[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.

Angels Camp City Council Meeting of 12/2/2025

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