Sebastopol City Council
April 14, 2026

OF THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SOME WILL BE COMPLETED AND FOR THOSE WE NEED

TO WORK ON WE NEED TO PUT THEM IN THE FORWARD YEAR, WE HAVE BROUGHT THOSE

FORWARD SO TONIGHT'S ACTION IS TO REVIEW THE LAST ATTACHMENT, A COMBINATION

OF COMMUNITY INPUT, CITY COUNCIL GOALS, CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO BE

CARRIED OVER AND TO GET DIRECTION AS TO IF YOU WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL TASKS

NOT GOALS THERE ARE SIX KEY GOALS SO THESE ARE TASKS AND PRIORITIES OF THE

COUNCIL MUST ADD TASK OR PRIORITIES IF YOU WANTED TO REMOVE ANY OF THE

CURRENT PROPOSED AND THEN DIRECT STAFF AT THE END WHEN WE HAVE THE VOTE

TAKEN AND AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT TO DIRECT US TO LOOK AT THE BUDGETARY

IMPACTS AND THEN BRING THOSE BACK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND TO BRING THE BACK AS FINAL ADOPTION OF THE GOALS WHEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET IMPACT.

Agenda Item Number 1
OKAY. FIRST WOULD BE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF THE CURRENT GOALS OR DO WE WANT TO JUMP INTO THE LINE BY LINE? YOU HAVE ALL THE PAGES THE COMMUNITY COMMENTS YOU ARE PROVIDED THOSE ON THE WEBSITE FOR TRANSPARENCY. WE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL GOALS. I WOULD OPEN UP FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. WE DID

NOT GET ALL COUNCIL COMMENTS BUT THERE MAY BE GOALS ADDED THEN WE GO TO

PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND GO THROUGH LINE BY LINE ITEMS.

CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU SENT IT ALREADY. WITH THE

TOTAL SURVEY RESPONSES WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN THE GOALS WAS THAT IN ORDER OF PRIORITY?
IN ORDER OF THEME.

RIGHT. NOT BY THIS WAS THE ONE.

LOOK IN THE AGENDA REPORT HOW MANY RESPONSES TO THE TOP ONES, IT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT.

I SAW I WAS NOT SURE.

WE LISTED THEM UNDER THE GOALS SO FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WE PUT THEM AS ROADS AND TRAFFIC.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING PROPERLY. OKAY.

QUESTION. COULD YOU RESTATE TOP GOALS THE PUBLIC STATED? THERE WERE SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT.

SURE, LET ME GET BACK THERE REAL QUICK. SO IT WAS FISCAL SORRY THE TOP THEMES

WERE NEAR-TERM, PRACTICAL AND NEAR-TERM SOLUTIONS AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND THEN ROADS. TRAFFIC, PARKING, BUSINESSES, HOMELESS AND SAFETY AND DOWNTOWN VITALITY.

WHICH PAGE IS THAT ON? I AM LOOKING AT SO MANY LIST.

IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT IS JUST A RECAP OF WHAT WAS STATED. IT WAS A THEME THAT CAME OUT TO ALL OF THE RESPONSES. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PAGE IN FRONT OF ME WHERE I WROTE THAT BUT THOSE ARE THE THEMES WE ARE COMING THROUGH.

ARE THOSE SINGLE-LINE ITEMS OR GROUPS? IS TRAFFIC AND PARKING IN ONE GROUP OR ARE THOSE SEPARATE?

THEY ARE GROUPED SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RESPONSE WAS TRAFFIC AND

PARKING COULD BE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, IT COULD BE SPEEDERS OR LIKE SIDEWALK INFRA STRUCTURE FOR PARKING THAT WOULD GO UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IF IT WAS RELATED TO SPEEDING AND ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

I HAVE THAT PROCESS I'M NOT SURE I WANT IT TO BE A GOAL.

YOU COULD HAVE IT REMOVED.

OKAY. SO DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OFF THE I HEART SEBASTOPOL SINCE WE HAVE THE 1/25 CELEBRATION. AND THAT IS A PROCESS THAT'S MOVING.

WE WILL START ON GOAL ONE AND AS WE GO THROUGH WE CAN MARK THEM OFF AND

TAKE THEM OFF BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE BEING ON THE SWING PAGE FOR

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ITEM WE ARE TAKING ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM

COUNCILMEMBERS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. HOW ABOUT IF I GO THROUGH THIS GOAL ONE AND WE WANT TO ADD OR SUBTRACT DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? AND THEN?
HAD ADDITIONAL GOALS THEN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

Agenda Item Number 1
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SO I'M GOING TO START WITH GOAL NUMBER ONE COMMUNITY VITALITY. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PRIORITIES PUBLIC INPUT ALL OF THIS. HAVE A COUPLE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS SO I WILL ASK EVERYONE ELSE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FIRST.

Agenda Item Number 1
NOTHING TO AND JUST TO REMOVE THE ITEM.

OKAY ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND ONE THING IS SOME OF THESE

THINGS FOR ME PERSONALLY WE HAVE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS AND IDENTIFYING LONG-TERM THAT IS A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO IDENTIFY THAT.

THESE GOALS ARE ONE YEAR SO IF THERE LONG-TERM I WOULD RECOMMEND WE CREATE A SEPARATE LIST. AND THEN COME BACK AND REVIEW THOSE LONGER THAN WHEN YOU PROCESS WE SHOULD HAVE A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.

I WILL PUT THEM OUT AND WE CAN DECIDE. TWO THINGS THINKING ABOUT A LOT AS I DRIVE AROUND TOWN. ONE IS IMPROVING THE CITY WELCOME SIGNS THEY LOOK PRETTY DATED SO THAT WAS ONE THING I WAS THINKING. IT WOULD BE NICE AND THEN ALSO THE BENCHES AROUND TOWN IMPROVING WHATEVER IT IS WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE.

SOME ARE OKAY BUT SOME ARE LOOKING PRETTY BEAT UP. THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS

I WANT TO ADD FOR COMMUNITY VITALITY DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITION TO THIS LIST HERE OKAY. GOAL NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC SAFETY. IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR REMOVE FROM THIS ONE. SURE, GO AHEAD.

SO IF WE HAVE NORMAL THINGS LIKE POLICE AND HEART PROGRAMS ARE ALREADY

DOING WE DON'T NEED TO PUT THEM INTO GOALS

THERE IS A GOAL IN HERE TALKS ABOUT LOVE THAT SO WE DON'T NEED TO ADD TO THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF NO ONE HAS ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WE WILL GO ON FROM THERE. GOAL NUMBER THREE INFRASTRUCTURE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. ATTACHMENT TWO THIS IS WHAT I AM LOOKING AT. SO FOR THOSE TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG ATTACHMENT TWO IS CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES SUBMISSIONS. SO UNDER THAT GOAL NOW GOAL THREE WHICH HAS TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. DO I NEED TO RESTATE WHAT IS ALREADY TYPED?
NO. THOSE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TABLE. THE MAYORS ASKING FOR ANY

MEMBER UNABLE TO SUBMIT WRITTEN TOPICS NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY SEE SOMETHING MISSING OR IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE. SO REGARDING I BELIEVE THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN IS IN HERE.

WHERE IS IT AT ON THERE?
LET ME FIND IT.

FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THIS ATTACHMENT CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY SUBMISSIONS

BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER I TYPE IN DID GET INCLUDED AND I CAN FILE ALONG ON THAT PAGE.

I DON'T SEE IT ON HERE THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.

IT IS HERE BUT THIS IS THE FORM.

ON LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. GOAL FIVE ITEM 3.

GOAL FIVE NOT GO THROUGH.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS INFRASTRUCTURE WE DID TRY TO PUT IT THE LONG-TERM

FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR NOT JUST THE ENTERPRISE FUND BUT IT IMPACTS GENERAL FUND SO WE PUT IN UNDER LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY OR SUSTAINABILITY. WE CAN MOVE IF THE COUNCIL LIKES TO BUT IT IS HERE FOR CONSIDERATION.

OKAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SORRY I WAS LATE TONIGHT FOR THE PROCESS PURPOSES WE ALREADY HAVE THE BIG

GOAL SHEET AND THESE ARE JUST GETTING ADDED AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH AND DECIDE IF WE HAVE THE FIVE VOTES FOR THESE.

WE WILL DO IT LIKE LAST YEAR. WE ALL AGREED WE WOULD DO THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.

EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE FIVE VOTES AND WE WILL KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE VOTING. IF BY SOME CHANCE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GOALS WILL COME BACK TO THE FOUR AND SEE IF WE WANT TO ADD ANY.

THESE ARE GETTING ADDED TO THE LIST WE WILL VOTE ON.

IF ANYONE HAS CHANGED THEIR MIND COME UP WITH SOMETHING SINCE WE SUBMITTED.

Agenda Item Number 1
City Council Meeting Packet for May 5, 2026

UNDER GOAL THREE INFRASTRUCTURE I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE FEASIBILITY

STUDY FOR THE APPLE BLOSSOM TRAIL AND THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT ARE SEPARATE TWO SEPARATE VOTES. RATHER THAN JUST ONE VOTE.

Agenda Item Number 1
BRIGHT SO YOU ARE SAYING NUMBER ONE AND YOU WANT TO DIVIDE NUMBER ONE? SO YOU WANT THAT TO BE ONE AND THEN TWO OKAY. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

THIS IS ALSO KIND OF A QUESTION. IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING HOLD ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IS THAT SOMETHING I ADD AS A GOAL? WE'RE DOING PATCHWORK IMPROVEMENTS UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE. DO I SAY I WOULD LIKE TO DO A BROAD STRETCH OF GOALS OR IS THAT A MATTER OF OF COURSE WE ARE.

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE THE GOAL AND PRIORITIES AND STAFF WOULD BE

BRINGING BACK IF THERE'S INDIVIDUAL REQUEST YOU CAN BRING FORWARD WHEN THE

AGENDA ITEM COMES FORWARD FOR LET'S SAY THE DIG OUT WE HAVE THE AGENDA ITEM ON THE NEXT MEETING REGARDING PALM AVENUE. SO IT WOULD NOT BE A GOAL HERE TO EXPAND THIS. I WOULD NOT PUT IT AS A TASK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ROAD

MAINTENANCE AND ROAD REPAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET

TOO SPECIFIC BUT WHEN THE AGENDA ITEM COMES BACK WE WOULD DISCUSS IF YOU

WANTED TO DO ADDING THE ROAD AND COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD AN AGENDA ITEM.

CAN WE HAVE AN OVERARCHING GOAL WE WANT TO DO BETTER AND MORE? WE HAVE ROADS AND POTHOLES, STREET RESURFACING. THE TASK FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

OKAY NUMBER FOUR. HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD OR CHANGE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY ALL RIGHT. AND NUMBER FIVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES? DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT OKAY. NUMBER SIX ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LET'S SEE. WAS LOOKING TO SEE
IT WAS UNDIVIDED.

ON THE FIRST GOAL
NUMBER SIX DOES ANYONE HAVE ADDITIONS OR CHANGES? OKAY.

AFTER DOING THAT WE SAID WE WOULD GO FOR OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT TO HEAR

WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THIS AND WE WILL BE DOING A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE

VERY END AFTER WE MAKE DECISIONS AND FINISHED UPPER ANYONE WHO HAS COMMENTS SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT. TWO-MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME PERIOD. IF YOU WOULD

LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT WE DO CHAMBERS FIRST AND THEN GO OUT TO ZOOM IF

ANYONE IN CHAMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ON ITEMS PRESENTED NOW AND AGAIN WE WILL HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END. SEEING NONE OF

THE CHAMBERS I WILL GO TO ZOOM ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY.

THAT IS A FIRST. OKAY. GO DISCUSS GOALS SUBMITTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL.

WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, A COMMENT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE SURVEY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVER WROTE THIS IF YOU'RE LISTENING. THIS IS WHAT WAS WROTE. I KNOW IT IS A TOUGH JOB SO MANY ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SUPPORT BUT WE SIMPLY CANNOT. WE ARE A SMALL CITY WITH LIMITED FUNDS AND TOUGH DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE. YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR THE JOB MAKE THE HARD CALLS AND CITIZENS WILL SUPPORT YOU. I LOVE THAT COMMENT. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. TO WHOEVER WROTE THAT.

OKAY. WE JUST WENT THROUGH PUBLIC.

YES WE CAN.

I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE APPLE BLOSSOM TRAIL PARTICULARLY. SOME HISTORY

THERE THAT THE GROUP, THE GROUP THAT PUT THIS PROJECT TOGETHER WAS CALLED THE SEBASTOPOL TRAIL MAKERS. THEY WORKED HARD AND LONG ON IT AND PUT TOGETHER A TRAIL. THEY GOT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT CITY COUNCIL, THAT MEETING TOOK PLACE IN 2010. 16 YEARS AGO. 16 YEARS. AND IT IS STILL A REALLY GOOD PROJECT. AT THAT MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING WHERE WE GOT THAT TO THE COUNCIL, THE ROOM, THIS ROOM WAS TOTALLY PACKED. ABSOLUTELY, THEY WERE CRAMMED IN HERE. FULL OF PEOPLE EVEN DOWN THE STAIRS WITH PEOPLE WAITING AND TRYING TO Agenda Item Number 1
City Council Meeting Packet for May 5, 2026

HEAR WHO WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT. ANYWAY, THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME SAID HEY, Agenda Item Number 1
NICE PRESENTATION WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO KIND OF THING.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

OKAY. AND I LOST KIND OF LOST MY PLACE. NOTHING GOT DONE FOR THE COUNCIL SIX YEARS, 10 MEETINGS WENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND IT IS SUCH A GOOD PROJECT

AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I HOPE THAT THIS GROUP WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT WILL BE REALLY APPRECIATED FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

PARTICULARLY.

I'M SORRY YOU ARE UP. WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME LEEWAY THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AGAIN WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL

AS WE GO THROUGH THE GOALS
OKAY. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GO THROUGH GOAL NUMBER ONE AND I AM GOING TO READ THEM AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM. CAN WE JUST DO THUMBS UP?

WE CAN ACTUALLY I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE YES WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON VIDEO. I WANT TO CLARIFY ITEM NUMBER ONE ARE YOU TAKING THAT THE ENTIRE THING AS WE PUT IT TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR THE 1/25 BIRTHDAY CENTENNIAL OR JUST THE I HEART PORTION?

KEEP THE HISTORY WALK BUT REMOVE THE I HEART BECAUSE WE WERE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

OKAY. FOR ME PERSONALLY I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DOWNTOWN HISTORY WE ALREADY HAVE THE SEBASTOPOL WALK SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I DESCRIBED THIS AND I FIGURED IT COULD BE ONE TO THREE YEARS AND WE WOULD

WORK WITH WEST COUNTY MUSEUM AND IT WOULD BE PLAX OR SOME WAY OF

DESIGNATING A POINT OF HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN THIS GOES ALONG

WITH SUPPORTING THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN I WAS ENVISIONING A PLAQUE

SO SO RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENT PLACES IN TOWN I WILL NOT PULL THOSE UP RIGHT

HERE UNLESS MARY CAN TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE

IN THE COUNCIL SUBMITTAL THE TOWN, THE BUILDING WHERE THE STANDOFF WAS BECAUSE THESE ARE LITTLE BITS OF HISTORY THAT ARE UNIQUE AND INTERESTING. SO, YEAH.

WONDERING IF WE COULD PUT BRACKETS AROUND IT LIKE FOUR OR FIVE OR WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
1 TO 3 YEAR PROJECT A DOZEN. AND I'M SURE WEST COUNTY HISTORY PEOPLE COULD PROBABLY PULL UP A DOZEN. YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE PEOPLE HERE, THE LAGUNA.

ONE THING WITH THE VERY BEGINNING IS I WONDERED IN THE PAST LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THIS WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST AND ALL OF THAT. I AM NOT QUITE CLEAR ON HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT AND I DO NOT RECALL WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

WE HAD TO BRING THOSE BACK. THE COUNCIL GAVE US WHAT PRIORITIES WERE AND WE BROUGHT BACK.

OKAY.

THIS IDEA COULD ALSO GO ALONG WITH THE 1/25 CELEBRATION THAT IS PART OF OUR HISTORY.

OKAY ALL RIGHT. TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THIS WE ARE CHANGING THAT TO THE

DOWNTOWN HISTORY WALK WITH PLAX SO I GUESS MARY WANTS US TO DO ALL YES OR NO. THE MICROPHONE SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR.

THAT IS CORRECT. SUPPORT OR DO NOT SUPPORT.

OKAY I WILL ASK THAT. WITH NUMBER ONE GOING DOWN.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER
YES
COUNCILMEMBER HINTON BECAUSE WE ARE COMING BACK TO THEM AS WELL SO.

WE ARE LEAVING IT ON THE LIST?
THEN WE SEE THE PROJECT.

SAY YES YOU WOULD BE ENDORSING THE TASK AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THE

BUDGET IS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO SEE IF COUNCIL WANTS THIS IS THE HISTORY PLAQUE.

VICE MAYOR MAURER
Agenda Item Number 1
City Council Meeting Packet for May 5, 2026

YES
Agenda Item Number 1

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
I WOULD BLEND INTO THE 1/25 ANNIVERSARY. SO FOR THAT REASON NO.

MAYOR McLEWIS
YES.

THERE IS THREE ON THAT ONE.

DID YOU SAY YES OR NO?
CAN I ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION? ON THE VOTE FROM COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN.

THERE IS A TASK FOR THE 1/25 CENTENNIAL AND WE CAN ADD IT AT THAT TIME THEN

TAKE A VOTE AND THE ITEM WILL COME BACK AS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT IS A COUNCIL

GOAL AND WE HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE SO WE COULD BRING FORWARD AS PART OF THAT.

OKAY. NUMBER TWO IS REMOVED SO NUMBER THREE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITH THE COORDINATOR.

I BELIEVE THAT IS VICE MAYOR MAURER.

YES. I DO NOT REALLY SUBSTANTIATE THIS BECAUSE MY THOUGHT IS WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW SO I DO NOT THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT.

THIS WAS NOT ONE OF MY MAIN GOALS BUT I HAD A ADDENDUM SO THIS WAS AN

ADDENDUM AND I DON'T REALLY THINK WITHOUT A PLANNING DIRECTOR OR DEPARTMENT I DON'T THINK IT IS THE RIGHT TIME. THOUGH STAFF DID MENTION AS WELL LOOKING AT IN RELATIONSHIP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I GUESS I DON'T REALLY RECOMMEND IT AT THIS TIME IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

HAVE A QUESTION COULD WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER WHO COORDINATES THE VOLUNTEERS? JUST SAYING THAT NONPROFITS DO IT ALL THE TIME.

YOU COULD HAVE A VOLUNTEER THAT WAS TO DO VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

THAT WOULD BE FINE.

I DO THAT.

WE COULD SAY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

SOMEONE WHO IS A SUPER VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY. JUST A COMPROMISE. I THOUGHT ABOUT THE SAME THING.

I WANT TO CLARIFY. WE COULD PUT THAT AS A GOAL BUT IF IT IS A VOLUNTEER YOU ARE NOT ASKING CITY STAFF TO DO THAT.

RIGHT.

COMMENT.

BUT IF WE'RE GETTING A COORDINATOR STAFF WOULD HAVE TO INTERFACE WITH THE

PUBLIC TO FIGURE OUT WHO WILL COORDINATE AND THEN THE VOLUNTEER

COORDINATOR WE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH COUNCIL IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO COORDINATE ON.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO THERE WAS NO STAFF TIME INVOLVED I WOULD SAY IT IS GREAT BUT WE HAVE HAD VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR'S IN THE PAST WITH MORE STAFF.

SO JUST WANTED THAT'S WHY I ASKED, IF IT WAS A VOLUNTEER THAT CAME TO DO IT.

SO YES WE HAD A VOLUNTEER TO DO LAGUNA PARKS AND THAT FELL BACK TO THE STAFF WHEN WE DO VOLUNTEER CLEANUP DAYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT IS MORE WORK.

I SEE. GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO NONPROFIT THAT COMES TO THE MONTHLY NONPROFIT COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS TO SEE WHERE THE IDEA LANDS. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING STAFF INVOLVED WITH THIS.

I GUESS I WANT TO WITHDRAW. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE STAFF SUPPORT RIGHT NOW WITH SO MANY OTHER THINGS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN BUT THERE'S TOO MANY OTHER THINGS. MAYBE NEXT YEAR.

OKAY SO THAT TASK HAS BEEN REMOVED.

NUMBER FOUR. CHARLES SCHULTZ PAINTED PUBLIC ARTS SCULPTURE. AGAIN VICE MAYOR MAURER.

THIS WAS PART OF MY ADDENDUM I THINK THIS WAS ALREADY ON THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE WORKPLAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD. I HAD FIVE

MAIN GOALS AND A FEW AND THE ADDENDUM AND THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE IN THE Agenda Item Number 1
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ADDENDUM SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. I WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS ON THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE WORKPLAN OR NOT.

Agenda Item Number 1

I HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINAL WORKPLAN THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH IT SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS ON THE WORKPLAN.

I WOULD BE WILLING TO COORDINATE TO SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF ART.

I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK CHARLES SCHULTZ GREW UP HERE OR WHATEVER. MY FEEDBACK WOULD BE

ABLE TO MAKE SURE IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SCULPTURE IN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA BECAUSE THOSE BELONG TO THE LOOK AND CITY OF SANTA ROSA. SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO LOOK LIKE SANTA ROSA. AND THE AIRPORT HAS IT.

THERE THE SAME LOOK AND TO ME THAT IS FROM FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN

AROUND WHEN THAT WAS A ART PROJECT IN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA THOSE WERE CREATED AS A SPECIAL ART PROJECT FOR THAT CITY. I WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK UNIQUE TO SEBASTOPOL.

I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE. IMPACT MY NEIGHBOR ON ONE OF THOSE HOMES.

I WOULD SUPPORT THIS BUT I'M WONDERING IF IT IS IN THE ARMS OF THE ART COMMITTEE AND MAYBE THEY WOULD DO IT.

I WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP THIS ALONG.

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER? YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
YES ALONG WITH PUTTING IT INTO THE ART COMMITTEE PURVIEW.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN.

SAME WITH COUNCILMEMBER HINTON ON THE VOTING YES IF THIS FALLS UNDER THE ARTS COMMISSION AND STAFF DESIGNATED. I DON'T WANT STAFF INVOLVED BEYOND THAT.

OKAY. VICE MAYOR MAURER
YES
MAYOR McLEWIS
YES.

THAT HAS UNANIMOUS VOTE. UNDER THE PUBLIC INPUT NUMBER FIVE PRESERVE LOCAL CHARACTER SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS AVOID CHAIN STORES WE HAVE 42 RESPONSES.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THOSE?
FIRST CAN WE GO BACK TO THE ADDITION OF WELCOME SIGNS? SO THIS IS MAYOR McLEWIS

YES, AS I SAID EARLIER I THINK OUR WELCOME SIGNS COULD STAND A BIT OF SPRUCING UP SO MY THOUGHT WAS TO PUT IT OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW THE COST. I DON'T KNOW

IF IT SHOULD BE LONG-TERM OR SHORT-TERM BUT I THINK WE COULD STAND TO HAVE SPRUCING.

I AS WELL HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR BETTER IMPROVED SIGNS AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

OKAY COOL.

DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THE BENCH SEPARATE YOU CAN GET YES AND NO? LET'S GO BACK TO THE SIGN. TO MAKE SURE I AM CLEAR ON THE SIGNS IS IT TO REFURBISH WELCOME TO THE CITY SIGNS IS IT SPECIFIC?
NOT JUST REFURBISH. I GUESS WHAT IS REFURBISHED VERSUS WHAT IS THE COST.

WELCOME TO THE CITY SIGN. THE ONE COMING IN HIGHWAY 12 IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO?
WE HAVE THEM IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR WE ARE NOT DOING A NEW SIGN PROGRAM THESE ARE WELCOME TO THE CITY.

I GUESS I'M NOT FOLLOWING THE QUESTION.

ON EACH LOCATION THERE'S WELCOME TO THE CITY.

ASKING IF WE WANT TO PAINT?
I'M ASKING IF THOSE ARE THE FOUR.

YES SORRY I THOUGHT YOU MEANT WHAT DO I WANT TO DO?
SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE ARE ASKING.

Agenda Item Number 1
City Council Meeting Packet for May 5, 2026

THERE ARE OTHER SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CHURCH ON 116 COMING IN THAT'S A SLOWDOWN SEBASTOPOL OR SOMETHING. YOU TALKING ABOUT THOSE SIGNS TOO?
Agenda Item Number 1

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE DONE WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN THIS CAME THROUGH. THROUGH THE COUNTY. AFRICA THE PROGRAM THAT IT CAME THROUGH. IT WAS A SAFETY PROGRAM WE DID THE POLICE DID THOSE SIGNS.

THOSE ARE DIFFERENT.

TALKING ABOUT THE WELCOME SIGNS.

THAT INCLUDE THE NUCLEAR FREE ZONE?
THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THIS I WILL SAY SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON I WILL THROW IT OUT THERE. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SIGNS THROUGHOUT BUT WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THAT.

RIGHT THAT HAS BEEN A TOPIC IN THE PAST. FOR THE WELCOME SIGN GO AHEAD.

I DO NOT SEE THE NEED TO UPDATE THE WELCOME SIGNS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE

SUBSTANTIAL COST WITH THAT BUT I DO SEE EVIDENCE FOR THE NEED FOR THE BENCHES.

WE WILL DO THOUGH SEPARATELY. I THINK THE WELCOME SIGNS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM THE 70s AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPRUCED UP IN MY OPINION. THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY COME HERE SO THAT'S WHY I

WAS THINKING IF WE ARE LOOKING AT DOWNTOWN VITALITY IT WOULD BE NICE OF PEOPLE. I SAW SOMETHING.

I LIKE THE SIGNS THE WAY THEY ARE SO THAT'S JUST ME.

I AM GOING TO CALL, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER
YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
YES, WILLING TO LOOK AT IT.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
NO I LIKE THE 70s VIBE.

VICE MAYOR MAURER
NO.

MAYOR McLEWIS
YES.

THAT WAS THREE NEXT WOULD BE THE BENCHES.

YES AND I THINK THIS HAS COME UP BEFORE JUST SOME OF THE BENCHES ARE PRETTY

RATTY AND SPLINTERED AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO GO WITH THIS. THERE'S DIFFERENT ART ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO BENCHES. I THOUGHT IT WOULD

BE NICE IF WE COULD START LIKE THE TRASH CANS DOWNTOWN MAYBE TO START STAFF

CAN IDENTIFY WHAT IT WILL COST AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS FEASIBLE AND BRING IT BACK. MAYBE IT IS STAGGERED IS A PROJECT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MAIN STREET

TO SUBMIT A GRANT TO THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM WE DON'T HAVE DESIGNS YET BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING COMING BACK. THAT IS A $10,000 GRANT IF WE GET IT. SO IS

THEIR SUPPORT TO REVIEW THE BENCHES, THIS WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT TO THE GRANT.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
YES I THINK WE NEED THEM IN THE GRANT MORE THAN $10,000.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN

YES I SUPPORT RELYING ON GRANTS IS LIKE THROWING DUST IN THE WIND SO I WANT TO NOT COUNT ON THAT.

VICE MAYOR MAURER
YES BECAUSE SOME OF THE BENCHES ARE DANGEROUS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE.

MAYOR McLEWIS
YES.

THAT WOULD BE 4-1.

I WILL CHANGE MY VOTE. IS THAT OKAY? CAN WE DO THAT?
YES. THANK YOU ALL.

Agenda Item Number 1
City Council Meeting Packet for May 5, 2026

NOW I WANT TO UNDERSTAND SINCE WE HAVE PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE SURVEYS DO YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH THAT LINE BY LINE JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH GOALS? Agenda Item Number 1
YES DEFINITELY.

NUMBER WHATEVER IT IS ON FIVE PRESERVE LOCAL CHARACTER SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS AND AVOID CHAIN STORES ACCORDING TO RESPONSES.

I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND FOR THIS EVEN THOUGH THESE WERE SPECIFIC, TO PRESERVE LOCAL CHARACTER AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. I THINK THAT

INCORPORATES OTHER COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND BY DOING THAT WE COULD LOOK WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AS A TASK. YOU KNOW WE

ARE LOOKING AT COMING BACK WITH IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THIS IS HOW I SEE PRESERVING LOCAL CHARACTER AND SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.

OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? SORRY VICE MAYOR.

SO WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE THE BUSINESS ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES CHAIN STORES ECONOMIC GARDENING THAT IS COMING LATER UNDER A DIFFERENT HEADING. SO I DON'T REALLY SEE A PROJECT WITH THIS. I MEAN I COULD SAY YEAH, I WANT TO PLEDGE

TO PRESERVE LOCAL CHARACTER BUT THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A KIND OF IDEOLOGY THING. I DON'T SEE A PROJECT HERE.

I WOULD AGREE AND THE THEMES ARE BUILT INTO A LOT OF THE TASK AND PRIORITY

OTHERWISE BUT WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THIS WAS AND IF THERE WAS

SOMETHING SPECIFIC THE COUNCIL WANTED TO PICK UP BUT I WOULD AGREE

SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES IS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HE TO HAVE THE BUSINESSES. PRESERVING LOCAL CHARACTER LIKE I SAID WORKING WITH THE STREAMLINING OF ORDINANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. WHAT THEY WERE.

WE SUPPORTED THE CHAMBER WITH THE MAIN STREET SPONSORSHIP SO THAT SHOULD BE WHAT WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.

SO WE COULD CROSS THIS OFFER NOW IF COUNCIL IS TO COME BACK TO LOOK YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU DON'T FEEL THE REST OF THE GOALS SUPPORT THIS.

CAN WE VOTE YES FOR THE IDEA? DOES THAT OBLIGATE YOU TO TASK?

WE WOULD BRING BACK THE TASK'S WE DO HAVE THE BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM FOR BENCHES.

MORE OF A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION.

OKAY ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON NUMBER SIX TRAFFIC PARKING AND STREET CONFIGURATION CONCERNS. ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?

THIS ONE ALSO WE ALREADY HAVE A ROADS PROGRAM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE AGREED TO USE MEASURE NEW FUNDS FOR THIS. I ALSO PROPOSED A TRAFFIC AD HOC COMMITTEE SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS PROPOSED AS OPPOSED TO THIS BIGGER CATEGORY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

I THINK LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ACTUAL FEEDBACK PEOPLE WERE ASKING LET'S SEE

FOR CROSSWALKS, AND THEN ENFORCEMENT OF SPEEDING AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF SO I

DON'T KNOW IF THAT FALLS UNDER THAT BUT THAT COULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, GO AHEAD.

IT WAS PRESENTED BY THE CONSULTANT WHEN WE TALK AWAY ONE WAY VERSUS TWOWAY STREETS. A STATE LAW REQUIRES RED CURBING AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS THAT

WAS KIND OF ADDRESSED IN THAT BUT SINCE THAT IS SO FAR OUT MY QUESTION IS

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT STATE LAW AND THE RED CURBING SO WE ARE IN

COMPLIANCE WHICH REALLY GOES TO THIS GOAL WHICH INCLUDES PARKING BECAUSE

WE WILL LOSE PARKING WHEN WE CURB STATE LAW SLOTS SO IS THAT ON THE LISTED THIS YEAR?
DO WE HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF?
WE DON'T BUT PUBLIC WORKS COULD ADDRESS THAT.

IT GOES TO SAFETY AS YOU ARE PULLING OUT THE RED CURB YOU CANNOT SEE.

THAT'S WHY STATE LAW HAS COME IN AND GOING ON TO THIS, THIS COULD FALL UNDER

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND PDA THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA WHICH

WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING BECAUSE THAT ADDRESSES YOU KNOW THE DOWNTOWN PORTION.

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TO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCILMEMBER HINTON. STATE LAW HAS BEEN MENTIONED SO

WHAT RISK ARE WE, WHERE ARE WE WITH RISK IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IDENTIFIED TO MOVE TOWARD WHATEVER THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENT IS ON THE ISSUE? Agenda Item Number 1
HAVE TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE TIMELINE AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU.

I BELIEVE WORKS HAS INFORMATION AS FAR AS STREET PARKING.

WHERE IN COMPLAINTS PUBLIC WORKS STAFF PAINTED THE CURBS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.

I REMEMBER THEM AT THE POST OFFICE AS IT CHANGED THE WHOLE PARKING OPTIONS.

OKAY SO WITH THIS, LOOKING UNDER HERE WHERE IT WAS KIND OF CONDENSED AND

WHAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING THOSE WERE THINGS PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR WHEN IT CAME TO TRAFFIC SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC? OTHERWISE GO AHEAD.

ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS GETTING EMAILS AND I WAS MAYOR ABOUT THE SLOWDOWN SIGNS I MIGHT HAVE SENT YOU SOME OF THOSE TOO. WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION GRANT AND ALL THE MEDICAL MONEY THAT IS

SUPPOSED TO COME FROM THAT COULD WE NOT EXPLORE LIKE PERIODICALLY PUTTING

UP SLOWDOWN FLASHING THINGS I CAN REMEMBER THE TERMINOLOGY, BUT THE SIGNS WE COULD PUT UP.

THE SLOWDOWN SEBASTOPOL CAT.

THAT OR THE ONE BY BURBANK THAT FLASHES WITH SPEED?

MORE LIKE WHEN I GOT SOME EMAIL FROM SOMEONE WHO'S PET WAS INJURED YOU SAID MAYBE YOU WOULD LOOK INTO IT.

WE TALKED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE SLOWDOWN CAT AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED NOT TO PUT IT ON MAIN STREET IN THE AREA. BUT YES WE HAVE

SLOWDOWN SEBASTOPOL, THE CAT OR THE RADAR SIGNS TO SLOW DOWN SO WE CAN PUT THE RADAR OUT MORE OFTEN MORE FREQUENTLY.

I AM INTERESTED TO FIGURE OUT THE PRICING TO PERIODICALLY PUT IT UP AS A REMINDER THIS IS NOT THE INDY 500 FREEWAY.

RELATED TO THAT, I THINK THERE IS DIFFERENT LIGHT FLASHING AND I FIND IT WHEN

YOU'RE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF WHEN IT IS STILL DARK WHEN IT IS THE POLICE THE

RED WHITE AND BLUE FLASHING I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS AN

ACCIDENT AND IT IS ONE OF THE FLASHING LIGHT VERSIONS AND WE NEVER USED IT

BEFORE BUT I RECENTLY SAW WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IS GOING DOWN PETALUMA AVENUE I FREQUENTLY GO TO WORK AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING AND IT GIVE

YOU IS THERE AN ACCIDENT AND THAT SEEMS LIKE NOT THE RIGHT MESSAGE SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LIGHT FLASHING BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. I DON'T KNOW

IF YOUR POLICY OR POLICE HAVE BEEN DECIDING WHICH LIGHTS TO USE AND I THINK THAT WILL SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE. THIS IS EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND IT IS NOT.

WE DO NOT HAVE A POLICY BUT I WAS NOT AWARE. LIEUTENANT CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT PLEASE?

REFERRING TO THE RADAR TRADER THERE IS THE RED AND BLUE FLASHING LIGHTS GOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT. SO THAT IS CONCERN. LOOKS LIKE IT IS MORE THAN IT IS

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A SETTING ON THE TRAILER TO BE ADJUSTED WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE.

DOES IT ON A FLASH WHEN YOU'RE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT? WHEN YOU EXCEED THE SPEED IT IS SET TO. SO MORE STREET 25 MILES PER HOUR IF YOU EXCEED THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WINDOW IN THERE. WHEN YOU GO ABOVE THAT'S WHEN THE LIGHTS FLASH AT YOU. IT HAS YOUR SPEED TO TELL YOU HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING.

GO AHEAD.
1 MILE OVER FLASHES AND I THINK IT'S NOT WITH THE PREVIOUS FLASHERS WE HAVE HAD IN TOWN DO. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT BUT I'D PREFER

TO SET AT FLASHING SLOWDOWN BUT IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT IS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE. WHEN YOU'RE COMING OVER THE HILL ALL OF A SUDDEN 126 IT'S LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING UP AHEAD?

WE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF THERE'S TOLERANCE IT DOES NOT FLUSH UNTIL FIVE OVER.

OR A DIFFERENT COLOR NOT EMERGENCY VEHICLE COLOR. I THINK IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.

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I SUPPORT THAT AND I WANT TO GENERALLY SUPPORT THE ITEM EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TWO OTHERS THAT SEEM TO COORDINATE.

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I WANTED TO ADD TO THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO ON MY STREET WE HAD THIS BIG

INITIATIVE TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN BECAUSE EVERYONE CUTS THROUGH AND DRIVES FAST. THE POLICE OFFICER WHO CAME AND SPENT A COUPLE HOURS TALKING ABOUT

OPTIONS WAS ONE OF THOSE WITH THE FLASHING LIGHT IN FRONT OF BURBANK BUT

THEY TOLD US TO PONY UP THE MONEY THAT THE CITY DOES NOT PAY FOR THAT SO I DON'T KNOW. JUST PUTTING IT OUT I DON'T RECALL THE COST AT THE TIME. WE WANT TO

DRAW STRAWS TO SEE WHO'S HOUSE IT SAT IN FRONT OF OR WHOSE YARD IT WAS IN SO WE DECLINED THE OPTION. I KNOW THAT IS A OPTION. JUST FOR PEOPLE WONDERING IN

THE PUBLIC WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ON THAT ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS GO AHEAD.

TAKE A STRAW VOTE ON ALLOCATING STAFF RESOURCES ENOUGH TO BRING BACK

WHAT ARE OPTIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT SLOWDOWN THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY TO GET AN IDEA BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE EMAIL WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING OUT OF COMMUNITY VITALITY PUTTING IT IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE DIRECTION TO REVIEW THE OPTIONS. SO MOVING TO WHAT I STATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, IS THERE SUPPORT? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON YES
COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN YES.

VICE MAYOR MAURER?
YES CAN YOU REPEAT?

TO MOVE TRAFFIC PARKING STREET CONFIGURATION CONCERNS TO PUBLIC SAFETY

WITH DIRECTION TO REVIEW THE OPTIONS FOR THE RADAR SIGNS FOR SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC. MAYOR McLEWIS
YES.

THE ITEM IS UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S MOVE ON IN THE INTEREST OF TIME WE ARE AT ONE HOUR AND WE ONLY MADE IT TO NUMBER SEVEN.

THIS IS IN FOR SUCH REPAIRS PLENTY OF ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THIS IS AGAIN COULD

BE MOVED TO THE ROAD SECTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR PUBLIC SAFETY AS FAR AS

SIDEWALK YOU KNOW COULD BE PEDESTRIAN ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE USING THE SIDEWALKS. SO

COULDN'T SIDEWALKS BE ABOUT CLEANING SIDEWALKS TAKING CARE OF THE GENERAL PREPARE FOR VITALITY DOWNTOWN IS THAT WHY IT ENDED UP THERE? IT WAS MORE ABOUT SAFETY BUT WE COULD CHANGE IT. INCLUDE FOR DOWNTOWN CLEANLINESS TO INCLUDE CLEANING THE SIDEWALK.

THAT'S QUITE ASSUMED. THAT IS PART OF PUBLIC WORKS I BELIEVE. THEY ARE DOING THAT ALREADY.

CORRECT. I WOULD RECOMMEND SINCE RESTRICTOR REPAIR IS WITHIN

INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY ONE OF THE TASKS IS TO REMOVE THIS AND INCLUDE CLEANING SIDEWALKS AS PART OF THE NORMAL ROUTINE.

THAT WOULD BE THE DAILY VALUES INC. INC.

YES THE DAY TODAY VALUES.

CONCERN FOR TIME AND PROCESS. WE ARE GETTING TO LOT THAT HAVE A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING INTO REDUNDANCY PRETTY HARD.

WONDERING IF WE CAN AVOID THAT AND KEEP GOING WITH MORE SPECIFIC ONES BECAUSE THESE SEEM LIKE NORMAL TASKS.

TRYING TO ENTER THEM SO DOWNTOWN CLEANLINESS SAFETY AND HOMELESSNESS THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE PUBLIC. ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS?

THIS IS WHERE THE HEART PROGRAM POLICE PATROLS QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS

IN HERE TO INCREASE THE DOWNTOWN CLEANLINESS AND SAFETY POLICE PATROLS

DOWNTOWN WITH PERSONNEL AND A DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING FLOWER BASKETS FOR

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TAKING OUT THE OLD AND THE NEW GARBAGE CANS THAT IS WITH THE GOAL WHEN Agenda Item Number 1
INCORPORATE.

THAT IS A MOUTHFUL.

WE NEED TO PARSE THIS OUT AND BE EFFICIENT AT THE SAME TIME. LET'S SEE. GARBAGE CANS IS ONE.

GARBAGE CANS, WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER ON BEAUTIFYING DOWNTOWN.

SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE PERSONNEL? THAT IS TYPICALLY A BUDGET.

THAT IS A TASK ALL DECISIONS COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. NOT MAKING

APPROVALS TONIGHT THIS IS DIRECTION TO STAFF TO BRING BACK ITEMS THIS HAS BEEN

IN THE PAST PUTTING IN UTILIZING PERSONNEL FOR HOMELESS TO REMOVE THE TWO CURRENTLY DOING WORK.

WITHOUT BE UNDER PUBLIC INPUT WHERE IT SAYS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY AT NUMBER

THREE UNDER HOMELESSNESS

WE CAN MOVE TO HOMELESSNESS
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY GOING. SO IS THE ASK WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS THAT THE ASK? IF SO I AM GOOD, THAT IS FINE.

THE ASK WILL COME BACK FOR APPROVAL BUT IS THE COUNCIL SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER
YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
YES

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
YES

VICE MAYOR MAURER
YES
MAYOR McLEWIS
YES.
5-0. GARBAGE CANS WAS PART OF IT.

YOU WERE BLANKETING.

THE DOWNTOWN CLEANLINESS
NEXT IS PUBLIC SAIS PARKS ARTS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE DID INCORPORATE ONE OF THE TASKS THE CREATION OF THE CENTENNIAL 1/25 BIRTHDAY, THE ITEM WILL BE

COMING BACK SO I RECOMMEND KEEPING THIS AS A GOAL UNDER ARTICLE BUT A TASK

UNDER COMMUNITY, SEARCH DECISION PRIORITIES BECAUSE WE WILL BRING BACK INFORMATION ON THE CENTENNIAL FOR NEXT YEAR.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
YES CAN I CONFIRM THE PLAQUE IDEA MOVING INTO THIS?
WITH A BRONZE PLAQUE IDEA THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.

YES.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN YES VICE MAYOR MAURER YES MAYOR McLEWIS YES OKAY, SORRY. LET ME GET TO THE NEXT ONE. PUBLIC ARTS. THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD

REQUEST IT WOULD BE CONTINUED OVER WE DO HAVE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE

HAVE DONE THE PUBLIC ARTS WILL BE WORKING ON A POTENTIAL MURAL PROJECT WITH 3000 ALLOCATED THIS YEAR AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT IS GOING FORWARD TO THE NEW BUDGET WHEN THAT COMES BACK AS WELL.

GO AHEAD.

I WANT TO BRING UP I DID A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK WITH THE TRIBES DO WE KNOW IF WE COULD GET THIS FUNDED BY ONE OF THE LOCAL TRIBES IT IS $2000 AND I THINK THEY HAVE THE MONEY. IF WE WERE TO ASK THEM. I WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE. I AM IN FAVOR.

OKAY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER
YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON YES

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN YES

VICE MAYOR MAURER
YES
MAYOR McLEWIS
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YES.

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THAT IS 5-0. NEXT ONE IS THE FESTIVE ACTIVITIES AND HOLIDAY EVENTS SO LAST YEAR WE DID A LOT OF ACTIVITY FOR HALLOWEEN AND CHRISTMAS DECORATION. THINGS

LIKE THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD BE

WORKING WITH HIS PUBLIC WORKS WORKING ON LOOKING AT HOW MUCH IT WOULD

COST TO INSTALL ELECTRICITY IN THE LIGHTS DOWNTOWN RATHER THAN HAVING SOLAR

CAN I COMMENT ON THAT
THIS HAS BEEN A ONGOING ISSUE FOR YEARS BACK IN 2018 AND 2017 THAT WAS AN ISSUE

THEN AND WE TRIED SOLAR AND THIS PAST WINTER WE HAD SOLAR AND THEN THEY

WERE NOT WORKING BECAUSE IT WAS SO DARK SOME DAYS THINGS WERE NOT LIGHTING

UP AND SOME BUSINESSES WERE UPSET BECAUSE SOME HAD LIGHT, SOME DID NOT AND IT WAS ALL SURROUNDING THE LACK OF ELECTRICITY. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT

EXPLORING THIS BECAUSE OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS LISTENING TO ALL THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT. I REMEMBER DANTE WOULD GET ON ME YOU KNOW WE DON'T

HAVE POWER SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT LISTENING TO THE BUSINESS THIS PAST WINTER

AND CHALLENGES WITH THAT IT MEANT A LOT TO THEM I WAS SURPRISED HOW UPSET PEOPLE WERE. SO I AM SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE OF THAT.

OKAY GO AHEAD.

SORRY.

TO FOLLOW UP IT WOULD BE PUBLIC WORKS EXPLORING ELECTRICITY OUTSIDE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS SO THEY HAVE THE WHOLE OUTSIDE.

WHAT IT WOULD BE IN OUR OUR LIGHTS DOWNTOWN AND CITY LIGHTS IS TO PUT IN

ELECTRICAL IN THE TOP OF THE LIGHTS SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR BUSINESSES IT IS TO HAVE

THE TREES TO HAVE THEM LIT BECAUSE WE TRIED TO HAVE THEM LAST TIME AND IT DID NOT WORK VERY WELL. NOW IF WE HAD THAT HOLIDAY DECORATIONS ON THE POLLS AS WELL.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER
YES
YES SORRY.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
YES

VICE MAYOR MAURER YES
MAYOR McLEWIS YES.

THAT IS 5-0. NEXT WAS A REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE, THEY WOULD

LIKE TO RETURN TO MONTHLY MEETINGS RIGHT NOW THEY ARE EVERY OTHER MONTH I BELIEVE. AND THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE THAT IS WORKING TO GET SOME OF THE PROJECTS DONE SCULPTURE CALL FOR THE MURAL.

DIDN'T WE CHANGE THAT DUE TO THE BUDGET?
WE DID CHANGE THAT DUE TO THE BUDGET. WE WERE USING THE PLANNING DIRECTOR

AT THE TIME, WE HAVE NEW PLANNING STAFF SO THE PLANNING TECH PERSON COULD

DO IT DURING THE DAY IT WOULD NOT BE OVERTIME WE COULD LIMIT IT THE SECOND

MEETING WOULD BE LIKE THE WORK PLAN SO THE FIRST MEETING WOULD BE PUBLIC

ART SECOND WOULD BE THE WORK PLAN MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON A CONVERSATION WITH THEM IT WOULD BE LIMITED STAFF. SIMILAR TO THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE.

CAN I ASK HOW LONG MEETINGS ARE?
USUALLY ONE HOUR, 1 1/2 HOURS. THEY ARE EXPLICIT. MAYBE TWO HOURS AT THE MOST BUT THEY DON'T GO BEYOND THAT.

THINKING FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE DOESN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO LENGTHEN THE MEETING SO THEY CAN GET MORE WORK DONE THEN TO ADD NEW MEETINGS? JUST TO MAKE SENSE FOR ORGANIZING?

DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED IT COULD RUN INTO OVERTIME IF THEY GO AFTER HOURS.

BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT IS SCHEDULED? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO DO OR INCREASE FREQUENCY IF WE ADDED A HALF HOUR GO AHEAD.

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LIKE TO INCREASE THEIR HOURS AND LET IT BE FLEXIBLE SO THEY COULD ADD TO THIS

OR HAVE ANOTHER BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOMETHING JEFF TO COME BACK WITH IN A MONTH IT WILL BE FORGOTTEN OR AT LEAST THAT'S ME. NEXT MONTH YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE THAT IS REASONABLE. IF WE CAP HOURS IS KIND OF NICE BUT I WOULD BE FOR LIMITED INCREASE.

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I'M SORRY GO HAVE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WORK PLAN. I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN A WORKPLAN. I

DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN A GOAL I AM NO FOR ALL OF THIS UNTIL THEY DECIDE TO

AGENDA IS SOMETHING TO LET US KNOW WHAT IS THE PLAN, WHAT ARE THEY DOING AND BY WHEN?
I WILL TELL YOU THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY HAVE DONE IT. I INSTITUTED IT FOR THE

PLANNING COMMISSION WHO ALREADY DOES THERE'S BUT WE'RE DOING ONE FOR

DESIGN REVIEW CLIMATE ACTION AND PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE SO THEY WILL BE

COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW OF THE WORK PLANS, THEY'RE WORKING ON

THAT NOW SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THESE COMMITTEES OTHER THAN PLANNING COMMISSION HAS DONE A WORKPLAN.

I WILL SAY NO UNTIL I SEE THE WORKPLAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST. THEY USE TO MEET HERE AT THE YOUTH

ANNEX AND THEY HAVE MOVED TO CITY HALL SO I KNOW THAT SAVED SOME COST THERE. THEY KNOW BEST IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY OF THEIR MEETINGS SO I WOULD LIKE

TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST AND IF THEY NEED TO CANCEL THEY CAN JUST CANCEL BUT

THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO MEET EVERY MONTH IF NOT NECESSARY BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THEY WERE MEETING FOUR TIMES PER YEAR?
I BELIEVE IT USED TO BE QUARTERLY.

TO ME THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

SO WE COULD BRING THIS BACK WHEN THEY HAVE WORK PLANS DONE.

I AM NO UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA. IN THE INCHES OF TIME TURN TO GO TOOK SPIDER THIS. WE HAVE ONE NO VOTE IS NOT UNANIMOUS SO WE NEED TO START MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH THIS OTHERWISE WE WILL BE HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

A QUICK VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER?
NO.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON NO COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN NO VICE MAYOR MAURER YES MAYOR McLEWIS NO.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU ON THE PAGE THERE ARE ITEMS WE TOOK OUT OF THE GOALS

FROM LAST YEAR AND THEIR PART OF THE DAILY VALUES WE ARE DOING SO SUPPORTING

COMMUNITY EVENT THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS IS A COMING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WE

ARE BRINGING IN POLICY ON THAT, CONTINUE CLEANUP AND GRAFFITI AND CLEANING

OF SIDEWALKS AND WETLAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT SO SOME OF THOSE GOALS FROM LAST YEAR ARE THE TASK WE PULLED OUT AS DAILY. SECOND IS PUBLIC SAFETY THIS IS

WHERE ONE OF THE ITEMS CAME OUT AS THE TRAFFIC FOR THE TRAIL CORRIDOR SAFETY FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I BELIEVE.

YES I GUESS THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO PITCH IT. THE CORRIDOR TRAIL SAFETY NEEDS

TO BE A LOT BETTER BECAUSE MY KIDS USE IT AND IT FEELS UNSAFE AS PART OF US AND

IT HAS SOMETHING COME I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE TOO MUCH I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NEAR SEBASTOPOL.

GO AHEAD.

HOW MUCH OF THE TRAIL IS OURS VERSUS THE COUNTY?
I WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY.

USUALLY THE POLICE OFFICERS KNOW.

LIEUTENANT YOU HAVE OTHER INFORMATION WHEN UNDERSTANDING IS THE COUNTY RIGHT AWAY. MOST OF BLACKBERRY ALONG THE TRAIL IS COUNTY MAINTAINED WITH SOME SPACE OUTSIDE WE COULD LOOK TO MAINTAIN. WE HAVE THE AREA AROUND THE TRAIL LOOKING AT LINE OF SIGHT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IN THE PAST. I WANT TO CLARIFY I WAS TOLD

VEGETATION ON ONE SIDE CLOSEST TO THE CITY AT LEAST IN PART OF THE AREA IS OURS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT.

AS FAR AS VEGETATION AND MAINTENANCE THAT IS NOT MY PURVIEW THE AREA

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BEHIND THE HOTEL IT GOES DOWN TO THE LONGEST BRIDGE, THE SECOND BRIDGE THE

LONG WOODEN BRIDGE SO AS FAR AS THE COUNTY RIGHT AWAY VEGETATION IT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

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SO WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME BY DANTE AND OTHER FOLKS WAS THE SPACE ON THE

SIDE WHERE THE TRUCKING COMPANY YOU KNOW BEHIND THE FEED STORE AND ALL OF THAT, THE WHOLE AREA. THEY SAY THAT IS ALL OF OURS ALL THE WAY TO THE TRAIL.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY OURS. THE AREA ALONG THE TRAIL AS YOU LOOK AT LINE OF

SIGHT WERE BLACKBERRY AGAINST THE TRAIL IT IS A CORRIDOR ALONG THE TRAIL SO THAT PROPERTY IS.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IS AN AREA THAT UNTIL THE LAST YEAR WAS REALLY NEGLECTED FOR A LONG TIME AND IT IS A DUMPING GROUND.

IT IS A PRIORITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE AREAS.

GOT IT. SO I DON'T WALK BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE.

THINGS ARE ORGANIZED WITH VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAN UP THE AREA. AND, I ALSO HAVE

AN AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THE CARE OF THE WETLANDS AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS

WITHIN THE WETLANDS BUT MAYBE THE TWO MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF PLAN.

I'M GOING TO PUT MY OWN THING IN THERE. IT REQUIRES EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT. I

HAVE SEEN IT BACK THERE BEFORE AND PUBLIC WORKS WAS THERE LAST YEAR WITH THEM TRYING TO CLEAN OF VEGETATION AND FURNITURE.

IT FEEDS TO THE LAGUNA'S IT IS PART OF THE LAGUNA. MEETING WITH FOLKS FROM THE

FOUNDATION TOMORROW TO WALK THE AREA TO WALK ALONG OTHER THINGS TO TALK

ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE I KNOW THERE ARE GRAZING

OPTIONS WE CAN DO POTENTIALLY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE WATERWAY THEY ARE

EFFECTIVE AT THINGS LIKE BLACKBERRIES SO I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT SHORTLY. WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAINTAIN THE AREA AND BE COMPLIANT.

A PIECE OF INFORMATION. I HAD SOMEONE EMAIL ME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO SHE IS PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE GRAZING AND SHE LIVES IN DOWNTOWN SEBASTOPOL.

I CAN REFER HER TO YOU BECAUSE SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED TO HELP.

I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WOULD WORK LOGISTICALLY WITH THE FOUNDATION AND OBLIGATIONS AROUND THE WETLAND SPACE AND PRICING.

I WILL FORWARD THE INFORMATION TO YOU AND YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE. WHO ELSE HAD A COMMENT? ARE WE SUPPORTIVE?
COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER YES.

MEMBER HE YES.

COUNCILMEMBER? VICE MAYOR.

BUDGET DEPENDENT.

OKAY THAT IS 5-0. NEXT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. INCREASING FOOT PATROL DOWNTOWN BASICALLY TO FOCUS ON KEEPING DRUGS OUT OF TOWN. YOU WERE ALL SUPPORTIVE ON THE LAST ONE.

I WAS SAYING WE ARE AT 22 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOALS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. JUST CURIOUS. MOVING FASTER?
MOVING AS FAST AS PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTS.

WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME.

GO AHEAD.

MICROPHONE IS NOT ON.

FOOT PATROL I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS BECAUSE IS IT SOLELY RELATED TO HOMELESS ISSUES AND INTOXICATION AND DRUG USE? IF SO WE HAVE HEART AND WE HAVE LESS COUNTY SERVICES. IF THAT'S WHERE THAT'S GOING THEN YES I AM

INTERESTED IN HAVING STAFF TIME SORT THAT OUT BECAUSE I AM THE HOMELESS

LIAISON TO THE COUNTY PROGRAMS AND WHILE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS

SAID THE PROGRAM WILL BE CONTINUED I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THAT MATCHES UP WITH WHAT WE ARE PAYING WEST COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES. I DON'T KNOW IF

THEY'RE LOOKING EFFORTS OR IF ONE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER BUT I WOULD LIKE

TIME AND A STAFF REPORT TO FLUSH THIS OUT BECAUSE I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND I AM NOT CLEAR.

PERSONALLY I AM SUPPORTIVE OF MORE FOOT PATROL SO WE CAN MOVE ON. GO AHEAD.

SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING THUMBS UP.

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I GENERALLY AGREE.

YES THAT COMES BACK FOR THE BUDGET, THE CONVERSATION INFORMATION FOR HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS ALSO MORE ABOUT WE HAVE HAD COMPLAINS ABOUT THEFT,

COMPLAINS ABOUT GRAFFITI, SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS COMMUNITY POLICING TO HAVE

THEM IN THE COMMUNITY NOT SPECIFICALLY JUST HOMELESSNESS, BUT LOOKING AROUND THE PLAZA BEING IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH HIS MRS. THINGS LIKE THAT.

I AM SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE THE POLICE CHIEF WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK IN APRIL.

THIS IS APRIL TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZEN PROGRAM, INCREASING COMMUNITY POLICING AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING. INCREASING FOOT PATROL IF IT IS RELATED TO THE CITIZEN PROGRAM ACADEMY COMMUNITY POLICING I AM YES IF NOT I AM NO.

THE ITEM IS COMING BACK. IT HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA.

IT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED.

FOR THIS INCREASING FOOT PATROL?
IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING. IT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED BECAUSE IT IS NOT FINISHED.

INCREASING FOOT PATROL COUNCILMEMBER CARTER? YES COUNCILMEMBER HINTON

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT INCREASING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PLAN IF IT COMES BACK I WILL SAY YES TO COMING BACK.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN

SIMILAR TO COUNCILMEMBER HINTON I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING A PLAN TO ADDRESS

ALL OF IT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN RECEIVING SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE INCREASE MY BUDGET BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE MORE OFFICERS WALK UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET.

GO AHEAD.

QUICK QUESTION ABOUT GENERALITIES AND SPECIFICS. KEEPING GENERAL COMING BACK WITH THINGS THAT ADDRESS A LOT OF SPECIFIC CONCERNS?

IF WE SAY YES TO THE TASK OF INCREASING FOOT PATROL FOR HOMELESSNESS AND

COMMUNITY POLICING THE COUNCIL IS IN SUPPORT WE WILL AS A TASK BRING BACK

REQUEST LIKE I SAID COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. AS PART OF THE BUDGET WE HAVE SEPARATE ITEMS FOR CONTRACTS FOR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. I WOULD NOT GET TOO SPECIFIC BUT I DO BELIEVE KEEPING

THIS AS A PRIORITY IS GOOD AND WE CAN BRING BACK RECOMMENDED ACTION BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY BRING THE REPORT BACK. HAVING SAID THAT

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER
YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
YES

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
YES.

VICE MAYOR MAURER
YES
MAYOR McLEWIS
YES. I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS CAN MERGE WITH NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER THREE UNDER PUBLIC INPUT.

YES THAT IS CORRECT AND THESE ARE NOT BEING APPROVED TONIGHT. WE WILL BE BRINGING THESE BACK BUT THESE ARE PRIORITIES COMING BACK. SPECIFIC TASKS WILL BE COMING BACK. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. YES NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FIVE WOULD BE THE SAME SO WE HAD FIVE. TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND SPEED CONTROL WE

TALKED ABOUT HAVING STAFF COME BACK WITH THE RADAR SIGN FOR ONE AND ALSO WAYS OF INCREASING VISIBILITY AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER? SORRY.

WE NEED TO VOTE AGAIN EVEN THOUGH WE VOTED EARLIER?
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT VISIBILITY OF OFFICERS ON THE STREET. THIS IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO THE RADAR SITE BUT THE RADAR SIGN IS COMING BACK.

GENERAL IDEA WE WILL SORT IT OUT.

TRYING

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
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YES
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COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
THIS IS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THING?
TALKING ABOUT THE RADAR SIGNS IT'S ABOUT THAT AND IT IS MORE VISIBILITY.

COMMUNITY EXPRESSED INTEREST.

MAYOR McLEWIS
YES.

VICE MAYOR MAURER AND MAYOR McLEWIS THERE WE GO. FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THIS IS COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC ABOUT SATISFACTION WITH CURRENT SERVICES. THIS IS NOT A TASK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE CANNOT VOTE ON THAT?
NO JOKES.

SO THE NEXT ONE IS PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES FOR THE COUNCIL PREPARE FOR MAJOR DISASTERS. THIS IS FINALIZING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. CONDUCTING TRAINING FOR CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AND ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF REPORTING TO THE EEOC RELATIVE TO THE ITEM 12 BELOW REGARDING COUNTY FREE TRAININGS. I WOULD RECOMMEND KEEPING THIS AS A PRIORITY SO WE CAN FINALIZE THE ACTION PLAN. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON YES COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN YES VICE MAYOR MAURER YES MAYOR McLEWIS YES. OKAY THE NEXT ONE IS THE ONE WE JUST DISCUSSED. WHERE

WE ARE ON THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ITEM THE ITEMS ABOVE SO WE HAD FIVE ON THAT SO WE DON'T NEED TO GO BACK THROUGH. SHOW THAT AS A FIVE. THE NEXT ONE WAS EXPLORING EVALUATING INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE AND

PUBLIC SAFETY DELIVERING MODELS IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO

ADOPT AND EXPAND CAPACITY PUTTING FOCUSING ON STAFFING STRATEGIES, LIMITING RELIANCE ON OVERTIME. MS. IS A CONTINUED BASICALLY FOR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES AND BEEN DOING ACTIVE RECRUITMENT. WE ARE GETTING ALMOST FULLY STAFFED

WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE APPLICANTS IN BACKGROUNDS SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON STAFFING TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE OVERTIME.

QUESTION. SINCE THESE ARE ALL CARRYOVER PROJECTS I AM WONDERING IF WE COULD

DO BLOCK VOTING OR SOMEBODY COULD SAY I DON'T WANT TO CARRY THAT FORWARD OR CAN WE GO?

YOU MEAN BY EXCEPTION

I WOULD AGREE TO CARRY OVER ALL OF THESE IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING TIME

RATHER THAN GOING ONE BY ONE SINCE THERE ARE ALREADY GOALS IF THERE'S

SOMETHING SOMEBODY DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN MAYBE WE COULD PULL IT OUT.

I AGREE I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

OKAY I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE REMAINING ONES CARRIED OVER. EXPLAIN WAS

TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS PURSUING AT NO ADDITIONAL COST OR LOW COST SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS CREATING ORDINANCE. WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON RESOURCES AND THE SAFE PROGRAM. UPDATING FINALIZING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

WHICH WE JUST DISCUSSED, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON COMMUNITY

ORDINANCE RESPONSE TEAM COUNTY FREE OFFERINGS GETTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER DOWN AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE

HAVE DONE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY NOW WE COME BACK WITH THE BUDGET FOR THE GENERATOR ITSELF. THE COALITION OF THE HOUSING KEEPING THE COUNTY AGENCY

REVIEW OF NONPROFIT OR CHANGING THE LEAD AGENCY WE DO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE SO THESE ARE CONTINUATIONS IF THERE ARE ISSUES.

QUESTION ON THE SAFE PROGRAM CAN YOU DEFINE THE PROGRAM? THERE HAS BEEN NO MOVEMENT ON THAT MOVING FORWARD. SO WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW BUT IT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

IT IS SO WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW PROGRAMS BUT IT IS NOT RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. I WILL SEE NO ISSUES SO I BELIEVE WE NEED TO GO INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.

OKAY. NUMBER THREE. FOR ANYONE FOLLOWING THE LONG.

DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THEM?
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FIRST IS THE APPLE BLOSSOM TRAIL. FROM VICE MAYOR MAURER.

Agenda Item Number 1
YES THANK YOU. THIS TRAIL HAS A DEFINITE PLAN WHICH HIT A FEW ROADBLOCKS

WITH RESISTANCE AT THE LUTHER BURBANK FARM WITH RESISTANCE AT THE BURBANK

HOUSING AND WE HAVE RESOLVED THE PROPERTY WE HAVE RESOLVED AND GOTTEN BY

FROM LAGUNA FARM FOLKS SO THEY AGREED AND THE WAY WE DID THAT IS THE PATH WOULD GO AROUND THE FARM SO THERE IS A ACCESS ROAD. INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE FARM IT GOES AROUND AND THEY AGREED TO THE PLAN. AND THEN THE

OWNERS OF THE CEMETERY, THE OWNERS OF THE CHURCH HAVE ALL AGREED THAT THE TRAIL COULD GO THROUGH THE PROPERTY. SO THAT I WAS THERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO

AND I AM LOOKING SO THE SENIORS AT THE BURBANK HOUSING A FEW OF THEM WERE

OPPOSED, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT IT SO THERE IS A ONE-WAY ROAD SO IT COMES IN A

TWO-WAY ROAD AND WHERE THE ONE-WAY STARTS YOU COULD PUT A SMALL BIKE PATH AND IT ONLY GOES LIKE 30 FEET OR SOMETHING. AND I WOULD TAKE IT TO THE PARKING LOT WHICH WOULD TAKE YOU TO THE ACCESS ROAD. SO BICYCLES OR PEOPLE WALKING WOULD NOT GO AROUND THE WHOLE PROPERTY. THEY WOULD GO THROUGH ONTO THE BIKE PATH AND BACK THE SAME WAY. I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THIS WITH THEM. I DO INTEND TO SEE IF I CAN GET THEM TO BUY IN ON THAT BECAUSE IF YOU ALLOW CARS TO GO TO THE FARM YOU SHOULD ALLOW BICYCLES. THEY ARE NOT LOSING PARKING, NOTHING LIKE THAT. SO I AM HOPING THEY WILL AGREE THAT WOULD

BE A GOOD SOLUTION BECAUSE YOU ARE DIRECTING BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS RIGHT ALONG THE ROAD NOT GOING ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY. SO I AM WILLING, I AM

WILLING TO MEET WITH THE BURBANK PEOPLE AGAIN TO SEE IF I CAN GET THEM TO BUY IN. OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE NO RESISTANCE.

SO PART OF THE GOAL IS WE HAVE TO SPEND $35,000 FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY. IS THAT ALL OUR EXPENSE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND DEVELOPING THE TRAIL IS GOING TO BE.

WE ARE NOT APPROVING A BUDGET. THAT WAS A ESTIMATE PROVIDED. IF THE COUNCIL

WANTS TO REVIEW WHAT THIS WOULD BE TO BRING IT BACK FOR THE BUDGET THAT'S

WHAT THE GOAL IS TONIGHT, NOT APPROVING THE STUDY JUST US TO BRING BACK BECAUSE WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT IT IS, IF IT IS 35.
35 REFERS TO THE DESKTOP STUDY.

I AM NOT DONE. I HAVE ANOTHER. BECAUSE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOLKS ARE

BROWN ACTED ON THE ISSUE I WOULD ONLY FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS IF

THIS CAME BACK TO FULL COUNCIL BEFORE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY THE

BUDGET COMMITTEE SO WE COULD SEE WHAT IT IS GOING TO COST TO SUPPORT THE ITEM. NOT JUST HAVE IT GET IN THE BUDGET I WANT TO HAVE IT IN ADVANCE IN A

SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD AS

REPRESENTATIVE WE GOT IT IN AND THEY CONTINUE TO SAY IT IS A ASPIRATIONAL GOAL

SO I HAVE A LOT OF HESITATION THAT THE CITY WOULD PUT MONEY OUT FOR

SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED AND I KNOW MAYBE THERE IS NO

GUARANTEE BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY AND HAVE IT JUST BE AS A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER SET ANOTHER STUDY SITTING ON THE SHELF.
35,000 COMES FROM -- SHE HAD A PROPOSAL FOR THE DESKTOP THAT'S WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED AS A FIRST STEP SO THAT WAS THE QUOTE FROM THE PROPOSAL.

YEAH, KEEP IN MIND WE MAY TAKE THE PROJECT IN STEPS ANYWAY. I WOULD SUPPORT LOOKING AT IT.

SO THE COUNCIL COULD EITHER SUPPORT STAFF LOOKING TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU COULD TAKE IT OFF THE GOAL AND BRING IT BACK IS A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.

HAVE A QUESTION IF THIS IS GOING TO STAFF TO ASSESS THIS WHO IS ASSESSING THIS? IS THIS ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR, WHO IS IT? IS IT THE ENGINEER?
I WOULD HAVE TO ASK. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WOULD BE DOING IT.

SO YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING? SORRY IT'S PLAYING MUSIC OUT THERE YEAH. TONY HAD GOTTEN PRICING TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY OF THE APPLE BLOSSOM TRAIL LAST YEAR. TO LOOK AT WHERE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY INTERSECTIONS ARE. WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS AND IF IT IS A FEASIBLE ALIGNMENT TO MOVE FORWARD AND $35,000 WAS THE PRICE LAST YEAR. THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO

LOOK AT THAT IN LIGHT OF THE REALIGNMENT TO SEE IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO CHANGE

FROM WHAT SHE ASKED THEM TO PRICE AND THEY GOT SOME NEW PRICING TO DO THE Agenda Item Number 1
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FEASIBILITY. TO DO THE FIRST STEP. WE COULD BRING THAT TO THE COUNCIL FOR Agenda Item Number 1
REVIEW.

HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT. IT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO US.

WHEN YOU SAY THAT MY MIND GOES BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. IT WAS NEVER BUDGETED.

NEVER IN THE BUDGET, WE NEVER AGREED. WAS A PIE IN THE SKY WHAT IT COULD BE SO

YOU GO TO W TRENDS AND SEE IF THAT'S THE COST AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK FOR THE COUNCIL WE HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO SPEND.

THAT'S CORRECT SHE ASKED FOR PROPOSAL OF WHAT THE COST WOULD BE SO I CAN REVISE PRICING AND BRING IT TO YOU FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

I AM OKAY IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE VOTE, BRINGING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL.

INSTEAD OF HAVING IT BE A GOAL BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE TO BRING TO COUNCIL.

THE GOAL WOULD BE TO BRING BACK AGENDA.

PUTTING IT ON THE GOAL LIST OR WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS AGREEING THAT WILL BRING BACK AN ITEM? THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE.

I'M SORRY GO AHEAD.

I SUPPORT THIS AS A GOAL. I HAVE HEARD COMMUNITY INPUT WITH A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS. I SUPPORT IT AS A GOAL BUT FOLLOWING THE THOUGHT BECAUSE THE

BUDGET BROWN ACTED I WOULD PUT WHEREVER WE ARE DIRECTING STAFF TO DO TO

BRING BACK TO US FOR CONSIDERATION MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT LOCKED INTO SOMETHING WE COULD PUSH OFF THE EXPENSE ONTO SOMEONE ELSE.

OKAY I AM OF THE SAME THOUGHT.

I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE FULL COUNCIL KNOWING EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS YES.

LEAVING IT AS A PRIORITY WITH A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
YES FOR THE GOAL.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN

YES FOR THE GOAL

VICE MAYOR MAURER
YES
MAYOR McLEWIS
YES FOR THE GOAL COMING TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

NEXT ITEM IS THE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY WHAT I AM ASKING FOR IS ABOUT 10 HOURS OF TIME TO GET THIS SINCE MOST OF THE TRAIL I SEE THIS AS LARGELY PART OF THE STATE AND COUNTY. I WOULD LIKE TO

GET IT INTO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE WITH THE COUNTY SO IT MUST BE INITIATED WITH THE CITY SO I'M LOOKING 5 TO 10 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO START.

GO AHEAD.

SORRY. PROBABLY BECAUSE I'M GETTING TIRED WHAT DID YOU SAY? I HAD THE SAME THING I DID NOT UNDERSTAND.

WHY PAY MONEY TO CONVINCE A COUNTY TO OPEN SPACE TO DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE MANDATED ANYWAY.

I HAD THE SAME QUESTION.

THE PROJECT I HAVE TALKED TO AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE IN THE PROJECT MUST BE INITIATED WITH US. WE HAVE A VERY SMALL PORTION IN SEBASTOPOL AND A LARGE AMOUNT IN THE COUNTY.

WHAT PROJECT?
UNDERSTAND WHERE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO OTHER THAN A BATHROOM UPGRADE? THAT IS THE NEXT ITEM.

I WANT TO BUILD THE TRAIL.

POSSIBLE BATHROOM UPGRADE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

THE BATHROOM A SEPARATE, LAGUNA WETLANDS. THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

I SEE, NEVERMIND. OKAY I SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

THIS WAS SPLIT PER VICE MAYOR MAURER EARLIER.

AT TWO
AT 22'S. GO AHEAD.

DO I NEED TO ELABORATE FURTHER? 10 HOURS OF TIME TO PUT THIS IN THE COUNTY'S QUEUE.

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Agenda Item Number 1
I WILL DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

AS I SAT ON THE BOARD SIX YEARS I'M CURIOUS WHERE THE INFORMATION HAS COME FROM AND IF IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED. I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. I DID ATTEND MEETINGS EVERY MONTH SIX YEARS ON AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE. I JUST WANT TO DO THE ASK. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES, THREE FROM THREE CITIES AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD BE FINE WITH SOMEBODY VERIFYING BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

LET'S TAKE AND HOW IT WORKS OUT I'M JUST ASKING FOR 10 HOURS.

NOT APPROVING STAFF TIME TONIGHT, WE ARE PROVING THE GOAL. WE WILL BRING THE TASK BACK FOR COUNTY TO COME BACK TO DISCUSS STAFF TIME. THE ITEM TONIGHT IS

THIS A PRIORITY AS A WHOLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AND WE WOULD BRING A TASK BACK.

GO AHEAD.

MY FEEDBACK ON THIS IS WHERE SUPPORTING THE OTHER TRAIL MOSTLY IN OUR CITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON THE TRAIL LANE AT THIS POINT. THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

MOST OF THIS IN THE COUNTY.

I ALREADY KNOW. CAN WE JUST TAKE A VOTE.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER
AT A QUESTION.

I SUPPORT THE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT BUT I THINK WITH THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS IT IS

PROBABLY BETTER TO JUST DO ONE RATHER THAN BOTH BUT I WOULD REALLY SUPPORT

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO WALK TO THE COUNTY AND I WORK WITH YOU ON THIS

WE COULD REALLY CLEARLY DEFINED THE TRAIL AND THEN TRY TO GET BY FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS. I THINK APPLE BLOSSOM TRAIL IS FURTHER ALONG.

I WILL ASK THE QUESTION TO KEEP THIS ON AS A PRIORITY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YES

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
NO.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
NO.

VICE MAYOR MAURER
MAYOR McLEWIS
NO.

NEXT IS PRIORITIZED WETLANDS PRESERVE INCLUDING POSSIBLE BATHROOM UPGRADE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT EARLIER.

I WOULD LIKE TO REPRESENT THIS BECAUSE IT IS MY ITEM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIND

WHERE I DID THE RIGHT UP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ANYWAY IT IS REALLY TO WORK WITH STAFF TO LOOK AT THE LAGUNA WETLANDS. NOT A STUDY AT ALL BUT TO WALK. WHERE DOES IT NEED CARE? BECAUSE TO ME IT SEEMS IT IS NOT YOUR TASTE AND IT IS NOT CARED FOR AS MUCH AS IT COULD BE. AND THEN TO TALK WITH STAFF ABOUT

CONNECTING WITH LITTLE LEAGUE IN TERMS OF HAVING A UPGRADE TO THE BATHROOM

BUT BABY STEPS TO FIND OUT OF THE BATHROOM CAN BE OPEN DURING THE DAYTIME BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A BATHROOM IN THE LAGUNA WETLANDS PRESERVE. PEOPLE

COME HIKING THERE IS NOT A BATHROOM AND THERE SHOULD BE A BATHROOM THAT'S OPEN DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. THIS REQUEST FOR THIS IS JUST TO START THE

PROCESS OF HAVING DISCUSSION WITH STAFF TO SEE WHAT IS NEEDED AND IT COULD BE

A LONG-TERM GOAL FIRST SHORT-TERM TO IDENTIFY NEEDS OF BETTER CARE FOR THE

LAGUNA AND THEN FIGURING OUT ISSUES WITH THE BATHROOM COULD BE UNFOLDED AND I'M WILLING TO DO THE WORK ON THAT. WITH STAFF.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO EXPLAIN YOUR GOAL? WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO PRIORITIZE

CALLS OF THE LAGUNA WETLANDS PRESERVE INCLUDING WORKING WITH LITTLE LEAGUE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF UPGRADING THE EXISTING BALLFIELD BATHROOM.

BETTER OVERALL CARE OF THE LAGUNA WETLANDS. DAYTIME ACCESS TO PUBLIC

BATHROOMS IN THE NEAR SHORT-TERM AND THEN WITHIN BUDGET WORKING WITH STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING THE BATHROOM UPGRADE IF POSSIBLE.

WHY DOESN'T THIS FALL UNDER WHAT THE LAGUNA FOLKS WHY DOES IT FALL TO THE CITY?
IT IS WITHIN CITY BOUNDARY.

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I UNDERSTAND BUT WE HAVE A ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEDICATED, NOT PROHIBITED FROM COMING TO THE CITY ARE THEY? JUST ASKING.

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I THINK THE ISSUE IS TRYING TO REMEMBER FROM WHEN MY KIDS PLAYED BALL THE

BALL PEOPLE KEEP THE BATHROOM OPEN WHEN THERE IS BALLGAMES SO IT WAS CLOSED.

I WILL SPEAK TO THAT. WHEN IT WAS OVER AND WE HAD TRANSIENTS GOING TO THE BATHROOM IN THE SINK AND ALL OF THAT SO THAT'S WHY IT IS LOCKED.

THAT IS FOR THE BALL KIDS AND I GUESS VICE MAYOR MAURER IS SUGGESTING EXPANDING OR REMODELING THAT WERE HAVING IT IN ADDITION.

STARTING WITH DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE. GO AHEAD.

SO, AS I UNDERSTAND FIRST IS GOING TO BE TO TALK ABOUT SHARED GOALS AROUND

WHATEVER IT IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO TO HELP THE AREA IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE THINKING? I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE ANOTHER SOCCER FIELD LIKE IT SEEMS THERE'S A

NATURAL PARTNER AND IF THAT'S NOT THE FIRST STEP I AM NOT CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEM IN THEIR OPENING TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE I THINK IT IS THE CARE OF THE WETLANDS. WHAT WAS HIS NAME BRENT REED SAID HE WAS TALKING ABOUT USING GOATS IN THE LAGUNA TO HELP CARE FOR IT. SO THEY HAVE IDEAS BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH STAFF.

CAN I SAY PHILOSOPHICALLY I AM SUPPORTIVE BUT REALISTICALLY I AM NOT BECAUSE

WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WITH A LIMITED BUDGET KNOWING THE BATHROOM ISSUE

LIGHT IT ENDED UP LOCKED UP IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR THE SAKE OF MOVING ON I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE TONIGHT OF THAT.

WE HAVE ONE NO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER?
WE SUPPORTING YES.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN
NO.

I AM VERY UNCLEAR ABOUT WHY WE CANNOT WORK WITH A PARTNER.

VICE MAYOR MAURER YES
MAYOR McLEWIS NO.

CREATION OF TRAFFIC AD HOC COMMITTEE.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY I'M PROPOSING THIS AS A RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY AND ALL THE PUBLIC OUTCRY ABOUT TRAFFIC. AND I KNOW IT IS A CHALLENGE THE TRAFFIC

WE HAVE IN SEBASTOPOL THERE WERE THINGS THE CITY HAS DONE IN THE PAST WHERE

THE CITY ASKS TO PUT A SIGN UP ON OCCIDENTAL ROAD DIRECTING PEOPLE TO GO TO SANTA ROSA INSTEAD OF COMING TO TOWN. THE SAME COULD BE HAPPENING JUST A SIMPLE SIGN. MAYBE NOW CALTRANS MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO THAT SINCE THEY ARE PRIORITIZING SAFETY RATHER THAN SPEED SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN

BE DONE BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD SHOWING IF THE TRAFFIC COULD ADDRESS TRAFFIC AND PARKING ET CETERA. I KNOW THE CITY ALREADY HAS TRAFFIC

COMMITTEE SO THIS WOULD BE ADDING TO COUNCILMEMBERS AND I KNOW THAT IS A BIG ASK SINCE WE HAVE LIMITED STAFF, BUT.

WHAT COMMITTEE IS THAT?
WE HAVE A STAFF COMMITTEE THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN ISSUES COME UP. NOT A COUNCIL COMMITTEE JUST DEPARTMENT HEADS.

OKAY GO AHEAD.

I WILL NOT REALLY SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I SUPPORT THE IDEA THROUGH AN EXISTING CHANNEL.

WE HAVE ONE NO.

CAN I MODIFY?
GOTCHA.

CAN I MODIFY? CAN WE ASK THE EXISTING TRAFFIC COMMITTEE TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET A SIGN ON OCCIDENTAL DIRECTING PEOPLE TO GO TO SANTA ROSA? INSTEAD OF COMING THROUGH TOWN?

WE CAN MAKE A ASK BUT THE LAST TIME WE MADE THE ASK THEY SAID NO BUT WE CAN

MAKE THE ASK AND REPORT BACK COME BACK AND REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL Agenda Item Number 1
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WHAT THERE WAS BECAUSE THE CONCERN WAS DIVERTING TRAFFIC AND ROAD Agenda Item Number 1
MAINTENANCE AND COST TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN ROADS.

HOW MANY YEARS AGO DID YOU MAKE THE ASK?
IT HAD BEEN A WHILE AT LEAST 10 YEARS.

I WOULD SUPPORT MAKING THAT ASK.

I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF A AD HOC COUNCILMEMBERS AND EVERYTHING. WE HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS.

SO WE ARE CLEAR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ?
IF I AM VOTING ON THE COMMITTEE, NO.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
NO.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN NO.

VICE MAYOR MAURER
NO.

MAYOR McLEWIS
NO.

SO NUMBER FOUR ROADS AND POTHOLES INTO THE CONTINUING PRIORITIES OF RESURFACING AND POTHOLES. PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACE INCLUDING SOME OF THE

COMMENTS I HAD READ WERE REGARDING ADA PATHWAY MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE BUT THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.'S WE HAVE THESE IN PRIORITIES?
I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD.

BIKE AND INFRASTRUCTURE TRAILS SO THE TRAILS WE JUST DISCUSSED. BIKE FOR

STRUCTURE WE INCLUDE THOSE INTO PROJECTS WHEN WE HAVE SOME SO THOSE ARE

THE PRIORITIES SO I WOULD SAY THESE ARE BEING REVIEWED AS WE GO THROUGH PROJECTS. SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WE DID DISCUSS THIS AND THEN WATER

AND SEWER AND FOR STRUCTURE WAS HIGH AND AGAIN THIS WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR WASTEWATER PLANTS, THE WELL UPDATES. THOSE ARE ALREADY MERGED.

MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACCEPT FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT PRIORITIES.

I NEEDED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

I AGREE.

I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING FIRST. WITH THE PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES ONE OF

THE QUESTIONS I HAD IS ABOUT COMPLETING THE ADA SIDEWALK IN THE PARKS IS THIS WHERE THE PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE PUT IN?
I BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE WORK PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CLARIFY.

DO YOU KNOW THE COMPLETION ON THAT? THE ADA PATHWAY?
THE FULL SUMMER?
FOR THE WHOLE SHEBANG.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE.

CURRENTLY THERE DESIGNING PHASE 2 FROM THE BATHROOM TO THE CENTER FOR THE

ARTS PARKING LOT AND WE STOPPED THEM THERE IN DEFERENCE TO WHAT'S GOING ON

WITH THE PROJECT BECAUSE WHERE THE ALIGNMENT WOULD CONTINUE THE REST OF THE WAY WOULD HAVE TO BE RIPPED OUT IF WE DO PHASE 1.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG WE HAVE NO ESTIMATE FOR WHEN THAT IS FINISHED.

CORRECT? SO MY CONCERN IS REGARDLESS OF THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH ADA ISSUES

THAT NEED TO GET TO THE PARK REGARDLESS OF OUR TIMING SO PERSONALLY I WANT TO ADVOCATE WE NEED TO FINISH THAT. IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING REGARDLESS.

WE ARE COMPLETING TO THE ADA STALL SO FOLKS A DRIVE TO THE STALL WILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE PARK FROM WHERE WE STOPPED PHASE 2.

EITHER WAY I THINK AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT FINISHING THE FENCE. THE HOLE SHEBANG.

WE WERE DOING THE FIRST PHASE DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THE SECOND.

WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY BUDGETING THAT I PULLED OUT FOR THIS MEETING AND TO CUT BUDGETS TO DO THE NEXT PHASE FOR THE SAME REASON. IT WOULD BE $100,000 AND Agenda Item Number 1
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IF WE ARE POTENTIALLY REMOVING THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE.

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WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S A COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A DECADE OR HOWEVER LONG. I AM PERSONALLY ADVOCATING FOR THOSE TWO THINGS

BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO GET THESE THINGS DONE AND THE FENCING WITH THIS URBAN LEGEND OF FINISHING THE PROJECT PERSONALLY I WOULD WANT TO ADVOCATE.

WE WANT THE PARK TO LOOK NICE NOW NOT 20 YEARS FROM NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF

ANYONE IS WITH ME ON THAT BUT THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I WAS NOT SURE IN THAT PIECE WHETHER OR NOT.

JUST GENERAL.

NOT SURE WHICH PART YOU'RE TRYING TO PULL OUT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO PULL OUT ANY I'M TRYING TO GET CLARIFY DETAIL ON ADVOCATING FOR US TO MAKE CERTAIN WHATEVER ADA NEEDS TO BE FINISHED IT IS FINISHED.

IT IS ON THE LIST.

IT'S NOT.

ADA WALKWAY AND IVES PARK NUMBER 16.

THAT'S PHASE 2 THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS PORTION SO IF WE DO IT THE REST OF THE

WAY WE WOULD WANT COUNCIL DIRECTION TO DO THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT.

WHERE WE LOOKING? YOU ARE LOOKING UNDER THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE. HIGHPERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION.

CITY STAFF ITEM 16.

ITEM 16 UNDER.

REVISED CARRYOVER PROJECTS NUMBER 16.

WHY DO I NOT HAVE? I HAVE IT GOING UP TO 14. AND THEN I HIT NUMBER FOUR. LET ME LOOK I'M SORRY JUST TRYING TO GET THIS IN ORDER. SO IT IS NUMBER 16. THE QUESTION

I HAVE IS PERSONALLY I WANT TO EDUCATE WEATHER UNDER PUBLIC INPUT OR HERE IT'S JUST THE TOPIC IN GENERAL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT DONE TO ITS

COMPLETION AND THE FENCE DONE TO COMPLETION REGARDLESS BECAUSE IT IS A URBAN LEGEND IN MY MIND. JUST ASKING.

IS THEIR SUPPORT FOR CITY STAFF TO RETURN WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS TO THE COST FOR FINALIZING THE PATHWAY AND FENCING FOR ADDITIONAL SECTIONS? GO AHEAD.

ITEMS NINE THROUGH 17?
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON THE PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES. ONE OF THEM COULD MERGE WITH NUMBER 16 THE ADA WALKWAY AND PARK.

SOME OF THEM ARE DUPLICATES.

HERE OR NUMBER 16 BUT THE REQUEST UNDERSTANDING IS TO LOOK AT COMPLETING

THE ADA PATHWAY AND FENCING REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CREEK RIGHT NOW THE GRANT APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

I FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY VOTED AND DISCUSSED THIS AT A COUNCIL MEETING NOT LONG AGO. SO, WE ARE UNDOING THAT VOTE?
ON THE PROJECT ITSELF?
WE AGREE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROJECT AND I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY WE APPROVED PART OF THE FENCE ABOUT THE EXTRA 100,000 THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED SO I DON'T KNOW. TO SUPPORT THIS I WOULD HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AT.

I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. I FEEL LIKE WE DID ADDRESS THIS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

WE DID WITH THE CONCEPT WE WERE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT PUTTING IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE FENCING. WE HAVE DONE THE ADA PATHWAY AND WHAT I AM HEARING

FROM THE MAYOR IS THAT IT DOES NOT APPEAR WHEN THE GRANT APPLICATION COMES THROUGH OR IF IT'S COMING THROUGH. MY UNDERSTANDING IS SHE IS REQUESTING

WHAT I AM HEARING TONIGHT IS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE GRANT IS IS TO LOOK AT CONTINUING THE FENCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AS ONE ITEM.

YEAH I MEAN WE JUST, WE RECEIVED EMAILS ABOUT PEOPLE FALLING AND BREAKING THEIR ARMS. WE RECEIVED EMAILS LIKE THAT IN THE PAST SO THAT'S WHY ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADA IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

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I SUPPORT THE GRANT PROJECT AND THAT DOES TAKE TIME TO APPLY FOR THESE AND COME BACK. I AM NOT READY TO SAY GO AND SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY ON OFFENSE

THAN MIGHT BE GETTING TAKEN OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE CHANGING THE ROUTE OF THE CREEK AND SAME WITH THE ADA PATHWAY. I WANT TO STAY IN THE LEGAL BOUNDS WHATEVER WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AND MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE GRANT SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

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AND THE ADA SIDEWALK? THOSE ARE SEPARATE.

I AM UNCLEAR ON HOW WE ARE VOTING BECAUSE I WANT TO VOTE TO SUPPORT THE IVES AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF NOW WE ARE SPLITTING AND I'M KIND OF LOSING IT.

ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT I AM NOT HEARING SUPPORT FOR THE FENCING.

CONTINUING THE FENCING SO THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE

POTHOLES WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES DOING THE ADA WHERE WE HAVE DONE THE PATH ALREADY. BIKE IF A STRUCTURE ENTRAILS AS WE DO

PROJECTS, PEDESTRIAN SPACING WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE HAVE SUSTAINABLE

TRANSPORTATION AND THE PDA AND THE WATER SEWER MASTER PLANS COMING FORWARD. THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD BE SUPPORTING RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL COME BACK WHEN WE COME TO NUMBER 60 FOR THE ADDITIONAL PATHWAY REQUEST IS WHAT I AM HEARING. IS THEIR SUPPORT FOR THESE ITEMS THAT I JUST STATED BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILT INTO THE STRUCTURE AND PUBLIC WORKS. SO THE NEXT ITEMS ARE CARRYOVERS. GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES LOOKING AT THAT, CITY ASSET MANAGEMENT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR INVENTORIES. ROADWAY SYSTEMS, TRACKING

ORDERS MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES INSPECTION PROGRAMS DELIVERING CAPITAL

IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND PLUMMETING THE PROJECTS BRINGING CIP TO THE

COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, STORM DRAIN PLAN FROM THE CREEK PIPELINE THE CUSP

GRANT, THE ROTARY CENTENNIAL PLAN WHICH THE ROTARY IS DOING AT THE PARK, THE

FUNDING PLAN CYCLE CYCLE TWO AND ADA WALKWAY AND IVES PARK SO THIS IS JUST

TO COMPLETE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 30 OR IS THIS THE NEW SECTION? ITEM NUMBER 16 ADA WALKWAY AND THE IVES PARK.

AS A GOAL I AM NOT SURE IT WAS DEFINED. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST SECTION, SECOND WAS CURRENT YEAR CIP WHICH WILL BE DONE BY JUNE 30 AND THE DIRECTION IS WHETHER OR NOT TO DO IT PAST THE HANDICAP STALL.

BRIGHT AND I THINK WHEN THIS CAME ON WE WERE NOT SURE IF WE WOULD HAVE IT DONE BY JUNE 30 WHICH IS WHY WE PUT IT ONTO CARRYOVER.

WE WILL NOT HAVE IT COMPLETELY CONSTRUCTED BY JUNE 3, DESIGNED AND IN CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY THAT'S WHY IT IS A CARRYOVER. KNOW WE ARE TALKING A NEW PATHWAY? EVERY TIME I ASK ABOUT THIS WAY DOING THE SECTION AND THAT SECTION. I THINK

THIS IS AN ADA SIDEWALK NOT BECAUSE IT IS A LUXURY AND IT SEEMS TO ME WE OWE

THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE ADA COMPLIANCE SIDEWALKS IN OUR PARKS SO MY QUESTION WAS IS IT POSSIBLE TO FINISH? EVERYBODY DESERVES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PARK WHEN WE ARE NOT DOING THAT I DON'T KNOW I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT. I THINK MOST OF THE PUBLIC WOULD.

I WANT TO VOTE ON ALL THE OTHER CARRYOVERS AND SUPPORT THAT, BUT ONLY

SUPPORT THE --
COMPLETION OF THE PATHWAY PHASE 2.

YES. I SECOND THE VICE MAYOR.
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WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS WHAT I
JUST READ.

IT IS THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO.

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THE
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SATCA PLAN FUNDING FOR CYCLE

2. THE ADA OF IVES PARK, WHICH IS

IT COMPLETION OF THE SECOND

PHASE, AND CONTINUE TO PURSUE

THE TRENCH CODE ORDINANCE, THE

BUILDING MAINTENANCEMAINTENANCE AND FUNDING

ASIDE FOR MAJOR

COMPONENTS
AND ALSO FLEET DEVELOPMENT.

THOSE ARE CONTINUING PROJECTS.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE -- I

HEARD, THOUGH, THAT THE
MAYOR

WANTED TO ADD THE ADA FOR THE
THIRD PHASE.

SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE
AA
-- WE WOULD NEED
SEPARATE.

SO ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT FOR

CONTINUING
THESE?
YES.

ALL GOOD.

THE NEXT, THEN, WOULD BE IF
YOU

WANTED TO ADD ANOTHER

ADDITIONAL

ITEM FOR THE ADA WALKWAY AND

WHETHER THERE'S SUPPORT FOR
THAT
OR
NOT.

QUESTION.

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GO AHEAD.

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IS THIS ON THE CURRENT --
IS
PHASE -- THERE'S A PHASE THREE?
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

THERE'S A PHASE THREE, IS IT ON

THE CURRENT CIP FOR NEXT
YEAR,

OR IS IT BEING HELD UP

BECAUSE
OF
THE CUSP GRANT?

IT IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE

CIP FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE

CURRENT DESIGN FOR
CUSP.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION?

YOU SAID EARLIER

FOR PHASE ONE

AND TWO, WE ARE PHASE COMPLIANT, THEY

JUST HAVE TO DRIVE IN AND

GET OUT OF THE
CAR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

PHASE

TWO WILL TAKE THE

CENTER --
SO IS THE SUPPORT?
NO.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER.

NO.

COUNCIL
MEMBER HINTON.

THE WHOLE LIST WE CONTINUED
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Agenda Item Number 1
OVER.

THE MAYOR ASKED TO ADD A NEW
ITEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING
ON
IS THE NEW ITEM?
NO.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER
ZOLLMAN.

NO.

VICE MAYOR MAURER.

NO.

MAYOR
McLEWIS.

YES.

OKAY.

SO THE NEXT ITEM NOW IS THE
HIGH
PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO

ESTABLISH

THE WEST COUNTY

ENHANCED

INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
DISTRICT, EIFD.

THIS IS THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS
BEEN CREATED.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING TO

DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS NEEDED TO
MOVE
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FORWARD.

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IT WAS ON HOLD AS OF LAST YEAR,

WHICH IS WHY IT'S BACK ON HERE
FOR THE PRIORITIES.

SO THIS IS TO -- IF YOU WANT TO

KEEP THIS AS A GOAL, AND
THEN

THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD
RETURN

WITH ADDITIONAL
TASKS.

GO
AHEAD.

OH, I'M SORRY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
LAST

TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS IS IT WAS

GOING TO GO TO THE BUDGET

COMMITTEE IN THE SPRING TO SEE
WHAT

KIND OF MONEY WE HAD IN

ORDER TO MOVE IT FORWARD OR
NOT,

DEPENDING ON THE BUDGET,
SO

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE
IT WAS.

AND

SO I DON'T -- I REMEMBER IT
WAS MORE, LIKE, 50 TO 70,000,
NOT 20,000.

SO I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW
WHERE
THAT 20,000 COMES FROM.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT
WAS

SOMETHING WE WERE ALREADY MOVINGMOVING

SO I'M A LITTLE

CONFUSED ABOUT WHY WE WOULD VOTE
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ON THAT.

GO AHEAD.

WELL, I SAT ON THIS
WITH
STEPHEN.

FIRST DIANA SAT ON WITH STEPHEN.

THEN PHIL REPLACED STEPHEN.

SO THE COUNTY HAD BEEN FUNDING

IT, AND THE COUNTY -- WE

WEREN'T

MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE OF
OUR

BUDGET TAX MEASURE, AND
WE
DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING.

SO NOW THE

COUNTY STOPPED

FUNDING US AND WE GOT TO

FIGURE IT
OUT.

BUT PHILL AND

I STILL HAVE ON

THE AGENDA TO MEET

AND ANOTHER

GOAL I THINK WE SHOULD DECIDE
IF

WE WANT TO HAVE IT ON THE
GOAL

LIST, NOT JUST HAVE THE
BUDGET

COMMITTEE
MAKE A DECISION.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A
GOAL

WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS WITH
SUBCOMMITTEES.

I THOUGHT YOU HAD

SAID AT ONE

MEETING YOU WERE GOING TO GET
THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR THAT FEE.

THAT'S WHERE THAT WAS LEFT.

THAT YOU WERE GOING TO GET
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TO PAY FOR THE
20K.

THE COUNTY THE LAST I HEARD

WE HAD EXPIRED OUR FUNDS
THAT

LYNN HAD PROVIDED US WHICH WAS
$65,000, IF I RECALL
FROM
MEMORY.

AND THAT TO MOVE FORWARD

BECAUSE

NOW WE'RE NO LONGER DOING AN

EIFD WITH THE FIFTH

DISTRICT,

SHE'S MOVED FORWARD WITH THE

FIFTH DISTRICT, WE

WANTED OUR

OWN PROJECT, AND SO I THINK WE

HAVEN'T ASKED HER FOR MORE

MONEY, BUT SHE'S GIVEN US
MONEY,

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT

WHAT THE NEXT PHASE
COSTS.

WE COULD ALWAYS ASK, BUT WE

WOULD LIKELY TO HAVE

BEARBEAR
OF THAT COST.

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU
RECALL?
YEAH, I DO.

AND I WOULD SUPPORT KEEPING
IT

AS A GOAL TO ADD THE AD HOC,
AND

WE DID BLESS THE TWO OF YOU
TO

SIT DOWN WITH HER AND FIGURE
OUT
WHERE WE WERE.

BECAUSE MONTHS HAVE PASSED AND

MAGICAL STUFF COULD HAPPEN
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IN
THOSE MONTHS.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY FOR THE

SAKE OF TIME, I'M

NOT SUPPORTIVE
OF IT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN EVER.

SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.

OH, YEAH, NO.

I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I
THINK

JUST BECAUSE FOR THE SAKE
OF
TIME AND IT'S 8:00.

I'M NOT SURE IF I SUPPORT THE
EIFD
OR NOT.

BUT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE
FACT

THAT THIS HAS BEEN A GOAL
AND

BEING DISCUSSED AND AS AN AD HOC

COMMITTEE, I WILL SUPPORT
THIS
MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE I

STAND ON IT PERSONALLY
SO.

COUNCIL MEMBER
CARTER.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER
HINTON.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER
ZOLLMAN.

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YES.

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MAYOR
McLEWIS.

NO.

NEXT ONE IS TO

ESTABLISH

COLLABORATIVE

RELATIONSHIPS

BETWEEN THE CITY AND LABOR

UNIONS THROUGH

COMMUNICATIONS,

TRANSPARENT PROCESSES, AND

EARLIER ENGAGEMENT ON

OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND

WORKFORCE
ISSUES.

YES, THIS IS MINE.

AND AS WE ALL MAY REMEMBER --

AND, MARY, HELP ME WORK
THIS

OUT -- WE ALL VOTED ON SENDING
A

LETTER TO THE UNION, BOTH
OF

THEM TO HAVE AN OPEN,
PUBLIC

WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT
HOW WE

CAN HELP THEM

MEET THEIR GOALS

OF PAYING PEOPLE WHAT THEY
FEEL
LIKE PEOPLE NEED TO BE PAID.

BUT ALSO FOR US TO HAVE NICE

THINGS IN THE CITY LIKE BETTER

PARKS -- COMMENTS, WHATEVER, TO

HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE ABOUT
WHAT
THE HOLD UP IS.

WE ALL AUTHORIZED ME TO SIGN THE

LETTER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT
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DIDN'T GET THERE IN TIME FOR THE

LAST LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, AND
I'M
STILL UPSET BY THAT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US
SAY,

YES, WE DO WANT THEM TO BE

OUTREACHED TO, TO HAVE A
PUBLIC

WORKSHOP IN PUBLIC AND
TALK

ABOUT HOW WE CAN END
UP
ACCOMPLISHING BOTH GOALS.

GET PAID WHAT YOU WANT,
BUT WE
ALSO
HAVE GOALS.

WE NEED PARKS, WE NEED BETTER

ROADS, AND RIGHT NOW THE TWO
ARE

NOT COMING TOGETHER IN MY
MIND,

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF

INVESTIGATE WHAT COULD COME
FROM

THAT AND LET US KNOW

WHETHER

THEY'RE ACCEPTING OF THE
LETTER
OR THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTING.

IF THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTING,
I'D

LIKE TO KNOW IN WRITING
WHY

THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTING

IN PUBLIC

FORM TO TALK ABOUT WHY

THEY'RE

NOT TALKING
THIS OUT.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A

SPPS FROM
THEM.

I DID DO SOME RESEARCH.

WE SENT IT OUT IN JULY, AND WE
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RE
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-SENT IT BACK OUT IN NOVEMBER.

WE HAVE GOTTEN NO
RESPONSE.

RIGHT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF

RESEND COMMUNICATIONS SAYING,

YO, WE DO KNOW YOU GOT THE

LETTER AND, YO, WHAT IS
YOUR
RESPONSE.

AND IF YOUR RESPONSE TO TAKE A

JUMP, THEN TELL US THAT
IN

WRITING THAT YOU DON'T WANT
TO

COME TO A PUBLIC MEETING TO TRY

TO WORK OUT A WIN-WIN FOR
EVERYONE.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION?

I GUESS MAYBE -- ISN'T

THAT JUST
NEGOTIATING IN PUBLIC?

I'M NOT CLEAR ON -- I'VE
JUST

NEVER HEARD OF THIS KIND OF

THING, SO I'M JUST NOT
REAL

CLEAR ON WHAT --

WELL, IT WOULD PUT A LOT OF

PRESSURE, BUT ALEX APPROVED
THE

LETTER WE ALL
SIGNED.

YEAH, I WAS JUST SAYING
ABOUT

THE COMING

TOGETHER IN A PUBLIC

WORKSHOP AND TALKING ABOUT
WHAT
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THEY WANT.

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I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE
IT

SOUNDS LIKE NEGOTIATING AND --

SO THERE IS A FINE
LINE

BETWEEN NEGOTIATING TERMS
VERSUS

NOTICING A MEETING UNDER
THE

BROWN ACT, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE
AN
OPEN DISCUSSION.

AND ALSO AS A COUNCIL SETTING A

PRIORITY TO WORK WITH LABOR

UNIONS, THAT'S --
THAT'S
ACCEPTABLE.

YOU'RE NOT

NEGOTIATING, YOU

KNOW, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF
THE

TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE
LABOR UNION.

COUNCIL WOULD HAVE A

DISCUSSION,
AND THEN WE'D MOVE FORWARD.

YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SETTING
POLICY.

GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER
HINTON.

YOU KNOW, I WASN'T SURE ABOUT

THIS WHEN I CAME INTO THIS,
BUT

WE KNOW THAT RECENTLY

BECAUSE

ONCE WE ARE IN A NEGOTIATION

MODE, WE END UP NOT BEING
ABLE
TO SAY ANYTHING.

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AND THE OTHER SIDE IS

STANDING
OUTSIDE WITH A PICKET SIGN.

AND SO THAT'S A FRUSTRATING
FRUSTRATION THAT I'VE HAD.

AND I DON'T WANT IT TO CONTINUE.

OUR EMPLOYEES -- THEY'RE

RUNNING
OUR CITY.

AND WE WANT -- I WANT A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP.

I JUST -- IT'S A

TOUGH POSITION

BECAUSE WHEN YOU WORK FOR
A

PRIVATE ENTITY OR YOU DON'T
HAVE

UNION SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, YOU
GET

A RAISE OR YOU GET WHAT
THE
COMPANY GIVES YOU.

AND WE TRY TO -- I FEEL LIKE
THE

COUNCIL -- IN MY TEN YEARS ON

THE COUNCIL HAS REALLY

TRIED TO
SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT COMES

THROUGH THE PUBLIC REALLY
WELL

BECAUSE ONCE WE'RE IN

NEGOTIATION IT'S ALL ABOUT
NEGOTIATION AND WE CAN'T TALK.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD GOAL
THIS
SUMMER.

IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE AN

EXTRA MEETING JUST LIKE WE
HAVE
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AN EXTRA MEETING TONIGHT.

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AND NOT WHEN WE'RE IN THE
HEAT

OF NEGOTIATION, AND SO I
THINK

IT'S AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, TO BE
HONEST.

GO
AHEAD.

OH, ARE YOU JUST DOING THUMBS
UP?
OH, OKAY.

DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP?
YES, I DO.

SO I WOULD SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL
MEETING.

I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE

ASKING, BUT IT WOULD BE AN

INVITATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY
SENT, BASICALLY.

SO I THINK MAYBE THE

INVITATION

NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED ABOUT WHAT

WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT.

AND THEN IT'S -- JUST OUT OF

RESPECT FOR YOU PUT

SOMETHING

OUT THERE, THEY DON'T

RESPOND,
THEN LET IT GO.

I MEAN, WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?

SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE
OF
TRYING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

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BUT I ALSO WANT TO HAVE A LOT
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OF -- MORE CLARITY ABOUT
WHAT

REALLY WE'RE TALKING -- WHAT
THE

DISCUSSION IS ABOUT BECAUSE

THEY'RE GOING TO BE INTERESTED

IN SUPPORTING THEIR WAGES AND
THEIR FAMILIES.

MAKES SENSE, RIGHT?

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
SAY

ABOUT IT, BUT I'D BE

WILLING TO

GIVE IT A
SHOT.

I GUESS IT JUST LEAVES
ME

SCRATCHING MY HEAD BECAUSE WE'RE

SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW

TALKING
ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.

AND WE COULD HAVE -- I MEAN, IF

THEY'VE NOT RESPONDED TWICE,
I

FEEL LIKE NO RESPONSE IS A
RESPONSE.

SO I GUESS I'M JUST -- I
HEAR

WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING, AND
IT'S
ASPIRATIONAL.

BUT I JUST AT SOME POINT --
ARE

WE ASKING JUST FOR THEM TO
SEND
THE LETTER AGAIN RIGHT NOW?

IS THAT WHAT --

SO IT COULD ALSO BE BECAUSE

WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE
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NEGOTIATIONS THAT THEY DID
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NOT
WANT TO RESPOND AT THAT TIME.

SO ONE OF THE TASKS COULD BE --

TO KEEP IN THE GOAL
OF
STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP.

SO THAT'S A PRIORITY, RIGHT?

WE CAN COME BACK WITH THE TASK
ABOUT RESENDING IT.

WE COULD REFINE THE LETTER.

SO THAT WOULD BE
MY
RECOMMENDATION.

KEEP THE GOAL, WE'LL BRING
BACK

A TASK IS WHAT THE NEXT
STEP
WILL BE.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER
CARTER.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER
HINTON.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER
ZOLLMAN.

YES.MEMBER MAURER.

YES.

MAYOR
McLEWIS.

YES.

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OKAY.

NEXT ONE KIND OF FALLS UNDER ONE

OF THE BUSINESS

LISTENING
SESSIONS.

THIS IS COUNCIL RESPONSE AND

LISTENING TO
COMMUNITY INPUT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO
IS
THE -- THE BUSINESS GUARDIAN.

WE DID ONE TOWN HALL TO -- OR

ONE EVENT RECOGNIZING
WOMEN
BUSINESSES.

IT'LL BE A FURTHER GOAL DOWN
THE
ROAD.

THIS COULD ALSO BE HAVING A TOWN
HALL.

THIS COULD BE BEING MORE

RESPONSIVE, YOU KNOW, TO E-MAILS

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY TASKS
OFFHAND.

I JUST MADE SOME

RECOMMENDATIONS,

BUT I THINK IT

IS A GOAL TO BE OPEN
AND

TRANSPARENT IN LISTENING TO THE
COMMUNITY.

AND RESPONDING TO E-MAILS.

ARE WE
ALL GOOD?
OKAY.

NEXT ONE IS FISCAL MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT
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REDUCING WASTE.

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THIS IS -- YOU KNOW, OF
COURSE

IT IS A BIG GOAL FOR US TO BE
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

WE ARE GOING THROUGH WAYS
THAT

WE CAN REDUCE, YOU KNOW,

NONESSENTIAL

EXPENDITURES,

MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE

GETTING

THE BEST PRODUCTS, MAKING
SURE

THAT OUR CONTRACTS
ARE
RESPONSIVE TO OUR NEEDS.

SO IT KIND OF GOES INTO FISCAL

MANAGEMENT, SO IT'S KIND OF

INCORPORATED INTO OUR

GOALS, SO

I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO
KEEP
IT AS A SEPARATE GOAL.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND

INCORPORATING IT INTO
OUR

FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.

OKAY.

NEXT ONE IS THE SITTING
STAFFING LEVEL.

SORRY.

THE STAFFING LEVELS AND FILLING
CITY VACANCIES.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO AN

EARLIER
ONE.

THIS IS SUPPORTING
OUR
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TRANSPARENCY AND CREATING
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RECRUITING, TRAINING,
AND
COMPETING FOR TALENT.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING AGGRESSIVE
RECRUITMENTS.

AS I STATED

EARLIER, OUR POLICE

DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE QUITE
A

FEW OF THE OPENINGS IN

BACKGROUNDS

RIGHT NOW, THE
APPLICANTS IN BACKGROUNDS.

WE ARE GETTING FULLY

STAFFED

WITH THEM OTHER THAN

THE ONE
FROZEN POSITION.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
IS
FULLY STAFFED.

BUILDING IS
FULLY STAFFED.

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE
HAVE
HAD ISSUES WITH RECRUITING.

THERE HAVE BEEN LACK OF
APPLICATIONS.

WE ARE NOW ON OUR THIRD

RECRUITMENT
FROM THAT.

WE PUT IT OUT THERE WIDELY.

I WILL SAY, THOUGH, I DID
GET

SOME INFORMATION BACK FROM
OUR

RECRUITERS AS WELL AS OUR
OTHER

CITIES THAT THEY DID
JUST

RECENTLY DO AN ASSOCIATE PLANNER

RECRUITMENT, AND THAT MIGHT BE
A
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POSITIVE.

SO WE HAVE REOPENED
THAT
ALREADY.

WE'RE GOING TO REOPEN
THE

PLANNING DIRECTOR, BUT WE WILL

DO A REQUEST FOR

PLANNING

SERVICES RIGHT NOW IN CASE
THAT
FALLS THROUGH.

BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
LOOK

INTO BRING ON AND TRAIN OUR
NEWEST

EMPLOYEES OR I
THINK
CREATE HIRES.

I CANNOT SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF

HOW WELL THEY'RE BEING

TRAINED,
HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING.

THEY'RE DOING CROSS TRAINING,
SO

I THINK THIS IS A GOAL WE
NEED
TO KEEP.

THUMBS UP.

THE NEXT ONE IS TRANSPARENCY,

ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PUBLIC
TRUST.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO

INCREASING

OUR TRANSPARENCY, OUR

ACCOUNTABILITY, AND

REGAINING
OUR PUBLIC TRUST.

WE DO

EVERYTHING WE CAN RIGHT

NOW TO DO
THAT.

I'D LIKE TO KEEP THIS AS
A GOAL.

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OKAY.

Agenda Item Number 1

NEXT ONE IS POSITIVE --

PROACTIVELY

MANAGING THE LOSS
OF

INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
BY

DOCUMENTING PROCEDURE,
PRACTICES, AND PROCESSES.

THIS GOES BACK TO STAFFING.

WITH WE ARE CREATING

CONTINUITY

OF OPERATION PLAN FOR OUR
CITY

PERSONNEL SO IF SOMETHING

HAPPENS, SOMEONE CAN COME
BEHIND

US, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS
AS
A GOAL.

MUNICIPAL CODE UPDATES.

THIS IS LOOKING TO

OUR MUNI

CODE, OUR ZONING

ORDINANCE TO

LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO
TO

UPDATE -- UPDATE THE

CODE, FIRST

OF ALL, BUT INCLUDING NEW
ITEMS

THAT ARE NOT IN THEIR

RIGHT NOW,

WHICH ARE LIKE A SIDEWALK

MAINTENANCE, THE TURF AND WATER

THAT'S A
REQUIREMENT.

SO I WOULD MAINTAIN THIS AS
A
GOAL.

NEXT ONE IS TO

STRENGTHEN

DEVELOPMENTAL REVIEW AND

INTEGRATION WITH ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS.

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TERM
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STAFFING.

KIND OF GOES INTO THE ITEM
RIGHT

ABOVE IT AS FAR AS MAINTAINING

INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

AND ALSO

AS FAR AS STAFFING LEVEL
AND
CITY VACANCIES.

SO I WOULD -- THERE'S TWO
GOALS
THAT COULD BE MERGED.

SO WE COULD MERGE THESE

TOGETHER, BUT IF WE COULD JUST

GO AHEAD AND DO A THUMBS
UP FOR
THE STAFFING.

NEXT ONE IS THE CITY COUNCIL
PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES.

I'D LIKE
TO KEEP THIS.

WE ARE CONTINUALLY UPDATING
OUR
HANDBOOK.

THE NEXT ONE IS AVOIDING
THE
BUILDER REMEDY.

THESE ARE CONTINUING.

THE ABAG IS CONTINUING,
THE

SOFTWARE IS CONTINUING AND
SHARE

SERVICES IS
CONTINUING.

QUESTION.

THERE'S A NEW LAW THAT SAYS YOU

CANNOT HAVE NONFUNCTIONAL
TURF,

AND I SEE YOU HAVE IT LISTED
HERE.

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BUT, FOR EXAMPLE,
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THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT HAS A LAWN,
WHICH
THEN WOULD VIOLATE THAT NEW LAW.

AND SO DOES THE COMMUNITY

CENTER, SO THAT DOES THAT
NEED
TO BE A GOAL?

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LAW

SO YOU HAVE TO DO
IT.

IT IS A LAW, BUT WE
SHOULD

HAVE IT IN OUR ORDINANCE AS

WELLWELL

THERE MAY BE CERTAIN
AREAS.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT

THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WE
HAVE

TO DO IT AND MAYBE

OTHER AREAS
WE WANT TO DO IT.

SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D BE

BRINGING --

THE ONES WE HAVE TO
DO MAY BE DEFINITELY LAW.

THERE MAY BE OTHERS
WE'RE

BRINGING BACK WE WANT YOU
TO
CONSIDER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE

WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THAT
LAW.

YES.

AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT
IT

DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT
UNTIL
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Agenda Item Number 1
JANUARY 1,
2027 SO --
THANKS, SKYLAR.AGAIN, EVERY DAY VALUES

ACHIEVING STAFFING,

RESTORING

PUBLIC TRUST, IMPROVING

PUBLICATIONS AND

CROSSTRAINING,

WHICH WE'RE

DEFINITELY
CONTINUING TO DO.

LONG-TERM FINANCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY.

CAN WE TAKE A BREAK?

CAN WE TAKE A
BREAK?

YES, WE CAN, IF YOU'D
LIKE
TO.

SO WHAT TIME IS IT?
LET ME SEE HERE.

WE ARE BACK.

WE ARE AT GOAL NUMBER FIVE,
CORRECT?

WE ARE ON LONG-TERM

FINANCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY, GOAL FIVE.

THE FIRST ONE IS

FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER CARTER.

CLEAN ENERGY RATE

COMPETITIVENESS, GEO-ZONE
INVESTMENT.

I'M JUST GOING TO SCRATCH
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THAT.

I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, SO, LIKE,
WHATEVER.

NEXT ONE IS A PAYMENT
ASSET
MANAGEMENT.

WE DO HAVE A PAYMENT PLAN
THAT

IS ALREADY INTEGRATED
INTO

STAFF, AND WE BRING THE ITEMS
FORWARD FOR THE STREETS.

SO THIS ONE IS

ACTUALLY

DUPLICATED INTO OUR CITY STAFF
GOALS.

SO I'D RECOMMEND JUST
GOING

AHEAD AND WE CAN REMOVE THIS
ONE,
AS WE ARE DOING IT ALREADY.

THE NEXT ONE IS THE REVIEWING
THE

COST ALLOCATION PLAN AND
MAKING NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.

THIS IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
ZOLLMAN.

YEAH, AS I SAID PUBLICLY,
I'M

NOT GOING TO BE PREPARED TO PASS

OR TO VOTE ON A BUDGET OR A
CIP

PLAN WITHOUT SOMETHING
FROM

STAFF TO CLARIFY ALL

THE STUFF

THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC

ABOUT THE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE
CLASSED ALLOCATION PLAN.

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I WOULD LIKE TO SEND

DIRECTION

THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF PREP

DISCUSSION AND NOT HAVE IT JUST

BE THROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF
A
BUDGET.

LIKE, HI, YOUR BUDGET IS IN
YOUR

CUBICLE, SHOW UP, AND I'M
FORCED

TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT
I

DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS
CLASS
DELEGATION PLAN.

SO I WANT TO SAY THAT

PUBLICLY

AND SEE WHERE IT
LANDS.

QUESTION.

WHEN IS THE COST

ALLOCATION PLAN

COMING BACK TO THE
COUNCIL?
MAY 5th.

MAY 5th.

AND SO IT WILL BE

BEFORE THE

FULL BUDGET
IS HEARD?
THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THE BUDGET COMMIT

COMMITTEE

AND THE ENTERPRISE

COMMITTEE

HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION ON THE
COST ALLOCATION.

CERTAIN THINGS FOR DIRECT

CHARGES SUCH AS ATTORNEY
FEES,

BUT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GET
A
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FULL PRESENTATION ON MAY
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1st

BEFORE THIS COMES BEFORE
THE

COUNCIL FOR A FULL
BUDGET.

SO I'M PREPARED TO JUST DROP

THAT, BUT WHAT TYPE OF
PRESENTATION?
IS IT GOING TO BE A FLY-BYNIGHT
10-MINUTE THING OR A
JAMMED
SCHEDULE?

OR WHAT TYPE OF PRESENTATION AM

I GOING TO
GET?

SO IT WILL BE
THE

PRESENTATION SIMILAR TO WHAT
THE

BUDGET COMMITTEE GOT, WHICH
IS

WHAT OUR -- WHAT THE
COST

ALLOCATION PLAN WAS -- IS
NOW,

WHICH IS -- AND THEN WHAT
WE'RE

PROPOSING TO DO MOVING INTO
THE
FUTURE.

IT'LL BE EXPLAINING EXACTLY
HOW
WE'RE CHANGING IT.

SO JUST AS A PRIME EXAMPLE

REALLY QUICKLY, SO CURRENTLY
WE

DO THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN IS
ON ADOPTED BUDGET.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING

CERTAIN

DEPARTMENTS COME OUT LIKE CITY
ATTORNEY.

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THEY ARE DIRECT CHARGES,
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BUT

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING

AT DOING

ACTUAL BUDGET VERSUS
AN

EXPENDITURES VERSUS ADOPTED, SO

WE WILL HAVE IT SELF- --

HOPEFULLY SELF-EXPLANATORY
AND

TRANSPARENT AS TO WHAT THOSE
CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE.

IT IS A STEP BY STEP
PROCESS.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE ENTIRE
PLAN.

AND

THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS

WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD IS AS

PART OF THAT EVERY THREE TO FIVE

YEARS WE'LL BE UPDATING
THAT
COST ALLOCATION PLAN.

SO IT'LL BE CONSULTED WITH
THE

CITY STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY
ON
MAY
5th.

IS IT AN

INFORMATIONAL THING
AND LIMITED TO 10 MINUTES OR
WE
GOT A PACKED THING?

OR HOW MUCH TIME AND IT
SOUNDS
LIKE

MAYBE THE AGENDA REVIEW

HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR
THAT
NIGHT.

BECAUSE I REALLY WOULD LIKE IT

TO BE A SLOW PROCESS SO WE'RE
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NOT FEELING RUSHED, THE PUBLIC
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IS NOT FEELING RUSHED
AND

EVERYONE CAN WALK

AWAY WITH

THINGS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
GREAT,

BUT NOW WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING
FORWARD.

I CAN ANSWER THAT.

I DON'T KNOW VICE MAYOR, BUT

JUST REALLY

QUICKLY WE HAVE SET

ASIDE I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO HOURS

FOR THE ITEM TO BE HEARD AT THE
MAY 5th CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ON
THE COST ALLOCATION.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A 10
MINUTES HERE YOU GO.

IT'LL BE A BACK AND
FORTH

CONVERSATION SO THE

COUNCIL

UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT
THE

PROPOSAL IS MOVING
FORWARD.

OKAY.

I'M PREPARED TO JUST DROP THIS.

VICE
MAYOR.

JUST TO CLARIFY ON MARCH
30th

THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
AND

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WE MET AND
FULLY DISCUSSED THIS.

IT WAS ON MARCH 30th AND
WOULD

BE UNDER THE BUDGET
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COMMITTEE
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RECORDINGS.

SO THERE IS A PRESENTATION
AND

ALL THE DISCUSSION, ET
CETERA.

SO THAT WAS A LONG MEETING,
TOO.

CAN AND MAKE
A

RECOMMENDATION -- I

UNDERSTAND

YOU WANT TO

DROP IT, BUT I THINK
IT IS A GOAL.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT AS

A GEL ONLY BECAUSE IT'LL BE
A

YEARLY AND IT'S

VERY IMPORTANT

TO THE COMMUNITY, SO I
WOULD

RECOMMEND KEEPING
IT AS A GOAL.

SURE.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SUCK UP
A
BUNCH OF AIR.

I'M
FINE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I

THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT AS A

GOAL BECAUSE IT'S AN

IMPORTANT

ONE AND OUR GOALS ARE OUR
PRIORITIES.

I DO, TOO.

OKAY.

YES.

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OKAY.

Agenda Item Number 1

THE NEXT ONE IS ALSO
FROM

COUNCIL MEMBER ZOLLMAN, AND
THIS

IS THE REVIEWING OF THE

PENSION

OR OTHER BENEFIT FUNDING
LEVELS.

BECAUSE EVERY

TIME WE GET

INTO BUDGETBUDGET SESSION, I THINK I
DIRECT IT TO ANNA.

SO I'VE HEARD PAST

COUNCIL

MEMBERS LIKE YOU HAVE A
HUGE
THING.

IF YOU AND I ARE KEEPING
TRACK,

YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR
DUE
DILIGENCE.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT

SAYS BUT IT'S LIKE A SHOT
AND

SHOT BACK, AND WE'RE GOING TO
GET BACK TO YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A

FULL ON

DISCUSSION FROM WHATEVER
EXPERT
WE HAVE.

WHO ARE OUR EXPERTS?

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
SOLID

CHUNK OF TIME SO WE
CAN

UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE DOING
RIGHT

BY OUR INVESTMENTS INTO OUR

TRUSTS THAT WE DID SET
UP I
DON'T KNOW 2 1/2 YEARS AGO.

I WANT SOME
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THOROUGH DISCUSSION
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ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE
BEING

RESPONSIBLE AT LOOKING AT
THAT

ONGOING RISK TO THIS CITY,
SO

THAT'S MY
THOUGHT.

I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE
TO
KEEP THE MICROPHONE CLOSER.

PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR ONLINE
WHEN
YOU'RE THIS FAR AWAY.

IS IT
ME?

GO AHEAD,
COUNCIL MEMBER.

YES, SO THIS WAS A

HUGE TOPIC

WHEN I SAT ON THE
BUDGET
COMMITTEE FOR SIX YEARS.

AND I SAT ON A

SEPARATE

COMMITTEE THAT ANALYZED
OUR

PENSION AND WHEN IT WAS GOING
TO

BE AND HOW MUCH WE SHOULD

BE PUTTING
AWAY.

AND I AGREE, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE
COMPLETELY LOST TRACK OF IT.

I MEAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS

SOMETHING I RAN ON THE
FIRST
TIME I RAN FOR OFFICE.

AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT.

WE LOST TRACK OF IT, SO I WOULD

LIKE TO LEAVE THIS ON

THE GOAL
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SHEET AS WELL.

Agenda Item Number 1

AND AS A MEMBER OF THE

BUDGET, WE DO HEAR ABOUT IT, AND

IT'S FOR US AND I

WANTED Y'ALL
TO
HEAR IT.

SO I SUPPORT
IT.

GO
AHEAD.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE A

REAL DETAILED REVIEW OF IT
EXCEPT FOR BOB LELAND.

YEAH, HE'S REVIEWED
IT.

WE CAN HAVE OUR --

I SUPPORT
THAT.

I THINK THE PRIORITY --
I'M

SEEING FULL SUPPORT FOR THE

PRIORITY, AND WE'LL BRING
THE

TASK BACK
ON THAT.

THE NEXT ONE IS PUBLIC
INPUT

ABOUT BALANCING BUDGET

CONCERNS,

WHICH GOES TO FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY.

NEW REVENUE GENERATIONS SUCH AS
TOURISMS, THE T.O.T., AND THIS

WAS A GOAL CARRIED OVER

REGARDING INCREASING

REVENUE BASE

AND DIVERSIFYING
CITY
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REVENUE.

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SPENDING REDUCTIONS AND

LIMITING

CONSULTANT COSTS AND

INTEREST IN
DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE T.O.T.

REVENUE.

SO THESE ARE COMMENTS FROM THE
PUBLIC INPUT.

SO FOR THE BALANCE BUDGET,
THAT
IS ALWAYS A COUNCIL PRIORITY.

THOSE ARE
IN, TOO.

NEW REVENUE GENERATOR
WE'RE

CURRENTLY MEETING WITH
SONOMA

COUNTY TOURISM TO SEE THEIR
EFFORTS.

THEY ARE WORKING WITH US ABOUT,

ONE, DOING THEIR WEBSITE AND

MAKING SURE THEIR BUSINESSES ARE

UPDATED, BUT WE'RE ALSO

MEETING
WITH THEM SEPARATELY.

ALSO THE -- I DON'T HAVE
THE
NAME IN FRONT OF ME.

THEY HAD REACHED OUT.

THEY'RE WORKING AS PART
OF

SONOMA COUNTY TOURISM BUT AS
A

CHAMBER ALSO WORKING US ABOUT

INCREASING CERTAIN

REVENUES
COMING TO THE CITY.

YOU HEARD FROM DANIELY

REGARDING
THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL.

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DAN ELDRIDGE WILL BE COMING IN
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MAY OR JUNE TO WORK ON HIS
PROJECT.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO

TRY TO GET HIS HOTEL COMING
FORWARD.

SO THE FIRST THREE,

AGAIN, THOSE

ARE MAINTAINING A BALANCED

BUDGET, SO I THINK THOSE
ARE
BUILT INTO OURS.

AND THEN THE HOTEL, THAT IS
ALSO

PART OF OUR ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, SO I DON'T THINK
WE

NEED TO RESTATE THESE

BECAUSE
THEY ARE BUILT INTO OUR GOALS.

THE NEW ONE IS REVIEWING
AND
EVALUATING RESERVE POLICIES.

I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT
THIS.

SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE
WE'VE
LOOKED

AT THE RESERVE POLICIES,

SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A
GOAL.

TECHNOLOGY.

THIS IS LOOKING AT WHAT

POLICIES

OR WHAT PROGRAMS WE CAN DO
SUCH

AS OPEN GOV AND THINGS LIKE
THAT

TO BRING ITEMS BACK TO MAKE
SURE

THAT THERE'S
BETTER

COMMUNICATION, BETTER USE
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OF
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COMMUNITY MEMBERS LOOKING AT OUR

WEBSITE, LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS,

LOOKING AT OUR DOCUMENTS TO MAKE

THAT MORE -- SO I WOULD
KEEP
THAT AS A PRIORITY.

STRUGGLING TO RECOVER COST
GOALS
FOR
RECOVERY PURPOSES.

WE'RE REVIEWING OUR IMPACT
FEES,
USER
FEE SCHEDULES.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW TO --
WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR?

INTERNAL PROTOCOLS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BILLING
THE

DEVELOPERS FOR THE TIME AND

MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THAT
ROUTINELY.

SO THAT IS AN INTERNAL PROTOCOL
THAT HAS BEEN BUILT INTO PLACE.

REDUCING UTILITY COSTS
BY

IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES TO

INCREASE

EFFICIENCY,
SUSTAINABILITIES.

SO WORKING WITH SONOMA POWER
TOTO
HOW WE CAN REDUCE OUR COSTS.

CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO

BUILDING

UNDERSTANDING OF CITY SERVICES,
FINANCING, AND BUDGETING.

THIS WAS A CITY STAFF
GOAL,

WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO
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SOME
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TYPE OF PROMOTION ON THE CITY

WEBSITE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY

NEWSLETTER ABOUT HOW CITY
SERVICES WORK.

IT'S -- TO ME THAT GOES BACK
TO

TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION

AND THINGS, SO I FEEL IT'S A

DUPLICATE, SO I WOULD PREFER
TO

MERGE THAT INTO ONE OF THE OTHER
GOALS.

CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE MOST

COST-EFFECTIVE METHOD
OF

PROVIDING SERVICES
WITH

FLEXIBILITY AND

ECONOMIC

CONDITIONS INCLUDING THE USE
OF

CONTRACTED SERVICES, SHARED

SERVICES, AND REGULAR AND
LIMITED-TERM EMPLOYEES.

AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO
OUR
STAFFING, RECRUITING.

BUT I WANT TO BE HONEST, WE
DO
HAVE TO USE CONSULTANTS.

WE DO HAVE TO USE SERVICES.

WE MAY BE USING ANNUITANTS
TO

HELP OUT IN SHORT-TERM,
SO I

WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT AS
A
GOAL.

IMPLEMENTING EFFORTS TO

IMPROVE

BUSINESS LICENSE COMPLIANCE,
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AND
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STRENGTHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT
OF
STAFF, AND THIS IS A GOAL.

BUT AS WE CAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE

SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE IN

COMPLIANCE, SO WE'RE GOING TO

CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS, BUT I

WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT AS
A GOAL.

THE UPDATE OUR

FINANCIAL POLICIES,

ENSURING THESE MEET CC

I RA REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S
A
GOAL.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR

REQUIREMENTS MATCH THEIRS,
AND

USER IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE, AND
STILL WORKING WITH GRANTS.

SO THOSE ARE IN A

NUTSHELL

EITHER THE ONES CARRIED OVER
OR

ONES THE CITY STAFF IS
RECOMMENDING.

ANY QUESTIONS?GO
AHEAD.

VICE MAYOR.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT
OF NEW
ONES THERE.

YOU'RE PART OF THE STAFF.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE STAFF
CAN --
IS CAPABLE OF DOING.

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SO DO YOU FEEL THESE
ARE

ACHIEVABLE GOALS BECAUSE THERE'S

QUITE A FEW NEW ONES
HERE.

SO THE PRIORITIES, I
THINK
THEY'RE KEY PRIORITIES.

WE MAY ONLY BE ABLE TO DO ONE OR

TWO THINGS OF THEM, BUT I
THINK

IT'S KEY THAT WE KEEP
THOSE
ITEMS ON THERE.

SO, YEAH, I'M NOT LIKE ADDING A
WHOLE BUNCH OF WORKLOAD TO IT.

I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED
TO
KEEP THOSE PRIORITIES.

THAT THESE ARE PRIORITIES TO
THE

CITY, PRIORITIES TO THE

COMMUNITY, AND PRIORITIES TO
THE
COUNCIL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND THEN -- SO THAT IS
THE
FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY.

AND FOR OUR LAST GOAL,
THE

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
IT HAS

BEEN REQUESTED TO CONTINUE

THE ECONOMIC
GARDENING PROGRAM.

AS WE STATED EARLIER, WE DID
DO
THE ONE TOWN HALL.

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WE DID THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS
EVENT.

IT WAS

MY UNDERSTANDING WE WERE

LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY DO
A

COUPLE MORE EVENTS THIS YEAR,
SO

THE REQUEST IS MADE TO CARRY
IT
OVER.ALL
GOOD?
OKAY.

AND THEN PUBLIC INPUT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS BEFORE.

STRONG SUPPORT FOR LOCAL

BUSINESSES, LIMITING
THE

CHAIN -- THIS GOES BACK
TO
COMMUNITY VITALITY.

REUSE OF VACANT COMMERCIAL

SPACES LIKE RITE-AID AND
CVS,

TRAFFIC AND IMPACTS ON PARKS AND
BUSINESS.

THIS GOES BACK TO THE

COMMUNITY

SURVEY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
GRANT, THE PDA.

REGULATING, STREAM LINING
OUR
PERMITTING PROCESSES.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT
OUR

ZONING CODE AND HOW WE CAN

STREAMLINE CERTAIN PERMITS SO

THAT IT HAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER
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ON OUR COMMUNITY.

AND COMMUNITY PROMOTION

HEALTH AND

DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS

RELATING TO FINANCIAL

STABILITY,
SO THOSE I'D LIKE TO MERGE.

AND CARRYOVER IS EXPLORING

ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS AND

CONTINUING TO SPONSOR
NONPROFITS.

THAT IS NOW PART OF OUR
DAY TO

DAY VALUES AND OUR -- TO
WAIVE

OUR FEES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.

IDENTIFY AND

EVALUATING

STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT
LOCAL
BUSINESSES.

LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN

INCREASE

MORE BIKE RACKS, LOOKING
AT HOW

WE CAN HAVE TABLES OUT ON MAIN
MAIN

WITHOUT CALTRANS,
AND

MAYBE LOOKING AROUND PARKLETS
NOT ON CITY STREETS.

SO THESE ARE WAYS WE CAN START
WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESSES.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

ON NUMBER 7 WHERE IT
SAYS

SPONSORING NON-PROFIT EVENTS,

MEAN WE'VE BEEN WAIVING
SOME
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I

FEES BUT WE HAVEN'T
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-- IS
THAT

WHAT YOU CONSIDER
SPONSORING?
THAT'S
COSPONSORSHIP.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE

WE'RE ON THE SAME

PAGE AND WHERE

WE CAN REINSTITUTE THAT
WHOLE

LONG LIST OF --

WHEN WE WAIVE FEES, IT IS
COSPONSORSHIP OF THAT EVENT.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE ONE ITEM THAT IS

ON HOLD IS THE ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY UNTIL I
CAN

GET A PLANNING DIRECTOR
AND

ASSOCIATE PLANNER ON
STAFF.

I HAVE A QUESTIONQUESTION
EVERYONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE

NOTICED THAT SEVERAL OF
THE

CITIES ARE DOING STATE OF
THE
CITY TYPE OF EVENTS.

CLOVERDALE, ROANOKE
PARK.

I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A
VARIETY OF THEM.

IT'S ALL

OVER THE LAST MONTH OR

TWO THEY'VE BEEN DOING
THOSE
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WHERE THEY'VE BROUGHT
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IN
SOMEONE.

AND DOING AN

EVENT, I JUST

WONDERED IF AT SOME POINT --
MAYBE THIS IS FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT

I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT WOULD BE

COOL IF WE DID SOMETHING AS

WELL JUST TO HELP PEOPLE BETTER
UNDERSTAND.

I THINK THEY BROUGHT IN -- WHAT

WE HAD THE OTHER NIGHT ONE OF

THE ECONOMISTS, AND THEY FOUND

BUSINESSES

TO SPONSOR, YOU KNOW,

THE FOOD
OR WHATEVER.

AND BASICALLY THEY HEARD
FROM

THE DIFFERENT CITY

STAFF AS FAR

AS THE STATE OF THE

DIFFERENT

DEPARTMENTS AND STUFF,
SO I'M

JUST THROWING IT
OUT THERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE
MORE

CITIES THAT I'VE SEEN IN
THE

PAST DOING THAT
LOCALLY.

SO --

IT'S MORE ABOUT STATE OF THE

NOT REALLY, LIKE -- I DON'T
KNOW.

SO I HAD STARTED WORKING
ON
THAT IN FEBRUARY.

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AND WITH TIME AND
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PRIORITIES,
THAT WENT BY THE WAYSIDE.

SO WE COULD ADD IT AS A -- INTO
OUR COMMUNITY VITALITY.

WE CAN AT IT TO
HIGH

PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO
ADD A
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A LONG

LIST, AND WE DON'T HAVE

SOMEBODY

RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT

DEPARTMENT,

SO FOR ME IT'S A FUTURE
IDEA.

YEAH, I DON'T MEAN LIKE
RIGHT
NOW.

I WAS JUST THROWING IT
OUT
THERE.

TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT -- I
KNOW

WE'RE VERY LIMITED, BUT JUST
AN

INTERESTING IDEA I'VE
SEEN
HAPPENING.

AND I THINK MAYBE OUR

RESIDENTS

WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AT SOME
POINT.

SO THAT IS -- THAT
IS

EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GONE I'M GOING TO DO A QUICK

CALCULATION
TO SEE.

SO WE HAVE 60, BUT SOME OF THOSE
WILL BE MERGED.

AND WE HAD 68 LAST YEAR, SO ASAS
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COMPARISON.

BUT, AGAIN, SOME OF THESE
ARE

GOING TO BE DUPLICATED,
SO WE

WILL BASED UPON WHAT YOU

PROVIDED TO US TONIGHT -- LET
ME
FINISH.

SORRY.

BASED UPON WHAT WE DECIDE

TONIGHT, WE WILL GO HAVE
STAFF

EVALUATE ANY BUDGETARY IMPACTS

FROM THESE, AND

THEN WE WILL
BRING THOSE BACK.

THERE'S CERTAIN ONES THAT
WILL

COME BACK AS AGENDA ITEMS
AND

NOT AS PART OF THE BUDGET
PROCESS.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING ALL
OF

THOSE BACK TOGETHER AS A
WHOLE

FOR COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER
BEFORE

THEY DO FINAL
ADOPTION.

SO OF THOSE 60, I WOULD LIKE

TO KNOW AT SOME -- NOT

NECESSARILY -- YOU DON'T HAVE
TO

DO IT RIGHT NOW BUT HOW MANY
OF
THOSE ARE CARRYING FORWARD AND ARE NEW?

I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT RIGHT

NOW, BUT AT SOME POINT I'D
LIKE

TO KNOW
THAT.

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WE CAN DO THAT.

SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO
BE

MERGED FROM THE PUBLIC WITH
CITY

STAFF, SO COULD BE PART OF THE

CARRYOVER, BECAUSE THERE WERE
SOME COMMON THEMES.

SO WE'LL GET THAT

INFORMATION
OUT.

SO DO I HAVE COUNCIL'S

DIRECTION

TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD
TO

HAVE STAFF LOOK AT BUDGETARY
AND

BRING CERTAIN ITEMS BACK TO
BUDGET COMMITTEE.

AND THE ONES DIRECTED TO
COME

BACK AS AGENDA
ITEM.

YOU DO.

AND WE'RE GOING

TO HAVE PUBLIC

COMMENT
STILL.

YES.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE.

WE HAVE COUNCIL CONSENSUS.

SO THIS WILL BE THE PUBLICPUBLIC

COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE GOALS
JUST
DISCUSSED.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE I
WILL
COME INTO CHAMBERS.

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SEEING NONE, I WILL GO OUT
TO
ZOOM.

IF THERE'S ANYONE ON ZOOM
THAT

WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
PUBLIC
COMMENT.

SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT'S
CLOSED.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S SEE.

I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE'VE
COVERED EVERYTHING.

I THINK --
WE CAN ADJOURN.

WE
CAN ADJOURN.

YEAH, SO WE'RE ADJOURNING AT
8:46. [Event Concluded]
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