Sebastopol City Council
March 3, 2026

City Council
Mayor Jill McLewis
Vice Mayor Sandra Maurer
Councilmember Phill Carter
Councilmember Neysa Hinton
Councilmember Stephen Zollman
Interim City Manager
Mary Gourley
[email protected]

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Tuesday, March 3, 2026
6:00 pm Start Time
As Approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of March 17, 2026.

CALL TO ORDER: Vice Mayor Maurer called the meeting to order 6:00 p.m.

ROLL CALL:

Present: Vice Mayor Sandra Maurer
Councilmember Phill Carter
Councilmember Neysa Hinton
Councilmember Stephen Zollman

Absent: Mayor Jill McLewis
Staff: Interim City Manager Mary Gourley
City Attorney Alex Mog
Administrative Services Director Kwong
Interim Planning Director Jane Riley /4 Leaf
Police Chief McDonagh
Public Works Director Oriana Hart
SALUTE TO THE FLAG: Vice Mayor Maurer 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)). Assembly Bill 2302 (2024) (“AB 2302”) revises rules for when members of local legislative bodies may participate in meetings remotely. Specifically, it amends the number of meetings that may be attended remotely for just cause and under emergency circumstances and clarifies the definition of the term “meeting,” for purposes of remote attendance. AB 2302 caps the number of remote meetings a member can attend each year based on the frequency of a legislative body’s meetings: Five meetings per year for those meeting twice a month.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The City of Sebastopol acknowledges that we live and work within the unceded ancestral homelands of the Southern Pomo and the Coast Miwok people. We pay our respect to the past, present, and future generations of these peoples, including the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.

Councilmember Carter requested a moment of silence for community members who have recently lost family members and did 15 seconds of moments of silence.

The Council conducted the following interviews: Three openings on the Public Arts Committee (4) Year Terms Agenda Item Number 1: Interviews for Openings on the Public Arts Committee Applicant Name Category:

Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

1. Robert Brent Category 2

2. Jeff Stucker Category 3

3. Barbara Harris Category 1

4. Kierston Aiello Category 3

5. Nicole Letaw Category 2/3
City Council Action: Interviewed four applicants.

Minute Order Number: 2026-058
Agenda Item Number 2: Appointments to Openings on the Public Arts committee

MEMBERS CATEGORY TERM ENDING DATE
Robert Brent Category 2 12/31/2025
Jeff Stucker Category 3 12/31/2025
Barbara Harris Category 1 12/31/2025
Gavin Waters Category 2 12/31/2028
Lynn Deedler (DRB) Category 4 Upon expiration of DRB term Interim City Manager Gourley presented the agenda item.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened for questions of staff. The Council asked various questions of City staff.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened the public comment period. The following member(s) of the public spoke during the public comment period:

Peter
Mary
Kyle
Mary
City Council Discussion/Deliberations/Comments:

Council continued discussion of the item.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a motion.

MOTION:

Councilmember Hinton moved and Councilmember Carter seconded the motion to appoint the following members to the Public Arts Committee:

Robert Brent (2)
Nicole Lietaw (3)
Barbara Harris (1)
Vice Mayor Maurer called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

Ayes: Councilmembers Carter, Hinton, Zollman, and Vice Mayor Maurer Noes: None
Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

Absent: Mayor McLewis
Abstain: None
City Council Action: Appointed the following members to the Public Arts Committee for a four year term:

Robert Brent (2)
Nicole Lietaw (3)
Barbara Harris (1)
Minute Order Number: 2026-059
REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF SEBASTOPOL: There was no presentation tonight.

PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS:

The following proclamations were presented:
• Proclamation - Proclaims the week of March 15 through March 21, 2026 as National Surveyor’s Week • Proclamation – Proclaims March 2026 as Women’s History Month • Proclamation – Proclaims March 2026 as American Red Cross Month Reference Order Number: 2026-060
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.

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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 member(s) of the public spoke during public comment for items not on the agenda:

1. Skyler

2. Myriah

3. Zulema

4. Maddy

5. Robert

6. Peter

7. Bianca

8. Travis

9. Aaron

10. Oliver

11. Lisa
Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

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 aloud the title of each consent item (either full agenda title or a simplified version of the agenda title), and 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 two (2) minutes on the entire consent calendar and request at that time that an item or items removed for discussion.

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. Council Members 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.

Vice Mayor Maurer read the consent calendar.

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

There were no requests.

City staff stated item number 3 would be removed and returned to a future council meeting as one of the motions is being reviewed.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened for public comment. The following member(s) of the public spoke during public comment: None
Vice Mayor Maurer called for a motion.

MOTION:

Councilmember Zollman moved and Councilmember Hinton seconded the motion to approve consent calendar item number(s) 4, 5 and 6. Item Number 3 was removed and will be heard at a future Council meeting.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

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

Absent: Mayor McLewis
Abstain: None

3. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes for Meeting of February 17, 2026 Responsible Department: Interim City Manager
Fiscal Impact: Staff time required to prepare the minutes is covered within existing budgeted salaries. No additional financial impact is anticipated with approval of this item.

City Council Action: Item continued to future meeting.

Minute Order Number: 2026-061

4. Approval of City Council Meeting – Special Meeting – Closed Session Minutes for Special Meeting of February 23, 2026
Responsible Department: Interim City Manager
Fiscal Impact: Staff time required to prepare the minutes is covered within existing budgeted salaries. No additional financial impact is anticipated with approval of this item.

City Council Action: Approved City Council Meeting – Special Meeting – Closed Session Minutes for Special Meeting of February 23, 2026
Minute Order Number: 2026-062

5. Approval of Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 1164 Surveillance Policy Amendments Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

Responsible Department: City Attorney/Police Department Fiscal Impact: Staff time required to prepare the ordinance is covered within existing budgeted salaries.

Funding to update Municipal Code is budgeted within the current FY budget. No additional financial impact is anticipated with approval of this item.

City Council Action: Approved Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 1164 Surveillance Policy Amendments Minute Order Number: 2026-063
Ordinance Number 1164

6. Approval of Amendment Number 2 (Title Change Only). This amendment modifies the existing coordination agreement between the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association (SCMCA) and the Consultant (Lauren Berges) to reflect the title change approved by the SCMCA Board of Directors at its February 12, 2026 meeting. This amendment updates the Consultant’s title from Association Clerk to Executive Director. This amendment does not change the scope of services, compensation, reporting structure, or any other terms of the Agreement. Title Update All references in the Agreement to “Association Clerk” are hereby replaced with “Executive Director.” This item was approved at the SCMCA Board of Directors at its February 12, 2026 meeting.

Responsible Department: Interim City Manager/Administrative Services Fiscal Impact: There is no fiscal impact with approval of this item. Approving this item will not have any fiscal impact on the City’s budget. Each participating agency has already been billed for its share of the annual costs, and any attorney expenses that come up will be paid from a designated holding account from Mayors and Councilmembers Association Cities annual costs. For Sebastopol, our portion of the annual amount has already been included and approved in the City Council’s budget for fiscal year 2025-

26. This means there are no new or unexpected costs associated with this approval.

City Council Action: Approved Amendment Number 2 (Title Change Only). This amendment modifies the existing coordination agreement between the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association (SCMCA) and the Consultant (Lauren Berges) to reflect the title change approved by the SCMCA Board of Directors at its February 12, 2026 meeting. This amendment updates the Consultant’s title from Association Clerk to Executive Director. This amendment does not change the scope of services, compensation, reporting structure, or any other terms of the Agreement. Title Update All references in the Agreement to “Association Clerk” are hereby replaced with “Executive Director.” This item was approved at the SCMCA Board of Directors at its February 12, 2026 meeting.

Minute Order Number: 2026-064
Resolution Number: 6735-2026
INFORMATIONAL 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 (total length includes questions of Council to presenter and public comment).

PUBLIC HEARING(s): None
REGULAR CALENDAR AGENDA ITEMS (DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION):

7. Approval of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Sebastopol and the Sebastopol Police Officers Association (SPOA) for the period from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. This is based upon the approval of the Tentative Agreement between the City of Sebastopol and the Sebastopol Police Department.

Responsible Department: Human Resources/Administrative Services Fiscal Impact: The total financial impact of the successor MOU over the full contract term is approximately $402,415. Of this amount, $122,235 represents the cost for FY 2025–26. The remaining $280,180, covering Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

the period through December 31, 2027, will be incorporated into the upcoming budget preparation, contingent upon City Council approval of the successor MOU. Staff is not recommending any budget adjustments at this time. The January–June 2026 costs can be absorbed within the existing Police Department budget due to savings associated with vacant positions. Additionally, insurance premiums of

8.92% in Workers’ Compensation and a 7.87% in General Liability, totaling $20,526—are also already included in the Police budget.

Interim City Manager Gourley presented the agenda item and introduced Deborah Muchmore, Human Resources Consultant.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened for questions of staff. The Council asked various questions of City staff and consultant.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened the public comment period. The following member(s) of the public spoke during the public comment period:

None
City Council Discussion/Deliberations/Comments:

Council continued discussion of the item.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a motion.

MOTION:

Councilmember Zollman moved and Councilmember Hinton seconded the motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Sebastopol and the Sebastopol Police Officers Association (SPOA) for the period from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. This is based upon the approval of the Tentative Agreement between the City of Sebastopol and the Sebastopol Police Officers Association.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

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

Absent: Mayor McLewis
Abstain: None
City Council Action: Approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Sebastopol and the Sebastopol Police Officers Association (SPOA) for the period from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. This is based upon the approval of the Tentative Agreement between the City of Sebastopol and the Sebastopol Police Officers Association.

Minute Order Number: 2026-065
Resolution Number: 6736-2026

8. Approval of Pay Rates and Ranges (Salary Schedule) – various Positions. This is based upon the approval of the MOU for the Police who have signed a Tentative Agreement.

Responsible Department: Human Resources/Administrative Services Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

Fiscal Impact: The fiscal impact of approving the pay ranges as outlined in the successor MOU staff report is estimated at $122,235 for the remainder of FY 2025–26. No budget adjustment is necessary, as the cost will be absorbed through existing salary savings.

Interim City Manager Gourley presented the agenda item and introduced Deborah Muchmore, Human Resources Consultant.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened for questions of staff. The Council asked various questions of City staff and consultant.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened the public comment period. The following member(s) of the public spoke during the public comment period:

None
City Council Discussion/Deliberations/Comments:

Council continued discussion of the item.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a motion.

MOTION:

Councilmember Carter moved and Councilmember Zollman seconded the motion to approve the Pay Rates and Ranges (Salary Schedule) – various Positions. This is based upon the approval of the MOU for the Police who have signed a Tentative Agreement.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

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

Absent: Mayor McLewis
Abstain: None
City Council Action: Approved Pay Rates and Ranges (Salary Schedule) – various Positions. This is based upon the approval of the MOU for the Police who have signed a Tentative Agreement.

Minute Order Number: 2026-066
Resolution Number: 6737-2026

9. Discussion and Consideration of Identifying preferred alternative for the Downtown Sustainable Transportation Grant. This will be a recommendation item from the Planning Commission on their preferred alternative for the Downtown Sustainable Transportation Grant. The City Council will consider a recommendation from the Planning Commission on their preferred alternative for the Downtown Sustainable Transportation Grant & provide direction to staff & consultant Responsible Department: Planning
Fiscal Impact: Consultant time required to prepare the plan is covered by a Sustainable Communities Grant (STG). Staff time required to prepare the agenda item is covered within existing budgeted salaries. The next stage of this project includes an implementation plan with potential funding scenarios for any future efforts. No additional financial impact is anticipated with approval of this agenda item.

Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

Interim Planning Director Jane Riley, 4 Leaf, presented the agenda item and introduced Geoff Rubendall.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened for questions of staff. The Council asked various questions of City staff and consultant.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened the public comment period. The following member(s) of the public spoke during the public comment period:

1. Jeannie

2. Craig

3. Janet

4. Oliver

5. Lisa

6. Lars

7. Alice

8. Kyle

9. Bill

10. Robert

11. Tina

12. Joel

13. Jim

14. Emily

15. Mary

16. Larry

17. Bart

18. Mary

19. Ed

20. Paul

21. Steve

22. Stacey

23. Ted

24. Michael

25. Carrie

26. Eric

27. Ian

28. Micah
City Council Discussion/Deliberations/Comments:

Council continued discussion of the item.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a motion.

MOTION:

Councilmember Hinton moved and Councilmember Zollman seconded the motion to approve the following:

Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

1. Affirm that the City’s primary downtown priorities are safety, walkability, environmentalsustainability, and business vitality, and thatfuture street design decisionsshould advance measurable improvementsin these areas.

2. Adopt the Planning Commission’s recommendation to advance a preferred downtown street design framework that achieves these priorities by:
• narrowing portions of Main Street to calm traffic and shorten pedestrian crossing distances, • retaining on-street parking on Main Street to support local businesses, • incorporating protected bicycle facilities on McKinley and Petaluma Avenue, and • establishing a two-way circulation framework for Main Street and Petaluma Avenue.

3. Direct staff to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Consultant, not to exceed $10,000 for additional study as outlined above (only needed if the Preferred Alternative is other than Alternatives 1-4).

4. Eliminate the two mid block crossings between McKinley and Bodega Avenue in the downtown

5. Limited options to explore two way cycle lanes on Main Street and report back/not include McKinley/Petaluma Avenue/Highway 12
Vice Mayor Maurer called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

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

Absent: Mayor McLewis
Abstain: None
City Council Action: Approved the following:

1. Affirm that the City’s primary downtown priorities are safety, walkability, environmental sustainability, and business vitality, and that future street design decisions should advance measurable improvements in these areas.

2. Adopt the Planning Commission’s recommendation to advance a preferred downtown street design framework that achieves these priorities by:
• narrowing portions of Main Street to calm traffic and shorten pedestrian crossing distances, • retaining on-street parking on Main Street to support local businesses, • incorporating protected bicycle facilities on McKinley and Petaluma Avenue, and • establishing a two-way circulation framework for Main Street and Petaluma Avenue.

3. Direct staff to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Consultant, not to exceed $10,000 for additional study as outlined above (only needed if the Preferred Alternative is other than Alternatives 1-4).

4. Eliminate the two mid block crossings between McKinley and Bodega Avenue in the downtown

5. Limited options to explore two way cycle lanes on Main Street and report back/not include McKinley/Petaluma Avenue/Highway 12
Minute Order Number: 2026-067

10. Consideration of Approval to Co-sponsor with Micah’s Hugs to install a Repurposed Newspaper Stand with Narcan Supplies Downtown.

Requestor: Councilmember Zollman and Councilmember Carter Responsible Department: Public Works
Fiscal Impact: Staff time required to prepare the agenda report is covered within existing budgeted salaries. No additional financial impact is anticipated with approval of this item.

Public Works Director Oriana Hart presented the agenda item Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

Vice Mayor Maurer opened for questions of staff. The Council asked various questions of City staff and consultant.

Vice Mayor Maurer opened the public comment period. The following member(s) of the public spoke during the public comment period:

Micah
Jason
Jeanie
Robert
Michelle
Daniela
Gianna
City Council Discussion/Deliberations/Comments:

Council continued discussion of the item.

Vice Mayor Maurer called for a motion.

MOTION:

Councilmember Zollman moved and Councilmember Hinton seconded the motion to approve to Co-sponsor with Micah’s Hugs to install a Repurposed Newspaper Stand with Narcan Supplies Downtown with the preferred location as follows:

One year period
Locations near City Hall/Library
Vice Mayor Maurer called for a roll call vote. City staff conducted a roll call vote.

VOTE:

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

Absent: Mayor McLewis
Abstain: None
City Council Action: Approved to Co-sponsor with Micah’s Hugs to install a Repurposed Newspaper Stand with Narcan Supplies Downtown with the preferred location as follows:

One year period
Locations near City Hall/Library
Minute Order Number:2026-068
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.

COUNCILMEMBER(S) REQUESTS FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS None CITY COUNCIL/CITY STAFF REPORTS/COMMUNICATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/FUTURE MEETINGS:

Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

29. 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)

30. 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)

31. Council Communications Received (Information/Meetings/Correspondence Received from the General Public to Councilmembers)
CLOSED SESSION: NONE

ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 3, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting was adjourned by Vice Mayor Maurer at 10:16 pm to the next Regular City Council Meeting of Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 6:00 pm, Sebastopol Youth Annex, 425 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA.

Respectfully submitted:

Mary C. Gourley
Interim City Manager
Attachment 1: ZOOM Raw Minutes
Attachment 2: VITAC Real Time Transcription Minutes
Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

ATTACHMENT 1
RAW ZOOM TRANSCRIPT:

City Council Meeting - March 3, 2026
PLEASE STAND BY FOR REALTIME CAPTIONS.

I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. I THINK THE OTHER ITEM WILL BE SO LONG AND I THINK THIS ONE WILL BE. THE OTHER ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT. YOU COULD MAYBE GET SUPPORT. OKAY. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? AFTER CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER BEFORE YOU START THE PROCLAMATIONS.

I WILL TURN IT TO YOU AND YOU WILL MAKE THE STATEMENT? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT. I WANT YOU TO DO IT. ARE WE READY TO GO? WILL YOU TAKE ROLL CALL PLEASE? CAN I CHECK WITH I.T. TO MAKE SURE THE MEETING IS RECORDED? YES.

CAN YOU CHECK PLEASE.

I'M GOING TO START OVER BECAUSE I DID NOT USE MY NEW TOOL RIGHT HERE SO I WANT TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THIS IS THE MEETING FOR MARCH 3. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN, VICE MAYOR MAUER, MAYOR McLEWIS WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE.

CAN YOU JOIN US IN SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL ACKNOWLEDGES WE LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THE UNSEATED ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE SOUTHERN, AND COAST PEOPLE'S. WE PAY OUR RESPECT TO THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THESE PEOPLE INCLUDING THE FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT RANCHERIA.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HAS A REQUEST.

I CONSIDER SEBASTOPOL CITY STAFF FAMILY. OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, TWO OF OUR VERY DEAR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE LOST REALLY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE 15 SECONDS TO GIVE THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PEACE AND OUR THOUGHTS TO THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR FIRST AGENDA IS INTERVIEWS FOR THE OPENINGS OF THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. CAN YOU FACILITATE THAT?
THIS IS FOR INTERVIEWS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. THERE ARE THREE OPENINGS, FOUR APPLICANTS. THEY TYPICALLY ARE SCHEDULED FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES. THE FIRST INTERVIEW WILL COME UP TO THE PODIUM. THAT WILL BE ROBERT TRENT -- BRENT.

TAKE A MINUTE AND TELL US WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON THE COMMITTEE.

WHILE, BECAUSE I'VE ENJOYED DOING IT AND IT'S A SATISFYING CONTRIBUTION TO ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVE DEDICATED A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT BRENT? COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. MY STANDARD QUESTION IS ABOUT CONFLICT. THERE WAS A QUESTION IN THE APPLICATION AND I READ IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHEN THERE IS CONFLICT AMONGST YOUR BODY, WHAT IS YOUR GO TO WAY TO RESOLVE IT?

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AND SELECTING ARTWORK FOR THE COMMUNITY SCULPTURE GARDEN AND ENTRY SCULPTURES. SO WE DISCUSS AND THEN WE VOTE AND WE ALL ARE HAPPY TO LIVE BY THE MAJORITY.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES, EXPECTATIONS, AND IF THE CITY CAN ONLY MARGINALLY CONTRIBUTE, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CREATIVELY GET TO YOUR HOPES?
HAPPILY, THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE HAS ITS OWN FUNDING. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT WITH WHICH WE CAN DO OUR CONTINUING OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A CALLOUT FOR ARTISTS RIGHT Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
City Council Meeting Packet of: March 17, 2026

NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY SCULPTURE GARDEN INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE PIECES ARE ALREADY THERE REAPPLYING. SO IN JUNE THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGE OF THOSE. THERE ARE SMALL STIPENDS THAT GO TO THE ARTIST TO HELP THEM MOVE THE SCULPTURES, BUT WE HAVE MANY YEARS WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THAT.

OUR HOPE IS THAT SINCE WE HAVE THREE OF THE MAJOR SCULPTURES AT THREE OF THE ENTRY DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY THAT WE ARE ABLE AT SOME POINT TO AFFORD THE FOURTH. AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE, BUT SOME OF THE AUDIENCE MAY OR MAY NOT BE, THAT IS 1% FOR OUR AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY. WE HAVE SOME BIG COMMERCIAL PROJECTS COMING UP AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMPROMISE OF

THOSE FUNDS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BUILDERS OF THOSE THINGS, BUT HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE FUNDS END UP COMING TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. THE SCULPTURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE HAD STIPENDS OF 40,000, 30,000, 25,000. SOMETHING IN THAT RANGE FROM A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WOULD ALLOW US TO FULFILL THAT FINAL ONE. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE LOOKING AT ME ROLLING AND STREET PAINTING AND A VARIETY OF THINGS TO KEEP ART FRESH AND IN FROM OF THE COMMUNITY. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE HOPING FOR FOR AN ANSWER?
COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

SURE. IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO ASK QUESTIONS. TONIGHT WE HAVE PEOPLE REAPPLYING BUT WE ALSO HAVE NEW APPLICANTS. TWO YEARS AGO YOU WERE A NEW APPLICANT. THERE IS NO TIME MAX TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. TO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT HOW THAT DYNAMIC SHOULD HAPPEN AS BEING ONE OF THE NEW AND MEMBERS THAT JOINED TWO YEARS AGO AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE.

I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS YOU NEED TO MAKE IN CHOOSING ON ONE SIDE IS EXPERIENCE, DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE ART COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW THERE ARE REQUIRED REPRESENTATIONS. I REPRESENT THE ART CENTER. ONE OF THE SEATS NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO IS RELATED IN WHATEVER FORM TO THE ART CENTER. I BUILT IT AND STILL VOLUNTEER THEIR. AT THE SAME

TIME, YOU MAY WANT -- I DON'T KNOW WHO THE FOURTH APPLICANT IS BUT YOU MAY WANT MORE YOUTHFUL ENERGY WHICH CERTAINLY HAS A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. I WILL NOT BE CRUSHED NOR INSULTED IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE ME CONTINUE BECAUSE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FRESHER POINTS OF VIEW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS MAN INVENTED THE BRENT POTTERY WHEEL. I WORKED ON THOSE POTTERY WHEELS AND I THINK THAT IS PRETTY EXCITING. MY QUESTION IS, WHERE DOES THE MURAL STAND? HAVE YOU MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THAT?
NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MURAL SITE. UNTIL WE HAVE A BUILDING TO DO THAT ON, AND I AND WANDERING AROUND LOOKING. THE SIDE OF CITY HALL HAS SOME APPEAL TO IT. THERE IS THE CONFLICT IF IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FAÇADES TO THE BUILDINGS WHICH WOULD BE SUITABLE, THEN WE HAVE A DURATION LEASE AGREEMENT KIND OF ISSUE TO DEAL WITH. I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE

THAT PRECEDENT ALTHOUGH WE COULD LOOK TO OTHER CITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION THEY USED SO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO START ON. OR WE COULD GIVE A LOT OF PROMPT TO A.I. AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
NO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE NEXT INTERVIEW IS JEFF. WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? YOU CAN TAKE A MINUTE AND MAKE A STATEMENT OR YOU CAN JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS.

AS YOUR RECORDS MAY SHOW, IF YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE ME CONTINUE ON THE PACK THIS WOULD BE MY THIRD TERM. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THINGS MOVE A LITTLE SLOWLY PARTICULARLY SINCE WE HAVE BEEN MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY AS ABLE TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE SAME TIMELINE WE USED YOU. ART IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. WE KNOW HOW MANY ARTISTS THERE ARE IN

SEBASTOPOL AND THE WEST COUNTY, SO CONTINUING TO SEE BEAUTIFUL SUSTAINABLE LASTING ART PIECES IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEDIUM IN SEBASTOPOL IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT BRENT JUST MADE. HONORING YOUR TIME.

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THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT CONFLICT. CAN YOU SAY WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE IS AND HOW DO YOU RESOLVE CONFLICT SHOULD YOU BE REAPPOINTED.

THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. MY EXPERIENCE FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS IS THAT MEMBERS, THEY

ALL REALLY HAVE SIMILAR GOALS IN MIND, THEY SPEAK THEIR TRUTH WHENEVER THERE IS DISCUSSION GOING

ON WITH A MOTION FOR EXAMPLE AND FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER WE GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND AS ROBERT ALREADY SAID WE GO WITH THE MAJORITY. EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THEIR MIND AND SPEAK THEIR TRUTH AND WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND BEYOND.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

WHEN PICKING OUT PIECES DEALING TOWARDS LIKE SOMEBODY THAT HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF

SEBASTOPOL OR DEALING TOWARDS A STATEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE AN IDEA OR SOMETHING JUST GENERALLY BEAUTIFUL? WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CALL FOR THE ARTIST IS REQUIRING. IT DEPENDS ON THE SITE OF THE PEACE, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION. ONCE THOSE

GUIDELINES ARE SET INTO PLACE THOSE ARE USUALLY OUTLINED IN THE CALL FOR ARTISTS, THEN MEMBERS ARE

USING THOSE AS GUARDRAILS TO DETERMINE WHICH PIECES REALLY QUALIFY FOR THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LONGEVITY OR EXPERIENCE OR HOW LONG THE ARTIST HAS BEEN WORKING. WE TAKE ANYBODY AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND THE PARTICULAR CALL. WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING OUR AREA A LITTLE BIT

MORE LATELY BEYOND JUST SONOMA COUNTY WITH SOME OF THE CALLS LIKE FOR THE CURRENT COMMUNITY SCULPTURE GARDEN IN IVES PARK. SO NOW WE ARE GATHERING ARTISTS FROM OUTSIDE A LITTLE BIT, NAPA, LAKE, MENDOCINO, EVEN MARIN.

COUNCILMEMBER.

I GO WITH MY SAME QUESTION. YOU'VE BEEN ON THREE TERM SANDY REPRESENT THE GENERAL PUBLIC. DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE A TERM LIMIT? WE ARE IN A POSITION USUALLY WHERE IT IS HARD TO NOT SAY

YES TO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SERVING, TO LET NEW AND FRESH FORCES AND BECAUSE A LOT OF

PEOPLE ENJOY ART OR SHOULD WE JUST LEAVE IT OPEN-ENDED AS WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMMISSION FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL AND LONGER?

I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR OPINION ON IF THERE SHOULD BE A TERM LIMIT OR NOT I THINK CONTINUITY IS

REALLY IMPORTANT ON THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE PROJECTS CAN TAKE YEARS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. FOR EXAMPLE, ROBERT SPOKE TO TRYING TO GET THAT FOURTH ENTRY SCULPTURE IN PLACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN HAS BEEN TAKING SOME TIME. PART OF THAT IS FUNDING, PART OF THAT IS CITING. WE HAVE SOME OTHER GOALS. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN IS VERY INTERESTED IS TRYING TO DO SOME PARTNERING WITH NONPROFITS. THAT IS ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS SPRING/SUMMER. LOOKING AT THAT. ANOTHER GOAL THAT SOME OF US MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS

GENERATING A MAP OF THE CITY LIMITS AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY ALL THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS NOT ONLY PUBLIC BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY PRIVATE IF THEY ARE VERY VISIBLE, WHERE FUTURE I CAN BE INSTALLED.

THANK YOU.

YOU MENTIONED THE BIMONTHLY SCHEDULE. THAT IS NEW FOR P.A.C.. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE THAT SCHEDULE?
DEFINITELY.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO MEETING MONTHLY?
DEFINITELY.

OKAY. EITHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE MORE COMMENTS? KNOW. BEST WISHES WITH YOUR CHOICES. THANK YOU FOR SERVING.

THE NEXT APPLICANT IS BARBARA.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF ADDRESSING YOU. MY NAME IS BARBARA HARRIS. I'VE BEEN IN SONOMA COUNTY FOR FIFTH HE FOUR YEARS. ALL OF THAT AS A RESIDENT OF SEBASTOPOL AND AS AN ARTIST OR ARE ADMINISTRATOR. I THINK I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. MY TERM WAS FILLING A VACANCY SO I AM UP Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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FOR REAPPOINTMENT AFTER HAVING SERVED HALF A TERM. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED THOUGH. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A TERM LIMIT. IS THAT CORRECT?
I DON'T THINK THERE IS.

THERE'S NO TERM LIMIT BUT EACH TERM IS A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME.

THAT SORT OF MEANS THE SAME THING TO ME. I ALSO CURATE THE EXHIBITS AT THE LIBRARY FOR YEARS AND HAVE OFF AND ON. I HELPED WRAP THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA IN HEELS FOR A PUBLIC I. MORE IMPORTANTLY

THAN THE LOGISTICAL PART OF IT IS THAT MY LOVE OF THE ARTS IS EVIDENT IN HOW I CREATE IT AND HOW I SUPPORT FOR OTHERS. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS HOW TO GET MORE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE ARTS.

WE ARE UNDER REPRESENTING THEM. I THINK A LOT OF THEM AND HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAD A GREAT SHOW IN THE LIBRARY OF THE LAGUNA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT WAS A REFRESHING WONDERFUL EXHIBIT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ART BEING IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER?
WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TACKLE IN THE NEXT TERM? IN THE NEXT TERM FOR MYSELF, TO BE MORE VISIBLE. TO HAVE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE EXIST AND THE CITY SUPPORTS PUBLIC ART. MUST ARTISTS FOUND IN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. VERY LITTLE IS FOUND ON THE STREETS OR IN PUBLIC SPACES. I THINK JUST NETWORKING MARK, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE EXIST, HAVING MORE EVENTS WHEN WE DO HAVE A SCULPTURE OPENING AND BEING MORE VISIBLE. AND MAKING SURE THE ARTISTS ARE PAID. IN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN THIS TYPE -- STIPEND IS VERY HELPFUL. SO THE PERCEPTION IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT ART IS NOT FREE.

NO? OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIMONTHLY SCHEDULE? WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TURNED BACK TO ONCE A MONTH?
YES I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CONFLICT QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THINK THAT THERE

HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A CAMARADERIE IN OUR GROUP WORK EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED I'VE

LEARNED SO MUCH TALKING TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'VE SAID THAT MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THEIR POINTS OF VIEW. HAVING THAT IN ANY COMMITTEE IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME TO PUBLIC I BECAUSE THE BREADTH IS SO WIDE. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE

DONE A GREAT JOB MAINTAINING OUR INTEGRITY AND WORKING TOGETHER JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTS AND THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE.

THE NEXT APPLICANT IS KIERSTEN. IS KIERSTEN? OKAY. THEY GAVE ME A DIFFERENT NAME. THERE WAS ONE THEY SENT ME A NAME BUT THEY MUST HAVE SENT ME THE WRONG NAME. NICOLE WILL BE THE INTERVIEW.

KIERSTEN WOULD BE THE ONE THAT DID NOT APPLY.

OKAY. DID YOU GET MY APPLICATION?
WE DO HAVE YOUR APPLICATION. I'M SORRY. WE THOUGHT YOU HAD WITHDRAWN. I GUESS IT WAS KIERSTEN.

SEE YOU ARE NICOLE. AND YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF SEBASTOPOL? I HAVE BEEN IN SEBASTOPOL ALMOST 4 YEARS. I MOVED A., I HAVE TWO YOUNG KIDS. I LOVE THIS TOWN. ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE ART. WE LIVE NEXT TO FLORENCE AND JUST DRIVING AROUND THE TOWN HAS A REALLY COOL PERSONALITY AND IT IS JUST OUR FAMILY IS VERY ARE ECCENTRIC. OUR

LITTLE ONES LEFT PAINTING BUT MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE WORKED IN THE ARTS NOT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, PRIVATE MOSTLY WORKED IN FILM. I HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIGITAL ARTISTS ON SOME BIG PROJECTS. I

DON'T WANT TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK BUT I'VE WORKED WITH LUCASFILM AND A LOT OF DIGITAL ART, BUT FOR BIG MOVIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER, I STUDIED THAT IN SCHOOL. PARENTS ARE

ARTISTS, I JUST LOVE OUR AND I LOVE TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND LEARNING ABOUT

WHAT PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO COME TO THIS TOWN WHETHER YOU ARE VISITING OR MOVING HERE JUST BEING

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REALLY GOT FUNDING AND PUSHED THIS BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I THINK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

QUESTIONS?
THE QUESTION ABOUT CONFLICT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR GO TO WAY TO LIVE RESOLVE CONFLICT SHOULD YOU BE ON THE BODY?
IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. ARE IS SUBJECTIVE. EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW WHAT THEY LIKE AND DON'T LIKE. I THINK HAVING DISCUSSIONS AND ALSO HEARING PEOPLE'S POINT OF VIEW WHY THIS OR THAT AND

A LOT OF TIMES WE LOOK AT THINGS ON THE SURFACE BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THE STORY, THE NARRATIVE AND

WHAT IS BEHIND IT AND THE MEANING, OBVIOUSLY I TRY TO GET ALONG WITH MY PEERS AND DISCUSS THIS AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A RESOLUTION WE ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT IN THE END. NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE TENSION. THERE'S CREATIVE DIFFERENCES. I HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF CREATIVE IS, SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT BUT WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO MAKE THINGS AGREEABLE AND MOVE FORWARD.

ART CAN STAND ON ITS OWN BUT AS A WHOLE IT MAKES SOMETHING ELSE. IT GIVES OUR TOWN CHARACTER.

WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BRING THAT?

SEBASTOPOL, THE MORE I HEAR ABOUT THE HISTORY AND BEING FAIRLY NEW, FOUR YEARS AND THE WHOLE APPLE FESTIVAL AND ALL THIS STUFF. IT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN AND THAT'S A STATEMENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO

WEAVING IN THE NARRATIVE OF THE TOWN AND ITS HISTORY AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I SAID I IS SUBJECTIVE AND THERE'S A LOT OF SCULPTURE. I LOVE PATRICK'S STUFF. I THINK IT IS AMAZING. SEEING THE NEW PIECE, IT IS SO MUCH CHARACTER. PEOPLE GO TO FLORENCE JUST TO SEE THE ARTWALK AND THE OPEN HEART EVENTS YOU DO. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? ART STANDS ON ITS OWN AND WHAT WOULD I?
INDIVIDUAL ART. WE HAVE THAT ARTWALK. THIS WILL BE KIND OF OPINIONATED, BUT WHEN YOU WALK ALONG THE SCULPTURE GARDEN YOU SEE INDIVIDUAL PIECES. IF YOU COULD JUST SURROUND THEM BY A WALL THAT BLACK YOU COULD JUST SURROUND THEM AS A PIECE OF ART. AS I WALK I KIND OF LOSE ONE PIECE. I'M KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

IT IS ALL IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. I LOVE THE DIVERSITY HAVING DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND THINGS LIKE

THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO A MUSEUM OR ART GALLERY YOU LOOK AT EACH PIECE AND FEEL SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THERE CAN BE SOME KINDS OF AREAS WHERE IT IS CURATED TO CERTAIN THEMES OR REVOLVING

GALLERY SWAPPING THINGS OUT WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING DOOR HISTORICAL ARE DO WE

DO SOMETHING CATERED TO YOUTH OR MAYBE JUST FEMALE ARTISTS OR DIFFERENT TYPES GIVING THEM A SPOTLIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION COMPLETELY, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN ART JUST SERVICING THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION AND SEE HOW YOU RESPONDED.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

I APPRECIATE YOU APPLYING ESPECIALLY AS A NEW SURPASSED APOLLYON -- SEBASTOPOL IAN. I HOPE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS YOU WILL STAY INVOLVED BECAUSE HER SO MUCH GREAT ART. I LIKE TO GOOGLE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME. YOU HAVE ARTS NOT ON YOUR INSTAGRAM. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.

IT IS JUST TO BE FUNNY. ART IS SUBJECTIVE. I HAVE WORKED IN TECH WHERE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW GOOD ART

FROM BAD ART SO YOU SHOW THEM TWO IMAGES AND ONE CLEARLY STANDS OUT WAY BETTER THAN THE

OTHER BUT SOMEBODY THAT IS JUST WRITING CHECKS THEY ARE JUST CROSSING OFF WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO. I HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS THAT ARE INTERNATIONAL SO I'M TRYING TO GET INVOLVED. SO HOW DO I GET INVOLVED. I JUST HAVE TO TRY AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THAN MY OWN TOWN.

MY MOM WAS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, SIGN MAKER. I LISTENED TO A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING ALL ABOUT SCIENCE AND HAVING PERMANENT SIGNS. I LOVE ARCHITECTURE JUST A VISUAL PERSON THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

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I AM SURE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. THEY ARE QUITE A THRIVING GROUP TO GIVE

THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE SWITCHED FROM BIMONTHLY TO MONTHLY MEETINGS, WHAT IS YOUR AVAILABILITY?
I AM AVAILABLE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
LIKE I SAID, I AM FAIRLY NEW TO THE COMMUNITY. I REALLY LOVE IT HERE. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE KIDS.

WE ARE MOSTLY ONLINE WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND RECORDINGS BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR TOWN AND DON'T WANT TO JUST COMPLAIN BUT BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

INC. YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WILL CLOSE OUT THE INTERVIEWS. WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE APPLICANTS.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE APPLICANTS. I AM A BIG BELIEVER MAKING SURE ALL THOSE VOICES, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND, THOSE THAT ARE NEW ARE ACTIVELY INCLUDED. FOR THAT REASON I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT ROBERT BRENT, FOR CATEGORY THREE, NICOLE. ALSO BECAUSE OF HER

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT I THINK WOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT THE TOWN AND FOR CATEGORY ONE BARBARA HARRIS.

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. DO WE HAVE TO PICK ONE OF EACH?
THERE'S THREE CATEGORIES THAT ARE OPEN.

I WILL TAKE MR. BRENT'S OFFER AND GO WITH NICOLE FOR CATEGORY TWO SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH JEFF IN CATEGORY THREE AND BARBARA IN ONE.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

THAT IS TOUGH. I THINK I WILL FOLLOW COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN JUST BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. ROBERT BRENT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN ON A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME THAN JEFF

AND BARBARA HARRIS JUST GONE ON TO FILL A PREVIOUS TERM SO I WOULD SUBMIT ROBERT BRENT TO CATEGORY TWO, NICOLE TO CATEGORY THREE AND BARBARA HARRIS TO CATEGORY ONE.

I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THE REASON IS BECAUSE ROBERT BRENT WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SAID HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE UP HIS SEAT IF THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. THAT'S WHY I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO CHANGE THEIR MIND? ALSO WE HAVE TO GO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE.

THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. THERE IS A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC ARTS APPOINTMENT ONLY WE WILL DO CHAMBERS.

PETER ALEXANDER. I FIND THIS A VERY INTERESTING MEETING. ART IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. I HAVE READ THE ART OF PEACE AND THE ART OF WAR. IT IS THOSE WHO MAINTAIN THE CORPORATE STORE WHO MAINTAIN ALL WAR WHICH IS WHY IT IS TIME FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. IT IS TIME FOR AMERICANS TO GO GONDI AND SHOW SOME REAL ART. THE ART OF PEACE, THE ART OF POWER. ROSEBUD FLOWER. THE MEN WON'T DO A THINK SO WOMEN NEED TO BE FULLY RISEN TO BUS THE CHAINS OF THIS PRISON. THEY ARE SMARTER THAN THEM. IT IS A POWER DEAL.

I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THIS IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE GOING TO APPOINT TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES AND THEN YOU ARE FREE TO COME BACK AND SPEAK. THIS IS ABOUT WHO WE APPOINT TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.

I THOUGHT I WAS ADDRESSING THE ART AND I WAS NOT FINISHED. YOU ARE SECOND-GUESSING THEM WHERE I WAS GOING.

THAT IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA. THIS ITEM HERE IS ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE.

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I WAS. I WAS SPEAKING SOLELY ABOUT ART AND YOU'VE TAKEN UP MOST OF MY TIME. I WILL FINISH BY SAYING LORD ALMIGHTY FEEL MY TEMPERATURE RISING. I JUST SAW THE ELVIS MOVIE DOWN THERE. IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND HE IS A CHEROKEE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED AND APPOINTING THEM. IT IS NOT ABOUT OUR IT SELF.

WHO DOES THE APPOINTING? YOU? I THINK IT SHOULD BE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

IT WILL JUST BE FIVE MORE MINUTES AND WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NEXT I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY? I AM DOING ZOOM FIRST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM. CNN I WILL -- COME BACK TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE NICOLE FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO STEP FORTH AND FIGURE OUT

THE DYNAMICS THAT DID NOT SEEM TO WORK RIGHT I ALSO LIKE THE THOUGHT OF HAVING FRESH NEW IDEAS AND ALSO BARBARA, AM I RIGHT? SHE HAS NOT EVEN FILLED A FULL TERM. I REALLY THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD OPTION TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL TERM AT THIS POSITION. THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.

NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. KYLE, UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? GO AHEAD.

I WATCHED A NUMBER OF ARTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE ONE THING I

WANT TO CONTINUE TO PRESS UPON COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE ARTS COMMISSION IS THE NEED FOR A DIVERSE

BODY THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE DIVERSITY WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE SEEN SOME VARIATION OF YOUR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OVER TIME, BUT I THINK CALLING

OUT DIRECTLY THE DIVERSITY OF A BODY AND THE PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE BODY WOULD

GO A LONG WAY WOULD HELP GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE MUCH MORE DIVERSE BODY ON THE ARTS COMMITTEE. I HOPE THE ARTS COMMITTEE ITSELF PRIORITIZES THE DIVERSITY OF ARTISTS THEY ARE BRINGING

INTO THE FOLD AND SELECTING FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS AS THEY PLAN OUT THE WORK THEY DO OVERTIME ON THE COMMISSION. I HOPE THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED. IN THE OUTPUT THAT WE SEE COMING OUT OF THE BODY. THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE COMING OUT OF THAT BODY I THINK WE CAN ALL WORK TO TRY TO

INCREASE THE DIVERSITY WE HAVE ACROSS GOVERNANCE, ACROSS ARTS AND THE WAY THAT WE REFLECT BACK TO A LARGER SOCIETY THE ART WE HAVE HERE IN SEBASTOPOL.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBER. ANYONE IN CHAMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING THEN I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. MARY UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? GO AHEAD.

I WENT TO SAY I AGREE WITH PHIL AND SANDY ON THEIR VOTES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM ONE LAST TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. FURTHER COMMENTS?
I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER FILL IN. JEFF SEEMED LIKE HE WAS STILL INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF PROCESS AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT CONTINUITY. ROBERT DID OFFER, HE WILL STILL BE INVOLVED IN CITY ARTS, I'M SURE OF IT SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT DECISION.

I AM STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN OR HINTON? NO CHANGE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL SWITCH MY VOTE AND VOTE WITH ZOLLMAN AND HINTON. THE REASON IS BECAUSE JEFF STUCKER HAS BEEN ON LONGER THAN ROBERT BRENT. WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT FOR THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE IN CATEGORY TWO, ROBERT BRENT. IN CATEGORY THREE, NICOLE. AND BARBARA HARRIS FOR CATEGORY ONE.

I WILL SECOND THAT.

CAN YOU CALL ROLL CALL.

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SO MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER HINTON. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPOINT THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM. ROBERT BRENT, NICOLE, BARBARA HARRIS. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

AYE.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN. MAYOR McLEWIS IS ABSENT. MOTION PASSES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEFF FOR HIS SERVICE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE. ALL GOOD APPLICANTS THAT CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE. WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK.

I WILL SOON NEED GLASSES. NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. WHERE A SURVEY AND

HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENT REQUIRING THE PLANNING

AND EXECUTION OF EXECUTION WITH ITS MOST FAMILIAR MODEL IN THE USES FIELD OF TRANSPORT, BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, DEFINITION OF LEGAL BOUNDARIES. WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH OBJECTIVES

SURVEYORS USE PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY, LAW AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR THE USE OF SOPHISTICATED SURVEYING TECHNIQUES AND WHEREAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WEEK OF MARCH 13-21 AS NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO ALL SURVEYORS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT VICE MAYOR SANDER -- SANDRA MAURER DECLARES THE WEEK OF MARCH 13-20, 2026, IS SURVEYORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

BEFORE WE GO FURTHER CAN WE SEE IF ANYONE IS IN MIDSENTENCE FOR THE SURVEYORS WEEK PROCLAMATION?
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE TO RECEIVE THE NATIONAL SURVEYORS RECLAMATION? WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET TO IT. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE BACK.

CITY OF SEBASTOPOL PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MARCH 2026 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS

THE THEME LEADING THE CHANGE SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE CALLS UPON US TO CONFRONT THE WIDE

RANGE OF OVERLAPPING GLOBAL CHALLENGES INCLUDING TIME A CHANGE, ECONOMIC INSECURITY, HEALTHCARE INSECURITIES AND THREATS TO DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION. THE STORY OF WOMEN OF ALL

AGES, RACES, CULTURAL BACKGROUND LED CAMPAIGNS FOR QUALITY CIVIL RIGHTS FOR EDUCATIONAL

OPPORTUNITIES, FOUNDED NEW ENTERPRISES AND CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ARTS, SCIENCES, AND HUMANITARIAN CAUSES. WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES

AND SCHOOLS TO EXPAND APPRECIATION FOR THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE LED AND

ARE LEAVING -- LEADING SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS ACROSS ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS AND ACTION TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY. WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHTS HOW

THESE CHALLENGES ARE INTERTWINED AND HOW WOMEN PARTICULARLY FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OFTEN EXPERIENCE THEIR IMPACT MOST ACUTELY. THEREFORE IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED BY OUR VICE MAYOR

SANDRA MAURER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE PLAYED BY

WOMEN AND LEAVING -- LEADING THE CHARGE TO THESE COMPLEX CHALLENGES, THEREBY PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. SHE HAS SET HER HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY TODAY MARCH 3, 2026.

THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

CAN WE CHECK TO SEE IF ANYONE IS HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.

WONDERFUL. COME ON UP.

IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE QUICK RELATED STATEMENT, THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL GARDEN PROGRAM IS CELEBRATING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26.

ANYTHING ELSE?
AMERICAN RED CROSS?
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THIS IS A DECLARATION COME -- PROCLAIMING MARCH 2026 AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH. WE CELEBRATE

BY HONORING OUR NEIGHBORS WHO MAKE THE HUMANITARIAN MISSION POSSIBLE IN SEBASTOPOL AND WHEREAS THIS SPIRIT RUNS DEEP IN OUR COMMUNITY JUST AS IT HAS FOR 145 YEARS. WHEREAS THESE

COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY LIES IN THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO ONE ANOTHER. AS WE MARK RED CROSS MONTH LET'S CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL HEROES AND CONTINUE LIFTING EACH OTHER UP. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT VICE MAYOR SANDRA MAURER DOES PROCLAIM MARCH 2026 AS RED CROSS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES CITIZENS OF SEBASTOPOL TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT THE HUMANITARIAN MISSION. SHE HAS PLACED HER HAND ON THE GREAT SEAL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL ON THIS THIRD DAY OF MARCH 2026. I THINK THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE.

PLEASE COME UP.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS NATALIE HENRY. I AM A CITIZEN IN SEBASTOPOL OFF BLOOMFIELD ROAD. I'VE BEEN A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER AT OUR CHAPTER FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. ON THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY COORDINATOR AND PREVIOUSLY RAN THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM. SO PROUD TO DO IT AND OFFER

THESE RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SURE WE ARE PREPARED FOR ALL PHASES OF DISASTER WHETHER THAT BE PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE OR RECOVERY. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REACH OUT TO US AS QUESTIONS. WE HAVE HANDS ONLY CPR WE CAN TEACH YOUR COMMUNITIES, TALK ABOUT PREPAREDNESS, ESCAPE ROUTES, WE OFFER THINGS LIKE FREE SMOKE DETECTORS AND INSTALLATION. WE CAN HELP YOU PLAN

HOW TO EVACUATE YOUR HOME, HOUSE FIRES BEING THE NUMBER ONE TYPE OF DISASTER YOU ARE LIKELY TO FACE. WE FATE TEACH FIRST AID, CPR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE ARE

HERE LOCALLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO PROUD TO REPRESENT YOU AS WE WORK WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTIES DURING ALL PHASES OF DISASTER. IT'S A HUGE RESOURCE. WE ARE 98 % VOLUNTEER SUPPORTED. ALL OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE WE ARE UNPAID, WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST WHATSOEVER

IN LEARNING ABOUT THE RED CROSS OR VOLUNTEERING WE ARE HAPPY TO GET YOU FIT FOR THE RIGHT POSITION. IT IS AN AMAZING PRIVILEGE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. I WILL MAKE A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. NORMALLY SHE WILL DO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT SEBASTOPOL. WE WON'T DO THAT TONIGHT BUT SHE WILL RESUME UPON HER RETURN. ARE THERE ANY STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I DID MEET WITH THE CONSULTANT JEFF FROM THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION GRANT. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO REVEAL THAT ARE NOT. WE WILL MOVE, NOW TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. SINCE WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. GARY ANNA HART IS THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WELCOME. PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT IT IS A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THERE ARE 20 MINUTES TOTAL. I DO CHAMBERS FIRST THEN PUBLIC. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE GET IN LINE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE WILL HAVE THE TIMER UP THERE. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I AM SKYLER, MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. WE CAME TO THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH WITH SEVERAL FAIR CONTRACT PROPOSALS THAT REFLECT THE REALITY WE ARE LIVING IN. THE CITY DELAYED MEETING WITH US MULTIPLE TIMES AND WALKED AWAY FROM THE TABLE IN BAD FAITH. TOO MANY OF US ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. THE RISING COST OF HOUSING, GROCERIES, HEALTHCARE AND FEEL HAS OUTPACED OUR WAGES. WE WORK 24 HOUR ON-CALL SHIFTS AND RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES NO MATTER CONDITIONS OR TIME OF DAY. WORK LIFE BALANCE IS SUFFERING AND SO IS MORALE. THIS AS HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT BEEN AN INCREASE IN STAFFING FOR YEARS. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR LUXURY. WE ARE ASKING FOR FAIRNESS AND WAGES THAT KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING AND STAFFING LEVELS THAT ALLOW US TO DO OUR JOB SAFELY WITHOUT BURNING OUT.

UNLIKE ALL OF YOU WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY. OUR WAGES DO NOT ALLOW US TO. NONE OF US WANT TO STRIKE BUT YOUR FAILURE TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE TAKE PRIDE IN Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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SERVING THE COMMUNITY BUT WE ARE LEFT WITH DIFFICULT CHOICES. WE URGE YOU TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE READY TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR CONTRACT, INVEST IN THE WORKERS THAT INVEST THEIR LIVES IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. CAN YOU UNMUTE PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEAM IS HARD AT WORK ON APPLE BLOSSOM PARADE AND FESTIVAL. IT'S THAT 80th ANNUAL. THE THEME IS BLOSSOMS OF LAWS. IF YOU GO TO APPLE FEST.COM YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE MUSIC, WE HAVE GREAT FOOD AND VENDORS. WE STILL ARE EXCEPTING MORE SO IF ANYONE LISTENING IS INTERESTED IN HAVING A VENDOR OR FOOD PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE. ALSO VOLUNTEERS ARE VITAL. WE NEED ABOUT 150 TO MAKE IT GO SLOUGH -- SMOOTHLY. YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE VOLUNTARILY -- VOLUNTEER LINK. WE HAVE A PRE-PARTY WITH LIVE MUSIC THAT IS FREE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND. TICKETS WENT ON SALE SUNDAY, MARCH 1. YOU CAN GET THOSE ON THE SAME WEBSITE. THAT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. JUST TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS AND WE WILL MAKE IT A GREAT EVENT FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT MORE INFO JUST COME BY THE CHAMBER OR GO TO THE WEBSITE.

NEXT I WILL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME MY NAME IS LUMA. I WORK AT CITY HALL AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICIAN. IN THE FIRST FACE THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK IN. BEING THAT FACE ENSURES EVERY RESIDENT HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE. ON AVERAGE FOUR RESIDENTS PER WEEK COME TO CITY HALL SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN SPANISH. GIVEN THAT IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST ETHNIC

GROUP IN THE CITY THIS IS A CONSISTENT COMMUNITY NEED AND A CORE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE OF EQUITY WE MUST TREAT THIS AS THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE IT IS. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL UNDERVALUES THIS ESSENTIAL SKILL. THE CITY IS OFFERING MEMBERS A $100 MONTHLY STIPEND THAT BREAKS DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY $.57 PER HOUR. I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE BILINGUAL SKILL IS IDENTICAL ACROSS EVERY SETTING. ONE DEPARTMENT IS NOT HARDER THAN THE OTHER. THE OFFER TRIVIALIZES THE EXPERTISE REQUIRED. THIS DISCOURAGES STAFF FROM PURSUING CERTIFICATION. I AM GLAD COLLEAGUES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THIS SKILL SINCE 2022. WE ARE NOT SEEKING ANYTHING OUTRAGEOUS. WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING THE SAME SKILL TO BE VALUED EQUITABLY ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.

ADDING MEMBERS FAIR COMPENSATION ALLOWS US TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. IT ENABLES FLYERS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND ESSENTIAL FORMS. THIS FOSTERS INCLUSIVITY AND ENSURES WE REACH MORE OF THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN DO TO SERVE SEBASTOPOL BUT IT REQUIRES INVESTMENT. I ASK YOU TO ALIGN BILINGUAL PAY WITH THE STANDARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

IF I COULD JUST TAKE 10 SECONDS I WANT TO MENTION THAT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS STARTED RIGHT HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY WITH THE WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT. IT IS JUST IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND REMEMBER THINGS. MY NAME IS MADDIE HIRSCHFIELD. I'M WITH

THE NORTHBAY LABOR COUNCIL HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ONE OF OUR AFFILIATES AND THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY. WE REPRESENT ABOUT 70 LOCAL UNIONS IN FOUR COUNTIES. THE IDEA OF THE LABOR

COUNCIL IS WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER AND WE SHOW UP WHEN ONE OR MORE OF OUR AFFILIATES ASKS FOR HELP. AT THE LAST MEETING THE LABOR COUNCIL PASSED A STRIKE SANCTION. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE

WILL SHOW UP, WE SUPPORT WHAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR AND WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING OUR CONSIDERABLE FORCE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AFTER ONLY TWO COUNTERPROPOSALS THE CITY PRESENTED ITS LAST BEST AND FINAL OFFER THAT DOES NOT KEEP UP EVEN WITH INFLATION. IT DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO REPRESENTING A LIVING WAGE. WE ASK YOU TO KEEP WORKING TOWARD A MIDDLE GROUND EVERYONE CAN BE HAPPY WITH OR COMFORTABLE WITH. THE LABOR COUNCIL HELP YOU PASS THE MEASURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT MONEY STAYS HERE. WE ARE HOPING THE SALES TAX ALONG WITH PROVIDING

NEEDED SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS THAT THE WORKERS WHO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES WOULD GET A FAIR SHAKE. WE ASK THAT YOU GO BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE AND COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL THAT AT Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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LEAST COMES CLOSER TO MEETING THE REAL NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND STAFF. WE PLAN TO STAY INVOLVED AND WILL SUPPORT THEM IN THIS QUEST.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
GO AHEAD.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO THERE WAS A MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. I THINK IN THAT SAME MEETING THE

DISCUSSION CAME UP AS TO WHETHER THERE IS STILL A FINANCIAL CRISIS OR GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A SURPLUS WE SHOULD SPEND IT. I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME FACTS ON THE TABLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FORECAST THAT

WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET IT SHOWS THAT THE CITY GOES TO AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT NEXT YEAR WITH EXPENSES EXCEEDING AGAIN AND THAT CONTINUES FOR THE FIVE YEARS THAT ARE THERE. IT DOES NOT LOOK

BAD ON THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT A PENSION BUT ACTUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IS MONEY IS BEING MOVED AROUND TO COVER THE BUDGET GAP SO IT DOES NOT LOOK BAD. IN REALITY WE ARE DEPLETING

THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNLESS SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE REVENUE. SALARIES ARE GOING UP, BENEFITS ARE GOING UP. THE SERVICES ARE GOING UP DOUBLE DIGITS. LIABILITY IS GOING UP DOUBLE DIGITS. THESE ARE PRETTY BIG NUMBERS AND THEY KEEP GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. IF WE CONTINUE TO LET THAT GO WHAT WE WILL END UP WITH IS PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE BUT NO MONEY TO DO ANY WORK. WE ARE IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT NEEDS SERIOUS ATTENTION. HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL LOOK FOCUS ON THAT.

NEXT COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY OFFERING SEBASTOPOL, ANYBODY WITH LITTLE

CHILDREN IN THEIR WORLD TO READ FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET THE ADVENTURES OF PEDRO THE PURPLE TURTLE. AN AMAZING BOOK. IT COULD BE NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY. I NEED SOME ARTISTS TO HELP. THAT

BEING SAID YOU START OFF SPEAKING ABOUT PAIN RESPECTS UP TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE AREA BUT ARE WE JUST DOING THIS IN WORDS? EVERY TREATY IS STILL BROKEN. EXPLAINED TO ME THE NATURE OF HYPOCRISY. YOU TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TRAFFICKING WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS WE SPEAK LET ALONE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. THEN WE TEACH EVERYBODY ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING. ONE MAN WRONGLY INCARCERATED SO ARE WE ALL. SO BASICALLY WE ARE TALKING TO A BUNCH OF SERVANTS, I'M SORRY, INMATES. INMATES WILL CUT ME OFF BECAUSE OF MY VERSION OF UNDERSTANDING WHEN I SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT ART. WE ALL NEED TO DO BETTER. WE ARE THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE MOST POWERFUL STATE. ELVIS, I JUST WATCH THE MOVIE. IT WAS GREAT. HE IS CHEROKEE. I DO A LOT OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE CHEROKEE. A FEW ARE A WANNABE TEENAGER LIKE ME LOOK UP COMMANDER ALEXANDER TRUTH ON TIKTOK PLEASE. IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THE LOST TRIBE. THEY ARE THE TRUE ISRAELITES AND WE ARE IN THE TRUE PROMISED LAND THAT REQUIRES A 40 DAY MYSTICAL MAGICAL

SHUTDOWN OF THE FREEZE-FRAME SYSTEM THAT OPENS UP THE PROMISED LAND THAT IS BENEATH OUR FEET AS SURELY AS I AM NICKNAMED CACTUS PETE. WE HAVE THIS POWER. IT'S TIME TO STOP PRETENDING WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE THING WHILE WE ARE DISREGARDING OTHER THINGS. THAT IS YOUR TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE LOOK UP COMMANDER ALEXANDER TRUTH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. BIANCA, CAN YOU UNMUTE PLEASE.

I SEE THE TWO MINUTE TIMER. MY NAME IS BIANCA BLOMQUIST. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. I WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS I'VE HEARD THIS EVENING. IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR LABOR MOVEMENT BROTHER'S AND SISTERS NEED YOUR SUPPORT. I'M HOPING THAT SEBASTOPOL MIGHT LOOK INTO A COUPLE OF REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT STRENGTHEN OUR RESILIENCE. IRONED THE

COUNTY TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL OF A PUBLIC BANK OR SOME REGION IN PUBLIC BANKING EFFORTS LIKE SANTA ROSA. CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SEEING HOW PUBLIC DEPOSITS CAN REDUCE COSTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE CITY. IT COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY. WHY ARE WE GIVING IT TO A LARGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WHEN WE COULD DO THIS OURSELVES. IT COULD SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

FINANCING LIKE I MENTIONED AND RETURN PROFITS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BACK TO SEBASTOPOL SO WE COULD PAY THE WORKERS A LIVING WAGE SO THEY CAN ALSO LIVE HERE. SECOND, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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ENGAGE WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REVIEW HELICAL DOLLARS ARE INVESTED IN SOMETHING CALLED THE PULLED MONEY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. IT IS AN INVESTMENT

PATHWAY WHETHER GREATER TRANSPARENCY OR OTHER STRUCTURE COULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL RETURNS FOR MUNICIPALITIES. I THINK THIS COULD REALLY HELP OUR CITY LEVERAGE PUBLIC FUNDS BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY COMMENT.

INC. YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TRAVIS. ON THE NORTH COAST REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT. WE HAVE BEEN A STRONG ALLY OF THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME. OUR MEMBERS AND STAFF KNOCKED ON OVER $2000 FOR A SALES TAX TO CLOSE A BUDGET HOLE. WE INVITED ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US BUT NONE OF YOU CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THE CITY TAX MEASURE. THE STATE LEGISLATORS CAN BROKER A COMPROMISE WHERE SEBASTOPOL GOT TO KEEP ALL OF THE MONEY FROM THE MEASURE. I HAVE SAT IN THIS ROOM SEVERAL TIMES AS THEY MAKE AND CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN SONOMA COUNTY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN SEBASTOPOL.

APPARENTLY THIS IS TOO MUCH TO CONSIDER FOR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES. IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR THE CITY TO TURN A STRONG ALLY TO AN ENEMY. THAT CHOICE IS YOURS AND I HOPE YOU CHOOSE WISELY. I HAVE THE STRIKE SANCTION AUTHORIZATION RIGHT HERE AND I WILL LEAVE IT WITH YOUR CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. CNN, I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I AM THE LEAD FIELD REPRESENTATIVE WITH SEI YOU. OF COURSE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DID. PERSONALLY I KNOCKED ON HUNDREDS OF DOORS. DID NOT SEE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE WITH ME. ALSO SEIU HAS BEEN WORKING TO SECURE ADDITIONAL MEASURES ZERO FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND INCREASE THE IMPACT OF THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO SUCCEED. THE CITY GENERAL FUND RESOURCE HAS BEEN UPGRADED TWICE THIS YEAR TO NEARLY 30% WHICH IS 15% OVER THE STATED CITY COUNCIL POLICY. YET THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT INVESTING IN ITS WORKFORCE. INSTEAD THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO TRUST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH INFLATION.

DURING THE LAST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS THE CITY CLAIM TO OFFER THE LAST BEST AND FINAL NOTICE WITH NO NOTICE. WE OFFERED TWO COUNTERPROPOSAL OPTIONS TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BUT YOUR CHIEF

NEGOTIATOR STATED CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED HIM NOT TO BRING BACK ANY COUNTERPROPOSALS TO HIS COUNCIL. YOU HAVE OBLIGATIONS. ONE OF THEM IS TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS IN GOOD FAITH. HE ALSO BLAMED THIS COUNCIL FOR REPEATED DELAYS AND NEGOTIATIONS. IN MY LAST 16 YEARS I HAVE NEVER REACHED IMPASSE WITH ANY EMPLOYER. I EXPECT SUCH UNIONBUSTING TACTICS FROM OTHER CITIES, NOT FROM SEBASTOPOL. IN 2024 ONE OF THE TOP GOALS THE COUNCIL LISTED WAS NEGOTIATIONS. TO DATE, YOU HAVE ALL FAILED. BECAUSE OF YOUR DELAY TACTICS, BARGAINING AND ANTI-LOCAL UNDEMOCRATIC AND ILLEGAL LABOR PRACTICES SEIU AUTHORIZED A STRIKE IF NECESSARY.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. OLIVER CAN YOU UNMUTE? I AM AN MUTED. I WILL BE QUICK.

I COULD NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAST GUY WAS SAYING. THE CITY IS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS SO I APPRECIATE THE UNION. EVERYBODY NEEDS MORE MONEY. EVERYBODY YOU SPEAK TO IS REALLY GETTING

SQUEEZED BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. I JUST HOPE THAT THE UNIONS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE IN THE WAY THEY NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY HARSH TONE TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR IN THE MEETING.

THAT IS MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS. LISA.

LISA PIERCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT I SO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO STEPS UP TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW IT IS A HEAVY LOAD AND A LOT OF WORK. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HOPE THAT WHEN EACH OF YOU IS WAYNE ANY

IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU LISTEN TO ALL THE PEOPLE, USE YOUR COMMON SENSE, AND NOT LEAN TOO Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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HEAVILY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR GUIDANCE BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT ALWAYS REFLECT WITH THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN SEBASTOPOL CARE ABOUT. I CAN KEEP THINK OF SEVERAL EXAMPLES BUT I WILL REMIND YOU OF JUST ONE. IN 2023 THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY

TO RECOMMEND A PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED HOLLIFIELD, JUST GET RID OF IT ENTIRELY. THANKFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AND USE THEIR COMMON SENSE BUT LET THAT SINK IN. THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS ISSUE THAT DOES NOT REALLY GET DISCUSSED, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. BECAUSE THE COUNCIL USUALLY DOES TAKE GUIDANCE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHICH IS AN UNELECTED BODY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS IN A VERY POWERFUL POSITION.

IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS AN AGENDA OR A WAY THEY WANT THINGS TO GO IT IS USUALLY WELL UNDERSTOOD BY ANY CONSULTANT WORKING WITH THE STEADY -- CITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SEEN NONE I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS ONE LAST TIME. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THE STAFF HAS PULLED NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 17.

THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER THREE.

SORRY.

ITEM NUMBER THREE WAS PULLED. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 23, APPROVAL OF SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1164 SURVEILLANCE POLICY AMENDMENTS AND APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TWO. THIS MODIFIES THE EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

SONOMA COUNTY MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ASSOCIATION AND LAUREN BURGESS WHO DID HAVE THE TITLE OF CLERK AND IS MOVING TO THE TITLE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IS THAT ADEQUATE? THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS JUST A TITLE CHANGE.

DID ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS?
SEEING THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. SEEING THEM I WILL GO TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SEEING THEM THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION, COMMENT OR QUESTIONS.

I WILL MOVE THAT CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.

I SECOND.

ROLL CALL.

SO MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. ITEM 3 WILL COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN. MOTION PASSES.

MOVING ON WE HAVE NO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. WE WILL DO THE REGULAR CALENDAR AGENDA ITEM. THE

APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR JANUARY 21, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 20 -- DECEMBER 31, 2027.

THANK YOU. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM BASED ON NEGOTIATIONS AND THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WE'VE JUST FINISHED. WE HAVE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT WHO WILL BE HERE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION.

GOOD EVENING. JUST MAKING SURE WE DID NOT HAVE THE MAYOR ON. AFTER THE LAST SIX MONTHS I AM NEGOTIATING. I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT ON TERMS AS FAR A ONE YEAR FROM JANUARY 1 -- TWO YEARS FROM JANUARY 1 26 TO DECEMBER 31 27. IT HELPS WHEN YOU PUT YOUR GLASSES ON. SO THIS DOES PROVIDE MARKET EQUITY INCREASES. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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WAS BELOW MARKET WHEN WE DID A SURVEY. THIS WILL PROVIDE MARKET INCREASES TO THEM. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A CPI COLA BETWEEN ONE AND 3% IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. IT ALSO ESTABLISHES, CHANGES THE INCENTIVE PAY FOR DISPATCHERS. IT WENT UP TO 11% FOR EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE BUT THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED SO IT GOES UP TO SEVEN NOW. BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME IMPACTED MEMBERS OF THE UNIT WE WERE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT FOR ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER THE MITIGATION IS TO CREATE A DISPATCHER TWO CLASSIFICATION AND ESTABLISH THAT 11% ABOVE THE DISPATCHER. ALSO, PROVIDES, IT CHANGES THE CAP, REDUCES THE CAP FOR COMP TIME FOR THEM WHICH IS THERE THEY CAN BANK OVERTIME HOURS. THAT REDUCES FROM 160 HOURS DOWN TO 140 AND REDUCES THE ROLLOVER FROM 120 DOWN TO 100. IT PROVIDES A LUMP SUM MANUAL WELLNESS BENEFIT OF $300, UNIFORM ALLOWANCE INCREASE BECAUSE THE COST OF MAINTAINING HAS GONE UP SO THE OFFICERS GET 1500 AND NON-SWORN GET 1250. THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS OVER THE ENTIRE CONTRACT IS $402,415 FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IT IS 122 -- 122,235. FOR THE REMAINDER THROUGH DECEMBER 27 IN THE NEXT BUDGET IT WILL BE 280,180. WE HAVE RATIFIED THE CONTRACT AND ARE HERE TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MEMORANDUM

OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IT WILL BE A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT, SEEN NONE I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. A MOTION?

I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MOU BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

I WILL SECOND.

SO MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FROM JANUARY 1, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2027 BASED ON AGREED-UPON. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN, VICE MAYOR MAURER. MOTION PASSES.

NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL OF PAY RATES. THIS IS BASED ON THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WHICH WE JUST DID FOR THE POLICE. YOU HAVE A SIGNED TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON NEGOTIATIONS WE JUST COMPLETED. DEBRA IS HERE TO PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IT IS BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL BASED ON APPROVAL OF NEGOTIATIONS.

THANK YOU. ANY TIME THAT WE CHANGE SALARIES, PAY RANGE FOR EMPLOYEES WE NEED TO REPOST THE SALARY SCHEDULE. THIS IS A GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIREMENT. IT LETS THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE PAY RANGE IS AN EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT THE PAY RANGE IS FOR EACH PAY RAISE. THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF YOU REFLECTS CHANGES AND WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO WE CAN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEN NONE I WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS FOR THE PAY RANGE AND SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE MOU THAT WAS JUST PAST FOR THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. TWO MINUTES IN CHAMBERS.

SEEING THEN I WILL GO TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. MOTION?
SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ROLL CALL.

THANK YOU. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN TO

APPROVE THE PAY RATES AND CHANGES SALARY SCHEDULE BASED ON THE APPROVAL FOR THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER HINTON VICE MAYOR ZALMAN, -- COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN. VICE MAYOR MAURER. MAYOR McLEWIS IS ABSENT.

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I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, FIVE MINUTES. THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE DOWNTOWN. IT WILL BE A LONG ONE SO WE WILL TAKE A SHORT FIVE MINUTE BREAK. [ THE MEETING IS ON A BREAK. CAPTIONER STANDING BY. ]
CAN WE DO A TECH CHECK PLEASE? CODY, ARE YOU THERE?
CODY, ARE YOU READY?
CAN WE HAVE EVERYBODY COME BACK PLEASE.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. ARE WE READY? THANK YOU. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSSION AND

CONSIDERATION OF IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION GRANT AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS A MODIFIED NUMBER. THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I AM GOING TO HAVE THE INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR JANE RILEY INTRODUCE. THEN WE WILL GO TO JEFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THIS PROJECT. IT LEARNED A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND PUBLIC INPUT. WHEN THAT HAPPENS I GET REALLY EXCITED. IT'S A COMMUNITY PROJECT,

SEEKING TO IDENTIFY A COMMUNITY SUPPORTED VISION FOR THE DOWNTOWN STREET THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE BASIS TO SEEK FUNDING FOR FUTURE PLANNING, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION. WE SEEK WITH THIS PROJECT TO IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS FURTHER STUDY. THE STUDY THAT YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT DOES NOT COMMIT YOU TO IMPLEMENTING ANYTHING. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE TIMELINE. THE PLANNING DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE DOWNTOWN

IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH OR NEXT YEAR OR EVEN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. CONCEIVABLY WE CAN DO SOME THINGS IN A 3 TO 5 YEAR TIME FRAME BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT 8 TO 15 YEARS TO RESTRUCTURE. I JUST WANT TO START WITH THAT. JEFF, IF YOU COULD START THE POWERPOINT.

SHARING THE SCREEN, CONFIRMING IT IS WORKING FOR EVERYBODY. I AM JEFF, THE CONSULTANT. WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS ON THIS EXCITING PROJECT. A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE WORK DONE TODAY AS WELL AS WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

BACKGROUND, THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS AND THE INPUT WE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT TO DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS, CLARIFY A FEW THINGS AND SET UP THE DISCUSSION FOR THIS EXCITING PROJECT. I WANTED TO START WITH THE REASONS WE ARE HERE. IT'S A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT FOCUSED ON SAFETY.

SEBASTOPOL IS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN HAVING SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO PEDESTRIANS. THAT IS THE FIRST WORST. RECOGNIZING THE FAST STREETS DOWNTOWN WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE DOES NOT RESULT IN GOOD OUTCOMES. WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY THE LAST 18 MONTHS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH COMMUNITY

BOTH IN MEETINGS AS WELL AS WORKSHOPS, SOME OF THE KEY ANALYSIS AND MILESTONES ARE REPRESENTED HERE. WE REALLY BROKE OUT THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PIECE IN THREE MAJOR PHASES STARTING WITH

GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING SOME VISION FOR THE AREA, IDENTIFYING OPTIONS

AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY WHICH IS IDENTIFYING PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND IMPROVEMENTS WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. IN ADDITION WE HAVE MET WITH AGENCIES SUCH AS CALTRANS, OTHER AGENCIES

INCLUDING TRANSIT, COALITION AS WELL AS KEY STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY VISION FOR DOWNTOWN. ONE OF THE FIRST BIG PIECES WE HAD WAS A SURVEY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT DOWNTOWN. HOW DO WE TRAVEL, HOW SHOULD WE BE PRIORITIZING, HOW TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE WALKING DRIVING, BIKING ET CETERA. IT'S A VERY CLEAR INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO PRIORITIZE WALKING, INTERNET -- INTERSECTION SAFETY. WE HAD AN

ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEETING AND GOT A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE CITY, HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR

OWN CROSS-SECTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN AND REALLY INFORMED LATER ANALYSIS WHICH DEVELOPED SEVERAL

DIFFERENT CIRCULATION OPTIONS THAT HAD A SERIES OF ONE-WAY CONFIGURATIONS, TWO WAY CONFIGURATIONS AND CLOSING PARTS OF MAINSTREET COMPLETELY. THROUGH SOME ANALYSIS THAT WE DEVELOPED WE SETTLED ON FOUR DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES. TWO MAINTAIN A ONE-WAY AUTO CIRCULATION AND CONVERT TO TWO-WAY. TWO OF THE ALTERNATIVES WERE MORE OF THAT EASIER TO GET TO, NOT AS Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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MUCH BANG FOR THE BUCK AND TWO THAT ARE MORE VISIONARY MAXIMIZING WALK ABILITY AND CONVERTING MAINSTREET TO TWO-WAY. ALL FOUR OPTIONS WE DEVELOPED WE MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS

A SET ELEMENT THAT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL FOUR INCLUDING EXPLORING ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PLAZA

TO MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE AND FRIENDLY WITH THE ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE EXTENDING THE TRAIL TO

CONNECT TO MAINSTREET AND EVALUATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CURB EXTENSIONS AND INTERSECTIONS, ADD

KEY CROSSWALKS POTENTIALLY REMOVE THE FLOODPLAIN IN FRONT OF SCREAMING MIMI'S AND BE

CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS PLANS AND CURRENT EFFORTS WORKING WITH THE COMMENTS AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING GRANT. DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY THERE WAS A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE ASKED FOLKS TO PICK THEIR FAVORITE OF THE FOUR. WE GOT A LOT OF VOTES FOR 4 OF THEM WITH MOST BEING GIVEN TO THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY. OF THE 220 RESPONSES ABOUT ONE QUARTER HAD WRITTEN REASONING BEHIND IT

REALLY LED INTO THE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN WIDENED SIDEWALKS AND ELEMENTS OF THAT PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVE. THREE WEEKS AGO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE PRESENTED THESE ALTERNATIVES AND RESULTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THROUGH THE DISCUSSION WE HAD THAT NIGHT WE IDENTIFIED AN

ALTERNATIVE THAT BLENDS THE WALKABLE BIKE ALIGNMENT AND NARROW STREET WITH ALTERNATIVE THREE BUT ENCOURAGED IT TO BE FOR A TWO WAY CIRCULATION. THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES BUT IT IS A HYBRID THAT TAKES THE BEST OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES. AT THE SAME MEETING THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE CONSULTANT TEAM RECOMMENDED. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT HOW IT CAME TO BE. I WANT TO CLARIFY IT WAS NOT QUESTIONING THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION FOR A WALKABLE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. IT JUST CHANGED HOW WE GET THERE WHETHER WE

MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY OR WE STUDY IT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT CAN DO BUT REALLY FINDING THE COMMON GROUND OF A WALKABLE WIDER SIDEWALKS, SHORTER CROSSINGS. TO PUT THAT IN A VISUAL WE PUT THESE CARTOON DRAWINGS OF THE CORE OF MAINSTREET BETWEEN McKINLEY AND HIGHWAY 12. ON THE TOP IS THE CROSS-SECTION THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY. THEN THERE'S THE REPRESENTATION OF A PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IT IS THE SAME WALKABLE SHORT CROSSINGS. IT'S JUST THE AUTO CIRCULATION THAT IS DIFFERENT. TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF WHY WE CONSIDER TWO WAYS

THERE IS RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THAT TWO-WAY STREETS OPERATE WITH LOWER SPEEDS, BY REDUCING THE OPERATING SPEEDS THERE'S INHERENT SAFETY BENEFIT OF REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF CRASHES.

ALLOWING BOTH STREETS TO BE TWO WAY ALSO SUPPORTS A MORE DIRECT ROUTE WHICH HAS A PRETTY LARGE REDUCTION. WE CALCULATED THAT TO BE ABOUT 5% PURELY BY ALLOWING BOTH STREETS TO BE TWO

WAY AND CONVERTING TO TWO WAY STREETS THERE IS EVIDENCE TO SHOW IT CAN DRIVE BUSINESS, SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND IS FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ACTIVITY AND PROPERTY VALUES. IN ADDITION TO

DETERMINING WHAT WE WANT TO ADVANCE IN THIS REPORT, WE WANT TO CLARIFY THE GRANT ALSO INCLUDES A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING PLAN. WHATEVER WE ARE HELPING DEVELOP A PLAN OF ATTACK FOR THE CITY TO MAKE THE FUNDING AND REALLY ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S

NOT INCLUDED IN THE GRANT THAT GIVEN ALL THE COMMUNITY AND PUT AROUND PARKING AND MAKING THE

BEST USE OF THE AVAILABLE PARKING AS POSSIBLE, WE WOULD RECOMMEND ONE OF THE ACTIONS WOULD BE

TO DO A FOCUS TARGETED PLAN, UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO GET THE BEST USE OF IT FOR THE COMMUNITY. ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPLORE GATEWAY TREATMENTS OR

ELEMENTS THAT REALLY SHOW PEOPLE AS THEY ARE COMING INTO TOWN WHETHER THEY ARE DRIVING, WALKING, BIKING, ET CETERA TO KNOW YOU ARE NOW DOWNTOWN. SLOWDOWN AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. IT CAN BE ROUNDABOUT, SIGNAL, SIGNAGE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BITE OFF THE WHOLE ENCHILADA DAY ONE. IT IS UNDERSTANDING THE LOW HANGING FRUITS THAT CAN GET THE SAFETY OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. BECAUSE THIS WAS SUCH A STRONG, COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS TO REALLY

CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT WHETHER THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THAT

JUST ENCOURAGING THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING ALONG IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE PLANNING PROCESS AND DESIGN PROCESS CONTINUES. TO SUMMARIZE, THE ALTERNATIVES WE PRESENTED AND DOING NOTHING, NONE OF THEM FIX TRAFFIC. THE CONGESTION IS GOING TO BE A THING. ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES WE

DEVELOP DO ADDRESS COMMUNITY SUPPORTED SAFETY BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS THE DESIRE Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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FOR STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS. THERE WAS A CLEAR CONSENSUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS FOR A MORE WALKABLE, LIVABLE, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WHICH

HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED TO THE SAME LEVEL OF DETAIL BUT INCLUDES ELEMENTS WE HAVE STUDIED HAS THE

STRONGEST OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK FUNDING BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED THROUGHOUT THE STUDY PREVIOUS WITH LOWER OPERATING SPEEDS. IT WOULD RESULT IN PROTECTED BIKEWAYS AND ALSO REDUCE THE VMT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH IS A KEY ELEMENT. THIS IS ALSO FOR SAFETY AND MORE LIVABLE, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. ONE THING TO ECHO. THE PLAN AND DESIGN

SAFETY PROJECT DOES NOT REQUIRE STRATEGIC FUNDING AS WELL AS A DETAILED ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. THIS IS WELL-ESTABLISHED AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING COMPLETE STREETS SAFETY FOCUSED

IMPROVEMENTS
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MORE? QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HINTON. I WILL START.

WE CAN DO TWO.

TWO. I WILL CALL IT ALTERNATIVE FOUR PLANNING COMMISSION VERSION.

IT IS ALTERNATIVE THREE BUT WITH TWO WAY CIRCULATION. ALTERNATIVE FOUR HAS A HUGE LEFT TURN LANE AND A LOT OF PARKING REMOVAL.

ALTERNATIVE THREE WITH TWO WAY. WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP IT REALLY DOES NOT SPAN OUT HOW PETALUMA AVENUE GOING OUT TO THE SOLAR DRAGON IS GOING TO BE. SO RIGHT NOW IT GOES WITH TWO WAY TRAFFIC THEN IT GOES DOWN TO ONE LANE AND A BIKE LANE. WHICH WE HAVE HEARD COMPLAINTS FOR AS LONG AS IT WAS PUT IN. WHERE DOES THE TWO WE START UNDER THAT ROADWAY.

THE CORE OF THE STUDY INCLUDED THE DOWNTOWN CORE AS TO WHAT IS BEST. FOR THE TWO WAY CIRCULATION. IT WOULD GO THE SOLAR DRAGON. BOTH MAINSTREET AND PETALUMA IS ENVISIONED AS ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION ON THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE RIGHT THERE.

IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A ROUNDABOUT. I THINK SHE WAS GETTING LIKE HOW DO YOU GET IN THERE.

A ROUNDABOUT IS ONE WAY. A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS ANOTHER. I WILL SAY IN THE NEW SAFETY FOCUSED

CALTRANS APPROACH THEY ARE FOUND TO BE SAFER AND MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN IT SUPPORTS THE GOALS TOWARD SAFETY AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLANNING.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION?

THE PARKING PLACES THAT WE WOULD LOOSEN THE DOWNTOWN CORE, IS THERE A MAP YOU COULD PULL UP YOU COULD POINT OUT WHERE THOSE PARKING PLACES MIGHT BE? IF THEY ARE AROUND THE MAIN BLOCK CROSSINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AN ISSUE DEPENDING ON WHERE WE WERE GOING.

ANALYSIS IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE PARKING IS LOST BUT IN ALTERNATIVE THREE AND

PLANNING RECOMMENDATION KEEPING ON MAINSTREET THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THAT IS THE CASE. ALTERNATIVE FOUR THAT HAS THE BIG LEFT TURN LANE. THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF REMOVING PARKING IN THAT AREA. IT'S ONLY INTERSECTIONS WHERE SIGHTLINES AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ARE THE SIDELINE.

THEY ARE PROBABLY UNSAFE NOW? WE SHOULD BE REDLINING THEM DEEPER IN.

AS A TRAFFIC ENGINEER I'M UNCOMFORTABLE SAYING THAT. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW WHICH IS PRIMARILY WHY THE PARKING 10 TO 15 SPACES THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING.

SEE YOU SAY THOSE NEAT TO BE CHANGED ANYWAY. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW.

ONE OF MY THOUGHTS IS ABOUT WHILE THE BIKE FACILITIES ARE ON PETALUMA? THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY USED TO THE MAX. IF THEY WERE INSIDE THE CAR THEY STILL MAY NOT BE UTILIZED WELL. THIS HAS BOTH DIRECTIONS ON PETALUMA. WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF IT IF IT WERE ALL ON MAINSTREET? I AM ASKING THIS IN PART. WHATEVER WE DO HERE IS A STEPPINGSTONE TO OTHERWISE MAKING SURE THE CITY SURVIVES GROWTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

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ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE DESIGN STANDER YOU COULD PROPOSE ON A CALTRANS ROADWAY IT INCLUDES

THE SAFE AND SEPARATION BETWEEN SOMEBODY DRIVING A CAR AND SOMEBODY WALKING OR RIDING THEIR BIKE. THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CALTRANS SAFETY DESIGN STANDARDS. IT WAS WHEN IT WAS RESOLVED. ANY BIKE FACILITY IN THE CALTRANS RIGHT-OF-WAY WOULD NEED TO BE SEPARATED. SOME SORT OF PLANTAR, MEDIAN, SOMETHING. ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES INCLUDE A SEPARATED BIKE FACILITY. HOW THEY ARE SHOWN IS ONE WAY TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH DIRECTIONS OF CYCLISTS.

I WAS WONDERING IF IT WERE ON MAIN RATHER THAN PETALUMA HOW WOULD IT AFFECT DOWNTOWN PARKING?
THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE PLANNING COMMISSION TO PUT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET NEED TO BE REALLOCATED FOR BICYCLISTS AND THEIR SEPARATION. THAT COULD BE FURTHER EXTENSIONS AND SIDEWALK LIGHTING. THE PRIORITY OF WALKING AND PARKING ON THE MAINSTREET CORE PUSHED THE DESIRE FOR A PROTECTED BIKE FACILITY AROUND IT.

LIKE, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE BIKE IN FRONT OF THESE PARTICULAR STORES AND ALONG THIS PARTICULAR WAY, IF YOU WERE TO CHEW UP 15 FEET, I NOTICED SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES, THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE. COULD IT BE OFF BALANCE AND STILL PROTECT PARKING ON BOTH SIDES? YES THAT IS FEASIBLE. MORE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IS NEEDED. THERE IS STILL SPACE WHERE SOMEBODY RIDING THE BIKE WILL BE SEPARATED FROM PEOPLE WALKING. YOU ARE NOW TAKING THE CYCLISTS FROM SOMEBODY THAT IS WALKING. THERE IS A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN THOSE USER GROUPS. THE ALIGNMENT AND

CONDUCTIVITY OF THE BIKE NETWORK IS SOMETHING WE WILL EVALUATE SO WHATEVER ALTERNATIVE WE HAVE SHOWS A COMPLETE CONNECTED ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BIKEWAY NETWORK.

I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A CONFLICT. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T REALLY WANT THEM ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT THAT IS TREATING THE BIKE AS TRANSPORTATION ONLY. BIKES ARE MORE THAN THAT. THEY ARE A WAY TO GET AND BE SOMEWHERE. IT IS NOT A COMPLETE CONFLICT TO HAVE WALKER'S NEAR BIKERS. YOU DON'T WANT

BIKERS NEAR CARS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S PREVENTING US FROM USING THE BIKE FACILITIES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THE DESIGN APPROACH WE ARE TAKING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION IS THE

CONTINUOUS BIKE FACILITY GOES AROUND DOWNTOWN BUT THERE'S CONNECTIONS TO MAINSTREET WITH

BIKE PARKING AND OTHER AMENITIES SOMEBODY CAN GET TO TO LOCK THEIR BIKE AND BE ABLE TO BE ON THAT STREET THEY ARE WALKING HALF A BLOCK.

SO YOU SAY EVERYBODY THAT LIVES UP PALM, WINE, INSTEAD OF TAKING A LEFT AND BEING ON THE BIKE PATH,

YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO AND NOW YOU ARE ASKING THEM TO CROSS A BLOCK TO PETALUMA, GO DOWN A COUPLE BLOCKS, PARK AND COME BACK UP.

IF THEY ARE CONTINUING DOWNTOWN THEY WOULD JUST GO ON THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ON THIS

PARTICULAR BLOCK THAT IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN WHERE IT IS WIDER SIDEWALKS AND THEY WOULD GO AROUND IT TO POINT SOUTH. THE IDEA IS THEY WOULD CONNECT TO BARLOW, POINT WEST, POINT SOUTH, IT'S NOT JUST A LINEAR BIKE FACILITY. IT IS A NETWORK.

I WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT A NETWORK, NOW THE NETWORK IS KIND OF JUST FACILITATING FLOW THROUGH. I UNDERSTAND IT'S TAKING SOME WEIGHT OFF OF MAIN STREET, BUT NOW IT'S TAKING UP USABLE

SPACE ON PETALUMA WHERE IT COULD PICK UP MORE WAIT FOR CARS SO THAT'S WHY AM KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT. IT'S MUCH MORE NATURAL AND PEOPLE ARE OFTEN SLOW ON BIKES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IS

NOT GOING -- WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS COMING TO THE FARMERS MARKET, GOING TO A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

LET'S JUST STICK WITH QUESTIONS PLEASE
SO THE CONTEXT FOR MY QUESTION FOLLOWING STAFF ANALYSIS STARTS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 3. THANK YOU. IT JUST HAPPENS TO GO WITH MY PRIORITY OF QUESTIONS WHICH IS SAFETY. THE CONTEXT OF THE QUESTION IS WE ARE THE THIRD OLDEST CITY IN THE COUNTY. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MAJOR SIGNIFICANT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURY AND DEATH OF A PET. WITH THAT, WHY ARE YOU Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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CONVINCED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WILL SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. IN MY MIND THAT WOULD REDUCE FATALITIES, SERIOUS INJURIES TO HUMANS AND PAT. EXPLAIN THAT VERBALLY.

I WILL START WITH RESEARCH AND THEN GET MORE EXPERIENTIAL. THE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION DEVELOP

IDENTIFIED SPEEDS OF A MULTI-ONE-WAY STREET AND FOUND THAT OPERATING SPEEDS OF A TWO WAY FACILITY IS LOWER THAN A MULTILANE ONE WAY FACILITY. THAT IS PRIMARILY IF YOU'VE DRIVEN NOT IN THE PEAK TIME YOU HAVE A WIDER OPEN SPACE AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THAT IS TYPICALLY THE DRIVER BEHAVIOR COMPONENT. IF YOU HAVE FOLKS COMING AT YOU FACING YOU IN A CAR EVEN IF THEY ARE BLOCKS AWAY THERE'S THAT FEATURE THAT THE WHOLE SPACES MY RUNWAY. THAT IS THE BEHAVIOR IT TENDS TO BE BUT AS THE REPORTING RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS IT. I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT

OF OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE WHAT THOSE CONFLICTS COULD LOOK LIKE SO THEY COULD BE MINIMIZED EVEN IF WE ARE ADDING A SECOND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO KNOW THE RESEARCH YOU JUST CITED YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT? TRYING TO KEEP IT BASED ON THAT.

DO YOU SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION AND WHY OR WHY NOT? I DO SUPPORT THE DECISION. THE DISCUSSION WE HAD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION INCLUDED REALLY LEANING INTO THE PEDESTRIAN WALK ABILITY OF DOWNTOWN FIRST, AUTO CIRCULATION SECOND. HOW I

FRAMED MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WE NEED TO HAVE AS A

COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS OF ANY CHANGE WOULD BE BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT I HEARD FROM REALLY WANTED THE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN. AS LONG AS THAT WAS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY YOU GOT ME SOLD. I THINK THE OPERATING SPEED ELEMENT OF THE TWO WAY STREET IS A STRONG REASON TO ALSO SUPPORT THE TWO WAY. MORE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IS NEEDED, BUT THE RESEARCH DOES SUPPORT THAT.

IS CALTRANS OFFERING SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS TO MAKE THESE CHANGES OR TO IMPLEMENT THESE PLANS? AND IF NOT WHEREWITH THE CITY APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.

CALTRANS IS NOT THE ONLY FUNDING AGENCY. THEY WOULD SUPPORT ANY LOCAL AGENCY THAT WANTS TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL ADDRESS SAFETY ISSUES, REDUCE VMT. THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE ARE KEY ELEMENTS OF A MORE SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

I WANT TO RETURN TO THE TWO LANE VERSUS ONE LANE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR THE FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL. I ASKED YOU WHAT WAS THE MATH AND YOU WERE ABLE TO DO SOME. CAN YOU EXPLAIN, YOU WERE ABLE TO DO SOME ESTIMATES BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FULLY STUDIED. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

DO YOU MIND IF I GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW?
GO FOR IT.

THE QUESTION WAS THINKING OF THE NUMBER OF THROUGH LANES AND HOW MUCH OF THE THROUGH LANES ARE DEDICATED TOWARDS MOVING CARS AND THE ALTERNATIVES. IT'S A VERY SIMPLISTIC LINE DIAGRAM.

LET ME CHANGE MY SHARING SETTINGS. THIS IS ONE SMALL COMPONENT. I WOULD NOT SAY THAT THIS -- WE

HAVE A LOT MORE ANALYSIS THAN WE HAVE DONE ELSEWHERE INCLUDING LEVEL SERVICE THAT IS ALSO FEEDING INTO THIS. THE QUESTION WAS, HOW MANY LANES WOULD GO THROUGH -- SORRY. THE QUESTION

YOU ASKED WAS HOW MANY THROUGH LANES AND STREET WILL BE DEDICATED TO MOVING CARS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND THE ONE-WAY ALTERNATIVE. I STARTED WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH THE LINE REPRESENTING A LANE THAT IS DEDICATED TO EXPLICIT MOVEMENT. READ THE AND GOING NORTH, BLUE BEING GOING SOUTH. THIS IS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STUDIED AREA AND IT SHOWS FOR THE LANES PICK UP. THERE ARE TWO LANES GOING SOUTH, ONE OF WHICH MAKES YOU TURN BACK AROUND TO GO NORTH. THAT IS THE EXISTING CONDITION, THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY WHICH KEEPS TWO GOING

SOUTH, ONE GOING NORTH, ACCORDING TO ACCOMMODATE THE BIKEWAY IT HAS PARKING AND WE HAD TO GO UP TO TWO LANES NEAR WHOLE FOODS. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE THEY ARE. A LITTLE BIT LESS FOR THOSE ELEMENTS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, THE CHARGE WAS TO HAVE ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION THE ENTIRE WAY. THIS ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A FULL NORTHBOUND LANE ON BOTH STREETS AND A FULL SOUTHBOUND LANE ON BOTH STREETS. IT HAS A SLIGHTLY 5 TO 8% INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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LANES DEDICATED FOR THROUGH VEHICLES MINUS THE FRICTION OF AN INTERSECTION AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR ROUNDABOUT. DID THAT ENCAPSULATE THAT?
YES. SECOND QUESTION, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SURVEY, BUT I AM CURIOUS WHO TOOK THE SURVEY AND IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK IT DOWN BECAUSE WE KNOW 95472 IS NOT ALL PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN TOWN. PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE SURVEY THAT LIVE OUT OF TOWN MIGHT WANT TO GET THROUGH TOWN QUICKER.

WE DID CRUNCH THE SURVEY NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT. I HAVE A SLIDE THAT CAN HELP SHARE SO WE GOT ABOUT 650 VOTES. IN THE MATERIALS TONIGHT HAD A PREVIOUS VERSION THAT ONLY HAD ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE.

WE GOT TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTES IN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF WHICH IS GREAT. THE OVERALL VOTES WE ARE AT 646. THEN OF THE VOTES THAT WERE RECEIVED THAT WERE WITHIN THIS MAP THAT WAS INCLUDED ON THE SURVEY INCLUDING THE FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY AND ABOUT 50 TO 55% OF THE RESPONDENTS ARE IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. THE RESULTS PRETTY MUCH MIRROR THE GREATER ELEMENT. WE ALSO CUT THE

PEOPLE WITH VOTES FROM OUTSIDE THAT AREA SO WE HAVE GREATER SEBASTOPOL, GREATER SONOMA COUNTY. IT WAS A GOOD REPRESENTATION. YOU ARE GETTING THE SAME PROMOTION FOR ALTERNATIVE THREE. ONE THING I DID WANT TO CLARIFY IS THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, WE HAD AN ELEMENT OF THE SURVEY

WHERE PEOPLE PUT IN THE REASON FOR THE DECISION WHICH I THINK WILL BE PART OF THE STUDY AND WE WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE. I WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT'S OKAY, BUT I WANT TO EXPLICITLY SAY -- THIS GOES TO MY POINT EARLIER. VERY FEW PEOPLE EXPLICITLY FROM THE REASONING PROVIDED WERE ANTI-TWO WAY, ANTI-ONE-WAY PRO THE OTHER. IT WAS MAINLY ABOUT I LIKE ALTERNATIVE THREE. WALKABLE VIBRANT DOWNTOWN SEEMS AMAZING. IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF

TWO WAY OR ONE-WAY BUT IT WAS THAT'S THE REASON WHY SOMETHING THAT HAS A WALKABLE DOWNTOWN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT PROVIDED REASONING. I THINK IT WAS OVER A QUARTER OF RESPONDENTS MENTIONED THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES OF DOWNTOWN. IF ANYTHING IT JUST MEANS THAT IS THE PIECE THAT IS CONSISTENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE STUDY.

QUESTIONS?
OKAY. I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TWO YEARS SO IF I DON'T MENTION SOMETHING PERTINENT OR RELEVANT OR IT SEEMS OFF-CENTER I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. ON THE CHOICE THAT, CHOICE NUMBER FIVE I

GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE WILL CALL IT, IT'S TWO WAY EVERYWHERE WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD HOLD MY CARS BUT IT OFFERS THE PROBLEM OF LEFT TURNS IN A GOOD NUMBER OF PLACES. DO WE HAVE SOME

SPECIFIC RESTAURANTS AND STORES THAT MIGHT -- MAYBE THEY WILL GET MORE EXPOSURE BUT WOULD THAT CAUSE ACCIDENTS? HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT TRAFFIC SPEED. IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S MORE LANE FOR TRAVEL. IT IS OKAY IF IT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY, BUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON SAFETY? THERE IS A LOT THERE SO I WILL TRY TO ANSWER POINT BY POINT. WE HAVE NOT EVALUATED THIS FIFTH TWICE ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. THE OPERATING OR DESIGN APPROACH IF THEY

HAD SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS WERE MAIN LOCATIONS OR SOMEBODY TURNING LEFT THEY WOULD NOT BE WAITING FOR A GAP IN TRAFFIC. THAT'S CALLED A PERMISSIVE LEFT TURN. THAT IS A BIG NO-NO. THAT IS ONE OF THE WORST SAFETY ELEMENTS YOU CAN FIND. AT THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THE ASSUMPTION IS THE

TRAFFIC EUROS OPERATIONS WOULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE A PROTECTED CYCLE MEANING PEOPLE TURNING LEFT,

THEY HAVE A GREEN ARROW, THERE'S NOBODY IN THEIR WAY, THE OTHER ELEMENT IS IF BOTH STREETS ARE

TWO WAY YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICH STREET YOU ARE ON FOR WHERE THOSE LEFT TURNS ARE PROTECTED AND THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF SPACE. IN THE

PLANNING COMMISSION FIFTH CHOICE BECAUSE THE GOAL WAS TO KEEP MAINSTREET NARROW ALL OF THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM THE NORTH PART OF TOWN WOULD ACTUALLY BE TAKEN THE LEFT GOING AROUND THE LOOP AND MAKING A LEFT ON HIGHWAY 12. SOMETHING WE WILL BE STUDYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT OPERATIONALLY DOES.

ALSO, THE LITTLE LEFT.

LOCATION OF DRIVEWAYS. WE HAVE TO EVALUATE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS. THAT IS NOT REALLY

PART OF THE GRANT THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO DESIGN AROUND THE CONFLICTS.

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SO IN THE FOLLOWING UP WE COULD ADD SOME WAYS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN TO MAKE THESE STOCKS? WE

GET A STEADY STREAM OF CARS AS IT IS
SO FOLLOWING UP WITH THE STAFF ANALYSIS. FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG I AM AND ON PAGE 4 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AND VMT US. SO GOING WITH THE TWO WAY YOU SAY WOULD REDUCE THE VMT WHICH IS A STATE REQUIREMENT.

BOTH STREETS TWO WAY WOULD REDUCE VMT BECAUSE ALL DOUBTS WOULD BE MORE DIRECT. YOU COULD

SELF SELECT FOR THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE OF TRAVEL COMPARED TO THE ONE WAY COUPLE IT WHERE YOU HAVE TO BACK TRACK. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT CALTRANS IS REQUIRING BUT VMT REDUCTION IS CONSISTENT WITH BEST PRACTICE IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.

SO THE RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF THE TWO WAY YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT RESEARCH.

AND TO CLARIFY HOW IT WAS CALCULATED WE BUILT A MODEL OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE TO ALLOCATE THE

MOST DIRECT ROUTES FOR FOLKS COMING AND CALCULATED THE AMOUNT OF VMT IN THE MODEL WITH AND WITHOUT THE CHANGES. WE DID THAT WITH THE REGIONAL TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL IN SONOMA COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND THOSE IMPLICATIONS. SO WE HAVE DONE THAT AND WILL SUMMARIZE THAT REPORT AS WELL.

FOLLOWING ALONG THE NEXT ONE IS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY VITALITY. SO SAY HOW THIS WOULD BENEFIT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. FOR ME I WANT TO KEEP THEM ALIVE FOREVER. TELL ME HOW IT WOULD BENEFIT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY MAIN AND BLOCK GOING FURTHER OUT.

I WOULD SAY SAFETY AND VMT REDUCTION ARE VERY CLEARLY ADDRESSED. BUSINESS VITALITY AND BUSINESS SUPPORT, THERE'S A LITTLE LESS RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THAT. HOWEVER, IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH VISIBILITY THE STREET KIDS. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS YOU GET TWICE AS MANY EYES AND FOLKS WITH

THE PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES IT INCREASES THE COMFORT FOR SOMEBODY PATRONIZING BUSINESSES THERE. I WOULD SAY BOTH THE ALTERNATIVE THREE AND THIS FIFTH CHOICE, BOTH OF THEM HAVE STRONG SUPPORT OF BUSINESS VITALITY. I WOULD NOT SEE THE TWO WAYS DRAMATICALLY MORE BUT THERE'S RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT RETAIL SALES AND PROPERTY VALUES WERE FOUND TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

THAT IS DATA FROM DIFFERENT PIECES SO ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS MAY BE NEEDED THANK YOU. IS THERE A DUE DATE FOR US TO DECIDE? OR WHEN IS THIS DECISION REQUIRED TO BE MADE?

WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU DO TODAY IS SELECT AN ALTERNATIVE FOR JEFF AND HIS COLLEAGUES TO DRAW TO PUT IN THE REPORT. THEY WILL DO THE FUTURE ANALYSIS. IF YOU SELECT AN ALTERNATIVE THAT HAS NOT FULLY STUDIED YET THEY WILL DO THAT ANALYSIS AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN MAY.

SO I'M WONDERING SINCE WE ARE ONLY FOUR APPEAR IF WE DID NOT MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT WITHOUT BE A PROBLEM?
YES.

OKAY SO THERE'S NOT A POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION?
WE HAVE ASKED CALTRANS FOR AN EXTENSION ON THE GRANT. THE GRANT ENDS AT THE END OF APRIL. WE'VE

ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER SO I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD GET THAT.

THANK YOU.

FOLLOWING ALONG WITH STAFF ANALYSIS, THE GRANT COMPETITIVENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

YOU LIST SEVERAL BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE DO HAVE YOU TO PURSUE GRANTS TO GET WHATEVER OPTION WE GO WITH PAID FOR. DO I UNDERSTAND THAT

THE GRANT STUDY WILL INCLUDE A CHAPTER THAT IDENTIFIES MANY OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW THEY COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH VARIOUS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. WHEN THEY HAPPEN, WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS TYPICALLY FAREWELL. WE CAN TIE IT TO THE OTHER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECTS AND

PROVIDE THE CITY A ROADMAP OF HOW TO PRIORITIZE THEIR OWN GRANT FUNDING APPLICATION WORK OVERTIME.

JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP. WHATEVER LIST YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE TO US TO PURSUE, YOU WILL BE ABLE

TO TAILOR THAT WITH THE WORK THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

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YES.

I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A MONEY QUESTION. APPLES SOMEWHAT HELP ME. WE WILL HAVE A PROGRESSION OF THINGS WE MAY IMPLEMENT. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT ALL OF THIS COSTS. IF WE PICK NUMBER FIVE WHICH SEEMS TO BE OUTSIDE OF ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR HOW INDEPTH ARE WE LIKELY TO GET DATA AND INFORMATION WE CAN REALLY COOK?

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE FIFTH ALTERNATIVE TO THE SAME LEVEL WE HAVE EVALUATED THE OTHER FOUR.

I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN ITEMIZATION. HOW MUCH IS IT PER FOOT FOR SIDEWALKS?

WE WILL DO A PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATE FOR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES USING DATA FOR COST FOR

SIDEWALK, ASPHALT, OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ELTON THE REGION AND AND ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST. IT'S NOT TO SAY YOU HAVE 47 ACRES OF ASPHALT BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE BASED ON THIS LINEAR FEET OF

ROADWAY WHILING ACCESSIBILITY WITH ALLOWANCE FOR UTILITY, RAIL CONFIGURATION RECONSTRUCTION, IT

WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THAT BUT WE WOULD BE DOING THAT FOR THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE SO THAT ALSO GOES INTO HOW IF WE KNOW WE NEED TO GET $10 BILLION, WE KNOW WHAT THE PLANNING LEVEL ESTIMATE WILL BE.

THAT'S OKAY. COULD JILLIAN IS COOL. I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE ON THE CITY TO FIGURE OUT PARKING. YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THESE IS A PARKING PLAN YOU SUGGESTED WITH IT.

YES. THE PARKING PLAN IS SOMETHING WE RECOMMEND THE CITY DO. THERE ARE GRANTS FOR THINGS LIKE

THAT AS WELL AS LONG AS IT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLAN AND HAS THE GOAL BEEN CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY, ACCESS, AND THE ELEMENTS THAT WILL DRIVE BUSINESS UP. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS LIKE PARKING STUDIES AS WELL.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

I KNOW YOU CANNOT MAKE ANY GUARANTEES, BUT WE GOT A GRANT TO FUND THIS WORK, $260,000. I

ASSUME YOU ARE SETTING US UP FOR THE NEXT, WITH CALTRANS BE, ARE THEY THE BIGGEST PLACE TO GO FOR FUTURE FUNDING?
THE BIGGEST YES BUT THE REGIONAL AGENCY IS ALSO A KEY ELEMENT.

I SIT ON THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE CITY. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR MANY THERE. I JUST -- WE

WILL TRY TO TAP BOTH BUT CALTRANS IF THEY ARE GIVING US ALL THIS MONEY TELLING US WE ARE UNSAFE I SUPPOSE THEY WANT TO FIX IT.

CALTRANS HAS NOT SAID IT IS UNSAFE PICK DATA FROM THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY HAS RANKED SEBASTOPOL NOT WELL COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILAR SIZED CITIES FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. CALTRANS DOES

NOT BY THEMSELVES DECIDE WHO GETS THE MONEY BUT TO DEMONSTRATE WE ARE PICKING A PLAN THAT IS

SUPPORTED BY CALTRANS POLICIES COMPARES TO OTHER CITIES WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME CONSISTENCY OR ALIGNMENT DOES MAKE SEBASTOPOL MORE COMPETITIVE IN MANY CASES.

THANK YOU.

I AM AWARE OF A DANA POINT COMPARISON. I LOOK FOR CASE STUDIES TO SEE HOW WELL SOME THINGS GO ACCORDING TO SOME OTHER THINGS. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANOTHER CASE EXAMPLE YOU MIGHT HAVE OR IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE IT. I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHO IS DREAMING THIS UP. THIS --
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES THERE'S A LOT OF ONE-WAY TO TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS. NOT SO MUCH RESEARCH INTO SAFETY OUTCOMES PER SE, BUT THERE ARE CASES THAT CAN BE STUDIED. ONE THING WE'VE

BEEN DOING IS COMPILING A LIST OF SIMILAR RURAL DOWNTOWNS IN CALIFORNIA THAT CALTRANS OWNS AND

MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A COUPLET OR TWO WAY STREET AND WE CAN EVALUATE THAT AS PART OF A CASE

STUDY DESCRIPTION NARRATIVE AND BACK IT UP WITH COLLISION DATA OR OTHER READILY AVAILABLE DATA TO BE PART OF THIS.

ALSO LIKE A FUNDING STACK THAT THEY WENT THROUGH.

WE CAN SEE IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT EXIST
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF. WHAT YEAR DID THE ROAD SWITCH FROM TWO WAY TO ONE-WAY.

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IT WAS IN THE 80s. BEFORE I STARTED HERE.

NO MORE QUESTIONS. WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOT CLAP. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERING OPINIONS HERE AND WE WANT TO BE SURE EVERYBODY FEELS SAFE. PLEASE RESPECT THAT.

THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT. WE DO CHAMBERS FIRST AND GO OUT TO ZOOM. I

HAVE THE TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT ON THE SCREEN FOR THOSE IN CHAMBERS OR I CAN JUMP IN WHEN THERE'S 30 SECONDS LEFT. GO AHEAD LEASE.

I'M JEANNIE FERNANDEZ, A VERY LONGTIME RESIDENT OF NOT SEBASTOPOL ALTHOUGH MY ADDRESS IS SEBASTOPOL. THIS IS WHAT I CONSIDER MY HOME. I HAPPEN TO LIVE TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE SEBASTOPOL CITY LIMITS. BUT I URGE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THOSE OF US THAT CALL SEBASTOPOL HOME THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T QUOTE UNQUOTE REPRESENT US BUT YOU DO REPRESENT US.

YOU MAKE DECISIONS THAT I HAVE TO LIVE WITH. I TRAVEL THROUGH AND INTO SEBASTOPOL THREE, FOUR, FIVE TIMES A WEEK. HOW IT IS NOW, THE ONE WAY ON PETALUMA AVENUE AS YOU HAD NORTH IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC. THERE ARE MANY DAYS I AM STUCK AT SEQUOIA MARKET FOR 10 OR 15 MINUTES WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE AND I'M TRYING TO HEAD OUT OF TOWN. I AM A TRUSTEE WITH THE WEST COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE ORDERED MEETINGS AT THE TWO DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS. I LIVE THE FURTHEST FROM ANYBODY THAT IS ON THE BOARD. I PLAN ACCORDINGLY OR SO I THINK AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'M JUST GETTING TO A MEETING IN THE NICK OF TIME. I HOPE YOU CAN CONSIDER GOING BACK TO THE TWO WAY TRAFFIC. I'VE LIVED HERE MOST OF MY LIFE. I'M 68. I WAS BORN IN PETALUMA AND AT SIX MONTHS OF AGE MY FAMILY MOVED TO WEST OF SEBASTOPOL. WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CONSIDER THOSE OF US THAT LIVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS SO YOU CAN CONTINUE.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 20 SECONDS.

IT IS REALLY IMPERATIVE. I WILL GO TO ZOOM. CRACK, UNMUTE YOURSELF.

I CAN HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
I CANNOT.

I WILL JUMP IN. GO AHEAD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I KNOW THIS CAN BE A DIFFICULT ISSUE. I DO NOT ENVY YOUR SHOES LISTENING TO DIFFERENT OPINIONS. REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU DECIDE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GIVING IT YOUR BEST AS YOU SEE FIT. I RESPECT HOWEVER YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO FOLKS WHO ARE SUPPORTING MOVING BACK TO A TWO WAY SYSTEM. I REALLY THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATION WITH EXTENDING THE SIDEWALKS ON MAIN STREET. I THINK WATCHING TRAFFIC SPEED BY

WITH TWO LANES AT ONE TIME AS LONG AS I HAVE, I USED TO LIVE ON PETALUMA AVENUE FOR MANY YEARS

AND I WOULD WATCH CAR SPEED PAST EACH OTHER WITH TWO LANES GOING NEXT TO EACH OTHER ONE WAY THERE'S A RACECAR FEELING. MY SISTER WAS HIT ON MAIN STREET WHERE YOU TURN OFF TO GO TO SUNRIDGE FROM CARS GOING REALLY FAST WHILE SHE WAS GOING ACROSS THE CROSSWALK WITH A CROSSING GUARD.

PEOPLE DON'T LOOK BOTH WAYS WHAT IT IS THIS SYSTEM. LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN HAVE. A DESTINATION. WE CAN HAVE SLOWER TRAFFIC. WE MADE THIS DECISION IN THE LATE 90s WITH STREETSMART SEBASTOPOL BY EXTENDING THE CROSSWALKS. WE DECIDED TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND MAKE IT SAFER AND EASIER, MAKE IT A DESTINATION. AT ON TOP OF THAT THAT WITH THE TWO-WAY SYSTEM WE MAY GET TO CLOSE THE STREET BETWEEN THE PLAZA AND BARLOW CONNECTING DOWNTOWN AND UNIFYING THE TOWN. I

GET THAT CHANGE IS HARD AND I GET THAT I WILL AGREE WITH EVERYBODY IN TOWN AND I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S POSITION. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AND DO THE STUDIES YOU NEED TO DO TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO THE CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS JANET. I'M HERE TO READ A LETTER WRITTEN BY MY HUSBAND STEVE. YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THE LETTER TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MY COMMENTS ON THE DOWNTOWN SEBASTOPOL ALTERNATIVE PROCESS. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 1991. I'M A RECENTLY Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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RETIRED TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AND PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE CITY INCLUDING PREPARATION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT PROVIDED FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT. I'M NOT

RECOMMENDING ANY SPECIFIC OPTIONS BUT I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR COUNCIL AS THEY CONSIDER THESE ALTERNATIVES. IT'S CLEAR THAT DOWNTOWN ALTERNATIVES PROVIDE ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES. HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO CONSIDER THE RESULTING VEHICLE OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONALITY OF THE KEY INTERSECTIONS DOWNTOWN WHILE COMPARING THESE OPTIONS. ALTHOUGH I DO

UNDERSTAND SOME INTERSECTION ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PRESENTED FOR YOUR OR THE PUBLIC CONSIDERATION. A RELATED CONDITION IS THE COMPARATIVE REDUCTION IN VEHICLE CAPACITY OF THE DOWNTOWN SYSTEM AND THE RELATIVE IMPACT TO ENTERING DOWNTOWN. WE

HAVE ALL SEEN THESE GROW OVER THE YEARS AS THE SYSTEM CAPACITY HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY CONSTANT WHILE THE DEMAND HAS INCREASED. ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO

REGIONAL ROADWAYS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE TRAFFIC VOLUMES INCLUDING

TRUCK TRAFFIC IN THE CITY CORE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OCCIDENTAL ROAD, TODD ROAD, POTENTIAL ON A ROAD EXTENSION.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 20 SECONDS.

THESE WERE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE GRANT APPLICATION BUT THE PROJECT HAS YET TO IDENTIFY THESE FACILITIES THAT COULD HELP THE FUNCTIONALITY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO SEEK THIS

INFORMATION, RELATIVE IMPACTS TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND MODIFICATION TO REGIONAL ROUTES TO HELP YOU ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF THESE OPTIONS.

THANK YOU. NEXT TO ZOOM. OLIVER, CAN YOU UNMUTE? GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I OPPOSE THIS AT THIS TIME. I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE JUNCTION OF 112 AND -- SORRY, 12 AND 116 IS THE BUSIEST CROSSROAD IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE TIGHT EVERYDAY IN THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET FROM THE COAST TO JOBS IN SANTA ROSA. THEN IN THE EVENING BACK AGAIN. THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN ANY OF THIS AT ALL AS FAR AS I CAN SEE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A

UTOPIAN IDEA OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND ENJOYING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND STOPPING TO HAVE A CUP

OF COFFEE BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE HUGE THROUGH TRAFFIC AND THEY NEED ALL THE TRAFFIC THEY CAN GET. THEY PUT A NEW SIGNING PUTTING ADVANTAGE OF THAT TRAFFIC. I DO NOT SEE LOGIC TO THIS.

FURTHERMORE I WAS RESEARCHING THIS A COUPLE DAYS AGO. THERE WAS TWO OR THREE ATTEMPTS FOR A BYPASS. IT IS TOO LATE NOW BUT BEFORE WE GET DOWN THIS PATH AT ALL WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC MITIGATION. THE PREVIOUS LADY THAT SPOKE HAD VARIOUS COUNTY PROJECTS THAT ARE SEMIFUNDED AND READY TO GO TO HELP MITIGATE TRAFFIC ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH. WE HAD FAR MORE TRAFFIC NOW THAN WE DID WHEN THE CITY WAS TO WAIT BEFORE. MY FINAL COMMENT IS I THINK EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED. IF YOU HAVE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC JAMS TWICE A DAY HALLET AMBULANCES AND FIRE ENGINES AND POLICE GET THROUGH? AT THE MOMENT WITH THE ONE WAY SYSTEM PEOPLE PULLOVER AND THE FIRE TRUCK OR WHATEVER CAN GET PAST. I CAN SEE WITH ALL THESE

BICYCLE LANES AND WIDEN PAVEMENT THAT COULD BE A DISASTER THAT COULD LITERALLY KILL A FEW PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN GET TO THE HOSPITAL. I THINK THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT MORE SERIOUSLY. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT BACK INTO CHAMBERS.

I THINK TO MAKE SUCH AN IMPORTANT DECISION WITHOUT THE MAYOR BEING ABLE TO VOTE WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE. THAT IS VERY TROUBLING THAT IT IS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED. WHAT WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS

THERE'S A SMALL BUT COMMITTED GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A VISION THAT IF DRIVING GETS DIFFICULT ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL NOT USE THEIR CARS AND WILL WALK OR RIDE BIKES INSTEAD. THEY HAVE GIVEN MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS AROUND TOWN INCLUDING ROTARY, KIWANIS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY EVEN PUT FLYERS AROUND TOWN. THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS DO NOT LIVE DOWNTOWN OR EVEN CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN. MANY WHO DO ARE OLDER. I AM ALL FOR MAKING BIKING AND WALKING SAFER IN TOWN, I'M ALL FOR WIDENING THE SIDEWALKS NARROWING AND SLOWING TRAFFIC LANES AND CREATING A MORE BEAUTIFUL TOWN. LET'S DO ALL Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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THAT BUT CHANGING TO A TWO WAY SYSTEM WOULD CREATE A TRAFFIC QUAGMIRE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP ANYBODY. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR LOOKING AT THIS NEW ALTERNATIVE FIVE THAT IT IS THE WORST ONE OUT OF ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES AS FAR AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION GOES. DESPITE THE LOBBYING FROM THE ADVOCATES FOR THE TWO-WAY SYSTEM MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT BUYING IT. IF YOU TALLY THE EMAIL SENT TO YOU, 21 OF THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE TO YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF ONE-WAY STREET. ONLY THREE WERE IN FAVOR OF THE TWO-WAY STREETS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENTS FROM THE TIMES AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA THEY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST SWITCHING TO TWO-WAY STREETS. BEYOND ALL THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF BOTH THE SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE AS PART OF THE STUDY, 381 FOR ONE-WAY, 265 FOR TWO WAY. FINALLY THE BALLOT MEASURE IN 84 AND 87 FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED WHAT TWO WAY TRAFFIC WAS LIKE.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

THE RESULTS SHOW THE SAME THING THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. LARS, CAN YOU UNMUTE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?
CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER.

I CAN.

GO AHEAD.

I WORK AND LIVE IN SEBASTOPOL. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE TWO-WAY STREET OPTION. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. WE ALL KNOW IT IS VERY BAD. WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE DOWNTOWN. A FEW BLOCKS OF THE DOWNTOWN. NONE OF THE OPTIONS PROPOSED LEAVING IT THE WAY IT IS OR CHANGING IT TO TWO WAY IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HOW BAD THE TRAFFIC IS. INSTEAD OF

FOCUSING ON CARS AND HOW THEY MOVE THROUGH TOWN BECAUSE THAT WILL BE PRETTY BAD NO MATTER WHAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON PEOPLE AND HOW TO MAKE IT A MORE WALKABLE, LIKABLE TOWN. THAT IS ALL WE CAN DO WITH THIS EFFORT RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL REGIONAL

TRAFFIC ISSUE AS A BIGGER ISSUE WE CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON AND THEIR SOLUTIONS THAT ARE THOUGHT ABOUT NOW AND ARE IN PLACE AND COULD BE ENVISIONED THAT WILL HELP THAT ISSUE. WHAT WE CAN DO NOW IS FOCUS ON OUR CITY AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT A SAFER, BETTER PLACE. FOR PEOPLE TO WALK, PEOPLE TO BIKE AND MAKE IT A DESTINATION THAT FEELS BETTER TO CIRCULATE IN TOWN. I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD IDEAS IN THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY APPROACH THAT WAS DONE AS PART OF THIS STUDY.

IF, THIS IS LIKE A TIME FOR THE COUNCIL AND CITY TO BE MORE VISIONARY AND SWITCH TO AN OPTION THAT IN

THE LONG TERM ALONG WITH SOME REGIONAL TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS IS THE KIND OF SOLUTION WE WANT FOR THE CITY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

INC. YOU. NEXT WE WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS ALICE. I AM VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ACQUIRED A SMALL BUSINESS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. I DO FIND TO JAR COSMETICS. I WORK WITH LOCAL FARM AND REGIONAL PEOPLE. I LOVE SEBASTOPOL. I HAVE AN IN THE FARMERS MARKET FOR MANY YEARS. I LOVE THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE AND I WANT TO GIVE A RADICAL VIEW BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR MY ACCENT. I AM FRENCH, MY MOTHER'S BRITISH. I LIVED IN EUROPE MOST OF MY LIFE. WHEN I GO TO EUROPE BY HEEL. THE REASON I HEAL IS BECAUSE I WALKED. THE REASON I FEEL HAPPIER IS BECAUSE I FEEL EMBODIED. I HAVE NOT -- I HAVE AN EXPERIENCE IN TOWN WHERE I FEEL LIKE I AM

SLOWING DOWN, HAVING EYE CONTACT, SEEING KIDS ON THE SIDEWALK, SEEING ANIMALS INTERACT WITH PEOPLE. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE HEART, THE SOUL, I REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM MUST BE A BIG CONCERN FOR YOU GUYS LIKE OKAY HOW WILL WE MAKE THIS WORK. WE DO

NOT WANT TO BECOME A CONVOLUTED CITY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT WE REMEMBER OF OUR DAY IS THE INTERACTION WE HAD WITH PEOPLE, NOT THE TIME WE SPENT IN OUR CAR. I REALLY ENCOURAGE

YOU TO HAVE A VISION OF HOW SEBASTOPOL COULD BE AND HOW THE HAPPINESS IT BRINGS TO PEOPLE THE

MORE INTERACTION, THE MORE SAFETY COULD MAKE THIS TOWN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE FOREVER. I FEEL THEY ALREADY DO FEEL THAT AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE THIS CITY BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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WHEN I MOVED ONTO SOUTH MAIN STREET I WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SCARY. IT FEELS SCARY TO GO OUTSIDE.

YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS.

I WANT TO CONSIDER JUST BREAKING THE PARADIGM AND BRING IN THE EUROPEAN-STYLE FEELING TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY AND MAKING IT A DESTINATION AND PLACE WHERE WE FEEL SAFE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NOW TO ZOOM. KYLE, CAN YOU UNMUTE.

YES I CAN. WHAT I FIND REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS DECISION AND THIS PROCESS IS THAT WE ARE

TALKING ABOUT A LARGE NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY GIFTED TO GO THROUGH A DECISION-MAKING PROCESS TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THAT THE PUBLIC

WERE ENGAGED AND YOU LOOK TONIGHT AT THE AUDIENCE AND THE OUTRAGE AT BEING HERE AND THE VOICES AND OPINION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE HERE, YOU MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY. HE MISSED THE

CHANCE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A MEANINGFUL MANNER THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS TO PROVIDE

THEM WITH MEANINGFUL INFORMATION, TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE DETAILS, THE RESEARCH, THE

INFORMATION AND NOW BECAUSE NONE OF THAT WAS SHARED OUTSIDE OF A SURVEY THAT WAS POORLY

DESIGNED AND POORLY EXECUTED, POORLY REPORTED ON YOU HAVE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT SO THIS IS A LESSON. I HOPE YOU CAN TAKE THAT LESSON AND THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU WORK WITH THESE TYPES OF

FOLKS IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR DOING ADEQUATE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT IS WAY BEYOND WHAT WAS DONE HERE. SAME THING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE

PLANNING COMMISSION HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PROPER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC,

INFORMATION SHARING, DATA, RESEARCH, TRAFFIC STUDIES ARE BEING SHARED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY SO YOU

ARE NOT SITTING HERE WITH A ROOM FULL OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE

INFORMATION THEY NEEDED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND SOMEHOW FEELING LIKE IT IS AN ALL OR NOTHING THING BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE EITHER. THAT'S NOT BEING CLEARLY COMMUNICATED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT

IT WILL TAKE FOR OUR CITY TO WORK ON THIS TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNICATION, MARKETING, OUTREACH, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT MIGHT BE A PRIORITY AND A GOAL MOVING FORWARD.

NEXT I WILL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS.

I AM WITH HOT MONK TAVERN. I'VE WORKED AND LIVED IN, AROUND SEBASTOPOL FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS. I WAS NOT HERE WHEN IT WAS TWO WAYS BEFORE. I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO GO BACK IN TIME, WHY DID THEY GO TO THE ONE WAY. THERE WAS A REASON. MAYBE SOMEBODY HERE KNOWS THAT BUT I DON'T. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE. ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM MENTIONED OUR SIGNAGE. WE JUST INVESTED IN THAT SOUTH FACING MARQUIS. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A WAYS OUT BUT THE DAY WILL COME PERHAPS THAT IT GOES TWO WAY. WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR INVESTMENT? WHAT DOES THE CITY DO? WILL THERE BE MONEY THERE TO HELP US WITH SIGNAGE THAT WILL GO BOTH WAYS SO PEOPLE CAN FIND A WAY TO OUR PARKING LOT? WHICH IS REALLY GOING TO BE DIFFICULT IF IT'S TWO WAYS. COMING FROM THE SOUTH YOU HAVE TO TURN TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT ACCIDENTS. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR OVER ON MAIN STREET. IF YOU ARE GOING TO PULL INTO THE CITY PARKING LOT AND YOU HAVE TO CROSS TRAFFIC. OUR FRIENDS AT THE FEED STORE ACROSS THE STREET, THEY HAVE THE SAME SITUATION WE DO. PEOPLE HAVE TO TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC TO GET INTO THEIR BUSINESS. IT IS TOUGH ENOUGH RIGHT NOW TO RUN A BUSINESS.

EVERYTHING HAS GOTTEN MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE. AND THE TRAIL. I SEE THERE IS A PROVISION TO EXTEND THE TRAIL THROUGH THE CITY PARKING LOT. I WOULD LIKE MORE DETAIL ON THAT. ARE WE GOING TO LOSE PARKING SPACES?
YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS. I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION AND I AM REALLY SAD THAT NOBODY REACHED OUT TO US. WE TALK ABOUT MAIN STREET AND DOWNTOWN ALL THE TIME, BUT THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT ON MAIN STREET. WE ARE HERE.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. ROBERT, CAN YOU UNMUTE? YES.

THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, INFORMATION, EMOTIONAL STORIES OF PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HOW THEY CAN BE CHANGED. WHAT'S REALLY CONFUSING IS WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? I'VE HEARD SAFETY.

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WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE MOST DANGEROUS SMALL CITY IN CALIFORNIA. STATISTICALLY I GUESS THAT'S TRUE BUT IN REALITY IN 2023 THERE WERE SEVEN INJURIES, FIVE ACCIDENTS WITH PEDESTRIANS INVOLVED AND NONE OF THEM WERE AROUND THIS AREA. ONE OF THEM WAS IN FRONT OF RIGHTED THAT WAS IN THE TWO WAY SECTION. ALL THE REST WERE INTO A SECTIONS OF THE CITY. IT ISN'T CLEAR THAT IT WILL MAKE A BIG

DIFFERENCE AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT SAFETY SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER OF CHANGING THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN AREA. BICYCLES. A VISION FOR PEOPLE RIDING BIKES AROUND TOWN. THE PROPOSAL I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HAS A TWO WAY BIKE LANE DOWN PETALUMA AVENUE. I GUESS IF YOU LIVE ON PETALUMA YOU WILL TAKE YOUR BIKE INTO TOWN BUT NOBODY ELSE CAN. IT'S THE MOST INCONVENIENT LOCATION EVER. EVEN THE BICYCLE COALITION HAS A COMMENT THAT THEY THINK THIS BIKE LANE IS MORE DANGEROUS FOR BIKERS. IF YOU ARE ON A BIKE IN THE CITY YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO GO ON ONE OF THE BIKE LANES THAT EXISTS TO GET TO THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND NOBODY WANTS TO DO THAT. REDUCING VMT IS A GOAL. I LIVE JUST NORTH OF TOWN OFF OF ELLIS. ANYTIME I HAVE TO GO TO SANTA ROSA I TURN RIGHT AND GO TO OCCIDENTAL ROAD. MY VMT IS TWICE WHAT IT WOULD BE IF I GO THROUGH TOWN BUT THE TRAFFIC IS DEAD STOPPED. IT'S HARD TO GET OUT AND IN AND YOU HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS

YOU NEED A CITYVIEW AND YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN

PEOPLE START USING NARROW STREETS LIKE FLORENCE HAS THROUGH STREETS TO GET AROUND THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

THANK YOU. THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

NEXT I WILL COME TO CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS TINA. I WANT TO SAY I FULLY SUPPORT THE WALKABLE TWO-WAY RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I HOPE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADOPT IT. I HAVE MANY REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION. TWO OF THEM HERE. ONE IS MY OWN EXPERIENCE. I'VE NEVER SEEN A SMALL TOWN DOWNTOWN WITH ONE-WAY TRAFFIC THAT GAVE ME A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. CERTAINLY NOT AS A

PEDESTRIAN BUT EVEN DRIVING IT FEELS MORE LIKE A RACE TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT LIGHT THAN THERE'S A NICE BOOKSHOP EXPERIENCE. IT GETS WORSE WITH MORE LANES GOING THE SAME DIRECTION. THEN THERE ARE EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS. IT SEEMS TO BE CONSENSUS AMONG URBAN AND TRANSPORTATION

PLANNERS THAT ONE-WAY STREETS AND DOWNTOWNS HAVE TO FOCUS ON INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS AN OUTDATED APPROACH THAT HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE 50s AND 60s. THAT IS 70 YEARS AGO. FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO MAKING TOWNS LIVABLE AND GIVING PEOPLE PRIORITY BY GOING TO TWO WAY STREETS. THE APPROACH HAS BEEN APPLIED IN MANY TOWNS AND CITIES. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN A POSITIVE IMPACT ON BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC BUT ALSO BUSINESS REVENUE. TWO WAY STREETS MAKE BEING ON MAIN STREET A BETTER EXPERIENCE. IT SEEMS UNREASONABLE TO IGNORE NATIONAL TRENDS BASED IN SMALL TOWNS AND CITIES ALL OVER THE U.S. AND FAVORS 70-YEAR-OLD TRENDS. I ATTENDED THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON FEBRUARY 10. I HEARD A LOT OF TALK ONLINE AND IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE COMMISSION IGNORING THE OUTCOME OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. I'M NOT SURE HOW IT CAN EVEN BE SPUN THAT WAY.

THE COMMISSION CHOSE ALL I MEANT -- ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY'S FAVORITE AND ADDED TWO WAY TRAFFIC FLOW.
10 SECONDS.

TO SAY THEY DID NOT GIVE COMMUNITY AND PUT ANY WEIGHT IS JUST NOT TRUE. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND I HOPE YOU WILL GO WITH THE TWO WAY PLAN.

NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. JOEL CAN YOU UNMUTE?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
YES. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
I CAN. MY NAME IS JOB ARM GARDENER I WAS A COUNTY RESIDENT. I RECALL IT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT I RECALL THE TWO-WAY CONVERSION IN 1985. I GRADUATED AND MOVED AWAY AND CAME BACK IN 2014 TO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN FLAVOR -- FAVOR OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. MY

TRAFFIC SLOWDOWN -- IT IS VERY HARD TO IMAGINE TRAFFIC CREATED A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO AND KILLING BUSINESSES. THE GOAL SHOULD NOT ME -- BE TO MOVE AS MANY CARS THROUGH, AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, WE Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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NEED A STREETSCAPE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE, NOT CARS. IF I UNDERSTAND THIS ALL CORRECTLY YOU ARE NOT COMMITTING TO CONSTRUCT THIS FINAL PLAN TODAY. I THINK YOU ARE SAYING WE ARE LEADING THE ENGINEERS DO THEIR WORK SO THANK YOU.

NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS JIM. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE GOALS OF INCREASE SAFETY AND BETTER DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE FOR BIKING AND WALKING. I AM OPPOSED TO THE TWO-WAY SOLUTION. I PREFER KEEPING THE ONE-WAY

SYSTEM AND MAKING INCREMENTAL CHANGES TO DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN AS IT TRAVELS ON MAIN STREET. TRAFFIC STUDIES SHOW WE HAVE MORE ACCIDENTS OTHER CITIES ARE SIZE ARE

FLAWED BASED ON DATA COMPARING ACCIDENTS IN THE ZIP CODE AREA AND PUTTING THAT IN THE POPULATION OF OUR LITTLE TOWN. MOST OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ARE NOT ON THOSE TWO WAY STREETS.

THE CONSULTANTS CAME UP WITH FOUR PLANS. TWO TWO-WAY AND TWO ONE-WAY. THE PUBLIC WAS GIVEN A CHOICE AND MOST OF THEM PICKED THE ONE-WAY OPTION. I KNOW THAT SAFETY AND WALK ABILITY OUR

MAIN CONCERNS, BUT I THINK THE TWO WAY THING IS REALLY DANGEROUS TO GO TO WITHOUT A REAL UNDERSTANDING. THE WALKABLE TWO WAY, HYBRID SYSTEM HAS NOT HAD THE STUDY ALL THE OTHER ONES HAVE. THEY ADMIT, I BELIEVE THAT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE DELAYS BY PEOPLE MAKING LEFT TURNS ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC FOR ALL THE INTERSECTIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE LIGHTS OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY.

THAT WILL CAUSE A FURTHER SLOWDOWN IN TRAFFIC AND A FURTHER FRUSTRATION OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GET THROUGH. I THINK IT IS MORE DANGEROUS. I HAVE BEEN WALKING AND BIKING AROUND TOWN FOR 25 YEARS. WE HAVE BACKUPS AT CERTAIN TIMES A DAY AND I THINK THEY WILL INCREASE UNDER ALL THESE PLANS CAUSING DRIVERS TO FIGURE OUT SIDE STREET TRAVEL OR WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO GET AROUND IT. THE CURRENT SYSTEM HAS FLAWS BUT I THINK THEY CAN BE MITIGATED. THE EXPENSIVE TWO WAY SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN FULLY STUDIED, HAS POTENTIAL TO MAKE THINGS MUCH WORSE. OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT REALLY CONVINCED THAT THIS WILL INCREASE SAFETY YOU SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR IT. I PREFER THE DEVIL WE KNOW AND TRY TO MAKE CHANGES INCREMENTALLY.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. IF THERE IS ANYBODY ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

EMILY WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION. THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT THE FINAL DESIGN WILL INCLUDE PROTECTED BIKE LANES. THAT IS GREAT. AND INCREASES SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE. REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY VEHICLE TRAFFIC IS MOVING THESE

LANES STILL HAVE TO GET PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO WHICH HAS COME UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT. THE BIKE COALITION HAS GENERALLY SUPPORTED ONE-WAY STREETS AND BIKE LANES

WHICH IS ALTERNATIVE ONE BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS CLEAR, ADAPTABLE, CARS AND BIKES ARE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, BIKES ARE VISIBLE. AND BIKES ARE GETTING WHERE THEY NEED TO GO ON PETALUMA AND MAIN STREET. WE ALSO APPRECIATE THAT A MOVE TO TWO WAY STREETS HAS BENEFITS IN SLOWING SPEEDS OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL USERS OF THE ROADS. THAT DOES MEAN THE BIKE FACILITIES BECOME A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. FOR INSTANCE, MOVING ALL THE BIKE TRAFFIC TO PETALUMA AVENUE WAS JUST REFERENCED ON ZOOM. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NECESSARILY FEEL IS DANGEROUS PER SE BUT IT IS MORE COMPLICATED. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW BIKES WILL GET INTO AND OUT OF THAT TRACK AND OFF OF McKINLEY. ALSO AS MENTIONED TONIGHT IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW CYCLISTS WILL ACCESS BUSINESSES IF ALL OF THE FACILITIES ARE ON PETALUMA. REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY

THE TRAFFIC MOVES, BIKE FACILITIES NEED TO BE CAREFULLY DESIGNED, SCREWED SCRUTINIZED AND REVIEWED SO CYCLISTS CAN GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. IT IS NO USE TO HAVE PROTECTED BIKE LANES IF THEY WILL NOT BE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL USERS.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NONE, I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS MARY KILLIAN. I'VE LIVED IN URBAN SEBASTOPOL SINCE 1980 AND IN TOWN SINCE 1999. I'VE AND

AROUND WITH THE TWO-WAY STREETS, ONE-WAY STREETS, JUST SIMPLY TO SAY I FEEL MUCH SAFER THE WAY IT IS NOW THAN I USED TO WITH THE TWO WAY STREETS. I FEEL AS A PEDESTRIAN IN TOWN I LIKE THE WAY IT IS Agenda Item Number: 1 Agenda Item Number: 1
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AND I REALLY FEEL BADLY ABOUT THE IDEA OF CHANGING IT BACK TO TWO WAY. I HAVE NOT REALLY

PARTICIPATED -- WHEN THEY SAY THERE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH OUTREACH, I WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO

WHATEVER OUTREACH YOU USED AND I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND WE ARE SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD OF SUCH A HUGE CHANGE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NONE, I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS LARRY. I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER FOR 40 YEARS AND LIVED IN SEBASTOPOL FOR SEVEN.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK STRONGLY FOR ALTERNATIVE THREE MODIFIED TO DO TWO WAYS. I GUESS I WOULD ASK DO WE WANT SEBASTOPOL TO BE A DESTINATION OR PRIORITIZE TRAFFIC TO OTHER DESTINATIONS? DO WE WANT

DOWNTOWN TO THRIVE AND ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES OR DO WE WANT A PLACE WE'VE SPEED CARS THROUGH? DO WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE WALKING AND BIKING DOWNTOWN? I THINK WE DO. I ALSO KNOW THAT AS A PLANNER A CITY THAT HAS NO CONGESTION PROBABLY HAS BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN TRAFFIC.

THEY HAVE A DOWNTOWN THAT IS DEAD SO WE WILL HAVE CONGESTION AND NONE OF THESE ALTERNATIVES PROFESS TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT. THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT IS BETTER FOR THE DOWNTOWN IN TERMS OF PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS AND BUSINESS. AS FAR AS PARKING IS CONCERNED WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING DOWNTOWN UNLESS YOU WANT TO PARK EXACTLY IN FRONT OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING. THAT IS WHAT WE CALL DORIS DAY PARKING. DORIS DAY POOLS AND RIGHT IN FRONT, BUT THIS IS NOT THE MOVIES. YOU LOOK AT THE PARKING LOTS DOWNTOWN. THEY COULD BE MANAGED BETTER BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF PARKING. YOU MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY OFF BUT YOU CAN FIND A PARKING SPACE. I REALLY THINK THE BLEND OF ALTERNATIVE THREE AND FOUR IS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE. YOU ARE NOT MAKING A STONE COMMITMENT TODAY. YOU ARE LOOKING AT STUDYING IT FURTHER. I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE, I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

HELLO. MY NAME IS BART LEVINE. I FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. I

THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT TODAY IN MUNICIPALITIES WITH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE FACING EVERY TOWN. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. IT IS A THANKLESS JOB AND THE HOURS THAT YOU PUT IN ARE INCREDIBLE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PAUL FRITZ IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I THINK PAUL HAS SPENT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME PURSUING SOMETHING TO DO IN THIS CITY. I THINK WE STARTED A GROUP CALLED BLOOM WHICH REALLY PUSHED TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CITY COUNCIL MOVED FORWARD WITH IT. I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP. YOU TALK ABOUT CHANGE. THE FIRST STEP IS DOING SOMETHING. I SUPPORT A TWO WAY STREET WITH A WALKWAY. I THINK IT IS ALL VERY IMPORTANT. THE DOWNTOWN IS THE NUCLEUS OF ANYWHERE. IF YOU HAVE TRAVELED THIS COUNTRY, SMALL TOWNS, LARGE TOWNS IN EUROPE THE TOWN WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE IS VERY CRITICAL TO A TOWN. I DON'T THINK THIS IS ABOUT ONE WAY, TWO WAY, THREE WAY, NO WAY. IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS THE VISION FOR THIS CITY.

I LOVE THE CITY. THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS WITH THE STORY MET A WOMAN, AN OLDER WOMAN THAT RECALLED RIDING HER HORSE DOWN MAIN STREET WITH THE TRAIN GOING TO EAT AT THE PINECONE.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

I THINK WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THIS SOMEHOW.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. CAN YOU UNMUTE PLEASE.

JUST QUICKLY, I AM WONDERING HOW THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON NUMBER FIVE IF THEY HAVE NOT SEEN IT.

NOBODY HAS SEEN THAT PLAN YET. HOW CAN YOU VOTE ON IT? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

I AM ED MYERS. I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 2008. I REVIEWED THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND BELIEVE THEY WILL

BE A POOR USE OF THE CITY'S LIMITED RESOURCES, DISRUPTIVE, HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND IMPACT MORE PEOPLE NEGATIVELY THAN WILL BENEFIT. ALL OPTIONS IN MY CONTINUE -- Agenda Item Number: 1
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OPINION. I UNDERSTAND THE MODELING HAS NOT BEEN DONE PROFESSIONALLY. INCREASED CUEING FROM CAPACITY REDUCTIONS FOR UNNECESSARY GREENHOUSE GASES. IT WILL COST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT FOR DETERIORATING CONDITION. I DRIVE BETWEEN MAINE AND PETALUMA. IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE GUY WITH A LEAKING ROOF AND APPEALING PAINT ON HIS HOUSE AND HE'S PUTTING AN ADDITION ON HIS HOUSE. IT IS

TRUE SOME MAY BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES, BUT HOW MANY COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS WHO MUST TAKE LONGER ROUTES AND WASTE THEIR TIME. IF WE HAD COMPREHENSIVE MODELING WE MIGHT KNOW BUT WE DON'T. MY PERSONAL ESTIMATE IS THAT DRIVERS OUTNUMBER BICYCLES 50-1. I WAS A BICYCLE RIDER UNTIL A FEW YEARS BACK. I AVOIDED MAINE AND PETALUMA AND BODEGA EVEN AFTER THE BICYCLE LANES BECAUSE MORE PLEASANT SAFE AND QUIET ALTERNATES WERE AVAILABLE. IN CONCLUSION, LET'S KEEP OUR STREETS SO THEY BENEFIT THE MAJORITY OF USERS. ISN'T THAT THE BASIS OF DEMOCRACY? THANK YOU. IF THERE IS ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING NONE I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

PAUL FRITZ. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF NOT AS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I AM NOT SPEAKING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHETHER DOWNTOWN IS A PLACE TO DRIVE THROUGH OR A PLACE TO DRIVE TO. THE ONE WAY'S SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS MOVING QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IT PRIORITIZES OVER OTHER USERS. I READ A QUOTE THAT SAID THIS CHANGES THE CONCEPT OF A STREET FROM THE PLACE TO PAST TIME TO A PLACE TO PASS THROUGH. THIS IS PRIORITIZING PEOPLE IN THE CITY. THIS, I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO MISS THEM HERE BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY THAT REGRETTED IT. I'M HERE TO SAY ALTERNATIVE THREE HAS SO MANY GREAT FEATURES. THAT IS THE ONE I ALMOST VOTED FOR MYSELF. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPELLING ASPECTS THAT GAVE REALLY GOOD

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS BUT I THINK THIS UP TO THE NT A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE BENEFITS COULD BE TO THE CITY. I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO MENTION ALL OF THEM BECAUSE I HAVE LESS THAN TWO MINUTES BUT I WILL GO THROUGH A FEW. LAST FRIDAY I SAW SOMETHING THAT I SAW BUT I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED IT. THEY CROSSED MAIN STREET, WENT TO PETALUMA AND CONTINUED NORTH ON MAIN STREET. THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO MAIN STREET AND TURNED LEFT, IT WAS ANOTHER 10 MINUTES DELAY BUT IT WAS A DELAY. IF YOU ARE HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR OVERDOSE -- YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS.

I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON DESIGNING OUR STREETS AND RECLAIMING THEM AS SHARED SPACE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY AND HUMANITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PRETTY -- PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY.

STEVE PEARCE. YOU MAY ALL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT INITIALLY WHEN THE CONSULTANTS WENT TO THE

PLANNING COMMISSION THEY ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THE WALKABLE ONE WAY WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS ON MAIN STREET. YOU PROBABLY READ THE ARTICLE AND YOU CAN WATCH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY QUICKLY BACKPEDALED WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUSHED BACK. TRAFFIC IS A

MAJOR CONCERN THAT CAME OUT IN BOTH SURVEYS EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT. WE DON'T EXPECT YOU TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM. WE DO EXPECT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE DON'T MAKE IT MUCH WORSE. WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC WHAT WE WANT? WE WANT SLOW TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC THAT FLOWS AND WE DON'T WANT TRAFFIC THAT HAS MUCH WORSE CLOTHING.

WHY IS CLOGGING SUCH A BIG ISSUE? SOME PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO CARE. IF YOU ELIMINATE A LEFT-HAND TURN THAT CURRENTLY IS AT MAIN STREET AND 12 AND EVERYBODY GOES AROUND McKINLEY WE WILL HAVE MUCH WORSE CLOGGING. BEYOND FRUSTRATION, DELAY, AND MORE POLLUTION THAT CLOGGING CAUSES

DRIVERS TO CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS OFTEN AT A HIGHER SPEED MAKING THOSE STREETS LESS SAFE. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SEBASTOPOL HAD TWO WAY TRAFFIC. NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN TWICE THE DRIPS DOWNTOWN. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT CITY FINANCES. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AN OPTION THAT WOULD CAUSE THE MOST CONGESTION AND EXPENSE. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE LEFT-HAND TURNS ON McKINLEY THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN AND THE LARGE TRUCKS MAKING THE RIGHT TURN ONTO MAIN STREET. IT JUST DOES NOT FIT. WE WILL END UP SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS Agenda Item Number: 1
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OF DOLLARS WE DON'T HAVE. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO CHOOSE THE ONE WAY OPTIONS THAT ARE DOABLE FINANCIALLY AND WON'T CAUSE THE CONGESTION.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

NEXT TO ZOOM. JENNIFER, CAN YOU UNMUTE PLEASE. JENNIFER, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS AND GO BACK TO ZOOM. GO AHEAD.

MY NAME IS STACY. I'M A BUSINESS OWNER ALONG WITH TONY OF THE FEED STORE. FULL DISCLOSURE, I DID NOT DO MY DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE I WAS NOT VERY WELL AWARE OF THIS. WE ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DOWNTOWN SO IT WASN'T CONSIDERED. THIS IS THE LONGEST MOST CONTINUOUS RUNNING BUSINESS IN TOWN. IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN YOU ARE MAKING YOUR DECISION. WE ARE A FEED STORE..

OUR CUSTOMERS CARRY OUT 40 TO 50 POUND SACKS WITH BALES OF HAY. WE HAVE TRUCKS NOT ONLY OF THE VENDORS. THEY WILL BE COMING OUT. IT WILL BE CONFUSION BECAUSE HE WON'T PUT A STOP LIGHT RIGHT THERE. IT WOULD NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. WHEN WE SEE WHAT WILL AFFECT THE BUSINESS AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITHIN THE AREA. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. JENNIFER, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE.

GREAT.

CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? CAN YOU HEAR US? SHE IS ON MUTED. JENNIFER, CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? I WILL

COME BACK TO CHAMBERS AND GO BACK OUT
MY NAME IS TED. I AM A 32 YEAR RESIDENT OF SEBASTOPOL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TOPIC UP. I THINK WE OWE THEM A LOT OF THANKS. I VOTED FOR NUMBER THREE EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT

SUPPORT ONE-WAY STREETS BECAUSE THE TWO WAY STREET OPTION DID NOT HAVE ANY PARKING ON MAIN AND WE CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT. I THINK THE DATA IN THE STUDY WAS FLAWED BECAUSE I VOTED FOR SOMETHING I DID NOT SUPPORT. I WROTE THAT I HAD NO OPTION I SUPPORTED. I THINK TO TAKE THAT DATA IS MISLEADING. I WAS SURPRISED THEY DID NOT PROVIDE A BETTER DEVELOPED OPTION FOR TWO WAY STREETS. I WAS HAPPY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROPOSED WHAT THEY DID. THE TWO WAY FLOW SOUNDS LIKE A WIN WIN WIN WIN, FOUR WAY WIN. PEDESTRIANS WIN, DRIVERS WIN. I KEEP HEARING HOW IT IS WORSE BUT THE DATA AND CONSULTANT STUDY SHOWS IT WILL BE 5% THAT ARE WHICH IS NEGLIGENT AT BEST. IT WAS THE ONE WITH THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT. I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THE DOOMSDAY STUFF WHEN THE CONSULTANT SAID DRIVERS WILL WIN. THE FAMILIES WIN WITH SAFE FOR STREETS. THIS IS KIND OF A NOBRAINER.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IS SOMEBODY MENTIONED EMERGENCY TRAFFIC. THERE WILL BE SO MANY MORE OPTIONS TO MAKE A LEFT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY GOING TO BODEGA THINK ABOUT WHERE THAT TAKES THEM. THEY CLOG UP THREE MAIN INTERSECTIONS TRYING TO LOOP AROUND WHEN THEY CAN COME MAKE A LEFT.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. MICHAEL, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YES.

CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER.

GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING NOTICE TO THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. I HAVE BEEN ON MAIN STREET A SMALL BUSINESS FOR MY 31st YEAR NOW. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FINGERS TO COUNT HOW MANY STUDIES THE CITY

HAS INVESTED TIME, STAFF, CONSULTANTS, BASICALLY LOTS OF MONEY HAS GONE INTO ALL OF THESE STUDIES THAT CURRENTLY SIT AT CITY HALL COLLECTING DUST. THE TRUTH IS THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE STUDIES. IT

WILL BE DONE AND WE WILL PUT IT ON A SHELF AND IT WILL BE THE TOP ONE TO START COLLECTING A FRESH COAT OF DUST. I THINK THAT BIG ASPIRATIONS ARE GREAT BUT I JUST DON'T EVER SEE THIS HAPPENING EVER.

KUDOS TO US FOR HAVING A VISION THAT SOMEDAY MAYBE SOMETHING WILL CHANGE.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

MY NAME IS CARRIE WHEATON. I SUPPORT THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT TWO WAYS

BUT I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE Agenda Item Number: 1
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SURVEY AND THE LETTER WRITERS AND BASICALLY THE PUBLIC AS WE KNEW IT SUPPORTED THE ONE WAY OPTIONS, THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY OPTIONS AND THEN SOMEHOW THE TWO WAY WAS SLIPPED IN ANY WAY.

I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS. I WORK WITH A VOTING RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. I'M CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE'S VOICES ARE HEARD AND THE PUBLIC IS IS INCLUDED. I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE VERSUS CARS.

PEDESTRIANS ARE PEOPLE. THIS ISN'T A BUNCH OF EVIL ROBOTS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN MAYBE THEY WANT TO COME HERE OR THEY ARE COMING HOME FROM THE BEACH OR HAVE TO GO TO A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.

THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE MISERABLE. WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT WORSE FOR ANYONE. DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS. SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN THE HILLS, NO PUBLIC TRANSIT. SOME PEOPLE LIVE FURTHER AWAY, WONDERFUL TOWNS, SOME PEOPLE ARE DISABLED AND CANNOT RIDE A BICYCLE.

WE ALL NEED TO GET TO TOWN. NOT ALL OF US LIVE ONE BLOCK WALKING DISTANCE FROM MAIN STREET. NOT

ALL OF US ARE ATHLETIC CYCLISTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE INCLUDING DRIVERS. THEY ARE NOT EVIL AND ALSO THAT DOES NOT CHERRY PICK DATA. IT SEEMS THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS NOT ABOUT DOWNTOWN. IT WAS ABOUT OUTER REGIONS. IT DISTURBS ME.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SEEING THEN I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS I AM ERIC SPILLMAN. I HAVE LIVED IN SEBASTOPOL 30 YEARS. HAD THREE KIDS GO THROUGH THE CHARTER SCHOOL AND I HAVE AN OFFICE IN TOWN. OVER THOSE 30 YEARS I HAVE WITNESSED A CAR CENTRIC TOWN. I LIKE BOTH THE WALK ABILITY AND THE TWO WAY SYSTEM PROPOSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY DID A VERY EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. I ATTENDED THE MEETINGS. THERE WAS A LOT OF POSITIVE INPUT. IT WASN'T UTOPIAN. IT WAS BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW DOES THIS PLACE BE MORE THRIVING AND LESS DANGEROUS. TWO WAY WAS OFFERING THAT. THE EXCITING THING ABOUT, IT GIVES MAINSTREET A BOOST. IF THERE IS THE ABILITY TO SHUT OFF MAIN STREET YOU CAN ENLIVEN THAT SPACE JUST

DURING OFF-PEAK OR YOU BLOCK OFF MAIN AND THEY GO AROUND, YOU CAN HAVE THE BARLOW ACTIVITY JUST FLOW UP AND TOUCH MAINSTREET. SOME THINGS ABOUT THE PAST THAT I AM NOT QUITE FULLY UNDERSTANDING. BACK WHEN IT WAS TWO WAY THERE WAS ALSO A RAILWAY RUNNING DOWN MAIN. THE TWO WAY HAS NOT BEEN TRIED. THE OTHER THING IS THE RIGHT TURN ISSUE. IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE

NORTH AND YOU WANT TO GET INTO A BUSINESS YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO GO UP MAINSTREET WHERE YOU CAN DO A RIGHT TURN INTO THEIR. THE SAME CONVERSELY FROM THE NORTH IF YOU ARE COMING DOWN YOU TAKE McKINLEY.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS. YOU HAVE --
YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. INC. YOU FOR CONSIDERING EVERYTHING AND LET'S HOPE THESE IDEAS CAN

COME TOGETHER AND MELD INTO SOMETHING THAT WORKS
NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. JEN, CAN YOU UNMUTE?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
NOW I CAN. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? I CAN HEAR YOU BUT YOU ARE GARBLED CAN YOU TRY SPEAKING AGAIN? I WILL COME

BACK TO CHAMBERS AND GO BACK OUT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS WORKING GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A LOT TO PROCESS AND IT'S A LOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. THERE HAS BEEN SEEMINGLY A LOT OF OUTREACH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY EVENTS. I WAS BORN IN SANTA ROSA 58 YEARS AGO AND MOVED TO THE FARAWAY LANDS OF WEST COUNTY IN SEBASTOPOL ABOUT A DECADE AGO. I SUPPORT A MORE WALKABLE, LIKABLE DOWNTOWN WITH A TWO WAY PASSAGE ON MAIN. IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

CURRENTLY WHEN YOU TURN ON MAIN AND YOU ARE HEADED -- IT'S LIKE A RUNWAY. WITH THE REASONABLE 3540 MILE AN HOUR TRAFFIC PEOPLE SEE THAT WIDE-OPEN THREE OR FOUR LANES AND THEY WANT TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND THAT CREATES A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DANGER. I FEEL LIKE I TAKE MY LIFE IN MY HANDS WHEN I TRIED ACROSS MAINSTREET. AND I MOVED FROM SANTA ROSA TO SEBASTOPOL BECAUSE I APPRECIATED A MORE COMMUNAL, WALKABLE, LIKABLE PLACE TO LIVE. LIVING 7 TO 10 BLOCKS OUT OF TOWN Agenda Item Number: 1
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WHEN I NEED TO GET TO SANTA ROSA OR SOMEWHERE ELSE I ABSOLUTELY TAKE MY VEHICLE AND ANY COMMUTE TIME OF DAY IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THERE. I WIND UP GOING THROUGH BACK STREETS TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO. WE NEED BOTH A THROUGHPUT FOR THE MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTES THAT IS

MORE FEASIBLE AND TWO WAY TRAFFIC WITH A MORE POSITIVE FOCUS ON LIKABILITY AND WALK ABILITY IS THE

ONLY WAY THE TOWN IS GOING TO THRIVE BECAUSE THAT ALSO HELPS OUR BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN IF IT'S MORE WALKABLE AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING SLOWER THROUGH TOWN ON THEIR FEET AND THEIR BIKES.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. IF THERE IS ANYBODY ON ZOOM PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE I WILL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS. ANYONE IN CHAMBERS THAT WILL LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING REALLY QUICK THAT WAS NOT TALKED ABOUT A WHOLE LOT. IT'S NOT ABOUT TRAFFIC OR BIKE ABILITY OR WALK ABILITY. WE SPENT THREE WEEKS IN EUROPE LAST YEAR. THE

BIGGEST THING I NOTICED WAS THE DIFFERENCE, HOW MUCH THEY SPEND TIME ON THE SIDEWALKS OUTSIDE ON THE STREET TALKING TO PEOPLE AND EATING. THAT WAS ONE THING WE GAINED FROM COVID. WE HAD SO MANY RESTAURANTS THAT HAD OUTDOOR EATING PLACES AND PLACES TO SIT AND BE. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THOSE ARE GOING AWAY. IF WE HAD SOMETHING ON MAIN STREET, MORE OUTDOOR SPACES TO CONGREGATE AND BE WITH PEOPLE I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. I AM NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER ON ZOOM. I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS. ANYONE IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WE GOT A LETTER FROM THE POLICE CHIEF WHO WAS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW THAT I THOUGHT MY ADDRESS THE SPEAKER THAT TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. IS THAT POSSIBLE BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REFLECT ON THAT.

WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND YOU SENT A LETTER I DON'T KNOW WHAT MOST OF THE PUBLIC HAS READ. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SURMISE WHAT YOUR OPINION IS. YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND GETTING AROUND ON TWO WAY, ONE WAY.

I HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM OLIVER EARLIER AS WELL. I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT THE OPINIONS OF THE PUBLIC BUT IN ALMOST 30 YEARS SINCE I HAVE COMMENCED RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND I AM

ACTUALLY CLOSING ON A YEAR WITH THE CITY THIS WEEK WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ON A DAILY BASIS ISSUES WITH RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE ONE-WAY STREETS. I CANNOT COMMENT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ONE OR TWO WAY AS PART OF PARKING. TWO WAY STREETS WOULD BE MUCH MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO US RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY. IT'S COMMON FOR US TO LEAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HEAD UP McKINLEY TO TURN LEFT ONTO MAIN STREET AND WE FACE A WALL OF STOPPED TRAFFIC WITH NO WAY TO GET THROUGH. REFLECTING ON THE RECENT HOUSE FIRE DOWN NEAR FIRCREST, THE FIRE CHIEF SAID ANOTHER 60 SECONDS AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. SO TRAFFIC LIGHTS WOULD'VE BEEN THE CAUSAL FACTOR OF US NOT GETTING THERE IN TIME. IT IS JUST A CONSIDERATION. IF IT WAS STOPPED

TRAFFIC IN A TWO WAY STREET SITUATION WE COULD JUST GO AROUND THEM ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS OR A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER? ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. I JUST WANT I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF COMMENTS. FOR MANY OF YOU THAT KNOW THAT I GREW UP HERE I WAS HERE DURING THE TWO WAY STREETS. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE HAVE BEEN UP MAIN POINTS THAT WE WERE ALSO NEGOTIATING THE TRAIN. AT THAT TIME PETALUMA AVENUE WAS NOT USED THAT MUCH. WE ALL WENT DOWN MAIN SO THAT WAS WHERE THE BIG CONGESTION WAS.

PETALUMA AVENUE WHEN THEY WENT TO ONE WAY OPEN THAT UP ANOTHER PATTERN IS WE USE BOTH STREETS. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WHILE THERE IS A SURVEY AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, I FEEL LIKE 10 YEARS ON THE COUNCIL MOST PEOPLE DON'T ATTEND OUR MEETINGS.

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ONE-WAY VERSUS TWO-WAY. ONE IS MY NEIGHBOR THAT'S LIVED HERE 15 YEARS AND IS OLDER SHE SAID THAT IS SO CONFUSING, THE ONE WAY. SHE'S FOR TWO WAY BUT SHE DID NOT DO THE SURVEY. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. I TALKED TO SOMEBODY WHO MOVED HERE WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DOES NOT WATCH OR PARTICIPATE AND IS ALSO A FAN OF TWO WAY. I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE FANS OF ONE WAY SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN RELY ON A SURVEY TO MAKE THE DECISION. I GUESS THAT IS MY POINT. I ALSO WANTED

TO RESPOND TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT RIGHT UP WE CAN'T MAKE THIS DECISION WITH ONE OF OUR MEMBERS MISSING ALTHOUGH, I FEEL BAD, BUT WE ARE MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT. IF I WAS ON AGENDA

REVIEW WHICH I'M NOT I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO SET THIS ITEM EARLIER WHEN THAT MEMBER COULD BE HERE, BUT WE ARE UP AGAINST A DEADLINE. AS THE MAYOR SHE HAS RESPONSIBILITY ALONG WITH THE VICE MAYOR TO SIT ON AGENDA REVIEW AND WE GET THE AGENDA WE ARE DEALT WITH. SO SHE IS UNABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO A WORK COMMITMENT. LASTLY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS WHAT I THINK IS A LONG-TERM VISION FOR DOWNTOWN. I REMEMBER WHEN BLOOM WAS CREATED AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND WE GOT THIS GRANT TO STUDY AT. IT WAS A WINDFALL TO STUDY IT WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT ARE EXPERTS. THE WAY I SEE IT IT'S A LONG TIME FOR YOU. MY FORMER COLLEAGUE IS PROBABLY LAUGHING IN THE

BACKGROUND, MICHAEL, BECAUSE IT MIGHT GET SHELVED BUT WITHOUT THIS STUDY WE CANNOT APPLY FOR GRANTS TO LOOK AT A LONG-TERM VISION THAT COULD BE BETTER FOR OUR CITY. THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE WITH LESS VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED MAKES SENSE TO ME. THE SAFETY MAKES SENSE TO ME. WE GET MORE

DRIVABLE STREET BECAUSE WITH THE TWO-WAY VISION WE WILL HAVE TWO WAY TRAFFIC ON WHAT IS NOW ONE LANE AND A BICYCLE LANE IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL. I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE INCREASED RETAIL

ACTIVITY AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS A GOAL FOR A REALLY LONG TIME BY A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET THIS STUDY FUNDED AND DONE. I JUST THINK IT IS PART OF MOVING THE PROCESS ALONG TO CONTINUE TO STUDY AT AND TO CONTINUE TO ENVISION SLOWER AND SAFER STREETS. WHERE I LIVE I DRIVE THAT FREEWAY EVERY SINGLE DAY MULTIPLE TIMES I AM TELLING YOU IT'S A RACETRACK. I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO CROSS. WITH

TWO WAY STREETS YOU CANNOT SEE THEM AND PEDESTRIANS ALMOST GET HIT SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. I AM SUPPORTING THE LONG-TERM VISION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE I'M AT TONIGHT. ALL THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE AND IT'S BEEN EXTENSIVE, HAS SUPPORTED THE DECISION.

THANK YOU. CARTER.

I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ALL LIVE HERE AND WE EXPERIENCE THESE STREETS ON A DAILY BASIS. I REALLY TRIED TO STAND ON EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF THE STREET AT WEIRD TIMES OF THE DAY

ALL DAY, BUT I ALSO HAVE TWO KIDS, I HAVE LESSONS IN SANTA ROSA SO I'M IN THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC TRYING TO

THINK HOW TO SOLVE FOR THE CITY SO WE HAVE MORE YOUNGER PEOPLE HERE SO HOW DO WE DEVELOP A

TOWN THAT HAS A SENSE OF PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MOVE AROUND AND IT'S COMFORTABLE, BUT ALSO WHAT WE NEED TO SOLVE FOR IS THE SECURITY OF THE PLACE. WHEN YOU GO TO BARLOW AND YOU SEE A LOT OF KIDS PLAYING AT THE ARTIFICIAL GRASS TURF, WHY DOES THAT FEEL SO GOOD? WHY DOES IT FEEL GOOD BEING THERE? AS OPPOSED, I WOULD STAND IN FRONT OF GATHER ARE ONE OF THOSE STORES AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING SWEPT ALONG WITH THE CURRENT, WITH THE OCEAN. THAT DOES NOT FEEL GREAT.

THEN ALSO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE. I HAVE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE FEED STORE AND THE HOT

MONK ON BOTH SIDES, AND I'VE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE MEDICAL CENTER DOWN BY PALM AND TAKEN BIKE RIDES AND JOG ALL THE TIME, I KNOW WHO IS TAKING LEFT AND WHY. I'VE STOOD IN FRONT OF MIMI'S WITH

ICE CREAM CONES WITH MY KIDS AND HAD THEM HELP COUNT CARS LIKE WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE. I DO NOT WANT TO OVER TALK THIS, BUT I HAVE ALSO DONE A LOT OF CASE STUDIES. I'VE LOOKED AT AT LEAST SEVEN DIFFERENT CITIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS SAME EXPERIENCE. DURHAM, DANA POINT, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS EXACT SAME THING. IT ALL STARTS OUT WITH PEOPLE WORRIED. WE ALL HAVE THESE WORRIES. IF YOU DUMP TOO MUCH MONEY INTO SOMETHING LIKE SAN LUIS OBISPO PUT TOO MUCH ON PARKING AND THEY CAN'T GET THAT MONEY BACK WHEN THEY DID NOT REALLY SOLVE FOR BUSINESSES. ONE

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BUSINESSES. THEY WERE STARTING TO FADE, FLIP OVER. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM BACK BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE BUSINESSES. AS THE HOT MONK SAID, ALL THE WAY DOWN. THAT INCLUDES THAT SMALL BLOCK THROUGH THE POST OFFICE ALL THE WAY DOWN. ONE OF THESE STUDIES ALSO EXPLAIN THE PHYSICS OF CAR TRAVEL AND HOW DIVERSIFYING IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE FLOW OF TRAVEL. PEOPLE HAVE CHOICE AND FOR SOME REASON THAT ACTUALLY DIFFUSES THESE LONG LINES OF CARS. ONE THING WE EXPECT IS THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN WESTERN COUNTY. WE AREN'T GOING TO STOP THAT SO AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO DECIDE WE ARE A CITY AND NOT JUST SOMETHING FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH. IF WE ARE GOING TO STAY HERE THE COUNTY CAN HELP US THINK ABOUT OTHER WAYS AROUND. IT'S UNFORTUNATE IF IT PUTS TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON PLEASANT HILL OR EVEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN WHICH WILL BE IMPACTED. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC AS A POSITIVE THING. SOME OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE LIVED IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE EUROPE AND SOUTH AFRICA AND IT IS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. IT FEELS GREAT. FOR THOSE REASONS AND A LOT

OF STATISTICAL DATA THAT I HAVE THAT IS NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN SOME OF THESE REPORTS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS STUDY. IT DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE GOING TO DO IT TOMORROW, IT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO STUDY IT. ALL OF THIS STUDYING WE ARE GOING TO DO WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. IF WE STUDY IT WE WILL KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS AND HOW WE CAN PROGRESS RESPONSIBLY WITH OUR BUDGET.

I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. IN MY OWN MIND I WENT THROUGH THE ANALYSIS AGAIN, WITH MY STAFF WITH THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE WHICH IS NUMBER ONE. WE ALL HAVE

OUR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE EMAIL US ABOUT THE HORRIFIC STATE OF THE LACK OF

SAFETY ON THE ROADS, BUT I SWEAR ONE PERSON TALKING TO THE WOMAN IN THE AREA WE ARE TALKING

ABOUT AN ELDERLY WOMAN NOT ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE STREET THE WAY WE HAVE IT CONFIGURED NOW RAN INTO TWO OTHER ELDERLY PEOPLE AND RAN OVER HER DOG WHO ENDED UP DYING. IT IS JUST A MESS THE WAY IT IS. MY PARTNER HAS VISION IMPAIRMENT AND CANNOT NAVIGATE THE FREEWAY THAT IS UP AND DOWN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET TICKET IS UNCONSCIONABLE. FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE I AM VOTING FOR WHATEVER WILL SLOW THINGS DOWN TO PROTECT. AGAIN, WE ARE THE THIRD ELDEST CITY IN THE COUNTY ACCORDING TO THE COUNCIL ON AGING. I FEEL A STRONG OBLIGATION TO LOOK AFTER ELDERS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT PLOWED OVER TRYING TO WALK OUR STREETS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL PARK, YES I DO

CARE ABOUT OUR PLANET AND I THINK THIS WAY WILL REDUCE THE CIRCLING AROUND AND TRYING TO MANEUVER THE WAY OUR STREETS ARE NOW. THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY VITALITY 100%. FOR THOSE OF US

THAT HAVE LIVED OTHER PLACES LIKE YOU EUROPE SAN FRANCISCO HAVING TWO WAY MAKES IT A LOT EASIER

TO CLOSE ONE OF MAINSTREET OR PETALUMA TO HAVE ALL OF OUR CATS AND DOGS AND CHILDREN AND

EVERYTHING ELSE ROAM THE WHOLE AREA GOING AND GETTING ICE CREAM INSTEAD OF LIVING IN A CITY WHERE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS CLOSE AT 6:00. I DON'T REALLY WANT THAT TO BE A VISION MOVING FORWARD. ALSO, AS I INDICATED BEFORE THEY ARE THE EXPERTS. THEY KNOW HOW TO GIVE US THAT MONEY. SOME OF US ARE INVESTING A LOT OF TIME BUILDING THE COMMONS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY

HAVE A CENTRAL PART WE CAN FEEL PROUD OF TIED TO A RECONFIGURED DOWNTOWN WHERE WE CAN SIT OUTSIDE WHEN THE WEATHER IS GOOD AND HAVE ICE CREAM AND A DELICIOUS MEAL OUTSIDE. ALL THOSE THINGS TIED TOGETHER ALONG WITH THE WORK THAT IS NOW WITH THE COUNTY. THAT REPOSITIONING BETTER FOR MORE MONEY AND WE KNOW THE MONEY IS THERE. STAY IN THE SAME WAY MAKES NO SENSE TO

ME AND I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY ROLLING UP SAYING WE LOVE THE TRAFFIC CONFIGURATION NOW LET ME CUT YOU SOME MORE MONEY. THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT HAPPENING SO ANYWAY I WILL STOP THERE.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE THREE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION. AFTER HEARING THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES I WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION. A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKED UP TO ME AND TALK TO ME AND SAID DO NOTHING. THIS IS GOING TO BE SO DISRUPTIVE YOU SHOULD JUST DO NOTHING. FOR ME DOING NOTHING WAS NOT OKAY BECAUSE THAT MEANT HE MIGHT HAVE TO PAY BACK CALTRANS $260,000. NOT OKAY WITH ME. ONE OF THE THINGS SOMEBODY SAID THAT SPOKE TO ME

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STREET. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE TRUE FOR OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT THE WIDE SIDEWALKS. THEY WANT THE DOWNTOWN TO BE NICER LIKE THAT. MAYBE THEY WANTED TWO WAY BUT JUST VOTED FOR NUMBER THREE. I REALLY WANT WIDER SIDEWALKS DOWNTOWN. I'M HOPING THERE MIGHT BE ROOM FOR A DOUBLE ROW OF TREES ON EACH SIDE. CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING DOWNTOWN WITH A DOUBLE ROW OF STREET TREES. JUST TO REDUCE THE SENSE OF BEING IN A TRAFFIC SEWN. I WANT TO LOSE AS LITTLE

PARKING AS POSSIBLE SO I DO NOT SUPPORT THE MID BLOCK CROSSING BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL REALLY BACKUP TRAFFIC. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE KEY INTERSECTIONS AND SOME OF THE LEFT TURNS. I'M

CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFECTS ON NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT DOWNTOWN, BUT I AM

HOPING SOME OF THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT WITH THE NEW DESIGNS SO I GUESS THAT IS ALL THAT I WANT TO SAY. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY THIS. THIS IS JUST TO STUDY IT SO WE CAN

LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE DIFFICULT PARTS OF THE PLAN LIKE MAKING SURE THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING, SIGNAGE, THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

JUST TO CLARIFY. IS IT TRUE THAT IF WE VOTE FOR THIS ARE WE STILL CAN CHANGE SOME OF THE DESIGN LIKE THAT MID BLOCK CROSSING ON MAINSTREET?
YES. WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF.

DO WE NEED TO TELL YOU THAT NOW? I WOULD PROPOSE WE ELIMINATE THE MID BLOCK CROSSING ON MAINSTREET BETWEEN McKINLEY AND BODEGA AVENUE. I THINK THAT WILL REALLY BLOCK UP TRAFFIC.

BOTH SIDES. AROUND THE PLAZA AS WELL.

YES. THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RETHINK MAYBE BIKING COULD ALL BE ON MAINSTREET INSTEAD OF PETALUMA. I'M WORRIED IT MIGHT GO BACK TO THE SAME WAY IT IS NOW.

THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION. I DO NOT AGREE.

I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT EITHER. I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS. I THINK IT IS FOR SAFETY WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. THAT IS WHAT THE CONSULTANT SAID WOULD BE THE SAFEST OPTION.

I DISAGREE THAT IT IS SAFE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET ON IT. I WOULD JUST HATE TO REDUCE SOMETHING

THAT IS ALREADY TROUBLESOME FOR THE CITY LIKE WHEN ADDING THE GREEN PATH ONTO PETALUMA, EVEN

THOUGH I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE RIDE IT, BECAUSE I ASKED THE PEOPLE, I QUESTION THEM WHERE YOU COMING FROM WHERE ARE YOU DOING, IT IS VERY FEW PEOPLE. WHEN I TRY I HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN I'M GOING TO THE SQUARE I JUST GET OFF. I GET ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND WALK ACROSS. I DO NOT USE IT. GOING ACROSS AND GOING DOWN TRYING TO VEER ONTO TRAFFIC I FIND THAT ALSO VERY CONFUSING. I WON'T USE IT AND I KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD USE IT.

IF WE COULD GET THAT GOING THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THEN PUT MAYBE EVEN A SMALL BIKE LANE ON MAINSTREET WHERE IT WOULD BE USED BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE LIVE WITH THE KIDS.

ORDER FROM MORRIS INTO TOWN AND THAT WOULD COME DOWN. TO TAKE McKINLEY MAYBE THROUGH INTO TOWN. ANYWAY, COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADVANCE THE

PREFERRED DOWNTOWN STREET DESIGN FRAMEWORK OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT WITHOUT THE TWO MID LOCK CROSSINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE.

I'M PREPARED TO SECOND THAT BUT I WOULD LIKE MORE DISCUSSION ON THE BIKE LANE BETWEEN THESE TWO WHO SEEM TO HAVE THE BETTER.

I ACTUALLY, WHEN I ASKED FOR AN OPTION TO HAVE THAT. CAN YOU DO BOTH SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AND FIGURE THAT OUT? COULD WE HAVE DATA FOR THIS DECISION?

CAN I GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO THAT BECAUSE I AM NOT FOR A BIKE LANE ON MAINSTREET BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE AWAY SIDEWALK SPACE. I DON'T INC. WE CAN HAVE BOTH. THAT IS WHY I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE BIKE

OPTION MOVING FROM THE PLAZA ONTO MAIN BECAUSE THE ENVISIONED SIDEWALKS WHICH ARE PART OF THE NUMBER ONE VOTED ON PLAN WENT AWAY AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.

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I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT I THINK THERE IS SPACE FOR THE BIKE LANE AND EVERYTHING WE ARE

SAYING AND NOT HAVING IT ON PETALUMA BUT IT WOULD JUST EAT A LITTLE BIT OF THE SIDEWALK THAT IS ON THE EAST SIDE.

I AM IN FAVOR OF HAVING OPTIONS. I THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS ASKING FOR IS TO CONSIDER BOTH OF THE OPTIONS. I WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT HE IS PUTTING FORWARD.

CAN WE ASK THE CONSULTANT IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? CAN WE DO THAT? I SHOULD CLARIFY.

THE REQUEST TO ACCOMMODATE VIRTUALLY ONE DIRECTION OF BICYCLES ON MAINSTREET IS ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS.

HE'S ASKING FOR TWO ON MAINSTREET.

A TWO WAY CYCLE TRACK ON MAINSTREET. WE CAN DO SOME CARTOONISH TYPE DRAWINGS AND REPORT BACK. WHAT EXACTLY WE DRAW AS THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IS MORE THE QUESTION THAT WE WANT TO GET TONIGHT WHETHER WE DRAW IT WITH BIKE FACILITIES ON PETALUMA OR ON MAIN. I DON'T INC. WE CAN

DO BOTH
I THINK WE ARE ASKING FOR BOTH.

IF WE CAN LIMIT THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO JUST MAINSTREET AND NOT INCLUDE McKINLEY, PETALUMA AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12, I THINK WE ARE GETTING BEYOND WHAT THE GRANT SCOPE OF WORK PROVIDES

THERE IS A DISCUSSION IN THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAUSE THE GRANT'S HAVE

MONEY, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BUDGET IF WE DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE ONE THROUGH FOUR THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STUDIED. IF YOU WANT TO DO TWO ADDITIONAL OPTIONS THAT WOULD COST MORE THAN WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED. I THINK WHAT

THE CONSULTANT IS SAYING IS GIVE US ONE THAT WE DRAW UP FULLY AND THEN WE CAN BRING BACK SOME ALTERNATIVES TO THAT. WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE IF THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM TO DO EVERYTHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS ASKING TO DO ON MAINSTREET.

JUST TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD I WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE PLAN TO FULLY STUDY THE FIFTH ONE JUST TO

MAKE SURE THINGS GO ALONG AS LONG AS THERE IS FAIRLY WELL DONE JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THAT AS A VIABLE OPTION BECAUSE I AM RELATIVELY CERTAIN THAT ZERO PEOPLE WILL USE THE PETALUMA BIKE LANE.

THAT IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE EVER USED BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL SAFE ON MAINSTREET. SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TO HAVE THE OPTIONS DONE WOULD COST US MORE MONEY IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? CORRECT. WHAT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO GO BACK AND STUDY ONE NEW ALTERNATIVE TO THE SAME EXTENT WE STUDIED THE ONE THROUGH FOUR ALTERNATIVES. IT WOULD NOT BE A FULL STUDY OF YET ANOTHER OPTION. IT WOULD BE A MORE SCHEMATIC FIGURING OUT WHAT COULD WORK.

THERE MIGHT BE OTHER THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT ESPECIALLY WITH BIKE LANE PLACEMENT THERE MIGHT BE OTHER IDEAS WE COME UP WITH AS POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. WE JUST WON'T GET THE FULL LEVEL OF STUDY LIKE WE'VE DONE FOR THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

I AM COMFORTABLE WITH MY MOTION.

DOES YOUR MOTION INCORPORATE HAVING THE OPTIONS? COULD THAT AT LEAST BE EXPLORED KNOWING THE FACT WE WOULD HAVE TWO. IF THAT I WITHDRAW MY SECOND.

I THINK WHAT I HEARD IS WE CAN DO WHAT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT AND STUDY THE RECOMMENDATIONS. MY MOTION IS TO EXCLUDE THE CROSSWALKS MID LOCK ON BOTH. YOU SAID YOU COULD COME BACK WITH SOME OPTIONS BUT IT'S NOT FULL. WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU COULD COME BACK WITH WINDOW SPENDING MORE MONEY?
IT WOULD BE TO THE LEVEL OF DETAILED, THE DEPICTION OF THE CROSS-SECTION AND PLAN VIEWS.

IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS, REALIGNING, ALLOCATING TRAFFIC VOLUMES, IF WE CAN DO THAT I'M WILLING TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE MOTION.

MY SECOND STANDS.

OKAY. TAKE THE ROLL CALL.

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CAN I CLARIFY THE MOTION BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK WE PUT THAT IN THERE. IT IS TO AFFIRM THE CITY

PRIMARY DOWNTOWN PRIORITIES OUR SAFETY WALK ABILITY AND BUSINESS VITALITY AND THE FUTURE

DECISION IN THE AREA FOR THE FRAMEWORK THAT ACHIEVES THESE PRIORITIES BY NARROWING PORTIONS OF MAINSTREET. TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCORPORATE AND PROTECT BICYCLE FACILITIES AND ESTABLISH A TWO WAY CIRCULATION FROM MAINSTREET TO PETALUMA. DIRECTING STAFF TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 FOR THE INITIAL STUDY AS OUTLINED ABOVE. ELIMINATE THE MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS BETWEEN McKINLEY AND BODEGA AVENUE DOWNTOWN AND EXPLORE LIMITED OPTIONS TO EXPLORE THE CYCLE LANES ON MAINSTREET AND REPORT BACK.

IS THAT ACCURATE? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER?
COUNCILMEMBER HINTON COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN, VICE MAYOR MAURER. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

ANYBODY NEED A BREAK BEFORE WE GO TO THE LAST ITEM? OKAY. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 10. I WILL GIVE PEOPLE A MOMENT TO CLEAR OUT. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 10 THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL TO COSPONSOR TO INSTALL A REPURPOSED NEWSPAPER STAND WITH NARCAN SUPPLIES DOWNTOWN. WHO WILL BE PRESENTING?

THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT CAME FORWARD FROM COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN SUPPORTED BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

CAN YOU LET ME SHARE?
I HAVE IT ON JUMP DRIVE ALSO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU WELL I SORT OUT MY NEW DIFFICULTIES. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT WE ARE ASKED TO BRING THIS BACK FOR RECONSIDERATION IF THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR THE INSULATION OF A REPURPOSED NEWSPAPER STAND TO DO DISPOSED FREE NARCAN SUPPLIES.

THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED THIS IN JANUARY AND DID NOT APPROVE BUT ASKED STAFF TO BRING IT BACK FOR RECONSIDERATION WITH SOME ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS. THE ITEM IS TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE

CITY WISHES TO FORMALLY PART TO ALLOW PLACEMENT OF A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE NARCAN DISPOSAL ON CITY PROPERTY OR WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. IF APPROVED IT WOULD PROVIDE THE DISPENSER, START THE NARCAN AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE. PUBLIC WORKS WOULD COORDINATE INSTALLATION AND CONFIRM ANY APPLICABLE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR ENCROACHMENT REQUIREMENTS. THE KEY DECISION IS WHETHER

OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COSPONSORSHIP AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE LOCATIONS. SEVERAL ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. WE WILL JUST BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH

THEM SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL BEFORE WE PASS IT BACK TO YOU FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST LOCATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED AND SOME ALTERNATIVES IN A BROAD BIG STROKE THAT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT. THIS LOCATION WAS THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED LOCATION ON THE CORNER OF NORTH MAIN AND McKINLEY THAT IS PREFERRED FOR VISIBILITY AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. THE OTHER SITES THAT WERE CONSIDERED IN THE INTERIM OF WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE, THE NEXT PREFERRED LOCATION WOULD BE OUTSIDE CITY HALL BY THE BIKE RACKS.

THEN THERE IS A SUITE OF OTHER ONES ALONG NORTH MAIN BETWEEN KEATING AND WALTON. VARIOUS PLACES, FINALLY A SLEW OF OPTIONS IN FRONT OF CITY HALL NEAR THE LIBRARY. NOT OUR PREFERRED LOCATIONS. LOCATION NUMBER SEVEN HAS ADA CONCERNS. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AND WE BRING IT BACK

FOR YOU FOR RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COSPONSORSHIP AND GET SOME SPEED BACK -- FEEDBACK ABOUT THE LOCATION.

QUESTIONS.

I CAN THROW IT OUT AGAIN. I APPRECIATE STAFF AND MIKE US HUGS FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK. I

APPRECIATE LETTERS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE ADDED TO ADDRESS WHAT WAS A TOPIC ABOUT A LOT OF RISKS. I MAINTAIN THE FACT THAT IT IS MINIMAL RISK. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS WEIGHED IN ON THAT POINT AS IS THE INSURANCE CARRIER. ONE OF THE CITY CALLED IS AROUND SAFETY AND HAVING HEALTH AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR PEOPLE IN MOMENTS OF CHALLENGES AND DISTRESS IS A WAY TO DO THAT. FOR THE LOCATION ITSELF I'M OPEN TO LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES AS ALWAYS. FOR ME IT'S LIKE WITH THE LIBRARY

AND THE WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT, HAVING THE LIBRARY ASSIST WITH ALERTING

THEM AND TO THE FACT THAT THE BOX SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER OR NEEDS TO BE REPLENISHED COULD Agenda Item Number: 1
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ACTUALLY BE A BENEFIT BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO GO IN AND AROUND THAT AREA AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AT THE SAME TOKEN IT IS THEIR NONPROFIT AND THEIR RESOURCES AS FAR AS THEIR PREFERRED LOCATION. THEY STATED THAT AND I WILL LEAVE IT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO DISCUSS.

THE BETTER QUESTION THESE DAYS, I KNOW A LOT OF THE INFORMATION NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO PICK AN EXACT LOCATION, DO WE? CAN WE JUST SAY LET'S GO FORWARD?

WE CAN SAY LET'S GO FORWARD AND WORK IT OUT AFTER THE FACT BUT WE WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PREFERRED LOCATION.

I'M DEFINITELY LEANING LIBRARY BUT I'M NOT SURE WE CAN KEEP IT OPEN FOR A SECOND AT A BUSINESS WHICH I'M NOT OPPOSED TO. I DON'T WANT TO TERRIBLY LIMIT IT.

WHAT WAS THE LAST PART OF IT?
I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT IT BUT I'M OKAY WITH IT BEING AT THE LIBRARY.

IS AN THIS THE QUESTION PART.

QUESTIONS.

MY QUESTION WAS DO WE HAVE TO LIMIT IT TO THE LIBRARY?

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON'S COMMENT THAT THIS WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I PRESENTED IT BEFORE AND BASED ON THE PRIOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THE SPONSORS. IT WAS NOT JUST ME ADDING COMMENTS.

QUESTION?
I WILL HOLD FOR RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OUR INSURANCE CARRIER. THE LAST WE TALKED ABOUT THIS OUR LIABILITY WOULD BE $25,000. IS THAT STILL CORRECT AND WHAT IS THEIR POSITION ON THIS? OUR DEDUCTIBLE?
THAT WOULD BE A DEDUCTIBLE BUT THAT WOULD BE FOR ANYTHING IN THE CITY. IT WOULD BE COVERED IF SOMETHING HAPPENED.

WHAT IS THE POSITION ON HAVING A NARCAN BOX FREE AND OPEN AVAILABLE? I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT. LET ME PULL IT UP REALLY QUICK.

IT SAYS IF THE CITY OPTS TO DEPLOY NARCAN THERE IS NO EXCLUSION IN THE MEMORANDUM OF COVERAGE.

THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE INSURANCE POLICY. REFERRED SOME CITIES ARE MAKING NARCAN AVAILABLE SO THEY CAN MONITOR USE. WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY THAT HAVE LACED A DISPENSER OUTSIDE THAT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IF A STATE CHOOSES THIS OPTION IT MAY BE LIABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN.

SO THEREFORE NO EXCLUSION MEANS WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $25,000 DEDUCT THE BULL.

CORRECT. IT WOULD BE COVERED BY THE MEMORANDUM OF COVERAGE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SHALL WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
THANK YOU. THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LOCATION OF THE NARCAN DISTRIBUTION BOX. IT IS TWO MINUTES TIME LIMIT. I GO TO CHAMBERS FIRST AND THEN ZOOM.

I AM SORRY I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING. I AM MICAH SAWYER WITH MIKE US HUGS. WE ARE OFFERING THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP MISCONCEPTIONS I THINK WE GOT FROM THE LAST MEETING.

THOSE ARE BASICALLY AROUND SAFETY AND WHAT THE RISKS CAR. WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED OVER 40,000 DOSES OF NARCAN OVER 1 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NARCAN. IN THOSE DOSES WE HAVE HAD NOT A SINGLE NEGATIVE COMMENT COME BACK. WE DO NOT KNOW OF ANY SIDE EFFECTS WE CAN FIND INCLUDING

CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS FROM NARCAN

BESIDES THE FACT THAT IT CAN PUT SOMEBODY THAT IS PHYSICALLY ADDICTED TO OPIOID INTO WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. WHEN WE DO THE TEACHINGS AND TRAININGS WE TELL PEOPLE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE PERSON WHO IS PHYSICALLY WITHDRAWING TO BECOME SOMETIMES THEY SAY IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE VIOLENT.

WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY HEARD OF THEM BECOMING VIOLENT. THEY BECOME AGITATED, THEY GO INTO WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY GETTING HURT BY IT. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE WE HAVE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF STORIES OF PEOPLE. WE HAD A 16-YEAR-OLD KID THAT SAVED A PREGNANT WOMAN IN A LUCKYS PARKING LOT. IT'S AMAZING THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE STORIES WE'VE HAD WITH NO Agenda Item Number: 1
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NEGATIVE STORIES OR NEGATIVE EFFECTS WITH ALL THE EXPERTS WE CONSULT WITH THAT ALL THE WORK WE HAVE DONE. THE ONLY THING THAT NARCAN DOES IS BLOCKS THE OPIOID RECEPTORS IN SOMEBODY'S BODY FROM ABSORBING OPIOIDS. IF THERE IS NO OPIOIDS IT DOES NOT AFFECT. WE HAVE BOXES IN PETALUMA, CLOVERDALE, BURNSVILLE THAT HAVE GIVEN OUT HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS.

YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS.

I WANTED TO END JUST BY SHOWING YOU WHEN WE DO THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND TEACHINGS THIS IS WHAT NARCAN IS WE OFTEN GIVE IT TO OURSELVES. THERE'S NO OPIOIDS IN MY SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. NEXT TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE ON ZOOM TALK WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER.

YES I CAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS JASON REED. I SAID ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD OF SONOMA COUNTY AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENTS FOR RECOVERY CLUB AT SANTA ROSA COLLEGE. I'M A PEER EDUCATOR AND YOUTH MENTOR. I'M ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN AND PASSIONATE ABOUT PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF PEERS, NEIGHBORS. THAT IS HOPING

TO STAVE LIVES THROUGH THE D STIGMATIZATION OF MATERIALS SUCH AS NALOXONE AND FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS IN AN EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER. SPREADING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY INCLUDING SEBASTOPOL. I'VE KNOWN MIKE AND MICHELLE FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR. IN

THAT TIME I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED CONTINUED EFFORTS IN CARRYING OUT LIFE-SAVING PRACTICES I'VE SPEAK OF IN THIS COUNTY AND BEYOND. THIS IS NOW WELL DOCUMENTED. I CAN ATTEST THE CAMPAIGN TO PLACE BOXES. THIS WILL HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS. I IMPLORE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE THIS MATTER TO HEART.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME TO CHAMBERS.

HELLO. I'M JEANNIE FERNANDEZ. RESIDENT OF SEBASTOPOL, PRESIDENT OF THE WEST NOMA COUNTY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU GOT MY LETTER. THANK YOU FOR READING IT. I KNOW IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE WHAT MICAH AND MICHELLE ARE DOING IS SO COMMENDABLE. THE PAIN THAT THEY ENDURED WITH LOSING HER SON I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT

WOULD BE LIKE BUT THEY TURN THAT AROUND TO A POSITIVE THING BY TRYING TO STOP THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE PLACE ONE OF THESE. YOU SAW SEVEN CHOICES. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU ALLOW THEM TO PUT MULTIPLE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT ONE NORTH OF TOWN. THAT IS WHERE THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ARE AT. IT IS AVAILABLE AT THE HEALTH CENTER. A LOT OF THEM WON'T GO IN THERE AND ASK FOR IT.

WHEN THEY DID THE TRAINING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THEY GAVE AWAY SO. I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED THE KIDS THAT WERE SHY ABOUT GETTING NARCAN BUT THEN THEY TOOK 23, FOUR. WE ALL HAVE THEM. WE ARE PEOPLE THAT CARE. THEY ARE TAKING DRUGS JUST TO BE TAKING DRUGS. SOME OF THEM ARE EXPERIMENTING.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS LIKE AND UNFORTUNATELY FENTANYL IS IN SO MANY OF THESE DRUGS THAT THESE KIDS ARE EXPERIENCING WITH. THEY THINK THEY ARE TAKING XANAX AND THEY GET AHEAD OF FENTANYL AND THEY WILL DIE AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE ON YOUR SHOULDERS. WE HAVE KIDS DYING ON THE STREETS OF SEBASTOPOL. PLEASE APPROVE THIS.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM.

WHEN SOMEBODY COMES AND ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING NO OTHER CITY IS DOING RIGHT AWAY. I THINK

WE JUST HEARD INPUT THAT KIND OF GOT GARBLED BECAUSE EVERYBODY TALKED OVER BUT THE INPUT WAS THAT CITIES THEY KNOW THAT HAVE DONE THIS HAVE PUT IT INSIDE OF CITY BUILDINGS. NOT ON THE STREETS.

AT THE FIRST MEETING ON THIS SOMEBODY CAME ON AND STATED THAT SAN LUIS OBISPO HAD DONE THIS.

THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. WE SHOULD DO IT. I WAS THERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SO I WENT AND LOOKED FOR IT. THEY ARE NOT ON THE STREETS. THE CITY PUT THEM IN BUILDINGS AND LARGE, OVERSIZED

FIRST-AID KITS ON THE WALL HIGHER THAN WHAT A TYPICAL SMALL CHILD COULD GET TO SO THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO IT. ANYWAY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS AS OPPOSED TO JUST RUSH OUT AND DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT.

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NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. MICHELLE SAWYER. I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN ABOUT LIABILITY AND THE CITY'S INSURANCE EXPOSURE. THAT'S A REASONABLE A QUESTION FOR ANY PUBLIC SAFETY DECISION. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE

THAT NALOXONE IS OVER-THE-COUNTER AND CALIFORNIA LAW PROVIDE STRONG GOOD SAMARITAN PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ADMINISTER. ACROSS CALIFORNIA CITIES, COUNTIES, LIBRARIES AND

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PLACED NALOXONE BOXES IN PUBLIC WITHOUT THE KIND OF LIABILITY ISSUES BEING SUGGESTED. IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MANY COMMUNITIES. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR WE ARE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO TAKE ON OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE WILL INSTALL, MONITOR, MAINTAIN AND WILL WORK WITH YOU WITH QUESTIONS OR AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMFORT. I THINK EVERYBODY RECEIVED THE NEWS ARTICLE THAT WAS JUST DONE WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO. I THINK IT

ANSWERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AND HOPEFULLY HELP TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. OF THE COUNTY CAN PUT OUT THE BOXES WITHOUT HAVING ISSUE I DON'T SEE WHERE THE CITY CAN'T FOLLOW SUIT. I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER AND ALLOW US TO PUT THESE BOXES IN.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. GIANNA, CAN YOU UNMUTE. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? CAN YOU HEAR US? I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO HER. DANIEL, CAN YOU UNMUTE.

YES I CAN.

CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER.

YES I CAN. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY PUBLIC COMMENT. I FELT COMPELLED TO SPEAK BECAUSE I'M A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN SEBASTOPOL. I TEACH AT SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE AND WHEN I HEARD THE GENTLEMAN SPEAK EARLIER I THOUGHT I DO NEED TO SPEAK. I AM ALSO APPARENT OF A SENIOR. I AM SENDING MY DAUGHTER TO COLLEGE NEXT YEAR WITH A FEW BOXES OF NARCAN JUST IN CASE. SHE WAS ONE OF THE TRAINED INDIVIDUALS FROM MIKE US HUGS EARLIER THIS YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR COUNTY WE LOST SEVERAL TEENAGERS LAST YEAR DUE TO OVERDOSES. THEY WERE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED TO THE NEWSPAPER LAST YEAR, SADLY. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT MICAH SUGGS IS DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I

FEEL THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS BLESSED TO HAVE THEIR PRESENTATION LAST SEMESTER, I BELIEVE, ALL OF THE TEENAGERS THAT WERE EXPOSED TO THE PRESENTATION ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE LIVES.. THEY KNOW

NOW, THEY ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO HELP SOMEBODY IN NEED WHETHER IT IS A FRIEND OR STRANGER ON THE STREET. AT SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE WE HAVE FREE NARCAN AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY. AT BASICALLY ANY TIME. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS ARE GOING ON

THERE AS WELL SO IT GETS INTO THE HANDS OF MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT OR WANT TO HAVE IT IN CASE THEY NEED IT. I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF SEBASTOPOL MAKING THIS AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS. IF IT'S BEHIND A LOCKED DOOR AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR HAVING IT BE SOMEWHERE SAFE SO IT DOES NOT GET INTO THE HANDS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL PUT THIS ON THEIR AGENDA TO PUT ONE OF THESE BOXES ON THEIR PROPERTY JUST SO YOU KNOW.

NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. GIANNA, CAN YOU UNMUTE?
CAN YOU HEAR ME.

I CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
I AM ONE OF THE MICAH HUG SPORTS MEMBERS. I WANT TO COMMENT ON ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SPOKE TODAY. WE HAVE TWO BOXES, ONE IN CLOVERDALE AND ONE IN PETALUMA THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND ACCESS TO ANY TIMES. RECENTLY I HAVE A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT AT KAISER AND THEY HAVE SIGNS ON THE WALL GIVING AWAY FREE NARCAN. YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK FOR IT. OF KAISER WILL BE GIVING IT

AWAY FOR FREE WITH NO TRAINING LIKE MICAH SUGGS ACTUALLY DOES I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO IMPLEMENT THESE BOXES.

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THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS. IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS SAYING NONE I WILL

GO BACK TO ZOOM IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

I WILL BRING IT BACK FROM HER COMMENTS, THE MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THE REASON I DID NOT SUPPORTED BEFORE ALTHOUGH LITTLE SNIPPETS GET PRINTED IN

THE NEWSPAPER, IT WAS ALSO BECAUSE WE HAD A MERCHANT THAT THE BOX WAS IN FRONT OF THAT WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BOX IDEA WE HAD A PERSON ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WAS WILLING TO PUT THE BOX AND IT WAS BY THE HOSPITAL ZONE. WHEN IT CAME BACK TO US IT WAS ON A CITY STREET SO THE CITY WAS RESPONSIBLE. NOT EVERYBODY WAS IN SUPPORT. I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR. I

FEEL LIKE WHEN BUSINESS OWNERS ARE RENTING SPACE OR LEASING SPACE OR OWN SPACE THEY GET TO HAVE THEIR OWN OPINION ABOUT WHAT IS PUT OUT THERE. I WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF OH MY GOSH. I GOT TEXTS FROM FRIENDS THAT WERE LIKE WHAT. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.

WE LISTEN TO THE FACTS AND WE TRY TO TAKE EVERYTHING INTO, WE TRY TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING BEING THROWN AT US. I THINK BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT HERE YOU COULD NOT COUNTER THAT, IT ALSO WAS ABOUT THE LOCATION FOR ME. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT NEW LOCATIONS. FOR ME THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE BECAUSE IT JUST -- I JUST WORRY ABOUT THIS 24-HOUR OPTION. EVERYBODY WAS TRAINED. AS YOU SHOWED TONIGHT IT SEEMS PRETTY SIMPLE. I NEED TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT I AM INTERESTED IN A SHORTER DURATION SO WE CAN SEE HOW IT WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY. IF WE TALK ABOUT SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR OR PUT IT IN LOCATION AND WE CAN MONITOR THAT. I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES BUT I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS WAS A TYPO LAST TIME A 3-2 AND WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT VOTED HERE.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CITY'S LIABILITY, HOWEVER, I ALSO FEEL THAT I GET HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

I FEEL IF THE LIBRARY WOULD SPONSOR THIS AND WORK WITH YOU ON THIS, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT LOCATION.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
I WOULD LIKE TO DETERMINE, NARROW DOWN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PLACE IT TONIGHT.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE LIBRARY AS WELL.

THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT BY LOCATIONS BY THE LIBRARY.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH THAT AREA BUT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE AREAS ARE.

ON ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
DID
YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE?
I PROBABLY WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE LIBRARY TO DECIDE WHERE THAT WOULD GO BEST.

FOUR TALKS ABOUT THE LIBRARY
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LOCATION,
CORRECT?

WE WANT TO

CLARIFY,CLARIFY, THE

LIBRARY LOCATION OUTSIDE IS
CITY
PROPERTY.

THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.

THAT WOULD BE CITY PROPERTY.

WE DON'T NEED, CORRECT ME IF
I'M

WRONG, WE DON'T NEED AN

AGREEMENT WITH THE

LIBRARY, IT'S
CITY
PROPERTY.

OUTSIDE
PROPERTY.

ON
CITY PROPERTY.

THE BUILDING ITSELF WE LEASE
FOR
THE LIBRARY.

ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT IS CITY
PROPERTY.

THAT WOULD BE OPTION

FOURFOUR ON

STAFF REPORT, LOCATIONS

SEVEN, EIGHT OR
NINE, CORRECT?

CORRECT.

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I WOULD ALSO BE OKAY WITH A
ONE-YEAR TRIAL, SEE HOW IT GOES.

I'M NOT ATTACHED TO THAT
EITHER.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD
PROPOSE.

I DON'T SEE A NEED TO LIMIT
IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE

NEGATIVES
ARE OF IT.

I WAS PRETTY CONVINCED THAT,
YOU

KNOW, WE DON'T NEED A TRIAL TO

SEE HOW IT GOES, JUST

NEEDS TO
BE THERE.

PEOPLE NEED TO GET USED TO IT.

IF IT WERE TAKEN AWAY,
THAT

WOULD KIND OF CAUSE SOME KIND OF

LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW IT'S

THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE
THERE

AND OVER TIME THAT IS WHERE IT
IS.

I PROPOSE WE CAN RENEW
IT,

BUT DO WITH ONE YEARYEAR

EXAMINE
IT.

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IF WE DO IT FOR ONE YEAR,

DOESN'T MEAN IT GOES AWAY,

REASSESS, IS IT GOOD, HOW
WELL
IS IT
UTILIZED?

OKAY, I'M INTERESTED IN
SOMETHING HAPPENING.

I MOVE THAT CITY

COUNCIL

APPROVES THE COSPONSORSHIP

TO DISPENSE

NARCAN SUPPLIES

OUTSIDE

THE LIBRARY LOCATION FOR ONE
YEAR AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.

I SECOND THAT.

ROLL CALL.

THANK YOU, MOVED BY

COUNCIL

MEMBERS AND SECONDED TO

INSTALL

A REPURPOSED NEWSPAPER
STAND

WITH NARCAN SUPPLIES NEAR
CITY

HALL AND LIBRARY, ONE-YEAR

PERIOD.

CARTER?
YES.

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HINTON.

AYE.

ZULTEN.

AYE.

FOUR AYES, MAYOR ABSENT.

OKAY.

WE DID IT.

I THINK THIS IS OUR SECOND
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANY
COMMENTS?

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, AS
YOU

STATED, THIS IS THE

OPPORTUNITY

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT

IN THE AGENDA.

IF YOU DIDN'T SPEAK IN THE FIRST
PUBLIC COMMENT.

TO CHAMBERS, SEEING NONE.

ON ZOOM, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE

TO MAKE A COMMENT AND WERE NOT

ABLE TO SPEAK EARLIER
THIS
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EVENING.

I SEE NO HANDS RAISED.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO

RECOMMEND
A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM?
I SEE NONE.

THEN WE'LL HAVE THE REPORTS
FROM
STAFF.

THANK YOU, VICE
MAYOR.

ONLY THING I WANT TO REPORT
ON
IS CITY GOALS SURVEY.

INPUT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

COMMUNITY PUBLIC ASKED TO
SUBMIT

THEIR IDEAS FOR GOALS SO WE CANCAN

THE IDEAS BACK TO THE
APRIL 14 GOALS MEETING.

I SENT IT OUT TO CITY COUNCIL
AS

WELL TO SUBMIT PRIVATELY TO
ME.

WE'LL BRING THEM BACK
APRIL
14th.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER STAFF REPORTS?
OKAY.COUNCIL
MEMBERS.

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I DON'T THINK, I HAVEN'T
HAD

MEETINGS SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL
MEETING.

NOTHING FOR ME.

CARTER?

IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR

MEETINGS, HOMELESS COALITION

BOARD IS CONTINUING TO MEET ON
A

REGULAR BASIS TO

CONTINUE

DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT CHANGES, AND TO
BE

BETTER PREPARED FOR FUTURE

ONSLAUGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO

REDUCING PERMANENT SUPPORT OF

HOUSING OR ANYTHING RELATED
TO

PROVIDING SERVICES FOR OUR
UNHOUSED.

I WILL THROW OUT THE FACT
THAT

WE'RE BRINGING BACK OUR

BUILDING

THE COMMONS REPORT, QUARTERLY

REPORT, SOON, AND MEETINGS
ARE

GOING WELL, ANOTHER COMING
UP
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NEXT MONTH.

THE PUBLIC CAN DIAL IN
ACCORDINGLY.

I ATTENDED THE RUSSIAN
RIVER

WATERSHED ASSOCIATION MEETING

AND APPROVED THEIR STRATEGIC
PLAN, THREE-YEAR PLAN, ONEYEAR
WORK PLAN.

AND HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM

VALERIE QUINTO ABOUT
THE
PERMITTING ISSUES.

ATTENDED THE ZERO WASTE MEETING.

THERE WILL BE A SMALL

INCREASE
TO TRASH BILLS UNFORTUNATELY.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS
OUT

WHEN THEY RAISE RATES
THERE

THROUGH ZERO WASTE, BUT IT WILL

TRICKLE DOWN TO ABOUT A DOLLAR
A
MONTH I THINK.
60 CENTS TO A DOLLAR.

I DID A TALK AT BURBANK

HEIGHTS AND

ORCHARDS, THEY'RE SO MUCH
FUN.

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WANT TO TALK ABOUT GROCERY

OUTLET, ONE-WAY LANE AND OTHER
ISSUES.

GOOD TIME WITH THEM.

ANYTHING ELSE OR SHALL
WE CLOSE?

REMINDER,

CLOSED SESSION
MONDAY NIGHT.

THAT'S IT.

MEETING ADJOURNED. [Event Concluded]

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VITAC MEETING MINUTES:

City Council Meeting - March 3, 2026
PLEASE STAND BY FOR REALTIME CAPTIONS.

I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. I THINK THE OTHER ITEM WILL BE SO LONG AND I THINK THIS ONE WILL BE. THE OTHER ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT. YOU COULD MAYBE GET SUPPORT. OKAY. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? AFTER CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER BEFORE YOU START THE PROCLAMATIONS.

I WILL TURN IT TO YOU AND YOU WILL MAKE THE STATEMENT? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT. I WANT YOU TO DO IT. ARE WE READY TO GO? WILL YOU TAKE ROLL CALL PLEASE? CAN I CHECK WITH I.T. TO MAKE SURE THE MEETING IS RECORDED? YES.

CAN YOU CHECK PLEASE.

I'M GOING TO START OVER BECAUSE I DID NOT USE MY NEW TOOL RIGHT HERE SO I WANT TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THIS IS THE MEETING FOR MARCH 3. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN, VICE MAYOR MAUER, MAYOR McLEWIS WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE.

CAN YOU JOIN US IN SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL ACKNOWLEDGES WE LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THE UNSEATED ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE SOUTHERN, AND COAST PEOPLE'S. WE PAY OUR RESPECT TO THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THESE PEOPLE INCLUDING THE FEDERATED INDIANS OF GREAT RANCHERIA.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HAS A REQUEST.

I CONSIDER SEBASTOPOL CITY STAFF FAMILY. OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, TWO OF OUR VERY DEAR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE LOST REALLY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE 15 SECONDS TO GIVE THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PEACE AND OUR THOUGHTS TO THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR FIRST AGENDA IS INTERVIEWS FOR THE OPENINGS OF THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. CAN YOU FACILITATE THAT?
THIS IS FOR INTERVIEWS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. THERE ARE THREE OPENINGS, FOUR APPLICANTS. THEY TYPICALLY ARE SCHEDULED FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES. THE FIRST INTERVIEW WILL COME UP TO THE PODIUM. THAT WILL BE ROBERT TRENT -- BRENT.

TAKE A MINUTE AND TELL US WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON THE COMMITTEE.

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WHILE, BECAUSE I'VE ENJOYED DOING IT AND IT'S A SATISFYING CONTRIBUTION TO ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVE DEDICATED A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT BRENT? COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. MY STANDARD QUESTION IS ABOUT CONFLICT. THERE WAS A QUESTION IN THE APPLICATION AND I READ IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHEN THERE IS CONFLICT AMONGST YOUR BODY, WHAT IS YOUR GO TO WAY TO RESOLVE IT?

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AND SELECTING ARTWORK FOR THE COMMUNITY SCULPTURE GARDEN AND ENTRY SCULPTURES. SO WE DISCUSS AND THEN WE VOTE AND WE ALL ARE HAPPY TO LIVE BY THE MAJORITY.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES, EXPECTATIONS, AND IF THE CITY CAN ONLY MARGINALLY CONTRIBUTE, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CREATIVELY GET TO YOUR HOPES?
HAPPILY, THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE HAS ITS OWN FUNDING. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT WITH WHICH WE CAN DO OUR CONTINUING OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A CALLOUT FOR ARTISTS RIGHT

NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY SCULPTURE GARDEN INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE PIECES ARE ALREADY THERE REAPPLYING. SO IN JUNE THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGE OF THOSE. THERE ARE SMALL STIPENDS THAT GO TO

THE ARTIST TO HELP THEM MOVE THE SCULPTURES, BUT WE HAVE MANY YEARS WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THAT. OUR HOPE IS THAT SINCE WE HAVE THREE OF THE MAJOR SCULPTURES AT THREE OF THE ENTRY DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY THAT WE ARE ABLE AT SOME POINT TO AFFORD THE FOURTH. AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE, BUT SOME OF THE AUDIENCE MAY OR MAY NOT BE, THAT IS 1% FOR OUR AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY. WE HAVE SOME BIG COMMERCIAL PROJECTS COMING UP AND THERE HAS BEEN

SOME COMPROMISE OF THOSE FUNDS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BUILDERS OF THOSE THINGS, BUT HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE FUNDS END UP COMING TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. THE SCULPTURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE HAD STIPENDS OF 40,000, 30,000, 25,000. SOMETHING IN THAT RANGE FROM A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WOULD ALLOW US TO FULFILL THAT FINAL ONE. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE

LOOKING AT ME ROLLING AND STREET PAINTING AND A VARIETY OF THINGS TO KEEP ART FRESH AND IN FROM OF THE COMMUNITY. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE HOPING FOR FOR AN ANSWER? COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

SURE. IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO ASK QUESTIONS. TONIGHT WE HAVE PEOPLE REAPPLYING BUT WE ALSO HAVE NEW APPLICANTS. TWO YEARS AGO YOU WERE A NEW APPLICANT. THERE IS NO TIME MAX TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. TO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT HOW THAT DYNAMIC SHOULD HAPPEN AS BEING ONE OF THE NEW AND MEMBERS THAT JOINED TWO YEARS AGO AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE.

I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS YOU NEED TO MAKE IN CHOOSING ON ONE SIDE IS EXPERIENCE, DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE ART COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW THERE ARE REQUIRED REPRESENTATIONS. I REPRESENT THE ART CENTER. ONE OF THE SEATS NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO IS RELATED IN WHATEVER FORM TO THE ART CENTER. I BUILT IT AND STILL VOLUNTEER THEIR. AT THE

SAME TIME, YOU MAY WANT -- I DON'T KNOW WHO THE FOURTH APPLICANT IS BUT YOU MAY WANT MORE YOUTHFUL ENERGY WHICH CERTAINLY HAS A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. I WILL NOT BE CRUSHED NOR

INSULTED IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE ME CONTINUE BECAUSE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FRESHER POINTS OF VIEW.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS MAN INVENTED THE BRENT POTTERY WHEEL. I WORKED ON THOSE POTTERY WHEELS AND I THINK THAT IS PRETTY EXCITING. MY QUESTION IS, WHERE DOES THE MURAL STAND? HAVE YOU MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THAT?
NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MURAL SITE. UNTIL WE HAVE A BUILDING TO DO THAT ON, AND I AND WANDERING AROUND LOOKING. THE SIDE OF CITY HALL HAS SOME APPEAL TO IT. THERE IS THE CONFLICT IF IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FAÇADES TO THE BUILDINGS WHICH WOULD BE SUITABLE, THEN WE HAVE A DURATION LEASE AGREEMENT KIND OF ISSUE TO DEAL WITH. I UNDERSTAND WE

DON'T HAVE THAT PRECEDENT ALTHOUGH WE COULD LOOK TO OTHER CITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION THEY USED SO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO START ON. OR WE COULD GIVE A LOT OF PROMPT TO A.I. AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
NO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE NEXT INTERVIEW IS JEFF. WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? YOU CAN TAKE A MINUTE AND MAKE A STATEMENT OR YOU CAN JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS.

AS YOUR RECORDS MAY SHOW, IF YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE ME CONTINUE ON THE PACK THIS WOULD BE MY THIRD TERM. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THINGS MOVE A LITTLE SLOWLY PARTICULARLY SINCE WE HAVE BEEN MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY AS ABLE TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE SAME TIMELINE WE USED YOU. ART IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. WE KNOW HOW MANY ARTISTS THERE ARE

IN SEBASTOPOL AND THE WEST COUNTY, SO CONTINUING TO SEE BEAUTIFUL SUSTAINABLE LASTING ART PIECES IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEDIUM IN SEBASTOPOL IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT BRENT JUST MADE. HONORING YOUR TIME.

THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT CONFLICT. CAN YOU SAY WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE IS AND HOW DO YOU RESOLVE CONFLICT SHOULD YOU BE REAPPOINTED.

THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. MY EXPERIENCE FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS IS THAT MEMBERS, THEY

ALL REALLY HAVE SIMILAR GOALS IN MIND, THEY SPEAK THEIR TRUTH WHENEVER THERE IS DISCUSSION GOING

ON WITH A MOTION FOR EXAMPLE AND FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER WE GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND AS ROBERT ALREADY SAID WE GO WITH THE MAJORITY. EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THEIR MIND AND SPEAK THEIR TRUTH AND WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND BEYOND.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

WHEN PICKING OUT PIECES DEALING TOWARDS LIKE SOMEBODY THAT HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF

SEBASTOPOL OR DEALING TOWARDS A STATEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE AN IDEA OR SOMETHING JUST GENERALLY BEAUTIFUL? WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CALL FOR THE ARTIST IS REQUIRING. IT DEPENDS ON THE SITE OF THE PEACE, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION. ONCE THOSE

GUIDELINES ARE SET INTO PLACE THOSE ARE USUALLY OUTLINED IN THE CALL FOR ARTISTS, THEN MEMBERS

ARE USING THOSE AS GUARDRAILS TO DETERMINE WHICH PIECES REALLY QUALIFY FOR THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LONGEVITY OR EXPERIENCE OR HOW LONG THE ARTIST HAS BEEN WORKING. WE TAKE ANYBODY AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND THE PARTICULAR CALL. WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING OUR AREA A Agenda Item Number: 1
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LITTLE BIT MORE LATELY BEYOND JUST SONOMA COUNTY WITH SOME OF THE CALLS LIKE FOR THE CURRENT COMMUNITY SCULPTURE GARDEN IN IVES PARK. SO NOW WE ARE GATHERING ARTISTS FROM OUTSIDE A LITTLE BIT, NAPA, LAKE, MENDOCINO, EVEN MARIN.

COUNCILMEMBER.

I GO WITH MY SAME QUESTION. YOU'VE BEEN ON THREE TERM SANDY REPRESENT THE GENERAL PUBLIC. DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE A TERM LIMIT? WE ARE IN A POSITION USUALLY WHERE IT IS HARD TO NOT SAY

YES TO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SERVING, TO LET NEW AND FRESH FORCES AND BECAUSE A LOT OF

PEOPLE ENJOY ART OR SHOULD WE JUST LEAVE IT OPEN-ENDED AS WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMMISSION FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL AND LONGER?

I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR OPINION ON IF THERE SHOULD BE A TERM LIMIT OR NOT I THINK CONTINUITY IS

REALLY IMPORTANT ON THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE PROJECTS CAN TAKE YEARS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. FOR EXAMPLE, ROBERT SPOKE TO TRYING TO GET THAT FOURTH ENTRY SCULPTURE IN PLACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN HAS BEEN TAKING SOME TIME. PART OF THAT IS FUNDING, PART OF THAT IS CITING. WE HAVE SOME OTHER GOALS. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN IS VERY INTERESTED IS TRYING TO DO SOME PARTNERING WITH NONPROFITS. THAT IS ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS SPRING/SUMMER. LOOKING AT THAT. ANOTHER GOAL THAT SOME OF US MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE

IS GENERATING A MAP OF THE CITY LIMITS AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY ALL THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS NOT ONLY PUBLIC BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY PRIVATE IF THEY ARE VERY VISIBLE, WHERE FUTURE I CAN BE INSTALLED.

THANK YOU.

YOU MENTIONED THE BIMONTHLY SCHEDULE. THAT IS NEW FOR P.A.C.. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE THAT SCHEDULE?
DEFINITELY.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO MEETING MONTHLY?
DEFINITELY.

OKAY. EITHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE MORE COMMENTS? KNOW. BEST WISHES WITH YOUR CHOICES. THANK YOU FOR SERVING.

THE NEXT APPLICANT IS BARBARA.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF ADDRESSING YOU. MY NAME IS BARBARA HARRIS. I'VE BEEN IN SONOMA COUNTY FOR FIFTH HE FOUR YEARS. ALL OF THAT AS A RESIDENT OF SEBASTOPOL AND AS AN ARTIST OR ARE ADMINISTRATOR. I THINK I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. MY TERM WAS FILLING A VACANCY SO I AM UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AFTER HAVING SERVED HALF A TERM. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED THOUGH. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A TERM LIMIT. IS THAT CORRECT?
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THAN THE LOGISTICAL PART OF IT IS THAT MY LOVE OF THE ARTS IS EVIDENT IN HOW I CREATE IT AND HOW I SUPPORT FOR OTHERS. ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS HOW TO GET MORE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE ARTS.

WE ARE UNDER REPRESENTING THEM. I THINK A LOT OF THEM AND HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAD A GREAT SHOW IN THE LIBRARY OF THE LAGUNA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT WAS A REFRESHING WONDERFUL EXHIBIT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ART BEING IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER?
WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TACKLE IN THE NEXT TERM? IN THE NEXT TERM FOR MYSELF, TO BE MORE VISIBLE. TO HAVE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE EXIST AND THE CITY SUPPORTS PUBLIC ART. MUST ARTISTS FOUND IN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. VERY LITTLE IS FOUND ON THE STREETS OR IN PUBLIC SPACES. I THINK JUST NETWORKING MARK, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE EXIST, HAVING MORE EVENTS WHEN WE DO HAVE A SCULPTURE OPENING AND BEING MORE VISIBLE. AND MAKING SURE THE ARTISTS ARE PAID. IN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN THIS TYPE -- STIPEND IS VERY HELPFUL. SO THE PERCEPTION IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT ART IS NOT FREE.

NO? OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIMONTHLY SCHEDULE? WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TURNED BACK TO ONCE A MONTH?
YES I WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CONFLICT QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THINK THAT THERE

HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A CAMARADERIE IN OUR GROUP WORK EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH TALKING TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'VE SAID THAT MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THEIR POINTS OF VIEW. HAVING THAT IN ANY COMMITTEE IS A GREAT ADVANTAGE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME TO PUBLIC I BECAUSE THE BREADTH IS SO WIDE. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE

DONE A GREAT JOB MAINTAINING OUR INTEGRITY AND WORKING TOGETHER JUST BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTS AND THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE.

THE NEXT APPLICANT IS KIERSTEN. IS KIERSTEN? OKAY. THEY GAVE ME A DIFFERENT NAME. THERE WAS ONE THEY SENT ME A NAME BUT THEY MUST HAVE SENT ME THE WRONG NAME. NICOLE WILL BE THE INTERVIEW.

KIERSTEN WOULD BE THE ONE THAT DID NOT APPLY.

OKAY. DID YOU GET MY APPLICATION?
WE DO HAVE YOUR APPLICATION. I'M SORRY. WE THOUGHT YOU HAD WITHDRAWN. I GUESS IT WAS KIERSTEN.

SEE YOU ARE NICOLE. AND YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF SEBASTOPOL? I HAVE BEEN IN SEBASTOPOL ALMOST 4 YEARS. I MOVED A., I HAVE TWO YOUNG KIDS. I LOVE THIS TOWN. ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE ART. WE LIVE NEXT TO FLORENCE AND JUST DRIVING AROUND THE TOWN HAS A REALLY COOL PERSONALITY AND IT IS JUST OUR FAMILY IS VERY ARE ECCENTRIC.

OUR LITTLE ONES LEFT PAINTING BUT MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE WORKED IN THE ARTS NOT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, PRIVATE MOSTLY WORKED IN FILM. I HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIGITAL ARTISTS ON SOME BIG PROJECTS. I DON'T WANT TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK BUT I'VE WORKED WITH LUCASFILM AND A LOT OF DIGITAL ART, BUT FOR BIG MOVIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER, I STUDIED THAT IN SCHOOL. PARENTS ARE ARTISTS, I JUST LOVE OUR AND I LOVE TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY

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MOVING HERE JUST BEING SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND KEEPING THAT PERSONALITY AND IDENTITY I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND IT IS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE

BOARD HOW THEY HAVE REALLY GOT FUNDING AND PUSHED THIS BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I THINK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

QUESTIONS?
THE QUESTION ABOUT CONFLICT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR GO TO WAY TO LIVE RESOLVE CONFLICT SHOULD YOU BE ON THE BODY?
IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. ARE IS SUBJECTIVE. EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW WHAT THEY LIKE AND DON'T LIKE. I THINK HAVING DISCUSSIONS AND ALSO HEARING PEOPLE'S POINT OF VIEW WHY THIS OR

THAT AND A LOT OF TIMES WE LOOK AT THINGS ON THE SURFACE BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THE STORY, THE

NARRATIVE AND WHAT IS BEHIND IT AND THE MEANING, OBVIOUSLY I TRY TO GET ALONG WITH MY PEERS AND DISCUSS THIS AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A RESOLUTION WE ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT IN THE END. NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE TENSION. THERE'S CREATIVE DIFFERENCES. I HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF CREATIVE IS,

SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT BUT WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO MAKE THINGS AGREEABLE AND MOVE FORWARD.

ART CAN STAND ON ITS OWN BUT AS A WHOLE IT MAKES SOMETHING ELSE. IT GIVES OUR TOWN CHARACTER.

WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BRING THAT?

SEBASTOPOL, THE MORE I HEAR ABOUT THE HISTORY AND BEING FAIRLY NEW, FOUR YEARS AND THE WHOLE APPLE FESTIVAL AND ALL THIS STUFF. IT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN AND THAT'S A STATEMENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO

WEAVING IN THE NARRATIVE OF THE TOWN AND ITS HISTORY AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I SAID I IS SUBJECTIVE AND THERE'S A LOT OF SCULPTURE. I LOVE PATRICK'S STUFF. I THINK IT IS AMAZING. SEEING THE NEW PIECE, IT IS SO MUCH CHARACTER. PEOPLE GO TO FLORENCE JUST TO SEE THE ARTWALK AND THE OPEN HEART EVENTS YOU DO. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? ART STANDS ON ITS OWN AND WHAT WOULD I?
INDIVIDUAL ART. WE HAVE THAT ARTWALK. THIS WILL BE KIND OF OPINIONATED, BUT WHEN YOU WALK ALONG THE SCULPTURE GARDEN YOU SEE INDIVIDUAL PIECES. IF YOU COULD JUST SURROUND THEM BY A WALL THAT BLACK YOU COULD JUST SURROUND THEM AS A PIECE OF ART. AS I WALK I KIND OF LOSE ONE PIECE. I'M KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT THAT.

IT IS ALL IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. I LOVE THE DIVERSITY HAVING DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND THINGS LIKE

THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO A MUSEUM OR ART GALLERY YOU LOOK AT EACH PIECE AND FEEL SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THERE CAN BE SOME KINDS OF AREAS WHERE IT IS CURATED TO CERTAIN THEMES OR

REVOLVING GALLERY SWAPPING THINGS OUT WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING DOOR HISTORICAL

ARE DO WE DO SOMETHING CATERED TO YOUTH OR MAYBE JUST FEMALE ARTISTS OR DIFFERENT TYPES GIVING THEM A SPOTLIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION COMPLETELY, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN ART JUST SERVICING THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION AND SEE HOW YOU RESPONDED.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

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I APPRECIATE YOU APPLYING ESPECIALLY AS A NEW SURPASSED APOLLYON -- SEBASTOPOL IAN. I HOPE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS YOU WILL STAY INVOLVED BECAUSE HER SO MUCH GREAT ART. I LIKE TO GOOGLE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME. YOU HAVE ARTS NOT ON YOUR INSTAGRAM. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.

IT IS JUST TO BE FUNNY. ART IS SUBJECTIVE. I HAVE WORKED IN TECH WHERE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW GOOD ART

FROM BAD ART SO YOU SHOW THEM TWO IMAGES AND ONE CLEARLY STANDS OUT WAY BETTER THAN THE

OTHER BUT SOMEBODY THAT IS JUST WRITING CHECKS THEY ARE JUST CROSSING OFF WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO. I HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS THAT ARE INTERNATIONAL SO I'M TRYING TO GET INVOLVED.

SO HOW DO I GET INVOLVED. I JUST HAVE TO TRY AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THAN MY OWN TOWN.

MY MOM WAS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, SIGN MAKER. I LISTENED TO A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING ALL ABOUT SCIENCE AND HAVING PERMANENT SIGNS. I LOVE ARCHITECTURE JUST A VISUAL PERSON THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

I AM SURE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. THEY ARE QUITE A THRIVING GROUP TO GIVE

THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE SWITCHED FROM BIMONTHLY TO MONTHLY MEETINGS, WHAT IS YOUR AVAILABILITY?
I AM AVAILABLE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
LIKE I SAID, I AM FAIRLY NEW TO THE COMMUNITY. I REALLY LOVE IT HERE. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE KIDS.

WE ARE MOSTLY ONLINE WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND RECORDINGS BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR TOWN AND DON'T WANT TO JUST COMPLAIN BUT BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

INC. YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WILL CLOSE OUT THE INTERVIEWS. WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE APPLICANTS.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE APPLICANTS. I AM A BIG BELIEVER MAKING SURE ALL THOSE VOICES, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND, THOSE THAT ARE NEW ARE ACTIVELY INCLUDED. FOR THAT REASON I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT ROBERT BRENT, FOR CATEGORY THREE, NICOLE. ALSO BECAUSE OF HER

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT I THINK WOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT THE TOWN AND FOR CATEGORY ONE BARBARA HARRIS.

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. DO WE HAVE TO PICK ONE OF EACH?
THERE'S THREE CATEGORIES THAT ARE OPEN.

I WILL TAKE MR. BRENT'S OFFER AND GO WITH NICOLE FOR CATEGORY TWO SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH JEFF IN CATEGORY THREE AND BARBARA IN ONE.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

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THAT IS TOUGH. I THINK I WILL FOLLOW COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN JUST BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. ROBERT BRENT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN ON A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME THAN

JEFF AND BARBARA HARRIS JUST GONE ON TO FILL A PREVIOUS TERM SO I WOULD SUBMIT ROBERT BRENT TO CATEGORY TWO, NICOLE TO CATEGORY THREE AND BARBARA HARRIS TO CATEGORY ONE.

I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THE REASON IS BECAUSE ROBERT BRENT WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SAID HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE UP HIS SEAT IF THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. THAT'S WHY I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO CHANGE THEIR MIND? ALSO WE HAVE TO GO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE.

THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. THERE IS A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC ARTS APPOINTMENT ONLY WE WILL DO CHAMBERS.

PETER ALEXANDER. I FIND THIS A VERY INTERESTING MEETING. ART IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. I HAVE READ THE ART OF PEACE AND THE ART OF WAR. IT IS THOSE WHO MAINTAIN THE CORPORATE STORE WHO MAINTAIN ALL WAR WHICH IS WHY IT IS TIME FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. IT IS TIME FOR AMERICANS TO GO GONDI AND SHOW SOME REAL ART. THE ART OF PEACE, THE ART OF POWER. ROSEBUD FLOWER. THE MEN WON'T DO A THINK SO WOMEN NEED TO BE FULLY RISEN TO BUS THE CHAINS OF THIS PRISON. THEY ARE SMARTER THAN THEM. IT IS A POWER DEAL.

I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THIS IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE GOING TO APPOINT TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE. IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES AND THEN YOU ARE FREE TO COME BACK AND SPEAK. THIS IS ABOUT WHO WE APPOINT TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.

I THOUGHT I WAS ADDRESSING THE ART AND I WAS NOT FINISHED. YOU ARE SECOND-GUESSING THEM WHERE I WAS GOING.

THAT IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA. THIS ITEM HERE IS ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE.

I WAS. I WAS SPEAKING SOLELY ABOUT ART AND YOU'VE TAKEN UP MOST OF MY TIME. I WILL FINISH BY SAYING LORD ALMIGHTY FEEL MY TEMPERATURE RISING. I JUST SAW THE ELVIS MOVIE DOWN THERE. IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND HE IS A CHEROKEE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED AND APPOINTING THEM. IT IS NOT ABOUT OUR IT SELF.

WHO DOES THE APPOINTING? YOU? I THINK IT SHOULD BE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

IT WILL JUST BE FIVE MORE MINUTES AND WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NEXT I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY? I AM DOING ZOOM FIRST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM. CNN I WILL -- COME BACK TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE NICOLE FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO STEP FORTH AND FIGURE OUT

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AND ALSO BARBARA, AM I RIGHT? SHE HAS NOT EVEN FILLED A FULL TERM. I REALLY THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD OPTION TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL TERM AT THIS POSITION. THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.

NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. KYLE, UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? GO AHEAD.

I WATCHED A NUMBER OF ARTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE ONE THING I

WANT TO CONTINUE TO PRESS UPON COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE ARTS COMMISSION IS THE NEED FOR A

DIVERSE BODY THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE DIVERSITY WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE SEEN SOME VARIATION OF YOUR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OVER TIME, BUT I THINK

CALLING OUT DIRECTLY THE DIVERSITY OF A BODY AND THE PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE BODY

WOULD GO A LONG WAY WOULD HELP GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE MUCH MORE DIVERSE BODY ON THE ARTS COMMITTEE. I HOPE THE ARTS COMMITTEE ITSELF PRIORITIZES THE DIVERSITY OF ARTISTS THEY ARE

BRINGING INTO THE FOLD AND SELECTING FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS AS THEY PLAN OUT THE WORK THEY DO OVERTIME ON THE COMMISSION. I HOPE THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED. IN THE OUTPUT THAT WE SEE COMING OUT OF THE BODY. THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE COMING OUT OF THAT BODY I THINK WE CAN ALL WORK

TO TRY TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY WE HAVE ACROSS GOVERNANCE, ACROSS ARTS AND THE WAY THAT WE REFLECT BACK TO A LARGER SOCIETY THE ART WE HAVE HERE IN SEBASTOPOL.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBER. ANYONE IN CHAMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING THEN I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. MARY UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER? GO AHEAD.

I WENT TO SAY I AGREE WITH PHIL AND SANDY ON THEIR VOTES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM ONE LAST TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. FURTHER COMMENTS?
I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER FILL IN. JEFF SEEMED LIKE HE WAS STILL INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF PROCESS AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT CONTINUITY. ROBERT DID OFFER, HE WILL STILL BE INVOLVED IN CITY ARTS, I'M SURE OF IT SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT DECISION.

I AM STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN OR HINTON? NO CHANGE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL SWITCH MY VOTE AND VOTE WITH ZOLLMAN AND HINTON. THE REASON IS BECAUSE JEFF STUCKER HAS BEEN ON LONGER THAN ROBERT BRENT. WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT FOR THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE IN CATEGORY TWO, ROBERT BRENT. IN CATEGORY THREE, NICOLE. AND BARBARA HARRIS FOR CATEGORY ONE.

I WILL SECOND THAT.

CAN YOU CALL ROLL CALL.

SO MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER HINTON. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPOINT THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM. ROBERT BRENT, NICOLE, BARBARA HARRIS. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

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YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

AYE.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN. MAYOR McLEWIS IS ABSENT. MOTION PASSES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEFF FOR HIS SERVICE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE. ALL GOOD APPLICANTS THAT CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE. WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WE HAVE IS NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK.

I WILL SOON NEED GLASSES. NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. WHERE A SURVEY AND

HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENT REQUIRING THE

PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF EXECUTION WITH ITS MOST FAMILIAR MODEL IN THE USES FIELD OF TRANSPORT, BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, DEFINITION OF LEGAL BOUNDARIES. WHEREAS IN ORDER TO

ACCOMPLISH OBJECTIVES SURVEYORS USE PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY, LAW AND SERVICES ARE

PROVIDED FOR THE USE OF SOPHISTICATED SURVEYING TECHNIQUES AND WHEREAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WEEK OF MARCH 13-21 AS NATIONAL SURVEYORS WEEK IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO ALL SURVEYORS. NOW

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT VICE MAYOR SANDER -- SANDRA MAURER DECLARES THE WEEK OF MARCH 13-20, 2026, IS SURVEYORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

BEFORE WE GO FURTHER CAN WE SEE IF ANYONE IS IN MIDSENTENCE FOR THE SURVEYORS WEEK PROCLAMATION?
IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE TO RECEIVE THE NATIONAL SURVEYORS RECLAMATION? WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET TO IT. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE BACK.

CITY OF SEBASTOPOL PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MARCH 2026 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS

THE THEME LEADING THE CHANGE SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE CALLS UPON US TO CONFRONT THE WIDE

RANGE OF OVERLAPPING GLOBAL CHALLENGES INCLUDING TIME A CHANGE, ECONOMIC INSECURITY, HEALTHCARE INSECURITIES AND THREATS TO DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION. THE STORY OF WOMEN OF ALL

AGES, RACES, CULTURAL BACKGROUND LED CAMPAIGNS FOR QUALITY CIVIL RIGHTS FOR EDUCATIONAL

OPPORTUNITIES, FOUNDED NEW ENTERPRISES AND CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ARTS, SCIENCES, AND HUMANITARIAN CAUSES. WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES

AND SCHOOLS TO EXPAND APPRECIATION FOR THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE LED AND

ARE LEAVING -- LEADING SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS ACROSS ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS AND ACTION TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY. WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHTS HOW

THESE CHALLENGES ARE INTERTWINED AND HOW WOMEN PARTICULARLY FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OFTEN EXPERIENCE THEIR IMPACT MOST ACUTELY. THEREFORE IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED BY OUR

VICE MAYOR SANDRA MAURER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE

PLAYED BY WOMEN AND LEAVING -- LEADING THE CHARGE TO THESE COMPLEX CHALLENGES, THEREBY PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. SHE HAS SET HER HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY TODAY MARCH 3, 2026.

THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

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CAN WE CHECK TO SEE IF ANYONE IS HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.

WONDERFUL. COME ON UP.

IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE QUICK RELATED STATEMENT, THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL GARDEN PROGRAM IS CELEBRATING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26.

ANYTHING ELSE?
AMERICAN RED CROSS?
THIS IS A DECLARATION COME -- PROCLAIMING MARCH 2026 AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH. WE

CELEBRATE BY HONORING OUR NEIGHBORS WHO MAKE THE HUMANITARIAN MISSION POSSIBLE IN SEBASTOPOL AND WHEREAS THIS SPIRIT RUNS DEEP IN OUR COMMUNITY JUST AS IT HAS FOR 145 YEARS.

WHEREAS THESE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY LIES IN THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO ONE ANOTHER. AS WE MARK RED CROSS MONTH LET'S CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL HEROES AND CONTINUE LIFTING EACH OTHER UP. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT VICE MAYOR SANDRA MAURER DOES PROCLAIM MARCH 2026 AS RED CROSS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES CITIZENS OF SEBASTOPOL TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT THE HUMANITARIAN MISSION. SHE HAS PLACED HER HAND ON THE GREAT SEAL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL ON THIS THIRD DAY OF MARCH 2026. I THINK THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE.

PLEASE COME UP.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS NATALIE HENRY. I AM A CITIZEN IN SEBASTOPOL OFF BLOOMFIELD ROAD. I'VE BEEN A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER AT OUR CHAPTER FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. ON THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY COORDINATOR AND PREVIOUSLY RAN THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM. SO PROUD TO DO IT AND

OFFER THESE RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SURE WE ARE PREPARED FOR ALL PHASES OF DISASTER WHETHER THAT BE PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE OR RECOVERY. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REACH OUT TO US AS QUESTIONS. WE HAVE HANDS ONLY CPR WE CAN TEACH YOUR COMMUNITIES, TALK ABOUT PREPAREDNESS, ESCAPE ROUTES, WE OFFER THINGS LIKE FREE SMOKE DETECTORS AND INSTALLATION. WE CAN HELP YOU PLAN

HOW TO EVACUATE YOUR HOME, HOUSE FIRES BEING THE NUMBER ONE TYPE OF DISASTER YOU ARE LIKELY TO FACE. WE FATE TEACH FIRST AID, CPR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE ARE

HERE LOCALLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO PROUD TO REPRESENT YOU AS WE WORK WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTIES DURING ALL PHASES OF DISASTER. IT'S A HUGE RESOURCE. WE ARE 98 % VOLUNTEER SUPPORTED.

ALL OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE WE ARE UNPAID, WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST

WHATSOEVER IN LEARNING ABOUT THE RED CROSS OR VOLUNTEERING WE ARE HAPPY TO GET YOU FIT FOR THE RIGHT POSITION. IT IS AN AMAZING PRIVILEGE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. I WILL MAKE A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. NORMALLY SHE WILL DO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT SEBASTOPOL. WE WON'T DO THAT TONIGHT BUT SHE WILL RESUME UPON HER RETURN. ARE THERE ANY STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I DID MEET WITH THE CONSULTANT JEFF FROM THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION GRANT. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO REVEAL THAT ARE NOT. WE WILL MOVE, NOW TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. SINCE WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. GARY ANNA HART IS THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WELCOME.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT IT IS A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THERE ARE 20 MINUTES TOTAL. I DO CHAMBERS FIRST THEN PUBLIC. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE GET IN LINE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE WILL HAVE THE TIMER UP THERE. GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I AM SKYLER, MAINTENANCE WORKER FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. WE CAME TO THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH WITH SEVERAL FAIR CONTRACT PROPOSALS THAT REFLECT THE REALITY WE ARE LIVING IN. THE CITY DELAYED MEETING WITH US MULTIPLE TIMES AND WALKED AWAY FROM THE TABLE IN BAD FAITH. TOO MANY OF US ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. THE RISING COST OF HOUSING, GROCERIES, HEALTHCARE AND FEEL HAS OUTPACED OUR WAGES. WE WORK 24 HOUR ONCALL SHIFTS AND RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES NO MATTER CONDITIONS OR TIME OF DAY. WORK LIFE BALANCE IS SUFFERING AND SO IS MORALE. THIS AS HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT BEEN AN INCREASE IN STAFFING FOR YEARS. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR LUXURY. WE ARE ASKING FOR FAIRNESS AND WAGES THAT KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING AND STAFFING LEVELS THAT ALLOW US TO DO OUR JOB SAFELY WITHOUT BURNING OUT.

UNLIKE ALL OF YOU WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY. OUR WAGES DO NOT ALLOW US TO.

NONE OF US WANT TO STRIKE BUT YOUR FAILURE TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE TAKE PRIDE IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY BUT WE ARE LEFT WITH DIFFICULT CHOICES. WE URGE YOU TO COME BACK

TO THE TABLE READY TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR CONTRACT, INVEST IN THE WORKERS THAT INVEST THEIR LIVES IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. CAN YOU UNMUTE PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEAM IS HARD AT WORK ON APPLE BLOSSOM PARADE AND FESTIVAL. IT'S THAT 80th ANNUAL. THE THEME IS BLOSSOMS OF LAWS. IF YOU GO TO APPLE FEST.COM YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE MUSIC, WE HAVE GREAT FOOD AND VENDORS. WE STILL ARE EXCEPTING MORE SO IF ANYONE LISTENING IS INTERESTED IN HAVING A VENDOR OR FOOD PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE. ALSO VOLUNTEERS ARE VITAL. WE NEED ABOUT 150 TO MAKE IT GO SLOUGH -- SMOOTHLY. YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE VOLUNTARILY -- VOLUNTEER LINK. WE HAVE A PRE-PARTY WITH LIVE MUSIC THAT IS FREE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND. TICKETS WENT ON SALE SUNDAY, MARCH 1. YOU CAN GET THOSE ON THE SAME WEBSITE. THAT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. JUST TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS AND WE WILL MAKE IT A GREAT EVENT FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT MORE INFO JUST COME BY THE CHAMBER OR GO TO THE WEBSITE.

NEXT I WILL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME MY NAME IS LUMA. I WORK AT CITY HALL AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICIAN. IN THE FIRST FACE THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK IN. BEING THAT FACE ENSURES EVERY RESIDENT HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE. ON AVERAGE FOUR RESIDENTS PER WEEK COME TO CITY HALL SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN SPANISH. GIVEN THAT IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST

ETHNIC GROUP IN THE CITY THIS IS A CONSISTENT COMMUNITY NEED AND A CORE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE OF EQUITY WE MUST TREAT THIS AS THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE IT IS. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL UNDERVALUES THIS ESSENTIAL SKILL. THE CITY IS OFFERING MEMBERS A $100 MONTHLY STIPEND THAT BREAKS DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY $.57 PER HOUR. I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE BILINGUAL SKILL IS IDENTICAL ACROSS EVERY SETTING. ONE DEPARTMENT IS NOT HARDER THAN THE OTHER. THE OFFER TRIVIALIZES THE EXPERTISE REQUIRED. THIS DISCOURAGES STAFF FROM PURSUING CERTIFICATION. I AM GLAD Agenda Item Number: 1
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COLLEAGUES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THIS SKILL SINCE 2022. WE ARE NOT SEEKING ANYTHING OUTRAGEOUS. WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING THE SAME SKILL TO BE VALUED EQUITABLY ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. ADDING MEMBERS FAIR COMPENSATION ALLOWS US TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. IT ENABLES FLYERS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND ESSENTIAL FORMS. THIS FOSTERS INCLUSIVITY AND ENSURES WE REACH MORE OF THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN DO TO SERVE SEBASTOPOL BUT IT REQUIRES INVESTMENT. I ASK YOU TO ALIGN BILINGUAL PAY WITH THE STANDARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

IF I COULD JUST TAKE 10 SECONDS I WANT TO MENTION THAT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WAS STARTED RIGHT HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY WITH THE WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT. IT IS JUST IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND REMEMBER THINGS. MY NAME IS MADDIE HIRSCHFIELD. I'M WITH THE NORTHBAY LABOR COUNCIL HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ONE OF OUR AFFILIATES AND THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY. WE REPRESENT ABOUT 70 LOCAL UNIONS IN FOUR COUNTIES. THE IDEA OF THE LABOR COUNCIL IS WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER AND WE SHOW UP WHEN ONE OR MORE OF OUR AFFILIATES ASKS FOR HELP. AT THE LAST MEETING THE LABOR COUNCIL PASSED A STRIKE SANCTION. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WILL SHOW UP, WE SUPPORT WHAT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR AND WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING OUR CONSIDERABLE FORCE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AFTER

ONLY TWO COUNTERPROPOSALS THE CITY PRESENTED ITS LAST BEST AND FINAL OFFER THAT DOES NOT KEEP UP EVEN WITH INFLATION. IT DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO REPRESENTING A LIVING WAGE. WE ASK YOU TO KEEP WORKING TOWARD A MIDDLE GROUND EVERYONE CAN BE HAPPY WITH OR COMFORTABLE WITH. THE LABOR COUNCIL HELP YOU PASS THE MEASURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT MONEY STAYS HERE. WE ARE HOPING THE SALES

TAX ALONG WITH PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS THAT THE WORKERS WHO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES WOULD GET A FAIR SHAKE. WE ASK THAT YOU GO BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE AND COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL THAT AT LEAST COMES CLOSER TO MEETING THE REAL NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND STAFF. WE PLAN TO STAY INVOLVED AND WILL SUPPORT THEM IN THIS QUEST.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM. CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF? CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
GO AHEAD.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO THERE WAS A MIDYEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. I THINK IN THAT SAME MEETING THE

DISCUSSION CAME UP AS TO WHETHER THERE IS STILL A FINANCIAL CRISIS OR GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A SURPLUS WE SHOULD SPEND IT. I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME FACTS ON THE TABLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FORECAST

THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET IT SHOWS THAT THE CITY GOES TO AN OPERATIONAL DEFICIT NEXT YEAR WITH EXPENSES EXCEEDING AGAIN AND THAT CONTINUES FOR THE FIVE YEARS THAT ARE THERE. IT DOES NOT

LOOK BAD ON THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT A PENSION BUT ACTUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IS MONEY IS BEING MOVED AROUND TO COVER THE BUDGET GAP SO IT DOES NOT LOOK BAD. IN REALITY WE ARE

DEPLETING THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNLESS SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE REVENUE. SALARIES ARE GOING UP, BENEFITS ARE GOING UP. THE SERVICES ARE GOING UP DOUBLE DIGITS. LIABILITY IS GOING UP DOUBLE DIGITS. THESE ARE PRETTY BIG NUMBERS AND THEY KEEP GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. IF WE CONTINUE TO LET THAT GO WHAT WE WILL END UP WITH IS PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE BUT NO MONEY TO DO ANY WORK. WE ARE IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT NEEDS SERIOUS ATTENTION. HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL LOOK FOCUS ON THAT.

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NEXT COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY OFFERING SEBASTOPOL, ANYBODY WITH LITTLE

CHILDREN IN THEIR WORLD TO READ FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET THE ADVENTURES OF PEDRO THE PURPLE TURTLE. AN AMAZING BOOK. IT COULD BE NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY. I NEED SOME ARTISTS TO HELP.

THAT BEING SAID YOU START OFF SPEAKING ABOUT PAIN RESPECTS UP TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE AREA BUT ARE WE JUST DOING THIS IN WORDS? EVERY TREATY IS STILL BROKEN. EXPLAINED TO ME THE NATURE OF HYPOCRISY. YOU TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TRAFFICKING WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS WE SPEAK LET ALONE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. THEN WE TEACH EVERYBODY ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING. ONE MAN WRONGLY INCARCERATED SO ARE WE ALL. SO BASICALLY WE ARE TALKING TO A BUNCH OF SERVANTS, I'M SORRY, INMATES. INMATES WILL CUT ME OFF BECAUSE OF MY VERSION OF UNDERSTANDING WHEN I SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT ART. WE ALL NEED TO DO BETTER. WE ARE THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE MOST POWERFUL STATE. ELVIS, I JUST WATCH THE MOVIE. IT WAS GREAT. HE IS CHEROKEE. I DO A LOT OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE CHEROKEE. A FEW ARE A WANNABE TEENAGER LIKE ME LOOK UP COMMANDER ALEXANDER TRUTH ON TIKTOK PLEASE. IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THE LOST TRIBE. THEY ARE THE TRUE ISRAELITES AND WE ARE IN THE TRUE PROMISED LAND THAT REQUIRES A 40 DAY

MYSTICAL MAGICAL SHUTDOWN OF THE FREEZE-FRAME SYSTEM THAT OPENS UP THE PROMISED LAND THAT IS BENEATH OUR FEET AS SURELY AS I AM NICKNAMED CACTUS PETE. WE HAVE THIS POWER. IT'S TIME TO STOP PRETENDING WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE THING WHILE WE ARE DISREGARDING OTHER THINGS. THAT IS YOUR TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE LOOK UP COMMANDER ALEXANDER TRUTH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. BIANCA, CAN YOU UNMUTE PLEASE.

I SEE THE TWO MINUTE TIMER. MY NAME IS BIANCA BLOMQUIST. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. I WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS I'VE HEARD THIS EVENING. IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR LABOR MOVEMENT BROTHER'S AND SISTERS NEED YOUR SUPPORT. I'M HOPING THAT SEBASTOPOL MIGHT LOOK INTO A COUPLE OF REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT STRENGTHEN OUR RESILIENCE. IRONED THE

COUNTY TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL OF A PUBLIC BANK OR SOME REGION IN PUBLIC BANKING EFFORTS LIKE SANTA ROSA. CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SEEING HOW PUBLIC DEPOSITS CAN REDUCE COSTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE CITY. IT COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY. WHY ARE WE GIVING IT TO A LARGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WHEN WE COULD DO THIS OURSELVES. IT COULD SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

FINANCING LIKE I MENTIONED AND RETURN PROFITS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BACK TO SEBASTOPOL SO WE COULD PAY THE WORKERS A LIVING WAGE SO THEY CAN ALSO LIVE HERE. SECOND, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO ENGAGE WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REVIEW HELICAL DOLLARS ARE INVESTED IN SOMETHING CALLED THE PULLED MONEY INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. IT IS AN INVESTMENT

PATHWAY WHETHER GREATER TRANSPARENCY OR OTHER STRUCTURE COULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL RETURNS FOR MUNICIPALITIES. I THINK THIS COULD REALLY HELP OUR CITY LEVERAGE PUBLIC FUNDS BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY COMMENT.

INC. YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TRAVIS. ON THE NORTH COAST REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT. WE HAVE BEEN A STRONG ALLY OF THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME. OUR MEMBERS AND STAFF KNOCKED ON OVER $2000 FOR A SALES TAX TO CLOSE A BUDGET HOLE. WE INVITED ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US BUT NONE OF YOU CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THE CITY TAX MEASURE. THE STATE LEGISLATORS CAN BROKER A COMPROMISE WHERE SEBASTOPOL Agenda Item Number: 1
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GOT TO KEEP ALL OF THE MONEY FROM THE MEASURE. I HAVE SAT IN THIS ROOM SEVERAL TIMES AS THEY

MAKE AND CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN SONOMA COUNTY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN SEBASTOPOL. APPARENTLY THIS IS TOO MUCH TO CONSIDER FOR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES. IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR THE CITY TO TURN A STRONG ALLY TO AN ENEMY. THAT CHOICE IS YOURS AND I HOPE YOU CHOOSE WISELY. I HAVE THE STRIKE SANCTION AUTHORIZATION RIGHT HERE AND I WILL LEAVE IT WITH YOUR CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO TO ZOOM IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. CNN, I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I AM THE LEAD FIELD REPRESENTATIVE WITH SEI YOU. OF COURSE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DID. PERSONALLY I KNOCKED ON HUNDREDS OF DOORS. DID NOT SEE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE WITH ME. ALSO SEIU HAS BEEN WORKING TO SECURE ADDITIONAL MEASURES ZERO FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND INCREASE THE IMPACT OF THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO SUCCEED. THE CITY GENERAL FUND RESOURCE HAS BEEN UPGRADED TWICE THIS YEAR TO NEARLY 30% WHICH IS 15% OVER THE STATED CITY COUNCIL POLICY. YET THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT INVESTING IN ITS WORKFORCE. INSTEAD THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO TRUST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH INFLATION. DURING THE LAST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS THE CITY CLAIM TO OFFER THE LAST BEST AND FINAL NOTICE WITH NO NOTICE. WE OFFERED TWO COUNTERPROPOSAL OPTIONS TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BUT

YOUR CHIEF NEGOTIATOR STATED CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED HIM NOT TO BRING BACK ANY COUNTERPROPOSALS TO HIS COUNCIL. YOU HAVE OBLIGATIONS. ONE OF THEM IS TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS IN GOOD FAITH. HE ALSO BLAMED THIS COUNCIL FOR REPEATED DELAYS AND NEGOTIATIONS. IN MY LAST 16 YEARS I HAVE NEVER REACHED IMPASSE WITH ANY EMPLOYER. I EXPECT SUCH UNIONBUSTING TACTICS FROM OTHER CITIES, NOT FROM SEBASTOPOL. IN 2024 ONE OF THE TOP GOALS THE COUNCIL LISTED WAS NEGOTIATIONS. TO DATE, YOU HAVE ALL FAILED. BECAUSE OF YOUR DELAY TACTICS, BARGAINING AND ANTI-LOCAL UNDEMOCRATIC AND ILLEGAL LABOR PRACTICES SEIU AUTHORIZED A STRIKE IF NECESSARY.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES.

PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. OLIVER CAN YOU UNMUTE? I AM AN MUTED. I WILL BE QUICK.

I COULD NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAST GUY WAS SAYING. THE CITY IS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS SO I APPRECIATE THE UNION. EVERYBODY NEEDS MORE MONEY. EVERYBODY YOU SPEAK TO IS REALLY GETTING

SQUEEZED BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. I JUST HOPE THAT THE UNIONS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE IN THE WAY THEY NEGOTIATE WITH

THE CITY BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY HARSH TONE TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR IN THE MEETING. THAT IS MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS. LISA.

LISA PIERCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT I SO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO STEPS UP TO VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW IT IS A HEAVY LOAD AND A LOT OF WORK. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HOPE THAT WHEN EACH OF YOU IS WAYNE ANY

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ALWAYS REFLECT WITH THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN SEBASTOPOL CARE ABOUT. I CAN KEEP THINK OF SEVERAL EXAMPLES BUT I WILL REMIND YOU OF JUST ONE. IN 2023 THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY

TO RECOMMEND A PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED HOLLIFIELD, JUST GET RID OF IT ENTIRELY. THANKFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AND USE THEIR COMMON SENSE BUT LET THAT SINK IN. THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS ISSUE THAT DOES NOT REALLY GET DISCUSSED, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. BECAUSE THE COUNCIL USUALLY DOES TAKE GUIDANCE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHICH IS AN UNELECTED BODY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS IN A VERY POWERFUL POSITION.

IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS AN AGENDA OR A WAY THEY WANT THINGS TO GO IT IS USUALLY WELL UNDERSTOOD BY ANY CONSULTANT WORKING WITH THE STEADY -- CITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL GO BACK TO ZOOM. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SEEN NONE I WILL COME BACK TO CHAMBERS ONE LAST TIME. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THE STAFF HAS PULLED NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 17.

THAT WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER THREE.

SORRY.

ITEM NUMBER THREE WAS PULLED. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 23, APPROVAL OF SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1164 SURVEILLANCE POLICY AMENDMENTS AND APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TWO. THIS MODIFIES THE EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE SONOMA COUNTY MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ASSOCIATION AND LAUREN BURGESS WHO DID HAVE THE TITLE OF CLERK AND IS MOVING TO THE TITLE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IS THAT ADEQUATE? THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS JUST A TITLE CHANGE.

DID ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANY CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS?
SEEING THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. SEEING THEM I WILL GO TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. SEEING THEM THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION, COMMENT OR QUESTIONS.

I WILL MOVE THAT CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.

I SECOND.

ROLL CALL.

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SO MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. ITEM 3 WILL COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN. MOTION PASSES.

MOVING ON WE HAVE NO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. WE WILL DO THE REGULAR CALENDAR AGENDA ITEM. THE

APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR JANUARY 21, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 20 -- DECEMBER 31, 2027.

THANK YOU. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM BASED ON NEGOTIATIONS AND THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WE'VE JUST FINISHED. WE HAVE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT WHO WILL BE HERE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION.

GOOD EVENING. JUST MAKING SURE WE DID NOT HAVE THE MAYOR ON. AFTER THE LAST SIX MONTHS I AM NEGOTIATING. I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT ON TERMS AS FAR A ONE YEAR FROM JANUARY 1 -- TWO YEARS FROM JANUARY 1 26 TO DECEMBER 31 27. IT HELPS WHEN YOU PUT YOUR GLASSES ON. SO THIS DOES PROVIDE MARKET EQUITY INCREASES. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF WAS BELOW MARKET WHEN WE DID A SURVEY. THIS WILL PROVIDE MARKET INCREASES TO THEM. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A CPI COLA BETWEEN ONE AND 3% IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. IT ALSO ESTABLISHES, CHANGES THE INCENTIVE PAY FOR DISPATCHERS. IT WENT UP TO 11% FOR EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVE BUT THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED SO IT GOES UP TO SEVEN NOW. BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME IMPACTED MEMBERS OF THE UNIT WE WERE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT FOR ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER THE MITIGATION IS TO CREATE A DISPATCHER TWO CLASSIFICATION AND ESTABLISH THAT 11% ABOVE THE DISPATCHER. ALSO, PROVIDES, IT

CHANGES THE CAP, REDUCES THE CAP FOR COMP TIME FOR THEM WHICH IS THERE THEY CAN BANK OVERTIME HOURS. THAT REDUCES FROM 160 HOURS DOWN TO 140 AND REDUCES THE ROLLOVER FROM 120 DOWN TO 100. IT PROVIDES A LUMP SUM MANUAL WELLNESS BENEFIT OF $300, UNIFORM ALLOWANCE INCREASE BECAUSE THE COST OF MAINTAINING HAS GONE UP SO THE OFFICERS GET 1500 AND NON-SWORN GET 1250.

THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS OVER THE ENTIRE CONTRACT IS $402,415 FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IT IS 122 -- 122,235. FOR THE REMAINDER THROUGH DECEMBER 27 IN THE NEXT BUDGET IT WILL BE 280,180. WE HAVE RATIFIED THE CONTRACT AND ARE HERE TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL FROM CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IT WILL BE A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT, SEEN NONE I WILL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC

COMMENT ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. A MOTION?

I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MOU BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

I WILL SECOND.

SO MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FROM JANUARY 1, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2027 BASED ON AGREED-UPON. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN, VICE MAYOR MAURER. MOTION PASSES.

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NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL OF PAY RATES. THIS IS BASED ON THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WHICH WE JUST DID FOR THE POLICE. YOU HAVE A SIGNED TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON NEGOTIATIONS WE JUST COMPLETED. DEBRA IS HERE TO PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IT IS BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL BASED ON APPROVAL OF NEGOTIATIONS.

THANK YOU. ANY TIME THAT WE CHANGE SALARIES, PAY RANGE FOR EMPLOYEES WE NEED TO REPOST THE SALARY SCHEDULE. THIS IS A GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIREMENT. IT LETS THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE PAY RANGE IS AN EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT THE PAY RANGE IS FOR EACH PAY RAISE. THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF

YOU REFLECTS CHANGES AND WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO WE CAN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEN NONE I WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS FOR THE PAY RANGE AND SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE MOU THAT WAS JUST PAST FOR THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. TWO MINUTES IN CHAMBERS. SEEING THEN I WILL GO TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. MOTION?
SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ROLL CALL.

THANK YOU. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN TO

APPROVE THE PAY RATES AND CHANGES SALARY SCHEDULE BASED ON THE APPROVAL FOR THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER HINTON VICE MAYOR ZALMAN, - - COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN. VICE MAYOR MAURER. MAYOR McLEWIS IS ABSENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, FIVE MINUTES. THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE DOWNTOWN. IT WILL BE A LONG ONE SO WE WILL TAKE A SHORT FIVE MINUTE BREAK. [ THE MEETING IS ON A BREAK. CAPTIONER STANDING BY. ]
CAN WE DO A TECH CHECK PLEASE? CODY, ARE YOU THERE?
CODY, ARE YOU READY?
CAN WE HAVE EVERYBODY COME BACK PLEASE.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. ARE WE READY? THANK YOU. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSSION AND

CONSIDERATION OF IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION GRANT AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS A MODIFIED NUMBER. THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I AM GOING TO HAVE THE INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR JANE RILEY INTRODUCE. THEN WE WILL GO TO JEFF FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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SEEKING TO IDENTIFY A COMMUNITY SUPPORTED VISION FOR THE DOWNTOWN STREET THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE BASIS TO SEEK FUNDING FOR FUTURE PLANNING, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION. WE SEEK WITH THIS PROJECT TO IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS FURTHER STUDY. THE STUDY THAT YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT DOES NOT COMMIT YOU TO IMPLEMENTING ANYTHING. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE TIMELINE. THE PLANNING DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE

DOWNTOWN IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH OR NEXT YEAR OR EVEN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. CONCEIVABLY WE CAN DO SOME THINGS IN A 3 TO 5 YEAR TIME FRAME BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT 8 TO 15 YEARS TO RESTRUCTURE. I JUST WANT TO START WITH THAT. JEFF, IF YOU COULD START THE POWERPOINT.

SHARING THE SCREEN, CONFIRMING IT IS WORKING FOR EVERYBODY. I AM JEFF, THE CONSULTANT. WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS ON THIS EXCITING PROJECT. A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE WORK DONE TODAY AS WELL AS WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

BACKGROUND, THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS AND THE INPUT WE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT TO DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS, CLARIFY A FEW THINGS AND SET UP THE DISCUSSION FOR THIS EXCITING PROJECT. I WANTED TO START WITH THE REASONS WE ARE HERE. IT'S A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT FOCUSED ON SAFETY.

SEBASTOPOL IS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN HAVING SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO PEDESTRIANS. THAT IS THE FIRST WORST. RECOGNIZING THE FAST STREETS DOWNTOWN WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE DOES NOT RESULT IN GOOD OUTCOMES. WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY THE LAST 18 MONTHS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH COMMUNITY

BOTH IN MEETINGS AS WELL AS WORKSHOPS, SOME OF THE KEY ANALYSIS AND MILESTONES ARE REPRESENTED HERE. WE REALLY BROKE OUT THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PIECE IN THREE MAJOR PHASES STARTING

WITH GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING SOME VISION FOR THE AREA, IDENTIFYING

OPTIONS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY WHICH IS IDENTIFYING PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND IMPROVEMENTS WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. IN ADDITION WE HAVE MET WITH AGENCIES SUCH AS CALTRANS, OTHER

AGENCIES INCLUDING TRANSIT, COALITION AS WELL AS KEY STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY VISION FOR DOWNTOWN. ONE OF THE FIRST BIG PIECES WE HAD WAS A SURVEY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT DOWNTOWN. HOW

DO WE TRAVEL, HOW SHOULD WE BE PRIORITIZING, HOW TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE WALKING DRIVING, BIKING ET CETERA. IT'S A VERY CLEAR INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO PRIORITIZE WALKING, INTERNET -- INTERSECTION SAFETY. WE HAD AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEETING AND GOT A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE CITY, HAD A LOT OF

PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR OWN CROSS-SECTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN AND REALLY INFORMED LATER ANALYSIS

WHICH DEVELOPED SEVERAL DIFFERENT CIRCULATION OPTIONS THAT HAD A SERIES OF ONE-WAY CONFIGURATIONS, TWO WAY CONFIGURATIONS AND CLOSING PARTS OF MAINSTREET COMPLETELY. THROUGH SOME ANALYSIS THAT WE DEVELOPED WE SETTLED ON FOUR DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES. TWO MAINTAIN A ONE-WAY AUTO CIRCULATION AND CONVERT TO TWO-WAY. TWO OF THE ALTERNATIVES WERE MORE OF THAT

EASIER TO GET TO, NOT AS MUCH BANG FOR THE BUCK AND TWO THAT ARE MORE VISIONARY MAXIMIZING WALK ABILITY AND CONVERTING MAINSTREET TO TWO-WAY. ALL FOUR OPTIONS WE DEVELOPED WE MADE

SURE THAT THERE WAS A SET ELEMENT THAT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL FOUR INCLUDING EXPLORING

ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PLAZA TO MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE AND FRIENDLY WITH THE ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE

EXTENDING THE TRAIL TO CONNECT TO MAINSTREET AND EVALUATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CURB EXTENSIONS

AND INTERSECTIONS, ADD KEY CROSSWALKS POTENTIALLY REMOVE THE FLOODPLAIN IN FRONT OF SCREAMING

MIMI'S AND BE CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS PLANS AND CURRENT EFFORTS WORKING WITH THE COMMENTS AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING GRANT. DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY THERE WAS A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE ASKED FOLKS TO PICK THEIR FAVORITE OF THE FOUR. WE GOT A LOT OF VOTES FOR 4 OF THEM WITH MOST BEING GIVEN TO THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY. OF THE 220 RESPONSES ABOUT ONE QUARTER HAD WRITTEN Agenda Item Number: 1
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REASONING BEHIND IT REALLY LED INTO THE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN WIDENED SIDEWALKS AND ELEMENTS OF THAT PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVE. THREE WEEKS AGO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE PRESENTED THESE ALTERNATIVES AND RESULTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THROUGH THE DISCUSSION WE HAD THAT

NIGHT WE IDENTIFIED AN ALTERNATIVE THAT BLENDS THE WALKABLE BIKE ALIGNMENT AND NARROW STREET WITH ALTERNATIVE THREE BUT ENCOURAGED IT TO BE FOR A TWO WAY CIRCULATION. THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES BUT IT IS A HYBRID THAT TAKES THE BEST OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES. AT THE SAME MEETING THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE CONSULTANT TEAM RECOMMENDED. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT HOW IT CAME TO BE. I WANT TO CLARIFY IT WAS NOT QUESTIONING THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION FOR A WALKABLE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. IT JUST CHANGED

HOW WE GET THERE WHETHER WE MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY OR WE STUDY IT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND

WHAT IT CAN DO BUT REALLY FINDING THE COMMON GROUND OF A WALKABLE WIDER SIDEWALKS, SHORTER CROSSINGS. TO PUT THAT IN A VISUAL WE PUT THESE CARTOON DRAWINGS OF THE CORE OF MAINSTREET BETWEEN McKINLEY AND HIGHWAY 12. ON THE TOP IS THE CROSS-SECTION THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY. THEN THERE'S THE REPRESENTATION OF A PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IT IS THE SAME WALKABLE SHORT CROSSINGS. IT'S JUST THE AUTO CIRCULATION THAT IS DIFFERENT. TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE

ELEMENTS OF WHY WE CONSIDER TWO WAYS THERE IS RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THAT TWO-WAY STREETS

OPERATE WITH LOWER SPEEDS, BY REDUCING THE OPERATING SPEEDS THERE'S INHERENT SAFETY BENEFIT OF REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF CRASHES. ALLOWING BOTH STREETS TO BE TWO WAY ALSO SUPPORTS A MORE DIRECT ROUTE WHICH HAS A PRETTY LARGE REDUCTION. WE CALCULATED THAT TO BE ABOUT 5% PURELY BY

ALLOWING BOTH STREETS TO BE TWO WAY AND CONVERTING TO TWO WAY STREETS THERE IS EVIDENCE TO

SHOW IT CAN DRIVE BUSINESS, SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND IS FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ACTIVITY AND PROPERTY VALUES. IN ADDITION TO DETERMINING WHAT WE WANT TO ADVANCE IN THIS

REPORT, WE WANT TO CLARIFY THE GRANT ALSO INCLUDES A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING PLAN. WHATEVER WE ARE HELPING DEVELOP A PLAN OF ATTACK FOR THE CITY TO MAKE THE FUNDING AND REALLY ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE GRANT THAT GIVEN ALL THE

COMMUNITY AND PUT AROUND PARKING AND MAKING THE BEST USE OF THE AVAILABLE PARKING AS

POSSIBLE, WE WOULD RECOMMEND ONE OF THE ACTIONS WOULD BE TO DO A FOCUS TARGETED PLAN, UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO GET THE BEST USE OF IT FOR THE COMMUNITY. ALSO

INCLUDED IN THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPLORE GATEWAY TREATMENTS OR ELEMENTS THAT REALLY

SHOW PEOPLE AS THEY ARE COMING INTO TOWN WHETHER THEY ARE DRIVING, WALKING, BIKING, ET CETERA TO KNOW YOU ARE NOW DOWNTOWN. SLOWDOWN AND BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. IT CAN BE ROUNDABOUT, SIGNAL, SIGNAGE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BITE OFF THE WHOLE ENCHILADA DAY ONE. IT IS

UNDERSTANDING THE LOW HANGING FRUITS THAT CAN GET THE SAFETY OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. BECAUSE THIS WAS SUCH A STRONG, COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS TO REALLY CONTINUE WORKING

WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT WHETHER THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THAT JUST ENCOURAGING

THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING ALONG IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE PLANNING PROCESS AND DESIGN PROCESS CONTINUES. TO SUMMARIZE, THE ALTERNATIVES WE PRESENTED AND DOING NOTHING, NONE OF THEM FIX TRAFFIC. THE CONGESTION IS GOING TO BE A THING. ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES WE DEVELOP DO ADDRESS

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED SAFETY BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS THE DESIRE FOR STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS. THERE WAS A CLEAR CONSENSUS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS FOR A MORE WALKABLE, LIVABLE, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN

STUDIED TO THE SAME LEVEL OF DETAIL BUT INCLUDES ELEMENTS WE HAVE STUDIED HAS THE STRONGEST

OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK FUNDING BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED THROUGHOUT THE STUDY PREVIOUS WITH LOWER OPERATING SPEEDS. IT WOULD RESULT IN PROTECTED BIKEWAYS AND ALSO REDUCE THE VMT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH IS A KEY ELEMENT. THIS IS ALSO FOR Agenda Item Number: 1
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SAFETY AND MORE LIVABLE, VIBRANT DOWNTOWN. ONE THING TO ECHO. THE PLAN AND DESIGN SAFETY PROJECT DOES NOT REQUIRE STRATEGIC FUNDING AS WELL AS A DETAILED ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.

THIS IS WELL-ESTABLISHED AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING COMPLETE STREETS SAFETY FOCUSED

IMPROVEMENTS
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MORE? QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HINTON. I WILL START.

WE CAN DO TWO.

TWO. I WILL CALL IT ALTERNATIVE FOUR PLANNING COMMISSION VERSION.

IT IS ALTERNATIVE THREE BUT WITH TWO WAY CIRCULATION. ALTERNATIVE FOUR HAS A HUGE LEFT TURN LANE AND A LOT OF PARKING REMOVAL.

ALTERNATIVE THREE WITH TWO WAY. WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP IT REALLY DOES NOT SPAN OUT HOW PETALUMA AVENUE GOING OUT TO THE SOLAR DRAGON IS GOING TO BE. SO RIGHT NOW IT GOES WITH TWO WAY TRAFFIC THEN IT GOES DOWN TO ONE LANE AND A BIKE LANE. WHICH WE HAVE HEARD COMPLAINTS FOR AS LONG AS IT WAS PUT IN. WHERE DOES THE TWO WE START UNDER THAT ROADWAY.

THE CORE OF THE STUDY INCLUDED THE DOWNTOWN CORE AS TO WHAT IS BEST. FOR THE TWO WAY CIRCULATION. IT WOULD GO THE SOLAR DRAGON. BOTH MAINSTREET AND PETALUMA IS ENVISIONED AS ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION ON THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE RIGHT THERE.

IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A ROUNDABOUT. I THINK SHE WAS GETTING LIKE HOW DO YOU GET IN THERE.

A ROUNDABOUT IS ONE WAY. A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS ANOTHER. I WILL SAY IN THE NEW SAFETY FOCUSED

CALTRANS APPROACH THEY ARE FOUND TO BE SAFER AND MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN IT SUPPORTS THE GOALS TOWARD SAFETY AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLANNING.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION?

THE PARKING PLACES THAT WE WOULD LOOSEN THE DOWNTOWN CORE, IS THERE A MAP YOU COULD PULL UP YOU COULD POINT OUT WHERE THOSE PARKING PLACES MIGHT BE? IF THEY ARE AROUND THE MAIN BLOCK CROSSINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AN ISSUE DEPENDING ON WHERE WE WERE GOING.

ANALYSIS IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE PARKING IS LOST BUT IN ALTERNATIVE THREE AND

PLANNING RECOMMENDATION KEEPING ON MAINSTREET THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THAT IS THE CASE. ALTERNATIVE FOUR THAT HAS THE BIG LEFT TURN LANE. THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF REMOVING PARKING IN THAT AREA. IT'S ONLY INTERSECTIONS WHERE SIGHTLINES AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ARE THE SIDELINE.

THEY ARE PROBABLY UNSAFE NOW? WE SHOULD BE REDLINING THEM DEEPER IN.

AS A TRAFFIC ENGINEER I'M UNCOMFORTABLE SAYING THAT. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW WHICH IS PRIMARILY WHY THE PARKING 10 TO 15 SPACES THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING.

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SEE YOU SAY THOSE NEAT TO BE CHANGED ANYWAY. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW.

ONE OF MY THOUGHTS IS ABOUT WHILE THE BIKE FACILITIES ARE ON PETALUMA? THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY USED TO THE MAX. IF THEY WERE INSIDE THE CAR THEY STILL MAY NOT BE UTILIZED WELL. THIS HAS BOTH DIRECTIONS ON PETALUMA. WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF IT IF IT WERE ALL ON MAINSTREET? I AM ASKING THIS IN PART. WHATEVER WE DO HERE IS A STEPPINGSTONE TO OTHERWISE MAKING SURE THE CITY SURVIVES GROWTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE DESIGN STANDER YOU COULD PROPOSE ON A CALTRANS ROADWAY IT

INCLUDES THE SAFE AND SEPARATION BETWEEN SOMEBODY DRIVING A CAR AND SOMEBODY WALKING OR RIDING THEIR BIKE. THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CALTRANS SAFETY DESIGN STANDARDS. IT WAS WHEN IT WAS RESOLVED. ANY BIKE FACILITY IN THE CALTRANS RIGHT-OF-WAY WOULD NEED TO BE SEPARATED.

SOME SORT OF PLANTAR, MEDIAN, SOMETHING. ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES INCLUDE A SEPARATED BIKE FACILITY. HOW THEY ARE SHOWN IS ONE WAY TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH DIRECTIONS OF CYCLISTS.

I WAS WONDERING IF IT WERE ON MAIN RATHER THAN PETALUMA HOW WOULD IT AFFECT DOWNTOWN PARKING?
THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE PLANNING COMMISSION TO PUT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET NEED TO BE REALLOCATED FOR BICYCLISTS AND THEIR SEPARATION. THAT COULD BE FURTHER EXTENSIONS AND SIDEWALK LIGHTING. THE PRIORITY OF WALKING AND PARKING ON THE MAINSTREET CORE PUSHED THE DESIRE FOR A PROTECTED BIKE FACILITY AROUND IT.

LIKE, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE BIKE IN FRONT OF THESE PARTICULAR STORES AND ALONG THIS PARTICULAR WAY, IF YOU WERE TO CHEW UP 15 FEET, I NOTICED SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES, THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE.

COULD IT BE OFF BALANCE AND STILL PROTECT PARKING ON BOTH SIDES? YES THAT IS FEASIBLE. MORE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IS NEEDED. THERE IS STILL SPACE WHERE SOMEBODY RIDING THE BIKE WILL BE SEPARATED FROM PEOPLE WALKING. YOU ARE NOW TAKING THE CYCLISTS FROM SOMEBODY THAT IS WALKING. THERE IS A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN THOSE USER GROUPS. THE ALIGNMENT AND

CONDUCTIVITY OF THE BIKE NETWORK IS SOMETHING WE WILL EVALUATE SO WHATEVER ALTERNATIVE WE HAVE SHOWS A COMPLETE CONNECTED ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BIKEWAY NETWORK.

I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A CONFLICT. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T REALLY WANT THEM ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT THAT IS TREATING THE BIKE AS TRANSPORTATION ONLY. BIKES ARE MORE THAN THAT. THEY ARE A WAY TO GET AND BE SOMEWHERE. IT IS NOT A COMPLETE CONFLICT TO HAVE WALKER'S NEAR BIKERS. YOU DON'T WANT

BIKERS NEAR CARS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S PREVENTING US FROM USING THE BIKE FACILITIES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THE DESIGN APPROACH WE ARE TAKING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION IS THE

CONTINUOUS BIKE FACILITY GOES AROUND DOWNTOWN BUT THERE'S CONNECTIONS TO MAINSTREET WITH

BIKE PARKING AND OTHER AMENITIES SOMEBODY CAN GET TO TO LOCK THEIR BIKE AND BE ABLE TO BE ON THAT STREET THEY ARE WALKING HALF A BLOCK.

SO YOU SAY EVERYBODY THAT LIVES UP PALM, WINE, INSTEAD OF TAKING A LEFT AND BEING ON THE BIKE

PATH, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO AND NOW YOU ARE ASKING THEM TO CROSS A BLOCK TO PETALUMA, GO DOWN A COUPLE BLOCKS, PARK AND COME BACK UP.

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IF THEY ARE CONTINUING DOWNTOWN THEY WOULD JUST GO ON THE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ON THIS

PARTICULAR BLOCK THAT IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN WHERE IT IS WIDER SIDEWALKS AND THEY WOULD GO AROUND IT TO POINT SOUTH. THE IDEA IS THEY WOULD CONNECT TO BARLOW, POINT WEST, POINT SOUTH, IT'S NOT JUST A LINEAR BIKE FACILITY. IT IS A NETWORK.

I WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT A NETWORK, NOW THE NETWORK IS KIND OF JUST FACILITATING FLOW THROUGH. I UNDERSTAND IT'S TAKING SOME WEIGHT OFF OF MAIN STREET, BUT NOW IT'S TAKING UP USABLE

SPACE ON PETALUMA WHERE IT COULD PICK UP MORE WAIT FOR CARS SO THAT'S WHY AM KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT. IT'S MUCH MORE NATURAL AND PEOPLE ARE OFTEN SLOW ON BIKES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING

IS NOT GOING -- WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS COMING TO THE FARMERS MARKET, GOING TO A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

LET'S JUST STICK WITH QUESTIONS PLEASE
SO THE CONTEXT FOR MY QUESTION FOLLOWING STAFF ANALYSIS STARTS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 3. THANK YOU. IT JUST HAPPENS TO GO WITH MY PRIORITY OF QUESTIONS WHICH IS SAFETY. THE CONTEXT OF THE QUESTION IS WE ARE THE THIRD OLDEST CITY IN THE COUNTY. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MAJOR SIGNIFICANT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURY AND DEATH OF A PET. WITH THAT, WHY ARE YOU CONVINCED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WILL SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. IN MY MIND THAT WOULD REDUCE FATALITIES, SERIOUS INJURIES TO HUMANS AND PAT. EXPLAIN THAT VERBALLY.

I WILL START WITH RESEARCH AND THEN GET MORE EXPERIENTIAL. THE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION DEVELOP

IDENTIFIED SPEEDS OF A MULTI-ONE-WAY STREET AND FOUND THAT OPERATING SPEEDS OF A TWO WAY FACILITY IS LOWER THAN A MULTILANE ONE WAY FACILITY. THAT IS PRIMARILY IF YOU'VE DRIVEN NOT IN THE PEAK TIME YOU HAVE A WIDER OPEN SPACE AND FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED.

THAT IS TYPICALLY THE DRIVER BEHAVIOR COMPONENT. IF YOU HAVE FOLKS COMING AT YOU FACING YOU IN A CAR EVEN IF THEY ARE BLOCKS AWAY THERE'S THAT FEATURE THAT THE WHOLE SPACES MY RUNWAY. THAT IS THE BEHAVIOR IT TENDS TO BE BUT AS THE REPORTING RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS IT. I THINK THAT THERE IS A

LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE WHAT THOSE CONFLICTS COULD LOOK LIKE SO THEY COULD BE MINIMIZED EVEN IF WE ARE ADDING A SECOND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO KNOW THE RESEARCH YOU JUST CITED YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT? TRYING TO KEEP IT BASED ON THAT.

DO YOU SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION AND WHY OR WHY NOT? I DO SUPPORT THE DECISION. THE DISCUSSION WE HAD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION INCLUDED REALLY LEANING INTO THE PEDESTRIAN WALK ABILITY OF DOWNTOWN FIRST, AUTO CIRCULATION SECOND. HOW I

FRAMED MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WE NEED TO HAVE AS A

COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FULL RAMIFICATIONS OF ANY CHANGE WOULD BE BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT I HEARD FROM REALLY WANTED THE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN. AS LONG AS THAT WAS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY YOU GOT ME SOLD. I THINK THE OPERATING SPEED ELEMENT OF THE TWO WAY STREET IS A STRONG REASON TO ALSO SUPPORT THE TWO WAY. MORE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IS NEEDED, BUT THE RESEARCH DOES SUPPORT THAT.

IS CALTRANS OFFERING SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS TO MAKE THESE CHANGES OR TO IMPLEMENT THESE PLANS? AND IF NOT WHEREWITH THE CITY APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.

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CALTRANS IS NOT THE ONLY FUNDING AGENCY. THEY WOULD SUPPORT ANY LOCAL AGENCY THAT WANTS TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL ADDRESS SAFETY ISSUES, REDUCE VMT. THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING

OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE ARE KEY ELEMENTS OF A MORE SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

I WANT TO RETURN TO THE TWO LANE VERSUS ONE LANE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR THE FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL. I ASKED YOU WHAT WAS THE MATH AND YOU WERE ABLE TO DO SOME. CAN YOU EXPLAIN, YOU WERE ABLE TO DO SOME ESTIMATES BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FULLY STUDIED. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

DO YOU MIND IF I GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW?
GO FOR IT.

THE QUESTION WAS THINKING OF THE NUMBER OF THROUGH LANES AND HOW MUCH OF THE THROUGH LANES ARE DEDICATED TOWARDS MOVING CARS AND THE ALTERNATIVES. IT'S A VERY SIMPLISTIC LINE DIAGRAM. LET ME CHANGE MY SHARING SETTINGS. THIS IS ONE SMALL COMPONENT. I WOULD NOT SAY THAT

THIS -- WE HAVE A LOT MORE ANALYSIS THAN WE HAVE DONE ELSEWHERE INCLUDING LEVEL SERVICE THAT IS ALSO FEEDING INTO THIS. THE QUESTION WAS, HOW MANY LANES WOULD GO THROUGH -- SORRY. THE

QUESTION YOU ASKED WAS HOW MANY THROUGH LANES AND STREET WILL BE DEDICATED TO MOVING CARS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND THE ONE-WAY ALTERNATIVE. I STARTED WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH THE LINE REPRESENTING A LANE THAT IS DEDICATED TO EXPLICIT MOVEMENT.

READ THE AND GOING NORTH, BLUE BEING GOING SOUTH. THIS IS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STUDIED AREA AND IT SHOWS FOR THE LANES PICK UP. THERE ARE TWO LANES GOING SOUTH, ONE OF WHICH MAKES YOU TURN BACK AROUND TO GO NORTH. THAT IS THE EXISTING CONDITION, THE WALKABLE ONE-WAY WHICH

KEEPS TWO GOING SOUTH, ONE GOING NORTH, ACCORDING TO ACCOMMODATE THE BIKEWAY IT HAS PARKING AND WE HAD TO GO UP TO TWO LANES NEAR WHOLE FOODS. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE THEY ARE. A LITTLE BIT LESS FOR THOSE ELEMENTS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, THE CHARGE WAS TO HAVE ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION THE ENTIRE WAY. THIS ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A FULL NORTHBOUND LANE ON BOTH STREETS AND A FULL SOUTHBOUND LANE ON BOTH STREETS. IT HAS A SLIGHTLY 5 TO 8% INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF LANES DEDICATED FOR THROUGH VEHICLES MINUS THE FRICTION OF AN INTERSECTION AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR ROUNDABOUT. DID THAT ENCAPSULATE THAT? YES. SECOND QUESTION, WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SURVEY, BUT I AM CURIOUS WHO TOOK THE SURVEY AND IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK IT DOWN BECAUSE WE KNOW 95472 IS NOT ALL PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN TOWN. PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE SURVEY THAT LIVE OUT OF TOWN MIGHT WANT TO GET THROUGH TOWN QUICKER.

WE DID CRUNCH THE SURVEY NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT. I HAVE A SLIDE THAT CAN HELP SHARE SO WE GOT ABOUT 650 VOTES. IN THE MATERIALS TONIGHT HAD A PREVIOUS VERSION THAT ONLY HAD ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE. WE GOT TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTES IN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF WHICH IS GREAT. THE OVERALL VOTES WE ARE AT 646. THEN OF THE VOTES THAT WERE RECEIVED THAT WERE WITHIN THIS MAP THAT WAS INCLUDED ON THE SURVEY INCLUDING THE FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY AND ABOUT 50 TO 55% OF THE RESPONDENTS ARE IN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL. THE RESULTS PRETTY MUCH MIRROR THE GREATER ELEMENT.

WE ALSO CUT THE PEOPLE WITH VOTES FROM OUTSIDE THAT AREA SO WE HAVE GREATER SEBASTOPOL, GREATER SONOMA COUNTY. IT WAS A GOOD REPRESENTATION. YOU ARE GETTING THE SAME PROMOTION FOR ALTERNATIVE THREE. ONE THING I DID WANT TO CLARIFY IS THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, WE HAD AN ELEMENT OF

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I WANT TO EXPLICITLY SAY -- THIS GOES TO MY POINT EARLIER. VERY FEW PEOPLE EXPLICITLY FROM THE REASONING PROVIDED WERE ANTI-TWO WAY, ANTI-ONE-WAY PRO THE OTHER. IT WAS MAINLY ABOUT I LIKE ALTERNATIVE THREE. WALKABLE VIBRANT DOWNTOWN SEEMS AMAZING. IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WERE

SUPPORTIVE OF TWO WAY OR ONE-WAY BUT IT WAS THAT'S THE REASON WHY SOMETHING THAT HAS A

WALKABLE DOWNTOWN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT PROVIDED REASONING. I THINK IT WAS OVER A QUARTER OF RESPONDENTS MENTIONED THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES OF DOWNTOWN. IF ANYTHING IT JUST MEANS THAT IS THE PIECE THAT IS CONSISTENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE STUDY.

QUESTIONS?
OKAY. I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TWO YEARS SO IF I DON'T MENTION SOMETHING PERTINENT OR RELEVANT OR IT SEEMS OFF-CENTER I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. ON THE CHOICE THAT, CHOICE NUMBER FIVE I

GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE WILL CALL IT, IT'S TWO WAY EVERYWHERE WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD HOLD MY CARS BUT IT OFFERS THE PROBLEM OF LEFT TURNS IN A GOOD NUMBER OF PLACES. DO WE HAVE SOME

SPECIFIC RESTAURANTS AND STORES THAT MIGHT -- MAYBE THEY WILL GET MORE EXPOSURE BUT WOULD THAT CAUSE ACCIDENTS? HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT TRAFFIC SPEED. IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S MORE LANE FOR TRAVEL. IT IS OKAY IF IT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY, BUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON SAFETY? THERE IS A LOT THERE SO I WILL TRY TO ANSWER POINT BY POINT. WE HAVE NOT EVALUATED THIS FIFTH TWICE ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. THE OPERATING OR DESIGN APPROACH

IF THEY HAD SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS WERE MAIN LOCATIONS OR SOMEBODY TURNING LEFT THEY WOULD NOT BE WAITING FOR A GAP IN TRAFFIC. THAT'S CALLED A PERMISSIVE LEFT TURN. THAT IS A BIG NO-NO. THAT IS ONE OF THE WORST SAFETY ELEMENTS YOU CAN FIND. AT THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THE ASSUMPTION

IS THE TRAFFIC EUROS OPERATIONS WOULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE A PROTECTED CYCLE MEANING PEOPLE

TURNING LEFT, THEY HAVE A GREEN ARROW, THERE'S NOBODY IN THEIR WAY, THE OTHER ELEMENT IS IF BOTH

STREETS ARE TWO WAY YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICH STREET YOU ARE ON FOR WHERE THOSE LEFT TURNS ARE

PROTECTED AND THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF SPACE. IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIFTH CHOICE BECAUSE THE GOAL WAS TO KEEP MAINSTREET NARROW

ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM THE NORTH PART OF TOWN WOULD ACTUALLY BE TAKEN THE LEFT GOING AROUND THE LOOP AND MAKING A LEFT ON HIGHWAY 12. SOMETHING WE WILL BE STUDYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT OPERATIONALLY DOES.

ALSO, THE LITTLE LEFT.

LOCATION OF DRIVEWAYS. WE HAVE TO EVALUATE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS. THAT IS NOT

REALLY PART OF THE GRANT THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO DESIGN AROUND THE CONFLICTS.

SO IN THE FOLLOWING UP WE COULD ADD SOME WAYS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN TO MAKE THESE STOCKS?

WE GET A STEADY STREAM OF CARS AS IT IS
SO FOLLOWING UP WITH THE STAFF ANALYSIS. FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG I AM AND ON PAGE 4 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AND VMT US. SO GOING WITH THE TWO WAY YOU SAY WOULD REDUCE THE VMT WHICH IS A STATE REQUIREMENT.

BOTH STREETS TWO WAY WOULD REDUCE VMT BECAUSE ALL DOUBTS WOULD BE MORE DIRECT. YOU COULD

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HAVE TO BACK TRACK. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT CALTRANS IS REQUIRING BUT VMT REDUCTION IS CONSISTENT WITH BEST PRACTICE IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.

SO THE RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF THE TWO WAY YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT RESEARCH.

AND TO CLARIFY HOW IT WAS CALCULATED WE BUILT A MODEL OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE TO ALLOCATE THE

MOST DIRECT ROUTES FOR FOLKS COMING AND CALCULATED THE AMOUNT OF VMT IN THE MODEL WITH AND WITHOUT THE CHANGES. WE DID THAT WITH THE REGIONAL TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL IN SONOMA COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND THOSE IMPLICATIONS. SO WE HAVE DONE THAT AND WILL SUMMARIZE THAT REPORT AS WELL.

FOLLOWING ALONG THE NEXT ONE IS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY VITALITY. SO SAY HOW THIS WOULD BENEFIT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. FOR ME I WANT TO KEEP THEM ALIVE FOREVER. TELL ME HOW IT WOULD BENEFIT DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY MAIN AND BLOCK GOING FURTHER OUT.

I WOULD SAY SAFETY AND VMT REDUCTION ARE VERY CLEARLY ADDRESSED. BUSINESS VITALITY AND BUSINESS SUPPORT, THERE'S A LITTLE LESS RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THAT. HOWEVER, IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH VISIBILITY THE STREET KIDS. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS YOU GET TWICE AS MANY EYES AND

FOLKS WITH THE PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES IT INCREASES THE COMFORT FOR SOMEBODY PATRONIZING BUSINESSES THERE. I WOULD SAY BOTH THE ALTERNATIVE THREE AND THIS FIFTH CHOICE, BOTH OF THEM HAVE STRONG SUPPORT OF BUSINESS VITALITY. I WOULD NOT SEE THE TWO WAYS DRAMATICALLY

MORE BUT THERE'S RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT RETAIL SALES AND PROPERTY VALUES WERE FOUND TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. THAT IS DATA FROM DIFFERENT PIECES SO ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS MAY BE NEEDED THANK YOU. IS THERE A DUE DATE FOR US TO DECIDE? OR WHEN IS THIS DECISION REQUIRED TO BE MADE?

WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU DO TODAY IS SELECT AN ALTERNATIVE FOR JEFF AND HIS COLLEAGUES TO DRAW TO PUT IN THE REPORT. THEY WILL DO THE FUTURE ANALYSIS. IF YOU SELECT AN ALTERNATIVE THAT HAS NOT FULLY STUDIED YET THEY WILL DO THAT ANALYSIS AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN MAY.

SO I'M WONDERING SINCE WE ARE ONLY FOUR APPEAR IF WE DID NOT MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT WITHOUT BE A PROBLEM?
YES.

OKAY SO THERE'S NOT A POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION?
WE HAVE ASKED CALTRANS FOR AN EXTENSION ON THE GRANT. THE GRANT ENDS AT THE END OF APRIL.

WE'VE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER SO I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD GET THAT.

THANK YOU.

FOLLOWING ALONG WITH STAFF ANALYSIS, THE GRANT COMPETITIVENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

YOU LIST SEVERAL BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE DO HAVE YOU TO PURSUE GRANTS TO GET WHATEVER OPTION WE GO WITH PAID FOR. DO I UNDERSTAND THAT

THE GRANT STUDY WILL INCLUDE A CHAPTER THAT IDENTIFIES MANY OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW THEY COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH VARIOUS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. WHEN THEY HAPPEN, WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS TYPICALLY FAREWELL. WE CAN TIE IT TO THE OTHER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECTS

AND PROVIDE THE CITY A ROADMAP OF HOW TO PRIORITIZE THEIR OWN GRANT FUNDING APPLICATION WORK OVERTIME.

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JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP. WHATEVER LIST YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE TO US TO PURSUE, YOU WILL BE ABLE

TO TAILOR THAT WITH THE WORK THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

YES.

I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A MONEY QUESTION. APPLES SOMEWHAT HELP ME. WE WILL HAVE A PROGRESSION OF THINGS WE MAY IMPLEMENT. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT ALL OF THIS COSTS. IF WE PICK NUMBER FIVE WHICH SEEMS TO BE OUTSIDE OF ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR HOW INDEPTH ARE WE LIKELY TO GET DATA AND INFORMATION WE CAN REALLY COOK?

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE FIFTH ALTERNATIVE TO THE SAME LEVEL WE HAVE EVALUATED THE OTHER FOUR.

I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN ITEMIZATION. HOW MUCH IS IT PER FOOT FOR SIDEWALKS?

WE WILL DO A PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATE FOR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES USING DATA FOR COST FOR

SIDEWALK, ASPHALT, OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ELTON THE REGION AND AND ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COST. IT'S NOT TO SAY YOU HAVE 47 ACRES OF ASPHALT BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE BASED ON THIS LINEAR FEET

OF ROADWAY WHILING ACCESSIBILITY WITH ALLOWANCE FOR UTILITY, RAIL CONFIGURATION

RECONSTRUCTION, IT WOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THAT BUT WE WOULD BE DOING THAT FOR THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE SO THAT ALSO GOES INTO HOW IF WE KNOW WE NEED TO GET $10 BILLION, WE KNOW WHAT THE PLANNING LEVEL ESTIMATE WILL BE.

THAT'S OKAY. COULD JILLIAN IS COOL. I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE ON THE CITY TO FIGURE OUT PARKING.

YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THESE IS A PARKING PLAN YOU SUGGESTED WITH IT.

YES. THE PARKING PLAN IS SOMETHING WE RECOMMEND THE CITY DO. THERE ARE GRANTS FOR THINGS LIKE

THAT AS WELL AS LONG AS IT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLAN AND HAS THE GOAL BEEN CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY, ACCESS, AND THE ELEMENTS THAT WILL DRIVE BUSINESS UP. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS LIKE PARKING STUDIES AS WELL.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

I KNOW YOU CANNOT MAKE ANY GUARANTEES, BUT WE GOT A GRANT TO FUND THIS WORK, $260,000. I

ASSUME YOU ARE SETTING US UP FOR THE NEXT, WITH CALTRANS BE, ARE THEY THE BIGGEST PLACE TO GO FOR FUTURE FUNDING?
THE BIGGEST YES BUT THE REGIONAL AGENCY IS ALSO A KEY ELEMENT.

I SIT ON THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE CITY. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR MANY THERE. I JUST -- WE

WILL TRY TO TAP BOTH BUT CALTRANS IF THEY ARE GIVING US ALL THIS MONEY TELLING US WE ARE UNSAFE I SUPPOSE THEY WANT TO FIX IT.

CALTRANS HAS NOT SAID IT IS UNSAFE PICK DATA FROM THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY HAS RANKED SEBASTOPOL NOT WELL COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILAR SIZED CITIES FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. CALTRANS DOES

NOT BY THEMSELVES DECIDE WHO GETS THE MONEY BUT TO DEMONSTRATE WE ARE PICKING A PLAN THAT IS

SUPPORTED BY CALTRANS POLICIES COMPARES TO OTHER CITIES WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME CONSISTENCY OR ALIGNMENT DOES MAKE SEBASTOPOL MORE COMPETITIVE IN MANY CASES.

THANK YOU.

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