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All right, before we start, the city council just met on one closed session item and there is nothing to report out at this time. Thank you for viewing the September 2nd meeting of the Arcada City Council. The city council meeting is being held as a hybrid meeting with both in-person attendance and teleconference access via Zoom. The city of Arcada acknowledges that the lands we are located on are the unceded ancestral lands of the Wiat tribe. The lands that Arcada rests on are known

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known in the WIOT language as Goudini over in the woods or among the redwoods.

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Past actions by local and state federal governments removed the WIOT and

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other indigenous peoples from the land and threatened to destroy their cultural practices.

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The city of Arcada acknowledges the WIOT community, their elders both past and

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present, as well as future generations.

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This acknowledgement seeks to aid in dismantling the legacy narratives of settler colonialism.

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If you'd like to join me, please, for the flight salute.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and the Chief of the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Will the city please call rule?

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Mayor White, President.

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Vice Mayor Atkins Salazar, here, Council Member Schaeffer, here, Council Member Stillman, President.

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Councilmember Matthews is absent, but we do have a quorum.

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And I just wanted to mention that Councilmember Matthews is not feeling well today, but she would have been here otherwise, so thank you.

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Okay, so if you wish to make a comment during the meeting, either for an individual agenda item or during the second and written oral communication period under the agenda item 11, there are three ways to do so.

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If you are in person, please line up behind the podium when the item that you wish to speak on is accepting public comment.

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If you are logged on to Zoom, click and raise your hand when it is time for public comment on the item that you wish to speak upon.

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And if you're on the phone, press star nine on your phone to raise your hand and when it's your turn, you'll be prompted to dial star six on your phone.

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for these items, we will be taking in-person public comment first, and then we'll move online to online comments.

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We will not be going back and forth, so if you're wanting to comment, please light up at the podium.

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Or raise your electronic hand as soon as public comment for that item has been requested.

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That brings us to ceremonial matters, proclamation in recognition of Coastal Cleanup Month for September, 2026.

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And this proclamation will be read by Vice Mayor Atkins Stacey's Atkins Sousa.

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Thank you.

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Whereas the state of California has a varied coastline of sandy beaches,

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rocky shores, productive estuaries, marshes, tidal flats, urban areas, and

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harbors.

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And whereas the marine environment is one of the most valuable resources for

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recreation, tourism, fishing, coastal activities,

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and maintaining coastal biome health.

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Coastal protection as a responsibility shared by residents,

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the business community, and public institutions.

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And whereas, the North Coast Environmental Center

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is the Humboldt County Coordinator for 2026,

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Coastal Cleanup Month taking place every weekend in September,

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during which hundreds of people will clean beaches, rivers,

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streets, estuaries, and watersheds throughout Humboldt County,

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collecting trash, upriver, and in urban areas helps prevent plastics and other debris from

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accumulating in ocean and marine habitats. And whereas the North Coast Environmental

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Centers adopt a beach, began in Humboldt County over 45 years ago, and is now celebrated

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throughout California and around the world. Last year, Humboldt County volunteers picked

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up over 1,500 pounds of trash from our shoreline and coastal region. And whereas residents

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residents can be proud that year after year, Humboldt County continues to be among the state's leaders in coastal and environmental stewardship, helping to keep our ocean rivers and coastline clean.

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Now therefore be it proclaimed that the City Council of the City of Arcada recognizes the month of September 2026 as coastal cleanup month, and encourages individuals, businesses, service groups, and public institutions to safely hit the beach, streets, and watersheds to jointly promote a healthy and productive coastal environment.

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is dated September 2nd, 2026, and signed by our mayor, Kimberly White.

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And today, it will be accepted by Laurel McKay, Operations Manager, and

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Kennedy Violin Court, Coastal Coordinator for North Coast Environmental Centers.

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Okay, hi, my name is Kennedy, and I am the Coastal Programs Coordinator with the North Coast Environmental Center.

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Is this Laurel McKay?

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First of all, to our mayor and council members, thank you so

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much for recognizing and pro-claiming September as Coastal Cleanup Month.

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We cannot do this without the support of our city and are honored that you recognize this each year.

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Coastal Cleanup Day started at the NAC over 45 years ago and has since been turned into an international affair and is one of the largest volunteer driven events in the world.

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Our organization serves as Humboldt County's coordinator for the California Coastal Commission and we work with other nonprofits, businesses, schools and

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community members to pick up thousands of pieces of trash each year.

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Locally, we turn Coastal Cleanup Day into a full month of events trying to keep the

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energy high, foster ongoing stewardship, and create more opportunities for people to

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join in in the fun.

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This year is no different.

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We have events every single weekend of September, and I would love everyone here to be able

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to join us if you can.

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one. Please see a list of our events at your NEC dot org. That's Y-O-U-R-N-E-C dot org.

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And once again, thank you. We are happy to serve the city.

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Thank you.

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Oh, of course. Can we do it without you guys?

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Okay. So that brings us to reports by commissions and committees and there are no commission committee

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reports agendas for this evening's meeting, and that will then bring us to staff reports.

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All reports shall be limited to city business and shall not request or lead to action by

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the council at this meeting, and I believe we have no staff at this meeting.

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We have no staff reports this evening.

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Oh, well not great, but moving on.

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The city council values your comments, and the public comment period allows people to address

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the council on matters not on the agenda.

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This early section of public comment is limited to 15 minutes and speakers are limited to minutes each.

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If you prefer to have a full three minutes of your time for your public comment, this item is continued at the end of the meeting under item 12 where speakers are granted the three minutes.

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Please know that pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot discuss or take action on items not listed on the agenda.

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The Council may respond to statements.

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There will also be time to provide public comment specific to each item when that item is being

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reviewed by the council reviewed by the council. So please make your way up to the podium now.

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Thank you. My name is Anton Susa and I'm here today to represent the Sunset and Arcada

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Elementary School's own neighborhood and voice our disappointment with the city's

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paving project for Ross Street. The city has claimed that it was not required to contact residents

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because the project is part of the annual pavement maintenance. This is neither routine nor maintenance.

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It is the largest project our neighborhood has ever experienced.

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Although the residents of Ross Street unanimously signed a 2021 petition requesting

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street calming, that request was denied.

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Now the-

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City without new data or notifying the residents is repaving and adding speed humps, thermoplastic bicycle lanes, ADA compliant sidewalk on only the east side of the street, while leaving the sidewalk on the west side incomplete, and adding numerous bull bouts on the corners and by the two utility poles for a total of nearly 70 feet, eliminating an additional seven parking spots. Four parking spots were eliminated in 2020 when the city narrowed

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road road with thermoplastic striping. The city has stated that parking is not a priority,

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but I think it should be. The residents pay the city for preferential

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parking on our block. There is zero enforcement to prevent unpermitted parking by parents

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of students at the elementary school, Cal Poly students, open door clinic staff and patients,

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people using Larson Park, the skate park, and the Arcada High Field all in our neighborhood.

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The council has also publicly stated that they prioritized the safety of students in our community.

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However, this project fails to do that by refusing to address the issue of traffic going

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the wrong direction on grant, which is a one-way street in the school zone and connects

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to a pedestrian way and three blind intersections.

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Nor have the safety and directional signage for Grant Street been returned, which was promised

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over a year ago.

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Please return the signage and prioritize safety in our neighborhood.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your comment, Anton.

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Is there anyone else who would like to make public comment at this time?

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If not, we will go to online.

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Okay.

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We do not have any hands raised online.

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Okay, thank you.

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All right, so then that will bring us to a meeting of the successor agency

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to the Arcada Community Development Agency at this time, the members of the City Council

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act as the governing body of the Successor Agency to the Arcada Development Agency.

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The Successor Agency is the legal entity that manages the remaining bond debt service

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from the City's original redevelopment agency, so we may act on these matters separately.

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First, we have the consent calendar A. Successor Agency consent calendar all matters on the

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The consent calendar are considered to be routine by the agency and are enacted in one motion.

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There is no separate discussion for any of these items if discussion is required that item is removed from the consent calendar and considered separately.

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At the end of the reading of the consent calendar agency board members can request that an item be removed for separate discussion.

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Members of the public may comment on any items remaining on the consent calendar in the comment period before the vote.

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So one, approve the Secretary and clerk of the Board's filing of the 2026 Notice of the

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Biannual Review, Conflict of Interest Code with the City of Arcada and ratify the determination

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that no amendment is required.

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Would any agency board member like to remove an item from the successor agency consent calendar?

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Is there any member of the public waiting to comment on the successor agency consent calendar?

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If so, make your way up to the podium at this time please.

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Hi, my name's Joanna Gary and I recall something similar happening at previous meetings I've attended, and my understanding is because the state of California no longer operates a redevelopment program, this is a requirement while we still have potential outstanding redevelopment funds to be utilized on something like the property.

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in the marsh that had been discussed at previous meetings.

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So I guess, you know, with all that legal language, it would be sort of wonderful to explain

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why we step out of council and into an agency thing so that those who are bothering to

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watch this have an understanding of why this exists.

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Thank you for your comment.

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And I would defer that to possibly our data there.

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Can you possibly explain why we do that?

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I can do a brief, I wasn't expecting this, but I can do a brief under statement.

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Essentially you serve as the board for the successor agency.

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And yes, it's the successor agency to the redevelopment fund that was disbanded by the state back in 2012.

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And the primary reason you meet is because we still have outstanding debt.

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I believe it's through 2031 that is repaid through the successor agency.

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And so once a year there are these basic business requirements that we go through.

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And so you go through, you know, convening, unconvening as the city council convening as the successor agency.

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And then adjourning back into your city council meeting.

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The only time we would probably do something outside of this just perfunctory annual process

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would be if you took some action on the debt, for example, re-financed it or had some

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other action that impacted it, but that's kind of a brief explanation of what we're doing.

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So we'll see you next year on that one, meantime.

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May, is there any other member of the public who would like to make a comment on that and

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do we have anyone online?

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We do not have any hands okay so if we don't have any further comment or any

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questions or clarification from council do we have a motion? I'm sure I'll move

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to approve the successor agency consent calendar and we have a second okay so we

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have a motion from go ahead we have a motion from council member Schaefer in a

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second from councilmember stillman all those in favor hi hi and I say I so the motion passes now we

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adjourn the successor agency meeting and we will move back to the council meeting consent calendar

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all right so all matters on the consent calendar are considered to be retained by the city council

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and are enacted in one motion there is no separate discussion for any of these items if separate

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discussion is required that item is removed from the consent calendar and it will be considered

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Separately A, approved to weigh reading of the text and consent to read by title only for any ordinance on this agenda.

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B, approve the minutes of the City Council's special meeting of August 19th, 2026.

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C, approve the minutes of City Council meeting of August 19th, 2026.

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D, by weekly report on disbursements.

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E, approve the city manager's filing of the 2026 local agency.

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the biennial notice, conflict of interest code, and with the City of Arcada and ratified the determination that no amendment is required.

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F, continue to find the emergency procurement to repair the failed culverts at 4,700 West End Road is necessary.

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I think this might be the last one, and authorize the City Manager to execute all applicable documents.

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Advanced G, adopt resolution number 267-16, revising the fiscal year for

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2026, 2027, budget for measure G, renewal, flyer, printing, and

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mailing, H ratifying an extension of the employment agreement with Merit Perry for

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the position of city manager for the term of August 19th, 2024, to August 19th,

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the 2029 and just to know that this item does not include any modification to compensation.

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I approve an amendment to the construction contract for

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Centigrow, WWT, Incorporated for the 2026 Digestor Cleaning Project in the amount of $193,375 and 59 cents,

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and approved necessary and associated related actions.

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Would any council member or staff like to remove an item from the consent calendar at this time?

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I don't want to remove it, but I just wanted to offer a clarification that some people might find helpful.

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I noticed mayor that on H, you did read regarding our city managers' employment agreement that there's no change in compensation.

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And I did ask, I was wondering why at a previous meeting director Darts was on, was an agenda item and why our city managers was only a consent item and that is because it's, we simply extended the length of it so there's no change in the benefits or financial compensation.

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So, thank you.

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Correct. Do we have any members of the public wanting to comment on this consent item?

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Please make your way up to the podium, please.

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It's, hi, my name's Joanne McGarry and I didn't do my homework on this meeting in terms

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of disbursements or anything, but I did ride my bike up to where the culvert and the emergency,

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the failed culvert area and as you said out loud just now that it's potentially the last

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time you'll be reading this, I just have to say the more I wrote by that site, the more

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incredibly significant it was so I'm glad it's being fixed but that's a pretty

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significant and especially with storms coming in so I'm glad we're getting ahead

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of that. Also the digester cleaning I'm assuming that's out at the sewage

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treatment plant. Again it's a lot of money but I guess it's something that's a

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the standard and allotted for in budget so it's nothing necessarily new or different in

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routine maintenance and cleaning of that piece of equipment.

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So I had a tour of the Suge treatment plan a couple of weeks ago and I'm very impressed

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by the staff there and the operation.

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Thank you for your comment.

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If there are no other members in public, do we have anyone online?

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No, we do not.

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Okay.

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So, may I have a motion to adopt the consent calendar, please?

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So, I'll adopt the consent calendar from A through I.

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I will second.

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So, we have a motion from Councilmember Stilman.

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And a second from Vice Mayor at Concelsor. All in favor?

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Hi.

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Hi.

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So motion passes, brings us to old business.

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We do not have any this evening.

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So new business, a proven application for funding from the Great Redwood Trail Agency

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for the Arcada Gateway Trails Project.

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May we have a staff report from the Director of Environmental Services, Emily St.

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Court, please.

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Great.

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Well, good evening, Council, and thank you for the opportunity to present this evening.

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The Arcada Gateway Trails Project was recently adopted as part of this fiscal year's capital improvement program.

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And the purpose of that is really to enhance walking and biking in western Arcada neighborhoods,

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as well as implement much of the non-motorized proposed improvements within the gateway area.

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So the city has an opportunity to apply for funding to the Great Redwood Trail Agency and we wanted to get your input on just the scope of that proposal.

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So the GRTA is the steward of the former rail corridor around Humboldt Bay and is now tasked with completing the Great Redwood Trail between here and San Francisco.

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the city's in the midst of delivering our third project, third trail project along the GRTA corridor.

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And as a public commenter had noted, you can ride your bike up to a long western road now.

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So the city has made a lot of progress in enhancing non-motorized transportation and

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And what is exciting is that we don't just have anecdotal evidence of how much use our trails are getting.

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We have recently installed trail counters along a couple's locations along the Arcada Indian Mary at the Ridge Trail Junction along Weston Road and at the Skate Park.

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And so since those were installed this summer, we've seen on average 250 daily trail users at the Skate Park.

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work. So we're seeing a lot of use and the trail isn't really even officially open yet

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all the way up to West End Road. So that project is on track to be completed this calendar

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year in late fall, early winter. We look forward to celebrating that. But admits completing

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that construction, staff have been busy to plan proposed projects for future walking and

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biking improvements. I would say all of the trail projects have really been with a great

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partnership and working relationship that we have with GRTA staff. So the GRTA has received

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$50 million through the Prop 4 climate bond that California had recently passed and the

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But the purpose of that, much of those funds are for trail design and construction along

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priority segments that were outlined in the GRT's master plan.

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So in June of this year, the GRT first made some allocations of funds to partner agencies

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to develop some of those priority projects.

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And a key note about this funding is they have if there's a time component and looking

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at completing and utilizing those funds by the end of 2029.

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And Arcada staff feel we are well positioned to be competitive for those funds and we've

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shown progress at delivering excellent projects.

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The GRTA master plan does highlight a priority opportunity to connect Western Arcada and the Samoa Peninsula to the main line Humboldt Bay Trail that we all love to walk in and bike on through the creamery district and down through the marsh.

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I really saw that this is a great funding opportunity, city staff, between environmental services and engineering, put together an informal proposal to GRTA staff to get their feedback on what could potentially be competitive that the GRTA board could fund. Our original scope, and I'll pull up a map in a second. Our original scope focused on the scope of our CIP project of trail improvements through

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through the Gateway area and then continuing west on the rail corridor out towards V Street and the Winsong neighborhood in Western Arcada.

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We did receive feedback from GRTA staff that the project could potentially be more competitive for funding through their board if the city partnered with GRTA to expand the geographic scope and develop the trail.

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West towards the small peninsula and of ending at the Mad River slew.

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So I did just want to walk through those two kind of segments on the map.

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So hopefully there is small text.

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I apologize, but we will just walk through what we are looking at.

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So, in the green line is the existing Humboldt Bay Trail through the creamery, here's the plaza just for orientation.

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The green line is our north-south bay trail through the creamery district, up to Alliance, and then we're heading towards the Shea Park and Skate Park.

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The red dash line runs along another segment of rail that is owned in fee and rail banked

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by the Great Redwood Trail Agency, and this is paralleling M Street, again coming down

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through the Western Creamery District, and then starts to head west towards V Street,

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and here is the Winsong neighborhood.

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You will see some connections here east west

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of looking at opportunities to make sure there's connection

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between our class one walking, biking, rolling trails.

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And so the city staff had originally proposed a scope

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of from here at V Street through kind of downtown

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in the gateway area.

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So this red line also matches to a tee that proposed trail network within the gateway area plan.

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Then I'm just going to scroll here for a second. Sorry, this is not the best presentation format.

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For some additional context, the scope that was just outlining is about a mile and a half

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through downtown and out to Western Arcada neighborhoods of Winsong at V Street.

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A proposed scope to expand west would be another 2.3 miles.

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As we kind of included, the Arcada Gateway Trails main scope area in our capital improvement program,

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You know internally city staff had recognized that this is a you know meeting the goals of the gateway plan

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Meeting increased demand for walking and biking connectivity and that we would have the the staffing resources to

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that that segment

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In our discussions with GRTA staff and you know, they're they're inquiry of a

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partnership to expand further west we've been very clear that while we have been a leader

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of developing trails around Humboldt Bay the city itself would not have the long-term operations

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maintenance staffing funding to be able to be responsible moving forward for ongoing operations

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and maintenance of this Phase B segment, which is well outside of city limits.

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Fortunately, GRTA staff are certainly very understanding, and they have been working at

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building their internal capacity of trail managers, trail developers, and operational and

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maintenance staff.

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So just to kind of bring back to just the conversation tonight, city staff really does

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recommend pursuing a combination of working together with GRTA staff to plan design and potentially

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construct the phase B segment along with phase A. But through developing a memorandum of

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understanding that clearly outlines the roles and responsibilities of both the city and

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the GRTA. In particular of, you know, we really see an opportunity of an economy of scale to

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develop these two segments together as one project.

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Also, we've really been developing

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our internal capacity, particular within our engineering department for design and construction

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management of Class 1 trail projects.

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A scope and budget of developing a budget would include the cost of needing to work with

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consultants full cost for both planning, permitting design, construction and construction management.

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So just to make that more clear, internal staff are excited about furthering this project,

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furthering the plans in the Gateway Area Plan, continuing to enhance trail connectivity around Humboldt Bay.

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And we're building into the budget if we need to work all of those phases with project consultants.

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plus planning for 30% contingency since, you know, it is unknown of how the economy will be, you know, next month versus a year from now.

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So as the geographic scope of this Arcada Gateway Trail project has a potential to expand, we wanted to receive your feedback and input

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but on pursuing just the phase A segment for planning design and construction, or partnering with the GRTA with clearly outlined rules and responsibilities to develop phase A and phase B together with the city only taking on maintenance of the phase A segment out to V Street.

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So I'm happy to take any questions you may have.

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Thank you, Emily.

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I appreciate you outlining all of the phases and what that would look like in class for

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us with a memorandum of understanding.

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Do we have any questions?

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We do.

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I would like to take public comment.

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I have feeling that we have people in the audience that came specifically to talk to us

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to do that first then.

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And so any member of the public that is here in person, please step up.

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Carol, please come on up.

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Hi, everybody.

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I can't tell you how excited I am to be here tonight.

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I'm Carol Vandermeer, and I live out in Manila.

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I'm also part of the peninsula community collaborative, and we have a subcommittee called Peninsula Moves,

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and some others are here who may comment tonight.

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And I'm also on the board of the Great Revital Agency.

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and as a board member I'm also on ad hoc committee to look at fundraising and long-term support for ongoing maintenance of trails because that's a really important issue.

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I really want with those hats in mind when it encourage you all to be supportive of extending this scope that goes beyond the city limits it's a bit of a stretch but as a cyclist who does cycle that stretch and

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the stretches that are like six inches wide shoulder.

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It's really imperative that something be done for the safety of those who commute.

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I think there'd be a lot more people riding their bike, Sarcada.

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Also, as a member of Friends of the June's Board, there are so many resources, beaches,

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access area.

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We have just world-class variety of beaches that are managed by,

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you know, the Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of the Dunes.

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There's like a couple thousand acres out there.

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So this really fits in well as an excellent spur

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of the Great Redwood Trail.

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And I appreciate the staff who has got the expertise

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to really see a project like this through

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and history track record of doing that.

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And I appreciate economies of scale.

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And also, please, I did have an opportunity to work

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on the South Arcade of Multimodal, you know, Safety Improvement Project and we definitely

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heard a lot of voices from the community who wanted to see this happen. And lastly,

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I just want to emphasize to the city that the Peninsula Community Collaborative now exists as

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under the physical sponsorship of the people as a dream maker project. We're a nonprofit

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and hope to partner with the city in terms of doing community outreach and potential for mobilizing volunteers.

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We do, you know, clean ups and things like that and could be hopefully a real useful partner.

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And we've been talking about this for a long time so I hope we can work together on that.

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So thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Do we have other members of the public?

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Please make your way up to the podium.

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them. Thank you.

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Hi there. My name is Colleen Clifford and I want

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to do everything Carol just said, including that I'm a co-lead of the PCC. I live in Manila

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and we would love to see this project come to fruition. Segment A is great for Arcada

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but please push and prioritize segment B as well. This has been an ongoing issue for years

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the connectivity between Arcada and the peninsula has been difficult and challenging, very dangerous

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for people to commute on by bike or by walking to and we encourage that to be part of this

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project because it will really add to the overall safety of our community and I wanted

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to add that the Great Redwood Trail doesn't have any coastal access besides this segment.

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So bringing people out to the coast is such an important part of showing the California

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community and what a great starting and stopping point for the Great Redwood Trail enthusiasts

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to be able to dig their toes in the sand and feel that ocean water after they've done the bike from Santa Rosa or just from Eureka.

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So yeah, we just encourage this to continue and for you to apply for the funding and continue the priority of bringing people out to the similar peninsula.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Do we have other members who would like to speak on this topic, please make your way.

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I'm Carla Osborne, I live in Manila as well, and also part of the same groups, these

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Gauss are PCC and Manila moves.

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But I'm really humorous just a citizen of Manila, who comes to Arcada almost daily.

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I'm so excited to hear you talk about this Emily.

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Thank you for even considering it, and yes, please, that's all I have to say.

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Please I'm more of a walker than a cyclist most days and the idea of being able to go four miles with my dogs and

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Come to Arcada is really thrilling will it be eight miles and be a big walk?

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Please and thank you

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Thank you next

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Hi, my name is to amigurri and I too applaud

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Adding this spur to a trail that's a very linear trail that goes a long way

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because going off the beaten path and going on to something as they suggested is the resources,

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coastal resource on a trail that won't see the ocean until it gets here is really valuable.

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And I take the bus often between Arcadia and Eureka and occasionally I will get on the bus route

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that goes through Manila. And it is a community that vitally needs alternatives

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to car travel and I just think this is the way of the world working together in a future

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that's hopefully less focused on automobiles and more focused on moving on foot and on bicycle

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and wheels to places that we really want to go and be inspired by.

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Okay, so I, too, I think this is a great connection for the community to be involved in.

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If there are no one else in person, shall we go to online?

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Aye?

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Aye.

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Go ahead. Thank you.

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Hi, hi, council. Dan Jean here. I'm running for city council. And I think that this is one of the greatest ideas I've seen presented at the city council meetings. I've attended or watched online. I think I've seen so many people walking or biking that area that it's really a vital safety issue. And as was stated, the connectivity to the coast and the resources

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there including the disc golf course. If there was a safe way to bike there with my kids now,

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we would be doing it constantly. So I want to encourage you to pursue this as far as it can go

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and really even consider trying to reach out to Eureka and get them to connect all the way to

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Samoa where the people in Samoa don't even have a bus route at the moment. So making these connections

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And even figuring out a way to make it safer to cross not some old bridge some day would be amazing and

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Honestly, an economic booster for the entire community as well

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Thank you

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Thank you for your comment. Is there anyone else online?

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Yes, there's one other hand

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Nancy, can you please try? We have some audio issues here. Can you please try speaking?

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Okay, perfect. Thank you. Okay, I'm sorry. Yeah, I am pressing all kinds of things and wasn't getting it. So my name's Nancy Har. And I'm also a resident of Manila and a member of the PCC and Manila moves. And I guess my comment would be, I mean, I support everything that everybody said so far.

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And I just want to come and that there are a lot of young people, young families now

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moving to Manila, my neighborhood is definitely much younger than it was just a decade ago.

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And I have been in meetings where people just said, oh, I wish my children could, I wish

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we could bike to Arcada.

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So there's the wonderful things that people from Arcada coming to Manila and the ocean and

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beaches, but it's also wonderful for people here to take their children to Arcada and just

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kept wanting to talk about the safety because 40 years ago, I took my daughter on a bike

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to along 255 and we were going into Arcada, saw a little kitten on the side of the road and didn't

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have time to do anything coming back. We did something we shouldn't which is right the wrong way.

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You know, you know, you supposed to go with the traffic not against and a truck came by my daughter

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who's young. I think she was 11 or so kind of when swinging out into the road. So, fortunately,

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didn't get hit and always well but but it's just such an unsafe road for biking and walking

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and so I really support yeah that phase B and I hope that you will as well and thank you for

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considering it. That's all. Thank you for your comment Nancy.

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Do we have anyone else online?

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No, we do not. Okay, so we'll bring it back then to council. And I will popcorn it. So whoever wants to start go for it.

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I will ask the opening question of I mean, what do you think is more likely to get grant funding if we just do phase A?

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If we go for this phase A or B is it too ambitious and is not going to be funded?

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But it seems that if you know GRTA is giving granting the money then if we partner with them that would maybe be an incentive to want to do phase A or B.

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So that I was just curious what, you know, you think that process looks like.

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You know, just based on so far, we've just been working at the staff to staff level,

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and I've definitely gotten feedback that given the, just all of the priorities across the GRT scope,

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hope that the larger connections between communities around Humboldt Bay is a top priority.

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So based on that feedback, we felt this would likely be more competitive for funding by adding phase B.

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Again, this is working with great working relationships with GRT staff and it is not a

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submit your application by September 3rd and then it will be reviewed.

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I think we're building that relationship and part of staff's thinking was to make the

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00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:56,660
The project as a whole had a more competitive.

415
00:51:59,030 --> 00:52:05,280
The city has a lot of walking biking infrastructure priorities as well as other infrastructure

416
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:06,060
priorities.

417
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:11,380
And we try to tailor projects to what could be some good funding sources.

418
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:17,800
That really precipitated the original phase A segment of this project.

419
00:52:18,660 --> 00:52:24,000
And we certainly see how it fits in our regional perspective.

420
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:31,060
So that is just how we more of suggested adding on the phase B to be more competitive as

421
00:52:31,060 --> 00:52:31,300
a whole.

422
00:52:34,090 --> 00:52:38,830
And I know we talked about this, like I feel like a long time ago, I guess that's V street

423
00:52:38,830 --> 00:52:39,250
not.

424
00:52:39,590 --> 00:52:45,950
But there's that segment of Q street that connects to the marsh that didn't we get some easement

425
00:52:45,950 --> 00:52:54,370
from Cal Poly Humble for that and would that be something that we would want to include on part of this project as well or is that just kind of something we're not, you know, focusing on anymore.

426
00:52:54,810 --> 00:53:00,370
Thank you. You bring up a good point that I did not touch on this detail.

427
00:53:01,130 --> 00:53:12,190
So the what is also likely to be most competitive for funding is projects that are directly on the GRT corridor.

428
00:53:12,190 --> 00:53:17,990
and also of key connections that may be out off the corridor.

429
00:53:18,530 --> 00:53:25,130
I had highlighted what city staff saw as a key connection between the proposed trail

430
00:53:25,130 --> 00:53:28,230
through the gateway area and the existing Humboldt Bay Trail.

431
00:53:28,910 --> 00:53:36,410
Also, we see the connection on V Street from the GRT corridor up to North to Winsong

432
00:53:36,410 --> 00:53:44,310
as also being like very critical to meeting Western Arcada's, you know, transportation needs.

433
00:53:45,050 --> 00:53:50,950
Those, right now those segments are proposed as city matching funds to the project.

434
00:53:51,330 --> 00:53:56,510
That the city would develop with our annual sidewalk projects,

435
00:53:57,090 --> 00:54:01,330
that we could do enhancement on 8th Street to make that connection.

436
00:54:01,330 --> 00:54:11,210
So, you know, your question of the potential at Q Street, that could be a future connection.

437
00:54:11,730 --> 00:54:16,070
The city does not have the full right of way along Q Street.

438
00:54:16,370 --> 00:54:24,990
Part of the challenge of this project in developing this scope was to ensure that everything

439
00:54:24,990 --> 00:54:29,110
kind of on the map that we would have right of way for.

440
00:54:29,110 --> 00:54:36,830
or since, you know, right-of-way acquisition or improvements across the CalTrans corridor

441
00:54:36,830 --> 00:54:43,510
would likely take us beyond the funding timeline of completing the project by the end of

442
00:54:43,510 --> 00:54:44,230
2029.

443
00:54:44,750 --> 00:54:51,230
So, that's why we really focused on the, you know, GRTA corridor and what we saw as key

444
00:54:51,230 --> 00:54:54,810
connections on city to connect to city neighborhoods.

445
00:54:54,810 --> 00:54:55,750
I

446
00:54:59,170 --> 00:55:06,610
wanted to ask you what it would look like, right now at 255 looks like it's really narrow.

447
00:55:06,830 --> 00:55:10,610
Would there be a way to add similar to what we have between Arcadia and

448
00:55:10,610 --> 00:55:12,890
Eureka, would that be the way the connector would look?

449
00:55:13,470 --> 00:55:18,570
And I was out in Alder Grove Industrial Park today and across 255 the bridge there.

450
00:55:19,070 --> 00:55:25,870
Now you have new bollards that go across to create walking and biking on either side of the bridge.

451
00:55:25,870 --> 00:55:31,510
Is that what would be the concept for making this safe and what would it look like?

452
00:55:31,970 --> 00:55:34,770
Yeah, so yeah, great, thank you.

453
00:55:34,890 --> 00:55:41,670
The project is proposed to look like the Humboldt Bay Trail through the marsh or

454
00:55:41,670 --> 00:55:47,930
the Arcada Annie and Mary Trail on top of the existing rail that is out there and

455
00:55:47,930 --> 00:55:51,790
now just to the north of 255.

456
00:55:51,790 --> 00:56:03,090
The 255 is the Caltrans corridor and the rail corridor is owned and rail banked by GRTA.

457
00:56:03,650 --> 00:56:11,890
So the project would be really focused solely within the corridor in control by GRTA.

458
00:56:11,890 --> 00:56:21,230
Okay, Caltrans has more recently updated their Highway 255 corridor management plan.

459
00:56:22,170 --> 00:56:30,610
And while there are some have been proposed for some additional non-motorized improvements,

460
00:56:30,830 --> 00:56:36,370
crossing improvements elsewhere on 255 for this segment, through the Arcade of Bottoms,

461
00:56:36,370 --> 00:56:39,650
There are not current plans from

462
00:56:39,650 --> 00:56:46,210
CalTRANs in that corridor management plan to, you know, expand at a separated walking and biking facility.

463
00:56:46,930 --> 00:56:57,270
I certainly see opportunities for GRTA to partner with CalTRANs for this, you know, phase B segment and kind of ongoing operations.

464
00:56:58,290 --> 00:57:04,350
But this project is really of proposing solely the improvements in the former rail corridor.

465
00:57:04,930 --> 00:57:21,590
Well, I was just also thinking about timber heritage and I don't know how far they're going with whatever it's called and do they, I don't, you probably know if they go through Manila or not but I'm just curious about if that's it conflict at all.

466
00:57:23,130 --> 00:57:29,730
It is my understanding and that is something that again of this is a lines on a map and the.

467
00:57:29,730 --> 00:57:38,690
The outreach and planning phase would only really just begin if funding would be awarded.

468
00:57:39,450 --> 00:57:47,990
And Timber Heritage Association has been a good partner in salvaging rail from the former

469
00:57:47,990 --> 00:57:54,030
Arcada and Mad River Railroad, so there could be partnerships there.

470
00:57:54,030 --> 00:58:11,970
But I will say the GRTA, you know, has the rail banked corridor for the purpose of utilizing that rail corridor for interim trail use until such time that a viable, you know, railroad operations could continue.

471
00:58:12,430 --> 00:58:21,290
And so, you know, GRTA is their scope is to really complete these trail segments throughout humble county and beyond communities.

472
00:58:21,290 --> 00:58:23,130
Thank you very much.

473
00:58:23,350 --> 00:58:25,070
I definitely support this concept.

474
00:58:25,270 --> 00:58:27,950
I think it will be a good way to connect things

475
00:58:27,950 --> 00:58:31,270
for the whole community and give us another.

476
00:58:32,190 --> 00:58:35,210
Well, anyway, everyone else has to talk about this

477
00:58:35,210 --> 00:58:36,630
before we do anything more?

478
00:58:37,750 --> 00:58:39,530
Yeah, I support it.

479
00:58:40,230 --> 00:58:43,190
Also, we do know that trails and connectivity

480
00:58:43,190 --> 00:58:46,150
are important to our community at large

481
00:58:46,150 --> 00:58:49,110
and it would be, I have no doubt that people

482
00:58:49,110 --> 00:58:54,030
people would ride their bikes or walk out to those communities or back and forth.

483
00:58:54,210 --> 00:58:59,130
I mean, I would, I don't know because it's scary on Samoa but it would be great to have

484
00:58:59,130 --> 00:58:59,910
that space.

485
00:59:00,790 --> 00:59:08,170
And also, just practically, it's another way to keep our staff busy with a big project

486
00:59:08,170 --> 00:59:14,670
with outside funding, which is not nothing like that's important.

487
00:59:14,670 --> 00:59:22,110
I have two questions, one is since I can see people having some of those destinations

488
00:59:22,110 --> 00:59:29,870
of the different beach access spots, will we be providing parking for bikes out there

489
00:59:29,870 --> 00:59:35,050
if we're creating the trail, and then also you might not have the answer to this, but do

490
00:59:35,050 --> 00:59:39,410
you know if there are plans to continue at Pass Manila to Samoa?

491
00:59:39,410 --> 00:59:40,510
Great,

492
00:59:43,010 --> 00:59:50,470
so I think again these are lines on a map in order to make our case for the proposal

493
00:59:50,470 --> 00:59:56,810
and the details of bike parking locations would be worked out in that design phase.

494
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:14,760
In getting out to the end of the trail and taking a walk, and that is a key opportunity that could be included, especially when we're doing outreach and getting community members feedback, and also in the design phase.

495
01:00:17,980 --> 01:00:29,840
This phase B would only be proposed to the arcade aside of the Mad River slew. I know the GRTA is looking at logical segment.

496
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:40,540
to work to develop, and that being a logical destination point and overlook, they've discussed

497
01:00:40,540 --> 01:00:47,220
of potential for future connections for kayaking and water trails in the Mad River

498
01:00:47,220 --> 01:00:50,120
Slough. These are big picture ideas.

499
01:00:53,140 --> 01:00:54,180
Developing

500
01:00:54,180 --> 01:00:58,740
then non-motorized improvements, over-mad river slew,

501
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:02,320
and then to connect with the Manila Trail

502
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:05,820
that is in the CalTrans corridor through Manila.

503
01:01:06,660 --> 01:01:08,700
And that's a great half-mile segment

504
01:01:08,700 --> 01:01:11,240
and connects Key Manila neighborhoods.

505
01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:15,420
I think that would come at a later date.

506
01:01:15,840 --> 01:01:19,020
And again, GRTA will be the kind of the lead

507
01:01:19,020 --> 01:01:22,700
in looking at partnerships for trail development.

508
01:01:22,700 --> 01:01:23,720
So

509
01:01:25,830 --> 01:01:54,450
when I first moved here back then HSU, I lived in Manella and I used to ride my bike and it was really sketchy so this has been a long time coming I'm super excited at the possibilities that you talked about that will extend even beyond phase B and I also just want to thank our staff for working so hard and bringing this, you know, to us as well as Carol and Mayor and working so hard and everyone else.

510
01:01:55,130 --> 01:02:02,550
Just having that access, the beach access is another boon to not just arcade it, but all of humble being able to

511
01:02:03,310 --> 01:02:11,290
Provide that all the way through would be amazing, but I'm thrilled that we can just bring it to as far as we can within

512
01:02:11,290 --> 01:02:17,270
The constraints of our jurisdiction, so yeah, and I think that Sarah still wanted to say something

513
01:02:18,150 --> 01:02:22,230
Oh, I was just going to add that I did speak to the president of the THA board and they're,

514
01:02:22,230 --> 01:02:26,350
obviously, never happy when they want to rip the rails out.

515
01:02:26,890 --> 01:02:32,470
But this is also a segment that they've not really gone far enough to be able to run trains on.

516
01:02:32,630 --> 01:02:38,090
And there's a couple sections that are pretty, that would be difficult to rebuild between where they currently run and

517
01:02:38,090 --> 01:02:44,230
Mo and where, you know, this would link up in Manila. So, you know, they're always at the table

518
01:02:44,230 --> 01:02:51,710
and are very aware of what's going on as well. So unless there are any other comments from Council,

519
01:02:51,910 --> 01:03:01,850
do we have a motion? Yeah, I will make a motion to approve an application for funding from the GRTA

520
01:03:01,850 --> 01:03:05,510
A for the Gateway Trails Project, including Paises A and B.

521
01:03:06,150 --> 01:03:06,550
Second.

522
01:03:07,150 --> 01:03:09,270
Okay, so we have a motion from Council Members.

523
01:03:09,630 --> 01:03:09,990
Shaffer.

524
01:03:10,410 --> 01:03:11,630
A second from Council Members.

525
01:03:11,850 --> 01:03:12,170
Stillman.

526
01:03:12,710 --> 01:03:13,570
All those in favor?

527
01:03:14,330 --> 01:03:14,550
Aye.

528
01:03:15,050 --> 01:03:17,070
And I say aye, so motion passes.

529
01:03:18,170 --> 01:03:19,530
And thank you for coming.

530
01:03:20,110 --> 01:03:21,610
Yes, thank you so much.

531
01:03:23,030 --> 01:03:25,610
All right, so that brings us to item B.

532
01:03:25,830 --> 01:03:31,350
Consider approving playhouse arts permit application for the sunny break porch fest special

533
01:03:31,350 --> 01:03:39,110
event on October 4th, 2026. May we have a report from Deputy Director of Environmental

534
01:03:39,110 --> 01:03:41,390
Services, Emily Bendby, please.

535
01:03:42,270 --> 01:03:48,450
Sure. Good evening, Council and community members. I don't have any visuals this evening.

536
01:03:48,550 --> 01:03:54,090
I usually do, but we have been here before and we're here again for the Council's consideration

537
01:03:54,090 --> 01:04:00,510
of the annual, now becoming annual porch fest event to be held on October 4th of 2026.

538
01:04:01,350 --> 01:04:07,630
Before I jump into the details on the specific event, I did want to frame the context for

539
01:04:07,630 --> 01:04:12,670
this item being before you, which is to say that typically our recreation division receives

540
01:04:12,670 --> 01:04:17,910
special event applications on a very regular basis and it's not typical that we would bring

541
01:04:17,910 --> 01:04:24,950
those events for council consideration. However, there have been times where the city has received

542
01:04:24,950 --> 01:04:30,190
special event permit applications that have been less traditional. So for example, not in a

543
01:04:30,190 --> 01:04:36,630
specific public park, not in the plaza, or perhaps in a specific public park or plaza

544
01:04:36,630 --> 01:04:40,690
or public space, but for late night hours or something, you know, not typical.

545
01:04:41,690 --> 01:04:43,090
And so a porch fest is one of those events.

546
01:04:43,470 --> 01:04:50,390
It is proposed to be held in the sunny brain neighborhood and consists of both acoustic and

547
01:04:50,390 --> 01:04:56,930
amplified music that would be performed on private residences, front porches, front yards,

548
01:04:56,930 --> 01:05:16,030
that sort of thing backyards perhaps, but there is an intersection with the city in that the attendees travel in the city public right of way, and so it's a non-traditional event structure and so staff finds it appropriate to bring to council year after year for the specific consideration review and potential approval of the event.

549
01:05:16,650 --> 01:05:22,550
That being said, this would be the third-a-time porch fest would be held.

550
01:05:22,770 --> 01:05:24,370
Has been held, will be held.

551
01:05:25,230 --> 01:05:30,190
Last year was very similar to what is proposed for this year.

552
01:05:30,470 --> 01:05:34,770
The first year definitely was bigger than anticipated, and so last year the event organizers

553
01:05:34,770 --> 01:05:40,450
had the opportunity to really work through the flow for the appropriate scale of the anticipated

554
01:05:40,450 --> 01:05:40,930
event.

555
01:05:42,510 --> 01:05:45,690
The event would run during the daytime, 12 to 6.

556
01:05:46,230 --> 01:05:53,290
There is a street closure on Beverly, which would be the same street closure that occurred last year between Chester and

557
01:05:53,290 --> 01:05:53,990
Buttermilk Lane.

558
01:05:54,610 --> 01:06:01,030
That street closure allows three portable restrooms as well as trash and

559
01:06:01,030 --> 01:06:09,390
recycling receptacles and sort of a main hub, if you will, for the event organizers to be stationed at to support event attendees.

560
01:06:10,810 --> 01:06:17,070
Additionally, there would be about 25 playhouse staff slash volunteers roving around the event

561
01:06:17,070 --> 01:06:22,610
and ensuring that folks are maintaining a safe and happy and healthy environment.

562
01:06:23,870 --> 01:06:29,730
And then the other difference this year, which deviates from years past, is that this year

563
01:06:29,730 --> 01:06:36,710
the event organizers are proposing to hold music at three Sunnybrae businesses.

564
01:06:36,710 --> 01:06:39,490
Those would be the carriage house.

565
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:44,620
Why am I forgetting the name?

566
01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:48,500
El Chipotle, I was there last week, and then Coffee Break.

567
01:06:49,320 --> 01:06:53,100
And so I think, and the event organizers are here, sorry, one more.

568
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:54,360
Okay.

569
01:06:57,460 --> 01:06:59,620
It's actually Coffee Break and Murphy's.

570
01:06:59,620 --> 01:07:02,540
Coffee Break and Murphy's, thank you, if that was incorrect.

571
01:07:03,300 --> 01:07:07,020
But the purpose of bringing in the businesses, regardless of the specific ones that are participating,

572
01:07:07,020 --> 01:07:09,800
is really to have that economic development piece

573
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:13,260
as well as have a place where folks can purchase food,

574
01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:15,680
for example, and not have to bring their own.

575
01:07:16,620 --> 01:07:18,440
So just kind of wanted to tie that piece in.

576
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:21,620
Other than that, the event, like I mentioned,

577
01:07:21,780 --> 01:07:23,900
will be very similarly structured too last year.

578
01:07:24,580 --> 01:07:28,680
We have received a mix of feedback over the year.

579
01:07:28,860 --> 01:07:31,540
Generally staff receives positive feedback,

580
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:33,980
but there are some community members who reach out

581
01:07:33,980 --> 01:07:37,500
about expressing the negative impacts that the event has on them.

582
01:07:38,380 --> 01:07:42,500
And so our approach has been this year whenever we have received negative feedback is to

583
01:07:42,500 --> 01:07:47,520
let them know that tonight is the night, so they can share their comments of the City Council.

584
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:53,800
We work with them to the best of our ability to factor in the feedback we get.

585
01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:55,100
We work with the event organizers.

586
01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:57,740
I think the feedback that they've received has been similarly.

587
01:07:57,740 --> 01:08:02,620
really, this is the night to be Council is meeting to review and really trying their

588
01:08:02,620 --> 01:08:08,900
best to be able to meet all the needs of the community. And then the last piece I will

589
01:08:08,900 --> 01:08:15,880
add is that in the past 2025, I believe the outreach method was door hangers. Not everyone

590
01:08:15,880 --> 01:08:23,200
got the door hangers, whether they were tossed as junk mail or blew away or whatever might

591
01:08:23,200 --> 01:08:29,080
have happened. This year the approach has been shifted to have a number of yard signs placed

592
01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:33,680
in public leave-viewable areas of the neighborhood just so that people have that frequent reminder.

593
01:08:33,840 --> 01:08:38,600
I believe there's been flyers at some of the Sunnybury businesses as well, letting the community

594
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:46,460
know. And then finally there will be a changeable message system. So that's like the systems you see

595
01:08:46,460 --> 01:08:52,240
when there's road work ahead. I believe there will be one stationed at Bayside Road just because

596
01:08:52,240 --> 01:08:56,040
because that is a busier public road closer to the event happening.

597
01:08:57,420 --> 01:09:00,880
With that, that concludes my staff report.

598
01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:04,280
I would open it up, depending on the pleasure of the council,

599
01:09:04,500 --> 01:09:05,580
either for council comments,

600
01:09:05,860 --> 01:09:07,960
and then additionally, our event organizers are here

601
01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:09,840
so they can potentially answer comments as well,

602
01:09:10,060 --> 01:09:11,820
so whatever it's best to count.

603
01:09:11,900 --> 01:09:14,400
We would normally do questions and comments from council,

604
01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:17,460
but I think that I will defer to the public first,

605
01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:20,840
so please make your way up to the podium, please.

606
01:09:20,840 --> 01:09:21,760
Yes.

607
01:09:26,090 --> 01:09:26,590
Sorry.

608
01:09:27,410 --> 01:09:27,830
Okay.

609
01:09:28,270 --> 01:09:28,750
Hi, everyone.

610
01:09:29,090 --> 01:09:29,650
Thank you.

611
01:09:29,850 --> 01:09:30,830
Thank you, Emily.

612
01:09:31,230 --> 01:09:33,090
Covered most of what I was going to say.

613
01:09:33,210 --> 01:09:34,230
I also brought maps.

614
01:09:34,710 --> 01:09:39,410
So just yesterday, we finalized our map of hosts.

615
01:09:39,930 --> 01:09:42,110
It's really nicely spread out.

616
01:09:42,490 --> 01:09:44,390
Like she said, it's our third year.

617
01:09:44,890 --> 01:09:46,510
And it just continues to grow.

618
01:09:46,870 --> 01:09:48,230
And so it's exciting.

619
01:09:48,230 --> 01:09:53,950
And I think it reflects the neighborhood's kind of positive attitude towards the event that

620
01:09:53,950 --> 01:09:58,990
every year of neighbors kind of witnessing it and experiencing it more and more

621
01:09:58,990 --> 01:10:03,830
want to join in and have music on their porches and their driveways including

622
01:10:03,830 --> 01:10:08,090
the businesses so we're really excited to welcome Murphy's is gonna have some

623
01:10:08,090 --> 01:10:11,730
in the grassy lawn right next to where their store is and then coffee break is

624
01:10:11,730 --> 01:10:22,170
excited to host some there as well and you know I you covered most of the stuff

625
01:10:22,170 --> 01:10:30,830
there's anything else? What was that? Oh yes. Also in our blocked off zone this year we're

626
01:10:30,830 --> 01:10:35,490
going to have a kid zone and we're going to have a kid's children's musician playing in the

627
01:10:35,490 --> 01:10:39,130
kid zone and the kid zone is going to be the Wonder Wagon if you guys are familiar with the program

628
01:10:39,130 --> 01:10:47,150
of Playhouse Arts. So we'll have the Wonder Wagon in that zone. Another thing that we are incorporating

629
01:10:47,150 --> 01:10:51,930
into porch fest this year is as you all know with art around Arcada we've been having the fire

630
01:10:51,930 --> 01:10:55,790
hydrants. They've gotten painted all throughout Sunny Rae. So we're going to be sort of like

631
01:10:55,790 --> 01:11:01,730
officially launching that at Portschfest as well with maps and things like that so folks can go

632
01:11:01,730 --> 01:11:09,550
check out Portschfest. One of our artists did a fire hydrant themed Portschfest, which is very cute.

633
01:11:12,570 --> 01:11:17,690
And yeah, we hope that having the signs will be more effective. I think that's the main change

634
01:11:17,690 --> 01:11:23,350
that we are making from last year is that everyone who drives or walks or bikes or whatever

635
01:11:23,350 --> 01:11:28,550
comes in and out of sunny ray generally comes through two entrances and that's where the

636
01:11:28,550 --> 01:11:35,110
roundabout is and where, you know, El Chipotle is that entryway right there.

637
01:11:35,930 --> 01:11:40,910
And so having those two like Emily mentioned electronic big signs I think will really help

638
01:11:40,910 --> 01:11:45,350
because we want to make sure that people who don't want to be there that day as well as

639
01:11:45,350 --> 01:11:48,690
people who do want to be there that day all know it's happening.

640
01:11:50,050 --> 01:11:55,750
And then the last thing to mention is that last year we were pretty successful in trying

641
01:11:55,750 --> 01:11:58,270
to solve some of the traffic issues that came up the first year.

642
01:11:58,830 --> 01:12:04,910
And what we do for that is the entirety of buttermilk, no one hosts in their front yards.

643
01:12:05,530 --> 01:12:10,910
So no one is going to be standing on buttermilk as one of our high traffic roads there.

644
01:12:10,910 --> 01:12:16,270
And then on Chester, no one can host in the front yard all the way up to Virginia.

645
01:12:17,130 --> 01:12:21,950
And then on Beverly, no one can host in the front yard all the way up to also Virginia.

646
01:12:22,650 --> 01:12:26,710
That feels like kind of like a central zone where there was a lot of traffic issues last year.

647
01:12:27,310 --> 01:12:31,130
So we do have hosts in those locations, as you can see here.

648
01:12:31,570 --> 01:12:36,970
Those are all in their backyards, so they're not going to have folks standing in the middle of the road watching the show.

649
01:12:36,970 --> 01:12:37,950
Yeah,

650
01:12:40,860 --> 01:12:50,220
yeah. Thank you. I know what I'm just going to add. The event is we don't sell

651
01:12:50,220 --> 01:12:55,860
anything at the event. So, if there is, you know, thoughts about us selling alcohol

652
01:12:55,860 --> 01:13:01,440
or anything at the event, it's a no vendor event. And that's part of what we want the event

653
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:07,760
to be is a free no vendor event. So, there will be nothing for sale in the middle. And

654
01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:13,760
And we do patrols, we have some electric bikes and people with electric bikes, so we'll

655
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:17,580
be going around and making sure everybody's staying where they should be staying and

656
01:13:17,580 --> 01:13:18,720
doing what they should be doing.

657
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:24,100
And then we do a cleanup afterwards, so we do a sweep of the area and see, you know, sometimes

658
01:13:24,100 --> 01:13:28,740
you just can't help it if someone's walking around with a beer in someone's neighborhood

659
01:13:28,740 --> 01:13:30,020
and they leave it on a fence post.

660
01:13:30,180 --> 01:13:34,140
So we go around and do a sweep on that and make sure that all the garbage is picked up

661
01:13:34,140 --> 01:13:38,360
and everything's picked up and you know part of the playhouse is the leave no trace.

662
01:13:39,040 --> 01:13:44,620
So that the kinesthetic response to the space the next day is like wow I was here yesterday

663
01:13:44,620 --> 01:13:48,240
and there are all these people and there's no one here and there's nothing to indicate

664
01:13:48,240 --> 01:13:49,040
that people are there.

665
01:13:49,140 --> 01:13:55,360
So that's part of our aesthetic is that kinesthetic response to space so that's very important

666
01:13:55,360 --> 01:13:55,920
to the event.

667
01:13:56,260 --> 01:13:57,540
I wanted to say those two things.

668
01:13:57,940 --> 01:13:58,780
Thank you Jackie.

669
01:13:58,780 --> 01:14:04,200
All right, looks like we have many people. Stepana.

670
01:14:13,860 --> 01:14:18,520
Hello, Councilmembers and community members. My name is Tia Nolan and I'm a homeowner

671
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:26,000
in the residence area of sunny break in Arcada. I would like to first kind of try to get

672
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:29,680
my nerves down a little bit because I've heard some new information that I hadn't heard yet,

673
01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:33,700
so I'm going to try to call myself down. I will say that I see that I'm getting counted

674
01:14:33,700 --> 01:14:36,740
on but they didn't get counted on so I'm just going to comment on that a little bit.

675
01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:43,280
I appreciate what Arcade of Playhouse is doing. I appreciate the idea of porch fest. I

676
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:49,340
live there and I have experienced a lot of very unsafe things happening since the precipice

677
01:14:49,340 --> 01:14:54,460
of it. There was a port-a-potty that was parked on my street with no knowledge to the residents

678
01:14:54,460 --> 01:14:56,440
on that street in the 24 event.

679
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,940
Thankfully, but that that port of potty was on a trailer, so if there was a disabled person, there was no way they could access that. So I'm going to leave that at that. I will continue with the points that I would like to make. I would like to express my opposition to the Port Chess event that hosted by Arcada Playhouse and respectfully request that they're permit for the 26 event be denied. Port Chess 25 had multiple violations of city laws and ordinances, rules and regulations, as well as a special event condition summary that was provided to the executive director of the Playhouse.

680
01:15:29,940 --> 01:15:34,600
including but not limited to open alcohol containers throughout the

681
01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:38,000
neighborhood attendees blocking roads and intersections unaccompanied

682
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:42,700
minors and roadways intersections with some on bikes with no helmets dogs

683
01:15:42,700 --> 01:15:47,380
inside the event closure area defaced event signage people smoking cigarettes

684
01:15:47,380 --> 01:15:50,780
in the closure area people rolling joints and smoking marijuana inside the

685
01:15:50,780 --> 01:15:55,820
closure area and outside illegal parking parking double parking parking on

686
01:15:55,820 --> 01:16:01,540
illicit language at amplified music locations, musical performances that were

687
01:16:01,540 --> 01:16:06,740
happening on properties that were not on the approved list. And in fact there

688
01:16:06,740 --> 01:16:13,080
was a person selling alcohol out of a cooler in the enclosure area right in front

689
01:16:13,080 --> 01:16:18,320
of event stuff that nobody did anything about. I watched that man there for a

690
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:23,300
long time. He came and went many times. There was an ADA port-a-potty but it was

691
01:16:23,300 --> 01:16:26,780
placed inside of somebody's yard about two feet into the grass. If you're in a wheelchair,

692
01:16:27,080 --> 01:16:32,660
that's not an easy situation to get around. People were going into people's yards, laying

693
01:16:32,660 --> 01:16:37,620
there, smoking and drinking, nobody did anything about it, nobody seemed to care. There was trash

694
01:16:37,620 --> 01:16:42,160
that was up through the neighborhood, I will say, and I will commend you guys on that. The cleanup

695
01:16:42,160 --> 01:16:50,920
for the event was spectacular. They did a great job. There was no identifying clothing for any event

696
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:55,660
staff at all at either of the years that it happened. So if anybody needed something they

697
01:16:55,660 --> 01:16:57,020
had no clue who to go speak to.

698
01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:02,580
Sorry you went off track. And they're saying now that

699
01:17:02,580 --> 01:17:06,640
the enclosure area is going to include a play area which is frightening and they're also

700
01:17:06,640 --> 01:17:11,160
saying their paperwork that they're supposed to be able to allow the residents in the closure

701
01:17:11,160 --> 01:17:16,100
area to come and go as they need to. So that means that you're relying on events staff

702
01:17:16,100 --> 01:17:21,260
to safely be able to get people in and out of that closure area with vehicles and children.

703
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:23,220
I don't feel that that's proper.

704
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:27,740
In conclusion, due to the safety and liability risks in the lack of oversight and regulation,

705
01:17:28,280 --> 01:17:31,340
and the playhouses disregard rules, I strongly feel that it's any risk.

706
01:17:31,340 --> 01:17:35,460
Thank you for your comment one, wanted to give you a chance to finish your sentence though.

707
01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:36,140
What's that?

708
01:17:36,340 --> 01:17:37,960
I said one to give you a chance to finish your sentence.

709
01:17:37,960 --> 01:17:39,080
Thank you, I appreciate that.

710
01:17:39,220 --> 01:17:45,800
I strongly feel that Sunny Bray is not a safe location for this event, and I kindly urge the council to deny the permit.

711
01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:46,600
Thank you.

712
01:17:46,680 --> 01:17:47,420
I appreciate your time.

713
01:17:47,720 --> 01:17:48,080
Absolutely.

714
01:17:49,080 --> 01:17:52,040
And we have another public comment, please step on it.

715
01:17:52,480 --> 01:18:05,700
And just to answer the question in case folks are wondering, I did consult with the mayor on the timer and because the playhouse is a guest and part of our staff presentation, that's why they're not timed and we might be pulling them up again for questions.

716
01:18:06,020 --> 01:18:15,240
So that's so they won't be timed because they're here to give us knowledge about the event, so that's why they were the presenters as opposed to public commenters.

717
01:18:15,240 --> 01:18:18,940
and that was on me I should have announced it differently

718
01:18:18,940 --> 01:18:20,460
and then asked for public comment.

719
01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:22,680
So my apologies for that.

720
01:18:24,080 --> 01:18:26,900
So my name's Dremg Gary, I'm giving public comment.

721
01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:32,520
And I attended, I did not attend the first porch fest,

722
01:18:32,700 --> 01:18:34,540
I attended it last year on my e-bike,

723
01:18:35,280 --> 01:18:37,740
not for a long period of time,

724
01:18:37,980 --> 01:18:41,460
I just was able to ride around and enjoy

725
01:18:41,460 --> 01:18:47,840
what I thought was a festive time and I didn't pay a lot of attention to where

726
01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:54,020
porta-potties were located or people in bi-been or anything like that but my

727
01:18:54,020 --> 01:19:01,380
issue often has been car traffic and other ways for people to get around and so

728
01:19:01,380 --> 01:19:11,140
Sunnybury is an up and down neighborhood and there will be people who won't be

729
01:19:11,140 --> 01:19:18,960
easily. And I just really hope like we do with the Lantern Ceremony shuttle service exist.

730
01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:26,940
And somehow mitigate car travel during the porch fest so that it's really, really, really

731
01:19:26,940 --> 01:19:34,100
limited and that people who want to go around to the different stops have a shuttle option,

732
01:19:34,100 --> 01:19:36,320
and ideally something like an electric shuttle.

733
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:41,820
A few weeks ago, a book-leger posted a story

734
01:19:41,820 --> 01:19:45,620
about Henderson Center's kind of trolley

735
01:19:45,620 --> 01:19:47,780
that they apparently have for special events,

736
01:19:47,780 --> 01:19:50,100
maybe at Christmas time, to go and see the lights.

737
01:19:51,240 --> 01:19:55,860
Something really special like that would be kind of cool.

738
01:19:56,700 --> 01:20:02,600
But if not that, just a 13 passenger, something or other.

739
01:20:02,600 --> 01:20:09,700
or if there is such a thing as a zoo trolley, a zoo shuttle thing and an open-air type thing,

740
01:20:09,820 --> 01:20:19,380
but I really want alternative ways to get there to really be thought about and not having people

741
01:20:19,380 --> 01:20:23,800
drive cars because they can't walk up the hill. So an alternative for them.

742
01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:31,640
And it looks like we have another public commenter.

743
01:20:31,640 --> 01:20:37,560
If not, then do we have anyone online?

744
01:20:38,960 --> 01:20:40,920
Yes, we have one hand raised.

745
01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:42,560
Dan, please go ahead.

746
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:46,320
Yes, hi, council.

747
01:20:47,500 --> 01:20:48,600
Forgefest is amazing.

748
01:20:49,100 --> 01:20:54,700
It's a kind of event that is fun for a lot of different groups of people,

749
01:20:55,020 --> 01:21:02,240
all young, all between celebrating local music and human-made created music.

750
01:21:03,200 --> 01:21:13,740
as well as supporting, I love the fact that it's not just going to be a bunch of vendors selling a bunch of stuff from outside of the community, that you're including the local businesses.

751
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:18,640
That's the way the sort of community events should operate.

752
01:21:19,040 --> 01:21:23,420
I hope it's not an either or that it has to be given the permanent or not.

753
01:21:23,480 --> 01:21:28,640
I hope we can come up with some kind of solution to address the homeowners really legitimate rights.

754
01:21:29,740 --> 01:21:37,420
come up with a way to try and help them out without resorting to, like, too draconian of a police presence.

755
01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:40,760
I think everyone would appreciate that. Thank you.

756
01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:45,420
Thank you for your comment. Do we have anyone else online?

757
01:21:45,920 --> 01:21:46,620
No, we do not.

758
01:21:47,140 --> 01:21:54,140
Okay, so then I will bring it back to council and I will, I guess, to the left to me this time.

759
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:05,800
Well, I always think it'd be fun to move this around from one neighborhood to another.

760
01:22:06,080 --> 01:22:10,140
I've mentioned it several times, I thought, well, what about the SAID subdivision?

761
01:22:10,680 --> 01:22:17,200
I think sometime, but I know that you're focused on Sunny Bray and Sunny Bray's been able to do that for a while.

762
01:22:17,420 --> 01:22:22,720
But I think one of the things would be to figure out other neighborhoods to go to occasionally.

763
01:22:23,020 --> 01:22:24,460
And then you could spread the wealth.

764
01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:28,840
That's how you could look at it or whatever the opinion is.

765
01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:35,980
But so I think it's a porch-fest is not just an arcada, it's elsewhere in the nation,

766
01:22:36,620 --> 01:22:38,360
and it's something that's come about.

767
01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:42,740
And so we're just doing something that happens elsewhere.

768
01:22:43,500 --> 01:22:48,840
And there's always issues with no matter what event we have, there's things that work and

769
01:22:48,840 --> 01:22:49,820
things that don't work.

770
01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:55,140
And we're always trying to make the things that don't work better and always trying to figure

771
01:22:55,140 --> 01:22:57,420
out how to make things much, much better.

772
01:22:57,420 --> 01:23:03,320
It sounds like this year you're working to fix a lot of the things that didn't work in the past two years.

773
01:23:04,220 --> 01:23:09,400
And so I would like to see it go ahead and let's see what happens and what issues.

774
01:23:09,520 --> 01:23:14,000
If we have a lot of issues, then I'd say try to say so, thank you.

775
01:23:17,540 --> 01:23:21,540
I haven't been able to attend it, I've wanted to, so I am excited to be able to do that.

776
01:23:21,640 --> 01:23:28,200
I do have a question about the traffic that was one of my main concerns when I was reading through the packet.

777
01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:36,300
Okay, I think I'm wrong, but my assumption was, is that outside folks like myself wouldn't be able to drive into the Sunnybury neighborhood.

778
01:23:36,520 --> 01:23:44,680
I was assuming that only the people that live there can drive in, and it was kind of like a car-free zone unless you live there.

779
01:23:45,360 --> 01:23:47,240
Is that, am I wrong?

780
01:23:48,340 --> 01:23:49,400
Could you use the mic, yeah.

781
01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:55,300
I think that would be amazing, that is not the case, I'm not sure what kind of permitting

782
01:23:55,300 --> 01:23:59,260
we would have to do, that sounds like it would probably be a really big deal to close

783
01:23:59,260 --> 01:24:04,060
off an entire neighborhood, I know, I don't know, and then we'd want to definitely step

784
01:24:04,060 --> 01:24:09,060
up the, like what Joanne mentioned, we definitely want to have shuttles for folks who can't

785
01:24:09,060 --> 01:24:15,760
walk or bike around if they can't drive either, but I would definitely be open to discussing

786
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:17,340
that for a future year for sure.

787
01:24:17,920 --> 01:24:23,080
Yeah, I just think, I mean, I can see where that would be a big lift, but if it's something

788
01:24:23,080 --> 01:24:29,060
that we want to be sustainable and really safe, it would be great to have it as car-free

789
01:24:29,060 --> 01:24:29,640
as possible.

790
01:24:29,900 --> 01:24:35,100
And wouldn't that be amazing if we had a little cute, arcade-a-trolley shuttle that we could

791
01:24:35,100 --> 01:24:36,360
use for these type of events?

792
01:24:37,120 --> 01:24:38,460
Oh, so Jack is going to make that happen.

793
01:24:38,580 --> 01:24:38,820
Awesome.

794
01:24:38,980 --> 01:24:39,300
Thank you.

795
01:24:40,060 --> 01:24:44,260
Well, it's like the, I'm going to continue because I'm still on this side.

796
01:24:44,260 --> 01:24:51,620
So one of the things I was thinking about is, like the Oyster Festival, how they use the high school parking lot.

797
01:24:51,880 --> 01:24:55,200
People park there and then they transport them to wherever.

798
01:24:56,000 --> 01:25:03,000
And so maybe that would be a way to help take care of the density of parking is to figure out.

799
01:25:03,460 --> 01:25:06,040
The Cal Poly, one of the parking laws set up for

800
01:25:09,460 --> 01:25:17,440
I'm not too sure what the condition of that is, but that was also used in the past as a place that people could park and then be shuttled from there.

801
01:25:17,700 --> 01:25:23,960
So I'm just, you brought that up and I'm thinking about how that could be a possibility, maybe not this year, but in the future.

802
01:25:26,030 --> 01:25:28,550
And I'd like to make our way then to my right.

803
01:25:28,550 --> 01:25:39,130
I think the comment about having event staff being identifiable, whether it's a vest or a T-shirt or something bright, I see some thumbs up that that's going to happen.

804
01:25:39,250 --> 01:25:41,750
I think that is a very important suggestion.

805
01:25:43,050 --> 01:25:47,210
I rode my bike last year from my hometown town here over there.

806
01:25:47,470 --> 01:25:56,510
It was a great way to get around the whole neighborhood, see things all the way out into the corner up towards Shirley and down buttermilk and everywhere.

807
01:25:56,510 --> 01:26:17,590
And so, you know, I think being able to maybe even partner, I don't know if you guys are like working with CRTP to do a bike valet or anything like that to encourage more people to like be able to bring their bikes, leave them somewhere safely, get on them again, go to another end of the whole shindig and so I think, you know, to really encourage that bike transportation is going to be great.

808
01:26:17,590 --> 01:26:23,030
I, yeah, I have enjoyed this event, I will be coming back from out of town and

809
01:26:23,030 --> 01:26:28,930
hurrying my butt back up from the barrier to get to the event and time and be able to enjoy.

810
01:26:29,670 --> 01:26:33,510
I think it's a really great community event and a great way to bring people together.

811
01:26:33,670 --> 01:26:37,150
And I think every neighborhood needs their own little porch fest.

812
01:26:38,750 --> 01:26:45,310
Or we just folks that live downtown get to have a, I don't know, a porch fest every weekend at this point.

813
01:26:45,310 --> 01:26:50,350
but I like the idea of bringing it to other neighborhoods as well and I know I have a lot of

814
01:26:50,350 --> 01:26:54,710
folks that friends of mine that live in the neighborhood behind the Westwood Murphy's and

815
01:26:54,710 --> 01:26:58,630
I remember we were all there and they said we should do this in our neighborhood why aren't we

816
01:26:58,630 --> 01:27:05,290
doing this over in Westwood so you know it's a really it gets people thinking and just thank you guys

817
01:27:05,290 --> 01:27:16,470
for being thoughtful because it's gotten better each and every year and I hope it continues to be in

818
01:27:16,470 --> 01:27:33,330
So, you know, this could be your intention or you might have a very specific reason for keeping it in sunny break, but the idea of spreading it around to other neighborhoods would not only get people that want it in their neighborhood, but that would also give folks who don't want it in their neighborhood a break.

819
01:27:33,970 --> 01:27:43,890
So it's, you know, and I'm sure if we move it to another neighborhood, we will have some folks from those neighborhoods that don't want it there either so that it could be a win-win for those that want it and those that don't.

820
01:27:51,700 --> 01:27:59,180
So I sort of started as the organizer and I live in Sonny Ray and so that's why we're

821
01:27:59,180 --> 01:28:06,420
doing it in Sonny Ray is because I live there and so as we've done it for three years

822
01:28:06,420 --> 01:28:10,280
now, another thing that's kind of nice about doing it in the same neighborhood is like

823
01:28:10,280 --> 01:28:14,300
I said where it's like the neighbors get to know the event, they decide, you know, maybe

824
01:28:14,300 --> 01:28:18,620
first year the folks who signed up were like, I don't even know what I'm signing up for but

825
01:28:18,620 --> 01:28:21,360
but by year three, more and more folks are kind of learning

826
01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:23,780
what it is and saw their neighbor do it.

827
01:28:23,920 --> 01:28:24,740
Now they want to do it.

828
01:28:25,140 --> 01:28:27,060
So it's kind of a nice, keeping in the same location

829
01:28:27,060 --> 01:28:28,040
does build momentum.

830
01:28:28,520 --> 01:28:31,000
With that said, we are open.

831
01:28:31,460 --> 01:28:34,440
I think what I would want if we were to move it

832
01:28:34,440 --> 01:28:37,720
would be someone in that neighborhood who lives there,

833
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:40,620
who wants to be the main organizer.

834
01:28:40,980 --> 01:28:43,520
I don't, like because I live in Sunnybury,

835
01:28:43,720 --> 01:28:46,280
I feel comfortable being the representative

836
01:28:46,280 --> 01:28:47,840
of Sunnybury for the event.

837
01:28:47,840 --> 01:28:52,980
If it were a different neighborhood, I'd really like someone else who wanted to do organizing

838
01:28:52,980 --> 01:28:57,460
within their neighborhood to take that on and I'd be happy to talk with someone if that

839
01:28:57,460 --> 01:28:59,240
person is listening and wants to.

840
01:28:59,660 --> 01:28:59,860
Okay.

841
01:29:00,800 --> 01:29:06,720
That makes great sense, totally answered my question and so I guess that's a call to action

842
01:29:06,720 --> 01:29:07,900
for Sarah's friends.

843
01:29:08,800 --> 01:29:09,020
All right.

844
01:29:09,240 --> 01:29:10,540
So finally, I get to talk.

845
01:29:10,680 --> 01:29:16,820
I'm super excited about the porch fest, but I really do appreciate the folks that are

846
01:29:16,820 --> 01:29:20,380
living in the neighborhood and some of the issues that come up there.

847
01:29:20,500 --> 01:29:25,180
I do appreciate very much that you have pivoted and have really tried to accommodate

848
01:29:25,180 --> 01:29:28,380
and take care of some of the issues that have risen.

849
01:29:29,380 --> 01:29:36,940
And I do like to piggyback on what Vice Mayor Atkins Salazar said is that maybe we could rotate it.

850
01:29:37,360 --> 01:29:42,600
And while you are building momentum and I do understand that you'll get better at it if you stay in the same neighborhood.

851
01:29:42,600 --> 01:29:46,640
each neighborhood is going to bring its own opportunities and its own challenges.

852
01:29:47,240 --> 01:29:51,620
So you'll get better at it if you start rotating and to speak of we would love

853
01:29:51,620 --> 01:29:57,020
and I would love to offer myself up or Kuna to bring some.

854
01:30:00,760 --> 01:30:29,980
I see this as a porch vest that could rotate around, as, you know, said to various neighborhoods. I love the idea of doing some kind of trolley. We definitely should incorporate CRTP to have a bite valet. And depending on what neighborhood, you know, we could make that happen easier than other neighborhoods because there will be spaces for that already. I also like the idea that you would have a vest or a t-shirt or something to designate, you know, who, to go

855
01:30:29,980 --> 01:30:36,880
to if you have issues and again I do very much appreciate that you're listening to the community

856
01:30:36,880 --> 01:30:42,740
that is most affected by that and making sure that you pivot and try to accommodate and once

857
01:30:42,740 --> 01:30:47,840
again do thank the folks that have come forward. I know that's probably not the easiest thing to do

858
01:30:48,420 --> 01:30:54,280
but we appreciate it we want to hear all voices and whether they are in agreement with everyone or not

859
01:30:54,940 --> 01:30:57,240
It's important to hear your voice, so thank you for that.

860
01:30:57,840 --> 01:31:06,220
And that's all I've got, so I will bring it back to the council and see if there is any final comments and if there is a motion.

861
01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:15,060
I will make a motion to approve the major special event permit application from Playhouse Arts for Sunday Ray Portch Fest, October 4th, 2026.

862
01:31:16,280 --> 01:31:17,000
Okay, we'll second.

863
01:31:18,460 --> 01:31:25,600
So we have a motion from Councilmember Schaefer and a second from Vice Mayor Ed Cancelsar, all those in favor?

864
01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:26,420
Aye.

865
01:31:26,820 --> 01:31:28,700
I say aye, so motion passes.

866
01:31:28,700 --> 01:31:28,840
Aye.

867
01:31:29,140 --> 01:31:34,200
I just want to thank you for coming and expressing your the difficulties with this event.

868
01:31:40,200 --> 01:31:44,800
We're almost through with our meeting and so if this time we could talk to you about it.

869
01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:45,740
So,

870
01:31:52,900 --> 01:31:56,720
I would invite you to absolutely send an email for safety.

871
01:31:56,880 --> 01:32:01,180
You can also CCAPD, all of us are accessible.

872
01:32:01,860 --> 01:32:07,400
And also, it looks like the presenters of the program are absolutely open to hear that.

873
01:32:07,760 --> 01:32:11,860
And hopefully, we can definitely address that for you before the event happens.

874
01:32:11,980 --> 01:32:14,920
So, very much again, do appreciate your input.

875
01:32:15,340 --> 01:32:20,720
And I'm sure that we can come to some consensus to make sure that we make it work for everyone.

876
01:32:23,350 --> 01:32:23,850
Thank you.

877
01:32:24,390 --> 01:32:26,950
All right, so that brings us to oral and written communications.

878
01:32:27,330 --> 01:32:29,970
The City Council as indeed value your comments.

879
01:32:30,490 --> 01:32:34,890
The public comment period allows people to adjust the council on matters not on the agenda.

880
01:32:35,410 --> 01:32:37,690
Speakers will be limited to three minutes each.

881
01:32:37,830 --> 01:32:39,190
Please no pursuant to the brown act.

882
01:32:39,370 --> 01:32:43,870
The council cannot discuss or take action on items not listed on the agenda.

883
01:32:44,330 --> 01:32:48,730
The council may respond to statements if you are in person wanting to give public comment.

884
01:32:48,730 --> 01:32:51,950
Please line up at the podium, raise your hand if you're on Zoom,

885
01:32:52,310 --> 01:32:56,710
on the webinar, or press nine if you're on the phone line and if you'd like to make public comment.

886
01:32:57,410 --> 01:33:02,710
When we move to public comment, yeah, just make your way at the podium, that's enough said, come on on.

887
01:33:03,830 --> 01:33:09,590
Hi, my name's Joanna McGarry, I always wait till the end so I get an extra minute because I like to talk about three things.

888
01:33:09,950 --> 01:33:15,450
So the three things, I think I'm going to talk about are fire, trees, and sandbags.

889
01:33:16,990 --> 01:33:24,050
so I brought some to model. I shared glass meeting that I live in the

890
01:33:24,050 --> 01:33:27,730
neighborhood near the marsh actually in that redevelopments patch little

891
01:33:27,730 --> 01:33:33,210
lakes area where we had that brush fire it appears it was a deliberately set

892
01:33:33,210 --> 01:33:39,410
brush fire it was a little scary briefly because the winds were really picking up

893
01:33:39,410 --> 01:33:43,910
and the police knocked on our doors and we had to evacuate for a short period of

894
01:33:43,910 --> 01:33:51,310
time. So my question to what's going to be done about it, and I'm just curious. I

895
01:33:51,310 --> 01:33:56,450
know it's starting into the wet weather season, it seems, but the fuel load of

896
01:33:56,450 --> 01:34:01,210
that area was some non-native plants like papas grass that are real high volatile

897
01:34:01,210 --> 01:34:07,310
fire things. Can we or will we be doing something to, first of all, keep people out

898
01:34:07,310 --> 01:34:14,230
of that area as an encampment and what we can do to reduce the fuel load.

899
01:34:14,890 --> 01:34:17,190
So this weekend, I'm going to talk about trees.

900
01:34:17,530 --> 01:34:22,870
I'm on the Somalabullavard thing, and the man spoke at the last meeting about how arcade

901
01:34:22,870 --> 01:34:29,130
it doesn't have a lot of trees, and all of a sudden they're cutting down trees to quote

902
01:34:29,130 --> 01:34:34,070
of Joni Mitchell, but they're cut down trees in front

903
01:34:34,070 --> 01:34:35,330
of the forestry market.

904
01:34:35,730 --> 01:34:38,910
They cut them back, and fortunately they cut back

905
01:34:38,910 --> 01:34:42,470
the pamphus grass, but they also cut the big, huge,

906
01:34:42,530 --> 01:34:47,450
beautiful tree on North of Somal Boulevard at G Street,

907
01:34:47,450 --> 01:34:49,030
and that is gone now.

908
01:34:49,810 --> 01:34:52,690
And if they're on private property, nobody really knew

909
01:34:52,690 --> 01:34:53,410
what was happening.

910
01:34:53,570 --> 01:34:55,470
It was really kind of odd that it was all happening

911
01:34:55,470 --> 01:34:56,290
at the same time.

912
01:34:57,670 --> 01:35:04,330
You know, people in the neighborhood, as this was expressed with porch vest, we like

913
01:35:04,330 --> 01:35:09,670
to know what's going on, and it would be sort of nice for us to find out what's happening

914
01:35:09,670 --> 01:35:09,910
there.

915
01:35:10,290 --> 01:35:12,570
So I only have 54 seconds left.

916
01:35:14,790 --> 01:35:16,070
Climate change.

917
01:35:16,590 --> 01:35:25,870
I am really, really concerned about my neighborhood and super El Nino possibilities, and last year

918
01:35:25,870 --> 01:35:30,670
I actually filled a few sandbags down at the sewage treatment plant on my own.

919
01:35:31,730 --> 01:35:37,090
But in a preparation for the future, as our community prepares for a different type

920
01:35:37,090 --> 01:35:43,430
of lifestyle that may exist with the extreme weather that are potentially going to come

921
01:35:43,430 --> 01:35:45,650
our way for the rest of our lives.

922
01:35:47,410 --> 01:35:53,250
We have great fun at Friday night markets, at Oyster Fest, at North Country Fares, but can

923
01:35:53,250 --> 01:35:57,870
And we do something fun together in a community like Phil Sandbags for each other.

924
01:35:58,750 --> 01:36:05,470
And Moe Lawns without gas powered moors, climate change is real, we've got to start acting.

925
01:36:06,390 --> 01:36:07,890
Thank you for your comment.

926
01:36:08,190 --> 01:36:14,330
And because we are allowed to respond to statements, I would love to respond to sandbag statement.

927
01:36:14,990 --> 01:36:22,690
Today we were talking about, I went to a disaster preparedness and so we're talking about doing exactly that.

928
01:36:22,690 --> 01:36:32,930
As doing sandbag demonstrations, do sandbag races, turn it into something fun as well as educational because, as you said, we have big storms coming.

929
01:36:33,570 --> 01:36:44,190
So keep your ears and eyes peeled for that because we will be doing that very thing so that everybody can practice to keep their property safe and have some fun while we're doing it.

930
01:36:44,530 --> 01:36:49,470
Do we have anyone else who would like to make public comment on items not listed on the agenda?

931
01:36:50,750 --> 01:36:53,370
please make your way to the podium, please.

932
01:36:59,370 --> 01:37:03,910
As of Arcada, good evening, City Council, staff and citizens.

933
01:37:04,930 --> 01:37:09,690
Last week I came to speak about housing stocks,

934
01:37:10,530 --> 01:37:11,970
unhoused conditions in our city.

935
01:37:13,050 --> 01:37:14,930
And I spoke of that ugly,

936
01:37:15,670 --> 01:37:19,490
derogatory word that I never want to use.

937
01:37:20,210 --> 01:37:22,650
I left the meeting and I was informed by staff

938
01:37:22,650 --> 01:37:32,810
the city council used that word. Unhoused conditions are policy. Through no fault of a person

939
01:37:33,770 --> 01:37:39,650
themselves, could they be unhoused without the support of public policy that creates that?

940
01:37:40,370 --> 01:37:52,170
Gentrification does, and for 50 years I've seen it, I've experienced it, and I've spoken to the

941
01:37:52,170 --> 01:37:56,730
find ways to house the meek and the weak among us.

942
01:37:57,270 --> 01:38:01,490
Those who have no resources, with which to stand on their own two feet,

943
01:38:04,500 --> 01:38:07,420
stand tall, how's this all?

944
01:38:08,880 --> 01:38:09,360
Thank you.

945
01:38:11,300 --> 01:38:12,940
Thank you for your comment.

946
01:38:13,840 --> 01:38:15,620
Do we have anyone online?

947
01:38:18,000 --> 01:38:19,500
Yes, we have one hand raised.

948
01:38:19,840 --> 01:38:20,740
Stan, please go ahead.

949
01:38:20,740 --> 01:38:21,560
Hi,

950
01:38:24,430 --> 01:38:31,350
Council. I just wanted to say a couple things about comments that were made at the last

951
01:38:32,690 --> 01:38:38,610
Council meeting regarding Arcada's data center over on 11th Street. And there's been a lot of

952
01:38:38,610 --> 01:38:45,230
talk flying around about it's nothing. It uses barely anything, any power, water at all. It's got

953
01:38:45,230 --> 01:38:51,790
two toilets and that's all. The truth is is that water and power usage by data centers is a

954
01:38:52,370 --> 01:38:59,510
trade secret. There have been bills floated to try and get more information about their

955
01:38:59,510 --> 01:39:03,930
impacts and many of those have been struck down. There are others that are coming online.

956
01:39:04,150 --> 01:39:10,410
The truth is this is small as data centers go. I pulled the plans and I did a little research

957
01:39:10,410 --> 01:39:17,630
and you know this has a max capacity of about 1.5 megawatts and honestly that's not a lot

958
01:39:17,630 --> 01:39:24,230
But there was a lot of talk about this just being like a big internet router and that there's it's nothing else but that

959
01:39:24,230 --> 01:39:30,570
The truth is is that if you look at the resources that were provided by the staff last time you can see that this is a

960
01:39:31,030 --> 01:39:34,830
cable landing center and a co-location center

961
01:39:34,830 --> 01:39:41,310
What is a co-location center? It's a place where anybody can rent space on

962
01:39:42,050 --> 01:39:43,510
racks that are

963
01:39:43,510 --> 01:39:50,950
In a data center like this, almost certainly ultra dense water cooled server racks.

964
01:39:51,850 --> 01:39:56,510
And these cables are all owned by, mostly owned by Google and Meta.

965
01:39:57,070 --> 01:40:03,010
And so we know that they're building out data center capacity right now, in a big, big

966
01:40:03,010 --> 01:40:03,990
way across the country.

967
01:40:04,170 --> 01:40:12,210
And this physical location is so close to the edge of the network that goes across the ocean

968
01:40:12,210 --> 01:40:16,370
that it's a quite a valuable site to have this little piece.

969
01:40:16,750 --> 01:40:23,350
Now it did provide cable to the homes in Arcada, which is great, fiber to the home rather.

970
01:40:24,050 --> 01:40:28,130
Unfortunately, the Internet service is not even being provided out of the State of

971
01:40:28,130 --> 01:40:28,350
the Center.

972
01:40:28,470 --> 01:40:33,190
If you check from your home network, you can see we're being served our Internet from Seattle.

973
01:40:34,290 --> 01:40:40,150
So the biggest problem here is that this did not go before the Planning Commission or City

974
01:40:40,150 --> 01:40:41,350
Council in any way.

975
01:40:41,350 --> 01:40:46,150
It's sort of snuck in in the middle of the night and during the pandemic and is really

976
01:40:46,150 --> 01:40:46,570
ugly.

977
01:40:47,090 --> 01:40:51,470
That fence is super ugly and there's giant diesel generators on top of that.

978
01:40:51,750 --> 01:40:56,470
That will fire up as soon as the power goes out and is directly across the street from

979
01:40:56,470 --> 01:40:58,950
residential homes and a daycare center.

980
01:40:59,730 --> 01:41:05,450
So what can we do council to make sure these kind of things don't sneak in without a little

981
01:41:05,450 --> 01:41:09,390
bit of a review from the people who are surrounded by it.

982
01:41:09,390 --> 01:41:14,330
Right now, Rokana is sponsoring a bill to ban data centers and

983
01:41:14,330 --> 01:41:15,970
residential neighborhoods altogether.

984
01:41:16,250 --> 01:41:19,990
Now, this is a mixed-use neighborhood with light industrial,

985
01:41:20,230 --> 01:41:23,970
so that's why this was principally permitted as I understand.

986
01:41:24,570 --> 01:41:28,730
However, we realize now that there probably would be significant

987
01:41:28,730 --> 01:41:29,890
outcry from the community.

988
01:41:29,970 --> 01:41:31,330
Thank you for your comment, Dan.

989
01:41:32,230 --> 01:41:35,830
Okay, so do we have anyone else want to ask?

990
01:41:35,870 --> 01:41:36,470
Absolutely.

991
01:41:36,470 --> 01:41:36,630
Absolutely.

992
01:41:37,290 --> 01:41:42,150
And just to respond to that, you know, our council did unanimously decide to move forward

993
01:41:42,150 --> 01:41:46,870
on a data center moratorium, just for the reasons that you just claimed that the whole

994
01:41:46,870 --> 01:41:51,430
council is on board with doing that to really understand better what is appropriate land

995
01:41:51,430 --> 01:41:56,810
use for where they should be, what scales should they even exist at all, et cetera, right?

996
01:41:56,930 --> 01:42:00,410
This is something that our council pretty much unanimously decided we wanted to move forward

997
01:42:00,410 --> 01:42:00,630
with.

998
01:42:00,850 --> 01:42:02,550
And so, you know, thank you to Vice Mayor.

999
01:42:02,550 --> 01:42:07,330
I can silence our for bringing it up and having us be able to talk about it.

1000
01:42:07,470 --> 01:42:09,990
Eureka also just move forward on a moratorium yesterday.

1001
01:42:10,170 --> 01:42:20,610
The county is going to be as well and so it seems that our elected officials in office in Humboldt County right now are pretty united on moving forward on that.

1002
01:42:20,710 --> 01:42:23,470
And I believe it will be on our next agenda from what I've heard.

1003
01:42:23,470 --> 01:42:24,890
Correct, great.

1004
01:42:25,150 --> 01:42:30,990
So tune in for more as we get to figure out those parameters and really figure out what's best for our community.

1005
01:42:31,690 --> 01:42:39,330
Thank you, sir. I appreciate that. Okay, so that brings us now, then, do we have a assisted city manager report tonight?

1006
01:42:40,110 --> 01:42:46,630
We do not. Thank you. All right, so then council reports. All reports shall be limited to items relating to city business.

1007
01:42:47,070 --> 01:42:52,790
Shall not request or lead to action by city council at this meeting. How about I start on the right?

1008
01:42:54,610 --> 01:43:01,130
All right, well, I had a Revocuss Energy Authority meeting last week and it was great.

1009
01:43:01,250 --> 01:43:07,010
We had a presentation just giving an overview and kind of reminders for all of our board

1010
01:43:07,010 --> 01:43:13,490
members about our CEA's different customer programs, which includes things like free energy

1011
01:43:13,490 --> 01:43:20,490
efficiency kits, a lot of rebates for induction stoves appliances, weatherization, and then we

1012
01:43:20,490 --> 01:43:27,650
We talked a lot about heat pumps and then also the rebates for e-bikes in electric vehicles,

1013
01:43:27,850 --> 01:43:33,690
but our presentation went deeply into heat pumps and how they work and the different rebates

1014
01:43:33,690 --> 01:43:38,270
provided and really a new program that our CEA is working to get off the ground, which

1015
01:43:38,270 --> 01:43:45,330
where they will partner with local contractors to be able to do these rebates kind of direct

1016
01:43:45,330 --> 01:43:50,890
on install instead of having to front the cost up front and have it installed and then get

1017
01:43:50,890 --> 01:43:56,010
your rebate back later and so it will be kind of these for both commercial and residential

1018
01:43:56,010 --> 01:44:00,850
kind of real direct install programs which is really exciting and kind of creates better

1019
01:44:00,850 --> 01:44:07,150
incentives for people to do that and also those direct installs are going to include enhanced

1020
01:44:07,150 --> 01:44:12,570
incentives for qualifying customers and so if you qualify for care for example on your PG&E bill

1021
01:44:12,570 --> 01:44:19,990
or reduced utility rate, you can get a greater rebate and incentive to install heat pump.

1022
01:44:20,170 --> 01:44:21,090
And I didn't even really know.

1023
01:44:21,190 --> 01:44:27,150
I thought heat pumps were just for like your furnace situation, but they also make dryers

1024
01:44:27,150 --> 01:44:32,990
that run off heat pumps for clothes and hot water heaters and other different products.

1025
01:44:33,310 --> 01:44:37,090
So it's exciting and they're kind of, I think, solidifying which contractors they're going

1026
01:44:37,090 --> 01:44:39,230
to be using for that but more to come on that.

1027
01:44:39,230 --> 01:44:44,790
And then they share a really helpful tool too, because RCEA is the program administrator for

1028
01:44:45,410 --> 01:44:54,010
the Northern Regional Rural Energy Network, so the N-REN and on NorthernREN-R-E-N.org.

1029
01:44:54,010 --> 01:44:56,950
slush residential dash rebates. They have a rebate.

1030
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:29,900
Installing in your house or on electrification step, you're wanting to take you kind of look what rebates are available. And so that was fun to look at. And we also had a really interesting presentation about public power options or like municipalization of power and what that basically is not possible. And it really, but to me it just answered a lot of really interesting questions. And I learned a lot of things I didn't know about like power co-op.

1031
01:45:29,900 --> 01:45:35,180
that exist in the state of California, and that shelter cove doesn't buy power from PG&E didn't know that.

1032
01:45:35,620 --> 01:45:42,580
So there's some interesting things that I learned, but it really also just brought to my stark

1033
01:45:42,580 --> 01:45:47,140
attention, and so I'm going to talk a lot to you guys, because I didn't have an update last time, but

1034
01:45:47,940 --> 01:45:54,780
that we really need people, especially in state and national politics, that really want to put

1035
01:45:54,780 --> 01:46:02,520
people and livability and affordability ahead of corporate profits and the head of investor owned utilities.

1036
01:46:02,840 --> 01:46:11,260
And so if you see that maybe a candidate that you're really excited about in the city of California gets a bunch of money from PG&E, that might be a question mark.

1037
01:46:11,680 --> 01:46:20,400
So it was really interesting to just hear about, and the city of San Jose and San Francisco have both made some pretty significant efforts on that front.

1038
01:46:20,400 --> 01:46:26,540
And, you know, just to really admire the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, aka SMUD.

1039
01:46:27,680 --> 01:46:33,920
So it was a fun presentation, and if, you know, I think you can go back and watch previous RCEA meetings, if you are interested in that.

1040
01:46:35,320 --> 01:46:49,080
I also had some Accredi Arcada stuff I actually was not able to attend our advisory committee meeting, that was this last week, because I got a little caught up at school, but we had had a leadership meeting the week before, so I don't know if you were at that meeting, you might have some more to share, but.

1041
01:46:49,080 --> 01:46:54,380
But just some exciting stuff coming up, we talked about this heart and soul grant that

1042
01:46:55,000 --> 01:46:57,540
equity arcada is hopefully going to be receiving.

1043
01:46:57,780 --> 01:47:03,280
We met with the foundation that's kind of behind that and just talked about the parameters

1044
01:47:03,280 --> 01:47:07,960
for implementing that, so that's exciting to kind of, again, it's about kind of telling

1045
01:47:07,960 --> 01:47:13,200
stories and building community and how those connections exist kind of across age lines

1046
01:47:13,200 --> 01:47:13,840
in a community.

1047
01:47:14,040 --> 01:47:18,440
And so that's really, again, what equity arcada is all about is connecting and students

1048
01:47:18,440 --> 01:47:23,580
of the community, and then just also at our leadership meeting kind of went over recent

1049
01:47:23,580 --> 01:47:27,840
budget items, and so just, you know, excited that Equator Arcada supported the Obon Festival,

1050
01:47:28,180 --> 01:47:34,440
and then looking at the upcoming I block party, Sanctuary Day, that Central Del Playblows

1051
01:47:34,440 --> 01:47:40,980
putting on, as well as the city, and Equator Arcada both supported, and that's going to be

1052
01:47:40,980 --> 01:47:46,600
coming up this Monday, September 7th, on the I block in front of those bagels.

1053
01:47:47,300 --> 01:47:53,340
and then I'm going to be attending the othering and belonging institute conference in Kentucky

1054
01:47:53,340 --> 01:48:01,040
with some of the ODEI team in Ecuador, and Fernando got approved to present a poster about

1055
01:48:01,040 --> 01:48:05,500
just Ecuador, what we've been doing, so I'm going to present with Fernando, which is really

1056
01:48:05,500 --> 01:48:11,020
exciting and the poster that he has put together and that we've been working on looks awesome

1057
01:48:11,020 --> 01:48:13,500
and it's going to be a really cool experience.

1058
01:48:14,180 --> 01:48:30,200
And then, Seedore, the campus and community dialogue on race is coming up on October 19th through 23rd, and Equity Arcada has also been approved to lead a workshop in session during that, which I might have some involvement in.

1059
01:48:30,320 --> 01:48:37,880
I have to still check if I'm going to, but it will be Fernando and Marit and most likely Chifortega as well.

1060
01:48:37,880 --> 01:48:41,980
kind of doing a similar conversation and dialogue that we did at de-street neighborhood

1061
01:48:41,980 --> 01:48:47,300
center, like a year and a half ago now at this point, just around community safety and

1062
01:48:47,300 --> 01:48:51,240
ICE and immigration and, you know, what that looks like in Arcada.

1063
01:48:51,420 --> 01:48:57,540
And then lastly, kind of ending off CEDOR is the equity arcade event that Fernando has been

1064
01:48:57,540 --> 01:49:00,500
working with the working group on putting together, which is the Solidarity Day, which will

1065
01:49:00,500 --> 01:49:05,280
kind of be a wrap-up of CEDOR as well, hosted at the de-street neighborhood center.

1066
01:49:05,280 --> 01:49:09,440
And that will be on October 24th from three to seven PM.

1067
01:49:09,760 --> 01:49:14,620
And so there's going to be community crafts and hopefully doing this mosaic project to maybe

1068
01:49:15,780 --> 01:49:19,840
show somewhere in the community, hopefully at the D Street Neighborhood Center and leave

1069
01:49:19,840 --> 01:49:24,080
up as kind of an art installation, as well as just different speakers and food and just

1070
01:49:24,080 --> 01:49:26,440
getting the community together and all of our different partners.

1071
01:49:26,780 --> 01:49:33,140
So that was a lot but that's what I have for you and I've been busy and back doing things

1072
01:49:33,140 --> 01:49:34,480
and feeling the need to update.

1073
01:49:34,480 --> 01:49:35,460
So, thanks for listening.

1074
01:49:37,200 --> 01:49:40,980
Congratulations on the event that you're attending and being a presenter.

1075
01:49:41,280 --> 01:49:42,100
That's a cool opportunity.

1076
01:49:43,220 --> 01:49:45,620
I'm sure you guys will all represent our area well.

1077
01:49:46,660 --> 01:49:48,520
My list is shorter. You're welcome.

1078
01:49:49,620 --> 01:49:54,600
I had a meeting with the principal and staff at Arcada High School,

1079
01:49:54,760 --> 01:50:00,420
and we had both Merit and Tabitha were there as well as my intern from Cal Poly,

1080
01:50:00,660 --> 01:50:03,440
just working on the program that I've been working on for the past year.

1081
01:50:03,440 --> 01:50:08,640
And we will be hopefully giving some, the government kids from

1082
01:50:08,640 --> 01:50:12,280
Mercayda High, starting with an introduction to City Hall.

1083
01:50:12,660 --> 01:50:16,760
And all the things that happen here and out and about in the community.

1084
01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:19,140
So I'm excited about that. That will be happening soon.

1085
01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:22,460
The Friday night markets have been amazing.

1086
01:50:23,160 --> 01:50:28,860
The first one was very unexpected. All the people, all the energy.

1087
01:50:29,120 --> 01:50:32,200
It was great. Second one was also nice.

1088
01:50:32,200 --> 01:50:37,240
It was smaller and a little more manageable to visit, so totally different vibes and wonderful.

1089
01:50:38,100 --> 01:50:44,540
And after the Friday night market, last week I went out to Valley West to the illumination.

1090
01:50:45,260 --> 01:50:47,360
And that was also very amazing.

1091
01:50:47,560 --> 01:50:52,360
Hundreds of people were there, and I took lots of pictures and videos.

1092
01:50:52,700 --> 01:50:54,140
It was just, it was really neat.

1093
01:50:54,960 --> 01:51:01,260
I love outdoor art spaces, especially at night, and to have hundreds of people walking around.

1094
01:51:01,260 --> 01:51:06,940
and it was really quiet because everybody was just engaged in the different art that was going on

1095
01:51:06,940 --> 01:51:13,920
and so you would have never known so many people were there but it was, it was impressive and culminated with a

1096
01:51:13,920 --> 01:51:23,160
pretty big event down on the river. So just congratulations to Playhouse Arts for such a wonderful event.

1097
01:51:25,400 --> 01:51:49,440
Okay, so I just wanted to say that the Earth Center had the Gold Shovel event and that was last week and so that's the beginning of the Transit Center and Eureka with housing on the second and third and fourth floors and so that'll be ready ready for ribbon cutting and it'll probably be in early fall, 2028.

1098
01:51:51,160 --> 01:52:05,840
So the other things we talked about at HTA, Humboldt Transit Authority, is the green and gold route which was specifically put in place when we had the comfort and had students living there in order to get them to meals and to get them to their classes.

1099
01:52:06,640 --> 01:52:08,040
And that has been terminated.

1100
01:52:08,040 --> 01:52:13,400
I know that Kimberly is really sad about that because I've heard and mentioned several

1101
01:52:13,940 --> 01:52:17,140
places, but it doesn't meet the ridership needs.

1102
01:52:18,190 --> 01:52:30,420
Also, Cal Poly Humboldt has a service with the HTA until December 19th and at that time

1103
01:52:30,420 --> 01:52:35,720
we're hoping to be able to figure out another way to provide them with service or us or somebody

1104
01:52:35,720 --> 01:52:38,700
else that maybe can come forward with a charter system.

1105
01:52:38,920 --> 01:52:43,080
So if there anyone out there thinking about, would it be fun to actually run a charter

1106
01:52:43,080 --> 01:52:44,900
system in our area?

1107
01:52:45,400 --> 01:52:49,460
There's a lot of possibilities, because there's so many people that are asking for chargers

1108
01:52:49,460 --> 01:52:54,420
all the time, and it could be a business entity for sure.

1109
01:52:55,400 --> 01:53:01,080
Our ridership is really increased, and we're above what we had now before COVID, which is

1110
01:53:01,080 --> 01:53:06,560
really exciting. And the North State, which is the 101 program, our bus that goes down to

1111
01:53:06,560 --> 01:53:14,800
Yucaya is doing very well. It's increasing all the time and ridership. And HTA, we talked

1112
01:53:14,800 --> 01:53:20,880
about today participating in the Regional Climate Action Plan and how there'll be two levels

1113
01:53:20,880 --> 01:53:26,920
from HTA. There'll be a staff committee, sort of like they have at HCOG. And then there'll

1114
01:53:26,920 --> 01:53:31,600
be another one that will, a member of the HCOG Board will be attending.

1115
01:53:32,500 --> 01:53:38,620
So I just wanted to also mention that a week without driving is October 1st to the 8th,

1116
01:53:38,840 --> 01:53:40,780
and we had a proclamation on that today.

1117
01:53:41,620 --> 01:53:44,020
So that's basically my HCA report.

1118
01:53:45,760 --> 01:53:50,900
Thank you, and thank you for all the wonderful work that you all are doing.

1119
01:53:51,520 --> 01:53:52,700
Sarah, I had a question.

1120
01:53:53,180 --> 01:53:55,000
You can read my own writing here.

1121
01:53:55,000 --> 01:54:01,020
So these, I learned a whole lot extra tonight again, so thank you for bringing that wealth

1122
01:54:01,020 --> 01:54:01,700
of information.

1123
01:54:02,120 --> 01:54:03,840
It was not too long, it was just right.

1124
01:54:04,980 --> 01:54:13,320
The rebates, can it also work for commercial businesses, nonprofits, and I had no idea

1125
01:54:13,320 --> 01:54:17,580
that heat pumps could work for other applications, so that's wonderful.

1126
01:54:18,820 --> 01:54:32,020
And I would just recommend to like, yeah, because they'll do a free consultation too with commercial residential, you know, yeah, they do it for public agencies, nonprofits, all that stuff.

1127
01:54:32,140 --> 01:54:37,220
And so I would just call our CEO up and say, hey, come down to our building, let us know what maybe we should do and install.

1128
01:54:37,500 --> 01:54:39,520
And so yes, I think would be a great thing.

1129
01:54:39,520 --> 01:54:44,960
I think I missed out on a rebate for Kuna. We got an induction stove top. I should have done my

1130
01:54:44,960 --> 01:54:50,180
I might be able to get it. I'll look into it. And also I love that we can look at REN.org

1131
01:54:50,180 --> 01:54:55,320
And it's a rebate tool finder. So definitely folks should be utilizing that.

1132
01:54:56,380 --> 01:55:00,160
And yes, I am a little bit sad about the green and gold. But I do understand,

1133
01:55:01,160 --> 01:55:06,180
you know, it's costing 45% for 14% usage. So

1134
01:55:06,180 --> 01:55:13,540
So, however, we now have reduced our routes from 15 minutes to 45.

1135
01:55:13,920 --> 01:55:19,240
If we want people to do public transit, we need to improve it, not go in the opposite

1136
01:55:19,240 --> 01:55:19,700
direction.

1137
01:55:19,960 --> 01:55:24,280
But I do get, you know, it's Cal Polyhumble that is funding it, so maybe we can find

1138
01:55:24,280 --> 01:55:25,880
another way to fill in that gap.

1139
01:55:27,580 --> 01:55:33,120
Also, there was another question, well, must not have been that important.

1140
01:55:33,820 --> 01:55:44,460
Oh, yeah, the illumination event that was hosted by Playhouse Arts at Carlson Park, as pointed out by Vice Mayor Atkins-Salsar, it was a huge turnout.

1141
01:55:44,700 --> 01:55:51,260
I guess there was like 500 plus folks that did that and are came.

1142
01:55:51,640 --> 01:55:56,580
And I'm hoping that it is going to be one of many events at Carlson Park to come.

1143
01:55:57,360 --> 01:56:01,340
And that also brings me that we will be having a final,

1144
01:56:01,340 --> 01:56:07,000
Well, there will be a beach cleanup at Carlson Park on the September 19th, from 10 to 12.

1145
01:56:07,620 --> 01:56:11,820
So please come join us to help keep the park, the river access, and that beach clean.

1146
01:56:12,620 --> 01:56:16,980
And that event is in collaboration as we heard earlier from North Coast Environmental Center.

1147
01:56:17,540 --> 01:56:24,200
And it's organized by a Valley West North Arcada Advocate, Lucy Salazar, and they'll be partnering with Kuna.

1148
01:56:25,000 --> 01:56:31,720
Today, I had an opportunity, oh, yesterday, actually Arcada Park and Recreation, but their

1149
01:56:31,720 --> 01:56:37,440
very first Valley West hoop night back this year, it will be through the entire month

1150
01:56:37,440 --> 01:56:38,020
of Arcada.

1151
01:56:38,180 --> 01:56:43,880
It poured down rain and then it stopped and the sun came out and the court was dry and

1152
01:56:43,880 --> 01:56:46,600
we had kids and parents come out so it was wonderful.

1153
01:56:47,080 --> 01:56:51,960
That starts at five o'clock every Tuesday as I shared through the month of September.

1154
01:56:52,940 --> 01:57:01,140
I also had an opportunity, or I attended the elected officials to protect America's climate leadership training program yesterday.

1155
01:57:01,860 --> 01:57:08,000
And I'm learning so much, hopefully at the end of six weeks I'll have something to bring to the table.

1156
01:57:08,500 --> 01:57:14,200
Today I had an opportunity to attend an all day training with Listas and a Spongebob that means ready.

1157
01:57:14,920 --> 01:57:21,140
It was a disaster preparedness program, but I learned today there's a big difference between being prepared and

1158
01:57:21,140 --> 01:57:25,860
be in ready. So you can have all the resources and be prepared, but you might not be ready.

1159
01:57:26,040 --> 01:57:30,220
And I can teach you a little bit more about that as you come visit going on our website.

1160
01:57:30,720 --> 01:57:36,540
But the program focused on helping individuals and communities that are sometimes fall between

1161
01:57:36,540 --> 01:57:43,120
the cracks. And so ready for emergencies and disasters. And we know that folks that sometimes

1162
01:57:43,120 --> 01:57:50,140
are marginalized are disproportionately affected by emergencies and disasters. So it was a great

1163
01:57:50,140 --> 01:57:56,020
A great way to find opportunities to learn more how we can strengthen the preparedness for everyone,

1164
01:57:56,320 --> 01:58:00,860
not just those who fall between the cracks, but every resilience across our entire community.

1165
01:58:01,440 --> 01:58:07,620
I'm really hoping that we can do something here citywide for the city of Arcada to bring more disaster

1166
01:58:07,620 --> 01:58:10,520
preparedness, energy, and education to everyone.

1167
01:58:11,320 --> 01:58:16,400
Next Thursday on the 10th, I will have an opportunity to attend the Redwood Coast Wednesdays conference.

1168
01:58:16,400 --> 01:58:20,440
And I'll be bringing back on our next council meeting report on that.

1169
01:58:21,300 --> 01:58:27,000
I'm also excited that now I'm gearing up to do the North Coast Catalyst convening on the 15th.

1170
01:58:27,000 --> 01:58:31,820
That's going to be another all day focused on bringing community leaders and

1171
01:58:31,820 --> 01:58:37,000
partners together to build relationships and develop some practical strategies for

1172
01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:39,240
addressing both local and regional challenges.

1173
01:58:40,300 --> 01:58:41,440
And let's see.

1174
01:58:41,440 --> 01:58:44,320
Oh, yeah, just on the note of coastal cleanup,

1175
01:58:44,480 --> 01:58:48,720
Pumble County is doing it the entire weekends in September,

1176
01:58:48,980 --> 01:58:51,420
so there will be lots of opportunities to get involved.

1177
01:58:52,040 --> 01:58:55,440
And then of course, there's the big statewide California coastal cleanup,

1178
01:58:56,000 --> 01:58:59,700
which is also on Saturday the 19th, and that will go from 9 to noon.

1179
01:58:59,800 --> 01:59:08,060
So you can start at whatever beach you want at 9, come hop over at 10 to Carlson Park, and yeah, share the love.

1180
01:59:08,320 --> 01:59:11,080
So I guess, yeah, you can beach it all day.

1181
01:59:11,080 --> 01:59:17,460
Anyway, I think that's all I have so yeah, this meeting is adjourned thank you