1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:14,799 Yes, we are all set. Chair Galdo. >> Wonderful. Well, good morning everyone. 2 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:18,320 It is Thursday, March 19th, 2026 and we are gathered here for the Sacramento 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:22,240 board of directors meeting. I want to welcome everyone to this beautiful 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:26,240 location and thank you for being here. For those of you that took the tour, I'm 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:30,080 I'm sure you enjoyed it as much as I do and we look forward to hearing a lot 6 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:33,760 more about West Sacramento. this morning. But if we could, madam clerk, 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,920 would you start with roll call? >> Thank you. Good morning. Director Andrea 8 00:00:36,559 --> 00:00:39,440 absent. Baines >> present. 9 00:00:38,559 --> 00:00:41,360 » Boom garden >> present. 10 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:44,079 » Rollins for Branskum >> here. 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,079 » Bulahan >> here. 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,760 » Chapterene >> here. 13 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:50,079 » Chapman >> here. 14 00:00:48,559 --> 00:00:51,440 » Clark Kretz here. >> Clarici 15 00:00:50,879 --> 00:00:56,079 » here. >> Desmond. Don Calvo. 16 00:00:54,559 --> 00:00:59,520 » Early >> here. How 17 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,960 » here. Hume. >> Jennings 18 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,479 absent. Jones >> here. 19 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,920 » Kennedy. >> Kazowski 20 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,520 » here. >> Lauren 21 00:01:06,799 --> 00:01:11,200 » here. >> Maple 22 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:17,200 absent. McCully >> Rodriguez absent. Sander 23 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:19,119 absent. Lopez. Taffer Schaefer >> here. 24 00:01:18,159 --> 00:01:20,479 » Soon >> here. 25 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,000 » Teter >> here. 26 00:01:21,119 --> 00:01:23,600 » Beeramp >> here. 27 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:24,960 » Vega >> here. 28 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,799 » Viegas >> here. 29 00:01:25,439 --> 00:01:29,040 » Vice chair Bradford >> here. Chair Galdo 30 00:01:28,479 --> 00:01:32,079 » here. >> An exeicio member attacker for a seis 31 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:36,079 here. >> And it sounds like most of you figured 32 00:01:33,759 --> 00:01:39,119 it out, but just in case you have u you need some more instruction for your 33 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:42,799 mics. When you push the button, it will light green and that means your mic is 34 00:01:41,119 --> 00:01:45,280 live. You have to push it again to turn it off. Thank you. 35 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:48,560 » Except for me. >> Except for director How to shout 36 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:52,880 » whose light is red. >> Oh, they the Yes, you're good. The red 37 00:01:51,520 --> 00:02:02,119 works. >> We have a block. Thank you. If you could 38 00:01:56,399 --> 00:02:02,119 join me and for the pledge, please. 39 00:02:04,079 --> 00:02:12,959 » And I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the 40 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:19,560 stands under indivisible 41 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,560 and justice for all. 42 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:27,760 So, >> thank you. 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:31,599 Our next up on our agendum is an opportunity for public communications 44 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:35,519 and it's an opportunity for anyone who wishes to address the board on an item 45 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:39,280 that does not appear on the agenda. Madam clerk, do we have any speaker 46 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:43,920 cards for public comment? >> There's no public communications. 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:47,760 » All right. Thank you. Next would be our opportunity for directors if they have 48 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:54,560 any conflict. Do we have any directors that would like to share conflict? 49 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:58,480 All right. Well, seeing none, we're going to move on into the the heart of 50 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:02,400 our agenda. We're so excited to be here in West Sacramento and really excited 51 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:06,239 for the tour that we had this morning and to learn so much. I've already 52 00:03:04,239 --> 00:03:09,840 learned how large West Sacramento is that I was not aware of. Um, and so I'd 53 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:14,319 like to introduce the mayor of Sacramento and our former SECOG board 54 00:03:12,319 --> 00:03:19,080 member, Martha Guerrero, who's going to share a little bit about West Sack with 55 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,080 us. 56 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:29,920 Good morning, Madame Chair and members of the board, directors. It is such an 57 00:03:27,519 --> 00:03:36,319 honor to be here and welcome to the beautiful West Sacramento. West 58 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:40,560 Sacramento um is thriving. That's thanks to your leadership, thanks to the 59 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:45,519 leadership historically that we have achieved over the many years um since 60 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:51,280 the since the presence of our and future of our region. When you look back over 61 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:55,519 the years um when SECOG history blended with West Sacramento, when we were 62 00:03:53,200 --> 00:04:03,360 working together, the one thing that is very clear is that this body has helped 63 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:08,720 move the region from planning ideas to delivering real tangible results. And 64 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:13,439 this change occurred in this beautiful community that some of us have toured 65 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:17,359 and thanks to our city manager and wonderful team provided an excellent 66 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:23,280 tour of some of the great things that are happening. We are proud to say we 67 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:27,919 are living that progress every day. SEICOG has been a vital partner 68 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:35,040 consistently making investments that reflect a bigger vision. Not just roads, 69 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:41,680 not just housing, but a coordinated strategy that brings together 70 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:47,120 transportation, land use, climate, and equity. One of the transportation ideas 71 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:52,000 that had came to fruition was via our ondemand ride share program when Chris 72 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:56,880 Leesma wanted to strike out and figure out a way to reach out to the most 73 00:04:54,160 --> 00:05:00,720 underserved area of our community. That was our initial investment in West 74 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:05,680 Sacramento in the Bright and Broadick area. And I'm proud to say that that 75 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:10,000 that that pilot, that experiment that we thought we needed to reach out to bridge 76 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:16,160 where we see all these, you know, barriers in connecting people, that 77 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:21,199 particular project demonstrated that the people in that area, our most 78 00:05:17,919 --> 00:05:27,199 disadvantaged community, the mothers, the children, the elderly, the older 79 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:33,759 adults were able to access grocery store, medical care, getting to school, 80 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:38,240 first and last mile to get to work. These are per these are individuals that 81 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:43,520 have only one car. These people are living much more stronger today. Thanks 82 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:48,479 to SECOG for believing in that opportunity. 83 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:54,960 So year after year through your funding programs, you supported projects that 84 00:05:51,199 --> 00:06:00,479 improve safety, reduce congestion, and expand mobility options 85 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:06,160 in West Sacramento. As you've seen in touring around, that has meant safer 86 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:09,759 streets, pedestrian pathways over a bridge, our beautiful sign on there that 87 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:14,880 says West Sacramento. So, we'll indulge a little bit and add our our flavor to 88 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:21,280 it as well. And especially for working families, seniors, and young people, as 89 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:27,520 I just described, but in so many ways. So, this has been that powerful movement 90 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:32,319 that SEIKOG has brought. And so a shift toward integrating housing and 91 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:39,520 transportation is what we've seen in our Grand Gateway project. That project that 92 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:43,919 we see as a result of a $43 million affordable housing and sustainable 93 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:49,360 community funding is going to provide affordable housing. is going to fund 94 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:54,400 various regional um transportation connections like our light rail and 95 00:06:51,919 --> 00:06:59,199 other forms of mobility to get people connected and to get them out of their 96 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:03,840 cars, but also putting them in a place where they're going to have access to 97 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:08,720 jobs as we're going to create more jobs. So, it's about delivering that promise 98 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:14,720 that growth in our region can be both sustainable and inclusive. At the same 99 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:20,160 time, SEIKOG, all of you has continued to prioritize that regional connectivity 100 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:25,199 and West Sacramento sits at the heart of it where we have our Clarksburg trail 101 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:31,120 that is going to connect us much farther beyond. So these physical conditions 102 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:36,639 that bring our region connect together, they connect all of us. They connect all 103 00:07:33,599 --> 00:07:41,840 of us in a way that make sure that we bring all of our communities together 104 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:47,759 and help our residents and our businesses. So with that, I just want to 105 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:51,840 say we want to think about the people. We want to think about the businesses. 106 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:58,720 We want to think about the young persons and the older persons because when we 107 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:03,919 invest together as a region, we just don't build infrastructure. we build 108 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:07,919 opportunity for our future. So, thank you for all that you do and thank you 109 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:12,520 for allowing me to share a few words here and welcoming you to West 110 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,520 Sacramento. 111 00:08:19,759 --> 00:08:23,919 » Thank you. Uh thank you board members for being here in West Sacramento. I'm 112 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:28,479 Aaron Laura. I'm the city manager and port CEO. Uh those of you that weren't 113 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:31,840 able to join us on the tour, um want to especially uh thank you for coming to 114 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,760 West Sacramento to uh spend some time with us today. I think it's very import 115 00:08:33,599 --> 00:08:39,680 uh important and and and relevant that you're here in one of the most special 116 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:43,440 places in our region. Uh not just uh sitting with the backdrop of of Sutter 117 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:47,200 Health Park, but also in the Legacy Club. Um this was an upgrade that went 118 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,320 along with many of the other upgrades that came about last year uh with the 119 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:53,519 stadium. But when we talk about regionalism, I think it's it's easy to 120 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:58,080 forget that this this project was actually a result of a regional effort. 121 00:08:55,200 --> 00:09:01,360 Uh, Supervisor Viegas uh was actually on um our uh he's actually on our planning 122 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:04,399 commission at the time this came about. Uh but Yolo County, who he represents 123 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:08,160 now, actually had a role. Sacramento County had a role. Uh the the this is a 124 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,399 privately owned stadium. Many people don't know that. They assume that we own 125 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:14,480 it, but it's actually owned by the Sacramento Rivercats, who were gracious 126 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:19,120 enough to host us today. Um and and the way the financing worked, it was done 127 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:23,839 through a regional approach where the bonds were backed by our city, Sack 128 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:27,440 County, and Yolo County. Um that was something that would not have been 129 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:30,560 possible [snorts] without that spirit of cooperation that was present at the 130 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,680 time. And it was the only reason the stadium was made possible because 131 00:09:31,839 --> 00:09:37,680 someone had to kind of back the the possibility that hey, if the the private 132 00:09:35,839 --> 00:09:41,920 uh revenue wasn't enough to to finance the stadium, um how are we going to 133 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:46,080 backs stop it? And so, uh, it's because of that that we're sitting here today on 134 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:50,320 on this great site, Sutter Hill Park. Uh, as you all know, uh, it's no secret 135 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:54,720 that, you know, we have the the A's here for the next couple of seasons, but, uh, 136 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:58,800 we are looking ahead as well, and I want to give a chance for, uh, one of our 137 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:02,000 council members, your board member, uh, uh, Council Member Early, and Supervisor 138 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:06,320 Vega to speak a little bit about, uh, what's next. Um, and I can't say too 139 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:10,480 much yet, but I will say, you know, we are definitely, um, in the game when it 140 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:13,920 comes to looking at the future. Uh, we're doing a lot of work at the city 141 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:16,240 side, working on updates to our Bridge District Pacific plan, which you, if you 142 00:10:15,279 --> 00:10:20,320 were on the tour, you heard about earlier. Uh, working with our local 143 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:24,240 partners on building some momentum around what the possib possibilities 144 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:28,320 might look like for a future of Major League Baseball in our region right here 145 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:32,240 in West Sacramento. So, uh, stay tuned on that. There'll be a lot more to come 146 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:37,600 and and many of you will be involved if uh once that effort uh gets going. Uh 147 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:41,600 but for now uh please enjoy the uh the baseball season that we have coming up, 148 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:44,880 both Rivercats games and A's games. Uh and I will turn it over to Council 149 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,839 Member Early and Supervisor Vegas. Thank you. 150 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:51,560 » Thank you so much to our city manager. Thank you to our mayor 151 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:58,880 and and I would say I I know that you have seen both the mayor of West 152 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:03,760 Sacramento. So, our mayor, uh, Martha Guerrero, as well as the mayor of city 153 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:07,279 of Sacramento talking about Major League Baseball. So, I know our city manager 154 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:11,279 said, "Hey, can't say too much." I'm probably going to say more than than 155 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:16,480 what he [laughter] said. So, we have the A's here for the next few years and we 156 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:19,760 are excited that they are here. The reason why we are excited is not only 157 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:25,360 because we have a major league team here, one of actually the only city in 158 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:30,480 the country that is hosting both aa team as well as an MLB team, but also what it 159 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:35,279 means for the future. And what it means for the future is that we will have 160 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:39,600 Major League Baseball here, not from the A's, but from an expansion team. And we 161 00:11:37,839 --> 00:11:43,680 are excited about that because that's not just our team, West Sacramento's 162 00:11:41,279 --> 00:11:48,720 team. That's not just Sacramento's team. That is all of our team. that is 163 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:54,880 regionally we all together will be coming to these games and so here we are 164 00:11:51,839 --> 00:12:01,200 we have this opportunity but as great as it is to have the A's here it also could 165 00:11:57,519 --> 00:12:05,680 be a liability because what we need to make sure we are doing is filling the 166 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:11,360 seats what we need to make sure we are doing is actually having sponsorships so 167 00:12:08,399 --> 00:12:15,040 that we can show that an MLB team can be successful in this region and I know 168 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:18,160 they I know they can because I've seen the 169 00:12:16,399 --> 00:12:21,760 Kings. How many Kings fans do we have here? Everyone should be raising their 170 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:27,040 hands. [laughter] Pat, you too. 171 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:31,920 The Kings is not just Sacramento's team. The Kings is all of our team. And here 172 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:36,639 we have an opportunity to bring an expansion team here to this region to be 173 00:12:34,399 --> 00:12:41,519 all of our teams. Not the A's, but our own team. But we need all of your help. 174 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:45,120 We need your help in getting people here and getting them excited over the next 175 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:50,720 two seasons because when we put our proposal in and we will be putting our 176 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:54,079 proposal in, we need to show that we got people here. We need to show that we had 177 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:58,720 sponsorships. And so we're looking to you guys. And so one of the things that 178 00:12:55,680 --> 00:13:03,360 we need from you and true SECOG fashion is we need you to bring out get your 179 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:07,440 your constituents and your residents excited about baseball here because 180 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:10,800 again this isn't about the A's. This is about our future team, right? The team 181 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:14,560 that will get the name, the team that will be ours and ours alone. They will 182 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:18,800 start here. So, we need you guys for that. We also need you guys for the 183 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:22,079 sponsorships. When I think about the businesses that we have here in West 184 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:26,160 Sacramento and here in Sacramento, right, we've got business, but we have 185 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:29,760 businesses throughout the region. I think about Rockland and I think about 186 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:33,600 Quickquack, right? Wouldn't that be great to have that out here, right? I 187 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:37,120 think about Pespros and Autotois. There are so many businesses when we spread 188 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:41,440 out through the region that could be here helping sponsor, but that starts 189 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,760 with us. When I toured two years ago and I was looking at all the different 190 00:13:42,399 --> 00:13:48,240 suites and the sponsorships, all I thought was, you know, there's more. If 191 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:52,079 only we came together, as we do in true SECOG fashion, to lift up the entire 192 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,800 region. And so, I'm excited about that. And so Oscar and I put our heads 193 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,160 together and we started to think, well, we've got these suites and wouldn't it 194 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:03,199 be cool if we had like a city of Rockland day here where we we had you 195 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:06,800 guys come out with a business that would be interested in coming? And so we 196 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:10,880 wanted to make that pitch to you guys over the next couple of years. We would 197 00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:14,480 love for you to go back to your city councils and your uh county supervisors 198 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:17,440 and say, "Hey, I want to go see an A's game." Not only want to see an A's game, 199 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:21,040 I want to bring someone who'd be interested in sponsoring. 200 00:14:19,519 --> 00:14:24,000 I want to feature you guys. Guys, I want you to come out, see the views, because 201 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:27,680 this is not just Sacramento's team. It's not just West Sacramento's team. It's 202 00:14:25,839 --> 00:14:31,519 all of our team. And I'm not talking about the A's. I'm talking about the 203 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:35,199 future. We've heard the MLB commissioner say there's going to be two expansion 204 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:38,800 teams by 2028. Two. One on the West Coast and one on the East Coast. And 205 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:42,399 guess what, guys? We are in the running. We are part of the top five. We are 206 00:14:40,639 --> 00:14:46,560 right there. But the only way we're going to be able to do that is together. 207 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:51,279 Again, in true SECOG fashion. I'm going to turn it to my veteran um because he's 208 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:54,795 been here way longer than I have. So, we can talk for [laughter] 209 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:59,360 » I promise I'll only take 30 seconds and then you get the meeting back to to 210 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:02,079 actually conduct the professional business. But I I wanted to just first 211 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,199 of all, thank you Dante for your leadership and all the work. And I think 212 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:08,240 if you were on the tour and you heard about all the kind of visionary 213 00:15:06,399 --> 00:15:11,680 components of the growth of West Sacramento, it didn't just happen by 214 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:17,120 accident. It was by design, by investment, by grit, by long-term vision 215 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:20,720 and stickuitiveness that was needed to make this stuff happen. We didn't just 216 00:15:19,199 --> 00:15:26,800 magically show up in this beautiful building. There was tremendous work that 217 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:31,600 went into it. Jumping forward, we all know what what what Sacramento what the 218 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,920 region feels like when the Kings are winning. We can rally around a 219 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:40,079 professional team like none other. Given today's circumstances, the environment 220 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:44,800 that we're in, we need things. We need things to pull us together rather than 221 00:15:42,639 --> 00:15:48,720 apart. Professional sports teams, the Olympics, a good example. They bring 222 00:15:47,199 --> 00:15:53,040 people together in ways that people feel really, really good about themselves. 223 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:57,040 We're a baseball there. We're a baseball region. There's absolutely no question 224 00:15:54,959 --> 00:16:01,040 about it. We're in this weird moment right now where while we're hosting a 225 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:05,360 professional team, the prospects the prospects of a real Major League 226 00:16:02,959 --> 00:16:10,240 Baseball expansion coming to this region and potentially West Sacramento is very 227 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:15,839 real. Is very real. You heard Aaron give his sort of spiel around the city. Um 228 00:16:12,959 --> 00:16:19,199 he's in part part of the discussions around what can happen. But at the end 229 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:23,920 of the day as we look around the room and in Seikk we talk about what we can 230 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:27,040 do as a as a collective region often asking yourselves what can you do? I 231 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:32,320 think I'll just double down on what Dante said. The city has access to a 232 00:16:30,079 --> 00:16:36,720 suite. It's really simple but you guys all have access to your corporate your 233 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:41,920 business entities within your respective region. There's no cost to you to 234 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:46,240 contact the city to bring some of your partners within your respective region, 235 00:16:43,759 --> 00:16:50,639 your cities, and enjoy a ball game. Enjoy a ball game hosted by the city of 236 00:16:48,079 --> 00:16:56,079 West Sacramento in their suite and expose your business um partners to what 237 00:16:54,160 --> 00:17:00,399 it can be like so that when the very near future, the opportunity presents 238 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:03,839 itself to actually submit that application to the MLB for an expansion 239 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:08,240 team that we're sitting in good positions. Thank you very much for your 240 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,240 time. 241 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:18,720 Thank you. And both is your end. And of course, I have one question. So, as a 242 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:22,799 longtime Ace fan, there was that part when they first came of a little bit of 243 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:29,120 the guilt, quite honestly, the Oakland impact. And so, I think there was that 244 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:33,200 little bit of hesitation and then um the lack of embrace of Sacramento. It's 245 00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:38,000 the best way to put it when and so there was that for sponsors and that is like 246 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:43,360 hey I mean I started making my hats long ago I'm not going to lie I got a couple 247 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:48,400 Sacramento hats. Um so I think for when you're working with the MLB I'm I'm sure 248 00:17:45,039 --> 00:17:54,480 you are but that is um I think hopefully they're they realize the the slow start 249 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:58,559 to get the embrace those factors came in. Absolutely. So I but I love your 250 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:01,200 idea of having all of us as our cities and our counties. Heck yeah. Let's do 251 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,919 it. >> I can't wait. So, you're going to be the 252 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:09,120 first to to raise your hand. >> I absolutely I will. I' I've already got 253 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:13,919 several games lined up. So, uh I'll add to my list. Absolutely. Thank you so 254 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:17,280 much. I appreciate it. >> Well, it's not nearly as exciting and 255 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:20,320 fun, but let's move on for our regular agenda 256 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:24,480 » and we're actually going to adjourn to SECOG and convene as the Capitol Valley 257 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:28,640 Regional Service Authority for freeways and expressways. Are CVR safe? Now, 258 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:32,000 madam clerk, would you please note for the record, are there any changes to the 259 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:36,640 roll call since we started? >> Thank you, Chair Galdo. We will note 260 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:41,440 that our safe directors recommen are absent. Excuse [clears throat] me. We'll 261 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:46,160 note for the record that director Maple and Sander are also present. 262 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:50,320 » Thank you. Uh we'll move on to public communications for the CVR safe meeting. 263 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:54,400 And so again, an opportunity for anyone to speak on an item that does not appear 264 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:58,559 on the agenda. Do we have any public comment for the CVR safe? 265 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:03,280 » There's no public comment. >> Great. Thank you. Then and again, do we 266 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:07,360 have any uh conflicts that any directors would need to disclose for the CVR safe 267 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:11,679 portion? >> All right. Seeing none, then I will take 268 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:16,640 up the consent calendar. We have three items. the minutes from the January 15, 269 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:20,160 2026 meeting, the extension of the Capitol Valley Regional Service 270 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:24,320 Authority for freeways and expressways operation assistance, and requests for 271 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:28,320 proposals for Capitol Valley Regional Service Authority for freeways and 272 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:33,360 expressways motorist aid, call answering. Um, there anyone need to pull 273 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,520 anything from this consent calendar? >> Move to approved by Baines. 274 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:39,280 » Bradford will second. >> Cenfield second. I was going to move. 275 00:19:37,679 --> 00:19:42,000 » Thank you. >> Thank you. I know they're so fast. That 276 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:46,400 is too slow. >> Annette, you caught that. All right, 277 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:49,360 perfect. So, I thank you. I appreciate I have a motion. Is there any public 278 00:19:47,679 --> 00:19:53,120 comment on the consent calendar? >> There's no public comment. 279 00:19:50,640 --> 00:20:00,320 » All right. All those in favor? >> I opposed abstain. Thank you. 280 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:04,240 Well, now we get to adjourn as the CVR safe board of directors and we will 281 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:09,440 reconvene as the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. Um, so we again we're 282 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:13,200 starting off with the consent calendar. Is there anyone that would like to pull 283 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:20,000 anything from the consent calendar? >> Madame Chair, I'd like to pull item 11 284 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:24,480 from the consent calendar. Participation in the water form agreement 2015. 285 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:28,960 » Thank you. Did you want to have a conversation about that or 286 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:33,600 » I will leave it to the pleasure of staff whether we have time to have this 287 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:37,760 conversation today or move it to April. >> Thank you. 288 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:41,600 Is there any um any rush on this that has to be done this 289 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:45,760 week or this meeting? All right. If seeing none, then we can move that on to 290 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:51,679 our next meeting agenda. Um again, any other items anyone like to 291 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:54,000 pull off the consent calendar? >> All right, 292 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,720 » Madam Chair, I'll move the balance of the consent calendar for approval. 293 00:20:55,679 --> 00:21:03,280 » Second. >> Thank you very much. I do have a request 294 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:06,559 to speak on item 18. Oops. Not on consent. So, any uh public comment on 295 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:09,520 consent? >> There's no public comment. 296 00:21:07,919 --> 00:21:13,760 » Thank you very much. We've got a motion and a second. All those in favor? 297 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:18,559 » I opposed. >> All right. We're moving. 298 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:22,880 » Galdo, um I think you director Howell had asked uh in terms of staff 299 00:21:20,559 --> 00:21:26,480 recommendation on the item pulled off. You you are welcome to have a 300 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:30,159 conversation on that today. There is no rush. Uh we've been talking to Director 301 00:21:28,159 --> 00:21:34,400 Howishel and Director Kaslowski as well. So, pleasure of the chair. If you'd like 302 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:36,960 to uh try to have the conversation and move the item today, you're welcome to 303 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,760 do so. >> Madam Chair, I think we can do this like 304 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:43,919 in 90 seconds. >> Let's do it then. 305 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:48,960 » All right. So, I saw this and uh having been an alumni of Water Form One, I 306 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:53,760 thought, well, well, this is uh this is a different lane that than SEKOG is 307 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:59,760 usually in. So, I reached out to James and Casey and u we had a conversation. 308 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:07,760 So Casey, can you tell us a little bit why uh you're asking for SEIKOG to be um 309 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:13,600 part are you a participant or a signatory? And if you know based on your 310 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:18,720 answer, tell us why. >> Yes. Uh thank you Director Howell. Yes, 311 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:21,600 SEIKOG uh has been invited. Seikk was first invited to participate in the 312 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:26,320 update to that agreement. It's called the water forum successor effort because 313 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:31,120 the current agreement expires in 2030. So the new agreement would go to 2050. 314 00:22:28,799 --> 00:22:34,400 Uh SECOG was invited a number with a number of other organizations to 315 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:40,240 participate in the public caucus. There are four caucuses of that um uh of that 316 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:44,480 effort and then also to become a signatory of it. And so that's what's on 317 00:22:42,159 --> 00:22:49,679 the agenda today to sign theou which is in the attachment there as well. The 318 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:53,440 reason that uh SEIKOG uh participated in it and that staff is recommending that 319 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:59,280 we become a signatory to it as an agency is that this is a network of both um 320 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:04,240 water purveyors, environmental interest, business interests and also public 321 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:08,799 interests in uh supporting the co-equal goals of this agreement, right, which is 322 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:14,720 the environmental health of the American River as well as the um supporting 323 00:23:11,919 --> 00:23:19,440 economic growth in the region. And so those two co-equal goals we feel align 324 00:23:17,679 --> 00:23:24,240 very well with SECOG's triple bottom line goals. It also brings us into a 325 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:29,039 network um that is focused on uh adaptation of the American River wershed 326 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:33,039 over that time period. And so we would be part of a network that understands 327 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:37,360 what are the regional like project priorities uh to be able to advance to 328 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:42,000 ensure the continued growth and sustainability of the region. And then 329 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:48,400 finally um we find that we've participated in other networks that have 330 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:54,080 um similar uh environmental and climate focuses and when we are able to be there 331 00:23:51,679 --> 00:23:57,840 coordinated we can coordinate advocacy we can also put forth SECOG's priorities 332 00:23:55,919 --> 00:24:03,440 to get support and so we find that to be very helpful and then lastly um we were 333 00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:07,520 invited in as well as uh an expert agency that does long range planning um 334 00:24:05,919 --> 00:24:11,440 doing long range economic and demographic forecasting to be able to 335 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:15,200 contribute that to the water forum's ongoing work. 336 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:19,039 » And the you may have said this and yeah, I know you said this to me this morning. 337 00:24:17,279 --> 00:24:22,400 Um some of the other public members include 338 00:24:19,919 --> 00:24:26,159 » SAFEA. Yes. Um other public members include uh this SAFEA. So Sacramento 339 00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:32,640 Area Flood Control Agency, American River Flood Control, SMUD, um all of the 340 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:36,559 cities and counties that are within the American River wershed. So that's in 341 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:41,440 Placer, Elorado, and Sacramento counties as well as League of Women Voters and 342 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:45,120 maybe a couple other non-governmental organizations. 343 00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:50,159 » So again, Madam Chair, I wanted to daylight this so somebody didn't see the 344 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:55,279 agenda item and said, "Wait, I thought SAT SEIKOG was air quality and 345 00:24:53,039 --> 00:25:01,520 transportation. Are they getting outside their lane by going into the water form 346 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:06,880 agreement?" Having that explanation, I don't think you're outside. I don't 347 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:09,840 think SECOG's outside its lane and so I would move approval of this item. 348 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,880 » Second. >> Thank you. I have a motion to second. Is 349 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:16,080 there any other public comment on this item 11? 350 00:25:14,559 --> 00:25:22,480 » There's no public comment. >> Thank you. All those in favor? 351 00:25:18,159 --> 00:25:27,520 » I opposed and stay. Motion carries. Thank you. Next up is item 17. It's an 352 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:32,159 action item. It's our 2026 SEIKOG federal funding cycle. and David Pap, 353 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:35,720 our staff will do the presentation. >> Stay in your lane. 354 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:42,799 » Good morning. >> Uh good morning. Uh David Pap, principal 355 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:49,600 planner. Um so I'll be presenting an overview uh of SEIKOG's 2026 federal 356 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:53,919 funding cycle. So this will include uh funding outlook, program structure and 357 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:58,559 implementation timeline for the congestion mitigation air quality or 358 00:25:55,919 --> 00:26:04,240 CMAC and surface transportation block grant or STBG funds. 359 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:08,799 So today we're asking the board to take three actions related to the 2026 360 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:14,400 federal funding cycle. One is to adopt the federal funding estimate, two 361 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:17,840 approve the program budget, and three authorize staff to open the call for 362 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:21,760 projects. So together these three actions will formally initiate the 363 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:25,120 funding cycle. Um before I get into the funding 364 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:30,159 overview, I did just want to provide a little bit of context on where we 365 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:35,039 started and and where we've come from. Um so as the region's designated MO and 366 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:38,960 consistent with federal requirements and the corrective action, SEIKOG is 367 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:44,159 responsible for administering CMAC and STBG funds on a regionwide basis. 368 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:48,240 Um through a nearly two-year process, SEIKOG staff working with the multi- 369 00:26:45,919 --> 00:26:54,480 agency working group and in coordination with the board, many of which you've all 370 00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:58,559 participated in this, um completed the transition from a 4count 371 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:01,520 to a sixcount performance-based competitive funding framework that 372 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:06,080 defines how these funds will be administered. So since then, program 373 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:10,159 guidelines have been adopted, funding assumptions for fiscal years 28 through 374 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:15,120 30 are in place, and the proposed evaluation criteria and program budgets 375 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:18,559 are finalized. So today's action really allows staff to move from framework 376 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:23,919 development into the implementation phase. 377 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:29,520 So for this cycle, it's expected we're expected to program approximately 230 378 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:35,039 million across federal fiscal years 28 through 30. So, this breaks down to 379 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:41,679 approximately 102 million in CMAC funds and 128 million in STBG with the STBG 380 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:47,279 funds uh split between two programs at 65 and 35% per previous board action in 381 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:50,799 September. Um, and I do want to note that these 382 00:27:49,039 --> 00:27:55,760 figures are still estimates and assume federal reauthorization. Um, if any of 383 00:27:53,440 --> 00:28:00,559 these numbers were to change, uh, staff would return to the board with updated 384 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:04,159 funding levels. So, in terms of how the funding will be 385 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,360 used, it's really structured around three core programs that balance 386 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:13,679 regional priorities and implement the 2025 blueprint. Um, approximately 91.9 387 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:17,120 million of the CMAC funding will be available through what we're calling the 388 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:21,039 next generation solutions and clean air program. And this focuses on funding 389 00:28:19,279 --> 00:28:28,640 projects that reduce emissions and explan expand clean mobility. 390 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:32,559 Um roughly 72 million or 65% of the SDBG funds will go to the system performance 391 00:28:30,399 --> 00:28:37,039 program and that will be funding projects that at a high level improve 392 00:28:34,399 --> 00:28:41,360 safety, reliability and the overall function of the transportation system. 393 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:45,840 And then finally roughly 38.8 million will be going to the system preservation 394 00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:50,159 program to fund projects that explicitly maintain and extend the life of key 395 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:54,960 roadways. So in addition to the competitive 396 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:59,600 programs approximately 9.1 million or 27.3 million over three years is 397 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:04,559 proposed for board directed priority programs. So collectively these 398 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:08,480 investments support regionwide services targeted programs and planning 399 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:13,039 monitoring and implementation activities that are necessary to administer the 400 00:29:10,399 --> 00:29:19,039 federal funding and advance uh regional policy. So this includes things like the 401 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:23,919 uh Sacramento emergency clean air for transportation program, sustainable 402 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:29,000 milability, uh our new region regional payment management program and freeway 403 00:29:25,679 --> 00:29:29,000 service patrol. 404 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:35,200 And then as it relates to project evaluation for these competitive 405 00:29:33,279 --> 00:29:39,120 programs, um SEIKOG will use a standardized performance-based 406 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:43,840 evaluation framework that will support consistent and transparent funding 407 00:29:40,799 --> 00:29:47,679 decisions. So the proposed evaluation criteria is included in your packet 408 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:51,840 today and this would be applied through a technical evaluation committee 409 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:56,159 composed of subject matter experts from across the region. Um but ultimately the 410 00:29:54,320 --> 00:30:01,520 final funding decisions will be made by the SEIKOG board and at a high level 411 00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:06,000 projects will be evaluated based on deliverability and readiness, financial 412 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:10,159 capacity and cost effectiveness in alignment with uh per sorry performance 413 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:15,840 and alignment with local and regional priorities. 414 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:21,039 Um so in terms of timing the cycle would begin uh with a system preservation call 415 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:26,799 for projects. Uh ultimately we would be opening the call today. Um and award 416 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:33,440 recommendations for that program would be in August. Uh the calls for system 417 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:37,120 performance and nextg clean air would open in June and follow a unified 418 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:41,520 schedule with applications due in September and award recommendations in 419 00:30:39,039 --> 00:30:47,440 December. Um the reason for the staggered timing is to allow ample time 420 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:53,520 for folks to prepare their applications um and not overwhelm by doing it all at 421 00:30:50,399 --> 00:30:58,720 once. Um let's see here. And then 422 00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:05,039 yeah uh programming activities would begin um in February 27 for for all 423 00:31:02,559 --> 00:31:10,080 three programs. So just to summarize, um staff is 424 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:14,720 recommending board approval of the 230 million in CAMAC and SDBG funding 425 00:31:12,159 --> 00:31:20,399 estimate and program budget and authorizing staff to open the 2026 426 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:24,559 federal funding cycle call for projects. And with action today, staff can 427 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:29,679 officially launch the first ever sixcount federal funding cycle. 428 00:31:27,679 --> 00:31:33,760 So that concludes my presentation. >> Thank you very much. I know we've had 429 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:37,039 multiple discussions on this item in our different committees. Any other 430 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:40,799 questions or comments? 431 00:31:39,519 --> 00:31:43,919 All right. Seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? 432 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:48,720 » There's no public comment. >> I'll bring it back and ask for a motion. 433 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:54,240 » I'll move approval down. Thank you. Down to Calvo and a second. 434 00:31:51,519 --> 00:32:00,240 » Thank you. All those in favor? >> I I opposed. 435 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:04,559 » All right. Motion carries. Thank you. Next up is our action item number 18. 436 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:08,320 It's our mobility zones early action project approval and Kathleen Aziz will 437 00:32:07,039 --> 00:32:11,039 be our presenter. >> Thank you so much, Madam Chair. It's a 438 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:14,559 pleasure to be with you all. Always fun to get a staff presentation at an 439 00:32:12,399 --> 00:32:18,320 off-site meeting. Um, so the item before you is an action item. Staff and the 440 00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:22,080 transportation committee are requesting approval to fund six early action 441 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:26,760 projects that have been identified through the multi-year mobility zones 442 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,760 process. 443 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,799 Oh, there we go. Okay, my presentation this morning is going to have three 444 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:36,159 sections. I'll provide you a little bit of background on on the various 445 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:40,240 presentations staff have brought to the board on mobility zones over the last 446 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:44,080 couple of years. The bulk of the funding that is recommended for approval today 447 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:47,760 is carbon reduction program funding. So, I'll talk a bit about where that funding 448 00:32:45,519 --> 00:32:50,960 comes from. Um, and then I'll provide an overview of the six early action 449 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:55,519 projects that are recommended for approval. Both how those were identified 450 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:58,720 and what the six projects are. And then we'll talk about next steps on what's 451 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:02,559 going to happen with these six projects and with the other 27 projects that were 452 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:06,760 identified through the process but are not recommended for funding today. 453 00:33:07,679 --> 00:33:13,600 Many board members will remember the first major action that we took on the 454 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:18,880 mobility zones project was to adopt 10 phase 1 mobility zones. You can see them 455 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:22,000 here in pink um on the slide. There's also a link in your staff report to an 456 00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:26,320 interactive map if you want to zoom in on any of those boundaries. Um, and so 457 00:33:24,159 --> 00:33:30,640 these 10 mobility zones represent parts of the region that have both a high 458 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:34,559 level of demographic inequity, high proportions of low-income folks, 459 00:33:32,559 --> 00:33:39,120 non-white communities, and also a lot of transportation need places that have 460 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:44,240 poor pavement condition, little access to transit, difficulty walking and 461 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:48,880 biking in their communities. Following the selection of the 10 462 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:52,960 mobility zones, staff and consultant support did a need assessment of each of 463 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:56,559 the 10 mobility zones to really understand exactly what's going on in 464 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:59,840 each of those places, what are their key transportation challenges, getting us 465 00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:02,799 towards, you know, what are some transportation projects that could 466 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:06,399 actually improve quality of life for these communities. So, you'll see here 467 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:10,720 that these are some of the themes that we heard across the 10 very different 468 00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:15,440 mobility zones in this region. Um, and the full details of those reports are 469 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:19,280 are linked in the attachments. We last presented to the board in 470 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:22,720 December of last year where we talked about where we were on getting to the 471 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:26,000 final stage of this process, which is identifying the six early action 472 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:30,000 projects that are before you for action today. And so we started with over a 473 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:34,000 hundred projects identified by the community last summer and have been 474 00:34:31,919 --> 00:34:37,679 working through a multi-step process of winnowing that down in partnership with 475 00:34:35,919 --> 00:34:42,159 city, county, and transit operator staff. And so when we last came to you 476 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:46,000 in December, we were at a list of 33 high priority projects. Those are also 477 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,960 linked in your staff report. Um, and so really the focus of my presentation 478 00:34:47,359 --> 00:34:54,159 today has been on the progress since December to go from that list of 33 down 479 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:59,280 to the six, one in each county that are recommended for your approval today. 480 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:03,680 As I mentioned, the bulk of the funding that's recommended for approval is 481 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:07,359 carbon reduction program or CRP funding. This is a federal formula type of 482 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:10,480 transportation funding. It's a new type of funding that was created in the 483 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:16,160 infrastructure investment and jobs act in 2021. So this is sixcount federal 484 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:22,079 funding that comes um in a formula basis for a total of 22.6 million for the 485 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:27,280 whole SEIKOG region over 5 years. In 2023, the board took action to direct 486 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:31,359 how those CRP funds would be spent. And the board's um action was a sort of 487 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:35,680 two-pronged approach with a near-term approach and a long-term approach. The 488 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:39,280 near-term was a competitive funding round. I believe attachment C in your 489 00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:42,960 staff report lists those projects that were funded in that initial funding 490 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:47,119 round. And then the long-term approach is to put the funds towards mobility 491 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:51,599 zones and trails. And so this action before you today and one of your items 492 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:56,880 coming next month really uh formalizes that long-term action and implements the 493 00:35:53,440 --> 00:36:00,720 board's direction from 2023. This is how those funds have been um 494 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:04,400 allocated so far. just to give a reminder of sort of the spread of where 495 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:09,280 CRP funds have been awarded throughout the region. So you can see in the blue 496 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:14,240 column on the left the award recipients from that initial competitive CRP round 497 00:36:11,359 --> 00:36:18,960 in 2024. The pink in the middle is the recommended awards as part of this item 498 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:23,040 and then the remaining $3.2 million will be programmed through the trails via ATP 499 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:26,320 and that should come before the board in early 2027. 500 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,760 All right, all that background aside, we'll 501 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:33,119 talk a bit about how updates since we were last here in December on how we got 502 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:38,079 down from those 33 high priority projects to the six before you. So, 503 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:41,200 looking at all three of those 33 high priority projects, I want to be clear, 504 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:44,320 there's no bad projects on this list, right? We have a limited amount of 505 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:48,240 funding and the initial board direction in 2023 was to have one project in each 506 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:51,599 county. So, it's been really a multi-step process to figure out what 507 00:36:50,079 --> 00:36:56,000 makes sense to go right now with the money that we have. And so all 33 508 00:36:54,240 --> 00:37:00,400 projects went through both a technical evaluation, you can find the results of 509 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:04,079 that evaluation in attachment E, and through robust community engagement in 510 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:08,640 partnership with our community- based organizations. We have our teammates 511 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:11,280 here from Civic Thread in the room. So I just want to thank them for all their 512 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:15,280 hard work to do such incredible engagement on this project. Just in our 513 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:18,960 third round of engagement in October and November, we reached more than 2,000 514 00:37:17,119 --> 00:37:23,599 people around this region, many of them in person, as you can see. um in just 515 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:27,200 four weeks of that engagement cycle. So the recommended projects before you 516 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:31,440 really represent sort of a robust community identified projects that serve 517 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:35,440 these very localized communities that were identified. 518 00:37:33,839 --> 00:37:38,880 Once we had the results from both of those two types of evaluations, we 519 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:43,200 brought them to the project's advisory committees and task force. These are 520 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:46,880 bodies that were appointed early on in mobility zones and meet every quarter 521 00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:49,760 and have been directing the progress of the project and developing 522 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:54,720 recommendations that come before you at the board. So ultimately those bodies 523 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:57,520 recommended the final list of six projects that's been before 524 00:37:55,760 --> 00:38:01,359 transportation committee and board this month. 525 00:37:59,839 --> 00:38:05,680 I'll now walk you through each of the six projects um to give you a sense of 526 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:10,079 what they include and how much funding is recommended for approval. The project 527 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:14,960 in Sacramento County is a Floren bus stop bundle project. This is a bundle of 528 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:19,440 13 bus stop improvements in SA South Sacramento on both Bruceville Road and 529 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:24,400 Floren Road. So, this adds shelters and benches to existing bus stops in that 530 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:30,960 area. And the recommended approval award is $1.3 million for construction. 531 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:35,520 The recommended project in Yolo County is the Woodland Transfer Point Project. 532 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:40,160 This relocates the existing Woodland transfer point from the county fair 533 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:43,839 mall, which is largely vacant, to downtown Woodland, which is a a much 534 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:47,200 better location. It's consistent with YOLO Transportation District short-range 535 00:38:45,599 --> 00:38:50,880 transit plan and really provides a better location for transit riders to be 536 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:55,599 making those connections and getting to downtown Woodland. So, the recommended 537 00:38:52,800 --> 00:39:00,160 award is 1.07 million also for construction. 538 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:04,480 The recommended project in Pler County is the Bowman Road sidewalk infill 539 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:09,200 project. Bowman Road is a frontage road along Interstate 80 in North Auburn. And 540 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:14,079 so this closes an important sidewalk gap outside of uh school to provide those 541 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:17,599 students safer access from their school grounds into the adjacent neighborhood 542 00:39:15,839 --> 00:39:22,079 where many live and also where many families do pick up. So this is also a 543 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:26,280 construction recommended approval of just under $3.6 million. 544 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:32,640 The recommended project in El Elorado County is a series of crossing 545 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:37,040 improvements in Georgetown along Main Street. So this is kind of the the core 546 00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:41,040 downtown Main Street, if you will, of Georgetown in in unincorporated Elorado 547 00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:45,119 County. And so this improves the existing crossings at three locations, 548 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:47,760 making it safer both for local residents, but also for the economic 549 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:51,760 development that they have when they have events in Georgetown. It's also a 550 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:56,520 recommended project for construction with an award of $1.75 million. 551 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:03,520 The recommended project in Sutter County is Sandborn Sidewalks and Bus Stops. So, 552 00:40:01,359 --> 00:40:07,839 this is at the southwest corner of Yuba City Limits. Um, and so this adds 553 00:40:06,079 --> 00:40:12,640 sidewalks on the eastern side of Sandborn Road as you can see in the map 554 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:16,240 here from Nan to Bogue. Um, there's also a bus stop at this location. So, the 555 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:20,240 project scope includes providing some upgrades to that existing bus stop. 556 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:23,680 You'll notice in the bottom left of the map shown there that this is also where 557 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:27,359 the Sik Temple is. And so in addition to providing access for residents in this 558 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:31,520 neighborhood, it improves transit and walkability access to a key regional 559 00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:36,320 destination. The recommended award is $900,000 for construction. 560 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:40,640 And last but never least, the recommended award in Yuba County is for 561 00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:45,599 a volunteer driver program study. So what this study would look at is what uh 562 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:49,680 opportunities there are for Yuba transit to be able to work with existing rural 563 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:55,440 communities in the Yuba foothills to provide um better transit access. So 564 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:58,720 there are some very informal volunteer driver programs that exist in these 565 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:01,839 communities right now. Basically neighbors loaning vans and helping each 566 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:05,359 other get down. If you haven't been to this part of the region, it's like 45 567 00:41:03,599 --> 00:41:08,000 minutes from Mary'sville. So if you live up there, you know, you're 45 minutes 568 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:11,440 from your major grocery store and hospital and all of that. And so looking 569 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:15,839 at what opportunities there are to be able to formalize that um or otherwise 570 00:41:13,839 --> 00:41:19,599 improve those folks access to the major destinations in Mary'sville and Yuba 571 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:23,680 City. And so because it's just a study um the recommended award is $100,000. 572 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:28,319 I'll also note that this recommended award isn't for CRP. It's for the raise 573 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:31,520 funds that we have on the mobility zones project. This just helps us use the 574 00:41:30,079 --> 00:41:34,480 funds that we have in the vest place since this is planning work and 575 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:38,960 stretches our CRP dollars a little farther on the other projects. 576 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:43,359 So, those are your six projects recommended for approval. On next steps, 577 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:47,359 um should the board choose to take action and a award the six projects 578 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:51,280 today, staff will work with the city, county, and transit operator partners to 579 00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:54,880 get those funds programmed and get them underway. It'll be a different timeline 580 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:57,920 for each project, but SEIKOG will provide that technical assistance as 581 00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:01,920 they get through delivery over the next few years. And then really critically, I 582 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:06,240 want to note that the other 27 projects are still on the table. And so we'll be 583 00:42:04,079 --> 00:42:10,800 developing implementation toolkits, doing more analysis to understand what 584 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:14,400 those 27 projects need. Some of them are very construction ready and and you'll 585 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:18,240 likely see them coming through for competitive funds through other SEIKOG 586 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:21,760 processes. Others of them are really early in ideation and need more 587 00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:25,359 technical assistance to get developed. So we'll be doing analysis to understand 588 00:42:23,359 --> 00:42:28,720 what each of those 27 projects need and what SEIKOG can do to help over the 589 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:32,800 coming years to get more of them under construction and funded. And so that 590 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:38,800 concludes my presentation. I'm happy to take any questions. 591 00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:42,480 » Thank you very much. Questions? All right, seeing none, I do have u I'll 592 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:46,560 open up for public comment. I do have one public comment card. Any others 593 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:49,280 besides this one, Madam Clerk? >> There's no other public comment. 594 00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:52,280 » All right, then I'll call up Auburn Bernstein. 595 00:42:53,599 --> 00:42:58,400 Uh thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning. Autumn Bernstein with the Yolo 596 00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:02,079 Transportation District in Woodland, California. And I'm here today to urge 597 00:42:59,839 --> 00:43:05,920 your support for all of these phenomenal projects um in this round, but in 598 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:09,760 particular for the down uh downtown Woodland transfer point project. This 599 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:14,240 will fill a critical need in Woodland and in Yolo County's uh transit network 600 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:17,040 as a whole by getting our transit hub out of a nearly abandoned mall on the 601 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:21,200 edge of town, which is the place where we receive the most complaints about 602 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:24,640 safety in our entire system. Um, by relocating this to downtown Woodland, 603 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:28,480 it'll not only make things safer for our bus passengers that have to transfer 604 00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:32,800 there, but also for the first time ever have a one seat bus ride from downtown 605 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:36,880 Woodland to other key destinations like downtown Sacramento, the airport, UC 606 00:43:35,359 --> 00:43:40,000 Davis, etc. So, I think it's going to really be a benefit for downtown 607 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:44,560 Woodland as well in terms of increasing access to all the opportunities and 608 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:48,480 businesses in that area. And lastly, I just want to commend SEIKOG for pursuing 609 00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:51,920 this really innovative approach um that elevates the viewpoints of community 610 00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:55,680 members. It's not often that you get to hear from bus riders. They're not a very 611 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:58,800 politically active group and so really appreciate SEIKOG for taking this 612 00:43:57,119 --> 00:44:02,560 approach to reach out to them and hear from them along with other 613 00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:05,680 vulnerableities. Thank you. >> Thank you. 614 00:44:04,319 --> 00:44:07,920 All right, we'll close public comment and I will bring it back for action on 615 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:11,520 this item. >> Lauren moves the item 616 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:15,200 » second. You were so fast. And we're right next 617 00:44:13,839 --> 00:44:20,000 to each other, so it just works. Perfect. Thank you. A motion in a 618 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:24,800 second. All those in favor. Okay. Opposed. Extensions. Motion carries. 619 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:29,079 Thank you. I'm excited to see these projects. 620 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:29,079 » I need I need 621 00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:36,960 » Oh, that's a lot of lot of work to come up with that list. Our last action item 622 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:42,079 is our to approve our draft budget and overall work program and adopt the 623 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:46,480 salary schedules for fiscal year 2627 and Loretta Sue is our presenter. 624 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:52,319 » Thank you chair. Good morning. Um the draft budget and overall work program 625 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:57,440 for fiscal year 2026 27 is ready for board consideration. This is um sec 626 00:44:55,599 --> 00:45:02,640 required annual planning and budget documents. So this morning I'm going to 627 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:07,760 briefly go over the overall work program and some of the activities that will be 628 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:13,440 carried out in fiscal year 2627. Um touch on the draft budget for fiscal 629 00:45:10,079 --> 00:45:17,359 year 2627 and then also discuss a little bit about the fund balance 630 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:22,640 considerations and then I will close out with the um request for approval on the 631 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:27,880 salary schedule and also the request for board actions on the draft budget item. 632 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:38,400 So the budget and OWP or overall work program I'm just going to use OWP 633 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:43,440 throughout this presentation here are required by state and federal mandates 634 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:49,760 and must be prepared annually together they document our transportation 635 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:56,000 planning activity in the secog regions. The OWP is more than just a uh more more 636 00:45:53,119 --> 00:46:00,640 detailed than a typical budget. It show how our planning work implement the 637 00:45:58,319 --> 00:46:05,599 metropolitan transportation plan and sustainable community strategies also 638 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:10,960 known as the blueprint. The budget and OWP require board approval and then also 639 00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:16,280 approval by CALR and federal agencies for expenditures starting July 1st 2026. 640 00:46:17,119 --> 00:46:25,359 Consistent uh with prior year in February, staff submitted a draft um OWP 641 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:29,599 and budgets for CALR and federal agencies for review and comment. And 642 00:46:27,839 --> 00:46:34,880 this morning, staff is seeking board approval to release the draft budget and 643 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:39,839 OWP for public comment. And then in April, staff will bring back the final 644 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:46,920 budget draft and then um for board adoption and also followed by approval 645 00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:46,920 by CALR and federal agencies. 646 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:54,960 So I just want to highlight some of the work plan activities um in fiscal year 647 00:46:52,079 --> 00:47:00,160 2026 27 with the adoption of the 2025 blueprint. 648 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:03,920 Seikkok and its region's partner are moving forward with implementation of 649 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:10,000 the plan through the overall work programs. Seikkok has identified 18 work 650 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:15,119 programs within the five-year work plans focusing on these priorities. 651 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:20,800 The first priority is build vibrant places and inclusive places. Um the 652 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:25,839 major priority program in this priority is housing and some of the activities 653 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:29,920 includes support local delivery of the green means go grants and then also 654 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:33,839 preparations of the regional housing needs process. 655 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:39,440 The second priority is the next generations of mobility solutions 656 00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:46,000 priority program include transit. This includes um completing completing the 657 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:50,960 SB125 funding allocation plan and also updating to the FTA allocation process. 658 00:47:49,359 --> 00:47:56,160 And then also you just heard from Kathleen on the mobility zone. The focus 659 00:47:53,520 --> 00:48:01,200 will basically fund projects through the creation of the meaningful community 660 00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:06,319 engagement. The third priority is about modernizing 661 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:10,880 how we pay for transportation. Priority program include the strategic quarter 662 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:15,440 planning which includes support for Carta and then also preparations for the 663 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:20,640 managed lanes for future grants opportunities. 664 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:25,920 And the fourth priority is um building and maintaining a safe, equitable and 665 00:48:23,119 --> 00:48:31,440 resilient transportation system. Now, of course, you just heard from David on the 666 00:48:28,559 --> 00:48:36,480 uh federal um funding round cycle and then also um the focus is also 667 00:48:33,839 --> 00:48:40,400 implementation of the trail plan within the regions. 668 00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:44,640 Then also across all four priorities, Seikko also carry out the regional 669 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:49,680 monitoring reports which include the publications of the AB350 monitoring 670 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:55,680 reports and also the annual progress report. These are some of the example of 671 00:48:52,880 --> 00:49:01,200 work included in the OWP along with other requirement activities associated 672 00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:06,720 with Sikkok roles as MO regional transportation planning agency and also 673 00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:10,800 at council of governments. Before I go into the draft budget, I 674 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:16,079 just want to point out a few thing that is maybe unique a little bit unique to 675 00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:20,240 SEIKOK budgets. So SEIKO managed two separate budget which first budget is 676 00:49:18,079 --> 00:49:24,720 the general fund budget which including all the operation activity as I just 677 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:29,920 mentioned earlier and it also include the board and advocacy activities. 678 00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:34,400 Additionally also managed the capital rally regional service authority for 679 00:49:32,079 --> 00:49:42,520 freeway and expressway budget also known as the CVR safe. This budget is being 680 00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:42,520 appo approved by the CVR safe board. 681 00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:51,200 SECOG operation budget does include significant pass through funding and 682 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:56,720 then um also it fluctuates yearbyear but because of these fluctuations 683 00:49:53,680 --> 00:50:01,520 sometime the actual expenditure may be lack due to those pass through cost that 684 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:06,079 is being submitted for reimbursement by member jurisdictions and also sometime 685 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:11,440 of the consulting costs assoc associated with some of the discretionary grants 686 00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:16,640 and also I want to point out SECO often begins the year planning for use of some 687 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:21,680 um fund balance but with the goal of filling that gap during the fiscal year. 688 00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:26,160 This has proven successful over the last few years as I will go into a little bit 689 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:31,240 more detail when I share the fund balance um used for this budget year. 690 00:50:31,359 --> 00:50:38,960 This is just a um quick overview of all the different revenue source that SICKOK 691 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:43,359 receive as a metropolitan planning organizations, RTP, council of 692 00:50:41,599 --> 00:50:48,559 government and also discretionary grants. 693 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:54,440 Now just a quick high-level overview of the draft 2026 27 budget. 694 00:50:54,800 --> 00:51:01,480 So this is the total budget makeup for fiscal year 2627. 695 00:51:01,599 --> 00:51:12,160 Total um revenue projected is 52 I'm sorry 51.2 million in revenue and also 696 00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:19,200 use of um restricted and unassigned fund balance of approximately 1.5 million. 697 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:24,000 This represent a 6% increase over 25 26 budgets. As you can see from the chart 698 00:51:21,839 --> 00:51:28,640 here, the state and federal funds makes up majority of the revenue and this is 699 00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:34,800 mainly associated with the green beans go grant um from the federal level and 700 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:39,839 then also from the state side. And on the expenditure side, the 701 00:51:37,599 --> 00:51:44,480 year-over-year increase is largely driven by the higher pass through cost 702 00:51:41,839 --> 00:51:49,520 as I noted earlier on the green beans go program and um and other uh 703 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:54,960 discretionary grant like the mobility zone. 704 00:51:52,319 --> 00:51:59,599 The staff and benefits increased slightly. This is due to the cost of 705 00:51:56,880 --> 00:52:05,119 living adjustment but it was a partially offset by excluding two vacant position 706 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:10,400 from the current fiscal year. But I want to note that seikkok budget is approved 707 00:52:07,359 --> 00:52:16,079 in tandem with the OWP and then um sikok's management exercise the 708 00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:21,040 budgetary control at the fund level. So rather than budgeting at a fixed number 709 00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:25,599 of positions, this approach offer management greater flexibility in 710 00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:30,960 managing sikco personnel resources according to the work plan needs or in 711 00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:36,319 this case is to keep position unfilled due to some budgetary consideration 712 00:52:34,559 --> 00:52:41,760 as we all heard you know obviously there's still unknown with the um the 713 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:47,440 federal reauthorization bill so decide to put these two position on hold for 714 00:52:44,319 --> 00:52:51,359 now and then what might back later if we feel that there would be a need or 715 00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:56,160 obviously there need to carry out the work plan but then also that the 716 00:52:53,440 --> 00:53:00,000 additional funding may be secured either through discretionary grant or other 717 00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:05,040 means and then as you this also reflect the 718 00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:09,599 consulting cost that is slightly lower. This is also due to ending some of the 719 00:53:07,359 --> 00:53:14,480 discretionary grant for the fiscal year and then the near completion of the 720 00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:18,319 blueprint EIR work. For more information, comparison 721 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:23,200 information to the current fiscal year, the staff report and the attachment 722 00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:28,319 offer further detailed analysis um regarding this draft budgets. Um 723 00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:32,480 attachment A present a summary of revenue of changes by funding source 724 00:53:30,319 --> 00:53:38,440 while the attachment B outlines the revenue and expenditure for summary for 725 00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:38,440 the fiscal year. 726 00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:52,480 As I noted earlier, the the draft budget includes the use of um some restricted 727 00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:58,480 and unassigned fund requests. So this um obviously included some one-time needs 728 00:53:56,400 --> 00:54:02,800 and then also this approach is consistent with the SIKCO policy and 729 00:54:00,559 --> 00:54:06,880 then also to maintain long-term fiscal sil 730 00:54:04,319 --> 00:54:13,040 stability and preserve flexibility for future years. As you can see from this 731 00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:18,559 slide here, this you show the total use of one approximately 1.5 million in plan 732 00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:22,400 use of fund balance across the different category which include the use of 733 00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:26,079 managed fund and restricted fund of 618,000 734 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:33,040 for grant match and board approved program um such as the EI and also the 735 00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:38,240 match for the mobility zone grant and then it's also include a proposed use of 736 00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:42,960 250,000 from the pension trust to smooth out Kalper's unfunded 737 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:48,800 liability payment and then lastly included 660,000 of unassigned fund 738 00:54:46,319 --> 00:54:53,680 balance. This include both carryover of the previously approved fund balance 739 00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:59,760 where work spent multiple fiscal year and then also the prop sorry proposed 740 00:54:56,240 --> 00:55:04,319 use of 500,000 for the f first phase of the travel household travel survey which 741 00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:07,960 the board approved in March for the release of the RP. 742 00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:19,760 This is just a quick um highlight of what the estimated fund balance as of um 743 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:28,280 fiscal year ending uh June 30th, 2026 and also um based on the proposed use of 744 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:28,280 the fund balance for fiscal year 2027. 745 00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:39,680 Lastly, staff is requesting approval of an updated salary schedule effective 746 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:44,400 July 1st, 2026, which reflect a 3.2% 2% cost of living cost of living adjustment 747 00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:49,760 increase based on the California consumer price index. This is consistent 748 00:55:47,359 --> 00:55:57,359 with the labor agreement SECOG has with its employees associations. The detailed 749 00:55:52,720 --> 00:56:01,920 schedule are included in attachment K. So the recommendations for the board um 750 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:06,160 that the board the policy and innovation committee recommended that the board 751 00:56:03,839 --> 00:56:12,400 approve release of the draft budget and OWP for fiscal year 202627 752 00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:19,160 for public comment and then also adopt the salary schedule for fiscal year 2026 753 00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:19,160 27. 754 00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:26,319 This concludes the overview of the uh my presentation. happy to answer any 755 00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:29,520 questions or any feedback from the board. 756 00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:32,480 » Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I know you've done this presentation at 757 00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:37,119 our committee, so we had an opportunity to get into detail, but there are any 758 00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:40,480 further questions for Loretta at this time. 759 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:43,040 All right, seeing none, I will open up for public comment. Is Excuse 760 00:56:42,109 --> 00:56:45,520 [clears throat] me. Is there any public comment on this item? 761 00:56:44,079 --> 00:56:49,280 » There's no public comment. >> Bring it back. 762 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:53,960 » I move approval. Hey, that was like if we do that together, that was chorus. 763 00:56:54,000 --> 00:57:00,960 » I literally I know. So, I'm looking and I'm going to say who was it? Who was it? 764 00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:07,599 » Yeah. Please. >> Uh I know that we are going to have 765 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:13,960 potentially what we're seeing um is some uncertainty at the federal level and 766 00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:13,960 still 767 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:21,359 » in which in which area? it feels like in all it. 768 00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:26,480 » Um, and I'm just curious, you referenced the the two positions. Is there any 769 00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:29,760 other concerns um in regards to the money or other dollars that we have 770 00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:34,960 already built in at the federal from the feds um that those two could potentially 771 00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:39,599 be fought back? >> Well, obviously um included in the 772 00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:43,680 budget is our uh formula fundings for the um from the federal governments for 773 00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:47,200 the planning work, right? So we basically just assuming that funding 774 00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:51,839 will be continue at the current level with a slight increases. Um so that you 775 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:56,880 know obviously depending on what's going to happen with the reauthorization bill 776 00:57:53,839 --> 00:58:02,559 that may potentially aris >> are there any um plan B's or C's in 777 00:57:59,839 --> 00:58:08,160 regards to if if there is a world where that might change 778 00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:13,839 » a plan B in terms of uh hiring those positions or or or going the other way. 779 00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:18,000 Um, so just got back from DC, my third trip in 3 months where, um, I'm really 780 00:58:16,319 --> 00:58:22,240 glad hopefully all of you are going back in April for CAP to CAP. Um, the federal 781 00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:27,280 transportation bill expires in September, September 30th, the IIGJ. Uh, 782 00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:32,240 we will not have a bill that's nearly as big and wellunded and robust as, uh, 783 00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:37,839 going forward. There may be a new transportation bill uh certainly that is 784 00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:42,960 marked up in committee possibly passed and signed by the president this year 785 00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:48,160 but highly unlikely. Um if there is a new bill we could see anywhere from an 786 00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:51,680 increase not only in funds that come directly to SEIKOG but funds that come 787 00:58:49,839 --> 00:58:55,760 to all of you and that funding round item you just approved. We're working 788 00:58:53,200 --> 00:59:00,240 really hard. I know uh director Jones came back from Niko and talked about the 789 00:58:57,359 --> 00:59:08,319 basics act. So, we have a possibility of of putting things in the right direction 790 00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:11,440 or um probably we would likely >> the probably the most likely outcome is 791 00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:15,119 we won't get a bill this year. We'll have a continuing resolution. That is 792 00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:18,319 the most likely. The reason that and I just want to put a finer point because 793 00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:21,920 the board's been very engaged the budget the last few years. It's been great. Uh 794 00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:25,440 we basically have a balanced budget we're submitting to you because we're 795 00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:29,520 holding off those two hires. But for the 500,000 for the household travel survey, 796 00:59:27,839 --> 00:59:34,559 we feel this is a pretty conservative budget. If it if the bill comes through 797 00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:38,160 and gets done this year and it goes in the right direction, we will we will 798 00:59:36,319 --> 00:59:42,559 come back accordingly with uh budget amendments to go in the right direction. 799 00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:47,319 If not, I feel pretty confident that what you see before you is going to 800 00:59:44,319 --> 00:59:47,319 stick. 801 00:59:47,599 --> 00:59:52,240 » Thank you. Thank you for the question. I believe and just because you were 802 00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:57,200 closest, I heard a a motion from director soon. Chair, I have a quick 803 00:59:54,079 --> 00:59:58,799 question um before we go on. I'm sorry. >> Okay. 804 00:59:57,599 --> 01:00:02,160 » And Loretta, thank you for the presentation. What are the two 805 01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:06,880 positions? I I don't know if I missed that or could you tell me what they are? 806 01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:11,200 » Um one of the position is um for the transportation team and then also the 807 01:00:09,359 --> 01:00:16,799 other one is from our data team. Obviously, as I mentioned, um the way 808 01:00:13,839 --> 01:00:21,920 the budget is structured is all based at the um more fund level. So management 809 01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:27,200 sort of kind of determine when a a position is open to more looking at the 810 01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:32,319 overall agency needs. So the replacement of the open position may not you know be 811 01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:35,839 exactly you know replacing the existing or the you know the the open position. 812 01:00:34,799 --> 01:00:40,400 So >> yeah one last check. Any other 813 01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:44,480 questions? I have a motion. Is there a second? I'll second down and count. 814 01:00:42,799 --> 01:00:49,280 Thank you. Nobody wanted to say second after that 815 01:00:46,559 --> 01:00:55,040 motion. All right, I have a motion and a second. All those in favor? I opposed 816 01:00:52,559 --> 01:00:57,920 and abstensions. Motion carries. Thank you. 817 01:00:56,640 --> 01:01:01,680 That is the last of our action items. And so we are back up for our workshop 818 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:05,359 on the city of West Sacramento. And so we will going to bring director I don't 819 01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:10,000 know if you wanted to introduce again or any comments, but uh we will bring Erin 820 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:13,000 Thural back to do our workshop presentation. 821 01:01:13,359 --> 01:01:19,680 » Wonderful. >> Again, welcome. you've already heard um 822 01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:28,319 me be a cheerleader for our region and for West. We like to say West Bessack. 823 01:01:25,119 --> 01:01:32,880 Yeah. Yeah. Um we are very very fortunate to have an amazing city 824 01:01:30,319 --> 01:01:36,960 manager um in Aaron Laurel. He has been with us uh well he has been city manager 825 01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:43,680 for nearly eight years. I actually think you've been with us for 18 21 years. Um 826 01:01:41,599 --> 01:01:50,640 we've gotten to really see him grow up. that is um unusual to have that level of 827 01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:55,440 longevity and um hopefully he talks a little bit about his history here in 828 01:01:53,359 --> 01:02:01,200 addition to West Sacramento um because he has been foundational. Uh, Supervisor 829 01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:05,920 Viegas actually noted um Erin will talk about our EIFD and how we were the first 830 01:02:03,359 --> 01:02:10,640 city um in California to do that, but what he didn't say on the tour was he 831 01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:14,480 wrote that he has not only advocated for it, but he [laughter] 832 01:02:12,888 --> 01:02:17,119 [gasps] he is part of it. He could teach a class on this and so we're really 833 01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:21,760 fortunate to have him here in West Sacramento. And I'm uh very very excited 834 01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:26,799 to introduce uh my friend, my city manager, Aaron Laurel. 835 01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:31,920 Thank you, Council Member Early, very much for that was very gracious. U some 836 01:02:28,799 --> 01:02:36,240 of it was true. Um but no, I app I appreciate that. I will talk about uh 837 01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:41,440 some of the the legacy here um that I've been fortunate to uh witness a lot of. 838 01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:44,240 Uh we also refer to West Sacramento more recently as the baseball side of the 839 01:02:42,799 --> 01:02:48,000 river. Uh you'll see that branded everywhere. Uh talk about a little bit 840 01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:52,160 more about baseball in a minute. Um I know some of you are going to have to 841 01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:56,960 leave around 11:30, but um I'll just if if it entices you at all. Uh, Supervisor 842 01:02:54,799 --> 01:03:00,720 Pie did promise to open the bar if you'll stay till the end. So, uh, so I'm 843 01:03:00,079 --> 01:03:03,839 gonna get in >> the best move to adjourn 844 01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:07,599 » soon. Soon. >> Okay. Uh, when I when I talk about West 845 01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:10,960 Sacramento, I like and and those of you that are on the tour today got to see a 846 01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:14,559 good glimpse of sort of the present and future of our city, uh, especially 847 01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:18,240 around the riverfront and, uh, tried to give some historic context of how we got 848 01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:22,079 there. But, it's very difficult when you're looking at it today to kind of 849 01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:25,680 envision what it used to be like unless you were there. And so, and it's also 850 01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:29,599 difficult to understand West Sacramento and appreciate just how far we've come 851 01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:33,839 and some of the reasons it took us a while to get there uh without that 852 01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:38,880 historic context. And so, do the boring stuff first. Uh we uh we are a full 853 01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:43,359 service city here in West Sacramento. We uh uh do everything from uh police and 854 01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:48,079 fire to we are also the water uh purveyor. Um we are a city of I say 855 01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:51,920 around 60,000. I think we've been historically undercounted by the census 856 01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:56,880 which uh can hurt or help you in some ways. Uh we're also a major employment 857 01:03:53,920 --> 01:04:00,400 center um on par with some of the major uh centers out there like Rancho Cordova 858 01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:05,280 and downtown Sacramento uh just in terms of total employment. Um I think uh we we 859 01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:09,200 hopefully made it clear on the tour that you know we we were sort of formed by 860 01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:13,760 different communities that pre-existed the city. Uh but we're still only a city 861 01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:19,440 of less than 40 years old. Uh we also get confused sometimes um you know as as 862 01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:22,720 uh the name indicates we are not in uh Sacramento County. We are Yolo County. 863 01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:26,640 uh we're proud of that, but we're also proud to be uh culturally, economically, 864 01:04:25,119 --> 01:04:31,520 socially connected to the center of the region and and uh downtown Sacramento. 865 01:04:29,039 --> 01:04:35,359 So, we very much uh cross both boundaries. Um the organization, like I 866 01:04:33,839 --> 01:04:38,880 said, we are a full service city, so employment wise, we are a larger 867 01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:43,200 organization. I think the most notable thing here, two points. Uh one is we 868 01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:46,720 have a huge CIP. A lot of your cities do as well. Uh but when you see some of the 869 01:04:45,599 --> 01:04:51,440 projects we're working on, it'll make more sense. And because of that, um as 870 01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:54,400 as Dr. early mentioned uh we were one of the early actors when it came to what 871 01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:58,880 are we going to do after we lost redevelopment about you know it's been 872 01:04:56,480 --> 01:05:02,960 almost 15 years now um we were very quick to act in both rebuilding uh the 873 01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:07,839 toolbox through different tools but especially focusing on uh what became 874 01:05:05,039 --> 01:05:10,960 the EFD law I I didn't I wrote some portions of that of that law but there 875 01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:15,119 were very there are a lot of people a lot of great people that were involved 876 01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:19,039 in in the uh reconstitution of that uh about 10 years ago and so uh if you're 877 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:22,160 not familiar what that is it's a it's a tax increment financing district using 878 01:05:20,559 --> 01:05:25,839 property tax growth to help finance infrastructure. Um there's more and more 879 01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:28,720 of these uh springing up around California. It's kind of the best thing 880 01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:32,640 we have. We're still working on improving it, but uh we were the first 881 01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:35,359 to act on it. We also just issued bonds for the first time. So hopefully that 882 01:05:33,839 --> 01:05:39,920 helps pave the way for other cities to be able to to do that with it not being 883 01:05:37,359 --> 01:05:43,839 a a strange um instrument in the debt market. Uh so we kind of overcame some 884 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:48,720 of those hurdles. Um I I mentioned the growth here. You know, we started as a 885 01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:53,760 city of u less than 30,000 people. Um we've doubled since we incorporated. Um 886 01:05:51,599 --> 01:05:56,960 experiencing some major growth during u the same times when you all did. But I 887 01:05:55,599 --> 01:06:00,559 think what's notable about us is we still have a lot of ways to go. Um it's 888 01:05:59,039 --> 01:06:03,839 not just in the Southport area, which is a more suburban part of town, but most 889 01:06:02,079 --> 01:06:06,799 of the growth, believe it or not, is kind of where we are today. Um it's in 890 01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:10,319 the Bridge District, it's on the riverfront. We have a lot of highdensity 891 01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:15,119 housing that's yet to be built uh by design. And uh we we plan to top out 892 01:06:13,119 --> 01:06:17,920 around 90,000 people. So, uh, we'll never be quite as large as some of the 893 01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:22,480 bigger cities like Elkrove, but we'll be, uh, definitely, um, you know, a 894 01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:25,680 larger city in the region. But when you look at us, you know, and this is a good 895 01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:29,599 vantage point, I think, from a modern standard. This is looking west from 896 01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:33,680 downtown Sacramento. Across the river is West Sacramento. You'll notice right 897 01:06:31,520 --> 01:06:38,240 away, you know, there's there's a lot of um, vacant land still in the urban core. 898 01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:42,720 Um, there's it's sort of a underdeveloped uh, setting on that side 899 01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:45,920 of the river. And you can't help but ask yourself, well, why why is that? Why did 900 01:06:44,319 --> 01:06:51,039 West Sacramento take so long to kind of come about and and grow to where it's 901 01:06:48,319 --> 01:06:54,240 kind of on the same um density and trajectory as as say right across the 902 01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:57,920 river in downtown Sacramento. And there are good historic reasons for that. Uh 903 01:06:56,079 --> 01:07:00,799 this is dating back. This is probably I mean it's from a plane, so it's got to 904 01:06:59,359 --> 01:07:05,599 be probably at least in the 1920s, 1930s. Uh but it shows you on the left 905 01:07:02,960 --> 01:07:09,119 is is Sacramento. On the right is what then was East Yolo. Um, now West 906 01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:11,920 Sacramento, the the Broadderick neighborhood of the Washington District 907 01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:15,119 that we saw earlier. And you can see right there, it's it's very 908 01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:17,839 underdeveloped. Uh, West Sacramento was kind of the stop on the way for people 909 01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:21,599 that were coming up from the barrier during the gold rush. Um, as a result, 910 01:07:20,079 --> 01:07:26,319 there were a lot of unsavory things that happened on this side of the river. Um, 911 01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:29,680 you know, uh, bars, brothel, hotels that were just a stop on the way for people 912 01:07:28,079 --> 01:07:33,359 that were getting across the river, but no one really settled there other than 913 01:07:31,039 --> 01:07:36,319 that in that one little enclave. Uh part of that was because there weren't many 914 01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:40,319 connections back and forth and that kind of stayed true. The other reason um and 915 01:07:38,559 --> 01:07:45,280 this is something that's kind of a you know a reality of our history. Uh if 916 01:07:43,119 --> 01:07:49,760 you're familiar with redlinining um West Sacramento was actually a redline 917 01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:52,799 community back in the uh 19 late 1930s. That legacy really stuck with us. uh 918 01:07:51,599 --> 01:07:56,880 just if you're not familiar with the term, uh it was it was something that 919 01:07:54,559 --> 01:08:01,839 was uh really embedded in in in you know, racism and and um just sort of 920 01:07:59,119 --> 01:08:06,480 institutional uh racism back in the the uh pre-war days. Um this if you were a 921 01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:11,200 redline community, the federal government basically wouldn't back your 922 01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:15,920 mortgage. And so as a as a a you know, percentage of total mortgages in in uh 923 01:08:13,839 --> 01:08:18,319 communities back then, less than 2% of them in Redline communities were 924 01:08:17,279 --> 01:08:20,960 federally backed. And as a result of that, you didn't have a lot of 925 01:08:19,279 --> 01:08:24,159 investment. So there were other parts of Sacramento that that saw the same 926 01:08:22,480 --> 01:08:28,480 history. A lot of people don't know that West Sacramento was actually a Redline 927 01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:32,000 community. Um this is 1947. Kind of same thing. You know, you look across the 928 01:08:29,600 --> 01:08:36,480 river and this is on the left. Not a lot there. Um and that just sort of 929 01:08:33,839 --> 01:08:39,839 continued until uh we jump ahead to when the freeways were built. So this is now 930 01:08:38,159 --> 01:08:43,839 looking from West Sacramento over across the river. Uh this is roughly in the 931 01:08:41,679 --> 01:08:48,159 area where we are today uh at the foot of the the bridge there. Um this is the 932 01:08:46,400 --> 01:08:52,319 the kind of the first highway that was built was West Capitol Avenue. It was 933 01:08:49,759 --> 01:08:56,000 the Lincoln Highway. Uh if you have other people that went on the tour 934 01:08:53,839 --> 01:09:01,279 today, you saw it. Um at one point we had 35 motel. We had RV parks. We had 935 01:08:59,279 --> 01:09:05,199 very much autooriented uses. That was the East Yolo economy at the time and it 936 01:09:03,679 --> 01:09:10,480 was thriving around the highway back then. This is like in the 1950s. Um we 937 01:09:08,239 --> 01:09:14,159 had the capital in that's a real place. Uh they had the capital. We had the 938 01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:18,080 capital in. This is actually on the site where uh city hall is today. Uh and this 939 01:09:16,799 --> 01:09:21,520 was sort of that there were a lot of cool structures like this, neon signs 940 01:09:19,839 --> 01:09:24,640 and everything. People would drive on their way to Tahoe or points eastward 941 01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:27,839 and stop in West Sacramento. People didn't drive as far back then. And so 942 01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:31,839 that was our legacy. That's kind of how our our community started. Um but then 943 01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:34,880 the then the federal highways came around and and this these are the big 944 01:09:33,199 --> 01:09:39,040 highways, you know, building the Pioneer Bridge, building Interstate 5. Uh West 945 01:09:37,279 --> 01:09:42,960 Sacramento was effectively bypassed at that point. Uh this kind of shows it 946 01:09:41,679 --> 01:09:46,159 illustrated where if you're going to San Francisco now, you know, West Sacramento 947 01:09:44,799 --> 01:09:52,159 is kind of an afterthought. You can go there, but you can also just keep going. 948 01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:55,520 And uh I always like to use this um this comparison because people generally get 949 01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:57,440 the analogy. How many of you seen the movie Cars? 950 01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:01,199 » Yeah. >> Okay, cool. So when I'm doing this in 951 01:09:59,679 --> 01:10:03,920 other places, I'm I'm often presenting at conferences where like the 952 01:10:02,480 --> 01:10:07,040 demographic is like there's like people in their 20s. So I always have to say 953 01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:10,640 some of you saw it with your kids, some of you were kids. Uh but everyone 954 01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:14,480 generally gets the reference. So this is Radiator Springs on the map uh where it 955 01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:19,280 used to be part of the old, you know, sort of fictional Route 66. Then Highway 956 01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:22,239 40 was built. And if you remember, the town's people were so excited because 957 01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:26,080 they thought, "Hey, we're like on this major interstate system. We're going to 958 01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:29,440 get all this business." And uh they they prepped and had this big u you know 959 01:10:28,239 --> 01:10:31,520 banner. They were going to welcome all the travelers. And you know what 960 01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:36,960 happened? You know the rest of the story. It didn't happen. Uh that they 961 01:10:34,719 --> 01:10:40,640 were bypassed. the economy went went to you know what and uh and they had to 962 01:10:39,199 --> 01:10:44,800 figure it out. The difference is and this was West Sacramento story. West 963 01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:48,719 Capital Avenue became Radiator Springs in a way. Uh the difference is we didn't 964 01:10:47,199 --> 01:10:54,320 have Lighton McQueen to come along and save us and instead our legacy was this. 965 01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:59,199 What happened on West Capital Avenue back in the the late 1980s 966 01:10:57,120 --> 01:11:02,480 um was what would happen anywhere across the country that experienced the same 967 01:11:00,480 --> 01:11:06,239 thing. the motel owners that were there, they no longer had those traveler 968 01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:11,040 businesses and and resorted to things that, you know, resulted in a lot of 969 01:11:08,640 --> 01:11:14,960 challenges for a young city. Um, all the things that uh the headline was right, 970 01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:18,000 the crime rate was crazy here in the in the late ' 80s. And I think West 971 01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:21,360 Sacramento's reputation really suffered because of that for many years. So, that 972 01:11:20,159 --> 01:11:24,080 was part of the story. The other part of the story was this. You know, this is 973 01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:27,520 where in the bottom right of this picture is where we're sitting today. 974 01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:31,360 You wouldn't have known that that was possible back then. This was a kind of a 975 01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:35,840 riverfront port. We had rail lines criss-crossing everywhere. We had grain 976 01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:39,199 warehouses. We had uh highways that were built. Uh you couldn't really come up 977 01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:43,440 with a worse setup to try to build a cohesive community than what we were 978 01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:48,480 dealt uh back then in in the 80s. And so this is the bridge district today. I'm 979 01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:51,520 sorry, bridges back then. Um uh today it's a very different picture and and a 980 01:11:50,159 --> 01:11:55,040 lot of that is due to the level of investment the city made once it 981 01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:59,440 incorporated into transportation uh improvements. So, um, like I said, you 982 01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:02,560 know, one of the reasons the city incorporated was around the idea, we 983 01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:07,120 have this awesome riverfront that has great potential. We have great plans for 984 01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:10,400 it, but we really need to, you know, double and triple down on infrastructure 985 01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:14,880 investment and and transform this area into um a shovel ready site where 986 01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:17,600 private investment can eventually come. And a lot of that was also in terms of 987 01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:21,840 building a community and connecting those uh desperate disperate 988 01:12:19,679 --> 01:12:25,520 neighborhoods that were part of the uh origin story. they were all disconnected 989 01:12:24,159 --> 01:12:28,800 by whether it was rail lines or highways. And so a lot of the city's 990 01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:33,199 early investments were on very basic things, rail crossings, undercrossings, 991 01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:38,080 um and and then that that legacy continues today and reconnecting uh 992 01:12:35,520 --> 01:12:42,400 those communities into what is today a cohesive West Sacramento. Uh so again, 993 01:12:40,400 --> 01:12:47,600 this was the bridge district back then. Uh we heavily invested in infrastructure 994 01:12:45,760 --> 01:12:51,120 and the the first big catalyst project that came along was Sutter Health Park. 995 01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:55,280 Today it was field back then. But even then, if you remember what Field was 996 01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:58,800 like back in 2000 when it opened, uh the area around it was a lot like that 997 01:12:56,880 --> 01:13:01,840 former picture. I think there was a hope that, hey, we build this thing, it lands 998 01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:05,120 here, and we're going to have all this investment. I think we learned the hard 999 01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:09,520 way that that's just part of the the recipe. You had to then, like I said, 1000 01:13:07,920 --> 01:13:12,960 double down on on the infrastructure investment around it to create the 1001 01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:17,440 environment where infill development can really happen. And thanks to a lot of uh 1002 01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:21,600 public investment, a lot of help from SEIKOG grants and other other sources 1003 01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:26,159 and then our private partners, we were able to really make progress. This is 1004 01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:31,199 kind of just a aerial shot of the terraforming and all the all the big uh 1005 01:13:29,199 --> 01:13:34,800 you know movement we had to do in the bridge district to get the basic roads 1006 01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:40,239 in so we could actually build the first housing. Uh so this all occurred in uh 1007 01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:43,440 probably about 2012 to 2015. Uh this is kind of what you see today. 1008 01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:47,760 though even in this picture there are buildings the one on the right uh you 1009 01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:51,360 saw today is is almost done uh so things are happening very quickly now uh but 1010 01:13:49,840 --> 01:13:54,960 there were many many years where nothing happened because we had to make that 1011 01:13:52,800 --> 01:14:00,080 investment to make it possible so the bridge district today is uh slated for 1012 01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:03,840 up to 5,000 housing units uh 12 million ft of total development which is on par 1013 01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:09,280 with the same kind of density that you would see across the river and downtown 1014 01:14:06,159 --> 01:14:13,280 um today it has many amenities that uh people know well like the barn some 1015 01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:16,719 regional draws. We have an old uh rice pier that we actually converted into one 1016 01:14:15,199 --> 01:14:20,880 of the only places you can actually get out on the water in the river and and 1017 01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:24,640 you know take in the view. Uh and some of these other projects you saw today. 1018 01:14:22,640 --> 01:14:28,080 This illustration um you can laugh if you want, but um this actually 1019 01:14:26,400 --> 01:14:31,120 represents if you built the bridge district to its total density uh in 1020 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:34,159 terms of what the infrastructure can support. It's not what the market can 1021 01:14:32,719 --> 01:14:38,239 support yet, but this is what it would look like if you built it out uh to the 1022 01:14:36,159 --> 01:14:42,159 full density. Um, I would predict that we'll see something that's sort of in 1023 01:14:39,679 --> 01:14:45,679 the middle of of this uh this photo in reality. Uh, and it'll take a while to 1024 01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:49,440 get there, but we're well on our way uh with the first about thousand units and 1025 01:14:47,199 --> 01:14:52,480 a and a lot more development coming up. >> What's 1026 01:14:51,199 --> 01:14:55,600 in the river there? >> Yeah. So, uh, if you know Mark 1027 01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:59,199 Freriedman, he was the one that uh, paid for this and designed it. So, uh, it's 1028 01:14:57,679 --> 01:15:02,560 kind of an aspirational project, but I think the idea was, hey, wouldn't it be 1029 01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:06,159 great? We have the Riverwalk and then you can walk along there and and uh take 1030 01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:09,440 in the river, but wouldn't it be great if we could actually have a floating 1031 01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:13,440 pier where you could you could get in the water? Yes, 1032 01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:17,120 » there's causeway like that in Austin. >> Yes, I've been on it. 1033 01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:20,880 » Yeah. Not quite. >> Yeah. The difference there is that's 1034 01:15:18,719 --> 01:15:25,040 that's a sort of a river and they don't have the the fluctuations in in height 1035 01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:26,719 that we do, but but yeah, we we've actually looked at that. 1036 01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:30,880 » A real river. >> It is. It is. But they don't have 1037 01:15:30,719 --> 01:15:33,920 it >> is awesome though. 1038 01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:38,239 » I'll say as a as a Sacramento representative um I might get, you know, 1039 01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:43,199 beaten when I'm when I go back home. But I I I'll say that I often look across 1040 01:15:40,239 --> 01:15:46,480 the river and I'm um in awe and uh inspired by the work that you guys are 1041 01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:50,480 doing on the on the waterfront and I often go talk to our staff at the city 1042 01:15:48,719 --> 01:15:54,000 of Sacramento and I say, "What are we doing? How come we can't build like this 1043 01:15:52,640 --> 01:15:58,400 on the waterfront?" And there's a lot of reasons for that, including one called 1044 01:15:55,280 --> 01:16:01,360 Union Pacific. But anyway, um but you know, it's I think it's it's a great 1045 01:15:59,920 --> 01:16:04,880 aspiration. I think something that we should do be doing on both sides of the 1046 01:16:02,880 --> 01:16:08,640 river because when you look at great cities all across the United States and 1047 01:16:06,880 --> 01:16:12,080 beyond that are especially ones that are on the convergence of two rivers like we 1048 01:16:10,320 --> 01:16:15,679 are, they build up on their waterfronts, they build housing, they build 1049 01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:18,800 restaurants and bars and and recreation opportunities. And I think that's 1050 01:16:17,040 --> 01:16:21,040 definitely in the future for us. And so I'm just really excited about all the 1051 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:24,159 work you're doing. >> And we are too uh likewise in 1052 01:16:22,719 --> 01:16:27,920 Sacramento. So, I appreciate that comment because it does really speak to 1053 01:16:25,840 --> 01:16:32,080 kind of the promise and and why we do a lot of what we do on our side of the 1054 01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:36,480 river. Uh my joke about this and uh we'll talk in a minute about baseball. 1055 01:16:34,239 --> 01:16:39,600 Uh but DOCO was the best thing that happened to West Sacramento that we 1056 01:16:37,840 --> 01:16:43,120 didn't have to pay for, right? Uh just like everything we're doing over here, 1057 01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:47,440 if we if we do the type of thing we're talking about here, um it will just as 1058 01:16:45,679 --> 01:16:50,080 much benefit downtown Sacramento. And and that is the idea. We even though 1059 01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:53,199 we're two separate counties, two separate cities, our success is their 1060 01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:57,120 success. Everything that's happening in the rail yards is great for our city. 1061 01:16:54,880 --> 01:17:00,400 Soccer stadium, Kaiser, you name it. Uh but we're trying to do the same thing 1062 01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:06,960 for that exact reason. We want to be the regional draw for the whole the whole 1063 01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:10,000 region to uh recreate and enjoy. Um you know, we go back to where people live 1064 01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:14,640 and there's a great place in the region to live, but this is the economic and 1065 01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:18,159 cultural center of of the region and we want to be just as much a part of that 1066 01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:21,520 as downtown Sacramento. Um so I'm going to just highlight brief 1067 01:17:19,120 --> 01:17:26,239 » Karen. Can I just jump in real quick? Um, so this has really brought me down 1068 01:17:23,520 --> 01:17:32,800 memory lane because I'm from Lumis and my second job interview um at 19 was at 1069 01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:36,960 Clark Pacific and it was Techon Pacific back then and I will never forget 1070 01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:40,880 getting off the freeway to this huge billboard that said over a thousand1 1071 01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:45,920 hotel rooms. Yeah. >> You know, and I was like what what is 1072 01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:50,000 this? But I witnessed I was able to work for Clark Pacific three times over my 1073 01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:56,400 career. My husband actually um retired from there. But watching this incredible 1074 01:17:54,080 --> 01:18:01,760 transformation of this city has been amazing um since 1984 for me as I would 1075 01:17:59,840 --> 01:18:06,000 come down here. And um I just want to say it's just amazing and I love how I 1076 01:18:04,480 --> 01:18:10,640 love what you've done. I love the housing. Um it's just been a a knock out 1077 01:18:08,800 --> 01:18:15,520 of the park. So thank you. No, >> I appreciate that. and and uh you know 1078 01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:19,199 it it having that uh memory of the 80s is is especially profound when you when 1079 01:18:17,760 --> 01:18:21,600 you reflect on what has happened here. I think Supervisor Viegas growing up here 1080 01:18:21,040 --> 01:18:23,600 can >> Oh yeah. 1081 01:18:22,239 --> 01:18:26,080 » speak uh totally to that. >> So I have to give a shout out to 1082 01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:29,719 Whiteies. Yeah. >> And Club Feeasant 1083 01:18:30,159 --> 01:18:33,159 Neym 1084 01:18:34,719 --> 01:18:40,800 » Yeah. I think we just missed that. Um so uh I wanted to go back to the the motel 1085 01:18:39,520 --> 01:18:44,400 comment. So, uh, those of you who were on the tour today, um, saw some of the 1086 01:18:42,800 --> 01:18:48,080 work we've been doing. We did start with 35 motel and maybe at one point that 1087 01:18:46,480 --> 01:18:52,719 billboard was accurate. They've had to change it a few times. Um, the 1088 01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:56,400 association actually owns it, but um, we we very deliberately as part of our 1089 01:18:54,400 --> 01:19:00,560 redevelopment efforts on West Capitol Avenue have, and some of you saw that 1090 01:18:58,400 --> 01:19:04,880 today on the tour, um, acquired some of those motel properties, re temporarily 1091 01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:09,199 purposed them as interim supportive housing, uh, with an eye towards 1092 01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:12,480 redevelopment. uh you saw today our first big redevelopment project that's 1093 01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:16,800 going to be resulting from that effort. But as we go down the boulevard um that 1094 01:19:14,719 --> 01:19:20,400 that process is going to repeat itself uh really serves multiple purposes both 1095 01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:24,000 uh helping the population that is frankly kind of stuck there by 1096 01:19:22,239 --> 01:19:28,239 circumstance. Um I talked some of the the factors going into that um and 1097 01:19:26,239 --> 01:19:32,800 helping people that otherwise you know aren't getting much help. uh but also 1098 01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:37,360 looking to redevelop those sites into um new housing and and uh business 1099 01:19:34,719 --> 01:19:42,960 opportunities um as we as we kind of go east down the boulevard. So um SEIKOG 1100 01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:46,320 has been integral in in terms of um helping with those connections and the 1101 01:19:44,480 --> 01:19:49,760 transportation infrastructure investment that has led to a lot of the success 1102 01:19:48,719 --> 01:19:51,840 stories that we've had in West Sacramento, particularly around the 1103 01:19:50,719 --> 01:19:55,040 bridge district. But I wanted to get into a just to highlight a few and I'm 1104 01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:58,960 sorry if this is redundant with some of the tour uh but the I Street Bridge is 1105 01:19:57,280 --> 01:20:02,320 one that's very prominent. Uh if you've driven across it, you know the problems 1106 01:20:00,640 --> 01:20:05,679 with the Ice Street Bridge. Uh there's long been a plan to replace it. Uh it's 1107 01:20:04,239 --> 01:20:09,280 very notable on our side of the river because the new bridge, which is very 1108 01:20:07,199 --> 01:20:12,400 close to starting construction, um it actually lands in a different place. It 1109 01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:16,719 lands on Railards Boulevard on that side of the river. The old bridge uh is going 1110 01:20:14,640 --> 01:20:21,040 to be converted into a bicycle pedestrian bridge. Um this is the 1111 01:20:18,640 --> 01:20:24,080 rendering of the new um whether you want to call it rails bridge, sea street 1112 01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:27,280 bridge, or replacement bridge. We're still deciding on that, but it's a it's 1113 01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:32,640 a multimodal uh very much wider um you know, 1114 01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:36,880 pedestrian friendly um built for future types of transit and uh it will be a 1115 01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:40,320 dramatic difference compared to the current bridge. Uh like I said, the old 1116 01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:43,840 bridge will be converted into something like this. Um if you've been to the 1117 01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:47,199 Highline in in New York, it's not going to be the Highline, but it's going to be 1118 01:20:45,199 --> 01:20:50,719 as close as we can make it to that. U but it will be an important um 1119 01:20:49,199 --> 01:20:54,560 transportation uh asset for us going forward. You saw 1120 01:20:53,040 --> 01:20:58,719 this today. This is the overpass. There's a first pedestrian overpass over 1121 01:20:56,400 --> 01:21:02,159 the US50 uh freeway that runs through West Sacramento and bisects the city. Uh 1122 01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:06,880 the most notable thing here, if you missed it, is the the children that go 1123 01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:11,600 to school on uh they go to school on the left side of the bridge. Um on the right 1124 01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:16,239 side, there's neighborhoods that were so disconnected that it would cut their 1125 01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:19,520 walk time by like 20 minutes. So, it's a dramatic difference for for children 1126 01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:22,640 that live on that side. And that's not the only thing. I I actually live in one 1127 01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:26,320 of these neighborhoods and just seeing the number of people out doing active, 1128 01:21:25,040 --> 01:21:30,480 you know, whether it's transportation or just just health-wise, it's it's been a 1129 01:21:28,800 --> 01:21:32,400 great addition for us, too. And I know many of you have these in your 1130 01:21:31,440 --> 01:21:37,120 communities. You know what I'm talking about. Um, we have a trail system. A lot 1131 01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:40,960 of it is a rails to trails uh conversion. This is the Clarksburg trail 1132 01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:45,360 out in Southport. Uh, one of the early investments in the what was then the 1133 01:21:42,719 --> 01:21:49,760 SEIKOG bike ped program um is now being built out uh with additional SEIKOG uh 1134 01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:53,040 funding. You saw this today. This is Riverfront Street, uh the and Fifth 1135 01:21:51,360 --> 01:21:56,239 Street, the extension that we did. This used to be a two-lane road with a 1136 01:21:54,400 --> 01:22:01,600 freeway on ramp. And so we separated the bike path into a class one, uh trail, 1137 01:21:59,840 --> 01:22:05,840 and that really made it much safer, much more inviting for people that were more 1138 01:22:03,199 --> 01:22:09,920 casual bicyclists, uh getting to parts of West Sacramento that were very hard 1139 01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:13,120 to get to places like Sutter Health Park before. Uh so this was a dramatic 1140 01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:17,360 difference that was part funded in part by SEIKOG. uh the light rail project and 1141 01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:20,800 and this one is one that you know I've been in West Sacramento for 21 years. 1142 01:22:19,199 --> 01:22:26,159 I've been working on this project for 21 years. Um it's getting there. U it's a 1143 01:22:24,560 --> 01:22:30,480 big deal for us in terms of connecting us to the regional system. Uh right now, 1144 01:22:28,639 --> 01:22:34,080 you know, especially when you look at where we're standing today, what might 1145 01:22:31,840 --> 01:22:37,360 be here in the future, it's it's a key connection to make. Eventually, light 1146 01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:41,199 rail will hopefully head to the airport. Uh we want to be part of this system. 1147 01:22:38,960 --> 01:22:45,440 And so this project is is getting there. Like I said, uh we hope that it will um 1148 01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:51,040 you know, be under construction soon and just connect us to the 7th uh street 1149 01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:54,400 line in Sacramento. Uh this project is a is a little out there, but it's a a new 1150 01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:58,239 bridge that's out by the port of West Sacramento uh at the Enterprise 1151 01:22:56,080 --> 01:23:01,760 Crossing. This is the corridor. U and the theme here is West Sacramento only 1152 01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:05,040 has a few north south connections. It's been one of the things we suffered from 1153 01:23:03,280 --> 01:23:09,040 uh from a long time, not just from a traffic standpoint, but let's face it, 1154 01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:12,719 we're in a region that uh has flood risk and part of it is resiliency. We want to 1155 01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:16,719 make sure we have ways in and out in the worst case scenario. Uh but mainly this 1156 01:23:14,719 --> 01:23:21,679 is this is for traffic circulation. It will very much uh in a in a abstract way 1157 01:23:19,679 --> 01:23:25,280 help the riverfront because it pushes a lot of traffic away from what otherwise 1158 01:23:23,600 --> 01:23:28,719 would be coming through this corridor and in in doing that it allows us to 1159 01:23:27,040 --> 01:23:32,560 build higher density on on this side where it's mostly needed. Uh you you 1160 01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:36,880 learned today about Sacramento Avenue. This was our green means go uh project. 1161 01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:40,560 Um, this is being completely reimagined, redesigned, uh, from kind of an old 1162 01:23:38,800 --> 01:23:45,199 highway or underbuilt roadway configuration to something that is much 1163 01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:48,560 more pedestrian, bicycle friendly and much more conducive to attracting uh, 1164 01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:51,360 future development and some of the infill sites that are available there. 1165 01:23:50,239 --> 01:23:55,120 And I know you're all familiar with Greens Means Go, but uh just to give you 1166 01:23:53,120 --> 01:23:58,239 a sense of where our green zones are in West Sacramento, it's very much 1167 01:23:56,239 --> 01:24:02,320 concentrated around uh the waterfront areas uh but also in our some of our 1168 01:24:00,719 --> 01:24:05,760 lower-income neighborhoods like uh Bright and Broadick along the Sacramento 1169 01:24:03,760 --> 01:24:10,080 Avenue corridor. U I'm going to close with this slide 1170 01:24:08,080 --> 01:24:13,520 just to kind of restate the point uh made earlier and and I know I didn't say 1171 01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:17,760 much about kind of the work we're doing, but I can say a little bit here. The 1172 01:24:15,040 --> 01:24:23,040 city has been and is very much engaged on early planning work that includes a 1173 01:24:20,719 --> 01:24:26,560 bridge district specific plan update um that looks at kind of modernizing some 1174 01:24:24,719 --> 01:24:30,639 of our land use assumptions around it. Uh we were heavy on office development 1175 01:24:28,719 --> 01:24:34,320 in the early days of that plan and as you know no one's building office 1176 01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:38,239 buildings at least not much. Uh so we're really shifting the focus more towards 1177 01:24:36,159 --> 01:24:43,040 housing, uh retail, entertainment, hotels, and that really tracks well with 1178 01:24:40,480 --> 01:24:47,679 the the longerterm plans to say, hey, if if and if the stadium happened to triple 1179 01:24:45,199 --> 01:24:53,199 in size, uh for Major League Baseball, that would be much more of a conducive 1180 01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:57,280 to uh the type of development you typically see around stadiums. Uh you 1181 01:24:55,280 --> 01:25:00,639 can go to Atlanta, you can go to uh I think it's in Arlington, the new Ranger 1182 01:24:58,880 --> 01:25:04,239 Stadium. Uh they all have that common thread. There's there's a stadium, but 1183 01:25:02,719 --> 01:25:08,239 it's really about the development around it. Highdensity infill uh transit orient 1184 01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:12,560 development. Uh that's really what the bridge district is all about already, 1185 01:25:10,159 --> 01:25:16,400 but we're we're modernizing the plan uh to make sure that it tracks with the 1186 01:25:14,239 --> 01:25:20,639 opportunity that uh Council Member Early and Supervisor Vas talked a little bit 1187 01:25:17,920 --> 01:25:23,840 about earlier. Um and so we're just in the beginning stages of it, but there is 1188 01:25:22,159 --> 01:25:27,920 a really exciting regional opportunity here that that all the all the things 1189 01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:31,280 that were said earlier are true around uh the importance of regional 1190 01:25:29,199 --> 01:25:34,239 partnerships on it. Uh but the city is doing its part in terms of the 1191 01:25:32,719 --> 01:25:37,120 readiness, making sure that we not only have the plans and the infrastructure in 1192 01:25:35,679 --> 01:25:40,719 place, but also that we have the financing. The public financing side is 1193 01:25:39,040 --> 01:25:44,239 probably the most difficult part. You as a local electives can appreciate that 1194 01:25:42,480 --> 01:25:47,360 more than anybody. Uh but we are putting together a plan that would not come at 1195 01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:51,280 the expense of anything like our general fund that would rely completely on 1196 01:25:49,040 --> 01:25:54,960 revenues that would be generated by uh the development of the stadium and the 1197 01:25:52,960 --> 01:26:00,800 surrounding area. Um and so that'll be part of whatever um comes out of uh this 1198 01:25:57,840 --> 01:26:03,760 effort. So, um, I will I believe that's my last slide. I'll stop there and see 1199 01:26:01,920 --> 01:26:05,840 if there's any questions and I think we might have a couple minutes for that. 1200 01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:09,360 So, >> thank you. And I think too you'll be 1201 01:26:07,679 --> 01:26:11,520 around after if we have some. >> Yes, I will hang out. 1202 01:26:10,400 --> 01:26:13,520 » He's going to be around now because we've asked you guys to stay right 1203 01:26:12,800 --> 01:26:17,600 around. >> I I I was sitting here thinking I'm like 1204 01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:20,400 part of it is branding and identity and I'm thinking West Sacramento, how do you 1205 01:26:19,199 --> 01:26:24,320 get your own branding? So, I was thinking of all these great river names 1206 01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:29,600 and then I decided what was I thinking? It's Bridgertown, right? They'll be a 1207 01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:32,480 little more spicy if you were Bridget. >> That might be trademarked, but 1208 01:26:31,590 --> 01:26:36,480 [laughter] >> just saying. 1209 01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:41,414 » Um, any questions that you as a group would or comments? 1210 01:26:38,800 --> 01:26:44,560 » I'm sorry. I I blocked you, sir. [laughter] 1211 01:26:43,040 --> 01:26:51,040 » Anyway, >> not only Whitey where P6 will be in 1212 01:26:48,080 --> 01:26:55,440 season pretty soon. >> But, um, I think the original nugget 1213 01:26:53,360 --> 01:26:58,560 might be Woodland. Thanks. 1214 01:26:56,239 --> 01:27:03,920 » Dr. Howell, could you turn your mic on? Thank you. 1215 01:26:59,840 --> 01:27:09,679 » I was using coach voice. Um, so the one of the iconic legacies of West 1216 01:27:06,880 --> 01:27:11,280 Sacramento closed a year and a half ago. >> Yeah. 1217 01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:14,960 » The Pheasant Club, >> rumors are it might reopen. Club 1218 01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:18,719 Feeasant. Yep. Is that true? >> Yeah. So, when uh the pheasant club 1219 01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:23,440 announced closure, the first call I got was actually from Dr. Early. Um and and 1220 01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:26,880 uh it's funny sometimes, you know, things are happening in unison and and 1221 01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:31,440 you know, she said, "Hey, they it's actually in her council district and um 1222 01:27:29,520 --> 01:27:35,120 and she's very concerned obviously for all the reasons you just said. It's kind 1223 01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:38,480 of the West doesn't have a ton of preserved history and that in that 1224 01:27:36,800 --> 01:27:43,120 restaurant space is definitely one of them. Uh so the city acted very quickly 1225 01:27:40,880 --> 01:27:47,920 because it would have been a gas station and a couple of fast food restaurants 1226 01:27:44,800 --> 01:27:53,199 had we not. Um and we ended up actually purchasing the property uh from the from 1227 01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:58,400 the owners. Um the council from there then approved plans to uh bring it back 1228 01:27:55,760 --> 01:28:02,800 as a redeveloped but still preserving some of the the building uh facades and 1229 01:28:00,960 --> 01:28:06,560 and definitely the legacy of of the pheasant club. Uh there'll be I believe 1230 01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:09,679 there's seven restaurant spaces that are that are going to be 1231 01:28:07,600 --> 01:28:13,440 » Erin, can I can I tag in? Sure. Um because I think this really represents 1232 01:28:11,440 --> 01:28:18,239 the theme that we talked about this morning of West Sacramento and and you 1233 01:28:15,440 --> 01:28:23,360 touched on it, right, which is uh your local government investing in the 1234 01:28:20,480 --> 01:28:27,840 infrastructure or investing in systems that then allow for your whole community 1235 01:28:25,920 --> 01:28:31,679 to thrive. And I think one of the challenges that we saw with the pheasant 1236 01:28:29,600 --> 01:28:38,239 club was it would have turned into to your point, we were hearing, you know, 1237 01:28:33,520 --> 01:28:43,040 either a storage or gas station or um or fast food restaurant. And we knew that 1238 01:28:40,960 --> 01:28:47,920 short of us stepping in, the market will do what the market does. And that's 1239 01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:52,560 really been whether it is the motel, whether it is infill and allowing in 1240 01:28:50,239 --> 01:28:55,760 partnership with SEIKOG and others to invest in the in the streets and 1241 01:28:54,239 --> 01:29:00,000 infrastructure. That is what has allowed us in a very short amount of time to be 1242 01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:04,080 the community we are stepping in where we need to and then stepping back. 1243 01:29:02,080 --> 01:29:08,080 » Yeah. And so long story short, um they're in for plan check right now and 1244 01:29:06,000 --> 01:29:11,679 hopefully get building permits soon and a couple years from now hopefully you'll 1245 01:29:09,360 --> 01:29:15,920 be able to eat it. Um might not be called exactly the same, but uh it'll 1246 01:29:13,440 --> 01:29:20,960 it'll definitely be restaurants. >> Thank you. Director Sunn had a comment. 1247 01:29:18,480 --> 01:29:26,320 » Thank you chair. I just wanted to Aaron commend you. I mean, Dante, I mean, 1248 01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:29,360 Director Early and uh Director Viegas, just for all all the work you've done, I 1249 01:29:27,920 --> 01:29:35,440 think you've given us all the appreciation of not just what you 1250 01:29:32,560 --> 01:29:40,239 overcame, but the continuity of leadership and, you know, your 1251 01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:43,760 leadership as well as the councils to get to where you are. I mean, when you 1252 01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:48,639 say you've been here for 21 years, I mean, that what you had to overcome is 1253 01:29:46,080 --> 01:29:51,920 is incredible how long it takes to rebuild the infrastructure, the 1254 01:29:50,320 --> 01:29:56,480 entitlements, getting the, you know, people here. So, it really there's just 1255 01:29:54,639 --> 01:30:00,880 a huge appreciation I have for that cuz a lot of us are dealing with at least in 1256 01:29:58,719 --> 01:30:05,600 Elkrove, we had stuff we dealt with from the county, but a lot of it is blank 1257 01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:09,679 slates. So, that's that's a challenge in of itself, but I think what you guys 1258 01:30:07,120 --> 01:30:11,120 have done uh is just really amazing. >> Thank you. 1259 01:30:10,159 --> 01:30:15,520 » Yeah. Thank you so much. I know um several 1260 01:30:13,760 --> 01:30:18,960 folks had a hard stop, so we'll wrap it up, but I know that you will be here and 1261 01:30:17,040 --> 01:30:24,800 appreciate it that you'll stay for some questions. Thank you so much. Um moving 1262 01:30:21,760 --> 01:30:28,440 on quickly to just some uh reports. >> Yeah, thank you. 1263 01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:36,400 » I was hoping that Savannah Bananas were going to be out there practicing while 1264 01:30:33,920 --> 01:30:41,920 we were here, too. Um, a couple of things I wanted to to share some some 1265 01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:47,040 fun and exciting news. Um, I was able to attend KCOG with some of the SEIKOG 1266 01:30:43,920 --> 01:30:52,040 staff last week and they we have received a major award. 1267 01:30:52,400 --> 01:30:59,040 » It's the Eureka Award for regional excellence. It was very I was very proud 1268 01:30:56,159 --> 01:31:03,199 to accept on behalf of our team here and uh for our engage empower and implement 1269 01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:08,400 program and it really was an award directed at um creative and innovative 1270 01:31:06,080 --> 01:31:12,320 ideas that could serve as an example for other COGS and throughout the region. So 1271 01:31:10,320 --> 01:31:17,040 thank you to staff so much and everyone for for doing that and making me look 1272 01:31:14,159 --> 01:31:22,159 good when I got to accept it. Um, and I just do a reminder that uh, April 1st 1273 01:31:19,440 --> 01:31:27,040 form 700 and Lynette is over there happily ready to receive your your forms 1274 01:31:24,480 --> 01:31:30,800 as they come through. Um, and also I have to remind you on these placemats. I 1275 01:31:28,880 --> 01:31:35,520 do love the place mats. Um, the information for our pure region tour is 1276 01:31:33,040 --> 01:31:38,480 on there. And that is all that I have. James, do you have anything? 1277 01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:42,639 » I I would just say we've gone from the confluence of two rivers in this region 1278 01:31:40,320 --> 01:31:46,239 to at the late June the confluence of two rivers in Minneapolis St. Paul 1279 01:31:44,400 --> 01:31:49,600 because that is the Minnesota >> dates are confusing on the placemat. 1280 01:31:49,120 --> 01:31:54,719 » Uhoh. >> It looks as though the uh 25th and 6th 1281 01:31:52,639 --> 01:31:59,440 have been stricken from the calendar. >> Okay. The peer region tour is June 24th 1282 01:31:57,360 --> 01:32:04,159 leaving Bright and early uh staying through Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 1283 01:32:00,719 --> 01:32:06,960 coming back Friday evening June 26th. So whatever it says 1284 01:32:05,679 --> 01:32:11,760 » Thursday the 2. >> Listen to me. Uh 1285 01:32:09,520 --> 01:32:15,840 all right. June 24 26 registration is open. I know we have a lot of interest 1286 01:32:13,280 --> 01:32:19,040 from board members. Some of you >> I'm going to do it. 1287 01:32:16,560 --> 01:32:21,760 » Some of you I know you want to get out of here, but you're going to have to 1288 01:32:20,000 --> 01:32:26,560 listen to this. Uh want to bring your staff. We have a wait list. So, we have 1289 01:32:24,560 --> 01:32:30,719 actually so much board interest and we can't go above too many right on these 1290 01:32:28,560 --> 01:32:33,679 tours. So, it's great if you're interested in bringing your staff, but 1291 01:32:31,920 --> 01:32:37,840 there will be a wait list and I'm not sure we'll be able to manage that. We'll 1292 01:32:35,360 --> 01:32:43,199 do the best we can. But um got a great we have a a peer uh agency there, the 1293 01:32:40,960 --> 01:32:47,760 Met Council, Metropolitan Council. They are very excited to host you uh and show 1294 01:32:46,320 --> 01:32:51,840 off all the great things they've been doing and working on really hard. And 1295 01:32:49,440 --> 01:32:58,320 that first night will just happen to be a Minnesota Twins game downtown. So, uh 1296 01:32:55,040 --> 01:33:01,040 very transit accessible. That's my that is my report. 1297 01:32:59,199 --> 01:33:06,400 » Tour just got a lot more popular, didn't it? I love that. Thank you very very 1298 01:33:03,760 --> 01:33:10,800 much. Um, with that I think that's we've got everything covered. Just reminder of 1299 01:33:08,320 --> 01:33:15,600 our next meeting which I'm sure it'll be about a beautiful 100 degrees by the 1300 01:33:13,040 --> 01:33:21,360 time we meet again on April 16th back at our home base at SEIKOG. And with that 1301 01:33:18,239 --> 01:33:21,360 we're adjourned.