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[2:00] >> Welcome everyone. The Times

[2:00] to 30, call this meeting to

[2:01] order. Clark, would you please

[2:02] call the roll?

[2:03] >> Thank you. Councilmember

[2:07] Rogers. Cookie here,

[2:12] Councilmember MacDonald.

[2:14] Councilmember MacDonald.

[2:16] Councilmember Fleming.

[2:19] Councilmember Ben Willis here,

[2:21] Vice Mayor Alvarez resident

[2:24] Mayer step here. Let the

[2:24] record show that all

[2:25] councilmembers are present

[2:27] with the exception of

[2:29] Councilmember Rogers.

[2:30] >> Thank you. We will move on

[2:32] to item 3 are announcing a

[2:33] closed session items we have

[2:35] today and a 3.1 and evaluation

[2:37] of performance for public

[2:38] employee and an item, 3.2

[2:39] conference with labor

[2:40] negotiators with that we'll

[2:41] recess recession to come into

[2:48] closed session. Yes, as Prep

[2:49] your money. We do need to take

[2:51] public comment. But seeing we

[2:52] were we will now recess in a

[2:52] closed session. Thank you,

[3:06] Jeff.

[7:25] Thank you for your

[7:26] patience. Everyone will

[7:27] reconvene after Publix after I

[7:29] closed session. MADAM Speaker,

[7:33] please call the roll.

[7:34] >> Thank you. Mayor

[7:36] Councilmember Rogers is absent

[7:39] Cookie Councilmember MacDonald

[7:40] Councilmember Fleming

[7:41] Councilmember Ben Willows

[7:43] here. Vice Mayor Alvarez

[7:47] present Mayor step here. Let

[7:47] the record show that all

[7:48] councilmembers are present

[7:48] with the exception of

[7:53] Councilmember Rogers.

[7:53] >> Thank you. On to item 6. A

[7:54] new report out on closed

[7:58] session. During closed

[7:58] session. The City Council

[8:01] adopted a motion with 6

[8:03] affirmative votes and with

[8:03] Councilmember Rogers absent

[8:06] when when one counselor absent

[8:07] we, we will disclose the

[8:07] following information from

[8:11] closed session. The city

[8:13] manager has requested that the

[8:14] City Council for use her

[8:15] salary and cost of living

[8:16] adjustments. I want to

[8:18] reiterate that portion of it.

[8:19] This request is coming

[8:21] directly from the city manager

[8:22] in another another show, the

[8:22] leadership to which we've

[8:26] become accustomed from her.

[8:27] She's requested. They be

[8:28] frozen for the next 2 years as

[8:29] part of a broader commitment

[8:32] to financial responsibility.

[8:33] This is a temporary measure

[8:33] taken in the interest and

[8:34] understanding for the city's

[8:38] current economic outlook. The

[8:39] council instructed staff to

[8:40] prepare an item for the

[8:41] upcoming council meeting that

[8:42] would allow the council to

[8:43] consider approving the council

[8:49] managers request. We want to

[8:49] thank city manager for her

[8:53] leadership in this aspect.

[8:54] Otherwise there is no

[8:54] additional reportable action

[8:55] from closed session this

[9:06] afternoon. Onto. Item 8.1, our

[9:07] Capital Improvement program

[9:20] status update, MR. Hennessey.

[9:29] Welcome. The floor is yours.

[9:30] >> Thank you, Mayor Vice Mayor

[9:31] Council. As soon as I find the

[9:46] correct file, I will start.

[9:49] Mayor weather. No reportable

[9:53] actions from the Cip update.

[9:54] >> If there are some changes

[9:55] that you all would like to see

[9:56] as we bring forth the budget,

[9:58] we can kind of take those and

[9:59] some of our one-on-one

[10:00] discussion so we can be

[10:01] prepared to move those forward

[10:13] and make. Thank you again. I

[10:14] think the last time I was here

[10:16] was maybe in DECEMBER for the

[10:19] last update. We talking about

[10:21] priorities and went over a few

[10:22] projects in particular about

[10:22] how those would be affected by

[10:25] that privatization process.

[10:27] >> This afternoon's update is

[10:29] about really trying to shorten

[10:30] MAY's budget study session. So

[10:31] that can be explicitly about

[10:33] budget. And tonight I can

[10:33] answer questions about the

[10:37] status of any projects.

[10:40] >> For tonight, we have a

[10:42] review of parks and there I'm

[10:44] going happen from the program.

[10:45] Water and transportation

[10:47] public works. And then a few

[10:48] specific city facilities that

[10:48] will be of interest to folks

[10:53] at the end. The specific to

[10:55] parks. And there's little over

[10:56] 56 million dollars in current

[10:57] capital improvement funds for

[11:02] parks, capital planning. More

[11:03] than 30 million dollars of

[11:05] that is for projects that are

[11:06] currently in design with the

[11:09] vast majority of that

[11:10] anticipated to be delivered

[11:11] next fiscal You can see here

[11:16] on this table essentially

[11:20] those first 5 projects are all

[11:21] for delivery. And then the mlk

[11:22] Neighborhood Park renovation

[11:23] is for environmental review

[11:25] and clearance of that. So we

[11:26] expect to deliver all 5 of

[11:27] those projects beginning this

[11:31] coming fiscal year. Can

[11:32] specifically say that the

[11:35] South Davis and Kiwanis

[11:39] Springs projects there are

[11:40] written need one additional

[11:40] approval and then we'll put

[11:43] those out to bid.

[11:45] >> Similar for the Howard

[11:46] Coffin Park projects where

[11:47] very close to putting that to

[11:50] bed.

[11:51] >> I've also included the

[11:53] Valley golf course irrigation

[11:54] pond on the slide that just

[11:59] went through 75% design review

[12:00] and again is on track to be

[12:01] later right now. That's of

[12:02] interest to everybody. And

[12:03] talk about that again a little

[12:06] bit later. And Morgantown, one

[12:07] other project I wanted to

[12:09] highlight on this slide is the

[12:12] Roseland Creek Park. While

[12:15] though Park design is I'm

[12:17] going, we will be building a

[12:18] path and a crossing to present

[12:18] a column entry school this

[12:21] coming summer. And we intend

[12:22] to have that opened before

[12:25] school starts next year. So I

[12:26] know that's a key connection

[12:28] through that. If you've been

[12:29] by that park, you see the goat

[12:30] trails of people walking

[12:31] through it, but providing that

[12:40] connection to the school and

[12:41] formal crossing. I think we'll

[12:43] be of great benefit to that

[12:43] area and particularly to

[12:48] students at that school.

[12:50] There's another on nearly

[12:50] 22 million dollars for

[12:51] projects that are in planning

[12:55] and design. And that bottom

[12:57] table, we are looking for ways

[13:00] to kind of rearrange the money

[13:01] based on timing of specific

[13:02] projects and see if anything

[13:05] can be advanced quickly.

[13:06] There's a certain amount of

[13:09] that money that is measure and

[13:11] money and looking for those 11

[13:11] projects at the bottom there

[13:17] to see if if any of those are

[13:18] solely funding constrained or

[13:18] if there are design and

[13:19] permitting questions that

[13:21] relate to those. But

[13:23] essentially we've done an

[13:24] audit of every dollar the

[13:25] Parks department has available

[13:27] to it to deliver capital

[13:29] projects. You see all of those

[13:30] dollars on this on these 2

[13:33] sides here and the tables. And

[13:36] so provide an opportunity for

[13:38] review and suggestions for

[13:39] budgets a session or any

[13:40] questions back to me or to

[13:42] park staff about where those

[13:44] dollars are are headed in the

[13:45] future. And with anticipated

[13:45] delivery dates for each of

[13:49] those projects, too. Directed

[13:49] him see before you go on, I

[13:53] want to draw your attention.

[13:56] To the Ml King Junior

[13:57] neighborhood Park you'll

[13:57] notice on the sheet. It says

[14:00] 2 million dollars remaining.

[14:02] What I have asked staff to

[14:05] most of the planning came from

[14:06] the community.

[14:07] >> What I've asked them to do

[14:08] is we need to make certain

[14:09] that we spend this infill

[14:10] infrastructure grant. We want

[14:11] to make certain that we're

[14:12] getting the funding out the

[14:14] door. So we need to go back to

[14:16] the community and put this in

[14:19] phases. Go ahead pared down a

[14:20] little bit to the amount of

[14:23] funding that we do have. And

[14:24] in the event we do get extra

[14:26] funding MAY be for the

[14:27] 2 million dollars. We can put

[14:29] it in phases. So staff is

[14:30] prepared enough. Had this

[14:31] conversation with the director

[14:33] Hennessy as well to go ahead

[14:34] and get the funding out the

[14:36] door for phase one. Thank you

[14:43] for that city manager.

[14:44] >> Moving forward to water

[14:46] cip. There's nearly

[14:48] 150 million dollars in those

[14:50] accounts, almost 50 million

[14:51] dollars of that is currently

[14:52] encumbered either through

[14:54] design or construction

[14:55] contracts have just over

[14:58] 100 million dollars available.

[14:59] And more than 90 million

[15:00] dollars of that is either for

[15:01] projects that are currently in

[15:01] design or are ready for

[15:06] design. Speak specifically

[15:07] that's across all 3 funding

[15:10] sources for water speak

[15:11] specifically to those projects

[15:12] over the next couple slides

[15:16] for sewer in particular.

[15:19] There's 44 million dollars

[15:20] available, we have 32 million

[15:21] dollars of that is anticipated

[15:23] for projects that are

[15:26] anticipated to be in the next

[15:27] fiscal year. So you'll also

[15:28] notice that put in here on the

[15:29] table with the remaining need

[15:32] is for any of those projects.

[15:33] We are moving forward. And I

[15:34] with discussion we just had

[15:35] about funding projects that

[15:35] are ready to go and moving

[15:38] funds around for delivery. We

[15:41] have no remaining need

[15:42] identified right now based on

[15:43] our expectations for the

[15:44] majority of those projects. We

[15:45] have one that we've actually

[15:46] moved up. We think that we can

[15:49] get that done faster. And so

[15:51] that's why it's not programmed

[15:51] for full funding this year. As

[15:54] of right now. But there is

[15:58] funding available to and

[15:58] center of water to move that

[15:59] around if we need to. And if

[16:00] we're able to deliver that as

[16:03] quickly as we think we can.

[16:05] There is there is remaining

[16:06] need for projects that are

[16:07] farther out. But we've started

[16:10] funding those for design

[16:11] permitting activities again

[16:12] facing those in overtime while

[16:13] not committing full

[16:14] construction funds to any of

[16:15] those until those funds are

[16:17] necessary.

[16:23] >> Similar story for the Water

[16:24] Fund. A dozen projects

[16:25] anticipated for the remainder

[16:26] of this fiscal year and fiscal

[16:29] year. 25 26. And that would be

[16:31] more than 30 million dollars

[16:33] worth of capital project

[16:35] delivery with no remaining

[16:35] need identified for any of

[16:39] those projects. Leslie of 4

[16:40] out of the plant and

[16:41] supporting regional

[16:43] infrastructure. We have a half

[16:44] dozen projects.

[16:46] >> there are ongoing or

[16:47] anticipated to be let sometime

[16:54] in the next 12 months.

[16:55] >> mostly full, fully funded.

[16:56] And when there's contingencies

[16:56] available to to fund those

[17:00] projects. Highlight those to

[17:02] notice that across the 3 water

[17:02] funding sources, we have

[17:05] almost 30 projects that we

[17:05] anticipate to be in the next

[17:09] 12 to 15 months totaling just

[17:11] over 100 million dollars. So

[17:13] you see 100 150 million

[17:14] dollars available. That's a

[17:16] lot that they've been a lot of

[17:18] backlog. But we've really

[17:19] focus the last 6 months or so

[17:21] on getting them to the point

[17:22] where they're deliverable,

[17:24] expect to be able to do that.

[17:26] So expect some of numbers in

[17:27] terms of the dollar amount

[17:30] available to us to go down in

[17:31] the next 12 to 18 months as we

[17:33] begin delivering some of these

[17:33] improvements and a lot of

[17:34] these water improvements,

[17:35] especially the ones out of the

[17:38] plant community will never see

[17:40] some of the other ones are

[17:43] buried under asphalt and our

[17:43] our list stations or than a

[17:45] complimentary of auxiliary

[17:46] facilities that are vital to

[17:47] the water infrastructure. But

[17:51] again, the community will only

[17:56] notice if they don't work.

[17:57] Moving to transportation.

[18:01] Public works. We have a number

[18:02] of projects ongoing

[18:05] construction right now. More

[18:06] than 20 million dollars of our

[18:07] funds are for projects that

[18:09] are currently in construction.

[18:13] Those include the Interchange

[18:16] Coffey Park and found Grove

[18:16] paving project section of

[18:17] Sonoma Avenue from the street

[18:20] to buy the lane. Center is

[18:22] Avenue and preparatory work

[18:24] for the bicycle pedestrian

[18:25] overcrossing where we moved a

[18:26] storm drain and the last

[18:28] couple months on the east side

[18:29] of the freeway from where the

[18:32] landing spot will be. So all

[18:34] of that work is either ongoing

[18:35] or completed. But that

[18:37] accounts for nearly 19 million

[18:37] dollars of the available

[18:41] funding. Of the 39 million

[18:42] dollars that we have for

[18:43] projects that are in design

[18:47] oops. More than 27 million

[18:48] dollars of that is for

[18:49] projects that we will be

[18:53] delivering by MARCH of 2026.

[18:55] There are 3 traffic signals on

[18:56] here. A half-dozen paving

[19:00] projects. A couple obviously

[19:02] the big one for everyone to

[19:05] take note of is the bicycle

[19:06] pedestrian overcrossing when

[19:08] the current status on that is

[19:10] that we are waiting one

[19:11] approval from Caltrans. We're

[19:12] waiting, won approval from pg

[19:15] e at which point we can go to

[19:16] ntc and California

[19:17] Transportation Commission and

[19:18] asked them to give us the

[19:20] money that they promised So

[19:22] those are really the 4 steps.

[19:22] And then we will have a

[19:26] project that we can bit. Down

[19:27] to 4 steps. It's nice to have

[19:31] a short There's still a lot of

[19:33] work to and we're working

[19:34] specifically with pg and

[19:35] Caltrans to get those purples.

[19:36] Those are really the biggest

[19:40] hurdles. The rest is

[19:41] administrative and just kind

[19:42] Time Sox into in terms of the

[19:43] schedule. But they need to

[19:49] happen. Similarly for the

[19:51] others, we have moved funds

[19:53] around significantly so that

[19:55] we have no remaining need on

[19:59] any of these projects based

[19:59] engineers estimates we have

[20:00] completely funded every

[20:01] project. You see a number of

[20:03] projects on here that have

[20:05] been on on capital improvement

[20:07] lists for the last several

[20:09] years. We're fully confident

[20:10] that all of these can move

[20:11] forward. We'll have a number

[20:15] of projects opening bids in

[20:16] the next couple weeks. We'll

[20:19] have a couple of them more

[20:20] releasing bit opportunities in

[20:23] the next couple weeks. We've

[20:24] been sharing those

[20:24] opportunities and the

[20:25] anticipation of those

[20:29] opportunities with contractor

[20:30] community and they're

[20:31] increasingly excited about

[20:33] working with city of Santa

[20:33] Rosa making sure that they

[20:34] have capacity to deliver these

[20:38] for us. For close. I want to

[20:41] highlight just a couple of

[20:42] specific, a specific interest

[20:43] to this council. Again, I

[20:46] mentioned that nfl a golf

[20:47] course earlier, but we're

[20:47] really excited to be able

[20:52] follow through on that promise

[20:54] her community have we talked

[20:56] NOVEMBER? I believe about

[20:58] issuing word of contract we

[20:59] have since awarded the are

[21:01] issued a notice to proceed for

[21:02] that design. The design

[21:03] portion of the design build to

[21:08] continue and working with our

[21:09] contractor team. It's win or

[21:10] 10 and they're consulting

[21:10] team. Things are going well so

[21:16] far I really confident about

[21:17] where site layout is and where

[21:21] the fire station is. And then

[21:25] lastly, as of 2 hours ago, we

[21:26] close to bin Opportunity for

[21:29] the garage and improved wastes

[21:30] for that that this council

[21:33] helped fund a couple years ago

[21:34] when I sat back down, I hope

[21:35] to have an e-mail showing me

[21:37] the results of that that

[21:39] opportunity. But just letting

[21:42] everyone know that did come to

[21:44] fruition the 26 people in the

[21:46] fleet, division are very

[21:46] excited about it as are a

[21:52] number of their clients hoping

[21:53] for improved and more quicker

[21:54] service as a result of that

[21:58] improve facility. Well, that's

[22:00] again will be back in MAY to

[22:01] talk about budget for fiscal

[22:03] year. 25 26. But a preview is

[22:05] that we funded most of the

[22:06] stuff that we're currently

[22:07] working on anticipate

[22:09] delivering quite a bit to the

[22:09] rest of this fiscal year and

[22:14] into next. Quietly. A very

[22:17] exciting report, MR. Hennessy,

[22:18] thank you. Turning to council

[22:26] questions. I'm working on this

[22:27] cookies. I was hoping to not

[22:28] have to go first, but I didn't

[22:30] see anybody else clamoring for

[22:31] me to buy you time All right.

[22:33] I mean, right, let me buy a

[22:34] little time.

[22:35] >> Dan, you hinted at this in

[22:38] your report, but can you just

[22:38] I know that a big point

[22:40] emphasis for keeping w has

[22:41] been to increase the momentum

[22:42] of getting projects out the

[22:45] door and were clearly making

[22:46] making are making progress in

[22:48] that direction. Do you have a

[22:49] sense that we're gonna be able

[22:51] to maintain this increased

[22:52] even even unanswered the years

[22:56] to come? What's your sense?

[22:58] Yes, with one caveat we have

[23:02] had increased sources of

[23:03] funding from.

[23:03] >> Federal recovery from state

[23:05] recovery sources. And so the

[23:06] number of projects that we've

[23:08] had has been very high as a

[23:10] result of those recovery

[23:12] efforts. They've also dragging

[23:14] on a long time because of the

[23:14] complications from

[23:15] coordinating federal and state

[23:19] grants or says. And and

[23:21] maintaining the existing funds

[23:22] that we typically get through

[23:23] capital improvements or gas

[23:23] taxes and things like that. On

[23:26] top of that load. So there

[23:28] will be that pressure on the

[23:30] recovery portion of this will

[23:31] be removed in the next 18

[23:31] months or so as we complete

[23:32] some of those projects that

[23:34] are on this list. And so we'll

[23:36] be able to get to the kind

[23:37] kind bread and butter stuff

[23:38] that I've been talking about

[23:41] for the last few months and

[23:42] more tune to pavement

[23:44] maintenance and making sure

[23:45] that the resources that we

[23:46] have that we expect to have in

[23:50] our part of a typical delivery

[23:51] program. I'm actually are

[23:51] programmed annually and we can

[23:52] deliver improvements for the

[23:55] community. So in answer to say

[23:57] yes, excellent and related

[23:59] question. I think I heard you

[24:00] say that you are. You have

[24:01] been in touch with contractors

[24:02] to determine whether they have

[24:03] the capacity to deal with

[24:05] that. We to deal with some or

[24:06] upcoming projects.

[24:07] >> Have we really had

[24:08] conversations asking asking

[24:08] firms or they can keep up with

[24:10] the city in the months to

[24:11] come.

[24:12] >> Yemen and maybe that a

[24:14] little tongue in cheek. Some

[24:15] of what I've heard in the last

[24:17] 12 months or so is that

[24:19] contractors can be a little

[24:19] bit blindsided by our

[24:20] opportunities when they're not

[24:24] anticipating them. And I don't

[24:27] want a lack of bids because

[24:28] they weren't anticipating

[24:29] them. So I've been sharing

[24:30] schedule, not dissimilar from

[24:33] this one with them. So that

[24:34] they can plan make they can

[24:36] spread through the

[24:36] engineering. Contractors

[24:37] associations are the builders

[24:40] exchange or others. It

[24:40] changes. They know that, but

[24:42] at least they can have some

[24:42] anticipation of when different

[24:43] opportunities might be

[24:44] available to them. Excellent

[24:47] once again this morning.

[24:48] >> That's a great approach. I

[24:52] like that. I'm going to ask

[24:54] you probably predictably about

[24:57] the over cross its hard to

[25:00] hear that it's caltrain pg and

[25:03] e that is it just isn't lost

[25:04] and their administrative not

[25:04] lost. But is it stuck in most

[25:11] places?

[25:12] >> done a lot of work with

[25:15] Caltrans last few months to

[25:15] narrow the scope of this final

[25:17] review that we need. I think

[25:18] we've gotten to a pretty good

[25:20] place with them. And I'm

[25:21] fairly optimistic about where

[25:25] we are with Caltrans. Pg. E is

[25:29] a different story. He's

[25:31] Administrative hurdles and

[25:32] changing stories and

[25:33] uncertainty about exactly what

[25:35] level of agreement, what level

[25:37] of design review that they've

[25:39] had. Again, we inch closer

[25:43] every day but if you asked me

[25:44] what we needed to do 2 months

[25:45] ago, it would be different

[25:45] than what I would tell you

[25:48] today because of what pg e is

[25:52] required of Cautiously

[25:56] optimistic, but also very much

[25:57] paying attention to everything

[25:57] that happens on that front to

[25:59] know. How the winds turn on

[26:03] any given day. Director him

[26:07] ec. I will add the pga contact

[26:09] has been elevated to the city

[26:13] manager's office. So we have.

[26:14] >> Made a call to meet with

[26:14] pga need to talk about what we

[26:15] need to do to move the project

[26:21] forward.

[26:22] >> Thank you. And with that,

[26:23] we go to public comment, MR.

[26:26] Do it. Apologies, MR. Do it.

[26:28] We have we had did have one of

[26:29] the question for council.

[26:30] Actually, we have to now

[26:32] there. Popping up like

[26:35] wildflowers as Ben Thank you,

[26:37] Mayor. I just had a question.

[26:43] Thank you for presentation

[26:43] directed him see. And I really

[26:45] excited that many of these

[26:46] projects are.

[26:46] >> You know, they're funded

[26:47] and they're going to go

[26:49] forward. I was just curious be

[26:49] remiss if I did not ask you

[26:57] about. Tp w Cip I don't know

[27:00] what pitch of is. I apologize.

[27:01] The North Dayton Avenue, Road

[27:03] Diet and pedestrian

[27:03] improvement. It just a few

[27:05] talk about that a little bit.

[27:11] >> Now one of North Avenue is

[27:13] on our Eye Injury Network,

[27:13] which indicates history of

[27:15] severe injury or fatal

[27:16] collisions.

[27:20] >> It's also on our bicycle

[27:22] plan through our traffic

[27:23] engineering team, there is

[27:24] excess capacity for vehicles

[27:28] on that road. North of 3rd

[27:30] Street. So one of the things

[27:32] we're considering is narrowing

[27:33] that section to make a

[27:34] protected by connection to

[27:37] improve the safety. There are

[27:40] a number of ways to do that.

[27:40] We have some funding set aside

[27:46] to do so. We have chased

[27:47] grandson successfully so far

[27:48] again, wherever struggling

[27:49] with the grant issue right

[27:50] now, especially in the safety

[27:51] round because our streets are

[27:53] safe. Are safer than a lot of

[27:58] our comparable agencies around

[27:59] U.S. Particularly around the

[28:02] Bay area. But we want to be

[28:03] better. And so we're moving

[28:04] that forward. There are ways

[28:08] to do that that are

[28:09] essentially striping on Lee

[28:10] could be done essentially by

[28:12] our crews. Also looking at

[28:13] some of the intersections

[28:15] north of there such as at 9th

[28:17] Street for alternative

[28:18] configurations that might

[28:21] allow us to better utilize

[28:22] that infrastructure. I think

[28:23] what's going to happen is some

[28:24] kind of phased approach to

[28:25] that and include some

[28:27] community engagement. And

[28:28] that's why we're pushing it

[28:30] forward right now. Has a

[28:32] project that we're confident

[28:34] will happen. What form it

[28:35] takes? I think we'll still

[28:37] have discussion around it. I'm

[28:38] happy to talk more about that

[28:39] and we can talk more about

[28:41] that at the Budget study

[28:42] session. Also that project

[28:44] will get some funding from

[28:44] first proposed to get funding

[28:47] for fiscal year. 25 26. MR.

[28:51] Donald.

[28:52] >> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you

[28:52] for the presentation. One I

[28:53] want to call out your color

[28:55] coordinated charts. So thank

[28:57] you. I appreciate that. It's

[28:59] not quite the red yellow green

[29:00] that I desire so much from cip

[29:01] projects. But you're getting

[29:04] there. So I appreciate that

[29:06] very much. Some of question

[29:09] goes around see that you have

[29:10] about 5 years. Snapshot on

[29:12] these projects and then

[29:15] there's funding that's in my

[29:16] car fifth-year. And yet you

[29:17] have projects that were

[29:17] supposed to complete in the

[29:19] next year that aren't quite

[29:22] funded. I'm not sure pass that

[29:26] 5 years. Do you have master

[29:29] plans or where money is being

[29:30] earmarked in those 5, 10, 15

[29:33] years out year projects. And

[29:34] if we've considered

[29:35] reallocating some of those

[29:37] moneys for any of the cip

[29:39] projects, whether it's parts

[29:43] Ptp w simply it's because the

[29:44] increase of cost in

[29:45] construction that I'm very

[29:48] concerned about. And hearing

[29:49] that is going to go up about

[29:50] 25% more on some of the

[29:53] materials in the next year or

[29:55] so. So I I have concerns

[29:57] again, even on a five-year

[29:58] plan where we have these out

[29:59] your plans for that. We're

[30:00] never going to quite get to

[30:01] these projects because we're

[30:02] not pushing some of them

[30:06] through right now. Yeah, this

[30:06] to with the mayor's question

[30:10] earlier

[30:11] >> remaining need and timing

[30:12] the projects. But I think what

[30:17] we're intending to do is

[30:19] getting as much done now as we

[30:20] can within our ability to pay

[30:21] for it and to deliver it. And

[30:23] I think part of the situation

[30:26] that we find ourselves in is

[30:27] that we've have funded a lot

[30:28] of projects for a number of

[30:30] years. And so that ends up

[30:30] with us working on twice as

[30:31] many projects that have half

[30:33] as much funding instead of.

[30:36] Happens. Many projects with

[30:38] full funding and that leads to

[30:39] staff constraints to I can

[30:41] speak specifically to

[30:41] transportation. Public works

[30:42] that, yes, that is an issue. I

[30:43] know center of the water is

[30:46] looking at it and city manager

[30:47] said earlier she's encouraged

[30:48] us to look at that for the

[30:50] Parks Department. Also and see

[30:51] if we can bump up some of

[30:53] those funds to deliver more

[30:54] while things are cheaper

[30:56] before we end up even more to

[31:02] deliver the same. Thank you.

[31:03] That will public comment, MR.

[31:04] Do it. Thank you for your

[31:09] patience.

[31:11] >> Wanted to say thank you to

[31:15] the city manager. This truly

[31:17] one of the most astounding

[31:18] things I've ever heard in a

[31:19] Santa Rosa City Council

[31:19] meeting.

[31:22] >> I've been coming for 30

[31:23] years. Can black man and

[31:25] nobody along the way ever did

[31:26] anything as Magna many is is

[31:30] that so? On this item

[31:32] specifically, it's wonderful

[31:34] to hear that the possibility

[31:34] of the Roseland Creek Park

[31:38] having its bikeway the put

[31:40] together summer. If all goes

[31:40] well and having it ready for

[31:43] the school year. Of other

[31:48] importance is also that the

[31:48] Burbank Avenue and Hearne

[31:49] Avenue traffic signal get

[31:50] moved forward as soon as

[31:54] possible. It's becoming very

[31:56] dangerous. There. In the past,

[31:57] I mentioned the idea of the

[32:00] speed limit indicator. There's

[32:01] one over at 909 Humboldt

[32:04] Street that just sits there on

[32:05] a tree on a pole. Excuse me

[32:05] behind a tree and you can't

[32:07] really see it. That could be

[32:10] helpful to us over on Herndon

[32:11] Avenue, the community having

[32:13] fire station. There's a number

[32:17] of people concerned about how

[32:18] that library is going to be

[32:19] financed. Will the city be

[32:20] putting forward a large

[32:22] portion of money to get that

[32:23] library? Build? And then last

[32:27] but not least doing

[32:30] overcrossing on highway 101.

[32:32] There MAY be financial

[32:33] problems in the future fiscal

[32:35] constraints that we don't see

[32:36] because our economy MAY be

[32:38] going into recession. And the

[32:42] difficulties that lie ahead of

[32:43] us MAY require us to look at

[32:45] where we can save money. A

[32:47] number of people have pointed

[32:48] out you can save money, but

[32:50] different design of the bridge

[32:52] that would be used over 101.

[32:56] There are different types.

[32:56] There are millions of dollars

[32:57] less expensive than that one

[32:58] that's being chosen now, which

[33:02] is more for and it's that exit

[33:02] shun. Then a functional

[33:06] approach. We need to save

[33:07] money. Obviously, it's great

[33:09] to see that you'll be spending

[33:11] money in the southwest area.

[33:13] Santa Rosa's Roseland District

[33:15] and so wonderful thing all the

[33:16] way around. And once again, I

[33:20] just have to say thank you,

[33:22] city manager for doing this

[33:22] Friess for not just one year.

[33:25] Sounded like 2 full years.

[33:27] That's a stunning thing to

[33:28] have happened. Never before in

[33:30] the history of Santa Rosa

[33:33] City, administrative policies

[33:35] as administrator taking that

[33:37] type of lead. And I really

[33:38] think that's a wonderful

[33:40] thing. I don't know how you

[33:43] folks feel about it. But and

[33:44] she had to get one of those

[33:45] city proclamations. You give

[33:48] out. Thank you so much. Thank

[33:50] you to Wayne. When any of the

[33:51] members of the public like to

[33:55] speak.

[33:56] >> All Bring it back to

[33:56] council for any final

[34:04] comments. Vice Mayor.

[34:05] >> Are there any eyes looking

[34:07] at South Street which connects

[34:08] Dunn Avenue West Avenue when

[34:12] chance. And with our

[34:12] sidewalks.

[34:16] >> Yeah. So it's part of our

[34:17] that transportation that's

[34:19] been identified for sidewalks

[34:20] as being prioritized amongst a

[34:22] number of needs. You'll see

[34:25] that plan finalized and

[34:26] believe in JUNE. Have one of

[34:27] your JUNE meetings all

[34:28] approved carry-on have

[34:28] averaging approve that plan.

[34:33] And then. Transportation team

[34:33] has funding to begin, sir,

[34:36] addressing those be very clear

[34:39] and say that they far away our

[34:41] resources to address them. But

[34:43] we will start. And so that's

[34:43] the opportunity for us to do

[34:44] that. Appreciate that there.

[34:46] In the view.

[34:46] >> And if I can make a

[34:48] comment, it's really

[34:49] appreciated. Now staff is

[34:51] looking at how and you said

[34:52] earlier how to fully fund half

[34:54] the project. So the committee

[34:55] sees that there are changes

[34:56] being made within the

[34:59] community gone so long without

[35:00] resources. So it goes without

[35:03] saying that those efforts are

[35:04] her definitely noticed and

[35:05] we're very grateful for them.

[35:10] Thank

[35:11] >> The green and Dan, just

[35:13] I'll just call back to a

[35:14] statement that you made where

[35:15] you pointed out that with some

[35:17] of the projects wastewater

[35:18] infrastructure, et people

[35:19] might not notice those

[35:21] projects going on, but they

[35:23] will notice the economic

[35:24] multiplier effect of eyes of

[35:25] the city pushing 100 million

[35:25] dollars. Plus out the door to

[35:29] get these projects going. And

[35:30] this and in parks parks a

[35:32] whole separate topic. These

[35:34] projects these projects make a

[35:36] difference economically and a

[35:37] lot of them do get noticed.

[35:39] And especially when we're in

[35:40] an era where our budgets are

[35:42] going to be tight and there is

[35:42] not going motion in some other

[35:45] aspects of the of the city to

[35:46] have these kinds of projects

[35:48] out there this. But people can

[35:49] see what the city is doing to

[35:50] make life better in the

[35:51] community. They're invaluable.

[35:58] So thank you very much. And

[35:59] with that move on to item a

[35:59] point to our community

[36:00] empowerment plan, update as

[36:14] Florida.

[36:23] Good afternoon.

[36:24] >> Mayor Vice mayor city

[36:26] Council community engagement

[36:27] manager with the

[36:27] communications and

[36:30] Intergovernmental Relations

[36:30] Office. And I will be

[36:31] presenting the community

[36:34] Empowerment Plan. Update. On

[36:35] APRIL second, the Violence

[36:37] Prevention partnership. We

[36:38] supporting it again and

[36:40] representation chops teens

[36:42] Club 509, Adams Street at

[36:46] 05:30pm. This event is

[36:47] presented by Senator Jose

[36:49] Police Department and said

[36:50] over the city schools and

[36:51] marks the 6th and final

[36:54] presentation of the serious.

[36:55] On APRIL 5th. The senator was

[36:58] the fire department and the

[36:59] Santa Rosa Police Department

[37:01] and hosting we many public

[37:01] safety at the Santa Rosa Fire

[37:05] Department training Tower. 2,

[37:05] 1, 2, 6, West College Avenue

[37:09] from 10:00am to 02:00pm. The

[37:12] syndication All Expo will live

[37:14] demonstrations and networking

[37:16] opportunities to encourage

[37:16] when women and girls to enter

[37:18] the field of public safety. On

[37:24] APRIL 7 Mayor Mike staff and

[37:25] Vice Alvarez will be hosting

[37:26] the virtual community meeting

[37:28] via zoom, starting at 06:00pm.

[37:29] The meeting will follow a

[37:32] webinar format. Allowing

[37:33] participants to type questions

[37:37] in the nicu any section

[37:37] questions can also be

[37:38] submitted by emailing

[37:40] community engagement is our

[37:43] study. Don't court community

[37:44] members can visit. Is our city

[37:47] or slash calendar to obtain

[37:47] more information about the

[37:52] meeting? On APRIL 10th. The

[37:53] Violence Prevention Initiative

[37:56] will partnering would be

[37:58] participating at that youth

[37:58] employment and opportunity.

[38:02] Held a juvenile hold providing

[38:02] employment resources justice

[38:04] in bold youth incarcerated in

[38:10] the facility. On APRIL. 2nd.

[38:11] Community members can join the

[38:13] rules and community cleanup

[38:15] spot of every piece inspire

[38:17] change program to beautify

[38:18] Sebastopol Avenue, protect

[38:21] rules and Creek. The meeting

[38:24] point is that no less market

[38:25] parking lot, 4, 4, 0, that

[38:28] avenue from 9 to 11:00am trash

[38:29] because trash bags and gloves

[38:32] will be provided for more

[38:33] information. Community members

[38:38] can visit Www Dot Street to so

[38:39] he struck 2 creeks to local,

[38:44] edgy. On APRIL. 26 join the

[38:44] center. Also water Department

[38:48] for day festival idol

[38:49] courthouse Square feet. The

[38:50] full course clear hats,

[38:51] courthouse square from noon to

[38:55] 04:00pm. These free

[38:56] family-friendly Syria Ways

[38:59] Festival brings the community

[39:00] together through fun

[39:01] activities like performing

[39:04] arts, great food. And in spite

[39:06] Nick say that it's that raise

[39:07] environmental awareness.

[39:08] Additionally, the Clean Slate

[39:10] Tattoo removal program

[39:13] continues to accepting new

[39:16] clients. Community members,

[39:16] interest costs, removal of

[39:18] their baseball again. Hate

[39:22] trafficking related tattoos

[39:23] shoot email center. Rules of

[39:25] Partnership is rc. Don't Board

[39:28] or call 7, 0, 7, 5, 4, 3, for

[39:32] 8, a 6. Finally, I would like

[39:35] to mention the neighbor to

[39:36] neighbor program and now new

[39:37] medical blunders, get Sally to

[39:41] pet date an and Ali, program

[39:41] is a partnership between

[39:43] AmeriCorps and the city of

[39:44] Santa Rosa. 2 can community

[39:47] engagement at the neighborhood

[39:50] level a goal of creating

[39:50] connections, building

[39:53] collaboration and full student

[39:54] civic engagement. Ally and

[39:57] Emily are fundamental to the

[39:59] implementation of the program

[39:59] and you will be seeing them

[40:03] out there in the community.

[40:04] And that concludes the

[40:05] community Empowerment Plan.

[40:09] Update for Thank you. Thank

[40:13] you. Questions from Council.

[40:15] >> Thank you. Could clarify

[40:18] the address for the rose and

[40:19] cleanup? Did you say, Sir,

[40:20] Possible Avenue or Sebastopol

[40:23] Road?

[40:26] >> It aims owns is going to be

[40:27] on Sebastopol Road. But

[40:27] meeting point it is no less

[40:32] market parking lot. 4, 4, 0

[40:32] Dutton Avenue.

[40:33] >> Condon have. That's what

[40:34] they're going to be ok, but

[40:36] ultimately it will be some

[40:38] possible avenue for the

[40:40] Rosalynn Creek. Perfect. Just

[40:43] want to clarify. Think. Other

[40:47] questions for counsel. But

[40:48] we'll put it up for public

[40:54] comment. MR. Do it.

[40:55] >> Yes, thank you. My name

[40:58] doing to it on from Rosen. And

[40:58] I'm glad to hear of the

[41:00] activities that are occurring,

[41:02] especially the APRIL 7th

[41:02] virtual zoom with the mayor

[41:06] and Vice mayor.

[41:07] >> There's a concern, though,

[41:08] from people over a rose and a

[41:12] lot we don't use the Internet.

[41:13] >> People are older and they

[41:16] still read paper and actually

[41:17] would hope that perhaps

[41:17] there's an opportunity they

[41:20] could be there in person.

[41:21] Could somehow come to where

[41:23] you folks are being online.

[41:27] Participate that way. It's

[41:27] really great to hear about the

[41:30] streets to creep effort that's

[41:30] occurring for the rose

[41:35] cleanup. I was uncertain of

[41:36] the actual timing and the

[41:42] meeting places. On 19th APRIL,

[41:45] which is this Saturday 10 in

[41:46] the morning. Many roads and

[41:47] residents are gathering of

[41:48] Rosen Creek Park for what they

[41:53] call their birthing effort.

[41:55] Hoping there's a way that we

[41:56] can talk more with the

[41:59] streets. Decrease people. Much

[42:02] from them that a information I

[42:03] was just giving now from what

[42:08] we've heard here. We're going

[42:10] to meet Lawless parking lot on

[42:12] Sebastopol Road at what Dayton

[42:13] time. I'd like to find out.

[42:17] And then. Rosen Creek was

[42:18] mentioned. So where they going

[42:21] on the creek. It runs from

[42:24] Sebastopol Road out, too. All

[42:25] the way of a Santa Rosa. So

[42:30] just to get clarifications,

[42:31] please. Thank you once again

[42:32] for all the work that they're

[42:36] and are taking. Thank you, MR.

[42:37] Do any other members of the

[42:41] public who wish to speak.

[42:42] >> And we'll bring it back to

[42:43] council. And I'll begin with

[42:45] just a quick point of

[42:47] information. The vice mayor 9

[42:48] did hold a town hall, which it

[42:50] was the first in a series on

[42:52] JANUARY. 27th. This is the

[42:53] second iteration of the

[42:54] series. We're expecting to

[42:56] hold a couple of others. We

[42:57] would have a mix of both

[42:59] in-person and virtual just

[43:00] because the people find it

[43:01] easier to access using using

[43:02] different methods. So always

[43:05] be doing next. We do hope that

[43:06] we get a good turnout in APRIL

[43:07] 7th. It was a robust

[43:09] conversation the first time

[43:10] around looking council for any

[43:16] final comments. All right.

[43:17] Well, just note that our

[43:19] community engagement team has

[43:20] a full agenda every time they

[43:22] come to counsel, you have a

[43:23] very busy crew and it gets

[43:24] noticed by the community.

[43:24] Thank you so much for all your

[43:31] work. Move on to item 9. Our

[43:32] city managers and city

[43:32] attorneys reports MADAM City

[43:36] manager. Thank you, mayor that

[43:37] evening. Members of council

[43:41] have no update this evening.

[43:42] Our assistant city manager,

[43:46] anything from you. Attorney

[43:46] rather excuse Thank you,

[43:47] Mayor. No, I have no reports

[43:51] this evening. Thank you. Both

[43:53] went on to item 10 statements

[43:55] of abstention or recuse away

[43:56] council members. Are there any

[43:56] statements of abstention

[43:57] extension recusal this

[44:03] evening? MR. Thank you, And

[44:04] Abstain from item 12.1 because

[44:09] I was not at that meeting.

[44:13] >> Thank you. Moving on to

[44:15] item 11 mayors and

[44:16] Councilmembers reports. Are

[44:16] there any reports this

[44:21] evening? MISS Manuel U.S..

[44:27] Thank you, mayor. Just a

[44:27] really quick

[44:32] >> report. Attended the West

[44:32] and as neighborhood

[44:34] Association meeting last week.

[44:39] And I just wanted thank staff

[44:40] for coming. I did not ask them

[44:41] to come. I think it was it at

[44:45] the request of the association

[44:47] and it was a parking staff as

[44:50] well Rec and park. And it

[44:53] wonderful for them to come

[44:55] because many neighbors in the

[44:58] West and are really concerned

[44:59] about parking right now with

[45:00] all the building that has been

[45:03] done, which excellent. But now

[45:07] that many of the residents

[45:09] don't have place to park. So

[45:10] they were trying to answer

[45:11] their questions and address

[45:12] some of the issues that they

[45:14] were raising. And then some of

[45:14] the changes with rec and park,

[45:18] especially with. What you

[45:21] going forward being able to,

[45:25] for example, ran out the demeo

[45:26] around barn a detour excuse

[45:30] me. Round barn. Things of that

[45:31] nature. So Israeli and also

[45:32] center as a police were also

[45:34] there. So it's really good

[45:35] meeting. I just wanted to

[45:35] thank staff again for coming

[45:37] out because I think the

[45:38] residents really, really

[45:41] appreciated it. Thank Thank

[45:45] you, MR. Donald. Thank you,

[45:46] Mayor. I have a couple things

[45:49] to report out on tonight. Just

[45:50] want to say congratulations to

[45:53] all of the city staff that

[45:55] received.

[45:55] >> Continuing service awards

[45:57] for either being here for 5

[46:00] years, 10 years to mark there.

[46:03] Their parents. What I want to

[46:04] say, we know what they They're

[46:05] getting in a word for sticking

[46:08] with us for some.

[46:11] >> thank you to all of them

[46:12] received an award. I was

[46:12] honored to be part of that

[46:13] evening along with several of

[46:14] my other council members.

[46:15] >> And then I just have a

[46:19] quick report out on 11.1

[46:20] points, 7 for 0 waste. Would

[46:21] you like me do that now? These

[46:24] thank you, Mayor. So I do want

[46:26] to say thank you to Sean

[46:27] Curran, who is a 0 waste

[46:29] representative for the city of

[46:31] Santa Rosa who provides me

[46:32] with excellent notes. I would

[46:34] not be nearly as good at this

[46:34] representation of it was not

[46:38] for her. So a couple of

[46:40] things. We had a presentation

[46:41] on 0 waste for the work Plan.

[46:42] Program's Progress report.

[46:44] Some of the highlights in an

[46:47] included that 6 solar panel

[46:47] recycling collection events

[46:50] were held throughout Sonoma

[46:55] County and 453 were collected

[46:58] 415 were recycled. And 38 were

[47:02] reused a total of 50,000

[47:03] little over 50,000 pounds of

[47:04] eu waste was collected in

[47:05] Santa Rosa through the eu

[47:09] waste collection events. Over

[47:10] a million pounds of home

[47:11] hazardous waste was collected

[47:14] in Sonoma County. And Santa

[47:15] Rosa had 13 different events

[47:18] with over 1000 participants.

[47:21] We had 455 mattresses

[47:21] collected for recycling

[47:25] throughout Sonoma County and

[47:28] stated that they'd be happy to

[47:30] give presentations regarding

[47:30] there's incentive programs to

[47:33] groups such as City Council

[47:34] are nonprofits or other

[47:35] interested parties. And I'm

[47:37] not sure if that includes

[47:37] going to schools to do

[47:39] presentations as well. But I

[47:43] can talk to them about that.

[47:44] And so if there are any other

[47:45] questions, please let me know.

[47:46] I will get the answers from

[47:48] Sean, but that concludes my

[47:50] report for this month. Thank

[47:55] you, MR. Creepy. Thank you,

[47:57] They have to report for this

[48:01] month took a vacation with my

[48:04] family Mexico to the and in

[48:06] true elected fashion cannot

[48:07] escape government. As a matter

[48:07] of fact, the person that

[48:08] picking up from the airport

[48:09] was the economic development

[48:10] director of the city of de

[48:12] Lisi, U.S. And Mexico.

[48:13] >> And he proceeded to give us

[48:18] a tour of the state Congress

[48:21] and city hall of the city of

[48:24] Chihuahua. And then we spent

[48:27] time in see us with the mayor

[48:29] was a personal friend of mine

[48:29] and discuss everything from

[48:31] water to agriculture. A lot of

[48:32] cattle, pecans and now wind

[48:35] grapes in that area and

[48:36] further discuss any

[48:37] partnerships we MAY have,

[48:41] which sort of a driven me to

[48:47] look to undertake more. Direct

[48:48] approach to our sister cities

[48:49] initiatives many formalizing a

[48:51] little bit more going forward

[48:51] and seeing what we can do,

[48:52] whether that be student

[48:53] exchanges or anything else

[48:58] like that. Thank you as fun.

[49:02] >> I love that report. That's

[49:05] great. I love when you go to

[49:06] another city you find the city

[49:07] hall and you look at what

[49:09] makes each place, take it so

[49:12] fun. Love the idea of stronger

[49:15] sister cities, but my life has

[49:16] not been as exciting as MISTER

[49:17] Prep season last couple of

[49:19] weeks. I did want to touch a

[49:21] little bit on what

[49:22] Councilmember MacDonald

[49:23] mentioned about the marital

[49:24] the service awards. We have

[49:25] merit a worthy of service

[49:28] awards. And you know it for

[49:30] from my perspective, they're

[49:30] both really important that the

[49:33] thing that really stuck out to

[49:35] me about the service awards,

[49:37] which, you know, we get put

[49:38] different employees on the hot

[49:40] seat for who've served for 20

[49:42] years. They get a speech by

[49:43] their director. Some of you

[49:44] are in this room looking down

[49:48] at your laptops. The point is

[49:49] the head.

[49:51] >> That our employees are the

[49:52] we people, the people who show

[49:54] up and take care of this city

[49:55] and take of our community with

[49:58] a true passion. That is not

[49:59] really in line with being

[50:02] pulled out and had having the

[50:02] spotlight shown up on them.

[50:03] They're people who do the work

[50:04] because that's where their

[50:05] hearts are. And that just

[50:07] shown through show through. So

[50:08] clearly. And it was really

[50:11] touching to me to see not just

[50:12] how dedicated you all are, but

[50:13] also how much year your

[50:16] co-workers and your your

[50:17] directors notice benefit from

[50:19] that and how that just flows

[50:20] out of the city. And I was

[50:21] just really touched by it. And

[50:25] I wanted to know that. I

[50:27] wasn't here last week or 2

[50:30] weeks ago. It because I was in

[50:32] Sacramento lobbying for mtc. I

[50:32] know we MAY feel a little

[50:36] isolated from the impending

[50:37] crash or fiscal cliff rather.

[50:41] That is coming for our Bay

[50:42] Area. Transit system. But

[50:42] we're really all that

[50:44] isolated. And so we are

[50:46] working on trying to shore up

[50:47] support for sb 63, which will

[50:49] not be on our ballot here. But

[50:50] I think is color attention to

[50:51] how interconnected we are in

[50:53] that apart. And Caltrans do

[50:54] fail. We will feel the

[50:55] economic reverberations here

[50:57] in the North Bay and that if

[51:00] you know, people who live in

[51:01] the southern counties in the

[51:04] Southern 5 counties in the Bay

[51:07] area that to show your support

[51:09] for keeping our systems going

[51:11] in and understanding how being

[51:12] regional it really matters to

[51:13] our local economy here. Always

[51:16] excited to talk about that

[51:19] offline. And then another mtc

[51:20] moment. I'm really pleased to

[51:21] announce that I was named the

[51:22] chair of the program and

[51:25] Allocations Committee, which

[51:28] has a lot influence over

[51:29] programming allocations. So

[51:30] look forward to working with

[51:32] you on getting your projects

[51:32] through mtc and being of

[51:33] service to in that way. Thank

[51:35] you very much.

[51:39] >> Excellent Vice Mayor. Thank

[51:40] you. Mayor. I actually don't

[51:42] might might have down so you

[51:43] have to excuse if I do not

[51:44] know the dates that these

[51:46] events happened or about to

[51:49] happen. But we did receive the

[51:51] mayor, vice mayor and council

[51:55] members from sequel might be

[51:55] truck on Mexico who came to

[51:58] visit us with the intent of

[52:00] sharing culture ideas and

[52:01] wanting to become our sister

[52:02] city. And I have to tell you,

[52:03] I was pleasantly surprised at

[52:07] the level of both the speaking

[52:08] and understanding level of our

[52:10] mayor. I was very impressed,

[52:10] says I thought was going to

[52:14] have to interpret yet. He was

[52:16] holding his own. So

[52:17] congratulations are absent.

[52:19] Know for that. But

[52:20] nonetheless, it was a great

[52:23] exchange of of of ideas and

[52:24] wants and shared vision of

[52:25] what we want to see in our

[52:29] city, which is first safety.

[52:32] And secondly, economic growth

[52:33] and we're seeing how we can

[52:33] collaborate with each other

[52:37] and doing so. And secondly, I

[52:38] visited child's museum here in

[52:40] Saint Rose off of West Elaine.

[52:42] And I had a lot of fun,

[52:43] whether it's a big building

[52:45] blocks, the oversized blue in

[52:46] blocks. But I want to let you

[52:47] know that they're about to

[52:49] have a fundraising campaign

[52:50] effort and hoping they keep

[52:53] your eyes and ears open for

[52:55] that as they serve a multitude

[52:56] of children away from

[52:56] Mendocino County to San Jose

[52:57] or Santa Clara County. So

[53:03] that's one port for now. Thank

[53:03] you. And on the subject

[53:05] hosting international

[53:06] visitors, all just a mention

[53:08] only that we did host a

[53:09] representative from the

[53:10] Japanese Consulate office in

[53:11] San Francisco. The Vice consul

[53:11] came to discuss matters

[53:14] pertaining to the city.

[53:15] >> And also take a photo with

[53:16] our can I not a solid statue

[53:17] back here which attracting a

[53:19] lot of visitors lately.

[53:21] Actually. With that, I'll turn

[53:23] it over to Councilmember

[53:24] Donald for one final

[53:24] announcement. I believe

[53:27] regarding and 12.1.

[53:29] >> Thank you, mayor. Apologize

[53:30] for that. I'll be abstaining

[53:31] from the minutes of FEBRUARY.

[53:32] 25th as I was not at that

[53:36] meeting.

[53:37] >> Thank you. And now will

[53:38] open up to for public comment

[53:39] on item 11. Are there any

[53:40] members of the public who wish

[53:45] to comment? Seeing none? We'll

[53:48] move on to item 11.2, the

[53:49] Sonoma County Mayors and

[53:50] Councilmembers Association

[53:54] appointments. And with that,

[53:56] gonna bring it back to council

[53:56] member Donald for possible

[53:59] motion or discussion.

[54:00] >> Thank you, Mayor. Would you

[54:03] like me to do a motion at a

[54:04] time or what is the will of

[54:07] the council? So start Measure

[54:09] h Oversight put a motion on

[54:11] the floor. I'd like to

[54:16] nominate or move that I I

[54:17] apologize. I like to move that

[54:18] we appoint Jeff Okrepkie from

[54:20] Santa Rosa and Sandra Love

[54:24] from Sonoma so they can.

[54:24] >> a motion and a second by

[54:32] the vice mayor. City clerk to

[54:33] open it up for public Of

[54:37] course. Apologies and any any

[54:40] public comment on this item?

[54:51] Seeing none. All right. Let's

[54:52] bring it to council for

[54:52] discussion. First before we go

[54:53] to a vote, any thoughts on

[54:58] that this? On this item? For

[54:58] item, are particular

[55:03] nomination? Seeing MADAM City

[55:06] clerk to call the vote.

[55:09] Councilmember Rogers is absent

[55:09] Crappie.

[55:10] >> I Councilmember Macdonald,

[55:12] I councilmember Fleming. Yes,

[55:15] Councilmember Ben Wallace. I

[55:19] Mayor Alvarez. Mayor step. Let

[55:19] the record show motion passes

[55:20] with 6 affirmative votes and

[55:22] Councilmember Rogers, absent.

[55:26] Thank you.

[55:27] >> Moving on to the second

[55:30] nomination the evening. Thank

[55:32] you, Mayor. Like to move that

[55:34] we appoint Susan Harvey from

[55:35] Cotati and Jen, a skater

[55:37] Thompson from Petaluma for

[55:37] these seats to the North Bay

[55:38] Division l occ.

[55:41] >> So

[55:42] >> All right. We have a motion

[55:42] and again, a second by vice

[55:45] mayor. Any any comments from

[55:48] the public? All right. Bring

[55:49] it back to council for

[55:53] discussion. Seeing none. MADAM

[55:54] City clerk, would you please

[55:59] call the vote?

[56:00] >> Gets Councilmember Rogers

[56:01] is absent councilmember

[56:03] Okrepkie. Councilmember

[56:04] Macdonald. I councilmember

[56:05] Fleming. Yes, Councilmember

[56:07] Ben Willows. I Vice Mayor

[56:10] Alvarez fight. Mayor step. I

[56:11] lets records show this passes

[56:12] the 6 affirmative votes and

[56:15] Councilmember Rogers absent.

[56:16] >> Thank you for a 3rd

[56:17] nomination of the evening.

[56:23] Thank you, mayor. For the

[56:23] snowmen County, agriculture

[56:26] and preservation Open space

[56:29] district citizens of right is

[56:29] right advisory committee. I'd

[56:32] like to recommend that we

[56:33] appoint John of Petaluma. And

[56:38] Karen now a Petaluma.

[56:39] >> All right. We have a motion

[56:42] and a second by MISS Fleming.

[56:43] Looking to the public to see

[56:43] if there are any members of

[56:44] the public who wish to

[56:46] comment. Seeing none. Bring it

[56:47] back to council for

[56:50] discussion. Seeing none. MADAM

[56:55] City clerk think you

[56:57] Councilmember Rogers is absent

[56:58] councilmember Okrepkie.

[56:58] Councilmember Macdonald. I

[57:00] councilmember Fleming. Yes.

[57:02] >> Councilmember Ben Wallace.

[57:06] I buy some air over Mayor

[57:08] step. Let the record show this

[57:08] passes 6 affirmative votes and

[57:11] Councilmember Rogers absent.

[57:16] Thank you.

[57:18] >> All right. Move on to item

[57:20] 12, 2.0. 1, 2, 0.2. We have 2

[57:23] members of standing firm item,

[57:24] 12.1.

[57:26] >> Through with respect, Mayor

[57:26] step, there was an additional

[57:31] action. To be heard for

[57:33] council to authorize the mayor

[57:33] or their designee designated

[57:38] representative. To vote on any

[57:38] late nominations are

[57:39] recommendations at the board

[57:41] meeting.

[57:41] >> Oh, yes, I skipped right

[57:49] over that. All right. Back to

[57:51] back to council member Don.

[57:54] >> Like to make a

[57:55] recommendation that we allow

[57:57] the mayor or their designee to

[57:58] represent us and and give them

[58:02] the authority to vote

[58:02] nominations are

[58:03] recommendations that come

[58:04] forward and to the association

[58:06] board meetings. So

[58:07] >> All right. We have a motion

[58:11] and a second. Looking to the

[58:12] public for any comment seeing

[58:17] none. MADAM City clerk.

[58:18] >> Thank you. Mayor

[58:18] Councilmember Rogers is absent

[58:21] councilmember Okrepkie. I

[58:22] Councilmember Macdonald. I

[58:23] councilmember Fleming. Yes,

[58:28] Councilmember Ben I vice Mayor

[58:29] Mayor, stop. Let the record

[58:30] show this past the 6

[58:31] affirmative votes in

[58:33] Councilmember Rogers, absent.

[58:36] Thank you.

[58:36] >> All right, now we can move

[58:38] on to item 12 approval of

[58:42] minutes. So 2 members are

[58:44] abstaining from item to any

[58:46] other members have any edits

[58:48] or adjustments. They like to

[58:48] make 2 on the either the

[58:49] FEBRUARY 25th 2025. Minutes of

[58:54] the 3/4/2025. Minutes. Seeing

[58:55] we can. We can approve them as

[58:57] they stand.

[59:03] All we need to call for public

[59:03] comment. First, any any public

[59:08] comment on this item? Racing

[59:09] right through? All right. See

[59:10] no public comment. We can

[59:10] adopt the minutes as

[59:13] submitted. Moving on. Then to

[59:14] item 13 consent. MADAM City

[59:19] clerk.

[59:20] >> Respectfully mayor, did you

[59:21] call item that whole point to

[59:23] MARCH 4th, 2025 regular city

[59:27] Council meeting minutes.

[59:29] >> I read it out quickly. Read

[59:32] both those items again. Just

[59:36] 12 point point 12.2 MARCH 4th,

[59:37] 2025. The regular meeting

[59:37] minutes we can for both as as

[59:45] submitted. All right. Thank

[59:46] you. And with that, we can

[59:47] move on to item 13 consent.

[59:53] MADAM City clerk.

[59:57] >> Thank you, Mayor item 13.1

[59:59] resolution approval of 2025.

[1:00:00] Update to Santa Rosa City.

[1:00:04] Best title 6 program. Item.

[1:00:07] 13.2 resolution grant

[1:00:07] application to the California

[1:00:09] governor's Office of Emergency

[1:00:12] Services for $250,000 under

[1:00:13] the state and local cyber

[1:00:17] security grant program. Item

[1:00:19] 13.3 resolution acceptance, an

[1:00:20] appropriation of grant funds

[1:00:22] from the city and county of

[1:00:24] San Francisco for the fiscal

[1:00:26] year 2024 urban Area Security

[1:00:26] Initiative Grant program

[1:00:32] funds. Item 13.4 resolution.

[1:00:35] It ratification of blanket

[1:00:37] purchase orders. 1, 4, 9, 4,

[1:00:41] 7, 817-1685, and approval of a

[1:00:42] five-year extension of blanket

[1:00:46] purchase order. 1, 7, 1, 6, 8,

[1:00:46] 8, 5, with increasing

[1:00:47] compensation for records.

[1:00:52] Management services. Item 13.5

[1:00:53] resolution approval of Second

[1:00:54] Amendment to blanket purchase

[1:00:58] order 1, 6, 8, 9, 6, 9, to

[1:00:59] extend the term and increased

[1:01:00] compensation was superior

[1:01:05] supplies. Item 13.6 resolution

[1:01:06] approval of Second Amendment

[1:01:08] to blanket purchase order 1,

[1:01:11] 7, 2, 1, 3, 9, to increased

[1:01:11] compensation with Creams,

[1:01:17] towing incorporated. Item,

[1:01:17] 13.7 resolution extension, a

[1:01:18] proclamation of local homeless

[1:01:24] emergency. Item. 13.8.

[1:01:26] Ordinance adoptions. Second

[1:01:27] reading ordinance of the

[1:01:28] Council of the City of Santa

[1:01:29] Rosa to designate fire Hazard

[1:01:31] severity zones and amends

[1:01:36] section 18 dash. 44.4, 9, 0,

[1:01:40] 7, one of Chapter 18 dash. 44

[1:01:41] of the Santa Rosa City code to

[1:01:43] include the newly designated

[1:01:46] high zone reference.

[1:01:47] >> Thank you. Looking to

[1:01:48] council, see if there any

[1:01:52] questions. Seeing none. Let's

[1:01:52] open up the public comment,

[1:02:01] MR. Do it.

[1:02:01] >> On 13.1, it's very

[1:02:04] important to abide by what was

[1:02:04] once called the Civil Rights

[1:02:09] Act. The title 6 program is

[1:02:11] very important as a person

[1:02:12] that rides the bus off. And I

[1:02:13] would hope that you could do

[1:02:15] something with today's agenda

[1:02:16] were you will help with the

[1:02:20] transit mall. The site for the

[1:02:22] people who write out to

[1:02:24] Roseland on buses to to be and

[1:02:26] 12 are not protected from the

[1:02:28] rain when they did the repairs

[1:02:30] over at the transit mall, they

[1:02:32] didn't put any type of an

[1:02:33] awning to protect the seats

[1:02:37] from that area from the rain.

[1:02:39] So today you're getting

[1:02:44] $39,000 from San Francisco and

[1:02:44] it's not a pro. Excuse me,

[1:02:47] it's not okay to yet. Says

[1:02:48] here that the funds will go

[1:02:49] into a project. Key to be

[1:02:52] established by the chief

[1:02:53] financial officer budget. Put

[1:02:57] that $39,000 putting up rain

[1:02:59] on Protection for the bus

[1:03:01] riders for Roseland that go

[1:03:02] out there and now have to

[1:03:04] stand in the rain and wait for

[1:03:06] the bus. Where is everyone

[1:03:06] else that the transit mall

[1:03:10] doesn't have to? Then The

[1:03:14] matter of the homeless. The

[1:03:15] proclamation being extended

[1:03:16] its very nice that we're doing

[1:03:19] that. There's still homeless

[1:03:20] people sleeping under the

[1:03:24] overpasses. Invested all kinds

[1:03:25] of money to try to help

[1:03:27] Catholic charities. Were there

[1:03:28] Cara Times project and got

[1:03:29] lots of things going on and

[1:03:32] yet. Yesterday during the

[1:03:35] ring, there are people out

[1:03:36] there under the overpass on

[1:03:37] 9th Street and 6th Street

[1:03:39] during the night sleeping

[1:03:43] outside. We're trying to sleep

[1:03:44] perhaps very difficult

[1:03:45] situation. And I'm hoping that

[1:03:46] we can find a way to resolve

[1:03:47] it. So that everyone,

[1:03:48] especially those using

[1:03:50] wheelchairs, those who are

[1:03:52] disabled can get in out of the

[1:03:54] weather. We MAY have a longer

[1:03:57] wet spring and then last but

[1:03:57] not least it's great that

[1:04:00] you're doing these fire hazard

[1:04:00] severity zones. It's really

[1:04:02] important that we have them.

[1:04:05] People mentioned years ago

[1:04:05] when the Fountain Grove

[1:04:08] overpass skews me when the

[1:04:09] founder of bypass is being put

[1:04:11] together, that that was

[1:04:14] through high fire area. We're

[1:04:15] the only fired in 1964. It's

[1:04:19] really important that we keep

[1:04:20] the history of where fires

[1:04:23] have been. And we make a point

[1:04:24] of knowing where there might

[1:04:27] be even further hazards and

[1:04:28] example is over the Rosen

[1:04:31] Creek Park. It backs up to

[1:04:34] people's yards. It has a lot

[1:04:37] of underbrush as campers,

[1:04:38] transit vagrants that come in

[1:04:41] there and start fires and

[1:04:42] basically had to call the fire

[1:04:43] department numerous times for

[1:04:45] them to come in and take care

[1:04:47] of fires. There. That is some

[1:04:48] sort of his own that should be

[1:04:51] looked at. Also, it's not in

[1:04:53] your current situation, but

[1:04:54] these are where those fires

[1:04:57] can spread to those homes and

[1:04:58] then the city would be

[1:05:00] responsible through vicarious

[1:05:02] liability. You know, this

[1:05:03] dangerous area and the people

[1:05:04] catch on fire, they're going

[1:05:05] to come back and look at you.

[1:05:10] Thank you.

[1:05:11] >> Thank you. To Wayne. Would

[1:05:12] any other members of the

[1:05:14] public like to speak? Seeing

[1:05:15] none bringing it back to Vice

[1:05:19] Mayor Alvarez for Motion. I

[1:05:21] like to move items through 2.1

[1:05:23] through 13.8 and wait for the

[1:05:28] reading of the text. We have a

[1:05:28] motion and a second MR.

[1:05:35] Crappie. MADAM City Clerk.

[1:05:36] >> Thank you. Mayor

[1:05:37] Councilmember Rogers is absent

[1:05:39] councilmember Okrepkie. I

[1:05:40] Councilmember Macdonald. I

[1:05:41] councilmember Fleming. Yes,

[1:05:43] Councilmember Ben Willows. I

[1:05:44] Vice Mayor Alvarez. I Mayor

[1:05:49] step. Let the record show this

[1:05:50] past the 6 affirmative votes

[1:05:50] with Councilmember Rogers.

[1:05:54] Absent.

[1:05:55] >> Thank you very much. And we

[1:05:57] are very close to being on

[1:05:59] time here. Move on to item 14.

[1:06:02] Our public comment non agenda

[1:06:02] matters. This is for public

[1:06:03] comment on items that are not

[1:06:06] on the agenda. Are there any

[1:06:07] members of the public who

[1:06:08] would like to speak on any

[1:06:09] member matters not currently

[1:06:15] used on the agenda, MR. Do it.

[1:06:15] >> From Roseland that wanted

[1:06:19] to invite you and everybody

[1:06:20] else here to Roseland Earth

[1:06:22] Day efforts which are on

[1:06:23] Saturday. The 19th of APRIL at

[1:06:25] 10 in the morning at the

[1:06:29] Roseland Creek. We call it the

[1:06:30] neighbor. Would the city has

[1:06:33] an official name of a park?

[1:06:34] The folks out there have been

[1:06:35] doing this for decades and

[1:06:37] we're so glad that for the

[1:06:41] last 2 years we've had the

[1:06:42] city's mayor and our

[1:06:43] Councilmember Eddie Alvarez

[1:06:46] came out there. We're hoping

[1:06:48] also last year, MR. Stabbing

[1:06:49] Ms McDonald were there to to

[1:06:52] visit for short time. Hoping

[1:06:53] that you folks will come on

[1:06:54] out there and see what we're

[1:06:55] up to again, there's good

[1:06:57] things that are happening.

[1:06:58] It's one of these situations

[1:07:03] where we have to never say die

[1:07:03] and just keep trying. We know

[1:07:05] it's a difficult time

[1:07:06] financially. We know you might

[1:07:07] not be able to do as much as

[1:07:09] we would like. But the people

[1:07:11] in the community know when

[1:07:12] you're paying attention and

[1:07:15] things will get better. We're

[1:07:16] actually working up a bit of a

[1:07:21] team effort to do some pruning

[1:07:21] in limine of the underbrush

[1:07:23] and the things that are next

[1:07:25] to sir the street on Burbank

[1:07:29] Avenue. So they'll be. Avenue

[1:07:31] of sight. I was told by a

[1:07:32] planner so they'll be able to

[1:07:35] look right in there from the

[1:07:36] school across the street and

[1:07:37] see if any of those transient

[1:07:38] vagrants are camping in there

[1:07:40] where they want to walk

[1:07:41] through because many of the

[1:07:42] children are frightened by

[1:07:45] that stuff. Are doing our

[1:07:47] best. Try to keep it as nice

[1:07:48] as possible. And we do believe

[1:07:51] we can make it even better.

[1:07:52] We'll bring a flare to you

[1:07:53] folks in the future. So you'll

[1:07:54] be able to remember the exact

[1:07:57] time of 10 in the morning

[1:07:59] Saturday. The 19th of APRIL

[1:08:02] for Rosalynn Earth Day. We do

[1:08:04] Earth Day. Nature's way we go

[1:08:05] out and get in nature and do

[1:08:06] good stuff in the city manager

[1:08:08] was out there doing that with

[1:08:10] this in the past. Also. As

[1:08:14] wonderful. Her and former

[1:08:15] Mayor Rogers wanted to see

[1:08:17] more of the problems. But

[1:08:20] there's poison oak out there

[1:08:20] and they didn't want to walk

[1:08:23] into the poison Oak area. Were

[1:08:24] the transit vagrants go

[1:08:24] because they know people will

[1:08:26] walk in there. So we got to

[1:08:27] figure it out so they can see

[1:08:28] what's going on. Last but not

[1:08:32] least. Less than a week ago.

[1:08:34] The city along with 2 officers

[1:08:36] from the police Department.

[1:08:39] Officer Klein and officer the

[1:08:39] Rhone had a team from the

[1:08:41] probation department out there

[1:08:44] who helped clean up the area

[1:08:45] and pulled out a couple debris

[1:08:52] boxes full of a just trash. I

[1:08:52] mean, it's amazing. Was get

[1:08:53] put out there by people who

[1:08:54] come passing through. So we

[1:08:58] think the city many times over

[1:08:59] and we hope you'll be there

[1:09:01] because we're going to keep on

[1:09:02] keeping on. And then we'll be

[1:09:03] there for your Thursday event

[1:09:06] on that Thank you so much from

[1:09:09] Rosen.

[1:09:11] >> Dwayne, Thank you very Are

[1:09:12] there any other members of the

[1:09:12] public would like to speak on

[1:09:13] item is not listed on the

[1:09:19] agenda? With that, then we're

[1:09:21] gonna go to item. See if item,

[1:09:22] 15.1. It's the first item of a

[1:09:23] busy night for Ms Burke. Come

[1:09:28] on down. This is this will be

[1:09:33] a report. On the summary on

[1:09:34] response to written objections

[1:09:35] received pursuant to state

[1:09:41] Bill ab 2020 2022. 57

[1:09:42] recurrent requiring would-be

[1:09:43] challengers to exhaust

[1:09:44] administrative remedies with

[1:09:46] respect to propose water and

[1:09:48] wastewater rates for fiscal

[1:09:50] years. Beginning JULY first

[1:09:52] 2025 through 2029 by time we

[1:09:54] find by timely filing written

[1:09:55] objections prior to initiating

[1:09:56] litigation challenging

[1:09:58] proposed water and wastewater

[1:10:05] rates. All right.

[1:10:06] >> Good afternoon, mayor stop

[1:10:08] and members of the council. My

[1:10:09] name is Jennifer Burke. I'm

[1:10:10] the director of the Water

[1:10:11] Department. And as the mayor

[1:10:16] noted, we are here to discuss

[1:10:18] this item related to our

[1:10:20] proposed water and wastewater

[1:10:25] rates. I'm joined today by are

[1:10:27] in term Assistant City

[1:10:28] Attorney, Dustin Cooper. He's

[1:10:29] been helping the water

[1:10:30] department for the last few

[1:10:31] months and has been our main

[1:10:36] attorney through this process.

[1:10:36] I'm actually gonna turn it

[1:10:38] over to Destin. He's going to

[1:10:39] remind the council about the

[1:10:40] new legislation that was

[1:10:41] approved earlier this year, a

[1:10:45] b, 2, 2, 5, 7, that the

[1:10:46] council directed us to include

[1:10:49] an our prop to 18 notice. And

[1:10:50] he's going to walk you through

[1:10:52] that as well as the objections

[1:10:59] and are written response. The

[1:10:59] Good afternoon.

[1:11:00] >> Just a reminder, I was

[1:11:02] before you in JANUARY where we

[1:11:04] discuss this. So this will be

[1:11:06] a a reminder of of an optional

[1:11:07] process that the council

[1:11:12] agreed to implement. Over the

[1:11:13] last 5 to 7 years or so.

[1:11:15] There's been a significant

[1:11:16] uptick in litigation,

[1:11:17] challenging cities and public

[1:11:19] agencies regarding that rate

[1:11:21] setting process ease. And in

[1:11:22] response, the Legislature has

[1:11:23] done a couple of things. One

[1:11:28] of which is a b, 2, 2, 5, 7,

[1:11:30] that allows agencies such as

[1:11:30] the city implement an

[1:11:31] exhaustion of administrative

[1:11:35] remedies requirement. We

[1:11:37] included that in our notices

[1:11:40] that went out to the public on

[1:11:41] JANUARY. 15th, there was an

[1:11:44] interim deadline of MARCH 5th

[1:11:45] for folks to provide a written

[1:11:49] objection. And failure to

[1:11:50] provide a written objection

[1:11:52] means that those parties

[1:11:53] cannot file suit challenging

[1:11:57] the right change. Let me

[1:11:59] before I go further, take a

[1:11:59] step back and maybe provide

[1:12:02] some further context. This is

[1:12:03] a quite narrow item that is

[1:12:05] before the council. This is

[1:12:07] just responding to the 10

[1:12:10] objections that we received

[1:12:11] later on in the agenda. We

[1:12:14] will have the protest hearing

[1:12:15] where any interested member of

[1:12:18] the public will have

[1:12:20] opportunity to comments and

[1:12:21] provide an objection or excuse

[1:12:22] me, a protest to the proposed

[1:12:29] rate changes. So are task

[1:12:31] tonight for us. The City

[1:12:32] Council is to respond in

[1:12:33] writing to each of those 10

[1:12:36] timely submitted objections.

[1:12:38] We have to explain her

[1:12:39] rationale as to why we're

[1:12:41] retaining or altering the

[1:12:42] proposed fee. Our case, we are

[1:12:44] recommending that we retain

[1:12:48] our proposed And then lastly,

[1:12:49] we present written responses

[1:12:51] to the City Council for

[1:12:53] consideration prior to the

[1:12:53] protest hearing. That's why it

[1:12:56] was important that we're

[1:12:57] having this item before we

[1:13:01] conduct a protester. You have

[1:13:03] 4 options and responding to

[1:13:07] written objections. We can

[1:13:08] clarify our proposed rate

[1:13:08] change. We can reduce the

[1:13:12] proposed rate change, weaken

[1:13:13] table the item for further

[1:13:14] consideration at a future

[1:13:16] meeting or we can proceed to

[1:13:21] the protest hearing. So as I

[1:13:22] mentioned, we receive 10

[1:13:26] timely written objections. You

[1:13:27] have a resolution before you

[1:13:29] and the structure of the

[1:13:32] resolution is such where those

[1:13:33] 10 objections are included in

[1:13:37] exhibit a 2. The resolution

[1:13:39] before you. They have been

[1:13:40] redacted. So removes the first

[1:13:42] name address signature and so

[1:13:44] on. But the content of the

[1:13:48] objection is still there. And

[1:13:50] then Exhibit b is our

[1:13:51] recommended responses to each

[1:13:55] objection. Most of the

[1:13:58] objections that we received

[1:14:01] Rays policy arguments. You

[1:14:01] know, folks just saying I

[1:14:03] don't want to see this

[1:14:06] proposed increase, go through.

[1:14:10] They did not articulate a

[1:14:11] specific legal basis for

[1:14:12] rejecting or modifying the

[1:14:15] proposed rate change. A few of

[1:14:20] the objections. Do raise legal

[1:14:23] arguments and we responded in

[1:14:25] some cases we clarified

[1:14:26] without making proposed

[1:14:29] amendments to the rate change.

[1:14:31] And in other cases, it just

[1:14:31] gave us an opportunity to

[1:14:32] provide a more comprehensive

[1:14:36] response. As to all 10

[1:14:37] objections. We are

[1:14:38] recommending that you proceed

[1:14:39] to the protest hearing which

[1:14:45] will occur later tonight. And

[1:14:46] that is our recommendation

[1:14:48] that you adopt the resolution

[1:14:50] respond to the 10 timely

[1:14:54] received objections conclude

[1:14:55] that the objections do not

[1:14:56] result in any amendments to

[1:14:57] the proposed rates and then

[1:15:01] proceed to the 2.18 hearing.

[1:15:02] >> Thank you. Bring it back to

[1:15:08] council for questions. Just

[1:15:09] just want to make sure I

[1:15:13] understood clearly. So we're

[1:15:15] going to be going through this

[1:15:17] rather narrow legal item right

[1:15:19] immediately after this. We're

[1:15:20] gonna go the full public

[1:15:21] hearing on the water and

[1:15:23] wastewater rates. I know that

[1:15:24] we have some people here in

[1:15:25] chambers who are interested in

[1:15:28] making comment tonight that I

[1:15:30] understand correctly that the

[1:15:31] public comment on this

[1:15:33] particular item is best

[1:15:35] focused on these very narrow

[1:15:36] range of of legal issues that

[1:15:37] you're that you highlight in

[1:15:39] your slides. And for those who

[1:15:40] are interested in commenting

[1:15:42] more broadly on whether the

[1:15:43] policy is wiser giving

[1:15:46] thoughts on the policy, those

[1:15:47] comments might be better saved

[1:15:49] for item. 16.1 which will get

[1:15:50] to immediately after meeting

[1:15:50] the following. This one that I

[1:15:51] understand it correctly, that

[1:15:53] that's absolutely correct. All

[1:15:56] right. Thank you. There are

[1:15:57] other questions from council

[1:15:58] was opened up to public

[1:16:02] comment, MR. Do it.

[1:16:02] >> My name is Dwayne De Wit.

[1:16:05] I'm from Roseland. Legal

[1:16:06] counsel for the city has

[1:16:08] recommended to me that I

[1:16:09] mentioned I've been appointed

[1:16:11] to the board of Public

[1:16:13] Utilities by MISTER Eddie

[1:16:14] Alvarez, who Kylie thought of

[1:16:17] me being on that board. My

[1:16:19] comments tonight and no way,

[1:16:21] shape or form reflect anything

[1:16:21] that the city has a policy.

[1:16:25] They're just my private views.

[1:16:27] Having discussed matters such

[1:16:29] as this with people in the

[1:16:32] community for 3 decades. This

[1:16:34] is a very narrow situation

[1:16:37] tonight where you needed to

[1:16:39] have specific legal citations

[1:16:42] or arguments. As I stand here

[1:16:45] tonight, there's nothing here

[1:16:47] for me to see on this table

[1:16:48] about this item in any way,

[1:16:49] shape or form is a member of

[1:16:53] the public. No examples of the

[1:16:55] 10 protests that were turned

[1:16:58] in and there are no examples

[1:17:01] of the responses city has to

[1:17:05] the 10 items. In the past. The

[1:17:06] city used to have a binder

[1:17:08] here. When you came to this

[1:17:11] meeting, you got to see what

[1:17:12] was happening and there was

[1:17:17] all of the items. Each number

[1:17:19] there for us to see in the

[1:17:20] binder to understand what was

[1:17:22] happening for the public to

[1:17:23] know what's being talked

[1:17:26] about. Exactly. A typical

[1:17:27] member of the community who is

[1:17:30] not an attorney. Well not know

[1:17:33] where to find legal citations

[1:17:35] or arguments to bolster their

[1:17:38] opinion that what's occurring

[1:17:40] is basically a loss of rights

[1:17:41] for the public members. You

[1:17:45] see this as narrowing the

[1:17:48] situation to what are called

[1:17:49] exhausting administrative

[1:17:52] remedies. Rate payers and

[1:17:53] members of the public. See,

[1:17:55] this is like, well, they're

[1:17:59] making even harder to try to

[1:18:00] participate and the discussion

[1:18:02] as to why we have to keep

[1:18:05] increasing our water rates

[1:18:06] even as we do better water

[1:18:08] conservation. Most of the

[1:18:12] folks I know doing that again

[1:18:13] to save more water, especially

[1:18:14] the farmers and the rural

[1:18:17] folks Santa Rosa City limits.

[1:18:19] Water rates always go up.

[1:18:22] >> Up up up. Over in Roseland

[1:18:25] people are on wells. A lot of

[1:18:26] them and they're glad to avoid

[1:18:28] the use of Santa Rosa City

[1:18:30] water. My concerns tonight or

[1:18:31] that you should be providing

[1:18:35] to the public. The actual

[1:18:37] examples. What's being

[1:18:38] referenced here as decision is

[1:18:40] being made by you. No member

[1:18:41] of the public can see it here.

[1:18:46] And it's just to me, not fair.

[1:18:48] And I do believe you can make

[1:18:50] things more fair by your

[1:18:51] stipulations to make these

[1:18:53] items available to the public,

[1:18:55] to be able to see them before

[1:18:56] you make your decision. Thank

[1:19:00] you.

[1:19:01] >> Thank you to Wayne. Would

[1:19:01] any other members of the

[1:19:05] public like to speak? Seeing

[1:19:05] none? I'll bring it back to

[1:19:09] MR. Creepy. Thank you, MR.

[1:19:10] Mayor all move to adopt a

[1:19:11] resolution entitled resolution

[1:19:13] of the Council of the City of

[1:19:14] Santa Rosa responding to

[1:19:15] timely filed a written

[1:19:17] objections to the proposed

[1:19:18] increases in water and

[1:19:19] wastewater rate pursuant to

[1:19:19] requirements of state

[1:19:25] Assembly. Bill. 2, 2, 5, 7,

[1:19:26] >> We have a motion and a

[1:19:29] second by MISS Funding. MADAM

[1:19:30] City clerk, you can call the

[1:19:33] vote whenever you're ready.

[1:19:34] >> Thank you. Councilmember

[1:19:37] Rogers is absent councilmember

[1:19:38] Okrepkie. I Councilmember

[1:19:39] Macdonald. I councilmember

[1:19:41] Fleming. Yes, Councilmember

[1:19:43] Ben, most. Yes, vice mayor for

[1:19:47] us. Mayor Air stop. I let the

[1:19:48] record show this past of the 6

[1:19:49] affirmative votes in

[1:19:53] Councilmember Rogers. Absent.

[1:19:56] >> Thank Right now to stay on

[1:19:58] topic and to save our water

[1:19:58] team. Some steps we're going

[1:19:59] to we're going to cut over to

[1:20:03] item 16.1, which will be our

[1:20:05] public hearing on the

[1:20:06] consideration of the 2024

[1:20:07] water and wastewater cost of

[1:20:09] service study adoption of the

[1:20:10] proposed fiscal year. 25 26

[1:20:13] through fiscal year 2029, 2030

[1:20:15] rate schedule amendments to

[1:20:16] center of the city code title

[1:20:17] 14, portable and recycled

[1:20:23] water. Thank you. And I

[1:20:24] should. I didn't I neglected

[1:20:26] think both of you your

[1:20:27] presentation. The previous

[1:20:28] item. Thank you again. The

[1:20:32] floors to yours.

[1:20:35] >> Thank you. Mayor staff and

[1:20:35] members of the council. Again,

[1:20:37] my name is Jennifer Burke. I'm

[1:20:38] the director of the Santa Rosa

[1:20:40] Water Department. I have again

[1:20:43] with me. Dustin Cooper are in

[1:20:44] term Assistant city attorney

[1:20:47] who's helping us with the

[1:20:48] rate, study and rate adoption.

[1:20:52] And then we also are killed

[1:20:53] Graham here withheld a brand

[1:20:53] consulting who is our right

[1:20:57] consultant that we have in

[1:20:58] place. Heat between the 3 of

[1:20:59] us. We're all going to be

[1:21:00] doing parts of this

[1:21:02] presentation this evening. We

[1:21:05] also have other members of

[1:21:06] staff in the audience in case

[1:21:07] there's any specific questions

[1:21:13] we can't answer. So with that

[1:21:15] we are going to go through

[1:21:18] tonight. Quick reminder of the

[1:21:19] objection. Objection,

[1:21:21] objectives. Pardon me. The

[1:21:24] objectives and general rate

[1:21:27] setting. We are also going to

[1:21:28] go through our rate

[1:21:29] recommendations and then we

[1:21:34] will talk a little bit about

[1:21:35] cip delivery value of water

[1:21:39] campaign and how we've been

[1:21:40] providing information. Prop

[1:21:41] 2.18, procedures and then we

[1:21:42] will have a recommendation and

[1:21:46] open the protest hearing. I do

[1:21:48] know that mayor, I believe you

[1:21:49] have this recommendation to

[1:21:51] remind the public, but I also

[1:21:53] wanted to remind the public on

[1:21:55] the outset now is the time

[1:21:57] between now and when the

[1:21:58] public hearing closes. Anyone

[1:22:01] wants to submit an additional

[1:22:03] protest, they can do so and

[1:22:04] need to do so in writing. And

[1:22:06] there are forms available up

[1:22:10] at the table here tonight. So

[1:22:11] with that, I'm going to turn

[1:22:11] it over to mark and he's going

[1:22:14] to go through some of these

[1:22:20] flights. Great. Thank you,

[1:22:21] Director Burke good evening,

[1:22:23] MR. Mayor and council members.

[1:22:25] >> Thank you for having me

[1:22:26] again this evening. I'll go

[1:22:28] over this presentation which I

[1:22:30] have presented to council

[1:22:32] previously saw. Keep it brief

[1:22:33] when we do a rate study for

[1:22:37] water and sewer, we do start

[1:22:38] with a certain objectives and

[1:22:39] we have a list here of the

[1:22:41] objectives that we had at the

[1:22:43] outset. You will notice that

[1:22:43] legal compliance is at the top

[1:22:46] of the list because one of the

[1:22:47] most important part of my job

[1:22:48] is to make sure that the rates

[1:22:51] that are being proposed are

[1:22:53] compliant with proposition to

[1:22:56] 18 and the California

[1:22:59] Constitution and I can

[1:23:00] validate that. We also want to

[1:23:02] make sure that we protect the

[1:23:03] both utilities, the water and

[1:23:04] wastewater utilities that

[1:23:05] they're financially stable and

[1:23:07] that you have sufficient

[1:23:10] revenue while minimizing rate

[1:23:10] increases to your customers,

[1:23:11] making sure customers

[1:23:13] understand the race that their

[1:23:14] pain and keeping the rates as

[1:23:19] affordable as possible. When

[1:23:20] we do a rate study, there's 3

[1:23:22] general steps that we cover.

[1:23:24] The first is we call revenue

[1:23:25] requirements. You can also

[1:23:25] think of this is a financial

[1:23:29] plan. Where are we evaluate

[1:23:31] all of the existing revenue

[1:23:32] and the forecasted expenses

[1:23:33] over the next 10 years. And we

[1:23:36] develop a financial plan for

[1:23:38] how much rate revenue needs to

[1:23:39] be adjusted in weather. Debt

[1:23:40] needs to be issued. Those

[1:23:41] types of kind of larger

[1:23:44] picture decisions. Once we

[1:23:44] understand much rate revenue

[1:23:47] needs to be generated, we do

[1:23:48] it. What's called the cost

[1:23:50] service analysis rate design,

[1:23:52] which is the portion of the

[1:23:55] study where we make sure that

[1:23:56] everybody is pain and

[1:23:57] equitable portion of the rates

[1:23:58] that everybody's Payne

[1:24:01] relative to the cost of there

[1:24:03] imposing on the system and

[1:24:04] that were being equitable and

[1:24:08] how we charge rates. So

[1:24:09] jumping into the

[1:24:10] recommendations are first

[1:24:11] light. Here is a summary of

[1:24:14] the recommendations and the

[1:24:15] the overall rate revenue

[1:24:16] increases that are being

[1:24:18] proposed over the next 5 years

[1:24:20] in the first column you see

[1:24:21] that the water rates, the

[1:24:24] overall rate rate revenue is

[1:24:25] proposed to increase by 6%

[1:24:26] over the next 3 years. And

[1:24:29] then 7% for 2 years for

[1:24:31] wastewater is 5% per year for

[1:24:32] 5 years. And then the last we

[1:24:36] have just an example of what a

[1:24:37] typical single-family, silly

[1:24:40] but utility bill would how it

[1:24:41] would be impacted between both

[1:24:43] the water and wastewater rate

[1:24:44] adjustments. So you can see a

[1:24:48] sort of the midpoint between 6

[1:24:49] and 5%, but not exactly

[1:24:50] because it's a weighted

[1:24:56] average. Here's pitchers. Got

[1:24:58] a lot of information on it.

[1:25:01] This is the final

[1:25:02] recommendation and financial

[1:25:04] forecast for the water

[1:25:06] utility. The top graph is

[1:25:09] comparing revenues versus

[1:25:10] expenses. The green area graph

[1:25:12] in the background represents

[1:25:14] revenue and the blue columns

[1:25:18] and the 4 grand represents

[1:25:19] expenses. And in a year where

[1:25:21] you see the columns are higher

[1:25:22] than the background. That's a

[1:25:23] deaths a year where you're

[1:25:26] drawing down reserves. But

[1:25:27] generally speaking, you can

[1:25:27] see that the columns and that

[1:25:32] background green are at the

[1:25:32] same level. And so that's a

[1:25:34] year where the budgets

[1:25:38] balanced. We are drawing down

[1:25:39] a bit on reserves over the

[1:25:40] next 10 years. You can see in

[1:25:41] the line graph in the middle

[1:25:46] of the blue line is dropping a

[1:25:48] bit from about 30 million

[1:25:53] dollars. I to a bit lower. We

[1:25:58] lost the But we are despite

[1:25:59] the rate increases, reserves

[1:26:01] will get drawn down to some

[1:26:06] degree because of a pretty

[1:26:07] intensive effort to increase

[1:26:07] capital spending. And I'll

[1:26:08] show you those numbers here in

[1:26:12] a moment.

[1:26:14] >> think we can see that the

[1:26:16] on the bottom row. There you

[1:26:18] see capital appropriations

[1:26:18] currently.

[1:26:19] >> Are about 9.5 million

[1:26:21] dollars. And you can see by

[1:26:23] 2035 this cap appropriations

[1:26:24] are going to 34 million

[1:26:28] dollars. That is one of the

[1:26:29] city's initiatives is to

[1:26:30] increase capital

[1:26:33] appropriations and so we are.

[1:26:34] We do have a plan to deliver

[1:26:35] on that over the next 10

[1:26:42] years. For when we do the cost

[1:26:43] to cut cost of service and

[1:26:47] rate design. The general

[1:26:49] philosophy is that we identify

[1:26:50] different buckets for

[1:26:52] allocating costs. Here you can

[1:26:53] see we identify customer

[1:26:53] costs, which are cars driven

[1:26:56] by the existence of accounts

[1:26:57] capacity costs, which are

[1:26:59] driven by the size of the

[1:27:00] system and commodity costs,

[1:27:01] which are driven by the sale

[1:27:04] of actual water. And so we

[1:27:05] designed the race based on

[1:27:10] these 3 3 categories. And you

[1:27:12] can see a little bit more

[1:27:13] detail in there. The blue

[1:27:14] represents those commodity

[1:27:15] costs, which we recover

[1:27:15] through your use revenue.

[1:27:17] That's your variable revenue

[1:27:18] that will increase and

[1:27:19] decrease depending on how much

[1:27:23] water folks use any given year

[1:27:23] and the red categories or as

[1:27:27] your fixed revenue, which is

[1:27:28] going to remain fixed every

[1:27:29] year, regardless of much water

[1:27:31] as you. So you can see that

[1:27:35] about. 26% of your revenues

[1:27:41] fix 74% is variable. And here

[1:27:43] is a table that shows your

[1:27:46] current rates. The proposed

[1:27:47] rates for JULY 2025. So these

[1:27:50] are the proposed rates in

[1:27:51] year. One and then the change

[1:27:56] to those rates. Both expresses

[1:27:56] dollars as percentages. And

[1:27:59] you can see those percentages

[1:28:00] are not exactly the 6% that

[1:28:03] was described earlier. And

[1:28:05] that's because of the rate

[1:28:05] design. When you do Casa

[1:28:09] Service resigned. Update. As I

[1:28:10] mentioned, those buckets

[1:28:12] receive different costs are

[1:28:14] updated numbers and so

[1:28:15] different parts of your rate

[1:28:16] structure will be affected

[1:28:17] differently. And so that's why

[1:28:18] this percentages are all the

[1:28:20] different. It is important to

[1:28:21] note year to everybody's rates

[1:28:24] will go up exactly the same.

[1:28:25] It's just in your one. We make

[1:28:26] this adjustment to account for

[1:28:32] the cost service. Update. On a

[1:28:33] slightly different topic. What

[1:28:37] is being proposed is to

[1:28:39] reinstate the Sonoma County

[1:28:42] Water Agency passed through

[1:28:43] and so we did. We didn't

[1:28:47] include this slide, but it's

[1:28:48] number county water purchases.

[1:28:51] That's a wholesale water

[1:28:52] agency. The purchases of this

[1:28:54] water is a very significant

[1:29:01] part of the cost to Santa Rosa

[1:29:02] Water and the rate increases

[1:29:04] that we've been experiencing

[1:29:07] from Sonoma County recently

[1:29:09] have been that higher than

[1:29:11] previously anticipated and

[1:29:12] also a bit hard to predict

[1:29:13] they're they're not able to

[1:29:15] give a very reliable forecast

[1:29:16] on what their rates are going

[1:29:17] to do over the next 5 years.

[1:29:21] So rather than try to guess at

[1:29:22] what Sonoma County is going to

[1:29:23] do with the rates over the

[1:29:24] next 5 years. We're proposing

[1:29:26] to implement pass through

[1:29:27] provision which basically

[1:29:29] waits to find out what they

[1:29:32] actually adopt. And then apply

[1:29:34] those costs changes to their

[1:29:36] rates directly. It benefits

[1:29:37] both parties. Your rate pairs

[1:29:38] won't accidentally pay too

[1:29:41] much. If we guess too high. If

[1:29:43] we were to try to guess and

[1:29:45] we're gets too high, then your

[1:29:45] repairs within over pain in

[1:29:46] place for us. If we if we

[1:29:48] guess too low, then the

[1:29:51] utility would would suffer

[1:29:52] financially. So the pass

[1:29:53] through provision is

[1:29:54] essentially protecting both

[1:29:57] sides by making sure that the

[1:29:58] cost of their charges are

[1:29:59] aligned with the costs are

[1:30:00] incurred by Senator was a

[1:30:02] water. And there's some

[1:30:04] details on here that it's a

[1:30:07] little bit complicated because

[1:30:09] each tier is made up of a

[1:30:10] different amount of cars. But

[1:30:11] the basic picture is that

[1:30:13] about half of tiered rates is

[1:30:16] made up of Sonoma wine costs.

[1:30:17] And that's the portion of the

[1:30:18] rate that will be adjusted by

[1:30:20] Sonoma Water rate increases

[1:30:24] and the other half are Santa

[1:30:26] Rosa cost, which will be

[1:30:26] adjusted by the proposed rate

[1:30:28] increases that were mentioned

[1:30:29] earlier. We have another slide

[1:30:30] here that goes into more

[1:30:31] detail. That sort of takes you

[1:30:37] through the math and explains

[1:30:37] this in this particular

[1:30:38] example of the type you can

[1:30:42] see that 2027, Santa Rosa is

[1:30:43] proposing raise its rates by

[1:30:46] 6% and if in the event center

[1:30:49] send the count. Santa Claire.

[1:30:53] Certainly it. Sonoma County,

[1:30:55] sorry, 5 misspeak in. So the

[1:30:58] only county they were to raise

[1:31:02] their rates by 10%. This is

[1:31:02] the how the math would play

[1:31:04] and for any given scenario,

[1:31:08] the math will be run. And then

[1:31:11] the those numbers will taken

[1:31:12] to council and council will

[1:31:12] then adopt the rates that are

[1:31:18] being passed through. On the

[1:31:21] other utility for local

[1:31:24] wastewater. This is that same

[1:31:25] general graphic. We're showing

[1:31:26] 10 years of financial

[1:31:29] forecasts of cash flow and to

[1:31:30] general picture where you see

[1:31:33] the reserves are being drawn

[1:31:35] down that middle graph with

[1:31:36] the blue line shows that

[1:31:37] reserves are starting at

[1:31:38] 40 million dollars and they'll

[1:31:39] end up about 32 million

[1:31:41] dollars started to about

[1:31:42] 25 million dollars by the end

[1:31:45] of 10 years, despite the fact

[1:31:47] that we are raising rates and

[1:31:51] that is attributed to the fact

[1:31:52] that capital spending going to

[1:31:55] increase pretty significantly

[1:31:56] local at the bottom. You can

[1:31:57] see the local wastewater

[1:32:00] capital spending this year was

[1:32:02] 3.3 million dollars next year

[1:32:02] going to 14 million dollars.

[1:32:07] And by 2035, we are planning

[1:32:08] to appropriate 42 million

[1:32:10] dollars after that ramp up in

[1:32:12] capital appropriations and the

[1:32:15] same general idea for the

[1:32:17] regional capital spending

[1:32:19] increasing from about

[1:32:19] 8 million dollars of the 14,

[1:32:20] 15 million dollars after 10

[1:32:25] years. And we have the same

[1:32:27] general cost allocation

[1:32:28] principles for wastewater

[1:32:29] customer cost capacity. Casa

[1:32:31] wastewater treatment costs.

[1:32:31] The only difference here is

[1:32:32] that for wastewater, there is

[1:32:35] a strength component. And so

[1:32:37] we do consider the strength of

[1:32:37] different commercial customers

[1:32:39] because it is more expensive

[1:32:39] to treat higher strength,

[1:32:46] sewage. Here's the fix for

[1:32:47] says variable components for

[1:32:47] wastewater. And you can see

[1:32:50] that 30% of your revenue they

[1:32:51] recover through wastewater

[1:32:52] rates is is for through fix

[1:32:58] revenue. Hear the race for

[1:33:00] wastewater the current rates,

[1:33:01] the proposed raise for JULY

[1:33:02] and the change. And again,

[1:33:06] that percent changes is

[1:33:06] different from the percent.

[1:33:07] The overall rate revenue

[1:33:10] increase for year one because

[1:33:10] of the updates to the cost of

[1:33:12] service analysis. But in

[1:33:15] years, 2, 3, 4, 5, every base

[1:33:15] rates will go up because

[1:33:19] exactly the same amount. And

[1:33:22] this final table is actually

[1:33:23] MAY be more helpful than it

[1:33:24] might appear on the surface

[1:33:25] because there's so many

[1:33:28] numbers. But this is a bill

[1:33:29] impact analysis which allows

[1:33:35] you to look up any kind of

[1:33:36] rate type of customer that

[1:33:37] might be of interest to you to

[1:33:41] see exactly what their bill

[1:33:42] we'll any year one. So you can

[1:33:43] see at the very top, for

[1:33:45] example, we show a

[1:33:46] single-family home with a low

[1:33:47] water usage currently pays a

[1:33:54] combined. The bill $133.80

[1:33:54] with the proposed rate

[1:33:56] increases near one that can

[1:33:57] buy and build will go to $141

[1:34:00] and $0.43, which was I the

[1:34:01] combined increase of $7 and

[1:34:05] $0.63 or a 5.7% increase. And

[1:34:06] you can go through this table

[1:34:07] and and find different types

[1:34:10] of customers to see how they

[1:34:11] will be impacted. Now,

[1:34:14] obviously there's tens of

[1:34:15] thousands of customers and

[1:34:18] they all have different

[1:34:19] characteristics, meter sizes,

[1:34:19] water usage. And so we can

[1:34:21] capture it all here. But this

[1:34:25] is simply to give ache a cross

[1:34:25] section to help give give you

[1:34:26] a picture of how folks will be

[1:34:34] affected. And here is a survey

[1:34:35] that shows the combines bill

[1:34:37] for various utilities in your

[1:34:40] region. You can see the

[1:34:41] current rates right now.

[1:34:41] You're 6 from the bottom. And

[1:34:45] with the proposed rate

[1:34:46] increases, you'll leapfrog one

[1:34:48] other utility region. We don't

[1:34:51] set rates based on what other

[1:34:52] folks charge. You're not

[1:34:53] allowed to charge them that

[1:34:54] way. This is simply a data

[1:34:56] point to give you a sense of

[1:34:57] where you stand in the region

[1:35:02] relative to their costs. And

[1:35:04] once again, this slide we

[1:35:05] showed earlier, just a recap

[1:35:08] of the rate increases that are

[1:35:08] being proposed over the next 5

[1:35:09] years for water and

[1:35:16] wastewater.

[1:35:17] >> So now all talk quickly

[1:35:19] about Capital project delivery

[1:35:22] as MR. Hildebrand noted we are

[1:35:23] looking to invest quite a bit

[1:35:26] more and the infrastructure on

[1:35:28] the water wastewater and

[1:35:30] regional system. The numbers

[1:35:31] we are aiming to get to over

[1:35:32] the next 10 years are what we

[1:35:35] should be investing today. So

[1:35:36] that will get us closer and

[1:35:38] we'll have to revisit as we go

[1:35:39] forward. But these rates are

[1:35:42] really looking to do that. As

[1:35:43] was noted earlier by director

[1:35:48] and the Sea. We are looking at

[1:35:49] ways working together on how

[1:35:51] we can get more capital

[1:35:53] project delivery. One of the

[1:35:55] things we're looking to also

[1:35:56] do with this ramp up and

[1:35:57] increased investment is to

[1:36:02] look at issuing a request for

[1:36:04] proposals to get a consulting

[1:36:05] firm on board to help us with

[1:36:09] project management assist with

[1:36:12] getting more projects out than

[1:36:13] what the current capacity as

[1:36:15] with capital projects teams.

[1:36:16] So we're continuing to work

[1:36:17] together on that and looking

[1:36:19] to put that out so that we can

[1:36:20] have additional water

[1:36:27] projects. Delivered. Talking

[1:36:29] quickly about the outreach. In

[1:36:31] addition to what is required

[1:36:34] through prop to 18 and sending

[1:36:35] out our notice is that we

[1:36:36] after the council study

[1:36:39] session in JANUARY. We have

[1:36:42] really been doing a lot of

[1:36:42] outreach related to our value

[1:36:46] of water campaign, really

[1:36:48] focusing on the importance to

[1:36:49] the community of investing in

[1:36:53] their water systems. These

[1:36:57] systems are owned by the

[1:36:59] public. We are here to steward

[1:36:59] their dollars and make sure

[1:37:01] the systems continue to run.

[1:37:03] And so we really want to put

[1:37:04] that message out that it's

[1:37:07] important just like

[1:37:08] maintaining a house or car.

[1:37:09] You need to invest in these

[1:37:11] systems to keep them running.

[1:37:14] So that was our focus from MAY

[1:37:15] through NOVEMBER of last year.

[1:37:17] And then we really started

[1:37:18] getting into the nitty-gritty

[1:37:20] of what the rate proposal

[1:37:22] would be and focusing on that.

[1:37:25] We advertised and and every

[1:37:27] which way that we could think

[1:37:31] of whether it was through our

[1:37:31] newsletter through different

[1:37:33] campaigns that we participated

[1:37:35] in to our water bills and also

[1:37:36] taking advantage of digital

[1:37:40] print and radio. In terms of

[1:37:43] the numbers you can see that

[1:37:47] using the Google ads we re

[1:37:48] screeched about 2.4, 8 million

[1:37:49] impressions reach folks that

[1:37:53] way. And there are about

[1:37:55] 50,000 clicks through to our

[1:37:55] value of water campaign and

[1:37:59] information on our website

[1:38:00] through our social media

[1:38:03] campaign. We received 110,000

[1:38:06] impressions and 4,000

[1:38:06] collectors to our information.

[1:38:10] So we really try to leverage

[1:38:11] lots of different media,

[1:38:12] whether it was print radio

[1:38:16] electronic. So I am now going

[1:38:19] to turn it over to Destin

[1:38:20] Uber. And he's going remind

[1:38:22] everyone about the prop to 18

[1:38:23] procedures for this protest

[1:38:26] hearing.

[1:38:29] >> Okay. Good afternoon again.

[1:38:32] So there are a host of legal

[1:38:33] requirements, both in terms of

[1:38:34] process and substance that we

[1:38:38] need to comply with. I want to

[1:38:41] drill down on the last bullet

[1:38:42] point, the formal proposition

[1:38:45] to 18 process started on

[1:38:48] JANUARY. 15th. That's when

[1:38:52] 58,470 notices were mailed to

[1:38:52] landowners and water and

[1:38:53] wastewater users here in the

[1:38:59] city. If there's a minimum 45

[1:39:00] day, public review process

[1:39:01] were actually day. 76 of my

[1:39:03] math is correct. So we went

[1:39:04] beyond that minimum. 45 day

[1:39:07] period. This is a majority

[1:39:13] protest. Law. And so unlike an

[1:39:14] affirmative vote, a majority

[1:39:15] protest functions more like a

[1:39:20] veto. So has Director Burke

[1:39:21] mentioned earlier, folks have

[1:39:24] opportunity to provide a

[1:39:25] written protest up until the

[1:39:25] close of the public hearing

[1:39:26] that would be conducted

[1:39:31] shortly. We do. The clerk has

[1:39:32] printed forms of the protest.

[1:39:34] Folks would like a copy, we

[1:39:40] have them available. The

[1:39:42] majority number is 29,236.

[1:39:44] That would constitute a

[1:39:46] majority as of the start of

[1:39:51] this meeting, we received 156

[1:39:53] so were substantially less

[1:39:53] than a majority. In fact,

[1:39:58] that's point to 6%. Again,

[1:40:01] that number is likely going to

[1:40:02] change. Voting so to speak is

[1:40:04] still open. Protests can still

[1:40:06] be submitted, but they have to

[1:40:08] be submitted in writing or a

[1:40:13] protest. Do not count. We've

[1:40:14] already covered this just

[1:40:15] briefly. We've already

[1:40:18] dispense with the written

[1:40:20] objection item earlier. The

[1:40:20] other optional procedure that

[1:40:24] the city implemented was to

[1:40:26] incorporate a 120 day statute

[1:40:27] limitations, period. That was

[1:40:29] included in the 58,000. Some

[1:40:31] odd notices that went out. It

[1:40:32] was prominently displayed and

[1:40:36] that notice. Next slide. And I

[1:40:37] believe I'm turning it back to

[1:40:42] you. Director Burke.

[1:40:43] >> The other item that is

[1:40:44] before you is an amendment to

[1:40:49] city code title 14, you MAY

[1:40:51] recall and previous rate

[1:40:55] setting that we would set the

[1:40:56] water rates by ordinance and

[1:40:58] change to city code and the

[1:41:00] wastewater rates by

[1:41:04] resolution. We did a lot

[1:41:05] research and try to understand

[1:41:06] why we sent one by ordinance

[1:41:10] and one by resolution

[1:41:11] conferred with city attorneys

[1:41:12] office and after a lot of

[1:41:16] research and determination

[1:41:17] really did not find why one is

[1:41:19] by ordinance. And one is by

[1:41:20] resolution. And then checking

[1:41:22] with other entities, typically

[1:41:23] water and wastewater rates are

[1:41:27] set by resolution. So the

[1:41:29] amendments to the city code

[1:41:30] before you would actually

[1:41:32] change it so that we would

[1:41:34] mimic how the wastewater rates

[1:41:38] are set. So going forward, we

[1:41:39] would have both water and

[1:41:39] wastewater rates set by

[1:41:42] council by resolution. This is

[1:41:44] allowed for in the city

[1:41:46] charter. And again, it's just

[1:41:48] unclear as to why we picked

[1:41:49] one by a one vehicle and one

[1:41:52] by the other. So we're we're

[1:41:53] recommending that we sent both

[1:41:57] going forward by resolution.

[1:42:00] So that is the item that is

[1:42:01] part of this. Public hearing

[1:42:02] tonight.

[1:42:07] >> So with that. We did take

[1:42:09] this to your board of public

[1:42:12] utilities and they unanimously

[1:42:14] recommended what's before you

[1:42:16] today. And that is that after

[1:42:17] conducting a protest hearing

[1:42:20] pursuant to pop to 18 by

[1:42:21] resolution approved 5 years of

[1:42:24] the water or recycled water

[1:42:25] and wastewater fixed and usage

[1:42:26] charge rate increases, which

[1:42:27] would go into effect JULY

[1:42:31] first each year from 2025. To

[1:42:34] 2029 introduce an ordinance

[1:42:35] amending title 14 of the city

[1:42:39] code to allow that water

[1:42:41] rates. Pete be established by

[1:42:45] resolution going forward. And

[1:42:46] then we also are recommending

[1:42:49] that you open the public

[1:42:50] hearing to allow for the

[1:42:51] protest hearing as required by

[1:42:54] prop to 18. And with that,

[1:42:55] we're happy to answer any

[1:42:56] questions that the council MAY

[1:43:00] have. And thank you so much.

[1:43:01] >> Thanks to all of you. What

[1:43:03] a lot of work. Bring you back

[1:43:04] to council any any questions

[1:43:08] on this item? MR. Craig t.

[1:43:10] >> Yeah. Just real quick on

[1:43:11] slide 17. The table on slide.

[1:43:15] 17 obviously that's a those

[1:43:16] are averages, right. And it

[1:43:20] would be safe to say that

[1:43:21] anybody who's using modern

[1:43:22] building code requirements

[1:43:25] Raiders irrigation sensors,

[1:43:26] tankless water heaters. Those

[1:43:27] things would be probably under

[1:43:30] those those numbers.

[1:43:32] >> For the for the which

[1:43:37] single family residential. For

[1:43:41] I would say the median water

[1:43:43] someone who is following all

[1:43:44] those coats would be probably

[1:43:44] below the median. I agree with

[1:43:46] ok? Thank you.

[1:43:50] >> MR.

[1:43:51] >> Just a quick question. I

[1:43:52] think thank you for the

[1:43:53] presentation. By the way, it

[1:43:59] is great. Just curious about

[1:44:00] are it early on either in the

[1:44:01] staff report or maybe it was

[1:44:04] in this presentation that on

[1:44:07] average the increase for

[1:44:08] repairs would be about $11.

[1:44:10] And I know that. Some people

[1:44:12] use more water. Some people

[1:44:13] use less and different size

[1:44:14] households and all of that.

[1:44:17] But that's that's the average

[1:44:20] today read that correctly.

[1:44:21] Yet, according to this table,

[1:44:24] yes, $10.69 would be the

[1:44:25] median, which is about the

[1:44:27] average. Okay.

[1:44:31] >> and then.

[1:44:32] >> You know, I I understand

[1:44:33] why we need to do Of course,

[1:44:37] we need invest in r

[1:44:39] infrastructure in and it's not

[1:44:41] just about what's happening

[1:44:41] right now, but the future. For

[1:44:45] those of us, you know, MAY not

[1:44:45] be here in 20 years, but

[1:44:46] what's going to happen and how

[1:44:50] we're going to our services.

[1:44:52] I'm just a little bit worried

[1:44:55] about folks who are on fixed

[1:44:56] incomes because even though

[1:44:57] that doesn't seem like a lot

[1:44:59] of money for some folks, it

[1:45:00] is. So so that's my only

[1:45:03] concern. So that's why I

[1:45:05] wanted to clarify that. And

[1:45:06] does that include or might not

[1:45:07] understanding this correctly?

[1:45:10] The rate passed through as

[1:45:14] well. And that.

[1:45:15] >> this in this particular

[1:45:16] scenario, we're assuming that

[1:45:19] the pass through would be 6%

[1:45:22] so we're still waiting to see

[1:45:24] what Sonoma County is going to

[1:45:25] do with their rates and we

[1:45:27] don't know. And do they

[1:45:27] generally raise their rates

[1:45:29] every year or every fiscal

[1:45:32] year? Believe the announce it

[1:45:36] coming up pretty soon. Thank

[1:45:36] councilmember, while

[1:45:38] clarification for coming.

[1:45:42] >> Fiscal year. 25 26. We've

[1:45:43] already included a rate

[1:45:43] increase for Sonoma water. So

[1:45:46] there will be no Okay. So the

[1:45:48] numbers you're seeing before

[1:45:50] would are basically including

[1:45:50] what we anticipate. Sonoma

[1:45:53] Water's rate increased to be.

[1:45:54] You saw that at your last

[1:45:56] council meeting which was 8.6,

[1:45:57] 8%. We have that included in

[1:46:01] this next fiscal year. Budget

[1:46:05] going forward for fiscal

[1:46:06] years, 26 through 27. Then we

[1:46:08] will now when bring their a

[1:46:09] proposal forward every year,

[1:46:10] that would be the rate that

[1:46:11] would win would be when we

[1:46:15] would start pass through. And

[1:46:16] and to your point, I think we

[1:46:20] are very cognizant and

[1:46:20] sensitive to, you know, the

[1:46:22] rate increases and the

[1:46:24] impacts. There's a couple ways

[1:46:24] that through the water

[1:46:26] department, we try really hard

[1:46:29] to assist. One is we have very

[1:46:31] robust water conservation

[1:46:32] program. So if there's many

[1:46:33] programs and assistance that's

[1:46:39] free. Call send us an e-mail.

[1:46:40] Let us know that you would

[1:46:40] like an audit will come out

[1:46:42] and do a free audit and help.

[1:46:43] If there's any way we can help

[1:46:43] you reduce your water use,

[1:46:45] which would then reduce your

[1:46:46] bill. We're there for you to

[1:46:49] help you do that. We also have

[1:46:51] our h 2 a program. It's our

[1:46:54] health help to others program,

[1:46:55] which is also available for

[1:46:57] those with certain income

[1:46:59] requirements. And that is

[1:47:00] available to help assist our

[1:47:04] customers as was laid out by

[1:47:05] before by Prop to a team. We

[1:47:06] are unable to actually truly

[1:47:09] print tap, propose a lifeline

[1:47:13] rate. But what we can do is

[1:47:16] through using our revenue that

[1:47:18] we generate through cell phone

[1:47:20] cell phone towers. We are able

[1:47:22] to offer great assistance to

[1:47:23] those that qualify through

[1:47:27] that program. So both of those

[1:47:29] are things that we do to

[1:47:30] provide to our customers so

[1:47:32] that we can help them as much

[1:47:33] as possible with their rates.

[1:47:34] Because we understand that any

[1:47:35] increase is an impact. All

[1:47:42] right. Thank you so much.

[1:47:42] >> and at the risk of being

[1:47:44] repetitive because you

[1:47:45] mentioned it multiple times in

[1:47:46] your presentation and it's

[1:47:48] come up on the dance as well.

[1:47:49] Could, but because it's a

[1:47:51] common question because we're

[1:47:52] gonna be having this

[1:47:52] discussion for the next

[1:47:54] several years as rates

[1:47:55] continue to climb in fact, it

[1:47:58] was public comment. I think

[1:47:59] it's worth speaking to why it

[1:48:00] is that we rates go up. Even

[1:48:04] when people use less water. My

[1:48:06] understanding, correct that it

[1:48:07] is because we have this giant

[1:48:08] physical plant throughout

[1:48:09] Sonoma County and the city of

[1:48:11] Santa Rosa. We've got to see

[1:48:11] huge physical infrastructure

[1:48:13] that provides water and that

[1:48:17] has to be maintained. And in

[1:48:17] essence, what people are

[1:48:19] paying for when they pay water

[1:48:20] bills is not for the water

[1:48:20] itself. It's for the

[1:48:24] maintenance of that plant.

[1:48:25] >> Thank you, Mayor Sapp.

[1:48:27] That's a great question. And

[1:48:28] and and it is one of the most

[1:48:34] difficult with trying to make

[1:48:34] sure Iran educate and provide

[1:48:36] information related to water.

[1:48:40] Use efficiency and why we do

[1:48:42] it versus when you sell less

[1:48:44] water. I think I think water

[1:48:45] agencies are in the on the

[1:48:46] only business that I know of

[1:48:48] that actually are encouraging

[1:48:51] their customers to use less of

[1:48:51] their product. And and we

[1:48:53] continue to have cost and cost

[1:48:54] and increase. And the reason

[1:48:56] why we do that is because we

[1:48:57] really look at water use

[1:49:00] efficiency as a water supply

[1:49:02] perspective. And so if we were

[1:49:04] not implementing water, use

[1:49:06] efficiency programs, not only

[1:49:07] would we have to maintain the

[1:49:07] system that we're currently

[1:49:10] maintaining right now, but it

[1:49:12] would be even more expensive

[1:49:14] rates would be incredibly

[1:49:15] higher because we'd have to be

[1:49:17] building more water supply and

[1:49:20] more waste, water capacity.

[1:49:22] And so by not doing that by

[1:49:26] offering programs that more

[1:49:28] cost effective than what it

[1:49:29] costs St, they're purchased

[1:49:30] the lot next. Increment of

[1:49:31] water supply or build the next

[1:49:33] increment of wastewater

[1:49:35] capacity. Water use

[1:49:35] efficiency, reduces both of

[1:49:38] those. So it actually in the

[1:49:40] long term makes the rates much

[1:49:41] less expensive than if we

[1:49:44] weren't implementing water.

[1:49:45] Use efficiency. So we

[1:49:45] understand that that

[1:49:48] short-term impact does happen

[1:49:49] by reducing water use. We we

[1:49:50] still have our same fixed

[1:49:53] costs. But in the long term,

[1:49:54] it's keeping the rates much

[1:49:55] less than they would be if we

[1:49:55] weren't implementing water,

[1:49:59] use efficiency.

[1:50:00] >> Thank you my recalling

[1:50:01] correctly that one of the

[1:50:02] slides showed that even with

[1:50:03] these increases, we are still

[1:50:04] in the bottom half of the

[1:50:09] regional water, water rates.

[1:50:12] >> Yes, we did work MR.

[1:50:13] Hildebrand, he analysis. And

[1:50:16] as you can see, we are still

[1:50:18] on the lower half rates in

[1:50:19] this area. And again, we

[1:50:22] don't. As was pointed out

[1:50:24] before, it is a data point.

[1:50:26] It's not what drives our

[1:50:27] rates, but it does just show

[1:50:28] you where we stack up compared

[1:50:31] to others.

[1:50:33] >> And then you also mentioned

[1:50:34] the value of water campaign.

[1:50:36] And that's why that campaign

[1:50:39] is so important as well as

[1:50:40] This conversation right here

[1:50:41] because people have already

[1:50:42] people in recent years have

[1:50:43] been hearing about the

[1:50:44] increase in water rates and

[1:50:46] the wastewater rates.

[1:50:46] Unfortunately, they're gonna

[1:50:47] continue to hear that

[1:50:48] conversation in the in the

[1:50:50] years to come. But the context

[1:50:51] is that the rates are low from

[1:50:54] a regional perspective and

[1:50:55] they could be a lot higher if

[1:50:58] the city and the county we're

[1:50:59] taking the steps they are

[1:51:00] right now to make sure that

[1:51:01] maintaining our physical plant

[1:51:01] and delivering water with the

[1:51:03] infrastructure that we have.

[1:51:08] That is correct. Well, spent.

[1:51:08] Thank you. And with that,

[1:51:09] we're going to officially open

[1:51:13] our public hearing. Our public

[1:51:14] protest hearing. And that

[1:51:14] requires me to read a little

[1:51:15] bit of a statement before we

[1:51:19] actually start public comment

[1:51:20] because we are going public

[1:51:22] comment. But I do want to

[1:51:24] remind everyone as as Ms Burke

[1:51:26] did not too long ago that

[1:51:28] there's still time to file a

[1:51:29] written protest against the

[1:51:30] proposed increases to potable

[1:51:31] water or recycled water and

[1:51:33] waste raise water rates. But

[1:51:33] you must deliver your written

[1:51:36] protest. Emphasis on written

[1:51:36] to the city clerk before the

[1:51:40] close of this public hearing

[1:51:43] only written protests not or

[1:51:44] oral comments to meet the

[1:51:44] requirements for a valid

[1:51:45] written protest to be

[1:51:46] considered as part of the

[1:51:49] written protest to count. And

[1:51:54] let's see. At looking at

[1:51:54] Assistant City attorney. Do

[1:51:55] need to read the end of the

[1:51:56] specifics as well? Or was that

[1:52:00] sufficient?

[1:52:01] >> you could please provide

[1:52:02] the specific so that

[1:52:04] everyone's 100% clear.

[1:52:05] >> All right. We're gonna go

[1:52:08] for to do Stay with me. The

[1:52:09] requirements for a valid

[1:52:12] written protest under pro prop

[1:52:12] addition to 18 were mailed to

[1:52:13] all the city's utility

[1:52:16] customers customers in

[1:52:17] JANUARY. There are additional

[1:52:18] copies of that notice

[1:52:19] available on the city's

[1:52:21] website at sr City Dot Org.

[1:52:24] Backslash water rates 2025.

[1:52:26] Only written protests which

[1:52:27] include the assessor's parcel

[1:52:29] number or street address of

[1:52:30] the property receiving water

[1:52:32] or cities or or sewer service.

[1:52:33] Are signed by the property

[1:52:37] owners or tenants and received

[1:52:39] by the clerk before the close

[1:52:40] of the public hearing will be

[1:52:40] counted to determine whether

[1:52:43] or not there is a majority

[1:52:45] protest. The proposed proposed

[1:52:47] rate increases. A majority

[1:52:49] protest under proposition to

[1:52:51] 18 recur. If 29,236 valid

[1:52:52] written protest are filed with

[1:52:53] the clerk before the close of

[1:52:57] the public hearing. In

[1:52:57] addition, public hearings also

[1:52:59] for any comments on the

[1:53:01] introduction of the ordinance

[1:53:01] amending title 14 of the

[1:53:05] Center City Code. With that,

[1:53:06] we will now open. The public

[1:53:07] hearing will do this again.

[1:53:09] Just for good measure. And

[1:53:17] Dwayne, you are up.

[1:53:18] >> Hello, my name is Dwayne

[1:53:20] Wit. I'm from Roseland once

[1:53:23] again. I caution that I'm a

[1:53:24] member of the Board of Public

[1:53:26] Utilities and my comments made

[1:53:29] tonight are my own personal

[1:53:30] private view after discussion

[1:53:34] with Santa Rosa attorney to

[1:53:35] make sure I handle it

[1:53:38] correctly. And also to

[1:53:39] represent people in my

[1:53:40] community that I've talked

[1:53:42] with about this. A concern. If

[1:53:45] you go back to slide 17 18 and

[1:53:48] put that. People in my

[1:53:51] community. Ask me. Are these

[1:53:52] discussions about our monthly

[1:53:55] rates? Annual rates because

[1:53:57] it's not on what they could

[1:54:02] see. I am a renter. And it's

[1:54:05] factored into my rent. So I'm

[1:54:09] hoping that you will. Clarify

[1:54:10] whether that impact analysis

[1:54:15] and those totals. And that a

[1:54:17] person, low water use rain.

[1:54:20] He's only spending 133,000.

[1:54:25] Give me $133. Per year month.

[1:54:29] I basically. Wanted to thank

[1:54:32] Mayer staff. Clarified this

[1:54:37] issue of even though we'll

[1:54:38] keep conserving. And even

[1:54:40] though will keep using less.

[1:54:42] We'll keep a more. And that's

[1:54:43] just the nature of the game.

[1:54:45] According to the staff for

[1:54:48] Santa Rosa Water that the

[1:54:51] costs will continue to go up.

[1:54:55] And hopefully find ways to.

[1:54:56] Decrease the amount of water

[1:54:59] that is used. This is a good

[1:55:02] water year. We've got lots of

[1:55:03] extra water and I do hope that

[1:55:05] will find ways in which we can

[1:55:07] save more of the water. So

[1:55:08] there will be available to us

[1:55:11] during the dry years. Folks

[1:55:12] will be speaking today. Thank

[1:55:15] you for your time. Thank you,

[1:55:20] MR. Do it.

[1:55:20] >> Quick point of

[1:55:23] clarification there. That is.

[1:55:23] That is something that that

[1:55:24] the the audience should know

[1:55:25] where the figures we're

[1:55:27] looking at with a monthly or

[1:55:27] annual.

[1:55:28] >> their monthly. So it's per

[1:55:32] billing, period.

[1:55:33] >> Perfect. All right. So just

[1:55:35] to reiterate that we're

[1:55:37] looking at increases of summer

[1:55:39] in $7.24 dollars per for

[1:55:40] residential users, depending

[1:55:41] on what kind of water they had

[1:55:42] both for water and wastewater

[1:55:48] rates.

[1:55:49] >> is correct that it's per

[1:55:51] per billing period. In monthly

[1:55:52] bill. Yes, perfect. Thank you

[1:55:56] for that clarification.

[1:55:57] Looking into the public, are

[1:55:57] there any other members of the

[1:55:58] public who would like to make

[1:56:02] comment on this item?

[1:56:03] >> Seeing none. Close the

[1:56:07] public hearing. The public

[1:56:08] hearing is now closed. Thanks

[1:56:09] to everyone for their

[1:56:11] participation. MADAM City

[1:56:14] clerk, can you tell us if

[1:56:15] there is a majority protest

[1:56:17] against the proposed increases

[1:56:17] and do we need a brief recess

[1:56:21] to determine that?

[1:56:22] >> I can just confirm with our

[1:56:24] administrator, the top of the

[1:56:26] well, have we received any

[1:56:27] additional protests since you

[1:56:28] had to me the folder with the

[1:56:32] remaining protests? Thank you.

[1:56:36] Chair. So mayor, the city

[1:56:39] clerk's office has received

[1:56:39] 163 written protest with

[1:56:42] regard to the proposed rate

[1:56:43] increases by the close of the

[1:56:43] public meeting or the public

[1:56:48] hearing. Which appear to be

[1:56:49] valid written protest because

[1:56:52] there are 58,470 parcel

[1:56:54] subject to the proposed rate

[1:56:56] increases. It can be clearly

[1:56:57] seen that the number of

[1:56:58] protests received is less than

[1:57:00] a majority of the parcels.

[1:57:01] That would be subject to the

[1:57:04] proposed rate increases,

[1:57:05] therefore, a majority protest

[1:57:06] has not been filed in the

[1:57:07] council MAY consider adoption

[1:57:13] of the proposed rate changes.

[1:57:14] >> Thank you bringing it back

[1:57:17] to council for final comments.

[1:57:33] Seeing none MISS Fleming.

[1:57:37] >> There's 2 actions here. So

[1:57:40] go with the first one and move

[1:57:41] a resolution of the council,

[1:57:41] the city of Santa Rosa Loving

[1:57:43] and assessing water and

[1:57:45] wastewater rates charge for

[1:57:48] service in repealing

[1:57:49] resolution. Number r e s dash

[1:57:50] 2, 0, 2, one Dash, 0, 8, 7,

[1:57:51] way for the reading of the

[1:57:58] text.

[1:57:59] >> Thank you. We have motion

[1:58:04] and a second booster Crappie.

[1:58:06] Madam City clerk. Whenever

[1:58:06] you're ready.

[1:58:07] >> Thank you. Councilmember

[1:58:08] Rogers is absent Councilmember

[1:58:11] Okrepkie. Councilmember

[1:58:13] Macdonald. I councilmember

[1:58:14] Fleming, yes, Councilmember

[1:58:17] Ben. Well lows. Vice Mayor

[1:58:20] Alvarez Mayor stop. I let the

[1:58:21] record show this resolution

[1:58:22] passes the 6 affirmative

[1:58:27] votes. Thank you. Want to and

[1:58:28] I'll bring the next one. But I

[1:58:30] just wanted to say briefly

[1:58:32] ahead of that, you know, is

[1:58:33] not lost on me. And I don't

[1:58:33] think is lost on any of us

[1:58:35] that these are hard times and

[1:58:36] that I wouldn't be bringing

[1:58:38] this forward if I.

[1:58:39] >> didn't think it was

[1:58:41] absolutely necessary and well

[1:58:43] thought out. So with that,

[1:58:44] I'll bring an ordinance of the

[1:58:46] council, the city of Santa

[1:58:50] Rosa amending section 14, Dash

[1:58:53] 0, 4, 0, 9, 0 of chapter 14,

[1:58:55] Dash 0, 4 and amending chapter

[1:58:56] 14 Dash 0, 8, to allow fixed

[1:58:58] monthly service charges.

[1:58:58] Notable and recycled water

[1:59:01] service and delivery charges

[1:59:02] and charges for city maintain

[1:59:04] meters on private systems to

[1:59:06] be established by resolution

[1:59:08] of the city council and

[1:59:08] establish potable water and

[1:59:11] recycled water rates and

[1:59:12] charges policy establishment

[1:59:13] of rates and charges and rules

[1:59:14] and standards in way for the

[1:59:18] reading of the text.

[1:59:18] >> We have a motion and a

[1:59:22] second by MISS McDonald.

[1:59:23] >> Thank you. Councilmember

[1:59:27] Rogers is absent Cookie. I

[1:59:30] Councilmember Macdonald. I

[1:59:30] councilmember Fleming. Yes,

[1:59:31] Councilmember Ben Willows.

[1:59:32] Yes. Vice Mayor Alvarez Mayer

[1:59:37] step. I let the record show

[1:59:38] ordinance is introduced with 6

[1:59:38] affirmative votes in

[1:59:43] Councilmember Rogers. Absent.

[1:59:44] Thank And thanks to all

[1:59:45] members of the public who

[1:59:46] participated. By the way, I'm

[1:59:47] not sure if anyone is left in

[1:59:49] the room,

[1:59:50] >> thank you. Thank you for

[1:59:51] submitting that. Those those

[1:59:53] wouldn't written statements

[1:59:56] with that. Move on to item 16

[1:59:57] point to our second public

[1:59:58] hearing of the evening. We

[1:59:58] title Ling and amending a

[2:00:01] Santa Rosa Municipal Code.

[2:00:01] Chapter 2 dash. 0, 4, Board of

[2:00:18] Community Services. Santos.

[2:00:32] >> Good evening. Good evening.

[2:00:33] >> Mayor stabbed Vice Mayor

[2:00:35] Alvarez and members of the

[2:00:36] council. I'm Santa's the

[2:00:37] park's deputy director for

[2:00:37] recreation and Parks

[2:00:41] Department. We r I have Emily

[2:00:43] and are here with me tonight.

[2:00:45] He's either assistant part

[2:00:45] planner and Chilliness through

[2:00:48] our presentation tonight. And

[2:00:50] I'm just going to check to see

[2:00:52] if our board chair was able to

[2:00:54] make it tonight. He was

[2:00:55] planning on attending tonight

[2:00:56] from the Board of Community

[2:01:00] Services as well. But we are

[2:01:00] very excited to finally be in

[2:01:02] front of you to bring forward

[2:01:05] this ordinance and resolution

[2:01:05] that provides an update to

[2:01:10] chapter 2 point 2 Dash 4. And

[2:01:11] city chapter code and council

[2:01:13] policy. 6 to rename the Board

[2:01:14] of Community Services to the

[2:01:17] recreation and Parks board.

[2:01:18] And we have other

[2:01:18] administrative updates will be

[2:01:22] presenting tonight as well.

[2:01:24] And just to back up a bit, we

[2:01:25] started this journey with one

[2:01:27] seemingly simple question.

[2:01:29] White is a seven-member board,

[2:01:34] you know, five-member court.

[2:01:34] And with that, I'll turn it

[2:01:35] over, Emily. She's going to

[2:01:36] tell you what the answer is

[2:01:37] and what our proposal is for

[2:01:40] recommended updates. Thank

[2:01:42] you, Jen. Good evening. Mayor

[2:01:49] says. There are

[2:01:50] councilmembers. I'm Emily and

[2:01:50] assistant parks planner with

[2:01:51] the recreation and Parks

[2:01:52] Department.

[2:01:54] >> And I'm here today to

[2:01:56] present administrative changes

[2:01:57] to city Code. Chapter 2 Dash 4

[2:02:01] Board of Community Services.

[2:02:05] In 1976. City Council adopt

[2:02:05] did ordinance 18. 32

[2:02:08] establishing the Board of

[2:02:09] Community Services to advise

[2:02:10] Council and every aspect of

[2:02:12] the delivery of services to

[2:02:15] the citizens of Santa Rosa.

[2:02:17] Council did this by

[2:02:18] consolidating 2 advisory

[2:02:20] bodies. The Recreation and

[2:02:21] Parks Commission and the

[2:02:23] Community Relations Commission

[2:02:25] as well as their missions

[2:02:26] roles and powers and duties

[2:02:29] into one advisory body. There

[2:02:31] have been, as you can see,

[2:02:33] appear for amendments to city

[2:02:34] Code. Chapter 2, Dash 4 since

[2:02:38] 1976. The one that brings me

[2:02:40] or us before you today is

[2:02:43] ordinance. 35 79 past in 2002.

[2:02:48] In 2002, there are too high

[2:02:48] quality candidates who applied

[2:02:49] for one vacancy on the board

[2:02:52] of Community Services. And

[2:02:53] Council chose to appoint both

[2:02:54] of those candidates and amend

[2:02:57] the city code to increase the

[2:03:00] number of board members from 7

[2:03:02] to 8 also to increase the

[2:03:04] number of members needed to

[2:03:08] achieve a quorum from 5.45?

[2:03:10] The board had 8 serving

[2:03:11] members for 4 years from 2002

[2:03:16] to 2006. In 2006, 1 of those

[2:03:17] members resigned leaving the

[2:03:19] board of the 7 members. The

[2:03:23] board has functioned with 7

[2:03:25] appointed members 5 needed for

[2:03:25] a quorum for the past 19

[2:03:31] years. So the current city

[2:03:32] code requires that the Board

[2:03:36] of Community Services have 8

[2:03:36] members with each member

[2:03:39] appointed by the full Council.

[2:03:40] 5 members again, are required

[2:03:44] to constitute a quorum. Board

[2:03:46] members serve for four-year

[2:03:47] terms irrespective of their

[2:03:47] appointing counsel members

[2:03:52] term. And board members can be

[2:03:52] removed by 4 affirmative votes

[2:03:56] Council. This is what the code

[2:03:57] says, but this is not how the

[2:04:02] board functions. And that is

[2:04:03] because the requirements of

[2:04:04] city code do not align with

[2:04:08] either the city charter or

[2:04:08] with council policy. 6

[2:04:09] appointments to boards,

[2:04:12] commissions and committees.

[2:04:15] Needing to have 5 of 7 board

[2:04:17] members present places, a

[2:04:18] higher burden on each of your

[2:04:20] appointees to attend each and

[2:04:20] every meeting in order to

[2:04:25] achieve that And often results

[2:04:27] in meeting cancellation and or

[2:04:28] not being able to get through

[2:04:29] the full agenda because of the

[2:04:31] lack of quorum. It also places

[2:04:34] a higher burden on staff who

[2:04:35] poured an 8 organize and

[2:04:35] participate in these monthly

[2:04:39] meetings. For these reasons,

[2:04:40] staff recommended to the board

[2:04:41] that they form a subcommittee

[2:04:41] to address these

[2:04:46] discrepancies. The board

[2:04:47] formed a three-member

[2:04:48] ordinance Sub committee which

[2:04:49] met 8 times over the course of

[2:04:51] 2 years. They created

[2:04:52] recommendations to update

[2:04:52] their ordinance as well as

[2:04:56] their bylaws. So were here

[2:04:59] before you to accomplish 3

[2:05:00] things. The first is to re

[2:05:02] title City Code. Chapter 2

[2:05:04] Dash 4 from Board of Community

[2:05:06] Services to the Recreation and

[2:05:08] Parks board. Second is to

[2:05:10] amend the city code to align

[2:05:10] with city Charter council

[2:05:15] policy. 6. And 3rd is replace

[2:05:17] the name Board of Community

[2:05:18] Services with Recreation and

[2:05:18] Parks Board in Council policy.

[2:05:24] 6. So there are 7 areas of

[2:05:27] change that need to happen or

[2:05:27] proposed to happen. The city

[2:05:28] code which in Milwaukee

[2:05:33] through quickly. The first is

[2:05:34] on the board is recommending

[2:05:35] changing their name from the

[2:05:36] Board of Community Services to

[2:05:38] the Recreation and Parks board

[2:05:41] with the intent of having a

[2:05:45] name reflects the name of body

[2:05:47] that they the department, they

[2:05:49] advise but also to make the

[2:05:50] name more applicable to the

[2:05:51] public and accessible to the

[2:05:56] public. Second, the board

[2:05:57] recommends reducing the number

[2:05:59] of members from 8 to 7 to

[2:06:01] align with the number of

[2:06:04] council members as well as

[2:06:05] what state and in the Charter

[2:06:09] and council policy. 6. 3rd,

[2:06:12] the board recommends reduced

[2:06:14] changing the way members are

[2:06:16] appointed from full council

[2:06:17] appointment to individual

[2:06:18] council appointments again in

[2:06:19] alignment with the city

[2:06:25] Charter and council policy. 6.

[2:06:25] The board recommends changing

[2:06:28] the way that numbers are

[2:06:29] unmoved from 4 affirmative

[2:06:30] council votes to serving at

[2:06:32] the pleasure of their

[2:06:33] appointing councilmember in

[2:06:34] alignment with council policy.

[2:06:40] 6. The board drafted a new

[2:06:41] purpose statement to better

[2:06:44] reflect what it does. The

[2:06:45] purpose goes beyond the old

[2:06:47] purpose to incorporate the

[2:06:49] board's role in public

[2:06:50] engagement as well as

[2:06:51] communication between the

[2:06:53] public the Department and

[2:06:55] council. Related to recreation

[2:07:01] and parks. 6, the board

[2:07:03] recommends reducing the number

[2:07:04] of members needed to achieve

[2:07:09] quorum from 5 to 4. And number

[2:07:11] 7, the board recommends

[2:07:13] updating and changing some of

[2:07:15] their powers and duties. So

[2:07:18] focus their work Holy on parks

[2:07:19] and recreation and away from

[2:07:22] community beautification. To

[2:07:24] specify the board's areas of

[2:07:25] oversight to advise and make

[2:07:29] recommendations to council. To

[2:07:29] actively engage with

[2:07:30] residents. And they're

[2:07:35] pointing councilmember. To

[2:07:36] support the recreation and

[2:07:37] Parks department with its

[2:07:38] engagement and education and

[2:07:42] promotion. To ensure that that

[2:07:44] maintenance of Sanders's parks

[2:07:45] and recreation facilities is

[2:07:46] an of responsibility of the

[2:07:50] board. Finally, to provide the

[2:07:54] board with the ability to add

[2:07:56] one non-voting youth member to

[2:07:56] represent the interests of

[2:07:57] Santa Rosa's youth and

[2:08:00] recreation and parks issues.

[2:08:02] So with presenter, lengthy

[2:08:07] recommendation. It is

[2:08:08] recommended by the recreation

[2:08:09] and Parks Department as well

[2:08:12] as the board of Community

[2:08:12] Service. Is that the council

[2:08:15] by one ordinance and one

[2:08:17] resolution, introduce an

[2:08:18] ordinance to re title and

[2:08:20] amend City Code. Chapter 2

[2:08:21] Dash 4 to change the name of

[2:08:24] the advisory body from the

[2:08:25] board of Community Services to

[2:08:28] Recreation and Parks. Update

[2:08:31] the board statement of Purpose

[2:08:32] Update the board's powers and

[2:08:32] duties to reflect their

[2:08:37] current role. Line. The number

[2:08:37] of members with a number of

[2:08:40] city council members reduce

[2:08:41] the number of members needed

[2:08:45] to achieve a quorum. Line

[2:08:45] members terms to coincide with

[2:08:46] the term of their appointing

[2:08:50] councilmember. Update the

[2:08:52] process for member appointment

[2:08:54] to and member removal from the

[2:08:56] board act to accurately

[2:08:58] reflect city charter Section

[2:08:59] 11 participation and diversity

[2:09:02] and boards and commissions as

[2:09:04] well as city Council policy. 6

[2:09:05] appointments to boards,

[2:09:09] commissions committees. And to

[2:09:09] to adopt a resolution to amend

[2:09:15] Council policy. 6 to replace

[2:09:16] occurrences of board of

[2:09:16] Community Services with

[2:09:20] Recreation and Parks board.

[2:09:20] With that, I'd like it to turn

[2:09:23] it back to you for questions

[2:09:24] and discussion. And I very

[2:09:31] much appreciate your time.

[2:09:31] >> Thank you both. Bring about

[2:09:33] accounts of the questions. Ms

[2:09:38] MacDonald.

[2:09:39] >> I have a pretty easy

[2:09:40] question for you. I wanted to

[2:09:43] know why you didn't call it

[2:09:44] the Parks and Recreation

[2:09:48] board. So it was phonetically

[2:09:50] and mine and more consistent

[2:09:53] with what we all know that to

[2:09:54] be. So I'm just curious why

[2:10:00] you decided to flip it.

[2:10:01] >> went to align with the name

[2:10:02] of the department and I think

[2:10:04] that was a discussion the

[2:10:06] department was being

[2:10:07] reorganized back as a

[2:10:08] recreation and parks out of

[2:10:09] transportation and public

[2:10:11] works. And community planning

[2:10:14] a So it's just an alignment of

[2:10:15] pure and simple for

[2:10:19] consistency.

[2:10:20] >> That alignment, I'm sorry

[2:10:20] with what we call it in. Our

[2:10:23] departments are in alignment

[2:10:25] with How would he I'm sorry.

[2:10:27] Can you tell me we call

[2:10:28] ourselves to just just still

[2:10:29] doesn't make sense to me. I

[2:10:31] want to switch it. To be like

[2:10:35] the tv show. Yes, exactly.

[2:10:37] >> I am Leslie Knope. I just

[2:10:41] want it for the It's too

[2:10:42] aligned with the what Santa

[2:10:43] Rosa Cause, the recreation and

[2:10:47] parks department. Thank you

[2:10:48] for And all just add also the

[2:10:50] Board of Community Services,

[2:10:50] Rick.

[2:10:51] >> Desired to align with the

[2:10:55] department as well. So that

[2:10:55] for consistent the consistency

[2:10:56] throughout the community, when

[2:10:57] we have conversations. Thank

[2:11:00] you so much.

[2:11:01] >> Thank you. Any other

[2:11:05] questions you counsel? Seeing

[2:11:06] none. We'll open it up to

[2:11:06] public comment. Are there any

[2:11:07] members of the public would

[2:11:12] like to comment on this item?

[2:11:13] Seeing none. I'll bring it

[2:11:13] back to ms lotion, admit is

[2:11:17] forming from ocean.

[2:11:18] >> All right. Thank you very

[2:11:19] much, Mayor. Thank you to

[2:11:20] staff or your work. I'm

[2:11:21] looking forward to the board

[2:11:23] Community Services having

[2:11:25] greater functionality with

[2:11:26] their new and improved Corman

[2:11:27] ratio to board members. Thing

[2:11:31] that'll be good. So move item

[2:11:33] 16.2. Every title Ling and

[2:11:34] amending center is a municipal

[2:11:36] code. Chapter 2 Dash, 0, 4, 4

[2:11:39] community services and excuse

[2:11:41] me, I was reading the wrong

[2:11:43] thing. All introduce an

[2:11:44] ordinance to the council, the

[2:11:48] city of Santa Rosa. Retailing.

[2:11:50] Amending chapter 2 Dash, 0, 4,

[2:11:51] I'm sorry. I'm using this new

[2:12:02] interface and moved around.

[2:12:03] One last time ordinance of the

[2:12:04] council, the city of Santa

[2:12:06] Rosa Retailing, amending

[2:12:09] chapter 2 Dash, 0, 4, Board of

[2:12:11] Community Services of the

[2:12:11] center is a city code and way

[2:12:17] for the reading of text.

[2:12:19] >> I was close I want to MISS

[2:12:20] McDonald, though, with the

[2:12:25] motion of this funding. MADAM

[2:12:25] City Clerk.

[2:12:26] >> Thank you. Councilmember

[2:12:27] Rogers is absent Councilmember

[2:12:30] Okrepkie. I Councilmember

[2:12:32] Macdonald. I councilmember

[2:12:34] Fleming. I councilmember Ben

[2:12:35] Willows. I Vice Mayor Alvarez.

[2:12:37] They're step I let the record

[2:12:41] show this. Ordinance was

[2:12:42] introduced with 6 affirmative

[2:12:43] votes in Councilmember Rogers.

[2:12:53] Absent. Thank to MISS Fleming.

[2:12:54] Resolution of the council, the

[2:12:57] city of centers that. Amending

[2:13:00] council policy number 0, 0, 0

[2:13:01] Dash, 0, 6 appointments to

[2:13:03] boards, commissions

[2:13:04] committees.

[2:13:05] >> To remove references to the

[2:13:07] Board of Community Services

[2:13:08] and replace with the

[2:13:09] Department of Parks and

[2:13:14] Recreation.

[2:13:14] >> We have a motion and a

[2:13:19] second booster Crappie. For

[2:13:20] Believe the ordinance or the

[2:13:23] board of Community Services

[2:13:23] should be replaced with the

[2:13:26] recreation and parks board.

[2:13:27] Yeah, I was I was intentional.

[2:13:31] Thank you for the Yes. We

[2:13:32] filming a parks and rec

[2:13:39] episode right I reminded City

[2:13:40] Clerk, do we have we We need

[2:13:42] clarification on the naming.

[2:13:44] What can you please clarify

[2:13:45] the naming convention you

[2:13:46] would want reflected on the

[2:13:47] resolution, the Department of

[2:13:51] Parks and Recreation. I guess

[2:14:03] that's what we're doing. Can I

[2:14:09] get a second? Oh, great. MR.

[2:14:17] Donald offered a 3rd. City

[2:14:18] clerk or aided river ready for

[2:14:22] the vote. With apologies,

[2:14:25] mayor and vice mayor mean, I

[2:14:26] apologize. I was expecting

[2:14:29] resolution to amend.

[2:14:30] >> The naming convention on

[2:14:32] council policy. 0, 6, Can you

[2:14:33] please restate the motion on

[2:14:38] the floor?

[2:14:38] >> Can you clarify was their

[2:14:39] problem I read it the first

[2:14:45] time. Or is it ok, I just want

[2:14:50] to make sure do it All right.

[2:14:51] Resolution of the Council of

[2:14:53] the City of Center is amending

[2:14:55] council policy. Number 0, 0, 0

[2:14:55] Dash, 0, 6 appointments to

[2:14:57] boards and commissions

[2:14:58] committees.

[2:14:59] >> To remove references to the

[2:14:59] Board of Community Services

[2:15:01] and replace with the board of

[2:15:06] Parks and Recreation. Second.

[2:15:07] >> We'll give this one a MISS.

[2:15:10] MISS McDonald. Is the most

[2:15:10] appropriate motion. And

[2:15:15] second.

[2:15:18] >> Can I just interject one

[2:15:20] thing? Sorry to confuse this

[2:15:23] is is like a taping parks and

[2:15:24] recreation. Just to clarify is

[2:15:26] at the Parks and Recreation

[2:15:28] Board or the board of Parks

[2:15:30] and Recreation because a lot

[2:15:31] of conversation about that's

[2:15:33] for yeah, it will call the

[2:15:33] Board of Parks and

[2:15:36] Recreation's and try to.

[2:15:39] >> Thank you. And we worked

[2:15:43] with more from the Absent. I

[2:15:49] don't want to stand that I

[2:15:50] have board of parks, parks and

[2:15:55] recreation. If I MAY ordinance

[2:15:58] that was just introduced. Was

[2:16:00] changing the name of the

[2:16:01] advisory board to the

[2:16:05] recreation and Parks board. So

[2:16:06] the resolution that follows to

[2:16:07] change the council policy

[2:16:10] should also reflect the change

[2:16:10] to the recreation and parks

[2:16:16] port. As you wish. Thank you

[2:16:17] can the minutes reflect that.

[2:16:17] This all began with a joke by

[2:16:20] Councilmember And thank you,

[2:16:23] MISTER Court. That.

[2:16:24] >> I just want to say I have

[2:16:25] an extensive history in comedy

[2:16:26] and you guys are the worst

[2:16:29] audience I ever worked in

[2:16:30] front of. We have the vote.

[2:16:44] Please.

[2:16:45] >> So we have a question. We

[2:16:46] have a question as to whether

[2:16:47] we need to open this up for

[2:16:48] discussion, which sincerely

[2:16:52] hoping we might.

[2:16:52] >> I withdraw the motion luge

[2:16:53] for rated as the text is,

[2:16:55] isn't there?

[2:16:56] >> I'm I'm going to follow you

[2:17:05] on this journey. Oh, my gosh.

[2:17:06] All right. We really haven't.

[2:17:07] We really have an issue with

[2:17:09] our with our semantics here.

[2:17:09] Do we need to do we need

[2:17:14] revert to their original form?

[2:17:15] >> I will defer to the chair

[2:17:16] on this pardon me, department

[2:17:21] head or deputy director.

[2:17:22] >> Actually, there was quite a

[2:17:24] bit of conversation at the

[2:17:25] Board of Community Services on

[2:17:29] how it was a. How it would

[2:17:30] read. They originally wanted

[2:17:31] thinking of parks and

[2:17:33] recreation board. And when the

[2:17:37] department kept its name, they

[2:17:39] decided to make this alignment

[2:17:41] and they prefer that it would

[2:17:44] be recreation and parks board

[2:17:45] or the Parks and Recreation

[2:17:46] board clarification would be

[2:17:49] appreciated. So we can clarify

[2:17:49] for our board members with

[2:17:51] respect to them. We're going

[2:17:52] to go with the Parks and

[2:17:55] Recreation board.

[2:17:58] >> That acceptable everybody

[2:17:58] here?

[2:17:59] >> Yes, we just need to make

[2:17:59] certain the ordinance in the

[2:18:00] council policy match.

[2:18:15] >> a great.

[2:18:16] Hear you. That's

[2:18:25] what are.

[2:18:26] >> So if if I'm keeping track

[2:18:30] and I don't know that I am.

[2:18:30] There is there was had a

[2:18:34] motion and a second. And we

[2:18:36] have parks and recreation. I

[2:18:37] don't really remember that

[2:18:43] part. At this point. Average

[2:18:47] today last captured was

[2:18:47] >> resolution of the Council

[2:18:49] of the City of Santa Rosa

[2:18:50] admitting council policy. 0,

[2:18:52] 0, 0 Dash, 0, 6 appointments

[2:18:53] to boards, commissions

[2:18:55] committees to remove

[2:18:57] references to the Board of

[2:18:58] Community Services and replace

[2:18:58] with Parks and Recreation's

[2:19:07] board. However, that now does

[2:19:09] not align with the ordinance

[2:19:10] that was previously

[2:19:10] introduced. That was changing

[2:19:11] the name of the book Board,

[2:19:15] too. The Recreation Parks

[2:19:20] board. So we we have to go

[2:19:23] back I don't know that we need

[2:19:24] to redo that. That first

[2:19:33] ordinance to eat it. If you

[2:19:34] host out how strongly feel

[2:19:35] about this online game change

[2:19:38] about it at all.

[2:19:40] >> just supposed to a part of

[2:19:41] me that wants to you but out

[2:19:44] of concern things. It. Yeah,

[2:19:45] she returned. Retreat advert

[2:19:45] to ordinance as originally

[2:19:51] written. To the resolutions

[2:19:52] originally written. Yes,

[2:19:53] that's find out, ok, you can

[2:19:54] withdraw your dropped on the

[2:19:56] resolution make a new one.

[2:20:03] Yes, thank you. Resolution of

[2:20:04] the council, the City of

[2:20:05] Center is amending council

[2:20:06] policy number 0, 0, 0 Dash, 0,

[2:20:08] 6 appointments to boards and

[2:20:08] commissions.

[2:20:10] >> Committees to remove

[2:20:13] references the board of

[2:20:13] Community Services and replace

[2:20:14] it with the board of Parks and

[2:20:17] Recreation. That's what's in

[2:20:18] front of me. I'm reading the

[2:20:18] text in front of me.

[2:20:25] >> I'm totally seconding that.

[2:20:28] >> If you want me to read that

[2:20:29] other language that was

[2:20:30] originally posted on the unit

[2:20:35] on Screams.

[2:20:36] >> MR. Donald, you really want

[2:20:38] to make it from him then

[2:20:39] missed? Because I have

[2:20:40] something different in front

[2:20:41] of me on the resolution in the

[2:20:46] packet. Not to make amendment

[2:20:49] that the board of Community

[2:20:50] Service as far as the

[2:20:52] resolution that's included in

[2:20:54] our pocket, be replaced with

[2:20:57] the Parks and Recreation board

[2:20:58] as opposed to what's in the

[2:20:59] packet, which is with

[2:21:05] recreation and parks board.

[2:21:07] Amending the resolution. I'm

[2:21:09] not sure what MISS Fleming is

[2:21:09] reading from from where she

[2:21:12] got her information. I have it

[2:21:14] something separate in here and

[2:21:15] I'm trying to go back in with

[2:21:17] I withdraw my motion. I'm just

[2:21:17] waiting for original text to

[2:21:21] come up. And we can all forget

[2:21:24] the last 10 minutes. Hopefully

[2:21:25] we know or done under our gift

[2:21:32] ever. So this finding red, the

[2:21:34] original ordinance just now

[2:21:35] correct. And I seconded that

[2:21:36] original ordinance. So with

[2:21:37] respect to the friendly

[2:21:39] amendment, I think that's not

[2:21:40] necessary unless our assistant

[2:21:43] city attorney says that is our

[2:21:43] city clerk.

[2:21:44] >> MR. Mayor, I did not read

[2:21:47] the original ordinance. I the

[2:21:49] clerk and put in my and I was

[2:21:51] rereading that there we I mail

[2:21:51] read their original ordinance

[2:21:56] as suggested by staff. Which

[2:21:57] is a resolution of the

[2:21:59] council, the City of Center is

[2:21:59] amending council policy.

[2:22:00] Number 0, 0, 0, Dash, 0, 6,

[2:22:02] appointments boards,

[2:22:02] commissions committees.

[2:22:03] >> To remove references to the

[2:22:04] Board of Community Services

[2:22:08] that are in place with.

[2:22:10] Recreation and parks board.

[2:22:11] Wait for the reading of the

[2:22:13] text.

[2:22:14] >> All second that assuming

[2:22:15] that.

[2:22:21] >> Are good with that?

[2:22:22] >> Yes, she went to her first

[2:22:24] motion and so that was the

[2:22:26] correct motion that follows

[2:22:28] the language that's here on

[2:22:29] the resolution before us. And

[2:22:29] so a motion and second, we can

[2:22:31] vote on that. Thank heavens,

[2:22:36] man, city clerk. Councilmember

[2:22:38] Rogers is absent councilmember

[2:22:38] Okrepkie Councilmember

[2:22:41] MacDonald. Councilmember

[2:22:45] Fleming. Councilmember Ben

[2:22:48] Willows. Vice Mayor Alvarez.

[2:22:53] I.

[2:22:53] >> But the records show this

[2:22:54] passes with 5 affirmative

[2:22:57] votes.

[2:22:58] >> And Councilmember MacDonald

[2:22:58] voting no. And Councilmember

[2:23:02] Rogers absent.

[2:23:02] >> Thank you all. I'm going to

[2:23:04] cherish that memory for my

[2:23:08] time as Mayor. We're going to

[2:23:12] go back now to item 15.2. Our

[2:23:14] report on the 2024 general

[2:23:15] plan, inclusionary housing and

[2:23:17] Growth Management annual

[2:23:18] review report. And I believe

[2:23:32] that is as well as key.

[2:23:34] >> Good evening, mayor and

[2:23:34] members of the council. My

[2:23:36] name is Amy Nicholson and I am

[2:23:37] the supervising planner for

[2:23:39] the Advanced Planning Section

[2:23:41] and she'll will ski city

[2:23:42] planner will be giving the

[2:23:57] presentation.

[2:24:27] Okay. Good

[2:24:28] evening, mayor. Stop and

[2:24:30] members of the council. My

[2:24:32] name is Sheila lost. Can a

[2:24:33] city planner with the planning

[2:24:35] and economic Development

[2:24:37] department and the item before

[2:24:40] you right now is the 2024

[2:24:41] general plan inclusion or

[2:24:42] housing and growth Management

[2:24:48] annual review report. This is

[2:24:51] our opportunity to provide the

[2:24:53] council. We also did this with

[2:24:54] the commission, a review of

[2:24:57] calendar year 2024. And how

[2:25:01] the various departments and

[2:25:02] divisions their work, how it

[2:25:03] the goals and the policies of

[2:25:05] the general plan on.

[2:25:07] >> Following review and

[2:25:08] acceptance of the report

[2:25:09] tonight, staff will submit

[2:25:12] those to the state Office of

[2:25:14] Land use and climate

[2:25:15] innovation. And just to let

[2:25:18] you know, the planning

[2:25:20] commission recently reviewed

[2:25:21] this report at their MARCH

[2:25:22] 27th meeting and recommended

[2:25:26] it be forwarded to council.

[2:25:27] The first element will look at

[2:25:30] is the economic vitality

[2:25:33] element. This speaks to

[2:25:34] policies are prioritized

[2:25:35] economic sustain of the

[2:25:36] sustainability and development

[2:25:39] in the city of Santa Rosa. And

[2:25:41] some of these efforts are

[2:25:41] included on this slide in the

[2:25:45] top left corner is the cover

[2:25:48] sheet for the city's economic

[2:25:48] development strategy, which

[2:25:53] was adopted in 2024. This

[2:25:53] strategy addresses principles

[2:25:56] of innovation, sustainability

[2:25:57] and inclusivity through

[2:25:58] business growth adopt ability

[2:26:00] to economic conditions and

[2:26:05] community investment. In that

[2:26:08] same vein city staff worked

[2:26:09] over the year to create what's

[2:26:11] called the business concierge

[2:26:15] program, which is meant to

[2:26:15] provide advising and

[2:26:16] consulting services for the

[2:26:21] community. In the upper right

[2:26:23] hand corner. You'll see this

[2:26:25] room with the couches that's

[2:26:27] now at City Hall. It's called

[2:26:30] Work Cafe and that's where

[2:26:31] current business operators and

[2:26:32] prospective business operators

[2:26:36] can come to city hall and meat

[2:26:37] and a nice environment and

[2:26:38] advice from city staff about

[2:26:39] permitting needs and whatever

[2:26:43] else they MAY need. Bottom

[2:26:45] left hand corner just a view

[2:26:46] of Montgomery Village staff

[2:26:48] has been working with the

[2:26:51] newer owners of the shopping

[2:26:52] center on design, review and

[2:26:56] building permits needed and we

[2:26:57] continue to see ongoing

[2:26:58] investment in that shopping

[2:27:03] center. Additionally city has

[2:27:05] begun efforts to coordinate

[2:27:08] with landlords of empty

[2:27:10] storefronts and potential

[2:27:10] business operators to allow

[2:27:13] for a pop-up business

[2:27:16] opportunity. This would be for

[2:27:16] vacant storefronts in the

[2:27:17] downtown and the goal of this

[2:27:22] is to. Get willing landlords

[2:27:25] who are willing and able to do

[2:27:28] shorter term leases to let

[2:27:29] some business operators try

[2:27:29] out of space for less cost in

[2:27:36] the downtown. Continuing in

[2:27:38] the same economic vitality

[2:27:39] element is a category in the

[2:27:41] report called downtown. And so

[2:27:42] we'd like to focus on the

[2:27:44] slide on some of the things

[2:27:46] that are happening in downtown

[2:27:48] to encourage economic

[2:27:51] vitality. There. One of those

[2:27:53] things that concerns are

[2:27:54] parking garages, city parking

[2:27:55] garages where they offer first

[2:27:58] are free to park and also of

[2:28:01] the program called Free Garage

[2:28:02] Holiday weekends where parking

[2:28:06] garages are free every weekend

[2:28:06] from Thanksgiving through

[2:28:11] JANUARY. 1st. In the upper

[2:28:12] right hand corner, we see a

[2:28:14] project that was brought to

[2:28:16] the city by the Railroad

[2:28:17] Square Association where they

[2:28:21] propose to style string lights

[2:28:22] and these have already been

[2:28:24] installed. That photo is was

[2:28:26] taken a few weeks ago. That is

[2:28:28] 4th street going from the

[2:28:30] Smart Depots station to the

[2:28:34] highway. Underpass. Progress

[2:28:34] was also made by public art

[2:28:40] staff, too. Create a program

[2:28:42] called as our public art walk.

[2:28:43] And this is really supposed to

[2:28:45] be creating temporary art

[2:28:47] outdoor galleries for people

[2:28:49] who live here and want to

[2:28:53] visit the downtown to see new

[2:28:55] and ever changing our pieces

[2:28:56] in the downtown. And I believe

[2:28:57] the call went out called for

[2:28:59] went out in JANUARY. So that's

[2:29:03] that's moving right now. Also

[2:29:04] Santa Rosa and was selected as

[2:29:08] one of 2 cities in the Bay

[2:29:12] Area to test out these pilots

[2:29:12] Santa Rosa. Well, this one

[2:29:13] says Santa Rosa downtown

[2:29:18] station, but these transit hub

[2:29:18] signs that mtc would like to

[2:29:22] implement. In all of the Bay

[2:29:23] area. So there's consistent

[2:29:28] signage whenever you go to a

[2:29:28] smart station, the same as it

[2:29:30] would be a Bart caltrain. So

[2:29:31] there's a consistent message

[2:29:35] in theme. Next railroad

[2:29:36] square. There was a pilot

[2:29:37] wayfinding sign program that

[2:29:41] in 2024 became permanent. So

[2:29:42] no businesses have the

[2:29:43] opportunity to provide some

[2:29:46] way finding to their to their

[2:29:47] businesses. And then finally

[2:29:50] on the slide, city staff are

[2:29:51] approached by Dave and

[2:29:53] Busters, which is a restaurant

[2:29:55] and indoor entertainment

[2:29:58] business about re tenant

[2:30:00] seeing fairly large space in

[2:30:01] the Santa Rosa Also states the

[2:30:03] staff have been working with

[2:30:04] them to determine any

[2:30:05] permitting needs. They MAY

[2:30:11] have. Another element in the

[2:30:13] general plan is the housing

[2:30:15] element and that was adopted

[2:30:18] in FEBRUARY 2023, it's an 8

[2:30:19] year cycles. So the end of the

[2:30:23] cycle, we'll be 2031 housing

[2:30:27] element looks at residential

[2:30:28] units have planning

[2:30:29] entitlements and that could be

[2:30:32] a use permit or design review.

[2:30:32] And it also looks at those

[2:30:35] projects to have building

[2:30:35] permits issued that MAY

[2:30:38] already be under construction,

[2:30:40] as you can see from the chart

[2:30:41] in the upper left, this goes

[2:30:44] back a few years. This gives

[2:30:46] us information residential

[2:30:50] units issued in the last year.

[2:30:53] So in 2024, that was 297

[2:30:57] residential building permits.

[2:31:00] And as you can see, 2021

[2:31:02] through 2023 were pretty

[2:31:04] banner years. The photos on

[2:31:05] the slide to pick the fruits

[2:31:08] of our labors and demonstrate

[2:31:09] the significant number of

[2:31:11] building permits issued in not

[2:31:12] three-year period of 2021.

[2:31:16] Through 2023. These projects

[2:31:19] on the slider currently under

[2:31:20] construction or have completed

[2:31:22] construction in 2024. In the

[2:31:25] upper right hand, that row

[2:31:28] that project Hony a Glenn

[2:31:30] Project, which is located

[2:31:34] Calistoga Road and Highway 12

[2:31:35] 99 unit affordable project

[2:31:36] that includes dedicated

[2:31:39] farmworker housing. These

[2:31:40] apartments are now being

[2:31:42] released and the project was

[2:31:45] process under sb. 35 or Senate

[2:31:46] Bill. 35 and that bill was

[2:31:50] designed to streamline

[2:31:52] multifamily projects that meet

[2:31:54] the city's objective standards

[2:31:58] for by right housing. Just

[2:31:59] below the building permit

[2:32:03] chart is South Park Commons,

[2:32:05] which is located at the former

[2:32:06] senior center site, which is

[2:32:09] Bennett Valley in Rutledge

[2:32:12] Avenue. 62 unit, multifamily

[2:32:13] project, also affordable and

[2:32:15] also took advantage of Senate

[2:32:21] Bill. 35 for processing. On

[2:32:23] the middle far right is for 20

[2:32:26] Mendocino Project. This is 8

[2:32:27] stories and wraps around

[2:32:28] Mendocino Avenue and Riley's

[2:32:30] Street. This project is almost

[2:32:33] finished construction and

[2:32:35] based on a site visit. It's

[2:32:37] now being marketed released as

[2:32:37] few links. If you're

[2:32:42] interested. I did skip the

[2:32:44] middle slide is the cannery

[2:32:47] project. And that is located

[2:32:49] right next to Santa Rosa Creek

[2:32:52] also affordable project. And

[2:32:55] finally, the bottom 2 pictures

[2:32:57] or the founder of Apartments.

[2:33:00] And this project includes 239

[2:33:01] units spread out over 6

[2:33:03] buildings that range in height

[2:33:06] from 3 to 5 stories. And this

[2:33:07] project is almost finished

[2:33:11] with construction. As I

[2:33:12] mentioned, the housing element

[2:33:13] also looks at projects that

[2:33:16] have approved planning

[2:33:16] entitlements and are waiting

[2:33:21] to pull permits to construct.

[2:33:22] On the top row. Going left to

[2:33:23] right. That is the cornerstone

[2:33:26] project in the downtown that

[2:33:29] was approved for 114 units.

[2:33:32] The Middle Row is the Cherry

[2:33:35] Project that's located on

[2:33:35] Fresno Avenue and it's

[2:33:38] approved for 67 units and then

[2:33:39] the bottom row. We have the

[2:33:42] land strive project and that's

[2:33:45] in the city's north. What

[2:33:47] northwest quadrant. It's

[2:33:50] approved for 672 units of

[2:33:52] multifamily housing. 98 small

[2:33:55] lot. Single-family dwellings

[2:33:57] and 4800 square feet of

[2:33:58] community serving retail and

[2:34:03] outdoor Plaza. The regional

[2:34:05] housing needs allocation is

[2:34:07] part of the housing element

[2:34:10] California. Mandates each

[2:34:11] jurisdiction creates fair

[2:34:12] share of housing, called the

[2:34:13] regional housing needs

[2:34:15] allocation or arena. The

[2:34:17] California Department of

[2:34:18] Housing and Community

[2:34:19] Development Hcd determines the

[2:34:20] total number of new homes. The

[2:34:23] Bay Area needs to build and

[2:34:25] how affordable those homes

[2:34:26] need to build in order to meet

[2:34:27] the housing demands of people

[2:34:31] at all income levels after

[2:34:32] that, the Association of Bay

[2:34:34] Area governments or a bad been

[2:34:35] distributes a share of the

[2:34:37] region's housing needs to each

[2:34:40] city and county in the region.

[2:34:42] The table on this slide

[2:34:42] compares reena numbers for

[2:34:43] Santa Rosa with building

[2:34:46] permit issuance by income

[2:34:48] category to illustrate the

[2:34:49] remaining need at the end of

[2:34:50] the cycle, which again is

[2:34:54] 2031. The top row that's been

[2:34:57] populated with numbers. And

[2:34:59] it's listed as the a baggy

[2:35:01] green objectives is the number

[2:35:04] of Reno units and income

[2:35:04] categories required by the

[2:35:08] city for this 8 year cycle.

[2:35:11] Skip ahead a little bit. The

[2:35:12] 2023 issued role really just

[2:35:12] gives you a comparison of what

[2:35:16] happened. The previous

[2:35:19] calendar year. And then we're

[2:35:21] at 2024. And that shows you

[2:35:27] that 297 units of above

[2:35:28] moderate units have building

[2:35:28] permits issued in this last

[2:35:32] calendar year. The row at the

[2:35:34] bottom, the remaining need by

[2:35:36] 2031 gives you a breakdown of

[2:35:37] the income categories in total

[2:35:40] number of units. But the city

[2:35:41] needs to to provide by the end

[2:35:48] of the cycle. Again, 2031.

[2:35:49] Land use and urban design

[2:35:51] element is combined on this

[2:35:52] slide and we typically go

[2:35:53] through and show you some of

[2:35:57] the things that the city has

[2:36:01] either approved permits for is

[2:36:02] considered concept. Design

[2:36:04] real props for projects in the

[2:36:07] city. Upper left is the zones

[2:36:09] which some of you MAY know is

[2:36:12] the boys and Girls Club that

[2:36:14] converted to the zones does

[2:36:15] similar things. They had a

[2:36:16] design review project for

[2:36:18] interior and exterior. All of

[2:36:19] their building permits are

[2:36:23] final in calendar year 2024.

[2:36:27] The 2 top right slides are

[2:36:28] canine companions and that's

[2:36:31] their facility on Avenue. And

[2:36:33] they also had a design review

[2:36:33] project finance finish

[2:36:37] building permit for the got

[2:36:39] their building permits finals

[2:36:41] in 2024. For a veterinary

[2:36:44] hospital, a canine health and

[2:36:44] wellness facility. And that

[2:36:47] awesome water feature the

[2:36:51] middle slide Something that's

[2:36:52] not yet approved. But

[2:36:54] something that the city has

[2:36:56] been considering as a design

[2:36:56] review application, it would

[2:36:59] be an expansion of the

[2:37:01] Spring-like village retirement

[2:37:04] community and they're

[2:37:06] proposing 32 units. This is

[2:37:07] located roughly between Los

[2:37:08] Alamos and Montgomery Drive

[2:37:10] the bottom right picture in

[2:37:13] blue. That was a concept

[2:37:14] design review elevation for

[2:37:15] the Hansel Ford Commercial

[2:37:18] Truck Service building on

[2:37:20] Welton Court. And the bottom

[2:37:22] right is concept design review

[2:37:23] elevation for events and

[2:37:24] conference center at 3rd

[2:37:31] Street in the downtown. The

[2:37:31] transportation element is

[2:37:33] next. The general plan

[2:37:33] includes goals and policies in

[2:37:37] this section about creating

[2:37:38] improve transportation options

[2:37:39] and collaborating with

[2:37:42] regional partners. And you've

[2:37:43] probably seen many of these

[2:37:44] improvements that took place

[2:37:47] in calendar year 2024. Top

[2:37:50] left. We have the class to

[2:37:52] bike lane that was installed

[2:37:53] at 4th Street. And the view

[2:37:54] here is right before the merge

[2:37:58] to College. Ave now the middle

[2:37:59] top slide is a class for bike

[2:38:01] lane that was installed right

[2:38:03] out here. Santa Rosa Avenue

[2:38:05] between first and Sonoma and

[2:38:11] then the middle slide rfp. A

[2:38:13] lot of these were installed,

[2:38:15] rapid rectangular flashing

[2:38:17] beacons and these were

[2:38:19] installed in several

[2:38:20] crosswalks in calendar year

[2:38:21] 2024. To increase pedestrian

[2:38:25] visibility. The transit

[2:38:28] division worked closely with

[2:38:29] the regional transit agencies

[2:38:30] to coordinate efforts and

[2:38:32] schedules. And one of these

[2:38:34] efforts is called mascots or

[2:38:35] the Marine Sonoma Coordinated

[2:38:38] Transit service plan in this

[2:38:39] particular plan is really

[2:38:40] looking at analyzing the

[2:38:42] highway 101, corridor to

[2:38:46] determine if there are

[2:38:49] efficiencies that can be made

[2:38:50] all of the transit partners

[2:38:55] that service that corridor.

[2:38:56] One thing I'd really like to

[2:38:59] highlight is the youth

[2:38:59] unlimited rides program, which

[2:39:01] allows a youth in the city of

[2:39:03] Santa Rosa to Ride City bus

[2:39:05] for free any time and anywhere

[2:39:08] that city bus is operating.

[2:39:10] And this program is vastly

[2:39:13] exceeded expectations prior to

[2:39:16] the initiation of this program

[2:39:17] in 2021. Youth accounted for

[2:39:21] 198,000 rides per year in this

[2:39:26] last year. Figure was 456,000,

[2:39:31] 867 writes. Now we're on to

[2:39:34] the public services facilities

[2:39:36] element which deals with goals

[2:39:37] and policies surrounding

[2:39:38] acquisition and development of

[2:39:40] park facilities, police and

[2:39:41] fire services air and water

[2:39:45] supply. First, the fire

[2:39:47] protection section calls for

[2:39:48] collaboration with other

[2:39:49] jurisdictions for fire

[2:39:51] services, which the fire

[2:39:51] department engages in with

[2:39:54] auto aid agreements with

[2:39:55] Sonoma County Fire District

[2:39:58] Sonoma Valley Protection

[2:40:00] District. They also do this

[2:40:01] with these sr mutual threat

[2:40:05] zone operating plan. Which is

[2:40:06] in partnership with Sonoma

[2:40:08] County for District in Cal

[2:40:10] Fire and covers specific wild

[2:40:12] land, urban interface, areas.

[2:40:16] In 2024. Fire department

[2:40:20] received 28,358 calls for

[2:40:21] service. 69% of which were for

[2:40:25] emergency medical incidents in

[2:40:28] a total of 135 fires resulted

[2:40:29] in approximately 10.5 million

[2:40:33] dollars in for losses. Now on

[2:40:35] to please use services skews

[2:40:38] me this section also includes

[2:40:38] collaboration with other

[2:40:43] agencies and organizations

[2:40:44] which the police department

[2:40:44] doesn't. Several I think you

[2:40:47] heard tonight about the

[2:40:48] violence prevention

[2:40:49] partnership, our police

[2:40:52] Department partners with them

[2:40:53] as well as regional and

[2:40:56] federal task force is to

[2:40:56] reduce violence in the

[2:40:58] community and tried to address

[2:40:59] the opioid crisis in Sonoma

[2:41:04] County. During Twenty-twenty

[2:41:07] for police responded to

[2:41:12] 117,848 calls for service over

[2:41:14] 390 firearms were seized in

[2:41:17] criminal investigations. 124

[2:41:18] of these were manufactured

[2:41:21] firearms are ghost guns. And

[2:41:22] that's a 20 125% increase from

[2:41:26] last year. In the same

[2:41:29] element, we have a section on

[2:41:31] water supply and that deals

[2:41:31] with goals and policies to

[2:41:33] ensure we have adequate water

[2:41:35] supply available for existing

[2:41:38] and future needs of the city

[2:41:40] and the city's water supply is

[2:41:42] primarily furnished through

[2:41:44] the Russian And as Jennifer

[2:41:45] Burke mentioned earlier, there

[2:41:46] are several programs that the

[2:41:52] city offers too reduce your

[2:41:53] water bill to do rain, water,

[2:41:53] harvesting rebates and things

[2:41:58] like that. The city plans for

[2:42:00] projected water demand water

[2:42:01] supply and water supply

[2:42:04] reliability through its urban

[2:42:05] water management plan that was

[2:42:05] adopted by the State

[2:42:07] Department of Water Resources

[2:42:11] in 2021. And they also a

[2:42:12] document called the water

[2:42:15] Shortage, contingency plan

[2:42:16] that describes how the city

[2:42:17] will respond during times of

[2:42:19] drought supply reductions in

[2:42:24] emergencies. Parks is also in

[2:42:25] this section. They have

[2:42:27] several projects going on. I

[2:42:30] only have 2 listed on the

[2:42:31] slide. First is bottom left

[2:42:33] the Southeast Greenway

[2:42:35] Project. This is a live near

[2:42:37] area running from Farmers.

[2:42:40] Lane past summer. Feel road

[2:42:42] and connecting to Spring

[2:42:45] Regional Park. The acquisition

[2:42:48] process for this began in 2016

[2:42:49] in the sale was finalized in

[2:42:53] calendar year 2024. Funds from

[2:42:55] a priority conservation area.

[2:42:55] Grant are expected to help

[2:42:59] with the planning process and

[2:43:00] at minimum, its proposed have

[2:43:03] a multi-use path in park area.

[2:43:05] The right hand corner is the

[2:43:07] much anticipated sprayed

[2:43:09] around and at the Family

[2:43:10] Aquatic Center, which was

[2:43:12] nearing completion in 2024.

[2:43:14] And that will provide 15

[2:43:18] interactive spray features in

[2:43:19] 2 areas that have tables and

[2:43:21] people can reserve for parties

[2:43:22] and things like that.

[2:43:29] Birthdays. We're now at the

[2:43:31] open space in conservation

[2:43:33] elements this part of the

[2:43:36] general plan speaks to goals

[2:43:39] related to open resource

[2:43:41] conservation and in the

[2:43:43] section or updates on the

[2:43:44] city's Creek stewardship

[2:43:46] program. This includes

[2:43:48] outreach, Education, Volunteer

[2:43:50] Creek, stewards maintenance

[2:43:51] and enhancement days. And last

[2:43:53] fiscal year, almost 10,000

[2:43:55] residents participated in

[2:43:56] these programs. Henry moved

[2:43:59] over 1100 cubic yards of trash

[2:44:04] and debris from our waterways.

[2:44:05] The multi-phase lower Colgan

[2:44:06] Creek, a project continues so

[2:44:07] much finish will provide field

[2:44:11] base, education programming.

[2:44:13] Student-led science projects,

[2:44:14] Volunteer Creek cleanups

[2:44:15] Community Art, Project

[2:44:16] Opportunities in volunteer

[2:44:19] planting days. The settlement

[2:44:21] also includes a section ways

[2:44:23] reduction, recycling and

[2:44:24] composting. And in this vein,

[2:44:25] the city's 0 Waste Coordinator

[2:44:28] works with where works with

[2:44:31] the community towards

[2:44:32] implementing the cities are

[2:44:32] always foodware ordinance

[2:44:37] which was adopted in 2021. And

[2:44:38] the city's solid waste

[2:44:39] franchisee also works towards

[2:44:43] us by providing waste audits

[2:44:44] and waste reduction education

[2:44:46] at Santa Rosa, schools and

[2:44:48] businesses and during

[2:44:49] Twenty-twenty for this team

[2:44:53] provided over 1100 site visits

[2:44:55] 187 trainings, recycling

[2:44:58] efforts initiated it. 40 new

[2:44:59] establishments and composting

[2:45:00] programs were initiated for

[2:45:04] 166 accounts. The section also

[2:45:05] includes efforts to reduce

[2:45:08] greenhouse gas emissions. The

[2:45:09] city's draft community. Why

[2:45:11] greenhouse gas reduction

[2:45:12] strategy has been prepared as

[2:45:13] part of the Comprehensive

[2:45:16] General Plan. Update. It will

[2:45:16] be considered for approval in

[2:45:20] the next couple months. The

[2:45:21] stalking it will replace the

[2:45:22] city's current community,

[2:45:23] climate action plan and

[2:45:24] incorporate many of the

[2:45:25] elements of the municipal

[2:45:25] operations, climate action

[2:45:29] plan. Going for the greenhouse

[2:45:30] gas reduction strategy will be

[2:45:33] the one document measuring

[2:45:34] progress towards Santa Rosa

[2:45:37] climate neutrality by 2045,

[2:45:37] which is in accordance with

[2:45:43] state mandate. Now we're on to

[2:45:44] the youth and family elements

[2:45:46] and this looks a policies and

[2:45:47] goals to promote health,

[2:45:48] safety and welfare for all

[2:45:51] members of the community. Many

[2:45:54] city programs touch on this,

[2:45:54] including this city youth.

[2:45:57] Unlimited rides program and

[2:45:58] some other programs are

[2:45:59] highlighted on the slider

[2:46:00] efforts from the city's

[2:46:01] violence Prevention

[2:46:04] partnership work by the

[2:46:04] partnership. In on a

[2:46:05] mentioned, a few of these

[2:46:08] things earlier. This includes

[2:46:09] Safe Campus Intervention

[2:46:10] program. The Clean Slate

[2:46:14] Tattoo removal program and

[2:46:15] street outreach in Crisis

[2:46:16] Response team which started in

[2:46:20] JANUARY 2025. In addition to

[2:46:21] the park's updates provided in

[2:46:22] the public facilities element,

[2:46:24] the recreation and parks team

[2:46:26] continues to publish activity

[2:46:28] guides twice per year offering

[2:46:34] camps training classes

[2:46:35] classes. I think I already

[2:46:36] mentioned that. And to members

[2:46:39] of the community and in 2020

[2:46:40] for the city's work

[2:46:41] experience, program for teens

[2:46:44] had 256 participants. He

[2:46:46] logged 25,000 hours of

[2:46:47] community service in 12

[2:46:48] different volunteer program.

[2:46:54] Areas. This annual report also

[2:46:56] includes an update on the

[2:46:57] city's growth management

[2:46:58] ordinance that was adopted in

[2:47:01] 1992. In response to record

[2:47:03] growth the Mid 1980's and

[2:47:04] concern regarding the city's

[2:47:05] ability to provide adequate

[2:47:09] services. Growth management

[2:47:10] was added to the Santa Rosa

[2:47:11] General plan as a separate

[2:47:13] optional element. And the

[2:47:14] city's growth management

[2:47:16] ordinance regulates

[2:47:18] residential growth by allowing

[2:47:21] 800 new residential allotments

[2:47:22] per year anticipates this

[2:47:23] development pace would result

[2:47:27] in the population for Santa

[2:47:29] Rosa of 237,000 people by the

[2:47:32] year 2035. And as a came

[2:47:34] earlier in the report, the

[2:47:35] Department of Finance most

[2:47:36] recent population estimate for

[2:47:40] Santa Rosa is 174,890

[2:47:45] residents. Growth Management

[2:47:47] allotments are available from

[2:47:49] 2 reserves. They're called and

[2:47:51] reserve be and they each get

[2:47:54] 400 new allotments per year.

[2:47:58] The allotments are for housing

[2:47:58] products such as accessory

[2:48:00] dwelling units mixed use

[2:48:02] multifamily and smaller

[2:48:03] single-family under 12, 50

[2:48:07] square feet. Reserve be are

[2:48:08] for single-family units that

[2:48:10] are over that square footage.

[2:48:13] So in 2024, as we reviewed

[2:48:14] earlier, 297 residential

[2:48:17] building permits were issued.

[2:48:19] And of these permits 156 were

[2:48:23] reserved a qualifying units

[2:48:28] and 141 were reserved. Be. The

[2:48:29] number of entitled units,

[2:48:29] those residential projects

[2:48:32] that received planning

[2:48:33] approvals but did not have

[2:48:37] permits issued yet was 699 and

[2:48:39] the reserve a category and 6

[2:48:44] in the reserve be category.

[2:48:45] Now we're on to the review of

[2:48:50] inclusionary housing.

[2:48:51] Inclusionary housing requires

[2:48:53] that housing projects include

[2:48:54] on-site affordable units or

[2:48:58] the payment of inlude fees.

[2:48:59] Al-Qaida units are for nearly

[2:49:01] construction for rent or for

[2:49:04] sale units which are made

[2:49:04] available in occupied by

[2:49:05] household of lower moderate

[2:49:09] income. Types of units are

[2:49:11] also subject to occupancy and

[2:49:12] affordable rent or sales price

[2:49:14] controls for a minimum of. 55

[2:49:20] years. When the city receives

[2:49:21] housing impact fees, money

[2:49:22] collected from the

[2:49:24] inclusionary housing ordinance

[2:49:26] is directed to the city's

[2:49:26] Housing Authority which

[2:49:30] administers these funds during

[2:49:31] Twenty-twenty for all 297

[2:49:34] units were market rate.

[2:49:36] However, that generated in

[2:49:36] live funds in the amount of

[2:49:40] 1.5, 2 million dollars.

[2:49:41] Collected to support

[2:49:42] affordable housing in the

[2:49:44] city. These funds will be used

[2:49:45] for the recently completed

[2:49:48] Stony Point Flats Project and

[2:49:49] for the future development of

[2:49:51] to affordable housing

[2:49:53] complexes and the pictures on

[2:49:55] these slides just a packed

[2:49:56] existing affordable housing

[2:49:57] projects in the city of Santa

[2:50:02] Rosa. For the environmental

[2:50:05] piece of general plan, annual

[2:50:06] review report is not a project

[2:50:07] which has the potential for

[2:50:08] resulting in either a direct

[2:50:10] physical change in the

[2:50:12] environment. We're reasonably

[2:50:13] foreseeable in direct physical

[2:50:15] change in the environment.

[2:50:17] Pursuant to sequel guidelines

[2:50:25] Section 1, 5, 3, 7, 8, And

[2:50:26] before I conclude with the

[2:50:27] recommendation, I would just

[2:50:28] like to make a pitch for

[2:50:32] anyone who's listening or not

[2:50:34] already signed up for the city

[2:50:35] connections, newsletter. It's

[2:50:39] a free newsletter. It goes out

[2:50:40] once or twice a month and has

[2:50:42] a lot of the same information

[2:50:45] that I've provided tonight as

[2:50:46] well as opportunities to

[2:50:50] engage and community events.

[2:50:51] And the part of those 10,000

[2:50:52] people who perhaps help clean

[2:50:55] up the creek. And with that,

[2:50:57] it's recommended by the

[2:50:58] planning and economic

[2:50:58] development department that

[2:51:02] the council by Motion Rivian

[2:51:04] except the 2024 general plan,

[2:51:05] inclusionary housing and

[2:51:08] Growth Management annual

[2:51:10] review report. This is my

[2:51:12] contact information. I'm here

[2:51:14] as well as supervising planner

[2:51:16] Amy Nicholson and we have

[2:51:18] several members of staff from

[2:51:20] various departments who will

[2:51:21] be available to answer

[2:51:25] questions. Thank you. Thank

[2:51:27] you. For anybody. You ask

[2:51:28] themselves the question, what

[2:51:30] kinds of things to do? City

[2:51:31] staff do to make the quality

[2:51:32] of life in the city better?

[2:51:33] Well, there's answer right

[2:51:33] there.

[2:51:34] >> Bring it back to council

[2:51:40] for questions. Been us. Thank

[2:51:43] you for the presentation.

[2:51:45] >> Just a quick question about

[2:51:45] I was looking at the annual

[2:51:50] report. I saw the term the

[2:51:53] missing middle. And I've been

[2:51:53] hearing a lot about that out

[2:51:56] in the community. And I would

[2:51:57] if you would talk them that

[2:51:59] there was an ordinance coming,

[2:52:00] I guess I would if you would

[2:52:03] talk about that for a moment.

[2:52:04] >> Yeah. That's one of missing

[2:52:05] middle ordinance is something

[2:52:06] that's been contemplated by

[2:52:09] the city for quite some time.

[2:52:10] The city through the general

[2:52:15] plan update is proposing to

[2:52:16] include dot really to explain

[2:52:17] it briefly, it's to brought

[2:52:21] provide for gentle density.

[2:52:22] Where it's not this massive

[2:52:23] building. It looks more like a

[2:52:24] house. It at that, you know,

[2:52:25] maybe 2 and a half 3 stories,

[2:52:28] something that blends in

[2:52:31] provides more units and these

[2:52:33] missing properties would be

[2:52:34] located in areas that are

[2:52:37] walkable to services said the

[2:52:38] parking needs should not be as

[2:52:41] great as you know, if it on

[2:52:43] the outskirts of town Amy

[2:52:44] chime in. If she has anything

[2:52:47] else to say. Thank you,

[2:52:49] councilmember for the

[2:52:52] question. So it everything

[2:52:53] that Sheila mentioned is is

[2:52:54] accurate. We are moving

[2:52:55] forward with this missing

[2:52:58] middle housing initiative.

[2:53:00] >> We well be.

[2:53:01] >> Talking about it just

[2:53:02] briefly as a part of our

[2:53:04] General Plan update

[2:53:05] presentation because the

[2:53:09] general plan update does

[2:53:09] really set the scene for

[2:53:10] missing middle housing to be

[2:53:11] allowed within the city.

[2:53:12] That's analyzed in the

[2:53:14] environmental Impact report as

[2:53:17] well. And so several months

[2:53:19] following the council's action

[2:53:20] on our General Plan update

[2:53:21] will be bringing forward the

[2:53:22] missing middle housing

[2:53:22] ordinance. And so you'll

[2:53:24] receive a full a presentation

[2:53:25] on that project later on in

[2:53:29] the summer.

[2:53:33] >> MR. Donald. Thank you,

[2:53:35] Mayor, thank you for your

[2:53:36] presentation. And and just

[2:53:37] your thorough job of taking us

[2:53:40] through. This just well done

[2:53:40] tonight. I did quick question

[2:53:44] on the arena numbers. And

[2:53:45] understand those numbers are

[2:53:47] set for Monday, different

[2:53:47] entity, but because of the

[2:53:48] high cost of construction

[2:53:52] right now on the impending

[2:53:53] potential of the increase of

[2:53:57] another, maybe 2025%. And in

[2:53:58] and construction. Do we have

[2:54:00] any concerns that perhaps

[2:54:00] we're not gonna be able to

[2:54:02] make those numbers simply

[2:54:05] because developers and

[2:54:06] builders are being priced out

[2:54:07] of the market to be able to

[2:54:07] qualify for some of our

[2:54:12] affordable housing.

[2:54:13] >> Yeah, that's a really tough

[2:54:14] question because the city is

[2:54:16] not a developer. We rely on

[2:54:17] the development community to

[2:54:21] come to us with their projects

[2:54:21] so we can process them. We're

[2:54:24] doing actually. Pretty well

[2:54:29] with above moderate. But even

[2:54:32] if we got access units beyond

[2:54:33] what's required by the state,

[2:54:34] it doesn't count towards any

[2:54:41] of our arena. So

[2:54:42] >> Megan. Do have those? And

[2:54:43] just the you know, do they

[2:54:44] make those adjustments? Megan

[2:54:45] has received like a reduction

[2:54:48] because it just looking at the

[2:54:48] numbers from.

[2:54:49] >> Your prior to this year

[2:54:52] 2024, it was quite shift. I

[2:54:54] have not seen an adjustment in

[2:54:55] prior years. It's it's part of

[2:54:57] our buildings cycle that we go

[2:54:58] through. And as say that in

[2:55:00] addition to what we've seen in

[2:55:01] the permitting, we're also

[2:55:03] going to experience a decrease

[2:55:05] in funding for the past years.

[2:55:06] We've had an unprecedented

[2:55:08] resources that have come to us

[2:55:09] through the disaster recovery

[2:55:11] money through additional tax

[2:55:13] credits, robust money at the

[2:55:15] state. So we're going to see

[2:55:16] some of that will become more

[2:55:16] difficult to build units. But

[2:55:19] we do have several projects

[2:55:21] that are currently in our

[2:55:22] pipeline that the housing

[2:55:23] Authority has provided

[2:55:26] pre-development funding for

[2:55:27] are actively competing for

[2:55:28] funding and they also have

[2:55:28] resources that are available

[2:55:29] through the red that they can

[2:55:33] Were. We're going to keep

[2:55:34] pushing on the affordable

[2:55:34] projects and hope that we can

[2:55:35] get some better competitive at

[2:55:39] the state level for funding

[2:55:43] through hcd tax credits Ponce.

[2:55:44] Thank you so much. I

[2:55:44] appreciate that. And again,

[2:55:45] the for the presentation and

[2:55:47] night.

[2:55:49] >> That will open up the

[2:55:51] public comment. Are there any

[2:55:51] members of the public here was

[2:55:55] make public comment? Seeing

[2:55:56] none that bring about council

[2:56:02] for any any final Ocean. City

[2:56:04] manager, mayor packages have

[2:56:05] some clarification. Sheila and

[2:56:09] Amy, thank you for a job. Well

[2:56:09] Director and city attorneys

[2:56:11] office. Thank you for a job.

[2:56:12] Well done as we move to an

[2:56:15] update on the general plan.

[2:56:16] But oftentimes when we talk

[2:56:18] about the missing middle, I

[2:56:22] believe some people. When a

[2:56:23] am. I were talking about 120

[2:56:28] are 140 percent. Am I so Amy,

[2:56:29] can you provide just a little

[2:56:32] bit more clarification on what

[2:56:32] actually the definition of

[2:56:37] missing middle is. Sure. Thank

[2:56:40] you very much for the

[2:56:41] question.

[2:56:43] >> And that is true that there

[2:56:47] are some conversations that

[2:56:47] convey that missing middle

[2:56:48] housing might relate to

[2:56:49] affordability or deed

[2:56:50] restricted affordability. And

[2:56:53] that is not the case for what

[2:56:57] the city has been working on.

[2:56:58] It oftentimes because missing

[2:56:59] middle housing units are

[2:57:01] smaller in size. I think they

[2:57:03] typically average around 1000

[2:57:06] square feet. They MAY be more

[2:57:07] affordable to additional

[2:57:08] households, but they're not

[2:57:10] required by any sort of local

[2:57:11] or state agreement to be

[2:57:11] restricted to affordable

[2:57:17] household.

[2:57:18] >> Thank you. The

[2:57:19] clarification. Any other final

[2:57:23] comments, MR. Thank you, MR.

[2:57:25] Mayor, that the Spurs kind of

[2:57:26] question in my mind would

[2:57:28] missing middle also include

[2:57:30] any sort of incentives to

[2:57:31] build condos or townhomes to

[2:57:32] create some sort of ownership

[2:57:34] latter. So you're not going

[2:57:35] from renting.

[2:57:36] >> To a single-family detached

[2:57:38] home. But there's somewhere in

[2:57:39] between as well as a step down

[2:57:43] the ladder not to go from.

[2:57:43] >> Only a single-family

[2:57:44] detached home down to renting,

[2:57:45] but something smaller that you

[2:57:49] can still maintain yourself.

[2:57:50] >> Thank you for the question.

[2:57:52] And this is actually a

[2:57:52] question that we've heard from

[2:57:54] our community recently as

[2:57:55] well. The missing middle

[2:57:59] housing ordinance does include

[2:58:01] an option for townhomes, but

[2:58:02] it doesn't speak to ownership

[2:58:06] specifically. And so in order

[2:58:07] for if if we were looking at

[2:58:12] condominiums, for example, the

[2:58:13] process to subdivided have a

[2:58:16] condo is it said a separate

[2:58:17] process from what the missing

[2:58:17] middle housing ordinance would

[2:58:19] approve, which is essentially

[2:58:23] a planning approval. So that

[2:58:24] specifically is not considered

[2:58:26] in the ordinance, but again,

[2:58:28] the ordinance would allow for

[2:58:29] townhomes. That would be like

[2:58:30] a single unit and it could be

[2:58:33] attached on smaller lots. And

[2:58:34] so the incentive is that the

[2:58:38] process is streamlined and

[2:58:39] you're also able to build out

[2:58:41] a higher density than you

[2:58:42] would otherwise be allowed to

[2:58:42] if you are not following this

[2:58:44] missing middle housing

[2:58:51] standard or set of standards.

[2:58:52] >> All right. I just add my

[2:58:54] thanks as well. This is

[2:58:55] enormous amount of information

[2:58:57] very, very simply presented.

[2:58:58] And it really did speak to the

[2:59:00] incredible range of activities

[2:59:01] that city staff is involved

[2:59:02] Thank you for late. Think

[2:59:03] thank you for presenting thank

[2:59:04] you for laying it out in this

[2:59:06] way. And with that been with

[2:59:14] are the great promotion.

[2:59:15] >> I move a motion to accept

[2:59:18] the 2024 general plan,

[2:59:21] inclusionary housing and

[2:59:21] growth management.

[2:59:22] >> Annual review report and

[2:59:23] reading of the tax.

[2:59:26] >> Second. We have a motion

[2:59:26] and a second for MISS

[2:59:31] McDonald. Thank you.

[2:59:33] Councilmember Rogers is absent

[2:59:34] Councilmember Okrepkie. I

[2:59:34] Councilmember I councilmember

[2:59:38] Fleming.

[2:59:38] >> Councilmember Ben, most

[2:59:39] yes, Vice Mayor Alvarez. I

[2:59:43] they are stopped. Let the

[2:59:43] record show this past of the 6

[2:59:46] affirmative votes.

[2:59:47] >> Thank you very much. All

[2:59:48] right. We'll jump to item 17.

[2:59:50] We have no written

[2:59:51] communications item, 18 public

[2:59:53] comment on non agenda matters.

[2:59:54] Are there any members of the

[2:59:55] public who wish to comment on

[2:59:58] any items, not the agenda,

[2:59:59] seeing none. We are adjourned.

[3:00:14] Thank you, everyone.

City Council

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