(d) (1) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to commercial parking requirements if it conflicts with an existing contractual agreement of the public agency that was executed before January 1, 2023, provided that all of the required commercial parking is shared with the public.
This subdivision shall apply to an existing contractual agreement that is amended after January 1, 2023, provided that the amendments do not increase commercial parking requirements. (2) A project may voluntarily build additional parking that is not shared with the public. (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the development project shall provide parking, as required by local ordinance, for employees and other workers of either of the following:
(1) A hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other transient lodging use. (2) An event center, as defined in Section 40717.8 of the Health and Safety Code. (f) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Public agency” means the state or any state agency, board, or commission, any city, county, city and county, or special district, or any agency, board, or commission of the city, county, city and county, special district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision.
(2) “Public transit” means a major transit stop as defined in Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code. (g) The Legislature finds and declares that this section addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 1985
Bill Text: CA AB1985 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended California Assembly Bill 1985
Bill Title: Organic waste: recovered organic waste product procurement targets.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2022-08-08 - In committee: Referred to suspense file. [AB1985 Detail] Download: California-2021-AB1985-Amended.html
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 01, 2022
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 30, 2022
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 13, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced by Assembly Member Robert Rivas
February 10, 2022
An act to amend Section 42652.5 of of, and to add Section 42652.6 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to organic waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1985, as amended, Robert Rivas. Organic waste: recovered organic waste product procurement targets.
Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a reduction in statewide emissions of methane by 40%, hydrofluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenic black carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. Existing law requires the methane emissions reduction goals to include a 50% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2020 and a 75% reduction by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations to achieve these organic waste reduction goals that include, among other things, requirements intended to meet the goal that not less than 20% of edible food that is currently disposed of be recovered for human consumption by 2025 and that may include penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance, as provided. The department‘s regulations provide for, among other things, the calculation by the department of recovered organic waste product procurement targets for each local jurisdiction.
This bill would require the department’s regulations to allow a local jurisdiction to procure a product made from California, landfilldiverted recovered organic waste, as provided, to comply with these recovered organic waste product procurement target requirements. The bill would allow a local jurisdiction, in procuring recovered organic waste products, to utilize California-derived recovered organic waste that is processed outside of the state. The bill would require any penalties imposed by the department on a local jurisdiction that fails to meet its recovered organic waste procurement target to be imposed pursuant to a specified schedule based on the percentage of the local jurisdiction’s recovered organic waste product procurement target achieved. The bill would exempt jurisdictions in possession of a specified rural exemption from these requirements until December 31, 2026. Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill would authorize the department, in its discretion, to provide rural counties and jurisdictions located within rural counties that are exempt from organic waste collection requirements an extended recovered organic waste product procurement target
schedule. The bill would also authorize the department, in its discretion, to create an adjusted recovered organic waste product procurement target schedule.
Existing regulations permit renewable gas procured from a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to count toward a jurisdiction’s recovered organic waste product procurement target only if certain conditions are met for the applicable procurement compliance year, including that the POTW transported less than 25% of the biosolids it produced to activities that constitute landfill disposal.
This bill would make that condition inapplicable until January 1, 2025, as long as the other conditions specified in the regulation are fully met and no more than 50% as an annual average of the biosolids produced during the prior calendar year are transported to activities constituting landfill disposal before January 1, 2025.
Digest Key
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal Committee: yes Local Program: no Bill Text
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 42652.5 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:
42652.5. (a) The department, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall adopt regulations to achieve the organic waste reduction goals for 2020 and 2025 established in Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code. The regulations shall comply with all of the following:
(1) May require local jurisdictions to impose requirements on generators or other relevant entities within their jurisdiction and may authorize local jurisdictions to impose penalties on generators for noncompliance. (2) Shall include requirements intended to meet the goal that not less than 20 percent of edible food that is currently disposed of is recovered for human consumption by 2025.
(3) Shall not establish a numeric organic waste disposal limit for individual landfills. (4) May include different levels of requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals for 2020 and 2025 established in Section 39730.6 of the Health and Safety Code. The department shall base its determination of progress on relevant factors, including, but not limited to, reviews conducted pursuant to Section 41825, the amount of organic waste disposed compared to the 2014 level, per capita disposal rates, the review required by Section 42653, and other relevant information provided by a local jurisdiction. (5) (A) May include penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. If penalties are included, they shall not exceed the amount authorized pursuant to Section 41850.
(B) Notwithstanding any other law, administrative civil penalties for a local jurisdiction that fails to procure a quantity of recovered organic waste products that meets or exceeds its recovered organic waste product procurement target established by the department pursuant to Section 18993.1 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations shall be imposed pursuant to the following schedule:
(i) On or after January 1, 2023, no local jurisdiction shall be subject to an administrative civil penalty unless it fails to each jurisdiction shall procure a quantity of recovered organic waste products that meets or exceeds 33 30 percent of its recovered organic waste product procurement target.
(ii) On or after January 1, 2024, no local jurisdiction shall be subject to an administrative civil penalty unless it fails to each jurisdiction shall procure a quantity of recovered organic waste products that meets or exceeds 66 65 percent of its recovered organic waste product procurement target.
(iii) On or after January 1, 2025, no local jurisdiction shall be subject to an administrative civil penalty unless it fails to each jurisdiction shall procure a quantity of recovered organic waste products that meets or exceeds 100 percent of its recovered organic waste product procurement target.
(6) Shall take effect on or after January 1, 2022, except the imposition of penalties pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not take effect until two years after the effective date of the regulations. (7)Shall allow a local jurisdiction to procure a product made from California, landfill-diverted recovered organic waste processed at a permitted or otherwise authorized operation or facility, as well as the recovered organic waste products identified in subdivision (f) of Section 18993.1 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, to comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 18993.1) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. In procuring recovered organic waste products, a local jurisdiction may utilize California-derived recovered organic waste that is processed outside of the state. (7) Jurisdictions in possession of a rural exemption pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2022, are exempt from the procurement requirement of this subdivision until December 31, 2026. Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, provide rural counties and jurisdictions
located within rural counties that are exempt from organic waste collection requirements an extended recovered organic waste product procurement target schedule similar to the schedule set forth in this subdivision, which shall be exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(8) The department may, in its discretion, create an adjusted recovered organic waste product procurement target schedule, not to exceed the requirements of the schedule set forth in this subdivision, which shall be exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). (b) A local jurisdiction may charge and collect fees to recover the local jurisdiction’s costs incurred in complying with the regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(c) A local jurisdiction facing continuing violations of the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) that commence during the 2022 calendar year may submit to the department a notification of intent to comply, as described in this section. Upon approval by the department, and implementation by the local jurisdiction, of a notification of intent to comply that meets the requirements of subdivision (e), a local jurisdiction may be eligible for both of the following:
(1) Administrative civil penalty relief for the 2022 calendar year pursuant to subdivision (d). (2) A corrective action plan pursuant to Section 18996.2 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. (d) (1) For violations of the regulations that are disclosed in a notification of intent to comply that is approved by the department as meeting the requirements of subdivision (e), the department shall waive administrative civil penalties under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) during the 2022 calendar year if, and administrative civil penalties shall not accrue under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) during the 2022 calendar year if, the local jurisdiction implements the proposed actions according to the schedule proposed pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (e).
(2) For violations that commence during the 2022 calendar year and continue into the 2023 calendar year, administrative civil penalties may begin accruing as of January 1, 2023. Those administrative civil penalties accruing on and after January 1, 2023, shall be waived upon complete compliance with the terms of a corrective action plan pursuant to Section 18996.2 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(3) If a local jurisdiction fails to adhere to the proposed actions and schedule described in a notification of intent to comply pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (e), the department may revoke its approval of the notification of intent to comply and impose administrative civil penalties for violations occurring during the 2022 calendar year retroactive to the date of violation. (4) Notwithstanding any proposed actions and schedule provided by a local jurisdiction in an approved notification of intent to comply pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (e), the department may instead address through a corrective action plan any violations disclosed in that notification that may take more than 180 days to correct. Under those circumstances, the proposed actions and schedule provided pursuant to an approved notification of intent to comply pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (e) shall control until a corrective action plan is finalized.
(e) The department shall approve a notification of intent to comply if the department determines the notification meets the requirements of this subdivision. A notification of intent to comply shall be in writing, adopted by formal resolution by the governing body of the local jurisdiction, and filed with the department no later than March 1, 2022. The notification of intent to comply shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) A description, with specificity, of the continuing violations. (2) A detailed explanation of the reasons, supported by documentation, why the local jurisdiction is unable to comply. (3) A description of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on compliance. (4) A description of the proposed actions the local jurisdiction will take to remedy the violations within the timelines established in Section 18996.2 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations with a proposed schedule for doing so. The proposed actions shall be tailored to remedy the violations in a timely manner.
(f) The department shall respond in writing to a local jurisdiction within 45 business days of receiving a notification of intent to comply with an approval, disapproval, request for additional information, or timeline for a decision on approval or disapproval. If the department disapproves the notification of intent to comply due to the notification not meeting the requirements of subdivision (e), the department shall include in the response a justification for the disapproval. (g) Notwithstanding Section 18996.2 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, the department may establish any maximum compliance deadline in a corrective action plan that it determines to be necessary and appropriate under the circumstances for the correction of a violation of the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a). (h) (1) The department may adopt regulations it determines to be necessary to implement and enforce the changes made to this section by Senate Bill 619 of the 2021–22 Regular Session Chapter 508 of the Statutes of 2021 as emergency regulations. (2) Emergency regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and for purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption of these regulations is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, emergency regulations adopted by
the department pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be filed with, but not be repealed by, the Office of Administrative Law and shall remain in effect until January 1, 2024.
SEC. 2. Section 42652.6 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
42652.6. Paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 18993.1 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2022, does not apply until January 1, 2025, as long as the conditions in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (h) of Section 18993.1 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations are fully met and no more than 50 percent as an annual average of the biosolids produced during the prior calendar year are transported to activities constituting landfill disposal before January 1, 2025.
SENATE BILL NO. 833
Bill Text: CA SB833 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended California Senate Bill 833
Bill Title: Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2022-08-03 - August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. [SB833 Detail] Download: California-2021-SB833-Amended.html
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 30, 2022
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 21, 2022
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 07, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced by Senators Dodd and Stern
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Calderon and Valladares)
January 04, 2022
An act to add Division 16.7 (commencing with Section 26450) to the Public Resources Code, relating to energy.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 833, as amended, Dodd. Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022.
Existing law establishes within the Natural Resources Agency the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
Existing law assigns the commission various duties, including applying for and accepting grants, contributions, and appropriations, and awarding grants consistent with the goals and objectives of a program or activity the commission is authorized to implement or administer.
This bill, the Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022, would require the commission to develop and implement a grant program to award grants through a noncompetitive process for local governments to develop community energy resilience plans that help achieve energy resilience objectives and state clean energy and air quality goals. The bill would require a plan to, among other things, identify critical facilities, facilities where the construction of microgrids or other distributed energy sources could meet local resilience needs, and potential funding sources for implementing projects in the plan, include a process for the expedited permit review of distributed energy resources by the local government, and demonstrate consistency with the city, county, or city and county general plan and other local government planning documents, as specified. As a condition of receiving grant funding, the bill would require a local government to submit its plan to the commission within 6 months of adopting the plan. The bill would require grant funds to be encumbered within 2 years, and liquidated within 4 years, of the date of an award.
The bill would require the commission to maintain a publicly available and searchable database of all local governments receiving a grant, annually submit a program summary to the Legislature, and post the summary on its internet website. The bill also would require the commission to develop and maintain on its internet website a publicly available community energy resilience planning toolkit, a directory of prequalified consultants, and a resilience valuation index, as defined, to assist local governments in community energy resilience planning. The bill would require the commission to periodically update the index.
Digest Key
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal Committee: yes Local Program: no Bill Text
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) Development of community energy resilience plans will help ensure continuous electricity service during electrical outages, which in recent years have imposed enormous costs on California communities. (2) Developing reliable and resilient electrical systems for critical facilities is a paramount public safety priority and is necessary to protect the health and well-being of California residents and businesses. (3) Local governments typically lack the resources or expertise needed for community energy resilience planning sufficient to increase the usage of distributed clean energy resources. (4) Local governments are best able to identify, working in collaboration with community-based organizations, which facilities are most important to local residents and necessary to maintain public health and safety, and can most effectively integrate the permitting and development of distributed energy resources capable of providing electricity to these facilities during electrical outages.
(5) With proper engineering and planning, local governments are capable of accelerating the deployment of resilient clean backup electrical systems by taking advantage of state, federal, and other funding sources. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature to direct the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to develop procedures necessary for implementation of a new program to provide technical guidance and financial assistance for local governments to develop community energy resilience plans.
SEC. 2. Division 16.7 (commencing with Section 26450) is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
DIVISION 16.7. Community Energy Resilience Planning
26450. For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (b) “Community energy resilience” means the capability of a local community, local government, tribal authority, or other municipality to provide and maintain stable electricity supply to identified critical facilities under changing conditions, including, but not limited to, outages of utility grid service.
(c) “Community energy resilience plan” means a planning document prepared by a local government pursuant to this division that sets forth a strategy for meeting local electrical loads achieving community energy resilience with local clean distributed energy resources.
Unless the context requires otherwise, “plan” means a community energy resilience plan. (d) “Electrical corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code. (e) “Local government” means a city, county, city and county, or California Native American tribe, as defined in Section 21073. (f) “Local publicly owned electric utility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code. (g) “Resilience Valuation Index” means a standardized, data-driven tool that assists local governments in conducting cost-benefit analyses of community energy resilience investments, such as distributed energy resources or microgrids. Unless the context requires otherwise, “index” means the Resilience Valuation Index. 26451. (a) Pursuant to this division, the commission shall develop and implement a grant program to award grants to local governments through a noncompetitive process for the development of community energy resilience plans that help achieve local energy resilience objectives and state clean energy and air quality goals. (b) In developing the guidelines and application process for the grant program, the commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Prioritize applications from low-income communities that are most likely to experience power outages, disadvantaged communities that are most likely to experience power outages, or low-income and disadvantaged communities that are most likely to experience power outages first, followed by communities that are most likely to experience power outages. (2) Make the application process as simple as possible.
(3) Conduct a minimum of two public meetings to receive and consider public comment before approving the guidelines and application process.
(c) Grant funds awarded pursuant to this division shall be encumbered within two years, and liquidated within four years, of the date of the award.
(c)
(d) For local governments located within the service territory of a local publicly owned electric utility, only the local publicly owned electric utility shall be eligible to apply for grant funding on behalf of the local government. (d)
(e) Grant funds awarded pursuant to this division may be used for plan development, including, but not limited to, all of the following activities:
(1) Hiring outside consultants or technical assistance providers to help with coordinating and drafting the plan. (2) Identifying and coordinating with appropriate local government staff to draft the plan. A local government may hire a resilience manager to manage the plan development process.
(3) Convening and facilitating one or more community workshops enlisting local stakeholders, including, but not limited to, labor representatives, representatives from community-based organizations, community members, representatives from related technology vendors, local government staff in departments relating to emergency services, planning, and public works, disability rights advocates, and representatives from special districts, load-serving entities, school districts, environmental justice communities, communities of color, local tribes, and other marginalized groups, to ensure that a diversity of perspectives and input is incorporated into the plan.
(e)
(f) (1) A plan for which a local government is awarded a grant shall do all of the following:
(A) Identify critical facilities, including publicly available and accessible facilities that can serve as community resilience hubs to accommodate and provide basic services, including water, restrooms, basic first aid, disaster information, and access to electricity to charge telephones and medical equipment, to people who have lost power to their homes. (B) Identify facilities where the construction of microgrids or other distributed energy resources could meet local resilience needs. (C) Identify critical facilities that are in greatest need of backup energy generation and potential backup energy systems that may meet the needs of those facilities.
(D) Identify potential funding sources for implementation of projects included in the plan. (E) Include a model ordinance template that may be adopted by a local government to establish a process for the expedited permit review of distributed energy resources by the local government. (F) Demonstrate consistency with the city, county, or city and county general plan and other local government planning documents.
(2) The plan shall be developed in collaboration with the relevant electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility operational and technical subject matter experts.
(f)
(g) Subject to any restrictions or limitations placed by outside funding programs, grants awarded to a local government pursuant to this division do not affect the local government’s eligibility to receive other incentives available from federal, state, or other local governments, electrical corporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, or any other source, or to leverage the grant funding awarded pursuant to this division with any other incentive. (g)
(h) As a condition of being awarded a grant pursuant to this division, a local government shall submit its plan to the commission within six months of adopting its plan.
(h)
(i) The commission shall maintain a publicly available and searchable database of all local governments awarded a grant pursuant to this division. The database shall include relevant metrics to be determined by the commission, including the grant award amount and the community served.
(i)
(j) (1) The commission shall prepare an annual summary of statewide program expenditures. (2) Pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, the commission shall annually submit the summary to the Legislature and post the summary on its internet website.
26452. (a) The commission shall develop and maintain, on its internet website, a community energy resilience planning toolkit to support local governments’ development of community energy resilience plans. The toolkit shall include detailed information on typical planning steps, including, but not limited to, community asset mapping, stakeholder identification, community engagement, and technical and economic feasibility.
(b) The commission shall develop and maintain, on its internet website, a directory of prequalified consultants with energy resilience planning expertise who may assist grant recipients in plan development. (c) (1) The commission shall develop and maintain a publicly available Resilience Valuation Index to assist local governments in community energy resilience planning and support data-driven investment decisions. (2) The index shall identify entities and populations within communities that are vulnerable to power outages or other climate disruptions, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(A) Critical facilities, including, but not limited to, the types of facilities described in Public Utilities Commission Decision 19-05- 042, Decision Adopting De-Energization Guidelines, and other related decisions. (B) Public agencies.
(C) Small businesses.
(D) Commercial and industrial facilities.
(E) Education and childcare facilities.
(F) Food production and distribution facilities.
(G) Access and functional needs populations.
(H) Medically vulnerable populations.
(I) Disadvantaged or low-income populations.
(J) Rural or remote populations.
(K) Other communities or populations that the commission determines may be severely impacted by the loss of continuous electrical service.
(3) (A) The index shall catalog and quantify a range of potential resiliency values for each identified constituency or population. (B) The index shall use publicly available information on the value of lost load, socioeconomic analyses, and other power outage resources, from reputable academic institutions, including from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Interruption Cost Estimate Calculator.
(4) The commission shall post, and periodically update, the index on its internet website.
STAFF REPORT
Meeting: City Council - Aug 16 2022
Agenda Heading: NEW BUSINESS
Staff Contact: Steve Leonardis,
Department: City Manager
Title: Consider and Accept the City Manager's Quarterly Report Recommendation(s):
Staff recommends that the City Council consider and accept the City Manager's quarterly report.
Fiscal Impact:
There are no unbudgeted fiscal impacts with this agenda item.
Public Noticing:
The City Council’s agenda was posted at City Hall and the agenda and this report appear on the City’s website.
Attachments:
Apr-June 2022 Mgr's report
Notice to Contractors
Report Card
Monte Sereno BPMP Survey Postcard
Monte Sereno BPMP Survey
City Manager’s Report
04/01/2022 – 06/30/2022
Building permit activity for the last quarter was as follows:
April-June 2022 Same Range
Last Year
Permits/Inspections
Building Permits Issued 141 126
Construction Valuation $7,336,165 $4,047,995
Building Permit Revenue $275,415 $166,027
Inspection Completed 271 245
Emergency Boxes
Staff has prepared two emergency inspection supply boxes that are stored at City Hall to be used by inspectors in the event of a natural disaster. After a natural disaster such as an earthquake or fire, building inspectors will evaluate damaged structures to determine the level of damage that may have been caused. The boxes contain supplies to be used for post-disaster inspections including caution tape, gas shut off wrenches, lumber crayons to mark damaged framing, personal protective equipment, as well as signage to be posted at properties after the inspection. The supplies in these kits will be reviewed annually to ensure all necessary equipment and supplies are maintained in working order.
Streamlining Building Permit Record Data with the Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office Reports from the electronic building permit tracking system have been developed that will provide the Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office with information about issued building permits and the permits that have been finalized. These reports are now provided monthly and will assist the Assessor’s Office with timely re-assessments for projects subject to such analysis.
Housing Element
Staff continues to work extensively with EMC Planning Group on the Housing Element update. The Housing Element Ad Hoc Committees of the City Council and the Site and Architectural Commission 18041 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road
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have met several times and developed a framework for the community-wide outreach campaign to encourage and seek interest in constructing an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). This is a significant effort which is intended gain sufficient documented interest in the creation of ADUs to meet the city’s RHNA.
City staff and EMC Planning Group staff will be at the City Picnic on August 21 to provide information about the Housing Element, importance of ADUs, and will provide a presentation regarding the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) requirements.
The project web site provides information about the Housing Element, offers ways to participate in the update process, and includes community surveys about the future housing in the city. The web site is:
www.AtHomeinMonteSereno.com
Building Front Office
As was directed by Monte Sereno Council from resident feedback, Monte Sereno staff has translated the “Notice to Contractors and Homeowners” form into Spanish. Now the form is available for contractors to post outside of their jobsites in two languages (both English and Spanish). The mission is to distribute this form (laminated) to each contractor for posting at each worksite to emphasize job hours and holidays. The form is attached to this report.
City Clerk Highlights
• Completed implementation of the Board Manager module on iCompass, the City’s agenda management software. This new module allows applicants to submit Board and Commission applications electronically via an online application, organizes data and information regarding the City’s boards and commission which include tracking terms, attendance records, and member history. This project was completed on June 14, 2022. • Work continues for the City’s Records Management Project. Staff has sent approximately 10 boxes off-site for document storage.
• Monte Sereno’s customer relations management application “Fix It Monte Sereno” went live mid-May. Residents can now download the app on both Apple and Google Play. The city continues to receive service requests through Fix It Monte Sereno and attached is the “report card” for Quarter 2.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update
Staff has continued to work with KTUA and the Better Streets Commission to complete the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update (BPMPU). A project specific webpage has been launched in late spring for the community to provide feedback on the Plan update via map and survey (https://www.montesereno.org/2336/Bicycle-and-Pedestrian-Master-Plan). KTUA will attend the “Picnic in the Park” on August 21, 2022 to host an information table for community input. In addition, a postcard was developed and mailed to the community regarding the BPMPU.
OBAG 3 Grant Applications
Staff submitted applications for the One Bay Area Grant Cycle 3 (OBAG 3) Grant Program for the Highway 9 Safety Improvements Gap Closure Project, Daves Avenue Complete Streets Project, and Winchester Boulevard Complete Streets Project. The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has been allocated approximately $91 million from OBAG 3 for projects in Santa Clara County and is expected to release a prioritized recommended funding list of projects in mid-September.
Requests filtered by that have been created and and filtered to within Showing Results from 4/1/2022 to 6/30/2022
DTA: Days to Acknowledge DTC: Days to Close O&O: Open and Overdue Category Created Ack Closed DTA DTC SLA Days % in SLA Overdue Open O&O Abandoned Vehicle 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 5.0 0 0 1 1
Sidewalk Issues 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Dead Animal 3 0 2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 0 1 0
Drainage/Flooding Issue 1 1 1 0.0 2.6 0.0 0 0 0 0
Vegetation Removal 2 2 2 2.6 6.7 0.0 0 0 0 0
Potholes and Pavement Issues 3 1 3 0.5 8.3 0.0 0 0 0 0
Traffic or Street Sign Issue 2 2 1 0.0 10.3 0.0 0 0 1 0 Totals 13 7 9 0.8 5.7 - 0 0 4 1
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Other
How do you get to work? Select all that apply.
6 Why is this the transportation option you choose to take to school?
8 Why is this the transportation option you choose to take to work?
Where would you like to see better walking and bicycling routes connect to? Select up to three (3).
Schools
Parks
Community centers
Bus stops / transit
Shopping
Neighboring cities
Other
16 10 What is the most common purpose of your walk trips? Select up to three (3).
Recreation (a walk around
the neighborhood)
Commute to work
Commute to school
Take my kids to school
Errands
Commute to other
recreational activities
Other
9 How often do you walk in Monte Sereno, other than from your car to your destination?
Every day
3-4 days per week
1-2 days per week
Not often
Never
What improvements would you like to see for pedestrians in Monte Sereno? Select up to five (5).
More sidewalks
More curb ramps
More marked crosswalks
Multi-use paths
Flashing lights that warn
drivers of pedestrians
crossing
More street lighting
Safe points to cross in the
middle of a block
Shorter distance to cross
street at intersections
More time to cross street
at signals
Audible beacons and
tactile signs for the visuallyimpaired
Slow cars down
11 Walk
Bike
Bus
Drive
Carpool
Not applicable
How do you get to your local parks or community
centers? Select all that apply.
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The City of Monte Sereno is developing a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (BPMP) to help create a transportation system that better supports walking, bicycling, access to public transit, and vehicle safety. 12 How often do you bike around Monte Sereno?
Every day
3-4 days per week
1-2 days per week
Not often
Never
13 What are the purposes of your bike trips? Select up to three (3).
Recreation (a walk around
the neighborhood)
Commute to work
Commute to school
Take my kids to school
Errands
Commute to other
recreational activities
Other
What improvements would you like to see for bicyclists in Monte Sereno? Select up to three (3).
Bike lanes
Protected bike lanes
Multi-use paths
Designated places for bikes
to stop at intersections (bike
boxes)
Marked bike crossings of
busy roads
Slow cars down
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Select all statements that you agree with.
“I avoid walking or biking across major roads such as
Winchester Boulevard, University Avenue, or Highway 9
because…
…safe crossings are too far
apart.”
…there aren’t enough
sidewalks on or leading to
these roads.”
…drivers go too fast or don’t
see bikes and pedestrians.”
…I’m often traveling with
kids to get to a park or school
and feel unsafe crossing
these roads with them.”
…my route doesn’t take me
that way.”
Other
20 18 Please identify the area that you find most troublesome for walking and/or biking. Identify the location by intersections or road segments.
Do you use the Los Gatos Creek Trail? If so, where do you access the trail? Select all that apply.
Lark Avenue or Charter
Oaks Drive
In Vasona Lake County Park
Miles Avenue in Los Gatos
Main Street in Los Gatos
I don’t use the Los Gatos
Creek Trail
Other _______________________
21 Walk
Bike
Recreation
Commute
Skateboard or
scooter
Drive to
trailhead
Other
How do you use the Los Gatos Creek Trail? Select all that apply.
22 Is there anything else you’d like us to know?
23 Want to stay informed about the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan?
Name:
Email:
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19 What would encourage you to use the bus more often?
Safer routes to walk or bike
to the bus station
Bike parking near bus stops
More frequent bus service
More direct bus service to
my destination
Bus service earlier or later
in the day
Seating and shade at bus
stops
Street lighting
I’m not likely to use the
bus more often, even with
improvements
Other
Please identify a specific location (a specific park, school, building, shopping center) to which you’d like to see better connections?)
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