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Good evening. I want to call the meeting of the British City Council to order. And before we can be in the open session, I need to say that Vice Mayor Massensky, it will be participating remotely, pursuant to government code 54953.

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Vice Mayor Massensky's teleconference location has been properly noticed on the agenda and is open to the public.

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So, if anybody's in gray eagle, and they want to join Vice Mayor Mascensky, they can do so members of the public may observe and participate for me as a council chambers or the notice to remote location.

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So, I asked, I know that the Internet connection might be a little sketchy in gray eagle, Vice Mayor, are you with us?

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Okay, we will ask that he joined us when if he is able, so with that we'll start with the roll call, Ms. Wolf, please call the roll.

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Council members, birds aye here, Larga Spada, Ms. Sensky, Scott here and Mary Young here.

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And now please join in the pledge, Mr. Smith, would you like to lead us in the pledge?

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I'd like to be notified for the United States of America.

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Do you want to come up with a question?

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I want to make sure you have the opportunity to understand.

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A plaque stating the fundamental rights of the public is posted

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at the entrance to this meeting room,

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per section 4.04.03 of the city of Adetia's open government ordinance.

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Under announcements, I have mayor, I have office hours on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and if those from 430 to 6pm and if that time is not convenient, you can make an appointment through the city manager's office.

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We have no proclamations, we have no appointments, but we do have a presentation.

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And so we're going to hear from former Mayor Jerry Hayes. Mr Hayes, the floor is yours.

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Thank you, Mary Young, and Council members.

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First, let me extend my thanks to the invitation from City Manager Goliwani to address you on a subject that will impact myself, my family, and all the citizens of Venetia.

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The subject of concern is the closed IT Pinoche Poxic Waste Facility, which is located

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on our northern border just off Lake Herman Road into those who don't know our city limits

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run on Lake Herman Road.

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Let me be clear why I am bringing this to your attention.

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I am a long time resident of Venetia, my children and grandchildren live in Venetia, and I

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will always be concerned about their health and welfare.

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When I was elected to public office in the 1990s, I accepted responsibility for the health

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and welfare of all Benetians has have all of you currently serving on our city council.

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When I took office as a council member in 1992,

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I was made aware that we, i.e.

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the city of

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the road's drive bridal property without proper remediation of our former city dump site.

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Our city was dealing with a flood of costly lawsuits actually over 100.

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And a reputation as a refinery town in a former toxic waste disposal destination

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that depressed property values for all of our homeowners. The packet of documents

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I submitted to you a few weeks ago contains numerous records of the nastiest and

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most hazardous materials deposited on our doorstep over the 20 year operation of

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facility. In addition,

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To extensive records of off-site leakage and pollution onto adjacent properties, including the verified pollution of eddy creek located on city owned property.

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Although this class one toxic dump east operations in 1986 and was officially closed in the early 2000s,

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not one gallon of the millions of toxic gallons. Yes, millions.

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He posited onto this site, nor one ton of the millions of tons of highly hazardous materials

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dumped there, including, for example, arsenic, asbestos, PCBs, et cetera, has been removed

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during or since closure of this site, allowing any development on properties adjacent to

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and down slope to a closed-class one toxic waste dump would expose future residents to

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potentially irreversible health risk, no amount of signage and seeing landscaping or marketing

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can change this basic reality. It would also set a troubling precedent. It would signal

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that Venetia is willing to lower its safety standards and gamble with public health and

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safety in order to meet development goals.

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What I am asking of this council is that you fight for us, the residents of Venetia.

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Mary young, you in particular, but long and hard against aphos to prevent a daily oil train from rolling into our community.

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That effort in my opinion contributed to our citizens using you to the office of mayor.

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That was a commitment to smart, safe, and responsible planning.

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Today, the initiative can and should pursue additional housing that does not place current

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and future residents at risk, or burdened future generations with preventable health problems.

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The leading leaders' first responsibility is to protect the health and welfare of our community.

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The responsible choice is clear.

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Now, any of my fellow clinicians who wish to verify the sad record of contamination from this abandoned toxic dump

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And easily access the data from the records of the regional water quality control board for WSUCV,

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citing a notion of Venetia. In addition, the state agency, which by law, is required to ensure

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that all closed toxic waste facilities in the state of California are safely and properly monitored

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is the Department of Toxic Substance Control, Reviation DTSC.

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All inspection and violations are available to the public.

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on their website under the heading in Viro Store as ENVI ROS TOR followed by Penoche Venetia.

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The most recent inspection of the Penoche Venetia site was conducted in February 2026 this year,

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And it noted four violations of the site closer to permit.

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This site has leaked from its very first day of operation in night.

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1966. And it leads today. My question to our city leaders, as well as all of our residents, is simply this. Is anyone watching? And does anyone care? Thank you for your attention.

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I'd be glad to answer any questions if you had it.

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Thank you, Mayor Hayes.

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First of all, I want to thank you for your time and the effort that you put into this presentation.

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And for the kind words that you said about me,

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but I should think in fairness, I also need to acknowledge that Councilwoman Murders, I was with me on the planning commission.

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He dealt with the crude-by-rel project.

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I want to recognize her contribution to that effort as well.

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But I don't see any lights on.

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I do see a light came on from our city manager, Mr. Giuliani.

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Thank you, Mayor. I just want to ask that our city attorney read something into the record prior to public comment when council's ready to do that.

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Hi, everyone. I'm Mariam. I'm here filling in for Ben.

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Yes. Good to be here.

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I just want to confirm for the record that this item is a presentation specifically about the disposal facility and its history and not an item about any development in

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or around or near the city, as such discussion is limited to any discussion of development

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is outside the scope of the notice agenda on this item.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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We'll now move on to the adoption of the agenda.

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Mr. Giuliani, are there any changes to the agenda?

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No changes, Mayor.

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Do we have a motion a second to adopt the agenda?

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So move second you got a motion a second this will please call the roll

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Compton members for it's aye. Yes, Larguis Bada Scott. Yes, and Mary and yes, yes

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And we assume may have misunderstood vice-marammer sense because he hasn't been able to join us yet

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Okay, not yet mayor. He did note prior to the meeting that he was in a rural area where

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Reception might be difficult, so he might be on late. Okay, so that takes us to the opportunity for public comment

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And this is the time when anybody can speak to a matter not on the agenda and we would ask only that you limit your comments to think that are within the subject matter and discretion of the city to act upon.

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So with that, is there anybody in the audience who would like to make public comment on an item not on the agenda?

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I'm here to follow up on what Jerry Hays has told you from his own experience and because I was around at that time and participated, cutting my teeth really.

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And the very earliest days that I was here following the IT closure and it was a perilous job for the Maryland or the mayor at the time spent two terms.

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trying to close that dump.

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And when we're talking about a class one has a swastone,

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there are only nine in California.

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That one was built at the time we got our refinery.

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And it wasn't closed until, I mean,

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Valera at that time, exon had enough time for 20 years

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to send toxic from their waste stream to that dump.

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There's no doubt.

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There was refinery waste found on Rose Drive as well.

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So what I want to tell you about is this book that's my gift to Jerry, and I was going to bring it tonight to give it to him.

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It's called Petroleum 238.

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And on it, it's by a young man who spent seven and a half years investigating across the country,

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the kinds of ways that refineries and anybody operating an extraction well,

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or a fracking site, or an injection well,

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where they put waste brines from extraction processes,

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what they do with them.

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And this book is so frightening, quite frankly,

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what's gone on for all these years without us knowing.

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It says, they've known for 110 years,

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but haven't done a thing to stop it.

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It's the secret of the century.

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So as a refinery with the House with Christmas decorations right in front of it, it says,

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in an extraordinary seven-year investigation, Justin Noble traveled the United States reporting

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on the oil and gas industry and learned a disturbing and little-known fact.

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A lot more comes to the surface at a well than just the oil and gas.

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Each year, the industry produces billions of tons of waste, much of it toxic, and radioactive.

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That's what we don't know about.

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The fracking boom has only worsened the problem. So where did it set all go? And we have evidence that

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there will be an injection well out in your Brentwood used for putting toxic waste down into the ground.

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And we know those wells leak. Anyway, the main point here, and the reason why I want to give this book to Jerry is because we know there are refinery waste

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at IT. It only cements the fact that it's a very dangerous

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empowerment of toxic waste of all kinds, whether it's herbicides or

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every sort of chemical that you can't put in a regular dump at that time.

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And there is record from Jerry's record that in 1996, for instance,

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there were such rains that percolated through the cap,

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for that impounded dried out toxets and so water if it

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seeps through the cap takes those toxins and can spread it

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in groundwater or into paddy creek or wherever. So, this isn't over, guys.

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What is in that hazardous waste dump stays with us? And we shouldn't.

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One of our general plan goals is to not build housing near toxic waste sites.

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Thank you. All right. Thank you, Ms. Bardet.

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Is there anybody else who would like to make comment on an item not on the agenda?

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Mr. Smith.

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Hi.

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Good evening.

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I'm Dan Smith.

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I'm representing the leadership friends of the playground, a group of parents and grandparents

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and some of whom helped build a playground.

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I want to give you a very brief update on the playground of dreams and city park.

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In 2025, our organization solicited donations from Venetia parents and we bought a swing set

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approved by the city because all the swings had been removed from city park.

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We picked one that the city had approved and it arrived at this past February.

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In March, the city manager told me now we just have to hire someone qualified to install it.

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In April, one hour before I made a presentation to you guys in April.

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He called to say that they had a contract and he said at the meeting that it would be installed in five to six.

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It was no.

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Here we are, another summer past with no swings in our highest profile park in town.

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If I had to guess, I would say that that's because we don't have a parks department,

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dissolved into the public works.

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Now, I realize that for many people, it's much more important for public works to fill

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in the town, and that's understandable.

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I just want to say that small children live in this town,

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hundreds of them.

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And I would venture, I guess, that they would rather

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simple, hot swing set was installed in the playground

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than a pot holder was built.

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Unfortunately, they don't pay taxes.

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One last day.

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But last three October and many before that our organization has helped lead a volunteer work day in October

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in order to make the playground safer and relatively sprint to free.

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The city has thus far postponed giving us a date to have this work party.

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I just don't know what to think.

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All right, thank you.

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And since we're here, could I ask Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Martinez, what's the status of the wing installation?

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Yes. So as noted, contractor was hired.

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It's a small job and that contractor's designed to do that work in September.

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And y'all do we have a date?

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They're wrapping up their end of summer programs right now.

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So it could be made September, but if they have an opening prior to that, they're going to

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give us a 24 hour and then they'll be on site, just because it's a very small job.

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It's a one day job.

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And the ability for the work party day, we've talked about that.

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Yeah, we responded to Dan earlier, I want to say in the month, to notify him that as we

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got closer to the Halloween and the holiday seasons that we didn't want conflicting items

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at the park and that we would be in contact soon.

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But we haven't picked a date yet.

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We have not.

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You had 30 seconds left and when I cut you off,

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but you realize with a volunteer of it.

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The sooner the better the publicity, the more successful it's going to be. We've had this swing set since February. We have this workday every year. Still, they can't even give me two weekends of a possibility.

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I think you've been heard of. Thank you. Is there anybody else who would like to make public comment on the item not on the agenda? Mr. Moderator, is anybody online who would like to make public comment?

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All right, then we'll close the public comment period and move on to the consent calendar.

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We've got four items tonight, the minutes from the August 4th, regular meeting.

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A note of intent to vacate a portion of the right away at 650 East End Street,

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and setting a public hearing for September 1st,

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an authorization for the Sloan Transportation Authority to claim

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Transportation Development Act funds for the Fiscal 2627

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Venetia Lift Program and Approval of Program modifications.

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And the approval to weigh the reading of all ordinances introduced

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or adopted pursuant to this agenda.

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Is there anyone on the council who would like to pull any of these items?

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Councilor Scott.

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I'd like to pull 14.

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Please, me.

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All right.

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14.

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Thank you.

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Anybody else?

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Okay, and is anybody in the audience? Who would like to pull an item? Anybody online who would like to pull an item?

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All right, then I'll look for a motion on item 14 AB and D

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So moved second. I'll get a motion in a second. Ms. Wolf, please call the roll

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Council members, Bird's Eye. Yes, Larga Spada. Yes, Scott. Yes, and Mary Ann. Yes, and so we'll come back to 14 C and Council member Scott

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Thank you, Mayor.

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I'm representing not only the City Council, but I'm in kind of a interesting position

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of also representing Seoul Trans.

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I would like to offer two changes to the recommendation, and the two changes are one that

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We placed in the modification of the raised structure for the $3 and the $4 rate increase to move up a dollar.

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That's really only going to raise $1,300, but that is really targeted to Medicare low-income handicapped people.

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It seems like that would be a significant penalty to go from 3 to 4 or 3 to 5.

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So I'd like to suggest that we keep it at $3.

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The impact is only $1,300.

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And the second suggestion is we are reducing the amount of ridership from 60 to 20 passes

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per month per month. I'd like to suggest that we consider adding a hardship

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application that if we have a number of residents who work in

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Venetia or live in Venetia and work in Venetia and they use this as their vehicle

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to get back in fourth and need to increase it to 30 or 40 rides that for that

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hardship that we would then review that hardship and then make a decision.

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I just want to remind everyone that the success of this program has skyrocketed

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from 343 rides coming out of COVID to almost 11,000 in five years.

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And the cost is now being transferred to utilize our TDA funds that come from the state

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to MTC to STA and that are held at Sultrans and so now we have the opportunity to claim

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that dollar so it shifts the burden of all of that from the city of Benicia over to

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STA to claim the funding and by taking this action we provide a hardship for any kind

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transportation and issue of people who live and work in the city.

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All right, thank you.

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I'll hold back comments on that until after we hear from the public.

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Is there anybody in the public who would like to speak to the question of the list program?

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Any changes that were contemplating?

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It's Grundman.

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My bad.

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I didn't read this one before commenting.

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I apologize for that.

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Is the only change to cost proposed to read to $4?

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Or there's also a change that the bigger change is the people who are not low when come, who are not disabled, the normal, I don't say normal.

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The non-disabled portion of the community who uses a lot more, that fair is proposed to go from five dollars to seven dollars.

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Okay. And you don't have a problem with that increase?

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No. In the number of years in the success of this program, this program has become wildly

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successful because it brings people into the downtown. It relieves parking into the downtown.

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It allows people to not have to worry about a designated driver or whatever. And the popularity

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of that program for the $2 increase, I don't think it's going to have any impact on a person's

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night out.

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And the subsidy amount, the actual cost of a lift or an Uber ride is around $20.

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So, go from five to seven for people who are not low income, I think is a reasonable increase

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after five years.

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And, and that's not for get the fact that we are transitioning the full cost of it from

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put between the city and Seoul trans is now going to be a burden that will be on the

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TDA dollars.

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It will be off of the city.

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So that 100 and out of the $123,000 would be coming out of TDA dollars, not the city dollars.

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We know what percentage are low income.

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It's very small.

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The numbers are in and the staff report.

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They're just in the low hundreds.

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Okay.

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The number of rides over, fortunately here.

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All right.

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All right.

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Support.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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Does anybody else would like to make public comment on this item?

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Mr. Monitorator is anybody online who would like to speak to the side of him.

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All right, then I'll close the public comment period and bring it back to the council.

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I'm going to support what Vice Mayor Arsari, the council member Scott did.

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He's speaking to this, he's been the chair of Soul Transfer four years running out or if not more.

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So he's four years, four more years.

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So he is intimately aware of these issues.

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And these are dollars that come through MTC to STA.

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A lot of acronyms that I apologize for.

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Those dollars in are split up put on the seven cities by population.

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And we get a chunk of that.

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And part of that money is been used.

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Well, not much, you know, $20,000, but we're at.

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And basically, as Councilman Rift said, moving those dollars away from the general fund

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to these $TD-8 dollars, so I think, as a long run, it's a good move on.

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I'm going to support this emotion.

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You want to make a motion in that?

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Before you do that, Councilman.

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Okay.

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Let's, before you do that, Councilman.

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I would like to respond.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Do the chair.

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Councilman Scott.

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What?

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So you want to go from.

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So the staff recommendation is to lower the subsidized fairs from 60 to 20, but you want

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to bring it up to 40 potentially for those that can demonstrate hardship.

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Well, the increase would be determined by this group, but my suggestion is to take it

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40, so that would be a work day.

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Every work day they would have a back in a tune from work.

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Do you have an idea what the cost of that would be?

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It doesn't, the cost doesn't really impact us

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because we, the principal issue on the table,

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is transitioning the dollars from the city to TDA dollars.

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So the cost would be,

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Well, the entire revenue increase was $23,000 going from $5 to $7,000, which is not really large.

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So maybe $10,000 of TDA dollars, $15,000?

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I think it would really depend on how many people are talking about.

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How many people are there to actually?

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And we don't have that number.

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That's the problem.

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The system does not have, because it's a private contractor's mover.

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we can't tell how many times people are using it.

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Well, we can tell that we don't know.

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There's only a handful of people who use it more than 15, 60 times a month.

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Those are the ones we can't track.

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But that's a lot.

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And so to reduce that, 62.

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40 in the instance, where it's a person who works in the lives of the Venetia.

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Why was it never touched him to begin with? Why are we talking?

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Because there was a belief, I think, that 60 was a little bit excessive.

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That some people were overusing the program.

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And that part of the way we wanted to do is, okay, we could move this TDA money, but we also should look at ways of reducing the cost of the program.

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Through the check, who would bear the administrative responsibility of determining this hardship?

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How would the STA get?

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That's right.

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Yeah, they managed the whole system.

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What if we just left it at 60?

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Well, you wouldn't say much money.

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We're trying to both move money for the TDA,

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it moved off the general fund,

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and established some tighter guidelines.

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We had different programs at SDA that sold transit ministry where it was called, like, uh, last

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right home or last year.

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Yeah, where people would, you know, say that, well, I missed the bus, and so, by me and

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Uber from El Salvador, and there were people who were abusing that.

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They would just order it, and as soon as they got there, whether the bus was coming out.

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And so we had to figure out some way to try to limit that type of abuse.

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Yeah.

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I'm not saying anybody's abusing it here, but if somebody's using it 60 times a month in Banesha, that's a lot.

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But we're also trying to establish a guardrail.

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And that guardrail says we're going to limit to 20 rides and be cognizant of that.

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Because this is growing so exponentially that at some point we're not going to have the funding through TDA dollars

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in order to maintain it, and then we would get to where we were and we were at a crossroads

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where the city could no longer afford to continue to fund this. So we went to TDA, they said they

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could claim that the money from TDA, we get, I'm sorry to talk in acronyms. The TDA dollars

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is $1.5 million dollars. That is the out of that is the amount for a Venetian. That covers

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the 40, the 70, the red, and yellow, and includes the express, and includes the...

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And this comes out of that pot.

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So at some point, if it keeps growing, we're not going to have to make some hard decisions about

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mass transportation compared to micro transportation.

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Yeah, I think what I'm going is whether it's 1300 or 20,000 bucks is it like to say it's like budget dust where I'm going is like

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Why not just keep the numbers where they're at if people are using whether it's for hardship or last mile last mile in and of itself I think is a legitimate use of this kind of transportation.

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But I'll follow your direction on this one.

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All right, so you want to make a motion?

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So the motion would be to accept, I'm sorry.

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No, we've done it.

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So the motion would be to accept the consent item

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as written with the change of maintaining

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a $3.00 and the $4.00 rate as is.

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And having STA prepare a hard ship application

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for those Venetians who live in work in the city and request a higher number of five dollar

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rides. $7. $7. $7, excuse me. Yeah, thank you. All right, I will second that motion.

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We got a motion. A second, Ms. Wolff, please call the roll.

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I have some members, birds, I am, yes, Larga Spada. Yes, Scott. Yes, and Maria. Yes. And that takes us to the

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to tonight. The first is an introduction and the first reading of an ordinance of

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Mending, various sections of the initiative, Municipal Code, to update the Finance

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Director references, clarify procurement, and contracting authority, and make

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related administrative clean-up amendments, and this will come from our administrative

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services director, Mr. Shuddy.

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Thank you, Mayor Young, and Councilor Mike. The proposed amendments are administrative in

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And to address specifically two needs, the amendments do not enhance, constrict or otherwise change, procurement and contracting requirements, methodology or authority levels.

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No red line version is presented as is customary with code changes based on city attorneys advice that these changes are prick.

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Cheers.

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The proposed municipal code amendments are recommended for two reasons. The first is to reestablish a second authorized

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signer. Code prescribes two positions as authorized signers, the city manager and the finance director.

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With the change of finance director to the administrative services director, the city is in a precarious position, where we only have one authorized signer.

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It is recommended that we reestablish the second signer to protect the city from unintended consequences should the city manager not be available to sign and for administrative efficiencies.

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There are 50 40 instances in code where finance director or director of finance is stated and those instances will be replaced with the administrative services director.

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The second need is for clarification and consistency of language for procurement thresholds in six different sections, affecting the purchasing regulations for goods and services and contracts for services.

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The transition threshold amounts, specifically 20,000, 50,000, 100,000 and 200,000 are the specific amounts which are not clearly identified in the existing language.

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The proposed language is stated as equal to or greater than, and in other cases equal to or less than,

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where existing language varies and is stated as between the amounts or up to an amount, leaving that discrete amount,

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up to interpretation, and subject to inconsistent application.

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The administrative procedures are in place and working well to ensure that compliance with

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municipal code requirements for all procurement.

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Further, our annual independent financial audit reviews internal controls and compliance

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with policies and procedures including procurement and periodically samples procurement activities.

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Through the auditing process, no compliance deficiencies have been identified and no policy

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changes are recommended.

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The policy limits and procurement methods are working well to meet the needs of the organization and respond to community needs.

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Staff recommendation is to read by title only and introduce the ordinance,

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amending various sections of the Benetian Municipal Code as it is presented.

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Thank you.

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We'll take it first to the council for clarifying questions.

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I don't see lights, so I'm going to start it off with a couple of questions.

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2.6.03 is appointment of deputies and it says that you, the administrative service director would be authorized to appoint a deputy administrative service director.

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My question is does that position already exist in the city?

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That classification does not exist, no.

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But why would we give you authority to appoint to a position that doesn't exist? Why would we first create the position?

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That's a good question, and again, the intent of this item is to address the precarious

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nature of only having one signer and it is not intended to be a comprehensive review

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of all code sections.

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If there was a desire to create a deputy administrative services director, that position would

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return to council for creation of it.

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That would happen first before you would appoint somebody.

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If I made further clarification, we also had a previous assistant finance director, which no longer

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exists.

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The position has been eliminated.

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We haven't had such a position in a long time.

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But the position still exists.

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The position still exists.

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But we could switch that to this, so I think what Jeff is highlighting is we're changing

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of the inactulars on certain positions and so we're just noting that we at one time had an assistant

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finance director for which the finance director was able to designate and we're making that

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consistent with the same type of structure that we have within other departments. That's not to say we're

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hiring a deputy administrative services director. We're just making consistent with the

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titles of that department now. Okay so giving you that authority does it necessarily mean you

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and exercise it, because there is no position.

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It would take additional steps in order for that to be accomplished, yes?

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Two, one, six points, zero, seven, talks about duties that would be transferred,

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transfer

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of duties,

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the financial and accounting duties are imposed upon the city clerk by section

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1, 2, 37, 2, 1, to 37, 2, 10.

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Would be transferred to the administrative services director. What are these duties that the city clerk has that would transfer to you?

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There are no duties that the city clerk currently performs, which are going to be transferred. This is carry over language, which former duties were transferred to the finance director and we're replacing the language of finance director with administrative services director.

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So that where historical purposes the duties that were the city clerics which have already been transferred

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are still identified as having been transferred to this position.

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So would it be cleaner just to wipe out this section altogether if it's not you didn't?

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I would defer to the city attorney for that.

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Okay, a similar, but I'm not expecting you necessarily have an answer to that.

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But if you want, we're certainly willing to listen.

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And my next question is similar, 2.48.01 says that

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talks about duties which are not performed

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by the city treasurer, are transferred to the city clerk who's ordered to form all such

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duties.

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What you just said is there aren't any such duties for the city treasurer that are supposed

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to be moved to the clerk and through the clerk to you.

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The next sentence in that section identifies that the city

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00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:34,240
treasurer still countersign warrants and serve on the local tax oversight board.

441
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,600
Those duties are not transferred they remain with the city treasurer.

442
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:46,480
So those that would be the only duties of the treasurer.

443
00:41:47,620 --> 00:41:53,120
But nothing would be entrancered from treasurer to you or the treasurer to the least of

444
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:53,340
you.

445
00:41:53,340 --> 00:42:06,620
We would need to review the duties of the treasurer as identified in code to conform that to confirm that, but again, this, this item is is only narrowly looking at the position description of finance director and replacing it with administrative services.

446
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:13,340
I'm just thinking if we're looking at the code and making changes, but as well, I understand that intent.

447
00:42:13,340 --> 00:42:18,500
I'm telling you that this item was brought forward to Council to address a very discrete

448
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:23,720
precarious situation, I'm only having one signer, and we did not do a complete review of

449
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:29,020
all positions identified in code, and to affirmatively answer that question, we'll require

450
00:42:29,020 --> 00:42:29,780
further review.

451
00:42:31,620 --> 00:42:36,840
Okay, 3.08.08 makes reference to a purchasing officer.

452
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:38,920
Who is that?

453
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:40,120
Are you the purchasing officer?

454
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:42,120
Yes.

455
00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:49,020
So why wouldn't we, since we're making these changes, change all references as a

456
00:42:49,020 --> 00:42:51,860
pertinent, seeing officer to administrative services director

457
00:42:55,830 --> 00:42:58,830
instead of having to come back again and do it a second time?

458
00:42:59,830 --> 00:43:05,450
It is the opinion of the city attorney and myself that that is not necessary and that

459
00:43:05,450 --> 00:43:09,970
replacing the finance director with the administrative services director retains all the

460
00:43:09,970 --> 00:43:13,470
rights of the purchasing officer as they exist in code today.

461
00:43:16,190 --> 00:43:23,410
Okay, well, it's seen that we're going to come back and do this again, probably if what you're saying is we have to do further cleanup.

462
00:43:23,850 --> 00:43:33,450
There is no intent to do further cleanup at this time. The intent is to address the precarious nature of having one signer and to provide clarity on those threshold transition amounts.

463
00:43:35,110 --> 00:43:36,170
Okay, let me move on.

464
00:43:36,170 --> 00:43:47,340
So, the next sections sort of have to do with using, well, two different things.

465
00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:49,960
Using informal contracts,

466
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:57,880
the threshold of those contracts, 50,000, 100,000 or 200,000,

467
00:43:57,940 --> 00:43:59,360
if it's public works,

468
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:07,380
and the idea that we can, or that we allow contracts to be let,

469
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:16,980
If they were bid by another agency, not by ourselves, but by another agency, with, quote, substantially the same requirements.

470
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:21,600
Do you consider this a good practice?

471
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:30,480
I do consider that a good practice, and I also believe that is an opportunity for the city to leverage further than we do today.

472
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:34,300
There are state contracts, which would fall under this clause.

473
00:44:34,660 --> 00:44:44,200
There are cooperative purchase agreements, which are designed to be bid specifically for the purpose of other agencies using them by taking advantage of larger volume, which results in lower cost.

474
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:58,120
And there are discrete one time contracts that one agency may issue, which generally meet the needs of another agency and the city has taken advantage of those situations as well.

475
00:44:58,120 --> 00:44:59,800
Let it all fall in, but...

476
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:05,640
In all of those situations, a cost savings and a time savings has been realized in the procurement methods.

477
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:22,800
But it also leaves out certain companies or vendors who might have a alternative product and alternative ability to provide what we're looking for, but they haven't been approved by some third party agents.

478
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:32,820
The example I have is an electric police car that, in the past, we were told, well, it

479
00:45:32,820 --> 00:45:35,760
doesn't really exist in the condition that we want.

480
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:41,460
It doesn't have all the bells and whistles that police want in terms of base for computers

481
00:45:41,460 --> 00:45:42,540
and the like.

482
00:45:43,380 --> 00:45:48,800
But there was, in fact, a company that said, oh, no, we are making exactly that thing and we're

483
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:54,820
providing it to other police departments and we're doing it at a cheaper price using this process

484
00:45:54,820 --> 00:46:01,380
that company wouldn't be even allowed to bid and we would not have the advantage of a

485
00:46:01,380 --> 00:46:08,040
couple of car at lower price. I think that you're making some general statements about

486
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:14,000
a specific situation which I can't validate because I don't have those materials in front of me and that

487
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:27,360
Any company is able to bid on any RFP offered by any public agency, the timing of which might impact which companies are soliciting for responding to those proposals, right?

488
00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:37,320
And the timing on when the our city might utilize one of those contracts might impact which agencies are part of that, but in no way is any company restricted from participating.

489
00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:39,400
But they would have to go to that other agency.

490
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:52,400
No, they would have had responded to the initial request for proposals, and so there is a timing of impact of that too, and when we utilize a contract from another agency, we look at the timing when that contract was offered.

491
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,360
And if it is not current, it is not valid, right?

492
00:46:55,580 --> 00:47:00,680
So it has to be within a reasonable amount of time for it to be considered a similar process.

493
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:08,940
Well, I had larger issues. I had a long conversation with the city manager today. He sort

494
00:47:08,940 --> 00:47:15,200
of talked me down on a lot of it that had to do with my concern, and this is something we

495
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:24,340
can talk about at goal setting next winter, is that I don't think the council has enough

496
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:30,660
oversight on the spending side. We have oversight on the revenue side. We have long

497
00:47:30,660 --> 00:47:38,540
larger budget responsibilities that happen in a very large context, but actual decisions about

498
00:47:38,540 --> 00:47:45,840
contracts, they don't come to us. They don't come to us unless it's a past a certain number,

499
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:52,180
and in many cases it's after the fact. And I'm not going to ask for any changes at this time,

500
00:47:52,500 --> 00:47:59,220
but I wanted to sort of say to my colleagues up here and others that my preference would be a

501
00:47:59,220 --> 00:48:09,180
a little bit more council involvement in the not the development of an RFP review of an RFP,

502
00:48:09,180 --> 00:48:15,280
something that would get us involved on something more than a after the fact basis.

503
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:23,340
Now, we have a budget committee, a council budget committee that has I think been helpful in terms of getting that kind of

504
00:48:23,340 --> 00:48:28,620
are understanding of spending. We're going to have a different council budget committee next year,

505
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:35,360
or perhaps have a different council, but maybe not. But I would like you to think and the staff

506
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:42,620
to think about, how is there a way that we can involve the council on a little bit more granular

507
00:48:42,620 --> 00:48:51,500
basis that simply a oversight after the fact review. So that's, I'll leave it at that. I'm not

508
00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:54,780
asking for any action or necessarily responsible as you want to.

509
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:54,960
Yeah.

510
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:56,400
If I may.

511
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,660
I think that that's starting to blur the lines between policy and administration.

512
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:04,760
And it's important to recognize what the role of council is as the policy setting

513
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:05,400
body.

514
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:12,780
And if there is a desire to have greater control over the approval of contracts at a lower threshold,

515
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:18,220
the results will be that work takes longer to complete because the contract in the process

516
00:49:18,220 --> 00:49:21,480
will take longer because there will be more items that need to come to council.

517
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:27,700
And there is a timeline and an energy and a amount of staff that is required to bring things to council.

518
00:49:28,380 --> 00:49:32,080
And so warf will slow down if we lower the thresholds for procurement.

519
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:33,900
If I may may.

520
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:36,240
Robust conversation.

521
00:49:36,580 --> 00:49:43,120
One that I think we can tee up when we talk about our two step requests and really think our

522
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,600
teeth into when you as noted, we can talk about this in goal setting.

523
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:51,260
So, I want to kind of bring this back to specific task at hands, which really is administrative

524
00:49:51,260 --> 00:49:59,140
clean up with idle change as well as clarifying the language with regard to the thresholds

525
00:49:59,140 --> 00:49:59,840
of their all-consistent.

526
00:50:00,210 --> 00:50:07,710
Okay. So, a couple of lights up, one on and came off. You were no longer, now, or are you?

527
00:50:07,930 --> 00:50:15,650
If I may, I would also jump in and say we could take public comment and then bring it back for actual discussion, because I think it was going into discussion.

528
00:50:16,310 --> 00:50:17,710
But if you have more questions, please.

529
00:50:18,330 --> 00:50:29,510
So, I don't see any other questions, so let's thank you for the prompt. We'll move it to public comment on this item. Is there anybody in the audience who would like to make public comment on this item?

530
00:50:31,050 --> 00:50:35,250
And is there anybody online who would like to speak to the side of them?

531
00:50:36,190 --> 00:50:36,510
All right.

532
00:50:36,770 --> 00:50:38,070
Then I'll bring it back to the council.

533
00:50:39,170 --> 00:50:40,110
I don't see any other lights.

534
00:50:40,270 --> 00:50:40,990
I've made my comments.

535
00:50:41,190 --> 00:50:41,910
And now I do see council.

536
00:50:42,030 --> 00:50:43,130
My regards for that.

537
00:50:43,550 --> 00:50:45,110
I was just going to add.

538
00:50:45,970 --> 00:50:49,790
I appreciate the direction and the feedback from the city manager.

539
00:50:50,270 --> 00:50:55,410
I would just ask that you continue to refine the request.

540
00:50:55,410 --> 00:51:10,090
Because my slight pushback is that we see these budget items in the consent calendar, and as business agenda items, the terms, the contracts, the bidders, I mean, is all there.

541
00:51:10,590 --> 00:51:11,790
I think we are-

542
00:51:11,790 --> 00:51:16,150
If it exceeds that price, we don't see it if it's under $100 or $200,000.

543
00:51:16,890 --> 00:51:22,190
I don't know what costs under $100,000 these days, but that's a whole other conversation.

544
00:51:22,190 --> 00:51:29,690
But again, the point is, I'm good with what we see now, I'm good with our level of participation,

545
00:51:30,390 --> 00:51:36,270
but look forward to what you add to it and just encourage you to kind of refine specifically

546
00:51:36,270 --> 00:51:38,150
what would satisfy you.

547
00:51:38,450 --> 00:51:41,430
Yeah, well, I'm not suggesting anything at this point.

548
00:51:42,410 --> 00:51:44,410
I was going to talk about the threshold of miles.

549
00:51:45,310 --> 00:51:49,990
But the issue of pulling things down is real when we have an emergency, it's real.

550
00:51:49,990 --> 00:51:52,150
We've got everybody's spot on this spot.

551
00:51:52,970 --> 00:51:58,550
There are other things that are a little bit longer in nature, and when we're hiring consultants, for example,

552
00:51:59,270 --> 00:52:05,970
I want to be sure that we have that we're open enough to the larger consultant community

553
00:52:05,970 --> 00:52:12,650
who might want to bid rather than, you know, two years ago, they didn't get on a list that somebody else put out,

554
00:52:12,970 --> 00:52:14,750
and therefore we're not going to consider others.

555
00:52:14,750 --> 00:52:21,330
Yeah, I mean, the only thing I will add, just to kind of expand on what the

556
00:52:21,330 --> 00:52:25,510
Jeff, what's your new title, the administrative officer and the director.

557
00:52:26,330 --> 00:52:27,470
Administrative Services Director.

558
00:52:27,470 --> 00:52:29,970
I like Chief of Staff, but we'll go with the administrative officer.

559
00:52:30,190 --> 00:52:34,150
But seriously, Jeff was going down his path.

560
00:52:34,430 --> 00:52:39,830
Again, it's been my experience both as a council member and as a professional that deals with

561
00:52:39,830 --> 00:52:47,650
a bidding process is anything that takes a dollar from a city, a county, a jurisdiction, a state,

562
00:52:47,890 --> 00:52:53,830
the Fed's, etc. is publicly advertised. So with the electric car example, I think just

563
00:52:53,830 --> 00:52:59,050
response was appropriate. It could have just been timing that at that time, this organization

564
00:52:59,050 --> 00:53:07,170
of this company just hadn't submitted and or wasn't qualified to submit a bid, best for them,

565
00:53:07,170 --> 00:53:09,210
maybe now that we will see them in the future.

566
00:53:09,530 --> 00:53:11,370
Should that be a picture of my item?

567
00:53:12,270 --> 00:53:14,390
All right, Councilwoman, where is that?

568
00:53:15,010 --> 00:53:17,230
So I'd like to introduce the ordinance.

569
00:53:19,250 --> 00:53:25,770
And it will be brought back by, or a second reading.

570
00:53:26,030 --> 00:53:29,910
So do we need a vote or a roll call now?

571
00:53:30,570 --> 00:53:31,370
We do.

572
00:53:31,370 --> 00:53:38,170
Okay, so is my just making the first motion?

573
00:53:38,750 --> 00:53:41,050
Well, the motion, the recommended action,

574
00:53:42,030 --> 00:53:45,530
wave the first reading, read by title on them, and introduce an ordinance

575
00:53:45,530 --> 00:53:47,710
of the City Council of the City of Malaysia,

576
00:53:48,570 --> 00:53:51,230
demanding various sections of the Malaysia Municipal Code

577
00:53:51,230 --> 00:53:53,790
who update references to director of finance

578
00:53:53,790 --> 00:53:56,950
and finance director to administrative services director

579
00:53:56,950 --> 00:54:00,130
to clarify procurement and contracting authority

580
00:54:00,130 --> 00:54:03,310
to make related administrative clean-up amendments.

581
00:54:04,150 --> 00:54:05,110
And I'm going to stand.

582
00:54:06,530 --> 00:54:11,330
I got a motion. I'll second it. Ms. Wolf, please call the roll.

583
00:54:11,710 --> 00:54:16,450
Council members, for it's aye. Yes. Larga Spatez. Scott? Yes.

584
00:54:16,450 --> 00:54:23,390
And Mary Ann. Yes. And that takes us to 15B, which is an approval of the revised fiscal

585
00:54:23,390 --> 00:54:28,390
27 capital improvement program, and that will come from our Public Works Director, Ms. Martinez.

586
00:54:35,890 --> 00:54:37,130
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

587
00:54:37,310 --> 00:54:41,910
Neil Larry will be given the presentation tonight, who is our Deputy Director for Public Works and our City Engineer.

588
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:45,800
Good evening, Mayor.

589
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:46,840
Council members.

590
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:49,620
I'm happy to present the capital improvement program,

591
00:54:49,820 --> 00:54:52,600
fiscal year 2627 for your approval tonight.

592
00:54:57,840 --> 00:54:59,000
The capital improvement program.

593
00:55:00,210 --> 00:55:17,410
This plan addresses city capital needs in the next year, so I'd speak to the purpose. It's a financial planning tool to address annual fiscal constraints on spending, denote funding sources and operating impacts of project.

594
00:55:18,170 --> 00:55:29,890
The CIP is drafted every five years, but updated annually, and the next five year CIP will be presented to Council in 2027 for approval.

595
00:55:33,260 --> 00:55:40,160
The next slide is short, it speaks to state law that requires the city to prepare and adopt a capital permit program,

596
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:50,580
Otherwise, no, as a CIP, and to annually updated by resolution and the government code is there.

597
00:55:53,220 --> 00:55:59,780
The guiding documents in our CIP, there's a list of them here. General plan, certainly a guiding document.

598
00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:04,660
The utility master plans, both water and wastewater are guides.

599
00:56:05,180 --> 00:56:13,720
We, every two years, we update the pavement management report, and that is a source of information for us.

600
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:29,240
The Parks Master Plan, we work with our partners at STA, this salon and transportation authority, and a number of arenas, and they put out a bike and pedestrian plan that helps us with the CIP, the traffic impact.

601
00:56:29,240 --> 00:56:38,140
program, another guiding document, the STAC for us to school plan and the transportation and

602
00:56:38,140 --> 00:56:43,400
employment center plan. The CIP is a needs-based program.

603
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:47,580
There's a list of goals here.

604
00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:55,340
The CIP must align with the general plan and we've highlighted a few here in this slide.

605
00:56:55,340 --> 00:57:03,880
I'll go through a few, goal 2.12 is to strengthen the downtown as the city's central commercial zone.

606
00:57:04,620 --> 00:57:12,260
Another one here, goal 2.20, provide a balanced street system to serve autos, pedestrians, bikes, and transit.

607
00:57:13,540 --> 00:57:21,620
And finally, the last one on this list, the goal 4.17, worked to secure and maintain a sustainable and resilient water supply for Venetia.

608
00:57:24,780 --> 00:57:31,760
There's certainly a series of funding sources that back our CIP, a portion of them are here,

609
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:38,240
gas tax, and Senate Bill 1 is a big source for our Streets program grants.

610
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:43,760
We're always looking for grants to bolster our CIP, and there's a number here.

611
00:57:44,100 --> 00:57:47,220
A lot of an acronyms there, you got the Highway Safety Improvement Program,

612
00:57:47,220 --> 00:57:51,180
safe routes to schools, state transportation program, transportation

613
00:57:51,180 --> 00:57:56,580
development act, priority development area, and one bay area grant.

614
00:57:56,680 --> 00:58:01,680
These are a few of the fund sources that we go after consistently to support our

615
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:02,500
CIP.

616
00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:08,640
Other funding sources, we got the utility, enterprise funds, water waste water.

617
00:58:09,340 --> 00:58:12,680
We, of course, rely on the general fund for peace of the CIP.

618
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:23,620
Measure F, measure that was brought at the voters approved in 2024 provides 4 million annually to our roads program.

619
00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:30,640
We have the traffic impact fee fund and finally in this list we see the landscape and lighting assessment district fund.

620
00:58:33,230 --> 00:58:36,590
So we split the CIP up into four categories here.

621
00:58:36,750 --> 00:58:39,330
I'll start with the second one is the streets program.

622
00:58:39,370 --> 00:58:42,230
We have seven projects listed under water.

623
00:58:42,230 --> 00:58:48,690
we have one under wastewater, we have five, and then we finally have this other catch-all category

624
00:58:48,690 --> 00:59:00,290
called other, which has nine projects and that focuses on Marina facilities, parks and

625
00:59:00,290 --> 00:59:01,590
other CIP.

626
00:59:06,130 --> 00:59:13,930
In this CIP that we've presented tonight, we provide all the projects with the funds

627
00:59:13,930 --> 00:59:17,670
that have been obligated to these projects.

628
00:59:18,750 --> 00:59:22,910
Starting here with the other category, I'll highlight a few.

629
00:59:23,390 --> 00:59:26,950
We recently brought the Marine Breakwater Repairs Project

630
00:59:27,710 --> 00:59:32,290
for the construction award to council in that project

631
00:59:32,290 --> 00:59:38,850
is a $4 million project on the fiscal year, the current fiscal year.

632
00:59:39,630 --> 00:59:42,570
Another one to highlight here would be the Corporate

633
00:59:42,570 --> 00:59:50,070
bathroom remodel, which was the award of that project was brought to council last, council meeting.

634
00:59:50,810 --> 00:59:54,030
And you're seeing it here for 280,000 total on fiscal year 27,

635
00:59:56,470 --> 00:59:58,910
and we will be bringing you the

636
00:59:58,910 --> 00:59:59,970
train depot preservant.

637
01:00:02,620 --> 01:00:15,100
I believe we're targeting September 1st for the construction award and we're showing that at 360,000 total on fiscal year 27. The total of the other, you're seeing here at 7.3 million.

638
01:00:16,860 --> 01:00:24,320
Next category is the streets, and we're showing the streets coming in at 7.4 million in fiscal 27.

639
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:32,520
Of course, the headliner there is the 26-pavement job, which is at 5.7 million.

640
01:00:33,580 --> 01:00:40,820
You also see the 27-pavement and 28-pavement. These are all measuref funded.

641
01:00:40,820 --> 01:00:47,480
And those are, they're showing up as design tasks in fiscal 27.

642
01:00:49,380 --> 01:00:54,240
And I would highlight that the 2027 pavement project, which,

643
01:00:54,260 --> 01:00:58,660
and 28, which focuses on the downtown in 2027,

644
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:03,140
it will also include in the bid Westeye.

645
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:08,340
A portion of Westeye, I believe, is the 100 block and Bayview Circle.

646
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:16,000
And then finally we have the utilities represented in the last two categories.

647
01:01:16,360 --> 01:01:17,080
Start with the water.

648
01:01:17,180 --> 01:01:23,960
We have one project that loaves road, raw water, transmission line, emergency, permanent restoration

649
01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:24,720
project.

650
01:01:25,220 --> 01:01:29,720
This is a project that's funded by, we're looking to be reimbursed by FEMA.

651
01:01:30,080 --> 01:01:32,740
We're showing it at 3.6 million in fiscal 27.

652
01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:37,160
That's the sole water project that we're showing for this fiscal year.

653
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:48,620
wastewater has five projects that are in the fiscal 27 budget or plan and they total 3.3 million

654
01:01:48,620 --> 01:01:57,000
approximately and they are spread between collections projects and treatment plan upgrade projects.

655
01:01:58,140 --> 01:02:03,520
The total through all four categories in fiscal 27 is 21.5 million.

656
01:02:06,530 --> 01:02:08,170
The next steps will present

657
01:02:08,170 --> 01:02:10,850
the five year CIP to City Council in 2027,

658
01:02:13,230 --> 01:02:16,770
and without it invite any questions that the council

659
01:02:16,770 --> 01:02:17,430
may have.

660
01:02:17,830 --> 01:02:18,590
All right, thank you.

661
01:02:20,310 --> 01:02:24,830
We'll start with clarifying questions that I'll start with, Council Member Largisvata.

662
01:02:25,510 --> 01:02:25,830
Thank you, Mayor.

663
01:02:26,010 --> 01:02:27,850
Thank you, Mr. Larry, for the presentation.

664
01:02:29,350 --> 01:02:31,330
Three quick clarifying questions.

665
01:02:31,770 --> 01:02:35,010
These budgets include the contingencies as well.

666
01:02:41,610 --> 01:02:41,670
Yes.

667
01:02:42,070 --> 01:02:42,450
Okay, great.

668
01:02:42,450 --> 01:02:51,920
And then, we're going to spend about $5 million dollars to get item to break water.

669
01:02:52,540 --> 01:02:53,520
I'm just kind of curious.

670
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:56,100
I mean, the question.

671
01:02:56,780 --> 01:02:57,740
Council member, if you can.

672
01:02:58,320 --> 01:02:59,140
Thank you.

673
01:02:59,460 --> 01:03:02,280
I was saying, you know, we're going to spend about $5 million on

674
01:03:02,280 --> 01:03:03,560
Rita infrastructure improvements.

675
01:03:03,700 --> 01:03:13,840
So my question is, is the team have a bigger plan in place, a vision of other

676
01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:19,580
improvements out on the horizon or are these just kind of like one time improvements?

677
01:03:24,180 --> 01:03:29,960
Good question. The Marine of Rakewater is coming in and we're seeing it as a $4 million

678
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:38,000
project and that is a project that's we've been working on for a number of years and bringing

679
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:46,800
it forward. At this time that is we are reaching out and doing a five year next five year

680
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:51,920
we're going to bring to Council in 2027 and we'll be researching the needs out there in the

681
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:54,340
Marina and updating at that time.

682
01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:57,860
And then the second question is,

683
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:02,920
he tells more about the simple crossing shoreline path and

684
01:04:02,920 --> 01:04:03,420
improvement.

685
01:04:03,580 --> 01:04:07,800
Specifically, I'm just kind of curious, is that also going to include

686
01:04:08,740 --> 01:04:10,020
landscaping improvements.

687
01:04:10,040 --> 01:04:15,120
I understand that there's a mural that will be going in that area as well.

688
01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:28,840
So we'll just surrounding property, I don't know if it's a park, a median, I don't know what it's dirt, but does this project entail landscaping improvements as well?

689
01:04:32,920 --> 01:04:42,100
There are no landscaping improvements in this project that we're calling the simple crossing shoreline path improvement project.

690
01:04:42,100 --> 01:04:54,560
It focuses on the stairs and the replacement of the stairs as a upgraded path along the shoreline

691
01:04:54,560 --> 01:04:59,920
as that connects between up to the cold of sac.

692
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:01,000
On west page.

693
01:05:02,580 --> 01:05:08,360
Oh, so it's not like the path that comes back to the neighborhood. Is that's kind of?

694
01:05:08,360 --> 01:05:10,300
Yeah, there's a path that goes to the houses.

695
01:05:11,620 --> 01:05:23,100
Correct. It's the paving of that rocky, not unpaved path and over that paved path that comes

696
01:05:23,100 --> 01:05:24,480
down to that house on that point.

697
01:05:25,100 --> 01:05:28,040
And the final follow-up. I'm sure you're going to have a great answer here.

698
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:35,160
I know that the following year that zone is planned for street improvements,

699
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:38,340
simple crossing, simple port.

700
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:42,740
So, the reason why we're not doing those at the same time,

701
01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:49,760
like when we do the path improvement, is the reason why it was kind of separated by a year.

702
01:05:52,990 --> 01:05:59,690
That is correct. The streets in that area are part of the 2028 pavement rehab program we're doing.

703
01:05:59,690 --> 01:06:09,170
the west side of first street in 2028, the east side goes in 27, and the shoreline path

704
01:06:09,170 --> 01:06:16,290
project, we're showing in fiscal 27, so it would precede the pavement work, and I think

705
01:06:16,290 --> 01:06:25,550
that's appropriate to get the pavement work done and not have the machinery coming over

706
01:06:25,550 --> 01:06:28,010
the freshly paved roads.

707
01:06:31,650 --> 01:06:33,490
Thank you.

708
01:06:33,650 --> 01:06:35,830
I had a couple of questions.

709
01:06:37,170 --> 01:06:39,370
One, we update annually.

710
01:06:41,510 --> 01:06:50,650
How do we see where we were that was modified to get to the 27 budget?

711
01:06:51,110 --> 01:06:54,910
What items shifted in and what items shifted out?

712
01:06:54,910 --> 01:07:02,110
That would question number one, and question number two, well, I'll ask question number one first.

713
01:07:03,860 --> 01:07:09,680
So, that review, we are establishing our annual tradition during goal setting.

714
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:19,420
So, you were called that we'll have a portion of that session talking about the CIP and that helps to inform the budget,

715
01:07:19,560 --> 01:07:25,100
and this is kind of the annual review of what's going to happen in the year ahead.

716
01:07:25,100 --> 01:07:42,200
So, the goal setting really is that sometimes a one, two to five year review of certain projects that the council has said this is a priority and you're directed staff to kind of work to figure out how to fund this is really just a review in one year.

717
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:57,280
Right, and I understand that, but it's a goal setting is still in a evolutionary project where we continue to add stuff or subtract things.

718
01:07:57,860 --> 01:08:01,520
How can we approve a capital improvement project?

719
01:08:02,300 --> 01:08:07,240
Budget with all of these line items that perhaps we haven't fully embedded?

720
01:08:07,240 --> 01:08:07,920
And you

721
01:08:11,950 --> 01:08:19,410
have a previous, either independent actions, recognizing that we highlighted the work

722
01:08:19,410 --> 01:08:21,550
that was being done on our roads in May.

723
01:08:21,930 --> 01:08:26,570
We talked about our breakwater project, I believe that was also in May.

724
01:08:27,430 --> 01:08:31,410
So independently, you have reviewed these projects.

725
01:08:31,750 --> 01:08:36,930
You're just listing them out as required by state law on one sheet.

726
01:08:37,210 --> 01:08:38,310
That's what tonight's about.

727
01:08:38,310 --> 01:08:39,650
Thank you.

728
01:08:40,350 --> 01:08:42,210
Then let me ask a second question.

729
01:08:42,790 --> 01:08:45,990
The Benecia Train Depot Preservation and Maintenance Project.

730
01:08:46,850 --> 01:08:50,290
Isn't that money coming out of settlement money?

731
01:08:51,030 --> 01:08:55,370
And so the settlement money just shifts into the CIP budget.

732
01:08:58,670 --> 01:09:00,970
Has taken out of that special account?

733
01:09:02,690 --> 01:09:08,250
The train depot project is funded by the import settlement money.

734
01:09:08,250 --> 01:09:15,970
I would add for the record that tonight's action is to prove the plan, not a budget.

735
01:09:16,750 --> 01:09:19,170
This is not a budget approval item.

736
01:09:19,570 --> 01:09:20,870
It's strictly a plan.

737
01:09:21,630 --> 01:09:30,510
And it was previously based on a two year budget that had a two year CIP program that was brought to Council in May of 2025.

738
01:09:30,510 --> 01:09:39,750
Right. And my only comment on that is my concern is that that was brought back in 2025 and we're

739
01:09:39,750 --> 01:09:48,730
looking at 27 with perhaps a fairly significant fiscal cliff. And there are things perhaps

740
01:09:48,730 --> 01:09:53,330
on in here that we might want to rethink. Thank you.

741
01:09:57,080 --> 01:09:59,920
So, how much of this Toro budget?

742
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:09,420
There has been paid for by other sources of funding other than the city of Benisha.

743
01:10:17,400 --> 01:10:31,840
I could direct back to the funding sources. We have some grant participation in the budget that comes from outside sources,

744
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:34,400
looking through it.

745
01:10:35,540 --> 01:10:44,060
The majority is enterprise and gas tax incentive bill one is a portion.

746
01:10:46,460 --> 01:10:53,400
I don't have the exact numbers of the breakout for, or your council member, but there

747
01:10:53,400 --> 01:10:56,080
is certainly some participation by outside sources.

748
01:10:57,620 --> 01:11:03,060
Right, because at the beginning of the presentation, you listed all the sources of funding.

749
01:11:03,060 --> 01:11:14,340
And it would be good to see how much money came from each source and what's not coming out of our taxpayer pockets.

750
01:11:15,600 --> 01:11:26,040
So, while this is a lot of bull plan, I feel like I want to approve the plan, but I want to make sure that I understand how it's getting paid for.

751
01:11:27,180 --> 01:11:28,980
Great, great question, Councilmember.

752
01:11:29,620 --> 01:11:35,880
A majority of it is the general fund and a lot of these have already been either budgeted or approved through council from our contract being brought.

753
01:11:36,240 --> 01:11:52,160
Obviously, we have the raw waterline, which we will be funding out of the utilities fund, but it will also hopefully be reimbursed within a couple years afterwards from FEMA along with other government agencies, but majority of this is the enterprise fund.

754
01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:55,860
Thank you for that.

755
01:11:57,100 --> 01:12:05,180
All right, I've got a few questions on the other,

756
01:12:08,180 --> 01:12:10,900
it's a small one, the diversity art

757
01:12:10,900 --> 01:12:13,520
mural project listed at $20,000.

758
01:12:14,660 --> 01:12:19,960
Are you aware that the air district has also made us a grant of $25,000 for that same project?

759
01:12:20,940 --> 01:12:25,160
And if so, is this a, are we going to need $45,000 for that project?

760
01:12:25,160 --> 01:12:28,780
or can we back this one out and you see your district money is dead?

761
01:12:30,260 --> 01:12:35,920
So again, to reiterate, this is not a budget, this is a plan for which we are aligning

762
01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:37,700
the cost for those projects.

763
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:44,120
But I want to be sure that the work is aware that there is this other source coming in.

764
01:12:45,020 --> 01:12:48,260
And there's Dan, it's not a budget, but it is for planning purposes.

765
01:12:48,260 --> 01:12:55,900
staff is aware and staff is working with the Air District, however, there have been some hiccups.

766
01:12:55,980 --> 01:12:56,240
Really?

767
01:12:56,460 --> 01:12:57,240
I'm securing those dollars.

768
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:02,820
But again, this isn't identifying the budget or the source of funding.

769
01:13:03,060 --> 01:13:08,160
It's just itemizing the work that will be done for our CIP plan.

770
01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:12,800
I hope you'll let me know about the hiccups that might be able to help with those.

771
01:13:13,700 --> 01:13:23,900
Are you aware that there is a meeting happening tomorrow at the Chamber about downtown Parking and I assume you guys are participating in this?

772
01:13:26,820 --> 01:13:27,080
Yes, Mayor.

773
01:13:28,260 --> 01:13:28,960
We are presenting.

774
01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:29,920
Okay.

775
01:13:30,300 --> 01:13:37,200
It's based on the 2728 pavement rehab program for the downtown.

776
01:13:37,300 --> 01:13:38,680
Well, it all happened to the downtown.

777
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:42,340
And it will then also include discussion of potential changes

778
01:13:42,340 --> 01:13:45,440
to one way streets, two ways streets.

779
01:13:48,210 --> 01:13:49,570
That's currently not on our agenda.

780
01:13:51,850 --> 01:13:54,010
But there's something we've talked about at least up here

781
01:13:54,010 --> 01:13:57,850
is whether or not it makes sense to maybe move to one way

782
01:13:57,850 --> 01:14:01,870
from two ways to allow for perpendicular parking instead

783
01:14:01,870 --> 01:14:02,730
of parallel parking.

784
01:14:03,970 --> 01:14:05,790
Our consultants are looking into that currently

785
01:14:05,790 --> 01:14:08,730
when we do the actual projects scoping.

786
01:14:08,730 --> 01:14:14,630
But I think for the people who are going to show up tomorrow, they might ask that question.

787
01:14:14,950 --> 01:14:17,350
Or you might want to be prepared to discuss that.

788
01:14:17,810 --> 01:14:20,750
I would still respond the same way with our consultant.

789
01:14:21,050 --> 01:14:23,210
It will be investigating that and provide our feedback.

790
01:14:24,790 --> 01:14:29,870
If I really quickly jump in, it sounds very fruitful.

791
01:14:30,390 --> 01:14:38,410
But I think the item tonight is really about, you know,

792
01:14:38,410 --> 01:14:44,570
conformity with the general plan. So tomorrow's meeting sounds interesting, but is outside

793
01:14:44,570 --> 01:14:49,950
the scope of the item tonight, which is reviewing the capital improvement projects in

794
01:14:49,950 --> 01:14:51,330
conformity with the general plan.

795
01:14:51,590 --> 01:14:54,050
But presumably, we can add questions about those projects that are listed.

796
01:14:57,090 --> 01:14:59,970
Yes, in evaluating their conformity.

797
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:10,700
Governments with the general plan and the city's actions on the budget and the city's action on the general plan.

798
01:15:11,900 --> 01:15:18,420
All right. Greenage improvements, project is listed somewhere here.

799
01:15:18,420 --> 01:15:26,600
And my question on that is it would it include concerns that people who live in the

800
01:15:26,600 --> 01:15:33,620
condos have raised about flooding. Is there that part of this drainage improvement project?

801
01:15:35,970 --> 01:15:44,610
Yes, it is. We are looking to provide backflow devices on the per-preventors on the drain

802
01:15:44,610 --> 01:15:48,550
which is that feed into the brain of property outside the brain of property.

803
01:15:49,110 --> 01:15:51,130
And I see that on the pavement, we have projects.

804
01:15:51,670 --> 01:15:56,830
You've got two 27 and 28, and that's, you said, for design purposes.

805
01:15:58,930 --> 01:16:01,710
400,000 for 27,100,000 for 28.

806
01:16:01,830 --> 01:16:05,570
If you're going to do them both next year, why wouldn't you just do them all together in one project

807
01:16:05,570 --> 01:16:07,710
design for both years?

808
01:16:08,270 --> 01:16:08,770
That's the plan.

809
01:16:11,030 --> 01:16:22,050
We are looking at the downtown pieces collectively to make sure that we're not missing an opportunity to do the design together.

810
01:16:22,470 --> 01:16:30,730
But the reason you see a larger amount for the 2027 project is because we will come to completion of the 27 project in fiscal 27.

811
01:16:30,730 --> 01:16:39,170
the design of it, the completion of the, we will begin with planning elements of the 28 projects.

812
01:16:39,310 --> 01:16:41,570
That's why you're seeing a lesser amount for the 28 projects.

813
01:16:42,270 --> 01:16:50,910
All right, and one more, having to do with the, and I read it wrong initially, on the East

814
01:16:50,910 --> 01:16:53,690
Age 7 Street, I thought we don't have West 7 Street.

815
01:16:54,490 --> 01:16:58,710
So an ongoing issue in the community is a conditional West 7 Street.

816
01:16:58,710 --> 01:17:05,270
And when people ask about it, I say, well, we're waiting on doing a sewer line or a water line replacement.

817
01:17:06,990 --> 01:17:10,190
And then after that, we can actually repay it.

818
01:17:10,370 --> 01:17:11,370
So two questions.

819
01:17:13,290 --> 01:17:15,450
When is that scheduled to happen?

820
01:17:15,450 --> 01:17:18,930
The replacement of that water slash sewer line, I'm not sure which it is.

821
01:17:19,870 --> 01:17:24,010
And when it happens, will it also include repaying the road?

822
01:17:24,010 --> 01:17:29,850
assume that once the work is done, a contractor or somebody's going to have to repair and

823
01:17:29,850 --> 01:17:34,370
repave that section of 7th Street. Am I right on the last part?

824
01:17:36,700 --> 01:17:41,320
As it relates to the utility work, we are doing a condition assessment to verify the work

825
01:17:41,320 --> 01:17:47,220
that's needed on the utility. Underneath West 7th and confirm what's needed in that area,

826
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:55,520
simultaneously we've planned to do the work on West 7th, the pavement

827
01:17:55,520 --> 01:18:03,520
we have, no later than 2029, we have a grant application in safe streets for all to do the

828
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:06,880
that could potentially accelerate the work that's 2028.

829
01:18:07,040 --> 01:18:09,720
But we wouldn't do it before we actually replace the water line.

830
01:18:10,300 --> 01:18:10,820
Correct.

831
01:18:11,720 --> 01:18:18,520
We're looking at the utility piece and we'll have that in line so that neither of those schedules

832
01:18:18,520 --> 01:18:19,260
are.

833
01:18:19,460 --> 01:18:22,980
No later than 2029 would West 7th be done.

834
01:18:23,620 --> 01:18:28,660
I was going to be happy for a lot of people, but that is the answer and all except.

835
01:18:30,260 --> 01:18:31,840
Okay, that's the last question I had.

836
01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:33,900
Is there any public, let's go to public comment?

837
01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:39,300
Is there anybody on the audience who would like to make any public comment on the capital on public land?

838
01:18:40,940 --> 01:18:45,640
All right, seeing none, is there anybody online who would like to make comment on the public on the CIP?

839
01:18:47,580 --> 01:18:50,980
All right, so the request is to

840
01:18:52,220 --> 01:18:57,980
Dr. Ruthelution approving the revised fiscal 2016-27 capital improvement program.

841
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:01,200
I'm looking for a motion in that regard.

842
01:19:01,780 --> 01:19:03,980
I'll move it.

843
01:19:04,600 --> 01:19:06,400
And I'll second it.

844
01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:08,920
So, Ms. Wolf, please call the roll.

845
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:11,420
Council members, part-time?

846
01:19:12,020 --> 01:19:12,640
Larguis Fata?

847
01:19:13,180 --> 01:19:14,060
Ms. Sensei?

848
01:19:15,300 --> 01:19:15,540
Yes.

849
01:19:15,700 --> 01:19:19,420
And that takes us to the act.

850
01:19:19,420 --> 01:19:24,340
report this is our individual reports on different parts of the

851
01:19:24,340 --> 01:19:30,000
Valero transition and so I'll start on my left.

852
01:19:30,140 --> 01:19:32,260
Do we have anything to report from Mr. Largis Fata?

853
01:19:33,780 --> 01:19:34,880
Right, this word says.

854
01:19:34,920 --> 01:19:35,560
Yeah, mayor.

855
01:19:36,100 --> 01:19:36,880
Council members got.

856
01:19:37,260 --> 01:19:39,800
Short one spoke to you signature.

857
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:45,900
Talk to Mike said that they're continuing to do their outreach programs.

858
01:19:45,900 --> 01:19:50,440
There's another open house in the library in September.

859
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:59,980
There are a number or more planned throughout the September October time frame and that.

860
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:07,160
That they're looking for a, they're continuing to look to a false middle of a land use plan or pre-application.

861
01:20:07,500 --> 01:20:16,380
All right. And I will report as I usually do on air district grants. It's getting down to the point of actually

862
01:20:17,740 --> 01:20:26,380
We've still haven't heard what the recommendation is going to be from the air district in terms of the catalyst grant with us and the school district who are

863
01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,380
in line to split or

864
01:20:30,460 --> 01:20:34,380
some portion of the $40 million that's in the catalyst grant.

865
01:20:35,700 --> 01:20:37,840
We hope to hear something by the end of the week.

866
01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:42,480
The board itself will act on that catalyst grant on September 2.

867
01:20:42,480 --> 01:20:45,520
Well, that'll be a big day for the community

868
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:49,240
and depending on how the recommendations come down.

869
01:20:49,640 --> 01:20:52,100
And then the other one is for the opportunity grants.

870
01:20:52,800 --> 01:20:56,980
And if you are a representative of a group that

871
01:20:56,980 --> 01:20:59,560
applied for opportunity grants, you should know,

872
01:20:59,640 --> 01:21:02,920
if you haven't heard already, that the district will be

873
01:21:02,920 --> 01:21:06,400
having a meeting of the equity and housing

874
01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:08,260
and justice committee,

875
01:21:08,260 --> 01:21:15,260
And reviewing the recommendations from the staff on September the 9th at 1pm.

876
01:21:16,700 --> 01:21:25,160
And so I asked for a list of all the Venetia related opportunity grant applicants, so that they can be notified that this is going to happen.

877
01:21:25,780 --> 01:21:31,500
It will be available on Zoom or you can come down to San Francisco or else a read-o to participate in person.

878
01:21:31,500 --> 01:21:39,080
But I've got some concerns about how the Optine Grant program has been designed and is

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functioning that I'm going to be asking, talking about, but I would like to get some support

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from others who are the actual applicants and get their experience on the record and let the

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other directors hear about it because I think we need to make some changes in how that program

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has been designed and this is you know we're the first applicant the first round of grants

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and it'll for us will be the last one but for other parts of the Bay Area under the

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air district jurisdiction they're going to be doing this routinely and I think we need to

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make some fixes to make this a little bit more reasonable and equitable and a program that is

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currently out there. So September 9th is a date for I'm looking at Maryland but if you're

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anybody else out there who was an applicant, they should be aware that September 9th

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at 1 o'clock is something that you should set aside to talk to the district and the board

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members about opportunity grant. And that's all I have on that. And I do want to say one

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thing before we adjourn. If I take a moment to remember two individuals who had significant

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portions of their lives spent in Venetia and serve the community in a number of ways.

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We recently learned of the passing of Will Tarbo, who was our public works director.

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And also today we just learned that Pierre Bedouf, former police chief and

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Biti Council member passed away today.

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Both Mr. Tarbo and Mr. Bedouf serve the city in leadership positions.

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It made significant contributions to the city and we're grateful for their years of public service and extend our sincere condolences to their family and friends and former colleagues and everybody who knew them.

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And so I would like to just ask for a moment of silence in their memory.

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Thank you and with that we are adjourned.