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AND GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF[CALL TO ORDER]
THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL AND THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2025.AND, UM, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, BARNICLE PRESENT, CATER THOMPSON, HERE TO CARLY.
[CLOSED SESSION]
LEADS US TO OUR, UM, CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR THE EVENING.AND TONIGHT THE COUNCIL WILL BE LEAVING THE CHAMBERS TO DISCUSS ENC CLOSED SESSION, UM, OUR CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND I'LL, UH, READ WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE AGENDA OUT THERE.
UM, REGARDING EXISTING LITIG LITIGATION, PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION D OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.4.
KATHLEEN HAAS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR INTEREST TO BEVIN CLEVEN, BEVERLY CLEVEN, UH, CYNTHIA, UH, KAZANAS INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A SUCCESSOR IN THE INTEREST OF BEVERLY CLEVEN AND, UH, JEFFREY K CLEVEN INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A SUCCESSOR AND INTEREST OF BEVERLY CLEVEN, EILEEN STEADMAN AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND A SUCCESSOR AND INTEREST OF BEVERLY CLEVEN AND THE, UH, VERSUS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UH, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND A-D-O-E-S 1.1 DASH SEVEN FIVE SONOMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, CASE NUMBER TWO FOUR CV 54 86.
AND ALSO ON TONIGHT'S CLOSED SESSION, WE HAVE, UM, UM, EXISTING LITIGATION, PARAGRAPH ONE, SUBDIVISION D OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9.
WALTER, SEAN BERNARD VERSUS CITY OF PETALUMA, A PUBLIC MUNICIPALITY, MATTHEW PIERCE INDIVIDUALLY AND HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DOES ONE THROUGH 20 IN THE SONOMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
UM, CASE NUMBER SCV 2 7 3 0 9 2.
AND, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE ON THAT, UH, OR MR. CITY ATTORNEY? NO.
THANK YOU FOR READING THAT, MR. MAYOR.
OKAY, SO, UM, BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED, UH, SESSION, THE, UH, WE DO OPEN A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM.
AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK IF WE RECEIVED ANY OF THESE AND IF SHE'D, UH, CONTINUE WITH OUR MESSAGING.
WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM BEFORE THE MEETING.
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.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION, BUT THIS PART IS NOT BEING TRANSLATED AND NOT SEEING ANYBODY.
MOVING QUICKLY WITH CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK, I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CLOSED SESSION SECTION.
AND NOW, UH, WE WILL BE ADJOURNING, UH, AND THE REGULAR SESSION AT TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BEGIN AT SIX 30 OR AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CLOSED SESSION, WHICHEVER COMES LATER.
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION.
[CALL TO ORDER]
LET'S BRING OUR MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE EVENING.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND IF WE COULD QUIET A LITTLE BIT.
APPRECIATE THE QUIET AND, AND, UM, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL AND PETALUMA COMMUNITY SUCCESSOR DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2025.
IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD, THEY'RE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, BRING IT TO OUR CLERK WHO'S IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, AND, UM, I WILL NOW INVITE MONICA RICCIO AND MARIA GALVEZ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH.
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THANK YOU.UH, MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING, PLEASE? BARNACLE PRESENT.
UH, LET'S ALL RISE AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
END A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
ONE NOTE, ADDED NOTE HERE, UH, TONIGHT WE'LL BE CLOSING TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF ROSS PARKINSON, FORMERLY, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER AMONG US AND, UH, ARTIST IN TOWN.
AND HE'S BEST DESCRIBED BY HARLAN OSBORNE IN A, AS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE AND RESPECTED VOLUNTEERS IN PETALUMA, A LEADER.
HE'S, HE WAS A LEADER WITH HERITAGE HOMES, WITH THE PETALUMA MUSEUM AND SEVERAL CITY COMMITTEES, AND HE WAS THE 1997 BUTTER EGG GOOD EGG RECIPIENT.
WE'LL BE CLOSING THE MEETING IN HIS HONOR, MOVING NOW TO THE,
[AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)]
UH, AGENDA AND ANY CHANGES IN DELETIONS IN, IN, UH, WHAT'S POSTED, UM, LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE TO SEE IF ANY ANYONE HAS ANY CHANGES.BUT, UM, WE HA WE, WE ARE NOTING HERE THAT, UH, STAFF HAS REQUESTED THAT WE PULL ITEM 12, UM, OFF OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND MTC GRANT AWARD AND, UH, THAT WILL COME BACK TO US IN A FUTURE AGENDA.
[REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION]
I'D LIKE TO, UH, INVITE OUR ATTORNEY, ERIC DANLEY, TO ANNOUNCE ANY REPORTABLE ACTIONS THAT AROSE DURING OUR CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.I DO HAVE AN ACTION TO REPORT TONIGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.1 OF THE BROWN ACT.
AND THAT IS CONCERNING THE, UH, DIS DISPOSITION OF THE CASE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED EARLIER TONIGHT.
UM, AND THAT WE MET TO DISCUSS ENC CLOSED SESSION.
NAMELY, THAT WAS THE HAWS KAZA CLEVEN STEADMAN, UM, AND CLEVEN CASE VERSUS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, AND THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT TONIGHT THE COUNCIL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED THE CITY ENTERING INTO A SETTLEMENT WITH THOSE PLAINTIFFS TO FULLY RESOLVE, UM, THAT CASE, UM, FOR, FOR A PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF, UM, $650,000, UM, THAT WILL RESULT IN A GENERAL RELEASE FOR THE CITY.
ALTHOUGH I WILL NOTE, UM, THAT THE, UM, THERE, THERE IS STILL ONGOING LITIGATION RELATED TO THAT TRAGIC, TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN, IN A FATALITY, UM, ACCIDENT ON LAKEVILLE.
UM, AND THAT CASE IS ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT BY THE, UM, THE DRIVER IN THAT COLLISION.
UM, MR. BUMBLE, WHO IS, UM, IS BEING PROSECUTED FOR VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THAT CASE.
SO THAT ITEM IS NOT RESOLVED, BUT THE, UM, THE CASE BROUGHT BY THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THAT ACCIDENT WOULD, WOULD BE RESOLVED BY THIS ACTION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT OUT, MR. MAYOR.
AND I'M, UH, MR. CITY HEARING, I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM.
WE MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR NEXT ITEM.
SO, UH, WE HAVE PRO THE TIME, SORRY, JUST THE TIME TO COMMENT ON THE CLOSED SESSION WOULD'VE BEEN BEFORE WE WENT IN.
[PROCLAMATIONS]
WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS, KIND OF A GOOD NIGHT FOR, FOR US HERE.AND, UM, THE FIRST, UH, PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS REGARDING PRIDE MONTH.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE BRANDON ALLEN
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AND, UM, WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PUM OF PRIDE AND ROBIN RILEY, SECRETARY OF PUM OF PRIDE TO THE PODIUM WHILE I READ OUT, UH, THE PROCLAMATION.WHEREAS THE MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF PETALUMA, DO HEREBY UNITE IN SOLIDARITY AND HAVE COMMON PURPOSE TO RECOGNIZE, HONOR, AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY, SHARED HUMANITY, CIVIL RIGHTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL ITS RESIDENTS.
AND WHEREAS EACH OF US WERE BORN IN THE WORLD THE WAY WE ARE AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR OF PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, VIOLENCE, OR HATRED BASED ON RACE, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
AND WHEREAS THE PETAL COMMUNITY INCLUDES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND RACE WHO ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, AND EACH OF US SHOULD HAVE THE SAME UNALIENABLE, EQUAL RIGHTS, BENEFITS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE SHARED AND ENJOYED BY EACH OF US.
AND WHEREAS EMBRACING AND CELEBRATING OUR INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES AND COMMONALITIES AS HUMANS HELPS TO FURTHER BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER AND DRIVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD HAS SHOWN THAT CONTINUED HUMAN PROGRESS AND THE SUCCESS OF SOCIETY AND IN CIVILIZATIONS HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF INCLUSIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE.
AND WHEREAS EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES HELPS TO FULFILL THE PRINCIPLES AND CREED WRITTEN INTO THE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF OUR GREAT NATION IN THAT OUR INDIVIDUAL DESTINIES AND THAT OF OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE ASPIRATION OF OUR FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, BUT THE SUPPORT AND SUCCESS OF ALL OUR CITIZENS IN REALIZING THE FULFILLMENT OF ITS PROMISE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH AND BRING TO 10 TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE MAY JOIN TOGETHER IN HONORING OUR DIVERSITY IN COMMUNITY.
AND THE CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT OF PETALUMA PRIDE, THAT THAT'S BETTER, THAT'S BETTER
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
UH, I'M HONORED TO STAND HERE TODAY ON THE LAND OF MY COAST, MEWA COUSINS TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION OF PRIDE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.
WE CAN OFTEN ACT LIKE SIBLINGS, WE BICKER, ARGUE DIFFERENT OPERATION STYLES, AND SOMETIMES EVEN BELIEVE OUR WAY IS THE BEST WAY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING, THE FREEDOM FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE L-G-B-T-Q-I-A AND GENDER EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY TO LIVE AND THRIVE AS THEIR TRUE AUTHENTIC SELVES WITHOUT FEAR OF VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT, OR OPPRESSION.
BEING HERE TODAY IS A SIGN THAT WE'VE MADE PROGRESS, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
EVEN NOW, THE RIGHTS OF OUR TRANS SIBLINGS, THE MOST MARGINALIZED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE UNDER ATTACK.
AND LET US BE CLEAR, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE ACTIONS OF OUR BLACK AND BROWN TRANS SIBLINGS, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
WE OWE THEM NOT ONLY OUR RECOGNITION, BUT OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND PROTECTION AS TWO-SPIRIT.
I CARRY WITH ME SOME OF THE WISDOM OF MY ANCESTORS AND THE RESILIENCE OF MY COMMUNITY, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT L-G-B-T-Q-I PEOPLE ARE NOT NEW.
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE LIVING BOLDLY AND BEAUTIFULLY IN ALL OF OUR TRUTH.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, FOR THIS RECOGNITION, AND FOR THE ONGOING WORK OF BUILDING A PETALUMA WHERE ALL OF US CAN THRIVE.
THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT, AND JOY IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE.
OUR, UH, NEXT PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS FOR COAST GUARD CITY.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR INVITE CAPTAIN MATTHEW CHONG, COMMANDING OFFICER, THE COAST COAST GUARD, UH, TRAINING CENTER HERE IN PETALUMA, UH, TO THE PODIUM WHILE I READ.
WHEREAS, UM, HONORING THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND CELEBRATING PETALUMA'S DESIGNATION
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AS A COAST GUARD CITY, JUNE 2ND, 2025.WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND ITS RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED A LONGSTANDING AND DEEPLY ROOTED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COAST, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SINCE 1971, WHEN THE COAST GUARD ESTABLISHED THE LARGEST TRAINING CENTER ON THE WEST COAST TRAINING CENTER, PETALUMA JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND WHEREAS REON PETALUMA HAS SERVED AS A CORNERSTONE OF THE COAST GUARD'S NATIONAL TRAINING MISSION, PREPARING OVER 4,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY ACROSS MORE THAN 50 SPECIALIZED COURSES, WHILE ALSO INTEGRATING ITSELF INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF PETALUMA'S CIVIC AND CULTURAL LIFE.
WHEREAS THE CITIZENS AND INSTITUTIONS OF PETALUMA HAVE WELCOMED COAST GUARD PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH OPEN ARMS THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM, PUBLIC SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE CELEBRATORY TRADITIONS THAT INCLUDE THE VETERAN'S DAY PARADE, AMERICAN GRAFFITI CAR SHOW, AND THE BUTTER AND EGG DAYS PARADE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR COAST GUARD THROUGH INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK PANTRY PROGRAMS, THANKSGIVING DONATIONS FROM THE, UH, AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS, FREE CITY TRANSIT SERVICES FOR COAST GUARD FAMILIES AND ACTIVE COLLABORATION IN PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
AND WHEREAS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE TWO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY GROUPS SUCH AS THE US NAVAL SEA ACADEMY CORPS AND LOCALLY RO LOCAL ROTARY CLUBS ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELLBEING OF TRACE AND PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES BUILDING BONDS THAT EXEMPLIFY PETALUMA'S COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION AND SUPPORT.
AND WHEREAS TRACE AND WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY'S AGRICULTURE AND BUSINESS SECTORS TO SUPPORT CULINARY TRAINING IN COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, INCLUDING FOOD DONATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS COPS.
AND WHEREAS IN RECOGNITION OF THESE ENDURING AND EXEMPLARY COMMUNI COMMUNITY MILITARY TIES AND PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 1 0 5 3 83, THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED PETALUMA AS A COAST GUARD CITY ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025.
AND WHEREAS THE DESIGNATION, THIS, THIS DESIGNATION ACKNOWLEDGES PETALUMA'S PROFOUND AND SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO THE COAST GUARD'S MISSION PERSONNEL, AND FAMILIES, AND STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE CITY'S PATRIOTISM, HOSPITALITY, AND CIVIC PRIDE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY HONOR AND CELEBRATE ITS OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL DESIGNATION AS A COAST GUARD CITY, AND EXPRESS ITS DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD FOR ITS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, AND REAFFIRMS ITS ENDURING PLEDGE TO SUPPORT, COLLABORATE WITH AND CELEBRATE THE COAST GUARD COMMUNITY AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PETALUMA PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
ON JULY 1ST, 1971, THE COAST GUARD TOOK OVER WHAT THE ARMY THEN CALLED TWO ROCK RANCH STATION AND INSTEAD CHOSE TO CALL IT COAST GUARD TRAINING CENTER PETALUMA.
FOR NEARLY 54 YEARS, THE COAST GUARD HAS TRAINED COAST GUARD MEN AND WOMEN THROUGH THAT FACILITY.
AND FOR NEARLY 54 YEARS, THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS BEEN A STEADFAST PARTNER AND SUPPORTER OF OUR COAST GUARD MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
TODAY, 4,000 STUDENTS TRAINED THROUGH EIGHT APPRENTICE COURSES AND MORE THAN 30 ADVANCED TECHNICAL AND LEADERSHIP COURSES IN THAT FACILITY.
TODAY, I'M ALSO HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THAT ENDURING PARTNERSHIP ON BEHALF OF THE COAST GUARD.
THE FIRST THAT I KNOW OF THAT PETALUMA ATTEMPTED TO BE A COAST GUARD SAID IT WAS BACK IN 2011, ONE OF MY PREDECESSORS, CAPTAIN AARON BROGAN, AND HIS SUCCESSOR THEN CAPTAIN NOW REAR ADMIRAL CHUCK FOSSE, ATTEMPTED TO GET COAST GUARD, GET PETALUMA APPROVED AS A COAST GUARD CITY.
I HAPPEN TO BE STATIONED AT TRAINING CENTER PETALUMA DURING THAT PERIOD.
UM, I ALSO CONSIDER TWO THOSE TWO OFFICERS AS TWO OF MY MENTORS IN THE COAST GUARD.
SO IT IS A GREAT THING FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR INITIAL EFFORTS SUCCEED AND FOR PETALUMA TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE COAST GUARD CITY.
WHEN I TOOK OVER TRAINING CENTER PETALUMA AND JUNE OF 20 22, 1 OF MY OBJECTIVES WAS TO RECONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WE CAME OUT OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
THIS IS A WAY THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT AND IN THE FUTURE, THE COAST GUARD LOOKS NOT JUST TO MAINTAIN, BUT TO EXPAND OUR PRESENCE IN PETALUMA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED YEARS AND DECADES OF PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORT FROM PETALUMA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
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IN PROGRESS.NOW, UH, WE HAVE OUR THIRD PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING, UM, REGARDING NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE GENE REED FROM THE PETALUMA BRANCH, THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN TO COME TO THE PODIUM WHILE WE READ THE PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DATE JUNE 6TH, 2025.
WHEREAS EVERY DAY MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH WAS CREATED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS TRAGIC REALITY AND DEMAND LIFE SAVING CHANGES.
WHEREAS EVERY DAY IN AMERICA, 125 PEOPLE ARE KILLED WITH GUNS.
THE GUN HOMICIDE RATE IN THE UNITED STATES IS 26 TIMES HIGHER THAN IN MOST OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, BUT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT COMMON SENSE PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS CAN REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND SAVE LIVES.
AND WHEREAS A NATIONAL COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS HAS DESIGNATED THIS FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE AS THE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY, BEGINNING IN 2015 TO HONOR, UH, HADLEY PENDLETON, THE TEENAGER WHO MARCHED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION PARADE OF 2013 AND WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED JUST WEEKS LATER, AS WELL AS THE MORE THAN 100 AMERICANS WHOSE LIVES ARE CUT SHORT EVERY DAY AND THE COUNTLESS SURVIVORS WHO WERE INJURED BY SHOOTINGS EVERY DAY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS LED THE WAY IN SONOMA COUNTY BY ADOPTING IN 2022, THE ORDINANCE, UH, 2 8 3 1, WHICH, UM, IS ENTITLED POSSESSION OR DISCHARGE TO ADD REGULATION REGARDING SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS IN RESIDENCES AND RETITLING.
THE CHAPTER AND THAT ACTION HAS LED TO SIMILAR ORDINANCES BEING ADOPTED IN OTHER CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT SONOMA COUNTY.
AND I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2025 AS THE 11TH ANNUAL NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
AND TO RENEW OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE, PROMOTE SAFE GUN STORAGE, AND KEEP FIREARMS OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS, AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIPS TO HELP KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE.
I'M JEAN REED, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE PETALUMA BRANCH OF A UWA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT ADVANCES EQUITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.
FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT A A UW WORKS TO OPEN FOR WOMEN TO SUCCEED, TO GAIN ECONOMIC SECURITY AND PERSONAL AUTONOMY.
GUN VIOLENCE IS A CRISIS IN AMERICA.
FIREARMS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS MORE THAN CAR ACCIDENTS, MORE THAN CANCER.
WHEN A GUN IS ACCESSIBLE, THE CHANCE OF DEATH DUE TO SUICIDE OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THREE TO FIVE TIMES HIGHER.
GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IS A REMINDER THAT WE CAN MAKE EMIC COMMUNITIES SAFER.
WE CAN BE CAREFUL WITH GUNS, EXERCISING, SAFE STORAGE, SAFE HANDLING AND TRAINING.
WE CAN REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS TO MAKE SAFER GUNS.
THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS, WE NEED TO COMPEL MANUFACTURERS TO USE IT.
WE CAN IMPLEMENT COMMON SENSE LIMITS TO GUN ACCESS CONSIDERING AGE, CRIMINAL HISTORY, AND MENTAL HEALTH.
PERSONALLY, I'M TROUBLED THAT WE ARE RAISING OUR CHILDREN IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR.
LAST MONTH I HAPPENED TO BE ON CAMPUS WHEN THERE WAS A DRILL.
I SAT WITH THIRD GRADERS IN A DARKENED CLASSROOM PRETENDING THAT AN UNKNOWN PERSON WITH MURDEROUS ATTEMPT WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE.
THE KIDS KNEW THE ROUTINE AND THE TEACHER WAS MATTER OF FACT.
BUT I'M SURE THE UNEASE I FELT WAS SHARED BY MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN.
NO WONDER SOME KIDS ARE AFRAID TO BE AT SCHOOL BEYOND BEING HORRIFIED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
WE MUST ADVOCATE FOR LAWS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.
THE CITY OF PETALUMA, AND WE CAN START LOCALLY RIGHT HERE.
THE CITY OF PETALUMA LED THE COUNTY BY PASSING THE GUN SAFETY, THE GUNS, THE SAFE SECURE GUN STORAGE ORDINANCE, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MOM DEMA, MOM'S DEMAND ACTION LOBBY FOR COMMON SENSE GUN LAWS.
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FAITH COMMUNITIES RING, RING THEIR BELLS ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH TO REMIND NEIGHBORS OF THE GUN VIOLENCE CRISIS.INDIVIDUALS CAN TALK TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS.
WE ARE PROUD TO BE RESIDENTS OF A CITY THAT REQUIRES SAFE STORAGE OF WEAPONS AND THAT HAS A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S WILLING TO ENFORCE THAT ORDINANCE.
YOU CAN PROMOTE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS BY WEARING ORANGE.
LET THAT BE A CONVERSATION STARTED TO EXPAND YOUR ADVOCACY FOR COMMON SENSE AROUND GUNS.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
IS OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.AND, UM, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENT ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED AND EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SPEAK, WE'LL OPEN AGAIN AT THE END OF COUNCIL SESSION, A NEW, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I'D LIKE TO NOW ASK THE CITY CLERK IF WE RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN, UH, EMAIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THEN TO CONTINUE INTO MESSAGING FOR THE EVENING.
WE HAVE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS MEETING.
WE'VE RECEIVED NINE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE AGENDA ONLINE AT THIS TIME.
I'LL START AT 32ND CLOCK FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION.
OKAY, ONE MINUTE WHILE I DO THE ARITHMETIC HERE WE HAVE, UH, 12, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND, UM, THAT WOULD PUT US AT, UH, 90 SECONDS EACH.
UM, AND I'M GONNA TAKE THE LATITUDE WITH THAT OF, OF, UM, UH, ROUNDING TO AN EVEN TWO MINUTES.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO SET THE CLOCK AT TWO MINUTES.
AND AS WE PREP THAT, UM, LET'S SEE HERE.
OUR, UM, F UM, FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE Z NIN, AND OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE JOHN NIA.
AND, UM, I'M, PERHAPS I HAVE THE NAME WRONG, BUT IT'S, UH, ZHI.
DO WE HAVE A, UM, PERSON NAMED NIN IN THE CROWD? HELLO.
YOU, UM, MAY PRESENT, UH, UP TO THE, UH, PODIUM AND EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU FIRST, I'M, FIRST YOU GOTTA SET THE BAR.
I'LL DO MY VERY BEST COUNCIL, THE CITIZEN RATE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.
I'M EXCITED BY PROGRESS THAT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY IS MAKING AND EFFORTS TO, UH, ACHIEVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
AND I, I AM CONCERNED, UH, THAT WITH THE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UH, POLICE RESOURCES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, WE ARE
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IN DANGER OF CONSOLIDATING PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SILOED SEPARATELY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASES AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, COMPONENT.SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WHICH MAKES SO MUCH SENSE IN SO MANY WAYS TO EMPOWER OUR, UH, HARDWORKING, UH, SERVANTS TO, TO SERVE THE CITIZENRY I'D, I'D LIKE TO BE SURE THAT THERE ARE ADEQUATE, UH, INFORMATION PROTECTIONS, UH, TO ASSURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THEIR, UH, PRIVATE FOIBLES, UH, WEAPONIZED AGAINST THEM.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN HANIA, TO BE FOLLOWED BY KATHERINE BOBOWSKI.
LEMME START BY, UH, MR. SCHWIPPS.
MR. DI CARLY, PLEASE DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME.
I DIDN'T MANAGE TO WALK YOUR DISTRICT.
I WALKED EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT GATHERING SIGNATURES AND I DID A DOWN GOOD JOB.
AND THAT WAS JUST A WARMUP FOR ME WHEN I START THE RECALL.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, UM, YOU GUYS, SOME OF THE DECISION YOU'VE BEEN MAKING ARE NOT VERY GOOD DECISION, AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU AND INCLUDING THE AUDIENCE FOR SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.
UH, IT'S WITHIN THE GUIDELINE.
WHEN GOD CREATED MANKIND GIVES HIM TWO END ONE TO THINK WITH AND SPEAK WITH, ONE TO SIT WITH AND DO NUMBER TWO WITH.
BUT SOMETIME SOME PEOPLE GET 'EM CONFUSED AND THEY START TALKING OUT OF THE WRONG END.
AND I ASK YOU, HOW MANY OF YOU UP THERE TALKING OUT OF THE WRONG END? SOMETIME YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM GOOD KICK IN THE SEAT OF THEIR PANTS TO GET IT STRAIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA BE KICKING NOBODY, BUT THE REFERENDUM IS GONNA KICK MOST OF YOU.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I BELIEVE I'M NUMBER ONE GATHERING THE SIGNATURES, AND I GOT WELL OVER 500 I BELIEVE, JUST BY MYSELF.
AND NOW THE THING I'LL LIKE TO TELL YOU, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THE, WE ELECTED CITY OFFICIAL AND THEY MAKE THE DECISION I COULD, I'M GONNA, I QUOTE WHAT, UH, WARREN BUFFET ONCE SAID DURING INTERVIEW IN SAN FRANCISCO, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU OWN A COMPANY OR YOU BUY A COMPANY, YOU HIRE SOMEBODY TO RUN IT.
YOU FIND OUT THEY'RE STUPID, SO YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THEM.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO START MAKING BETTER DECISIONS, OTHERWISE IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST JANKI THOMPSON'S RECALL ON THE BALLOT.
CATHERINE BOBOWSKI TO BE FOLLOWED BY JODY JOHNSON.
I LIVE AT LEITZ VILLA MOBILE HOME PARK AT 1821 LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY 3 31.
EVIDENCE AGAINST HARMONY AND OUR PARTNER WATERHOUSE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION.
THEY'VE BEEN, UH, ILLEGALLY HARASSING THE RESIDENTS, TERRORIZING THE RESIDENTS ILLEGALLY, TAKING POSSESSIONS AND STEALING RESIDENTS MOBILE HOMES WHEN THEY DON'T, UH, WHEN THE HARMONY AND WATERHOUSE DON'T OWN IT AND DON'T HAVE TITLE TO.
PLUS, THEY'VE BEEN STEALING AND ILLEGALLY TOWING RESIDENTS VEHICLES OUT THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY.
THEY'RE DOING THIS EVERYWHERE, UH, AT ALL THE MOAN PARKS THEY OWN.
I GOT THE EVIDENCE RIGHT HERE.
AND THEY'VE BEEN, AND ALSO TOO, THERE'S VEHICLE DEPART ILLEGAL AGAINST MY PLACE AND MAKING A MESS AT MY PLACE IS NOT A ILLEGAL PARKING AREA.
AND THIS MANAGER, UH, PEOPLE HAVE SEEN HER FLYING, HER HUSBAND FLYING A DRONE AROUND THE MOBILE HOME PARK, SPYING ON THE RESIDENCE.
AND THEY, THEY, SHE'S BEEN TRESPASSING, STALKING PEOPLE'S MOBILE HOMES.
SHE'S BEEN HAVING HER FAMILY AND HER, UH, WELL, SOME OF 'EM OF HER FRIENDS PARK ILLEGAL ON THE FAR LANES BLOCKING THE FAR LANES.
THAT'S ALSO AGAINST THE LAW AND ILLEGALLY PARKED IN ON PEARL LANE BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE.
THIS HARMONY AND WHAT HOUSE HAS BEEN GETTING AWAY WITH IS WAY TOO LONG, BREAKING THE LAWS, AND IT HAS TO STOP.
THE RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE AND QUIET ENJOYMENT WHILE BEING TERRORIZED, HARASSED, BEING STALKED, HAVING THEIR PLACE VANDALIZED AND SO ON.
PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA ON YOUR NEXT MEETING ON REGARDING THE LITTLEWOODS.
THANK YOU JODY JOHNSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY KELLY WALKER.
WE ARE AWARE THAT SOME FEEL WE TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT THE LIVES OF OUR MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO
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TAKE ON WEEKLY ATTACKS AND HARDSHIPS CAUSED BY OUR BAD ACTOR.LARGE INVESTMENT GROUPS, LITTLE WOODS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE UPFRONT DEPOSIT WAS PAID FOR ENABLING THE PARK OWNERS TO PROCEED WITH A RELOCATION REPORT AND A CLOSURE PROCESS.
ALL CAN IMAGINE HOW THIS ROCKED THESE MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS WORLDS.
WHILE WE ARE AWARE THIS IS ONLY PART OF A PROCESS OVERSEEN BY THE STATE LAW AB 27 82, IT'S STILL FRIGHTENING TO THE SINGLE MOM, TO THE MOM, TO THE DAD, TO THE CHILDREN, UM, WHO MUST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WHILE LITTLEWOODS RESIDENTS REEL FROM MULTIPLE ARBITRATIONS, MULTIPLE APPEAL HEARINGS, THE LOSS OF VIRTUALLY ALL PARKING THEY HAVE HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS.
THE UNKNOWN AND THE LOSS OF CONTROL IS HARD TO HANDLE.
AS ANYONE CAN IMAGINE, THESE RESIDENTS DESERVE TO LET THEIR VOICE BE HEARD FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE ON A MONDAY NIGHT.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO MANAGE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AGAINST THE THREATS AND THE HARDSHIP.
YOUNGSTOWN, SENIOR CITIZENS ARE REELING FROM TWO MORE SALES TO ALL AGE.
THIS JUST HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
1 22 PAMELA COURT AND NOW 51 MICHAEL DRIVE.
RESIDENTS HAVE SIGNED AN ADDITIONAL PETITION SENT TO OWNERS HCD AND ALL AGENCIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE WITH ANY OVERSIGHT.
WE HAVE OFFERED THIS PETITION ON PUBLIC RECORD TO THE CITY FOR REFERENCE THE SELLER OF 51.
MICHAEL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE YOUNGSTOWN MANAGER STATED YOUNGSTOWN IS AN ALL AGE PARK AND WILL BE ON THE RESIDENCE, REFUSED TO ACCEPT THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THE SENIOR PARK OVERLAY IN HAND.
AND IT SPELLS OUT CLEARLY THAT WE ARE A SENIOR PARK.
WE TRULY WONDER HOW LONG THIS WILL CONTINUE WITH POTENTIAL BUYERS BEING MISLED BY NOT JUST THE PARK MANAGEMENT AND PARK OWNERS, BY BY, BUT BY A SELECT FEW REALTORS WHO DISREGARD THE VERY ORDINANCES THAT EXIST.
THANK YOU KELLY WALKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS.
SINCE THE SENIOR PARK SIGN IS LONG GONE, WE RESIDENTS WITH A GENEROUS DONATION BY A RESIDENT AND THEIR EMPLOYER HAVE ADDED SIGNS TO ALL OUR WINDOWS FOR ALL POTENTIAL BUYERS TO SEE, SEE THEM HERE TOO.
THE SIGN READ YOUNGSTOWN IS A SENIOR PARK CAPRI HAS PUT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD A PETITION SIGNED ADDRESSING THE INVASION OF THEIR PRIVACY BY HANDYMAN AND EMPLOYEES OF THEIR BAD ACTOR.
PARK OWNER MRL LAW ADDRESSES THAT THERE IS NO SUCH RIGHT UNLESS EMINENT HEALTH AND SAFETY OR ANNUAL INSPECTION, NONE OF THE PRIVACY INTRUSIONS FALL UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
IN THE PETITION, CAPRI RESIDENTS WERE AWAITING RESTORATION OF 60% OF THE OVERALL PARKING LOSS AS ADDRESSED IN THE SECOND LETTER FROM THE FIRE INSPECTOR AND STATE JURISDICTION.
NO REMEDY OR RESTORATION OF PARKING HAS OCCURRED.
WE MAINTAIN OUR RIGHTS TO RESTORE PEACEFUL LIVING, EXCUSE ME, FREE OF INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION.
AND RESPECTFULLY, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING US FEW MINUTES TO UPDATE YOU AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE SUPPORTED US FOR SOME TIME.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU TIM PORTUS TO BE FOLLOWED BY SANDRA HAN
UH, YOU ALL KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH.
I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT MY COUNSEL.
I LIKE YOU THE WAY YOU ARE, AND IF YOU NEED ANY HELP TO STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG-TERM RECORD FOR YOURSELF AND YOU'RE MAKING IT GOOD FOR US AS GOOD IT CAN BE.
THESE FELLOWS, THEY'RE FROM A DARK PART OF THE WORLD THAT'S LIKE A CANCER AND HAS TO BE DEEPLY REMOVED, WHICH TAKES SO MUCH RESOURCES.
IT TAKES OUR ENERGIES, IT TAKES OUR LIVES, IT TAKES ANYTHING WE HAVE FOR MYSELF.
I DON'T LIKE THAT MY CASTLE HAS BEEN ATTACKED.
I DON'T LIKE THAT MY NEIGHBOR'S CASTLE ARE BEING ATTACKED.
THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE ME IS TO SAVE THEM.
DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING IT REALLY WELL.
YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF GOOD FOLKS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR LEGAL PROFESSIONALISM, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR MANAGEMENT VERY MUCH.
AND YOU GUYS, UH, YOU ALL DESERVE BIG SILVER STARS.
THANK YOU SANDRA SHAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY JASON KLIER.
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YOU FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION FOR ISRAEL GAZA TO STOP KILLING AND ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW.MARCH 18TH, ISRAEL VIOLATED A CEASEFIRE.
LAST MONTH, A US TRAUMA SURGEON RETURNED FROM FIVE WEEKS IN GAZA TESTIFIED AT THE UN HE WAS FORCED TO OPERATE ON CROWDED AND FILTHY HOSPITAL FLOORS WITHOUT ANESTHETIC, BLOOD TRANSFUSION, ANTIBIOTICS, OR STERILE INSTRUMENTS.
IN FIVE WEEKS, HE SAW NOT EVEN ONE INJURED COMBATANT.
HIS PATIENTS WERE MOSTLY PRE-TEEN CHILDREN.
TYPICAL WHERE THE SIX YEAR OLDS WITH SHRAPNEL AND BULLETS TO THE BRAIN.
PREGNANT WOMEN WITH STOMACHS CUT OPEN AND FETUSES CUT IN HALF.
HIS PATIENTS DIED OF THEIR WOUNDS, ACUTE MALNUTRITION, INFECTION, DESPAIR, AND DISEASE.
HE SAID THAT HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE CLEARLY BEING TARGETED BY THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FUND.
THIS IS A MANMADE DISASTER POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE WE, US CITIZENS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MASSIVE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL AND IGNORE HUMAN RIGHTS WITH NO ILL WILL TO ANYONE.
WE CONTINUE TO ASK YOU TO AFFIRM PETALUMA FOR PEACE AND LIFE AGAINST THE HATE THAT ENABLES GENOCIDE.
I I DON'T SEE THE DOWNSIDE TO CALLING TO A CEASE FIRE FROM EVERY SIDE.
MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T PASS, LIKE YOU'VE PASSED THE ANTI-GUN, UH, SUPPORT, LIKE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, INCLUSIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE.
JASON KLIER TO BE FOLLOWED BY BRYANT MOYNIHAN.
UH, AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT.
UM, I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, BOUGHT THE LOCAL NAPA AUTO PARTS STORE FIVE YEARS AGO, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, I AM JUST POINTING OUT A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN I HAVE FOR A GROUP THAT'S COME INTO TOWN RECENTLY CALLED DIRECT ACTION EVERYWHERE.
UM, RECENTLY THEY MET UP IN, IS IT PENRY PARK.
UM, WHEN I EMAILED THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A, A REQUEST FOR A PERMIT.
UM, THEY KIND OF CHECK OFF SOME OF THE BOXES, UM, FOR WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR A PERMIT.
SO YOU FOLKS MAY WANNA REWORD IT TO THE PARTS AND REC RE, UH, REQUIREMENTS TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
INSTEAD OF IT, IT COULD BE INTERPRETED AS REQUIRES ALL OF THESE EVENTS TO HAPPEN TO REQUIRE PERMIT LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS AT THE EVENT, UM, WHICH KIND OF TAKES THAT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEIR POTENTIAL NEED FOR IT.
UM, THIS GROUP IN THE PAST, WHEN THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE CITY, UH, THEY INTENTIONALLY TIED UP ALL THE PHONE LINES FOR NINE ONE ONE FOR THE COUNTY TO PREVENT LAW ENFORCEMENT'S REACTION FOR THEIR, THEIR CHOICE THAT THEY'RE FACING IN SONOMA COUNTY COURT.
LIKE THIS WEEK, UM, THIS GROUP KIND OF OPERATES BEYOND THE RULES OR IN THE GRAY.
AND I'M ASKING YOU MAYBE TO SYMBOLICALLY SEND A BILL TO THEM FOR A PERMIT FOR THE CITY AND ALSO WHAT THEY'VE DONE DOWNTOWN.
UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE MAKING SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT IS THEIR RIGHT, BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE RESPECTFULLY TO PLAY BY THE RULES.
THANK YOU BRYANT MOYNIHAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DAVID DODD.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING POSITIVE.
HOW'S THAT? UH, I'M ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE RIVER WEST TRAIL AND, UH, THE PROPOSED RIVER WEST TRAIL EXTENDS FROM THE EXISTING FOUNDRY WHARF AT FIRST H STREET TO THE SMART BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAIL AT LAKEVILLE STREET.
AND IT FOLLOWS ALONG THE OLD FREIGHT RAIL SPUR.
UM, I HAD WRITTEN THE COUNCIL LETTER FOR YOUR LAST MEETING DEALING WITH THAT, UH, AGENDA BILL 10 AND ENTITLED BLIGHT ELIMINATION RIVER WEST TRAIL CREATION.
AND I WAS, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GOT IT, IT WAS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, BUT I'LL LEAVE A COPY WITH THE CITY CLERK.
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ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH SMART.UM, I WAS ABLE TO GET ACTUALLY PART, THAT WHOLE ROUTE INCLUDES THE TRESTLE, WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF LAST WEEK'S MEETING.
I WAS ABLE TO GET A ROUGH BID OF 2.3 MILLION TO REMOVE A TRESTLE FROM A MARINE CONTRACTOR.
I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH A GUY NAMED LUKE AT THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION AND FOUND OUT SOME INTERESTING STUFF ABOUT A LETTER OF NONOBJECT, UH, AND HOW THAT CAN SHORTEN TIMEFRAMES AND LOWER COSTS.
UH, THERE IS ONE SEGMENT OF THIS TRAIL THAT'S MISSING, UH, OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CONTROL.
WELL, THERE'S TWO SE YOU, YOU HAVE AN EASEMENT THAT GOES FROM OAK STREET TO FIRST IN H AND SMART INDICATES THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE THAT TO THE CITY FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, INCLUDING THE TRESTLE.
I DON'T THINK THE CITY WANTS IT RIGHT NOW, BUT MAYBE YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT IT.
THE OTHER SEGMENT IS BETWEEN LAKEVILLE STREET AND OAK STREET.
THERE OCCASIONALLY ARE CARS ON THERE THAT SUPPORT HUNT AND BARONS HUNT.
AND BARONS, BY THE WAY, IS ONE OF THE LAST FREIGHT OPERATORS IN PETALUMA, AND THEY'RE ON THE SPUR AND SMART WANTS TO KEEP THEM AS NOW SINCE 2018, SMART ACTUALLY HANDLES THE COMMERCIAL.
TIME GOES BY PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU SAID YOU PUT IT IN WRITING TO COUNCIL, SO YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
UH, DAVID DODD TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANGELA CRUZ.
I AM THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS OF PETALUMA.
AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR PROCLAMATION HONORING GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN, UH, THIS COMING FRIDAY, OUR CONGREGATION, ALONG WITH MANY CONGREGATIONS IN PETALUMA AND THROUGHOUT SONOMA COUNTY, AND MORE AND MORE THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, ARE PARTICIPATING IN A CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE CALLING RING OUT DANGER AFTER THE WORDS OF THE FAMOUS PETE SEEGER SONG, IF I HAD A HAMMER.
AND WE'RE RINGING OUT THE FACT THAT EVERY DAY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY GUNS AND AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE AT A, AT A RATE THAT IS AN EPIDEMIC.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THE CONGREGATIONS IN PETALUMA THAT ARE, UH, PARTICIPATING INCLUDE EU PETALUMA, THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PETALUMA, UNITED METHODIST, ST.
JOHN'S EPISCOPAL, BENET ISRAEL, ELAM LUTHERAN.
AND THEN THERE ARE MANY CONGREGATIONS THROUGHOUT SONOMA COUNTY AS WELL.
WE DO THIS AT 9:35 AM ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR TWO YEARS SINCE WE DECLARED THIS CAMPAIGN ON THE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY TWO YEARS AGO.
9 35 IS THE HOUR AT WHICH THE SANDY HOOK, UH, SCHOOL SHOOTING BEGAN.
AND WE HONOR THAT, UM, THOSE VICTIMS EVERY MONTH WITH A FIVE MINUTE BELL TOLLING AT OUR CHURCH.
AND, AND YOU CAN, IF YOU STAND OUT ON THE STREETS, YOU'LL HEAR BELLS TOLLING THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN.
SO I INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US.
YOU CAN COME ON DOWN TO ALMOST ANY OF THESE CONGREGATIONS AND PARTICIPATE OR ASK YOUR OWN CONGREGATION TO BECOME INVOLVED.
ANGELA CRUZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY GISELLE RE I WILL BE READING ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBOR.
I WAS UNABLE TO BE PRESENT DUE TO WORK.
I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF THREE KIDS LIVING AT LITTLE WOODS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS WHERE MY KIDS HAVE PLAYED OUTSIDE, WHERE WE CALL HOME AND WE'RE ALL RESIDENTS OR LIKE A BIG FAMILY.
MY NIGHTMARE CAME WHEN THE OWNER BEGAN TRYING TO RAISE THE RENT IN 2023.
I HAD TWO MAJOR HEALTH SURGERIES WHERE I HAD TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MYSELF, BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO HELP ME WITH MY EXPENSES TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN A SINGLE MOTHER SINCE 2014.
I EVEN HAD TO COLLECT TWICE A WEEK RECYCLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHICH WAS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY.
ALTHOUGH SCARY THERE WERE, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY I COULD PAY THE RENT INCREASES THE OWNER IS DEMANDING SINCE THAT DAY, TWO YEARS AGO.
I AM OVERWHELMED WITH STRESS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED MEDICATION SINCE 2013.
UNTIL RECENTLY, I WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN LONG-TERM STABLE EMPLOYMENT DUE TO MY OWN AND MY FATHER'S HEALTH, WHO I CARE TAKE FOR.
I'M TRYING MY BEST AND AM STILL STRUGGLING NOW THAT THE OWNER STARTED THE CLOSURE PROCESS.
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ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION IS MUCH WORSE.THINKING WHERE ARE WE GOING TO LIVE? IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE 1500 PLUS THE OWNER WANTS TO RAISE THE RENT TO.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHERE I WOULD GO LIVE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUT ON THE STREET.
IF THE PARK WERE TO CLOSE MY 1976 MOBILE HOME WOULD FALL APART.
PLEASE HELP US STOP THIS FRUSTRATING SITUATION.
PLEASE HEAR OUR VOICES ASKING FOR COMPASSION SO THAT WE CAN LIVE HAPPILY AND IN PEACE.
IT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER TONIGHT.
DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SUMMARIZE THAT OR HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO YES, IT'S PERMITTING.
UM, AND, AND WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN THE MESSAGING FUTURE EXPLAINING OUR PROCESS ON OKAY.
BUT FOR TONIGHT, PLEASE CONTINUE.
UM, YEAH, SO JUST IN SUMMATION TO, WITH GISELA WITH SO MUCH EMOTION AND COMPASSION AND CARE WITH SAYING, UM, IT'S A REALLY HARD TIME FOR EVERYBODY AT LITTLE WOODS TO, UH, HAVE THIS UNCERTAINTY OVER THEIR SHOULDERS, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR KIDS, GRANDPARENTS, OTHER PEOPLE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ELDERLY THAT WOULD NEED, UM, THIS HOUSING AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
EVERY TIME WE GET SOMETHING IN THE MAIL, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, SORRY, THAT WAS EMOTIONAL.
UM, BUT I REALLY COMMEND MY NEIGHBOR GISELA FOR SHARING THAT.
UM, BUT SHE, HER MESSAGE WAS, THIS IS REALLY IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY WISH HARMONY WOULD BRING, UM, BETTERMENT TO PETALUMA AS A COMMUNITY TO ANY COMMUNITY THEY PARTAKE IN.
UM, BUT THEY ARE NOT, AND THAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE TO WITNESS AND TO BE A PART OF AS RESIDENTS.
UM, WE DESERVE TRANQUILITY AND PEACE IN WHERE WE LIVE, WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY, ARE TRYING TO, UM, RIGHT, UH, KIDS, UM, THAT ARE PART OF, UH, ADULT KIDS OR ANYONE OF YOUNG AGE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WORKING AND GOING TO COLLEGE, COMES HOME, A BUSY SCHEDULE, COMES HOME LATE AT NIGHT AND IT'S HARD TO EVEN FIND, YOU KNOW, PLACES TO PARK, UM, TO COME HOME SAFELY WITHOUT BEING IN DANGER.
SO, UM, SHE WAS ASKING FOR COMPASSION, UM, AND CARE AND APPRECIATIVE TO THE CITY FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UH, WHAT HER FEELINGS HAVE BEEN.
NOT ONLY HER, BUT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT IS AT LITTLE WOODS, UH, STRUGGLING DURING THIS TIME.
AND ALSO ASK FOR, UM, CONTINUED ACTION AND SUPPORT.
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THANK YOU.AND THAT, UH, CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING, AND, UH, THAT BRINGS IT
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BACK UP TO THE COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS.AND, UM, AS WE ASK THE PUBLIC TO BE BRIEF AND, AND, AND STATE TO THE TWO MINUTE MARK, I'M GONNA ASK OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO STAY AT THE TWO MINUTE MARK OR LESS, UM, WITH THEIR COMMENTS.
AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCH SHRIMPS.
FIRST, I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK THE, UM, THE COAST GUARD FOR, FOR SHOWING UP WITH A PROCLAMATION.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO US, UH, WAS, I'VE BEEN WITH PETAL WETLANDS ALLIANCE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND THEY'VE BEEN OUT MANY TIMES TO, UH, OUR, OUR LOCAL PARKS HERE HELPING TO CLEAN IT UP AND ACTUALLY BUILD AND MAINTAIN TRAILS AND, AND DO ALL SORTS OF WORK.
THEY'VE BEEN OUT OUT MANY TIMES WITH US AND WITH OTHER NONPROFITS DOING LOTS OF GOOD WORK.
SO, AGAIN, JUST WANNA, UH, THAT WASN'T QUITE PART OF THE PROCLAMATION.
UM, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT IN THERE, THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE THIS EXTRA WORK ALSO FOR US.
UH, SECONDLY, UM, UH, JUST WANNA NOTE THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE LETTERS THAT CAME IN FOR, UH, ON COMMENTS THAT ARE MAYBE WORTH LOOKING AT.
WE HAD ONE FROM THE WOMEN'S CLUB.
THEY'RE BOTH ON ABOUT THE TRESTLE, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS FROM CATHERINE GREGOR.
AND, UH, BOTH WELL WRITTEN AND ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE TRESTLE, UH, SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE, UM, FOR, FOR THEIR OWN EDUCATION AND, AND FOR FURTHER THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
BUT BOTH OF 'EM, UH, DID WELL, GOOD WRITING, UM, SUGGESTING, UH, MAYBE SOME CHANGES THAT, UH, FOR, FOR OUR NEAR FUTURE HERE.
THANK YOU, UH, NO LIAISON MEETING.
SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO REPORT ON, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND, UH, EXPRESS MY SOLIDARITY WITH THE MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU.
UH, I TOO AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE DISRUPTION CAUSED BY, UH, CAUSED THIS LAST WEEKEND BY THE PROTESTORS.
AND IF WE HAVE PROTESTORS THAT ARE NOT CONFORMING TO OUR CITY'S REQUIREMENTS, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
UH, ON, UH, ON SATURDAY, I, I HAD THE, UH, PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING AN EVENT OUT AT THE US COAST GUARD FACILITY WITH THE MAYOR.
UM, AND, UH, HOPE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO HELP BUILD THAT PARTNERSHIP ON, UH, LAST THURSDAY I ATTENDED THE RAINIER AVENUE TRAFFIC CALMING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PROJECT COMING ON BOARD.
AND ASIDE FROM THAT, IT'S BEEN A BOUNTY OF LITTLE LEAGUE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DE CARLY, UH, GOOD EVENING.
THE ONLY LIAISON REPORT I HAVE IS FROM PARKS AND REC.
UM, THE GROUP TOOK A FIELD TRIP, LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARKS.
UH, I MISSED THAT PART OF IT, BUT ATTENDED THE MEETING WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE UPCOMING BUDGET.
UM, KINDA WENT THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT AND SOME OF THE PARTICULARS IN IT, OR THE MORE INTERESTING PARTS OF IT.
UM, THE ONE THING I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE MEETING, BUT DOES, UH, STAFF KNOW IF THE POOL'S OPEN AGAIN? BECAUSE I THINK MEMORIAL WEEKEND WAS THE TARGET.
AND I THINK THAT WENT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY UPDATE.
AND SO THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'M ON PARKS AND REC, WE HAVE THE FAIR COMING UP PRETTY SOON, END OF THE MONTH, HOPE THAT GOES WELL.
AND THE OTHER DAY, UH, ATTENDED THE POLICE I A POLICE SWEARING IN CEREMONY, AND FIVE NEW OFFICERS AND TWO DISPATCHERS THAT RECEIVE PROMOTIONS.
I THINK THEY'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND THEN ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT MEMORIAL PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, A VERY REVERENT CEREMONY, GREAT SPEAKERS, UM, LOTS OF FLAGS EVERYWHERE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS VERY NICE ON MEMORIAL DAY TO THINK OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR COUNTRY IN SERVICE.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO A LITTLE, UH, SATELLITE SHOW OF THE, AT THE FAIR THIS WEEKEND WITH, UH, FOR THE DAIRY COWS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY, UM, DAIRY OR POULTRY SHOWS THIS YEAR AT THE FAIR.
UM, BUT THE, THE KIDS GOT TOGETHER, IT WAS NICE TO SEE.
UM, FAIRGROUNDS IS LOOKING GOOD.
UM, I WAS AT THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AS WELL.
ALWAYS LOVED GOING TO THAT EVENT.
AND, UM, AND, UM, UM, THAT'S IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE STAND IN, SO SOLIDARITY WITH OUR MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY IN SPAIN, UM, RECENTLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD CORAL.
MY HUSBAND SINGS WITH THEM AND THEY SANG THREE TIMES IN SPAIN, AND ONE TIME THEY SANG WITH ANOTHER CHORAL GROUP.
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EVERY TIME THEY WOULD SING.JUST, UM, SEEING THE CONNECTION, UM, AND HOW SINGING JUST MAKES PEOPLE SO HAPPY.
AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME TO BE AWAY AND JUST BE WITH A LOT OF JOYOUS PEOPLE.
UM, PLUS YOU GOT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT REALLY BRING ALL DIFFERENT WORLDS CONVERGED TOGETHER.
AND IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING, ESPECIALLY GOING TO CORDOBA.
AND, UM, AND I HOPE TO GO BACK AND SEE MORE OF SPAIN.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO GET AWAY AND HAVE A VACATION VICE MAYOR NOW.
UM, THANK YOU, UM, TO THE MOBILE HOME.
UM, TENANTS, MY HEART JUST HURTS FOR YOU.
AND, UM, MAYBE OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN, UM, BRIEFLY TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR PART OF IT.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY SPEAK ON IT.
UM, I ATTENDED THE FAIRGROUNDS, PICKLEBALL OPEN HOUSE, AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, AND WE GOT TO WATCH THE MAYOR PLAY PICKLEBALL.
AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY DEPUTY DIRECTOR KAT, WHO OUTDID HERSELF ON THE FESTIVITIES ONCE AGAIN, ATTENDED THE BEAUTIFUL AND HEARTFELT MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION SPEECHES BY THE MAYOR AND SUPERVISOR RABBIT AND MANY MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEY PRESENTED REESE AT THE, UM, STONE FOR OUR VETERANS SECTION THE NEXT DAY.
I ALSO WAS AT THE SWEAR IN IMPENDING OF FIVE NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO, UM, PETALUMA POLICE STAFF MEMBERS.
UM, T-BALL AND LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON HAS ENDED FOR THE 2025 YEAR.
AND A BIG THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS AND PARENTS AND COACHES.
AND PETALUMA IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AWESOME COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THESE YOUNG ATHLETES.
AND OUR BALL FIELDS LOOK SO GOOD.
AND I WAS SO PROUD, UM, TO SEE SO MANY, UM, OF OUR COMMUNITY AT THESE, AT THESE, UM, GAMES.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS COMING UP ON FINISHING THEIR FIRST YEAR AS A COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THIS INAUGURAL YEAR.
MEMBERS HAVE LEARNED A LOT AND NAVIGATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AT THEIR MEETINGS IN AUGUST, THE PCAC WILL PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ASKED TO PRESENT ANY QUESTIONS VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY JUNE 15TH TO BE ADDED TO THE JUNE, UM, PSAC MEETING.
AND IF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUES FOR ME, I WELCOME THEM.
UH, I, I THINK THAT, UH, THE SAFETY COMMISSION'S A REAL BIG STEP FORWARD FOR PETALUMA.
I'M GLAD WE GOT STAFF LIFTED THAT UP.
UM, IN, IN MY ASSIGNMENTS, UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE, UH, CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS COALITION AND WATCHING THE, THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THAT, UH, DECLINING FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
UH, IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S A SPECIAL MAYOR'S MEETING, UH, NOW IN PROCESS NOW WHERE, UM, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE COUNTY ON, ON OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY AND CONTINUE SOME FUNDING AND, UM, UM, THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS WILL BE ONGOING.
AND THE TOP PRIORITY IS TRYING TO KEEP FUNDING FOR, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND, AND HOMELESSNESS, WHICH ARE ISSUES THAT ARE VERY TIED TOGETHER.
UM, AND, AND, AND MOST OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTINGS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED
I, UH, DO WANT TO ADD, LET'S SEE, THAT, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, QUINTON AND I PARTICIPATED IN CASA GRANDE'S CAPSTONE INTERVIEWS OF THEIR SENIORS.
AND, UH, FOR ME IT WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE, UM, THE WORK OUR SCHOOLS DO AND THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ARE THERE.
AND THEN DIRECTING TO, UH, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, BRIAN MOYNIHAN, UH, IN, IN AND OF HIS INTEREST OF TRAILS THERE THAT, UH, 500 FEET FROM LAKEVILLE TO, UH, I JUST COULDN'T LET IT PASS.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT 500 FEET FROM LAKEVILLE TO WATER STREET FOR, LET'S SEE, HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN ON COUNCIL? UM, SO A LONG TIME.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT LAST PIECE OF THE SMART CONNECTOR DONE.
UM, AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OVER TO
[CITY MANAGER COMMENT]
OUR CITY MANAGER FOR HER REPORT.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT TONIGHT, MAYOR.
SO UNDER MY TWO MINUTES, EVERYBODY'S UNDER THEIR TWO MINUTES TONIGHT.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
US TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING.AND, UM, AS NOTED EARLIER, ITEM 12 HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UM, TO BE RESCHEDULED AS, UM, UH, AN ITEM IN THE FUTURE.
AND I'LL GIVE THE ROOM A MINUTE TO CLEAR.
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UH, I HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO REPORT OUT ON, UM, MOBILE HOME LITIGATION
THERE IS A MONITOR IN THE HALLWAY.
UHHUH, THERE'S A MONITOR IN THE HALLWAY.
YEAH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT LITTLE HICCUP IN, IN OUR, UH, PROCESS.
BUT WE HAVE COMMENTS FOR CHANGING TO THE MOBILE HOME PARKS FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY THERE.
AND, AND FOLKS, I'LL, I'LL, I'M GONNA BE BRIEF SO I, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME, BUT, UM, UH, WE HAVE, UM, AS I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND TRYING TO PROVIDE THE BEST AND MOST PROMPT INFORMATION WE CAN TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED ABOUT DIFFERENT STEPS THAT MOBILE HOME PARKS ARE TAKING, THAT, UM, THAT ALL SEEM TO POSE THREATS TO YOUR, UM, YOUR QUIET ENJOYMENT OF YOUR HOMES.
UM, BUT IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO, TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY, THAT WE HAVE FILED AND ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING A PROSECUTION ACTION IN THE COURTS, UM, CONCERNING THE, UM, YOUNGTOWN VIOLATIONS OF THE SENIOR OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS, WE EXPECT TO PREVAIL IN THAT LITIGATION.
WE'RE SEEKING, UM, AN INJUNCTION TO FORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE SENIOR OVERLAY REGULATIONS AND ALSO RECOVERY OF THE CITY'S FEES AND BRINGING THAT ACTION.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, IN BRINGING THAT ACTION WITH OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL, UM, PUT FANNIE MAE, WHO'S THE LENDER, UM, UM, FOR, FOR YOUNGSTOWN SALE OF THAT PARK, WHICH IS, UM, IT'S OWNED BY THE THREE PILLAR COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND FROM, UH, FANNIE MAE THAT, UM, FAILURE OF, UH, YOUNGSTOWN AND, AND, AND THREE PILLAR TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE PARK AS A SENIOR PARK MAY VIOLATE THEIR, UM, LOAN AGREEMENT RESULT IN FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THEM.
SO, UM, SO THAT ACTION'S AN ONGOING, AS I SAID, I EXPECT US TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY, UM, UM, ADMITTED TO, TO NOT COMPLYING WITH OUR REGULATIONS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THEIR DOING SO IS IMPORTANT SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE SENIOR COMMUNITY THAT YOU OPTED TO PLACE YOUR HOME IN.
UM, WE ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO ALL THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM OUR PARK RESIDENTS ABOUT, UM, CONDUCT THAT MAY NOT COMPLY WITH OUR REGULATIONS AND LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN ADDRESS THAT TO PROTECT YOUR HOUSING.
UM, SO, UM, SO, SO STAY TUNED, BUT I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT THAT ACTION.
AND AS MORE DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR IN THAT, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, ALSO TODAY I FILED, UM, SIGNED AND, AND AND FILED FOR OUR COLLEAGUES WITH CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN FRESNO, A DECLARATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR INTERACTIONS, UM, WITH, UM, LITTLE WOODS, UM, PARK AND, UM, AND, UM, YOUNGSTOWN PARK, UM, WHICH ARE RESPECTIVELY OWNED BY INTERESTS, UM, OF, OF, UM, OF AFFILIATED WITH HARMONY, UM, THROUGH THE ALDI FAMILY OR, UM, OF THREE PILLAR, UM, WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY DAVID WEIS FIELD.
UM, AND IT'S QUITE AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF THOSE ACTIONS AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE LI LITIGATING IN FRESNO IS AN ATTEMPT, UM, BY HARMONY TO A, AVOID THEIR CLOSURE REGULATIONS THROUGH A BANKRUPTCY FILING.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
IT'S A SUMMARY OF, OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS, UM, INCLUDING THE RENT ARBITRATIONS AND THE RITZ ON THE RENT ARBITRATIONS AND THE OVERLAY LITIGATION, BOTH BROUGHT BY THE PARKS, CHALLENGING IT AND US, UM, PROSECUTING IT, ET CETERA.
SO WE'RE GONNA STAY ENGAGED, UM, AND MORE TO COME AND I'M SORRY YOU ARE UNDERGOING THE, UM, THE FRIGHTENING CIRCUMSTANCES.
YOU ARE, BUT OUR COUNSEL DIRECTION IS CLEAR AND WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE AND THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK IN THE ROOM TO CATCH THAT UPDATE.
AND, AND WITH THAT NEWS, WE'RE MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM.
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SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND, UH, THE CONSENT CALENDAR LASTS ITEM 12, UH, PUSHED TO A FUTURE DATE.UM, I'M AT THIS POINT TYPICALLY LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE TO SEE, UH, IF ANY ITEMS WISH TO BE SEPARATELY DISCUSSED.
CONSENT GENERALLY MEANS THAT WE WILL, UM, BE VOTING AS A BLOCK FOR SOMETHING.
IF A COUNCIL MEMBER'S THINKING OF DISSENTING FROM THE VOTE, COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD PULL IT.
IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WISHES TO ASK A QUESTION, THEY DON'T PULL IT.
THEY ASK QUESTIONS DURING OUR QUESTION PERIOD ON IT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT I SEE A, A HAND UP COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 13 ITEM.
AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY EIGHT 11 AND 13.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, THOSE, THOSE ITEMS PULLED, WE WILL, UH, UM, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND, UM, WE'LL DO ALL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PUBLIC COMMENT IN ONE FOUL SWOOP.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO INVITE PEOPLE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.
WE DID HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS AHEAD OF THIS MEETING.
WE HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 10 AND ONE FOR ITEM NUMBER 13, WHICH HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE AGENDA ONLINE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION AND NOT SEEING ANYONE MOVING TO THE CLERK'S DESK.
AND ONE MORE AND QUICKLY IN HAND, UH, I'D LIKE TO IN INVITE, UM, DARREN RACK IS IN TO, TO SPEAK, TO BE FOLLOWED BY, I BELIEVE DON FORM 15.
SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT ITEM SIX ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR COUNCIL AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHOWS OF TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CITY.
UH, IT'S LITERALLY EVERY EXPENSE AND PAYABLE THAT THE CITY HAS OUT TO ANY VENDOR BY CATEGORY.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT POLICY AND WHERE MONEY'S BEING SPENT, THAT'S IT.
RIGHT? IT'S A GIANT SPREADSHEET FOR EACH MONTH, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, OF WHERE MONEY'S BEING SPENT.
SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE EVERY QUARTER, I'M SAD I MISSED THE BOAT, BUT THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US INTERESTED IN THE BUDGET.
YOU GUYS HAD A WORKSHOP ON LAST MEETING AND THAT YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
IT REALLY STARTS TO HIGHLIGHT ANY DELTAS AND SPENDING OR KIND OF WHAT THE TRAJECTORY IS.
SO JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT REALLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
AGAIN, ITEM SIX ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR ANYONE WATCHING THIS LATER.
ANYONE WATCHING THIS NOW? AND FOR ME, AFTER GOING THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU COULD PULL OUTTA THAT.
ONE THING I WANTED TO FLAG WAS, UH, REGARDING ENTERPRISE.
IT JUST STUCK IN MY BRAIN BECAUSE IT SEEMED A LOT FOR VEHICLE LEASES FOR THOSE THREE MONTHS.
IT WAS 790 4K, UM, I THINK 2 92 WAS FLAGGED SPECIFICALLY TO THE LEASE CATEGORY.
AND THEN THE OTHER 500 WAS TO A ACCOUNT CALLED RECURRING CHARGES.
I ASSUME THEY'RE BOTH FROM ENTERPRISE FM TRUST, SO I ASSUME THEY'RE ALL ENTERPRISE RELATED.
SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF SEEMED LIKE A LOT.
IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A VEHICLE LEASE IS A THOUSAND BUCKS A MONTH FOR A PRETTY NICE VEHICLE.
OF COURSE, THAT COULD BE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM TO FLAG WAS JUST ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND AGAIN, THIS RELATED FOR ME BACK TO THE BUDGET, WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH THERE WAS 1.15 MILLION SPENT.
AND THEN FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE ANTICIPATING 1.5 TOTAL.
AND, UM, I GUESS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T UNDERESTIMATE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS WAS A, A MYSTERY.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT KIND OF REVEALED THEMSELVES AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROPERTY.
SO JUST TO FLAG THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE SEE THE FIRST QUARTER COMPARED TO THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, THOSE GET FORMED IN PARALLEL, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T ALWAYS, UM, KNOW THAT RIGHT.
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE BUDGET, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT UNDERSHOOTING THAT.
BUT THAT'S FOR THE BUDGET ITEM.
AND THAT CLOSES, PUBLIC COMMENT BRINGS IT BACK TO, TO THE DS.
UM, I'D LIKE US TO DO THE FIRST PART OF THE LIFTING FIRST, AND I'D BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[01:15:01]
EIGHT.I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
OH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY CATER THOMPSON A SECOND BY NOW.
AND DOES, AND, AND I'M ASSUMING SINCE IT'S CONSENT AND NO ONE PULLED IT, THEN WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO A ROLL CALL.
[8. Resolution Approving Adjustments to 1) the City of Petaluma’s Living Wage Rate by Setting the Rate at $19.41 Per Hour with an Employer Contribution Toward Medical Benefits and $21.75 Per Hour without an Employer Contribution Toward Medical Benefits for Fiscal Year 2025-2026; 2) the Pay Rates of City of Petaluma Part-Time Living Wage Positions; and if Approved, 3) the Pay Rates of Part-Time Positions Benchmarked to the City’s Part-Time Living Wage Positions]
REQUEST TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON ITEM EIGHT, UM, UH, OUR LIVING WAGE RATE.AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY, YOU ASKED FOR TO BE PULLED.
WOULD YOU, UH, CARE TO LEAD OFF? YEAH.
SO, UM, I REALIZE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE DO ANY SORT OF AN ANNUAL STUDY TO SEE IF BUSINESSES CAN SUPPORT WAGE INCREASES LIKE THIS.
AND, AND SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM STAFF AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THIS ORDINANCE? I THINK THIS, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO I DO NOT BELIEVE WE DO AN ANNUAL STUDY.
IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR SOME TIME.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, LIVING WAGE RATE THAT APPLIES TO THE CITY AND ALSO, UM, CERTAIN, UM, BENEFICIARIES OF CITY FUNDING SUCH AS CITY CONTRACTORS.
UM, THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS FOR NONPROFITS, UM, BUT I DON'T, I DUNNO IF LINDA, YOU WANT TO ADD? THANK YOU.
THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 AND FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA WORKFORCE, WE HAVE ABOUT 19 CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WE UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, UH, PARTICULARLY IN PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WITHOUT THIS, UM, PART-TIME, UM, LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE, WE WOULD NOT BE HARD TO COMPETE, UH, WITHOUT SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT DO AN ANNUAL COMPENSATION STUDY BECAUSE THIS IS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE STATUS WITHOUT BENEFITS.
AND WE WANNA BE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR SURROUNDING AGENCIES TO REALLY PROMOTE THIS, UH, PIPELINE, UH, TO PROVIDE ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT.
WE GOOD? UM, KAREN AND COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, AS A FORMER TINY TODDS PRESCHOOL TEACHER, WHEN THEY 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, IT'S NICE TO SEE A LIVING WAGE FOR PRESCHOOL TEACHERS.
SO I APPRECIATE IT AND I KNOW THE STAFF DOES.
AND THIS APPLIES TO CITY WORKERS AND CITY CONTRACT WORKERS.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM EIGHT.
HAVE A MOTION BY CATER THOMPSON A SECOND BY NOW.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL.
[11. Resolution Authorizing Purchase of One Beam Solar Arc EV Charging System through the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program in the Amount of $103,362.79 and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Documents Necessary to Complete the Purchase]
AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLEY.I THINK, UH, IT WAS YOUR REQUEST QUESTIONS.
YEAH, SO I'M, HOW MANY ELECTRIC VEHICLES DOES THE POLICE STATION CURRENTLY HAVE? I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR POLICE CHIEF TO THE PODIUM TO HELP WITH THIS ONE.
SO WE, UM, CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES, TWO COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER VEHICLES AND PATROL.
AND WE'VE JUST RECENTLY ACCEPTED DELIVERY AND WE'RE WAITING FOR FINAL UPFITTING FOR TWO PATROL FACING, UM, ALL ELECTRIC PATROL CARS, ONE FOR DUI ENFORCEMENT AND ONE FOR PATROL OPERATIONS.
SO I'D IMAGINE, UH, REALLY THE CONSTRAINTS THAT HAVE PROHIBITED US FROM EXPANDING THAT EVEN FURTHER, OR THE CHALLENGES WITH OUR CURRENT FACILITY AND SETUP AND LACK OF ANY CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE SITE.
HOW IS IT THAT THE VEHICLES ARE CURRENTLY CHARGED? UH, WITH SOME EXTENSION CORDS, UH, THAT ARE CONSTRUCTION GRADE, KINDA LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR YOUR RV HOOKUPS? WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME ELECTRICAL MODIFICATIONS FOR TWO 20, UH, CONDUIT FROM EXTERIOR OUTLETS.
WE'VE ALSO TRIPPED SOME CIRCUITS ON SIDES FOR A BUILDING, HAD TO MAKE, MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.
BUT WE'RE USING IT OFF OF, UH, THE SUPPORTED ELECTRICAL POWERED THAT'S CURRENTLY GENERATED TO PROVIDED BY PG E TO THE STATION.
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MY CONCERN IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS UNIT, WHICH IS I GUESS MORE STANDALONE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE IN EXCESS OF A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HOPES OF MOVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.I WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TIME BEING HOWEVER LONG THAT IS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ABLE TO JUST MAKE DO WITH WITH WHAT YOU HAVE? YEAH, I THINK AND, AND BE MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH WITH FUNDS.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED A FEW YEARS AGO AND SHARED IT WITH OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE PARTNERS WITH PATRICK.
UH, WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER CITY INSTALLATIONS.
THERE'S BEEN ONE OUT AT THE COUNTY FACILITY OUT ON CASA GRANDE ROAD, JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO ONE OF THE CURRENT KIND OF CONCERNS I HAVE IS WITH THE GROWING FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IF WE DO LOSE POWER, WE'RE ON BACKUP GENERATION.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T TESTED OR KNOW THE, THE ABILITY OF OUR GENERATOR TO SUPPORT ALL OF MY INTERNAL OPERATIONS, MAINTAIN OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND THE DEMANDS OF THOSE, THOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SO WHAT I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE OF THIS IS IN A SHORT TERM, WE CAN USE THIS, MAINTAIN OUR OPERATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIMITED, UH, NUMBER OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES SHOULD BE REMAIN, UH, OPERATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL.
AND THEN I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SCOPING, UH, A BETTER ELECTRIC, UH, SUPPORTED PROGRAM FOR FULL EB CHARGING AND ALL THE THINGS AT, AT A FUTURE FACILITY LOCATION.
AND THIS COULD BE COM EASILY REPURPOSED WITHOUT A, A FIXED INSTALLATION AT OUR CURRENT EXISTING FACILITY THAT WE'VE, WE ANTICIPATE TRANSITIONING FROM.
SO I THINK THAT WHILE IT, IT, IT, IT IS A, UH, A LARGE AMOUNT, IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MOVE TO PARKS AND RECS TO COMMUNITY CENTRICS LOCATIONS, THE RESILIENCY CENTER, WHEREVER, UH, WE SEE THAT INCREASING NEED IN A FUTURE TIME.
AND I HOPE IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN KEEP IN THE CITY SURPLUS FOR, FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, I'M PATRICK CARTER, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, IT IS GRANT FUNDED AND THE, UH, SCOPE OF THAT FEDERAL GRANT ONLY ALLOWS CITIES TO USE THAT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION AND EV UM, RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.
UM, AND WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT THAT FUNDING MAY GO AWAY IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY RECOMMENDING THAT THIS FUNDING BE SPENT, UM, IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THIS IS A VALID USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
UM, AND LIKE THE CHIEF MENTIONED, UM, IT, IT COULD BE REPURPOSED ELSEWHERE.
BUT ALSO ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS A UNLIKE GRID CONNECTED EV CHARGERS, THERE'S NO ONGOING COST WITH IT BECAUSE THE SOLAR IS PROVIDING THE ELECTRICITY.
SO WHEREAS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UM, ONGOING COSTS, INCREASED ELECTRICAL COSTS, IF YOU'RE PLUGGING INTO, UM, A GRID CONNECTED EV CHARGER, THIS WON'T, WON'T, THIS ONE WON'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE CHARGING FROM THE SUN.
SO I IMAGINE THERE MAY BE SOME COMPETITION, UM, AMONG THE, THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS TO PLUG INTO THAT ONE SO THAT WE USE UP, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, QUOTE UNQUOTE FREE CAPACITY FROM THE SUN, UM, BEFORE WE START USING THAT GRID CONNECTED CAPACITY.
WELL, AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS TOO, I NOTICED THAT I THINK IT CAN PROVIDE A CHARGE OF ABOUT 260 MILES PER DAY PER VEHICLE.
UM, THOSE VEHICLES BEING MOSTLY ADMIN AT THIS POINT, ARE THEY, I MEAN, HOW MANY MILES ARE THOSE PUTTING ON EACH DAY? IS IT, IS IT GONNA BE THE CASE THAT YOU'VE GOT JUST ONE VEHICLE EVERY DAY AND THEN THE OTHERS ARE GONNA HAVE TO USE THE OLD TECHNIQUE? IS IT ONLY GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO ONE OR NO? IT WOULD, IT WOULD EASILY SUFFICE TO CHARGE THE MAJORITY OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
UH, GENERALLY EVEN IN A PATROL SETTING WITH OUR GAS VEHICLES AS IT STANDS, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 30 MILES OF TRAVEL PER A SHIFT PER DAY.
SO AN OFFICER WORKING AN 11 HOUR SHIFT, SO WE COULD CHARGE THREE OR FOUR, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY.
AND SO THAT'S AGAIN, WHY THIS ONE MAY SEEM LIMITED, BUT IT ACTUALLY WOULD REALLY SUFFICE TO COVER THE VAST MAJORITY OF MOST OF MY ELECTRIFY FLEET AT THIS TIME.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RI THIS IS THE RISK OF A COMING OFF CONSENT CALENDAR.
EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU NOW.
NO, I WAS JUST ADD, ADDING THE COMMENT OF, UH, IT BEING, IT, IT, UH, CAN BE MOVED SO IT'S NOT TOTALLY PERMANENT.
UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WAS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL.
UH, THE GRANT MONEY BEING AVAILABLE THAT SAYS, AND I DID ASK QUESTIONS EARLIER AND GOT RESPONSES TO MY QUESTIONS,
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UM, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD ANSWERS TO THAT.SO THE MOBILITY THERE AND ABILITY TO CHARGE TWO AT ONE TIME AND THEN MAYBE FOUR OVER A DAY OR, UM, AND IN CASE OF EARTHQUAKE AND, UH, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO KEEP THE, THE POLICE ROLLING.
SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH AT FIRST I WAS GOING, EH, THIS IS A VERY HIGH COST AND THEN I ASKED ABOUT THE COST OF ACTUALLY UPGRADING THE BUILDING ITSELF.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT MORE JUST UPGRADE THE BUILDING CAPACITY.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M, EVEN THOUGH AT FIRST I WAS KINDA GOING IN A LOT OF MONEY, UH, I NOW SUPPORT IT.
YEAH, I, UM, ONE QUESTION, UH, AND THIS MAY NOT BE AN EASY QUESTION, BUT MAYBE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY COULD ANSWER.
UH, BEST CASE SCENARIO, IF EVERYTHING GOES ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, ON TRACK AND THERE'S NO DELAYS, WHAT'S THE EARLIEST THAT WE WOULD HAVE A NEW POLICE FACILITY? I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING CONSTRUCTION MIDYEAR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE TALKING THREE YEARS AND THEN IF YOU HAVE TWO AND A HALF.
UM, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE USEFUL LIFE OF THIS UNIT IS? UM, I BELIEVE, UH, THIS ONE IS PAIRED WITH, UH, CHARGEPOINT CHARGERS.
I BELIEVE THOSE ARE, HAVE A 10 YEAR WARRANTY.
UH, THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION ON THAT.
AND, UM, THE SOLAR MODULES, UH, GENERALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 20, 25 YEAR WARRANTIES ON THAT.
UM, SO I BELIEVE THE CHARGER ITSELF IS PROBABLY THE, UM, MOST LIKELY POINT OF FAILURE.
UM, BUT THOSE, THE CHARGER ITSELF IS A SMALL PORTION OF THAT, OF THAT OVERALL BILL.
MOST OF IT IS FOR THE, UM, EQUIPMENT ITSELF AND THE SOLAR PANEL.
THERE'S A LOT OF STEEL INVOLVED THERE.
AND, AND BEING THAT IT'S GRANT FUNDED, WERE THERE ANY OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THAT FUNDING OR WAS THIS THE ONLY THING THAT THE, THAT STAFF FOUND FOR IT? THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I WAS AWARE OF.
UM, I WAS JUST IN A MEETING EARLIER TODAY AND, UM, UM, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AT THE COUNTY, UM, MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, FIRM OUT THERE, UH, A LITTLE, LITTLE LATE FOR ME TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, BUT IT IS A, UH, SOURCE WALL.
UM, SO THAT, UM, MEETS ALL OF OUR PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
I, AND I GUESS SOURCE WELLS SHORTHAND FOR PREVIOUSLY VETTED COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.
COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY SORTED FOR, UH, LOW BID AND QUALITY.
UH, JUST A QUESTION ON THE, UH, GUESS USEFUL LIFE OF THESE THINGS.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE THE, UM, 'CAUSE I THINK WHEN I LOOKED IT UP, IT'S ACTUALLY HAS A, A BATTERY UP, UP, UP ABOVE THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THE CRITICAL PART OF, FOR LONGEVITY.
'CAUSE THE SOLAR PANELS SHOULD LAST 30 YEARS.
THE CHARGING UNITS BASICALLY ARE JUST PHYSICALLY THERE.
JUST A MATTER OF, UH, IF SOMEONE STEALS THE COPPER OUT, UH, OR THE WIRES, WHATEVER.
BUT THE ACTUAL, UH, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE A LITHIUM BASED BATTERY UP, UP, UP ABOVE, IT'S ACCUMULATING THE ENERGY FIRST, THEN DELIVERED FROM THERE DOWN.
SO THAT'S THE LARGEST CONCERN FOR LONGEVITY.
AND LITHIUM BATTERIES, UH, OF ANY SIZE REALLY ARE, ARE LIKE LOOKING AT 10 YEAR MAX, UH, LONGEVITY.
BUT I THINK THIS QUESTION COMES UP, CAN THE BATTERY INSIDE UP THERE, ONCE IT'S AFTER 10 YEARS, COULD IT BE REPLACED? SO I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT, UM, SO MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR EARLY, UH, COUNTY.
AND AND ARE YOU CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SINCE WE'RE GONNA GET INTO CONJECTURE? I DID ASK SEVERAL QUESTIONS EARLIER, BUT DIDN'T QUITE GET ALL THE ANSWERS.
I, I THINK I WOULD SAY THAT STAFF WOULD DO WHAT IT COULD TO SALVAGE IT IF THERE WAS A POINT OF FAILURE.
UM, WE SEE THIS AS A PRETTY BIG INVESTMENT AND A, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, ADDITION TO OUR EQUIPMENT.
AND I THINK WE TRY TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EQUIPMENT HAS THE, THE BEST USEFUL LIFE IT CAN.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT, REITERATING THAT IT'S GRANT FUNDED FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF IT, A HUNDRED THOUSAND COSTS.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE ARE, UM, ARE, SINCE WE HAVE EXPERTISE IN THE ROOM, DO WE HAVE AN AN, ARE ANY OF THE VEHICLES VEHICLES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEVEL THREE CHARGING, OR ARE THEY ALL LEVEL TWO CHARGING? I I BELIEVE THERE IS A LEVEL THREE CHARGER AT THE WATERFIELD OFFICE AND, UH, STAFF THERE ARE, BUT ANY OF THE SERVICE VEHICLES IN PD FROM PD? YEAH.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE CAN RECEIVE LEVEL THREE CHARGING.
WE DON'T HAVE A LEVEL THREE CHARGING OPTION.
THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE IN, IN KIND OF THE PATROL OPERATIONS WHERE WE CAN STOP AND TAKE THAT TIME.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING AND SPECKING OUT FOR THE FUTURE BUILD TO HAVING
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MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS SO THAT WE CAN DIVERSIFY OUR CHARGING NEEDS.UM, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE, THE HOW TO DO THAT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLY IN AN, A SUSTAINABLE MODEL.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND FINDING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
IT'S WAY BETTER THAN INVESTING IN AN OLD FACILITY.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE US INCREASING OUR CAPACITY IN OUR ELECTRIC FLEET.
AND I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE ITEM.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM CATER THOMPSON.
AND WITH THAT, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
[13. Resolution Approving a Letter of Support for Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District South Sonoma Mountain Project]
13, UM, IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR, UH, SONOMA COUNTY AG AND OPEN SPACE REGARDING A SONOMA MOUNTAIN PROJECT AND COUNCIL MEMBER.BARNACLE, YOU HAD TO HAND UP FIRST ON THIS ONE.
YEAH, I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE CAN SELL ME ON A, UM, THE PROJECT SOMEONE FROM AG AND OPEN SPACE OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE IT'S FEELS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON TO SECURE LAND THAT'S UNLIKELY TO BE DEVELOPED AND HAS NO PUBLIC ACCESS COMPONENT TO IT.
PATRICK CARTER, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AGAIN.
UM, THE OPEN SPACE STAFF WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT.
UM, I LET THEM KNOW THAT I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS, UH, ITEM, BUT THEY'RE UNABLE TO COME HERE.
THEY SENT AN EMAIL, UM, THAT I RECEIVED JUST BEFORE THE MEETING.
I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT TO IT.
UM, BUT IT REALLY IS THEIR PROJECT.
UM, BUT, UH, THEY, IT, THE COMPLEXITY THAT THEY, UH, SPOKE TO IS THAT, UM, THEY CAN ONLY WORK WITH WILLING, UH, PARTICIPANTS ON THE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING A LONG TIME TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE HOW TO PROTECT, UM, THAT VIEW SHED THAT AREA UP THERE.
UM, THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY PUBLIC ACCESS, UM, THAT'S BEEN NEGOTIATED.
UM, AND UM, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PRECLUDE IT FROM THE FUTURE FROM IT HAPPENING.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT A TOPIC, UM, THAT THEY'VE HAD A WILLING DISCUSSION WITH THEIR, UM, PROPONENTS ON THAT FOR.
UM, THERE'S A, A LIST OF THE DIFFERENT PROTECTED SPECIES AND HABITAT THAT'S UP THERE, UM, THAT THEY LIST AS THE, UH, MOTIVATION BEHIND THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
UM, THE, THE ZONING THAT IT'S IN UP THERE IS, IS PRETTY LOW DENSITY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE THERE FROM BEING ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND, AND OTHER THINGS, UM, DEVELOPED UP THERE.
BUT WITH THIS CONSERVATION EASEMENT, IT WOULD PREVENT THAT.
UM, THERE'S A DEFINED, UH, BUILDING ENVELOPE IN WHICH, UH, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING LIKE HOUSING FOR THE WORKERS, UM, BARNS AND ACCESSORY UNITS FOR AGRICULTURE WOULD BE ALLOWED.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO I, I THINK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, PROTECT THE RESOURCES UP THERE AND THEY SEE THIS AS THE BEST VEHICLE FOR IT.
UM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM A COUPLE DIFFERENT SOURCES, UM, TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE CITY'S, UH, SUPPORT ON THAT.
AND, UH, HAPPY TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE LETTER OR, UM, ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD JUST BE NOT TO SUBMIT A LETTER ALTOGETHER IF THE, UH, MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WISHES THAT.
UH, FOLLOW UP QUESTION, I SUPPOSE FOR ANY OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE ENSS POST OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE.
DO YOU HAVE A FEELING ABOUT THIS? I'M, I'LL GENERALLY DEFER TO YOUR JUDGMENT, BUT IT CUT RINGS MY ALARM BELL.
I GUESS IT'S TALK TO OUR SENIOR MEMBER.
UM, I HAPPEN TO BE THE, UM, UH, THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE COMMITTEE NOW FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, SO I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS.
I DID, UH, UH, ASK, I GOT, I THINK I GOT THE SAME EMAIL BACK, UH, EARLIER THAT YOU PROBABLY RECEIVED ON THIS.
SO THEY'RE NOT PURCHASING THE LAND.
SO, UH, WHAT I SAW IN THE LETTER THAT YOU, YOU SENT TO US, IT WAS A, A CLAIM OF $27 MILLION PURCHASE.
IT'S NOT BEING PURCHASED AND IN THE AMOUNTS OF EASEMENTS ARE MUCH, MUCH LOWER THAN THAT.
UM, SO, AND IT'S IN NEGOTIATION.
SO THEY CAN'T QUITE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IS FOR THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, LEGAL EASEMENT, UH, PURCHASING OF IT.
UM, NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A, UM, A GOOD GRAZING SITUATION UP THERE FOR, FOR BOTH WILDLIFE AND FOR FIRE.
UM, SO THEY'RE REALLY WORKING HARD ON THAT, MAKING THAT HAPPEN OVER TIME.
SO IF THIS WAS ANY OTHER LOCATION, UM, THIS IS A, A NORMAL PROCESS
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FOR, FOR AGNO.THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH OUR MONIES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS IS TO PROVIDE THESE PROPERTIES WITH, UM, ESPECIALLY RURAL SITUATIONS PROVIDE, UM, TO KEEP 'EM THAT WAY.
'CAUSE THERE'S AN OPTION FOR THESE FOLKS TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S SELL THE LAND TO SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO DEVELOP IT AND PUT LOTS OF HOUSES UP THERE.
AND I THINK THAT THE EMAIL I RECEIVED SAID THERE'S UP, LIKE THEY COULD PUT UP LIKE 40 HOUSES UP THERE, UH, IF THEY SO WISHED BECAUSE THEY'RE THE, THE COUNTY, UH, WOULD ALLOW THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR ZONING.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE WANNA PREVENT FROM SOMEONE COMING IN AND JUST SELLING OFF THE BITS AND PIECES AND WHATEVER ACREAGE SIZE ACREAGE IS FOR THESE FOUR, TWO, OR THREE PROPERTIES, THEY COULD BREAK UP INTO LIKE 10 ACRE PROPERTIES AND SELL 'EM AND PUT HOUSING UP THERE.
AND THIS IS GONNA PREVENT THAT.
UM, AND SO THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LONG RANGE PLANS FOR THE GRAZING.
NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REFERRED TO AS AS PUBLIC ACCESS, NOW THE LANDOWNERS WILL NOT DO THIS, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PUBLIC ACCESS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT NOW AND THEY'RE NOT WANTING, WILLING TO NEGOTIATE THAT PART OF IT.
HOWEVER, UH, WHAT MY, MY PERSONAL FEELINGS IS 'CAUSE IT'S RIGHT THERE AND IT'S RIGHT.
UM, THE RIDGE TRAIL, I THINK THE BAY RIDGE TRAIL, I THINK, I'M NOT SURE 'CAUSE OF THE MAPS, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY DIRECTLY, BUT I THINK IT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
AND WHAT I WOULD FAVOR IS THAT, YEAH, WE WANNA SUPPORT AG AND OPEN SPACE IN THIS PROCESS, EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE, BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT, IF THERE IS A, UM, THE ACTUAL PLANNED RIDGE TRAIL THAT, THAT MY PERSONAL FAVOR WOULD BE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT RIDGE TRAIL IF, IF THAT'S ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, THAT, THAT THEY OPEN IT UP TO THE RIDGE TRAIL, UH, FOLKS, UH, FOR THE REGION.
SO I, I WOULD FAVOR SUPPORTING THIS, BUT WITH THAT CAVEAT THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE SEEKING.
UM, DID I SEE ANY OTHER QUESTION, COMMENT HERE, JEN? I, I JUST GUESS IT'S JUST A COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE AGATE OPEN SPACE HAS BEEN AROUND, UM, PUBLIC ACCESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SECONDARY.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT HAVING PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THESE LANDS.
'CAUSE WE ARE PAYING SOMEBODY FOR THIS.
AND I THINK THE CHANCES OF BUILDING LIKE 40 HOMES, I KNOW THERE'S, THEY'RE CALLED COVENANTS OR SOMETHING THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THOSE PROPERTIES THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
UM, UH, BUT I JUST THINK THAT PUBLIC ACCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE DO NEED TO FIND OUT IF THE RIDGE TRAIL IS CONNECTED TO THIS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD, BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I WANNA FIND OUT IF THE RIDGE TRAIL IS PART OF THAT AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC ACCESS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC PAYS, BUT WE NEVER HAVE THE ACCESS.
AND THAT HAS JUST BEEN A CONSTANT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DE CARLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, MY WHOLE TAKE ON AG AND OPEN SPACE IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST THERE TO, TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE AND PUT EASEMENTS ON LAND TO, TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE OTHER PART IS THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS THAT ARE LANDOWNERS.
AND SO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE I TAKE ISSUE WITH THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OWNERS OF IT HAVE OWNED IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT FARMERS, WHICH IS NOTHING AGAINST THEM.
AND I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING A GREAT JOB UP THERE.
UM, THEY'VE TAKEN A FARM THAT'S REALLY A TIME WARP.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY COOL PLACE.
UM, BEAUTIFUL UP THERE ON THE MOUNTAIN AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH WHAT THEY'VE DONE THERE ALREADY.
AND THEY HAVE A GOOD PARTNER OUT THERE THAT'S, UH, GRAZING CATTLE.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT FROM SONOMA COUNTY.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AG AND OPEN SPACE MONEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A QUARTER CENT SALES TAX FROM ALL OF US GO TOWARDS NOT JUST OPEN SPACE, BUT ALSO OUR FARMERS HERE TO HELP THEM, TO KEEP THEM IN BUSINESS, TO KEEP AGRICULTURE STRONG HERE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY FEELINGS ON IT.
UM, AND, UH, WEIGHING IN AS A PAST, UM, AG AND OPEN SPACE, UM, PARTICIPANT, UM, THE THI THIS ONE STRIKES ME AS A GOOD THING TO DO FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UM, UM, ONE IS THE AG AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT IS VERY CAREFUL TO BE BALANCED AMONGST, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR MISSION AND WHAT GOES TO OPEN SPACE, WHAT GOES TO URBAN PARKING AND WHAT GOES TO, UH, AG.
AND IT COMES WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS IS MISSION CORRECT FOR THEM.
THAT'S ONE POINT THAT I, I APPRECIATE THEM OFFERING US A CHANCE TO SUPPORT THEM.
SECOND THING IS THE SUPPORT FOR THEM IS TO BRING ADDED MONEY INTO OUR PROGRAM.
THIS IS ASKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO CHIP IN.
SO IN, IN MY THOUGHT, INSTEAD OF US PAYING THE WHOLE OF THE EASEMENT COST, THEY WANT TO PAY HALF OFF
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BY GETTING THE WILDLIFE GROUP IN TO PAY, UM, IN, IN A MATCHING GRANT SITUATION.SO I SEE IT AS STAYING ON MISSION AND STAYING ON WHAT THEIR BOARD HAS DECIDED IS VALUABLE.
AND GIVEN THAT THEIR BOARD REPRESENTS A LOT OF AG, A LOT OF OPEN SPACE, AND A LOT OF URBAN PARK, WHICH IS THE SKETCHIEST PART OF AG IN OPEN SPACE, AND IT BRINGS IN EXTRA MONEY TO SERVE OUR PURPOSES.
THE THING ABOUT THE TRAIL, I HOPE THE TRAIL COMES, UM, ALONG AS AN ADDED PIECE, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I WAS ALSO ASKING BLUNTLY, WELL THIS PROHIBIT EVENT SPACE AND WINE CENTERS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE GOING INTO THAT KIND OF AREAS AND THIS EASEMENT PRECLUDES THAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER BONUS FOR ME.
SO TO, TO SPEAK TO REACHING OUT TO OTHER CONSERVATION GROUPS, UM, FOR, FOR FUNDING TO HELP WITH THIS.
I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW EITHER WHAT, WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE.
I THINK IN GENERAL, WE KNOW WHAT AG AND OPEN SPACES REQUIREMENTS ARE, BUT NOT, NOT THESE OTHERS.
AND SO THAT, THAT ALSO MAKES ME WARY TO WANNA SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
ANYONE ELSE? THEN? UM, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
MOTION BY VICE MAYOR NOW AND COUNCIL MEMBER RIZZ.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TO AMEND THE MOTION AND SAY I WOULD LIKE TO FULLY SUPPORT THIS, BUT ALSO, UH, TO, UH, HAVE ANOTHER LETTER OF SUGGESTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE, UM, PUBLIC ACCESS AND PARTICULARLY THE RIDGE TRAIL TO BE INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT
HOW, HOW EXACTLY ARE WE GONNA WORD IT AND DOES IT REPRESENT US? ARE WE, UH, WILLING TO, UH, PROCEED WITH THIS MOTION AS IS AND THEN, UM, YOU, AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THAT BOARD MAKE THAT ACTION AT THAT BOARD MEETING? UM, YES, I CAN MAKE THAT PROPOSAL, UH, AS I ATTEND THE BOARD MEETINGS.
SO MY MOTION IS, IS I, I DON'T ACCEPT THE MOTION AS IS.
IF, IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, UH, WRITE A LETTER.
I'LL IN INCLUDE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
SHRI IS GOING TO, UM, INTRODUCE THE VOCABULARY.
IS THAT WHAT WE WANNA SAY? TEXT, TEXT ON, UH, A SECOND LETTER.
ARE WE CLEAR? CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? YES, PLEASE.
HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT COMING FROM AG AND OPEN SPACE TO SUPPORT THIS? UM, SO FAR MY EXPERIENCE OF, UH, LOOKING AT THE WORK THEY'VE DONE, IT'S A A FEW MILLION DOLLARS PER PROPERTY, UH, FOR EASEMENT TYPE OF WORK.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME CONTINUING MONEY FOR, FOR LOOKING AT IT.
BUT 50% OF THIS IS GONNA BE COMING FROM, UH, OTHER SOURCES, UM, OTHER FUNDING.
SO THAT, THAT HUGE SAVINGS RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND THIS IS, THIS TYPE OF WORK IS THE ACTUAL MISSION OF AG AND OPEN SPACE AND NOT, NOT PUBLIC ACCESS TO, TO THESE LANDS.
SO THIS IS THEIR MISSION AND THIS IS, UH, UH, WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT.
SO I WANNA SUPPORT THAT ENTIRELY, UM, BY, BY PUSHING THIS MORE MOTION FORWARD.
CAN I INVITE STAFF IN? YEAH, IF I CAN JUST ADD A LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I THINK MIGHT BE RELEVANT.
UM, THIS WAS AN APPLICATION THAT THE OPEN SPACE DISTRICT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND THERE WAS A PROCESS OF VETTING THAT APPLICATION AND THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED THAT THEY SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION, WHICH IS AN INDICATION THAT THEY FOUND THIS, UM, OPEN SPACE DISTRICT APPLICATION RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE TO THEIR GRANT.
LOOKING AT FROM OTHER PERSPECTIVES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE STATE IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY? UM, I, I JUST HAVE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT DOESN'T MAKE THESE DEALS ANY SWEETER FOR THE LANDOWNERS.
UM, AND I THINK THEY, A LOT OF THE TIME THEY LIKE THAT, BUT THEN ALSO I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA EITHER TO HAVE, UH, WORKING CATTLE OUT THERE AND PEOPLE ON TRAILS.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE WE GONNA BE ADDING THAT LANGUAGE IN TO, UM, SUPPORT THE RIDGE TRAIL IF IT IS APPLICABLE? YES.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD WRITE UP TO REQUEST THAT IN THE FUTURE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING YOUR RECURRENT ACTION, BUT IN THE FUTURE WHEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITY, WE WOULD'VE SUPPORT, UH, ACCESS THROUGH THE RIDGE TRAIL.
WILL THAT BE IN THE LETTER? YES.
CAN I, CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON, I THINK WHAT WE'VE GOT IS A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE LETTER AS, UH, IT'S IN THE PACKET AND THAT YOU WERE GONNA GENERATE A LETTER AS VICE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, INDICATING PETALUMA FEELS THIS WAY,
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ADDING, SO IT'S THE LETTER AS WRITTEN AS, YES.SO, SO THAT'S A NO TO WHAT YOU WERE ASKING.
SO IT'S A NO, THE, THE LETTER THAT WE'RE VOTING ON DOESN'T SAY THAT CURRENTLY AND WE WERE NOT GONNA MODIFY, WE WERE GONNA TASK COUNCIL MEMBER STRS WITH TAKING CARE OF THAT INDEPENDENTLY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS, I'D PREFER JUST TO HAVE A SENTENCE IN THERE TO SUPPORT THE RIDGE TRAIL.
WELL THEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO A CONDITIONAL OF THEIR CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS WHERE WE'RE NOT INVITED IN TO BE CONDITIONAL ON THEIR CONTRACT OPERATIONS.
SO I WOULD, I I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AS SUPPORTIVE OF THE LETTER TO THEM.
I, I THINK THE NEGOTIATIONS, UH, THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW WITH AN ORDERS TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, UM, WE CAN'T BE CHANGING THAT LANGUAGE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE CAN ONLY ASK A, A REQUEST THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE THAT THIS WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION THAT BE ALLOWED WHEN, WHENEVER THEIR FINAL CONTRACT IS WRITTEN UP, THAT THIS WOULD BE ALLOWED DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO PAY EXTRA FOR THIS SPECIAL EASEMENT MOVING A FENCE OVER, GETTING A COURT OR GOING WHATEVER IT TAKES.
UH, THAT WOULD BE AN EXTRA THING LATER ON.
SO THE MOTION MAKER IS CLEAR ON THE MOTION.
THE SECOND IS CLEAR ON THE SECOND, YES.
AND ANYONE ELSE WANNA WEIGH IN? NO.
GOOD THEN LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL.
UM, THAT MOVES US OFF OF OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND
[14. Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance of the City of Petaluma City Council Adopting the Fire Hazard Severity Zones as Provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and Reaffirming the City’s Existing 2007 Wildland Urban Interface Map Pursuant to Government Code Sections 51178-51179]
INTO, UM, OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION FOR TONIGHT.AND, UM, WE HAVE, UM, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY ADOPTING THE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES AS PROVIDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION AND REAFFIRMING THE CITY'S EXISTING 2007 WILD
AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FIRE MARSHAL JESSICA POWER TO TAKE OVER HERE.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY, UH, JESSICA POWER YOUR FIRE MARSHAL HERE TO PRESENT THE UPDATED FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GO OVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES, THE PROCESS FOR THIS ADOPTION.
UM, TOUCH ON INSURANCE A LITTLE BIT, THE ASSOCIATED REQUIREMENTS WITH THESE NEW MAPS AND OUR CURRENT MAPS AND SOME RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, HAZARD IS BASED ON THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT CREATE A LIKELIHOOD AND EXPECTED FIRE BEHAVIOR OVER A LONG RANGE TIME.
WHEREAS RISK IS THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE, UM, A FIRE COULD DO UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS.
UH, ACCOUNTING FOR FUEL MODIFICATIONS SUCH AS FUEL REDUCTIONS, UM, DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE REQUIREMENTS CAME ABOUT IN THE 1990S AFTER THE DEVASTATING OAKLAND HILLS FIRE.
AT THAT POINT, CAL FIRE WAS DESIGNATED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, CREATING HAZARD SEVERITY MAPS FOR STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREAS KNOWN AS SRA.
UM, SINCE THEN, THE LEGISLATION HAS CHANGED, UH, A NUMBER OF TIMES.
AND CURRENTLY THE LEGISLATION REQUIRES THEM TO ADOPT, UH, EXCUSE ME, TO CREATE HAZARD SEVERITIES ON MAPS FOR ALL AREAS.
SO LOCAL RE UH, RESPONSIBILITY AREAS AND STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREAS.
THE LAST ADOPTION OF THESE MAPS WAS DONE IN 2007.
UM, AND SO THESE LATEST MAPS, UH, TAKE TO, UH, NEW FIRE MODELING.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING, OUR FIRST READING.
UH, WE'LL BE BACK ON JUNE SIX 16TH, UH, FOR THE SECOND READING.
AND IF IT IS ADOPTED, IT'LL BE APPLICABLE ON JULY 17TH.
UM, SO THESE NEW SER FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES, AS I MENTIONED, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UM, MORE CURRENT, UH, FACTORS, UM, TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT OUR ZONES.
THEY INCORPORATE NEW SCIENCE INTO THE CLIMATE DATA AND HAVE IMPROVED THE FIRE ASSESSMENT MODELING.
THE THINGS THAT ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ARE THE UPDATED BURN PROBABILITIES FOR OUR WILDLAND AREAS.
THEY'VE UPDATED THE FIRE ENVIRONMENT FOOTPRINTS UPDATED OUR VEGETATION DENSITY FOR URBAN AREAS
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INCLUDED THE SLOPE IN THE URBAN ZONING MODEL.ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT THEY UPDATED WAS LOCALIZED FIRE WEATHER FOR THE WILDLAND AND THE URBAN MODELS.
SO INSTEAD OF MORE A MORE REGIONAL APPROACH, UM, THEY REALLY GOT DOWN TO A SMALLER AREA FOR THOSE, UM, DIFFERENT WEATHER PATTERNS THAT WE SEE IN OUR AREAS.
AND THEY ALSO INCLUDED NEW FIREBRAND PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT MODEL USING THE DISCRETE LOCAL WIND VECTOR DISTRIBUTIONS.
SO THE YELLOW AREAS INDICATE A MODERATE HAZARD AREA, THE LOWEST OF THE HAZARD DESIGNATIONS.
THE ORANGE INDICATES A HIGH HAZARD ZONE, WHICH IS THE NEXT LEVEL UP IN THE THREE DESIGNATIONS.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VERY HIGH HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES IN THE CITY LIMITS.
THOSE TWO ORANGE AREAS THAT YOU SEE, UM, IS THE KAISER FACILITY AND THE ELLIS CREEK WATER FACILITY.
SO WE HAVE NO RESIDENTIAL PARCELS
THIS IS OUR CURRENT EXISTING HAZARD MAP, UH, WHICH IN THE ORDINANCE IS PROPOSED TO BE OUR NEW WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE MAP.
SO NOTHING WOULD WOULD CHANGE IN THAT ZONE.
I WANNA TALK ON INSURANCE, UH, QUICKLY.
UM, I, I HIGHLIGHTED THE DIFFERENCE IN RISK AND HAZARD MAPS AS INSURANCE COMPANIES USE RISK MAPS.
HOWEVER THEY CONTAINS THE, UH, MUCH OF THE SAME INFORMATION.
OUR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER IN CALIFORNIA HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OUTLINING, UM, SOME OF THESE DIFFERENCES AND, UH, HOW THEY USE THAT.
UM, THAT LETTER IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
THAT WEBSITE I HAVE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, IT THAT DOES NOT, UM, MEAN THOUGH THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD RESIDENTS, UH, EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES, UH, WITH THEIR INSURANCE.
AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU CAN PROVIDE A CON CONSULT, AN INSPECTION TO HELP PEOPLE PROVIDE THEM AN INSPECTION LETTER, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH DEFENSIBLE SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
IN MY EXPERIENCE OF THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THESE TYPES OF INSPECTIONS, THAT HAS HELPED OUR RESIDENTS, UH, RETAIN THEIR INSURANCE.
SO WITH OUR NEW ZONES, THE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, ANY NEW STRUCTURES WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE.
THIS IS THE FIRE RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE IN THE CODES FOR MANY YEARS.
AND FOR OUR EXISTING STRUCTURES, IT RECOMMENDS BEST PRACTICES.
UM, FOR THE UPGRADES TO FIRE RESISTIVE CONSTRUCTION.
THE SAME REQUIREMENTS APPLY IN THE HIGH HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE, UM, WHICH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS LIMITED WITHIN THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
DEFENSIBLE SPACE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE ZONES IN OUR MODERATE THERE WILL BE REQUIRED COMPLIANCE FOR NEW BUILDINGS, UM, WITH, UH, CHAPTER SEVEN A AND CHAPTER 49 OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
AND SAME WITH THE HIGH HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE.
WITHIN THE MODERATE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE ZONE, BUT WITHIN THE HIGH HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE, THERE IS A HAZARD DISCLOSURE INSPECTION REQUIRED ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SALES.
SO SHOULD THERE BE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THOSE TWO MENTIONED AREAS THAT WAS RESIDENTIAL AND THEY SOLD, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO DO AN INSPECTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
UM, FOR ANYONE INTERESTED HERE IS A MATRIX OF, UM, THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA VERSUS THE LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA AND THE THREE ZONES AND THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS.
SO HERE'S OUR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL WEBSITE THAT OUTLINES ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND HAS SOME GREAT VIDEOS ON HIGH HAZARD, UH, FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
AND THEN OUR PETALUMA WEBSITE FOR THE FIRE HAZARD VERITIES ZONE MAPS.
AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WONDERFUL.
LET'S BRING UP TO COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY WAS JUST LOVING THAT PRESENTATION.
WAS THAT A QUESTION COMING? COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS? MAYBE A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION.
WELL, UM, WITH THAT THEN I'D LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM AND ASK OUR CLERK IF WE'VE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.
AND, UH, TO CONTINUE WITH THE MESSAGE, WE'VE HAD NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM AHEAD OF THIS MEETING.
WE'VE HAD NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM, BUT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY
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DONE SO.SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.
PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION HANDS AND SEEING NO ONE MOVING TO THE FRONT TO TURN IN A CARD AND NO CARDS OVER WITH YOU.
THEN WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE BRING BACK TO COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS NOW? I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING, COUNCIL MEMBER SCH SHRIMPS.
YEAH, I JUST HAD THE, UM, OPPORTUNI WAS ON VACATION THIS LAST WEEK AND I WAS, HAPPEN TO BE IN TAHOE CITY AND THERE WAS A FARMER'S MARKET WITH I GUESS A FIRE SAFETY PERSON PRESENTING THERE.
SO I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING UP THERE IN THE TAHOE REGION FOR, FOR THEIR FIRE SAFETY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THERE.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE BEING DROPPED UP THERE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UH, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE REAL REASON WHAT'S BEING DROPPED.
SO THAT IS A, A HUGE CONCERN OF, OF BEING DROPPED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A MOVEMENT GOING ON, BUT, UH, I THINK OUR STATE IS WORKING HARD TO, UM, GET THAT ALL STRAIGHTENED UP RIGHT NOW AND THAT THEY'RE REPORTING THAT, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH FOLKS, UM, PERSONALLY ONE-ON-ONE AT THE HOUSEHOLDS AND THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND, UM, HELP FOLKS WITH DEFENSIBLE SPACING IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW.
AND SO THERE'S BIG ADVERTISING.
SO THE TWO THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING UP THERE, WHICH I THINK WE'RE ALSO GOING STATEWIDE WITH IS, UH, TWO THINGS WE NEED TO DO HERE IN PETALUMA IS BE THINKING ABOUT.
UM, I THINK MY INSURANCE COMPANY LOOKED AT AND CAME BACK AND SAID, OH, IT'S THREE FEET AWAY FROM THE HOUSE FOR LIMBS AND EVERYTHING.
AND I THINK THE NEW RULE IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS FIVE FEET OF, OF ACTUAL, UM, VEGETATION AWAY FROM HOUSING STRUCTURES OR BUILDING STRUCTURES AT ALL.
SO NOT THREE FEET, IT'S FIVE FEET NOW, UH, FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE, UH, ALONG WITH OTHER VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IN, IN RURAL AREAS THAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING.
SO DEFENSIBLE SPACE IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO BUILDINGS IS INCREASING.
WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND THAT'S REC BEING RECOMMENDED.
AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
THEY HAD A LITTLE DEMONSTRATION THAT A, UH, MOST SOFFITS BY CODE ONLY NEED TO BE A ONE FOURTH INCH GRID.
THAT'S THE LITTLE HOLES AT THE TOP OF YOUR HOUSE THAT ALLOW AIR TO FLOW IN AND OUT.
AND I THINK CODE ON MOST PRIOR TO NOW HAS BEEN ONE QUARTER INCH, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH.
IT'S GOOD FOR ANIMALS, UH, UH, BUT NOT FOR EMBERS.
SO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY PROMOTE THE IDEA OF GETTING TO ONE EIGHTH INCH, UH, GRID PATTERNS ON OUR SOFFITS CITYWIDE.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WE COULD DO CITYWIDE TO PREVENT HOUSE, TO HOUSE, UH, EMBER MOVEMENTS, UH, HAPPENING.
UM, ANYWAY, THAT WAS THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS I I SAW UP THERE.
AND SO JUST AS A REMINDER, IN THIS FIRE SAFETY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN MODERATE, THERE'S THINGS WE COULD DO HERE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IF WE HAVE, UH, A PROGRAM TO DO THAT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, HOW DOES THE GRAZING PROGRAM WORK WITH GOATS IN THE CITY? YEAH, SO, UM, ELENA BRADFORD, UM, IN PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN COORDINATING THE SHEEP GRAZING PROGRAM, UM, FOR MANY OF OUR, UH, CITY PARKS AND, UH, ABOUT PROPERTIES.
UM, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE DONE BY OUR COMPLIANCE STATE FOR THE HAZARDOUS VEGETATION ORDINANCE, UM, BUT THEY HAVE, UH, UH, OTHER FACTORS PLAYING IN AND, AND COMPLETE THOSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE WORK WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THOSE.
HAS THERE BEEN, UM, ANY EFFORT TO TRY TO DO IT WITH CATTLE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, IN, IN LARGER AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE PRONE TO FIRE TOO? UM, I KNOW THAT SHE EXPLORED A VARIETY OF OPTIONS AND SHEEP SEEMED TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR THE PROPERTIES WE HAVE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UH, IF I'M REMEMBERING RIGHT, I BELIEVE, UM, TRANSPORT, UM, AND THE LANDS WAS ONE OF THEM, BUT THERE WERE MANY FACTORS THAT SHE WAS LOOKING AT.
LIKE OUR PARK AND REC DIRECTOR THERE WE GO TO SPEAK IF YOU WISH.
WHEN WE LOOK AT ANIMAL GRAZING, UM, WE CERTAINLY ARE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, OUR LOCAL GRAZERS.
UH, THERE'S NOT ONE SIZE THAT FITS ALL FOR OUR GRAZING PROGRAM.
WHAT WE FOUND IS, UH, SHEEP TO BE THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE TYPES OF ACREAGE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY GRAZING.
MOST OF IT IS WITHIN PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE.
THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES, UM, THAT WE ARE OPEN TO AND EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING SOME, SOME CATTLE INTO.
WE'RE, WE'RE SENSITIVE, UM, TO GET STARTED, BUT WE REALLY NEED MORE, MORE ACREAGE AND THE PROGRAM'S IN ABOUT THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN GROWING FROM 50 TO NOW OVER A HUNDRED ACRES.
AND AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW, WE'RE LOOKING AT GRAZING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
NO, AND I, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND TOO THAT WITH, UM, SHEEP AND GOATS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN OPERATE IN TIGHTER AREAS AND YOU CAN USE SMALLER ELECTRICAL FENCES TO CONTROL 'EM.
AND YOU KNOW, COWS REQUIRE HEAVIER
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FENCING.UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM IN THE COUNTY TOO, AND I KNOW FARMERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE PLACES TO RAISE.
AND I KNOW REALIZE TOO THAT YOU NEED MORE ACREAGE AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO THAT, BUT I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE MORE OF AN EFFORT THERE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, IN IN AREAS THAT ARE POSSIBLE.
INFRASTRUCTURE IS A BIG, BIG PART OF IT IN HOW WE GROW THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS WITH FIRE PUBLIC WORKS.
BEL POLICE AIRPORT, EVERYONE'S INVOLVED.
THAT CREW OF UH, WHAT OVER 500 SHEEP NOW AT, UH, THEY'RE MOVING.
IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE EFFORT, UH, TO KEEP THEM GOING AROUND THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.
UH, AND I'LL MOVE THE ITEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND BY NOW.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
[15. Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 City of Petaluma Budget, Adoption of City Budget Resolution, Adopt a Resolution Updating the Full-Time Authorized and Funded Position Schedule, and Introduction (First Reading) of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 City Appropriations Ordinance]
TO ITEM 15, WANNA MENTION IF THEY WANNA CHANGE.AND THAT IS THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR, 20 25, 26, UH, CITY OF PETALUMA BUDGET, UH, ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND UPDATING THE FULL-TIME AUTHORIZED AND FUNDED POSITION SCHEDULE.
AND TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO FIRST READING OF THE APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE.
AND TO HELP US WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR, COREY GALO.
UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS EACH YEAR, THE BUDGET MUST BE PRESENTED BY A FUND DEPARTMENT AND PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
BY THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY, THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS DELIVERED TO YOU AT THE MEETING HELD ON MAY 5TH, FOLLOWED BY A BUDGET WORKSHOP HELD ON MAY 12TH, WHERE WE WENT OVER THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK AT THE WORKSHOP, WE HAVE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE BUDGET BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE FUNDING IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO JUMPSTART THE SIDEWALK FINANCING PILOT PROGRAM, BRINGING THE TOTAL PROGRAM BUDGET TO 150,000.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED 500,000 TO THE TRESTLE REHABILITATION PROJECT TO CONTINUE FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.
NO OTHER CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
ANY OTHER RECOMMENDED GRAPHICAL EDITS WILL APPEAR IN THE FINAL BUDGET.
DOCUMENT THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TOTALS 348 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS.
80 POINT 0.4 MILLION OF WHICH IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND IS COMMITTED TO FURTHERING THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE SET.
SO WITH THAT TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 BUDGET, ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS, AUTHORIZING THOSE BUDGETS, AND INTRODUCE THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AND STAFF.
UM, ARE HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DIDN'T, DOESN'T APPLY TO STAFF.
OH, UH, THAT ACTUALLY, THAT WAS BRILLIANT.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS? I THINK I SUBMITTED A QUESTION, WHICH WAS, I THOUGHT YOU HAD A, A GOOD ANSWER, UH, WRITTEN BACK TO US, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST, UH, MAYBE IMPORTANT TO, SO THAT WE, UH, FROM THE PRIOR MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRESTLE MEETING, A HALF MILLION DOLLAR, UH, TO FUND THAT PROJECT AND THAT WORD OF MONEY WAS GONNA COME FROM.
UH, SO I THINK I'LL JUST LET, IF YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM NOW AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF MOVING THAT MONEY FROM THIS BUDGET ITEM TO THAT BUDGET ITEM TO THE TRESTLE, UM, AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE ON THAT, JUST SO THAT, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC GETS CLEAR ON, UH, THAT ISSUE THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA BE FUNDING THE TRESTLE BY USING OTHER MONIES THAT, AND WHAT, WHAT THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT IS.
I BELIEVE JONATHAN IS HERE IN THE TEAM TO DISCUSS THAT.
I CAN TAKE THE FIRST STAB AT IT.
AND, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES, THE, UH, THE FUNDING IS PROPOSED, UH, AS RECOMMENDED IN THE, THE MODIFICATIONS TONIGHT TO COME FROM THE, UH, CITY HALL POLICE DEPARTMENT BACKUP GENERATOR PROJECTS.
THERE'S CURRENTLY A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT IS ONGOING AND WRAPPING UP, UH, SHORTLY.
IT IS GRANT FUNDED, WHICH IS A STUDY OF THOSE TWO GENERATORS.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS TO PULL 500,000 OUT OF THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE, THE GENERATORS, MOVE THAT OVER TO THE TRESTLE PROJECT.
WHAT THAT WILL DO FOR THE GENERATOR
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PROJECT IS LEAVE $100,000 LEFT.AND WITH VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY, UH, STAFF ESTIMATES, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING LEFT IN THE PROJECT CAN GET THE DESIGN DONE FOR THE CITY HALL, UH, BACKUP GENERATOR.
UH, AS WE'VE ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT, THE, UH, THE UPCOMING PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IS ONGOING.
IT'S BEING DESIGNED WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE BELIEVE WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, 12 OR SO MONTHS.
SO THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE THE BACKUP POWER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD.
HOWEVER, UM, THE PROJECT AT THIS POINT, IF WE STRIP THE 500,000 OUT, WE'LL ONLY HAVE THE DESIGN MONEY LEFT IN IT.
SO, IMPLICATIONS OF THAT ARE THAT, UM, THIS BUILDING, THE CITY HALL THAT WE'RE WE'RE SITTING IN NOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIMP ALONG WITH THE OLDER GENERATOR THAT WE DO HAVE.
UH, CURRENTLY THAT GENERATOR IS ONLY SPECKED TO KEEP OUR, UM, MAJOR IT SYSTEMS UP AND RUNNING AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OFFICE SPACE FOR OUR IT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE SYSTEMS. AND SO THAT WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO BE THE STATE THAT WE WOULD BE OPERATING IN FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS UNTIL WE CAN FIND SOME OTHER MONEY POTENTIALLY, UH, TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE CITY HALL GENERATOR PROJECT.
I JUST WANNA BE, BE MAKE SURE WE WE'RE CLEAR ON, ON THE DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING ON, ON THAT MOVEMENT.
WELL ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO ASK A FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION IN ALSO, YOU SAW MY LITTLE SPREADSHEET IN THE, IN THE, UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
AND EACH YEAR, UM, WE DON'T EXPEND QUITE AS MUCH AS WE THINK WE'RE GONNA EXPEND OUR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SET THE BAR HIGH AND WE GET MOST OF THAT DONE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS FUN LEVEL.
AND ALSO WHEN WE DO OUR CLEANUP OF THE BOOKS, WE END UP IN A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO LAST YEAR WE THOUGHT WE'D BE BEGINNING WITH $162 MILLION TOTAL FUND BALANCE.
AND I REALIZED THAT'S FUND BALANCES GO TO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S A POT OF CASH YOU CAN WORK FROM.
BUT TURNS OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY BEGAN AT 182 MILLION.
SO OUR CLOSE OF YEAR BOOK DIFFERENCE IS, IS 20 MILLION.
I MEAN, AND, AND WE KNOW THE SAME IS TRUE OF CAPITAL.
WHEN WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO HIT 56, WE HIT 55, THERE'S OTHER MILLIONS IN THERE.
CAN WE GET THAT ELECTRICAL DESIGN WORK DONE EARLY ENOUGH IN THE YEAR SO THAT WHEN ACCOUNTING SAYS, HEY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE MORE HERE THAN WE THOUGHT WE HAD, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BID IT SAY AT A DECEMBER AND STILL ACHIEVE IF THERE'S 500 LEFT, YOU KNOW, IF OUR BUDGET CHANGES BY 500,000, WHICH SEEMS VERY REASONABLE, CAN WE AUGMENT? USUALLY COUNCIL DOESN'T DO THAT.
STAFF HAS NEEDS THAT THEY NEED TO AUGMENT OR REALIZATIONS ON PROJECT COSTS.
BUT CAN WE PROVIDE DIRECTION HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO KEEP THAT PROJECT ON SCHEDULE, WANT THE DESIGN DONE EARLY ENOUGH THAT WE CAN ENCUMBER WHAT WE STRIPPED OUT NOW FOR THE TRESTLE, GET BACK IN WHEN WE FIND THAT THE THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
UM, BEST GUESS, I THINK THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
WE ANALYZE THE BUDGET, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE COME TO COUNCIL AT A MINIMUM THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, WE BRING FORWARD ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW.
UM, THERE COULD BE TIMES WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, BECOMES KNOWN AFTER THE FACT.
UM, AND DEPENDING UPON MANY REASONS, UM, REGARDING CAPITAL PROJECTS, THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL OF SHIFTING FUNDING AROUND BASED ON TIMING, ET CETERA.
UM, SO I DON'T, I I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE, UM, ASSUMPTION.
WHAT WOULD A FAIR DATE TO DO AN UPDATE BE? I DON'T, I DON'T WANT CAPITAL TO THINK THEY DROPPED ONE OFF THE, THE LIST.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I, UH, I I WOULD LIKE THEM TO THINK THAT MONEY'S GONNA COME.
WHEN WILL THAT MONEY BE? WHEN CAN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET? LIKE I SAID, WE USUALLY BRING FORWARD ADJUSTMENTS AT FIRST QUARTER.
SO MAYBE AT FIRST QUARTER WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUSH THIS BACK IN.
UM, DID YOU WISH TO WEIGH IN? UH, YEAH.
HI, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO OUR PLAN IS TO KEEP THAT PROJECT ON TRACK, ITS TERMS OF THE DESIGN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ASKED THAT, UH, UH, FINANCE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THAT MONEY IN.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE THAT DESIGN AND NOT CHANGE THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE OF THAT RIGHT NOW, UH, BUT WE CAN GET YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME FOR THAT, UH, FIRST QUARTER ADJUSTMENT, WE COULD LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT AND SEE IF WE NEED TO TRY AND, UH, SHIFT IN MONEY.
THE ONLY THING TO NOTE IS, UM, THAT FUNDING IS GENERAL FUND MONEY.
AND SO IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A REDUCTION IN SAY LIKE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SHIFT THAT FUNDING OVER TO COVERED, UH, THIS
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PROJECT.YEAH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD POINT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO GETTING THE, THE ELECTRICAL WORK DONE AS, AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO IF WE CAN HAVE THE MONEY IN WITHOUT STRIPPING IT OUTTA THAT, THEN THAT WORKS.
UH, OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER TO GO ON, CONTINUE? YEAH, THE, THE OPTION IS, UM, INSTEAD OF $500,000 FOR THE TRESTLE TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THAT AND PUT IT BACK INTO TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK DONE AT THE POLICE STATION.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE OTHER OPTION WE'RE, WE'RE FACING, WHICH IS WHAT I, I WAS THINKING.
'CAUSE I THINK WE CAN DELAY THE EIR ON THE TRESTLE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL COMPLETE DESIGN.
UM, AND, AND WHICH IS $200,000 AND PUT THAT $200,000 BACK INTO THE POLICE, UH, TO THE CITY STAFF, UH, FOR ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, ESPECIALLY THE POLICE STATION.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, BUT, BUT IF, BUT SINCE WE WON, WENT FOR THE HALF MILLION ALREADY FOR THE TRESTLE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WAS VOTED ON AT THAT TIME.
THEN THIS, THIS IS A CONSEQUENCE AND, AND I'LL GO ALONG WITH IT, BUT IT'S NOT MY, MY FAVORITE THING TO DO.
MAYOR, CAN I JUMP IN PLEASE? SO, UH, THE PROJECT TEAM ALSO, UM, IS SUGGESTING PROCEEDING WITH THE LOWER TOTAL BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO INITIATE THE EIR AND ALLOW FOR AGENCY THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WE HEARD ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING TO BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER DEFINITION OF THE PROJECT AND, UM, IDENTIFY INITIAL POTENTIAL MITIGATIONS.
SO STAFF AT THAT TIME AFTER EXPENDING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, COULD COME BACK WITH A MORE DEFINED PROJECT AND GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO EITHER PROCEED ON THE EIR FULLY OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, WE'RE GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENT HERE, UM, BUT MAYBE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A, A MINUTE TO FOCUS ON THE TRESTLE SINCE IT'S THE, THE BIGGEST, UM, CHANGE IN BUDGET FROM, FROM WORKSHOP TO, TO PRESENT UM, I THINK WHAT WE HEARD WAS WE HAD TO DO THOSE PRE-APPLICATION HISTORICAL PRESERVATION CONVERSATIONS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE SCOPE WAS.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT DICTATES WHAT THE DESIGN WILL BE, WILL BE THE COMMUNITY VISION.
AND SO HAVING, UH, COMMUNITY VISION MEETINGS PRIOR TO GREEN LIGHTING FINISHED DESIGN IS, IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, HENCE MY QUESTIONS IN, IN THE, UH, FEEDBACK OF LIKE, UM, DOES DESIGN RUN AHEAD TODAY OR IS DESIGNED SEPARATELY AUTHORIZED AS THE COMMUNITY VISION PULLS TOGETHER? AND, UM, AND AS THE COMMUNITY VISION GRIPS REALITIES OF COST AND, AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK MY QUESTION I GOT AROUND TO A QUESTION, UM, IS WHEN CAN WE DO THE PUBLIC, UH, VISIONING? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DO PUBLIC VISIONING? GONNA ASK STEVE WORL, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WHO USED TO BE THE PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S RIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS HERE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.
SO TAKING A STEP BACK, I THINK THE REASON WE WANT TO PROBABLY START THE EIR PROCESS AND THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS IS BECAUSE THAT DOES BOUNCE SOME CONSTRAINTS.
THAT DOESN'T TELL US WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT IT TELLS US WHAT WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO DO.
AND SO, UM, NEXT STEPS RIGHT NOW FOR THE PROJECT TEAM REALLY GO THROUGH THAT AS A FIRST PRIORITY AND THEN SECOND AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND BROADER URBAN DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN.
AND SO WE KIND OF SEE THOSE TWO HAPPENING MOST LOGICALLY NEXT.
AND THEN THE RESULTS OF THAT EXERCISE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE, A FINAL DESIGN.
IS THERE A CONSEQUENCE OF NOT CONTINUING DESIGN EFFORTS RIGHT NOW? OR CAN THEY PAUSE? SURE.
SO WITH THE, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WANT TO DEFINE A CLEAR PROJECT TO START ANY EIR, WE WOULD NEED SOME DESIGN WORK TO GET TO THAT POINT, BUT AT, AT THAT TIME, IF WE PAUSE MORE DETAILED DESIGN, IT'S REALLY JUST POTENTIAL SCHEDULE DELAY.
LIKE THAT'S THE, THE ONLY MAJOR CONSEQUENCE.
SO, UM, THE PRE-APPLICATION WORK, UH, PRE EIR WORK AND INVESTIGATIONS DON'T NECESSITATE.
UM, OR DO WE HAVE AN EIR CONSULTANT UNDER CONTRACT? SO THE CONSULTANT WE WOULD WORK WITH IS UNDER CONTRACT FOR MORE GENERIC PERMITTING SERVICES, BUT WE'VE NOT HIRED THEM YET OR AUTHORIZED THEM TO BEGIN WORK ON THE EIR.
RIGHT? SO WE WOULDN'T BE WORKING ON THE ER, WE'D BE WORKING ON PRE EIR, UH, THOSE TASKS WOULD BE LINKED LIKE THAT.
LIKE IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EIR, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE PRE-APPLICATION, OR AS OUR CITY MANAGER SUGGESTED, WE COULD START WITH MORE OF A START THAT TASK KNOWING YOU CAN'T COMPLETE IT WITH THIS INITIAL FUNDING, BUT WE'RE AUTHORIZING YOU TO SPEND BASICALLY TO SPEND DOLLARS TIME
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AND EXPENSE GOING DOWN THAT PATH.DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UH, YEAH.
BUT I WANNA TRY AND PIN YOU DOWN EVEN MORE.
UM, SO, UM, CAN, CAN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE, WITH THE $100,000 INVESTMENT, CAN WE BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE CAN OFFER THE PUBLIC WITHIN THEIR VISION RANGE? SURE.
SO WE HAVE SOME FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN COMPONENT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT COMPLETE AND IT'S NOT WHOLE.
ESSENTIALLY AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FULLY DO THE, UM, COMMUNITY VISIONING, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN PIECE.
THAT'S PART OF THE OVERALL $500,000.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING LANDSCAPE DESIGN.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PLANT PALATE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, UM, TO GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THAT IS THE VISIONING AROUND THE PROMENADE CONCEPT, THE, THE PIECES OF THE PROJECT OVERALL THAT ARE NOT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.
SO CERTAINLY MORE BROAD THAN SELECTION OF PLANTS AT THE WATERFRONT.
AND, AND THINK, UH, HELP ME OUT IF THIS IS CORRECT, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING IS A COMPLETE, UH, RECONSTRUCTION.
IT'S A RE-IMAGINING THIS IS NOT A REHAB PROJECT.
SO WHEN WE GO TO THE STATE, THEY'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SAY THIS IS A DEMOLITION.
AND AS WE HEARD EARLIER FROM BRIAN MOYNIHAN, UH, THERE'S A, A, A WAIVER POTENTIAL ON DEMOLITION THAT GETS YOU TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
AND, UH, BUT I MEAN, I THINK IT'S COUNCIL'S, UM, UM, ANTICIPATION THAT THE PROJECT STILL RESPECTS THE PAST AND, AND, AND, UH, BUT WE SHOULD BE ALL CLEAR, IT'S A DEMOLITION PERMIT.
AND, UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS I DON'T BELIEVE ANY DEMOLITION SHOULD OCCUR WITHOUT US HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WOULD LOSE ALL THE INERTIA FOR THE PROJECTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO PIN YOU ON A DATE WHEN WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC, UM, MEETINGS MM-HMM
AND SO CAN WE, I MEAN, CONCEPTUALLY IT'S, WE PROPOSE THE FUNDING FOR IT.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE FOR IT? WHEN DO YOU THINK WE COULD HAVE THE PRE-WORK DONE AND THEN THE PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED THAT? YEAH.
SO THE SCHEDULE THAT THE PROJECT TEAM PUT TOGETHER, ASSUMING NO, UH, I THINK PAUSES IN FUNDING IS PRE-APPLICATION AND INITIAL DESIGN CONCEPTS NOW, AND THEN GOING TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS EARLY AS THE FALL.
SO WE'RE SAY IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND THAT TIMELINE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUR ANTICIPATION THAT IT'LL BE A ROBUST VISIONING.
IT, IT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING IN SOME ASSISTANCE.
UH, SERIES OF PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENTS.
UH, I THINK WE'VE BRAINSTORMED A COUPLE DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR THAT BETWEEN SURVEYS, BETWEEN DIFFERENT FORMS OF, UH, OUTREACH MEETINGS AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK IN THAT WAY.
SO THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ME ASKING QUESTIONS RATHER THAN OFFERING OPINIONS AND EVERYTHING.
LOOKING, UH, THE TRESTLE QUESTIONS TO STAY ON, ON THE BUDGET ON THE TRESTLE FOR A HEARTBEAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO AN EIR TO DEMO THE TRESTLE.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EIR TO DO THAT? SURE.
SO, UM, THE QUICK SUMMARY IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION, THAT IS AN UNAVOIDABLE IMPACT TO A HISTORIC RESOURCE.
AND THAT REQUIRES A FOCUSED EIR TO BE PREPARED.
BUT THE DEFINITION OF THE CITY'S PROJECT IS NOT DEMOLITION.
SO WE'RE ONLY DOING THE EIR BECAUSE WE'RE INVOLVED IN BUILDING SOMETHING.
I THINK IF WE DID A PROJECT THAT WAS JUST DEMOLITION, PROBABLY WE WOULDN'T BE THE LEAD ON DEMOLITION ONLY.
DEMOLITION ONLY IS NOT OUR PROJECT.
OTHER QUESTIONS TRESSEL RELATED? I, WELL, I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO AN EIR TO DEMO THIS OR A FOCUSED DR.
I'M HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT DOWN THERE.
AND SO I FEEL AS THOUGH, 'CAUSE I MISSED THE MEETING 'CAUSE I WASN'T HERE, THAT HERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A PROJECT THAT IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET ANY FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA COME UP WITH 15 TO $20 MILLION PROBABLY TO REHAB THIS DEPENDING ON THE DESIGN.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH LOOKING AT DEMOING THIS AND THEN, AND THEN HAVING THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT DO PEOPLE REALLY WANT DOWN THERE AND IS IT GONNA BE THIS, YOU KNOW, HUGE PROJECT OR IS IT GONNA BE MORE OF AN URBAN DESIGN PROJECT AND A SMALLER PROJECT AND MAYBE MAKING THE AREA AT CERTAIN AREAS A LITTLE BIT LARGER EXPANSION, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE REBUILDING A TRESTLE TO THE HISTORIC HISTORICALLY.
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I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, WHAT THE PROJECT TEAM HAS ASSUMED IS INCLUSIVE OF RECONSTRUCTION AND RE RECONSTRUCTION THAT DOES RESPECT HISTORICAL ELEMENTS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT QUOTE, REHABILITATION.SO THE, THE, THE, THE VERY CLOSE NOTES VERSION OF THE PRIOR PRESENTATION WAS THAT REHABILITATION HAS A RELATIVELY SHORT LIFESPAN COMPARED TO RECONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THAT WAS NOT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROJECT TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD.
DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? UM, YEAH, IT KIND OF ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
I JUST, UM, IS THIS REALLY THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING IS REBUILDING THE TRESTLE? I MEAN, IS THAT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING? BECAUSE I'M READING FROM WHAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE COMMENTING ON, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S REALLY BEEN A PUBLIC, A TRUE PUBLIC PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON OTHER OPTIONS.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING FOR REBUILDING A STRUCTURE, EVEN IF IT WON'T BE BUILT BACK HISTORIC, BUT REBUILDING A STRUCTURE ALONG WITH THE LANDSIDE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO WE VIEW THE PROJECT AS INCLUSIVE OF BOTH THE STRUCTURE AND THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION IN THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.
SO I GUESS THE, THE PROJECT AS IT'S UNDERSTOOD RIGHT NOW IS BOTH.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO FEEDBACK FROM, I THINK THAT THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF HAS RECEIVED TO JADE IS TO DO A PROJECT, BUILD SOMETHING THERE.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FINISH THE PRE-APPLICATION WORK ABOUT WHAT THE CONSTRAINTS MIGHT BE, IF THERE ARE ANY CONSTRAINTS ON US, SINCE DEMOLITION IS THE FIRST PART OF BUILDING SOMETHING NEW.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC, LIKE YOU SAY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEERING CAN BE VERY MODEST AT THIS POINT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH ENGINEERING DONE THAT WE KNOW ON OUR SIDE WHAT CAN BE BUILT FROM AN ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW, UM, AND, AND WHAT COSTS MIGHT BE BALLPARK ISH FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT HISTORIC CONSTRAINTS THERE MIGHT STILL BE.
AND THEN WE HIT THE PUBLIC AND WITH PUBLIC SYNTHESIS COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION OF WHAT THE ACTUAL PROJECT COULD BE AFTER PUBLIC WEIGH IN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 2013 OPTION STILL INCLUDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THINK THINGS ARE ONLY HISTORIC OR ORIGINAL ONCE, AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEMOLISHING SOMETHING THAT IS HISTORIC AND THEN REBUILDING SOMETHING IN ITS PLACE, WE HAVE SOMETHING WITH REALLY NO MEANING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE ODDFELLOWS BUILDING IS GETTING RESTORED RIGHT NOW.
WHAT IF THEY HAD PROPOSED JUST TEARING THAT DOWN AND BUILDING SOMETHING BRAND NEW? EVERYBODY WOULD BE FURIOUS ABOUT IT.
UM, SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WHAT WE SHOULD BE SO SHORTSIGHTED WE NEED TO JUST QUICKLY PUSH OFF THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, REBUILDING WHAT IS AND GOING WITH SOMETHING BRAND NEW.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
I THINK THAT 2013 OPTION STILL NEEDS TO BE ON THE TABLE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I MEAN THAT, THAT TRESTLE WHAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW IS A BIG PART OF PETALUMA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DOWN THERE ON THE RIVER OR BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN SMELL IT, YOU CAN FEEL THE HISTORY.
IT HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, A CENTURY PLUS WORTH OF OF FEEL THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EXISTED FOR THAT LONG.
AND TO RIP IT DOWN, GUT IT START FRESH.
I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BE REPLACING IT WITH SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS NOT PART OF THE HISTORY OF PETALUMA.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I HAVE A QUESTION TOO ABOUT DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DO THEY CURRENTLY HAVE BACKUP POWER OR IS THIS DOING A BRAND NEW UNIT THERE TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT IS, WE'RE KIND OF TRANSITIONING.
COULD WE SIGN ON? WELL, I'M JUST ASKING TOO, BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU BRINGING, UH, POLICE AND TRESTLE TOGETHER? WELL, BECAUSE WE, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR A BACKUP GENERATOR FOR THE POLICE WOULD BE USED, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS $500,000.
I'M THINKING IF IF THEY DON'T HAVE ONE, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
MAYBE, MAYBE WE DON'T TAKE THAT FROM THEM, BECAUSE THEN THAT COMPROMISES PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO, UM, WHERE'S THE, UM, ELECTRICAL PROJECTS LOSS? IS IT A PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, JONATHAN ELECTRICAL LOSS? I GUESS I'M LESS, OR IS THAT, OR IS THAT FROM OTHER, THE 500,000? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARMARKING HERE.
WHAT PROJECT DOES IT COME OUT OF? YEAH, A LITTLE BIT OUTTA MY DEPTH,
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BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S FOR AN EXISTING BACKUP GENERATOR IMPROVEMENT HERE AT CITY HALL.AND THERE'S A POLICE DEPARTMENT BACKUP GENERATOR THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE HAVE AN OLD EXISTING DIESEL GENERATOR AND IT WAS TO MODERNIZE AND UPFIT THAT.
UH, BUT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT TOO IS THAT STAFF AND JONATHAN CAN SPEAK TO IT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY INCORPORATING THOSE IN OUR FUTURE FACILITY AND ADDRESSING THOSE AND SO THAT THERE'S COMFORT THERE IN PAUSING THAT PROJECT, FOCUSING ON THE CITY HALL.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, SO THE GENERATOR PROJECT ORIGINALLY WAS GOING, IT WAS KIND OF TO DOVETAIL IN FROM THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW FOR THAT'S GRANT FUNDED TO SEE IF WE COULD BOTH UPGRADE THE DE TO THE GENERATORS THAT ARE EXISTING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TWO FACILITIES, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT THE, UM, UH, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND, AND CLIMATE ACTION PIECE OF THAT.
SO THEN WITH THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY THAT WE'RE BUILDING, OUR PLAN IS TO SHIFT THE FUNDING THAT WAS IN THERE TO THAT FACILITY.
AND THEN THE FOCUS OF THAT PROJECT IS MORE TOWARDS THE CITY HALL GENERATOR SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE A POWER OUTAGE AT CITY HALL, WE'RE NOT JUST BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE BUT OTHER ESSENTIAL, YOU KNOW, SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING HERE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT PROJECT HAS SHIFTED INTO.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT FULLY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AND IF I COULD JUST ADD ON TO THAT AS WELL TO, TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT JONATHAN MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE FUNDING.
UM, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE HEARING US WRESTLE WITH A LITTLE BIT IS, THIS IS HARD TO, TO FIGURE OUT THESE REALLOCATION BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW PROJECTS IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN THAT ARE FUNDED WITH FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN BE REALLOCATED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T ALLOCATE WATER FEES OR, UH, WATER CHARGES THAT ARE FUNDING WATER PROJECTS TO A PROJECT LIKE A GENERATOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAD TO ONLY LOOK AT THE VERY SMALL UNIVERSE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THOSE FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE FEELING A LITTLE BIT OF A TENSION, UH, ON THIS, ON THIS RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE O OTHER OPTIONS AS FAR AS MONEY THAT'S FLEXIBLE SIDEWALK PROGRAM? UM, DOWNTOWN RESTROOM,
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE FAIRGROUNDS.
YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE, YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THREE.
AND SO, JUST TO BE CORRECT, UM, OR TO CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT DECIDING ON A TRESTLE DESIGN YET.
ALL THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT STILL ON THE TABLE TILL WE GET THROUGH THIS PUBLIC VISIONING PART.
'CAUSE WHEN WE KNOW WE HAD OPINIONS, DIVERSE OPINIONS AT COUNCIL, BUT WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT OUR PREFER PREFERENCES ARE WELL VETTED IN THE PUBLIC VISIONING AND UNDERSTOOD IN PUBLIC.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK, I ASSUME, FOR A COUNCIL FINISHED DIRECTION ON WHAT THE PROJECT IS.
SO UNTIL THEN WE'LL ALL HAVE HOLD OUR OPINIONS AND FIND, BECAUSE WE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO PUBLISH OUR OPINION AT THAT WORKSHOP, AND NOW WE'LL NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PUBLIC SIDE IS.
MY, MY CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OLDER OPTION FROM 2013 WAS TOTALLY OFF THE TABLE.
AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FOR IT TONIGHT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THERE AS, AS AN OPTION THAT THE PUBLIC GETS TO SEE AND, AND COMMENT IN ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE PROCESS QUESTION, ARE WE STILL ASKING QUESTIONS AND GONNA HAVE COMMENT PERIOD AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT? BECAUSE I HAVE SOME COMMENTS THAT I'M HOLDING OFF ON.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
UH, IT TOT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A DISCRETIONARY FUND THAT WE COULD, WE COULD APPLY TO THIS IF WE HAD MORE TOT.
I JUST HAVE A VERY GOOD POINT.
UM, GOOD QUESTION, QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, WHERE DOES THE 500,000 COME FROM? I MEAN, WHY IS THAT THE NUMBER TO DO A FOCUSED EIRI MEAN, SURE.
WHAT ARE WE REALLY TALKING? SO THAT ESTIMATE WAS THE TOTAL TO REACH SHOVEL READY FOR THE TRESTLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND IT'S, IT'S BROKEN DOWN, I THINK IN THE RESPONSE TO COMMENTS TODAY, BUT IT IS THE FOCUSED EIR ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK, ADDITIONAL SURVEYING WORK.
SO THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT PIECES THERE, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT SHOVEL READY AND JUST
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DID DEMOING AND THEN HAVE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, COMMENT PERIOD.SO I DON'T THINK WE WERE PROPOSING DEMO PRIOR TO ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
SO I, I GUESS TO REHASH A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORKSHOP CONTENT, THE REASON WE PRESENTED THAT PRIOR TO PUBLIC OUTREACH WAS TO HAVE SOME INTELLIGENCE AROUND WHAT THE OPTIONS LOOK LIKE.
SO THE PROJECT TEAM HAS HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THE DESIRE FOR REHABILITATION OVER TIME AND WANTED TO HAVE MORE FOCUSED INTELLIGENCE AROUND THE COSTS AND THE LIFESPAN OF THAT AS AN OPTION COMPARED TO RECONSTRUCTION.
I GUESS I'M JUST THINKING FOCUSED ON HOW, HOW IS, WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS REALLY BE COVERED? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE GETTING ANY FEDERAL GRANTS.
I MEAN, FEDERAL GRANTS ARE LITERALLY GOING AWAY.
AND SO I'M BEING MORE REALISTIC.
I I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT THE GRANT LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED.
UM, DO WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON TRESTLES BEFORE WE GET TO THE REST OF THE BUDGET? NOT ON THE TRESTLE, UM, PART.
LET'S MOVE PAST YOU THE FIRST QUESTION.
UM, SO THE OTHER, WE GET PARKS AND REC.
UM, WE, WE WERE GOING OVER OUR OWN BUDGET AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS POINTED OUT IN THERE BY ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WAS THAT, UM, LISTED IN, IN THE REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, UM, WAS LIVE OAKS.
SO I AM, I AM CURIOUS WHY, WHY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE AS SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR WHEN THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING TO EXIST.
'CAUSE THAT MAKES ME SKEPTICAL ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET.
IF, IF THERE'S NO SOURCE OF INCOME FROM THAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE IS NOT TOTALLY FACTUAL? OUCH.
SO I DO, I DO BELIEVE THAT STAFF LOOKED AT THAT.
THEY LOOKED AT WHAT THEY WERE BRINGING IN FROM LIVE OAK AND ALSO WHAT WAS BEING SPENT, UM, ON LIVE OAK.
AND THE NET DIFFERENCE, UM, GOING OFF MEMORY HERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.
UM, AND, UM, STAFF DECIDED THAT, UM, THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THAT WITH THE THOUGHT THAT DURING THE YEAR WE WOULD BRING, UM, OTHER TENANTS IN TO, TO RECOVER THAT REVENUE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS INCLUDED.
AND I WANNA ADD, ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE GOING BACK AND COLLECTING ON UTILITIES THIS YEAR, SO THAT WILL ACTUALLY YIELD MORE THAN $40,000.
IT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM A GOOD IDEA TO ME.
I UNDERSTAND THE HOPE OF GETTING A NEW TENANT IN THERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD INCLUDE IT.
ARE WE ANTICIPATING NEW TENANT IN THAT PROPERTY? WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY, UH, UTILIZING IT FOR PROGRAMMING.
SO, BUT WE WILL BE GETTING UTILITY MONEY, SO THAT WILL, THAT WILL OFFSET THAT COST.
I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IN THE BUDGET.
UM, UH, CAN WE PUT IN A, UM, GUN BUY PACK PROGRAM? I'VE MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT WITH THE, UH, UM, FOCUS ON THAT EARLY ON IN THE PROCLAMATION.
UM, IS THERE A GRANT OUT THERE FOR THAT OR WAS RUN BY GRANT PREVIOUSLY? CAN WE, UH, WHAT ARE THE ODDS ON GETTING A GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM INTO THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR? YEAH, WE, WE CAN EXPLORE THAT.
UM, WE USED, UH, A, A SURPLUS PROPERTY FUNDS, SO UNCLAIMED FUNDS FROM OUR PROPERTY ROOM, SO IT WASN'T A GRANT, SO THAT WE EXHAUSTED, UH, A PORTION OF THAT.
WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT THOSE ARE AND EVALUATE, UH, STAFF'S CAPACITY TO HOST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE EVENTS.
AND, UH, FURTHER THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT WHEN WE DO OUR FIRST QUARTER UPDATE.
IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S POTENTIAL, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY EMAILS ON THE, UH, THE BUDGET? AND WE HAVE HAD FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
AND THESE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE AGENDA ONLINE.
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.
UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL, HAVE SEVERAL, UH, SPEAKER CARDS TONIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO START WAYNE RA, UH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY NICOLA FRY.
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EVENING.MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, YEAH, I JUST HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH, UH, THIS CREATIVE FINANCING THAT, UM, IS BEING, UH, TOSSED AROUND AS FAR AS, UM, THE ALLOCATION FOR THE MONEY FOR THE, THE, UM, THE TRESTLE.
THAT'S ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
DO WE OWN THE TRESTLE? UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO REFURBISH, REHABILITATE OR REPLACE.
MOST OF IT IS A, IS ALL HAZMAT, THE PILES ARE ALL CREOLE.
A LOT OF THE TIMBERS MIGHT BE, UM, PRESSURE TREATED.
SO THAT ALL HAS TO BE REMOVED AND REMI MITIGATED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE EVEN, UM, PURCHASING THIS THING IF, IF, OR ALLOCATING THIS MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T OWN.
SECONDLY, IF WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY FROM AWAY FROM THE ELECTRICAL, UM, PROPOSAL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE ENGINES, GENERATORS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE STEALING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL, BUT I, I JUST NEED TO KNOW, ARE ARE MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH HOW YOU GUYS ARE HANDLING THE BUDGET? I MEAN, YOU'RE JUGGLING A BUNCH OF APPLES.
I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S, IT'S GONNA LAND.
YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE FROM ONE, UM, PROJECT TO PAY FOR ANOTHER.
AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINES, SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET SHORTCHANGED AND IT MIGHT BE THE PUBLIC.
UM, I'D LIKE YOU GUYS TO AT LEAST CONSIDER ALL YOUR OPTIONS BEFORE YOU START SPENDING ALL YOUR MONEY AND, AND MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THE FEW.
YOU NICOLA FRY TO BE FOLLOWED BY DARREN KUSON.
HELLO, MY NAME'S NICOLA FRY AND I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF PETALUMA.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO ADOPT A CITY BUDGET AND FUND EXPENDITURES THAT TRULY REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND VALUES OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS, OUR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS.
OUR CITY IS KNOWN FOR ITS CHARM, ITS COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS LIVABILITY, BUT BY FAR TOO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, SUCH AS MYSELF, THESE QUALITIES REMAIN OUT OF REACH.
EACH SENIORS WHO BUILT THIS COMMUNITY ARE STRUGGLING TO AGE IN PLACE SAFELY.
PEOPLE WITH DILI DISABILITIES FACE DAILY BARRIERS TO BASIC ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC BUILDINGS WITHOUT A D, A COMPLIANCE, SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IMPASSABLE, NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS, DOWNTOWN OR TRANSIT SYSTEMS THAT FAIL TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
OUR WORKING FAMILIES, LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR CONTINUE TO TO FACE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH, HOUSING AND BASIC EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THEIR CORE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND HOW OUR CITY BUDGET IS ALLOCATED IS THE CLEAREST REFLECTION OF HOW WE SHOW THE WORLD OUR VALUES.
WE NEED A BUDGET THAT INCREASES INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE ACCESS, ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.
WE NEED A BUDGET THAT FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR CRITICAL SENIOR SERVICES, LIKE CONTINUED FREE TRANSIT, SUPPORTING HOME REPAIRS AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS. WE NEED A BUDGET THAT MAKES ACCESSIBILITY A PRIORITY, NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
A BUDGET THAT SUPPORTS INCLUSIVE RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SPACES FOR ALL ANGELS, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS, WHICH WE HAVE VERY LITTLE OF EXPAND PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN OUTREACH AND INPUT FOR MARGINALIZED VOICES INTO CITY DECISION MAKING.
A RESPONSIVE BUDGET ISN'T ABOUT
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DOLLARS, IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY.IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT ALL RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF AGE, ABILITY, INCOME OR BACKGROUND CAN FULLY APPRECIATE IN AND BENEFIT FROM LIFE.
I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER EQUITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION AS GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THIS 20 25, 26 BUDGET.
NOT JUST IN WORDS, BUT IN WHERE THE MONEY ACTUALLY GOES.
YOU HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO BUILD A PETALUMA THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT OFTEN HEARD.
RAKU IN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DON FOREMAN.
THANK YOU COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK.
UH, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT FOR ANYBODY LISTENING TO THE MEETING, NOT ONLY IS THIS INITIAL BUDGET SETTING EACH YEAR REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I'M REALIZING MORE AND MORE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THOSE QUARTERLY CHECK-INS TO SEE WHERE OUR DELTA IS AND HOW OUR BUDGET MOVES ALONG.
AND I THINK FOR ME IT WAS REALLY EYE-OPENING TO SEE IN OUR CONSENT CALENDAR THAT LIST OF PAYABLES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND I THINK IT PUTS SOME OF OUR BUDGET IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT FOR ME AND MAYBE STRESS TEST SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AND COSTS.
SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS IN PARTICULAR.
UH, THE FIRST IS THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AS I SAID LAST FISCAL QUARTER, IT LOOKS LIKE 1.15 MILLION WAS SPENT ON THAT PROJECT.
AND THIS BUDGET HAS 1.57 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO IF WE TOOK OUR LAST QUARTER OF SPENDING, WE'D ASSUME CLOSER TO THREE OR 4 MILLION.
UH, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A MASTER PLANNING PROCESS THAT'S BUDGETED AT, I BELIEVE A MILLION OR THAT'S THE GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED.
SO AGAIN, 1.57 MILLION FOR THE YEAR.
SEEMS LIKE WE COULD BE UNDERSHOOTING IT MAYBE THE LAST FISCAL QUARTER WAS AN ANOMALY.
THESE THINGS HAVE A PERIODICITY TO THEM.
UH, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT UNDERSHOOTING THE FAIRGROUNDS BY TWO OR $3 MILLION IN EXPENSES.
UH, THE NEXT IS THE ERP, WHICH IS THAT INTERNAL ENTERPRISE RESOURCE KIND OF MANAGEMENT PLATFORM.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S BUDGETED WITH TRANSFERS IN FOR 2.4 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
LOOKS LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE ALMOST FROM EVERY FUND CATEGORY.
AND HAVING SEEN IMPLEMENTATIONS OF PROJECTS LIKE THAT, YOU JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T BECOME A BLACK HOLE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONTRACTORS YOU HAVE TO PAY TO HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND CUSTOMIZATION AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT AND NOT LETTING THAT SPIRAL OUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT THUS FAR.
2.4 MILLION IS NOT NECESSARILY ASTRONOMICAL, BUT DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME SPAN THAT'S COVERING IN TERMS OF WORK AND SCOPE, THOSE CAN REALLY GET AWAY FROM YOU.
UH, I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT FOR THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, I THINK THERE'S REALLY LOW HANGING FRUIT THERE IN REGARDS TO HELPING PEOPLE WITH PROPER TREE PLANTING.
AND I'M SEEING PEOPLE PLANT STREET TREES JUST THIS WEEKEND SAW A COUPLE GOING IN ON D STREET, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE PERFORATED PVC PIPE GOING IN THE GROUND AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ROOT BARRIERS.
SO RIGHT AWAY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SIDEWALK DAMAGE IN 10 YEARS UNLESS YOU DO ROOT SHAVING ALONG THE LIFE OF THE TREE.
SO THOSE THINGS AREN'T EXPENSIVE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS 150 K CAN BUDGET SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SUPPORT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE AN EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PLANT A TREE OR GET A PERMIT JUST TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
THAT MIGHT ALREADY EXIST AND MAYBE PEOPLE JUST AREN'T TAKING ADVANTAGE.
BUT I THINK AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY LOW HANGING FRUIT TO, TO REALLY AVOID SIDEWALK PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, 500,000 FOR THE TRES LEVEL.
AGAIN, REFERENCING BACK TO THE LAST FISCAL QUARTER SPEND, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT GETTING THAT WRONG.
BUT I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING 794,000 IN RENTAL VEHICLES AND I WANNA MAKE SURE IF THAT'S CORRECT, I MEAN THAT'S STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
MAYBE THAT WAS PUT INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
BUT THAT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THAT VEHICLE RENTAL BUDGET.
DON FOREMAN SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY UH, MAUREEN SAL.
HI, DON FOREMAN, UH, LONGTIME PETALUMA RESIDENT.
UM, WENT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE BATHROOMS AND THE BEAUTIFICATION.
I'M VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE CITY'S RESPONSE IN GETTING PUBLIC BATHROOMS DOWNTOWN.
I'VE EMAILED BRIAN AND EVERYONE UP THERE, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL DOZENS OF TIMES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
I'VE ALSO TALKED TO ALMOST EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEY ALL AGREE WE NEED BATHROOMS. I'VE SENT MANY COMMENTS IN TODAY, UM, THAT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ TONIGHT 'CAUSE I ONLY GOT 33 MINUTES.
UM, PETALUMA MADE A COMMITMENT TO BECOME AGE FRIENDLY WHEN IT JOINED A A RP NETWORK OF AGE FRIENDLY CITIES BACK
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IN EARLY 2020.IN THE AGE FRIENDLY PLAN BATHROOMS WERE BROUGHT UP MORE THAN ONCE.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS MAKES YOU REALLY THINK AGE FRIENDLY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
2022 OUTDOOR COMMUNITY SPACES, 42% NOT HAVING ACCESS TO WELL MAINTAINED PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THIS FINDING WAS ECHOED BY A LOCAL GERONTOLOGIST WHO REPORTS THAT MANY OF HER CLIENTS AVOID WALKING INTO COMMUNITY OR VISITING PUBLIC SPACES DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE PUBLIC RESTROOMS. THERE'S SO MUCH TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN, ATTRACTING TOURISTS TO VISIT OUR TOWN.
BATHROOMS WOULD BE PART OF THAT MEASURE M THAT STARTED IN 2018 AND 20 AND ENDING IN 2028 COULD POSSIBLY REFURBISH WALNUT PARK BATHROOMS GETTING $659,000 A YEAR STARTED IN 2018.
THE SLIDE PRESENTATION ON MAY 12TH SHOWS 186 K FOR THE 2025 BUDGET.
AND THE 2023 BUDGET HAD 726 K FOR BATH BATHROOMS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE BUDGETS ARE LAID OUT, BUT WHY IS IT IN 2025? IT'S WAY LESS THAN 2023.
THEN ALSO ON THE CIP, UM, ON CIP 80 89 AND 55, THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC RESTROOMS BEAUTIFICATION FUNDING SOURCES ON THE CIP IS NOW PETALUMA TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NOT MEASURE U.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
ALSO ON THE CIP 80 89 55 PROJECT MANAGER DEPARTMENT REPS HAVE CHANGED FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
WE NOW HAVE PAIGE AND PAUL WILL THEY BE ON TILL THE END OF THE PROJECTS OR THEY GONNA BE REPLACED.
UM, YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO TAKE THIS WHOLE THING SERIOUSLY.
UM, WE NEED BATHROOMS. EVERYONE UP THERE KNOWS IT.
AND, UM, WILL THERE BE A TOP 10 PRIORITY LIST THIS YEAR? SO LAST YEAR THERE WAS.
AND THEN HAVING ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC BATHROOMS WILL, UM, IS NEEDED NOT ONLY FOR EVERYONE BUT SENIOR, NOT SENIORS AND EVERYONE.
UM, MAUREEN SHAW TO BE FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE REINHARDT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT MY THREE MINUTES, UM, FINANCE TEAM.
UM, I I DO IT OFTEN SO I UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE IT.
SO THE TWO COMMENTS I'M GONNA COMMENT ON ARE THE QUICK BUILDS BUDGET AND THE IN-HOUSE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE QUICK BUILDS WAS 873,000.
THIS YEAR WE'RE ALLOCATING 1.4 MILLION.
THAT'S A 70% INCREASE AND JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE DOES NOT SEEM TO ALIGN WITH ALL OUR FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.
PETALUMA RESIDENTS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN GENEROUS AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE CITY IN CRITICAL SERVICES BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
FOR EXAMPLE, MEASURE U AND THE RECENTLY PASSED SALES TAX INCREASE PUT PETALUMA IN THE TOP 15% FOR SALES TAX IN CALIFORNIA.
WHILE QUICK BUILDS ARE DEEMED FAST AND CHEAP, THEY ARE PROBLEMATIC.
THEY CIRCUMVENT RIGOROUS STUDY AND ENGINEERING ANALYSIS, PLACING THE BURDEN ON RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE CONSTANT FEEDBACK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION.
I PERSONALLY UNDERSTAND THIS, THEY HAVE CAUSED UNSAFE, UNSAFE SITUATIONS THAT MANY RESIDENTS HAVE TO REPORT TO THE CITY IN THESE FINANCIALLY STRAPPED YEARS.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT ARE THE LIST OF PROJECTS ESTIMATED COSTS FOR EACH ONE? DO THEY ALIGN AS COMMUNITY PRIORITIES OR WOULD THIS FUNDING BE BETTER SPENT ON CORE SERVICES LIKE POLICE, FIRE, ROAD REPAIR, UTILITIES? AND NOW TRESTLES.
NOT ALL ROADS LEAD TO ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR TOT, BUT WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT IT AS REDUCING OUR COST INTERNALLY AND NOT GETTING ALL THE PET PROJECTS WE MIGHT WANT.
ANOTHER PRIORITY WAS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS BRINGING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACK IN HOUSE.
WE WANT CITY EMPLOYEES SOLELY FOCUSED ON PETALUMA TO STREAMLINE PERMITTING.
SO SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T WAIT TWO YEARS TO BEGIN.
WE WANT A PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUSES ON LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOMEOWNERS, BUILDING OWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
SOMETHING ONLY FOSTERED BY LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT, NOT VARIOUS CONTRACTORS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
BROKEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PARLE TO CARLY
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AND QUINN ALL MADE ELECTION PROMISES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN THIS BUDGET.THERE SEEMS TO BE ONLY ONE NEW POSITION THAT IS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IT'S FULLY FUNDED, SO THAT'S GREAT.
THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK NOR CAMPAIGN PROMISES.
WE WANNA HEAR THE COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PRIORITY AND PROVIDE THE PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
IF NOT, THIS WILL BE A LOST OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS PRIORITIES.
I HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM FED FELLOW PETALUMA OVER RECENT WEEKS AND PROMPTED FRUSTRATION THAT THE COUNCIL IGNORES THEIR FEEDBACK AND VOTES USING THEIR OWN AGENDA.
THANK YOU CATHERINE REINHARDT.
UM, I AM REALLY PLEASED THAT MOST OF WHAT I'VE WRITTEN IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL DIA SO FAR IS I CAN THROW IT AWAY.
UM, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT THE TRESTLE PROJECT, A VITAL ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION UNDERTAKING CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS THAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP WAS THAT YOU WERE GONNA APPROVE A BUDGET THAT WAS, UM, TIED TO A SPECIFIC DESIGN.
IF, IF I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR, THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, APPROVE THE BUDGET, BUT DON'T APPROVE.
UM, HAVE THAT TIED TO A SPECIFIC DESIGN.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROCEED WITH THE, THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
UM, AND THAT PUBLIC PROCESS NEEDS TO BE INITIATED, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
AND WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF AN URBAN DESIGN CONSULTANT WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS TYPE OF PROCESS.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRESTLE ITSELF AND THE, THE ROUND, THE LANDSCAPE AROUND IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU APPROVED DEMOLITION, AND THAT DOES SEEM TO ME THE WAY WE'RE GOING, THAT WHAT REPLACES IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING, UM, GREAT EXCEPTIONAL AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE, THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN ADDED AND GO FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE TRESTLE IS NOT DEMOLISHED UNTIL A PROJECT, WHATEVER FORM IT MAY TAKE IS FULLY FUNDED.
AND I DID HEAR THAT COMING FROM SOME OF THE, THE MAYOR AND AND OTHERS.
AND UH, WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER WHO WILL TURN IN A CARD MOMENTARILY.
UM, I HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THE BATHROOM DOWNTOWN.
I I JUST, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PUBLIC BATHROOM IN THE PLAZA? I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE PLAZA BACK IN, IN THE MID NINETIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU RECALL THAT USED TO BE STARBUCK, IT USED TO BE A RECORD STORE.
AND WHEN THE RECORD STORE MOVED OUT, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THERE, THEY WANTED TO OPEN UP THEIR DOORS TO THE PUTNAM PLAZA AND THE DEAL WAS TO HAVE THOSE BATHROOM TO BE PUBLIC BATHROOM AND THEY WERE PUBLIC BATHROOM OPEN ALL THE TIME.
SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? DID I, I DO RECALL THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL.
UH, SO WHAT HAPPENED? COULD SOMEBODY ENLIGHTEN ME? THANK YOU.
I THINK, UH, I THINK A LOT OF US REMEMBER THOSE DAYS AND UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, UH, REVISIT THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED IT ANY NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT, UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT BACK OUT IN, IN THE PRO, EITHER ON THE PROJECT WEBPAGE OR SOMETHING IS A GOOD IDEA.
CAL, UM, CITY, CITY MANAGER, YES.
UM, THOSE BATHROOMS OR THAT BATHROOM IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, AND HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN OPENING IT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE'VE OFFERED TO AND AND RENOVATE THOSE AND OUR PERMITS FROM THOSE TIMES DO NOT PROVIDE CONTINUING BUSINESS REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO HOST THAT.
AND THAT WAS A COURTESY THEN RATHER THAN A CONTRACT, CORRECT.
OH, WELL THAT, THAT EXPLAINS, I GUESS THAT PROVIDES JOHN'S ANSWER.
UM, BRINGING THE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING AND BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR, UM, OUR DELIBERATION ON THE BUDGET AS AN ENTIRETY.
COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY? UM, I DON'T HAVE COMMENTS REALLY.
I, I HAVE TWO NEW QUESTIONS THOUGH.
ONE, UM, IT'S BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT $800,000 FOR RENTAL VEHICLES.
HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE WE CURRENTLY RENTING? OR WHAT, WHAT'S KIND OF A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THAT NUMBER? 'CAUSE THAT, THAT DOES SEEM HIGH.
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PATRICK CARTER, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS BROKEN DOWN.UM, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, LARGE AMOUNT WAS SOME OF THE VEHICLE PURCHASES THAT WE DID AS WELL.
SO THAT'S NOT JUST RENTALS, THAT INCLUDES, UM, I THINK WE PURCHASED ABOUT A DOZEN VEHICLES INCLUDING, UM, ONE THAT I THINK WAS INCLUDED, WHICH WAS THE BOOM TRUCK, WHICH WE ENDED UP SENDING BACK.
AND THAT WAS A PRETTY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE.
UM, SO I, I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH ENTERPRISE.
AND THEN, UM, IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I HAD ASKED THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY TO HAVE A BETTER BREAKDOWN OF, OF, YOU KNOW, M GROUP AND THEIR SERVICES, UM, AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS EVER DISCUSSED.
UM, WE DID DISCUSS IT AT THE, AT THE WORKSHOP.
AND IT WAS BROKEN DOWN, LIKE, AND I ASKED, I ASKED ON YOUR BEHALF, UH, FOR THAT, AND THERE'S A SLIDE DEDICATED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HOW MUCH IS IN SERVICE, UM, INTERNAL SERVICE, EXTERNAL SERVICE, HOW MUCH WAS FOR GENERAL PLAN WORK, HOW MUCH WAS FOR REIMBURSABLE WORK? AND THERE'S, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD, OKAY, THERE'S A PIE CHART.
I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT ONE THEN.
OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN? MEMBER SHRIMPS? YEAH.
FIRST I JUST WANNA THANK CORY FOR FILLING IN AND, AND TAKING OVER.
I KNOW JUST JESSE, UH, THE PRIOR OCCUPANT, UH, THE POSITION, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE NEW TO FILL THAT AND, AND YOU'RE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FILLING IN AND TAKING CARE OF OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND, AND THE NUMBERS HERE.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, EXTRA EFFORT YOU'RE PUTTING IN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
DOING TWO JOBS NOW INSTEAD OF JUST ONE.
UM, SO MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE A FLEXIBLE TEAM.
THAT STAFF IS A FLEXIBLE TEAM.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME GOOD GOALS.
I THINK WE'VE HEARD, WE, WE KNOW ABOUT THE BATHROOMS. WE WANNA PUSH FORWARD ON THOSE.
WE, WE, UH, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD THAT WE ALL WANNA PUSH IN THESE DIRECTIONS.
UH, AND I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY THAT, YEAH, I THINK I'M GONNA TRUST STAFF KNOWS WHAT WE WANT, WE WANT, WANT THOSE BATHROOMS DONE.
WE WANT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, AND THEY'RE REALLY DOING, UH, AN EXCELLENT JOB, I THINK.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT THE BUDGET, MOVE THAT THIS FOR THE RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THIS BUDGET, AND I'M GONNA, UH, TRUST STAFF TO, UM, WORK OFF, UH, DANCE REAL FAST OVER THE YEAR AND, AND MODIFY THINGS AS NEEDED TO DO WHAT WE WANT.
I'LL HOLD ON ASKING FOR A SECOND FOR A MOMENT, BUT I, I, I GOTTA SAY I LOVE IT WHEN THE FIRST SPEAKER ON COUNCIL SAYS, LET'S MAKE A MOTION
UM, I'M GONNA JUST CLARIFY WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE TRESTLE PROCESS TO BE.
UM, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIALOGUE AND SORRY FOR REHASHING THAT.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN 'CAUSE I THINK I CAPTURED IT.
AM I, AM I ON TRACK HERE? LIKE WE'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND, CREATE ALTERNATIVES, DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, UM, COST ESTIMATES, USEFUL LIFE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WITH THE AGENCIES ABOUT WHAT'S ACHIEVABLE, WHAT TYPES OF ROADBLOCKS WE'RE GONNA SEE.
UM, AND THEN I PUT THIS IN HERE BECAUSE I, I THINK BEFORE WE GO TO THE COMMUNITY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE AN HONEST ASSESSMENT FROM THE COUNCIL BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR BACK SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S A SENSE OF LIKE WHERE THE COUNCIL'S AT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST US LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, PIE IN THE SKY STUFF.
I THINK IT'D BE NICE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR, UM, WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THE FEES ACHIEVABILITY OF IT, OF DOING THE 2013 OPTION AS A COUNCIL AND THEN HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING IN THE FALL TO REALLY GET THE INPUT AND THEN SHARING THE RESULTS WITH THAT AND GETTING NEXT STEPS.
IS THAT HOW I UNDERSTAND THE SORT OF THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS? UH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO I THINK YOU'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN.
I'M ALSO ASKING FOR STAFF ON THAT TOO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
UM, YEAH, I THINK PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS IS CRITICAL.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO SHARING THAT BACK IN, UH, WHATEVER FORMAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
IF IT'S AN UPDATED WORKSHOP, IF IT'S A MEMO.
UM, AND WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ONCE WE WE GET THERE, BUT, OKAY.
I'LL SAY THAT I THINK THE, UH, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE ALTERNATIVES.
LIKE WE SAW A LOT OF THE SAME PROJECT THAT WAS LIKE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STEEL.
UM, AND WHAT WE GOT IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT WAS LIKE
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MORE OF A WATERFRONT BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.LIKE LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING WITH, FROM AN URBAN DESIGN STANDPOINT, UM, THAT FEELS LIKE A DIVERGENCE FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CHANTING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WHICH IS SAVE THE TRESTLE, UM,
AND SO, UH, I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK WE'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT, AND I I'M SAYING THIS TO THE COUNCIL, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US DO.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I SUPPORT CERTAIN ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE OF THE COST AND THE USEFUL LIFE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE ON SMALLER SCALE ALTERNATIVES, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE THE COMMUNITY'S AT, SO THAT THERE'S LIKE SOME SORT OF ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE FOLKS ON THE COUNCIL.
UM, SO I'M, I'M FINE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE 500 K WITH THE TRESTLE, BUT LIKE BEFORE WE JUMP IN AND START DOING DESIGN WORK OR BEFORE WE START LIKE A, A FULL EIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, I WANTED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND JUST KNOW WHAT THE HECK PROJECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I HAVE A REAL CONCERN THAT WITH GRANT FUNDS DRYING UP AND I MEAN, WE WERE LITERALLY TAKING AWAY FROM PUBLIC SAFETY FOR A DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFICATION TONIGHT FOR 500 K.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FULL TRESTLE PROJECT, 12 MILLION, UM, PLUS THE, THAT WAS JUST FOR THE STRUCTURE, NOT EVEN THE LANDSIDE STUFF, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT EITHER WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY'S NOT ALIGNED WITH, LIKE A SMALLER SCALE WATERFRONT BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THAT COMMEMORATES THE TRESTLE.
UM, OR WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO THROW GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD, UM, IN SOMETHING THAT IS JUST NEVER GONNA BE ACHIEVED.
UM, SO I'M, I WANT US TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS THIS MOTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KATE THOMPSON.
WELL, UM, I MEAN, I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.
I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS KIND OF THIS VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
IT'S PIE IN THE SKY, THE GRANT FUNDING IS, IS, IS DRYING UP.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE THIS TO COME BACK AFTER THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS TO FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE REALLY AT BEFORE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM, UM, NEEDS OF THE CITY FOR THIS.
THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, $500,000, BUT AS LONG AS THAT MONEY IS FLEXIBLE, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND EVALUATE IT WHEN WE HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE MEETINGS AND THEN IT IS JUST A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME, UM, APPROVING $500,000 WHEN I THINK WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE REALLY NEEDED WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE CITY.
AND IN CASE THERE'S EVER A DISASTER HERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, NOT JUST IT THAT'S RUNNING.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY HALL IS RUNNING SO WE CAN, UM, DEAL WITH THOSE DISASTERS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE AN EARTHQUAKE NEXT, BUT WE'VE HAD FIRES AND I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE
UM, I DON'T REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING IT.
UM, BUT WITH THE FLEXIBILITY, AND IF THIS, AND IT COMES BACK AT PRE-APPLICATION, I'LL SUPPORT THIS, BUT IT IS REALLY RELUCTANT.
UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC STATED IT WAS JUST READING THE BUDGET AND, AND UNDERSTANDING REALLY WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SOME ROCKY TIMES AND SOME POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE GRANT FUNDED, AND WHEN THAT GRANT FUNDING RUNS OUT, THEN WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE DOING? AND THAT IS A REALITY AND I'M QUITE CONCERNED, UM, AND I WANT THOSE DAMN BATHROOMS DONE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN WAY TOO LONG AND BATHROOMS ARE A DAILY NECESSITY AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME INTO OUR TOWN AND ACTUALLY HAVE BATHROOMS. AND I'M STILL REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT PROPERTY OWNER THAT APPROACHED ME.
AND THEN I WENT THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS AND WENT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER JUST SHUT IT DOWN WHEN WE HAVE PERFECTLY GOOD AREA DOWNTOWN THAT WE COULD REBUILD THOSE BATHROOMS, WHICH WE OFFERED TO DO FOR HIS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A GAME WAS BEING PLAYED, UM, LIKE THE QUID QUO PRO WAS BEHIND ALL OF THAT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN THE BUDGET.
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AND, UM, BACK TO THE TRESTLE, IT IS KIND OF A, WE DON'T OWN IT AND WE'RE WE'RE, UM, INVESTING IN A FUTURE AND ALSO PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF WHAT PETALUMA WAS BUILT ON.AND PART OF THAT IS THE RAILROAD.
AND I STILL BELIEVE WE NEED SIGNAGE TO EXPLAIN TO THE CITY WHY IT'S NOT GETTING DONE, BECAUSE I KNOW THE WOMEN'S CLUB HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH AND, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE COLLECTING FUNDS TOWARDS THIS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THEY ASK ME AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE OWNERSHIP SITUATION.
AND THE TRESTLE IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING IN THIS AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, OF OUR BUDGET, UM, THIS 500,000.
BUT I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE INVESTED $180,000 LAST YEAR WITHOUT COUNCIL CONSENT FOR THE EIR FOR THE OVERLAY.
SO JUST PUTTING IT DOWN OUT THERE, UM, AND TO THE OUTREACH TO THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE TRESTLE BEING IMPROVED.
THE GREAT PILL MILL HAS A LOT OF TOURIST ATTRACTION AND THE BOATS COMING IN, THOSE YACHTS ARE FULL OF TOURISTS WHO ARE GONNA BE SHOPPING DOWNTOWN.
AND THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA SEE IS THAT TRESTLE.
SO IF WE PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENT INTO THAT AREA, OR AT LEAST EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE TOURISTS THAT COME INTO TOWN, THEY'RE GONNA THINK, OH, PETALUMA WANTS TO PRESERVE IT.
BUT THERE'S LITTLE HICCUPS AND THERE COULD BE A QR CODE EXPLAINING WHO OWNS IT AND WHAT THE, UM, THE OBSTACLES ARE GETTING TO A, A FINISH LINE.
AND THE FINISH LINE IS A WALKABLE RIVER TRAIL THAT, UM, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN MONAHAN EXPLAINED IT WOULD GO PRETTY FAR IF WE PUT SOME, UM, ENERGY INTO IT.
SO, UM, I WANT IT TO GO FORWARD, BUT IF WE DON'T SPEND THE MONEY, IT CAN ALWAYS GO BACK INTO THE BUDGET.
UM, AS FOR THE DOWNTOWN BATHROOMS, UM, I TOO HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT PRIVATE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER WHO OWNS THE BATHROOMS AND HE GOT FRUSTRATED WITH THE PLUMBING COSTS AND HE'S GOT A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN ANOTHER AREA OF PETALUMA DOWNTOWN THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY, UM, AND TURNING INTO A PARK.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONS AROUND THAT OWNER AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE A BREAKDOWN FROM STAFF ON, UM, WE'RE ONLY AT 37% FOR THESE DOWNTOWN BATHROOMS AND MAYBE STAFF CAN GIVE US A VERY QUICK UPDATE AND HOW WE CAN APPROVE FROM THAT 37%.
SO CAN I, CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM STAFF COMMENT ON THE BATHROOM PROJECT? JUST REAL QUICK.
NOW IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC RESTROOM AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, WE'VE ACTUALLY COMBINED TWO CIPS INTO ONE.
SO THE BATHROOM PORTION IS FUNDED, IT'S THE REMAINDER OF THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THAT IS STILL UNFUNDED.
UM, IS THAT THE QUESTION YOU WERE ASKING? DO WE HAVE, UM, IT IS SHOVEL READY OR NO? NO, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE DESIGN.
ONE OF THE HICCUPS THAT WE RAN INTO IS THE BATHROOM OPTION THAT WE WERE PROCEEDING WITH THE PORTLAND LU.
UM, IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE WHEN WE TALKED WITH THE, UM, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMPANY, THEY WERE TELLING US EVERYTHING IS A DA COMPLIANT.
AND THEN RIGHT WHEN WE WERE READY TO INCORPORATE THE MODEL THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH INTO OUR SITE PLAN, THEY SAID, OH, IT'S NOT AADA A COMPLIANT FOR THE CALIFORNIA.
AND UH, THAT SET US BACK BECAUSE WE WERE BUILDING THE AREA THAT WE WERE CHOOSING BASED OFF OF THAT SIZING.
AND SO NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO UPDATE THE PLANS AND THEY KEEP PROMISING US, UM, THAT THEY ARE GONNA UPDATE IT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS TO TRY AND SEE IF THERE'S A, A BETTER ALTERNATIVE, UH, THAT WE CAN PLACE IN THAT AREA, UM, TO SUPPLEMENT IF, UH, IF UH, THE PORTLAND LOU CAN'T GET IT DONE QUICK ENOUGH, CAN WE GET LIKE A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM STAFF ON HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES? YES, WE CAN GET YOU AN UPDATE.
I'D LIKE JUST MAKE A COMMENT ONE SECOND.
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BUT UM, WE USED TO HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE, MONTHLY UPDATE.THEY GOT TO BE 80 80 MORE OR MORE PROJECTS AND ABOUT A HUNDRED PAGES AND WHATNOT.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA DO MONTHLY UPDATES, WE SHOULD KEEP IT TO TOP 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS 'CAUSE THAT REQUEST CAN GET OUTTA HAND PRETTY PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I JUST WANNA, UM, GO BACK, UM, ABOUT THE BATHROOM.
I DON'T DO QUID QUOTE PROS WITH SOMEBODY.
AND THE PROPERTY OWNER ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY GOOD DEAL THAT WE WERE GONNA GO AHEAD AND REFURBISH HIS BUILDING HIS BATHROOM AND, BUT REALLY WANTED TO QUID CROW PRO ABOUT A DIFFERENT PIECE OF PROPERTY HE WANTED MONEY FOR.
AND SO LET'S MAKE THAT REAL CLEAR.
AND NUMBER TWO, UM, I AM, I'M ON THE SMART BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THE PURPOSE OF SMART IS TO GET TO WINDSOR, WHICH ON THE 13TH WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DEDICATE THAT STATION.
AND THEN WE NEED TO GET TO HILBERG AND THEN WE NEED TO GET TO CLOVERDALE.
AND WITH SMART, WE NEED TO REUP THAT.
UM, SALES TAX SO SMART CAN CONTINUE ON FOR DECADES BECAUSE THAT IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THIS COUNTY.
AND SO THIS IS, IT'S INTERESTING, SMART OWNS IT.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO GIVE IT TO US FOR A DOLLAR, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE, WE, THAT'S WHY WE NEED THIS STUDY TO REALLY FIND OUT WHAT LIABILITY THAT WE HAVE.
AND I JUST, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF SMART HAD A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THEY, THEIR, THEIR BUDGETING IS CONCERNED.
WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THE BUDGET ALSO.
AND SO WE'RE ALL CONCERNED IN EVERY AGENCY, WHETHER IT'S, UM, SMART OR UM, YOU KNOW, SCTA OPEN SPACE, WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT FUNDING.
AND SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE ARE QUITE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT THE PURPOSE IS SMART IS REALLY TO CONTINUE THE LINE SO WE CAN FINISH UP TO CLOVERDALE.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAY, THAT IS REALLY AN ECONOMIC SPINE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
AND ALSO WITH THE BUS SERVICES WE'LL BE CHANGING, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WITH BUDGET ALSO IS THAT, UM, WITH SMART GOING DOWN TO MAR COUNTY, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE LESS GOLDEN GATE BUS BUSES COMING UP HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN GET DOWN TO MARIN COUNTY AND THEN GET ON A BUS OR, UM, THE FERRY TO GET TO SAN FRANCISCO.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CHANGES AND ALL OF THIS IS COSTING MONEY AND WE'RE, AND EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BUDGET.
SO JUST SO WE SEE LIKE THE WHOLE PICTURE, UM, IT'S NOT JUST BLAMING SMART BECAUSE OF THE TRESTLE.
THE TRESTLE HAS BEEN GOING DOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND HAS BEEN A REAL PROBLEM.
BUT IT, TO ME, IT'S AN EYESORE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THING DOWN AND I DON'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL IT'S FUNDED BECAUSE IT'S NEVER GONNA GET FUNDED.
AND REALISTICALLY UNLESS IT'S PAIRED WAY DOWN AND, AND WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GONNA REALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY TOT MONEY AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN INSTEAD OF VACANT LOTS BECAUSE THEY BRING IN $0 FOR THIS CITY.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THIS SIDE? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
UM, SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.
UM, A LOT OF INSIGHTFUL PUBLIC COMMENT AND UM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU TO BE MORE GENEROUS IN YOUR THOUGHT IN THAT IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OR CONCERN, PROBABLY STAFF OR COUNCIL HAS HAD SIMILAR AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE SAID IT TO YOU, BUT, UM, WE MIGHT BE MORE ON THE SAME PAGE THAN YOU THINK.
AND SO DROP YOUR COUNCIL A NOTE AND SAY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? 'CAUSE IT COULD SAY YES AND THEY OR THEY, THEY COULD SAY NO, THAT'S BRILLIANT, BUT THEY COULD SAY, AND THE REASON IT DOESN'T WORK IS THIS.
AND SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST THOUGHT FROM TONIGHT'S, UM, MANY GREAT COMMENTS AND IT PROVES THAT WE HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED WELL ENOUGH.
IF WE'VE THOUGHT OF A THING AND YOU DON'T THINK WE'VE THOUGHT OF A THING YET, UM, REGARDING, UM, UM, REGARDING THE BATHROOM PROJECT, UM, AND, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BE BE TIED UP WITH ONE PROPERTY OWNER AND, UM, CERTAINLY THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ASKING FOR WAY TOO MUCH, FOR WAY MORE THAN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PARCEL THAT HE'S INTERESTED IN SELLING.
AND IRONICALLY, BEYOND THAT, THE CITY HAS A PARK LAND RIGHT NEXT TO THAT PARCEL, UM, WHICH IS THE ACCESS RAMP TO THE TURNING BASIN.
AND, AND, AND, UM, A BATHROOM WAS PROPOSED FOR THAT SITE AS PART OF THE FLOAT HOUSE PROJECT AND IT GOT ALL THE WAY TO, TO FINAL DESIGN WHEN WE FIGURED OUT THERE WAS A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AND, UM, SO WE WOULDN'T USE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR A BATHROOM WHEN WE OWNED THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY NOT ON THE TABLE AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
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ONE WOULD BE FABULOUS.UM, THEN, UM, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, ON THE TRESTLE ITSELF, AND WE TONIGHT WE DID NOT, UM, DISCUSS A DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.
WE DISCUSSED AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME SAYING THAT REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN AND DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN IS OUR PRIORITY.
AND THIS IS PART OF THAT THING.
THAT'S WHY I'M STILL TOTALLY IN SUPPORT.
UM, AND, UM, WHERE WE LANDED IS NOT PRESERVATION.
WE'VE GONE PAST PRESERVATION UNFORTUNATELY, OR FORTUNATELY, OH, WE NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETING.
SO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, REALIZES THAT THE, THE GOAL HAS MOVED.
PRESERVATION'S NOT A VIABLE OPTION.
AND WE'VE HAD OUR CHANCE TO DISCUSS THINGS.
SO I WOULD DISAGREE WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BAR NICOLE'S, UM, PRESENTATION ON THE, ON THE SLIDE THERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S QUITE WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
IT'S A SLIGHT VARIATION ON THAT WE NEED TO GET TO PUBLIC AND, AND, UH, WE NEED TO EXPLAIN WE'RE NOT DOING PRESERVATION.
WE'RE DOING AN ALTERNATIVE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION.
YOU KNOW, A COUNCIL UPDATE IS PROBABLY ALL WE NEED FROM THE, UH, PRE-APPLICATION INFORMATION.
WE DON'T NEED A COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
WHAT WE NEED IS TO GET THAT GUARD, THOSE GUARDRAILS, THAT PRE-APPLICATION GIVES US INTO THE HANDS OF OUR COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL, WE HAVE BOTH THE GUARDRAILS AND THE PUBLIC INPUT, AND WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DECISION AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO I WOULD VOTE FOR ON THAT.
I DO, I DO FIND IT IRONIC THAT IN A $350 MILLION BUDGET, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 500,000, UM, WHICH LEADS ME TO THANKING STAFF FOR GETTING US ANOTHER BALANCED BUDGET, UM, BIGGER AND MORE ASPIRING, MORE BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY THAN, UM, THAN EVEN THAN LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, I THINK AS A CITY, WE'RE DOING REAL GOOD WORK AT CONTROLLING OUR COSTS AND, AND, UH, REVENUE BALANCES.
AND, UM, AND, AND I THINK, UH, AS PUBLIC HAS NOTICED, NOTICED, UH, NOTICE SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, UM, STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THE QUARTERLY UPDATES AND HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY TO PUT BACK IN THINGS THAT ARE SLIPPING OR MAKING OTHER TACTICAL UPDATES TO THE CAPITAL PLAN AND, AND PROBABLY ALL PARTS OF THE BUDGET.
UM, SO I, I JUST DID WANT TO, UH, CLOSE WITH THANKING STAFF FOR, I MEAN, ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING THAT GOES INTO PULLING TOGETHER A $350 MILLION BUDGET.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, UM, UH, WE HAD A MOTION BY SHRIVES AND A SECOND BY BARNACLE.
AND LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL VOTING BARNICLE AYE.
AND THAT CLOSES THAT ITEM, AND I JUST, UM, WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT, UH, WE'RE CLOSING IN MEMORY OF ROSS PARKINSON FORMER CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE.
AND, UM, THINK THE CITY IS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PUT A LOT OF VOLUNTEER ENERGY INTO MAKING THEIR COMMUNITY BETTER.
THANK YOU, ROSS, AND GOOD NIGHT.