Jan 06, 2025 City Council

AND GOOD EVENING, .

CLERK TO, UH, ASSIST US WITH THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR, UH, DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT FRANK QUINT, DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT, UH, ALEXANDER DI CARLY AND DISTRICT SIX COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT BRIAN BARNACLE.

ALRIGHTY, AND THANK YOU.

UH, NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY

[ Swearing In Ceremony City Clerk to swear-in District 4 Councilmember-elect Frank Quint, District 5 Councilmember-elect Alexander DeCarli, and District 6 Councilmember-elect Brian Barnacle]

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 2025.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER I STATE YOUR NAME.

SOLY SERVE I, I'LL SUPPORT AND DEFENDANT, I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY, OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY, OFA, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, YES.

ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

I, FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, I WILL ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARTER, OF THE CITY OF UNITED, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION TO, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY RESERVATION FOR PURPOSE OF ATION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE UPON.

AND WITH THAT, UH, AND WITH THAT,

[CALL TO ORDER]

UH, I SHOULD NOTE, IF YOU WISH TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, UH, ON SOMETHING, ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA OR NOT, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER CARD IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND RETURN TO OUR CLERK WHO'S IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

AND WITH THAT, LET'S HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING.

HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ONE NATION, UH, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

LET'S RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

LET LET OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC WHO UNDERSTANDS

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PLEASE, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THIS TIME, UM, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'LL BE CLOSING TONIGHT'S MEETING IN HONOR OF GARY M IT WAS A CHERISHED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER.

GARY, UH, RETIRED AS CEO OF CLOVER STATA IN 2005, AFTER A REMARKABLE 20 YEAR CAREER DURING WHICH HE HELPED SHAPE THE COMPANY AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

GARY MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART LYNN IN, IN 1960, AND TOGETHER THEY BUILT A LIFE IN PETALUMA.

LYNN PASSED AWAY IN 2024, ALSO LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF KINDNESS AND COMPASSION, UM, THAT SHE AND GARY NURTURED TOGETHER.

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GARY AND LINDA, OUR COMMUNITY, RUN DEEP FROM HELPING ESTABLISH THE ORIGINAL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PETALUMA, UH, TO GARY'S DEDICATED WORK WITH THE CHAMBER AND THEIR IMPACT IS STILL FELT TODAY.

THEIR PHILANTHROPY OFFERING BOTH TIME AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT, PROVIDED HOPE AND HELP TO COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED.

AS WE REFLECT ON THEIR LIVES, WE'RE REMINDED OF THE POWER OF GENEROSITY AND THE COMMITMENT TO OTHERS.

THEIR LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL.

AND WE'LL BE CLOSING THE MEETING IN HONOR OF GARY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON THAT THOUGHT OF LEGACY.

WE MUST ALSO NOTE THE PASSING OF OUR FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, A CHAMPION FOR PEOPLE, HUMAN RIGHTS, VOTER RIGHTS, AND ELECTION FAIRNESS.

AND, UH, UH, IN HIS, UM, MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS BEING, UH, PEACE EFFORTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THE CREATION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS.

AND I'D LIKE TO READ A PHRASE THAT PRESIDENT CARTER REPEATED OFTEN IN HIS COMMUNICATIONS, UH, AND, AND CONTINUES TO BE A LIGHT FOR ALL OF US.

OUR DREAMS ARE BIG, OUR HOPES ARE HIGH, OUR GOALS FOR THE LONG TERM.

THE PATH IS DIFFICULT, BUT THE ONLY FAILURE IS NOT TO TRY.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD GUIDANCE FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

UM, SO, UM, I, AT THIS POINT, I'D

[AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)]

LIKE TO, UH, LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DESK TO SEE ABOUT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND SAY IF, UH, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISHES TO CHANGE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE DOING THE AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, AS IT IS, UH, DELIVERED TO YOU AND POSTED ONLINE.

AND

[PROCLAMATIONS]

OUR FIRST, AND PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MORE FUN THINGS WE GET TO DO IS OFFER A PROCLAMATION.

AND THIS ONE IS FOR JOHN FITZGERALD.

PLEASE, UH, RISE THERE, GENTLEMEN.

AND I'LL READ.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE JOHN J. FITZGERALD FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

AND WHEREAS A NATIVE NEW YORKER JOHN GREW UP IN SAN FRANCISCO, GRADUATING FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A BUSINESS DEGREE, WITH FOLLOWING HIS TIME IN THE ARMY, HE BEGAN TAKING CIVIL ENGINEERING CLASSES AT THE COLLEGE OF MARIN AND HEALS COLLEGE.

JOHN MOVED TO PETALUMA IN 1975, AND AFTER RECEIVING HIS LICENSES AS PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER, HE OPENED FITZGERALD AND ASSOCIATES IN 1979.

THE COMPANY DID A GREAT DEAL OF SURVEYING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OVER THE YEARS, AND WHEREAS JOHN HAS BEEN A STEADFAST ADVOCATE FOR PRESERVING PETALUMA'S RIVER HERITAGE, CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO PROJECTS SUCH AS THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC TRESTLE, JOHN HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING HISTORIC VESSELS SUCH AS THE SC SCHOONER ALMA TO THE PETALUMA RIVER TURNING BASIN, AND ALLOWING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE A TANGIBLE PIECE OF PETALUMA'S MARITIME HISTORY.

AND WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE BEAU BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC PETALUMA RIVER.

JOHN CO-FOUNDED THE PETALUMA RIVER FESTIVAL IN 1986, AND FROM 86 TILL 1997, UH, THE RIVER FESTIVAL'S ESTIMATED 30,000 ANNUAL VISITORS ENJOYED BOATLOADS OF FUN, UH, FOOD AND MUSIC, CELEBRATING WHAT JOHN CALLED PETALUMA'S LONGEST PARK.

AND WHEREAS AN AVID COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED MEMBER OF MANY LOCAL COMMITTEES SUCH AS THE SONOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY, ZONE TWO A, THE FLOOD CONTROL ADVISORY, THE PETALUMA RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, ADVISORY PARKS, MUSIC AND RECREATION, PETALUMA, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RIVER COMMITTEE, THE CENTRAL PE PETALUMA SPECIFIC PLAN ADVISORY AND PETALUMA'S DEVELOPMENT CODE ADVISORY.

AND WHEREAS HIS PEERS AND FELLOW CITIZENS HAVE RECOGNIZED JOHN'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PETALUMA AND HONORING HIM WITH THE TITLE OF PETALUMA GOOD EGG IN 2012 AND PETALUMA'S CITIZEN OF THE YEAR IN 2004, BOTH TESTAMENTS TO HIS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING AND PRESERVING

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THE CITY'S RICH HISTORY AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPIRIT.

AND WHEREAS HIS DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY IS FURTHER EXEMPLIFIED BY HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF PETALUMA VALLEY FOR 25 YEARS, AND WITH THE PETALUMA HISTORIC LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, WHERE AFTER RETIRING IN 2011, UM, JOHN STARTED VOLUNTEERING AND LEADING WALKING TOURS FROM THE MUSEUM TO THE RIVER, SHARING HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION FOR THE RIVER'S HISTORY WITH PARTICIPANTS.

HE DELIVERED LECTURES ON THE PETALUMA RIVER HISTORY AND PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS THAT, UH, EDUCATED AND ENGAGED RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE, INCLUDING HELPING TO REORGANIZE AND CATALOG THE COLLECTION OF EARLY MAPS OF PETALUMA AND SONOMA COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS FITZ, AS HIS FRIENDS CALL HIM, HAS VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME IN MANY YEARS, AND HIS EFFORTS HAVE NOT ONLY PRESERVED THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER, BUT HAVE FOSTERED A SENSE OF PRIDE AND CONNECTION AMONGST RESIDENTS STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY'S BOND WITH THIS VITAL NATURAL RESOURCE.

AND WHEREAS JOHN'S UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE BETTER MENDO PETALUMA SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL DEMONSTRATING THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL'S PASSION AND COMMITMENT CAN HAVE ON A COMMUNITY.

HIS LEGACY OF SERVICE AND ADVOCACY CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT, ENSURING THAT PETALUMA'S RICH HISTORY AND NATURAL BEAUTY ARE PRESERVED FOR GENERATIONS TO ENJOY.

WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 6TH OF JANUARY, 2025 AS JOHN FITZGERALD DAY IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION FOR HIS TIRELESS DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR ATTENTION TO ME.

AGENDA, WE'RE LEADING OFF WITH OUR PRESENTATION ON OUR SKATE PARK, UH, PROJECT AT LUCCHESE, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE DREW HALTER, THE DIRECTOR OF PARK AND RECREATION, AND JOHN, UH, JOSH MICHAL, SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER UP TO THE PODIUM TO START THE PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU, JOHN.

AND TONIGHT ON THE

[PRESENTATIONS]

OKAY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, STAFF AND COMMUNITY, UH, THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE HAVING THIS TIME TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN UPDATE ON THE LU CASEY SKATE PARK PROJECT.

UH, AGAIN, I'M JOINED HERE BY JOSH MINSHAW, UH, SENIOR ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES.

WE ALSO HAVE, UH, GEORGE HOWARD, ADMINISTRATIVE ENGINEER OR ASSISTANT ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES.

WE'RE ALSO JOINED ON ZOOM WITH OUR, UM, PROJECT DESIGN PARTNER, UH, MATT FLU, HE WITH GRIND LINE SKATE PARKING INC.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONSULTANT NICK WITH RSA IN THE AUDIENCE.

OF THOSE OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES OF, TO WAY TO INTEGRATE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE PARK INTO THE PROJECT.

SO, AS MANY OF YOU RECALL, UH, LAST MAY WAS THE LAST TIME WE, UH, BROUGHT THIS SKATE PARK DESIGN BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.

UH, DURING THAT MEETING, WE HAD THE DESIGN ELEMENTS ADOPTED, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, COLLABORATIVELY SINCE THEN TO PREPARE WHAT WE'RE GONNA SHOW TONIGHT, WHICH IS AN UPDATE TO THOSE PROJECTS TONIGHT, IS REALLY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO CHECK IN WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO TALK ABOUT NOT JUST THE SKATE PARK DESIGN ITSELF, BUT SOME

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AGAIN, THE GOAL REMAINS THE SAME, UM, TO, TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS FACILITY THAT MAKES PETALUMA PROUD.

UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING THIS WITHIN AN EXISTING PARK.

SO AS WE GET CLOSER TO THOSE CONSTRUCTION READY BID, UH, DOCUMENTS, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THESE, UM, UPDATES TO YOU ALL.

SO WE CAN, UM, HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

UM, I'M GONNA GO VERY HIGH LEVEL WITH A PROJECT SUMMARY AND TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT INTO DESIGN, BUT THEN I'M GONNA INTRODUCE JOSH, WHICH WE'RE REALLY GONNA SPEND THE MAJORITY OF TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT AND WHAT ARE THE, THE NEW, UH, UPDATES TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE, UH, THE PUBLIC ART, THE TREE PLANNING, SPORTS LIGHTING, AND THE RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU AT A REALLY QUICKLY, UM, UP TO SPEED HERE.

UM, IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, THIS PROJECT WAS REALLY BORN OUT OF A INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY NEED.

UH, WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF OUR EXISTING SKATE PARK.

UH, IT IS THE FOURTH OLDEST IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS WE'RE REMINDED.

UM, BUT WE'VE GROWN A LOT SINCE THE, THE MID NINETIES WHEN THIS SKATE PARK WAS, UM, DEVELOPED, INSTALLED, AND NOT JUST THE CULTURE AROUND SKATING, BUT THE, THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY HAVE CHANGED AND EVOLVED.

AND THIS PROJECT WAS BORN, UM, PRIMARILY FROM THAT IN 2019.

WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE DID THE INITIAL OUTREACH FOR OUR MEASURE M PARKS ACCESS, UH, THAT THE SKATING COMMUNITY REALLY WANTED TO FEEL, HEARD, HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SKATE.

UH, AND THEN IN 2021, AS WE DEVELOPED THOSE CA COUNCIL GOALS AND PRIORITIES TOGETHER, UH, THE SKATING PARK COMMUNITY WAS RIGHT THERE WITH US, UH, URGING US TO, TO TAKE ACTION.

REALLY KICKED OFF IN DECEMBER OF 22.

THAT'S WHEN WE BROUGHT, UM, AND PARTNERED WITH GRIND LINE INC.

AND SINCE THEN, WE, UM, EMBARKED ON A, UH, A PROJECT TO ASSESS THE EXISTING PARK, UH, WHICH TURNED INTO DEVELOPING ALTERNATE SITES.

AND WE STARTED AT 10, WORKED OUR WAY DOWN TO FOUR, AND THEN IT WAS A PRETTY STRONG, UH, VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR LUC CASEY PARK TO INTEGRATE AS THE, THE PARK THAT WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE OF SKATING AT EACH POINT.

AND THEN I THINK THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE IS AT EACH POINT WE MAKE SOME OF THESE CRITICAL DECISIONS ON SITE LOCATION OR DESIGN ELEMENTS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WORKSHOPS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AT THE SENIOR CENTER, AND HERE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGH THE RECREATION MUSIC AND PARKS COMMISSION.

THIS PROJECT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT, UM, IT'S A, IT'S TURNED OUT THE WAY IT IS, I THINK, UM, BECAUSE OF THOSE CONTINUAL CHECK-INS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND TONIGHT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

SO, SINCE THE DESIGN WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN MAY, UM, WE'VE TAKEN TO THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE SPAR, WHICH IS THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW IN NOVEMBER.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE TONIGHT AT A PRESENTATION TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SITE INTEGRATION FROM HERE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN.

I THINK LITERALLY IN THIS SLIDE, UM, WE ARE, UH, RECOMMENDING THE DESIGN IS REALLY GET INTEGRATED INTO SOME VERY ACTIVE PORTIONS OF THE PARK.

YOU'LL SEE THE MULTI-USE SOCCER AND LACROSSE, UM, IMAGE TO THE NORTH.

YOU'LL SEE THE ACTIVE, UM, PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS COURTS TO THE EAST, UH, THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND TO THE SOUTH.

SO WITH THIS SITE LOCATION, AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE KIND OF DETAILS, IT'S JUST KIND OF IMPORTANT TO PUT THIS IMAGE INTO OUR, OUR MINDS AND COLLECTIVE THOUGHTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, INTEGRATE AS MUCH INPUT FROM THE SKATING, THE SCOOTERING, THE BIKING COMMUNITY, AND PUT IT ALL INTO A PARK THAT ALSO HAS TO CONFORM WITH YOUR, YOUR EXISTING SITE.

HERE IS A ARTISTIC RENDERING THAT REALLY GIVES YOU THE AERIAL, OR SORRY, THE, THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE COMPLETE PARK IN THE FOREFRONT FRONT HERE IS YOUR, YOUR PARK ELEMENT.

UM, WHICH IS REALLY CRITICAL TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS.

UM, YOU'VE, YOU'LL NOTICE THE TWO KIND OF DIFFERENT BOWL SHAPES HERE, BUT WHAT THIS REALLY KIND OF SHOWS, UM, IS HOW YOU PUT A 23,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILT SKATE PARK WITHIN THAT EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY AND REALLY MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE, INTEGRATES INTO THE LANDSCAPE.

UM, SO AS YOU HEAR ABOUT, UM, TREE PLANTINGS AND WALKWAYS AND ACCESS SPORTS LIGHTINGS, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT IMAGE TO SHOW.

AND THEN IF YOU GO ONE FURTHER, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS WAS A SLIDE THAT'S KIND OF INTENDED TO BE OVERWHELMING IN ALL THE BEST WAYS.

UM, MATT, WHO'S ON THE CALL HERE WITH US, ONE OF THE REAL TALL TASKS OF THE DESIGN TEAM WAS HOW DO YOU,

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AND MATT AND HIS TEAM REALLY KIND OF DELIVERED ON THIS FRONT.

SO I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO KIND OF THE, THE DETAILS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A CURB KITE AND, AND WHAT SIZE OF A HIT, BUT IT'S REALLY A POWERFUL IMAGE, I THOUGHT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW JUST HOW MUCH DETAIL WENT INTO EVERY KIND OF ELEMENT.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THROUGH THE PROGRESSION OF THE DESIGN AND REALLY BE PROUD OF WHAT, WHAT'S ULTIMATELY BEEN DECIDED.

SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THAT TAKES US TO KINDA WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE.

UM, FROM THIS DESIGN, A PART OF A PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UH, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO INTEGRATE PUBLIC ART INTO, UH, EACH NEW PROJECT WHEN LOOKING AND REVIEWING AND, AND SPEAKING WITH BOTH THE DESIGN CONSULTANTS, BUT ALSO, UH, WITH THE SKATING COMMUNITY, UH, WE FELT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO INTEGRATE THE PUBLIC ART ON THE EXISTING SITE.

AND ONE WAY THAT WAS SUPPORTED AND RECOMMENDED WE DO THAT IS TO, UH, REALLY LOOK AT, UM, MURALS OR PAINTINGS ON THE VERTICAL SKATING ELEMENTS.

THESE ARE EACH ELEMENT OF THE SKATE PARK THAT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, UM, IT ITSELF KEEP THE SURFACE OF THE SKATING VERY, UM, UH, INTACT AND, AND, BUT KEEP THE, UH, VERTICAL ELEMENTS AS, AS, AS WAYS THAT YOU CAN ACCENTUATE SOME TYPE OF CULTURE THERE AT THE PARK.

SO THAT'S THE NEXT TWO SLIDES AS WELL.

WE'RE KIND OF GONNA GO THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS COULD LOOK LIKE OR WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO, BACK TO THE DESIGN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VERTICAL ELEMENTS, UM, IT'S REALLY NOT AS MUCH, UH, AS YOU WOULD THINK WITH 23,000 SQUARE FOOT.

AGAIN, THESE ARE ELEMENTS THAT ARE ON THE SIDES OF THESE TABLES IN THE FOREFRONT.

THEY'RE NOT INSIDE THE BOWLS, ANYTHING THAT'S INTENDED TO HAVE, UM, THE WHEELS ON THE SURFACE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT COLLECTIVELY, THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

UM, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO, TO LOOK AT THIS AND EXPLORE MORE AND ENGAGE THE, THE SKATING COMMUNITY ON WHAT ULTIMATELY WOULD COME ABOUT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, TO GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF AN IDEA.

THIS IS, UM, WHAT THAT, THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UH, IT WOULD START WITH A REQUEST FOR, UM, QUALIFICATION, ESSENTIALLY IN ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE TO HELP, UM, SPEARHEAD THIS PROCESS.

SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HERE IN PETALUMA.

UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING THEM WITH THEM ON THIS.

IT COULD BE A SELECTION OF AN ARTIST OR IT COULD BE A SELECTION OF ARTISTS.

WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE ON THAT UNTIL WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ART.

BUT ULTIMATELY IT GOES THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS WITH THE PUBLIC ART, AND THEN THE INSTALLATION WOULD FOLLOW, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKATE PARK.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GONNA KICK IT OVER TO JOSH MINSHAW TO TAKE US KIND OF THE REST OF THE WAY.

UM, AND WE'LL GET INTO THE PHASING A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, UH, OUR INTENT IS TO PUT IN ALL THE SUBSURFACE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ALONG WITH THE CONCRETE AND THE GROUNDWORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UM, WITH SOME OF THE NEW ELECTRICAL UPGRADES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO COME AT A SECOND PHASE.

SO WE DID BRING THIS TO, UH, THE TREE COM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND, UM, THERE ARE, UH, A COUPLE TREES THAT NEED SOME MODIFICATION, BUT OVERALL, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO USE TREES FOR SHADE, UM, NOT JUST AS A LANDSCAPING ELEMENT, BUT UM, TO REALLY FOCUS ON USING THAT TO HELP SOFTEN SOME OF THAT CONCRETE, UM, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

UM, SO WE'RE, UH, AIMING TO, UH, STRATEGICALLY PLACE THEM AROUND THE PERIMETER, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, SPECIES THAT WORK WITH THE SITE, UM, AND THROUGH OUR PARTNER, UM, WITH RELIEF, UH, TO GET THOSE PLANTED.

UH, NEW IRRIGATION WILL GO IN, UM, THAT WILL BE RECYCLED WATER READY.

UM, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE RECYCLED WATER, UH, PIPELINES COMING ON, ON MARIA DRIVE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SITE, WE'RE SITUATED IN BETWEEN A MULTI-USE FIELD, UH, UH, LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH ALL HAVE ACTIVE USE LIGHTING.

AND WE THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO INCLUDE THAT HERE.

UM, AND, UH, IT WOULD BE, UH, INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE WHAT'S NECESSARY, UM, AND WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ADDING MORE THAN THAT, BUT TRYING TO MAINTAIN SAFETY, BUT REALLY ALLOWING THAT USE OF THE SKATE PARK, UH, DURING THE HOURS OF OPERATION THAT SUCH OTHER FIELDS HAVE, UM, THAT ALLOWS FOR USERS TO KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING A LITTLE BIT BETTER, IT GETS BETTER UTILIZATION.

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AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT, UM, AS WE LOOKED AT THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE, WHERE IT SITS, HOW IT AFFECTS THE PARK, UM, WE REALIZED THAT THE EXISTING RESTROOM FACILITY ON NOVAK DRIVE IS JUST NOT UP TO PAR.

UH, IT WAS BUILT IN 77, UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE DOORS.

UH, IT'S GOT STRUCTURAL ISSUES.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, WELL, CAN WE REHAB THIS OR DO WE LOOK AT A MORE HOLISTIC CHANGE? UM, WE, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

CAME TO, UH, THE IDEA OF REPLACING IT WITH A NEW RESTROOM.

UM, WITH, UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, A, UH, IT WOULD HAVE INDIVIDUAL, UH, EXTERIOR DOORS FOR EACH OF THE STALLS.

IT'S, UM, BETTER FOR, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT USERS, SAFETY, UM, MAINTENANCE.

AND SO I THINK WITH THE NEW ELEMENTS HERE, WE CAN INCORPORATE BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS, AND IMPORTANTLY IT WOULD BE PRE PLUMBED FOR, UH, DUAL, UH, PLUMBING, UH, IF THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, AND IT REALLY HELPS, UM, WITH THE OTHER USERS AS WELL, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING WITH OUR EXISTING FACILITY, YOU KNOW, TO NOT IGNORE ALL THE REST OF THE USERS IN THE PARK.

AND SO THIS REALLY WOULD BRING US UP TO OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF USE IN THE AREA, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE USERS THAN WE DID IN 1977.

PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS NOT BY ACCIDENT.

UH, ALONG WITH THE RESTROOM FACILITY WOULD BE SOME ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

THOSE ARE REALLY, UH, INTERRELATED AND HOW THEY NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

UM, BUT A REAL SIMPLE DIAGRAM HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE CIRCLE WITH NOVAK DRIVE.

UM, THIS WOULD, UH, BE DONE AS PART OF THE SECOND PHASE, AND IT WOULD IDEALLY LIMIT OUR CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS FOR A SECOND PHASE WITHIN THIS SORT OF AREA, UM, TO HELP WITH, UH, REDUCING THE IMPACTS DURING THE WHOLE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE, WHEN WE LOOK DOWN ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS AND WHAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US, UM, AND THINKING HOLISTICALLY, HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH, UM, YOU KNOW, DELIVERING A WORLD-CLASS SKATE PARK TO THE COMMUNITY AS SOON AS WE CAN, UM, WITH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE THINK, UH, WOULD HELP, UH, WAS TO COMBINE WHAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY SHOWING AS A SPLIT CONSTRUCTION OF THE SKATE PARK, ESSENTIALLY HALF, UH, IN ONE PHASE, HALF IN ANOTHER PHASE.

BUT WITH THIS, UH, REENVISIONING, WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT ALL 23,000 SQUARE FEET OF SKATE PARK THIS SUMMER.

SO THAT IS THE BIG NEWS .

UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING ALL THE GROUNDWORK IN, UM, BUILDING OUT ALL OF THAT HARDSCAPE, THE SKATEABLE ELEMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

AND THEN IN THE FALL, UH, WE CAN GET TO THE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION AND LANDSCAPING AND, UH, LANDSCAPING.

IT'S ALL TIMING ON WHAT WORKS BEST FOR WHAT SEASON.

SO WE GET, UM, BETTER RESULTS PLANTING IN THE FALL AND WINTER THAN WE DO IN THE SUMMER.

UM, BUT WHAT THAT LEAVES IS THIS PHASE TWO, WHICH WOULD BE THE ACTIVE USE LIGHTING, UH, THE RESTROOM, AND THAT ACCESSIBLE PARKING NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE , BUT, UH, THIS REALLY KINDA SHOWS OUR, OUR THOUGHT PROCESS ON HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS.

UM, AND REALLY, UH, I WANT TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, UM, WE STILL HAVE THIS 1.1 MILLION THAT'S UNDETERMINED, UM, AND THAT IS ROUGHLY EQUAL TO WHAT IS ESTIMATED FOR

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UM, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WITH THAT, UM, WE WILL OPEN UP TO, UM, ANY SORT OF QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT, UH, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA SLIDES AFTER THIS IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED TO LOOK ONLINE.

UM, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE CANVASES FOR THE VERTICAL SURFACES, WHAT YOU KNOW, WOULD BE AVAILABLE, AND SOME ART EXAMPLES AND MORE OF THOSE VIEWS IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UH, I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD OF BONUS CONTENT BEING OFFERED BEFORE IN A STAFF PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, HAVING THAT ONLINE IS, IS, UH, MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND, UH, I WILL ASK THE COUNCIL, UH, IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS, UH, PROVIDE, BUT I SHOULD NOTE TO THE PUBLIC THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED TO MAKE COMMENT ON THIS AS PART OF OUR REGULAR, UH, GENERAL COMMENTS, WHICH IS THE NEXT THING WE DO.

SO IF YOU SUBMITTED A CARD, IT'LL GO INTO GENERAL COMMENTS, AND IT'LL BE CALLED ON DURING GENERAL COMMENTS.

BUT BRINGING IT BACK UP HERE TO THE, UH, DIOCESE, ANYONE HAVE A COMMENT THEY WISH TO SHARE FOR, UH, UM, TO THE STAFF ON THIS REPORT? A CA A COUNCIL MEMBER? QUINT, I JUST, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

LOVE TO SEE THE, UH, THE, THE WORK, UH, BEING DONE IN THAT PARK.

UM, MY ONLY COMMENT IS, AND THIS MAY BE MORE OF A PHASE TWO KIND OF THING, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE SHADE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF SUMMER DAYS ON, UH, THE AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELD, AND I KNOW HOW HOT IT GETS OVER THERE DURING THE SUMMERTIME.

AND, AND I COULD SEE, UH, IN THE SUMMERTIME FOLKS HANGING OUT BY IT.

UH, IT, IT COULD GET HOT.

SO, UM, AS PART OF A PHASE TWO, I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE SEATING AREA, THAT KIND OF THING.

MAYBE THERE'S SOME SHADE STRUCTURE UNTIL THE TREES GROW.

COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.

I'LL ECHO THAT COMMENT.

UM, AND DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF SEATING AROUND THE PICKLEBALL WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO GET TO THAT.

I KNOW I'VE, UH, HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE PICKLEBALL FOLKS AND, UM, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PHASE TWO IM IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, BUT OTHERWISE JUST, UH, GREAT WORK.

I MEAN, I'VE FOLLOWED THIS PROJECT SINCE THE START AND IT'S BEEN, UM, JUST A JOY TO BE A PART OF IT AND TO SEE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE ENERGY.

AND I SEE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TONIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN A, A PART OF THIS MUCH LONGER THAN I HAVE.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE US BREAK GROUND ON IT IN THE SUMMER.

ABLE TO, UM, MAYBE GET TO THOSE NATURAL, UH, RELIEF AREAS, THOSE BURNED AREAS.

AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DI CARLY? WELL, I'LL JUST SAY REAL QUICK, UM, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER MORE TREES AROUND IT, THAT, UH, THEY MAYBE BE SET BACK FROM THE ACTUAL SKATE PARK BECAUSE I GREW UP SKATING AND YOU DON'T WANNA GET LEAVES IN, IN YOUR WHEELS OR SOMETHING THAT CAN CAUSE IT TO SLIP.

UM, THAT'S MORE MAINTENANCE TOO, FOR THE CITY TO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.

AND THEN, UM, I THINK TOO, I, I WONDER IF IT'S NECESSARY TO PUT OUT THE ART BID BECAUSE I THINK THE SKATERS WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT PRETTY QUICK BEFORE THE CONCRETE'S, UH, DRY .

THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT.

AS A, UH, PARENT OF, UH, ONE OF THE EARLIEST SKATERS ON THE EXISTING SKATE PARK, UH, YOU KNOW, I I I FEEL LIKE, UH, THEY'VE GOT THEIR MONEY'S WORK OUT OUT OF THAT, UH, PARK.

AND, UH, I KNOW, UM, A LOT OF WHAT WENT ON THERE, UH, RELATED TO MAINTENANCE AT A LATER DATE, .

AND SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, UM, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UM, THE SKATE PARK AND THE, I'M THINKING PARENTS, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, IS THERE GONNA BE SEATING FOR, YOU KNOW, MOM AND DAD AND GRANDPARENTS WANNA HANG OUT AND WATCH AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL PARK ITSELF? YEAH.

AND I'LL, I'LL, UM, OFFER A RESPONSE AND THEN IF, UH, MATT, IF YOU'RE ON AND YOU WANT TO CHIME IN OR IF I LEAVE EVERYTHING, PLEASE, UM, FEEL FREE TO, TO STEP IN.

UH, WHAT YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE FROM THE ARTIST RENDERINGS IS, IS REALLY WORKING WITH THE BERMS THAT WE CREATE.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD, YOU KNOW, NATURAL CANOPY AND THEN SIT UNDER THE BERMS ON THE ELEMENTS OUTSIDE THE SKATING PARK WAS REALLY EXCITING.

UH, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN, THERE IS SOME SEATING, UM, AND SOME OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY AT THAT INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE SPORTS COURTS, TENNIS PICKLEBALL, AND THE KIND OF THE PARK COURSE.

UM, BUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE THE BERMS THAT KIND OF CREATE THAT VALLEY, AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA OVER EXCAVATE WITH OUR SOILS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WORK THAT INTO SOME OF THE NATURAL SEATING WAS EXCITING FOR US.

UM, MAT SEATING, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO, I THINK, WELL, I THINK YOU COVERED IT PRETTY WELL, DREW.

UM, THERE WILL BE SOME ACCESSIBLE SEATING FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO AREN'T

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UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT, UM, A DA ACCESSIBLE, UM, SEATING.

AND JUST LIKE, JUST LIKE DREW SAID, OUR VISION KIND OF WHEN WE WERE CREATING THE DESIGN WAS TO UTILIZE THAT BERM, UM, BETWEEN THE SKATE PARK AND THE SOCCER FIELD AND THE, AND THE EXISTING VEGETATION AS WELL TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, NATURAL SHADE RELIEF AND A SORT OF A, UH, A NATURAL VIEWING AREA AS WELL.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK IT'S, UH, WORKED REALLY WELL.

LUCCHESE, UM, TURF TO HAVE THAT BERM AND, AND PARENTS, UH, ON THAT BERM THAT'S WORKED AS A GREAT SEATING AREA.

APPRECIATE THAT DETAIL BEING IN HERE.

UM, AND, UM, I ALSO, UM, APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE READY TO PLUMB THAT BATHROOM WITH RECYCLED WATER FOR THE TOILET FLUSHING WHEN WE MAKE THAT EXTENSION OVER TO THERE, THAT'S A PHASE THREE OR WHEREVER WE GO ON THAT ONE.

UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE, UM, PUTTING THE WHOLE PROJECT TOGETHER, THE SKATEABLE PROJECT TOGETHER AS ONE.

I KNOW THERE'S ECONOMIES TO DOING THAT, AND I THINK THAT WAS COUNCIL DIRECTION TO KIND OF TRY AND GET ONE, GET IT DONE, ONE BITE AT THIS RATHER THAN, UH, TWO PARTS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY KNEW HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA COST AT THAT TIME.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR LISTING OUT THE COST HERE AND HOW YOU'RE GONNA PHASE IT, BUT, UH, YOU, I THINK ALL, UH, ALL, ALL OF US ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON COST AND, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A A PLAN THERE.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ON COST.

UM, I, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON COST AND WHERE SOME OF THE MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT'S COMING FROM.

AND, AND THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $200,000 FROM PROP 68 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO GO TOWARDS LUCCHESE.

AND, UM, EXCUSE ME, UM, KENILWORTH.

AND, UM, I WANNA, THIS IS MORE A QUESTION FOR, FOR STAFF THAT, UM, WHY WAS THAT MONEY DE WHY DID WE DECIDE TO GO WITH BUILDING SOMETHING NEW VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MORE LIKE MCNEAR PARK WHERE YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF IT IN DISREPAIR RIGHT NOW AND, AND PUTTING IT TOWARDS THAT AND REBUILDING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT VERSUS ADDING NEW, I THINK I'LL UNPACKAGE KIND OF THE TWO QUESTIONS THERE.

THE FIRST, UM, WITH THE PROP 68 FUNDS, THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT FUNDS THAT YOU CAN USE FOR DESIGN AND THE REST FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

UM, THE KENWORTH PARK DESIGN, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND, AND ENGAGE FURTHER ON WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, IS JUST FARTHER OUT.

UM, THAT DESIGN HASN'T REALLY BEEN FINALIZED AT THE 30% LEVEL, AND THIS PROJECT IS, IS AT THAT POINT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE REALLY FELT THAT WE COULD USE THOSE DOLLARS BEST NOW AND STILL HIT THE CRITERIA SET BY PROP 68, WHICH IS, UM, IF YOU'RE BUILDING WITHIN A SITE THAT HITS THEIR CRITERIA FOR A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, THEN THE CITY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A MATCH.

AND THERE'S NOT MANY SITES AND PARKS AND PETALUMA THAT REALLY HIT THAT.

SO THE FACT THAT WE HAD A KIND OF CONSTRUCTION READY, YOU KNOW, 90 PLUS PERCENT DESIGN SUMMER 2025 VERSUS ONE THAT'S MULTI-YEAR OUT, RATHER THAN KIND OF KEEP THE MONEY FROZEN THERE, WE CHOSE TO RECOMMEND TO PUSH IT FORWARD, UM, BUILD THIS WITH THE TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION COSTS, KNOWING THAT WE HAD A LARGER GAP AT KENNELWORTH THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S YOUR SECOND QUESTION, YOU KNOW, MCNAIR AND THE GRANDSTANDS, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, A PROJECT THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MANY OF OUR, OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.

UM, TO SEE THE GRANDSTANDS UP THERE, UH, WITHOUT PEOPLE SEEDED IN SEEDING IT, IT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, TUGGED AT ME PER PERSONALLY.

UM, WITH THOSE PROJECTS.

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT KINDA, UM, DICHOTOMY OF CHOICES.

UH, WHAT, WHAT DO WE MAKE, RIGHT? I WOULD ARGUE, UM, WE PUT A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN MCNAIR ON THE BALL FIELD ITSELF.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO, TO HAVE A SPRING SEASON NOW THAT WE'VE GOT TURF IN OUR INFIELD, WE'VE GOT RECREATED FIELD.

SO TO GET PEOPLE BACK ON THAT FIELD, PLANE IS KIND OF THE FIRST AND NATURAL NEXT STEP.

UM, STILL GOT ISSUES WITH OUR GOPHERS, STILL GOT OTHER ISSUES THAT WE GOTTA GET ALONG WITH THE DOG USERS AND THE BASEBALL TEAMS. UM, BUT THAT'S ON A PATH FORWARD TOO, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A BIG SWING AT THAT GRANDSTAND WHEN WE CAN.

AND JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, IT HAD TO BE SHOVEL READY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY, IT HAD TO BE SHOVEL READY IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR PROP 68, WHICH MCNAIR MCNAIR IS NOT.

MM-HMM .

I HOPE YOU WILL, UM, BE HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF ANY MADE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, YEAH, THAT'S A CON CONTINUING DILEMMA.

UH, UM, CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING WITH, UH, WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND IN ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, BUT WE'RE MAKING SO MANY GOOD STRIDES.

WE'RE GETTING GOOD NEW THINGS DONE, BUT WE HAVE ALL, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, THANKS FOR PUSHING THE BALL FORWARD, UH, GREAT PRESENTATION.

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AND, UM, NOW WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE TO

[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING.

AND, UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CA THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LI LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK IF WE HAVE ANY, UH, UM, COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN EARLY AND THEN ALSO TO HELP WITH, UH, OUR INTRO.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE DID RECEIVE 13 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME, AND THOSE ARE POSTED ONLINE.

UH, AND AT THIS TIME I WILL START A 32ND CLOCK FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, SO DURING THIS TIME, 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.

WE HAVE 11, UH, CARDS SUBMITTED TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND SO, UH, 11 INTO 20.

THAT'S A TWO, TWO MINUTES PER PERSON.

UH, LET'S SET THE CLOCK AT TWO MINUTES AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE CATHERINE BOBOWSKI TO BE OUR FIRST SPEAKER AND THEN JODY JOHNSON TO FOLLOW.

YES, MY NAME IS CAPTAIN ROSKI.

I LIVE AT THE LITTLE WOODSVILLE MOBILE HOME PARK AT 18 2 1 LAKE BAJAI.

THE OUR MANAGEMENT HARMONY IS GIVEN OUR RENT BILL AT THE LAST SECOND OF THE MONTH ON THE FIRST, AND OUR RENT'S DUE ON THE FIRST IT SHOULD BE GIVEN.

WE SHOULD GET THE RENT MONEY, OUR RENT BILL, TWO OR THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE THIS MONTH.

THEY GAVE IT ON THE LAST SECOND, ON THE SECOND.

AND ALSO TOO, THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN US, UH, NOTICES NOT GONNA BE TURNED OFF OUR WATER SAYING IT'S FOR MAINTENANCE.

THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY MAINTENANCE IN THAT MOM PARK AT ALL.

AND ALSO TOO, THE MANAGEMENT ACTUALLY ILLEGALLY INVENTED 18 AGAINST MY MOBILE HOME AT 31, WHICH IS NOT ILLEGAL PARKING AREA.

AND ALSO TOO HARMONY.

WELL, UH, FIRST, THE, THE LADY THAT LIVED IN THE RESIDENT LIVED IN SPACE TWO, SHE MADE OUT A WILL AND SHE DONATED IN HER WILL, UH, SAYING THAT SHE WAS DONATING HER MOBILE HOME TO THE PEN, CITY OF PILLOW PARK AND RECREATION, AND SHE GAVE HER COPY OF HER WILL TO DARRELL.

SPACE SEVEN.

HARMONY IS RENTING THAT MOBILE HOME WITHOUT THE CITY OF PEN PETALUMA'S PERMISSION.

AND THIS MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN HAVING HER FAMILY.

WELL, HARMONY'S BEEN HAVING PEOPLE PARKED ILLEGAL ON THE FAR LANES IN THE MO PARK.

THAT'S ILLEGAL.

AND THEN ALSO TWO, THERE HAS BEEN DOGS RUNNING LOOSE WITH NO LEASH AND HARMONY'S BEEN BREAKING THE LAWS STATEWIDE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND THIS HAS BEEN DRAGGING ON WAY TOO LONG.

SO I'M ASKING THE CITY PANEL TO STEP IN AND PUT A STOP TO THIS, THIS SUGGESTION UP BE, BE HAPPENING MORE YEARS.

BAD ACTORS ARE BREAKING THE LAWS, SHOWING THE CITY AND STATE EVERY DAY THAT THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE ORDINANCES, THAT THEY DON'T FOLLOW SENIOR PARK OVERLAY ZONING, AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO RAMIFICATIONS FOR THEM FOR NOT DOING THAT.

JODY JOHNSON SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY KATE POLAND.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF, OUR MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS OF PETALUMA.

WELCOME MR. QUINT AND MR. DI CARLY.

WE SINCERELY HOPE YOU'LL ALLOW US THE ABILITY TO EDUCATE YOU BOTH ON THE HARDSHIPS OF THE MANY EGREGIOUS ACTS THAT HAVE AND CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE ON SENIOR CITIZENS AND VULNERABLE MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE TRUTH FORWARD WITH THE HOPES THAT ONE DAY OUR RESIDENTS CAN GET BACK TO LIVING IN PEACE AND CALM.

WE ARE NOW IN 2025 WITH LITTLE RESOLUTION.

WE HAVEN'T CONTINUED TO BE INTIMIDATED, COERCED, EXTORTED UNLAWFULLY INCREASED AND HAVE SERVICE REDUCTIONS ALL OVER OUR PARKS.

WE MUST BE CLEAR, WE OWN OUR MOBILE HOMES.

WE MADE THIS INVESTMENT TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS, BUT TO HAVE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AND TO LIVE OUR LIVES AS HARDWORKING RESIDENTS OR RETIRED SENIOR CITIZENS, WE LEASE THE LAND ARE HELD TO A STANDARD OF ABIDING BY THE LAWS AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WE SIGNED WHEN WE PURCHASED PARK OWNERS.

THESE

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THIS IS WHY THEY CONTINUE, THEY FEEL EMBOLDENED THAT THE CITY AND STATE DO NOT ENFORCE WHEN IT COMES TO THEM.

WE ARE SENSITIVE TO LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CITY, AND WE, OF COURSE, ARE AWARE AND PRIDEFUL OF THE CITY THAT REVISIONS AND ZONING HAVE BEEN VOTED IN UNANIMOUSLY BY THE PREVIOUSLY SEATED COUNCIL.

WE KNOW THE COURAGE THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WELL RESEARCHED DECISIONS YOU MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE.

WE ARE, HOWEVER, AT A CROSSROAD, WE ARE WELL PAST ENFORCEMENT.

YOUNGSTOWN RESIDENTS ONCE AGAIN, ARE AWARE THAT ANOTHER PARK OWNED MOBILE HOME HAS GONE INTO CONTRACT AT 71.

MICHAEL DRIVE TO A YOUNG FAMILY WITH VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.

THE BUYER HAS BEEN TOLD IT IS AN ALL AGE PARK.

THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN FAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF AN ALL AGE PARK.

THANK YOU KAY.

POLAND TO BE FOLLOWED BY JANICE BARKER.

EXCUSE ME, NO SENIOR SCIENCE BACK UP SINCE APRIL OF 23.

NO RULES, REGULATIONS BEING SUPPLIED THAT ARE LAWFUL WITH SENIOR PARK STATUS.

NO PURCHASE CONTRACTS OR LEASE CONTRACTS.

THE STATE SENIOR PARK THAT STATE SENIOR PARK SEVEN BELL ONE 14, PAMELA COURT ONE 19, PAMELA COURT, 31 45 PAMELA COURT, AND NOW 71 MICHAEL DRIVE, ALL SOLD WILLFULLY AS AN ALL AGE PARK TO ADD FRAUD TO THIS NEW BUYER.

NOT TOLD THAT THEY PUT IN A NOTICE OF CLOSURE TO THE CITY.

NEW BUYERS OTHER THAN ONE WHO WAS COMPLICIT WITH THEM NOT BEING TOLD THIS WAS A SENIOR PARK.

FRAUD IS NOT PUTTING THE SENIOR PARK OVERLAY IN.

THE DISCLOSURE NOTICES IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTICE THAT OUT OF THE FIVE SENIOR PARKS IN PETALUMA UNDER THE OVERLY YOUNGSTOWN IS THE ONLY ONE NOT FOLLOWING IT.

THEY ARE LITERALLY SCREAMING TO YOU ALL, WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE WANT.

YOUR ORDINANCES, YOUR ZONING WILL NEVER STAND IN OUR WAY.

IN FACT, THEIR EMPLOYEES STATED TO A RESIDENT JUST YESTERDAY, WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING IT? WE ALREADY WON.

YES, THEY DID SUE YOU AND THE COUNCIL AGAINST THE SENIOR PARK OVERLAY.

AND TWO PARTS WERE DISMISSED WITH THE WRIT OF MANUS ON THE OTHER TWO PARTS YET TO BE HEARD.

BUT THEY HAVE NOT WON.

SO LIKE OUR APPEAL, JUST BECAUSE WE FILED IT, WOULD BE ALLOWED TO NOT PAY THE AWARD WITHOUT A JUDGMENT SIGNING OFF.

OF COURSE NOT.

DO THESE BAD ACTOR PARK OWNERS HAVE MORE MONEY THAN US, THAN US? OF COURSE THEY DO.

WE STILL HAVE CITIZENS WHO OWN THEIR OWN MOBILE HOMES AND DESERVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THEY HAVE.

WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE EQUAL UNDER THE LAW REGARDLESS OF BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE OR OUR DISABILITIES.

LITTLE WOODS RESIDENTS ARE REELING THE MENTAL HEALTH TOLL ON WONDERING WHAT MORE CAN BE TAKEN FROM THEM IS WREAKING HAVOC ON THEIR SPIRIT? PARKING REMOVED, AN APPEAL PENDING.

TWO ARBITRATIONS, SERVICE REDUCTIONS ALL OVER THE MUCH PARK IN HARMONY, CONTINUE TO INCITE HARDSHIP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, .

GOT IT.

AND, UH, JANICE PARKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY KELLY WALKER.

GOOD EVENING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.

UH, TAKE, TAKE, TAKE UNTIL THEY PUSH A RESIDENT TO SUBMISSION OR PUSH THEM OUT.

WHAT ENFORCE WHAT ENFORCEMENT IS STOPPING THEM? IT'S 2025.

AND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2023.

LITTLEWOODS RESIDENTS NOT ASKING FOR A HANDOUT.

THEY'RE ASKING THAT FOR MANY YEARS.

THEY, THE MANY YEARS THEY HAVE LIVED THERE, THEY HAVE BEEN PARKING IN THE SAME SPOTS AND THEN UNDER FAKE NOTICES, NOTICE FENCES GO UP, NO OPENING.

AND JUST BECAUSE THE BAD ACTOR PARK OWNERS SAY, SO YOU NOW HAVE NO PARKING.

THIS IS WRONG.

THE TAKING IS COMING FROM THE PARK OWNERS WILLFULLY SAYING YOU, THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAD NO RIGHT TO PASS A REVISION THAT DENIED THEM THIS PAST YEAR, 1%, FIVE TO $10 AN ADDRESS SO THEY COULD NOT INCR AN ADDRESS.

THEY COULD NOT INCREASE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU, WE ARE GOING TO ABUSE THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DIDN'T WARN US.

THEY STATED IN THE REVISION PROCESS AS WELL AS, AS AT THE CITY AND COUNTY MEETINGS ALL OVER THE STATE.

THE PETALUMA IS OUT OF CONTROL AND TAKING AWAY THEIR RIGHTS.

SO THEY WILL, WILL BULLY WITH MULTIPLE FRIVOLOUS ARBITRATIONS AND THEY WILL SHOW US AND THE CITY YOU DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THEM.

THIS IS CLEAR CUT, ABUSE, INTIMIDATION, AND COERCION.

IT IS NOT EVEN

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THINLY VEILED.

IT'S OVERT.

CAPRI RESIDENTS HAVE HAD THEIR RIGHTS TAKEN AWAY SINCE THE BEGINNING.

THEY HAVE NEVER ALLOWED, THEY WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO KNOW THEY HAD A CHOICE THAT THEY HAD PROTECTIONS.

OH, THERE, WHERE IS THE MONEY? THEY HAVE BEEN OVERCHARGED.

HARMONY KNOWS THEY OVERCHARGED AND CONTINUE TO TAKE AND THE RESIDENT'S OWN ATTORNEY.

AND, UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY WALKER AND, UH, FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS.

WHERE'S THE MONEY? THEY HAVE BEEN OVERCHARGED.

HARMONY KNOWS THEY OVERCHARGED AND CONTINUED TO TAKE AND THE RESIDENTS OWN ATTORNEY SHOWED THEM THEIR OVERAGES WERE NOT LAWFUL, STILL NO CORRECTION, NO CREDIT, NO NOTHING.

INSTEAD THEY DOUBLE DOWN AND MAKE THE MOBILE HOME PARK AN ENTIRE FIRE LANE.

REMOVING PARKING SERVICE REDUCTIONS ARE AGAIN, GOING ON DAILY.

LET THEN LET'S ADDRESS FRAUD.

NEVER SHARING THAT THERE IS A RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE.

ONLY BRINGING THE LAST PAGE OF A LEASE TO A DOOR OF A RESIDENT AND MAKING THEM SIGN IT.

THEN NEVER GIVING THE RESIDENTS A COPY OF THEIR LEASE.

HOW ABOUT THE FRAUD OF TAKING AN ARBITRATION AWARD THAT THEY WERE DENIED BY AN ARBITRATOR.

WE HAVE LISTENED TO OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE THEY SPEAK OF THE TAKINGS THAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS DONE TO THEM.

THEY SPEAK ABOUT VACANCY CONTROL.

TAKINGS.

ALTHOUGH VACANCY CONTROL IS AND HAS BEEN IN THE ORDINANCE SINCE 1974, THEY SPEAK THAT THE CITY IS NOT ALLOWING THEM FAIR MARKET VALUE, GROUND RENTS.

AND OF COURSE, THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 1974, ALLOWING THEM AN INCREASE YEARLY BASED ON CPI.

AS WE STATED PREVIOUSLY, THE ONLY REVISION 70% OF CPI ONLY COSTS THEM LESS THAN 1% INCREASE.

WHILE THEY COULD TAKE, EXCUSE ME, TAKE THE 2% INCREASE ANNUALLY THIS PAST YEAR.

WHERE IS THE ENFORCEMENT? WE, THE RESIDENTS, ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR DILIGENT RESEARCH AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S VOTES OF DOING WHAT IS CLEARLY RIGHT.

IT WAS AND IS COURAGEOUS BECAUSE YOU, THE CITY LIKE US RESIDENTS DON'T WELCOME CONTINUED COSTLY LITIGATIONS.

BUT WE ARE WELL PAST ENFORCEMENT.

OUR PARKS ARE UNRECOGNIZABLE AS THEY WERE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

THE COST OF THIS IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT HAS MANIFESTED IN OUR BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTS.

YOUNGSTOWN HAS EXPERIENCED TWO SUE SIZE ATTEMPTS AND MAJOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION.

THANK THANK YOU TIM PORTUS TO BE FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH ROBERTS.

HELLO, MY COUNSEL.

I THINK YOU CAN IMAGINE SENIOR RESIDENTS HAVING THIS HANGING OVER THEM WHILE THEY COME TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR LIVES.

OUR FAMILIES IN LITTLE WOODS AND CAPRI WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES ARE WORRIED EVERY DAY.

NO CONTROL.

THE RESIDENTS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ANY OF THIS.

THEY MUST RELY ON ATTORNEYS AND THE CITY AND THE STATE TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THESE COMPLEX LEGAL CHALLENGES.

OUR HOPE MANIFESTS FROM OUR SOLIDARITY TOGETHER.

BUT THIS IS A DIFFICULT JOURNEY.

THIS IS NOT JUST HAPPENING IN PETALUMA WITH THESE BAD ACTOR PARK OWNERS.

IT IS HAPPENING IN JUST ABOUT EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF LARGE INVESTMENT GROUPS.

BY KNOWING THAT THEY MAKE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PROFITS, INVESTORS WOULD NOT BE BUYING IN IF THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.

IN FACT, IN YOUNGSTOWN, A RESIDENT WAS ERRONEOUSLY FORWARDED THE END OF THE YEAR RESULTS FOR OUR PARK OWNERS.

THIS INCLUDES THE BEST YEAR YET OF 10 MILLION IN SALES OF MOBILE HOMES AND THE INCREASE IN EMPLOYEES TO 130 THIS LAST YEAR.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SEEK TO PROTECT RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND MAKE PETALUMA SAFE.

THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE PETALUMA TO RETIRE AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL SEE THE NEED FOR CHANGE AND THAT THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WILL BE COURAGEOUS BUT NECESSARY TO THE WELLBEING OF ALMOST 900 OF YOUR RESIDENTS.

OUR HOPE IS FOR A BETTER AND NEW TOMORROW.

IT IS JUST SIMPLY NOT RIGHT.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR MOBILE PARKS? IT IS NOT RIGHT.

YOUNGSTOWN.

STRONG LITTLEWOOD, STRONG CAPRI STRONG LEISURE LAKE.

STRONG PETALUMA MOBILE RESIDENTS ARE UNITED AND STRONG.

DEBORAH ROBERTS SHOULD BE

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FOLLOWED BY ROBERT HANSON.

HUH? OH, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO READ.

THAT WAS THE LAST PAGE FROM THE HEART .

UM, WE JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S TIME FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE ACTION THAT YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE.

WE FEEL YOUR SUPPORT, BUT WE NEED ACTION.

IT'S JUST TIME TO GET THIS WORKED OUT.

THANK YOU ROBERT HANSEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY TOM, UH, MANDER.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

TO EVERYBODY.

I WISH THE BAYARD DUST IN HEALTH AND SPIRIT TO OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

MY CONCERNS TONIGHT ARE THE MASSIVE MANIPULATION OF THE VOTE COUNT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AS A TERMINATED CALIFORNIA PRECINCT INSPECTOR, MY CONCERNS WITH LACK OF VOTER ID AND PROVISIONAL BALLOT, OUR DIRTY VOTER ROLLS, TOM FENTON JUDICIAL WATCH WENT INTO THE LA COUNTY VOTER ROLLS AND ELIMINATED 1.2 MILLION ILLEGAL VOTERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS AFTER THE RECALL ELECTION TO THIS LAST ELECTION.

I WATCHED THE REGISTRAR VOTERS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DRIBBLE OUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS 30 DAYS AFTER CLOSE OF ELECTIONS UNTIL THEY OVERTURNED THREE REPUBLICAN SEAT WINS AND GAVE 'EM TO THE DEMOCRATS.

THIS IS HOW GAVIN NEWSOM MAINTAINS HIS CONTROL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

WE DO NOT HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNTIL THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA DEMAND VOTER ID ACTUALLY, AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA INTERRUPT AND HAVE SOME MICROPHONE TO BE HAND BALLOT.

MR. HANSON.

WE WILL NEVER HAVE.

MR. HANSON, I'M GONNA A ASK.

AN IMAGINED SENSE OF SUPERIORITY AND ENTITLEMENT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER'S, TOM MANDER TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, SANDRA SHAND.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MCDONALD AND WELCOME TO NEW AND RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TOM MONER.

AS WE EMBARK ON A NEW AND CHALLENGING YEAR, I BEG YOU TO SUFFER THROUGH A COUPLE GENERAL RANTS FROM AN OLD MAN WHO'S LIVED DOWNTOWN FOR 40 YEARS.

I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT HOME PRICES AND RENTS ARE SO HIGH THAT GENERATION Z AND MILLENNIALS HAVE GIVEN UP HOPE OF EVER OWNING A HOME.

OUR TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE IS NOT HELPING.

RATHER, IT ENSURES THE TENANTS REMAIN RENTERS FOREVER.

WHEN THE PREVIOUS COUNSEL BOLDLY MADE THIS CONTROVERSIAL LAW PERMANENT WITH NO EXPIRATION DATE, A VERBAL ASSURANCE WAS GIVEN THAT IT WOULD BE REEVALUATED AFTER TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS ARE UP.

AND I'M COUNTING ON YOU TO HONOR THAT COMMITMENT.

OVER THE YEARS I'VE WATCHED CITY COUNCIL MOVE PROGRESSIVELY TO THE LEFT, STEPPING INTO AREAS BEYOND ITS PURVIEW, IGNORING POPULAR OPINION, DISREGARDING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, BECOMING MORE SOCIALISTIC AND FORCING THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO FOOT THE BILL.

NOW THANKS TO DISTRICT ELECTIONS, YOU ARE EACH BEHOLDEN TO ONLY A SMALL GROUP OF NEIGHBORS AND DONORS.

NEVERTHELESS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMBRACE THE BIGGER PICTURE AND BE AWARE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHEN ACTING BOLDLY, DESPITE A COUPLE OF DISAPPOINTMENTS, YOU HAVE EARNED MY RESPECT AND SUPPORT.

THANK YOU EACH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU SANDRA SHAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, LYDIA ASLAN.

AS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WATCHES IN HORROR, THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA CONTINUES TO UNFOLD AFTER SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO OPPOSED THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION THAT A BROAD COALITION OF PETALUMA URGED YOU TO PASS AFTER SPEAKING WITH THOSE OPPOSED, I THINK I'VE COME TO SEE HOW DEDICATION TO A CAUSE AND CAN BECOME SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,

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THE BELIEF YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM ALL LAWS AND EMBRACING OF POWER AND THE WILL TO USE IT RUTHLESSLY IGNORING INTERNATIONAL LAW, ISRAEL WEAKENS THE HUMANITARIAN SAFEGUARDS THAT THE WORLD NATIONS ADOPTED AFTER WORLD WAR II AND THE HOLOCAUST.

IN ORDER TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND WORLD PEACE, THE LEVEL OF DEATH AND DEVASTATION ONGOING IN GAZA IS POSSIBLE ONLY DUE TO US INVESTMENT DOLLARS AND MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF PETALUMA HAS ANY INVESTMENTS WHEREBY WE ARE PROFITING FROM WHAT INTERNATIONAL LAW DEFINES AS WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE OF, HOW CAN I PUT THIS? WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO SEE IT FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE MURDER OF CHILDREN WILL BRING PEACE TO ISRAEL OR TO THE WORLD.

AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION RIGHT AWAY, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT SOMEONE COULD PLEASE LOOK IN AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

ARE WE BENEFITING FROM THE WAR CRIMES GOING ON IN GAZA, WEST BANK, ET CETERA.

AND LYDIA AS, UH, ASLAN IS OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING, ANOTHER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL.

UH, I'M LYDIA ASLAN, UH, WITH PETALUMA HISTORIC ADVOCATES.

I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEWLY SWORN IN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OFFER A QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT TO OUR TWO FIRST TIMERS, UH, AS A WAY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON ANOTHER ONGOING HOT BUTTON ISSUE, UH, WHICH IS THE DOWNTOWN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY.

SO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF NEW HOUSING WILL HELP ADDRESS A DIRE NEED, UH, AND MAKE PETALUMA MORE EQU A MORE EQUITABLE CITY IN THE DECADES AHEAD.

YET, HOW WE GO ABOUT PROPOSING ZONING CHANGES THAT WILL STEER PETALUMA'S LONG-TERM GROWTH IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

THESE GROWTH ISSUES ARE CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON FOR THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE STUDY PROPOSED CITYWIDE LAND USE CHANGES WILL COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE WITH THE ANTICIPATED TIMELINE FOR ENACTING THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE TARGETED FOR LATE 2025, EARLY 2026, WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY, A PIECEMEAL APPROACH TO DOWNTOWN GROWTH IN ADVANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

THE DIRTY SECRET HERE IS THAT THE OVERLAY DOES NOTHING ZIP NADA TO INCENTIVIZE HOUSING BEYOND WHAT CURRENT CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS FOR.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S DISE DISINGENUOUS OF THE CITY TO PRETEND THIS OVERLAY WILL DO SO.

THE TRUTH IS THAT THE DOWNTOWN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY WAS COOKED UP ONLY TO CREATE A PATH TO APPROVE THE APPALACHIAN HOTEL BEFORE THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IS VETTED AND APPROVES THE OVERLAY IS EVEN DESIGNED TO SUNSET ONCE THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IS ADOPTED.

I URGE YOU TO THINK STRATEGICALLY ON THIS ISSUE AND NOT TO PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, AT LEAST, AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO DOWNTOWN GROWTH, UNTIL THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE HAS BEEN FULLY HASHED OUT.

TO STRENGTHEN, DEFEND, AND ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCE.

AND, UM, THAT CLOSES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING AND MOVES US TO COUNCIL

[COUNCIL COMMENT]

COMMENT.

USUALLY WE ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO FILL US IN ON THEIR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, UPDATES THAT THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO SORT THE SEND TO THE DI AND AND INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE TO, UH, MAKE ANY COMMENTS.

UM, I HAVE NO LIAISON, UH, REPORT OUTS.

UM, RIGHT NOW I WILL SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE, UM, I MAY HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY A DISTRICT THIS TIME AROUND AND, AND ONLY ONE SIXTH OF THE CITY VOTED.

UM, BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO CONSIDER AND, AND DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.

UM, YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT IN MY DISTRICT, REACH OUT TO ME.

I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO MEET WITH ANYONE IN THE CITY.

UM, THE DISTRICTS IS HOW WE WERE ELECTED.

IT'S NOT HOW WE SERVE AND IT CERTAINLY ISN'T.

UM, I, I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL.

WHAT, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING OF WHAT'S BEST FOR THE WHOLE CITY, UM, TO THE THE MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.

UM, IF YOU LOOK ON OUR TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MEETING, YOU'VE GOT SEE AN URGENCY ORDINANCE.

UM, OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU WAS

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UM, THAT URGENCY ORDINANCE IS MOST LIKELY GONNA BE AN ATTEMPT TO STRENGTHEN OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS.

UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO DEFEND THEM AND AS WE SAID, WE WILL, UM, ENFORCE THEM IN DUE TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UM, PERSEVERANCE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, AND I ALSO WANNA JUST SAY THAT WE REALLY DO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY.

I GET PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE IN ALL DISTRICTS AND WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, I GO AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PART OF THE CITY IT IS, SO DON'T GET SO TRIPPED UP ON THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO REPRESENT EVERYBODY AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE NEXT, UH, MEETING.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AND STRENGTHENING THAT, UM, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT CONSTANTLY GO ON.

UM, BUT I DO ALSO WANNA SAY THAT BOY, WITH THESE REIGNS, OUR POTHOLES HAVE REALLY INCREASED.

AND SO I KNOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA BE WORKING REALLY HARD AND THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THE CITY'S, UM, SITE.

THERE'S A, AN APP AND YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE AND IT'LL SAY EXACTLY WHERE THE POTHOLE IS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO, UM, BRING TO OUR ATTENTION AND THEY GET THINGS DONE VERY QUICKLY.

BUT THE RES HAVE REALLY, UM, BREAK HAVOC.

AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST QUICKLY TALK ABOUT GARY M AND LYNN AND JUST HOW GREAT THEY WERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO SAD THEY BOTH LEFT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS APART.

UM, BUT THEY WERE VERY GIVING PEOPLE AND GAVE A LOT OF, UM, TIME AND MONEY TO, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND PETALUMA TO MAKE IT SO WE CAN FIGHT MOBILE HOME PARKS AND OTHER THINGS.

AND SO I AM JUST HEARTBROKEN THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE GONE 'CAUSE THEY WERE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I KNOW YOU WERE ENDING THE MEETING WITH THAT, BUT HE WAS A FRIEND AND FELT VERY, UM, JUST VERY SAD.

AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY'S HOLIDAYS WERE AS LOVELY AS MINE.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND, AND IT WAS REALLY, UM, NICE HAVING TIME OFF, UM, JUST KIND OF RELAXING AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD AS UM, NICE RELAXING TIME AS WE DID HERE TO EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER NOW.

UM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

I DON'T HAVE ANY LAYS ON REPORTS TO MAKE DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS LAST MONTH, BUT I DO WANNA CONGRATULATE OUR TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER WYN.

AND I HAVE KNOWN COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY SINCE HIS PRESCHOOL DAYS AT A HAPPY DAYS PRESCHOOL.

AND I HAVE FEEDBACK HERE.

UM, I LOOK AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE FEEDBACK.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

DO I NEED TRADE MICS? IS, SORRY.

OKAY, I CAN TRY.

DO I HAVE AN ECHO THERE? GO.

THE HOLIDAYS AND FILLING THOSE POTHOLES.

UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION'S IDEAS AND VISIONS FOR OUR FUTURE IN PETALUMA WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY AND REELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN BARNACLE, EXCITED FOR THIS NEW COUNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISH NEW GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR OUR CITY'S COMMUNITY.

WHILE HOME FOR A FEW WEEKS, RECOVERING FROM A FLU BUG, I HAD TIME TO LISTEN TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S PODCAST COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM MANAGER, JAMESON BEN, AND MANY CITY STAFF MEMBERS EXPLAIN DIFFERENT EVERY AREAS OF OUR CITY'S DEPARTMENTS.

IN 20 24, 4 PODCASTS WERE MADE WITH IMPORTANT SUBJECTS LIKE COTS, SAFE STREETS, FIRE, SAFETY SEASON, AND CITY GOVERNMENT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LISTENING TO ONE PETALUMA PODCAST AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CITY.

AND I THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF FOR THESE INFORMATIVE ROUNDTABLE PODCASTS.

AND I RECOMMEND TO EVERYBODY FINDING THOSE PODCASTS AND LISTENING TO IT.

UM, IF YOU HAVE SOME FREE TIME, UH, YOU CAN DO IT WHILE YOU'RE WALKING, WHILE YOU'RE EXERCISING.

IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO GET AN INSIDE UNDERSTANDING AND LISTEN TO THESE, UM, WONDERFUL CITY STAFF, EXPLAIN OUR GOVERNMENT.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST ONE WAY THE PUBLIC CAN STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY OF PETALUMA.

WE ARE A FULL CITY, UH, FULL SERVICE CITY, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOWNLOADING THE ENGAGE PETALUMA APP ON YOUR PHONES AS COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON REFERRED TO.

UM, I DID IT WHILE I WAS OUT WALKING, UM, AFTER THE RAINS.

AND I REALLY WANNA THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR RESPONDING FOR THOSE EMERGENCY CALLS THAT CAME THROUGH DURING

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AND THANK YOU TO THE PETAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PETALUMA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE 24 7, WHICH MEANT SOME STAFF MEMBERS HAD TO MISS CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE THEY WERE SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING.

AND I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THE WEST SIDE.

SO WE REALLY DO THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY WHO HAD A SEWER PROBLEM THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND SHE WAS IN A PANIC.

AND I CAN'T THANK THE STAFF ENOUGH FOR GOING OUT AND RESPONDING TO HER CALL.

UM, JOHN FITZGERALD, THE PROCLAMATION IS CLOSE TO MY HEART 'CAUSE I WAS PART OF THE PETALUMA RIVER FESTIVAL, AND THERE'S LOTS OF FITS STORIES TO BE TOLD.

AND HE'S A FELLOW GOOD EGG.

SO I REALLY, UM, THANK THE CITY FOR REALIZING HOW WONDERFUL JOHN FITZGERALD, I'VE BEEN GIVING HIM A PROCLAMATION.

AND ALSO GARY, UM, AND LYNN M WERE JUST WONDERFUL HUMAN BEINGS, AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WELCOME.

UM, AND, UH, THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER ABOUT, UH, UM, UM, WHAT OUR CITY STAFF DOES TO KEEP, UM, THE CITY ROLLING.

OUR CITY MANAGER CONSTANTLY REFERS TO US AS A FULL SERVICE CITY, AND I I THOUGHT OF THAT AS LATITUDE, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S ALSO DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME, AND ALL TIME .

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DI CARLY, DO YOU WELCOME AND DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US THIS EVENING? WELL, UH, LIA IS ON REPORTS YET, BUT, UM, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S A LITTLE SURREAL FINALLY SITTING UP HERE.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

UM, PEOPLE HAVE JOKED WITH ME ABOUT DOING IT, SAID I SHOULD.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I FINALLY DECIDED I WANTED TO DO IT FOR MYSELF AND FOR THE TOWN, FOR THE PEOPLE TOO.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I, SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT SUPPORTED ME AND, AND VOTED FOR ME AND, AND THE THOUSANDS MORE I HOPE TO GAIN AS, AS, UH, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE LIVE IN A VERY SPECIAL PLACE HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, A QUICK LITTLE HISTORY FACT BETWEEN PETALUMA AND SONOMA COUNTY.

OVER THE LAST, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN DIFFERENT FLAGS PLANTED HERE, UM, BETWEEN THE SPANISH, THE RUSSIANS, THE ENGLISH, TWO DIFFERENT MEXICAN FLAGS OVER THEIR HISTORY, THE REPUBLIC FLAG OF CALIFORNIA, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, FULL GLORY.

AND SO, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A VERY LONG AND, AND RICH HISTORY HERE THAT, UM, EVERYBODY LOVES AND WANTS TO BE A PART OF.

OUR, UM, OUR AGRICULTURE HISTORY IS, IS SECOND TO NONE.

BETWEEN OUR DAIRIES, OUR POULTRY, AND OUR EGGS.

WE WERE A WORLD WORLD LEADER AT ONE POINT IN ALL OF THAT.

OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AND OUR EXTREMELY TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BOTH NEW AND OLD, UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ALL BEEN, UH, EVERYBODY'S CONTRIBUTED AND GIVEN BACK TO THE AMAZING CITY THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

SO I FEEL VERY HONORED TO BE AMONGST EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED BEFORE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND WELCOME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT.

UH, WELCOME.

AND WOULD, DO YOU HAVE A FEW COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? SURE.

UH, UM, NO FORMAL LIAISON COMMENTS.

UH, ALTHOUGH I WILL ADD THAT, UH, IN DECEMBER, UH, AS PART OF THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A DEEP DIVE REVIEW OF THE, UM, OF THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN FOR INCLUSION IN THE A TP.

SO THAT'S ONE IMPORTANT STEP THAT'S NEEDED TO MOVE OUR A TP ALONG.

AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT PROGRESS THERE.

I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO GET TO PARTICIPATE WITH THIS TEAM.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ROLLING UP MY SLEEVES AND, AND DOING GOOD WORK.

AND, UH, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST RECOGNIZE THE, UH, THE, THE CITY STAFF, UH, FOR, UH, REALLY THE GREAT VIBE THAT'S GOING ON AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UM, UH, SEE A COUPLE OF THE EVENTS, UH, AT NIGHTTIME.

I THINK WE WERE THERE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, UH, AND WE, WE ALSO, UH, SHOWED UP.

MY FAMILY SHOWED UP FOR THE, UH, GUNS AND HOSES EVENT.

UH, MAN, I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW GREAT THOSE GUYS COULD SKATE.

UH, THAT WAS PRETTY, UH, THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

BUT ANYWAY, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT WAS FULL NAGA, LOOKS GREAT.

UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO JUST BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE FAIRGROUNDS WITH THE GATES OPEN AND, AND, AND GO SEE NAGA.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT DIDN'T EXIST.

UH, IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT, THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT SPACE, UH, IT JUST DIDN'T EXIST.

AND, AND, AND I THINK WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE.

WELCOME.

THAT, I'D LIKE TO PASS FOR CITY MANAGER COMMENTS.

UH, THE, UH, THE LOOM ICE IS REALLY A PRETTY, PRETTY

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SPECIAL THIS YEAR.

AND TO HAVE NAGA INSIDE THERE IS A REAL TREE.

I HOPE EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO GO.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UH, UH, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR LIGHTED BIKE PARADE THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.

AND THIS YEAR IT WAS ON THE EAST SIDE, TOOK A TOUR, AND I SWEAR WE WENT ON EVERY STREET ON THE EAST SIDE, WOUND OUR WAY THROUGH THINGS.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT AND OTHERS WHO WERE WITH A RIDE AND OTHERS WHO WERE WITH A RIDE WAS OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF ON CYCLES.

I MEAN, WE HAD GREAT POLICE SUPPORT AND I WANNA THANK THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S REALLY FUN WHEN YOUR COMMUNITY SERVANTS ARE WITHIN THE GROUP BEING PART OF THE GROUP LIKE THAT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, THIS, UH, COMING FRIDAY WE HAVE THE, UH, CORONA ROAD SMART STATION OPENING AT NOONTIME.

AND, UM, AND THAT'S JUST A, A REAL MILESTONE FOR THE CITY TO ACHIEVE TO HAVE, UM, OUR SECOND SMART STATION.

IT'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL.

AND, UH, TIED TOGETHER WITH THAT IS THE MERIDIAN HOUSING THERE WITH ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND 130 UNITS OF WHICH 30 SOME ODD OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS KIND OF EXACTLY THE KIND OF, UH, MIX THAT WE NEED IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, AND THEN, UM, ONE OTHER PIECE OF GOOD NEWS ABOUT PETALUMA.

UM, WE WERE FEATURED ON CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS, UH, THIS WEEKEND, UH, A SPECIAL SEGMENT ABOUT OUR AMERICAN LEGIONS, UH, VETERANS DAY PARADE.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE, UH, BEST PARADES IN OR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND, UH, IT'S GETTING ITS DUE RECOGNITION IN THE MEDIA.

AND, UH, WITH

[CITY MANAGER COMMENT]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.

UH, JUST TO ADD ON THE SMART, UM, SECOND SMART STATION CEREMONY THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT STARTS AT NOON.

UM, SO HOPING TO SEE THE COUNCIL THERE, UM, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IT, IT STARTS AT NOON, BUT PLEASE, UM, PARKING'S LIMITED.

SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CARPOOLING OR, UM, GET FINDING A WAY OVER THERE, MAYBE LUMA AGO.

UM, SO, UH, PLEASE DO CARPOOLING AND, UM, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR THREE VACANCIES ON OUR COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.

UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SEAT EACH FOR GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND OUR TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO SEAT IS OPEN FOR EACH OF THOSE.

AND APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15TH, UH, AT 5:00 PM AND YOU CAN APPLY ON OUR WEBSITE@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH CBS.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

BUT OTHERWISE, IF YOU JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND JUST GO TO THE HOMEPAGE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND IT.

I'LL HELP YOU , UM, AND ALSO REACH OUT TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP.

AND THEN JUST A FINAL, UH, WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOTH DI CARLY AND QUINT.

WE'RE SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IN PETALUMA FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.

SO, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I'LL, I'LL LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DESK TO SEE WHETHER ANY COUNSEL MEMBER HAS A COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING, AND, UM, A DEEP BREATH.

AND, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

UM, NOW ON

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

UM, AND I JUST, UH, WANNA NOTE THAT IN ITEM THREE,

[3. Resolution Approving City Council Liaison Appointments for 2025]

THE COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENTS.

DID YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING, MR. MAYOR, OR DO YOU, I THINK I GOT IT.

UM, LET ME SEE IF I GET IT RIGHT.

SO, UH, WHEN I'M, UH, PREPARED THE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, I HAVE LISTED, UH, IN YOU, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON IS APPOINTED TO THE ZONE TWO A, BUT THAT WAS MY ERROR.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW BEING, UM, THE DESIGNATED LIAISON.

AND I'D LIKE TO CONFIRM WITH THE TWO PARTIES THAT THAT IS AN ACCEPTABLE, UM, ACTION.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

ACCEPTABLE.

AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WONDERFUL.

AND SO I'D LIKE THAT INSERTED IN THE, IN THE RECORD AS A MODIFICATION, AND THEN ASKING AGAIN ON THE COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO READ OUR MESSAGING FOR THIS AND TO TELL US WHETHER WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BUT 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, AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED, PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION AND, UH, NOT SEEING ANYONE RUSH TO THE PODIUM OR WITH A CARD TO SPEAK.

I'M GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

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I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND.

A MOTION BY THOMPSON SEVEN.

MOTION FOR ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

NOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, AND AT, UM, I'D LIKE A ROLL CALL.

VOTE ON THIS, PLEASE.

REBS, ABSENT MCDONALD? YES.

MOTION CARRIES.

HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.

I GUESS AT THIS POINT, I HAVE TO START ADDRESSING YOU AS VICE MAYOR NOW.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND, UM, I HAVE MY, MY, I'M SHOCKED.

WONDERFUL.

IT'S READY.

I'M JUST SHOCKED.

I'M JUST NOT TALL ENOUGH TO REACH.

AND, AND, UH, OH, THANK YOU, MR. DANLEY.

AND THAT MOVES US TO PUBLIC

[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO LEVY AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 IN THE DOWNTOWN PETALUMA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE LEVY FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN PETALUMA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AND, UH, TO HELP US WITH THIS, WE HAVE NANCY SANDS, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WELCOME TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CARLY AND QUINT.

UH, MY NAME IS NANCY SANDS.

I, UH, AM A SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE CITY, WORKING IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPEN GOVERNMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT.

AND IN THAT DEPARTMENT I SERVE AS THE LIAISON, UH, TO THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AND TO THE, UM, DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

SO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC, I'VE PREPARED A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE CONTEXT TO THIS ITEM AND, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND WHAT THIS PROCESS IS.

UM, AND ALSO TO, UH, TO SUPPLEMENT THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR MEETING PACKET.

UM, BUT BEFORE I ACTUALLY START THE PRESENTATION, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MARIE MCCUSKER, UM, WHO OVERSEES THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AS PART OF HER ROLE, UM, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PETALUMA DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, UNFORTUNATELY, ISN'T ABLE TO, WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE'S ILL.

UH, SO CAITLYN'S GONNA HELP ME WITH THIS, UM, PRESENTATION.

I'LL GO TO, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT IS A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT? UH, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE A TOOL OR MECHANISM, UH, TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICES IN A PREDETERMINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA BEYOND THOSE THAT ARE PROVIDED BY A CITY.

UH, AND THE WAY THEY DO THIS IS THAT THEY COLLECT ASSESSMENTS FROM BUSINESSES AND OR PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE, THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

UH, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE REGULATED BY THE STATE AND ESTABLISHED AND GOVERNED BY, UM, BY, UNDER CITY ORDINANCES.

BUT THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT, UH, DISTRICT ITSELF IS MANAGED BY A NONPROFIT GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THIS STRUCTURE HELPS TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTED ARE SPENT IN WAYS THAT BENEFIT THE BUSINESSES AND OR PROPERTIES WITHIN THE, UM, DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES.

UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICES THAT ARE FUNDED BY A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF BI UH, BID AND THE DISTRICT'S SPECIFIC NEEDS.

UM, BUT GENERALLY THEY FALL INTO FOUR CATEGOR, FOUR CATEGORIES, WHICH ARE SECURITY, MAINTENANCE, MARKETING, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE, UM, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FUNDS ARE MEANT SPECIFICALLY TO BENEFIT, UM, THAT DISTRICT, THE OVERALL IMPACT OF, UH, A BIDS, UM, EFFORTS, UM, IT ENHANCES THE VIBRANCY, DESIRABILITY, AND SAFETY OF, UH, OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND WE DEFINITELY SEE THAT IN OUR OWN, UM, DOWNTOWN PETALUMA, UM, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO, UM, IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF, OF BIDS.

UM, ONE IS A BUSINESS BASED BID, AND THAT ASSESSES BUSINESSES, UM, USUALLY WITH THE A SET FEE THAT'S BASED ON THE TYPE OF BUSINESS AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE, THE BID BOUNDARIES.

UM, THE, THE BUSINESS BASED BIDS

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CAN FUND PHYSICAL, UH, PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH AN ESTIMATED USEFUL LIFE OF FIVE YEARS OR MORE, SUCH AS BENCHES, TRASH, RECEPTACLE, DECORATIONS, OR PARKS.

UM, IT CAN ALSO FUND ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT THE ASSESSED BUSINESSES.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO BENEFIT THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING THAT ASSESSMENT, UM, SUCH AS SPONSORING EVENTS, PROVIDING MUSIC, ART, UM, OR DOING OTHER PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

UM, AND ALSO PROVIDING OTHER PROGRAMS OR SERVICES SUCH AS SECURITY, ART, INSTALLATION, HISTORICAL MARKERS, AND SO, SO FORTH.

UH, A SECOND TYPE OF BID IS THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS BID, AND THAT ASSESSES, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES TO BENEFIT THE PROPERTIES.

UH, SO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE BUSINESS BID.

UM, IT, IT CAN FIND, UH, CAN FUND SIMILARLY A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, UM, INCLUDING THOSE THAT THE BUSINESS BASED BID, UM, FUNDS, UH, AS WELL AS CLEANING, GRAFFITI REMOVAL, UM, SECURITY PARKING OR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

UM, SOME OF PROPERTY BIDS, UM, IN THE STATE WILL DO, UH, MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK, UM, AND, AND BUSINESS ATTRACTION, UM, AS WELL AS MARKETING PROMOTION EVENTS AND SO FORTH.

THE THIRD TYPE IS A TOURISM BID, UM, WHICH WE HAVE AS WELL, UM, THAT BENEFITS HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM BUSINESSES.

AND THE ASSESSMENT THERE CAN BE REQUIRED OF THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES, UM, AND OR PASSED ON THROUGH THEIR, TO THEIR GUESTS AS A TOURISM FEE.

UM, AND THE TOURISM BIDS PRIMARILY FUND PROMOTION, UH, PROMOTION OF THE DESTINATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ATTRACT OVERNIGHT VISITORS AND SALES PROGRAMS THAT BRING LARGE GROUPS, UM, TO THE, TO HOTELS AND RESORTS WITHIN THE, WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.

DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION FOR REALLY TAKING LEADERSHIP THIS YEAR IN BRINGING IN, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UM, ADVISORS WHO CAN HELP, WHO ARE HELPING OUR BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN IMPROVE THEIR MARKETING, THEIR PROMOTIONAL, UM, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGETING AND SO FORTH.

SO NOW I JUST WANNA FOCUS REALLY QUICKLY ON THE, UM, OUR OWN PETALUMA, UH, DOWNTOWN PETALUMA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS A BUSINESS BASED BID.

UM, JUST BRIEFLY, IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL ACTION IN 2000, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THE STATE GOVERNED PROCESS.

UM, AND IT IS MANAGED BY THE PETALUMA DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, ITS BOUNDARIES CAPTURE COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT STRETCH, UM, ON THE NORTH END TO GALL STREET, UM, AND MCNAIR AVENUE, UM, ON THE SOUTH END.

UM, HOWARD AND SIXTH STREETS ON THE WEST AND, UH, LAKEVILLE, UM, ON THE EAST.

AND, UM, JUST ABOUT UNDER 600, UH, BUSINESSES ARE, ARE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BID.

UM, THE BID HAS ALLOCATED FUNDS CONSISTENTLY TO KEY AREAS, UH, MARKETING, SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, AND BEAUTIFICATION.

AND, UM, ITS BUDGET IN 2025, UH, REFLECTS THAT.

UM, AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, UM, THE, UH, THE, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BUDGET OF $64,000 AND THE VARIOUS, UM, WAYS THAT, UH, UM, THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AND THE, THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DIRECTORS WILL BE, UM, ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS.

SO, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF PHOTOS TO REPRESENT THE IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICES THE BID, UM, HAS FUNDED, UM, INCLUDING, UM, THE ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN, SUCH AS THE SIDEWALK SALE, THE TRICK OR TREAT, THE SAN SANTA'S RIVERBOAT ARRIVAL, UM, BANNERS, UH, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, CLEANUP.

WE HAD A GREAT CLEANUP LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.

I KNOW OUR, SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, PARTICIPATED AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

UM, AND, AND AGAIN, LOTS OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS TO PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS TO BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN TO, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, BE BE THERE PARTICIPATING AND, UM, UH, GOING TO OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.

UM, SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE BID DOES ALSO THAT'S NOT REFLECTED HERE, UM, ARE THERE MONTHLY MEETINGS.

UM, AND THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY BID BUSINESS, BUT ALSO, UM, TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES IN THEIR OWN SUCCESS.

AND, UM, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THE TEAM AT, AT THE, UM,

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SO THE BID IS NOT ONLY JUST ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES, BUT ALSO PROVIDING SERVICES AND NETWORKING AND SUPPORT TO THE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE BID.

UM, AND THE, THE BID HAS WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE OTHER BUSINESSES WITHIN THE BID BID BOUNDARIES.

UM, AND THEY'VE TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO, UH, MAKE PAYMENT OPTIONS EASIER AND REDUCE CAR, THE CAR, THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT, AND, UM, HOW THEY COLLECT THE ASSESSMENT AND, UM, HOW THEY PUT ON THEIR BID EVENTS, WHICH IS, UM, IN LINE WITH OUR, OUR OWN OUR CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS.

SO HERE WE ARE, .

FINALLY, UM, HERE, THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS IS, IT'S TWO STEPS, BUT I PUT A THIRD IN THERE.

STEP ONE, UH, HAPPENED LAST MONTH, UM, DECEMBER 16TH, WHERE THE COUNCIL, UH, RECEIVES THE, THE BUDGET AND ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE, UM, THE BUSINESS, UH, IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

UH, AND THEY REVIEW IT AND APPROVE IT, WHICH YOU DID, AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS STEP TWO.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTING TO, UM, TO GO FORWARD AND COLLECT THE ASSESSMENTS.

UM, AND THEN IF THAT HAPPENS, UM, AND THE RESOLUTION PASSES, STEP THREE IS THE, UM, PETALUMA DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, BILLS THE BUSINESSES, AND COORDINATES THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

LOVE OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, AND, UM, USUALLY I APOLOGIZE, USUALLY I DRAW A BREATH AND ALLOW ANY COUNCIL PERSON WHO WISHES OR NEEDS TO RECUSE TO, UM, SO STATE AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY MIGHT BE DOING A RECUSAL.

AND I OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THIS POINT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF UNTIL SENIOR STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE.

AND I THINK FOR PURPOSES OF THIS VOTE AND QUESTION MATTER, I THINK WE ASK YOU TO STEP TO THE, UH, ANTI CHAMBER THERE.

AND, UM, WE WILL KNOCK ON THE DOOR, UH, RIGHT AFTER WE, UH, CONCLUDE THIS ITEM AND BRING YOU BACK IN FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, THAT BRINGS TO, BRINGS US TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

WERE THERE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? AGAIN, I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE REPORT.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CITY CLERK TO READ OUR, UM, PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT, UH, AND INVITE PUBLIC IN PLEASE.

SURE.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESKS 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 PROPERTY VALUES AND IMPROVING, UH, OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T PAYING INTO IT.

AND NOT SEEING A RUSH TO THE STAND.

UM, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION, UM, UH, VICE MAYOR NOW.

UM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, BUT I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, ONCE WE PASS THIS, WE GET TO HEAR ON WEDNESDAY OUR THEME FOR THE BUTTER AND EGGS DAY THIS YEAR AND WHAT DATE AND THE ACTIVITIES AND THE YEARLY SCHEDULE.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, IS THE LIAISON.

SO I WAS HAPPY TO PASS THE BATON TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.

SO I, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION AND THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNICLE, I'LL SECOND AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

I HAVE A COUPLE SOMETHING I WANNA SAY, TOO.

UM, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WHOOP, WHOOP, IF EVERYBODY COULD TURN THEIR MICS OFF EXCEPT FOR THE ONE PERSON SPEAKING, THAT MIGHT HELP.

ALL RIGHT.

BETTER.

UM, SO WHEN I, THE COUNCIL QUESTION THAT WAS IN THERE ASKING, AND THEN THE RESPONSE TALKED ABOUT PROPERTY BASED BIDS.

UM, IT STRIKES ME THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT THE BUSINESS BASED BID THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS BUSINESS OWNERS PAYING INTO THIS THING, AND IT'S ACTUALLY IMPROVING

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AND SO I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE, AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR I'M OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION DOES GREAT WORK, UM, TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT A PROPERTY BASED BID WOULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE, UM, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T FEEL EQUITABLE TO HAVE THE BUSINESSES PAYING INTO SOMETHING AND, AND IMPROVING THE PROPERTY VALUES OF, OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T PAYING INTO IT, RIGHT? WE HAVE, UH, PROPERTIES DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE, THAT ARE VACANT.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN WAS USING IT AS A BILLBOARD, UM, FOR, FOR A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES IN A DIFFERENT CITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE PAYING INTO THE BID.

AND SO IT STRIKES ME THAT WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT A PROPERTY BASED BID GOING FORWARD TO, UM, SORT OF COURSE CORRECT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT TONIGHT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK NEXT YEAR.

VERY GOOD POINT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE BARNACLE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, WILL YOU, UH, DO THE HONORS OF BRINGING OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BACK? AND, UM, SO THAT TAKES US TO, UH, THE, TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING.

AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE AGAIN THAT WE'VE DECLARED THAT WE'RE CLOSING THIS MEETING IN HONOR OF GARY IN WHO, UH, WAS A GREAT CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR COMMUNITY AND AS SUCH SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, UM, BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WITH THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO DECLARE THAT WE ARE COMPLETE AND ADJOURNED FOR THE EVENING.