT RACISM, UM, FOR THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL, UH, SECTION. UM, I THINK WE JUST FUNDING HOW ARE WE GONNA FUND THE DIFFERENT UPGRADES THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDINGS. UM, IT'S POLICY FRAMEWORK, RIGHT? IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE A, A IF OUR POLICY IS NOT PRODUCING THE INCOME THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE SEISMIC UPGRADES ON THE MUSEUM, WHAT HAVE YOU, THERE'S ALL, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC CITIES ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE FOR IT. YOU KNOW, LIKE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND, UM, AT LEAST BRING 'EM FORWARD AS POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND, AND EMBED THOSE IN THERE. UM, AND THEN I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FOCUS ON THE CULTURAL COMPONENTS, LIKE JUST THIS YEAR, LEARNING ABOUT PETALUMA'S CHINATOWN. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S, UH, WE HAVE A RICH HISTORY, BUT IT'S PROBABLY TOLD THROUGH A CERTAIN LENS. UM, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE, UH, A MORE THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF PETALUMA, UM, DATING BACK TO BEFORE THERE WERE SETTLERS HERE. UM, SO THAT'S MY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. UM, THANK YOU. UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, UM, 20 YEARS AGO I WISH WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND, UM, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON'S FAVORITE, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING. I WISH [03:35:01] WE HAD WRITTEN IT INTO THE GENERAL PLAN 20 YEARS AGO. UM, CHIEF MILLER HAD A GREAT PLAN AND WE DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT THE LAST TIME I WAS ON COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, PARKING AND TRAILERS AND UTILITY VEHICLES THAT ARE ON THESE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, WE NEED TO PUT THAT INTO THE GENERAL PLAN ON WHAT OUR POLICY IS AND HOW THE ENFORCEMENTS GONNA BE DONE. AND, UM, THINK AHEAD TO CLEANING UP THE, THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THEY AREN'T RVS PARKED ON LAWNS AND, UM, THAT THEIR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE USED APPROPRIATELY, LIKE THEY WERE DESIGNED. UM, WE HAVE BOATS ON THE STREETS THAT HAVEN'T MOVED IN A DECADE ANYWAY, UM, ON, UM, THE HISTORIC, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS. MY FIRST, UM, NEWLYWED HOME WAS ON HOWARD STREET. IT WAS A VICTORIAN THAT WAS BROKEN UP INTO THREE LITTLE APARTMENTS. AND I LOVED LIVING NEXT TO OAK HILL PARK, ESPECIALLY AS A NEWLYWED. WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, STROLL THROUGH THE PARK IN THE EVENING. AND I WORKED DOWNTOWN. HE WORKED DOWNTOWN. UM, WE COULD GO DOWNTOWN AND THEN WALK BACK HOME. AND, UM, WHEN OUR FIRST CHILD WAS GONNA BE BORN, WE MOVED INTO A HISTORICAL ONE LEVEL TWO BEDROOM HOUSE. AND THEN WHEN THE NEXT CHILD WAS GONNA BE BORN, WE HAD TO MOVE TO THE EAST SIDE 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD ANYTHING. BUT I BELIEVE SOME OF THOSE OLDER VICTORIANS ARE BROKEN UP INTO STILL APARTMENTS. SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, HOUSING IS SOME OF THOSE BIGGER HOMES ARE BEING BROKEN UP INTO APARTMENTS AND MAKING THOSE POLICIES. UM, UM, MORE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 'CAUSE IF IT'S HARD TO EVEN BUILD AN A DU, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO TAKE AN BIG HOUSE AND BREAK IT UP INTO APARTMENTS? UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT. BUT ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE IN OUR, UM, DOWNTOWN AREA, SOME OF THOSE BIGGER HOMES THAT, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES DON'T NEED. UM, ALSO WE USED TO HAVE A CENTRAL SPECIFIC PLAN, AND WE TALKED A LOT 20 YEARS AGO ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT, I THINK I STILL HAVE A COPY AT HOME. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY REMEMBERS IT. BUT, UM, I WAS ON THE HERITAGE HOMES IN THE NINETIES. I WAS ON THE AWARDS COMMITTEE, I WAS THE CHAIRMAN, AND, UM, WE GAVE AWARDS TO A LOT OF HOMES THAT WERE BEING RENOVATED. UM, AND HERITAGE HOMES HAD TOURS, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL, UH, IT BROUGHT PEOPLE TO PETALUMA. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, WE WEED TO CELEBRATE SOME OF THOSE OLDER HOMES, AND IT'S NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC, UM, I THINK IF WE MAKE, MAKE 'EM INTO APARTMENTS, LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN LIVE THERE AND WORK DOWNTOWN. UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE. UM, YEP. I COVER THE HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, JUSTICE. SO, UM, AND AS A LAST NAME, LIKE NOW EVERYBODY THINKS I'M ASIAN, SO IT, YEAH, RACISM IS HERE. I WOULD HAVE TO, UH, REPEAT AN AWFUL LOT OF, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT, UM, I WOULD NOTE PROBABLY ON THE HOUSING SIDE, UM, THE STATE IS HELPING US IMPLEMENTING EASY WAYS TO BREAK UP, UH, LOT BIG LOTS INTO MULTIPLE SMALLS AND TO, TO CREATE A USE. I THINK THE, THE STATE IS GONNA DRIVE SOME OF WHAT WE PUT IN OUR GENERAL PLAN. UH, I, I THINK ALL THIS IS, COMES DOWN TO ACCESS TO FUNDS. UM, AND, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN, THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, THEY HAVE A LACK OF ACCESS TO FUND. WE TALK ABOUT MILLS ACT AS MAYBE JUMPING IN WITH A FUNDING SOURCE. UM, THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO SOCIALIZE IT AND ADD, UH, GOVERNMENTAL CITY FUNDS TO THINGS AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT ACCESS TO THAT PATH? OR WHETHER WE'RE HAPPY DOING THINGS WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE FUNDS. IF WE CAN GET THE STATE OR TAX CREDIT SYSTEMS, I THINK THE CONVERSATION HAS TO BE DEEPER THAN WHAT WE'RE HAVING. WE'RE EVEN AT COUNCIL BEING SOMEWHAT WISHLIST ISH. AND, UM, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. UM, UH, I CONCUR THAT, UH, THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, UH, CREATE THEIR OWN WEALTH. UH, PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THAT AREA, BUY IN THAT AREA, AND THEN INVEST IN THOSE HOUSES AND THEY BECOME BIGGER, [03:40:01] APPRECIATING ASSETS AND THEN HAVE GREAT CONCERN THAT THE NEIGHBORING HOUSES, UH, EVEN MY 1964 ALUMINUM SLIDING WINDOW HOUSE, UH, COME UP TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT STANDARDS. AND, UH, THE PART OF THE HOUSE THAT'S NOT REMODELED, MY WIFE SAID, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT PART. THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID, WELL, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET WINDOWS, NICE WOOD WINDOWS ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND SHE SAID, THAT'S THREE TRIPS TO FRANCE. I, THAT PART IS NEVER GONNA GET REMODELED . AND, UH, SO, UH, BUT THE HOUSE STILL APPRECIATES AT A GREAT DOUBLE. AND SO THE, UH, THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, COMPONENT THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS STILL THERE. UH, SIMILARLY IF WE TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, MIDTOWN HOUSES AT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WHEN THEY'RE BUILT IN THE FIFTIES, AND NO APARTMENT WE HAVE TODAY IS LESS THAN THAT IS BEING APPLIED FOR TODAY. WE APPLIED FOR PERMITS OR TODAY IS LESS THAN 1200 SQUARE FEET PER UNIT. THERE'S LAND USE QUESTIONS, FEES, QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE BACK INTO, UM, HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE IN THE COMMUNITY. IF WE TRY AND TAKE THOSE HOUSES IN THE MIDTOWN AND, AND, AND INVEST IN THEM OR FACILITATE A METHOD, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT UNDERWRITTEN WITH SOME SORT OF, UH, PROGRAM OF A DEED RESTRICTION THAT KEEPS IT, I MEAN, IF THERE'S CITY MONEY IN THINGS, THEN IT'S KEPT IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING POOL, UH, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING, LAND, TRUST, OR ANY OF THE OTHER, UH, SYSTEMS OF, OF HOUSING LIKE THAT. BUT, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN ADDRESS OF, UH, A JUSTICE THERE. AND, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CULT THE CULTURE WE HAVE IS BUILT ON A RACISM AND WE'RE WORKING TO CHANGE IT. AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT DEMONSTRATIONS AT KAISER PROBABLY HAPPENED AT EVERY KAISER IN CALIFORNIA AND IN THE COUNTRY. I KNOW, UM, CERTAINLY EVERYBODY HAS AN ANECDOTE ABOUT THAT AUNT OR UNCLE WHO, WHO, UM, SAYS THE WRONG THING. I, I THINK WE HAVE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM TO ADDRESS. UM, BUT I LIKE THAT HE, UH, GENERAL PLAN IS GETTING THROUGH THE, UH, GOVERNANCE. SO I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW WE COULD BE ANY MORE TRANSPARENT. I THINK TRANSPARENCY IS A MATTER OF WHICH SIDE YOU SIT ON. IF YOU SIT ON THE SIDE THAT DOESN'T WIN, NOTHING WAS TRANSPARENT. AND IF YOU SIT ON THE SIDE THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, YOU APPROVED OF, THEN YOU THINK THE CITY DID A GREAT JOB. UM, THANK YOU. ARE WE MOVING TO PUBLIC NOW? LET'S TRY THAT. I'LL MY CARD, THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE PLAN TONIGHT, TONIGHT ONLY. I'M SITTING BACK THERE TRYING NOT TO SAY ANYTHING, AND IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO BE QUIET. I'M LISTENING TO YOU GUYS AND I'M ASKING MYSELF A SIMPLE QUESTION. ARE THEY HEARING WHAT THEMSELVES TALKING? ON ONE END, I HEAR, OH, THIS HAS BECOME, WELL, I DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME MARINE COUNTY ON THE OTHER END. YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS TO BECOME HOLLYWOOD. PALM SPRING. THIS IS SPRING. I HEAR SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT PARKING. THE PARKING ISSUE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS. MYSELF AND MR. REPPS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT NONE OF YOU COMING UP WITH SOME SOLUTION OR PUTTING A GENERAL PLAN, OKAY, THERE'S A PARKING ISSUE. HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT FINDING A PLACE TO HAVE PEOPLE PARK THEIR CARS? BUT SOME OF YOU, OH, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM. WELL, WHOSE PROBLEM IS IT? OKAY, WHOSE PROBLEM IS IT? BUT YOU DON'T HEAR YOURSELF TALKING. NOT TOO LONG AGO IN A ONE MEETING, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH BARNACLE. I COULD VERBATIM WHAT HE SAID. THIS IS JOHN, UM, RONALD REAGAN TOWN. WELL, IT'S NOT RONALD REAGAN TOWN. THIS IS MORE LIKE JOHN WAYNES TOWN. PETALUMA IS NO LONGER PETALUMA. WHEN I MOVED IN HERE, I MOVED BECAUSE PETALUMA STOOD FOR SOMETHING. BUT YOU GUYS CHANGING IT, BUT YOU DON'T HEAR YOURSELF TALKING. OKAY, MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO HOME AND LISTEN TO YOURSELF ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY. YOU MAKE ALL KINDS OF PROMISES. DURING THE ELECTION IN 2022, YOU MADE SO MANY PROMISES. HOW MANY OF IT HAPPENED? NONE. WHERE'S THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE CROSSING OVER, OVER, UH, CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS WHERE NOTHING, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO JUMP ON IT, I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU. YOU MAKE PROMISES DURING ELECTION, YOU SING BETTER THAN CANARY. BUT ONCE YOU SIT THERE, ALL YOU HEAR IS EXCUSES. SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHAT PROMISE YOU MAKE. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. YEAH, A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, [03:45:01] I KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE, THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE PROMISES. I ACTUALLY WANT TO DO DO THINGS. UM, ALSO, UM, CITIES CHANGE, EVERY CITY CHANGES. BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU GOT HERE. AND IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT TOMORROW THAN IT WAS TODAY. UM, WE'RE UP HERE AND WE'RE ELECTED TO, UM, TAKE, MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT THE CITY IN AMBER AND AND PRESERVE IT FOREVER, JUST THE WAY IT WAS WHEN YOU MOVED HERE. UM, IT'S GONNA CHANGE AND IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT, AND IT'S STILL GONNA BE AN AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND LET'S CARRY ON WITH OUR NEXT GROUPING. OKAY, NEXT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES. UM, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF CONNECTION OF THIS FRAMEWORK TO OTHER FRAMEWORKS, AND SO WE SAW QUITE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS THAT, UM, COULD HAVE JUST AS WELL BEEN MADE TO THE PARKS FRAMEWORK, FLOOD RESILIENCE, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC FACILITIES. UM, ALSO A LOT OF CONNECTION AS YOU'D EXPECT GIVEN, UH, THE CENTRAL ROLE OF ENERGY IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS. UH, BETWEEN, UH, THE UTILITIES FRAMEWORK, WHICH DOES HAVE AN ENERGY SECTION AND THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE, UH, ACTION. UM, MOST OF THE COMMENTS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON REFINING, UH, THE EXISTING GOALS AND POLICIES. UM, GOOD SUGGESTIONS THOUGH, ON STRENGTHENING AND MAKING MORE ROBUST THE SECTION ON HIGH SPEED INTERNET. SO THOSE WERE ALL VERY HELPFUL. UM, JUST A COUPLE QUICK NOTES HERE. UM, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A TIMING ISSUE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. UH, CITI HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES IN PLAY. WE'RE CONSISTENTLY TRYING TO KEEP THEM ALL ALIGNED AND CONSISTENT, BUT THEY GET OUTTA STEP SOMETIMES. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED DURING THE FRAMEWORK REVIEW PROCESS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT CONS, THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION AND THE GENERAL PLAN ULTIMATELY ARE CONSISTENT. AND THAT CERTAINLY IS OUR PLAN. THEY'RE ON DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES AT THIS POINT. WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP THEM CONSISTENT ALONG THE WAY, BUT ONCE THEY BOTH GET, ONCE THE BLUEPRINT GETS ADOPT, ADOPTED, WE'LL BE VERY CLEAR THEN WHAT, HOW THE COUNCIL'S ESTABLISHED THAT POLICY AND WILL BRING THE GENERAL PLAN INTO ALIGNMENT. AND I I MENTIONED THIS IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH CONNECTION BETWEEN THE UTILITIES SECTION OF THE FRAMEWORK AND OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, ENERGY, UH, IMPLICATIONS OF THE BLUEPRINT. UM, AND THEN LIKEWISE, UM, MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN ITSELF WILL BE HEAVILY CROSS-REFERENCED, WILL BE DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE FIND TOPICS. AND SUBTOPICS MENTIONED THIS HERE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY COMMENTS ON THIS FRAMEWORK THAT AGAIN, COULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS RELEVANT FOR SEVERAL OTHER FRAMEWORKS. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, UM, NOT SURPRISINGLY GOT A A LOT OF INTEREST AND COMMENT. IT WAS ALSO REVIEWED PROBABLY BY THE MOST, UH, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS INCLUDING RECREATION, MUSIC AND PARKS, TREE ADVISORY, CLIMATE ACTION, AS WELL AS THE GPAC AND PLANNING COMMISSION. PEOPLE ARE HAPPY GENERALLY WITH THE POLICY DIRECTION, BUT HAVE A LOT OF, UM, COMMENTS ON THE HOW AND THE SPECIFICITY, UM, AND WHERE THEY FIND DIFFERENT THINGS. I'M GONNA CUT TO THE CHASE, CHASE RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE BEGAN LOOKING AT THE FRAMEWORKS AND EXPECTED TO SEE URBAN FORESTRY AND STREET TREES IN THIS FRAMEWORK AND DIDN'T SEE THEM THERE AND FOUND THAT ALARMING. UM, IT LIVES IN THE, IT LIVED IN THE PARKS, UH, FRAMEWORK INITIALLY IN THE FRAMEWORKS, BUT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY, I THINK , THAT IT SHOULD BE MOVED INTO, UH, A PART OF A GENERAL PLAN ULTIMATELY THAT FOCUSES ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. UM, AND SO, UH, IN ADDITION THAT A LOT OF THEMES OF COMMENTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK. UM, A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS FOR REFINED LANGUAGE OR ORGANIZATION. UM, REALLY CONSISTENTLY, PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE, UM, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVI ENVIRONMENT AS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE CITY, REALLY BE FRONT AND CENTER AND LIFTED UP. UM, AND ALSO WANNA SEE A STRONGER, MORE HOLISTIC, UM, APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES THE COMMUNITY HAS AND SPECIFIC STEPS FOR HOW THOSE ARE GONNA BE PRESERVED. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT VERY CLEARLY, UM, IN THE FRAMEWORK. AND THEN, NOT SURPRISINGLY, A LOT OF COMMENTS ALSO ON THE, THE RIVER AS A CENTERPIECE OF THE ECOLOGY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN PETALUMA. SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, I MENTIONED THE RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIC TO URBAN FORESTRY, UM, [03:50:01] BUT ALSO SHOULD MENTION A NUMBER OF COMMENTS, SPECIFICALLY NOTING THE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT ECOLOGICALLY BENEFICIAL LAND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND COMING UP WITH STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING AND ENHANCING IT. UM, ALSO INTEREST IN THE WAYS IN WHICH DIFFERENT, UM, ACTORS, UH, PLAY A ROLE IN SUPPORTING AND GROWING THE URBAN FOREST AND PRESERVING OPEN SPACE, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. UM, AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS FOR HOW TO FURTHER STRENGTHENED COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE TRIBES AND NATIONS IN THE VICINITY. UM, UM, NOT JUST AS IT RELATES TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ALL THAT CERTAINLY WAS A CENTERPIECE, BUT, BUT MORE GENERALLY, UM, I KNOW THE CITY NO FOR A FACT. THE CITY ALREADY HAS STRONG RELATIONS, BUT SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN FURTHER STRENGTHENING THOSE AND CONTINUING THAT COLLABORATION. UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF PRESERVING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, NOISE IS A REQUIRED ELEMENT FOR A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND DID A FRAMEWORK SPECIFIC TO IT. UM, GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE AGAIN, UM, BUT A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SPECIFIC IRRITANTS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S BARKING TRUCK IDLING, UM, TRUCK NOISE GENERALLY, OR NOISE FROM THE AIRPORT. AND THEN A NUMBER OF COMMENTS SPECIFIC TO BANNING LEAF BLOWERS. AND THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT NOISE CONCERN AS WELL AS THE, UM, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CONCERN THAT IS NOTED IN THE BLUEPRINT END OF SECTION THREE OF FOUR COMMENTS, UH, START AT THE END AND COME ACROSS COUNCIL MEMBER . I, UH, NOT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN, UH, EQUITABLE INTERNET ACCESS, UH, TO THE MAX. UM, AND, UH, ABOUT THE ONLY OTHER THING, CERTAINLY, UH, WITH NOISE, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN BANNING LEAF BLOWERS. ALTHOUGH WHEN I WAS DOWNTOWN WALKING WITH MY WIFE A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND FOUND A, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE, MAYBE IT JUST, IT QUALIFIES AS A PRESSURE WASHER, BUT IT WAS A, A GAS ENGINE SPRAYING WATER REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS BASICALLY USING A WATER STREAM AS A LEAF BLOWER IS USED OKAY, FOR DEBRIS. AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, THAT SEEMED LIKE A, A WASTE OF BOTH GAS AND WATER AT THE SAME TIME. UM, AND THEN LASTLY ON, UM, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS, THE, THIS MENTION OF A RIVER KEEPERS GROUP, LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATER WATCH, IT REMINDS ME TOO MUCH OF, OF FIBBING ON PEOPLE THAT HAVE ABORTIONS IN THE SOUTH OR ON COMMUNISM IN THE FIFTIES. YOU KNOW, I JUST A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. UM, WELL, I HAD, UM, TECHNICAL, UM, QUESTIONS ON, UM, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. UM, OF COURSE NOW WE'RE GOING INTO 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, WHO KNOWS WHAT MORE WE'RE GONNA NEED FOR CELL TOWERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HURT US ENVIRONMENTALLY. SO WE HAVE A FINE LINE THERE. WE HAVE TO, UM, PUT IT INTO THE GENERAL PLAN, I GUESS. BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICIES ARE IN PLACE FOR OUR HEALTH, UM, FOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. UM, I HAD NOTES HERE ABOUT THOSE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE 15 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH BIKE ROUTES. AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. SO MORE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. THERE'S ONE THAT NEEDS A DA AND WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S CALTRANS. SO WE NEED TO THINK INTO THE FUTURE ABOUT PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS WE DID MAKE ON D STREET WITH THE, UM, CALMING WITH, UM, CROSSWALKS. AND WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THOSE. UM, THINKING INTO THE FUTURE, HOW DO WE PUT THOSE INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO WALK TO SCHOOL, TO JUST [03:55:01] EXERCISE. UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE IT SAFE. AND I KNOW THAT'S, UM, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MAKING CROSSWALKS IS A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT GETS PEOPLE OUT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT, GETS PEOPLE OUT TO ENJOY THE NATURE. AND ALSO, UM, WATER CONSERVATION. I HAD NOTES, UM, THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE NATURAL CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS THE WATER CONSERVATION PIECE AND ENCOURAGING. UM, I KNOW MY OWN LITTLE LAWN IS SHRINKING BECAUSE I'M PLANTING MORE POLLINATOR FLOWERS, SO WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THAT. I KNOW WE HAVE IN 20 YEARS COME A LONG WAY, SO WE NEED TO FORECAST AHEAD AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE, UM, IT WON'T BE A STATUS TO HAVE GREEN LAWN IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. IT'LL BE STATUS TO HAVE A POLLINATOR GARDEN. SO THINKING AHEAD 20 YEARS NOW IN THAT CRYSTAL BALL. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY. YEAH, SO JUST TWO THINGS AND UNDER THE UTILITIES, UH, ISSUE, I, I THINK THERE'S, UM, A HUGE DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT THE PUBLIC PERCEIVES AND WHAT THE REALITY IS IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY'S WATER USAGE AND THE TRENDS OVER TIME. AND, UM, I THINK THAT SHOWS UP, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO HOUSING, UM, QUITE FRANKLY. UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING TO FOLKS AND, UM, GINA WOULD KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I, BUT I BELIEVE IF YOU GO BACK 20 YEARS, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER BEING CONSUMED IN PETALUMA OVERALL FOR POTABLE WATER IS, IS, IS AT LEAST 30% LOWER THAN IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. UM, AND THAT'S IN SPITE OF POPULATION GROWTH. SO CONSERVATION EFFORTS, FAR OVERWHELM, UM, POPULATION GROWTH. SO, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A STORY THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING OUT THERE. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING, UM, ON, ON THE HIGH SPEED INTERNET, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL WANNA SUPPORT, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE, WHAT OUR BASELINE IS. AND WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW IS, IS, IS OR, OR, OR GET IS, UM, MAPS FROM THE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS, SONIC AT AND T, WHOEVER, AS TO WHAT PARTS OF TOWN THEY HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN HIGH-SPEED INTERNET TWO, AND WHICH PARTS ARE REMAINING TO BE DONE. 'CAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW BIG A PROBLEM WE HAVE THERE AND WHETHER IT'S DISADVANTAGED PARTS OF TOWN THAT ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE IT. I I, I'D BE SPECULATING. I HAVE NO IDEA. I'D JUST LIKE TO GET SOME BASELINE INFORMATION BEFORE WE GO CHARGING OFF ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR CHUBB. UM, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. UH, OVERALL, THOSE ARE PRETTY GOOD FRAMEWORKS TO START WITH. UH, THE ONLY THING I THINK ON THE NOISE ONE, I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT, UM, STRONGER, UM, TO, TO REDUCE THE, THE NOISE LEVEL WITHIN CITIES. 'CAUSE AS WE GROW AND URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ARE TIGHT AND WE'RE GROWING POPULATION IS GONNA BE MORE TRAFFIC, UH, UM, AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE PEOPLE DISTURBED BY NOISE, UH, WHETHER IT BE FROM, UH, THE FREEWAY OR FROM THE TRAIN OR FROM WHEREVER. UM, SO TO MINIMIZE NOISE OVERALL AS WE'RE GETTING MORE CONCENTRATED, IT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL. SO, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, UH, CAR NOISE, WE HAVE TO GET THE CARS QUIETER AND LIGHT ROADS HAVE TO GET QUIETER, UM, WHETHER WE USE RUBBERIZED, ASPHALT, WHATEVER TO DO THAT, THEN, UM, SO ANYWAY, JUST, JUST STRENGTHEN UP THE NOISE. UM, CONTROL A LITTLE BIT MORE IS, IT WOULD BE MY GOAL. AND THEN THE, UM, ON THE, UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL PUT ON MY, MY SUSAN KIRK'S HAT FOR A SECOND AND, UH, MENTION WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA ON, BUT MAYBE WITHIN THE NEXT 25 YEARS WE PUT IN THERE, WE WILL GET THE DATA BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LOTS OF WILDLIFE THAT'S CROSSING THE PAMA RIVER AND GOING UP AND DOWN OUR CREEKS. UM, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA NOW, WE NEED TO GET THE DATA. UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE SHOULD DO. UH, SO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE, UH, NOT ONLY THE, UH, BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE CITY FOR LARGE ANIMALS, BUT EVEN FOR, FOR THE INSECTS. DO WE STILL HAVE NATIVE BEES HERE IN TOWN OR NOT? ARE THEY POPULATING US PROPERLY? SO GETTING A, A FULL, UH, BIOLOGICAL SURVEY DONE IS, IS ONE, ONE AREA, UH, CORRIDORS AND JUST THE, THE LIFE TRACKING ECOLOGICAL LIFE HERE IN TOWN. SEE IF WE ARE IMPROVING WITH OUR FORESTRY IMPROVEMENTS. THEN THE, UM, OTHER PART, AGAIN GOING BACK TO, UH, WORKING WITH REGIONAL. UH, SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN TOWN AND OUR BIKE TRAILS HERE IN TOWN, MAYBE CONNECTING UP TO THE, UH, TRAIN STATION, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF HIKING TRAILS. THERE'S REGIONAL HIKING TRAILS, BAY AREA TRAILS, UM, AND THEN THERE'S STILL THE CIRCLE TRAIL THAT WE, UH, STILL HAVE SORT OF ON THE BOOKS. AND SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S STILL, UH, GOING BACK TO WHAT THE FRAMEWORKS ARE SAYING, A LITTLE STRENGTHENING [04:00:01] THERE OF CONNECTING OUR LARGER TRAIL SYSTEM, OUR CIRCULAR TRAIL SYSTEM WITH THE BAY AREA TRAIL SYSTEMS, UH, THE RIDGEWAY TRAILS, UH, THE RIVER TRAILS, THE BAY TRAIL, UM, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPLETE THOSE CONNECTIONS IF WE CAN. UH, WHETHER IT BE, UM, GETTING IT OVER TO, UM, UM, TO JACK LYNDON PARK, THERE'S A, COULD BE A TRAIL ALL THE WAY FROM HERE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THERE AS A POSSIBILITY. SO, UH, JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING MORE REGIONAL, UH, OUT BESIDES THE TRAILS IN TOWN HERE, BUT CONNECTING THEM WITH THE TRAILS REGIONALLY. AND I AM ONLY ASKED ASPIRING TO GET 500 FEET DONE BETWEEN LAKEVILLE AND, UH, WATER STREET , UM, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. AND I SUPPORT YOU ON THAT. I KNOW, UM, JUST FOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PUBLIC AS FAR AS PRESSURE WASHER, , 'CAUSE JERRY USES A PRESSURE WASHER AND HE'LL DO IT, UH, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NOISE . UM, BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN USING POISON TO GET THE WEEDS OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM, UM, CRACKS AND STUFF. AND IT REALLY CLEANS IT OUT REALLY WELL. AND SO WE DON'T USE POISON, BUT HE DOES DO THAT IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND YEAH, IT IS NOISY, BUT HE ALSO DOES IT TO, UM, TO CLEAN THE HOUSE, WHICH HE'S GOING TO DO SOON. UM, SO, UM, , IT JUST KIND OF STRUCK ME FUNNY WHEN YOU SAID THAT, UM, WE WILL GET MY GLASSES ON SO I CAN SEE A BIG THING. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOISE, AND I HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP MANY, MANY TIMES BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN MCDOWELL IS A PART OF, YOU KNOW, A HIGHWAY NOW, YOU KNOW, THE, AND WHICH IS TEARING UP OUR ROADS. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT TRUCK ROUTES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GET COMPANIES SUCH AS THE POST OFFICE AT THE NORTH END OF TOWN TO STAY ON THE FREEWAY INSTEAD OF USING LAKEVILLE AND GOING IN ON LAKEVILLE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND THEN WASHINGTON STREET, OR THEY USE CALL FIELD. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, UM, BECAUSE I GOT A, I CALL FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS CONTACTED THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE ON THIS AND HAS BEEN AT CITY HALL. HER HOUSE JUST SHAKES BECAUSE OF THE BIG TRUCKS GOING UP, CAULFIELD. AND I THINK AS A CITY, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND NOT MAKE OUR LOCAL ROADS, UM, PART OF A HIGHWAY SYSTEM. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S CONSTANTLY IGNORED, BUT IT, WHEN I GET THESE CALLS, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TOMORROW. IT'S THE NOISE AND HER HOUSE IS SHAKING, AND YET EVERYBODY SEEMS TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT THESE BIG TRUCKS, UM, ESPECIALLY GOING TO THE POST OFFICE AND WE ACCEPT TRUCK TRAFFIC, THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. BUT IT'S REALLY ROUTES AND HOW THE CITY IS GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET THE POST OFFICE KNOW. IF THEY STAY ON THE FREEWAY, THEY MAY HAVE MORE VMT, BUT THEY'RE NOT DISTURBING NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO BACK THE WAY THE EAST SIDE WAS DEVELOPED. AND THE EAST SIDE WAS DEVELOPED BASICALLY AT THE US BAKERY, AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF MEN THERE AND THEY PUT LINES DOWN AND THAT'S HOW THE EAST SIDE WAS BUILT. AND SO NOW WE NEED TO KIND OF RECTIFY A LOT OF THOSE PROBLEMS. AND ONE OF THEM IS SHAKING OF PEOPLE'S HOMES. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING AS A CITY THAT WE SHOULD ACCEPT. AND I THINK IN THE GENERAL PLAN, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT TRUCK ROUTES IN A, A HOLISTIC WAY AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY. AND, UM, SO THAT'S IT ON THE TRUCK ROUTES. UM, AND AS FAR AS THE INTERNET, I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST ACCESS TO FOR EQUITY, YOU KNOW, SO SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET, EVERYBODY, EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO AN INTERNET TODAY. UM, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, HEALY WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE ON THE EAST SIDE, IT'S KIND OF UNDERGROUND AND ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE, IT'S ALL ABOVE, YOU KNOW, GROUND IN THE LINES. AND SO TO REALLY CHANGE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO GO UNDERGROUND ON THE WEST SIDE, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE AS FAR AS COST, BUT I JUST REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITY AS FAR AS ACCESS. UM, SO EVERYBODY HAS THE INTERNET. UM, AND AS FAR AS THE TREES AND IN THE, UM, THE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, WE DO NEED TO PRESERVE THOSE. AND THERE IS A LOT OF WILDLIFE THERE. I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT KNOWING EVERY WILDLIFE THAT'S THERE, BUT MAKING SURE THAT AREA IS PRESERVED, BECAUSE WHEN DEER CREEK WAS BUILT, I MEAN, IT REALLY DID CHANGE THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BECAUSE THAT WAS USED FOR A LOT OF HAWKS. AND WHEN YOU LIVE CLOSE TO SOMETHING AND YOU NOTICE THAT, UM, [04:05:01] WILDLIFE HAS REALLY CHANGED. UM, AND SO I THINK WE, UM, NEED TO PRESERVE AS MUCH, UM, OF THOSE LANDS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE REALLY LOVE IN THIS TOWN, AND WE NEED TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE. AND I JUST WANTED JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT ON, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY DRIVE AROUND TOWN AND LOOK AT THE TREES. IT IS PRETTY AMAZING HOW MANY TREES HAVE GROWN EVEN ON THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE, AND A LOT OF TREE COVERAGE. UM, AND I THINK WE'VE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB IN GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. AND OF COURSE, WE CAN DO A LOT MORE. AND I LOVE THE IDEA ON, UM, WITH RELIEF ON, UM, PEOPLE'S YARDS. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TOO. BUT JUST KIND OF OPEN YOUR EYES AND REALLY SEE WHAT WE HAVE AROUND US. SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE COUNCIL MEMBER BARNAL APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENT ABOUT, UH, BROADBAND ACCESS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. MY ONLY WORD OF, IT'S NOT CAUTION, BUT JUST, UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON STREET TREES AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ALONG OUR STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE I AGREE, IT SHOULDN'T BE IN PARKS, MAYBE TRANSPORTATION, OR AT LEAST LIKE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME PULL INTO TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE, UM, I JUST SEE THIS GETTING ENTIRELY OVERLOOKED AS WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENTS INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. THANKS. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AS WE PROMISED. AND I ALREADY HAVE THE CARD. OKAY, I GOT SOMETHING INTERESTING FOR YOU. WHY DON'T WE BUILD THE WHOLE WALL AROUND PETALUMA AND PUT A CHECKPOINT AND QUESTION, DO YOU NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL POWER PASSPORT FROM JUST PAL LUA PASSPORT TO LIVE HERE? BECAUSE WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY? AND A QUESTION FOR DENNIS BKE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WEREN'T YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING A UNIT FOR $180,000 THAT USES WATER TO CLEAN THE STREET, BUT YOU BRINGING UP A PRESSURE WASHER AND DO, WAS I CORRECT WHEN I SAID, DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF TALK? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I BELIEVE THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AND LET'S, UH, KICK IT OVER TO THE TEAM FOR THE NEXT SEGMENT. OKAY, LAST SET OF FOUR. UM, FIRST UP PARKS AND RECREATION. UM, ALSO GOT A CLOSE LOOK BY SEVERAL CCBS INCLUDING PARKS AND TREE ADVISORY. UM, AGAIN, GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE. UM, GOT A LOT OF COMMENT, UM, LIKE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. UM, SOME OF THE THEMES INCLUDED THE, BOTH THE PETALUMA, PETALUMA RIVER PARK, WHICH IS, UM, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL AS THE UPSTREAM RIVER GREENWAY PROJECT SUPPORT, UH, FOR BOTH OF THOSE. AND PEOPLE WANNA SEE THE, UM, THE, THE CONCEPTS IN THOSE PLANS AND THOSE INITIATIVES REFLECTED IN THE GENERAL PLAN. UM, ALSO A NUMBER OF, UM, COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC TYPES OF FACILITIES PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. A COUPLE EXAMPLES ARE ON THE SCREEN. AND THEN THE PARKS FRAMEWORK DOES A, IN COORDINATION WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK, UH, DISCUSS THE IDEA OF A CITYWIDE NETWORK OF WHAT CAN BE BOTH, UM, TRAILS, PATHWAYS AND, UM, NATURAL SETTINGS. AND SO THERE WERE, UM, SOME SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR WHERE TO MAKE TRAIL AND PATH AND SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING COMMENTS ON THE TRESTLE AS PART OF THAT SYSTEM. AND THEN IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, AGAIN, PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE SEEING URBAN FORESTRY AND THE PARKS FRAMEWORK. UM, AND THEN SOME THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UM, EQUITY DIMENSIONS OF, UH, STREET TREE PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE. AND THEN, UM, A LOT OF INTEREST, UM, AS WE KNOW IN, UH, ACCESS TO THE RIVER, AND THOUGH THE RIVER IS MENTIONED A LOT IN FRAMEWORKS, PEOPLE ALSO, UH, UH, CORRECTLY NOTICE THAT WE SHOULDN'T JUST JUST FOCUS ON THE PETAL RIVER, RIVER SHOULD CONSIDER OTHER WATERWAYS, UM, IN THE CITY AND WATERSHED AS WELL. UM, AND THEN, UM, SOME COMMENTS FOCUS ON PRIORITIZING MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING PARKS BEFORE CONSIDERING, UM, CREATING NEW PARKS OR EXPANDING THE PARK SYSTEM. PUBLIC FACILITIES. UM, SAME [04:10:01] TWO, UH, COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES LOOKED AT THE THIS ONE AS WELL. UM, AGAIN, THERE'S A CON CONSIDERABLE OVERLAP WITH A BLUEPRINT BECAUSE OF SO MUCH OF ENERGY REDUCTION WITHIN CITY JURISDICTION RELIES ON THE MANAGEMENT, UM, OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. UM, SOME COMMENTS ABOUT SCHOOLS, THOUGH THAT'S OUTSIDE CITY JURISDICTION. UM, AND THEN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIC TO FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING RESTROOMS, UM, AUGMENTATION TO THE SENIOR CENTER SYSTEM, ANIMAL SERVICES FACILITY. UM, AND THEN SOME VERY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS ON THE NEED TO CONSIDER ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES. UM, GIVEN BOTH THE AGING POPULATION, UM, AND PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, SAFETY, UM, WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE CONSIDER BOTH THE FLOOD RESILIENCE AND THE SAFETY ELEMENT. AND THEY HAD SOME THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS CONNECTING THE TWO. UM, AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, COVERED A RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING ADDING EXTREME HEAT, UM, TO THE LIST OF HAZARDS THAT WERE ADDRESSED, UM, ENSURING THAT CORE EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS RESILIENT. UM, AND THEN SOME THINGS THAT, UM, LIKE ARE IN YOUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL PLANS, BUT THINGS AROUND IMPROVING, IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR EVENTS. UM, AND THEN ALSO A COMMENT RELATED TO POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES AND ADDRESSING, UM, MENTAL HEALTH, UM, BEYOND JUST THOSE RESOURCES. AND THAT WAS A CONNECTION TO SOME OTHER RELATED COMMENTS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE HEALTH EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORK. AND THEN FINALLY, TRANSPORTATION. I THINK THE FRAMEWORK THAT GARNERED THE MOST INPUT OVERALL, I THINK IT GOT OVER 300 COMMENTS ITSELF, NOT IN PART, NOT, NOT SURPRISINGLY BECAUSE IT WAS PRE, UH, RE UH, REVIEWED BY SIX DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, UM, BUT ALSO LOTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE TOPIC. UM, AND ALSO NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE, UH, UH, IT'S ORGANIZED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION, UH, ELEMENT OR CIRCULATION ELEMENT. AND, UM, MADE AN ATTEMPT AT REALLY LIFTING UP WHAT ARE, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES. UM, BUT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THAT RESTRUCTURING, THAT REORGANIZATION, UM, ALL OF WHICH WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND HELPFUL. UM, BUT AGAIN, LOTS OF INTEREST AS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER FRAMEWORKS AND CLARIFYING AND STRENGTHENING LANGUAGE, NOTING THE KEY CONNECTIONS AMONGST VARIOUS EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE, UM, A TP AND BLUEPRINT AND THE TRANSIT FREE FAIR PROGRAM. HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THE AIRPORT, UM, COMMISSION, UM, WHO EDUCATED US A LOT ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE AIRPORT AND ITS ROLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY. UM, AND SOME THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR, THEIR MANDATE TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE, UH, RELATED TO THE BLUEPRINT AND SOME OF THE, UM, TARGETS FOR, UM, REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS. UM, AND THEN SOME GREAT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, RELATED TO THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION, THE BLUEPRINT AND LAND USE. UM, REALLY GOOD THOUGHTFUL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF HOW TO, UM, DISPLAY THE INTERLOCKING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS WITHIN THE TI UH, CITY BIKE, PED TRANSIT ROADWAY, ET CETERA. AND THINKING ABOUT THAT AND REPRESENTING THAT COMPREHENSIVELY WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN. AND THEN, UM, JUST SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS, WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION THING, BUT AROUND COMMUNICATIONS, UM, TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO USE, UM, THE EXISTING TRANSIT AND MULTIMODAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THOSE SYSTEMS IN THE FUTURE. THERE YOU GO. COUNCIL MEMBER POKAY. UM, OH, SHOOT, I MISSED, UM, SORRY, I JUST, UH, WHILE YOU'RE, UH, THINKING ABOUT THAT, I, ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. YEAH. OKAY. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE PAST, UH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION SECOND. THAT'S A MOTION BY CATER THOMPSON A SECOND BY NOW. AND A ROLL CALL. ALL RIGHT. BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. LEY, YES. NOW YES. POST. OKAY. YES. SHRIVES, YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND, UH, IF YOU'LL HOLD THAT THOUGHT, DENNIS. YEAH. I'LL FLIP THE OTHER END AND ASK COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE IF HE'S, UH, READY TO HOP ON THIS. [04:15:01] SURE. UM, SO MY, MY FIRST, THE PARKS ONE FOR ME WAS MAYBE THE WEAKEST LINK. I FELT LIKE IT READ LIKE A LOT OF LIKE, UM, ALMOST LIKE CONSERVATIONISTS AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. UM, AND IT DIDN'T REALLY SEEM LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO INTO PARKS. UM, AND I DIDN'T GET THE SENSE THAT IT, THAT OUR PARKS WERE FOR HELPING OUR SENIORS AGE IN A HEALTHY WAY, UM, OR THAT WE'VE GOT THESE AWESOME YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, OVERALL IN, IN THE VISION FOR OUR PARKS, IT FELT LIKE THEY'RE THERE TO SEQUESTER CARBON AND, AND THEN LIKE PASSIVE RECREATION AND STUFF. AND IT'S LIKE, ACTUALLY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GO THERE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS AND IT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WE WERE, UM, GETTING AT THAT. I ALSO NOTE THAT THERE'S NO PILLARS IN, IN THE PARKS. THE OTHER ONES HAVE PILLARS. I DON'T, I THINK THE PARK PILLARS WAS LEFT OUT. UM, THE, UM, I THINK MAINTENANCE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, TO HARP ON WITH PARKS AND, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAN INTO, UM, BECAUSE THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CON COMMENTS THAT I GET ABOUT OUR PARKS IS JUST MAINTENANCE RELATED. UM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE REMARKS ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS IN MAINTENANCE LATELY. UM, THE, UM, SO ON THE EQUITY FOCUS FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS P SEVEN, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF IRKS ME IS LIKE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, OUR, OUR FACILITIES ARE DISPERSED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, AND IT'S LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE EQUAL ACCESS, RIGHT? SO LIKE, THERE'S NO LIGHTED BASKETBALL COURT ON THE WEST SIDE, YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST SIDE. THERE'S NO BASEBALL FIELD WITH ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE'S, UM, AND SO, AND THEN WE DO SURVEYS. AND THE SURVEYS SORT OF REINFORCE IT. IT'S LIKE, OH, WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, MY 5-YEAR-OLD COMES HERE, SO FIVE YEAR OLDS PLAY IN THIS PARK. AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, THERE'S A FIVE YEAR OLDS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO LIVE NEXT TO THAT PARK. AND SO I THINK THIS, MAYBE THIS IS FOR A PARKS MASTER PLAN, UM, BUT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THAT, UM, IN THAT AREA. AND THEN, UM, I ALSO NOTE THE SUPPORT YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRAMMING. UM, THERE WAS ONLY ONE ACTION UNDER THAT, UNDER THAT GOAL. AND YOUTH ARE 25% OF OUR POPULATION. THEY'RE DISPROPORTIONATELY MINORITY. UM, THEY CAN'T VOTE. AND IT JUST FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T DOING THEM THE SERVICE THAT THEY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE SHOULD, UM, WITH ONE ACTION UNDER THAT. UM, SO THAT WAS MY, MY COMMENTS ABOUT PARKS. UM, I'VE REALLY SHARED A LOT OF MY TRANSPORTATION ONES ALREADY BECAUSE I SAW IT. UM, BUT I, I JUST THINK IF WE KEEP LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS THROUGH THE LENS OF CLIMATE, UM, AND LIKE THE VISION OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2030, WE'RE MISSING OUT ON ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE STUFF THAT WE SHOULD BE SELLING THIS ON. UM, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION OR PARKS OR WHATEVER, LIKE IF IT'S GOOD FOR THE CLIMATE, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR QUALITY OF LIFE TOO. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE MESSAGING THIS AS. UM, AND SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT WITH THAT. I, I THINK I'VE SHARED MOST OF MY STUFF ALREADY. THANKS PETER THOMPSON. OKAY. UM, I AGREE WITH, UM, ALL OF COUNCIL MEMBER BARN'S COMMENTS. UM, PARKS NEED TO BE FOR EVERYBODY, AND I DO FEEL AS THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TREES AND THAT'S IT. AND REALLY NOT LOOKING AT WHAT PARKS DO FOR COMMUNITY AND HOW MANY USES ARE THERE, BUT ALSO, UM, JUST WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, EXTREME HEAT. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH SENIOR POPULATION, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PLAN FOR THAT. I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE IT, BUT IT'S GONNA GET PROBABLY MORE SO, AND I THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE. UM, SO HIGH IN SENIORS, YOU KNOW, AND MOBILE HOME PARKS IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND LOWER INCOME. UM, I SEE THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RIVER PARK, I MEAN, I SEE THE RIVER PARK, THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE GREENWAY AND ALL THE RIVER, THE TRIBUTARIES THAT GO INTO THE RIVER, JUST KIND OF ALL CONVERGING AS, AS A GREAT, UM, AUGMENT FOR TOURISM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THEY JUST, I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN GOING BACK INTO THE ECONOMICS AND JUST [04:20:01] REALLY CONNECTING HOW TOURISM, BUT ALL OF THESE AMENITIES, UM, REALLY BRING PEOPLE IN AND WITHOUT THE IMPACT OF BEING A TOURIST TOWN, BUT YET YOU HAVE PEOPLE HERE, UM, THAT ARE HELPING OUR ECONOMY AND, AND IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC TOO. SO THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW. UM, I ALSO HAVE TO SUPPORT WHAT WAS JUST SAID, UH, BY THE TWO PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ABOUT THE, UH, PARKS. AND I, I LOVE MY TREES, I LOVE MY OPEN SPACE, BUT, UH, WE'RE, THAT'S ALL, ALL GOOD. BUT WITH THE POPULATION INCREASE WITH URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND THE POPULATION INCREASE OF PROBABLY 20,000 PLUS IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS, THAT'S WHAT THE RATE WE'RE GROWING AT. UM, THAT MEANS MORE PEOPLE NEEDING TO, UH, GET OUT INTO THE PROFESSION AND DO THINGS, AND PARTICULARLY DOING THINGS. SO, UM, SO IT'S A FACILITIES, SO NOT JUST THE OPEN SPACE, BUT ALSO, UM, ALL THE FACILITIES NEED TO BE MAINTAINED AND UPGRADED, AND PARTICULARLY JUST THE NUMBER OF BATHROOMS AROUND TOWN. UH, MORE FACILITIES FOR THAT THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, MORE ACCESS FOR MORE PEOPLE. UH, THAT'S GONNA BE VERY CRITICAL TO HAVE THERE WITHIN 25 YEARS. SO WE NEED TO AT LEAST DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF BATHROOMS WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS. UH, SOME PARKS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, SO, UH, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF COMMENTS LIKE THAT. AND INCLUDING EVEN DOWNTOWNS, WHETHER IT'S MINI PARKS DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE, UH, BATHROOM FACILITIES THROUGHOUT, BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TREMENDOUSLY, UM, ON THAT. UM, AND UH, UH, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES, UH, LOOKING AT LITTLE PARK POCKET PARKS. I KNOW THAT WAS SORT OF MENTIONED, BUT THERE'S LOTS MORE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEARLY STATED, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AREAS OF COMMUNITY TO VISIT. I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT ABOUT DOWNTOWN AREA POCKET PARKS, THE LIKE, BUT THERE NEED TO BE POCKET PARKS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, CREATED, WHETHER IT BE ON THE STREETS, UM, OR IN, UH, TINY LITTLE LOTS THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE AT, AT A TIME OR CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WITH THAT EXPANSION. WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE ON THOSE THINGS. EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, I'VE, I'VE LIKED SO FAR WHAT'S IN THE FRAMEWORKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HEALEY. SO I, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCH SHRIMPS THAT OUR, OUR PARK SYSTEM IS GONNA BE MORE INTENSELY USED, UM, IN THE FUTURE DECADES. UM, AND WE'RE NOT, SO I, I, I ESPECIALLY AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT ABOUT BATHROOMS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, BUT I, I THINK, UM, IN GENERAL WITH MORE INTENSE USE OF PARKS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FOCUS ON PUTTING MORE AMENITIES IN OUR PARKS. AND, UM, AND AGAIN, THE MAINTENANCE HAS GOTTEN A LOT BETTER, BUT IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO MOVE UP A NOTCH FROM WHERE IT IS. UM, ON THE ITEM ABOUT THE CITY MAINTAINING STREET TREES, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE A DOLLAR FIGURE ATTACHED TO THAT, BECAUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, AN EXPENSIVE ITEM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD RANK AS A PRIORITY IN TERMS OF OTHER FUNDING PRIORITIES, UM, THAT WE, WE MIGHT WANNA TAKE ON. AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF STREET TREES ARE TAKING CARE OF LEDS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY DIRECTED AT CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE GRANULAR INFORMATION ON THAT. I CERTAINLY AGREED WITH THE COMMENT ABOUT, UM, HAVING TO PLAN FOR EXTREME HEAT AND, UM, THAT'S JUST GONNA BECOME MORE OF A CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD AND, AND HOW TO, AND ESPECIALLY WITH AN AGING POPULATION. UM, AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING AND NEVER HAVE, AND NEVER THOUGHT THAT NEEDED IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S STARTING TO SHIFT AROUND AND HOW ARE WE GONNA SERVE THOSE FOLKS, UM, IN THOSE KIND OF EVENTS. UM, AND THEN ON TRANSPORTATION, I GUESS THE ONE COMMENT I WOULD HAVE, UM, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE MOVED TO VMT AS, UH, THE QUA TRAFFIC METRIC. UM, BUT I THINK IT'S USEFUL AND VALUABLE TO CONTINUE TO CALCULATE LEVEL OF SERVICE. UM, BECAUSE WITH VMT, IF YOU HAVE A TRA UH, A TRIP OF TWO MILES, VM T'S GONNA TELL YOU IT'S TWO MILES AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA IF THAT TWO MILE TRIP IS GONNA TAKE YOU 10 MINUTES OR 40 MINUTES. UM, SO I, I THINK IT'S, AND I BELIEVE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE, ARE CALCULATING BOTH, EVEN THOUGH RECOGNIZING THAT VMT IS THE RECOGNIZED, UM, SQUA METRIC, BUT I, I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, BE CALCULATING BOTH IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. THANK YOU. UM, WELL, I'M GONNA PUT ON MY, UM, CHEERLEADING FOR THE PARKS. UM, WE REALLY NEED TO PUT SOMEWHERE IN THE GENERAL PLAN A VISION FOR THE AQUATICS. IT'S GROWING [04:25:01] BY NUMBERS AS OUR COMMUNITY AGES, BECAUSE THE AGING COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT WARMER WATER, UM, AS AN EXERCISE WHEN MAYBE THEY CAN'T DO OTHER EXERCISE. UM, AND OUR AQUATICS FACILITY IS NOT UP TO PAR. IT'S THE, THE BOILERS ARE NOT, UM, KEEPING THE WATER WARM ENOUGH. SO WE NEED TO PUT IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT AT A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE TO OFFSET THE COSTS. I KEEP ASKING ABOUT SOLAR. IF WE COULD PUT SOLAR IN AT LOCATION, MAYBE WE COULD PUT SOLAR IN, AND I KNOW STAFF IS WORKING ON IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE, UM, POLICIES FOR THE, FOR THE GENERAL PLAN, THINKING AHEAD FOR AS MUCH SOLAR AS WE CAN GET TO, UM, OFFSET THE COSTS IN SOME OF OUR PARKS. IF WE'RE GOING TO USE LIGHTS AT NIGHT, WE NEED MAYBE SOLAR. UM, ALSO OUR, OUR PARKS ARE REALLY LACKING SHADE. UM, THE TREES AT THE KENNELWORTH PARK, I KNOW THE KENILWORTH PARK IS A COUPLE YEARS OUT FOR, FOR, UM, RENOVATING IT, BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT SHADE AND MAYBE CANOPIES OVER THE, UM, PLAY STRUCTURES. UM, AS A GRANDMOTHER OF SEVEN, I GO TO THE PARKS A LOT AND WHEN IT'S A WARM DAY, I WANNA TAKE 'EM FOR ICE CREAM AND GO TO THE PARKS. WELL, IT'S TOO HOT. THE PLAY EQUIPMENT IS WAY TOO HOT, SO WE NEED SOME SORT OF SHADE. THEY HAVE THESE, UM, SHADE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, SALES THAT THEY PUT UP. I KNOW THEY SELL 'EM FOR RESIDENTIALS AND I'VE SEEN 'EM IN SCHOOLS, SO I KNOW THEY'RE, UM, AVAILABLE. AND THERE'S GRANTS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT THAT INTO THE, UM, CANCER, CHILDREN'S CANCER. SKIN CANCER HAS, I'VE WRITTEN GRANTS IN PAST FOR SCHOOLS, UM, USING THAT, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES. UM, I KNOW WE NEED TO THINK AHEAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE AND EV CHARGERS. HOW MANY MORE CHARGERS DO WE NEED TO THINK AHEAD TO PUT IN OUR NET, OUR DIFFERENT PUBLIC FACILITIES? UM, UH, DO WE NEED TO ADD THEM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS? DO WE NEED TO ADD THEM AT, UM, THE PUBLIC PARKS? I DON'T KNOW. UM, IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK INTO FOR THE FUTURE? UM, FOR SAFETY, UM, WE NEED TO PUT IN THE GENERAL PLAN, OUR NEW VISION FOR OUR SAFETY CENTER THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND POLICIES IN PLACE FOR EVACUATION AND NATURAL DISASTER. UM, WE MIGHT NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THE SAFE TEAM AND KEEPING THOSE LEVELS UP, UM, FOR, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, AND SAFETY. UM, FOR MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION. UH, AGAIN, THE AGING POPULATION, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT MORE HANDICAP PARKING, UM, DOWNTOWN AND IN OTHER, UM, THE FAIRGROUNDS COULD USE SOME, SOME HANDICAP PARKING, I'M TOLD, UM, THE DIFFERENT PARKS, WE NEED SOME HANDICAP PARKING. UM, AS OUR AGING POPULATION, OUR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS WITH HANDICAPS ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DRIVING AND THEY NEED HANDICAP PARKING 'CAUSE THEY NEED A, A WIDER SPACE TO OPEN UP THEIR CAR DOORS AND GET THEIR WHEELCHAIRS OUT OR WHATEVER, UM, MOBILE DEVICE THEY'RE USING. UM, THERE'S SOME LOCATIONS DOWN THE THEATER DISTRICT THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HANDICAP PARKING. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE WERE DOING DESIGNING THE THEATER DISTRICT. SO WE NEED TO PUT THAT INTO OUR GENERAL PLAN. UM, WE, UM, HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER ABOUT THE RV AND BOAT PARKING. MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT HAVING A, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN WE, I KNOW THERE IS ONE LITTLE INSIDE OF PETALUMA ON LIMBER LANE. THERE'S AN OLD, THEY HAVE RVS, PARKING AND SOME I THINK RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, SOME BOATS AND THINGS. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW TO MAKE THAT A LAND USE. I, YOU KNOW, FOR PARKING. I MEAN, RENTING IT OUT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY COULD PURCHASE A PIECE OF EMPTY LAND AND MAKE IT FOR RENTALS? UM, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING, YOU KNOW, I BOUGHT A BOAT, WHERE CAN I STORE IT? UM, [04:30:02] THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE. UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I'M EXCITED. COUNCILOR . THANK YOU. UM, I HAD ONE, UH, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC FACILITIES OR DOES IT FALL UNDER PARKS AND REC, OR DOES IT FALL UNDER, UH, SOMEWHERE ELSE? UH, UM, I BELIEVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS TALKING ABOUT A MULTICULTURAL CENTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND, UH, AND I JUST, JUST NOW REALIZE, I, I DIDN'T THINK I HAD READ THAT IN ANY OF THESE, BUT I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT. THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IS THAT, UM, UNDER ON, ON THE SAFETY FRAMEWORK, UH, THE MENTION IS MADE OR THERE'S A REFERENCE TO QUOTE EXISTING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTERS. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT LIST. I WONDER IF ANYONE ELSE CAN TELL ME THAT THEY'VE SEEN THAT LIST. ANYBODY? UH, I JUST, UH, I I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ONE THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY POINT I THINK I WOULD SUPPOSE THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIST, I THINK, UH, WHO TO CALL? YEAH. IS THAT, I, I DON'T KNOW. I, I, I THINK OF THE RESILIENCE CENTER AS SOMEPLACE PEOPLE CAN GO FOR A VARIETY OF, OF THINGS SUCH AS HEATING OR COOLING AS NEEDED IN THE TIME OF THE YEAR AND, AND, AND POWER OUTAGES, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER THINGS. AND I, UH, UM, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT USING COMMUNITY CENTER IN THAT REGARD. AND MY OWN FEELING IS THAT THE ABSOLUTE CLASSIC, CLASSIC, UH, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER IN THE WORLD IS, UH, MCDOWELL SCHOOL AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE ONE OF THOSE AT SIX SITES AROUND TOWN. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. THANK YOU. UM, I DID WANT TO, UM, UM, APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS MAKING PARKS MORE ACT, UH, MORE DISCUSSION ON ACTIVE PARKS. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO GOOSE UP. AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER THING I WAS, UH, THINKING ABOUT IS THAT WE HAVE PLANS FOR ROAD DIETS ALL AROUND TOWN AND, UM, THEIR CLIMATE ACTION, THEIR SAFETY, THEIR TRANSPORTATION. I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE DO THIS, BUT I, I THINK THE GENERAL PLAN ANNOUNCING THE VISION, WE SHOULD ANNOUNCE THIS EARLY, THAT THIS IS OUR, YOU KNOW, IF ROADS HAVE EXCESS CAPACITY AND THINGS THAT THEY'LL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS SO THAT PEOPLE SEE THE VISION COMING. THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT. SO THAT CONCLUDES US. YOU GUYS, BACK TO YOU GUYS OR NO, BACK TO YOU GUYS OVER TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. I DID HEAR SOMETHING POSITIVE AND IT'S ABOUT THE CHARGERS AND PARKING. THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL USING GAS CARS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA GIVE UP THEIR GAS CARS, AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CHARGING STATIONS FOR EV VEHICLES. SO WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU PUT ALL THESE CHARGING EV CHARGING STATIONS, AND ANY PLACE YOU GO, YOU'LL SEE THE SIGN EV VEHICLE PARKING ONLY. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT ALL THESE STATIONS IN, WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR GAS OPERATED VEHICLE? AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AS IT IS IN PALOMA, PARKING IN PALOMA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. SO YOU GO AND ELIMINATE PARKING FOR THE EV VEHICLES, WHICH IS A LOT OF THEM. THEY WILL PARK THERE FOR HOUR OR TWO TO CHARGE OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE PARKING FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT CLOSES, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM FOR THE NIGHT. AND NOW BACK TO Y'ALL, YOU GUYS FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, LOTS OF, DID YOU GET THE KIND OF DATA YOU, UH, I MEAN WE APPRECIATED EVERYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US, VICE MAYOR REPPS. JUST ONE LAST WAY, UM, NOW THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT, WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE IS THE CURRENT FRAMEWORKS FROM, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. UH, AT WHAT POINT ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE, THE NEXT DRAFT? ARE WE GONNA SEE 'EM ONE AT A TIME OR THE WHOLE OR EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME? AND WHEN MIGHT THAT HAPPEN? SO OUR NEXT, THE NEXT THING OUTSIDE OF THE LAND USE FRAMEWORK THAT WILL BE COMING IN, UH, HOPEFULLY IN OCTOBER TO THE COUNCIL, THE NEXT THING WE WILL DO IS BEGIN DRAFTING THE GENERAL PLAN. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO, THE PLAN IS NOT TO DO ANOTHER ROUND OF FRAMEWORKS. IT IS TO TAKE THESE FRAMEWORKS, TAKE [04:35:01] ALL THIS INFORMATION WE HAVE, AND START DRAFTING THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH IT WILL THEN COME OUT AS THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN. SO IS THAT MEANS WE'RE POSSIBLY GONNA SEE A, A FIRST DRAFT OF THE GENERAL PLAN BEFORE THIS JANUARY? NO . OKAY. JUST ASKING. OKAY. UM, GOOD. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. I'M LONG AWAITED AND MUCH APPRECIATED. AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT, UH, WE AS NOTED EARLIER, WE ARE ADJOURNING, UH, IN HONOR OF, UH, LYNN M AND, UH, PETER TATUM, UH, WHO WE'VE LOST. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MR. MAYOR. COULD WE ADD DON FORESIGHT ONTO THAT? UM, CERTAINLY. YEAH. HE WAS A LONG, LONG TIME IN THIS COMMUNITY. HE WAS ALICE'S HUSBAND AND SHE WAS REALLY INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND, AND HE PASSED AWAY. SO WE'LL ADD HIM. THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT TO US. THANKS. AND WITH THAT MEETING AS ADJOURNED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.