Sebastopol City Council
March 19, 2024

City Council
Mayor Diana Gardner Rich
Vice Mayor Stephen Zollman
Councilmember Neysa Hinton
Councilmember Sandra Maurer
Councilmember Jill McLewis
City Manager
Don Schwartz
[email protected]
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
Mary Gourley
[email protected]
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Meeting of Tuesday – March 5, 2024
6:00 pm – Meeting Start Time
MINUTES FOR Special City Council Meeting of March 5, 2024 As Approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of March 19, 2024 Please note that these are action minutes only. Detailed raw transcript is attached to the minutes and made a part of the public record. These action minutes are the City’s record of a summary of actions that took place at the meeting. The vote/action is the required information of the meeting actions that took place. Approved minutes are available on the City Council Meetings page.

The public is advised that pursuant to Government Code section 54957.5 all writings submitted to the City and City Council are public records and will be made available for review. 6:00 pm City Council Regular Meeting, In Person – Sebastopol Youth Annex, 425 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA/Virtual Format (Zoom)
Call to Order: Mayor Rich called the Regular Meeting to Order at 6:19 pm.

Mayor Rich made the following comments: Cease Fire Resolution has been removed from the agenda.

Roll Call:

Present: Mayor Diana Rich
Vice Mayor Stephen Zollman
Councilmember Neysa Hinton
Councilmember Sandra Maurer
Councilmember Jill McLewis

Absent: None
Staff: City Manager Don Schwartz
City Attorney Larry McLaughlin
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Mary Gourley
Administrative Services Director Ana Kwong
Planning Director Kari Svanstrom
SALUTE TO THE FLAG : Mayor Rich led the salute to the flag.

REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER AB 2449 (IF NEEDED): To consider and take action on any request from a Council Member to participate in a meeting remotely due to Just Cause or Emergency Circumstances pursuant to AB 2449 (Government Code Section 549539(f)). None Required.

PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:

The following were presented:
• Proclamation – Proclaiming National Surveyor’s Week - March 17-23, 2024 Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

• Proclamation – Proclaiming March 2024 as American Red Cross Month • Proclamation – Proclaiming March as Women’s History Month: The 2024 for Women's History Month will be Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Chosen by the National Women's History Alliance, the 2024 theme was picked to "recognize the example of women who are committed to embracing everyone and excluding no one in our common quest for freedom and opportunity Reference Order Number: 2024-038

STATEMENTS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Conflicts of interest may arise in situations where a public official deliberating towards a decision, has an actual or potential financial interest in the matter before the Council. In accordance with state law, an actual conflict of interest is one that would be to the private financial benefit of a public official, a relative or a business with which the Councilmember is associated. A potential conflict of interest is one that could be to the private financial benefit of a Councilmember, a relative or a business with which the Councilmember is associated. A Councilmember must publicly announce potential and actual conflicts of interest, and, in the case of actual conflict of interest, must refrain from participating in debate on the issue or from voting on the issue and must remove themselves from the dais.

There were no stated conflicts of interest.

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (FIRST COMMENT PERIOD):

Up to Twenty (20) Minute Time Limit (Two Minutes for up to ten speakers). Additional public comment will be held at the end of the discussion and action items for up to an additional twenty (20) minutes. Mayor has discretion to allow for additional time beyond the 20 minutes allocated for public comment dependent upon the subject matter or number of speakers.

Process for calling on Speakers: Mayor or designee shall ask for public comment as follows: Speakers to be called on in an alternate manner (One speaker in person to be called on first; then one speaker remote to be called on second with additional speakers to be called on in the same manner) based upon the time limit.

The following members spoke at public comment:

A member of the audience: Support Cease Fire Resolution Elana: Support Cease Fire Resolution
Linda: Support Cease Fire Resolution
Katie Invite to Senior Center March 23rd Fundraiser
Myriah Apple Blossom Festival Request for Waiver of Fees Bill Support Chamber Request For Waiver of Fees for Apple Blossom Wendy Support Cease Fire Resolution
Linda RV Village/SAVS/Costs to date
A member of the audience: Support Cease Fire Resolution Linda Apple Blossom Parade support
Gary Senior Center /Invite to enjoy restaurant/fashion show Oct Jim Support Chamber Request for Waiver of Fees
Kyle Extend public comment within rights consider doing that/Planning Director recruitment/Woodmark issues
A member of the audience: Support Cease Fire Resolution Council and Staff responded to public comments.

CONSENT CALENDAR: The consent agenda consists of items that are routine in nature and do not require additional discussion by the City Council or have been reviewed by the City Council previously. These items may be approved by one motion without discussion unless a member of the City Council requests that the item be taken off the consent calendar.

The Mayor will read the consent calendar items; ask if a Councilmember wishes to remove one or more items from the consent calendar; and then open public comment to the members of the public in attendance. At this time, a member of the public may speak for up to three minutes on the entire consent calendar and request at that time that an agenda item or items be removed for discussion.

Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

If an item or items are removed from the consent calendar, the item shall be placed at the end of the regular agenda items unless otherwise determined by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tern.

Councilmembers may comment on Consent Calendar items or ask for minor clarifications without the need for pulling the item for separate consideration. Items requiring deliberation should be pulled for separate consideration and shall be placed at the end of the regular agenda items unless otherwise determined by the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem.

Mayor Rich read the consent calendar.

Mayor Rich asked if any Councilmember wanted to remove a consent calendar item.

Councilmember’s Request(s): Councilmember Hinton stated she would need to recuse from items 3 and 4 as she was not in attendance at those meetings.

Mayor Rich opened for Public Comment(s). The following members of the public spoke:

Kyle commented as follows: Discussed use of action minutes/Retention policy/things discussing taking place in 2020 no longer protected/unintended consequences/appreciate transcripts but there needs to be a deeper discussion of the layout of minutes Linda commented as follows: Title of closed session/how much money for sewer line/VMT Mayor Rich responded to public comment.

Councilmember Hinton responded to comments of action minutes and supports the use of action minutes.

MOTION:

Councilmember Maurer moved and Councilmember McLewis seconded the motion to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 and 2 with amendments to the minutes.

Mayor Rich called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

Ayes: Councilmembers Maurer, McLewis, Vice Mayor Zollman and Mayor Rich Noes: None

Absent: None
Abstain: Councilmember Hinton
MOTION:

Councilmember Maurer moved and Vice Mayor Zollman seconded the motion to approve Consent Calendar Items 3 and 4.

Mayor Rich called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

Ayes: Councilmembers Hinton, Maurer, McLewis, Vice Mayor Zollman and Mayor Rich Noes: None

Absent: None
Abstain: None
CONSENT CALENDAR:

1. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes for Meeting of February 20, 2024 (Responsible Department: City Clerk)
City Council Action: Approved City Council Meeting Minutes for Meeting of February 20, 2024 Minute Order Number: 2024-039

2. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes Closed Session Meeting of February 26, 2024 Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

(Responsible Department: City Clerk)
City Council Action: Approved City Council Meeting Minutes Closed Session Meeting of February 26, 2024 Minute Order Number: 2024-040

3. Approval of Letter of Support for City of Santa Rosa Community Project Funding Request for the Llano Trunk Sewer Line Project (Responsible Department: Engineering/GHD) City Council Action: Approved Letter of Support for City of Santa Rosa Community Project Funding Request for the Llano Trunk Sewer Line Project
Minute Order Number: 2024-041

4. Approval of Adoption of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Thresholds and Policies (Responsible Department: Planning)
City Council Action: Approved Adoption of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Thresholds and Policies Minute Order Number: 2024-042
NFORMATIONAL ITEMS/PRESENTATIONS: Informational Items or Presentations are items that are informational only and do not require action by the City Council. Presentations shall be scheduled as necessary for the promotion of an event or service or general information items to the Council and should be limited to ten (10) minutes total in length of item. None
PUBLIC HEARING(s): None

REGULAR CALENDAR AGENDA ITEMS (DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION)

5. City’s annual audit for the year-ended June 30, 2023; Presentation by Mitesh Desai, Badawi and Associates. The audit report consists of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), which provides summary financial information for the City and its operations, as well as supplementary information and statistical data. (Responsible Department: Administrative Services)
City Manager Schwarz presented the agenda item recommending the Council recommending the City Council:

Mitesh Desai, Badawi and Associates, provided a presentation.

Mayor Rich opened for questions from Council. The Council provided questions to the consultant and staff.

Mayor Rich opened for public comment.

The following member(s) of the public spoke on this item.

Klye: Projections year to year; underselling revenues/actuals year to year; conservative; more flush in money than previously suggested/slashed programs and aspects of budgets based on that/discussed community good/presentation of additional monies after the fact; massive over charging to rate payers for enterprise funds/audit not catch items; needs to be caught year after year; discussed data retention policy Linda: How much audit cost in real dollars; discussed use of consultants; lack of oversight on Horizon Shine; need responsible leadership
Ernie: Measure H (61% to 38% so far) good news for budget; audit well done/understandable; discussed loss of sales tax; done job making cuts; need to make Sebastopol place people come for alternative health care Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

Lisa: Thanked everyone for all for work; hard stuff to understand and digging into the trenches.

Mayor Rich called for a break at 8:43 pm and reconvened the meeting at 8:53 pm.

City Council Discussion/Deliberations/Direction to Staff:

The Council discussed the item.

After discussion, the Council was in consensus to:

Letter from auditor
Check with managing partner regarding letter
City Manager get back with response from the auditor
Look into pricing expand scope/examination of past projections built into the scope MOTION:

Vice Mayor Zollman moved and Councilmember Maurer seconded the motion to receive the financial reports by a Certified Public Accountant for the City’s annual audit for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Mayor Rich called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

Ayes: Councilmember Hinton, Maurer, McLewis, Vice Mayor Zollman and Mayor Rich Noes: None

Absent: None
Abstain: None
City Council Action: Approved received the financial reports by a Certified Public Accountant for the City’s annual audit for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Minute Order Number: 2024-043

6. Receipt of Electrification survey and Climate Action Committee (CAC) semi-annual update. Item is to receive the report and provide feedback to the CAC. (Responsible Department:

Planning/Climate Action Committee).

Kenna Lee, Climate Action Committee, provided a presentation.

Mayor Rich opened for questions from Council. There were none at this time.

Mayor Rich opened for public comment.

The following member(s) of the public spoke on this item.

Steve commented as follows: Every city has to step up and do their part Linda: Not included in survey/electricity in power lines/magnetic fields Lisa: Thanked City for support for survey/publicized/booth at Farmers Market; excuse to engage with public
Oliver: Bigger point; third world electrical system; grid; analogy with cease fire/strong opinions/not Council matters/same here/not get consensus of people living in city limits/inappropriate to be at Council meetings
Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

City Council Discussion/Deliberations/Direction to Staff:

The Council discussed the item.

City Council Action: None Required. Received the report.

Reference Order Number: 2024-044
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: Two minutes per speaker for up to twenty (20) minutes total for public comments but can be reduced at Mayor’s discretion depending upon the number of speakers or Mayor has discretion to allow for additional time beyond the 20 minutes allocated for public comment dependent upon the subject matter or number of speakers.

Oliver Asked for an update on Horizon Shine

CITY COUNCIL/CITY STAFF REPORTS/COMMUNICATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/FUTURE MEETINGS:

7. City Manager and/or City Clerk Reports: (This will be either verbal reports at the meeting, or written reports provided at or prior to the meeting)
Chief Nelson provided an update on Horizon Shine.

8. City Council Reports/Committee/Sub-Committee Meeting Reports: (Reports by Mayor/City Councilmembers Regarding Various Agency Meetings/Committee Meetings/Sub-Committee Meeting /Conferences Attended and Possible Direction to its Representatives (If Needed) on Pending issues before such Boards. ((This will be either verbal reports at the meeting, or written reports provided at or prior to the meeting)
Councilmember Maurer reported out as follows:

Russan River Water Shed Association Meeting
April 27th prescription drug take back day
Climate Action Committee Letter to State Green Building Code Adoption Partial compost pile
Vice Mayor Zollman reported out as follows:

Gravenstein Health Action Intergenerational Gathering
Museum no Council liaison/has structural needs
Coffee with Councilmember
Child Care Planning Council sub group
Meeting with Mayor/RFP for EIFD
Child Care Planning Council Not endorsing Our Kids Our Future EIFD – exploring with library ad hoc
Meeting with Paul and Cary on using Caltrans money
Councilmember Hinton
Join Coffee and More with Councilmember Maurer
March 27th
Councilmember McLewis: Nothing to report.

Mayor Rich reported out as follows:

Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

Warming Center/operated over weekend
Meet Your Neighbor
Horizon Shine transition
Climate Action Committee steering committee
Invited to do welcome speech at Zero Waste Symposium May 2nd SebWalks – March 30th with Councilmember Maurer
EIFD RFP going out for consultant/select consultant in May Report to Council from consultant in November

9. Council Communications Received (Information/Meetings/Correspondence Received from the General Public to Councilmembers). There was none.

CLOSED SESSION: NONE

ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 5, 2024 City Council Meeting will be adjourned to the City Council Meeting of March 19, 2024 at 6:00 pm Mayor Rich adjourned the City Council Meeting of March 5, 2024 at 10:06 pm to the next City Council Meeting of March 19, 2024.

Respectfully Submitted:

Mary Gourley
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk
Attachment:

Raw Zoom Minutes

Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

City Council Meeting - March 5, 2024
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THIS IS DIANA RICH THOSE ON ZOOM, WE ARE HAVING I.T. PROBLEMS HERE AT OUR ANNEX, THANK YOU FOR THE THUMBS UP. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE AND LET THOSE ON ZOOM NO THAT WE ARE HAVING I.T. PROBLEMS. WE WILL CONTINUE THE MEETING BUT

WE NEED TO ASSESS WHETHER THAT IS AN OPTION UNDER RULES REGARDING PUBLIC ACCESS. PLEASE STAY TUNED. DO NOT ABANDONED US HERE. AS IN IS A FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE, IT IS MAKING SURE THOSE ON ZOOM CAN MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE US. [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
CAN WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? IT YES? WE ARE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS A LITTLE LATE, 6:20 MARCH 5. THE MEETING DATE IS MARCH 5, 2024.

THERE MAY BE A MISTAKE ON THE DATE SOMEHWERE PUBLICLY. TO CONFIRM THIS IS THE MARCH 5, 2024 MEETING. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH AUDIO BUT IN TERMS OF VIDEO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE ROOM. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING PATIENT AND WAITING. OUR FIRST EFFORT TODAY IS TO HAVE A ROLL CALL TO MAKE

SURE WE ARE ALL HERE
COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

HERE. COUNCILMEMBER MAURER
HERE.

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. WE WILL NOW DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[ PLEDGE OFF ALLEGIANCE ]
OUR NEXT IS PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE THREE THIS EVENING.

CAN I SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ABLE TO ACCEPT THOSE PROCLAMATIONS. OUR FIRST IS THE NATIONAL AND I AM GOING TO MAKE THAT PROCLAMATION. WE ARE SURVEYING IS

BEEN AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT SINCE THE BEGINNING AND IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE

PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF NEARLY EVERY FORM OF CONSTRUCTION WAS ITS MOST FAMILIAR MODERN USES AND CONSTRUCTION. COMMUNICATIONS MAPPING AND THE DEFINITIONS. WHEREAS TO ACCOMPLICE THEY USE ELEMENTS AND SINCE THE CORNEAL

DAYS SURVEYORS HAVE BEEN LEADERS AND COMMUNITIES DATES AND SHAPERS OF THE FUTURE. A FITTING TRIBUTE TO ALL SURVEYORS AND DIANA RICH MAYOR OF SEBASTOPOL FOR CLIENT MARCH 17 THROUGH MARCH 23rd AS NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK. I SET MY HAND ON THE GREAT SEAL OF SEBASTOPOL THIS DATE OF MARCH 2010 WERE SIGNED BY ME. THIS IS THE NEXT PROCLAMATION FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH.

THIS IS THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL PROCLAMATION AND -- ARE IT. ALL RIGHTS. THIS IS PROCLAIMING MARCH 2024 HOURS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH. WHEREAS WE

RECOGNIZE THE COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE IN SEBASTOPOL AND REAFFIRM OUR

COMMITMENT TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND WHEREAS THIS

GENEROUS SPIRIT IS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ADVANCE IS THE

HUMANITARIAN LEGACY OF AMERICAN RED CROSS FOUNDER CLARA BARTON, ONE OF

THE MOST HONORED WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, WHO NOBLY DEDICATED

HERSELF TO ALLEVIATING SUFFERING AND WHEREAS TODAY, KINDHEARTED

INDIVIDUALS AND SEBASTOPOL EXEMPLIFY BARTON'S COMMITMENT AS A STEP UP TO

THE RED CROSS IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL REGION TO PROVIDE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY AND SELFLESS

CONTRIBUTIONS, THEY MAKE A LIFE-SAVING DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S DARKEST HOURS,

WHETHER IT IS DELIVERING SHELTER, FOOD, AND COMFORT DURING DISASTERS,

PROVIDING CRITICAL BLOOD DONATIONS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS, SUPPORTING

MILITARY FAMILIES, VETERANS AND CAREGIVERS THROUGH THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES

OF SERVICE, SAVING LIVES OF FIRST AID, CPR AND OTHER SKILLS, OR DELIVERING AID

AND RECOGNIZING LOVED ONE SEPARATED BY GLOBAL CRISIS AND WHEREAS WE

HEREBY RECOGNIZES MONTH OF MARCH IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO LEAD WITH THEIR

HEARTS TO SERVE PEOPLE IN NEED AND WE ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN IN THIS COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, I, -- OUR MAYOR, DIANA GARDNER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2024 AS AMERICAN RED

CROSS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF SEBASTOPOL TO REACH OUT AND IN Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

HUMANITARIAN MISSION. AND IT IS I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND ON THE GREAT SEAL THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL THIS FIFTH DAY OF MARCH 2024. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS IS GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR

MAKING THIS PROCLAMATIONS IN A TWO HONOR OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE COMMITMENT THEY MAKE. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE TALKING POINTS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR. THAT HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT HERE IN SEBASTOPOL. WE HAD A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS TO

RESPOND AND THE RED CROSS RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY EVERY EIGHT MINUTES NATIONALLY. LESTER AT THIS TIME WE HAD RESPONDED TO VARIOUS HOME DISASTERS.

WE ARE VERY PROUD THIS IS AGAIN A NATIONAL PROGRAM. WE HAD SEVERAL

INSTALLATIONS HAPPENED HERE AND OTHER PLACES OVER THE YEARS TO WHICH THE OCCUPANT WAS NOTIFIED. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR WORK A PUSH COMING UP TAB 30 VOLUNTEERS -- TO HAVE 30,000 VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF

THE RED CROSS AND --

YOU CAN DONATE BLOOD AND YOU CAN TAKE CLASSES TO GET UP ON YOUR FIRST AID, CPR AND OTHER THINGS. THESE ARE SO IMPORTANT. WE HAD SOMEBODY HERE IN SEBASTOPOL WHO IF WE HAD IT GAVE CPR WOULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY. ANYTHING

YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS OR BE A PART OF OUR EFFORTS, WE ALWAYS CAN USE VOLUNTEERS. I THINK IT IS VERY REWARDING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE HAVE A FINAL PROCLAMATION AND I THINK THIS IS THE WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL BE READING THIS PROCLAMATION. I'M VERY HONORED TO BE READING THIS. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR MARCH 2024.WHEREAS, WOMEN HAVE

PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL FABRIC

OF OUR SOCIETY THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOR FORCE, WORKING BOTH

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME, IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, AND THROUGH CREATIVE INSPIRATION; AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE HELD

BY OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY OF WOMEN'S ROLES IN HISTORY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATION; AND WHEREAS, THE STORY OF

AMERICAN WOMEN IS THE STORY OF WOMEN OF ALL AGES, RACES AND CULTURAL

BACKGROUNDS WHO LED CAMPAIGNS FOR EQUALITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS, ADVANCED

PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, FOUNDED ENTIRELY NEW

ENTERPRISES, AND CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ARTS, SCIENCES AND HUMANISTIC CAUSES; AND WHEREAS, WOMEN FROM EVERY BACKGROUND HAVE LONG

REALIZED THAT AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD WILL NEVER BRING EQUALITY OR JUSTICE

AND AS MEMBERS OF FAMILIES, CIVIC AND COMMUNITY GROUPS BUSINESSES AND

LEGISLATIVE BODIES, WOMEN ARE IN THE FOREFRONT OF REEVALUATING THE STATUS QUO; AND WHEREAS, THE 2024 THEME FOR NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS

WOMEN WHO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, WHICH DIRECTLY

RECOGNIZES THE WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO UNDERSTAND THAT, FOR A

POSITIVE FUTURE, WE NEED TO ELIMINATE BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION ENTIRELY FOR OUR LIVES AND INSTITUTIONS; AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS

BOTH A CALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUTSTANDING WOMEN WE KNOW BY NAME AND TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE NAMELESS WOMEN WHO SHARED OUR COLLECTIVE PAST. NOW,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, DIANA RICH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL,

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IN RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE PLAYED

BY WOMEN, WHOSE COURAGE AND VISION INSPIRE HOPE AND POSSIBILITY FOR TODAY'S

WOMEN TO MAKE TOMORROW'S HISTORY, THEREBY PROCLAIM THIS MONTH OF MARCH 2024 AS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN SONOMA COUNTY. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, DIANA RICH, HER SIGNATURE ON THIS DAY, MARCH 5, 2024.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS? I WILL BE VERY QUICK. I AM ON THE COMMISSION SONOMA COUNTY. THIS IS A COORDINATOR WHO ALSO SERVES. ABOUT HALF OF THE COMMISSION OF THE STATUS OF Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
City Council Meeting Packet for Meeting of: March 19, 2024

WOMEN YOU LIKE TO THANK YOU MAYOR RICH AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF SEBASTOPOL FOR HONORING THIS PROCLAMATION AND JUST FOR HAVING US HERE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH . SHAKE OUR HANDS AND WILL GIVE YOU A PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FABULOUS PROCLAMATIONS. VERY WELL DONE. NEXT UP ON

THE AGENDA LOOKING AT MY COLLEAGUES WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND BECAUSE THE COUNCIL PROTOCOLS FOR THE MEETING. SPECIFICALLY AND I HAVE A SENSE HERE, I THINK THIS IS SIMPLY JUST TO REITERATE. BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS ANY DISRUPTION, RULES AND TERMS OF ANY DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING. PRIOR TO REMOVING THE INDIVIDUAL

THEY WILL ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY ARE DISRUPTING THE MEETING AND FAILURE TO

ASSIST IN THEIR BEHAVIOR THE PRESIDING MEMBER OR DESIGNEE MAY REMOVE INDIVIDUAL IF THEY DO NOT PROMPTLY CEASE THEIR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. I HAVE YET

TO BE TOO MANY MEANING THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO RESPECT EVERYBODY ELSE'S VOICES. SO I ENCOURAGED YOU WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE PAST. EITHER ON ZOOM OR HERE IN OUR COUNCIL OF CHAMBERS. JUST A REMINDER. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO, GIVEN WE DON'T HAVE A CAMERA ON THE PODIUM. ANY SUGGESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A LAPTOP WE COULD SET UP AT THE PODIUM?
THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE. I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE. AT LEAST YOU GET A CAMERA ON THE PODIUM FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON ZOOM.

COULD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS TIME. I AM APPEAR TO ADVOCATE

FOR A CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION AND I JUST WANTED TELL YOU, I REALLY APPRECIATE

THE WORK YOU WILL HAVE THE IN TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE AND MY GUESS IS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH IT SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS POINT, IT SEEMS TO BE MORE HIDEOUS BY THE DAY. THE OPPRESSED IN GAZA AND WAS THINK NEED HELP IN DEMANDING RELIEF. HERE'S WHERE DIRECT ACTION COMES IN. IT IS TRULY TIME TO DEMAND HERE TO PASS A CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION. THIS IS YOUR SNOWING THAT YOU

HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MANY IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOW GOING TO READ ONE OF MY FAVORITE POEMS. THIS IS FROM EDWARD EDWARD NEIL AND THAT IS MY FAVORITE. I AM ONLY ONE BUT STILL I AM ONE. I CANNOT DO EVERYTHING, BUT STILL I COULD DO SO MUCH.

I CANNOT DO EVERYTHING BUT I WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE BE KIND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

BEFORE WE GO FOR IT IS ON A MENTION ELAINE I CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE.

HELLO , YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
YES.

GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELENA THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. 24 YEARS OLD AND A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEBASTOPOL AND ALSO A PROUD JEWISH WOMAN. I SUPPORT A CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION IN SEBASTOPOL. YOU HAVE JUST PROCLAIMED MARCH AS RED CROSS MONTH. THE RED CRESCENT, WHICH IS

THE AFFILIATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN

TERRITORIES IS CURRENTLY BEING TARGETED AND WORKERS ARE BEING KILLED BY SNIPERS AND TANK FIRE AS THEY TRY TO RESCUE THE TERMS. I KNOW LONG-TERM PEACE CANNOT BE EFFECT RENEGOTIATED AND I KNOW THERE IS POWER IN U.S. CITIES CALLING

FOR A CEASE FIRE AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS THE TICKETS AWAY OVER ISRAEL'S POLICY. THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF FEAR ABOUT THE

POTENTIAL FOR A LOCAL CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION PARTICULARLY FROM JEWISH RESIDENTS AND IS A JEWISH RESIDENT, I UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF ANTI-SEMITISM. MY GRANDMOTHER CAME TO THE NIGHT STATES AT AGE 9 FLEEING THE HOLOCAUST. THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT ANTI-SEMITISM CAN DO IS IN MY ANCESTRY. THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT DEEP-SEATED HATRED TOWARD A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN DO IS IN MY BONES. I

HAVE HEARD STORIES PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE DEEMED DISPOSAL. THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. TO STAND FOR PEACE EVEN IN THOUGH IT'LL BE A HARD DECISION. PLEASE CONSIDER PUTTING A CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION THE NEXT AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU . NEXT UP PUBLIC CHAMBER.

Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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PLEASE REMIND THEM A TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS TWO MINUTES BUT THERE IS A TOTAL TIMELINE OF 20 MINUTES SO ONCE WE GET TO 20 MINUTES, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT

THEN WE DO HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD REPUBLIC,.

HI MY NAME IS -- I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE MASSACRE IN GAZA IS AFFECTING MY HUMAN PSYCHE, MY PEACE OF MIND AND MY HEALTH. I'M SURE IT IS AFFECT EVERYONE THAT IS AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. OUR U.S. TAX DOLLARS SUPPLY WEAPONS TO KILL INNOCENT HOUSE AND IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CITY IS LYING TO GIVE US A CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION. WHAT A PRIVILEGE WE HAVE CANNOT BE SHUT DOWN WHILE WAITING IN LINE FOR FOOD. IT IS AFFECTING MY SLEEP AND MY HEALTH. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING RELATIVELY SURE I WILL WAKE UP WITH A BETTER EVERY MORNING. WE CONTINUE TO HEAR OF THE DAILY MASSACRE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BECOME DESENSITIZED. I WAS IN SUCH A RAGE. WEREN'T YOU DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO..

YOU HAVE ABOUT 25 SECONDS LEFT.

IMAGINE YOURSELF RUNNING INTO SECONDS LATER -- SOMETIMES DEHYDRATION, INFANTS DYING OF DEHYDRATION. THERE IS NOTHING MORE CRUEL AND FOR US TO DO

EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER --
THAT TIME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO OUT TO ZUMA. KATIE WILL

YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE
, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER KATIE?
I CAN. THIS IS KATIE WITH THE SEBASTOPOL SENIOR CENTER. CHALLENGING TO FOLLOW

THOSE COMMENTS BUT I DID WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE DOWN TO THE SENIOR CENTER ON SATURDAY MARCH 23rd WE WILL HOST A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR DAYTRIP PROGRAM.

IT IS SATURDAY MARCH 23rd AND THE MONEY RAISED WILL HELP US REDUCE THE COST OF OUR DAY TRIPS WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR. THEY PHILIP VERY QUICKLY BY ELDERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE. THAT IS A LIFELINE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE CITY TO SEE SHOWS, MUSEUMS. GO ON VOTE RIDES. WE INVITE YOU DOWN. TICKETS ARE ONLY $30 AND WE DO HAVE A GAMBLING LICENSE THAT DAY. SO YOU CAN COME, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A POKER TOURNAMENT AND RAISE SOME MONEY FOR THE DAYTRIP. YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL TO BUY A TICKET. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO THE CHAMBER.

HIGH MRI OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SEBASTOPOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .

WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM OF THE CITY'S BUDGET THE SEBASTOPOL BUDGET IS NOT RECEIVING THE $12,000. THE FESTIVAL IS THE ONLY FUNDRAISER. THE CHAMBER RELIES ON THE MONEY AS THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COST TO PUT ON LAST YEAR'S FESTIVAL WAS JUST OVER $94,000 AND 16,000 WAS PAID TO THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. $9000 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND $6500 TO PUBLIC WORKS. AND $750 FOR PENALTIES. WE ARE REQUESTING THIS YEAR THAT OUR FEES BE WAIVED FOR THE 2024 FESTIVAL ON THE MONEY WE MAKE FROM THE APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IS SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE ASKING THE CITY PAY THEIR AMOUNT. SINCE LAST YEAR CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN FROM 175 MEMBERS TO 286. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL TO HELP US SUSTAIN THIS LEVEL OF GROWTH . THE APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IS A SEVEN EURO -- 78-YEAROLD INSTITUTION. WE RECENTLY HEARD OF A FESTIVAL CLOSING ITS DOORS DUE TO THE HIGH COST. WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN TO OUR HISTORIC AND WONDERFUL APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP AND SOME.

YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS.

MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE AND DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR TOWN . ABOUT THIS YEAR'S APPLE BLOSSOM POSTER TO SHOW YOU. I JUST GOT PRINTED TODAY MADE BY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR AND HER ART DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU . NEXT I WILL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM . CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF BILL?
CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER ?
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I CAN. REALLY, WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET. I TOO SUPPORT THE

CHAMBER'S REQUEST THAT THE CITY COVER THE COST OF POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL. I HAVE WORKED IN HOSPITALITY AND SEBASTOPOL FOR WELL OVER 30 YEARS. AND I KNOW PERSONALLY THE BENEFITS OF THAT. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THAT FESTIVAL BRINGS TO SEBASTOPOL. THAT NOT ONLY HELPS BUSINESSES, IT HELPS THE EMPLOYEES OF THOSE BUSINESSES. ESPECIALLY IN HOSPITALITY. ANYWAY, AGAIN I SUPPORT THAT THE CITY STEP UP HERE AND TAKE CARE OF THE CITY OR I MEAN THE CHAMBER. ANYWAY. THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT. KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC, THE NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO THE CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS WENDY. NEARLY THREE DECADES AGO I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND SAT ON THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET PROTESTING THE GULF WAR. I SPENT THE NEXT 30 YEARS STUDYING AND TEACHING ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST INCLUDING BEING A PROFESSOR AT SONOMA STATE. ALTHOUGH I WILL NEVER RIVAL THE AMAZING WORD THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. I JOINED MANY VOICES. AS AMERICANS AND RESIDENTS OF SEBASTOPOL WE PLAY A ROLE IN THIS CONFLICT . BILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL 14 BILLION APPROVED BY THE SENATE LAST MONTH ARE GOING TOWARD WEAPONS OF WAR. THIS IS MONEY THAT COULD BE USED TO SOLVE

CRITICAL ISSUES HERE AND SEBASTOPOL LIKE HOUSING THE HOMELESS, BEATING LOW AND HELPING TO RAISE MORE MONEY FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND PAYING TEACHERS A LIVING WILL WAGE. OUR BASIC NEEDS OF FOOD, PROTECTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I REFUSED TO HAVE THIS. IT WAS A START TO SHIFTING OUR PRIORITIES. TO BE CLEAR THIS CURRENT RESOLUTION IS RELATIVELY MILD AND IT

DOESN'T ASK THAT WE -- IT NEARLY ASKS THAT WE STOP AND ASSAULT ON INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS. I THEN ASK US TO WEIGH IN ON THE TWO AND ONE OR MAKE FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS. IT JUST SAYS STOP.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

NOW MORE THAN EVER WE CAN FOCUS AND JOIN FORCES. WE SHOULD DEMAND A

PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE AND IMMEDIATE RETURN OF THE HOSTAGES AND THEY WANT TO SEE YOU FURTHER AND TO THE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM . LINDA CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. THEY GO WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?
WE CAN HEAR YOU.

I CAN'T HEAR YOU WELL, SO I AM ASKING IS THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK ON THE TECHNICAL QUALITY OF THIS BEFORE YOU START THE TIMER, PLEASE. SO ANYWAY, I CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING. THE ONLY CLEAR TRANSMISSION I AM GETTING IS FROM ZOOM WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN THREE OF SUPPORT. AS SUCH THEY CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING ELSE. MARY I AM SORRY THIS THEY SAW I AM PREPARED TO CHALLENGE THE WHOLE REST OF THIS MEETING UNDER SECTION 549 60 POINT ONE WHICH ALLOWS FOR

TECHNICAL DISRUPTIONS FOR THE ACTIONS AND EVERYTHING NOT TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE CLARITY AND COMMUNICATION IS RESTORED.

WHEN ARRIVED AT THIS POINT . BEFORE I GO FURTHER WANT TO SAY I'VE HAD TWO

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAY THEY CAN HEAR US JUST FINE SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES WITH YOUR PHONE BUT THEY ARE HEARING US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LINDA WE CAN HEAR YOU COMPLETELY. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT WITH US.

I CANNOT HEAR YOU CLEARLY. I CAN HEAR THE ACTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO I HAVE A RIGHT TO HEAR.

I UNDERSTAND WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THESE DO SO.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DO THAT. ANYWAY, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH. I WANTED TO TALK AS YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBOR. THE RV VILLAGE THERE HAS BEEN NO MOVEMENT THERE. YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC AND YOU NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS. DOES AS A SIGNIFICANT HOW IN TOUCH THE CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP IS WITH EVERYTHING. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE UNTIL MARCH 28 BECAUSE THE SOME SORT OF ISSUE. RIGHT UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF THE THING THERE HAS BEEN NO MOVEMENT. APPARENTLY THEY ARE OFFERED $500 IF THEY CAN GET OUT BY THE I DON'T KNOW THURSDAY AND THEY DID NOT. SO ANYWAY, YOU GOT PROBLEMS HERE Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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AND IT IS JUST AN ONGOING EXPENDITURE THAT I'M ASKING FOR AN AUDIT OF ALL THE COST INVOLVED FROM SAVED AND HOW MUCH WAS SPENT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH

LEGAL EXPENSES ARE EXACTLY FROM LARRY IN DEALING WITH THE LAWSUIT AROUND THE. I WANT A REPORT ON THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO THE CHAMBERS.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CEASE-FIRE ILLUSION. I MOVED HERE FROM

DAVIS, CALIFORNIA THREE YEARS AGO AND IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL THERE IS A

SIGN THAT SAYS PEACE -- WE SHOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO PASS THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE PEACE REQUIRES A LOT. NOW I THINK AFTER SIX MONTHS OF WARD ALL THINGS I'VE BEEN DOING JUST SAYING WE HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO A VOTE. ALTHOUGH

THE OTHER PLACES HAVE DONE IT AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A FULSOME THEY STILL

PASS SO I THINK FOR US YOU HAVE TO PASS IT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT SIGN THAT SEBASTOPOL IS A CITY OF PEACE THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM . I HAVE LINDA. LINDA CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE?
THANK YOU, MARY AND CITY COUNCIL. FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK. MY COMMENTS AND I ARE VERY BASIC AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE 78th APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL AND PARADE. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I AM RETIRED FROM THE CHAMBER AND IT IS MY LIFELONG DREAM TO SEE THIS CONTINUE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS FINANCIAL CONCERNS ACROSS THE BOARD AND I COULD NOT. HOWEVER, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE

THIS WONDERFUL PARADE AND FESTIVAL GO DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDS. I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN MY OPINION FOR THE CITY TO PLAY

PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE STAFF FOR THE WEEKEND AS YOU MAY KNOW OR NOT KNOW

OUR INSURANCE HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE BUT INCLUDING OUR FESTIVAL AND PARADE. AND I THINK IT IS PART OF THE CITY'S

RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND HELP THE CHAMBER AT A LOCAL

BUSINESSES BECAUSE A LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE RECEIVER FILTERED BACK INTO

THE COMMUNITY TO HELP OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WE DO ALSO GIVE BACK TO OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS. I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THIS AND THINK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU PUT INTO ALL THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

I WANTED TO GIVE THANKS TO THE CITY FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU GIVEN US ALL OVER THE YEARS. ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME AND ENJOY AND ALSO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE HAVING A FASHION SHOW IN OCTOBER. THAT IS INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS INTEGRATING WITH SOME OF THE SENIORS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC,. NEXT I WILL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM . CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE? THERE YOU GO. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? YES I CAN.

GO AHEAD PLEASE .

I AM JIM KOERBER A BOARD MEMBER AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I WANTED TO CHECK IT -- ECHO THE REQUEST TO HELP OUT ON THE APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL. THE

PREMIER PARTY ALONG WITH THE FIREWORKS ON THE THIRD OF JULY THAT THE CITY AND IS JUST A GREAT PARTY AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW. ANY HELP THAT THE CITY CAN

PROVIDE, COVER THE WHOLE EXPENSES I'M SURE WHATEVER YOU CAN DO I'M SURE

YOUR JUST AS MUCH IN LOVE WITH THIS GREAT TRADITION IS THE REST OF THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO IT JUST REALLY MAKE IT A GREAT PARTY. LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL. MARIA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB REVIVING THE APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL AT ORANGE PARK. SO ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO TO HELP THAT OUT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. OKAY, I WILL PUT

ON MY PIECE TOWN HAT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP AND PIECE TOWN DEFINITELY WE ARE IN FAVOR OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALTHOUGH IT IS A

DIFFICULT THING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS A CITY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS AN

EFFECT IS QUESTIONABLE, BUT AS A PERSONAL THING I THINK IT IS WORTHWHILE TO

MAKE THAT PROCLAMATION OF ASKING FOR A CEASE-FIRE WHICH WE ALL OF COURSE

WANT AND THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS AS WE LOOK AT THE STUFF THAT IS GOING ON THERE. THANK YOU. PEACE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES LEFT WHICH WE NEED IF WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER EACH.

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I WILL BEGIN BY SAYING IT'S WITHIN THE RIGHTS OF PUBLIC COUNCIL TO EXTEND PUBLIC, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IS ALLOTTED. IT IS WELL WITHIN THE RIGHTS TO DO THAT. I WOULD HIGHLY CONSIDER DOING THAT IN SITUATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS WHICH BROUGHT A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST.

PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT IT APPEARS WE

HAVE SHIFTED DECISIONS IN TERMS OF REPLACING OUR -- AND NOTHING HAS PUBLICLY BEEN STATED ABOUT IT. WHETHER THERE WILL BE A CALL FOR REPLACEMENT ARE NO

AND NOT SEE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA THAT LOOKS LIKE IT ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. SO TRANSPARENCY AND THE DECISION PROCESS LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT IT IS OUR PINE DIRECTOR IS DOING MOVING FORWARD. MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT

THE LAST I'VE ATTEMPTED TO CALL AND GET INFORMATION AND THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS HERE IS A TELEPHONE NUMBER IN BOTH I WAS NOT RESPONDED TO. MOST

RECENTLY LAST WEEK, IN THE PASSING LANE, PREVIOUS TO THAT HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE 10 TO 15 MINUTE BACKUP ALL THE WAY DOWN FIFTH AVENUE. NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND THEY KEEP HAPPENING AT A MORE FREQUENT RATE.

FINALLY, HERE IS A GREAT SOLUTION. WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT ORGANIZERS CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE SECURITY SERVICES ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. WE DON'T NEED TO PAY $9000 FOR SERVICES THAT CAN BE DONE BY VOLUNTEERS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. SAYING NO HANDS RAISED THERE WILL BE ONE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT.

I HATED MORE TIME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE RIGHT AND SPACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SPEAKING OF PEACE WOULD BE SPEAKING FOR PEACE. WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES IN THE

HISTORY OF HUMANITY AND IT IS NO SURPRISE WHEN PEOPLE TAKE ON REVENGE AND MASSACRE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WHEN WE LOOK BACK WE ARE NOT APPALLED AT THE ATROCITIES. WE ARE MORE APPALLED AT THE PEOPLE THAT KEPT SILENT. AND ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. AND WE WONDER HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? THAT TYPE OF GENOCIDE AND WAR WE WONDER WHY WAS NOBODY'S TAKING OUT ABOUT IT. A

GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO LIVES HERE SHE REMINDED ME IT IS BECAUSE WE WANT

PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY LOOK BACK AT US, THEY WANT TO SEE US, THE ONES

THAT STOOD UP FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT AND SPOKE UP WITHOUT ANY FEAR OR RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS OR WHATEVER LIFE IS HUMAN LIFE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THAT WOULD COMPLETE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS CITY MANAGER THERE WAS QUESTIONS RAISED HERE DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? NOW THAT WE HAVE CLOSE OUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT?
YES? WE ARE EXPLORING OPTIONS AND TALKING TO POTENTIAL QUALIFIED CANDIDATE

WILL HAVE SOME
THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. I HAD TO STAND WE WILL LIKELY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ROUND TWO. IN TERMS OF THE CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION THAT IS IN

DISCUSSION, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS RESPONDED TODAY AND IN THE PAST BOTH HERE AND ALSO BY EMAIL. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE LOCAL AND PROVIDED THEIR INPUT. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO STAYED WITH US UP TO THIS POINT. WE HAVE ITEMS, OUR FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR I'M GOING TO READ THE NAMES OF THOSE FOUR ITEMS. IF ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM REMOVED MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD. THESE FOUR ITEMS ARE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE MEETING FAVORITE 20, 2024

THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES CLOSED SESSION MEDIA MEETING OF EVERY 26, 2024 APPROVAL OF LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR CITY OF SANTA ROSA

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE LATERAL TRUNK SEWER LINE

PROJECT AND APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED THRESHOLDS AND

POLICIES ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL LIKE TO --
YES?
I WAS ABSENT FOR BOTH THE CLOSED SESSION ON THE 26th AND THE MEETING ON THE 20th.

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UNDERSTOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE -- GAS?
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER READ THAT FOR THE RECORD.

BASICALLY WHAT IT WAS IS THAT COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MAURER IT IS LISTED NAMES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON CONSENT ITEMS.

CAN WE GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON THESE CONSENT ITEMS PLEASE? THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONLY. IF

YOU LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT I WILL GO TO CHAMBER FIRST AND THEN OUT TO ZOOM. KYLE?

VERY QUICKLY, THIS COUNCIL MEETING RATHER THAN CHANGE IT RETENTION POLICY IF IT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COUNCILMEMBER. MANY OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ARE THINGS FROM UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. I DO

APPRECIATE SOME FORM BEING INCLUDED BUT THE CURRENT FORM IS NOT SOMETHING

THAT ONLY RELATABLE I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME UPDATES TO THE WAY THE MINUTES

ARE LAID OUT AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE A SESSION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MEANINGFUL DISCOURSE.

THANK YOU. LINDA? GO AHEAD LINDA.

YOU CAN HEAR ME?
YES I CAN HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME CLEARLY?
YES.

YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE CONTINUE TO SOUND LIKE YOU'RE IN AN ECHO CHAMBER AND I CANNOT MAKE OUT THE WORDS OR INTEND OR WHAT IS GOING ON. AND I WILL CHALLENGE THIS WHOLE MEETING. SEBASTOPOL AND I HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU. YOU MAJOR CONCERNS KNOWN TO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THANK YOU DEAR MADAM MAYOR. I DO. I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS THAT I KNOW WHAT THE SUBJECT OF THAT WAS. YOU KNOW I AM COMPUTER FREE, CELL PHONE FREE SO PLEASE GIVE ME AN ANSWER ON THAT. ALSO THE SEWER LINE PROJECT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY. HOW MUCH OF

OUR MONEY IS INVOLVED IN THAT AND ALSO ON THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED,

NUMBER FOUR, GOD KNOWS WE NEED AN EXPLANATION, YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF

WHAT THAT IS AND I KNOW THAT THEY CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU BECAUSE I LISTENED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. THAT IS TO BE PULLED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF HOW THE IMPACT OF THE BUILDING AND NEW

CARS AND TRUCKS WILL BE ON OUR HIGHWAYS AND ROADS WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCING THE REPAIRS WHICH ARE NOT IN GOOD SHAPE ALREADY.

ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS THANK YOU.

THANK YOU LINDA FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO THE

CHAMBERS OF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE HIM LOOK -- SEEING AND

I WILL GO BACK UP TO ZOOM TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC CONTENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM. SAYING NONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER . IN THE CLOSED SESSION

AGENDA ITEM WAS A CONFERENCE ON LEGAL COUNCIL WITH EXISTING LITIGATION AND LITIGATION MATTER . JESSICA MARIE VERSUS THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. IN TERMS OF

VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED THAT ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH BY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL AND IS FOR APPROVAL. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE THE COMMENT TO ONE OF THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE ADDRESSED ALSO I FEEL THE ACTION MINUTE ITEMS.

MOST CITIES TO ACTION MINUTE AND I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THREE YEARS IS THE SAME NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY RECOMMEND THAT YOU KEEP YOUR TAX RETURNS.

SO I FEEL LIKE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ME AND I DECIDE TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HINTON. IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF

SANTA ROSA COMMUNITY PROJECT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG BUT I READ

THAT ITEM AND THERE IS NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AM I CORRECT?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOSE ARE THE FOUR ITEMS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IF NOT I AM MOTION TO APPROVE.

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APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES ONE AND TWO AND THEN THE APPROVALS FOR THE PROJECT IN THE VMT. MOTION.

SECOND?
CAN YOU DO THE VOTE PLEASE. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE NAMES OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WERE RECORDING THEM.

MOTIONED AND THEN SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER HINTON?
I WILL BE ABSTAINING.

COUNCILMEMBER MAURER.

YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON?
YES.

MOTION PASSES 4-1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MAURER , VICE MAYOR ZOLLMAN AND MAYOR RICH ABSTAINING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.

COUNCILMEMBER MAURER GO AHEAD.

I MOTION.

SECOND.

MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MAURER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON ? AYE MAYOR RICH? YES. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE ARE MOVING TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THERE ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING THERE ARE NONE. WE ARE NOW IN OUR REGULAR CALENDAR AGENDA ITEM. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS THE CITY'S ANNUAL AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023. AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR CONSULTANT. I WILL TURN TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

CITY MANAGER I WILL ASK YOU TO SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE .

THANK YOU. THE PURPOSE OF THE AUDIT IS BASICALLY TWOFOLD. FIRST IS THE CHECK OUR NUMBERS BASED ON A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE REVIEW. OUR NUMBERS BASICALLY IS

WHAT THE EXPERT DID AND WE'VE TAKEN THESE INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE FINAL PRACTICES. IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS WE CAME OUT LOOKING GOOD IN TERMS OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS YOU. IT IS HARD TO KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE

ARE SOME RISKS PART OF THE AUDIT DOCUMENT WE DID INCLUDE AN THE STAFF REPORT

BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT YOU CAN READ ALL OF THAT AND TALK MORE ABOUT IT. WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN WANT TO KNOW IS HOW ARE WE DOING FINANCIALLY? THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION. IT IS LARGELY VARIABLE AND OFTEN REQUIRES A TRANSLATOR. THE AUDITOR DOES HAVE SOME SERIOUS TROUBLES IF

YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT TOPIC I HOPE YOU WOULD TALK TO AND TAKE SOME CERTIFICATE OPPORTUNITY. A COUPLE OF TIMES THEY I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR AUDITOR TO DO THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE WILL TURN OVER FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION CITY COUNCIL. IF I COULD JUST SHARE MY SCREEN. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE MY SCREEN NOW. AND YOU CAN HEAR ME CLEARLY.

YESTERDAY CAN SPEAK UP JUST A BIT. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

SURE. PERFECT. GOING THROUGH MY PRESENTATION I HAVE A FEW AREAS TO COVER WHAT ARE THE DELIVERABLES OF THE AUDIT. THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT. THE AREAS OF PRIMARY EMPHASIS OF OUR AUDIT. THE AUDITOR'S REPORT AND I HAVE A FEW SLIDES ON THE FINANCIALS MEANT. AS THE AUDITORS ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE CERTAIN

COMMUNICATIONS AND LASTLY, CONCLUDED AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

IN TERMS OF THE DELIVERABLES. WE ISSUED OUR REPORT ON THE CITY'S PHYSICAL -- BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE PERFORM THE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE YELLOW BOOK OR THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. WITH

THAT WE ALSO WISH ARE ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE. THIS HAS A FOCUS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WE LOOK AT

INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT HAVE RELEVANCE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SUCH AS

CONTROLS OVER ACCOUNT PAYABLE, PAYROLL, THINGS THAT RELATE TO FINANCIAL

TRANSACTIONS AND ALSO LOOK AT COMPLIANCE MATTERS THAT ALSO HAVE IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE ALSO LOOK AT THE FIRST PATIENT ON THE AND ALSO

HAVE LESS SHOOT A LETTER WHICH HAS A MORE DETAILED LISTING OF ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE COVERED IN THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS SLIDE.

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INCLUDING SOME OTHERS THAT ARE NOT LISTED. I DID NOT WANT TO LIST EVERYTHING BECAUSE THERE IS NOT MUCH TO REPORT. SO I DID NOT WANT TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING ON THE SLIDE. I LEFT THE SLIDES JUST FOR THE MOST CRITICAL MATTERS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THE ITEMS THERE IN THE LETTER. IN TERMS OF AREA OF RISK ASSESSMENT.

WE ALSO PLAN AUDIT PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS THOSE RISKS. THESE ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT RISKS THAT WE IDENTIFIED DURING OUR AUDIT. NOTHING THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNIQUE. THESE ARE RISKS THAT EXIST IN ALL AUDITS. THE FIRST RISK

HERE IS THE RISK OF MANAGEMENT OVER WRITER CAN OVERRIDES OF INTERNAL

CONTROLS, THINGS SUCH AS APPROVAL OF JOURNAL ENTRIES, TIMECARDS, PAYROLL AND SO FORTH. IF THEY SO CHOOSE THE MAY DECIDE NOT TO FOLLOW THEM WHICH IS A RISK IN ALL AUDITS. THAT IS PART OF THE AUDIT WE ADDRESSED THAT BY FINDING EXPERIENCED STAFF PLANNING SOME NEW PROCEDURES. WE LOOK AT MANUAL JOURNAL ENTRIES THAT ARE RECORDED. ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES. WE WILL SCAN THE

TRANSACTION LEDGER TO SEE IF THERE ANY UNUSUAL BUSINESS TRACKS ACTIONS AND CREATE THOSE AND WE ALSO DO FRAUD INQUIRIES WITH MANAGEMENT. THE SECOND

RISK YEAR IS --
I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF THE RISKS THAT YOU NOTED IN THE VERY FIRST SET. IN THE REPORT THAT

WE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED HERE AS PART OF A STAFF REPORT SAYS WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF A SIGNIFICANT RISK. CAN YOU ENLARGE OR NOT BECAUSE YOU DID SAY THIS WAS NOT JUST ANY SITUATION. I KNOW IN THE REPORT PAGE ONE OF 203 IT SAYS A SIGNIFICANT RISK.

RIGHT. SIGNIFICANT RISK IS A RISK WE DO HAVE TO PLAN AUDIT PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS. THAT IS SOMETHING TO IDENTIFY AS PART OF OUR AUDIT. AS PART OF OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE RISKS TO THOSE.

MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK?

THE RISK WOULD RESULT IN A MATERIAL STATEMENT IF FOR EXAMPLE, MANAGEMENT

MAY OVERRIDE TO OVERSTATE REVENUE INCREASING REVENUES AND THEY MIGHT NOT

FOLLOW THEIR OWN POLICIES TO BYPASS THE WHOLE INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM IT IS

A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR THE AUDIT AND THAT WE MAY NOT BE GIVING A CORRECT OPINION AS TO WHETHER THOSE NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY STATED OR NOT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MAURER HAS A QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION ON HOW TO REDO THIS ?
NO. MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IN PLACE THE INTERNAL CONTROLS. IT WILL ALWAYS EXIST AS SUCH IN ANY OPERATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

EVEN IF YOU IMPLEMENTED IN TERMS OF CONTROLS THOSE COULD BE BYPASSED IF THEY SO CHOOSE. IT IS JUST A RISK THAT AS PART OF THE AUDIT WE HAVE TO PLAN OUR PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS THAT.

WHAT IS THE SAFE AREA OF OVER RATE. COUNCILMEMBER MAURER JUST ASKED THE QUESTION. WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OVERRIDES I AM FAMILIAR WITH

AND ME CLARIFY THAT IT IS ON SINCE EARLY THE OVERRIDES THERE AREN'T FOLLOWING THEIR AND COLONEL INTERNAL CONTROLS. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF HAVING

ADDITIONAL INTERNAL CONTROLS IT IS A MATTER OF MANAGEMENT NOT FOLLOWING INTERNAL CONTROLS. IF THIS TYPE OF RISK EXISTS EVEN IN LARGER GOVERNMENT

ENTITIES THAT MAY HAVE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS, IT IS NOT

RELEVANT BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE NOT FOLLOWED THE RISK WOULD BE THE SAME.

THANK YOU AND I WANT TO NOTE IN THE REPORT ITSELF IT INDICATES OUR STAFF IS PURSUING MITIGATION EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THIS ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANK YOU.

NOT A PROBLEM. THE SECOND ITEM HERE IS REVENUE RECOGNITION. THIS IS JUST A RISK THAT EXISTS IN ALL AUDITS. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. IF WE DON'T IDENTIFY THIS AS

A SIGNIFICANT RISK USUALLY HAVE TO DOCUMENT IT SIGNIFICANTLY AND IDENTIFIED AS A RISK. THIS IS JUST A RISK. IT IS JUST THAT THE REVENUE IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO UTILIZE SO WE PLAY -- PAY CLOSER ATTENTION. THE

GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES WE VALIDATE THOSE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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PROPRIETARY FUNDS AND LOOK AT ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND RECEIVABLES.

PENSION AND OTHER BENEFITS --
I'M GOING TO INTERJECT AGAIN. CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE THAT RAISES A FOUNDATIONAL QUESTION. YOUR AUDIT WAS BASED ON -- WHAT WAS IT BASED ON? DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO YOU BY THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL? DID YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OUR ACTUAL ACCOUNTING WRECK ONLINE? WHAT DID YOU BASE YOUR CONCLUSIONS ON? A COMBINATION OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CITY WE ALSO SENT OUT CONFIRMATIONS TO THIRD PARTIES. WE COMPARE THOSE THIRD-PARTY

REPORTS DIRECTLY TO WHAT IS REPORTED IN THE GENERAL LEDGER TO CONFIRM THAT THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT. SO WE RELY ON THE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED BY MANAGEMENT AND ALSO INFORMATION THAT WE OBTAIN FROM THIRD PARTIES.

THANK YOU THAT WAS HELPFUL.

ALONG THE SLIDES HOW FAR BACK DID YOU GO? HOW MANY YEARS BACK DID YOU [ INDISCERNIBLE ].

THIS WAS FOR 2023. WE ISSUED AUDIT REPORTS I BELIEVE UP TO 2017 MAY 1st BECAME CITY AUDITORS. SHOWING THE AUDIT TO THE CITY.

GO AHEAD.

SO WHAT I AM HEARING , AND 2018 AND 2017, HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU GO BACK. IS IT ONE-YEAR? IS IT JUST THAT YEAR? OR ALL THE WAY BACK?
THE SCOPE OF THIS ONLY COVERS 2023. SO AS PART OF THIS WE DIDN'T LOOK. THAT WOULD BE JULY 2022. BUT YOUR AUDIT EACH YEAR, ALL THE NUMBERS MATCH? CORRECT. THERE SHOULD BE A BEGINNING BALANCE AS PART OF YOUR INCOME STATEMENT. THERE IS A BEGINNING BALANCE THERE AND THE SHOULD AGREE TO THE

ENDING BALANCES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS WORD AND MUST BE IDENTIFIED AS PART

OF THE ERROR WHICH WILL RESULT IN A RESTATEMENT AND THAT WOULD BE DISCLOSED IN THE NO DISCLOSURE IF THERE WAS A RESTATEMENT THAT OCCURRED.

THANK YOU.

IT IS A COMPLEX ACCOUNTING AREA SO WE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS. BUS OF A RISK. THE TIME THE STANDARD SCHEMA IS RELATIVELY NEW AND BE STILL DO, WE

OBTAIN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL ENTRIES FOR RECORDING YOUR PENSION AND COMPARE

THAT TO THE ACTUAL REPORTS AND WE ALSO OBTAIN DATA AND COMPARE THAT BACK TO INFORMATION THAT WAS USED TO PREPARE THE JOURNAL ENTRIES. ESSENTIALLY THOSE ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISKS. MOVING ON TO OUR AUDITORS REPORT. THIS IS MORE AGE ONE THROUGH THREE OF THE DOCUMENT. UNMODIFIED OPINION. AS MENTIONED WHICHEVER SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENT TO THE AUDITING STANDARD.

THE ACCOUNTING POLICIES HAVE BEEN APPLIED ME THE ESTIMATE ARE REASONABLE AND COMPLETE INACCURATE. A FEW SLIDES ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THIS IS ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE GOVERNMENTAL WIDE STATEMENTS.

AS PART OF THE COMPLETE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REPORT THERE ARE TWO SETS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS AND THE SECOND SET REFERRED TO AS THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE GOVERNMENT WIDE PROVIDE MORE OF A CONSOLIDATED VIEW OF ALL THE CITIES ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. AND ALSO INCLUDES LONG-TERM ITEMS SUCH AS YOUR

CAPITAL ASSETS AND ALSO ANY LONG-TERM LIABILITIES SUCH AS YOUR PENSION LIABILITIES AND POST IMPULSION LONG-TERM DEBT. IN TERMS OF CHANGES IN YOUR

ASSETS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN YOUR

CAPITAL ASSET AND THAT IS MOSTLY A RESULT OF ONGOING CAPITAL ASSET ACTIVITY AND CAPITAL ASSET PROJECTS. ALSO THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN YOUR RESOURCES AND ALSO TIMING DIFFERENCES. MAINLY SITUATIONS IN YOUR PENSION LIABILITIES AND YOUR OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITIES. THOSE CHANGES, NOT ONLY CAN I

NOT BE REPORTED IN YOUR INCOME STATEMENT IMMEDIATELY THOSE ARE REFERRED TO

AS THE ITEMS IN THOSE DIFFERENT ITEMS GET ADVERTISED INTO YOUR PENSION EXPENSE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION. REAL ESTATE AND OTHER HARD ASSETS.

IT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE IF YOU HAD ANY INTANGIBLE ASSETS. ANY LEASES NOW THEY ARE CATEGORIZED INTO DIFFERENT TYPES. BUT IF YOU HAD A LEASE THAT REQUIRED ACCOUNTING UNDER. RECOGNIZE A RIGHT TO USE AN ASSET. NOT TECHNICALLY PHYSICAL ASSET, MORE OF A INTANGIBLE ASSET. SIMILARLY SOFTWARE THAT WOULD TO Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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PURCHASE WOULD BE A TANGIBLE ASSET. IT IS STILL AN ASSET THAT YOU ARE USING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION. FOR EXAMPLE A FIRE TRUCK OR DUMP TRUCK.

YES. EVEN IT WOULD INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE THE VALUE OF ROADS AND SO FORTH.

THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT. THIS IS LIABILITIES. GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THIS IS A TREND OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. YOU WOULD

NOTICE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT UP AND DOWN THAT OCCURRED HERE AND THIS IS MAINLY A RESULT OF CHANGES IN REDUCING THAT POSITION. FROM 2021 TO 2022 THERE WAS A LARGE INVESTMENT GAIN OF ABOUT 20% THAT RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN PLAN ASSETS AND AS A RESULT A PORTION OF THE LIABILITY WAS SMALLER. FROM 2022 TO 2023 THERE WAS AN INVESTMENT LOSS AND THAT RESULTED IN PLAN ASSETS TO GO DOWN AND YOUR NET LIABILITY TO INCREASE. IN ADDITION THEY REDUCE THEIR DISCOUNT RATE FROM 7.5 TO 6.9 THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON HOW IT IS MEASURED AND RESULTED IN INCREASED AS WELL. IN REGARDS TO OTHER LONG-TERM DEBT FROM 2021 TO 2022 THAT WAS NEEDED THAT WAS ISSUED. FROM 2022 TO 2023 THERE WAS SOME REPAYMENT ON ALL THE CITY'S LONG-TERM DEBT RESULTED IN A DECREASE. THE UPAND-DOWN YOU ARE NOTICING FOR THE DIFFERED RESOURCES IS MAINLY RELATED TO

THE FLUCTUATIONS THAT YOU SEE SO, THE BIG CHANGES WILL BE RECOGNIZED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

SO IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT HERE I THINK WE HAVE A QUESTION ON PENSION. LAST TIME DOING AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OWED.

THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY PUT ONE .6 IN A TRUST. SO IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? TO HAVE DONE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

NOT NECESSARILY THE SCOPE OF OUR AUDIT BUT BEST PRACTICES AND OTHER

AGENCIES ARE DOING TO PRE-FUND THE PENSION LIABILITIES FROM THAT YOU SHOULD

SEE THERE IS A BIT OF A MITIGATING FACTOR TO RESPECT OR IF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY YOU DO HAVE THAT TRUST AVAILABLE THAT IS EARNING A

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INTEREST TO BE ABLE TO COVER YOUR PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE MOST BENEFITING FACTOR WOULD BE

MAKING THE CONTRIBUTION DIRECTLY IN HOWEVER WITHOUT YOU LOSE CONTROL AND

THE SECOND OPTION IS TO OPEN UP SIDE TRUST THAT WOULD BE EARNING INTEREST FOR

RETURNS AND WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IS THE CITY INVESTMENT AND THAT WOULD

COVER IF FOR EXAMPLE A SITUATION IN THE FUTURE WHERE REVENUES WERE DOWN

AND YET YOU WERE NOT MAKING DECISIONS COVERING PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS THAT

WOULD BE A SOURCE AND UTILIZE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO COVER OTHER EXPENSE. SINCE YOU DO HAVE FUNDING NOW PUTS YOU IN A BETTER POSITION BASED ON WHATEVER EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING.

I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN. IT DEPENDS AS FAR AS PORTFOLIOS AND THERE ARE UPS AND

DOWNS, BUT I WOULD THINK
I'M GOING TO INTERJECT HERE BECAUSE I SEE OUR CITY MANAGER RAISING HIS HAND.

THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT . MY BEST UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY IS COMMITTING TO POINT MILLION OR 2.9 MILLION THAT TRANSACTION WILL FUND WHEN THE TRUST OCCURRED. IN TWO WEEKS WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE, I THINK CITY'S LONGTERM FINANCIAL PLAN MANY WILL GO INTO THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH . TO THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GO AHEAD.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER NINE. AS IS THE REPUTATION OF WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE NET COST OF SERVICE FORECAST REVENUE. LOOKING AT THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES WHICH IS ON PAGE 27 AND THIS IS ONLY LOOKING AT GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES. THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT IMPACT THE FACT THAT YOU WILL NEVER

BE CHARGING A LARGE AMOUNT FOR THE SERVICES TO BE COVERING THE TOTAL

EXPENSES THAT THESE COSTS ARE NOT AS THE PURCHASE PURPOSE OF THESE TAX

REVENUES THIS IS JUST TO SEE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS WHETHER THE TAX

REVENUES ARE SUFFICIENT OR NOT SUFFICIENT IS REALLY SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AT A VERY SHORT TERM. RAY JUST LOOK AT IT FOR ONE YEAR AND IS

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IDEA OF ALL THE THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT THIS NUMBER ANYONE ON THIS FOR 2022 TO 2023 THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HERE AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS WAS YOUR PENSION MIX VENTS. UNFORTUNATELY WITH CALPERS WITH THE COST SHARING

PLAN THE NUMBERS THAT YOU CALCULATE AND REPORT ON YOUR FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS ARE REPLACED ON ALLOCATION FACTORS AND THOSE ALLOCATION BACK

TEARS CHANGE FOR MANY REASONS RESULTS OF THE TOTAL PLAN ACTIVITY WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING IN THE PLAN. THEN ALSO CALPERS HAD LARGE INVESTMENT LOSS OR INVESTMENT GAINS AND THEN INVESTMENT LOSS SUBSEQUENTLY. THERE WAS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION DIFFERENCE IN PENSION EXPENSE FROM 2022 TO 2023. IN ADDITION TO THAT 2023 THE CITY UTILIZED THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF OUR FUND ONE .7 MILLION OR SO SO

THAT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN YOUR NET COST OF SERVICE IT HAS RELATIVELY BEEN STABLE AND INCREASES IN 2023.

SLIDE NUMBER 10. WE HAVE HERE WHERE LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND AND WHAT

WE DO IS REFER TO IT AS AN EXPENDITURE COVERAGE ANALYSIS AND THIS IS LOOKING AT THE PAST THREE YEARS THE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE. IT WOULD INCLUDE

AMOUNTS THAT YOU SET ASIDE FOR PURPOSES BUT ESSENTIALLY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CONTROL OVER. IF YOU CHOOSE ANY MAY DECIDE RESTRICTED FUND BALANCES

WHICH ARE MANY THAT HAVE A RESTRICT THE PURPOSE AND CANNOT BE UTILIZED FOR ANY GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. THEN THIS WE ARE COMPARING TO YOUR TOTAL ANNUAL EXPENDITURES. THEY RECOMMEND.AT LEAST TWO MONTHS AVAILABLE.

LOOKING AT THE PAST THREE YEARS YOU DO HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS. KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR 2023 YOU ALSO RECOGNIZE ABOUT ONE $.7 MILLION IN ONE-TIME REVENUE, WHICH YOU WILL HAVE AN 2024. THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE

IN YOUR FUND AMOUNT THIS YEAR BUT THAT WAS A RESULT OF ALSO RECOGNIZING THOSE ONE-TIME REVENUES.

A QUESTION HERE IF I COULD. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT AMOUNT INCLUDE THE AMOUNTS THAT THE COUNCIL ASSIGNS TO EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND ALSO PENSION ANOTHER LIABILITIES. THOSE OUT FROM

THE UNRESTRICTED FUND THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THOSE SPECIFIC FUNDING CATEGORIES. I JUST ONE CONFIRM THAT THE TOTALS THAT YOU ARE SHOWING INCLUDE THOSE SUBCATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PURPOSES.

CORRECT .

I WANT TO ADD THAT IS OF JUNE 30, 2023 THE CITY HAD NOT OPEN THAT TRUST. ONCE THE MONEY HAD BEEN DEPOSITED INTO THE SECTION 115 TRUST THEN THAT MONEY ESPECIALLY COMES RESTRICTED. ONLY THEN COVER THE PENSION CONTRIBUTION EXPENSES. SO THAT ME AND 2024 MAY CHANGE. THAT LINE ITEM DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE IN THE TRUST AS OF JUNE 20 2024 WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS RESTRICTED. BUT AS OF JUNE 3020 23 THAT MONEY WAS NOT SET UP IN A SEPARATE TRUST. THAT WAS STILL CONSIDERED TO BE UNRESTRICTED.

THIS MAY BE IN ONE OF YOUR FUTURE SLIDES BUT CAN YOU REMIND US OF THESE TOTALS THAT YOU HAVE FOR HIS AND FOR 22 AND 23.

I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A SLIGHT ON A THAT THIS IS ON PAGE 32. MY POINT MILLION

DOLLARS IN UNASSIGNED IN ABOUT FOUR POINT IN UNASSIGNED WHICH MAINLY WAS ABOUT TO POINT MILLION IN PENSION AND THAT COMPRISES THE 10.5 MILLION AND IN

TERMS OF RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE OTHER THAN YOUR GENERAL FUND THERE IS ABOUT ONE $.2 MILLION IN RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE MOSTLY MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED FOR FLOOD RECOVERY PURPOSES. THAT IS UNSPENT ABOUT 1 MILLION AND THAT IS EXCLUDED FROM THAT 10.5 FIGURE.

OKAY. BUT IN TERMS OF UNASSIGNED, UNBALANCED, NOT SATISFIED IS THAT CORRECT? YES
THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A DISCLOSURE. IT IS REFERRED TO AS A SENSITIVITY TO DISCOUNT RATE DISCLOSURE IT IS ON PAGE 73 YOU CAN HAVE AS LARGE AS 23 MILLION OR HIGHER SOMETHING. A LOWER AMOUNT YOU WOULD HAVE A DISCOUNT RATE. I THINK I MAY HAVE THIS NUMBER OFFICER ACTUALLY. I APOLOGIZE. I BELIEVE THE TOP SHOULD BE 5.9% AND THE BOTTOM SHOULD BE 7.9%. SO A LOWER

DISCOUNT RATE WOULD RESULT IN A LARGER LIABILITY THAN A HIGHER DISCOUNT RATE RESULTS IN A SMALLER LIABILITY. SO NOT NECESSARILY THE ONE NUMBER IS Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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MORE ACCURATE THAN THE OTHER, IT IS JUST TO GIVE THE READER ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION IF YOU ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS ON YOUR PENSION LAND TO

TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE NUMBER MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE DISCOUNT RATING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN USED.

SO I HAVE TO ASK. ARE WE LOOKING GOOD?
[ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING ] IS A GOOD SIGN THAT YOU'RE WE'LL TAKE ADDS MANY GOOD SIGNS AS WE CAN GET.

RIGHT, RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES.

AGAIN, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT T HE NEXT STAGE, NOW THERE'S A DISCOUNT RATE THAT UNOFFICIALLY THEY'RE LOOKING AT 10% WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO. WE NEED TO LOOK AT PAYING OUR LIABILITIES EACH YEAR. THIS IS A MAJOR EXPENSE TO THE CITY THAT WILL BE GOING UP BY 7 MILLION NOW AND IT'LL BE GOING UP ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE 9 OR 10 YEARS DOWN. SO THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. IT'S GOING TO

BE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND WE ARE, THIS WILL BE CONTINUED OVER HEAD FOR QUITE A LONG TIME POTENTIALLY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND WE'LL BE IN TALKS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IT'S AN IMPORTANT REALITY. WE APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S ONE OF THE WONDERFUL SPECKS THAT WE HAVE OVER HERE AS CITY MANAGER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

SURE, AND THANK YOU. IF THIS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP MONITORING GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW THAT NUMBER IS CHANGING. WITH REGARDS TO YOUR OPEQ PLAN THERE'S ALSO A SENSITIVITY DISCLOSURE HERE ON PAGE 75. YOU NOTICE THE SWING IS NOT AS LARGE. THE REASON BEING IS THAT AN ANNUAL RETIREES PREMIUM THAT YOU PAY IS GOING TO BE A LOT SMALLER THAN AN ANNUAL PENSION RETIREES SAO*S OVER A YEAR'S TIME. SO WHEN THOSE ARE PRESENT VALUE TO A MEASUREMENT DATE IT'S NOT GOING CREATE AS BIG OF A SWING AS IT IS ON YOUR PENSION PLAN. AND, WE HAVE THIS

LAST REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ESPECIALLY AS THE

FIRM THAT'S DO I THINK THE AUDIT WE ASSIST MANAGEMENT IN PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH WE ARE PERMITTED TO DO WITH SAFEGUARDS.

HOWEVER WITH THAT THERE IS SOME TIMES A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT THIS DOCUMENT BELONGS TO US AND IT'S THE AUDITORS REPORT. IN REALITY THE ONLY

DOCUMENT THAT BELONGS TO US AS THE AUDITORS ARE THE AUDITORS OPINIONS WHICH ARE PAGE 1 AND 3. AND ANY OTHER COMMUNE KAEUGS THAT WE ISSUE.

HOWEVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE DISCLOSURES, THEY ARE

MANAGEMENTS, DOCUMENT AND THEY TAKE OVER ENSHIP, RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WHEN WE ISSUE OUR OPINION. SO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO PERFORM THE AUDIT,

ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS PART OF THAT, WE EVALUATE INTERNAL CONTROLS OR FINANCIAL REPORTING. WE LOOK AT LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE LEAVE YOU THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO ENSURE THEY ARE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. AND WE COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT TO THE GOVERNING BODY. MANAGEMENT

ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ESTABLISHING INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. PROVIDING US WITH THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR THE AUDIT. ESTABLISHING INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FRAUD AND DETECTING FRAUD. INFORMING US IF THERE WAS ANY INSTANCE OF FRAUD DURING THE YEAR. COME PLYING WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. AND IF THERE ARE FINDINGS, WE HAVE TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ON THOSE. AS FAR AS THE AUDIT. WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY. SO WE FOLLOW RULES OF THE STATE OF ACCOUNTANCY. WE

WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREPARE OR COUNTY TRANSACTION, RECORDING TRANSACTIONS WITHOUT MANAGEMENT APPROVALS. BEINGS PAST EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY FOR THE AUDIT PERIOD. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE AUDIT THAT IS GOING

WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT LETTER AS I MENTIONED THE AUDIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDESSEST MATHS WHICH ARE PENSION PLAN AND OPEB PLAN FIGURES. ALSO

ANOTHER ESTIMATE IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS DEPRECIATION EXPENSE AND AS

AS PART OF THE AUDIT WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OF FOR A GROWING CONCERN, WHAT

THAT MEANS IS THE EVALUATE WHERE THE CITY WOULD BE IN EXISTENCE WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME OF OUR AWE AUDIT REPORT. WE ONLY NEED TO SHOW A CONCERN. WHERE

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FUND BALANCES AND FUND BALL HRAPBSZS THAT NEED TO BE RETAINED. WE DON'T NEED A CONCERN YOU'LL BE IN OPERATION WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. IN TERMS OF OTHER MATTERS TO DISCLOSE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MATERIAL, AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS OR DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING THE AUDIT. IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY ITEMS WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE A MATERIAL WEAKNESS. NO

SIGNIFICANT RISK OR EXPOSURES, ANY MATTERS DISCLOSING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WE WEREN'T BROUGHT AWARE OF ANY FRAUD OF ILLEGAL ACTS. WITH THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS LATER THIS IS MY E-MAIL ADDRESS. IF YOU WANT TO E-MAIL ME.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO VICE MAYOR FIRST AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO, I THINK I RECENTLY.

WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH, I AM JUST BASING MY QUESTION ON ALL THE OTHER BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT EVERY CITY TAKES UP ELEMENTS. IS THAT TRUE OR NOT TRUE.

THAT'S TRUE. ALTHOUGH I THINK ALL OF OUR CLIENTS DO HAVE OPEB, THERE ARE A FEW THAT DO NOT.

AND THE MAJORITY DO. ON YOUR EXPERIENCE.

I WOULD SAY MAJORITY DO.

MAJORITY DO, OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO, MY EXPERIENCE IS THE SAME. I WOULD NEVER EXACT, THOSE *EFRPTS, THE MOST

COMMON VERSION OF THAT IS COMMITMENTS MADE TO RETIREES OR FUTURE RETIREES TO THE HR. SEIZE OP SEE THAT AS A BENEFIT. CONTINUE WHY THAT IS BUT THAT MAY CITY ACCORDING TO THE.

CORRECT. SO -P EVEN YOU MAY HAVE DISCONTINUED IT NOW. YOU DID HAVE PAST

RETIREES OR OTHER ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE THAT BENEFIT, DUE TO THE PRIOR SERVICE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

HAVE WE OPENED THAT TRUST YET?
THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND THIS YEAR.

OKAY.

SO WE DON'T. OKAY, BUT IT'S PHOT PART OF THE THINGS WE DID AFTER.

NO.

OKAY, WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.

IT SHOULD INTO ACTUAL TRUST,.

OKAY, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR OUR CONSULTANT TONIGHT,

THE PRESENTATION FOR US BUT I THINK ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ZOLAND BROUGHT IT UP. IF WE WERE TO GO BACK TO 2016 BECAUSE WITH THE CHECKBOOK YOU JUST, EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR. NOTHING CHANGES IT'S AND WE

WERE TO HAVE OUR AUDITOR COMPLETE OR GIVE US JUST ONE YEAR IN, NEXT YEAR STARTS. ONE YEAR IN, NEXT YEAR STARTS. SO GO BACK TO SUBPOENA OR 18 WHATEVERS THAT AND ADD THAT. AND JUST CHECK THE RESULTS OF THAT. BECAUSE ID BE INTERESTED TO SEE HAVE HIM MAKE SURE. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE GET A QUOTE FOR AND CONSIDER THAT. BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A FEW ISSUES AND I JUST, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVER THE PAST YEARS.

SO I THINK JUST TO BE CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US FOR AN EXAMINATION OF THE

ANNUAL AUDITS YEAR TO YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENDING NUMBERS IN A PARTICULAR YEAR ARE ALIGNED WITH THE NEXT YEAR.

EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. MY CHECK BACK IS BALANCED. I JUST DON'T PERSONALLY HAVE TIME. AND I WOULD TRUST AN AUDITOR.

SO YOU WANT AN AUDITOR.

I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

EACH AUDIT IS PERFORMED EACH YEAR. BASICALLY OF ANYONE PARTICULARLY WHAT I

THINK I HEAR IS THAT YOU WANT TO COMPARE THE ESTIMATES AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WE.

I DON'T SEE THE ACTUALS. IN MY OFFICE I HAVE A CHECK WITH REGISTERS. IT'S JUST YEAR, YEAR, YEAR, YEAR, YEAR. I'M ASKING FOR ACTUALS YEAR TO YEAR. BECAUSE THE Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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AUDITORS SAY WE'RE WITHOUT WARNING. SO WE'RE JUST ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR. I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST DO.

ARE YOU ASKING FOR, YOU JUST WANT TO CONFIRM FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE THE AUDIT FOR 22-23. YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW THE BEGINNING NUMBERS FOR 2022 ARE EXACTLY THE SAME FOR THE PREVIOUS AUDIT FOR 2021.

IS THAT POSSIBLE?
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

YEAH. SPEAKING LIKE AN AUDIT THAT EXCULTS THE BROAD REACH OF 2016 FOR THE FIRM.

FINE.

SURE, SURE.

IF YOU CAN DO THAT.

ALL THE AUDITS ARE ONLINE. IT WOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY TO GO IN AND LOOK. I CAN DO IT NOT RIGHT AWAY BUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. I CAN TAKE SCREEN SHOTS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ENDING AND STARTING TOTALS.

I WOULD FEEL MORE TO HAVE A NEUTRAL. I WOULD JUST LIKE A QUOTE FOR AN AUDITOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE PAYING FOR IT.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT COSTS.

LET'S TALK TO OUR AUDITORS TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE.

AS PART OF EACH AUDIT. THAT'S PART OF OUR AUDIT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH THE ENDING NUMBERS THAT THE CITY HAS MATCHES THE PREVIOUS AUDIT.

THAT'S PART OF THE AUDIT. AND THE BEGINNING BALANCE THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH WERE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S AUDIT REPORTS. ACTUALLY THOSE BEGINNING

BALANCES, WHEN YOU'RE PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WE RECORD THOSE DIRECTLY ON THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THAT'S WHAT WE CARRY FOR IT EXACTLY.

AND IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BALANCE THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AT THAT POINT. AND FOLLOWED UP ON WITH THE CITY.

SO WHAT ABOUT PROVIDING A LETTER THAT CONFIRMS THAT WHEN WE FIRST SERVED THE CITY FILING. THOSE WERE TRANSFERRED AFTER A YEAR TO YEAR.

RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN WE COULD DO AN ENGAGEMENT TO DO THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IT'S ALREADY PART OF OUR AUDIT. THAT WE DO THAT. SO IT'S, TAKE

RELATIVELY LONG TIME TO DO IT IF THE CITY DOES NEED IT BUT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR MANAGING PARTNERS.

WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS SOMETHING A LITTLE SIMPLE. I KNOW YOU CAN GIVE US AN

ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST FOR YOUR FIRM TO DO THAT DEEP DIVE IN COMPARISON. YOU'VE JUST TOLD US THAT'S YOUR POLICY. THAT IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT YOU AUDITORS DO. YOU TAKE THE NUMBERS FROM A PRIOR YEAR AND YOU AUTOMATICALLY SLIDE THEM INTO. I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT THAT INTO A DOCUMENT. GIVEN WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO US, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY YOU WOULD DECLINE THAT REQUEST.

RIGHT, IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE MAKE IN TERMS

OF FORMAL LETTERS, THOSE I DO NEED TO GET CONFIRMATION FROM OUR MANAGING

PARTNERS BECAUSE THE LETTERS THAT WE DRAFT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE AUDITING STANDARDS THAT WE PREPARE. SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO GOVERNANCE FOR EXAMPLE. IN TERMS OF JUST DRAFTING A UNIQUE LETTER STATING THAT I WOULD NEED TO GET AN APPROVAL OF THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A PROBLEM. I JUST NEED

TO GET APPROVAL FROM MY MANAGING PARTNER BEFORE I PREPARE THAT LETTER DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A FIRST STEP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL? I JUST HAD ANOTHER SUGGESTION. MY PERSONAL ABILITY BY A CITY AUDIT, IN PARTICULAR. EQUATION THERE IF YOU WILL WITH OUR REGIONAL CONTROL. OTHER

ISSUES OF EARLIER YEARS, DOES THAT MEAN THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED OR I'M INTERESTED IN THE AUDIT OF CONTROLS IN THE DEPARTMENT PAST. FIND OUT WHAT YOU DID OFF OF THAT YEAR'S SUCCESS THAT ANY PAST ISSUES HAVE AN INTEREST. BUT WANT TO VALIDATE THAT RATHER THAN JUST ASSUME THAT.

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SURE, IN REGARDS IT WOULD INCLUDE WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE A MATERIAL WEAKNESS OR A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY. THOSE ARE THE TWO I GUESS CLASSIFICATIONS OF DEFICIENCIES. A MATURE WEAKNESS WOULD BE A CONTROL SO

THAT IS SO SEVERE THAT IT WOULD RESULT IN A MISSTATEMENT IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IS LESSER TO THAT. AND THEN WE WOULD

ALSO HAVE, WE MAY HAVE OTHER ITEMS WHICH ARE CONTROLLED DEFICIENCIES THAT

WE WOULDN'T CLASSIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY OR MATURE WEAKNESS IF WE

FEEL THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RESULT IN A MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT IN A FINANCIAL MISSTATEMENT. IN THE PAST, W*E DID HAVE , WE DID HAVE BUT WE BROUGHT THEM TO COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE HAVE CLASSIFIED AS CONTROLLED DEFICIENCIES THAT WE ARE ONLY HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH MANAGEMENT. WE

DISCUSS THOSE WITH MANAGEMENT AND FOLLOW UP WITH HOME AS PART OF OUR AUDIT EACH YEAR. BUT WE CAN ALWAYS, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IS, WE DON'T

HAVE ANY MORE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR THERE WERE NO NUANCES THAT CAME UP THIS YEAR.

SO JUST TO CONFIRM ARE YOU SAYING THAT ANY MATERIAL ISSUES THAT CAME UP IN YOUR PRIOR AUDIT OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

CORRECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE NOW TAKING QUESTIONS.YES COUNCIL MEMBER MAURER.

I WOULD SAY AS OF JUNE 30th THE END OF THE YEAR, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT FUND BALANCE SEEMS TO BE IN BALANCE. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING YOU ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IN THE FUTURE. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO ENCOUNTER SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES IN 2024, 2025, THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT STORY IF THERE

WEREN'T ANY LARGE PROJECTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE THOSE FUND BALANCES FOR. BUT AS OF, JUNE 30th, BASED ON THAT SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IS YOUR BALANCES AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THAT WOULD BE RELATIVE TO OTHER CITIES, IT'S MORE POSITIVE THAN NEGATIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR STAFF OR.

A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO FUNDS.

THIS IS PAGE WE'RE ON NOW 7, IT'S TALKING ABOUT LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING. I

JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IT SAYS, THAT THEY'RE PROJECTING A FUND BALANCE TO BE

32.9%. IS THAT PROJECTED FOR END OF FISCAL YEAR 23-24 OR WAS THAT FOR 22-23 END OF YEAR. THE 32.9?
COUNCIL MEMBER MAURER I CAN ANSWER THAT. THAT'S PROJECTED FOR END OF 2024.

THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

YEAH, SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME CITIES DON'T GET OPEB FOR NEW HIRES. DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPERIENCED IN WORKING WITH OTHER CITIES? DO YOU KNOW WHETHER FLOW CURRENTLY ARE NOT OFFERED BENEFITED FOR NEW HIRES.

I WOULD SAY MOST ARE. I DO MAYBE THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ONE OR TWO

THAT DON'T HAVE OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THAT THEY OFFER OR ARE STILL OFFERING. I WOULD SAY FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTS THEY ARE STILL OFFERING OTHER RETIRING BENEFITS.

MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE. TO CONSERVATIVE, TOO LIBERAL. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT?
I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT. THAT WAS NOT PART OF MY SCOPE OF THE AUDIT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET. I DO REVIEW YOUR BUDGET BUT MAINLY AS A PURPOSE

OF PLANNING THE AUDIT IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS EXPECTING TO BE DONE AT THE START OF THE YEAR.

COUNCIL MEMBER MAURER DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS AND THESE ARE PROBABLY. I KNOW WHEN THIS STAFF THERE'S A COMBINATION. THERE'S THE OFFICIAL AUDIT, AUDITORS AND PRODUCT MANAGEMENT FROM OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR. MY QUESTIONS I THINK ARE DIRECTED FOR SERVICES DIRECTOR. PAGE 13 OF 203. I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT CURRENTLY WITH THE UPDATED NUMBERS IN THE AUDIT, WHICH SHOW NUMBERS 22 AND 23 WE'RE Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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STILL FACING COMPLETION OF RESERVES, PRACTICE FOR YEAR 25-26. I SEE THAT STATEMENT IN PAGE 13 OF 203. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.

IT'S NOT CHANGED FROM WHAT, FROM WHERE I COME FROM. FROM MY STANDPOINT. SO ARE YOU ASKING BASED ON THE NEW AUDIT NUMBERS WITH THE 5.9% IN RESERVE? YES.

PLUS THE DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE? AND GOING FORWARD THAT WE ARE GOING TO DEPLETE THE FUND BALANCE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME? YES, IT IS. AND THE STATEMENT THAT'S IN THE REPORT. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.

THAT STATEMENT IS BASED ON, WHAT CAME OUT OF THE NHAs REPORTS.

OKAY SO THAT STATEMENT IS NOT, IS NOT. DOES THAT STATEMENT TAKE INTO

CONSIDERATION THE UPDATED NUMBERS THAT WE NOW HAVE FROM THE AUDIT REGARDING, IS IT CURRENT?
SO THAT STATEMENT IS BASED ON THE.

PROJECTION, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THE PROJECTION IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT IN THE FORECAST. NOW, THE AUDIT HAS

BEEN DONE AND THAT FORECAST WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BUDGET, THAT WAS ALMOST A YEAR AGO. SO AS FAR AS FUND BALANCE IS DEPLETED IN 2024-25 WHICH IS IN

NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, THAT IS NOT THE CASE ANYMORE NOW THAT THE AUDIT IS FINISHED. WITH THE NEW -- AM I NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?

I THINK PROBABLY OUR CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO SAY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN TWO WEEKS.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT IN TWO WEEKS. AND WE WILL HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN SESSION AS WELL. SO WE'RE FINDING THE PROJECTIONS ON WHAT THEY WILL BE MOST RECENTLY LATER. WHILE, IT'S AS ACCURATE AS WE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER. IT IS EVERY PROBLEM. MORE PRECISE. THIS IS WHERE WE'LL HAVE OUR BETTER USED. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. AND THAT MEANS WE'RE USING TIME BALANCE. AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AND COSTLY AS I WILL LET YOU FOR THE FUTURE.THE BUDGET THAT WE'LL BE SPENDING THIS YEAR. THIS IS ALL VERY MUCH.

UNDERSTOOD, YEAH. I UNDERSTAND. YOU MAY HAVE MORE UPDATED NUMBERS BUT

THERE'S ROUND PROJECTIONS AND HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN FUTURE YEARS WHICH MAY BEEN DIFFERENT WITH THE ENERGY REPORT.

THE ENERGY REPORT IS APPROACHING.

I UNDERSTAND. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND A LIGHT WENT ON. AND I HAVE A QUESTION ALSO. I THINK THIS IS FOR ANA KWONG IT'S ON PAGE 37 OF 203. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT FIDUCIARY FUNDS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FIDUCIARY FUNDS IN 25. MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE CONSULTANT, I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH I CAN ANSWER THAT. THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY FIDUCIARY FUNDS ANYMORE.

THE CITY'S PREVIOUS FIDUCIARY FUNDS ARE THE TRUST. HOWEVER THAT AGENCY TRUST

WAS DISSOLVED AFTER IT WAS, COMPLETED PAYING WITH ITS ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH PAGE 20 OF THE STAFF REPORT. THERE'S A REFERENCE TO A CAPITAL ASSETS. BUT IT SAYS THAT THE CAPITAL

AT SETS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THAT THE RESOURCES USED TO REPAINT DEBT WERE PROVIDED FROM OTHER SOURCES. WHERE ARE THESE DEBTS LISTED IN THE AUDIT. AND WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THAT, PLEASE ANSWER IT.

SO IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THERE IS A LONG TERM DEBT DISCLOSURE. IT STARTS ON PAGE 62. AND THAT WOULD DISCLOSE ALL OF THE CITY'S LONG TERM DEBTS INCLUDING PENSION AND LIABILITIES. THESE ARE MORE YOUR TRADITIONAL DEBTS THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN PAY OFF TO COMPLETION. THAT WILL DESCRIBE YOUR DIFFERENT LEASE, LEASE BACK TRANSACTIONS OR AGREEMENTS. IN TERMS OF BUY BACK AGREEMENTS AND ALSO FOR YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. YOUR REFUNDING LOAN AND REFUNDING LEASE AGREEMENTS.

THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON PAGE 32 OF 203, AND I SEE A BIG REDUCTION IN PUBLIC WORKS. HERE. AND YOU'RE RUNNING THE SUCCESS IS BY FUNCTION. PUBLIC WORKS WENT DOWN IN 2022, IT WAS 29 AND IN 2023 IT'S UNDER 29. IS THAT JUST A PENSION BENEFIT SWING?
IT IS LARGELY MAIN LIP FROM PENSION AND I PWHRAO*E ALSO, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR

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CAPITALIZED OR THEY WEREN'T MEETING CAPITALIZATION CRITERIA. THIS YEAR

BECAUSE OF THE THE LARGER PENSION, THE LOWER PENSION EXPENSE CREATED IN A LOWER EXPENSE HERE.

THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON PAGE 34 OF 203, I NOTED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR END OF YEAR 22-23, UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE, BASED IS NOW AT 52%. IS THAT AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY?
YES, YOU'RE READING THAT CORRECTLY.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. YES COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT IS ON PAGE 34 OF 203. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN INCREASE, WITH THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR. AN ADJUSTMENT THAT IS OPEN THAT AN INCREASE UNRESTRICTED. IS THAT CORRECT?
YES. THANK YOU. DESPITE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN TERRIBLE POSITION. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

OH SHE TOOK A BREAK.

YEAH, I THINK I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. AND THEN SURE, WE CAN TAKE A BREAK. I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 35 OF 203, AND MY QUESTION IS, WHETHER WE STILL HAVE

ANY FLOOD DOLLARS REMAINING THAT WE MIGHT SEE ADDED INTO REVENUE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR OR HAVE WE USED ALL OF THE FLOOD DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SURE. SO THE REST OF THE FLOOD RECOVERY MONEYS FROM THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE. WITH THAT, THE REVENUES ARE ALREADY RECOGNIZED. I

BELIEVE MAYBE IF WE'RE REFERRING TO THAT WAS NOT RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE PREVIOUSLY AS THE ARPA MONEYS. SO ALL THE ARPA MONEYS THAT WERE DEFERRED IN 2022 WERE RECOGNIZED IN 2023. HOWEVER WITH FLOOD RECOVERY MONEYS THERE'S STILL BALANCE OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. AS OF THE END OF LAST FISCAL YEAR.

THERE IS STILL A BALANCE OF $37 MILLION IN FLOOD RECOVERY MONEY? YES.

OKAY. AND THAT'S A RESTRICTED FUNDS BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

CORRECT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT A FEW YEARS AGO THE CITY RECEIVED ADDITIONAL

STATE REVENUES FOR FLOOD RECOVERY AND I BELIEVE THAT'S RESTRICTED FOR RECOVERY PURPOSES.

BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR FLOOD RECOVERY PURPOSES.

YES.

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

I CAN ADDRESS IT. WHEN YOU RECEIVE THOSE MARKED FUNDS FROM MARK AND STATE

THEY ARE TRANSFERRED CORRECT AND WE JUST GOT THE MONEY IN THE STATE IN THE CLASSIFIED AND THERE'S NO EXPIRATION. I SEE. IT WAS FROM 2019.

YES. WE NEED TO THANK. CITY MANAGER.

I NOTICED A LOT OF CONCERNING QUESTIONS. 52% OF FUND BALANCE.

JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE SAYING IT WAS 52 TO 53% AT THE END OF 22-23.

SOMEONE TELL ME THE PAGE?
PAGE 34.

STAFF REPORT OR THE.

I THINK THAT IT'S ON PAGE 50 OF 203. IT'S THE STAFF REPORT, IT'S PAGE 50 OF 203. AND

YES I THINK IT'LL BE WORTHWHILE IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN EXCLAMATION ABOUT THE

CHANGE IN THAT NUMBER FROM THE BUDGET BOOK REPORT WHICH IS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE BUT I THINK IT WAS A 29.9 RESERVE WE'RE NOW AT 52%. COUNCIL MEMBER.

YES. ON NOVEMBER 21st IT WAS 44.

SO I WOULD.

CITY MANAGER I WAS WONDERING.

SO FOR THE NUMBER YOUR MONEY IS NOW BUT PAGE 7. KNOWING THAT IT'S PAGE ON THIS FOUND.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON PAGE 13 OF 203. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YES. -T SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PAGE IT TALKS ABOUT THE BALANCE. THE RESULT OF COMMISSION RESERVE IN 2026 AND EXPERT ON FINANCIAL PLANNING. 36.29%. THAT'S Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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WHAT THIS LETTER IS ABOUT. LET ME SLIDE AND ESSENTIALLY 32%. SO AT THE END OF LAST YEAR ALONE, SO EXECUTIVE. FUND BALANCE WAS ABOUT 500, 5.8 WHICH IS A LITTLE BETTER. AND SO LAST YEAR THE ESTIMATED, THE 500 THIS YEAR WE ESTIMATE THAT 3.5 MILLION ESTIMATED. BUDGETED AT 1.7 OF THAT FUND BALANCE. CURRENT FROM THIS YEAR. SO OUR ENDING PROJECTION FROM THE BUDGET. SINCE THEN THE ACTUAL FUND BALANCE THAT ACHIEVEMENT. THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP TO 3.9 MILLION.

MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVED THAT WILL BE DIVIDED NEXT. SECOND WAS A DONATION TO OUR DEPARTMENT FOR A LITTLE OVER 400,000. THIRD IS AFTER BOOKS FOR LAST YEAR, WITH THE SAVINGS OF 2.5. SO A TOTAL DONATION AND SAVINGS IS ABOUT 2.3 MILLION THAT 2.3 ESTIMATED AT 3.5 AND 5.8. SUBTRACT 1.7 AND YOU GET 4.1 WHICH IS 33%. WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE AT REGARDING THIS MONEY. WE'LL HAVE A SLIGHTLY UPDATED VERSION IN TWO WEEKS. AND WE'LL CHANGE AGAIN FOR SERVICE. PEOPLE'S NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS CLANGING AND THEY DO. WE'RE ALWAYS ESTIMATING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THE MOMENT? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

COMMENTS ON THE REQUIRING. ON THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. WE GO TO DECEMBER 1st AND THEN FILE.

SO ONE THING ABOUT THIS AUDIT. WE DID BRIEFLY MENTION WAS THAT FOR SOME REASON THIS YEAR'S AUDIT DID NOT HAVE PART OF THE FACILITY. LOOKING AT INFLECTING ON OUR PROJECTIONS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, RIGHT. SO I WOULD SAY HERE'S OUR 10 YEAR OUTLOOK AND HERE IS HOW THE CITY HAS DONE IN TERMS OF THOSE

PROJECTIONS WHICH WE SAW IN HISTORICAL ODDS MENTION THAT WE ARE MAKING

CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES AND IN MANY WAYS ARE UNDER SOME OF THE REVENUES THAT YOU HAVE SEEN ACTUALS IN YEAR TO YEAR. SO I WOULD ASK THAT FOR AN ALL FUTURE AUDIT THAT WE BRING THAT BACK IN. THERE IS CRITICISM ABOUT THE CITY'S

ATTEMPTS TO BOTH UNDER THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING AS WELL AS BEING CONSERVATIVE ABOUT THE AGE A LITTLE BIT. STANDING ON THE ACTUAL REVENUE THAT THEY HAVE AND WE'RE FINDING THAT OUT. JUST LIKE WE DID TONIGHT THAT WE'RE MORE IN MONEY THAN WE WERE PREVIOUSLY. WHEN WE ARE CONSERVATIVE AND CHOOSE TO SLASH PROGRAMS AND PARTS OF OUR ESTIMATES, IT ENDS UP RUINING US.

SO OFFICIAL MONEY BACK, YOU'RE DEALING WITH MORE CONSULTANTS THAT THIS CITY DECIDES TO MAKE. SECONDLY I JUST WANT TO MAKE REFERENCE TO, THAT THERE WAS MASSIVE OVERCHARGE FOR OUR RATE PAYERS. THIS AUDIT DOESN'T CATCH THAT IN ANY SORT OF WAY AND IT'S NEEDED. THIS KIND OF AUDITING PROCESS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH THOSE THINGS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. FINALLY JUST TO MENTION. 17 OR .18 FOLLOWING MY COMMENT WAS THREE YEARS GOOD LUCK GOING BACK TO 2017 OR 2018 OR GOOD LUCK FINDING THOSE PREVIOUS AUDITS. THERE IS A THREE YEAR RETENTION POLICY. YOU CAN GO TO .21. NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE WILL ADD YOU TO ZOOM. LINDA IF YOU WILL UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. THANK YOU LINDA. CAN YOU GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE.

YOU CAN HEAR ME CLEARLY, MARY.

YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY, LINDA.

I DON'T HEAR YOU CLEARLY. I CAN HEAR ANA CLEARLY. I WAS UNABLE. THE ONE FELLOW THAT SPOKE AT LENGTH. I COULD HEAR HIM BETTER THAN THE GUY BEFORE HIM WHO SOUNDED LIKE MUSH. I'M UNABLE TO HEAR CLEARLY ALL OF YOUR, MOST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

LINDA, I'M SORRY. WE'RE AWARE OF YOUR CONCERNS BUT WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. WE CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY HERE.

THEN WE CAN START NOW, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO I COULDN'T HEAR IT BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. A *F THE -- THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS STUFF, I WANT TO KNOW THE COST OF THIS AUDIT. DON'T GIVE ME A PERCENTAGE. I KNOW THIS IS COMPUTER FREE. IF IT'S WRITTEN DOWN SOME WHERE I DON'T HAVE IT. ASIDE FROM THAT, THE

REASON WHY THIS CITY IS BEING FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET, FINANCIALLY AND

SOCIALLY AND OTHERWISE IS LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL IS DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT. AND LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE WAS GOING ON. AND

THEN ALSO, A BUNCH OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GONE FOR USELESS AUDITING AND CONSULTANTS. FOR AN Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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EXAMPLE, THE USELESS AUDIT OF OUR FINE EXEMPLARY COPS. ANOTHER THING THAT'S BEEN A BLITHE YOU KNOW IS THERE'S LACK OF OVERSIGHT. OR AGAIN ON THE ARGINE VILLAGE WHICH IS JUST A SOCIAL.

YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS.

DISASTER. SO WE NEED TO HAVE RESPONSIBLE AND LEADERSHIP WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.

AND YOU SEEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, UNEDUCABLE WHICH IS ARROGANT, IGNORE RAL AND UNEDUCABLE FOLLOWING THE PATH OF LATER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT TIME I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU, CARPENTER, UNINCORPORATED WHO SPENDS TIME AND MONEY IN SEBASTEPOL AND I COME WITH ROSES. 2008 WHICH IS ABOUT 61-38 PROYOU MIGHT BE TRACKING THIS BUT THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR YOUR BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THOUGHT THE AUDIT WAS WELL DONE AND UNDERSTANDABLE. TAKES A LITTLE DIGGING AND YOU DUG IN MUCH MORE THAN I. BUT TWO THINGS, ONE SALES TAX THAT YOU LOST IS OBVIOUS. SECONDLY, YOU DID YOUR JOB MAKING THE CUTS YOU HAD TO MAKE AND I KNOW IT'S HARD ON YOU AND HARD ON THE COMMUNITY. AS FAR AS SALES

TAX GOES, I DON'T SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO KNOW BEFORE THE RESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT'S GOING TO GO. IF I HAD SUGGESTED IS TRY TO MAKE SEBASTOPOL. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WE WERE PRETTY MUCH DRIVING. THE WHOLISTIC KIND OF THING -PS THAT CAN HAPPEN HERE. THE POINT BEING IF YOU HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC

BOARD STILL AROUND IN THE CLAIM -- CHAMBER TRYING TO GET THEM WORKING ON GETTING THAT BACK UP. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO OFFER YOU. AND IT SEEMS YOU

HAVE DONE YOUR JOB AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE BUDGET THAT I THINK YOU CAN LIVE WITH IT. THE REPORTS CAN TELL YOU A LOT BUT I THINK MEASURE H IS GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNE TIP. -- COMMUNITY.

NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. I'LL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

I WANT TO BRING A COMMENT. JUST THE USUAL I THINK YOUR WORK IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ONE LAST TIME TO ZOOM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND UNMUTE YOURSELF OR GET THE ATTENTION OF GALLERY. SEEING NONE. WE'LL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

THANK YOU, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION IN 10 MINUTES PLEASE.

MIC IS ON.

ALL RIGHT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO RETURN FROM OUR BREAK. WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THE AUDIT. BUT WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO BEING THE COUNCIL TABLE HERE FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I SEE THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL NEYS IS READY TO SPEAK.

THAT WAS A VERY LONG PRESENTATION, WHICH I APPRECIATE. I THINK IT'S ACCURATE TO SAY THAT WE ARE ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO MEET US AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS. ANY WAY. SO BUT I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OUR CONSULTANT SAID THEY WOULD RECAP IN A MEMO. IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS NO COST FOR THAT. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT PERSONALLY. I KNOW THAT YOU COULD DO IT OURSELVES BUT I WOULD LOVE THAT. IF WE CAN GET IT IN TWO WEEKS.

WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE TIMING.

THE CONSULTANT WAS GOING TO CHECK WITH MANAGEMENT TO ASK WHETHER HE COULD PROVIDE THAT LETTER. IS THAT CORRECT. ASKING THE QUESTION TO THE CONSULTANT.

CORRECT. I HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE MANAGING PARTNER BEFORE I GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT'S IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES HERE? GO AHEAD VICE MAYOR.

ADDITIONAL ACTIONS SUCH AS.

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HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE AN EXAMINATION OF MASS PROJECTIONS. AND I AM JUST CASCADING I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER PART. WE SHOULD MAKE.NOW THE CASE THERE WAS A TWO PART HE WANTED TO EXPAND. INCLUDING THE STARTER. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
IT DOES MAKE SENSE AND BUT I WANT TO OFFER THIS. THERE WILL BE NO PROJECTIONS.

AND WHY PUT THAT ON HOLD FOR A MOMENT AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU PAY FOR THE BACK OF THE PRESENTATION TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. THE TRADITIONAL PROPERTY TAX AND IT'S ALWAYS A 2% INCREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND I'M GUESSING ABOUT HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL WE CAN DO OR BASED ON TRANSACTIONS. ALL THAT WE'RE

LOOKING AT NOW IS MORE SOPHISTICATED AND I WILL TALK ABOUT APTITUDE TO A LEVEL.

IT'LL BE WORTH WHILE.

AND WOULD YOU COMMENT ON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND GET EVERYTHING SORT OF IN MOTION HERE. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. OH.

I WAS JUST SAYING.

THANK YOU.AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS ADDRESSES THE WATER AND SEWER.

I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WATER AND SEWER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
NO.

ANY OTHER INPUT FOR FUTURE REPORTS?
NO.

ALL RIGHT, AND WHAT ACTION DO WE NEED TO TAKE IF ANY?

IT'S PHREU UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE RECEIVING WITH THE I WOULD RECOMMEND MOTIONS REPORT.

OKAY, LOOKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

THANK YOU, MOVED BY VICE MAYOR ZOLLMAN AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HINTON.

COUNCIL MEMBER HINTON.

YES.

MAURER.

YES.

MOTION PASSES.

AND WE'RE NOW INVITING PAM TO THE PODIUM AND SHE WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION.

ANYONE ON STAFF HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
I DON'T HAVE ANY.

OKAY, WE HAVE THE ANTENNA READY TO GO. AND WE SAY YOU WILL TAKE FIVE MINUTES. OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WILL MAKE PRELIMINARY COMMENTS. THE ACTION COMMITTEE AS IT'S A PRESSURE TO HAVE KEN IN HERE DOING THE PRESENTATION. AND INFORMATION FOR THE COMMENT. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE.

ZACK, CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE COHOST SO SHE CAN SHARE HER PRESENTATION SLIDES PLEASE.

JUST FOR INTRODUCTION PURPOSES, THE CLIMATE ACTION ECONOMY, ALL THAT THANK YOU.

SORRY. READY. I'M KENNA KHEE I'M THE COCHAIR OF OUR CITY CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE.AND I AM THE PRESENTATION PREPARED AND I WILL GET TO THAT. BUT THE EVENING HAS WARRANT ON AND I'VE KNOWN THAT EVERYONE IS TIRED. AND SO I, I WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF FRAMING. WHY ARE WE HERE? IS THIS FLUFF, WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL BEFORE WHY WE'RE HERE. SO I WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BEFORE I LAUNCH IN. AND TRADITIONALLY I COME TO THIS

COUNCIL WITH PRETTY PICTURES, I TOOK THEM TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH, THEY'RE ALL LOCAL. AND WITH POSITIVE MESSAGING. BECAUSE YOU GUYS WORK HARD.

YOU'RE VOLUNTEERS. AND YOU WORK EVERYONE HARDER. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. FOR THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO EXERT PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH.

AND JUST THE OVER ALL WORK THAT GOES INTO. BUT DESPITE THERE IS ACTUALLY TO Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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COME IN HERE AND SEE THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE CITY. AND THEN GOT BY EMERGENCY. AND POSSIBLY A BUDGET EMERGENCY, AND LOTS OF EMERGENCIES BUT THIS EMERGENCY HAS NOT GONE AWAY AND HAS NOT GONE AWAY AS AN EMERGENCY.

SO WHY AM I HERE? I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUAL LITTLE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR MEETING TODAY. IT'S NOT EXTRA. YOU GOT THESE IMPLICATIONS BEFORE.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THEM AND THAT YOU HAVE CHANCES TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM. IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT YOU DO THIS BECAUSE YOUR

DECISIONS ABOUT THE CLAIMANT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN THE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF. THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECIGS THAT YOU MAKE BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUR TRUE LEGACY. THINGS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT

TONIGHT, LIKE THE GREAT SUFFERING IN THE WORLD, THAT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO

WHAT IS COMING IF WE DO NOT MAKE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND IF WE DO NOT ADAPT TO THE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE MANIPULATED. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION: ITS CAPACITIES WILL BE OVERWHELMED IF WE DO NOT MAKE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND START MITIGATING. WHEN IS HISTORY RUN? THAT HISTORY OF LIBERATION, OF POWER, OF ASSUMING RIGHTS. THAT WILL BE REVERSED. THAT PROGRESS WILL BE REVERSED. IS BEING REVERSED IN PARTS OF THE WORLD. WHERE

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE EFFECTS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING. SO I JUST WANT TO FRAME THIS. I BRING PRETTY PICTURES, PICTURES OF

WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE IS PRICELESS AND WE'RE CELEBRATING AND WE'RE PRESERVING. THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT

THE STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE THIS EARTH FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND I CAN JUST PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE YOU THAT THAT VAST MAJORITY IS EVEN VASTER IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. SO THAT'S MY FRAMING AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I PASSED THE 10 MINUTES. SO ELECTRIFICATION SURVEY RESULTS. THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY IS TO HELP THE CITY DETERMINE HOW

TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY THROUGHOUT ELECTRIFICATION. SO, 515 RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED OF WHICH 327 WERE FROM WITHIN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. AND 26% OF PW*EULDING BUILDING ENERGY ACTIVITY BASED ON EMISSIONS. ON THE STATE LEVEL WE'RE ON PATH TO PHASE OUT NATURAL GAS AND ELIMINATE ITS USE BY 2050. AND STARTING IN 2027 THE BAY AREA QUALITY DISTRICT REQUIRES BASEMENTS FOR FURNACES TO BE ELECTRIC. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE ASKING THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL TO ENACT. WE'RE JUST SAYING THIS IS HAPPENING. WHERE DOES OUR UTILITY STAND? WE CAN'T SEE WHAT IS GOING ON ON THE SLIDE. SO I APOLOGIZE. SO OUR LIMITATION IS NOT LIMITED TO THE HOUSEHOLD.

RECENTLY IN AN ALL DAY SESSION, HE REACHED OUT TO ASK FOR HELP AND IDEAS ON HOW TO ACCELERATE THIS TRANSITION. THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHANGES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. THEY'VE EMBRACED THE USE OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SERVICES AND RECOGNIZED THAT TO ACHIEVE 100% TRANSFORMATION IS REQUIRED. THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE OF THE 7040 OF THEM ARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTERNALLY THEIR GOAL IS TO RETIRE VAST INFRASTRUCTURE BY 2025. SO, WHERE'S ALL THIS GAS GOING? AND WHERE DO WE USE ENERGY HERE? SO THAT BIG ORANGE IS VAST NATURAL GAS USAGE. THAT'S THE COLOR HERE. AND THE CALM ON THE RIGHT IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO THAT IS WHERE OUR GAS IS GOING. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT, WELL WHERE DO WE WANT TO REPLACE THE GAS. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE GAS THAT'S BEING USED THE MOST. SO THAT IS FOR ELECTRIFICATION IS BY SINGLE OWNER UNIVERSITY. THAT IS BEING ELECTRIFIED IN THIS AREA. WHICH MAKES INCENTIVES MORE ASSESSABLE. SO HOW DOES SEBASTOPOL COMPARE? WE'RE THE LINE ON THE TOP AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY. BUT WE USE MORE NATURAL GAS PER PERSON THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN SONOMA COUNTY. SO WE HAVE

THESE NUMBERS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR ELECTRIFICATION EFFORTS BY SLOWING IT DOWN. SO TO THE SURVEY RESPONSES.

PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT NEW TECHNOLOGIES EXIST. THAT AWARENESS IS PRETTY HIGH BUT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DETAILS ARE. COST IS THE MAIN BARRIER.

PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED BUT IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. THEY ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT A RELIABLE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY. AND INSTALLERS ARE NOT ACCEPTING OR RECOMMENDING. SO GETTING CONTRACTORS-INSTALLERS TO ACCEPT ELECTRIFICATION IS KEY. CONSUMERS CANNOT ALL OF IT. THE FINANCIAL OPTIONS TO HELP CONSUMERS Agenda Item Number: 2 Agenda Item Number: 2
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ARE NOT EASILY ACCESSED. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES SOMEONE TEXTS ME AND SAYS CAN YOU EXPLAIN THOSE R EBATES TO ME AND I SAY NOT REALLY. CITIZENS BELIEVE IT'S THE CITY INITIATING GAS GOING AWAY. PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHY IS THE CITY TAKING OUR GAS AWAY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT DO NOT UNDERSTAND, WE WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND. WE DON'T WANT THE CITY TO TAKE AWAY THE GAS, THE GAS IS GOING AWAY ALL ON ITS OWN AND WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. SO WHERE DID THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWER THE SURVEY LIVE? THEY ARE WELL, THE RESIDENTS OF SEBASTOPOL THEY ARE DARK BLUE. WELL REPRESENTED IN THE SURVEY. WEAPON WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW MANY WERE IN THE ZIP CODE. HOW MANY WERE OUT OF THE ZIP CODE AND HOW MANY ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE CITY. WE CAN RELY ON THE RESULTS TO BE THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS. WHO RENTS, WHO OWNS. MOST OF THE PEOPLE ANSWERING THE SURVEY OWN THEIR HOMES. THAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED. ONE OF THE

TAKE APE WAYS HERE --ONE OF THE TAKE AWAYS IS ADDRESSING THE -- IS GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE NEW OPTIONS. OUR ENERGY GROUP WELL REPRESENTED WAS

SURPRISED WITH THE LEVEL OF THE RENT ON THE PART OF CONTRACTORS AND INSTALLERS. SO THE TAKE AWAY HERE GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE NEW OPTIONS IS NOT ONE OF THE MAIN BARRIERS. INCREASED NUMBERS AFTER THE CHANGE AND

SURVEYS SUGGEST THAT THE PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM. WHAT'S THE AWARENESS OF INDUCTION COOKING. SO TAKE AWAY HERE, AWARENESS OF ENOUGH COOKING OPTIONS IS NOT A MAIN BARRIER TO ADOPTION OF THE NEW METHODS. AWARENESS OF REBAITS AND INCENTIVES. AGAIN PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY HEARD IT. THESE EXISTS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THE INCENTIVES OF WHO'S KNOWLEDGEABLE. AWARENESS IS ON INCENTIVES AND WHAT'S ELIGIBLE AND HOW TO APPLY IT. SO THIS RESPECTS PEOPLE WE'RE CONSIDERING CHANGES. ON THE LEFT KWROUF SEE WATER HEATERS AND SPACE HEATERS, FURNACES. THOSE ARE THE MOST. FAR RIGHT YOU SEE PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR VEHICLE. THE TWO LARGEST RESPONSES MATCH THE BIGGEST GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED FROM ELECTRIFICATION IN A TYPICAL HOME.

PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERING CHANGING THE THINGS THAT CAN MAKE THE MOST DIFFERENCE. AND THAT THIS HELPS US FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON WATER AND HEATING.

BEHIND IT PEOPLE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING AIR-CONDITIONING AND OPPORTUNITY. SO

AIR-CONDITIONING, THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF HEAT PUMPS THAT ARE IN OUR FURS THAT WILL ALSO TAKE CARE OF AIR-CONDITIONING NEEDS. SO ASK PEOPLE ARE YOUR CONSIDERING ELECTRIFICATION, 15% SAID YES. VERY EXCITING. SO AWARENESS IS HIGH. CONSIDERING IT CONSISTS THAT RECOGNIZES MAJOR. AND THERE'S

A NEED TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS WITH THE ADVANTAGES THAT OUR ELECTRIFICATION IS ON. WHEN WE ASKED WHY PEOPLE WERE NOT CONSIDERING THE NEW OPTIONS, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE SAID CONCERNS ABOUT THE GRID. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT MORE. AND THESE

ELECTRIC OPTIONS SUGGESTS OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER STUDY TO STUDY IF IT'S CONFUSION ABOUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR JUST ACTUAL LIST. SO WHAT ARE THE REAL OBSTACLES. THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO THE COST, IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE AND THAT'S THAT. THE DESIGN OF THE SURVEY DID NOT GET US THE COST IS A LOT UP FRONT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT THEN YOU'RE JUST SAVING MONEY LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. FIRST

IT'S, THIS COSTS A LOT TO BUY AND THEN, OH I'M NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY TO OWN THIS. AND DIDN'T REPRESENT A LARGE OBSTACLE IN THIS PART OF THE SURVEY. WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING THE PLAINTS. ANOTHER PLACE FOR US TO LOOK. WHAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE DO PEOPLE NEED? PEOPLE WANT A FINANCIAL ASSISTANT. NOT SUGGESTING GIVEN THAT COST WAS THE BARRIER. THAT'S AN UNDERSTANDING HOW IT COMPLETED. WHERE IT GOT KNOWLEDGEABLE RESOURCES. THEY'RE HERE FOR THE CHANGE AND NOT FOR THE NEEDS. SO WE SAW THAT EVEN THOUGH AWARENESS IS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE DETAILS ARE STILL NOT UNDERSTOOD. AND THE INITIAL COST IS MORE OF AN ISSUE THAN THE CONCERN FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.

GENERAL COMMENTS THAT WE ASKED PEOPLE TO SHARE WERE CATEGORIZED AND NOT TRUSTING THE GRID. STAYING AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. LOTS OF OTHER INTEREST.

PEOPLE WANTING MORE INFORMATION WAS NUMBER TWO. SO GENERAL COMMENTS? MANY PEOPLE COMMENT ON THE CHALLENGES THEY SEE IN ELECTRIFICATION. NUMBER ONE WAS ON THE OWNING AN ELECTRIC CAR. THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CONCERNS, SO THIS Agenda Item Number: 2
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IS OUR ANALYSIS. THE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIFING OUR BUILDING IS NOT A SEBASTOPOL TASK BUT COMES FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. MANY PEOPLE SEEMED TO BE UNAPE WARE OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. TO BECOME EASIER FOR CITIZENS MANY OF THE COMMENTS IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AND OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. UTILITIES

THE STATE AND PRIVATE CONCERNS THAT ARE SCRAMBLING TO ADDRESS ALL THESE ISSUES. THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT THERE. GENIE IS NOT 85% CARBON PRAOE. WE HAVE 20E78% COMING FROM MY RENEWABLE SOURCES. THE CITY INITIATED

CHANGES RATHER THAN SAVE SO HERE ARE OUR BIG FIVE POINTS AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS LARGE SURVEY PROCESS. NOT SURPRISING. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID. CURRENT COSTS, IT'S A HUGE BARRIER. THERE'S CONFUSION ABOUT THE CITY AND PREPARING. DETAILS REGARDING AND BUILDING EFFICIENCY ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE BUYER. PARTICIPATION IS KEY. SO, NOW THAT WE TOLD HOW ARE WE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. WELL, I THINK THE CITY SHOULD WORK WITH OUR CPA. RELY ON MONEY FOR RESILIENCY DIVISION STAFF ARE COMING.

ACTUALLY HAS A GRID DEPARTMENT WHO ARE STAFF, AND ARE REMARKABLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELPFUL AT THE SAME TIME. WE REMEND THAT THE CITY

COUNCIL REQUEST THAT THE ACTION COMMITTEE STUDY WAYS OF DEVELOPING A LOW CONTRACTOR AND INSTALLER WORK FOR KNOWLEDGEABLE AND E LEK TREU TP*EU KAEUGS TECHNIQUES AND OPTIONS. PEOPLE WILL ASK THEIR USUAL CONTRACTOR WHAT

THEY SHOULD DO AND THEY'RE GETTING KNOWLEDGEABLE MEANS BASED ON WHAT'S COMING ON THE FUTURE. NOT ON THAT CONTRACTORS PERSONALIZED. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ENERGY GROUP. FOR DOING ALL OF THAT HARD WORK OF DESIGNING, SURVEY. GETTING PEOPLE TO RESPOND AND THEN DOING THE ANALYSIS. I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTION REQUESTS TO MAKE. THAT IS THAT WE TRY THIS FRAME WORK AND WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, HE GOES FROM THE FRAMER TO ACTION. SOMETIMES IT'S EASY FOR US TO HAVE A DEFENDER. AN ESTABLISHMENT, A WORK FORCE. THE FRAME WORK IS JUST THE STARTING PHASE. IT MEANS THAT EVEN IF YOU RAISE RACE ON SO WE'RE NOW READY TO STOP DEFORMITIES. THE TIME THAT MANY IS DOING AND WE GOT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT AN ESTABLISHMENT, WE'RE NOT THE WORTH THAT SEBASTOPOL IS DOING. WE'RE THE FOR THE CITY TO DO THE WORK. WE'RE HERE HAS A CHEERING

SQUAD, AS ALL OF THESE THINGS BUT WE'RE NOT THE WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING ON ASSIGNMENT. YOU ARE DOING THE PUBLIC WORK IN EVERY TE SEUGS THAT YOU MAKE.

EVERY CITY NEEDS TO BE USING ERG, I MEAN EVERY SEAT, EVERY BOARD. AND POLICIES

MEANS YOU CONSIDER THE CLIMATE FACTS OF EVERY MOMENT AND EVENING THAT IS, THE BUN -RB. AND THAT IS, IF YOU WANT TO DO UP CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION. WHAT IS THE CLIMATE IMPACT OF THAT. EVERY SINGLE THING HAS A CLIMATE OPTION. THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND THE CLIMATE YOU'RE MAKING. ANY DECISION YOU MAKE HAS BEEN DOING. THAT WAS JUST A PRAEUPL. WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE ARE BORICKING HARDER ON

ENERGY, BASED ON OUR EXPERTS HERE IN THE ROOM AND YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR. WE HAVE SOME EXCITING STUFF WE WILL BE BRINGING AFTER OUR CONSULTATION. WE'VE GIVEN 38,300 SPOTS.TWO EDUCATION EDUCATION EFFERENTS THAT ARE NOT RED MALL. WE'RE SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS THE STYLING OF SONO MARX

COUNTY STAFF AND IT'LL BE VERY SOON ANNOUNCING THE EXACT SAOEUPL AND LOCATION. BUT IT'LL BE AROUND 5:30 AND 6:00 A.M. APRIL 11th WE HAVE A CONDITIONAL FOR PEOPLE, SO PLEASE MAKE IT AVAILABLE. SO A QUICK THANK YOU, A QUOTE FROM A GEORGE MUJILLO AND NEVER UNDER *UPBT MATE THE SO MAYBE WITH THAT, PRESERVING THIS WORLD: SO MAYBE WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

CAN YOU STAY IN WADE - MORE QUESTION.

FOR RESOURCES, ENCOURAGING US EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING THAT WE NEED TO EQUAL AND THAT PRACTICAL TAPE AT LEAST FOR US HERE. PERSISTS. SO I SERVE THE, NOW I SEE YOU'RE IN THE FLOOR. IF YOU WOULD JUST KNOCK YOUR AIDE. I HAD MY SIPPING BACK AND YOU WANT TO LEARN BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT STILL STRUGGLE. AND

YET CON TRAPLG TOR PLAY WAS NOTHING HELL THIS -- AND YET CONTRACTORS PLAY WAS NOTHING.

AND STUDY MY PWOT, JOIN ME,.

THANK YOU. YES. I WAS GOING TO SAY SO, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ON ENERGY AND I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND WE DO NEED TO PLAN TO HAVE ANSWERS.

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WE'VE MET AT STAFF THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AND I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN ICTH FOUNDED ADVISORY. SO WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP WITH OUR CPA. WHEN SHE LEAVES TO COORDINATE WITH THEM. WE LEAVE WITH THEM, WE'RE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY. THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO IS NOT OPEN UNTIL SESSION. ONE

CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW IS METRICS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE METRICS AND WHAT THE MEASURES LOOK LIKE.

NOW GETTING THE COST. THERE'S SLIDES PARTICULARLY YOU CAN ASK FROM, I'M GOING UP MEETING. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.

YEAH I JUST WANTED DO SAY JUST RECENTLY I TOOK PART OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR. IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SIT IN THE LEAD -LGS AN LISTEN HOW WE CAN'T CREATE WITH THE POWERS AS THE POWERS ONCE BEING. THEN I ASKED THE COUNCIL MEMBER, KE WITHIN THE HAVE TOUCH FLOWER. IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING, IT'S A CHANGE. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S RELIABLE AND THEY

ALL SAT THERE AND DISCUSSED THAT HOW THIRD WORLD IT SEEMS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE POWER. WE LOSE POWER EVERY DAY FOR HOURS AND HERE WE ARE SITTING IN KWRA* KRA*. SO I JUST WANT -TD TO SAY THAT IT'S REALLY, IT'S A CELL. THAT WHAT YOU SAY THERE WAS ON ON YOUR SURVEY. 336 RESPONSES OR ANYTHING. I'M TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE SLIDE BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE.

NO I HEARD FROM THE CITY OF SEBAS STAPOL. WAS I RIGHT, INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES? YEAH, THAT WAS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE.
4% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE THERE SKWR-TZ IT'S A HIGHER SER TRANSFORMATION.

THESE HEARTFELT MOMENTS AND YOU MAY NOT LIVE WITH IT. THE DESIRE OF THE ASSISTANCE IS STRUNG. AND I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NATURAL GAS AS THE SYSTEM BECAUSE IN THIS MINUTE IT'S MORE REACTABLE. MY ELECTRICITY IS NOT WORKING BUT MY GAD IS. THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO A DIFFERENT CON STALLATION. WE HAVE TO PREPARE BY HAVING BACK UP CHOWDER. COMMUNITY BASED AOERPBLG OPERATION.

I WANT TO REMIND US THAT WE'RE IN QUESTION SESSION. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. RESULTED IN A SAPUPLU FOWLER.

SO THIS IS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL. FIRST I WENT OUT TO CHAMBER THEN I WOULD GO TO ZOOM.

HI STEVE.STEVE PIERCE AND.

EVERY YEAR WE WANT TO KNOW. HOW ARE WE FEELING? ARE WE USING THOSE NUMBERS BUT AS YOU WOULD BET. PROBABLY IN THIS CASE WE ACTUAL LITTLE HAVE

OUR ACTUAL EXISTENCE AS A HUMAN RACE FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. THIS IS EXISTENTIAL THREAT THAT WE FACE. EVERY CITY, EVERY GOVERNMENTAL CONSTITUTION. EVERY BUSINESS AND EVERY PERSON HAS TO STEP UP AND DO THEIR PART. IT'S A FIGHT THAT BROKE. IN KEEPING WITH THAT BOXES MET FORE WE WANT TO FIGHT MUCH HIGHER THAN OUR WEIGHT CLASS. AND I THINK WE CAN PULL THAT OFF. WE SAW KIND OF A DISCOURAGING GRAPH THERE WERE SEBASTOPOL WAS LEAVING HIS COUNT. THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD SIGN FOR US AND WEFP A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON NATURAL GAS. THERE ARE SOME OTHERS INDY RAY TORS THAT ARE RAY REAL REU SAW.

WE HAVE THE WORK CUT OUT FOR US IN DALLAS. THANK YOU.

LAY0, CAN YOU PREPARE THIS ONCE AGAIN.

I'M UNABLE TO DO T.O. HEAR THIS. THIS IS THE SECONDS TIME WHERE THERE'S BEEN A HE HREUBGS DID RUSSIAN IN THE TECHNICAL STUFF. I HOPE KWHROUP CAN -- I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP THE SCHOOL RUNNING PROPERLY. THE E LEK TRIIFICATION WERE. AND KNOW ABOUT THE DANGER OF ELECTRICITY AND RADIO FREQUENCY. TELLING CELL PHONE AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. ANY WHERE YOU HAVE E LEK TR*EUBGTY THROUGH THE LINE. IT'S A CIRCULAR INVISIBLE FIELD THAT BIOLOGICALLY IT CAUSES TO PROMOTE REGULAR SERVES. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE AND GROWING ECONOMIC OF CANCER IN THIS TOWN AND COUNTY THAT THE WHOLE NATURE. ALSO THE HACKABLE. THE TKPWROEUD. IS THERE TAPER IN TODAY'S PAEUP ERP DOESN'T ANYTHING COMES VERSUS Agenda Item Number: 2
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ONE OF THE FIVER PEOPLE ARE BEHIND IN THEIR PG PHR-PBD E, THEY'RE ELECTRICAL APPOINTMENTLESS. IT'S SOARING THROUGH THE ROOF.

YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.

HAZARDOUS, IN ADDITION TO THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE'S THE HECK -BLT THAT CARS CAN BE SHOT JUST LIKE THAT. BY PULSE. YOU CAN HEAR PULSE FROM THE.

THAT'S TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

IT WAS GREAT. IT PUBLICIZED -T ON TOP'S FACEBOOK PAGE. WE BELIEVE ABLE TO SERVE A HRUPBLG -BG OF KRAOE THAT NUMBERLESS. WE HAVEN'T TRUSTED FESTIVAL IT WAS - PL TPHAO OTHER TON O INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GET REBATES. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN E SRO*ED. OLIVER CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE.

I HAVE, YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME.

I HAVE, THANK YOU, I CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? I CAN SEE THE TIMING, YES.

GO AHEAD.

IT'S 14 MINUTES OF WHAT IS EVENTUALLY EVANGELIZING. BASED ON THIS SURVEY WHICH I NEVER SAW. IT BRINGS UP BIGGER POINTS OF THAT. PRETTY MUCH ALL THE POINTS. EXCEPT FOR THE BOILED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND SO FORTH. I WANT TO MAKE HER ANOLOGIST. SIMILARLY I DON'T THINK IT IS A TOPIC WHERE THE CITY IS EVER GOING

TO GET CONSENSUS OF ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE CITY TO MAKE A

PARTICULAR STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY THINKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND DIFFERENT ISSUES LIKE THAT. I'M NOT AT ALL CLEAR THIS IS A BADS IN. THIS IS A BIG PART OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I

THINK GIVING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE DON'T ACTUALLY LIVE ANY CITY. WE SHOULD REPORT IN THE COUNCIL IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE CITY MANAGER -FPLTS THIS ISN'T IN A COUNCIL. I DON'T BEING TOLD ALL THIS STUFF. IT'S VERY ANNOYING. THAT'S MY PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANY I WILL COME TO CHAMBERS, IF THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. SAYING NO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHALL I START IT OUT. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. ALWAYS REQUEST EYE OPENING. EVERYONE IF IT'S LISTING IS SHOW 4,000. ZINGS SHOW PER SON TAPBLG -PL I JUST WANTED TO.

SO WE ARE ON TOP OF THIS AND I THINK SEBASTAPOOL IS VIEWED AS A LEADING IN OUR AREA. THE SUPERVISOR, CURRENT CHAIR AND CHAIR. OUR DALLAS KHA RAJ WHEN WE USED TO INLAW. THE LANDSCAPING SAVING WALTER. SEBASTIAN LIVERPOOL READILY FARMED US. THEY DID ARMNY PARDON MES WITH MANY SECTIONS TO REPEAT THAT I.

WITH THEIR HELP SO I JUST REFER THAT OUT THERE. YOU KNOW WE EVERYONE CAN'T UNPLAY KOPBS DAY.: I WILL ENCOURAGE ACTION OR TO SEBASTA POOL HARDWARE.

THAT'S THE ONE RESOURCE FOR US AND THAT MAY BE VERY HELPFUL.

I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD COUNCILMEN. I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW, HOW TO BRIDGE THE

GAP BETWEEN THE LIABLE OF ELECTRICITY AND HOW CAN PEOPLE CLANG TO E LEK TRIPTY. BECAUSE IT WASN'T YET TO CUDDLE AND STORM. A KWUP -L OF BELIEVE TREATMENTS AND WE HAVE AS THE IT'S FOUND OUT NOW THAT THREE OF THEM. LEE, ALL LADIES, WOMEN.

THEY WANTED FOR E TOILE SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN THE CLASSIFICATION.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN UTILITY. ANOTHER THING THE CITY OF NEW YORK DISTRIBUTED OCEAN S-FLSS. IF WE GOT OUT OF OUR METRICS NUMBERS. WE WOULD BE SURPRISED SENT HOME HAS SOLARIZED. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO INSTAUD PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS LATE. WHAT ARE THINGS I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. THERE'S NOT MANY OPPORTUNITIES I CAN MISPHAOUFP. I SAID. MISMOUTH. THAT WAR BEING KUPBGTED AN CONSUMER. THEY'VE BEEN SITTING IN A CROWD THAT'S SAYING, GAD ME IN THE PROGRAM. STKEPL
THE UTILITIES AND THE S & P WERE EXPECTED TO BE HERE NEARLY.

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I DEFINITELY NEEDED THE ANSWER. IT'S COMPLICATED. SKWR-TZ IT'S TPOLG LOWING -R - R -R -R THIS IS A COMMENT QUESTION WHERE. HELPING PEOPLE GETTING OF THE.

IT SOUNDS THAT THE ANSWER IS CHECK IN WITH THE FINAL ACTION COMMITTEE. LOOKS LIKE OKAY, COOL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU CAN STILL ASK AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS, YOU HAD AN ASKED AT THE END. YOU SAID THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE WAS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO SOMETHING. WHAT IS THAT SOMETHING.

WE HAVE SLIDES AGAIN.

ANY WAY, SO.

NO THAT MEANS THAT THE, WE WANT THE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT. WE DEVELOP LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING WORK FIRST. THOSE CONTRIBUTORS AND INSTALLERS. NOT INCLUDED TOO.

THAT'S THE ONLY KRE SENSUAL.

WE'RE A*UPL THAT CAN COME UP TO A SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE ATREUBL ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS AT THE MOMENT. OKAY, THAT'S A MEMBER OF THE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER AT THE SEVENTH ADDITIONAL PEOPLE HAVE NOT SPOKEN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS PERIOD. I START WITH CAB. I WILL GO INTUNERS FUN. SEEING NORMALLY. ALL OTHER. CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. CAN YOU HEAR US?
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER.

I CAN, BUT I WILL JUST BE QUICK. I WAS JUST HOPING FOR A FUTURE COMPLIMENT GOING ON IN THE CITY. THAT'S IT, THANK YOU. PHRAP
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ASSUME PROBLEMS BY. ZOOM IT WILL GO SAO*PB WOMEN TO PHAOEU PHRAEUZ RACE YOUR HAND OR YOU MAY HAVE YOUR OPINION. SEEING NONE, PUCK LIMB COMMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE NOW ARE GOING TO BE GONE TO CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY CLERK REPORTS.

I'LL START WITH THE AUDIT. UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE A LAPTOP AVAILABLE.

YOU WANT TO USE MINE.

WE'RE SETTING IT UP.

LEAST GOT IT.

JUST NEED TO TURN.

YEAH.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

OUR COMPUTER.

I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF BUT HOPEFULLY INFORMATIVE. I'VE BEEN OUT TO THE SITE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S BEEN A BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY OUT THERE. THE STAFF, RISE AND SHINE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD. ALL OF OUR GOAL IS TO GET SUFFICIENT PLACEMENT AND ADEQUATE PLACEMENT. SAFE PLACEMENT FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT FOR TODAY AND I WAS OUT THERE AS LATE AS 4:00. IT IS INFLUX. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE INFLUX OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THREE DAY NOTICES WERE ISSUED TO ALL RESIDENTS ON FEBRUARY 29th. MONITORING ATTENDANCE WORK OFFERED TO THE RESIDENTS WHICH ENDED TODAY. THEY NEEDED TO VACATE THE PARKING BY TODAY. IF THEY WERE GOING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE INCENTIVES. THERE WERE SIX PEOPLE, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON

THAT WERE INDICATING THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO BE OFF THE PROPERTY BY THE END OF THE DAY. OF THOSE SIX, ONE HAS SECURED A PLACE FOR THEIR RV. TWO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING SPACE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THREE WERE OFFERED A SPOT WITH SONOMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOR A ONE MONTH PERIOD. THAT'S A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD UNTIL COMMONS GETS THEIR PERMITTING DONE. MORE ON THAT IN A MINUTE. FOUR PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY LEFT IN THE LAST WEEK. AND THERE ARE

FOUR VACANT SPACES AND I DIDN'T TALLY THEM UP WHEN I WAS OUT THERE TODAY BUT I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE MORE SPACES THAT WERE VACANT BEYOND. THERE'S GOING TO BE SPACE FOR FIVE TRAILERS EVENTUALLY AT THE COMMONS. SO THAT INCLUDES THREE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE STAYING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. ST.

VINCENT DEPAUL IS MEETING WITH THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA TOMORROW WITH THEIR PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A Agenda Item Number: 2
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TEMPORARY USE PERMIT FOR THE COMMONS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AND THEY ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THAT PERMIT WITHIN THE 28, WITHIN THE 28 DAYS. ST. VINCENT DU PAUL STILL THINKS THE SITE IS GOING TO BE CLEARED. THEY WILL BRING IN FILL DIRT AND HR*EL THE SITE OUT OR DEPENDING CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE. IF THERE'S ANY WHERE FROM 3 TO 7 PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKELY GOING TO BE RESISTANT TO

LEAVING AND THEY MAY HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE FULL EVICTION

PROCESS BUT THAT NUMBER MAY DWINDLE TO THREE OR FOUR BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THAT'S KIND OF THE STATUS OF THINGS AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES COUNCIL MEMBER McLEWIS.

SOMETHING IS GOING ON, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY LOSSES. JUST ASKING PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, IF THEY HAVE THESE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. WHAT CAN BE DONE, WHO DO THEY CALL. I JUST WANT, TO INFORM PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE?
THERE IS.

DO THEY CALL YOU? DO THEY?
I WILL EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE. BOTH ARE OUR COORDINATOR. A CASEWORKER WHO IS CURRENTLY AND HAS BEEN ON-SITE AT HORIZON IS GOING CONTINUE TO MONOSTORE.

WILL STAY IN CONTACT WITH ME AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESIDED AT HORIZON TILL THE END OF JUNE. IF PEOPLE ARE HAVING CONCERNS, CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CALL OUR LIAISON. WE'RE GOING TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE TWO STAFF MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO GET INTO SERVICES. IF THEY STAY IN THE PARKING LOT WE DO HAVE SERVICES IN EFFECT. WE'RE GOING TO WORK COMPASSIONATELY WITH THE

CASEWORKERS AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION THAN DECIDING TO STAY ON TO STREETS. BUT THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT TO ME RNELSON @ CITY OF SEBASTOPOL.COM. OR THEY CAN CALL THE NUMBER DIRECTLY AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. WE'LL GO OUT THERE.

I GUESS SIMILAR QUESTION. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN, THIS IS A VERY FLUENT SITUATION, SO WE MIGHT, WE RECEIVED OR IS IT AS NEEDED OR?

I WOULD ANTICIPATE I'LL HAVE ENOUGH PROBABLY TO HAVE A REGULAR STAFF REPORT FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA COMING UP. IF NOTHING ELSE WE CAN UTILIZE THIS FORMAT AGAIN AND I WILL TRY TO PROVIDE AS BEST OF AN UPDATE AS I CAN. I ANTICIPATE. IT'S INFLUX NOW BUT I THINK

WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO IT'S GOING TO GET MORE STABILIZED AND MORE STATIC WHERE I'LL HAVE A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE STANDING. RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND RESIDENTS, ETC.

JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE WRAPPING THINGS UP.

SECURITY IS GOING TO BE ON-SITE 24/7. IT ACTUALLY ASKS US TO DO WALK THROUGHS DURING THE DAYTIME, NIGHTTIME HOURS AND WE'LL BRING YOU MORE.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY. CAN WE, SO THESE ARE REPORTS. CITY MANAGER REPORTS, DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC? SO THEN

MY, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVERNIGHTS, ALLOW PARKING FOR LIVED IN VEHICLES FROM 10:00 P.M. TO 7:30 A.M.

IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

YES.

SO THAT'S THE LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT FOR THIS.

YES.

AND THEN, THE OTHERWISE THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE STATE AND WITH THE COUNTY. AND WITH ALL OF THE INTEREST FOR A PLACE THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

I APPRECIATE IT. WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL AND THAT'S TO BE COMPASSIONATE WITH HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. COMPASSION WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT.

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ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO REPORT? SO THE CITY CLERK, THAT TAKES US TO THE NEXT ITEM CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU. SO I ATTENDED MY FIRST WITH THE WATERSHED. AND THIS ONE IS IN FEBRUARY. THERE WAS A PRESENTATION WITH REGIONAL WATER QUALITY BOARD OR THE CONTROL BOARD. AND THEY LAUNCHED THEIR USAGE REDUCTION. THEY'RE

WORKING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL TRIBES WHO USE THE RIVERS FOR CEREMONIES AND

THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE WATER INCENTIVES TO MAKE SURE THESE TRIBES USE THE WATERWAY. AND THEN WE HAD STREETS TO CREEKS PROJECT. YOU KNOW THERE ARE THESE BEAUTIFUL SIGNS IN TOWN THAT SAY STREET CREEKS. SO IN THIS COUNTY, IT RAINS AND THE WATER GOES RIGHT DOWN THE STORM DRAIN. THAT WATER THAT GOES STRAIGHT DOWN THE STORM DRAIN GOES RIGHT INTO THE RIVER. GOES RIGHT INTO THE RIVERS AND CREEKS. SO WHEN THERE'S A BIG STORM, LIKE THE CREEK WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN RAISE REALLY HIGH. BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THIS WATER PUMPING IN. WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT KEEPING TRASH. INCLUDING

BLOW YOUR LEAVE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BLOW A BUNCH OF LEAVES DOWN THE STORM DRAIN. SO BETTER TO PUT THEM INTO THE COMPOST PILE. SO, THE QUESTION WE HAVE THE DRAIN GO DOWN FROM THE ROOF AND GOES OUT INTO THE STREET. JUST FLOWS RIGHT OUT ON TO THE STREET. BETTER IF YOU HAVE INTO CATCH RAINWATER OR HAVE

THE WATER GO DOWN INTO AN AREA THAT CREATES A FILTRATION SETTING INTO THE STREET. I FIND THAT INTERESTING. SO APRIL 27th IS GOING TO BE A PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY. SO, YEAH. I'M NOT SURE, I THINK THAT'S ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

PRESCRIPTION TAKE BACK DAY. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH SEBASTOPOL'S LAST.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT THOSE DOWN INTO THE TOILET. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT THOSE INTO THE TRASH EITHER. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO, THERE'S A RECEPTICAL AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT AN UPDATE ON THIS IDEA OF IT

WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME WHICH WAS THE BEYOND ALL DOUBT OF HAVING A PARTIAL NEAR COMPOST PRODUCT AT SEBASTAPOL. AND WE HAD ONE IN THE COMMISSION WHO HAD BEEN DOING. AND HAD CONCERNS AND WHAT WE DECIDED WAS, PROBABLY THERE WASN'T. THERE NEEDED TO BE LONG TERM FUNDING LIKE UP TO $75,000 FOR THE MAYBE 13 DEGREES: AND THAT'S FIT FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT COULD BE LET GO TOWARD THE COMPOST PILE. HOWEVER IF WE DON'T HAVE LONG TERM FUNDING FOR THAT WHICH I DON'T THINK WE HAVE LONG TERM FUNDING FOR THAT.

THEN ZERO WASTE THE BOARD THEY JUST WANT TO SAVE US THE RATES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE CHIEF.

IT WON'T BE A PERMANENT PILE. AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU MA'AM MAYOR. SO ON FEBRUARY 22nd I HAVE A AND, TO HAVE HAD THE PURE GENERATIONAL BATTERY AND EACH HAD TWO AND THREE THE RENT MONEY.

THERE IS THE TRANSITIONAL. AND THAT AND 2.6, AND I FOUND DATA. THEY HAD MAJOR STRUCTURAL. THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT IN THE WORLD. NOW I HAVE A SPECIALIZED LETTER. SO THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO LEARN. AND AS PART OF THE COUNCIL, I AM A MEMBER OF THE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED. [CAPTIONER TRANSITION ]
IT'S THE FUTURE. UM, AND TODAY SARAH ACTUALLY GUARANTEED A MEETING WITH

PAUL PRINCE AND GARY BUSH TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO USE THE ACCOUNTS AS LEVERAGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER MAURER ON THE COFFEE THING -- YEAH, IT'S AT 10:00?
IT IS AT 10:00.

OH, YEAH, 10:00.

I WOULD LOVE TO DRIVE UP.

SURE, OKAY COOL.

AND THAT IS ON MARCH 27th FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IN. MARCH 27th. IN MARCH WE'LL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER MAURER AND COUNCILMEMBER DENTON.

IT'S GREAT, ENJOY THE BRIEF RESPITE. I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO REPORT, BUT I'M GOING TO BE VERY SUMMARY HERE. WARMING CENTER, THAT WAS OPERATED BY THE POLICE CHIEF. IT WAS FABULOUS. PARTNERS STEPPED IN. MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR IN SEBASTOPOL

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TODD. THERE'S ALSO PLANS MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT RISE AND SHINE TRANSITION. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WORKING WITH THAT.

ON CLIMATE ACTION, THE COMMITTEE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. I'VE ALSO

BEEN INVITED TO BE THE WELCOME, TO THE WELCOME SPEECH AT THE ANNUAL ZERO WASTE SYMPOSIUM ON MAY 2nd, 2024, WHICH WAS A NICE INVITATION. I SAID WELL, YOU

KNOW I'M NOT ON THE ZERO WASTE COMMITTEE, AND THEY SAID YEAH, BUT YOU USE CARDBOARD TO MAKE ALL THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS, SO WE LIKE YOU! SO THAT WILL BE FUN. COUNCILMEMBER MAURER AND I ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING MARCH 30 FOR THE SEBASTOPOL WALK OVER AT 9:00 A.M. AT THE PLAZA. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN LAST YEAR. JG SWITZER AND ANOTHER BAKER, SO WHO KNOWS WHERE WE'LL GO THIS YEAR.

BUT IT WILL BE FUN AND A TASTE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH COUNCILMEMBER HINTON. WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THE FINAL COMMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE EIFB.

AS THE VICE MAYOR MENTIONED THE RFP WILL BE GOING OUT FOR THE CONSULTANT.

JUST A REMINDER, THE TIME FRAME IS BASICALLY TO SELECT THE, UM, CONSULTANT IN

MAY, AND THEN WE SHOULD GET A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL FROM THE CONSULTANT IN NOVEMBER. THAT WILL THEN ALLOW US TO ENTER 2025 AND PUT TOGETHER THE PUBLIC FINANCE AND FINANCING AUTHORITY. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'S ALL

I'VE GOT, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA, MARY, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS?
NO, THERE'S NOT.

OKAY, COOL. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? NO? LET'S CLOSE THIS MEETING AT 10:10.

ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [Event Concluded]
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