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          [CALL TO ORDER]
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          UH, WELCOME EVERYONE. 
          GOOD EVENING FOR THIS, UH, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025. 
          UM, THE MEETING IS A SPECIAL MEETING, AND, UH, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. 
          COUNCIL WILL HAVE A CHAT QUESTIONS. 
          WE'LL GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC AT THAT POINT. 
          THAT'S WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAPPEN. 
          AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO NOW INVITE, UH, WELL, AND, AND THE PROCESS THEN WILL BE THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS IS, WHERE THE CARDS ARE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND YOU BRING 'EM TO OUR CLERK IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND IT'LL ALL WORK OUT. 
          UH, I NOW INVITE MONICA RICCIO AND MARIA GALVEZ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK YOU ALREADY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING BARNACLE PRESENT CATER THOMPSON. 
          HERE. 
          DI CARLY. 
          PRESENT NOW. 
          HERE, QUINT. 
          HERE. 
          SCH SHRIMPS HERE, MCDONALD HERE. 
          AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          LET'S STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PGI OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, WHITE NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. 
          [AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)]
WE CUSTOMARILY ADOPT THE AGENDA OF THE EVENING AND ALLOW FOR CHANGES IN ORDER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THERE'S ONE ITEM TONIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE, UH, 
          [PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
RIGHT INTO THAT ITEM FOR THE EVENING. 
          AND THAT IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES WORK PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 24 25. 
          THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE IN. 
          AND, UH, 25, 26. 
          AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, WE DO THIS EXERCISE EACH YEAR AND, UH, OUR NEEDS ARE GREATER THAN OUR CURRENT FUNDING OR STAFFING ALLOWS FOR. 
          AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO FIX THAT. 
          WE EITHER NEED TO REDUCE THE WISHLIST AND CALL IT A NEEDS UNMET, OR WE NEED TO INCREASE REVENUE, OR WE NEED TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. 
          AND LIKELY IT'S A BIT OF EACH THAT GETS US, UH, THROUGH THIS, UH, SAYING NO FINDING TRICKS AND FINDING FUNDING. 
          SO, UM, WE SEE, UH, OTHER CITIES ALL CUTTING BUDGETS. 
          WE SEE A LOT OF CITIES WITH REVENUE PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S CLEAR THAT WE'RE HEADED INTO A BELT TIGHTENING PHASE AS WELL. 
          UH, I THINK THE VALUE OF THIS EXERCISE IS THAT, LOOK, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT THE CITY IS ACCOMPLISHING, AND WE'RE REVIEWING WHAT WE'RE DOING AGAINST WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING. 
          UH, THAT'S ONE BIG TRANSPARENT DIALOGUE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. 
          THE PUBLIC GETS TO TALK AND THE COUNCIL LISTENS, AND THE COUNCIL GETS TO TALK AND EVERYONE LISTENS. 
          IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CAPTURE ALL OF WHAT WE, WHAT THE CITY DOES, UM, IN ONE EVENING. 
          BUT I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS TAKES US THIS EVENING. 
          PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE LIST OF 27 THAT'S IN THE PACKAGE THAT YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED. 
          UM, REACH A TOP 10 LIST. 
          ALL 27 ARE IMPORTANT. 
          PROBABLY NEW IMPORTANT THINGS WILL ARISE TONIGHT, BUT I THINK I'M GONNA ASK THE COUNCIL AND, AND, AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO RESPECT THAT. 
          WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO DRILL DOWN ON TOP 10 THINGS. 
          EVERYTHING'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE PROCESS FOR THE EVENING, AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE EARLIER, WILL BE THAT WE INVITE STAFF 
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IN TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION AS IS TYPICAL ON ALL OF OUR, UM, ITEMS THAT, THAT WE HEAR. 
          AND THEN WHEN THAT CONCLUDES, COUNCIL WILL ASK QUESTIONS, KEEP TRYING TO KEEP IT FOCUSED. 
          WE'LL TRY AND GET TO THE PUBLIC AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE THAT WAY, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR COUNCIL DIALOGUE. 
          LOTS OF PROBABLY TALKING, EVERYBODY'S GOT IDEAS AND IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S THE GIST OF IT FOR THE EVENING, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER TO TAKE IT FROM HERE. 
          AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BRIAN COCHRANE, TO KICK IT OFF. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU PEGGY. 
          UH, GO AHEAD AND BRING UP THE POWERPOINT. 
          SO JUST GIVE ME ONE MOMENT TO DO THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR FOR THAT, UH, GREAT INTRODUCTION. 
          I THINK THAT REALLY TEES US UP WELL FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION. 
          UH, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL GOALS AND PRIORITY SETTING SESSION. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL AS HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY ON THEIR PRIORITIES AND JUST A FEW INTRODUCTORY SLIDES. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY OF STAFF AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THE GOALS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED FOR YOU TONIGHT. 
          SO I WANTED TO START BY EMPHASIZING OUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES. 
          AND THE STAFF AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION CAME UP WITH THESE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          WE, WE KIND OF, UH, CALL IT ONE PETALUMA AS AN OVERARCHING THEME, BUT THESE ARE REALLY THE SEVEN, UH, GUIDING LIGHTS FOR US. 
          AND WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO DO SO EQUITABLY. 
          AND WE AS, AS, AS A STAFF AND AS A COMMUNITY, UH, I THINK WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON USING COLLABORATION AS ONE OF OUR KEY TOOLS. 
          WE TRUST ONE ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF, THE COMMUNITY, OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PROVIDE SERVICE WITH EMPATHY TOWARD OUR VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES. 
          AND WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE. 
          AND I THINK IN PETALUMA, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BEING INNOVATORS IN A LOT OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE EXCELLED IN. 
          SO THOSE CONTINUE TO, UH, TO DRIVE US AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS WE GO THROUGH OUR GOAL SETTING EACH YEAR. 
          NOT TOO MUCH HISTORY, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY SINCE ABOUT 2019. 
          AND IN THAT INITIAL PROCESS, IF YOU WERE PERHAPS THERE IN THE ROOM OR HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT SINCE, UH, THE 20 19, 20 20 REALLY GENERATED, UM, A TON OF IDEAS. 
          THERE WAS REALLY A THIRST FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR, FOR, UH, GETTING SOME, SOME, SOME THINGS DONE. 
          AND WE ENDED UP WITH OVER 200 ITEMS ON THOSE INITIAL LISTS. 
          AND IN ORDER TO DISTILL THAT DOWN, WE DID FOCUS THOSE INTO THE FIVE KEY THEME AREAS, UH, SUCH AS SPACES AND PLACES, AND A CITY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY, ET CETERA. 
          UH, WE THEN, UH, CLEARLY WENT INTO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, 2020 TO 2022 CAME OUT OF THAT. 
          AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE REALIZED WAS THIS REALLY WASN'T A WORKABLE PLAN IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS NO PRIORITIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED WORK PLAN ITEMS. SO THE STAFF, ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL AND WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT FOCUS, UH, THAT DOWN INTO 10 KEY PRIORITY INITIATIVES. 
          SO WE HAD A TOP 10, SORT OF, AS THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO EARLIER, UH, WHICH WE WERE SUPER FOCUSED ON AS A STAFF, CARRIED THAT THROUGH TO 2023. 
          UH, BUT WHAT WE REALIZED THEN IS THAT WE HAD MANY MAJOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY, AND IN SOME INSTANCES, MANDATORY INITIATIVES THAT WERE NOT EVEN ON THAT TOP 10 LIST. 
          SO WE EXPANDED THAT, UH, INTO ABOUT 30 KEY GOALS THAT WE BUILT OUT WORK PLANS FOR WITH MORE DETAILED WORK PLAN ITEMS BELOW EACH OF THOSE GOALS. 
          AND THAT'S SORT OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE CARRYING FORWARD THROUGH TODAY. 
          SO WHAT IS A GOAL? THIS IS NOT EXACTLY A DEFINITION, BUT MAYBE MORE, SOME PARAMETERS AROUND HOW WE DEFINE A GOAL AND HOW WE CREATE WHAT IS A, A, A MAJOR GOAL VERSUS WHAT IS JUST A TASK OR AN, OR A WORK PLAN ITEM. 
          SO AS, AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE LIST, THESE ARE TYPICALLY MAJOR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMMATIC PLANNING, ANALYTICAL EFFORTS THAT ARE PRIORITIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY TYPICALLY RESULT IN SOMETHING NEW. 
          SO A NEW PLAN, A NEW 
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POLICY, A NEW MAJOR PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, A NEW, UM, ORDINANCE OR LAW OR MAJOR REVISIONS PERHAPS TO, TO ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 
          AND THESE ARE ALMOST ALWAYS ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR DAILY, UH, DAY-TO-DAY NON-DISCRETIONARY WORK. 
          AND SO AS A STAFF, WHAT WE TYPICALLY THINK OF IS ABOUT 90% OF OUR TIME IS TAKEN UP WITH DAY-TO-DAY TASKS. 
          SO WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 10% OF OUR TIME AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY WORK ON SOME OF THESE VERY KEY PRIORITIES. 
          AND AS YOU, YOU'LL ALSO, UH, YOU'LL ALSO HEAR US SAY IN A COUPLE SLIDES, WE DO NOT HAVE ALL 400 ISH STAFF WORKING ON THESE INITIATIVES. 
          SO THIS IS A SMALLER CADRE OF STAFF THAN YOU WOULD THINK OF AS THE OVERALL, UH, CITY OF PETALUMA STAFF WHO ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON MOVING, MOVING THESE FORWARD. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO PRIMARILY MULTI-YEAR AND PHASED INITIATIVES. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE TASK TAKES A MONTH OR TWO TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          THESE ARE COMPLEX, THEY'RE BIG, THEY'RE MULTI-PART, MULTI-STEP EFFORTS, AND THEY REQUIRE RESOURCES, CITYWIDE RESOURCES, AND MANY DEPARTMENTS TO FOCUS ON 'EM. 
          THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT JUST HOUSED IN ONE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR LIST. 
          ALMOST EVERY ITEM HAS, UH, 3, 4, 5, 6 DEPARTMENTS LISTED AS COLLABORATING ON THAT INITIATIVE. 
          AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE EXCELLENT AND INNOVATIVE RESULTS. 
          WE NEED ALL THE BRAINS IN THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO BRING THE BEST IDEAS FORWARD. 
          AND OFTEN, UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR US MENTION THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL, BUT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS IN SOME OF THESE. 
          SO OCCASIONALLY WE'LL SAY, WE'LL THINK, OH, WELL, WE GOT THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO THE GOAL IS DONE. 
          THAT IS TYPICALLY NOT THE CASE. 
          THERE IS TYPICALLY A, UH, A SIGNIFICANT IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT WITH, WITH MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THESE. 
          AND ONE CAVEAT HERE IS THAT WE ARE NOT INCLUDING CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR GOALS. 
          SO THERE IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE BUDGETING AND PRIORITIZATION AND PLANNING PROCESS FOR THOSE WHICH WE WILL WALK THROUGH WITH COUNCIL WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO BUDGET TIME IN MAY AND JUNE. 
          SO LAST YEAR WE, WE USED THESE THREE LENSES TO KIND OF DIVVY UP THE GOALS. 
          SO WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE COMING TO COUNCIL. 
          THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEW ORDINANCE OR LEGISLATION PIECE ATTACHED TO THEM. 
          WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND PLANS, UH, WHICH ARE, AGAIN, MORE PROGRAMMATIC OR PLANNING EFFORTS THAT ARE STAFF OR CONSULTANT DRIVEN THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMPONENT WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME INTERNALLY, UH, ORGANIZATIONALLY FOCUSED GOALS, ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT PETALUMA IS CONTINUING TO BE A, UH, EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, THAT WE ARE, UH, MAKING THIS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO WORK FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, THAT WE HAVE UPDATED POLICIES, THAT WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE A FEW OF THOSE ON THE LIST AS WELL. 
          SO, SOME CONSIDERATIONS, AND I'VE ALLUDED TO A FEW OF THESE ALREADY, BUT, UH, STAFF I BELIEVE WOULD, WOULD CHARACTERIZE THIS WORK PLAN AS VERY AMBITIOUS. 
          THERE IS A LOT ON HERE AS, AS I THINK YOU'VE SEEN. 
          AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS HAVING TO REPRIORITIZE, REACT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS, CHANGING LAWS, CHANGING FUNDING AMOUNTS, ET CETERA. 
          AND THAT IS A CONSTANT EVALUATION THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THERE'S, UH, A CONSIDERATION ON STAFF CAPACITY AND LEVEL OF EFFORT. 
          YOU KNOW, JUST HOW MANY RESOURCES, HOW MUCH STAFF CAN WE DEVOTE TO ALL OF THESE 27 OR SO ITEMS IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON EVERY DAY. 
          SPEAKING OF OUR NON-DISCRETIONARY WORK, THAT IS A KEY CONSIDERATION. 
          MOST OF THESE, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, NEED SOME SORT OF LEGAL ASSESSMENT. 
          SO OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND HIS OFFICE IS OFTEN IMPACTED BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, WE'RE ABIDING BY ALL OF THE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD GOVERN A PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR PROJECT. 
          AND AS WE'VE SEEN LATELY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT DURING, UH, OUR BUDGET REVIEW FUNDING IS NOT CERTAIN. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES THAT CAN CHANGE EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE'VE DONE OUR BEST JOB OF FORECASTING OUR BUDGETS AND OUR REVENUES FOR THE YEAR, AND THINGS CHANGE, UM, AND WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO REPOSITION WHERE WE ARE FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. 
          SO WE DO WANT TO DO REGULAR REPORTING, AND WE, WE TRY TO DO THIS WITH STATUS UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE OUR NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT. 
          WE UPDATE COUNCIL AS PROJECTS COME FORWARD FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK AND APPROVAL. 
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UH, PROJECT UPDATES ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND MOST OF THESE DO REQUIRE EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK AND ALSO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S COMING SOON AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE CITY. 
          THIS IS SORT OF A, UH, BUSY LOOKING CHART, BUT WHAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONVEY HERE IS ON THE, UH, ON THE BOTTOM YOU HAVE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS LISTED WHO ARE WORKING ON THESE VARIOUS WORK PLAN ITEMS. AND THEN ON THE, UH, ON THE Y AXIS, ON THE, ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL COUNT OF ALL OF THE WORK PLAN ITEMS. THE COLORS IN THIS CHART ARE THE FISCAL YEARS. 
          SO WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF GREEN, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE WORK PLAN ITEMS THAT WE ARE SAYING WILL BE, OR SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MONTHS FROM NOW. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE LITERALLY DOZENS OF THOSE, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE ALREADY COMPLETED, OF COURSE. 
          UH, ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS THAT THERE ARE FOUR VERY TALL BARS ON THIS CHART, AND THOSE ARE FOR SOME OF THE SMALLEST DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          MANY OF THESE WORK PLAN ITEMS AND GOALS HAVE INPUTS FROM THOSE FOUR DEPARTMENTS IN ADDITION TO MANY OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT THOSE FOUR ARE PARTICULARLY IMPACTED. 
          AND SO THAT CAN THEN IMPACT THE, UH, THE DEADLINES AND WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER SOME OF THESE THINGS OCCASIONALLY. 
          SO, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE PREVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, UH, TONIGHT IN MORE DETAIL. 
          AND THIS HOPEFULLY LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A MOCKUP OF THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE STAFF REPORT. 
          SO WE PICKED ONE GOAL HERE, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          AND, UH, THIS IS HOPEFULLY RELATIVELY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT JUST TO ORIENT. 
          SO THE, THE TITLE OF THE GOAL IS THE COLORFUL HEADING AT THE TOP HERE. 
          SO THIS ONE IS THE ADOPTION OF TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. 
          THEN DOWN THE LEFT SIDE, WE HAVE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WORK PLAN ITEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT GOAL. 
          THE NEXT COLUMN TO THE RIGHT THAT SAYS PRIOR TIMELINE, THAT IS WHAT WE SAID A YEAR AGO. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO TRACK THESE AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO, WHICH IS IN THAT COLUMN THERE. 
          AND THEN WHERE WE NOW THINK THAT PARTICULAR WORK PLAN ITEM, UH, CAN GET DONE, WHICH FISCAL YEAR IT CAN LAND IN. 
          AND SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU SEE ALMOST EVERYTHING WE'RE STILL THINKING IS ON TRACK. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE GREEN ITEMS ARE STILL GREEN, THE YELLOW ITEMS ARE STILL YELLOW. 
          THERE IS ONE NEWLY ADDED ONE. 
          SO THAT'S THAT PURPLE, THAT'S THAT BOX THERE BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T EXIST LAST YEAR. 
          SO WE HAVE ADDED TO MANY OF THESE GOALS. 
          THE NEXT COLUMN, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED OR THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING AND COLLABORATING ON THIS GOAL. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE MANY, MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          AND THEN JUST A QUICK STATUS UPDATE. 
          IS IT DONE? IS IT IN PROCESS? HAVE WE NOT STARTED IT, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO JUST TO REFLECT FOR A MOMENT, SPEAKING OF WHAT WE SAID LAST YEAR, THESE ARE ALL OF THE GOALS, AND IT'S, MOST OF THEM ON THE LIST ARE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          UH, WE SAID WE WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN EITHER 2024, WHICH THE FISCAL YEAR WE'RE IN, OR, OR IN 20 25, 26. 
          AND IT'S INTERESTING JUST TO KIND OF READ THE, AND I WON'T READ THE LIST FOR YOU, BUT JUST TO LOOK AT THE LIST AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF, OF SITUATIONS AND THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH, WITH SOME OF THESE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          UH, SOME OF 'EM, SUCH AS THE HYBRID POLICE OVERSIGHT MODEL AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD, WE'VE HAD SHIFTS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO PUSH OUT DEADLINES FOR A VARIETY OF, OF REASONS ON SOME OF THESE CHANGING LEGAL LANDSCAPE. 
          A HOUSING IS PROBABLY A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE NEW HOUSING LAWS COMING EVERY YEAR FROM SACRAMENTO. 
          AND SO OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND, UH, UH, POTENTIALLY OUR GENERAL PLAN ARE IMPACTED BY THOSE. 
          SO WE'RE HAVING TO, TO BE NIMBLE AND CREATIVE AND POTENTIALLY PIVOT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ONE ON HERE, THE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WHICH WASN'T ACTUALLY EVEN ON THE LIST LAST YEAR BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE THOUGHT WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED IT BY, UH, ADOPTING THE MOBILE HOME RENT PROTECTIONS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT HERE BECAUSE IT UNDERSCORES THE IMPLEMENTATION COMPONENT. 
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AND WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING REALLY HARD TO IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, THESE NEW REGULATIONS THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEASURES. 
          AND YOU'VE HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE, AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO PURSUE THOSE. 
          BUT THAT HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT STAFF EFFORT FROM OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ET CETERA. 
          AND THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING WE HAD PLANNED FOR A YEAR AGO WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ON THE LIST AT THE TIME. 
          SO, AGAIN, A LOT CAN HAPPEN, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING AND IT'S HEALTHY JUST TO KIND OF REFLECT ON SOME OF THESE AND HOW THEY'VE SHIFTED WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, UH, WHICH WE WILL, WHICH WE WILL GET TO SHORTLY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE, UH, ACTUALLY SHIFT OUT OF THE POWERPOINT. 
          WE WANTED TO ACTUALLY GET INTO THE LIVE, UH, TOOL THAT THE STAFF USES TO TRACK THESE GOALS. 
          SO IT WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO THE ATTACHMENT THAT WE PUT ON TO THE STAFF REPORT, UH, BUT IT'S IN A SOFTWARE PACKAGE CALLED MONDAY.COM. 
          AND SO I'LL BE DRIVING IT FROM THE COMPUTER HERE, AND, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SCROLL UP AND DOWN AS NEEDED TO TALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ITEMS OR THE DIFFERENT GOALS. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE OUR STAFF COME UP AS I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SHIFT THE SHARE HERE. 
          I THINK HEATHER HINES IS UP FIRST, SO JUST ONE SECOND. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M HEATHER HINES, SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND I'M GONNA KICK IT OFF TONIGHT, UM, STARTING WITH THE, UM, TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. 
          AND BRIAN HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK ON THE SHEET. 
          UM, BUT I'M GONNA START A LITTLE BIT WITH THE WHY, WHY, WHY IS THIS ONE THAT, UM, WAS ON OUR LIST? SO, UM, THE LOSS IN PETALUMA'S URBAN TREE CANOPY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND HAS COME UP REPEATEDLY IN PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS REALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED BY OUR COMMUNITY AS A CONCERN. 
          UM, OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS AND POLICIES REALLY DON'T UPLIFT TREE PRESERVATION IN THE SAME WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR US TO, THE SAME WAY THAT OUR, UM, OUR DISCUSSION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN CITY HALL HAS ASKED US TO, SO IT, IT DOES NOT DO THINGS LIKE, UH, RECOGNIZE THE WILDLIFE HABITAT, BENEFITS OF TREE PRESERVATION OR SEQUESTRATION BENEFITS OF TREE PRESERVATION, UH, REDUCING HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, BEAUTIFICATION, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GOALS AND, UH, STREET TREES AND THE SHADE THEY PROVIDE. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY BEHIND THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, THIS EFFORT ALSO REPRESENTS AN OVERLAP WITH MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES. 
          UH, IT IS, UM, AN OVERARCH THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE TOP, UM, KIND OF, UM, BUCKETS THAT WE HAVE PUT OUR DIFFERENT, UM, GOALS AND WORK PLAN ITEMS UNDER. 
          AND IT'S ALSO A CORNERSTONE ACTION IN OUR NEWLY ADOPTED BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION. 
          SO THAT IS A LOT OF THE BACKGROUND, THE WHY, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? UM, AND IT REALLY SEEKS TO UPDATE OUR OUTDATED APPROACH IN OUR REGS, OUR REGULATIONS, OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS TO GIVE US THE TOOLS, UM, TO DEMONSTRATE BOTH IN REGULATIONS AND POLICY THAT THIS IS A VALUE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO. 
          UM, SO AS SHOWN ON THE MONDAY, UM, DOT COM, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS REALLY A, A LARGER CROSS DEPE, DEPARTMENTAL CITYWIDE EFFORT. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT ONE DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS, UM, GOES ACROSS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CITY ATTORNEY, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF OVERARCHING, UM, INVOLVEMENT ACROSS THE CITY, UM, ORGANIZATION. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          UM, AS SHOWN HERE, WE'RE REALLY ON TIME WITH WHAT WE'VE SAID IN THE PAST. 
          UM, WE HAVE MADE SOME GOOD MILESTONES, SOME GOOD, UM, PROGRESS ON THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE ITSELF. 
          WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, HAVE AN UPDATED DRAFT OF THAT. 
          WE ARE NOW WORKING ON SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, AND, UM, WE'LL BE MOVING TOWARDS ADOPTION HEARINGS BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, 
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SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ON THIS LIST ARE RELATED, BUT SEPARATE FROM THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE ITSELF RELATING TO THINGS LIKE THE TREE CANOPY MAPPING. 
          SO WE HAVE INITIATED THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 90% DONE, AND THAT WAS AN EFFORT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY IN PARKS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND ALSO A CROSS SECTION OF TREES IN OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN MAPPING THOSE. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING THOSE INTO GIS SO THAT THAT IS A RESOURCE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE EXISTING CANOPY IS. 
          UM, THE OTHER EXCITING THING THAT'S ON THIS LIST IS THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY THE, UM, THE, UM, LARGER EFFORT, UH, POLICY SIDE. 
          UM, AND IT WILL, IT HAS KICKED OFF. 
          WE HAVE CREATED, UM, A WORKING GROUP THAT IS STARTING TO MEET ON THAT. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, STILL LOOKING AT, UM, 20 25, 20 26. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, UM, PETALUMA RELIEF, UM, TO USE THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR INPUT. 
          UM, THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, A REAL SUPPORT FOR THE EFFORT WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, ALSO THROUGH THE, UM, URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          SO THAT REALLY CONCLUDES WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS ONE. 
          UM, MOVING ALONG, GREAT PROGRESS AND STILL LOOKING TO HIT OUR MILESTONES AS WE REPORTED OUT LAST YEAR. 
          AND HEATHER, I'M GETTING SOME FEEDBACK THAT THE, UH, TEXT IS PRETTY HARD TO READ HERE, SO I'M GONNA BE, UM, TRYING TO FIX THE ZOOM ON MY BROWSER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I THINK, GO AHEAD, BUT I JUST, IT'LL BE MAYBE JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT ON SCREEN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE NEXT ONE WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO IS OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, THIS IS ALSO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE INHERENT BENEFITS OF OPEN SPACE, UH, IN PETALUMA, SIMILAR TO AND RELATED TO OFTEN THE TREE PRESERVATION, UH, INCREASED SEQUESTRATION, PUBLIC ACCESS TO NATURE, UH, BIODIVERSITY, UM, WILDLIFE CORRIDORS. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE, AGAIN, THOSE COMMUNITY VALUES, UM, THAT PLAY INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF THIS ITEM. 
          UM, THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S REFERENCED A NUMBER OF TIMES IN OUR BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION. 
          UM, SO IT IS RIGHT ALONG LINES WITH THAT RECENTLY ADOPTED, UM, DOCUMENT. 
          THIS IS ALSO A TOPIC THAT HAS COME UP A LOT, UM, THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS TODAY. 
          SO A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS IDENTIFIED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, VISIONING DOCUMENT, UM, FOR THE GENERAL PLAN REFERENCES, OPEN SPACE, AND THE ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS ALSO, I WANNA POINT OUT, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CONNECTION WITH THIS IN OUR, IN OUR RIVER, THE PETALUMA RIVER. 
          SO IT, IT IS AN INHERENT IN PRESERVING THE RIVER. 
          UM, ALL OF OUR POLICIES ABOUT ACCESS TO THE RIVER AND RIPARIAN CORRIDOR AND PROTECTING OUR RIVER. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, WITH THIS. 
          SO, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS UNDER THIS HEADING TRACK WITH DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, WHETHER THAT'S OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER AND THE, AND THE, AND THE GREENWAY PROJECT, OR WORKING WITH FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT AND RANCHERIA AROUND PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, CEDAR GROVE, UM, TO CREATE OPEN SPACE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF OUR TOWN. 
          UM, IT ALSO IS AN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO RECOGNIZE. 
          OFTENTIMES THIS WILL COME UP WHEN WE DO HAVE WILLING PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO STAY FLEXIBLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BE READY TO PIVOT AND RESPOND TO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THOSE PROPERTIES ARE, UM, PRIVATELY HELD AND AN OPPORTUNITY WILL COME UP. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS, MANY OF THESE THAT ARE LISTED ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UM, HAD THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR FROM WILLING PROPERTY OWNERS TO START DISCUSSING THAT CEDAR GROVE BEING ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          WE DO HAVE A WILLING 
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PROPERTY OWNER, UM, TO LOOK AT THAT ONE IN THE CENTER OF OUR TOWN. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF THE ONGOING IN THIS SLIDE, UM, PAULA LANE AND LAFFERTY RANCH, BOTH OF THOSE ARE ONGOING CITY ENDEAVORS, UM, WITH, UM, PAULA LANE, UH, TO ACHIEVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE NATURE PRESERVE THERE AND LAFFERTY RANCH TO, UM, CONTINUE THE DOCENT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH LAMB PASS TO HAVE GUIDED PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT RESOURCE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT IS THE END OF THAT ONE, AND I BELIEVE I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE BRIAN O. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION OFF WITH, UM, WHAT WE FEEL IS, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS, WHICH IS PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION. 
          AND SO WE JUST GOT A PREVIEW OF, UM, ALL THE GREAT WORK, OR AT LEAST A, A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE HAVE WITH RESPECT TO OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION, UM, AND PROTECTING AND ENHANCING OUR TREE CANOPY. 
          AND SO I'M GONNA TURN MY ATTENTION, UM, ON THE NEXT TWO TO, UM, HOUSING. 
          AND SO THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE ON THE COUNCIL HAS, UM, IDENTIFIED THIS AS AN ISSUE. 
          AND SO THE WHY HERE. 
          UM, SO WE ARE IN YEAR TWO OF A EIGHT YEAR CYCLE, UM, ON HOW WE HOUSE NOT JUST OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS, BUT FUTURE, UM, OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF PETALUMA. 
          UM, WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE A LAND USE PATTERN THAT WE, UM, HAVE USED SINCE WORLD WAR II. 
          SO NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE, UM, TAKE THOSE CONSTRAINTS OF WHAT OUR LAND USE LOOKS LIKE AND USE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AND PRODUCE MORE HOUSING. 
          AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE NOT GOING OUT, UM, BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE INFO. 
          WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, UM, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE OUR SECOND STATION THAT JUST OPENED LAST MONTH. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS A, AN ONGOING, UM, PRIORITY, UM, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, UM, BUT ALSO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, THE CURRENT HOUSING ELEMENT HAS OVER A HUNDRED DIFFERENT POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT, UM, EIGHT YEARS, SEVEN YEARS IN COUNTING. 
          UM, ONE OF THOSE IS THE, UH, STATE OBLIGATION TO, UM, OUR ARENA OBLIGATION. 
          SO THAT'S THE 1,910 UNITS THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, SORT OF HIT THAT BARE MINIMUM OVER THE NEXT EIGHT, YOU KNOW, SEVEN YEARS. 
          UM, BUT HOW DO WE BUILD OFF OF THAT? AND SO THERE'S, UM, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE AT, IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, UH, NEXT MONTH WITH OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON HOW WE ARE DOING SO FAR AND HOW WE WILL CONTINUE, UM, TO MAKE PROGRESS THERE. 
          UM, AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, UM, UH, LAST YEAR OR IN THE INVENTORY RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ROUGHLY 60,000, UM, POPULATION, WE HAVE 1500, UH, DEED RESTRICTED, UH, UNITS, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, OCCUPIED, UM, BY OUR COMMUNITY WITH ANOTHER 260, UH, UNITS IN THE PIPELINE IN DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AND SO IT IS A PRETTY, UM, GOOD CHUNK. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE, WE OFTEN HEAR, UM, WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, HOUSING IS STILL THAT NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COME BACK, COMING BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, UH, TO TALK THROUGH THE ANNUAL REPORT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT BIG MILESTONE THERE IS, UH, FALL OF THIS YEAR, UM, GETTING BACK TO COUNCIL TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. 
          SO HOW DO WE, UM, CREATE THOSE INCENTIVES, UM, WHETHER IT'S A FISCAL INCENTIVE, A POLICY INCENTIVE, UH, TO PRODUCE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND TO PRESERVE, UM, THE HOUSING THAT'S EXISTING. 
          UM, AND SO THEN I'LL TURN MY ATTENTION TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS, UM, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND SO THIS IS OUR YEAR THREE OF THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS, UH, DIRECTLY TIED IN WITH OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, RIGHT? SO IT'S HOUSING FOR ALL, UM, NOT JUST OUR MARKET RATE, OUR DEED RESTRICTED, UM, BUT ALSO FOR OUR UNSHELTERED, UM, NEIGHBORS. 
          UM, AND SO ONE OF THE KEY METRIC THERE IS FUNCTIONAL ZERO, UM, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 240 PEOPLE, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE EITHER IN OUR SHELTERS OR UNSHELTERED, UM, ON OUR STREETS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UH, INVESTED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, UM, ROUGHLY $4 MILLION A YEAR. 
          UM, AND FOR 
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THIS NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, UH, WE'RE SUPPLEMENTING THAT WITH A, UM, REALLY, UM, ROBUST $8.1 MILLION FUND THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO PROVIDE DIRECT, UM, FUNDING TO OUR PARTNERS, UH, OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, AND, UM, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING STRATEGY, WHICH IS THAT THIRD, UM, ITEM THERE. 
          UM, AND SO LOOK FOR THAT TO COME IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, UM, THAT GOES TO, UH, NOT JUST THE CORE SERVICES OF PPSC REBUILDING TOGETHER COTS AND HOME FIRST, UM, BUT IT'S ALSO ENHANCEMENT AND NEW, UM, INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE. 
          UM, ONE OF NOTE, UH, ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS TO, UM, UH, INVEST IN OUR FAMILY SHELTER. 
          AND SO THAT'S, UH, AN AREA THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THIS THREE YEAR, UM, PROCESS, UH, WHICH WE NEEDED TO INVEST MORE, SO WE WENT OUT AND GOT THAT FUNDING. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S, UM, COMING OUR WAY. 
          UM, THE MONEY IS HERE, THE WORK IS, UM, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING OUR WAY SHORTLY. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN TO THE NEXT ONE, GENERAL PLAN, 2050. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE NEED A NEW VISION FOR, TO SET THE NEXT 25 YEARS. 
          OUR CURRENT PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2008. 
          UM, A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. 
          UM, A LOT OF, UH, LANDMARK, UM, LEGISLATION AND A LOT MORE OBJECTIVES, UM, HAVE BEEN ELEVATED BY COUNCIL, SO NAMELY OUR CLIMATE CRISIS, UM, HOUSING CRISIS. 
          AND SO, UM, WHAT WE NEED IS AN, A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF OUR GENERAL PLAN. 
          AND SO WE ARE, UM, WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THOSE, UM, DELIVERABLES, UH, HOUSING ELEMENT CERTIFIED, UM, THE BLUEPRINT ADOPTED BY, UH, COUNCIL, UM, AND AS WELL AS, UM, DOING SOME, STARTING THE CONVERSATION AROUND, UH, SEA LEVEL RISE AND, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION. 
          UM, SO LASTED UPDATE, UPDATE IN OH EIGHT. 
          UM, WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY, UH, MARCH OF THIS YEAR. 
          WE'LL, UH, COUNCIL WILL FACILITATE A LAND USE DISCUSSION. 
          UM, SO WE'VE SPENT, UM, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR CCBS, UM, ALSO WITH THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THE TO THIS POINT. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HELP FACILITATE THAT. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY THE INTENT WOULD BE IN SUMMER OF THIS YEAR, WE SELECT A LAND USE, UM, MAP THAT, UM, WE'LL PRESCRIBE THE NEXT 25 YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT WILL PUT US ON A COURSE OR CONTINUE THE COURSE TO ADOPT A NEW GENERAL PLAN BY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          NEXT ITEM. 
          THESE ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED. 
          OUR ZONING CODE, UM, HAS STAYED ROUGHLY THE SAME, UH, SINCE THE NINETIES. 
          SO THAT'S TWO GENERAL PLANS WORTH THAT IT'S CARRIED OVER. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, IT IS VERY MUCH AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          SO THE GENERAL PLAN HAS THE, THE GOALS, THE POLICIES, THE PROGRAMS, AND THE ZONING CODE IS GOING TO HELP ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND PUT, UM, THE LAND USES, UM, UM, ON THE GROUND. 
          AND SO, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HAVE ITERATED AND CHANGED, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE NINETIES, BUT AGAIN, UM, AN OVERHAUL, UM, IS IN ORDER TWO MILESTONES TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS YEAR, UH, THIS JUNE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW A PROPOSED SCOPE OF WHAT THAT NEW ZONING CODE COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND SO WHAT STAFF IS CURRENTLY DOING NOW, UH, LOOKING AT THE CURRENT ZONING CODE, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT, UM, SAID, ZONING CODE, UM, WHAT THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, DRAFT IS, UH, PROJECTING US, UM, TO LOOK AT THE ZONING CODE A LITTLE BIT, UH, DIFFERENTLY. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, BUTTON THAT UP AND, UM, COME BACK TO BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, THIS JUNE, UH, TO JUST GIVE YOU A PREVIEW AND, AND, AND FACILITATE A WORKSHOP ON WHAT THAT ZONING CODE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH THAT, IF, UM, ALL GOES AS PLANNED AND IT WILL, UM, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MUCH OF A GAP BETWEEN GENERAL PLAN ADOPTION AND A NEW ZONING CODE, AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT THERE. 
          AND SO, UM, THE ADOPTION, UM, OF THE ZONING CODE WOULD FOLLOW SHORTLY, UM, IN SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, WE ALSO DON'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL THEN, RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE INTERIM? AND 
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SO THERE IS, UM, A LINE THERE. 
          UM, WE'RE COMING TO PLANNING COMMISSION FALL OF THIS YEAR, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE INTERIM CHANGES TO OUR EXISTING ZONING CODE. 
          AND SO, UH, THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DO INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITHIN OUR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME STATE LAWS AROUND THAT. 
          SB NINE, UM, STATE, UH, DENSITY BONUS IS ANOTHER, UM, ONE THAT OUR ZONING CODE HAS NOT QUITE CAUGHT UP TO. 
          AND SO WE WANNA PUT AND PRIORITIZE, UM, SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, SO THAT'S COMING, UH, FALL OF, UM, OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THAT. 
          UM, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER JUST QUICKLY TO TALK THROUGH, UM, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, UH, KEY COMPONENTS, WHICH IS THE, UM, URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY EXTENSION. 
          THANK YOU, BRIAN. 
          UM, SO THIS ONE, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THOSE GREEN BOXES, UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, . 
          UM, SO THIS IS OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY EXTENSION. 
          SO, UM, THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS EXTREMELY PROUD TO HAVE AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. 
          AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY THAT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. 
          UM, IT IS SET TO EXPIRE, UH, THE END OF 2025. 
          SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD DOVETAIL WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, BUT BECAUSE THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UH, IS EXTENDED INTO 2026, WE BIFURCATED THOSE EFFORTS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE DID, UM, GET THAT BALLOT MEASURE ON OUT THERE. 
          AND, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR PETALUMA VOTERS TO, UM, WEIGH IN ON THE EXTENSION OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. 
          SO, UM, BROUGHT THAT TO COUNCIL. 
          COUNCIL APPROVED A BALLOT MEASURE, UM, THAT AGAIN, KEPT THE BOUNDARIES THE SAME. 
          UH, THERE WAS SOME MODIFICATION TO, UM, LANGUAGE, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE PETALUMA NORTH STATION, SO THAT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, A SPECIFIC PLAN IN THAT AREA, UM, AND THE NEED FOR, UM, UH, TOD DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT WE WOULD, UM, CONSIDER WHETHER A CHANGE IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IN THAT AREA WAS, WAS, UM, A GOOD THING FOR PETALUMA. 
          SO IT WAS ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, AND IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY PETALUMA VOTERS. 
          SO THAT, UM, WILL EXTEND THE DATE OF OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY THROUGH 2050. 
          UM, SO THAT IS DONE, THE LANGUAGE FOR THAT WILL BE BOTH IN OUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN. 
          'CAUSE IT WAS A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          IF THE VOTERS APPROVED IT, IT WILL ALSO, THAT LANGUAGE WILL GO RIGHT INTO THE NEW GENERAL PLAN WHEN IT IS ADOPTED. 
          AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN, UM, THE, A BEAUTIFUL THING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          UM, AND, UM, THE, UM, GREENBELT ALLIANCE, UM, WAS A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT, UM, AND WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, THE AFO MENTIONED SPECIFIC PLAN. 
          SO, UH, I WAS, UH, I THINK WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE, UM, THE OPENING AND THE, UH, WHAT IS REALLY A CATALYST, IT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR NOT JUST, UM, OUR CITY, THE REGION, UM, BUT ESPECIALLY SO FOR THE NORTH END, UM, OF OUR TOWN. 
          AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THE STATION, UM, WE WANNA PUT A ROBUST PLAN AROUND IT. 
          UM, AND SO WE, UH, OUR CITY HAS TWO PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS. 
          ONE IS FOCUSED ON, UM, OUR DOWNTOWN STATION. 
          AND SO THAT, UM, SORT OF, UH, RUNS ALONG LAKEVILLE TOUCHES PARTS OF DOWNTOWN, UM, AND THEN JOGS UP TO THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          OUR SECOND STATION, UM, IS ALSO, UH, ONE OF OUR PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS. 
          AND SO IT IS ANCHORED BY THE STATION. 
          WE HAVE, UH, NOW A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDING TO FULLY REALIZE THE 131 UNITS, UM, OF, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE, UM, UH, WITH, THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF DANCO, UM, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER. 
          UM, AND NOW, SO NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO START PLANNING, UM, CORRECTLY, UM, A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT FOCUS ON THAT STATION. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS INEXTRICABLY TIED TO GENERAL PLAN. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, WORK THAT'S ALREADY 
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HAPPENED AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          AND SO THIS IN A WAY, IS IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          THE SPECIFIC PLAN WILL NEED TO LINE UP WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. 
          AND SO OUR VOTERS ARE COMMITTED FOR THE NEXT, UM, GENERATION OR TWO, UH, TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY LIMITS STAY THE SAME. 
          UM, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT, UH, SHOULD THIS COUNCIL HAVE A, UM, MAJORITY INTEREST, UH, TO ANNEX, UM, UH, UNINCORPORATED, UH, COUNTY PROPERTIES, UH, FOR THE FOCUS OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WE AS A COMMUNITY US COUNCIL, HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY DOWN THE LINE. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A SMART, UM, PLAN IN PLACE. 
          AND SO WE ARE, UM, UH, MARCHING FORWARD, READY TO ISSUE, UM, THE RFP. 
          SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, WE'LL HAVE, UM, LED BY OUR STAFF, UH, SUPPLEMENTED BY, UH, CONSULTANTS. 
          UM, AND THAT PROJECT, BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING IT OFF OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, SMARTLY, UH, IT WILL BE COMPLETED ON BUDGET ON TIME, UH, BY JULY OF 2026. 
          AND SO IT'LL JUST, UM, EDGE INTO, UM, UH, THE FOLLOWING, UM, FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND A COUPLE MONTHS THERE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING, UH, AGAIN, ANCHORED BY THE STATION. 
          AND THEN REALLY IT'S THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OF MCDOWELL UP TO WASHINGTON. 
          AND SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO, UM, EXPAND ON THE CURRENT TRANSIT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES ALONG MCDOWELL, UM, BY LOOKING AT THE LAND USE, UM, TO BE FOCUSED, UM, WITH THE STATION. 
          AND THAT TAKES ME TO RETAIL CANNABIS FOR THE NEXT ONE, . 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, IN THE GREEN THERE. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE THE PLAN ADOPTED, UH, COUNCIL BY COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE HAVE NOW SELECTED THE THREE, UM, RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, UM, WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES, UH, WITH LOCATION SECURED. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE RUNNING A WHOLE CONCIERGE SERVICE CONSULTATION, UH, WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE, UM, TO GET THEM UP AND RUNNING, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE TO SIX MONTHS. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE RUNNING A, A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE JUST, UM, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR RE REVIEW AGENCIES, UM, WAS ONSITE TOGETHER WITH EACH OF THE OWNERS TO KIND OF WALK THEM THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS. 
          AND SO THAT'S, UM, MAKING A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS. 
          UM, AND THEN REALLY BEFORE WE GET TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST LIKE ANY GOOD POLICY, WE WANNA REPORT BACK. 
          UM, SO WE WANT TO GET BACK TO COUNCIL WITH, UH, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED, WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, UM, THAT OUR CUSTOMERS AND, UH, THE THREE BUSINESSES MIGHT BE, UM, EXPERIENCING. 
          AND SO OUR COMMITMENT IS, UH, IN THAT, UM, FISCAL YEAR 26 IS TO GET BACK TO COUNCIL WITH, UM, WITH THE REPORT BACK ON, UM, HOW IT'S FARING. 
          UM, AND THEN I, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD SET THE, UM, COURSE FOR THE REMAINDER OF, UM, WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT TO INGRID TO TALK THROUGH, UH, FAIRGROUNDS IMPLEMENTATION. 
          GOOD EVENING, I INGRID VERDE. 
          I'M DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPEN GOVERNMENT. 
          I'M GONNA COVER A PORTION OF OUR FAIRGROUNDS, UM, INTERIM PROGRAMMING, MANAGEMENT AND MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, AND I'LL JUST START BACK JUST TO, UM, SAY THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE COLLABORATIVE PROGRESS, PRO PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR FAIRGROUNDS, BOTH WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH THIS COUNCIL. 
          UM, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A GROUNDBREAKING FIRST IN THE NATION LOTTERY SELECTED PANEL DISCUSSION THAT WAS BRINGING IN, UM, A VARIETY OF GROUPS FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO LEARN, SPEND 90 HOURS LEARNING ABOUT OUR FAIRGROUNDS, ITS CURRENT STATUS, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS POTENTIAL FUTURE. 
          WE, UM, WE TOOK THOSE COMMUNITY DRIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THIS COUNCIL WEIGHED IN AND PROVIDED A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE REALLY GUIDED OUR WORK SINCE, SINCE THEN. 
          UM, WE TOOK, UM, OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY AT THE BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2024. 
          UM, AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE GAINED A LOT OF INSIGHT INTO THE PROPERTY AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF 
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THE YEAR ROUND TENANTS TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES UP TO CURRENT, I WOULD SAY, MINIMAL SAFETY STANDARDS, UM, WHILE ALSO FINDING WAYS TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY GREATER ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE PROPERTY, TO SEE WHAT IT CAN TRULY OFFER OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, UH, WE, UH, UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, WE PARTNERED WITH THE DAA TO, UM, PUT ON THE ANNUAL FAIR. 
          THIS YEAR WE WILL TAKE ON FULL OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ANNUAL FAIR. 
          WE'LL BE MANAGING ALL ASPECTS, INCLUDING OPERATIONS, TICKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, ENTERTAINMENT AND PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, THE AGRICULTURAL EVENTS AND EXHIBITS WILL STILL BE MANAGED BY THE FOURTH DAA THROUGH A PAID CONTRACT BY THE CITY TO ROUND OUT WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A SEAMLESS AND SUCCESSFUL FAIR EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY EYE-OPENING TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF TENANTS, UM, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN, UM, DURING WHAT WE'RE CALLING THIS INTERIM, UM, MASTER PLAN PHASE WHERE WE'RE SORT OF GETTING TO KNOW WHAT IS, WE'RE PILOTING NEW USES AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. 
          AND, UH, LOOKING TOWARDS A FUTURE MASTER PLAN. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          INGRID. 
          DREW HALTER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OR AT LEAST SPEAK TO SOME OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ON THE FAIRGROUNDS THESE PAST 13 MONTHS. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, I THINK, LIKE INGRID ALLUDED TO, UM, MUCH OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY TRACKING OF THE LAST 13 MONTHS ON THE PROPERTY IS THAT BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE STABILITY, UM, OF THE RENTALS AND THE FACILITIES CARE, ALONG WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE BIG FLASHY KIND OF IMPACTS AT THE, AT THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          AND THEN INTRODUCING THIS WHOLE NEW SET, WHICH IS COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. 
          AND THAT REALLY DIDN'T EXIST ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE. 
          SO WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED A TON. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY, LIKE WAYFINDING AND STRIPING, A LOT OF FACILITY REPAIRS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO BE DONE, UH, FOR THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND MILESTONES COMING UP. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE INGRID MENTIONED, UH, THE EPITOME IS THE, UH, ANNUAL FAIR THIS COMING SUMMER, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE FOURTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURE ASSOCIATION TO RUN. 
          UM, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA PICK UP STEAM. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT THE BION KEENY BARN RESURFACED FOR PICKLEBALL THIS SPRING SUMMER. 
          WE'VE GOT NEW EVENTS COMING ON, UM, SUCH AS THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL HAVE GRAZING THAT'LL LEAVE FROM THE PROPERTY DOWNTOWN, UH, AND THEN SEVERAL OTHERS. 
          SO AGAIN, EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THAT THIRD COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, BUT STAYING THE COURSE TO REALLY, UM, UH, ACTIVATE THIS PROPERTY AS WE AND YOU ALL HAVE COMMITTED US TO DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE SCORECARD IN FRONT OF ME, BRIAN, BUT OUR NEXT UP IS INGRID ALVA. 
          I GOT ONE MORE THING, . 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, SO, UH, THIS NEXT ONE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BULK OF THESE ITEMS, ACTUALLY ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE IN PURPLE BECAUSE THESE ARE NEW OR REFINED FROM LAST YEAR. 
          I WILL SAY THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF OUR CITY, UM, SINCE, UH, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WAS ADOPTED IN 2010. 
          AND I CAME HERE IN 2011 AND, UM, UH, CITY MANAGER PEGGY FLYNN HAS, HAS IN 2019 HAS GROWN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUS, UM, BY MAKING IT A CITYWIDE EFFORT. 
          I, I THINK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS NOT WHAT WE DO, BUT IT'S HOW WE DO IT. 
          SO WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING THROUGH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LENS. 
          UM, THESE ITEMS ARE PUT ON HERE JUST TO REITERATE AND REFOCUS. 
          UM, OUR MOMENTUM WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A SPECIFIC OUTCOME GOAL FOR WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AS WE MENTIONED, UM, BUDGETS ARE TIGHTER. 
          WE'VE EVOLVED THROUGH A GROWING ECONOMY. 
          WE, WE MANAGE THROUGH A DIFFICULT PANDEMIC. 
          WE'VE REALLY HAD TO PIVOT SORT OF HOW WE WORK WITH BUSINESS, WHAT IT IS THAT SUPPORTS BUSINESS, AND WE FIND OURSELVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PANDEMIC HAVING HELPED BUSINESSES TRANSITION BACK OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND BACK TO WHAT I WANNA CALL OUR NEW, I GUESS I DON'T REALLY WANNA CALL IT OUR NEW NORMAL 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT, UM, FOR US, UM, OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO, UM, BUILD A THRIVING, SUSTAINABLE CITY WHERE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS. 
          OUR BUSINESSES HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED, AND THE CITY GENERATES THE REVENUE IT NEEDS TO SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 
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OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT IS THE LENS WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING THROUGH. 
          UM, AND, UM, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY IS WHAT IS IT THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? SOMETIMES I THINK OF IT AS A SORT OF A DINNER TABLE SETTING. 
          THE CITY HAS THE TABLE AND THE PLACE SETTINGS. 
          WE SET THE TABLE, OUR BUSINESSES ARE COOKING THE FOOD IN THE KITCHEN AND SERVING THE FOOD. 
          AND OUR COMMUNITY IS ENJOYING THE MEAL. 
          UM, WE ARE ONE PART OF A THREE-LEGGED STOOL, BUT WE'RE A REALLY IMPORTANT PART 'CAUSE WE ARE THE GUIDING FORCE. 
          WE, WE SET THE STAGE, WE SET POLICIES, WE, UM, WE TOUCH OUR BUSINESSES IN, IN MANY, MANY WAYS. 
          UM, LOOKING AHEAD, UM, THIS YEAR WE WILL BE REFOCUSING AND EXPANDING OUR EFFORTS TO DRIVE ECONOMIC VITALITY BY REDUCING VACANCIES IN OUR BUSINESS PARKS IN DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, WHICH IS ONE METRIC FOR KNOWING SORT OF HOW MANY BUSINESSES, HOW MANY JOBS, HOW MUCH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING. 
          ALSO, AS BRIAN MENTIONED, UM, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR OVER A DECADE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE AND STREAMLINE OUR PERMITTING SYSTEM TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCIES, STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR LARGEST EMPLOYERS AND REVENUE GENERATORS. 
          UM, AND THEN CONTINUING ON WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS WE'VE HAD FOR THE BULK OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS, UM, OUR, ON OUR DOWNTOWN PROGRAMS SO THAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, AND WITH THE AMENITIES THAT CREATE A VIBRANT AND WELCOMING DESTINATION. 
          WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE TO, TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER IN DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS AND BEAUTIFICATION. 
          I ALWAYS THINK OF, OF PETALUMA OUR DOWNTOWN AS ITS OWN ECONOMIC ENGINE, BOTH BECAUSE OF THE MERCHANTS AND THE, UH, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS IN OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          AND ALSO BECAUSE OUR DOWNTOWN IS THE PRIMARY AMENITY THAT ATTRACTS OUR TOURISTS AND OUR BUSINESS AND PEOPLE HERE. 
          IT'S WHAT MAKES PETALUMA WHAT IT IS. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE ON THAT EFFORT. 
          AND JUST ONE QUICK NOTE FOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY, IF ANYBODY'S FOLLOWING ALONG, UH, WITH A PRINTED COPY OR WITH THE ATTACHMENT FROM THE AGENDA MATERIALS, WE HAVE MADE A FEW UPDATES, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING WORKBOOK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO SINCE WEDNESDAY WHEN ALL OF THE MATERIALS WERE PUBLISHED, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE ITEMS WERE NOT THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN ADDED SUBSEQUENTLY. 
          JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THERE MAY BE A FEW MORE OF THOSE ON HERE. 
          SO, UM, JUST NOT TO BE ALARMED BY THAT. 
          AND WE'LL BE ADDING THOSE AS A PDF AFTER THIS MEETING. 
          YES. 
          AND WE CAN RE-UPLOAD A NEW ATTACHMENT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD REFLECTION. 
          AND ONE MORE ON, ON THAT FRONT IF I COULD. 
          AND THIS PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE POSTED INCORRECTLY. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          WE CAN POST THE INTRO SLIDES THAT I RAN THROUGH AND THEN A NEW PRINT OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          YEP, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL, AND ULTIMATELY WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS JUST IN ITS LIVING, BREATHING VERSION ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO AS WE MODIFY, ADD NEW, UM, STEPS, JUST, JUST, IT'S OUR TOOL TO KNOW WHERE, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED. 
          UM, JUST TO JUMP INTO DOWNTOWN INVESTMENTS AND BEAUTIFICATION, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN HEAVILY FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN. 
          WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH OUR DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AND THE BID IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING FROM BROKEN TREE GRATES TO BROKEN LIGHTS TO NEEDS FOR, UM, PARKING, UM, HOLIDAY LIGHTING. 
          AND WE'VE REALLY DUG IN AND I THINK HAD SOME EXCELLENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN TERMS OF FOCUSING ON THE PARKING GARAGE AND MAINTAINING AND CLEANING THE PARKING GARAGE, INVESTING IN OUR, UM, SAFE TEAM AND OUR DOWNTOWN STREETS TEAM TO HELP, UM, SUPPORT OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS DOWNTOWN, UM, WITHOUT HOUSING ALSO, UM, MAKING INVESTMENTS, UM, UM, PRE, PRE-DESIGN INVESTMENTS IN THINGS LIKE, UM, POTENTIAL, UM, BATHROOMS DOWNTOWN TO MAKE IT AN EASIER PLACE TO VISIT. 
          OUR CITY IS ALSO FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRANSIT OR DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACCESS THE DOWNTOWN. 
          YOU ALL RECEIVED THE PARKING STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED RECENTLY, ASSESSING AND GETTING MORE DATA AROUND PARKING DOWNTOWN. 
          AND WE WILL BE ROLLING THAT OUT TO DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP GUIDE SORT OF SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO HOW DO WE GET THE MOST USE OUT OF OUR CURBS AND OUR PARKING SPACES? UM, WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED OPTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN LIGHTING. 
          UM, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, UM, 
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UPDATING THE PARKLET PROGRAM, WHICH WAS SORT OF BORN FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEED AND, AND, UM, IS LOOKING TOWARDS A MORE PERMANENT FUTURE AS A PUBLIC AMENITY. 
          UM, AND IDEALLY, UM, WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON AREAS WHERE PEDESTRIANS CAN BETTER, BETTER ACCESS AND GATHER IN OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          JUST REALLY WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING IT KIND OF THE GATHERING PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHERE, UM, ALL FAMILIES CAN ENJOY AND SPEND TIME. 
          UM, DOWNTOWN. 
          I'M GONNA PASS IT TO PAUL, WHO'S GONNA JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PARKING MANAGEMENT. 
          THANKS, ARID. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          PAUL KOSEL, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UM, YEAH, SO STAYING DOWNTOWN, BUT, UH, SHIFTING FOCUS TO PARKING, UM, AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS STILL FRESH ON THE MINES. 
          UH, BJORN LED US THROUGH A GREAT CONVERSATION AND WORKSHOP JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SO I'LL JUST PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A BRIEF REMINDER AND OVERVIEW, UM, AND THEN TOUCH ON SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO THE, THE DOWNTOWN AREA PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL PRODUCE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF EXISTING ON STREET AND OFF STREET PARKING UTILIZATION, AS WELL AS OTHER CURB USES. 
          IT WILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND IT WILL IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE PARKING AND CURB UTILIZATION IN SUPPORT OF A THRIVING DOWNTOWN ON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UH, THE EFFORT WILL SEEK TO, UH, HELP TO INFORM ALL FUTURE DECISIONS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO DOWNTOWN PARKING, UTILIZING ROBUST DATA. 
          UH, THIS WILL ALSO BE HELPFUL AS WE CONSIDER GROWTH, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN, BUT IT ALSO GIVES AN, UM, US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT NEAR TERM MEASURES AS WE CAN, UH, THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO PROVIDE, TO PROMOTE, EXCUSE ME, TO PRO PROMOTE, UH, VISITATION AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, UH, AS SHARED, UH, DURING THE, UH, JANUARY 27TH, UH, WORKSHOP. 
          FINDINGS THUS FAR INDICATE THAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO PROMOTE, UH, EVEN GREATER LEVELS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, UH, REDUCED CONGESTION IN OUR DOWNTOWN BY PROMOTING LONG-TERM PARKING IN UNDERUTILIZED GARAGES. 
          LOTS, UM, AND STREETS OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN CORE, UH, THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY. 
          UH, OUR PROJECT TEAM HAS TAKEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM THAT WORKSHOP, UH, INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE DEVELOP, UH, POTENTIAL NEAR TERM AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UH, STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, AND WE EXPECT TO RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITH A FINAL PLAN FOR ADOPTION IN THE COMING MONTHS, UH, AND BEGIN TAKING STEPS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION, UM, OF THE NEAR TERM STRATEGIES, UH, IDENTIFIED IN THE PLANNED, UH, IN WITHIN THE YEAR. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, I BELIEVE CHIEF MILLER TALK ABOUT PARKING REGULATIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS BRIAN MILLER. 
          I'M YOUR POLICE CHIEF, AND, UH, I'M GONNA CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PARKING. 
          I'M SPECIFICALLY PARKING REGULATIONS, UH, AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS OF MUCH DISCUSSION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE DEPARTMENT ON AVERAGE RECEIVES OVER A HUNDRED CALLS A MONTH, UM, FOR PARKING COMPLAINTS, OFTEN WITH ABANDONED OR OVERSIZED VEHICLES. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN WORKING ON REFINING OR REPORTING MODEL TO ENSURE TIMELY RESPONSES AND TRACKING OF THOSE COMPLAINTS. 
          HISTORICALLY, WE'VE RELIED ON JUST ONE ABANDONED ABATEMENT VEHICLE OFFICER TO RESPOND AND INVESTIGATE PARKING COMPLAINTS CITYWIDE, BUT HAVE RESTRUCTURED THAT RESPONSE THROUGH OUR DISTRICT POLICING MODEL, UTILIZING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND PATROL OFFICERS TO ASSIST IN RESPONDING TO PARKING ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE COORDINATED OUTREACH AND SERVICE REFERRALS WITH OUR SERVICE PARTNERS FROM SAFE AND HOME FIRST TO ASSIST IN SENSITIVE SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED AT TIMES DURING THESE INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UM, WE INTEND TO BRING A WORKSHOP FOR DIRECTION TO YOU ALL THIS SUMMER, UM, LIKELY IN JUNE TO DISCUSS THE COMPLEXITIES AND CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PARKING REGULATIONS CITYWIDE. 
          THIS WILL INCLUDE A DISCUSSION REGARDING SOME OF THE REGIONAL EXAMPLES WE'VE BEEN EVALUATING THAT RESTRICT CERTAIN VEHICLE TYPES AND INCLUDE OPTIONS FOR LIMITED PER PERMITTING. 
          STAFF ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING THE IMPACTS AND RESOURCING NEEDS THAT COULD RESULT FROM THOSE MODIFICATIONS AND FOLLOWING THE WORKSHOP, WE INTEND TO RETURN IN THE FALL, UH, POTENTIALLY IN SEPTEMBER WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE WITH A GOAL OF MODIFYING OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS AND SERVICE DELIVERY TO ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT ENFORCEMENT AND ABATEMENT OF VEHICLES AS APPROPRIATE, WHILE IN ALSO INCREASING TRAFFIC SAFETY AND IMPROVING OVERALL 
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QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ALBEIT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERABLE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WILL BE NEEDED LEADING UP AND FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF ANY NEW ORDINANCE. 
          AND I'M GONNA STAY FOR THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO KICK THAT OFF, PEGGY? YEAH, SURE. 
          AND SO, UH, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT OUT ON OUR HYBRID POLICE OVERSIGHT MODEL. 
          AS YOU HEARD IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, IT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS RELATIVELY IN GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE A COMPLETED. 
          UM, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HYBRID OVERSIGHT MODEL ASSISTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ENSURING BEST PRACTICES, INCREASING TRUSTS, ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL AS TRANSPARENCY OF OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          OUR PSAC IS CURRENTLY, UH, SEATED AND MEETING MONTHLY. 
          AND AT THE UPCOMING MEETING, UM, OUR IPA WILL BE PRESENTING THEIR AND REVIEWING THEIR ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH WILL THEN RETURN LATER TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, WITH INPUT FROM OUR PSAC MEMBERS. 
          UH, IT DOES MEET MONTHLY. 
          IT'S THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, AND SO I ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY ARE CONTINUING TO REFINE OUR PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS WITH OUR CITY TEAM, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IPA, AND THE GOAL IS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CODIFY THE MODEL AND THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO MEMORIALIZE THE REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. 
          WHILE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HYBRID OVERSIGHT MODEL IS RELATIVELY COMPLETE, WE CONTINUE TO ADJUST TO THE NEW WORKLOAD AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCIES AND SYSTEMS OF OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARD PROCESSES AND, AND THE ROBUST REVIEWS AND DOCUMENTATION, WHICH THIS MODEL ENTAILS IN DEMANDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO NEXT IS OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, WHICH IS AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, UH, ADOPTED IN 2008. 
          UH, IT WILL BE THE CITY'S GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR ALL THINGS WALKING, BICYCLING, AND ROLLING, UH, RANGING FROM PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS BIKEWAYS CROSSWALK ENHANCEMENTS AND SIDEWALK GAP CLOSURES, AS WELL AS ACTIONS TO PROMOTE SAFE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UH, THROUGH EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT ON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          TRANSPORTATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN PETALUMA. 
          UH, THE TOP CONTRIBUTOR ALSO, 34, 30 4% OF TRIPS THAT ORIGINATE IN PETALUMA ARE UNDER TWO MILES. 
          UH, IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS WILL MEAN LESS CONGESTION AND A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY. 
          EACH YEAR, AN AVERAGE OF FIVE PEOPLE SUSTAINED LIFE ALTERING OR ENDING INJURIES WHILE WALKING OR BICYCLING IN PETALUMA. 
          THE DRAFT PLAN INCLUDES GOALS TO COMPLETE A SAFE, INTEGRATED, AND SEAMLESS NETWORK BY 2030, ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S ADOPTED GOALS OF ACHIEVING CARBON NEUTRALITY AND ELIMINATING SEVERE AND FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISIONS BY THE SAME YEAR PRIOR TO COMING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
          THE PLAN WILL FIRST GO TO THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE TRANSIT COMMITTEE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AND CITY COUNCIL FOR WORKSHOPS. 
          UH, FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE PLAN'S PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST WILL BE UTILIZED TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THROUGH THE CITY'S CIP AND I THINK I HAVE THE NEXT ONE, SEA LEVEL RISE. 
          SO AS, UH, MOST ARE FAMILIAR, IF NOT ALL, UH, PETALUMA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF FLOODING AND, UH, AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS INCREASING THE RISK WITH RISING SEA LEVELS AND MORE EXTREME STORMS. OUR GOAL IS TO ASSESS THESE THREATS AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY. 
          SUCCESS MEANS A MORE RESILIENT CITY, ONE THAT SAFEGUARDS OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, KEEPS RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS MOVING AND REDUCES COSTLY EMERGENCY RESPONSES. 
          ACTING NOW ENSURES PETALUMA REMAINS SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND LIVABLE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, WILL TAKE KEY STEPS TO ADVANCE FISCAL WILL, UH, COMPETE COMPLETE THE FLOOD AND SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERA VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, UH, WHICH IS A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF FLOOD PRO FLOOD PRONE AREAS 
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AT RISK INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PROJECTED IMPACTS OF RISING TIDES AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO UPDATING FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS, UH, WHICH IS, UH, IN PROGRESS FOLLOWING SEMA FEMA REVIEW, UM, AND THE APP, THEIR APPROVAL OF OUR NEW FLOOD MODEL. 
          WE'LL ALSO CONDUCT COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING HOSTING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS. 
          WE'LL DEVELOP ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, UH, TO EXPLORE A RANGE OF SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE FINDINGS. 
          UH, WE WILL IDENTIFY, WE'LL THEN IDENTIFY, UH, CIP PROJECTS, UM, AND THEN WE'LL ESTABLISH A FUNDING STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP. 
          THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, UM, AND SO WE'LL NEED TO LOOK TO STATE AND FEDERAL, UH, GRANTS LIKELY, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK. 
          UM, I THINK DREW'S TAKING THE NEXT ONE, OR PATRICK, PATRICK . 
          HI, COUNSEL. 
          UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          I'M PATRICK CARTER. 
          I AM THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER TALKING ABOUT THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, IPM IS A SYSTEM IN WHICH, UM, BIOLOGICAL CULTURAL, PHYSICAL METHODS ARE USED, UH, TO CONTROL PESTS BEFORE CHEMICAL USES, UM, ARE CONSIDERED. 
          UM, AND IN THE CASE OF THE POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL LAST YEAR, UM, THAT WAS ORGANIC CHEMICALS. 
          UM, WHEN ARE, WHEN CHEMICALS ARE USED, THEY ARE TO BE, UH, CERTIFIED ORGANIC. 
          SO THE POLICY LARGELY MEMORIALIZED EXISTING PRACTICES AND POLICY OF STAFF, UM, POST GLYPHOSATE BAN ON CITY FACILITIES. 
          UM, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION. 
          UM, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE POLICY, UM, BUT THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET CONTRACTOR HELP TO FIGURE OUT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, DEVELOP STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND KIND OF GET STAFF THAT EXPERTISE, BUILD UP THAT SKILL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE UNDER OUR BELT AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE CONTINUE TO CONTRACT OUT, ADD THAT TO EXISTING STAFF, WORKLOAD, ET CETERA. 
          UM, KIND OF FIGURE OUT THE BEST PATH FORWARD. 
          AND WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THOSE, UM, MILESTONES WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THEM. 
          AND JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EASY PART WAS THE ADOPTION OF POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION IS THE, THE PART THAT REQUIRES CONTINUOUS ONGOING EFFORT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO TALK ABOUT LADS. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          SO EACH OF, UH, PETALUMA'S, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, HAS UNIQUE LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS OVER TIME. 
          UH, MANY OF OUR, UM, LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS OR LEDS, UH, THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES HAS OUTPACED THE REVENUES GENERATED, UH, FROM THESE ASSESSMENTS ON THESE DISTRICTS. 
          UH, SO BY ADDRESSING, UH, THESE DISTRICTS, WE ENSURE WE WILL ENSURE THAT OUR SHARED SPACES STAY VIBRANT, WELL MAINTAINED, UM, AND REFLECTIVE OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THESE DISTRICTS. 
          WHEN WE SUCCEED, UH, PETALUMA'S NEIGHBORHOODS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PLACES THAT, UH, RESIDENTS CAN BE PROUD OF. 
          UH, WITH GREEN SPACES AND PUBLIC AREAS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLY MANAGED AND CONSISTENTLY FUNDED, UH, THE BENEFIT WILL BE TWOFOLD. 
          RESIDENTS CAN GAIN CONFIDENCE IN HOW THEIR ASSESSMENT DOLLARS ARE SPENT, UM, AND THE CITY CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY DELIVER HIGH QUALITY LANDSCAPE, UH, MAINTENANCE SERVICES. 
          UH, FOR UPCOMING MILESTONES, A FEW MILESTONES FOR 2025, UH, THIS SPRING WE WILL, UH, WE'RE PLANNING A COUNCIL PRESENTATION, WE'LL, WHEN WE'LL PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON THE, OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEDS, AND WE'LL ALSO SHARE A DRAFT OF OUR C COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN, UM, OUTLINING HOW AND WHEN WE'LL INVITE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THESE VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER. 
          AS WE DO EACH YEAR, WE'LL PREPARE OUR ANNUAL RESOLUTIONS AND CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS TO SET THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS, UH, ASSESSMENT AMOUNTS TO LEVY WITHIN EACH DISTRICT. 
          AND IN LATE SUMMER AND FALL, WE'LL, WE'LL KICK OFF AND LAUNCH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UH, STARTING WITH THE DISTRICTS THAT NEED THE MOST ASSISTANCE TO GET BACK ON TRACK, UH, THROUGH THESE MEETINGS, SURVEYS, AND MAILERS. 
          RESIDENTS IN THESE LEDS WILL HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS, UH, TO PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK AND SHAPE THE FUTURE, UM, OF THEIR DISTRICTS. 
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I, ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL, COMMUNITY AND STAFF. 
          WE HAVE ENHANCING SENIOR SERVICES AND AGE-FRIENDLY PLANT IMPLEMENTATION AS OUR NEXT GOAL. 
          AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, IN 2020, THE CITY, UH, APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED THE AGE-FRIENDLY CITY DESIGNATION FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, IN THAT TIME OR SINCE THE CITY HAS STAFF, HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH MISSION ALIGNMENT LIKE HEALTHY PETALUMA AND THE BLUE ZONES, UH, TO TRANSITION FROM THE DESIGNATION INTO THE ACTION PLAN. 
          SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TODAY, UH, AND TO DATE IS WE HAVE EXPANDED SENIOR SERVICE HOURS AT THE PETALUMA SENIOR CENTER. 
          UH, ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE SONOMA COUNTY HAS ADOPTED THEIR, UH, AGENCY ON AGING MASTER PLAN, WHICH NOW KIND OF SETS OUT SIX BROAD CRITERIA FOR WHICH THE, THE NINE CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY CAN ALIGN THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS WITH. 
          SO WE'VE GOT KIND OF A NORTH STAR, AND NOW WE HAVE AN ACTION PLAN AND A WORKING GROUP THAT'S MEETING, UM, I BELIEVE ON MARCH 6TH, UH, LED BY THE BLUE ZONES GROUP, UH, TO NOW FACILITATE WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS WHAT THAT ACTION PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE IN PETALUMA, JUST TO CARRY FORWARD. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME OTHER WORKSHOPS. 
          THERE'S ONE ON APRIL 26TH AT THIS SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS SPRING. 
          AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING OUT SOME INFORMATION ON BRANDING OUR LOCAL AGE FRIENDLY INITIATIVES, COMING UP WITH SOME FUNDING SOURCES AND STRATEGIES, AND, AND REALLY IDENTIFYING THE KEY PLAYERS THAT ARE GONNA HELP THESE INITIATIVES ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          THANK YOU, PATRICK CARTER, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT FOR, UH, CLIMATE ACTION. 
          IT ESSENTIALLY IS THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          IT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024, AND IT IS A ROADMAP OF ACTIONS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE CLIMATE POLLUTION IN PETALUMA BY 2030. 
          UM, THERE ARE OVER 400 ACTIONS IN THAT BLUEPRINT, SO WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEM TONIGHT. 
          AND FORTUNATELY, NOT ALL OF 'EM ARE THE CITIES, UM, RESPONSIBLY OR HAVE THE CONTROL TO DO. 
          A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE INVOLVEMENT WITH OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OUR COMMITTEES, UH, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, AND, UM, AND OUR BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOWARDS THESE GOALS. 
          UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER, DOZENS OF INTERNAL CITY ACTIONS, UM, THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO BE INTEGRATED INTO OUR, OUR JUST ONGOING WORK. 
          YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT A NUMBER OF THEM ALREADY IN THIS PRESENTATION ALREADY, SO I WON'T BELABOR IT. 
          BUT, UM, SOME EXAMPLE EXAMPLES OF, UM, NEW PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT AND, AND SOME THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, ENACTED VERY RECENTLY IS OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE FAIR FREE PROGRAM, UM, WITH OUR TRANSIT LUMA GO AND THE ACTIVE, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WAS MENTIONED ALREADY. 
          UM, SO YEAH, THE, THE, THE DONE IN THIS CATEGORY WAS THE ADOPTION. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS, UM, THE CARRYOVER FROM OUR, OUR LAST MEETING WHEN THAT WAS A MAJOR MILESTONE THAT WE LOOKED FORWARD TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING, AND WE DID. 
          SO WE GET TO CELEBRATE THAT, UH, GREEN BOX UP THERE. 
          BUT REALLY, UM, AND SORRY TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, THE REAL EFFORT IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE OF IT, AND IT'S ONGOING AND WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY ONGOING, UM, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. 
          UM, SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION, UM, AND MANY OTHER, UM, ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE UPCOMING BUDGET. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER, I BELIEVE, TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY. 
          THANK YOU, PATRICK. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COLLEAGUES, ERIC DANLEY, CITY ATTORNEY, AND I'M GONNA BE, UM, UH, WALKING US THROUGH THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ON OUR PRIORITY CHART CHARTER AMENDMENTS, AND THEN, UM, USE OF THE WEST WING CITY HALL. 
          UH, BEFORE I DO, I WANNA, UM, I WANNA OFFER A, A REMINDER, UM, IT, IT, IT'S FOR THE STAFF TEAM HERE. 
          I THINK IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S FUNNY 
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FOR US TO BE SORT OF TAKING TURNS TO INTRODUCE THIS, THESE ITEMS, BECAUSE IF YOU HARKEN BACK TO THE CHARTS THAT BRIAN SHARED EARLIER AND SOME OF THE BAR GRAPHS AND THINGS, WHAT YOU SEE IS THERE IS, UM, THE FACT THAT ALMOST ALL THE MAJOR INITIATIVES, UM, INCLUDE, UM, SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT OF ALMOST ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO WHILE WE'RE TAKING TURNS HERE, UM, WERE EACH VERY MUCH INVESTED IN ALL THE PROJECTS YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT WHETHER, UM, WHOEVER, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S INTRODUCING THEM, AND WHICH DEPARTMENT HAS THE LEADERSHIP ROLE. 
          UM, SO FOR THIS ONE, FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS, UM, THIS IS KIND OF A, AN ITEM THAT GOES TO THE CITY'S LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT? WELL, THE CHARTER'S OUR LOCAL CONSTITUTION, AND IT REALLY IS COMPARABLE TO THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S OUR LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR OUR AUTHORITY FOR WHAT WE DO UNDER THE LAW. 
          UM, AND IT BOTH PROVIDES THE STRUCTURE FOR HOW WE OPERATE, UM, AS A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION, BUT ALSO, UM, IMPOSES LIMITS ON HOW WE DO THAT. 
          UM, W WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT, UM, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S LEGAL FRAMEWORK IS ADEQUATE, UM, AS THE LOCAL CONSTITUTION TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT LEVEL ACT OF ACTIVITY WITH WHICH WE'RE ENGAGED, WHICH AS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND, ESPECIALLY THE CONTINUING MEMBERS. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LIST, IS QUITE A LOT OF ACTIVITY. 
          OUR CHARTER IS ANTIQUATED. 
          UM, MODERN CHARTERS ARE MUCH BRIEFER BY COMPARISON, UH, BECAUSE CHARTERS ARE, WHAT, WHAT IS REFERRED TO IN THE LAW'S DOCUMENTS OF LIMITATION. 
          THE MORE ELABORATE THEY ARE, THE MORE LIMITED IS THE MUNICIPALITY'S EXERCISE OF ITS POWERS, AND IT'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE HOME RULE POWER, UM, WHICH THE CHARTER GIVES US ACCESS TO, WHICH IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO LEGISLATE ON MATTERS THAT ARE MUNICIPAL FAIRS AND CONSISTENTLY WITH THE STATE, IN EFFECT, PREEMPT STATE, UM, REGULATIONS. 
          SO, UM, IN OUR CHARTER AS JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF BARRIERS THAT IT IMPOSES TO MORE MODERN OPERATIONS, WHICH WOULD BETTER FACILITATE, UM, OUR, UM, OUR, WHAT WE CALL AMBITIOUS PROGRAM. 
          WE DIDN'T CALL IT AGGRESSIVE. 
          WE CALLED IT AMBITIOUS, BUT I THINK BOTH WORK, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO MODERN, UH, PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS LIKE DESIGN BUILD. 
          UM, BY VIRTUE OF OUR CHARTER, IT GIVES US SOME EXPANDED AUTHORITY, BUT NOT THAT TYPE. 
          UM, IT IMPOSES ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, TRANSACTIONAL REQUIREMENTS EVEN ON BASIC TRANSACTIONS THAT THE CITY, UM, CARRIES OUT, LIKE, UM, LIKE, UH, LAND SALES AND PURCHASES IN VERY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 
          IT INCLUDES, UM, UH, HISTORIC PROVISIONS FROM BEFORE THE TIME OF PROPOSITION 13 REGARDING LEVYING OF TAXES INCLUDES, UM, REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT IT WOULD ASSIGN TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE CONCERNING MANAGING OF DIS UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS, ET CETERA, FROM A TIME WHEN CITIES, UM, HAD GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING, UM, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITIES. 
          SO UPDATING THE CITY'S CHARTER WOULD HELP MONETIZE THE CITY AS AN ORGANIZATION IN KEEPING WITH OUR OTHER EFFORTS TO DO THE SAME THING. 
          UM, ALL THE POLICY EFFORTS, UM, AND, UM, UM, AND PROCEDURAL EFFORTS THAT'S, THAT ARE UNDERWAY, UM, FROM THE, UM, OUR VERY ACTIVE HR DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE MECHANISM FOR UPDATING THE CHARTER, AND I ADDRESSED THAT ALSO EARLIER IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THAT DOCUMENT WAS SHARED AND I BELIEVE IS POSTED. 
          THERE'S THREE BASIC PATHS. 
          UM, ONE IS TO, UM, HAVE THE VOTERS ELECT A CHARTER COMMISSION. 
          ANOTHER IS FOR A COUNCIL LED PROCESS, AND ANOTHER IS USE OF THE INITIATIVE PROCESS, THE MOST STREAMLINED. 
          AND, AND THE ONE YOU'LL SEE THAT STAFF WILL RECOMMEND IS FOR THE COUNCIL LED PROCESS, UH, WHICH STILL, UM, PROVIDES FOR VERY SIGNIFICANT, UM, AND IN FACT MANDATORY COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          UM, AND WE'VE SORT OF LAID OUT THAT PROCESS HERE FOR THIS ITEM, WHICH BY WHICH WE WOULD PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL, UM, MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ARE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS I JUST TALKED ABOUT VERY, VERY BRIEFLY. 
          UM, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S THE STATUTORY, UM, HEARING PROCESS FOR, FOR, UH, AT LEAST TWO HEARINGS AND PRETTY LONG INTERVALS BETWEEN THEM THAT PROVIDE, UM, THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO CONSIDER, UM, PROPOSED, UH, CHARTER AEM OR EVEN, UM, AS I WOULD PROB PROBABLY RECOMMEND A CHARTER REPLACEMENT TO FULLY MODERNIZE OUR CHARTER. 
          UM, 
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THAT MEANS ALL THOSE, UM, SUGGESTED CHANGES NEED TO ALREADY BE PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME, AND THAT MEANS THERE'D HAVE TO BE SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE GOOD EXAMPLES, AND WHAT ARE, UM, HOW THEY MIGHT BEST BE TAILORED, UM, OR EVOLVE FOR, FOR, UM, OPTIMAL, UM, PETALUMA, UH, LOCAL CONSTITUTION AS OUR CHARTER. 
          AND THEN THERE'S CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO BE GIVEN TO, UM, WHAT IMPACTS PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGES WOULD HAVE ON OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHARTER AND THE MUNICIPAL CODE IS ANALOGOUS TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR GENERAL PLAN AND OUR ZONING. 
          UM, THE MUNICIPAL CODE IMPLEMENTS THE CHARTER, JUST LIKE OUR ZONING IMPLEMENTS THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          THEN IT'LL BE NECESSARY TO HAVE OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC PREPARATION OF BALLOT MATERIALS, SUCH AS WE JUST, UM, WORKED ON FOR, UM, THE UGB EXTENSION. 
          AND THEN THERE'D BE THE, THE, THE SAME KIND OF PROCESS REPLACEMENT OF THAT MEASURE ON THE BALLOT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROCESS. 
          AND WHAT IT, IT WOULD YIELD FOR US, UM, IS A, A CHARTER AND A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY'S OPERATIONS, MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE CITY THAT WE'VE BECOME, UM, VERY ACTIVE ON ALL THESE MANY FRONTS, UM, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND EVOLVE IN WAYS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE POSITIVE AND REALIZE THE, UM, THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF THE CITY. 
          SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM I'M GONNA COVER IS KIND OF SIMILAR, BUT, BUT NOT AS I, I I WOULD SAY, NOT AS MAJOR OF A PROJECT, BUT STILL IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS REESTABLISHMENT OF FULL USE OF CITY HALL, UM, FOR THE CITY TEAM, INCLUDING OCCUPANCY OF THE WEST WING. 
          UM, SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND THERE. 
          UM, INITIALLY THE WEST WING WAS, WAS A, A JOINT PROJECT OF SONOMA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF PETALUMA, UM, COUNTY AND CITY FUNDS WERE USED TO BOTH ACQUIRE THE REAL ESTATE AND TO, UH, FUND THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, AND AT A, AT A LATER POINT IN TIME, THE CITY BOUGHT OUT THE COUNTY'S INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE. 
          SO NOW IT JUST, UM, ALL THAT REMAINS IS THE, UM, THE PRESENT DAY VALUE OF THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT, UM, FROM DECADES PAST. 
          AND THE STRUCTURE, THE WEST WING STRUCTURE WAS, UM, DESIGNED PURPOSE BUILT FOR, UM, MUNICIPAL COURTS. 
          IT HASN'T REALLY SERVED THAT PURPOSE SINCE THE MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE COM UM, CONSOLIDATED WITH THE SUPERIOR COURT, UM, BEFORE I STARTED PRACTICING, UM, AS A LAWYER IN 1999. 
          IT WAS WELL BEFORE THAT. 
          AND SO NOW WE STILL HAVE IN THOSE PARTS OF THE FACILITIES, UM, THERE'S A HOLDING CELL, THERE'S JUDGE CHAMBERS, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, COURT CHAMBERS, UM, THAT, OTHER THAN FOR MOCK COURT AND I THINK MAYBE A COUPLE OF USES BY THE SUPERIOR COURT, THEY, THEY'RE NOT REALLY SUITED TO THE USES WE WOULD PUT THEM TO, WHICH IS STAFFING FOR, UM, THE MANY ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT TONIGHT WITH THE STAFF. 
          THAT IS, UM, THAT EXPANDED CONSIDERABLY SINCE ITS PRE-RECESSION LEVELS TO CARRY OUT ALL THESE PROJECTS. 
          WE'VE COMMUNICATED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS, IN, IN THIS UPDATE, UM, IN MONDAY TO COME TOOL WITH THE COUNTY STAFF TO REVIEW, UM, THE, THE, THE BACKGROUND FOR THE ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING THE WEST WING. 
          UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UM, BOB PITTMAN AND I, THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAD A NICE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THE FACT THAT OUR ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, THE, THE, UM, USE AGREEMENT, I DON'T EVEN, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN EFFECT CURRENTLY. 
          UM, AND IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE CURRENT NEEDS, WHICH ARE REALLY, UM, CITY PETALUMA STAFFING, BUT ALSO COOPERATION AND COORDINATION WITH, UM, THE COUNTY AND OUR, AND OUR SUPERVISOR IN PARTICULAR FOR, FOR MEETINGS. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SPACE THERE FOR MEETINGS, UM, OF OUR ASSEMBLY, UM, MEMBER, UM, AND OTHER, UM, IMPORTANT COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHER REGIONAL AND STATE BODIES. 
          SO THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NEED FOR, UM, FOR THAT PART OF THE CITY HALL FACILITIES. 
          BUT, UM, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH THE NEED WE HAVE FOR STAFFING AND USE BY THE CITY TEAM. 
          AND SO, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE SHOWN AS BEING UNDERWAY CURRENTLY. 
          UM, AND THE, UM, THE FACT IS TOO THAT THERE WILL BE NEED TO BE RENOVATION TO REALLY UTILIZE THOSE SPACES WELL, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE OLD JURY ROOM AND, AND, UM, MUNICIPAL COURT PURPOSES. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES THAT ITEM. 
          AND THE NEXT, NEXT ONE UP IS COMPLETION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          ARE YOU DOING THAT ONE? I AM. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TEE THIS UP AND THEN OUR DIRECTOR OF 
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HR AND RISK, LINDA LEE WILL, WILL KICK THIS OFF. 
          UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE STATED VALUES, UM, AND EVEN WITH THOSE STATED VALUES, CITY HAS NOT HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WOULD BETTER ORGANIZE THE EXERCISE OF SETTING GOALS AND PRIORITIES. 
          UH, IT'LL HELP GUIDE US BE OUR NORTH STAR, UH, TO, UH, DEVELOP AND ACHIEVE A WORK PLAN, UM, BY STAYING ON TASK. 
          SO, UH, AND IT'S ALSO AN ESSENTIAL PART, UH, FOR GUIDING OUR CITY TEAM. 
          UM, AND THE PIECE THAT LINDA'S GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IS INVESTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE WORK OF OUR STAFF AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND LINDA WILL BE COVERING THAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENED DATE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, LINDA. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, AT A MACRO LEVEL, ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN IS ABOUT FACILITATING CHANGE, UM, CHANGE THAT WILL EFFECTIVELY, UM, BE FOR THE BETTER OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, LONG-TERM VIEW OF ANY EMPHASIZING IS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO BECOME WHAT WE TRULY SAID. 
          ONE PETALUMA, AS WE HEARD IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATIONS, UM, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SUCH TALENTED COLLEAGUES AND WITH THIS GUIDING VALUES, UH, WE HAVE TRANSCEND AND WE HAVE TRANSFORMED. 
          AND AS YOU HEAR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATIONS, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK FOR THE COMMUNITIES, BUT BEHIND THOSE COMMUNITIES EFFORTS, WE STAND STRONG WITH A TALENTED WORKFORCE HERE AT PETALUMA. 
          UM, AND FROM THAT SPECIFIC STANDPOINT, STRATEGIC PLANNING IN ORGANIZATION IS ABOUT THE INVESTMENT, AND WE ARE ABOUT PUTTING THE HOLISTIC AND THE HUMANISTIC APPROACH THAT PUTS WHAT WE CALL PEOPLE INVESTMENT AT THE HEART OF ANY PROCESS. 
          UM, WHEN WE SPEAK AT ALL OF THIS TASK OR GOALS, UM, THERE ARE SO MANY TOUCH POINTS THAT I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND THE HONOR BE ABLE TO CROSS COLLABORATE WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, SOME OF THE EXAMPLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER IN THE PAST 10 MONTHS IS BASICALLY STREAMING, HIRING OUR HIRING PROCESSES. 
          UM, WE MOVE MOUNTAINS IN TRYING TO ONBOARD OUR NEW, UM, TALENTED EMPLOYEES. 
          WE LOOK AT OUTSIDE THE BOX IN CREATING WHAT WE CALL AN IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENTS TO REALLY ATTRACT NEW CANDIDATES. 
          AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT THE CITIES, WE NOW HAVE A TRULY, UM, MODERNIZED AND STANDARDIZED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH COHORT TWO, WHICH REALLY PUT THE EMPHASIS AND WORKING WITH OUR FUTURE POTENTIAL PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, BUT GIVING THEM A SENSE OF WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS ALL ABOUT. 
          AND THAT IS ALSO CREATING WHAT WE CALL THE TALENT PIPELINE FOR THE WORKFORCE. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT, IN CREATING A STRONG MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WANTED TO ASPIRE TO BECOME FUTURE LEADERS. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? COACHING, MENTORSHIP? BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE HAVE ANCHORED IN THE LAST IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS CALLED THE PETALUMA ACADEMY, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          UM, THIS IS BASED ON THE COMMUNITY, UM, ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYEES FEEDBACK, AND WE PUT TOGETHER A VERY STRONG COHORT PROGRAM. 
          AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT PROJECTED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE PUT THROUGH OVER 70 MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, INTO THIS ACADEMY PROGRAM, ACCOMPLISHING ALMOST 560 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS IS UNHEARD OF, UM, BECAUSE WE WANT TO INVEST IN THE PEOPLE. 
          AND FROM AN HR STANDPOINT, ALL OF THESE ARE THE EFFORTS. 
          WHAT GROUND US TO BECOME TRULY ONE PETALUMA THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY IN ANY HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATION IS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE HEAD. 
          AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO LOOK AT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, AND REALLY COME BACK WITH A VERY STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT REALLY IS IN ALIGNMENT OF WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND THEN THE COMMUNITIES FORWARD FOR THE, UM, FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT THE WORK WE'VE DONE AND, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN IS REALLY SET THE GOALS THAT HAS A COMMON VISION, UM, ENSURING THAT EVERYONE COLLECTIVELY, ALL 410 STRONG EMPLOYEES HERE WORKING TOWARDS THAT SAME OBJECTIVES. 
          WE IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES VIA BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. 
          WE MITIGATE RISK AND MAINTAINING INFORMED DECISIONS TO COME BACK TO SHARE WITH YOUR COUNCILS AND WITH THE COMMUNITIES, ALL OF THE INVESTMENT, WHETHER IT'S IN INFRASTRUCTURE OR IN 
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PEOPLE, TALENT MANAGEMENT. 
          SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW FROM HERE. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CD MANAGEMENT TEAM AND WITH YOUR COUNCIL DIRECTIONS TO REALLY TRULY DEVELOP A STRATEGIC GOAL THAT WILL HAVE A MISSION, A VISION, AND ALIGN THAT WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES SO THAT WE ALL WORK TOWARD THAT SAME ALIGNMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS LOOKING FOR THE ERP UP THERE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY. 
          I'M JESSE G***H, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. 
          SO I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR INNOVATE PETALUMA PROJECT. 
          SO OUR INNOVATE PETALUMA PROJECT IS GOING TO REPLACE THE CITY'S 17-YEAR-OLD ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE WITH NEW SOLUTIONS FOR FINANCE, PAYROLL, HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, AND UTILITY BILLING. 
          THIS PROJECT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO EMBRACE CHANGE, LEVERAGE LEADING PRACTICES, AND SIMPLIFY AND STANDARDIZE OUR PROCESSES. 
          WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT OUR EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY BY INCREASING EFFICIENCY AND ACCESS TO REAL-TIME DATA, WHILE ALSO BOLSTERING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR THIS CITYWIDE PROJECT FINANCES, PARTNERING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND IT TO CONFIGURE AND IMPLEMENT TWO SOFTWARE SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT TIME INVESTMENT FROM OUR TEAMS AS WELL AS OTHER CITY STAFF IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT WILL WORK FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS. 
          ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE IS THE BACKBONE OF THE CITY'S OPERATIONS AND WILL NEED TO DO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE MANAGEMENT WORK. 
          AND CITYWIDE TRAINING WILL BE REQUIRED OVER THIS CALENDAR YEAR AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO OUR GO LIVE. 
          THE TIMELINE HAS NOT SHIFTED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM OUR PRESENTATION AT LAST YEAR'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES SESSION, AND AFTER SIGNING CONTRACTS WITH OUR SUPPLIERS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WE ARE CURRENTLY ON TRACK FOR OUR PLAN TO GO LIVE DATES IN EARLY 2026. 
          SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT YOUR CITY STAFF ARE, UH, WORKING ON AND ACCOMPLISHING, WE'VE INCLUDED, UM, OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS AND SOME OF THOSE SUBSTANTIVE PROJECTS. 
          INITIATIVES, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN UNDERWAY INCLUDE, UH, HR REVIEWING AND REBUTTING OUR DENTAL PLAN, WHICH WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT. 
          UM, OUR CITY CLERK, UM, IMPLEMENTING OUR PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST PROCESS, UH, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND ACCESS TO, UH, BY THE PUBLIC TO THOSE REQUESTS. 
          ALSO, UH, THE CLERK, UH, ADMINISTERED THE NOVEMBER, 2024 ELECTION, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT. 
          UM, UPCOMING FOR PARKS AND REC, AND I'M JUST KIND OF JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT, IS THE TRANSITION FROM, UM, AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR FOR AQUATICS PROGRAMMING TO BRING IT, UM, UNDER THE CITY UMBRELLA FOR BETTER IMPROVEMENT AND, UM, AND MORE, UM, OFFERINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          OUR LABOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WILL BEGIN IN 25, 26, AND WE'RE ALREADY PREPARING FOR THOSE NOW. 
          OUR ORGANIC TURF MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH WE HEARD, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          UM, OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING, UM, AND BONDING OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY ARE THEY DOING OUR BUDGET AND OUR ERP IMPLEMENTATION, BUT WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT BONDING, UH, COMING UP BOTH IN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BOTH FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, OUR MOBILE HOME RESIDENT SUPPORT SLASH LITIGATION, UH, LED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SUPPORT FROM OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND OUR POLICE CHIEF, OUR POLICE CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF AND UH, CIP TEAM ARE WORKING HARD ON THAT. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A MYRIAD OF PLANNING EFFORTS, UH, FOR WATER AND RECYCLED WATER PLANNING. 
          SO, UM, THAT JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE SMATTERING OF THINGS THAT THE CITY STAFF ARE WORKING ON IN ADDITION TO OUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK. 
          AND SO, MAYOR, I'M JUST GONNA KICK THAT BACK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING . 
          UM, I MEAN, THAT'S AN AMAZING, YOU COULD SEE STAFF IS STARTING TO GET TIRED, I'M JUST SAYING. 
          NO, THAT'S, UM, IT'S AN AMAZING WORKLOAD, AMAZING DELIVERY FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, I, I GUESS I, I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE  AND I, WE WILL, WE WILL TRY AND KEEP SUCCINCT SO WE CAN GET THE 
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PUBLIC QUICK. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS, THAT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STAFF FOR LAST YEAR. 
          I MEAN, WE, IF WE HAVE OTHER THINGS WE'RE INTERESTED IN PRIORITIZING, UH, DOES SOMETHING FALL OFF OR BY WAY OF COMPLIMENT THE, UH, THE CANNABIS PROGRAM, UH, IS COMPLETE AND, AND AWESOME THAT, I MEAN, AND NOW IT'S IN MAINTENANCE. 
          AND I, AND I WOULD COMMENT TO, UM, STAFF THAT THE REAL WORK IS THE PUBLIC CONSENSUS AND HAVING FOCUS TO WHAT YOUR DAY JOB IS, DOESN'T MATTER HOW HARD YOUR DAY JOB IS, IF YOU HAVE FOCUS, THAT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE HERDING CATS PART AT THE BEGINNING. 
          SO, UH, UM, WE'VE DONE GREAT WITH GETTING CANNABIS OUT THE GATE AND, AND WE'VE DONE SUPER GREAT WITH THE CLIMATE BLUEPRINT AND THE UGB, UM, EVEN THE FAIR, WHICH NOW IS A LOT OF WORK. 
          THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK IS INTENSE. 
          THE I-I-P-M-P, WE DID GREAT. 
          UM, DO ANY OF THESE FREE UP HOURS? HAVE WE DONE WELL AND CLOSED THE BOOK ON SOME OF THEM SO WE CAN ADD IN NEW TASKS? YOU JUST MENTIONED A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE MULTIFACETED, RIGHT? YOU, WE DON'T JUST CHECK OFF THE BOX ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          THE FAIRGROUNDS IS CONTINUING. 
          WE DON'T JUST CHECK OFF THE BOX ON, UM, OUR ERP, YOU KNOW, THE ERP IS SECURING THE, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANT TO GETTING THE STAFF ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IT AND THEN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THAT SOFTWARE, WHICH IS A MULTI-YEAR. 
          UM, SO MUCH, MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE REPORTING OUT TONIGHT IS MULTI-YEAR. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO ADD ANYTHING. 
          AND IF WE ARE ADDING SOMETHING, WE NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE LIST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE VICE MAYOR TO BE FIRST QUESTIONER TONIGHT. 
          UM, FIRST I HAVE TO COMMEND STAFF BECAUSE IT IS AN OVERWHELMING, UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE THINGS THAT ARE CHECKED OFF THE LIST. 
          BUT LIKE THE CITY MANAGER IS SAYING IT, THE FAIRGROUNDS IS EVEN DEEPER THAN JUST WHAT YOU SEE ON PAPER. 
          AND SAME WITH THE UGB. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO END WITH JUST PASSING THE, THE, THE INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT. 
          IT'S ONGOING. 
          AND, UM, ALON A LOT OF OUR THINGS. 
          UM, I'M NOT EVEN REALLY SURE WHERE TO START WITH, WITH QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW, FEW. 
          AND, UM, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO LIST OUR INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES? MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I SHOULD START SO THAT I DON'T TAKE UP TIME TONIGHT. 
          HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA FACILITATE THIS? SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME, UM, BRIEF ROUND OF QUESTIONS HERE. 
          WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR COUNCIL TO, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE WHAT THE PUBLIC'S SAYING, BUT ALSO TO ENCLOSE THEIR OWN. 
          AND IF ADDING ONE YOUR OWN, SUGGESTING THIS IS WHY THE TOP 10 IDEA IS BECAUSE WE CAN LIST OUT RATHER THAN SAY WE'RE DROPPING OFF NUMBERS 19 THROUGH 25. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL JUST BE INDICATING THE STRENGTH OF THE PREFERENCE OF THE THING YOU WANT RELATIVE TO OTHER THINGS. 
          THAT'S HOW A TOP 10 WOULD HELP US. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I CAN START WITH THINGS THAT I, UM, FELT MAYBE WERE MISSING ON THE OPEN SPACE AND ACQUISITIONS AND MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, THE RIVER PARK WAS NOT INCLUDED, SO I'M LIKE, SHOULDN'T THAT BE INCLUDED AS AN OPEN SPACE ACCUSATION AND MANAGEMENT, UM, IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT? UM, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT, BUT I'M ALSO WONDERING IF WE CAN ADD SOMETHING LIKE THE INVENTORY OF VACANT, UM, PETALUMA IN HOMES THAT ARE IN PETALUMA NEIGHBORHOODS NOW THAT WOULD FREE UP SPACE FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. 
          AND A LOT OF THOSE EMPTY HOMES ARE OWNED BY OUR, UM, OLDER RESIDENTS OR MAYBE IN A, UM, IN, IN A HOME. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT AGING IN PLACE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE AGING IN PLACE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE MOVE THEM TO A SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WOULD FREE UP THOSE HOMES. 
          UM, SO I DIDN'T SEE A SENIOR HOUSING THINKING ABOUT THAT OLDER POPULATION. 
          UM, OUR, IT WOULD BE MORE THAN JUST OUR MOBILE HOME PARKS, MAYBE A COMMUNITY PARK AND IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THE LOW INCOME. 
          UM, WE'RE GETTING TO A QUESTION HERE. 
          WELL, THAT WAS THE QUESTION. 
          CAN WE FIT THAT IN? AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE CIP PROJECTS FOR DOWNTOWN THAT, UH, THAT WILL, UM, SO LET'S SEND THE, UH, QUESTION OVER TO STAFF. 
          YEAH, RIGHT. 
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AND, UM, THE SAFE STREETS FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, CAN THAT BE EAST AND WEST AND INCLUDE THE SAFE STREETS FOR SCHOOLS? SHOULD WE, LET'S JUST GET 'EM QUICK ANSWERS BACK TO YOU. 
          OH, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT NOW OR, I WAS JUST GONNA LIST THEM AND THEN LET THEM TO STUFF. 
          YOU WANT ME TO STOP? I JUST WANNA CATCH UP . 
          SO, UM, YOU WANT STAFF TO CATCH UP? YEAH, I'M SORRY. 
          NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, THE RIVER PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DEFINITELY PLAY A SUPPORT ROLE IN THAT. 
          UM, AND YES, IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WORKING ON IT. 
          UM, WELL THAT'S WHY I WANTED YOU TO GET THE CREDIT, 'CAUSE I KNOW STAFF IS WORKING ON IT. 
          'CAUSE I SEE 'EM AT ALL THE WORKSHOPS. 
          SO WE CAN REPLACE ONE OF THOSE WITH THE RIVER PARK IF YOU WANT. 
          I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          . 
          UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, BRIAN, IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT TIMING AND WHAT OUR SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE RIVER PARK. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          UM, SO THAT IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT. 
          SO THIS IS REIMAGINING AND, UM, OUR LANDING AND THEN THE RECENT ACQUISITION OF THE FORMER SCANNELL SITE, UH, THERE IS AN ACTIVE PROJECT THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE PIPELINE AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO WE DO HAVE STAFF WORKING ON IT. 
          AND SO THAT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. 
          UM, AND YEP, WE SEE THE VALUE OF IT. 
          WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF STAFF RESOURCES, UH, TO THAT PROJECT. 
          AND ALSO WE'RE IN THIS, UH, POINT IN TIME AS WE GET INTO GENERAL PLAN ADOPTION, UM, WHERE A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE STARTING TO MELD INTO WHAT THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, AND ANY OF THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. 
          SO, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, UM, UH, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, SO DO WE JUST JUST ADD IT TO THE LIST AND WELL, WE COULD ADD, WE PROBABLY COULD ADD A HUNDRED OTHER THINGS TO OUR LIST, LIKE THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT STAFF IS, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I SEE THEM AT THE WORKSHOP, SO I KNOW THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS AND RIGHT. 
          WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON A LOT OF THINGS. 
          LIKE I SAID, THE BUDGET, THERE ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AREN'T REFLECTED HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          I JUST THOUGHT THAT SHOULD BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT WONDER WHY IS IT NOT ON THE LIST. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN IT'S, I JUST WANNA GIVE, I'M HAPPY TO YEAH, YEAH. 
          I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH IT AND SOMETHING FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO LOOK FORWARD TO. 
          SO YES. 
          ALSO, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          DOESN'T THAT ACTIVITY DIFFER IN THE SENSE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN APPLICANT WHOSE APPLICATION WE'RE PROCESSING IT, OF WHICH WE HAVE A LOT, AND US THAT'S NOT AS A STAFF DRIVEN, COUNCIL DRIVEN PROJECT IN THE SAME WAY. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S SUPPORTED EVEN THOUGH THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE POLICY DIRECTION ABOUT IT AND, AND WE HAVE IN OUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS. 
          UM, IT'S, SO THAT'S ONE IN WHICH WE'RE PLAYING. 
          THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, WHAT I WOULD CALL MANDATORY DUTIES WHERE AN APPLICATION COMES IN. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK, I THINK THAT TOO. 
          SO WE'VE GOTTEN A GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 
          THERE WAS A NEXT QUESTION, UM, WITH THE NEXT ONE ABOUT, I SAW VACANCY, YOU MENTIONED THE VACANCY, THE, THE VACANCY OF THESE THAT WOULD BE A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          UM, IMPLEMENTATION. 
          GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, AND SO WE, EVERY YEAR WE DO, UM, WE LITERALLY, UH, PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL, UM, TO CHECK OUR VACANCY RATES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING AN INVENTORY. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, PROVIDE AS A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S ACTIVELY, WE'RE GETTING READY TO, UM, DO THIS YEAR'S COUNT. 
          AND SO THAT'S MAKING THAT CONNECTION, UM, TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE AREN'T ANY UNITS THAT WE CAN'T, UM, POTENTIALLY, UM, FIND PEOPLE TO, UM, PUT INTO. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE DOING. 
          UM, I WILL, AND THEN THERE'S A THEME, UH, THE REASON WHY I JUMPED UP HERE WAS, UM, IT'S ANOTHER FOCUS FOCAL POINT, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT AGE FRIENDLY, IT'S AN AGING COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THE HOUSING NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? SO GOING BACK TO OUR HOUSING STOCK, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE STARTING TO WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT, UM, AGES AND DIFFERENT, UM, ABILITIES AND INTERESTS. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S TWO PROJECTS THAT WE, UM, ARE AGAIN ACTIVELY WORKING ON. 
          UH, THERE IS THE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF THE, THE FORMER HANSEL SITE ON THE BOULEVARD. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, A GALLAGHER PROJECT, UH, FOR, UM, ELDER CARE FACILITY, UM, AS WELL AS THE HEALTHY PETALUMA SITE. 
          SO ON MCDOWELL, IT'S THE BIG VACANT, UM, LOT. 
          AND SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A, A PROCESS NOW TO SECURE A DEVELOPER. 
          UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT IS WRITING ON THAT SITE. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE FOCAL POINTS IS TO CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T ON THE LIST. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          SO. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS, UM, THERE'S 
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A WHOLE, UH, PLANNING PROJECT PAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIES ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          AND SO MAYBE THERE'S, UM, SOMETHING I CAN WORK ON. 
          I ACTUALLY FOUND IT, IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND  . 
          UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          UM, BUT YES, ALL WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THERE CONNECTION, BUT I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNEW THAT WE WERE WORKING ON, 'CAUSE THAT'S SE QUESTION WE GET. 
          AND AS FAR AS DOWNTOWN, I KNOW IT'S THEIR CIP PROJECTS, SO I CAN LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THE FAIRGROUNDS IS GONNA BE MASTER PLANS, SO I'LL LEAVE THOSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THE DAY LABOR WASN'T ON THERE. 
          NO, IT'S NOT ON THERE, BUT I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          WELL, SO MAYBE YOU COULD HELP. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING ON IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, I THINK WHAT WE, UM, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH PPSC, UM, AND A GREAT AND LABOR CENTERED WHO, I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO OVERSEE THE PROGRAM. 
          IT'S JUST FINDING THE PHYSICAL SPACE THAT WOULD BE ADEQUATE. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          I JUST WANTED STAFF TO GET CREDIT THAT I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON IT FROM THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CITY STAFF IN CITY HALL. 
          SO I WANTED IT SOMEWHERE FITTING INTO THE LIST MAYBE SO THAT THEY AND OTHER PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. 
          I GUESS I'M JUST GONNA GO MY LIST QUESTIONS, SYMPTOMS. WE, THEY'VE KIND OF ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS EXCEPT, UM, THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY IS NOT MENTIONED AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, INTERESTED PEOPLE IN WANTING THAT RETROFITTED, WHICH IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          UM, THE DAY CENTER, I, UM, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN, UH, PROBABLY A 30-YEAR-OLD ISSUE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 
          UM, THE CHARTER REPLACEMENT, UM, ARE WE TALKING, UM, 2026 OR STARTING IT THIS YEAR? OR THE COUNCIL DECIDING A DIRECTION TO GO? UM, WE WOULD, IT'S A PRETTY LONG LEAD TIME DEPENDING ON THE PROCESS. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL CHOOSES, I THINK WE WERE SHOWING IN, IN, LET ME GO BACK TO MONDAY.COM 26, 27 AND 27, 28. 
          SO IT'S GOTTA BE IN A, UM, WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS. 
          UM, AND, AND THE TRICK IS MAPPING OUT THAT PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, IT ENDS UP AT THE RIGHT TIME IN TERMS OF GETTING ON A BALLOT, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE AT A STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION WHEN IT COMES BEFORE THE VOTER. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF THE TIMING OF THAT PROCESS. 
          AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON HOW, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVE OR NOT EXTENSIVE IS THE DESIRE TO, UM, TO UPDATE THE CHARTER TO EITHER ACCOMMODATE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT IT'S, THAT IT IMPEDES RIGHT NOW, OR, UM, JUST TO GENERALLY, UM, HAVE IT FACILITATE MORE INNOVATION LIKE MARTY MODERN CHARTERS TEND TO DO. 
          SO, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER, WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT, RIGHT MIX IN TIMING FOR ALL THESE THINGS. 
          THANKS AGAIN. 
          AGAIN, LIKE THE DAY CENTER, THE CHARTER HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S, WHAT IS 347 PAGES OR SOMETHING, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          A NEW CHARTER IS ABOUT BASICALLY 40 PAGES OR LESS. 
          SO THERE'S JUST A LOT IN THERE THAT IS, UM, ANTIQUATED AS WAS SAID EARLIER. 
          UM, AS FAR AS LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I WANT TO ADDRESS CHAINLINK FENCES AND HOW LONG CHAINLINK FENCES CAN BE UP IF THEY'RE JUST UP AROUND A PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE AND THERE'S NO, UM, MOVEMENT AS FAR AS MAKING, UM, A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          IT REALLY LOOKS BAD FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEY SEEM TO GO TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO HAVE GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE AREAS WITH CHAIN LINK FENCES IN OUR TOWN. 
          UM, SO THE STREAMLINING OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PARKS MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN ASKED FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS AND PEOPLE HAVE A REAL INTEREST IN, SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION. 
          THE QUESTION IS ARE WHEN ARE WE GONNA REALLY GET TO A MASTER PLAN INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT IT? SO KIND OF BACK TO THE CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, IT'S LIKE IF EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY, NOTHING'S A PRIORITY AND WE CAN'T MOVE THINGS FORWARD. 
          SO THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT. 
          WE ARE IN A TWO YEAR CYCLE. 
          UM, AND YES, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN HAS 
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BEEN ASKED FOR, FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. 
          UM, A WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT YET. 
          UM, BUT B WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF CAPACITY. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING ON THE FAIR FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN IF WE GET THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE FROZEN RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND I THINK STAFF, I THINK DREW YOU HAD A, A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE BECAUSE, UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN AND THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, BUT THAT'S A HUGE, IT'S A HUGE LIFT, AND SO WE ARE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMES OFF, WHAT COMES OFF OF OUR PLATE SO WE CAN GET THAT FOCUSED AND, AND MOVING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          AS DREW'S COMING UP TOO, I, I THINK, THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH BEARING IN MIND, UM, IN THIS SORT OF ZERO SUM CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING. 
          THERE'S REALLY SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT, UM, PARK INITIATIVES THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK FOR FOLKS TO CONSIDER ADVOCATING FOR THE MASTER PLAN, AND NO ONE DISAGREES, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ONE WHEN, WHEN WE CAN FUND IT AND, AND STAFF IT. 
          UM, IS, WOULD THAT CHANGE ANY OF THE CURRENT PRIMARY INITIATIVES IN THE PARKS PROGRAM NOW? LIKE, LIKE TURF PLACEMENT, CHEI, LIKE, UM, STANDING UP THE UP ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AND PROGRAMS, UM, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, LIKE BRINGING THE AQUATICS PROGRAMS IN HOUSE AND THE SKATE PARK. 
          SO, UM, PRESUMABLY THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WOULD BE IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD AND THE COMMUNITY WANTS THEM AND THE COUNCIL WANTS THEM. 
          SO MAYBE THAT'S, THAT'S A HEADSTART ON THE THINGS THAT THE, ULTIMATELY THE MASTER PLAN WILL SHOW US. 
          BUT DREW'S HERE TO TAKE US HOME ON THAT QUESTION. 
          NO, TH THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, PEGGY, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE ADVOCACY AND COMMENT. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, UH, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS IN COMPLETE AGREEANCE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT A A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IT'S WHEN AND, AND WHEN CAN WE, UM, DEDICATE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT RIGHT, WHICH I KNOW IS YOUR, YOUR VISION. 
          AND WE'VE APPRECIATED, WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSER TO, UM, TALKING ABOUT IT TO HAVING IT KIND OF LIVE NOW WITHIN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENTS AS A PLAN. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AS SOON AS WE'D ALL WOULD LIKE. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, FEW OF THOSE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT KIND OF LAY THE FOUNDATION AND KIND OF FRAMEWORK TO HELP SETTING UP THE EVENTUAL STRATEGIC PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS INCLUDE, UH, DEVELOPING A, A BUSINESS PLAN FOR OUR NEW AQUATICS PROGRAM. 
          ONE WE HAVEN'T HAD FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, UM, THAT WILL BE UNDERWAY, UH, HAVING EXCITING, UM, NEW PILOT PROGRAMS TO REALLY GET TO KNOW SOME NUMBERS BEHIND WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO CARE FOR OUR NATURAL GRASS TURF, UH, GOING AND, UH, DEVELOPING AND, UH, PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT. 
          LOOKING AT ALL 27 PLAYGROUNDS, UM, WHAT'S THAT NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS GONNA LOOK LIKE, UH, WITH ADDED AMENITIES, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, WHICH IS NOT JUST THE STRUCTURE, BUT HOW DO WE CREATE MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE AREAS? AND ONCE YOU'RE THERE, IT'S SEEDING, IT'S SHADING, UM, AND, AND THE LIST GOES ON, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS UPDATES, WHICH WILL START TO BUILD THE SCOPE, WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY BE BE THE MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS AND REC. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PARKING ORDINANCE IS COMING FORWARD AND SO, OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE, MY TOP PRIORITY IS, UH, THE NEW FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND JUST FOLLOWING THAT PROCESS AND CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ON TRACK, WE ARE DOING THAT. 
          AND I WOULD SAY, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, JEFF, IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON US BEING ABLE TO BOND, UH, IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF SO WE CAN GET MOVING. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, YES, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, AND OUR PRIORITIES FROM THAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL FIRE STATION HOLDING THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE POLICE STATION USING THAT FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM IN PLACE THAT ARE HELPING US RIGHTSIZE THAT AND GET INTO THAT RIGHT DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE PREDICT WE'LL HAVE WITH MEASURE U, MEASURE H UH, BONDING CAPACITY AND MEASURE H IS THE RECENT FIRE FIRE MEASURE. 
          UM, AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OUT, UH, FOR A BRIDGING ARCHITECT TO HELP WITH THAT DESIGN AND, AND FINE TUNING THAT. 
          AND I BELIEVE IT'S ESTIMATED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, PROBABLY NEXT WINTER, PROBABLY LATE FALL WINTER TO, FOR A APPROVAL FOR, UH, A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTOR. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE TIMELINES. 
          UM, SHORTER TIMELINES THIS SUMMER, 
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WE'LL MOST LIKELY SEE THE, UH, WE'LL, WE WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE IN MAY AND IN JUNE FOR AWARDS OF CONTRACT FOR THE D STREET STATION REMODEL AND FOR THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION AT DIFFERENT TIMES. 
          SO A LOT'S HAPPENING, UM, AND SOME SIGNIFICANT STEPS HAVE TAKEN PLACE, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE READY TO FOR THAT BIG, HERE'S WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS WE HAVE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FINE TUNING NOW TO BRING A PROJECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR WITH THE PARAMETERS ABOUT FOOTPRINT, SIZE, DOING THE POLICE STATION AND EOC AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND THE LAST ONE IS THE TRESTLE ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS GONNA BE AND HOW WE CAN MOVE ON THIS. 
          AND I, IT, IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THE, UM, UM, THE MUS MUSEUM OR THE CARNEGIE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TWO IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AND THEY'RE, UM, BIG DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT ONE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE, UM, GO DOWN IN AN EARTHQUAKE. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST KEEP UPDATING US ON THE TRESTLE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BARAL. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK I'LL ECHO THE PRAISE OF STAFF. 
          UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THIS COMPILED UP AND PACKAGED UP AND EVERYTHING. 
          UM, AND, UM, SO I I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL, UM, NOT JUST THE REPORT, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, ALL THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UM, I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SOME OF WHICH I ASKED AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH SPAWNED ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, UM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT JUST HOW ADAPTABLE WE CAN BE IN IMPLEMENTING THE HOUSING PLAN? LIKE WE HAD THESE, THESE DATES IN THERE AND THEN THERE'S NEW STATE LAWS THAT COME THAT WE MAY WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON OR AT LEAST CONSIDER, UM, HOW FLEXIBLE, LIKE IS THE STATE GONNA BE IF SAY WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE PROMOTE FOR SALE ADUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVER SOME OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO NEXT YEAR? AND I IMAGINE THIS WILL ALL COME FORWARD IN THE WORKSHOP WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING UPDATE. 
          THANKS, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, YES, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A MUCH MORE IN DEPTH, UH, CONVERSATION. 
          UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FLEXIBILITY, UM, THERE ARE VERY CLEAR DATES AND, UM, DELIVERABLES THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO AS PART OF CERTIFICATION. 
          UM, WE'RE IN SOMEWHAT OF UNCHARTED TERRITORY TYPICALLY. 
          UM, WE AREN'T IN A PLACE WHERE WE, UM, WHERE THE POLICY, UM, LANDSCAPE SHIFTS ENOUGH THAT WE WOULD, WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER, UH, CHANGES. 
          UM, THAT SAID, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COME BACK, UH, AGAIN IN MARCH, I THINK WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT IT, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE ROBUST, UM, HOUSING ELEMENTS, UM, UH, DEFINITELY IN THE REGION. 
          IT WON THE STATE, UH, AWARD JUST FOR, UM, LAST YEAR, UM, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BEST HOUSING ELEMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UM, BECAUSE OF HOW FORWARD THINKING IT IS. 
          UM, SO I WOULD, UM, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IS WHEN WE COME BACK IN MARCH, UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE PREVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING. 
          A LOT OF IT IS TIED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND THE ZONING CODE UPDATE. 
          AND SO, UM, I DO THINK THERE, THERE COULD BE SOME FLEXIBILITY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FINAL DRAFT ZONING CODE UPDATE LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET OUR HOUSING LEGISLATION CORRECT, UM, I WOULDN'T LOOK AT THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS JUST THE END ALL BE ALL RIGHT IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COME THAT MAY BE TRIGGERED OR PROMPTED BY NEW STATE LAWS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT'S NIMBLE ENOUGH TO, UM, TO ADD AND CONTRACT, UM, UH, AS THE RESOURCES AND NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION NEXT MONTH. 
          THANKS AND HANG OUT THERE. 
          I GOT A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU TOO, , UM, ON THE NORTH STATION SPECIFIC PLAN, UM, I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHEN THE FUNDS HAD TO BE SPENT, IT WAS JULY 26TH, AND THEN IN THE, UM, THE TABLES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT SAID THAT EIR, UM, AND THE ADOPTION WAS CONTINGENT AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT IT WAS CONTINGENT ON. 
          UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLEAR THOSE SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE ALL THE, THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE. 
          YES, SO, UH, WE ARE IN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MTC. 
          UM, THE, WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING IS TO, UM, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER JURISDICTION, UH, THAT WAS AWARDED 
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FUNDS IN THAT SAME POT, UM, OF MONEY, THIS WAS COMING OUT OF, UH, THE PANDEMIC, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THE REASSURANCE FROM MTC THAT WE CAN, UM, SO LONG AS WE'RE SHOWING MEASURED PROGRESS, UM, THAT ISN'T THE FINAL DATE. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, WE STILL FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, WHERE THE CONTINGENT, UM, STATUS COMES IN IS, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO THAT POINT. 
          UH, IT'S SOMEWHAT TIED TO THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, EIR. 
          SO DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL, UM, OR THE PROGRESS THAT WE MAKE ON THAT EIR, UM, UH, IN ESSENCE THE SECOND STATION, EIR WOULD FOLLOW THAT IN SOME WAY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT, UM, CONTINGENCY AWESOME, THANKS. 
          CAME FROM. 
          AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THE HANSEL PROPERTY AND THE HEALTHY PETALUMA PROPERTY. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY NOTABLE ZONING CODE CHANGES THAT WILL COME FORWARD AS A RESULT OF EITHER THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS? THERE ARE, UH, SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL TAKE THEM SEPARATELY. 
          UH, THE GALLAGHER PROJECT ON THE BOULEVARD, UM, IT IS STILL GOING THROUGH PROJECT ITERATIONS AND SO, UH, IT HAD A STUDY SESSION WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WE SHOULD KNOW FAIRLY SOON, UM, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, SO RIGHT NOW IT, IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR A, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS THE ENTITLEMENT. 
          UM, ESSENTIALLY IT'S, IT'S GONNA CREATE ITS OWN ZONING CODE, UM, FOR THAT SITE. 
          UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WITH WHAT THEY JUST RECENTLY SUBMITTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, BY BRINGING SOME MODIFICATIONS, UM, INTO THEIR PROJECT, UH, WE MAY NOT NEED TO GO THAT ROUTE. 
          SO THERE, UM, I THINK WE'LL KNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, UM, WHAT LEVEL OF, IF ANY, UH, ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT PROJECT. 
          UM, AND THAT ACTUALLY IS A GOOD TIE WITH, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE STATE, UM, DENSITY BONUS, UM, LAW, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING WITHIN THAT LAW THAT ALLOWS, IT'S CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT PER, UM, STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT VI VIABILITY TO MAKE THAT PROJECT HAPPEN. 
          UM, UM, ON TRACK. 
          THE SECOND ONE WAS ABOUT HEALTHY PETALUMA. 
          UM, THIS IS ONGOING. 
          THEY HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT PATHS THAT THEY CAN DO. 
          UM, ONE WOULD BE A DEVELOPER LED, UM, UH, IT WOULD BE A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          UM, AND SO AT THIS POINT THERE, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED. 
          THERE'S SOME VERY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS, UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE STILL NAILING DOWN THAT AGREEMENT WITH SAID DEVELOPER. 
          UM, THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WOULD BE, UM, AS PART OF, UM, THE ZONING CODE, UM, AND GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UH, WITH, WITH THE TIMING, UM, POTENTIALLY, UH, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT, UM, AS PART OF, UH, THE CITYWIDE EFFORT TO, UH, RE DESIGNATE, UM, CERTAIN PARCELS. 
          UM, SO THEY, THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS THERE THAT, UM, WE'RE KIND OF WALKING THEM THROUGH AT THE MOMENT. 
          GREAT, THANKS. 
          UM, NEXT QUESTION. 
          I'LL TAKE IT TO THE, LET'S SAY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 
          UM, AND JUST THE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THE PLAN ITSELF AND, UM, IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMMATIC WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND LIKE AROUND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S MORE TO THAT THAT LIKE, SOME OF IT I KNOW WILL FALL UNDER THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, BUT I ALSO, THERE'S, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S MORE PROGRAMMATIC EFFORTS, UM, AROUND VISION ZERO OR, YOU KNOW, HELL TO SLOW THE FAST DOWN CAMPAIGN, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          UM, IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S SORT OF ENCAPSULATED THERE. 
          AND I THINK BRUCE'S COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RENAMING IT SOMETHING MORE BROAD, LIKE SAFE AND COMPLETE STREETS KIND OF ENCAPSULATES MORE LIKE WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THAT, UM, THAT INITIATIVE. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS IS THERE MORE THERE THAT MEETS THE EYE IN TERMS OF LIKE PROGRAMMATIC WORK WE'RE DOING AROUND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN SAFE STREETS? YEAH, I THINK, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IF, IF BJORN UM, OUR, OUR RESIDENT A TP EXPERT, UM, I THINK HE'S ONLINE IF, UH, BJORN, I DUNNO IF YOU HEARD THAT QUESTION, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO RESPOND. 
          I DID. 
          OOPS, SORRY. 
          TURNING MY CAMERA ON THERE. 
          UM, YES I DID. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, AND GOOD 
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EVENING THERE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          YES. 
          SO THE, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN DOES INCLUDE, UM, AN ACTION PLAN IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILD OUT MAINTENANCE, UM, BUT IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THOSE, UM, THE MORE PROGRAMMATIC CATEGORIES LIKE EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND UM, AND ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND SO IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, UM, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL ACTIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH CORRESPONDING TIMELINES, WHICH INDICATE SORT OF THE RELATIVE PRIORITY LEVEL THAT'S BEEN, UM, DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE, UM, KIND OF TAKING A CRACK AT IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO, UM, IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMMATIC ACTION ITEMS. FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT. 
          THANKS BJORN. 
          UM, ON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE DIFFERENT PLANS OR STUDIES GOING ON. 
          THERE WAS LIKE THE CROSSTOWN CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR STUDY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, THAT WE HAD A CONSULTANT PAID BY SCTA AND THEN THERE WAS THE LAKEVILLE SAFETY STUDY THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. 
          ARE ALL OF THOSE CAPTURED UNDER THIS? AND I'M KIND OF LIKE, I'M SORT OF JONESING FOR SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FINDINGS FROM THE LAKEVILLE STUDY AND, AND WHATNOT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE WILL BE TAKING ALL OF THE LATEST INFORMATION WE HAVE AVAILABLE FROM ALL THE VARIOUS STUDIES THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND INCORPORATING THOSE IN THE PLAN. 
          UM, LAKEVILLE HAS NOT KICKED OFF QUITE YET, BUT WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO A TP ADOPTION, WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER THE LATEST INFORMATION WE HAVE, UM, WE'LL TAKE THAT AND, AND FOLD IT INTO THE PLAN. 
          GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS BEING IN THE 1 0 1 CROSSING STUDY. 
          UM, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THE CORONA ROAD OVERCROSSING, AND SO THERE, WE ACTUALLY NOW THANKS TO THAT PLANNING EFFORT, HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT IS ACTUALLY FEASIBLE IN THAT LOCATION. 
          AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH CALTRAN FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S AN AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD ADOPTED THE A TPA YEAR AGO EVEN, YOU WOULD'VE PROBABLY SEEN CORONA IDENTIFIED AS A CORRIDOR STUDY, MEANING WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE CAN FEASIBLY DO THERE. 
          UM, NOW WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THAT WE WANT TO, UM, WIDEN THAT OVERCROSSING STRUCTURE THROUGH AN UPCOMING, UPCOMING CALTRANS RAILING REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND INSTALL A CLASS ONE PATHWAY ON ONE SIDE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE, UM, MEANS OF, OF GETTING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THAT FACILITY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE LADS. 
          UM, I'LL ADMIT I WAS, UH, A LITTLE, UM, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LADS AFTER THE, THE LADS MEETING, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE EFFORT TO PRIORITIZE, UM, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LADS. 
          I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR LADS ARE WE WONDERING ARE GONNA COME FORWARD IN THE FIRST PHASE? YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK WE'RE HOPING TO DO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE REALISTIC BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO, TO EDUCATE THE, THE OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, OF THE CURRENT, UM, UM, STATE OF THE FINANCES, UM, WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE TO 10, AND I'LL KIND OF LOOK TO DELENA TO SEE IF, IS THAT KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LANDING? YEAH. 
          UM, FIVE TO 10 IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING. 
          UM, AND IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS WE WILL REFINE THAT AND WE WILL, WE'LL LAND ON A NUMBER AND WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I THINK WHEN WE COME BACK HERE IN THE SPRING, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE A, A KIND OF A, UH, A BETTER SENSE OF THAT NUMBER AND CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THAT TIME AS WELL. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, NEXT QUESTION WAS AROUND, UM, I'LL SHIFT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, WE GOT A COMMENT FROM CATHERINE REINHARDT ON THE MILLS ACT, UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT FOR, UM, FOR OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT, UM, AND IF SO, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? I DUNNO. 
          NO, THANKS, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT WOULD TAKE SOME RESOURCES. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT OF OUR, UH, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, UM, AS THE CONTEXT. 
          UM, AND SO THERE IS SORT OF A ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PROGRAM THAT, UM, WE COULD JUST STAND UP, UM, LIKE MANY OF OUR, UM, OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS, UM, AND I BELIEVE CATHERINE HAD IDENTIFIED A COUPLE, UM, POTENTIAL PROJECTS. 
          I THINK HOLISTICALLY AS WE STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUSING 
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OUR INVESTMENTS DOWNTOWN, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF AGING BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO, UH, WHAT INGRID AND I, UM, AND OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, UM, IS THAT CONCIERGE SERVICE TO TRY TO GET, UM, NOT JUST VACANT, UM, BUILDINGS, UH, RETEN, UH, BUT ALSO FORECASTING. 
          SO, UH, ONE EXAMPLE THAT, UM, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT JUMPED IN, UM, IS WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE, THE MILL BUILDING, RIGHT? IT'S HISTORIC. 
          IT'S, UM, IT HAS A LOT OF, UH, OLD INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING IS WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, A TENANT, THE ADOBE ROAD, UH, SET TO RELOCATE. 
          HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT EASY, UM, OR AS EASY AS POSSIBLE? AND SO THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE WHERE, UM, WE COULD CONSIDER, UM, UM, SORT OF THE, UH, MILLS ACT, UM, UH, UM, THE CONNECTION OF MILLS IS NOT LOST ON ME FOR THE, FOR THAT BUILDING. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS THAT INTEREST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, TO, UH, REINVEST, UM, AND THEN ALSO GET, UH, THE BENEFIT OF PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION, UH, THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL WIN-WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO YES, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE THINKING, UM, TO LAUNCH A PROGRAM. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, I'VE GOT THREE MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN I PROMISE I'LL WRITE DOWN. 
          UM, ON THE, SO WE DIDN'T INCLUDE CAPITAL PROJECTS ON THIS. 
          ARE WE GONNA HAVE A REVIEW OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE THIS TOO, WHERE WE HAVE THIS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GREAT SORT OF PROCESS DRIVEN THING FOR THE, FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECT, AS YOU WILL RECALL, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, WE GO THROUGH CIP AND THEN PRIORITIZE. 
          AND SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT JONATHAN AND HIS TEAM, UH, WILL HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE PRIORITIZATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THIS YEAR, AND COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT WHEN THE CIP COMES IN MAY. 
          GOT YOU. 
          SO THAT'LL COME AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YES. 
          OR AS A SEPARATE PART. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          NO. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, THE, ON THE SENIOR SERVICES THERE WAS THE, THE ONE PRO ONE ITEM, AND IT SAID THAT IT WAS DONE. 
          AND, UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE THERE WAS A WHOLE ACTION PLAN THAT WE, THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, AND SO IT FEELS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE ONGOING THINGS OR A SET OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND IMPLEMENTING, ESPECIALLY FOR SUCH, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE AN AGING COMMUNITY, AND SO I WAS KIND OF EXPECTING TO SEE MORE ON THE, THE SENIOR SERVICES. 
          CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT? SURE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 
          UH, REALLY, UM, IT IS REFLECTIVE OF, THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORTS UNDERWAY THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY CITY LED, BUT CITY SUPPORTED. 
          SO WE HAD ONE THAT WAS STRICTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASING HOURS OF OUR SENIOR CENTER. 
          THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT WITHIN OUR HOUSE. 
          AND NOW WE'VE GOT, UM, MORE OF AN ACTION COMMITTEE THAT'S BOLSTERING BLUE ZONES, PPSC, HEALTHY PETALUMA SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUPPORT. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS COME BACK WITH KIND OF WHAT ELEMENTS THE CITY IS SUPPORTING, SPONSORING, OR, OR MANAGING, BUT WE'RE FINDING IT'S LESS AND LESS CITY RUN. 
          IT IS ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING LIKE HOUSING, LIKE TRANSIT, LIKE MOBILITY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A GOOD NEXUS OF HOW WE TELL THAT STORY. 
          UM, BUT THEN THIS AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN, HOW DO WE ALLOW COMMUNITY DRIVEN LEADERS TO TAKE THAT AS AN INITIATIVE IN ITSELF? THANKS THAT MM-HMM . 
          UH, REALLY HELPS TO CLARIFY. 
          SURE. 
          UH, AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS JUST, UM, BIG OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, I GUESS, BUT HAVE WE DONE A LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL RIGHT NOW? UM, WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE AT OUR FIRE STATION. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 25% TARIFFS ON STEEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, HAVE WE ACTUALLY STARTED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT, UM, THE IMPLICATIONS OF FREEZING FUNDING, UH, ON OUR PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S MEALS ON WHEELS OR REBUILDING TOGETHER'S PROGRAMS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. 
          LIKE HAVE WE DONE SORT OF LIKE A REALLY DEEP RISK ASSESSMENT? BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT REALLY SORT OF CHANGING SOME OF THE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE? YEAH. 
          AND WE ARE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          EVER SINCE, UH, WE HAD HEARD, UM, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS GOING TO FREEZE AND, AND CONTINUES TO, EVEN DESPITE THE JUDICIAL ORDER, UH, FREEZE OUR FUNDS ON CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVEN'T EXECUTED, ALTHOUGH WE ARE HEARING ALSO ON CDBG THAT FUNDS OUR, UM, 
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MEALS ON WHEELS, OUR REBUILDING TOGETHER. 
          SO WE ARE TRYING TO SCRAMBLE AND FIGURE OUT, UM, HOW TO KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS GOING, UM, JUST FROM A STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, BUT WE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE TOTALITY OF THAT, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'LL JUST SAY THERE'S OTHER BOARDS THAT I'M ON RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE HAVING LIKE, FULL AGENDA ITEMS TO LIKE REALLY UNPACK THIS AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I THINK FOR US, MAYBE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF JUST REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE RISKS ARE OUT THERE, WHICH, UM, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS DIGGING IN AND SEEING WHICH GRANTS, WHAT'S ON HOLD. 
          UM, YOU'LL HEAR A FEW ITEMS. I MEAN, THIS, SOME OF IT TOUCHES FAIRGROUNDS, MASTER PLAN'S, A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          WE ARE AWARDED THAT GRANT AND NOW THAT'S FROZEN. 
          SO, THANKS, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          DI CARLY. 
          GOOD EVENING STAFF. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO START WITH SOME FAIRGROUND QUESTIONS. 
          SO, AND I THINK IT WAS JUST TOUCHED ON THE GRANT MONEY FOR THE MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP DEVELOP THAT, AND I'M KIND OF WONDERING WHY WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS WHEN WE'VE ALREADY SPENT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WITH, I THINK IT WAS DEMOCRACY FIRST, AND THAT PUT ON THE, THE FOCUS GROUP AND, AND TOLD, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE. 
          SO I'M, I'M KIND OF WONDERING WHY WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE HALF MILLION TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY. 
          SO I CAN HAVE, UM, BRIAN O COME UP AND SPEAK TO THE MASTER PLAN. 
          BUT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY, THE REASON WE, UH, ENGAGED OUR RESIDENTS WAS TO GIVE US, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FOURTH DAA AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE PROPERTY THE MASTER PLAN WOULD TAKE AT THAT NEXT LEVEL. 
          SO JUST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DOING A GENERAL PLAN AND THEN YOU DO A SPECIFIC PLAN, SO LIKE NORTH, LIKE THE NORTH STATION AREA, WE'RE DOING A SPECIFIC PLAN. 
          SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLANNING AND, AND MORE SPECIFIC PLANNING. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE MASTER PLAN WOULD BE, AND WE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WOULD DO THAT. 
          YES. 
          AND, UM, THEY, THEY'LL BE INEXTRICABLY TIED. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT WAS THE LAUNCHING POINT, UH, FOR US TO ACTUALLY GET TO A PLACE, UM, WHERE WE, UH, CAN ACTUALLY START TO PUT A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. 
          AND SO THE, THE MONEY THAT IS, I BELIEVE TECHNICALLY ON HOLD, UM, BUT WE HAVE, UM, UH, WE'RE PLANNING FOR, UH, WOULD, WOULD DO JUST THAT. 
          SO IT WOULD, UM, THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC DELIVERABLE DELIVERABLES FOR US TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER, UM, I MEAN, ALMOST TO THE DESIGN LEVEL, SO THAT IT'S READY TO GO, READY TO BE SUBMITTED SO THAT WE CAN, UM, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, FULLY REALIZE THE VISION THAT HEALTHY DEMOCRACY, UM, STARTED US DOWN THIS JOURNEY. 
          AND JUST TO ADD QUICKLY, NONE OF US EVER THOUGHT THAT THE, UM, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS, PART OF WHICH WAS THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PRO PROCESS, BUT WAS MUCH BROADER THAN THAT, WOULD ACTUALLY YIELD US ANALYSIS OF, OF WHAT COULD FIT THERE AND HOW, UM, FROM AN, YOU KNOW, PLANNING STANDPOINT AND ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, WHAT WE KNEW THAT WOULD YIELD FOR US IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S VISION WAS, UM, BRAINSTORMING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE DESIRABLE, UM, SO THAT THAT COULD INFORM AN ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL PLANNING PROCESSES, WHICH IS WHAT REMAINS THANKS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WELL, AND TO GO OFF OF WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUP, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THEY WANTED WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE FOURTH DA A THE FOURTH DA IS ESSENTIALLY GONE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SOON ENOUGH THEY'LL BE PHYSICALLY OFF THE PROPERTY AND, AND THEY'LL ONLY EXIST FOR LESS THAN A WEEK OUT THERE FROM, YOU KNOW, HERE OUT OR AS LONG AS THEIR CONTRACT LASTS. 
          SO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE, THE FOCUS GROUP ASKED FOR. 
          I THINK THEY WANTED THEM THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT TOO, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TENANTS LEAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCHOOL THAT, THAT, THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CHAMPION FOR US NOW LEAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT SOON AFTER WE TOOK IT OVER. 
          AND SO, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH ALL THE TENANTS OUT THERE IS WE SEE THEM START TO LEAVE. 
          LIKE PNIS ALSO LEFT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT RETAINING TENANTS AND, AND HOW'S THAT GONNA BE BUILT INTO THE MASTER PLAN? I WAS GONNA SAY, THAT'S PART OF OUR, UM, SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          UM, YOU JUST BROUGHT UP A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE BALANCING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT PROGRAMMING, UH, WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHAT PROGRAMMING BRINGS IN REVENUE AND ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, I REALLY WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THE PANEL THAT, UM, THAT WE, UH, 
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HAD STUDIED THE FAIRGROUNDS IS MUCH MORE THAN A FOCUS GROUP. 
          THEY SPENT 90 HOURS OF THEIR TIME, UM, YEAH, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO MUCH MORE THAN A FOCUS GROUP. 
          THEY STUDIED IT AND THEN, AND INDEPENDENTLY. 
          SO THAT WASN'T A CITY RUN PROCESS. 
          IT WAS A CITY FUNDED AND SUPPORTED PROCESS, BUT IT WAS NOT A CITY RUN PROCESS. 
          SO WHAT WE GOT OUT OF THAT WAS KIND OF A BLUEPRINT OF HERE'S THE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES WE WANT TO RETAIN, AND, UH, AGRICULTURE, UM, IS, IS A MAJOR LEGACY THAT WE WANNA RETAIN ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          AND WHETHER THE DAA IS ON THE PROPERTY OR NOT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THE DAA AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN EXISTENCE SO WE CAN DO THE FAIR, AND THAT IS OUR GOAL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARD. 
          BRIAN, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? YES. 
          UM, JUST ON THE NOTE ABOUT, UM, TENANTS, UM, I THINK PART OF WHAT WE HEARD, NOT JUST THROUGH THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PROCESS, BUT THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL WAS, UH, THAT SORT OF BRIDGE TERM, THE THREE TO FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE ENGAGE, REENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY OR CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THEY WANNA SEE LONG TERM, AND THAT WOULD BE THE MASTER PLAN. 
          AND SO, UM, YES, UM, WITH LIVE OAK LEAVING, UM, IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR US TO, UM, UH, PROGRAM, UH, A PUBLIC FACILITY. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT IT PUT LIVE OAK ON A MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE PATH, UH, WITH THEIR INTEGRATION, UH, INTO THE PCS, UH, SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          AND SO, UM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT WAS A POSITIVE. 
          UM, AND IT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I WOULDN'T AGREE WITH THE, UM, NOTION THAT, UM, THEY'RE LEAVING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS SORT OF RESUMED, UM, MANAGEMENT OF THAT SITE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I'M, I'M CURIOUS TOO, WHAT, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS FOR WHAT WE SPENT ON MAINTENANCE TO DATE, INCLUDING CONTRACTORS AND OUTSIDE SERVICES? INGRID, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA POP UP, BUT I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED A VARIETY OF COSTS, BUT I DON'T, THERE'S BEEN, YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COSTS, UM, ASSOCIATED A LOT WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE SUBSTANDARD. 
          A LOT OF WATER, UM, CORRECTIONS, ROOF REPLACEMENTS. 
          UM, WE DON'T, UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT HERE TODAY, BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT AND, AND LEARNING EVERY MONTH ABOUT WHAT THE PROPERTY NEEDS, WHAT WE CAN INVEST, WHAT MAKES SENSE TO INVEST IN AN INTERIM PERIOD, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS, UH, A MORE PERMANENT PLANNING PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD START TO LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SITE, CIRCULATION ON THE SITE. 
          THINGS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE, WE'RE JUST SORT OF WORKING WITH WHAT IS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT COULD BE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL AS A MASTER PLAN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO WE DO HAVE A CONDITIONS, WE DID A LOT OF CONDITIONS, REPORTS, HISTORIC RESOURCES, CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDINGS, AND THE CONDITION, UH, REPORT CAME BACK THAT WE HAVE ABOUT $13 MILLION OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THE PROPERTY. 
          SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT NET WE HAVE TO CRACK ON THE PROPERTY. 
          UM, AND BACK TO STAFF'S POINT, WE ARE IN AN INTERIM PERIOD. 
          SO DURING THIS THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WE COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY, UM, MANAGING THE TENANTS, BUT WORKING ON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO A MORE SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN WHERE WE REALLY LAY OUT AND DECIDE WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE GONNA TACKLE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW IT'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY'S SAFE SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN ENJOY IT, AND THAT THE TENANTS CAN REMAIN THERE MM-HMM . 
          FOR AS LONG AS THEY, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE SPENT ON MAINTENANCE. 
          WE KNOW, I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER HERE WITH ME RIGHT NOW TO REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY I'VE HEARD IT'S IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS? OH, THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE A PLAN TO RECOUP THAT THROUGH EVENTS, USES OF THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE'RE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS INTERIM PERIOD MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, I GUESS THAT'S PROBABLY ENOUGH FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, MAYBE INGRID COULD SPEAK TO THIS NEXT ONE BEFORE YOU SIT . 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THIS ECONOMIC PLAN SINCE 2010, 11 WHEN YOU CAME. 
          UM, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO NOW. 
          AND, AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'D NEVER IMPLEMENTED IT. 
          UM, IS, IS THERE ANY, ARE WE GONNA DEVELOP SOMETHING NEW NOW THAT THAT'S 15 YEARS OLD? ARE WE, UM, Y YES, THERE WAS A PLAN ADOPTED IN 2010. 
          UM, I WOULD DISAGREE THAT WE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT IT. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT WE PROBABLY IMPLEMENTED MORE THAN 75% OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE IN THAT PLAN AROUND INCREASING OFFICE SPACE 
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VACANCIES THAT WERE 40% WHEN THAT PLAN WAS ADOPTION. 
          A ADOPTED WENT DOWN AS LOW AS 12% HAVE INCHED UP TO ABOUT 17% NOW. 
          BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY IN A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SITUATION THAN WE WERE THEN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, UH, RETAIL IS A SIMILAR STORY AS WELL AS, UM, OFFICE SPACE. 
          SO YES. 
          CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED. 
          YES. 
          IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO REFRESH THAT STRATEGY PULLING FROM THE FRAMEWORK THAT WAS COMPLETED RECENTLY AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IN TERMS OF OUR VISION, I THINK THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND SCOPE REMAIN THE SAME. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES TO GROW SO THAT THEY CAN EMPLOY OUR RESIDENTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY, BOTH FROM OUR REVENUE AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, THERE ARE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT A CITY CAN TAKE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. 
          THERE ARE OTHER EFFORTS WE CAN MAKE AS A REGION. 
          UM, WE ARE, WE'RE, UM, ALWAYS UNIFIED WITH OUR REGION LOOKING AT REGIONAL WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT THE BULK OF THAT PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND I ALSO AGREE THAT IT'S DUE FOR A REFRESH, WHICH IS WHY THAT WAS A GOAL IDENTIFIED IN THE LIST THAT YOU SAW TODAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND COULD I REQUEST THAT COUNSEL, GET THAT PLAN? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT MY EYES ON IT, THE 2010 PLAN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SURE. 
          IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          I'LL, I'LL SEND OUT A LINK LATER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, SO BRIAN, BRIAN KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF WE, IF WE HAVE EXPLORED ANY WAYS TO IMPLEMENT AND PRACTICE OUR CLIMATE GOALS, UM, IF WE DON'T GET THAT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW CAN WE KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD? WELL, UM, AND STEPH CAN COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE, BECAUSE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD, WELL, I GOT ELIMINATE ALL OF IT. 
          I GOT, I GOT A GOOD ANSWER. 
          UM, THE STATE IS, UH, PASSED A CLIMATE BOND, WHICH IS $10 BILLION. 
          AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, TEE OURSELVES UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN LINE FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT RESILIENCY HUB, UM, MICROGRID, UM, SOLAR PROJECTS, WATER PROJECTS, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          YEAH. 
          AS, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THE PROP FOUR FUNDING $10 BILLION, UM, WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN THE LAST ELECTION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH RESILIENCY EFFORTS, UM, WILDFIRE PREVENTION, SEA LEVEL RISE. 
          UM, THERE'S, UH, SOME ENERGY GENERATION, BUT THAT'S MOSTLY UTILITY SCALE. 
          WE'VE HEARD FROM THE STATE THAT THEY PLAN TO RELEASE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THAT THIS YEAR, SO $2.5 BILLION THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY. 
          UM, AND ABSOLUTELY THE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY SEEMS LIKE DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THAT, THAT RESILIENCY, UM, MICROGRIDS AS, AS MENTIONED. 
          UM, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ALIGN OUR NEEDS WITH THIS NEW FUNDING COMING OUT SO THAT WHEN IT COMES OUT AS EARLY AS THE SUMMER IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING, UM, POSSIBLY JUNE, THAT WE'LL BE JUST READY FOR IT AND ABLE TO APPLY AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT AND HAVE A REALLY STRONG PROPOSAL FOR IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I'D ALSO ADD THAT IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, A LOT OF THE IMPLEMENTATIONS ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE WORK PLANS THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, HOUSING, UH, JUST A, A TON OF OTHER OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UM, ALL OF THAT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN HAS, HAS CAPTURED THOSE WORK PLAN ITEMS, SO MM-HMM . 
          WHICH ARE ALREADY FUNDED. 
          AND SO HOW, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM PROP FOUR WOULD PETALUMA BE LOOKING TO GET? SKY'S THE LIMIT, WE DON'T KNOW YET. 
          YEAH, WE HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR THAT YET. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. 
          THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME OUT WITH, UM, WHAT'S CALLED NOFA NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY, AND IT'LL TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, PROJECTS AND HOW MUCH FUNDING IS AVAILABLE. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT, IT COULD BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UM, AND WE'LL TRY TO GET AS MUCH OF IT AS WE CAN. 
          UH, ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE, UM, BLUEPRINT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING OUR CLIMATE GOALS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE EDUCATIONAL BASED. 
          UM, SO THERE'S NOTHING REALLY THAT OUR FEDERAL FUNDING DOESN'T, UM, THERE'S NO IMPEDIMENT THERE FROM US REACHING OUT, WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LIKE COOL PETALUMA RELIEF, UM, PETALUMA, AND REALLY PROMOTING THOSE PROGRAMS AND, UM, GETTING OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT OPTIONS THEY HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHILE THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS STILL IN PLACE CURRENTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, NOW IS PROBABLY THE BEST TIME  LAST YEAR WAS, WAS, WAS BEST AND, AND NOW IS THE NEXT BEST TIME IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ANY RENEWABLE, UM, PROJECTS OR REPLACING HEAT PUMPS, UM, OR REPLACING WATER 
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HEATERS WITH REHEAT PUMPS, ET CETERA. 
          SO, YEAH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE EXISTING AND, AND WHEN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM IS SOMETHING WE ARE DOING NOW, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO AS LONG AS THOSE PROGRAMS EXIST. 
          AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE CITY STAFF HAVE SECURED $250 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE PRETTY, WE'VE GOT, WE'RE A WELL OILED MACHINE WHEN IT COMES TO APPLYING FOR GRANTS. 
          AND THEN I'VE GOT ONE, UH, BUDGET QUESTION. 
          SO WILL WE BE UPDATING THE ONGOING BUDGET CREATION FOR ADOPTION THIS SUMMER, UH, TO REFLECT THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA PICK TONIGHT? SORRY, REWORD THAT AGAIN. 
          SO ARE WE GOING TO UPDATE, UM, THE BUDGET BASICALLY FOR THIS SUMMER BASED ON OUR PRIORITIES? BASED ON THE PRIORITIES? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS PRIOR TO COMING WITH THE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER QUINN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. 
          COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SCH SHRIMPS. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING LOOKING AT THIS LIST, 27 PLUS ITEMS AND WITH SUBCATEGORIES OF FIVE TO SEVEN WITHIN EACH. 
          SO MULTIPLY THAT OUT. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT OVER A HUNDRED ACTION ITEMS HERE, AND THAT'S WITH 10% OF STAFF EFFORT PLANNING TO DO THAT, UH, WITH MAYBE 10% OF THE BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT WE'RE DOING THIS WHEN OTHER CITIES ARE GOING, OH, UH, MY FEDERAL DOLLARS JUST GOT CUT. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA CUT OUT 30% OF, OF WHAT WE DO? AND SO THIS IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. 
          UM, SO THIS IS TO BE COMMENDED TO, UH, CURRENT MANAGEMENT AND STAFF FOR THAT. 
          NOW, UM, THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS AND, UH, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS. 
          I, I ASKED LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND DO THINGS, BUT IT TURNS OUT I, I'VE TURNED IN MULTIPLE PAGES OF, OF INPUT AND QUESTIONS ALREADY. 
          UH, STAFF HAS ANSWERED MOST OF THOSE THROUGH THIS OR THAT, AND THERE'S LOTS OF LITTLE DETAILS ON EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALL GONNA GET WORKED OUT BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE A HUGE EXPANSION GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY. 
          UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WEREN'T MENTIONED, BUT I KNOW ARE ONGOING. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE PROJECTS VERSUS, UM, WE ARE NOT MENTIONING ANY OF THE CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE AND ALL THE NORMAL DAILY STUFF. 
          AND THERE'S SO MUCH IN HERE THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND NORMAL DAILY STUFF, BUT A LOT OF THE STUFF WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ON IS NORMAL DAILY STUFF, SO THAT WE HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE THOSE TWO, UH, THINGS THAT WERE NOT MENTIONED THAT PROBABLY WE WILL HAMMER ON LATER, UM, AT LATER TIMES. 
          UM, THERE'S NOT EVEN THE WORDS, 15 MINUTE COMMUNITIES IN THERE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR GENERAL PLAN, UM, UH, TREE TECHNICAL MANUAL, WHICH I, I WROTE FOR THE CITY A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, WITH OUR, IT IS GONNA HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY UPDATED, BUT THAT WASN'T EVEN MENTIONED, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER THING. 
          BUT HECK YEAH, I MIGHT EVEN DO THAT FOR FREE AGAIN. 
          UM, AND THERE'S, UH, LOTS OF FOLKS EVEN IN THE PARKS UPDATING, THINKING ABOUT PHYSICAL PARKS, BUT LOTS OF TALK ABOUT ALSO OUR SENIOR CENTER, WAY TOO SMALL FOR A POPULATION, EVEN THOUGH IT'S PHENOMENAL. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE DOUBLED OR TRIPLED IN SIZE FOR WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING. 
          SO WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED, BUT I KNOW IT WILL BE PART OF THE PARK'S PLAN THAT'S GONNA COME FORWARD LATER. 
          SO I SAID HUGE AMOUNT OF DETAILS. 
          UH, AND SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON STUFF. 
          UH, I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT GOING THROUGH HUGE AMOUNT IS GONNA HAVE BE HAPPENING BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLAN, THE A TP, THE BLUEPRINT. 
          HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK IS GONNA GO INTO THAT. 
          SO, UM, I REALLY THINK IT, IT'S ALL GONNA COME TOGETHER. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH, AND ALL THE DETAILS ARE COMING TOGETHER AND WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THIS STUFF, AND IT'S ALL INTERRELATED. 
          SO PICKING, OH, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE THING THIS YEAR. 
          I'M NOT SO SURE AMONGST TOP 10 WE CAN DO ONE THING. 
          BUT MY QUESTION, UH, REALLY, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IN MY OPINION, WE WOULD, I'D RATHER GO ON A STEPWISE, DO ALL OF THIS STEPWISE WHENEVER WE CAN, IS KIND OF PUSH THAT FORWARD AS WELL AS MAYBE JUST THE GENERAL PLAN AS ONE THING ON ONLY THE ONE THING I WOULD GO FOR. 
          BUT I WOULD LOOK FOR THAT. 
          BUT MY QUESTION BACK IS CAN WE CHANGE IT FROM 10, A LIST OF 10 THINGS TO, CAN WE SHIFT THAT TO A LITTLE DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY OF, OF COMING UP WITH 10 ITEMS? WELL, I'M NOT THE ONE ANSWERING QUESTIONS TODAY, . 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO I'M LOOKING AT A, UH, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A RHETORICAL, WE'LL GET TO THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE CAN WE CHANGE WHAT WE DO TONIGHT TO, INSTEAD OF SAYING, OH, LET'S LIST THE 10 TOP PRIORITIES, BUT JUST GIVE GENERAL BALLPARK AS TO WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THIS TOGETHER AND MAYBE, OKAY, WE, UH, GIVE STAFF SOME LEEWAY THAT WE NEED TO GO WITH WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WITH WHAT THEY'VE GOT, WITH THE MONIES THEY CAN GO GET AND JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          UM, THE ONLY ONE THING I WOULD SAY, HEY, HEY, MAKE THE GENERAL PLAN HAPPEN AND THAT 
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ALL THE PIECES WILL COME TOGETHER WITH THAT, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          NOW, , UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT IT AROUND A BETTER WAY. 
          I SURE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, YEAH, I, I, I THINK THAT, UH, COUNCIL, I MEAN, SHOULD LEAD WITH, UH, I THINK, UH, STAFF'S DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB, I MEAN, MORE ACHIEVEMENT IN THIS PERIOD THAN WE'VE SEEN IN LONG TIME AND STILL GROWING, UM, CONSTANTLY. 
          UM, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS AND, UM, I GUESS MINOR MORE, UM, REAL TIGHT READING OF THE REPORT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE, THE DATES, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 IS IN QUITE A FEW PAR PLACES. 
          AND, UM, I'M KIND OF LOOKING FOR, IS THAT A MILESTONE? IF IT SAYS 24 24, AND THAT'S JUNE THIS YEAR, ARE THOSE TASKS LIKE, IT'S ONLY FIVE MONTHS AWAY. 
          WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT THEM AND REVIEWED WHETHER WE WERE GONNA MEET THAT DATE OR NOT. 
          UH, SO LIKE THE CONSULTANT ON BOARD FOR THE CORONA, UH, NORTH REACHES IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ALL THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND NAILING DOWN BEFORE THEN. 
          SO LIKE, UM, SO THAT'S A BIG HEAD NODDING YES. 
          THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT DATE MEANS IF IT SAYS 24 25. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I, I LOOK AT, UM, THE, THE LADS AND THE DATE IN THERE FOR THE LADS. 
          IT DESCRIBES PROCESS AND PROCESS, AND IT SAYS LIKE, FIRST CASH COMES IN IN JANUARY 20, 27, I THINK IS THE DATE THAT IT, IT LOOKS THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          CA CASH WILL COME IN, WHICH MEANS EXPENDITURES DON'T START TILL AFTER THAT DATE. 
          DO I UNDERSTAND THAT SCHEDULE CORRECTLY? SORRY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PROCESS TO ACHIEVE AND, AND CONNECTING WITH THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE LAD MM-HMM . 
          AND ANY, UH, INCREASE IN ASSESSMENT IS BY ELECTION OF THOSE MEMBERS WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC LAD. 
          AND THE SCHEDULE LAYS OUT, SUCH AS ALL THE LEGWORK IS DONE FROM GETTING TO AN ELECTION IN JANUARY, UH, 2027. 
          UH, IT WOULD, THE FIRST SET, UH, WOULD BE AS SOON AS, UH, 2026 WITH THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LA THAT WE SELECT AS BEING THE PRIORITIES, UH, IF WE GET THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THOSE DISTRICTS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PURSUING ANY INCREASED ASSESSMENTS, UH, THEN WE COULD START THAT PROCESS IN, UM, LATE THIS YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN IF THERE'S A, A POSITIVE, UM, UH, IF THE BALLOT THROUGH THE BALLOTING PROCESS, IF IT'S, IF THEY APPROVE AN INCREASE ASSESSMENT, THEN IT COULD TAKE, UM, UH, EFFECT, UM, THROUGH OUR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO 26, 27. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, UH, I GUESS WE'RE HAVING A LAD WORKSHOP, SO I'LL SAVE THE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE LAD WORKSHOP. 
          UM, THE MILLS ACT IS IN OUR GENERAL PLAN CURRENTLY, I GUESS, RIGHT? THAT SOUNDS RIGHT. 
          DO WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE THAT GENERAL PLAN CLOSES OUT? I MEAN, WHAT DO WE PROMISE AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DELIVER REGARDING THE MILLS ACT BEING IN THE GENERAL PLAN CURRENTLY, UH, IT IS IN THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN, UM, IT HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 
          IT HAS NOT TO DATE, UM, BEEN ALLOCATED BUDGET TO DO. 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SET UP THE PROGRAM. 
          WE'D NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS, UM, TO THE SALES OR THE, UM, PROPERTY TAXES THAT THE CITY, UM, RECEIVES. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF A PROCESS TO DO. 
          WE CAN DO IT. 
          UM, SO I BELIEVE, AND I CAN'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I THINK THAT'S ROLLED INTO, UH, THE HISTORIC RESOURCE FRAMEWORK MOVING FORWARD IN THE, IN THE NEW GENERAL PLAN AS WELL, SEEING THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ACHIEVED UNDER THE PREVIOUS GENERAL PLAN, BUT STILL REMAINS, UM, A GOOD, UM, CARROT, UM, FOR A ROBUST HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM. 
          WOULD THE, UH, NEW GENERAL PLAN HAVE A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETING THAT OR, YEAH, SO ALL OF 'EM WILL BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT, UM, PRIORITIZATION. 
          I DON'T, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET AS THAT, AS PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT THAT ELEMENT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          YEAH, THAT'LL BE PART OF IT AWAY AND AT THAT TIME, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE, THE, THERE WAS A QUESTION ON HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, NOTED THAT A MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE UTILIZED TO SET UP THE FAMILY SHELTER, 
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UM, AND OR EXPAND THE FAMILY SHELTER THAT WE HAVE, AND THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE $8 MILLION GRANT. 
          IS THAT THE SAME MONEY OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT MILLION IN THE EIGHT IS GETS TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE? IS THAT FROM THE BIG, THE BIG SAME MONEY? AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE IS, UH, OTHER FUNDING THAT COTS HAS, UH, BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WITH RESPECT TO, UM, SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES, UH, IN NEED. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OTHER MONEY, UM, WHICH YOU MAY BE REFERENCING, UM, OUT THERE TO SUPPORT OUR SHELTER. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT COVERS IT FOR MY QUESTIONS. 
          AND, UM, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS QUICKLY THOUGHT OF ANOTHER, UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK OUR CLERK TO, UH, READ THE MESSAGING. 
          UH, YES. 
          UH, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. 
          THERE WERE 63 PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED, AND THOSE ARE ON THE WEBSITE. 
          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. 
          SO, UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE 13 CARDS, BUT I KNOW YOU ALL SAT THROUGH  A LOT OF, UH, CONVERSATION AND HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. 
          SO WHILE WE'RE ASKING, WELL, THE CLERK TO SET THE CLOCK AT THREE MINUTES FOR, FOR THIS, UM, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IF IT DOESN'T TAKE THREE MINUTES, ONE NEED, NOT USE ALL THREE MINUTES, THE MESSAGE IS PROBABLY DELIVERED IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS. 
          UM, SO, UM, TO START US OFF TONIGHT, WE HAVE SUZANNE YOUNG TO BE FOLLOWED BY MATT MCGUIRE, FIRST , UM, UH, LEMME PUT ON MY GLASSES . 
          UM, THANK YOU TO, FOR US TO HAVE US, UH, SAY IN THIS, MY NAME IS SUZANNE YOUNG, I LIVE ON INGRAM WAY. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING, UM, OUR LAD UP TO SPEED AND WE WERE KIND OF DESIGNATED AS A, UM, A MODEL LAD TO TRY TO GET OTHER LEDS UP TO SPEED. 
          UM, TODAY I'M ASKING, UM, OR REQUESTING PERMISSION TO BUILD A WESTERN MONARCH WAY STATION AT THE CORNER OF INGRAM WAY AND TURTLE CREEK WAY, AND IT'S WITHIN THE WILLOW GLEN, LAD. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME HANDOUTS HERE. 
          UM, AND, UH, SO THERE'S A MAP IN THERE. 
          AND, UM, THIS PROJECT WOULD, UM, BE BUILT TO, UH, FOR THE WESTERN MONARCH POLLINATOR AREA TO UTILIZE, UM, NATIVE MILKWEEDS. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE, AND TO PUT DROUGHT TOLERANT POLLINATOR PLANTS. 
          UM, THIS WOULD ALSO BE A COMMUNITY PRODUCT PROJECT USING VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO I REALIZE THIS IS A WHOLE FINANCIAL PROJECT NIGHT, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN SELF-FUND THIS PROJECT, HOPEFULLY BY GETTING ENOUGH, UM, DONATIONS AND WE MIGHT NEED SOME HELP WITH FROM THE CITY TO GET THE IRRIGATION, WHICH IS ALREADY, UM, IN PLACE. 
          WE GOT THAT FIXED LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THANKS TO CINDY CHONG AND, UM, DREW TO GET THAT GOING. 
          UM, SO, BUT WE DO NEED TO GET SOME SORT OF A IRRIGATION TO THE MIDDLE AREA SO WE CAN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF A GROWING AREA FOR, FOR THE PLANTS. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN MY BACKYARD, BEEN GROWING MILKWEED AND HAVE HAD MONARCHS COMING TO OUR YARD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND LAST YEAR WAS JUST LIKE AN ABUNDANCE OF, OF, UM, MONARCHS AND THEY'RE LAYING EGGS AND WE PRETTY MUCH RAN OUT OF MILKWEED, SO IT'D BE REALLY GREAT TO BE, 'CAUSE THIS AREA IS JUST NOT VERY FAR FROM OUR HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE  MILKWEED FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ALREADY COMING TO OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          UM, IT'S KIND OF A, A WASTE STATION. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY A REGISTERED WASTE STATION AT MY HOUSE, SO 
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IF WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE USE OF THE LAND AND MAYBE SOME HELP WITH THE IRRIGATION, UM, WITH DIBBLE LANDSCAPING. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR , SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD ASK MAYOR, CAN I JUST, SUZANNE, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. 
          HOW COOL IS THAT? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YEP, , AND THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP WITH OUR LEDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MATT MCGUIRE TO BE FOLLOWED BY LARRY MANDELL. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MAYOR AND STAFF. 
          UH, NOT MUCH TO DO HERE. 
          IS THERE? WELL, I'M JUST GONNA BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL. 
          SORRY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M JUST GONNA BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF LAFFERTY PARK. 
          UM, WE HAVE 400 MEMBERS IN THAT GROUP NOW. 
          WE'VE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, PROGRAM WITH THE LAND PASS AND INTRODUCING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO LAFFERTY. 
          THERE'S GREAT ENTHUSIASM FOR IT. 
          I'M GONNA SUGGEST AND ASK THAT YOU GUYS ADOPT PURSUING A PARK PLAN FOR LAFFERTY AS A SPECIFIC GOAL. 
          NOW, AGAIN, SQUEAKY WHEEL. 
          YOU GUYS GOT A LOT OF TREMENDOUS SORT OF STUFF TO DO, BUT THIS CAN BE LOW HANGING FRUIT. 
          NOW, I KNOW THE MAYORS EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL LITIGATION AND EXPENSE, AND IF WE DO A MASTER PLAN, THAT COULD TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND STAFF TIME, AND I APPRECIATE HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS. 
          BUT LAFFERTY, IF YOU MAKE IT A GOAL AND WE START, THE PARK PLAN HAS GOT A READY BUILT CREW OF VOLUNTEERS, AND WE CAN AFTER, AND WE CAN GO AFTER, UH, GRANT FUNDING AS WELL. 
          SO TO ME, THAT'S PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT WHERE LITIGATION IS CONCERNED, CITY'S ALREADY BEING SUED, SO, YOU KNOW, CAN'T GET MORE SUED AS FAR AS I KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW, MERIT. 
          ERIC MAY HAVE SOME SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT , BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT MYSELF AND BOARD MEMBERS, LARRY MODELL AND BRUCE HAGEN, WE ARE ALL 72 YEARS OLD, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE I WAS 40, AND I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER 32 YEARS. 
          YOU GUYS, WE NEED TO GET THIS THING GOING RIGHT? AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN THERE. 
          IT'S, UH, PEOPLE HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY AND EFFORT IN IT. 
          IF WE UPDATED OUR, UH, EIR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD TAKE US A LONG WAY. 
          UM, WE JUST NEED TO BITE THE BULLET AND GET THE PROCESS GOING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. 
          UM, I KNOW HOW MUCH FUN THIS IS UP HERE, , AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          KEEP IT UP, YOU KNOW, BUT LET'S GET THIS GOING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN GET, UM, A CADRE OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR VISION IS, IS LIKE A WILDERNESS FACILITY, OPEN SPACE. 
          SO YOU NEED A, A, UM, A NETWORK OF TRAILS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COMPOSTING PRIVY, A LITTLE BIT OF SIGNAGE. 
          THIS IS NOT EXPENSIVE TO IMPLEMENT ONCE WE GET THE PROGRAM, ONCE WE GET THE PLAN STRUCTURED. 
          AND THAT'S JUST GONNA NEED, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC INPUT, PUBLIC REVIEW. 
          UM, BUT WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO, WE ARE VERY PATIENT PEOPLE, AS YOU CAN TELL. 
          32 YEARS, PRETTY PATIENT, BUT IT'S WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO GET THIS THING GOING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU SHOULD NOTE, MATT, THAT IT SAYS 32 YEARS IN A WIN. 
          SO YOU MEAN YOU'VE GOT, YOU GOT LAFFY OPEN. 
          WE'RE GETTING IT THERE. 
          WE'RE GETTING IT THERE. 
          WE WANT IT FULLY OPEN. 
          LARRY MOD TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHANTELLE ROGERS. 
          YEAH, LARRY MODELL ALSO WITH FRIENDS WITH LAFFERTY PARK FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. 
          AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN RECENT YEARS TO BE ONE OF THE LA LAND PASS DOCENTS TRAINED TO LEAD PEOPLE UP THERE AND SHOW THAT MAGNET, THAT MAGNIFICENT PROPERTY TO HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS OF PETALUMA AND BEYOND. 
          AND IT'S BEEN A, A REAL THRILL AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          NOW, PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, WELL, WHEN DO, WHEN DO WE GET THIS REALLY OPEN? WHEN DO I GET TO COME UP HERE AND HIKE ON MY OWN? AND HAVING WATCHED THIS HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN, IN THE NORTH BAY, OTHER PLACES, MY ANSWER IS USUALLY IT'S GONNA TAKE A SMALL NUMBER OF YEARS FROM WHEN THE CITY ACTUALLY MAKES THAT FIRST BIG STEP. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU NOW IS NOT JUST TO CONTINUE THE DOCENT PROGRAM, BUT TO MAKE THAT REALLY THAT FIRST STEP. 
          AND I SHOULD POINT OUT TOO, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NOT A NEW INITIATIVE BECAUSE LAFFERTY HAS, IS SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE ORDINANCE 2022, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE 1990S, WHICH SAYS BASICALLY THE CITY SHOULD NEVER SELL LAFFERTY RANCH AND SHOULD OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC AS A, AS AN OPEN SPACE PARK, UH, FOLLOWING THE BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE REGION. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO HAPPEN. 
          I I DOUBT THAT THERE'S ANY OTHER OF THESE, 
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UH, PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT, THAT CAN SAY THAT, THAT IT'S SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN CITY LAW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHANTEL ROGERS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE REINHARDT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, SO BEFORE OUR LATEST ELECTION, UM, AT THE CANDIDATE FORUMS, EVERY SINGLE CANDIDATE UP FOR ELECTION OR REELECTION, UM, AGREED THAT IT WAS TIME TO BRING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACK IN HOUSE. 
          UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE ELECTORATE WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON AND IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          AND SO NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED, REELECTED, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DISCUSSION OF THAT POSSIBILITY AS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A COST EFFECT. 
          I THINK THAT THE, UM, LARGE SECTION OF THE ELECTORATE HAS LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE CONSULTING GROUP THAT'S, UM, RUNNING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND WE NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT TAKING A DIFFERENT, UM, TACT WITH THAT. 
          UM, I DID NOTE THAT, UM, RECENTLY YOU GUYS DECIDED TO SEPARATE OUT THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND THAT, I BELIEVE WAS CONSOLIDATED AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE, UM, ENTIRE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BEING FIRED AND REPLACED BY CONSULTANTS FOR FINANCIAL REASONS IN 2008 OR OH NINE. 
          UM, AND YOU HAVE DECIDED TO BRING THOSE PEOPLE BACK. 
          UM, DOING THAT YOU HAD TO, UH, HIRE TWO NEW DIRECTORS, ONE OF WHOM MAKES $242,000 A YEAR, AND THE OTHER ONE $225,000 ANNUALLY. 
          SO THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE. 
          AND, UM, AND, UH, HAVING, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ACTUALLY PETALUMA CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, IS NOT CREATING MORE JOBS. 
          IT'S JUST REPLACING, UM, CONSULTANTS WITH FULL-TIME CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE, UM, UM, A MORE OBVIOUS COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA ONGOING. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, UM, AND CONSIDER IT AND, UM, AND SEE WHAT MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN IN THAT, UM, IN THAT SENSE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SOME OF THE, UM, FUNDING THAT MAY NOT COME THROUGH, IS THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED NOT JUST ABOUT, UM, THE CITY PROJECTS AND WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT ACTUALLY COME THROUGH, BUT THE ENTIRE POPULACE. 
          UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY BECAUSE WE MAY NEED TO BE, UM, BOLSTERING PEP IF HUD UH, DOESN'T COME THROUGH, WE MAY BE, WE MAY NEED TO BE FEEDING KIDS IF SCHOOL LUNCHES DON'T COME THROUGH. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, DON'T HIRE ANYBODY, DON'T PUT ANY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I, I DON'T WANNA FREEZE, BUT BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SPEND BECAUSE WE MAY NEED IT. 
          THANK YOU, CATHERINE REINHART TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARY DAVIES. 
          GOOD EVENING, CATHERINE REINHART, HISTORIAN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVOCATE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN BARNACLE AND MAYOR, UH, DONALD FOR BRINGING UP MY LETTER THAT I SENT IN REGARDING THE MILLS ACT. 
          AND, AND FOR BRIAN O FOR TALKING ABOUT THE MILL AS POSSIBLY BEING A CANDIDATE FOR SUCH A PROJECT. 
          I AM GOING TO READ MY LETTER, UM, JUST FOR THE BENEFITS OF, UH, THE AUDIENCE AND MAYBE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ IT. 
          PETALUMA HISTORIC CHARACTERS AN ASSET THAT CREATES UNIQUE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY AS A COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON ITS PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION. 
          SO WHY NOT TAKE ACTION AND ESTABLISH A MILLS ACT PROGRAM? THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR ECONOMIC OR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, GOALS AND PRIORITIES. 
          THE MILLS ACT IS CALIFORNIA'S SINGLE MOST ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR RESTORING AND RES, PRESERVING PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES, AND FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED, THE OLD IS NEW, TRANSFORMING HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR MODERN USES. 
          PRESENTATION AT THE CROOKED GOAT ON AUGUST 24TH, 21ST, 2004. 
          YOU KNOW, HISTORIC COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS CAN USE THE MILLS ACT MONEY 
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THEY SAVE ON PROPERTY TAXES CAN BE PUT TOWARD AN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT. 
          FOR INSTANCE, CONVERTING OFFICE SPACE TO RESIDENTIAL OR RETAIL TO RESTAURANT FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH RISING INSURANCE RATES, CODE UPGRADES, GENERAL MAINTENANCE, A PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION COULD HELP STABILIZE RENTS AND MEAN FEWER VACANT STOREFRONTS, AND WE ALL BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          THE PETALUMA 2025 GENERAL PLAN DOES INCLUDE THE MILLS ACT AS WAS CONFIRMED BY HEATHER, AND THE HISTORIC RESOURCES POLICY FRAMEWORK DOES MENTION IT. 
          NOW IT'S TIME TO IMPLEMENT. 
          UM, MORE THAN 70 CALIFORNIA CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE INSTITUTED THE MILLS ACT FOR THOSE WHO WHO HAVE MAY HAVE WATCHED THE, UM, PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE NAPA COUNTY LANDMARKS. 
          UM, NAPA COUNTY LANDMARKS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED. 
          THEY'RE A NONPROFIT. 
          THEY HAD A, A SESSION, A WEBINAR ON, ON THE MILLS ACT, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAD SIGNED UP FOR THAT. 
          AND, UM, NAPA COUNTY AND ALL THE CITIES WITHIN NAPA COUNTY ARE, ARE OPERATING THE MILLS ACT. 
          EACH JURISDICTION ESTABLISH ITS ITS OWN CRITERIA AND DISTURBS HOW MANY CONTRACTS IT WILL ALLOW. 
          I THINK THERE'S A FEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY AND THEIR BROTHER'S GONNA START POUNDING ON THE DOOR, BUT THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THE CASE, GIVEN THAT OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT REVENUES ARE DOWN. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO READ THE LETTER TO FIND OUT THE REST AND IT SHOULD BE POSTED ONLINE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT IS A, A GREAT POINT IS ON NOT ONLY ARE ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ONLINE, BUT UH, ALL THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS THAT WE SEND IN EARLY AND STAFF AND STAFF RESPONDS TO ARE POSTED ONLINE AND AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO READ AS WELL. 
          MARY DAVIES TO BE FOLLOWED BY BRUCE HAGAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS COUNCIL AND THIS MAYOR, AND YOU CLEARLY HAVE A VERY FULL PLATE. 
          I HATE TO COMPLAIN, BUT I'M HERE TO COMPLAIN. 
          PETALUMA HAS BEEN TALKING BIKE SIGNAGE SINCE THE 2008 GENERAL PLAN, AND YET WE CONTINUE TO INSTALL NEW PROJECTS WITH NO SIGNAGE AND CONFUSING PAINT DETAILS LEFT UNEXPLAINED. 
          WHY ARE SOME CURB BUMPOUTS BUTTER YELLOW AND SOME ARE STRIPED? WHAT DO THE GREEN BIKE BOXES MEAN AT INTERSECTIONS? WHY WOULD WE PUT NEW PAINT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON FIFTH STREET WITH NO GREEN WAYS SIGN OR DIRECTIONS TO IT? WHY MAKE THE PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS MORE ACCESSIBLE, BUT KEEP THE SECRET OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED? CYCLISTS STILL BIKE ALONG DANGEROUS MAIN STREETS WITH NO WAY TO KNOW THEY ARE PARALLELING DEVELOPED TRAILS. 
          APPARENTLY. 
          WE WON'T TELL THEM UNTIL WE HIRE ANOTHER EXPENSIVE CONSULTANT TO PRESCRIBE SIGN LOCATIONS, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE THE SIGNS SHOULD GO BECAUSE SAFE STREETS PETALUMA MADE SIGNS AND PAID FOR THEM AND PUT THEM UP THEMSELVES, BUT THEY WON'T STAND UP TO THE WEATHER WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FINALLY APPEARS. 
          WE CAN ADJUST SIGNS IF WE NEED TO. 
          THE CHAIR OF PAC TOLD ME IF WE WANT SIGNS NOW, WE SHOULD FUND THEM OURSELVES. 
          WE'RE WILLING TO DO BAKE SALES, BUT SERIOUSLY, WHERE'S THE QUICK BUILD MONEY? SAFE STREETS PETALUMA GOT ON THE PRIORITIES LIST IN 2022. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE 2022 MERGE PLAN APPARENTLY APPROVED, FUNDED AND WITHOUT BIDDERS? WHERE'S THAT MONEY? PLEASE TELL US. 
          YOU CAN FIND A COUPLE THOUSAND BUCKS. 
          OR BETTER YET, JUST ASK YOUR OWN SIGN DEPARTMENT TO MAKE US 26 GREEN SIGNS TO BE INSTALLED ON EXISTING POSTS, MANY OF WHICH UNFORTUNATELY NOW, SAY BIKE ROUTE ENDS. 
          WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS THAT CITY STAFF IS TOO OVERWORKED TO TACKLE THESE THINGS, AND I BELIEVE IT, BUT HOW ABOUT THIS? DO THE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE STUFF FIRST. 
          PUT UP CHEAP SIGNS WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED THEM. 
          MAKE SURE NEW PROJECTS HAVE SIGNS. 
          TELL US WHAT YOUR PAINT MEANS. 
          MAKE THESE EASY THINGS A PRIORITY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, BRUCE HAGEN SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY DAVE ALDEN. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GOALS AND, UM, AS PER THE LETTER I SENT IN EARLIER TODAY, ON BEHALF OF SAFE STREETS PETALUMA, 
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UM, SIMPLE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE GOALS. 
          ONE IS TAKE THE, UH, SAFE STREETS THAT'S BEEN ON THE GOALS SINCE 2022 AND MAKE IT SAY SAFE AND COMPLETE STREETS BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S MORE TO THE STREETS ISSUE THAN JUST, UH, A LOW, UH, LOWERING THE, THE, UH, COLLISION RATE. 
          THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GREEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET CHILDREN INVOLVED IN PLANTING TREES THAT'LL NOT ONLY COOL THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT SLOW CARS DOWN. 
          LOTS OF OTHER STUFF. 
          AND SECOND OF ALL, UH, WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE CAN COMPLETE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WAITING FOR, FOR YEARS, UH, BY THIS JUNE. 
          AND IF YOU COULD PUT THAT STAKE IN THE GROUND, I KNOW WE'RE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION, LET'S MAKE SURE WE HIT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT INCLUDES, UH, AMBITIOUS AND SPECIFIC GOALS FOR BUILDING OUT THAT COMPLETE NETWORK. 
          SO IF I'M HERE AND I WANT TO GET OVER THERE, AND I AM 72 YEARS OLD, UH, I WANT TO HAVE A NICE, SAFE ROUTE. 
          THAT ROUTE'S GOING TO EXIST, IF NOT THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR, BY THE END OF THIS DECADE. 
          AND LAST OF ALL, UH, I'M GONNA PUT IN A PLUG FOR LAFFERTY PARK. 
          UH, I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WENT UP THERE IN THE EARLY NINETIES TO CHECK IT OUT WITH MY DAUGHTER. 
          UH, NOW MY DAUGHTER HAS A DAUGHTER WHO IS AS OLD AS SHE WAS. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET ON OUR CAR AND GO UP THERE AND ENJOY IT ALL. 
          UH, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT IF I'M GONNA GET SUED YET. 
          I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A BADGE OF HONOR THAT  THAT WE'LL BE WEARING. 
          BUT IN ANY CASE, DON'T LET THOSE THREATS OF LAWSUITS UH, HOLD YOU BACK ON SOMETHING IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING AT THAT VERY SAME CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, UH, DAVE ALDEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY JODY JOHNSON. 
          GOOD EVENING, GREAT CONVERSATION THIS EVENING. 
          I DO NOT ENVY YOU THE TASK OF, UH, COMING UP WITH YOUR TOP 10 OR WHATEVER NUMBER YOU SETTLE ON, BUT I DO WANNA PUT AN EXCLAMATION MARK BEHIND ONE OF THE GOALS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED THIS EVENING, DOWNTOWN PARKING REFORM. 
          I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT A GOAL IN ITSELF. 
          IT IS A BUILDING BLOCK TOWARD OTHER THINGS WE WANT TO HEAD TOWARD. 
          IF WE WANT REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN RETAIL. 
          GOOD PARKING MANAGEMENT HELPS. 
          IF WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOTEL AND ITS IMPACT ON DOWNTOWN PARKING. 
          EFFECTIVE PARKING MANAGEMENT THROUGH PARKING REFORM CAN BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION IF WE WANT MORE PEOPLE LIVING DOWNTOWN, BUT WITHOUT CARS FURTHER CLOGGING STREETS, PARKING REFORM CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE THERE ALSO. 
          SO PARKING REFORM IS NOT JUST AN ENGINE ITSELF, IT IS A BUILDING BLOCK TO A LOT OF THINGS THIS COMMUNITY WANTS. 
          THEREFORE, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT IT HIGH ON OUR LIST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JODY JOHNSON, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, WE FEEL OBVIOUSLY, WHICH, WHICH WE BELIEVE YOU ALSO FEEL THAT MOBILE HOME FURTHER MOBILE HOME PROTECTION IS OBVIOUSLY A PRIORITY. 
          UM, NEVER COULD WE HAVE IMAGINED IN JULY, 2023, UM, OR IN OCTOBER, 2023 WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED REVISIONS AND THEN A SENIOR PARK OVERLAY THAT THIS CRAZY WAR WOULD BEGIN ALMOST 900 ADDRESSES OF OUR OWN MOBILE HOMES. 
          AND REMEMBER THAT OTHER RESIDENTS LIVE IN THOSE HOMES. 
          SO IT'S MULTIPLE MORE THAN 900 RESIDENTS. 
          WE REALLY WANNA CONTINUE TO BE YOUR PARTNERS IN THIS. 
          UM, AND HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO MORE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS OR CARDIAC ARRESTS IS WE PARTNER IN THE INVOLVEMENT AND JUST LET OUR RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DOING THEIR PART IN ADVOCACY. 
          WE CERTAINLY ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU ARE A NEUTRAL, UM, CITY, AND THAT WE WILL NEVER IMPEDE UPON THAT EVER. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR PART IN PARTNERING WITH OUR G-S-M-O-L SUPER CHAPTER REBUILDING TOGETHER, WHICH IS WORKING INCREDIBLY WITH US RIGHT NOW. 
          PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES THE ROUND TABLES ACROSS THE STATE. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE SENATE AND WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TESTIFYING FOR THE CURRENT LEGISLATION THIS YEAR IN SACRAMENTO. 
          MAYBE HOW WE HELP RELIEVE IN THIS PRIORITY FOR YOU IS WITH OUR OWNERSHIP COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH, UH, A CONSULTANT FOR FIVE DIFFERENT PATHS ON HOW WE DO AWAY WITH THIS ONSLAUGHT IN THIS BLEED BETWEEN THE CITY AND OURSELVES. 
          I DO WANNA SPEAK TO A MOMENT, FLOODING, WHICH IS ON YOUR PRIORITY, IS WE OBVIOUSLY IN ALL OF OUR MOBILE PARKS ARE ALL IN THE FLOOD ZONE. 
          AND WE SAW WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS AND WE SAW WITH, UM, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS DIGGING TRENCHES. 
          WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE 
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RAKING UP TO OUR KNEES IN WATER, UM, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY DO IT BECAUSE NOBODY'S DOING IT FOR US. 
          WHEN YOUR CITY WAS WONDERFUL COMING IN AND TRYING TO HELP, THEY WERE TOLD THAT WE'RE A PRIVATE ENTITY AND KIND OF LIKE TO LEAVE. 
          THEY DIDN'T AND THEY HELPED US. 
          BUT IN ANY EVENT, UM, PRIORITY IS ON FLOODING BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, UM, SEEING THAT. 
          UH, WE DID THEN PARTNER IN THAT REGARD WITH PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES AND WITH REBUILDING TOGETHER FOR ALL OF OUR ROOFS THAT WERE DAMAGED DURING THIS LAST, UM, ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. 
          AND, UM, WE HAD SENIOR CITIZENS SITTING WITH HOLE IN THEIR ROOF, UH, WITH THE RAIN COMING DOWN, REBUILDING CAME IMMEDIATELY TO, UM, UH, PRIORITIZE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE SAFE AND SOUND. 
          UM, SO WE WILL ALWAYS WORK WITH ALL OF THESE PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY'VE JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU TIM PORTUS TO BE FOLLOWED BY SELENA MOREIRA. 
          HELLO, MY COUNSEL. 
          I DID WANT JUST, JUST TO COME HERE AND THE STAFF AND SAY THANK YOU. 
          YOU GUYS ARE REALLY, MAN, YOU'RE POUNDING BRICKS AND IT'S HARD. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT A MESS. 
          BUT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY DOING WELL, AND THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EACH OF YOU ARE DOING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND LOOKING OUT FOR EVERYONE AROUND YOU, YOU NEED TO BE APPLAUDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SELENA. 
          UH, MARDO TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, DELANEY. 
          HI, MY NAME IS SHALINA MARDA. 
          I'M A FIFTH GENERATION DAIRY FARMER AND A PROFESSIONAL MOTORCYCLE RACER THAT RACES ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND IS VERY PROUD TO CALL PETALUMA MY HOME. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF FARMS THROUGH NO ON MEASURE J WE SAW 85% OF PEOPLE AGREE ON A THING THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. 
          I SEE THIS AS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. 
          OUR COMMUNITY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANT A BETTER CONNECTION WITH LOCAL FOOD AND LOCAL FARMS, AND YOU AS THE COUNCIL ARE WELL SUITED TO PROVIDE IT. 
          AS PEGGY SAID, AGRICULTURE IS A MAJOR LEGACY THAT WE WANT TO RETAIN IN PETALUMA. 
          THIS ISN'T SOMETHING TO PUNT TO THE COUNTY. 
          THESE ARE ISSUES THAT AFFECT EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN CITY LIMITS. 
          IF THEY ONLY AFFECTED FARMERS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN 85% OPPOSITION OF MEASURE J. 
          BUT WE DID. 
          OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO STAND UP AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL FARMS. MANY OF US WOULD EXPECT THAT THE CITY WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH AND MAKE THAT A MAJOR PRIORITY. 
          SO I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT PROTECTING FARMS DID NOT MAKE YOUR LIST YET THIS ISN'T SOMETHING ONLY FOR THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          IT'S CLEARLY BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR FAR TOO LONG. 
          THIS NEEDS TO BE A TOP PRIORITY IN PETALUMA. 
          LET PETALUMA BE THE LEADERS IN EMBRACING OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND LEAD THE WAY IN HOW A COMMUNITY SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO INTERACT WITH ITS FARMING COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHERE ITS FOOD COMES FROM. 
          ISN'T ACCESS TO FOOD, THE BASIS OF A STRONG AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY. 
          AFTER ALL, I SUGGEST BRINGING A STAKEHOLDERS GROUP TOGETHER THAT CONSISTS OF AT LEAST 50% ACTIVE COMMERCIAL FAMILY FARMERS FROM THE PETALUMA AREA TO DETERMINE STEPS FORWARD TO UNITE THE COMMUNITY WITH THE FARMERS. 
          GROUPS LIKE COMMUNITIES FOR FOOD AND FAMILY FARMS, AND THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS COULD HELP STREAMLINE THAT. 
          AND YOU NEED FARMERS INVOLVED, OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED OR WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE. 
          PETALUMA FARMS ARE ORGANIC, PASTURE BASED AND REGENERATIVE STYLE FARMS, WHICH HELPS CLIMATE GOALS. 
          WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING TO THESE LOCAL FARMERS AS A RESOURCE FOR MORE THAN JUST LOCAL FOOD? IT'S A RICH AND DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TO BE AWARE OF INCLUSIVITY, AND SOME OF THESE FARMS ARE WHERE MANY OF OUR MINORITY COMMUNITY CALL HOME AND HAVE CAREERS. 
          WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THEM AND MAKING THEM FEEL SAFE, NOT ALLOWING THEM TO BE HARASSED BY EXTREMIST GROUPS. 
          THESE SAME FARMS CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL TOURISM IN A WAY THAT HAS MADE THIS AREA WORLD FAMOUS. 
          AND TOURISM AND AG BOTH BRING IN BIG REVENUE TO THIS AREA. 
          WHY DO WE NOT ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO UNITE WITH THE, WITH THE LOCAL FARMS IN SOME WAY? THIS TRULY SHOULD BE HIGH ON OUR CITY COUNCIL'S RADAR. 
          IF IT'S NOT, THEN YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER DRONES LAUNCH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS SO AS NOT TO BE CAUGHT AND THEN FLY OUT TO INVADE AND SURVEIL. 
          FARMS. FARMS WERE SLANDERED THEIR ADDRESSES PUT ON BILLBOARDS INSIDE CITY LIMITS, AND POSTERS WERE PLACED TO ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE AGAINST THOSE FARMS. AND OUR CITIES DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THE FARMS. THIS ISN'T JUST AN ATTACK ON A FEW FARMS, IT'S AN ATTACK ON YOUR COMMUNITY'S FOOD SUPPLY, FOOD CHOICE, AND OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE. 
          PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, DELANEY, TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UM, BRONC EDWARDS. 
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HELLO EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS DELANEY JOHNSON AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL ON EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND THE IMPACT IT TRULY HAS ON ALL OF US. 
          I BELIEVE THERE IS A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE COMMUNITY ON WHERE OUR FOOD COME, WHERE OUR FOOD COMES FROM, AND UM, WHERE, UM, THE FARMERS ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS AND OUR SMALL FAMILY FARMS. FARMS NEED PROTECTION AGAINST THINGS THAT COME TO THEM THROUGH THE CITY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, PETITIONS THAT DON'T TELL THE TRUTH TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          OUTSIDE GROUPS ATTACKING FARMS, HARASSMENT OF FARMERS AND FARM WORKERS. 
          CAN WE AS A COMMUNITY, MAKE A MORE SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FARMERS AND HELP THEM AND THEIR FARM WORKERS FEEL SAFE? I LIVE IN CITY LIMITS AND FEEL LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US THAT LIVE IN TOWN TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE ON WHERE OUR FOOD COMES FROM. 
          I ALSO WORK ON A FARM AND I SEE THE GAP BETWEEN THOSE THAT LIVE IN TOWN AND THOSE FARMERS THAT LIVE OUT OF TOWN. 
          THE FARMS AROUND HERE ARE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE GREEN AND CLIMATE SMART IN THE COUNTRY. 
          I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP AS WELL. 
          I AGREE WITH SELENA. 
          I BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AND SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL FARMERS IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BRON EDWARDS. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS, UH, BRONTE EDWARDS. 
          APOLOGIES FOR MY BAD PENMANSHIP  MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M A FIRST GENERATION SHEEP RANCHER, BORN AND RAISED IN SONOMA COUNTY, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT AS WELL TO ADVOCATE FOR FARMS BEING A REALLY, REALLY BIG PRIORITY HERE. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BODY WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE PROTECTION OF OUR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM THIS PAST NOVEMBER WITH THE STRIKING DOWN OF MEASURE J FOOD, WINE AND AGRITOURISM IS THE BEDROCK OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT MUST BE PROTECTED. 
          MANY OF YOU, ALONG WITH OTHER LOCAL POLITICAL LEADERS, MET THE MOMENT WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED SENSE OF URGENCY, THE THREAT OF THAT POLICY WARRANTED. 
          HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT THIS WORK DOES NOT END HERE. 
          FARMERS IN OUR AREA CONTINUE TO BE ATTACKED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, ALL OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY EITHER LEGAL OR LACK COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. 
          THESE VARIOUS ATTACKS FROM ILL-INFORMED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PHONY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          SO MUCH SO THAT LOCAL AGENCIES ARE TRAINING TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN AGRICULTURE AND SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR OUR FARMERS. 
          LET THAT SINK IN. 
          THESE ISSUES ARE TO THAT LEVEL OF SEVERITY BETWEEN THESE ATTACKS. 
          ECONOMIC PRESSURES SURVIVING WILDFIRES, THEN SURVIVING COVID DROUGHT AND MORE. 
          OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ON THE DEFENSE NON-STOP FOR YEARS. 
          SOME FAMILIES FOR DECADES, THEY ARE TIRED. 
          I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, THE COMMUNITY IS AT THEIR LIMIT. 
          THIS SIMPLY CANNOT CONTINUE. 
          AND PRODUCERS IN OUR REGION NEED HELP AND PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES. 
          AS PETALUMA IS HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND REGENERATIVE FOOD BRANDS IN AMERICA. 
          THIS COUNCIL IS UNIQUELY POISED TO HELP SOLVE THE CURRENT PRESSURES THAT ARE PLAGUING OUR COMMUNITY AND SET THE STAGE NATIONWIDE IN COLLABORATIVE WORK AND LEGISLATION THAT BUILDS SAFEGUARDS FOR OUR FARMERS AND OUR LOCALIZED FOOD SYSTEMS. WE NEED PROTECTIONS FOR EXISTING FARMERS AND MORE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND TOOLS THAT ENSURE THAT THESE HISTORICAL FAMILIES THAT DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE TO PASS THEIR FARM, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THEIR LAND TO PARTNER WITH YOUNG FARMERS LIKE MYSELF. 
          WE KNOW THAT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON FOR WEALTHY FOLKS FROM THE BAY AREA TO COME HERE, PURCHASE FAMILY FARMS AS THEIR PLAYGROUND. 
          THEY HAVE NO INTENTION TO FARM THE LAND OR PROVIDE FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEIR ONLY GOAL IS TO ENJOY THEIR VIEW WITH A GLASS OF WINE AND DIMINISH OUR WORKING LANDS FOR THEIR GREED AND SELFISH GAIN. 
          WE SEE THAT WHETHER THESE LANDS ARE PROTECTED WITH AGRICULTURAL EASEMENTS OR NOT, THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO WORSEN. 
          IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND FRANKLY, DETERIORATES OUR LOCAL CULTURE, OPEN SPACE LANDS AND THE SECURITY OF OUR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. 
          MAYA ASK FOR THIS BODY TONIGHT IS TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM AND SENSE OF URGENCY AROUND THIS ISSUE. 
          CONTINUE WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION THAT OUR COMMUNITY SHOWED DURING MEASURE J. 
          IT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL FOOD. 
          THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER AND US YOUNG FARMERS ARE HERE TO COLLABORATE AND SUPPORT YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DARREN IS OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA ELEVATE AN ITEM. 
          THOSE ARE SOME HARD SPEAKERS TO FOLLOW, BUT I WANT TO ELEVATE AN ITEM, WHICH IS THE TPO AND URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          I WAS 
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HAPPY TO SEE IT'S NUMBER ONE HAS A BIG SECTION ON THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S ONE WHERE I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN ON PRIORITIES BEFORE. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND HAD A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THE PAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO FALTER AND NOT GET AT LEAST THE TPO OF CROSSED THE FINISH LINE AND ULTIMATELY THE UFMP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT, AGAIN, HAS HAD A LOT OF MOMENTUM. 
          IT'S BEEN ON THE LIST BEFORE AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO JUST CHECK THAT BOX. 
          AND I THINK IT'S PERFECT TIMING ALONGSIDE THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE RECENT CHANGES WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO THINK ABOUT WHERE TREES FIT IN AS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT OUR POLICY IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND REALLY TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF GRAY AREA. 
          YOU KNOW, WITH THE RECENT STORMS, WE'VE SEEN SOME TREE REMOVALS AND IT'S SOMETHING WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ON TREE COMMITTEE FROM PROPERTY OWNERS OF WHAT CAN WE DO, WHAT CAN WE NOT DO? WHAT ARE THE REGULATIONS? AND IT'D BE NICE TO JUST GET THAT CLARITY AND SET THAT PROCESS IN MOTION. 
          AND AGAIN, GET SOMETHING OFF THIS LONG LIST. 
          SO THANK YOU KEVIN. 
          AND WE HAVE, UM, ONE MORE SPEAKER. 
          JOHN, WHY DON'T YOU START SPEAKING AND FOLLOW THE FOLLOW UP WITH THE CARD. 
          IT'S JOHN, THAT'S TOO LATE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I REALLY DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO ADDRESS WHEN GOD CREATED MANKIND, GIVE THEM ONE MOUTH AND TWO EARS. 
          AND WHAT I'VE SEEN AT THE CITY COUNCIL HERE, WITH EXCEPTION WITH THE TWO COMERS, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH DEALING WITH THEM, YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THE COMMUNITY COME HERE AND EXPRESS WHAT THEY WANT. 
          SOME OF YOU ALREADY, THE DECISION IS MADE LONG BEFORE YOU COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AND THAT NEED TO STOP THE PARKING ISSUE. 
          THERE'S NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON IN THE CITY IS BEING INVOLVED IN THE PARKING MORE THAN ME THAN I INITIATED THE PARKING ISSUE WHEN THE CITY MANAGER WAS FRED STOUTER. 
          OKAY? AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE WOULD PARK THIS CHAMBER ALL THE WAY OUT, WAS FULL OF PEOPLE. 
          THEY WANT SOMETHING DONE. 
          MY CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF YOU, WHICH HAS REALLY IRRITATE THE HECK OUTTA ME, VERBATIM WHAT THAT PERSON SAID TO ME. 
          I DON'T CARE. 
          LET THEM COME BECAUSE I FEEL THE DECISION IS ALREADY MADE. 
          I THINK WHEN YOU BRING THE PARKING ISSUE, YOU NEED TO LISTEN WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, BUT TO SAY, I'M GONNA BAN IT BECAUSE I'M IN THE POWER NOW. 
          IT'S LIKE TAKING A FOUR BY FOUR POST AND WANNA DRIVE IT THROUGH TWO AND A HALF INCH ROUND HOLE BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING UP THERE AND YOU GET THE SLEDGEHAMMER AND YOU SLAM IT. 
          OH, YOU SEE, I GOT IT DONE. 
          SO I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RV OWNERS AND I'VE SHARED WITH THEM WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL SAID TO ME. 
          YOU WANNA HEAR WHAT THEY SAID? WELL, MAYBE WE'LL JUST START RECALL ON THE ONE SINCE TAX AND SEE HOW THAT GOES WITH THE CITY. 
          SO YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT FORCE. 
          THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND THE DICTATORSHIP. 
          SOME OF YOU UP THERE IS ABSOLUTELY BEHAVING LIKE DICTATORS AND I'M, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PATTERN. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT UP THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE PATTERN. 
          YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE VERY WELL AWARE THAT THE DECISION IS MADE. 
          IT IS SAD WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE LIKE MYSELF WHEN THEY SIT OUT THERE AND THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE VOTE IS LONG BEFORE YOU GUYS EVEN SITTING DOWN. 
          THAT'S SAD. 
          I HOPE YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY FOR WHAT THEY WANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING. 
          AND I'LL, UH, BRING IT UP TO COUNCIL, FIGURE OUT, UH, HOW WE GO ON THIS DIRECTION. 
          AND I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE, UH, FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM FOR THEIR OVERWHELMING CAMPAIGN OF EMAILS TO US. 
          I THINK WE HEARD 50 TO 75 EMAILS FROM THAT GROUP. 
          UM, I, UH, DO WANNA NOTE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE DAY LABOR PROBLEM AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS BECAUSE OF THE ADVOCACY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND THE CONCERNS THEY RUNG PROBABLY ALL THE COUNCIL WITH, WHICH ARE VERY REAL AND, UH, AND APPRECIATE, UH, THE, THE LAFFY CREW HAS, UH, UH, PROVIDED EXTENSIVE 
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CAMPAIGN TO, UH, UM, MAKE THAT ISSUE APPEAR ON OUR RADAR. 
          AND, UH, THEN WHERE TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          AND I THINK I'LL BRING IT BACK TO STAFF TO KIND OF TEE US UP HERE. 
          JUST, JUST ONE THING, MAYOR. 
          UH, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO DO THIS, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE SORT OF A TALLY SHEET DEVELOPED. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, A TALLY OF THE TOP TENS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN, WE CAN TRY TO TRACK THAT ON A SPREADSHEET HERE AND IF THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND ARE WE SAYING THAT WOULD BE VISIBLE TOO? WE CAN PUT IT UP ON THE WALL, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UH, CAN YOU SHOW US WHAT THAT IS FOR A HEARTBEAT? AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT DOWN AND START SOME OTHER CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO IT'S JUST BLANK AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, JUST VERY SIMPLE. 
          LOOKS A LOT LIKE WHAT, UH, THE CITY CLERK WOULD USE TO, UH, TALLY VOTES FOR COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. 
          SURE. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE THE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN ALL I BELIEVE 27 OR SO. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          OF THE GOALS DOWN THE LEFT. 
          SO IF WE WANT TO DO 10 OR, OR SOME OTHER NUMBER FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WELL, LET US START OUR CAL OUR, UH, CONVERSATION AND FOR PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT, UH, MOVE TO. 
          MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY WANTED TO WEIGH IN. 
          OH, I'LL START WHENEVER WE'RE READY. 
          UM, THEN, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT IF THESE 27 ARE IN FACT OUR 27 OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RADAR THAT FORCES SOMETHING TO COME OFF OF THE EXISTING LIST. 
          AND SO PLEASE FRAME YOUR, UH, PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WITH, UH, THAT IN MIND AND PLEASE TAKE OFF. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MY, UM, MY TOP PRIORITY, WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE COME IN AND, AND SPEAK TO IT ALREADY, BUT IT'S PROTECTION FOR AGRICULTURE. 
          I THINK THAT AGRICULTURE IN PETALUMA SONOMA COUNTY ARE STILL FACED WITH ENORMOUS HURDLES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING ATTACKED STILL. 
          YOU KNOW, MEASURE J MIGHT BE IN THE PAST. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE THEY, THEY'VE BEEN FACING ATTACKS DAY IN, DAY OUT SINCE, UM, PRIOR TO, AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UNLESS THEY GET SOME REAL ACTUAL PROTECTION. 
          AND SO I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PROTECTIONS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS BASED ON SOME OF WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED. 
          UH, THE FIRST BEING WITH DRONES, UM, THEY, THEY PUT UP WITH SURVEILLANCE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          UM, IT'S PRIMARILY WITH DRONES, BUT IT HAPPENS WITH AIRPLANES AND HELICOPTERS AS WELL. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS PETALUMA TAKE A STANCE AGAINST DRONES BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NO, THERE'S REALLY NO LAWS ABOUT THEM AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN FLY. 
          AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE PETALUMA TAKE A STANCE AND CREATE ORDINANCES AGAINST FLYING DRONES, UM, PEOPLE LAUNCHING THEM WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND FLYING THEM OUT INTO THE COUNTRY, UM, WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING PICTURES OF PEOPLE'S HOMES. 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING WELL. 
          I'LL, I'LL GET TO SOME MORE OF THAT. 
          BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, THE SECOND THING BEING, UM, SUE AND SETTLE CASES WHERE WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT ATTORNEYS GOING AROUND AND THEY'RE EXTORTING THE FARMERS BY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, THEY'RE NOT SUING THEM FOR THINGS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING, BUT THE POTENTIAL TO BE DOING SOMETHING. 
          AND SO WHAT THEY OFFER THEM IS, IS THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, IF YOU GIVE US SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND LITERALLY A CHUNK OF YOUR LAND, WE'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CITYWIDE PROTECTIONS FROM, FROM EXTREMIST GROUPS, LIKE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT MEASURE J UP AGAINST THEM, BECAUSE THESE, THESE ARE THE GROUPS THAT ARE USING THE DRONES THAT ARE TRESPASSING, THAT ARE, THAT ARE CREATING ALL THE HAVOC IN, IN OUR COUNTRYSIDE. 
          UM, AND I THINK TO DO THAT, WE NEED, WE NEED SOME SORT OF A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SPEARHEAD THIS EFFORT AND A GROUP WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN HELP CREATE THESE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES AND LAWS AND, YOU KNOW, HELP DEVELOP THOSE. 
          AND THEN WE CAN IMPLEMENT THEM AND, AND GET OTHER CITIES ON BOARD AND GET THE COUNTY ON BOARD AND MAKE PETALUMA THE LEADER OF IT ALL. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IF I GO BACK TO THE DRONES, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE FACING, LIKE I STARTED TO SAY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SURVEILLING HOMES, UM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DROPPING THINGS ON THE FARMS TOO. 
          THEY'RE DROPPING, UM, PIGEONS WITH DECAPITATED. 
          THEY'RE MISSING THEIR HEADS. 
          UH, THEY'RE DROPPING RAT POISON OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF CHICKEN FARMS AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU ALSO HAVE GUARDIAN DOGS OUT THERE TOO THAT CAN EAT THOSE. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AVIAN INFLUENZA AND TRYING TO KEEP THAT OUT OF THE COUNTY. 
          IT'S INFECTED OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AND OTHER STATES. 
          UM, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S PARAMOUNT THAT WE, WE KEEP THAT OUT AND, AND PROTECT, 
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YOU KNOW, PROTECT OUR FARMERS AND OUR FOOD AND ULTIMATELY OURSELVES. 
          SO WE REALLY NEED TO, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT GETTING, YOU KNOW, AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT, THAT GETS RID OF DRONES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND TO SPEAK MORE TO THE AI, I JUST LAST WEEK SAT THROUGH A COUNTY MEETING WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE VIRUS BEING ABLE TO MORPH INTO POTENTIALLY ANOTHER PANDEMIC. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO THE FARMERS IN THAT MEETING, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION AND YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THEY WANT THINGS LIKE ORDINANCES AND MORE OF THESE PROTECTIONS BECAUSE THEY, THEY DIDN'T GET IT FROM THAT MEETING. 
          UM, MAYBE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A STANCE ON THAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE, AGAIN, WITH THESE TWO AND SETTLE LAWSUITS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, UH, IT WAS MADE CLEAR BY, BY THE GROUP THAT STARTED MEASURE J THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY INTEND TO, THEIR, THEIR GOAL IS TO BANKRUPT FARMERS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF MEASURE J DIDN'T PASS, THEY'D DRAIN THEIR POCKETS TO WHERE THEY COULDN'T EVEN OPERATE AS A BUSINESS ANY LONGER. 
          AND WE'VE, AND THERE'S, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CASES OF THAT. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S TWO FARMS CURRENTLY THAT, THAT HAVE LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM. 
          AGAIN, THE SAME SORT OF FRIVOLOUS THING WHERE IT'S, IT'S THE POTENTIAL TO POLLUTE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING THAT. 
          UM, WE JUST LOST 12 FARMS OUT ON THE POINT IN POINT RACE THAT WAS, THAT WAS TO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, LEGAL SUIT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD A FARM IN SONOMA THAT WAS SHUT DOWN OVER ALL OF THIS. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY BE ON THE SHOULDERS OF, OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND AND HIS PEOPLE, BUT WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT PROTECTING FARMS FROM THESE TYPES OF SUITS. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE NEED, WE NEED THESE PROTECTIONS FROM, FROM THE EXTREMISTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THEY WERE GOING AROUND DURING MEASURE J POSTING STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH PICTURES OF PEOPLE'S HOMES WITH LITERALLY THEIR ADDRESSES ON THEM. 
          AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE CITIES OR THE, OR THE POLICE OR SHERIFF DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THAT, THAT'S PRIVATE INFORMATION. 
          I MEAN, HOW WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO HAVE THEIR OWN ADDRESS POSTED LIKE THAT WITH A, WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS, WE WANT TO GET RID OF YOU. 
          AND, UM, SO, SO THEN THAT GETS DOWN TO THE STAKEHOLDERS GROUP. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'D, I'D LIKE TO HAVE REAL TRUE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          I WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL FARMERS MAKE UP THIS GROUP. 
          I WANNA SEE GROUPS THAT EMERGED DURING MEASURE J OR THAT EXISTED ALREADY, HAVE A SEAT AT THIS TABLE SO THAT THEY CAN HELP TELL US AND THE COUNTY WHAT IT IS THEY NEED PROTECTION WISE. 
          BECAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT HOBBY FARMERS OR, OR YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT DO IT FOR FUN OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT PEOPLE WHO DAY IN, DAY OUT, THIS IS THEIR LIVELIHOOD. 
          THEY'VE BEEN AT IT FOR GENERATIONS. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CAN TELL US WHAT THEY NEED PROTECTION WISE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING ATTACKED EVERY DAY. 
          AND, UM, . 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, I, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY IN PETALUMA BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE IS CURRENTLY STEPPING UP TO PROTECT OUR FARMERS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DOING PART TO JUST, JUST THE LACK OF LAWS THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE SKIRTING AROUND TO ATTACK THEM. 
          AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO CREATE THESE ORDINANCES AND PROTECTIONS IN PETALUMA AND BE THE LEADER OF THE COUNTY SO THAT ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND THAT THEY FOLLOW US. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE GOAL. 
          THEN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GO ONTO, ONTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, I, I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT ALREADY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE OLD PLAN FROM 2010 ISH AND, AND SEE WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. 
          I WANNA SEE THAT THAT INCLUDES, UM, NOT, NOT JUST RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE, BUT ALSO INDUSTRIAL GROUNDS AND MANUFACTURING AND, AND, AND A LOT OF THE REAL BACKBONE TO MOST ECONOMIES. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN THERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SEE IF, IF THAT PLAN'S EVEN EVEN USEFUL IF WE NEED TO, IF WE NEED TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW. 
          BEING THAT IT'S SO OLD, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH INGRID BEING THE ONE THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THAT, AND NOW WEARING THE SECOND HAT OF BEING IN CHARGE OF COMMUNICATIONS, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT SHE HASN'T DONE A GOOD JOB WITH IT, BUT THAT WE NEED SOMEBODY AT THE HELM THERE. 
          THAT THAT IS ALL THAT THEY DO. 
          THAT THEY LIVE, EAT, AND BREATHE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS AND, AND INDUSTRY AND, AND SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA REALLY GIVE US, YOU KNOW, A BETTER ECONOMY HERE. 
          BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE KEY. 
          THAT'S THE LENS AT WHICH I LOOK THROUGH EVERYTHING. 
          I THINK IT'S THE KEY TO SOLVING A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS IN PETALUMA. 
          YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO BRING REAL CAREER JOBS BACK HERE THAT 
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HAVE SALARIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE A MUCH BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO AFFORD TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK. 
          SO THAT WE CUT DOWN ON ALL OF OUR COMMUTING WHERE WE HAVE, UH, I FORGET NOW, THERE'S 20,000 GOING IN AND OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          IT'S 10 OR 20,000. 
          EITHER WAY. 
          IT'S A LOT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A DENT IN THAT NUMBER. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE'VE ALSO GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE RIVER, UM, THE RAILROAD AND OUR AIRPORT. 
          MOST CITIES DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE ALL THREE. 
          AND SO THOSE, THOSE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION ARE, ARE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO HELP OUR ECONOMY. 
          YOU KNOW, FREIGHT, FREIGHT IS SUFFERING RIGHT NOW, AND SMART. 
          IT'S BEEN THE ACHILLES HEEL FOR YEARS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL INDUSTRIAL SITES ALONG THE TRACK THAT CAN BE USED. 
          UM, I'VE, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO IT. 
          AND WITH THE RIVER, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE MANY BUSINESSES ALONG THE RIVER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE ARMY CORPS USED TO HELP DREDGE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THAT, I, I THINK WE NEED TO, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT IT. 
          AND SO PART OF WHAT I WANT TO SEE TOO WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS PROTECTING INDUSTRIAL SITE SITES THAT STILL EXIST, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE USED TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE VACANT AND THERE'S NOT A BUSINESS THERE. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE OF PETALUMA. 
          AND THEN, UM, AND THEN MY NEXT GOAL, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          SO AS WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, BY, SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME, BUT THE LADY IN THE BACK, UM, I, I DID MAKE A PROMISE DURING THE CAMPAIGN, AND SO DID EVERY OTHER CANDIDATE UP THERE. 
          AND WE ALL SAID THAT WE WANTED TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING PLANNING BACK IN HOUSE. 
          I, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL RECENTLY ABOUT WHY THAT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE IT AND WE NEED TO START THAT CONVERSATION. 
          SO WHAT I HAVE, I'LL, AND I'LL JUST READ IT SO I DON'T FORGET ANYTHING. 
          BUT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS MY ASK TO STAFF TO BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          SO IN ORDER TO ACCURATELY AND CAREFULLY EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE AND ALTERNATIVE TO THE M GROUP'S PLANNING ACTIVITIES, PLEASE PROVIDE US THE COUNSEL, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AND DATA, FULL ACCOUNTING EVENT GROUP'S, ACTIVITIES, BILLING AND PAYMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 TO 24, PLEASE, SORT BY DOLLAR PLEASE, SORT BY DOLLARS, BILLS AND PAID PER ACTIVITY AND PER PERSON ON A MONTHLY BASIS, PLEASE INDICATE BILLABLE HOURS PER PERSON AND RATE PAID PER PERSON. 
          PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE SIMILAR DETAILS ON OUTSIDE CONSULTING, UM, PEOPLE THAT NOTING THEIR SPECIALTIES HIRING EITHER DIRECTLY BY THE CITY OR M GROUP. 
          AND I'LL EMAIL THIS TOO, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A LOT TO WRITE. 
          UM, PROVIDE THE CURRENT CONTRACTS WITH ALL CURRENTLY ACTIVE AMENDMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY, BETWEEN THE CITY AND M GROUP. 
          IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE CONTRACTS FOR PLANNING SERVICES, EITHER WITH THE M GROUP OR THEIR PERSONNEL OR SERVICE SERVICES FROM OTHER PLANNING ACTIVITIES, PLEASE PROVIDE THEM AS WELL. 
          PROVIDE AN ANNUAL SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE M GROUP VIA THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS, SEPARATED BY CATEGORY OF ACTIVITY FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA FROM FISCAL YEAR 19 TO 24. 
          PROVIDE AN ANNUAL SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORING CITIES SUCH AS SAN RAFAEL, NEVADA, RONAN PARK FOR FISCAL YEARS 19 TO 24. 
          AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT THIS INFORMATION WILL GIVE OUR CITY COUNCIL A GOOD START TO BEGIN TO EVALUATE WHAT I PROMISED, WHICH IS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACK IN HOUSE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE IN MY NEXT GOAL. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, I THINK WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS THAT REALLY NEED ATTENTION AND AS SOME OF THE LAFFERTY PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, BUT WE ALSO, INNER CITY PARKS, THEY, THEY NEED A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF ATTENTION. 
          WE NEED TO GET GOING ON ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, ALSO UNDER PARKS TOO, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THE MUSEUM DOWNTOWN THAT NEEDS TO BE RETROFITTED AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO PARKS, BUT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MILLS ACT TOO. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO, TO HELP SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES AND HELP, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN AND BEAUTIFY DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, MY NEXT GOAL IS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE, OUR, OUR SEWER SYSTEM, UM, IS PRETTY VULNERABLE AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SOME UPDATES THERE. 
          UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE PARALLEL FORCE MAIN IN PLACE AND, AND KEEP ALL OF THAT GOING. 
          UM, UP, UH, UP ON VICTORIA, THERE'S THE WATER TANKS UP THERE, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SEE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND REPLACING THAT WITH A SINGLE TANK AND, YOU KNOW, REMOVE THE OLD ONES THAT ARE STARTING TO FALL APART, UM, WITH 
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THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ALREADY, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A MASTER PLAN THAT, UM, REALLY TRULY REFLECTS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO SALVAGE THAT, THAT PART OF OUR HERITAGE AND KEEP IT, KEEP IT AS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE AND PROTECT IT LONG INTO THE FUTURE. 
          UM, NEXT IS WE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CLEAR SET OF DESIGN, OF OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS. 
          UM, WE'VE NEVER REALLY DONE A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT. 
          OTHER, OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS. 
          UM, OOPS, MY COMPUTER, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, UH, BY PLANNING THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE ASKED, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND THERE ARE REPLIES THAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND THAT, THAT SPECIFICALLY CAME FROM THE GALLAGHER PROJECT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY SAID, WELL, WE CAN MAKE IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. 
          WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND I, TO ME, THAT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING AS A CITY, BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT ALL RIGHT UP FRONT. 
          WE SHOULD TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO LOOK LIKE BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. 
          YOU KNOW, ARE THEY ON THE EAST SIDE? THIS IS HOW WE WANT IT TO LOOK. 
          ARE THEY ON THE WEST SIDE? YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO AROUND AND YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, YOU CAN, YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE IT. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT VERY CLEARLY IN THEIR ARCHITECTURE OF, OF NEWER BUILDINGS. 
          THINGS, THINGS MATCH THEY FLOW. 
          THEY ALL COME TOGETHER INTO WHAT, WHAT ARE NICE LOOKING DOWNTOWNS. 
          AND THEN SORT OF COUPLED WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BEEF UP OUR HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY REALLY EVER MEET, UH, THEIR LAST MEETING WAS CANCELED. 
          THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING ONE. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED AND VALUED BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN WHO WANT TO KEEP OUR HISTORY AND OUR HERITAGE AND HAVE THAT, AND, AND USE THAT TO HELP CONTRIBUTE IN HOW THE TOWN GROWS AND IS DESIGNED. 
          AND THOSE ARE MY TOP ONES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK YOU'VE KICKED US OFF IN A GREAT WAY. 
          I'VE GOT LIKE A, A LISTING HERE WE DIDN'T HIT ON. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THOSE ARE OF THE EIGHT, I'VE GOT IT LISTED AS EIGHT. 
          UM, MAYBE FIVE OR SIX ARE BRAND NEW. 
          FIVE. 
          FIVE OF 'EM, MAYBE BRAND NEW. 
          YEAH, I'VE GOT TWO MORE IF YOU'D LIKE THEM. 
          , I'M THINKING MORE ON THE, WHICH OF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE ON THE 27TH LIST? ANY, ANY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA ASK FOR THESE TO BE IN YOUR TOP 10. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S GONNA FORCE A BUMP OFF THE BOTTOM. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE, UH, PUTTING, CAN I ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THAT TOO, ON SOME OF THOSE, PLEASE. 
          UM, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH ANY CITIES WHO HAVE ADOPTED DRONE ORDINANCES? AND IS IT WHERE THEY FLY, WHERE THEY TAKE OFF? LIKE HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD THE CITY ACTUALLY ENFORCE DRONE ORDINANCES THAT WOULD PASS OUT TO THE, INTO THE COUNTY? SO MAYBE I CAN HELP WITH PART OF THAT. 
          THERE'S SOME PRETTY, UM, IT'S THE FAA THAT REGULATES DRONES AND, AND OTHER AIRCRAFT. 
          UM, AND WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T STUDIED THAT, BUT, BUT WE COULD PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH, IF ANY, THERE'S ABILITY TO REGULATE DRONES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          UM, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S MUCH, IF ANY, UM, AUTHORITY LEFT BY THE FAA, BUT WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          ANOTHER THING, UM, I WANT TO MENTION IN, IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY'S, SOME OF HIS INITIAL PRIORITIES IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BEAR IN MIND IS THAT OUR POLICE POWER ENDS AT OUR BORDERS. 
          SO WHILE WE, THERE'S A LARGER COMM, UH, COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S CORPORATE BOUNDARIES THAT WE WORK WITH AND WE CONSIDER TO BE PART OF THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY, UM, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY REGULATE, IT'LL, IT'S IT THAT OUR POLICE POWER STOPS AT OUR, OUR BORDERS, UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE NEED SOME MORE INFO ABOUT AS TO WHETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PREDATORY LAWSUITS BEING THREATENED AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, UM, TO, TO, TO SEE IF WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ACTIVITY IS BETTER AND WHETHER THOSE THAT INVOLVES VIOLATIONS OF CRIMINAL LAW OR WHATEVER. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THE, THE PIECE ABOUT OUR POLICE POWER BEING GEOGRAPHICALLY LIMITED AND, UM, SIGNIFICANT FAA PREEMPTION ABOUT, ABOUT AIRCRAFT REGULATION, INCLUDING DRONE REGULATIONS. 
          BUT WE COULD PROVIDE MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT AT, YOU KNOW, AT CITY LIMITS, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR JURISDICTION STOPS. 
          BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST. 
          WE NEED TO JUMP OUT AHEAD OF THIS AND GET THE COUNTY AND OTHER CITIES TO LATCH ON SO WE CAN CREATE IT ALL THE WAY TO OUR BORDER AND THEN GET THE OTHERS TO ADOPT IT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN MY SECOND QUESTION ON THAT WAS THE INDUSTRIAL SITES. 
          CAN YOU SAY MORE, THIS IS THE 
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SECOND TIME YOU BROUGHT UP THE INDUSTRIAL SITES. 
          CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHICH SITES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHICH CUSTOMERS HAVE APPROACHED YOU? WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I TALK ABOUT THE OLD POMEROY SITE, UM, ADOBE LUMBER, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME SITES THAT SIT RIGHT ALONG THE RAIL AND THE RIVER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, TODAY AREN'T BEING USED, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUGHT TO BE PROTECTED DOWN THE ROAD. 
          'CAUSE I JUST, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH HOUSING AND, AND TRYING TO PUT IT ALONG, YOU KNOW, THE RAIL CORRIDOR, THE MAIN THERE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT, BUT WHEN THERE'S SITES THAT COME UP THAT HAVE INDUSTRIAL USE AND THAT POTENTIAL, THEY HAVE A SPUR ALREADY LEADING INTO THEM, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD, UH, WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET THOSE BACK. 
          YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE AREN'T GONNA COME BACK TO US. 
          AND NOBODY'S, YOU DON'T SEE PEOPLE CREATING NEW INDUSTRIAL SITES. 
          SO TODAY, UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, WHAT I'M THINKING OF IS, IS THE FUTURE DOWN THE ROAD. 
          GOT YOU. 
          I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL TABLE IT TILL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINN, ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT? THOUGHTS TONIGHT HERE? YEAH, SURE. 
          SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA HIT ON ALL 26. 
          I'M JUST GONNA HIT ON A COUPLE OF, UM, SORT OF GENERAL THEMES THAT I THINK ARE REALLY MOST IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT. 
          RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE A, YOU KNOW, A CRITICAL PIECE IN PETALUMA. 
          UH, WE CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLE WITH HOUSING AND FINDING HOUSING, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO NEED IT. 
          AND SO, UM, BUT WITHIN THAT, THERE ARE ZONING AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ZONING CONSIDERATIONS AND STUFF THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT. 
          AND SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO LEAN INTO THE GENERAL PLAN AND TRY TO GET THAT DONE THIS YEAR. 
          I THINK THE GEN, YOU KNOW, GETTING, YOU KNOW, STAYING FOCUSED ON THE GENERAL PLAN, GETTING THAT DONE IS GONNA PAVE THE WAY FOR, UM, SOME OF THE ZONING ISSUES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND SOME OF THE HOUSING ISSUES. 
          SO FOR ME, THAT'S PROBABLY, UM, ONE OF THE TOP THINGS. 
          UH, I'M GONNA FOLLOW THAT WITH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, I DO, UM, FEEL LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE NEED TO RETHINK, RECONSIDER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, FOCUSING ON DOWNTOWN, THOSE THINGS ARE REAL AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PETALUMA IS MORE THAN JUST RETAIL DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, IT'S, WE REALLY DO NEED TO, UH, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUPPORT, UM, NON-RETAIL SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, OCCURRED TO ME, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE A TOWN THAT'S GONNA RECRUIT BIG BUSINESS TO COME INTO PETALUMA. 
          UH, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN, BIG BUSINESS, THEY PUT THEIR BUSINESS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FROM A SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, UM, SHIPPING IS REALLY THE MOST, YOU KNOW, MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF, OF ANY INDUSTRY THAT WE HAVE. 
          BUT PETALUMA HAS A HISTORY OF, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES HAVING GREAT SUCCESS, RIGHT? WE THINK OF ATHLETA, CAMELBACK, LAGUNITAS, UM, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, UM, WE ARE LITERALLY THE CITY THAT INVENTED THE INCUBATOR, RIGHT? AND SO HOW DO WE BECOME THE INCUBATOR CITY THAT SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESS? UM, AND I WOULD, I WOULD THROW, UM, OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN THAT AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, AS I HEARD ABOUT, UM, AS I, AS I LISTENED TO THE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT, UM, SUPPORTING OUR FARMS, UH, I'LL, UH, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK ME BACK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, A TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, NOT LONG AFTER WE MOVED TO PETALUMA, AND, UH, MY WIFE AND I SPENT A WEEKEND IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND WE WENT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AT THE FERRY BUILDING, AND WE LOOKED AROUND AND LIKE LITERALLY 30% OF THE VENDORS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO AT THE FERRY BUILDING ALL WERE ADVERTISING THAT THEY WERE FROM PETALUMA, RIGHT? AND I DON'T, I, I DON'T THINK WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, OR IT'S, WE DON'T REMEMBER THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, SO, 
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SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK WE, IT'S, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEAN INTO THAT. 
          UM, SECONDLY, OR, OR NEXT, FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPEC PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE A TP IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY, I FEEL LIKE WE GOTTA GET ACROSS THE GOAL LINE THIS YEAR. 
          UM, I, I THINK I SAW ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE, IT HAD 2026, UH, ON THERE, UH, ON THE A TP, OR MAYBE I MISREAD SOMETHING. 
          UM, BUT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN MOVING AT A GLACIAL PACE, AND I REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANNA FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN SUPPORT THE CITY IN GETTING THAT DONE. 
          AND I WOULD SAY WITH THAT, UM, THE WAY THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT WAY FINDING, UH, SIGNS, IT'S A, IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL THING, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST ANOTHER SYMPTOM. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UM, ON OUR, UH, SORT OF ON OUR PLATE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, WE, WE, WE GOTTA GET THAT, WE GOTTA GET THAT DONE THIS YEAR. 
          UM, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA ECHO THE SENTIMENTS ABOUT LAFFERTY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF LAFFERTY LIKE, IF THAT MAKES IT INTO, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR'S TOP PRIORITIES, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE BUMP OFF IT, BUT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND, AND, UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, FOCUS ON GETTING A PLAN IN PLACE, UH, FOR LAFFERTY. 
          UM, I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF THE PARTS MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M, I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, THERE, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT THE CITY'S WORKING ON, UH, THAT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WHAT I WOULD TAKE OFF THE LIST TO PUT THAT ON, BUT I JUST WANNA ECHO THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UH, HOW DO WE GET THAT ON THE LIST. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA STOP THERE. 
          THOSE ARE MY, FOR ME, THOSE ARE THE THEMES THAT I THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER REBS. 
          OKAY, SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I'M GONNA SAY IS I'D REORGANIZE THIS WHOLE CHART INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          UH, SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT, GOING THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT, UH, HOW I WOULD, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, DO THIS. 
          AND, UM, ACTUALLY, SOME OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH IS, WELL, THE GENERAL PLAN, WELL, THE GENERAL PLAN NEEDS TO GET DONE THIS YEAR. 
          WELL, WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE? WELL, IT'S GONNA TAKE THE A TP, IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL THINGS, UH, TO GET IT GOING. 
          SO THERE'S THREE OR FOUR OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE INSIDE THE GENERAL PLAN ALREADY. 
          SO GENERAL PLAN GETS COMPLETED. 
          THOSE THINGS JUST FOLLOW RIGHT ALONG. 
          SO I'D JUST SAY GENERAL PLAN AND ALL ITS PARTS. 
          NUMBER ONE, ABSOLUTELY TOP PRIORITY. 
          BINGO. 
          I MEAN THAT, THAT'S THE TOP, UH, RIGHT THERE. 
          THEN WITHIN THAT, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT'S THAT MENTIONED IN THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          BUT SEVERAL OF THESE, THE TREE ORDINANCE, THE OPEN SPACES, THE MASTER PARKS PLAN, UH, EVEN THE LEDS, THEY ALL SORT OF FIT UNDER NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS, WHICH WE'RE ALL WORKING ON ALL THESE BITS AND PIECES. 
          UH, WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. 
          WELL, WHAT COMES UNDER THAT? WE HAVE THE, UH, UH, WE HAVE THE, UM, THE NORTH BAY, UH, OF, I MEAN THE, THE, THE NORTH TRAIN STATION THERE. 
          WE HAVE THE, UH, DOWNTOWN TRAIN STATION AREA THERE. 
          WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. 
          WE HAVE TOURISM THAT WE NEED TO MOVE ON. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, SO SEVERAL THINGS WITHIN JUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH AS A CATEGORY, ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          WE NEED TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS TO TOGETHER. 
          UM, WE COULD SEPARATE, I WOULD SEPARATE OUT MAYBE THE FAIRGROUNDS AS A SPECIAL THING, UH, ON TOP OF THAT, UH, BESIDES THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          BUT THE FAIRGROUNDS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 
          IT'S CENTRAL TO OUR TOWN. 
          IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR CENTRAL CULTURE AREA THAT'S, THAT'S THERE. 
          SO I MAY BRING THAT OUT AS A SEPARATE ITEM, BUT THOSE WOULD, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT GO. 
          AND SEVERAL OF THESE ARE ONGOING, LIKE THE CANNABIS, THAT'S GONNA BE A DONE DEAL. 
          IT'S NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, THE, THE THREE CANNABIS REALTORS AND OTHERS. 
          IT'S IN THEIR HANDS ALREADY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A THING. 
          IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          UH, THE PLACE IS ALREADY THERE AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD. 
          SOME LIKE THE ZONING CODE, WE KNOW, UH, THAT'S ALREADY, ALREADY IN PLAY. 
          IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO HAPPEN. 
          THE ONLY THING I'D DO WITH THE ZONING CODES IS ADD IN, UH, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS. 
          THAT'S BEEN A LONG TERM REQUEST. 
          IT'S NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE ZONE CODE UPDATE THAT SHOULD BE PART OF ZONE CODING. 
          UM, THE, UM, LET'S SEE, THE CANNABIS, THE FAIRGROUNDS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THERE ALSO INCLUDES LIKE, AS I SAID, TOURISM AND OTHER THINGS. 
          THE, UM, AND THEN THE, THE PARKING, THE DOWNTOWN PARKING IS ALL PART OF THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN. 
          SO THAT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARKING RELATIONS FOR ALL AROUND TOWN. 
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UM, THAT REALLY NEEDS, UM, NOT JUST THE, THE BIG STICK THAT WAS MENTIONED, THAT'S COMING DOWN. 
          BUT BEFORE WE EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE A CARROT. 
          AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE TIMES. 
          THE CARROT IS WE NEED TO FIND RV STORAGE. 
          I JUST TALKED TO A COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND HE SAYS, OH, THE COUNTY CAN REALLY HELP FIND US SOME RV STORAGE PLACES, UM, AROUND THE COUNTY THAT ARE CLOSE BY TO PETALUMA. 
          AND WITH THAT HELP, GEE, ONCE WE GET SOME STORAGE PLACES GOING AND IT'S GOT SOME ENTREPRENEURS ON IN LINE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO, HEY, THEN WE CAN DO THE PARKING AND, AND MOVE FOLKS FROM THERE TO STORAGE AREAS. 
          OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE A, A BIT OF AN UPRISING. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE, THEY'RE ALL, ALL THE LOCALS ARE ABSOLUTELY FULL. 
          I'VE TRIED, I KNOW I'VE TRIED TO PUT RV STORAGE, THEY'RE ALL FULL. 
          SO WE NEED TO FIND NEW NOOM. 
          SO WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT. 
          BUT THAT, BUT I WANT PARKING. 
          AS SOON AS WE GET THAT DONE TO GET THAT, THOSE TWO THINGS HAVE TO COME TOGETHER. 
          AND I'M ALL FOR IT. 
          LET'S, LET'S MAKE THAT ALL HAPPEN. 
          UM, THAT TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AGAIN, IS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          THE SEA LEVEL RISE THAT'S ALREADY ONGOING. 
          IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. 
          AGAIN, IT'S ALSO PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. 
          IT'S JUST PART OF OUR WHOLE PARKS AS WELL AS OUR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. 
          LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENTS, SORT OF PART OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. 
          BUT THAT'S FOR ME PERSONALLY. 
          YEAH, I, I'VE GOT AN LED, SO IT'S LIKE, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          'CAUSE I'M IN ONE RIGHT NOW AND I'VE OFFERED TO HELP WITH THE, UH, A BUTTERFLY GARDEN. 
          I'VE ALREADY OFFERED TO HELP OUT WITH THAT MYSELF, WITH MYSELF. 
          I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERTISE IN THAT. 
          UM, SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON, BUT THEY ALL KIND OF FIT IN. 
          ALL ARE ONGOING. 
          BUT, AND ONE PETALUMA, UH, ONE THING I SUGGESTED THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR STAFF HAPPY, SO, BUT THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. 
          WE'RE HAVING, OUR WHOLE SYSTEMS ARE BEING OUR, OUR TECH SYSTEMS ARE ALL BEING UPGRADED. 
          THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHETHER WE SAY YES OR NO TONIGHT ANYWAY. 
          SO WE DON'T NEED TO PUSH THAT. 
          SAME THING WITH, UM, THE ONE PETALUMA. 
          THESE THINGS ARE IN PLAY AND IT'S HAPPENING. 
          WE HAVE HR ON IT. 
          IT'S GOING ANYWHERE. 
          DO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A GOAL? IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          SO DO WE NEED TO PUT AN EXTRA EMPHASIS ON IT OR NOT? THAT'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A DONE DEAL THIS YEAR. 
          SO, UM, SO I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN ALREADY. 
          UH, I THINK WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF SAY, OKAY, PUSH UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT THAT'S SORT OF LIKE WHAT, WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING HERE, LOOKING AT, UM, UH, WHAT I'VE WRITTEN DOWN HERE, THE ONLY THING THAT'S KIND OF OFF THIS LIST THAT KIND OF DOESN'T FIT. 
          WE DO HAVE THE MOBILE HOME RESIDENT SUPPORT. 
          IT'S WAY DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST OF OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS, BUT IT'S ABSORBING A HUGE AMOUNT OF OUR LEGAL STAFF TIME AND OUR TIME. 
          AND WHY IS IT DOWN THERE, DOWN THERE IN OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON? AND I THINK THAT MAY BE, UM, WE JUST NEED TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT THERE, WHICH I ALREADY KNOW WE'RE, IT'S A WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GONNA DO IT. 
          AND IT'S ABSORBING A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT. 
          SO LET, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ONE ON, ON, ON, ON THE LIST THERE AS A SEPARATE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY, AS I SAID, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE RE REORGANIZATION  MYSELF. 
          THAT'S HOW I WOULD DEAL WITH THIS. 
          LISTING IT AS IS I'M GOING, UH, EVERYTHING. 
          PLEASE. 
          YOU MIGHT NOT BE ALONE ON THAT THOUGHT. 
          I THINK, UH, ALL OF US LOOK AT, UH, EIGHT OR 10 PAGES OF GOAL AND THINK, HMM, THAT'S A LOT. 
          UM, SO, UH, SWINGING DOWN TO COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, IF YOU READY TO HIT, HIT THIS. 
          SURE. 
          UM, SO I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE POINT OF THE, THE TOP 10 NECESSARILY IS, UNLESS IT FEELS LIKE MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA TRY AND PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON, WHAT ARE WE TAKING OFF? AND THEN MAYBE SOME EMPHASIS ON THINGS. 
          SO I'LL SAY THAT I DEFINITELY AGREE. 
          LIKE IN TERMS OF MY EMPHASIS, I WOULD DEFINITELY ALIGN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT, UM, THAT HOUSING AND I WOULD SAY I WOULD LUMP IN GENERAL PLAN ZONING CODE, IMPACT FEES, UM, ALL THAT STUFF SORT OF UNDER ONE. 
          AND THEN HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ALL UNDER THAT. 
          UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, I THINK A TP IS, IS UNDERSELLING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          UM, I THINK THAT RENAMING THAT SAFE AND COMPLETE STREETS IS, IS MORE FITTING FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          UM, I MENTIONED THE LAKEVILLE SAFETY STUDY, THE CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR STUDY. 
          UM, THE PART OF THE A TP ALSO CALLED FOR A NUMBER OF CORRIDOR STUDIES. 
          UM, AND IT WOULD BE NICE IN THIS TO SEE WHEN THOSE ARE PLANNED FOR, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF BARRING ON THINGS LIKE, WHAT, HOW DO WE TREAT WASHINGTON STREET? HOW DO WE TREAT PAY RAN STREET, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, AND IT TIES IN WITH OUR FIVE YEAR PAVING PLAN. 
          SO I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THE A TP ITEM TO BE MORE EXPANSIVE AND ACTUALLY LIKE, COMMUNICATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE UNDERWAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING OF 'EM ARE. 
          WAY FINDING IS ANOTHER ONE. 
          UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NOMINATION PROGRAM, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THAT THAT ARE MORE PROGRAMMATIC AND NOT NECESSARILY CAPITAL, BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE, UM, IMPACTS ON OTHER THINGS. 
          UM, 
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UH, I SUPPORT WHAT, UH, DAVE ALDEN SAID TOO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE PARKING, UM, PARKING REFORM DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, ALSO WANT TO GIVE A REST IN PEACE TO DONALD SCHOUP, WHO IS THE LIKE GODFATHER OF, UH, PARKING REFORM. 
          HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, UM, JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO. 
          UM, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN BEATING ON THAT DRUM FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UM, I NOTE IN HERE THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK THAT EVEN DREW CALLED IT OUT TOO, THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF SORT OF LIKE ASSESSMENTS UNDERWAY, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. 
          I'M HEARING THESE DIFFERENT TERMS AND THEY ALL KIND OF FEED INTO A PARKS MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, BUT I THINK WHEN WE JUST SEE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN GETTING KICKED DOWN THE LINE LIKE THAT, UM, IT DOESN'T GIVE US THE CONFIDENCE THAT THESE DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS ARE IN FACT BEING GOING TO FEED INTO IT. 
          AND I WOULD, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PRESENTATION GO TO, UM, THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION ABOUT ALL THE DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, HOW THEY MAY FIT INTO A PARKS MASTER PLAN, AND THE TIMING OF THAT SO THAT WE HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE INDEFINITELY KICKED OUT AND KICKED DOWN THE LINE. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, LIKE YOU BROUGHT UP THE, THE PLAYGROUND ASSESSMENTS. 
          UM, PERSONALLY I DON'T WANNA SEE PLAYGROUND ASSESSMENTS COME FORWARD UNTIL I KNOW WHAT IS IN THE PARKS PLAN BECAUSE, OR THE, I MEAN, PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS BECAUSE, UM, EVERYTHING IS ONE OFF IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BIG PICTURE AND WE DON'T HAVE A BIG PICTURE OF WHAT OUR PARKS NEED. 
          UM, WE JUST HAD A KNOCKDOWN DRAG OUT FIGHT OVER, UM, ALL WEATHER TURF VERSUS NATURAL TURF. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT SAYS WHAT WE, LIKE, WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE WE ARE TRYING TO UPHOLD, UM, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT GIVE US SOME CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE KICKED DOWN THE LINE FOREVER. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT STARTS WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AND ALL THE DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND, AND SHOWING HOW THEY'RE GONNA FEED INTO IT. 
          UM, AND I, HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT TOO MUCH WORK, BUT I, IT, I THINK WE OWE IT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS LIKE THE THING THAT EVERYBODY FEELS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US WHO JUST GOT OUT OF, OUT OF A CAMPAIGN, LIKE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO US ABOUT AT THEIR FRONT DOOR, THE PARKS , THE THINGS THAT PARENTS COMPLAIN TO YOU ABOUT ARE THE PARKS. 
          AND WE WANNA SEE, WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM. 
          UM, TO, UM, MS. ROGERS, UM, THE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS ON TIGHTENING OUR BELT AND PREPARING FOR THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. 
          UM, I WILL SAY ON THE PLANNING, I SUPPORT BRINGING, YOU KNOW, BUILDING OUR IN-HOUSE PLANNING CAPACITY AND DOING THAT IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY. 
          UM, AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A REALLY UNCERTAIN TIME AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO TRY AND HIRE 12 NEW STAFF IN-HOUSE. 
          UM, AND SO  THAT THE SAME REASONS THAT WE, THAT WE OUTSOURCED, THE SAME REASON THAT WE OUTSOURCED OUR PLANNING STAFF BEFORE IS A REASON WHY WE SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT TRYING TO BRING BACK, UM, A AND BUILD A LARGE PLANNING STAFF IN-HOUSE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY SIZABLE TARIFFS ARE DRIVING UP LUMBER PRICES, DRIVING UP STEEL PRICES, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE A REAL DECLINE IN, IN DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, LOOKING AT LAYING PEOPLE OFF AGAIN. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAUTIOUS ABOUT JUST HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT. 
          AND I TRUST THAT OUR STAFF ARE GONNA DO THAT, UM, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY. 
          UM, I'LL SAY IN ON, ON THE AG, UH, SUPPORT FRONT, UM, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THE AG COMMUNITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN ADDITION TO MEASURE J PASSING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PETALUMA DID LAST YEAR THAT SUPPORTED THE AG COMMUNITIES, WE RENEWED OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, WHICH PASSED WITH 70%. 
          UM, I ALSO THINK THAT, UH, OUR GENERAL PLAN IS ABSOLUTELY WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES AROUND THAT HAVE WORKING MILLS RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF OUR CITY. 
          AND WHEN OUR LAND USE ELEMENT CAME FORWARD, WE MADE THAT UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF LAND USE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING, UH, CONSIDERED AND THE AG INDUSTRIAL, UH, USES WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          WERE UNTOUCHED. 
          AND WE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR AG COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE FAIRGROUNDS PROCESS HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTS THE AG COMMUNITY. 
          IT HAS TO BRING THE AG COMMUNITY IN. 
          UM, I DON'T SEE HOW US ADOPTING DRONE RULES OR UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THINGS THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE IN THE COUNTY, UM, ARE GONNA HAVE ANY IMPACT. 
          AND I DON'T WANT OUR STAFF TO BE THE ONES WORKING ON THAT. 
          UM, IF SOMEONE BRINGS US 
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A, A MODEL CODE OR ORDINANCE, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, UM, LOOKING AT THAT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANNA BE SPINNING STAFF RESOURCES ON TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW. 
          UM, UH, AND THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL CATER THOMPSON. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO JUST CONTINUE REPEATING, BUT I AGREE WITH, UH, FRANK QUINN AS FAR AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A LOT OF THAT WILL BE WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING. 
          AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT GENERAL PLAN COMING FOR A FINAL VOTE. 
          IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UM, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF HINDERING EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE A TP PLAN WITH SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, FIVE CITIES HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THROUGH THE COUNTY AND I KNOW SANTA ROSA AND PETALUMA ARE DOING IT SEPARATELY, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE A TP PLAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I REALIZE IT'S GONNA BE IN THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF, UM, WE HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN IS THAT GONNA COME BEFORE US. 
          AND AS FAR AS LAFFERTY, UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT, I GUESS IT'S THE LAWSUITS THAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF PEOPLE BEING SUED, BUT THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY. 
          IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY. 
          THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO MOVE ON AT LEAST A DIRECTION SO WE CAN GET A PLAN. 
          AND I'M SURE THERE'S A PLAN ALREADY, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN PLANS FROM THE PAST, THERE'S BEEN EIRS FROM THE PAST. 
          SO IT DOESN'T SEEM AS THOUGH IT'S GONNA BE THAT DIFFICULT TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND I, AND A PARKS MASTER PLAN IS IMPORTANT AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER BARTLE SAID, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONS OF THE FIELDS. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I WAS DOWN AT THE, UM, WASHINGTON YESTERDAY TALKING TO SOME, UM, PARENTS, YOU KNOW, OR AND COACHES WITH THEIR KIDS. 
          AND THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WAS IT'S THE FIELDS AND HOW THEY'RE MAINTAINED. 
          AND PEOPLE CONSTANTLY SAY THAT. 
          AND I DO THINK WE NEED A PARKS MASTER PLAN AND MAYBE STARTING WITH JUST SO THE PLAN, SO THE PARKS, THE PARK PARKS COMMISSION HAS MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'RE GOING, SO YOU'RE NOT REINVENTING ALL THE TIME. 
          UM, AS FAR AS, UM, I, I WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARKING, UM, AND I REALIZE THAT PEOPLE BUY MOTOR HOMES AND THEY BUY TOYS AND THEY LEAVE THEM ON THE STREETS, BUT THEY BOUGHT THESE THINGS AND THEY SHOULD HAVE DECIDED IF YOU'RE GONNA BUY A MOTOR HOME OR A TRAILER, THAT YOU DON'T STORE IT ON A CITY STREET. 
          YOU NEED TO FIND A SPACE FOR THAT BEFORE YOU PURCHASE SOMETHING. 
          UM, AND SO, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. 
          UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? AND THE LIBRARY, EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT. 
          THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT IN OUR TOWN. 
          BUT I TALK, I WANNA GO BACK TO RIVERFRONT, UM, UM, INDUSTRY. 
          AND I KNOW DRA HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO COME BACK AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT DRE HERE. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIVERFRONT, INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY, UM, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING BACK INTO THE PAST AND IT'S ALMOST BRINGING FORWARD WHAT IS NOT GONNA REALLY HAPPEN IN THIS TOWN ANYMORE. 
          THE RIVER IS NOT GONNA BE USED FOR BARGES COMING UP AND THERE'S JUST CHANGES THAT GOES ON. 
          BUT I DO THINK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ME IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UM, LOOKING AT PROPERTIES THAT ARE JUST NOT UTILIZED AND THAT HAVE CHAINLINK FENCES AROUND 'EM FOR YEARS, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OUR DOWNTOWN, THAT IS NOT GOOD ECONOMIC, UM, ECONOMICS FOR OUR CITY. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT AND AT LEAST, UM, GET THOSE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO UPGRADE THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T AND THEY WANNA LEAVE THEM THAT WAY, THEN TAKE THE FENCES DOWN. 
          'CAUSE IT'S REALLY, I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, UM, AND OTHER BUSINESSES DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN AREA ARE REALLY SUFFERING FROM THAT. 
          SO, UM, IT'S A LOT TO DO AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT STAFF DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THE LIST IS HUGE. 
          AND, UM, BUT I DO WANNA BRING UP ONE OTHER THING BACK WITH, UH, UM, CONNECTING, YOU KNOW, MEASURE J AND THE FARMING. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS MY FATHER, ART CATER AND COLONEL KRT WHO ACTUALLY PUT THE FARM TRAILS TOGETHER, AND IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WANTED PEOPLE TO COME TO THEIR FARMS. NOW, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT PEOPLE COMING TO YOUR FARMS BECAUSE OF DISEASES. 
          SO IT'S 
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A REALLY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE OUT THERE THAN IT WAS WHEN FARM TRAILS WAS CREATED. 
          AND IT SEEMS THE ART TRAILS, IT'S, IT'S GETTING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO GET INTERESTED. 
          AND, BUT IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE WITH, UM, BIRD FLUS AND OTHER FLUS. 
          AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THE FAIR, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY AG THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE, UM, STATE DOES NOT WANT AGRICULTURE ANIMALS AT THE FAIRS BECAUSE OF, UM, OF THESE DISEASES. 
          JUST POULTRY. 
          SO JUST POULTRY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND DAIRY AND DAIRY AND, RIGHT. 
          UNLESS SOME TESTING CAN BE, YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT TO DO. 
          THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. 
          YES, WE DO. 
          UH, VICE MAYOR, WELL, TOP OF MY LIST, IF ANYBODY KNOWS ME, IT'S GONNA BE PARKS IN THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THEY GO HAND IN HAND. 
          UM, I GOT INTO THIS POLITICAL BUSINESS 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SOCCER FIELDS FOR MY KIDS TO PLAY ON, AND I GOT ON THE PARKS COMMISSION. 
          UH, YEAH, WE NEED A PARKS MASTER PLAN BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW OUR INVENTORY. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW, UM, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE SWIM CENTER AND THOSE DRESSING ROOMS. THE AQUATICS PROGRAM IS GETTING REVAMPED WITH NEW STAFF AND BRINGING IT IN HOUSE, BUT WE FORGOT TO GET THOSE, UM, DRESSING ROOMS AND, UM, CHANGING AREAS. 
          UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MODERN STANDARDS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE SAME AS THEY WERE WHEN I WAS TAKING SWIM LESSONS IN THE SEVENTIES. 
          UM, SO THE MASTER PLAN HAS GOT TO GET DONE, AND THE CITY MANAGER WILL REMIND ME THAT IT TAKES MONEY, IT TAKES THE IMPACT FEES. 
          BUT, UM, AND THAT IS MY NEXT THING IS HOUSING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THESE, UM, THESE, UM, DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED SO WE CAN GET THE IMPACT FEES. 
          BUT THE FAIRGROUNDS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE AG COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR OWN PARK SYSTEM. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP SAYING I WANT 'EM TO BRING TOGETHER THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND THE FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN AND THE FUTURE OF BOTH, UM, YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE, UM, PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTOR, DREW WILL TELL US, HE AND HIS STAFF CAME UP WITH THIS BRILLIANT IDEA TO BRING IN SHEEP TO GRAZE THE PARKS OPEN SPACE LAND, SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE, WOULDN'T HAVE TO USE MOWERS OR HUMAN MOWERS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE AGRICULTURE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WITH SHEEP, REAL SHEEP. 
          WE GET TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEIR WOOL COMES FROM, WHERE THESE SHEEP ARE GOING, AND ACTUALLY WATCH THEM GET HERDED DOWN TO ONE OF OUR PARKS. 
          I THINK IT'S THE PENINSULA PARK, THE MCNAIR LANDING, AND THEY GET TO GRAZE IT. 
          AND THE COMMUNITY LOVES THAT. 
          JUST DON'T FEED THE SHEEP , BUT WE HAVE TO TELL THEM KIDS ALL THE TIME AND THE GROWNUPS. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FAIR AGRICULTURE 24 7. 
          WE CAN DO THAT. 
          WE CAN HAVE ANIMALS OUT AT THE, OUT AT THE FAIR. 
          WE CAN'T HAVE DAIRY THOSE FOUR DAYS, BUT WE COULD BRING IN A COW AND HAVE AG DAY EVERY DAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AS PART OF OUR PARKS PROGRAM. 
          SO I, I WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO VOLUNTEER MY TIME AND MY MOTHER AND HER BEES AND, UM, SHOWCASE THAT PART OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM. 
          IMPACT FEES COME FROM OUR DEVELOPMENTS AND I THINK OUR STAFF FOR GETTING IT DONE. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, 2004 TO 2008, WHEN I LAST SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAD AN IN-HOUSE AND WE HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE IN-HOUSE STAFF. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA GET COMPLAINTS ON WHAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE, MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. 
          BUT, UM, I AM LIKING THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN. 
          WE'VE BROUGHT IN BRIAN O, WHO'S OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR, UM, YES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND HE'S DOING AN AWESOME JOB BRINGING THAT TO AND ANSWERING A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          AND IT BRINGS US TO THE GENERAL PLAN, WHAT WE WANT THOSE LAND USE TO LOOK LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA DO THESE 15 MINUTE CITY, YOU KNOW, WALKABLE. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ACROSS TOWN TO GO TO YOUR EYE DOCTOR. 
          MAYBE YOUR EYE DOCTOR LIVES 15 MINUTES WITHIN YOUR HOME. 
          SO THAT'S ALL GOTTA TIE TOGETHER WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE LAND USE 
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AND OUR DEVELOPMENT FEES COME FROM THAT. 
          AND WE HAVE TO PUT AN INVESTMENT INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AND WE HAVE TO, UM, HELP THESE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          WE DON'T WANNA SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 
          WE WANNA BRING THEM INTO THE OFFICE AND SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BRING THAT RESTAURANT BACK OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE CHAIN LINK FENCES? WHAT ABOUT THAT PROPERTY? THAT'S AN OLD PARKING, WELL, IT COULD BE A PARKING LOT, BUT IT'S AN OLD GAS STATION AT WASHINGTON OR D STREET AND, UH, PETA BOULEVARD. 
          THERE'S, IT'S NOT EVEN IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLAN BECAUSE IT'S GOT CONTAMINATED SOIL, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD USE THAT LAND FOR? COULD THEY USE IT FOR A PARKING LOT? WE DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, ANYWAY, THE, UM, MILLS ACT, I'M ALL FOR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO. 
          HISTORIC, SAVING THE DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AND USING THE OLD EXISTING BUILDINGS. 
          I STILL SEE ON THE BOULEVARD, THAT OLD GROCERY STORE THAT I GREW UP IN AND WHERE THEY ALL KNEW MY NAME AND MY MOTHER DIDN'T, EVEN IF SHE FORGOT HER CHECKBOOK, SHE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, COME BACK AND GIVE IT TO 'EM, UM, THE PAYMENT. 
          BUT IT'S A HISTORIC BUILDING. 
          IT'S GOT A BRICK FRONT. 
          IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, I THOUGHT MAYBE A RESTAURANT, BUT SOMEBODY SHOULD DO THE HISTORY ON THAT AND IT WOULD BE A HISTORIC BUILDING. 
          THE MILL WAS SAVED BY SKIP SUMMERS YEARS AGO, I THINK IN THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES. 
          IT WAS SOLD TO THEM BY THE HILL FAMILY. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THERE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN DONE. 
          SO LET'S FIND ANOTHER BUILDING THAT WE CAN HELP THE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS MAKE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL AND BRING REVENUE TO OUR TOWN. 
          AND REVENUE ALSO COMES FROM NEW BUSINESSES. 
          WE ARE LACKING IN APPLIANCE STORES. 
          WE DON'T, IF MY MICROWAVE BREAKS OR MY OVEN OR MY DISHWASHER OR MY WASHER IN A DRYER OR ANYTHING, I HAVE TO GO OUTTA TOWN TO BUY IT. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA GO OUTTA TOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT I WAS FORCED TO GO TO THOSE BIG BOX STORES AND BUY ONE. 
          AND WE NEED TO FILL THAT GAP. 
          SHOE STORES. 
          I CAN'T GO SHOPPING IN ONLINE FOR SHOES BECAUSE MY FEET AREN'T EXACTLY THE SAME. 
          SO YOU NEED TO SHOP IN IN STORE. 
          WE LOST, WAS IT SOLE DESIRE, HAD THOSE AWESOME SHOES. 
          I HAVE SHOE PHONETIC TOO. 
          SO ANYWAY, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO BUY SHOES IN TOWN. 
          I DON'T WANNA LEAVE TOWN TO DO THAT. 
          SAFE STREETS, THAT'S, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE STREETS. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX ST. 
          FRANCIS, WHICH WOULD TIE MCDOWELL TO THE PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING, WHICH WOULD THEN LEAD TO THE TARGET SHOPPING CENTER. 
          THAT'S A HUGE CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE SAFE STREETS, THAT'S PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          UM, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING. 
          WE JUST WANNA CLEAN UP OUR STREETS. 
          IF YOU HAVE AN RV OR YOU HAVE A TRAILER, UTILITY TRAILER, LET'S FIND AN ALTERNATIVE FOR YOU TO PARK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          YOU CAN PARK IT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME FOR 72 HOURS, BUT LET'S LET THE STREET SWEEPERS COME IN AND CLEAN THE STREETS SO THE BICYCLISTS CAN DRIVE THEIR BIKES, RIDE THEIR BIKES WITHOUT POPPING THE TIRE, OR, YOU KNOW, WEEDS GROWING AND OUR STREETS ARE FALLING APART, SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER. 
          BUT IF YOU HAVE AN EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE, MOVE THAT VEHICLE, PLEASE. 
          UM, AND IF YOU'RE COVERING YOUR VEHICLE ON THE STREET, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE NEIGHBORS VERY PLEASED. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK THEIR BEST. 
          AND, UM, SENIOR SERVICES, IT WAS MENTIONED TO ME THAT THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM DOES NOT GO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          SO MAYBE WE COULD, I WAS ADVOCATING FOR SENIOR CENTER TO BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          I GOT THAT WISH GRANTED, AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES MONEY AND STAFFING, BUT WE DO NEED THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM TO GO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          AND, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THAT WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COTS AND PEOPLE, PETA PEOPLE SERVICE CENTER, AND THEN THE L LEDS, SOME SORT OF DIRECTORY THAT THE, AND ONLINE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN JUMP ONLINE AND LOOK FOR THEIR LED. 
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AND IF I GET ASKED ABOUT COUNTRY CLUB, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU SEEN THE, THE, THE LANDSCAPING IN THE COUNTRY CLUB AREA? I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO IF THEY COULD PINPOINT IT AND WE COULD GO LOOK AT IT TOGETHER, THEN I COULD SAY, OKAY, I CAN GO BACK TO STUFF. 
          BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY. 
          THE, UM, SUZANNE YOUNG'S HER, UM, MONARCH GARDEN. 
          I'M SUPER EXCITED SINCE I HAVE A POLLINATOR GARDEN IN MY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN MY FRIEND OF MY HOUSE, AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ONE MONARCH BUTTERFLY, BUT I KNOW I CAN HAVE SOME HELP. 
          AND THE JAIL LABORERS, THAT'S GOTTA BE A PRIORITY. 
          SO THAT'S MY LIST, AND I THINK IT MATCHED UP WITH WHAT WE HAD. 
          MR. MAYOR. 
          YEAH, I THINK YOU HAD ALL 27. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE THREE MORE. 
          OH, WE'RE UP TO MANY, MANY ALREADY HERE. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE DOING GOOD. 
          REAL GOOD. 
          UM, AND I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          UH, FILETTI RANCH THERE IN KA IS, UH, A MODEL OF HAVING AN ACTIVE FARM IN THE HEART OF TOWN. 
          AND, AND, UH, THE OTHER IDEAS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I I, UH, I DO THINK WE'RE HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS, BUT FOR ME, WHAT THE PUBLIC SEES AN AWFUL LOT IS, IS, UH, THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          AND, AND WE'VE BEEN BEHIND ANY NUMBER OF YEARS, AND EVERY YEAR WE FALL FURTHER. 
          SO I DON'T LOOK AT CAPITAL AS A PROJECT, BUT AS A PROGRAM. 
          AND THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO GET ON ITS FEET BETTER. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE MORE MONEY IN THE BANK AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR THAN WE HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH, AND WE HAVE TOO MUCH TO BEGIN WITH IN THE BANK IN CAPITAL. 
          AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE WE NEED ATTENTION TO THAT SEPARATELY, WHICH MAYBE MEANS HAVING A PRE-MEETING, A PRE-BUDGET MEETING SO THAT WE'RE NOT NIGHT OF. 
          IT'S KIND OF TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE, AND IT'S NOT THE PRIORITIZATION OF, OF THE PROJECTS THAT I FIND CRITICAL. 
          IT'S THE FUND BALANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SPENDING WHAT WE REALLY COULD. 
          UH, WHICH LEADS ME TO ONE OF MY, UM, ONE OF, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER TOP, WHATEVER THIS IS GONNA END UP BEING, UH, THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          UM, YOU REALLY THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          AND THE RESILIENCY CENTER REALLY HAS TO HAPPEN. 
          NOT SO MUCH FOR MY GREAT LOVE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T BUILD IT THIS YEAR, IT'LL COST TOO MUCH THE NEXT YEAR AND WE WON'T GET IT. 
          AND IT TIES TO CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION. 
          ALL OUR PROJECTS, IF WE DON'T SPEND THE MONEY THIS YEAR, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, MONEY GOES AWAY. 
          UM, BUT REALLY, UH, MY REAL, REAL, REAL NUMBER ONE IS HOUSING AND, AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE HOUSING ELEMENT, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA SEE THE H-C-A-C-D REPORT IN IN MARCH, WHICH WILL TELL US HOW WE DID OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE SIX YEARS PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, UH, WE ONLY AVERAGE A HUNDRED, UM, 112 HOUSES OPENED IN A YEAR. 
          WE MIGHT PERMIT A FEW MORE. 
          WE MIGHT ENTITLE A FEW, BUT ONLY 112. 
          AND OF THOSE 30 OF THEM ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          YOU KNOW, NOW GRANTED, WE GET TO COUNT IN MONTERO AND WE GET TO COUNT IN THE TINY HOMES IN THAT SIX YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IS QUITE A FEW, BUT CALL IT LIKE, UH, 28% OF ALL HOUSING PRODUCED IN PETALUMA IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT'S NOT SO MUCH A STATEMENT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO MUCH AS THE LACK OF ANY OTHER HOUSING COMING ONLINE. 
          IN FACT, LAST HCD REPORT ONLY SHOWED THAT ONE NEW UNIT WAS ENTITLED IN THE YEAR. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ONLY GOT ONE THING TH THROUGH IN THE YEAR. 
          'CAUSE THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT HAPPENED IN THE YEARS PRIOR OR YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL COME UP FORWARD. 
          NOT SURE THIS YEAR THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME FOR THIS YEAR, BUT ONE UNIT OF ENTITLEMENT LAST YEAR IS PRETTY SMALL GROWTH RATE. 
          UM, AND A AND A HUNDRED UNITS OF WHICH 30, UH, ARE AFFORDABLE IS A PRETTY SMALL GROWTH RATE. 
          UM, WE NEED TO DO BETTER, LIKE WITH THE FEES, THE INCENTIVE, WHY AREN'T PEOPLE COMING TO PETALUMA AND DO FILLING IN INFILL LOTS THAT WE, WE NEED TO HAVE DEVELOPED? UH, I LOVE HEARING EVERYBODY SAY, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ON THE TOP OF THEIR LIST. 
          AND IT MEANS SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          IT MEANS GETTING THROUGH THE PERMITTING, UH, BETTER. 
          BUT WE GET WHAT WE WANT OUT OF A PROJECT, BUT THEY GET GUIDANCE TO HOW TO BUILD. 
          UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE A VACANCY TAX COME FOR, FOR LOTS THAT ARE VACANT IN CERTAIN ZONES IN TOWN. 
          'CAUSE AS WE HEAD INTO ECONOMIC CRISIS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA NEED EVERY, EVERY PARCEL IN THE COMMUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT'LL CLEAN THE, THE DOWNTOWN GARAGES. 
          THAT'S WHAT'LL THEY DO. 
          THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WE, WE ARE WONDERING HOW DO WE FUND THOSE OTHER THINGS. 
          UM, THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, IT'S GOTTA BE TOPS. 
          IT'S, IT'S GOTTA STAY ON TIMELINE. 
          UH, BUT IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING. 
          LIKE ALL OF US HAVE BEEN, I THINK 
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COUNCIL MEMBER REB HAS NAILED IT. 
          THE ZONING UPDATES IN THERE, THE ATPS IN THERE, THE SEA LEVEL RISES IN THERE, THE HOUSING, UH, UM, FEES ARE IN THERE, HOUSING ELEMENT FEES. 
          SO THAT'S, UM, ALL THOSE ARE THE TOP, TOP THINGS ON OPEN SPACE. 
          I SEE, UH, I SEE OPEN SPACE AS OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN IT'S THERE AND YOU MIGHT ACHIEVE, AND THEN THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN IT'S NOT THERE. 
          AND, UH, FOR ME, THE, UH, THE NORTH RIVER GREENWAY, UM, IS A TIMING OF OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE HAD NEGOTIATIONS WITH WILLING SELLERS AND WILLING FUNDERS THAT, UM, WE COULDN'T ALL BROKER A DEAL. 
          AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF THE CITY IS THE ISSUE. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HELP THE, THE GREENWAY SUCCEED WHEN THEY HAVE A WILLING BUYER AND A WILLING, UH, PAY PAYMENT FUNDER. 
          SO, UM, I HOPE THAT STAYS ON THE TOP OF RADAR. 
          UH, THERE'S JUST SO MANY TOP OF RADARS. 
          UM, UM, AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'VE HAD PLENTY, PLENTY OF PRIORITIES. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE WAS ONE I WANTED TO ADD. 
          MOST, MOST THINGS I REALLY, UM, APPRECIATE THE CITY'S MODERNIZING WITH ITS, UH, ENTERPRISE, UM, SOFTWARE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A MEANS OF RETAINING EMPLOYEES. 
          IT'S ALSO A MEANS OF KNOWING HOW YOUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING MONTH TO MONTH BUDGET REPORTS IS, WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THAT, UH, THERE ARE JUST SO MANY AND, AND, UH, HAVING MAYBE IT'S GOOD TO RECOGNIZE THE MOBILE HOMES, UH, AS A PRIORITY SINCE IN FACT IT HAS BECOME A PRI, YOU KNOW, THE TOP TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR, OUR, UH, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, STAFF ON ALL THE HOMELESSNESS EFFORT. 
          WE, UH, UH, WE WERE ONE OF ONLY TWO CITIES WHERE THE HOMELESSNESS POPULATION HAS DROPPED OVER THE LAST YEARS. 
          IT'S DROPPED 20% OVER I, IT'S A THREE YEAR WINDOW AND, UH, AGAIN, 2% MORE DROP LAST YEAR, WHEREAS OTHER, OTHER CITIES AREN'T ACHIEVING THAT. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A WONDERFUL EFFORT IN THAT. 
          AND, UH, IT'S STILL THE THING THAT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND I'M GONNA WRAP THERE FOR A MINUTE AND, AND I'M GONNA TURN TO STAFF FOR A SECOND. 
          EVERYBODY GAVE LIKE, NEW NUMBER. 
          THEY, THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF DID ONE TO TENS. 
          WERE YOU KEEPING A CHEAT SHEET ON THAT AS WE WENT? UH, DOES STAFF HAVE KIND OF, DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA GIVE US A, A LITTLE MINUTE OF GUIDANCE HERE? YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO TRACK AS, AS YOU ALL WERE GOING, AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S VARYING BETWEEN ABOUT SEVEN AND 12. 
          SO WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE IN THE BALLPARK. 
          THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DAY, CONSIDERING IT'S LESS THAN 27. 
          SO YES, , CAN YOU POST THAT GRID THAT YOU SHOWED WITH ALL OUR NAMES? UH, IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK OUT TO TRACKING IN THE GRID BECAUSE THERE WERE ENOUGH NEW IDEAS THAT WERE POPPING UP. 
          SO I JUST STARTED TAKING NOTES ON A SEPARATE SHEET. 
          BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'LL PROBABLY NEED SOME TIME TO, TO KIND OF, UH, COALESCE THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE'RE PLANNING TO COME BACK. 
          WE ARE PLANNING TO COME BACK. 
          UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY HEARD THEMES, RIGHT? OUR PARKS, OUR, UM, OUR FAIRGROUNDS, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, OUR DOWNTOWN, UM, SAFE STREETS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'VE GOT SOME, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD THINGS. 
          ANYBODY, UH, WANNA WEIGH IN WITH KIND OF A CLOSING REMARK OR THING THAT, UH, CAME UP SINCE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT? WE JUST SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET'S, LET ME GO, LET ME , HE GOES WITHOUT SAYING YES. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY. 
          UM, WELL, I WANNA ADDRESS SOME QUESTIONS FROM EARLIER IN THAT I, I ABSOLUTELY DO THINK IT'S WORTH STAFF'S TIME TO, TO PROTECT AGRICULTURE AND CREATE ORDINANCES AND EVEN LOOK AT OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, I, I PULLED OUT SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOS ALMOS, THERE'S ANTIOCH, CALABASAS, PASADENA, WEST HOLLYWOOD, YORBA LINDA, THESE ARE ALL CITIES THAT HAVE DRONE ORDINANCES, MOSTLY TO DO WITH, WITH LINE OF SIGHT OPERATION WHERE, WHERE YOU CAN'T FLY YOUR DRONE BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE. 
          SO THERE ARE CITIES THAT DO IT AND ARE DOING IT, AND SEVERAL MORE ON, ON THE BOOKS. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, DRONE ORDINANCE WOULD BE GOOD, BUT ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO AGRICULTURE AND AGAIN, TO HELP, HELP PUSH THAT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY AND OTHER CITIES. 
          AND SO, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO, THERE'S ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL SAY THIS AS, AS WE DEVELOP THAT MASTER PLAN, BUT, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE RESOURCE DURING THE FIRES AS AN EVACUATION CENTER. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS THERE, UM, BOTH FOR PEOPLE AND AGRICULTURE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING. 
          BUT, UM, 
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YOU KNOW, I, AND I'LL JUMPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL GO BACK TO THE, THE AGRICULTURE THING. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY WORTH TI STAFF'S TIME AS WELL, BECAUSE IF ONE BY ONE THE FARMS GET PICKED OFF OR, OR WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THEM, THAT THEY GO AWAY, ALL OF THE FEED MILLS, ALL OF THE FEED STORES, THOSE WILL DISAPPEAR. 
          SOME OF THE SUPPORTING BUSINESSES THAT HELP THE FARMS WILL DISAPPEAR AS WELL. 
          THEN STAFF WILL HAVE A LOT OF STUFF ON THEIR HANDS. 
          THEY'LL BE WORKING LIKE CRAZY TO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S GONNA, THAT'LL, THAT'LL DEVASTATE OUR ECONOMY ALONE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ONE MORE REASON WHY I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD AS PETALUMA AND AGRICULTURE TOWN IN PROTECTING AGRICULTURE COUNCIL RIVER SHRIMPS. 
          UM, YEAH, JUST SO IN, UH, UH, TRYING TO GET THE CLOSE UP A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK OUR STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF HOLISTIC APPROACH AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, PLUS ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          SO, UM, I I, I'D BE WILLING TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY TO KIND OF RECREATE THIS LIST IN WHATEVER WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH AND BRING IT ON BACK. 
          UM, AS EXAMPLES, UM, LIKE FOLKS MENTIONED, UH, SO FAR, THE, THE LAFFERTY, WHICH I, I DO SUPPORT. 
          HOWEVER, I ALSO HAVE TO MENTION THAT THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE ALSO OTHER PEOPLE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR 20 AND 30 YEARS. 
          LIKE, LIKE THE, UH, LA CRESTA, ENGLISH HILL PEOPLE WORKING ON THAT FOR 30 YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING AT, UH, SCHULLENBERGER PARK FOR 25 YEARS TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. 
          SO, UM, AND SO NOW, YEAH, WE HAVE A HISTORY, WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, UH, WE HAVE PARTICULAR THINGS HERE THAT WE ALL KIND OF WANT, BUT WHAT COMES DOWN TO IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS HOLISTICALLY, WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THIS CURRENT SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHAT MAY HAPPEN THERE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RUN WITH WHATEVER WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, LIKE THE M GROUP. 
          I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A DISCUSSION. 
          I THINK THE CONTRACT IS UP THIS YEAR, IT'S GONNA GET DISCUSSED, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT. 
          THE M GROUP PROVIDES SOME GOOD THINGS AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T QUITE WORK AS WELL AS WE HAD HOPED, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT IS GONNA WORK AND HOW TO REARRANGE ALL THAT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT, THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          UM, THE, UH, MILLS ACT, I KNOW FOLKS ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT ALREADY. 
          IT'S ALREADY ON PEOPLE'S MINDS, SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          WE HAVE, UM, AND THEN, UH, FOR THE AG, YEAH, SO I'M ON AG AND OPEN SPACE, SO YEAH, SO THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN THERE AND WE COULD DO MORE AND WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS. 
          SO I THINK STAFF HAS GOT IT, THEY'VE GOT THIS PICTURE, THEY'VE GOT IT FROM US, AND I THINK IT'S ALL GONNA WORK TOGETHER AND AS A WHOLE PACKAGE. 
          AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UH, PUTTING IT INTO WORDS SOMEHOW AND GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE, HOW DO WE WANNA DISPLAY ALL OF THIS, CONDENSE IT DOWN, AND THAT'S GOOD JOB FOR STAFF TO DO. 
          SO IF STAFF CAN GET THAT DOODLE LIST DOWN TO A PACKAGE, THAT, THAT'S VERY REASONABLE. 
          UM, I THINK I, I JUST LET THE STAFF MOVE AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CAN I JUST ASK, STAFF HAS AN INTENDED RETURN PLAN, CORRECT? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT IS, BUT IT'LL BE BEFORE THE BUDGET FOR SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I DID, I DID WANNA, UH, MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY AND OUR AG SPEAKERS, UM, UH, MAKE AN INTERESTING POINT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT AG IS, UH, IN THE CITY INTO THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS. 
          UM, IT MAY NOT BE THAT THIS THING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW IS THE FULLY COOKED STEW, AND WE NEED TO COOK ON BEST PATH FORWARD. 
          UH, I, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF COAL, I HIT COAL WITH IT TODAY. 
          UH, BUT I HAVE IDEAS THAT WHERE I THINK IN THE EXPANDED COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO BE DUE. 
          I MEAN, ALL THE THINGS MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR AG PRODUCTS BEING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND IN, IN MEASURE J WE ARE WHAT, UH, WHAT AGRICULTURE OF THE FUTURE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, WHAT CLIMATE AGRICULTURE LOOKS LIKE. 
          THAT'S WHAT SONOMA COUNTY IS. 
          SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A NEED TO CHASE THIS ITEM. 
          I'M NOT SURE THE CITY CAN PROVIDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF IT, BUT WE NEED TO COLLABORATE TO COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN. 
          SO, AND, UH, WITH THAT, ANYONE GOING ONCE AND STAFF'S GOOD FOR NOW? OKAY. 
          WELL, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, THIS APPRECIATE EVERYBODY STAND TO THE END AND, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK.
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