* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD EVENING, [00:00:01] MR. MAYOR. IT'S FIVE 30. ARE WE READY TO BEGIN? FIVE 30. WE ARE READY TO BEGIN RECORDING IN PROGRESS. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL IN PETALUMA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, JULY 7TH. AND, UH, MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING? YES. BARNACLE PRESENT. CATER THOMPSON. HERE. DI CARLY HERE NOW HERE. QUINT HERE. TRIPS HERE, MCDONALD HERE. AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UH, [CLOSED SESSION] WE HAVE CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN THE CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. THE COUNSEL WILL CONFER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, UM, IN AN ENC CLOSED SESSION REGARDING ANTICIPATED LITIGATION. UH, THAT'S AN ITEM THAT WAS ADDED ON JULY 3RD. THAT'S CONSIDERATION OF INITIATION OF LITIGATION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9 REGARDING TWO UM CASES. AND THAT'S UNDER PARAGRAPH FOUR, SUBDIVISION D OF THAT SECTION OF THE BROWN ACT. AND THERE'S SOME EXISTING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I'LL ANNOUNCE REGARDING EACH OF THOSE TWO CASES. THE FIRST INVOLVES MULTIPLE US CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES WHO ARE PLAINTIFFS IN FEDERAL LITIGATION. BROUGHT IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CASE TWO FIVE CV OH 1 3 5 OH DASH WHO. CHALLENGING FEDERAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS PURPORTING TO ORDER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ASSIST IN CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES. UM, WE WILL BE UPDATING THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING THEIR DIRECTION TO JOIN THIS LITIGATION AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPACTS. AND REGARDING THE OTHER CASE, MULTIPLE CITIES IN THE US AND COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON STATE, CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES ARE PLAINTIFFS IN FEDERAL LITIGATION. THAT'S CAPTIONED. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR COUNTY ETAL VERSUS, UM, DARN IT. THAT'S TYPO STILL IN THERE. SCOTT TURNER ETAL, BROUGHT IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT COURT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE CASE 2 2 5 CV OH OH 814 DASH BJ R. THIS CASE CHALLENGES, CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PURPORT TO LOCAL ORDER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO COMPLY WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICIES, OPPOSING LOCAL GENDER RECOGNITION, REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE AND DEI PROGRAMS AND ACQUIRING LOCAL COOPERATION WITH CIVIL ENFORCEMENT, UH, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES. AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE UPDATING THE CITY COUNCIL ON THEIR DIRECTION REGARDING THAT CASE AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON [PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS] THIS AND ALL ITEMS AND THE PUBLIC'S INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM. UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK PARTICULARLY TO THIS ISSUE? WE DID RECEIVE, UH, ONE COMMENT AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH IS POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. AND I HAVE TWO CARDS ALREADY. IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT, NOW'S THE MOMENT TO GET THE CARDS IN. OUR FIRST SPEAKER. TONIGHT IS JODY JOHNSON, TO BE FOLLOWED BY JANICE BARKER, CITY COUNCIL CITY STAFF. WE ALL MUST STAND WITH YOU FOR TAKING THE COURAGEOUS PATH TO FIGHT AGAINST UNJUST CONDITIONS FOR FUNDING LONG AFFORDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO OUR CITY, WHATEVER POLITICAL GROUP ONE BELONGS TO, WE CAN'T SUGARCOAT THAT THE REMOVAL OF FUNDING OR THE ATTACHMENT OF FUNDING WITH THE CONDITION TO ENGAGE IN THE REMOVAL OF LAW, ABIDING, HARDWORKING IMMIGRANTS SHOULD NEVER GO HAND IN HAND. WE CAN'T PUNISH PEOPLE FOR BEING POOR MENTALLY ILL OR DIFFERENT. WE ARE ALL LOVED BY A GOD WHO SEES EVERY INDIVIDUAL EQUALLY. IT IS SIMPLE. IF THE RICH GET RICHER OFF THE BACKS OF THE POOR OR EVEN THE UNHOUSED. WE ARE NOT ACTING AS A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE HAVE ALWAYS HONORED DIVERSITY. WE ARE MEANT TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER, TO HELP OTHERS, TO SEE OTHERS AND TO PROTECT ALL. IT SAYS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE LAWSUITS YOU ARE ENJOINING IN BEGINS WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COUNTY. I REMINDED WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SAID, THERE COMES A TIME THAT SILENCE IS PORTRAYAL. AND THERE COMES A TIME WHEN ONE MUST TAKE A POSITION THAT IS NEITHER SAFE NOR POLITIC, NOR POPULAR, BUT HE MUST TAKE IT BECAUSE HIS CONSCIENCE TELLS HIM IT IS RIGHT. YOU ARE GOING UP AND DOWN AND SIDEWAYS IN YOUR PROTECTION TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN PETALUMA. AND THIS LEADERSHIP IS WHAT IS NEEDED IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT AS YOU CONTINUE STANDING UP AND STANDING AGAINST HATE AND INJUSTICE. I AM PROUD [00:05:01] AND INSPIRED BY YOU ALL. WE, THE RESIDENTS OF PETALUMA MOBILE PARKS STAND IN SOLIDARITY THAT YOUR EFFORTS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN, NOR WILL IT BE FORGOTTEN THAT ALL RESIDENTS IN PETALUMA ARE SEEN AS EQUAL. YOU ARE MEETING THIS MOMENT WITH GRACE AND RESOLVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JANICE BARKER. GOOD EVENING. I HOPE Y'ALL HAD A LOVELY 4TH OF JULY. MY DAUGHTER HAD SOME VISITORS FROM SCOTLAND. THEY WERE OVER THE MOON, IMPRESSED WITH OUR LITTLE TOWN. THEY CAME DOWNTOWN. THEY ATE, THEY DRANK. THEY LOVED BREWSTERS. THEY LOVED THE TRAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TRAIN. WE WENT TO FARM STANDS. WE WENT OUT TO THE CHEESE, WE DID DAIRY. TODAY WAS THEIR LAST DAY. AND THEY HEADED. AND AT NO TIME DID THEY HAVE A SENSE THAT CALIFORNIA IS UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE TODAY. THEY WENT DOWN THE SAN MATEO COAST AND STOPPED AT ONE OF OUR SISTER FARM STANDS, SWANTON BERRIES, WHO PROVIDES A LOT OF BERRIES FOR FARMER'S MARKETS AND JAMS AND OTHER PRODUCE. AND MY DAUGHTER, IT'S HER FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD TODAY. THERE WAS A SINGLE MAN IN HIS SHOP. IT'S, THIS IS THEIR PEAK SEASON. THERE ARE BERRIES IN THE FIELD. THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN RIGHT AND LEFT DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE COAST. HE WAS IN TEARS TO SEE MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE HIS BERRIES ARE ROTTING. ALL OF THE WORKERS MIXED STATUS, THEY ALL WOULD LOVE TO BE FULL STATUS AMERICANS, BUT THEY'RE MIXED STATUS ARE HIDING IN THE HILLS ABOVE THE COAST. HE, THERE WAS A SINGLE MAN OUT IN THE FIELD PICKING THE BERRIES FROM THIS HUGE FIELD. WE CANNOT, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WE RELY ON TOURISM. AND I'LL ROLL DOWN HERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT TOURISM ALL DAY LONG. THERE. I HAVE TONS OF IDEAS ABOUT PETALUMA TOURISM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO RELY ON IT. AND CNN WAS RIGHT TO CHOOSE US. WE'RE LIKE A BLIND DATE, CAN YOU IMAGINE DISCOVERING US? BUT WE CAN'T LET HAPPEN WHAT HAPPENED AT SWANTON BERRY HAPPEN HERE TO ANY OF OUR INDEPENDENT GROWERS OR PRODUCERS. THAT MAN WAS RUINED. AND HE'S BEEN THERE FOR MANY GENERATIONS. HE'S A, HE'S A GRASSY FROM, UH, POINT REYES. SO I'M HERE TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE. UM, ANYWAY, GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY FOURTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. AND NOW WE WILL ADJOURN TO THE CLOSED SESSION. THE REGULAR SESSION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 PM OR, OR AT THE CONCLUSION OF CLOSED SESSION, WHICHEVER COMES LATER. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. [CALL TO ORDER] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL AND THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, JULY 7TH, 2025. AND IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD. THEY'RE IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER, AND BRING IT TO OUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK, OR OUR CITY, OUR CITY CLERK, IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE MONICA APIO AND MARIA GALVEZ TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH TONIGHT. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO TAKE THE ROLE FOR US THIS EVENING. BARNACLE PRESENT, CATER THOMPSON. HERE [00:10:01] TO CARLY. HERE NOW. HERE. QUINT. HERE. SHRIVES HERE, MCDONALD HERE. AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UH, LET'S RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA, AND TO REPUBLIC, OR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER NEITHER VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS [AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)] WE START OUR MEETINGS. I ALWAYS LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DAAS TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS AN AGENDA CHANGE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. AND, UH, SEEING NO HANDS RISE, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED AS, UM, WRITTEN AND AS YOU HAVE COPIES OF. AND WE JUST [REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION] COMPLETED CLOSED SESSION STARTING AT FIVE 30. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR ATTORNEY, ERIC DANLEY, TO MAKE REPORT ON THAT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, THAT THAT IS A GOOD AND QUICK REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, LET'S SEE. UM, AND, AND, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, [PROCLAMATIONS] FUNNER THINGS WE GET TO DO IS WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS HERE AND, UH, TONIGHT, UM, WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE DREW HALTER DIRECTOR OF PARK AND RECREATION TO THE PODIUM WHILE WE READ THE PROCLAMATION AND IT READS, WHEREAS THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LOCAL PARKS, RECREATION, TRAILS, PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE, AND FACILITIES FOR THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL CALIFORNIANS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS SINCE 1985, THE NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION HAS RECOGNIZED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROMOTES THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PETALUMA BY MAINTAINING PARKS AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES THROUGH ORGANIZED AND SELF-DIRECTED PLAY. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING HEALTHY HABITATS AND ENCOURAGING BIODIVERSITY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVE A CRITICAL NEED IN BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF NA NATURAL DISASTERS AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION FOSTER SOCIAL COHESIVENESS IN COMMUNITIES BY CELEBRATING OUR OWN DIVERSITY, PROVIDING SHARED PLACES TO GATHER, MODELING COMPASSION, PROMOTING SOCIAL EQUITY, CONNECTING COMMUNITY, AND ENSURING ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO ITS BENEFITS. AND WHEREAS PARK AND RECREATION PROGRAMS INCREASE THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA APPRECIATES OUR PARK AND RECREATION STAFF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND MAINTAINING OUR 48, 48 LOCAL PARKS AND DOZENS MORE RECREATION FACILITIES THROUGH THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. I THEREFORE, THEREFORE, I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY, 2025 AS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. YAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY STAFF. I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR INCREDIBLY HARDWORKING TEAM OF PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS. WE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN, IN REALLY BEING A 365 DAY SERVICE ORIENTED ORGANIZATION. BUT JULY IS A SPECIAL MONTH FOR US. AT THE PEAK OF THE SUMMER IS REALLY WHERE WE GET A CHANCE TO, TO KIND OF SIT BACK, TAKE A BREATH, AND REALLY ENJOY A FULL RANGE, UM, OF WHAT WE'VE WORKED SO HARD TO DO, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC SPACES AND THE PROGRAMS OUT IN THE PARKS. SO I LOVE THAT THIS PROCLAMATION IS HERE TONIGHT. I LOVE THAT WE'RE IN JULY. UM, AND WE'RE JOINED HERE BY SUCH A, A BROAD RANGE OF RECREATION PROFESSIONALS FROM MUSEUM STAFF TO PARKS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS TO SENIOR SERVICES, TO, TO LEAGUES, TO ADMINISTRATION, TO AQUATICS, TO SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, THIS IS JUST A GREAT SNAPSHOT OF THE FOLKS THAT ALL SHARE A COMMON THREAD, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND TAKE CARE OF OUR, OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THIS RECOGNITION. [00:15:01] UM, REALLY APPRECIATE TONIGHT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE HARD WORK AND PROFESSIONALS ALL ACROSS, UH, OUR COUNTRY THAT ARE PUTTING IN HARD WORK TO, TO MAKE PARKS, UM, PLACES FOR ALL. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE ALSO HAVE [PRESENTATIONS] A SPECIAL PRO, UH, PRESENTATION FROM THE SONOMA WATER ON THE EEL RUSSIAN PROJECT AUTHORITY AND THE NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY FOR REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, DAVID MANNING FROM THE SONOMA WATER'S, THE PODIUM, UH, TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME AND RECOGNIZE OUR SUPERVISOR, DAVID RABBIT, UM, FOR, UH, JOINING US TONIGHT. WE MAY HEAR A FEW WORDS FROM, UH, SUPERVISOR RABBIT AND, UM, IN PROCLAMATIONS AFTER THE PRESENTER HAS, I MEAN, IN PRESENTATIONS. AFTER THE PRESENTATION, COUNSEL MAY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WE WISH TO ADDRESS TO YOU. UH, AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC, THOSE WHO WISH TO, UM, COMMENT CAN JOIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND SO THAT PERIOD WE HAVE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU WISH TO REPLY, COMMENT ON THIS WATER PROPOSAL. FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT A CARD TO OUR CLERK FOR THAT PERIOD DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND TAKE IT AWAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID MANNING, I MANAGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DIVISION AT SONOMA WATER. I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT A BIT OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE POTTER VALLEY PROJECT, AND THEN THIS NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY THAT IS MOVING FORWARD IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDES A SUSTAINABLE, RELIABLE FUTURE WATER SUPPLY TO LAKE MENDOCINO. SO IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE. I THINK THAT LOOKS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO I, I KNOW IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HARD, UH, FOR FOLKS TO READ IT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, SO I'LL GO THROUGH BRIEFLY THE HISTORY. THE, I THINK MOST FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THE GEOGRAPHY. UH, SO YOU SEE BOTH, UH, THE RUSSIAN AND THE UPPER PART OF THE EEL RIVER. IN THIS IMAGE FARTHEST UPSTREAM IS LAKE PILLSBURY, WHICH IS IMPOUNDED BY SCOTT DAM. I'LL SHOW SOME IMAGES OF THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 12 MILES DOWNSTREAM. UH, VAN ARSDALE RESERVOIR IS FORMED BY CAPE HORN DAM, AND THAT'S THE LOCATION OF A TUNNEL THAT CONNECTS THE EEL TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER. IT'S A MILE LONG TUNNEL THAT WAS BUILT IN 1908. IT CARRIES, UH, UP TO 300 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND TO FLOW TO A HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY ON THE RUSSIAN RIVERSIDE. DEVELOPED IN 1908 ORIGINALLY, UH, TO SERVE, UH, THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF UKIAH. AND THEN LATER, UH, ASSUMED BY, UH, PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY AFTER THE CREATION OF LAKE PILLSBURY IN 1922. SO FOR A HUNDRED YEARS YEAR-ROUND, ESSENTIALLY PG E HAS BEEN SENDING WATER FROM THE EEL TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER TO GENERATE HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY THAT ALL CHANGED. UM, IN 2019, PG E ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD STOP OPERATING THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO DO SO. UH, RUSSIAN RIVER INTERESTS HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN OF ACTION TO CONTINUE THAT WATER DIVERSION ABSENT THE HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE'S AN IMAGE OF LAKE PILLSBURY, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE IMAGE THERE, UH, SCOTT DAM. NEXT IMAGE, PLEASE. A CLOSEUP OF SCOTT DAM AGAIN, UH, BUILT IN 1922. UH, IT IS CONSIDERED A HIGH HEAD DAM. THERE IS NO ACCESS FOR SALMON AND STEELHEAD TO PASS UPSTREAM TO THEIR HISTORIC SPAWNING GROUNDS ABOVE THIS DAM. NEXT IMAGE, PLEASE. BUT 12 MILES DOWNSTREAM IS THE MUCH SMALLER, ORIGINALLY CREATED DAM CAPE HORN. AND YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, THERE'S SORT OF A CONCRETE STRUCTURE THAT SNAKES ITS WAY AROUND THE FACILITY THAT IS A FISH LADDER FISH ARE ABLE TO PASS UPSTREAM ABOVE CAPE HORN DAM AND SPAWN IN THAT 12 MILE REACH BETWEEN THE TWO DAMS. THERE ARE SOME ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH HOW EFFECTIVE THAT PASSAGE IS, BUT IT IS PROVIDED THE NEXT IMAGE, PLEASE. THAT WATER THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE TUNNEL AND IS PREVIOUSLY GENERATING, UH, HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY FLOWS INTO THE EAST BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER AND THEN INTO LAKE MENDOCINO. SO LAKE MENDOCINO, THE TOP OF THE SYSTEM THAT SONOMA WATER MANAGES IN CONCERT WITH THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS VERY DEPENDENT, HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY ON THESE DIVERSIONS FROM THE EEL TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER. THIS IMAGE OF LAKE MENDOCINO SHOWS, UH, LAKE MENDOCINO IN THE DEPTH OF ONE OF THE RECENT DROUGHTS IN 2014. THE RELIABILITY OF THAT LAKE HAS BEEN AFFECTED GREATLY BY THE CHANGING VOLUME OF DIVERSIONS OVER TIME. NEXT IMAGE PLEASE. SO IN THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF WATER DIVERTED OVER TIME, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE BOTTOM PART OF THE IMAGE THAT'S CUT OFF [00:20:01] BY, UH, THE CLOSED CAPTIONING. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRST BAR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, 150,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR. THAT'S WHAT EXISTED AS THE DIVERSION VOLUME FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIMEFRAME THAT PG E WAS GENERATING HYDROELECTRIC POWER, STARTING IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS DUE TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY A BIOLOGICAL OPINION FROM THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERY SERVICE TO PROTECT SALMON AND STEELHEAD ON THE EEL RIVER. THOSE DIVERSION VOLUMES WERE CUT, UH, BY ABOUT HALF DOWN TO 60,000 ACRE FEET. AND IN THE VERY RECENT PAST, IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, UH, PG AND E STOPPED GENERATING HYDROELECTRIC POWER, UH, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY PLAN TO DECOMMISSION THE PROJECT, BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME FAILURES IN THEIR, UH, GENERATING EQUIPMENT. UH, THERE'S ALSO SOME DROUGHTS AND PG E IS NOT FILLING THE DAM TO THE SAME CAPACITY SCOTT DAM, DUE TO SOME SEISMIC SAFETY CONCERNS. SO THE AVERAGE DIVERSION VOLUME IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS RANGED BETWEEN 30 AND 40,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR. NEXT IMAGE PLEASE. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION LICENSE THAT'S CURRENTLY HELD BY PG E AND THAT THEY ARE SURRENDERING. THAT LICENSE WAS ISSUED IN 1983. AS I MENTIONED IN 2019, PG E FILED A NOTICE STATING THAT IT WON'T SEEK A NEW LICENSE FOR THE PROJECT. THAT LICENSE EXPIRED IN APRIL OF 2022. PG E IS NOW OPERATING THE PROJECT UNDER ANNUAL LICENSES WHILE THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SURRENDERING THE PROJECT. THAT IS A FORMAL PROCESS THROUGH FERC. PG E HAS SOME TIMELINES TO MEET. ONE OF THOSE IS COMING UP HERE VERY SOON. JULY 29, PG E HAS TO FILE A LICENSE AND SURRENDER APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION TO FORMALLY START THAT PROCESS OF SURRENDERING AND DECOMMISSIONING THE PROJECT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, IN RESPONSE, INTERESTS IN BOTH THE EEL AND THE RUSSIAN RIVER FORMED A PARTNERSHIP. WE CALL IT THE TWO BASIN PARTNERSHIP. IT'S COMPRISED OF, UH, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, GOVERNMENTS IN, UM, THE EEL RIVER BASIN, AS WELL AS IN, UH, THE RUSSIAN RIVER BASIN. THE PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS, IN THIS GROUP, THIS, UH, THIS TWO BASIN PARTNERSHIP ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE TWO OBJECTIVES. UH, ONE IS TO IMPROVE FISH MIGRATION AND HABITAT ON THE EEL RIVER. AND THE SECOND IS TO MAINTAIN CONTINUED DIVERSION OF EEL RIVER WATER TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER TO SUPPORT ALL THE USES OF, UH, THAT WATER IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER, WHICH INCLUDES WATER SUPPLY, RELIABILITY, UH, PROTECTION OF FISHERIES IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER AND WATER QUALITY IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER BASIN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, AN OUTGROWTH OF THAT TWO BASIN PARTNERSHIP IS THE EEL RUSSIAN PROJECT AUTHORITY FORMED IN 2023. THE EEL RUSSIAN PROJECT AUTHORITY IS A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY COMPRISED OF SONOMA WATER, THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, THE INLAND WATER MENDOCINO INLAND WATER AND POWER COMMISSION, WHICH ITSELF IS A GPA OF WATER USERS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES. AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE EEL RUSSIAN PROJECT AUTHORITY, OR IPA, AS WE REFER TO IT, IT EXISTS TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN THIS NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY. AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME IMAGES OF WHAT THAT FACILITY LOOKS LIKE. SO HERE ARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AT CAPE HORN DAM. I KNOW IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE IN, UH, IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, BUT THE RIVER IS FLOWING FROM THE UPPER LEFT TO THE LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE IMAGE. THIS IS AN ARTIST RENDERING, BUT IT'S BASED ON SURVEY DATA, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. IT'S ALL TO SCALE AND VERY ACCURATE. THE TUNNEL DIVERSION IS JUST UPSTREAM OF THE FACE OF CAPE HORN DAM. YOU CAN SEE IT INDICATED THERE IN THE IMAGE. THAT'S WHERE THE WATER FLOWS BY GRAVITY. UM, CURRENTLY A MILE INTO THE RUSSIAN RIVER BASIN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY WILL EXIST AFTER PG AND E REMOVES, AND THIS IS THEIR PLAN IS TO REMOVE BOTH SCOTT AND CAPE HORN DAM. WHAT WILL REPLACE CAPE HOR DAM AT THIS LOCATION IS A PUMP HOUSE, A PUMP STATION TO RAISE THE WATER UP TO THE ELEVATION OF THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE, AND THEN ALLOW THAT WATER TO FLOW VIA GRAVITY OVER TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER. WE CALL THIS DIVERSION, A RUN OF THE RIVER DIVERSION. IT CAN FUNCTION WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF, UH, LAKE PILLSBURY OR OUR STEEL RESERVOIR. IT ALLOWS FISH TO PASS UP AND DOWNSTREAM VOLITIONALLY FREELY WITHOUT A FISH LADDER. AND WE HAVE MODELED THIS DIVERSION TO SHOW THAT THERE IS BENEFIT IN OPERATING, UH, PER SET OF DIVERSION RULES IN THE EEL RIVER THAT STILL ALLOW WATER TO BE DIVERTED, UH, IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES TO THE RUSSIAN. THE NEXT IMAGE, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER IMAGE SHOWING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING DOWNSTREAM UPSTREAM AT THIS FACILITY. UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REMNANT PIECES OF FORMER CAPE HORN DAM AND A, A STRUCTURE THAT WAS USED TO DIVERT, UH, [00:25:01] FISH INTO THE FISH LADDER. THE FISH LADDER IS NO LONGER NECESSARY. THERE IS A LARGE RETAINING WALL ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE IMAGE THERE. THAT RETAINING WALL IS PROTECTING THE CONDUIT THAT CONNECTS THE PUMPS AND THE SCREENS TO THE EXISTING DIVERSION TUNNEL. NEXT IMAGE PLEASE. SO HOW IS WATER DIVERTED FROM THE EEL RIVER INTO THE RUSSIAN? UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING A WATER DIVERSION AGREEMENT WITH THE PARTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE TWO BASIN SOLUTION. WE HAVE AN EXISTING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT DESCRIBES THE WAY WATER WOULD BE DIVERTED, UM, AT, AT TIMES OF YEAR AND IN QUANTITIES AND IN THE PROPORTION OF THE FLOW FROM THE EEL RIVER THAT PROTECTS THE EEL RIVER'S RESOURCES, BUT ALLOWS WATER TO BE DIVERTED INTO THE RUSSIAN. THOSE DIVERSION RULES VARY SEASONALLY. THERE IS A FLOOR OR A THRESHOLD BELOW WHICH FLOW IN THE EEL RIVER, UH, CAN, CANNOT DECLINE, BUT ABOVE WHICH WATER COULD BE DIVERTED TO THE RUSSIAN RIVER, DEPENDING ON, UH, THE SEASON AT A PROPORTION OF THE FLOW THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE FREE FLOWING OR NATURALLY FLOWING. NOW, EEL RIVER THAT, UH, DIVERSION QUANTITY REACHES ITS MAXIMUM WHEN THE TUNNEL CAPACITY IS IS AT 300 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THERE'S A RAMPING RATE, SO THE WAVE FLOWS ARE DIVERTED, INCREASE UP TO THAT MAXIMUM PROPORTION OF THE FLOW, AND THEN IS CAPPED AT THE TOTAL DIVERSION VOLUME. BUT THE WAY THAT WORKS, UH, ALLOWS WATER TO BE TAKEN WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE IN THE EEL RIVER WITHOUT AFFECTING THE EEL RIVER'S RESOURCES. AND I CAN SHOW SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THAT WATER IS DIVERTED AND WHY. NEXT IMAGE PLEASE. SO IN THIS SLIDE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE HYDROGRAPH FROM THE SPRINGTIME IN THE EEL RIVER. ALL THAT BLUE SHADED AREA IS THE FLOW, THE NATURAL UNIMPAIRED FLOW IN THE EEL RIVER. THE BLACK LINE REPRESENTS, UH, A 20% REDUCTION IN THAT FLOW. AND THE RED SORT OF STAIR STEPPED LINE REPRESENTS WHAT WE CALL THE FLOW FLOOR. SO ANYTIME THE FLOW IN THE EEL RIVER IS ABOVE THAT FLOW, 20% OF THE VOLUME CAN BE TAKEN IN THIS EXAMPLE UNTIL, AND YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE THE DATES, UH, THE EARLY PART OF THE SUMMERTIME WHEN THE FLOW IN THE EEL RIVER NATURALLY DROPS BELOW THE FLOOR. SO DURING THAT SUMMERTIME, WHEN THERE'S VERY LOW FLOW IN THE EEL RIVER, WATER BY THESE RULES CANNOT BE DIVERTED TO THE RUSSIAN. AND THAT IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WAY THE PROJECT FUNCTIONS. HISTORICALLY, WHEN THERE WAS YEAR ROUND RELEASES FROM LAKE PILLSBURY INTO THE EEL RIVER FLOW COULD CONTINUE ON THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SUMMERTIME WITH THIS NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY DURING THE SUMMER, UH, WHEN FLOWS IN THE EEL RIVER GET LOW, THE DIVERSION CEASES. NEXT IMAGE, PLEASE. SO HERE'S WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, HOW THE PERCENT OF FLOW CONCEPT WORKS. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN THE WINTERTIME SHOWING THE, THE FLOOR AT 250 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND. THAT'S THE CFS ABBREVIATION, THE MAXIMUM DIVERSION RATE, AND THAT MAXIMUM TUNNEL CAPACITY. SO WHEN THERE'S 250 C CCF S IN THE EEL RIVER, THERE CAN BE NO DIVERSION. WHEN THERE'S A THOUSAND CCF S IN THE EEL RIVER, THAT DIVERSION CAN BE MAXIMIZED AT 300 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, AND 700 CFS REMAINS IN THE EEL RIVER DOWNSTREAM, WHICH IS ENOUGH WATER FOR THE FISH TO COMPLETE THEIR LIFECYCLE DURING THAT TIME OF THE YEAR. AS THE FLOW IN THE EL RIVER CONTINUES TO INCREASE, THE PROPORTION OF THE FLOW REPRESENTED BY THE DIVERSION DECREASES, IT JUST, THERE'S A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT CAN BE DIVERTED BASED ON THE CAPACITY OF THE TUNNEL. NEXT IMAGE, PLEASE. AND CLICK AGAIN, PLEASE. SO, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS PLOT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW THAT WATER IS DIVERTED AND THEN STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO, BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST CONSTRAINTS. IT'S NOT THE DIVERSION RULES THEMSELVES. THOSE DIVERSION RULES ALLOW WATER TO BE DIVERTED WHEN IT'S ABUNDANT AND AVAILABLE IN THE EEL RIVER. BUT IN WET YEARS, WHILE THAT WATER'S VERY AVAILABLE IN THE EEL RIVER, THERE'S ALSO VERY WET HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS SOMETIMES IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER IN A YEAR, JUST LIKE THIS YEAR. SO IN THIS IMAGE, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS GOING ON. THERE'S A, UH, A DASHED LINE THAT THAT ARROW IS POINTING TO THAT REPRESENTS THE STORAGE CURVE IN LAKE MENDOCINO. THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT CAN BE STORED SEASONALLY DURING THE WINTERTIME, THAT AMOUNT OF WATER DECREASES TO ALLOW FLOOD WATER TO BE STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO. THE BLUE LINE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A COUPLE BLIPS ABOVE THAT DASH LINE. THAT'S THE VOLUME IN LAKE MENDOCINO, DOWN BELOW IT, THE SHADED REGION. AND YOU CAN CLICK AGAIN, PLEASE. SHOULD BE ONE MORE. THERE WE GO. UH, THE [00:30:01] SHADED GOLD REGION IS WHEN THIS NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY WOULD BE DIVERTING THE AREAS INSIDE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT BLACK RECTANGLE REPRESENT TIMES WHEN DIVERSIONS WOULDN'T DE OCCUR, BECAUSE THE WATER THAT WOULD BE DIVERTED THROUGH THE TUNNEL WOULD SIMPLY BE RELEASED DUE TO FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO DIVERT WATER IF IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE RELEASED AS FLOOD WATER. BUT AT THE TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN THAT WATER WOULD BE PUT INTO STORAGE, UH, THE EEL RIVER FACILITY WOULD FUNCTION. AND THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. NEXT, CLICK PLEASE, OF THE DIVERSION VOLUMES ALLOWED BY THESE DIVERSION RULES. IT'S QUITE A BIT OF WATER, 86,000 ACRE FEET, AND THE AMOUNT IN THIS VERY WET YEAR THAT COULD BE STORED, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS 24,500 ACRE FEET. SO RULES ALLOW A LOT OF DIVERSION. THE WAY THE WATER CAN BE STORED IS GOVERNED BY THE CAPACITY OF LAKE MENDOCINO. BUT THAT CHANGES IF YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO IN THIS IMAGE, SAME, UH, THINGS BEING DEPICTED HERE, BUT DIFFERENT WATER YEARS AS EXAMPLES. SO IN THE UPPER LEFT, YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE FROM A DRY YEAR, THAT'S 2014, THE SAME YEAR THAT I SHOWED YOU THE IMAGE OF, UH, LAKE MENDOCINO. DURING, IN THAT YEAR, THAT BLUE LINE, THE WATER STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO NEVER REACHES THAT FLOOD POOL. AND PER THE RULES, EVERY BIT OF WATER THAT CAN BE DIVERTED THROUGH THE PROJECT, THE NEW I RUSSIAN FACILITY IS STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO. THE SAME IS TRUE IN AN AVERAGE YEAR EXAMPLE, LIKE 2009. AND WE HAVE RUN THESE HYDROLOGIC SCENARIOS FOR ALL OF THE WATER YEARS FOR WHICH WE HAVE DATA. UH, IN THAT MORE AVERAGE YEAR EXAMPLE, SAME THING, ALL THE WATER THAT CAN BE DIVERTED THROUGH THE TUNNEL IS STORED. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT IMPACT ON LAKE MENDOCINO, STORAGE IN A DRY YEAR REPRESENTS ABOUT 18,000 ACRE FEET. AND IN THAT AVERAGE YEAR, CLOSE TO 30,000 ACRE FEET. NEXT IMAGE PLEASE. SO WE CAN QUANTIFY HOW THE NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY WILL FUNCTION IN RELATION TO THE WATER DIVERTED, UH, HISTORICALLY OVER TIME. THIS IS THE SAME IMAGE THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER WITH THE ADDITION OF THE BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT, AND THAT IS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DIVERSION THROUGH THE NEW IRU FACILITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT IS TO LOOK AT THE AVERAGE STORAGE IN LAKE MENDOCINO. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE CLOSED CAPTIONING IS COVERING UP, UH, THE LABELING ON THAT BOTTOM ACCESS. BUT THAT 57,000 ACRE FEET IN STORAGE AT THE END OF THE WATER YEAR, UH, REPRESENTS THE HISTORIC AMOUNT OF DIVERSION, SORT OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF, OF AFFAIRS, UH, IN THE OPERATION OF THE PROJECT. THE NEXT BAR, 51,000, REPRESENTS, UH, THE AMOUNT OF WATER ON AVERAGE STORED IN THE LAKE WITH THE NEW EEL, RUSSIAN DIVERSION FUNCTIONING. AND THAT LAST BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL STORAGE IN LAKE MENDOCINO. IF THERE WERE NO DIVERSION AT ALL, IF THE DIVERSION CEASED, THE NEW EEL RUSSIAN FACILITY, UH, WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED, AND NO WATER WERE TO FLOW THROUGH THE TUNNEL. AND THESE ARE AVERAGES, AND THAT'S A, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT 25,000 ACRE FOOT AVERAGE WHEN THERE'S NO DIVERSION. THERE ARE YEARS THERE WHERE THE, WHERE THE STORAGE IN LAKE MENDOCINO IS SO LOW, EFFECTIVELY NO WATER COULD BE RELEASED TO THE UPPER PART OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER. SO THAT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY EXTREME, UH, CONDITION TO PUT LAKE MENDOCINO IN, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SO INTENT ON PRESERVING THIS DIVERSION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS A WATER DIVERSION AGREEMENT THAT IS NOW BEING CODIFIED. UM, THERE'S A WATER, THERE'S A MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT GUIDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER DIVERSION AGREEMENT AMONG THESE PARTIES. SO SONOMA WATER TROUT AND LIMITED THE COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT, UH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA VIA THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE. THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES, THE MENDOCINO INLAND WATER AND POWER COMMISSION, AND CALIFORNIA TROUT, UM, HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS TO DEVELOP GUIDANCE FOR HOW THIS, UH, FACILITY CAN FUNCTION. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THIS WATER DIVERSION AGREEMENT. SO IT TAKES AS A PREMISE, THE DESIGN OF THE NEW FACILITY ALLOWS FOR A FREE FLOWING EEL RIVER AND SEASONAL DIVERSION TO THE RUSSIAN. AS I MENTIONED, THOSE DIVERSIONS ARE LIMITED BASED ON SOME OF THE NEEDS IN THE EEL RIVER. NEXT BULLET, PLEASE. THERE ARE A SET OF PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND IT'S AN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THESE DIVERSIONS COMPLY WITH THE FLOW RULES THAT THEY'RE EFFECTIVE IN PROVIDING FISH HABITAT AND FISH PASSAGE. NEXT BULLET, PLEASE. THERE'S AN INITIAL TERM FOR THIS AGREEMENT THAT CAN BE RENEWED AFTER 30 YEARS. SO, UH, POTENTIALLY A 50 YEAR AGREEMENT THAT HAS SOME REQUIREMENTS. AND, AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL INCLUDE RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT YIELD, RIVER RESTORATION, UH, RUSSIAN [00:35:01] RIVER WATER USERS, UM, INCREASING THEIR RESILIENCY, THEIR ABILITY TO DEPEND LESS OVER TIME ON THE DIVERSION COMPLIANCE, OF COURSE, WITH THE DIVERSION RULES. AND THIS, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT THERE NO BE NO NEGATIVE EFFECT TO SALMON AND STEELHEAD RECOVERY. NEXT BULLET, PLEASE. THERE ARE PAYMENTS REQUIRED TO AN EEL RIVER CONSERVATION FUND. THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF THAT FUND ARE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $750,000 A YEAR. AND ONE ADDITIONAL BULLET, PLEASE. AND AGAIN, THAT IS HARD TO SEE, UH, BELOW THE CLOSED CAPTIONING, BUT THERE IS, UM, A REQUIREMENT IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE INTEREST IN THE EEL RIVER AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT THEY HOLD THE WATER RIGHTS AND THE EEL RUSSIAN PROJECT AUTHORITY LEASE THOSE WATER RIGHTS BACK FROM THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES. UH, THE COST OF DOING SO IS A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THERE'S SOME NEXT STEPS, UH, INVOLVED IN OUR WORK TO, UH, DEVELOP THIS AGREEMENT. UM, FINALIZING THE WATER DIVERSION AGREEMENT, UH, ONE BULLET I DIDN'T INCLUDE VERY IMPORTANT, INCLUDING THIS NEW IRU FACILITY AS AN ELEMENT OF THE APPLICATION FOR SURRENDER THAT PG E IS MAKING TO THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION. UH, WE ARE IN THAT APPLICATION PACKAGE. THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR PG AND E TO SEEK FESS APPROVAL FOR THE NEW EO RUSSIAN FACILITY TO BE BUILT SIMULTANEOUSLY, UM, UH, TO THE REMOVAL OF CAPE HORN DAM. WE WANT, UH, THE NEWLY RUSSIAN FACILITY TO BE BUILT AT THE SAME TIME CAPE HORN DAM IS REMOVED. TO DO THAT, WE REQUIRE PERMISSIONS FROM THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION VIA PG E SURRENDER APPLICATION. WE'RE WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CQA, ALL THE PERMITTING REQUIRED TO, UH, TO BUILD AND TO OPERATE THE NEW ERU FACILITY. WE'RE DEVELOPING THE ERU PROJECT AUTHORITY, A BUSINESS PLAN, UH, TO TRY TO DETERMINE HOW TO BEST ALLOCATE THE EXPENSE OF THIS NEW FACILITY. AND IT'S ONGOING, UH, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TO WATER USERS IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER BASIN, BOTH IN MENDOCINO AND IN SONOMA COUNTY. AND WE'RE ADVANCING WITH A, A FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, THE 60% DESIGN, ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR THIS FACILITY. AND, UH, I THINK I WILL PAUSE THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, CHAIR OF THE ERU PROJECT AUTHORITY AND SONOMA COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND DIRECTOR OF SONOMA WATER, DAVID RABBIT, UP TO MAKE A COUPLE OF GLOBAL COMMENTS. DAVE, THANK YOU DAVE. AND THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND, UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AS YOU, UH, AS YOU CAN GAUGE, UH, WATER, WATER IN CALIFORNIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY COMPLEX AND DIFF AND DIFFICULT WATER IN THE WEST HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUCH. UH, BUT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, THE NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN THE DIVERSION. COME, COME, PARDON MY PUN, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER. UH, THAT DIVERSION ALLOWS PETALUMA RESIDENTS TO HAVE WATER FLOWING OUT OF OUR FAUCET. IT ALLOWED ME THIS MORNING TO TAKE A SHOWER, UH, TO PREPARE FOOD. THE WATER MOLECULES, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE FROM POTTER VALLEY OR NOT, IT'S AN INTEGRATED ONE SYSTEM. I KNOW THAT THE, UH, MARINE KNOWS THIS FROM HIS WORK IN THE WATER WORLD. UM, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW AND IT, IT'S ONE PIECE OF THE ENTIRE, ENTIRE, UH, WATER PUZZLE THAT WE ARE BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. UH, I'VE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT FOH, UH, THE FORECAST AND FORM RESERVOIR OPERATION. WHAT DAVE DIDN'T SHOW YOU AS YOU LOOK AT THE STORAGE IN LAKE MENDOCINO, IS THAT FOH AGAIN, IS ANOTHER 11,000 ACRE FEET IN THAT LAKE. 10% MORE STORAGE. FOH IS THAT ABILITY TO REALLY FORECAST THE STORMS IN A MUCH BETTER WAY. UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE ARMY CORPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOW HAVE A, A FLOOD CONTROL POOL AND A WATER CONTROL, A WATER POOL, BUT IN BETWEEN A FERRO POOL THAT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR, UH, DOMESTIC USE. WE'RE DOING THAT ON LAKE SONOMA AS WELL. AND LAKE SONOMA BEING THREE AND A HALF TIMES LARGER, UH, EVEN THAT MUCH MORE WATER. SO IT'S NOT, UH, POTTER VALLEY ALONE THAT'S GONNA SOLVE OUR WATER ISSUES. BUT IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT. AND I THINK WHAT, UH, DAVE ALSO MENTIONED WAS TO MAINTAINING MINIMUM INSTREAM FLOWS IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE WATER THAT WE CAN USE HERE IN PETALUMA AND OUR OTHER, UH, CONTRACTOR CITIES. SO MAINTAINING THAT DIVERSION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND YOU SEE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, WHETHER IT'S WITH PG E OR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS OVER THE YEARS, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT EVERYONE CAN RALLY AROUND, AGREE IS A GOOD SOLUTION GOING FORWARD. THAT'LL BE ITERATIVE MONITORING GOING FORWARD AND ALLOW US TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT ABOUT A $50 MILLION INVESTMENT, ASSUMING THAT WE CAN GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION RELATIVELY SOON. AND IT DOESN'T GO UP FURTHER. BUT, [00:40:01] YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THAT INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DIVERSION CAN CONTINUE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND AGAIN, I'LL MENTION A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY. I KNOW THAT PETALUMA IS FRONT AND CENTER ON SOME OF THESE AS WELL. UH, THE A SR BANKING, UH, WATER UNDERGROUND REGIONAL WATER BANK, CONNECTING SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER ACROSS MARIN AND SONOMA COUNTIES, A QPI, WHICH IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH FIRO, WHICH IS THE ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION INFORMATION, NEW RADAR SYSTEMS, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CONTROL, UH, OR, UH, BETTER MANAGE OUR RESERVOIRS GOING FORWARD. WE WILL NEED NEW STORAGE, UM, BUT NEW STORAGE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AGAIN, THE AQUIFER CAN BE THAT STORAGE IN IN SOME LOCATIONS. AND, UH, DAVE DID ALSO MENTION ABOUT THE, UH, BENEFICIARIES FOOTING THE BILL. WE ARE CERTAINLY BENEFICIARIES, BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. AND IN FACT, I THINK THERE'LL BE MORE BENEFICIARIES. 'CAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE UP IN, WHETHER IT'S UP THROUGH MENDO, WHO NOW ARE NOT PARTICIPATING FINANCIALLY, BUT WILL BE. AND THEY'LL TAKE SOME OF THAT EDGE OFF AS WE GO FORWARD. SO IT'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, UH, GOING FORWARD. PROUD TO BE THE CHAIR OF IPA. UH, WE MEET LATER THIS MONTH TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US AND MAINTAIN THAT DIVERSION. AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WHETHER OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE DAM IS THERE, THE DAM IS NOT THERE, AND IPA IS REALLY ABOUT MAINTAINING THE DIVERSION, UH, INTO, UH, THE RUSSIAN RIVER TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH, UH, THE FISHERIES IN BOTH RIVERS ARE SAFEGUARDED. AND IF THE FISH ARE HEALTHY AND HAPPY, WE WILL ALL BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY WITH THE WATER THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, FROM THOSE WATER SOURCES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING TONIGHT, UH, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, AND HOPEFULLY LOOK FORWARD TO A, A POSITIVE OUTCOME THERE AND ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. CERTAINLY, UH, WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER THOSE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, I'LL LET YOU BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. OH, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, YEAH, I'M SURE WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, VERY MANY QUESTIONS OR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT ANYTIME YOU GET, UH, PG E AND, UH, UM, THE COUNTY AND THE FISH ADVOCATES ALL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH SOMETHING, YOU'VE REALLY DONE SOME GOOD WORK TO JUST TO GET TO THAT STAGE. SO, UM, UH, MY APPRECIATION, I'LL LOOK AT, UH, THE COUNCIL TO SEE WHO HAS A QUESTION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY. HI, DAVID. AND DAVID, UM, I'VE GOT, UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND PROBABLY EITHER OF, EITHER OF BOTH OF YOU COULD ANSWER THEM. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES THAT PETALUMA WON'T BE AFFECTED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHY IS SONOMA WATER ASKING FOR PETALUMA'S SUPPORT ON THIS IF IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT US? AND, UM, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THOSE WHO WILL BE AFFECTED MOST FIRST? SO, UH, SONOMA WATER'S CUSTOMERS WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE AFFECTED IF THE DIVERSION WERE TO END. UH, DEPENDING ON, UH, THE HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE YEAR BETWEEN 25 AND, UH, SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN 50% OF THE WATER THAT IS STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO THAT'S RELEASED, THAT RELEASED IS RELEASED DOWNSTREAM FOR US TO MEET OUR WATER RIGHTS REQUIREMENTS AS MANDATED BY THE STATE ORIGINATES IN THE EEL RIVER. SO WITHOUT THAT WATER, UH, THERE'LL BE INCREASED PRESSURE TO MANAGE A, A RESERVOIR THAT'S SEVERELY DEPLETED. UH, IT WILL DRAW MORE WATER FROM LAKE SONOMA, WHICH IS, UH, MUCH LARGER IN VOLUME, AND WE DEPEND ON VERY HEAVILY FOR WATER SUPPLY. UH, IT WILL INCUR ALL KINDS OF COSTS FOR ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. IT WILL STRESS OUR SYSTEM TREMENDOUSLY. AND THAT SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES WATER FOR 650,000 PEOPLE IS TIED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF BOTH LAKE MENDOCINO AND LAKE SONOMA, UM, IN THE EYES OF THE STATE THAT REGULATES OUR WATER RIGHTS AND THE REQUIRED FLOWS IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER. THEY'RE INEXORABLY LINKED. SO IT, IT REALLY, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'VE INVESTED THESE RESOURCES IN THIS TIME AND TRYING TO PRESERVE THE DIVERSION THAT, IN FACT, HISTORICALLY, THE HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS FOR THE RUSSIAN RIVER WATERSHED, SO WHETHER IT WAS A DR. WET OR A DRY YEAR WERE DETERMINED. AND THIS IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR WATER RIGHTS DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF INFLOW INTO LAKE PILLSBURY. THAT'S HOW DURABLE THIS CONNECTION WAS BETWEEN LAKE PILLSBURY AND LAKE MENDOCINO. WHEN LAKE PILLSBURY GOES AWAY, OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T APPLY. AND ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW LAKE MENDOCINO FUNCTIONS CHANGE. SO WE HAVE, WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE, AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING NOW A TEMPORARY CHANGE TO THAT INDEX TO CONSIDER JUST THE WATER STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO TO ADAPT TO THE WAY THE DIVERSIONS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. WE'VE BEEN FILING, UH, TEMPORARY, UH, UH, VARIANCES TO OUR FLOW, UH, ALLOWANCES IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER TO COPE WITH LESS WATER IN LAKE MENDOCINO NOW FOR, UH, MORE THAN A DECADE. SO THAT WAS ONE PART OF YOUR QUESTION. YEAH. IS THAT THE SEC THE SECOND PART IS, [00:45:01] UH, TALKING TO PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED, I BELIEVE, WAS THAT THE, THAT THAT WAS THE QUESTION, RIGHT. IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, UH, SO WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MENDOCINO INLAND WATER AND POWER COMMISSION. UH, WE TAKE THEM TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR MANY OF THE WATER USERS, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL IN THE UPPER PART OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER. THERE ARE SOME MUNICIPALITIES THAT, UH, CLOVERDALE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THAT ISN'T SONOMA COUNTY, UM, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF, UH, MENDOCINO INLAND WATER AND POWER AND SONOMA WATERS CUSTOMERS. UH, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME STRATEGIES TO THINK ABOUT, UH, EXTENDING, UH, SOME OF OUR, UH, WATER SUPPLY PERMISSIONS TO THE CITY OF CLOVERDALE. AND THERE'S A GLOBAL NEED TO INCREASE STORAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DAVID, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT, UH, TO, TO HELP SPREAD, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND EXTEND IT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION. THAT IS REALLY A CALL TO ALL THE WATER USERS ALONG THE RUSSIAN RIVER. DAVID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MENTION SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE. I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, YOU START AT THE VERY TOP IN, IN POTTER VALLEY, UM, POTTER VALLEY FOR YEARS HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE WATER THAT WAS FLOWING THROUGH PG E'S, UM, PEN STOCKS. UH, AND USING THAT FOR IRRIGATION. THAT WATER NOW IS GONNA BE MONETIZED, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT AND THE ABILITY TO, UH, INVEST IN THAT. THERE ALSO IS STORAGE PROJECTS, UH, STUDIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN POTTER VALLEY, UH, BE IT SURFACE WATER. THERE'S ALSO A STUDY THAT TOOK PLACE REGARDING WHAT THEIR GROUNDWATER AQUIFER WAS REALLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING AND THE, AND, UH, THE GROUNDWATER THAT THEY CAN HAVE THERE. AND AS YOU COME DOWN, THE, UM, UM, COME DOWN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, LIKE I SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S COYOTE, COYOTE, UH, DAM IS, UH, ALSO RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH THE MENDOCINO AND, UH, UKIAH. AND, UM, LITTEN TRIBE ACTUALLY, UH, IS GOING THROUGH A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR RAISING THE DAM ON MENDOCINO. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. IT'LL TAKE A LONG TIME TO COME THROUGH, UH, AT THE END. THIS WILL ALSO TAKE A LONG TIME. IT IS NOT A QUICK THING TO TEAR DOWN A DAM. UH, CERTAINLY, UH, BUT, UH, PG E HAS, UH, NOT WAVERED IN WHERE THEY'RE GOING. UM, AND WE CANNOT BE CAUGHT FLATFOOTED. WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR WHAT WE KNOW, NOT WHAT WE'RE SPECULATING OR NOT WHAT WE'RE GUESSING OR MIGHT CHANGE. WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE KNOW IS PG E IS ABANDONING THESE TWO DAMS. THAT TUNNEL IS GONNA BE HIGH AND DRY AND NO WATER IS GONNA COME THROUGH. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SHOWED A CHART THAT HAD NO WATER, BUT WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE THROUGH THE DROUGHT YEARS, UH, WITH WHEN LAKE MENDOCINO IS EMPTY AND DRY. UM, I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, YEAH, STORAGE IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT. ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTH REACHES OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER HAVE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE, THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY FORWARD. ALEXANDER VALLEY IS ANOTHER POTENTIAL PLACE FOR, UM, SOME GOOD STORAGE WITHIN THE RIVERINE BANKS OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER, UH, COMING FORWARD. SO WE'RE WORKING ON ALL FRONTS IN THAT REGARD AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THIS, UH, THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR A GENERATIONAL CHANGE. BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT'S NOT THE END ALL, IT, IT STILL WILL REQUIRE CONTINUAL INVESTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD AS WATER ALWAYS HAS, UM, QUITE FRANKLY. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, DAVID, UM, CAN YOU BACK TO YOUR PRESENTATION WHERE IT SHOWED THE HISTORIC FLOW RATES AND IT, YOU KNOW, WENT DOWN TO 60,000, UM, AND THEN IN 21 WENT TO ABOUT HALF OF THAT. UH, WHAT, WHAT CAUSED THAT AGAIN? SO PART OF THAT WAS, UH, THE FAILURE OF SOME OF THE HYDROELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT THAT PG E HAS ON THE, UH, RUSSIAN RIVERSIDE. THEY'RE NOT GENERATING HYDROELECTRIC POWER, SO THEY'RE RELEASING A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WATER THROUGH THE PROJECT THAT'S IN PG E'S DISCRETION. UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DROUGHT YEARS IN THAT BLOCK OF TIME THAT WAS REPRESENTED BY THAT 30 TO 40,000 ACRE FEET. UH, AND MOST RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH, UH, THE SEISMIC SAFETY RATING OF SCOTT DAM AND THE PG E'S ABILITY TO FILL IT TO ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY. SO THEY'RE OPERATING, UH, LAKE PILLSBURY AT ABOUT 20,000 ACRE FEET LESS THAN ITS FULL CAPACITY. AND THAT HAS, UH, NECESSITATED A DIFFERENT RELEASE STRATEGY OF WATER TO TRY TO PRESERVE COLD WATER IN LAKE PILLSBURY TO BENEFIT THE SALMON AND STEELHEAD IN THE 12 MILE STRETCH BETWEEN LAKE PILLSBURY AND, AND CAPE HORN DAM. MM-HMM . AND THEN IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING ON THAT YEAH, GO AHEAD. I THINK WITH THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THOUGH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DAVE, UH, WITH THE, WITH THOSE FLOWS BEING WHERE THEY'RE AT, IT IS PRETTY MUCH, IT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THE FLOWS THROUGH THE DIVERSION AGREEMENT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE'VE HAD FOUR YEARS NOW [00:50:01] OF, OF LIVING THAT EXPERIENCE AND DEALING WITH THAT, UH, GOING FORWARD NOW, OF COURSE, WE ARE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A DROUGHT, JUST LIKE WE WERE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE FLOODS, UH, IN THE CYCLES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SO WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH ONE OR THE OTHER GOING FORWARD. BUT WE'VE HAD NOW FOUR YEARS, UH, EXPERIENCING PRETTY MUCH WHAT THAT NEW DIVERSION'S GOING TO BE, BECAUSE LIKE DAVE SAID, THEY'VE LOWERED THOSE DIVERSIONS BASED UPON THE CONDITION OF THE DAM AND ALL THE OTHER PARAMETERS THAT, UH, DICTATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING THROUGH THE TUNNEL. SORRY. NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY. UM, SO HOW, HOW COME IT SONOMA WATER DIDN'T PURCHASE THE DAM DURING THE TIME PG E WAS TRYING TO, TO SELL IT? SO WE CONSIDERED, UH, A VARIETY OF FACTORS IN, UH, AND NOT JUST US. SO A GROUP OF THE SAME PARTNERS THAT NOW ARE GOING TO BE, UH, FORMING THIS WATER DIVERSION AGREEMENT AND HELPING TO GUIDE THE DIVERSION, UH, IT WAS DEEMED COST PROHIBITIVE TO EITHER GO THROUGH THE STUDIES TO RELICENSE THE PROJECT, WHICH IS, UH, THE PATH THAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY PG E AND THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION. THEY ASKED FOR ENTITIES TO STEP FORWARD TO SEE IF THEY COULD ASSUME THE LICENSE FROM PG E AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE PROJECT. THE COST OF GOING THROUGH THE STUDIES TO RELICENSE THE PROJECT WERE UPWARDS OF $20 MILLION. UH, THIS COALITION THAT WE FORMED SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE THOSE RESOURCES. IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE, THE REGULATORY AGENCIES, THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT, UH, AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE EEL RIVER, WERE VERY INTENT ON PROVIDING FISH PASSAGE BEYOND SCOTT DAM. SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME PROGRAM TO GET FISH UPSTREAM ABOVE THAT FACILITY, WE ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS ALONG WITH THE CONSULTANT. UH, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND COMPLICATED AND, UH, UNPOPULAR WITH THE REGULATORY COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE EEL RIVER. SO, UM, ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THAT AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE NEED TO MODIFY IT SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, COUPLED WITH THE UNPROFITABILITY OF PG E'S CURRENT OPERATIONS. SO THE, THE GENERATION CAPACITY OF THE PROJECT BEFORE IT SUFFERED THIS FAILURE WAS ONLY NINE MEGAWATTS. UH, THEY WERE LOSING MONEY, UH, ALREADY ON THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, THE UPKEEP AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE, UH, VERSUS THE, THE VALUE OF THAT HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY. SO IT, IT DIDN'T LOOK TO US TO BE, UM, A GOOD AND VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO STEP INTO PG E SHOES AND, AND OPERATE THE PROJECT. SO, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU RIGHT, UM, YOU DESCRIBED THIS BEING UPWARDS OF $20 MILLION TO TAKE OVER THE FACILITY VERSUS THE $50 MILLION FACILITY THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WAS PART OF IT LIABILITY. I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION THERE. THE $20 MILLION IS JUST TO STUDY WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GET A NEW LICENSE FROM THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION. THE PROCESS OF RELICENSING A PROJECT SOMETIMES TAKES DECADES, AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT'S REQUIRED. SO THOSE ARE JUST THE STUDY COSTS, NOT THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS OR ANY OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT WOULD BE ATTENDANT WITH PRESERVING THE FACILITY AS IT'S WAS THE SEISMIC STABILITY OF THE DAM OF CONCERN TOO, AS CHAIR OF THE STATE SE, EXCUSE ME, AS CHAIR OF THE STATE, UH, STATE SEISMIC SAFETY COMMISSION, IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN. UH, THE DAM WAS, IT'S 1921. YEP. 1921. SO IT'S 104 YEARS OLD. UH, THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN 104 YEARS IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION EVEN OF A DAM. IT'S BUILT PRETTY ROBUSTLY, WE KNOW. UM, I WAS GONNA ALSO ADD ON THE, ON THE FIDUCIARY SIDE OF THINGS, IF YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR THE RATE BILL RATE PAYERS FOR SONOMA WATER TAXPAYER DOLLARS, UM, YOU COULD, YOU COULD BE OFFERED THE DAM FOR A DOLLAR, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A GOOD PURCHASE. UH, YOU SEE THAT PG E IT'S NO SECRET WHAT PG E IS GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN TO TAKE THE DAM DOWN AND RESTORE THE LAND. YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ESCROW ACCOUNT OF HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR HOW MANY YEARS WOULD, WOULD THAT MONEY. AND WHERE WOULD THAT, UH, MONEY COME FROM, LET ALONE AGAIN, THE ISSUES, LIKE DAVE SAID, IN TERMS OF THE TRANSFERRING OF, OF THE LICENSING AND GOING THROUGH ALL THAT, UH, TO DATE, THE 50 MILLION FOR THE NERF IS A DEAL, UH, TO KEEP THE WATER FLOWING, QUITE HONESTLY, UH, WITH PG TAKING, UM, UH, DOWN THE DAMS AND RESTORING AND RESTORING THOSE LANDS. OKAY. AND SO, UM, Y YOU KNOW, PART OF WHY I ASKED THOSE, THOSE TWO PRIOR QUESTIONS WAS LAST WEEK THE DIVISION OF SAFETY OF DAM'S REPORT WAS, WAS MADE PUBLIC. AND IN THAT REPORT, PG E SAID THEMSELVES THAT THE SCOTT DAM IS JUDGED TO BE PERFORMING SATISFACTORY. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PROJECT IS SUITABLE FOR CONTINUING SAFE AND RELIABLE OPERATION. AND THEN THEY FINISHED IT OFF BY SAYING THE DAM IS GOOD FOR ANOTHER 850 [00:55:01] YEARS. AND THE STATE EMPLOYEE THAT SAID THAT HE, HE CONCURRED WHAT THEY SAID IN HIS REPORT AS WELL. YEAH. AND THAT, AND, UH, IT SHOULD BE, AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WAS FROM AN ANNUAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE DAM, NOT A, UH, ANY KIND OF PENETRATING, UM, REALLY LOOKING INTO THE TRUE STRUCTURE OF THE DAM GOING FORWARD. AND WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING IN THAT SAME REPORT THAT YOU QUOTED, AT THE END OF IT, IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE AGREE WITH PG E'S DECISION TO LOWER THE WATER LEVEL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GATES, I GUESS, UH, WHICH IS WHAT, 20 FEET OR THE 20,000 ACRE FEET. UM, SO THAT VISUAL INSPECTION, WHICH ARE DONE EVERY YEAR LOOKING FOR CRACKS, GOOD IDEA. BUT IF YOU REALLY WANNA DO A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A, A DAM, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT'S 104 YEARS OLD, YOU DO MORE THAN A VISUAL INSPECTION. YOU GET YOU, YOU GET OUT SOME HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT, YOU START DOING SOME BORINGS, YOU REALLY START DOING SOME SAMPLING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TRULY, UH, CRACKED UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND IF YOU ASK, UH, PG THAT QUESTION, UH, OH, YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR ME ANYWAY, BUT I WILL WAIT JUST A SECOND. IT'S THE TAG TEAM THING. YEAH. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION BEST ANSWERED BY PG E. THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DAM SAFETY DATA. UM, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT PG E AGREES THAT THE DAM IS CURRENTLY SAFE TO OPERATE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE CONTINUING TO OPERATE IT WHILE THE SURRENDER AND DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS PLAYS OUT. UH, I THINK IF THERE WERE A DIFFERENT RESULT, THEY MIGHT BE TAKING EVEN MORE RAPID AND DRAMATIC ACTION. BUT AS DAVID MENTIONED, WHAT THAT REPORT DOES NOT DO IS SPEAK TO THE SEISMIC SAFETY RISK. IT'S AN INSPECTION OF THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE DAM, NOT THE SEISMIC SAFETY RISK, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN DONE. THAT INFORMATION, UH, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE IS NOT, HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC. UH, BUT THOSE RISKS WERE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH FOR PG E TO TAKE THE ACTION THAT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE DIVISION OF SAFETY OF DAN'S REPORT THAT WAS MADE PUBLIC. SO, UM, OR DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, DAVID? WELL, I JUST, EXCUSE ME. MY VOICE IS GOING. UH, ONE LAST THING IS, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THROUGH CONVERSATIONS AT THE STATE, UM, I MEAN, SINCE THE DAM WAS BUILT 104 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A NEW FAULT IDENTIFIED WITHIN, YOU KNOW, PROXIMITY OF THE, UH, OF THE DAM LOCATION NOW. SO THERE CERTAINLY THE SEISMIC, UM, CONDITIONS, AND THIS IS TRUE WHETHER A BUILDING IS THREE OR FOUR YEARS OLD IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND THE SCIENCE IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING GOING FORWARD. SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT THE VISUAL INSPECTION IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO TO REALLY KIND OF ANALYZE THE DAM THOROUGHLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS SAFE CHOKING UP HERE. YEAH. THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF WATER, POTTER VALLEY WATER RIGHT HERE, , AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL SAY TO SORT OF WRAP UP THAT, THAT ITEM, PERHAPS THAT QUESTION, UH, PG E IS CURRENTLY THE OWNER OF THE PROJECT. UM, THEY MAKE RISK MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN INFLUENCE OVER. SO OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO, UM, REACT IN A WAY THAT, UM, WE THINK IS MOST RESPONSIBLE TO THE WATER USERS IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER, GIVEN PG E'S DESIRE TO, UH, SURRENDER AND DECOMMISSION THE PROJECT AND OPERATE IT IN A WAY THAT ADHERES TO OKAY. WHATEVER RISKS THEY'VE ASSESSED. RIGHT. NO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNTY AND SONOMA WATER ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT THAT PROBABLY DIDN'T WANNA GET INTO IN THE FIRST PLACE. OKAY. BUT, UM, SO KIND OF IN, IN, IN LIGHT OF THAT IS, IS THE COUNTY CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THAT REPORT, ARE THEY CONSIDERING NOW LOOKING AGAIN AT PURCHASING IT OR PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED? NO, PG E HAS MADE ITS DECISION TO SURRENDER AND DECOMMISSION THE PROJECT. MM-HMM . AND WE ARE, UH, INCLUDING THE NEW ILL RUSSIAN FACILITY AND THEIR SURRENDER APPLICATION TO CONTINUE THE DIVERSION. THE ANSWER IS NO. WE'RE GONNA MOVE, I'M GONNA ASK BOTH PARTIES TO MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER IN, UH, SUCCINCT. NO, I WILL, I WILL. UM, SO HAS, SO THE, THE, THE TUNNEL'S CRUCIAL TO THIS WORKING THE DIVERSION TUNNEL, UM, IT BUILT IN THE TWENTIES REDWOOD LINE TUNNEL. UM, IT'S BASICALLY A, A BARREL HAS, HAS SONOMA WATER OR THE COUNTY DONE ANY STUDIES ON THAT TUNNEL TO DETERMINE, UM, THE LONGEVITY OF IT, THE CONDITION OF IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T BUILD THIS FACILITY AND THEN FIVE YEARS LATER IT, IT COLLAPSES OR NEEDS SIGNIFICANT WORK BECAUSE I THINK OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REBUILD THAT TUNNEL WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS IN THE WAY THE WORLD IS. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. OUR ENGINEERS HAVE ACTUALLY WALKED THAT TUNNEL AND DISCUSSED WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND WITH PG E ITS CONDITION AND ITS RELIABILITY AND, AND THEY'RE CONVINCED THAT IT WILL BE FUNCTIONAL FOR AT LEAST THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. [01:00:01] SO IT AS A VISUAL STUDY. YES. AND I DON'T KNOW THE OTHER DETAILS OF THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR, FOR PG E OR FOR POTENTIALLY OUR CONSULTANT SIDE. OKAY. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE WALKED THE TUNNEL, INSPECTED IT, UH, AND ARE CONVINCED OF ITS DURABILITY. OKAY. UM, HAS SONOMA, LET'S SEE IF, IF YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THIS, WHO ENDS UP BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE? ULTIMATELY, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER, THAT'S WHY WE ALL GET ELECTED. WE ARE ULTIMATELY THE BUCK STOPS WITH US. UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER ANY GIVEN YEAR. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF WATER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT RAINS HOW WE GET STORED. IF WE'RE THROUGH THREE YEARS OF DROUGHT, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT. UM, YOU'RE ALL AS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY WATER COMING ON WHEN I TURN THE TAP AS MUCH AS WE ARE IN TERMS OF GETTING IT TO YOU, WE SHARE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK IT'S, UH, ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY. I'M NOT SURE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. WE ALL ARE, UH, ALL OF US THAT WORK IN WATER OR IN ELECTED POSITIONS THAT DO WATER POLICY. AND HAS SONOMA WATER CONDUCTED ANY STUDIES TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FUTURE RATES? BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT WORKS WITH LAKE SONOMA IS, IS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FIVE CITIES DRAWING OFF IT. AND IF YOU HAVE CLOVERDALE ON THE ALEXANDER VALLEY AND, AND OTHERS, HILLSBURG, WHOEVER THAT THEN DECIDE TO JOIN IN ON THAT AND START PULLING FROM THE WATER, IS THAT SOMETHING, EVEN WITH VERO AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT CAN THE SYSTEM HANDLE THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN CONTINUE TO USE WATER AS THEY WILL? AND AGAIN, WHAT WILL THAT DO TO THE RATES? SO WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, AN ANSWER TO THE RATE IMPACT OF HOW THE EEL RUSSIAN PROJECT AUTHORITIES' BUSINESS MODEL WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. THAT'S A NEXT STEP. UH, THERE IS CAPACITY RIGHT NOW IN, UH, THE WATER WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IN STORAGE IN BOTH RESERVOIRS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS. IF THE DIVERSION CONTINUES, THAT'S, THAT'S ONLY STRENGTHENED. AND WE COULD, WE COULD PROBABLY SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW WATER DEMANDS, UH, UH, AND PER CAPITA WATER USE HAVE DECREASED OVER TIME, DESPITE INCREASES IN THE POPULATION IN SONOMA COUNTY. BUT THAT MIGHT GET A LITTLE FAR AFIELD FROM SOME OF THE MEETING CONTENT TODAY. WE WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MM-HMM . NO. AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT DO YOU WANT THE DAM, BUT WOULD, WOULD OUR REGION AND ALEXANDER VALLEY BE BETTER OFF IF THE DAM WERE TO STAY IN PLACE? UH, I, I THINK, I DON'T, I, I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. UH, IT'S JUST NOT THE REALITY THAT WE'RE FACING. THANK YOU. WE NEED TO SPECULATE. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO, ALL RIGHT. WELL, ANYWAY, I, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I REALIZE THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN AND TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR WITH, WITH YOUR WORK ON THIS. UM, I THINK THE PROBLEM WE'RE AT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SEISMIC REPORT COMING OUT, WHETHER IT'S VISUAL OR WHATEVER, WITH THE REPORT COMING OUT AND THESE NEW FACTS SHED ON IT, I, I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THE COUNTY LOOKED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING THAT DAM, WHOEVER, WHOEVER OWNS IT IN THE FUTURE, WHATEVER. BUT IF THE COUNTY LOOKED TOWARDS PRESERVING THAT DAM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN INSTEAD OF, I DON'T KNOW, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. INSTEAD OF THE CITY SAYING, NERF, YES, LET'S GO. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ASK THAT THE COUNTY LOOK AT HOW DO WE KEEP THE DAM THERE NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND, UM, AND SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN THIS. I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, COVERING THAT. AND, UH, COUNCILMAN TRIBS. UH, THANK YOU. YEAH. YES, SEVERAL ANSWERS. UH, THERE'RE ALREADY FOR US. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK. IT'S BEEN, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH HAUL TO GET EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING. WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER TIME THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS FAR, UM, DOING THAT. SO, THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR THE EXTREMELY HARD WORK THAT HAS GOTTEN TO THIS POINT. UM, JUST TO, FOR CLARITY, THERE WAS A, UH, REALLY NICE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RECENTLY ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS AND ABOUT THE SITUATION. UM, THAT WAS LIKE SEVERAL PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER. SO, UH, FOLKS CAN LOOK AT THAT FOR MORE DETAILS. UM, STILL JUST FOR CLARITY, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT DIDN'T, THAT EVEN READING THAT, THAT WASN'T QUITE, UM, HIT ME AS, AS A CUSTOMER. SO, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT 30,000 ACRE FEET ON A REGULAR AVERAGE YEAR THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE. CAN YOU PUT THAT INTO PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE? WHAT DOES 30,000 ACRE FEET LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO, WHAT DOES OUR CITY OF PETALUMA USE IN COMPARISON? UH, HOW MANY ACRES OF [01:05:01] VINEYARD WOULD THAT, COULD THAT SUPPLY, UM, PUT, CAN YOU PUT A LITTLE, UH, UH, CONCRETE VISUAL OF THAT? SURE. JUST THAT, WHAT MEANS TO US? JUST THAT, JUST THAT SHEER VOLUME. SO, UH, SONOMA WATER IS DELIVERING ABOUT 42,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR 650,000 RESIDENTS. SO 30 THOU, 30,000 ACRE FEET IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER. UH, THAT WATER THAT IS STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO, IT'S RELEASED FOR A VARIETY OF USES IN THE UPPER RUSSIAN RIVER. UM, ABOUT HALF OF THAT WATER IS LOST TO THAT 75 MILE STRETCH OF THE RIVER BETWEEN LAKE MENDOCINO AND HEALDSBURG BEFORE IT JOINS THE CONFLUENCE WITH, UH, UH, DRY CREEK AND MAKES ITS WAY DOWN TO OUR DIVERSION FACILITY. SO, A LOT OF THAT WATER, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN, UH, A CONNECTED RUSSIAN RIVER, UH, BETWEEN LAKE MENDOCINO AND OUR DIVERSION POINT. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO, TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC QUANTITY OF WATER FROM THE DIVERSION THAT MAKES IT INTO YOUR TAP HERE IN PETALUMA. THERE ARE SIMPLY, UH, TOO MANY SOURCES THAT ARE BLENDED TOGETHER TO DO THAT. BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE WAY WE'RE ABLE TO CLASSIFY HYDROLOGIC YEARS AND RELEASE WATER TO KEEP THE ENTIRE SYSTEM INTACT AND IN A NORMAL CONDITION AS OPPOSED TO A PERPETUAL DROUGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S REALLY THE RIGHT. SO I, A POINT I'M GETTING AT IS, UM, IF WE HAVE A FIVE OR 10 YEAR DROUGHT AS A POSSIBLE THAT THIS 30,000 ACRE FEET IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING WATER AND NOT HAVING WATER IN ONE OF THESE DROUGHT SESSIONS. YES. UH, AND IT, IT'S ENOUGH TO SUPPLY US OUR CITY A WHOLE YEAR, BASICALLY, FOR PETALUMA EQUIVALENTLY. YES, PRETTY MUCH. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER, UH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED, UH, TO MAKE ALL, SO IT'S WORTH THE MONEY. 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE COST A LOT. SO, UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE TUNNEL. I THINK IT WAS RAISED THAT, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY WALKED THE TUNNEL. SO IF YOU CAN WALK THIS TUNNEL, UM, THAT'S MOVING THIS WATER. HOW TALL IS THIS TUNNEL OR HOW, IF YOU CAN WALK THROUGH IT, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT SIX AND A HALF FEET TALL, SEVEN FEET TALL, SEVEN FEET TALL. IT'S, AND, AND NOT, AND NOT TERRIBLY WIDE. UH, SO YOU CAN STRETCH YOUR ARMS FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND TOUCH THE SIDES. UH, I DIDN'T WALK THE TUNNEL, BUT MY COLLEAGUES THAT DID SAID IT IS, UH, DARK AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC. UM, UH, BUT IT'S SURPRISINGLY GOOD CONDITION. AND OF COURSE, THE, THE WATER WAS SHUT OFF WHEN THEY DID THAT. SO, UH, YEAH. SO IF, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE SUNK, UH, YOU, YOU'RE HAPPY. OKAY. UM, NOW JUST FOR THIS TUNNEL AT THE END, UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST, UH, WE HAVE HAD, UM, ENERGY, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ENERGY TO PUT IT IN. I'VE BEEN DOWN TO HA TO HATCH APE. MY, MY COUSIN ACTUALLY WORKS AT THE FACILITY AND KEEPS IT RUNNING DOWN THERE TO GET THE WATER OVER TO LA AND IT'S, IT'S A HUGE POWER PLANT THAT HAS TO MOVE THAT WATER UPHILL. SO WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT, UH, A FEW FEET, HOW MANY FEET UP, DOES THAT MATTER? AND, UM, THE COST OF ENERGY AND CAN WE RECOUP THAT ENERGY AT THE BASE? NOW, AS PG E DOESN'T RUN IT, COULD WE OURSELVES CREATE A SMALL ENERGY PRODUCING FACILITY THAT WOULD JUST FEED IT BACK TO THE TOP SO THAT BASICALLY THERE'S ZERO COST ELECTRICAL? THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. UH, IT'S, IT'S LIFTING THE WATER 30 FEET OR SO, 30 OR 40 FEET TO THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE. UH, THERE IS EXISTING POWER AT THE SITE THAT CAN BE PURPOSED TO OPERATE THE PUMPS. UH, THE OPERATION OF THE PUMPS IS LESS THAN 5% OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THE FACILITY. SO IT'S NOT A GIANT COMPONENT. ADDING SOME HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY RECAPTURE, UH, AT THE END OF THE PIPE IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED IN THIS PHASE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE COMPLICATION AND ADDITIONAL COST, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE RETROFITTED AND ADDED IN THE FUTURE. SO GOOD. SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT STILL, THAT'S STILL NOT OFF THE TABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO WE COULD OPERATE THAT. 'CAUSE EVEN A, UM, A WHEEL TURNING. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE, UH, MOVING ON HERE. MOVING ON. UM, SO, UM, WE'RE, THERE IS A LOT OF COSTS INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS, UH, THAT WE'RE FACING. SO YES, WATER RATES WILL INCREASE. WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH YET, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SUBSTANTIAL TO BE LOOKING AT. BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, UM, 'CAUSE PG E UH, I'VE HEARD IS IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO. TEAR IT DOWN, DO THINGS MAYBE EVEN AS HIGH. I'VE HEARD ONE NUMBER, EVEN A BILLION DOLLARS TO, TO DO ALL EVERYTHING BEFORE IT'S ALL DONE. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT ALSO PG E WHAT THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE IN COMBINATION WITH THE WATER CHARGES AND WHAT, AS CITIZENS, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO OUR TOTALLY ANNUAL BILL FOR ALL OF THIS? WHAT, WHAT IS THE COST TO US ON A PER PERSON BASIS FOR, FOR A COUNTY? I'M GONNA SUGGEST YOU CAN SAY THAT PG E'S RATE BASIS HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED BY SONOMA COUNTY. THAT, THAT WE CAN MOVE. THAT IS MY ANSWER. ANY OTHER PART OF THIS, MR. MAYOR? YES. OKAY. JUST, JUST 'CAUSE WE WILL BE INCREASING SOME, SOME COSTS. WE JUST HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. ALSO ALL, NOT JUST ALL OF PG E'S CUSTOMERS. SO THEY, SO THEY, THEY DO INCLUDE THOSE COSTS FOR DECOMMISSIONING AS PART OF THE RATE CASE THAT THEY MAKE TO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FOR ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO. SO, OKAY, GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP 'CAUSE I WASN'T QUITE CLEAR IN [01:10:01] THE ARTICLES THAT, THAT I'VE READ, UH, COMING FORWARD ON THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE, RIGHT NOW THAT IS SHARED AMONG ALL PG E CUSTOMERS ALL THROUGHOUT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. RIGHT? YEAH. SO THESE ARE THE, THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR NOW, JUST TO CLEAR SOME OF THE THINGS. WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. AND NOW TO THE VICE MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR, ROBERT AND DAVID. UM, MY, A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED IN YOUR PRESENTATION. AND PRIOR TO, UM, I SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS TO STAFF AND I CAME BACK MY OWN PERSONAL, I GREW UP ON A RANCH IN THE, MY PARENTS OWNED THAT WE HAD IN POTTER VALLEY. AND EVERY SUMMER WE WERE THE, WE HAD TO SPEND THE WHOLE SUMMER THERE 'CAUSE WE HAD TO TURN IT DOWN THE IRRIGATION VALVES TO WATER OUR FIELDS. UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO, YOU KNOW, THE FISH LADDER IN LIKE, PILLSBURY, AND, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST OF THE WORST SCENARIOS FOR OUR WATER AGENCY. AND, UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY. AND MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE TOURISM IN SONOMA COUNTY WHEN THAT WATER LEVEL GOES DOWN? OUR SONOMA COUNTY TOURISM? DEPENDS. I MEAN, WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO REDUCE OUR, OUR CONSUMPTION OF WATER, BUT THEN THERE'S THE RECREATIONAL SIDE OF IT AND THOSE COMMUNITIES AND, UM, HOW, HOW, WHAT, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? I MEAN, LAKE MENDOCINO NEEDS TO BE DREDGED TO HOLD MORE WATER, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT, AND IT'S UP TO THE CORE OF ENGINEERS IN HUFFMAN'S OFFICE TO FIND THAT . SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT. BUT IN, IN TERMS OF THE RECREATION THAT'S BASED ON THE RIVER, UH, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO TRY TO KEEP THE FLOWS AS SIMILAR TO THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE FUTURE. SO THE WAY FOLKS ARE ABLE TO RECREATE IN THE RIVER NOW, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'S MORE COMMON IN THE FLOWS THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE BY THIS DIVERSION AND THE WATER STORED IN LAKE MENDOCINO, UM, DURING DROUGHTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, LESS WATER AVAILABLE IF THERE ISN'T AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF STORAGE IN THE WHOLE SYSTEM. SO THE, THE STUDY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT, UH, LAKE MENDOCINO BEING CONDUCTED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ACTUALLY LOOKS AT INCREASING THE HEIGHT OF LAKE MENDOCINO TO STORE MORE OF THIS WATER THAT'S DIVERTED THROUGH THE PROJECT. THAT WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT DAVID MENTIONED. IF THERE ARE EFFICIENCIES IN THE WAVE, FOLKS ARE USING WATER, UH, BETWEEN LAKE MENDOCINO AND, UH, THE MOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN RIVER, UH, THAT WILL JUST DECREASE THE PRESSURE ON THOSE RELEASES FROM LAKE MENDOCINO AND INCREASE THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR FOLKS. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THE RIVER FROM BEING PERPETUAL DROUGHT BY CONTINUING THE DIVERSION, WHICH HOPEFULLY PROVIDES RECREATION AS, AS IS PROVIDED TODAY IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER. THANK YOU. THE LAST TIME THIS CAME TO COUNCIL WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2023. AND SINCE THAT TIME PERIOD, WE'VE HEARD VERY LOUDLY FROM COMMUNITIES LIKE CLOVERDALE, UM, WHO ARE CONCERNED AND POTTER VALLEY FOR THEIR FARMERS, THEIR, THE VI THE VINEYARDS AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR LIVELIHOOD. SO WHAT CAN WE TELL THOSE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, UH, TO THE PLEASE GO AHEAD, EVAN. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU AND I, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, NOW YOU PROBABLY KNOW JANET POLLY. SHE SERVES WITH ME ON IPA. SHE'S BEEN FRONT AND CENTER. IN FACT, WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN, UH, 2010, UH, MYSELF AND MIKE MCGUIRE, WHO WERE BOTH ELECTED THE SAME YEAR, A SUPERVISOR WENT WITH JANET AND DID THE WHOLE EEL RIVER, POTTER VALLEY, UM, TWO DAY TRIP TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO POTTER VALLEY AND SONOMA WATER. UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR NOW 15 YEARS, IT, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONVERSATION. IT WAS PROBABLY, I WILL SAY INEVITABLE THAT PG E WAS GONNA MAKE THE DECISION THEY DID. IT WAS A MATTER OF WHEN AND AGAIN, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GONNA BE CAUGHT FLATFOOTED OR WE WERE GONNA ACTUALLY BE PLANNING AHEAD. AND YOU HAVE PLAN B, C, D AND E. JANET POLLY, UH, SUPPORTS THIS PLAN. UH, THE, THE DIVERSION IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR POTTER VALLEY IN TERMS OF THEIR FUTURE. THEIR AGRICULTURAL CROPS MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE. UH, THE WAY THEY USE WATER MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THEY USE IN THE FUTURE, PROBABLY SHOULD, TO BE HONEST. , UH, AS THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, USING WATER SINCE, UM, IN, IN THE FASHION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS COMING OVER THE MOUNTAIN OR COMING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN THAT WAY. UH, BUT AGAIN, FOR, UM, FOR US IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND, AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS LINKED AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT GOING FORWARD IS, IS VITALLY IMPORTANT. CLOVERDALE LIKE, UH, DAVID SAID EAR EARLIER, UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH SONOMA WATER IS DEALING WITH AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THEIR SITUATION, WHICH QUITE HONESTLY, SOME OF THAT IS ON CLOVER DALE'S WATER RIGHTS, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING TO PERFECT THOSE OR NOT. UM, AND [01:15:01] THE, UM, AGREEMENT THAT THEY CAN COME TO WITH SONOMA WATER, WE'RE CERTAINLY HERE TO HELP. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN TWO. ALEXANDER VALLEY MIGHT BECOME A QUOTE UNQUOTE ANOTHER, EITHER ANOTHER GSA, WHICH IS PROBABLY UNLIKELY, BUT ANOTHER, UH, GROUNDWATER, UH, BANKING AREA. 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT WATER. AND, AND I SAID BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT, UH, DEFINITION ON HOW HIGH RATES WILL GO. THERE'S CER CERTAINLY THERE'S AN INCREASED COST OF DOING BUSINESS. UH, I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE ASTRONOMICAL, BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE GONNA BE KICKING IN MONEY FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WILL SOFTEN THAT BLOW. UM, SO I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THAT. UM, THROWING OUT A FIGURE NOW, I THINK WILL BE IRRESPONSIBLE. UM, STILL TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. AND WHAT'S TRUE IS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. IT GOES THROUGH THE FERC RELICENSING, FERC, GOD KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH IT AND HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE. THE GOOD THING FOR US IS THAT WE DON'T START PAYING UNTIL THE WATER STARTS FLOWING THROUGH THE NEW NERF. UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT MONEY OUT OF POCKET OUTSIDE OF OUR PLANNING AND, AND PREPARATION, UH, GOING FORWARD. SO THERE'S, UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UH, AND YOU HEARD IT FROM, UH, DAVE AND I GIVE GREAT KUDOS TO DAVE AND ALL THE, AND GRANT DAVIS IS HERE FROM THE WATER AGENCY. UM, SCIENCE ALWAYS HAS TO LEAD THE WAY, AND IT ALWAYS HAS IN THE WATER AGENCY. AND YOU CAN'T FOOL AROUND AND PRETEND SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN OR SPECULATE. SOMETHING'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT. YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE FLOWS, THE HISTORY OF THE STORAGE, THE DROUGHT YEARS, THE WET YEARS, AND YOU BRING THAT ALL TOGETHER AND YOU MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE. UH, AND THAT'S PROVEN TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY FOR THE WATER AGENCY IS THAT THOSE COSTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE WATER AGENCY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN PULLING DOWN STATE AND FEDERAL MONIES. FIRO, FOR INSTANCE, IS NOW SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WEST ON DOZENS, IF NOT POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF FUTURE RESERVOIRS. UH, I'M PROUD THAT SONOMA COUNTY LED THE WAY IN THAT WE DID THAT BECAUSE MENDOCINO RAN DRY IN 2014, AND WE THOUGHT THERE WAS A BETTER WAY TO MANAGE A RESERVOIR THAN LOOKING AT A RULE BOOK PRINTED IN 1954 THAT SAID, YOU SHOULD RELEASE THE WATER WHEN IT'S DOWN AT THIS LEVEL, AT THIS DATE. NO, THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE AND ALL THE ADVANCES IN SCIENCE THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE HAVE DONE BETTER. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO CONVINCE THE ARMY CORPS THAT IT WAS BETTER AND THAT THERE WAS NO FLOOD RISK, BUT WE HAVE, AND NOW WE'RE REPLICATING THAT ON SOON ON LAKE SONOMA, AND IT'S BEING REPLICATED THROUGHOUT THE WEST. SO LETTING SCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE, LETTING BEING OPEN AND HONEST WITH ONE ANOTHER, NOT SPECULATING. YOU KNOW, IF, IF THIS IS DELAYED FOR FIVE YEARS AND WE DON'T PAY, DO WE BENEFIT? WELL, WE DON'T PAY. SO WE, AS LONG AS THE WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW, BUT ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE BOTH RIVERS RUN, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY. AND THE FISHERIES IN BOTH RIVERS ARE, ARE HEALTHY AS WELL. UH, WE ALL BENEFIT FROM THAT, OUR GENERATIONS TO COME BENEFIT FROM THAT. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M, I'M SOLD ON THIS SOLUTION. UM, IT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME. IT MAY TWEAK. UH, WE MAY HAVE TO ADD DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. WE PROBABLY WILL. UH, BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, YOU NEVER STOP, THINK, NEVER STOP WORKING ON THESE KIND OF ISSUES. YOU NEVER STOP INVESTING BECAUSE THINGS ARE ALWAYS GONNA EVOLVE AND CHANGE AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CHALLENGES. BUT THOSE CHALLENGES SOMETIMES BECOME THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING, UH, WATER GOING FORWARD. AT ONE TIME, SNOW WATER, UM, WE HAD WHAT, 75,000 ACRE FEET? 101,000 ACRE FEET. THAT WASN'T ALL THAT LONG AGO. OUR CHALLENGE NOW, PROBABLY LIKE YOUR OWN, IS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT SELLING ENOUGH WATER TO PAY THE BILLS. UM, AND, AND THE COSTS GO UP JUST BECAUSE OF THAT. UH, IF YOUR VOLVO METRIC AND YOUR OVERHEAD IS, IS CONTINUING TO GO UP, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ISSUE. SO TO SAY THAT'S GONNA BE BECAUSE OF POTTER VALLEY NOW IT'S GONNA BE A COMPONENT OF IT. THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS ALWAYS GONNA INCREASE. I'LL LET IT GO THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU MUCH. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO HEAT MY PRAISE ON ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS. IT'S, UM, EX EXACTLY. IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I HAVE THE ULTIMATE FAITH IN YOU THAT YOU'VE MADE THE BEST DECISION FOR US, UM, FOR SONOMA MOUNT WATER REPAIRS. UM, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT FROM EVERYBODY. UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT EVOLVES. 'CAUSE I THINK IT WILL. SO, THANK YOU. UH, THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT. YEAH. REAL QUICK. UM, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO UNDERSTAND IF THE AQUA TO UNDERSTAND IF THE AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY SOLUTION WILL BE A VIABLE STORAGE SOLUTION? AND IF IT IS VIABLE, UH, HOW IMPACTFUL CAN IT BE? THAT'S A QUESTION I HONESTLY DON'T HAVE THE DETAIL TO ANSWER TO. THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROJECT WE SUPPORT, BUT IT'S BEING SPEARHEADED BY OTHER ENTITIES. UM, I KNOW THEY WANT TO PILOT HOW THAT PROJECT WOULD WORK IN THE VERY NEAR TERM. I DUNNO WHAT THEIR SCHEDULE IS FOR IMPLEMENTATION [01:20:01] IN THE ALEXANDER VALLEY. UH, IN THE LONGER TERM, WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU. WE'RE NOT THE LEADERS OF THAT EFFORT, BUT WE'RE SUPPORTING IT. GOT IT. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY DRILLING, UH, A PILOT SITE ABOUT 75 YARDS FROM MY HOUSE AND, UH, ON ADOBE CREEK. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW LONG THAT THAT STUDY MIGHT TAKE. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER OR MAYBE YOU DO CHELSEA, RIGHT? YEAH. SO, UH, IN 2022, WE RECEIVED THE CITY OF PETALUMA, RECEIVED A GRANT FROM DWR, UM, TO FULLY FUND AN A SR, UH, FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PILOT PROJECT. AND, UM, WITH THAT FUNDING, WE'VE JOINED WITH FUNDING THAT'S, UM, WITH THE PETALUMA VALLEY GSA, WHO'S ALSO ALSO HAS DWR FUNDING. UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A PILOT STUDY AT DELAWARE O WELL, IT'S GONNA BE STARTING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. UM, WE'LL BE, THERE'S A COMMUNITY UPDATE THAT'S GOING OUT NOW, UM, AND THAT PILOT STUDY WILL BE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. SO AFTER THAT FOUR MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE RUSSIAN RIVER WATER INTERACTS WITH THE GROUNDWATER AND, UM, THE STORAGE CAPACITY OF THAT RESERVOIR OR OF THAT WELL. UM, AND THEN THAT IS, UM, GONNA KIND OF FEED INTO THE REGIONAL AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL THAT WILL BE A GOOD COUNCIL UPDATE AT, AT TIME TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . GOOD. AND, UM, UH, THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN INSIDE A HUNDRED YEAR OLD TUNNEL, UM, FOR WATER SUPPLY, IT'S, UH, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH. IT'S SOMEONE WHO'S DONE, UH, SCIENCE ON A HUNDRED YEAR OLD DAM. I, UH, FINITE ELEMENT IN ALL THAT. UM, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE GOING, IF SOMEONE HAS DONE LOW HEAD HYDRO PROJECTS, UH, I LOOK AT YOUR PROJECT AND JUST THINK YOU GUYS ARE REALLY NAILING IT. SO, UM, THE COLLABORATIVE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET IT TO THIS STAGE, UH, I THINK YOU GET THE RESPECT OF THIS COUNCIL FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, THAT'LL END THE PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING AND WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND OUR, UH, [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] NEXT ITEM IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND, UH, AS I NOTED, IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION, BE SURE TO FILL OUT A CARD. TURN IN A CARD. UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC'S INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK, THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AFTER THE LAST BUSINESS ITEM ON THE AGENDA. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO NOW ASK OUR CITY CLERK IF WE'VE RECEIVED PRIOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE, WE RECEIVED 10 COMMENTS AND THOSE ARE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. UH, AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL START A 32ND CLOCK. SO DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY 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. SO WE HAVE 23 PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT CARDS. AND, UM, IN THE INTEREST OF NOT PUTTING ANYBODY TO THE END OF IT, THE, UM, WE'LL DO 23 AT ONE MINUTE TIME PER PER SPEAKER TO DIVIDE THIS UP. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CATHERINE BOBOWSKI, AND OUR SPEC SECOND SPEAKER IS JODY JOHNSON. YES. MY NAME IS KEVIN ROB BROSKI. I LIVE AT THE LEW WITH PHIL MO PARK. ALL THE RESIDENTS GOT, UH, HUGE RENT RAISES, RENT GOUGING BY HARMONY COMMUNITY. THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW. THIS IS TERRORISM. THIS IS HARASSMENT BY HARMONY. THEY SHOULD BE NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND THEY SHOULD BE PUT IN PRISON FOR THIS. AND I'M ASKING THE, THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL TO PUT OUR MARBLE HOME PARKS ON THE AGENDA ON THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS URGENT. THEY SHOULD NOT. THIS HAS BEEN POSTPONED TOO MANY TIMES ALREADY. HARMONY SHOULD BE PUT IN PRISON. IF WE DID THIS, WE WOULD BE PUT IN PRISON HARM BEING PUT OUTTA BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AS OF TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK [01:25:01] YOU JODY JOHNSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY JANICE BARKER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. SINCE THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, LITTLE WOODS MOBILE VILLA RESIDENTS WERE HIT WITH ANOTHER ARBITRATION FOR LITTLE WOODS. THIS IS THE THIRD IN TWO YEARS. AND PETALUMA MOBILE PARKS THE SEVENTH ARBITRATION IN TWO YEARS. THIS IS AN ABSURD BALD FACED ABUSE OF THE ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS AN ABUSE ON EVERY MOBILE PARK RESIDENT, NOT EVEN THINLY VEILED. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PETALUMA IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN ATTEMPT TO PRICE THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS OUT OF RENT STABILIZATION AS THEY USE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, THE RESIDENTS. AND IN FACT, THE CITY FACES ONGOING EXPENSIVE LITIGATION. THE ALTERNATIVE THOUGH, WOULD BE TO ALLOW THESE LARGE INVESTMENT BAD ACTOR PARK OWNERS TO PUSH THE RESIDENTS TO THE STREET. WE WANT ALL, THEY WANT ALL OF US TO GIVE UP AND GIVE IN THE PARK OWNERS' FALSE NARRATIVES ARE DRYING UP THEIR ATTEMPT TO PRESENT THAT THEY'RE NOT MAKING A PROFIT THAT DE THAT THEY DESERVE A MUCH MORE PROFIT, THAT THEY'RE BEING, BEING DENIED DUE PROCESS THAT THE CITY IS DRIVING THEM TO ATTACK ARE ALL JUST THOSE FALSE NARRATIVES. THANK YOU, UH, JANICE BARKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY TINA YONKERS. NOW IN A BOLD WAY, THEY WANT TO LITIGATE THE RESIDENTS TO THE STREETS AS IF THIS IS A GAME. THIS IS NOT A GAME. THESE RESIDENTS, WHILE HUMBLE AND UNASSUMING MATTER, THEY OWN THEIR MOBILE HOMES AND THE PARK OWNERS ONLY OWN THE LAND. RECENTLY, A REPORTER, MARISSA ENDICOTT, REFERRED TO PETALUMA MOBILE RESIDENTS AND THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS GROUND ZERO FOR THE FIGHT TO DEFEND AND STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR, FOR ALL 2,500 MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS. HERE, WE, THE RESIDENTS, OR YOU, THE CITY, DID NOT ASK TO BECOME GROUND ZERO. BUT WHO WE ARE, ARE WE, IF WE DON'T UNDER, IF WE DON'T STAND UP FOR OUR SENIORS, OUR VULNERABLE FAMILIES. AND IN THIS CASE, 1 MILLION MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT SOUGHT AND BROUGHT, BOUGHT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SEEK WAYS TO LIVE WITHIN THEIR MEANS. THANK YOU. UM, TINA YONKERS TO BE FOLLOWED BY LINDA RAINEY. HELLO. A RESIDENT IN YOUNGSTOWN GAVE US THE SIGNS FOR OUR YARD. NEVER DOUBT THAT. A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHT, THIS IS THE SIGN. NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED. IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS. AND THIS WAS BY MARGARET MEAD. JUST A QUICK RECAP OF LITTLE WOODS. CAPRI AND YOUNGSTOWN RESIDENTS ARE FACING TWO MORE ARBITRATIONS. THREE APPEALS CLOSURE CLOSURE, RELOCATION PROCESSES, LOSS OF PARKING POOLS BEING CLOSED BY PUBLIC HEALTH. AND NOW THE LATEST PLOY TITLE 25 DEMANDS JUST THIS LAST WEEK TO TOW TRUCKS CIRCLED THE PARKS JUST WAITING FOR RESIDENTS TO GO OVER THE ONE INCH OF RED LINE, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR, OH, I'M OUT OF TIME. . THANK YOU. LINDA RAINEY, THANK YOU. TO BE FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS. YEP. HERE I WAS. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A RESIDENT IN TOWING FEES IS $650 PLUS MORE FOR EACH DAY IT TAKES TO GET IT OUTTA THE TOW YARD. AT THE SAME TIME, CAPRICE POOL WAS CLOSED BY PUBLIC HEALTH AND IS MAINTAINED BY AN UNLICENSED HANDYMAN. IF WE THOUGHT THE COLLUSION AND INTENT WAS FRONT AND CENTER WITH ARBITRATIONS CLOSURE, THREATS, REMOVAL OF PARKING, OR EVEN UNLAWFUL VIOLATIONS. NOW OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN PETALUMA AND ELSEWHERE ARE FACING ANOTHER ATTACK. THE TITLE 25 DEMANDS. THREE WEEKS AGO, THE SAME OWNERS OF YOUNGSTOWN PUSHED ON THE RESIDENTS OF AVAL AVALON PARK IN ALAMEDA TO CARRY OUT A TITLE 25 INSPECTION. THIS IS PRIVATELY FUNDED BY THE PARK OWNERS AND NOT STATE MANDATED. TITLE 25 INSPECTIONS UNLAWFUL INSIDE A PARK PROPERTY. BRING ABOUT VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS THAT MOST RESIDENTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD AS ASSUMED. AFTER THIS PRIVATELY FUNDED INSPECTION, THE RESIDENTS RECEIVE SEVEN DAY NOTICES TO REPAIR OR BE EVICTED WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY AND THE HCD PART OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS. THANK YOU TIM PORTUS TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER BROWN. PART OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THESE VIOLATIONS. PARK OWNER WAS MADE TO RESCIND BECAUSE THEY HAD STATED THAT THE STATE MANDATED THESE INSPECTIONS, WHICH WAS NOT TRUE. NOW, HAPPENING IN ALL PETALUMA MOBILE PARKS IS THIS UNLAWFUL DEMAND FOR TITLE 25 BEFORE ONE MIGHT BE ABLE TO [01:30:01] SELL THEIR MOBILE HOME. OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER, DAMON CONNOLLY, HAS MADE A FIRST BILL TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INTERFERENCE OF SALES WITH AB 4 5 6, WHICH IS ON THE SENATE FLOOR CONSENT CALENDAR AS WE SPEAK. WE HAVE SEEN THIS USED ON PAST RESIDENTS THAT DID NOT KNOW IT WAS UNLAWFUL. AND OF COURSE, THE PARK MANAGEMENT PERSUADES THE RESIDENTS OR THEIR HEIRS TO SELL THE MOBILE HOME FOR 30% OF ITS VALUE AND THAT THEY WILL DO THE REPAIRS NEEDED. PARK OWNERS JUST PAINTED THE, OR PUT ON FLOORS AND IN THE PARK OWNERS LIST FOR THE SAME PRICE. THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER BROWN TO BE FOLLOWED BY KASIE KING. IS THAT IT? MY NAME'S CHRISTOPHER BROWN. I'VE LIVED IN LITTLE WOODS MOBILE HOME PARK FOR 29 YEARS. LAST WEEK WE GOT HIT WITH A, OUR THIRD RENT INCREASE IN LIKE TWO YEARS, WHICH TRIGGERS AN ARBITRATION. THEY'VE TAKEN AWAY OUR PARKING. THEY COME THROUGH AND THEY DO UNNEEDED INSPECTIONS. I BELIEVE THERE'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL TERRORISM. YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT JUST, IT'S CRIMINAL. I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE COULD LIVE THIS WAY. UM, I KNOW THAT WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ALL THE MOBILE HOME PARKS, WE'RE ALL DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN. I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND BE PARTIAL TO ALL, UH, UH, PEOPLE INVOLVED. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN HERE. THERE ARE, THERE ARE MUCH MY SENIOR AND THEN THERE'S LITTLE CHILDREN IN HERE. AND WE ALL NEED A PLACE TO LIVE. WE ALL PAY OUR RENT ON TIME. SO WE NEED HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CASSIE KING TO BE FOLLOWED BY CONNIE PEARSON. HI. YEAH, I'M CASSIE. I LIVE HERE IN PETALUMA AND I'M ONE OF THE MANY RESIDENTS WHO'S EMAILED THE COUNCIL REQUESTING THAT YOU LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO ANIMAL CRUELTY AT PURDUE SLAUGHTERHOUSE HERE IN YOUR CITY LIMITS. AND I ACTUALLY READ COUNCIL MEMBER QUINCE COMMENTARY, I GUESS RESPONDING TO THAT IN THE ARGUS COURIER. THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY RESPONDING. 'CAUSE THAT IS A FIRST STEP THAT'S HARD TO GET. UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES IN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I WANNA ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY, YOU MENTIONED THAT IF ANIMALS WERE BEING BOILED ALIVE, IF SUCH A VIOLATION OCCURRED, IT WOULD PROMPT IMMEDIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY THE USDA. THAT'S A QUOTE FROM YOUR COMMENTARY. BUT THE SAD REALITY IS THAT THE USDA IS FULLY AWARE THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHICKENS ARE BOILED ALIVE IN US SLAUGHTERHOUSES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THEY'RE NOT INTERVENING, THEY'RE NOT STOPPING IT. THAT'S THE REALITY OF MECHANIZED FAST, HIGH SPEED SLAUGHTER. AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE OPERATE UNDER THE SAME MISTAKE AND ASSUMPTION AND THINK EVERYTHING'S FINE WHEN IT'S CLEARLY NOT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CONNIE PEARSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY ETHAN SINGLETON. HI, I AM CONNIE PEARSON AND I LIVE AND WORK IN SONOMA COUNTY. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT AND PROPUBLICA HAVE BOTH SU REPORTED ON HIGH RATES OF SALMONELLA AND CAMPO BACKER AT THE PURDUE SLAUGHTERHOUSE RIGHT HERE IN PETALUMA. COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT, YOU WROTE, CITING A SINGLE DAY'S WORTH OF CONDEMNED BIRDS DUE TO ILLNESS WITHOUT CONTEXT MISREPRESENTS THE FUNCTION OF ROUTINE FOOD SAFETY PROTOCOLS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DAY IN APRIL, 2023 WHEN OVER 1000 ANIMALS WERE CONDEMNED, DISQUALIFIED FROM THE FOOD SUPPLY DUE TO SEPTICEMIA OR BLOOD POISONING. THAT NUMBER ALONE. OVER 1000 ANIMALS IN A SINGLE DAY SHOULD ALARM YOU. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ONE BAD DAY THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. WE'VE GOTTEN MANY YEARS OF USDA DATA SHOWING WIDESPREAD DISEASE AT THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE. FOR EXAMPLE, USDA INSPECTOR WROTE IN DECEMBER, 2020, THE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOT PREVENTING CARCASSES. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ETHAN SINGLETON TO BE FOLLOWED BY KAREN LEASE. UH, HEY, UH, I'M ALSO HERE TO RESPOND TO, UH, MR. QUINN'S RECENT, UH, WE RECENT OP-ED. UM, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO SEE, UH, SO LITTLE IN THE WAY OF, UH, SUBSTANTIVE ARGUMENTS IN THE ARTICLE. UM, WHAT YOU DO INSTEAD IS BASICALLY JUST ASSERT OVER AND OVER THAT, UM, NONE OF DIRECT ACTION EVERYWHERE'S CLAIMS COULD POSSIBLY BE TRUE BECAUSE INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE IN THE US IS TOO WELL REGULATED. THAT, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IF ANY OF DX E'S CLAIMS OF, UH, CRIMINAL ANIMAL ABUSE, PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS, OR INHUMANE WORKING CONDITIONS WERE TRUE, THEN THE REGULATORS WOULD'VE ALREADY REPORTED IT AND DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WHICH IS, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A CIRCULAR ARGUMENT. 'CAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS HAPPENING, THE REGULATORS WOULD'VE STOPPED IT SO IT IT WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE. UH, WE ARE AWARE THAT REGULATORS EXIST [01:35:01] AND WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT, UH, THE LAWS ARE MEEK, THEY'RE MEAGER, AND THEY DO VERY LITTLE TO PROTECT, UM, ANIMALS FROM MEN IMMENSE SUFFERING IN, UH, IN CAFOS TODAY. BUT, UH, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO JUST, UH, JUST ARBITRARILY DECIDE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THAT DXE IS MARKED MORE CREDIBLE THAN THE USDA, THE FDA OR A OR, OR ANYONE ELSE. I JUST WANT HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU, KAREN. LEASE. OH, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SAY OUR DECORUM POLICY, WHICH PROHIBITS CHEERING FOR OR BOOING AGAINST AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, WE TRY AND KEEP THE COUNCIL COMMENTS NICE AND, UH, CLEAR FOR EVERYONE. SO PLEASE COMPLY WITH THAT. UH, KAREN LEASE TO BE FOLLOWED BY AMY, UM, UM, UH, BOND. THAT'S ME. HI. SINCE 2018 INVESTIGATIONS INTO PET PURDUE, PETALUMA POULTRY HAVE REPEATEDLY REVEALED CRI CRIMINAL ANIMAL ABUSE ON A MASSIVE SCALE. THE YOUNG CHICKENS THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE TRUCKS THAT ENTER THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE ARE COVERED WITH FECES, HAVE PATCHES OF MISSING FEATHERS AND OPEN WOUNDS. WE KNOW FROM LABORATORY TESTING THAT THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND ABNORMALLY HIGH RATES OF SEVERAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THEM TO BE BOILED ALIVE AND FULLY CONSCIOUS IN THE RUSH TO PROCESS OR SLAUGHTER 49,000 YOUNG BIRDS EVERY NIGHT. I'M HERE ASKING YOU TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION THAT PROFITS FOR MASSIVE ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ENDANGER. OUR COMMUNITY. COMMUNITIES WITH SLAUGHTERHOUSES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE HIGHER RATES OF CRIME, WATER AND AIR POLLUTION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN HUMANS. SHUT DOWN PURDUE'S PETALUMA POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSE STAND UP FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, WORKERS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. I SUGGEST THAT MASS MECHANIZED SLAUGHTER HAS NO PLACE. PLACE IN THE CORDERA IS OUR NEXT, UH, SPEAKER AND PROBABLY BE FOLLOWED BY CARLA CABRAL TO BE PROUD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SLAUGHTER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HI, I'M AMY BANDERA FROM SANTA ROSA. UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SEEM TO THINK THAT PURDUE, UH, POULTRY IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE IN SONOMA COUNTY, BUT I'M SORRY TO SAY IT'S ANYTHING BUT, AND BEING LOCAL, BORN AND RAISED, THIS REALLY MAKES ME ANGRY, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE DEFEND LARGE CORPORATIONS, UH, EVEN PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. UH, FRANK QUINT SAID IN A PRESSED DEMOCRAT ARTICLE IN JUNE, UH, THAT PETALUMA POULTRY IS A LONGSTANDING PART OF THE COMMUNITY. PETALUMA POULTRY IS THE FOURTH LARGEST CHICKEN PRODUCER IN THE UNITED STATES OUT OF SALISBURY, MARYLAND. AND THEY HAVE A LONG, UH, HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ANIMAL CRUELTY VIOLATIONS. PURDUE IS A CONGLOMERATE AND HAS NO ROOTS HERE. KEEP PETALUMA SMALL AND LOCAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CARLA CABRAL TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANDY BONNE. HELLO, CARLA CABRAL SANTA ROSA. ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE TO TRY TO FIND THE WORDS, ANY WORDS THAT WOULD ACCURATELY CONVEY THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE OF CRIMINAL ANIMAL CRUELTY AT PURDUE'S PETALUMA POULTRY. IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WOULD TOUCH SOME MODICUM OF DECENCY WITHIN YOU FEELS IMPOSSIBLE. SO ALL I CAN DO IS GIVE YOU MY FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF WHAT I'VE SEEN AT THE PETALUMA POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSE. NOT ONCE OR TWICE, BUT EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I HAVE GONE THERE, BEARING WITNESS. IF YOU HAVE ANY EMPATHY INSIDE OF YOU, CHANGES YOU FOREVER. ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY, A FEW MONTHS AGO, I SAW A TRANSPORT TRUCK CRAMMED FULL OF CHICKENS HEADED TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE. EVERYWHERE I TURNED, I SAW CHICKENS WITH GAPING WOUNDS COVERED IN FECES THAT HAD RAINED DOWN ON THEM FROM THE CHICKENS ABOVE THEM, WET CHICKENS SHIVERING CLEARLY ILL AND DESPERATELY NEEDING HELP. SOME OF THEM LOOKED WEARY AND SAD WHILE OTHERS SEEMED CONFUSED AND FRIGHTENED. AND I DON'T WANT TO ANTHROPOMORPHIZE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK RIGHT INTO SOMEBODY'S EYES, THANK YOU. YOU CAN FEEL THEIR PAIN. ANDY BONNE IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER, AND LOUIS, UH, BURNER IS THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER THAT. AND, UM, WE'LL TRY AND KEEP IT TO OUR FROM FUL. THANK YOU, ANDY. ONE SECOND. ONE SECOND, PLEASE. YEAH, WE WE'RE GONNA TRY AND KEEP IT SO THAT WHEN THE MINUTE HAPPENS AND THE MICROPHONE CUTS OFF, THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANDY. YOU'RE ON. HOPEFULLY YOU FAIL OUR PASSION 'CAUSE WE'RE PASSIONATE. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THIS IS SERIOUS. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO LISTEN WITH OPEN HEART AND MIND. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACTS AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. SHUT DOWN PURDUE PETALUMA POULTRY. I TRUST THAT YOU'VE DONE YOUR JOB AND READ ABOUT THE YEARS OF ABUSE AT PETALUMA PETRO PALTRY. AND NOT JUST TO, TO ALL ANIMALS, INCLUDING THE HUMAN WORKERS [01:40:01] WHO DEAL WITH THE HORRIFIC VIOLENCE ON A DAILY BASIS. IT IS NOT HEALTHY FOR ANY BEING. WHO WOULD WANT TO DO THE KILLING WORK? NOT MANY. AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS A PERMANENT HIRING SIGN AT THE KILLING HOUSE. IMMIGRANTS MAKE UP 50% OF THE WORKFORCE. THIS YEAR, PURDUE WAS ORDERED TO PAY $4 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR ILLEGALLY EMPLOYING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN. IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL STABLE, RIGHT? STABLE RIGHT. UM, IT'S DEPLORABLE. UM, I'M A LICENSED, UH, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, AND I FIND THIS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. IT IS TRAUMATIC, IT IS NOT HEALTHY. PERIOD TO PROFIT OFF A SYSTEM IS SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE. PROFIT IS NEVER AN EXCUSE. PLEASE ACT WITH YOUR HEART AND CONSCIOUSNESS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOUIS, UH BERNA. AND THAT'S TO BE FOLLOWED BY ERIC ALLEN. HI, MY NAME IS LEWIS. I LIVE IN PETALUMA. AND YEAH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, STARTING THIS CONVERSATION, FRANK. UM, I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING PETALUMA POULTRY FACTORY FARMS, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF OTHER FACTORY FARMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SINCE 2018. I'VE BEEN INSIDE OF A NUMBER OF PETALUMA POULTRY FARMS. I'VE DOCUMENTED CONDITIONS IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE, UH, THE SLAUGHTER TRUCKS A NUMBER OF TIMES AS WELL. AND THE CONDITIONS I'VE SEEN ARE HORRIFIC. THEY'RE SHOCKING. UM, BIRDS ARE LEFT TO DIE. THEY'RE LEFT WITHOUT MEDICAL CARE. THEY'RE LEFT IN MASSIVE PILES. THEY'RE ROTTING AMONGST THE, UH, LIVING CHICKENS. AND THE THING THAT SHOCKS ME MOST IS THE LACK OF CURIOSITY FROM QUINT AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY THAT EXTREME FOR THE POULTRY INDUSTRY. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO THE INABILITY TO IMAGINE THAT THIS COULD BE HAPPENING, THE BLIND FAITH THAT THE USDA IS IN THIS SLAUGHTERHOUSE. SO NOTHING BAD COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN IS FRANKLY ASTONISHING. AND I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE FOR YOURSELF. THANK YOU ERIC ALLEN, TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANGELUS CRUZ. ROCKY. ROSIE HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE PURDUE CONGLOMERATE SINCE 2016, NEARLY A DECADE THE FOURTH LARGEST. IT'S GOOD TO SPEAK INTO AND WE'LL START THE CLOCK FOR YOU AGAIN, BUT, UM, SPEAK INTO THE MIC OR PHONE SO WE CAN ALL HEAR. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST EMPLOYER IN PETALUMA, SLAUGHTER WORK ISN'T KNOWN AS A STABLE JOB. ACCORDING TO OSHA, A CREDIBLE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, THERE'S A LOT MORE VIOLATIONS HAPPENING AT PETAL MAP POULTRY THAN LAGUNITAS. WHO IS THE THIRD LARGEST EMPLOYER IN PETALUMA. PURDUE MIGHT PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF JOBS TO THE LOCALS, BUT ACCORDING TO CENSUS DATA AND BRIAN BARNACLE, ONLY 35% OF PEOPLE WHO WORK IN PETALUMA ACTUALLY LIVE HERE NOW FOR THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST PETALUMA POULTRY. THEIR EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS CALL IT TRESPASSING, CALL IT A NECESSARY TRESPASS TO PREVENT GREAT BODILY HARM. BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR, IT'S EASIER TO PROVE A CRIME IS HAPPENING AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME. IF THE VIDEO SHOWS A CHICKEN FLAPPING THEIR WINGS AFTER THE SLAW, AFTER THE SAW, IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE BOILED ALIVE. YES, FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION ACT MANDATES USDA INSPECTORS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. BUT SLAUGHTERHOUSE REIMBURSE THE USDA FOR INSPECTION COSTS. CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALSO, INSPECTORS WORK INSIDE THE PLANS DAILY, ESSENTIALLY TEAM MEMBERS. THEY'RE NOT GONNA DISRUPT BUSINESS AS USUAL. NOT SURE WHY YOU DISMISS OUR PATH. OUR PATHOLOGY REPORTS AS IRRESPONSIBLE PRESS DEMOCRAT THREE YEARS AGO. THANK YOU ANGELA CRUZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHANTEL ROGERS. HI, I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT, UM, AS OTHER FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED, THERE'S LOTS GOING ON AT LITTLE WOODS AND ALL THE MOBILE HOME PARKS. GENERALLY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO PETALUMA AS A CITY AND YOU ALL AS A CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING, UM, ALL PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN PETALUMA AND ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE A PRIORITY. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK. UM, AS PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, THERE'S A THIRD ARBITRATION THAT IS GOING ON FOR LITTLE WOODS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REALLY INTENSE FEELINGS IN REGARDS TO THEIR SAFETY, TO THEIR, UH, STABILITY. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR GOING ON BESIDES WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE FACING CLOSURE. SO IT'S LIKE VERY CONFUSING THAT THERE'S SO MANY, UM, ATTACKS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS HAPPENING TO US AS A PARK, AS PARK RESIDENTS. IT FEELS NEVER ENDING AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, GOING ON, THE LAST COMMENT THAT I WANNA MAKE IS RESIDENTS HAVE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A INCREASE IN UTILITIES AND WE'D LOVE, UH, CONNECTING REGARDING CONSUMPTION UNITS CONVERSIONS AND BEING ABLE TO READ THOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHANTEL ROGERS. THIS IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN HANIA. PETALUMA HAS EMBRACED TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND PETALUMA ARE ADAPTING TO THIS ONCE UNFAMILIAR INTERSECTION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT A VEHICLE INSIDE THE CIRCLE HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY UNTIL IT EXITS, EXCEPT AT THE ROUNDABOUT AT FIFTH AND I STREET. HERE'S BJORN'S RESPONSE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE NEW SETUP WITH THE YIELD SIGNAGE OF MARKINGS REMOVED FROM I STREET AND THE STOP SIGNS ADDED TO FIFTH STREET, THE INTERSECTION NOW FUNCTIONS LIKE A TYPICAL TWO-WAY STOP INTERSECTION WITH THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE [01:45:01] REMAINING IN PLACE TO SLOW DRIVERS AS THEY ENTER THE INTERSECTION AND ENCOURAGE MORE CAUTIOUS, ATTENTIVE DRIVING DRIVERS, MAKING LEFT TURNS FROM I STREET TO FIFTH STREET WOULD BE EXPECTED TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE ROUNDABOUTS WITH THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS YOU DESCRIBED IE YIELDING TO PEOPLE ALREADY IN THE ROUNDABOUT, BUT THERE'S NO REGULATORY REQUIREMENT THAT REQUIRES YIELDING IN ROUNDABOUTS. THAT'S ESTABLISHED A REGULATORY YIELDS AND ROADWAY MARKINGS, WHICH ARE NO LONGER IN PLACE HERE. IT'S ILL-ADVISED TO HAVE TRAFFIC CIRCLES IN TOWNS THAT NOT ADHERE TO THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY RULES. AND IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS TO LEAVE IN PLACE A ROUNDABOUT THAT USED TO, BUT NO LONGER CONFORMS TO WHAT EVERYONE EXPECTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER'S, JOHN HANIA, TO BE FOLLOWED BY NINA ZITO. BEFORE YOU START MY TIME, I HAVE SOME PAPERWORK TO GIVE TO JANKI COUNSEL AND PLEASE SUBMIT TO PLEASE SUBMIT TO THE CLERK AND THE CLERK WILL DEAL WITH THAT AS YOU SPEAK, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET IT IN ORDER TO GIVE THE CITY CLERK A COPY, PLEASE HAND THE CITY CLERK ANYTHING YOU NEED. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE IT? THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I SUGGEST YOU REFRAIN AND JUST HOLD THAT PLEASE. THANK YOU. AS, AS THE ATTORNEY REVIEWED, UH, THIS, NO, BUT I, I SHALL THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. YEAH. SO I'LL REFER TO THE CITY CLERK. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WAIT TILL? NO, JOHN, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO FACILITATE YOUR, YOUR, UM, PROCESS. SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE AND SEE IF IT'S COMPLIANT. NO, NO, NO. SHE HAVE TO GO TO HER. NO, ALL, ALL CORRESPONDENCE NEEDING SHOULD BE DONE PRIOR TO. NO PROBLEM. I CAN WAIT, BUT, OKAY. SO YOU CAN START BY TIME. THIS IS A RECALL PROCESS FOR JANICE SKATER THOMPSON. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, RESIDENT PETALUMA SEEK THE RECALL OF JANICE SKATER, COUNCIL MEMBER JANICE GAYER THOMPSON. DUE TO HER PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT UNDERMINED PUBLIC TRUST AND COMMUNITY VALUES, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON REPEATEDLY FAILED TO REPRESENT HER CONSTITUENT WITH TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT, AND FAIRNESS. SHE HAS SHOWN PATTERN OF DIS DISMISSIVE CONDUCT DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS SHOW IN DISREGARD FOR BOTH COLLEAGUE AND COMMUNITY INPUT. HER ACTION HAVE CREATED A DIVISIVE ATMOSPHERE THAT ERODED THE COL COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT, UM, NECESSARY FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE. IN ADDITION TO VOTING RECORD THAT DOES NOT REFLECT THE, UH, PRIORITY OF THE PEOPLE SHE WAS REELECTED TO SERVE. COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON ENGAGED IN INAPPROPRIATE AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR DURING THE LAST ELECTION, INCLUDING HARASSING LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS. THANK YOU. WHO SUPPORT? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NINA ZITO. I'LL BE WAITING OUTSIDE. WE GET THE CALL. CHRISTINA WHITE, KEEP LAUGHING, KEEP LAUGHING. GOTTA GET MY TEXT UP. UH, VISITORS TO THE FAIR LAST WEEK, PERHAPS NOTICE THE STUDYING NEW MURAL FEATURING A UNIFYING PUPPY THEME AT KENILWORTH PARK AT THE LIBRARY. AND OUR PUBLIC ART SPECIALIST ENTHUSED ABOUT IT DURING THE PETALUMA ONE PODCAST AND CONCLUDED PETALUMA LOVES DOGS, BUT ON THE HEELS OF A GRAND JURY REPORT THAT NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES HAS BEEN OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS AND OTHER CONTRACT TERMS. IT FEELS IRONIC THAT A MURAL PANEL SHOWS A PUP BEING SHELTERED AND PROTECTED FROM RAIN UNDER A CHILD'S UMBRELLA. IT ALSO FEELS IRONIC THAT THIS HEART MELTING PUBLIC ART MURAL SHOWS A BASKET OF ADORABLE PUPPIES. BUT THE SOCO GRAND JURY REPORT TELLS US OUR ANIMAL SERVICES HAVEN'T BEEN NEEDING DOGS BEFORE ADOPTING AND FOSTERING THEM OUT. THE CITY'S RESPONSE IS THAT NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES IS A CARING, COMPETENT, FLEXIBLE, AND COMMUNITY-MINDED ANIMAL SERVICES PROVIDER. THEY'RE ALSO INCONSISTENCIES IN OUR CIVIC MESSAGING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT, UH, SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA WHITE TO BE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL SHAPIRO. HI, I AM CHRISTINE WHITE. I'M HERE TO ASK CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PLAN ON THE NEW UPCOMING CHANGES TO I STREET. SO THERE WAS A SPEED HUMP OR CUSHION PUT IN BETWEEN PAVILION AND SUNSET TERRACE. THIS WAS DEEMED THAT IT'S NOT ADEQUATE, AND SO THEY'RE REMOVING IT, BUT IT ALSO HAD SPACE FOR A FIRE TRUCK WHEELS TO PASS THROUGH SO IT WOULDN'T IMPEDE EMERGENCY VEHICLES. NOW, WE JUST RECEIVED THIS POSTCARD THAT SAYS THEY'RE TAKING OUT THE SPEED CUSHIONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN FIVE MEDIAN ISLANDS FROM WESTRIDGE TO THE CITY LIMITS. IT'S TWO TENTHS OF A MILE TO PUT IN FIVE MEDIAN ISLANDS. THAT SEEMS OBSESSIVE. AND IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD STEP BACK, PUT ONE IN BECAUSE A SPEED CUSHION, WHICH WAS ONE, DIDN'T WORK. SEE IF ONE WORKS, DOES THAT DO THE IMPACT? I GUESS THEY'RE TRYING TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN [01:50:01] AND PREVENT DANGEROUS DRIVING. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE, CAN WE RE-LOOK AT THIS? START WITH MAYBE ONE. ALSO, I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT FIRE AND POLICE TO GETTING TO OUR AREAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL SHAPIRO, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHARLIE SNYDER. THANK YOU. UM, I'VE COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL BEFORE, UH, TO URGE THAT WE BAN GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS. I AM AWARE THAT WE ARE AS CLOSE TO THE 2030, UH, CLIMATE READY 2030, UH, AS WE ARE TO THE YEAR 2021. GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS ARE AIR POLLUTING. THEY'RE NOISE POLLUTING. IT'S IN 10 OR 20 YEARS, IT'S GOING TO BE AS UNMANAGEABLE, UNIMAGINABLE TO USE THOSE AS IT IS TO SMOKE ON AN AIRPLANE. AND I URGE PETALUMA TO PLEASE GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE. I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH BUDDY GUIDE TOMORROW MORNING, AND I'M MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE IT'S AT FIVE 30 TOMORROW MORNING. AND ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S AT FIVE 30 TOMORROW MORNING IS BECAUSE I RECORD AND THE NOISE CAN RUIN THE RECORDING. I, YOU KNOW, I, I WRITE FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, BUT I ALSO USE THE AUDIO RECORDINGS. ANYWAY, WE ARE NOW AS A STATE PRODUCING MORE POLLUTION FROM GAS POWERED LAWN EQUIPMENT, LEAF BLOWERS, LAWNMOWERS, ET CETERA, AS WE DO FROM CARS. SO WE HAVEN'T VERY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE CHARLIE SCHNEIDER. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME'S CHARLIE SCHNEIDER. I WORK FOR CALIFORNIA TROUT AND I, UH, DO LIVE HERE IN PETALUMA. UM, AS YOU ALL HEARD, UH, FROM OUR FRIENDS AT SONOMA WATER, THE NURSE'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I'M HERE, UH, REPRESENTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S ON YOUR CONSENT CALENDAR THIS EVENING. AND MAYBE SPEAK TO THE REGIONAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, OUR FRIENDS AT SONOMA WATER TOUCHED ON IS THESE NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING BETWEEN THE EEL AND RUSSIAN RIVER BASIN PARTIES. UM, AND FOR EEL RIVER INTERESTS, UH, FOLKS FEEL LIKE, UH, THIS PROJECT HAS REALLY BENEFITED JUST THE RUSSIAN BASIN AND THE EEL HAS, HAS FELT ALL THE IMPACTS OF IT. AND I THINK WITH THIS WATER DIVERSION AGREEMENT, UH, WITH SOME, UM, JUSTICE FOR ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBES THROUGH THE, THE HOLDING OF THE WATER RIGHTS AND THROUGH THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY, WE REALLY ARE THIS, THIS REALLY IS A OF REGIONAL IMPORTANCE. SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, HEARING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND WOULD URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND ENCLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE NIGHT. I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK UP [COUNCIL COMMENT] TO THE COUNCIL AND INVITE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI TO, UH, START US OFF WITH COUNCIL COMMENTS TONIGHT. OH, A RARITY. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT. OH, . OKAY. WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, QUINN, I'LL KEEP IT SUPER BRIEF. UH, WE, THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE ADVISORY, UH, COMMITTEE MET LAST WEEK AND WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE AUTHORITIES FUNDING PROGRAM. SO WE LOOK, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS COMING BEFORE COUNCIL SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DE CARLY, I HAVEN'T GOT MUCH TO REPORT, NO LIAISON MEETINGS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT AIRPORT FLY IN ON THE 21ST, UH, WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. THEY HAD OVER 2200 ATTENDEES, WHICH IS THE MOST THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD. UH, THEY HOPE TO DO BETTER NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE GONNA DO IT BIGGER AND BETTER, AND THEY HAD A LITTLE OVER 40 AIRCRAFT THERE, INCLUDING THE CHP SHERIFF AND, UM, UH, FIRE HELICOPTERS ON SITE, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING KIDS TO LOOK IN THEM. IT WAS A GREAT FAMILY EVENT. UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO GO TO AND TO SEE. AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE FARM BUREAU TOWN HALL THIS, UH, ONE WEEK AGO, UM, WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THE POTTER VALLEY PROJECT, WHICH WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT NOW. AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT. THANK YOU. THAT, UH, AIRPLANE AIRPORT EVENTS REALLY SOUNDS IMPRESSIVE THIS YEAR. YEAH, YEAH, IT WAS WILD. THERE WERE CARS ALL THE WAY OUT TO WASHINGTON. UM, THE WHOLE PLACE WAS PARKED UP, SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. NOTHING. COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. NOTHING. VICE MAYOR. NO. DO I GET THEIR MINUTES? I, NO, I'M GONNA TAKE THEIR MINUTES TOO. . UM, SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 16TH, I VOLUNTEERED A FEW DAYS AT THE PUM AFFAIR, PARTICIPATED IN THE DUNK TANK, RAISING MONEY FOR A NON-PROFIT. AND I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITY OF PETALUMA STAFF FOR THEIR VOLUNTEERING TIME. THEY WERE THERE ALL FOUR DAYS AND THE FOUR DAA FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND HIGHLIGHTING OUR AG COMMUNITY, WHICH I AM VERY PROUD OF, AND THE LOVELY VIP EVENT THAT THEY HOSTED, THANKING THE, UM, SPONSORS OF THE FAIR AND NEXT YEAR WILL BE EVEN BETTER. UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE AIRPORT DISPLAY [01:55:01] DAY, ALONG WITH THOSE 2000 SPECTATORS. DESPITE THE 30 MILE WINDS, IT WAS A LOVELY DAY AND QUITE CROWDED. ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET ITS, AND IT'LL BE ONE YEAR SINCE IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE PCAC ANNUAL REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED SOON TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT NIGHT REVIEWED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT, A B 4 81. I PERSONALLY WANNA THANK THE PET POLICE OFFICERS FOR INTRODUCING THE COMMUNITY TO THEIR NEW DISTRICT PO POLICING NEIGHBORHOOD CARD AND ALSO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA REMINDERS ABOUT DUIS E-BIKE LAWS AND FIREWORKS DURING THE SUMMER AND HOLIDAYS. PLEASE STATE THE DATE FOR PETALUMA NIGHT OUT ON AUGUST 5TH FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIRE STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY, ALONG WITH OTHER LOCAL SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS. I ATTENDED THE 4TH OF JULY BELL RINGING TRADITION AT THE PETALUMA MUSEUM, ALONG WITH OUR MAYOR WHO READ THE CITY'S PROCLAMATION. A SHOUT OUT TO THE PETALUMA PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT FOR THE SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS NIGHTTIME SHOW. PLUS A BIG THANK YOU TO MY NEIGHBORS IN DISTRICT THREE FOR A WONDERFUL BLOCK PARTY. THEY ORGANIZED. AND I HAVE TO DO A MOM BRAG. THIS IS THE BEST OF PETALUMA AND I'M PROUD. MY DAUGHTER, ALLISON HILL RECEIVED IT FOR HER PRESCHOOL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND THIS IS OUR NEW VISITORS GUIDE THAT CAME OUT. AND THERE MIGHT BE A MUSICIAN IN HERE NAMED SEBASTIAN ST. JAMES A K SEBASTIAN NOW. SO RE GET IT AND READ ALL ABOUT IT. THIS IS OUR NEW TOURIST AND TOURISM IS VERY IMPORTANT IN PETALUMA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S TOUGH TO FOLLOW THE MOM BRAG MOMENT , BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU, UH, UM, THAT THE FAIR WAS BIGGER AND BETTER AT JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT AND, AND PARTICULARLY A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF WHO MADE IT HAPPEN FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO WERE THERE. UM, I WAS ALSO GLAD TO SEE THE COUNCIL HELPING WITH THEIR SWIMMING SKILLS IN THE DUNK TANK FOR ALL OF Y'ALL WHO, UH, DID THAT. AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR. UM, AND ALSO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE PLUM MUSEUM WHO HOSTS THE ANNUAL CORBELL BELL RINGING, WHERE, UH, THE VICE MAYOR AND I, UH, ENJOYED THE SINGING OF THE RIVERTOWN SINGERS. UH, A FUN MORNING EVENT TO COMPLIMENT OUR EVENING FIREWORKS, WHICH, UM, WANT THANK THE, UH, STAFF FOR THEIR, THEIR EVENING WORKS AS PUTTING ON A SHOW FOR PETALUMA. AND THEN, UH, I CAN'T BELIEVE NOBODY'S MENTIONED THAT, UM, PETALUMA WAS VOTED, UH, BY CNN TO BE THE SIXTH BETHS TOWN TO VISIT IN 2025. UH, BIG SHOUT OUT TO MARIE MCCUSKER AND THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NUMBER SIX IS NOT NUMBER ONE, BUT WE'LL GET THERE. UM, PETALUMA WAS SELECTED AND WE ATTENDED THE CIVIC LEAGUE, A COMPETITION OF ALL AMERICAN CITIES. UH, PETALUMA WAS SELECTED AS A FINALIST AND, UH, ON THE BASIS OF OUR CLIMATE WORK, INCLUDING OUR CLIMATE, THE CLIMATE, THE COUNCIL'S, CLIMATE CRISIS DECLARATION, OUR, UH, EQUITY GROUP, PEAK HACK THAT, UH, WAS PUT TOGETHER BY, UH, DAILY ACTS AND THE A I A, THE AMERICAN A INSTITUTE ARCHITECTS, UM, EFFORTS THAT CAME TO PETALUMA HELPED WITH OUR 15 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORT AND THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY, UH, FAIRGROUNDS, ALL THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS WHAT GOT US THAT FINALIST NOMINATION THERE. AND, UM, IT'S THE STUFF THAT THE CIVIC LEAGUE WAS LOOKING FOR. AND A BIG THANKS TO DAILY ACTS, TRAY HECKMAN WHO PUT IN THE WORK ON THE PRESENTATION. AND, UH, FOR THEIR PART ALSO, UH, COOL PETALUMA, UH, DELINDA FISHER, NATASHA, JULIANA, AND OUR OWN CLIMATE MANAGER, DEB FOX. UM, SO ALSO, UM, ALL THOSE PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHO GAVE UP THEIR TIME ON THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY PANEL THAT GAVE US THE ROADMAP THAT WERE FOLLOWING FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS. I SAW SOME CRANKY PANTS ON NEXTDOOR SUGGESTING PETALUMA DIDN'T WIN, BUT IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE FROM THE MANY, MANY APPLICANTS HUNDREDS, ONLY 20 WERE FINALISTS AND PETALUMA MADE THAT LIST. SO, UM, THAT'S QUITE THE HONOR. NOT ONLY DID THE JUDGES MAKE THAT POINT, BUT OTHER CITIES CALLED OUT THE WORK THAT PETALUMA WAS DOING AS INSPIRATIONAL. SO THAT WAS A PRETTY FUN GROUP TO BE INVOLVED IN. UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THE WORK OF PRIVATE CITIZENS HELPING THE CITY. IT'S NOT THE CITY ALONE, IT'S THE WORK WE DO WITH OUR CITIZENS. PIVOTING. UH, THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE JUST NOTICED THAT ALL REAL ESTATE WENT UP 5% LAST YEAR. SO THEY'VE ANNOUNCED WHAT PETALUMA'S VALUATION IS NOW, AND WE'LL SEE OUR NEW POINT IN TIME COUNT DATA COME OUT SOON, WHICH HAS SHOWN A 23% DOWN IN, IN, UH, IN HOMELESSNESS THEN. AND, UH, I'VE ALSO JOINED A NEW MULTI-CITY [02:00:01] TASK FORCE THAT MEETS WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES, UM, UM, DIRECTOR TO SEE IF WE CAN'T DO EVEN BETTER THAN THEN. AND, UM, UM, AND JUST TO CLOSE ON A, ON A LIGHTER NOTE, UH, I HELPED JUDGE THE 4TH OF JULY, UM, DEVILED EGGY A DEVILED EGG COMPETITION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PPSC. AND I ONLY BRING THAT UP BECAUSE PPSC WILL BE ONE OF THE NONPROFITS AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S LOSING FUNDING, AND WE ALL NEED TO HELP PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION, THAT PPS WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HELP STAND UP PPSC OVER THE NEXT PERIOD. SO, UM, THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT, AND I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OVER TO THE ASSISTANT [CITY MANAGER COMMENT] CITY MANAGER, BRIAN COCHRAN, FOR A CITY REPORT. THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY. UH, JUST ONE THING TO ANNOUNCE, WE ARE EXCITED THAT AFTER EXTENSIVE EFFORT AND COORDINATION, UH, THE CITY OF PETALUMA WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UH, AGAIN THIS YEAR TO DREDGE THE PETALUMA RIVER. UH, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY ALSO AS A FUNDING PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT, SO THAT, UH, ALL NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT HAVE NOW BEEN SECURED. AND THE CORE HAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED THE BID SOLICITATION, UH, WHICH WENT UP ON THE FEDERAL CONTRACTING SITE ON JULY 2ND. BIDS ARE DUE AND WILL BE OPENED ON JULY 31ST WITH DREDGING ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. UH, OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WILL BE PREPARING CITYWIDE UPDATES AND LAUNCHING A DEDICATED PROJECT WEBSITE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO THIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR RIVER WILL IMPROVE NAVIGABILITY, ENHANCE FLOOD PROTECTION, AND SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL VITALITY OF OUR RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY. SO EXCITED TO HAVE THAT MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. IT'S, UH, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEWS. UM, OKAY, SO WE'RE MOVING NOW [CONSENT CALENDAR] TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND AT THIS POINT, I LOOK UP AND DOWN THE, UH, AUDIENCE . I'LL PAUSE FOR A SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD. OKAY. UM, FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I'D LIKE TO LOOK UP AND DOWN THE, UM, DAIS AND SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PULL A PARTICULAR ELEMENT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. COUNCIL MEMBER DE CARLY, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NINE AND, UM, AND, UM, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM SIX AND EIGHT. OKAY. AND VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 12. UM, AND MAY I ASK THAT THESE ARE ALL, UH, FOUR REASONS THEY CANNOT BE JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION BEFORE WE PROCEED? CORRECT. OKAY. SO, UM, WITH THAT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE DIOCESE ON ANY OF THE ITEMS, STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER REBS? JUST ON, UH, NUMBER 12, UM, IT'S ONLY ABOUT CERTIFICATION AND ACCEPTING THE, UM, UH, THE REPORT. UH, AND IT'S NOT FOR ACTUALLY, UH, AGREEING OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? IT'S JUST FOR THAT'S CORRECT. ACCEPTING, UH, A REPORT FROM, FROM AN AGENCY, CORRECT. GOOD POINT TO MAKE AND YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND, UM, NO OTHER COMMENTS. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AND I'D ASK THE CLERK TO HELP US WITH THAT. YES, WE DID RECEIVE ONE, UH, COMMENT AHEAD OF THE MEETING ON ITEM NUMBER 12. UM, AND IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE BRING YOUR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY DESK. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. AND THIS IS FOR ALL 12 PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND SEEING NO ONE STEPPING FORWARD IS THIS FOR 12. THIS IS FOR 12. YES. AND, UM, I'M INVITING JOHN HANIA TO SPEAK. BOY. OH BOY. I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO FUNNY HOW WHEN PEOPLE TALK, THEY PUT THEIR SUPERMAN CAVE ON. OH YEAH, GO AHEAD. DO IT. YOU KNOW, HIT THE RUBBER, HIT THE ROAD. WHAT HAPPENED, MR. BARNICLE, HOW MANY TIME HAVE I ASKED YOU DID THE RUBBER HIT THE ROAD? BUT YOU GUYS DON'T BELIEVE IN COMMUNICATION. YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY. YOU WANT EVERYTHING BY FORCE. SO IF YOU WANNA DEAL WITH FORCE, YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH FORCE WITH ME. YOU DID. YOU ARE TRYING TO USE A 4 54 ENGINE PISTON TO USE FORCE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH A, A CRUISE SHIP [02:05:01] TO SEE THE SIZE OF THE PISTON IN A CRUISE SHIP. THAT'S THE SIZE OF PISTON I'M GONNA BE USING USING FORCE, AND IT'LL BE BY THE BOOK. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKING IT. THE BEST THING TO DO IS WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PLAY THIS KING AND QUEEN DICTATORS, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU GUYS DOING IT. SO NOW LOOK HOW MANY SIGNATURE WE GOT? ALMOST 7,000. NOT 4,100. ALL OF YOU. NOW, I SHOULDN'T SAY ALL OF YOU, THOSE OF YOU UP THERE WHO JUST DOING ALL THE BACK DOOR TALKING, WHICH IS KEVIN, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON FRIDAY, THE APRIL 25TH, IF YOU RECALL. AND YOU SAID TO ME, YEAH, WE MAKE THE DECISION BEFORE IT COMES HERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T READ ALL THE PAPERWORK HERE. BUT YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY COME TO YOU. YEAH, YOU CAN READ ALL THE PAPER, YOU CAN FORM SOME KIND OF IDEA, BUT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU GUYS DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT PROJECT WHEN THERE'S TWO PEOPLE SPOKE IN FAVOR. AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE THAT NIGHT AND SPOKE AGAINST IT AND YOU GUYS STILL NO, WE'RE DOING IT. WELL, LET'S SEE HOW FAR YOU'RE GONNA GET MR. BARNACLE WITH YOUR RUBBER. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. AND, UM, THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT. AND I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL AND, UH, GET A MOTION FOR THE, UH, NON, UH, CONTESTED, WHICH MEAN ALL BUT 6 8, 9, 12. DO WE HAVE SUCH A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MOTION BY MOTION BY CATER THOMPSON SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS. OH, BARNACLE AYE. CATER THOMPSON. YES. DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SCHS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND, UM, IF I MAY, UH, BE SO BOLD, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, I BELIEVE YOU ASKED THAT, UH, WE PULL SIX AND EIGHT MERELY A FREE YEAR RECUSAL, AND NO ONE ELSE HAS ASKED FOR COMMENT ON THOSE. SO, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S OKAY. SO I THINK I JUST WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT THAT IT'S WITHIN 500 FEET OF MY HOME. THANKS FOR THAT CLARITY AND PROPERTY LEGAL OBLIGATION. RIGHT. OKAY. I SEE THE ATTORNEY'S HEAD LOOKING. UM, AND [6. Resolution Authorizing the Award of Contract for the Rainier Avenue Water Service Replacement (C67502536), and Urban Recycled Water System Expansion (C66402554) Projects to Team Ghilotti, Inc.] [7. Resolution Awarding a Contract for the Temporary Fire Station Project (C11502435) and the Onsite Asphalt Paving at Fire Station 2 as Part of the Fire Reserve Apparatus Storage & Paving Project (C11501911) to Arntz Builders, Inc.] SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE A MOTION ON ITEMS, UM, SIX AND EIGHT. I'LL MOVE THAT MOTION. MR. MAYOR. MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR. I'LL SECOND IT. COUNCIL SECOND BY SHRI. ROLL CALL VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. KATE THOMPSON RECUSED. DID CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SHRIVES? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES MOVES AS TO ITEM NINE. [9. Resolution Supporting the Eel-Russian Project Authority and the New Eel-Russian Facility for Regional Water Supply] AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST ON ITEM NINE? COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY. UM, SO I, FIRST, I WANNA MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FROM WHAT I SAID EARLIER. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I BROUGHT UP THAT, UH, THAT SEISMIC STUDY THAT WAS RELEASED, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK SONOMA WATER AND THE COUNTY WERE, WERE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK ON, ON WHAT THAT REPORT ACTUALLY SAID. I THINK THAT THAT WAS COVERED UP AT MUCH HIGHER LEVELS THAN THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FAULT THEM FOR THAT AT ALL. I THINK THEY WERE ALWAYS DOING THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE GIVEN. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BUILT OURSELVES AROUND THE SCOTT AND, AND THE CAPE HORN DAMS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR OVER A CENTURY NOW. THEY'RE OUR WATER SUPPLY FOR OVER 600,000 RESIDENTS, AND THAT IS ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTIES. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS HERE THAT NO ONE COULD POSSIBLY KNOW THE ANSWERS TO, UM, EXCEPT THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS WILL, HOW HURT OUR HOUSING GROWTH POTENTIAL. I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, DR. IERS SPOKE LAST WEEK AT THE FARM BUREAU MEETING, AND HE'S A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS FROM SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. AND HE SAID THAT IF THERE'S A 10% LOSS IN WATER, THAT'S GONNA RESULT IN A $65 MILLION LOSS TO OUR ECONOMY HERE, AND THAT'S JUST A 10%, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A DROUGHT OR, OR WHATEVER OTHER CONDITIONS THAT COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IMPACT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND IN DROUGHTS AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, WE RISK OVERTAXING OUR AQUIFERS. UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO THAT AND WE HAVE SALT WATER INTRUSION? UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO AFFECT THE MORE VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, WATER MAY VERY WELL BECOME A LUXURY, IT COULD GET SO EXPENSIVE, WE DON'T KNOW. AND THERE'S NO STUDIES TO SUGGEST ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AT THIS POINT. I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHAMPIONING GREEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND WHAT COULD BE GREENER THAN ELECTRONS BEING PULLED FROM WATER AS IT PASSES DOWN A RIVER. I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CONSIDER OUR NEIGHBORING [02:10:01] CITIES TO THE NORTH, NOT JUST IN OUR OWN COUNTY, BUT MENDOCINO AND LAKE COUNTIES, AND THEN ALSO MARIN. THEY, THEY, WE SUPPLY THEM WITH WATER AS WELL. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO CONSIDER HERE AND HOW THEY'LL BE AFFECTED AS WELL. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT PETALUMA SHOULD SUPPORT NORTH AT THIS TIME. UM, RIGHT NOW IS WHEN WE NEED TO PUSH BACK TO ENSURE OUR WATER. SO OUR WATER SOVEREIGNTY, WHICH HAS EXISTED, UH, FOR WELL OVER A CENTURY NOW, UH, BY DEMANDING THAT THE DAMS DO NOT GET TORN DOWN. THANK YOU. UM, WELL, I JUST WANT TO, UM, MENTION A FEW THINGS LIKE, UM, IN REGARDS TO HOUSING, THE OBLIGATION FOR, UM, UM, WATER SUPPLY TO MEET THE GENERAL PLAN HOUSING AND HOUSING ELEMENT EFFORTS IS, UH, FALLS IN THE HANDS OF SONOMA COUNTY WATER. AND IT'S AN OBLIGATION THAT THEY DEF DETERMINE, UM, HOW THAT WATER SUPPLY WILL BE THERE FOR OUR HOUSING. SO I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT THEY'RE MAKING THE RIGHT WATER SUPPLY PLANS. UM, AND, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, 10% INCREASE, UH, DECREASE IN WATER SUPPLY, THAT, UM, PROFESSOR FROM SONOMA STATE BROUGHT UP, UH, I FEEL IT DISCREDITS THE, UM, WATER SUPPLY GENERATION CAPACITY THAT SOME WATER IS WORKING SO HARD TO PROVIDE. LIKE THEY MENTIONED, THEY'VE GOT THE COMPUTERIZED, UH, STORM TRACKING, UH, UM, INCREASE IN STORAGE AT THEIR RESERVOIRS. AND I THINK THEY'RE ON, ON TOP OF THINGS IN THIS REGARD. AND IN TERMS OF, UH, WATER SUPPLY CREATING, UH, SALT WATER INTRUSION, I MEAN, THAT HAS SOME POTENTIAL DOWN IN, UH, SONOMA, WHERE SONOMA LANDS, UH, UH, SIT TOWN OF SONOMA LANDS, UH, BORDER UP AGAINST THE BAY. AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING REAL HARD TO GET, UH, UH, RECYCLED WATER, UH, UM, GROUNDWATER INJECTION INTO THOSE AREAS TO PROVIDE A SEAWATER BARRIER FOR THAT. SO, UH, UM, IN GENERAL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE PUTTING INTO WORK IN COORDINATION WITH EACH OTHER, AND ESPECIALLY IN A CASE WHERE THE COORDINATION INVOLVES NOT JUST PG E BUT ALL THE, UH, INDIAN TRIBES OF THE NORTH, AND ITS FOUR COUNTIES SIGNING ON FOR THIS AND OTHER, UM, OTHER AGENCIES ALL COMING TO THE TABLE FOR ONE SOLUTION, UH, THAT SPEAKS WORLDS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'D SUPPORT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI, DID I SEE YOUR HAND UP? UH, YES. UM, ALSO, I JUST WANNA, UH, SUPPORT WHAT, UH, UH, MAYOR HAS JUST MENTIONED ON THAT. UM, BESIDES THAT, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS PROJECT FOR OVER 10 YEARS. UH, THIS HAS STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. UM, AND THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE THROUGH TO GET EVERYONE TO AGREE ON SOMETHING HAS BEEN HUGE. AND I KNOW THERE'S, IT'D BE NICE TO HOLD THE DAMS THERE AND TO KEEP THEM GOING FOR FOREVER. UM, BUT THE POWERS THAT ARE IN PLAY, BOTH LEGALLY, YOU HAVE PG E ALL THE PLAYERS, AND PLUS GETTING ALL THE COORDINATION BETWEEN EEL RIVER AND, UM, THE RUSSIAN RIVER FOLKS TOGETHER AS A TWO BASIN SOLUTION. UM, THEY WORKED, EVERYONE WORKED REALLY HARD TO AT LEAST GET TO THIS POINT, TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT IS LEAST ACCEPTABLE, UM, UH, THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE US WITH THE BEST OF EVERY POSSIBLE SITUATION TO MAKE EVERYBODY AGREEABLE. SO, UM, THAT EFFORT, I HAVE TO, I REALLY TRUST WHAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND FULLY SUPPORT, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE COME TO BE AND THE SOLUTION THAT'S BEING RESOLVED. SO I HAVE TO GO WITH, UH, UM, UH, IN FAVOR OF, OF, UH, SUPPORTING THE, THE, THE CURRENT PROCESS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY GONNA SUPPORT THIS. UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE, UM, UH, NOT BEING PROACTIVE WOULD PUT US IN A MUCH WORSE POSITION. UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PERFECT SOLUTION. UM, BUT I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR RABBIT MADE A REALLY STRONG POINT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE. UM, THEY'VE CLEARLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO SONOMA WATER REPAIRS, UM, AND OUR WATER RESILIENCE. AND, UM, THERE'S NO FUTURE THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE US HAVING TO CHANGE AND ADAPT. AND, UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF THING THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF, UM, IN OUR LIFETIMES. SO I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE, AND I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'RE RECORDING THAT. AND WE HAVE A, I'M SORRY, IS THAT A SECOND? CATER THOMPSON, THE VICE MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I STATED EARLIER, THIS IS THE BEST OF THE WORST SCENARIOS, AND THERE IS NO, UM, THERE IS NO TRUSTING PG E THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD, BUT I HAVE FAITH AND RESPECT OUR SUPERVISOR AND OUR WATER AGENCY, SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING IT, WHICH I REALLY DON'T WANT TO, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO THE, THE EEL RIVER OR THE FRIENDS OF E RIVER, I'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO RECREATE IN LAKE MENDOCINO. AND LIKE PILLSBURY AND I, THE FARMERS ARE SCARED. THE CLOVERDALE RESIDENTS ARE SCARED. YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT'S JUST NOT, THERE'S NO GOOD SOLUTION, BUT THIS IS THE BEST. [02:15:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THE ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO THANKS MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY ADD, UM, THE, OUR WATER RESOURCES STAFF, OUR LEGAL TEAM TOO, ARE TRACKING THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. UM, IT'S, IT'S IMMENSELY COMPLICATED, AS YOU COULD TELL FROM THE DIALOGUE FROM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY'S QUESTIONS, ANSWERS FROM, UM, THE SONOMA WATER REPRESENTATIVES AND THE, AND OUR SUPERVISOR. UM, THE, I THINK THAT TWO OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL FACTS ARE PG AND E IS ABANDONING THE DAMS AND THE PERMITS TO OPERATE THE DAMS. AND AS WE HEARD IN, IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE PRESENTED AND ALSO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ANSWERED, THERE'S NO SINGLE ENTITY THAT HAS THE RESOURCES TO TAKE THEM OVER OR THE SUPPORT TO DO THAT. AND SO HERE WE ARE. SO, UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'D LIKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. TO CARLY? NO. NOW YES. QUINT. YES. REBS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT BRINGS US TO [12. Certification of Examination of Referendum Petition Against Resolution No. 2025-047 N.C.S. Titled “Referendum Against Resolution 2025-047 N.C.S. Passed by the City Council of the City of Petaluma” Regarding a General Plan Amendment to Increase the Maximum Allowable Floor Area Ratio for Areas Within the Downtown Housing & Economic Opportunity Overlay from 2.5 to a Maximum of up To 6.0, Applicable to Subarea A Only, Pursuant to Elections Code 9240] ITEM 12. AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 12 OF VICE MAYOR? UM, I ASKED A QUESTION AND IT WAS, UM, IN REGARDS TO PLACING THE MATTER ON WHICH BALLOT AND WHAT IT'S GONNA COST. AND THE ANSWER CAME BACK SAYING THAT IF WE PUT IT ON THE 2026 PRIMARY BALLOT, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SPECIAL ELECTION, NOT A REGULAR ONE, BECAUSE PETALUMA DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE 2026 PRIMARY BALLOT. THE COST ESTIMATE, THE COUNTY IS THE SAME AS A SPECIAL ELECTION. HOWEVER, THERE'S LIKELY TO BE SOME COST SHARING WITH THE STATE AND COUNTY CONTEST ON THE BALLOT OPPOSED TO A STANDALONE SPECIAL ELECTION. MY QUESTION IS, IS THE EKN DEVELOPER WILLING TO STICK AROUND? AND I, AND I'M, AND I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT TONIGHT WE'RE JUST DOING THE CERTIFICATION. THAT'S WHY IT WAS ON THE CONSENT. AND SO THESE MORE COMPLEX QUESTIONS ARE PROBABLY NOT, UM, NOTICED NOR READY FOR ANSWERING AT THIS TIME. WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. THE ITEM ON TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST A REPORT FROM OUR CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH HER RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, UNDER THE ELECTIONS CODE. UM, WE'RE, IT'S NOT EVEN, UM, AN ACTION REGARDING THE OVERLAY, LET ALONE THE PROJECT. SO WE'RE JUST RECEIVING THE REPORT FROM THE CLERK AND THERE'S NO COUNSEL ACTION TONIGHT. OKAY. WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ENTERTAIN AS A CITY AND THE COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE TO ENTERTAIN ITS OBLIGATIONS, BUT, BUT THAT'S NOT TONIGHT. I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR FUTURE AGENDA PACKET. SO IT'S NOT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THAT, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UM, SO WITH ADAM, LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE ITEM 12, AND IT'S A MOTION FROM BARNACLE SECOND THOUGH, AND A SECOND FROM CATER THOMPSON. AND A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. WAIT, I'M SORRY. UM, WE'RE TAKING MOTIONS. IT'S ON ITEM 12, REALLY JUST TO ACCEPT PART OF, THERE'S NO RESOLUTION. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SCH TRIPS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEN BRINGS US TO ITEM [13. Resolution Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments Within the City’s Landscape Assessment Districts, Fiscal Year 2025/26] 13. OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION, AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS. AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DELANA BRADFORD, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST. AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, SPENDING THE EVENING WITH US. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS JOINING US TONIGHT. WE'RE BACK ONCE AGAIN AND IF THIS WERE A TRILOGY, TONIGHT WOULD BE OUR GRAND FINALE. THE THIRD AND FINAL STEP IN THE ANNUAL PROCESS FOR THE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS. NOW, I'M SORRY THERE'S NO POPCORN, BUT WE PROMISE WE'LL MAKE, TRY TO MAKE IT A GOOD SHOW. TONIGHT'S HEARING IS REALLY A TWO PART EVENT. PART ONE IS WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL GETTING THE BORING BUT LEGALLY NECESSARY PAPERWORK OUTTA THE WAY. THAT MEANS WE'LL BE ASKING THE COUNSEL TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS THAT CONFIRM THE ASSESSMENT AMOUNTS FOR EACH DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SUBMIT THOSE AMOUNTS TO THE COUNTY ASSESSOR FOR INCLUSION ON THE UPCOMING PROPERTY TAX BILLS. IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS, BUT IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF HOW WE FUND THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THESE DISTRICTS. WITHOUT THIS STEP, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THINGS [02:20:01] CLEAN, GREEN, AND LOOKING LIKE PETALUMA. SO YES, IT'S A BIT OF A PAPERWORK PARTY, BUT IT'S AN ESSENTIAL ONE. PART TWO, THE FUN STUFF SURVEY RESULTS. ONCE WE WRAP UP THAT EXCITING ADMIN WORK, WE'LL MOVE ON TO WHAT WE THINK IS THE MORE ENGAGING PART, SHARING SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM OUR RECENT SURVEY. WE ASKED OUR RESIDENTS WHAT WAS WORKING, WHAT WASN'T, AND WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE. AND SPOILER ALERT, OUR COMMUNITY HAD OPINIONS. WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS, TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE RESPONSES MEAN AND WHAT OUR DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS HAVE UNCOVERED, AND PROVIDE A SNEAK PEEK AT OUR PATH FORWARD. WE KNOW THAT LANDSCAPING MAY NOT ALWAYS STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT IT DOES PLAY A BIG ROLE IN OUR EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF PETALUMA. FROM THE MEDIANS WE DRIVE PAST TO THE FRONTAGES AND GREENWAYS WE ENJOY ON WEEKENDS TO THE SUBTLE TOUCHES THAT MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL CARED FOR. OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING THOSE ASSESSMENT DOLLARS IN WAYS THAT REFLECT THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY, AND WELLBEING. SO WITH THAT, LET'S JUMP INTO PART ONE, FINALIZE OUR RESOLUTIONS AND THEN REWARD OURSELVES WITH SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED DATA STORYTELLING IN PART TWO. AS A PART OF THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL PROCESS, 16 OF OUR LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS ARE SEEING RATE INCREASES WITH SOME GOING UP BY AS MUCH AS 50%. WHILE THE NUMBER MAY INITIALLY SOUND INTIMIDATING, IT REFLECTS THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IS IN THE WILLOW GLEN DISTRICT, WHERE THE NEW RATE WILL RISE BY $71 AND 77 CENTS PER YEAR. THAT'S JUST UNDER $6 PER MONTH. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS REPRESENTS A CHANGE FOR WILLOW GLEN RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DISTRICT IS ALSO IN THE MOST FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED POSITION OF ALL OF THE DISTRICTS. THIS ADJUSTMENT IS NECESSARY TO STABILIZE THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES AND BEGIN ADDRESSING THE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE LONG RAISED. THESE INCREASES ARE TARGETED. THEY HELP DISTRICTS EITHER REDUCE CURRENT DEFICITS OR BUILD CAPACITY FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THE KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKED FOR IN THE SURVEY THAT CLOSED IN MAY. IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS WORK WITHOUT TRIGGERING ACROSS COSTLY PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCESS. INSTEAD, REUSING THE FLEXIBILITY ALREADY BUILT INTO THE VOTER APPROVED STRUCTURE OF EACH DISTRICT, WHICH SAVES BOTH TIME AND RESOURCES. AS FOR THE REMAINING 27 ACTIVE DISTRICTS, WE APPLIED EITHER THE STANDARD 2% ANNUAL INCREASE, OR WHERE THEIR FORMATION DOCUMENTATION ALLOWS A 2.7% INCREASE BASED ON CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OR CPI. THESE MODEST ADJUSTMENTS HELP KEEP PACE WITH RISING COSTS WHILE MAINTAINING A CONSISTENT LEVEL OF SERVICE ACROSS THE CITY. TOGETHER THESE RATE UPDATES BRING APPROXIMATELY $67,000 TO SUPPORT A MORE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT AND RESPONSIVE PROGRAM, ONE THAT REFLECTS BOTH CURRENT REALITIES AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS. THIS STEP KEEPS US ON TRACK FOR THIS ANNUAL CYCLE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL COME BACK NEXT YEAR WITH A DEEPER, MORE DATA INFORMED STRATEGY TO SUPPORT BIGGER DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. NOW WITH THAT OUTTA THE WAY WE CAN SHIFT GEARS AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO TRY THIS YEAR, HEARING DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS THROUGH A CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT SURVEY. WE PARTNERED WITH OUR CONSULTANT NBS TO CREATE A DIGITAL SURVEY FOR ALL 50 OF OUR LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS. YES, THERE ARE 50 OF THEM AND INVITED PROPERTY OWNERS TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON CURRENT SERVICES, SATISFACTION LEVELS AND PRIORITIES. THE SURVEY WAS LAUNCHED ON MARCH 17TH AND STAYED OPEN THROUGH MAY 18TH. THAT WAS MORE THAN TWO MONTHS WORTH OF OPPORTUNITY TO CLICK, TAP OR SCAN AND LET US KNOW WHAT WAS WORKING AND WHAT WAS NOT. TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE POSTED THE SURVEY AT CITY OF PETALUMA LEDS.COM AND MAILED POSTCARDS TO EVERY SINGLE PARCEL OWNER IN EACH OF THOSE 50 DISTRICTS. THESE POSTCARDS INCLUDED A QR CODE AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE. WHEN WE EXTENDED THE INITIAL SURVEY DEADLINE OF MAY 5TH, WE EVEN SENT OUT A SECOND ROUND OF POSTCARDS BECAUSE WE ARE PERSISTENT LIKE THAT. SO HOW DID WE DO? WE RECEIVED 663 RESPONSES ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH GAVE US A SOLID LOOK AT TRENDS, CONCERNS, AND COMMON THEMES. WE'RE PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT IN 47 OUT OF 50 OF THE DISTRICTS, ONLY THREE VERY SMALL DISTRICTS. TWO OF THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY INACTIVE WERE NON-RESPONSIVE. WE FEEL THIS REPRESENTS STRONG ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE CITY. SO NOW LET'S GET INTO WHAT WE HEARD. FIRST AND FOREMOST, AWARENESS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. 40% OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY WERE ACTUALLY UNAWARE THAT THEY LIVED IN A LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. ANOTHER 7% WEREN'T [02:25:01] SURE, WHICH WE ASSUME MEANS THAT THEY'RE EITHER NEW TO OUR CITY OR JUST REALLY FOCUSED ON THEIR YARD AND NOT ON THEIR TAX BILL. THAT LEAVES 53%. WHO KNEW THAT THEY WERE IN AN LAD, WHICH, HEY, THAT'S A PRETTY SOLID START. WHEN IT COMES TO PERCEIVED VALUE, THERE WAS A CLEAR PATTERN. PEOPLE IN LOWER COST DISTRICTS, THOSE PAYING UNDER $60 A YEAR GENERALLY FELT THEY WERE GETTING GOOD VALUE. ON THE OTHER END. FOLKS IN HIGHER COST DISTRICTS OVER $200 PER YEAR WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO FEEL DISSATISFIED. IN OTHER WORDS, EXPECTATIONS SCALED WITH THE PRICE TAG. IN TERMS OF OVERALL SATISFACTION, MOST PEOPLE LANDED IN THE MIDDLE. THE MAJORITY WERE SOMEWHAT SATISFIED WITH A CLOSE SECOND BEING SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED. THERE WERE VERY FEW THAT WERE AT THE EXTREMES. SO WE'RE IN NAH TERRITORY, AND THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GROW FROM. WHAT WERE PEOPLE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? NOT SURPRISINGLY, TREES, WEEDS, PARK-LIKE SPACES AND GENERAL LANDSCAPING ROSE TO THE TOP. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT OVERGROWTH, MAINTENANCE DELAYS, AND AREAS THAT FEEL NEGLECTED. AND WE'RE TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY AS WE PLAN FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. SO ALL IN ALL, THE SERVICE. THIS SURVEY GAVE US A MUCH NEEDED PULSE CHECK. IT VALIDATED SOME OF WHAT WE ALREADY SUSPECTED, INTRODUCED NEW PERSPECTIVES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HELPED US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE AND WHERE WE'RE ALREADY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AS A PART OF OUR BROADER LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT EFFORT, OUR TEAM OF INTERNS IS CURRENTLY WALKING EACH AND EVERY DISTRICT ON FOOT AND DOCUMENTING ALL VISIBLE ASSETS IN THE FIELD. THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE PHOTOGRAPHING, MAPPING AND RECORDING THE CONDITION OF EVERY ELEMENT MAINTAINED THROUGH ASSESSMENT FUNDS. THIS INCLUDES TREES, SHRUBS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, IRRIGATION COMPONENTS, BENCHES, LIGHTING, SIGNAGE PATHWAYS, AND MORE. THEY'RE ALSO NOTING SIGNS OF WEAR, TEAR DAMAGE OR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. SO WE CAN GET AN ACCURATE GROUND LEVEL VIEW OF WHAT EACH DISTRICT REALLY LOOKS LIKE TODAY, NOT BASED ON OUTDATED PLANS, BUT ON REAL WORLD CURRENT CONDITIONS. THIS HANDS-ON FIELD WORK SERVES SEVERAL KEY PURPOSES. FIRST, IT HELPS US BUILD A RELIABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE ASSET INVENTORY THAT'S FOUNDATIONAL FOR ANY KIND OF LONG-TERM PLANNING OR SERVICE OPTIMIZATION. SECOND, IT ALLOWS US TO ALIGN WHERE WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE MAINTAINING, WITH WHAT WE'RE FUNDING, STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY AND IMPROVING TRUST WITH OUR RESIDENTS. AND THIRD, IT GIVES US THE DATA WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE FUTURE INVESTMENTS BASED ON ACTUAL NEEDS, NOT JUST ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK. IN SHORT, THIS IS A CRITICAL STEP IN MOVING THE PROGRAM FORWARD. FROM REACTIVE PATCHWORK TO STRATEGIC PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT, IT'S TIME INTENSIVE WORK AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT. WITH THE HELP OF OUR TWO INTERNS THIS SUMMER, ALL OF THIS GROUNDWORK IS BUILDING TOWARDS SOMETHING MEANINGFUL. WE'RE USING EVERYTHING WE'VE COLLECTED TO CREATE DISTRICT SPECIFIC MODELS THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH DISTRICT TRULY NEEDS AND WHAT DIFFERENT FUNDING MANAGEMENT OPTIONS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THESE MODELS WILL TAKE CENTER STAGE DURING OUR UPCOMING DISTRICT WEBINARS AND IN-PERSON COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE WE'LL SHARE THE FINDINGS AND INVITE RESIDENTS TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TOP 11 PRIORITY DISTRICTS. YES, WE KNOW 11 IS AN ODD NUMBER FOR A TOP 10 LIST, BUT WE JUST WOULDN'T BE PETALUMA IF WE DIDN'T TRY TO SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. THESE DISTRICTS ROSE TO THE TOP BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE MOST FINANCIALLY URGENT CONDITION. THINK OF THEM AS THE LANDSCAPE EQUIVALENT OF A BLINKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT MATTER, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CAN'T WAIT. SO THEIR STARTING POINT, AS WE WORK TOWARDS LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS CITYWIDE, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE PATH FORWARD LOOKS THE SAME FOR EVERY DISTRICT. AS WE MOVE INTO THE MODELING PHASE, WE'LL BE EXPLORING A RANGE OF SOLUTIONS. THAT COULD MEAN PARTNERING WITH COMPETENT HOAS THAT ARE READY TO TAKE ON MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY, IDENTIFYING SMALLER DISTRICTS THAT CITY STAFF MAY BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO MAINTAIN. OR WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY GROUP PARTNERS WHO ALREADY PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN CARING FOR OUR PUBLIC SPACES. WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE FULL DATA ANALYSIS BY THE END OF AUGUST. ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL REVISIT THE BROADER LIST AND CONSIDER ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES BASED ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. SO FOR NOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON HELPING THE DISTRICTS IN THE GREATEST NEED AND LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR MORE FLEXIBLE COMMUNITY ALIGNED SOLUTION IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. AND YES, IDEALLY WITH FEWER SPREADSHEETS AND A LOT MORE ACTION. HERE'S A QUICK REMINDER OF WHAT'S AHEAD FOR THE TOP 11 DISTRICTS WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON. BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST, [02:30:01] STAFF WILL ANALYZE, FINALIZE ANALYSIS OF COST AND ASSET DATA REVIEW, DETAILED COMMUNITY SURVEY FEEDBACK, AND DEVELOP REALISTIC SERVICE OPTIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO PROPOSE MODELS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE AND ALIGN WITH COMMUNITY MEMBER PRIORITIES. IN AUGUST, WE'LL HOST INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS ONLINE FOR EACH OF THE 11 DISTRICTS. THESE SESSIONS WILL HELP BRING EVERYONE UP TO SPEED, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY PHASE. THINK OF THIS EFFORT AS A PREVIOUSLY ON EPISODE BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL HOLD IN-PERSON COMMUNITY MEETINGS. THESE MEETINGS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED MODELS, ASK QUESTIONS, AND SHARE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF 2026, WE'LL WORK WITH EACH DISTRICT TO MAKE FINAL DECISIONS ON WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSITION TWO 18 PROCESS OR ADJUST SERVICES TO MATCH CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS. AND FINALLY, BY MAY, 2026, THESE PROPOSALS WILL GO BEFORE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW. AND IN NO TIME IT'LL BE JULY AGAIN. AND WE'LL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING JUST LIKE THIS ONE TO FINALIZE THOSE NEW ASSESSMENTS. THIS TIMELINE ENSURES A TRANSPARENT AND THOROUGH PROCESS THAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AT EVERY STAGE. AS WE WRAP UP TONIGHT, WE WANNA BRING IT TO BACK, BRING IT BACK TO THE HEART OF WHY WE'RE HERE. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PASSING THE RESOLUTIONS BEFORE YOU YES, THE BORING OFFICIAL PART SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING THIS EFFORT FORWARD. BUT BEYOND THE VOTE, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AS TRUSTED COMMUNITY LEADERS TO CHAMPION THIS PROCESS OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE BUILDING TOOLS AND CREATING SPACE FOR RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THESE AREN'T JUST LINES ON A MAP. THESE ARE REAL PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WALK THEIR DOGS, CHAT WITH NEIGHBORS AND DODGE SPRINKLERS DURING THEIR EVENING, STROLLS, GREENWAYS, MEDIANS AND PATHWAYS. THESE ARE THE BACKDROPS OF DAILY LIFE. WE'RE NOT HERE TO DICTATE WHAT THOSE SPACES LOOK LIKE. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS IN SHAPING PLACES. THEY LOVE PLACES THAT REFLECT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR VALUES. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP. AND WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERY DISTRICT HAS A CHANCE TO GROW INTO SOMETHING MORE VIBRANT, RESILIENT, AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS AS MUCH AS, UH, UH, YOU HAVE. AND SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, FROM THE COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER? REBS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR FINALLY GETTING THIS. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. UM, SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, UH, MY LAD, UM, UH, LONGER THAN THAT ACTUALLY. UM, ANYWAY, JUST, UM, LOOKING AT THE LIST AND THE ESTIMATES THAT WERE ALREADY PUT FORWARD IN, IN THE LIST THAT WE, THAT WERE SHOWN TO US NOW, ARE THOSE ESTIMATES PUT TOGETHER ON MAINTAINING THINGS AS IS OR ACTUALLY, UH, INCREASING IT TO WHERE THEY WANT, NEED OR WANTED TO BE? SO JUST THE ESTIMATES THAT WE'RE SEEING COME OUT OF IT. UM, WHAT WAS THE, UH, OKAY. GOOD QUESTION. ASSUMPTION. YEP. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP. THE, UH, ANSWER TO THAT IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH DISTRICT. SO DEPENDING ON THE RESPONSES THAT WE SAW IN THE SURVEY, WE DID HAVE SOME DISTRICTS WHERE WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN MORE SURVEY RESULTS. UM, SO WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER FOR THOSE, BUT SOME DISTRICTS WERE VERY CLEAR THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ASSESSMENT INCREASES. WE ALSO SAW SOME DISTRICTS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT IF IT MEANS ADDITIONAL SERVICES. SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE ON A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT BASIS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK. OKAY, GOOD. AND THE ESTIMATES THAT WE SEE IN THE CHARTS ARE ALREADY INCLUDING WHAT YOUR ANALYSIS DO YOU MEAN THE ESTIMATES OF LIKE FUTURE ASSESSMENTS, WHAT THE FUTURE ASSESSMENTS WILL BE LIKE? WE WILL SEND US THE DOCUMENT TIERED. YEAH, THOSE WILL BE TIERED OPTIONS. UH, TIERED. SO THEY'RE ALREADY, YOU'VE ALREADY PUT IN THE NUMBERS OF EXPECTATION IS WHAT I'M ASKING, OR IS THAT TO BE DONE LATER? THAT'S TO BE DONE LATER. SO THE COST THAT YOU SEE IN THE ENGINEERS REPORT REFLECTS THE CURRENT COSTS? CURRENT COSTS WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. JUST SO, UH, I GET THAT STRAIGHT. AND YOU SAID YOU HAD, UH, JUST TWO INTERNS WORKING ON DOING ALL THE SURVEYING FOR THIS SUMMER, CORRECT? FOR THE, FOR THE SUMMER. GOOD. UM, JUST A QUESTION. ARE THEY PAID OR VOLUNTEER OR THEY'RE PAID VOL OR THEY ARE PAID INTERNS. OH, EXCELLENT. IT'S NICE TO HAVE PAID INTERNS. UH, SO I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. UM, AND THE INVENTORIES THAT THEY'RE TAKING, UM, HOW DETAILED OF DATA ARE THEY COLLECTING? ARE THEY COLLECTING LIKE TREE SPECIES AND HEALTH OR JUST THERE'S A TREE HERE LOCATED AT THIS POINT? THEY'RE JUST COLLECTING THAT THERE'S A TREE LOCATED HERE. UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIALIZED INTERN THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP US ON THAT LEVEL. OKAY, GOOD. UM, AND THE LIST THAT YOU SHOWED US WAS HARD TO SEE THE, THE BOTTOM, UH, 10 'CAUSE THE, THE TEXT COMES UP ON OUR SCREEN, SO WE DON'T EVEN SEE THAT. JUST ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION [02:35:01] FOR EVERYBODY PRESENTING. WE NEED TO LEAVE THAT BOX EMPTY, UH, IN ALL PRESENTATIONS. BE NICE SO THAT WE SEE THE WHOLE SLIDE, NOT JUST THREE QUARTERS OF IT, BUT, UM, UH, THERE WAS ONLY 31 ON THAT LIST OVER THREE YEARS. I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET ALL 50 DONE IN, IN THE THREE YEAR PERIOD. SO WHY IS THERE NOT LIKE 15 IN EACH LIST? YEAH, THE REMAINING DISTRICTS WERE SURVEY ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE FINANCIALLY STABLE. SO THIS IS OUR FIRST THREE YEARS OF THIS CLEANUP PROJECT. DEPENDING ON WHAT WE LEARN FROM EACH YEAR AS WE DO IT, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THOSE DISTRICTS FURTHER. BUT AS WE MENTIONED, WE HAD TO GO WITH THE FIRST, UM, DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE MOST FINANCIAL NEED AT THIS POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. RIGHT? THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. QUICK QUESTION ON, UM, THE ASSESSMENTS FOR EVERY YEAR. 'CAUSE THERE WERE YEARS THAT THE ASSESSMENTS WEREN'T APPLIED. 'CAUSE AUTOMATICALLY YOU CAN INCREASE THEM. ARE WE DOING THAT NOW? SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ANY DISTRICT UP TO ITS MAXIMUM, WHICH IS, UH, DECLARED IN THEIR FORMATION DOCUMENTS. SOME OF THOSE CAN BE INCREASED BY 2% EACH YEAR. SOME OF THOSE CAN BE INCREASED BY CPI. SO IN THE DISTRICTS WHERE WE HAVE THE CLEAR FORMATION DOCUMENTATION, WE ARE APPLYING THOSE FOR THE DISTRICTS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE THE CLEAR FORMATION DOCUMENTATION. WE'RE APPLYING THE 2% ANNUAL. AND, UM, CAN I CONFIRM? AND, AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS NOT A TWO 18 HEARING 'CAUSE IT'S WITHIN YOUR GRANTED ABILITY TO PROCEED WITH. OKAY. THANKS. GOOD ANSWER. UM, AND THEN, UM, TO FOLLOW ON WITH THE DISTRICTS THAT THE OTHER, UH, 19 DISTRICTS THAT AREN'T IN YOUR THREE YEAR PLAN, REALLY IT IS A FOUR YEAR PLAN. 'CAUSE WE WANT TO ASK THEM HOW THEY WANT THEIR DISTRICTS TO, I MEAN, WE'VE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM EVERY KIND OF DISTRICT, BUT WE'VE SORTED ON WHICH ONES ARE FINANCIALLY TROUBLESOME NOW, BUT PEOPLE THAT WANT IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND MIGHT BE IN THAT LAST 19, THEY'LL GET THEIR CHANCE. SO REALLY IT'S A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM RIGHT? OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THAT 19. CORRECT. AND WE REALLY LOOK TO THE SURVEY RESULTS FOR THOSE 19. SO IF WE SAW THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN THOSE SUR IN THOSE, UH, SURVEY RESULTS, WE CAN START TO ADDRESS THOSE NOW. NOT WAIT FOR A FOURTH YEAR. STATISTICS ARE TRICKY. UH, WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD ONE IN EVERY, UH, OF, UH, QUITE A NUMBER 47, UM, ONE RESPONSE, BUT YOU PROBABLY HAD A LOT OF RESPONSES AND SOME, AND SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE IN EACH. UM, HOW MANY PROPERTIES OR POSTCARDS WERE SENT OUT TO GET 600 REPLIES? IS THAT ONE IN 10? ONE IN 100? UH, WE SENT THEM TO EACH PARCEL OWNER, WHICH IS ABOUT 4,400 PARCEL OWNERS. 4,400 DIVIDED BY 600. I'LL WORK ON THAT. UM, THANK YOU. WHAT DID YOU SAY? 15, 15% RETURN RATE. OKAY. UM, AND, UM, WITH THAT, UM, LIKE TO OPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM, UH, WHAT I CLERK HELP US ON THIS. YES. UH, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IF WE GOT A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM. WE DID HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 13 THAT WAS POSTED AHEAD OF THE MEETING. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS TODAY, BUT IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SEEING NONE. OKAY. , FEEL FREE TO, UH, SPEAK AND FILL A CARD OUT AFTERWARDS. OKAY, THANKS. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I LIVE IN WESTRIDGE KNOWLES AND I DID SEE THE INTERNS COME OUT AND I SPOKE WITH THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND TAKING A LOOK AT THINGS. UM, I ALSO AM ONE OF THE ONES WHO FILLED OUT YOUR SURVEY. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. UM, I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN YOU SAY SOME DISTRICTS ARE GONNA GET A 50% INCREASE IN THEIR LANDSCAPE COSTS BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, HOW YOU LOOK AT THAT AND IF THERE'S ANY ALTERNATIVE FOR HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE PERSONALLY FOR ME IT WOULD BE A BIG HIT, UH, IF YOU GIVE US A 50% INCREASE IN OUR LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT. SO MAYBE THAT CAN BE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT COMES UP, BUT I HOPE IT'S NOT 50%. AND, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE ALL THE DRY GRASS CUTTING. AND I DO WALK IN TWO NEIGHBORHOODS. SO DID I JUST MISS IT? 'CAUSE I'LL BE ASKED BY PEOPLE THEY KNOW I COME TO THESE MEETINGS. WHERE WAS WESTRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD? WAS THAT IN 2026 OR WESTRIDGE? KNOLLS IS 2027. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, SHE DID. I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND IT DIDN'T GO . OKAY. BUT IT, BUT IT IS, IT IS A COMMENT PERIOD, NOT A QUESTION PERIOD. OH, THAT'S SO THANK YOU. SO, UM, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR LAST, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. AND SO I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL. AND I DID YOU WANT TO ASK THAT? I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTER. OKAY. THAT IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE AGENDA, [02:40:01] THE PRESENTATION THAT SHE JUST DID WITH THE SLIDES, I FOUND THE AGENDA. I'LL LOOK FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT DIRECTLY OF STAFF. THEY HAVE A SLIDE HERE THEY CAN PULL UP WHERE WESTRIDGE KNO IS THAT, UH, WESTRIDGE KNOLLS IS CURRENTLY SLATED FOR 2027. YES. AND THEN MY ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, AND THEN MY OTHER, THE OTHER QUESTION I WANNA ASK IS, WHAT IS THE INCREASE IN WESTRIDGE KNOLL WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IN YOUR DATA? THE WESTRIDGE KNOLLS DISTRICT RECEIVED THE 2% INCREASE, WHICH IS $1 AND 74 CENTS. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BRACKET TO COUNCIL MOTION QUESTION? I'M NOT QUESTION. WE ALREADY DID QUESTION, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION HERE. OH, DO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT AND OUR COMMENT RAISING HAND? WHO, WHO WANTS TO GO? FRANK, PLEASE GO. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO, UM, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. I DON'T WANT TO, I I DON'T WANT TO JUMP THE GUN HERE AND MAKE IT, UH, AND CONCERN FOLKS. LIKE, I REALIZE THIS IS A THING THAT'S BEEN NEGLECTED AND, UH, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET IT UP TO SPEED. UM, PERSONALLY I THINK IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED BECAUSE IT'S THE, THE PROCESS IS JUST TOO CUMBERSOME. AND I, I REALIZE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR PUBLIC, UH, INPUT. AND I'M NOT, I WOULD NEVER SUGGEST THAT WE, WE DON'T INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THESE THINGS, BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS PROCESS IS, IS A BIT BUREAUCRATIC. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE STAFF WORK ON A WAY TO STREAMLINE THIS, WHERE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO REVISIT, YOU KNOW, OR PUT OFF AND NOT REVISIT IT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF TO WORK ON IT. RIGHT? IT SHOULD BE IN, IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD RIGHTSIZE THE RATES, LIKE GET THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO RIGHTSIZE THE RATES AND WORK OUT A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL INCREASES BASED ON AN INDEX. UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SPEND VALUABLE STAFF AND COUNCIL TIME DEALING WITH THIS. I JUST WANNA SEE IT, YOU KNOW, WE, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD MAKE THIS WORK A LOT SMOOTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO VOTING? COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS? HOW DID I KNOW? UM, YES. UM, SO FAR, AFTER 30 YEARS OF TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING AT ALL, UM, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES, THERE'S LOTS OF LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS APPARENTLY TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, AND ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO WE'RE AT THIS POINT WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACTION GOING. UM, YES, I RECOGNIZE IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT. I'VE ASKED FOR IT TO BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT IN THE PAST. UM, BUT THIS IS AS EFFICIENT AS THE STAFF CAN BE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. AND, AND SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE, UM, A MOTION AND, AND SOMEBODY GIMME A SECOND HERE REAL QUICK. I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. SECOND FROM CATER THOMPSON. AND, UM, MY COMMENTS ARE ECHO. UH, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY, UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS IS, IS THAT, UH, WELL THERE ARE TWO PARTS. THIS ONE IS THE ANNUAL REQUIREMENT TO, TO KEEP UP. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT BE A CONSENT ITEM IN ANY FUTURE TIME. YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING UP, EVEN THOUGH I REALIZE THAT COSTS DIFFER THAN WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CHARGE, WHICH COMPLICATES MATTERS. BUT THE, UM, THE POINT ABOUT, UM, THE DISSATISFACTION IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE EXISTING LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COVER, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT ACCELERATED, COMPACTED, FIGURED OUT HOW TO, UM, BE MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE THREE OR FOUR YEARS TO WAIT WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY NOTICING THAT IT'S BEEN BAD FOR A LONG TIME AND FINALLY SOMEBODY OPENED THE DOOR FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT AND FOUR YEARS TO WAIT IS TRICKY. SO THAT'S JUST FEEDBACK. AND WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE BARN. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. REBS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE WE GOT AHEAD OF OURSELVES THERE. , I THINK BECAUSE, UM, IF I, UH, RECALL CORRECTLY, WE HAVE A RECUSAL PROCESS ON THIS ONE. THAT, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE WHERE THERE'S NO RECUSALS. THEN THAT WAS THE MOTION ON CUSAL. THAT'S ONE. BUT WE HAVE FIVE MORE MOTIONS. . OKAY. SO ON, ON THIS ONE, WHAT WE'RE MOVING TO IS A RECUSAL, UM, LET'S SEE, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER BARN BY BARN. AND, AND SO CUS AND ALL OF THESE, UM, RECUSALS ARE FOR THE SAME REASON, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER LIVES OR HAS PROPERTY WITHIN 500 [02:45:01] FEET. AND SO, UM, EACH OF US WILL BE STEPPING OUT IN SEPARATE MOMENTS. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. UM, AND SO WE ARE ONTO A MOTION AND, AND A SECOND. IT WAS A MOTION FOR, UH, FROM SHRIVES AND A SECOND FROM MOTION THERE. SECOND HERE. I GOT IT. MOTION FROM CATER THOMPSON AND A SECOND FROM RES. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. RECUSED, UH, CATER THOMPSON. YES. DI CARLY? YES. NOW YES. QUINT? YES. RES YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE IN AND COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY OUT. THIS NEXT ONE I'LL MAKE THE MOTION WE HAVE, UM, SECOND, LET'S HOLD THE VOTE TILL THE DOORS ARE CLOSED. . SO DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE MOTION, THE SECOND AND THE ROLL CALL BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON. YES. TO CARLY RECUSE NOW? YES. QUINT. YES. TRIBS. YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. I'LL NOW BE PASSING THE BATON TO VICE MAYOR AND WE'LL WAIT FOR THE MAYOR TO RECUSE HIMSELF. AND I'LL TAKE, UH, MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. SHR. OKAY, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. AND A SECOND. SECOND BY CATER THOMPSON. CLERK A ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. BARNICLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. DID CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SHRIVES? YES. MCDONALD. RECUSE. MOTION CARRIES. AND THE MAYOR CAN COME BACK. ANDRES WILL RECUSE HIMSELF AND I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. SO ON THIS, UH, NEXT MOTION, WHO DO WE HAVE FOR MAKING A MOTIONS? THOMPSON. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL SECOND AND SECOND FROM THE VICE MAYOR. MICHAEL. AYE. . THANK YOU. CATER THOMPSON? YES. DE CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. TRIBS, RECUSED AND MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND THE NEXT ONE WE'RE ASKING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS QUINT TO, UM, REUSE. OKAY. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FROM JANICE KATER THOMPSON. I'LL SECOND. SECOND FROM THE VICE MAYOR. ROLL CALL. BARNACLE. AYE. KATER THOMPSON? YES. DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT, RECUSED. SHRIVES. YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THAT EFFORT. AND, UM, ITEM, THE [14. Resolutions Ordering Abatement of Nuisances Consisting of Hazardous Vegetation and Rubbish Growing Upon Public and Private Property in the City of Petaluma and Ordering the Fire Department to Abate Said Hazardous Vegetation and Rubbish by Contract if Property Owners Fail to Do So Pursuant to Chapter 10.70 of the Petaluma Municipal Code] ITEM. WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM 14, RESOLUTIONS, ORDERING ABATEMENT OF, UH, NUISANCE INSISTING OF HAZARDOUS VISITATION. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE PARKS TEAM FOR ALL OUR EFFORT AND PULLING THAT ALL TOGETHER. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, AMY SIGGE TO THE PODIUM TO, UH, LEAD US THROUGH THIS I ITEM. AND, UM, HOW IS THIS ITEM GOING TONIGHT? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ON JANUARY 8TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE HAZARDOUS VE VEGETATION AND RUBBISH GROWING UPON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY ORDINANCE. THIS ORDINANCE FORMALLY DECLARES THAT WEEDS AND HAZARDOUS VEGETATION ON BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARCELS CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC NUISANCE. IN OUR SUBJECT TO ABATEMENT TONIGHT MARKS THE SECOND OFFICIAL COUNSEL ACTION FOR THE 2025 WEED ABATEMENT SEASON WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION, ORDERING THE ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS VEGETATION AND RUBBISH ON ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AFTER THE JUNE 1ST, 2025 SEASON START DATE NOTICES WERE MAILED TO AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS INFORMING THEM OF THIS HEARING AND THEIR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE. THIS PUBLIC HEARING, ALONG WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, SATISFIES LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT AUTHORIZE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ITS CONTRACTOR TO ENTER PRIVATE PROPERTY TO PERFORM WEED ABATEMENT. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO DO SO. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLETE THEIR WEED ABATEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ON THEIR OWN CITY INITIATED ABATEMENT FOR THESE ADDITIONALLY IDENTIFIED PROPERTIES OCCURS ONLY ON PROPERTIES WHEN THEY REMAIN OUT OF COMPLIANCE. AFTER THE STATED DEADLINE OF JULY 7TH, 2025, CITY INSPECTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANT PARCELS BEGAN ON JUNE 1ST, 2025, AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AFTER JUNE 1ST AND UP TO TODAY'S DATE, WE'LL BEGIN ABATEMENT ON JULY 8TH, 2025. THANK YOU. AND AS A REMINDER, THERE IS ONE RECUSAL ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING ME ON TRACK, . UM, SO, UM, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR, UH, OF OUR STAFF ACTING [02:50:01] FIRE MARSHAL. RIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RES, UH, JUST A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, IN, IN THE PAST THERE'S ONLY BEEN LIKE A FEW PROPERTIES. SO HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE NOW ON THE SCHEDULE THAT NEED, UH, OUR SUPPORT? YEAH, SO THERE ARE 16 ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AFTER THAT JUNE 1ST DEADLINE. OKAY. SO 16 PROPERTIES THERE WERE GONNA GO IN OR, OR HAVE JUST BEEN ADVISED. UM, THESE ARE 16 ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN ON OUR WEED ABATEMENT LIST. AND THESE USUALLY COME ACROSS BECAUSE OF LOT SPLITS OR COMPLAINT DRIVEN. RIGHT. SO THERE ARE, UH, SO 16 HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST. CORRECT. BUT HOW MANY ARE WE GOING TO HAVE NOT ACTUALLY DONE THE WORK AND WE HAVE TO GO IN AND ACTUALLY DO THE WORK FOR THEM? THAT VARIES YEAR TO YEAR. MOST PROPERTY OWNERS ABATE THEIR PROPERTIES ON THEIR OWN. UM, BUT I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO COUNCIL ON A EXACT NUMBER ON, ON HOW MANY HAVE BEEN ABATED ALREADY BY OUR CITY CONTRACTOR THIS YEAR. OKAY, GOOD. SO THIS ISN'T THE, BUT THE LIST OF NEEDS NEEDS, IT'S ALL WHAT'S BEEN ADDED TO IT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. YEAH. WE ARE STILL IN OUR, OUR RE ABATEMENT SEASON, UM, AND WE, WE ARE STILL ABATING PROPERTIES AS WE SPEAK. THESE ONES THAT ARE PRESENT ON THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION TONIGHT ARE ADDITIONALLY ADDED TO OUR LIST SINCE THE FIRST TIME WE CAME TO COUNCIL SO THAT THEY COULD RECEIVE THEIR PROPER NOTIFICATION AND WE CAN GO IN AND ABATE IF THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO BEGINNING, UH, TOMORROW. SO AT THIS POINT, HOW MANY HAVE WE ABATED OURSELVES, HAD TO GO IN AND DO THE WORK? AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO COUNSEL WITH THAT EXACT NUMBER. OKAY. JUST, UH, THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THAT'S OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING, BUT ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC SHOULD BRING THEIR CARD TO THE SPEAKER, TO THE CLERK'S DESK NOW AND SEEING NO ONE, UH, REST OF THE, UM, DIETS. WE WILL, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL. DON'T WE NEED SOMEONE TO RECUSE COUNSEL? AND, UM, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY I HAVE TO RECUSE. SO, UM, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. LET'S ASK STAFF WHY, UH, THERE'S A NOTE THAT, UH, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A PROPERTY TOO CLOSE IS, HAVE WE DONE A CHECK ON THAT? IS THAT THAT IS CORRECT. THE REASON, UH, LISTED FOR THE RECUSAL IS THAT THE, THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN 500 FEET. OKAY. YOU GOOD WITH IT? THERE ARE TWO THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION. YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY WE HAVE, UH, UH, TWO, TWO RESOLUTIONS IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT. ONE, THE, EVERYBODY GETS TO VOTE AND ONE WHERE THE, UH, CORRECT COUNCIL MEMBER KEN THOMPSON STEPS OUT. SO LET'S LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR THE EVERYBODY VOTES ONE. I'LL MOVE TO, UM, UH, ADOPT THE FIRST RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL GO IN SECOND. SO, UM, MOTION BY, UM, QUINT AND SECOND BY SHRIVES. AND ROLL CALL VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. DICK. CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SHRIVES? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND, UM, THE RECUSAL IS THE SAME AS, UM, IN ALL OUR CASES OF RECUSALS TONIGHT. SO, UM, UH, NOW I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION ON, ON, UM, THE NEXT, I'LL MOVE THE MOTION. THANK YOU. SECOND AND A SECOND BY BARNACLE AND A ROLL CALL VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON. RECUSED DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SCH SHRIMPS. YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL WELCOME OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BACK AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STAYING WITH US TO THIS HOUR OF THE EVENING. AND THAT BRINGS US [15. Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Title 16 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, Entitled “Airport and Aircraft”, including amendments to Chapter 16.04 “General Provisions and Definitions”, Chapter 16.06 “Airport Leases”, Chapter 16.08 “Motor Vehicles at Airport”, Chapter 16.12 “Aircraft on Ground”, Chapter 16.16 “Aircraft Taxiing, Landing and Takeoff”, Chapter 16.20 “Aircraft Traffic Patterns”, Chapter 16.24 “Aircraft Fueling and Defueling”, Chapter, Chapter 16.28 “Airport Fire Safety Rules”, Chapter 16.32 “Unlicensed Aircraft”, Pursuant to Federal Aviation Administration Order 5190.6B, and Chapter 16.32 “Violations and Penalties”] TO ITEM 15, WHICH IS AN INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT. UM, AND I'D FOR, FOR HELP WITH THIS, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DAN COHEN, OUR AIRPORT MANAGER. TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, MAYOR, STATE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16, UH, THE PETA MUNICIPAL CODE. TITLE 16 IS THE CITY RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PETA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, WHY, WHY SHOULD WE AMEND, UH, TITLE 16? NOW? IT WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN 1990. SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IS OUTDATED. UH, THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, THE FAA, HAS REQUESTED SOME CHANGES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE SECTIONS OF TITLE 16. THE CURRENT TITLE 16 AND A REVISION WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE AIRPORT COMMISSION REVIEWED BY THE FAA, THE ATTORNEY AND AIRPORT MANAGEMENT. NEXT SLIDE. THE PROCESS FOR THIS, UM, HAS STARTED WITH A REALLY LONG-TERM GOAL WITH THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO, UH, REVISE TITLE 16 FROM ITS 1990 VERSION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DATE THEY STARTED, BUT IN, UH, 2020, THE AIRPORT COMMISSION, UM, HAS A, UH, OPERATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE THAT PRODUCED A INITIAL DRAFT AND, UM, WITH INPUT FROM THE AIRPORT COMMISSION AVIATION COMMUNITY, [02:55:01] FAA AND AND SEA STAFF, UH, THE STAFF RE RE RECEIVED A LOT OF REVISIONS OVER ITS FOUR YEAR, FIVE YEAR PROCESS. ON JUNE 5TH, THE AIRPORT COMMISSION VOTED SEVEN TO ZERO ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR COUNCIL REVIEW. NEXT SLIDE. SO, WHERE ARE THESE CHANGES? UM, THEY, THEY ESSENTIALLY FALL INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF INTEREST. UH, THOSE REQUESTED BY THE FAA, THOSE REQUESTED BY CITY STAFF. AND, UM, THOSE REQUESTED BY AND PROPOSED BY THE AIRPORT COMMISSION AND AVIATION COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. THE FA HAD THREE REQUESTS FOR CHANGES. THE, THE BIGGEST ONE OF THEM, UH, THERE IS CURRENTLY A, UM, RESTRICTION THAT REQUIRES PRIOR PERMISSION FOR FLIGHT FOR ULTRA LIGHTS. THESE ARE SOME VERY SMALL LIGHT AIRCRAFT. UM, THAT WAS FROM THE ORIGINAL 1990 VERSION. THE FA FELT THAT THIS WAS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST ULTRA-LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND ASKED THAT BE REMOVED. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY TO WHY THAT RULE WAS PUT IN THERE. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT, BUT, UH, WE KNOW THAT IT NO LONGER APPLIES AS FAR AS, UH, PREVIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS AND OTHER THINGS. UH, ANOTHER, UH, REQUEST, UH, WAS TO REMOVE A, UH, RESTRICTION ON FUELING AIRCRAFT WHILE THE ENGINES ARE ON. IT'S ALSO CALLED HOT FEELING. UM, THE CURRENT VERSION DOES NOT ALLOW IT. THE FAA WANTED THAT TO BE AN OPTION AS LONG AS SAFETY RULES WERE COMPLIED WITH, UM, SAFETY RULES THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. UM, I DID THE CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT IS VERY RARE, BUT THE, THE FED, THE FEDERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT WANTED THAT TO BE AN OPTION IN CASE THEY EVER NEEDED IT. AND THEN THEY ALSO ASKED FOR CLEAR DEFINITIONS ON CODE. SOME OF THE REFERENCES WERE VERY VAGUE ON AIRPORT USERS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ALL RULES WITHOUT ACTUALLY STATING WHAT THOSE WERE. SO THEY ASKED FOR US TO CLEAN THAT UP, WHICH WE FELT WAS A GOOD CHANGE. UH, NEXT SLIDE. UH, THE CITY PROPOSED CHANGES, UM, WE'RE, UH, MOSTLY TO DO WITH, UM, UPDATED RULES AND, UH, RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CITY, UM, PERMITTING, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO ADD, UM, MORE INCLUSIVE GENDER, UH, INCLUSIVE TERMS, UH, REPLACING ALL THOSE, HE, HIS, HIM WITH, THEY THERE THEM. UM, SO JUST A KIND OF A CLEANUP, A 35 YEAR LATER CLEANUP OF ALL THOSE THINGS. UM, MOST OF THE CHANGES THE CITY, UH, HAD REQUESTED THE, UH, AIRPORT COMMISSION TO ADOPT, UM, WITH THEIR DRAFT WERE PRETTY MINOR IN GENERAL, BUT, UM, HAD TO DO MORE WITH MAKING SURE THAT IT MATCHED OUR CURRENT PROCEDURES. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THE AIRPORT COMMISSION AND AVIATION COMMUNITY PROBABLY MADE THE MOST CHANGES, THOUGH MINOR. THERE WERE JUST HUNDREDS OF SMALL LITTLE CHANGES. AND THE, THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO CLEAN UP OLD AND OUTDATED AVIATION TERMS, UM, AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NO LONGER CURRENT. THE SECONDARY GOAL WAS TO MAKE THIS DOCUMENT AS EVERGREEN AS POSSIBLE, UH, MINIMIZING FUTURE NEED FOR FUTURE CHANGES. AND, UM, OVERALL THERE WAS A, A REDUCTION IN DIRECT REFERENCES TO CERTAIN NUMBERS AND, UM, STANDARDS AND REFERRED BACK TO THE FA DOCUMENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. SO WHAT ARE THE IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES? UM, FA JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE TITLE 16 IS FA COMPLIANT, UM, WHICH THEY HAVE ASKED US TO, TO MAKE IT A MORE INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE. AND AVI AVIATION, AVIATION ACTIVITY, UH, LESS UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER, UM, APPLICABLE. AND THEN, UM, ACCURATE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, UM, FOR AIRPORT USERS. CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, GREAT PRESENTATION. IT'S RARE WE GOT A CHANCE TO CLEAN UP, UH, POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI? UM, YEAH. SO RECENTLY THERE'S A, UM, NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT, THAT'S BEING ATTEMPTED AND HAS EVEN, UM, BECOME A REALITY. AND, UH, UM, THAT'S AN ELECTRIC FLYING CAR. WE HAVE PROTOTYPES THAT HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED, LIKE THEY'VE SEEN VIDEOS, BUT I SAW A REPORT FROM CHINA, A LARGE COMPANY THERE. ONE OF THE TOP COMPANIES IS GONNA START MASS PRODUCING THEM THIS YEAR. MM-HMM . UH, THEY HAVE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE A, A DRONE. IT'S JUST A LARGE DRONE WITH A BOX ON IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE HELICOPTER, BUT WITH SIX BLADES GOING ON IT. AND THAT'S NOT IN ANY OF OUR CATEGORIES RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE SELLING 'EM FOR $250,000 EACH AND WE'LL GO WORLDWIDE IN, UH, IN ITS MARKET. SO, UM, THAT TECHNOLOGY IS, IS BEEN LOOKED AT FOR A LOT OF MANY YEARS, AND, BUT IT'S FINALLY CLOSE ON THE HORIZON, NOT, NOT TOO FAR AWAY. WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, I COULD EXPECT TO SEE ONE MAYBE ARRIVING AT OUR AIRPORT, UM, SOMEONE THAT CAN AFFORD IT AND ACTUALLY USE IT FOR COMMUTING TO SAN FRANCISCO, LET'S SAY. UM, THAT THAT'S THE, THAT'S LIKE THE DISTANCE THAT IS BEING, UH, IS BEING USED AS THE MARKET, UH, 30 MILE, 50 MILE DISTANCE THERE AND BACK CHARGE UP, COME ON [03:00:01] BACK AND, UM, VERY QUICK AIR, AIR COMMUTE. SO ALMOST LIKE A HELICOPTER CHEAPER THAN A HELICOPTER. SO, UM, DO WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT IN OUR RATE? IS THAT VERBIAGE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT? DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY AIRWAYS AND PATHWAYS FOR THAT NOW TYPE OF LANGUAGE? UM, JUST TO BE PREDICTIVE AS, OKAY, IN 10 YEARS WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING. UM, ARE WE PREPARED AND, AND COULD WE HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW WITH THE CURRENT RULES? YES. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHB? UH, YES. UH, WHETHER IT FALLS INTO CATEGORY OF POWERED LIFT OR, UM, FIXED WING AIRCRAFT, UM, WHATEVER IT IS, I, IT WOULD'VE FALLEN INTO CURRENT FA RULES. THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR, UM, ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL RULES AS FAR AS THE CITY'S CONCERNED. UM, GOOD. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ULTRALIGHT VERSUS A PLEASURE CRAFT VERSUS A LARGER CRAFT FOR, FOR GOING FROM CITY TO CITY, BUT THESE WOULD BE MORE THANK YOU. SMALLER COMMUTES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. AND WITH, UH, NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS YET. AND SEE NO ONE STEPPING UP. I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL FOR MOTION. SO MORE COMMENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THIS, BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE THE AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS AND IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND I KNOW THEY'RE EXCITED TO, TO HAVE IT DONE AND UPDATED. SO I'LL MOVE THEM, MOVE THE ITEM AND I, I'LL, I'LL SECOND IT. MR. MAYOR AND I CAN ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY. WE, I WORKED ON IT FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE HE CAME ON, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UM, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. GATOR THOMPSON? YES. DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. REBS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT BRINGS US TO, UM, I, UM, AND THANK YOU MUCH VERY MUCH, UH, MR. AIRPORT MANAGER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AND, UM, BRINGS US TO ITEM [16. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Apply to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program to Receive the Calendar Year 2023 Program Funding Allocation and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute any Contracts for the Program] 16, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM TO RECEIVE THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 PROGRAM FUNDING ALLOCATION AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY CONTRACTS FOR THE PROGRAM. IN HELPING US WITH THIS, WE HAVE, UH, KAREN MIZZU, OUR HOUSING MANAGER, AND SARAH WOLF, MANAGEMENT ANALYST. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO RECEIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM. UM, TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND, THE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM PROVIDES STABLE, ONGOING SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES AND COUNTIES TO ADDRESS LOCAL HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS NEEDS. UM, IT WAS DESIGNED TO MIRROR THE CDBG PROGRAM, ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY FEDERAL PASS THROUGH. UM, THE PLHA PROGRAM WAS CREATED BY SENATE BILL TWO BUILDING JOBS OR BUILDING HOMES AND JOBS ACT, AND IS FUNDED THROUGH A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION FEE. UM, BECAUSE THE REVENUE FLUCTUATES, THE STATE POOLS FUNDS OVER TIME AND ONLY ISSUES THE FUNDING, A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY ONCE SUFFICIENT FUNDS HAVE ACCRUED. UM, DUE TO THIS PROCESS, IT CAUSES A LAG BETWEEN THE CALENDAR YEAR OF THE ALLOCATION AND WHEN THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. UM, ELIGIBLE USES FOR THE FUNDING ARE LISTED HERE. UM, PRE-DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ACQUISITION, UM, FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, REHABILITATION ACCESSIBILITY MODIFICATIONS, HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, UM, INCLUDING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS IN 2021 HCD APPROVED PETALUMA'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND THE CITY WAS AWARDED $948,072 FOR 2019 THROUGH 2022 P-L-A-P-L-H-A ALLOCATIONS, UM, WHICH KAREN WILL EXPAND MORE ON, UM, THE FUNDING USES IN THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS. GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND, SARAH. UM, BRIEFLY, I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FUNDING AND WHAT WE'VE USED THAT FOR. SO, UM, THE ALLOCATION SARAH WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS FOR THE YEARS, UH, 2019 THROUGH 2022, WHERE WE RECEIVED $948,000 APPROXIMATELY, UM, OF [03:05:01] THAT THE FIRST YEAR, THE 2019 ALLOCATION, WE USED THAT AND COMMITTED THAT TO THE WASHINGTON TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WASHINGTON WASHINGTON COMMONS, UH, 44 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE 764,000 OF THAT WAS USED HAS BEEN INTEGRATED IN WITH OUR HOMELESS SERVICES WORK PLAN AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS LAST YEAR AND WILL BE USED THIS YEAR AS WELL IN THE YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS THE LAST YEAR, OR OUR LAST ALLOCATION FOR OUR TOTAL OF FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE FUNDING ALLOCATION OF $121,000 WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT HOMELESS SERVICE PROGRAMS. UM, ONCE WE, UM, COMPLETE THIS AND SUBMIT THIS TO THE STATE, UM, THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDING TO US WITH THAT. UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS HOLDING A PUBLIC, UH, HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS AND CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE. AND WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES. OKAY. EVERYTHING LOOKS, LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS THAT A LOT OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO WASHINGTON COMMONS, WHICH IS, UM, HAS NOT BROKEN GROUND YET. SO I WAS ASKING WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT PROJECT AND, UM, UH, IS THE MONEY ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED AND SPENT, UH, IN, IN THIS PROCESS? THAT PROJECT, UM, IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON RECEIVING THEIR ENTITLEMENT APPLICATION. MID PEN ACTUALLY ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO. UM, AND IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WE HAD HOPED OR ANTICIPATED TO GET THROUGH THE TRIBAL CONSULTATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THAT PROJECT. GOOD. IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE COMPLICATION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, UM, GIVEN THE CURRENT, UH, FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, UM, THAT LET'S SAY IF, IF THAT FAILS, IF THE, UH, IF THAT PROCESS FAILS, UH, GETTING ENOUGH MONEY TO, TO MAKE IT GO, UM, IS THERE ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR THE, FOR THIS FUNDING? THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES TO, UM, AS SARAH INDICATED BEFORE, THIS FUNDING IS STATE FUNDING, UM, AND IT IS RECEIVED THROUGH REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES. AND SO, UM, THE FUNDING IS, WHILE THE AMOUNT WILL FLUCTUATE, IT'S GUARANTEED FUNDING AND THERE'S NO, UM, FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS ON THAT. THERE'S NO FEDERAL FUNDING. SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY CHALLENGES IN REGARD TO THE OVERALL PROJECT FUNDING. I THINK WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, IT'S, IT, IT'S ALWAYS TAKES TIME AND CAN BE PLEX, UH, COMPLEX BECAUSE THE, UM, THE COMPETITION AND THE ELIGIBILITY AND THE TYPES OF FUNDING CONTINUOUSLY FLUCTUATES. GOOD. JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE, ON THE PROCESS, UM, HAVE WE RECEIVED THE MONIES? HAVE WE SPENT THE MONIES? UH, AT THIS POINT? UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IN THE LANGUAGE, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, WHAT WAS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? I HAD THE 900, WHAT WAS THAT? 9 48 7 2. WE RECEIVED THE $948,000 FROM THE STATE ALREADY. THE CITY HAS THAT IN ITS POSSESSION. IN POSSESSION AND WE'RE SEEKING THE OTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS NOW IS WHAT? THIS IS ABOUT 121,000. YES. 21,000. SO WE NEED TO STILL ASK FOR THE MONEY TO COME. YES. OKAY, GOOD. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU THAT, UM, IT, IT IS ALWAYS SHOCKING HOW LONG IT TAKES. I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN, UM, THEY APPROVED WASHINGTON COMMONS AS AN, UH, MARKET RATE. UH, I WAS ON PLANNING WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY APPROVED AS MARKET RATE, UM, THEY'RE ACROSS THE FREIGHT ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY AND THEN, UM, THAT PROJECT COULDN'T, WASN'T FINANCIALLY VIABLE. AND SO THEY SOLD TO AN AFFORDABLE AND YOU THINK, OH, THERE'S NO RULES ON AFFORDABLE, YOU CAN JUST BILL. AND HERE WE ARE YEARS AND YEARS LATER TRYING TO GO. SO, UH, MY QUESTION IS NOT THE CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT THE CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL REGARDING C QA, WOULD THAT ASSIST THIS PROJECT? I MEAN, IT'S AN INFILL, WHICH THE SQL WAIVER GOES. WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE WASHINGTON COMMONS WOULD'VE PROCEEDED FASTER UNDER THE, NO, UH, THE CHANGES IN CQA THAT JUST CAME OUTTA THE STATE OR WOULD FUNDING STILL DRIVE THE, THE WHOLE SCHEDULE? I, I REALLY THINK THAT THE APPROVAL PROCESS IS NOT THE BARRIER. IT'S, UM, APPLYING FOR AND BEING AWARDED THE CAPITAL STACK THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE THE PROJECT FINANCIALLY WORK. SO MAYBE THAT EFFORT AT THE STATE DOESN'T GAIN AS, AS MUCH AS WE HAD HOPED. IT REALLY DOESN'T IMPACT THIS PROJECT. I THINK I COULD PROBABLY CHECK IN WITH THE PLANNING MANAGER AND ANDREW TRIPLE AND HE COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED, UM, EXACT ANSWER [03:10:01] ON THAT SO I COULD GET BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THAT INFORMATION. YEAH, I WOULD LOVE BOTH OF PLANNING COMMISSION TO HAVE, UH, SOME SORT OF UPDATE ON THE SEQUEL CHANGE AS WELL AS COUNCIL AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS. UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS. THANK YOU. AND SEEING NO ONE STEP FORWARD, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY CATER THOMPSON. A SECOND BY NOW. AND A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. DID CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. REBS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, THIS TIME. AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE ARE ADJOURNED FOR THE EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, MS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.