Sebastopol City Council
May 19, 2026

WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. THE FESTIVAL WENT WELL FOR US. WE COULDN'T DO IT

WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, PUBLIC WORKS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MARY,

YOU'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, AND SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBERS

HINTON, CARTER, MAURER, AND MCLEWIS FOR YOUR CONSTANT SUPPORT OF THE FESTIVAL. IT MEANS A LOT TO THE CHAMBER AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO JUST WANTED TO HOP ON HERE WITH SOME GRATITUDE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

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THANK YOU. NEXT, I'LL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS, IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM. MICHAEL, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE? YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COUNTY, AND I WANTED TO

THANK THE COUNCIL FOR LAST MONTH'S RESOLUTION MARKING JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. IN A PLACE WHERE THE JEWISH POPULATION IS SMALL, THIS RECOGNITION IS QUITE WELCOMED. HAVING NOTICED THAT, I MUST SPEAK OUT ON

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN'S REMARKS THAT WERE MADE JUST BEFORE THE RESOLUTION WAS PRESENTED. THE ONLY ACTUAL LINK BETWEEN JEWISH AMERICAN

HERITAGE MONTH AND THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS THAT THE LADDER IS FAR

TOO OFTEN USED AS AN EXCUSE OR EVEN A JUSTIFICATION FOR ANTI-SEMITISM HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL DID NOT MENTION THE CONFLICT OR EVEN REFERRED TO ISRAEL. IF THE COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED A RESOLUTION

FOR ARABIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, FROM SLAVE TRADING AND LIBYA, TO MASSACRES IN SUDAN, TO OPPRESSION OF LGBTQ PEOPLE ACROSS THE ARAB WORLD. I

SUSPECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN WOULD QUITE APPROPRIATELY EJECT TO

SOMEONE BRINGING THESE ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN THE CONTEXT OF SUCH A RESOLUTION. JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH DOES NOT NEED TO BE

ACCOMPANIED BY STATEMENTS REGARDING THE JEWISH POPULATION ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS. KYLE?
HI. SO I WANT TO SPEAK MORE BROADLY TO THE AGENDA WE HAVE TONIGHT. THE

SHEAR VOLUME OF MAJOR ISSUES THAT HAVE COLLAPSED INTO A SINGLE MEETING OF TONIGHT. THIS FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE HAD, WHAT I WOULD

SAY POOR PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LACK OF ATTENDANCE

FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN WE SORT OF RUSHED THROUGH DECISION MAKING WITHOUT WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER PUBLIC PROCESS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALL

LOVE MARY, AND MARY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS OUR CITY MANAGER, BUT THERE WAS NOT AN ACTUAL SEARCH THAT USED ANY SORT OF HIRING COMMITTEE TO FIND. THIS COUNCIL FAILED TO PERFORM AN AGENCY TO PERFORM A SEARCH. A PART OF THE

JUSTIFICATION FOR ACQUIRING AN AGENCY FOR PERFORMING A SEARCH FOR A CITY

MANAGER WAS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A PUBLIC PROCESS, SO THAT PUBLIC INPUT WOULD BE PROVIDED IN TERMS OF A SEARCH FOR A CITY MANAGER. SO INSTEAD WHAT

HAS HAPPENED, WITHOUT ANY SORT OF A SEARCH, YOU GOING AHEAD AND APPOINTED A CITY MANAGER. AND AGAIN, WE ALL LOVE MARY, BUT IT'S ABOUT PROCESS. IT'S ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNCIL VALUES IN TERMS OF ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC. SO

TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE VERY HEAVY HITTING MESSAGES OR HEAVY

HITTING AGENDA ITEMS, AND IT IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? HOW MUCH DO YOU INCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT INTO YOUR CONSIDERATION AND DECISION MAKING? HOW VISIBLE IS PUBLIC CONSIDERATION IN YOUR DECISION MAKING? BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THERE'S A LACK OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND THERE IS A LACK OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THAT PUBLIC

ENGAGEMENT COMES THROUGH AS DESTAIN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT -- KYLE, YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS.

MAKING STATEMENTS THAT ARE CLEARLY INDICATING THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT A PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. AND REALLY JUST NOT EVEN RESPONDING TO

PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH SUGGESTIONS FROM YOUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE DOING. SO WE WILL SEE.

KYLE, THAT'S TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL GO

BACK OUT TO ZOOM, IF THERE IS ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A Agenda Item Number 1
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PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE, I'LL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS. IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

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ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO IS CONSENT CALENDAR. SO I'LL READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE ITEMS, AND THEN CHECK TO SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO PULL ANYTHING. SO FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 5, 2026. SECOND, NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF RECEIPT, ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 26/27 CITY COUNCIL GOALS, PRIORITIES, AND TASKS. NUMBER

THREE, APPROVAL OF SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE FOR PURCHASE

OF CAMERAS FOR THE SEBASTOPOL POLICE STATEMENT AMENDMENT FOR THE SAFE HOUSE SECURITY SYSTEM TO BE PAID FOR FROM THE POLICE ENDOWMENT FUND.

NUMBER FOUR, FISCAL YEAR 26-27 STREET LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. ADOPT A

RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26-27 FOR THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL STREET LIGHTING ASSESSMENT

DISTRICT, PRELIMINARILY APPROVING THE ANNUAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND SETTING

THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972. NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER THREE WITH TEAM GHILOTTI INC., APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR

THE BODEGA AVENUE BIKE LANES AND PAVEMENT REWHAT BILL FASHION PHASE TWO PROJECT FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $2,673,600 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT. NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION

AUTHORIZING THE CALIFORNIA URBAN STREAMS PARTNERSHIP CUSP TO PREPARE AND

SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY URBAN GREENING GRANT PROGRAM, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. GRANT FUNDING WOULD ALLOW DESIGN WORK TO BEGIN ON PHASE ONE OF THE CALDER CREEK PROJECT.

NUMBER SEVEN, APPROVAL OF PAY RATES AND RANGES RELATED TO THE APPROVED CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. NUMBER EIGHT, APPROVAL OF RENEWAL OF

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL AND SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE SEBASTOPOL MOBILE HOME RENT STABILIZATION PROGRAM, JULY 1, 2026 TO JUNE 30, 2027. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NO? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, YOU'RE GOOD? NOPE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THAT, IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, I GUESS WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MARY.

THANK YOU. THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONLY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME AS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IT'S TWO MINUTES PER LIMIT WITH CHAMBERS FIRST AND ZOOM SECOND. SO IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF

THERE IS ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. SO BACK HERE IF WE HAVE A MOTION FROM ANYONE? I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SECOND.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN AND SECONDED BY

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER?
YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON?
AYE.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN?
YES.

VICE MAYOR MAURER?
YES.

MAYOR MCLEWIS?
YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND PRESENTATIONS. WHEN WE DO THESE PRESENTATIONS, THEY'RE TEN MINUTES, SO I

WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR ANYONE WHO WILL BE COMING UP TO THE PODIUM FOR THAT. AND THE FIRST ONE IS NUMBER NINE, GRAVENSTEIN COMMONS, INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FROM ST. VINCENTS DE PAUL. AND I BELIEVE OUR CITY MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE?
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT ONLY. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UPDATE ON THE GRAVENSTEIN PROJECT. I'M SORRY, GRAVENSTEIN COMMONS PROJECT, WHICH IS A 22-UNIT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN LED BY THE ST.

VINCENTS DE PAUL SOCIETY WITH THE CITY AS A PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT. AND THE

PROJECT TARGETS HIGHLY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS FOR EXISTING EXITING HOMELESSNESS, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE ST. VINCENTS DE PAUL REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO PROVIDE THE UPDATE. SO IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

WELCOME THIS EVENING.

HELLO. I'M RON, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT THE SOCIETY OF ST.

VINCENTS DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR ME TO DO THIS, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT NOT SURE HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT. IT'S QUITE AN EXTENSIVE REPORT

THAT I UNDERSTAND IS BEING SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL THAT COVERS MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT BASICALLY I WOULD IMAGINE YOU'D WANT TO HAVE INTEREST ON. THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING. WE'VE HAD GOOD WEATHER, GOOD CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY.

AND IT IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE ON THE LAST PAGE THAT SHOWS IT WELL IN ADVANCE

NOW FROM WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY WITH THE ROOFING THAT IS BEING PUT ON, AND THE DOWN SPOUTS AND OTHER ITEMS. SO WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU THAT ISN'T ALREADY IN HERE? I MEAN, IT'S OVER 60% COMPLETE.

OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THEN I GUESS WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS, SO THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU HERE. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP FIRST.

QUESTION TIME.

YES, OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO CHECK WITH MARY TO SEE IF WE HAVE VISIBILITY ON

THE FINANCES, SO WHEN IT IS COMPLETE, WE COULD SEE THEIR OPERATING COSTS AND EVERYTHING, LIKE AS WE DISCUSSED IN MANY OTHER MEETINGS?

WE DO, AND WE HAVE OUR CITY CONSULTANT HERE, WHO CAN ALSO ADDRESS ANY OF THE QUESTIONS FINANCIALLY. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM WEEKLY ON THEIR FINANCIALS, AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF WE HAVE DIRECT QUESTIONS, ROBIN IS HERE TO ADDRESS THEM AS WELL. SO THERE IS

OVERSIGHT ON THAT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VOUCHERS

AND SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT I THINK MAYBE ARE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN.

YES, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ASK OF YOU. SO AS FAR AS THE CAPITAL PART OF ALL OF THIS, YOU ASKED THE COUNTY FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF MONEY, AND YOU GOT $1 MILLION. EVERYTHING THAT I

READ IN THE REPORT IS THAT YOU'RE GOOD AND YOU HAVE NO FEARS OF THE CAPITAL PART OF YOUR PROJECT. MEANING THE FACT YOU CAN LEVERAGE THIS, YOU CAN TAKE OUT A LOAN OF CREDIT, ETC. IS THAT STILL YOUR ANSWER?
THAT'S TRUE. WE'D LIKE TO NOT HAVE TO BORROW ANY MONEY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE THAT BACKSTOP ALSO.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE OPERATIONAL PART AND WHAT OUR GENERAL MANAGER JUST KEYED IN ON. WHAT I HAVE HEARD IS WHEN YOU MAKE THE PITCH TO THE COUNTY --AND SPECIFICALLY RELY ON THEIR VOUCHERS. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE STILL RELYING ON?

WE ARE STILL RELYING ON THAT, AND WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE

FUNDING WE GOT FROM HOME KEY TO GET OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH THE COURT DATE ENTRY. AND THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT VOUCHERS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE PROJECT. THIS -- WE ARE STILL DISCUSSING IT WITH COORDINATING ENTRY.

THAT IS NOT 100% RIGHT NOW.

WILL IT'S NOT 100%?
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IT'S TRUE.

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BECAUSE THE RELIANCE OF THE VOUCHERS WERE MISPLACED BY THE PEOPLE I HEARD FROM. THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR OPERATING MODEL BEING SOLELY BASED ON VOUCHERS. SO IF THE VOUCHERS DON'T COME THROUGH, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN?

WELL FOR ONE THING, WE'VE GOTTEN FUNDS ALREADY ON HAND TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.

AND THOSE FUNDS ARE WHERE? BECAUSE I REVIEWED THE FINANCIALS TOO. WHAT ARE YOU RELYING ON?
$600,000 WAS PUT AWAY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IT.
$600,000 OF YOUR MONEY? WHAT MONEY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? OUT OF THE HOME KEY FUNDS.

OKAY.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH ENTRY TO BE ABLE TO SECURE RESIDENTS WITH VOUCHERS. THE OTHER CONCEPT IS THERE IS OFF SITE, A CHANCE ALSO THAT THERE

MIGHT BE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE VOUCHERS IN THEIR HANDS THAT THEY OWN

THEMSELVES, THAT COULD ACTUALLY WANT TO MOVE TO A NEWER FACILITY THAT HAS MORE SPACE IN IT. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SIZE OF THE RESIDENTS UNITS, A LITTLE OVER 400 SQUARE FEET, WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES THEM QUITE SPACIOUS, NOT TO MENTION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRAND NEW. SO THAT'S NOT FULL DEPENDENCE, BUT THAT'S A PART OF THE POSSIBILITY.

OKAY. I HAVE OTHERS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HOG THE SPACE.

ANYONE ELSE? BECAUSE I HAVE SOME.

SO IN THE PAST, WHEN I HAD A MEETING WITH JACK, HE BROUGHT ALL KINDS OF DOCUMENTS. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU HAVE SOME FUNDING SET ASIDE, BUT HE BROUGHT ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF DOCUMENTS TO ME. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE STILL IN YOUR POSSESSION?
SURE. WE HAVEN'T SOLD ANY PROPERTIES IN PROBABLY A DECADE.

OKAY. THAT WAS THE QUESTION I HAD. GO AHEAD.

YES, MY THIRD QUESTION I'VE BEEN ASKED TO ASK OF YOU. GIVE THE SHIFT OF POLICY

PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AROUND NOT SUPPORTING PERMANENT

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SUPPORTING OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING, HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT NEW CHANGE? THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. I'LL BE VERY HONEST, I COULD TRY TO

SUGAR COAT IT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BECAUSE IT IS STILL A CONCERN OF OURS, AND HOW THESE POLICY CHANGES STAY IN EFFECT, AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT ONLY US. IT

AFFECTS ALL OF THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MODELS IN THIS STATE AND PROBABLY MULTIPLE STATES.

THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SEVEN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY. SO GIVEN THIS MASSIVE LIKELY SHIFT, A FEDERAL POLICY, ARE YOU WORKING TOGETHER WITH OTHERS? ARE YOU WORKING WITH OTHERS?
WORKING WITH THEM AND THE COUNTY ALSO.

OKAY. SO WHO SPECIFICALLY HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THESE NEW WATERS? HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH WEST COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES? HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH COTS? WHO SPECIFICALLY HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH?
I'LL ADMIT, I HAVEN'T BEEN BECAUSE I'M FAIRLY NEW IN WHAT I'M DOING. SO THAT IS

ACTUALLY MORE OF A FUTURE IN OUR WAY OF DOING THINGS -- NOT DOING THINGS, BUT

IN HAVING TO WORK WITH IT AND PIVOT TO THESE NEW CHANGES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM S AND HOW WE WORK TO DO THIS CHANGE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES.

OKAY, I HAVE OTHERS.

I HAVE A QUESTION. IN THE ABSENCE OF JACK TIBBETTS RUNNING THIS, WHICH I'LL COMMENT ON LATER, ARE YOU THE ONE IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT? OR WHO IS IT THAT IS IN CHARGE IN REPLACING HIM?
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JACK IS STILL ENGAGED, BUT I AM ACTUALLY THE PERSON THAT IS ON THE GROUND IN

THIS AREA ACTUALLY, WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

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JACK IS OUT OF STATE NOW, CORRECT? IN OREGON? OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'M REFERRING YOU REFERRED TO THE STAFF REPORT AND THE FACT THIS IS GOING TO ANSWER ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS A LOT, JUST BASED ON WHAT'S TYPED HERE. PAGE

THREE WHERE IT SAYS SELECTION CRITERIA BECAUSE THAT IS PRIMARILY THE REASON

WHY WE ASKED YOU TO COME HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE PLANNING ON STICKING BODIES IN THE PREMISE COME AUGUST, SEPTEMBER? WHEN IS THAT?

CONSTRUCTION WILL STILL BE GOING ON UNTIL OCTOBER, SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT PUTTING PEOPLE, GETTING IN THERE IN LATE OCTOBER, LATE NOVEMBER.

OKAY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT. BUT PRIMARILY WHAT I WANT TO GET TO IS PAGE THREE WHERE IT SAYS SELECTION CRITERIA. WHERE IT SAYS RESIDENTS

ARE PRIMARILY SELECTED THROUGH THE SONOMA COUNTY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM. DID YOU USE THAT WORD OR WHO USED THE WORD PRIMARILY?

IT IS -- ACTUALLY, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING THE DOCUMENTS, WE ARE GETTING ALL OF THEM THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY. PRIMARILY -- IT'S NOT CORRECT? YOU MUST TAKE THEM THROUGH COORDINATED INQUIRY BECAUSE

THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION, IT SOUNDED

LIKE THERE WAS A POTENTIAL AT CITY STAFF, MAYBE SOME OF US COULD SIT AT A TABLE, AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY COULD MOVE INTO THE PROPERTY.

THAT ACTUALLY IS NOT CORRECT?
IT WOULD BE NICE, BUT NO. PREVENTS IT FROM GOING THAT DIRECTION.

OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. I HAVE OTHERS.

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IS AN INCORRECT

INFORMATION WE WERE GIVEN LAST TIME, DESPITE THE FACT WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND REASSURED THAT'S HOW IT WAS? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, IT ALL GOES THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY.

OKAY, SO SOME MISINFORMATION? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE BEFORE? GO AHEAD.

SO JUST A FOLLOWUP ON THE POINT BECAUSE I KNOW I MAKE COMMENT ON IT. I DON'T REMEMBER IT EXACTLY LIKE THAT. I DO REMEMBER THE QUESTION BEING ASKED, BUT I DON'T RECALL THE PROMISE BEING MADE. AND I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT A POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE I HAVE LIMITED TIME TONIGHT. THIS IS A TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO WATCH THE CLOCK.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE QUESTIONS. I MEAN, QUESTIONS CAN GO ON AS LONG AS THEY WANT, RIGHT? FROM US?
OKAY, I'M JUST -- I HAVE LIMITED TIME. SO I DID ASK FOR THE AGENDA TO BE REORDERED. I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP. THANKS.

OH, OKAY.

YES. SO FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHERE IT STATES HERE THAT YOUR INTENTION OF PROVIDING LOTS AND LOTS OF SUPPORT OF SERVICES. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LIST HERE, NONE OF THEM ARE LICENSED, CORRECT? THEY'RE NOT LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS?
THEY ARE NOT LICENSED, BUT TRAINED.

OKAY, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE PERSON ON DUTY OR LIVING ON SITE, 24/7, CORRECT?
CORRECT.

OKAY. FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT'S TYPED HERE IS FOR VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS. THAT MEANS THAT WITH HOUSING FIRST, YOU COULD PUT PEOPLE IN THE UNITS, AND YOU COULD OFFER SERVICES FOR DAYS ON, RIGHT? BUT THEY COULD ALWAYS JUST SAY NO?
YES, BUT THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN RIGHTS. THEY'VE GOT PERSONAL RIGHTS.

SO YOU ARE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THIS COMMUNITY JUST WENT THROUGH IN REFERENCE TO COMMONS, RIGHT?
YES.

I CAN'T SAY I HAVE A FULL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH ELDERBERRY COMMONS, BUT I'M FAMILIAR.

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SO YOU WOULD THINK WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN, CORRECT?
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I WOULD THINK SO.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HELP US NOT HAVE ELDERBERRY POINT TWO? I BELIEVE A PART OF IT IS OURS IS GOING TO HAVE A GATE AND FENCING AROUND IT. I DON'T BELIEVE ELDERBERRY DOES. AND SO THERE'S CONTROLLED ACCESS OF THE RESIDENTS, AND OTHER STAFF GOING IN AND OUT AND VISITORS. SO THAT'S, I THINK, A BIG CHANGE.

OKAY, WHAT ABOUT VIDEO?
OH --
WAIT A SECOND.

AND WHO IS THIS HERE? SORRY, WE HAVE AN ORDER, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

THIS IS OUR HOUSING DIRECTOR, CURRENTLY MANAGING THE COLLEGE IN SANTA ROSA, AND WILL BE OVER AT THIS SITE ALSO.

OKAY. I SEE. I JUST DON'T WANT ANOTHER PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE ALREADY DID THAT. UNLESS SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

IS THAT OKAY?
TO WHAT QUESTION I HAD?
WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENT THAN OTHER HOUSING SITES.

IN PARTICULAR ELDERBERRY COMMONS BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY BARELY SURVIVED THAT, SO THAT IS MY QUESTION.

I WILL NOT COMMENT ON THE OPERATIONS OF OTHER PROVIDERS, BUT ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS AN OPEN GATE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY INCIDENTS.

THERE, BESIDES OUR CASE MANAGEMENT WORK, WE ALSO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH MANY LIFE MEANING PROGRAMS THAT CHANGE THEIR LIVES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE

SOME MUNICIPAL COMMONS CALLED JOB READINESS PROGRAM, WHERE WE HIRE RESIDENTS TO COOK MEALS FOR UNHOUSED MEMBERS OVER AT THE COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO MIMIC ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AT THE COMMONS.

OKAY. FOLLOWUP QUESTION. NOW, I'M CONFUSED. SO YOU ARE HAVING IT GATED AND LOCKED OR IT IS OPEN GATE? SO WHICH OF THE TWO?
THE ONE HERE IN SEBASTOPOL IS GATED.

IT'S GATED AND THERE WILL BE CONTROL OVER WHO GETS IN AND OUT? THE KEY JUST CAN'T BE SENT TO ANYONE, RIGHT?
CORRECT. IT'S ACTUALLY CODE.

OKAY, SO GETTING TO THE CAMERAS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CAMERAS? CORRECT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALL AROUND THE PREMISE, CORRECT? THEY WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY NEED IT, RIGHT?
RIGHT.

GOING TO THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY. THIS WAS DISCUSSED WHEN JACK WAS HERE. I

HEARD HIM SAY AT A RIBBON CUTTING, HE WOULD BE GOOD WITH HAVING YOU ABIDE BY A PENDING GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS DRAFTING. DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT?

WE ARE WELCOMED TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN REPORT, HOW WE CAN WORK WITH HIM.

AND AS FAR AS COUNCIL ADVISORY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE REFERRING TO ANOTHER PROPERTY, THEY DO HAVE RESIDENT ADVISORY GROUP. ARE YOU HAVING THAT AT THIS ONE?
YES.

THAT'S UNEQUIVOCAL, RIGHT?
YES.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO

RECEIVES NEARLY EVERY E-MAIL THAT COMES FROM OUR OTHER PERMANENT

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, ELDERBERRY COMMONS, I'M QUITE AWARE OF THE AMOUNT OF

TIMES THAT -- I PUT IN A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT, SO I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT.

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YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT RIGHT NOW. WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO EITHER RECEIPT, MORE DISCUSSION, OR WE'LL RECEIVE THE REPORT. SO THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE ST. VINCENTS DE PAUL GRAVENSTEIN COMMONS PROJECT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT. WE'LL COME TO CHAMBERS FIRST, AND THEN GO OUT TO ZOOM. LAURA? Agenda Item Number 1

JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION, WHICH IS ELDERBERRY COMMONS IS A GATED LOCKED FACILITY WITH A CODE. UNFORTUNATELY UNLESS THERE IS SOMEONE THERE AT THE GATE SIGNING PEOPLE IN AND OUT, IT HASN'T MADE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU, LAURA, FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL GO OUT TO ZOOM, IF

ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE, I'LL COME BACK IN. OLIVER? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN RESPECT TO JAMES WHO RUNS ST. VINCENTS DE PAUL. WHEN I

FIRST HEARD JACK HAS NOW BECOME A REPUBLICAN COWBOY AND IS RUNNING FOR

OFFICE IN OREGON, COMPLETELY SOLD THE COUNCIL BASICALLY A BUNCH OF NONE SENSE. ALL THE INFORMATION CHANGES MONTH FOR MONTH. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY NEED TO TAKE OVER THIS GUY'S TRAIN WRECK. THE NUMBERS SEEM TO CHANGE ALL THE TIME. IT'S A VERY, VERY BIG PROBLEM. I

PERSONALLY HEARD JACK SPEAK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I FEEL JAMES WAS VERY CLEAR

HE WAS CONTINUING TO LEAD THIS PROJECT, AND HE STOOD HERE LAST YEAR SAYING HE WOULD BE RUNNING THIS PROJECT THROUGHOUT. WE ARE FINANCIALLY CLOSE TO THE WIRE ON THIS. AND THE CITY MADE A FOOLISH DECISION UNDERWRITING THIS, SO WE ARE IN A VERY TIGHT SPOT. I DON'T BELIEVE THE NUMBERS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE

TO SEE FORMAL EVIDENCE THESE NUMBERS ARE IN PLACE, BASED ON WHAT I HEARD FROM SOME OF THE COUNTY PEOPLE IN THE HOMELESS SERVICES. IT'S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND I FEEL BAD FOR YOU GUYS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DROPPED INTO THE DEEP END WITH THIS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, OLIVER FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL GO OUT INTO ZOOM. IF ANYONE

WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS INFORMATIONAL ITEM, TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE, I'LL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS. IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE BACK HERE AT THE DAIS FOR COMMENTS, IF ANYONE HAS A COMMENT FIRST? DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
I DON'T NEED TO GO FIRST.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ADDRESS THE LAST SPEAKER. I MEAN, I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THIS AND SUPPORT IT BECAUSE OF JACK TIBBETTS. I VOTED FOR IT TO SUPPORT THIS HOUSING STYLE, AND WE DO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT THAT WAS BUILT BY ST.

VINCENTS DE PAUL OVER BY ST. SEBASTIAN, SO IT'S BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO I STILL FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THIS PROJECT EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT FEDERAL FUNDS, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT, AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN ST. VINCENTS DE PAUL. THANKS.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY? OKAY, I HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY WHILE I APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW. THIS WAS A SPLIT COUNCIL ON HOW THIS GOT PASSED. THAT'S WHY THE QUESTION AND THE CONCERN. IT'S

ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, AND TO HAVE OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ALL IN AGREEMENT, AND WE HAD A 3-2 VOTE. AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, BEING PATIENT WHILE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. I DO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT WHILE SOME PEOPLE HAD FAITH IN VARIOUS PEOPLE, WE HAD MR. TIBBETTS HERE TELLING US HIS PERSONAL PROMISES, ALL OF THESE

THINGS THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE ALL THE TIME, HE WAS GOING TO BE PRESENT

BECAUSE I HAD MANY DOUBTS ABOUT THIS, AND I HAD MANY DOUBTS ABOUT THIS

PROJECT AND CONCERNS BASED ON THE FACT WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN TOWN THAT HAS HAD MANY, MANY PROBLEMS. AND AGAIN, I RECEIVE SO MANY EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES, AND I SPEND A GREAT DEAL AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THE COUNTY, TRYING TO FIGURE THESE OUT. THESE QUESTIONS Agenda Item Number 1
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ARE VERY FOUNDED BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE BOTH SERVE, I SERVE AS

THE ALTERNATE, AND WE BOTH SERVE AS THE HOMELESS LIAISON HERE, SO WE HAVE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT EVERYONE IS FACING. SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAME HERE AND ANSWERED THESE QUESTIONS. I

UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT EASY FOR YOU BECAUSE JACK ISN'T HERE, AND IT SEEMS AS

THOUGH HE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN PERSON FOR SO LONG, DOING THIS, AND IT IS JUST DISAPPOINTING TO HAVE HIM STEP OUT AFTER MAKING SO MANY PROMISES. AND

IT IS FRUSTRATING TO ME BECAUSE I JUST -- WE CAN'T GO BACK AND FORTH AT THIS POINT. I'M SORRY. SO I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE, ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS, IN SPITE OF HOW EVERYTHING IS. AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE FINANCES ACTUALLY WORK OUT. AND I SEE WE HAVE VICE MAYOR THAT WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT AS SOON AS I'M FINISHED HERE. GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR.

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YEAH, ARE YOU FINISHED?
GO AHEAD.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HINTON SAID. AND THANK ST.

VINCENTS DE PAUL FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT AND FOR THEIR WORK SERVING THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY. SO I FEEL A GRATITUDE AND HOPEFUL THAT THIS PROJECT WILL WORK OUT AND WORK FOR THE BEST FOR ALL. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. SO I GUESS WE'LL JUST RECEIVE THIS ITEM, AND WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. LET ME JUST CATCH MY BARINGS HERE ON MY PAGES. SORRY. I LOST MY, ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.

DEVELOPMENT, LET ME LOOK HERE. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INFORMATIONAL REPORT, OH, WE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE IT QUIET BACK THERE. IT IS VERY DISTRACTING. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ANNUAL REPORT, BARLOW HOTEL,

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND THE DA ITSELF. CITY STAFF WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON TIMELINE OF DEVELOPMENT

AGREEMENT AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN UPON EXPIRATION OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. ANNUAL REPORT IS DUE EACH JUNE. AND I BELIEVE OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO DO THAT?
YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS YOU INDICATED, THIS ITEM DOES PROVIDE THE REQUIRED ANNUAL INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE BARLOW HOTEL DEVELOPMENT. CALIFORNIA

GOVERNMENT CODE, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ITSELF, REQUIRES THAT YOU REVIEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS OF AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS,

AND ENSURE THE APPLICANT IS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT. THERE IS A LETTER ATTACHED TO YOUR STAFF REPORT FROM ALDRIDGE DEVELOPMENT THAT REPRESENTS THE UPDATE FOR THE BARLOW HOTEL. YOU APPROVED THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN 2025. THIS INFORMATION OR THIS ITEM IS SCHEDULED AS INFORMATIONAL ONLY. IF YOU WERE TO FIND THE APPLICANT IS NOT

ACTING IN GOOD FAITH COMPLIANCE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, THEN WE

WOULD NEED TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BACK HERE. AGAIN, NO CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. THERE IS MENTION OF A TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX

CONSIDERATION, A SPLIT CONSIDERATION OF THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY SPLIT MENTIONED BY THE DEVELOPER IN THE LETTER AND REPORT THAT THEY SUBMITTED.

THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED AT SOME -- I'M GOING TO LET ALEX GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON WHAT YOU COULD DISCUSS. THAT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED TONIGHT. WE WOULD

NEED TO SCHEDULE -- THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO APPLY AS THE DEVELOPMENT

AGREEMENT, AND WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THAT THROUGH THE ANALYSIS AND HEARING PROCESS FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER THAT. BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION THAT CAN HAPPEN TONIGHT. AND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.

THE COUNCIL WILL ONLY MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT TOPIC, IF THEY WISH, BUT LIKE JANE SAID, THERE IS NO ACTION OR DIRECTION BEING TAKEN TONIGHT.

AND CAN YOU PLEASE JUMP IN IF IT GOES SIDEWAYS?
YES. [ LAUGHTER ]

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THAT'S IT AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

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I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.

THAT IS IT FROM MY STAFF REPORT. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO -- I DON'T HAVE A BIG PRESENTATION.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO PULL THE MIC UP A LITTLE.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE A BIG PRESENTATION.

OKAY.

NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. HELLO. I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING

VERY HARD ON GETTING THIS HOTEL BOTH DESIGNED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE,

AND IT IS A LOT EASIER TO PAY PEOPLE TO DESIGN A HOTEL THAN IT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO INVEST OR FUND THE HOTEL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS MARKET. OF ALL OF THE REAL

ESTATE CATEGORIES, HOSPITALITY IS THE LEAST FAVORED ON KIND OF THE FASHION WIDE BASIS. AND WINE COUNTRY HOSPITALITY IS IN ITS OWN SPECIAL DIFFICULTY. I TALKED TO LENDERS AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS, MANY TIMES OVER THE MONTHS. I'VE MADE SOME GOOD PROGRESS. THE BARLOW AND SEBASTOPOL HELPS A LOT. BUT IT IS VERY CHALLENGING. I THINK THERE IS A FAIRLY GOOD CHANCE WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE

AND THE GOODWILL THAT WE'VE GENERATED HERE IN THE TOWN, WITH THE BARLOW, THE SUCCESS WE'VE HAD. THE FACT WE'RE VERY FOCUSED IN THIS AREA. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SPREAD ALL OVER THE PLACE. I THINK THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE WE COULD

GET THIS FUNDED, BUT I DON'T THINK SO WITHOUT YOUR HELP, WHICH IS WHY WE SUBMITTED A LETTER. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE READ OUR REQUEST, BUT

WE KIND OF NEED TO PULL EVERYBODY IN, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO PULL IN MY RELATIVES. I'VE HAD TO PULL IN MY PARTNERS. THERE IS NOBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE WHO IS GOING TO FUND THIS HOTEL. SO THE DEBT THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO US THAT MEETS OUR NEEDS IS 11%. WE UNDERWROTE THE HOTEL AT 7.5, 7.75%. SO, YOU

KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT PRIVATE DEBT MARKETS, AND THAT IS REALLY ALL THAT'S AVAILABLE. BANKERS, NOT SO MUCH. WE'VE HAD ONE TERM SHEET AT A LOT LESS THAN WE NEEDED. YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE ONE OR TWO BANK OPTIONS STILL

OUT THERE, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT, AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON CLOSING WITH THE DEBT FUND AT 11%, WHICH IS REALLY DIFFICULT. SO OUR REQUEST TO THE CITY, HELP US HELP YOU.

WE DON'T NEED A HANDOUT, BUT WE'RE HOPING YOU'LL AGREE TO, YOU KNOW, REFUND BACK HALF OF THE TOT TAX WE COULD GENERATE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. IT WOULD BE A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO OPEN UP A MARKET THAT DOESN'T EXIST. IF IT IS,

YOU KNOW, AN EXISTING TOURIST MARKET, WHERE THEY ARE ALREADY HOTELS WITH TRACK RECORDS. IT IS A MUCH EASIER THING TO FINANCE WHEN YOU'RE THE FIRST HOTEL INTO A MARKET. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY A SMALL MARKET LIKE THIS

AND ESPECIALLY IN WINE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE WINE BUSINESS. SO WE ARE ACTIVELY CONTINUING TO SPEND MONEY TO KEEP OUR PROJECT ON SCHEDULE, AND IN THE GOOD FAITH THAT IT WILL ALL WORK OUT. IT WON'T BE THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE INVESTED WITH THAT TYPE OF TRUST. SO I COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I JUST HOPE YOU MIGHT READ THE REQUEST THAT WE SENT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF FACTS IN THERE. I DIDN'T MAKE THIS UP. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME. I HAVE NEVER HAD, YOU KNOW, NEVER DEVELOPED A HOTEL, AND I HAVE NOT

HEARD OF THIS THING, BUT I STARTED LOOKING INTO HOW HAVE HOTELS BEEN DEVELOPED IT IN SMALL MARKETS THAT HAVE NO HISTORY OF TOURISM LIKE OURS. AND

I FOUND THAT A LOT OF CITIES, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF DUBLIN, THE CITY OF NORTH LAKE TAHOE, COACHELLA VALLEY. THE CITY OF TEMECULA RECENTLY, VERY RECENTLY THE CITY OF MORGAN HILL. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. ALL THESE CITIES HAVE

RECENTLY SUPPORTED HOTEL DEVELOPER WITH THE SPLIT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. A GOOD HOTEL IN THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN WITH TWO-WAY STREETS SHOULD BE SOMETHING VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. BUT CREATING A MARKET OUT OF NOTHING IS A DIFFICULT THING. SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU'LL READ OUR REQUEST AND CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES BEFORE YOU. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE? GO AHEAD.

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FIRST, I TOTALLY GET THE TERM IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, AND I TOTALLY GET THE CHICKEN OR EGG PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT

HOW TO FIX SEBASTOPOL FOR THE EXACT REASON AS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I

THOUGHT A SOCCER FIELD WOULD BE NICE TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO HAVE A REASON TO HAVE A HOTEL. BUT ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME IS WHEN YOU MAKE THIS ASK. COULD SOME PORTION OF THAT ASK, YOU KNOW, 2%, 3% BE DEDICATED TO A SPECIFIC MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO GET MORE PEOPLE HERE?
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YES. JUST TO BE CLEAR. OUR MARKETING BUDGET FOR THE HOTEL IS IN EXCESS OF $1 MILLION PER YEAR. WE'RE ADVERTISING SEBASTOPOL TO COME HERE. WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING HERE IS THE HOTEL. HERE IS A PLACE TO COME VISIT, YOU KNOW? AND ANOTHER

THING THAT'S IMPORTANT, YES, WE COULD AGREE TO BOLSTER OUR MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH MONEY BACK FROM THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID A STUDY, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT. IF NOT, IT'S AVAILABLE. THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL FROM THE HOTEL GUESTS, BASED ON NOT ME, BUT

VERY SMART PEOPLE, WHO WE HIRED AND PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

WOULD THE SPEND BE ANNUALLY IN DOWNTOWN SEBASTOPOL, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS $23 MILLION A YEAR OF NEW CREDIT CARD SWIPES FROM PEOPLE

VISITING THE HOTEL, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE AMAZING FOR THIS LITTLE TOWN TO KEEP ALL OF OUR CHOICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? NOPE. OKAY, WE'LL GO OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SO THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM ON THE BARLOW HOTEL. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. AGAIN, IT'S A TWO-MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO CHAMBERS FIRST, THEN GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS? PLEASE, COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

HELLO, I'M THE RESIDENT SINCE 1970, AND CURRENT BUSINESS OWNER DOWNTOWN SEBASTOPOL. I HEARD A LOT ABOUT BRINGING TOURISTS IN, AND THAT IS A MARKET THAT IS UNTAPPED SORT TO SPEAK AS YOU WERE SAYING. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TOURISTS ALREADY COMING HERE. THERE IS A HOTEL ALREADY HERE. SO IT IS NOT THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THAT WOULD DRAW FOLKS HERE. I HAVE TO -- I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO

REMIND PEOPLE WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO SEBASTOPOL IS NOT NECESSARILY MARKETING A FANCY HOTEL, BUT THE HOMETOWN FEEL THAT IS HERE. LOCALS, OWNING BUSINESSES, CREATING THESE SPACES THAT THE COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT. ONE-ONONE CONVERSATIONS WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO I DON'T THINK IT IS A FIRST, NECESSARILY. WE DO HAVE A HOTEL HERE.

WE HAD TWO AT ONE TIME. BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER WHAT ACTUALLY BRINGS PEOPLE TO SEBASTOPOL. AND I WOULD LIKE TO -- OFFER THE SUGGESTION. THERE'S A GO LOCAL PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. IT BECAME DEFUNCT, AND THEN IT KIND OF CAME BACK, AND IT BROUGHT PEOPLE IN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THINGS YOU DO HERE IN THE TOWN THAT REALLY DO

SUPPORT PEOPLE COMING TO SEBASTOPOL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF LOCAL ELEMENT TO THAT. WOULD THERE BE LOCAL DISCOUNTS, IF A LOCAL FAMILY WAS HAVING PEOPLE COMING IN TO THE CITY TO STAY? AND COULD THEY GET A DISCOUNT? HEALDSBURG JUST DID A HUGE ART AND WINE FESTIVAL,

OFFERING DISCOUNTS TO HEALDSBURG RESIDENTS TO COME TO THAT EVENT AND IT WAS AMAZING.

YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF SEBASTOPOL BUSINESSES. THANKS FOR BEING THERE. I WAS THERE AS WELL, FORTUNATELY. HOWEVER, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I

THINK YOU, AS THE COUNCIL, AND US AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO OFFER TO LOCAL RESIDENTS. AFFORDABILITY, SO PEOPLE AREN'T BEING PRICED OUT OF THIS PLACE THAT WE LOVE SO DEARLY.

THAT'S IT.

I'M STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN MY RESIDENCY HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEC, I'LL GO OUT TO ZOOM. KYLE, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE?
YES, I CAN.

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THANK YOU.

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CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
NO, BUT YOU CAN LET ME KNOW.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

IN THE 1970s, DONALD TRUMP -- TO MAKE THAT PROJECT WORK, NEW YORK CITY GRANTED AN EXTRAORDINARILY LONG TAX BREAK. AT THE TIME, IT WAS JUSTIFIED AS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOBS, REVITALIZATION, AND NEW ACTIVITY IN STRUGGLING AREA. BUT OVER TIME, THE DEAL BECAME KNOWN AS A SWEETHEART SUBSIDY.

REPORTING IS ESTIMATED IT COST NEW YORK CITY MORE THAN $400 MILLION AND FORGONE PUBLIC REVENUE. THAT'S THE RISK HERE. WHEN THE CITY GIVES AWAY TAX REVENUE, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, THE COST IS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS IN THE BEGINNING.

THE PROJECTIONS LOOK OPTIMISTIC, BUT THE PUBLIC CARRIES THE LONG-TERM BURDEN.

IF THE HOTEL SUCCEEDS, THE DEVELOPER BENEFITS. IF THE CITY REBATES AWAY THE

TAX REVENUE, THE PUBLIC LOSES MONEY THAT COULD HAVE SUPPORTED ROADS, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS. TOT IS NOT THE DEVELOPER'S MONEY. IT'S PUBLIC REVENUE. GENERATED BECAUSE VISITORS ARE STAYING IN OUR COMMUNITY. A 50% REBATE IS NOT A MINOR AMENDMENT. IT'S A MAJOR POLICY DECISION. BEFORE APPROVING ANYTHING LIKE THIS, THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE A FULL PUBLIC COUNTY. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE SUBSIDY, THE LENGTH OF THE

AGREEMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY COST, ENFORCEABLE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS,

AUDIT RIGHTS, CLAWBACK PROVISIONS, THE LESSON OF THE GRAND HYATT DEAL IS SIMPLE. WHAT IS SOLD AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COULD BECOME A LONG-TERM TRANSFER OF PUBLIC WEALTH TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER. DON'T REPEAT THAT MISTAKE HERE.

THANK YOU, KYLE FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL COME INTO CHAMBERS.

OLIVER?
THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M SURE THIS WILL WORK. I MEAN -- THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE USED THE HOTEL HERE, WHICH WAS CALLED THE SEBASTOPOL INN. AT THE TIME, IT BECAME BASICALLY FOR HOME KEY. PEOPLE ESCAPING FROM FIRES. THAT HOTEL WAS KIND OF CRAPPY, BUT IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN UPGRADED, BUT NOW IT'S GONE. SO

THE ONLY HOTEL WE HAVE HERE IS THE MARRIOTT, WHICH IS REALLY A WIZ HOTEL, AND NOWHERE NEAR DOWNTOWN. AND THERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRAVENSTEIN EXXONS

BEING BUILT, WHICH WILL ADD A LOT OF PRESSURE ON OUR LOCAL POLICE AND SERVICES AND SO ON. SO FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THERE'S SOME VERY BIG DECISIONS HERE. A COUPLE OF COUNSELORS WHO THINK IT IS GREAT THAT ST.

VINCENTS DE PAUL KIND OF SHAMBLING ALONG IN DOING WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING TO HELP. A FEW RANDOM PEOPLE WITH COORDINATED ENTRY. THEN WE'VE GOT BARNEY

WHO WANTS TO SPEND A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH A LOT OF RISK BUILDING IN AN UNPROVEN MARKET, IN A VERY DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CLIMATE. SO I THINK IT IS REALLY -- I KNOW REALLY KEEN ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS GARDENING AND SO ON. IT'S CRITICAL TO ME THE COUNCIL KIND OF PUT THEIR GROWNUP SUIT ON AND KIND

OF THINK ABOUT THIS FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, AND STOP THINKING THE COUNCIL'S MONEY IS JUST TO BE KIND OF GIVEN AWAY TO THE NEEDY. SO, YOU KNOW, GREAT TO HAVE IT PAY WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. SO TO ME, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE SOME SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THIS PERSPECTIVE HOTEL.

OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO HOTEL DEVELOPMENTS DOWNTOWN. WE'LL

HAVE TWO VACANT PATCHES OF LAND, WHICH WILL SIT THERE AND PEOPLE WILL DRIVE THROUGH SEBASTOPOL. CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF THE CITY BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST GOING THROUGH THE CROSSROADS AND SEBASTOPOL IS NOTHING. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT DYNAMIC, OTHERWISE ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL DIE. SO BIG MOMENT FOR THE COUNCIL, I THINK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, OLIVER FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM. IF

ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE, I'LL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS. IF THERE IS ANYONE IN CHAMBERS? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, REBECCA. DOES ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS? GO FOR IT.

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I JUST WANT TO RESPECT AND KEEP IT LOCAL COMMENT. YEAH, BARNEY, IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THE LOCAL BUSINESSES GOOD. LIKE IF WE COULD MARKET WITH THE DOWNTOWN OR SOMEHOW KIND OF COORDINATE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I

DEFINITELY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THE SEED IN THERE THAT HALF OF SOMETHING IS

SOMETHING, BUT HALF OF NOTHING IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LEAST DESIRABLE THING, I THINK. SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT WITH THAT.

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ALL RIGHT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE COMMENT ON THE GO LOCAL. IT IS

UNFORTUNATE THAT I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM THEM THIS WEEK, THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY CLOSING THEIR GO LOCAL. SO JUST -- IT'S CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW FOR EVERYBODY. SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL JUST RECEIVE THAT ITEM. THANK YOU FOR COMING, AND DOING THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. EVERYONE IS KEEN ON THAT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE, VICE MAYOR, I DIDN'T MISS YOUR HAND, DID I? OKAY. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOU'RE ON MUTE.

ARE YOU GOOD?
VICE MAYOR MAURER, YOU'RE ON MUTE.

YES, I WAS TRYING TO MUTE IT. ANY WAY, COULD WE TAKE A SHORT BREAK? OR I COULD?
YEAH, WE CAN. YEAH. YEAH. HOW ABOUT FIVE MINUTES?
YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. [ MEETING WILL RESUME AFTER A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK ]

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT ONCE EVERYONE KIND OF SETTLES DOWN HERE. SORRY IT'S SO WARM IN HERE. WE ARE TRYING TO MANAGE THAT. ALL RIGHT, IS IT OKAY IF WE GET GOING? OKAY, ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET GOING. NUMBER 11. THIS IS OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND WE WILL TAKE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION. NUMBER 11 ADOPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN STG PROJECT. REVIEW AND

ADOPT THE PROPOSED PLAN TO CONVERT BOTH PETALUMA AVENUE AND MAIN STREET

TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC WITH THE INCLUSION OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, AND IT IS PLANNING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. THIS IS ALSO MINE. AND I'M GOING TO LET JEFF, OUR CONSULTANT TAKE OVER AND DO HIS PRESENTATION IN JUST A SECOND. I WANTED TO --

HE'LL COVER WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TALKED ABOUT SINCE WE LAST TALKED TO YOU. I WANTED TO POINT YOU TOWARDS THE RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT TONIGHT. CONFIRMING COMPLETION OF THE WORK PROGRAM THAT IS

ASSOCIATED WITH THE CALTRANS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET PAID. ADOPTING THE REIMAGINING OF THE CORE PLAN IS

THE GUIDING POLICY AND PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR FUTURE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR

PLANNING FUNDING, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY.

IS THERE ANY WAY, IT IS JUST HARD WITH THAT FAN GOING. IT IS REALLY HARD TO HEAR YOU MAYBE. GET CLOSER TO THE MIC?
YES, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW.

YEAH.

ENDORSING THE PLANT'S PREFERRED MULTI-MODAL NETWORK. DIRECTING STAFF TO

CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH CALTRANS, THE REGIONAL COUNTIES, BUSINESSES,

PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THE COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE A COORDINATED QUARTER

WIDE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN'S RECOMMENDATION. DIRECT STAFF TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY

ADVISORY GROUP OR A SIMILAR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO SUPPORT ONGOING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. AND TO PURSUE FUNDING TECHNICAL STUDIES, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO ON. THE PLAN DOES

INCLUDE SOME SHORT-TERM IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS THAT WE'D LIKE YOUR DIRECTION ON. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEFF.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, IF YOU CAN TURN IT UP.

HELLO?
THERE YOU GO.

SO YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. SO TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO OVER, A

QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WALK THROUGH THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES, THE WALKABLE TWO-WAY. WE'LL DISCUSS THE BIKE STUDY YOU ALL

ASKED US TO DO LAST TIME, AND DO A RUN THROUGH OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. SO FIRST A QUICK OVERVIEW. JUST TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT'S BEEN IN THE REPORT. REALLY, WE WANT TO CONFIRM THE STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, SO CALTRANS CAN ISSUE ITS FINAL COMPLETION OF THE GRANT. WE ARE ALSO ASKING YOU

TO ADOPT THE PLAN, THAT INCLUDES THE VISION WE DISCUSSED TO REALLY EMPOWER

STAFF TO ADVANCE THESE IDEAS AND SEEK FUNDING AND COORDINATION NEEDED TO ADVANCE THE IDEAS. AND REALLY JUST REVISIT AND COMMIT TO A COMMUNITY

PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE NOTHING CAN BE BUILT, STUDIED, OR IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM THE CITY. AS A REMINDER LAST TIME, WE WERE ASKED TO STUDY THE

NEW ALTERNATIVE, THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE REST OF THE PREVIOUS ALTERNATIVES. STUDY BIKE FACILITIES OR PROTECTED BIKE FACILIT IES ON MAIN, WHICH WE INCLUDED AS A PART OF OUR MATERIALS TO YOU ALL. SO A WALK THROUGH OF THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE ADVANCED THE DESIGN A LITTLE BIT, AND DID OPERATIONALS ANALYSIS. WE REALLY WANT TO ECHO, THIS REALLY MAKES MAIN STREET THE PLACE. THE PLACE WE WILL COME TO, GATHER, AND REALLY INTERFACE WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES THAT WILL COME WITH IT. PETALUMA AVENUE AND MCKINLEY IS REALLY DESIGNED FOR MOVEMENT. IT IS GETTING CARS THROUGH. IT IS

GETTING CYCLISTS THROUGH, AND FOLKS THAT AREN'T COMING TO PARTAKE IN DOWNTOWN. YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE STREET DO BOTH MOVEMENT AND PLACE. IT IS

REALLY MESSY, AND IT IS NOT REALLY GOOD AT EITHER WHEN YOU TRY TO SPLIT THEM THAT WAY. TO SHOW THAT IN A PICTURE, WE WANT TO JUST TALK THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATION OF MAIN STREET THAT THIS PLAN INCLUDES. RIGHT NOW, TODAY, THERE'S MULTI-LANES OF TRAFFIC, ALL ONEWAY WITH SIDEWALKS ON THE STREETS. IN A CROSS SECTION, THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF LANES. AGAIN, IT'S MAIN STREET, IN BETWEEN MCKINLEY AND BODEGA. SO IT IS THREE LANES IN THAT SECTION WITH PARKING AND ONE DIRECTION OF BIKE LANE. THE TRANSFORMATION,

REALLY, ABOUT DOUBLES THE AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDES,

AND REALLY OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO EXPAND INTO THE SIDEWALK. INCREASING THE SPACE FOR PEOPLE WALKING. IN A NETWORK LEVEL, THIS

MEANS TAKING THE THROUGH BICYCLE FACILITIES AROUND THE TWO BLOCKS OF DOWNTOWN. BUT REALLY FORTIFYING AND REINFORCING THE EAST-WEST, AND NORTH,

SOUTH BIKE CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING TRAILS, TO PROPOSED TRAILS, AND REALLY

CONSISTENT WITH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WAS FINALIZED LAST YEAR OR A YEAR OR SO AGO. THIS GRAPHIC HERE, JUST QUICKLY SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK WIDENING, INCLUDED IN THIS PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. IT WIDENS ALL THE SIDEWALKS ON THE DOWNTOWN CORE NEXT TO BUSINESSES, BY AT LEAST FIVE FEET.

AND IT BRINGS IT ALL UP TO CURRENT COMPLETE STREET SAFETY DESIGN STANDARDS FOR CALTRANS. IN SUMMARY, THIS WALKABLE TWO WAY DOES EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE DO, WHICH PRIORITIZES ACCESS AND SAFETY. MAXIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STREETSCAPE ACTIVITIES. ALL THE PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES WE

DISCUSSED ARE POTENTIALLY FEASIBLE, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SPACE WE ADDED IN THE PEDESTRIAN REALM. WE HAVE A WHOLE 5% REDUCTION, BY CHANGING TWO WAY,

AND IT RANKED BETTER THAN ALL OF THE OTHER, THE FOUR ALTERNATIVES WE PUT

TOGETHER BY COMBINING THE WALKABLE NATURE AND THE TWO-WAY CONFIGURATION. IT SCORED HIGHER THAN ALL OF THE OTHER FOUR ALTERNATIVES WE IDENTIFIED. AND THE WAY WE LAID IT OUT, IT MEETS ALL OF CALTRANS APPLICABLE DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH IS EASIER TO GET CALTRANS APPROVAL. IT'S NOT EASY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE USING THEIR DESIGN STANDARDS, IT MAKES IT EASIER TO BE APPROVED.

MOVING ON TO ONE OF THE SIDE STUDIES TO HELP CONFORM THIS IS THE REQUEST TO LOOK AT DEDICATED PROTECTED BIKE FACILITIES ON MAIN STREET. WHAT WE FOUND

KIND OF BOILS DOWN TO A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN THREE THINGS WE WANT, BUT ONLY TWO COULD FIT. THAT IS ON-STREET PARKING, WIDER SIDEWALKS FOR AREAS LIKE

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THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN, ON MAIN STREET. WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE CRITICAL BLOCK OF MAIN STREET BETWEEN BODEGA AND BURNETT. THIS IS THE EXISTING BETWEEN WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY. WE'RE MAINTAINING ONE LANE IN EACH

DIRECTION, AND THE SIDEWALKS AT LEAST AS THEY ARE TODAY, WHICH IS ABOUT TEN FEET. AND KIND OF WENT THROUGH WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE PARKING? YOU WOULD HAVE SPACE FOR PEOPLE BIKING, SPACE FOR AMENITIES LIKE OUTDOOR SEATING, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ON STREET PARKING. AND THEN WE

LOOKED AT A VERSION THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE OUTDOOR SEATING COMPONENT, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE PARKING PROTECTED BIKE FACILITY. DOESN'T REALLY

WIDEN THE SIDEWALKS, BUT IT DOES MAINTAIN THE PARKING, AND PUTS IN BIKEWAYS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WITHOUT BIKE LANES, THAT INCLUDES

AMENITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, AS WELL AS ON-STREET PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET FOR THAT CORE TWO BLOCKS. THIS IS THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES. MAIN STREET CONFIGURATION THAT WE'RE SHOWING IN OUR DESIGN, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. SO NOW THE BIG FUN STUFF, HOW DO WE GET THERE? WHAT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY? THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF

PROJECTS AND PROJECT ELEMENTS THAT GET BUILT, BROKEN OUT INTO THESE PEDESTRIAN AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S BIKEWAY, PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS.TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED. THERE'S THE TWO-WAY CONVERSION OF THE ENTIRE ROADWAY

NETWORK, AS WELL AS OTHER ELEMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLIMENT A TWO-WAY VERSION. YOU CAN'T JUST CHANGE ONE BLOCK TO TWO WAY. YOU NEED TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND NORTH TO WHERE IT GOES TWO WAY. SO RECOGNIZING YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THESE AT

ONCE, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO DO SOME BEFORE THE OTHERS ARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHERS. NEXT QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DELIVER IT? IN ORDER TO DELIVER SOMETHING

LIKE THIS, IT REQUIRES INVOLVEMENT FROM CALTRANS, STCA, OTHER AGENCY

PARTNERS, AS WELL AS THE COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. IT REALLY REQUIRES TO GET THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS,

TO REALLY INTEGRATE IT INTO COUNTY WIDE AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS, AS THE FUTURE CONFIGURATION THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. AND REALLY

CONTINUE ADVANCING THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE

THINGS THAT DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND TO OTHERS THAT WE ARE

REALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH MAKING DOWNTOWN A MORE VIBRANT, SAFER PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE. AND LAST ONE BEING CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.

NEXT QUESTION, HOW DO WE BEST POSITION OURSELVES FOR FUNDING? THIS WILL REQUIRE FUNDING FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES. WE REALLY WANT TO

UNDERSTAND PHASING THE PROJECT IN A STRATEGIC WAY THAT CAPITALIZES ON THE

GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL, AND FEDERAL LEVEL. WE DO FOE HAD SOME OF THE BIG FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HOW THIS PROJECT WOULD FARE, BUT THEY SOMETIMES COME IN DIFFERENT ORDERS. SO JUST

ALLOWING STAFF TO BE OPPORTUNISTIC ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE WHOLE PROPOSED PROJECT. REALLY LEVERAGING

EXISTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE CIP, MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, AND OTHER

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE PUTTING IN MONEY, MAKING SURE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS OVERALL VISION. HOW DO WE STAY ACCOUNTABLE? IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT

WITH THE CITY AND ELECTED BODY TO REALLY MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMPONENT OF THIS. MAKE SURE IT IS COORDINATED ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, SO EVERYBODY IS KIND OF GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. AND REALLY

MAINTAINING THE COMMITMENT TO THIS VISION THROUGH ALL THE OTHER BUSINESS

THAT IS IN FRONT OF US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS FITS IN THE

GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS OF MOVING TOWARDS THAT TWO-WAY WALKABLE DOWNTOWN. LAST SLIDE HERE, A LOT OF WORDS. THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE ACTION THAT WE ARE ASKING FIVE THINGS. ONE, AFFIRM THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE MEETS THE VISION THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, AND APPROVED BEFORE. CONSIDER

ALLOCATION OF SOME FUNDS TO ADVANCE THIS PROCESS, BOTH WITH CALTRANS, AND OTHER PARTNERS TO REALLY START SEEKING THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

EMPOWER AND DIRECT STAFF TO PURSUE A PHASED APPROACH THAT REALLY MEETS THE Agenda Item Number 1 Agenda Item Number 1
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TARGETS THAT ARE IN THIS PLAN. AND REALLY COORDINATE WITH CALTRANS AND OUR

REGIONAL PARTNERS, AND REALLY CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND PURSUE INTERNAL

FUNDING BECAUSE THIS WILL NOT BE PAID FOR SOLELY BY THE CITY, BUT IT REALLY

TAKES THOSE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT THIS PROJECT CHECKS ALL THOSE BOXES TO BE A GOOD CANDIDATE IN A LOT OF WAYS. SO WITH THAT, TWO SECONDS TO SPARE. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.

Agenda Item Number 1
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS HERE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET BACK TO THE SCREEN, SO WE COULD SEE OUR VICE MAYOR AS WELL. IF NOT, I HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY.

OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SEE.

IF YOU COULD STOP SHARING BECAUSE WE CANNOT SEE OUR VICE MAYOR WHO ACTUALLY HAS QUESTIONS TOO. OKAY. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. IN THAT LAST SLIDE YOU HAD, ALLOCATE FUNDS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. CAN YOU REMIND ALL OF US WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE NEEDED TO ADVANCE THIS AND WHAT THE STEPS ARE?

THERE ARE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND DESIGNS TO ACTUALLY SEEK THE FUNDING.

I UNDERSTAND. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF IT LIKE HOW MUCH -- DO YOU ESTIMATE ALL THAT COSTS?

WE HAVEN'T DONE A DETAILED ESTIMATE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE NEED TO DO, BUT A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS THAT ADD UP.

FOR A FINANCIALLY STRAPPED CITY, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROPER DECISION HOW MUCH THAT ACTUALLY COSTS.

I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU SAID TO DIRECT STAFF, AND I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT WORDING. WAS IT LIKE YOU WANTED A STAFF PERSON THAT COULD DO ALL THAT OR DID I MISREAD THAT?

WILL IT IS MORE TO CONFIRM THAT STAFF SHOULD GO SEEK FUNDING IF THEY ARE

SUCCESSFUL AT SEEKING FUNDING TO SPEND SUCH FUNDING ON PLANNING DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.

GOT IT BECAUSE IT WAS QUICK, AND I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR STAFF FOR US TO ACTUALLY GO TO THAT? AND THE FINAL

QUESTION I HAVE, AS FAR AS GRANTS, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE GRANT WORLD BEING IN THE NON-PROFIT WORLD. HOW MANY CITIES HAVE ACTUALLY BROUGHT

SOMETHING, A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE TO FRUITION, AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE GOING THROUGH ALL THE GRANT PROCESS? LIKE WHAT'S THE SUCCESS RATE FOR THAT? THE SUCCESS RATE, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO, BUT IT'S A LARGE MULTI-YEAR PROJECT.

FOR THE BEGINNING, ONE OF THE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE FIVE TO 15-YEAR TIME FRAME. DEPENDING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS THROUGH CALTRANS WOULD REQUIRE. I THINK 10 TO 15 YEARS FOR FULL REALIZATION OF EVERYTHING IS THE TIMELINE. I THINK SEBASTOPOL, WE ARE COMMITTED TO SAFETY,

STEWARDSHIP, AND BUSINESS VITALITY IS A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR TRANSPORTATION GRANT WORLD.

WILL GIVEN THE TIME FRAME 5 TO 15 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. IS THERE A TIME THERE

WHERE ANY OF THESE STUDIES AND ALL THE STUFF YOU HAVE TO DO EXPIRE, AND THEN THEY NEED TO BE REPEATED? I'M WONDERING. I DON'T KNOW.

NOT EXPLICITLY. SO THE BIG STUDY THAT HAPPENS IN THE CALTRANS VERNACULAR IS

THE PDS, WHERE THROUGH CALTRANS, YOU WOULD STUDY EVERYTHING THAT WE STUDIED TO A MUCH MORE GRANULAR LEVEL OF DETAIL AND CLEARANCE. THAT PROCESS IS A PARTNER AND HAS DONE THAT WITH SEVERAL OTHERS. WHEN WE MET

WITH THEM A FEW WEEKS AGO, THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, MEETING THE

REQUIREMENTS AND THE ELIGIBILITY OF A PROJECT OF IT THIS MAGNITUDE TO BE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED OVER TIME.

AND I GUESS I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN I THOUGHT. WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THIS MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES. JUST A

LACK OF STUDY REGARDING ALL THE LEFT TURNS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND THE BACKUP THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE MULTIPLE LANES HEADING SOUTH. SO WE RECEIVED THAT MORE THAN ONCE, SAYING THAT WASN'T EVEN ASSESSED. SO HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT? Agenda Item Number 1
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YES, WE DO TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND ANALYSIS AS A PART OF THE STUDY. WE LOOK AT

ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE REALLOCATION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY

DRIVING THROUGH SEBASTOPOL TODAY, AND WE ANALYZE THOSE INTERSECTIONS FOR ALL FIVE OF THE ALTERNATIVES WE IDENTIFIED. WHAT WE FOUND IS SOME OF THEM HAVE LEVEL SERVICE, WHATNOT. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE E OR BETTER IN ALL SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.

Agenda Item Number 1
DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS?
ANY VIBRANT DOWNTOWN THAT HAS TRAFFIC, BUT IT'S BUSTLING. IT IS WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE TO HAVE THAT HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF FOLKS. ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT IS FREE FLOW, AND YOUR FAST MOVING CARS. ANYTHING F OR WORSE IS LIKE STANDSTILL. SO WHAT WE MODELED, GIVEN THE VOLUMES WE COLLECTED, THESE

CONFIGURATIONS WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PHASING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO

OPERATE THOSE TWO-WAY, ALL THOSE STREETS AS TWO-WAY STREETS, WOULD HAVE

LEVEL OF SERVICE AND CUEING, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU WOULD WANT IN A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN SETTING.

AND IN DOING ALL THIS, WHEN YOU ARE FIGURING ALL THESE THINGS OUT, DID YOU

TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT NEW PEOPLE LIVING

HERE BECAUSE OF THE CANOPY PROJECT, AND OUR WOOD MARK APARTMENTS, YOU

KNOW, A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CARS AND TRAFFIC. WAS ALL OF THAT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT?

WE DID LOOK AT THE FUTURE TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO SEE

HOW THE CHANGES OF DOWNTOWN WOULD CHANGE THE NETWORK OF THE BROADER SONOMA COUNTY REGION, AND IT WAS MEMBERS OF THE JURIABLE. IT WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE GRANT.

THANK YOU, ANYONE ELSE?
I LOVE THE MISSION. IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY TIED TOGETHER PLAN THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO CALTRANS. AND I KNOW CALTRANS HAS KIND OF BEEN HANDING OUT -- HANDING OUT IS A BAD TERM. SO IS THERE -- AND I'M A SYSTEMS PERSON, SO LIKE IT HAD SEEMS TO FIT IN OUR SYSTEM. ARE THEY, WHEN YOU WERE PLANNING THIS WITH THEM, DID YOU KIND OF HAVE THAT DISCUSSION? LIKE THIS IS A PART OF THE GREATER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, THINGS?
TWO PARTS OF THAT. CALTRANS HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BUT NOT LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. CALTRANS DOES HAVE A PRIORITIZATION OF SAFETY OVER OPERATIONS. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHICH IS TO THIS SCENARIO IS THE

CITY AND THE COMMUNITY WERE LOOKING FOR A SIGNAL, BUT CALTRANS HAD

DEFINITIVE DATA THAT SHOWED A ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE SAFER THAN THE SIGNAL,

NO MATTER, AND CALTRANS WOULD SAY WE CANNOT SAY YES TO SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THERE IS A SAFER ALTERNATIVE THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO STUDY. SO WHAT I

DO THINK HAPPENS IN THAT CALTRANS PROCESS IS ROUNDABOUTS WILL BE EVALUATED AND LOOKED AT, AND HOW BIG ARE THEY? HOW THEY WOULD ACTUALLY OPERATE. AND

WHAT IS THE SAFETY OUTCOME OF THAT VERSES WHAT'S OUT THERE AS A SIGNAL TODAY OR NOT AS A SIGNAL TODAY. I DON'T THINK -- IT IS NOT OFF THE TABLE, BUT I

THINK WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE IS OPTIMIZING THE THREE TRAFFIC

SIGNALS, AND POTENTIALLY OTHER INTERSECTIONS, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, LIKE

INTEGRATING THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON AT MCKINLEY AND LAGUNA PARK, INTO

SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULDN'T WORK WITH THE TWO WAY.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A FOLLOWUP WITH THE STEPS THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH, WHEN WE AUTHORIZE OR IF WE, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO FORWARD WITH THIS.

THEN THERE'S SOME INCREMENTAL, YOU KNOW, FUTURE MOVEMENT. SOME OF THE

THINGS COULD BE DONE WITHOUT THE MAJOR ROADWORK OR, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS

LIKE THAT, WHICH MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW -- WHEN WE ADVOCATE FOR DIRECTION IS THAT KIND OF LIKE IN THAT? SO WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY MINDS, HEY, HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR SMALL THING? YES, THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I WOULD. THERE ARE SMALL PROJECTS ALONG THE WAY TO GET YOU TO THE LARGER VISION. I'M NOT NECESSARILY SUGGESTING THAT EVERY

SINGLE SMALL PROJECT GO THROUGH A SUPER LONG PERIOD, BUT ANYTHING THAT HAS Agenda Item Number 1
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TIED TO FUNDING SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH A FRAMEWORK

THAT HELPS THE CITY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OF IS IT THIS BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECT? IS IT THIS, YOU KNOW, PAVING PROJECT? OR IS THERE ONE THAT HAS PAVING AND BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INTEGRATED? LET'S DO THAT BECAUSE THAT

WILL MAKE USE OF THE AVAILABLE MAINTENANCE MONEY, WHILE ALSO ADVANCING OUR SAFETY GOALS. THAT'S THE KIND OF THROUGH LINE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LONGER-TERM STRATEGY OF THIS PLAN IN THE DOWNTOWN.

Agenda Item Number 1
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE BEFORE? OH, VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD.

YES. ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WAS JUST SAYING. I'M

WONDERING IF WE APPROVE OF THIS PLAN, CAN WE MAKE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FUTURE?
OF COURSE, YES. I THINK IT WILL BE ADJUSTED OVER TIME AS CALTRANS LOOKS AT IT IN MORE DETAIL AND MORE DESIGN WORK IS DONE. THERE WILL BE SMALL MODIFICATIONS.

BUT THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF DEDICATED BICYCLE FACILITIES IN, YOU KNOW, ALONG A CERTAIN CORRIDOR TO TWO-WAY CIRCULATION ON THE OTHER CORRIDOR.

THAT'S KIND OF CORE TO THE VISION. BUT ALONG THE WAY, IT WILL GET TWEAKED, TO MEET WHAT IS FOUND OUT DURING THAT DESIGN PROCESS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE TWO-WAY STREET PROPOSAL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, I DO CHAMBERS FIRST, THEN GO INTO ZOOM. IT'S A TWO-MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF ANYONE IN CHAMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
HOW IS IT GOING? MY NAME IS GABE. I WORK AT COMMUNITY BIKES. I'VE BEEN BIKING HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHATEVER YOU GUYS GO

WITH, I REALLY RECOMMEND KEEPING BIKE PATHS ON MAIN STREET VERSES PETALUMA AVENUE JUST BASED ON THE STEEPNESS OF THAT GRADE. I KIND OF BASE MY PADS OF CAN A FOURTH GRADER DO IT? TALKING ABOUT PETALUMA AVENUE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL. IT'S JUST NOT VIABLE. SO IF YOU KEEP IT ON MAIN STREET, IT IS NOT AS STEEP OF A STREET. MUCH MORE SAFER. IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE BIKE PATH FROM LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU'RE HEADING SOUTH. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO TURN OFF THE ROAD TO GET ONTO ANOTHER ROAD. THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, GABE FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL GO OUT TO ZOOM. LEE, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE?
HELLO?
THERE YOU GO. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
I CAN.

GREAT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

YEAH. LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND MONEY AND STAFF TO DO THIS? THE BUDGET DEFICIT NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW STANDS AT $1 MILLION AFTER THAT. THE NEXT TWO YEARS, $1.6 MILLION. IT WON'T

BE A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY FLOATING AROUND IN THE CITY TO USE FOR MATCHING FUNDS OR TO DO PLANNING THAT IS NECESSARY FORD TO SUBMIT GRANTS. WE HAVE MEASURE MONEY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 40% OF IT WAS SUPPOSE TO GO TO THE STREET TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. SOME MIGHT GET DONE THIS YEAR AND THE REST IS BEING CARRIED OVER NOW INTO NEXT YEAR. I ASSUME THIS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE STAFF TO DO THE WORK. IF THEY ARE NOW FOCUSED ON THIS PROJECT, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS? ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET THEM FIXED? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS OPTION CAME FROM. IF THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA, WHY DIDN'T IT COME UP IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS? AND THE PUBLIC

MEETINGS, IT EMERGED EITHER A WALKABLE ONEWAY, SO YOU HAVE NICE SIDEWALKS,

BUT YOU STILL KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING SMOOTHLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE ENOUGH LANES AND PARKING. OR YOU HAVE A TWO-WAY, FULLY TWO-WAY OPTION, BUT IT DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE EXTRA SIDEWALK SPACE. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET SIDEWALKS AND TWO WAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ALSO NOT GOING TO GET LEFT-TURN LANES, PARTICULARLY AT MAIN STREET AND 12th, WHICH IS TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS. THAT IS NOT JUST A MINOR THING. THAT TRAFFIC HAS GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE, AND LIKELY IT WILL GO UP Agenda Item Number 1
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FLORENCE, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THIS ALL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE YET, AND NEEDS A LOT MORE WORK. THANK YOU.

Agenda Item Number 1
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE.

HI, I'M LIVE ABOUT FIVE BLOCKS NORTH OF DOWNTOWN. THIS IS BY FIRST TIME EVER SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT THIS. TO ME, THE

BIGGEST RISK OF THIS IS THAT THERE IS SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO IT THAT NOTHING WILL EVER HAPPEN. WE ARE IN AGREEMENT. WE WANT TO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY DOWNTOWN. WE WANT TO HAVE A BIKE FRIENDLY DOWNTOWN. 59% OF THE PEOPLE, DON'T WANT TWO WILL HAVE WAY TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC COMING DOWN ON 116 EVERY DAY IS JAMMED. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM THREE LANES AND A BIKE LANE TO ONE LANE AT MCKINLEY. WHERE IS THE TRAFFIC GOING TO GO? AND BECAUSE THERE IS

TWO DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC, THE LIGHTS HAVE TO BE MUCH LONGER BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT AND TO TURN RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME ON MCKINLEY NOW, YOU AUTOMATICALLY GET TO GO RIGHT ALL THE TIME. HOW IS THAT TRAFFIC GOING TO GET THROUGH? THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE. SO WE ARE GOING

TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS HERE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T WORK ON THAT TWO-LOT STREET? WHAT ABOUT EVERY OTHER BUSINESS IN SEBASTOPOL? WHAT ABOUT THE HARDWARE STORE? WHAT ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH SEBASTOPOL AND VISIT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE? WE CAN HAVE A PEDESTRIANFRIENDLY STREET. WE DON'T HAVE TO WIPE OUT A BIKE LANE. I WALK THE TOWN, IT'S FIVE BLOCKS. I WILL NOT WALK MORE, WHEN I HAVE MORE TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO WAIT ON. I BIKE CONSTANTLY. I WILL NOT NOW BE ABLE TO BIKE THROUGH THE MAIN PART OF TOWN. THIS IS SUPPOSE TO ALLOW BIKERS TO BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS.

WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO LET THEM INTO THE MAIN STRIP. THIS IS -- WE SHOULD NOT INFLICT THIS ON OURSELVES. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. WE CAN COME UP WITH A

SOLUTION THAT LETS PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES AND BUSINESSES, ALL OVER THE CITY COEXIST.

THAT IS TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL GO OUT TO ZOOM. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. EMILY, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE?
HI.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
YES.

GREAT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

HI, EMILY SHARTIN FROM THE BICYCLE COALITION. THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDED A

VERY BRIEF LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF BIKE LANES ON PAIN STREET PER THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AT THE LAST MEETING. I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE OF THE COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS ON WHAT WAS PRESENTED. SCBC IS CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF DESIGNS THAT INCLUDES BIKE STREETS ON MAIN STREET. THAN LINING THE STREETS WITH VEHICLE PARKING. PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THIS DESIGN HAD NO BIKEWAYS ON

MAIN STREET, AND THAT WAS A PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONCERN, CERTAINLY AS PART OF OUR CONCERN AS WELL. BIKES WOULD ALSO BE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION WITH TRAFFIC, WHICH INCLUDES PREDICTABILITY FOR CYCLISTS. AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN, YOU HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE. TWO-WAY CYCLE TRACKS AND PATHS ARE DIFFICULT. HOW CYCLISTS GET ON AND OFF WITH THEM, WHAT HAPPENS AT INTERSECTIONS. I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE. THAT CREATES UNCERTAINTY, SOME PREDICTABILITY. SO IT NEEDS TO BE NAILED DOWN. I ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BIKE BOULEVARD THAT'S SHOWN ON BURNETT. USUALLY BIKE BOULEVARDS

INVOLVE SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC DIVERSION TO KEEP CARS OFF OF THOSE ROADS OR AT THE VERY LEAST, KEEP CARS GOING AT LOW SPEEDS. SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE WITH THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND THEN LASTLY, THERE WAS BIKE PARKING INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION. NO DISCUSSION OF IT. IT CAN'T BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT. IT NEEDS TO BE SECURE AND VISIBLE, AND A CENTRAL PART OF THIS PLAN. THANKS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT, I'LL COME INTO CHAMBERS. OLIVER? Agenda Item Number 1
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THANK YOU. I JUST LOOKED UP WHILE THIS GENTLEMAN WAS PRESENTING. WE HAVE ABOUT 23,000 CARS GO THROUGH THE CITY EVERY DAY. IT'S THE BUSIEST CROSSROADS IN ALL OF SONOMA COUNTY. 116th AND 12th. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THERE'S 922 TRUCKS A

DAY, APPROXIMATELY, AND A LOT OF THOSE TRUCKS STOP TO DROP OFF FOOD AND SO ON TO THE STORES DOWNTOWN. SO THE IDEA OF HAVING ALL THIS KIND OF FREE FLOWING TRAFFIC GOING TWO LANES, I LIVE A BLOCK OFF 116 GOING SOUTH, AND I'M VERY AWARE HEAVY TRUCKS ARE ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING.

SO THE FUNDAMENTAL PERMITS, LIKE THE PUBLIC WORKS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? WE HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC FLOWING THROUGH THE CITY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GRIDLOCK. PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO GO DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE GOING TO START DRIVING THROUGH ALL THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, WHICH HAVE BAD ROAD SURFACES. SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE QUIETER STREETS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE COMING UP 116, A LOT OF PEOPLE CUT THROUGH THE CITY BY GOING THAT WAY. THEN THEY ZIGZAG TO GET THROUGH TO THE COAST. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS WHERE

UNLESS THERE IS A BYPASS ORGANIZED WITH CALTRANS, WE LESSON THAT TRAFFIC

AND VANS, AND WE HAVE A HUGE NUMBER COMING THROUGH EVERY DAY, DELIVERING ALL THE FEDEX TRUCKS, AND EVERYBODY IS BUYING STUFF FROM AMAZON AND SO ON. I RARELY SEE THEM ON THE LANES, IT'S LIKE A RARE BIRD OR SOMETHING. AND WANTS TO GET TO THE LIQUOR STORE ON AN ELECTRICAL TRICYCLE. HE'S NOT GOING TO GO ON THE MAIN ROAD. THERE IS NO WAY, YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE PLAN, AND WE'RE IGNORING ALL THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.

Agenda Item Number 1
NEXT, I'LL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. PAUL, CAN YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF, PLEASE? HI, THANKS.

CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER, PAUL?
I CAN, MARY, THANK YOU.

GREAT, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD COMBINATION OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS PROCESS.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE APPROACH. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT KIND OF A COOKIECUTTER APPROACH YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES. I THINK IT REALLY TAKES A LOT OF WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INPUT. HAS COME UP WITH A GOOD KIND OF SCHEMATIC PLAN. THERE ARE MANY DETAILS, OBVIOUSLY THAT STILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT THIS WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR DOWNTOWN. I THINK IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. I HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC. WE ALL HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC IN FEAR OF TRAFFIC. AND THE MOST TRAFFIC THROUGH DOWN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. WE WANT DOWNTOWN TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND TIME. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SPEND TIME DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW. THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC, NO OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTY HAS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN. WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ENVIRONMENT. AND I TOTALLY

APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS ABOUT NOT HAVING BIKES ALL THE WAY -- BIKE LANES ALL THE WAY DOWN MAIN STREET, YOU KNOW. IN AN IDEAL WORLD, I WOULD AGREE. WE SHOULD GET RID OF THE STREET PARKING. BUT DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD GO BALLISTIC OVER THAT, SO I THINK THIS IS A COMPROMISE. MAYBE OVER TIME, WE COULD MAYBE MOVE TOWARDS THAT EVENTUALLY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ESTABLISH A

COMMITTEE, AN INDEPENDENT KIND OF COMMITTEE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THIS, TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. WE DON'T WANT TO LET THIS REPORT SORT OF DIE ON THE VINE SORT TO SPEAK. I AM LIMITED ABOUT CURRENT STAFF CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO I THINK HAVING KIND

OF A STANDING EXIT TEE TO HELP ADVANCE IT THIS COULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE

STAFFING CONCERNS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, AND WE SHOULD KEEP GOING. THANKS.

THANK YOU, PAUL FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE IN CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'LL GO BACK OUT TO ZOOM. IF ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY. SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.

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ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. BACK AT THE DAIS HERE FOR COMMENTS. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER HINTON.

Agenda Item Number 1
I JUST WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS. I SUPPORTED THIS THE LAST TIME, AND I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING IT TONIGHT. I THINK ABOUT ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAD OUR BODEGA AVENUE PROJECT. IT WAS STARTING WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED IN 2016. THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO. SO THESE PROJECTS TAME A LONG TIME. WHERE SHE TO GO FOR FUNDING. YOU KNOW, THEY CHANGE ALONG THE WAY. BUT I DO BELIEVE IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THREE LANES AS THE SPEAKER BROUGHT UP. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY OTHER SONOMA COUNTY DOWNTOWN THAT HAS ONE-WAY STREETS. SO FOR ME, DRIVING, IT JUST DOES FEEL LIKE A HIGHWAY. THIS MIGHT NOT BE PERFECT TONIGHT, BUT I PLAN TO SUPPORT IT ALSO BECAUSE WE NEED TO ACCEPT IT TO GET PAID ON THE PROJECT. SO I DO

HOPE WE CAN APPROVE IT TONIGHT, BUT ALSO KEEP IT ALIVE AND MOVE FORWARD SLOWLY ON THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT A HOTEL TONIGHT. THIS WOULD MAKE SENSE AS THE TOWN GROWS, IN MY OPINION. THANKS.

YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP NEXT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, THEN COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN.

THANKS. YEAH. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR LIKE TWO YEARS, OR I HAVE BEEN ABSORBING COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE. I LIVE ON WEST, WHICH WOULD END UP DUMPING OUT ON 116, WHICH IS A STEADY STREAM OF CARS. SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN IT WOULD FILTER THROUGH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER

THAT, PETALUMA COULD OPEN UP A FULL MILE OF OTHER ROADS WHERE THINGS GO THROUGH. I THOUGHT ABOUT THE PHYSICS OF HOW TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH TOWN,

AND I'M RATHER CONFIDENT, AND I HAVE SPOKEN THROUGH TO BUSINESSES ALL THE

WAY UP THROUGH SEBASTOPOL HARDWARE ABOUT HOW TRAFFIC WILL ACTUALLY DIAL BACK JUST A TOUCH, BUT IT WILL FEEL BETTER BECAUSE IT WON'T FEEL BAD. WHEN I

WAS DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT WHAT THEY DID,

AND IT INCREASED BUSINESSES LIKE WHERE AMN BARBECUE IS, THEIR BUSINESSES INCREASED 17, 30% BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SLOWER, IT WAS EASIER TO ACCESS. THERE

ARE TURNOUTS FOR GOING ON SOME SAFE LEFTS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, ON ONE SIDE OF THE AREA IF YOU LOOK AT IT CORRECTLY. BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME SMALL THINGS

TO WORRY ABOUT LIKE CAN YOU TAKE A LEFT FROM GOING DOWN WHERE THE CITY HALL IS. LEFT ON TO NORTH PAIN STREET. THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE DIALED IN AS THE PLOT THICKENS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE HAVE A VISION HERE TO IRON OUT. WE'LL HAVE TIME TO IRON OUT SOME OF THE MORE DIFFICULT SPOTS WITH THERE.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

YES, I'M DEFINITELY STILL A THOUSAND SUPPORT IN SUPPORT OF THIS. AS I SAID, I WANT TO REDUCE SPEEDS. I DON'T BELIEVE ANY CITY SHOULD HAVE AN INDY 500 ZOOMING TRAFFIC, RUNNING OVER PEOPLE. DEFINITELY HAVING RUN OVER THAT DOG. I LOVE THE PHRASE THE CONSULTANT SAID, MAIN STREET TO BE THE PLACE. I WANT THAT. I WANT

THAT BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO STAY AND APPRECIATE ALL THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR

DOWNTOWN, AND I PARTICULARLY WANT THEM TO COME AND FREQUENT OUR BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN. IT'S A LOVELY SPACE. IF WE HAVE TWO-WAY, IT WILL MAKE IT

EASIER TO CLOSE DOWN LIKE IT IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE A HUGE THING FOR DOGS

AND CATS AND THEIR CHILDREN CAN JUST ROME ALL OVER MAIN STREET, GET AN ICE CREAM, GET COOKIES, WHATEVER. IT'LL BE FUN. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS.

THANKS.

OKAY. VICE MAYOR?
THANK YOU. WITH HEARING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M GUESSING PROBABLY THERE WILL BE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE WITH THE CHANGE IN CONFIGURATION. I'M PERSONALLY CONCERNED WITH THE LOSS OF PARKING ADJACENT TO THE PLAZA. BUT KNOWING THAT ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE IN THE FUTURE. I FEEL THAT IS REASSURING, AND I'M STILL IN SUPPORT AS WELL.

OKAY. SO NOW I'M GOING TO WEIGH IN WITH MY THOUGHTS. UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS WAS FIRST PRESENTED. HI TO BE OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK. I'M GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT VOICE HERE. I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF

TIME TALKING WITH A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, SO I'M GOING TO LIST OFF A FEW THINGS HERE. NUMBER ONE, RESIDENTS DO NOT FEEL HEARD ABOUT THIS BASED ON MY Agenda Item Number 1
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DISCUSSIONS WITH MANY PEOPLE. THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED, AND I HEAR, YOU

KNOW, AS RESIDENTS, THEY DON'T FEEL HEARD ABOUT THIS, AND THEY DON'T FEEL THEIR INPUT HAS TRULY BEEN CONSIDERED. I MEAN THEY FEEL SOME PEOPLE USED THE WORD RAILROADED. THEY DON'T FEEL THEY'VE BEEN HEARD FOR THIS. AND THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME. THE SECOND THING THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME

THIS HURDLE THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY WITH TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PARK IS THE CALDER CREEK PROJECT. THAT PLAN, WHICH EVERYONE SAYS, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS HAS MADE A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE STEPS. IMPROVING IT RIGHT NOW,

ALL FOR THE IDEA LATER ON, BECAUSE OF THE PLAN WE MIGHT HAVE A GRANT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY FIX SOMETHING. I'D

LIKE TO LIVE IN TODAY, AND I'D LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE PARKS TODAY AND NEXT YEAR, AND NOT CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT 10, 15 YEARS. I'M HERE NOW. SO I JUST THINK THAT IS HOW RESIDENTS ARE FEELING AS WELL, AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS.I HAVE TO SAY I GET FRUSTRATED WITH THAT IDEA. IS IT JUST ANOTHER PLAN THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER HURDLE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. PERSONALLY, LIVING ON ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS THAT PEOPLE USE TO CUT THROUGH TO AVOID 116 RIGHT NOW, I WORRY ABOUT OTHER FOLKS HAVING THAT SAME THING. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD ALL KINDS

OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ABOUT HOW TO GET RID OF THE TRAFFIC ON OUR STREET

AND TO SLOW IT DOWN BECAUSE EVERYONE CUTS THROUGH FELLER LANE TO GET TO THE BACKSIDE OF SEBASTOPOL. I LIVE ON THAT STREET, I WATCH IT EVERY DAY. THAT CONCERNS ME. AND THIRD, WE'RE A CASH STRAPPED CITY. THAT'S ALL WE TALK ABOUT UP HERE. WE SQUABBLE OVER $500, $250, $1,000. HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT I

COULDN'T GET A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST, AND YET WE'RE GOING TO VOTE. I'M NOT WILLING TO VOTE FOR A BLANK CHECK. IF WE'RE GOING

TO SQUABBLE ALL THESE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS, BUT YET WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A BLANK CHECK, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WILL MAKE, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

SO I HAVE MANY, MANY OTHER THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON THIS, BUT LET'S JUST

SUFFICE TO SAY I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, AND I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY. I TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY BECAUSE I TOO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A WOULD FEEL DOWNTOWN. I WOULD LOVE IT TO LOOK LIKE CLOVERDALE, BUT WE HAVE A HIGHWAY GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

UNLESS WE FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE, THAT GOT RID OF THE ACTUAL HIGHWAY, WE'RE

WISHING FOR SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WE JUST DON'T HAVE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE

WE HAVE THIS HIGHWAY HERE, SO I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DREAM AND HAVE VISION. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I JUST SAT THROUGH THREE LIGHTS YESTERDAY, TRYING TO GET THROUGH DOWNTOWN. AND I JUST

THOUGHT, WOW, IF THIS GOES TO TWO WAY, HOW MANY MORE LIGHTS DO WE NEED TO GO THERE? IT IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT, SO I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. WITH THAT, MARY -- OH, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

Agenda Item Number 1
IT IF YOU ARE COMPLETED, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. YEAH? YEAH, I'M DONE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM THE WORK

UNDER THE STG GRANT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION

APPROVING THE REIMAGINING, THE CORE PLAN, INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS, SUGGESTIONS FOR RECOMMENDED FUTURE ACTIONS.

WILL THAT INCLUDE LIKE FORMING A GROUP TO MAKE SURE IT KEEPS GOING LIKE MR.

FRITZ SAID?
YOU NEED TO TALK LOUDER INTO THE MIC.

WILL THIS INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTS A COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT?
THROUGH THE CHAIR?
YES, IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND IT.

THANK YOU. SO MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER HINTON, AND SECONDED BY

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM THE WORK UNDER

THE STG GRANT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING Agenda Item Number 1
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REIMAGINING THE CORE PLAN, INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUGGESTIONS Agenda Item Number 1
FOR RECOMMENDED FUTURE ACTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER?
YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON?
AYE.

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN?
YES.

VICE MAYOR MAURER?
YES.

MAYOR MCLEWIS?
NO.

MOTION PASSES, 4 WILL HAVE 1 WITH COUNCILMEMBERS CARTER, HINTON, ZOLLMAN, VICE MAYOR MAURER IN SUPPORT, AND MAYOR MCLEWIS IN OPPOSITION.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE TO LEAVE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME GET MY GLASSES HERE. WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.

ADOPTION OF CITY OF SEBASTOPOL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. AND I BELIEVE THE POLICE CHIEF, THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS HERE TO DO THE PRESENTATION. SORRY.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. THIS STAFF REPORT IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AND ITS APPROVAL, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF. IT WAS LAST BEFORE COUNCIL ON MARCH 17. AND WE LEFT THAT MEETING WITH SOME DIRECTION THAT WE NEEDED TO GO OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK IT WAS A 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT ONLINE. TO SUMMARIZE, THE EFA WAS DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE AS IT WOULD NEED TO BE WITH THE EMERGENCY. EVERY CONCEIVABLE EMERGENCY, SO IT WAS MADE TO BE A FLUID DOCUMENT IN RELATION TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE

WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE WORDING WITH THE VOLUNTEER GROUPS, SUCH AS

YOU NEEDED WEST COUNTY, WHERE THEY FELT WE WERE PERHAPS NOT ALLOWING THEM TO SELF-DEPLOY. THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS IF WE ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY

OPERATION CENTER, THEN WE FALL UNDERNEATH THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE STRUCTURE. WITH THAT COMES CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.

EXCUSE ME. TO FOLLOW A STRUCTURED PATH, WHICH LEADS TO REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CITY, AND ALSO PROTECTS THE CITY FROM LIABILITY. SO WE REWORDED THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SECTION TO RECOGNIZE THESE GROUPS DO SELFDEPLOY. THAT'S THE WAY THEY ARE BUILT. HOWEVER, ONCE WE, AS A CITY, ENGAGE

THEM UNDER THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, THAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE ANY

DEPLOYMENT COMES, SO WE COULD TRACK IT, IT'S ACCOUNTABLE, AND IT LEADS TO

REIMBURSEMENT, SHOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE, AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE CITY AND LIABILITY. SO THAT COVERS THE, IN MY OPINION, THE BULK OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED. BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY RELATE IT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE ALSO MADE SOME REVISIONS TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ROLE

BECAUSE THERE SODS SOME CONFUSION WITH THAT, AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF HOW I PRESENTED IT. IF THAT IS THE CASE, I APOLOGIZE. IT IS FOLLOWING

THE STRUCTURE FROM FEMA, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A STRUCTURED POSITION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THAT ICS STRUCTURE AS STIPULATED IN THE DOCUMENT. BUT IT

ABSOLUTELY DOES MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT CITY

COUNCIL PLAYS IN AN EMERGENCY, AND THAT IS ONE FOR, YOU KNOW, POLICY LEVEL RESPONSIBILITIES, OPERATIONS, COORDINATION. SO THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW PLAN, SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHERE WE FIT INTO THAT FRAMEWORK. WE ALSO

MADE SOME REVISIONS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THE RELATES THAT RELATE THERE, AND WHO WOULD DO THAT AND WHEN. WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT PUBLIC

INFORMATION, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE

AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, RIGHT THROUGH TO A PRESS CONFERENCE, IF THAT WAS EVER A THING, WHICH WE NEVER HAD HAPPEN. TYPICALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE

HISTORY AROUND THE COUNTRY, PRESS CONFERENCES ARE TYPICALLY ALSO STRUCTURED, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF ENERGY YOU'RE DEALING WITH. IF IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY THING, RELATED TO THE POLICE CHIEF. THERE IS ALSO A PLACE IN THERE Agenda Item Number 1
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FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THAT'S BEEN PLACED INTO THE EMERGENCY PLAN, SO WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE THAT STRUCTURED UNIFIED MESSAGE.SO

WE HAVE A MESSAGE FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THAT IT COULD BE DISTURBING, AND IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MESSAGING WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE ALSO ADDED A

TRAINING AND PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO IT THAT THE STAFF WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO THE ICS TRAINING, 100, 700, 800 THROUGH THE FEMA SYSTEM THERE. THERE WOULD

BE PERIODIC TRAINING AND EXERCISES, SO FORTH, AND WE DO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT. WE HAVE SAM WALLACE HERE TONIGHT, INSTRUMENTAL IN PULLING THIS ALL TOGETHER. AND THEIR ADVICE, THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRAINING, AND THE DIRECTION WE'VE BEEN MOVING IN HAS BEEN APPRECIATED. SO IF

THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE BETTER TO ANSWER, WE HAVE SAM HERE TONIGHT. THEY ARE ACTUALLY ORGANIZING AN ELECTED OFFICIALS

TRAINING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE OPERATIONAL BY THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, SO WE

ARE HOPING THAT WILL BE ROLLED OUT AT A PRETTY WELL TIMED POINT OF THE YEAR

FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THESE EMERGENCIES. POST INCIDENT PROCESSES, WE HAVE THAT AS WELL, SO THERE IS A SECTION AFTER AN EMERGENCY, WHERE WE GO THROUGH A HOT WASH. AND

PROVIDE AN ACTION REPORT, THAT WE COULD REVIEW, AND BASICALLY TO SEE IF WE COULD DO BETTER NEXT TIME. THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR EDUCATION THERE THESE THINGS. AND THE FINAL THING WE ADDED WAS A REFERENCE TO ATTACHMENTS IN

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO THE PLAN, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO RELY ON THE

COUNTY'S PLAN AND THEIR ATTACHMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE UP TO DATE, KEEPING

THEM SEPARATE FROM THE PLAN, MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE

PUBLIC COMMENT AND APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH IS QUITE ONEROUS, AND I THINK IT IS

DISRUPTIVE TO THE OPERATIONAL PLAN, AND WE COULD KEEP UP TO DATE THROUGH THAT REFERENCE TO THE COUNTY'S PLAN. WE'VE MOSTLY GOT THE FIRE CHIEF HERE. IF

THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM OR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE ARE ALL EARS.

Agenda Item Number 1
OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR? YEAH, THANK YOU. I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO JUST -- DO YOU WANT ME TO DO A COUPLE, THEN GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL, OR SHOULD I JUST ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS?

WHY DON'T YOU START, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY IN THE MEANTIME, AND I'LL CHIME IN. I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT IS FOR YOU TO SEE.

OKAY. SO I HAVE ABOUT SEVEN QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE NOW AFTER ALL THIS PREPARATION, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. SO WHO WILL BE THE PIO? LIKE RIGHT NOW, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, WHO IS THE PIO? IS THAT YOU OR THE CITY MANAGER?

WE HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AND IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT'S

HAPPENING WITH THE EMERGENCY STAFFING, AND WE WILL PUT THE APPROPRIATE PERSON. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A FIRE CHIEF, IF WE FEEL THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE, IF

IT IS A FIRE RELATED INCIDENT, TO HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS RELAYING THE NECESSARY PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT IT WOULD APPLY IN THAT FOR THE MAYOR OR VICE

MAYOR OR OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM THE CITY THAT COULD PARTNER IN THE MESSAGING OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE.

SO I GUESS WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT THE PIO WILL DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF EMERGENCY WE'RE DEALING WITH. IS THAT CORRECT?
YES.

OKAY. IS THERE A BACKUP LOCATION FOR THE EOC IN CASE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?

AT THIS STAGE, EXCUSE ME, AT THIS STAGE, WE DO NOT HAVE A BACKUP LOCATION

IDENTIFIED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN

OUTFITTING IT WITH THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND A NEW GENERATOR IS ON THE WAY. HOWEVER, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE FLUID SITUATIONS THAT WE WILL ADOPT, SHOULD THAT ARISE. IF NECESSARY, I HAVE NO DOUBT IN THE WORLD THAT WE COULD MOVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR PARTNERS AND THEIR GOAL REACH. WE'LL JUST MAKE IT WORK. THAT'S WHAT THE EMERGENCIES ARE, TYPICALLY GOING TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN AGENCY CORPORATION.

Agenda Item Number 1
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Agenda Item Number 1
OKAY.

WHAT IF YOU ARE OUT OF TOWN
AND

THE CITY MANAGER IS OUT OF TOWN,
WHO WOULD BE NEXT?
THE FIRE CHIEF?

IN TERMS OF LEADING A DISASTER

IN CASE YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN, TO
HAVE A THIRD PERSON.

THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY

AND I WOULD HAVE NO QUALMS

WHATSOEVER OF OUR

PARTNERS
LEADING THE ACTION.

THEY'RE EXTREMELY GOOD AT THEIR
JOB.

PART OF THE NORTH BAY MANAGEMENT

TEAM MYSELF, WORKED WITH A
LOT

OF FIRE

CHIEFS AROUND THE COUNTY

IN THE NORTH BAY AREA
AND

THEY'RE EXCEPTIONAL AT EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION OFF OF
THAT,
VICE MAYOR?
GO
AHEAD.

WE KNOW YOU LIVE A WAYS
AWAY
FROM HERE.

IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, IT'S
A
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WEEKEND, YOU'RE FAR AWAY
Agenda Item Number 1
AND WE

HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND YOU
CAN'T

GET BACK HERE, IS IT YOUR
NEXT

IN CHARGE THAT'S IN
CHARGE
DURING THAT TIME, THE EOC?
JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

QUITE POSSIBLY.

IF I HAPPEN TO BE AT THE OTHER

LOCATION, POSSIBLY THE

LIEUTENANT WOULD BE NEXT IN

CHARGE, THAT'S THE WAY THE
STRUCTURE IS.

THAT SAID, IF I'M NOT AWAY ON

HOLIDAY, UNLIKELY, HAVEN'T IN

YEARS, BUT I'LL MAKE IT BACK

HERE ASAP TO BE PART OF THE
STRUCTURE.

WE DO HAVE THAT.

PRETTY MUCH A DAILY OCCURRENCE
FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

I CAN'T WORK 24 HOURS AND IF

EMERGENCY HAPPENS WHEN I'M

SLEEPING --

WE KNOW IT'S A BIT KNOW A

DRIVE, THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS
ABOUT THE NEXT PERSON.

IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

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SAME FOR OTHER STAFF THAT GO
Agenda Item Number 1

AWAY ON THE WEEKEND,
WE

STRUCTURE IT SO THERE'S
ALWAYS
SOMEONE HERE, AVAILABLE.

BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ONE

OR THE OTHER MAY NOT A AROUND,
ABSOLUTELY.

GO AHEAD, VICE
MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A NEED FOR A SPANISH
VERSION OF THE EOP?

I WOULD DEFER TO THE CITY

COUNCIL AND THEIR FEELINGS
ON
THAT.

I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.

OKAY.

CAN YOU SHARE ANY THOUGHTS YOU

MIGHT HAVE ON CREATING A
DISASTER COUNCIL.

WE HAVE A DISASTER COUNCIL BY

THE MUNICIPAL CODE HERE IN
THE
CITY.

ITS STRUCTURE IS OUTLINED IN
THE
MUNICIPAL CODE.

AND WHO -- WHO WOULD BE ON
IT?
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Agenda Item Number 1

I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF

ME, I COULDN'T REFERENCE
IT
EXACTLY.

PERHAPS MARY OR ALEX COULD LOOK
IT UP.

I THINK THEY'RE ON IT.

THE MAYOR FORMS A LARGE PART OF
THAT, IF NOT THE LEADER.

CONVENE THE MEETINGS OF
THE
DISASTER COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE IT HAS ALL THE

REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS
ROLES
WITHIN EOC STRUCTURE.

YOU'RE SAYING THE MAYOR
IS

PART OF
THAT?
YES.

WE
ARE?
YES.

IT'S DICTATED IN THE

MUNICIPAL
CODE FOR THE CITY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT

QUESTION, AND THAT IS THAT

COUNCIL, I

THANK YOU FOR

INCLUDING THE COUNCIL IN HERE
TO
HELP
MY UNDERSTANDING.

BUT MAKING CRITICAL DECISIONS
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IN

AN EMERGENCY AND GOING TO
BE

TRAINED FOR WHAT TO DO
AND

POSSIBLY MAKING PUBLIC

STATEMENTS DURING AN

EMERGENCY,

WHY ARE WE NOT PART OF
THE
ORGANIZATIONAL PART?
I'M CONFUSED.

IN THE WRITE-UP IT SAYS WE DO

THESE THINGS BUT WE'RE NOT
PART
OF THE EOC.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE PART OF
THE

EOC, JUST NOT RECOGNIZED AS
SUCH.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE THE

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND
SEEMS

LIKE THE COUNCIL SHOULD

BE BELOW

AND OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE CITY

MANAGER, UNDER THE CITY

MANAGER
AT THAT POINT.

ANYWAY, WHAT ARE YOUR

HOUGHTS
ON
THAT?

IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT PART

OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF

THE CITY, IT'S JUST THE --

CORRECT ME, PROBABLY HAS
BETTER

LINGO FOR THIS, SINCE IT'S HIS

FULL-TIME JOB, BUT THE

STRUCTURE

IS STIPULATED IN THE

EMERGENCY
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MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FROM FEMA.

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IT'S THE STRUCTURE OF

OPERATIONAL RESPONSE WITHIN AN
EOC.

COUNCIL ARE NOT IN OPERATIONAL

RESPONSE BUT POLICY

DIRECTION
ROLE AND PUBLIC MESSAGING.

SO THEY FOR LACK OF A
BETTER

DESCRIPTION ARE OFF TO THE SIDE

SLIGHTLY BUT CERTAINLY A
HUGE

COLLABORATION
BETWEEN US.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT

LIKE A FINE-TOOTHED

COMB AND

BEEN UNABLE TO FIND
ANY

REFERENCE WHATSOEVER IN ANY

DOCUMENT LIKE THE NATIONAL

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
OR

THE CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTS
THAT

PROVIDES AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

WHERE THE COUNCIL ARE ACTUALLY
STIPULATED IN IT.

SO I RAN WITH THE WAY THE
STRUCTURE IS NATIONALLY.

IN SAYING THAT --
IT'S

JUST --
I'M SORRY.

IT'S CONFUSING TO ME
SINCE

WE'RE MAKING CRITICAL DECISIONS
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FOR EMERGENCY ITUATIONS,
AND

WE'RE NOT PART OF THE
CHART.

I SEE WHAT YOU'RE

SAYING,

WITHIN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

CENTER ITSELF, LARGE ROOM
IN THE

POLICE DEPARTMENT

WHERE THE
LARGE DECISIONS ARE MADE.

WE HAVE BREAKOUT MEETINGS TO

INTERACT WITH THE

COUNCIL AND
SEEK DIRECTION FROM YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED
TO
THIS.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND --
A

LOT OF US HAVE BEEN THROUGH
A
LOT OF EMERGENCIES HERE.

I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE
LUXURY

OF TIME AND BEING HERE,

BUT THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,

ELECTED

LIKE WE ARE, ARE DEEPLY

INVOLVED, ALWAYS IN THE EOC
AND

COMMUNICATING WITH US ALL
THE
TIME.

CAN YOU HELP US

UNDERSTAND,

YOU'RE SAYING NATIONALLY AND ALL

THAT, BUT HOW IS IT

WORKING WITH
THE COUNTY AND THEIR PART.

AM I NOT CORRECT?
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SAM CAN SPEAK ON THAT.

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FIRST OF ALL, COUNCIL, THANK
YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK.

FIRST OF ALL, THAT IS INCORRECT.

WE DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE

BOARD --

CLOSER, THANK
YOU.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
THETHE
CENTER.

WHAT WE DO IS HAVE A LIAISON TO

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
THERE

TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THEM
AND RECEIVE GUIDANCE FROM THEM.

BUT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS'

ROLE, MUCH AS YOURS WOULD BE,
IS

DOING OVERVIEW OF POLICY AND
OF

COURSE HAVE A MAJOR ROLE IN

RATIFICATION OF OF WHAT THE

FOLKS IN THE EOC ARE GOING TO
BE
DOING.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS?
I DO, THANK YOU.

I'M WONDERING YOUR THOUGHTS,

CHIEF, ON THE IDEA
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OF
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MAINTAINING THE PREVIOUS
EOP

THAT THE FORMER COUNCIL HAD

CREATED AS A RESOURCE
AND
BACKUP.

BECAUSE I THINK THEY DID
SOME

REAL DETAILED WORK ON ACTION
PLANS.

NOT THAT IT'S OUR CURRENT
EOP

BUT JUST HAVE IT IN RESERVE
AND

AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED GUIDANCE
ON ANYTHING IN SPECIFICS.

THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
THAT, WOULD CREATE CONFUSION.

THE WHOLE POINT OF CREATING A

NEW DOCUMENT WAS REMOVE A
LOT OF

THE CONFUSION AND

UNNECESSARY
DETAIL IN THAT DOCUMENT.

THAT WAS DONE IN

CONJUNCTION

WITH THE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT
OF

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO

STREAMLINE AND MAKE OUR
PLAN

MORE ADAPTABLE TO A VARIETY OF

EMERGENCIES, RATHER THAN
TRYING

TO DICTATE EVERY POSSIBLE
SCENARIO THAT OCCURS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE

LUXURY OF

HAVING OUR FRIENDS AND

PARTNERS
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AT THE DEPARTMENT AT THE COUNTY.

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IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR ROAD

BLOCKS OR FEEL WE'VE HIT A
WALL,
THEY'RE A PHONE CALL CALL.

OKAY.

I JUST THINK THAT THE PREVIOUS

COUNCIL HAD DONE QUITE A LOT
OF
WORK CREATING THAT 100
PAGE
DOCUMENT WITH A LOT OF DETAILS.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GET

LOST BECAUSE I THINK THERE
MIGHT

BE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT COULD BE
IMPORTANT.

SO MY LAST POINT, THERE'S A
TYPO
ON PAGE 11, AND THAT IS
RIGHT

UNDER THE HEADER

ORGANIZATION,
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

IT'S THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE.

IT SAYS THETHE OF.

THE OF.

AND I THINK -- NOT SURE WHAT IT
IS.

EOC OF SEBASTOPOL OR

SOMETHING,
BUT IT'S A TYPO.

THANK YOU, I'LL REPAIR
THAT.

DID YOU FIND WHERE I WAS
TALKING ABOUT?
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NO, BUT I MARKED
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THE PAGE AND

WILL HAVE A READ WHEN I'M NOT
MONOPOLIZING COUNCIL TIME.

CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE ON THE
LIAISON?

WHO IS THE LIAISON

THAT THE

COUNTY UTILIZES SO WE CAN BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

YES, MA'AM, THE LIAISON
IS

STAFFED IN OUR

EMERGENCY

OPERATIONS CENTER BY THE STAFF
OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THEY HAVE A ROSTER OF I
THINK

RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT FIVE PEOPLE

THAT THEY CAN ROTATE INTO THAT
POSITION.

WE BRING THEM IN FROM TIME TO

TIME, DO SOME TRAINING SO
THEY

UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE,
BUT

ALMOST ALL COME
FROM

SPECIFICALLY THE BOARD
OF
SUPERVISORS STAFF.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT HELPS US

UNDERSTAND
THE STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
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OKAY.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

BOTH OF
YOU.

REALLY APPRECIATE

YOU ANSWERING
ALL
THE QUESTIONS.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU MAYOR,
PUBLIC

COMMENT ON THE

PROPOSED
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
A

COMMENT,
CHAMBERS FIRST.

ANYONE?
SEEING NONE.

ZOOM.

KYLE, UNMUTE
YOURSELF.

YES.

CAN YOU SEE
THE TIMER?
NO,
BUT LET ME KNOW.

GO AHEAD.

I APPRECIATE THE

WORK THAT'S

GONE INTO UPDATING THE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS PLAN.

I SUPPORT HAVING A
CLEAR

STRUCTURE LINE AND RECOGNIZE
THE

VALUE OF ADOPTING THE

UPDATED

PLAN RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE
OLDER ONE.

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BUT I ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO TREAT

ADOPTION AS THE BEGINNING NOT
END OF THE PROCESS.

I THINK THE EVACUATION SECTION

NEEDS WAY MORE

OPERATIONAL
DETAIL.

IT CORRECTLY NOTES
THAT

SEBASTOPOL'S LIMITED ROUTES
AND

EVACUATION CAPACITY CAN BE

CONSTRAINED, BUT RESIDENTS

NEEDNEED

THAN A GENERAL REMINDER
TO
LEAVE EARLY.

WE NEED CLEAR PLANNING
AROUND

EVACUATION ZONES,

TRAFFIC

CONTROL, RE-ENTRY

PROCEDURES,

COMMUNICATION WITH ROUTE CHANGES

AND HOW INFORMATION

REACHES

PEOPLE WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS
AND IN LANGUAGES NOT ENGLISH.

AND ALSO GIVE CREDENCE TO

OVERSEEING THIS PLAN AS A
SECOND
FULL-TIME JOB.

IT'S NOT A REASON TO WEAKEN THE

PLAN BUT DISTRIBUTE THE WORK
INTELLIGENTLY.

NONEMERGENCY LABOR, TRAINING
CALENDARS, TABLETOP EXERCISES.

VOLUNTEER

COORDINATION,

NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON WORK, EOC
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READINESS CHECKS, ALL DON'T
NEED

TO SIT SOLELY WITH THE
POLICE
CHIEF.

COUNCIL CAN DIRECT STAFF
TO

CREATE AN IMPLEMENTATION
MATRIX

TO ASSIGN ONGOING

RESPONSIBILITY

TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE,

POLICE, FIRE, PIO

PUNCTUATION

AND TRAINED COMMUNITY GROUPS AND

NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS
NETWORKS.

THAT STRENGTHENS

ACCOUNTABILITY

AND RESPECTING THE

REALITY OF
STAFF CAPACITY.

THANK YOU, KYLE.

CHAMBERS.

OLIVER.

JUST A QUICK COMMENT, THE

WARGAMING OF THIS, DEALING
WITH

BUREAUCRACY AND ACRONYMS
AND

ORGANIZATIONAL FLOWS, GOD
KNOWS

WHAT ELSE, BUT WOULD BE GOOD TO

WARGAME A CATASTROPHIC FIRE
OR

EARTHQUAKE OR SOMETHING TO
TAKE

SIX OR SEVEN HOURS AND
GO

THROUGH THE DYNAMICS OF
WHO
WOULD DO WHAT AND WHY.

SO ON.

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Agenda Item Number 1
AND SO FORTH.

IT'S TOO LATE FROM THE PREVIOUS

AGENDA ITEM WHICH WAS VOTED IN,

BUT THE TWO-WAY

STREET, IF IT

ARE HAPPENS, THE IMPACT
THAT

WOULD HAVE ON TRYING TO

EVACUATE
THE
CITY.

WOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN A
WARGAMING MODEL.

IT WASN'T GOOD LAST TIME AS
I
REMEMBER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT, ZOOM, LEE,
UNMUTE
YOURSELF, PLEASE.

YES.

CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
I
CAN.

CAN YOU SEE THE TIMER?
I CAN.

I WAS ONE OF THE EARLY

CRITICS

OF -- THIS IS WHAT GOT ME
MORE

INVOLVED WITH CITY COUNCIL
FOR

THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE HAD
TO

EVACUATE FOR THE FIRE AND
IT

RESULTED IN GRIDLOCK AND
HOURS
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AND HOURS TRYING TO GET OUT
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OF
THE CITY.

AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER
PLAN.

I TALKED TO THE CHIEF ABOUT

THIS, I KNOW HE BELIEVES,
THE

COUNTY BELIEVES THERE IS NO
PLAN, YOU HAVE TO WING IT.

AND THAT SOUNDS GREAT

BUT THERE

ARE THINGS I THINK WE SHOULD BE

DOING, LIKE PG&E CUTS OFF THE

POWER, WHAT IS THE
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN?

TRAFFIC LIGHTS GO OUT, THEY
GO

OUT RANDOMLY BUT IT MEANS
THAT

TRAFFIC CAN'T MOVE THROUGH
THE

WONDERFUL INTERSECTION IN
THE
QUIET DOWNTOWN AREA.

SOME OF THOSE THINGS CAN
BE
FIXED I THINK.

CAL TRANS OFFERED 10, 12 YEARS

AGO TO PUT BACKUP BATTERIES IN

THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS BUT I
GUESS

WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT OR
ACT
ON IT.

BUT I WAS ALSO VERY CRITICAL
OF
THAT 200 PAGE PLUS PLAN
THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MAURER MENTIONED.

THERE WERE MORE POSITIONS
THAN
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IN THE CITY OF KBOOPT.SEBASTOPOL.

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THERE WILL

BE TWO POLICE OFFICERS,
A

SERGEANT AND MAYBE A
PUBLIC

WORKS PERSON WANDERING AROUND

THE CITY WHEN SOMETHING
IS
HAPPENING.

THAT'S WHO IS AVAILABLE
TO

RESPOND UNTIL PEOPLE CAN
GET
HERE.

DEPENDING ON WHAT THE EMERGENCY

IS, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET
HERE.

THERE HAS TO BE A REALLY
GOOD

PLAN FOR THAT AND I

SUSPECT
GOLDEN RIDGE IS THE ANSWER.

THIS IS THOUSAND TIMES

BETTER, FLEXIBILITY IS
GREAT,

CHIEF HAS DONE A GOOD
JOB.

THANK YOU.

BACK TO CHAMBERS.

GOOD EVENING, SKIP.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT WE HAVE
THIS

PLAN AND IT'S MOVED ALONG AS IT
HAS.

IT'S REALLY GREAT.

BUT ALSO WOULD LIKE TO

COMMENT
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ABOUT THE DISASTER COUNCIL,
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AND

I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE IN
THE

PLAN SORT OF REFERENCES
THAT

ALMOST EVERYTHING IN
THE

DISASTER COUNCIL IS

PREDICATED

ON CITY AND CITY COUNCIL, AND

THOSE DEPARTMENTS OR AREAS

WITHIN THE EOP ITSELF THAT
WOULD

MAYBE THEN BE INVOLVED WITH
THE
DISASTER COUNCIL.

IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, A

DISASTER COUNCIL HAS PUBLIC
AND

BUSINESS INPUT, PARTICIPATION AT

THAT LEVEL, AND I THINK AT
THAT

LEVEL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT

OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY, I

THINK AT THAT LEVEL THERE MIGHT

BE A WAY TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE

THESE THINGS LIKE AN EMERGENCY

OPERATIONS PLAN BETTER

ADOPTED

AND ADAPTED TO BY THE

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
ITSELF.

THERE'S MORE OF A VOICE ON

ONGOING BASIS THROUGH
THE
DISASTER COUNCIL.

A THOUGHT TO THINK ABOUT.

THANKS.

NEXT TO ZOOM.

ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE
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TO
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MAKE A COMMENT, RAISE YOUR HAND.

IN CHAMBERS?

SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS
CLOSED.

COMING BACK HERE, ANY
COMMENTS?
GO AHEAD.

SURE.

THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE FROM THE

COUNTY, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT
TO
GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO NANCY BROWN.

SHE WAS THE FIRST

TO RECOGNIZE

THE FACT THAT WHILE

THERE HAD

BEEN PAST EFFORTS DONE BY THE

CITY, A LOT NEEDED TO BE
DONE

AND SHE PROVIDED A LOT OF
TIME
AND SWEAT EQUITY TO GET US HERE.

SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT.

I'M THRILLED WE ARE WHERE
WE

ARE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING
IN PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I'M GLAD WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.

I CAN MAKE A MOTION

AT SOME

POINT UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER
COMMENTS.

ANY
OTHER COMMENTS?
NO?
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I DO NOT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO

APPROVE
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

I'LL SECOND IT.

SO MOVEDMOVED

COUNCILMEMBER

ZOLLMAN AND SECONDED BY MAYOR
McLEWIS TO ADOPT THE PLAN
AND

DIRECT THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO
UPDATE AS NECESSARY.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

YES.

ZOLLMAN.

YES.

MAURER?
YES.

McLEWIS.

YES.

PASSES
4-1.

COUNCILMEMBER HINTON IS ABSENT.

DOING OKAY?
NEED A BREAK?
OKAY.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
NUMBER 13.

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APPROVAL OF SPECIAL EVENT FEE
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WAIVERS, MICAH'S HUGS,
FEE

WAIVER HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN
THE
AMOUNT
OF $275.

ANY QUESTIONS?
WHO IS PUBLIC WORKS?

I'M SORRY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO PRESENT?

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR
AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.

THAT WAS THE GIST OF IT.

A REQUEST FROM THE MICAH'S
HUGS

ORGANIZATIONS TO WAIVE A

SPECIAL

EVENT FEE FOR THE FENTANYL
AWARENESS EVENT IN APRIL.

THEY SUBMITTED THE

REQUEST IN

APRIL BUT DIDN'T COME TO US
IN
TIME FOR THE APRIL 19th MEETING.

IT WENT TO THE BUDGETS

COMMITTEE
MAY 10th AND IS NOW IN

FRONT OF

YOU FOR WAIVING THE FEE FOR
THE

EVENT THAT
HAPPENED.

THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL YOU
PUBLIC
WORKS.

I HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES ON AND
OFF.

QUESTIONS?
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I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.

PUBLIC
COMMENT?

THIS IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

FOR THE WAIVER OF
THE FEE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
PUBLIC COMMENT, CHAMBERS FIRST.

SEEING NONE, ZOOM.

ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE WAIVER
FEE, RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY.

SEEING NONE, THERE IS NO PUBLIC
COMMENT.

THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENTS?

UNFORTUNATELY, I COULD NOT

MAKE THE EVENT BUT SAW
THE
SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE.

IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS WELL PUT
TOGETHER AND ALSO WELL ATTENDED.

I'M IN FAVOR AND

COULD MAKE A
MOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU, SO MOVED BY

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN AND

SECONDED BY

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER

TO APPROVE THE FEE WAIVER FOR

MICAH'S
HUGS.

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CARTER.

YES.

ZOLLMAN.

YES.

MAURER.

YES.

McLEWIS.

YES.

COUNCILMEMBER

HINTON IS
ABSENT, SO 4-1.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON TO 14.

CONSIDERATION OF

DIRECTION TO

STAFF TO REVIEW CITY COUNCIL
SALARIES.

IN 2023 THE GOVERNOR SIGNED
SB
329 INTO LAW WHICH INCREASED
THE

AMOUNT COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD
BE
PAID.

PURSUANT TO

CALIFORNIA
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36516.

THE MAXIMUM FOR A CITY

WITHWITH
UNDER 35,000 IS
$950

PER MONTH AND MAY BE

INCREASED
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ANNUALLY BY NO MORE THAN
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THE

GREATER OF EITHER,
THE

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN CONSUMER
PRICE INDEX OR 5% PER YEAR FOR
EACH.

STATE LAW PROVIDES

COMPENSATION

COULD ONLY BE CHANGED BY
ORDINANCE.

IF COUNCIL SUPPORTS, CITY STAFF

WILL RETURN WITH A PROPOSED
ORDINANCE.

THIS IS CITY ATTORNEY AND NOT

INTERIM CITY MANAGER

BUT CITY
MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, THE
AGENDA

TITLE CAPTURES THE ENTIRE
REPORT.

THE LEGISLATURE AMENDED THE LAW

REGARDING

COUNCILMEMBER

COMPENSATION AND WHETHER IT

ALLOWS CITIES THAT HAVE NOT

RAISED COMPENSATION

FREQUENTLY
IN THE PAST TO CATCH UP.

QUOTE, UNQUOTE, BY

INCREASING
THAT MAXIMUM.

IN THE FUTURE, THE COUNCIL CAN
VOTE TO INCREASE.

IF THEY WANT.

I'LL NOTE THAT, ORDINANCE CANNOT
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INCLUDE, STATE LAW

EXPRESSLY

PROHIBITS ORDINANCES
FROM

INCLUDING AN AUTOMATIC CPI

OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.

IF COUNCIL NOW OR IN THE
FUTURE

WANTS TO INCREASE

COUNCIL

COMPENSATION IT WOULD NEED
TO

ADOPT A NEW ORDNANCE AGAIN AT
THAT POINT.

WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO PAUSE FOR
ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS?

I HAVE A LITTLE BIT --

I DON'T

KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS SOME

ANECDOTAL INFORMATION THAT I
COLLECTED.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT BENEFITS
THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE.

I NOTICED THAT SANTA ROSA
WAS
MISSING SO I REACHED OUT.

CAN I GIVE THAT INFORMATION?

WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE
CITY

OF SANTA ROSA IS THAT

COUNCIL
MEMBERS RECEIVE $1,480

PER MONTH
AND MAYOR $2,220 A MONTH

AND FULL
BENEFITS.

THE CITY OF ROVENET PARK

RECEIVE

A STIPEND AND IF THEY DON'T
TAKE
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THE HEALTH BENEFITS THEY
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RECEIVE
IN REPLACEMENT OF THAT $400 PER
MONTH.

AND THEY HAVE OTHER TYPES
OF

DEFERRED COMPENSATION, WHICH
I
DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS.

JUST

READING THE PUBLIC

COMMENTS

IT MADE ME WONDER WHAT
OTHER
FOLKS HAD AS BENEFITS.

SO I REACHED OUT TO MAYORS
TO

HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND
WHAT
OTHERS ARE DOING.

AS A POINT OF INFORMATION
FOR
EVERYONE.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE TONS OF INFORMATION

THERE, I JUST WANTED TO ADD
A
LITTLE BIT.

I'M TRYING TO

REMEMBER, SO IT'S
SAID OUT LOUD.

JUST CONFIRMING, IT'S NEARLY
40 YEARS SINCE THIS HAS
BEEN
CHANGED HERE?
CORRECT?
CORRECT.

WE'VE NEVER CHANGED IT IN
ALL
THE TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE.

GOT IT.

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OKAY.

WE PROBABLY ALL HAVE A LOT
OF

COMMENTS ABOUT IT BUT NOT A
LOT
OF QUESTIONS.

VICE MAYOR, ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE
WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT?

THANK YOU, MAYOR, PUBLIC

COMMENT ON DISCUSSION OF
THE

CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION
STIPEND.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
COMMENT, CHAMBERS FIRST.

SEEING NONE, ZOOM.

LEE, UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE.

THANK YOU GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

TWO FAIRLY QUICK POINTS I
SUSPECT.

ONE, I SAID IT EARLIER,
YOU'VE

GOT A BUDGET COMING UP IN A

COUPLE WEEKS WITH A

MILLION
DOLLAR DEFICIT IN IT.

1.6 MILLION NEXT YEAR AND THE
FOLLOWING YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING
TO TAKE THIS MONEY FROM.

IF YOU GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE.

BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE CUT,
PROBABLY A LOT OF THINGS.

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NUMBER TWO, KIND OF A POINT
OF

PRACTICE BUT ALSO RELATED
TO
THIS.

BECAUSE OF THE COST ALLOCATION
PLANS, 60% PLUS OF THE CITY

COUNCIL BUDGET IS ALLOCATED TO
WATER AND SEWER.

IN REALITY, $24,000 OF THE MONEY

WILL BE PAID BY
WATER AND SEWER.

THAT SHOULD BE PART OF A STAFF

REPORT, ANYTIME THERE'S AN

EXPENDITURE INCREASE

ASSOCIATED

WITH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS IT'S

ALLOCATED, IT SHOULD BE
CLEAR

YOU'RE SPENDING IT FOR WATER AND

SEWER RATE PAYERS AND

GENERAL
FUND.

THAT BREAKOUT SHOULD BE CLEAR
IN

THE STAFF REPORT AND DISCUSSIONS
YOU'RE HAVING.

THANK
YOU.

NEXT, IF ANYONE IN CHAMBERS?
SEEING NONE, ZOOM.

KYLE.

UNMUTE YOURSELF PLEASE.

I'LL JUMP IN WITH 20 SECONDS
LEFT.

IT'S INTERESTING TO THINK
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ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION AND
HOW

IT PARALLELS RECENT

CONVERSATIONS ON THE

NATIONAL
STAGE.

MAYBE THE CONCLUSION IS ALLOWING

CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO

UNRESTRICTED TRADING IN THE
STOCK MARKET.

SO YOU KNOW, DO SOME INSIDER

TRADING, START WORKING WITH
THE
INDIVIDUAL -- WHAT'S IT CALLED?

ALL THE CONTRACT WORK THAT YOU

END UP FARMING OUT

OUTSIDE OF
CITY WORK.

JUST START INVESTING IN
THESE

COMPANIES AND START GAINING SOME
WEALTH.

BUT TO BE HONEST, I THINK THAT

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU LOOK

FOR A GOOD BALANCE IN WHAT
THE

COMPENSATION IS FOR CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.

THIS IS HARD WORK,

SHOWING UP

CONSISTENTLY AND REGULARLY
AND

NOT BEING ABSENT, THERE IS
VALUE

IN THAT AND YOU SHOULD
BE
COMPENSATED FOR THAT.

SIMILARLY, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO

COME, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
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OTHER
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PRIOR OBLIGATIONS THAT TAKE
YOU

AWAY FROM COMING TO CITY

COUNCIL, PERHAPS YOU COULD
BE

REDUCED IN THAT INCOME IN

SIX-MINUTE INTERVALS,

DIRECTLY
CHARGING BACK.

LET'S ALSO BE VERY CLEAR THAT

CAL PERS HEALTH BENEFITS IS

EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND
IT'S

CONCERNING WE DON'T

QUANTIFY

THAT AND PROVIDE IT IN
THE
AGENDA ITEM.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE

OFFERING THE CITY

COUNCILMEMBERS

IN A TRANSPARENT WAY RATHER
THAN
SUGGEST IT'S ONLY $300

A MONTH

PLUS BENEFITS BUT NOT COUNT
THE
ACTUAL FISCAL COST.

YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS.

AND LET'S PROVIDE SOME CLEAR

ACCOMMODATION MECHANISMS FOR

ATTENDING REGULARLY AND REDUCING

COUNCIL INCOME FOR NOT COMING TO
COUNCIL.

THANKS.

NEXT TO CHAMBERS,

ANYBODYANYBODY

WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC
COMMENT.

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SEEING NONE, MARY, UNMUTE
YOURSELF PLEASE.

YEAH.

CAN YOU SEE THE
TIMER?
I CAN.

GO AHEAD.

I FEEL THIS IS A LARGE

INCREASE, AND THE WATER
RATE

PAYERS ARE ALREADY PAYING
A

LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL'S PAY.

I'M WONDERING HOW

MUCH MORE
WE'LL BE PAYING FOR THAT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT
OUT

OF OTHER MONEY, THAT'S FINE WITH
ME.

I THINK YOU DESERVE A RAISE,
BUT

THE RATE PAYERS ARE SICK
OF
THIS.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MARY FOR
YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.

NEXT TO CHAMBERS.

ANYONE IN CHAMBERS?
SEEING NONE, TO ZOOM.

ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO
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MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, RAISE
YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY.

SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS
CLOSED.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE BACK AT THE DAISDAIS
COMMENT.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMENTER

WHO I THINK I USURPED
FROM
TONIGHT.

I READ YOUR COMMENT AND
COPIED

IT AND SENT IT TO MARY TO
SAY IS

THIS REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO
SEE IN THE BUDGET.

TO HER CREDIT, SHE TYPED A
VERY

LONG RESPONSE AND THERE
WERE

WAYS APPARENTLY THE
BUDGET

COMMITTEE HAS THOUGHT OF

WAYS TO

DEAL WITH THE DEFICIT SO

HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT AS BAD AS
IT
IS.

WHEN I INITIALLY READ THE PUBLIC

COMMENTERS, I HAD FLASHBACKS
TO

MAYOR RICH AND I ON THE BUDGET

COMMITTEE AND BURNING THROUGH
$1.67 MILLION A YEAR,

ANTICIPATING TO HAVE
BLOWN

THROUGH ALL RESERVES BY JULY
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1,
2026.

I WAS LIKE IS THIS THE BEST
WE
DID IN TWO YEARS, GOT NOWHERE?

BUT AFTER READING MARY'S
EMAIL,

I'M CONVINCED THERE IS A PLAN TO
HAVE IT NOT BE THIS HORRIBLE.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IF
WE'RE

GOING TO HAVE DIVERSE

VOICES,

ANYONE LOWER THAN THE AGE OF
50,

A DIFFERENT COLOR THAN WHITE,
WE

NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO

COMPENSATE OR TRY TO

COMPENSATE

PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
FROM

MARGINALIZED VOICES SO THEY CAN

FEEL LIKE TRYING TO DO ANY
OF
THIS IS POSSIBLE.

I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.

AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY
OTHER

COLLEAGUES BUT PREPARED TO
MAKE

A MOTION
WHEN APPROPRIATE.

GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR.

I JUST WANT, FULL

DISCLOSURE,

TO SAY I AM INTENDING TO
RUN

AGAIN FOR COUNCIL, AND I
THINK

IT'S JUST AWKWARD TO VOTE
FOR

SOMETHING THAT COULD BENEFIT
OURSELVES.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY
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IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS IT

BECAUSE

I DO THINK IT IS AN
EQUITY
ISSUE.

AND I WILL THINK IT'S A
MATTER
OF RESPECT.

WHAT I BELIEVE -- I BELIEVE
WHAT
COUNCILMEMBERS DID IN 1984 AND

WHAT WE DO NOW IS
VASTLY
DIFFERENT.

WE SERVE ON A LOT
MORE

COMMITTEES AND WE HAVE A LOT

MORE EMAIL AND

INFORMATION THAT

WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT
THEY
DIDN'T HAVE IN 1984.

AND I DID A LITTLE GOOGLEGOOGLE
TO SEE WHAT $300 IN
1984 WOULD

BE TODAY, AND IT'S I THINK
950,
960.

IN 1984, YOU COULD RENT A ONEONE
APARTMENT FOR $300.

YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT TODAY.

SO I JUST -- FOR ME IT'S
A
MATTER OF RESPECT.

I KNOW IT IS KIND OF PAINFUL TO
JUMP A SALARY SO MUCH.

BUT I DID WANT

TO CLARIFY ON THE

COST ALLOCATION PLAN,
AND

CORRECT ME IF I AM

MISUNDERSTANDING THIS, BUT THAT
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PLAN IS BASED ON THE TWO YEARS
PRIOR.

SO ANY RAISE NOW WOULD
NOT

AFFECT THE PLAN THIS YEAR OR I
DON'T EVEN THINK NEXT YEAR.

THEN WE PLAN TO BRING THE COST

ALLOCATION PLAN BACK WITH THE COUNCIL
SALARIES.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT

AFFECTS
IT.

CAN YOU CLARIFY IF I

UNDERSTAND IT
CORRECTLY?THAT'S CORRECT, VICE
MAYOR.

CORRECT?
YES, CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

SO I DO SUPPORT IT.

AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AT
THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE ALSO.

I DON'T THINK THAT
WAS
MENTIONED.

BUT WE BOTH SUPPORTED IT.

COMMENT BEFORE MINE?
YES, BRIEFLY.

GOT TO COMMENT WHEN IT'S
SUPER

AWKWARD TO GIVE YOURSELF A
RAISE.

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ESPECIALLY WHEN THE OPTICS
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AREN'T SO GOOD DURING YEARS
WHEN

THE BUDGET FEELS LIKE IT'S
STRUGGLING.

BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE
NEED

PEOPLE THAT CAN COME IN WITH
A

LOT OF SKILLS AND LOT OF TIME
TO

REALLY PUT STRONG

NEAREST THIS
POSITION.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S
RESPECTED.

THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.

SO I SUPPORT IT FOR THAT REASON.

AND WHEN LOOKING AT

THE BUDGET

THIS YEAR, SEEING IF

THERE'S

SPACE FOR IT, IT'S
ALWAYS

DIFFICULT TO PUT EVERYTHING
IN
THE WORLD INTO A BUDGET.

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE
CUTS
AND SPACE FOR THINGS.

I THINK THIS IS A DOABLE
AND
WORTHY ADDITION.

OKAY.

AND MY THOUGHTS ARE, I WANT
TO

ECHO COUNCILMEMBER

ZOLLMAN'S

CONCERNS ABOUT IF WE'RE
EVER

GOING TO GET ANY

DIVERSITY ON
THE COUNCIL, $300 DOESN'T CUT
IT
FOR MANY PEOPLE.

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I TALKED TO EVEN PEOPLE, COLLEGE

STUDENTS, WHO HAVE SAID

THEY'VE
CONSIDERED BUT WHY DO IT $10
A

DAY WITH THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT WE
HAVE TO PUT IN.
$950 DOESN'T GO THAT

FAR EVEN,

BUT THAT'S A STEP TOWARD MAKING
PROGRESS WITH THIS.

AND 40 YEARS WITHOUT A

CHANGE,
IT IS AWKWARD.

IT'S NOT JUST US.

WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT
IS

FOR THE FUTURE, FOR MANY

PEOPLE,

TRYING TO AT LEAST OPEN UP
THE

OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERS WHO MIGHT
OTHERWISE NOT WANT TO RUN.

FOR THAT, I'M IN SUPPORT OF
THIS
AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU --
YOU
WANTED TO MAKE THE MOTION.

I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO
FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I'LL SECOND IT.

THANK YOU, MOVED
BY

COUNCILMEMBER ZOLLMAN, SECONDED

BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER
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TO
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DIRECT CITY STAFF TO COME
BACK

WITH COMPENSATION ALLOWABLE
UNDER STATE LAW.

WE'LL NEED AN ORDINANCE
AND
SECOND MEETING AFTER THAT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
YOU'RE
GOING TO DO THE $950.

IS THAT --
THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.

YES.

ZOLLMAN.

VICE MAYOR MAURER.

YES.

MAYOR McLEWIS.

PASSES
4-1, COUNCILMEMBER HINTON
IS ABSENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT

CONCLUDES OUR

DISCUSSION
AND ACTION PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE ON TO ADDITIONAL
PUBLIC

COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON
THE
AGENDA.

IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE A COMMENT AT
THE BEGINNING.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
A

PUBLIC COMMENT

AND WEREN'T ABLE

TO AT BEGINNING OF THE
MEETING.

CHAMBERS, SEEING NONE.

ON ZOOM, RAISE YOUR HAND
VIRTUALLY.

SEEING NONE, THERE IS NO
PUBLIC
COMMENT.

OKAY.

MOVING ALONG HERE.

COUNCILMEMBER REQUESTS FOR

FUTURE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
ITEMS.ANY
REQUESTS?
NO?
OKAY.

NOW CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF
REPORTS.

CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU.

JUST A -- WE HAVE A
AGENDA

REVIEW MEETING

TOMORROW IN THE
AFTERNOON.

I DID ANOTHER ROUND OF ASSOCIATE
PLANNER INTERVIEWS TODAY.

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WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF
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THAT.

I'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS ABOUT
STATUS OF PROJECTS.

KEY PROJECTS -- I JUST

WANTED TO

DO IT HERE AND WE'LL DO AN
FAQ
ON THE WEBSITE.

GROCERY OUTLET, THE APPLICATION

IS INCOMPLETE, SO NOTHING
IS
SCHEDULED YET.

NO PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING
SCHEDULED.
8100 VALENTINE HOUSING

PROJECT,

THAT'S INCOMPLETE, THERE'S

NO MEETING
SCHEDULED.

FARMER'S MARKET EXPANSION,
THAT

APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE AS
WELL.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING

REQUESTS

ABOUT WHEN THE MEETINGS
ARE
TAKING PLACE.

NONE ARE SCHEDULED BECAUSE
THE
APPLICATIONS ARE INCOMPLETE.

THAT'S IT.

I HAVE A CITY MANAGER MEETING ON
THURSDAY.

AND WORKING ON THE BUDGET.

OKAY.

THANK
YOU.

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COUNCILMEMBERS?
YES.

BEFORE I CAME TO THIS

MEETING,

THERE HAS BEEN A GROUP OF

ELECTED -- IN THE HOMELESS

COALITION BOARD THAT MEETS
WITH
OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

THERE HAVE BEEN

MULTIPLE

MEETINGS TRYING TO DEAL WITH
THE

FEDERAL CHANGE OF POLICY

RELATED

TO PERMANENT SUPPORT OF

HOUSING,

HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT
THE

CURRENT PERMANENT SUPPORT OF
HOUSING.

PROJECTS OUT THERE.

IT WAS CONFIRMED THERE IS
NOT
ENOUGH MONEY.

I WAS PART OF THE SCORING.

THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN
THE

STAFF REPORT FOR NEXT
WEDNESDAY'S MEETING.

IF YOU'RE CURIOUS WHERE THE

PROJECTS ENDED UP WITH SCORING,
YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT.

THE FULL VOTE BECAUSE THERE'S

NOT ENOUGH MONEY, THE BOARD
WILL

HAVE TO MAKE HARD CHOICES,
HAS

BEEN DELAYED UNTIL JUNEJUNE
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SOME OF THE RANKING HAS
BEEN

STARTLING FOR SOME OF THE
PROJECTS.

LAST TIME WE WERE HERE,
MARY

INDICATED WE WOULD BE UP
IN
SACRAMENTO FOR THE CONFERENCE.

ONE OF OUR CASE'S WORK WAS HEARD
IN THAT TIME.

I DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT

COMES FROM DISCUSSIONS AND
WHAT
I HEARD AND SAW.

THAT WILL BE COMING BEFORE

AGENDA REVIEW TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.

THAT'S MY REPORT.

OKAY.

ANYONE
ELSE?

I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE
THE

MOMENT TO -- BECAUSE WE JUST

RAISED OUR SALARIES, LET
YOU

KNOW I'M ON LIKE FIVE

BOARDS AND

WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL KINDS OF
THINGS.

I WENT TO THE SONOMA

SYMPOSIUM,
ZERO WASTE.

THAT WAS AMAZING, TRYING
TO

FIGURE OUT MORE WAYS IN OUR
CITY
TO DO TO GET TO ZERO.

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IN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
WE

TALKED ABOUT FORMING A BETTER

NETWORK WITH OUR PARTNERS
IN
WINDSOR AND PETALUMA.

OBVIOUSLY TRIED TO DO

A LITTLE

BIT BETTER GETTING NET

ZERO AT

THE APPLE BLOSSOM AND OTHER
THINGS.

I'M ALSO PART OF THE ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,

STRONGLY

FOCUSED ON OUR COST

ALLOCATION
MODEL RIGHT NOW.

DEALING WITH A LOT OF CITIZEN

INPUT, AND WE'VE MADE A LOT
OF
PROGRESS.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF

TRANSPARENCY THAT'S COME
FROM
THIS.

IT WILL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON

HOW WE PLAN FOR OUR WATER
AND
SEWER GOING FORWARD.

I'M ALSO ON THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.

WHICH IS ACTUALLY GREAT FUN.

THIS IS THE MOMENT WE CAN
REALLY
DO GOOD WORK.

AND I STRONGLY FEEL LIKE

SEBASTOPOL'S IN THE PLACE
TO

ACTUALLY BE PROACTIVE
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THAN
REACTIVE.

I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY
THINGS
ARE GOING.

WE NEED TO WORK ON

INCREASING

OUR TOP LINE, WHICH IS
THE
REVENUES COMING IN.

THESE ARE DIFFERENT THAN

CUTTING

COSTS, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT

HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED

AT BEFORE
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AT THAT.

FEEL LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER

STUFF BUT I'M OUT OF
BREATH.

GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR.

OKAY.

I WAS ALSO AT THE ZERO WASTE
SYMPOSIUM, A FABULOUS DAY.

I WASN'T INTENDING TO SPEND THE

WHOLE DAY THERE BUT ENDED
UP
DOING SO.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTED

WAS THEY'RE VERY MUCH
ENCOURAGING ART.

I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT
LATELY
FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES.

WHERE ARTISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MAKE
THEIR ART.

AT THE SYMPOSIUM THEY HAD

RECYCLED STUFF TO MAKE
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LITTLE
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THINGS OUT OF TRASH.

AND I DO CLAY WORK, SO I
TOOK

HOME FIVE BODIES OF LITTLE
TOYS,
I MAKE CLAY HEADS FOR THEM.

IT'S HEALING TO MAKE ART.

I THINK IT'S

NEEDED AT THIS
TIME.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS

I WANTED

TO SAY ABOUT THE ZERO
WASTE

SYMPOSIUM IS THE IDEA OF
FOOD
RECOVERY.

RIGHT NOW THE MODEL IS FOOD

RECOVERY IS SEEN AS KIND OF
A
VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTION.

AND WHERE THE INDUSTRY NEEDS
TO

REALLY GO IS THAT FOOD

RECOVERY

IS PART OF THE SERVICE
OF
SELLING FOOD.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT.

I MET WITH BARBARA HOM ON THE
FARMER'S MARKET APPLICATION.

TWO BUDGET MEETINGS, AND
MET

WITH THE BURBANK

RESIDENTS ON
THE APPLE BLOSSOM TRAIL.

TALKED WITH A COUPLE OF THEM,
A

LOT OF EMAIL WITH THEM,
ALSO
WENT TO THE MEET AND GREET.

AND I LEARNED AT THE MEETMEET
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GREET FOR THE HEART

PERSONNEL,

LEARNED THAT THERE ARE HOUSING

INITIATIVES WHERE YOU CAN --
WE

COULD GET EITHER AN
ELDER

COMMUNITY OR ELDER HOUSING,
LOW

INCOME ELDER HOUSING BUILT
OR LOW

INCOME FAMILY HOUSING
BUILT,

THEN PUT FAMILIES IN THERE, NOT

RESTRICTED WITH THE

COORDINATED
ENTRY.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TO GET THERE,

BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING NOLAN
HAD
TOLD ME ABOUT THAT MORNING.

I WANTED TO PASS THAT ON.

IT SEEMS IMPORTANT TO BE
ATTRACTING FAMILIES.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS ONLY BECAUSE I THINK

IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU

TO KNOW
THAT I MET WITH BARBARA HOM.

I ATTENDED THEIR BOARD MEETING

TO SET UP ANOTHER MEETING WITH

THE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION AND
THE
FARMER'S MARKET.

THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

AND THE CREATIVE

COMMONS
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OKAY.

FOR ME AS MAYOR, I ATTENDED THE
85-YEAR CELEBRATION AND THEY
SHOWED THEY HAVE A NEW SIGN.

THE CITY MANAGER AND I ATTENDED
THAT CELEBRATION WITH THEM.

THEN LAST THURSDAY, I

ATTENDED

THE MAYOR'S BOARD MEETING IN THE

CITY OF SONOMA AND WANTED TO
SHARE TALKING POINTS.

COUNTY EXECUTIVES SPOKE WITH
US
ABOUT HR-1, THETHE BEAUTIFUL

BILL, AND IMPACTS IT'S GOING
TO
HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY.

BEAR WITH ME AS I SHARE A
FEW

TALKING POINTS WHAT THEY
WANTED

US TO MAKE SURE ALL
OUR

COMMUNITY PEOPLE ARE AWARE
OF.

FOR ADULTS ONON

MEDICAL,

IMPLEMENTS WORK REQUIREMENTS
FOR

SOME AND DOUBLES THE

FREQUENCY

OF APPLICATION RENEWAL FOR ALL
ENROLLEES.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT

LABOR COSTS

TO THE COUNTY TO KEEP EVERYBODY
ENROLLED.

IT WILL ALSO

SIGNIFICANTLY

DECREASE ACCESS AND INCREASE
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COSTS FOR PEOPLE WITH

UNSATISFACTORY

IMMIGRATION
STATUS.

THE COUNTY IS ESTIMATING
25% OF

THE CURRENT MEDICAL RECIPIENTS
COULD LOSE COVERAGE.

FOR PEOPLE LOSING COVERAGE,
THE

COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE
LOCALLY FUNDED HEALTH CARE.

THAT'S A CHALLENGE
MOVING
FORWARD.

THE COUNTY'S PRIMARY STRATEGY OF

DEALING WITH INDIGENT
CARE

RESPONSIBILITIES IS

TRYING TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED.

THERE'S A VERY HIGH COST, IT'S
ESTIMATED TO ADD MORE THAN $7

MILLION

TO THE COUNTY
DGET,

AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE
5050
80 MILLION TO THE
COMMUNITY.

THERE'S SIMILAR IMPACTS ON FOOD
ASSISTANCE.

ABOUT 30% EARN 13,000 OF THE

EXISTING MEMBERS WILL LOSE
THE
BENEFIT.

AND THE LOSS IS ESTIMATED OVER
$1.4 MILLION MONTHLY HERE IN
SONOMA COUNTY.

REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK IS
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2.5 MILLION INCREASE TO THEM
ANNUALLY.

THEY ROLL OUT NEXT SIX

MONTHS TO
A YEAR.

THEY WANTED TO BRIEF ALL THE

MAYORS SO WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT
IS
GOING ON AND THE EFFORTS.

I THINK WE'RE ALL JUST

STAYING
TUNED TO FIND OUT MORE.

IN AN EFFORT, ALL THE CITIES ARE

MAKING AN ATTEMPT, TRYING TO

WORK BETTER WITH THE

COUNTY,

COMMUNICATE MORE ABOUT WHAT
IS

HAPPENING IN ALL OUR
COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S WHY THEY DID THE
PRESENTATION FOR ALL OF US.

THAT'S THE MEETING ON THURSDAY.

WE HAD MANY QUESTIONS AND

EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERN
ABOUT
THAT.

PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND MY CALENDAR.

TRYING TO THINK.

A COUPLE OF US ATTENDED THE MEET

AND GREET WITH DHS YESTERDAY
AT
TAYLOR LANE.

THAT'S MY UPDATE FOR EVERYONE.

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WANTED TO SHARE THAT SO

EVERYONE

IS IN TUNE WITH WHAT

I'M HEARING
AS THE MAYOR IN THESE MEETINGS.

ANYONE ELSE
HAVE ANYTHING?
OKAY.

THEN I GUESS, ARE WE OKAY TO
ADJOURN, MARY?
OKAY.

GOOD, PERFECT.

BEFORE 9:00 P.M.

WE'RE ADJOURNED. [Event Concluded]
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