[0:05] >> Mayor Farac: WELCOME, EVERYONE TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 25,

[0:13] 2026 CITY OF NOVATO CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[0:15] PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[0:19] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF

[0:20] AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE

[0:21] NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR

[0:23] ALL. LAURA, CAN YOU TAKE ROLL?

[0:33] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: PRESENT.

[0:36] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: HERE.

[0:38] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?

[0:39] >> T. O'Connor: HERE. >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS?

[0:41] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: HERE. >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC?

[0:44] >> Mayor Farac: HERE. WE DID MEET IN CLOSED SESSION.

[0:47] GARY, WAS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT?

[0:49] >> YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

[0:52] THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU.

[0:54] ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND

[0:57] PRESENTATION. WE HAVE THE JULY 4th PRADE

[1:02] GRAND PRIZE TROPHY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE

[1:05] COUNCIL TO JOIN ME AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

[1:08] AND I'D LIKE STACY BELTRAN, LUIS KONIG FROM MARIN LANDSCAPE

[1:15] MATERIALS AND THEIR STAFF AND FAMILY.

[1:42] I LOVE THIS MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.

[1:44] THANK YU, GUYS. [ CHUCKLES ]

[1:47] SO THIS IS THE BEST AWARD. THE BEST IN PARADE.

[1:52] SO THIS IS A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS.

[1:54] THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE FOURTH OF JULY.

[1:56] I WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT THE PARADE

[2:00] ON YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THEIR HARD DEDICATION.

[2:04] AND YOUR FLOAT GOT THE BEST VOTES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

[2:08] SO HUGE CONGRATULATIONS. I'M GOING TO HAND YOU A NICE

[2:12] PLAQUE. [ APPLAUSE ]

[2:17] AND THE GRAND TROPHY... AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT

[2:22] OVER TO JENNIFER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR FARAC,

[2:24] COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER GOLDFINGER,

[2:28] I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NOVATO FOURTH OF JULY PARADE, INC.

[2:32] WITH ME ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS, SOPHIA AND BEVERLY WINDSOR WHO

[2:38] IS THE JUDGES COORDINATOR. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE

[2:41] TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I'M READING THIS STUFF, TO SHARE

[2:44] THE RESULTS OF OUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PARADE WHICH EVERY

[2:47] YEAR BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND ESPECIALLY TIS

[2:51] YEAR AT AMERICAN'S SEMI QUINN CENTENNIAL.

[2:54] THERE WERE OVER 100 ENTRIES AND JUDGES EVALUATE EISCHEN TRY ON

[2:58] THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA. CREATIVITY OF DESIGN, VISUAL

[3:03] APPEARANCE, OVERALL EFFORT AND ADHERENCE TO THE THEME.

[3:05] AND THE THEME THIS YEAR WAS THE 250th ANNIVERSARY.

[3:09] SO ON BEHALF OF THE PARADE COMMITTEE, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO

[3:12] BE HERE TO SEE YOU GET THE GRAND PRIZE TO MARIN LANDSCAPE

[3:18] MATERIALS, WHICH IS REPRESENTED HERE BY THE KOENIG FAMILY.

[3:23] LOUISE, HER DAUGHTER. AND ALSO MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES

[3:28] WHO PUT TOGETHER THE ENTRY AND WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE.

[3:32] AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED BEING IN THE PARADE.

[3:37] THEIR ENTRY INCLUDED ENERGETIC RIDERS AND CAPTURED THE SPIRIT

[3:41] OF THE NATION'S 250th ANNIVERSARY WITH FUN AND

[3:43] CREATIVITY. THEY REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF

[3:47] OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE

[3:49] CITY AND THE COUNTY. LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY

[3:54] ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT THE EVENT.

[3:56] WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING IT TO YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

[3:58] THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: DO YOU GUYS

[4:05] WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE

[4:12] MARIN LANDSCAPE FAMILY, NOT EVERYONE IS HERE BUT THESE ARE

[4:16] USUALLY THE PEOPLE THERE DECORATING AND RIDING ON THE

[4:18] FLOATS AND MY HUSBAND BILL LOVED THE PARADE.

[4:21] HE LOVED THE EXCITEMENT OF IT, BRINGING TE COMMUNITY

[4:24] TOGETHER, HANDING OUT CANDY TO THE KIDS ALONG THE WY AND

[4:27] DECORATING THE TRUCKS. HE LOVED IT SO MUCH.

[4:30] SO BILL, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

[4:31] [ APPLAUSE ] >> Mayor Farac: BIG

[4:40] CONGRATULATIONS. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO G TO THE

[4:45] NOVATO PROUD SIGN, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR PICTURES.

[4:48] BIG CONGRATULATIONS. WONDERFUL.

[5:17] ALL RIGHT, SO NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM D, APPROVAL OF FINAL

[5:20] AGENDA. CAN I HAVE A MOTION?

[5:22] >> S. Karkal: SO MOVED. >> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A

[5:24] SECOND? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: I'LL

[5:25] SECOND. >> Mayor Farac: LURA, PLEASE

[5:28] CALL FOR THE VOTE. >> EC ?RUND

[5:29] >> P. Eklund: AYE. >> Clerk: KARKAL?

[5:32] >> S. Karkal: AYE. >> Clerk: O'CONNOR?

[5:34] >> T. O'Connor: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM -- APOLOGIZE, AYE.

[5:39] >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.

[5:41] >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.

[5:43] THAT PASSES. REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL

[5:46] AND CITY MANAGER. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

[5:49] GIVE YOUR REPORT? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[6:00] YES, THANK YOU. LAST NIGHT THE SUSPECT IN THE

[6:04] HOMICIDE FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH, TE AUGUST 4th SHOOTING

[6:07] WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH THE SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE.

[6:10] I'M PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE AD COMMEND ALL OF OUR OFFICERS

[6:13] THAT WORKED HARD TO SUCCESSFULLY INVESTIGATE THIS

[6:16] CASE AND THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE ASSISTANCE THEY

[6:19] PROVIDED TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THIS

[6:20] INVESTIGATION. AND SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO

[6:23] INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND OUR FINAL CONCERT OF THE

[6:29] SEASON, HOT AMPHITHEATER NIGHTS THIS FRIDAY AUGUST 29th AT

[6:36] HAMILTON AMPHITHEATER PARK BEGINNING AT 5:00 AND WE HOPE

[6:38] TO SEE EVERYONE THERE. THANK YOU.

[6:39] >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND?

[6:42] >> P. Eklund: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[6:44] FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO REALLY COMPLIMENT THE PACHECO

[6:50] WINERY FOR HOSTING THE MARIN HORSE COUNCIL AT THEIR FACILITY

[6:53] THERE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL FUNDRAISER

[6:56] THAT I WENT TO AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW PACHECO WINERY

[7:04] REALLY GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

[7:06] I ALSO ATTENDED THE MARIN COUNTY MAYOR'S AND

[7:10] COUNCILMEMBERS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND THE ABAG

[7:13] EXECUTIVE BOARD COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY

[7:17] ESTUARY PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS. ALONG WITH THE ABAG

[7:21] ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE HOUSING COMMITTEES.

[7:23] THOSE HOUSING COMMITTEES ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE DETAILED

[7:28] BECAUSE MORE AND MORE FUNDING IS BECOMING AVAILABLE.

[7:33] NOT TO CITIES, NECESSARILY, OR COUNTIES BUT PRIMARILY FOR

[7:36] NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. I DID GO TO THE MARIN COMMUNITY

[7:43] CLINICS OPENING. AND I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE

[7:48] BAY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

[7:50] AND THE MARIN COMMUNITY CLINICS WAS ACTUALLY AN APPRECIATION

[7:54] DAY FOR ALL OF THEIR PARTNERS AND PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER.

[7:57] SO THAT'S IT. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU.

[8:00] COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: NO REPORTS, THANK

[8:02] YOU. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER

[8:03] O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU,

[8:05] MAYOR. ONE ITEM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

[8:08] TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR

[8:11] IT'S AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENT DESIGNED TO

[8:14] INCREASE AWARENESS OF CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION, GENERATE

[8:18] SUPPORT FOR LOCAL ANTI CRIME EFFORTS AND PROMOTE POLICE

[8:22] COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CAMP RAD RY, I

[8:24] THINK THE ORGANIZATION DID A GREAT JOB AND WANT TO THANK

[8:27] EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING THE TIME AND ENERGY INTO IT.

[8:31] THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO ABLE TO JOIN THEM WHICH MADE IT

[8:35] A WONDERFUL EVENT. MY DAUGHTER IN PARTICULAR

[8:39] ENJOYED GETTING TWO POPSICLES SO I WAS TOLD TO SAY THANK YOU

[8:42] FOR THAT. >> Mayor Farac: MAYOR PRO TEM

[8:45] JACOBS. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: YES, I

[8:48] ALSO ATTENDED THE NIGHT OUT HERE IN NOVATO.

[8:52] I ATTENDED THE 2th MCE BOARD MEETING AND ON THE 21st CONCERT

[8:56] ON THE GREEN. THANK YOU TO OUR PARK AND REC.

[9:01] THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB AGAIN. THANK YOU.

[9:02] >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU. MY REPORT I WAS ACTUALLY ON

[9:06] VACATION, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR PRO TEM

[9:08] JACOBS FOR FILLING IN AS MAYOR FOR THE MEETING.

[9:11] SO I APRECIATE THAT A LOT. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM F, PUBLIC

[9:15] COMMENT. THIS IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

[9:20] FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OR FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON

[9:24] THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE'S A TWO-MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

[9:28] SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FILL OUT A CARD, PLEASE PLACE IT IN

[9:32] THE PLASTIC HOLDER. SO THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT I

[9:40] HAVE IS JEAN McLAINY. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[9:43] NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. I'M JEAN McLAMY, I'M THE NEW

[9:50] PROJECT MUSEUM PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE NOVATO HISTORICAL GUILD.

[9:53] THE RESTORATION OF THE SCOTT HOUSE PROJECT FOR THE NEW

[9:57] NOVATO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS REACHED ANOTHER IMPORTANT

[9:59] MILESTONE. WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT TO

[10:02] GO OUT TO BID. THE 50 YEAR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

[10:05] THE CITY OF NOVATO AND THE NOVATO HISTORICAL GUILD

[10:09] CONTINUES TO BE WORKING WELL. I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK

[10:13] SOME OF THOSE FROM THE CITY WHO HAVE ASSISTED WITH THIS PROJECT.

[10:23] ALYSSA SARLOTTE WHO IS OUR PROJECT ENGINEER AND THE PUBLIC

[10:25] WORKS DEPARTMENT. KATIE GAUNTLETT DIRECTOR AND

[10:29] THE PARK AND RECREATION STAFF. CARLA CARVALHO-DEGRAFF,

[10:36] DIRECTOR AND HER FINANCE TEAM. BOB CURRY, CHIEF BUILDING

[10:39] OFFICIAL IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

[10:42] AMY CUNNINGHAM, CITY MANAGER. AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND I.T.

[10:46] TEAM. IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO

[10:49] THIS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE

[10:52] SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE

[10:54] DOCUMENTS. THE NOVATO SANITARY DISTRICT,

[10:59] NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT AND THE NOVATO FIRE DISTRICT.

[11:03] I ALSO PREACH THE DILIGENT WORK OF OUR CONSULTANTS AND I THANK

[11:06] THE BOARD OF THE NOVATO HISTORICAL GUILD AND OUR MUSEUM

[11:09] COMMITTEE. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE

[11:11] HERE. AND OF COURSE, THIS PROJECT

[11:14] WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY DONORS

[11:17] THAT HELPED US REACH OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL.

[11:20] WE LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING TO THE COUNCIL IN THE FALL FOR TE

[11:25] AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

[11:27] IT'S REALLY BEEN A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE PART OF THE TEAM

[11:32] BRINGING THIS HISTORIC BUILDING BACK TO USEFUL PURPOSE AT OUR

[11:35] NOVATO CIVIC CENTER. THIS NEW HISTORIC HISTORY

[11:39] MUSEUM IS TRULY A GIFT. FROM THE NOVATO HISTORICAL

[11:42] GUILD. AND OUR DONORS, TO OUR

[11:45] COMMUNITY. A GIFT THAT WILL CELEBRATE OUR

[11:49] HISTORY AND PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED INDOOR AND OUTDOOR COMMUNITY

[11:52] GATHERING SPACES. THANK YOU FOR THE FEW EXTRA

[11:54] SECONDS. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU.

[11:56] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: THANK YOU.

[11:57] >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE JEREMY HOAG.

[12:06] WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[12:11] THAT WAS FAST, I JUST DROPPED IT OFF.

[12:14] MY NAME IS JEREMY HOGAN WITH THE NOVATO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

[12:17] I JUST WANTED TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH THE

[12:21] COUNCIL TO AN UPCOMING EVENT FOR THE NOVATO CHAMBER OF

[12:24] COMMERCE, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND IT'S THE

[12:29] CASINO NIGHT, WHICH IS UPCOMING FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 18th.

[12:33] AND WE ARE HAVING IT AT THE LOCAL JONAS CENTER IN NOVATO.

[12:37] SO I JUST WANTED TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL.

[12:39] WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[12:41] >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[12:43] I'M NOT SEEING ANY MORE YELLOW CARDS.

[12:46] LAURA, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ZOOM PUBLIC COMMENT.

[12:49] SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, CLICK THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON

[12:55] YOUR COMPUTER OR PRESS *9. IF YOU ARE JOINING BY PHONE

[13:01] YOUR TELEPHONE WILL PROMPT YOU TO PRESS *6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF

[13:05] WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

[13:08] >> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ON ZOOM.

[13:09] >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT

[13:12] CALENDAR, I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM G12.

[13:17] DO I HAVE A A MOTION? >> P. Eklund: I WOULD ALSO LIKE

[13:22] TO PULL SOME ITEMS AS WELL. TYPICALLY WE DO IT AFTER THE

[13:26] MOTION, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL G8, G9 AND

[13:33] G12 AS WELL. >> Myor Farac: OKAY, DO I HAVE

[13:37] A MOTION? >> T. O'Connor: I'LL MAKE A

[13:39] MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE ITEMS REMOVED.

[13:42] >> S. Karkal: I'LL SECOND. >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU

[13:44] CALL FOR THE VOTE? >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND?

[13:46] >> P. Eklund: AYE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL?

[13:49] >> S. Karkal: AYE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER OWE

[13:50] CONSNORE? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.

[13:53] >> MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.

[13:54] >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC. >> Mayor Farac: AYE.

[14:00] CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH G8, G9, G 12 AT THE END.

[14:04] ALL RIGHT, SO NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM I, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[14:09] SO WE ARE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER

[14:13] INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION

[14:17] 5-31 OF CHAPTER 5 OF NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE.

[14:22] SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MANIJEH LARIZADEH.

[14:33] ASSISTANT ENGINEER, WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, PRO

[15:00] TEM, COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M CHRIS BENIGNI, OUR PUBLIC

[15:05] WORKS DIRECTOR, I'M SITTING NEXT TO MANIJEH LARIZADEH OUR

[15:09] ENGINEER. WE BRING A PUBLIC HEARING

[15:13] REGARDING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND UPDATING AN ORDINANCE, CODE

[15:17] SECTION 5-31 REGARDING ONE FOOT OF FREEBOARD IN OUR CODE.

[15:21] I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MANIJEH. >> GOOD EVENING.

[15:27] I WILL START WITH WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE AND UPDATE THIS CODE.

[15:34] NOVATO PARTICIPATE IN FLOOD FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

[15:39] AGENCY NATIONAL FLOOD ISURANCE PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY RATING

[15:41] SYSTEM. COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM IS A

[15:44] PROGRAM THAT IT'S PART OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE

[15:48] PROGRAM AND IT RUNS BY FEMA. CURRENT CITY PRACTICE IS THAT

[15:57] WE ENFORCE THE ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD THROUGH THE

[15:59] CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE. SO WHEN WE RECEIVE A BUILDING

[16:04] PERMIT AND A PROPERTY IS IN A FLOOD ZONE WE ENFORCE THE

[16:08] ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE.

[16:12] HOWEVER, INSURANCE SERVICE OFFICER HAS REVIEWED OUR

[16:15] MUNICIPAL CODE AND HAS DETERMINED THAT IT DOESN'T MEET

[16:26] THE CRS FREEBOARD PREREQUISITE SO WE NEED TO PUT THIS ONE-FOOT

[16:31] FREEBOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. SO WHAT'S CHANGING?

[16:35] AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE ONE FOOT FREEBOARD IN OUR

[16:41] BUILDING CODE. HOWEVER, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE

[16:45] MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCLUDE THIS ONE FOOT FREEBOARD.

[16:50] BY DOING THIS, WE CODIFY THE EXISTING STANDARD AND ADDRESS

[16:55] THE CRS REQUIREMENTS. WHY DOES IT MATTER?

[17:05] WE NEED, SINCE THEY ARE IN CRS PROGRAM, THE CITY DOES SOME

[17:10] ACTIVITIES, BY DOING ALL THESE ACTIVITIES WE GET SOME CREDITS.

[17:14] AND WE EARN SOME PINTS BASED ON THOSE POINTS WE GET

[17:17] CLASSIFICATION. WE HAVE CLASSIFICATION.

[17:22] WE ARE IN CLASS 6 RIGHT NOW. SO BY DOING THIS, WE GET, BY

[17:28] HAVING THIS, I'M SORRY, BY ADDING THIS ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD

[17:34] WE RECEIVE THIS CRS CREDIT. SO BY DOING THIS, WE ARE GOING

[17:42] TO STAY IN CLASS 6. AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A FLOOD

[17:45] ZONE AND HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, THEY ARE GOING TO GET 20% OF

[17:49] FROM THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE. SO RECOMMENDED ACTION.

[17:58] FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY

[18:01] COUNCIL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE

[18:05] MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5-31 WITH UPDATED FLOODPLAIN

[18:09] MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE-FOOT

[18:12] FREEBOARD REQUIREMENTS. AND NEXT STEP IS IF INTRODUCED

[18:15] THIS EVENING, THE ORDINANCE WILL RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL

[18:17] FOR THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT A SUBSEQUENT

[18:21] MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS?

[18:28] >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?

[18:32] COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU,

[18:34] MAYOR. THANK YOU, MANIJEH FOR THE

[18:36] PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

[18:39] IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM

[18:41] ENABLES PEOPLE IN TESE DESIGNATED ZONES TO GET A RATE

[18:45] DISCOUNT ON THEIR INSURANCE, IS THAT CORRECT?

[18:48] >> YES, THEY GET 20% DISCOUNT. >> P. Eklund: IF YOU COULD

[18:52] SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> YES.

[18:54] PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A FLOOD ZONE AND HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, THEY

[18:59] GET 20% OFF. >> T. O'Connor: GREAT.

[19:02] BY DOING THESE UPDATES AND BRINGING OUR PROGRAM INTO

[19:05] COMPLIANCE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GET THAT 20% DISCOUNT?

[19:07] >> YES. >> T. O'Connor: THAT'S

[19:09] FANTASTIC. AS I WAS READING THROUGH THE

[19:12] PRESENTATION, AND I THINK YOU ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS, SORRY

[19:15] FOR THE DUPLICATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALREADY ADOPTED THE

[19:19] STANDARD IN THE BUILDING CODE. >> WE ALREADY HAVE THIS IN THE

[19:22] CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE BUT OUR INSURANCE SERVICES, WHO IS

[19:25] FROM CRS, THEY WANT US TO HAVE IT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, TO

[19:30] COMPLY WITH THE CRS REQUIREMENTS FOR ONE-FOOT

[19:33] FREEBOARD. OTHERWISE WE ARE GOING TO GO TO

[19:36] CLASSIFICATION 8. SO WE LOSE POINTS AND WE ARE

[19:42] GOING TO LOSE LIKE 10% DISCOUNT. >> T. O'Connor: PERFECT.

[19:45] WOULD IT BE FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE IT'S A CHANGE TO

[19:51] DOCUMENTATION BUT NOT A CHANGE OF REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT?

[19:53] >> YEAH. >> T. O'Connor: FOR HOMEOWNERS

[19:57] DOING NORMAL EVERY DAY REPAIRS, DO THEY GET IMPACTED FOR THIS

[20:00] OR IS THIS INTENDED FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION?

[20:04] >> WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? >> T. O'Connor: FOR NORMAL

[20:07] EVERY DAY REPAIRS, IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT MOST FOLKS, OR

[20:11] DOES THIS TRIGGER WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION?

[20:14] >> NO, THE ONE-FOOT IN GENERAL, IT ONLY APPLIES FOR PEOPLE WHO

[20:20] ARE DOING NEW CONSTRUCTION, OR THEY ARE ADDING TO THEIR HOME,

[20:25] TO THEIR PROPERTY, TO THEIR STRUCTURE.

[20:27] AND IT TRIGGERS 50% OR MORE OF THE VALUE OF THE EXISTING

[20:30] STRUCTURE. SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT.

[20:34] >> T. O'Connor: IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON EVERY DAY NORMAL

[20:38] REPAIRS. BUT THEY GET A 20% DISCOUNT ON

[20:41] THEIR INSURANCE. SO THAT'S GOOD.

[20:42] THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER

[20:45] EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: THANK YOU.

[20:46] GREAT PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

[20:50] ON PAGE 2, YOU SAY THAT BY ADOPTING THIS NEW REQUIREMENT

[20:57] AND REPEALING THE PREVIOUS FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT

[20:59] PROVISION, THE CITY WILL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL STANDARDS, ENHANCE

[21:03] RESILIENCE TO FLOOD HAZARDS AND ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF LIFE

[21:07] AND PROPERTY WITHIN THE FLOOD ZONE AREAS.

[21:12] SO, BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN ON THE GROUND?

[21:16] SO DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY WITH THIS

[21:19] ORDINANCE? OR ARE WE JUST INCORPORATING

[21:24] THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE INTO THIS

[21:26] ONE? >> THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE,

[21:33] ACTUALLY, THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE

[21:36] NEW CONSTRUCTION OR THEY ARE ADDING SOMETHING AND IT'S

[21:40] SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT, IT SAYS THEY HAVE TO BUILD AT, THE

[21:46] FIRST FLOOR ELEVATION HAS TO BE AT OR ABOVE THE BASEBOARD

[21:50] ELEVATION. BUT WE DON'T ENFORCE THAT.

[21:53] WE ENFORCE THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, WHICH SAYS ONE

[21:57] FOOT ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.

[21:59] SO BY CHANGING THIS ORDINANCE OR REVISING TO INCLUDE THE

[22:04] ONE-FOOT FREEBOARD, NOTHING CHANGES EXCEPT THE LANGUAGE IN

[22:06] THE MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES. >> P. Eklund: SO IF THERE'S A

[22:09] PIECE OF PROPERTY SOMEONE WANTS TO DEVELOP AND THEY OWNED IT

[22:12] AND WANTED TO BUILD A HOUSE ON IT, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S BELOW

[22:16] THE FLOODPLAIN, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO STILL BUILD THAT HOUSE?

[22:20] OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT ON STICKS?

[22:22] WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO DO?

[22:24] >> IF THERE'S AN EXISTING HOUSE AND THEY WANT TO REBUILD IT,

[22:28] DEMOLISH AND REBUILD IT? OKAY, IF THEY WANT TO DEMOLISH

[22:33] AND REBUILD, THEY HAVE TO BUILD ONE-FOOT ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD

[22:37] ELEVATION. >> P. Eklund: SO THEY WOULD

[22:39] HAVE TO PT IT ON STICKS? >> WELL, THEY PUT, YOU KNOW,

[22:43] THEY HAVE TO PUT FOOTING FOR THAT.

[22:45] IN GENERAL, EVERY HOUSE HAS A FOOTING FOR THAT.

[22:49] SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO GO A FEW STEPS UP.

[22:52] DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE. WE HAVE AE ZONE AND AO ZONE,

[22:57] TWO DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THEY ALL HAVE TO BE ONE FOOT ABOVE.

[23:00] IF THEY ARE IN AE ZONE, THERE'S A BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, THEY

[23:03] HAVE TO BE ONE FOOT ABOVE THE BASEFLOOD ELEVATION.

[23:08] IF TEY ARE IN AO ZONE THERE'S NO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, BUT

[23:11] THERE'S A DEPTH AND THAT DEPTH CHANGES FROM ONE FEET TO THREE

[23:14] FEET. IT DEPENDS WHERE THEY ARE.

[23:18] THEIR FIRST FLOOR ELEVATION HAS TO BE ONE FOOT ABOVE, FOR

[23:22] EXAMPLE, TWO FOOT DEPTH. >> P. Eklund: S THE FOLKS IN

[23:25] BAHIA OR HAMILTON WHICH ARE THEORETICALLY BELOW THE SEA

[23:34] LEVEL, SO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS NEW RULE OF

[23:40] ELEVATING THEIR HOME? THE ANSWER IS YES?

[23:45] I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD YES BUT NO VERBAL.

[23:48] PEOPLE LISTENING. >> A SIMPLE AND DIRECT ANSWER,

[23:52] THE ANSWER IS YES. THEY WILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO

[23:55] THIS, THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

[24:01] STILTS, FOOTINGS LIKE MANIJEH SUGGESTED, WE DO THIS IN

[24:03] PRACTICE ALREADY, BUT THIS IS JUST ALLOWING US TO GET OUR

[24:06] CODE UP-TO-DATE WITH THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND

[24:08] THE FEMA REGULATIONS. >> P. Eklund: GREAT.

[24:11] YOU MENTIONED HERE MANUFACTURED HOMES.

[24:15] WE HAVE LOS ROBLES, MARIN VALLEY AND ALSO THE MOBILE

[24:20] HOMES HERE ON REDWOOD BOULEVARD. REDWOOD BOULEVARD, I'M NOT SURE

[24:26] IF THAT'S CLOSE TO FLOOD CONTROL LEVEL, IT MIGHT BE,

[24:29] BECAUSE THAT AREA DOES FLOOD SOMETIMES.

[24:31] MARIN VALLEY, DEFINITELY AROUND THE BAY AREA.

[24:36] AND LOS ROBLES PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT SO MUCH.

[24:42] WHAT DO MANUFACTURED HOMES HAVE TO DO?

[24:46] >> MANUFACTURES, IF THEY ARE IN A FLOOD ZONE, YES THEY HAVE TO

[24:49] COMPLY. ACTUALLY THE BUILDING

[24:51] DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE THIS SECTION FR MANUFACTURED HOME,

[24:54] THAT'S WHY WE ARE ADDING THAT. FOR MANUFACTURED HOME, YES,

[24:57] THEY HAVE TO COMPLY. IF THEY ARE IN A FLOOD ZONE, IF

[25:01] THEY ARE MKING CHANGES WHICH THE COST IS OVER 50% OF THE

[25:04] VALUE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. >> P. Eklund: MY QUESTION IS

[25:07] WHAT KIND OF AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OR OUTREACH WE ARE GOING

[25:10] TO DO TO ENSURE FOLKS THAT ARE, WELL, MOST OF THE MANUFACTURED

[25:15] HOMES ARE SENIORS. AND SO, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE

[25:19] REACHING OUT T THEM TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS?

[25:23] >> WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANY OUTREACH TO MANUFACTURED, FOR,

[25:31] YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MARIN COUNTY COUNTRY CLUB, FOR EXAMPLE.

[25:34] WE HVEN'T DONE ANY OUTREACH. BUT FOR JUST THIS PUBLIC

[25:41] HEARING, WE HAD PUBLIC NOTICE TEN DAYS BEFORE THIS, WHICH WAS

[25:45] LIKE AUGUST 15th. THAT'S THE ONLY PUBLIC OUTREACH

[25:48] WE DID WAS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

[25:50] BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OUTREACH.

[25:53] BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS

[25:57] ANYWAYS. BUT I DON'T REMEMBER, BECAUSE

[25:59] I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 20 YEARS AND I HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING ANY

[26:06] MANUFACTURED HOMES COMING HERE FOR REPLACEMENT.

[26:13] USUALLY, -- >> P. Eklund: MARIN VALLEY HAS

[26:17] HAD SOME REPLACED. SO MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET A

[26:19] PERMIT, I DON'T KNOW. >> STAFF WILL BE EAGER TO

[26:22] ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, MAILERS

[26:26] TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE CHANGE.

[26:28] AND WE CAN EVEN DO SPECIFIC MAILERS WEN WE DO FIND

[26:32] PROPERTIES ARE IMPACTED BY THIS, ESPECIALLY THE

[26:36] MANUFACTURED HOME AREAS. >> P. Eklund: RIGHT.

[26:38] THAT'S THE ONE I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

[26:39] THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU FOR

[26:41] THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU.

[26:42] >> Mayor Farac: HOW MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE A SIMILAR ORDINANCE

[26:46] TO THIS? IN MARIN?

[26:49] >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT -- I ONLY KNOW ABOUT CORTE MADERA.

[26:56] >> Mayor Farac: AND AS FAR AS OUR CRS CLASS RATING, ARE WE

[27:02] SIMILAR TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN MARIN?

[27:06] >> I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE STAFF AT THE COUNTY

[27:09] AND THEY DO THE SAME THING. >> Mayor Farac: THEY ARE AT SIX

[27:14] TOO? >> WELL, FOR THE CRS.

[27:17] THEY ARE DOING THE SAME ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO.

[27:19] >> Mayor Farac: OKAY, SO AS FAR AS A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO OUR

[27:24] RESIDENTS, SO IF THEY ARE PAYING $1,000 TO THEIR

[27:27] INSURANCE, BASICALLY THERE WOULD BE A $200 SAVINGS BECAUSE

[27:30] WE HAVE THAT CLASS 6 RATING AT A 20% DISCOUNT?

[27:34] >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Mayor Farac: GREAT.

[27:38] SO IT'S GREAT THAT OUR CURRENT CRS CLASS RATING WE ARE

[27:42] MAINTAINING THAT. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS

[27:48] AND INVESTMENTS WE COULD DO TO ACHIEVE LIKE A CLASS 5 AND HOW

[27:54] MUCH ADDITIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE SAVINGS WOULD THAT BE?

[27:57] THAT WOULD BE WHAT, AN ADDITIONAL 5%, 10%?

[28:00] >> IF YOU GO TO CLASSIFICATION 5, WE GET ANOTHER 5%.

[28:06] TO GET TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE TO TRY.

[28:09] I MEAN, THERE ARE MORE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE TO

[28:12] FOLLOW AND DO, IN ORDER TO GO TO CLASSIFICATION 5.

[28:15] >> Mayor Farac: AND THEN TAKING KIND OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH, I

[28:19] KNOW THE COUNTY HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HEAVY

[28:25] RAIN THAT'S EXPECTED TO COME IN THE FALL.

[28:27] I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT,

[28:30] SINCE A LOT OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE PLANNING FOR

[28:32] FLOODING. SO IF WE COULD KIND OF TIE THAT

[28:35] TOGETHER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY EFFECTIVE APPROACH, SO.

[28:38] >> YEAH. ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE

[28:42] REQUIREMENT FOR CRS PROGRAM IS MAINTAINING THE CREEKS AND

[28:44] DRAINAGE WAY AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE GET SOME

[28:47] POINTS FOR DOING THAT. >> Mayor Farac: FANTASTIC.

[28:49] WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

[28:51] >> P. Eklund: MAYOR, I FORGOT, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.

[28:53] >> Mayor Farac: OKAY. >> P. Eklund: IF I MAY.

[28:56] ON PAGE 31 OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IT SAYS

[29:04] HERE THAT FENCES AND FLOODWAYS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL TO BLOCK

[29:09] THE PASSAGE OF FLOODWATERS AND SO ON AND SO ON.

[29:13] I KNOW THERE ARE FENCES IN MARIN VALLEY, THERE'S FENCES IN

[29:21] BAHIA AND OTHER AREAS WHERE IT'S CLOSE TO THE BAY, AND

[29:27] PROBABLY WITHIN SEA LEVEL. SO, ARE THOSE THE KIND OF

[29:31] FENCES THAT ARE BEING PROHIBITED IN THIS DOCUMENT?

[29:35] >> STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FENCES THAT TRAVERSE ACTUALLY

[29:41] WATERWAYS WHERE THERE'S ACTIVE FLOW, POSITIVE FLOW WOULD BE

[29:43] ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT, THAT'S THE FENCES THAT ARE TARGETED BY

[29:46] THIS. I BELIEVE A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS

[29:51] DO NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THERE ARE DESIGN SWALES NEXT TO HOUSES.

[29:55] AND WHEN THAT'S THE CASE, IF THERE'S A DESIGN SWALE THAT

[29:59] NEEDS TO TRANSFER WATER FROM LET'S JUST SAY THE FRONT OF THE

[30:02] PROPERTY T THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, FENCES CAN SOMETIMES

[30:06] RESTRICT FLOW SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES WE WOULD LOOK INTO.

[30:09] >> P. Eklund: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT.

[30:11] SO NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[30:14] I DO NOT HAVE ANY YELLOW CARDS. NOW I WILL CALL FOR ONLINE

[30:17] PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY HANDS RAISED?

[30:20] >> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ONLINE.

[30:23] >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

[30:26] I WILL ASK THE COUNCIL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

[30:31] >> S. Karkal: SO MOVED. >> T. O'Connor: I'LL SECOND.

[30:34] >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[30:36] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: AYE.

[30:39] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: AYE.

[30:42] >> COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.

[30:44] >> MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.

[30:46] >> AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.

[30:48] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: MAYOR, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE

[30:52] KILLED LATER FOR THIS BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MANIJEH, SHE

[30:55] HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AD SHE IS

[30:59] RETIRING IN OCTOBER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE

[31:02] ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DONE AND SHE DOESN'T PRESENT TO

[31:05] YOU VERY OFTEN, SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST TIME YOU WILL

[31:09] SEE HER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

[31:12] CONGRATULATE HER AND THANK HER. >> Mayor Farac: CONGRATULATIONS

[31:14] AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE

[31:17] CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS. >> P. Eklund: AND THANK YOU,

[31:21] TOO, FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE THE PAST 20 YEARS.

[31:25] IT'S BEEN AWESOME AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.

[31:27] THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT.

[31:29] SO NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

[31:32] THIS IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER INTRODUCING AN

[31:37] ORDINANCE AMENDING NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER XIX,

[31:46] THANK YOU. NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY

[31:52] DIVISION 19.08 AND OTHERS. I WILL ASK OUR SENIOR PLANNER

[31:59] BRETT WALKER AND VIVEK DAMODARAN TO PRESENT.

[32:01] WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS.

[32:08] MY NAME IS VIVEK DAMODARAN, SENIOR PLANNER.

[32:11] AND TODAY I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE BRETT WALKER, SENIOR

[32:14] PLANNER. TONIGHT CITY COUNCIL IS BEING

[32:17] ASKED TO CONSIDER INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER

[32:20] 19 OF THE NOVATO MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY SEVERAL ZONING

[32:25] ORDINANCE DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS AND TO ESTABLISH

[32:38] DIVISION 19.29, PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINE SECTION 15162,

[32:49] 15183 AND 15061B3. TONIGHT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO

[32:54] HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE NOTABLE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING

[32:59] PRESENTED TONIGHT. THESE INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE

[33:05] ZONING DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS TO REFLECT UPDATED DEFINITIONS AND

[33:10] DEVELOPMENT INTENSEITIES SPECIFIED IN NOVATO GENERAL

[33:12] PLAN 2035. LAND USE TABLE, FORMATTING

[33:20] CHANGES AND INTERNAL ZONING ORDINANCE CONSISTENCY

[33:22] CORRECTIONS. CHANGES TO THE ZONING

[33:26] DISTRICTS, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TABLES TO REFLECT THE

[33:29] UPDATED GENERAL PLAN DEFINITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

[33:31] INTENSEITIES. A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION

[33:36] TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT PERMIT PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS AND

[33:40] PROCEDURES FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN

[33:43] ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA STATE LAWS.

[33:47] AND ALTERNATE OPTION TO THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS FOR HOUSING

[33:52] DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION TO

[33:55] ALLOW FOR THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO FURTHER

[33:59] PROTECT LISTED HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.

[34:07] THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL MODIFY DESCRIPTIONS AND

[34:10] DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ALL ZONING DISTRICTS TO REFLECT THE

[34:15] UPDATED DEFINITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT INTENSEITIES

[34:17] SPECIFIED IN NOVATO GENERAL PLAN 2035.

[34:21] THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN INTERNAL

[34:24] CONSISTENCY BTEEN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

[34:29] THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NEW BUILDING DENSITY AND

[34:34] INTENSITY MODIFICATIONS AND EACH AFFECTED ZONING DISTRICT.

[34:39] ADDITIONALLY THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT, SORRY, THE CURRENT

[34:44] ZONING ORDINANCE FORMAT WAS DEVELOPED FOR PRINT VERSIONS OF

[34:48] THE ORDINANCE, AS SUCH WE ARE PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE AND

[34:52] REFORMAT SEVERAL TABLES INCLUDING THE LAND USE AND

[34:55] DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TABLES FOR CLARITY AND EASE OF USE

[35:00] ACROSS VARIOUS MEDIUMS INCLUDING ONLINE VERSIONS OF

[35:02] THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE

[35:08] A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION THAT WOULD APPLY TO ALL HOUSING

[35:12] DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THE TERM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

[35:16] PROJECTS INCLUDES ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT

[35:19] CONTAINS TWO OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

[35:22] THE SECTION IS AIMED AT PROVIDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

[35:27] AND A PROCESS THAT WILL BE UNIFORMLY APPLIED TO ALL

[35:31] HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THIS ORDINANCE WILL ESTABLISH

[35:37] TWO TIERS OF REVIEW AUTHORITY BASED ON THE PROPOSED UNIT

[35:41] COUNT IN AHOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

[35:43] THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WOULD BE THE REVIEW

[35:47] AUTHORITY FOR PROJECTS OF 150 OR FEWER UNITS.

[35:50] AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE THE REVIEW AUTHORITY

[35:55] FOR PROJECTS GREATER THAN 150 UNITS.

[35:58] THIS DISTINCTION BETWEEN REVIEW AUTHORITIES IS BASED ON THE

[36:02] OVERALL REVIEW TIMEFRAMES PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW.

[36:06] CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT REQUIRES A

[36:09] LOCAL AGENCY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A COMPLETE PROJECT

[36:13] APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH OBJECTIVE STANDARDS WITHIN 30

[36:18] DAYS FOR PROJECTS WITH 150 OR FEWER UNITS AND WITHIN 60 DAYS

[36:23] FOR PROJECTS WITH GREATER THAN 150 UNITS.

[36:28] ADDITIONALLY CONSIDERING THESE PRESCRIPTIVE TIMEFRAMES AND THE

[36:30] LIMITS ON THE TYPE OF REVIEW FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

[36:34] PROJECTS, THE REVIEW AUTHORITY'S DECISION ON A

[36:36] HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS NOT APPEALABLE.

[36:42] THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ALSO INCLUDE MODIFICATIONS TO THE

[36:48] REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICTS OR

[36:51] PD'S. CURRENTLY THE ZONING ORDINANCE

[36:54] REQUIRES FOR THE ADOPTION OF A SITE-SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN AND

[36:58] PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE

[37:02] DEVELOPERS AN ALTERNATE OPTION TO INSTEAD PROPOSE A HOUSING

[37:06] DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE STANDARDS OF THE ZONING

[37:10] DISTRICT IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE

[37:12] DESIGNATION APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL.

[37:20] >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND

[37:23] COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE

[37:28] DRAFT TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE.

[37:31] SO THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDED PROGRAM 2A WHICH

[37:35] DIRECTS THE CITY TO ADOPT A TDR ORDINANCE WITH THE GOAL OF

[37:40] INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.

[37:48] THE DRAFT ORDINANCE INCLUDES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BOTH

[37:54] DONOR AND RECEIVING PROPERTIES. REGARDING DONOR PROPERTIES

[37:57] THERE ARE TWO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

[37:59] FIRST IS FOR A LISTED HISTORIC RESOURCE AND THE SECOND IS FOR

[38:05] A VACANT PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ON SITE.

[38:11] THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ARE LSTED IN THE ZONING CODE

[38:13] AND THAT WOULD BE THE SITE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S WETLANDS,

[38:20] WATERWAYS, HILLSIDE OR WOODLANDS PRESERVATION

[38:22] ORDINANCES. SITES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE

[38:25] BAYLANDS OR FLOOD HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICTS.

[38:28] AND THOSE SITES LOCATED IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION

[38:33] ZONING DISTRICT AREAS. RECEIVING AREAS NEED TO B

[38:37] LOCATED IN EITHER THE DOWNTOWN OR NORTH REDWOOD GENERAL PLAN

[38:42] FOCUS AREAS AND NOT HAVE A HISTORIC OR ENVIRONMENTAL

[38:46] RESOURCES ON SITE. AND ALSO THE RECEIVING SITES

[38:52] NEED TO BE A GENERAL PLAN LND USE THAT ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTIAL

[38:55] USES. THE DRAFT ORDINANCE ALSO

[39:01] INCLUDES SOME LIMITATIONS. ONE IS THAT THE RECEIVING

[39:04] PROPERTY CAN OBTAIN AN INCREASE OF UP TO 25% ABOVE THE

[39:10] RECEIVING SITE'S MAXIMUM DENSITY PER GENERAL PLAN LAND

[39:13] USE DESIGNATION. THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR

[39:18] SIMILAR INSTRUMENT WOULD NEED TO BE RECORDED AGAINST THE

[39:21] DONOR PROPERTY, WHICH BASICALLY STRIPS THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS

[39:25] OFF THAT SITE. AND THEN ALSO, HOW THE

[39:30] ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED, THE RECEIVING SITE UNITS WOULD NOT

[39:34] BE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE.

[39:41] A USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED, IT IS A DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL, WHICH

[39:47] MEANS APROVAL IS NOT GUARANTEED.

[39:48] YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE USE PERMIT PROCESS WHICH

[39:52] TYPICALLY GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A HEARING.

[39:55] THE TDR PROGRAM ALSO DOES NOT REPLACE OR PROHIBIT DENSITY

[39:59] BONUS. A DEVELOPER COULD THEORETICALLY

[40:03] USE BOTH DENSITY BONUS AND THE TDR PROGRAM.

[40:10] FOUR NEW DEFINITIONS ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE

[40:13] ZONING CODE. THREE SPECIFIC TO THE TDR

[40:16] PROGRAM AND A FOURTH ONE IS FOR A VACANT LOT AND THAT'S

[40:20] APPLICABLE TO THIS ORDINANCE BUT ALSO MORE BROADLY

[40:23] APPLICABLE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

[40:30] THIS SLIDE IS AN EXCERPT FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN.

[40:34] AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RECEIVING SITE ELIGIBILITY IS

[40:37] EITHER THE DOWNTOWN FOCUS AREA OR THE NORTH REDWOOD CORRIDOR

[40:40] FOCUS AREA. THIS MAP DOES HAVE A REFERENCE

[40:45] TO THE NORTHWEST QUAD. BUT THE NORTHWEST QUAD IS NOT

[40:49] PART OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. HERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT

[40:56] EXAMPLES OF WHAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE FROM A TDR

[41:01] PROGRAM, IF WE D EVER GET ANY APPLICATIONS.

[41:04] I'VE GOT FOUR DIFFERENT SIZED LOTS BASED ON EITHER THE MIXED

[41:10] USE OR DOWNTOWN CORE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.

[41:12] AND YOU COULD SEE ON A SMALLER LOT OF ABOUT 7,75000 SQUARE

[41:22] FEET GETTING TO BASE DENSITY PLUS A 25% BONUS THE INCREASE

[41:26] WOULD GO FROM ABOUT 3.4 UNITS OF ALLOWABLE UNITS UP TO A FIVE

[41:32] UNIT MAX. AND THE NUMBERS DO INCREASE AS

[41:35] THE PROPERTIES GET LARGER. THE LARGEST SITE I HAVE HERE IS

[41:39] A FIVE ACRE SITE SUBJECT TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE.

[41:43] BASE MAX UNITS WOULD BE 115 UNITS.

[41:51] WITH THE 25% DENSITY TRANSFER, YOU DO GET UP TO 144 UNITS WITH

[41:55] ROUNDING. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THERE'S

[42:09] ONE MINOR EDIT REGARDING A CODE REFERENCE IN THE DRAFT

[42:12] ORDINANCE, THAT EDIT WAS MADE SUBSEQUENT TO THE PLANNING

[42:15] COMMISSION HEARING. THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE 4 DOES

[42:19] DETAIL THAT MINOR CHANGE AND THE EXHIBIT B PRESENTED TONIGHT

[42:24] INCLUDES THE STRIKE THROUGH OF THAT MINOR EDIT.

[42:29] SO WITH THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY

[42:36] COUNCIL ADOPT THE DRAFT RESOLUTION INCLUDED WITH THE

[42:37] STAFF REPORT. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S

[42:40] PRESENTATION AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY

[42:42] HAVE. THANK YOU.

[42:43] >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

[42:45] COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: A COUPLE OF

[42:47] QUESTIONS. ON SLIDE #5, YOU TALK ABOUT

[42:55] WHAT THE REVIEW AUTHORITY IS. IS THIS FOR 100% HOUSING, 150

[43:00] OR FEWER, OR GREATER THAN 150? IS IT JUST PURELY HOUSING, BUT

[43:05] IT'S NOT LIKE A MIXED USE? >> SO THIS WOULD, THE HOUSING

[43:11] DEVELOPMENT PROJECT'S SECTION, IN THAT DEFINITION INCLUDES

[43:14] MIXED USE PROJECTS WITH TWO OR MORE UNITS.

[43:17] SO THIS REVIEW AUTHORITY WOULD APPLY TO MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS

[43:21] THAT MEET THAT DEFINITION. >> P. Eklund: OKAY, QUESTIONS

[43:26] ON THE CHART IN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE 2.

[43:32] SO WE HAD THAT CHART BEFORE BUT I KNOW IT'S CHANGED.

[43:36] AND I HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO GET WHAT WAS CHANGED.

[43:43] SO COULD YOU IDENTIFY WHAT ACTUALLY WAS CHANGED IN THIS,

[43:46] IF ANYTHING? ON THIS CHART.

[43:52] >> I BELIEVE YOU ARE REFERENCING THE BUILDING

[43:58] DENSITY. >> P. Eklund: YES, BUILDING

[44:02] DENSITY AND INTENSITY MODIFICATIONS.

[44:04] >> SO THIS DOES NOT CHANGE FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.

[44:07] >> P. Eklund: OKAY, SO WHAT WE SEE IN THIS CHART, IT'S ON PAGE

[44:10] 2 OF THIS STAFF REPORT IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAD BEFORE?

[44:13] >> CORRECT. THIS IS WHAT IS IN THE GENERAL

[44:16] PLAN. THIS IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE

[44:19] ZONING ORDINANCE, SO THIS WOULD BE TO UPDATE THE ZONING

[44:23] ORDINANCE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.

[44:25] >> P. Eklund: SO THIS TABLE, YOU SAY IT'S IN THE GENERAL

[44:29] PLAN? >> CORRECT.

[44:30] >> P. Eklund: AND IS THIS TABLE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CHANGED

[44:35] THEN, IN ORDER TO COINCIDE WITH THE ZONING AMENDMENTS?

[44:39] >> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT.

[44:43] SO BECAUSE THIS TABLE CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE GENERAL PLAN,

[44:49] WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT ARE MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING

[44:53] ORDINANCE FOR CONSISTENCY FOR THE EXISTING TABLE IN THE

[44:55] GENERAL PLAN. >> P. Eklund: RIGHT, BUT MY

[44:58] QUESTION IS, THIS I THE NEW TABLE OR IS THIS THE OLD ONE?

[45:05] >> I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST A VISUAL FOR THE STAFF REPORT.

[45:09] THE ZONING ORDINANCE TABLES ARE BROKEN UP SEPARATELY, AS WE

[45:14] HAVE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AS EXHIBIT A.

[45:23] SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS SPECIFIC TABLE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE

[45:26] BUT THE INFORMATION IN THE TABLE IS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT

[45:29] THE ZONING ORDINANCE WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

[45:32] >> P. Eklund: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER

[45:37] O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.

[45:38] I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS KIND OF, IT'S

[45:42] PROBABLY OBVIOUS TO SOME PEOPLE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE

[45:45] NEED A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PROGRAM?

[45:49] WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS? WHAT DOES NOVATO GAIN FROM

[45:52] HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? >> SO THIS PROGRAM WAS INCLUDED

[45:56] IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT. AND TYPICALLY, THE PURPOSE OF

[45:59] THESE ORDINANCE IS TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS AND WE HAVE SORT OF

[46:03] INTEGRATED SORT OF THE TWO PRIMARY REASONS.

[46:07] ONE, NOVATO DOES HAVE A FEW PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED ON

[46:10] EITHER THE STATE OR THE NATIONAL REGISTRY.

[46:15] AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS A

[46:20] LISTED HISTORIC RESOURCE TO GAIN SOME VALUE, IF THERE WAS

[46:29] EXTRA UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY RIGHTS PER THE GENERAL PLAN

[46:33] LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.

[46:38] AND THEN THEY WOULD TRANSFER IT TO A RECEIVING SITE THAT COULD

[46:44] THEN BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

[46:47] THE SECOND SCENARIO IS REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL

[46:49] RESOURCES. SO IN THIS CASE, PICK A

[46:54] PROPERTY THAT HAS AN AVERAGE SLOPE OF 30%.

[46:58] THE CITY HAS A HILLSIDE ORDINANCE THAT TRIES TO LIMIT

[47:02] DEVELOPMENT ON HILLSIDE PROPERTIES.

[47:07] SIMILAR WITH OR WETLANDS ORDINANCE, OUR WATERWAYS

[47:09] ORDINANCE. IT REALLY PUTS MORE LIMITATIONS

[47:12] ON PROPERTY THAN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE RESOURCES ON SITE.

[47:16] SO IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT OWNS, AS

[47:23] AN EXAMPLE, A HILLSIDE PROPERTY THAT IS UNDEVELOPED, TO LEAVE

[47:26] THAT PROPERTY UNDEVELOPED BUT GAIN SOME MONETARY VALUE FROM

[47:32] THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE

[47:35] GENERAL PLAN LAND USE TO EXTRACT THOSE DEVELOPMENT

[47:41] RIGHTS FROM THE DONOR SITE WHERE A RECEIVING PROPERTY MAY

[47:43] BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT EXTRA DENSITY.

[47:48] >> T. O'Connor: GOT IT. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION, THE

[47:55] HILLSIDE ORDINANCE WE GENERALLY DON'T STAND BEHIND BECAUSE IT'S

[47:58] GENERALLY NOT CONSIDERED AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD AND WHEN WE

[48:00] TRY TO CONTEST IT, WE TEND TO STAND BACK FROM T I'VE NOTICED.

[48:05] WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO BUY A

[48:10] HILLSIDE PROPERTY, SO GENERALLY THAT WILL COST LESS THAN A

[48:14] SIMILARLY SIZED FLAT PROPERTY, RIGHT?

[48:16] BY IN EFFECT SAYING I WON'T BUILD ON THIS HILLSIDE BUT YOU

[48:19] ARE GOING TO GIVE ME A BIG BONUS TO BUILD OVER HERE,

[48:24] THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE GAINING FROM IT, AND THE CITY'S BENEFIT

[48:27] IS THAT LAND WOULD THEN BE PROTECTED AND IT COULDN'T BE

[48:30] BUILT ON. >> CORRECT.

[48:32] I'M NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH ON THE ECONOMICS OF IT ALL.

[48:35] BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, I

[48:40] WOULDN'T FORESEE AN INDIVIDUAL GOING OUT AND BUYING A HILLSIDE

[48:44] PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY TO BENEFIT FROM THIS TRANSFER OF

[48:46] DEVELOPMENT. >> T. O'Connor: SURE, BUT THERE

[48:49] ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED A LOT OF LAND ACROSS NOVATO WHO

[48:53] DO OWN HILLSIDE THINGS, THEY AREN'T ABLE TO DEVELOP THEM

[48:57] ANYWAY, SO WE WOULD BE GIVING THEM A DENSITY BONUS SOMEWHERE

[49:01] ELSE IN NOVATO, FOR NOT BUILDING ON A PROPERTY THEY

[49:05] PROBABLY COULDN'T BUILD ON ANYWAY.

[49:06] I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

[49:08] >> YEAH, WELL I GUESS THEY WOULD ALWAYS RETAIN SOME

[49:11] ABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AS LONG AS I WAS CONSISTENT

[49:14] WITH THE GENERAL PLAN IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE

[49:21] CITY COULDN'T ELIMINATE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BECAUSE THAT

[49:23] WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TAKING. SO IT'S REALLY LOOKED AT AS

[49:28] CO-BENEFICIAL, ONE A PROPERTY OWNER WITH VACANT LAND CAN GET

[49:34] SOME VALUE OUT OF THAT SITE BY TRANSFERRING DEVELOPMENT TO A

[49:40] RECEIVING SITE AND BASED ON THE CITY'S PRESERVATION GOALS WITH

[49:48] THINGS LIKE THE HILLSIDE ORDINANCE, THE CITY WOULD ALSO

[49:51] BENEFIT BY HAVING THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THE CITY

[49:57] WOULD PREFER TO HAVE PRESERVED, REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.

[49:59] >> T. O'Connor: OKAY. SO AS I WAS READING IT, THE

[50:06] ORDINANCE EXEMPTS THE TRANSFERRED UNITS FROM THE

[50:09] CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT?

[50:10] >> CORRECT. >> T. O'Connor: WHY?

[50:13] >> THAT IS COMPLETELY DISCRETIONARY.

[50:14] YOU COULD SAY WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

[50:17] IT WAS WRITTEN IN THIS MANNER MAINLY AS AN INCENTIVE.

[50:24] THERE'S NOTHING IN STATE LAW THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT

[50:28] IN OUR ORDINANCE COMPLETELY DISCRETIONARY.

[50:30] BUT YEAH, THAT CERTAINLY IS, WE DID BRING THAT UP TO THE

[50:34] PLANNING COMMISSION AS SOMETHING THEY MAY WANT TO

[50:35] CONSIDER. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T

[50:39] REALLY PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY

[50:43] TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT. >> T. O'Connor: AND THEN WITH

[50:46] THE 25% DENSITY BONUS, THEY GET FROM TRANSFERRING, WOULD THEY

[50:50] THEN STILL QUALIFY FOR FURTHER STATE BONUSES ON TOP OF THAT,

[50:54] THEORETICALLY? >> YES.

[50:57] SO, THE STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM

[51:02] THIS TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE.

[51:04] SO YOU ARE CORRECT. THEY COULD --

[51:07] >> T. O'Connor: WHICH NUMBER WOULD IT APPLY TO, THE NUMBER

[51:10] OF UNITS BEING TRANSFERRED OR THE NUMBER OF UNITS PLUS

[51:12] DENSITY? >> THE STATE DENSITY BONUS

[51:17] WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE TDR'D UNITS.

[51:19] IT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ALLOWED PER THE GENERAL PLAN

[51:24] LAND USE DESIGNATION, NOT INCLUDING THE EXTRA TDR'D UNITS.

[51:27] >> T. O'Connor: OKAY. JUST CIRCLING BACK TO MY LAST

[51:31] QUESTION ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.

[51:34] IS REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSING

[51:36] ELEMENT THAT WE ADOPTED? >> SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT

[51:40] DIDN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF WHETHER AN ORDINANCE SHOULD

[51:47] BE WRITTEN TO EITHER INCLUDE OR NOT -- THOSE UNITS EITHER BE

[51:52] SUBJECT OR NOT SUBJECT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE.

[51:59] >> T. O'Connor: AND THEN, WE COULD TONIGHT EITHER DIRECT YOU

[52:03] TO APPLY THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS OR SAY ADD A

[52:06] CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS THAN THERE HAS TO BE, RIGHT?

[52:09] WE COULD MAKE THOSE CHANGES TONIGHT, RIGHT?

[52:10] >> I BELIEVE SO. >> T. O'Connor: OKAY, THANK YOU.

[52:13] MY LAST QUESTION, IS THERE AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR THESE

[52:16] AMENDMENTS? AN APPLICATION COMES IN, STAFF

[52:20] APPROVES IT OR DENIES, IS THERE AN APPEAL PROCESS?

[52:22] >> YES. SO THE ZONING CODE FOR USE

[52:26] PERMITS HAS ONE OF TWO LEVELS FOR THE REVIEW AUTHORITY.

[52:29] WE DO APPROVE SOME OF THOSE AT THE ZONING ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL

[52:34] FOR NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS. OTHERWISE WE DO TAKE THEM TO

[52:38] THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ANY DECISION OF THE PLANNING

[52:42] COMMISSION WOULD B APPEALABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

[52:44] >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[52:45] >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Mayor Farac: I HAVE A FEW

[52:48] QUESTIONS. KIND OF PIGGYBACKING, AND I

[52:54] MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS OR MISUNDERSTOOD IT IN THE

[52:56] PRESENTATION. BUT WITH BOTH THE TR DENSITY

[53:04] BONUS AND THE STATE DENSITY BONUS, IS THERE A MAXIMUM

[53:08] NUMBER? >> SO, STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW,

[53:19] YOU GET BONUSES OF CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS OF THE

[53:24] MAXIMUM BASE UNITS, BASED ON THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY OF

[53:29] THE PROJECT. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WITH A

[53:36] MINIMUM OF 5% OF THE BASE UNITS, AT THE VERY LOW INCOME

[53:44] LEVEL, THAT'S WHEN YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR DENSITY BONUS.

[53:50] AND WITH AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 10% AT EITHER LOW INCOME O

[53:55] MODERATE INCOME, YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR DENSITY BONUS.

[53:59] BUT THE BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF YOUR UNITS THAT ARE DESIGNATED

[54:04] AS AFFORDABLE AT ONE OF THOSE THREE LEVELS, AS THOSE

[54:09] INCREASE, YOUR PERCENTAGE OF ALLOWED DENSITY BONUS UNITS

[54:13] ALSO INCREASES. SO, YOU COULD MAKE THEORETICAL

[54:21] ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY EXTRA UNITS A SITE COULD GET.

[54:25] BUT IT'S REALLY BASED ON WHEN A PROJECT COMES IN, THE LEVEL OF

[54:31] AFFORDABILITY THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AT THE DIFFERENT

[54:35] LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, VERY LOW, LOW AND MODERATE AND THAT

[54:39] DETERMINES HOW MANY ADDITIONAL UNITS THEY CAN GET.

[54:45] AND THEN WITH TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, WE HAVE IT

[54:50] WRITTEN THAT IT'S NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE MAXIMUM OF THE

[54:55] GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION.

[54:57] SO IF YOU HAD A SITE THAT COULD HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 100 UNITS PER

[55:04] GENERAL PLAN LAND USE, AND THEY REQUESTED A 25% BONUS, THAT

[55:11] WOULD GIVE THEM 125 UNITS ON THE SITE.

[55:14] >> Myor Farac: THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.

[55:17] AND THEN, AS FAR AS TDR TRANSACTIONS, HOW MANY DOES THE

[55:25] STAFF RALISTICALLY THINK WE'LL GET IN THE NEXT, I DON'T KNOW,

[55:29] 5-10 YEARS? LIKE HOW COMMON?

[55:33] >> WE DISCUSSED THAT. AND BECAUSE OF THE ALLOWANCES

[55:40] OF STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, WE DON'T EXPECT TIS ORDINANCE TO

[55:44] BE USED FREQUENTLY. WE ACTUALLY QUESTION WHETHER IT

[55:49] WILL EVER BE USED. SO WE DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING A

[55:53] COMMON OCCURRENCE. AND GIVEN THE USE PERMIT

[55:57] PROCESS TAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THE DRAFT ORDINANCE, IT DOES

[56:04] GIVE THE CITY DECISION MAKERS DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER THE

[56:11] RECEIVING SITE IS A GOOD USE OF THAT SITE TO GET THOSE

[56:14] ADDITIONAL UNITS. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU SO

[56:16] MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE THE

[56:18] EXPLANATION. SO NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP

[56:21] TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY YELLOW CARDS?

[56:25] I'M NOT SEEING ANY. LAURA, ANYONE ONLINE?

[56:28] >> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ONLINE.

[56:31] >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL

[56:34] FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: I'LL

[56:39] MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY AND INTRODUCE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.

[56:42] >> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A SECOND?

[56:45] >> T. OConnor: WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS?

[56:47] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: SURE. >> T. O'Connor: THANKS.

[56:52] I'M INTERESTED IN REMOVING THE WAIVER O THE AFFORDABILITY

[56:54] REQUIREMENTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE

[56:57] RETAIN THOSE. ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

[57:00] ROUNDING THAT'S USED IN THE ORDINANCE, THERE'S A PROBLEM

[57:03] WITH THE MATH IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ACTUAL BONUS IS.

[57:07] WHEN IT COMES AT 3.4, IT'S NOT 25% WHEN YOU ROUND UP, IT'S

[57:11] CLOSER TO 47%. SO I THINK THE ROUNDING, THE

[57:14] WAY THE ROUNDING MATH WORKS NEEDS ANOTHER LOOK.

[57:22] AT WHAT POINT DOES IT MAKE SENSE, QUESTION FOR THE CITY

[57:24] MANAGER. HOW MANY AMENDMENTS BECOMES TOO

[57:28] MANY AMENDMENTS TO BRING BACK AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS

[57:31] CONVERSATION A SECOND TIME? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[57:35] IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE DEPTH OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE

[57:38] REQUIRED. >> T. O'Connor: OKAY.

[57:43] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN ACTUAL

[57:45] NUMBER. GARY BELL?

[57:48] >> City Attorney G. Bell: ONE COMMENT ON THAT, SINCE THIS IS

[57:54] A ZONING ORDINANCE AND IT CAME FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION,

[57:56] THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE HAD TO CONSIDER ANY

[57:59] CHANGES BEFORE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THAT.

[58:00] SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS TO STAFF IS WHETHER THEY

[58:03] CONSIDERED THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

[58:04] THE ANSWER MIGHT BE YES, IN WHICH CASE YOU CAN MAKE THE

[58:07] CHANGE AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND THAT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF

[58:11] TOO, HOW EXTENSIVE THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE.

[58:13] BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T CONSIDERED IT, WE WILL NEED TO SEND IT

[58:15] BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION IN THE

[58:18] FIRST INSTANCE. >> T. O'Connor: OKAY, SO WHAT

[58:21] I'M HEARING IS, IT'S QUITE A LOT OF STAFF TIME.

[58:25] WHAT I ALSO HEARD IS YU THINK IT MIGHT NEVER EVER GET USED.

[58:29] IS THAT FAIR? >> YEAH, I THINK IT MIGHT NEVER

[58:35] GET USED. >> T. O'Connor: IN THAT CASE, I

[58:40] DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION.

[58:42] I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION THEN.

[58:45] I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DISCONTINUE WORK ON

[58:50] THIS ORDINANCE. >> P. Eklund: AND NOT ADOPT IT

[58:55] TONIGHT? >> T. O'Connor: I THINK IT

[58:58] NEEDS A LOT OF CHANGES. AND THE AMOUNT OF SAFF TIME

[59:01] NEEDED TO DO THAT FOR VERY QUESTIONABLE BENEFIT, IT'S

[59:05] LIKELY NEVER TO BE USED ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD SPEND

[59:09] THAT MUCH TIME ON A THING WE WILL NEVER USE.

[59:11] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: YOU ARE SPEAKING, JUST FOR

[59:13] CLARITY. >> P. Eklund: EXCUSE ME, I

[59:15] WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[59:17] JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU ARE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO 19.29,

[59:22] TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. >> T. O'Connor: THE TDR.

[59:24] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: NOT ALL OF THEM, JUST THAT

[59:26] SPECIFIC ONE? >> T. O'Connor: SORRY, THANK

[59:29] FOR THE CLARIFICATION, JUST THE TDR.

[59:31] YOU DON'T THINK THE TDR IS WORTH PURSUING.

[59:34] >> City Attorney G. Bell: ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF.

[59:36] IS THIS A PROGRAM IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT OR OTHERWISE TO

[59:40] IMPLEMENT, WHAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THE ORDINANCE?

[59:44] >> YEAH, SO THIS IS PROGRAM 2A OF THE SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING

[59:50] ELEMENT. AND THAT PROGRAM TITLE IS

[59:55] DEVELOP AND ADOPT A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE.

[1:00:08] SO I WOULD SAY POTENTIALLY A CONFLICT WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF

[1:00:16] THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM. >> City Attorney G. Bell:

[1:00:23] COUNCIL, THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS

[1:00:25] SOMETHING TO ADOPT. SO IF IT'S NOT DONE NOW WE

[1:00:28] WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT HOW TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE HOUSING

[1:00:33] ELEMENT OR BRING IT BACK WITH SOME REVISIONS.

[1:00:35] >> Mayor Farac: I THINK GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT LIKELY GOING TO

[1:00:40] COME UP IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS AND THEN THE NEXT HOUSING

[1:00:47] ELEMENT, WHEN IS THE NEXT CYCLE? >> THE NEXT CYCLE IS 2031.

[1:00:53] >> Mayor Frac: OKAY, SO IT'S KIND OF A LONG TIME.

[1:00:58] BUT GIVEN THE -- >> P. Eklund: THE HOUSING

[1:01:00] ELEMENT IS STARTING NOW. IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY 2031.

[1:01:08] CORRECT? OR WE ARE ENTERING A NEW

[1:01:12] HOUSING CYCLE. MADAM MYOR, IF I WILL, I WAS

[1:01:16] GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, PERIOD.

[1:01:18] BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE EMBARKED ON

[1:01:23] SOMETHING THIS SUBSTANTIAL WITHOUT HAVING WORKSHOPS WITH

[1:01:25] THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WHEN I WATCH THE PLANNING

[1:01:27] COMMISSION MEETING AND SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS DID

[1:01:30] CALL ME AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE SHOWED IT, BUT THEY WERE

[1:01:34] FRUSTRATED. I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT

[1:01:40] WHAT IS BEING PUT BEFORE US. WHAT COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR

[1:01:45] MAKING A SUGGESTION THAT THIS BE PUT ON THE BOOKSHELF, I

[1:01:52] WOULD SUPPORT THAT 150%. BECAUSE FRANKLY, WE NEED TO

[1:02:01] BRING PEOPLE ALONG. AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT,

[1:02:05] ON SOME OF THESE CHANGES. SO THAT NOT ONLY WOULD WE AGREE

[1:02:11] WITH THEM BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

[1:02:13] IF THEY SAID THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, NO ONE

[1:02:17] IS GOING TO USE IT, THEN WHY DID WE SPEND THE TIME TO PUT IT

[1:02:20] TOGETHER? >> Mayor Farac: WHAT WOULD BE

[1:02:23] THE IMPACT OF NOT ADOPTING IT, VERSUS ADOPTING IT?

[1:02:27] COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US THOSE? >> WELL, I THINK, SO ONE TING

[1:02:33] THAT WE DO ANNUALLY EVERY SPRING IS THAT WE SUBMIT AN

[1:02:38] ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION

[1:02:44] TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY

[1:02:46] DEVELOPMENT. AND THEY CERTAINLY DO REVIEW

[1:02:50] THOSE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS OR APR'S.

[1:02:56] TO MONITOR A CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICIES

[1:03:00] AND PROGRAMS THAT WERE IN THE ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT.

[1:03:08] THE LEVEL OF DETAILS TO WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ON A

[1:03:12] PROGRAM BY PROGRAM BASIS, I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT.

[1:03:20] I DON'T KNOW IF STEVE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS.

[1:03:28] >> STEVE MARSHAL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY

[1:03:30] DEVELOPMENT. SO TO BUILD ON WHAT BRETT HAS

[1:03:34] BEEN EXPLAINING, WE HAVE TO REPORT TO HCD EACH YEAR

[1:03:37] PROGRESS ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. THEY ARE TRACKING OUR

[1:03:41] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIS IN THAT

[1:03:43] DOCUMENT. IF WEIGH CHOOSE NOT TO

[1:03:46] IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THAT.

[1:03:50] THERE'S POTENTIAL OF AN HCD INVESTIGATION OR ACTION.

[1:03:53] THEY DO HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY WHERE THEY CN

[1:03:58] COMPEL AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT.

[1:04:00] AND IF THEY DON'T YOU CAN SUFFER CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS

[1:04:04] HAVING YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT DECERTIFIED AND THEN ARE

[1:04:06] LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE THE AGENCY IS EXPOSED TO THE

[1:04:10] BUILDER'S REMEDY SITUATION. AND I WOULD DEFER TO CITY

[1:04:14] ATTORNEY BELL, IF THERE'S A NEED TO ELABORATE ON THAT.

[1:04:17] I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT IS THERE'S SOME

[1:04:21] DISSATISFACTION WITH THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT

[1:04:24] RIGHTS ORDINANCE, IN PARTICULAR. AND I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY

[1:04:27] CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO

[1:04:30] COMPLETE THAT TO SATISFY THAT PROGRAM.

[1:04:32] ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISSUE, THERE'S THE LARGER SET OF

[1:04:36] AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN EXHIBIT A.

[1:04:40] THOSE ARE ALSO TAKEN PART FROM THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS WELL AS

[1:04:44] THE LARGER GENERAL PLAN, SO WE ARE SIMPLY IMPLEMENTING GENERAL

[1:04:47] PLAN BY MAKING THOSE CHANGES. SO IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY INPUT

[1:04:52] AND COUNCIL REVIEW AND AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW,

[1:04:55] THAT WOULD HAVE ALL BEEN ESTABLISHED WHEN THE GENERAL

[1:04:58] PLAN WAS ADOPTED TO INCLUDE THOSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND

[1:05:02] THE SAME FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT WHEN IT WAS REVIEWED

[1:05:05] AND ADOPTED. SO FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE

[1:05:08] ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE

[1:05:11] DOCUMENTS AND THIS AGAIN IS A CHANCE FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE

[1:05:14] MODIFICATIONS. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS

[1:05:16] IMPLEMENTATION. >> Mayor Farac: THEN I WE MAKE

[1:05:22] MODIFICATIONS IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION?

[1:05:25] >> IT DEPENDS ON THE EXTENT OF THE MODIFICATIONS.

[1:05:29] FOR EXAMPLE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID DSCUSS THIS

[1:05:32] AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT TO THE TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

[1:05:35] I THINK, I WILL LET CITY ATTORNEY BELL JUMP IN IF I'M

[1:05:41] INCORRECT HERE, BUT I THINK SINCE IT WAS DISCUSSED, THE

[1:05:44] COUNCIL CAN MAKE A MODIFICATION THERE.

[1:05:46] SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WEREN'T DISCUSSED, WE JUST HAVE

[1:05:49] TO LOOK AT HOW SUBSTANTIVE THE CHANGES ARE.

[1:05:52] AND I INVITE CITY ATTORNEY BELL IF HE WOULD WANT TO COMMENT ON

[1:05:55] THAT. >> City Attorney G. Bell: YEAH.

[1:05:57] THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION

[1:06:00] CONSIDERED THAT TOPIC OR NOT. SO IF YOU ARE GOING IN AN

[1:06:04] ENTIRELY NEW DIRECTION THAT WAS NOT CONSIDERED PART OF THE

[1:06:07] DISCUSSION IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WOULD

[1:06:09] NEED TO GO BACK. IF IT WAS DISCUSSED EITHER

[1:06:11] THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT OR THE HEARING IN FRONT OF THE

[1:06:14] PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR YOU TO MAKE THE

[1:06:15] CHANGE HERE. SO THAT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF

[1:06:18] ON ANY PARTICULAR CHANGE. >> T. O'Connor: MAY I MAKE AN

[1:06:21] AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION? HEARING THE CONVERSATION

[1:06:24] TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION.

[1:06:26] I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ALL THE PROPOSALS EXCEPT FOR THE

[1:06:31] DIVISION 29, TLDR DISCUSSION. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE

[1:06:36] DO IS TABLE IT FOR NOW, RETURN IT TO THE CITY MANAGER CAN

[1:06:40] INDIVIDUALLY WORK WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER AND IT COMES BACK

[1:06:43] TO COUNCIL AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

[1:06:50] >> Mayor Farac: WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF DOING THAT?

[1:06:54] JUST TIME? >> City Attorney G. Bell: YEAH,

[1:06:57] I THINK THAT WORKS. UNLESS THERE'S A PARTICULAR

[1:07:01] DEADLINE FOR THE TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE,

[1:07:04] IF THERE ISN'T, W CAN WORK WITH THAT DEADLINE TO BRING IT

[1:07:06] BACK. I SEE NO ISSUE WITH THAT JAOFLT

[1:07:09] YES, SIR, THE TDR ORDINANCE IS SPECIFICALLY EXHIBIT B TO THE

[1:07:13] ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO I THINK YOU COULD AMEND THE

[1:07:21] MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE WITH EXHIBIT A AND EXCLUDE

[1:07:25] EXHIBIT B. >> T. O'Connor: SO AMENDED.

[1:07:28] THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION. >> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A

[1:07:32] SECOND? >> S. Karkal: I'LL SECOND.

[1:07:36] >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU CALL VOTE?

[1:07:38] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: NO.

[1:07:41] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: YES.

[1:07:43] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?

[1:07:44] >> T. O'Connor: YES. >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS?

[1:07:46] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: YES. >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC?

[1:07:47] >> Mayor Farac: AYE. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.

[1:07:49] THANK YOU. YOU APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING

[1:07:51] WITH US. -- I APPRECIATE YOU ALL

[1:07:54] WORKING WITH US. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM J,

[1:07:58] GENERAL BUSINESS. CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION

[1:08:01] APPROVING THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK FOR

[1:08:06] THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2026 TO JUNE 30, 2029.

[1:08:12] I WULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER, AMY CUNNINGHAM.

[1:08:19] AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST STACY HOGAN.

[1:08:20] WELCOME. AND CARLA.

[1:08:24] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS

[1:08:27] OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE STACY HOGAN, MANAGEMENT

[1:08:32] ANALYST I HERE TO DO THIS PRESENTATION, SUPPORTED BY

[1:08:35] CARLA CARVALHO-DEGRAFF, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.

[1:08:38] THIS IS STACY'S FIRST PRESENTATION AT THE CITY

[1:08:40] COUNCIL LEVEL. HOWEVER, SHE HAS DONE MANY

[1:08:44] PRESENTATIONS AT VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES AND

[1:08:47] HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN SUPPORTING US, PARTICULARLY

[1:08:49] WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STAFF TO SUPPORT THOSE GROUPS OVER

[1:08:52] THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

[1:08:54] SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE STACY HERE TONIGHT TO LEAD US IN THIS

[1:08:57] EFFORT. >> HI, GOOD EVENING, CITY

[1:09:02] COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS STACY HOGAN, I'M AN

[1:09:06] ANALYST IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

[1:09:08] AND TONIGHT I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU THE 2026-2029 CITY

[1:09:14] COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK.

[1:09:16] SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY NOVATO

[1:09:21] NEEDS A STRATEGIC PLAN. HOW WE DEVELOPED THE FRAMEWORK

[1:09:24] OF THIS PLAN AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO PUT THIS PLAN

[1:09:27] INTO ACTION. SO IN MANY WAYS, THIS PLAN IS A

[1:09:31] BRIDGE BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN THE CITY AND WHERE WE

[1:09:34] WANT TO BE IN THE NEXT SIN3B YEARS.

[1:09:42] SO WHY A STRATEGIC PLAN? A STRATEGIC PLAN ESTABLISHES

[1:09:46] THE CITY'S PRIORITIES, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT

[1:09:48] THREE YEARS. IT HELPS US GIDE OPERATIONS,

[1:09:53] OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND WORKPLANS WHILE MAKING SURE

[1:09:55] THAT WE STAY ALIGNED WITH OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ANY

[1:10:02] EMERGING ISSUES THAT ARISE. ALTHOUGH THE '23-'25 STRATEGIC

[1:10:07] PLAN CONCLUDED, STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK ON THE LONG-TERM

[1:10:10] INITIATIVES WITH THE CITY HAVING ACHIEVED COMPLETION OF

[1:10:13] OVER 75% OF THOSE ITEMS. SO HOW DID WE DEVELOP THIS

[1:10:22] PLAN'S FRAMEWORK? THE CITY RETAINED RITELIS

[1:10:28] FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS TO LEAD YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

[1:10:32] THEY HELD ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH COUNCIL, THEY HAD

[1:10:34] DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEY HELD A

[1:10:38] PUBLICLY NOTICED STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP BACK IN APRIL.

[1:10:41] THEY ALSO REVIEWED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAD

[1:10:44] BEEN COMPLETED THROUGH SURVEYS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, FOCUS

[1:10:48] GROUPS AND NUMEROUS POP-UP EVENTS.

[1:10:55] WHAT WE HEARD FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS LED US TO THIS

[1:11:00] FOUNDATION AND FIVE PRIMARY GOALS WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT

[1:11:02] TO YOU TONIGHT. SO OUR FIRST GOAL, OUTSTANDING

[1:11:09] QUALITY OF LIFE. NOVATO DELIVERS PARKS AND

[1:11:13] COMMUNITY AMENITIES, HOUSING OPTIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES

[1:11:16] THAT GIVE EVERY RESIDENT ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE

[1:11:19] PRESERVING A SAFE, WELCOMING AND DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD

[1:11:22] CHARACTER THAT DEFINES OUR COMMUNITY.

[1:11:25] SOME EXAMPLES OF PUTTING THIS INTO ACTION WOULD BE OUR

[1:11:29] CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN AND HOUSING

[1:11:31] ELEMENT. AND PROMOTING ACCESSIBILITY AND

[1:11:35] INCLUSION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR NEXT GOAL, GOAL #2,

[1:11:45] PROACTIVE STEWARDS OUR NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS.

[1:11:48] NOVATO MAINTAINS SAFE, SECURE, RELIABLE AND AESTHETICALLY

[1:11:52] PLEASING INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE PROTECTING AND SUSTAINING ITS

[1:11:54] NATURAL RESOURCES. ENSURING BTH THE BUILT AND

[1:11:57] NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE ARE

[1:12:01] PRESERVED, ENHANCED AND MODERNIZED FOR GENERATIONS TO

[1:12:03] COME. SOME EXAMPLES WOULD BE TO

[1:12:07] ASSESS OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING

[1:12:10] ROADWAYS, PARKS AND TRAILS, INVESTMENT IN KEY AREAS, SUCH

[1:12:13] AS REDWOOD BOULEVARD AND THE DOWNTOWN FOUNTAIN AREA.

[1:12:17] AS WLL AS PREPARE FOR ANY CLIMATE-RELATED IMPACTS WHICH

[1:12:21] INCLUDES SEA LEVEL RISE AND INITIATIVES IN OUR CLIMATE

[1:12:24] ACTION PLAN. SO GOAL #3 IS A SAFE AND

[1:12:30] PREPARED COMMUNITY. NOVATO KEEPS RESIDENTS SAFE,

[1:12:36] PREPARED AND RESILIENT THROUGH PROACTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY

[1:12:39] PRACTICES AND INTENTION ALLEN GAUGEMENT.

[1:12:41] THIS WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

[1:12:44] OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

[1:12:47] TRAINING AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

[1:12:50] IMPROVEMENTS. GOAL #4, ECONOMIC VITALITY.

[1:13:00] ONE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. NOVATO IS A VIBRANT CITY WHERE

[1:13:05] BUSINESSES CHOOSE TO INVEST, STOREFRONTS ARE FILLED AND

[1:13:08] THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS DRAW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE,

[1:13:11] GENERATING A STRONG GROWING ECONOMIC BASE THAT SUSTAINS

[1:13:14] COMMUNITY SERVICES AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

[1:13:16] SO IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF THE

[1:13:20] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE A DIRECT

[1:13:23] IMPACT ON THIS GOAL. ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES WOULD BE

[1:13:29] INCLUDING THE REVITALIZATION OF COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND

[1:13:31] CORRIDORS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE OUR TENANT IMPROVEMENT GRANT.

[1:13:34] WE WANT TO PSITION NOVATO AS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

[1:13:41] AND THEN LASTLY, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

[1:13:46] NOVATO OPERATES AS A HIGH-PERFORMING CUSTOMER

[1:13:50] SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHERE ENGAGED EM PLOW ES COLLABORATE

[1:13:53] TO DELIVER MEANINGFUL RESULTS, FINANCIAL STRENGTH PROVIDES THE

[1:13:56] STABILITY NECESSARY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL.

[1:14:00] EXAMPLES BEING INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEE GROWTH THROUGH

[1:14:03] PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SUCCESSION PLANNING AND

[1:14:10] ELIMINATING BARRIERS, CREATING INCLUSIVE COLLABORATIVE

[1:14:11] WORKPLACE CULTURE. WE WANT TO STREAMLINE MODERNIZE

[1:14:15] TECHNOLOGY MAKING US MORE EFFICIENT AND CREATING THE BEST

[1:14:20] POSSIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.

[1:14:22] SO THESE FIVE PRIMARY GOALS TELL THE STORY WHAT THE

[1:14:25] COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL VALUE. IT TRANSLATES PRIORITIES INTO

[1:14:29] AN ACTIONABLE PATH FORWARD WHILE ENSURING THE PLAN REMAINS

[1:14:33] ALIGNED WITH STAFF CAPACITY, AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND

[1:14:35] SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. SO AFTER ADOPTION THE STRATEGIC

[1:14:41] PLAN WOULD BE UPDATED WITH OUR OFFICIAL CITY BRANDING DESIGN

[1:14:44] AND FORMATTING. CITY MANAGER WITH DEPARTMENTS

[1:14:49] WOULD PREPARED DETAILED ORGANIZATIONAL WORKPLAN

[1:14:52] OUTLINING PROJECTS, TIMELINES, RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENTS AND

[1:14:55] PERFORMANCE MEASURES. AND PROGRESS WOULD BE REPORTED

[1:14:59] QUARTERLY TO COUNCIL FOCUSING ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MILESTONES

[1:15:02] AND ANY RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS. THIS WOULD ENSURE TRANSPARENCY

[1:15:06] AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO

[1:15:14] RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE

[1:15:19] CITY OF NOVATO 2026-2029 CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN

[1:15:22] FRAMEWORK. THIS PLAN WILL PROVIDE A CLEAR

[1:15:25] PATH FORWARD BUILDING ON THE PROGRESS THAT NOVATO HAS MADE

[1:15:29] GUIDING THE CITY'S CONTINUED GROWTH AND KEEPING THE

[1:15:32] ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PRIORITIES AND OUTCOME THAT

[1:15:36] WILL SHAPE NOVATO'S FUTURE. I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.

[1:15:39] THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU,

[1:15:42] STACY. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

[1:15:46] DO IHAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?

[1:15:49] ALL RGHT, COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: MY QUESTION HERE

[1:15:58] IS THAT THE ITEMS THAT ARE UNDER THE STRATEGIC GOALS, I'M

[1:16:04] JUST GOING TO PICK LIKE THE FIRST ONE, OUTSTANDING QUALITY

[1:16:11] OF LIFE. WHAT I'M USED TO IS A STRATEGIC

[1:16:14] PLAN WHERE WE ACTUALLY DEVELOP SPECIFIC ACTIONS.

[1:16:22] TO SUPPORT THE GOALS WE HAVE HERE.

[1:16:24] I DON'T SEE SPECIFIC ACTIONS. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT OUR SECOND

[1:16:29] WORKSHOP USUALLY DOES. IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFY

[1:16:34] WHAT SPECIFICALLY SHOULD WE DO, OR CAN WE DO.

[1:16:37] SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

[1:16:41] OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF LIFE. AND UNDER THAT, THERE'S ONE

[1:16:46] ITEM CALLED PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE RESPONSE OF

[1:16:49] BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT BY

[1:16:51] PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND

[1:16:54] CONTINUING TO SPPORT THE SAFE PROGRAM.

[1:16:55] SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. BUT THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC

[1:17:03] THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO OR

[1:17:07] THREE, HOWEVER LONG THIS THING IS FOR, THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT

[1:17:09] FROM WHAT WE ARE DOING. BECAUSE HOMEWARD BOUND, AND WE

[1:17:13] WORK WITH HOMEWARD BOUND, WE STARTED HOMEWARD BOUND.

[1:17:18] SO WHERE ARE THE SPECIFICS? BECAUSE NORMALLY IN A STRATEGIC

[1:17:22] PLAN WE HAVE SPECIFIC F TASKS FOR US TO DO AND THE COUNCIL

[1:17:28] USUALLY DEVELOPS THAT IN A SECOND WORKSHOP THAT WE ALWAYS

[1:17:31] HAVE. SO HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND.

[1:17:34] BECAUSE NONE OF THESE, I WILL SAY, NOT MANY OF THESE ARE

[1:17:37] MEASURABLE. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:17:40] SO THE CITY COUNCIL DID HAVE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN APRIL.

[1:17:44] I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS. I DON'T RECALL US HAVING TWO

[1:17:47] WORKSHOPS. THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE APRIL

[1:17:51] WORKSHOP DID TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND THOSE

[1:17:54] ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT STACY HIGHLIGHTED TO YOU.

[1:17:59] AS PART OF THE SPECIFIC WORKPLAN ITEMS.

[1:18:01] >> City Manager >> P. Eklund: WELL, AMY, WHAT

[1:18:06] IS THE SPECIFIC THING WE WILL DO TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT?

[1:18:09] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: SO IN OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF

[1:18:12] LIFE, COULD YOU GO BACK AND SAY WHAT THOSE ARE.

[1:18:14] >> P. Eklund: THE THIRD ITEM DOWN BELOW.

[1:18:17] WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY

[1:18:21] THAN WE ARE DOING NOW? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:18:28] SO YOU MENTIONED THE SAFE PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR.

[1:18:30] WITH THE SAFE PROGRAM ONE OF THE THINGS THE COUNCIL HAS

[1:18:33] TALKED ABOUT IS THE NEED FOR FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM.

[1:18:36] AND TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. SO THOSE ARE SPECIFIC ACTIONS

[1:18:39] THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT. >> P. Eklund: BUT SEE, THAT'S

[1:18:43] MY POINT. USUALLY, AND YOU KNOW,

[1:18:48] OBVIOUSLY, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.

[1:18:51] MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WANT TO MAKE

[1:18:57] SURE THAT THEY ARE MEASURABLE. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY

[1:19:00] MEASURABLE. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:19:01] THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PLAN.

[1:19:03] IS TAKING ALL OF THAT INPUT THAT YOU PROVIDED US AND

[1:19:07] PUTTING IT INTO A MATRIX SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

[1:19:10] >> T. O'Connor: CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION THAT I

[1:19:13] THINK COULD HELP ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND'S

[1:19:15] QUESTION, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? >> P. Eklund: THAT WOULD BE

[1:19:17] VERY HELPFUL. >> T. O'Connor: MY

[1:19:19] UNDERSTANDING IS THE FRAMEWORK TONIGHT IS IN ESSENCE A LIST OF

[1:19:23] CHAPTERS AND WHAT WILL COME BACK TO US FOR FINAL REVIEW

[1:19:27] WILL BE THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND WAS

[1:19:31] LOOKING FOR AND STACY YOU TOUCHED ON A FEW.

[1:19:33] IS THAT CORRECT? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:19:36] THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. >> T. O'Connor: WE ARE JUST

[1:19:39] APPROVING INDEX CHAPTER HEADINGS AND THEN WHAT WILL

[1:19:41] COME BACK IS A LIST OF ACTIONABLE MEASURABLE THINGS

[1:19:44] THAT WE WILL BE DOING. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:19:46] THAT'S CORRECT. THAT LOOKS LIKE THE QUARTERLY

[1:19:48] UPDATES THAT YOU RECEIVE, YES. >> P. Eklund: IN MY EXPERIENCE,

[1:19:52] WE'VE ACTUALLY HELPED DEVELOP THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS.

[1:19:54] >> T. O'Connor: THOSE WILL COME BACK TO US.

[1:19:56] THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL STEP. WE DIDN'T HAVE A FRAMEWORK

[1:20:00] REVIEW AND APPROVAL. IT'S MORE LIKE AN ADDITIONAL

[1:20:04] STEP IN THE MIDDLE O THE STEPS THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE

[1:20:06] PAST. NORMALLY YOU ARE RIGHT, WHAT WE

[1:20:08] HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YOU GET THE BREAK DOWN OF SPECIFIC

[1:20:12] MEASURABLE ITEMS, WE WILL STILL GET THAT, THAT'S JUST COMING

[1:20:15] NEXT, IT'S NOT BEING SKIPPED OVER.

[1:20:17] IS THAT CORRECT? AM I UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS

[1:20:19] CORRECTLY? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:20:22] YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE SLIDE --

[1:20:23] >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU. >> P. Eklund: CAN WE MAKE SURE

[1:20:26] IT'S NOT A CONSENT ITEM SO WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT

[1:20:32] SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS? I WOULD JUST PREFER IT NOT T

[1:20:36] BE PUT ON CONSENT. >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:20:44] O'CONNOR, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?

[1:20:45] >> T. O'Connor: ARE YU FINISHED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS?

[1:20:50] >> P. Eklund: UM, WELL, WE'LL SEE.

[1:20:51] >> T. O'Connor: OKAY. SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS

[1:20:57] QUITE SIMILAR, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

[1:21:01] THIS IS MORE A PIECE OF FEEDBACK, ONE THING I WOULD

[1:21:04] ENCOURAGE AS YOU ARE CREATING THE FINAL LIST OF ACTIONABLE

[1:21:08] ITEMS IS AVOIDING SAYING THINGS LIKE CONTINUE IMPLEMENTATION OF

[1:21:12] PLAN X, BECAUSE THAT IS PRETTY VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS, WHICH I'M

[1:21:17] SURE YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY.

[1:21:20] WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME, IT SHOULD BE A DOCUMENT THAT FOLKS

[1:21:24] CAN PICK UP AND GET EXCITED FOR, YOU TOUCHED ON THE REDWOOD

[1:21:29] BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE GREAT

[1:21:31] IF WE CAN TELL FOLKS ABOUT THAT. AS YOU ARE DESIGNING IT THAT

[1:21:35] WOULD B HELPFUL TO INCLUDE THAT.

[1:21:38] HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENT AREAS, DISCUSSED REDWOOD

[1:21:42] CORRIDOR WAS ONE, MARION PARK, HILLFIELD.

[1:21:46] I HEARD YOU SAY THIS, THIS IS A REDUNDANT QUESTION, YOU ARE

[1:21:50] GOING TO EXPAND ON ECONOMIC VITALITY AND HOW IT'S EASIER TO

[1:21:53] DO BUSINESS IN NOVATO, RIGHT? THANK YOU.

[1:21:57] MY LAST ONE SUGGESTION IS UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, I

[1:22:00] THINK OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF

[1:22:04] STABILIZING THE WORKFORCE AND RETAINING THEM.

[1:22:06] I THINK THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A GOAL THOUGH BECAUSE IT'S

[1:22:09] IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE WORK ON THAT AND MAKE IT APRIORITY AS

[1:22:12] A FOCUS. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:22:14] THAT PLAYS RIGHT INTO THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT WORK WE ARE

[1:22:16] DOING, SO THANK YOU. >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.

[1:22:19] THANK YOU, I'M DONE. >> Mayor Farac: I JUST HAD ONE

[1:22:25] QUESTION. AS FAR, I KNOW THESE ARE LKE

[1:22:28] THE CHAPTERS AND THERE'S NEXT STAGES.

[1:22:30] BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO

[1:22:34] GETTING THE WORK DONE? AND KIND OF WHAT'S YOUR VISION

[1:22:37] TO LEAD THIS STRATEGIC PLAN? >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:22:43] I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS. MY APPETITE IS ALWAYS BIGGER

[1:22:47] THAN MY STOMACH AND I THINK YOU GUYS SHARE THAT.

[1:22:49] SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AOUT HW WE ARE

[1:22:55] PRIORITIZING THE DIFFERENT WORKPLAN ITEMS AND MAKING SURE

[1:22:57] THAT THEY ARE ACHIEVABLE. WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO

[1:23:01] YOU QUARTERLY WITH STATUS UPDATES AND OF COURSE, AS MUCH

[1:23:03] AS WE WANT TO BE SUPER SPECIFIC, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE

[1:23:06] SURE THAT WE HAVE SPACE FOR UNEXPECTED AND UNANTICIPATED

[1:23:11] THINGS THAT COME UP ALONG THE WAY.

[1:23:13] ONE THING THAT I FEEL LIKE AS AN ORGANIZATION WE NEED TO BE

[1:23:18] VERY MINDFUL OF IS THAT WE ARE NOT OVERWHELMING OR OVER

[1:23:24] BURDENING ONE OR TWO DEPARTMENTS WITH A LOT OF

[1:23:26] THINGS. SO SAY, KNOW, THERE'S TEN

[1:23:29] THINGS WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS QUARTER, I DON'T WANT NNE OF

[1:23:32] THOSE TEN THINGS TO BE IN PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE THEY ALSO

[1:23:34] HAVE THEIR REGULAR WORK TO DO AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO

[1:23:37] ACHIEVE ALL THOSE THINGS SO MAKING SURE WE ARE SPREADING IT

[1:23:41] ACROSS THE ORGANIZATIONS SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS ACHIEVABLE

[1:23:44] AND SOME OF THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT HEAD TEAM WOULD BE

[1:23:46] FOCUSED ON OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

[1:23:48] >> Mayor Farac: AND THEN I THINK TOO, JST THAT

[1:23:52] FLEXIBILITY TO ADD CREATIVITY OR THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND

[1:23:57] TRY PROGRAMS TO BE INNOVATIVE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL WITH THE

[1:23:59] STRATEGIC PLAN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

[1:24:03] PUBLIC COMMENT? I DON'T HAVE ANY YELLOW CARDS.

[1:24:07] LAURA, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE WITH THEIR HAND UP?

[1:24:10] >> Clerk: THERE'S NO RAISED HANDS ONLINE.

[1:24:13] >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

[1:24:16] >> T. OConnor: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM.

[1:24:18] >> Mayor Farac: DO I HAVE A SECOND?

[1:24:22] >> S. Karkal: I'LL SECOND. >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT.

[1:24:27] LAURA, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE?

[1:24:29] >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: YES, I WOULD LIKE

[1:24:33] THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT I'M VOTING YES WITH THE

[1:24:40] UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE BEFORE THIS IS

[1:24:48] PUBLICIZED, MEASURABLE ACTIONS FOR EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE

[1:24:53] IN THE STRATEGIC GOALS AND EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE

[1:24:57] INDIVIDUALLY IN THERE, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MEASURABLE

[1:25:02] ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THESE OBJECTIVES.

[1:25:05] >> Clerk: OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL?

[1:25:06] >> S. Karkal: AYE. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER

[1:25:09] O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.

[1:25:12] >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.

[1:25:14] >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.

[1:25:15] THAT PASSES. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK

[1:25:18] SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.

[1:33:12] >> GREAT QUESTION. THIS IS TWO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

[1:33:17] PROGRAM PROJECTS PULLED TOGETHER.

[1:33:19] THE REDWOOD CORRIDOR STUDY HAS BEEN ON THE CIP LIST FOR QUITE

[1:33:23] SOME YEARS. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT

[1:33:34] YEAR IT WAS CREATED, UNLESS IT'S IN THE PROJECT NUMBER.

[1:33:36] IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME UNDERSTANDING FROM PUBLIC WORK

[1:33:38] THAT'S WE WANT TO LOOK AT OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, LOOK AT HOW

[1:33:45] MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION HAPPENS THROUGH DOWNTOWN TAT'S

[1:33:48] OUR MAJOR ARTERIAL THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR GOING NORTH

[1:33:51] AND SOUTH. THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT

[1:33:53] SLATED FOR THIS AREA. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FUTURE

[1:33:56] CHANGE THAT WE ANTICIPATE. AND HAVING A CORRIDOR STUDY

[1:34:01] CREATING A BASELINE WOULD HELP IMPROVE FUTURE DECISIONS AS

[1:34:04] DEVELOPERS COME IN. >> P. Eklund: THAT EXPLAINS

[1:34:09] REDWOOD, WHAT ABOUT SAN MARIN. >> SAN MARIN WAS CREATED THIS

[1:34:15] FISCAL YEAR AS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

[1:34:17] THE REASON IT CAME ABOUT IS THERE USED TO BE FIVE SEPARATE

[1:34:22] CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS IN THE CIP FROM YEAR

[1:34:25] TO YEAR. AND THREE OF THEM WERE

[1:34:32] INDEPENDENT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.

[1:34:34] THE WESTERN MOST ONE WAS NOVATO BOULEVARD AT SN MARIN DRIVE

[1:34:38] AND I THINK SANKAR LOS WAS ONE OF THEM.

[1:34:41] I CAN'T REMEMBER THE THIRD. WHAT WE REALIZED IS THERE'S

[1:34:46] SEVERAL FACTORS THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, SUCH AS

[1:34:50] THE POTENTIAL FOR WATER UTILITY, MARIN WATER,

[1:34:54] POTENTIALLY, INSTALLING A PIPELINE DOWN THE ENTIRETY OF

[1:34:57] SAN MARIN DRIVE. AND THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR ROLL

[1:35:05] OUT OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS AND IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE

[1:35:09] A COHESIVE PLAN TO PLAN WHAT WE SHOULD DO ACROSS THE ENTIRE

[1:35:13] BOARD RATHER THAN DOING INDEPENDENT CIP'S JUST KIND OF

[1:35:17] LOOKING AT EACH OTHER INDEPENDENTLY AND POSSIBLY NOT

[1:35:21] HAVING A CENTRAL THEME OR A CENTRAL COHESIVE PLAN TO

[1:35:25] IMPROVE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO

[1:35:29] TIE IT ALL TOGETHER, HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE CORRIDOR STUDY SO

[1:35:33] THAT WE CAN BRING THE ENTIRE SAN MARIN COMMUNITY TOGETHER,

[1:35:36] HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

[1:35:39] HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL SO

[1:35:43] THAT WE CAN REALLY PLAN OUT WHAT WE WANT SAN MARIN TO LOOK

[1:35:48] LIKE, AS THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THERE BESIDES A

[1:35:53] POTENTIAL PIPELINE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND NORTH OF SAN

[1:35:57] MARIN DRIVE, THE NORTHERN REDWOOD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, IT

[1:36:01] ALL IMPACTS SAN MARIN DRIVE. TYING IT ALL TOGETHER TO HAVE A

[1:36:05] COHESIVE PLAN TO IMPACT BOTH OUR CIP ROLL OUT AND PRIVATE

[1:36:09] DEVELOPMENT SEEMED TO BE THE WISE THING TO DO.

[1:36:11] >> P. Eklund: THANK YOU. SO THE ROLAND IS NOT, THE

[1:36:16] REDWOOD IS NOT ALL THE WAY FROM ROLAND.

[1:36:19] THE REDWOOD IS STARTING HERE AT DELONG AND THEN GOING NORTH, IS

[1:36:23] THAT CORRECT? >> YES.

[1:36:27] DIABLO. >> P. Eklund: DIABLO THEY SORT

[1:36:32] OF MERGE. GOING DOWN TO SAN MARIN?

[1:36:36] >> IT WOULD GO PAST SAN MARIN TO THE TERMINUS OF OUR

[1:36:40] JURISDICTION. >> P. Eklund: SO WHY DIDN'T WE

[1:36:44] CHOOSE THE OTHER SIDE OF REDWOOD?

[1:36:46] >> THE SOUTHERN PORTION? >> P. Eklund: UH-HUH.

[1:36:49] >> PRIMARY FOCUS OF A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO BE

[1:36:54] DOWNTOWN AND TO THE NORTH. BUT AT THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE

[1:36:58] WE COULD ALTER THE SCOPE. >> P. Eklund: I'M JUST KIND OF

[1:37:03] CURIOUS HOW THESE WERE CHOSEN. THE REPORT DIDN'T EXPRESS THAT

[1:37:05] AT ALL. AND SO THIS, T ME, JUST SORT

[1:37:10] OF CAME OUT OF THE BLUE. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE

[1:37:15] REASONS WHY I WAS HVNG, I WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT, BECAUSE

[1:37:18] THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE ARE ENGAGED WITH, THAT WE ARE

[1:37:22] STARTING A NEW PROJECT. AND I CAN SEE DOING IT DOWN

[1:37:27] HERE JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACTIVITY.

[1:37:31] I WASN'T SURE HOW SAN MARIN WAS PICKED THOUGH, BUT I CAN

[1:37:35] UNDERSTAND IT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

[1:37:36] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: SO YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT WHAT THE

[1:37:40] GENESIS WAS OF THE NORTH REDWOOD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.

[1:37:44] THIS CAME OUT OF, YOU ARE CORRECT, A VERY LONG TIME AGO,

[1:37:48] 2014 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. >> P. Eklund: I'M VERY MUCH

[1:37:51] AWARE OF THAT, AMY. BECAUSE WE HAD A BIG EFFORT WAY

[1:37:57] BACK IN THE EARLY 2000'S ON REDWOOD BOULEVARD.

[1:38:02] I'M VERY FAMILIAR ABOUT WHAT W DID BACK THERE.

[1:38:05] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND.

[1:38:08] I WAS MAKING SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR COULD BE

[1:38:13] REMINDED AS WELL. >> P. Eklund: OH.

[1:38:16] ANYWAY. SO 2014 WAS A WHILE AGO.

[1:38:21] NOT AS LONG AS SOME OF US, BUT ANYWAY.

[1:38:24] SO THAT HELPS ME A LOT ON WHY THOSE TWO WERE PICKED.

[1:38:29] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME

[1:38:32] INPUT, CORRECT? THROUGH LIKE MORE OF A WORKSHOP

[1:38:37] FORMAT, OR MORE INFORMAL AND NOT NECESSARILY AT THE DAIS

[1:38:39] HERE. WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE INPUT ON

[1:38:42] WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON REDWOOD BULEVARD AND ON SAN

[1:38:46] MARIN? CORRECT?

[1:38:48] >> WE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE AT LEAST TWO CUNCIL PRESENTATIONS

[1:38:54] AND THE FORMAT AT WHICH WE WOULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE

[1:38:57] CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO DO IT IN A MANNER THAT PLEASES

[1:39:01] COUNCIL. >> P. Eklund: I THINK, IN MY

[1:39:04] OPINION, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A WORKSHOP, RATHER THAN SITTING

[1:39:11] UP HERE AT THE DAIS AND PROVIDING DIRECTION.

[1:39:14] I JUST THINK, WE DO BETTER SOMETIMES BY BRAINSTORMING.

[1:39:18] AND THAT'S NT NECESSARILY THE PURPOSE OF A CITY COUNCIL

[1:39:20] MEETING. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[1:39:27] I CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT YOUR

[1:39:31] PREFERENCES ARE AND MAKE SURE STAFF HAS THE INFORMATION AND

[1:39:34] YOUR IDEAS TO INCLUDE IN THAT. >> P. Eklund: OR WE COULD HAVE

[1:39:38] A WORKSHOP AND THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE

[1:39:40] INTERESTED CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

[1:39:41] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: I WILL BE HAPPY TO ASK THE

[1:39:44] COUNCILMEMBERS IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN A WORKSHOP OR TWO

[1:39:47] BY TWO BY ONE'S AS THE MAYOR SUGGESTED OR SOME OTHER FORMAT.

[1:39:51] >> P. Eklund: YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO

[1:39:53] HAVE INPUT. THANK YOU.

[1:39:55] >> Mayor Farac: ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT TO PUBLIC

[1:39:57] COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE ANY YELLOW CARDS.

[1:40:01] LAURA, ANYONE ONLINE WITH A RAISED HAND?

[1:40:04] >> Clerk: NO RAISED HANDS. >> P. Eklund: I WOULD LIKE TO

[1:40:07] MOVE THE ITEM. >> SECOND.

[1:40:10] >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CALL THE VOTE?

[1:40:12] >> EKLUND? >> P. Eklund: AYE.

[1:40:14] >> COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL? >> S. Karkal: AYE.

[1:40:17] >> COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR? >> T. O'Connor: AYE.

[1:40:20] >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE.

[1:40:22] >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC? >> Mayor Farac: AYE.

[1:40:25] ALL RIGHT NOW MOVING TO G9. COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND, YOU

[1:40:30] PULLED THAT ONE AS WELL? >> P. Eklund: I DIDN'T PULL G9.

[1:40:37] I PULLED G11. >> Mayor Farac: YOU SAID G9.

[1:40:42] >> P. Eklund: I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY G9.

[1:40:47] I WILL MOVE G9. >> T. O'Connor: I'LL SECOND.

[1:40:50] >> P. Eklund: I DIDN'T HAVE IT CIRCLED.

[1:40:53] >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU TAKE VOTE FOR G9?

[1:41:02] >> [ ROLL CALL ] >> Mayor Farac: THAT PASSES.

[1:41:05] SO G19, I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUE, OR G12 I WILL ASK MY

[1:41:16] COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL. >> P. Eklund: I PULLED G11 AND

[1:41:19] WE PASSED IT. --

[1:41:24] >> Mayor Farac: YOU SAID G9 AND WE ALREADY VOTED ON G11.

[1:41:29] YOU CAN REWATCH THE VIDEO BUT YOU DID SAY G9.

[1:41:34] I'M SORRY, BUT WE ALREADY VOTED ON IT.

[1:41:36] >> S. Karkal: IF WE AE MOVING TO ITEM G12 I WOULD LIKE TO

[1:41:41] RECUSE MYSELF AND I WILL BE LEAVING THE ROOM HERE.

[1:41:43] >> Mayor Farac: THANKS. G12, I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS

[1:42:16] AND COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR WAS, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR

[1:42:20] PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR UP TO START OF JUST KIND OF

[1:42:25] CLARIFYING SOME QUESTIONS AND WHOEVER HAS QUESTIONS CAN ASK.

[1:42:27] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: AS HE IS COMING UP, I JUST WANT

[1:42:29] TO SAY THIS IS A MASSIVE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND

[1:42:32] WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT WE ARE

[1:42:34] GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT AGAIN.

[1:42:41] AND IF AT THE END OF YOUR QUESTIONS IT HASN'T COME UP

[1:42:45] YET, THERE'S A BREAKING PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT CAME ABOUT

[1:42:48] AT 3:00 TODAY, THERE IS A BID PROTEST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS,

[1:42:52] WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALSO.

[1:42:55] IF IT WASN'T COMING UP IN YOUR QUESTIONS, PLEASE, WE WOULD

[1:42:59] APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END.

[1:43:01] >> Mayor Farac: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[1:43:06] I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED IN

[1:43:12] THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, A IS CO THE ENTIRE CITY TO MOVE

[1:43:15] THIS PROJECT FORWARD. AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE

[1:43:19] PROJECT NUMBER, 01-004 MEANS IT WAS CREATED BACK IN 2001.

[1:43:24] THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT

[1:43:27] THE LAST 25 YEARS THAT HAVE PUSHED THE PROJECT MUCH OUTSIDE

[1:43:31] THE CONTROL OF THE CITY BUT WE ARE FINALLY AT A MOMENTOUS

[1:43:35] STAGE WHERE WE ARE READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION.

[1:43:37] THAT MEANS A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL

[1:43:42] REVIEWS TO STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO PLAN CHANGES TO MULTIPLE,

[1:43:47] MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEETINGS ACROSS DECADES AT THIS POINT.

[1:43:49] AND TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE TEAM LATE IN THE GAME AND RIDE ON

[1:43:56] EVERYBODY'S COAT TAILS, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE MOVING THIS

[1:43:59] FORWARD WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM. SO WE ARE JOINED TONIGHT BY THE

[1:44:02] PROJECT MANAGER. WE HAVE THE DESIGN ENGINEER

[1:44:05] ONLINE TO ADDRESS ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP

[1:44:09] AND ALSO OUR NEWLY-HIRED CONSULTING PROJECT MANAGER FOR

[1:44:11] THE PROJECT. VERY EAGER TO BE BRINGING THIS

[1:44:18] FORWARD, IT WILL BE ANOTHER 24 MONTHS OF DIRT, DUST, NOISE.

[1:44:23] I REALIZE THE COMMUNITY HAS DEALT WITH A LOT AS PG&E AND

[1:44:27] THE PRIVATE UTILITIES HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR UNDERGROUNDING WORK

[1:44:30] FOR YEARS NOW BUT WE HAVE LEARNED AND WATCHED AND INTEND

[1:44:34] TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER, HAVE

[1:44:38] BETTER TRAFFIC CONTROL, BE LESS DISRUPTIVE AND GVE WELL IN

[1:44:43] ADVANCE NOTICE WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS

[1:44:46] TO THE TRAFFIC ALONG NOVATO BOULEVARD.

[1:44:48] WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL PRODUCT.

[1:44:51] IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITION OF A CENTER LANE TO THE MIDDLE, AN

[1:44:55] ADDITION OF BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES AND SIDEWALKS ON BOTH

[1:44:58] SIDES. SO WE ARE DRASTICALLY

[1:45:02] INCREASING SAFETY IN THAT CORRIDOR FOR ALL MODES OF

[1:45:05] TRANSPORTATION AND TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT IN OUR DOWNTOWN

[1:45:09] CORRIDOR SO CLOSE TO SO MANY AMENITIES AND JUST A BLOCK AWAY

[1:45:14] FROM THE BUS DEPOT, A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM DOWNTOWN, THIS IS

[1:45:18] GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY.

[1:45:21] WITH THAT, STAFF I AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

[1:45:23] >> Mayor Farac: COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?

[1:45:24] >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

[1:45:26] SO FIRST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN

[1:45:29] PUT INTO THIS PROJECT. THIS IS PART OF THE REASON I

[1:45:31] WAS GOING TO PULL IT AS WELL. I GUESS I WILL START WITH THE

[1:45:35] ISSUE YOU BROUGHT UP AT THE END, YOU ARE ABLE TO SHARE SOME

[1:45:38] DETAILS AROUND THE BID PROTEST? >> YES.

[1:45:42] SO THE BID PROTESTS WERE DUE TODAY.

[1:45:45] WE RECEIVED ONE FORMAL BID PROTEST AT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON,

[1:45:51] IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO REVIEW AND

[1:45:54] STAFF IS ALREADY WORKING ON A RESPONSE.

[1:46:00] THE LOWEST AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER ACCORDING TO THE IITIAL

[1:46:04] LOOK HAS ALSO PROVIDED THEIR RESPONSE ALREADY, SO WE INTEND

[1:46:07] TO MOVE ON TIS RAPIDLY TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S MERIT TO

[1:46:10] THE PROTEST, AND IF SO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BOTH MAKING THE

[1:46:13] CHANGES. IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN WE WOULD

[1:46:17] BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.

[1:46:19] ONE QUESTION, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH EACH AGENCY IS

[1:46:23] CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT ?* >> YES.

[1:46:28] I'M GOING TO QUEUE UP MY TEAM MEMBERS TO BRING SPECIFIC

[1:46:32] NUMBERS FOR THE AMENDED AMOUNTS. BUT WHAT'S BEING BROUGHT

[1:46:35] FORWARD TO YOU TONIGHT IS SPECIFIC TO THE EXISTING

[1:46:41] FINANCIAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS. FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO

[1:46:44] MIGHT BE TUNING IN, THIS IS NOT JUST A CITY OF NOVATO PROJECT,

[1:46:49] WE HAVE NOVATO SANITARY DISTRICT WHO IS JOINING ON THIS

[1:46:52] PROJEKTS AND THE NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT.

[1:46:54] THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE AGREED UPON AND VOTED ON BY THE

[1:47:04] RESPECTED ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ...

[1:47:12] PAGE 3, THERE WE GO. $4,574,638 IS DEDICATED BY

[1:47:20] NOVATO SANITARY DISTRICT. AND THEN $2,482,000 IS

[1:47:29] DEDICATED BY NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT.

[1:47:33] THESE AMOUNTS WERE BASED ON ENGINEERS' ESTIMATES.

[1:47:39] THEY TOOK THE ESTIMATES TO THE RESPECTED COUNCILS THEY WERE

[1:47:42] VOTED ON AND THERE WERE FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT'S WERE BROUGHT

[1:47:44] TO THE CITY YEARS AGO. NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN A

[1:47:49] POSITION WHERE THE BIDS CAME IN. THE CITY OF NOVATO'S PORTION

[1:47:54] CAME IN UNDER OUR ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.

[1:47:56] THE SANITARY DISTRICT AND THE WATER DISTRICTS BOTH HAD THE

[1:48:02] BIDS COME IN FROM THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER COME IN

[1:48:06] ABOVE THEIR AGREED UPON FUNDING LEVELS.

[1:48:09] SO WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THIS POINT, THE ITEM TONIGHT IS ONLY

[1:48:14] ACKNOWLEDGING THE ALREADY AGREED UPON AMOUNT.

[1:48:16] THE SANITARY DISTRICT HAS ALREADY AMENDED THEIR, THEY ARE

[1:48:22] IN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THEIR BUDGETED AMOUNT AND WE

[1:48:26] WILL HAVE AN AMENDED AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE DELTA.

[1:48:30] THE NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT IS GOING TO THEIR COUNCIL THIS

[1:48:33] WEEK TO DO A SIMILAR AMENDMENT. ONCE THOSE AMOUNTS ARE SIGNED

[1:48:40] AND SEALED BY BOTH DISTRICTS, WE WILL HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT

[1:48:45] TO REFLECT THE CHANGES IN OUR BUDGET.

[1:48:47] SO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THIS ITEM TONIGHT DOESN'T TAKE INTO

[1:48:51] ACCOUNT THE FUTURE MONIES THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE ADDED TO

[1:48:54] IT. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A FUTURE

[1:48:59] BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH WE WOULD ENCUMBER IT ALL.

[1:49:02] >> T. O'Connor: ARE THE NUMBERS YOU SHARED THIS EVENING ARE

[1:49:06] THOSE GOING FOR REVIEW AT THOSE BOARDS RIGHTED NOW OR ARE THOSE

[1:49:10] THE INITIAL? >> THE INITIAL.

[1:49:12] >> T. O'Connor: DO YOU HAVE THE REVISED ONES BY ANY CHANCE?

[1:49:16] >> WE DO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM

[1:49:23] TO YOU QUICKLY. >> T. O'Connor: I CAN ASK SOME

[1:49:26] OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING INTO THAT, IF THAT'S

[1:49:28] HELPFUL. ONE RELATED QUESTION I HAVE IS

[1:49:32] PG&E HAS BEEN DOING CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE FOR A

[1:49:33] WHILE. I KNOW NORMALLY WE WOULD ASK

[1:49:37] THE PEOPLE TO REPAVE THE PAVEMENT AND RESTORE TO THE

[1:49:40] CONDITION THEY FOUND IT IN. I'M ASSUMING IN THIS INSTANCE

[1:49:45] WE ASKED FOR SOME OFFSET INSTEAD OF DOING THAT.

[1:49:47] IS THAT CORRECT? ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING

[1:49:50] THAT WOULD BE PAID TOWARD THE PROJECT?

[1:49:55] >> SO PG&E SCOPE OF WORK I WILL BE INTRO DOUSING OUR SENIOR

[1:50:05] ENGINEER, ELISA SARLATTE. LARGELY FUNDED BY PG&E OR THE

[1:50:13] CPUC CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION RULE 20 A

[1:50:15] FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH I WAS A PUBLIC UTILITY DOING WORK ON

[1:50:18] OUR RIGHT OF WAY, THE CITY OF NOVATO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR

[1:50:21] QUITE A LOT OF IT AND I BELIEVE NOT DOING FULL RESTVATION IN

[1:50:26] ANTICIPATION OF A FULL RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY AS

[1:50:29] PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO THE SEWER DISTRICT'S TOTAL

[1:50:43] AMOUNT IS $4,650,174. NO, SORRY.

[1:50:45] HANG ON. >> P. Eklund: THAT'S THE

[1:50:47] SANITARY DISTRICT? >> YES.

[1:50:52] >> I HAVE TO. WRONG NUMBERS.

[1:50:55] PLEASE REDACT THAT. SO SEWER DISTRICT'S DELTA, THE

[1:51:04] ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT THEY SOUGHT FROM THEIR ELECTED BODY

[1:51:10] IS $149,251. >> T. O'Connor: WHICH BRINGS

[1:51:12] THE TOTAL TO -- >> P. Eklund: YOU ARE GOING WAY

[1:51:15] TOO FAST FOR ME TO WRITE IT DOWN.

[1:51:17] YOU WILL HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN OP MY TURN.

[1:51:20] >> T. O'Connor: IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT THE FINAL TOTAL IS

[1:51:24] FOR EACH ENTITY, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

[1:51:25] >> AGREED. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

[1:51:27] >> T. O'Connor: WHILE THEY ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, ONE LAST

[1:51:30] QUESTION, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS?

[1:51:32] >> SURE. OUR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE

[1:51:38] SANITARY DISTRICT IS EAGER TO START.

[1:51:40] WE BELIEVE THEY WILL BE BREAKING GROUND IN LATE

[1:51:42] SEPTEMBER. AND IT'S A 24-MONTH TIMELINE.

[1:51:47] SANITARY DISTRICT HAS THE DEEPEST AND FIRST PIPE THAT

[1:51:51] WILL BE REPLACED ALONG WITH LATERALS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE

[1:51:54] RIGHT OF WAY. THE WATER DISTRICT WILL GO NEXT

[1:51:58] AND THE CITY WILL FOLLOW WITH NOT JUST THE ROADWAY BUT IT

[1:52:03] WILL BE REFORMATTING THE ENTIRE STORM WATER SYSTEM AND NEW

[1:52:09] GUTTER AND ROADWAY AS WELL. >> T. O'Connor: THANK YOU.

[1:52:13] I CAN WAIT FOR ANSWERS IF ANYONE HAS OTHER QUESTIONS.

[1:52:16] >> Mayor Farac: I TALKED TO OUR PG&E REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND

[1:52:21] HE SAID ALL THE WORK, DEPENDING ON THE RAIN WILL BE DONE IN

[1:52:25] LIKE NOVEMBER. SO CAN YOU GUYS DO IT AT THE

[1:52:28] SAME TIME? >> SO PG&E'S SCOPE OF WORK, WE

[1:52:35] BELIEVE THEY ARE AMOST ENTIRELY DONE WITHIN THE NOVATO

[1:52:37] BOULEVARD RIGHT OF WAYMENT AND THEY ARE CONTINUING WORK IN THE

[1:52:43] DIABLO INTERSECTION TO THE CREEK WHERE THERE'S A BRIDGE ON

[1:52:47] DIABLO TO TAKE THEIR UTILITIES ACROSS THE CREEK.

[1:52:50] >> Mayor Farac: GOTCHA. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

[1:52:53] THAT'S WHY IT WAS BLOCKED OFF TODAY WHEN I CAME HERE.

[1:52:56] >> SO THANKFULLY THE ANSWER IS YES, WE DO BELIEVE WE CAN WORK

[1:52:59] CONCURRENTLY. >> Mayor Farac: AMAZING.

[1:53:01] OKAY. >> P. Eklund: SO WHILE THEY ARE

[1:53:04] FIGURING OUT, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, AND JUST STATE IT A

[1:53:09] LITTLE BIT SLOWER, WHAT ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS WE WILL SEE ON

[1:53:12] NOVATO BOULEVARD BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE RECEIVED A

[1:53:15] PRESENTATION ON THIS FOR A WHILE.

[1:53:16] >> SURE. >> P. Eklund: IN FACT, I'M NOT

[1:53:20] SURE WE HAVE GOTTEN, WELL. IN THE FUTURE I THINK IT WOULD

[1:53:23] BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US, ESPECIALLY A MAJOR ROAD LIKE

[1:53:27] THIS WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION BEFORE THE COUNCIL

[1:53:30] SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE

[1:53:33] EXPECTING. SO WHAT ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS?

[1:53:39] >> SO I WILL START UNDERGROUND AND THEN GO ABOVE GROUND, IF

[1:53:42] THAT'S FAIR. >> P. Eklund: OKAY.

[1:53:45] >> TE SANITARY SEWER DSTRICT IS REPLACING LATERAL

[1:53:48] CONNECTIONS. SO FROM THE HOMES TO THE CENTER

[1:53:51] OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE'S A TRUNK LINE.

[1:53:54] AND THAT'S A PIECE OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE

[1:53:59] DISTRICT WANTED TO REPLACE AND IT LINED UP WELL WITH OUR

[1:54:01] TIMELINE. SO GETTING THEIR WORK DONE

[1:54:08] FIRST IS THE MOST SENSIBLE PORTION OF IT.

[1:54:11] WE ARE ANTICIPATING A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE ALONG THAT

[1:54:13] CORRIDOR . FEWER INFLOW AND INFILTRATION

[1:54:19] EVENTS, IF THERE'S ANY OVERFLOWS, THIS IS SOMETHING

[1:54:21] THAT WOULD GREATLY HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.

[1:54:25] SECOND, THE WATER DISTRICT IS DOING SIMILAR.

[1:54:31] WATER LINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS ALSO TAKING IT TO

[1:54:34] THE HOUSE OR TO THE METER BOXES. AND THEN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE

[1:54:39] ROAD, THE WAY IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, NOVATO BOULEVARD

[1:54:43] LARGELY SHEET FLOWS TO EITHER SIDE.

[1:54:45] WE WILL B COLLECTING THAT STORM WATER IN A NEW

[1:54:50] UNDERGROUND PIPE SYSTEM. THERE WILL BE NEW STORM WATER

[1:54:54] PIPES, CATCH BASINS INSTALLED AND A CURB AND GUTTER SYSTEM TO

[1:54:59] RESTRICT FLOW OF THE WATER OUT TO THE PROPERTIES AND WE HAVE A

[1:55:02] MAJOR IMPROVEMENT FOR STORM WATER COLLECTION.

[1:55:04] >> P. Eklund: SO IT STORM WATER JUST GOING TO GO DOWN IN THE

[1:55:08] DRAIN OR ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO USE THE STORM WATER IN THE

[1:55:14] ADJACENT AREAS? >> I BELIEVE THERE ARE

[1:55:17] MITIGATION MEASURES AS PART OF THIS PROJEKTS.

[1:55:19] IF WE WANT TO ASK OUR PROJECT MANAGER ELISA SARLATTE ABOUT

[1:55:24] THAT. >> P. Eklund: I KNOW THE EPA

[1:55:27] AND STATE WATER BOARD IS REALLY ENCOURAGING THE USE OF STORM

[1:55:32] WATER. >> HI, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL,

[1:55:38] THE PROJECT DOES HAVE QUITE A FEW BIO RETENTION FACILITIES

[1:55:43] WHICH IS WHERE WE PUT THE STORM WATER IN A VEGETATED AREA.

[1:55:46] >> P. Eklund: YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE BIO RETENTION CENTERS THEN?

[1:55:49] >> YES, WE ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING BIO RETENTION NOT JUST

[1:55:53] TO TREAT THE NEW PAVEMENT BUT QUITE A FEW AREAS OF EXISTING

[1:55:58] PAVEMENT AND WE HAVE CREATED SUBSTANTIALLY MORBI YO

[1:56:02] RETENTION THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED. >> P. Eklund: GREAT.

[1:56:05] SO WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD YOU SAY OF TE STORM WATER WOULD BE

[1:56:11] REUSED,VERSUS DISCHARGED INTO THE SYSTEM FOR DISPOSAL?

[1:56:14] >> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REUSED BUT IT'S ALLOWED TO INFILTRATE

[1:56:18] BACK INTO THE EARTH SO IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE CREEKS.

[1:56:22] >> P. Eklund: OKAY. >> THERE ARE SILL SOME

[1:56:27] PORTIONS, MOSTLY THE EXISTING PORTIONS DOWN NEAR GRANT AVENUE

[1:56:30] THAT ARE STILL COLLECTED AND DISCHARGED BUT THOSE PORTIONS

[1:56:36] BY DIABLO UNTIL PROBABLY 7th STREET MOST WILL BE CAPTURED

[1:56:39] AND PUT INTO THE BIO RETENTIONS AND THEN ONLY DURING THE LARGER

[1:56:44] RAIN EVENTS WHERE THOSE BIO RETENTIONS CAN'T ABSORB ANY

[1:56:48] MORE WATER WLL THAT GO INTO THE CREEK.

[1:56:49] >> P. Eklund: OKAY, HOW MANY THE SURFACE NOW.

[1:56:52] HOW MANY LANES AND WHAT WILL BE DOWN THE MDDLE AND ARE YOU

[1:56:57] GOING TO HAVE OBVIOUSLY SIDEWALKS, BUT BIKE LANES, I'M

[1:56:59] ASSUMING. IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH WHAT'S

[1:57:02] ON THE SURFACE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

[1:57:03] >> SURE. WE ARE GOING TO ADD SIDEWALKS

[1:57:09] IN PORTIONS OF NOVATO BOULEVARD WHERE THERE CURRENTLY ARE NOT

[1:57:14] SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

[1:57:16] WE WILL BE REPLACING SOME SEGMENT THAT'S ARE WORN OUT,

[1:57:19] CRACKED ALONG THE PORTIONS THAT HAVE EXISTING SIDEWALK.

[1:57:23] WE WILL BE UPGRADING ALL OF THE CURB RAMPS TO MEET A.D.A.

[1:57:26] STANDARDS. WE WILL BE ADDING BIKE LANES

[1:57:30] THROUGHOUT THE FULL LENGTH FROM DIABLO TO GRANT ON BOTH SIDES

[1:57:33] OF THE STREET. AND THEN A FULL TRAFFIC LANE IN

[1:57:40] EITHER DIRECTION WITH SHARED TRAFFIC LANES SO THEY WON'T BE

[1:57:43] STOPPING IN THE TROUGH LANE CREATING TRAFFIC SLOWING THINGS

[1:57:46] DOWN. >> P. Eklund: THREE LANES THEN.

[1:57:49] >> THREE LANES ACROSS NOW. FROM DIABLO ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

[1:57:53] >> P. Eklund: SO THE CENTER LINE WILL BE THE TURN LANE.

[1:57:56] WHAT ABOUT STOP LIGHTS? >> WE ARE REDOING THE

[1:58:00] INTERSECTIONS O 7th, GRANT AND DIABLO TO MAKE THOSE BETTER

[1:58:03] SERVICE. WE DID A TAFFIC STUDY AS PART

[1:58:07] OF THE E.I.R. AND WE ARE UPGRADING THE SIGNALS WITH

[1:58:11] CAMERAS AND UPDATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES AND WE CAN

[1:58:14] ALSO CONTROL AND MODIFY THOSE SIGNALS AS TRAFFIC EVOLVES, AS

[1:58:19] BICYCLE USE CHANGES. >> P. Eklund: GREAT.

[1:58:23] SO YOU'RE NOT ADDING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS THEN?

[1:58:26] >> WE'RE NOT ADDING NEW SIGNALS BUT WE ARE REPLACING A LOT OF

[1:58:30] THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. >> P. Eklund: ANYTHING THAT IS

[1:58:32] SOLAR BASED? LIKE ARE ANY OF THOSE LIGHTS

[1:58:38] GOING TO BE SOLAR? >> THE LIGHTS ARE CONNECTED

[1:58:40] WITH PG&E. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAMERA

[1:58:44] COMPONENTS HAVE THE SOLAR ON THEM OR NOT.

[1:58:46] I'M NOT QUITE INTO THE SPECIFICS BUT THEY ARE WITH

[1:58:49] WHAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

[1:58:53] THOSE CAN BE INTERCHANGEABLE. >> P. Eklund: OKAY.

[1:58:59] SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT USING SOLAR POWERED STREETLIGHTS IN

[1:59:08] THE FUTURE, OR IT HASN'T REALLY ADVANCED TO DO THAT YET?

[1:59:11] >> WE DIDN'T LOOK AT IT ON THIS PROJECT.

[1:59:14] WE LOOKED AT USING WHAT IS EXISTING UP GRATING FACILITIES

[1:59:18] TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE CITY.

[1:59:19] >> P. Eklund: OKAY, ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE

[1:59:25] MORE SOLAR IN THE FUTURE? >> I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF

[1:59:33] THIS, YEAH. PUBLIC WORKS IS ALWAYS LOOKING

[1:59:41] TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES. FOR STREETLIGHTS IT WAS

[1:59:46] APPROXIMATELY 4-5 YEARS AGO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A

[1:59:48] STREETLIGHT STANDARD. AND THERE'S SPECIFICATIONS THAT

[1:59:53] COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT CALLS OUT SPECIFIC TYPE OF STREETLIGHT.

[1:59:57] I TINK TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO WE BROUGHT FORWARD AN ITEM

[2:00:01] TO PUT IN NEW STREETLIGHTS IN THE PACHECO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD.

[2:00:11] SOLAR WASN'T PART OF THE SPEC, HOWEVER STAFF IS ALWAYS WILLING.

[2:00:15] WE LOVE SOLAR. IT'S A RENEWABLE RESOURCE AND

[2:00:19] IT'S GREAT TO HAVE REDUNDANCY. USUALLY HAVE A SOLAR PANEL AND

[2:00:25] AN INDEPENDENT BATTERY PACK. IT WOULD FOLLOW WHEN POWER

[2:00:30] OUTAGES OCCUR THAT THE STREETLIGHTS WOULD STILL

[2:00:31] CONTINUE TO OPERATE. IF THE FUNDING PROVIDES AND THE

[2:00:35] TECHNOLOGY BECOMES AFFORDABLE ENOUGH, THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S A

[2:00:38] GREAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE.

[2:00:40] >> P. Eklund: OKAY, APPRECIATE THAT.

[2:00:41] AND THANK YOU FOR GOING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS.

[2:00:45] AND AGAIN, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US, AT LEAST FOR

[2:00:49] ME, ANYWAY, TO GET A PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY ON A

[2:00:55] MAJOR THOROUGHFARE LIKE THAT TO THE COUNCIL SO THE PEOPLE WILL

[2:00:58] KNOW TOO THAT IT'S COMING. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE

[2:01:01] THAT DON'T KNOW THIS IS COMING, SO IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

[2:01:04] THANK YOU. >> Mayor Farac: MAYOR PRO TEM

[2:01:08] JACOBS? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: DID WE

[2:01:13] GET A NEW NUMBER FOR NORTH MARIN WATER DISTRICT TOTAL?

[2:01:16] >> YES. THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR

[2:01:20] VERIFYING THIS. SO THE NORTH MARIN WATER

[2:01:27] DISTRICT'S NEW TOTAL IS $ 2,757,380.

[2:01:35] >> P. Eklund: I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

[2:01:36] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: THANK YOU.

[2:01:38] >> THE OTHER DISTRICT? >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: I GOT

[2:01:42] THE SANITARY ALREADY. >> P. Eklund: WHAT IS THE

[2:01:44] SANITARY? >> I THOUGHT IT WAS $4,160,754.

[2:01:56] >> THE NEW TOTAL IS $4,723,889. >> Mayor Po Tem Jacobs: OKAY,

[2:02:06] ONE OTHER QUESTION, YOU WERE SAYING SANITARY WOULD START

[2:02:10] NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, PROBABLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN PG&E WOULD

[2:02:13] BE PROJECTED TO BE DONE BASED ON WEATHER?

[2:02:15] >> SANITARY HOPES TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER.

[2:02:17] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: SEPTEMBER.

[2:02:20] ALONG WITH PG&E FINISHING UP THEIRS?

[2:02:22] >> THERE CAN BE OVERLAP. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: OKAY.

[2:02:26] WITH NORTH MARIN WATER COMING IN, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE

[2:02:29] PAVING THE STREET AND BEING DONE?

[2:02:34] >> THE TOTAL PROJECT IS LOOKING AT A 24-MONTH TIMELINE.

[2:02:37] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: 24 MONTH TOTAL FROM NOW?

[2:02:41] >> FROM MOBILEIZATION. SO FOM SEPTEMBER.

[2:02:46] SO SEPTEMBER 2028. >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: OKAY,

[2:02:48] THANK YOU. >> P. Eklund: AND ANOTHER

[2:02:50] QUESTION, IS THAT IN HERE, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PROVISION

[2:02:55] THAT IF THE ACTUALITY FOR SANITARY AND WATER WAS HIGHER

[2:02:59] THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.

[2:03:02] IS THAT STILL PART OF THE DEAL OR NOT?

[2:03:04] OR DID I GET IT WRONG? >> I BELIEVE BOTH THE DISTRICTS

[2:03:13] HAVE THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE CONTINGENCIES.THERE ARE SOME

[2:03:18] SHARED COSTS FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE CAN GO DOWN THAT ROAD,

[2:03:24] THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THE BOTTOM NUMBER FROM EACH OF THEM.

[2:03:27] BUT IF THE PROJECT CSTS GO ABOVE AND IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO

[2:03:31] A SPECIFIC DISTRICT, THEN THAT ENTITY WOULD UTILIZE THEIR

[2:03:36] CONTINGENCY FUNDS THEY HAVE SET ASIDE FOR THE PROJECT.

[2:03:38] >> P. Eklund: OF THEIR FUNDS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY

[2:03:41] ANYTHING? >> THE AGREEMENTS STATE THAT IF

[2:03:48] IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR PROJECT THEY WOULD BE PAYING

[2:03:50] FOR IT. SO JUST LIKE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S

[2:03:53] A BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THE SANITARY DISTRICT JUST VOTED ON

[2:03:57] AND APPROVED. MUCH LIKE WE WOULD DO, THEY

[2:04:02] WOULD DO THE SAME IF THEIR COSTS ROSE IN THE PROJECT AND

[2:04:05] IT'S ATTRIBUTABLE JUST TO THE SANITARY PORTION OF THE PROJECT

[2:04:08] I BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE DOING THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE ARE.

[2:04:11] >> P. Eklund: OKAY, BCAUSE I DIDN'T AGREE WHEN I READ THE

[2:04:16] STAFF REPORT WHERE IT SAID IF IT ENDED UP COSTING MORE WE

[2:04:19] WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS

[2:04:22] APPROPRIATE AT ALL. SO, I'M JUST CONFIRMING AGAIN.

[2:04:28] WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR SEWER OR WATER FOR ANY OF

[2:04:36] THEIR WORK, PERIOD. THEY HAVE TO DO IT ALL?

[2:04:44] >> THEY, FUNDING AGREEMENTS THEY HAVE, I WANT TO SAY YES,

[2:04:46] HOWEVER. IN A SIMPLE SENSE, YES, YOU ARE

[2:04:49] CORRECT. IF IT'S THEIR PROCESS AND THEIR

[2:04:53] PROJECT, THEY WOULD BE PAYING FOR IT.

[2:04:55] HOWEVER, THE PROJECT FUNDING AGREEMENTS DO HAVE SPECIFIC

[2:04:58] ITEMS THAT WE ALL HAVE SHARED COSTS IN.

[2:05:08] SUCH AS M.O.T., TRAFFIC, MOBILIZING TRAFFIC CONTROLS.

[2:05:12] THAT'S A COST THAT HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS.

[2:05:15] IT WAS A POINT OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS AND THE

[2:05:18] CITY. HOW DOES THAT LOOK?

[2:05:20] WE SHARE THE COST I WE ARE ALL THREE WORKING ON OUR

[2:05:24] INDEPENDENT PROJECT ON THE SAME DAY BUT SAY ONLY THE SANITARY

[2:05:27] DISTRICT AND THE CITY ARE WORKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY IT

[2:05:30] ON A PARTICULAR DAY ONLY THOSE TWO ENTITIES WOULD SHARE THE

[2:05:33] COST. SO THERE ARE MEASURES THAT WE

[2:05:36] DO SHARE COSTS FOR BUT ANY PART OF AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT OR

[2:05:39] SCOPE OF WORK THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ECH DISTRICT

[2:05:43] WOULD BE HANDLED BY THAT DISTRICT.

[2:05:44] >> P. Eklund: THAT'S GOT TO BE A LOT OF RECORD KEEPING.

[2:05:46] >> YES. AGREED.

[2:05:49] >> P. Eklund: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING THAT.

[2:05:51] >> T. O'Connor: I JUST HAD ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

[2:05:53] YOU GOT TWO OF THE NUMBERS. YOU WERE GOING TO GET THE PG&E,

[2:06:00] CPUC UTILITY COMMISSION NUMBER AS WELL, I BELIEVE.

[2:06:02] DO YOU HAVE THAT? >> BY THE SHUFFLING I BELIEVE

[2:06:06] THAT STAFF MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THAT

[2:06:08] SPECIFIC NUMBER. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[2:06:17] WE CAN PUT AN UPDATE WITH THE NEW NUMBERS INTO THE FRIDAY

[2:06:20] MEMO. >> T. O'Connor: THAT WOULD BE

[2:06:21] HELPFUL. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[2:06:22] AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALWAYS UPDATE THE WEBSITE.

[2:06:24] >> T. O'Connor: THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A

[2:06:28] BUDGET AMENDMENT ANYWAY, WE WILL GET NEW DATA, RIGHT?

[2:06:30] >> City Manager A. Cunningham: IT WILL.

[2:06:31] WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[2:06:33] >> THANK YOU. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[2:06:35] DID WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BID PROTEST?

[2:06:38] >> T. O'Connor: YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN, BUT HE ALREADY COVERED

[2:06:42] IT. >> City Manager A. Cunningham:

[2:06:43] NO QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY, GREAT.

[2:06:47] >> Myor Farac: ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT?

[2:06:50] I'M NOT SEEING ANY. ANY ONLINE?

[2:06:53] >> Clerk: NO RAISED HANDS ON LINE.

[2:06:56] >> Mayor Farac: OKAY, I WILL CLOSE IT.

[2:06:58] DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> City Attorney G. Bell:

[2:07:00] SORRY, BEFORE A MOTION IS MADE REGARDING THE BID PROTEST, ALL

[2:07:04] RIGHT TO APPROVE THIS EVENING SUBJECT TO RESOLUTION OF THE

[2:07:07] BID PROTEST BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER SIGNS.

[2:07:09] IF FOR SOME REASON WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK OR SET A

[2:07:13] HEARING WE WILL HOLD OFF ON SIGNING IT BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY

[2:07:16] REVIEWING IT. >> Mayor Farac: SOUNDS GOOD.

[2:07:19] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: OKAY. >> Mayor Farac: LAURA, CAN YOU

[2:07:21] TAKE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: SORRY, MOTION BY

[2:07:24] KEVIN JACOBS AND WHO WAS THE SECOND?

[2:07:26] >> T. O'Connor: I'LL SECOND. >> Clerk: COUNCILMEMBER EKLUND?

[2:07:28] >> P. Eklund: AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KARKAL IS

[2:07:31] RECUSED. COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNOR?

[2:07:32] >> T. O'Connor: AYE. >> Clerk: MAYOR PRO TEM JACOBS?

[2:07:35] >> Mayor Pro Tem Jacobs: AYE. >> Clerk: AND MAYOR FARAC?

[2:07:37] >> Mayor Farac: AYE. THAT PASSES.

[2:07:40] NOW MOVING ON TO ADJOURNMENT. THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL

[2:07:44] MEETING WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2026.

[2:07:51] IS THERE ANYONE THAT COUNCIL HAS SOMEONE THEY WOULD LIKE T

[2:07:54] ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF? ALL RIGHT, IWOULD LIKE TO

[2:07:58] ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MARY COLLIN MURPHY AND HER DOG.

[2:08:05] SHE WAS THE WOMAN, NOVATO RESIDENT WHO WAS HIT LAST NIGHT.

[2:08:13] SENDING LOTS OF LVE TO HER FAMILY.

[2:08:17] WE SUPPORT HER FAMILY. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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