Sep 08, 2025 City Council

SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY HISPANIC AND LATIN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CELEBRATE THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE.

UH, LET'S SEE.

SO, WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA RECOGNIZES THE LATINO A EX HERITAGE MONTH BY HONORING THE HIST HISTORY'S CULTURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING, BUILDING A WELCOMING AND NEIGHBORLY COMMUNITY, EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND FOSTERING EQUITY FOR EVERY RESIDENCE, WHEREAS MORE THAN 21% OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S POPULATION IDENTIFIES AS HISPANIC OR LATIN AMERICAN.

AND SPANISH IS THE SECOND MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND 35% OF THE SCHOOL AGE POPULATION, UH, IS A LATINO, A E EX.

AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR LATIN AMERICAN REPRESENTING OVER 18% OF THE POPULATION NATIONWIDE, LATIN AMERICANS CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR NATION'S CHARACTER, SHAPE OUR COMMON FUTURE, AND STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S PROMISE.

AND WHEREAS MEXICO AND CHILE ALSO CELEBRATE THEIR INDEPENDENCE DURING, UH, LATINO, A EX HERITAGE MONTH ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AND 18TH RESPECTIVELY.

AND WHEREAS LATINO, UH, NATIONAL LATINO, A EX HERITAGE MONTH IS OBSERVED FROM

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AND WHEREAS FOSTERING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, OR PLACE OF ORIGIN, ENHANCES PETALUMA'S CULTURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH COM, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, COMPETITIVENESS, AND OVERALL PROSPERITY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS LATINO, A EX HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF PET PETALUMA, AND ENCOURAGE PETALUMA TO SHARE IN THIS SPECIAL ANNUAL TRIBUTE THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND CELEBRATE THE GENERATIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATIN AMERICANS WHO HAVE POSITIVELY INFLUENCED AND ENRICH OUR NATION AND SOCIETY.

AND MAY I ADD, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT THAN THIS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO RECEIVE THIS.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

MAYOR MCDONALD, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER FLYNN, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HONORED GUESTS.

WHO YOU SAY MAYOR? UH, COUNSELORS, UH, CITY MANAGERS, EVERYONE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ON BEHALF OF THE PETALUMA HEALTH CENTER, IAN GAFE PUENTE, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO RECEIVE THIS PRO PROCLAMATION.

UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

UH, RIGHT NOW FOR MY COMMUNITY.

UM, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN CONSTANTLY UNDER ATTACK, UM, AND THE ATTACKS DON'T STOP.

SO EVERY TIME THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM ESTEEM INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE OF HOPE, AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASE KEEP SUPPORTING US.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TONIGHT FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AND LIKE TO INVITE TOM JORDAN, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY TO THE PODIUM, TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION, AND TO, UM, ALSO TO INTRODUCE ALL OF, UH, THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE JOINED US TONIGHT.

AND I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION HERE, AND IT'S JUST WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS PREPARED THIS MONTH, A TIME OF TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTION TO TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS TO PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES OF ALL TYPES.

AND WHEREAS THE READY.GOV CAMPAIGN REMINDS US THAT EMERGENCIES CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AND AT ANY PLACE.

AND THAT BEING PREPARED THROUGH CREATING EMERGENCY PLANS, ASSEMBLING GO-TO KIT, GO KITS, AND STAYING INFORMED SAVES LIVES AND SPEEDS RECOVERY.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA AFFIRM THAT PREPAREDNESS REQUIRES STRONG COORDINATION THROUGH STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THOSE CLOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY OF SONOMA, THE OPERATIONAL AREA JURISDICTIONS, THE STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, AND SUCH AS OUR, UH, VERY FINE, UH, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD TRAINING CENTER, PETALUMA AND OUR CITY AFFILIATED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO'S TESTED AND PROVEN CAPABILITIES EXTEND ASSISTANCE TO OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND REGIONAL NEIGHBORS DURING TIMES OF NEED.

WHEREAS THE FED, THE PETALUMA FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, ADVANCING FIRE SAFETY THROUGH INSPECTIONS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS, AND PROTECTS LIVES AND PROPERTY DURING THE FIRE SEASON AND BEYOND.

WHEREAS THE RESILIENCE OF THE CITY DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON GOVERNMENT READINESS, BUT ON THE READINESS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE, TA TAKING ACTION TO PREPARE THEMSELVES AND LOOK OUT FOR VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS, THEREBY STRENGTHENING OUR COLLECTIVE ABILITY TO RESPOND AND RECOVER.

WHEREAS THE COMMITMENT OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES TO SERVICE DURING BOTH ROUTINE OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCIES IS A TESTAMENT TO THE ONE PETALUMA SPIRIT, ENSURING THAT TOGETHER WE BUILD SAFE, SAFER, MORE RESILIENT FUTURE FOR ALL WHO LIVE, WORK AND VISIT HERE.

SO NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO VISIT READY.GOV AND THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEBPAGE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A PLAN, BUILD A KIT, STAY INFORMED, AND GET INVOLVED.

AND BECAUSE PREPAREDNESS TODAY BUILDS RESILIENCE TOMORROW.

THANK YOU

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MY NAME IS TOM JORDAN, AND I SERVE AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH HERE IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA.

AS THE PROCLAMATION REMINDS US, PREPAREDNESS IS NOT JUST A CHECKLIST, IT'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.

IT STARTS WITH INDIVIDUAL ACTION, BUT IT THRIVES WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, ORGANIZATION TO ORGANIZATION ACROSS CITY AND COUNTY LINES AND ENC CLOSE COORDINATION WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS IN PETALUMA, WE UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITY BUILDING IS THE BEST DISASTER RESILIENCE ACTION.

WHEN WE PREPARE TOGETHER.

WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING PLANS AND KITS, WE'RE BUILDING TRUST, CAPACITY AND CONNECTION.

AND IN TIMES OF CRISIS THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

WE'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND, WHETHER IT WAS DURING WILDFIRE EVACUATIONS, POWER OUTAGES, FLOODS, OR REGIONAL EXTREME TEMPERATURE WEATHER PATTERNS, OUR COMMUNITY DIDN'T HESITATE.

VOLUNTEERS STEPPED UP, ORGANIZATIONS MOBILIZED, NEIGHBORS LOOKED OUT FOR EACH OTHER, AND WE SAW FAITH-BASED GROUPS OPEN THEIR DOORS.

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS STRETCH THEIR REACH AND LOCAL RADIO STATIONS KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED WHEN IT MATTERED THE MOST.

BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE PROUD TODAY TO RECOGNIZE SOME INCREDIBLE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELP STRENGTHEN PETALUMA'S RESILIENCE YEAR ROUND AND WHO ARE JOINING US IN CHAMBERS THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT THE PROCLAMATION PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICE CENTER, REPRESENTED TODAY BY MEGAN KELLY.

WE'VE GOT A FEW FOLKS LOST TO HOLD TO THE END, BUT MEGAN GOT THAT.

UM, SALVATION ARMY PETALUMA, REPRESENTED BY DAVID ADAMS, REBUILDING TOGETHER, PETALUMA REPRESENTED BY DRAKE CUNNINGHAM, KPCA 1 0 3 0.3 FM RADIO PETALUMA, REPRESENTED BY ROB THOMASES.

OUR SONOMA COAD ARE THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER, REPRESENTED BY ELAINE TOLAI AND KENDALL JARVIS, AMERICAN RED CROSS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL REGION, REPRESENTED BY PAULA ROBERTS AND LEILA LELAND MONTEL.

THANK YOU PAULA.

COOL PETALUMA REPRESENTED BY NATASHA JULIANA.

AND AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, WE HAVE A UNIFORMED PRESENCE, UM, IN THE ROOM.

AND THAT IS OUR, UH, OUR LOCAL SCOUT TROOP NINE, REPRESENTED BY JOHN SHEMP AND SEVERAL SCOUTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND I, I'D BE REMISS, I'M SURE ON ON THE DAIS, ALL OF YOU'RE AWARE.

BUT, UH, DON'T MISS THEIR 13TH ANNUAL PREPAREDNESS FAIR.

THAT'S GONNA BE HELD IN WALNUT PARK.

THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE 28TH, AS USUAL TO OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS, UH, WHOSE COLLABORATION IS ESSENTIAL.

THE COUNTY OF SONOMA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR JEFF DEVAL AND SOME OF HIS STAFF, THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, REPRESENTED BY KEVIN ZEKI AND THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD TRAINING CENTER, PETALUMA REPRESENTED BY THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, CAPTAIN JOHN BIRCH.

YOUR SERVICE, COLLABORATION, AND COMMITMENT TO THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY HAVE HELPED MAKE THIS CITY GROW MORE RESILIENT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE EXCITED TO FURTHER BUILD OUR DISASTER RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIPS, TO EXPAND TRAINING, IMPROVE OUTREACH, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND INDIVIDUAL HAVE THE TOOLS AND CONNECTIONS THEY NEED TO FACE EMERGENCIES.

AS THE PROCLAMATION SAYS, IN COMMUNITY, WE FIND RESILIENCE, AND I'LL ADD IN RESILIENCE.

WE FIND HOPE, HOPE ROOTED IN OUR ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER, ADAPT AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

TO CLOSE, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOME WORDS.

THE STRENGTH OF A COMMUNITY IS NOT MEASURED BY THE ABSENCE OF CRISIS, BUT HOW WE COME TOGETHER WHEN IT COUNTS MOST.

LET'S CONTINUE TO EMPOWER, EQUIP, AND CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY, THE TRUE BACKBONE OF DISASTER RESILIENCE.

ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND IF I COULD ASK OUR GROUP TO COME TO THE FRONT, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTOGRAPH WITH EVERYBODY IN IT.

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AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO JOIN US FOR THE NEXT, I'LL LEAVE THOSE EXITING A MINUTE TO EXIT.

[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]

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

SO PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.

AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.

IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 20, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK, WE'LL PUT THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO BE HEARD AT AFTER THE LAST BUSINESS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CLERK IF WE RECEIVED ANY PRIOR COMMENTS IN, AND THEN TO READ OUR MESSAGING, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME.

WE RECEIVED SEVEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THOSE ARE POSTED, UH, ON THE ONLINE AGENDA PACKET.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL START A 32ND CLOCK.

AND DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, 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.

WE ARE JUST GETTING USED TO HAVING YOU ON THE OPPOSITE HAND OF THE ROOM.

UM, OH, UM, LET'S SEE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 10 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS TONIGHT, AND THE MATH, IF I'M RIGHT, IS, UH, TO TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE SET THE CLOCK AT TWO MINUTES PER AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE DAVE ALDEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY NICOLA FRY.

THIS REVERSAL OF THE ROOM REALLY IS DISCONCERTING.

I'M NOT SURE I KNOW HOW TO SPEAK LEFT-HANDED, BUT , I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.

UH, I'M DAVE ALDEN OF PETALUMA URBAN CHAT.

AS HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR THIRD ANNUAL BETTER PETALUMA FILM FESTIVAL ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, TRYING TO BRING YOU NEW IDEAS AND NEW WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT LAND USE.

WE TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS YEAR, RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH A SERVICE TO FIND THE FILMS WE'RE GONNA SHOW.

WE WENT ONLINE, YOUTUBE, ET CETERA, LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT REALLY WE THOUGHT SPOKE BEST TO PETALUMA.

THAT WAS A LOT MORE WORK THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE.

WE MAY NOT DO IT AGAIN, BUT I'M REAL HAPPY IT DID BRING SOME NEW VOICES TO THE FILM FESTIVAL WE HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE.

PETER CALTHORPE, HOWARD BLACKSON, GRAYSON JOHNSON, DAN, HER AND OTHERS FOLKS I'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS.

AND I'M JUST, I'M PLEASED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR THEM IN OUR FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE'VE ALWAYS BENEFITED FROM HAVING COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THAT FESTIVAL ENGAGING WITH US, ESPECIALLY AT THE PIZZA AFTERWARDS.

GOOD CONVERSATIONS.

THUS, YOU WILL ALL RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY TICKET TO THE FILM FESTIVAL IN THE EMAIL IN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

WE HOPE YOU CAN BE THERE.

THE EVENT AS BEFORE WILL BE AT THE BOULEVARD CINEMAS SIX O'CLOCK.

WE CAN BEGIN SOCIALIZING IN THE LOBBY.

SEVEN O'CLOCK.

THE FILMS WILL BEGIN SHOWING.

AND NINE O'CLOCK WE RECONVENE AT HANK'S TO CHAT UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING.

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

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NICOLA FRY TO BE FOLLOWED BY LILA DUSTOFF.

UM, TONIGHT I'M REPRESENTING THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE ARE INVITING PETALUMA RESIDENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS TO A FREE SENIOR RESOURCES SYMPOSIUM, EMPOWERING OUR SENIORS, CAREGIVERS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY.

WE'LL TAKE PACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH FROM EIGHT 30 TO THREE 30.

THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE SENIOR PETALUMA SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UH, IT WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'LL INCLUDE ALSO A FREE LUNCH JOINING REBUILDING TOGETHER, PETALUMA AND MANY OTHER GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR MORE THAN 35 BREAKOUT SESSIONS.

OVER 50 INFORMATION TABLES, A UNIQUE WALL ZONE, AND THE OTHER INTERESTING DISPLAY DISPLAYS, INCLUDING THE NEW RTP MOBILE BOOKMOBILE, AND A SLIDESHOW ABOUT THE PROPOSED PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.

SO MUCH, MUCH MORE.

WE HOPE, WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE.

OCTOBER 11TH, EIGHT 30 TO THREE 30.

THANK YOU, LILA DUSTOFF TO BE FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE GRABOWSKI.

HELLO, MY NAME IS LILA DUSTOFF AND I LIVE IN MIDTOWN PETALUMA.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL AND MAKE IT FEEL SAFER AND CLEANER.

TWO OF THE MAIN ISSUES FACING THE TRAIL ARE TRASH AND GRAFFITI.

TO DEAL WITH THE TRASH, I AM SUGGESTING THAT THE CITY SEND BIMONTHLY CLEANUPS ALONG KEY AREAS OF THE TRAIL.

ADDITIONALLY, PLACING MORE TRASH CANS ALONG THE TRAIL WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

IDEALLY, FULLY ENCLOSED ONES, MY NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLD ME THEY WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY CLA THE COMMUNITY TRASH CLEANUPS THAT THE CITY ORGANIZES EACH YEAR, PROVIDING MORE SIGNAGE AND NOTICE TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THESE CLEANUPS WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO DEAL WITH THE GRAFFITI.

I SUGGEST THAT THE CITY PUT IN MEASURES TO DETER IT BY PAINTING OVER IT REGULARLY WITH DARKER PAINT OR ANTI GRAFFITI PAINT OR INSTALLING SURVEILLANCE.

ADDITIONALLY, PROVIDING SIGNAGE ABOUT THE GRAFFITI HOTLINE WOULD HELP TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY SO WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR SHOW CLEANER AND SAFER.

OVER 50 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED MY PETITION TO STATE THAT THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF THESE MATTERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

AND, UM, UM, I NEED TO REMIND ALL THE, ALL THE AUDIENCE THAT, UM, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOUR COMMENTS IN THE TWO MINUTE TIME OR IF YOU WISH OTHERWISE, UM, SENDING IN YOUR COMMENTS VIA EMAIL GETS THEM DISTRIBUTED ALL DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL AND READ AT COUNCIL.

SO, UM, UM, SOMETIMES, UH, BOTH IS EVEN BETTER.

UH, NEXT, UH, CATHERINE BOBOWSKI TO BE FOLLOWED BY JODI JOHNSON.

YES, MY NAME IS CAPTAIN BROWSKI.

I LIVE AT THE LEW WOODS FIELD OF MOBIL PARK.

I DID SOME INVESTIGATE ON HARMONY.

I FOUND THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE HARMONY'S BEEN, THERE HAS BEEN COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST HARMONY WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY STATEWIDE, UH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, UH, FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND ALSO, UH, FOR MISLEADING CITIES DOING RENT GOUGING, BREAKING ALL THE LAWS.

AND THEY SHOULD BE STOPPED RIGHT NOW.

THEY SHOULD BE PUT OUTTA BUSINESS.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING BREAKING LAWS, AND TWO, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ALL THE RESIDENTS NOTICE ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF THE PARK AT ALL.

THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THE ONSITE MANAGER, HER FAMILY AND HER FRIENDS.

AND ALSO TOO, THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

AND ALSO TOO, THEY'VE BEEN, OR ALSO STOCKING MY MOBILE HOME 24 HOURS A DAY.

24 HOURS A DAY.

THE MANAGER'S FAMILY THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

AND IT'S ALSO TOO, THEY'RE PRESSURING HARMONY'S PRESSURING RESIDENTS TO SELL THEIR MOBILE HOME TO HARMONY SO THEY COULD, UH, SELL THE MOBILE HOME FOR HIGHER RENT, I MEAN, HIGHER MONEY AND RENT THE SPACE FOR HIGHER MONEY.

REMEMBER OUR GRATEFUL HEARTS AND A SPRING OF HOPE IN OUR STEPS THAT DID DID NOT EXIST HOURS BEFORE YOUR VOTE, WE WANNA SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT AS WE ALWAYS HAVE STRIVED TO DO.

JODY JOHNSON SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY STAFF.

TONIGHT WE SPEAK TO YOU FIRST FROM GRATEFUL HEARTS.

ON AUGUST 4TH, YOU MET THIS MOMENT WITH COURAGE, GRACE, AND CONCERN FOR YOUR FELLOW PETALUMA NEIGHBORS.

NOTABLY, ON AUGUST 4TH, OUR MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN THE GIFT OF HOPE BY EACH OF YOU IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU MAY THINK YOU ARE NOT MAKING THE DIFFERENCE YOU SET FORTH TO DO IN THIS SERVICE TO PETALUMA, PLEASE

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FROM THE MOMENT THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED AND THE ONSLAUGHT OF RETALIATION OCCURRED IN THREE OF OUR PARKS, WE CAME PUBLICLY TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE WERE TRANSPARENT AND CERTAINLY GAVE THE PARK OWNERS AN OPEN FORUM TO DISPUTE ANYTHING SPOKEN OUT LOUD.

WE HAVE BEEN AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR WELL OVER TWO YEARS.

WE PRODUCED FACTS SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE THAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING SECRETLY IN ALL OF OUR PARKS FOR YEARS.

WE ALWAYS KNEW WHAT WE WERE PUBLICLY PUTTING ON THE RECORD.

YOU KNEW WHAT WE WERE BRINGING TO LIGHT.

THE COMMUNITY KNEW WHAT WE WERE BRINGING TO LIGHT.

WE WERE NOT ENGAGED IN SECRET BEHIND THE SCENES COMMUNICATION TO DELIVER OUR COMPLAINTS OR INFORMATION.

WE SPOKE TO THE CITY ABOUT COMPLAINTS AND VIOLATIONS, AND WE ALWAYS LAID THE COMPLAINTS AND VIOLATIONS IN PUBLIC AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR WELL OVER TWO YEARS.

IN 2025, ALL PARK OWNERS COMMUNICATION TO YOU IN THE CITY WAS DONE SECRETLY EITHER ONE-ON-ONE OR BEHIND THE SCENES.

THIS NATURE OF COMMUNICATION WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT DENIES A REBUTTAL IN PERSON FROM ANY RESIDENT.

SO ON AUGUST 4TH, HEARING PARK OWNERS' WORDS DIRECTLY USED BY SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS A BIT ALARMING.

WE HEARD CLOSING OF LOOPHOLES ON AN ALREADY SETTLED REVISED 2023 RENT STABILIZATION.

THANK YOU TIM PORTUS TO BE FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER BOYLE.

ORDINANCE WAS HEAVY HANDED.

WE REMIND YOU AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARK OWNERS AND ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU VOTED IN A LESS COSTLY ARBITRATION.

YOU VOTED IN A DEFINED METHOD OF MNOI FOR ANY ARBITRATOR TO USE IN DETERMINING IF A PARK OWNER DESERVED MORE GROUND RENT THAN ESTABLISHED YEARLY.

FOR 31 YEARS, YOU VOTED THAT ARBITRATION COULD ONLY HAPPEN ONCE A YEAR.

YOU VOTED TO CONFIRM YOUR INTENT FROM THE BEGINNING THAT NO LEGAL FEES WERE TO BE AWARDED.

YOU VOTED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY IN REPORTING OF RENT ROLLS, COMPENSATIONS MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION.

YOU VOTED TO CLOSE A LOOPHOLE BEING USED TO CIRCUMVENT YOUR SETTLE VACANCY CONTROL OF 31 YEARS.

YOU VOTED TO DEFINE MORE CLARITY FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AND MORE.

THE FALSE NARRATIVE PITCHED TO YOU IN SECRET COMMUNICATION BY PARK OWNERS WAS SIMPLY THAT IT'S FALSE.

THE COMMENTS MADE IN THE WORDS OF PARK OWNERS ACTED AS IF WE WERE REVISING THE ORDINANCE AND THEY DESERVE TO UNDO ALL THE PROTECTION IN PLACE FOR YEARS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE DOES NOT BENEFIT THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

ON AUGUST 4TH, THERE WAS A CLOSURE OF LOOPHOLES BECAUSE OF A PREDATORY NATURE.

THEY WERE BEING USED TO HARM MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS WHO ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF PETALUMA.

EVERYTHING PARK OWNERS WERE THREATENING USING SECRET LETTERS TO THE CITY OR ADDRESSING THROUGH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THEMSELVES HAD ALL BEEN TRIED IN 23 WHEN PARK OWNERS HAD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS OR CALLED IN ON ZOOM, THEIR PREFERRED METHOD OF PUBLIC COMMENT.

THOUGHTFULLY THE CITY RESEARCHED, THE COUNCIL WEIGHED IN, AND THE VOTES WERE TAKEN IN 2023.

SO SECRET WILL BE ONCE AGAIN.

THANK YOU JENNIFER BOYLE TO BE FOLLOWED BY JANICE BARKER.

I PASS THANK YOU, JANICE BARKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY TINA.

UM, YONKERS.

MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PREYED UPON BY THE BAD ACTOR, LARGE INVESTMENT GROUPS, GROUP OWNERS IN SECRET, NOT TELLING RESIDENTS THAT THERE WAS, THERE IS RENT STABILIZATION UPING GROUND RENTS UPON TURNOVER THAT ARE TO REMAIN THE SAME UNDER THE RSO CHARGING RESIDENTS DIFFERENT GROUND RENTS FOR THE SAME SIZE.

SO SECRETLY, ONCE AGAIN, PARK OWNERS ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE THE VOTE IN 2023 ON A CLOSE CLOSING OF LOOPHOLE VOTE JUST LAST MONTH.

RESIDENTS SPEAK THE TRUTH AND WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP IN PUBLIC AT EVERY MEETING IF NECESSARY, TO STATE THESE TRUTHS.

WE'RE ALSO NOT AFRAID TO HEAR OPINIONS THAT ARE AGAINST, THAT ARE AGAINST OUR FACTS.

THE WHY IS SIMPLE, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS ON OUR SIDE.

AND WE DO NOT NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ONLY IN SECRET WHERE OTHERS CANNOT DEBATE THEIR, THEIR CREDIBILITY.

THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL WERE THREATENED BY PARK OWNERS IN THAT SECRETIVE LETTER YOU RECEIVED ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 4TH WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF LITIGATION IF YOU MADE, IF YOU MADE A VOTE THAT DID NOT BENEFIT THE PARK OWNERS.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

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LAU LOCATION COERCING LONG-TERM LEASES WITH PASS THROUGHS AND SO MUCH MORE IN SECRET.

THIS IS, THIS IN SECRET IS HOW THIS HAPPENED BY PARK OWNERS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO YOU ALL BY THEM IS STILL SECRET AND NOT AT ANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE ATTENDED.

WE ASK YOU TO UNDERSTAND IN THE FUTURE TO UNDERSTAND THIS SECRET COMMUNI, THIS SECRETIVE COMMUNICATION VACANCY CONTROL HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1994.

VACANCY D CONTROL HAS NOT LARGE INVESTMENT GROUPS BOUGHT PARKS.

AND THANK YOU, UH, TINA YOKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANGIE CRUZ.

LARGE.

LARGE INVESTMENT GROUPS BOUGHT PARKS IN 2020 2024.

KNOWING THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS VACANCY CONTROL, OBVIOUSLY SOPHISTICATED INVESTORS WOULD NOT BUY INTO A PARK WITHOUT PROVEN PROFITABILITY.

YOU ARE AN EXAMPLE OF A CITY COUNCIL WHO SEES OUR RESIDENTS IN ACTS, ORDINANCES, AND OVERLAYS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF YOUR RESIDENTS.

AND CERTAINLY KNOWS THAT PARK OWNERS AND RES AND PARK RESIDENTS ARE BOTH NEEDED FOR A MOBILE PARK TO OPERATE.

WE OWN OUR MOBILE HOMES AND SIMPLY RENT THE LAND WHILE WE GO THROUGH TWO OR MORE ARBITRATIONS WITH CLOSURE PROCESSES HAPPENING BY SAME PARK OWNERS, LAWSUITS AND TWO APPEALS.

WE HOLD ONTO THAT GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT YOU GAVE US ON AUGUST 4TH IN 2020, 2023 AND 2024.

AND I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME .

WE WERE RESIDENTS LIVING OUR LIVES IN A MOBILE HOME.

WE PURCHASED AND MAINTAINED.

WE DID NOT BRING THIS LITIGA LITIGIOUS FIGHT TO YOU OR TO THE PARK OWNERS.

THE PARK OWNERS CHOSE GREED AND EGREGIOUS ACTIONS AND BROUGHT THAT TO OUR DOOR.

WE JUST MERELY DEFENDED OUR HOMES, OUR RIGHTS, AND OUR HEART FOUGHT PROTECTIONS TOGETHER.

LET'S NOT GO IN SECRET AND, AND TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTS OF OUR HUMAN, OR RATHER, I SHOULD SAY, OUR HUMBLE RESIDENTS.

AGAIN, WE LEAD OUR COMMENTS WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT NORMAL LIFE MAY BE RESTORED FOR OUR SENIORS AND OUR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

AND I KNOW WE REITERATE THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

UM, OUR LAST SPEAKER TONIGHT, ANGIE CRUZ.

IT'S JUST, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT LEFT HERE, .

UM, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, EACH OF YOU.

AND SO OUR RESIDENTS AND CITIES EVERYWHERE THAT ENVISION, ENVISION THE SAME COURAGE TAKING PLACE IN THEIR CITIES AND THEIR COUNTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FOR THEM TOO.

YOUR MARK IS NOTABLE AMONG MANY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSENT CALENDAR.

SECOND READING, VOTE PETALUMA RESIDENTS UNITED STRONG, AND THEN I JUST HAVE MY OWN THING.

UM, SO YES, WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

WE, THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THESE CO THESE PROTECTIONS, LIKE THEY SAID, CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES AND IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE RETALIATION AND WHAT HARMONY IS ALREADY DOING.

SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A FEAR AND THAT YOU ALL MAY WANNA PROTECT US IN SOME WAY, BUT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING FOR TWO YEARS.

CLOSING LOOPHOLES IS NOT GONNA CHANGE THAT.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, LITTLEWOODS WENT THROUGH THEIR FIRST ARBITRATION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

HARMONY WAS CLAIMING THAT THEY'RE NOT MAKING MONEY, THAT THE ORDINANCES ARE TOO RESTRICTIVE.

AND THEN A MONTH LATER, THEY BOUGHT CAPRI, AND A MONTH LATER THEY STARTED DOING THE SAME THING TO CAPRI.

THEY WANNA CLOSE LITTLE WOODS NOW THEY WANT TO CLOSE CAPRI.

WHY WOULD YOU BUY A PARK IN THE SAME TOWN WITH THE SAME ORDINANCES, THE SAME RESTRICTIONS IN QUOTES, IF YOU AREN'T MAKING MONEY, IF IT'S NOT A FEASIBLE INVESTMENT.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND,

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UM, BUT THESE PROTECTIONS WOULD REALLY GIVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHER HOMEOWNERS AND SOME PEACE OF MIND TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD AND THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

WE ARE NOT AFRAID AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BACK DOWN.

SO WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL WON'T EITHER.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU VOTE YES ON THE SECOND READING TONIGHT.

AND LET ME JUST GATHER THIS STUFF.

UP TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS.

AND THAT CLOSES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING.

AND THAT BRINGS US, UH, ON

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LE LEILA.

LAYLA.

COULD I JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? UM, I, WE'VE CONNECTED AN EMAIL.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONNECT AND TALK.

NOW I SEE WHO YOUR PARENTS ARE, SO THAT'S GREAT.

UM, BUT THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU TODAY AT MY SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION, UM, MEETING, UM, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL FUNDING IS $1,000,620, UM, FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT TRAIL.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK WITH CITY MANAGER ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK ON CLEANUPS AND ALSO GARBAGE CANS DOWN THERE, HOW THAT IS FEASIBLE AND HOW IT WORKS.

SO I WILL EMAIL YOU AGAIN.

OKAY, THANKS.

THANKS FOR COMING.

YEAH, AND WE JUST GOT TRASH CANS, EXTRA TRASH CANS DELIVERED TODAY.

NO PROBLEM.

UM, BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

AND, UH, TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO START OFF TO THE LEFT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER REPPS.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, THERE WAS A NICE BREAK WE HAD THE LAST, LAST COUPLE WEEKS, UH, FROM OUR NORMAL MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, ONLY THESE MEETINGS, BUT THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT LIKE ALL OF US SEEM TO PARTICIPATE IN, LOTS OF MEETINGS.

UH, THERE'S BIKE RIDES, THERE'S, UH, NONPROFITS, PWA RELIEF.

I PARTICIPATED IN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS, NORTH BAY WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, CLIMATE COMMISSION, AG, AND OPEN SPACE, AND A FEW ZOOM WEBINARS.

SO WE, WE STILL TAKE, STAY PRETTY BUSY, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BREAK.

UM, LET'S SEE.

OTHER THINGS THOUGH, UM, I DID, UH, COMPLETE MY A DU, UH, JOURNEY IN VIDEO FORMAT.

SO ANYBODY'S JUST LOOKING AT, UH, HOW TO BUILD AN A DU IN A GARAGE.

UM, I'VE GOT TWO VIDEOS OUT THERE ALONG WITH A DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN A DU CONSTRUCTION, UH, HOW TO GET STARTED AND WHAT TO DO, WHAT YOU DO.

UM, ANOTHER ACTIVITY WAS, UH, THE ABUNDANCE BOOK.

BESIDES READING THAT, THERE WAS A COUPLE BOOK CLUBS I PARTICIPATED IN, UH, DISCUSSING THE BOOK ABUNDANCE.

AND THEN I GOT, UH, SO EXCITED.

I WENT AHEAD AND JOINED.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A NETWORK OF ELECTEDS FOR ABUNDANCE.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF MAYORS ACROSS THE US THAT ARE GOING TO BE MENTORING, UH, CURRENT, UM, UH, MAYORS AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, FOLKS OUT THERE.

UM, THERE WAS OPENINGS, UH, TWO OPENINGS HAPPENED THIS THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

ONE WAS FOR THE LIBRARY, I THINK.

WE'LL, UH, MOST MAY MENTION THAT, BUT IT'S A FANTASTIC, UM, IMPRESSED WITH THE LIGHTING, THE, THE SOUND REDUCTION ROOMS, WHICH ARE REALLY COOL IF NOBODY'S SEEN, SEEN THOSE BEFORE.

UM, AND THEN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.

UH, THERE'S LOTS MORE ENGAGEMENT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES AND, AND, UH, UH, TO BE WORKING OUT THERE.

SO A LOT MORE THINGS FOR THE CHILDREN TO DO IN THAT AREA.

UH, THERE WAS ALSO, UH, PET WETTENS ALLIANCE.

UH, WE HAD THE OPENING FOR THE, UH, SCHOENBERGER PARK, WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE GATHERING CIRCLE.

SO THAT'S A TINY LITTLE AMPHITHEATER FOR, UH, CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, BUT ALSO FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND THEN I JUST GOT ACCEPTED.

I'LL BE JOINING THE, UH, POLICE ACADEMY THIS TURN AROUND, WHICH STARTS, I THINK THE NEXT WEEK.

SO THAT'S LIKE AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM.

I'LL BE DOING THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POLICE ACTIONS AND, UH, OTHER UPCOMING THINGS THAT MAYBE, UH, THINK ABOUT.

WE HAVE A BOUNTY PLANT SALE COMING UP ON SATURDAY.

CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL COMING ON SATURDAY.

UH, WE HAVE THE CLIMATE RESTORATION FILM ON, UH, THE 20, UH, 27TH.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, RIVER CLEANUP ON THE 20TH, ALL SATURDAYS ON THAT.

AND SOMETHING THAT I JUST, UH, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, CHINA'S COME UP WITH SOME NEW BATTERY TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MAYBE INCORPORATED HERE IN A COUPLE CARS.

SO ANYBODY LOOKING FOR THAT? UH, NEW BATTERIES, UH, SYSTEMS THAT ARE MORE POWERFUL AND FASTER CHARGING.

ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN CHINA, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BROUGHT HERE SOON.

THAT'S MY REPORT.

COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT.

ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE SOLUTION LIES WITH EVERYONE WHO GETS BEHIND THE WHEEL.

I'M GONNA TAKE, UH, A BIT OF AN UNORTHODOX APPROACH HERE TONIGHT.

I WAS SO MOVED, UM, WITH THIS EDITORIAL THAT, UH, THAT APPEARED IN FRIDAY'S ARGUS THAT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I WANNA SHARE IT.

UM, IT'S TITLED, PEDESTRIAN'S DEATH SHOWS WHY SLOWER STREETS MATTER.

WALKING A DOG OR MAKING A SHORT TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE SHOULDN'T BE DANGEROUS, BUT TOO OFTEN IT IS ON LOCAL ROADS.

SEVERAL CITIES IN SONOMA COUNTY ARE TAKING STEPS TO

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THE RECENT DEATH OF 19-YEAR-OLD NATALIE FISHER AT A CROSSWALK NEAR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK IN SANTA ROSA WAS A STARK REMINDER OF JUST HOW QUICKLY LIVES CAN CHANGE WHILE PERFORMING WHAT SHOULD BE A SIMPLE UNEVENTFUL ERRAND FISHER.

A 2024 GRADUATE OF MARIA CARRILLO HIGH SCHOOL, AND A STUDENT AT SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE HOPED TO BUILD A CAREER IN TRAUMA MEDICINE.

SHE WOUND UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THAT EQUATION WHEN A CAR STRUCK HER WHILE SHE WAS, PARDON ME, SPEED.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR ON HER DEATH, THOUGH THE COLLISION REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, WHATEVER THE CAUSE IT IS YET ANOTHER TERRIBLE INCIDENT THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT LOCAL STREETS ARE NOT AS SAFE AS THEY SHOULD BE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE MAKING SMART CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

THE SANTA ROSA COUNCIL RECENTLY DECIDED TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT ON MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STREET SEGMENTS.

THE LIMIT WILL DROP BY FIVE MILES PER HOUR ON EACH STRETCH, AND PLACARDS WILL ALERT DRIVERS TO THE, UH, TO THE CHANGE.

POLICE WILL ISSUE WARNINGS DURING A 30 DAY GRACE PERIOD, THEN BEGIN TICKETING DRIVERS WHO DID NOT HEED THE NEW SPEED LIMIT.

THE MOVE FOLLOWS A, A REDUCTION OF SPEED LIMITS ON 15 STREET SEGMENTS IN DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA IN LATE 2023.

ENFORCEMENT IS KEY.

SOME DRIVERS MIGHT COMPLAIN ABOUT SPEED TRAPS, BUT TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND ENGINEERING STUDIES SHOW THAT LOWER SPEEDS WILL MEAN FEWER COLLISIONS AND INJURIES AND FATALITIES.

THIS SUMMER AT HEALDSBURG CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS ON A DOZEN STREETS.

DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THAT CHANGE.

SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNER, MARGOT OCONUS, NOTED A STUDY SHOWING THAT PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS HIT BY CARS ST.

TRAVELLING AT 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE ONLY A 35% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL, BUT REDUCING THE SPEED TO 25 MILES AN HOUR INCREASES THE SURVIVAL RATE TO 89% IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF PEN GROVE, WHERE DOZENS OF INJURIES AND MULTIPLE FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED IN RECENT YEARS.

SONOMA COUNTY IS LOOKING AT LOWER SPEED LIMITS AND IS INSTALLING ROUNDABOUTS THAT WILL REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR T-BONE COLLISIONS.

COMMUNITIES CAN CHANGE THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND REBUILD INTERSECTIONS, BUT THEY NEED HELP FROM DRIVERS, BIKERS, AND PEDESTRIANS TO TRULY IMPROVE SAFETY.

EVERYONE MUST FOLLOW THE NEW RULES AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

THEY MUST ALSO REMAIN AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

LOOK BOTH WAYS.

BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS SUCH AS SETTING SUN IN THE EVENING.

NOTHING IS SO CRITICAL THAT IT JUSTIFIES RACING TO REACH THE DESTINATION AND ENDANGERING LIVES AND OF OTHERS.

NO CHANGES TO TRAFFIC RULES WILL PREVENT EVERY ACCIDENT AND EVERY FATALITY.

BUT IF PEOPLE USE SOME COMMON SENSE, THERE WILL BE FEWER TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY.

YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.

UH, FIRST UP AIRPORT COMMISSION.

THE OTHER DAY WE WERE FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING OPERATION SYSTEMS THAT PILOTS USE, DISCUSSING A LOT OF OLDER EQUIPMENT, HOW TO MAINTAIN IT.

UH, HANGAR USAGE IS ALWAYS A, A BIG TOPIC.

AND, UM, AND THEN THE SHEEP GRAZING PROJECT.

AND AS TO WHETHER THAT WAS MAYBE APPROPRIATE OUT THERE, WHERE IF ONE WERE TO GET OUT ON THE RUNWAY, IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD.

AND THEN, UM, OUR, AT OUR SONOMA COUNTY MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ASSOCIATION MEETING UP IN CLOVERDALE, THE PRESENTATION AT THE END WAS BY SONOMA WATER.

IT WAS AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT UP IN POTTER VALLEY, WHICH QUICK RECAP OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, LOSING LAKE PILLSBURY, WHICH IS A MAJOR WATER SUPPLY FOR US, PART OF OUR WATER SUPPLY.

AND THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS, UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW ENTITY THAT'S GONNA GOVERN ALL THAT, THE EEL RUSH AND PROJECT AUTHORITY.

UH, HE ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A, UM, A LITTLE LOOPHOLE IN THE CONTRACT WHERE TRIBES CAN BASICALLY TURN THE WATER OFF, UH, THROUGH THE DIVERSION TUNNEL.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WILL GO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S CONCERNING.

AND SO IT, IT CAUSED A LOT OF CITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT MAYORS AND COUNCILS TO SPEAK UP AT THAT MEETING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, QUESTION WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.

I ALSO ATTENDED ANOTHER MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN JOHN GARI.

UM, HE'S DONE IN THE EIGHTH DISTRICT, SOLANO COUNTY AND OTHER AREAS.

HE'S WORKING ON WHAT'S CALLED THE SHIPS ACT.

AND THE SHIPS ACT IS A BIPARTISAN BILL.

UH, IT'S THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRY FOR OUR AREA TO REBUILD THE COMMERCIAL MARITIME INDUSTRY IN MOUNTAIN MAYOR ISLAND, UH, RICHMOND, THE, THE GREATER BAY AREA.

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AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL USED TO UPGRADE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BEGIN REBUILDING SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY A GREAT THING FOR US.

UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE AREAS HAVE SUFFERED IN, IN RECENT YEARS SINCE MERRI ISLAND WAS SHUT DOWN.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CURRENTLY, OUR MILITARY HAS ONLY ABOUT 50 SHIPS AND SERVICE, WHICH IS HARD TO IMAGINE.

UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE SHIPS ARE TIMING OUT.

SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING SOON.

UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S WORKING IN WASHINGTON TO GET THAT PASSED, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PETALUMA CAN BENEFIT FROM, IS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SUPPORTED SUPPORTING INDUSTRY THAT'S NEEDED AS WELL.

AND THEN LAST SATURDAY WAS THE, UH, ANNUAL PEF FUNDRAISER.

THEY RAISE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO HELP PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS HERE IN PETALUMA.

UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A FUN ONE TO ATTEND IF YOU CAN.

THEY RAISED A LOT OF MONEY THIS YEAR, HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, UM, A THRIFT SHOP IN TOWN CALLED ALPHABET SOUP THAT ALSO HELPS SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS. SO IF YOU CAN SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THAT.

AND THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THE EVENING.

UH, THAT PEF FUNDRAISER, JUST AMAZING WHAT THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

MM-HMM .

GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO GO.

AND THE MAYOR WAS OUT THERE CUTTING THE ROAD TOO, SO.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, WE HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE WE GOT AN UPDATE ON, UM, VARIOUS STATE HOUSING LAWS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE, UM, WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THIS YEAR.

UM, UH, I WANNA JUST, UM, THANK YOU MR. QUINT FOR, FOR READING THAT ARTICLE.

UM, I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE, SCHOOLS BACK IN SESSION, PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY.

I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.

UM, I GET COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE BEING CRITICAL OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THE ROADWAY.

UM, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS TO, TO TRY AND MAKE THE ROAD SAFER AND SAVE LIVES.

AND, UM, THERE'S A DEFINITELY A PERSONAL COMPONENT OF THAT TOO.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR SHINING LIGHT ON THAT.

THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.

THEY NEED TO REALLY BE REDUCED ON, I WAS ON MCDOWELL THE OTHER DAY, AND THIS GUY IS GOING AT LEAST 60 MILES AN HOUR, PASSING ME.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT.

UM, I ACTUALLY HAD SOME COMMENTS DOWN THAT I DON'T HAVE TO SAY NOW.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU READ THAT BECAUSE I READ IT AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING THE A TP PROGRAM, UM, AGENDA ITEM SOON, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY THINK OF SAFETY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE PARKING AWAY.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE INCONVENIENCED.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT SAVING LIVES.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I TOO WAS AT, UM, THE EVENT WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN JOHN GARRA MENDE, AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING LEARNING ABOUT THE SHIPS ACT.

AND REALLY THE GOAL IS TO BUILD AT LEAST 10% OF THE SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP, UM, PORTS THAT ARE NOW CLOSED.

UM, AND THAT THERE, WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT THERE'S, IN CASE, UM, CHINA DECIDED TO START A WAR WITH US, WE HAVE ABOUT 50 DAYS OF SHIPS, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

AND IT WAS LITTLE BIT CONCERNING.

UM, HE DID NOT ASK US TO, TO SEND ANYTHING TO WASHINGTON AND SHIP SUPPORTED THE SHIPS ACT BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY NOT ON THE WATERWAYS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER COULD LOOK AT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD OR COULD DO.

AND I'LL SEND YOU THE EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED, UM, AND TO MY MOBILE HOME PARK FRIENDS, WE HEAR YOU.

WE SEE YOU, AND WE ARE WITH YOU.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UM, ON OCTOBER 3RD, THERE'S GONNA BE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE 1 0 1, UH, FINAL PHASE OF THE WIDENING IN BETWEEN PETALUMA AND NOVATO.

AND IT'S GONNA BE, YEAH, , I I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE DONE IN 2023, BUT IT'S NOT.

BUT WE'RE HERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT.

AND SO IT'S GONNA BE AT 10:00 AM AT OLAND POLY STATE HISTORIC PARK, AND FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA RIDE BIKES, THERE, YOU GO UP PETALUMA BOULEVARD, GO UNDERNEATH, UH, THE BRIDGE AND YOU CAN GET RIGHT ONTO THAT ROADWAY.

I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GONNA DO THAT OR NOT.

UM, AND THEN ON OCTOBER 4TH AT 10:30 AM AT THE SMART NORTH STATION, THE PATHWAY IS GONNA BE DEDICATED.

SO RIDE YOUR BIKES OR BRING YOUR WALKING SHOES AND WE'LL ALL, UM, GET TO PEN GROVE AND BACK.

AND, AND AS I SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, THAT WAS GREAT NEWS, BUT TODAY AT S-C-T-C-A, WE WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.

AND THERE'S A REALLY GOOD, UM, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST INFORMATION THAT MAYBE WE COULD GET ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, FOR PARENTS TO, UM, LOOK AT.

AND A LOT OF IT WAS ON, UM, E-BIKES AND WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW.

'CAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE A REAL PROBLEM.

AND SO IT WAS JUST GOOD INFORMATION.

AND THEN LAST WEEK I WENT TO MCKINLEY SCHOOL BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO GO BECAUSE OF CROSSING, UM, CONCERN.

AND THE CITY IS ALREADY LOOKING AT MAKING THAT CHANGE.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

AND AS FAR AS SPEED LIMITS, I AGREE,

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AND SO I, I HONKED ON MY HORN.

HE SLOWED DOWN AND THEN FLIPPED ME OFF AND THEN DROVE INTO HIS DRIVEWAY.

UH, BUT IT JUST WAS REALLY UNSAFE.

AND LET'S SEE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, IN THE NORTHEAST AREA IN PETALUMA, THERE'S REALLY PROBLEMATIC CELL SERVICE AND WE KNOW THAT.

AND SO, YEAH.

AND SO, UM, COUNCILMAN BARNACLE AND I WERE ON A ZOOM MEETING TODAY WITH, UM, HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH, UM, ACTUALLY DYLAN LLOYD WHO RAN AGAINST ME.

AND THE THREE OF US WERE ON A ZOOM TALKING ABOUT STEPS TO MOVE FORWARD TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.

IT'S NOT AN EASY AND SHORT PROCESS, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE ON THIS.

UM, APPRECIATE THAT REPORT.

AND, UM, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO BIKE TO THE 1 0 1 RIBBON CUTTING CAN CONTACT ME.

I'VE GOT SEVERAL MAYORS AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JOINING ME ON THAT RIDE.

SO, UH, WEATHER PERMITTING VICE MAYOR NOW.

UM, A QUICK RECAP OF LAST MONTH IN MY CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS TONIGHT.

I ATTENDED THE PETALUMA NIGHT OUT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THE DAY AFTER OUR LAST MEETING.

AND IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND BECAUSE I AM DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, IT'S A WONDERFUL, UM, PLACE TO CONNECT WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT YOU SAW HERE TONIGHT, HAD BOOTHS AT THE, UM, PETALUMA NIGHT OUT.

I REPRESENTED THE CITY OF PET GIRLS STATE AMERICAN LEGION EVENT AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING.

I ATTENDED A ZONE TWO, A MEETING WHERE THE CITY AND COUNTY STAFF, UM, SHOWED US SLIDES OF OUR CITY OF PETALUMA GENERAL PLAN FRAMEWORKS FOR, UM, FLOOD ZONES.

YOU CAN GO ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND SEE WHAT I SAW.

UM, I REPRESENTED THE CITY OF PETALUMA, THE SONOMA COUNTY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MEETING IN CLOVERDALE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE, UM, MAIN MEETING WAS ABOUT WITH ALL THE MEMBERS, BUT THE MAYOR'S MEETING WAS, UM, SANTA ROSA IS REALLY, UM, CRACKING DOWN.

CRACKING DOWN.

GREAT ADDITION TO OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL.

I WAS LOOKING FOR A POLITICALLY CORRECT WORD ON THEIR MASSAGE PARLORS.

AND IT'S, IT'S A, THEY HAVE 112, SO THEY'RE SHUTTING THEM DOWN THAT AREN'T LEGAL, AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO, THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME INTO OUR CITY AND SOME OF THE OTHER SONOMA COUNTY CITY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE, UH, POLICE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK OUT FOR.

UM, I ATTENDED THE RIBBON COUNTY FOR BOTH THE PETALUMA LIBRARY AND THE NEW PUBLIC ART AT THE KENNELWORTH REC BUILDING.

WE GOT SCHWAG.

SO I HAVE TO HAVE MY SHOW AND TELL FOR THE OPENING.

AND I GOT A NEW LIBRARY CARD.

I HAVE TO SAY MY ORIGINAL LIBRARY CARD IS PROBABLY FROM 1960.

SO RATHER AT THE, UM, PETALUMA LIBRARY, WHICH IS NOW THE MUSEUM, HISTORIC MUSEUM DOWNTOWN, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

SUNDAY IT'S OPEN ONE TO FIVE.

SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.

I WISH IT WAS WHEN I WAS A TEACHER 'CAUSE WE WOULD BE SWEATING OUT THE BOOKS FOR THE NEXT WEEK.

ANYWAY, THERE'S LOTS OF RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY.

AND, UM, I DROPPED BY THE AQUA STORAGE RECOVERY OPEN HOUSE THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT STAFF AT DELAWARE PARK.

UM, THE MAYOR WAS THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS WERE THERE.

I I WAS NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER STRIPS AND I, I TOOK A LOT OF MENTAL NOTES, BUT IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH, UM, WATER ENGINEERING.

AND, UM, I WATCHED THE SWEARING INN AND BADGE PRINTING, UM, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JANICE GETTER THOMPSON AT THE VERY SMALL POLICE STATION.

CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT NEW SAFETY STATION BECAUSE THERE'S FAMILY AND STAFF AND A BIG CELEBRATION FROM WHEN WE HAVE THESE BADGING C UH, PINNING CEREMONIES AND WHEN WE ARE, UM, PROMOTING STAFF.

SO, UM, I WAS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE SECOND FLOOR SOUTH WING AT THE PETULA, MY VALLEY HOSPITAL.

IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR LIKE 20 YEARS, AND IT'S NOW GOING TO BE A RECOVERY REHABILITATION FOR THE HIP SURGERIES AND OTHER SURGERIES AT OUR, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LITTLE MANY, IT JUST TOOK SOME CREATIVITY AND SOME MUSCLE WORK, AND IT'S REALLY A

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I JOINED THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS AT THE NEW GATHERING CIRCLE AT SCHOENBERGER.

UM, AND LEFT, BUT NOT LEAST, I WANNA DO A SHOUT OUT AT A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC WORKS CREW THAT CAME AND GOT RID OF THE IVY ON CA FIELD POWER, WASHED THOSE SOUND WALLS AND THEN PAINTED SOME OF THE SOUND WALLS.

IT IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT AS YOU'RE COMING INTO PETALUMA FROM LAKEVILLE.

THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.

I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR LIKE THREE YEARS, SO THAT'S ALL.

I HOPE I DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.

NO, LOVELY.

UH, THERE'S JUST SO MANY OUTINGS THAT WE ALL ARE AT AND, AND, UH, SO MANY OF US ATTENDING THE SAME AND REALLY REPRESENTING STRONG FOR THE CITY AND ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, LIKE THE HOSPITAL OPENING THAT WING AGAIN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN MY COMMENTS SORT OF ON A SAD NOTE.

UH, WE'VE LOST, UM, FORMER CITY MANAGER JOHN SHIRA.

HE WAS, UH, A CITY MANAGER FOR 15 YEARS, ENDING IN 1997.

UH, AT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING, WE WILL HONOR HIM IN HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OVER THAT PERIOD.

UM, ALSO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE WHAT'S CALLED A STATE WORN NOTICE.

UH, WHENEVER A BUSINESS OF 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES CLOSES OR DRAMATICALLY REDUCES IN SIZE, AND WE'VE RECEIVED ANOTHER.

AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S VERY DISTURBING THAT, UH, UH, THIS HAPPENS.

BUT IT WAS A CONSOLIDATION OF A LARGE CORPORATION'S SATELLITE OFFICE.

AND I ONLY SAY THIS TO NOTE THAT THE CITY'S PUTTING INCREASED FOCUS ON RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF BUSINESS THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, WHICH I THINK WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT AS THE MONTHS GO ON.

UM, I ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE COUNTY HOMELESSNESS, UH, COMMISSION AND THE MEASURE O MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING MEETINGS.

THE GIST OF IT IS, UM, THE MEASURE O WILL BE ABLE TO COVER OUR SAFE TEAM EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR, WHICH IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT LIKELY NOT IN THE FUTURE.

AND LIKELY NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BE QUITE THE CHALLENGE TO SEE HOW WE CAN STAY, UH, IN, IN BALANCE WITHOUT SERVICE CUTS.

UM, AND THEN, UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE, UM, UH, COUNTY HAS, UH, RELEASED THE POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR HOMELESSNESS.

AND PERHAPS YOU'VE SEEN THAT ARTICLE IN THE PAPER.

UM, THERE'S LESS THAN 2000 HOMELESS PERSONS COUNTED AND, AND IN SONOMA COUNTY AND LESS THAN 200 IN PETALUMA, AND OF THE 200 ABOUT A HUNDRED ARE IN SHELTERS AND A HUNDRED AREN'T IN SHELTERS.

AND THAT'S THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH AND WHY THE CITY PUTS SUCH EMPHASIS ON PROGRAMS TO HELP THAT, UH, PROBLEM.

UM, I DID GO TO THE SCHOMBERG GATHERING, UH, CIRCLE, UM, RIBBON RIBBON CUTTING.

AND I JUST WANNA SHOUT OUT COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES FOR SUCH A LONG PATHWAY, HELPING WITH THE PETALUMA WETLANDS ALLIANCE, AND IT TURNED INTO RECOGNITION OF SOME OF THE CRITICAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED OVER THE YEARS.

AND YOUR EULOGY FOR OWL, WHAT HAD, UH, EVERY, UH, EVERY, UH, EYE LEAKING A TEAR FOR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE PUT IN THE WORK OVER THE YEARS.

UM, AND THEN, UM, I, UH, JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT OUR, UH, CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO ROLL OUT THEIR WILDLANDS FIRE ENGINE, UM, AND, UH, USE, USE IT ON WILDLANDS FIRE HERE, AND THAT BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS, WE HAVE UPDATES AT COUNCIL ABOUT HOW OUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS READINESS IS.

AND AS YOU SAW IN THE PROCLAMATION TONIGHT, UM, THERE'S JUST A, THERE'S A STRONG, A LOT OF STRONG SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND STRONG PLAN IN PLACE.

AND I DID WANT TO THANK, UH, THE STAFF WHO INTERFACE WITH THE COUNTY'S, UH, SHELTER COUNCIL.

IT'S CALLED FOR, UH, DISASTER SHELTER.

IT'S A COUNTYWIDE GROUP, UH, THAT MEETS TO DISCUSS COORDINATED GOALS.

AND PETALUMA HOSTED THAT MEETING IN AUGUST AND PRETTY PROUD OF PETALUMA FOR, FOR HOSTING THAT.

UM, SO, AND THEN ON A HAPPIER NOTE, UH, LIGHTER NOTE, UH, ATTENDED THE PETALUMA LIBRARY IN HISTORICAL MUSEUM'S SHOW.

I DO, IT WAS, UH, EXHIBITING WEDDING DRESSES FROM THEIR COLLECTIONS DATING OVER THE PAST A HUNDRED YEARS.

AND, UM, I HAVE TO THANK THE VICE MAYOR FOR DONATING HER, HER, HER, HER WEDDING DRESS TO THIS EXHIBIT.

YOU CAN STILL SEE IT THERE FOR A FEW WEEKS.

AND, UM, BY VIRTUE OF DOING THIS, I DISCOVERED THAT THREE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE SAME ANNIVERSARY DATE NOT THE SAME YEAR, BUT THE SAME DATE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S STILL LOVE.

AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, NOW TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

[CITY MANAGER COMMENT]

UH, JUST A COUPLE.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS FOR MENTIONING THE PETALUMA RI RIVER CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY ON WATER STREET.

YOU'D STILL GET TICKETS AT PETALUMA RIVER CRAFT BEER FEST.ORG, AND THAT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

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UH, THE CITY OF PETALUMA THAT WE ARE TAKING OVER OUR AQUATICS PROGRAM.

WE ARE HIRING FOR PART-TIME LIFEGUARD POSITIONS.

UM, AND WE ALSO WILL PROVIDE AMERICAN RED CROSS TRAINING, UM, TO HELP YOU OBTAIN YOUR LIFEGUARD UH, CERTIFICATION.

SO APPLY ONLINE AT OUR CITY WEBSITE@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH JOBS, OR CALL OUR PARKS AND REC WITH QUESTIONS.

AND THEN NEXT SATURDAY AT LU CASEY, UH, WE'VE GOT OUR PARKS AND REC MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, SHOWING CARS ALONG WITH OUR CREWS IN THE BOULEVARD, FOLKS.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME CLASSIC CAR DISPLAYS, GOOD EATS, UM, AND AT 6:00 PM THE, UM, IT STARTS AT 6:00 PM AND THE MOVIE STARTS AT SEVEN 30.

SO HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

US TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, LOOK UP AND DOWN THE D AND SEE IF ANYONE IN D HAS A COMMENT OR A QUESTION THEY NEED TO MAKE OF THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR.

SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT OVER TO OUR CLERK, OUR CLERK, UM, FOR, UH, UM, MESSAGING AND PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

YES, WE, UH, DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE CARD, UH, FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, THEY SHOULD BRING THEIR CARDS TO MY DESK.

UH, NOW IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.

AND THAT'S THE 30 SECONDS DING.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, OUR, UM, SPEAKER TONIGHT WOULD BE CATHERINE GRABOWSKI ON, ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

I, RIGHT.

AND I THANK YOU.

AND THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM.

I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.

I'LL MOVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

SO WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION BY BARNACLE AND A SECOND BY CATER THOMPSON.

AND, UH, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE BARNICLE.

ITEM 11, THE SECOND READING OF AN AMENDING ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE DOWNTOWN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY TO RESTORE FLOOR AREA RATIO, AND, UH, THE PETALUMA IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN.

AND THAT BRINGS US INTO OUR, UM, GLAD TO HAVE YOU STAY.

UH, THAT BRINGS US, UH, INTO

[11. Adoption (Second Reading) of Ordinance No. 2907 N.C.S. Amending Ordinance No. 2900 N.C.S. Concerning the Downtown Housing and Economic Opportunity Overlay to Restore Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to 2.5 in Table 5.2 of Section 5.070(D) of the Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to be Consistent with the Current General Plan]

AND COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY, I'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF TONIGHT.

UM, AND, UM, FOR THE, UH, SAME, FOR THE SAME THING, UH, PROXIMITY TO MY HOME ZONING.

THAT SUCCESSFULLY SUSPENDED A GENERAL, THE, UM, THE ECONOMIC, UM, OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, UM, WHICH ONLY DID ONE THING, IT, IT INCREASED THE FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR THE DOWNTOWN.

AND, UM, GIVE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU AND, AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, ERIC DANLEY, TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS SECOND READING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, MY REMARKS WILL BE BRIEF.

UH, THIS IS THE ADOPTION AND SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL AMEND ORDINANCE 2,900 NCS, UM, THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOWN, UH, DOWNTOWN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY, UM, ZONING AMENDMENT.

UM, THE REASON FOR THIS ACTION, AS WE, UM, DISCUSSED WHEN THIS ITEM WAS INTRODUCED AND THE COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE, URGENCY ORDINANCE DOING THE SAME THING, IS THAT AS A RESULT OF REFERENDUM ACTIVITY, UM, THAT, UM,

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UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT REFEREND ACTIVITY, IT WAS NECESSARY, UM, TO, UM, REESTABLISH CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE, UH, THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH ALSO MADE MENTION OF THAT INCREASED, UM, FLOOR AREA RATIO.

AND I, AND, AND IN, UM, AND IN MY REMARKS HERE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION, I THINK, IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COUNCIL'S INITIAL ACTION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ACTION.

SO, UM, WHEN THE COUNCIL, UM, TOOK THE ACTION TO, UM, ADOPT THE OVERLAY LEGISLATION, BOTH IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS, UM, ITS POLICIES PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AND ALSO PRESERVING ECONOMIC RESOURCES, UM, THEY DID THAT SO THAT THOSE ACTIONS WOULD SYNCHRONIZE AND THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONING AMENDMENT TAKE EFFECT AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT IS THE METHOD THAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THE, UM, THE CALIFORNIA PLANNING LAW.

IT IS THE METHOD THAT MOST AGENCIES, INCLUDING PETALUMA FOLLOW, AND THAT WE FOLLOWED, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THAT ACTION.

UM, THE, UM, SO THAT WAS A LAWFUL ACTION.

AND THE, UM, BOTH OF THOSE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN LAWFULLY.

THE FACT THAT, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY REFEREND DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE WERE UNLAWFUL ACTIONS.

IT MEANS THAT THE VOTERS EXERCISED THE POWER OF REFERENDUM SUCCESSFULLY.

AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT, UH, IS THE LAST STEP IN THE ACTIONS TO RESTORE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING CODE AS A RESULT OF THE REFERENDUM ACTIVITY.

ANOTHER THING I WANNA BRIEFLY EMPHASIZE IS THAT, UM, THERE IS ONLY ONE INCONSISTENCY IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING AMENDED, UM, BY THIS FINAL ACTION TONIGHT.

UM, AND THE GENERAL PLAN, AND THAT IS WITH RESPECT TO THE FLOOR AREA RATIO, THERE ARE MANY OTHER PROVISIONS.

IN FACT, ALMOST ALL, WELL, ACTUALLY LITERALLY ALL OF THE COUNCIL'S OTHER, UM, UM, DOWNTOWN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, POLICIES, UM, ARE IN THE ZONING AMENDMENT.

AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER PROVISIONS CONTINUE TO BE LAWFUL AND WILL CONTINUE.

IN EFFECT.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEING AMENDED TONIGHT, UM, IS, IS, IS THE, UM, CHANGE TO, TO ELIMINATE THE INCONSISTENCY REGARDING THE FLOOR AREA RATIO.

SO, UM, AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE THE EFFECT OF MOOTING THE, UH, CHALLENGE THAT WAS BROUGHT AGAINST THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH CHALLENGE I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MAKE CLEAR WAS DIRECTED AT THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE, NOT JUST THIS ONE, UM, INCONSISTENCY THAT THE REFERENDUM ACTIVITY CREATED.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BRINGING IT UP TO, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER REBS QUESTIONS.

UH, YES, JUST TO, UH, GET SOME UPDATES.

UM, AND LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY WAS, IS ON, UH, THE REFERENDUM.

CAN WE GET A STATUS, UH, UPDATE AS TO WHAT IS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE REFERENDUM PROCESS SO WE CAN MAKE THAT CLEAR.

AND THEN THE, UH, SECOND QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE ON, UM, THE DEVELOPERS OF THE HOTEL, EKN, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S BEEN ANY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, FROM THEM OR ANY INTENTIONS AS TO WHAT THEIR, UH, WHAT THEIR FUTURE PLANS MIGHT BE FOR THAT SITE SINCE THEY'RE NOW THE OWNERS OF THAT SITE.

SO, JUST FOR CLARITY, PLEASE, I'M SORRY.

UM, I AM GONNA, REGARDING THE LAST PART OF THAT QUESTION.

I WANNA NOTE THAT THAT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.

UM, AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'S BEST IF WE ADDRESS THAT AND THAT, AND, UM, S SEPARATELY ALSO, I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE RESPONSE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE RESPONSE REGARDING WHAT THE, UM, APPLICANT'S ULTIMATE PLANS ARE, ALTHOUGH WE CONTINUE TO BE IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

UM, AS TO THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES THE, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL STILL MUST, UM, DECIDE WHETHER IT IS GOING TO, UM, REPEAL THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE OVERLAY THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY REFEREND OR PLACE IT BEFORE THE VOTERS.

AND THERE'S NO SET DEADLINE ON MAKING THAT DECISION, EXCEPT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ALLOW FOR 88 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AT WHICH THAT

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ITEM IS GONNA BE PLACED.

AND IF THAT'S GONNA BE AT A REGULAR, UM, CITY COUNCIL ELECTION, ONE WHERE CITY COUNCIL SEATS ARE UP FOR ELECTION, THAT'S NOT UNTIL THE, UM, THE 2026 ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF TIME, NOT THAT THE, THE COUNCIL NECESSARILY WANTS TO TAKE THAT MUCH TIME OR THE STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.

UM, BUT THAT IS THE NEXT, UM, THAT WILL BE THE NEXT AND THE, UM, CONCLUSIVE STEP IN TERMS OF COUNCIL ACTION REGARDING THE REFERENDUM ACTIVITY.

OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, UM, THAT WAS EXACTLY GONNA BE MY QUESTION.

WHETHER, UM, THE REFERENDUM STILL ACHIEVES, ITS, UH, ITS GOAL OF FORCING EITHER A COUNCIL REPEAL ON IT OR AN ELECTION, AND THAT THE, YOU KEEP USING THE WORD SUCCESSFUL, UM, A AS THE, THEY'VE ACHIEVED THAT GOAL.

AND SO THAT'S, WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME, UH, PLACE.

THE REFERENDUM ACTION IS STILL A BINDING, UH, REQUIREMENT ON THE CITY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY, UH, WHAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL IS THE SUSPENDING OF THAT LEGISLATIVE ACTION.

UM, YEP.

AND, AND REQUIRING THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

WELL, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND SO, UH, WITH NO OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS, UM, LIKE TO OPEN THIS TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON, ON THIS ITEM AND ASK THE CLERK, UH, IF ANY EMAILS HAVE COME IN ON THIS AND TAKE AWAY, WE DID RECEIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, WHICH IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED.

PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION AND NOT SEEING, UM, CARDS COMING FORWARD TO THE CLERK'S DESK, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW, BRING IT BACK UP TO THE COUNCIL.

UM, AND, UH, THE COUNCIL, UM, ANY DELIBERATION AND COMMENTS AT THIS POINT? THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE PART.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES.

UH, SO I ALREADY, UH, GOT MY QUESTIONS, UH, ASKED AND ANSWERED.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE ITEM.

THANK SECOND.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SHRIVES AND A SECOND BY BARNACLE.

AND, UM, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO COMMENT.

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL.

DE CARLY'S RECUSED NOW? YES.

QUINT? YES.

SHRIVES? YES.

MCDONALD? YES.

MOTION CARRIES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY RECUSED.

THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM 12, WHICH IS AN INTRODUCTION OR FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA, TO CODIFY THE CITY'S CIVILIAN PUBLIC OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY POLICIES BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 2.50 ENTITLED PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN THE ADMINISTRATION TITLE AND TITLE TWO, AND REPEAL AND REPLACE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 4 0 4 8 N CS, AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER, EIGHT POINT, UH, ZERO, ONE ENTITLED INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR, AND A NEW CHAPTER 8.03 ENTITLED MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE REGARDING ASSEMBLY BILL 4 81 IN THE HEALTH AND WELFARE TITLE, TITLE EIGHT OF THE, UM, PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE.

UM, MAY WE INVITE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY BACK INTO THE ROOM AND, UM, I'LL START READING THE TITLE OF

[12. Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Petaluma to Codify the City’s Civilian Public Safety Oversight and Transparency Policies by Adding a New Chapter 2.50 Entitled “Public Safety Advisory Committee” in the “Administration” Title, Title 2, and to Repeal and Replace Resolution No. 2024-048 N.C.S., and Adding a New Chapter 8.01 Entitled “Independent Police Auditor” and a New Chapter 8.03 Entitled “Military Equipment Use” regarding Assembly Bill 481 in the “Health and Welfare” Title, Title 8, in the Petaluma Municipal Code – PUBLISHED 9/4/25]

AND TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, CHIEF MILLER AND ALSO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ERIC DANLEY.

I'M YOUR POLICE CHIEF PRESENTING THE ITEM TONIGHT.

UH, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AND WALK YOU THROUGH SOME BACKGROUND SLIDES OF THREE SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS THAT FORMED WHAT'S OUR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT MODEL, AND WALK YOU THROUGH THIS INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCE, UH, THAT CODIFIES THOSE OVERSIGHT POLICIES IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.

I JUST WANNA START THAT.

THIS HAS BEEN A GOAL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A CITY COUNCIL GOAL AND PRIORITY, SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BRING THAT BACK TOGETHER AND BACK BEFORE YOU AND CODIFY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN PRACTICE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND BEEN QUITE PLEASED WITH.

IT DOES IS IT ENACTS THREE CHAPTERS, NEW CHAPTERS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, SPECIFICALLY ADDING ONE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ANOTHER FOR THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR, AND A THIRD FOR THEIR MILITARY EQUIP USE POLICIES.

SO, THE INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCE, WHAT

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BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL IN 2024 VIA A RESOLUTION.

THE ENABLING RESOLUTION ADDRESSED THE COMPOSITION, THE STRUCTURE, AND THE ENABLING LEGISLATION AND THE CHARTER FOR THAT COMMITTEE, AND INCLUDES WHAT THE MEMBERSHIP WILL CONSIST OF, HOW REGULARLY THEY WILL MEET.

AND THUS, THUS FAR, WE'VE HAD SEVEN MEETINGS SINCE IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED.

UH, EFFECTIVELY THIS ORDINANCE WILL REPEAL THAT RESOLUTION AND CODIFY IT AS IT STANDS IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION IN CHAPTER 2.50, THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

BUT IT, AS I MENTIONED, IT PRESERVES THE ENABLING LEGISLATION PRO PROVISIONS REGARDING ALL OF THE SAME COMPOSITION STRUCTURE MEETING, UM, AND CONTEXT OF, OF THEIR SCOPE OF WORK.

IT DOES ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF, OF ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR THEIR REPORTING STRUCTURE, FOR EASE OF THE COMMITTEE'S USE AND REPORTING BACK TO YOU ALL AND THROUGH OUR IPA NEXT SLIDE.

AND THE BENEFITS OF THE CODIFICATION, SPECIFICALLY OF THAT RESOLUTION IS THAT IT'LL GIVE MORE PERMANENCY FOR OUR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ORDINANCES, WHICH REQUIRE TWO, UM, BY CODIFICATION, IT, IT'LL REQUIRE TWO COUNCIL VOTES TO AMEND RE, WHEREAS RESOLUTIONS ONLY REQUIRE JUST THE ONE READING.

IT ALSO ESTABLISHES MORE VISIBILITY FOR HER OVERSIGHT THROUGH PLACING IT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHERE IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND IT ADDS THOSE MINOR CHANGES THAT WE'RE NOW THREE YEARS INTO SOME OF THESE MODELS, AND WE'VE FOUND SOME EFFICIENCIES AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO ADD FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

ASSEMBLY BILL 41.

THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT FUNDING ACQUISITION AND USE WAS ALSO ENACTED THROUGH RESOLUTION BACK IN 2021, BUT IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO STATE APPROVED LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADOPT ORDINANCES GOVERNING FUNDING, ACQUISITION, AND USE OF DEFINED MILITARY EQUIPMENT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

THE POLICIES MUST BE REVIEWED, REVIEWED AND REAPPROVED ANNUALLY, WHICH WE'VE DONE SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH YOU ALL THE LAST THREE, THREE AND A HALF, FOUR YEARS.

AND WE ADOPTED THAT RESOLUTION IN 2022, RENEWED IT WITH WHEN WE ADDED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT IN 2023, AND JUST RECENTLY PRESENTED IT A FEW MONTHS AGO.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

CODIFICATION WILL REALLY REAFFIRM WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATION REQUIRES US TO DO, COVERING THE TYPES OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT, THE USE OF POLICY REQUIREMENTS, THE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS, AND ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ALSO INCORPORATED THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM THE DAIS THAT REQUIRED AND REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO USE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, AS WELL AS PUBLIC NOTICING FOR THE BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY TO BE THE CONDUIT FOR THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN ADVANCE OF RETURNING THE REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

THE BENEFITS OF CODIFYING THIS SECTION AND RESOLUTION IMPROVES OUR TRANSPARENCY BY INCORPORATING THE MILITARY CITY'S MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE AGAIN IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND IT ALSO CODIFIES THOSE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OR DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED AND PUTS THEM IN OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS.

AND LASTLY, THE THIRD CHAPTER.

WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR WHO WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THAT HOLISTIC CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT HYBRID MODEL, UH, THAT CAME FROM PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS IN 2020 THROUGH 2022.

AND AD HOC RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE HAD AN RFP PROCESS THAT SELECTED OUR CURRENT, UH, IPA INTEGRA IN 2023, AND INCLUDED A DEFINED SCOPE OF SERVICES AND THEN RFP IN THEIR CONTRACTING.

THEY'VE BEEN REPORTING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE LEGISLATION WITH REPORTS TO THE CITY MANAGER, TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND TO COUNCIL.

THE ORDINANCE WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN CHAPTER 8.01 THAT'LL GOVERN THAT THE CITY SHALL CONTRACT WITH AN IPA.

IT'LL INCLUDE THE IPA DUTIES, WHICH GENERALLY ARE TO REVIEW, ADVISE, AUDIT, AUDIT ON OUR COMPLAINTS, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, INVESTIGATIONS, OUR POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND TRAININGS, CRITICAL INCIDENTS, AND JUST MONITOR POLICE CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE AND TRENDS, AS WELL AS REPORT OUT AND ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

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AND THE DETAILED, UH, WORK SCOPE IS ESTABLISHED AND DEFINED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE NOW AS WELL.

THAT'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

AND THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS THAT IT, IT MAKES THAT RFP AND CONTRACT STANDING PRACTICE IN THE, THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

IT PROVIDES CONTINUITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW, ENHANCES AND BUILDS OUR CONTINUED PUBLIC TRUST IN POLICE PRACTICES, AND THE CODIFICATION ADDS JUST GREATER TRANSPARENCY, DEFINING ALL THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF BOTH THE IPA'S ROLE, BUT AS WELL AS OUR CIVILIAN HYBRID OVERSIGHT MODEL.

SO I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCE.

UM, BUT I WILL JUST END IT WITH THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY PLEASED.

WHILE IT'S AN INCREDIBLE LIFT AND AMOUNT OF WORK, WE ARE SEEING THE DIRECT IMPACTS ON A DAILY BASIS OF THE INCREASED REVIEW DISCUSSIONS, ATTENTION TO OUR WORKFLOWS, OUR PROCESSES, AND IT'S MADE US A BETTER ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE GETTING THIS TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN GET IT INTO A CODE AND, UH, IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS CONTENT? UH, I DID HAVE ONE IF I, UH, COULD.

UM, SO THE EVALUATION OF THE I, UH, IPA AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PER PERFORMANCE REVIEW, UH, UM, OR EVEN A CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE WISHED, I MEAN, IF THE IPA IS NOT WORKING THE WAY WE WISH, DOES THAT REST WITH THE CHIEF OR DOES IT REST WITH THE CITY MANAGER? OR IS IT A DIRECT BA? HOW DO, HOW IS IMPROVEMENT? WE JUST SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER THAT AERO AND THE COUNTY RELATIONSHIP IS STRESSED.

UM, HOW, UM, WHAT IS THE STEPS FOR US TO REMEDY A STRESS SITUATION? YEAH, SO THE, THE CONTRACT IS MANAGED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS, WHICH IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT IMPROPER FOR ME TO CONTRACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS AUDITING ME AND REPORTING TO ME.

AND, AND, UH, THAT WOULD ALSO, UH, HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT IF THERE EVER WERE TO BE CONFLICT.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE, WE HAVE FOUND FRICTION POINTS OF AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT AND WORKED THROUGH THOSE.

UM, BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

AND I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER AS SHE'S GETTING DIRECT REPORTS AND ENGAGING WITH OUR, OUR POLICE AUDITOR, JEFF LANGER REGULARLY.

SO WE, WE WORK WITH THE IPA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON THIS PINCH POINTS, BUT WE ALSO GET, UM, WE, UH, REVIEW THEIR ANNUAL REPORT AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THE, WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE YEAR.

AND WE SPEND A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE EVEN PSAC SEES IT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ANY DEFICIENCIES, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE'VE GOT THAT THOROUGH REVIEW EVERY YEAR.

IF, IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY ADD MR. MAYOR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WHICH WE'RE NOT FORMALIZING, BUT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR A WHILE, UM, BOLSTERS AND ALSO CONTINUES THAT THE, THE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT WE'VE ALREADY HAD FOR YEARS REGARDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL.

'CAUSE WE REPORT TO COUNCIL OF COURSE.

AND SO WE CONTINUE TO BE, UM, IT'S JORDAN GREEN IN MY OFFICE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE MEETINGS WITH THE IPA.

WE CONTINUE TO DO POLICY REVIEW ALONG WITH THE IPA, UM, AFTER ACTION REVIEWS.

SO ALL THOSE STRENGTHS THAT WE ALREADY HAD, WE STILL HAVE NOW THEY'RE ENHANCED BY ADDITIONAL PARALLEL, BUT INDEPENDENT REVIEW BY THE IPA.

SO, UM, THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.

LIKE ANY GOOD, UM, CONTRACT PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO HAVE STRONG MANAGEMENT ON THE CITY'S PART TO ENSURE WE'RE GETTING THE PERFORMANCE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.

AND I THINK WITH THOSE TOOLS AND, AND VERY PROTECTIVE CONTRACT MECHANISMS IN OUR STANDARD SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN ALL OUR ARRANGEMENTS, UM, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES.

THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY, ANY, ANY SERIOUS AND THIS THOUGHT COMES TO MIND PARTIALLY IN CONTEXT WITH GRAND JURY SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO CHANGE A CERTAIN DEPARTMENT.

AND I'M THINKING, WHAT, WHAT IS THE VEHICLE FOR UNHAPPINESS IN THIS STRESS? BUT I AM REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE ENABLING LEGISLATION FOR PSAC, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

CODIFIED, I MEAN, TOO, TOO MANY OF THE, UH, UH, COMMITTEES WHEN THEY GET LONG IN, IN, INTO THE ENABLING LEGISLATION DOESN'T STAY CURRENT OR, UH, ISN'T FAMILIAR TO THE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER.

SO HAVING IT HERE WHERE WE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT, THAT'S A REAL GREAT STEP FORWARD.

SO THEY ARE VERY INFORMATIVE AND THE AUDITOR PRESENTS OUR, UM, COMMITTEE WITH THE FINDINGS AND WE ARE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR.

WELL, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY AS THE, UM, I'M THE SECOND LIAISON BECAUSE I FILLED IN FOR DENNIS , UM, WHEN HE LEFT THE COUNCIL.

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AND THERE'S, UM, VERY GOOD DIALOGUE ON WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

THERE'S, UM, LOTS OF LANGUAGE THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IN THE REPORT, AND THAT IS VERY WELL EXPLAINED AT THE MEETINGS.

AND I THINK THE ONE YEAR, UM, UPDATE IS COMING TO THE COUNCIL NEXT MONTH FOR THE PSAC NO, NO, NO, NEXT MONTH WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND COMMENTARY FROM THE COUNCIL ON TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND TRENDS.

AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE THE DISCUSSION ITEM ITEM THIS MONTH.

AND THEN, UM, AS A REMINDER THAT THAT P SAC IS WORKING COLLECTIVELY OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO BUILD THEIR FIRST KIND OF ANNUAL REPORT OUT, THAT'LL CONSIST OF ABOUT AN 18 MONTH PERIOD.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING OVER MEETING OVER MEETING 18 MONTHS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE YEAR.

WE'RE GONNA TRUE IT UP.

SO IT COMES BACK ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR EASIER REPORT WRITE OR REPORTING.

AND ALSO, UH, ONE OF THOSE ADDITIONS IN HERE, AND THE CODIFICATION WAS FLEXIBILITY AND EASE OF REPORTING.

WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, UNTETHER SOME OF THE COMMITTEE FROM SOME OF THE REPORT WRITING FUNCTIONALITY AND INCORPORATE THAT THROUGH THE IPA ANNUAL REPORT AND HAVE STAFF ASSIST THEM WITH PREPARING THAT THAT REPORT BASED ON THEIR DIRECTION.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND ASK THE CLERK TO HELP US WITH THAT.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, AHEAD OF TIME ON THIS, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.

UH, BUT IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, THIS IS THE MOMENT, AND SEEING NO ONE, UM, BRINGING CARDS TO THE CLERK, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

AND, UM, BEFORE ASKING FOR, FOR A MOTION, I JUST WANNA NOTE, UM, UM, WE'VE SEEN, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HAD A VERY BUSY WEEK AND LONGER.

AND I THINK WHEN THE PUBLIC NOTICES IT, IT, IT'S BECAUSE THERE, THERE ARE REALLY, UM, BAD ACTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEED STRONG POLICE, UM, ACTION.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SAFETY THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FOR US.

AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE STRESS THAT SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS PUT ON THE OFFICERS AND, AND APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN BEING THE POLICE FOR OUR CITY.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND WITH THAT, THAT MOTION, AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM CATER THOMPSON.

SECOND.

SECOND FROM BARNACLE.

AND ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

WONDERFUL.

BEFORE YOU TONIGHT SEEKS APPROVAL TO FINALIZE AND TRANSMIT, UH, CITY'S RESPONSES TO THOSE THREE REPORTS, UH, THAT THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED FROM THE SONOMA COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY, IN WHICH PETALUMA WAS EITHER REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE OR INVITED TO SUBMIT AN OPTIONAL RESPONSE.

THAT BRINGS US TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF FOR THE REPORT.

UM, THAT BRINGS US VERY TO, UM, RESOLUTIONS APPROVING THREE RESPONSES TO THE SONOMA COUNTY GRAND CIVIL GRAND JURY.

AND TITLED LOCAL FEES, LOCAL SUBSIDIES, WHO CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN PETALUMA COUNTY AND ANIMAL SERVICES IN SONOMA COUNTY.

AND TO HELP US WITH THIS, WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BRIAN, UH, COCHRAN.

TAKE IT AWAY.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, ITEM 13,

[13. Resolutions Approving Three Responses to the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Reports Entitled: "Local Fees, Local Subsidies", "Who Can Afford to Live in Sonoma County", and "Animal Services in Sonoma County"]

SO, BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, UH, THE CIVIL GRAND JURY IS AN INDEPENDENT BODY OF 19 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SELECTED ANNUALLY TO SERVE ONE YEAR TERMS. THE GRAND JURY IS CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND MAY ALSO INITIATE ITS OWN INVESTIGATIONS INTO MATTERS CONCERNING ANY CITY, COUNTY, OR SPECIAL DISTRICT IN SONOMA COUNTY.

AND THEN EACH JUNE, AFTER HAVING COMPLETED ITS INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE YEAR AND DOCUMENTING THOSE FINDINGS IN A SERIES OF REPORTS, THE REPORTS ARE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

EACH GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT IS CITED OR MENTIONED IN EACH OF THE REPORTS, UH, IS THEN TYPICALLY REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THE FINDINGS IN THE REPORT, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY BE MADE BY THE GRAND JURY FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND WE HAVE A 90 DAY TIME PERIOD IN OR IN WHICH TO,

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UM, GENERATE THAT RESPONSE AND SUBMIT IT TO THE GRAND JURY.

SO FOR EACH FINDING, AS YOU SEE IN THE PROPOSED RESPONSE DOCUMENTS, UM, ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM, THE CITY MUST STATE WHICH FINDINGS IT AGREES WITH, WHICH FINDINGS IT PARTIALLY DISAGREES WITH OR WHOLLY DISAGREES WITH.

UH, AND THEN SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THERE MAY BE DISAGREEMENT ON THAT FINDING.

SO THE FIRST REPORT, UH, THAT'S LISTED IN THE PACKET TONIGHT IS ENTITLED LOCAL FEES, LOCAL SUBSIDIES.

AND IT WAS AN EXPLORATION OF VARIOUS RECENT FEE INCREASES AT SEVERAL SON COUNTY CITIES AND PROVIDING CONTRAST BETWEEN CITIES THAT HAVE HAD SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN FEES, UH, VERSUS CITIES WHO MAKE IT A POLICY OF REGULARLY INCREASING FEES AS COSTS INCREASE, THEREBY MAKING EACH YEAR'S INCREASE RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO NOT DOING ANY INCREASES FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEN HAVING A LARGE SPIKE, UH, IN THOSE, IN THOSE FEES.

PETALUMA WAS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS REPORT AND WAS REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO FINDING NUMBER ONE AND RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE.

AND AS YOU SEE IN THE PROPOSED DRAFT RESPONSE, WE AGREED WITH BOTH OF THOSE, UH, BOTH FINDING NUMBER ONE AND OUR EXISTING PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY UTILIZE FOR REGULAR ANNUAL FEE INCREASES, UH, WAS ALREADY ENCOMPASSED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE.

ONE QUICK, UH, EDIT.

I WILL MENTION, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER POINTED OUT THAT IN THE RESPONSE DOCUMENT ITSELF, IT SAYS THAT WE AGREE WITH F1 AND WE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED F1.

UH, THAT SECOND PIECE SHOULD HAVE SAID, UH, IMPLEMENTED R ONE, MEANING RECOMMENDATION ONE.

SO WE'LL MAKE THAT EDIT IN THE FINAL REPORT THAT WE TRANSMIT TO THE GRAND JURY.

SO, UH, I THINK WE'LL PAUSE THERE AND HAND IT BACK, UH, TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FEES REPORT, AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON TO THE SUBSEQUENT ONES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, UM, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? ACTUALLY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO THIS IN THE QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

'CAUSE I THINK WE, THEY'RE THE SAME THING AND LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DESK TO SEE WHETHER EVERYONE WANTS TO WEIGH IN ON FEES AND, UM, I JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE DO THE FEES EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE ON THE GOOD SIDE OF THIS ISSUE.

SO THAT'S REAL POSITIVE.

AND I THINK WE'RE BACK TO YOU FOR, UM, FOR THE NEXT PIECE.

UH, THE SECOND REPORT WAS ENTITLED, WHO CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN SONOMA COUNTY.

IT CONTRASTS THE, UH, POLICIES, PRACTICES AND FINANCING TOOLS FOR THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BETWEEN, UH, TWO DIFFERENT SONOMA COUNTY CITIES, HEALDSBURG AND RUNNER PARK.

PETALUMA WAS NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THIS REPORT, HOWEVER, UH, THE, THE GRAND JURY INVITED ALL NINE CITIES TO SUBMIT AN OPTIONAL RESPONSE, UH, TO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO, WHICH RECOMMENDS THE CREATION OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COLLABORATIVE COUNTY-WIDE TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES, UH, AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATION.

SO WE, UH, WE DID GENERATE A PROPOSED SHORT RESPONSE TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, UH, WHICH WE DO AGREE WITH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN SAID COLLABORATIVE, UH, WHEN IT'S FORMED.

AND THAT, UH, RESPONSE IS ALSO HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TONIGHT.

SO WE'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

ANY, ANYONE WILL WEIGH IN ON HOUSING? I MEAN, OTHER THAN THE FACT IT'S HORRIBLE AND, YOU KNOW, VERY EXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE, WHICH PROHIBITS A LOT OF YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM STAYING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, BUT THEN WE'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

I DO, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CITY FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT WE PUT OUT AND ALL THE AGGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO TRY AND ADDRESS THINGS.

AND, UH, AND, UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT, UH, PETALUMA'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACHIEVEMENT, UM, IS, UH, DOING VERY WELL RELATIVE TO OTHER, OTHER AREAS, UH, WE'RE ACHIEVING.

WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S JUST A SMALL NUMBER THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT'S NOT THE IMPACTFUL THE WAY WE WISH IT WAS IMPACTFUL.

UM, BUT OUR, UM, OUR FEE STRUCTURE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, I THINK, UM, LED THE WAY IN THE COUNTY FOR THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY TOO.

UM, SO OTHER CONS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON HOUSING, AND I THINK WE'RE BACK TO YOU FOR THE THIRD ELEMENT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, SO THE THIRD REPORT WAS ENTITLED ANIMAL SERVICES IN SONOMA COUNTY.

AND THIS REPORT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF ALL PUBLICLY FUNDED ANIMAL

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SERVICES PROVIDERS IN SONOMA COUNTY, INCLUDING PETALUMA'S PROVIDER NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, OR OFTEN ABBREVIATED NBAS.

THE REPORT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS ABOUT NBAS, THEIR PERFORMANCE, THEIR FUNDING LEVELS, OVERALL SPAN OF CONTROL, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS THAT SHOULD BE MADE TO THE SHELTER AND THEIR PERFORMANCE ON DOG LICENSING.

UH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THE FINDINGS EXCEPT FOR F FOUR AND F FIVE AND ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR, UH, RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE.

SO IN SUMMARY ON THIS ONE, THE CITY IS IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE HAVE EITHER, UH, ALREADY COMPLETED A FEW OF THEM OR WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING.

AND IN THE LONGER RESPONSE DOCUMENT, WE HAVE OUTLINED SOME TIMELINES FOR WHEN WE BELIEVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED.

AS FOR THE FINDINGS, THE PROPOSED RESPONSE STATES THUS THAT THE CITY IS IN AGREEMENT WITH F EIGHT, F NINE AND F 10, AND THEN HAS A PARTIAL DISAGREEMENT WITH THE REMAINING FINDINGS.

AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.

SO THE REASONS FOR THE PARTIAL DISAGREEMENT WITH, UH, MANY OF THE FINDINGS OTHER THAN F EIGHT, NINE AND 10, UH, THOSE REASONS ARE EXPLAINED IN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DETAIL IN ATTACHMENT NINE TO THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH CONTAINS OUR ENTIRE PROPOSED RESPONSE.

IN SUMMARY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS, UH, CERTAIN FINDINGS.

SO AS, FOR EXAMPLE, CERTAIN FINDINGS READ AS AN OPINION, WHICH THAT OPINION MAY BE VALID AND TRUE, BUT IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO VERIFY.

SO THEN IT'S DIFFICULT TO AGREE WITH THE ENTIRE FINDING OTHERS APPEAR INCORRECT OR PERHAPS THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING BY THE GRAND JURY ON THAT PARTICULAR FINDING.

UH, AND THEN FOR OTHERS, WE AGREE WITH THE THEORY OR THE SENTIMENT THAT'S BEING EXPRESSED IN THE FINDING, BUT DISAGREE.

SOMETIMES THERE'S A CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP THAT'S CITED IN THE FINDING, UM, THAT IS THE REASON FOR A PARTICULAR ISSUE BEING.

SO, AND WE MAY DISAGREE ON THAT PIECE OF IT, BUT DESPITE THOSE AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT, WE DO AGREE WITH THE OVERALL THRUST OF THE REPORT THAT THERE ARE SOME PERFORMANCE ISSUES WITH NBAS AS IT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING, AND THAT THOSE ISSUES CAN AND SHOULD BE RESOLVED.

HAVING EXCELLENT ANIMAL SERVICES IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO PETALUMA, AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.

WE OWE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO OUR ANIMALS.

AS NOTED IN THE REPORT, WE HAVE ENGAGED A THIRD PARTY LOCAL CONSULTANT TO ASSIST THE CITY AND NBAS IN SEVERAL AREAS.

THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND HOW TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT SHELTER OPERATIONS AND ANIMAL CARE IMPROVEMENTS, BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS AND STAFF TRAINING AND LICENSING AND RABIES CONTROL PERFORMANCE.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WITH THE CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATIONS, WE CAN WORK WITH NBAS TO MAKE THE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT SAID, WHILE NOT FORMALLY DOCUMENTED AS A GRAND JURY FINDING, THE GRAND JURY DID DISCUSS AT LENGTH IN THEIR REPORT THE FINANCIAL REALITIES OF PROVIDING ANIMAL SERVICES, NAMELY THAT NBA S'S OVERALL PUBLIC FUNDING ON A PER CAPITA BASIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN SOME OF ITS SISTER AGENCIES IN SONOMA COUNTY.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN PETALUMA FIRST CONTRACTED WITH NBAS IN 2018, THE CONTRACT WAS FIXED AT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THE PRIOR, UM, ANIMAL SERVICES PROVIDER HAD BEEN PAID.

AND SO IN ALL THAT FUNDING HAS NOT INCREASED FOR OVER A DECADE.

SO NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, NO INFLATOR, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AMENDMENT THAT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION MADE IN 2020 TO ALLOW FOR NBAS TO RETAIN THEIR, THE LICENSING FEE REVENUE THAT THEY COLLECT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, UH, TO BOOST THEIR OVERALL FUNDING IN STAFF'S REGULAR MEETINGS WITH NBAS, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY AND REPEATEDLY ASKED THEM FOR PROPOSALS TO HELP RIGHTSIZE THEIR FUNDING AND OBTAIN NEEDED RESOURCES, BUT HAVE NEVER RECEIVED SUCH A PROPOSAL, UH, FROM 'EM ON THAT FUNDING QUESTION.

THIS CURRENT CONTRACTUAL FUNDING AMOUNT NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE SUSTAINABLE WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES.

AND THIS OBSERVATION FORESHADOWS THAT IMPROVING ANIMAL SERVICES MOVING FORWARD IN PETALUMA, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH NBAS OR THROUGH ANOTHER PROVIDER IN THE FUTURE, MAY REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN, UH, THE CITY'S OVERALL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GENERAL FUND

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TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE SERVICES AT A HIGH QUALITY LEVEL.

STAFF WILL BE RECOMMENDING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS EARLY IN 2026 TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FROM ANY INTERESTED ANIMAL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS OUR OPTIONS, UH, AND THE COSTS FOR THOSE OPTIONS AS WE COME UP ON THE CONTRACT EXPIRATION DATE OF JULY 31ST, 2026.

SO I'LL JUST CLOSE MY COMMENTS BY REITERATING, UH, THE CITY'S STRONG COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ANIMAL SERVICES.

WE APPRECIATE THE GRAND JURY'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR WORKING STEADFASTLY TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE GRAND JURY.

UH, SO WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DIVE INTO ANY OF THE RESPONSES OR THE FINDINGS OR RECOMMENDATIONS IN MORE DETAIL AND, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK UP ONTO THE DIOCESE TO, UM, UM, PROVIDE A LITTLE FEEDBACK THERE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS.

GOOD.

UH, THANK YOU.

I THINK WE'RE PRETTY MUCH TRACKING, UH, PRETTY WELL IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS, UH, LOOKING FOR THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS.

SO JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

UM, SO THE CONSULTANT THAT, UH, LOOKS LIKE AN EXPERT IS COMING IN, WHO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR, FOR A LONG TIME, HAS LOTS OF EXPERTISE IN IT.

UM, ARE, IS THE CITY PAYING FOR THIS CONSULTANT OR IS THAT COMING UNDER THE, UH, THE CONTRACT SERVICES COST? THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THE CO CONSULTANT.

THE CITY IS PROVIDING THIS EXTRA SERVICE NOW, UH, UH, SO WE ARE PUTTING EXTRA HELP.

AND SO THIS PERSON THAT'S GONNA BE COMING IN AND HELPING, UM, ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING TO START DOING SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT SEEMS TO BE MISSING OR, OR NOT BEING, NOT HAPPENING AT, AT THE RATE IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING? ARE THEY GONNA COME IN AND HELP DO THAT OR JUST ADVISE ON HOW TO DO IT? SO YEAH, THE INTENT IS NOT FOR THE CONSULTANT TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.

IT'S REALLY TO ASSESS THE OPERATION, ASSESS THE ORGANIZATION, THE SHELTER, THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ON HOW TO IMPROVE, HOW TO RESTRUCTURE, WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES MAY BE AVAILABLE AND HOW TO IMPROVE, UH, OVERALL OVERSIGHT OF, UH, OF THE PROVIDER AND THE OPERATIONS.

SO, UM, THE CONTRACTS COMING UP SOMETIME IN 2026, THIS NEXT, THIS NEXT COMING YEAR.

AND, AND SO WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WELL, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IF THEY COME EARLY ENOUGH THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AND TO UP THE CONTRACT AND CHANGE IT BETWEEN NOW AND 2026 SO THAT THINGS ARE, WILL BE HAPPENING, NOT JUST ADVISING ABOUT IT, NOT JUST WORKING YES.

MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

AND THEN IN 2026 WE'LL OPEN IT UP AGAIN FOR A NEW CONTRACT, EITHER FOR THE SAME FOLKS OR NEW FOLKS TO COME IN, AND THEN WE'LL RE REDO EXPECTATIONS ON THE CONTRACT TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO, SO WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

CITY IS HELPING OUT WITH MONEY, SOME, SOME CONSULTANT, UH, COMING IN TO HELP, AND THEN WE'RE GOING, GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER EVEN BEFORE CONTRACT IS UP.

SO ALL THESE ARE, ARE GOOD THINGS THAT THE CITY WILL BE DOING, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO THE INTENT IS FOR THE, UH, THE CONSULTING TO BE OCCURRING OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.

SO BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEN THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED HOPEFULLY QUICKLY AFTER THAT, OVER QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN EVEN CORRECT BEFORE THE END OF THE CONTRACT.

YEP.

AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHERE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN MAKE THE CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THEM OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME.

YEP.

HERE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, VICE MAYOR.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE, UM, INFORMATION AND TO ADD ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER REBS QUESTION.

UM, THE VOLUNTEERS I SPOKE TO, THEY HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS SO GENEROUS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DONATIONS AND THEY'RE UNSOLICITED, UM, WHETHER IT IS CANS OF ANIMAL FOOD OR SHELTER, BEDDING, LEASHES, WHATEVER, THEY LIKE TO JUST LEAD THEM AT THE DOORSTEP OF OUR ANIMALS SHELTER.

AND THEY'RE, THE VOLUNTEERS ARE OVERWHELMED.

SO IS THERE A, IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE, UM, NBAS TO HAVE THE, A VOLUNTEER, UM, GROUP THAT, THAT MEETS REGULARLY? AND THIS, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I WAS ON COUNCIL, WE HAD OUR OWN CITY COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED TO A LOT WAS THE VOLUNTEERS AND HOW THEY INTERACTED WITH THE COMMUNITY LIKE DONATIONS.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT ANYMORE.

SO WHAT DO WE DO HAVE, CAN WE EXPLAIN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MYSELF WHAT WE DO HAVE? SO I, I MAY ASK MARK SCOTT TO COME UP AND, AND ADDRESS THIS IF HE WANTS TO FILL IN, BUT THE NBAS DEFINITELY DOES BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES OF A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, AS WELL AS, AS YOU SAID,

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A LOT OF DONATIONS.

I KNOW THEY OPERATE THE, UH, THE FOOD DONATION PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN COME UP AND PICK UP FREE FOOD IF, YOU KNOW, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR DOG OR CAT FOOD THAT MONTH, THOSE SORTS OF SERVICES.

AND, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS WELCOMING AND THOSE ARE BENEFICIAL FOR THE, THE OVERALL OPERATION.

UM, BUT YES, AGREED, IF THERE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS TO HANDLE THE, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUME OF THINGS COMING THROUGH THAT, THAT COULD BE CHALLENGING.

SO, I DON'T KNOW.

MARK, DO YOU WANNA FILL IN ANY DETAILS ON THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AT ALL? THANK YOU.

UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF? UM, YES, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW VOLUNTEERS.

UH, ABOUT 60 RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 144 SLOTS A MONTH THAT GET FILLED THROUGH VOLUNTEERING, UH, TWO HOURS A WEEK OR TWO HOURS A DAY.

UM, MANY OF THEM WANNA DO LAUNDRY, CAT CLEANING.

I MEAN, WE HAVE EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER.

UM, DEFINITELY WE DO HAVE A GREAT PET PANTRY PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DONATE DROP OFF ITEMS THAT WE KIND OF RECONFIGURE AND CAN HAND OUT TO PEOPLE WHO NEED, UM, WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

YOU JUST COME AND YOU CAN GET WHAT'S NEEDED.

ONE, TWO BAGS DEPENDING ON YOUR DOG SIZE.

WE EVEN HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS FOR THEIR, LIKE MY DOG'S SENSITIVE STOMACH AND WE HAVE STUFF FOR THAT.

SO YES, WE HAVE A GREAT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

UM, IT IS A LOT OF STUFF, BUT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH IT.

SO IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT AND CAN BE OVERWHELMING TO SOME, BUT THE OUTCOME IS, IS TOO GREAT TO NOT GO THROUGH.

UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT.

SURE.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR MY, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND, AND REALLY FOR THE BROADER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY CRITICAL SERVICES THAT ARE NOT BEING MET CURRENTLY THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RESOLVE? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE DO.

I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE REPORT WAS AGAIN, KIND OF FOCUSED ON PERFORMANCE, UH, INCREASING THE LICENSING PERCENTAGE, UH, OF THE OVERALL NUMBER OF DOGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THEIR RABIES VACCINE, UH, MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SHELTER, SPECIFICALLY THE, THE BUILDING AND THE FACILITIES.

WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS.

WE'VE GOTTEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS CHECKED OFF THE LIST, AND WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THE REST OF THE LIST TO, TO STILL GO THROUGH.

UM, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF, UM, NOT MEETING CERTAIN STANDARDS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANT WILL BE LOOKING AT.

UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC CRITICAL SERVICES THAT ARE JUST SIMPLY NOT BEING MET AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

GOT IT.

SO IT FEELS TO ME LIKE OUR ANIMAL SERVICES ARE FUNCTIONING.

THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE IMPROVED UPON, AND SOME OF THAT MAY BE A RESULT OF JUST YEARS AND YEARS OF NO, UH, INCREASES IN FEES OR ANYTHING, UH, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE AS A, YOU KNOW, A CITY BODY CAN REALLY WORK TO IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT YEAR WHEN THE TIME COMES TO, UH, REALLY REVISIT IT HOLISTICALLY.

IN, IN OUR FEEDBACK TO NBAS, BUT, UM, BUT I, BUT I, BUT I THINK THAT SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING LIKE THAT, UM, IS NECESSARY.

I THINK, UM, I THINK I'M GONNA COMMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, O OBVIOUSLY NOBODY LIKES TO GET A REPORT FROM THE GRAND JURY .

UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE INHERENTLY IT MEANS KIND OF YOU MADE SOME DISCONNECT WITH THE PUBLIC AT SOME POINT.

AND, UM, AND I, AND I THINK THAT AGREEMENT CITY STAFF AGREEMENT WITH SO MANY POINTS OF THE GRAND JURY REPORT REALLY POINTS OUT HOW, UH, HOW MUCH WORK NEEDS TO GO INTO THIS TO, TO GET US RIGHT AGAIN.

UM, I DO THINK THAT CERTAINLY WE STARTED MBAS IN DIFFICULT TIMES AND, UH, WITH THE, I MEAN THE, YOU REALLY CAN'T ACHIEVE PROGRAM GOALS WITH FUNDING THAT WON'T MEET IT.

AND THEN WE HAD COVID AND THEN, UH, PEOPLE AND THEIR ANIMALS CHANGED DURING COVID.

THE, THE BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE AND THE NEED FOR ANIMALS AND, AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO ANIMALS CHANGED DURING COVID.

SO I SEE WHERE WE'VE GONE, UM, TO AN, INTO A PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO PIVOT AND, AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THE FUNDING PUT US IN A PLACE, THE CLASSIC PLACE WHERE YOU'RE WORKING SO HARD TO DO THE DAY JOB, THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TIME FOR STRATEGIC THINKING.

YOU NEVER HAVE TIME FOR GETTING THAT NEXT STEP AND, AND HAVING GOOD PROGRAM IN PLACE.

I MEAN, UH, STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING IN PLACE.

UM, AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE BOARD.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT KIND OF, UM, UH, ENCOURAGEMENT

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AND, UM, AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SRI'S COMMENT SETTING EXPECTATIONS.

I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT RFP EARLY IN THE YEAR WILL DRIVE A LOT OF THE EXPECTATIONS GETTING US TO END OF EXISTING CONTRACT SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE WHAT THE CITY'S EXPECTATIONS ARE AND YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S RIGHT OUT THERE IN PUBLIC.

SO, SO WE WILL HAVE METRICS FOR ACHIEVEMENT AND, AND, UH, AND THE CHALLENGE WILL BE OF COURSE, FUNDING THAT RFP I'VE MENTIONED THAT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS GONNA BE CHALLENGING.

THERE'S ONE MORE AREA WHERE WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE A HIT.

UM, THE GRAND JURY REPORT, A ACKNOWLEDGES OTHER CITIES HAVE PAY HIGHER COSTS.

DO WE HAVE LIKE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WE THINK OTHER CITIES ARE PAYING COMPARED TO OURS? IS THERE SOME SORT OF ESTIMATION IF WE PAY WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE PAYING? HOW MUCH MORE IS THAT THAN YOU CURRENTLY ARE PAYING? YEAH, IT, IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS TWICE AS MUCH.

UM, MAYBE NOT QUITE THAT HIGH, BUT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

AND THAT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? YES.

SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THAT'S SORT OF INDEPENDENT OF THE, UH, CAPITAL NECESSARY TO MAKE THE FACILITY SHIP SHAPE, WHICH SOME OTHER CORRECT.

THOSE WOULD BE MORE ONE-TIME INVESTMENTS.

AND I KNOW THE, THE GRAND JURY DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT THE FLEET OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES AND ANIMAL CONTROL VEHICLES IS AGING AND IS GONNA POTENTIALLY NEED SOME REPLACEMENTS.

SO WOULD THE FLEET BE IN THE CONTRACT? UH, NO, SORRY, THE FLEET MEANING THE TRUCKS? YEAH.

WOULD THE FLEET BE IN THE SERVICES CONTRACT, OR WOULD YES.

SO WE CAN OUTLINE IN THAT RFP KIND OF WHAT THE STATUS OF THE VEHICLES IS ON, WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS ON FUNDING REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE VEHICLES.

CURRENTLY, THE CITY OWNED VEHICLES USED BY THE PROGRAM, OR DOES NBAS OWN THEIR OWN VEHICLES? I BELIEVE THEY OWN THE VEHICLES.

MARK, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT ONE? SURE.

UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE ANIMAL CONTROL TRUCKS THAT THE CITY OWNS.

ONE OF 'EM IS KAPUT, THE BA THE MOTOR IS DEAD.

UM, SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES WE OWN THAT WE PURCHASED OUTSIDE, UM, THROUGH, UM, WE, ON THE AUCTION SIDE, THAT WOULD, IS MUCH CHEAPER FOR US TO BUY THAN THE CITY WOULD TO REPLACE IT.

I THINK IN 2012 YOU PAID LIKE 75,000 FOR ONE OF OUR TRUCKS AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE SAME TRUCK AND IT WAS LESS THAN 15,000.

SO WE CAN KIND OF MAKE THE MONEY STRETCH A LOT FURTHER AND STILL GET THE SAME, SAME, UH, USAGE OUT OF IT.

YOU KNEW WHAT MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT .

IT'S WHAT WE DO BEST.

BASICALLY THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER STRIPS.

UM, YEAH, ONE THING I DIDN'T REALLY SPOT IN THE, UH, REPORT AND, AND LET'S NOT MENTIONED, IS THERE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVICE COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY, UM, HELPS, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION OF, OF THE ORGANIZATION? OR IS IT JUST, UM, NBAS AND THEN OUR, OUR STAFF THAT ARE ACTUALLY COORDINATING THINGS? IS THERE, IS THERE ANOTHER GROUP OF BODY ANYWHERE HERE THAT SHOULD BE TAKING SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT'S GOING ON? YEAH, SO NBAS DOES HAVE A BOARD.

THEY ARE A, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A BOARD, YES.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO, UH, DIDN'T SEE ANY MENTION IN THERE IS, UM, IS THE BOARD FUNCTIONING WELL AND IS IT THE RIGHT PEOPLE? AND, UM, SO APPARENTLY IF THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL, IS THERE APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIONS? DO WE NEED TO REEVALUATE HOW THE FUNCTIONING OF THAT BOARD, SINCE THIS REPORT'S NOW COME OUT, WHICH IMPLIES ME THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB PROPERLY? WELL, I, I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT.

UM, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT THE GRAND JURY DID, UH, JOINTLY CITE IN TERMS OF THE OVERSIGHT PIECE, SPECIFICALLY JOINTLY CITE THE CITY NEEDS TO IMPROVE AND THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, ALSO NEEDS TO IMPROVE.

SO THEY WERE KIND OF HOLDING US, UH, ACCOUNTABLE BOTH ON THAT PIECE.

'CAUSE I DON'T, UH, IS THE BOARD HERE OR IS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOARD HERE? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.

SO THAT AGAIN, THAT THEY, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE LIKE THAT.

SO I'M KIND OF MISSING THAT PIECE.

AND SO I'M NOT KIND OF GOING 'CAUSE UH, WITH OTHER NONPROFITS, UM, MUCH MORE PARTICIPATION AND, AND, UH, TAKING OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THINGS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S, I'M JUST MISSING THAT AT THE MOMENT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTION FROM THEM, UH, AND PROPOSALS TO US AND WORKING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR STAFF.

'CAUSE INSTEAD OF OUR STAFF SHOULD DOING THE INVESTIGATIONS, THE BOARD SHOULD BE DOING ALL THAT AND REPORTING TO US ALSO AND ASKING FOR HELP IF THEY NEED THE HELP.

UH, THAT'S APPARENTLY NOT HAPPENING.

SO CAN I, UM, THIS PART, MY PART, CAN I ASK THAT IN A DIFFERENT FORM OF A DIFFERENT QUESTION? IS THAT, UM, DOES OUR CONSULTANT HAVE THE LATITUDE TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH THEM? YES, I WOULD SAY SO.

SO I HOPEFULLY WE'LL IN, IN OUR DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS THE RFE STAGE, THAT'LL BE INCLUDED.

WE DID RECEIVE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING, AND THOSE ARE POSTED ONLINE.

AND, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS HERE? UM, THEN I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

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I'VE ALSO RECEIVED TWO CARDS.

UM, BUT IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, 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.

YOU DID.

OUR, UH, FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE SIERRA MAR AND OUR, UH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UM, CONSTANCE SPA.

DO I HAVE THREE MINUTES? YOU DO HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PETALUMA DESERVES BETTER.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, I THINK MOST OF THE OFFICIALS IN THIS ROOM ARE ALREADY AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, MY STORY.

UM, BUT I'M SHARING THIS PUBLICLY TONIGHT BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH HAS BEEN BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS IT, AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GROUP FINDINGS OF THE GRAND JURY AND SUBSTANTIATES THEIR CLAIMS ON MULTIPLE POINTS.

IN JUNE, 2024, I WAS ATTACKED AND BITTEN BY A DOG IN AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK WHILE WALKING DOWN A CITY SIDEWALK IN PETALUMA, I RECEIVED WOUNDS THAT HAVE LEFT PERMANENT SCARRING ON MY LEFT BREAST.

WHEN PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO MY NINE ONE ONE CALL AND TURNED ME OVER TO MARK SCOTT FROM NBAS, AND I FILLED OUT A REPORT AND SENT PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF MY INJURIES, I IMPLICITLY TRUSTED THEM.

I HAD EVERY EXPECTATION NBAS WOULD DO THEIR JOB, AND I HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE THAT EXPECTATION, BUT IN MY OPINION, THEY HAVE NOT.

FOR OVER FIVE MONTHS, NBAS DID NOT RESPOND TO MY NUMEROUS MESSAGES AND CALLS AND IN-PERSON VISIT AS I REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE STEPS BEING TAKEN AND DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE DOG IN QUESTION.

INFORMATION ONLY STARTED COMING THROUGH IN NOVEMBER, 2024 AFTER I STARTED CEASING THE CITY OFFICIALS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT DATE.

DESPITE MY CONTINUED REQUESTS AND PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED, THE INFORMATION I HAVE RECEIVED IS STILL INCOMPLETE AND NBAS SAYS THEY NEED MORE TIME.

LAST FRIDAY, ONE OF THE RECORDS THAT I RECEIVED FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS DATED JUNE 3RD, 2024.

IT'S AN NBAS RECORD, SO I CANNOT FATHOM WHY IT HAS TAKEN OVER A YEAR TO PRODUCE IT AND WHY IT WASN'T RELEASED AS PART OF MY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, I FIND THIS RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DOCUMENTATION IS CREATED AND RETAINED.

MY INJURIES IN JUNE, 2024 MET THE THRESHOLD FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR DANGEROUS DOG PER THE PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE.

BUT NBAS DID NOT TAKE ANY STEPS TOWARD MAKING THAT DESIGNATION AT THAT TIME, TO MY KNOWLEDGE OR THE DOCUMENTATION I'VE RECEIVED, ATTEMPTED ATTACKS REPORTED BY ANOTHER NEIGHBOR, DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

ALTHOUGH IT PUSHED THAT DOG'S DESIGNATION INTO DANGEROUS DOG TERRITORY, THAT CASE WAS CLOSED.

OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLD ME THEIR EMAILS AND CALLS TO NBAS IN SUBSEQUENT MONTHS HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED EITHER.

AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

MBAS ONLY STARTED TO TAKE ACTION DECEMBER, 2024 AFTER ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS WERE RAISED AND THE CITY GOT INVOLVED, DOCUMENTATION IS STILL LACKING MY STORY.

AND THE ISSUE OF ANIMAL CONTROL IS EMOTIONAL.

I RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT THE ROOT OF IT IS THAT THIS IS A CITY CONTRACTOR PAID TO PERFORM A SERVICE.

THERE'S QUESTIONS BEING RAISED ABOUT IF THAT SERVICE IS BEING PROVIDED AND BASED ON MY INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IT IS NOT.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY EMPLOYEES, YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND TAKE STEPS FOR WHATEVER IS BEST FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA.

UM, CONSTANCE SPA TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, JOHN HANIA.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS VERY INTERESTED IN PROVIDING HUMANE CARE AND SAFE CARE TO ALL OF OUR ANIMALS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR RESPECT FOR THE GRAND JURY IS AS AT THE LEVEL AS MINE IS.

IT WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO READ THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESPONSE TO THE REPORT IS THAT PETALUMA NOTED NBAS AS A NEW NONPROFIT NEEDS TIME TO DEVELOP A FUNCTIONING ANIMAL SERVICES NEEDS MORE TIME.

AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION SINCE, UH, 2018.

I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH A PANDEMIC.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH FINANCIAL STUFF, BUT IT WAS JUST DISHEARTENING TO READ THAT BACK IN 2017, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH MARIN

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HUMANE.

AND AT THAT POINT, MARK SCOTT WAS FIRED.

AND IN HIS TERMINATION LETTER, ACCORDING TO THE ARGUS COURIER, IT WAS CITED A GENERAL DERELICTION OF DUTIES, PATTERN OF DISHONESTY.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH KIND OF WHAT THE GRAND JURY REPORT IS SAYING.

THINGS LIKE DOCUMENTATION OF THE, UM, NUMEROUS BITE INCIDENTS, WHICH GOD HEARING TO YOUR STORY IS VERY, IS VERY HARD TO HEAR.

I MEAN, 350 TO 370 BITE INCIDENTS A YEAR, INSUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE.

AND THEN DOGS NOT GETTING THEIR RABIES SHOTS.

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE KID WHO GETS BIT BY ONE OF THESE DOGS THAT'S NOT ADEQUATELY CONFINED.

SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT KID'S GONNA GET RABIES OR THAT ADULT.

THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH RABIES TREATMENT, WHICH IS NOT FUN.

THAT HAPPENED TO A NEIGHBOR OF MINE IN GLEN ELLEN WITH A LITTLE KID, AND THEY ACTUALLY JUST HAD A CAT THAT DIDN'T HAVE A RABIES VACCINE.

SO, AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS, ODOR, POOR VENTILATION IN A COMPLETE PROTOCOLS FOR SANITATION CARE OF ANIMALS.

IT'S LIKE WE'RE THE WORST ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE COUNTY, AND DOGS ARE BEING PLACED IN FOSTER HOMES.

LIKE MY DAUGHTERS WASN'T SPAYED, OTHERS ARE NOT NEUTERED.

IT TOOK THEM TWO YEARS TO FINALLY ADOPT THEIR DOG.

THE VET THAT DID SURGERY ON THIS DOG DID NOT AGREE WITH WHAT MARK SCOTT HAD AGREED TO PAY FOR FOR THE SURGERY.

MARK SCOTT WANTED THAT DOG'S LEG AMPUTATED.

THE VET SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

WE'RE DOING THIS OTHER REPAIR.

SO IT JUST, WHEN I HEAR STORIES LIKE THAT, AND THAT IS FIRSTHAND FROM A FAMILY MEMBER PLUS WHAT YOU HAD SAID, IT'S JUST DISHEARTENING TO SEE THAT WE'RE, I'M GLAD TO HEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER, UM, CONTRACTS AND MAYBE IT'S GONNA COST MORE MONEY, BUT TO CONTINUE WITH SOMEONE WHO'S HAD THIS AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER STILL DOESN'T HAVE PROPER TRAINING PROTOCOLS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

I GUESS MY TIME'S UP.

ANYWAY.

THANK YOU JOHN EZ.

OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WELL, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S NO SUCH A THING AS PERFECT IN THIS WORLD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, I I, I VISIT THAT SHELTER VERY FREQUENTLY AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT SHELTER, IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT POSITIVE.

UH, I HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE TWO DOGS CLASHED AT TRACTOR SUPPLY AND ONE OF THEM WAS MINE.

IF YOU RECALL, MY ITALIAN MASTIFF WHO PASSED AWAY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.

AND THE ANIMAL SHUN HANDLED THAT VERY WELL.

WE ACTUALLY END UP IN COURT, BUT THEY HANDLED IT VERY WELL.

THE STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY PLEASANT.

I'M ALMOST THERE EVERY WEEK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU RE WE ALL REMEMBER THE LATE MAYOR PATRICIA HOLGAS, WHEN SHE HAD THANKED ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR THEIR DONATION TO IMPROVE THAT SHELTER WHEN THE DOGS WERE JUST LAYING IN THE DIRT WITH NO OVERHANG.

SO PALOMA ANIMAL SHELTER CAME A LONG WAY FROM WHERE IT WAS TO WHERE IT IS NOW.

AND ONE OF THE THING THAT I DO APPRECIATE ABOUT THAT SHELTER IS NO KILL ZONE.

I'M AN ANIMAL PERSON.

I LOVE ANIMALS.

I GET ALONG WITH ANIMALS BETTER THAN I GET ALONG WITH A HUMAN.

AND MY DOGS ARE MY KIDS.

SO THEIR SERVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY PLEASANT.

I THERE'S NOT A SINGLE DOG THAT GOES OUT OF THERE OR GET LICENSED WITH THAT, THE CERTIFICATE OF THE RABIES AND ALL THE SHOTS.

AND I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.

ANIMAL SHELTER SERVICE IS.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU, AND I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HERE, WE HAD A CANINE DOG.

IT WAS PETALUMA CANINE DOG THAT WAS SO AGGRESSIVE THAT NOBODY WANTED THAT DOG.

HAD BIT SEVERAL PEOPLE.

MARK TOOK THAT DOG IN, WORKED WITH HIM FOR I BELIEVE, FOUR MONTHS TO CALM THAT DOG DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT DOG SOMEBODY COULD ADOPT HIM.

AND I DO BELIEVE HE DELIVERED THE DOG HIMSELF.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT TO GO TO MARIN COUNTY.

I'VE BEEN TO MARIN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER, MARIN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.

ALL IT DOES IS PROMOTE BACKYARD BREEDER.

YOU CAN ADOPT A CHILD A LOT EASIER THAN YOU CAN ADOPT A ANIMAL FROM MARIN COUNTY SHELTER.

SO I DO APPRECIATE WHAT THE, UH,

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AND I ALSO, THERE'S ONE ANIMAL, ONE ANIMAL, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER.

I DO APPRECIATE THE ONE ON HIGHWAY 12.

I VISIT THAT VERY FREQUENTLY AND I'VE ACTUALLY ADOPTED DOGS FROM BOTH SHELTERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM FOR THE NIGHT, BRINGING IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI, UH, IT'S AT THIS POINT I'D, I'D GO WITH, UH, UH, A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM, UH, AND ACCEPT THE REPORTS AS WRITTEN.

UM, BEFORE I ASK FOR A SECOND, I'D, UM, LIKE TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE? YEAH, I HAVE COMMENTS.

UM, SO THINGS THAT I NOTE, THE, THE DOLLARS PER, UM, PER 10,000, UM, THAT ARE IN THE, THAT ARE CITED IN THERE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S ONE OF THE LOWER COST OPERATIONS.

UM, BUT THE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME, UM, THE, THE 350 TO 370 DOG BITES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALARMING BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE'S THAT MANY DOG BITES.

BUT THE PART THAT'S ALARMING IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BURNISH EVIDENCE THAT WE, THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT.

THAT'S CONCERNING WHEN YOU'RE BEING, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN THE GRAND JURY'S LOOKING AT US AND WE'RE NOT, UM, ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT EVIDENCE.

UM, IT'S CONCERNING THE SIERRA'S STORY.

THANK YOU, UM, FOR SHARING IT.

UM, I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOU AND I'M SORRY FOR THE EXPERIENCE AFTERWARDS.

UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY GRIPES WITH THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE THERE.

UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PEOPLE, UM, WHO CARE FOR THE ANIMALS AND HOW THEY'RE TREATED.

UM, I THINK THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS NOT REALLY EVEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS ABOUT ODOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF ANIMALS IN ONE PLACE, ODOR HAPPENS.

I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE RESPONSIVENESS AND THE DOCUMENTATION.

UM, THE EXAMPLE OF HAVING SOMETHING FROM JUNE 3RD, 2024, AND JUST GETTING THAT, UM, THAT'S SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT DOCUMENT RECORD RETENTION.

OUR CITY CLERK KNOWS A LOT ABOUT DOCUMENT AND RECORD RETENTION.

UM, BUT IT'S REALLY CONCERNING THAT WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S PROVIDING THE SERVICE AND THEY AREN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT DOCUMENTS.

UM, THEY'RE NOT, UM, IT'S CONCERNING THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR INCREASED BUDGET FOR, FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY RESPONSES FROM THAT.

UM, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT I TAKE SERIOUSLY.

UM, I TAKE SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT IMPACTS REAL PEOPLE.

UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING AN RFP, I'M GLAD THAT IT'S GONNA COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN, IN THERE.

UM, I HAVE STRONG OPINIONS.

UM, I NOTICED THAT THE EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE HAVE ARE ALL ABOUT HOW MANY ANIMALS CAN FIT IN THE FACILITY AND THIS AND THAT.

UM, NOT MUCH ABOUT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE CASES LIKE A DOG BITE.

AND I WANNA SEE A LOT MORE AROUND THAT.

WHEN WE, UM, WRITE THE RFP, I HOPE THAT THE CONSULTANT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW IS NOT JUST WORKING ON, UM, LIKE HOW TO, HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WITH NBAS, BUT HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WITH, UM, ANIMAL SERVICES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, HOW DO THEY INTERFACE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? HOW DO THEY INTERFACE WITH THE CITY STAFF? HOW DO THINGS GET ESCALATED AND RESOLVED? BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ALL ROADS LEAD BACK TO NBAS AND THAT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GETTING RESPONSIVE SERVICE.

THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH AND DEALING WITH DOG BITES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING A RESPONSE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT RESPONSE, THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

SO, UM, IT'S NOT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA STRIVES FOR.

UM, I KNOW THAT, AND I, UM, SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THE RESPONSES BECAUSE THAT'S, IT'S A PROCEDURAL ITEM AND WE, WE NEED TO MAKE THESE RESPONSES.

UM, BUT THIS RFP, I'M GONNA BE REALLY CON, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN SEEING THE FINDINGS FROM THE CONSULTANT, SEEING HOW THEY GET BAKED INTO THE RFP THAT WE PUT OUT, HOW WE STRUCTURE THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF, UM, FROM THIS ORGANIZATION, EVEN IF IT MEANS COSTING MORE.

UM, LIKE THAT'S THE THINGS I .

IF THINGS ARE GONNA COST MORE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A POLITICAL DECISION, BUT WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS GET BROUGHT TO US, IT'S NOT A POLITICAL DECISION.

THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT, NOT GETTING THE WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.

SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SECOND IT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.

BASICALLY WHAT I REALLY WANNA SAY IS I HAD AN INCIDENT WITH A DOG THAT BIT A FAMILY MEMBER'S ARM TO THE BONE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS MADE AND I APPRECIATE, UM, BRIAN BAR, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLES COMMENTS ON THE RFP AND JUST ABOUT, UM, WELL, WELL

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AND IT WAS A REALLY VICIOUS DOG AND THE RUCKUS WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

AND I CALLED TO FIND OUT WHAT TO DO AND I DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE.

AND WITH, UM, THE R AND ANIMAL SERVICE AND I FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS EGREGIOUS THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE DOG IN FOR 10 DAYS.

UM, WE HAD TO FIND A VET THAT WOULD PUT THE, WE HAD THE DOG PUT DOWN AND WE JUST HAD NO GUIDANCE AT ALL.

AND I DON'T THROW AROUND THAT.

I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I JUST CALLED, DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, DIDN'T SAY MY NAME, BUT I FELT AS THOUGH I DID NOT GET THE SERVICE THAT WE NEEDED AND WE HAD TO FIND IT OUT FOR OURSELVES.

AND IT WAS, UM, PRETTY TRAUMATIZING IF YOU SAW WHAT THIS ARM LOOKED LIKE.

AND THEN WHEN I SEE THE PHOTOS THAT WERE SENT TO US.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND, AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN GO OUT FOR THE RFP IN THE FUTURE WHEN, UM, THE CONTRACT IS UP.

IT'S HAVE A TIMEFRAME AHEAD OF TIME, SO WE'RE PREPARED.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

UM, WELL, I REALLY WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CATER THOMPSON FOR BRINGING UP VERY IMPORTANT.

WE WANT SAFE STREETS.

WE WANT SAFE SIDEWALKS, BUT A DOG OR AN ANIMAL IS KEEPING OUR PEDESTRIANS AND OUR RESIDENTS SAFE, HAS TO START EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST WITH VEHICLES, BUT ALSO ANIMALS.

AND I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANIMALS OFF LEASH.

UM, I, I GO TO MANY PARKS WITH MY GRANDKIDS AND SPORTING EVENTS, AND I SEE ANIMALS OFF LEASH, AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SIGNAGE OR ENFORCEMENT.

AND, UM, THAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS A, A, A CHILD OR AN ADULT WHO GETS TRAUMATIZED BY AN ANIMAL BITE OR SCARE OR ANYTHING, OR AN ATTACK, IT GOES WITH THEM THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.

AND IT'S VERY SAD.

AND THEN WHEN I HEAR FROM VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY ARE, UM, GIVEN THE TOOLS TO ORGANIZE DONATIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM GENEROUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND 20 YEARS AGO WE HAD AN ACTUAL COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS A LIAISON TO THE ANIMAL COMMITTEE AND BROUGHT BACK INFORMATION MONTHLY ON ALL SORTS OF, IT WASN'T JUST CUTS AND DOGS, IT WAS IN 20 YEARS AGO PIGS THAT WERE IN, UM, IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS THAT, UM, IT WAS A WHOLE NOTHER CHAPTER.

BUT ANYWAY, I REALLY WANT US TO HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR, UM, OUR ANIMAL SERVICES.

AND I'M GLAD WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THE STEPS GOING FORWARD, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, HAVE SOME SORT OF MONTHLY ACCOUNTABILITY.

UM, AS WE GO INTO THIS NEXT CONTRACT.

WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IT WITH BIGGER, I THINK, EMOTIONS GOING INTO IT, BECAUSE THIS IS SERIOUS.

THAT'S A LOT OF DOG BITES IN ONE YEAR.

I COULDN'T CONCUR MORE.

UM, I, I, UM, THANK MS. MORAN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND, AND TELLING HER STORY IN PUBLIC, UM, AS, AS SHE KNOWS THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE, WHERE MY GRANDKIDS PLAY.

AND, AND LIKE YOU SAY, NO, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S A SCAR SCARRING, MENTALLY SCARRING, PHYSICALLY SCARRING FOR LIFE.

NO ONE WANTS THAT.

BUT THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT THERE IS THE LEASH, ET CETERA.

BUT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, FAILURE TO, UM, TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE AFTER ACTION, UM, THAT'S GOTTA CHANGE.

SO THE, NEITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS, UH, REPEAT THAT EXPERIENCE DOESN'T REPEAT.

UM, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, MS. BAY THAT, UM, THE GRAND JURY REPORT AND THE GRAND JURY WILL NOT FIX THIS.

UM, THE, THE, IT'S A HUGE CALL FOR THE CITY AND FOR NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES TO, TO FIX THIS.

UM, THE REPORT BACK TO THE, UH, UM, TO THE GRAND JURY IS, UH, OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL FIX IT AND, AND THAT IT'S NOW ON CITY SHOULDERS TO AN NBAS SHOULDERS, UH, TO RIGHT NOW GET ACTION GOING.

AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION FROM REBS AND A SECOND FROM BARNACLE AND

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A COMMENT FROM QUINT.

REALLY QUICK.

UM, UH, SIERRA'S STORY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT CONNECTED WITH ME AND I THINK IF WE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE IT IF SOMEONE, UH, COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND REPORT BACK TO COUNSEL, REALLY KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE FAILURES WERE, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

UM, AND, UH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.

AND THAT'S MY COMMENT.

COULD THAT COME IN THE FORM OF A, A CITY SUMMARY BACK TO NBAS WITH WHERE WE THINK THEY'RE FALLING DOWN IN THIS CASE? DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? YES.

UH, SO MUCH AS IF WE GET, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS, ONE MORE SUGGESTION IS, UH, WE KEEP SAYING, UH, CITY STAFF IS, UH, ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN DOING THINGS.

IS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY, IS THERE SOMEONE ON CITY STAFF THAT THEY SHOULD BE EMAILING OR COMMUNICATING WITH WHO'S GONNA BE IN CHARGE HERE ON CITY STAFF TO ACTUALLY BE THE, THE FRONT PERSON TO, UM, TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING HERE? RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD BE ME, MYSELF, YES.

SO THEY COULD SEND YOU EITHER EMAILS OR COMMENTS.

CORRECT.

AND AND YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT DIRECTLY.

DIRECTLY, YEP.

EXACTLY.

THANK, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR AS WHO THEY SHOULD CONTACT SO THAT THERE IS SOMEONE HERE, NOT JUST STAFF OUT THERE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WITH THAT, I'LL CALL IT FOR THE VOTE.

AND, UH, AND WE'LL ASK THE CLERK TO, UM, HAVE OUR ROLL CALL.

VOTE .

CALL THE QUESTION BARNACLE.

AND BEFORE WE CLOSE TONIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO, UH, TO ME THAT, UH, THIS WEEK IS, UM, THE MEMORIAL DAY FOR, UM, SEPTEMBER 11, 9 11.

AND, UM, WE, WE HAVE NOT FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IT ANY OTHER WAY.

AND I DO WANT TO GIVE, UH, DID YOU, DID YOU WISH TO ADD TO THAT OR DOES THAT SUM IT UP PRETTY GOOD? THAT SUMS IT UP PRETTY GOOD.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, YEAH, THREE DAYS FROM NOW IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11.

YOU KNOW, WE LOST THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS THAT DAY AND ALL OF US FELT THE PAIN THAT MANY STILL LIVE WITH FROM THE HORRIBLE ATTACKS.

AND SO I WANTED US TO CLOSE TONIGHT'S MEETING OUT OF RESPECT AND IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE AMERICANS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES.

AND, UM, AS A COAST GUARD CITY, THEY'VE INVITED US ONTO BASE ON, ON, UH, NINE 11 FOR THEIR CEREMONY.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, ON BASE FOR THEIR CEREMONY.