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OKAY, GOOD EVENING, AND, UH, WELCOME
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EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD.IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD.
UH, THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY, JUST OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER, AND BRING IT TO OUR CLERK UP HERE ON THE FRONT OF THE CHAMBER.
AND, UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE CONCURRENT TRANSLATION IN, UH, SEVERAL LANGUAGES, SPANISH INCLUDED, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ALL AT THIS MEETING.
AND, UH, TO ACCESS THE TRANSLATION ONLINE, UH, PLEASE USE THE LINK THAT'S IN THE AGENDA, UH, PAPER WE HAVE OR ON ONLINE AGENDA.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE THE QR CODE ON THE VERY MODERN, UH, ACCESSIBILITY HERE TODAY.
SO, UM, LET'S SEE, UH, MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING? BARNACLE PRESENT.
UH, LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO NOTE AT THIS POINT THAT, UM, WE'LL BE CLOSING THIS MEETING IN HONOR OF, UH, JESSE JACKSON, OUR NATIONAL LEADER, WHO HAS, UH, DIED RECENTLY AFTER A, UH, STORIED, UH, STORIED CAREER OF PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT AND, UH, TRYING TO MAKE A AMERICA A BETTER PLACE.
UM, NO BETTER TIME TO HONOR SUCH A LEADER THAN DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND, UH, DURING A TIME WHEN SOME OF THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS, UH, LIKE THE VOTERS RIGHT ACT ARE BEING, UH, REEVALUATED.
AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, UM, ALL THOSE WHOSE SHOULDERS WE TODAY STAND ON.
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TO OUR AGENDA, UM, FOR TONIGHT.AND I LOOK UP AND DOWN THE DA AT THIS POINT AND IN EVERY MEETING AND SAY, ARE WE GONNA ADOPT AS IS OR ARE THERE ANY CHANGES SEEING COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT? UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
UH, I HAVE A HARD STOP THIS EVENING AT NINE 30 AND, UH, ITEM NINE IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO ME.
IF WE CAN MOVE THAT EARLIER IN THE AGENDA, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND I'M LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER ANYONE HAS ANY CONCERN WITH THAT OR WHETHER THAT CAN BE HANDLED.
SO LET'S MOVE THAT LAST ITEM UP TO BE THE FIRST ONE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND, UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY.
UM, YEAH, SO I HAVE A REQUEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, I PUT THIS IN THE FORM OF A MEMORANDUM THE OTHER DAY.
UM, BUT LET ME FIRST START BY SAYING THAT I'VE CALLED THE FPPC AND TALKED ABOUT THE BIG POINTS OF THIS.
I'VE LOOKED UP THE FPPC GUIDELINES AND THE LAWS SURROUNDING THIS, AND I WAS NOT PROVIDED AN ANALYSIS OF WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO RECUSE ON THIS.
AND SO, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS MORE THAN 500 FEET FROM MY PROPERTY, THERE'S NO MATERIALITY CONFLICT, AND I DO NOT NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF.
SO I'M FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOL TO REQUEST THAT WE OPEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT PLACING A LIEN ON THE EAM PROPERTY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AS SPECIFIED IN THAT MEMORANDUM IN DETAIL.
I'M ONLY TRYING TO PROTECT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY HERE AS WELL.
I REALIZE THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY HAVE THE FINAL STAY IN WHETHER WE DISCUSS THIS OR NOT, AND I RESPECT THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL MYSELF BECAUSE THERE'S ENORMOUS BILL OF NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS AFTER IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR IN THE BETTER PART OF SIX MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, UM, WE DID RECEIVE THE LETTER.
WE DID, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM PAST, UM, RECUSALS THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE ON THE OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT, UM, YOU WEREN'T, THAT YOU'LL BE RECUSING ON THIS AND NOT IN AN ELIGIBLE POSITION FOR SUBMITTING THAT REQUEST.
UM, I, IF, IF YOU'VE TALKED TO THE FPPC, UM, I WOULD, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THIS, THE NEXT STEP FORWARD.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UM, IT'S POSSIBLE TO DISCUSS THE, THE, UM, ACTUAL, UH, FEES AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT THE MAIN THING IS, IS, I MEAN, THE CITY HAS A PRACTICE OF COLLECTING EVERY DEBT OWED TO IT AND
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HAS THE TOOLS IN IT.AND, AND, UH, ANY PERMIT THAT GOES FORWARD SAYS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING, YOU PAY YOUR BILLS.
SO, UH, I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IF WE NEED TO HAVE AN OFFLINE DISCUSSION TO SEE WHERE WE TAKE THE MATTER NEXT, WE COULD DO THAT.
AND MY REQUEST IS THAT WE USE THOSE TOOLS THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO, TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING A COUPLE THINGS, AND EVEN TOMORROW NIGHT WITH HCPC, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO USE STAFF, STAFF TIME MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER TIME, COUNCIL TIME, IT, THERE'S A LOT MORE STILL GOING INTO IT, YET THE BILL IS STILL THERE.
AND, AND THE BILL WILL LIKELY BE THERE.
I MEAN, BILLS GET COLLECTED OFTEN WHEN THE PERMIT IS ISSUED.
YOU KNOW, YOU TRY AND KEEP CURRENT, BUT AT THE TIME, NOBODY GETS TO GO TO BUILDING WITHOUT GETTING SQUARE FIRST.
SO, OKAY, WE HAVE PROCESS FOR THAT, BUT, BUT LET'S HAVE AN OFFLINE DISCUSSION THEN WE CAN, YEAH.
WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE, UM, A COUNCIL DISCUSSION AS WELL, THAT THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE MEMORANDUM.
UM, LET'S, LET'S, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE HEARD BACK FROM THE FPPC AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BECOME A, UM, SIGNATURE ON THE, ON THE SUGGESTION.
WELL DO, UH, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, RULE TWO A AND YOU KNOW, THE SECTION ABOUT CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY, UM, FINDING A NEED FOR THIS TO BE AGENDIZED? MAINLY IT'S THE ISSUE OVER THE PAST RECUSALS IN THE CURRENT, UM, PROPOSAL, RIGHT? BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS DONE IN, IN PLACE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I NOT REVIEWED IT FOR THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
YOUR REQUEST WILL COME IN AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND WHAT DOESN'T GET ADDRESSED IN PUBLIC FORUM.
BUT I KNOW AT TOMORROW NIGHT'S MEETING THE CONDITION.
MR. MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN ADD A COUPLE REMARKS, BUT I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOU IF YOU'RE NOT DONE.
UM, SO AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, UM, I'VE ALREADY ADVISED REGARDING THIS ISSUE, UM, AND, UM, AND I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO GO INTO THAT ADVICE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION.
UM, BUT, BUT I THINK I CAN SAY AS A GENERAL MATTER THAT, UM, THE PURPOSE OF OUR ADVISING ABOUT POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH REGARD TO ANY STAFF MEMBER WE'VE GOT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH REGARD TO SUBORDINATE BODY MEMBERS IS ALWAYS THE SAME.
AND THAT IS TO, UM, PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM, UM, ABILITY THAT WE CAN TO, UM, LEGISLATIVE BODY MEMBERS AND STAFF TO FULLY COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ETHICAL REGULATIONS AND, AND, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO FULFILL THOSE OBLIGATIONS.
I AM NOT, I DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE VICE MAYOR WAS INFORMED BY THE FPBC AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AND SHARED WITH THEM FACTUALLY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY FACT SPECIFIC ANALYSES THEY DO.
SO I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT ON THAT.
I CAN SAY, UM, THAT THE MAYOR'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN TALKING ABOUT, UM, HOW IT IS THAT THE, UM, THAT, THAT THE CITY, UM, IS CAREFUL TO ENSURE IT RECOVERS THE CHARGES THAT ARE DUE IT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND I'VE CONFIRMED, AND I HAVE ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF ME THE HAR CONDITION OF APPROVAL, UM, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PACKAGE CONSIDERED.
UM, UM, TOMORROW IT'S PROVISION 17, IT'S ENTITLED COST RECOVERY.
IT SAYS CONSISTENT WITH THE COST RECOVERY AGREEMENT FILED WITH THE HS A R APPLICATION.
I'LL REVIEW COSTS RELATING TO THE PROCESSING OF THE ENTITLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT SHALL BE PAID IN FULL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMIT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S FROM THE STANDARD CONDITION LIST THAT APPLIES TO HR APPROVALS, ALSO TO PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVALS, AND FOR THAT MATTER, CITY COUNCIL APPROVALS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ADD.
IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ADDRESS 'EM.
UM, SO LET'S, YOU AND I HAVE A CHAT OFFLINE, UM, ABOUT THIS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, DO WE, UM, THE COUNCIL, UM, THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT AS WRITTEN, WE'VE SUGGEST TO MODIFY NUMBER NINE UP TO FIRST MEETING OF THE HEARING IS COUNCIL GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
IS THERE ANY DISSENT ON THAT? THERE WAS DISSENT AND THE, THE TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITH THAT ONE MODIFICATION AND, UM, THAT BRINGS US TO
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OUR PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE NIGHT.AND, UM, IT'S, UM, ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE, THE MEETING.
BUT I'D LIKE TO INVITE RAMONA FAITH, UH, THE CEO OF HEALTHY PETALUMA.
UH, THEY ARE OUR, UH, HEALTHY PETALUMA DISTRICT AND FOUNDATION AND TAMMY BENDER, OUR HEART SAFE COMMUNITY PROGRAM MANAGER.
AND WENDY, WENDY, IS WENDY IN THE HOUSE? YES.
UH, WENDY, A GUANO, THE, UH, THE HEART SAFETY COMMUNITY PROGRAM COORDINATOR UP TO THE PODIUM TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS DESIGNATING PETALUMA AS A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE HEALTHY PETALUMA DISTRICT AND FOUNDATION HEALTHY PETALUMA
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WAS FORMED IN 1946 BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WITH BOARD MEMBERS LOCALLY ELECTED AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF SOUTHERN SONOMA COUNTY.AND WHEREAS HEALTHY PETALUMA SERVES AS THE LEADING ORGANIZATION PROVIDING BACKBONE SUPPORT FOR A COMMUNITY-WIDE HEART SAFE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH PETALUMA FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE RANCHO ADOBE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND PETALUMA SAVE A LIFE SAVES LIVES IN SONOMA REDCOM 1 0 1.
THESE ARE ALL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL AND THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO DESIGNATE PETALUMA AS A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS HEALTHY PETALUMA WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEARTS OF SONOMA COUNTY AND A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON HEART HEALTH STRATEGIES.
AND WHEREAS THE GOAL OF HEART SAFE COMMUNITY PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE SURVIVAL RATES AND REDUCE DISABILITY FROM SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST BY STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO CARDIAC EMERGENCIES THROUGH C-P-R-A-E-D AND, UH, CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING STRATEGIC A ED PLACE, UH, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE, PROMOTING HEART SAFE HEALTH EDUCATION, AND FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION'S LINKS IN THE CARDIAC CHAIN OF SURVIVAL.
AND WHEREAS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE COUNTRY AND SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN SONOMA COUNTY AND SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME, AT ANY AGE, TO ANY PERSON.
AND, UM, A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN WAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THAT HAS MET ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION THAT SUPPORTS THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL, SUCH AS COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEART ATTACKS, THE IMPORTANCE OF CALLING 9 1 1 AND, UM, WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY-BASED BILINGUAL CPR AND A ED INSTRUCTION, PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATORS, AND A D MAINTENANCE PLANS.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY CONTINUE TO DESIGNATE PETALUMA AS A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL AND OTHERS LIFESAVING TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IN THE EVENT OF A CARDIAC ARREST.
YEAH, WE, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REMEMBER SOME OF YOU WERE HERE WITH OUR VERY FIRST PROCLAMATION AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.
WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING AND GETTING MORE PARTNERS, UM, AND SAVING MORE LIVES, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE DID PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE PRESENTATION.
UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS, UM, OUR VERY FIRST, UH, OUTDOOR A ED CABINET 24 7 ACCESSIBLE.
THAT ONE WAS DONATED WITH, UM, THE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PETALUMA ROTARIES, ALL OF THEM.
AND WE DO PARTNER WITH THE, UM, CITY PARK AND REC FOR THE INSTALLATION.
UM, AND THEN WE DO THE MAINTENANCE, UH, THIS ONE'S AT LAKEHORN PARK.
AND, UM, KNOCK ON WOOD, IT HASN'T HAD TO BE USED YET, BUT IT'S THERE JUST IN CASE.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HEARTSAFE COMMUNITY IN IN 2013.
UM, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, SO GO AHEAD.
SO, WHAT IS A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY? UM, TRAINING? A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION AND HANDS-ONLY CPR THAT HELPS WITH THE WIDESPREAD TRAINING, UM, PLACING DEFIBRILLATORS OUT IN THE PUBLIC, UM, BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TO USE ONE, AND THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR ANYBODY.
WE'VE EVEN HAD, UM, A 16, OR EXCUSE ME, A 17-YEAR-OLD USE ONE IN THE TOWN OF SONOMA THAT SAVED A LIFE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, PROMOTE REGISTRATION OF THESE AEDS AND ANOTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, SINCE OUR INITIAL PROCLAMATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOMETHING CALLED PULSEPOINT.
AND THAT IS A, A PHONE APP THAT INTEGRATES WITH OUR 9 1 1 DISPATCH AND IT WILL LOCATE, UM, THE NEAREST DEFIBRILLATOR THAT IS NEAR WHERE THE CARDIAC ARREST IS HAPPENING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL TALK A TEENY BIT MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, OUR 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS ARE ALL TRAINED IN SONOMA COUNTY TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS OVER THE PHONE WHEN SOMEONE CALLS ON WHAT TO DO TO PROVIDE CPR, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UM, AND WE ARE THE ONLY, OR ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES IN, IN SOMA COUNTY WHERE OUR POLICE CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH AEDS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL REALLY BE PROUD OF, AND THAT, UM, IS GREATLY DUE TO A LOCAL ORGANIZATION CALLED PETALUMA SAVE
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A LIFE.THEY, UM, IT'S THE CRUISING THE BOULEVARD CAR SHOW.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE.
THEY RAISE FUNDS AND THEY, UM, DONATE THE DEFIBRILLATORS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE, UM, MAINTAIN THEM FOR THEM AND TRACK ALL THE EXPIRATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO PREVENT HEART, HEART ATTACKS AND CARDIAC RISK FROM HAPPENING.
AND THAT STARTS WITH HEART HEALTH EDUCATION.
SO WE DO IMPLEMENT THAT IN, UM, ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE DO IN OUR CPR CLASSES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY IS.
THEN I'LL LET YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WHY DO WE NEED IT? WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? ONE OF THE STATISTICS YOU WERE ALREADY GIVEN, SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IS A NUMBER ONE KILLER, UM, IN THE UNITED STATES, THE SECOND IN SONOMA COUNTY, UM, THIS IS A STATISTIC A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT 23,000 YOUTH, UM, SUFFER A CARDIAC ARREST ANNUALLY, AND 40% OF THOSE HAPPEN DURING SPORTS.
AND SO WE DID, IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS MAYBE, WE, WE HAVE DONE TWO YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT CARDIAC SCREENINGS, AND WE ACTUALLY DID FIND SOME YOUTH THAT WERE WALKING AROUND WITH UNDIAGNOSED ANOMALIES THAT COULD LEAD TO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.
UM, SPORTS PHYSICALS, LISTEN TO THE HEART, BUT THESE ANOMALIES HAVE TO BE SEEN THROUGH EKG, AND THOSE TYPICALLY ARE NOT PART OF A SPORTS PHYSICAL.
SO, SO THAT WAS A REALLY EXCITING THING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO THE PETALUMA AND THE COUNTY AT LARGE.
AND, UH, IT IS HEART MONTH, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOOSE FEBRUARY TO COME AND DO THESE PROCLAMATIONS EVERY OTHER YEAR, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, GO REDD FOR WOMEN WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH.
AND SO I HAVE ONE MORE STAT STATISTIC FOR YOU.
UM, WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE CPR FROM BYSTANDERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY GREATLY DUE TO FEAR OF LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS OF INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING.
UM, 39% OF WOMEN AND 45% OF MEN RECEIVE BYSTANDER CPR, AND THAT DOES RESULT IN ABOUT A 20% LESS SURVIVAL RATE FOR WOMEN.
SO, UM, WE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED FEMALE ANATOMY MANNEQUINS INTO ALL OF OUR CLASSES.
UM, AND WHEN WE, I WAS A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TEACHING CPR FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND THIS WAS NEW FOR ALL OF US, AND I, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM OUT THERE AND JUST KIND OF WAITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND I AM SO AMAZED WITH THE RESPONSE, A POSITIVE RESPONSE OF PEOPLE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SEE A FEMALE ANATOMY MANNEQUIN BECAUSE WOMEN NEED CPR TOO, YOU KNOW? ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, SO SOME STRAIGHTFORWARD SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS. UM, THIS IS A GREAT PHOTO.
WE DID A, UM, DAYCARE CENTER IN TOWN, AND THEY, UM, WERE VERY NICE TO LET US, YOU KNOW, GIVE US PERMISSION TO USE THIS PHOTO.
BUT WE KNOW WE TRAIN ADULTS, UH, FOR, FOR ADULT VICTIMS, CHILDREN AND INFANTS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD WE DO TO NOT MAKE CARDIAC ARREST THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN THE UNITED STATES? UM, WE WANNA FLOOD PUBLIC SPACES WITH AEDS AND ALSO CITIZENS THAT ARE EQUIPPED TO START HANDS-ONLY CPR AND USE THOSE DEVICES.
UM, WE WANT TO TRAIN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE DOES SUFFER A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST FROM THE TIME YOU MAKE THE PHONE CALL TO THE TIME THOSE RESPONDERS SHOW UP, THOSE CRUCIAL FEW MINUTES, THAT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
SO, GETTING RESPONDERS WHERE THESE THINGS HAPPEN, HAVING THE TOOLS LIKE THE DEFIBRILLATORS, THERE SHOULD REALLY, WE SHOULD REALLY START SEEING INCREASE, INCREASE IN SURVIVAL RATES, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS AND WE DO, UM, HAVE PULSE POINT IN SONOMA COUNTY.
THE PHONE APP THAT ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD IT WILL HELP DIRECT YOU TO AN, YOU KNOW, IF A CARDIAC ARREST HAPPENS NEARBY AND YOU ARE A RESPONDER, IT WILL ALERT YOU POSSIBLE C YOU KNOW, CPR NEEDED.
AND EVERY A ED THAT IS IN PULSE 0.911 KNOWS ITS LOCATION.
SO DOES ANYONE KNOW IF WE HAVE A ED IN THIS BUILDING? WE DO.
SO A LOT OF US DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO IF SOMETHING, GOSH FORBID HAPPENED HERE, WE CALLED 9 1 1, THEY WOULD SAY, HEY, GO GRAB THE DEFIBRILLATOR IN THE HALLWAY IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S HUGE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE, THEY CALL IT DROP TO SHOCK.
THE QUICKER WE SHOCK AFTER SOMEONE DROPS, THE BETTER THEIR SURVIVAL RATE.
AND I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THE LAST SLIDE.
I'LL LET YOU PUT THAT UP THERE.
UM, SO HEARTSAFE COMMUNITY DESIGNATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND TO MORE CITIES IN THE, IN THE COUNTY,
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BUT WE'LL JUST GO OVER THE GREAT SPOT THAT PETALUMA IS IN.SO CURRENTLY THE CITY OF PETALUMA, UNDER THE CITY, UM, SPACES 14 OF THOSE, UM, ARE ENROLLED IN THE HEART SAFE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP.
36 ADDITIONAL SITES ARE IN PETALUMA, AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT 36 SITES, BUT THAT MEANS ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S, I THINK, 14 DIFFERENT SITES ARE JUST UNDER THERE.
PEP HOUSING, UM, YOU KNOW, DI DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN 36 AEDS, IT MEANS 16 SITES.
UM, THE AEDS ARE REGISTERED AND TRACKED.
AND SO PULSE POINT, THE COUNTY, A ED, UM, TRACKER OR LOCATOR I SHOULD SAY, HAS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DEFIBRILLATORS IN THERE.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THOSE AEDS THAT ARE IN PULSEPOINT ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE MAINTAINED AND WORKING WHEN WE GRAB 'EM.
SOME, ANYBODY CAN PUT 'EM IN THE REGISTRY.
BUT HEALTHY PETALUMA, WE HAVE OVER 500 AEDS IN OUR REGISTRY, MANY OF WHICH ARE IN PULSEPOINT, BUT SOME ARE NOT.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THOSE 500 ARE MAINTAINED.
WE TRACK AND REPLACE THE BATTERIES AND THE PADS BEFORE THEY EXPIRE A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THEY EXPIRE.
AND I HAVE COME ACROSS DEFIBRILLATORS THAT, UM, I JUST WENT THIS WEEKEND SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE'S CALLED AND SAID, HEY, COME CHECK THE A ED AT OUR FACILITY.
AND I WENT IN THERE, WAS NOT FUNCTIONING BATTERY EXPIRED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY DO, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE A A ED AND YOU GO TO USE IT, IT'S GONNA WORK
SO, UM, SO THAT'S A REALLY BIG ONE.
UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EQUIPPED WITH AEDS OR VEHICLES, LIKE I MENTIONED.
UM, AND I DO WANNA DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE ROTARIES FOR DOING SO MANY DONATIONS FOR, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY THE OUTDOOR AEDS.
AND I DO WANNA SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TOO.
THE FIRE CHIEF COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING.
HE REALLY WANTED TO, BUT WE'VE HAD A LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT WITH THEM.
AND THIS WEEK, UM, THEY ARE DOING ALL THE SEVENTH GRADE HANDS-ONLY CPR IN PETALUMA.
THERE HAS BEEN, UH, TWO PETALUMA STUDENTS THAT USE THEIR SEVENTH GRADE CPR TRAINING TO SAVE LIVES.
AND SO, UM, WE WANNA KEEP THAT GOING.
IN PETALUMA, IT'S ABOUT THREE THOU, WELL, ABOUT 25 TO 3000, UM, STUDENTS EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO DO HAVE TRAINING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY WORDS THAT YOU WANNA SAY? NO, I JUST, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, THE CITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THANK THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
I MEAN, REALLY THE, THE FIRE, THE POLICE EMS VERY SUPPORTIVE.
WE COULDN'T DO THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK TAMMY, SHE'S THE HEART OF THE HEART PROGRAM, AS YOU CAN TELL, SHE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.
AND IF YOU'RE A RELATIVE OF TAMMY'S OR FRIEND OF TAMMY'S AND YOU DON'T KNOW HANDS ONLY CPR, YOU'RE NOT INVITED TO DINNER.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY SHE IS.
THE VERY LAST ONE, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE TAKEAWAY SLIDE IS CALL TO ACTION.
DOWNLOAD THOSE, UH, PULSEPOINT APPS AND, UM, LEARN HOW TO DO CPR AND WHERE THE AEDS ARE.
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OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING, UH, AND OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS ABOUT THE CA FIELD BRIDGE AND THE EXTENSION THAT, UH, UPDATE.AND, UH, WE HAVE BJORN GRUENBERG PROJECT MANAGER, UH, UP, UP TO THE PODIUM, UH, WHO WILL INTRODUCE, UH, FRIENDS AND, AND, UH, THE REST OF THE TEAM.
BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT, UH, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THEIR PRESENTATION AND COUNSEL DIS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, UM, WE GO INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN ASK QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
AND, UH, SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, MR. GREENBERG, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING AN UPDATE TO YOU ON THIS EXCITING PROJECT, THE CALL FIELD CALL FIELD LANE BRIDGE AND EXTENSION CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR PROJECT.
UM, IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE OUR TEAM HAS ENGAGED WITH COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PROJECT.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON EVERYTHING OUR PROJECT TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON, AND ALSO TEE UP SOME ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE WILL BE, UM, COMING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OFF TO JASON HICKEY, WHO'S THE STRUCTURES LEAD FOR MARK THOMAS AND OUR DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS.
UM, WE CAN DIG INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, TO GIVE, UM, THE COUNCIL AND, UH, THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROJECT.
THE PROJECT IS GOING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DRAWBRIDGE ACROSS THE PETALUMA RIVER TO PROVIDE, UH, ANOTHER CROSS TOWN CONNECTOR
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THAT WOULD, UH, CONNECT BETWEEN, UH, THE, THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH, UH, ALONG THE EXISTING CAULFIELD LANE.UH, THE PROJECT WOULD CREATE A SAFE AND CONVENIENT CROSSING FOR PEOPLE WALKING BY BICYCLING ROLLING, UH, HOWEVER THEY, THEY CHOOSE TO GET ACROSS ALONG WITH, UH, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
UH, THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO RE RELIEVE CONGESTION ALONG EXISTING CROSSTOWN CORRIDORS, INCLUDING THE, THE WASHINGTON AND D STREET CROSSINGS.
ADDITIONALLY, IT WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF PROVIDING IMPROVED EMERGENCY, UH, RESPONSE TIMES AND, UH, ACCESS IN AN ALTERNATIVE WAY, UH, ACROSS THE RIVER.
THE, THE PROJECT IS IN AN AREA THAT IS, UH, DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY, UH, ON THE NORTH BANK.
UH, IN, IN YELLOW THERE YOU CAN SEE THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT, UH, ALONG THE, THE PETALUMA RIVER AND THE MCNAIR CHANNEL.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S, UH, DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHEAST, UH, CORNER OF THE, THE PROJECT RIGHT NEAR THE, WHERE THE PROPOSED BRIDGE IS GOING TO BE.
THAT'S THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RIVER PLACE APARTMENTS, UH, AND THEN NORTH, UH, NEXT TO THE MARRIOTT.
UH, THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL, UH, PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE, UH, IN VARIOUS PROGRESS, UH, OF BEING COMPLETED.
UH, HERE'S A IMAGE, UH, FROM THE PETALUMA RIVER PARK, UH, OF WHAT THAT, UH, PROJECT COULD BE AND WHAT IT'S ENVISIONED TO BE AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE'RE WORKING, UH, AS A PROJECT TEAM, UH, TO COORDINATE, UH, ACTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE CALL FIELD EXTENSION AND OUR PROJECT ARE WELL COORDINATED.
UH, A RECAP OF SOME OF THE, UH, RECENT PROJECT MILESTONES.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF THE, THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS.
WE COORDINATED WITH THE RIVER PLACE APARTMENTS ON, UH, THEIR STREET FRONTAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FRONTAGE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE BRIDGE PROJECT.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA EXACERBATE ANY, ANY FLOODING OR HAVE, UH, HYDRAULIC IMPACTS.
WE'VE COMPLETED THE BRIDGE TYPE SELECTION REPORT, WHICH LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, AND, UH, I'LL SHOW SOME RENDERINGS ON WHAT THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE, UH, IS LATER IN, IN MY PRESENTATION.
WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED THE, THE FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH, UM, KIND OF MORE BROAD, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH AS WELL AS A, A NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSED MEETING.
UH, AND THEN THE GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION IS LARGELY COMPLETE.
WE STILL HAVE ONE BORING TO DO, UH, WITHIN THE, THE RIVER, UH, THAT'LL OCCUR THIS SUMMER.
UH, KIND OF THE, SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, UH, AND THINGS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL STUDIES AND, UH, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS BRIDGE PROJECT THAT ISN'T SEEN ON A LOT OF OTHER, UH, BRIDGE PROJECTS IS, UH, COORDINATION WITH THE COAST GUARD.
THIS IS A NAVIGATION, UH, NAVIGABLE WATERWAY.
SO COORDINATION WITH, UH, THE COAST GUARD IS IMPORTANT AND, UH, CRITICAL AS THE PROJECT NEEDS A, A PERMIT FROM THE COAST GUARD TO BE ABLE TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE, UH, RIGHT NOW THE COAST GUARD HAS THE, UH, ALL OF THE EXHIBITS FOR THEM TO PREPARE THE NOTICE TO MARINERS, WHICH WILL GO OUT LIKELY LATER THIS MONTH.
THAT'LL GIVE WATERWAY USERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE NAVIGATIONAL CLEARANCES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THIS PROJECT AND PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
UM, THE DESIGN IS, UH, IN PROGRESS AND ADVANCING BEYOND THE CONCEPT LEVEL.
UH, ALSO ON THE NORTH END OF THE PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE THE CALL FIELD EXTENSION, WE'RE CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS, UH, ADJACENT TO HOPPER, AND THAT REQUIRES, UH, CPUC COORDINATION FOR THAT RAILROAD CROSSING.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A, A FIELD MEETING, UH, WITH THEM TO, UH, WORK OUT, UH, THEIR NEEDS AS PART OF THE, THE CALL FIELD EXTENSION AND THE, UH, REVISIONS TO THAT INTERSECTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND I'LL SHOW THAT IN A MINUTE.
THEN ALSO UPCOMING LATER THIS SPRING, WE PLAN TO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN COME OUT
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AND PROVIDE, UH, THEIR INPUT AND, UH, WHAT THEY SEE ON THE PROJECT, AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE AS THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE CITY CAN HEAR THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS AND, UH, BENEFITS TO THE PROJECT AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT, UH, THE BEST PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.HERE'S, UH, THE BRIDGE LAYOUT.
UH, THE NORTH SIDE IS ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.
UH, THE SOUTH SIDE IS ON THE RIGHT.
UM, THE, THE BRIDGE, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO MOVE, UH, WILL HAVE, UH, A COUNTERWEIGHT TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE THE, THE SPAN THAT NEEDS TO, TO LIFT, TO ALLOW NAVIGATION THAT COUNTERWEIGHT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE, THE CALL FIELD LANE SIDE.
THAT'S TO HELP PREVENT, UM, ANY BACKUP INTO THE, THE PETALUMA BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT THAT MAY OCCUR.
ONE, WHEN THE BRIDGE OPERATES.
UM, THAT, THAT IS A, A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO MAXIMIZE QUEUING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS TO PETALUMA BOULEVARD.
IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, ONE OF THE, THE EARLY ALTERNATIVES WE EVALUATED WAS, UH, AN OVERHEAD COUNTERWEIGHT OPTION.
UH, THIS HAS, UH, A COUPLE OF BENEFITS STRUCTURALLY.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE CONS IS OBVIOUSLY THE, THE VISUAL IMPACTS ARE SIGNIFICANT.
UH, THIS OVERHEAD COUNTERWEIGHT, UH, IS ABOUT 45, UH, FEET IN HEIGHT, AND WE ARE STANDING ON THE CORNER OF CAULFIELD AND BATISTA WHERE THERE IS A HOUSE.
AND SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THIS, UH, DEFINITELY IMPACTS, UM, THE VISUAL NATURE OF THAT.
SO WE WORKED WITH THE CITY, UH, TO HELP REFINE SOME OF THESE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE COUNTERWEIGHT TO BELOW THE ROADWAY LEVEL INTO A, A PIP HERE.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I THINK
UH, SO THIS IS, UH, THE ALTERNATIVE WE ARE PROPOSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UH, I WANNA SHOW YOU, UH, A COUPLE OTHER VANTAGE POINTS OF, UH, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, UH, FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO, UH, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO HERE'S LIKE A ORTHO, THE GRAPHIC VIEW WHERE WE'RE, UH, WE HAVE, UM, BATISTA ON THE NORTH BANK ON THE UPPER LEFT, AND THEN WE HAVE THE EXISTING CALTRANS MAINTENANCE YARD, UH, ON THE SOUTH ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
AND, UH, THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE, THE APARTMENTS WERE BUILT, SO YOU CAN'T SEE THAT THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ONE, ONE PIER WITHIN THE WATER THAT HAS BEEN, UH, OPTIMIZED TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, DON'T, UM, CAUSE ANY FLOODING.
UH, SO, UH, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, THIS IS LOOKING NORTH, UH, FROM, UH, UP ABOVE, UH, PETALUMA, UH, BOULEVARD.
UH, LOOKING THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT, UH, THIS IS, THAT'S THE EXTENSION.
UH, HERE'S A EXHIBIT FROM OUR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE CALL FIELD EXTENSION.
SO, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE IN THIS EXHIBIT, BUT, UH, CALL FIELD LANE, UH, IS GOING TO EXTEND SOUTH, UH, ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS THROUGH THE EXISTING, UH, CITY CORP YARD WHERE YOU HAVE THE, THE TREATMENT PLANT.
NOW, UM, THAT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO A ROUNDABOUT AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING A, A WESTBOUND LEG, UH, OFF TO THE LEFT THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE, UH, PETALUMA RIVER PARK, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE CAPACITY TO ADD A SOUTHBOUND LEG TO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY OCCUR AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
UH, SO WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED, BUT THEY'RE STILL RELATIVELY EARLY ON ON THEIR, UM, GRID LAYOUT AND EVERYTHING.
UM, FOR THE NORTHBOUND LEG OF THE CAULFIELD EXTENSION, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, SEPARATED PATHWAYS WITH TREE PLANTING IN BETWEEN.
UH, WE WOULD ELIMINATE THAT RAISED MEDIAN, UH, KIND OF ON THE EAST WEST LEGS, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF, UH, RIGHT OF WAY CONSTRAINTS AND TO MAXIMIZE THE DEVELOPMENT FOR NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS.
HERE'S, UH, ELEVATION OF WHAT THE BRIDGE LOOKS LIKE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT THAT BIG BOX ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
THAT'S WHERE THE, THE COUNTERWEIGHT IS HOUSED, THAT IS BASICALLY ON THE EXISTING BANK, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACTS TO THE, THE RIVER
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OR THE RIVER FLOWS AND WON'T IMPACT FLOODING AT ALL.UM, THERE'S, UH, UH, OPENING FOR THE EXISTING PATHWAY TO GO UNDERNEATH THE ROADWAY.
SO THE PATHWAY DOES NOT HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ROADWAY TRAFFIC.
THAT'S GONNA BE USING, UH, COALFIELD LANE OR THE COALFIELD EXTENSION.
THEN WE HAVE, UM, OVER THE MAIN SPAN WE HAVE A 90 FOOT, UM, WIDE PLUS A LITTLE BIT, UM, OF HORIZONTAL CLEARANCE FOR WATERWAY USERS TO CROSS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S 70 FEET ABOVE, UH, BASICALLY THE, THE FLOOD ELEVATION FOR, UH, LIKE MASTERED BOATS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, ADHERE TO THE, THE COAST GUARD'S REQUESTS FOR NAVIGATIONAL CLEARANCE.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE BRIDGE CROSS SECTION.
UH, THE BRIDGE HAS TWO LANES OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND THEN A MULTI-USE PATH, UH, ON EACH SIDE THAT'LL PROVIDE VIEWS AND, UH, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS, UH, SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL MODE USERS.
SO, UPCOMING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UH, THE NOTICE TO MARINERS WILL BE SENT OUT, UM, LIKELY LATER THIS MONTH BY THE COAST GUARD.
UH, A COPY OF, OR A LINK TO THAT WILL BE, UH, POSTED ON THE CITY'S, UH, PROJECT WEBPAGE.
AND, UH, THE PUBLIC CAN, UH, COMMENT ON THAT IF THEY'D LIKE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, IN THE SPRING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT SECOND, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT WILL BE CIRCULATED LATER THIS FALL, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
HERE'S A SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT KIND OF MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THAT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT IS GONNA BE IN THE FALL, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT AND ADDRESSING, UH, ANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, IN SPRING OF 27.
DESIGN WILL BASICALLY WRAP UP THAT SUMMER WITH A SHOVEL READY PROJECT LOOKING, UH, FOR, UH, SOMETIME IN, IN 2028.
UH, THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH DESIGN, BUT IT IS, DOES NOT HAVE ALL OF ITS, UH, CONSTRUCTION FUNDING YET.
UH, IT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED FOR, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
UH, TALKING ABOUT COSTS, UM, THE, THE COSTS FOR THE, THE BRIDGE AND THE EXTENSION PROJECT ARE KIND OF BROKEN DOWN HERE.
THE, THE BIG TICKET ITEM IS THE, UH, STRUCTURE, UH, AND THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVABLE SPAN, UH, THAT IS ESTIMATED AT $90 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 20% PERCENT CONTINGENCY AND ESCALATION, UH, FOR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE APPROACH SPANS, UH, THOSE ARE APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION.
THE EXTENSION, INCLUDING THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IS 4 MILLION FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF ABOUT 97 MILLION.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, FOR ANYONE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE OR WATCHING ONLINE, THERE'S A LINK TO THE CITY'S PROJECT WEBPAGE THERE.
WE'RE, UH, ALL ANXIOUS FOR THIS PROJECT AND, UH, KEEP SEEING IT IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR AND
SO, UM, COUNCIL, ANY, UH, PARTICULAR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES, UM, YES, ON THE, UM, THE BRIDGE AS IT EXPANDS ACROSS, YOU HAVE A PART THAT DOES GO UP AND DOWN.
UH, LET'S ASSUME IT'S THE SMALLER BOATS ARE GOING THROUGH.
SO AT, UH, HIGH TIDE, UH, WHAT IS THE HEIGHT LIMITATION ON, ON THE BRIDGE? SO WE KNOW THAT WHAT SMALL BOATS CAN GO THROUGH WITHOUT LIFTING? YEAH, SO AT, AT, UH, A NORMAL HIGH TIDE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT EIGHT FEET OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE, THE WATER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE.
SO DEPENDING ON THE, THE TYPE OF VESSEL, UM, AND THE TIDES, UH, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO CROSS, UH, WITHOUT, UH, NEEDING ANY OPERATION.
UH, THE CLEARANCE IS QUITE A BIT BETTER THAN THE SMART BRIDGE, UH, IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM, UH, WHICH IS VERY LOW TO THE WATER COMPARED TO THE, THE PROPOSED BRIDGE.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC MIGHT HAVE TO GO UP AND DOWN COMPARED, WHAT ABOUT COMPARED TO THE D STREET BRIDGE MORE OFTEN OR LESS OFTEN RAISING AND LOWERING? I, YEAH, I, I I THINK IT'S SIMILAR TO, UH, THE, THE CLEARANCE AT, AT D STREET.
SIMILAR CLEARANCES, NO, SORRY.
WHAT TYPE OF BOATS ARE GONNA BE, UH, RAISED FOR EACH CASE? YES.
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ABOUT ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF RAISING AS THE D STREET BRIDGE WHEN BOATS ARE COMING IN AND OUT.UM, SECOND ONE, YOU HAVE A FOUR FOOT SHOULDER ON EITHER SIDE, AND THEN I WASN'T SURE IF YOU HAD A, UH, A MIDDLE, UM, SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO LANES.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE FOUR FEET ON THE OUTSIDE AND, AND LESS ON THE INSIDE? UH, I, I WOULD THINK TWO OR THREE FEET ON THE INSIDE AND, AND TWO OR THREE FEET ON THE OUTSIDE FOR LANES.
'CAUSE DO THEY REALLY NEED ALL THAT? CAN I ASK IF WE POP THAT SLIDE BACK UP? YEAH, I THINK IT'S LIKE SLIDE 10.
UM, SO THE, UH, THE CROSS SECTION AND BJORN, YOU CAN, UH, JUMP IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UM, WHERE, WHERE YOU PLACE YOUR CAR, UH, WITHIN THAT, UH, BASICALLY 15 FEET IS, IS KIND OF UP, UP TO THE DRIVER.
UH, THERE WILL BE A, A CENTER STRIPE, BUT, UH, AND ARE WE STRIPING? WELL, WE CAN PUT A, A WHITE FOG LINE, UH, STRIPE ON THE, THE OUTSIDE, BUT UM, IT, 11 FEET IS, IS COMMON FOR, UH, THE, THE LANE WIDTH, UH, RIGHT.
I'M JUST THINKING OF, OF A, OF A WIDER, UH, MIDDLE LANE RATHER THAN WIDER FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT FOR CARS PASSING EACH OTHER AND TRUCKS.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW KIND OF OUR, OUR DEFAULT ON THESE BUSIER ARTERIAL ROADWAYS THAT ARE SERVING, UM, TRANSIT AND, UH, AND, UH, SEE A LOT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
UH, WE'RE GENERALLY GOING WITH 10 AND A HALF OR 11 FOOT LANES.
UH, WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO TOO MUCH WIDER THAN THAT, OR YOU START TO ENCOURAGE SPEEDING.
AND, UH, THIS IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE A, A FREIGHT ROUTE.
SO, UM, NO NEED FOR REALLY TO GO ANY WIDER FOR, UM, FOR FREIGHT.
UM, THE IDEA HERE WITH THIS CROSS SECTION YOU SEE IS PROVIDING ENOUGH WIDTH SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, AND UH, IF FIRE OR POLICE NEED TO GET THROUGH, PEOPLE CAN PULL OVER, USE THAT FOUR FOOT SHOULDER AND THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM REMAINING FOR AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO SPLIT THE MIDDLE AND GET THROUGH.
WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING IS ASKING ABOUT IS WHY NOT HAVE TWO FEET IN THE EXACT CENTER OF THE WHOLE THING SO THAT INSTEAD OF CARS TOGETHER LIKE THIS, THEY'RE APART WHEN THEY'RE PASSING EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF PASSING LIKE THIS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EXACT CENTER LANE.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A SIX INCH LINE? A FOOT, FOOT LINE, A TWO FOOT LINE.
IT BE A STANDARD DOUBLE YELLOW, UH, DETAIL.
SO STANDARD B, THOSE ARE BOULEVARD, THOSE ARE AROUND A FOOT WIDE FOOT AND A HALF WIDE, UH, WITH THE, UH, REFLECTIVE MARKERS.
JUST CHECKING ON WHAT, WHAT THAT CENTER PIECE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE LAKEVILLE HAS PROBLEMS WITH BEEFS GOING FAST, AND THEN THEY'RE, UH, HITTING EACH OTHER IN THE, IN THAT CENTER AREA.
SO THAT'S JUST A CONCERN I HAVE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE COVERED ON THAT PART.
UM, THEN ON THE DESIGN, SO I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT, UM, THERE WAS SOME MONEY THAT WE HAD APPROPRIATED AT THE VERY BEGINNING FOR THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
SO HOW MUCH MONEY IS, IS GOING, GOING INTO WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS GONE INTO THE DESIGN PART TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS GONNA BE LEFT OVER FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION? I KNOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN, UH, THE FY 26 OR 25 26 BUDGET BOOK.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I BELIEVE OUR DESIGN BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT WAS IN THE BALLPARK OF SEVEN OR $8 MILLION.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SHOWING, UM, UH, AGAIN, WORKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HERE, BUT I BELIEVE WE WERE SHOWING, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $35 MILLION, UH, ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT.
UH, MOSTLY TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES, BUT ALSO I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS SHOWING FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE ABOUT $28,000 LEFT OVER AFTER THE DESIGN, BUT WITH ABOUT, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, ABOUT $90 MILLION.
SO WE STILL HAVE TO RAISE 60 TO $70 MILLION THEN SOMEWHERE.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES WILL BECOME MORE, UH, FINE TUNED AS WE GET CLOSER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN.
AND, AND ALSO WE MAY AT SOME POINT COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE ON POTENTIAL, UH, VALUE ENGINEERING MEASURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN WITH THE PROJECT TO HOPEFULLY GET THAT NUMBER DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, NOW I KNOW, UH, UM, AT ONE POINT IN THE PAST I'VE SUGGESTED, UH, NOT HAVING A MOVABLE BRIDGE, BUT JUST HAVING A PERMANENT ONE, MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT, BUT JUST PERMANENT WITHOUT THE MOVABLE PART, UM, WHICH WOULD RESTRICT THE, THE SIZE OF BOATS COMING IN AND OUT, UH, AT THAT TIME.
SO JUST FOR COMPARISON TO NOTE, UM, THE MOVABLE PART, HOW MUCH DOES THAT ACTUALLY ADD TO THE COST OF THE BRIDGE AND, UH, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE COST OF ALLOWING BOATS IN AND OUT, LOOKING AT DREDGING COSTS, WHAT WE HAVE THERE ADDED TO THAT TO KEEP THE BASIN
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CLEAR, UH, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, WE'RE EVER GONNA GET UP FOR THERE.SO IF WE'RE ADDING ALL THOSE UP AND TRYING TO COMPARE THAT TO THE ECONOMY OF THE BOAT TRAFFIC.
SO, UH, THE CONCERN I HAD IS ARE WE OVERSPENDING TO MAINTAIN OUR BOAT TRAFFIC OR, UM, WOULD IT BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE TO PARK ALL THE BOATS AT THE MARINA AND THEN KEEP THE BRIDGE DOWN LOW? SO WHAT DOES THAT MOVING PART ACTUALLY COST, UH, FOR, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IN ORDER TO HAVE OUR BOAT ECONOMY HERE? I I'LL JUST, I, I'M SURE JASON CAN SPEAK TO THE NUMBERS, UM, BUT I'LL I'LL JUST SAY, UH, THAT YEAH, REALLY I THINK AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT DECISION WOULD, WOULD NEED TO BE THE IMPACTS IT WOULD HAVE ON, ON DREDGING, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAVE BROADER IMPACTS ON, UM, FLOOD CONTROL AND, UH, THE HYDRAULICS OF THE RIVER.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR, UM, TRADE OFF TO MAKE IS, IS BASICALLY FOREGOING THE ABILITY, I THINK, TO DREDGE THE RIVER, UM, UPSTREAM OF, OF THIS LOCATION, UM, ALONG, TAKEN, TAKEN, UH, INTO CONSIDERATION ALONGSIDE THE RECREATIONAL, UH, IMPACTS.
UM, AND I'LL SEE JASON SPEAK TO THE OTHER PIECE.
UM, THE, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS, UH, THE, THE COAST GUARD, UH, IS IN CHARGE OF NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS.
AND ASIDE FROM DOING A, A FIXED RIDGE THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE HEIGHT OF, UH, HIGHWAY 1 0 1, WHICH IS JUST DOWNSTREAM, UM, THEY WILL NOT ISSUE A, A PERMIT FOR THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DESCRIBING, RIGHT? I'M, I'M SAYING, UH, TO KEEP OUR RIVER NAVIGABLE.
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST? THE RAISE BRIDGE KEEPS IT NAVIGABLE CLOSE BRIDGE, NOT NAVIGABLE.
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST TO KEEP IT NAVIGABLE BY HAVING THAT RAISED PART COMPARED TO, LET'S LOOK AT THE ECONOMY OF NOT NAVIGABLE.
WHAT IS THE REAL ECONOMIC COST TO THAT? WHAT ARE THE TWO COSTS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING ALL ALONG.
CAN I ASK, WE'VE GOT A REAL GOOD ANSWER ON THAT.
CAN I ASK, DID THIS GET COVERED IN EARLY WORKSHOP ON, UH, UH, PROJECT PLAN DECISIONS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER PROVIDED A COST ESTIMATE FOR A FIXED BRIDGE.
YOU'RE THINKING THAT A FIXED BRIDGE WAS NEVER A CONCEIVABLE, UH, PERMITTABLE PROJECT.
SO YOU, YOU STOPPED BEFORE GETTING INTO ENGINEERING THE COST FOR THAT.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT A FIXED BRIDGE DUE TO THE, THE RIVER'S DESIGNATION AS NAVIGABLE WATERWAY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU CAN GIVE US A BACK OF THE ENVELOPE NUMBER ON IF WE GAVE YOU A FEW DAYS OR WEEKS? THE, THE CHALLENGE IS, UM, THE, THE HEIGHT WOULD BE THE SAME AS 1 0 1 BRIDGE AND YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, WITHIN THE REASONABLE LIMITS, BE ABLE TO, TO TOUCH BACK DOWN.
I I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S, THIS WOULD NOT BE NAVIGABLE.
IT WOULD NO LONGER BE A, A NAVIGABLE RIVER AT ALL.
SO YOU DON'T NEED ANY HEIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S NO BOATS COMING UP AND DOWN.
LET'S, LET'S, THAT, UH, NEW EXPERT HAS COME TO THE STAND.
LET'S HAVE A NEW EXPERT SPEAK.
MY NAME IS ZACH SILLA, I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER.
UH, I'VE BEEN, I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF YOU BEFORE, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION AND I THINK, UH, GIVEN A COUPLE DAYS WE COULD COME BACK AND, UH, PROVIDE BJORN AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, THE COAST GUARD TO BUY OFF ON THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT COSTED OUT A PROJECT LIKE THAT, GIVEN THAT THE PROJECT WAS TO BUILD A MOVABLE BRIDGE.
THAT BEING SAID, IT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD A FIXED BRIDGE THAN IT WOULD BE TO BUILD MOVABLE SPIN.
I THINK IT WAS JUST IMPORTANT THAT IF IT'S A $30 MILLION COST TO PUT IN THE MOVABLE BRIDGE YEAH.
UH, AND PUTTING THAT EFFORT IN TO ACTUALLY NOT PUTTING IN THE MOVABLE BRIDGE AND HAVING THE PLAN TO DO MANY DRIV.
THERE'S MANY SMALL DREDGING MACHINES THAT COULD GO UNDER 10 FOOT.
SO, UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE DIFFERENT SYSTEM HERE, JUST LIKE HAVE THE EVALUATION WE GOT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT PLEASE? OKAY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS, UM, AN AREA THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE USE BATISTA WAY AS A LOCATION FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO MEET AND WATCH THE LIGHTED BOAT PARADE AND WATCH ALL THOSE TALL SAILBOATS GO DOWN THE RIVER.
BUT ONE THING, UM, A COMMUNITY MEMBER BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE LANDSCAPING DESIGN SOMEWHERE, CAN WE FIT IN A RIVER WALK ALONG THERE WITH SOME TREES AND SOME LANDSCAPING? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST WEEDS ON THE BATISTA SIDE.
AND THEN CAN WE ENCOURAGE CALTRANS TO KIND OF STEP UP THEIR LANDSCAPING? 'CAUSE THERE'S NONE RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE I HAVE ON MY NOTES.
UM, THE, UM, OH, THE COMMUNITY MEMBER ALSO, WE HAVE, UM, THE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A NEW WORD, BIOSWELLS AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT
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COULD REALLY BENEFIT AND IT COULD MAYBE THEN RUN OFF INTO THE PETALUMA RIVER AND THE LANDSCAPING.SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO, UM, IN THAT AREA LEADING UP TO THE BRIDGE ON BOTH SIDES? YEAH, SO ACTUALLY, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS, UH, ALL OF THE STORM WATER, OR AT LEAST THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE STORM WATER IN THE RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY GOES THROUGH, UH, SOME SORT OF FILTRATION BEFORE IT ENTERS THE RIVER.
UM, LOTS OF BIOSWALES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S MORE OR LESS TAKEN CARE OF ON THE, ON THE NORTH BANK.
AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE SOME BIOSWALES THAT WERE INSTALLED ALONG THE RIVER PLACE APARTMENTS, UH, FRONTAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.
SO, UM, MOST OF THAT STORM WATER, UH, IN THE VICINITY OF THE BRIDGE IS ALREADY GOING THROUGH SOME, SOME DEGREE OF FILTRATION BEFORE IT ENTERS THE RIVER.
AND OF COURSE, AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE STORMWATER PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, WE'LL, THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE RIVER WALK AND LANDSCAPING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO DURING OUR COMMUNITY MEETING LAST YEAR, WE DID SHARE SOME CONCEPT RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND IT DOES INCLUDE LANDSCAPING ALONG THAT STRETCH.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY ALREADY INCLUDING WITH THE PROJECT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD USES IT.
IT'S A GREAT LITTLE PARK, IT'S A GREAT LITTLE AREA, BUT IT'S IN THE WINTERTIME, IT'S MUDDY AND WEEDY AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A LANDSCAPE PATH, AT LEAST TO STAND AND WATCH THE LIGHT OF BOAT PARADE.
DID YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THE, THE PATHWAYS THAT ARE PLANNED ALONG THE, THE RIVER? 'CAUSE THE CITY'S BEEN PROACTIVE IN PLANNING THAT.
UH, IT IS EXCITING TO WATCH, HOPEFULLY WATCH OUR, OUR RIVER TRAIL CONTINUE TO GROW.
OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A SECTION, UH, INCLUDED WITH THE RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THEIR IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND, AND THE VISION IS FOR THAT TO EXTEND, UH, ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT PATHWAY.
UM, THE CITY HAS A CIP PROJECT TO TAKE IT OVER TO THE MARINA AND SCHOENBERGER UNDER, UH, US 1 0 1.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S ALSO OBVIOUSLY, UH, WITH THE RIVER PARK PHASE TWO PLANS, UH, WELL PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO PLANS, UM, PATHWAY EXTENSION THAT WOULD CONNECT, UH, THAT AREA OVER ACROSS MCNAIR CHANNEL VIA PEDESTRIAN, A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND INTO, UM, UH, THE PAMA RIVER PARK.
SO A LOT OF GREAT CONNECTIVITY THAT'S EXPANDING IN THAT AREA ALONG OUR RIVER.
A LOT OF GOOD HAPPENING ALONG THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER.
ANY, UH, UM, OTHER THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN, VICE MAYOR DI CARLY? THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UM, I'M PERSONALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'D BE AWESOME TO CONNECT THE SOUTH END OF TOWN AND FOR ALL THE REASONS YOU MENTIONED, UM, ALLEVIATING TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY REASONS, AND THEN TO CONNECT BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE A MUCH NEEDED THING.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE COAST GUARD WAS GONNA BE SENDING OUT A NOTICE TO MARINERS.
I'M WONDERING AT THIS POINT, WHAT HAS THE CITY DONE GETTING THIS FAR IN THE DESIGN TO REACH OUT TO, UM, UH, RIVER INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS THAT THAT DOES USE THE WATERWAY? SO, UM, AT THIS POINT WE REALLY, OBVIOUSLY PETALUMA HAS A GREAT LEGACY OF, UM, RIVER DEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
UM, HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT THERE, THERE REALLY ISN'T, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ANY ANY REMAINING INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY ON THAT REACH OF, UH, THE WATERWAY, UM, PAST, PAST THIS BRIDGE.
SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAS NOT ACTIVELY BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT.
UH, HOWEVER, OF COURSE WITH THE NAVI, THE NAVIGABLE CLEARANCES THAT ARE REQUIRED WITH COAST GUARD, THOSE ARE REALLY DESIGNED AND PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THAT FUTURE POSSIBILITY.
UM, SHOULD, SHOULD ANY SORT OF INDUSTRY RETURN TO THE RIVER, UH, THE CLEARANCES BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL WOULD ALLOW FOR, UH, THE MOVEMENT OF LARGER, LARGER VESSELS.
WELL, SO I DID, UM, I DID SPEAK WITH SOME RIVER INDUSTRY THAT HAS USED OUR RIVER FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD WE CAN TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE AND ANY OTHERS THAT MIGHT USE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT, UM, SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ARE AROUND JUST HAVING BUMPERS ON THE ABUTMENT, UM, VERSUS FENDERS, YOU KNOW, AND WHY, WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO DO THAT.
UM, WELL, I'LL ASK MY OTHER QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT ONE RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
SO, UM, IF YOU GO TO THE ELEVATION VIEW, UM, WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IS, UH, ELIMINATE THE, THE FENDER SYSTEM, WHICH, WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE IMAGINE A GUARDRAIL AROUND THE, THE BRIDGE PIER.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE DESIGN VEHICLES AND THE, THE BARGES THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR IN THE BRIDGE DESIGN,
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WE'RE ABLE TO DESIGN THE, THE PIER TO WITHSTAND, UH, A BARGE, UH, BOUNCING OFF OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, THE NATURE OF THE, THAT PIER DESIGN ITSELF.SO WE'VE PUT, UM, RATHER THAN A SEPARATE FENDER SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD ENCROACH ON THE WATERWAY AND REDUCE THOSE NAVIGATIONAL CLEARANCES AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE LIKE LESS ROOM FOR, UM, MARINE USERS TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THROUGH THE CHANNEL.
UM, WE'VE DECIDED TO DESIGN THE, THE PIER TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND ANY, ANY FORCES THAT, THAT MIGHT ACCOMMODATE THAT AND JUST PUT RUB RAILS ALONG THE FACE OF THE PIER, UH, THAT WAY IT DOESN'T, UH, HOPEFULLY DAMAGE THE, THE BOAT OR THE, THE BRIDGE ITSELF.
AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER TECHNICAL POINT TO WHY THE, THE FENDER SYSTEM, THE INDEPENDENT FENDER SYSTEM WAS NOT INCLUDED IS THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL.
AND IN TERMS OF MODELING, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAD TO DO IN TERMS OF HOW WE ORIENT THE PIER, WHAT SHAPE THE PIER IS, AND IF WE PUT ADDITIONAL OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE RIVER, IT DID HAVE A IMPACT ON WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS FOR THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM THAT WE DO HAVE TO DESIGN FOR.
SO THIS WAS A GOOD BALANCE OF, AGAIN, PROTECTING THE PIER, MAKING SURE THAT IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GONNA CAUSE DAMAGE, BUT THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ANY OF THE FUTURE STORMS THAT NEED TO COME THROUGH THIS AREA.
WELL, AND SO THAT, THAT ONE PERSON DID ASK, YOU KNOW, IN THAT CASE, WOULD YOU THEN BE WILLING TO SIGN OFF AND SAY THAT THAT PIER COULD WITHSTAND A 4,000 TON BARGE TRAVELING AT EIGHT KNOTS HITTING IT? YEAH, I, IT, THE, THE DESIGN VESSEL IS SOMETHING ON, ON THAT ORDER OF MAGNITUDE.
I'D HAVE TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THE CALCULATIONS THAT WE DID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD WITHSTAND THAT.
BUT I, I COULD GET BACK TO YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WITH THAT EXACT DESIGN LOAD.
'CAUSE THAT'S HISTORICALLY SOME OF WHAT WE'VE HAD GOING UP AND DOWN THE RIVER.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE TOO IS WHY CAN WE NOT CENTER THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER? UH, SO WE COULD CENTER THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER, BUT WHAT WE'VE, UM, FOCUSED ON DOING IS CENTERING THE, THE NAVIGATIONAL OPENING OVER THE DEEPEST PART OF THE RIVER, KIND OF BASED ON, UH, HISTORICAL TRICS, WHICH IS JUST UNDERWATER SURVEY.
UH, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE NAVIGATIONAL, UH, OPENING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING BY THE BRIDGE DOESN'T ENUM, LIKE ENCUMBER THE DEEPEST PART OF THE CHANNEL.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE TWO LINE UP.
UM, ALSO IN THERE HAS BEEN COORDINATION WITH THE US COAST GUARD ALREADY TO GET TO THIS POINT.
AND PART OF THEIR OUTREACH TO MARINERS, THEY DETERMINE WHERE THE NAVIGATION OPENING NEEDS TO BE.
AND SO THE OPENING DIMENSIONS THAT JASON TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PRESENTATION HAVE COME FROM THE INITIAL COORDINATION WE'VE HAD WITH THE US COAST GUARD.
AS THEY GO BACK OUT WITH THEIR NEXT NOTICE HERE, THERE WILL BE OUTREACH TO THE MARINERS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LOOK AT IS THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
SO WE DO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE THAT NAVIGATION CHANNEL WHERE THEY DETERMINE IS BEST.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS BASED ON THE OUTREACH THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM MARINERS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OUTREACH FOR THIS PROJECT.
THERE HAS BEEN A NOTICE TO MARINERS THAT WENT OUT, IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT.
UH, BUT THERE WAS INITIAL, UH, FEEDBACK FROM MARINERS TO THE US COAST GUARD.
BECAUSE SOME OF THE, AND AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REACH OUT TO THEM ALL, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STANDARDS TO KEEP 25 FEET OFF THE BANK, SO THAT PUTS YOU VERY CLOSE TO THE PIER, YOU KNOW, AND NOT HAVING A FENDER THERE.
AND IT, IT MAKES IT A VERY, IT'S ALREADY VERY, UH, IT'S A VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGING BUSINESS TO BE IN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY RISKS AND SO FORCING THEM KIND OF TO GET CLOSER TO THAT PEER IS, IS A CONCERN IF THERE'S UNDERSTOOD.
UM, SO YEAH, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THEM BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT NOW TRYING TO PROMOTE SO MUCH BUSINESS AND ECONOMY IN PETALUMA.
WE DON'T WANNA POTENTIALLY LOSE ANYMORE BECAUSE WE OVERLOOKED ANYTHING.
UM, MY LAST, UH, COMMENTS WILL BE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE, WAS IT EVER CONSIDERED TO DO MORE OF A TRU STYLE BRIDGE OR HAVE IRON UP ABOVE IT, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK MORE LIKE OUR OTHER BRIDGES OR, OR TO GIVE IT MORE OF AN OLD FLAVOR LIKE PETALUMA HAS? IT WAS SO PART OF THE TYPE SELECTION REPORT, WE LOOKED AT, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.
SO THE TRUST TYPE STRUCTURES, ONE OF 'EM WAS SHOWN IN THAT EARLY RENDERING THAT JASON MENTIONED.
SO YOU END UP WITH, UH, NEEDING THAT OVERHEAD COUNTERWEIGHT, WHICH BECAUSE OF JUST THE VISUAL OBSTRUCTION THAT WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID, THE REASON WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THAT PIT PIER IS IT REDUCES THE
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PROFILE OF THE BRIDGE QUITE A BIT.THE SPAN FOR THIS BRIDGE IS QUITE A BIT LONGER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER BRIDGES, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE TRUSS AND THE OVERHEAD COUNTERWEIGHT, IT WOULD END UP BEING A LOT LARGER THAN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY SEE IN SOME OF THE OTHER STRUCTURES.
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MORE APPROXIMATELY A TRUS STYLE BRIDGE WOULD COST OR IF, OR IF IT DOES COST MORE? IT, IT, IN TERMS OF UNIT WEIGHT OF STEEL, IT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MORE OR LESS, IT'S JUST THE VISUAL OBSTRUCTION THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
UM, AND AGAIN, WHAT DRIVES THE COST MIGHT MAINLY IS THE SPAN THAT, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DESIGN FOR.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IN, IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU GUYS COME BACK TO US, WE COULD SEE SOME ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS THAT, UM, ARE SIMILAR TO LIKE A OUR D STREET BRIDGE OR THE RAILROAD BRIDGE JUST SOUTH OF THE OF 1 0 1? ABSOLUTELY.
SO BJORN, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A TYPE SELECTION REPORT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DRAFTED, SO WE CAN COORDINATE WITH BJORN AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU GUYS, UM, UH, MAKING THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I KNOW, UH, PROJECTS THAT TAKE A LONG TIME, SOMETIMES WE COME BACK AND VISIT THE SAME POINT MAYBE WE THOUGHT OF EARLY ON BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REFRESHED.
SO MAYBE IN THE NEXT UPDATE A LITTLE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND THROW A COUPLE OF THOSE EARLY SLIDES THAT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO DECISIONS WERE MADE THAT GOT US TO TODAY'S DESIGN.
BUT I DO LIKE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GRILL YOU ON DESIGN DECISIONS,
YEAH, THAT'S PART OF WHAT COAST GUARD REQUIRES.
I MEAN, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE OPEN TO, IF WE DO KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO HAS EXPERTISE OR OR CONCERN IN TOWN, THAT YOU, THAT STAFF WOULD BE WELCOME TO HAVE THEIR CONTACT SO THEY CAN GET FIRSTHAND, UM, CONFIDENCE IN THE PROJECT BEFORE WAITING TO SOME OTHER FUTURE MEETINGS.
SO I'M SURE Y'ALL COULD BE IN TOUCH.
I HOPE YOU'LL SAY FOR THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT IN CASE ANYONE HAS A SPECIFIC ADDRESS OF THIS ISSUE.
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US ON TO OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE NIGHT AND, UM, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, THE PUBLIC'S INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS AND ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
UH, THE COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, BUT DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.
AND IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 20, UH, PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS COULD BE HEARD AFTER THE LAST BUSINESS ITEM.
UH, THIS IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UM, THE BRIDGE IF YOU, UH, SO INCLINED.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CLERK AND ASK IF WE'VE GOTTEN CARDS OR LETTERS OR EMAILS, UH, AND THEN OUR MESSAGE FOR TONIGHT.
SO WE DID RECEIVE 24 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE THE MEETING.
THOSE ARE POSTED ONLINE, AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL START A 32ND CLOCK.
SO DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE.
SO, SPEAKER CARDS RECEIVED AFTER THIS TIME MAY NOT BE ACCOMMODATED.
WE HAVE, UH, 13, UH, FOLKS THAT WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND AT 13 THAT WILL SET THE CLOCK AT ONE AND A HALF MINUTES, 90 SECONDS HERE.
AND, UM, AND, UH, I JUST HAVE TO REMIND, UM, 90 SECONDS WILL GO BY PRETTY FAST.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRY AND GET YOUR KEY POINT OUT THERE EARLY, UM, SO THAT YOU DON'T FIND YOURSELF RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
BUT ALSO, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT EXTEND LONGER THAN THAT PERIOD, WE DO SUGGEST THAT YOU SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING AND THEN THEY MAKE IT INTO THE COMPLETE RECORD.
AND, UM, UH, I'M, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERY COUNCIL PERSON HERE.
THEY READ ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT COME IN.
SO, UM, YOU NOTE THAT IT IS VALUABLE TO SUBMIT IN WRITING.
UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS AMY TAYLOR, TO BE FOLLOWED BY GARY DEAVER.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE 114 DOGS THAT WERE LEFT IN THEIR OWN URINE FECES, NO MEDICAL CARE LEFT TO DIE.
THIS IS NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES INTAKE FORM FROM APRIL, 2025.
THIS WAS AN OUTSIDE JURISDICTION.
WE CONTIN, WE CONTACTED LAKE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES AND NOTIFIED THEM IN CASE ANYONE WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.
HE IS SAFE NOW AT THE SHELTER.
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THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, DOES HE LOOK SAFE IN THE SHELTER? IT'S GRAPHIC.IF YOU DON'T WANNA LOOK, DON'T LOOK.
DOES HE LOOK SAFE TO ANYBODY HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE? YEAH.
NO, HE DOESN'T LOOK SAFE, DOES HE? HE LOOKS ALMOST DEAD.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY PLANS TO HAVE A MEETING OR A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES, ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO HAS CONTINUED THIS BEHAVIOR.
AND IF YOU THINK THAT THERE WASN'T DOGS FROM PETALUMA AT CLEAR LAKE SHELTER, YOU ARE COMPLETELY WRONG.
THIS IS THE ONLY INTAKE PICTURE I COULD FIND, AND THAT'S OFF OF THEIR WEBSITE.
MY FRIEND HAS A MOTHER DOG WITH SIX PUPPIES THAT WAS STUFFED IN A CRATE.
THE PUPPIES WERE EATING OFF OF HER.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE, AND YOU GUYS NEED TO SOLVE IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT.
I THINK I'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO, UM, INTERJECT FOR A SECOND.
IS THAT'D BE GREAT, IS THAT, UM, OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, THIS ISEND.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE'LL BE, UM, COVERING THE FULL GAMUT OF, OF, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN CLEAR LAKE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO PETALUMA AND WHAT PETALUMA NEEDS TO DO FOR, FOR ACTIONS.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL, UM, BE HERE FOR THAT DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK.
UM, GARY DEAVER TO BE FOLLOWED BY WENDY JACOBS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MCCONNELL AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF PETALUMA.
UH, MY WIFE AND I MOVED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
WE'VE SEEN MEASURED IMPROVEMENTS EVERY YEAR IN THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY OFFERS TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU FOLKS PROVIDE.
ANOTHER REASON I CAME TONIGHT TO THANK YOU, NUMBER ONE WAS TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE THAT I'VE HAD INTERACTIONS WITH THAT THAT DESERVES OUR ACCOMMODATION, OUR GRATITUDE.
AND I'M SPEAKING OF SCOTT GIBBY, THE ASSISTANT OPERATION MANAGER FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
SCOTT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, UH, VERY ACCOMMODATING.
HE'S JUST THE KIND OF EMPLOYEE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ON YOUR ROLES, AND IT'S A GOOD REFLECTION ON THE LEADERSHIP, AGAIN, THAT YOU PROVIDE.
YOU KNOW, SADLY, MOST OF WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC IS NEGATIVE IN NATURE.
AND I'M KIND OF HERE TONIGHT WITH THE REPRESENTING MAYBE THE SILENT MAJORITY THAT APPRECIATES ALL THAT YOU DO AND THE STEPS TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD, THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
YOU'RE APPRECIATED IN A LOT OF QUARTERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM, IT'S NOT ALWAYS A, A THANK IT IS A THANKLESS JOB SOMETIMES.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A SHORT MEETING TONIGHT,
WELL, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON ALL COUNTS, WENDY JACOB TO BE FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE SANCHEZ.
I'M WENDY JACOBS, CHAIR OF RELIEF PETALUMA, AND I SPEAK FOR RELIEF PETALUMA TONIGHT IN MY WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH YOU WILL FIND AT PAGES 77 AND 78.
I THINK I WAS MAYBE FIRST IN LAST OUT.
UM, I, I HAVE INTRODUCED YOU TO THE TOPIC OF THE TREE PRESERVATION OR TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN ABOUT A MONTH FOR FIRST READING.
AND THANK YOU MR. DANLEY, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT ORDINANCE RELIEF PETALUMA SUPPORTS THIS ORDINANCE.
AND THE PURPOSE OF MY WRITTEN CO COMMENT TONIGHT IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COUPLE OF ATTACHMENTS TO HELP YOU BEGIN TO PROCESS THE DECISION THAT YOU'LL BE MAKING IN A MONTH.
I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE, UM, 2025 CANOPY ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED BY CONSULTANT PLAN IT GEO AS PART OF OUR URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED TO YOU IN MARCH.
AND THIS IS A FAIRLY DENSE LONG REPORT.
I WILL, UM, CUT TO THE CHASE IN THE AREA OF CONCERN FOR US.
OUR TREE CANOPY IS NOT GOOD IN PETALUMA.
AND RELIEF SUGGESTS THAT IT IS POOR QUALITY AS WELL AS POOR QUANTITY OF TREES IN THE CITY DUE TO POOR SIGHTING AND PRUNING PRACTICES OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ATTACHMENT AND ALSO OUR SLIDE DECK.
UH, STEPHANIE SANCHEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINE WHITE.
HELLO EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AS WELL.
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I JUST, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR ME TO FRAME THIS REALLY QUICKLY, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE TPO AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE BEFORE YOU ON THE 16TH OF THIS MONTH, UM, NEXT MONTH, RIGHT, WENDY.AND, UM, I'LL JUST TO QUICKLY, I MOVED TO THE PAY RAN DISTRICT, UM, 22 YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THAT THERE WERE NO TREES ANYWHERE.
IT'S A VERY TREE, IT'S LIKE A TREE DESERT.
AND I'VE NOTICED STUMPS WHERE LARGE TREES HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN.
UM, I'VE, I'VE ALSO FOUND THAT THE RENTALS IN THAT AREA, THEY DON'T, THAT NONE OF THE LANDLORDS ALLOW TREES IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES, UM, EVEN THOUGH TENANTS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD LIKE A TREE.
UM, SO I, I JOINED RELEY FINALLY, AND I'M ON THE TREE COMMITTEE MAINLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE SOME CHANGES THERE FOR THE BETTER IN PETALUMA.
AND, UM, I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS IN, IN THE, IN MY, UM, IN MY, UM, AREA.
AND IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAS TO HAPPEN.
AND SO I SUPPORT, IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED KIND OF, UM, UM, ORDINANCE, BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR TOWN.
CHRISTINA WHITE TO BE FOLLOWED BY DARREN KUZEN.
HELLO, MAYOR MCDONALD COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE WHITE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' RECUSALS.
SO WHEN WE WERE REDISTRICT, UH, WE ALL VOTE FOR A SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND WHEN OUR COUNCIL MEMBER IS RECUSED, THEN OUR VOICES ARE SILENCED FOR THEIR DISTRICT.
LIKE LAST TIME WHEN YOU SAID, DON'T WORRY, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WILL SPEAK FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.
SO I'VE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH AND IRONICALLY, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE GONNA SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT RECUSAL.
ALEC, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY.
BUT, UM, THERE IS THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION THAT SAYS NOT ALL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PRESENT PREVENT A PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM LAWFULLY TAKING PART IN A GOVERNMENT DECISION.
THERE ARE TWO EXCEPTIONS TO THAT CONFLICT.
SO LIKE, WHEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON HAD TO RECUSE HERSELF FROM RAINIER, UH, AND, UH, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD TO RECUSE, IT SAYS THE PUBLIC GENERALLY EXCEPTION STATES, A PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS NOT DISQUALIFIED FROM A DECISION IF THE EFFECT ON THE OFFICIAL'S INTEREST IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE EFFECT ON THE PUBLIC.
SO I ASK THAT YOU DO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I, IT APPLIES TO ALL OF YOU.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S DISTRICT SHOULD BE SILENCED.
I THINK WHEN WE WERE REDISTRICT, WE ASK YOU TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF US.
SO, UH, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND PLEASE STOP RECUSING.
DARREN KUEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY JODY JOHNSON.
I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE REGARDING TWO ITEMS I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE, AT PAST MEETINGS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY REGARDING ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY OF PETALUMA CAL CARD PROGRAM.
UH, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I DID GET DOCUMENTS BACK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS FROM THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS FUNNY, I SUBMITTED KIND OF AN INFORMAL, HEY, CAN I GET SOME DETAILS ON ENTERPRISE? AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, I HAD A PRA REQUEST, A PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST.
SO MAYBE THAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT, BUT IF THERE'S A QUICKER BACK AND FORTH, I LOVE THAT TOO.
'CAUSE IT KIND OF LED TO MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, I'D SAY ON ENTERPRISE, SOME INTERESTING FACTS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 250 VEHICLES IN SERVICE.
IT LOOKS LIKE 150 UNDER THE FLEET OF ENTER OR UNDER THE PURVIEW OF ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING, LIKE MOST OF OUR POLICE INTERCEPTORS ARE LEASED.
AND IT SOME INTERESTING THINGS THERE THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
UH, ON THE CAL CARD SIDE, THERE WAS 1900 PAGES OF CAL CARD CHARGES TO REVIEW.
SO PARSING MY WAY THROUGH THAT IN SOME WAY THAT'S SEMI EFFICIENT.
UH, SO YEAH, HA REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE INFORMATION.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IF THERE'S A QUICKER WAY TO, TO GO BACK AND FORTH POSSIBLY.
UH, AND THEN ON THE OTHER ISSUE THAT GOT RAISED ON THE DAIS ABOUT THIS LEAN, I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED TO HEAR WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE A LIEN IN PROCESS.
HAVING READ THE PUBLIC RECORD, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER SOMEONE, UH, UH, AN APPLICANT IS BATTING BACK AND AND INTIMATING, THEY MIGHT NOT PAY A BILL, ESPECIALLY $750,000 BILL, I WOULD THINK THE FIRST THING WE DO IS FILE A LIEN.
IT JUST SAYS, LOOK, IF YOU GET YOUR ENTITLEMENT TO HCPC AND THEM WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY, WE'RE IN THIS THING TO GET PAID.
THANK YOU JODY JOHNSON TO BE FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS.
CITY COUNCIL STAFF, OUR MOBILE PARK RESIDENTS IN LITTLE WOODS, YOUNGSTOWN, AND CAPRI BRING TO YOUR
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ATTENTION ONCE AGAIN THAT OUR LARGE INVESTMENT GROUP PARK OWNERS CONTINUE TO ABUSE, RETALIATE, AND OPENLY CHALLENGE LAW ZONING AND ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN FULL EFFECT IN YOUNGSTOWN.AS SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTS WATCHED IN COURT PARK OWNERS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT OPENLY DEFY THE SENIOR PARK OVERLAY IN FULL EFFECT SINCE OCTOBER, 2023, PARK OWNERS STATE THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY RUN THE PARK AS A SENIOR COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH THE PARK HAS RUN AS A SENIOR COMMUNITY.
SINCE 1989, RESIDENTS WERE AGE VERIFIED, SIGNED, STATED SENIOR PARK AND RULES AND REGULATIONS WERE SENIOR PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS.
NOW THEY TRY TO PERSUADE A COURT OF LAW THAT THEY JUST FOUND OUT IN 2023, IRONICALLY, JUST RIGHT AFTER THE CITY PASSED 17 REVISIONS TO THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE THAT THEY HAD BEEN DISCRIMINATING AGAINST YOUNG FAMILIES.
THE SENIOR PARK OVERLAY INCLUDES HOPA THE HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS ACT, WHICH SHOWS IN EVERY CITY AND COUNTY THAT SENIOR COMMUNITIES CAN BE DEFINED TO PROTECT SENIOR COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT DISCRIMINATION.
THESE FALSE NARRATIVES BEING USED TO RETALIATE AGAINST SENIOR CITIZENS ARE AS EGREGIOUS AS THE REST OF THE WEAPONIZATION ABOUT EVERY LAW ORDINANCE AND ZONING THAT THESE BAD ACTOR OWNERS DEFY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHILE ANYONE LITIGATES AN ISSUE, THEY BELIEVE TO BE UNJUST, YOU JUST CAN'T SIMPLY BREAK THE LAW.
FRAUDULENTLY TELLING PARK OWNERS THANK YOU, TIM PORTUS TO BE FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER BOYLE.
FRAUDULENTLY TELL POTENTIAL BUYERS, THE PARK IS ANYTHING BUT A SENIOR PARK OR REMOVE SIGNS, HANDOUT FALSE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND EVEN MORE.
THERE IS NO ORDER FROM A COURT ALLOWING THESE VIOLATIONS OF AN EXISTING SENIOR PARK OVERLAY.
OUR BAD ACTOR PARK OWNERS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO DO JUST THAT WITHOUT ANY LEGAL RULING TELLING THEM THEY CAN OPERATE AGAINST A CITY ORDINANCE OR A CITY ZONING.
IMAGINE IF OUR RESIDENTS WENT AGAINST ANY MRL LAW, ANY RULE OR REGULATION THAT THEY DON'T LIKE, WE WOULD BE EVICTED.
THIS THIS SPEAKS TO THE IMBALANCE OF JUSTICE FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT WEALTH.
CAPRI AND LITTLE ONES ARE NOW ATTACKED BY THIS PREPOSTEROUS DEMAND OF HARMONY TO HOME OF HOME INSURANCE.
AND THE DEMAND TO INCLUDE HARMONY AS ADDED INSURER ON THE RESIDENT'S OWN MOBILE HOME.
WHILE ANY RESIDENT WEIGHS HOME INSURANCE, IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT, THIS IS THE RESIDENT OWNED MOBILE HOME.
WHAT GOES BETWEEN A MORTGAGE COMPANY AND A RESIDENT IS BETWEEN THEM.
OH, WE, GEEZ, WE DON'T SEE RESIDENTS DEMANDING THAT PARK OWNERS ADD RESIDENTS TO THEIR LAND INSURANCE.
THE THREAT OF A SEVEN DAY NOTICE FOR NOT GETTING HOME INSURANCE FROM A LANDOWNER IS ANOTHER RETALIATION THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE SAME BAD ACTOR INVESTMENT GROUP THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THANK YOU JENNIFER BOYLE TO BE FOLLOWED BY WAYNE CLARK.
THIS IS PRIVILEGE AND POWER OVER PEOPLE.
OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE APPALLED AT HOW A MOBILE PARK RESIDENT BUYING AND LIVING WITHIN THEIR MEANS IN UNSUBSIDIZED MOBILE HOMES ARE BEING TREATED BY GREED AND GOUGING BY THESE LARGE NEW BREED INVESTMENT PARK OWNERS.
MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY HANDOUTS.
THEY ARE STANDING UP TO COURTS OF LAWS IN ARBITRATIONS AGAINST THIS KIND OF POWER.
RESIDENTS ARE NOT ONLY STANDING UP, BUT THE FACTS PREVAIL BEFORE A MULTITUDE OF JUDGES AND ARBITRATORS PARK OWNERS TAKING AWAY PARKING, WEAPONIZING CLOSURE PROCESSES AND BREAKING UNLAWFUL ORDINANCES.
AND LAWFUL ZONING IS A WORLD THESE RESIDENTS WAKE UP TO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THERE IS AN IMBALANCE OF MONEY BETWEEN AN INVESTMENT GROUP PARK OWNER AND A MOBILE PARK RESIDENT, BUT RESIDENTS ARE EQUAL WHEN FACTS PREVAIL.
THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS COURAGEOUS, BUT NOTABLY, THEY ARE NOT CA CAPITULATING TO WEALTH OVER FACTS AND DECENCY.
OUR CITY VALUES ALL IT'S OUR CITY VALUES, ALL ITS RESIDENTS, AND WE ARE PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS TO STAND UP FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PETALUMA MOBILE RESIDENTS UNITED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH WAYNE CLARK, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHANTEL ROGERS.
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AND I I DO HAVE TO NOTE WAYNE, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO COUNCIL JURISDICTION, SOME SUBJECT MATTER OF CITY OF PETALUMA IN YOUR COMMENTS.I SAT IN RECENTLY A SPECIAL STUDY SESSION BY SANTA ROSA CITY COUNCIL REGARDING COMMUNITY SAFETY CONCERNS RELATE TO ICE FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT.
PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED MANY OF THESE ISSUES AS OF EARLY 2025.
PET HAS REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BY ADHERING TO STATE LAWS, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON NON-COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION.
ADOPT ICE RE ZONES ON CITY PROPERTY REQUIRE VALID JUDICIAL WARRANTS, NOT ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS.
LIMIT CITY DATA SHARING, LIKE LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT REAFFIRM SB 54, THE CALIFORNIA VALUES ACT, WHICH RESTRICTS LOCAL POLICE FROM ASKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS.
DETAINING INDIVIDUALS ON FEDERAL HOLD ASSISTING WITH CIVIL IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION, SUPPORT THE RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WORKSHOPS AND DISTRIBUTE THESE RED CARDS LIKE SANTA ROSA.
LET'S URGE CONGRESS FOR BETTER AGENT TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING LOCAL AND STATE SANCTUARY POLICIES, WHICH IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC.
TRACK AND REPORT ANY INTERACTIONS WITH ICE AGENTS ESTABLISHED SAFE HAVENS LIKE SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND HOSPITALS.
CHANTELLE ROGERS TO BE FOLLOWED BY TOM GAFFEY.
UM, SO I WENT TO THE MEASURE U OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK.
I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THE BUDGETED MEASURE U FISCAL YEAR 25 26 EXPENDITURES CALLS FOR 94% OF MEASURE U TAX REVENUE TO BE SPENT ON ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES AND OPERATIONS TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $14.7 MILLION, JUST 6%.
A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IS SET ASIDE FOR NOT ONLY ROAD REPAIR, BUT ALSO OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AS WELL AS LUC CASEY TURF REPLACEMENT, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM, TRANSIT SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY WAS FOR ROAD REPAIR, A MAJOR VOTER EXPECTATION.
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BETWEEN CITY OPERATIONS AND CALVERS PENSION DEBT CATCHUP EXPENSES, EXPENSES, WHICH HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO THE CITY SINCE 2017, AND WHICH WILL BE INCREASING FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS BEFORE COMING BACK DOWN, THERE'S LITTLE MONEY LEFT AND WON'T BE ANY EXTRA UNTIL 2031.
THE COMMITTEE LAST YEAR PUT IN THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY THAT 25% OF MEASURE U TAX INCOME BE SET ASIDE FOR ROAD REPAIR.
BUT AS ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER SAID, THAT FELL ON DEAF EARS WITH THE $20 MILLION OF BOND MONEY FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS SPENT, ARE COMMITTED AND NO ADDITIONAL MEASURE U FUNDS FORTHCOMING UNTIL AT LEAST 2031.
IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THERE WILL BE MUCH FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR FIXING OUR STREETS, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THE MEETING.
IT MAY HELP INFORM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHEN CONSIDERING THE UPCOMING BUDGET DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU TOM GAFFEY TO BE FOLLOWED BY NICHOLAS HARRIS.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF, UH, WORD OF SUPPORT TO ALEX DECAR AND KAREN NOW IN THEIR DESIRE TO BRING BEFORE YOU DISCUSSING A LIEN, UH, AGAINST THE EKN PROPERTY IN, IN THE, TO, TO THE TUNE OF $765,000.
THIS WOULD NOT KILL THE PROJECT IN ANY WAY.
THIS WOULD JUSTLY ASSURE US THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST HAVE SOME REMEDY TO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK SHOULD THEY DEFAULT OR HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. WE'LL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT PROPERTY AND, AND, UH, GO AFTER THAT MONEY.
IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR US.
SO PLEASE GIVE THAT SOME CONSIDERATION.
HEY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, QUICKLY WANNA FOLLOW MR. UH, DEAVER'S LEAD AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE WATER UTILITIES TEAM.
REMEMBER MY NEIGHBORHOOD TWICE FIRST THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER, UH, FIXING WATER MAIN LEAKS.
UH, THEY CAME BACK, UH, OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME AND, UH, REPLACED THE WATER SERVICES AND, UM, THEIR CONDUCT AND WORK WAS JUST OUTSTANDING.
I WANT TO, UM, PIVOT TO, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SCOPE CREEP.
UM, I KNOW, UH, MAYOR AND MANY OF YOU, UH, SHARE MY CONCERN, UH, WITH, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT THROUGHPUT.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE, UM, IF POSSIBLE, IF, UH, UM, MR.
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SHRIVES IS, UH, ASKED TO LOOK AT THE COST OF A, UH, COFIELD BRIDGE THAT WOULD REMOVE, UH, NAVIGABLE WATERWAY DESIGNATION TO THE RIVER.I WOULD JUST HAVE A QUICK STRAW POLL AND GET A PULSE CHECK FROM THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO TASK, UH, THE TEAM TO SPEND TIME AND RESOURCES, UH, LOOKING AT.
AND, UH, THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT CLOSES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANNA, UH, THANK OUR COFIELD BRIDGE PRESENTATION TEAM FOR, UM, STAYING WITH US, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO, UM, BRING IT
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ON UP TO COUNCIL.AND TONIGHT I'LL, UM, BE STARTING FROM THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE DIAZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.
AND, UH, COUNCILOR BRI THOMPSON.
I, I LIKED, UM, GARY'S COMMENT TONIGHT.
I THINK THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN PETALUMA ARE REALLY HAPPY WHAT'S GOING ON IN PETALUMA.
AND, BUT WE HEAR THE GAS LIGHTING ALL THE TIME, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AND I, HE'S GONE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA QUICK TALK BRIEFLY ON THE, THE MONEY FOR EKN.
I WAS QUITE AWARE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
I AM NOT LIVING, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND AND I KNOW THAT THAT MONEY WILL BE COMING TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
AND THIS IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T WANT ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS EXTREMELY BLIGHTED IN NOT BRINGING IN ANY DOLLARS INTO THIS CITY.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER FORM OF GASLIGHTING, JUST SO PEOPLE GET ANGRY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I THINK GARY WAS RIGHT.
THE MAJORITY ARE REALLY BYPASSING THIS AND REALIZING WHAT IT IS.
UM, I ATTENDED THE PETAL OF POLICE, UM, THE POLICE AWARD CEREMONY WITH MY HUSBAND JERRY.
AND IT WAS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY.
AND RECENTLY GOING BACK TO SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES, JACE HANSEN, A POLICE OFFICER, SAVED THE LIFE OF A LOCAL RESIDENT.
HE WAS THE FIRST ON THE SCENE.
HE PERFORMED CPR AND CONTINUED DOING CPR EVEN WHEN THE PARAMEDICS WERE ON THE SCENE.
UM, THAT IS A TEAM AND THIS PERSON LIVED AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST DON'T LIVE.
A FRIEND OF MINE, UH, THREE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS HAD, UM, A HEART ATTACK.
UM, HER HUSBAND COULDN'T FIND THE CELL PHONE.
HE HAD TO DO CPR AND SHE DID PASS AWAY.
AND SO THIS GOES INTO LANDLINES AND WHAT I'M ALSO HEARING FROM OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS, THE CONCERN OF LANDLINES FOR SAFETY, THE KAVANAUGH POOL.
UM, I'VE SEEN SOME PHOTOS OF THE POOL.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY HAPPY AND ALL I KNOW THAT I SENT A EMAIL TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND TO DREW ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.
AND THERE'S A FEW MORE THINGS THAT I'LL BE SENDING YOU, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
UM, SCTA, UM, SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE ACTION MEETING.
UM, GOT SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE CORONA OVERCROSSING.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, A DESIGN PHASE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FROM THE ROADWAY, UM, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING 'CAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
AND WITH THE SMART STATION THERE, THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD HOPEFULLY IN 20, SE 20 20, 20 27.
WE'LL BE TALKING WITH CALTRANS TO START ACTUALLY FUNDING, UM, THAT PROJECT AND GETTING IT DONE, UM, SOONER THAN LATER.
UM, I'M ON THE SMART BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THE RIDERSHIP IS UP 25% FROM THE LAST MONTH TO, FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, AND THE TRAIL USAGE IS UP 13%.
UM, AS FAR AS, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE NBAS, UM, AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
SO OUR HEADS ARE NOT IN THE SAND.
WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND A LOT MORE IS COMING OUT AND THERE WILL BE CHANGES.
UM, I ATTENDED THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AS A VOTING DELEGATE IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS LAST WEEKEND, AND I WANNA THANK MAYOR LORI FOR REALLY CLEANING UP SAN FRANCISCO.
AND IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND AND HE HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT MAYOR, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGATIVITY ABOUT HIM BECOMING THE MAYOR.
AND PEOPLE I TALKED TO SAID WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY WITH HIM.
AND THEN, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAUGHTER WHO'S 41 TODAY, AND, UM, SHE IS GOING TO SCHOOL.
SHE'S GONNA BE APPLYING FOR NURSING SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, SO IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO REALLY MAKE CHANGES, UM, FOR PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THANK YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIVE.
I HAVE THREE UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT COMMISSION.
UH, THE BIGGEST THING WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EVENING IS WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A NEW AIRPORT MANAGER.
UM, OURS IS LEAVING AND GOING ON TO NEW THINGS, SO WE'RE WISHING HIM WELL.
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IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB AND YOU HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS, WE'RE LOOKING, UM, THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR A WHILE, BUT IT CAME BACK UP.UM, THE AIRPORT'S CONSIDERING EXPANDING THEIR HANGAR OPERATION AND USING SOME MORE SPACE THAT THEY OWN.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN CONSIDERING DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT WOULD BE AND, AND WHAT POTENTIAL, UM, TENANTS WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE HANGERS.
AT THE SONOMA COUNTY MAYOR AND COUNCIL ASSOCIATION MEETING, UH, WE DID HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM A NONPROFIT CALLED INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK.
THEY, UM, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IN OUR COUNTY.
THEY WANT TO, UM, HELP TWO AGE GROUPS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ADVANCED ELDERLY BETWEEN 70 AND 90 YEARS OLD.
AND THEY'D ALSO LIKE TO HELP TRANSITIONAL YOUTH.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO, UH, DO THINGS LIKE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, UM, LOOKING FOR GRANT MONEY FOR, FOR FOOD DURING THOSE TIMES AND FOR HELPING PEOPLE THAT CAN'T COOK FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, IMPROVING EVACUATION ROUTES AND SHELTERS FOR SOME OF THE STUFF THEY'VE, WE'VE ALL SEEN IN RECENT YEARS AND ENCOURAGING US TO BUILD DISASTER RESISTANT STRUCTURES OUT OF CONCRETE.
UM, S-C-S-C-M-C-A WILL ALSO BE WORKING CLOSER WITH THE COUNTY THIS YEAR TO WORK ON BROADER ISSUES THAT AFFECT ALL OF US AT PARKS AND REC.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING WAS THAT THE KAVANAUGH POOL IS NOW REOPENED AND WENT LAST WEDNESDAY TO GO TO HI TO EVERYBODY.
THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE POOL AND EXCITED, UM, AND SEEING THEIR FRIENDS AGAIN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, AGAIN, THEY'RE VERY HAPPY.
UM, THEY DO HAVE SOME THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO WORK ON, AND I KNOW STAFF'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH THEM TO TRY TO MEET THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW GOING FORWARD, I'M SURE STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN GOOD FAITH AND, AND KEEP THE PEEPS HAPPY.
UM, AS WE CLOSE OUT THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HOW QUICKLY 2026 IS ALREADY MOVING FORWARD.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS, UM, THIS MONTH AND SPEAKING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND IT WAS ESPECIALLY, UM, MEANINGFUL BECAUSE I ENCOURAGED THEM TO APPLY TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR 250TH, UM, NATION'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN PETALUMA.
IT'LL BE CALLED PETALUMA YOUTH TWO 50, AND IT OFFERS LOCAL YOUTH A CHANCE TO BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED AND THE HISTORIC MILESTONE.
UM, INTERESTED STUDENTS CAN EMAIL ME OR REACH OUT TO THE PETA HISTORICAL MUSEUM FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THIS EFFORT IS, UM, PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO MY HEART BECAUSE 50 YEARS AGO I SERVED AS THE YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE HELPING PETA CELEBRATE THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL IN 1976.
AND I WAS HONORED TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME, AND IT'S NOW INSPIRING TO KNOW AND ENCOURAGE NEW GENERATION TO STEP FORWARD AND SERVE.
UM, AT HAPPY ART PRESCHOOL STUDENTS CONTINUED THEIR BEAUTIFUL TRADITION, UH, MAKING VALENTINE'S FOR THE SENIOR CAFE MEALS ON WHEELS RECIPIENTS.
I WAS DELIGHTED TO ONCE AGAIN TO READ STORIES, SING SONGS, PROVIDE CRAFT PROJECTS AND SUPPLIES FOR THE CHILDREN.
AS HAD CREATED THESE HEARTFUL CARDS BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY, I DELIVERED THEIR THOUGHTFUL CREATIONS TO THE PETALUMA SENIOR CENTER, SPREADING HIS SMILES ACROSS GENERATIONS ALONGSIDE MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I PARTICIPATED IN A RIBBON CUTTING FOR A NEW BUSINESS IN THE PLAZA SOUTH SHOPPING CENTER.
MY CHAMBER LEADERSHIP CLASS ALSO COMPLETED ITS FINAL DEDICATION AND PLACE TO PLAQUE ON A PUBLIC ART STATUE AT THE MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD.
IT'S A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND CIVIC PRIDE.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER'S DINNER WITH, UM, THE VICE MAYOR DELEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CATER THOMPSON AND STRIPS.
UM, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR FOR SAVING ME FIVE MINUTES HERE.
IN ADDITION, I MET WITH KO PETALUMA TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON MY NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WITH MY CODE TEAM LEADER AND TO MEET WITH TWO AMERICORPS MEMBERS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING THEIR EFFORTS.
MORE INFORMATION WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE REGARDING NEIGHBORHOOD RESPONSE GROUPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD MESSAGE BOARDS.
STAY TUNED AND LOOK FOR THESE WITH THE QR CODE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT COOL PETALUMA.
AND THEY'RE ALSO IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE IN MY LITTLE LIBRARY ALSO, I FINALLY, I ATTENDED A HOMELESS AND HOUSING COLLABORATION MEETING WITH THE COUNTY OF SONOMA REGIONAL LEADERSHIP AND THE HOMELESS COALITION.
THIS WORK GROUP CONTINUES TO FOSTER STRONG PARTNERSHIPS ALONG CITIES, COUNTIES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHILE PROMOTING SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND COORDINATED ACTIONS ON THE HOMELESS.
I WAS STILL PLEASED TO SEE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT REGARDING A, A LETTER TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, WHICH ALIGNS WITH OUR DISCUSSION.
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WE ALSO ARE REACHING OUT TO OUR ELECTED STATE OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE DATA TRENDS, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, OUR SHARED GOALS, INCLUDING COORDINATING GOVERNANCE, FUNDING STRUCTURES TO STRENGTHEN HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE MODELS, ALIGNING FUNDING AND STREAMS TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT, REDUCING DUPLICATION OF SERVICE ADMINISTRATION BURDENS BY LEVERAGING SHARED RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY.TOGETHER THROUGH COLLABORATION AND COMMITMENT, WE CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION.
UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE NORTH BAY ANIMAL SHELTER WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE, UM, CITY STAFF TO UPDATE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON THE KEY, THE EKN MONIES THAT ARE OWED.
UM, WE'VE HAD OTHER BUSINESSES, US MONEY, AND WE HAVE LEANED THEIR PROPERTY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND UPDATES.
UH, AT THE FEBRUARY 4TH PAC MEETING, WE PARTICIPATED IN A HEARING TO REVIEW A DRAFT RFP FOR A CITYWIDE WAYFINDING PROGRAM.
UH, THAT'S AN EFFORT THAT'S BEING FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM MTC, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT SORT OF ARENA IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE, UH, BJORN'S WORK IN BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
AT THE FEBRUARY 17 TAC MEETING, WE REVIEWED AND PROVIDED INPUT ON THE ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT SERVICE REDUCTION OPTIONS.
PETALUMA TRANSIT IS CURRENTLY FACING A MATERIAL FUNDING SHORTFALL OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
UH, NOTE THE, THE TENTATIVE AGENDA CURRENTLY HAS THE TRANSIT SERVICE PLANNING WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR THE APRIL 6TH, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT WORKSHOP WILL BE A CRITICAL STEP AS WE NAVIGATE, AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS ISSUE.
UH, FEBRUARY 7TH, I WAS PROUD TO REPRESENT PETALUMA AT THE SONOMA COUNTY VETERANS HALL FOR HEROES FOR THE HALL OF HEROES INDUCTION CEREMONY.
UH, I APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UH, AND ON THE 14TH, I PARTICIPATED IN THE PETALUMA LITTLE LEAGUE DISTRICT 35 UMPIRE TRAINING CLINIC,
AND, UH, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE, UM, EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES TO REPORT, UM, I DID GO TO THE, UH, MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MEETING.
UM, AND THE, THE ONE THING THAT, MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT IS THAT THERE WAS A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, ICE AND EVENTS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER.
AND THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY TAKING A LEAD ROLE IN THIS USING THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT FOLKS ALONG WITH ALL AND EVERY CITY CHIMED IN.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY COORDINATED EFFORT.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A VERY STRONG MOVEMENT HERE WITHIN THE COUNTY, UH, NOT JUST OUR CITY AND THE COUNTY, UH, BUT WE'RE ALL GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER ON, ON THIS ISSUE.
SO, UH, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, THAT THAT IS HAPPENING.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, THE BLACKS FOR, UH, PEDAL OF BLACKS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAVE, UH, THE EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM ON THE BLACK HISTORY.
UH, SO EVERYONE GO HEAD, HEAD ON DOWN, AND A LOT OF HISTORY OF, OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE, WHAT THEY'VE DONE, UM, WHO IS INVOLVED AND HOW IT HAS EVOLVED.
SO IT'S STILL, IT'LL BE UP THERE FOR, I GUESS ANOTHER MONTH, EVERYTHING.
SO GET A CHANCE TO GET DOWN THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UM, THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT IS GOING TO BE ON TITLE WETLANDS, AND I'M ON A TEAM THAT'S HELPING DEVELOP THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S COMING UP IN, IN, UM, IN APRIL.
SO ANYWAY, SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THE, UM, I ATTENDED A WEBINAR, UM, THAT WAS GIVEN BY A FINANCIAL EXPERT WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, UM, THEY, THEY'RE SAYING MOST OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS REALLY GOOD, EXCEPT THE, WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS THE MISSING MIDDLE.
AND THE MISSING MIDDLE IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
HOUSING AND HOUSING UNITS, UM, FOLKS ARE CONVERTING THEIR ADUS.
THOSE ARE SMALL OPERATIONS DOING DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE BIG BLOCK, BIG BOX THAT APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR MULTIPLEXES THAT ARE BEING BUILT, UH, TEND TO BE BUILT BY CORPORATIONS, UM, AND WITH A LOT OF EXTRA FUNDING THAT'S INVOLVED.
AND THEN WHAT'S MISSING IS WHAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.
THE, UM, THE DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES QUADPLEXES, SIX PLEXES THAT NEED, NOT THE CORPORATE WORLD, BUT ACTUALLY NEED LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND ALSO LOCAL MONIES.
SO WE NEED TO BE TALKING TO OUR LOCAL BANKS LIKE EXCHANGE BANK AND REDWOOD TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP SUPPORT OUR MIDDLE LITTLE BIT LARGER YOUNGER CONSTRUCTION FOLKS TO MAYBE GET MORE DEVELOPMENT FROM THEM IN LOOKING AT SMALLER, UM, ACHIEVABLE PROPERTY CHANGES.
SO INSTEAD OF A SINGLE HOUSE, SO A SINGLE HOUSE WOULD GO AWAY, FOURPLEX, QUADRUPLEX WOULD GO IN OF SOME SORT.
UM, AND THAT'S THE MISSING MIDDLE THAT, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON AS A CITY, UH, BECAUSE OTHERWISE OUR CURRENT PLAN, WE HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS
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FOR CORPORATIONS TO COME IN, AND WE HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR ADUS, FOR INDIVIDUAL SMALL LITTLE OPERATIONS AND, UM, TO DO WORK IN INDIVIDUAL HOMES.BUT THAT MISSING MIDDLE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON.
SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS A LONG, NICE DISCUSSION I HAD THERE.
UM, OPENED MY MIND UP A LITTLE BIT TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF, UM, COORDINATING AND HELPING THAT HAPPEN.
THEN, UH, THE FOURTH ONE WAS I WENT, UH, PG E HAS A, UM, A TECHNOLOGY CENTER AS WELL AS A HAZARD CENTER DOWN IN SAN RAMON.
SO I GOT A, A HALF DAY, UH, TOUR OF, UH, THE TWO OPERATIONS DOWN THERE.
THEY'RE, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, UH, FOR DOING OVERHEAD CABLES, UNDERGROUND CABLES, WORKING ON THAT HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGES.
AND THE RESEARCH THAT THEY'VE DONE.
I ACTUALLY SAW DEMONSTRATIONS DOWN THERE.
UM, AND THEY'RE REALLY WORKING HARD ON EV CHARGING, BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING IF THEY CAN BE DONE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE COMBINING A SOLAR UNIT WITH A BATTERY UNIT WITH A CAR ALL IN ONE HOUSE, AND YET OTHER HOUSE DOESN'T.
AND THEN HOW MUCH ENERGY IS BEING USED, HOW MUCH IS BEING BROUGHT BACK IN? IT'S EXTREMELY COMPLEX AND VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.
SO THAT WAS ONE THING I, WE SAW OUT THERE.
AND, UM, AND THEN THE HAZARD SYSTEM, UH, I LOOKED UP THERE AND WALKED INTO A ROOM, A VERY LARGE ROOM ABOUT THIS SIZE, AND THERE WAS ABOUT 20 TO 25 COMPUTER WITH BIG MONITORS IN HUGE MONITORS, AS BIG AS THESE THINGS UP HERE OF, UM, ALL AROUND THE PLACE.
AND THEY ARE WATCHING, UH, USING AI TOOLS TO WATCH THE HAZARDS FOR, UH, FOR THEIR, NOT ONLY THEIR ASSETS, BUT THEY DELIVER ALL THEIR INFORMATION ALSO TO ALL OF THE EMERGENCY CREWS ON, ON ALL LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TWO THIRDS OF CALIFORNIA.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY MONITORING ALL THE HAZARDS DOING THAT.
UH, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR OPERATIONS AND, AND THEIR IMPROVEMENTS OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OF HOW TO GO FROM SIX PEOPLE TO 20 PEOPLE ON THEIR SITE JUST LOOKING AT HOW TO SAVE LIVES AND, UM, UM, AND, UH, MAKE MORE EFFICIENT, UM, OUTCOMES FROM, UH, IF THERE ARE FIRES OR DOWNLINES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO ALL THE EMERGENCIES.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT THE PG E WHAT I SAW.
THEY ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THESE ISSUES.
UM, SO THAT'S MY REPORT FOR TODAY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MISSING MIDDLE SECTION OF HOUSING.
I THINK IT COULDN'T BE MORE TOPICAL NOW THAT WE'RE RUSHING OUR, UH, GENERAL PLAN.
AND THEORETICALLY, GOVERNMENT'S JOBS HAVE GOOD PERMITTING RULES AND GOOD GUIDANCE AND STATE'S GIVEN US A LOT OF STRONG LANGUAGE.
THAT'S, UH, BUT IT'S ALL GOING INTO OUR GENERAL PLAN.
TOUGH TO MOVE THE ECONOMY, BUT WE HAVE TO BE OUR PART.
SO, UM, APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, AND FROM MY COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS, THE, UM, I, I SAID ON THE, UH, MEASURE O MENTAL HEALTH OVERSIGHT, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE FUNDING REDUCTIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM STATE AND FROM, UM, AND, AND FROM THE FEDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR HOMELESSNESS, IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT WE HAVE A LOCAL SOURCE OF FUNDING THIS MEASURE O AND, UM, SO FROM THE MEASURE O, UM, MONIES, THEY, UH, PUT OUT, UH, A CALL FOR, UH, FUNDING AND, AND, UH, THEY HAD 12 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, $36 MILLION WORTH OF REQUESTS, OF COURSE COME IN.
BUT OF THE 10, UH, PETALUMA GOT ABOUT 850,000, UH, DIRECTLY FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECTS DIRECTLY.
AND THEN, UH, COTS, UH, WORKS PREDOMINANTLY HERE, UH, PULLED IN NEARLY A MILLION OF THAT, SO, YOU KNOW, OF A COUNTYWIDE $12 MILLION, PULLING TWO OF IT INTO PETALUMA'S.
ONCE AGAIN, OUR APPLICATION'S BAT ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT CLASS.
SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF THAT PUTS IT TOGETHER.
ALSO WANTED TO COMPLIMENT STAFF ON GETTING, UH, THE ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, ISSUE RIGHT TO, TO THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.
UH, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S HORRIBLE AND, AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED RIGHT AWAY.
UH, AND, AND THEN, UH, I, I LOVE THE PR I SAW THE REOPENING FOR KAVANAUGH POOL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD GOT US, UH, UM, SIDEWAYS WITH PUBLIC'S, UH, DESIRES, AND WE TOLD 'EM WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO, AND THEN WE TOLD 'EM WHEN IT WAS GONNA BE DONE, AND THEN WE OPENED THE DOORS, JUST LIKE WE SAID.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO STAFF FOR, UH, GETTING THAT ALL DELIVERED.
UM, AND THEN WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO,
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UM, OUR CITY MANAGER FOR HER, HER REPORT.UH, JOIN US THIS THURSDAY, UH, FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY CENTER FOR CA CAWFIELD, ELI SAFETY AND PAVEMENT UPGRADES.
UM, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATE SAFER STREETS FOR ALL THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S PLANNING, SAFETY AND MOBILITY UPGRADES ON CAULFIELD LANE, UM, FROM PAY TO GARFIELD AND ELI BOULEVARD SOUTH FROM EAST WASHINGTON STREET TO FREIGHTS.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING TO LEARN, UM, TO SHARE THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SHARE WHAT YOU WANNA SEE ON THESE, UM, KEY NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDORS.
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SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, IS PROPOSED AS PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION, UM, INTERSECTION ENHANCEMENTS, NEW AND IMPROVED CROSSWALKS PROTECTED AND BUFFERED BIKE LANES.SO AGAIN, IT'S THIS THURSDAY FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND IF YOU WANNA RECEIVE PROJECT UPDATES, JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK UP CAWFIELD, ELI.
AND THAT'LL BE IT FOR TONIGHT.
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CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE EVENING.AND, UH, AT THIS POINT, I LOOK UP AND DOWN THE, UH, DIOCESE TO SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPECIFICALLY, UM, HAVE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THE ITEMS AND, UH, NOT SEEING ANY.
THEN WE'LL TREAT THE WHOLE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS ONE.
BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS BEFORE WE MOVE IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I HAD ONE QUESTION ON ITEM SIX, AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR AB 1708.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE KNOW WHAT, UH, LOCAL NONPROFITS DO, WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT LEGISLATION, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS HOW THEY'D, UH, BE ABLE TO APPLY THAT MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAVE STAFF STEPPING UP TO THE MICROPHONE TO HELP US WITH THIS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HELP PREPARE THAT STAFF REPORT.
UM, BUT I DON'T, I'M NOT THE ONE THAT'S MOST SKILLED IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE A BUNCH OF FOLKS OUT ON THAT.
UM, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE'D HAVE COTS.
MAY, MAY I ASK A, A DIFFERENT KIND OF QUESTION? UM, SO THE ORDINANCE, OR THE PROPOSED LAW IS ABOUT TAKING THE MONEY THAT CURRENTLY GOES TO THE NONPROFITS AND BRINGING THE CITIES IN AS HIGHER ELIGIBILITY SO WE COULD GET THE MONEY, NOT THE NONPROFITS WHO CURRENTLY GET THE MONEY.
AND, UM, SO, UM, NO DOUBT WE WOULD THEN TURN AROUND AND GIVE IT TO THOSE NONPROFITS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE SOME GUARDRAILS ON WHAT WE WANTED.
SO I, I THINK THE, THE NONPROFITS THAT CURRENTLY GET, WE CAN NAME A FEW IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, BUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS SEEING IF THE CITY CAN GET THE MONEY DIRECTLY.
AND I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW IT WILL ALL WORK.
UM, ANYONE OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, THE CONSENT CALENDAR? UM, NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS, LET'S TAKE IT TO PUBLIC, UM, COMMENTS? WELL, IS IS PATRICK GONNA ANSWER THE QUESTION OR I'M THINKING THAT MORE THE, THAT IS THE, UM, THAT WAS THE ANSWER, IS THAT THE, THE NONPROFITS, UM, ARE, THERE'S NO NEW NONPROFIT ELIGIBILITY IN THIS, THIS IS KIND OF A REDUCTION TO NONPROFITS.
DO YOU WANNA KNOW WHO MIGHT BE REDUCED? IS THAT NO, NOT NECESSARILY.
I'M JUST, AGAIN, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES WE MAY BE SUPPORTING THROUGH THIS AND HOW THAT'S GONNA END UP BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY IN THE END.
IN, IN OUR REGION, UH, COTS IS THE DOMINANT PLAYER FOR ALL THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF MONEY.
AND, AND IS THERE ANOTHER NAME YOU WANT? I MEAN, AS WE GO TO THE COUNTY AND, AND RIGHT NOW WITH, UM, THE MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED AT THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD THROUGH AN APPLICATIONS SIMILAR TO THE THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH MEASURE OH MONEY.
AND, UM, IT IS NOT GUARANTEED THAT MONEY COME TO ANY CITY.
IT, IT, UM, IT GETS DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE MERITS OF A PROJECT.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY GET A PETALUMA SHARE.
UM, SO HISTORICALLY, UH, KATZ SAYS YOU'RE CORRECT.
THAT'S SORT OF THE PRIMARY SHELTER PROVIDER.
UM, OTHER, UH, ENTITIES, I'M THINKING ABOUT PPSC REBUILDING TOGETHER, UM, AS OTHERS.
UM, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS, THE COUNTY JUST AWARDED FOR THIS FUNDING AVAIL AVAILABILITY, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE NEED.
SO AS THE NEED CHANGES, AS THE DIFFERENT FUNDS FLUCTUATE, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, TOGETHER WITH OUR, UM, HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO, UM, THE PROJECTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN MOST NEED.
BUT PPSC COTS WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TWO AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST.
WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME ON, UH, THE, THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BUT AT THIS MOMENT, I WILL START A 32ND CLOCK.
UH, SO DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE.
SO, SPEAKER CARDS RECEIVED AFTER THIS TIME MAY NOT BE ACCOMMODATED.
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UM, WE HAVE THREE, UH, COMMENT CARDS FOR TONIGHT.SO WE SET THE CLOCK AT THREE MINUTES, AND OUR FIRST, UH, SPEAKER WILL BE, UH, NICHOLAS HARRIS TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHANTEL ROGERS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, HERE TO SPEAK, UH, ON THE REQUEST TO AGENDIZE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LIEN.
IT'S, UM, REALLY WHAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND I WANNA START OFF, GASLIGHTING IS A FORM OF PERSISTENT PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION DESIGNED TO MAKE VICTIMS QUESTION THEIR OWN REALITY, MEMORIES, OR SANITY.
OFTEN TO GAIN CONTROL, IT INVOLVE TACTICS LIKE DENYING EVENTS HAPPENED, TRIVIALIZING FEELINGS, AND BLATANT LYING.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE DOING IT.
MR. MAYOR, CAN YOU, WE HAVE SOME DECOR ROOM.
I, THIS IS MY TIME, ACTUALLY, LET'S, UM, NO, ACTUALLY YOU HAVE TO BE IN LINE OR, SO LET'S, UH, CARRY ON DECORUM FACTS ALSO.
IS THIS ON, THIS IS COMMON ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IS IT NOT? UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON THE TENTATIVE, UH, THE, UM, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. AND, UM, PLEASE CORRELATE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SAY TO THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THE TENTATIVE AGENDA AND THE ITEM THAT WAS REQUESTED TO BE ON THERE THAT IS NOT.
EKN STATED, THEY DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO PAY THE DEBT.
THEY HAVE A POOR TRACK RECORD.
WITHOUT A LIEN, EKN COULD SELL THE LOT AND SHIRK THE DEBT.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN PETALUMA AND EKN PETALUMA, LLC, AND SO IS THE TITLE OF THE PROPERTY.
IF THEY SELL THE PROPERTY BEFORE A LIEN IS PERFECTED AND FILED, HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO RECOVER THAT MONEY? OUR MONEY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHANTEL ROGERS TO BE FOLLOWED BY DARREN KUZEN.
THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S, PROPOSED FAIRGROUNDS FREE SPEECH ACTIVITY GUIDELINES, WHICH IS A 29 PAGE DOCUMENT DEAL DETAILING THE RESTRICTIONS THE CITY INTENDS TO SOLIDIFY CONCERNING THE FREE SPEECH AND RIGHT TO AN ASSEMBLE AND DEMONSTRATE OF EVERY PETALUMA.
THE CITY RECOGNIZES THAT DURING TIMES WHEN THE PETALUMA FAIR IS NOT IN SESSION, CERTAIN AREAS OF THE FAIRGROUND MAY BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECREATIONAL USE AND RESEMBLE THE CHARACTER OF A PUBLIC PARK.
HOWEVER, THESE AREAS ARE NOT DEDICATED PUBLIC PARKS WITHIN THE MEANING OF TRADITIONAL PUBLIC FORUM DOCTRINE.
RATHER, THEY REMAIN PART OF THE MULTI-USE EVENT ORIENTED VENUE, SUBJECT TO OPERATIONAL NEEDS, MAINTENANCE AND PERMITTED USES.
TEMPORARY RECREATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY DOES NOT REMOVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO IMPOSE REASONABLE TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS OR OTHER REASONABLE VIEWPOINT NEUTRAL REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENDED USE OF PROPERTY, CONSISTENT WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS OVERARCHING STATUS AS AN EVENT FOCUSED VENUE.
WOW, I THOUGHT WE ACQUIRED THE FAIRGROUNDS TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO ALL AS A PUBLIC PARK.
I, I GUESS I GOT THAT PART WRONG.
CITY FINDS THAT THE FAIRGROUNDS ARE OPERATED PRIMARILY AS AN EVENT ORIENTED VENUE AND ARE NOT GENERALLY HELD OPEN AS TRADITIONAL PUBLIC FORUM.
IT'S POLICY OF THE CITY, NEVERTHELESS, TO ALLOW FREE SPEECH ACTIVITY WHEREVER SET ACTIVITY IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE NORMAL OPERATIONS OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY.
NICE CITY FINDS, HOWEVER, THAT DUE TO THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS, THERE IS LIMITED ACCESS NECESSITATING CREATION OF FREE EXPRESSION ZONES BY ESTABLISHING DESIGNATED FREE EXPRESSION ZONES, THE CITY SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ENGAGING IN FREE SPEECH ACTIVITIES MAY DO SO WITHOUT UNDULY INTERFERING WITH OTHERS WHILE MAINTAINING PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY.
THE GUIDELINES GO ON TO DETAIL A DIZZYING ARRAY OF RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO EXPRESS YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, INCLUDING WHERE YOU CAN, WHEN YOU CAN, AND SUCH MICROMANAGEMENT AS TO HOW MANY AND WHAT TYPE OF TABLES YOU CAN SET UP AND A REGISTRATION FORM THAT YOU SHOULD FILL OUT TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE IN THE FREE EXPRESSION ZONE.
IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHEN ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS OUR RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION, I FIND IT INCONCEIVABLE THAT THE CITY WOULD PUT OUT SUCH A SEVERE AND DRACONIAN
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DOCUMENT TO HE IN OUR FIRST AMENDMENT.DID YOU ALL READ ALL 29 PAGES? I HOPE YOU DO.
DARREN RAKU IN IS OUR LAST SPEAKER.
I, I HAVE TO SAY, UNLIKE THE PRIOR SPEAKER, I DID NOT READ ALL 29 PAGES.
BUT WHENEVER I SEE IN THIS DAY AND AGE GUIDELINES ABOUT FREE SPEECH FROM ANY GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, MUNICIPAL, GOVERNMENT, ALL THE WAY UP, YOUR HACKLES GET RAISED AND YOU GET CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, THE FAIRGROUNDS IS ALSO GONNA BE SUBJECT TO, AND IT MAY ALREADY HAVE EXISTING SURVEILLANCE ON THE SITE.
AND WITH THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, THERE WILL BE CAMERAS FACING OUT THAT WAY.
SO YOU START TO GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THE FAIRGROUNDS LIKE HAS FREE SPEECH RULES, CAMERAS ON YOU.
WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME LIKE A PANOPTICON.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A NICE OPEN PARK.
SO I, I I WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE STAFF OR SOMEONE CAN CHARACTERIZE HOW THESE RULES ARE PLANNED TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
IS THIS LIKE MERELY PROTECTION AGAINST DXE? DOES THIS HAVE SOME GROUNDING OR, AGAIN, THIS MAY ALL BE FRAMED IN THE REPORT, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH SPEAKING TO.
'CAUSE IT IS A PRETTY BIG, UH, PRETTY BIG IMPLICATIONS WITH THAT DOCUMENT.
UH, AND I ALSO WANNA FLAG FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THERE BEING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE ON THE NEXT, UH, TENTATIVE AGENDA.
I THINK A LOT OF US ARE REALLY KEYING INTO LIKE, WHERE MONEY IS SPENT IS POLICY AND IS OUR SIGNAL OF VALUES AS A CITY.
SO WE WANT TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND START LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT.
I KNOW I'M ON THAT JOURNEY OF LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
SO, UM, THE NEXT MEETING, THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH WILL BE A BIG MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE THAT IS GONNA BE WELL WORTH ANYONE'S TIME.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANNA ECHO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE AS MUCH PASSION AROUND THE LEAN ISSUE OTHER THAN IN WORKING IN, UH, AND AROUND A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, IT'S REALLY STANDARD WHEN YOU GET AN AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR LIKE $10,000 TO BUILD A DECK, THERE ARE WHOLE COMPANIES THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY FILE A LIEN AGAINST THAT PROPERTY RIGHT WHEN THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED.
IT IN NO WAY PREVENTS THAT DEVELOPER FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT.
IT IS NOT SOME KIND OF INDICTMENT.
I, I DON'T THINK EAN WOULD TAKE IT PERSONALLY AND THINK THE CITY IS TRYING TO PENALIZE THEM IN ANY WAY.
IT IS MERELY A, A FILING THAT PUTS IT ON RECORD THAT WE ARE IN LINE ALONGSIDE LIKELY OTHER CREDITORS, SO THAT IF SOMETHING DOES GO SIDEWAYS, OUR INVESTMENT IN THIS PROCESS AND THIS PROPERTY IS PROTECTED AND THE PEOPLE'S MONEY IS PROTECTED AS WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND I WOULD SAY, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE PRETTY STANDARD PRACTICE.
IF IT'S NOT, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE JUST NEVER BEEN PRIVY TO WITH A PROJECT BEFORE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU READ SOME OF THESE EMAILS WHERE THE DEVELOPER IS SAYING, AND I THINK IT WAS MIKE ON THEIR TEAM SAYING, LOOK, WE DON'T AGREE WE NEED TO PAY THIS MONEY.
IT'S LIKE, WE GOTTA START DOING SOMETHING TO DEFEND OURSELVES IF WE REALLY THINK WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A CLAIM.
AND AGAIN, IT IN NO WAY INHIBITS THE DEVELOPER FROM DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY MOVING FORWARD WITH WHATEVER STYLE OF HOTEL THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO, TO GO THROUGH THE DISCRETIONARY PROCESS ON JUST KIND OF A PRUDENT MEASURE.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT AGENDIZED AND TALKED ABOUT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ISSUE AND FRAME IT AND CONTEXTUALIZE IT FROM CLEARLY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED.
UM, I THINK, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT BROUGHT UP A, A PROVOCATIVE POINTS ABOUT THE FAIR FAIRGROUND FREE SPEECH, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHO FROM STAFF WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TRY AND SYNTHESIZE WHAT OUR OBJECTIVE AND HOW THE FUNCTION GOES.
TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. DANLEY.
UM, AND THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS NOT, UM, NECESSARILY OBVIOUS FROM THE QUITE DETAILED POLICY, BUT ITS PURPOSE IS ACTUALLY TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF ATTENDEES, UM, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT, AND ALSO TO PRESERVE, TO BALANCE CONSIDERATIONS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, THE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE US CONSTITUTION AND THE LIBERTY OF SPEECH CLAUSE AND THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION FOR, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING FAIRGROUNDS EVENTS WHILE ALSO, UM, PRESERVING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO, UM, CONTROL WHEN PUBLIC FORUMS FOR SPEECH ARE CREATED.
AND ALSO TO PRESERVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO GE ENGAGE IN WHAT IS CALLED GOVERNMENT SPEECH.
UM, EXAMPLES OF WHICH ARE THE CITY'S, UM, SPECIAL FLAG FLYING, FLAG FLYING POLICY
UM, ALSO OUR CREATIVE CRO CROSSWALK POLICY EXAMPLES OF WHICH WERE, ARE THE, THE, THE, UM, THE CREATIVE CROSSWALK, UM, THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK ON KENTUCKY AND OUR BLACK LIVES MATTER MURAL IN FRONT OF THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THOSE WERE GOVERNMENT SPEECH EXERCISES
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UM, THE COUNCIL'S POLICIES FOR THAT, THAT IN FACT, I, I KNOW, UM, HAVE BEEN MODELS FOR OTHER CITIES TO ADOPT.UM, SO WE DID GET SOME EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN FROM SOME ATTENDEES AT THE LAST FAIR, UM, ABOUT BEING, UM, CONFRONTED BY MESSAGES THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE CONFRONTED AT BY, AT THE FAIR.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FREE SPEECH ZONES DOES, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH, IT'S ACTUALLY THE, THE STATE LAW, UM, THE LIBERTY OF SPEECH CLAUSE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, AND IT'S CALLED THE PRUNE YARD LINE OF CASES THAT PROVIDE FOR, EVEN IN COMMERCIAL SPACES, FREE SPEECH ZONES.
YOU SEE THEM IN AIRPORTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SOMETIMES YOU SEE THEM AT PLACES LIKE HOME DEPOT.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR STAFF, GUIDANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT ALL THOSE, UM, RIGHTS OF EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY ARE PRESERVED, UM, THAT WE ARE ABLE, THE STAFF IS ABLE TO, UM, FOLLOW THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND PROVIDE FOR A CONTINUING, INCREASING, UM, PROGRAMMING AND PUBLIC ACCESS FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND THAT WE DO THAT CONSISTENT WITH, WITH, UM, WITH FREE SPEECH RIGHTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT IS INTENDED TO DO.
THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF FACT SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THAT THE POLICIES ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REVIEWED THEM.
WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT THE PREPARATION OF THEM.
UM, THAT'S THEIR PURPOSE AND, AND TO THE EXTENT THEY, UM, THEY NEED CLARIFICATION OR UPDATES AS OUR FAIRGROUND USES CONTINUE, WE'LL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE THOSE AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE PUBLIC OR STAFF ABOUT THEM.
AND I'LL JUST ADD TO MAYOR REAL QUICK.
THIS IS COMMON FOR ANY FAIRGROUNDS JUST CHECKING THE WEBSITE TODAY OF EVERY FAIRGROUNDS THAT I COULD, UH, LOCALLY, THEY ALL HAVE SIMILAR, UH, GUIDELINES.
THIS GUIDELINE WAS BASED OFF THE STATES THAT WAS UPHELD RECENTLY A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SO IT IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT THE OTHER STATES AND FAIRGROUNDS ARE DOING IN THE STATE.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE ON THIS ONE? I WAS, HE JUST ANSWERED IT.
I WAS GONNA ASK, DOES THIS PUT US ON THE FRINGE OR DOES IT SORT OF BRING US INTO THE FOLD? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S JUST BRINGING US INTO THE FOLD ON WHAT'S, WHAT'S NORMAL.
AND I SUSPECT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS SOONER BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD THE FAIRGROUNDS UNDER OUR CONTROL SOONER, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND IT WAS DUE TO THOSE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ALLOWED IN.
AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY BETTER CONTROL OF ALLOWING WHO WE SPEAK OR WHO'S THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL SPEAK FOR US WITHIN THE FAIRGROUNDS.
AND, AND I DID READ ALL 29 PAGES AND I DID ASK QUESTIONS, UH, WHICH GOT ANSWERED
UM, SO, AND I ASKED FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, WHICH I, I DID GET, UH, A FAIR AMOUNT OF EXAMPLES IN THE RESPONSE SO THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE ONLINE TO TAKE A LOOK THERE.
BUT, UM, I WAS STILL LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, IT SAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ACTUAL WORKINGS OF WHAT ACTUAL CONCRETE EXAMPLES, UM, RATHER THAN THEORETICAL TYPE THINGS.
UH, UM, AND SO HERE'S, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE THAT, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE GET ANSWERED.
UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A, UM, IT IS AN OPEN GATE IN THE FRONT.
YOU CAN WALK IN, WE HAVE OPEN FIELDS AND THERE'S EVENT CENTERS IN, IN A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND EVENT AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR EVENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THAT SO THAT THOSE ARE NOT DISRUPTED INAPPROPRIATELY, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME PUBLIC AREAS THAT ARE JUST OPEN GROUND AND ONLY USED IN THE FAIRGROUNDS, UH, FARES HERE.
SO ON THOSE OPEN GROUNDS, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE OUR, OUR PUBLIC PARK AREA, POTENTIALLY, UM, CAN PEOPLE COME IN AND GATHER AND MAYBE WHILE THEY'RE GATHERING, UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS GOING ON THE, THE WASHINGTON BRIDGE.
COULD THEY GATHER IN, UH, ON THAT BARE GROUND GRASSY AREA RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE FAIRGROUNDS? 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THIS THEY CAN'T, OR, OR WE WOULD ACTUALLY GO IN THERE AND REMOVE THEM UNDER THE LANGUAGE THAT, THAT I'M INTERPRETING.
SO WHAT IS THAT? SO GIMME SOME MORE CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED, WHAT CAN HAPPEN, UM, ON, IN THE PUBLIC AREAS OF THE FAIRGROUNDS SURE.
BEFORE WE STEP IN AND SAY, OH, YOU'RE AGAINST THE RULES HERE.
SO WITHIN THE FAIRGROUNDS, THOSE AREAS DURING THE FAIR OR OTHER EVENTS, THERE IS A SPOT FOR THE FREE EXPRESSION AND THAT'S OUTSIDE.
AND THAT'S TO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE OTHER PATRONS AND JUST EMERGENCY SERVICES.
UH, SPEC, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN THERE'S NO ACTIVITY THERE.
RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST, SOMEONE WENT THERE RIGHT NOW AND, AND, AND WENT THERE, DECIDED TO PROTEST TRUMP RIGHT NOW, AS SOME FOLKS ARE DOING AROUND TOWN, COULD THEY ENTER THE FAIRGROUNDS AND DO IT RIGHT THERE IN THE OPEN SPOT IN THE FAIRGROUNDS? SO, SO I'D LIKE TO ADD, UM, THAT,
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UM, DYLAN'S OBVIOUSLY CORRECT IN WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE CURRENT, UM, FREE SPEECH ZONE IDENTIFIED IN THE POLICY.I ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE OTHERS AND THEY WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE EVENT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE CONFIGURED, BECAUSE, UM, THE ZONES CAN'T BE SOME HINTER LAND WHERE NO ONE HAS ACCESS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OVERLY RESTRICTIVE OF EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY.
BUT THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION AND, UM, CONFIRM UNDER THE POLICIES THAT CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF FORUM ANALYSIS FOR, UM, EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE OF FEE FREE SPEECH, THE FAIRGROUNDS DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME STATUS AS A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC FORUM LIKE SAY WALNUT PARK DOES OR LUCCHESE PARK DOES.
UM, IT HASN'T BEEN ESTABLISHED AS THAT KIND OF A FORM YET.
THERE MAY BE PARTS OF THE FAIRGROUNDS AS A RESULT OF THE MASTER PLANNING GOING FORWARD THAT ACTUALLY ARE DESIGNATED LIKE PUBLIC PARKS, LIKE, LIKE THE SPACE WHERE I'M LOSING MY BEARINGS THERE, THAT OVER THERE, THAT'S A PUBLIC PARK WHERE WE HAVE SIGNAGE THAT GIVES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
THEY HAVE HOURS OF OPERATION BECAUSE THERE'S NOT OVERNIGHTING PERMITTED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO UNDER, UM, THE US AND CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTIONS FORM ANALYSIS APPLIES, AND IN THOSE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC FORUM, LIKE PUBLIC PARKS, LIKE RIGHTS OF WAY LIKE SIDEWALKS, UM, WHERE IT CAN BE DONE SAFELY, UH, WITHOUT RISK FOR SAFETY, THOSE ARE THE ZONES WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO THINGS LIKE PICKET AND SOAPBOX AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT, UM, THE FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY IS NOT DESIGNATED AS THAT YET.
I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME DESIGNATIONS LIKE THAT AS A RESULT OF THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS.
SO IT'S NOT, UM, FOLKS CAN, CAN GET SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS AND THEY CAN COORDINATE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNPLANNED, UM, DEMONSTRATIONS AND OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE DO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY ENGAGE WITH ORGANIZERS, UM, NOT TO RESTRICT THAT ACTIVITY, BUT TO SUPPORT IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND EVEN INCLUDE INCLUDING HOW THE, THE STREETS ARE CROSSED AND THINGS.
SO, UM, SO, SO THE SHORT ANSWER, THAT'S THE EXPLANATION, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, PEOPLE CAN'T JUST SHOW UP WITHIN, GO WITHIN THE FAIRGROUNDS GROUNDS, WITHIN THE GATES AND STAGE AN EVENT THAT'S NOT A PERMITTED EVENT IN, IN COORDINATION WITH OUR, WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO'S MANAGING IT.
UM, UM, CURRENTLY THE WAY IN, IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL STATUS THAT THE FAIRGROUNDS HAS IN RELATION TO FORUM ANALYSIS, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO PRESERVE THE CONTROLS THAT THE CITY HAS TO, UM, TO NOT HAVE A FORM INADVERTENTLY CREATED, UM, THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE CONTROLS WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ALLOW US TO PUT BANNERS AND MURALS ON, ON OUR PARKING GARAGES, UM, OR ON OUR STANDARDS IN, IN THE CITY STREETS, SO THAT WE'RE GIVING CITY MESSAGES AND DON'T HAVE TO RECEIVE OR PERMIT WHAT MAY BE COMPETING, COMPETING MESSAGES THAT THE, THE CITY DOESN'T STAND BEHIND.
YEAH, I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME CLARITY.
I THINK YOU'VE, YOU'VE ANSWERED MOST OF THAT.
UM, AND SO AT THIS POINT THEN, AS, AS MY CONCRETE EXAMPLE IS, IF A GROUP OF PROTESTORS, UM, UH, DECIDE TO MARCH IN AND, AND ACTUALLY GET ONTO THE LAWN AREA, THEN WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS, UH, WE WILL CALL THE POLICE AND THEY WILL BE REMOVED FROM INTERNALLY FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS AND ASK TO GO TO THE FREE SPACE, FREEZE FREE SPACE OUTSIDE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AS A CONCRETE EXAMPLE, IS THAT THE ACTUAL IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY? I, I, I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS HOPEFULLY, UM, WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR OFFICE IF NECESSARY TO WORK WITH THEM TO REDIRECT THEIR EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S PERMITTED AND SAFE.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE TRY TO ENGAGE.
AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO FORTUNATE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LOT, UM, WHO ARE FINDING A LOT OF OCCASIONS TO WANNA EXERCISE THEIR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF LATE.
UM, AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFULLY REACHING OUT TO CITY STAFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT SAFELY.
AND, AND WE'RE GLAD TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
AND I WAS JUST GONNA ADD TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER QUINN'S QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THIS, UH, IF THIS BRINGS US IN ALIGNMENT, THIS POLICY ACTUALLY PROVIDES A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN THE STATES.
THERE IS, LIKE ERIC SAID, THE WORKING, UH, WITH THE FREE SPEECH, UH, THE ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND A NEW PLACE, THERE'S APPEALS.
IT'S REALLY LAST CASE KIND OF SCENARIO BEFORE WE, UH, CITE YOU FOR TRESPASSING.
SO THIS JUST NEEDS TO BE KNOWN.
SO AS WE TRANSITION THE FAIRGROUNDS FROM WHICH RIGHT NOW IS AN EVENT CONTROLLED SPACE TO A PUBLIC PARK SPACE IN SECTIONS THAT, THAT, THAT THIS WOULD BE PART OF THAT,
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UH, POLICY THAT'S, UH, BE IMPLIED IN THOSE DESIGNATED AREAS.SO THAT'S JUST FOR AWARENESS SAKES AND WHAT, WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR AND MORE CONCRETE ABOUT, UM, THE, ALL THE LANGUAGE AND THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY.
AND IF THE COUNCIL OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS 'EM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON ALL THAT.
UH, I WOULDN'T DISAGREE WITH THE DESCRIPTION THAT, UH, THIS IS, UH, VERY LEGAL, UH, LEGAL WRITTEN DOCUMENT RATHER THAN PUBLIC FRIENDLY DOCUMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S EXACTING BE FOR JUST THAT REASON, SO RIGHT TO, IT'S TO GUIDE STAFF, BUT YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S A DESIRE FOR IT, WE CAN PREPARE AN FAQ RESPONSE PUT ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO TRANSLATE SOME OF THESE THINGS SO PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DE CARLEY, UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU'VE KIND OF ANSWERED IT IN CHUNKS HERE AND THERE, ERIC, ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, I MEAN, LIKE, WHAT BESIDES THE ZONES, UM, ARE, ARE WE NOT ABLE TO ENFORCE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW AS IT IS LIKE REGULAR LAWS, UM, THE WAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKS, THE WAY THEY CAN REMOVE PEOPLE IF NEED BE? OR, I MEAN, BESIDES THE ZONES, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GAINING FROM THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT? WE, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THE FAIRGROUNDS OF CITY PROPERTY, ALL CITY LAWS AND, AND FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS APPLY THERE, SO WE CAN CONTROL IT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY PROPERTY.
UM, SO WE, WE HAVE FULL CONTROL.
WHAT THIS POLICY DOES IS, IS, UM, DEMONSTRATES AND SUPPORTS OUR COMPLIANCE, OUR FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC'S, UM, EX EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY RIGHTS, WHILE PRESERVING OUR RIGHTS TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THE PEACE, MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL THOSE THINGS, RUN OUR EVENTS, UM, SUCCESSFULLY ALL THAT.
AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT TOO, I THINK THE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT THIS REALLY BENEFITS THE CITY IS ONE, IT'S THE CITY CURATED PROGRAMMING.
SO THE GOVERNMENT SPEECH WITHIN THE CITY FAIRGROUNDS DURING EVENTS IS NOW WE CAN SELECT THE ORGANIZATIONS, WE'LL INVITE THOSE THAT ARE SPEAKING FOR THE CITY, WHERE PREVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT AND WE HAD TO ALLOW, UH, ANY ORGANIZATION TO COME IN.
UH, SO IN THE SECOND ONE IS IT ALLOWS US TO CREATE, CREATE REASONABLE TIME, PLACE MANNER RESTRICTIONS IN THOSE FREE SPEECH ZONES AND IN THE CITY PROGRAMMING.
SO ONE OF THE, THE, UH, RESTRICTIONS, REGULAR TIME PLACE, MANNER RESTRICTION IS, HEY, IF A PATRON WALKS BY, YOU CAN'T FOLLOW THEM AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, HARASS THEM AND SAY, SIGN MY PETITION OR WHATEVER.
UH, SO IT KIND OF SETS A REASONABLE TIME, PLACE MANNER KIND OF ON WHAT THE, UH, ALLOWED SPEECH IS DURING THOSE FREE SPEECH ZONES.
SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE INVITING GROUPS IN, UH, FOR THE CITY PROGRAM CURATED SHOWCASE.
THOSE THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE THEME OF WHATEVER THE EVENT IS.
AND THEN, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU SORT OF ANSWERED ALREADY, BUT, UM, I MEAN, IS THIS GOING TO BECOME A STANDARD PRACTICE AT ALL CITY PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES? WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT.
I THINK THIS WILL BE SORT OF A GUINEA PIG TO SEE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TOO MANY PROPERTIES OUT THERE THAT ARE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE LIKE THE CITY FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, DOES THIS APPLY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING LIKE THE LOCATIONA COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT THIS IS ONLY WITHIN THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT, BUT I MEAN, UM, THE WAY WE TREAT THIS IS LIKE, WE WOULDN'T LET HARASSMENT FOLLOW SOMEONE INTO A BUILDING, BUT ON THE STREET SIDE AT LUCCHESE, THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH.
I, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO AND MAYBE JUST LISTENING INTO THE CONVERSATION, UM, JUST CLARIFY, I THINK THE POINT I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND FROM THE EXPERIENCES FROM LAST YEAR'S FAIRES, THERE WERE SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE COULDN'T PRECLUDE THAT WERE PRESENT DURING THE EVENT, THAT WERE, UM, APPROACHING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS DISPLAYING MATERIALS THAT WERE INCONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES AND THE OBJECTIVES OF A CITY.
THAT IS, I THINK, WHAT WE AS A CITY WANTED TO HAVE AS PART OF OUR GOALS AND OUR, OUR, UM, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR VISION FOR THE CITY FAIR.
UH, THERE WERE MATERIALS, THERE WERE VISUALS, THERE WAS REALLY GRAPHIC MATERIALS.
UH, IT WAS IN AN AREA THAT WAS HIGHLY VISIBLE, HIGHLY TRAFFICKED, AND THERE WAS NOTHING IN PLACE THAT WE COULD PRECLUDE THAT EVENT AND THAT ORGANIZATION FROM BEING, UM, NOT PRESENT.
AND SO REALLY, MY STAFF, MY TEAM WAS ASKED TO, UH, LIMIT THE EXPOSURE OF THAT GROUP TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ASK THEM TO NOT ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHICH WE COULD NOT LIMIT THEM FROM DOING.
WE COULD NOT ASK THEM TO LEAVE, WE COULD NOT ASK THEM TO STOP, AND WE COULD NOT UNINVITE THEM.
UM, THE CITY HAD NO RECOURSE TO LIMIT THEM, EXCLUDE THEM, OR
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DISCOURAGE THEM FROM DOING ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.AND SO THIS IS REALLY INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO HAVE DISCRETION, OPPORTUNITIES TO DETERMINE WHOM CAN BE PRESENT DURING THESE EVENTS.
AND IF THEY ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR BEING IN A PERMANENT EVENT, THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE VENUE WHERE THEY CAN BE DESIGNATED TO STILL AFFORD THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR FREE SPEECH IN THOSE DESIGNATED SPACES.
I THINK THAT WE ALSO, UH, PARK DIRECTOR, UH, DREW HALTER AND I ARE WORKING CURRENTLY ON A, ON AN EVENT OF FREE SPEECH ASSEMBLY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE HAVE OTHER PERMITTED EVENTS THAT ARE OFTEN IN POPE IN PUBLIC SPACES THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION DON'T OFTEN CHECK WHETHER THERE'S ANOTHER CONFLICTING PERMANENTED EVENT ON THE CALENDAR.
AND SO IF YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERMANENT EVENT THAT YOU'VE RESERVED THAT SPACE, YOU WOULD BE VERY UNHAPPY TO FIND OUT THAT SOMEONE JUST COMES IN WITH 500 PEOPLE AND DISRUPTS YOUR PERMANENT EVENT THAT YOU'RE SANCTIONED FOR, YOU'VE PAID FOR, YOU HAVE INSURANCE FOR, AND NOW YOU ARE IMPACTED BY.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DE CONFLICTING THOSE THINGS, AND THAT WE ARE ALSO AFFORDING TO AND REDIRECTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO AN APPROPRIATE PLACE AND AFFORDING THEM THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE THAT FREE SPEECH.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT THOSE PARAMETERS IN, UM, AND STILL AFFORDING EVERYONE THEIR, THEIR RIGHT TO PROPERLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR FREE SPEECH.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, BUT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LIMIT ANYONE'S RIGHT TO CONTINUE THEIR FREE SPEECH.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT IT INTO THE APPROPRIATE PLACES AND ALLOW IT TO CON CONTINUE, UH, LAWFULLY AND REASONABLY.
YEAH, MAYOR, FOR YOUR QUESTION ABOUT LUCCHESE, OR NO, I'M WILLING TO TAKE THAT ONE BACK.
I WAS STARTING TO DRAW A METAPHOR, AN ANALOGY, AND, UH, THAT SOMETIMES GOES SIDEWAYS.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN BE, UH, UNSETTLING TO SEE ANY SORT OF LIMITATION ON FREE SPEECH.
UM, I'LL SAY, UH, MY NIECE AND NEPHEW, UH, SHOW LIVESTOCK AT THE FAIR, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE SHOWING THEIR CHICKENS WITH A BUNCH OF DEAD CHICKENS AS IF THEY'RE, UM, CREATING THAT, UM, UH, THERE IS, UM, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS THEIR, THEIR YOUTH CAMP THERE, AND I WANT NAZIS PROTESTING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE JEWISH CAMP.
UM, WE HAVE THE PRIDE SHOW THERE.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE SITTING THERE RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR EVENT WITH SIGNS TO SAY, UM, THESE PEOPLE ARE PEDOPHILES AND THEY'RE MENTALLY ILL.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S WORTH, UH, LIKE, AND EVERYBODY PROBABLY HAS THEIR THING, BUT, UM, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE, THE SORT OF FREE SPEECH THAT WE WANT TO TOLERATE IN PETALUMA, THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT YOUR COUNCIL PERSON.
UM, I WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR EVENTS, AND I WANT THEM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT FARMERS DEBATE TO BE DISRUPTED BY, YOU KNOW, UM, A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, NOW THE FARMERS CAN'T ACTUALLY GO THERE AND SIT IN THE STANDS BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE THERE.
LIKE THAT'S WHAT, LIKE THIS IS PRESENTED, IS PREVENTING, IT'S NOT, UM, THIS ISN'T DRACONIAN ANTI-FREE SPEECH.
IT'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, USING THE FAIRGROUNDS CAN USE IT, UM, FOR WHAT THEY INTENDED WITHOUT HAVING TO BE, UM, HONESTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA SAY IT.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE WHOLE CONSENT CALENDAR, UM, AND LET'S MOVE ON, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SECOND THAT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BARNACLE AND A SECOND FROM GATOR THOMPSON, AND EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO SAY THEIR, UH, WISHES.
[9. Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance to Update Radar Enforceable Speed Limits on Frates Road and I Street within the City of Petaluma]
THAT TAKES US TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL ITEM NINE, WHICH IS NOW OUR, UH, NEXT THING ON THE DOCKET.UM, IT'S THE INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO UPDATE RADAR, ENFORCEABLE SPEED LIMITS ON FREIGHTS ROAD AND I STREET WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
AND TO HELP US OUT HERE, WE HAVE BJORN BERG.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT A HOPEFULLY QUICK AND RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEM, EXCUSE ME, TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO UPDATE OUR RADAR, ENFORCEABLE SPEED LIMITS ON SECTIONS OF FREIGHTS ROAD AND I STREET.
UM, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW SPEED LIMITS ARE SET, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENTIRELY, UH, OBVIOUS OR INTUITIVE.
SO, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO COLLECT AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY ON ALL ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS WITHIN THE CITY.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, OUR LAST CITYWIDE SURVEY WAS DONE IN 2020.
AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY REQUIRES,
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UH, HAVING CLEAR AND DRY CONDITIONS TRAFFIC, MOVING AT FREE, FREE FLOW SPEED.SO YOU AVOID THE PEAK HOURS WHEN THERE'S CONGESTION.
UH, YOU NEED TO GET RADAR, UH, SPEEDS ON 100 VEHICLES, AT LEAST 100 VEHICLES TRAVELING IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND SO ONCE YOU COMPILE ALL OF THAT DATA, YOU ROUND, UH, YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED.
SO THE VALUE, UH, IF YOU TOOK 100 SPEEDS, YOU WOULD LOOK FOR THE VALUE THAT IS PROCEEDED BY 84 DATA POINTS AND FOLLOWED BY, UH, 14 DATA POINTS.
AND, UM, SO YOU TAKE THAT SPEED, YOU CAN ROUND IT DOWN OR UP TO THE NEAREST FIVE MILE AN HOUR, UH, INTERVAL.
THE STAFF, UH, BASED ON ENGINEERING JUDGMENT, UM, IF IT'S BELOW THAT HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN FIVE MILE AN HOUR INTERVALS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ROUND DOWN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE.
SO SAY A SPEED COMES IN AT 42, YOU COULD ROUND DOWN TO 40, AND THEN ROUND DOWN AGAIN TO 35.
UM, AND THEN IN 2022, WE HAD, UH, SOME MAJOR CHANGES TO STATE, UH, THROUGH STATE LEGISLATION ASSEMBLY BILL 43 THAT, UH, REVISED GUIDANCE IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET.
SO THIS WAS AB 43, UM, THAT ENABLED US TO REDUCE SPEED LIMITS WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
IT ALLOWED US TO REDUCE, UH, SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS WITHIN 500 FEET OF SCHOOLS TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON, UM, WHAT THE STATE IS REFERRING TO AS, UH, DESIGNATED SAFETY CORRIDORS.
THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT CAN BE MET TO QUALIFY AS A SAFETY, UH, SAFETY CORRIDOR.
UH, EXAMPLES INCLUDE COLLISION HISTORY, UH, PROXIMITY TO MAJOR ACTIVITY, GENERATORS LIKE SCHOOLS OR PARKS, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, UM, SOMEWHAT AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION, BUT, UH, IT CANNOT EXCEED 20% OF OUR CITY STREET NETWORK.
SO THAT'S A BIGGER, UM, THE, THE, THE NOT ONLY DID THE GUIDANCE FOR THOSE, UH, IDENTIFYING THOSE SAFETY CORRIDORS LAG BEHIND THE OTHER TWO COMPONENTS OF AB 43, UM, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST A BIGGER UNDERTAKING, UH, ONE THAT WILL REALLY, UH, REQUIRE, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CITY STREETS.
SO, UH, WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL, UM, LATER THIS YEAR FOR, UH, FOR A, A BIG ROUND OF SPEED LIMIT UPDATES, UH, TO COMPLY WITH, UH, WITH THAT NEW LEGISLATION.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE DID PULL OUT TWO CORRIDORS, UH, THAT WERE PRIORITIZED DUE TO, UH, DUE LARGELY TO COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, AND, UH, AND, AND REQUESTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT REDUCING SPEEDS.
UH, SO THE FIRST BEFORE YOU IS FREIGHTS ROAD BETWEEN ELI BOULEVARD SOUTH AND LAKEVILLE HIGHWAY.
THE CURRENT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OUT THERE IS 40 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN WE SURVEYED THIS BACK IN 2020, OUR 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED WAS 43.
UM, SO WITH, WITH THAT SURVEY, THE LOWEST WE COULD GO WAS THE 40 MILE AN HOUR, UH, SPEED LIMIT.
IN, UH, IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE COLLECTED A NEW ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY AND GOT A NEW 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED OF 41 MILES AN HOUR.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THAT NOW ALLOWS US NOW TO ROUND DOWN TO 40 AND THEN ROUND DOWN AGAIN TO 35, WHICH WE RECOMMEND DUE TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL LAND USE AND BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND, AND REALLY WITH A LOT OF INPUT FROM, UH, FOLKS LIVING IN THE SOUTH GATE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR SECOND CORRIDOR THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT IS I STREET BETWEEN GLIA DRIVE, UH, OUT NEAR CITY LIMITS AND SUNNY SLOPE ROAD.
CURRENT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OUT THERE IS 35.
OUR LAST, UH, OUR 2020 SURVEY CAME IN AT 41.
UH, WE RECENTLY MADE SOME CHANGES OUT THERE TO ATTEMPT TO, UH, TO SLOW TRAFFIC.
UH, IT'S AN AREA KIND OF LIKE FREIGHTS WHERE IT'S A, A, A RURAL TO URBAN INTERFACE.
YOU GO FROM THE COUNTY SECTION OF I STREET TO THE CITY SECTION, UH, WITH VERY LITTLE, UM, UH, CHANGE IN THE, IN THE ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE LAND USE, UH, CONTEXT.
AND SO OUR GOAL HERE WAS TO SLOW TRAFFIC AS IT, UH, AS IT ENTERS AND LEAVES THE CITY, UH, FROM BETWEEN THE CITY AND THAT, THAT RURAL CONTEXT.
UM, SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE INSTALLED A BUNCH OF, UH, MEDIAN ISLANDS THAT, THAT REALLY REQUIRE DRIVERS TO, UH, AS THEY ENTER TOWN OR, OR DRIVE THROUGH THIS AREA, UH, REQUIRES THEM TO DO SO WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE CAUTION AND, UH, AWARENESS.
AND, UM, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS IN, IN THIS CHANGE AS FAR AS ITS ABILITY TO SLOW TRAFFIC.
SO OUR NEW 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED WHEN WE SURVEYED IT WAS SIX MILES AN HOUR LOWER THAN IT WAS BACK IN 2020.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS US NOW TO RECOMMEND A NEW POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MILES AN HOUR DOWN FROM 35.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS
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TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE RADAR ENFORCEABLE SPEED LIMITS ON FREIGHTS ROAD, AND I STREET CONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEYS AND APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE.AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, UM, I'M ACTUALLY CERTAIN THAT COUNCIL'S GONNA BE TYING QUESTIONS AND COMMENT ALL INTO ONE.
AND SO I THINK I'D LIKE TO A ASK THE CLERK, UH, TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS PERIOD AND, AND TELL US IF ANYONE ONLINE HAS, UH, MENTIONED ANYTHING.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
UM, AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A CARD YET.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? YES.
SO WE HAVE CHRISTINE WHITE TO SPEAK FIRST, AND I SEE NO OTHER CARDS COMING TOWARDS.
SO THIS IS OUR SPEAKER FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BJORN.
I KNOW WE MET, UH, BEFORE WITH, UH, RESIDENTS FROM WEST REGIONALS, WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS ON I STREET.
AND AT THAT MEETING, WE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT? AND YOU SAID THAT WOULDN'T HELP.
SO YOU PUT
AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOWER OUR SPEED LIMIT.
BUT MY QUESTION, I GUESS IS AT THIS POINT, THE SPEED LIMIT USED TO BE 40, IT WAS LOWERED TO 35, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WORKING.
SO WHY ARE YOU NOW RECOMMENDING TO GO AN ADDITIONAL FIVE DOWN WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE THE 85% WE'RE GOING 35, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, AND NOW YOU WANNA LOWER IT TO 30.
I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENT.
WHY, WHAT, WHAT'S THE NEED FOR THAT? SO I'LL FILL THIS OUT AND HAND IT.
AND WITH THAT, WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND, AND, UH, BRING IT UP TO THE COUNCIL.
AND I THINK I'LL TAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SAY, MR. G BEER, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPLY? PLEASE REPLY.
SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE 85TH PERCENTILE, UH, RULE, UM, IS, IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY OF SETTING SPEED LIMITS.
IT, IT TENDS TO FAVOR, UH, KIND OF THE HIGHER END OF THAT DISTRIBUTION OF SPEEDS, OBVIOUSLY, JUST BY ITS VERY NATURE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT DISTRIBUTION, UH, WE'RE REALLY NOT AT THE TOP OF THE BELL CURVE.
WE'RE KIND OF ON THE OUTER END WHERE, UH, THE FASTEST DRIVERS ARE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, REALLY INCONSISTENCY WITH, UH, NOT ONLY ENGINEERING, UH, JUDGMENT, BUT ALSO OUR, OUR CITY, UM, CITY POLICIES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, MOVE, UH, SPEED LIMITS AND STREET DESIGN SPEEDS DOWN CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE OF THAT BELL CURVE.
UM, WE'RE REALLY AIMING MORE FOR THE, FOR, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITHIN, UH, THE CONFINES OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE SLOWER SPEEDS WHEREVER WE CAN.
AND SO, UH, OUR PRACTICE GENERALLY IS TO, TO PUSH THE CBC, UM, AS FAR AS WE CAN WITH SLOWING SPEEDS.
AND, UM, AND, AND THAT'S NOT IN, UH, REALLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO, TO, TO WORSEN TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR TO PUNISH DRIVERS.
IT'S, IT'S TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON OUR STREETS.
IT'S TO REDUCE THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF COLLISIONS.
THE FASTER PEOPLE ARE GOING, NOT ONLY, UH, WILL COLLISIONS BE MORE FREQUENT, THEY WILL ALSO BE MORE SEVERE.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD REALLY KIND OF BE OUR, MY, MY OVERARCHING RESPONSE TO WHY WE'RE PUSHING THE C GENERALLY PUSHING THE CVC AND OUR ENFORCEABLE SPEED LIMITS AS LOW AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITHIN THAT GUIDANCE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
UM, AND ISN'T, DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IF, UM, YOU HIT SOMEBODY OR A BICYCLIST IF YOU'RE GOING 35 VERSUS, OR 40, 35 VERSUS 30 OR 25.
THE, UH, THERE'S A CHART THAT I'VE, WE'VE SHARED IN THE PAST, UM, THE EXPECTED SURVIVAL RATE WHEN A PEDESTRIAN IS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR IS 90%, AND THAT NUMBER REDUCES TO 10% AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE I'LL ADD TO IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH REDUCING SPEED LIMITS, YOU'RE REALLY NOT, AND SLOWING TRAFFIC, YOU'RE REALLY NOT ACTUALLY WORSENING TRAFFIC.
CONGESTION IS A FUNCTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT INTERSECTIONS, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MIDBLOCK OR FREE FLOWING AREAS.
UM, IF YOU TOOK, YOU KNOW, A TRIP ACROSS THE TOWN, UH, AT 20 MILES AN HOUR VERSUS 40, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY NEGLIGIBLE TIME DIFFERENCE.
IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN YOU'RE HITTING THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND INTERSECTIONS, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO START MAKING DIFFERENCE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, PRESENTATION.
UM, THE I STREET IS SO DIFFERENT FROM FREIDA.
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YOU CAN'T EVEN COMPARE 'EM.I STREET IS, UM, A VERY DARK CORRIDOR IN THE EVENING.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF LIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF OLDER, UM, TREE, UM, SHADING THE LIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE NEW MEDIANS SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF REFLECTOR OR EVEN FLASHING LIGHTS.
'CAUSE I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WILDLIFE ON I STREET.
REAL EARLY IN THE MORNING, YOU SEE THE DEER COMING ACROSS THE STREET, AND IN THE EVENING YOU SEE THE DEER, AND REAL LATE, IT'S THE FOG.
AND I'VE COME FROM FRIENDS' HOUSES AFTER DINNER, AND IT'S VERY DARK AND FOGGY, AND YOU REALLY WANNA SLOW DOWN.
BUT THOSE NEW MEDIANS REALLY NEED SOME REFLECTORS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BICYCLISTS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THAT STREET, EITHER RUNNERS WALKERS OR BICYCLISTS.
AND SO I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, FOR REDUCING THE SPEED IN THAT AREA.
FREIGHT FREIS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
IT IS THE MAIN TRUCK ROUTE FROM PETALUMA TO SONOMA GOING ON FREIS, IF YOU'RE SLOWING THE, THE VEHICLES DOWN, WILL THAT HELP THE RESIDENTS? IN SOUTHGATE, THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, UM, ABOUT THE RUMBLING OF THE TRUCKS GOING DOWN FREIGHT.
AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE ROAD CONDITIONS OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO FAST OR THE TYPE OF TRUCK.
I, I'M NOT AN EXPERT THERE, BUT THERE'S CRACKS IN THEIR FOUNDATION.
THERE'S SIDEWALKS, IT'S VERY, UM, DISRUPTIVE TO THE SOUTHGATE RESIDENTS LIVES.
SO CAN YOU HELP US ANSWER THOSE? YEAH.
SO, UM, YEAH, THE GOAL WITH, WITH THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT ON FREIGHTS, AND, AND THE REASON IT, UH, REALLY GOT THIS ATTENTION WAS, WAS LARGELY COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING IN SOUTHGATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THE, THE GOAL HERE IS, UM, UH, AND THE REASON WE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT IS TO, TO TRY TO, TO REDUCE THOSE SPEEDS LARGELY TO, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESONANCE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS I STREET, I WILL SAY THAT, SO THE STRIPING AND THE ROADWAY, UM, AND, UH, AND IT'S, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES REFLECTIVE MARKERS IN THE ROADWAY.
AND, UH, AND THOSE, THE SIGNS AND THE, UH, PLASTIC DELINEATORS ALL SHOULD HAVE REFLECTIVE ELEMENTS, BUT WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT REFLECTIVE TAPE HASN'T BEEN PEELED OFF, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT DOES HAPPEN.
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS, UM, LOOKS GOOD AND ASK IF THEY'VE BEEN HIT.
THEY GET THE BLACK SKID TIRE MARKS OVER THE TOP OF IT, AND THEN THEY'RE PEELING OFF.
AND WHEN THAT FOG IS SO LOW, UM, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE REFLECTOR TAPES WILL REALLY WORK THAT WELL, UM, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST, AND THAT'S, I KNOW, TO SLOW DOWN, BUT
I'M DRIVING WITH A SPECIAL CARGO.
I'LL, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS SUPER QUICK.
I JUST WANNA, UM, USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR STAFF'S WORK.
I THINK, UH, PARTICULARLY ON FRE, I, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT, A LOT OF, OF MEETING ON I STREET, BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH FREIGHT IS, UM, IT IS A TRUCK ROUTE.
IT, THERE THERE ARE MORE TRUCKS THAT TRAVEL ON THAT ROAD, UH, UH, IN A GIVEN DAY THAN, UH, ANY OTHER ROAD IN PETALUMA, UM, UH, EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS LAKEVILLE.
UM, AND THIS'LL MAKE A, THIS WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
SO, WHERE I THINK STAFF GOT THIS RIGHT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS REACHED OUT, UM, PEGGY AND A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF HER TEAM ALONG WITH CHIEF WENT OUT AND MET WITH RESIDENTS.
UH, AND THEY, WHAT'S WHAT'S UNUSUAL ABOUT THAT IS WHEN YOU'RE ON FREIGHTS AND YOU'RE DRIVING ON FREIGHTS, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A PROBLEM.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU GO AND YOU JUST STAND OFF ON KELLY RANCHERO AND YOU WATCH THE TRAFFIC GOING BY IS WHEN YOU REALLY RECOGNIZE HOW DISRUPTIVE IT IS.
AND, UH, AND SO, UH, AFTER STAFF MET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, WITHIN A WEEK, THEY'D ALREADY MADE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SIGNALS.
UH, AND NOW THIS IS COMING TO, UH, UM, HAVING THIS COME, COME, COME TO FRUITION.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I THINK IT'S A JOB ALL DONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY, UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, GORN.
I'M, I'M CURIOUS, AND THIS WAS SORT OF ASKED IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THE, THE MEDIANS, WAS THAT NOT ENOUGH TO REDUCE SPEEDS ON I STREET? NO, THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY
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WE TOOK A NEW SURVEY, WAS, UH, WAS TO SEE HOW WELL THE MEDIANS REDUCED THE SPEED.SO, UM, UH, YEAH, LIKE I MENTIONED, OUR PREVIOUS SURVEY IN 2020, UH, WAS 41 OR THE 85TH WAS 41, OUR NEW ONE WITH THE MEDIANS IN PLACE NOW 35.
SO THAT ALLOWS US TO SET A NEW, UH, LOWER ENFORCEABLE SPEED LIMIT OUT THERE.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE MEDIANS WAS TO GET EVEN A LITTLE BIT EXTRA OUT OF THE WHOLE THING TO FURTHER REDUCE IT TO A TOTAL OF 10 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, NO, THE, THE PREVIOUS POSTED SPEED LIMIT, THE CURRENT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS 35.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE ARE, LIKE I I DESCRIBED WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS, UH, RECOMMENDING LOWERING IT IN ADDITIONAL FIVE ROUNDING DOWN TO 30, JUST TO STAY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE, UH, CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, KIND OF PUSHING THE ENFORCEABLE SPEED LIMIT, UH, CLOSER TO THE AVERAGE SPEED RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE, THE TOP END, UH, SPEEDS.
AND, UM, I MEAN, WITH THE MEDIANS, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE FOR A WHILE, FOR A LOT OF REASONS I SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE MORE OBSTRUCTIONS YOU PUT IN THE ROAD, THE DANGEROUS, THE MORE DANGEROUS YOU, UM, OF A SITUATION YOU'RE CREATING.
AND SO, I MEAN, DO YOU SEE THE MEDIANS AS, YOU KNOW, IF A CAR AND A BIKE ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THOSE AT THE SAME TIME AND A CAR HAS TO DEVIATE AROUND THAT, IS THAT A MORE LIKELY SCENARIO FOR A CYCLIST RUNNER, ANYBODY TO GET STRUCK BECAUSE NOW THE CAR'S NOT GOING STRAIGHT? UH, NO, I, I WOULDN'T SAY SO NECESSARILY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S THE, THE INTENT BEHIND THAT DESIGN AND BEHIND ANY, ANY FEATURE YOU SEE ADDED TO A STREET, THAT INTRO INTRODUCES HORIZONTAL DELE.
THAT'S CALLED HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION.
WHEN YOU'RE BASICALLY MAKING DRIVERS MANEUVER SOMETHING AS OPPOSED TO VERTICAL DEFLECTION, WHICH WOULD BE SPEED BUMPS OR OF SOME SORT, UM, THE INTENT IS TO FORCE DRIVERS TO PAY ATTENTION.
AND WE KNOW IN THIS DAY AND AGE THAT DRIVERS ARE INCREASINGLY DISTRACTED.
UM, THEY ARE, UH, VEHICLES, UH, ARE, UH, FASTER AND, UH, BUILT WITH HIGHER HOODS.
UM, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF FACTORS THAT LEAD TO, UM, INCREASED COLLISION FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY.
AND SO WHEN WE INTRODUCE ELEMENTS LIKE THESE IN A ROADWAY, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE A CUE TO DRIVERS, HEY, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'LL NOT ONLY FORCE, UH, ENCOURAGE ATTENTIVE DRIVING, BUT IT'LL ALSO ENCOURAGE MORE CAUTIOUS AND SLOWER DRIVING.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE, THE SURVEY FROM THE PUBLIC AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO THIS, I, I REMEMBER WHEN THE MEETINGS WERE ADDED, IT WAS A, IT WAS JUST A VERY SIMPLE LETTER WITH A HANDFUL OF SIGNATURES, SOME JUST FIRST NAMES.
UM, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF MEASURES DID YOU TAKE TO NOW REDUCE IT ANOTHER FIVE MILES AN HOUR? WHAT KIND OF INPUT DID YOU SEEK? NONE.
IT, IT WAS, IT'S, SO THIS IS KIND OF A, I WOULD SAY THIS IS A STANDARD PRACTICE THAT WHEN YOU MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO A STREET, UM, GO OUT AND COLLECT A NEW ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC SURVEY, SEE WHAT THE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN, AND THEN EVALUATE WHETHER A NEW SPEED LIMIT IS APPROPRIATE.
UH, SO THIS IS AKIN TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IF WE WERE OUT, UH, AFTER, LIKE, AFTER A, A PAVING, MAJOR PAVING PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT INTRODUCES SOME NEW DESIGN TRAFFIC, CALMING DESIGN ELEMENTS.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD COLLECT A NEW SURVEY BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED.
AND SO WE CONSIDERED THESE CONDITIONS TO, UH, THESE CONDITIONS WARRANT A, UH, A OR IN OUR MINDS, UH, AT LEAST, UH, A NEW, UH, A RECOMMENDATION TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.
UM, SUPER EXCITED AND SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
JUST GONNA RECAP, UH, A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.
OUR LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN HAS FOUND THAT SPEEDING IS BY FAR AND AWAY THE BIGGEST, UM, ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD.
FORMER CHIEF SANO, UM, I'LL, I'LL QUOTE 'EM UNTIL I DIE, UM, SAID THAT, UH, DEATH AND INJURY FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON A, ON A GOOD YEAR IS TWO TO ONE, AND ON A BAD YEAR IS THREE TO ONE COMPARED TO VIOLENT CRIME.
SO THIS IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR CITY WITH THIS.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE DATA, IF YOU'RE HIT GOING 40, BUY A CAR, GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR, YOU HAVE AN 80% CHANCE OF DYING.
IF IT'S 30 MILES AN HOUR, YOU HAVE A 40% CHANCE OF DYING.
AND IF THE CAR'S ONLY GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR, YOU HAVE A 90% CHANCE OF LIVING.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE BY WHY WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS DOWN IS, UM, TO SAVE LIVES.
QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND SO, UM, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.
ALSO, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, LIKE, ALTHOUGH WACKY STUFF THAT BJORN DOES TO OUR ROADS, BUT LIKE, IT DOES WORK, RIGHT? LIKE WE'VE, WE REDUCED THE SPEED
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SIX MILES AN HOUR, UM, THAT HAS A NOTABLE IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIKELIHOOD OF LIVING IF THEY GET HIT ON THAT STREET, AND ANIMALS TOO DEER, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WILL GET HIT IN THE NIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO, UM, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR WORK, AS YOU KNOW, AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THE ITEM AGAIN.
WE HAVE A, UM, MOTION BY BARNACLE AND A SECOND BY CATER THOMPSON.
AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER REBS IS YET TO WEIGH IN.
JUST A, UM, THE SUPPORT AGAIN, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, UM, I'VE BIKED AND, AND, UM, DRIVEN ON BOTH THOSE ROADS AND, UH, WHEN THE CHICANES WENT IN ON I STREET, UH, I HAVE A PICKUP TRUCK, AND I TRIED TO GET THROUGH 'EM.
I REALLY DID HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, UH, CONSCIOUSLY.
SO ACTUALLY THAT MADE ME WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
AND SO I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT, AND, UH, GETTING THAT RESP AND THEN WE HAVE TO MATCH THE PHYSICAL WITH THE ACTUAL LIMITS.
SO, SO THAT'S ALL REALLY GOOD.
UM, COUNCILMAN NELL ALSO MENTIONED SOME THINGS ABOUT THAT.
I, I GO TO SONOMA, AND THEN FROM SONOMA, SOMETIMES I GO DOWN TO THE, THE PARK TO, TO SCHOENBERGER.
UM, I, I ALSO DO THAT ON MY BIKE.
SO, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT, IT'S FOR THE SPEED ON FREIGHTS, IT'S ESPECIALLY, THEY'RE COMING IN FROM SONOMA STOP SIGN, AND THEN THEY'RE REALLY HAULING DOWN TO LAKEVILLE.
SO THAT IS WORKS COMING FROM LAKEVILLE, NOT SO BAD PROBABLY, BUT COMING DOWN IN PROBABLY IT'S THE TRUCKS THAT ARE STILL SPEEDING.
AND THEN ALSO THEY HAVE A CURVE THEY HAVE TO NAVIGATE, AND THAT'S, AND THEY'RE THROTTLING DOWN.
THAT'S THE, THE BUMPING AND THE LOUD NOISES COMING IN FROM THEM THROTTLING DOWN.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE REITERATE A POINT THAT YOU MADE.
WE NEED TO REALLY SAY THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE CONGESTIONS FROM THE INTERSECTIONS, NOT FROM THE THOROUGH FARES.
UM, I'VE DONE A NUMBER OF CALCULATIONS LOOKING AT HOW MUCH TIME DO I SAVE OR LOSE BY GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR ON A FREEWAY VERSUS 60.
AND AT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN A, UH, UM, UH, ONE OF 5% DIFFERENCE, UM, UH, UH, ON THE HOUR BASIS.
AND IN, IN TOWN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, FOR A TRAVEL ACROSS TOWN, MAYBE IT'S 20 MINUTES.
SO YOU'RE ADDING ONE MINUTE BY SLOWING DOWN, AND A ONE MINUTE, NOBODY'S, I DON'T THINK I'M, I'M VERY EFFICIENT, BUT I'M NOT SO EFFICIENT THAT THAT ONE MINUTE MINUTE IS GONNA MATTER IN, UH, IN WHAT I DO AT THE END.
SO, UM, AND THERE IS THIS CULTURE THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, ABOUT, I'VE SEEN THE ANXIETY INCREASE.
I'VE SEEN THE SPEEDS NOW INCREASING A LITTLE BIT THERE.
SO WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN EVERYTHING ON EVERY ROAD, EVERYWHERE.
UM, IF WE'RE TO, UH, MAINTAIN, UM, A CIVILIZED APPROACH TO EVERYBODY AND CAR, CAR CULTURE NEEDS TO SETTLE DOWN AND GETS CALM.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT FULLY SUPPORT THIS AND, UM, DO MORE OF IT IN OTHER PLACES.
AND, UM, I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT I'M IN THOROUGH SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM AS ENTIRETY THAT YOU'RE, UM, UH, UM, LEADING US IN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IRONICALLY, UH, WE OPENED THE SOUTH BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT SOMETIME BACK, AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND SAID, IT'S TERRIBLE.
AND I THINK, YEAH, THAT'S THE POINT THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, UH, SIMILARLY, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU, UH, MODIFIED ORIGINAL DESIGNS ON I STREET, LISTENED TO THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND LOOKED AT THE, THE DATA THAT WE'RE A ACHIEVING OUT THERE.
BUT EVERYWHERE I GO IN TOWN, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SPEEDING.
THERE IS NO OTHER CONSENSUS ISSUE OTHER THAN SPEEDING.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS OR THAT, BUT EVERYBODY IS UNHAPPY.
AND YOU HAVE TO REALIZE IT'S NOT THEM SPEEDING.
AND SO WHEN YOU, UM, PUT IT INTO STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF ROADS WHERE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SPEEDWAY ANYMORE, AND WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION, I MEAN, MY GOD, IF YOU HIT A CONCRETE OBJECT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, UM, YOU'D HIT A DEER, YOU'D HIT A CHILD.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVE AN EMPATHY FOR SOMEBODY WHO HITS CONCRETE WHEN IT, INSTEAD OF THE CONCRETE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A KID THAT THEY HIT.
SO, UM, I FULLY SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND PASS IT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON.
JUST QUICKLY, UM, OFF, UH, CHIEF MILLER THE OTHER DAY, I BELIEVE THAT YOU SAID THAT, UM, PETALUMA HAS VERY LITTLE CRIME, VERY LITTLE, BUT SPEEDING IS THE BIGGER ISSUE, IS WHAT YOU STATED OR MADE A COMMENT AT THE AWARD CEREMONY.
AND THAT'S ONLY 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS DOING SPEEDING WORK.
UH, YEAH, WE CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A REALLY SAFE COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD ECHO THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMAN VARCO THAT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, FORMER CHIEF ANOS COMMENTS CONTINUE TO REIGN, UH, CONSISTENTLY TRUE.
WE SEE, CONTINUE TO SEE MORE FATALITIES AND DEATH IN OUR COMMUNITY AS RESULT OF, UH, TRAGIC VEHICLE COLLISIONS THAN WE DO FROM VIOLENT CRIME.
AND, AND I THINK WE ALL, UH, APPRECIATE, UM, THE, UM, EFFORTS, THE, UH, OFFICER, THE PD MAKE IN, UH, THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE SPEEDING IN TOWN AND ALL THE WORK THEY DO.
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UH, WHAT, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES AS WELL.AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND, UH, MAYBE HAVE A ROLL CALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO STAFF FOR BEING HERE.
[7. Housing Element Implementation Program: Adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance to Adopt a Zoning Text Amendment to Modify the City of Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance Section 4.030 –Zone Districts and Allowable Land Uses, Section 11.060 – Off-Street Parking and Loading Facilities, Section 24.050(A) – Administrative Procedures, and Section 28.020 – Glossary, and Including Modifications to the City of Petaluma SmartCode Section 3 - Building Function Standards, Section 4 – Urban Standards Table (Parking Requirements), and Section 9 – Glossary to Implement Program 7 of the City’s Sixth Cycle Housing Element Pertaining to Zoning Regulations for Residential Care Facilities]
HOUSING IMP, UM, ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM, THE ADOPTION.THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE CITY OF PETALUMA IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE FOR ZONE DISTRICT, ALLOWABLE LAND USES ALSO OFF USE PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES.
ALSO, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE SECTION 28 20, THE GLOSSARY OF THIS ITEM.
UM, AND, UH, THE PETALUMA CITY SMART CODE SECTION THREE BUILDING FUNCTION STANDARDS AS WELL.
SECTION FOUR, URBAN STANDARDS TABLE, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND SECTION NINE GLOSSARY TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM SEVEN OF THE CITY'S SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT PERTAINING TO ZONING REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY.
AND TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS, WE HAVE BRIAN O OUR, UH, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ANDREW TRIPLE, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, AND EMMANUEL SSU, OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
SO MS. MAYOR, YOU MAY PERMISSION TO WAIVE THE PRESENTATION, CONSIDERING WE JUST VOTED ON THIS ALREADY.
UH, LIKE I, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, AND, UM, IF WE HAVE A STRAW POLL THAT IS IN CONSENSUS OF THAT AND, AND, UM, UM, THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
UM, AND, UM, I, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE TO RESPECT THAT, UM, THE MEMBER WHO WISHES TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PRESENTATION NEED TO BE AS EXHAUSTIVE AS THE FIRST ONE, AS I'M SURE YOU HAVEN'T ABRIDGED FOR THIS ONE.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, A PRESENTATION.
IT'S LARGELY A, A REGURGITATION OF THE INITIAL, THE INTRODUCTION.
UM, SO I HAVE THE STAFF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AS A REMINDER, AS PART OF THE INTRODUCTION, WE DID NOT, UM, RECEIVE ANY DIRECTION TO, UH, COME BACK WITH ANY CHANGES.
UH, WHAT WE DID DO IN THIS STAFF REPORT WAS TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, CLARIFICATION, UH, AND PRESENTATION OF THE PARKING, THE PROPOSED PARKING STANDARDS, AS THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT HAD COME UP ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT RESIDENTIAL, UH, PARKING, UM, AND WHAT THIS CHANGE MAY, UM, MAKE ANY CHANGES WITH RESPECT TO PARKING.
SO THAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT.
IF THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.
AND I HAVE, UM, THE RELEVANT STAFF HERE READY TO GO.
OKAY, THAT'S THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO, UH, ANY COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE COMMENT AHEAD OF THE MEETING, AND I DO HAVE ONE CARD, BUT I CAN START A 32ND CLOCK.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD TONIGHT OF CHANTEL ROGERS.
SO I APOLOGIZE IF THIS IS ADDRESSED IN THE RENEWED PARKING THAT I, THAT I MISSED, BUT I DID WANNA SAY THAT I WENT TO THE SPIRIT LIVING COMMUNITY MEETING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT THE MENTOR CENTER PUT ON BY THE PROJECT DEVELOPER.
UM, AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE PARKING AND IF HE HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO DO A PARKING STUDY SINCE 29, SPACES SEEMED SO LOW FOR A BUILDING WITH 106 UNITS AND 30 EMPLOYEES.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE PARKING STUDY THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED FOR THE ENTIRE RIVERFRONT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED HIS, UH, PROJECT AND THAT THAT WAS HOW MANY THEY TOLD HIM HE HAD TO HAVE.
UH, THIS PROJECT WAS APPARENTLY NOT EVALUATED INDIVIDUALLY TO DETERMINE ADEQUATE PARKING SPACES.
IN ADDITION, SPIRIT LIVING INTENDS TO HAVE A FULL-TIME VAN AND DRIVER AVAILABLE TO SHUTTLE EMPLOYEES TO AND FROM THE SMART STATION AND TO DRIVE TENANTS AROUND.
THEIR HOPE IS THAT THE SERVICE WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR STAFF AND
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RESIDENTS TO PARK THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES ON THE PREMISES.SPIRIT LIVING IS ALSO IN THE FINAL APPROVAL STAGE FOR ITS PROPERTY BEING BUILT IN STRAWBERRY IN MARIN COUNTY.
IT'S A LARGER BUILDING SINCE IT'S OFFERING MORE ONSITE AMENITIES, BUT IT WILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER AND TYPE OF LIVING UNITS, 35 MEMORY CARE AND SEVEN 70 INDEPENDENT APARTMENTS.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A 72 SPACE UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE.
UM, AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED, THE CITY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE USING THE SPIRIT LIVING PROPOSAL AS A MODEL FOR NECESSARY PARKING FOR THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.
THE RIVERFRONT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT SITE IS UNUSUAL IN ITS UMBRELLA USE OF A PARKING STUDY, PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN AND THE SMART STATION, AND ITS ONSITE VAN AND DRIVER SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS.
IT WOULD NOT SEEM AN AVERAGE AND APPROPRIATE PROJECT ON WHICH TO BASE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL SIMILAR PROJECTS.
I BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD RECONSIDER USING THIS PROJECT TO ANTICIPATE PARKING NEEDS OF FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.
AND, UH, THAT CLO CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING, BRINGING IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, REBS.
UM, OKAY, SO PARKING WAS, WAS TAKEN CARE OF IN, UH, WRITTEN, UH, REPORTS.
UM, BUT I JUST TALKED TO A, A DESIGN PERSON AND, UM, JUST IT'S ON THE SIDE.
UH, THE ISSUE, IF WE WERE TO HAVE THIS, UM, THESE RESIDENCES EITHER IN, IN A CORRIDOR OR IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES.
WE, WE, WE WERE HOPING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO CONSTRUCTION ON VACANT LOTS SOMEWHERE THAT WE'D GET THIS DONE.
AND SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR EVERYWHERE IN TOWN, BUT IN THE PLACES ON CORRIDORS AND IN, UM, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, IS GIVEN THIS SITUATION THAT WE'RE APPLYING TO, UM, DO THEY HAVE TO MEET THE CURRENT DESIGN STANDARDS AND ARE WE MISSING DESIGN STANDARDS AROUND, UM, THE FRONT ENTRANCES AND WALKABILITY AND THE LIKE, SO THAT THE PEDESTRIANS, UH, HAVE ENOUGH, UH, VIEW OF, SO IT'S NOT JUST A DOORWAY WITH A LONG WALL.
UH, WE HAVE TREES THERE, UH, ON, ON THE PEDESTRIAN AREA, UM, TO WALK BY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PLEASANT.
DO WE HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT, THAT RUN THAT, LIKE, LIKE WE HAVE SOME OF THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN 50 FOOT.
DO WE NEED, UH, IS 50 FOOT GONNA BE, UH, SMALL ENOUGH FOR, FOR THE ENTRANCES AND THE LIKE, AND FOR SOLID WALLS? OR SHOULD WE, UM, IS, IS THAT PART OF THIS, OR ANYWAY, IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP HERE TO THINK ABOUT AS PART AS THIS GOES AS FAR AS OVERALL DESIGN STANDARDS? THANK YOU.
UH, EMMANUEL ERS PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
SO WE INCLUDE, UH, A REQUIREMENT THAT, UH, PROJECTS IN MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL ZONES, UH, COMPLY WITH THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS AS THEY PERTAIN TO, UH, GROUND FLOOR, STREET FRONTAGE, UH, INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC REALM, WITH, WITH THE, UH, STREET FRONT.
SO, UH, THAT IS DONE SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
SO THEN, UH, JUST GOING BACK TO WALKABILITY, UH, UH, FOLKS AND DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD THERE IN THE WEBINARS AND THINGS THAT WE WE'RE RECEIVING, CREATING MORE OF A WALKABILITY AND, UH, FOR PEDESTRIANS, UH, CURRENTLY OUR DESIGN STANDARDS ARE CRITICIZED BECAUSE WE'RE, UH, WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
SO, UM, IN OUR DESIGN STANDARDS CURRENTLY, DO YOU FEEL THAT COMFORTABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF SETTING, UM, THAT THE 50 FEET, UM, BETWEEN, UH, DIFFERENT DOORWAYS OR WINDOWS TYPE THINGS, IS, IS, DOES THAT GET A FUNCTION FOR THIS TYPE OF FACILITY? YEAH, SO THEY'RE BOTH, UH, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS OF, UH, CHAPTER SEVEN THAT APPLY.
UH, BUT ALSO WE DO HAVE, UH, THE DISCRETION THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW THAT WOULD APPLY TO THESE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMERCIAL AND, AND, UH, MIXED USE ZONE.
SO IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, OR ON APPEAL, THE CITY COUNCIL FELT THAT THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS DID NOT ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEIR INTENDED TO, UH, I THINK WE HAVE THROUGH THE, UH, DISCRETIONARY, UM, QUALITATIVE STANDARDS OF SITE PLAN ARCHITECTURE, WE REVIEW THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR, OR, OR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS, PROJECT ELEMENTS TO ADDRESS, UH, THOSE CONCERNS.
GUYS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GIVING A, A FREE REIGN OF FOLKS TO COME IN WITH ALL THIS FACILITIES, UH, THEY STILL HAVE TO APPLY ALL OF THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND WE HAVE WAYS OF, OF CONTROLLING WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
SO IT'S NOT A TOTAL FREE RANGE, JUST COME ON AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
JUST, JUST MAKING SURE I'M CLEAR ON THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER
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UM, I DON'T LIKE, UH, I DON'T LIKE SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR MIXED USE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN TO BECOME CARE FACILITIES.UM, LIKE, LIKE THE OLD, UH, ANY OF 'EM,
I MEAN, IT'S IN, IN KIND OF THE NAME OF, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING THINGS MORE FLEXIBLE AND EASIER.
WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF DILUTING OUR ZONING CODE BY DOING THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING LOTS OF ACTIONS LIKE THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE FIRST READING, I STILL DON'T, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THIS.
YEAH, AND I JUST POINT TO THE ENORMOUS NEED FOR HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY OF ALL TYPES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I'LL DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTING THIS AGAIN.
UM, I THINK, UH, TO THE POINT OF OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, VERONICA OLSON, THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED WAS PRETTY, UM, THOUGHTFULLY, UM, CONSTRUCTED AND I'D ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES THAT WE COULD MAKE TO OUR OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT INPUT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
APPRECIATE THAT INPUT ON AND ALL SECOND.
AND WE HAVE
AND, UM, IF WE'RE GOOD, THEN I'D LIKE A ROLL CALL VOTE AT THIS TIME.
MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY VOTING.
UM, SEE YOU ON THE NEXT HOUSING ISSUE,
[8. Introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance Amending Cross-Connection and Backflow Control Regulations Contained in Chapter 15.09 of the Petaluma Municipal Code]
US TO OUR, UH, FINAL ITEM OF THE NIGHT, ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS AN INTRODUCTION FIRST, UH, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CROSS CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 1509 OF THE PIAN MUNICIPAL CODE.UH, TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS, WE HAVE, UH, CHELSEA THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCES AND UTILITIES SITTING IN THE BACK.
AND, UH, DANA RERA LEADING, UH, FROM THE FRONT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY, UH, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF, UH, DE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCE AND UTILITIES.
AND THE ITEM YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE INTRODUCTION, UH, OF AN ORDINANCE BENDING CROSS CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 15.09 OF THE PETA MUNICIPAL CODE.
NOW, THIS IS RE, THIS IS NECESSARY DUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SEAT OF PETALUMA IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH NEW STATE, UH, REGULATIONS THAT HAVE COME, HAVE COME INTO PLAY.
UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION STARTING, UM, OFF THE NIGHT.
SO IT'S GONNA INTRODUCE OUR CROSS ION CONTROL PROGRAM AND THESE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATES.
SO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, UH, WE'RE REALLY GONNA KIND OF SEE, LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DEFINE WHAT THE CROSS CONDITION CONTROL PROGRAM IS, UM, SHOW SOME KEY ELEMENTS OF THAT PROGRAM, IDENTIFY SOME STATE WATER BOARD REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN PLAY.
UM, HIGHLIGHT THE PEDAL AND MUNICIPAL CODE REVISIONS, UH, SHOW YOU HOW WE ARE PREPARING TO, TO MEET THESE NEW RE REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, AND OUR NEXT STEPS, UH, WITH AND WHAT THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE IS, UM, GOING TO THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT IS A CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM? UH, IT'S A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS REQUIREMENT TO PROTECT THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FROM CONTAMINATION BY PREVENTING BACKFLOW FROM A CUSTOMER INTO THE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.
NOW THESE CAN CAN HAPPEN IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LOSS OF PRESSURE INTO THE PUBLIC SYSTEM, SAY LIKE A MAIN BREAK, YOU, YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE PRESSURE, IT FEEDS WATER INTO THE SYSTEM FROM CUSTOMERS, OR YOU ACTUALLY HAVE BACK PRESSURE, WHICH IS THE SITE HAS A PUMPING SYSTEM, SOME ELEVATED PRESSURE, WHICH PUSHES THEIR WATER INTO OUR SYSTEM.
HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR SYSTEMS? WELL, ESSENTIALLY IT'S A BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY.
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS, SO SOME KEY ELEMENTS TO THE CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM.
UM, SO IT'S A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE WATER BOARD.
UM, THE ADOPTION ESTABLISHES LEGAL AUTHORITY THROUGH OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
UH, IT REQUIRES A CITYWIDE HEIGHT HAZARD ASSESSMENT.
UH, THIS IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL HAZARDS THAT WILL REQUIRE PROTECTION.
IT DEFINES THE REQUIREMENTS OF BACK LOAD PREVENTION ELEMENTS TO MEET THESE STATE REGULATIONS.
UH, IT ENSURES THAT THE CITY HAS TRAINED PERSONNEL THROUGH CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN IT ALSO REQUIRES ANNUAL BACKFLOW TESTING AND RECORD KEEPING.
SO, SO HERE'S SOME OF THE, THE ESSENTIAL STATE WATER BOARD REQUIREMENTS.
SO THINGS WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED.
SO IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, WE SUBMITTED OUR, UH, CROSS COUNTRY CONTROL PROGRAM TO THE WATER BOARD.
UM, WE'VE UPDATED OUR CITY STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO MEET THOSE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT CAME FROM THE STATE.
SO ALL CITY STANDARDS FOR BACKFLOW, PREVENTERS, UH,
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THEY ALL, THEY ALREADY COMPLY.SO ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S BEING, UH, DONE MEETS THOSE NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF UPDATING OUR, OUR PE MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS ARE A SITE HAZARD ASSESSMENT.
IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS TO KIND OF GO THROUGH BASICALLY EVERY PARCEL WITHIN THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO ENSURE, ENSURE SITE COMPLIANCE WITH BA FLOW REQUIREMENTS, UM, IN, UH, IN WITHIN 10 YEARS, WHICH IS JULY OF 20 20 35.
UM, HERE'S SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE, FOR MUNICIPAL CODE REVISIONS.
AGAIN, MORE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THESE ARE MORE, UH, MORE DETAILED, UH, THESE CHANGES.
BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, THERE'S THE REMOVAL OF TITLE 17 LANGUAGE FROM THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND REPLACEMENT WITH THE CROSS COUNTRY CONTROL POLICY HANDBOOKS.
SO TITLE 17 WAS THE OLD CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, UH, THAT IS NO LONGER IN PLAY, AND THE WATER BOARD HAS NOW ADOPTED, UH, THE CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL POLICY HANDBOOK, WHICH WE'VE INSTALLED.
HOPEFULLY WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS, UM, IF WE MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR CITY'S CROSS CONNECT CONTROL PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ENFORCE THAT.
UM, SO THIS, UH, THE CODE INCLUDES NEW OR IMPROVED DEFINITIONS OF WATER SYSTEM AND CROSS CONNECT CONTROL, UH, CONTROL PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND INCLUDES NEW CROSS CONNECT CONTROL, UH, PROGRAM PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
UH, IT UPDATES SITE PREMISE AND BACKFLOW PREVENTER REQUIREMENTS, UH, TO MEET THOSE NEW STANDARDS.
UH, IT UPDATES BACKFLOW DEVICE TESTING REQUIREMENTS, AND ULTIMATELY IT INCORPORATES TITLE AND DEPARTMENT CHANGES THAT WE'VE UNDERGONE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UH, SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS JUST KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THE ACTUAL DEVICE IS.
UM, SO, AND THEN WHAT, WHAT THE NEW REGULATIONS ENTAIL.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE FIRE FLOW, UM, BACKFLOW PREVENTERS, THEY'RE DOUBLE DETECTOR CHECKS.
THEY GOT DOUBLE, UM, AND THEY'RE ABOVE GROUND.
SO WE HAVE IN THE CITY A LOT OF UNDERGROUND SINGLE CHECKS THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO BE UPDATED.
AND THEN ALSO THE NEW BACKFLOW YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM, THESE ARE RP REDUCED PRESSURE DEVICES THAT GO ON INTO OUR NEW, SAY SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL WHEN THEY HAVE SPRINKLERS INSTALLED IN THEIR HOMES.
UM, SO EXISTING STAFF HAVE COMPLETED REQUIRED SPECIALISTS AND TESTING AND CERTIFICATION.
UM, WE'RE ALSO REALLY EVALUATING THE STAFF NEEDS TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE DEADLINES THAT ARE PRESSING AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART TO MEET THOSE DEADLINES.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE CURRENT BACKFLOW SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZE.
WE HAVE A NEW BILLING SYSTEM, NEW GIS, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE WITH INCORPORATING THAT INFORMATION INTO OUR, OUR PROCESSES.
AND WE'RE ALSO ENGAGING IN CONSULTING SERVICES.
SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT ASSISTED US WITH OUR PROGRAM AND, AND UP, UP, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH SUBMITTAL TO THE STATE.
AND WE'RE ALSO HAVING A THIRD PARTY HELP US WITH OUR CITYWIDE SITE HAZARD ASSESSMENT.
SO THE NEXT STEPS, WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING NEXT IS THE CITYWIDE SITE HAZARD ASSESSMENT.
SO ESSENTIALLY ALL WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS, ALL 21,000 OF THEM, UH, REQUIRE A, A POTENTIAL, AN ASSESSMENT FOR TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HAZARD TO SEE IF IT'S GONNA NEED BACKFLOW, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT UNDER CONTRACT TO PERFORM THIS ASSESSMENT AND NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER, 2027.
UM, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, UH, WE HAVE CITY FACILITIES, WE HAVE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, INSTITUTIONAL.
THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT, UH, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT.
WE HAVE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS, BUT ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO EVALUATE EVERY SINGLE SITE.
SO WE DO HAVE SINGLE MULTIFAMILY RE RESIDENTIAL AS, AS, UH, THE LAST, UH, PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, OF THE SITE HAZARD ASSESSMENT.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLETING THIS BY 2027.
UH, THE SITE HAD IT ASSESSMENT, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK.
ONCE THAT'S ALL DONE, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF COMPOSE A REPORT, COME BACK TO YOU WITH THOSE RESULTS AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS GONNA BE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEM IS PROTECTED.
ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, LOOKING AT COMPLIANCE AND PHASES.
OUR SINGLE CHECK FIRE SYSTEMS ARE GONNA BE KIND OF THE MOST NECESSARY.
THEY'RE NOT TESTABLE, THEY'RE REALLY AT A RISK OF OUR SYSTEM.
UM, WE HAVE OUR CII, UM, AND COMPLIANCE BY 2030, BUT ULTIMATELY FULL COMPLIANCE BY 2035.
AND THIS LAST ONE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHY IT'S KIND OF NECESSARY.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL.
ON ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE WHAT NORMALLY EVERYBODY SEES, UH, W TEXTURE CHECK.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A SECTION, NEXT TO A SEWER MANHOLE.
WHAT IF YOU ACTUALLY UNCOVER THE GROUND? YOU SEE IT'S A MAZE, A NETWORK OF PIPES AND BACKFLOW AND CHECKS AND VALVES.
AND IT'S JUST THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, ARE ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND JUST, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS PROTECTED.
SO IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR DIS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FROM THE MAZA NETWORK OF PIPES, WE, WE HAVE BACKFLOW PREVENTION ON OUR JUST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE.
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COUNCIL MEMBER SCH SHRIMPS.I DO IRRIGATION WORK AND SO I UNDERSTAND, UM, BACKFLOW, UM, REQUIRED EVEN A LOT OF IRRIGATION STUFF.
UM, AND, UH, THIS IS REALLY, UM, THIS, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S TOTALLY NECESSARY, REQUIRED BY LAW.
WE NEEDED FOR SAFETY, PRETTY STANDARD STUFF THAT WE NEED TO JUST DO.
UH, WHY IS IT NEED EVEN COMING BEFORE US? IS IT BECAUSE OF BUDGET? THIS SHOULDN'T EVEN COME TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
YOU JUST DO IT 'CAUSE IT'S OSHA REQUIREMENT TYPE THING BECAUSE IT'S OUR ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
I THINK THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT FOR ANY SIDE OF, ANYTIME WE CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND READING.
JUST, JUST CHECKING AS WHY WE'RE HERE TO HEARING ABOUT THIS.
ANY OTHER, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, THAT'S ALL.
IF THAT'S ALL THIS IS, THEN, THEN GREAT.
WE JUST DO YOU NEED EXTRA MONEY IN A BUDGET TO DO THIS? WE WILL COME TO THAT, I THINK IN, IN A, IN A YEAR, IN A YEAR AND A HALF OR IN TWO YEARS IN DECEMBER.
UM, WE MAY NEED TO TACKLE THAT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S NECESSARY, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE THE CITY OF PET IS RESIDENTS ARE, ARE, ARE PROTECTED.
RIGHT? SO ONCE THAT SITE HAZARD ASSESSMENT'S DONE, WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT THAT ANIMAL LOOKS LIKE, HOW MANY SITES NEED TO BE PROTECTED, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL COME TO YOU WITH SOLUTIONS.
SO, UM, ONE THING, UM, WITH THIS, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE MOVING INTO IS NOT JUST TO THE PARKS AND THE COMMERCIAL THAT I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN, UH, THEY NEEDED THIS AND IRRIGATION CONNECTIONS WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING FERTILIZER IN RIGHT.
IN THE POTABLE LINE RIGHT AFTER OUR CONNECTION.
UM, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE MOVING INTO WITH THE FIRE SPRINKLER BUSINESS IS THAT WE WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS PERSONAL IMPACT TO, TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE MODERN FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. SO THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG INDIVIDUAL, I MEAN, MAYBE THE CITY BUDGET WE CAN ALWAYS FIND, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT ON THE CITY LEVEL, BUT I KNOW EVEN LESS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT, IT ON ESTABLISHED, UH, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
AND SO THAT WORRIES ME AND THE ASSESSMENT WILL TELL US THAT KIND OF PROBLEM.
MY QUESTION THOUGH, I AM REALLY HOPING THAT A RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN PIPE AND PLANT FOR WILL GET USED FOR, UM, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE HOA AREA AND WE'RE SERVING HOAS YET, BUT I THINK THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE PRIMARY EXPANSION EFFORTS.
BUT AT SOME POINT THERE'S GONNA BE EVEN DOWN TO MORE PERSONAL LEVELS AND THAT ALL OF THOSE, RIGHT, WE'LL NEED THIS KIND OF SETUP AND SYSTEM.
AND SO THERE'LL BE EVEN MORE PERSONAL IN ORDER TO GET OUR RECYCLE WATER WHERE WE WANT IT.
WE'LL BE NEEDING TO HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, THAT IN PLACE AND IMPACTING.
I, I THINK CHELSEA, UM, I THINK WE HAVE, WE'VE ADDRESSED A LITTLE BIT MAYBE IN OUR INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT, UH, MASTER PLAN MIGHT TALK ABOUT THE, THE USE OF RECYCLE WATER AND IN, IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON, ON THE WATER SYSTEMS. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THE, THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH THE SPRINKLERS, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSED IN THAT SITE.
HAZARD ASSESSMENT WAS IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD.
LIKE EVERY, EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, UH, IS, IS, IS UNDER, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A REGULATORY COMPLAINT WITH ALL THAT.
I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE THE, THE, THE MOST, UM, ECONOMICAL IN EVERY SENSE.
THE INSULATION'S BETTER, THE WATER CONSERVATION'S BETTER, THAT EVERYTHING'S BETTERS.
ALL OF US THAT BOUGHT A HOUSE YESTERDAY OR SOME LONG AGO THAT ARE GONNA HAVE, SEE THIS MORE COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY.
ANYONE? LET'S MOVE IT TO PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS AND I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY CARDS, BUT THIS IS THE MOMENT TO SUBMIT THEM AND NOT SEEING ANYONE STANDING AND, AND RUSHING TO THE PODIUM.
WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS OR A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I'LL ALSO SAY THAT, I MEAN, OUR WATER SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT.
AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T AS SEXY AS OTHER THINGS, BUT TO ME THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR RUNNING A COMMUNITY AND MAKING US SAFE.
THAT'S A, A MOTION FROM CATER THOMPSON.
AND WE ALL SUPPORT THE SECOND MOTION, WHICH IS THAT WATER IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND COMING? I'LL SECOND IT.
AND A SECOND FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW.
AND MAY WE HAVE OUR ROLL CALL VOTE BARNACLE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WANT TO NOTE THAT TONIGHT WE WILL BE ADJOURNING, UM, IN, IN HONOR OF JESSE JACKSON, UM, A GREAT CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR WHOLE NATION.