* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ARE WE READY TO BEGIN? [00:00:01] WE ARE READY TO BEGIN. THANK YOU. AND, UH, LET'S CALL THE MEETING RECORDING IN PROGRESS. LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE CLOSED [CALL TO ORDER] SESSION COMPONENT OF TODAY'S MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH MEETING. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, RIGHT TO OUR ROLL CALL, PLEASE. BARNACLE PRESENT. GATOR THOMPSON. ABSENT DI CARLY HERE NOW. HERE. QUINT. HERE. SHRIVES HERE. MCDONALD HERE. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION WITH [CLOSED SESSION] A COUPLE ITEMS AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR ATTORNEY TO, UH, READ, UH, AND, UH, HELP US OUT HERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. UM, COUNSEL WILL BE HOLDING TWO CLOSED SESSIONS TONIGHT. THE FIRST IS CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION CONCERNING POTENTIAL INITIATION OF LITIGATION UNDER, UH, SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9, SUBDIVISION D PARAGRAPH FOUR OF THE BROWN ACT. THAT'S REGARDING ONE POTENTIAL CASE. COUNSEL WILL ALSO CONFER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION THAT'S UNDER SECTION 5 4 9 5 6 0.9, UH, SUBDIVISION D, PARAGRAPH ONE OF THE BROWN ACT. UM, THAT CASE IS KAREN KAO VERSUS EZEQUIEL GONZALEZ, UM, AT ALL, INCLUDING THE CITY OF PETALUMA. AND THAT'S SONOMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE 23 CV 0 0 3 6 5. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. I'LL ASK THE CLERK, CLERK TO, UM, ADVISE US ON WHETHER EARLY ANY EARLY ITEMS CAME IN. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS ON THE CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS. AND SEEING NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE PUBLIC, I'LL CLOSE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADJOURN US TO, UH, OUR DELIBERATIONS ON THE CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU. WE SHALL RETURN AT, UH, SIX 30. WE ARE READY TO [CALL TO ORDER] START A MEETING OVER AGAIN AND COME BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION TO THE REGULAR PART OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT. AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL AND PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025. AND TONIGHT, IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, ANYTHING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AT THE BACK THERE AT THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER AND BRING IT TO OUR CLERK ON, UM, MY RIGHT, YOUR LEFT . AND, UH, UM, LET'S SEE. UM, I'D LIKE TO NOW INVITE MONICA RICCIO AND MARIANA RIVERA RIVER RIVERA TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALREADY. AND THANK YOU. UH, NOW MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLE, CLARK CLERK CALL MS. MME. CLARK. YES. UH, BARNACLE PRESENT CATER THOMPSON. ABSENT DI CARLY HERE NOW. HERE QUINT. HERE SHRIVES HERE, MCDONALD HERE. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. LET'S RISE TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC RELIGIOUS STANCE. ONE NATION UNDER MERIT, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. AND WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT, UH, TONIGHT WE'LL BE CLOSING OUR MEETING IN HONOR OF, UH, A FORMER CITY MANAGER, JOHN SHIRA. HE WAS CITY MANAGER FOR 15 YEARS, ENDING IN 1997. WORKED WITH THE CITY [00:05:01] FOR OVER 24 YEARS, AND THOSE WERE TOUGH YEARS, BUT HE IMPROVED THE CITY THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP. UM, UPON HIS, UH, RETIREMENT, HE WAS HONORED FOR HIS WORK AND, UM, IN AND WRITTEN INTO THE US CONGRESSIONAL RECORD BY CONGRESSWOMAN WOOLSEY. AND THIS, THIS WAS A PERIOD WHEN THE LUCCHESE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE AIRPORT, THE FACTORY OUTLETS, THE AUTO MALL, SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE AND THE MARINA, WERE EITHER BUILT OR PLANNED QUITE AN ERA. THE CONGRESSWOMAN ENDED BY SAYING THAT, MR. SPEAKER, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO JOHN SHIRA THIS EVENING. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A PERSON AS COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE OF PETALUMA AS JOHN. SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE CLOSING IN JOHN'S MEMORY. UM, AND THAT MOVES [AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)] US TO OUR, UM, OUR, UM, AGENDA FOR THE EVENINGS. AND, UM, AND I'M LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE TO SEE WHETHER, UH, ANYONE HAS ANY, UM, CHANGES OR ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND, UM, SEEING NOW WE'RE ADOPTING AS SUCH. AND, UM, THAT, UM, TAKES US TO [REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION] OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE OUR REPORT OUT OF OUR CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, TONIGHT, UH, THE, ALL THAT THE BROWN ACT, UM, IN SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.1 REQUIRES THAT I REPORT IS THAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL IS DIRECTED TONIGHT THAT WE INITIATE LITIGATION. UM, BUT THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED THAT I PROVIDE MORE DETAILS THAN THAT FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, AND SO I'M GOING TO ADD THAT, UM, WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED, UM, THAT WE JOIN, UM, AS A PARTY IS, UH, PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC'S, UH, FINAL SURRENDER APPLICATION AND DECOMMISSIONING PLAN, UM, THAT IT'S FILED FOR THE POTTER VALLEY HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT, UM, ALONG WITH ITS FINAL NON-PROJECT USE OF PROJECT LANDS APPLICATION. UM, AND SO THE COUNCIL IS DIRECTED THAT WE INTERVENE IN THAT MATTER, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCEEDING, UM, ALONG WITH SONOMA WATER. AND WE UNDERSTAND MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE OTHER, UM, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT CONTRACT WITH SONOMA WATER FOR THEIR WATER SUPPLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR THE OTHER ITEM, NO REPORT OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, AND [PROCLAMATIONS] THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PROCLAMATION FOR THE EVENING. UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE, UH, CANINE COMPANIONS FORWARD FOR NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH. AND, UH, DO WE HAVE, UM, DO WE HAVE RON MCKISSICK? YES. AND, UH, MAYBE RON'S DOG, UH, BOWERS TONIGHT. AND, UH, ANYONE WISHING TO JOIN, UH, FROM THE GROUP CAN COME FORWARD TOO. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. AND IT IS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG, UH, MONTH. AND WHEREAS WE BELIEVE THE JOYFUL TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE HUMAN CANINE BOND AND IN INCLUSIVITY, IT OFFERS ALL CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, 70 MILLION ADULTS AND CHILDREN HAVE DISABILITY, BUT ONLY 16,000 SERVICE DOGS FROM ACCREDITED TRAINING PROGRAMS EXIST NATIONWIDE. AND THE NEED IS GROWING. AND WHEREAS CANINE COMPANIONS, UH, CREATED THE SERVICE DOG FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY 50 YEARS AGO IN 1975, CREATING A NEW TYPE OF SUPPORT FOR DISABILITY. AND WHEREAS CANINE COMPANIONS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ENHANCES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING EXPERTLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO ENSURE QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS FREE OF CHARGE. AND WHEREAS CANINE COMPANIONS AND THEIR SERVICE DOGS EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LEAD, UH, LIFE WITH GREATER INDEPENDENCE, BY PROVIDING BEST IN CLASS TRAINING, ONGOING FOLLOW UP, UH, AND DEEPLY COMMITTED COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH AIMS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE LAWS PROTECTING THEM. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETALUMA CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARDS BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE, UH, UM, COMMUNITY IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS AND THEIR SERVICE DOGS ARE EMBRACED. AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE SERVICE DOGS AND BE [00:10:01] RESPECTFUL TO THE ADULTS, CHILDREN AND VETERANS WHO LEAD MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES BECAUSE OF THEIR ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU. PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS IF YOU WISH. UM, HI, MY NAME IS JASON STEWART. I, UH, ONLY JUST RECENTLY STARTED AT CANINE COMPANIONS AT THE END OF JUNE, AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN INCREDIBLY MOVED BY OUR INCREDIBLE, UH, NETWORK OF, OF CLIENTS, OF VOLUNTEERS. I SEE A PUPPY RAISER IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLE, UH, OPPORTUNITY IS TO, UH, SUPPLY SERVICE DOGS FREE OF CHARGE TO PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM. UH, SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION OVER HERE. ALEX. ALEX, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, NEXT COMES [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENT ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. IF WE HAVE MORE THAN, UM, THAN 20 PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK, THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AFTER THE LAST BUSINESS ITEM OF THE EVENING. SO, UH, NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK IF WE'VE RECEIVED ANY INCOMING EMAILS OR, UM, OTHERS AND THEN TO READ OUR MESSAGING FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. SURE. WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT AHEAD OF THE MEETING, UH, AND THIS TIME I WILL START A 32ND CLOCK FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND DURING THIS 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. NUMBER THREE, WE HAVE, UH, THREE SPEAKERS, SO PLEASE SET THE CLOCK AT THREE MINUTES. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JODY JOHNSON, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARK KIMBERLY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. OUR COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE BRIEF. LAST WEEK ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE SAW FIRSTHAND THAT THE PROTECTIONS YOU VOTED IN ON BEHALF OF OUR PETALUMA MOBILE PARK RESIDENCE WORKED IN TRANSPARENCY TO SHOW THE INTENT OF YOUR RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE. WHILE YOUR URGENCY ORDINANCE, EVEN THOUGH APPLIED RETROACTIVELY HAD A CHALLENGE AS TO ITS VALIDITY IN AN ARBITRATION. IN THE END, SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE [00:15:01] ORDINANCE ITSELF HELPED RESIDENTS GET A LEVEL LEGAL FIELD WITH WHICH TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES. NO RESULTS WILL EVER BE EVER BE KNOWN UNTIL THEY HAPPEN. BUT FOR NOW, THE RESIDENTS SEE THE CITY'S VOTED IN REVISIONS IN ACTION. IF YOU EVER DOUBTED THAT YOUR VOTE MATTERED, WE WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT RESIDENTS, LAWYERS, AND EVEN ARBITRATORS ARE FINALLY CLEAR OF ITS INTENT AND THE INTENT OF A RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE IN EXISTENCE. SINCE 1993, THE RESIDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR ADVOCATES WISH TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL, RESEARCHED AND EMPATHETIC, EMPATHETIC MANNER YOU TOOK TO SEE A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE AND UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF MOBILE PARK LIVING AND MOBILE PARK LAWS. YOU HAVE MET THIS MOMENT AND CALLS FROM RESIDENTS FROM CITIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLAUD YOU. YOU ARE THAT BEACON ON A HILL, AND WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THIS IS OUR CITY, AND YOU ARE OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. WE ARE GRATEFUL, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE MAY AGAIN, RETURN TO PEACEFUL LIVING WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR THE SERVICE YOU DO TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. PETALUMA MOBILE RESIDENCE UNITED. THANK YOU MARK KIMBERLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOHN HANIA. MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THE REPORT FROM THE GRAND JURY AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER. OTHER CITIES ARE ALREADY TAKING ACTION AND CANCELING CONTRACTS WITH THE SHELTER PROVIDER. I'M GONNA SHARE INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION ON THAT SHELTER, WHICH WENT ON FOR OVER THREE YEARS, THE DEFICIENCIES AND VIOLATIONS OF CALIFORNIA LAW CALLED OUT BY THE GRAND JURY, OR JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CREATE A REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT EMBEZZLEMENT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY THE DIRECTOR HAS OCCURRED. I SUGGEST LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PROCEEDS OF SALES FROM ALL THE DONATED GOODS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED TO HIS TWO THRIFT STORES. ALL PROCEEDS WERE PROMISED TO BE RETURNED TO THE SHELTER, BUT RECORDS INDICATE THAT NEVER HAPPENED. SECONDLY, THE DIRECTOR HAS SET UP TWO SHELL COMPANIES NAMED AS PET SUPPLY COMPANIES THAT MAY BE INVOICING THE SHELTER FOR GOODS AND SERVICES NEVER RECEIVED, BUT THE BUSINESSES ONLY EXIST ON PAPER. ONLY A FULL FORENSIC AUDIT WOULD PROVE OR DISPROVE THE EMBEZZLEMENT ALLEGATIONS, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THIS OUGHT BE DONE. THIRD, THE SHELTER CALLS ITSELF A NO KILL SHELTER. EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM VETERINARY OFFICES PROVES THIS TO BE FALSE. THE SHELTER WAS EUTHANIZING AROUND 10 TIMES AS MANY ANIMALS AS THEY ADMITTED TO DURING THE YEARS. WE INVESTIGATED SHELTER RECORDS WERE ALLEGEDLY THEN FALSIFIED TO HIDE THAT FACT. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THIS FALSE CLAIM OF NO KILL WAS DONE IN ORDER TO INCREASE POPULARITY, OBTAIN MORE CONTRACTS AND MORE DONATIONS. LASTLY, HOW COULD IT HAPPEN THAT THIS DIRECTOR, WHO WAS TOTALLY UNQUALIFIED WAS AWARDED THIS CONTRACT? HIS ONLY EXPERIENCE WAS ONE JOB AS AN A CO FROM WHICH HE WAS FIRED FOR FELONY POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE FOR LYING. WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THAT, FOR MAKING FALSE DEFAMATORY ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIS COWORKERS AND FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY, THE CITY WAS WELL AWARE OF THESE FACTS, YET THEY AWARDED HIM THE CONTRACT. ANYWAY, THEN ONCE COMPLAINTS STARTED POURING IN, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ISSUED BLANKET DENIALS OF ALL THE ALLEGATIONS WITHOUT EVER SO MUCH AS INVESTIGATING A SINGLE COMPLAINT. OUR CURRENT MAYOR DURING HIS CAMPAIGN WENT ON RECORD STATING HE PERSONALLY HAD INVESTIGATED THE CLAIMS ONLY TO FIND THEY WERE FALSE. BUT WE'VE OBTAINED DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOW THAT THAT WAS A LIE. MEANWHILE, OUR CITY MANAGER ORDERED OFFICIAL RECORDS CALLED FROM THE SYSTEM WHILE OUR CITY ATTORNEY UNLAWFULLY BLOCKED ACCESS TO OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS. THESE ACCUSATIONS OR THESE ACTIONS ARE ILLEGAL AND UNETHICAL. WE CITIZENS LOVE OUR CITY AND HAVE PUT YOU ALL IN POSITIONS OF GREAT TRUST, TRUST, WHICH HAS BEEN BETRAYED. WE URGE YOU TO PURGE THE CORRUPTION FROM CITY HALL AND PUT IN PLACE MECHANISMS TO PREVENT THESE ABUSES IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE, FOR THE PEOPLE OF PETALUMA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, A REMIND ALL SPEAKERS TO SEE IF, UM, IF THEY HAVE THAT IN THE FORM OF AN EMAIL AND ARE ABLE TO EMAIL IT INTO THE CITY, WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS IN THE RECORD AND IT'S SOMETHING SERIOUS. THIS, UH, WILL BE PART OF THE ONGOING, UH, EFFORTS TO IMPROVE OUR ANIMAL SERVICE PROGRAM. UM, OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JOHN EM. WELL, TODAY IS A VERY GOOD DAY. SEVERAL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THAT I'M GLAD TO SHARE. FIRST OF ALL, I DID MY BUSINESS TAXES. THAT'S ONE I ADDED A NEW MEMBER TO THE FAMILY, A LITTLE COTTON BALL, WE'LL NEVER REPLACE MY KONA. THIRD AND MOST [00:20:01] IMPORTANT THING FOR THE EVENING, WE GOT THE OKAY TO START CIRCULATING THE SIGNATURE FOR JANICE KR THOMPSON RECALL. AND AS YOU COULD SEE WHAT I'M WEARING TO CELEBRATE THAT. AND I EVEN BOUGHT ENDLESS AND ENDLESS AMERICAN FLAG PINS FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S GONNA GO AROUND GATHER SIGNATURES. AND, UH, I DO BELIEVE THE RUMORS, THERE'S TWO MORE RECALL COMING. UM, I WANNA CLEAR A FEW THINGS. ONE, ON THE LAST MEETING, BRIAN BARNACLE MADE IT SOUND LIKE THE 350 BYTES FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN PETALUMA. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT. THE 350 BYTES, THOSE ARE FOR THE SEVEN CITIES THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER SERVE, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE BITES ARE IN LAKE COUNTY, AND EVERYBODY CAN FIND THAT OUT. THEN SHANNON SCARRA THOMPSON, SHE JUMPED TRYING TO MAKE THE SHELTER LOOKS BAD BY SAYING A FAMILY MEMBER DOG BIT SOMEBODY RIGHT TO THE BONE AND THE SHELTER WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. AND HERE'S WHY. THERE'S A QUARANTINE PROCESS AND THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO WITH THE QUARANTINE. IF THE OWNER OF THE ANIMAL HAVE NO PLACE TO GO, THEY WILL TAKE THE ANIMAL. SECOND ONE, YOU CAN KEEP THE ANIMAL AT YOUR HOUSE FOR 10 DAYS. QUARANTINE. THIRD ONE, YOU PAY $320 TO THE SHELTER TO KEEP IT FOR 10 DAYS, WHICH IS THEY DIDN'T WANNA PAY, BUT SHE DIDN'T MENTION THAT. OKAY? SO I DON'T APPRECIATE WHEN PEOPLE, THEY JUST ADD STUFF TRYING TO MAKE YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PERSON BAD. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS SHE'S BEING RECALLED. AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO DISTRICT ONE. I SHOULD BE OUT THERE TODAY, BUT I'M HERE. I'LL BE OUT TOMORROW WITH BRAND NEW PAIR OF SHOES. AND, UH, THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, JOHN, IT'S THE WRONG TIME OF THE YEAR TO WEAR IN THAT COLOR NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CLOSES, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. UM, I'D [COUNCIL COMMENT] LIKE TO BRING IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS. AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY TONIGHT. UH, EXCUSE ME. UM, I HAVE NO REPORTS SINCE THE LAST MEETING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I I DID WANT TO TAKE, UH, JUST A SHORT MOMENT FOR ALL THE LIVES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT HAVE BEEN LOST FROM CHILDREN TRYING TO ATTEND CHURCH, UH, STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, AND EVEN POLITICAL FIGURES. AND SO JUST TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER QUINN. THANK YOU. UH, SO I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS, UH, DAVE GAVE A GREAT COMMERCIAL FOR IT LAST LAST WEEK, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT, UH, PETALUMA URBAN CHAT IS HOSTING THE BETTER PETALUMA FILM FESTIVAL ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH. I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, YOU TO GO, UH, AND BUY, YOU CAN BUY TICKETS@URBANCHAT.ORG SLASH UPCOMING EVENTS. I WANNA RECOGNIZE A FEW BUSINESSES IN PETALUMA, UH, FLM, CERAMICS, FLOWER CASITA, AND THE MAGIC SHOP FOR LAUNCHING THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION. UH, THIS GROUP IS BRINGING TOGETHER BUSINESSES FROM D STREET TO I STREET, FROM THE RIVER TO THE PEDAL, UH, TO PETALUMA BOULEVARD TO NETWORK, PROMOTE AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. I ATTENDED A SOCIAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE ASSOCIATE BY THE ASSOCIATION RECENTLY, AND WAS AMAZED AND IMPRESSED BY SOME OF THE REALLY COOL SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT. SO BEYOND THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT AND, UH, WOULD, WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY SUPPORT FOR THIS GROUP, UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE NAOMI AND THE, AND THE, UH, TEAM AT LUNCH YET FOR HOSTING QUEER SOUP NIGHT ON AUGUST 15TH. UH, THE EVENT WAS A VIBRANT BLOCK PARTY ATMOSPHERE THAT WAS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL QUEER COMMUNITY AND RAISING MONEY FOR LOCAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS. THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 3RD PAC MEETING, UH, TOOK A PAGE FROM THE CLIMATE COMMISSION PLAYBOOK, WHERE THE MEETING AGENDA WAS SOLELY ALLOWING THE COMMITTEES TO BREAK OUT INTO THREE SEPARATE AD HOC COMMITTEES, COMMITTEES FOCUSING ON PROMOTING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY BUSINESSES, UH, STREET AND TRAIL DESIGN STANDARDS, AND CITY WAY FINDING. THERE'S STILL ROOM ON THESE AD HOC COMMITTEES, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SO PLEASE REACH OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA, UH, SAY THANK YOU TO THE PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'VE NOTICED THE, AN INCREASED PRESENCE ON CA FIELD AND ELI TRYING TO CONTROL SPEEDING AND MONITORING TRAFFIC SAFETY. UH, AND FOR MY PART, IT'S A WELCOME [00:25:01] PRESENCE AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS. OKAY, SO I DID HAVE A, A COUPLE MEETINGS I ATTENDED THIS LAST WEEK, SO PRETTY BUSY. UM, THE, UH, FIRST ONE WAS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE AND COOL PETALUMA, UH, UH, WAS VERY, HAS BEEN VERY BUSY, DID A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT THEY REPORTED ON. THEY'VE GIVEN TRAINING FOR CPR, UH, THEY'VE RUN THE COOL BUSINESS COLLECTIVE. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE JOINING IN AND DOING THAT FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. A BOOK CLUB IS HAPPENING. WE HAVE A CLIMATE ROUNDTABLE BRINGING ALL THE NONPROFITS TOGETHER TO THE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS AND AMERICORPS FELLOWS, FELLOWS ARE BEING LOOKED AT. WE HAVE TWO, UH, THEY GOT A GRANT TO BRING TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD TO HELP OUT, UH, WITH, WITH CLIMATE ACTIONS. THEN ON, UM, IN THE, THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE ITSELF, WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND, UH, THREE BASIC GROUPS, BUILDING, TRANSPORT AND WASTE. AND A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE BASED ON THE CORNERSTONES AS TO PRIORITIZATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW TO APPROACH ALL A LOT OF THOSE. AND THERE A LOT OF THINGS ARE ALREADY IN PLAY. THERE'S A LONG LIST. THERE'S LIKE A HUNDRED AND PLUS CORNERSTONES THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OR ACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT. AND SO ANYWAY, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, PRIORITIZE AND, UH, RECOMMEND ACTIONS, UH, WHAT TO DO FIRST SO THAT, THAT'S IN, IN PLAY RIGHT NOW. UM, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, GO ON, I HAD A NINE MILE HIKE ON SATURDAY. A LITTLE BIT MUCH I'M FINDING OUT, BUT IT WAS IN THE NORTH SONOMA MOUNTAIN, A REGIONAL PARK. UH, AND, UH, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED HOW LOVELY, UH, SHADE COVERED NICE WALKING, HIKING TRAIL. UH, SO THE GROUP OF 30 FOLKS WERE INVITED TO COME TOGETHER AND, AND DO THIS HIKE TOGETHER. UM, AND THE, UH, THAT PARK A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS, UM, MONEY CAME FROM A COUPLE DIFFERENT SOURCES, ONE OF WHICH WAS AG AND OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS COMING UP FOR A VOTE HERE SOON FOR TAXES. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND REALLY INSPECT THIS PROPERTY THAT THESE MONIES WENT TO. AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE TO BE UP THERE DOING THAT. SO IT'S MONEY WELL WORTH IT. SO I'M SUPPORTING AG AND OPEN SPACE FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN UP THERE. UM, THEN IN THE NORTH BAY WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, UM, WE HAD A, UM, A, A LONG DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION ABOUT THE NAPA CITY, UH, THE NAPA, BASICALLY NAPA COUNTY COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER. IT ALSO COLLECTS FLOOD WATERS, ALSO IN THE SAME SIMILAR PIPE SYSTEM. SO THEY HAVE A LOT MORE THAN WE DO. BUT WHAT THEY DID THAT WAS INTERESTING IS THEY DECIDED 10 YEARS AGO TO WORK ON, UM, THAT SYSTEM AND REP START REPLACING ALL THE, ALL THE, THE OLDEST PIECES. AND THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING IN $2 MILLION EXTRA INTO REPLACING, UH, THOSE PIPES. AND FINALLY, THEY'RE NOW TURNING AROUND AND, AND ACTUALLY GETTING MONEY BACK IN, UM, UH, REDUCED PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING. SO THEY'RE SHOWING THAT THEIR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES IS, IS REDUCED AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AND, UM, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, I'VE HAD ONE MEETING SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WAS FOR THE BAY AREA AIR DISTRICT. UM, THE BIG HARDY TOPIC ON THAT OUTSIDE OF, UM, OUR EXTENSIVE CLOSED SESSIONS, UH, WAS, UM, A DEEP DIVE ON THE AIR DISTRICT'S PERMITTING PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AND, UM, REALLY ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE TO OVERHAUL THEM AND MOVE THEM FORWARD FASTER. UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME, WE'VE HAD OUR OWN STRUGGLES WITH GETTING AIR DISTRICT PERMITS. UM, AND SO THERE'S UM, UH, A GOOD AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT'S BEEN GOING INTO UPDATING OUR SYSTEMS, BRINGING ON NEW STAFF IN INCLUDING, UH, TEMPORARY STAFF TO HELP US WORK THROUGH A BACKLOG OF, OF PERMITS. UM, BUT IT WILL COME WITH, UH, WITH SOME COSTS AS WELL. SO THAT WAS THE BIG THING. UM, AND THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR NOW. UM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN FULL OF MANY SAD AND NEGATIVE NEWS REPORTS, SO I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE LOCAL NEWS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED IS PETALUMA'S VERY OWN MIRACLE LEAGUE, AND THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THAT BUILT IT FOR OUR SPECIAL NEED INDIVIDUALS AT LUCCHESE PARK AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ATHLETES AS BUDDIES, AS THEY PLAY THE SPECIALLY DESIGNED BALL FIELD. LAST SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, THEY UNVEILED THE NEW WATER DISPENSER, WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY ONE OF PETALUMA'S ROTARY GROUPS. INSTALLATION WAS DONE BY THE CITY OF PETALUMA PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS CREW MEMBERS. THIS COMING SATURDAY, THE PETALUMA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 20 24, 20 25 LEADERSHIP CLASS, WHICH INCLUDED MYSELF AND MANY CITY STAFF MEMBERS, WILL BE INSTALLING A PUBLIC ART PIECE FEATURING THE MIRACLE LEADS MASCOT, HOMER, AND BENCH DESIGNED TO ALLOW THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS TO BE EMBRACED IN HIS OPEN ARMS. THE PIECE WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT TO THE MIRACLE LEAGUE, BALLPARK [00:30:01] NEAR THE STADIUM SEATING ON THE FIRST BASE SIDE. JUST A FEW OF CHAMBER LEADERSHIP CLASS PROJECTS SINCE 1995 HAVE INCLUDED THE PET HISTORY MURAL ON WASHINGTON STREET, THE LABYRINTH AT OAK HILL PARK, THE POLY CLASS PERFORMING ART CENTER, RENOVATION, THE GARDEN BENCH, AND COMMUNITY GARDEN RENOVATION AT PEP HOUSING, RENOVATION OF A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND, BUILD THE FACES OF PETALUMA FOUNTAIN IN THE THEATER DISTRICT, ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AT ANOTHER PEP HOUSING FACILITY, RENOVATE AN UPDATE A SCHOOL GARDEN, RAISE OVER 12,000 FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS. ESTABLISH A PETALUMA FILM ALLIANCE WITH THE SRJC. IMPLEMENTED TWO POCKET PARKS ON THE PETALUMA RIVER, RENOVATED THE COTS FAMILY EMERGENCY SHELTER ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD SOUTH. SECURED FUNDING TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL FOR PUBLIC FIX IT BIKE STATIONS. I WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND IT'S BEHIND THE SCENES. AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY OF PETALUMA FOR ALL THE AWESOME THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS WEEK. UM, THANK YOU. WOW. UM, , THANKS FOR, FOR GETTING THAT IN THERE. IT CAN'T BE OVERSTATED HOW MUCH GOOD THE COMMUNITY DOES AND HOW MANY GOOD THINGS WE HAVE HERE IN PETALUMA. UM, DURING THE, THE PAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE SONOMA COUNTY MAYOR'S, UH, MEETING, AND THE KEY TOPIC WAS HOMELESSNESS. UM, AND IT, IN OUR SCHOOL AND WITH OUR KIDS, UH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT VIEW THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET SEEN. AND, UM, SO IT WAS RE REPORTED OUT, UM, HOW, HOW THIS NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE CHILD TODAY, BUT HOW IT IMPACTFUL FOR LIFE AND SCHOOL OUTCOMES. THINGS OF THIS, THAT THE WHOLE DETERMINANTS, UM, ARE SET AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO, UM, OUR VERY OWN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, JOANNA POND, WHO PUT THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER FOR THE, THE WHOLE, UH, MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTY. UM, AND, AND, AND ANOTHER EFFORT, I I LOOKED INTO, UM, UH, SOMEBODY'S WATERLINE BROKE, LEAKED, AND LEAKED. AND, AND THAT CAN BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE, BUT WITH THE CITIES NEW A MI, IT WAS, THEY WERE ABLE TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT THERE WAS A LEAK THAT IS ALL CITY METERS NOW ARE ON 15 MINUTE INTERVALS. AND, AND YOU IF YOU'RE LOGGED IN, SO TODAY'S MESSAGE IS LOG IN, YOU PUT YOUR PHONE NUMBER IN THERE SO YOU CAN GET A MESSAGE, PUT YOUR EMAIL IN THERE SO YOU CAN GET A MESSAGE SO THAT YOUR WATER BILL DOESN'T COME OUT. HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM WITHIN MINUTES. UH, AND I THANK THE CITY FOR GETTING THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE THE FINAL BILLS DUE ON THAT PROJECT. IT'S A GOOD NEW PROJECT THAT, UH, MOVES [CITY MANAGER COMMENT] US OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY. UM, AFTER A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND PREPARATION TO KIND OF WRITE THE SHIP ON OUR LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, WHICH WE HAVE 50, I THINK. UM, BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 8TH, THE CITY WILL BE LAUNCHING A SERIES OF WEBINARS TO CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS. EACH SESSION WILL SPOTLIGHT ONE LAD, ONE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, SHARING THEIR, SHARING THE SERVICES, UM, THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY, THAT EACH FACE AND WHAT'S AHEAD, WHILE GIVING NEIGHBORS A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS. TO MAKE IT EASY TO PARTICIPATE. THE CITY HAS CREATED DEDICATED WEB PAGES FOR EACH OF THE LADS, UM, THAT ARE BEING ENGAGED THIS YEAR WHERE RESIDENTS CAN FIND INFORMATION, JOIN THEIR WEBINAR, OR LATER WATCH A RECORDING IF THEY CAN'T ATTEND LIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A POSTCARD DOOR HANGER WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DISTRICT'S WEBINAR AND A FOLLOW-UP SURVEY GIVING EVERYONE A SIMPLE WAY TO SHARE WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD MOVING FORWARD. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND LOOK UP LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS OR LABS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S MOVE TO OUR CONSENT [CONSENT CALENDAR] CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING, AND, UH, GENERALLY LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DESK TO SEE WHETHER ANYONE HAS ANY ITEM THEY NEED TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND SEEING NONE WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, WELL, I WAS GONNA PULL FIVE, BUT YOU ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THE A MI, UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA PULL THAT ONE. UM, BUT I DO WANNA PULL SIX, UH, COMMENTS OR, UM, CONCERN THAT I'LL NOT BE SUPPORTING. IT'S THE TUR FIELD REPLACEMENT PROJECT. OKAY. SO, UM, LET, LET US, UH, PROCEED WITH ITEM SIX AS SEPARATE. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL. SO, UM, AND THIS WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE ENTIRETY, ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE. TAKE IT AWAY, MA'AM. [00:35:01] CLERK. GREAT. WE DID, UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING, BUT I DO HAVE ONE CARD FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, THIS IS THE MOMENT TO BRING UP A CARD. OKAY, OUR SPEAKER TONIGHT IS NICOLA FRY. UM, THIS IS OFF THE CUFF. UM, NO NOTES, NO NOTHING TONIGHT. UM, I NO NOTICED ON NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE. UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF GETTING RID OF THE OLD, UH, POLICE STATION. I THINK IT TIME IT GOES. I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING THE MONEY TO THE NEW POLICE STATION. WHAT I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT IT'S HAPPENING SO FAST THAT THERE'S NO TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS TO WHAT THAT LAND SHOULD BE. PETALUMA HAS VERY FEW PIECES OF LAND LEFT THAT CAN BE SURPLUSED FROM THE CITY. AND SO I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE A CHANCE TO INPUT AS TO HOW THEY WANT THAT LAND HANDLED AND WHAT THEY WANT DONE WITH IT. UM, HOUSING IS PERFECT. I LOVE HOUSING AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT I DO. BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY FAST ALL OF A SUDDEN. AND THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, FOR THE EVENING. AND, UM, I THINK WE'LL JUST TAKE A LITTLE MOMENT TO REPLY ON THIS. UH, THE, UH, STAFF REPORT, UH, IS VERY CLEAR ON THE EXHAUSTIVE FRAUD PROCESS THAT IT TAKES TO DO A SURPLUS PUBLIC PROPERTY AND THE TIMELINE. BUT I'D LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER OR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO WEIGH IN ON, UM, STEPS ALONG THE WAY. SURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE REQUIRED PUBLIC PROCESS THAT MUST OCCUR ANYTIME A CITY WOULD LIKE TO DISPOSE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY. SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE INITIATING WITH THIS ACTION TONIGHT. UM, THERE ARE MANY REQUIREMENTS TO GO THROUGH IN THE PROCESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED TO DO ANY ONE THING WITH THE PROPERTY. WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO OFFER IT OUT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. AND IF THERE IS INTEREST ENGAGED IN GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS OVER A 90 DAY PERIOD, UM, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT IN A DECISION. AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN THE CITY HAS FULFILLED ITS REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE PROCESS AND WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH, UH, ANY OTHER TYPE OF SALE THAT WE WANT. SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION. UM, AND, AND AS THE SPEAKER MENTIONED, THE, THIS IS KEY IN ORDER TO GET ALL OF OUR FUNDING IN ORDER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK THERE. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE ATTEND, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBER REBS, UM, YEAH, JUST TO KIND OF REPORT OUT THAT, UH, LOOK AT SOME OF THE, THE GOOD STUFF THAT THAT IS HAPPENING. UM, UH, WHAT WE'RE MAKING, UH, THE ELECTRIC, UH, PICKUP TRUCK IS, IS BEING PURCHASED. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS GONNA BE IN, IN CONJUNCTION ALSO WITH ALL THE EV CHARGING STATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING UP. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON OUR CLIMATE ACTION THERE. UM, THE A MI, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THAT THAT WAS COMPLETED, BUT I ASKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TIME, UH, HAD BEEN OR NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND IT TURNS OUT WE'RE EXTREMELY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE, UM, UH, SAID YES, VERY FEW LESS THAN POINT, ALMOST 0.1% SAID NO ON THE, UM, UH, DIDN'T WANT IT. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A SMALL DEAL. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, MANY THOUSANDS OF A MI, UM, BOXES GOT LOOKED INTO AND CHANGED, AND THAT'S NOW ALL BEEN COMPLETED. AND THE, THE TURF REPLACEMENT IS, IS, UH, MOVING FORWARD. SO AT THE, AT THE VERY NEXT STEP. SO SOMETHING IS, IS HAPPENING THERE. AND THEN THE DOCK, UH, FABRICATION AND UTILITY, THE ELECTRICITY GOT PUT ON THE DOCKS, SO YEAH, IT GOT DONE AND WE'RE JUST GONNA BE PAYING THAT OFF RIGHT NOW. SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE, WHERE WE'RE DOING IS, IS SAYING, UM, GREAT WORK. THANK YOU FOR STAFF FOR GETTING ALL THAT DONE. AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, A LITTLE BIT OF THE 20,000 OR SO WATER METERS WATER ACCOUNTS IN THE CITY, ONLY 2000 HAVE SIGNED UP WITH THEIR OWN EMAIL TO GET THOSE, UH, INFORMATION THERE. SO SIGN UP EARLY AND OFTEN GET YOUR, GET YOUR, UH, GET YOUR DATA QUICKLY. ANYONE, OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER NOW? WELL, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, A MI, I AM ADDICTED TO THAT APP BECAUSE I HAVE [00:40:01] A BEAUTIFUL POLLINATOR GARDEN AND, UM, I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO KEEP MY MILK QUET ALIVE. AND I ALSO, UM, HAVE A SMALL LITTLE TINY LAWN AND I HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM, SO AS SOON AS THE BILL, IT GETS HIGH BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A HOT WEATHER. I LOOK ON MY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, APP AND IT SHOWS ME, AND NOW I AM TRYING TO GO BELOW THE MONTH BEFORE TRYING TO USE LESS, TRYING TO SAY, OKAY, THAT PASTA WATER, CAN I GO THROW OUT IN THE GARDEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DID DURING THE DROUGHT. SO IT REALLY DOES HELP TO LOOK. AND WHEN I HAD COMPANY, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, EVERYBODY SHORT SHOWERS, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE CALENDAR AND IT WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOU HAVE PEAK. SO IF IT'S VERY DARK BLUE, I GET VERY NERVOUS. SO IT'S REALLY ADDICTING. IT'S SORT OF LIKE KNOWING WHEN YOU'VE USED TOO MUCH ENERGY DURING THE WINTER OR SUMMER IF YOU HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. SO I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY USING THAT APP. THANK YOU. AND, UH, I HAD A COMMENT ON THE 10 OF AGENDAS FOR OUR NEXT MEETINGS. UM, IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, THE RECALL. I JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE RECALL. WE'RE AWARE OF A PLAN TO CIRCULATE A RECALL PETITION FOR A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL. AND THE RECALL PROCESS IS A FORM OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY WHERE VOTERS CAN HOLD THE REPRESENTATIVES ACCOUNTABLE AND, UH, THE PROCESS TRUST THE VOTERS TO KNOW WHEN A RECALL IS TRULY NECESSARY AND WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES DO OR DON'T JUSTIFY THE DISRUPTION AND THE COST CAUSED BY A RECALL. WHERE CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF JUSTIFYING A RECALL, THE ACTION IS BEST EXERCISED AT THE NORMAL SCHEDULED ELECTION PERIODS. UM, THIS, UM, EFFORT NOW HAS CAUSED ME TO REFLECT ON MY TIME ON COUNCIL, AND I'VE FOUND THIS COUNCIL TO BE OF AN EFFECTIVE TEAM. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED MANY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND WE'VE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSION. WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION, DEBATE AND DISAGREEMENT ARE A NATURAL PART OF BEING ON A BODY SUCH AS THE CITY COUNCIL. AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO FULLY CONSIDER AND ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC CONCERNING ITEMS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE CONTROVERSIAL. IF THE THREAT OF RECALL PROCESS WERE USED TO CHILL OUR SPEECH, DISCOURAGE OUR ADVOCACY, OR DISSUADE US FROM THOUGHTFUL AND CANDID, WEIGHING IN ON OUR, UH, DECISIONS. AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF OUR ACTIONS IS WORTHY OF DISRUPTING GOVERNMENT'S NORMAL FUNCTIONS. AND TO CALL, UH, TO HAVE A RECALL OF AN OFFICIAL. UM, I'M CONSIDERING SUBMITTING TO THE NEXT AGENDA, UH, A, A RESOLUTION INDICATING THAT THE COUNCIL DOES NOT SEE ANY JUSTIFICATIONS NOR TIMELINES OF CRITICALNESS TO HAVING A COUNCIL RECALL PETITION PROCEED. AND IN THE MEANTIME, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER, SHOWING RESPECT TO ACCOMPLISH THE BEST FOR THIS CITY AND THE VOTERS WE SERVE. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON, I'LL DEFINITELY SUPPORT, UM, PUTTING THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. I AM, I, UM, I'M NOT CALLING FOR IT AT THIS TIME. I HAVE TO PULL A DRAFT TOGETHER, BUT I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ON THAT. YEAH. WELL THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM ITEMS ABSENT, UH, ITEM SIX. THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THANK YOU. MOTION BY BARNACLES, SECOND BY QUINT. AND, UM, ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. AND THIS IS ONE THROUGH NINE ACCEPTERS SIX. CORRECT. OKAY. BARNACLE. AYE. UH, CATER THOMPSON. ABSENT. DI CARLY? YES. NOW YES. QUINT? YES. SHRIVES? YES. MC MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, WHO'S ABSENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [6. Resolution Authorizing the Award of Contract for the Lucchesi Turf Field Replacement Project (C14502008) to Argonaut Constructors, Inc.] AND NOW I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX. I'LL MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE ITEM SIX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SECOND MOTION BY, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT MOTION BY QUINT, SECOND BY BARNACLE. AND A, A COMMENT? YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOCCER FIELD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH SOME SORT OF, UM, MATERIAL. I JUST AM SO AGAINST THE, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF PFAS IN SOMETHING THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE PLAYING SOCCER ON. SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS SYNTHETIC TURF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON. ABSENT DI CARLY? NO. NOW NO. QUINT? YES. REBS? [00:45:01] YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON ABSENT. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS DI CARLY. AND NOW VOTING? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT MOVES US TO PUBLIC [10. Resolution Appointing a Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities 2025 Annual Conference] HEARINGS MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. BEFORE US, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION APPOINTING OF VOTING, DELEGATE AND ALTERNATIVE OR TWO FOR THE LEAGUE OF, UH, CALIFORNIA CITY'S, UH, 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN, UH, OUR CITY CLERK WILL BE LEADING US THROUGH THAT STEP. YES. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THIS ITEM. THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH THE 10TH IN LONG BEACH. UH, AND IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, CITY COUNCIL MUST DESIGNATE A VOTING DELEGATE. UH, AND CITIES ARE ALSO ABLE TO APPOINT UP TO TWO ALTERNATES. UM, AND THE VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FORM MUST BE TURNED IN, UH, BY NEXT WEEK, SEPTEMBER 24TH. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE VOTING DELEGATE, UH, AND THE VOTING DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH. UH, AND I'LL KICK IT BACK TO THE MAYOR FOR THE DISCUSSION, BUT I'M AVAILABLE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND I KNOW IN, IN COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CATER THOMPSON'S ABSENCE, I SHOULD MENTION THAT SHE'S INTERESTED IN THIS NOMINATION IS PLANNING TO BE AT THE EVENT. DOES COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? I SEE NO QUESTIONS PER SE. UM, UH, MAY WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM AHEAD OF TIME. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS ON THIS ITEM, BUT NOW IS THE MOMENT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AND SEEING NO ONE COMING FORWARD, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM AND, UM, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR, UM, A DELIBERATION. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SOMEBODY WHO WILL BE AT THE EVENT, UH, TO BE NOMINATED AND ALSO AN ALTERNATE. AND, UM, AND WE CAN EVEN HAVE A SECOND ALTERNATE HERE. SO IS ANYONE ELSE PLANNING TO ATTEND AND LACKING THAT? I KNOW OUR, UH, CITY STAFF THIS, UH, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY ARE, UH, PLANNING ON ATTENDING, UH, THIS CONFERENCE. AND SO I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT, UH, WE NOMINATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON, UH, AND HAVE A FIRST ALTERNATE AS A CITY MANAGER, SECOND ALTERNATE AS CITY ATTORNEY, ANYONE? YEAH. AND THAT, UM, AND THAT IS AN ACCEPTABLE NOMINATION? CORRECT. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. SO, UM, CAN I GET THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY AS A, UM, ALTERNATE, UM, CITY MANAGER TWO, CITY ATTORNEY THREE. CITY MANAGER IS TWO, CITY ATTORNEY IS THREE. OKAY. I SECOND AND I A SECOND BY QUINT. AND, UM, COMMENTS? A ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON. ABSENT. DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SHRIVES? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THEN WE MOVE TO ITEM 11, [11. Public Hearing to Receive Comments on the 2024-2025 Draft Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) and Resolution Approving the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2024-2025 CAPER and Authorizing the City Manager to Submit the CAPER as Required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development] WHICH THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE 20 24 25 DRAFT CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE VALUATION REPORT, BETTER KNOWN AS CAPER. NOT SURE. I LIKE THAT. UH, WE'RE HAVING A CAPER HERE, UM, AND, AND, UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UM, FOR, UH, THE 20 24 25 CAPER AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE CAPER AS REQUIRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. AND TO HELP US WITH THIS, WE HAVE OUR HOUSING TEAM, KAREN ZU AND SARAH WOLF. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. JUST ONE SEC WHILE I GET THIS POWERPOINT GOING. SORRY. SORRY. IT'S OKAY, HONEY. OH, I DO NOT, OH YEAH. OH NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. I NEED MY VIDEO. THANK YOU. HERE YOU GO. [00:50:01] OKAY. IT'S GONE. ALRIGHT. YEP. OKAY, , LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET IT. SO JUST, I THINK I GOT IT. NO, THANKS, SORT OF THANKS, CAITLIN. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THE PATIENCE EVERYONE. UM, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. WE'RE HERE, UM, FOR THE ANNUAL, UH, CDBG PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CAPER. UM, IT'S A FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM AND THE CITY RECEIVES AROUND 300 TO $350,000 ANNUALLY. UH, THE FUNDING IS USED TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT IS SHE DOING? THANK YOU. UM, THE AGENDA EVENING, UH, SORRY. THE AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE COMMENTS ON OUR CDBG CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT, THE CAPER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25. UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'LL PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW, UM, AVAILABLE FUNDING ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, UM, HIGHLIGHTS ON THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR NON CDBG FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN ACHIEVING OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN GOALS TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING PORTION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, THIS IS A LIST OF THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. THE REPORT AND PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED ON THE CITY'S, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR OF 24 25. UM, THE CITY RECEIVED, UH, APPROXIMATELY $304,000, UM, AND BY FEDERAL REGULATION AT LEAST 85% OF THE FUNDS, UH, MAY BE SPENT ON HOUSING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, WITH 15% CAP, UM, FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, AND 20% MAY BE RETAINED FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, THIS IS A SLIDE, UH, WHICH PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDING AWARDS AND PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, OUR PROGRAMS HAVE EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGED OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN ADDITION TO CDBG, UM, WHICH SPEAK TO WHY THEY, UM, SUCCESSFULLY EXCEEDED THEIR PROGRAM GOALS FOR OUR EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR AND MODIFICATION PROGRAM. REBUILDING TOGETHER WAS ABLE TO SERVE 37 HOUSEHOLDS WITH CDBG FUNDS. UM, BUT ADDITIONALLY THROUGH OTHER LEVERAGED FUNDING, THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE TWO COMMUNITY FACILITY PROJECTS, UM, A COMPLETE RENOVATION AT THE MEN'S SHOWER FACILITIES AT COTS AND ACCESSIBILITY MODIFICATIONS AT THE SENIOR CENTER TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. UM, SO WHILE THE HOUSEHOLDS IS THE PRIMARY METRIC USED TO QUANTIFY OUTCOMES, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS NO DOUBT WILL BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS FOR YEARS TO COME. UM, COLLECTIVELY THE PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SERVING 973 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, ALL OF WHO ARE LOW, EXTREMELY LOW TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. AND, UH, AS IN YEARS PRIOR, THE CITY HAS ELECTED TO REDUCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, UM, FROM THE ALLOWABLE $66,000. AND WE DIRECT THE REMAINING FUNDS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE IS, UM, THE NON CDBG FUNDS THAT PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN ACHIEVING OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN GOALS AND ADDRESSING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IN PETALUMA. UM, THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO SUPPORT OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS AIMED AT HOMELESSNESS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH COMPLIMENT OUR CDBG FUNDED ACTIVITIES. UM, BEGINNING ON THE TOP LEFT, WE HAVE OUR HOMELESS AND HOUSING PROGRAMS, APPROXIMATELY $4.1 MILLION OF CITY FUNDING, UH, HAS GONE INTO SUPPORT MANY UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, THROUGH THE EMERGENCY SHELTER OPERATIONS AT COTS, STREET OUTREACH, LANDLORD RECRUITMENT INITIATIVE, AND, UM, OUR NEW PROGRAM, A MENTAL WELLNESS AND, AND BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS PROGRAM AT COTS AS WELL. AND THROUGH REBUILDING TOGETHERS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. UM, AS PART OF THE HOMELESS PREVENTION, THE CITY ALSO FUNDS RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND FAIR HOUSING THROUGH PPSC. UM, AND THESE PROGRAMS PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AND HELP LANDLORDS NAVIGATE FAIR HOUSING ISSUES, UM, AND PROVIDE, PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MANY CITY RESIDENTS TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CITY PROVIDES, UM, FUNDING TO THE HOUSING LAND [00:55:01] TRUST, WHICH ADMINISTERS OUR INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAM, UM, AND HAS LONGSTANDING INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM. IN 24 25, THE CITY ADDED THREE NEW HOMES TO THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM WITHIN THE MCKENNA RIVER BEND AND HILLVIEW OAK SUBDIVISIONS. UM, AND IN ADDITION THIS YEAR, THE CITY HLT AND REBUILDING TOGETHER COLLABORATED TO PRESERVE AN AFFORDABLE HOME IN CHERRY HILLS SUBDIVISION. AND THE NEW OWNERS JUST RECEIVED THEIR KEYS TO A BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED FOUR BEDROOM, TWO BATHROOM THIS PAST FRIDAY. UM, UNDER STATE AND REGIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, UH, THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AWARDED THE CITY $944,000 OF P-H-L-P-L-H-A MONIES TO SUPPORT HOMELESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, OF THIS AMOUNT, 778,000 APPROXIMATELY WAS SU USED TO SUPPORT HOMELESS SERVICES IN 24 25, UH, THROUGH THE CITY'S PRO HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. PIP. UH, IN 2024, THE CITY RECEIVED $840,000 TO ADDRESS HOMELESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND IN 24 25, UH, THE FULL ALLOCATION WAS USED TOWARDS HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAMS. AND LASTLY, THE CITY RECEIVED 320, UM, OH MY APOLOGIES, UH, 240,000 FROM THE COUNTY SUPERNOVA, WHICH WAS ALSO ROLLED INTO HOMELESS SERVICE PROGRAMS SUCH AS STREET OUTREACH, UM, BY NAMES LIST, AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING AT COTS. ON THE TOP RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE. UM, THE PROJECTS LISTED HERE ARE POISED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 225 UNITS, INCLUDING 46 DEDICATED, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS, MID PENS 4 1 4 RECEIVED 900,000 IN HOME FUNDING AND 1.1 MILLION IN IN LIEU FUNDS. UM, IT RECEIVED ITS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IN JULY AND OF 2024 AND IS FULLY LEASED UP. THERE ARE ALSO 800, I'M SORRY, 18 UNITS DESIGNATED FOR FARM WORKER FAMILIES AND 13 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS. MERIDIAN CORONA CROSSING WAS AWARDED 31 MILLION FROM THE STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, AND THE CITY HAS INVESTED $2 MILLION IN THE LAND, WHICH IS DEED RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE FOR 55 YEARS. UM, WE JUST CLOSED ESCROW ON THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN AND, UH, THE PROJECT IS POISED TO BREAK GROUND VERY SOON. WASHINGTON COMMONS IS STILL IN THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT PHASE. THE CITY INVESTED 500,000 FOR SITE ACQUISITION. UM, AND THEN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25, UH, WE GRANTED THE DEVELOPER AN ADDITIONAL $180,000 OF PLHA FUNDING. UM, MID PENN IS STILL WORKING TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE ACTION REQUESTED TONIGHT IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, AND CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 24 25 CAPER REPORT. UM, STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE HERE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TURN TO THE COUNCIL AND ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY? NO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. UM, I'M, I'M WONDERING FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, ARE THERE ANY PROGRAMS THAT HELP THEM FIND WORK? UM, YES, ACTUALLY WE'VE STARTED A NEW, UM, PARTNERSHIP. I THINK, UH, IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR NOW WORKING TOGETHER WITH, UH, REBUILDING TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND THERE'S SUPPORTING, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH TRANSITIONING WITH, UM, NOT ONLY LIFE SKILLS BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, RESUME BUILDING, UM, WORK EXPERIENCE, UM, AND HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN A JOB. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I, I LIKE SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND TO HELP THEM WHERE THEY CAN. AND YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I RAN INTO SOMEBODY WHO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE WAS HOMELESS, LOOKING FOR WORK. SO I'LL TELL 'EM ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. GREAT. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE REBUILDING, UH, PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TO, UH, MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH, AT THIS POINT , BOTH NICOLA AND DRAKE, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STRIPS, UM, JUST AS, AS A CHECK FOR INFORMATION, UM, THE, UH, HOUSING THAT WAS ON ABOUT THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH PETA BOULEVARD. AND YOU MENTIONED IT WAS DESIGNED PRI PRIMARILY FOR FARM WORKERS. AND SO I'D JUST LIKE, WOULD LIKE TO CHECK IS, UM, HOW IS THAT OCCUPANCY GOING AND UM, ARE WE MEETING OUR GOALS IN THAT RESPECT? YES, THAT'S THE PROJECT WE REFER [01:00:01] TO AS, UH, 4 1 4 PETALUMA, UH, BOULEVARD NORTH, THE, UM, MID PEN PROJECT. IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES. UM, AT WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE LEASE UP, UM, THEY WERE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, TROUBLES WITH DOING SPECIFIC OUTREACH, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN LEASING, I BELIEVE IT'S 13 UNITS, UM, TO FARM WORKER FAMILIES. HOW MANY TOTAL UNITS ARE THERE? THERE? THERE'S A TOTAL OF 44. 44. SO THE OTHER 20, UH, SEVEN UNITS THEN, UH, WERE STILL AFFORDABLE. CORRECT. AND WENT TO OTHERS THAT, THAT ALSO NEEDED HOUSING? YES, THE PROJECT IS A, IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR TO EVERYONE. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP MONTHS AGO ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF I CAN JUST, SARAH CORRECTED ME, IT'S 18 UNITS OF FARM WORKER HOUSING THAT'S AT THAT SITE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD CORRECTION. AND THERE'S FARM WORKER HOUSING AT THAT SITE IN PART BECAUSE THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT GOT FUNDED BECAUSE THAT SOURCE HAD MONEY AT THIS TIME. SO, UM RIGHT. YES, IT IS A, IT IS A, UM, HCD PROGRAM AND THEY CALL IT THE JOE SERNA FUNDING MM-HMM . PROGRAM, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, FARM WORKERS IN, I BELIEVE BURBANK HOUSING IN THEIR NEW PROJECT THAT'S JUST OPENING UP AS WELL. THE, UH, RIVER PLACE HAS 13 UNITS OF JOE SERNA FUNDING AND SO THEY'LL BE PROVIDING HOUSING FOR, UM, FARM WORKERS AS WELL. THANK GOODNESS THERE'S SOME FUNDING, UM, SOMEBODY WITH SOME FUNDING FOR ANY PARTS OF THIS. UH, WAS THERE OTHER MONEY FROM THE CITY THAT WENT INTO BURBANK? I DIDN'T SEE BURBANK MAKE RIVER CITY MAKE LIST IS 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T PUT ANY MONEY IN WHAT NO, WE, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. AS, AS SARAH WAS GOING THROUGH THAT, UM, I WAS HOPEFULLY GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION THAT. UM, WE, WHILE WE DIDN'T PROVIDE THEM ANY FUNDING THROUGH OUR COMMERCIAL LINKAGE OR, UM, IN LIEU HOUSING, THEY WERE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR REDUCED IMPACT FEES. MM-HMM . UM, AND SO I, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK ON THAT SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT. UM, BUT THAT WAS THE WAY WE SUPPORTED THE PROJECT WAS THEY MET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF BEING ELIGIBLE FOR REDUCED IMPACT FEES AND IN THAT PROJECT, THE MAGNITUDE IMPACT FEES WOULD BE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS. RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE TAKEN, I HAVEN'T HAD, YEAH, SEVERAL MILLION. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO CONTRIBUTE TO ADDRESSING HOMELESS, UH, HOUSING ISSUES. UM, ALSO THE $4.1 MILLION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT GENERAL FUND MONEY AND IS IT, UH, ONE, IS IT THIS YEAR OR IS THAT AN AGGREGATE OF TO UM, SEVERAL YEARS? YEAH, THIS REPORT IS ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE JUST FINISHED UP. IT'S WITH HUD, WE'RE LOOKING BACKWARDS AT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. IT'S A COMBINATION OF THAT FUNDING. SO A BIG PART OF THAT WAS, UM, THE, UH, THE HCD ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROGRAM FUNDING. UM, AND THERE ISN'T ANY SPECIFIC GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN THERE. WE WERE ABLE WITH THE PRO HOUSING AND THE PLH WITH OUR, WITH OUR ALPHABET SOUP OF FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THAT PROGRAM FORWARD WITHOUT ANY GENERAL FUNDS THIS YEAR. THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF, UM, A GREAT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SO MUCH WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. UM, BUT UM, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I WAS FOR MORE FOR THE PPSC MEAL PROGRAM, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL NUMBER, 45,000, UM, AND, AND ENLISTED THE IMPACT OF 900 PEOPLE. SO HOW MANY MEALS IS, I MEAN, HOW BIG A PROGRAM AND HOW MUCH OF THE NEED DOES THAT HIT? AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANNA BRING OUR PPSC REP FORWARD. ACTUALLY, MEGAN, UH, KELLY, THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS HERE AND CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. THANK YOU. I LOVE THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. UM, WE SERVE 3,900 MEALS A MONTH OUT OF OUR KITCHEN. SO THAT'S THE CONGREGATE SETTING, THE TO-GO MEALS AS WELL AS THE HOME DELIVERED MEALS. WE ACTUALLY, WE GET FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY FOR THAT PROGRAM. WE FUNDRAISE FOR THAT PROGRAM AND YOU ALL GIVE US MONEY FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME CUTS WHILE WE'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT NOT FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS, BUT FOR CONGREGATE MEALS, WE NEED TO EXHAUST OR WE NEED TO BUILD ON OUR CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM AND BUILD UP THAT NUMBER. AND THEN WE NEED TO EXHAUST OUR WAIT LIST FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS. SO WE NEED TO ADD 33 PEOPLE FROM OUR WAIT LIST INTO THAT NUMBER THAT'S DONE MONTHLY. SO IT'S, IT'S AN IMPACT ON OUR KITCHEN. DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE, UH, THE KITCHEN SPACE, UH, AND UM, RE AND FUNDING TO PROCEED TO THAT LEVEL? UM, WELL THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN US SOME FUNDING TO, TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE'RE GETTING CREATIVE WITH OUR FUNDING AND CREATIVE WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR WHOLE PROGRAM FOR AGING WELL TOGETHER, MOVING SOME STAFF MEMBERS AROUND AND WHATNOT. UM, IN TERMS OF OUR KITCHEN, I DO WANNA THANK OUR PARTNER HERE BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A FREEZER ISSUE AND OUR PARTNER AT REBUILD TOGETHER IS HELPING US WITH OUR KITCHEN AND THE FUNDING FOR THAT. IT'S ALL A TEAM COLLABORATION ON THESE THINGS, RIGHT? IT'S ALL WORKING TOGETHER. [01:05:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO IN THAT AREA AND APPRECIATE THE ONE PETALUMA ATTITUDE. YEP. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM OR, UH, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE WE DID A PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. , I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THIS ITEM, BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, THIS IS THE MOMENT SEEING NO ONE MOVING FORWARD. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND UM, BRING IT BACK UP TO, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIBS. UH, I THINK WELL, GREAT. WONDERFUL WORK. THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD ON ALL THESE THINGS AND GETTING HOUSING AND FOOD TO EVERYONE WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO AND, AND REBUILDING FOR DOING THINGS. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE JUST TO MOVE THE ITEM. OKAY. A MOTION BY REBS. SECOND. SECOND BY QUINT. AND UH, MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL VOTE BARNICLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON. ABSENT. DI CARLY? YES. NOW YES. QUINT? YES. SCH SHRIMPS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. UM, OUR NEXT [12. Resolution Adopting the Active Transportation Plan] ITEM, ITEM 12, IS A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. UM, I KNOW, UH, WE WERE A LITTLE YOUNGER WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS COURSE, , IT'S BEEN, UH, QUITE THE ROAD, UH, AND, UH, LOTS OF GREAT COMMUNITY INPUT AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE AT THIS DAY. THANK YOU. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME WHILE I, AND TO HELP US OUT. BJORN GRUENBERG, OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER. OKAY, THERE WE GO. SORRY. USUALLY I GET TO COME UP AND GET ALL SET UP IN ADVANCE. UM, CAN I GET MY ZOOM WINDOW? WHERE IS IT? ONE SECOND. ALMOST THERE. NOT SURE WHERE MY ZOOM WINDOW. THERE IT IS. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BJORN GRUENBERG. I'M TRANSPORTATION PLANNER IN THE SAFE STREETS AND MOBILITY DIVISION OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT, UH, I IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE, UH, DRAFT FINAL DRAFT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE ARE SEEKING COUNSEL, CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PLAN, AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER KEY PLAN ELEMENTS HIGHLIGHTING CHANGES, UH, THAT WE MADE SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU REVIEWED THIS BACK IN APRIL. AND BEFORE I BEGIN TONIGHT, UM, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PLAN MADE BY MEMBER CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEIR TIME, PASSION, AND EXPERTISE SPENT ON THIS PLAN, AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE REACHED THIS MILESTONE WITHOUT THEM. SO, UH, TR KIND OF A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE APRIL PRESENTATION. WE'LL TRY TO, UM, HIT, UH, KEY HIGHLIGHTS, UM, TO, TO GET EVERYONE UP TO SPEED. UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS ANY FORM OF MOBILITY VIA WHEELED AND SELF-POWERED MEANS, INCLUDING WALKING, UH, BIKING, ROLLING, AND ROLLING VIA WHEELCHAIR, SCOOTER, SKATEBOARD AND MORE. AND AFTER A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION AT THAT LAST COUNCIL WORKSHOP, WE DID ADD A TABLE TO PAGE THREE IN THE DRAFT IN THE DOCUMENT OUTLINING CURRENT LOCAL AND STATE LAWS AROUND WHERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELECTRIC WHEEL DEVICES ARE ALLOWED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THAT SUPPORT BROADER CITY GOALS AROUND THE HEALTH, MOBILITY, EQUITY, QUALITY OF LIFE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND MORE. [01:10:01] AND WE HAVE GOOD DATA ON THESE AND OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDED THROUGHOUT THE INTRODUCTION. AND ON PAGE SIX IN THE PLAN. SO THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS AN UPDATE TO OUR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS ALSO DEVELOPED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE LAST GENERAL PLAN AND ADOPTED BACK IN 2008. IT'S A PLAYBOOK CONTAINING ACTION ITEMS, PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO PROMOTE WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING. AND FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN, UH, WE DO RECOMMEND MORE REGULAR UPDATES APPROXIMATELY EVERY FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLAN KEEPS PACE WITH CHANGES IN OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UM, ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, AND AS ALWAYS, BEST PRACTICES. SO, LIKE THE BLUE PLAN, BLUE BLUEPRINT, EXCUSE ME, FOR CLIMATE ACTION, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS A FOCUSED ACTION PLAN THAT FALLS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH IS THE CITY'S GUIDING DOCUMENT. AND WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THIS PLAN ALSO REFLECTS AND HONORS, UH, MANY RELATED PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS, LIKE THE RIVER ACCESS AND ENHANCEMENT PLAN, SMART STATION AREA PLANS, AND OF COURSE, THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION. FOLLOWING ADOPTION, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE PRIORITY PROJECTS INCORPORATED, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH COMES TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, ANNUALLY THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND NON INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS LIKE FACILITATION OF OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS. TASK FORCE WILL BE, WILL CONTINUE TO BE INCORPORATED IN STAFF WORK PLANS, AND WE WILL BE USING THIS PLAN TO, UH, TRACK OUR PROGRESS ON ALL THE ACTION ITEMS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE ENVISIONED IN THE PLAN. AND WE'LL BE REPORTING ON PROGRESS ANNUALLY TO THE PEDESTRIAN, VICE AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND IF DESIRED, CITY COUNCIL. THE PLAN ITSELF WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS LIKE THE MAYOR HIGHLIGHTED, UH, THAT INCLUDED COMMUNITY EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS, SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS AT OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MULTIPLE AD HOC COMMITTEES, UH, FROM OUR, OUR PBA AND AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE MAPPING FEEDBACK TOOL. WE ALSO HAD INPUT FROM THE PETALUMA EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION AND CITY THREAD, BOTH OF WHICH I'LL HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. AND, AND THEY CONDUCTED SOME OF THEIR OWN ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO THE PLAN. SO THE DRAFT PLAN WAS RELEASED BACK IN EARLY APRIL, AND THEN DISCUSSED AT FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT MONTH. AND WE ALSO ACCEPTED COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AND THE PROJECT WEBPAGE. AND IN ALL, WE LOGGED AND RESPONDED TO NEARLY 100 WRITTEN COMMENTS, UH, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN APPENDIX D. SOME OF THE TOP COMMENT THEMES MADE AT THOSE MEETINGS AND AND SUBMITTED BY EMAIL ARE INCLUDED HERE. AND, UH, LOOKING THROUGH THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING, SEVERAL OF THESE WERE ALSO RAISED IN THOSE COMMENTS. UM, JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT WITH REGARD TO, UM, UH, SEVERAL OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT STREET TREES, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME LANGUAGE THAT WE ADDED TO PAGE FOUR. COMMITTING THE CITY TO INCORPORATE BEST PRACTICES IDENTIFIED IN THE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BOTH OF WHICH ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT INTO OUR PROJECTS, WHEREVER FEASIBLE AND APPROPRIATE TO ENHANCE SAFETY, COMFORT, AND RESILIENCE. AND I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION LATER ON. WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, E-BIKES AND OTHER ELECTRIC WHEEL DEVICES, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION. SO, UH, THEN WE'LL KIND OF, I'LL MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE CHAPTERS NOW IN THE PLAN, STARTING WITH OUR VISION AND GOALS, UH, CHAPTER. AND THESE ARE THE KEY GUIDING STATE STATEMENTS FOR THE DOCUMENT, OUR VISION STATEMENT. PETALUMA IS A WORLD CLASS ACTIVE LIVING CITY. WE'RE WALKING, BIKING, AND ROLLING ARE A CELEBRATED PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE. WE'RE SAFE AND INVITING STREETS AND TRAILS FORM THE FABRIC OF AN A THRIVING CONNECTED COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, INCOME LEVELS, AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES ENJOY USING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. AND FOUR GOALS UNDERNEATH THAT VISION STATEMENT, VISION ZERO BY 2030, REACH THE CITY'S VISION ZERO GOAL OF ELIMINATING FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES AMONG PEOPLE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES. BUILD THE NETWORK BY 2030. BUILD A SAFE, INTEGRATED AND SEAMLESS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO CONVENIENTLY TRAVEL FROM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY TO SCHOOLS, PARKS, COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES, TRANSIT CONNECTIONS, SERVICES, DINING, SHOPPING AND JOBS, BEAUTIFUL, INVITING AND COMFORTABLE STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS, MAINTAINING CONTINUALLY ENHANCED STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND SHARED USE PATH PATHWAYS WITH ELEMENTS [01:15:01] AND AMENITIES THAT MAKE THEM MORE BEAUTIFUL, INVITING AND COMFORTABLE, SUCH AS TREES, LIGHTING, SEATING, WATER FOUNTAINS, AND PUBLIC ART. AND LASTLY, PROMOTE AND CELEBRATE. MAKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AN INTEGRATED, CELEBRATED PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. AND AGAIN, UM, MY THANKS P OUR PAC WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, WORDSMITHING. UH, THESE, THESE STATEMENTS THAT, UH, REALLY DO ENCAPSULATE, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO PROMOTE AND, AND IMPROVE MOBILITY AND PETALUMA THROUGH EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, AND, UH, ENFORCEMENT. SO NEXT UP IS OUR BASELINE REPORT, WHICH, UH, COVERS EXISTING CONDITIONS, TRAVEL, BEHAVIOR, AND COLLISION, COLLISION DATA. UM, JUST A REALLY QUICK SUMMARY HERE. UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN PETALUMA. UM, DUE TO OUR, OUR SIZE, OUR WEATHER, OUR TOPOGRAPHY, WE REALLY DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PLACE WHERE, UM, LOTS OF FOLKS CAN, UH, EASILY AND CONVENIENTLY GET AROUND, UM, BY FOOT BIKE OR OTHER, UM, ACTIVE MODES. WE KNOW CURRENTLY THAT MOST TRIPS ARE MADE BY CAR, UM, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE AVERAGE TRIP WITHIN CITY LIMITS IS UNDER THREE MILES. UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC THAT, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE IN THE CITY LIVES WITHIN THREE MILES, UH, OF DOWNTOWN PETALUMA. AND, UM, AND SO THREE MILES EQUATES TO ABOUT A 15 MINUTE BIKE RIDE. ONE THIRD OF ALL TRIPS ARE UNDER TWO MILES, WHICH IS A 10 MINUTE BIKE RIDE. AND, UM, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT IN OUR MESSAGING, WHEN WE'RE PROMOTING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE NEVER, UH, WE'RE NEVER TRYING TO TALK ABOUT, OR WE DON'T WANNA GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE FORCING PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANNA DO. IT'S REALLY ABOUT IMPROVING SAFETY FOR THOSE ALREADY USING ACTIVE MODES AND ALSO IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DOING SO. AND NATIONALLY, THAT NUMBER IS BELIEVED TO BE OVER 50% BASED ON A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY PORTLAND STATE RESEARCHERS. ALSO EMPHASIZING SCHOOLS HERE, UM, NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE SCHOOL RELATED, SCHOOL RELATED TRAFFIC ACCOUNTS FOR A HUGE PERCENTAGE, UH, OF OUR OVERALL TRAFFIC IN PETALUMA, ESPECIALLY AT PEAK HOURS. AND SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY STUDIES, UM, DONE IN PETALUMA, BUT IN MARIN COUNTY, JUST TO OUR SOUTH, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 27% OF THEIR MORNING PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC IS ATTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL DROP-OFFS. SO ONE IN EVERY, UH, FOUR CARS ON THE ROAD. AND SO WE KNOW THAT MOST KIDS LIVE NEAR SCHOOLS. UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT MOST KIDS ARE DRIVEN TO SCHOOL AND BASED ON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SURVEYS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN PETALUMA S IN PETALUMA SCHOOLS, WE'VE HEARD THAT MANY PARENTS OUT THERE WOULD LIKE FOR THEIR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL, BUT ARE TOO, TOO CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY TO ALLOW THEM TO DO SO. UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME REAL SUCCESS HERE WITH EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT EFFORTS BY SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UH, WHICH IS ACTIVE IN MOST PETALUMA SCHOOLS. AND, UM, THEIR, UH, EFFICACY IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH A 40%, UM, RATE OF STUDENTS WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL ON WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY IN 2023. SO, SO THE POTENTIAL AGAIN, UH, IS THERE TO, TO SHIFT A LOT OF TRIPS, UM, OUTSIDE OF VEHICLES. UM, ON THAT NOTE, WITH SAFETY, SHIFTING OVER TO COLLISION DATA FROM 2012 TO 2023, WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 33, UH, COLLISIONS PER YEAR INVOLVING PEOPLE TRAVELING OUTSIDE OF CARS, SPLIT, SPLIT ROUGHLY EVENLY BETWEEN PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING. AND ON AVERAGE, FIVE OF THESE COLLISIONS ANNUALLY ARE SEVERE OR FATAL. SO LIFE ALTERING OR LIFE ENDING IN COLLISIONS, LOOKING AT WHERE THOSE COLLISIONS OCCUR, UH, THREE QUARTERS OCCUR ON STREETS WITH THREE OR MORE LANES. AND, UH, LITTLE OVER THREE QUARTERS OCCUR WITHIN 100 FEET OF AN INTERSECTION WHERE YOU TEND TO HAVE MORE CONFLICT POINTS. AND THEN SHIFTING TO OUR ACTION PLAN. AND THIS CHAPTER IS INTENDED TO HELP DEFINE, PRIORITIZE, AND TRACK OUR PROGRESS ON DISCRETE EFFORTS, NOT RELATED TO SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. UM, AND SO A LOT OF THESE, YOU'LL SEE THEY, UM, IN THE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE PLAN, THEY NOTE, UM, NOT ONLY THE CATEGORY THAT THEY FALL UNDER, BUT WHICH DEPARTMENT OR DEPARTMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE. UM, THEY IDENTIFY TIMELINES AND, UH, PERCENTAGE COMPLETION, UH, IF AVAILABLE. [01:20:04] ALL IN ALL, WE HAVE 43 ACTIONS SPANNING SEVEN CATEGORIES, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILD OUT INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE, EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY CAPACITY, BUIL BUILDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION. AND AGAIN, WITH, UH, SEVERAL COMMENTS PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, ABOUT EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT E-BIKES AND OTHER ELECTRIC WHEEL DEVICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WRITTEN BY YOUTH AND WRITTEN ON OUR PATHWAYS. UH, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR RELEVANT ACTION ITEMS ALREADY IN THE, IN THE DRAFT PLAN THAT DEMONSTRATE, UH, THE ONGOING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND OUR SCHOOLS. UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, SHARED USE PATHWAY ETIQUETTE AND SPEED LIMIT SIGNAGE, SAFE ROUTES, OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, ELECTRIC, UH, MICRO MOBILITY, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, AND SHARED USE PATHWAY PATROLS. AND THESE HIGHLIGHT THE MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH NEEDED, UM, INCLUDING SIGNAGE, EDUCATION, AND ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE ARE SEEING AND HEARING ABOUT. AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT HERE, UM, IN THIS IMAGE TO THE LEFT, UH, NEW, A RELATIVELY NEW RESOURCE PUT OUT BY SONOMA COUNTY, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UH, TARGETING PARENTS AND, AND WORKING TO EDUCATE PARENTS ON MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES BEFORE THEY PURCHASE, UH, AN ELECTRIC DEVICE FOR THEIR KIDS. UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND HEARING IS THAT A LOT OF KIDS ARE ACTUALLY RIDING, NOT NECESSARILY RIDING E-BIKES. THEY MIGHT BE RIDING ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES. UM, AND WE'RE ALSO HEARING ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE MODIFYING E-BIKES TO INCREASE, BASICALLY TO TRICK, UH, OR DISABLE, UM, A A MANDATORY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON A THAT COMES ON E-BIKES, UH, THAT LIMITS THEIR SPEED TO, UH, TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. SO, UM, SOME PEOPLE HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO HACK THOSE AND, AND GO A LOT FASTER. UM, SO AGAIN, JUST REALLY LEANING HEAVILY ON THE EDUCATION AND ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS, UH, AS WE, AS WE WORK TO ADDRESS THIS, UH, ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE, HAVE REALLY, UH, HAPPENED QUICKLY. MOVING ON TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTER, AND THIS INCLUDES MAPS AND PROJECT LISTS THAT IDENTIFY PROPOSED BIKEWAY SIDEWALK PATHWAY AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS DESIGN GUIDANCE. AND SO WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS CHAPTER, THE MAPS AND PROJECT LISTS, WE'LL OUTLINE THE LOCATIONS AND TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED. AND THEN THE DESIGN GUIDANCE SECTIONS DESCRIBE, UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN ELEMENTS OR CRITERIA, UH, THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THESE PROJECTS. AND BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING A, A FINANCIALLY UNCONSTRAINED, VERY HIGH LEVEL PLAN, UM, JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS ARE SUBJECT TO FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION ANALYSIS BEFORE THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED. AND PROJECTS WILL NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY BE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY. MEANING IF WE HAVE A PAVING PROJECT COMING UP ON A STREET THAT ISN'T IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY BIKEWAY, UM, WE'RE STILL GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT, UM, ANY PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT STREET. UM, WHERE, WHERE THE PRIORITY LEVEL CAN KIND OF PLAY A ROLE IN ELEVATING PROJECTS IS IF WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT DOESN'T HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING OR AN UPCOMING IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITY, LIKE A PAVING PROJECT TO KIND OF MOVE IT UP THE LIST AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY GET OUR EYES ON, ON THAT PROJECT AND, AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, UM, MOVE IT FORWARD. SO STARTING WITH THE PROPOSED BIKEWAYS, UH, WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIKEWAYS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PLAN FOR OFF STREET FACILITIES. WE'VE GOT OUR A, A PRETTY ROBUST NETWORK OF CLASS, ONE MULTI-USE PATHWAYS LIKE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, UM, SEVERAL, SEVERAL CREEK TRAILS, THE SMART PATHWAY THAT RUN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THEN FOR OUR ON STREET FACILITIES, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING IMPLEMENTATION OF, OF FOUR TYPES OF BIKEWAYS, UH, AT THE TOP PROTECTED BIKE LANES OR SEPARATED BIKE LANES. THOSE ARE PHYSICALLY, UH, SEPARATED FROM TRAFFIC. THEN BUFFERED BIKE LANES, UH, WHICH HAVE A, A WIDER PAINTED BUFFER PROVIDING SEPARATION, BUT NO VERTICAL ELEMENTS. A CLASS TWO BIKE LANE, WHICH OFFERS NO VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL BUFFER, BUT DOES PROVIDE A, A DESIGNATED SPACE. AND THEN LASTLY, A, A CLASS THREE B NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY, WHICH ARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, UM, LIKE FIFTH STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE IT'S LOW SPEED, LOW TRAFFIC, AND PEOPLE BIKING ARE EMPOWERED TO, UM, BASICALLY SHARE THE ROAD WITH, WITH TRAFFIC. AND SO THE APPROACH THAT'S EMERGED WITHIN, I WOULD SAY THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, HAS REALLY PLACED EMPHASIS ON [01:25:01] INCREASING SEPARATION FROM TRAFFIC ON STREETS WITH HIGHER, UH, SPEED OR HIGHER VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC, UH, WHENEVER FEASIBLE, WHENEVER RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS. WE ALSO HAVE CORRIDOR STUDIES PROPOSED ON SEVERAL STREETS WHERE IMPLEMENTATION MAY BE MORE CHALLENGED BY LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABILITY. AND, UH, WE THINK THAT MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE, ARE REALLY NEEDED BEFORE LANDING ON A RECOMMENDED BIKEWAY TYPE. AND EXAMPLES OF THOSE CORRIDORS INCLUDE SECTIONS OF MAGNOLIA, PAYAN, EAST WASHINGTON, PETA BOULEVARD, I STREET AND MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE. SO LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING BIKEWAY NETWORK, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 7 2 72 MILES WORTH OF BIKEWAYS IN TOWN. UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP HERE, THE EXISTING NETWORK, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT FRAGMENTED AND, AND THAT AT SOME POINT MOST TRIPS WOULD REQUIRE, UH, A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL OF TRAFFIC EXPOSURE, WHETHER THAT MEANS HAVING TO RIDE ON OR ACROSS, UM, BUSY STREETS. AND THEN YOU SEE THE TRANSFORMATION WITH THE PROPOSED BIKEWAY NETWORK, WHICH WOULD DOUBLE THE NETWORK IN MILEAGE, UH, WITH MOST PRO PROPOSED BIKEWAYS SEEKING TO ACHIEVE A LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT WOULD MAKE BIKING APPEALING TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. AND, UM, JUST HIGHLIGHTING IN THE TABLE HERE, UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT, UM, SO IN THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE I HAD THE EXISTING MILEAGE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT BIKEWAY CLASSIFICATIONS. UM, HERE WE HAVE PROPOSED MILEAGE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, CLASSIFICATIONS WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IN MILEAGE, UH, MOST NOTABLY ON STREET BIKE LANES AND, UH, REGULAR CLASS THREE BIKE ROUTES. AND, AND THE REASON IS THAT WITH THIS EMPHASIS ON INCREASED SEPARATION FROM TRAFFIC AND ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, BIKEWAY DESIGN, UM, A LOT OF OUR EXISTING OR PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED FACILITIES WOULD BE UPGRADED, UM, FOR, SO FOR EXAMPLE, CLASS TWO STRIPED BIKE LANES BECOMING CLASS FOUR SEPARATED BIKE LANES. AND, UM, THIS, THIS NETWORK DOES, UH, REALLY COVER, PROVIDE GREAT COVERAGE TO THE CITY IN ALL OF ITS NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IT DOES ENVISION A HIGH QUALITY BIKEWAY WITHIN ONE EIGHTH MILE OF NEARLY ALL PROPERTIES IN PETALUMA. SO PRETTY MUCH WHEREVER SOMEONE IS STARTING OR ENDING THEIR TRIP, UM, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW, UM, UH, SAFE AND, AND VERY CONVENIENT BIKE WAYS TO GET THERE. WE'VE GOT, UH, ABOUT 28 MILES WORTH OF PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. AND, UM, IN THIS, IN OUR PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY, WE IDENTIFIED THE CORRIDORS THAT WE FELT HAD THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR MODE SHIFT AND SAFETY BENEFITS BASED ON THEIR OVERALL KIND OF ROLE WITHIN THE CITY'S, UM, STREET NETWORK. SO PRIORITY WAS GIVEN TO THE KEY ARTERIES OF THE CITY, UH, INCLUDING OUR CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS, BUSY CORRIDORS THAT HAVE A LOT OF, UM, DAILY NEEDS LOCATED OR THAT ARE USED TO REACH, UH, PEOPLE'S DAILY NEEDS, LIKE SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND SHOPPING CENTERS. AND THEN WE ALSO ELEVATED ALL OF OUR PRIMARY, UH, MULTI-USE TRAILS THAT PROVIDE REALLY GOOD CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO ONCE WE WENT THROUGH THAT EXERCISE, WE THEN LOOKED AT EACH OF THOSE CORRIDORS INDIVIDUALLY AND IDENTIFIED KEY PROJECTS THAT WE FELT, UH, WOULD HELP MAKE THEM MORE ACCOMMODATING FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. SO ALL IN ALL, THIS, THIS COMES OUT TO A LITTLE OVER 28 MILES, AS WELL AS SEVEN KEY CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS. AND, UM, WE DID SOME, SOME ROUGH ESTIMATING IF THESE WERE DELIVERED THROUGH STANDALONE PROJECTS AND NOT THROUGH PAVING PROJECTS OR, UM, OTHER, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, IT WOULD BE, UH, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THIS WOULD, UH, THIS BUILD OUT WOULD COST, UH, A LITTLE OVER 20 WOULD, UH, BETWEEN 28 AND $29 MILLION, NOT INCLUDING RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. SO AGAIN, IT'S A FINANCIALLY UNCONSTRAINED PLAN, AND THAT'S WHY THIS PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE IS SO IMPORTANT. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UM, SIDEWALK GAPS, MARKED CROSSWALKS AND ACCESS ACCESSIBLE CURB RAMPS. SO WE DO HAVE SIDEWALK GAPS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN AND PRIORITIZED BASED ON COLLISION DATA, PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND MAJOR TRANSIT HUBS, AND ALSO, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN, UM, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE, THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS. AND WE ALSO GAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE GAVE MORE WAITING TO GAPS WHERE A SIDEWALK DOES NOT EXIST ON EITHER SIDE OF A STREET, UH, TRIED TO ELEVATE THOSE AS WELL. [01:30:01] SO WE DO HAVE THAT TABLE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. UM, IT'S A LOT MORE GRANULAR THAN, THAN THE WHOLE BUILD OUT OF THE BIKEWAY NETWORK. OBVIOUSLY, MOST CITY STREETS DO HAVE SIDEWALKS, SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT PLANNING EXERCISE. UM, BUT THOSE ARE INCLUDED AS WELL. AND, UM, IF DELIVERED THROUGH STANDALONE PRO PROJECTS, UH, THOSE ARE ESTIMATED, THOSE 10.2 MILES OF SIDEWALK GAPS ARE ESTIMATED TO COST, UH, BETWEEN 10 AND $11 MILLION, NOT INCLUDING DESIGN OR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. SO SIDEWALKS DO RUN ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A MILE, UM, AND, UH, AND THEY ARE TRICKIER TO IMPLEMENT. THEY OFTEN, UM, LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABILITY IS OFTEN KIND OF THE DECIDING FACTOR WITH SIDEWALK GAPS, AND IT'S OFTEN THE REASON THAT THEY EXIST TO BEGIN WITH. SO, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE TO IMPLEMENT. BUT, UM, FORTUNATELY WE HAVE THIS, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT LIST NOW TO REFERENCE, UH, AS OPPORTUNITIES ARISE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING WITH MARKED CROSSWALKS AND CURB RAMPS, UM, BIGGER, UH, EFFORTS TO, UH, INVENTORY THOSE, BUT, UH, NEEDED. BUT, UM, RECOMMENDING THE SAME PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY AND WITH THESE PE EACH, EACH OF THESE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, UM, MUCH LIKE THE BIKE WAVES, REALLY THE KEY IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITY FOR US IS OFTEN THROUGH PAVING PROJECTS WHERE, UM, WE DO TAKE THIS, TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THAT WORK UNDERWAY TO, UH, TO MAKE ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS. SO SIMILARLY TO OUR APPROACH TO BIKEWAYS THAT EMPHASIZES A GREATER DEGREE OF PROTECTION AND SEPARATION FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC. UH, THIS TABLE HIGHLIGHTS THE FEATURES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BASED ON STREET CHARACTERISTICS, UH, AS PART OF A CROSSWALK. SO IF YOU, UM, ARE ON NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD WITH THAT RECENT, UH, OUR RECENT WORK THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALKS, MEANING THEY'RE NOT SIGNAL CONTROLLED. AND IN THOSE LOCATIONS WE'VE INSTALLED BOTH, UM, PEDESTRIAN, WE'VE INSTALLED FLASHING BEACONS AND MEDIAN ISLANDS. SO THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE GOING WITH THE DESIGN OF OUR CROSSWALKS. UM, AND, UH, AND YEAH, THIS CRITERIA JUST HELPS, UH, KIND OF MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR FOR US, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN EITHER UPGRADING CROSSWALKS ON AN EXISTING STREET OR IMPLEMENTING NEW CROSSWALKS. AND THEN LASTLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER. AND, UM, SO THIS TALKS ABOUT HOW, UH, THIS WORK AGAIN, GETS IMPLEMENTED. UM, THE, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO PROJECT DELIVERY WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THE DIFFERENT PROJECT TYPES ARE NOTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TABLE THERE IN THE LEFT COLUMN, AND, UM, FOR NEW OR UPGRADED ON STREET BIKEWAYS, UH, SMALL SECTIONS OF SIDEWALK OR CURB RAMPS AND UPGRADED CROSSWALKS THAT DON'T INVOLVE ANY SORT OF AN OVERHEAD BEACON OR SIGNAL. THOSE ARE ALL, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DELIVERED, UH, WITH OUR IN-HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS CREW OR THROUGH OUR ON-CALL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR ANYTHING BIGGER, UM, LIKE NEW OR UPGRADED MULTI-USE PATHWAYS, UM, LARGER, LONGER SECTIONS OF UPGRADED SIDEWALK, UM, OR OVERHEAD BEACONS OR, OR NEW SIGNALS. UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR EITHER A CAPITAL PROJECT OR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO DELIVER THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SHIFTING TO MESSAGING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UM, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AT, UH, THE APRIL WORKSHOP, UH, ASKING FOR US TO REALLY KIND OF EXPAND THIS CHAPTER. LET'S, LET'S WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE SEEING, UM, AS THE CITY IS, UM, IMPLEMENTING, UH, PROJECTS. AND, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY FOCUSED ON MESSAGING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND SO IN 2022 AND 23, THE CITY RECEIVED A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FROM CITY THREAD, WHICH IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT WITH EXPERTISE IN MOBILITY PROJECTS, WHICH PROVIDED A VARI VARIETY OF RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO PROJECT DELIVERY, INCLUDING IN, IN MESSAGING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THEIR KEY RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, WHICH INCLUDED ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGES OF CURRENT OF OUR CURRENT MOBILITY ENVIRONMENT IN PETALUMA, AND DEMONSTRATING THE BENEFITS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS TO ALL, INCLUDING THOSE WHO DRIVE AND MAY NEVER OR RARELY USE ACTIVE MODES, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON NEW INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING WHY THEY'RE PROPOSED AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE USED, CREATING CONSISTENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES ACROSS PROJECTS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE BIG PICTURE VISION THAT REQUIRES BUILDING [01:35:01] OUT A SAFE AND SEAMLESS NETWORK RATHER THAN A SERIES OF STANDALONE PROJECTS. AND THE FULL REPORT FOR FROM CITY THREAD IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX A. WE ALSO HAD THE BENEFIT OF THE PETALUMA EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION, WHICH IS A COHORT OF LOCAL STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES, WHICH FOCUSED ITS EFFORTS ON WAYS THE CITY COULD, UM, IMPROVE EQUITY THROUGH TRANSPORTATION. AND SO HIGHLIGHTING, AGAIN, SOME OF THEIR KEY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO MESSAGING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDED SHIFTING FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE MODEL THAT REALLY PUTS THE BURDEN ON RESIDENTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE CITY CHANNELS TO ONE IN WHICH THE CITY MEETS PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. UM, IN OTHER WORDS, THINGS LIKE POPUP EVENTS, UM, THAT, THAT KIND OF CATCH PEOPLE AT, YOU KNOW, FARMER'S MARKETS OR AT THE GROCERY STORE TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT, UM, CITY PLANS AND PROJECTS. ALSO, UM, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND INVITING SYSTEMICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ANCHOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SERVE THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON CITY PLANS AND PROJECTS, BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, IMPLEMENTING AN EQUITY CENTERED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND PROCESS. AND BETWEEN BOTH, UM, THE CITY THREAD AND, UH, EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION COALITION RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THAT, THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY, UM, PRACTICING AND, AND WORKING TO INCORPORATE, BUT, UM, DID FEEL IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO THE PLAN HERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S ALSO IMPORTANT WORK TO BE DONE AFTER PROJECTS ARE IMPLEMENTED, AND THOSE INCLUDE, UH, THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE, MAILERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN NEW CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED ON OUR STREETS AND DATA COLLECTION, WHICH WILL TYPICALLY, FOR THESE PROJECTS INVOLVE BEFORE AND AFTER SPEED AND COLLISION DATA, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BUT OFTEN, UM, DATA ON A LOT OF OTHER, UM, OTHER, IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. SO THAT'S EVERYTHING, UH, COVERING THE, THE PLAN. AND, UM, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PLAN. UM, ALTHOUGH I'LL NOTE THAT IT CAN ALSO BE ADOPTED WITH REQUESTED CHANGES NOTED IN THE RESOLUTION, SO IT WOULD APPRECIATE THOSE IF YOU DO HAVE THEM. AND, UM, WE WILL ALSO BE, UH, INCLUDING THIS PLAN AS AN APPENDIX TO THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE WHEN THAT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. AND LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONCE THIS IS ADOPTED, UH, THIS REALLY IS A PLAYBOOK THAT WE ARE, UM, GOING TO USE. WE'RE GOING TO TRACK PROGRESS ON, ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS AND PROJECTS AND, UH, AND REGULARLY PROVIDE UPDATES TO OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, UH, AND, AND TO THE COMMUNITY ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION. SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, GREAT REPORT. UM, LONG AWAITED AND LOTS AND LOTS OF INPUT. I LOVE IT WHEN REPORT GETS A CHANCE TO REALLY GET TRACTION WITH THE PUBLIC. UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, STAFF FROM COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES? I'LL HOLD COMMENTS FOR A SECOND, BUT I'LL ASK, UH, QUESTIONS. UM, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS THAT, UH, MAYBE POSSIBLE FOR IMPROVEMENTS COMING DOWN THE LENGTH. SO THE FIRST ONE IS BEING, IS THIS A, A WORKING DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN MODIFY AND IMPROVE UPON? UM, SHOULD, SHOULD WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE? OR IS IT MORE OF A STAGNANT THING THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA FOLLOW FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE? I THINK, UH, IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF CHANGE IN VISIONED. IF THERE'S A, IF THERE WERE A MAJOR CHANGE, UH, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. UH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, TRACKING OUR PROGRESS ON THE ACTION PLAN, UH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOTING PROGRESS ON OUR, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR, OUR BIKEWAY NETWORK AND OUR SIDEWALK GAPS, I THINK THOSE ARE EASY ENOUGH TO PROVIDE REGULAR REPORTS KIND OF OUTSIDE THAT, THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN. UM, IF THAT, IF THAT HELPS, OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THERE? OKAY. UH, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OF OUR AVID, UH, BICYCLISTS PUT IN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS JUST FOR SMALL LITTLE EDITS THAT COULD BE ADDED IN A COUPLE NUANCES OF CONCEPTS. UM, AND I WAS WONDERING, UH, DO WE NEED TO ADD THOSE IN RIGHT NOW OR CAN WE ADD 'EM IN LATER AS, AS WE HAVE TIME AND ABILITY TO DO SO? UM, SO THAT IT'S A, A CONTINUOUSLY WORKING DOCUMENT VERSUS GOTCHA. OKAY. UM, SO, OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES RIGHT NOW TODAY AND REALLY LOOK AT THE, THOSE WORDS? UH, YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE TEXT OF THE PLAN [01:40:01] WOULD BE BEST TO CATCH THOSE TONIGHT IF POSSIBLE. UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS WILL, I CAN IMAGINE, UM, SOME PRIORITIES COULD SHIFT, UH, AND, AND ESPECIALLY WITH INPUT FROM OUR PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE MAY LEARN THINGS, THINGS COULD COME OF LIGHT, COME TO LIGHT THAT WE MAY WANT TO, UH, THAT MAY SEND US IN A, YOU KNOW, DOWN A CERTAIN PATHWAY ON AN ACTION ITEM. SO, UM, LONG, THE LONG AND SHORT OF THAT IS THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO CAPTURE ANY DESIRED TEXT CHANGES TONIGHT, AND KNOWING THAT THE PLAN WILL BE A PLAYBOOK FOR STAFF IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT WE WILL BE, UM, WE WILL BE LEARNING AS WE WORK THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. OKAY. SO MAYBE ONE THING WE'LL WANNA DO TONIGHT, I KNOW BRUCE DID REALLY FINE TUNE JOB OF ADDING AND EDITING A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, JUST A COUPLE THINGS. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE AT LEAST LOOK AT THOSE AND TALK ABOUT THOSE TONIGHT THEN. OKAY. UM, THE NEXT ONE IS ON, UM, THINGS THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S PART OF THE PLAN HERE OR WHETHER THERE'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THERE IS, I KNOW IN MARIN COUNTY THEY, THEY CHANGED SOME OF THE RULES, UM, ABOUT THE TEENAGERS AND BY, AND WHAT TYPE OF BIKES AND SPEEDS ON, ON WHERE THEY GO. AND OUR PLAN IS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE FLEXIBLE. SO, UM, DO WE NEED TO BE, UH, SO IF WE WANTED TO MODIFY OUR RULES OR REGULATIONS, OUR SPEED ZONES AND WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, IS THAT PART OF THE PLAN OR CAN WE DO THAT ON THE FLY AS NEEDED WHEN, WHEN WE SEE THESE THINGS THAT MAKE DECISIONS ON 'EM? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF, IF COUNCIL FELT STRONGLY ABOUT, UH, MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT PURSUING SOME SORT OF LEGISLATION, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT AS AN ACTION ITEM. UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, NEW THINGS CAN ALWAYS COME TO LIGHT AND, AND IF COUNCIL DOWN THE ROAD, UM, DECIDES THAT YOU WANT TO EXPLORE SOME SORT OF, UM, REGULATORY CHANGES EITHER AT THE LOCAL OR STATE LEVEL THAT YOU'RE EMPOWERED TO DO SO, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN. OKAY, GOOD. SO WE'RE, WE'RE CLEAR. SO IF WE DECIDE THAT, UM, CLASS THREES, IF A CERTAIN AGE, AGE NEEDS TO BE LIMITED, 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE STATE, MANY CITIES ARE MODIFYING THE RULES ON THE FLY. IT MAY BECOME ACROSS THE U WHOLE US, BUT A LOT OF REGULATIONS ARE COMING INTO PLAY AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE WE WANNA LAND ON THOSE. SO, SO THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THE PLAN. NOW WE CAN ADD THOSE IN LATER. JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU ASKING CAN THE CITY MAKE A RULE ABOUT THE AGE OF A BIKE USER? IS THAT, IS THAT THE, IS THAT THE PATH YOU'RE HEADING DOWN? UM, I'M SAYING OTHER CITIES AND, UH, FOR SAFETY THROUGH, THROUGH THROUGH STATE LEGISLATION OR LOCAL LEGISLATION THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AT CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE LEVELS RIGHT NOW. AND MAYBE EVEN THE US UH, DOT IS LOOKING AT THESE THINGS RIGHT NOW. UM, ALL THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE, ARE UNDER DISCUSSION AT ALL LEVELS. OKAY. SO CITIES HAVE THE CAPACITY ALSO TO TAKE THEIR OWN ACTION TOO, RIGHT NOW. SO ANYWAY, SO THIS IS THE POSSIBILITIES. UM, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS IN THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WE WANT ALL THESE DESIGNS DONE, AND, UM, IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UM, ONE OF THE RECENT BOOKS THAT WE HAD IS, IS ABOUT REMOVING SOME OF THE ROADBLOCKS TO GETTING THINGS DONE. AND ONE OF THE ROADBLOCKS IS GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PROJECT HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS LONG PROCESS ENGINEERING BACK, UM, IS IT WITHIN OUR PLAN? UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME VERBIAGE IN THERE, IS THERE SOME FLEXIBILITY SO THAT ONCE WE HAVE A GENERIC MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEM IN PLACE, THAT WE CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FASTER RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO, EVERY SINGLE PROJECT HAS TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE RIGMAROLE, BUT WE CAN PUT ROUNDABOUTS WHERE WE NEED IT. SO IS THE PLAN SORT OF FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PLAN IN PLACE? OR DO WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE PROJECT STILL AND GO THROUGH, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS? OR CAN WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER AND JUST SAY, OKAY, GO MAKE IT HAPPEN? I THINK THE PLAN DOES UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE, UM, AND, AND URGENCY OF THE WORK. HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE IT GOES INTO THE SPECIFICS OF, UH, WELL, I CAN SAY IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS EXPECTED, UH, WITH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT THAT IN ITSELF IS A, UH, MAY WARRANT ITS OWN CONVERSATION GIVEN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE IMPLEMENT AND, AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, THE [01:45:01] DIFFERENT TRADE OFFS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH EACH PROJECT, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST FINDING THAT THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY AS TO MOVING FORWARD OR, OR GETTING THE ENGAGEMENT. UM, BUT WE CAN TAKE A PROJECT, GREAT PROJECT AND DO THINGS, UM, AND WE, IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD A LITTLE BIT MORE FORWARD FASTER, UM, IN A MORE GENERIC WAY THAT IF WE HAVE ROUNDABOUTS HERE, WE CAN PUT 'EM OVER THERE ALSO AND A SIMILAR STYLE. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, I HAVE COMMENTS FOR LATER THOUGH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU BRING UP A A GOOD POINT. I KNOW, UM, IN THE PAST, UH, PAC HAD RECOMMENDED ON A DEVELOPMENT THAT THE BIKE PATH BE INCLUDED AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL ELECTED NOT TO GO THAT WAY ON THE, AND YOU KNOW, LE LEANED ON THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T IN THE ADVISE THE, UH, BICYCLE PLAN OF, OF THAT ERA. AND I THINK WE'RE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT THAT THING SHOULD, UM, AN IMPORTANT LINKAGE BE PUSHED FORWARD FROM PBAC. I, I THINK, UH, THE, THE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE REPORT IS OPEN TO ADDING THAT KIND OF, AND NOT CONSTRAINED IN ITS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. UM, DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF, UM, VEHICLE TRIPS MADE EVERY DAY AND THE NUMBER OF BICYCLE TRIPS MADE EVERY DAY IN PETALUMA? I DUNNO IF YOU SAID THAT ALREADY, EXCUSE ME IF YOU DID. NO, THERE'S REALLY NO FOR VEHICLE TRIPS, I THINK WE COULD, UM, THAT IS A NUMBER WE COULD PROBABLY GET THROUGH SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE AUTHORITIES. UM, ALL OF THEIR, UH, VEHICLE MILES, TRAVEL, UH, MODELING AND EVERYTHING. UM, WE, AND THERE'S REALLY NO GOOD DATA SOURCE AVAILABLE FOR TOTAL, TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO WALK OR BIKE CITYWIDE. UM, THE ONLY IS THERE ANY INDICATION OR THE ONLY AVAILABLE DATA SOURCE IS CENSUS DATA, WHICH TELLS YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE WALK OR BIKE TO WORK. BUT, UM, THAT, THAT METRIC OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T IN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, NON-WORK BASED TRIPS, WHICH ARE A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF TRIPS IN THE SYSTEM. SO I, YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT, THAT NUMBER JUST TO MY KNOWLEDGE, DOES NOT EXIST. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR, UM, THE SIDEWALK GAPS WHERE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK. IS THE PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSIBLE OR IS THE CITY RESPONSIBLE TO PROVIDE THE SIDEWALK IN THOSE GAP AREAS? I MIGHT DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF HE KNOWS THE, THE ANSWER TO THAT . UH, I'M, I'LL START WITH THE NOT VERY HELPFUL ANSWER OF SAYING, IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON THINGS LIKE IF THE CITY'S DOING A PROJECT, UM, LIKE A ROAD REHAB THAT TRIGGERS ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY. IF A PROJECT, UM, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPING, THEN OUR FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS COME INTO PLAY AND, AND, AND THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MAY HAVE TO PROVIDE THE GAP AND SOME GAPS, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN CONTINUE TO EXIST AS LONG AS WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE ACCESSIBILITY. SO THERE'S, IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT FACT SPECIFIC AND PROBABLY THE ANSWER, UM, VARIES FROM GAP TO GAP. ONE THAT I SEE EVERY DAY IS ACTUALLY ON PAY RAN, AND IT'S THE, IT'S A, IT, THE SIDEWALK STOPS AT, AT TOBY'S TRUCK YARD, AND THEN IT'S THE CITY'S I WOULD THINK, RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT'S THE FAIRGROUNDS ALL THE WAY TO THE CORNER, AND THERE'S A BIG CHUNK OF THE AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE SIDEWALK AND IT'S IN DIRE SHAPE. SO I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S, WE ASK PROPERTY OWNERS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT DO THE CITY HAVE A TIMELINE OF WHEN WE ARE GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN SIDEWALKS? WE DO HAVE THAT GAP IN THE PRIORITY SIDEWALK GAP TABLE. UM, IT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OPPORTUNITY NOTED IS A PAVING PROJECT ON PAY RAN SCHEDULED FOR 2029 AS, UM, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY. BUT OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT COME ALONG, UM, THAT ADDRESS THE FAIRGROUNDS IN THE INTERIM, THOSE COULD POTENTIALLY ALSO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON RECORD AND I'LL JUST SAY TOO, WITH, WITH SIDEWALK, UH, WELL, REALLY WITH, UM, [01:50:01] A DA AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, OUR, OUR APPROACH AT THE CITY HAS, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE GENERALLY PRIORITIZED WITH OUR ANNUAL PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT, CIP, UM, CROSSWALK UPGRADES, AS WELL AS CURB RAMP UPGRADES TO MAKE, UH, STREET CORNERS ACCESSIBLE. UM, AND OF COURSE, THE CITY ALSO DOES HAVE THE NEW MATCHING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR, UM, SIDEWALK REPAIRS MADE BY HOMEOWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS, I SHOULD SAY. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, AND THANKS FOR LEADING RIGHT INTO MY FIRST QUESTION THERE. SO THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED A, UH, SIDEWALK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW, UH, HOW UTILIZED IT'S BECOME? ARE PEOPLE AWARE OF IT? SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM PUBLIC WORKS. THERE WE GO. YEAH. UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. UM, AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION. IT IS WELCOME, GINA, I'M SORRY. THIS IS GINA BENEDETTI PENNOCK, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS UTILITIES. THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED, UM, A LITTLE OVER, I'D SAY ONE TO TWO MONTHS. SO IT'S IN ITS NASCENT STAGES AND PARTICIPATION IS SLOW TO GAIN MOMENTUM. WE'VE HAD, UH, I THINK A FEW INQUIRIES. WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO APPLICATIONS IN, AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR OUTREACH. SO WE, WE REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MORE WE COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND GET THE WORD OUT, UM, AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN IT, WORD WILL SPREAD. UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE ROBUST ACTIVITY, BUT OFF TO A SLOWER START THAN, THAN WE EXPECTED. YEAH. THANK YOU. I, I'M SUPER STOKED ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND JUST WANTED STAFF TO MAKE A GOOD SHOUT OUT FOR THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MONEY WON'T SPEND ITSELF. PEOPLE HAVE TO APPLY. UM, AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO ASK, UH, UM, ABOUT THIS, UH, COUNT AND UTILIZATION OF PATHS AND WHATNOT. SMART HAS, UH, TRAIL EQUIPMENT AND WE GET AN INDICATION OF HOW MANY BIKES AND, UH, PEDESTRIANS ON SMART TRAIL HAVE, HAVE WE DISCUSSED THAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT FOR SOME OF OUR MAJOR, UH, SEPARATED PATHS. AND THEN PART B OF THAT IS, UH, OUR CAR TRAFFIC INFORMATION SOMETIMES COMES FROM CELL PHONE DATA, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN BE APPLIED TO, UH, CERTAIN BY COMPETITION CORRIDORS AS WELL. YEAH, SO WE, I'LL ACTUALLY ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION FIRST. UM, THAT DATA HAS NOT REALLY, OR THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT REALLY BEEN PROVEN YET FOR, UH, NON VEHICLE BASED TRIPS. UH, PREVIOUSLY THE DATA WAS GLEANED FROM CELL PHONES, AND SO IT WAS, IT DID, IT DID DO A BETTER JOB OF, OF ESTIMATING WHICH TRIPS WERE BEING MADE BY FOOT OR BIKE, UH, VERSUS CAR. NOW THAT DATA IS SOLELY COMING FROM CARS, NOT NO LONGER FROM CELL PHONES. SO, UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE THERE DUE TO SOME, UH, I THINK PRIVACY LAWS. UM, AS FOR COUNTS, UH, WE DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TO INSTALL A AUTOMATED MULTI-USE, UH, OR AN AUTOMATED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTER ON ALL OF THE CITIES. UH, CROSSTOWN CONNECTORS JUST STARTING THERE BECAUSE REALLY AT, AT SOME POINT, MOST TRIPS MADE IN PILAMA DO NEED TO CROSS, UM, OUR, UH, CROSS OUR, OUR FREEWAY, RIVER AND TRAIN TRACKS. SO I THINK WE HAVE EIGHT LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED. AND, UH, THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED WAS, WAS ON THE SMART PATHWAY, AND WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA. HMM, GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, I'M INTERESTED IN THE EAST SIDE RING TRAIL, UH, GREAT CORRIDOR FOR MANY, MANY SCHOOLS AND WHATNOT. UM, BUT WHEN IT GETS POPULAR, DO WE HAVE TWO LEVELS OF STANDARD PATH WITH, YOU KNOW, ASPHALT AND DG SIDE? DO WE BOOST IT UP FOR THAT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S, WHEN THERE'S STROLLERS, WHEN THERE'S, UH, RETRACTABLE LEASHES AND A LOT OF BIKERS, DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS? TWO STANDARDS? YEAH. WELL, BASED ON USAGE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO, WE DO WANT TO GO WIDER. WE CAN'T ALWAYS BASED ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. UM, SO ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE'VE BEEN MAKING UPGRADES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SHOOTING FOR 10 TO 12 FEET, UM, PLUS, PLUS SHOULDERS, BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT. SO SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO PINCH DOWN A LITTLE BIT. UM, THE, THE EAST SIDE RING TRAIL IS UNIQUE IN THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SECTIONS WHERE THERE IS A VIABLE ON STREET ALTERNATIVE. AND SO, UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, UH, I THINK THAT, THAT THAT'LL BE PART OF THE SIGNAGE ROLLOUT IS, UH, FINDING LOCATIONS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE FASTER, MOVING, UH, BIKES AND OTHER WHEELED DEVICES OVER TO THE STREET AND OFF THE PATHWAY, UM, IN THOSE SECTIONS AND, AND PRIORITIZING [01:55:01] THE PATHWAY FOR, UM, SLOWER MOVING PATHWAY USERS. BUT, UM, NO, NO, HARD, NO, NO STANDARD SET. LIKE I SAID, MINIMUM WIDTH FOR A PATHWAY IS EIGHT FEET. YOU WANT TO GO 10 TO 12 IF YOU CAN, BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS, ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO US. SO, UM, WHEN A, WHEN STREET'S AVAILABLE IN LIEU OF PATH ON EAST SIDE R UM, DOES THAT TAKE AWAY THE PARKING ALONG THAT SIDE TO CREATE? NO, THOSE ARE ALL PRETTY CALM NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHERE LOW TRAFFIC, LOW SPEED. SO IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR ON AN E-BIKE, YOU SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE HOPEFULLY BIKING ON ONE OF THOSE LOW TRAFFIC. IT WAS ALL AGES AND ABILITIES WE WERE AIMING FOR AND NOT YEAH, BUT, AND THESE, AND THAT'S, I WOULD CALL THESE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY TYPE STREETS, NOT, NOT BUSY ARTERIALS. AND, UM, AND, UM, I DIDN'T SEE THE GARFIELD MODEL IN YOUR LISTINGS OF CLASS 1, 2, 3 FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT FITS IN MOST OF, BUT YOU ADDED THOSE WHITE STRIPES ON THE EDGE AND, AND, UH, I LOVE IT. IT KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING, BUT I LOVE IT. UM, WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THAT, UH, MODEL? IS THAT A REPLICABLE THING OR NO? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK, UM, WITH, UH, WITH GARFIELD, THERE ARE CERTAINLY ELEMENTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERY PROJECT WE'RE LEARNING. UM, AND, AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS FROM GARFIELD THAT WILL BE REPLICATED AND, AND MOVED TO OTHER, UM, SIMILAR STREETS, UPCOMING SE INCLUDING SOME EXAMPLES IN OUR, UM, OUR UPCOMING, UH, SLURRY SEAL PROJECT. SO, UM, MADISON, UM, WITH SIMILAR TREATMENTS, WITH EDGE LINES AND, UH, BOUTS AT INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. AND IT SORT OF GETS TO THAT, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PUBLIC PROCESS THAT MOST COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES AND YOURSELF MENTIONED. UM, AND, UM, I'M PRETTY, I, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE, UH, REACHED INTO THE BIKING COMMUNITY FOR FEEDBACK, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE WILLING TO GO TO THE MEETING WHEN IT WAS, UM, ABOUT BIKING. BUT WHEN IT'S ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE. AND, AND THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GETS, UH, REALLY INTERESTING. UH, WE HAVE NORTH WEBSTER ON OUR CAPITAL LIST BY VALLEY VISTA, SPRING HILL SCHOOLS. AND, UM, WITH THE INCREASED, UH, ENROLLMENT THERE, THE DRIVE TO DROP OFF IS, UH, DISCOURAGING AND, AND, UH, THE BIKE ATTENDANCE IS RISING. AND SO, UM, IT, IT'S, UM, A GOOD CHANCE TO REALLY GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALK. SO THE QUE THE QUESTION WILL GO TO H HOW DO WE DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, MORE EFFICIENTLY? UH, RAINIER, WE'RE STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY, UM, ON, ON RAINIER, AND WE NEED TO ROLL THESE GETTING TO FASTER CONSTRUCTION TIME. UM, WHEN, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF ELI AND, UH, UM, CAULFIELD CASA GRANDE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO TALKING ABOUT ST. FRANCIS. UM, KIND OF, DO YOU NEED MORE ENGINEERS OR DO YOU NEED MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PEOPLE, OR HOW, HOW CAN WE GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DONE BETTER, QUICKER? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE, I JUST AS WITH STREET DESIGN, UH, LESSONS ARE CERTAINLY BEING LEARNED ALONG THE WAY WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FIRST PROJECT, OR THE MOST RECENT PROJECT WHERE FROM CONCEPTION TO EVENTUALLY DELIVERY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, UH, REALLY BRING THE, THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH US WAS ON, UM, THE HOWARD STREET PAVING PROJECT PROJECT, WHICH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE WE USED NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF FOCUSED MEETINGS IN THE EARLY PHASES BEFORE TAKING IT THROUGH, UM, THE CITY COMMITTEE'S, COMMISSIONS AND COUNCIL. AND SO THAT'S, UH, I THINK A VERY PROMISING MODEL, UM, TO CONTINUE TO USE WITH, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH PAVING PROJECTS. UM, JUST REALLY EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? AND FOR THOSE HOWARD STREET MEETINGS, CONVENIENTLY WE'RE LOCATED RIGHT HERE. WE HAD THOSE RIGHT HERE. UM, AND, UH, AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A, UM, THERE'S AN EDUCATION PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH IT EXPLAINING, YOU KNOW, WHY IT IS EXPLAINING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CORRIDOR BASED ON COLLISION DATA, SPEED DATA, UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING, WHAT SOME OF OUR DESIGN GOALS ARE AROUND IMPROVING SAFETY, UM, REDUCING CONGESTION, UH, IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION EARLY ON IN A PROJECT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE LEARNING ABOUT A PROJECT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE 11TH HOUR WHEN IT'S GOING TO COUNCIL, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE SITUATION WE REALLY WANT TO AVOID. DO THE, UH, WE PROPOSE TO DO LANE REDUCTIONS ON COFFEE, AND IS THERE A ROUNDABOUT IN THAT ONE? YEAH, SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY ENGAGEMENT ON, ON [02:00:01] CALL FIELD YET, BUT WE DO FEEL THAT THE, UM, THE INTERSECTION THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS ON CALL FIELD THAT WOULD, WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM ROUNDABOUTS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT, UM, ALWAYS STOPS BOTH FOR SAFETY AND CONGESTION REASONS. UM, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW AND PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. WE DID RECEIVE, UH, 23 PUBLIC COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING ON THIS ITEM. THOSE ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. I ALSO HAVE FOUR COMMENT CARDS. I SEE SOME OTHERS COMING IN. UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS AND THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSLATED. PLEASE PAUSE BETWEEN SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION. WE HAVE SEVEN PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS SUBMITTED TONIGHT. AND, UH, CLERK, PLEASE SEND, SET THE CLOCK AT THREE MINUTES. AND OUR FIRST, FIRST SPEAKER IS BRUCE HAGEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY PETE GANG. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. BUENOS, I'M BRUCE HAGEN. I REPRESENT SAFE STREETS PETALUMA. AND WE WERE FORMED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. UH, WHEN, UH, 14 YEARS AFTER THE 2008 PLAN WAS CREATED, I WAS ON PBA THEN, UM, THE TOP, ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITY PROJECTS THERE, THE FIFTH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY STILL HADN'T BEEN STARTED YET, SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THIS PLAN. SHOUT OUT TO BJORN. THIS IS AMAZING. WE HAVE LIKE, WORLD CLASS TALENT WORKING ON THAT FROM A STAFF LEVEL. UM, THE, UH, THE, UH, THE PLAN, UH, IF IT WAS PASSED JUST AS WRITTEN TONIGHT, I THINK WE'D ALL BE VERY HAPPY. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WE THINK WILL REALLY HELP CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT, BUT BY AND LARGE, IT'S STILL REALLY GOOD. UH, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS, YOU KNOW, IN 2008, THERE JUST WASN'T THE APPARENT DEMAND FOR THIS IN THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN RIDING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN 1981. UH, IT'S EXPLODED, ESPECIALLY WITH E-BIKES AND FAMILIES, WITH KIDS RIDING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. UH, I THINK WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, THEY WANT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE FUN AND HEALTHY. 'CAUSE IT'S ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. UH, THEY WANT TO HAVE AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION WHEN COST OF EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. THEIR COST OF TRANSPORTATION COULD BE CUT BY 80%. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE TONIGHT. UH, ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID HE JUST GOT RID OF HIS CAR. NOW HE'S TOTALLY ON HIS E-BIKE, UH, SMART IN OTHER PLACES. SO, AND I THINK FOR DRIVERS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE, 'CAUSE I AM A DRIVER, WE WANT HAVE SMOOTH FLOWING TRAFFIC. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 40 IN A 20 MILE ZONE, BUT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A BICYCLIST DARTING OUT IN FRONT OF US GETTING IN A COLLISION AND RUINING THEIR LIVES AND OUR LIVES. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA COME OUT AHEAD FROM THIS PLAN. UH, SO I WANNA SAY NOW THAT WE WILL STAND BEHIND THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AS THEY SLOW THE FAST DOWN BY SPEEDING UP THE CREATION OF OUR COMPLETE STREETS NETWORK, AND ALL THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ALL THAT, UH, WE NEED TO CALIBRATE THOSE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORK DONE AND BE SUCCESSFUL AT DELIVERING THE GOODS TO THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. I WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT WHEN I WAS HERE IN 2008, I HAD MY BIKE HELMET SIGNED BY ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT OLD HELMET. I COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT I HAD, I BROUGHT THE SAFE STREETS MASCOT CMO, AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME IN AFTER THE MEETING IS OVER AND SIGN CMO. HE'LL BE ALL OVER TOWN IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME. SO FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY, LET'S GET GOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, PETE GANG, TO BE FOLLOWED BY AMY ATLEY. GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, PETE GANG, ON BEHALF OF SAFE STREETS PETALUMA, I JUST WANNA SAY I WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPLAUD AND ENDORSE THIS FINAL DRAFT VERSION OF THE A TP. UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND I WANT TO ESPECIALLY NOTE OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR BJORN GRUENBERG FOR HIS UNWAVERING PROFESSIONALISM IN GETTING [02:05:01] THE A TP TO THIS POINT. MY COMMENT IS JUST ON, ON ONE ASPECT, UH, RELATED TO THE A TP, OUR NETWORK OF STREETS AND PETALUMA IS WHAT URBAN PLANNING TYPES REFER TO AS OUR STREETSCAPE AT 25% OR MORE OF OUR SHARED PUBLIC LANDSCAPE WITHIN PETALUMA, OUR STREETS ARE A BIG PART OF THE SHARED PUBLIC REALM. FOR AS LONG AS ALL OF US HAVE BEEN ALIVE, WE COLLECTIVELY HAVE SEEN OUR, WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR STREETS AS A WAY TO MOVE VEHICLES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THAT INTENT IS ENCODED IN ALL OF OUR NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND PRACTICES. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SPEED FIRST, SAFETY SECOND. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT A, A SOCIETY-WIDE TRANSITION POINT THAT IS LARGELY UNNOTICED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE'RE NOW STARTING TO LOOK AT OUR STREETSCAPE, NOT AS THE EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN OF THE AUTOMOBILE, BUT AS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE, WHETHER ON FOOT, ON A WHEEL DEVICE, OR IN OR IN A MOTORIZED VEHICLE. WE'RE COMING TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR STREETSCAPE IS OUR SHARED PUBLIC REALM, A KIND OF PUBLIC LOBBY OR PUBLIC LIVING ROOM WITHIN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WORLD. THIS MONUMENTAL CHANGE IS BARELY NOTICED. HABITS CHANGE VERY SLOWLY. IF WE IN PETALUMA ARE, ARE SINCERE IN OUR INTENT OF MAKING OUR STREETS PEOPLE FRIENDLY, MULTIMODAL, SAFE, SLOW, GREEN, LIVELY, BEAUTIFUL. WE MUST HIRE DESIGN TEAMS THAT INCLUDE LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS WITH A BROADER DESIGN SENSIBILITY THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. GOAL THREE OF THE A TP AS YOU HEARD IS TITLED, BEAUTIFUL, INVITING AND COMFORTABLE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PATHWAYS. SO WE NEED CONSULTANTS WHO SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE. I'LL CLOSE THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AMY LEY TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, MARTAR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, CITY, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TODAY AND EVERY DAY TO LEAVE OUR CITY, UM, BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT. I'M AMY ASHLEY, CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, OWNER OF A PETALUMA BASED BUSINESS, PROUD RESIDENT OF PETALUMA AND MOTHER OF TWO PETALUMA KIDS. I'M IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND WANNA THANK PAC BJORN SAFE STREETS AND THE REST OF THE TEAM THAT PUT HUNDREDS OF THOUGHTFUL HOURS INTO THIS PLAN. AS A RESIDENT, I'M SO HAPPY THAT PETALUMA, PETALUMA IS FINALLY PRIORITIZING THESE SAFE AND INTENTIONAL PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. I NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY SUCH A GREAT CITY HAD SUCH DIS A DISJOINTED BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM. AS THE CLIMATE ACTION CHAIR, I WANNA STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THIS MODE SHIFT IS AWAY FROM CARS FOR HITTING OUR 2030 CLIMATE GOALS. UM, ALMOST 20 OR ALMOST 70% OF OUR EMISSION EMISSIONS ARE FROM TRANSPORTATION. SO INSTEAD OF PRIMARILY SUBSIDIZING CARS THROUGH STREETS, LET'S TRANSITION UP TO THIS MODEL THAT REDUCES EMISSIONS, KEEPS OUR COMMUNITY SAFER, AND INCREASES OUR CONNECTEDNESS. UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST ENCOURAGE THE ROOM AND ANYBODY LISTENING, UM, ONLINE TO ENVISION THIS HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND THAT, THAT THESE CHANGES WITH THE, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU, MARTAR TO BE FOLLOWED BY NATHAN SPINDEL. HI THERE. UH, MY NAME IS MARTAR AND I'M A PAST MEMBER OF PAC. THIS IS MY OPINION OF AS I HAVE LIVED WITH THIS A PT DOCUMENT, A TP DOCUMENT FOR, UM, QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS. IN 2008, THE BIKE AND PED PLAN WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. AND WE HAD 16 MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON AND OFF PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER. BRUCE IS ONE, I'M ANOTHER, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM, BUT THERE WERE 16 OF US. SO THIS WAS 2008. IT TOOK DOZENS OF PEOPLE HOURS, WEEKS, MONTHS, AND EVEN A YEAR OR MORE, MAYBE CLOSER TO TWO WHILE WE RODE AND WALKED PETALUMA. THEN WE WROTE THIS PLAN UP FROM SCRATCH. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE THIS. THIS WAS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT [02:10:03] JUMPING TO TWO, 2018, UH, PBAC AND STAFF AND BJORN IS A GODSEND FOR ALL OF US, BUT SO IS GINA BENELLI RIGHT HERE. AND KEN IADT, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. THESE THREE MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR HAVE GIVEN BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS FOR THIS DOCUMENT, AND IT'S BEEN SO APPRECIATED. ANYWAY, PBA, THE STAFF, UM, USING OUTDATED PLANS REALIZED THAT AN UPDATE WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AND LONG OVERDUE. THE COUNCIL ALSO REALIZED THE NEED FOR THIS UPDATE AS A PERFECT APPENDIX TO THE 2024 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE THREE MINUTES . YEAH. FEEDBACK WAS TASKED WITH THE UPDATE. SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU SUBMIT THEM BY YOUR COMMENTS BY EMAIL OR IS THERE SOMEONE WHO'S SEATING TIME TO YOU? I, I CAN DO THAT. AM I OUT OF TIME? YOU'RE OUT OF TIME? YES. OH, DANG, . OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ONE 30, LAST ONE. I THOUGHT IT WENT, IT DID SEEM QUICK. . SO ONE AND A HALF. AMY TOOK THE LAST TIME SHE DID . THANK YOU. AMY. THERE'S TIME ON THE CLOCK AGAIN AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GO TO ONE 30 AND WE WILL CATCH YOU AT THAT POINT. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE OKAY. MINUTE, ONE MINUTE AND A HALF. OKAY. COUNCIL REALIZED THE NEED FOR THE UPDATE IS A PERFECT APPENDIX TO THE NEXT GENERAL PLAN. 2024 UPDATE. PBA WAS TASKED WITH THE UPDATE. CONSULTANTS WERE HIRED AND WE WERE OFF DOZENS OF PAC COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MANY CITY STAFF, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF FOLKS SPENT SIX TO SEVEN YEARS SURVEYING FOLKS, ATTENDING WORKSHOPS, WALKING, RIDING THE TRAILS, PATHS AND ROUTES, HOLDING PUBLIC MEETINGS, LISTENING FOR HOURS AND HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, SUGGESTIONS, REVISIONS, AND REORDERING OF THIS BODY OF WORK. TODAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS FINALLY IN YOUR HANDS. THIS PLAN IS NOT CUT IN STONE. IT'S NOT PERFECT, AND IT CAN BE UPDATED AS BJORN MENTIONED, AS THE NEED ARISES. LET'S CUT TO THE CHASE COUNCIL. WE NEED YOU TO, TO ADOPT THIS TONIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. LET'S GET ON WITH THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NATHAN SPINDEL TO BE FOLLOWED BY EMILY CHARLTON. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. I LIVE IN WEST PETALUMA AND REGULARLY WALK AND BIKE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH MY FAMILY. WE BIKE TO SCHOOL TOGETHER MOST DAYS, AND I BIKE TO WORK DOWNTOWN. OUR FAMILY ALSO DRIVES CARS TO GET ALL AROUND. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE VISION AND ACTIONS IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN YOU'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT. CURRENTLY PETALUMA IS A DECENT CITY FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, BUT THIS VARIES GREATLY BY LOCATION. SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FANTASTIC FOR WALKING AND BIKING WHILE OTHERS ARE UNSAFE, INHOSPITABLE, OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE PLAN ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES WITH SENSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS FROM GREATLY ENHANCING THE PETALUMA RIVER TRAIL, TO CLOSING SIDEWALK APPS ON PETALUMA BOULEVARD NORTH TO INSTALLING SAFE BIKEWAYS ACROSS TOWN. AS A PARENT OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD EAGER TO RIDE HER BIKE EVERYWHERE, I'LL BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN SHE CAN EXPLORE PETALUMA USING THE SAFE BIKE NETWORK. IN THIS PLAN, THE ADDITIONAL 24 MILES OF SHARED USE PATHS AND 34 MILES OF SEPARATED BIKE LANES ARE EXACTLY WHAT PETALUMA PARENTS WANT TO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SAFE FROM VEHICLES WHILE ENCOURAGING THEIR CHILDREN TO BE INDEPENDENT, ACTIVE, AND FREE. THIS GOES BEYOND PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. I HEAR STRONG SUPPORT FROM MY NEIGHBORS FOR SIDEWALK AND BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS. MOST HAVE LIVED THERE, HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SOME 30 YEARS. SOME NEIGHBORS HIRE SERVICE WORKERS THAT DO NOT DRIVE, AND INSTEAD WALK A BIKE FROM THE BUS AND TRAIN. MY NEIGHBORS ARE TIRED OF AWKWARDLY SHARING SIDEWALKS WITH CYCLISTS WHO DON'T HAVE A SAFE LANE ON THE STREET. SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS IN THEIR SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES CAN NO LONGER DRIVE A BIKE, YET THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING OUR STREETS MORE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORS WANT EASIER PARKING DOWNTOWN, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF A FRACTION OF PETALUMA CAN SAFELY GET THERE WITHOUT A CAR, THEN THERE WILL BE MORE CAR PARKING FOR ALL. MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE GRANDCHILDREN AND ARE THINKING OF THEIR FUTURE IN THE DECADES TO COME. I ADMIRE THESE PETALUMA FOR THINKING OF THE GREATER COLLECTIVE GOOD OF OUR CITIZENRY, WHO RECOGNIZE THAT TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND SAFETY DYNAMICS CAN CHANGE IF WE WANT THEM TO JUST ASK A SENIOR ABOUT THE OLD DAYS OF CARS WITHOUT SEAT BELTS, WITHOUT AIRBAGS, AND WHEN DRUNK, DRIVING MORE COMMONLY TOOK THE LIVES OF THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SIMILARLY, THE A TP IS RECOMMENDING THE LATEST AND BEST PRACTICES IN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO KEEP EVERYONE IN PETALUMA SAFE. THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR THEIR YEARS OF HARD WORK CREATING THIS PLAN. I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT BECOME REALITY AS IMPLEMENTATION BEGINS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EMILY CHAR, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TEDDY HERZOG. [02:15:02] HELLO. HI, EMILY CHARLTON. I'M WITH THE, UH, SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION. UM, I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD . UM, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID TONIGHT, BUT, UM, WE JUST WANNA SAY WE ARE HAPPY WITH THIS PLAN. UH, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING. UM, AND WE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH OF THE, UH, SUGGESTED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE PROTECTED LANES AND SEPARATED BIKEWAYS. UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CITY BUILDING OUT, UH, THIS LOW STRESS NETWORK IN A TIMELY WAY AND MAKING THE STREETS SAFER FOR ALL USERS. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TEDDY HERZOG TO BE FOLLOWED BY RICHARD DE LEON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M, UH, PART OF THE, UH, SAFE STREETS PETALUMA GROUP, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS WOO-HOO . UH, I DRIVE AND I WALK, WALK AND I BIKE AROUND TOWN EVERY WEEK. UH, THREE YEARS AGO, I MADE KIND OF AN OFFHAND COMMENT. I SAID THIS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BUILD A BICYCLE NETWORK IF WE'RE GONNA ARGUE ABOUT, UM, GARBAGE CANS AND FREE STREET PARKING ON A BLOCK BY BLOCK BASIS. AND IT TURNS OUT I WAS WRONG. 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE LAST THREE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH AND A LOT OF STRUGGLE, LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, LIKE, WELL, HOW DO WE DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REALLY WELL? AND I THINK WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I, I, I KNOW BJORN'S PUT IN HUNDREDS OF HOURS ADDRESSING THE COMMUNITY, AND MANY OF YOU, UH, THE DIOCESE HAVE AS WELL. AND, UH, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF MY, ONE OF MY MAIN POINTS IS WHAT IS MY MAIN POINT THAT, THAT I WANNA SEE STAFF EMPOWERED, UH, FROM THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THIS DOCUMENT TONIGHT, AND THAT STAFF'S GONNA WALK OUT KNOWING THAT, OKAY, WE'VE, WE'VE ALL AGREED THIS IS THE VISION OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD. AND SO, EVEN AS WE STILL TAKE THE BABY STEPS AND STILL STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK FROM HERE, UH, THAT STAFF KNOWS THAT WE'VE ALL GOT STAFF'S BACK. AND THIS IS OUR PLAN. THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT, AND THIS IS THE FUTURE WE'RE ALL AIMING FOR. UH, FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC OPEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN, LIKE PETE SAID, IS OUR STREETS. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. IT'S WHERE I'M MOST LIKELY TO RUN INTO. ONE OF YOU OUT IN, OUT AROUND TOWN IS ON THE STREET. AND, UH, AGAIN, I'M VERY EXCITED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK, ESPECIALLY STAFF. THANK YOU, BJO, AND EXCITED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RICHARD DELEON TO BE FOLLOWED BY WAYNE STROM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. RICHARD DELEON WITH BLUE ZONE'S PROJECT HERE IN PETALUMA. UH, WE SUBMITTED SOME, SOME WORDS IN WRITING, SO I DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY NEED TO ADD A WHOLE LOT. BUT ULTIMATELY, BLUE ZONE'S PROJECTS REALLY FOCUSES ON, UH, BEING ABLE TO CREATE HEALTHIER, UH, PLACES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF PETALUMA REALLY MAKING THE STEP TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVING THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ADOPTED. SO WE WHAT WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU ADOPT IT. AND, UH, ULTIMATELY FOR ME, RIGHT NOW, THE REASON WHY I CAME UP IS I WANTED TO ADD A PERSONAL ANECDOTAL STORY OF, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP HERE IN PETALUMA, GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE, AND ABSOLUTELY NOT KNOWING THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO CROSS TOWN IN A WAY THAT WAS SAFE. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS JUST GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UH, AS BJORN MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, IT'S AT THE 11TH HOUR WHEN A LOT OF FOLKS END UP HEARING THE INFORMATION. AND THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET, YOU KNOW, EMOTION MOTIONS IN THE SI IN THE PROCESS. BUT I THINK IF WE LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND WHY THEY'RE BEING IMPLEMENTED, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SAFER SPACES FOR OUR, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S FOR OUR YOUNGER KIDS, OUR, UH, I THINK OF LIKE BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE SCHOOLS IN A WAY THAT'S SAFE. UH, I THINK WHEN WE PUT THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, IT REALLY MAKES IT, UH, A, A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYBODY. SO, UH, AGAIN, WE SUBMITTED SOMETHING IN WRITING, BUT WE'RE REALLY, UH, GLAD THAT THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, WAYNE STROM IS OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WAYNE STROM. UM, MR. MAYOR STAFF, EVERYBODY. I, I LOVED YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, BUT ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS LACKING WAS, UM, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT TRUCK ROUTES AND WHAT THEIR DESIGNATION WOULD BE. UM, FOR AS SAFER STREETS, THEY SHOULD BE POSTED. SO, UM, IF WE'RE SHARING THE SAME STREETS THAT ARE BEING REDUCED DOWN TO 10 TO 11 FEET, THAT THESE, THESE, UM, TRUCK ROUTES SHOULD BE, UH, UTILIZED FOR, YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE DELIVERIES [02:20:01] FOR GOODS AND SERVICES FOR OUR, OUR LOCAL, UH, STORES AND BUSINESSES. IT'D BE NICE TO SEE THAT, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EMPHASIS ON THESE, UM, POSTED, UH, SIGNS FOR TRUCK ROUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, I STAND CORRECTED. OUR LAST SPEAKER OF THE NIGHT IS JOHN HANIA. HERE WE ARE AGAIN, COUPLE OF THINGS. I DO AGREE WITH WAYNE ABOUT THE TRUCKS, BECAUSE ON MCDELL, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANYTHING PASS, I BELIEVE CAULFIELD, BUT YOU SEE THE 18 WHEELERS, AND GOD KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES THEY TOOK THE SIGN DOWN ON ROUNDABOUT. OKAY? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CANNOT HAVE A COP SITTING THERE 24 7, SO SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE. I HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THE SAFETY, AND I AGREE WITH THAT GENTLEMAN, PETE, WHERE HE TALK ABOUT SAFETY. AND I LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD THE REQUEST FOR SIDEWALK ON LAKEVILLE SOUTH OF, UH, COALFIELD? THERE'S NO SIDEWALK. AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, THIS IS NOT OUR PROBLEM. THAT'S CALTRAN. THEN THE QUESTION I ASK YOU, WHY DID YOU GIVE A PERMIT TO BUILD ALL THOSE APARTMENTS THERE WITH NO SIDEWALK? DIDN'T YOU TALK ABOUT NO CARS? HOW DO YOU EXPECT EXPECT PEOPLE TO RIDE THEIR BIKE OR TAKE THEIR KIDS FOR A WALK WHEN THERE'S NO SIDEWALK EITHER SIDE THE EAST OR THE WEST SIDE OF THE ST OF THE STREET? SO AT WHAT POINT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GONNA PUT A SIDEWALK? SO YOU TALK ABOUT SAFETY, OKAY, HOW MUCH DID THE CITY PAY FOR THE ACCIDENT BY KAISER? WELL LET, WE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? SO LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S WALK THE TALK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, ON THE ITEM FOR THE EVENING, BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER BARNELL. YEAH, I'LL, I'LL KICK IT OFF. UM, FIRST TO, TO, JUST TO RESPOND TO THE LAKEVILLE COMMENTS, JOHN. UM, WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO SETTLE FOR OVER $600,000. UM, BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE RECORDS, THE RECORDS SHOW THAT OUR CITY CON, UH, CONTACTED CALTRANS NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THAT BEING, UM, AN ISSUE. AND WE WERE RELEASED OF THAT LITIGATION BECAUSE OF OUR PROACTIVE WORK WITH CALTRANS TO CALL OUT THE SAFETY ISSUES AND THE URGENT NEED TO DO SOMETHING. UM, AND ONCE THAT HAPPENED, WE TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION AND BLOCKED OFF THAT AREA SO THAT WE SAVED LIVES. UM, THOSE APARTMENTS, I DON'T THINK ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL WAS ON THIS COUNCIL WHEN THOSE WERE APPROVED, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF WE WERE, THOSE APARTMENTS WOULD BE MORE WALKABLE, MORE BIKEABLE, AND MORE, UM, SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, ADDRESS YEARS OF CAR ORIENTED PLANNING. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT TAKES DEDICATION. AND TO ME, THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENT TO IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN IS NOT FUNDING BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD JOB OF IDEN. UM, ALIGNING IT WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OUR FIVE-YEAR PAVING PLAN, ALL OF THAT GREAT STUFF. UM, THE INTERSECTIONS OF ALL THAT WORK, IT'S POLITICAL WILL. IT'S ACTUALLY STICKING TO IT. AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN AND MAKING THE TOUGH DECISIONS, AND LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED AND DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS STUFF, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS, THEY'RE NOT, UM, TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND TELLING THEM, UH, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE INTEREST OF OUR, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S 70,000 PEOPLE, NOT WHEN IT'S 60. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T START TO ALLEVIATE, UM, AND PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES, WE'RE NOT MANDATING ANYONE GET OUTTA THEIR CAR. WE'RE MAKING IT SAFER FOR THEM TO, BECAUSE IF WE'RE 70,000 PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY DRIVES WITH THE SAME BEHAVIORS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE WAY WORSE. AND WE'RE GONNA BE THAT BEFORE WE KNOW IT. UM, AND SO THIS IS ABOUT BEING FORWARD LOOKING, REALIZING THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, DOING A LOT OF BAD PLANNING FOR YEARS. WE'VE BEEN LETTING DEVELOPERS OFF THE HOOK FOR YEARS. UM, WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING STREET PROJECTS AND NOT PUTTING, CLOSING SIDEWALK GAPS AND NOT MAKING SAFE BIKE LANES. UM, AND THIS PLAN GIVES US A, YOU KNOW, GIVES US A PLAYBOOK TO CORRECT THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING IT. I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT'S GONE INTO IT. MARJA, BRUCE, SAFE STREETS, PETALUMA, EVERYBODY WHO'S HAD A HAND IN THIS SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION, BLUE ZONES, EVERYBODY WHO'S, WHO'S BEEN PART OF IT. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY MATTERS TO ME. I WAS AT RAY'S ON FRIDAY AND PARENTS CAME UP TO ME, THEY KNEW WHO I WAS, AND THEY SAID, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR ADVOCACY ON BIKE AND PED WORK. I LIVE ON D STREET, MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL OVER HERE, AND WE RIDE OUR BIKE, WE WALK, IT'S SAFER. EVERYWHERE IS SAFER. THERE'S MORE PEOPLE RIDING [02:25:01] OUR BIKE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENTS IN HERE, I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO SENT THIS IN. UM, AND IN THE PAST I PROBABLY WOULD'VE KNOWN A LOT OF 'EM, BUT A LOT OF 'EM ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE MAKING ACTION AND, UM, THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS. AND IT'S NOT JUST TALK. AND, UM, I'M FULL THROATED. I'M BEHIND THIS PLAN. I'M BEHIND THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE DOING IT. UM, AND THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS I'LL SUPPORT IT, BE ADVOCATES FOR SAFE STREETS, UM, AND VOTE YES ON THIS. AND THEN JUST ONE MORE THING, UM, BJORN, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IF, UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE DATA, THAT'S FINE. WANTED TO ASK ABOUT D STREET AND IF WE HAVE ANY ADVANCED, UM, INFORMATION AND DATA ON TRAFFIC INCIDENTS ON, UM, FIFTH AND D AND THE IMPACT THAT THE DIVERTERS HAD, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, JUST TO GIVE A SAMPLE OF LIKE WHAT THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, AND IF NOT, THAT'S FINE. BUT, UM, I'D LOVE TO JUST THROW OUT A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTROVERSIAL AND, AND THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SINCE WE'VE INSTALLED IT. UM, SO WE WILL BE, I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TENTATIVE AGENDA, D STREET IS COMING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR AN UPDATE IN NOVEMBER. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE TENTATIVE AGENDA. UM, I, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE COLLISION DATA, UH, RECENTLY WITH PD. UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THERE WERE, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, WE COULD PRETTY MUCH ASSUME OR, OR WITH PRETTY, UH, GOOD CERTAINTY, UM, PREDICT THAT THERE'D BE TWO BROADSIDE COLLISIONS, UM, PER YEAR IN THAT INTERSECTION OF, OF FIFTH AND D. UM, THAT WAS THE REASON THAT WE, UM, WANTED TO, UH, TEST OUT THE DIVERTER. THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO, UM, CROSS BASICALLY SHOOT THE GAP IN TRAFFIC, UM, IN CROSS D. UM, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE, A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE MOVEMENTS WERE, WERE LEADING TO COLLISIONS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE HIGH, UM, COLLISION INTERSECTIONS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN THAT CAME TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. UM, AND AT THAT TIME, THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION, THE COUNT, THE, THE CONSULTANT HAD WAS TO CONVERT THAT INTERSECTION TO AN ALWAYS STOP, WHICH, UM, WE KNOW WOULD WORSEN CONGESTION ON D STREET. YOU'RE RIGHT BETWEEN TWO SIGNALS. UH, LAST THING YOU WANT THERE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WAS AN ALWAYS STOP. SO THE DIVERTER WAS A KIND OF A, A, WE THOUGHT A OUTSIDE THE BOX WAY TO ADDRESS, UM, AND PREVENT THOSE, UM, MOVEMENTS THAT WERE CONTRIBUTING TO COLLISIONS. UM, AND, AND SINCE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, UM, THERE HAS BEEN ONE BROADSIDE COLLISION. IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR, SO NOT THE REGULAR TWO. UM, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, IN DISCUSSION WITH PD, THAT WAS SOMEONE WHO ILLEGALLY DROVE THROUGH THE DIVERTER, UM, AND IGNORED THE SIGNAGE. SO, UM, THE DIVERTER HAS, YOU KNOW, BEEN DOING, UH, WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO, WHICH IS NOT ALLOW DRIVERS TO MAKE THAT DANGEROUS MOVEMENT. THANKS. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES, YOU WERE GOING TO SUGGEST THAT SOME LANGUAGE CHANGE. IS THAT STILL, UM, UH, IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS A PART? WELL, LET ME GO THROUGH A COUPLE COMMENTS FIRST AND THEN, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA OFFER THAT THE CLERK COULD PULL UP THE LANGUAGE ON THE BOARD AHEAD, IF YOU COULD GIVE HER A, A CUE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. SO, UM, RUE, UH, WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I THINK ALL OF THEM COULD BE, UM, ARE, ARE PRETTY MINOR. I THINK MY PHILOSOPHY ARE ALL IN THERE EXCEPT FOR ONE. I THINK THE ONE THAT, THAT COMES OUT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT, UM, BE INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE, AND IT'S ABOUT, UH, TREE, UH, PARKING, UH, PILOT OR, UH, UH, PARKLETS, UH, IN WITHIN THE STREETS AS A, AS A WHOLE CONCEPT TO BE PROMOTED, WHICH ISN'T QUITE IN THE PLAN, BUT I THINK THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THE PLAN THAT SAYS WE NEED, UH, FOR MODIFICATIONS OF, UM, TO PROVIDE STRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, SHADE, AND TREES AND, AND THE LIKE. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE CURRENT PLAN LANGUAGE IN THOSE PARAGRAPHS ARE ENOUGH TO SAY THAT, OH YEAH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE AND PROMOTE THIS CONCEPT OR WHETHER WE NEED TO ADD IT IN. AND LET ME, LET ME HELP OUT WITH JUST THAT FOR CHANGE THREE. IN HIS EMAIL IT WAS CHANGE THREE. SO LET'S, SO ITS THE ITEM E IF YOU COULD, THE EMAIL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS BRUCE HAGEN'S PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I'M THINKING OUR CLERK MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT ON OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. AND, AND THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO SPEAK FROM YES. SEEING THE TEXT, AND I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF, IF BJORN YOU WANT TO IS, IF THAT WAS AN ANSWER, IF THAT WAS A QUESTION YOU CAN ANSWER WITHOUT THE TEXT STOP. RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH LATITUDE IN THE GREENWAY? RIGHT. SO THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR BJORN WAS, UM, IF THE LANGUAGE IN THE, UM, THE CURRENT ACTION PLAN [02:30:01] WOULD, WOULD COVER, UH, TREE PARKLETS BASICALLY AS, AS A WHOLE CONCEPT. UH, IF, IF, IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE ADEQUATE THAT WE CAN RUN WITH THAT CONCEPT WITHIN OUR GENERAL PLAN, THIS IS THAT IT'S NOT OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN, THEN MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. BUT IF, BUT IF WE DO, THEN THIS WOULD BE THE ONE THING WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE ON. UM, YEAH, THE, THE TREE PARKING PROPOSAL, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN IT AND, AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE COMMENTS, UM, ON THE PREVIOUS DRAFT THAT ALLUDED TO IT AND, AND, UM, UH, EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO SEE IT INCORPORATED IN THE PLAN. UM, BACK IN APRIL, UM, OUR RESPONSE TO THAT IN THE APPENDIX WAS THAT, UM, WE FELT THAT IT COULD BE INCORPORATED, UM, IN OR ADDRESSED THROUGH THE STREET AND TRA TRAIL DESIGN STANDARDS UPDATE, UM, WHICH IS IP DASH TWO, UPDATE CITY STANDARDS TO INCORPORATE BEST PRACTICES IN SAFE GREEN AND ACCESSIBLE STREET AND TRAIL DESIGN, UH, STABLISH QUICK BUILD AND HARDSCAPE STANDARD DETAILS FOR ALL SAFE STREETS ELEMENTS. UM, SO I, WE'RE, WE'RE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED, UM, THE TREE PARKING CONCEPT ON, UH, NORTH WATER STREET, UM, THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE THERE, UM, ACROSS FROM BREWSTER'S, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE SOME IN STREET TREES IN THE PARKING LANE, UM, WHICH WERE INSTALLED THERE IN ORDER TO, UM, PROVIDE A WIDER SIDEWALK FOR, UH, MULTI-USE WITH, UM, NOT, SO IT'S NOT, UH, A TOTALLY NEW CONCEPT TO THE CITY. UM, BUT IF, IF COUNCIL DOES FEEL LIKE, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ELEVATED, UM, AND, AND CALLED OUT OR SINGLED OUT IN THIS PLAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. WE ALSO HAVE, I KNOW THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN UNDERWAY, WHICH COULD, UM, COULD BE ANOTHER PLACE FOR THAT. SO I'M, I I'M COMPLETELY, YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S REALLY UP TO, I THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY WE'RE ALL IN TUNE WITH, WITH WANTING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. 'CAUSE WE ALSO HAVE RECREATIONAL PARKLETS. WE HAVE, UM, A, A VENDOR PARKLETS OUT THERE, UH, WITH THE RESTAURANTS AND THE LIKE, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER STORES CAN, CAN USE THAT OCCASIONALLY. WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON. SO AS LONG AS IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE CURRENT LANGUAGE THAT, THAT WE'RE COVERED, THEN IF COUNCIL FEELS LIKE WE'RE COVERED FOR, FOR THESE CONCEPTS, FINE, OTHERWISE THEN, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE HERE AND NOW, UH, MAYBE LATER ON IF WE NEED IT, WE CAN DO SOMETHING. BUT I, I'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCIL. WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THAT'S TOO KIND OF AN INVITATION? I, I'M GONNA SAY I THINK THE LANGUAGE IS BROAD, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THE PHILOSOPHICAL MANDATE IS, IS BROAD AND, UM, MOST PROJECTS HAVE PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW AND, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CATCH THINGS IN DETAIL COMES AT THE PROJECT SPECIFIC REVIEW. SO, I'M WITH YOU. I THINK WE CAN, UH, GO WITH THE DOCUMENT AS PRESENTED AS PRESENTED. OKAY, GOOD. UM, SO IF THERE'S THEN, UH, IF I CONTINUE WITH COMMENTS, PLEASE. OKAY. SO, UM, SO FAR THIS IS PHENOMENAL THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT, AT THIS TIME. UM, WELL, SOME OF THE CHANGES IN SOME OF THE ADDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED IN, I THINK THERE WAS A BEEFING UP OF, UM, OF, OF CONCERN ABOUT, UH, UH, SHADE AND CANOPY ALONG TRAILS ALONG WITH WAYFINDING. I THINK THAT'S NOW INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE. AGAIN, IT IS GENERAL LANGUAGE, BUT I THINK IT'S THERE, WHICH IS GOOD. UM, THERE'S, UH, THE ACTUAL WORD OF MICRO MOBILITY WAS ACTUALLY ADDED IN, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF ABOUT, UH, EDUCATION AND SAFETY, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. I THINK THE, THE LANGUAGE IN GENERAL, NOT SPECIFIC, BUT THESE ARE THREE AREAS THAT I WISH WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED AND, AND FLESHED OUT AND PROMOTED. UM, BUT THEY'RE THERE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS I CAN LIVE WITH FOR THE MOMENT. UH, UH, BUT THERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD HERE IS, UM, 'CAUSE SOME OF THE PASS ON THE MAP, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NORTH GREENWAY AND, UM, THE, THE PATH THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE THINKING AS A POSSIBILITIES THERE ONCE WE GET THAT ROLLING, UM, OR NOT ON THAT MAP. SO, UM, IT'S JUST BASICALLY THE SMART PATH THERE AND A COUPLE THINGS, BUT NOT A FULL OUTLINING OF THE ACTUAL PATH IN, IN THE NORTH GREENWAY ALONG THE RIVER. SO THAT WAS A LITTLE MISSING FROM, FROM THE MAP. UM, IT'D BE NICE IF THOSE WERE INCLUDED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY. IT'S STILL PRIVATE PROPERTY OUT THERE ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S A MISSING FACTOR. I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANNA GO OVER THAT OR NOT. UM, ANOTHER ONE IS, UM, RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHICH MAY BE MODIFIED AND CHANGES. SO IN THERE, THERE'S A, A DISCUSSION ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR, THEN ANOTHER STATEMENT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR, DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THERE MIGHT BE ON THESE PATHS, MULTIMODAL OR NOT. UM, SO THERE'S, AT LEAST THE CONCEPT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THERE WILL BE SOME 10 AND SOME 15 MILES PER HOUR, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY LINED OUT VERY WELL AS TO WHERE EACH SHOULD BE OR WHAT THE CITY POLICY IS. UM, AND THEN HOW WELL THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE ON ENFORCEMENT [02:35:01] FROM THE POLICE FOR DOING THIS. UM, AND, AND WE ARE DOING THAT NOW. SO APPARENTLY WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO E-BIKES WITH POLICEMEN ON IT, GOING ON TRAILS ON A REGULAR BASIS NOW. UM, UH, CHECKING UP AND GIVING TICKETS OUT AND, UM, AND SO FORTH, UH, FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW. SO, SO THAT'S GOOD. IT, IT'S IN THERE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT FLESHED OUT REALLY WELL. UM, BUT, SO AT LEAST I I, I'M SATISFIED WITH THE LANGUAGE TONIGHT. I WANNA MAKE IT SURE THINGS MOVE, BUT I WISH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT STRONGER LANGUAGE IN THESE AREAS. THE OTHER AREAS, REGULATIONS ON UNDER 18 OF, OF TEENAGE, UM, USAGE OF VEHICLES AND WHICH CLASS ACCORDING TO THE STATE, UH, UM, OR THE COUNTY, UH, SAFE ROSS SCHOOL PROGRAM. I THINK THERE WAS ONE THING IN THERE THAT SAYS, OH, TEENAGERS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO GO BEYOND 20 MILES PER HOUR. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S TRUE FROM A STATE LAW OR NOT, OR COUNTY LAW, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT MAY NOT BE TRUE FROM THE STATE OR, OR US LAW. UM, I THINK THE, THE CLASS THREES ARE ALLOWED UP TO 28 IF THEY'RE WEARING HELMETS AND THE LIKE, BUT, UM, BUT THIS, THAT LANGUAGE AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THAT, THOSE REGULATIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUTH, UM, IS, UM, WE NEED TO BE WORKED ON DOWN THE ROAD. AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE AS WE MAKE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES UP HERE, BECAUSE THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE. OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GONNA CHANGE IS THE TYPE OF VEHICLES. UM, I'VE ALREADY PREDICTED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT MICRO MOBILITY, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE WORD IS USED. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES FROM VELOMOBILES THAT ARE FULLY BICYCLE PED TO, UM, THERE'S EVEN A, NOW WHAT'S CALLED THE RAT RACER. IT'S A VELO MOBILE BATTERY PEDALED, AND IT GOES 70 MILES AN HOUR, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW, THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET WITHIN TWO YEARS. UM, THERE'S ALSO HANDICAPPED VEHICLES THAT ARE OFF ROAD NOW, UM, WITH BIG TIRES ON IT FOR THE, FOR WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANTS TO BE ABLE TO GO OFF ROAD AND THINGS. SO THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF VEHICLES. UM, AND, AND, AND FOR THE OTHER HANDICAPS FOR THE ELDERLY TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE, THE PASS WITH THEIR FOUR QUADS OR TRIKES THAT ARE GONNA BE LARGER, FANCIER. UM, SO THOSE ARE SORT OF INCLUDED, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MODIFY AS THOSE EVOLVE. SO THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EVOLVE AS THE VEHICLES EVOLVE. SO, UM, AS LONG AS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AS WE GO, UM, I'M HAPPY WITH THE DOCUMENT AS IS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE TO, UH, DO THESE MODIFICATIONS, RULES, REGULATIONS, TYPES OF VEHICLES, SPEEDS, WHERE LOCATED, UM, UH, WHAT EDUCATION TYPE THINGS NEED TO GET DONE, UM, AND, AND, AND THE DESIGN OF THINGS. SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS I THINK WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY NOW. I'M OKAY WITH WHERE WE ARE, BUT I WANT TO, UH, PUSH FORWARD. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IN IS THAT, UM, I, I'VE PERSONAL STAKE, I'VE RIDE MY CARGO BIKE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN OUTTA MY TRUCK HALF THE TIME NOW WITH MY BIKES. I'VE GOT TWO BIKES, ONE FOR FUN, ONE FOR WORK, UM, DO LOTS OF THINGS. AND JUST, UH, UM, TURNS OUT YESTERDAY I WAS WITH A PCA VIDEOGRAPHER AND WE HAVE STARTED PRODUCING A SAFETY VIDEO FOR E-BIKES. SO I HAVE THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE'LL BE ONLINE SOON. HE'S WORKING ON THE EDITING RIGHT NOW. SO I THOUGHT, UH, I'VE PERSONAL STAKE, I THOUGHT I JUST ANNOUNCED THAT SINCE THIS IS A TOPIC TONIGHT ABOUT E-BIKE SAFETY AND I'M WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT STUFF. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, I JUST, THERE WAS ONE COMMENT IN THERE. I DO, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS TONIGHT. UM, COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI RAISED, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE MISSING FROM THE MAP. SO I'M, IF I CAN PULL UP MY SCREEN, THIS DOES ACTUALLY, THE MAP CAN HAVE SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENT OR, UH, IMPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY IF REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON WHAT YOU CALLED OUT AS MISSING AND, UM, AND, AND FLAG THAT. SO I'M JUST GONNA ZOOM IN HERE IF YOU CAN. YOU SAID, UH, I BELIEVE YOU SAID AREA ALONG THE, THE RIVER, KIND OF THE NORTHERN REACH, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, YEAH, IN THE NORTHERN, UM, OKAY. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I DIDN'T QUITE, COULDN'T QUITE SEE IT IN THE MAP EARLIER WHEN I WAS LOOKING. IT DOES COME UNDER RAINIER AT THIS POINT. UM, THERE, YEAH, THERE'S RIGHT HERE. SO NOW I CAN SEE IT'S FLOW UP. I CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO, UM, JUST, OKAY, I GUESS THERE'S SOMETHING THERE ABOUT COMING UNDERNEATH RAINIER AND THEN GOING UNDERNEATH THE, UM, THE OR BY THE TRAIN TRACKS OR THE RIVER. YEAH. AND SO THAT, THOSE CONNECTIVITIES THERE, AND I DO NOW SEE THE LINE THAT THAT'S COMING ON, UH, BY THE FREEWAY THAT'S COMING ON DOWN THROUGH PAST THE OUTLET MALL. SO I DIDN'T QUITE, UH, FOR SOME REASON I DIDN'T SEE THOSE EARLIER. MAYBE I WAS LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED MAP INSTEAD. OH, GOTCHA. THE PRIORITY MAP. THE PRIORITY MAPS. OKAY, COOL. AND THEY DIDN'T SEE THAT. UH, NOW I SEE THIS AS THIS IS BETTER HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT. SURE. UM, SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS PLAN, WHAT COMES TO MIND IS I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE IT AS A REALLY AN INCREDIBLE VISION FOR WHAT [02:40:01] A SAFE, WALKABLE, BIKEABLE, ENROLLABLE PETALUMA CAN LOOK LIKE. UM, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE MONEY. IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY, UM, TO GO OUT AND BUILD IT ALL AT ONCE. UH, IT PROVIDES A, A VISION FOR WHAT WE CAN CREATE OVER TIME WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY GONNA BE BUILT. UM, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T ASK ANYONE TO WALK OR BIKE WHO WOULD PREFER TO DRIVE. IT'S NOT GONNA DO THAT. UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PLAN IS GONNA RESULT IN ANY MORE CONGESTION IN OUR CITY. IN FACT, I BELIEVE IT WILL LESSEN CONGESTION. UM, JUST THIS EVENING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW AND I BOTH BEING PROUD EASTSIDERS, UM, WE LEFT THE EAST SIDE AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? AND I WAS, I WAS, UH, ON MY LITTLE E SCOOTER AND, UH, AND WE BOTH GOT HERE RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME, SAME TIME. AND I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT, AND IT'S NOT EVEN A SOUPED UP ONE, RIGHT? , IT'S JUST A SLOW E SCOOTER. AND, UH, AND I LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT, UM, THAT I'M DOING JUST A SMALL PART TO HELP, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY IT. NOT EVERYBODY DOES, BUT I HOPE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, BY MAKING THAT CHOICE, THAT IT MAKES SOMEONE ELSE'S DRIVING EXPERIENCE A LITTLE, A LITTLE LESS CONGESTED. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE BUILD A, YOU KNOW, A MORE ROBUST, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IT'S ONLY GONNA CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THAT. UM, SO I, I BELIEVE THIS PLAN WILL, WILL RESOLVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'LL GIVE OUR COMMUNITY MORE CHOICES. WE OFTENTIMES THINK OF THIS IN TERMS OF BIKES, AND, AND I JOINED, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, I, I FIRST GOT INVOLVED WITH, YOU KNOW, CITI THROUGH PAC AND TRANSIT. UM, AND, UH, AND IT WAS MY REALLY, MY LOVE OF BIKING THAT BROUGHT ME TO THAT. BUT THE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM MARJA IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BIKES. IT'S REALLY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WALKING AND, AND, UH, AND, AND OTHER CHOICES. AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS PLAN IS GONNA RESULT IN BETTER SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AND STREET CROSSINGS. LIKE THAT'S A REALLY CORE PIECE OF THIS THAT I THINK OFTENTIMES GETS OVERLOOKED. UM, AND I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA CREATE SAFER ROUTES TO SCHOOLS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, I ALSO WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS COME INTO THIS. IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE, THE WORK THAT I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN, AGAIN, WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS BEFORE I BECAME INVOLVED WITH PAC, AND THAT'S OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. AND, OR EI THINK THE FIRST TIME I MET THE MAYOR WAS I WAS VOLUNTEERING AT A, UH, AT A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER TRYING TO SOLICIT FEED FEEDBACK ON FEEDBACK. AND, UH, SO THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE ON THIS. AND SO, UM, UM, SOME WOULD ARGUE , IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME, BUT I THINK WORTH IT, IT'S A GREAT PLAN AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY. SO, UH, BJORN, I APPRECIATE THE DETAILED WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND EVERYBODY ELSE, AND, AND THERE ARE PARTS OF IT I DO LIKE A LOT. I THINK THEY'RE NECESSARY AND GOOD FOR THE TOWN. UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE I GET A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED IS, IS HOW WE'RE CHANGING OUR STREETS AND WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT. AND, YOU KNOW, SO I WENT AND I, I LOOKED UP, YOU KNOW, UM, THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMUTERS BY BIKE IN, IN THE US AND I'LL GIVE PETALUMA THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND SAY, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT IT'S 0.6%. AND WITH PRINCIPAL CITIES IN THE US IT'S 1.1% AND WE WERE JUST GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ALMOST $30 MILLION. AND I KNOW SOME OF THAT WILL BE USED IN OTHER WAYS, BUT I THINK A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT WILL GO TO, YOU KNOW, STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T SEE THIS AS A BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME SORT OF A THING. I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE BUILT OUT A LOT OF ROADS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW HAVE BIKE LANES, NOW HAVE BOLLARDS IN THEM, NOW HAVE A LOT OF OBSTRUCTIONS IN THEM. AND I THINK THEY'RE REALLY UNDERUTILIZED. YOU KNOW, D STREET DOESN'T SEE THAT MUCH BIKE TRAFFIC AND, AND, YOU KNOW, NONETHELESS, IT AFFECTS CARS AND RESIDENTS EVERY DAY. YOU [02:45:01] KNOW, PUBLIC OUTREACH IS, IS A CONCERN TO ME TOO. UM, I SPOKE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON I STREET. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I RECEIVED BACK WAS WHEN, WHEN I ASKED STAFF ABOUT IT WAS A, A LETTER THAT I, I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WERE RESIDENTS SIGNED, AND THERE WAS ABOUT 30 SIGNATURES OR SO, UM, SOME JUST FIRST NAMES, BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS JUST NAMES. AND IN COMPARISON TO D STREET, THEY DID A PETITION WITH FULL NAMES, ADDRESSES, EMAIL, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY LIVED EVERYTHING AND GOT SEVERAL HUNDRED SIGNATURES AND THEY'VE HARDLY GOTTEN ANY RESPONSE. SO, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC OUTREACH IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IT, IT, PEOPLE REPEAT THE LINE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE IT. UM, BUT NONETHELESS, THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT STUFF HAPPENING. IT'S IN THE PIPELINE AND IT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON, AND, AND WE'RE STILL LIKE, WELL, WE'RE WORKING ON PUBLIC OUTREACH TO TRY TO GET BETTER, WHICH I KNOW IS A TOUGH THING TO DO WHEN IT'S HARD TO ENGAGE PEOPLE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I FEEL LIKE THEY GET, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY GET THE WOOL PULLED OVER THEIR EYES. AND I, I DO THINK WITH, WITH A LOT OF THE PROPOSED STREET CHANGES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WE'LL BE DOING, UM, I THINK WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE TRYING TO BUILD OUT THE TOWN AS A, AS A COMMUTER TOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, AND BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OUT WITHOUT ANY REAL RULES OR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANYTHING OR, OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING STRUCTURALLY TO PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE, WHICH, WHICH KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CONFUSES ME BECAUSE WE'RE SUCH A RISK AVERSE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF TROUBLE THAT COULD HAPPEN OR ANYTHING THAT COULD GET THE CITY IN TROUBLE. UM, BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THE WILD WEST OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT BIKES GOING EVERYWHERE AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND A LOT OF IT IS YOUNGER KIDS AND E-BIKES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EVERYBODY AND, YOU KNOW, SO I, I DON'T THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE TO, TO BUILD ALL THIS OUT WITHOUT ANYTHING IN PLACE TO ENFORCE IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE MIXING, YOU'RE MIXING BIKES AND CARS AND CARS HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF A LICENSED DRIVER, YOU HAVE INSURANCE, YOU HAVE REGISTRATION, AND, AND IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT BETWEEN THEM AND A BIKE, THE BIKE HAS NOTHING. SO WHY MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS, TO UPGRADE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO, TO ACCOMMODATE BIKES AND, AND BLEND THEM INTO EVERYTHING WITHOUT, WITHOUT AT LEAST BRINGING THEM UP TO THE SAME LEVEL IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT THEM ON THE SAME SURFACE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE I'VE SAID, I CAN, I CAN GET BEHIND A LOT OF WHAT'S IN HERE. I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD DOCUMENT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE THINGS LIKE THE EARS ON THE CORNERS OF INTERSECTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOSING EIGHT PARKING SPACES AT EVERY INTERSECTION NOW. UM, THE GREEN BOLLARDS, WHICH THEY, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S LIKE I'VE SAID IN THE PAST WHERE YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE OBSTACLES OUT IN THE STREETS, WHICH JUST DOES NOTHING BUT INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF, OF A CAR HITTING THEM IN SOME WAY. WE'RE PUTTING STOP SIGNS IN THE STREETS NOW INSTEAD OF ON THE SIDEWALKS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE CUTTING DOWN VEHICLE LANES. WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT I DON'T LIKE. AND SO THAT'S WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS UNLESS WE CONSIDER THOSE THINGS AND, AND REMOVE THEM FROM THE EQUATION. BECAUSE GOING BACK TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN WHO, WHO DO NOT LIKE THESE CHANGES AND DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AL. UM, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, UH, 20 YEARS AGO I WAS A LIAISON TO THE PAC COMMITTEE, AND, UH, I PROBABLY SIGNED YOUR HELMET, BRUCE HAGEN, UM, . AND WE WERE WORKING VERY HARD IN THAT 2008 BIKE PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS FOR OUR GENERAL PLAN. UM, NOW 20 YEARS LATER, WE'RE REALLY COME A LONG WAY. BUT THE THINGS THAT WORRY ME IS THE, UM, TRAVEL BEHAVIOR. AND I'M GONNA GO TO, TO CHAPTER THREE, PAGE 14. AND THEY WERE TALKING TO THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SURVEY AND TO, UM, THE VEHICLE'S NON CARPOOL THAT, UM, 73% OF PARENTS SAY THEY WISH THEIR STUDENTS COULD WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL MORE OFTEN, PARENTS RANK CONCERNS ABOUT VEHICLE TRAFFIC AS THEIR TOP BARRIER TO WALKING AND BICYCLING MORE OFTEN. [02:50:01] 73% OF THE PARENTS IN OUR CITY SCHOOLS DON'T WANNA PUT THEIR OWN CHILDREN ON BICYCLES TO GO TO SCHOOL. THEY'RE THE WORST TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR. WHEN YOU GO TO A SCHOOL AND YOU WATCH DROP OFF OR PICKUP OR A SPORTING EVENT, THERE'S DISTRACTED DRIVERS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, A CELL PHONE OR THE COMPUTER'S TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR CAR, OR THE CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT SCREAMING AT HIS SIBLING OR SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. I WAS ON MARIA ON SATURDAY, AND I AM PUSHING THE STROLLER WITH THE GRANDKIDS CARRYING THEIR ATHLETIC GEAR. AND THE THIS SUV DID WAS GOING SO FAST, SHE COULD NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. SHE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSSWALK, AND OF COURSE, IT'S A WARM DAY, SO HER WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN AND SHE APOLOGIZED, BUT I WAS LIKE, SLOW DOWN A BIT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OF COURSE SHE GOT MAD, BUT, AND MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW IS SHRINKING BEHIND ME, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DRIVERS ARE THINKING ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS AND SHARING THE ROAD. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN GET THAT ACROSS. UH, WE'VE GOT OUR CAMPAIGN ABOUT SLOW THE FAST DOWN, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE, UM, DATA COLLISION, WHICH IS ON PAGE 16. IT'S NOT GOING DOWN. IT IS GONE UP IN 2019. YES, IT WAS 33 AND WE'RE NOW AT 21, BUT IT'S STEADILY GOING UP. WE'RE GONNA BE AT THAT 2019 IF WE DON'T START THINKING ABOUT BEING SAFER DRIVERS AND GETTING LESS COLLISIONS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THIS NEW EQUATION WITH E-BIKES THAT IS SCARY. UM, ONE OF OUR EMAILS TODAY TALKED ABOUT THE EAST WASHINGTON STREET COLLISIONS WITH E-BIKES AND VEHICLES IN THE SHOPPING CENTER. I'VE ALMOST BEEN RUN OVER BY E-BIKES ON THE SIDEWALK. UM, AND THEY'RE GETTING LESS EXPENSIVE AND PARENTS ARE BUYING THEM. THESE KIDS HAVE FREEDOM, BUT THEY'RE NOT WEARING HELMETS. NOW. HEY, I WAS A TEENAGER IN THE 70 RIDING A SCHWINN AROUND PETALUMA WITHOUT A HELMET ON. BUT NOW WE HAVE LAWS IN PLACE. WE WEAR SEAT BELTS IN CARS, WE WEAR HELMETS, AND ON MOVING VEHICLES, WE REALLY HAVE TO REMEMBER THE RULES. SO WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THEM. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, UM, EMPHASIZE TO PARENTS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THEIR CHILD UNDERSTANDS THAT RIDING AN E-BIKE SO DANGEROUSLY IS, HAS CONSEQUENCES. AND IF WE CAN GIVE THOSE E-BIKE RIDER A WARNING THAT THEY HAVE TO THEN SHOW THEIR PARENTS, AND THEN THE PARENTS HAVE TO AT LEAST MAYBE APPEAR AT THE POLICE STATION. I DON'T WANNA JUST TIE UP STAFF TIME, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND A PARENT PARTICIPATION SO THAT AFTER MAYBE THREE WARNINGS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RIDE THEIR E-BIKES OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S GOTTA BE CONSEQUENCES. AND, UM, LET'S SEE. UM, THE EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T RIDE BIKES AND UNDERSTAND THE PAINT MARKINGS THAT UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE STOP SIGNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, WHY WE HAVE THESE BIKE BOXES. I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE A MONTH AGO FROM SOMEONE GOING, WHY WE DON'T CARE ABOUT, UM, BICYCLISTS. AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND THEY TOOK A PICTURE OF A SIGN ON MARIA THAT SAYS, STOP HERE EXCEPT FOR BICYCLES. AND THEN I WENT BACK THROUGH NOTES AND IT'S THE VEHICLE THAT STOPS BEFORE THE, THE, UM, BIKE BOX, THAT GREEN BOX WITH THE PICTURE OF THE BICYCLIST. SO MAYBE WE COULD PUT SOME OF THOSE DRAWINGS AND THOSE INFORMATION EDUCATION IN THE WATER BILLS. I'M THINKING IT GOES TO EVERY RESIDENT. AND THAT WOULD MAYBE ALERT THE DRIVERS THAT AREN'T BICYCLISTS, WHY WE HAVE THESE BALLARDS ON THIS MCDOWELL, WHY WE HAVE THESE GREEN [02:55:01] BOXES ON PAY RAN AND OR NOT PAY RAN, UH, CORONA. AND, UM, WHAT IS THAT OTHER ONE? CORONA AND MCDOWELL'S, THANK YOU. AND MARIA AND WASHINGTON, THERE'S THESE PAINTED GREEN BIKE BOXES, AND THE PUBLIC ISN'T EDUCATED ON WHAT THEY MEAN AND THE SIGNAGE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO, UM, THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU TO MARGE TAR BRUCE HAGEN FOR BEING THERE MAYBE THE LONGEST AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. AND, UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, I, I I THINK THAT MAKES A A REALLY GREAT POINT. UH, THE WHY FOR THIS IS FOR SAFETY, AND THE GREATEST RISK TO SAFETY IS THE VEHICLES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE GREATEST DAMAGE TO ANYTHING SMALLER. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT STAFF'S BUILT AT, UM, OUT ON I STREET. UH, IT WAS NICE GETTING, UH, LETTERS SAYING THAT THE, THE REVISED EDITION WAS BETTER THAN THE FIRST EDITION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS BEST AND BETTER. AND, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT, UH, WE BUILT OUT UP IN VICTORIA AT THE WESTERN END FOR CROSSWALK PEDESTRIAN SAFETY UP THERE. UH, I'M EXCITED FOR THE POTENTIAL TO, UH, GET OUT LAKEVILLE, UM, AND UH, TO GET TO KAISER IN THAT AREA WITH, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THIS PROPOSED, UH, EVEN GETTING TO PUTNAM PARK. UH, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS BETTER. BUT GENERALLY I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO GET OUTTA YOUR CAR. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO BE KIND TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THAT AND SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO DO THAT. I MEAN, IF WE GET 5% OF PEOPLE CHANGING MODE THIS YEAR, TRANSPORTATION MODE THIS YEAR, WE'LL GET ANOTHER 5% NEXT YEAR. WE WILL BE IMPACTFUL IN A SHORT PERIOD. UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY IT IS FUN BEING, UH, HA HAVING, UH, GRANDKIDS IN SPORTS. THE REASON IS, 'CAUSE I'M NOT COACHING, SO I GET TO RIDE MY BIKE OVER NO BIG BAG OF BALLS OR BATS OR WHATEVER, AND I CAN GET, AND A GRANDPARENT CAN GET AROUND TOWN. NOW, IN A WAY I COULDN'T HAUL IN, UH, MULTIPLE KIDS TO MULTIPLE EVENTS BEFORE. THERE'S RIGHT PEOPLE WHO WILL BE EARLY ADOPTERS AND PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE, HAVE, UH, CONTINUED BEHAVIORS OF TODAY. BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS, AND THE REASON I'M SO SUPPORTIVE BEYOND HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT ALL THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE'VE DONE AND ALL THE STEPS OF CONSTRUCTION GETTING TO HERE, IS THAT THIS IS A STRONG CLIMATE STATEMENT. WE PUT IN, UM, A A LOT OF VERBIAGE IN ALL OUR DOCUMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR CLIMATE AND, AND, AND WE'RE SAYING THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THAT ONLY MATTERS IF WE DO WHAT'S IMPORTANT. SO FOR ME, THIS IS A STRONG CLIMATE DOCUMENT. IT DOESN'T HURT THAT. IT ALSO HELPS TRAFFIC, REDUCES TRAFFIC. IT DOESN'T HURT THAT I GET TO PARK MY BIKE RIGHT AT THE FRONT DOOR WHEREVER I'M GOING AND CAN GET ACROSS TOWN EQUALLY FAST. SO THIS IS, I THINK IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF GETTING US TO THIS STAGE. I KNOW IT WAS A DIFFICULT ROAD FOR MANY, MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL, BUT, UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY AND COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. YEAH, I JUST, UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MANY GOOD EXAMPLES OUT THERE WHEN WE DO THE READING THAT THAT OF IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. LIKE PALO ALTO IN 2005, THEY LAUNCHED THEIR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AND OVER A 14 YEAR PERIOD, THEY SAW A 34% INCREASE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS RIDING THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL. SO OVER HALF THE KIDS RIDE THEIR BIKES OR, OR WALK TO SCHOOL. THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH CONCERTED FOCUS ON THAT. UM, ON E-BIKES, WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 15% GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR. UM, THAT'S LIKE FIVE TO SIX YEARS BEFORE THEY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF E-BIKES. CALIFORNIA IS OVER HALF OF THE UNITED STATES MARKET SHARE IN E-BIKES. THE HORSE IS HERE, LIKE, WE'RE BEHIND, UM, WE'RE THE CART AND WE NEED TO GET ON THIS BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS WITH BEHAVIOR AND THE WAY THAT KIDS RIDE THEIR E-BIKES. BUT, UM, IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, THE BLOOD'S ON OUR HANDS, AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ON OUR, THAT'S THAT'S ON US. UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT D STREET, LIKE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WE THINK ABOUT HAVING, UM, HUNDREDS OF NEW UNITS OF HOUSING COMING AT THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF NEW UNITS COMING NEAR THE TRAIN STATION, UM, AND THEN A NEW PARK ENTRANCE COMING AT THE OTHER END OF D [03:00:01] STREET. ARE WE EXPECTING ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE TO WALK UP D STREET? ARE WE EXPECTING ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE TO DRIVE THEIR CAR UP D STREET TO GET TO THE PARK, OR ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM A SAFE WAY TO GET THERE ON THEIR BIKE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. WE'RE NOT BUILDING THIS FOR TODAY. WE'RE BUILDING THIS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ATTACHED TO LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 40 YEAR INVESTMENTS. AND, UM, I JUST, I REALLY THINK WE, WE'VE GOTTA TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC AND ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THE FACTS. AND THE FACTS ARE THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND MICRO MOBILITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT LIKE THE, THE TYPES OF DEVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN EVEN WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY. UM, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE THE NEED TO, TO BUILD THIS INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK OUT, LIKE CAN'T BE OVERSTATED. UM, THIS IS, UH, IT'S NOT AN ASSAULT ON CAR CULTURE OR DRIVING. IT'S UM, HONESTLY LIKE A GETTING WITH THE TIMES AND REALIZING THAT IF FRANK CAN GET HERE IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME ON HIS SCOOTER, HIS COUNCIL MEMBER NOW CAN GET HERE IN HER CAR. UM, WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO BE OUTSIDE AND GET THE AIR BLOWING THROUGH YOUR HAIR? YOU KNOW, LIKE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA DO THAT. I WANT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, QUINT TO GET HERE, JUST AS SAFE AS COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. UM, AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THROUGH HOPE. HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY. THIS PLAN IS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUPPORTING IT. SO I REALLY HOPE WE CAN GET UNANIMOUS, CELEBRATORY, UM, SUPPORT FOR THIS DOCUMENT. AND I'LL MOVE THE ITEM. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO ADD, I DON'T DOUBT THAT WE'LL BE BACK ON E-BIKE POLICY AT A DIFFERENT TIME AND A DIFFERENT PLACE. I THINK THAT'S A RISING CONCERN. CHIEF, DO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN? YEAH, YEAH. I THINK IT'D JUST BE, UH, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, IN LIGHT OF THE TIME, I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I JUST WANT TO MAYBE ADDRESS THAT, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'LL HAVE A FUTURE OPPORTUNITY TO DIS DISCUSS THAT MORE BROADLY. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I REFLECT ON, ON THE A TP AND WE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE, TO THE POLICY. UM, BUT WE'RE SEEING SOME REALLY EGREGIOUS BEHAVIORS COMMUNITY-WIDE, AND I WANT TO JUST OFFER SOME OBSERVATIONS. UM, EVEN SOME PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY RELATED TO, TO E-BIKES. BUT I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE ON A PATHWAY. I SEE IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, WE SEE IT ON PATROL, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE OFFER WARNINGS. UM, WE'RE SEEING E-BIKES OF ALL CLASSES, ALL AGE GROUPS. WE'RE SEEING ELECTRIC BIKE MOTORCYCLISTS. UM, WE'RE SEEING YOUNG RIDERS ON THOSE. SO THEY ARE THE ESSENTIAL OF A MOTORCYCLE WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD WITHOUT A HELMET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. UM, I'VE STOPPED A 14-YEAR-OLD WITH THEIR AIRPODS WITHOUT A HELMET ON THE MIDDLE OF WASHINGTON STREET IN THE FAST LANE PASSING TACO BELL, UM, CALLED THEIR MOM, ISSUED THEM A WARNING, SEEN 'EM DO IT AT THREE OTHER TIMES ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL, WANTED 'EM TO GET TO SCHOOL, GIVEN 'EM A HELMET. UM, WE REALLY NEED SOME COMPLIANCE. UM, WE HAD A MEETING THIS WEEK. WE'RE BRINGING, UH, HEAL HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIFESTYLES TO THE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. UM, SOME OF OUR ALLIED AGENCIES AREN'T SEEING THE SAME EXPERIENCES, OR AT LEAST AREN'T AS AWARE AS WE ARE, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS COUNTYWIDE ABOUT HOW TO, UH, MESSAGE THIS. I THINK OUR BIKE COMMUNITY IS WELL AWARE OF POSITIVE RIDERSHIP. I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE THAT AREN'T ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN THAT COMMUNITY AREN'T AS IN TUNE AS WHAT THE POSITIVE ETIQUETTE IS. AND I THINK IT GOES BEYOND JUST THE BICYCLE COMMUNITY. SO I HAD A PEDESTRIAN WALK IN FRONT OF ME, UM, RIGHT IN A CROSSWALK AND I ALMOST HIT THEM THIS WEEKEND. JUST NO REGARD. PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING. SO I THINK MY CALL TO ACTION AND THAT I REALLY FELT COMPELLED TO GET UP HERE IS JUST, UM, PEOPLE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL, WHETHER DRIVING, WALKING, BIKING, WEAR THEIR HELMETS, TAKE THEIR EAR PODS OUT, UM, WALK AND LOOK AROUND BEFORE STEPPING OUT IN TRAFFIC, SLOW DOWN, WHETHER THEY'RE ON AN E-BIKE SKATEBOARD, UM, THE UNICYCLE WHEEL, WALKING, DRIVING, WHATNOT. WE JUST, UH, WE'RE SEEING COLLISIONS. WE HAD A BAD ACCIDENT ON THE EAST SIDE JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON AN INDIVIDUAL, ON A DIRT BIKE WITHOUT A HELMET THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE UNAVOIDABLE, SOME THINGS THAT ARE HUMAN ERROR. UM, COLLISIONS HAPPENS, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, BUT A LOT OF 'EM THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE, ARE AVOIDABLE AND PREDICTABLE AND PREVENTABLE. SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE COMMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WEIGHING IN. AND I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND TO THE MOTION, MR. RINGER. AND, AND, UH, OH, I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY I WILL SECOND IT. OKAY. BUT I WILL ALSO SAY AS THE DRIVER OF THE SUV WITH COUNCIL MEMBER QUINCE SCOOTER, [03:05:02] I GOT TO LAKEVILLE AND THE TRAFFIC WAS SO BACKED UP AND THE TRAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE. SO THERE WAS NO LEFT HAND TURN ONTO D STREET. SO LOOKING AHEAD, I SAW WASHINGTON STREET BARELY HAD ANY TRAFFIC. SO I WENT UP TO WASHINGTON STREET AND TURNED LEFT ON WASHINGTON STREET AND THEN PROCEEDED TO COME TO THE CITY HALL WHERE A SCOOTER CAN GO AHEAD OF THAT TRAFFIC. AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT THERE AT THE SAME TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT SAFE SAFELY IN THE BIKE LANE. SAFELY IN THE BIKE LANE. YES. 'CAUSE I ASKED HIM, I'M LIKE, CAN YOU DO THAT? 'CAUSE I, I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE FOR ONE. I GET HELMET HAIR TWO, UM, I HAVE THREE CAR SEATS IN MY CAR, , SO I HAVE THE BIG OLD SUV, WHICH I DON'T PREFER DRIVING, BUT I HAVE THAT. AND, UM, I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, MANAGING TRAFFIC ON A SCOOTER. BUT MY, I AM RESPECTFUL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT, FOR EXPLAINING HOW THE BIKES MOVE IN TRAFFIC. AND I, AS A DRIVER IN PETALUMA ALL THE TIME, KNOW TO LOOK AHEAD TO SEE WHERE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TRAFFIC. AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW WASHINGTON STREET. SO I WILL SECOND THIS AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BARNACLE IN A SECOND FROM NOW. AND COUNCIL MEMBER DICARLO, DO YOU WANNA WEIGH IN? JUST A QUICK COMMENT? NO, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT THE, WHAT THE POLICE CHIEF SAID AND, AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO GIVE HIM THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE SAFE BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT ALL THE SAFETY MEASURES YOU WANT IN PLACE, BUT ULTIMATELY HE'S THE ONE THAT WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE, THE STREETS ARE SAFE, BIKES, CARS, AND EVERYBODY WILL BE SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND UM, WITH THAT, UH, LET'S HAVE THE ROLL CALL. VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON. ABSENT DI CARLY? NO. NOW YES. QUINT. YES. SHRI? YES. MCDONALD. ENTHUSIASTIC. YES. RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY VOTING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THAT'S OUR LAST ITEM FOR THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I DO WANT TO NOTE TO EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE CLOSING IN MEMORY OF OUR, UH, LATE OF CITY MANAGER JOHN CHIRAH, UH, WHO CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THIS, WHERE THE CITY IS TODAY. THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.