* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ALWAYS WHAT I WAIT FOR. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL AND THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 19TH OF 2026. AND AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, WE HAVE RECENTLY BEGUN ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM AND IN COMP THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW 7 0 7, WHICH WAS UPDATED PART OF THE BROWN ACT, CALIFORNIA'S OPEN MEETING LAW. SO IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND ARE JOINING US IN PERSON, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND DELIVER TO OUR CLERK WHO IS UP HERE IN THE FRONT. AND, UM, IF FOR THOSE OF YOU PARTICIPATING ON ZOOM OR BY TELEPHONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE WHEN THE ITEM IS CALLED. UH, PLEASE NOTICE THAT WE DO HAVE CONCURRENT TRANSLATION SERVICES AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND A VARIETY OF OTHER LANGUAGES TO ACCESS TRANSLATIONS, PLEASE, UH, CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE AGENDA, TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING. WITH THAT, LET'S HAVE OUR ROLL CALL FOR THE EVENING. BARNACLE PRESENT CATER THOMPSON. HERE. DI CARLY. HERE NOW. HERE QUINT. HERE SHRIVES HERE, MCDONALD HERE. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. LET'S ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL TO DIVIDE 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 NOW A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, [AGENDA CHANGES AND DELETIONS (TO CURRENT AGENDA ONLY)] WE CONFIRM THE AGENDA, AND I'M LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE TO SEE WHETHER ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISHES TO, UH, MODIFY THE AGENDA OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND NOT SEEING ANY. IT IS ADOPTED BY A CLAIM AS WRITTEN POSTED, [ El Día de los Muertos] AND WE START TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH PROCLAMATIONS. AND, UH, TONIGHT, UH, ONE OF OUR, MY FAVORITE PROCLAMATIONS IS FOR ELD DE LOS MARTOS. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, ABRAHAM SOLA IF YOU'RE HERE, OR GLORIA MCALLISTER AND NORA AND TIM WILKINS, JOHN JOHNSON AND MARGO GALLAGHER TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND, UH, UH, ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND TO, UM, MAKE REMARKS. SO, WHEREAS ELD DETO PETALUMA IS A MEMORIAL CELEBRATION FROM LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA, WHEN LOVED ONES WHO HAVE DIED ARE WELCOMED BACK AS HONORED GUESTS BETWEEN OCTOBER 31ST AND NOVEMBER 2ND. AND WHEREAS LD DE LOS MUTOS PETALUMA IS A NONPROFIT CROSS-CULTURAL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PLANNED CITYWIDE CELEBRATIONS OF ELD DE LOS MUTOS SINCE 2000. THANK YOU. IT'S 26 YEARS THIS YEAR. AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION OF ELD DE LOS MUTOS BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES IN PETALUMA AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO REMEMBER IN COMMUNITY THE LOVED ONES WHO HAVE DIED. AND WHEREAS BY HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE OF LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA, WE HONOR OUR SHARED HUMANITY. WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND ALL CULTURES AND ETHNIC GROUPS ARE FINDING PETALUMA CELEBRATION OF LD DES SMART, THOSE TO BE COMFORTING AND ENGAGING. AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE CELEBRATION OF LDA DE LOS MUTOS PETALUMA, THE COMMUNITY IS UNITED IN PROVIDING CULTURAL OFFERINGS CITYWIDE. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETALUMA, ALONG WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER ONE TO NOVEMBER 2ND, 2026, AS EL DETO PETALUMA 2026, IN RECOGNITION OF THE CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF LATIN AND SOUTH AMERICA, THE HUMAN NEED TO HONOR LOVED ONES WHO HAVE DIED, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS IN PETALUMA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR KEVIN MCDONALD AND OUR BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING WITH THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE, GRATITUDE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PROCLAMATION FOR DEAD THE DEAD. AND, AND YOU DID SAY IT, VERY WONDERFUL MAYOR KEVIN MCDONALD, WHAT THIS EVENT IS ABOUT. COME, COME AND HEAL WITH US IN COMMUNITY. UM, EVERYBODY'S INVITED. IT IS FREE. IT'S JUST TO CELEBRATE LIFE, OUR OWN AND OUR ANCESTORS. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF EVENTS [00:05:01] AND OPPORTUNITIES TO JUST REAL, REALLY APPRECIATE OUR ANCESTORS. THAT'S ALL IT'S ABOUT. AND COME TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION. IT'S GONNA BE IN DISPLAY AT THE LIBRARY MUSEUM LIBRARY HISTORICAL MUSEUM. MARGO'S GONNA SAY SOME, A QUICK WORDS . UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY'S INVITED. UM, WE HAVE ONE EVENT LEFT, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY. UM, FOUR O'CLOCK TO ABOUT NINE OR 10. IT'S A REALLY LARGE, UH, WE HAVE THE PROCESSION AND VENDORS AND THE MUSEUM IS JUST BEAUTIFUL. IT'S FILLED WITH ALTARS AND THERE'S ALSO ALTARS ALL THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, JOIN, JOIN US AND TREAT YOURSELF TO A BEAUTIFUL ART AND CULTURE. AND, AND WE DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU. AND THE PROCESSION, WE'LL START, UM, AT, WE GO TO GATHER AT SIX O'CLOCK AT THE AT ST. VINCENT'S PLAZA OUTSIDE AND START WALKING AT SIX 30. AND THEN WE JUST, UH, WALK ON KENTUCKY TO THE, UH, LIBRARY MUSEUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I HAVE ONE MORE. WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. AND I'LL BRING YOU THE SPANISH TOO, SO, OH, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. BYE EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. ALSO [ World Polio Day] TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE HERE WITH US, UM, PAMELA TOUGH REPRESENTING THE ROTARY CLUBS OF PETALUMA. AND, UM, THAT'S THE PET. THAT'S PETALUMA, PETALUMA VALLEY, AND PETALUMA SUNRISE FOR A PROCLAMATION ON WORLD POLIO DAY. SO PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANK YOU. IT READS, WHEREAS ROTARY IS A GLOBAL NETWORK OF 1.2 MILLION NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, LEADERS, AND PROBLEM SOLVERS WHO UNITE AND TAKE ACTION TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE IN, IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE. AND WHEREAS THE ROTARY MOTTO, SERVICE ABOVE SELF INSPIRES MEMBERS TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE, FOLLOW HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS, AND PROMOTE GOODWILL AND PEACE IN THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS ROTARY IN 8 19 85 LAUNCHED POLIO PLUS. AND IN 1988 HELPED ESTABLISH GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE, WHICH TODAY INCLUDES THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE US CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, UNICEF, THE GATES FOUNDATION, AND GAVI, THE VACCINE ALLIANCE TO IMMUNIZE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD AGAINST POLIO. WHEREAS POLIO CASES HAVE DROPPED BY 99.9% SINCE 1988, AND THE WORLD STANDS ON THE THRESHOLD OF ERADICATING THE DISEASE. AND WHEREAS TO DATE, ROTARY HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN $2.9 BILLION AND COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO PROTECT MORE THAN 3 BILLION CHILDREN IN 122 COUNTRIES, AND HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN DECISIONS BY DONOR GOVERNMENTS TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN $11 BILLION TO THE EFFORT. AND WHEREAS WORLD POLIO DAY OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 24TH SERVES AS A MONUMENT TO HONOR THE PROGRESS MADE, RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION OF HEALTH WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS, AND RENEW OUR COLLECTIVE RESOLVE TO FINISH THE JOB. AND WHEREAS PETALUMA VALLEY ROTARY IS CONTINUING THE TRADITION OF SERVICE BY SPONSORING THE POLIO TORCH RELAY IN PETALUMA ON OCTOBER 24TH, JOINING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND OBSERVING WORLD POLIO DAY, RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ERADICATE POLIO AND DEMONSTRATING PETALUMA'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. SO NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, KEVIN MCDONALD, MAYOR OF PETAL CITY OF PETALUMA, TOGETHER WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PETALUMA CITY COUNCIL DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 24TH, 2026 AS WORLD POLIO DAY IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND RECOGNIZE PETALUMA VALLEY ROTARY ROTARY CLUB OF PETALUMA AND THE PETALUMA SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB AND THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE POLIO TORCH RELAY FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND SUPPORT IN THE WORLDWIDE CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE POLIO AND ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND THE CONTINUING COMMITMENT NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE A POLIO FREE WORLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR KEVIN, AND COUNCIL AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. I THINK IT'S DEPUTY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I PERSONALLY JOINED ROTARY IN 1989 BECAUSE [00:10:01] OF POLIO. PLUS, I HAD A SISTER-IN-LAW WHO LIVED IN AN IRON LUNG FOR A YEAR, AND I HAVE GOOD FRIENDS WHO ARE DEALING WITH POST-POLIO SYNDROME. I'VE TRAVELED INTO AFRICA ON THE BEHALF OF ROTARY, WHERE THE RAVAGES OF WHAT POLIO DOES TO A YOUNG BODY CAN STILL BE SEEN AS YOU WALK DOWN A VILLAGE. DIRT ROAD ROTARY WILL SEE IT DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND WE WILL ERADICATE IT, BUT IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT GONE AND IT WON'T BE GONE UNTIL ALL WILD VIRUS POLIO O OCCURRENCES CEASE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DONATE TO THE POLIO PLUS FOUNDATION THROUGH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL OR GIVE TO YOUR LOCAL ROTARY CLUB, UM, WHO CAN TRANSFER YOUR MU YOUR DONATION TO ROTARY INTERNATIONAL. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP CELEBRATE THIS WEEKEND, THE TORCH IS ARRIVING FROM EUREKA AND WE WILL BE AT MIRACLE FIELD AT LUCCHESE PARK AT 10 O'CLOCK, AND WE WILL HAVE A SHORT WALK UP TO PRINCE PARK ALONG LYNCH CREEK, UH, WITH THE TORCH, UM, AND THEN RECOGNIZE THE PROCLAMATIONS FROM BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. AND, UM, A FEW POLIO SURVIVORS WILL BE THERE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MEET ONE WHO CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH THE RAVAGES OF POLIO, BUT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND HELP US CELEBRATE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE THREE ROTARY CLUBS, MIKE STALLER AND I FROM, UM, MIKE FROM THE PETA ROTARY CLUB OF PETALUMA, I KNEW I WOULD BLOW THAT. UM, AND THE OTHER TWO CLUBS, PETALUMA RUN, SUNRISE AND PETALUMA, UM, VALLEY CLUB BY CLUB. UM, WE THANK VERY MUCH THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO GO. THANK YOU. [ Presentation of the 2026 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence for the Petaluma Safe Routes to School Task Force] AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING. UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE NANCY, UH, HALL BENNETT, OUR REGIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIR MANAGERS OF THE NORTH BAY DIVISION OF LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, UH, TO THE DAAS TO HELP AWARD THE CITY'S SAFE STREET TEAM, THE PROJECT MANAGER, BJORN GRETTENBERG, SERGEANT MARIO OMI AND CHRISTINA PANZA OF SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TO RECEIVE THE 2026 HELEN PUTNAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE PETALUMA SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UM, TASK FORCE. SO GREAT WORK TEAM. NANCY, IT'S ON YOU THEN. THANK YOU. LET THEM COME ON UP. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT'S SUCH A DELIGHT TO BE HERE FOR THIS OCCASION. UM, I'M NANCY YAL BENNETT WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, AND I GET TO WORK WITH THE CITIES IN THE NORTH BAY DIVISION. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND INTRODUCTION. AND IT'S, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A VIDEO, SO NOW IT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO SHOW IT, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE MAYOR. PETALUMA LACKED A CONSISTENT WAY TO ADDRESS SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY CONCERNS. FAMILIES WANTED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL, BUT TRAFFIC SAFETY WAS A CONCERN. IN RESPONSE, THE CITY LAUNCHED THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE, BRINGING TOGETHER STAFF, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ASSESS CONDITIONS AT EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL. THIS CREATED SAFER SCHOOL ZONES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, A 230% INCREASE IN STUDENT BIKE RIDERSHIP, AND $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FUTURE SAFETY PROJECTS. BEFORE I PRESENT THE AWARD AND, UM, GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU WERE SO DESERVING, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS AWARD IS AND WHY IT WAS NAMED AS SUCH. UM, THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF HELEN PUTNAM. AS YOU KNOW, A LONGTIME PETALUMA LEADER WHO MADE HISTORY IN 1978. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HELEN PUTNAM WORE MANY HATS THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE WAS A MOTHER, A SCHOOL TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL, A MAYOR, AND A COUNTY SUPERVISOR. AND SHE BELIEVED THAT EXCELLENCE MEANT DOING YOUR VERY BEST IN SHARING THAT VERY BEST WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. IN 1982, CAL CITIES ESTABLISHED THIS AWARD IN HER HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF CITIES IN CALIFORNIA. TODAY, THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD RECOGNIZES JUST 12 CITIES EACH YEAR FOR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND EXCEPTIONAL WORK THAT IMPROVES THE LIVES OF [00:15:01] THEIR RESIDENTS. THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED OVER 160 APPLICANTS. THE WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED AT OUR CAL CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND WE WERE SO PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON CITY ATTORNEY DANLEY AND CITY MANAGER FLYNN. UM, IT WAS SUCH A DELIGHT TO HAVE YOU THERE TO SHARE AND THE JOY AND THE CELEBRATION IN FRONT OF REALLY OVER A THOUSAND ELECTED MEMBERS UP AND DOWN THE STATE AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF. UM, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING IT HOME AND CELEBRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT TO BE INVITED TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU. UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE, UM, IN WHICH, UH, THE AWARD WAS DESIGNATED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TEAM TASK FORCE. AND I KNOW WE HAVE MEMBERS HERE RIGHT NEXT TO ME, SO THANK YOU. UM, THE CITY, UH, BROUGHT TOGETHER THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SONOMA COUNTY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND PETALUMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT TO MAKE WALKING, BIKING, AND ENROLLING SCHOOLS SAFER. AND I KNOW THE VIDEO WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT. SINCE LAUNCHING THE TASK FORCE IN 2023, THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT WALK AUDITS, IDENTIFYING SAFETY CONCERNS. AND IN 2020 MARCH OF 2025, THE AUDITS, UH, WERE COMPLETED IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THE CITY TRANSLATED THAT INTO ACTION. THE RESULTS ARE ENCOURAGING. AND DURING BIKE TO SCHOOL IN 2024, PARTICIPATION SAW AN INCREASE OF 230%. THIS IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT ITS BEST LISTENING TO RESIDENTS WORKING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WITH, UM, COMPLIMENTING AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TO EVERYDAY CHALLENGES. AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LEADERSHIP TO YOUR COMMITMENT OF CREATING A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR PETALUMA STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUR PARTNERS AS WELL AS YOUR CITY STAFF. TWO, THE SAFE ROUTE SCHOOL TEAM MEMBERS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM HERE. BJORN BERG. THANK YOU, . SERGEANT MARIO OMI. HI. AND CHRISTINA PONZA. HI. AND A FEW OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. UM, AND TO ALL OF YOU, TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, TO YOU ALL, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD BRINGING THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD HOME TO PETALUMA IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. UM, I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. I AM VERY EAGER AND EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO THE TASK FORCE, AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER KATE OR THOMAS WILL RECEIVE IT ONE MORE TIME THIS TIME IN FRONT OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO, SUCH A DELIGHT TO BE HERE. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE COUNCIL FOR ASKING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK THEY WANTED TO DO A PHOTO WITH THE COUNTS OFF . THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE YOU'RE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU GET A LITTLE TIGHTER. SORRY. I THANK YOU. AND SINCE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE EIGHTIES, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL TO WIN THAT, AND I SURE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT. SO THAT MOVES US ON [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. AND, UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTERESTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS [00:20:01] WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES WITH EQUAL TIME ALLOCATED TO IN-PERSON AND REMOTE COMMENTERS. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 COMMENTERS, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AFTER THE LAST BUSINESS ITEM. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CITY CLERK TO TELL US IF WE'VE RECEIVED COMMENTS AHEAD OF MEETING. YES. UM, I WILL AT THIS TIME, I WILL START A 32ND CLOCK FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING ONLINE SHOULD RAISE THEIR VIRTUAL HAND, AND THOSE ATTENDING VIA PHONE SHOULD PRESS STAR NINE TO RAISE THEIR HAND. SPEAKER REQUEST RECEIVED AFTER THIS 30 SECONDS MAY NOT BE ACCOMMODATED. UH, WE DID RECEIVE NINE COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING, AND THOSE ARE POSTED ONLINE. AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE SEVEN FOLKS JOINING US VIA ZOOM. THANK YOU. WE HAVE, UM, 15 CARDS TURNED IN TONIGHT, AND, UH, WE HAVE NO HANDS ON ZOOM. CAN I GET CONFIRMATION? WE HAVE NO HANDS ON ZOOM, CORRECT? NO RAISED HANDS. OKAY. AND, UH, SO, UM, THAT'S ON THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN A MINUTE AND 90 SECONDS. SO I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO SET THE CLOCK AT 90 SECONDS TONIGHT. AND, UM, I'LL START WITH AMY TAYLOR TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRIS PARKER. GOOD EVENING. WHAT'S THE SECRET TO KEEPING THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY? HMM. WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU GET RESULTS WHEN YOU BARK AT PEOPLE, I HEAR THAT A LOT OF BARKING. HEY, FRONT ROW MARK KIMBERLY. IF YOU BARK AT PEOPLE, YOU GET NEGATIVE RESULTS. IF YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU GET GREAT RESULTS. LET'S GET GREAT RESULTS. KEEP COMING BACK TO PETALUMA. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE THE WORDS OF THE SITTING MAYOR KEVIN MCDONALD, WHO CHOSE TO CALL OUT MARK KIMBERLY AT THE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN FRONT OF 2000 PEOPLE. YOU CALLED HIM OUT. DO YOU KNOW WHY HE COMES HERE? DO YOU KNOW WHY HE COMES HERE AND STANDS HERE TIME AFTER TIME BECAUSE NORTH BAY ANIMAL SERVICES KILLED HIS CAT. HE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN. IT'S HORRIFYING. YOU ARE THE SITTING MAYOR AND YEAH, EVERYBODY HERE CHEERING YOU AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S GREAT. WE DON'T FEEL HEARD. WE HAVEN'T FIELD HEARD FOR A LONG TIME. SAIL HAS STOOD UP HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. IT'S LIKE TALKING TO THE BACK OF THE WALL. SO NOW WE'RE, NOW WE'RE LABELED AS WE'RE BARKING. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST HORRIFYING ACTUALLY TO DO THAT IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF MARK. HE'S A GOOD STANDUP MAN AND HE STANDS HERE AND FIGHTS FOR THE JUSTICE OF ANIMALS. THANK YOU CHRIS PARKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY MARIE KUNIO, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. YOUNGSTOWN RESIDENTS RECENTLY LEARNED AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE NEW OWNER OF 11 MICHAEL DRIVE, THAT ANOTHER MOBILE HOME PURCHASE HAD TAKEN PLACE AS ALL AGE INVOLVING YOUNGSTOWN AND ITS OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT. THE HOME PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE PARK AND RENTED TO A RESIDENT, REPORTEDLY SOLD FOR JUST $84,000. EVEN AS COMPARABLE HOMES IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN LISTED AND SOLD FOR MORE THAN $50,000 AMONG THAT ABOVE THAT AMOUNT. IN ADDITION, THE GROUND RENT IS $1,900 A MONTH. WE'VE ALSO SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE LITTLEWOODS RELOCATION REPORT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS AGO. THE PARK OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE FULL 172 PAGE REPORT DIRECTLY TO EVERY LITTLE WOODS RESIDENT. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, RESIDENTS WITNESSED THE LITTLE WOODS MANAGER PLACING COPIES OF THE REPORT INTO RESIDENCE US POSTAL SERVICE MAILBOXES. THIS RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER PROPER MAILING [00:25:01] PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AS ACCESS TO MAILBOXES IN RESTRICTED AUTHOR IS RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS. WE BELIEVE THIS MATTER WARRANTS CLARIFICATION. EQUALLY TROUBLING IS THE WAY THE REPORTS WERE DISTRIBUTED. THANK YOU MARIE KUNIO TO BE FOLLOWED BY TIM PORTUS. THANK, GOOD EVENING. HAVE A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES. HANG IN THERE . EQUALLY TROUBLING IS THE WAY THE REPORT WAS DISTRIBUTED. THE DOCUMENT WAS REDUCED TO TWO PAGES PER SHEET, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO READ. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS PROVIDED IN ENGLISH RATHER THAN IN SPANISH. DESPITE SPANISH BEING THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY APPROXIMATELY 90% OF LITTLEWOODS RESIDENTS. A REPORT OF THIS IMPORTANCE MUST BE ACCESSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE HOMES AND FUTURES ARE AT STAKE. LITTLEWOODS RESIDENTS ARE NOW FACING SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT PROCEEDINGS. THE ANTICIPATED PUBLIC MEETING IN DECEMBER CONCERNING THE RELOCATION REPORT AND POTENTIAL PARK CLOSURE AND APPEAL THIS WEEK, INVOLVING A SECOND ARBITRATION THAT RESULTED IN A ZERO AWARD AND A FOURTH ARBITRATION SCHEDULED FOR EARLY NOVEMBER. WE ASKED THE CITY TO CONSIDER THE BROADER RECORD ACROSS SIX ARBITRATIONS INVOLVING LITTLE WOODS AND CAPRI OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. RESIDENTS REPORT THAT NONE RESULTED IN AN AWARD INCREASING RENT BEYOND THE AMOUNTS ALREADY PERMITTED UNDER RENT STABILIZATION. IN ADDITION, MULTIPLE RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED 90 DAY RENT, INCREASED NOTICES THAT APPEAR TO EXCEED THE ALLOWABLE INCREASE FOR 2027. THESE NOTICES REPORTEDLY SEEK INCREASES OF MORE THAN 5.4%, EVEN THE, EVEN THOUGH THE APPLICABLE ALLOWABLE INCREASE IS 2.7%. THANK YOU TIM PORTUS TO BE FOLLOWED BY. OKAY, JODY JOHNSON. THESE NOTICES RAISE CONCERNS THAT PARK OWNERS MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO IMPOSE INCREASES BASED ON LONG-TERM LEASES. DESPITE THE PROTECTIONS RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND TO BE IN EFFECT. CALIFORNIA LAW, INCLUDING AB 27 82, IS CENTRAL TO THESE PROTECTIONS. THERE IS ALSO GROWING CONCERN ABOUT MISINFORMATION CONCERNING MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS AND THEIR ADVOCATES, AS WELL AS REPORTS OF EVICTION THREATS AGAINST RESIDENTS WHO SPEAK OUT IN DEFENSE OF THEIR RIGHTS. RESIDENTS SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO FEAR RETALIATION FOR PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC DIALOGUE, OR ADVOCATING FOR LAWFUL PROTECTIONS. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE RECORDS MAINTAINED BY PARK MANAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL SPACES MAY BE USED OR CHARACTERIZED. THESE RECORDS MUST BE HANDLED RESPONSIBLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA MOBILE HOME RESIDENCY LAW, THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT, WHERE APPLICABLE AND OTHER RELEVANT LEGAL PROTECTIONS. RESIDENTS DESERVE ACCURATE INFORMATION, FAIR TREATMENT, AND RESPECT FOR THEIR PRIVACY. WE BRING THESE CONCERNS BEFORE YOU PUBLICLY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WELCOME THE VERIFICATION OF ALL OF OUR FACTS, THE EXAMINATION OF RELEVANT RECORDS, AND AN HONEST DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES. WE DO NOT SHY AWAY FROM SCRUTINY. WE WELCOME IT. OVER THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS ON MOBILE HOME PARK AMENDMENTS, SENIOR PARK OVERLAY AND RELATED RESOLUTIONS HAVE RECEIVED UNANIMOUS CITY COUNCIL VOTES FOLLOWING REVIEW, RESEARCH AND THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION. THANK YOU JODY JOHNSON, TO BE FOLLOWED BY TOM CHAMBERLAIN. THESE VOTES REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE ISSUES AND THE CITY'S WILLINGNESS TO WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS WHOSE VOICES MIGHT OTHERWISE GO UNHEARD. WE ARE PROUD TO LIVE IN PETALUMA. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS REPEATEDLY TAKEN THE TIME TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. WE RECOGNIZE THIS WORK HAS REQUIRED COUNTLESS HOURS OF CITY STAFF TIME, EXTENSIVE LEGAL REVIEW, AND THE DIFFICULT CONSIDERATION OF COMPLEX AND SOMETIMES VERY CONTENTIOUS ISSUES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE EFFORTS CARRY A REAL COST IN TIME AND RESOURCES, BUT PROTECTING RESIDENTS, UPHOLDING THE LAW AND ENSURING FAIRNESS ARE NOT BURDENS TO BE DISMISSED. AND YOU HAVE NEVER DISMISSED THAT THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE COMMEND THE MAYOR. WE COMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WEALTH, INFLUENCE, AND MISINFORMATION DO NOT DETERMINE WHOSE VOICE IS HEARD OR WHOSE RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED. EVERY RESIDENT OF PETALUMA DESERVES DIGNITY, FAIRNESS, AND A MEANINGFUL VOICE AND DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR HOME, THEIR SECURITY, AND THEIR FUTURE. WE THANK YOU PETALUMA MOBILE [00:30:01] RESIDENTS. THANK YOU TOM CHAMBERLAIN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DEBRA MET ONCE AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, MY ONE MINUTE TALK TONIGHT. AND OVERARCHING CONCERN OF MINE OVERSIGHT, AND IT SHOULD BE OF VIEWERS TOO AT ALL. I CANNOT FIND THIS JOB DESCRIPTION CLIENT PER SE IN THE CITY CHARTER. IT IS UNDERSTOOD, AT LEAST BY THIS PETALUMA VOTER THAT THIS IS A ROLE YOU WERE ELECTED TO PERFORM OVERSIGHT. ONE ELEMENT INVOLVES QUESTIONING. I AM ALARMED IF THE RECENT ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE AUGUST IS TRUE THAT SOME OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL ARE DISTURBED ABOUT QUESTIONING THE CITY IN A PUBLIC FORUM SUCH AS THIS COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN SHRIVES. I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF HERE, BUT KEEP ASKING THOSE NEEDED QUESTIONS. MUCH APPRECIATED AND I WILL KEEP COMING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, ASKING QUESTIONS, RAISING RESIDENT CONCERNS AND PROVIDING, ALBEIT LIMITED THESE ONE MINUTE SPEECHES, SOME OF THIS NEEDED OVERSIGHT. AND ON UPBEAT NOTE, THANK YOU ALL, I ALL I MUCH APPRECIATE THE AWARD THAT THE CITY WON AND, AND YOUR WORK BEHIND THAT AWARD. THANK YOU DEBORAH ER, TO BE FOLLOWED BY DAVE WALDEN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DEBRA CHERI AND I'M A NOVATO STUDENT, UH, NOVATO RESIDENT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I GO HAVE BEEN TO THE, UH, PETALUMA SPEEDWAY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO EVERY EVENT EXCEPT THE MONSTER ONES 'CAUSE I DON'T CARE FOR THAT. BUT, UM, I LOVE PETALUMA SPEEDWAY AND I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE EXTENDED FOR FIVE YEARS, UH, AS IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED. AND I CAME TO KNOW PETALUMA BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDWAY. AND SO I LOVE TO COME DOWNTOWN. I LOVE TO GO TO THE RESTAURANTS AND I JUST LOVE PETALUMA ALTOGETHER. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE BECAUSE RACING IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU DAVE ALDEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY DANTE DIEGO. GOOD EVENING. I'M, UH, DAVE ALDEN WITH URBAN CHAT. I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU BEFORE ABOUT AN UPCOMING VISIT NOW ONLY A WEEK AWAY BY HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECT AND AUTHOR KARA ANTE. PERHAPS YOU'VE ALREADY BOUGHT A TICKET TO JOIN US IN THE POLY CLASS THEATER NEXT MONDAY WHERE HE'LL TALK ABOUT HIS BOOK GOING FOR ZERO. NOW I HAVE A BIG UPDATE. CARL HAS AGREED TO TAKE TWO WALKS WITH US DURING HIS TIME IN PETALUMA, ONE DOWNTOWN AND ONE THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. THESE WILL BE GREAT ADDITIONS TO HIS VISIT AND WILL BE OPEN TO EVERYONE WITH A TICKET TO THE TALK. EARLIER TODAY, I CAME ACROSS A SENTENCE IN THE BOOK THAT REALLY SPOKE TO ME. THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN TO HELP ARCHITECTS RECOGNIZE THE UNCONSCIOUS BIASES OF OUR BRIEF ENERGY GLU ENERGY GLUTTED MODERN ERA, AND TO RECONNECT WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES THAT AVOID, RATHER THAN REPEAT MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT URBAN LIVABILITY AND ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING OUR TOWN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PERSON WHO WROTE THOSE WORDS AND THEN LISTENING THAT EVENING AS HE SHARES HIS HIS IMPRESSIONS WITH US. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER, UH, COMING EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE, URBAN CHAT.ORG. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU DANTE DIEGO TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA YONKERS. GOOD EVENING. I CAME TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR AN EXTENDED CONTRACT FOR PEDAL THE SPEEDWAY. FIVE YEARS SHOULD BE THE BARE MINIMUM FOR RICK WITH THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. I PRESUME THAT THE FOOTPRINT THAT THE SPEEDWAY HAS ACCESS TO WOULD BE REDUCED. AND I SURELY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS, AS COUNSEL WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND ACCOMMODATE. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE HOW INAPPROPRIATE I FELT YOUR SPEECH WAS, MR. MAYOR, NOT ONLY DID YOU SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT A CITIZEN PERSONALLY IN FRONT OF A PACKED HOUSE, BUT YOU ALSO, IRONICALLY, ESSENTIALLY TOLD THE ENTIRE SPEEDWAY THAT IN ORDER TO SAVE IT, WE NEEDED TO SPEAK NICELY TO YOU. AFTER READING THE EMAILS THAT SEVERAL OF YOU SENT TO RICK, IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE THE KING IN THIS TOWN, BUT YOU'RE NOT. AND I THINK IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT YOU WOULD ADDRESS YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE WAY YOU DID. AS MANY OF YOU, SEVERAL OF YOU ARE EAGER TO EMAIL RICK, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD SEND HIM AN EMAIL USING YOUR CITY OWNED EMAIL. AGAIN, APOLOGIZING TO EVERY ONE OF THE PATRONS WHO ATTENDED YOUR SPEECH. I THINK YOU OWE MARK AN APOLOGY AS WELL. ONE LAST THOUGHT, MAYBE THE BARKING YOU WERE HEARING WAS FROM THE ANIMALS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES UNDERNEATH YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU, CHRISTINA YOKER TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHANTEL ROGERS. NO, GOOD EVENING. [00:35:02] SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS AT MY CHURCH AND THEY WERE BRINGING UP THE TOPIC OF HUMAN RIGHTS. SO IT WAS REALLY TERRIFIC BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. SO THEY WERE GIVING THESE THINGS OUT FOR DISTRIBUTION. SO I BROUGHT A BUNCH OF THEM TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND I'LL LEAVE THEM WITH THE CLERK. UM, THERE'S ONE ON THE, UH, HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THIS ONE IS WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS MYSELF, THIS IS NUMBER 22, SOCIAL SECURITY. WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MEDICINE, EDUCATION, AND CHILDCARE. ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON AND MEDICAL HELP IF WE ARE ILL OR OLD. AND ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THESE REALLY SPOKE TO ME, AND I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT SUCH A THING EXISTED, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DO THAT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 1948. BUT TODAY I'M FROM LITTLE, I MEAN WITH LITTLE WOODS AND YOUNGSTOWN AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUYING OFF OUR PARKS AND CHARGING OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR GROUND RENT ARE CLEARLY NOT FOR THIS CONCEPT BECAUSE WITHIN HUMAN RIGHTS, YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE THE WAY OF LIVING WITH DIGNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHANTEL ROGERS TO BE FOLLOWED BY GARY DEAVER. GOOD EVENING. UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR GIVING US A MINUTE AND A HALF INSTEAD OF A MINUTE. IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED. EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING HELPS. UM, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT ABOUT THIS PETALUMA FLOOD RESILIENCY PAMPHLET THAT WE FLYER THAT WE GOT. AND I LOVE IT WHEN THEY COME IN THE, UM, UH, WATER BILLS OR SOME OTHER WAY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MIX IT IN WITH SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY COMING OUT. AND SOMEBODY ON NEXTDOOR WAS LIKE, ISN'T THIS GREAT? UM, AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE SAID, WELL, NOT ALL THE QR CODES WORK. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT SEEMS UNLIKELY. THERE'S ONLY FOUR AND ONE OF 'EM GOES TO FEMA. UM, BUT SURE ENOUGH, ONE OF THESE QR CODES DOESN'T WORK. AND, UM, AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN MEXICAN ON THAT IN SPANISH ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S IN SPANISH. NOPE, DOESN'T WORK. DOESN'T WORK. THERE GOES TO ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S INACCESSIBLE OR WHATEVER. UM, SO I THOUGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA SEC CHECK OUT THE REST OF THESE SPANISH LANGUAGE, SCAN 'EM, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WELL, YOU SCAN THE MEXICANS SPANISH LANGUAGE QR CODES, AND THEY GO TO THE ENGLISH, UM, PETALUMA WEBSITE. AND SO HOW'S THAT SUPPOSED TO WORK? UM, THERE'S NO BUTTON THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, TRANSLATE. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS WITH THE FEMA, YOU GO TO THE FEMA, UM, SCAN AND, UH, AND THERE'S A LANGUAGE BUTTON AND YOU SWITCH IT OUT THERE. BUT, UM, BUT SPANISH SPEAKERS IN PETALUMA ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE PETALUMA WEBSITE AND READ IT IN ENGLISH. HMM. THANK YOU GARY. UH, DEAVER TO BE FOLLOWED BY, UH, CHRISTINA BOER, MAHLER, MAYOR MCDOUGALL AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. I WANT CAME HERE TONIGHT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH, I FOLLOW CITY GOVERNMENT CLOSELY HERE. I'M A RELATIVE NEWCOMER, BUT FOR 10 YEARS I WAS INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT IN MY HOMETOWN, AND I KNOW WHAT A WELL-RUN CITY LOOKS LIKE, WHAT GOOD IDEAS LOOK LIKE, WHAT, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE THINGS THAT MAKE A CITY HEALTHY. AND THIS IS DEMONSTRATED BY THE DECISIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL MAKES. I KNOW THE COMMITMENT IT TAKES TO SERVE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A VOLUNTEER POSITION. YOUR FAMILIES GIVE UP YOU, UH, TO BELIEVE TONIGHT AND COME TO THIS MEETING. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I WANNA BE A COUNTERBALANCED TO ALL THE NEGATIVITY THAT I SEE ON, ON THE INTERNET. UH, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT, UH, PETALUMA IS WELL RUN AS IT IS IF YOU ONLY READ THAT. AND I THINK I REPRESENT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. IN FACT, THE MAJORITY OF PETALUMA THAT THINK YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU, MR. CARTER, PASS ALONG TO, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER FLYNN. WHAT A GOOD JOB THAT I THINK, UH, SHE'S DONE WITH THE PERSONNEL THAT I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. AND THESE DAYS WHEN PUBLIC SERVANTS IS NOT HELD IN SUCH HIGH ESTEEM AND TO ATTRACT GOOD EMPLOYEES AS THE CITY SEEMS TO HAVE DONE, I'M IMPRESSED WITH THAT. I HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH PUBLIC [00:40:01] WORKS IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOUR SERVICE, ALL OF YOU. UM, CHRISTINA BOY, UM, BOYAN MOELLER, UM, IT'S CHRISTINA BOYEN MOELLER. UM, SO I'LL JUST BE VERY BRIEF. I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A HARASSMENT FOR, UM, A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS NOW WITH MY NEIGHBOR. UM, I'M JUST COMING TO YOU GUYS NOW. I'VE LITERALLY GONE EVERYWHERE FOR HELP. GONE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'VE GONE TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY. I'VE GONE TO LEGAL AID. I'VE GONE TO THE SMART TEAM. I'VE GONE TO PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES, THE YWC. I'VE GONE LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. I CAN'T SEEM TO GET HELP. UM, AND SO NOW I'M SPEAKING OUT TO YOU GUYS. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS HANDLE IT FROM HERE, WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO. UM, BUT IT'S GONE ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DETAIL I CAN GO INTO WITH EVERYONE HERE, BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANNA REACH OUT. BUT I, I CAN'T LET IT GO ON ANYMORE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU'VE BEEN TO THE POLICE AND I'M SURE THEY'LL BE ADVISING US ON AND HOW TO MAKE REPLY TO YOU. AND THANK YOU. CHRISTINA WHITE TO BE FOLLOWED BY JOE CHAPMAN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JUST QUICK, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UH, SINCE I HAVE A MINUTE NOW. ANYWAY, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT YOU ARE GONNA RE-SEE IT. I WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAKER, UM, MICRO ZONING. AND DURING THAT, UH, THEY, I DID ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON SHOP WELLS BECAUSE THAT CAME UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I WAS CONCERNED WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO MOVE ON IN THE FUTURE, EXPAND IF THEY WANTED TO, AND WOULD THEY ALSO BE ABLE TO SELL OR WOULD IT BE LIKE LEGAL NON-CONFORMING, WHICH IS OVER MY HEAD. BUT OTHER PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ASSURED ME THAT THEY HAD GONE TO THEM AND THAT THAT WOULD BE FINE. BUT I WONDERED IF ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE GOING TO BE CHANGED IN THAT ZONING HAD BEEN CONTACTED. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT WHERE IT WILL BE TODAY, IT'S ABOUT WHERE IT WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE. WOULD, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO SELL? SO WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE GENERAL PLAN, PLEASE REVIEW THAT ALSO, THE LOT. NEXT SI WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM DURING THAT MEETING THAT IT WILL ONLY BE AT FOUR AND A HALF STORIES, NOT GO UP TO SIX STORIES HAS BEEN REPORTED. PLEASE CONFIRM THAT AGAIN WHEN YOU REVIEW THE PLAN BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS AT FOUR AND A HALF STORIES. AND ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, FOR A 10 UNIT PROPERTY, NO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW ON A 5,000 TO 6,000 SQUARE FOOT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. NO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. I HAD ONE MORE, BUT I'M OUT. THANKS. THANK YOU. UH, OUR LAST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS JOE CHAPMAN. DEAR CITY COUNCIL, FOR YEARS I'VE WATCHED THE CITY DISMANTLE THE SNOWER AND FAIRGROUNDS. AND SATURDAY NIGHT LISTENING TO OUR MAYOR SCOLD THE COMMUNITY FROM HIS IMAGINARY SOAPBOX REMINDED ME JUST HOW DISCONNECTED THIS COUNCIL HAS BECOME FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THE COMMUNITY HAS FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE FAIRGROUNDS. THOUSANDS HAVE SHOWN UP, SPOKEN OUT, AND ASKED TO BE HEARD, YET THE CITY TOOK CONTROL ANYWAYS. SINCE THEN, WE'VE WATCHED DECLINING FAIR ATTENDANCE, FEWER EVENTS, RISING COSTS, SHUTTERED BARNS, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS SPENT ON FAILED VENTURES LIKE THE LUMA ICE. NOW, PIECES OF THE PROPERTY ARE BEING CARVED AWAY FOR CITY FACILITIES, SURELY A NEW CITY HALL EVENTUALLY. MEANWHILE, HISTORIC PETALUMA SPEEDWAY CONTINUES TO BRING IN PEOPLE AND BRING 'EM TOGETHER, PRESERVING TRADITION AND GENERATING REVENUE UNLIKE ANY OTHER EVENT ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, I'M ASKING THIS CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE RICK A 10 YEAR CONTRACT. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I THINK 10 YEARS IS ACCEPTABLE SO HE CAN CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE SPEEDWAY AND ITS FUTURE. BECAUSE SATURDAY NIGHT I WATCHED CHILDREN LINING UP FOR RICK'S AUTOGRAPH. FUNNY, I NEVER SAW ANYBODY ASK FOR YOURS. WHO'S MORE IMPORTANT IN THIS COMMUNITY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER, AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE NIGHT. AND, UH, THAT LEADS US INTO [COUNCIL COMMENT] COUNCIL COMMENTS. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES TO LEAD US OFF TONIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE, UH, OFFICIAL MEETINGS, UM, UH, OF LIKE COMMITTEES [00:45:01] HERE TO REPORT ON, BUT I DID HAVE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS, UM, ON TOPICS THAT ARE SEEM TO BE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. UM, WHEN I DID, UH, MEET AND DID ACTUALLY VISIT THE LAFFERTY RANCH, I WENT TO HIKING ON A DOCENT LED TOUR THIS LAST SATURDAY. BUT I ALSO MET, UH, SOME OF THE LANDOWNERS SEPARATELY, UM, DURING THE LAST WEEK. AND, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE COMPROMISE SITUATION WHERE, UH, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND, AND CREATE A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT PARK THAT'S, THAT WILL BE SATISFACTORY TO EVERYBODY. SO I THINK IT MAYBE IT'S TIME TO COME TO THE TABLE AGAIN AND, AND, AND, AND HAVE THE, UH, THE LAFFY RANCH, UM, UH, AREA OF, OF FOLKS WHO OWN THE LAND UP THERE, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF FOLKS THAT ARE ENGAGED TO COME TOGETHER AGAIN. AND, AND LET'S SETTLE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL. I THINK IT'S TIME. UM, I, I DID GO INTO THE RACEWAY, UH, UM, I GOT A LITTLE BIT THERE LATER. UM, BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A SMALL SPEECH. BUT THE, THE BOTTOM LINE, UM, WHEN I SHOWED UP THERE WAS OVER 2000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. AND I FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S OVER 30,000 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP, UH, DURING THE YEAR. IT DOES. UH, AND I FOUND IT TO BE VERY, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS, UH, BEER AND, AND BURGERS, UH, BEING SOLD, UH, THERE WAS STILL VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY THERE. UM, SO EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A, UH, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF, UM, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE MACHINES RACING AROUND, BUT THIS IS ONE OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SUSTAINED. SO, SO I, SO I'M FOR A LITTLE LONGER LEASE MYSELF, UH, BUT IT NEEDS TO BECOME, WITH SOME ATTACHMENTS I SUGGEST MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS AT, AT, IN, IN MY SPEECH I ASKED, UH, THAT THE RACEWAY FOLKS HAVE TO STEP UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND DO MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW. SO THERE CAN BE SOME ATTACHMENTS TO A LONGER LEASE. UH, I THINK WE CAN ASK FOR ELECTRIC CAR RACING. WE CAN ASK FOR SOME BICYCLE RACING. WE CAN ASK FOR SOME MUSIC VENUES. UH, WE CAN ASK FOR SPEECHES TO BE MADE THERE IN LARGE AUDITORIUMS. SO MORE CAN HAPPEN THERE. SO I'D, I'D SEE A LONGER TERM LEASE. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ON THAT PROPERTY. 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S ALREADY A LITTLE CONTAMINATED. SO, UM, I, I DOUBT WE CAN REALLY DO MUCH WITH IT OVER WITHIN FIVE YEARS EVEN. SO I'D SAY LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AND EXTEND AND MAKE SURE THAT, BUT WE GET THE MOVEMENT AND, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CHANGE, UM, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE RACE. RACE. SO IT DOES MORE THAN WHAT IT'S DOING NOW, INCLUDING BE PART OF OUR RESILIENCY CENTER THAT WE NEED IN COMBINATION WITH, WITH THE, THE POLICE FORCE THAT'S GONNA BE THERE. UM, THEN THE, UH, OTHER TOPIC WAS ON FLOCK CAMERAS. AND THIS IS A, JUST A REQUEST. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT BOTH, UH, UH, UM, IN BEING INTERVIEWS THAT SEEMS TO BE A HOT TOPIC AT THE MOMENT. SO I OF A REQUEST, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER FOLKS MIGHT AGREE WITH THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR POLICE FORCE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ALSO HOW MUCH ACCESS DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FROM THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THE POLICE AGENCIES, HOME SECURE, UH, UH, HOMELAND SECURITY, C-I-A-F-B-I, WHAT ACCESS DO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO ALL THE OTHER CAMERAS? THE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF CAMERAS WE HAVE ON OUR FRONT DOORS, SECURITY CAMERAS ON OUR BUSINESSES, INSIDE BANKS, WHATEVER, ALL THESE SECURITY CAMERAS, UM, OR PHONES AND EVERYTHING. JUST HOW MUCH ACCESS DO WE DO THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAS RIGHT NOW. UH, 'CAUSE I THINK, UM, UH, SNOWDEN CAME OUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND, AND HAD TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY 'CAUSE HE EXPOSED THAT. YEAH, THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN WATCHING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE INTERNET BACK IN THE 1970S. THEY ACTUALLY SET IT UP TO BE LISTENING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO ON, ON THE INTERNET OR ON OUR PHONES. SO I THINK WE NEED TO AT LEAST SHOW, OR AT LEAST TALK ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE. NOT JUST THE FOUR FLOCK CAMERAS, BUT ALL CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE ON SITE HERE, CLEAN THE ROAD CAMERAS AND ACTUALLY HAVE A LISTING AND, UH, MAKE IT WELL KNOWN AS WHAT, WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION ON THAT, JUST SO WE HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION. UM, AND, UH, I AGREE THAT, UH, UM, AND ON THE HOUSING, ON THE MOBILE HOME, THE PARK, THAT'S DEFINITELY A MOVE TO TRANCE, UH, FOR WEALTH FROM HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE, UH, I'VE BOUGHT AND SOLD HOUSES ACROSS THE US AND IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT COMPARABLES. AND WHEN THE COMPARABLE OF THE SALE PRICE GOES DOWN, EVEN ONCE, THEN EVERYBODY ELSE'S SALES PRICE SINKS ALONG WITH IT. SO NOT A GOOD SIGN, UH, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE. UM, I'M HOPING WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO ASK, UH, LEGAL IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN STEP IN TO DO ABOUT THAT, UM, OR OTHER THAN THAT. OKAY. BUT THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THIS TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT? YEAH, A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, ONE I WANT TO TAKE, UH, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE SOME VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS. UH, EARLIER TODAY, UH, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT REPORTED SOME VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS FOR PETALUMA. UH, CLOVER SONOMA IS PLANNING A $30 MILLION INVESTMENT IN ITS LOCAL OPERATIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THIS COMES AT A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TIME FOR OUR REGIONAL DAIRY INDUSTRY. LOCAL MILK PRODUCERS ARE FACING TREMENDOUS [00:50:01] ECONOMIC PRESSURES, AND WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT MILK, UH, DECLINE IN MILK PRODUCTION ACROSS SONOMA MARIN COUNTIES. UH, AGAINST THE BACKDROP, UH, CLOVER'S DECISION TO REINVEST IN PETALUMA IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL. UH, I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK CLOVER SONOMA FOR ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE, AND THE DAIRY FARMERS WHO ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR REGION'S AGRICULTURE HERITAGE. I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION BY CHOOSING CLOVER PRODUCTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, UH, SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND FINALLY, I HOPE THAT AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY WILL ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR CLOVER SUPPORTING THEIR CONTINUED INVESTMENT GROWTH AND SUCCESS RIGHT HERE IN PETALUMA. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF LOCAL BUSINESS COMMITMENT WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING. UH, THAT'S THE FIRST THING. SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS AT OUR LAST MEETING. I RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION SEASON, AND THAT SEVERAL OF US HAVE PUBLICLY EXPRESSED OUR SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATES IN LOCAL RACES. THAT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE. AND EACH OF US HAS THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS. BUT I BELIEVE THERE, THERE'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN OUR ROLES AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR ACTIVITIES AS CANDIDATES OR PRIVATE CITIZENS. COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE FOR THE, ARE FOR CONDUCTING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, NOT FOR CAMPAIGNING. WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS TO ADVOCATE FOR CANDIDATES, DEFEND OUR RECORDS, AND MAKE OUR CASES TO VOTERS. I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO RESPECT THE DISTINCTION AND KEEP OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS FOCUSED ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ELECTED TO DO. AND I BELIEVE THAT STANDARD SHOULD APPLY EQUALLY TO EVERY ONE OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF. AND LASTLY, REGARDING THE SPEEDWAY. IN THE FAIRGROUNDS, I'M ONE OF THE MOST, MOST PUBLIC, UH, OUTSPOKEN SUPPORTERS OF THE SPEEDWAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA, UH, ABOUT THE SPEEDWAY IN THE FAIRGROUNDS, HOW GREAT WOULD IT BE IF WE INVITED A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PETALUMA CITIZENS TO JOIN AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HELP US CREATE THE VISION FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS, INVITING ALL OF PETALUMA TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UM, OUR NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. UM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. MY COUNCIL COMMENTS THIS EVENING IS ABOUT ATTENDING THE ELKS 9 0 1 VETERANS APPRECIATION DINNER LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING TO SEE NUMEROUS VETERANS WERE RIDING BY LIMO BUS FROM VILLE VETERANS HOME AT THE OAKS LODGE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN A COVID OUTBREAK THAT KEPT MORE VETS FROM ATTENDING. SAVE THE DATE. NOVEMBER 11TH, 1:00 PM FOR THE PETALUMA'S VETERANS DAY PARADE DOWNTOWN ON SATURDAY, I ATTENDED THE GARRETT PAZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER DINNER. THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS IN HONOR OF A FALLEN FIREFIGHTER, AND IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AT LEAST SIX SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO FIREFIGHTER COLLEGE RECIPIENTS. SOME ARE EVEN EMPLOYED NOW AT PETALUMA FIRE DEPARTMENT, A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. AND THANK YOU CHANTEL, FOR BRINGING YOURS IN. UM, CHECK YOUR WATER BILLS FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FLOODING AND PETALUMA'S FLOOD RESILIENCY. IT IS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND I DIDN'T CHECK THE QR CODES, BUT MAYBE THE CITY CAN CHECK THE QR CODES, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING AND THAT THEY'RE TRANSLATED. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, UM, CHECK THE CITY PETA'S WEBSITE. IT'S WW STREETS TO CREEKS.ORG/RESIDENTIAL/RAIN. READY. AND IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD ALSO LOOK INTO THE LITTLE WOODS, UM, LITTLE RELOCATION PAPERWORK THAT WAS DELIVERED, IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED VIA US POSTAL SERVICE INSTEAD SERVICES TO THE HAND DELIVERED? AND IF THERE'S, UM, SUPPOSED TO BE SPANISH TRANSLATION AND IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE ABOUT THE LITTLE WOODS RELOCATION, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE IN MY DISTRICT. THANK YOU. LET'S, LET'S LET THE ATTORNEY WEIGH IN JUST VERY BRIEFLY SO I DON'T INTERRUPT THE FLOW OF THE COUNCIL COMMENTS. UM, WE ARE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT ALL THOSE THINGS IN PREPARATION FOR THE PROCEEDINGS THAT ARE COMING UP AND THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT ARE BEING SET UP TO, TO INFORM, UH, EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, AND, AND WE'RE STAYING CLOSE TOUCH ABOUT THAT. WE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING ONTO OUR WEBSITE, FULL SIZE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. UM, SO [00:55:01] PEOPLE, UM, WHO HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF THEY CAN'T READ MATERIALS THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED, PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBPAGE WITH THE FULL RELOCATION IMPACT REPORT IS GONNA BE THERE IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH AND OTHER, UM, RESPONSES TO FREQUENT ASK QUESTIONS, ET CETERA. SO LOTS OF INFORMATION, PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN, THEY CAN, UH, DIRECT THOSE TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL CERTAINLY WANNA ADDRESS 'EM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. LEY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DI CARLY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT. UH, FIRST OFF, AT AG AND OPEN SPACE, OUR AG SUBCOMMITTEE, WE DID DISCUSS, UM, THERE'S AN AG PARK PROGRAM THAT THE, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE COUNTY HAS DIRECTED THEM TO LOOK INTO AND TRY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOME KIND OF A PARK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COHESIVE ENVIRONMENT. SO THAT, THAT WAS A ABOUT AN HOUR LONG DISCUSSION THAT WAS PRETTY PRODUCTIVE. AND THEN AT THE WOMEN'S CLUB, I GOT INVITED TO THEIR MONTHLY MEETING WHERE THEY WERE HONORING, UM, A MEMBER THAT WAS TURNING A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. AND HER NAME IS BETTY AND SHE'S, UH, STILL FULL OF LIFE. SHE'S VERY, UH, VERY FUN TO TALK TO. UH, VERY LOVELY LADY. AND THEN, UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE ST. VINCENT FUNDRAISER, ST. VINCENT HIGH SCHOOL. THEY RAISED MONEY FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS. UH, THEY HAD A VERY, VERY, UH, NICE SPEECH BY ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS WHO CAME FROM VERY MODEST MEANS AND A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE, AND REALLY TURNED HIMSELF AROUND AND, AND HAS MATURED A LOT FOR A, FOR A KID WHO'S 17 YEARS OLD. AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE RACE, UH, SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE SPEEDWAY. SO EVERYBODY SPEAK. THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE. UM, ANOTHER AWESOME NIGHT DOWN THERE WHERE THE STANDS WERE FULL. AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SHARE THE SENTIMENT THAT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS IS MAYBE, MAYBE NOT ENOUGH FOR A BUSINESS TO REALLY INVEST IN THEMSELVES, IN THEMSELVES AND GROW AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO. UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE YEARS AGO, THE NON-PROFIT THAT STARTED TO SAVE THE FAIRGROUNDS, THEY, THEY DID THEIR OWN STUDIES THAT WERE CONDUCTED WITH PROFESSIONALS TO SAY THE COMMUNITY STILL WANTS THE SPEEDWAY, THEY STILL WANT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND THEN THE CITY SPENT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OR SO DOING THE SAME THING TO GET THE SAME RESULTS. AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO APPLY ANY MORE RED TAPE OR EXTRA LAYERS TO THE SITUATION. I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY'S SPOKEN FOR YEARS ABOUT THIS. AND SO I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE SPEEDWAY, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE, SEE HOW THAT MEETING GOES AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL TO OFFER THEM A LONGER TERM CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY, IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY FUN FAMILY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO ON A WEEKEND. TAKE YOUR KIDS TO, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER. IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER AND PEOPLE DO LOVE THE SOUNDS AT NIGHT THEY HEAR THAT LOW ROAR AND, AND THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN PETALUMA. SO I, I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WE SHOULD BE HAVING COMING UP. AND THEN, UM, UH, AS COUNCILMAN SHRI SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FLOCK AND HAVING MORE OF A DISCUSSION ON THAT. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A BIG COMMUNITY CONCERN, SO I THINK WE SHOULD AT THE VERY LEAST BE STARTING WITH A DISCUSSION AND THEN PIVOTING FROM THERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON. UH, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO, UH, START OFF WITH, UM, THE POLIO PROCLAMATION. UM, MY COUSIN WAS ACTUALLY, UM, ONE OF THE YOUNG VOLUNTEERS, UM, FOR POLIO AND SHE STILL HAS HER PATCH, HER BUTTON AND HER LITTLE BOOKLET THAT SHE GOT. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. VACCINES ARE IMPORTANT AND I AM A SUPPORTER OF THEM. AND PLEASE GET YOUR VACCINES FOR THIS WINTER TO STAY HEALTHIER. UM, TODAY AT S-C-T-C-A, THERE WAS GOOD NEWS. THE CITY OF PETALUMA RECEIVED THE $475,000 TO ENGINEER AND DESIGN THE RAIN, THE, UM, CORONA OVERCROSSING. AND SO THAT WAS GREAT NEWS. WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE REGIONAL APPROACH FOR OUR BUSES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SYSTEM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A REGIONAL APPROACH WITH ALL THE THREE, UH, BUS SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN SONOMA COUNTY. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ACTUALLY COORDINATE AND COMMUNICATE, UM, SO WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE. BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT BUS, UM, STOPS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BUS STOPS. AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AS A COUNCIL THIS PAST YEAR AND WE SAW PICTURES OF WHAT OUR BUS STOPS LOOKED LIKE. AND IT WAS KIND OF SURPRISING, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THEM WERE IN SUCH POOR CONDITION. A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN UPGRADED. BUT THIS IS ALSO, NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REGIONALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING, UM, BUS STOPS. AND MAYBE WE'LL LOOK AT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE REGIONAL IN DESIGN SO, UM, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A BIG DEAL, BUT IT IS, WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT OR IF IT'S RAINING, YOU NEED THE PROTECTION. AND HERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ON USING OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE [01:00:01] CARS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD NEWS. UM, AS FAR AS TONIGHT, THERE IS ACTUALLY A BIG DISCUSSION ON FLOCK IN SANTA ROSA, UM, GOING ON, AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S, UM, RECORDED SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT. UM, I WANNA THANK GARY. I THINK GEBER WAS HIS LAST NAME FOR HIS POSITIVE OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS. IT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR POSITIVE THINGS, UM, FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MOVED HERE AND KNOW HOW GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY REALLY WORKS. UM, THE OTHER IS NANCY HALL BENNETT. I WANT TO JUST THANK NANCY, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NANCY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES. SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE LEADER. UM, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SHE CAME TO GIVE US THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD, UM, IN PERSON AND JUST, UM, KUDOS TO NANCY FOR ALL THAT SHE DOES. AND SHE, HERS A LOT OF CATS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NINE CITIES THAT SHE ACTUALLY, UM, OVERSEES AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND SHE DOES IT WITH EASE AND ALWAYS A SMILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BARNACLE. YES. UM, SO I HAD OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, WHERE WE HAD THE THIRD PART OF OUR THREE PART, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ZONING CODE UPDATES FOR PHASE ONE. AND THAT WILL BE COMING TO US, UM, I BELIEVE AT OUR NEXT MEETING. IT IS AGENDA IN THE TENTATIVE AGENDA. UM, SO NOVEMBER 9TH FOR THOSE IN, IN THE PUBLIC. UM, UH, VERY HONORED TO, TO RECEIVE THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD. UM, I, WHEN I GOT ON THE COUNCIL, UM, WE HAD 200 PLUS, UH, GOALS AND THEREFORE NO PRIORITIES. AND, UM, THE ONE THAT THE COUNCIL LET ME PUT ON WAS MAKING IT SAFER AROUND SCHOOLS. THAT WAS THE THE ONE GOAL I GOT TO ADD. SO TO BE HERE YEARS LATER AND TO SEE US GET AN AWARD FOR WHAT WAS MY VERY FIRST GOAL THAT I PUT ON THE, UM, THE CITY'S LIST OF 200 THINGS THAT IT WANTED TO DO, UM, IT MEANS SOMETHING. UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND, UM, EVERYBODY, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS FOR THE, THE HARD WORK AND, UH, THE TEAMWORK REALLY TO BRING, UH, BRING THAT TO BACK TO PETALUMA, UM, TO THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO MENTIONED HARASSMENT. IF YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL OR IF YOU LEAVE YOUR EMAIL OR A PHONE NUMBER, I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT, UM, WITH THE CITY CLERK HERE. AND, UM, UH, LIKEWISE, I READ THE NEWS ABOUT CLOVER. I WAS, I CAUGHT SOME WIND OF IT, SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE IT FINALLY ON THE PAPER. AND, UM, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, ONE OF OUR LONG TIME AG SUPPORTING BUSINESSES EXPANDING RIGHT HERE IN PETALUMA. UM, AND, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, IF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I, UM, I'M SURE SHE HAD A ROLE IN IT. AND, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE A PRIORITY THAT THE COUNCIL SETS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR START TO PUT, YOU KNOW, COME TO FRUITION WITH $30 MILLION, UM, INVESTED FROM ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPEEDWAY, UM, I'VE BEEN, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT I'VE BEEN TO MORE RACES THAN ANYONE UP HERE COMBINED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UM, MAYBE IN MY LIFE. UM, AND, UH, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT IT. UM, I THINK IT'S DISINGENUOUS FOR SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND THE LACK OF, UH, CONTEXT THAT'S BEING OFFERED ABOUT IT. UM, WHEN WE RENEWED, UH, WHEN WE TRANSITIONED THE, THE FAIRGROUNDS AWAY FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOREST DISTRICT ASSOCIATION TO THE CITY, UM, WE GAVE EVERYBODY A THREE YEAR LEASE FOR STABILITY, UM, WITH AN OPTION FOR TWO YEAR RENEWAL. SO THIS ISN'T SOME LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. IT'S THIS, LITERALLY OUR STAFF ARE IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2023, UM, AND I FULLY EXPECT THAT THE SPEEDWAY IS GONNA BE THERE MUCH LONGER. UM, BUT YOU FOLLOW THE PLAN THAT WAS, UM, OUR STAFF, UNTIL WE CHANGE THE PLAN, THEY'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. UM, THE SPEEDWAY IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. UM, THE, UH, IT'S CAMPAIGN SEASON. I THINK IT'S DISINGENUOUS THAT PEOPLE ARE SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT IT. I'M SORRY THAT YOU CAME FROM NOVATO. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU COME EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT, AND I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO COME FROM NOVATO TO SPEAK TO THAT. UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT RIGHT TO, TO BE, UM, TO BE SPREADING SO MUCH MISINFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SPEEDWAY GOING FORWARD AS I HAVE, UM, IN THE PAST. UM, WE ARE DOING A MASTER PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM, I WENT TO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WERE PUT ON BY THE NONPROFIT AND PEOPLE GOT BOOED IF THEY DIDN'T HA IF THERE WAS, UH, IF THERE WERE POSITIONS THAT WERE COUNTER TO WHAT WAS THERE. THAT'S NOT A PUBLIC PROCESS. UM, THAT'S A FORUM THAT IS, BUT IT IS NOT, UM, UH, A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT THE CITY'S GONNA PICK UP AND USE AS A GUIDE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS. [01:05:01] THAT'S WHY WE'VE HIRED A WORLD CLASS FIRM TO LEAD THAT, THAT, UM, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, THAT PROCESS KICK OFF TO SEEING, UM, ALL THE, UM, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE, UH, CITY LIMITS, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO THAT PROCESS AND CHARTING A COURSE. UM, NONE OF US WANNA SEE LESS THINGS HAPPENING THERE. WE ALL WANNA SEE MORE THINGS HAPPENING THERE, AND, UM, I'M COMMITTED TO THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, THANKS FOR SUMMARIZING THE, THE FAIRGROUNDS ISSUE. UM, UH, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOU. UH, WE'RE FOLLOWING A PROCESS AND, AND I THINK THE PROCESS IS GONNA WORK OUT GREAT. SO LET'S GET TO THAT PART. THAT'S WHAT MY POINT WAS AT THE FAIRWAYS FAIR, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY. AND, UH, THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DO THE PROCESS AND GET TO THE FINISH LINE. UM, THE CITY, UM, SEVERAL THINGS HAVE BEEN TRANSPIRING AT THE CITY. UH, I'M PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT OUR SAFE TEAM, UM, UH, THE MOBILE HEALTH CRISIS TEAM IS, IS NOW BILLING MEDICARE, WHICH FREES UP MONEY FOR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PURPOSES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT WAS A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR US. AND, UM, THE CITY IS ALSO NOW OFFICIALLY A BLUE ZONES DESIGNATED WORKPLACE. AND, UH, BLUE ZONES HAS BEEN IN TOWN FOR THREE YEARS HELPING, UM, VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR, UH, BETTER WELLNESS. AND, AND THE CITY IS PART OF THAT TEAM. UH, I ATTENDED, UH, A PETALUMA CONVERSATIONS CALLED CONNECTING ACROSS DIFFERENCES. AND IT, UH, FOCUSES ON THE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN ISSUES. AND THEY BROUGHT A WORLD CLASS, UM, SPEAKER TO TOWN AND STIMULATED CONVERSATIONS. 'CAUSE THAT'S ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S CONCERN LIST OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. AND I APPRECIATE IT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATER THOMPSON ALSO BEING IN THE ROOM FOR THAT. UM, BUT IT HELPS US REFLECT ON ALL THE ISSUES AND ENTRENCHED DIFFERENCES, WHETHER NATIONALLY OR, UH, RIGHT HERE IN PETALUMA. AND IT WAS IN THAT SPIRIT THAT I ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO, UH, GO TO THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE SPEED AND SPEAK AT THE, THE, UH, SPEEDWAY IN THAT SAME, UH, SPIRIT. I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, PETALUMA PILOTS ASSOCIATION, UH, PETALUMA PILOT ASSOCIATION, PETALUMA AIRPORT. AND, UM, THEY OPERATE AS AN ENTERPRISE, WHICH IS A COOL THING IN CITY BUDGET, IN THAT THEY'RE SELF-SUSTAINING. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE THINGS THEY WANT BECAUSE THEY GENERATE THE FEE EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNDER THE CITY. SO THEY'RE A FUN GROUP TO, UH, ENGAGE WITH. AND, UM, IN THAT SAME SPIRIT, I ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S PETALUMA PRIDE EVENT, UH, WHICH TOOK OVER THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR A, A WHILE, AND I SAW SEVERAL OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE. UH, AND, UM, THIS WEEKEND WE HAD THE, UH, NO KINGS PROTEST. I'M SURPRISED NO ONE'S MENTIONED THAT YET. UH, WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE ORGANIZERS AND THE PETALUMA PD FOR KEEPING IT ORDERLY. UM, I HOSTED A, UH, A CLASS OF SCHOOL KIDS HERE AT THE, AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND TOLD 'EM WHAT, UH, UH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO BE ON COUNCIL. NO, I TOLD THEM HOW HARD THIS COUNCIL WORKS AND HOW HARD ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, WORK FOR THEM, AND HAD THEM DECIDE WHO GOT TO BE THE, THE, THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY CLERK. UM, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, WE, UH, UM, MANY OF US WENT TO THE, UH, MAYORS AND COUNCILS MEETING IN OF, UH, SONOMA COUNTY. AND WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDU OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COME AND SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THE TRENDS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IS TOURISM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BE ALL END ALL, OR IS IT COME WITH BAGGAGE? WHAT OTHER INDUSTRY DO WE NEED FOR A BALANCED COMMUNITY? UM, I THINK IT REALLY HELPS YOUR COUNCIL BECOME WELL EDUCATED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THESE SUBJECTS. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL WHO WERE THERE. UM, AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE TWO BIG, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS COMING UP THAT I WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT. AND ONE IS, AS NOTED EARLIER, UM, CARL A LAFONTE, A NATIONALLY KNOWN AUTHOR OF GOING FOR ZERO DECARBONIZING, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS SPEAKING HERE IN PETALUMA. SO I HOPE EVERYONE WILL TAKE AN ADVANTAGE OF, UM, SEEING THAT AT THE POLY CLASS CENTER. AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE HAVE, UM, COMING UP SOON, THE NEXT FORM, UH, REGARDING THE CITY'S BUDGET PUT ON BY PETALUMA URBAN CHAT. THEY'VE BEEN DRILLING DOWN ON, UH, HOW THE CITY SPENDS ITS MONEY AS A CIVIC GROUP, AND THEY'RE READY TO PUT ON A, A PRESENTATION. THEY'VE DONE SEVERAL ALREADY. I, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE. I WISH ALL CANDIDATES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FRANKLY, UM, OR CONCERNED RESIDENTS ALL ATTEND THAT. AND THAT'S NOVEMBER 17TH. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO PASS [CITY MANAGER COMMENT] IT IN FOR OUR STAND STAND IN CITY MANAGER REPORT. UM, LINDA, YOUR TURN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF CITY MANAGER FLYNN, I AM PLEASED TO SHARE. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH SONOMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL [01:10:01] RESOURCES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND DIRECT OUTREACH TO PRIVATE OWNERS ALONG THE CREEKS. PROPERTY OWNERS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE DIRECT OUTREACH WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT PRIVATE OWNERS WITH CREEK MAINTENANCE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG SLASH CREEK MAINTENANCE. THE CITY WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE CREEK'S MAINTENANCE WEBPAGE THROUGHOUT THE STORM SEASONS WITH INFORMATION ON CURRENT AND UPCOMING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. RESOURCES PROVIDE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THOSE SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH QUICK RELATED CONCERNS. WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO REFER TO THIS WEBPAGE REGULARLY FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, WE ARE, SHOULD BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, BUT, UM, WELL, AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND, UM, A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS RARELY USED. IT'S ON PAGE 10 IN THERE. AND SO, UH, WE PULL OUT THE RULE BOOKS OR, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH, UH, UM, COMPUTER ACCESS, THAT'S ALSO A WAY TO, UM, UM, COMMENT HERE. AND IT'S, UM, UNDER THE SECTION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND, UH, SECTION A IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. SECTION B IS, UM, PERMISSION REQUEST CARDS, AND THEN C IS TIME ATION, D IS MANNER OF ADDRESSING COUNSEL. AND THEN WE MOVE TO THE DEBATE AND DECORUM, UM, EFFORT. AND IT SAYS, UH, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER DESIRING TO SPEAK SHALL FIRST ADDRESS THE PRESIDING OFFICER GAINING RECOGNITION AND, UM, HIMSELF TO THE QUESTION UNDER DEBATE AND POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. IT SAYS, THE RIGHT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL OF A QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE SHALL BE LIMITED TO CASES WHERE HIS INTEGRITY, CHARACTER OR MOTIVES OR QUESTION, OR WHEN THE WELFARE OF THE COUNCIL IS CONCERNED. UH, A MEMBER RAISING A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MAY INTERRUPT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS THE FLOOR ONLY TO THE ONLY, TO THE POWER OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO CALL HIM OR HER OUT OF ORDER. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE ALLEGING IS THAT THIS, UH, IT COMES TO BEAR AT THIS POINT? YES. I BELIEVE IT'S APPLICABLE BASED ON SOME COMMENTS MADE. SO, UM, QUESTION OF INTEGRITY, CHARACTER OR MOTIVES. YEAH. SO I'LL, I'LL JUMP INTO IT IF THAT'S FINE. JUMP IN. SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT COUNCILMAN BARNACLE TALKED ABOUT SAYING THERE'S MISINFORMATION BECAUSE YOU'RE CLEARLY, I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE TO HOLD YOU ON THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN A QUESTION OF INTEGRITY, CHARACTER, OR MOTIVE. I MEAN, THERE, THERE INFORMATION IS, UH, UM, NOT AN INTEGRITY QUESTION OR QUESTION. THESE ARE THINGS HE'S OBSERVING THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. NO, HE'S, HE'S MADE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS TO THE POINT THAT TRUE, BUT NOT TONIGHT POST. AND WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED ON COMMENT TONIGHT. WELL, HE, HE JUST REITERATED IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. HE'S SAYING THERE'S MISINFORMATION. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE MY REQUEST HAS BEEN THAT WE LOOK AT A LONGER TERM LEASE THAN WHAT'S BEEN OFFERED TO THE SPEEDWAY. AND YOU KNOW, HE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A PROCESS AND YEAH, THERE'S A PROCESS, BUT SOMETIMES THE PROCESS NEEDS TO CHANGE. SO, SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER AND YOUR POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN THAT IN FACT THAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF ALL THE LEASES THAT ARE SIGNED ARE THREE YEARS WITH TWO YEAR EXTENSION, THE TWO YOU'RE EXPLICITLY IN THERE. SO THE MASTER PLAN CAN OCCUR SO THAT FIRMER LONGER LEASES CAN OCCUR. WHAT PART OF THAT ARE YOU FINDING AN OBJECTION TO MY OBJECTION IS THAT HE'S SAYING THERE'S BEING MIS MISUNDERSTOOD. WELL, NO, I'M SORRY, I, I PARAPHRASED, IS THERE SOME PART OF WHAT I SAID THAT IS DIFFICULT? I'M NOT FOR YOU, NOT SURE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY, LEMME REPEAT. ALL LEASES SIGNED THREE YEAR WITH TWO YEAR EXTENSION. WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF THREE YEARS AND THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION IS OCCURRING, RIGHT? EVERY, EVERY LEASE HOLDER IS, IS, UH, IN RECEIPT OF OR SIGNED ALREADY. AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE PATH THAT WAS AGREED UPON BY THAT COUNCIL ACTION OF THAT TIME. WE'RE OPERATING UNDER THAT COUNCIL ACTION. AND IT'S GOOD TO MAKE REPEAT THAT BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE FORGET OVER TIME. SO WE'RE NOW COMING INTO THE TWO YEAR PERIOD, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY SET SO THE MASTER PLAN COULD OCCUR SO THAT FIRM LEASES A FIRM FUTURE COULD BE SET. IS THAT ANY PART OF THAT NOT TRUE TONIGHT? SO I MENTIONED THAT AS A REBUTTAL, BUT MY POINT OF IT'S NOT REBUTTAL PRIVILEGE, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IS RELATED TO, HE SAYS THAT THERE'S MISINFORMATION OUT THERE AS IF I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY YOU PUT IT OUT THERE. I SAID IT'S OUT THERE. WE HAVE A WOMAN WHO DROVE FROM NOVATO TO BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE THINKS THE SPEEDWAY [01:15:01] IS GOING AWAY. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THERE'S A BUNCH OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT MISINFORMATION IS DISINGENUOUS AND SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. OKAY, SO I'M GONNA STOP THIS. EXCUSE ME, COUNSEL OCCURRING HERE, MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA LET THE ATTORNEY WEIGH IN. MAYOR, THANK YOU. UM, FIRST OF ALL, COUNCIL MEMBER BARN'S REMARKS WERE NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE OR ABOUT ANYONE, AS YOU JUST NOTED. SECONDLY, THERE'S NOTHING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA ABOUT THE SPEEDWAY. THERE IS NO EXPECTATION ON THE PART OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THERE WILL BE ANY SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SPEEDWAY TONIGHT. THAT THERE'LL BE ANY COUNCIL ACTION, THAT THERE'LL BE POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL AS TO THEIR, UH, POSITIONS REGARDING THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN NOTED, HAS BEEN, UM, SO, OKAY, SO LEMME PARA, LEMME PARAPHRASE HERE TOO. SO IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS COUNCIL PRIVILEGED COMMENTS AND THE, AND RIGHT PEOPLE SAID THINGS AND WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S TALKING ABOUT IS WE DON'T HAVE A FULL ON DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT I CAN STILL MAKE A POINTMENT. I'M SAYING WE CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION OR, OR TAKE ANY ACTION OR HAVE ANY DELIBERATION THAT THE PUBLIC IS ENTITLED TO BROWN ACT NOTICE ABOUT SO THAT THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE PART AND BE PRESENT OR NOT. AND, AND THIS HAS GONE FAR BEYOND, IN MY VIEW, THE KIND OF LIMITED DISCUSSION FOR FUTURE AGENDA PURPOSES, BRIEF STAFF FOLLOW UP THAT ARE THE, UM, WELL-RECOGNIZED EXCEPTIONS IN THE BROWN ACT FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. THAT'S NOT AGENDIZED. SO I'M CAUTIONING THE COUNCIL TO, UM, ADHERE TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA TONIGHT SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE FOR TOPICS LIKE SUBSTANTIVE DELIBERATIONS ABOUT THE SPEEDWAY HAVE THE OPTION OF MAKING SURE THEY'RE PRESENT TO TAKE PART IN THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'RE MO VEERING OFF OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITHOUT BECOMING A BROWN ACT VIOLATION. SO WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT MISINFORMATION. HOW ABOUT IF, IF COUNSEL SHARES, UM, THE, THE LETTERS WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING EMAILS SAYING THIS IS A THING, THIS IS A THING, AND WHY DON'T WE JUST SHARE THOSE WITH YOU, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH CITY PROCESS IDENTIFYING MISINFORMATION IN THOSE LETTERS. I WOULD JUST LIKE MISINFORMATION TO ACTUALLY BE IDENTIFIED INSTEAD OF JUST BROADLY THROWN OUT AS A TERM. AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M VOLUNTEERING TO HAVE HAPPEN, TO MAKE ONE SIDE SOUND AS IF THEY'RE PUTTING LIES OUT. SO THANK YOU. I THINK MISINFORMATIONS BEING USED, UH, IN A VERY INAPPROPRIATE WAY. POINT TAKEN. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON. UM, MOVE TO CONSENT COUNT. WE'LL MOVE TO [CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT CALENDAR. AND DOES ANYONE, UM, UM, HAVE A COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? UH, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. APOLOGIES. UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE TIME, UH, AHEAD OF THE MEETING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. BUT AT THIS TIME, I'LL START AT 32ND CLOCK. UM, DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY DESK. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING ONLINE SHOULD RAISE THEIR VIRTUAL HAND. THOSE ATTENDING VIA PHONE SHOULD PRESS STAR NINE TO RAISE THEIR HAND. SPEAKER REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THIS TIME MAY NOT BE ACCOMMODATED. UH, WE HAVE NINE FOLKS JOINING US VIA ZOOM, AND AGAIN, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS AHEAD OF THE MEETING. I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THAT CLOSES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION SECOND. SECOND. A MOTION FROM CATER THOMPSON SECOND AND A SECOND FROM BARNACLE. I MAY WE A ROLL CALL VOTE BARNACLE. AYE. CATER THOMPSON? YES. DI CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SHRIVES? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT MOVES US INTO [3. Resolution Awarding a Contract for the Primary Influent Pump Station (PIPS) Parallel Force Main Project (C66502032) to Garney Pacific, Inc.] PUBLIC HEARINGS, MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION, AND IT IS, UH, THE RESOLUTION OF AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR PRIMARY INFLUENCE PUMP STATION PARALLEL FORCE MAINE TO GARNEY PACIFIC. AND TO HELP US WITH THIS, WE HAVE HANNAH LEE, PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, AND STEVE WELL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCES. UM, PLEASE, UH, FILL US IN ON, UH, THE PROJECT. I'M, I'M HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT IN PLACE OF, UM, LUCAS PEREIRA, THE PROJECT MANAGER WHO HAS PUT MANY YEARS OF WORK INTO THIS PROJECT TO GET IT TO THIS POINT. AND I HAVE THE, THE PRIVILEGE OF, OF BRINGING THIS DECISION BEFORE YOU TODAY. UM, SO THIS, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT BEFORE WE GET TO THE FINAL, [01:20:01] UM, RECOMMENDATION. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO I WANNA START WITH, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM THAT THIS PROJECT IS PART OF. SO, PETALUMA'S WASTEWATER LEAVES THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES THROUGH A GRAVITY COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT TAKES ALL OF THE SEWAGE, UM, IN THE CITY TO THE, UH, PRIMARY FLUENT PUMP STATION LOCATED ON HOPPER STREET. FROM THERE, WE HAVE LARGE PUMPS THAT MOVE THE WASTEWATER THROUGH THE PRIMARY FLUENT FORCE MAIN TO THE ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY, WHERE IT IS TREATED BEFORE BEING SAFELY DISCHARGED OR RECYCLED. THERE IS, UH, ONE, ONE PIPELINE THAT CARRIES ALL OF THIS WATER, AND IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THE EXISTING FOREST MAINE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1970S, AND IT'S REACHED THE END OF ITS DESIGN LIFE. IT ALSO OPERATES WITHOUT ANY REDUNDANCY, MEANING THERE'S NO ALTERNATE PIPELINE. IF MAINTENANCE IS NEEDED OR IF THERE'S A FAILURE AND IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THIS PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT A NEW 42 INCH PARALLEL FORCE MAIN, ALONGSIDE MUCH OF THE 36 INCH PIPELINE, PROVIDING THE REDUNDANCY NEEDED TO IMPROVE SYSTEM RELIABILITY, REDUCE THE RISK OF SERVICE DISRUPTIONS, AND ALLOW FUTURE MAINTENANCE OF EITHER PIPELINE WHILE KEEPING THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM FULLY OPERATIONAL. UH, PIPS IS REALLY PART OF A PROGRAM OF THREE LINKED PROJECTS. WE HAVE THREE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE FIVE-YEAR CATALOG. TWO OF THEM WERE MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AWARDING TODAY IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE NEW PARALLEL FORCE MAIN THAT WILL RUN ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING LINE. THE SECOND ONE IS THE PUMP STATION ITSELF. THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO MORE THAN 50 YEARS OLD, AND WE'RE WORKING ON DESIGN FOR A PROJECT TO REPLACE THAT. ONCE WE HAVE A PARALLEL FORCE MAIN AND A PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT IN THE GROUND, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO START WORKING ON THE EXISTING, UM, FORCE MADE REHABILITATION AND ASSESS ITS CONDITION AND SEE WHAT REPAIRS OR UPGRADES NEED TO BE MADE. THIS SEQUENCE KEEPS THE SYSTEM RESILIENT AND AVOIDS TAKING ANY EXISTING SYSTEMS OUT OF OPERATION BECAUSE REDUNDANCY WILL BE IN PLACE. THIS MAP SHOWS THE FULL TWO AND A HALF MILE PROJECT ALIGNMENT RELATIVE TO THE CITY LIMITS. THE NEW PARALLEL FORCE MAIN WILL BEGIN AT THE PRIMARY IN FLUENT PUMP STATION ON HOPPER STREET AND EXTEND SOUTHEAST TO THE ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY. MUCH OF THE ALIGNMENT IS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE CITY THROUGH INDUSTRIAL AREAS, UM, RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE SCHOENBERGER PARK AND ELLIS CREEK AREA. THE PROJECT WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE EXISTING FOREST MAIN CORRIDOR, CREATING A PARALLEL PIPELINE BETWEEN THESE TWO CRITICAL FACILITIES. THE PIPELINE WOULD CROSS ABOUT TWO DOZEN PROPERTIES ON ITS WAY, INCLUDING 1 0 1, THE RAILROAD, SEVERAL CREEKS, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, MANY COMPANIES, UH, WITH DIVERSE UH, PURPOSES, INCLUDING STORAGE, FOOD PRODUCERS, OFFICE SPACES, TRUCKING, SHIPPING. THERE'S A CHAPEL, A CLINIC AND A SCHOOL. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS WHERE THE PIPELINE CROSSES TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THEIR BUSINESSES AND TENANTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR COLLABORATION AND THEIR TIME EXPLAINING THEIR UNIQUE OPERATIONAL NEEDS. WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID MANY IMPACTS BY SPECIFYING OPTIMAL TIME PERIODS FOR CONSTRUCTION ON A GIVEN PROPERTY. SOME WILL NEED MORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING. AND NOW WE HAVE HELP FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOON FROM OUR AWARDED CONTRACTOR. AND I WANNA THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR SENDING NANCY SANDS OUR WAY. UH, THIS CLOSER VIEW SHOWS HOW THE NEW PARALLEL FORCE MAIN WILL RELATE TO THE EXISTING PIPELINE. THE EXISTING FOREST MAIN SHOWN IN GREEN CURRENTLY CARRIES WASTEWATER FROM PIPS TO ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY. THE NEW FOREST MAIN SHOWN IN RED WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE SAME CORRIDOR WITH LOCALIZED SHIFTS WHERE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION CONSTRAINTS. THE ALIGNMENT WAS REVISED, WAS REFINED TO AVOID CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE AZURE APARTMENTS PROPERTY. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE IT TAKING A A, A JOG DOWN, UM, CASA GRANDE ROAD AND TECHNOLOGY LANE. UH, THESE APARTMENTS, UM, HAD AN EASEMENT, BUT THERE JUST WASN'T ROOM IN THAT EASEMENT WITH THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS NOW BUILT AND ALL OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE. ALTERNATIVELY, WE LOOKED AT, UM, ACQUIRING AN [01:25:01] EASEMENT THROUGH THE PROPOSED RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH, BUT THAT WOULD'VE COME WITH SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLICATIONS AND HIGH COSTS. SO THE BEST OPTION IS TO REROUTE THROUGH THE EXISTING ROAD RIGHT OF WAY ALONG CAA GRANDE ROAD AND TECHNOLOGY LANE. UH, THIS ALIGNMENT AND GRADE CHANGES ARE MOSTLY GRADUAL BENDS WITH FITTINGS CONNECTED VIA THE SAME FUSION METHOD AS THE PRIMARY PIPE. UM, IN ADDITION, THE PIPE MATERIAL HAS AN INCREDIBLY SMOOTH SURFACE. THIS REDUCES FRICTION LOSS COMPARED TO THE EXISTING PIPE MATERIAL. SO ALL OF THE BENDS AND OTHER HYDRAULIC RESTRICTIONS ALONG THE ALIGNMENT ARE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR, FOR BOTH THE EXISTING PUMPS AS WELL AS THE FUTURE PUMPS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DESIGNING. WE RECEIVE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ALIGNMENT IN ADVANCE, UH, THAT ARE COVERED IN DETAIL IN THE Q AND A DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN POSTED. SO I WON'T REPEAT ALL THAT NOW. UM, I ALSO WANNA REFER YOU TO THE, UM, ALIGNMENT DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT THE JUNE 8TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UH, SO THAT RECORDING'S AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO BEFORE CONSTRUCTION COULD BEGIN, THE CITY COMPLETED SEVERAL YEARS OF PLANNING AND ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS, DESIGN, HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS, PERMITTING, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND PROPERTY COORDINATION ALONG THE ALIGNMENT. UM, THE WORK INCLUDED SECURING THE ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE NEW PIPELINE, AS WELL AS COORDINATING ACCESS THROUGH MULTIPLE PROPERTIES. BECAUSE THE ROUTE PASSES NEAR WETLANDS, CREEKS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION APPROACH HAS BEEN CAREFULLY PLANNED TO PROTECT THOSE RESOURCES AND MEET PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. THE CITY HAS ALSO COORDINATED CLOSELY WITH PARTNER AGENCIES WHERE THE PROJECT INTERSECTS WITH HIGHWAY 1 0 1 SMART FLOOD CONTROL FACILITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT PURPOSE AND SCOPE. AND NOW I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE ROYAL TO TALK ABOUT FUNDING. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL START BY DIVING RIGHT INTO THE MULTI-USE PATHWAY PROPOSED FOR A PORTION OF THE ALIGNMENT. SO ORIGINALLY THIS PATHWAY DID SERVE A PURPOSE FOR MAINTENANCE ACCESS. ALONG THE PIPELINE ITSELF, THERE WERE ACCESS POINTS AT CHANGES IN MATERIAL ALONG THE PIPELINE TO ALLOW FOR BYPASS PUMPING AND FAILURES, UH, AS THE DESIGN WAS CARRIED THROUGH AND REALLY AT ABOUT THE 90% STAGE, THE DESIGN TEAM IN COORDINATION WITH CITI TALKED THROUGH WHETHER THAT WAS THE BEST APPROACH AND SHIFTED TO AN HDPE MATERIAL FOR THE ENTIRE PIPELINE ALIGNMENT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'VE REDUCED THOSE POINTS OF CONNECTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND REDUCED THE LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURE AT THOSE, UH, CONNECTION POINTS, REALLY ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR MAINTENANCE ACCESS ALONG THIS SELECT SECTION OF THE PIPELINE. SO AT THAT POINT, WE REALIZED THIS IS NO LONGER SPECIFICALLY A WASTEWATER NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS ACCESS ROUTE. BUT THE DESIGN WAS FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT IT MADE SENSE TO CONTINUE WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, MULTI-USE PATH IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT. SO AT THIS POINT, UH, UPON REVIEW, WE'VE DECIDED THAT THIS ONE BID LINE ITEM FOR $625,000 FOR THE MULTI-USE PATH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO FUND THROUGH WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE DOLLARS. AND IT'LL BE FUNDED SEPARATELY TALKING, UH, MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE BUDGET AS WELL. SO I, I WANTED TO DIVE INTO THIS JUST BECAUSE IT, IT HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER TIME, UH, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT. PART OF IT HAS BEEN THE LONG TIMELINE AND PART OF IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHEN THE PROJECT WAS INITIALLY SCOPED OUT. THERE WERE JUST SO MANY UNKNOWNS THAT WEREN'T REALLY CLEAR AT THAT POINT. UM, WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING. SO BIG CHANGES FROM THE 2021 INITIAL CONCEPT BUDGET THAT WENT INTO THE 2023 RATE STUDY WERE ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL PIECES BEYOND JUST THE, THE HARD CONSTRUCTION COST, AS WELL AS CHANGES TO SOME OF THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY NEEDING MORE MICRO TUNNELING SECTIONS TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS. SO THOSE SECTIONS OF MICRO TUNNELING ARE VASTLY MORE EXPENSIVE ON A UNIT COST BASIS THAN OPEN TRENCH CONSTRUCTION. SO ADDING MORE OF THAT AS THE PROJECT DESIGN WAS COMPLETED MEANT THAT THE COST WAS, UH, GOING TO GO UP. SO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, WE NO LONGER HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE. WE HAVE A BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AS DESIGNED, UH, INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET BOOK FOR THAT ARE NOT ONLY THE HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITOR AND MITIGATION AND, UH, FULL STAFF TIME FOR DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT. TAKING A STEP BACK AGAIN AND WALKING THROUGH HOW WE'VE GOTTEN HERE TODAY, UM, THIS ISN'T [01:30:01] A PROJECT THAT THE CITY DOES EVERY YEAR, . UM, SO WE DID HAVE TO OBTAIN A WASTEWATER REVENUE BOND TO FUND THIS PROJECT THAT CAME BACK TO YOU AS HANNAH MENTIONED IN IN JUNE. AND REALLY THE UPDATE FOR TODAY IS THAT BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION IN JUNE, WE DID PROCEED WITH A CO COMPETITIVE BOND SALE. IT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST. AND, UH, BOND PROCEEDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO FUND THIS PROJECT AND OTHER WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND I AM GONNA HAND IT BACK TO HANNAH. TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE FUN CONSTRUCTION DETAILS FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. YES. SO THIS PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF MILES OR 13,000 FEET OF NEW 42 INCH HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPELINE CONNECTING THE PUMP STATION TO THE WATER RECYCLING FACILITY. BECAUSE THE ALIGNMENT CROSSES MAJOR ROADWAYS RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATERWAYS. THE PROJECT USES TWO PRIMARY INSTALLATION METHODS. DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, MOST OF THE PIPELINE WILL BE INSTALLED USING CONVENTIONAL OPEN TRENCH CONSTRUCTION WHERE A TRENCH IS EXCAVATED AND THE NEW PIPE IS INSTALLED IN THE AREA RESTORED OVER THE TOP. AT SOME LOCATIONS WHERE EXCAVATING FROM THE SURFACE ISN'T PRACTICAL OR WOULD CREATE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, THE CONTRACTOR WILL USE MICRO TUNNELING. THAT'S WHAT THE PICTURE IS ON THE RIGHT. UM, THIS INVOLVES DIGGING TWO DEEP PITS CALLED THE LAUNCH SHAFT AND A RECEIVING SHAFT, AND THEN REMOTELY INSTALLING THE PIPELINE UNDERGROUND BETWEEN THESE TWO POINTS, USING THAT BIG, UH, BORING MACHINE. ONCE THE NEW PIPELINE IS INSTALLED, THE PROJECT WILL COMPLETE THE SYSTEM CONNECTIONS, CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY MANHOLES INS, AND RESTORE ALL DISTURBED AREAS. UM, WE ARE ALSO, AS STEVE MENTIONED, CONSTRUCTING A 10 FOOT WIDE MULTI-USE PATHWAY. IT WOULD LOOK A LOT LIKE THIS ONE IN SAUSALITO, THE SAUSALITO MILL MILL VALLEY PATHWAY. IT WILL STRETCH ABOUT 2,100 FEET FROM BAYWOOD DRIVE TO CASA GRANDE ROAD. BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF A LONGER PLAN NETWORK OF TRAILS PARALLEL TO THE RIVER. UH, AS IN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEGMENTS OF THE PIPELINE WHERE CONSTRUCTION WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT DAYTIME OPERATIONS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES. THERE ARE PLACES THAT IN COORDINATION WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR NIGHTTIME WORK. THIS ISN'T MOST OF THEM, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A FEW LOCATIONS WHERE THIS OCCURS. UM, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES MANY MEASURES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING PROTECTING THE TREES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AVOIDING CREEKS AND WETLANDS, AND CAREFULLY CHECKING FOR SENSITIVE SPECIES BEFORE WE START THE WORK. HERE'S SOME FUN PHOTOS FROM ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THE ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED. THIS SHOWS THE CONNECTION POINTS THAT WERE PUT IN THE GROUND BACK THEN AT ELLIS CREEK. THERE'S SIMILAR CONNECTION POINTS ALREADY IN THE PUMP STATION AS WELL. SO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, FOR DECADES, AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING BECAUSE THE PROJECT PASSES THROUGH ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS BEEN A KEY CONSIDERATION THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING DESIGN PERMITTING AND WILL BE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. THE PROJECT INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT WETLANDS, WATERWAYS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND WATER QUALITY. WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WILL BE MONITORED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND ALL DISTURBED AREAS WILL BE RESTORED ONCE THE WORK IS COMPLETE. ONE OF THE WAYS WE REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IS BY USING THE MICRO TUNNELING AT THOSE SELECT UH, LOCATIONS. THIS ALLOWS THE PIPELINE TO BE INSTALLED UNDERGROUND WHILE MINIMIZING ANY DISTURBANCE AT THE SURFACE. ANOTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IS GROUNDWATER PORTIONS OF THE ALIGNMENT HAVE HIGH GROUNDWATER LEVELS, WHICH MEANS THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TEMPORARY DEWATERING REQUIRED IN ORDER TO SAFELY EXCAVATE AND INSTALL THE PIPE. AS DESIGN ADVANCED, THE PROJECT TEAM DEVELOPED A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS AND SPECIALIZED DEWATERING AND TREATMENT MEASURES NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT SAFELY. THOSE REQUIREMENTS BECAME ONE OF SEVERAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN THE OVERALL PROJECT BUDGET. PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT ISN'T A SEPARATE PART OF THE PROJECT. IT'S INTEGRATED INTO HOW WE BUILD THE PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH. BECAUSE MOST OF THE WORK IS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE CITY, IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALIZED RATHER THAN CITYWIDE. BUT PEOPLE NEAR THE ACTIVE WORK ARE GONNA NOTICE CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC, EQUIPMENT, NOISE, DUST, TEMPORARY CLOSURES, UM, OR CHANGES TO THEIR ACCESS. THESE IMPACTS [01:35:01] WILL MOVE ALONG THE ALIGNMENT AS CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA OCCUR EVERYWHERE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY WILL WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAINTAIN WASTEWATER SERVICE, EMERGENCY ACCESS AND ACCESS NEARBY BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES. WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE ADVANCED NOTICE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AND REGULAR UPDATES THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION. CITY STAFF. NEGOTIATED SPECIFIC IMPACTS, MOSTLY LOSS OF PARKING WITH IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS WERE OBTAINED AND HAS WORKED TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE PARKING OPTIONS WHERE FEASIBLE. SO THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED TO CONTRACTORS AT THE END OF JULY AND BIDS CAME IN IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER. UM, UNTIL WE AWARD THE CONTRACT AND START COORDINATING WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WE CAN ONLY ESTIMATE WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WILL BE. WE THINK THE CONTRACTOR WILL NEED A FEW MONTHS TO PREPARE BEFORE GROUNDBREAKING OCCURS, AND THEY MAY TRY TO AVOID STARTING DURING THE RAINY SEASON. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ESTIMATING GROUNDBREAKING IN THE SPRING. CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UNDERWAY FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS, LIKELY WITH BREAKS FOR WET WEATHER. THIS IS A COMPLICATED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT AND WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS TO SHARE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION, THE PROJECT WEBSITE WILL SERVE AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND STAKEHOLDERS. WE JUST WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO GET THE WEBSITE UPDATED. THIS INCLUDES ADDING A NEW FORM TO SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES. THE WEBSITE ALSO HAS PROJECT BACKGROUND MAPS, ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, AND WILL HOUSE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AS THOSE COME IN. AND WE'LL UPDATE IT REGULARLY THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION. AS WORK PROGRESSES, RESIDENTS CAN VISIT THE SITE FOR THESE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, TRAFFIC AND TRAIL INFORMATION AND PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION. BECAUSE EVERY PROPERTY IN THE AREA IS UNIQUE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON A MULTI-PHASE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN IN COLLABORATION WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS TO TAILOR OUTREACH TO THEIR TENANTS AND GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT SUBSCRIBING TO NOTIFICATIONS. THIS MAY INCLUDE FLYERS, POSTCARDS, DOOR HANGERS, SIGNAGE OR OTHER MECHANISMS THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE ESTABLISHED. WE'LL ALSO LEVERAGE THE COMMUNITY UPDATE NEWS LETTER TO ENCOURAGE EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PROJECT PAGE AND ALSO ELLIS CREEK SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT TRAIL CLOSURES. WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO REACH OUT TO OUR NEW PROJECT TEAM. EMAIL AT PIPS@CITYOFPETALUMA.ORG. UH, HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE CONSTRUCTION BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED. UH, WITH THE LOW BID JUST UNDER $35 MILLION FROM NEY PACIFIC, IT'S ENCOURAGING THAT THE BIDS CAME IN AS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AS THEY DID BECAUSE THAT TELLS US THAT THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS PRETTY CLEAR AND THAT THEY REPRESENT A TRUE MARKET VALUE DUE TO THE COMPLEX AND SPECIALIZED NATURE OF THE PROJECT. THERE WERE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTOR EXPERIENCE THAT WERE DOCUMENTED IN THE BID PACKAGE TO HELP US ENSURE WE ARE SELECTING A CONTRACTOR WHO CAN DELIVER A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT WHILE BEING SENSITIVE TO THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. AND COMMUNITY GARNEY NOT ONLY MEETS THOSE STRICT REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THEIR NATIONWIDE EXPERIENCE WORKING ON LARGE SCALE WASTEWATER AND PIPELINE PROJECTS, BUT THERE ARE MANY REFERENCES REPORTED, VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH THEM. SO WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, AWARDING A CONTRACT TO GARNEY PACIFIC IN THE AMOUNT OF $34 MILLION 530,625. THANK YOU. AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I'LL BRING IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS AND, UH, CITY MANAGER. YES, YES. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME HANNAH LEE, WHO IS OUR PRINCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER FROM PUBLIC WORKS. SHE JOINED US RECENTLY JUST ABOUT MONTHS, A FEW MONTHS AGO AND QUICKLY JUMPING INTO THIS PROJECT. WE ARE EQUALLY EXCITED AND INCREDIBLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU JOINING US HERE TONIGHT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE H LEE, PRINCIPAL ENGINEER TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TELL, PLEASE TELL LUCAS WE MISS HIM , BUT THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB. UM, AND QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YEAH, IT'S NICE THAT WE, UH, WE HIRE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE. IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. OKAY. UM, YEAH, SO THERE WAS, I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS IN WRITING EARLIER AND I GOT BACK SOME REALLY GOOD ANSWERS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHEN, WHEN WE MAKE THAT JOCKEY AWAY UP TECHNOLOGY LEANING BACK, UM, AS TO SOME OF THE RATIONALE. IT WASN'T JUST FOR ONE REASON. THERE WAS A DOZEN REASONS IT LOOKED LIKE WHY THAT HAD TO GET DONE AND ACTUALLY FOR COST EFFECTNESS AND TIMELINESS, WHY THAT NEED TO GET DONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, EMPHASIZE, UM, THAT, [01:40:01] UH, YOU DID A GOOD ANSWER AND I WAS SATISFIED WITH THAT. SO I FIRST I JUST POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU. THEN THE, UM, OTHER THINGS, UM, JUST, JUST FOR, UM, OUR EDUCATION A LITTLE BIT. UM, THIS PIPE, IT'S, IT IS SEEMS TO BE LARGER OR STURDY. AND, UH, WHAT ABOUT, UH, 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN, I'VE DONE ENOUGH IRRIGATION WORK. I'VE SEEN THREE AND FOUR INCH PIPES COMPLETELY SPLIT BY OUR SOIL MOVEMENT AND OUR ADOBE SOIL. SO IS, UH, JUST, JUST TO GIVE US A QUALITY OF HOW RESISTANT IS THIS PIPE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO BOTH EARTH EARTHQUAKES OR SOIL MOVEMENT. UH, SO WE KIND OF GET A REAL FEEL FOR HOW LONG IT'S GONNA LAST. REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THIS IS WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT HDP. I ACTUALLY HAD A LIST OF LIKE COUNTING ALL THE WASTE. WHY I LOVE IT. UM, , JUST SO I DON'T FORGET. SO IT IS, IT IS ONE OF THE MORE FLEXIBLE PIPE OPTIONS THAT, THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. SO I THINK IT'S LESS LIKELY TO CRACK IN AN EARTHQUAKE. WE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF, OF HAVING SWEEPING BENDS WHERE WE MIGHT IN OTHER PIPE MATERIALS HAVE TO HAVE SHARPER, UM, TURNS THAT WOULD CAUSE SOME LOSSES TO FRICTION. UM, THIS IS ALSO, UM, A VERY, VERY SMOOTH MATERIAL TOO. AND IT IS EXTREMELY RESISTANT TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. IT'S INERT, IT'S REALLY HARD TO, TO TAKE THIS APART. THEY TYPICALLY LAST 50 TO A HUNDRED YEARS. OKAY, GOOD. I JUST WANNA ESTABLISH THAT THIS IS A HUGE INVESTMENT, BUT IT IS A VERY LONG TERM INVESTMENT. YES. CAN I JUST ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO ANSWER WHAT'S THE WALL THICKNESS? IT'S VERY THICK. YEAH. SO THE FOUR, SO THE, THE OTHER THING THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS TYPE OF PIPE IS THEY, THEY CALL IT BY ITS OUTER DIAMETER. SO IT'S ACTUALLY 42 INCHES ON THE OUTSIDE AND THAT IT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER 36 INCHES ON THE INSIDE. IT'S A VERY THICK PIPE, BUT IT'S A LIGHTER WEIGHT MATERIAL THAN A, THAN OTHER PIPES THAT WOULD HAVE THAT THICKNESS. SO IT'S AT LEAST THREE INCHES THICK WALLS. YES. VERY, VERY THICK. OKAY. SO TO IMPLYING THERE, OKAY. YES. GOOD. UH, JUST CHECKING ON THAT JUST SO WE, UM, UH, GET SOME OF THESE ANSWERS GOING. UM, NOW IN CASE OF, UM, I KNOW WE'RE STARTING IN SPRING, WHICH IS GOOD 'CAUSE WE HAVE SUPER EL NINO REALLY WET SEASON POSSIBLY COMING NOW AND POSSIBLY A SERIES OF THEM COMING WITH THE OCEAN TEMPERATURE THE WAY IT IS. SO WILL WE BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS ON SCHEDULE EVEN IF WE HAVE SOME MAJOR STORMS AND WETNESS HAPPENING, UM, AND SOME RISING OF GROUNDWATER AND LIKE, UH, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO KEEP ON TRACK? UM, 'CAUSE YOU'RE DOING THE MICROCHANNEL LINK, YOU'RE DIGGING A BIG DITCH. IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THE WATER TABLE. IN FACT, THE WATER TABLE IS PROBABLY ABOVE WHERE YOU'RE DIGGING. UM, SO I JUST THOUGHT IF JUST IS THERE ANY ANTICIPATED, UH, DELAYS OR, OR, UH, FEATURES OF TIME THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IF WE GET SIGNIFICANT SERIES OF STORMS, I, I THINK THEY, THEY VERY LIKELY WILL HAVE TIME PERIODS WHERE THEY HAVE TO PAUSE, PAUSE THE WORK. OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, RESILIENCY IN OUR CONTRACT AND THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH RESILIENCY IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE, TO OVERCOME THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT I'M EXPECTING TO ARISE. RIGHT. I, SO THE WORKING DAYS WILL GET PAUSED WHEN WE HAVE RAIN OUT DAYS, ESSENTIALLY. GOOD. AND THIS DRILLING MACHINE, IS IT COMING FROM THE, UH, FRACKING WORLD OR IS IT, UH, SPECIAL OR CAN IT BE, UH, MOVED AND USED IN GEOTHERMAL? UH, IT CAN BE USED OTHER PLACES 'CAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL INSTRUMENT HERE. IT IS VERY SPECIAL INSTRUMENT. YEAH. UM, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT WILL HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFULLY SCHEDULED AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL BE, WE WON'T KNOW ALL THIS UNTIL WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR DIRECTLY, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE IT FOR EACH LOCATION ALL IN ONE GO. IT'LL PROBABLY SHOW UP, LEAVE AND THEN SHOW UP AND LEAVE. UM, OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF A PIECEMEAL ALONG THE WAY. I THINK IT'LL HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT PIECEMEAL. SO INSTEAD OF END TO END, UH, STRAIGHT LINE DOWN THE LINE. SO WELL, OH, SO THE, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF, OF THE PIPELINE LAYING, THEY'RE GONNA WANNA GO IN CONTINUOUSLY, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE SWITCHING FROM THE TRENCHING METHOD TO THE MICRO TUNNELING. SO THE MICRO TUNNELING MACHINE'S NOT GONNA STAY THERE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA COME AT REALLY SPECIFIC. OKAY. JUST 'CAUSE I, I I IMAGINE IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE, VALUABLE, UH, FOR A LOT OF OTHER INDUSTRIES. YES. AND THAT GETTING ACCESS TO IT AT TIMELINESS. SO I I TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, YEAH. CAN I ASK YOU GET ALL DONE. OKAY. CAN I HELP YOU WITH, UH, THAT PIECE TOO? AND, UM, WE'RE ALL THE SUBCONTRACTORS IDENTIFIED AND WAS MICRO TUNNELING AND IDENTIFIED SUBCONTRACTOR, SO THEY'LL BRING THEM IN AS A SUB TO FIT THE SPOT. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH, JUST, JUST MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S A, A VERY UNIQUE PIECE. IT IS. OF EQUIPMENT WE'RE USING AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT DO IT BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD THE SAME SUBCONTRACTOR. OKAY. GOOD. THAT'S, I WAS JUST GONNA DEMONSTRATE OR, OR TALK ABOUT YEAH. GETTING THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE WHAT A SPECIAL SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW AND WHAT A GREAT JOB WE'RE DOING. UM, AND LAST IS, UM, WHAT YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UM, THE OLD PIPE. ONCE THE NEW PIPE IS IN, WE STILL WANT TO KEEP THE OLD PIPE AS [01:45:01] BACKUP, I THINK MM-HMM . AND SO IT STILL HAS TO BE TESTED, MAINTAINED, POSSIBLY REPLACED IN PARTS AND, AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE SOME MONEY AND SOME TIME AND PROBABLY SOME DIGGING TO GO FIND AND REPAIR AND DO ALL THAT. IS THERE BUDGET MONEY, IS THERE A PART OF THE BOND? IS THAT GONNA BE COVERING ALL THAT? IS IS IT GONNA TAKE EXTRA MONEY TO DO THAT? UH, AND WHEN AND HOW LONG AND, AND WHAT IS THAT GONNA TAKE? GIVE US A, A, A VIEW OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SURE. SO, UM, THAT IS THE THIRD PROJECT CALLED OUT AS THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING OLDER FORCE MAIN. SO IT'S IN THE CIP RIGHT NOW IS A FUTURE PROJECT. WE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER NUMBER, UM, THE CHALLENGE THERE, RIGHT? SO BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT, WE HAVE TO ASSESS ITS CONDITION. WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH A LINE OF THE SIZE WHILE IT'S IN SERVICE. SO RIGHT NOW THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS IS REALLY TO GET THE NEW PIPE IN, GET THE NEW PUMP STATION IN, THEN THAT'LL BE THE NEXT CIP IN LINE TO GO IN AND DO A THOROUGH CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THAT PIPE, REHABILITATE IT AS NEEDED, AND UH, ESSENTIALLY HAVE IT AVAILABLE AS A SPARE FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS. GOOD. SO IT, IT IS A PLAN, BUT THE, THE DOLLARS ARE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT. OKAY. JUST, JUST CHECKING. BUT, BUT IT'S NOT IN OUR CURRENT, IT'S NOT PART OF THE CURRENT $70 MILLION BOND. UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT, THE $70 MILLION BOND ISN'T SPECIFIC TO PROJECTS THOUGH. IT'S TO THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE. OKAY. SO BASICALLY ANY DOLLAR THAT WE SAVE ON THE FORCE MAIN INSTALLATION CAN BE APPLIED TOWARDS FUTURE PROJECTS. OKAY. SO OUR TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE IF WE START IN SPRING TWO YEARS, MAYBE SOME LITTLE MORE WITH, WITH RAINS. SO WE LOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS FROM NOW FOR THE PIPE END AND THEN THE, UM, THE ACTUAL PUMP, UH, WE'RE LOOKING WHAT, ONE OR TWO OR THREE YEARS? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, I PROBABLY BLAZED RIGHT THROUGH THAT. THE, THE PUMP STATION IS IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD ONE DESIGN WORKSHOP WITH THE SECOND IN NOVEMBER, AND THE EXPECTATION IS WE GET OUR 30% DESIGN FOR THE PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT WITH A SUBSTANTIVE, A SUBSTANTIVE COST ESTIMATE IN QUARTER ONE OF 2027. THE DESIGN OF THE PUMP STATION IS HOPEFULLY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, MAYBE 12 MONTHS BEHIND THAT ESTIMATE WILL BE COMPLETED. AND THEN WE CAN, UH, LOOK AT BIDDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT. SO IT'S PROBABLY SIX TO 12 MONTHS BEHIND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORCE MAIN THAT WE WOULD BE WRAPPING UP OR, UH, GETTING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUMP STATION. OH, OKAY. IT'S GOOD TIMING IS IN SE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, THE TIMING IS SEQUENCE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, ALMOST THREE YEARS FOR THE PIPE TO GO IN PROBABLY ANOTHER ONE YEAR TO TWO YEARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACTUAL PUMP STATION. PUMP STATION MM-HMM . SO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT REPAIRING THE OLD PIPE. CORRECT. SO WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH FIVE YEARS WITH THE OLD PIPE. UH, NO, WITH THE NEW PIPE IN PLACE, THE EXISTING PUMP STATION IS CONNECTED TO THAT PIPE. OKAY. SO YEAH, WE'RE OKAY. JUDGE, WE JUST NEED TO GET THROUGH THREE YEARS WITH THE OLD PIPE RIGHT NOW. CORRECT. OKAY. JUST, I JUST WANNA GET THE TIMELINES, UH, IN OUR HEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE? COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT? YEAH, JUST FOR, UH, FOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING TO PUT THIS IN. IT'S A BIG CAPITAL PROJECT. UH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE CHOSE NOT TO DO THIS? SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THIS IS THE SINGLE POINT OF TRANSIT OF ALL WASTEWATER FROM THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO THE ALICE CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY. SO IF THIS PIPE FAILS, DEPENDING ON THE, THE HOUR OF THE DAY, BECAUSE FLOW RATE THROUGH THE SEWER CHANGES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, WE WOULD HAVE BETWEEN 30 MINUTES AND FOUR HOURS BEFORE WE START TO OVERFLOW SEWAGE IN PETALUMA. THAT MEANS NOBODY IN PETALUMA WOULD BE ABLE TO FLUSH THEIR TOILETS. I MEAN, YOU CAN FLUSH IT, BUT IT'S GONNA GO TO THE LOWEST POINT. RIGHT. GOT IT. OKAY. YEAH. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS FOR A GOOD REASON AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. NOW, UM, A MORE PRACTICAL QUESTION. UM, THIS, UM, CASA GRANDE, THE END OF CASA GRANDE ROAD, THAT BIG OPEN SPACE IS ROCKY DOG PARK. MM-HMM . AND IS THERE GONNA BE SIGNAGE TO ALERT THE USERS OF THE ROCKY DOG PARK THAT THIS IS COMING, THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME INTERRUPTIONS AND IF POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SPRINGTIME AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION, IF THE SHEEP WERE THERE AND YOU HAD TO CLOSE THE PARK. I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. UM, PRACTICAL AND ALSO THAT TECHNOLOGY LANE, I JUST, UM, ATTENDED AN OPEN HOUSE OR ONE OF THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA. AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE A PRETTY NEW BUSINESS THERE. AND THERE'S A NEW BAKERY OPENING IN THAT AREA TOO. SO, AND THE INTERRUPTION OF ZU APARTMENT TENANTS, I KNOW THE TENANT, UM, THERE'S TURNOVER. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT MAYBE SOME CITY SIGNAGE BECAUSE THE NEW TENANTS MIGHT HAVE NOT HAVE GOTTEN [01:50:01] THE POSTCARDS YES. TO ALERT THEM OF A PROJECT COMING. AND THIS IS DISTRICT THREE, SO I'M KIND OF THE ONE THEY CALL AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT THIS IS THE INFORMATION YOU CAN, UM, LOOK AT TO GET SOME SORT OF A CALENDAR OF INTERRUPTIONS MM-HMM . TO THEIR AREA. YEAH. THANKS. YEAH. CAN I CYCLE BACK WITH YOU ON THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN THERE? THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I MM-HMM . UM, IT MIGHT BE CLEAR, BUT I, I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE. SO DURING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING WASTEWATER SERVICE. SO EVEN DURING CONSTRUCTION, ANYONE THAT'S CONNECTED, IF YOU'RE NEAR THE CONSTRUCTION OR NOT, YOU CAN STILL FLUSH YOUR TOILET. IT'S, IT'S MORE OF THE BUSINESSES USING THAT FOR PARKING FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES OVERFLOW FROM THE APARTMENTS. THE ROCKY DOG PARK, THAT'S THE STREET THAT THEY GET GO IN AND OUT OF, AND IT'S GONNA BE DISRUPTIVE AND ESPECIALLY NIGHTTIME WORK. IT'S NOT GETTING INTERRUPT DAYTIME, BUT NIGHTTIME AND THOSE APARTMENTS, UM, THEY MIGHT BE TRYING TO SLEEP OR THE BUSINESSES MIGHT BE GONE, BUT THE APARTMENTS WILL BE PROBABLY, MOST TENANTS WILL BE HOME, I WOULD THINK. SO ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S APARTMENTS SO THAT THERE'S, UM, THEY'RE THAT THEY COME AND GO THE TENANTS. SO THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROJECT COMING. MM-HMM. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE POSTCARD. YEAH. THANKS. THANKS. ANYONE. UM, COUNCILMAN CARLY, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WELCOME TO PETALUMA HANNAH. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE, UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO SELL, UH, FEWER BONDS BECAUSE THE BID CAME IN UNDER WHAT WE EXPECTED? UH, SO THE WASTEWATER BOND HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD, SO WE ARE NOT CHANGING THAT. THE DOLLARS THAT WOULDN'T BE USED ON THIS PROJECT ARE NOW GOING TO BE USED ON THE PUMP STATION PROJECT. OKAY. THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE TRANSFERRED OVER IT. IT'S, IT'S ONE BOND. MM-HMM . LIKE THE, THE PROCEEDS OF THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY ENTERPRISE FUND TO USE ON WASTEWATER CAPITAL PROJECTS. OKAY. NO, IT MAKES SENSE. AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE MULTI-USE PATH GOES, SO AM I CORRECT IN THINKING WE NO LONGER NEED IT AS A RIGHT OF WAY WHATSOEVER? LIKE IT'S NO LONGER ESSENTIAL TO THE PROJECT? IT'S NO LONGER ESSENTIAL FROM A WASTEWATER PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THE, THE CITY'S DIRECTION IS THAT IT'S STILL PART OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND STILL PROVIDES A CONNECTOR THROUGH THIS AREA. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT MADE SENSE TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT PART OF THE PROJECT. WELL, I THINK, AND MAYBE SOMEONE WANNA POINT THE QUESTION TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF PATRICK, MAYBE YOU SHOULD ANSWER THIS. I MEAN, IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM RESPONSIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, WATER AND SEWER RATE PAYERS TO BE FUNDING WITH INTEREST, YOU KNOW, A PATH FOR BICYCLES, WALKING, RUNNING. I MEAN, THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF A DIFFERENT BUCKET OR AN MTC GRANT OR, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOMETHING ELSE. I I'LL FOR THE STAFF, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE STAFF REPORT SAYS. YEAH. THE, ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THE MULTI-USE PATH WILL COME FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE. IT DOES. OH YEAH. I THOUGHT WE WERE OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS STILL IN QUESTION THEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UM, PROBABLY BECAUSE WE OPENED THE DOOR ON ENGINEERING THINGS, I'M GONNA ASK YOU A COUPLE MORE ENGINEERING THINGS. SO WHEN YOU SAY, UM, UM, DIRECTIONAL DRILLS, DO YOU MEAN A CASE PIPE? IS IT THE, THE, DOES CALTRANS REQUIRE A CASING OVER A CARRIER? SO THE CALTRANS CROSSING IS MORE COMPLICATED AND GOSH, I WISH LUCAS WERE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT THERE IS AN EXISTING CASING FROM A PRIOR REPAIR AT THE CALTRANS CROSSING. WE ARE USING THAT, YES. ARE WE INSTALLING ANOTHER ONE? DO YOU RECALL? UM, I IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE USING THE EXISTING CASING. YEAH. YEAH. THERE WAS AN EXISTING SPARE 48 INCH INCH CASE, 54 INCH CASING. IT'S, IT, IT'S NOT A SPARE. IT WAS PUT IN WHEN CALTRAN DAMAGED THE EXISTING PIPE SEVERAL YEARS BACK. YEAH. OKAY. UM, AND THEN I GUESS THE SAME QUESTION FOR SMART, SMART HAS, THIS USUALLY HAS THE SAME, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT IT HAS A CASED CARRIER, UM, FOR SMART, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SEPARATE CASING, DO WE? OR IS IT JUST A IT'S THE DRILL THROUGH IT. YEAH. IT'S, IT IS CASE PART OF THE, YEAH. IT'S, IT'S CASE AND CARRIER. SURE. YEAH. AND, UM, BECAUSE THE REASON I ASK THAT IS 'CAUSE THE DIRECTIONAL, UH, DRILL IS SUCH A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT METHOD THAN A, UM, UM, THAN TO DO MICRO TUNNEL. UH, AND SO ARE, DO THE SPECS ALLOW FOR DIRECTIONAL DRILL AS WELL? THEY DON'T, UH, IS IT PROHIBITED? UM, THAT'S HOW I WOULD INTERPRET IT. IF THE CONTRACTOR WANTS TO ASK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD, YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER, BUT AS IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IT'S NOT ALLOWED. YEAH. I WOULD ASSUME THAT ALL THE MICRO TUNNEL SECTIONS ARE REQUIRED BY OTHER AGENCIES AND EASEMENTS TO, TO DO THAT, BUT, BUT THE OPERATOR AND THE CONTRACTOR PROBABLY FIND THAT MANY SECTIONS WOULD BENEFIT FROM DIRECTIONAL DRILL. [01:55:01] HMM. UM, SO I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY BE OPEN TO THAT CHANGE ORDER. OKAY. UM, ALSO WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULE MIGHT GO LONGER. I WANNA KNOW ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE SCHEDULE GO FASTER. DID WE PROHIBIT TWO CREWS ON THE PROJECT? NO. YEAH. SO CAN WE IN EARLY CONTRACT TALK, TALK ABOUT INCENTIVIZING HAVING A, A SECOND CREW RUN AT THE SAME TIME? UH, UH, AN OUTFIT THIS BIG IS WELL CAPABLE OF, OF THAT KIND OF, UM, OPPORTUNITY, THOUGH I KNOW WE, WE PUT OUT PLANS OF SPECS FOR KIND OF A WORST CASE, BULLETPROOF EXAMPLE, BUT THEN WE LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES LIKE THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, AND I KNOW THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS WILL TAKE 'EM TILL SPRINGTIME. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GUARANTEE NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT. UH, WHO DID, WHO DID WE PUT THE BURDEN OF THE MMRP ON? IS ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, MITIGATION MONITORING REPORTING, IS THAT, UH, ON CITY STAFF OR YES. DO WE PUT SOME OF THAT IN THE CONTRACT FOR, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THERE'S BIRD OBSERVATORY AND WHATNOT ELSE? YEAH, GENERALLY THE MONITORING OR REPORTING IS BEING MANAGED BY CITY STAFF. OKAY. UM, AND, AND I DO APPRECIATE ANY, UM, USING THE, THE HDPE, I MEAN, IT'S SELF RESTRAINING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE THRUST BLOCKS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST SO MUCH BETTER WHEN, UM, YES, YOU GO THAT WAY. UM, AND, UM, THAT, THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, UM, WELL, AND TO TAP ON, UH, MR. DI CARLY'S POINT HERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK NOW AND MONEY IN THE BANK LOSES VALUE VERSUS INFLATION. I, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST, I MEAN, AND YOU KNOW, I DO EVERY MEETING REQUEST THAT CIP ACCELERATE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS BECAUSE MONEY THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING IS BURNING A HOLE IN THE BANK. SO, UM, WHATEVER THE SCHEDULE IS NOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS ON HOW THE ENGINEERING COULD OCCUR FASTER AND THE MONEY COULD BE BENEFITED BEFORE IT REDUCES IN VALUE. IF I MAY, ONE QUICK POINT ON THAT. SO FOR THE PUMP STATION DESIGN, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE DELIVERY APPROACHES WE'RE TAKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM. RATHER THAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, A, A MORE PROLONGED PIECE BY PIECE ITERATIVE PROCESS, WE ARE DOING DESIGN WORKSHOPS THAT ARE A FULL DAY WORKSHOP WITH CITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE STAFF AT THE TREATMENT PLANT, THE CIP TEAM AND OUR CONSULTANT TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 60, 70 EMAILS WORTH OF QUESTIONS IN ONE DAY. AND SO I THINK THAT IS REALLY GONNA SAVE US A LOT OF TIME ON THE DESIGN OF THE PUMP STATION. AND, AND MAY I JUST SUGGEST THAT WHEN THAT ONE COMES IN UNDER BUDGET, WE'LL STILL HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK. SO WE NEED THIRD PROJECT ALL LINED UP. I MEAN, IT IS PROJECT THAT, THAT IT IS MORE AND, AND MORE, UH, THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO REALLY ACHIEVE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AREA AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. AND WITH THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO TAKE US TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ABSOLUTELY. UH, I'LL START AT 32ND CLOCK AT THIS TIME. DURING THESE 30 SECONDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO MY DESK. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING ONLINE SHOULD RAISE THEIR HAND, UH, AND THOSE ATTENDING VIA PHONE SHOULD PRESS STAR NINE TO RAISE THEIR HAND. SPEAKER REQUEST RECEIVED AFTER THIS TIME MAY NOT BE ACCOMMODATED. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, UH, ITEM AHEAD OF THE MEETING. WE DO HAVE SIX PEOPLE ATTENDING VIA ZOOM. OKAY. SO THAT'S 30 SECONDS AND I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CARDS, BUT I DO HAVE ONE HAND UP. LET'S GO RIGHT TO THE ZOOM. OKAY. UH, OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING WILL BE NICK HARRIS. NICK, IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF AND MAKE YOUR COMMENT. HI, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL AND, UH, EXCITEDLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT, UM, AS A RECAP FROM 2023, UH, THROUGH 2028, RATE PAYERS WILL BE ENJOYING A 33% CUMULATIVE RATE INCREASE. THE CURRENT WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND BALANCE, OR WHAT WAS TO BE ESTIMATED AS OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR IS $42 MILLION. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY BONDS SOLD FOR THESE PROJECTS. THE RATE STABILIZATION FUND IS AT 1.5 MILLION. THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE WAS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, IS $46 MILLION. THAT'S $12 MILLION APPROXIMATELY OVER THE RECEIVED BID AMOUNT. THE PUMP STATION ESTIMATE, AS THE MAYOR JUST ALLUDED TO, IS ALREADY COVERED BY THE BONDS SOLD. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTION, THAT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS BE MOVED FORWARD FASTER, THAT THE $12 MILLION BE ADDED TO A RATE STABILIZATION FUND UNTIL THE NEXT 2028 RACE STUDY IS COMPLETED AND CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE [02:00:01] DOCUMENTED AND VETTED THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CLOSES, UM, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM, BRINGING IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRI, JUST, JUST SO I'M CLEAR ON UNDERSTANDING, UH, ABOUT HOW THIS BOND WORKS. UM, FOR THE $70 MILLION, DO WE ACTUALLY GET THE $70 MILLION UPFRONT OR IS IT DELIVERED AS NEEDED AS TO GO THROUGH? THERE'S A DRAW SCHEDULE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT IS ALIGNED GENERALLY WITH OUR ESTIMATED SPEND ON THE CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOT LIKE HOLDING MONEY SO WE WE DON'T HAVE SOME MONEY AND THEN PUTTING IT IN THE BANK AND WAITING. CORRECT. SO IT'LL BE, IT IS GONNA BE DRIBBLED OUT AS NEEDED. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE LOSING MONEY IN THE BANK HOLDING IT. CORRECT. WE JUST, JUST GETTING, KEEP ALL THE OTHER, UM, AND WITH THIS PROJECT IN, IN IN PLAY NOW, UM, HOW ABOUT THE WORKFORCE? ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET OTHER PROJECTS, UH, CONTINUOUSLY DONE? UH, ARE WE ADDING STAFF, UM, TO MAKE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, HAVE EVERYTHING RUNNING? OR IS IT, UM, IS THIS ANY WAY DISTRACTING FROM OUR CURRENT WORK WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF YES. ALICE CREEK? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION, THERE REALLY WON'T BE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FOR MOST OF THE PIPELINE ALIGNMENT. IT'S CONSTRUCTION PIPE IN THE GROUND THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PUMP STATION OR AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. AND WHEN WE HIT THOSE TWO CONNECTION POINTS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT AND WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO RELY ON, UM, STAFF WORKING EXTRA HOURS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO DO OVERNIGHT TIE-INS. AND SO MOST OF THE PROJECT WILL HAVE A REALLY MINIMAL IMPACT ON OPERATIONS, BUT AT THOSE TWO JUNCTIONS, WHEN WE'RE TYING INTO EXISTING POINTS, THAT WILL CAUSE UM, YEAH, OVERLAPPING PRIORITIES WITH OPERATIONS. GOOD. SO IS THERE ANY OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT, THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON? JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT'S, UH, HOW MUCH WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING? THERE'S QUITE A BIT IN THE WASTEWATER. CIP THAT'S WHAT I WOULD POINT YOU TOWARDS. YEAH. WE'RE KEEPING BUSY AND FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, MOST OF THAT IS, UH, PRIOR TO OVERLAY PROJECTS AND AND CAUSING CONCERN AND SCHEDULED OVERLAY PROJECTS. YEAH. SO LIKE D STREET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, WE NEED TO HAVE STAFF AND, AND THAT'S ONE MORE REASON WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE STAFF STAYS ROBUST. AND UM, AND THIS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING OUTSIDE CONTRACT, UM, INSPECTION ON ALL OF THIS. CORRECT. SO THEY'RE BRINGING AN OUTSIDE RESOURCE TO HELP THE STAFF UP PART, RIGHT? YEAH. I'M JUST LOOKING AT JUST THE WORKFORCE AND GETTING ALL THE OTHER WORK DONE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT. WELL AND THERE'S GONNA BE COMPENSATION, UH, FOR TIME ALLOWANCES. SO EVERYTHING STILL ROLLS. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AND HOLD THINGS WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS. THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAPPENING. OKAY. GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, THAT IT'S CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC THAT YES. THAT, THAT, UH, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY, UM, TAKING A MOTION FOR THIS. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. SECOND MOTION. CAN THOMPSON A SECOND FROM NOW AND A COMMENT FROM BARNACLE? YEAH, I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE, UM, ALL THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT INTO THIS. UM, THERE'S LIKE PROBABLY TWO DECADES OF PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE GONNA SLEEP EASIER WHEN THIS IS DONE. SO, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER NOW. PROBABLY THIS WAS ON THE DOCKET WHEN YOU WERE ON LAST TIME AROUND, SO, UM, IT'S UH, EXCITING TO BE GETTING IT DONE. THANK YOU. YEAH, GOOD POINT. EVERYONE IN THESE SEATS AND IT WAS URGENT 20 YEARS AGO AND WE'RE JUST NOW DOING IT. SO GOOD THING THERE WAS NEVER AN EARTHQUAKE OR, UH, SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING BIG BIG SHOUT OUT TO STAFF FOR, UM, GETTING THIS TO, TO BE THE STAFF THAT ACHIEVED AND GOT THIS, UM, TO THE POINT OF AWARD VOTE. AND I MEAN, I'M READY TO CELEBRATE. SO LET'S GO WITH THE ROLL CALL VOTE. BARNACLE AYE. GATOR THOMPSON? YES. THE CARLY? YES. NOW? YES. QUINT? YES. SCHIBS? YES. MCDONALD? YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY . AND, UH, WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.