[0:13] did. I want to make sure everyone knows
[0:15] that we're trying to be on time. All
[0:17] right. Good evening and welcome everyone
[0:19] to our December 2nd, 2025 Angel's Camp
[0:22] City Council meeting. Um
[0:27] roll call.
[0:28] >> Yes. Council member Green Hill
[0:30] >> here,
[0:31] >> Vice Mayor Sherado
[0:32] >> here,
[0:32] >> Mayor Shante
[0:34] >> here,
[0:34] >> Council Member Scott
[0:35] >> here, and Council Member Brolio
[0:38] >> present. Thank you. Would you all please
[0:39] stand and join me in the pledge of
[0:41] allegiance?
[0:43] >> I aliance to the flag of the United
[0:47] States of America and to the republic
[0:49] for which it stands, one nation under
[0:52] God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:55] justice for all.
[1:00] Item number six is report on the
[1:03] conception. No action was taken and
[1:06] direction was given to staff.
[1:09] Item number seven, approval of the
[1:10] agenda as posted or amended.
[1:14] Any changes, Steve, to the agenda?
[1:17] >> Um, no. Thank you.
[1:19] >> Any changes from the council order?
[1:22] Anyone from the public?
[1:25] >> Anyone online?
[1:28] No questions.
[1:30] >> Oh, the screen's not on.
[1:32] >> I'm going to turn them on in just a
[1:33] minute.
[1:33] >> Okay. It's all right, Michelle. It's
[1:35] okay.
[1:35] >> I'm sorry. Um, so is there a motion to
[1:39] approve the agenda?
[1:39] >> I'll make a motion to approve agenda.
[1:41] >> A motion.
[1:42] >> I'll second.
[1:42] >> There's been a second. Any other
[1:44] discussion?
[1:45] >> Any comment from those present?
[1:48] >> Anyone online?
[1:51] >> Um, nobody with questions online.
[1:53] >> Okay. Roll call, please.
[1:55] >> Yes. Beho. Hi
[1:57] >> Gerorado.
[1:57] >> Hi
[1:58] >> J.
[1:58] >> Hi
[1:59] >> Scott.
[1:59] >> Hi
[2:00] >> and
[2:01] >> hi.
[2:02] >> All right, moving on to item number
[2:04] eight. Presentation, proclamations,
[2:06] recognitions.
[2:08] Central Sierra Economic Development
[2:10] District, Steve.
[2:13] >> Yes. Thank you. Good evening, mayor and
[2:15] council members. We had a request from
[2:16] the Central Sierra Economic Development
[2:18] District um to make a presentation which
[2:21] we are fortunate to have with us tonight
[2:23] Sophia and Alex who has provided for us
[2:26] in advance their PowerPoint presentation
[2:28] and would like to talk about some of the
[2:30] good things that are going on in our
[2:31] region. So I'd like to introduce and
[2:33] hand it over to Sophia and Alex.
[2:40] See,
[3:01] » I like that one.
[3:04] >> I can speak to the the man jumping off
[3:06] the unicorn.
[3:09] Start there.
[3:11] And in all all seriousness, uh, good
[3:14] evening and thank you for having us.
[3:16] >> I think it's this one, Steve.
[3:18] >> I've got it. Sorry.
[3:19] >> Oh, you got it.
[3:20] >> Yeah, this this one I think you have.
[3:23] >> Okay.
[3:24] >> Good.
[3:27] >> There we go.
[3:28] >> There it is.
[3:34] » All right. There we go.
[3:35] >> Mic. Everybody good?
[3:37] >> Yes.
[3:38] >> Check. Check. Check. One, two. All
[3:40] right. Well, good evening, honorable
[3:41] mayor, council members, and staff. Thank
[3:44] you for having us here this evening.
[3:46] Again, as introduced, my name is Alex
[3:48] Blue. I'm the economic development
[3:49] manager for the Central Sierra Economic
[3:51] Development District, as well as the
[3:54] Motherload Workforce Development Board
[3:56] serving Amadore, Calary, Miraos, Towali,
[3:59] and Alpine counties.
[4:02] Very happy to be here tonight alongside
[4:04] my esteemed colleague Sophia Kaufman to
[4:06] give you a regional update on our
[4:07] activities. You know, I I generally try
[4:10] to give these as an annual update, and
[4:12] it's probably been longer than that
[4:13] since I've been to this capsule.
[4:14] Probably well over a year and a half.
[4:16] So, we're overdue. And now, with the
[4:18] assistance of Sophia, we'll try to do
[4:19] this on a regular cadence so we can keep
[4:21] you updated on all the cool and
[4:23] interesting things we're doing. So, go
[4:24] ahead and roll on.
[4:28] So, just a quick overview of what we'll
[4:30] be talking about tonight. We'll be
[4:31] talking about our California jobs first
[4:33] initiative update. Very some very
[4:36] exciting work there. uh the CASF that is
[4:38] the California advanced services fund
[4:40] that is our broadband infrastructure
[4:42] grant. We'll talk a little bit about
[4:43] funding sources and the sustainability
[4:45] of our initiatives. And then where we
[4:47] have the SDS annual report, the SDS is
[4:49] our comprehensive economic development
[4:51] strategy. That's generally what I do on
[4:54] a yearly basis. I'll come around and
[4:55] I'll tell you this. These are the things
[4:56] that we worked on to promote economic
[4:58] development and here are the tangible
[5:00] pieces of evidence to show you that
[5:01] we're we're doing the good work in our
[5:03] communities.
[5:04] That can be a little dry. So instead,
[5:07] uh, kind of towards the end of the
[5:08] presentation, I've thrown you a little
[5:10] update on like the last 90 to 120 days
[5:13] of what we've been working on. Uh, I
[5:15] think it provides a much better look
[5:17] into the activities and kind of
[5:19] initiatives that we're pushing forward
[5:20] rather than giving you a dry update and
[5:22] going down the checklist of all the
[5:24] things we've done. So anyway, go ahead
[5:25] and roll.
[5:28] All right. So uh the California jobs
[5:30] first initiative for those of you who
[5:31] are not familiar is the largest economic
[5:34] and workforce development initiative in
[5:35] the history of the state of California.
[5:38] Uh several hundred million dollars were
[5:40] infused into the state broken into 13
[5:43] regions. So the state broke us into 13
[5:46] clusters as you will uh which is the
[5:49] seaside region but also inclusive of our
[5:51] partners over the hill at Inyo and Mono
[5:53] counties. So kind of an interesting
[5:55] landscape given that we can't really
[5:57] access that side of the hill currently.
[6:00] Uh give you a little update. This is the
[6:02] last two years or so of this initiative.
[6:04] We went through the planning phase. We
[6:06] wrote a regional summary which will
[6:07] actually be certified as an economic
[6:09] development strategy. So we'll be able
[6:11] to kind of use that as a guiding light
[6:13] for future work. And currently we are in
[6:16] the implementation and catalyst phases.
[6:17] So there are $9 million in projects that
[6:20] are currently being implemented
[6:21] throughout the Sierra region. The
[6:23] implementation portion of this is kind
[6:26] of a second setback or set off from the
[6:29] uh jobs first initiative that will
[6:31] support shovel ready projects. So where
[6:33] the catalyst funding is intended to
[6:35] catalyze smaller projects that wouldn't
[6:36] receive funding otherwise implementation
[6:39] is shovel ready really projects that
[6:41] just need that capital infusion to make
[6:43] their project go. Um there was a round
[6:46] one that just happened maybe 3 or 4
[6:48] months ago. The deadline for the next uh
[6:51] phase of implementation is tomorrow. So,
[6:53] we will be submitting a proposal by 5:00
[6:55] p.m. tomorrow uh to support the regional
[6:57] bio economy. Go ahead.
[7:01] Just a couple quick statistics. I'm
[7:03] going to try to keep this piffy because
[7:04] I got a lot of slides, but just kind of
[7:06] give you an overview of where we've come
[7:07] from, where we've been. Uh highlighting
[7:10] the community-led portion of this. This
[7:12] initiative has always been a
[7:13] community-led initiative and really kind
[7:15] of instills that feeling of lived
[7:17] experience into this particular
[7:20] initiative. So really important to
[7:22] highlight that you know this is based on
[7:23] the lived experience of constituents
[7:25] throughout this region and the concerns,
[7:28] opportunities and threats that pose to
[7:31] workforce and economic development. The
[7:33] priority industry sectors for our region
[7:35] are healthcare, agriculture, natural and
[7:37] working lands which is forestry and
[7:39] other kind of related industries,
[7:41] recreation and tourism and clean energy.
[7:44] Uh Sophia alongside myself are the
[7:46] stewards and sector navigators for
[7:48] healthcare, natural and working lands
[7:49] and agriculture.
[7:51] Uh over there on the right, we talked
[7:53] about those catalyst projects. $9
[7:54] million in funding awarded. 39 projects
[7:57] were funded through that initiative. And
[7:59] the little bar chart there is kind of
[8:01] the countywide impact. So you can see
[8:03] where that money is going throughout the
[8:05] region. Uh the transition phase, we
[8:07] don't have to talk about that today.
[8:09] That's kind of what's coming next. I'll
[8:11] uh I'll come back to you in 6 months and
[8:12] tell you all about that. All right, go
[8:14] ahead. Uh just kind of um outlining the
[8:17] priority from the state of this
[8:19] regionalism. So they broke the state
[8:21] into these 13 regions that you can see
[8:22] illustrated up there. There was a lot of
[8:25] consternation around the arrangement of
[8:28] these regions. So ours is difficult
[8:30] because a it's geographically quite
[8:32] dispersed. We have 7,000 square miles
[8:34] and about 200,000 people. Uh I speculate
[8:37] that there are more cows than people in
[8:39] our region. Um but that's a good thing,
[8:42] right? That's why agriculture is one of
[8:44] our primary industry sectors. So the
[8:46] reason I show you this is because the
[8:47] state has really kind of dropped
[8:49] breadcrumbs to indicate that this will
[8:50] be our region for funding in perpetuity
[8:53] or at least for the next 5 years through
[8:55] 2030. uh the two major initiatives from
[8:58] the state, the K16 initiative and the
[8:59] high road training partnership
[9:01] initiative are both key workforce
[9:03] initiatives and actually ask you to
[9:05] outline which region of the jobs first
[9:07] initiative that you lie within. So the
[9:10] state's telling us this is our region at
[9:12] least till 2030. So we're making good
[9:14] with all of our go and roll.
[9:19] Okay. So what are we actually doing in
[9:21] this process? So a lot of it has been
[9:23] thinking about ways that we can build
[9:25] capacity and expand access. So a lot of
[9:28] the work that goes on in this region
[9:29] happens in silos. Uh we have a lot of
[9:31] people who are working on similar
[9:33] projects at the same time and I've seen
[9:36] multiple multiple cases where people
[9:38] could have just made a phone call and
[9:40] reduced the duplicative work. Right? We
[9:42] could have done the same thing with two
[9:44] organizations and made it more simple.
[9:46] Right? Simplified the process. So moving
[9:48] projects towards being non-duplicative
[9:51] and working together to really generate
[9:53] impact. Funding is also a challenge.
[9:55] Believe it or not, $9 million is a lot
[9:57] of money to come to this region. You
[9:59] don't really see 9 million bucks dropped
[10:01] out of the sky that often here. The
[10:03] challenge with this process is that uh
[10:05] we developed an equitable model. So if a
[10:08] project requested $400,000, they
[10:11] probably got close to $200,000.
[10:13] Uh so a big part of what we did was also
[10:16] finding alternative funding sources to
[10:18] leverage the funding that they received
[10:20] from the jobs first initiative. I talked
[10:22] a little bit about that sector
[10:23] navigation. Uh Sophia has really led the
[10:26] charge on the agricultural sector in
[10:28] that sector navigation but really
[10:29] serving as that credible competent
[10:31] source of information. Um industry does
[10:34] not like to have the same conversation
[10:36] twice or three times. So having one
[10:39] definitive source of information, one
[10:41] definitive source of workforce data and
[10:43] to be able to have that connection is
[10:45] really really important. So relationship
[10:47] management between industry, community-
[10:49] based organizations, government and of
[10:51] course workforce and economic
[10:52] development. Go ahead.
[10:56] Working groups and convenings are also a
[10:59] big part of what we're doing. So um
[11:00] having a geographically dispersed region
[11:03] is challenging when it comes to
[11:05] in-person convening. So we have really
[11:07] kind of led the charge on making this a
[11:10] priority within this initiative. So
[11:12] getting people together in the same
[11:14] room, similar to that duplicative work
[11:16] component that I described previously,
[11:18] we have people that work 5 10 miles from
[11:21] each other that have never actually sat
[11:22] down in a room together and talked about
[11:24] what they do and how they can work
[11:26] together. Um this was no more present in
[11:29] my mind when we had our healthcare
[11:31] sector conference where we had um Mack
[11:34] the the Mack health agency alongside Mat
[11:37] and the executive directors had never
[11:39] sat down and had a conversation about
[11:41] how they could collaborate. So really
[11:43] kind of providing that opportunity for
[11:45] interface between those important
[11:47] partners. Uh we've now executed those in
[11:49] healthcare, natural and working lands
[11:51] and agriculture and uh we'll continue to
[11:53] kind of convene those folks on a regular
[11:55] basis. those activation plans there on
[11:58] the kind of the second bullet. That's
[11:59] the action plan behind what we're doing.
[12:01] So that's to say here are all the things
[12:03] that we want to do. Here's the strategy
[12:05] behind it and here's how we'll achieve
[12:07] it. So those plans will kind of be our
[12:10] guiding light moving forward past the
[12:12] jobs first initiative as how we kind of
[12:14] figure out what we're going to do for
[12:16] workforce and economic development for
[12:17] the region. Go ahead.
[12:20] I'm very proud to announce that SEAD was
[12:23] awarded during this process. Uh we have
[12:25] a youth entrepreneurship project. So
[12:28] what we'll be doing is sponsoring youth
[12:30] entrepreneurship classes throughout all
[12:32] seven counties within the Sierra region.
[12:34] Uh this is really really exciting work.
[12:36] Um youth out migration is kind of it's
[12:38] not kind of it is one of the core issues
[12:40] of our region. Uh we lose youth at an
[12:43] alarming rate here in the central sier
[12:46] due to lack of opportunity. So
[12:48] entrepreneurship is a key component to
[12:50] get people engaged with their
[12:51] communities and show that there is
[12:53] opportunity and financial viability in
[12:55] living and working here. Uh we have an
[12:58] implementation partner in Sierra
[12:59] Commons. This is their core competency.
[13:01] They're out of Nevada City. They do
[13:03] entrepreneurship training across the
[13:04] state. Really excited to work with them.
[13:06] And then alongside this, we'll actually
[13:08] be implementing a youth chamber of
[13:10] commerce which we're going to start in
[13:11] Towalami County, but look to expand to
[13:13] all of the seaside counties um as they
[13:15] have capacity to uh achieve that within
[13:18] their organizations. Go ahead.
[13:22] Talk a little bit about broadband. Uh we
[13:24] have some really exciting work in
[13:25] broadband. I know broadband can be a
[13:27] little dull and dry and we're talking
[13:28] about varying cables and hooking lines
[13:30] up, but really it's the impact for these
[13:32] communities. Um, we live in a digital
[13:34] world where students attend classes
[13:36] online, where patients access health
[13:39] care online, where a lot of the core
[13:42] competencies of business are done
[13:44] online, right? You go to a merchant and
[13:46] you hit the little square reader. Well,
[13:48] if that's not connected to the internet,
[13:50] it doesn't actually do anything. So,
[13:52] having that available for business and
[13:54] the constituents of this region is
[13:55] critically important.
[13:56] uh we've been working with the RCRC
[13:58] which is the rural county
[13:59] representatives of California who are
[14:01] the major awardees under this work and
[14:04] we're really excited about the model
[14:06] that they bring. So they bring an open
[14:07] access model which promotes a
[14:09] competitive marketplace. It really
[14:11] allows different internet service
[14:13] providers to provide different tiers of
[14:15] service to the constituents. Um this is
[14:17] a challenge because in many parts of
[14:20] this region you have one internet
[14:21] service provider and they have complete
[14:24] monopoly of what they want to charge you
[14:26] and the service levels that they provide
[14:28] you. So the Golden State Connect
[14:30] Authority uh model will really kind of
[14:33] work to address that and address a
[14:35] competitive open marketplace. Okay.
[14:39] So you can just kind of see the money
[14:40] that is going to be coming to this
[14:42] region. So, we talked about 9 million
[14:43] with jobs first. Um, outside of that
[14:47] loan loss reserve, which is more of like
[14:49] a revolving loan fund, we're looking at
[14:52] upwards of $120 million in investment in
[14:55] this region over the next 3 years. Go
[14:57] ahead.
[14:58] >> I see zero for Cal.
[15:01] >> Absolutely. I I knew that question.
[15:06] » You can ask questions or hold them till
[15:07] the end, whatever you want. Um, so
[15:10] Calvary got pushed to round two. These
[15:12] were all the round one awards that
[15:13] happened kind of last fall and um not
[15:16] last fall, three months ago. Um and uh
[15:20] there's a round two that'll be coming up
[15:22] in February and March. Caliber got
[15:24] pushed to February and March. So just so
[15:26] everyone knows here uh CISA did advocate
[15:29] or I should say educate on behalf of
[15:32] Calvaris County uh to the CPU and uh we
[15:36] are very very hopeful that Calver will
[15:38] be awarded
[15:38] >> and that's like another 38 million or
[15:40] something I was reading
[15:41] >> uh roughly yeah if everything is awarded
[15:45] in the way that we see fits um so yeah
[15:47] there will be significant investment
[15:49] coming county as well there's also plans
[15:52] kind of forward looking past these
[15:54] awards to connect Calvary County to
[15:57] Alpine County. So bridging that Arnold
[15:59] to Bear Valley gap where there's really
[16:00] no service, there's no nothing, right?
[16:03] And it's a huge route for tourism and
[16:04] safety. Um so we're really looking
[16:06] towards that in the future.
[16:08] >> Would it be appropriate to educate our
[16:10] staff on how to apply for a grant to
[16:12] bring better cell service downtown? Is
[16:15] that even a is that is that would that
[16:18] be appropriate for this type of grant?
[16:20] So, this is an infrastructure grant for
[16:22] broadband. Um, but for cell service
[16:25] there, I do have partners over at
[16:26] T-Mobile that we can connect you guys
[16:28] with and we can work with them. Um, we
[16:31] don't particularly work on cell service.
[16:33] This is more like um cabling. This is
[16:36] all the physical infrastructure.
[16:40] » Got one.
[16:41] >> Yeah. Let's let's talk let's talk off.
[16:43] Yeah, I agree.
[16:45] >> Yeah, absolutely. But we have a we have
[16:47] a pretty good chance of being selected
[16:49] in that second round, right? Since all
[16:51] these other ones got the first round and
[16:53] I saw I was reading last night something
[16:54] where they they kind of pushed us they
[16:57] were advocating for
[16:59] and so we're hoping to get to be part of
[17:02] that second.
[17:03] >> Yes. Yes. I I would say that there's a
[17:06] very good shot for to receive the award.
[17:09] Um, I think
[17:12] I I won't dive into that there's there's
[17:14] some weeds to be dove into here and I
[17:17] won't fully dive into them at this time.
[17:19] You can again connect offline council
[17:21] member but um yes I to answer your
[17:24] question yes there's a very good chance
[17:25] that will
[17:29] » thank you.
[17:35] Uh so a big part of what we've been
[17:37] doing with that CASF infrastructure
[17:40] grant more broadly for CES set is really
[17:42] promoting awareness of what we do and
[17:44] the services that we provide within the
[17:45] region. Uh what we have done. Are we
[17:48] missing a slide? Can you roll ahead one
[17:49] slide real quick just so I can see or
[17:52] down one? I'm sorry. Ah perfect. Okay.
[17:55] So roll back up please.
[17:58] So I'm missing a slide here which is
[17:59] just fine. So, um, what we have done to
[18:02] really raise awareness of what we're
[18:04] doing both with this campaign and with
[18:06] economic development district is we have
[18:08] engaged the California State University
[18:10] system. Uh, I reached out in partnership
[18:13] to the Cal State system because I just
[18:15] don't have capacity. We are basically a
[18:17] twoperson department stewarding millions
[18:20] and millions of dollars of grants. And
[18:22] so for me to work on a marketing
[18:24] campaign alongside grant management,
[18:26] administration and all the kind of
[18:28] highle work that I do seemed untenable.
[18:30] So volunteerism is my favorite model.
[18:33] The free 999 is my favorite. Um and so
[18:36] we engage the CSU system and we have a
[18:38] partnership with Cal State University
[18:40] Fullerton where we engage their capstone
[18:42] marketing class and they actually
[18:44] provide us with a team that assists us
[18:46] with our marketing efforts on a cohort
[18:48] by cohort basis. And so we're actually
[18:50] in our fifth cohort right now and I
[18:52] would love for Sophia to talk a little
[18:53] bit about the relationship with
[18:55] >> Yeah, absolutely. Um, so just to give
[18:58] everybody a bit background, my
[19:00] background is in medium communications
[19:01] and so I I was glad to take on this role
[19:03] and helping lead the team. Um, this has
[19:06] been an incredible way for us to expand
[19:07] our capacity. As uh, Alex mentioned, we
[19:10] are a tiny team and so we try and do as
[19:12] much as we can. Um so this has been a
[19:14] great capacity builder and an awareness
[19:17] builder right in the region. Um SEAD has
[19:21] been has existed for decades now
[19:23] >> since 1976.
[19:25] uh and still not many people
[19:28] in this region are aware of our presence
[19:30] or what we're doing or how we're doing
[19:31] it. And so that is a major priority of
[19:34] ours um to expand awareness in the
[19:37] region about not only how what we're
[19:39] doing to serve regional residents but um
[19:42] how we're doing it right on on things
[19:44] like this uh the broadband
[19:46] infrastructure grant and all of the
[19:47] various projects that we're working on.
[19:48] So um we've been excited to work with
[19:51] the team. We continue, we are finishing
[19:54] up actually the cohort for fall of 25
[19:57] this week and in the last 30 days we've
[20:00] reached over 7,000 regional residents.
[20:03] So we're working hard to um increase
[20:06] that awareness and you'll pro probably
[20:07] and hopefully be seeing more of us along
[20:09] the way. Um but we are also entertaining
[20:13] uh the option to engage local community
[20:17] college students in this process as
[20:18] well. So hopefully we'll have more
[20:20] updates for you on that next time, but
[20:22] we do want to create more opportunity
[20:24] for um local uh students to engage with
[20:29] this this project. So
[20:33] >> you're supposed to say follow us on
[20:34] Facebook and Instagram.
[20:35] >> Oh yes.
[20:38] >> Uh you can go ahead and roll to the next
[20:40] slide, please. So um talk a little bit
[20:43] about funding. So when I came into this
[20:44] role just under two years ago, I had one
[20:48] grant that I managed and that was the
[20:50] California Advanced Services
[20:51] Infrastructure Grant at $595,000.
[20:55] Since then, uh we have done a really
[20:57] good job at finding additional funding
[21:00] sources for the work that we have. So
[21:01] that SJF is the Sierra jobs first. That
[21:04] is the initiative that I talked about,
[21:06] you know, kind of in the beginning. So
[21:07] we had two grants from them. The Sierra
[21:09] founders academy which is our
[21:10] entrepreneurship initiative. uh clear
[21:13] LCI that's our biomass entrepreneurship
[21:17] initiative. So that is California law
[21:19] empowering renewable energy is clear and
[21:22] LCI is land use and climate innovation
[21:24] through the state. We have about
[21:26] $100,000 to develop a biomass business
[21:29] toolkit as well as host a Shark Tank
[21:32] like uh business entrepreneurship
[21:35] uh process for regional businesses.
[21:37] We're working with some private partners
[21:38] to actually secure funding to get
[21:40] startup funding for those businesses.
[21:42] So, kind of doubling down on that
[21:43] commitment to entrepreneurship in the
[21:45] bioeconomy. Uh the do department of
[21:48] labor healthcare that is going to
[21:49] support our work in the healthc care uh
[21:52] industry sector that has actually been
[21:53] amended to also support work in the
[21:55] natural and working land sector. Our
[21:58] rural EV chargers is no longer pending.
[22:00] I am very very excited to announce we
[22:02] did receive our rural EV charging grant
[22:05] in the amount of $4 million. to put in
[22:07] rural EV charging locations across the
[22:10] central Sierra region.
[22:11] >> So, is that going to be based on a
[22:12] competitive grant or something or how is
[22:18] that going to be awarded because I know
[22:19] we had folks at our last council meeting
[22:22] talk about chargers and and we've been
[22:24] seriously considering and hoping that
[22:26] our council local governments would come
[22:29] through funding our stuff. So,
[22:31] >> we'll be in touch.
[22:33] >> Um we were just awarded this two weeks
[22:36] ago. Mhm.
[22:37] >> So, we've kind of been um scrambling, I
[22:40] think is the right word, because the
[22:42] implementation partner that will
[22:44] actually put in the charging locations
[22:46] wants to have these all implemented by
[22:48] June of 26.
[22:49] >> Oh, wow.
[22:50] >> So, uh 17 locations is what we have
[22:52] proposed across the Sierra region.
[22:55] Obviously, some here in Calvary County.
[22:57] Um but having those all built out and
[23:01] ready to use by June of 26 is a
[23:04] challenge. So we are moving at lightning
[23:07] speed to uh try to get all this work off
[23:09] the ground and get businesses engaged.
[23:11] So we'll connect a little bit more
[23:13] offline on that. Uh the help that we
[23:15] need is getting potential business sites
[23:17] engaged with this process because at the
[23:20] end of the day this will likely be free
[23:21] infrastructure for these businesses and
[23:23] will support their business and economic
[23:25] development um through the areas where
[23:27] these charge is. So very very excited
[23:29] about that. Um, can you add something?
[23:31] >> Please do.
[23:32] >> Um, for anybody any property owners or
[23:34] businesses that are interested in
[23:36] learning more about this, we're actually
[23:37] hosting four webinars before the holiday
[23:40] uh to for people to attend to ask
[23:42] questions to the implementation partners
[23:44] as well as our partner on this grant
[23:45] which is Momentum based out of
[23:46] Sacramento about the process um
[23:49] eligibility etc. So the first webinar
[23:52] will take place on Monday uh at from
[23:55] 3:00 to 4 p.m. The next one will be the
[23:56] following Thursday. So, the next two
[23:58] Mondays and Thursdays, we'll have
[23:59] opportunities for people to engage with
[24:01] us. Uh, we have reached out to the
[24:03] Calvary County Chamber to help us with
[24:05] this messaging to try and get the word
[24:06] out to businesses, but if anybody is
[24:08] interested in helping us do that in this
[24:10] room, we would be happy to engage you.
[24:12] So, thank you.
[24:12] >> Quick quick question on that. So, does
[24:14] um like county or like city- owned
[24:16] property count towards that or would it
[24:18] have to be business owned?
[24:19] >> Um, to my knowledge, there is not a
[24:22] stipulation that would prohibit a city
[24:24] property being engaged. Um we have
[24:27] reviewed the plan that uh regional
[24:30] transportation agencies worked on
[24:32] several years ago. I can't remember
[24:34] exactly the title of the plan but they
[24:35] actually identified locations throughout
[24:37] I believe it was Amodore Calar and TWMY
[24:39] counties um for best EV charging
[24:41] station.
[24:42] >> So we saw that at COD
[24:43] >> beautiful. So yeah we referenced this
[24:44] when we kind of picked out preliminary
[24:46] potentially good sites um and we are
[24:49] opening it's an open call to all
[24:50] business and property owners.
[24:52] >> Great. When where is the meeting?
[24:56] >> It's via Zoom.
[24:57] >> It's online.
[24:58] >> So, we'll we'll put out the the letter
[25:01] to staff here and make sure that
[25:03] everyone around here has access to those
[25:04] webinars.
[25:05] >> You can also find the meeting or the
[25:07] registration link on our Facebook page
[25:08] right now.
[25:09] >> Follow us on Facebook, guys.
[25:12] Charge.
[25:14] >> That's right.
[25:15] >> I have to charge for headlines. That's
[25:17] the goal.
[25:17] >> Get out of your car and then they can
[25:20] >> go have something to eat. go buy buy
[25:22] something from one of the local
[25:23] merchants. That's the idea. Support
[25:25] economic development.
[25:29] » Um, okay. I'm going to keep running. I
[25:30] got a few more slides after this. I I
[25:32] don't want to keep you guys waiting.
[25:34] That Prop 4 funding. So, Prop 4 is the
[25:36] largest climate bond in the history of
[25:38] state of California. $1.76 billion that
[25:42] will be divided across regions
[25:43] throughout the state. Uh, we have
[25:45] actually increased our ask for that Prop
[25:47] 4 funding to $68 million. This will
[25:50] support workforce and economic
[25:51] development in the biomass sector. So in
[25:54] the bioeconomy, uh we have a really
[25:56] unique ecosystem here in the central
[25:58] sirus where workforce works with
[26:00] economic development, works with
[26:02] education, works with government
[26:04] entities and in our conversations with
[26:06] the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, they made
[26:08] us aware that like this this is the
[26:10] unique feature of our region and what
[26:12] makes business attractive here. Um, so
[26:16] I'm pretty confident at this point that
[26:18] we will be awarded some amount of
[26:19] funding for Prop 4. I'm hopeful in that
[26:21] $68 million range. Implementation, we
[26:24] talked about that with the jobs first
[26:25] initiative due date tomorrow. I will get
[26:28] a couple hours of sleep tonight more
[26:29] than likely and finish that proposal as
[26:32] well. Uh, we're shooting for 4 to 6
[26:33] million for that.
[26:37] All right. So this is the point where I
[26:39] generally do the update and I take the
[26:41] list and I say this is what I did and this is what I
[26:44] did. That's boring. So instead we're
[26:46] going to talk about all the exciting
[26:47] stuff that we've been working on kind of
[26:49] in the ecosystem of workforce and
[26:52] economic development rather than going
[26:53] down a checkbox list. So one of the big
[26:56] projects that we are really really proud
[26:58] of is developing sierra industry.org
[27:01] for our regional industry partners,
[27:03] community based organizations and
[27:05] education partners. and I would love for
[27:07] Sophia to speak a little bit on Siri.
[27:09] >> Yes. Um, so we're excited to we've
[27:12] launched this website officially, we're
[27:14] continuing to build it out. Um, but one
[27:16] thing that we've come across in working
[27:18] with various industries and sectors
[27:20] throughout the region is that people
[27:21] aren't talking to each other. Alex
[27:23] mentioned it earlier and we're trying to
[27:24] provide a solution to that. It is no
[27:26] small feat. It is not an easy thing to
[27:28] create a central location for
[27:31] information and communication for a
[27:33] variety of industries across the region,
[27:35] but we're taking that task on
[27:36] viaindustry.org.
[27:38] So, right now its current function is
[27:40] that it provides labor market data for
[27:42] the priority sectors for the region and
[27:46] we will soon be announcing um an
[27:48] expansion of our sector partnerships
[27:51] feature on the website. So as we
[27:53] mentioned this year we launched uh
[27:55] industry partnerships for healthcare and
[27:57] our LEAF partnership which is land
[27:59] energy agriculture and forestry and um
[28:03] participants in those partnerships will
[28:05] be able to engage with each other uh on
[28:07] this platform. So we are creating
[28:09] essentially an online communication
[28:10] space for people to share these
[28:12] documents to uh put out ideas to see if
[28:15] there are any partners willing to
[28:16] collaborate etc. So um it is a a tall
[28:21] task to tackle but we are excited to um
[28:24] create this opportunity for region to or
[28:27] for I'm sorry industry to engage
[28:28] throughout the region. We mentioned
[28:30] earlier that the state of California
[28:32] does intend to continue awarding funding
[28:34] this way. And so this is one of the many
[28:36] steps we have to take into um
[28:39] functioning functioning uh productively
[28:41] in a regional setting is to create a
[28:43] communication space where we can
[28:44] connect. So um we look forward to
[28:48] building this out in any way that is
[28:49] best to serve industry and if anybody
[28:51] has any ideas we are open to any and all
[28:53] feedback because ultimately this project
[28:55] is to serve people in industry in this
[28:57] region not us. Thank you
[29:00] >> potential employees as well. So I think
[29:04] one of the challenges and Sophia did a
[29:05] great job of explaining to your
[29:07] industry. One of the challenges is if I
[29:09] put myself in the shoes of someone who
[29:11] is looking to find a class or find a
[29:14] pathway. There's a lot of clicks that
[29:16] you have to make in order to actually
[29:18] find what you're looking for. Like even
[29:19] if you're going to Columbia College and
[29:21] you want to find a specific pathway, you
[29:23] have to click through five different
[29:24] pages and find the resource that you
[29:26] want. This will act as that resource. So
[29:29] when you go to sierindustry.org, you can
[29:31] actually scroll down to the education.
[29:32] You can pick the pathway you want.
[29:34] Excuse me. and it'll take you directly
[29:37] to the landing page. Right? So, it's a streamlining process both for
[29:40] industry but also to serve the employees
[29:43] of this region.
[29:45] Go ahead and roll on. So, you all are
[29:49] probably very familiar with Columbia
[29:50] College. Columbia College is a big part
[29:53] of our workforce and economic
[29:54] development priorities for the region.
[29:57] uh they're very very impactful partners
[29:58] in this space and have really worked
[30:00] alongside Melo Job Training and Economic
[30:03] Development District to really foster
[30:05] economic prosperity for the constituents
[30:07] of the stream role. One of those pieces
[30:11] of programming that has been
[30:12] particularly impactful is the Greater
[30:14] Sierra Forestry Corp. Uh this is a piece
[30:17] of programming that prepares students
[30:19] for any number of careers in the
[30:21] forestry industry. As we know that is a
[30:23] big industry around here. Um, this is a
[30:26] 16-week program. So, originally this was
[30:29] an aortioned piece of curriculum through
[30:31] the college that took a year. Industry
[30:33] told us that is not fast enough. We need
[30:36] people yesterday. And so, this is now a
[30:39] 16-week program that gets students in
[30:41] and out.
[30:43] >> They end up with certifications. They
[30:45] end up with skills in training and fuels
[30:47] reduction, chainsaw operations. All of
[30:49] this in 16 weeks. It is an intensive
[30:52] piece of curriculum. And then they can
[30:54] actually go on to other pieces as well.
[30:57] So there is a pathway that goes on to
[30:59] take them into heavy equipment and
[31:00] logging operations, but they can go on
[31:02] to get their associates degree. They can
[31:04] go into GIS and mapping. Um, this is a
[31:07] core industry in this region for a
[31:09] reason. You know, we have these natural
[31:11] resources. We have a lot of them. And so
[31:13] having the ready workforce to support
[31:15] industry is is a critical component of
[31:17] that ecosystem I was talking about.
[31:20] These cohorts are small, 20 to 25 folks.
[31:23] They graduate on a Friday. They have
[31:24] three job offers by Monday. That's how
[31:26] successful this piece of programming is.
[31:28] Um, and so a part of that funding is to
[31:31] support this. We're actually on our
[31:33] final cohort of this programming or
[31:35] final funded part of this programming.
[31:37] And so a big piece of that prop
[31:39] implementation funding will really look
[31:40] to sustain this programming for the poor
[31:42] team.
[31:46] Uh Harvard Biomass is one of our
[31:48] industry partners that we really like to
[31:50] utilize as an example of what a
[31:52] productive workforce and economic
[31:54] development ecosystem looks like. Uh for
[31:56] those of you who are not familiar with
[31:58] Hartwood Biomass, they're located over
[31:59] in Jamestown over by the prison. Uh and
[32:02] they have been doing some very very
[32:05] impactful work. Go ahead and roll on. So
[32:07] the reason that Hartwood Biomass even
[32:09] came to Towalami County is because of
[32:12] CEST. So, Heartwood Biomass is out of
[32:15] Walawa. Walawa. W A L L O W A. Yeah.
[32:19] Just pretend you have a bubble in
[32:22] your throat and that's
[32:23] >> Oregon.
[32:24] >> Um, yeah, exactly. Oregon. So, uh, CES
[32:27] said approached Hartwood and said, "Hey,
[32:28] we want you to come work in Towi
[32:30] County." So we actually wrote a business
[32:32] plan for them,
[32:34] secured funding through RCAC and HCD to
[32:37] actually get their business off the
[32:38] ground. And now they utilize Motherload
[32:40] job training for a number of services,
[32:43] supportive services as well. So they
[32:45] hire folks from the Greater Sierra
[32:46] Forestry Corp, they utilize Motherload
[32:48] job training for upskilling programs. So
[32:50] if people come in at like an entry level
[32:52] position, we'll upskill them into
[32:54] another pathway into a management
[32:56] pathway or to a forklift pathway just so
[32:58] they can make more money. The goal of
[33:00] all this is not to just get people in
[33:01] jobs, okay? The goal of this is to get
[33:04] people in jobs where they can sustain
[33:05] families, where they can actually live
[33:08] and work and survive and be comfortable,
[33:10] not having to scrap and scrape for every
[33:12] dollar. So, a lot of this programming
[33:14] gets people in at like that 30, 35, 40
[33:16] bucks an hour type of range where folks
[33:18] can actually sustain families, own
[33:20] homes, and be productive within the
[33:22] economy. uh the general manager. She's
[33:24] actually no longer with Hartwood
[33:26] Biomass, but she sat on our workforce
[33:28] development board is a really impactful
[33:30] partner throughout the region. We look
[33:32] forward to what she does next because
[33:33] she's a rock star.
[33:37] Uh Adventist Hospital, I'll just kind of
[33:38] go quickly here. I know I'm running
[33:40] along. Uh again, a very very impactful
[33:42] partner in the healthc care space. Uh
[33:45] the operations line executive there kind
[33:47] of the front left wearing the suit
[33:48] jacket. Tyler Newton is the chair of our
[33:51] workforce development board and also
[33:52] works with our economic development
[33:54] district and they work with a lot of
[33:56] programming that we do with Columbia
[33:58] College as well. So, if you want to roll
[33:59] a slide, uh we have several different
[34:02] pathways through Columbia College where
[34:04] people can get engaged with healthcare
[34:06] programming. We have MA gosh, now I'm
[34:10] going to have to do it. uh MA patient
[34:12] rep uh labbotomy I there's like five
[34:15] different pathways and now that I'm in
[34:17] the moment I don't have them on the text
[34:18] of the screen uh there are five really
[34:21] important pathways through Columbia
[34:22] College that people can utilize to get
[34:24] some of those uh family sustaining jobs
[34:28] health also has a skilled nursing
[34:29] facility in Sonora where they can
[34:31] actually get people trained up into
[34:32] nursing careers as well um so just kind
[34:35] of illustrating that connection between
[34:37] workforce economic development and
[34:39] industry
[34:40] Um, yeah, very very important role in
[34:42] the community.
[34:45] All right, I'm going to go fast now. So,
[34:46] just a highlight of what we've been
[34:48] doing uh with that east side component.
[34:50] So, I mentioned that we have Inyo and
[34:52] Mono County in our region now as well.
[34:54] So, a big part of that has been
[34:56] supporting some of the projects. So,
[34:57] Blue Heron Farm is a really interesting
[34:59] and cool project. It is out of Ino
[35:01] County. Um, you can go ahead and roll
[35:03] slide.
[35:05] Um, it is a 10 acre farm in Inyo County.
[35:08] And get this guys, you ready for this?
[35:10] It is the largest production farm in
[35:13] Inyo or Mono counties
[35:15] >> at 10 acres.
[35:17] >> Wow.
[35:18] >> Let that sink in for a second.
[35:19] >> Wow.
[35:20] >> So supporting agriculture in this
[35:21] region, supporting food systems is
[35:23] really an important part of what we do.
[35:25] And really growing projects like Blue
[35:27] Heron Farm is is a really important
[35:29] priority when we think about the
[35:30] agricultural sector. Uh they're doing
[35:32] some really cool work thinking about
[35:34] yearround farming in a high desert
[35:36] environment where it snows. Um so uh
[35:39] just really really cool work. Go ahead
[35:41] and roll slide.
[35:45] Uh the Bishop P food sovereignty
[35:47] program. So one part that I haven't
[35:48] mentioned up to this point is the tribal
[35:50] engagement portions of our work. We
[35:52] really look to leverage those
[35:53] partnerships with regional tribal
[35:55] entities to really promote equity
[35:57] throughout the region. So you can go
[35:58] ahead and roll slide. Uh Oops, we're
[36:00] missing another slide. Sophia,
[36:02] >> I know.
[36:02] >> There it is. There it is. So, um, the
[36:06] Bishop Ohio food sovereignty program
[36:08] really leans into that, um, regenerative
[36:10] food system mindset, that whole food
[36:12] system mindset that we grow the food for
[36:14] the people that live in this region. So,
[36:17] not only does that keep good, healthy
[36:19] food and on the plates of people that
[36:21] want to eat it, but it keeps the money
[36:23] local, right? A big part of what this
[36:24] region suffers is that every time that
[36:27] Cisco truck pulls up to the restaurant,
[36:29] that money leaves our region. Those
[36:31] people don't live and work here. They do
[36:33] not pay taxes here. Do they do not raise
[36:35] their children? Um, so a big part of
[36:37] these food sovereignty and food systems
[36:39] projects are really to keep the money
[36:41] local, keep the money in region, support
[36:43] our economic prosperity and our growth.
[36:46] A really cool program and uh we work
[36:48] with a number of other food sovereignty
[36:49] programs including the chicken ranch
[36:51] rancheria. Um, and uh does have one
[36:56] working?
[36:56] >> Yeah, working to sustain funding for
[36:58] that program. So, we're working on a
[36:59] number of different different
[37:00] initiatives with tribal partners around
[37:02] food suffering. All right, last part.
[37:05] I'm just going to kind of run through
[37:06] this. You can just kind of click through
[37:07] it as I talk. Uh the one thing that was
[37:11] really missing when I came into this
[37:13] role was the ability to attract
[37:15] businesses. It stumped me why we hadn't
[37:19] done any business attraction initiatives
[37:22] for this region. We don't have any
[37:24] guide. you don't have any public
[37:26] information officer to tell everyone how
[37:28] great the central sieras are. So in the
[37:32] past couple months I worked to develop
[37:33] this business attractions pitch deck to
[37:35] kind of go alongside these initiatives
[37:37] that we've been working on that really
[37:38] highlights why you should locate your
[37:40] business here. So tourism recreation
[37:43] let's let's be frank we are a tourism
[37:45] and recreationbased economy. Uh a lot of
[37:47] our dollars flow through tourism. So,
[37:49] just kind of highlight some of our our
[37:51] prime tourism locations, right? These
[37:53] are things that people may not be aware
[37:55] of. Go ahead and roll slide.
[37:58] Uh housing, as we know, is an issue and
[38:00] workforce housing has become a priority
[38:02] that is no more prevalent than here in
[38:04] Calvary County with the Habitat for
[38:06] Humanity project. We're really really
[38:08] excited to see where that goes to
[38:09] support workforce housing for the
[38:11] region. Also things that we're looking
[38:13] for throughout the region. Uh policy is
[38:16] also an important part of business
[38:17] attraction. So there are several areas
[38:19] within our counties in the region that
[38:21] really do support business attraction.
[38:23] Things like opportunity zones, title 17
[38:25] in Towalami County that streamlines
[38:27] permitting and allows multiple uses. Uh
[38:30] really just kind of some important stuff
[38:32] to convey to potential businesses that
[38:33] are looking to locate in this region. Go
[38:35] ahead and roll. And then this is kind of
[38:38] my motto for the central Sierra is like
[38:40] we have the land, right? You just have
[38:42] to come find the opportunity. uh Talami
[38:45] County 75% public land, Calaveris County
[38:49] the opposite. Right? So what Towalami
[38:51] County lacks, Calvary County has and
[38:53] that's kind of the the narrative that
[38:55] I'm trying to create is the the rising
[38:57] tide lifts all ships, right? If a
[38:58] business goes and locates in Calvary
[39:00] County, that's going to raise the
[39:02] economic prosperity for Towalami County
[39:04] and on and on and on. So um really kind
[39:06] of highlighting the nexus within this
[39:09] region and promoting regional economic
[39:11] prosperity. Okay, I'm done. I did my
[39:14] best imitation of an auctioneer. This is
[39:16] something Sophia has seen me done do
[39:18] many times. Take like an hour's worth of
[39:19] presentation and then sit down and do 20
[39:21] to 30 minutes. Happy to entertain any
[39:24] questions.
[39:26] >> Any questions?
[39:30] » I have a question regarding uh
[39:33] workforce housing. Is there any way that
[39:35] you are or can support the Habitat for
[39:37] Humanity project? I know as they start
[39:39] going vertical, they're going to need
[39:40] help.
[39:41] Yes. Um there is a long answer to that
[39:46] and uh without kind of again going into
[39:49] the weeds, let's connect offline and
[39:51] I'll I'll kind of give you a more
[39:52] succinct explan.
[39:57] Nice to meet you. Um yeah, so there are
[40:01] ways that we can help support um that
[40:03] project through a multitude of different
[40:05] ways. We can talk about education. We
[40:07] can talk about policy. We can talk about
[40:09] streamlining kind of getting over those
[40:11] permitting hurdles if there are any and
[40:13] then actually helping to support the
[40:16] workforce to get into that housing,
[40:18] right? So, I think the most important
[40:20] part of workforce housing is getting the
[40:22] people that need that housing the most
[40:24] in there. So, being the workforce
[40:26] development board, we work with our
[40:29] workforce. So, we'll connect more
[40:30] offline, but I have a more detailed
[40:33] answer for you. Thank you. Yeah. Any
[40:36] other questions from council?
[40:39] >> No, I'll give you a folks. I'm supposed
[40:40] to be on this.
[40:41] >> Yeah,
[40:41] >> this committee. Yes.
[40:44] >> Beautiful.
[40:44] >> You're a new brat. That's right.
[40:46] >> So, I'd love to connect and just kind of
[40:48] >> Yeah.
[40:49] >> Shoot me an email. We look forward to
[40:50] seeing you at the board meeting.
[40:52] >> And is Kathy Galino still on there? Is
[40:54] she a representative of Calgary County?
[40:56] Okay, great.
[40:59] >> Is our supervisor that Ben and
[41:01] >> Kathy want to make sure we we Calgary
[41:03] have good representation. Absolutely.
[41:05] Great. Yeah. And we work alongside them
[41:07] regularly. Um yeah, so regular.
[41:09] >> And are you doing this presentation for
[41:11] the supervisors as well?
[41:12] >> So you guys are actually our last stop.
[41:14] >> Okay.
[41:15] >> Sophia and Iast
[41:18] most important. In fact, um
[41:19] >> save the best for last.
[41:22] Cara,
[41:23] >> um we have been to all five boards of
[41:25] supervisors throughout the region as
[41:27] well as the Sonora City Council giving
[41:28] this same presentation. So like Sophia
[41:31] said, education is a really important
[41:33] component. Um, we've been around since
[41:35] 1976, but only really in the last year
[41:38] and a half or two years has the
[41:40] trajectory of the economic development
[41:41] district kind of taken off and awareness
[41:44] and scope. So, um, we will continue
[41:46] doing this. The idea is to by annually
[41:48] come every six months, give you guys
[41:50] updates, let you know what's going on,
[41:51] might get engaged.
[41:54] >> Thank you. Thank you.
[41:55] >> Any questions for the public present?
[41:57] >> Where's your office at? Where you? So,
[42:00] uh, Motherwood job training has offices
[42:01] in all four counties that we serve. Our
[42:04] primary location is at 197 Mono over in
[42:06] Sonora.
[42:07] >> Above the Safeway, I believe it's not
[42:11] >> outlet. Grocery outlet.
[42:12] >> Yeah.
[42:13] Right above the grocery.
[42:17] » We have a location here in Calveris in
[42:19] San Andreas. We have a location in
[42:21] Jackson. We have a location in your
[42:23] office.
[42:23] >> And we are increasing our outreach
[42:25] efforts to be physically present in the
[42:26] counties that we're not seated in as
[42:28] well. So, we're we're going to try and
[42:30] get out here as more.
[42:33] >> Any other questions from the public?
[42:36] Anyone online?
[42:38] >> Michelle,
[42:38] >> no questions online.
[42:40] >> Well, thank you very much. It was very
[42:42] informative
[42:43] >> and encouraging
[42:44] >> especially for the young
[42:46] >> youth entrepreneurs.
[42:53] » Before I move to public comment, I just
[42:56] again want to welcome all of you here
[42:58] again. And it's always good to see a
[42:59] packed house. And I'm assuming all of
[43:01] our students are from Mrs. Dragman's
[43:05] leadership. Well, welcome.
[43:07] >> The last chance before the end of the
[43:08] semester.
[43:11] We wish you the best on your finals that
[43:13] I know are coming up shortly. So,
[43:15] welcome. Welcome all of us. All of you.
[43:17] So, we're moving on to item nine, public
[43:19] comment. The public may address the
[43:21] council on any item of public interest
[43:23] not otherwise on the agenda that is
[43:26] within the jurisdiction of the city. No
[43:28] action may be taken. Matters to be
[43:30] addressed may be referred to city staff
[43:32] or placed on a subsequent meeting
[43:34] agenda. Speakers are limited to 5
[43:36] minutes per person. If anybody would
[43:38] like to talk to us about an item not on
[43:41] agenda, please stand up and state your
[43:44] name and
[43:46] go ahead, sir.
[43:51] My name is Scott.
[43:53] Angel for about 19 years. I'm just here
[43:56] to see if uh I heard there was some
[43:58] monies that were found for road repair
[44:01] for Angel's Camp and I've been patiently
[44:04] waiting for the road to be repaired in
[44:05] front of my house for quite some years
[44:07] and that's why I'm here.
[44:09] >> So, where do you live, sir?
[44:10] >> On 77 Bush Street at Extension. It's a
[44:13] little tiny street, two homes. and make
[44:16] sure that you connect with Steve
[44:17] Williams before you leave so that we can
[44:19] get your name and information and Steve
[44:21] can keep in touch.
[44:22] >> Okay.
[44:23] >> Thank you.
[44:24] very much.
[44:24] >> Thank you.
[44:26] >> Any other public comment?
[44:34] » Hello everyone.
[44:36] Um it has come to my attention that we
[44:38] have $36,000 roughly in the toot taxes
[44:43] that we collect. Um, and I would like to
[44:47] ask that
[44:49] some of that money be used directly for
[44:52] downtown in the form of replacing the
[44:56] awnings that are in front of buildings
[44:59] down there. There are seven awnings.
[45:01] There are um two large ones, one medium,
[45:04] and four small ones. They are in
[45:07] terrible shape. They are a direct
[45:10] representation of our town when people
[45:12] come in. I think that the awnings could
[45:15] just be colored. They don't have to have
[45:18] the business name on them in case
[45:19] businesses change. But I think that that
[45:22] would be a great use of that tax because
[45:24] it is a touristbased tax and it would
[45:27] really give our town a facelift without
[45:31] spending a huge amount of money. So I'd
[45:34] like to see if you guys could vote on
[45:37] that. There is a company out of um
[45:40] Sonora that I have used many times and
[45:43] they would be willing to replace the
[45:46] awnings. We don't really have to replace
[45:47] the frames. We may have to replace one
[45:49] or two frame pieces, but the frames are
[45:51] in good shape. So, it would literally
[45:53] just be the awnings, but I think it
[45:54] would make a huge difference without
[45:56] spending a lot of money. And being that money is for tourism, it would be
[46:01] very beneficial. Thank you.
[46:03] >> Thank you.
[46:09] I have one question.
[46:09] >> Oh, sorry.
[46:10] >> New spokesperson for the downtown
[46:12] business.
[46:12] >> Oh, yes.
[46:15] >> Touch base with Steve on that and
[46:18] >> I would absolutely take lead on it if I
[46:20] had to get multiple bids or do whatever.
[46:22] I would be willing to go to the business
[46:24] property owners. I would be willing to
[46:26] get them to sign off on it. I would be
[46:28] willing to totally take the lead on that
[46:30] and get it done like right now.
[46:32] >> Thank you. Thank you.
[46:33] >> Okay.
[46:35] I'll
[46:38] >> students questions.
[46:41] >> Thanks.
[46:42] >> Okay. Thank you.
[46:43] >> Any other public comment?
[46:48] » Hello. My name is Katrina Fry here on
[46:51] behalf of Angels Camp Business
[46:52] Association this evening. I just wanted
[46:54] to give the also a quick update on our
[46:56] holiday events that we have going on. Uh
[46:58] very successful bows and bows event
[47:00] yesterday. Uh we were actually in
[47:01] partnership with the Breart FFA this
[47:03] year. We're looking forward at
[47:05] collaborating them uh with them more
[47:07] next year as well. It provides great uh
[47:09] um volunteer opportunities for them, you
[47:11] know, get their hours in and whatnot. Um
[47:14] we do have our holiday parade coming up
[47:17] this weekend. It is on Saturday. Um
[47:19] thank you to the city for coordinating
[47:21] the road closure and whatnot that we
[47:23] have coming. Um we have about 50 plus
[47:25] participants this year, so we're
[47:26] expecting a very um good parade. Um so
[47:30] that that's all I have to add to you.
[47:32] Thank you.
[47:33] >> Thank you.
[47:35] Any other public comment?
[47:39] Anyone online? Michelle,
[47:40] >> no comment online.
[47:42] >> Okay. Hearing none, we'll close public
[47:44] comment. Oh, no. No. I sure.
[47:51] » Young, there's a lot of vacant buildings
[47:53] downtown and I know there was kind of an
[47:54] effort by you guys, I believe I remember
[47:56] correctly, to push the owners to
[47:58] possibly open up to to get businesses
[48:01] in. Was there progress for that?
[48:04] >> I should ask for an update. It's coming.
[48:05] >> Yeah. Okay.
[48:08] We will agend Steve.
[48:11] >> Yes, I will provide
[48:12] >> an update on the ordinance and
[48:15] >> yeah, I can um just briefly that there
[48:18] was an ordinance passed. Um there are
[48:21] fines associated and then I will be
[48:24] providing the council with an update on
[48:26] city staff's progress on that.
[48:33] Thank you. Any other public comments?
[48:36] Anyone online? Michelle
[48:39] comment online.
[48:40] >> Okay. Well, thank you all for expressing
[48:44] those comments. We're moving on to item
[48:46] number 10, consent. We have one item,
[48:49] draft minutes. Is any council member
[48:51] like to pull this item?
[48:56] Hear none. Any public present for
[49:00] discussion? Anyone online? Michelle
[49:04] would like to pull it comment online.
[49:05] >> Okay, we'll bring it back for a motion
[49:07] to approve.
[49:08] >> Second.
[49:09] >> A motion and a second. Any other
[49:11] discussion?
[49:12] Any discussion from the public? Anyone
[49:15] online? Michelle?
[49:16] >> No.
[49:17] >> Hearing none. Roll call.
[49:18] >> Behill.
[49:19] >> Hi.
[49:19] >> Shirano.
[49:20] >> Hi.
[49:20] >> Shante.
[49:21] >> Hi.
[49:22] >> Scott.
[49:22] >> Hi.
[49:22] >> Rolio.
[49:23] >> Hi.
[49:24] >> All right. Moving on to item number 11,
[49:26] action items. Item A, resolution 25-100,
[49:31] approving task order 30 to the agreement
[49:34] with Dubberry Engineers and Company for
[49:35] the Valisto Road sewer replacement
[49:37] project, construction management
[49:39] inspection and engineering services
[49:41] during construction and off authorizing
[49:44] the intram city administrator to execute
[49:46] the task order. Steve.
[49:49] >> Thank you, member, mayors and council
[49:51] members. before you tonight is a request
[49:53] to consider resolution
[49:55] 25-100.
[49:57] As you will recall, we engaged with um a
[50:01] bidding process in September of this
[50:03] year for the next phase of our sewer
[50:07] replacement plan. Um we started on
[50:10] Booster Way. Once that segment of sewer
[50:13] had been replaced, the next segment is
[50:15] Valisceto, which takes it right down
[50:17] this road into the parking lot. The
[50:20] award for the second phase of the
[50:22] project was awarded to Sutton
[50:24] Enterprises. It has a 180 calendar day
[50:28] um completion time. The notice to
[50:31] proceed was issued yesterday, December
[50:33] 1st. That project is due to be completed
[50:36] um by May 29th. So, Deubberry um Dave
[50:42] Richard is here to answer any questions
[50:44] that you have, but Deubberry essentially
[50:46] is in has entered into an agreement with
[50:49] the city to provide certain engineering
[50:52] services including water and wastewater
[50:55] and they developed the engineering plans
[50:57] necessary to replace this sewer pipe. So
[51:01] now that we are in the actual
[51:03] construction phase, we need a task order
[51:06] to that original agreement for
[51:08] engineering services to provide
[51:10] management oversight, daily inspections
[51:13] or weekly inspections if needed, and
[51:15] additional engineering services. The
[51:18] amount requested for this task order is
[51:21] 183,000.
[51:23] You'll recall that the project had a
[51:25] $1,382,475
[51:30] price tag associated with it. I've
[51:32] consulted with our finance director and
[51:34] the $183,000
[51:37] request for this task order can be
[51:39] accomplished within the established
[51:41] budget for the project. So, we're
[51:43] requesting no additional funds. It's
[51:45] just authorization to execute the task
[51:47] order. As I mentioned, Dave Richard from
[51:49] Dubberry is here. if you have any
[51:51] specific questions about uh this
[51:53] resolution, but other than that, I am
[51:55] available to answer any questions you
[51:57] have.
[51:58] >> Um I do have a couple questions I
[51:59] already put down.
[52:01] In the agenda, it said January to April.
[52:05] Now it's May 29th you're thinking would
[52:07] be
[52:09] the completion for it.
[52:12] >> I'm sorry. On the agenda,
[52:14] >> yeah, when I was looking at the paper,
[52:15] oh, I'm sorry. When I was looking
[52:16] through it was the project was 180 days.
[52:18] It was January to April.
[52:22] I saw that somewhere.
[52:23] >> Yes. So what what what that means is
[52:26] contractually the start date or the
[52:29] start date for the project was began
[52:31] today and finish if if they take 180
[52:34] days would be at the end of May. We
[52:37] actually believe that most of the work
[52:38] is going to be done between January and
[52:41] April. So that that's that's why you see
[52:43] that or reference to kind of a shorter
[52:46] window for the construction than that.
[52:48] it it takes time for them essentially to
[52:50] get geared up to be mobilized and that
[52:53] and then ultimately that construction
[52:55] period when they're actually working out
[52:56] here on the on the road is probably more
[52:59] between is likely between January and
[53:01] the end of April.
[53:02] >> Okay. I was just worried with frog jump.
[53:04] I know that kind of that area gets super
[53:07] crazy and and then I was also thinking
[53:09] if this highway is also
[53:12] >> I'm just we're going to talk about that
[53:15] next.
[53:17] So
[53:18] any event that that's that's that's
[53:21] we're that's part of the thought process
[53:23] in in setting a timeline for this
[53:25] project.
[53:26] >> You know, one of the things for the
[53:27] public to um to hear is like we're we're
[53:31] spending a million dollars. Well, when
[53:33] Alvin and Caroline were were on the
[53:35] council prior to and Gretle, um they we
[53:38] passed a new 218 and that at 218
[53:42] established our water rates at an amount
[53:44] that allowed us to collect almost $20
[53:48] million and a year and a half ago, we we
[53:51] allocated $10 million to uh some capital
[53:55] improvement projects. And you've heard
[53:57] some of them. This is our fourth one
[53:59] now.
[54:00] >> Yeah, I think
[54:01] >> I think so. I mean, we we've done
[54:02] Booster Way, we did the the loop of of
[54:05] Mark Mark Twain, we did Pretty Road, and
[54:08] now we're doing the Balisto. So, we're
[54:10] actually spending the money that we
[54:12] collected. There were a number of
[54:13] reasons why we couldn't move forward
[54:14] with the projects uh until recently, but
[54:18] we are moving forward. So, that's for
[54:20] everyone to understand. We are now
[54:23] diligently being good stewards of the
[54:25] dollars that we've collected and we're
[54:26] moving forward to improve and enhance
[54:29] our water and wastewater collection
[54:31] system. We've been we've been very
[54:34] successful over the last two years in
[54:36] bringing these projects online. Um, we
[54:39] finished early on on on our projects and
[54:41] that we finished within budget and we're
[54:44] proposing the same team, the same team
[54:46] that's been successfully delivering
[54:48] those projects to continue the role here
[54:50] on on Valisceto. We are an extension of
[54:54] city staff. We work closely with with
[54:56] city staff through this all through this
[54:59] um uh through this work. we're your, you
[55:02] know, we're your representative on site
[55:04] to make sure that the things that are in
[55:07] the plans and that that they're built
[55:09] the way has that have been approved by the city and so and we've worked with
[55:15] this contractor before Southern
[55:16] Enterprises and we've met with them
[55:18] already and and this our scope is based
[55:21] on those discussions with the
[55:23] contractor. You know, we're not sort of
[55:25] guessing at what it's going to take.
[55:26] We've had very specific discussions as
[55:28] to the January to April kind of time
[55:31] frame and and the level of the level of
[55:34] observation or administration that are
[55:36] required during that time.
[55:38] >> Thank you. Any other comments from the
[55:40] council?
[55:43] >> Any comments from the public present?
[55:46] I am. Okay.
[55:48] >> Um, hi. I'd like to know, is this the
[55:50] same sewer project that's going to
[55:53] extend out to Park Avenue?
[55:56] >> It's
[55:56] >> I know you and I have spoke one.
[55:58] >> We have We have We have the next we need
[56:03] to do. Would you please step up to the
[56:05] mic and say your name and ask your
[56:06] question?
[56:08] Florina Derby and I'm curious that this
[56:11] project is going is the one to involve
[56:14] Park Avenue also. Thank you.
[56:17] >> Now Dave,
[56:22] » you remember me?
[56:23] >> Yes, you were a very nice guy.
[56:26] So um we are we are sequentially working
[56:29] our way downstream on the main trunk
[56:32] sewer uh for the community in that and
[56:35] the next project and the next project is
[56:38] the uh project that we're getting funded
[56:40] through our our hoping to get finalize
[56:44] our funding through FEMA. That's the
[56:47] next project that is after after the uh
[56:50] um our project that's currently before
[56:52] us in that the easement that we're
[56:55] looking to acquire for a property is a
[56:59] key element of the next project and
[57:02] that's as you say that is the we're in the in the final process of
[57:07] getting our approvals and our finance
[57:09] financial agreement with with FEMA on
[57:12] that uh on that work and that and that's as I say one of the I keep saying
[57:17] the next project, but it's the next step
[57:18] in the in upgrading the uh the system as
[57:21] we go along.
[57:23] >> Thank you.
[57:24] Any other questions from the
[57:25] public present?
[57:27] >> Any questions from folks online?
[57:29] >> No questions online.
[57:31] >> Is there a motion to approve?
[57:33] >> So move.
[57:33] >> Is there a motion?
[57:34] >> I'll second.
[57:37] >> That goes to the winner over here.
[57:39] >> Okay. Caroline went on first. Caroline,
[57:43] any other discussion from the council?
[57:45] Nope.
[57:46] >> Discussion from those here present.
[57:48] Anyone online?
[57:51] >> Roll call, please.
[57:52] >> Behill.
[57:53] >> Hi.
[57:53] >> Gerorado.
[57:54] >> Hi.
[57:54] >> Chime.
[57:55] >> Hi.
[57:55] >> Spot.
[57:56] >> Hi.
[57:56] >> Rolio.
[57:57] >> Hi.
[57:58] >> Thank you. Thank you, Dave.
[58:01] Item 11B, Valisceto
[58:04] sewer project traffic management plan.
[58:07] Dave,
[58:09] can we pull up that?
[58:11] >> There you go. So, House
[58:15] Um, Mr. Mayor, uh, city council, you
[58:17] have this graphic in your package, and
[58:20] this is the, uh, um, uh, an illustration
[58:24] of the of the traffic management plan,
[58:26] the proposed traffic management plan for
[58:28] the sewer rehabilitation work on
[58:30] Bellisto Road.
[58:34] We have you can see three colors on the
[58:37] uh on this exhibit in that that
[58:39] represents the three stages of
[58:41] construction that will occur on on Valce
[58:45] Road. We broke this down into these
[58:47] three stages of construction because it
[58:50] allows our allows your project delivery
[58:53] team to better um uh oversee the uh the
[58:56] contractor uh and actually and at the
[58:59] end of the day keep the traffic impacts
[59:02] uh to a minimum. As I say, you've got
[59:04] three uh you've got a green, you've got
[59:07] a a magenta or a blue, and then you've
[59:09] got I'll call a purple. The first stage
[59:12] of construction is the purple stage of
[59:14] construction. Uh and during this stage
[59:17] of construction which begins at the
[59:19] through Triion Park and then works its
[59:22] way down along Valisceto Road. As I said
[59:24] we start from the top and work to the
[59:26] bottom. Generally construction during
[59:29] this period is is is uh restricted to
[59:32] the shoulder work within the shoulder on
[59:34] the creek side of Aliceto Road. So that
[59:37] you'll see K rail along that along that
[59:40] area and the construction essentially
[59:42] will be separated from the traffic.
[59:44] We'll be able to maintain two-way
[59:46] traffic through that through that reach
[59:49] of Valistos during that timeline. Now it
[59:53] will be a construction zone. So the
[59:55] traffic speeds will be have will be
[59:57] reduced but in essence during that first
[1:00:00] month and a half or two months of
[1:00:02] construction we are at the upper end of
[1:00:05] Valce Road and uh we're just we're
[1:00:08] maintaining the two lanes of traffic.
[1:00:11] When we move along Valisto Road toward
[1:00:15] um uh toward Main Street in that we get
[1:00:17] to that second area in the blue. Now,
[1:00:20] what's happening there is the our sewer
[1:00:23] is shifting from the shoulder, the creek
[1:00:27] side shoulder is shifting over to the
[1:00:30] other side of the of the road. And in
[1:00:33] that during that time, we're actually
[1:00:35] taking the old sewer out and putting the
[1:00:37] new sewer back in that area because
[1:00:40] we're shifting across the road. At that
[1:00:44] point, we're going to have to restrict
[1:00:46] traffic during construction to one lane.
[1:00:49] And so it involves flaggers at either
[1:00:52] end and intermittent letting cars go,
[1:00:55] you know, sequentially um uh in that
[1:00:57] regard in that during that time. During
[1:01:00] that time, recognizing that Valisto Road
[1:01:04] is such a key um transportation or key
[1:01:08] element in moving people around the
[1:01:10] community, particularly if they're
[1:01:12] having to bypass Main Street.
[1:01:15] We will construction will be limited.
[1:01:17] construction won't start during that
[1:01:19] time during that period until 9:00 a.m.
[1:01:22] We'll try to in other words they're
[1:01:24] trying to avoid that time when everyone
[1:01:27] is trying to get their children to
[1:01:29] school and and to work etc.
[1:01:31] >> And we don't want to do overnight just
[1:01:32] because it's residential. Is that why?
[1:01:34] >> Yes.
[1:01:36] >> Awesome. So also during that time the road will be plated at night so that
[1:01:42] you know uh uh the circulation the
[1:01:45] two-way traffic or the two lanes of
[1:01:47] traffic will be restored at the end of
[1:01:49] each work day. Once we get past and we
[1:01:52] could get down to the last part of the
[1:01:55] project the green the green
[1:01:58] we again shift the sewer back across the
[1:02:01] street over to the parking area.
[1:02:05] We again will then restrict we'll keep
[1:02:07] the construction within the parking
[1:02:09] area. Again they will see K rail put up
[1:02:12] and the two lanes of traffic will be
[1:02:15] maintained during that during that
[1:02:17] timeline. However, we also have some
[1:02:20] waterline work that we're doing down at
[1:02:22] that end of the project and that and
[1:02:24] that water line work is on closer to the
[1:02:27] shoulder across from the uh across from
[1:02:30] the creek. When we do that waterline
[1:02:33] work, when we do that waterline work,
[1:02:35] we're going to shift the traffic. We've
[1:02:37] still maintained two lanes of traffic,
[1:02:39] but we're going to shift it into the
[1:02:41] parking area so that we can still
[1:02:44] maintain the as I say the uh circulation
[1:02:46] through that, but we've moved it over to
[1:02:48] the over to the uh the parking area and
[1:02:51] that now during that create that period
[1:02:54] of time at the latter part of the
[1:02:56] project and this is we're talking the
[1:02:57] March April timeline and that
[1:03:01] parking will not have parking in the
[1:03:03] parking area because we're going to be
[1:03:05] building building the sewer through
[1:03:06] Yeah. So, this is the this is the
[1:03:09] traffic management plan that's part of
[1:03:12] the uh plans that um that Sudden
[1:03:15] Enterprises will will um uh implement in
[1:03:19] that. There may be times that the uh
[1:03:22] when we have to reconnect laterals that
[1:03:24] are coming across the street, we may end
[1:03:26] up again going back to one lane of
[1:03:29] traffic while that is occurring. But any
[1:03:31] of that work, well, all of this work,
[1:03:34] um, we will go through a notification
[1:03:36] process with the with the local
[1:03:37] neighborhood. We'll be, uh, sending out
[1:03:40] notices to explain what's happening here
[1:03:43] on, um, uh, on the road and that. Um,
[1:03:47] we'll be providing knocking on doors or
[1:03:49] putting door hanger or door door knob
[1:03:51] hangers to let people know at least 48
[1:03:54] hours in advance if there are any if
[1:03:56] they're going to be any impacts to um
[1:03:59] restrictions on them being able to get
[1:04:01] out of their driveway, anything of that
[1:04:03] nature. And that and as I say, we'll
[1:04:04] start with a a neighborhood meeting
[1:04:07] similar to what we did on Perie Road and
[1:04:09] what we did on on um Mark Twain. We'll
[1:04:12] have a neighborhood meeting where the
[1:04:14] con the contractor will, you know, we'll
[1:04:16] send out a notice and we'll be able to
[1:04:18] meet the contractor and understand
[1:04:20] better what his what his plan of attack
[1:04:22] is.
[1:04:23] >> So Dave, do you think that third phase
[1:04:26] will be done before broad jump that
[1:04:29] we'll have that parking lot back?
[1:04:33] >> I think that's a really good target.
[1:04:35] >> I think that's a really good good Yeah.
[1:04:37] afraid.
[1:04:39] >> Unless we run into unless we I say we
[1:04:42] and it really is a we the delivery team
[1:04:44] the team and the and the contractor
[1:04:47] unless we run into some issues enough
[1:04:48] contractors we had our our
[1:04:50] pre-construction meeting this today. He
[1:04:52] saw your eyes out there.
[1:04:53] >> He He's very confident and I like
[1:04:57] >> we like that confidence in that that he's going to get this done early.
[1:05:02] >> And so I think that, you know, maybe
[1:05:03] that's a becomes part of our theme, you
[1:05:06] know, our goal is in our in our in our
[1:05:08] weekly meetings is where are we vis
[1:05:12] and him being local, I'm sure he knows
[1:05:13] how important that is. And I I joked him
[1:05:15] in I was reading over it was very
[1:05:17] thoughtful that reading the stages of
[1:05:20] which you guys were going in. also
[1:05:22] starting at 9:00 am. I did see that that
[1:05:24] was the hope is to start at 9:00 am
[1:05:27] because it will especially as we just
[1:05:29] got out of this traffic nightmare to get
[1:05:31] some kind of breathing to go and then
[1:05:33] thinking of them both coming in around
[1:05:35] the same time. I really appreciated the
[1:05:37] fact that wouldn't start till 9:00 cuz
[1:05:38] like I said a lot of us did bypass and
[1:05:42] also it only seemed like it was that
[1:05:44] stage two if I think it was that really
[1:05:47] had the most traffic control area. the
[1:05:50] other ones seem like the pay rails were
[1:05:51] going to be moving it. So I the only
[1:05:53] thing that stressed me out because
[1:05:54] anytime you're pushing into fair it's
[1:05:57] >> it's kind of a scary thought cuz I you
[1:05:59] know delays happen and fair is crazy.
[1:06:04] >> I think that the stage construction in
[1:06:07] the blue
[1:06:09] >> really requires the contractor to have
[1:06:12] the greatest flexibility. You know
[1:06:14] obviously we're running past the fire
[1:06:16] station, right? you know, we've got to
[1:06:17] we've got absolutely got to maintain the
[1:06:20] ability um of um our fire, you know,
[1:06:23] firefighters to be able to get out of
[1:06:24] the station in that. So that whole, you
[1:06:26] know, we have driveways, we have other
[1:06:29] streets through that area and that and
[1:06:31] so it will be, you know, we're we're going to um I mean that's where
[1:06:36] our where our construction management
[1:06:37] team, our inspector really comes into
[1:06:39] play is working closely with the
[1:06:41] contractor to make sure all of that has
[1:06:43] been everyone has been notified and that
[1:06:46] um you know that things are are
[1:06:49] implemented the way that that are
[1:06:51] planned.
[1:06:52] >> What is the timeline on that blue phase?
[1:06:55] Well, phase two.
[1:06:56] >> Yeah. So,
[1:06:57] >> it looks to be the shortest one, but
[1:06:59] maybe it's the longest in most
[1:07:00] connections. Or is it just out of
[1:07:01] curiosity?
[1:07:02] >> We're thinking Oh, and this is this is your engineer. This is the
[1:07:07] contractor in that,
[1:07:08] >> but we're thinking that we're going to
[1:07:10] be down in that neck of the woods in
[1:07:12] February
[1:07:14] like two week.
[1:07:15] >> No, it's it's probably the better part
[1:07:17] of a month.
[1:07:17] >> That's just Yeah. Okay, perfect. It's
[1:07:20] we're thinking that we're thinking that
[1:07:21] the purple um that the purple and the green are each two months and
[1:07:27] that the that the blue is one and so but
[1:07:31] we as you say if we uh contractor had
[1:07:35] he's worked in this area before he just
[1:07:36] feels as if he's got plenty of time and
[1:07:39] he's he's motivated you know it's you
[1:07:41] know the sooner he can get something
[1:07:44] done you know it's it's
[1:07:46] >> I I don't mean to say he makes more But
[1:07:48] it just it just it just gets done.
[1:07:51] >> Thank you.
[1:07:52] >> Um I had a question on the start time.
[1:07:54] So this Friday or this Saturday we have
[1:07:57] our parade. I want to make sure that
[1:07:58] there's the K rails aren't going up.
[1:08:01] >> Nope.
[1:08:01] >> This week, right? Okay. Because we just
[1:08:03] need maximum amount of parking. And then
[1:08:05] my other um just note here that I had
[1:08:07] was let Habitat know that she's sitting
[1:08:09] here um because they utilize that
[1:08:11] parking lot. So when the time comes
[1:08:13] where you're going to be putting the K
[1:08:14] rails up and like rerouting traffic,
[1:08:15] just make sure we let our local
[1:08:19] know.
[1:08:22] » Scott, any questions?
[1:08:25] Any other questions? Thank you, Dave,
[1:08:27] for our conversation this morning. I
[1:08:29] mean, I I think you know, the comments
[1:08:30] I'm getting are for folks who live right
[1:08:32] on off the highway. You know, how am I
[1:08:34] going to get out of my drive? I mean,
[1:08:35] what you're suggesting, I hope that you
[1:08:37] do, and it's going to mitigate some of
[1:08:39] their concerns and fears. We appreciate
[1:08:41] that.
[1:08:42] >> We were very successful. Uh we learned a
[1:08:45] lot on Mark Twain and keeping people
[1:08:48] informed as the as the project went
[1:08:50] along that uh we translated that or we
[1:08:53] leveraged that into Curry Road and many
[1:08:55] of the on smaller scale many of the
[1:08:57] issues that that people are highlighting
[1:08:59] in terms of access and that we were able
[1:09:01] to deal with with like zero zero
[1:09:04] complaints of that. So we're taking that
[1:09:06] to a higher level this time through.
[1:09:09] Okay. Any comments from the public
[1:09:11] present? Please, if you have a comment,
[1:09:14] please go to the podium, state your
[1:09:16] name, question
[1:09:17] >> or question.
[1:09:18] >> Yes.
[1:09:21] >> Thank you. Good luck on your final
[1:09:28] » an hour.
[1:09:32] » Okay. Trisha Hkins. I live in Angels. My
[1:09:36] only question is rain days, bad weather
[1:09:38] days. Is there an allowance for that?
[1:09:41] >> Yes.
[1:09:43] it it's it's
[1:09:47] » Yeah, it's been raining a lot.
[1:09:49] >> Yeah, it's it's yes, there's allowance
[1:09:51] for that and that is taken into account
[1:09:53] in that 180 calendar day.
[1:09:58] » So, any other comments from the public?
[1:10:03] >> Anyone online?
[1:10:04] >> No comments. So
[1:10:07] there the overlap between the CALR
[1:10:11] project and your project may not be as
[1:10:14] long as anticipated or people are
[1:10:16] thinking that
[1:10:18] >> correct
[1:10:19] >> if they don't start till rain season
[1:10:21] ends and you're
[1:10:23] not to mention if it's just that little
[1:10:25] phase it's also just one lane
[1:10:27] >> right
[1:10:28] >> well and knock on wood the contractor
[1:10:31] gets done early that we potentially
[1:10:34] avoid
[1:10:36] then mistake and learn how to run
[1:10:37] projects from
[1:10:43] work in the winter.
[1:10:43] >> Thank you and thanks for your d your due
[1:10:46] diligence on and understanding our
[1:10:48] concerns. I appreciate that.
[1:10:51] >> Okay.
[1:10:53] >> All right. Moving on to item number C,
[1:10:56] resolution 25-101.
[1:11:00] >> We don't have to. It's just a
[1:11:01] >> It's just a presentation. Yes.
[1:11:03] Authorized release of construction
[1:11:05] documents for bidding for water meter
[1:11:07] replacement project phase one and phase
[1:11:09] 2 CIP WDP3
[1:11:12] and authorized purchase of phase 2 smart
[1:11:14] water meters. Dave or Chris or
[1:11:19] team.
[1:11:24] » We're here
[1:11:26] time to put the whole meters in and buy
[1:11:29] some more. I don't mean to be flippant
[1:11:31] like that, but that's that's kind of
[1:11:32] where we are here. Um,
[1:11:34] >> bless you.
[1:11:35] >> There's there's um
[1:11:38] we went through and we installed water
[1:11:40] meters as part of the Mark Twain
[1:11:42] project. We had a few water meters that
[1:11:44] we put in on Furby Road. Um, we've
[1:11:47] worked very closely with Chris's staff
[1:11:49] on putting together a plan that now gets
[1:11:53] us to putting all of the water meters
[1:11:55] in, uh, basically over two phases. Uh
[1:11:58] we've got a bunch of water beers that
[1:12:00] are looking for a home. Uh and uh this
[1:12:04] is the mechanism that we that we use. Uh
[1:12:07] it's a we've laid things out again
[1:12:09] working with uh with Chris and and our
[1:12:11] experience um with so far on putting
[1:12:14] these in. And so this is the this is the
[1:12:16] next step is to um um you know move
[1:12:20] forward with um open or releasing
[1:12:23] documents for us to for the city to uh
[1:12:27] retain a contractor to do to do all of
[1:12:29] this work. I think we're going to get
[1:12:31] you know the dollars that are in here in terms of
[1:12:37] the engineers estimate is based on our
[1:12:39] experience on Mark Twain a small scale
[1:12:41] experience. I just have a real feeling
[1:12:44] that we're going to get really good
[1:12:46] bids.
[1:12:47] >> This is work that can be done during the
[1:12:49] winter.
[1:12:50] >> Sure.
[1:12:50] >> You know, it's just it's it's it's a
[1:12:52] good time to put a project out like like
[1:12:54] this and that. And so it's um we do need
[1:12:57] to buy the next round of meters, but
[1:12:59] that's all that's always been understood
[1:13:01] that at some point we're going to need
[1:13:03] the other half basically the other half
[1:13:04] of that. So this is the this is that um
[1:13:08] Chris is standing here. He's really the mastermind the mastermind behind all
[1:13:12] this and then Michelle is the one that
[1:13:14] making sure that at the end of the day
[1:13:15] everything comes together in that. So I can I can answer some questions
[1:13:19] regarding actually putting this out to
[1:13:20] bid but the more techn the more the
[1:13:23] harder questions I can't that. So
[1:13:27] >> any questions from council?
[1:13:29] >> So I'm assuming they're battery
[1:13:31] operated.
[1:13:31] >> Yes.
[1:13:32] >> Yeah.
[1:13:32] >> And the length the the So
[1:13:35] >> I can't give you an exact length but
[1:13:37] it's years of time. Okay.
[1:13:39] >> And then the other thing for Michelle's
[1:13:42] sake and her staff, I remember 2 and a
[1:13:44] half years ago when we talked about
[1:13:46] this, we talked about some of the our
[1:13:48] meters which are old and so they may not
[1:13:52] be reading water usage correctly. So
[1:13:55] yeah, mechanical meters um over time
[1:13:58] will slow down and basically they always
[1:14:01] fail in the customer's favor. Um, so
[1:14:04] when you replace it with a new meter,
[1:14:06] yes, the
[1:14:08] their bills may change a little bit. I'm
[1:14:10] not saying it's going to be
[1:14:11] astronomical,
[1:14:12] >> but it it does happen.
[1:14:14] >> And I think this is something that Mitch
[1:14:16] Sher, you and your staff should be aware
[1:14:17] of and maybe something that council can
[1:14:20] consider uh if you see that to be a
[1:14:23] trend.
[1:14:24] >> Definitely, we do an analysis every
[1:14:27] month, monthto month to look for a
[1:14:29] change. And so that's definitely
[1:14:32] something we can also put on invoices
[1:14:35] letting people know that um they may see
[1:14:38] a change when their meters swapped out.
[1:14:40] But so far with the smart meters that we
[1:14:42] have put in,
[1:14:44] >> it hasn't been that much of a
[1:14:45] difference. So
[1:14:46] >> And how is that going? The collection of
[1:14:48] data from the smart meters, Chris, and
[1:14:50] things,
[1:14:51] >> we haven't started yet because the
[1:14:53] software isn't completely set up yet.
[1:14:56] >> Okay. So, as soon as we get that done,
[1:14:58] which we are working with Michelle's
[1:15:01] team and and her new software and the in
[1:15:04] city hall once it's all set up in there,
[1:15:07] we will get the tablets for our meter
[1:15:10] readers to start using and and then
[1:15:12] we'll test it.
[1:15:15] >> You want to give a backstory on that?
[1:15:18] >> Sure. You have a back story?
[1:15:19] >> No, you got it.
[1:15:20] >> On on CIP projects and and this will
[1:15:22] save us time and money and
[1:15:24] >> Go ahead. shorten up shorten up days for
[1:15:26] guys going out and collecting manually.
[1:15:29] They just Yeah.
[1:15:30] >> So basically what happens month to
[1:15:32] month, it takes my whole crew a minimum
[1:15:34] of 3 days to go out and read every meter
[1:15:37] manually. Then they have to go back out
[1:15:40] and do rereads, door hangers, shut offs,
[1:15:43] turnons. This is going to cut that time
[1:15:45] in over half. I mean it it would
[1:15:49] probably take less than one day for two
[1:15:51] guys to go out and do meters. And it's
[1:15:53] really just a driveby, right?
[1:15:54] >> Well, and that's exactly how it works.
[1:15:56] So, um, we put an antenna on one of the
[1:15:59] work trucks and they just drive they
[1:16:01] connect that antenna to their their
[1:16:03] tablet and they drive through and it's
[1:16:05] basically like playing Pac-Man. Soon as
[1:16:07] all the red dots disappear, all the
[1:16:09] meters are red.
[1:16:12] >> Menovich. Um, I was just curious because
[1:16:16] I have a duplex that was built in 1908
[1:16:19] and when I and I have to pay a double
[1:16:22] water bill because it's a duplex even
[1:16:24] though it's two one bathrooms. Don't get
[1:16:27] me started on that one. I know you guys
[1:16:28] hear it all the time. Um, but I wanted
[1:16:32] to put in a separate meter and the city
[1:16:34] told me it was going to be $20,000.
[1:16:36] So, is there a way that I can now get a
[1:16:41] smart meter on for both of those so I
[1:16:44] could actually know how much water each
[1:16:46] person is using?
[1:16:47] >> If there is an existing meter, they're
[1:16:49] going to be replaced with smart meters.
[1:16:51] >> Can I make it a double dose? What I'm
[1:16:54] saying like it's a it's not a how do I
[1:16:57] explain that?
[1:16:58] >> Are you are you asking for a second
[1:17:00] meter?
[1:17:00] >> Correct.
[1:17:01] >> That's it's situational. It depends on
[1:17:03] if the service line has been split
[1:17:06] already for something because we can
[1:17:08] only split it so many times. If it's
[1:17:10] already been split, then you're going to
[1:17:11] have to get a separate connection, which
[1:17:13] means going all the way to the main and
[1:17:16] getting a a new service.
[1:17:18] >> Okay. I'm just confused since I have to
[1:17:21] pay double anyways, but I don't have a
[1:17:23] double meter.
[1:17:24] >> Mhm.
[1:17:24] >> So, I was just like, well, now's a
[1:17:26] chance that maybe I can get the double
[1:17:27] meter since I have to pay double anyway.
[1:17:30] >> Like I said, a situation
[1:17:33] If you put in a work order through our
[1:17:35] website, I can come take a look at it
[1:17:37] and see if there's a possibility.
[1:17:39] >> Yeah, cuz when I went, they were like,
[1:17:40] "Oh, yeah. House was built in 1908.
[1:17:42] There's no way." And I was like, "Okay."
[1:17:44] And I'm I'm not going to go into this
[1:17:46] whole thing, but I do pay double sewer
[1:17:48] and double water hookups,
[1:17:51] >> but I only have one meter.
[1:17:55] » Michelle, maybe you can work with Yeah,
[1:17:58] we can look at that.
[1:18:00] >> Okay. So we can because that doesn't
[1:18:02] >> double sewer. Sewer is by unit. So that
[1:18:05] would make sense. But the the water flat
[1:18:08] rates should be by meter number.
[1:18:10] >> Uh yeah, but they charge me too because
[1:18:11] it's a quote unquote duplex
[1:18:14] >> there in our system. There's no way to
[1:18:15] do that. But we can we can talk.
[1:18:17] >> Yeah. You call Michelle.
[1:18:20] » 2 meters.
[1:18:21] >> Yeah.
[1:18:22] >> I owe you a refund.
[1:18:24] >> Yeah. Right.
[1:18:28] » Yeah. No, I went through this 10 years
[1:18:29] ago cuz I'm like, "Hey, since you're
[1:18:31] charging me double, can I at least see
[1:18:33] how much each tenant's paying?" And they
[1:18:34] charge me, they're like, "Oh, yeah. It's
[1:18:36] going to be $20,000 for a hotel."
[1:18:41] » Okay. Any other questions from council
[1:18:43] regarding the smart meters, insulation,
[1:18:45] and additional expense to purchase? Any
[1:18:49] comments from the Any additional
[1:18:50] comments from the public?
[1:18:52] >> Are you charging the public for this or
[1:18:53] is this through the city?
[1:18:54] >> No, we're we're we're installing them.
[1:18:56] >> That's what I was thinking. No, that's
[1:18:57] great.
[1:18:59] >> And Tyra, we're installing them because
[1:19:01] it's a labor saver for our
[1:19:03] >> Yeah, absolutely. Like PG did.
[1:19:05] >> Last year I did the calculation and if
[1:19:07] you look at it, it's about 60 or $70,000
[1:19:09] a year in labor cost.
[1:19:12] >> So it's it's it's going to be a huge win
[1:19:14] for everyone.
[1:19:15] >> I get dumb question, Chris. I was not
[1:19:16] here for the first round. Do does water
[1:19:20] get disrupted when the
[1:19:22] >> It will for each individual, but it
[1:19:25] won't be for a long extended period of
[1:19:26] time. It'd be pretty short like like an
[1:19:29] hour.
[1:19:29] >> Oh, okay.
[1:19:31] >> So, part of part of the thing is again
[1:19:33] notification.
[1:19:34] >> The contractor goes out, you know, and
[1:19:36] generally we'll know for the next week
[1:19:39] these are where he's going to be working
[1:19:40] in that and so everyone is notified at
[1:19:43] that point. That's one of the things
[1:19:44] that we require.
[1:19:45] >> But door hangers or with what? Because
[1:19:47] if you're notifying owners, then the
[1:19:49] renters might not know.
[1:19:50] >> Uh it's I I correct correction. It's the
[1:19:54] people living.
[1:19:55] >> Okay, great.
[1:19:56] >> They'll probably be going door to door
[1:19:59] when
[1:20:01] >> Yes. Go ahead.
[1:20:01] >> No, just curious. The these have
[1:20:03] automatic shut off and turn on for
[1:20:05] people that uh you know selling a house,
[1:20:07] buying a house, stuff like that. Do you
[1:20:08] have to manually still we'd still have
[1:20:10] to go manually shut each individual
[1:20:13] house off? Yeah.
[1:20:15] So, and each meter has Thank you for
[1:20:17] asking that question. So, if you have a
[1:20:18] water leak or whatever, you can still
[1:20:20] turn the meter off.
[1:20:22] >> We have to come out and turn
[1:20:23] >> Oh, you have to come out. So, we can't
[1:20:25] The homeowner couldn't do it any longer.
[1:20:27] >> Uh, so typically when we install meters,
[1:20:29] we do put a a customer shut off valve so
[1:20:33] the customer can access and shut it off
[1:20:35] if
[1:20:36] >> Right. It's on their side of the meter.
[1:20:38] Okay.
[1:20:39] You're right. You're right. It's on our
[1:20:41] side of the meter that we can shut it
[1:20:43] off.
[1:20:43] >> Yes. It's okay.
[1:20:45] >> Yeah, because when your pool pump flows.
[1:20:48] >> Yes.
[1:21:01] » Chris, can you can I turn my water off?
[1:21:03] I'm flooding the whole neighborhood.
[1:21:04] >> I'll be there in two hours. Okay.
[1:21:08] My name is Kate Garvey and um I just
[1:21:11] wanted to wish you guys luck. I worked
[1:21:13] with CCWD when they swapped out their
[1:21:16] smart meters and I know that they have a
[1:21:18] larger customer base.
[1:21:21] Good luck. Um I think the benefits are
[1:21:24] huge. They there were a lot of customer
[1:21:28] leaks that went undetected for years
[1:21:32] >> and
[1:21:34] maybe it was a lack of proper
[1:21:36] communication, but when the customers
[1:21:39] did receive those bills, true bills, um
[1:21:42] it was a lot of them were in the
[1:21:44] thousands of dollars.
[1:21:46] >> I remember that.
[1:21:47] >> And my heart's racing right now just it was very difficult. I think
[1:21:54] it's a huge benefit. Um the system, my
[1:21:58] question is what system is the customer
[1:22:02] service using? And I'm just hoping maybe
[1:22:06] I'm assuming the entities have been in
[1:22:08] contact with each other and
[1:22:11] maybe just learning from trial and
[1:22:14] error.
[1:22:14] >> Um but just good luck with all that and
[1:22:19] >> yeah, it's a huge project. There's
[1:22:22] benefits,
[1:22:23] but there will the infrastructure here
[1:22:27] is old and there's going to be customers
[1:22:30] that are going to find leaks that have
[1:22:32] been occurring for quite some time and
[1:22:34] not being charged any water use. So,
[1:22:37] that's just my personal um experience in
[1:22:41] the customer service side when we
[1:22:43] swapped out the meters.
[1:22:46] >> Thank you.
[1:22:49] So to answer your question, um, yes, we
[1:22:51] did talk to CCWD and quite a few other
[1:22:54] entities that have done this. And based
[1:22:57] on some of those discussions, we ended
[1:22:59] up choosing Badger meters because they
[1:23:01] seem to be the most reliable.
[1:23:03] And so that answers that question. As
[1:23:06] far as trueing up bills, that's not my
[1:23:09] department. That would be Michelle. So I don't have an answer for how
[1:23:13] >> and would you be able to tell that too
[1:23:15] with the fact that like if my water bill
[1:23:17] go is $150 $200 and then all of a sudden
[1:23:21] the smart meter gets there and it's like
[1:23:22] 500.
[1:23:23] >> It's an astronomical difference. Well
[1:23:25] yeah, right
[1:23:27] >> you do those
[1:23:29] >> you look at that if someone's off the
[1:23:31] charts. Oh yeah, we actually have a
[1:23:34] report where the system does the
[1:23:35] analysis for us and gives us a list of
[1:23:38] meters that are acting out of not being
[1:23:41] normal.
[1:23:44] >> Can you tell me what
[1:23:45] >> we use aced
[1:23:48] to it in Jan or well January we did half
[1:23:50] the system but we did the other half in
[1:23:52] July. um our water utilities. It was not
[1:23:55] the one that we started off. So, yes.
[1:23:58] >> Yeah, we interviewed them and it was
[1:24:01] good.
[1:24:01] >> Okay.
[1:24:03] >> So, one of the things and and it's a
[1:24:06] very very um apt comment on that, but
[1:24:09] one of the things that we've looked at
[1:24:10] over the years is how much water does
[1:24:12] Steve make versus how much water do we
[1:24:16] build?
[1:24:17] And if obviously if Steve's making way
[1:24:20] more water than we're building what
[1:24:22] you're talking about that discrepancy is
[1:24:25] going to go away and so that that
[1:24:27] difference has not been that great okay
[1:24:30] over the years in that. So, while it
[1:24:32] might be a it's certainly something that
[1:24:34] you have to watch in that, it's not like
[1:24:36] this it that we're expecting this huge
[1:24:39] increase in the building because it's
[1:24:42] been generally close as to what what we
[1:24:44] what he makes
[1:24:46] >> versus what what Michelle collects for.
[1:24:49] >> Anyway,
[1:24:49] >> that's a good deal.
[1:24:50] >> Any other comments from the public?
[1:24:54] >> Any other com anybody online?
[1:24:57] >> I'm sorry. What?
[1:24:58] >> Hang on a second. We're going to
[1:25:00] >> No comments.
[1:25:01] >> Okay. Is there a motion?
[1:25:03] >> I'll make a motion to approve 25.
[1:25:09] » Okay. I feel like I'm in a tennis match.
[1:25:11] All right. So, there's been a motion in
[1:25:13] a second. Any other discussion from
[1:25:14] council?
[1:25:16] Discussion. Those present. Anyone
[1:25:18] online?
[1:25:20] >> No questions on the line.
[1:25:21] >> Thank you, Dave. Roll call.
[1:25:22] >> Yes. Behill.
[1:25:23] >> Hi.
[1:25:24] >> Shado.
[1:25:25] >> Hi.
[1:25:25] >> Je.
[1:25:26] >> Scott.
[1:25:27] >> Hi. Romeo.
[1:25:28] >> Hi.
[1:25:29] >> Thank you, Dave.
[1:25:31] >> And thank you, Chris.
[1:25:32] >> Merry Christmas if we don't see you.
[1:25:34] >> Yes. Moving on to item 10D
[1:25:37] 25-90,
[1:25:39] Hawaiian a permanent local housing
[1:25:41] allocation grant to Habitat for Humanity
[1:25:44] Calaveris and authorizing a city
[1:25:46] administrator to prepare and execute a
[1:25:48] grant agreement with H4. Amy,
[1:25:52] >> mayor and council members, we were asked
[1:25:54] by two local agencies to try to secure
[1:25:57] our permanent local housing allocation
[1:25:59] from the state, which we did, and then
[1:26:02] we held a a open request for people to
[1:26:07] submit proposals. We received one, and
[1:26:10] we are asking you to award $240,656
[1:26:15] in PHA funding to Habitat for Humanity.
[1:26:19] Basically, activity two includes
[1:26:22] development of ownership housing which
[1:26:25] coincidentally
[1:26:26] um Habitat for Humanity is doing and did
[1:26:29] propose and to spend some of this money
[1:26:32] in pursuit of that and their executive
[1:26:36] director Mark Gotachce is here tonight
[1:26:38] in case you'd like to ask any specific
[1:26:40] questions about their proposal. Um
[1:26:43] otherwise I'd be happy to answer any
[1:26:44] questions.
[1:26:48] uh being one of the readers, I was very
[1:26:51] impressed with the grant and that the expertise and the and the time it
[1:26:55] must have taken to develop that plan.
[1:26:58] And so congratulations to you and your
[1:27:01] organization.
[1:27:05] » Any other questions from council?
[1:27:07] >> I have no
[1:27:09] >> questions for me.
[1:27:11] >> You have a stand right up there.
[1:27:16] Jesse Gibbs, the real estate committee.
[1:27:18] I just want to commend you guys and hope
[1:27:20] that you move this forward because um
[1:27:22] being part of state director for the
[1:27:24] California Association of Realtors,
[1:27:26] housing is a crisis in our state. You're
[1:27:29] one of the few areas that has really
[1:27:31] especially in our region as I go to all
[1:27:34] the state meetings that has taken on a
[1:27:36] project like this and really pushing
[1:27:38] forward and being so open to it. So, as
[1:27:40] the real estate community, yes, they're
[1:27:42] going to do it, but we need those entry
[1:27:45] level homes at work for us. So, kudos to
[1:27:47] you guys and thank you for taking this
[1:27:49] grant and looking at it.
[1:27:50] >> Thank you. Thank you. Any other comments
[1:27:53] from the public?
[1:27:56] >> We got tired.
[1:27:57] >> I know. Sorry.
[1:27:58] >> You got to stand up.
[1:28:02] » Um, no. I I love this except for I just
[1:28:05] want to make sure that it's actually
[1:28:07] going to be for locals first because
[1:28:09] I've seen this happen in Arnold and a
[1:28:11] lot of other places where it doesn't
[1:28:13] actually give housing to the locals
[1:28:15] first. You have people coming from all
[1:28:17] kinds of areas.
[1:28:19] Um I've seen it happen numerous times in
[1:28:22] numerous communities. So I love Habitat
[1:28:25] for Humanity. I think it's great and we
[1:28:27] do have a housing crisis, but I'm
[1:28:29] wondering if there is a way to actually
[1:28:31] vet the people coming in to make sure
[1:28:33] that they're actually for our community
[1:28:35] first as opposed to people moving from
[1:28:38] Stockton or other areas.
[1:28:40] >> Yeah,
[1:28:44] » thank you for that question. Yes. Um um
[1:28:49] I will say a majority of the interests
[1:28:52] that we have in this development have
[1:28:53] come locally. We are also bound by equal
[1:28:56] housing opportunity law which
[1:28:58] unfortunately means that we are not
[1:29:01] allowed to discriminate based on zip
[1:29:02] code but a factor that we like to
[1:29:05] incorporate with that there's three
[1:29:07] basis for um qualification for a Habitat
[1:29:11] homeowner. So the first one is ability
[1:29:13] to qualify for an affordable mortgage.
[1:29:16] So I think that's a piece that's really
[1:29:17] important to say because these homes are
[1:29:19] not given away. They have to qualify.
[1:29:22] The second piece is that they have to be
[1:29:24] willing to partner with Habitat. And so
[1:29:27] what that means is that they're coming
[1:29:28] in to um put um actual work into their
[1:29:33] home that they're doing actual work in
[1:29:35] the community. So they have to be
[1:29:36] involved in local community projects as
[1:29:38] well and they have to attend classes
[1:29:40] that we have for financial education in
[1:29:43] the hopes that we can keep this
[1:29:44] sustainable for them 15 years down the
[1:29:46] line. But the last piece is that they
[1:29:49] have to demonstrate a need. So it has to
[1:29:52] make sense for them to have a home here.
[1:29:54] We have currently people that are
[1:29:56] traveling from out of county into the
[1:29:58] county to work. And so that is also an
[1:30:02] improvement for um local businesses here
[1:30:05] um as well as um bringing in tax
[1:30:08] dollars, bringing in many other things.
[1:30:10] So um no, we would not be allowed to say
[1:30:13] you cannot apply if you are outside of
[1:30:16] Calaveris County. But I will say that
[1:30:20] again a majority of the people that are
[1:30:21] expressing interest are from Calveris
[1:30:24] County that have um signed up for it. So
[1:30:26] >> thank you Morgan.
[1:30:27] >> Yeah.
[1:30:27] >> And congratulations on your
[1:30:30] >> Thank you. Yes. And also I just want to
[1:30:33] thank the city um starting with Scott E.
[1:30:36] Hill from his involvement with this
[1:30:39] project since 2018. Um this is on his
[1:30:42] back and his blood, sweat, and tears on
[1:30:44] this project. So, I'm very grateful for
[1:30:47] um the partnership that we've had since
[1:30:49] that with the city agreement um with Amy
[1:30:54] and um previous city councils and also
[1:30:57] um the current you guys have been very
[1:30:59] supportive and I am incredibly grateful
[1:31:01] for that. So, thank you. I'm I'm ready
[1:31:03] to build
[1:31:05] >> and we're ready to see him go up.
[1:31:07] >> Yes.
[1:31:08] >> Any other public comments?
[1:31:11] Anyone online? No comments on lines.
[1:31:14] >> Is there a motion to approve?
[1:31:16] >> I got a couple I have a couple questions
[1:31:17] from organ when I got here.
[1:31:18] >> Oh, okay.
[1:31:20] >> This is Yeah, this is a project I do
[1:31:22] hold dear to my heart. And when we got
[1:31:24] approved back then, there were a number
[1:31:25] of conditions and I wanted to make sure
[1:31:27] that a lot of those conditions are are
[1:31:29] going to be manage to go virtual. Are we
[1:31:31] using local suppliers for materials? Um,
[1:31:34] are we staying with the architectural
[1:31:36] integrity that we that was in the
[1:31:38] original document? That kind of thing.
[1:31:40] So that what was approved is what we're
[1:31:42] going to see.
[1:31:43] >> Underground utilities is very important
[1:31:45] because that neighborhood is going to be
[1:31:46] beautiful. It's not going to be
[1:31:47] substandard housing. And I just want to
[1:31:50] make sure that what was proposed back in
[1:31:52] 201819
[1:31:54] is what we're going to get.
[1:31:55] >> Yeah. Um I would let's let's give you a
[1:31:59] tour. Come out and check. Yes. All the
[1:32:01] underground is in. So, currently we have
[1:32:04] um four storm water
[1:32:08] pretty well. I'm not used to having to
[1:32:12] use a microphone. Um we have four
[1:32:14] completed storm water detention basins
[1:32:16] that are across the property. Um we have
[1:32:19] all underground sewer and water and PG&
[1:32:23] and comm lines underground completed. Uh
[1:32:26] streets, curb and gutter. Uh the sewer
[1:32:29] lift station is currently in progress
[1:32:31] and the park is in progress. Perimeter
[1:32:33] fencing is in progress. Um the street
[1:32:37] lights are in and they look phenomenal.
[1:32:41] Um so we're really happy with that. And
[1:32:43] yes, overall we're really thrilled with
[1:32:45] um the way this has happened as far as
[1:32:47] um local contractors.
[1:32:50] So we have we've used um Moy which is
[1:32:53] localish as our major contractor um over
[1:32:56] in Jamestown and um we have used John
[1:33:00] Allen for a lot of the concrete work
[1:33:01] that's out there the retaining walls um
[1:33:04] we are using um Alley which is out of I
[1:33:07] think Sonora
[1:33:09] >> um for um a lot of the landscape and
[1:33:12] park construction. So, um, for the most
[1:33:15] part, yes, ultimately what I like to
[1:33:18] share on that too though is that we are
[1:33:20] not an economic development
[1:33:21] organization. We are in the business of
[1:33:24] making these affordable homes. So, if we
[1:33:27] have to bid out for what makes the most
[1:33:30] sense for the homeowner, which is going
[1:33:32] to be the most impacted, then that's the
[1:33:34] decision we had to make. If we were
[1:33:35] close, if we were ballparkish, there is
[1:33:37] absolutely a preference for local.
[1:33:39] >> Thank you.
[1:33:41] >> Thanks.
[1:33:42] Any
[1:33:45] other questions from council? We've gone
[1:33:47] to the public. No one online. Is there a
[1:33:49] motion to approve?
[1:33:51] >> I'll make a motion.
[1:33:52] >> I'll second.
[1:33:53] >> A motion and a second. Any other
[1:33:55] discussion from those present? Anyone
[1:33:58] online?
[1:34:00] >> No questions online.
[1:34:01] >> No. Keep going.
[1:34:03] >> Okay.
[1:34:03] >> No questions online.
[1:34:05] >> No. Roll call.
[1:34:06] >> Yes. Behill.
[1:34:07] >> Hi.
[1:34:08] >> Gerard.
[1:34:08] >> Hi.
[1:34:09] >> Jimemente.
[1:34:10] >> Hi.
[1:34:10] >> Scott.
[1:34:11] >> Hi.
[1:34:11] >> Brolio. I
[1:34:14] >> moving on to item
[1:34:17] B,
[1:34:19] resolution 25-97.
[1:34:21] Thank you, Morgan. Good luck.
[1:34:24] >> Establishing the Greenhorn Creek LLD
[1:34:26] Commission as a commission of the city
[1:34:28] of angels.
[1:34:31] » Thank you, mayor and council members.
[1:34:33] Before you is a request to consider
[1:34:35] resolution 25
[1:34:37] 97. Just for a brief background, the
[1:34:40] Greenhorn Creek Landscape and Lighting
[1:34:43] District was first formed in 1995
[1:34:48] through a 218 process. um that initial
[1:34:54] structure was dissolved and a new LLD,
[1:34:58] landscape and lighting district number
[1:35:00] two was created and that occurred uh
[1:35:04] around 2022
[1:35:06] about the same time as the L creation of
[1:35:09] the LLD2
[1:35:14] board was established amongst the
[1:35:16] residents to essentially
[1:35:19] take over if not just um assist but
[1:35:23] really truly take over the day-to-day
[1:35:25] functions of the needs of that community
[1:35:29] of that particular district. if a if a
[1:35:32] sidewalk needed to be repaired, if a
[1:35:34] street light needed to be replaced, if
[1:35:36] landscaping needs came up within that
[1:35:38] district, instead of the city staff
[1:35:41] dealing with those needs for that
[1:35:43] particular district for which additional
[1:35:46] taxes are collected,
[1:35:48] the residents themselves had a group of
[1:35:51] people that served uh on a board and
[1:35:54] reported to the city. However, it was
[1:35:57] not officially an extension of the city.
[1:36:02] In about October of this year,
[1:36:05] upon a request from the board, I reached
[1:36:08] out to our risk management association
[1:36:11] to uh ensure that the members of that
[1:36:14] board who were doing work on behalf of
[1:36:16] the city were covered by the city's
[1:36:19] liability insurance, specifically errors
[1:36:21] and omissions insurance. And the initial
[1:36:23] response and the continued response that
[1:36:25] I got from them and continued to get
[1:36:28] from them is because of the structure of
[1:36:30] that board and the unofficial nature in
[1:36:33] which it interacts with the city, they
[1:36:35] would not be covered under the city's
[1:36:37] insurance policy. So the staff was
[1:36:39] tasked with um finding ways to fix it.
[1:36:43] At I believe it was your last council
[1:36:45] meeting, you directed staff to create an
[1:36:48] LLD commission through a resolution for
[1:36:52] the immediate need of reestablishing
[1:36:55] that the work of that group. This
[1:36:57] resolution will then be followed up with
[1:36:59] an ordinance that will become a
[1:37:01] permanent part of our municipal code to
[1:37:04] permanently establish this commission uh
[1:37:07] in the local laws of this community. We
[1:37:11] have a very um willing and motivated
[1:37:15] group of residents that very much want
[1:37:17] to continue their service um within this
[1:37:20] district and this is the first step in
[1:37:23] allowing them to do that by officially
[1:37:25] recognizing that board much like we
[1:37:28] recognize the planning commission. This
[1:37:30] would be the Greenhorn Creek LLD
[1:37:32] commission and by doing that the
[1:37:35] insurance coverage would be provided
[1:37:37] through the city. So the request is to
[1:37:40] approve resolution 2597 which officially
[1:37:44] establishes the what was formerly the
[1:37:46] LLD board as the LLD commission of the
[1:37:51] city. I'd be happy to answer any
[1:37:52] questions you have.
[1:37:53] >> So Steve, are you aware of any
[1:37:55] communication that uh has occurred for
[1:37:58] the residents of Greenhorn that this
[1:38:01] that the city is forming to help
[1:38:04] facilitate the continuation of the LLD?
[1:38:07] Do you know of any communication for all
[1:38:10] the residents?
[1:38:11] >> Um, I've been in communication with the
[1:38:14] board, but the actual residents
[1:38:17] themselves, I'm not sure if the board
[1:38:19] notified the residents. So, what
[1:38:21] happened was when the the board was
[1:38:24] notified that they weren't covered by
[1:38:25] the insurance at their November 6th
[1:38:28] meeting, at the LOD board's November 6th
[1:38:31] meeting, that committee officially
[1:38:33] dissolved itself. So, I don't know if
[1:38:36] notification from that board went out to
[1:38:38] the residents or not. I've received a
[1:38:40] couple of phone calls from residents
[1:38:42] saying um in particular there's a street
[1:38:45] light out and who do I call now that the
[1:38:47] board doesn't exist to replace it. So, I
[1:38:50] the word got out, you know, probably
[1:38:53] sporadically.
[1:38:55] >> So, I hope that answers your question.
[1:38:57] >> Will we advertise Go ahead, Scott.
[1:38:59] >> No, the answer to my question is no.
[1:39:01] There has not been general uh
[1:39:03] information sent out uh to the
[1:39:06] >> does it change
[1:39:07] >> to the residents but
[1:39:08] >> I'm wondering yeah I'm wondering if it
[1:39:10] should or most residents aren't most
[1:39:13] residents are aware of the LLD they
[1:39:15] build it well it's building on on the
[1:39:17] tax bills every year um most are not
[1:39:21] probably aware that the LLD committee
[1:39:23] itself is dissolved although we did we
[1:39:26] did uh shut down the website for the
[1:39:28] most part and we did direct all
[1:39:29] inquiries now to the city until we get
[1:39:31] >> it was in the paper too.
[1:39:34] >> Yeah.
[1:39:34] So, it's probably it's probably
[1:39:36] public knowledge that there's that this
[1:39:37] is going on. At the last meeting, we
[1:39:39] talked about the remedies for it. So, I
[1:39:41] think it's public knowledge, but they I
[1:39:43] believe once the committee disbanded,
[1:39:46] they have not done anything as a
[1:39:48] committee. They're just kind of
[1:39:50] informally meeting.
[1:39:52] >> Yeah. The the fact is it is the
[1:39:55] responsibility of the city because we
[1:39:57] are the ones that collect those taxes to
[1:39:59] get those things done. The landscaping,
[1:40:01] the light replacement, the sidewalk
[1:40:03] repair, it's just in the past we had had
[1:40:06] this informal body of, you know,
[1:40:08] residents that were willing to take on
[1:40:10] that work for us. Um, so whether the
[1:40:13] board exists or doesn't exist, it's the
[1:40:15] responsibility of the city to get that
[1:40:17] work done.
[1:40:19] So, but now that we're making this, I
[1:40:22] guess legit or or part of the city, do
[1:40:24] we have to advertise like planning
[1:40:26] commission, right? There's terms we have
[1:40:28] to advertise in the in three different
[1:40:30] things or what what do we have to do
[1:40:31] that same as we're as we're making this
[1:40:33] a resolution tonight? Do we have to
[1:40:35] incorporate that all into the same put
[1:40:37] in the post office, put it in the paper,
[1:40:39] put it on our Facebook page, all that?
[1:40:41] >> What are the procedures for getting the
[1:40:43] committee started up again? My plan is
[1:40:46] if you choose to approve this tonight,
[1:40:48] we will start that process tomorrow and
[1:40:50] we will treat it almost identically
[1:40:52] unless there's a reason not to the way
[1:40:54] we treat the planning commission
[1:40:56] appointments in that we advertise it. We
[1:40:58] receive applications, we bring those
[1:41:00] applications to the council. The council
[1:41:03] then chooses, I believe it's five or
[1:41:06] perhaps seven uh members to serve on um
[1:41:11] I think it's three-year terms on terms.
[1:41:13] Yeah, three-ear term. So, my plan is to,
[1:41:16] unless I get legal advice otherwise,
[1:41:17] that I'm going to treat the recruitment
[1:41:19] for the election of the members to this
[1:41:21] board similar to how we treat the
[1:41:24] planning commission.
[1:41:25] >> Do you have to be um do you have to be
[1:41:28] an assessed homeowner of the LLD in
[1:41:30] order to be on this commission?
[1:41:32] >> That was mine, too.
[1:41:34] >> Yeah. Be restricted to the residents of
[1:41:37] Green.
[1:41:38] >> That makes sense. that
[1:41:39] >> and and the only reason why I'm asking
[1:41:42] um is so that the folks clearly
[1:41:44] understand that the city's acting as a
[1:41:46] facilitator. Nothing is going to change
[1:41:47] with the LLD. Our relationship is just
[1:41:50] to do what we've currently done and
[1:41:53] forming a commission allows the LLD to
[1:41:55] continue doing what they've done in the
[1:41:57] past
[1:41:59] >> with insurance takes.
[1:42:01] >> Yeah. The fact that they're insured,
[1:42:03] >> right? But I I don't
[1:42:06] >> probably a city staff member will have
[1:42:08] to sit on the commission.
[1:42:09] >> Right. So the city better that
[1:42:11] communication between the LD committee
[1:42:12] and the city.
[1:42:13] >> Yeah. U Good. Thank you for bringing
[1:42:15] that up. Much like our city planner Amy
[1:42:18] serves as the staff member that um
[1:42:21] either prepares or directs the agenda to
[1:42:23] be prepared, takes the minutes of the
[1:42:25] meeting, attends the meeting to act as a
[1:42:29] um as a guide from the city official
[1:42:31] representative of the city. The staff
[1:42:33] member won't be a voting member of the
[1:42:35] LLD board, but just like I'm here
[1:42:38] representing city staff and reporting to
[1:42:40] you, we will have a staff member at the
[1:42:43] LLD board meetings just like we have Amy
[1:42:46] at the planning commission doing all
[1:42:48] those things that are legally required
[1:42:50] to make this an official commission of
[1:42:52] the city.
[1:42:53] >> Okay.
[1:42:54] >> And then what's the significance of that
[1:42:56] going by resolution versus ordinance?
[1:42:58] Are we doing both or we have what's the
[1:43:01] >> We are doing both. The significance of
[1:43:03] an a resolution is that we can do it in
[1:43:06] a meeting. You told me last meeting to
[1:43:08] do it. We're doing it this meeting. In
[1:43:10] order to create an ordinance, there is a
[1:43:12] process in place because it becomes a a
[1:43:14] law of the city uh adopted into your
[1:43:17] municipal code and there's public
[1:43:19] notices that have to take place. There's
[1:43:21] first readings, there's second readings,
[1:43:23] there's a time period after it's
[1:43:26] formally adopted. I believe it's a
[1:43:27] 30-day time period that it doesn't
[1:43:30] become effect until then. So if we were
[1:43:32] to just create an ordinance, we couldn't
[1:43:34] get this started until about March,
[1:43:37] April of next year. So this is a way by
[1:43:40] ordinance to get it started tomorrow and
[1:43:42] then follow it up with an ordinance in
[1:43:44] the future.
[1:43:45] >> And the ordinance would give us more
[1:43:48] traction with the RMA is the reason to
[1:43:51] do that to do both. It's in my opinion
[1:43:54] it's not necessary to do the ordinance
[1:43:58] but it's kind of like u you know brick
[1:44:01] laying it's just another layer that
[1:44:04] establishes this as something more than
[1:44:07] what it was before. I mean, by
[1:44:09] resolution, it makes it official, but
[1:44:11] when you put it into your municipal
[1:44:13] code, it's not it's something that's
[1:44:15] much more difficult to um argue against
[1:44:20] in terms of it being an official arm of
[1:44:22] the city.
[1:44:25] Any other comments from council?
[1:44:28] Any comments from folks present?
[1:44:31] >> Anyone online?
[1:44:32] >> No comments.
[1:44:34] >> I'd like to make a motion to approve
[1:44:35] resolution 25-97.
[1:44:38] I'll second it.
[1:44:40] >> There's been a motion and a second. Any
[1:44:42] discussion from council?
[1:44:44] Any from folks present? Anyone online?
[1:44:48] >> No comment.
[1:44:49] >> Roll call.
[1:44:51] >> Hi.
[1:44:51] >> Gerorado.
[1:44:52] >> Hi.
[1:44:52] >> J.
[1:44:53] >> Hi.
[1:44:54] >> Scott.
[1:44:54] >> I.
[1:44:56] >> Moving on to item F, resolution 25.
[1:45:00] >> Get started.
[1:45:00] >> Yes.
[1:45:02] >> N I'm sorry.
[1:45:03] >> I'm sorry.
[1:45:04] >> Okay. Uh 25-98. Authorize the starting
[1:45:07] wage of Daniel Woodford at
[1:45:09] >> plant Woodford.
[1:45:14] » That's a mistake. Okay.
[1:45:16] >> At plan operator 3, step five.
[1:45:20] >> Okay. Thank you, mayor. Council members,
[1:45:22] the last resolution for you to consider
[1:45:23] tonight is resolution 2598.
[1:45:26] Um
[1:45:28] we have a very um small but dedicated
[1:45:32] staff uh that works very hard in the
[1:45:35] city in in all of our departments and
[1:45:37] our public works department is no
[1:45:39] exception. Our public works department
[1:45:41] is essentially broken up into two
[1:45:43] divisions. We have public works that
[1:45:46] reads meters as we talked about early
[1:45:49] earlier, takes care of our parks, road
[1:45:51] issues,
[1:45:53] blowing leaves off the sidewalk
[1:45:55] downtown, all of the things that go
[1:45:57] along with uh that side of the
[1:45:59] department. A separate department is I'm
[1:46:02] sorry, a separate division within that
[1:46:04] department is the water and wastewater
[1:46:07] division.
[1:46:09] Within the water and wastewater
[1:46:11] division, there is uh Chris is your
[1:46:13] superintendent and right below Chris is
[1:46:16] um what we call a chief plant officer.
[1:46:19] And the type, style, and process of
[1:46:22] water and wastewater treatment that we
[1:46:24] have in the city requires a certain
[1:46:27] level and a very strict level of
[1:46:29] certifications through the state to be
[1:46:31] able to occupy that position. And that
[1:46:33] position is very difficult to attract
[1:46:36] because it takes so much time and grade
[1:46:39] and testing and expense and lots of work
[1:46:42] goes into making yourself eligible to
[1:46:45] serve as a chief plant officer in a
[1:46:48] system like ours.
[1:46:50] Our chief plant officer resigned um
[1:46:55] probably
[1:46:56] >> three months ago,
[1:46:57] >> two month, three months ago. So we as
[1:46:59] soon as that individual resigned, we
[1:47:01] have been operating without a chief
[1:47:03] plant officer and Chris your
[1:47:06] superintendent happens to have the
[1:47:07] certifications to fill in that role in
[1:47:09] the interim. We immediately started
[1:47:12] recruiting for chief plant officer
[1:47:14] because there are a lot of reporting
[1:47:15] requirements. There's lots of regulatory
[1:47:17] issues that that person has to uh comply
[1:47:20] with. We receive no applications for
[1:47:24] anybody that meets the qualification of
[1:47:26] chief plant officer.
[1:47:29] Daniel Whitman
[1:47:31] meets all of the qualifications for
[1:47:33] chief plant officer and he applied for
[1:47:35] the position with the exception of a
[1:47:38] grade a wastewater grade four
[1:47:40] certificate which he is eligible to get.
[1:47:44] He just needs to take the test to do it.
[1:47:46] So, our plan in consulting with your uh
[1:47:50] superintendent, Chris, is to overhire
[1:47:53] for the position of plant officer 3,
[1:47:56] which is one step below your chief.
[1:47:58] bring Daniel Whitman as a plant operator
[1:48:01] free so that he can get on board, get his orientation under his belt,
[1:48:06] learn our system and also uh have a
[1:48:10] timeline in in his mind that he can take
[1:48:13] that test to ultimately reach that chief
[1:48:15] plant officer position.
[1:48:18] He is a chief plant officer for a
[1:48:20] neighboring district right now that
[1:48:22] doesn't have the same process and
[1:48:24] equipment that we do. So he doesn't need
[1:48:27] that grade level for where he is now.
[1:48:29] But in order to attract him to come here
[1:48:33] um to try to meet his salary as best as
[1:48:36] possible we are recommending that we
[1:48:38] bring him on as a plant operator three
[1:48:41] step five. Within our salary range we
[1:48:43] have step 1 2 3 4 and five. Five is the
[1:48:47] highest step. I don't have the authority
[1:48:50] to bring somebody on in a step five
[1:48:52] within a position. I have the authority
[1:48:54] to bring him in step one, two, or three.
[1:48:57] And I think three would be good. But in
[1:49:00] an effort again to attract the best type
[1:49:02] of person and get him to even be
[1:49:04] interested in this position, I'm asking
[1:49:06] for your authority to bring him on as a
[1:49:09] plant operator. Three, step five, with
[1:49:12] the hopes that within the coming months,
[1:49:14] sooner rather than later, he will get
[1:49:16] that last certificate that we can then
[1:49:18] promote him to the chief plant officer,
[1:49:21] >> which would be step one. Step one, chief
[1:49:23] plan officer. So, step five, plant
[1:49:25] operator three. Uh, there needs to be a
[1:49:28] 5% differential when you promote
[1:49:30] somebody. There is more than a 5%
[1:49:32] differential between plant operator
[1:49:35] three, step five, and chief plant
[1:49:38] operator step one. So, when he is
[1:49:40] eligible to be promoted, he will be
[1:49:43] promoted to step one of chief plan.
[1:49:46] >> Questions from council?
[1:49:47] >> Yes.
[1:49:48] >> Oh, it's right here. I should have
[1:49:50] looked up.
[1:49:52] You did it with anyone looking.
[1:49:57] » Thank you for that
[1:50:00] explanation.
[1:50:01] >> Yeah, I think especially given the
[1:50:03] difficulty in filling that role. This is
[1:50:04] a small dollar item.
[1:50:07] >> And uh I have no issues with it.
[1:50:10] >> It makes us sometimes we we have we need
[1:50:12] to be competitive especially with those
[1:50:14] in those areas where it takes
[1:50:15] certification certifications.
[1:50:18] >> Any other comments from council? Yep.
[1:50:21] >> Public
[1:50:24] said no. I think it's great.
[1:50:27] Anyone online?
[1:50:28] >> No questions.
[1:50:30] >> All right. We'll bring it back for a
[1:50:31] motion.
[1:50:32] >> I'll second.
[1:50:33] >> Motion in a second. Any other discussion
[1:50:36] from council? Anyone from those present?
[1:50:39] Anyone online?
[1:50:40] >> Comment about something else?
[1:50:42] >> No. Okay.
[1:50:45] » I forgot. Can I go back online?
[1:50:49] >> Okay. Thank you. Roll call.
[1:50:51] >> Yes. Behill.
[1:50:52] >> Hi.
[1:50:52] >> Sherado.
[1:50:53] >> Hi.
[1:50:53] >> Shmente.
[1:50:54] >> Hi.
[1:50:55] >> Scott.
[1:50:55] >> Hi.
[1:50:56] >> And
[1:50:56] >> hi. My agenda says
[1:51:01] Whitford. One says we're moving on to
[1:51:03] item 12.
[1:51:05] >> Information items.
[1:51:08] >> No information items. Okay. We'll move
[1:51:10] on to item 13. Admin report.
[1:51:14] >> Thank you, mayor, council members. In
[1:51:16] your packet is the monthly report. This
[1:51:17] is for the month of uh November. If
[1:51:20] Michelle you scroll the other way just a
[1:51:22] little bit. I always put the significant
[1:51:24] ongoing projects on the first page to
[1:51:26] highlight our capital improvement
[1:51:28] projects because I know that's a
[1:51:29] priority of council. We can change. So
[1:51:32] this is November as of December. We can
[1:51:34] change the current CIP project of
[1:51:36] fallacy to a sewer line upgrade from
[1:51:39] material procure procurement which means
[1:51:42] that Sutton was gathering the materials
[1:51:44] needed as of yesterday. that status
[1:51:46] changes uh to construction. So, starting
[1:51:49] with your next month's report, it'll be
[1:51:51] that same thing, but uh change to
[1:51:53] construction. Again, our next project
[1:51:55] after that, somebody was asking about um
[1:51:58] I'm sorry, I forgot your name, but she
[1:51:59] was asking about the Park Street. Um so,
[1:52:02] that's the next CIP, which which is the
[1:52:05] East Angels sewer line upgrade, and we
[1:52:08] expect to start that project in 2026 and
[1:52:11] complete it in 2027.
[1:52:15] um our down just a little bit our 12
[1:52:17] month uh noteworthy activity for the
[1:52:20] month of November. Uh we had working
[1:52:23] with Calrans to restore Highway uh 49 to
[1:52:27] regular traffic throat traffic flow
[1:52:30] through the winter months so we wouldn't
[1:52:32] have to deal with one-way traffic lights
[1:52:36] and cones in the road. So that was an
[1:52:38] accomplishment. We promoted uh Brent
[1:52:41] Hughes uh to public works foreman. That
[1:52:44] took effect uh two days ago. And then we
[1:52:47] launched our frog bucks campaign uh 2
[1:52:51] weeks before uh Black Friday.
[1:52:55] The rest of the report is in there. I'm
[1:52:57] not going to go department by
[1:52:58] department, but there's a lot of good
[1:52:59] work being done by all of your
[1:53:01] departments in the city. Um code
[1:53:04] enforcement remains low in terms of
[1:53:06] active cases. There are seven cases in
[1:53:08] the entire city uh that have code
[1:53:11] enforcement violations. I mentioned last
[1:53:13] month that's down. When I first came
[1:53:15] here in July of 2024, I believe there
[1:53:18] were 53 open code enforcement cases and
[1:53:22] Michael's been a great job of getting
[1:53:24] those down and keeping those down.
[1:53:27] Um, the only other thing I want to note
[1:53:30] here is your fire department, your chief
[1:53:33] um,
[1:53:35] your chief was able to use his
[1:53:37] connections to procure um, 34 donated
[1:53:43] mobile radios from the San Jose Fire
[1:53:46] Department in an amount that would have
[1:53:48] cost us a little over $20,000 to get
[1:53:51] those radios. So, there are radios that
[1:53:54] were just going to be surplus by that
[1:53:55] department. We were able to uh get them,
[1:53:58] which allows us to give each of our uh
[1:54:02] fire employees their own dedicated radio
[1:54:04] so they don't have to share. So, that
[1:54:06] was a big win for us.
[1:54:08] >> Do we use Colombia communication?
[1:54:11] >> We do.
[1:54:11] >> And do those radios have to be
[1:54:13] reprogrammed or
[1:54:14] >> They do. And one of the one of the
[1:54:16] advantages to these radios in particular
[1:54:18] are are these are um field programmable.
[1:54:22] Okay.
[1:54:22] >> So, while they initially have uh
[1:54:24] specific programming through Colia
[1:54:27] communications in them, if we go on a
[1:54:29] strike team, there's the ability for um
[1:54:33] the communications leader of that strike
[1:54:35] team in the field to actually reprogram
[1:54:37] the radios to the particular channels
[1:54:39] that they might not have installed in.
[1:54:42] >> So, that's the end of my uh city
[1:54:44] administrator's report.
[1:54:46] >> I have a question. I was um it was it
[1:54:50] was alarming to uh hear about um vandals
[1:54:55] taking apart that rope climb. Aren't are
[1:54:58] those aren't lock knots or or nuts or
[1:55:02] >> Oh, they cut the rope.
[1:55:04] >> That's what I heard.
[1:55:05] >> I was told that they loosened
[1:55:07] >> loosen it. Looked like it was cut.
[1:55:10] >> No, that's just cuz they let them
[1:55:12] >> they let them drop. But no, they
[1:55:14] loosened them. Loctite. I mean it won't
[1:55:18] prevent them people from loosening them
[1:55:20] lockes just to keep from loosening on
[1:55:22] their own.
[1:55:22] >> Maybe at night time we can turn on like
[1:55:24] an electrical thing.
[1:55:27] >> But but Amy, you you did say,
[1:55:30] >> you know, maybe we need to explore the
[1:55:33] cost of of cameras and things. Um
[1:55:36] >> I I want to say Scott didn't
[1:55:40] >> he's been looking at that,
[1:55:42] >> right? And um it may take a while to get
[1:55:45] a grant to fund that. So I believe under
[1:55:48] future agenda items perhaps item 17 that
[1:55:52] might be a good situation.
[1:55:54] >> Got a cheap one for you.
[1:55:57] >> Costco.
[1:55:57] >> Can we get a pretend one?
[1:56:01] >> Any other comments from council?
[1:56:05] Any questions from those present
[1:56:07] regarding the report?
[1:56:11] Miss I just want to know when the
[1:56:14] streets are going to get pressure
[1:56:15] washed. I forgot to ask, but they said
[1:56:18] that.
[1:56:19] >> Oh, good. They said before the parade
[1:56:20] and we have three more days,
[1:56:22] >> Steve.
[1:56:22] >> Yes, my heart's our staff getting that
[1:56:26] done before the parade and we appreciate
[1:56:28] the request. It was a good request. Uh I
[1:56:32] believe it's either Thursday or Friday
[1:56:34] of this week. It's within a day or two.
[1:56:36] We didn't want to do it too early, you
[1:56:37] know, we wanted to wait a little bit. Um
[1:56:40] so Chris might be able to answer more
[1:56:42] precisely, but it should be Thursday or
[1:56:45] Friday of this week.
[1:56:48] >> Yeah. So, my staff didn't want to do it
[1:56:51] too far ahead of time, so the plan is to
[1:56:54] get it done at the later part of this
[1:56:55] week.
[1:56:56] >> Perfect. Great. Thank you.
[1:57:04] » Any other questions about the admin
[1:57:06] report? Hi Tina, how are you?
[1:57:09] >> The only other thing I had on the the
[1:57:11] admin report is for you is pre-emergent
[1:57:13] on the trail as a park.
[1:57:15] >> Oh yes. Yes. Remember we talked about
[1:57:17] that. Thank you. So we we do not spring
[1:57:21] until spring.
[1:57:23] >> Okay. So it is
[1:57:25] >> it's on your list.
[1:57:27] >> Okay.
[1:57:30] It's already there,
[1:57:32] >> you know, and and we understand that
[1:57:34] you've been short-handed and we truly
[1:57:35] appreciate everything that your staff is
[1:57:37] doing. you know, I see them almost every
[1:57:39] Friday morning out there trying to
[1:57:41] shovel leaves and and and all of that.
[1:57:44] And and we appreci we Well, when it's
[1:57:47] raining or whatever,
[1:57:48] >> they work their butt off.
[1:57:51] >> We truly appreciate and you know,
[1:57:54] because you are short-handed, if if you
[1:57:56] need to sub some of this out, as Alvin
[1:57:58] has shared and and we all have shared in
[1:58:00] the past, please.
[1:58:01] >> Why you STEALING THE THUNDER?
[1:58:07] I DON'T know or not. Anyway,
[1:58:09] >> where does your break come from?
[1:58:12] >> Yeah, but even like
[1:58:16] to council reports, Scott
[1:58:21] report.
[1:58:24] » Uh, so we had a special meeting for
[1:58:26] Udica Water and Power Authority on
[1:58:28] November 25th um just to report out on
[1:58:32] the outage. So they shut down the
[1:58:34] conveyance system the month of November
[1:58:36] to do um all sorts of uh work and what a
[1:58:40] lot of shock creek was going on in the
[1:58:42] canals um 3/4 mile they replaced part of
[1:58:44] the plume there um but we got hit with a
[1:58:47] couple of storms in between and during
[1:58:49] this outage so they had a lot of clean
[1:58:50] out to do a lot of debris that ended up
[1:58:53] anything else with what else that
[1:58:54] they'll
[1:58:56] give a better
[1:58:56] >> update stuff everyone will um understand
[1:58:58] >> right we were still at the end of it
[1:59:00] they'll give an update
[1:59:01] >> yeah and then we um We had uh close
[1:59:04] session as well
[1:59:05] >> and so we'll be recording out of that
[1:59:08] hopefully next month
[1:59:09] >> hopefully.
[1:59:11] >> Hi.
[1:59:13] >> Um if for Laughco we in our last meeting
[1:59:17] we had a special meeting where we we
[1:59:19] elected I guess appointed a new
[1:59:22] executive officer that's they're
[1:59:24] finishing up the contract but she's
[1:59:26] supposed to be starting what? January
[1:59:27] >> January 1st. January 1st
[1:59:30] um will be one of I think five counties
[1:59:33] or five areas that she has.
[1:59:36] And also we they we presented Tyrell got
[1:59:41] >> Wow.
[1:59:42] >> um an award for commissioner of the year
[1:59:45] for LACO. He wasn't able to make the
[1:59:47] conference. So it was really neat that
[1:59:48] Gary Tiffanelli. Well, and um Anita, one
[1:59:53] of the commission, she actually recorded
[1:59:55] it at our when we were in San Diego. So,
[1:59:59] it was really special for him to
[2:00:00] actually get to listen to him all of his
[2:00:02] achievements and stuff like that and
[2:00:04] then be presented with the award. So,
[2:00:06] that was fun. He's going to be 97 on the
[2:00:09] 21st of this month.
[2:00:12] >> He's still running stuff, running me in
[2:00:14] circles. One of the things our one of
[2:00:16] our board members Anita Pac was elected
[2:00:18] as a secretary for Cad though. So we
[2:00:21] have a presence on the state board.
[2:00:22] >> Oh wow.
[2:00:23] >> That's very cool.
[2:00:26] >> I only had Unica. That's all I had.
[2:00:28] Caroline. Yeah.
[2:00:31] The only thing is
[2:00:33] all staff whoever needs help. I know
[2:00:36] we're short staff in Samaria. So there's
[2:00:39] savings on that and you can hire in
[2:00:41] other places if you need it to not get
[2:00:43] behind.
[2:00:45] He still agree. I I I agree. Um the only
[2:00:48] thing I have not I I I was I'm excited
[2:00:52] to be a a judge for the floats this
[2:00:57] Saturday. More information to come. I
[2:00:59] guess we're going to start about 3:00.
[2:01:02] And I understand Bobby Middleton and the
[2:01:05] editor from the Caligars Enterprise are
[2:01:07] also the judges.
[2:01:09] >> What time is the parade on Saturday?
[2:01:11] Friday. Oh, that's what I thought. Okay.
[2:01:12] >> Yeah. Oh, I see. You got to go down and
[2:01:14] judge.
[2:01:16] >> It's like the, you know, Rose Bowl right
[2:01:17] now.
[2:01:18] >> Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm excited about that.
[2:01:21] >> And I don't think there is anything else
[2:01:23] that
[2:01:26] we do. Morgan, um, there is a open house
[2:01:29] for Morgan on December
[2:01:32] 10th at 10:00 a.m. So if
[2:01:37] » And then there's the Museum on Saturday
[2:01:40] as well from Lake 10 to 4 something like
[2:01:44] that.
[2:01:45] >> 10 a.m.
[2:01:46] >> Okay. Thank you. And moving on to
[2:01:47] correspondence.
[2:01:50] » Yes. Thank you, mayor. I have two. The
[2:01:52] first is uh to communicate to the
[2:01:54] council that the mayor signed a letter
[2:01:56] of support. City received your request
[2:01:58] for a letter of support for a grant
[2:02:00] regarding a skilled nursing facility in
[2:02:03] Arnold and for your handbook. Mayor is
[2:02:06] uh permitted to do that so long as it's
[2:02:07] a local issue. Uh there's no financial
[2:02:10] obligation. It does not commit city to
[2:02:13] further financial obligation. The mayor
[2:02:16] is not aware of any opposition to the
[2:02:18] issue. Mayor's determined that it's not
[2:02:20] a controversial issue. There is some
[2:02:22] urgency to it and it's shared at the
[2:02:24] next meeting. So, we're sharing it at
[2:02:26] the meeting now. The urgency was that
[2:02:28] there was a grant deadline application
[2:02:30] and this letter if we were going to give
[2:02:33] a letter of support, it needed to be
[2:02:34] done before this next meeting. So, I'll
[2:02:37] answer any questions about that if you
[2:02:39] have any. If not, I'll move on to
[2:02:40] >> who's applying for grant
[2:02:42] >> Aspen Street is I believe it's Aspen
[2:02:44] Street Architects.
[2:02:46] >> Oh, okay.
[2:02:49] >> Where would that go?
[2:02:50] >> Uh there was somewhere in Arnold.
[2:02:52] >> Oh, it was it was that home, right? It
[2:02:54] was that it's the um
[2:02:58] >> it was it was the facility for
[2:03:00] >> skil skilled nursing facility
[2:03:03] >> which is sorely
[2:03:04] >> very needed. Where was that? Where is it
[2:03:06] going
[2:03:07] >> in Arnold?
[2:03:12] Okay. Second communication I have is
[2:03:14] from uh White Brener. We receive
[2:03:17] notification of an annual rate
[2:03:19] adjustment which occurs um
[2:03:23] regularly annually it occurs.
[2:03:26] >> So yeah.
[2:03:29] >> Um I have the
[2:03:30] >> this is why I never call you.
[2:03:31] >> I have the current rates versus the new
[2:03:34] rates and it's a nominal increase. It's
[2:03:36] uh four $4 per hour, something like
[2:03:39] that. Um so I just wanted to share that
[2:03:42] communication
[2:03:44] >> and that that's further contract.
[2:03:45] >> This is further contract that they have
[2:03:47] the ability to to adjust their rates
[2:03:50] annually.
[2:03:52] >> Any other comments regarding the
[2:03:54] correspondence?
[2:03:56] >> Anyone from the public?
[2:03:58] >> Anyone online?
[2:04:01] >> No comments online. Okay, moving on to
[2:04:05] that calendar that No, it's a short one.
[2:04:08] We don't
[2:04:09] >> the month of December.
[2:04:12] Um, we have the events there that we
[2:04:14] already spoke about on Saturday. I um
[2:04:20] >> call is tomorrow. Is that still on for
[2:04:22] tomorrow?
[2:04:23] >> Yeah.
[2:04:24] >> Okay.
[2:04:24] >> Yes.
[2:04:25] >> And um we have planning uh committee
[2:04:27] that's on the 11th. Um, our next city
[2:04:30] council meeting will be December 16th
[2:04:33] and then we have some staff meetings and
[2:04:35] then we kept on tentatively the UWPA.
[2:04:40] >> Okay.
[2:04:41] >> And I'm not sure if there was anything
[2:04:42] for last code this month, but it's fine.
[2:04:45] >> Okay.
[2:04:48] >> We bought the calendar. Do you want me
[2:04:49] to send that to you that the
[2:04:51] >> Oh, that would be great because I'll
[2:04:52] start the January calendar.
[2:04:57] Okay, one more item before we adjourn.
[2:04:59] Future agenda items. We'll start with
[2:05:01] Alvin.
[2:05:02] >> Um just look into that toot that Gretle
[2:05:05] had maybe mentioned.
[2:05:07] >> Um I don't know if we can, you know,
[2:05:09] >> just look and see if that money's there,
[2:05:10] how we can spend it, what we can maybe
[2:05:12] do with it for some downtown type thing.
[2:05:13] It'd be Yeah, let's take a peek at it.
[2:05:19] » Angry, thank you for bringing that to
[2:05:20] our attention.
[2:05:22] >> My pleasure. items
[2:05:28] for the future.
[2:05:34] » I don't have any agenda items, but I
[2:05:36] just wanted to make note of following up
[2:05:38] with C said about the EV chargers um as
[2:05:42] locations in the city. I want to make
[2:05:43] sure that um Amy or somebody can attend
[2:05:46] that Monday first webinar. And then I
[2:05:50] had a quick question about frog bugs.
[2:05:51] How much is left? Um, I'm not sure of
[2:05:54] the bounce. I think there's somewhere
[2:05:55] around 10,000 left. Uh, when I looked
[2:05:57] last week, um,
[2:05:59] >> I'd love to see more dollar for dollars.
[2:06:01] >> Yeah. Yeah.
[2:06:04] >> Well, I don't do I No, I do. I can do
[2:06:08] internet. I do not have internet. It's
[2:06:11] broken.
[2:06:13] >> Is this your card?
[2:06:16] >> Well, no. Frog
[2:06:21] on. Is there she's asking Michelle is
[2:06:24] there a different way to purchase frog
[2:06:26] bugs
[2:06:26] >> right now that that's the only way but
[2:06:28] you could come into the office and we
[2:06:30] could assist you to do that if you
[2:06:32] >> okay yeah mine's broken
[2:06:36] >> I thought since the stores
[2:06:40] >> not
[2:06:42] there another one we did
[2:06:48] » in the same line I'd like to talk to
[2:06:50] public cc TD about the broadband
[2:06:53] downtown. They have a draft. They have a
[2:06:56] grant for that. And then as far as
[2:06:58] future agenda items, we talked about a
[2:07:00] little bit in the past, but I haven't
[2:07:01] heard anything. Are we looking into
[2:07:03] water tenders for the fire department?
[2:07:06] And with u
[2:07:10] and let's go ahead and let's talk about
[2:07:11] security cameras for you parks or for
[2:07:13] our parks in general. Um let's look into
[2:07:16] what that would take. We have a
[2:07:18] beautiful new park and I don't know we
[2:07:20] have a maintenance crew to maintain it.
[2:07:22] Can we talk about an additional hire on
[2:07:23] the on of the maintenance crew? Chris
[2:07:26] says, "Yeah, we can talk about that."
[2:07:27] >> Sure.
[2:07:28] >> And then also, I brought this up before,
[2:07:29] we didn't really follow up, and that's
[2:07:31] can we do some kind of a police over
[2:07:33] hire. When whenever we look at our
[2:07:34] police uh organization chart, we're
[2:07:37] always have someone in the academy or
[2:07:39] someone almost qualified to be on the
[2:07:41] job. We're always one or two short. So,
[2:07:43] can we overhire temporarily to help fill
[2:07:46] those gaps and help make sure the city's
[2:07:48] fully staffed? So, that's it for me.
[2:07:54] » I don't I don't have any future agenda
[2:07:56] items. I think um
[2:08:00] No, I'm good this time. If I do, Steve,
[2:08:04] I will I'll give you your call. Any
[2:08:06] other future agenda items from you
[2:08:08] folks?
[2:08:09] >> Do I have to come stand up?
[2:08:11] >> Sure. Yes, you do. No, I just wanted to
[2:08:13] suggest I was at the county today paying
[2:08:16] tickets, but um they were they WERE
[2:08:22] Cody's traffic ticket actually.
[2:08:27] Um but I did not know they have a lot of
[2:08:30] people that have in the county that need
[2:08:33] community service hours for like jail
[2:08:36] time. Anyways, I I'm wondering can we
[2:08:41] get those people to blow leaves and to
[2:08:43] help the
[2:08:46] >> I mean cuz I didn't realize and then I
[2:08:48] talked to the thrift store and they were
[2:08:50] like, "Oh yeah, it's hard to get those
[2:08:52] people to." But a lot of people need
[2:08:54] community service hours for
[2:08:56] >> doing things besides getting traffic
[2:08:58] tickets.
[2:08:59] >> I don't know that the county still has a
[2:09:02] program for that, but when they did, it
[2:09:04] was really difficult to get them. It's
[2:09:06] kind of like you see on TV where they're
[2:09:08] just all there.
[2:09:09] >> Yeah. I don't know. I was just like
[2:09:11] thinking about it. I was like, "Well,
[2:09:12] rather have
[2:09:16] >> um so no other future agenda items from
[2:09:20] you folks or anyone online.
[2:09:22] >> Is there a motion to move?
[2:09:26] >> Is there a second?" So seconded
[2:09:28] >> and beho
[2:09:34] » hi.
[2:09:34] >> Thank you all for coming and for staying
[2:09:36] whole meeting.