[1:32] Good afternoon. My name is Crystal Salcido. Vice Mayor for the City of Watsonville, the date is July 8, 430 p.m. This is the date and time for the notice meeting. Can I get a roll call, please?

[1:46] Clerk?

[1:48] Deutra?

[1:50] Montesino?

[1:52] Parker? Here?

[1:54] Giddles Carter? Here?

[1:55] And Salcido?

[1:56] Here? We have quorum.

[1:57] And we do not have any introduction of new employees or recognitions of retirees today, so moving on to presentations that summer in the city graduation.

[2:08] Mayor, good afternoon, Mayor and council.

[2:11] I want to introduce our city manager, Annelis Jessica Rinterea, who did a fantastic job this year, and you guys would not let me lie.

[2:24] supporting the summer in the city program.

[2:28] So she has a presentation for the council.

[2:33] Good afternoon, Mayor Potem, council members,

[2:36] and members of the public.

[2:37] As mentioned, my name is Jessica Dantidia.

[2:39] I'm an administrative analyst with the City Manager

[2:41] Department.

[2:43] And I'm very excited to be here today with all of you

[2:45] to celebrate the 2025 summer in the city interns

[2:48] and all their hard work and dedication

[2:51] throughout this program.

[2:52] This year, we welcome 20 students

[2:55] from the Paw Hill Valley Unified School District.

[2:58] The interns had the opportunity to work with various departments, such as public works and utilities,

[3:04] parks and community services, library, airport, community development, police, city administration,

[3:12] and the Watsonville community hospital.

[3:14] Over the past few weeks, interns were closely with their mentors on their civic engagement projects

[3:20] which addressed real community issues.

[3:22] They're work culminated in a mock city council meeting that was held yesterday and I have to say that they did an outstanding job yesterday

[3:31] They're creativity and leadership really shined and we're so excited to see what great things that they'll go on to achieve

[3:39] Of course, none of this sort of been possible without the support behind the entrance

[3:44] I would like to thank the Parjov Valley Unified School District

[3:47] for their continued partnership with the City of Watsonville,

[3:51] the Watsonville Community Hospital for joining us this year,

[3:55] and a very special thank you to all the mentors

[3:58] and inter-intering, ladies, I'm sorry, that guided

[4:02] and encouraged the interns every step of the way.

[4:05] And last but certainly not least,

[4:07] I would like to thank all the parents and families

[4:10] who support made it possible for the interns to participate

[4:13] and succeed in this program.

[4:15] Now we would like to share a short video that highlights this year summer in the city experience.

[5:44] And now I'd like to invite Mayor Potem to join us for the presentation of the certificates for the entrance.

[5:59] I'm so excited. This is the very first certificates I've ever given out as a Mayor Potem.

[6:04] So, if I mess up, please don't hammer me too much.

[6:11] Okay, so thank you all summer in the city, graduates, congratulations on all the work you've done this year.

[6:19] I want to start with these right here.

[6:22] Yeah, so I'll go ahead and name them and they'll come up and stand behind you and then you can handle them there.

[6:28] Certificate.

[6:28] These are the same order.

[6:30] Yes, hoping.

[6:31] They are so big.

[6:32] Sounds good.

[6:33] Okay, so first off we have Alex Gonzalez Valencia.

[6:36] He's a senior from PAHO Valley High School.

[6:39] He was placed in the city administration office.

[7:01] Next is Alonso Benia Carlos.

[7:03] He's a senior at Watsonville High School,

[7:05] and he was placed in the parks and community services.

[7:25] You were first just...

[7:37] A list of all of her, she is a senior at Aptos High School.

[7:46] And she was placed in the library department.

[8:02] Anahi Gortez Hakova, she's a senior at Aptos High School and she was placed in the parks and community services.

[8:25] Anhe Lonell Vasquez Hernandez, a junior at Watsonville High School, and was placed in the public works department.

[8:42] Next, we have Kerem Ho, she's an apt-toss high school senior, and she was placed at the library, but unfortunately she was unable to attend today.

[8:54] Cindy Gonzales, she's a junior at Watsonville High School, and was placed in the library department.

[9:07] And Kerem's certificate, I did take it out, so it is over here. Yes.

[9:20] Daisy Sanchez Vareira, she's a senior at Watsonville High School, and she was placed in the community development department.

[9:44] In Manuel, Angel Perez Sahagun, he is a junior at Pauhero Valley High School, and he was

[9:51] placed with a community development department.

[10:04] Isaac Rintiria Camacho, a senior at Watsonville

[10:07] High School, and he was with the police department.

[10:23] Isabella Alvarado, senior at Watsonville

[10:26] High School, and she was with the Parks and Community Services.

[10:41] Isabella Torres, a senior

[10:43] at Watsonville High School and she was with the Watsonville Community Hospital.

[10:59] Jasmine

[11:00] Guadalupe Duarte Laguna, a junior at New School and she was placed in the library.

[11:16] Jasmine

[11:16] del Gardeo, a junior at Abtoas High School and she was with the airport.

[11:37] Le Lani Garcia, a junior at Abtoas High School and she was with the Watsonville Community Hospital.

[11:57] Myra Salvador Vega, a junior at Watsonville High School and she was with the Public Works Department.

[12:18] Natalia Bows, a senior at Abtoas High School, and she was with the Public Works Department.

[12:35] Naili Gordillo Avela, a senior at Abtoas High School, and she was with the police.

[12:54] Nicole Garcia Loretto, she's a junior at Watsonville High School, and she was placed with the Public Works Department.

[12:59] And

[13:09] last we have Sophia Espinoza, a senior at Abtoz High School and she was with her airport.

[13:31] And now if you guys can get together for a group picture please.

[15:01] Congratulations, again, to all of you, to continue celebrating we do invite you and family members to go on to the community room right next door.

[15:10] There's lemonade and cake, and you guys are all welcome to attend.

[15:42] All right, moving on to item three, closed session, correspondence, if any.

[15:51] All right, seeing none, moving on to item four, public comments, regarding closed session.

[15:58] We will accept any public comment on any closed session items at this time.

[16:06] Seeing none,

[16:10] time to adjourn to closed session.

[16:11] Thank you very much.

[17:19] We are.

[17:19] Good evening.

[17:23] The time is now 6 p.m. We just return from closed session.

[17:29] City Attorney, do we have any reports out of closed session?

[17:33] Thank you. This evening, the Council met in closed session to discuss conference

[17:37] legal counsel pending litigation and conference with the Labour negotiator.

[17:42] On the matter relating to pending litigation, the Council gave direction to initiate

[17:46] litigation relating to a cannabis tax issue and that's the end of the report.

[17:54] Thank you.

[17:55] Turning now to item five, can I get a roll call please?

[18:00] Yes, Clark.

[18:02] President.

[18:02] Do you, Tra?

[18:04] Here.

[18:04] Montesino.

[18:05] Parker.

[18:06] President.

[18:07] Kittos Carter.

[18:08] Here.

[18:08] Salcedo.

[18:09] Here.

[18:10] And Roscoe.

[18:12] We have quorum.

[18:14] And I did not make a motion to excuse council or mayor of Roscoe.

[18:18] Can I do that now?

[18:19] Yes.

[18:19] Go ahead.

[18:19] I'd like to make a motion to excuse mayor of Roscoe.

[18:22] All seconds.

[18:23] No.

[18:24] Can I get a roll call?

[18:26] Clark?

[18:27] Hi.

[18:28] Montesino?

[18:29] Yes.

[18:29] Parker?

[18:30] I.

[18:30] Gittos Carter?

[18:32] And Salcita?

[18:33] I.

[18:33] The motion carries.

[18:34] Turning out of item six.

[18:36] Council member.

[18:37] Clark.

[18:37] if you could please lead us in the College of Allegiance.

[19:03] Attorney not item seven information items

[19:05] or a part of disbursement or a miscellaneous document

[19:08] report anything to report out there?

[19:12] City manager?

[19:14] Item seven?

[19:17] Reports of disbursements?

[19:18] No, there's no.

[19:19] Thank you.

[19:20] turning out item A, presentation, and oral communication.

[19:23] This is the time to set aside for members of the general public to address the council on any item not on this council agenda,

[19:30] which is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council.

[19:34] No action or discussions shall be taken on any item presented, except that any council member may respond to statements made or questions asked, or may ask questions for clarification.

[19:44] All matters of an administrative nature will be referred to staff, all matters relating to council will be noted in the minutes and maybe scheduled for discussion at a future meeting or referred to staff for clarification and report.

[19:58] All speakers are asked to fill out a speaker card and leave it at the podium, speakers are asked to announce their name and the district in which they live in in order to obtain accurate record for the minutes.

[20:07] And just very briefly, I wanted to provide our Spanish translation

[20:12] admonition and city manager.

[20:14] Vitas could read this in Spanish as well.

[20:16] To use Spanish interpretation devices,

[20:18] obtain one from the table by the interpretation booth.

[20:21] Turn it on and make sure is set on channel E.

[20:24] To use assisted listening, turn the device to channel A.

[20:27] If you cannot hear, check that the device is on.

[20:30] The volume can be adjusted using the arrow buttons.

[20:32] Please return it before you leave.

[20:34] Here you go.

[21:00] Thank you very much.

[21:03] Turning now to item 8A oral communications from the

[21:06] the public and this will be for two minutes each. Are there any oral communications from the

[21:12] public at this time?

[21:18] Just a moment, sir, if we could turn your mic on? If you press the

[21:22] button, sir, that's right there.

[21:27] Thank you, sir. My name is Nicholas Whitehead. I'm from a very humble

[21:32] town, slightly to the north of the pier, which is extremely proud of itself. Overly proud,

[21:40] And you are from a very modest town here in the Central Area of California and you have some remarkable achievements that you've all accomplished.

[21:53] This is a growing town. It's really impressive. I wasn't English accent. That's where I was born.

[22:01] This is kind of a funny thing that in my town, when we have visitors, there are seats for them to sit on and wait in the anti-room or in the area outside the city council chambers.

[22:16] It doesn't matter if they're distinguished visitors or most drivers or even homeless people, they can sit down and wait.

[22:24] Oh boy, I came here a little early and could not find any place to sit down outside there.

[22:30] I'm trying to go outside on the roof, and there wasn't any bench on all that I could see on there.

[22:37] Then I had to control a very attractive female assistant on the city to find me a chair.

[22:46] And she did so. So I'm happy right now. Thank you.

[22:51] Thank you.

[22:57] Good evening.

[22:57] Good evening members of the Council, Marta Belage, District 1.

[23:00] A passenger rail project is being proposed between Watsonville and Santa Cruz with a passenger

[23:06] terminal to be operated in the Watsonville city limits.

[23:10] Watsonville's downtown specific plan specified that the existing historic passenger depot

[23:16] located at Walker Street in West Lake would be the location of a future passenger terminal.

[23:22] During an open house event in June, the RTC staff revealed that the historic depot would not

[23:28] used, due to rail trajectory complications, and that an alternative passenger terminal would

[23:34] be established on the east side of Walker Street between second and beach streets. Furthermore,

[23:41] the RTC is proposing to remove the existing railway line from the middle of Walker Street

[23:46] and build a new line about 20 feet to the east, blocking all of the businesses from using Walker Street.

[23:54] I recently did a personal survey with most of the property owners and businesses on the

[24:00] affected side of the street. Not a single property owner, business owner, or Jason Stoke

[24:06] stakeholder, had ever been informed about what is being proposed. This project is already

[24:13] starting off with a horrible, a lick notification procedure. How did we go from spending all

[24:22] tax payer money on your downtown specific plan for urban planning to now out of the blue

[24:29] dropping a plutonium hydrogen bomb on half of Walker Street to wipe out every thriving business

[24:36] and job on the route. Thank you.

[24:47] Good evening. Hi everybody. My name is Jessica Carrasco. I am an artist

[24:54] Educator, obligatory organizer, and one of the PBUSD trustees.

[24:58] But today I'm here for two things.

[25:00] I'm here to invite you to our third annual,

[25:04] our own wheels event.

[25:05] So that's my first thing.

[25:07] My second thing is I'm here to thank you for giving us

[25:10] a city sponsorship to be able to close Main Street,

[25:13] Peck, and Union to have our car show slash art festival

[25:17] in downtown Watsonville.

[25:19] We were really excited to be able to get full city sponsorship.

[25:24] A lot of us in the committee for our on wheels do this for free.

[25:27] We will all in here to put this event on and I'm going to tell you a little bit of what it is for those of you who are new to our on wheels.

[25:36] It is a car show not just low riders but also hot rods, mortar cycles and bikes and that day we close down to three streets.

[25:46] So we have art vendors, local businesses, local food vendors, and a lot of activities for kids,

[25:53] and we collaborate with a lot of nonprofits here in Watsonville.

[25:57] And it's all free for the community, and it's going to be July 26, which is the last Saturday

[26:03] of this month, the Saturday before the strawberry festival.

[26:07] So I hope that you will be able to attend.

[26:09] Last year we had Vanessa, our mayor from last year to attend and maybe she could tell you a little bit of more about the event, but we were really excited to have her there.

[26:19] I have flyers to share with you and I have about 30 seconds, so I'm going to give you the turnout from last year. We had about over a hundred cars coming from all over the place, not just Watsonville, San Jose, Salinas, Soleda, Santa Cruz, San Francisco as well.

[26:37] So, this event brings people here to Watsonville, which is really, that's the goal, right, and we had over 40 vendors and over 3,000 people.

[26:48] Last year we had it in June, and we were competing with graduations, but this time we did it in July, so I'll pass these out to you.

[26:55] Thank you.

[26:55] Thank you, Trustee Carosco, if you could leave that with the City Clerk.

[27:01] Good evening.

[27:04] Hello, City Council.

[27:06] I'm my name is Johanna Lighthill and I am a county resident and I live in District 2.

[27:14] I also have comments about the train project.

[27:19] Everybody's talking about a $4.3 billion project and what kind of a train do you get

[27:24] with that?

[27:25] And what I would like to address is what you're not getting with that and that is any kind

[27:29] of trail through Watsonville.

[27:31] What I learned, I attended the office hours hosted in the room next door two weeks ago and I had the train consultant all to myself and I learned that any the the zepard project does not include any diversion off of the corridor. It does not cover any train, excuse me, trail portion that is diverted off of the corridor.

[27:56] And what that means for Watsonville is that, well, the separate project is supposed to cover

[28:01] from apt-toss to Watsonville, the trail, and all of the train, from apt-toss to Watsonville,

[28:09] almost all of it is off of the corridor, and from one of us to drive, the proposals to

[28:15] put it on to the existing streets, none of that is going to be included in the $4.3

[28:20] billion estimate.

[28:22] So for those of you who are representatives on the RTC, I ask that you can firm this with RTC staff, ask them if where the money will come from above and beyond the $4.3 billion to get a trail through Watsonville and also for segment 18 that's been completed.

[28:43] there's a small portion. That is not included in part of the plan. What will happen to that,

[28:49] is that to be removed abandoned or will it be maintained? It doesn't connect with anything.

[28:55] So on that note, I hope that you understand that everybody in the county, when they voted for

[29:00] measure D in 2016, they thought they were getting a trail, but there is no trail for Watsonville or

[29:06] South County residents at the time. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening.

[29:15] Tony Gomez,

[29:26] I'm sorry that's on the consent agenda and we have a separate public comment that will be coming up for all items on the consent agenda and we can address your public comments at that time.

[29:38] Thank you.

[29:50] see no other comments at this time. We are going to turn it to Council for any comments and I'm going to do something slightly

[30:00] Out of order, I'm going to make my comments first. I'm going to do that to recognize that we have a group here with special importance to the council, and thanks to council member Casey Clark for bringing this to the city manager's attention.

[30:15] into my attention, we have the Slavic American Cultural Organization who is here with us tonight.

[30:21] Started in 1978, and has focused on sharing their culture with the community. They created

[30:27] the Student Ambassador in Exchange Program to share the culture with the next generation. Since

[30:33] the start, three groups of lots of high school students have visited Croatia. And this is our second

[30:38] group of students from Croatia to visit the Pahro Valley and California. So I just wanted to give

[30:44] Welcome, I'm going to come down from the Diasc and give out individual awards for the students that we have here this evening.

[30:51] I'll be calling you up one by one and we have that he they've been staying here in Watsonville.

[30:56] They've been able to see our beautiful Pacific Ocean in beaches and I'm very excited to give them their certificates this evening.

[31:37] All right, the most important thing is where did I put the microphone?

[31:40] So I'm actually going to have you guys come up here and then you can take a photograph with me in front of the flags.

[31:45] makes it a little bit nicer for your stay.

[31:49] So I'm going to call you up individually.

[31:54] The first member of the student and master team

[31:57] that I'm going to call is Katarina Vistier.

[32:14] Oh, my God.

[32:15] So guys, thank you.

[32:18] Thank you very much.

[32:20] Welcome to lots of all over here.

[32:23] Thank you.

[32:24] Can you say you're talking to each other again?

[32:27] Next up, I'm going to be calling Maria this year

[32:47] and

[32:57] up next, I have Nika Milograv.

[33:11] I'm trying.

[33:15] She's taller than me also.

[33:22] Next up, we have Paula Draskovich.

[33:47] And last but not least, a Petrolest of Onovic.

[34:04] And a nice round of applause for all of our student ambassadors.

[34:07] Thank you for coming.

[34:08] We're going to take a photograph right here.

[34:10] So we're going to take a photograph of the theme type council.

[34:14] If I might add, two of these students are related.

[34:18] One is related to the Matassavitch family.

[34:20] And another one is related to the Sembrello family.

[34:24] Oh yes.

[34:25] Thank you.

[34:43] Very great.

[34:44] Thank you so much for coming to this city.

[34:46] Enjoy the rest of your stay.

[34:47] How long are you, Kirk?

[34:49] Yeah, sure.

[34:50] Yeah, sure.

[34:50] Okay, yeah, sure.

[34:52] I'm fine.

[34:53] You need to get to the potassium.

[34:56] And so do Mary and Andy.

[34:59] And they live down the street for my great grandparents.

[35:08] I would also like to thank the City Council for your generosity, especially Casey Clark, who

[35:16] help put this together.

[35:17] Absolutely.

[35:17] Thank you so much.

[35:20] Thank you.

[35:23] Thank you so much.

[35:24] Casey deserves it.

[35:35] And you ladies are not obliged to stay for the entire meeting, so just as long as you

[35:41] want the American civic lesson.

[35:46] All right, turning now to oral communications from Council, I'll be turning it over to

[35:52] Council members who would like to give an oral report, Council member Kyros Carter.

[35:57] Thank you Mayor Protem. Just a couple of things from me. First of all, thank you everyone for joining us this evening.

[36:07] I don't believe we have another council meeting for quite a while, so I just wanted to quickly talk about a couple of things that are coming up.

[36:15] So I will be accompanying the mayor, councilmember Montecino, our supervisor Hernandez to our sister cities in July.

[36:25] and to July so I'm very excited about that trip and I will also be hosting National Night Out in my

[36:33] neighborhood at Lincoln and East Fid so my sister is helping me plan she's very artsy and good

[36:41] with arts and crafts so we're cooking up a lot of fun we're gonna have an outdoor movie face painting lots

[36:46] of fun stuff so I hope district two residents can make it and I really hope to see you there that's

[36:52] for me, thank you very much, you know, problem. Anyone else reports from Council? Council member

[36:58] Montesino. Yeah, I just want to, you know, report out to, you know, in our community,

[37:05] the ROTC was able to, you know, put together a package for the state to give us 128.7 million

[37:12] for a multimodal projects rose, highway 1 metro, that is going to benefit our community,

[37:19] and get, you know, third of the third day in all the way to Freedom Freedom Boulevard, so that's a great accomplishment for our community working together and it's also want to thank you, you know.

[37:30] Everyone on the work, especially the parks department, for putting in a great show for the parade. It was awesome, you know.

[37:37] Everybody enjoyed it. You know, I think getting any confidence, I just want to thank all staff for working on this. It was a very good event.

[37:46] Thank you very much. Any other comments from council? Council member Deutre.

[37:50] Thank you. First, I want to say you're doing a great job tonight.

[37:54] If nobody knows, it's the first time running the meeting, so I'm great job so far.

[37:59] I just want to say thank you all who helped put together the Fourth of July Parade.

[38:04] It was really nice this year and it was great to see all the people out there,

[38:09] celebrating community.

[38:11] However, you were looking at the Fourth of July this year,

[38:14] the one thing that we all knew is we were celebrating Watsonville,

[38:17] and all of the things that we've done here in our community.

[38:20] So thank you for that.

[38:22] I also attended the Watsonville Century

[38:23] on bike races this year as well.

[38:27] That's really cool to see bikers from all over come

[38:31] and race in our city.

[38:34] And I didn't see anybody eat it this year,

[38:36] but it was still fun to see them go really fast.

[38:38] Something I could probably not do.

[38:41] I also wanted to talk about not slide out.

[38:43] I will be having hosting as well.

[38:45] In my neighborhood or not slide out,

[38:47] combine my, I make it a meeting as well. So hopefully we'll have probably

[38:53] so city staff as well as myself and to be making a fun evening. So that would be

[38:59] August 5th. And then I also wanted to say, you know, thank you to all who helped

[39:03] work at the funding for Highway 1. If you know, people didn't know the project

[39:09] extending the three lanes was only going to stay park. And we did receive

[39:13] confirmation that now they're going to be going from state park to freedom

[39:17] of art. So that should alleviate a lot of congestion we've been seeing for many years here

[39:23] in our area on the highway. So thank you so much.

[39:30] I counsel them a worker. Thank you, Mayor Pertham. You know I'm not going to be lavish

[39:37] when my praise when you guys come up when we talk about you, but the parade was fabulous. It was

[39:42] wonderful. It was so well organized and not only all of our staff and cute little gators,

[39:50] But honestly, I want to thank the Ag History Project for allowing Councilman Clark to drive a, what is it, a 118 year old, yeah, close.

[40:06] And we were second first care for a lot of it, and then we ran out of gas in the 2-thirds of the way through the parade.

[40:11] But it made for an adventure, and I had a lot of comments from kids and grandmas, you know, how much they appreciated seeing something that old,

[40:19] older than I am, so it's all good.

[40:22] And really loved how many people showed up

[40:25] and how joyous the occasion was,

[40:29] because once again, everybody has the America,

[40:32] the thing that they really want to celebrate

[40:34] and the Bill of Rights and their Constitution.

[40:38] And it's ours, right?

[40:40] It's all of ours.

[40:41] So it was really nice to see everybody coming out

[40:44] and just celebrating community.

[40:47] And thank you all for being here, as well.

[40:49] Thank you.

[40:52] Councilmember Clark.

[40:54] I don't have much to add to what has already been said, but I would just like to yield my time to you if you would life and to

[41:00] took on my little thing that I wanted to have done for Soko.

[41:05] So thank you.

[41:06] Thank you very much.

[41:07] And thank you for this suggestion.

[41:08] Councilmember Park Clark.

[41:10] It was very nice to recognize our visitors.

[41:14] I also wanted to highlight the tremendous success of our fourth of July for rate.

[41:18] There are many, many things to celebrate in our community and our particular bond.

[41:25] All of the community organizations that participated and for the first time that there was

[41:31] an option for family members to be joined us in the parade.

[41:38] I was able to bring my two and a half year old who managed not to fall out of the car and

[41:43] he was absolutely tremendously excited to be there, being in a parade versus watching a parade

[41:49] was very confusing for him, but he enjoyed it nonetheless, and I just wanted to also

[41:56] thank the Parks Department for all the coordinating efforts in our city manager, and this

[42:01] was also one of the first times we've had a flyover that was very cool. I really enjoyed seeing

[42:06] the planes. My son really enjoyed seeing the planes. That was a huge highlight for him and

[42:13] And it was a wonderful event, so thank you all very much.

[42:18] Moving on now, we're going to, we already did a report out of closed session item 8C,

[42:23] so we are going to be moving on to item 8D Mayor's Proclamation, recognizing July as parks

[42:30] make life better month.

[42:46] I think I'm getting my steps in today, alright.

[42:55] I can read all the warehouses, or I can read the summary, so I think I'm going to read

[42:59] summary, and I just wanted to say thank you all for the tremendous effort for everything

[43:07] that you do for parks, they certainly do make life better.

[43:12] And the Parks and Community Service Department plays a crucial role in promoting physical

[43:16] emotional and mental wellness through various fitness and recreational activities.

[43:21] It supports community vitality by collaborating with local businesses and offering engaging

[43:28] events. The Department creates memorable experiences through youth sports, senior activities,

[43:33] fitness programs, and free community events. It fosters social cohesion by celebrating diversity,

[43:40] promoting compassion, and ensuring equitable access to its services. It strengthens community

[43:46] identity by offering facilities that reflect local heritage and culture, while also protecting

[43:52] natural resources and promoting environmental stewardship.

[43:57] Furthermore, it remains adaptable and innovative,

[44:01] providing essential services during local,

[44:03] national or global emergencies in compliance with the relevant guidelines.

[44:08] So thank you so much, Parks.

[44:10] Thank you for everything that you guys do.

[44:12] It's been a pleasure working with this department.

[44:17] And a personal note, athleticism and athletics has changed my life.

[44:21] The reason I can do public speaking now is because I played sports as a child, and I had those

[44:27] opportunities through a parks and rec department.

[44:30] So I swear I wasn't six foot at five years old, but the ability to play sports and to

[44:36] be outside and to use our recreation spaces was incredibly important in maybe coming who I am now,

[44:42] and your department can provide that with to so many other youth in our community who need access

[44:48] to those activities in those spaces, so thank you so much for everything you do.

[45:01] Thank you, sir.

[45:01] Oh, yes.

[45:02] The

[45:05] width is so surprising, of clothes.

[45:12] Oh, yeah.

[45:14] Oh, yeah, let's do it.

[45:21] Everyone loves parties, come on.

[45:25] Can I make a comment.

[45:29] I really want to say thank you to Parks, I know I see Katie, now I get to see the live

[45:34] action model, not just on picture, there it is. And I want to say thank you to Nick, who saved

[45:40] us in the middle of the parade and pushed us up. There was out of gas, down in the gas station.

[45:48] So thank you very much not only with that and the puppy parade was great, I went and and Katie

[45:54] and her associates were there and had a lot of fun and we actually had community involved as well

[46:01] down at the park over in my district. So it was awesome. So thank you, Parks, you're everywhere.

[46:09] And we'll good join you. Yeah, just really quick and you just wanted to get a variety of

[46:15] parks that is an integral part of our community as we just saw you know everybody's out there

[46:21] you know, using our parcs, separancy parcs and being construction. But pickle ball is

[46:26] exceptionally, it's full, it's being used. So the basketball card as well. So just

[46:30] want to thank you for all your efforts.

[47:24] See you guys, before Mayor Potemps to sell me, say one more thank you than I forgot and

[47:29] I feel like that would be as my chair goes lower and lower.

[47:33] That would be Jessica.

[47:36] Okay.

[47:36] Can we give her a hand, everybody?

[47:38] This was awesome.

[47:42] It's good you had to walk across that, appreciate it.

[47:46] Staging patients with all of us and everybody else who came in and finding out no matter

[47:50] how many times you communicate you have to tell us one more time. So we really do very much

[47:55] appreciate all your work. Any other comments on perks? I know we could say lots of things,

[48:01] but are we good? All right, thank you.

[48:06] And moving on to the consent agenda item nine,

[48:09] all items appearing on the consent agenda are recommended actions that are considered to be

[48:14] routine and will be acted upon as one motion. Any item removed will be considered immediately

[48:20] after the motion. The mayor will allow public input prior to the approval of the consent agenda.

[48:28] So now is the time for public input on the consent agenda.

[48:38] I apologize. If city attorney, if you could please make the report out for the consent agenda.

[48:46] Thank you Madam Vice Mayor. So this evening I'm going to be making a as required by California government

[48:52] code section 54953. I'm going to be making the following summary of a recommended final

[48:59] action on the salary of the executive team that's item 9E on the consent agenda and the

[49:06] executive team includes Assistant City Manager, Department Head, Deputy City Manager, Police

[49:11] Chief and Fire Chief. So just a brief summary of the salary, the salary, salary schedule compensation

[49:19] in the form of fringe benefits that is proposed for final action this evening.

[49:25] It would be proposed for a three-year term, their in-year one, there would be a 3% cost

[49:31] of living increase, in-year one, there would also be an equity adjustment of 2%, there

[49:37] would be in-year two and three, an additional COLA of 3%, there would be changes to longevity

[49:45] pay and deferred compensation and other benefits that are all already entitled in, in, and

[49:53] set forth in the agreement that is before the Council this evening at the dance and available

[49:59] for the public.

[50:00] And that concludes my summary.

[50:05] I'll be taking public comment and then moving on to removal of items from the consent agenda.

[50:11] So, I'm going back to public comment at this time.

[50:15] Good evening.

[50:16] Tony Gomez, 79 of us, Scott Master for 2.505, I'd like to request the theft of the

[50:24] forest consent agenda that we're moved from consent agenda to be discussed.

[50:29] I know that it's been heated background information stuff going behind the scenes.

[50:35] I know that at one point there was a communication stating that the city was not aware of

[50:40] There is an email, it was put out in August of 85,

[50:45] I mean, of 2004, 2004, that indicated the theft

[50:49] that public works was notified of.

[50:51] At that point, there was no indication or information

[50:55] saying that the claim needed before filed.

[50:59] There was a time limit to it.

[51:01] Everything was about as clear as a mud.

[51:04] This definitely affects the troop in a staggering way

[51:08] because we service high risk youth underprivileged youth,

[51:12] and it severely handicapped this year

[51:14] for sending kids to summer camp,

[51:16] which negated how many we could actually send

[51:19] and afford to send.

[51:21] So it wouldn't be in this position

[51:23] because freedom roadie was notified

[51:26] the container needed be moved.

[51:28] So it was identified whose container it was.

[51:31] City staff decided to cut the lock off of it

[51:34] and remove it because they claimed

[51:36] they didn't know whose container it was.

[51:37] So, that's kind of a, would put us in this position, the lockers removed, we were not allowed to be secure.

[51:44] We did not discover, we had an issue until the container was moved to a different site,

[51:49] and the container was opened up, and the address items were not there.

[51:55] This law could have been alleviated, everybody knew what was going on, but somebody was on a different page.

[52:01] And that created the whole situation we're in now.

[52:04] Thank you.

[52:05] Thank you and are there going to be any items removed from the consent agenda council member Kiros Carter?

[52:14] I'd like to remove item nine AF please.

[52:18] Any other additional items to be removed from the consent agenda?

[52:25] Okay hearing none, we are going to now have a roll call vote.

[52:30] All right, item 11, reports to council. I'm doing this one with 10 a,

[52:47] just a moment. So 10 a is going to be the item removed from consent. And we're going to move forward with the consent agenda vote now, except for item 9 a,

[53:02] can I get a roll call?

[53:05] Did you have a motion?

[53:07] I apologize.

[53:08] Thank you.

[53:11] I like this.

[53:15] All right.

[53:16] So I see there was a motion.

[53:18] I'll take a motion.

[53:20] I'll second.

[53:21] Thank you.

[53:22] Can I get a roll call?

[53:23] Bovers, can I make a comment?

[53:25] Yes.

[53:26] Sorry.

[53:27] Like I said, these are some of the stuff that were passing

[53:31] are integral like the lightest aspect that we're going to be proving, so like I said,

[53:36] that's, you know, for me it's been, you know, it's going to be light change in our community,

[53:46] in our community, I know in my district it's going to be very helpful, so that's my

[53:50] comment.

[53:51] Thank you.

[53:51] Any other comments?

[53:53] Council member Deutcher.

[53:54] I just had a question regarding the lighting.

[53:56] Thank you.

[53:56] I'm excited to see that on there.

[53:58] It's something that we've been talking about for a while.

[54:00] I see the price tag 1.3 for all the materials.

[54:04] Do we have an idea of who will be installing?

[54:08] Have we thought about how that's going to look?

[54:10] And how much do we think that's going to be?

[54:12] Our next audit, B, that we will be working on an issuing this summer.

[54:17] It's going to be for the installation.

[54:20] So we are a gear app that when you return from your summer break,

[54:24] we will be bringing you a contract for the installation.

[54:28] and we hope that installation will start soon after that contract is approved.

[54:34] So before the summer ends, we will see the project started.

[54:38] Okay, and I think I have a follow-up, fully, quickly.

[54:41] The lights that you have been replacing already, right?

[54:42] You've already started, I believe, is that going to be the light of what we're replacing

[54:46] throughout the entire city?

[54:48] I believe that is correct, that is that we will be using it.

[54:51] I have one slide in my city manager's report that speaks about that, but yes, those are the

[54:56] that we have scoped and are purchasing for the entire city.

[55:00] Thank you.

[55:03] Any other questions or comments on the remaining items for consent?

[55:07] Okay, and can I get a roll call now?

[55:10] Yes, Mayor Paton.

[55:11] Clark?

[55:12] Hi.

[55:12] Dutra?

[55:14] Montesino?

[55:14] Yes.

[55:15] Parker?

[55:16] I.

[55:16] Gittos Carter?

[55:17] I.

[55:18] And Salceido?

[55:19] I.

[55:19] The motion carries.

[55:22] And moving on to item 10A.

[55:25] the item that was pulled from consent agenda item 9.8F.

[55:39] Just a moment.

[55:45] Thank you for that

[55:46] colorification city manager. At this point I'm going to open it up for a discussion for this

[55:52] particular item. Council member Kudos Carter. Thank you Mayor Protem. I have some serious

[55:58] reservations about this person being appointed to Planning Commission. As you all recall Georgia

[56:03] a cost attempted to out the superintendent.

[56:08] She did multiple things that are against the rule.

[56:11] She brought in her own attorney.

[56:14] She locked people out of the meeting.

[56:16] This is a person who has blatantly shown disregard for order.

[56:21] They conduct themselves in a horrible manner

[56:23] that I would be embarrassed to represent Watsonville.

[56:26] So I have some really big concerns

[56:28] about this person being appointed to planning commission

[56:31] and having so much power.

[56:32] Thank you, Mayor Pritem.

[56:35] Additional comments from City Council member Parker?

[56:41] Yes, I nominated Georgia Acosta because she's eminently qualified for this position.

[56:46] She is a professor at CSUNV and business studies.

[56:50] She has lived here, raised her children here, been a part of our school system, of course.

[56:55] And, you know, repeating things that are merely not proven.

[57:00] I know, because I was a teacher in our school district for 40 years, and present for all the things,

[57:06] this is just political, that kind of statement, but she is amiantly qualified for this particular

[57:15] position. She's smart. She has the best interest for the city of Watsonville. She wants to see a

[57:30] as a teacher, as a union member, as a city council member, certainly, about nominating her.

[57:42] Thank you. Thank you. Any additional comments from city council?

[57:55] And at this time I'll go

[57:56] out to the public, is there any public comment on this item that's been pulled from consent?

[58:03] Seeing none, and I did not make, it was not able to make my comments while

[58:07] before going out to public comment briefly, it is my preference to have a full council before

[58:15] making such important decisions for planning. So we are missing Mayor Orozco, it is my request

[58:23] to move this to this September meeting that way we can have a full council. There can be a

[58:29] discussion there. I don't know how other members feel if there could be, you know, if there's any

[58:36] thoughts on having a full council before making such an important appointment.

[58:42] It's my opinion that the Planning Commission is an incredibly important body, and we should

[58:46] have a complete vote before moving forward.

[58:49] It's my understanding council member Parker may not be here in August, so we can do that

[58:54] in September when we have a full council, and just a moment I see council member Dutra.

[59:02] with that the emotion? I wanted to have a discussion. I would agree. I think that our mayor should be here.

[59:09] At the beginning it should be a full council discussion. Okay, council member Parker.

[59:13] That's not how we've done it in the past. We've had plenty of people absent on council,

[59:18] and we're missing one. It's not like we only have Bear Quorum here today.

[59:23] And this is this appointment was well thought out. Our city clerk sent me five different people from all over

[59:32] city. I looked at all that. I actually put out the word to everyone. Please apply. We have

[59:39] to I want to move on this quickly because you write I'm not going to be here on the

[59:42] August one. And I didn't want to cripple in any way you shape or form the planning

[59:46] commission wanted to make sure that everybody could be in attendance. And so I have never

[59:51] seen it done like this where if one's absent, even if it's the mayor, we're not going

[59:59] you'll point 1.

[1:00:00] One person of a choice that a city council member has for their district, and I do have to say, and I will say it again. She is more than qualified with governance, without standing public service, and she is a professor of business, and that means a lot on her planning commission.

[1:00:27] And having once again, grown up here, raised children here, I don't see anything but a political

[1:00:35] issue for certain groups that are standing in the way of somebody who's trying to do

[1:00:40] public service for our community.

[1:00:43] So I don't support that.

[1:00:45] And I have never turned down any other person who has been nominated by their council because

[1:00:53] as everything. I trust this council to nominate people who will serve this city well.

[1:01:00] And I would hope you would trust me with that as well. Thank you.

[1:01:06] Any other comment? Council member Kudos Carter.

[1:01:09] Thank you, Mayor Protem. This is not political.

[1:01:12] I do not know this person. I question this person's ethics and integrity.

[1:01:18] And frankly I would question the ethics and integrity of someone who would appoint someone

[1:01:22] who's been proven to have done things that are very unethical and potentially harmful to a body

[1:01:29] that is very concerning to me. So I'm fine with waiting until September for the vote.

[1:01:38] I do think it's important that the mayor have a say, but I do really want to express my extreme

[1:01:45] preservation with this individual.

[1:01:48] Thank you, Mayor Protem.

[1:01:50] Any other comments from Council Member Parker?

[1:01:53] Yeah, I think when somebody calls you an ethical,

[1:01:57] and I know who I have been as I have grown up

[1:01:59] in 62 years old, so I've been here a long time.

[1:02:02] I've met a lot of people.

[1:02:04] I've served this community well.

[1:02:05] I am not an ethical.

[1:02:07] And for somebody to throw that out,

[1:02:09] is that not political?

[1:02:10] I cannot understand how this is turning into anything

[1:02:13] but a political mess.

[1:02:16] When this is someone who is absolutely qualified for this role, and it would be beneficial

[1:02:24] for not only me, but for the rest of this council to treat us all equally when it comes

[1:02:30] to whether we're asking someone to participate in the community for us, because this is what

[1:02:37] they're seeing now.

[1:02:38] If I get nominated, you're going to talk about me that way, because I can tell you, this

[1:02:45] is just not appropriate, and if you all agree with that by postponing this, you're making

[1:02:52] a statement, and you're making a statement specifically about me, and that's not only

[1:02:59] disheartening, but it's untrue.

[1:03:00] So I would suggest that this motion be defeated, and we go ahead and I'd like to make a motion

[1:03:09] to approve Georgia Acosta as my planning commissioner.

[1:03:15] Any other comments from Council?

[1:03:17] I've made a motion if there's a second.

[1:03:20] So we have one motion in a second, then we have another motion in a second that I've.

[1:03:25] So yes, so I just wanted to confirm with the Mayor Potem.

[1:03:28] Was there a motion on the floor for

[1:03:31] Continuance?

[1:03:32] I don't believe so there was just commentary for a continuous if there was not been a motion

[1:03:36] So this is the first motion the first motion. Okay, so we need a second is there a second?

[1:03:41] Can I get a roll call?

[1:03:46] Clark?

[1:03:47] All right, do you try? No, won't this you know? No

[1:03:51] Parker yes, you know scarter no and so see though no

[1:03:56] The motion fails and

[1:04:01] at this time I will not be making a motion for a full council since we've already have that decided.

[1:04:07] Okay moving on to item 11 reports to council city managers update and report.

[1:04:19] I'm going to have it up.

[1:04:22] Yes, give me one moment. Well, I get the presentation up.

[1:04:26] You can you can take me right to the second second slide.

[1:04:29] if you, if you won, I, just definitely it's been a fun summer in Watsonville and I want

[1:04:37] to join the council in appreciating all the city teams that supported the effort of the

[1:04:42] Fort of July. I think public works from doing an excellent job in traffic control and doing

[1:04:50] making sure all the street closures and clean up happen. So, incredibly efficient,

[1:04:56] our police department really helping making just the streets feel safe and the parade will

[1:05:04] manage and of course, you know, the excellent job that we come in on parks. It was a great

[1:05:11] year on July 3 for the first time we also had a puppy parade and that was also a very memorable

[1:05:19] events in our community.

[1:05:22] Next, I just want to kind of provide a highlight for the public on Fireworks and Force

[1:05:28] Man.

[1:05:29] Fort of July was yet another busy night about 75 calls for receive on 911.

[1:05:35] We had some dumpster fires that are fire crews responded to, and our was a mobile

[1:05:42] the Parliament was able to issue about 30 citations that evening for the use of illegal

[1:05:49] fireworks in our city, but overall there was a quiet night and everybody remained really

[1:05:54] saved and I really want to thank both public safety departments for their engagement and

[1:05:59] supporting that safety in our community. I also went and knowledge earlier today we had

[1:06:07] the summer in the city graduation, but I want to kind of call the attention and the

[1:06:14] appreciation to the city departments for an awesome mock trial meeting.

[1:06:19] There were four topics that the students approach, many of which are relevant current issues

[1:06:25] that the city is working on. And I want to say the students did a fantastic job in addressing

[1:06:31] the issues of providing some real tangible solutions for work that are the

[1:06:36] are doing, but I also want to thank Alicia Martinez and Claudia Savala, Gabriel Gordo,

[1:06:43] Justin Mink, David Berlare, Jessica Baby and Rosa Mayor for impersonating our council members

[1:06:51] and just really being engaged and asking really thoughtful questions of this student.

[1:06:56] So that was a success one more year and thank you to PVUSD for their partnership.

[1:07:03] Again, regarding the street lights, which was a question earlier today, we are almost

[1:07:09] halfway with the installation of 40 new street lights that have been installed.

[1:07:16] And you can see that light on that photo just really kind of exemplifies what a great

[1:07:22] fixtures we're using and the new light that we're going to be seeing in our community when

[1:07:30] A lighting project is executed at the end of the summer. So that is moving right along. I also want to make sure the public does understand and is aware that the what some of municipal airborne is soliciting interest for at least see restaurant at the restaurant facility at the airport.

[1:07:49] It's a great opportunity for a restaurant owner or somebody looking to expand our business.

[1:07:56] It's a great facility and we are accepting

[1:08:00] Interest applicants until July 22nd.

[1:08:04] So if anybody's interested in applying for that opportunity,

[1:08:09] that your code on the screen takes you to main instructions on how to apply.

[1:08:16] I'm very happy to report that our Watsonville Academy cohort is now full.

[1:08:22] We did a massive emailing to our community using our new database of emails and within an hour.

[1:08:30] We got an incredible response and we have a fantastic full cohort for our 2025 or looking forward to welcoming those residents to our program in July.

[1:08:42] I'm really excited about these next item.

[1:08:46] We have received excellent news both from Senator Padilla and also Senator Adam Schiff,

[1:08:54] who both advocated for Watsonville and Watsonville investment infrastructure.

[1:09:00] We have received a set of sign totaling $5 million for a head work project and

[1:09:07] who goes to our public work team again for putting the applications together and working with our federal representatives to get that.

[1:09:15] In addition, Senator Podisha, Podisha, have a set aside of 187 million dollars for the town of Pado, just really investing in the living.

[1:09:29] So if that funding were to come through, we are going to see some massive investment in our community, so we're really excited about that.

[1:09:39] I'm just want to encourage the community, and this is our last opportunity to remind everyone

[1:09:45] that we're going to be having this activity coming together with Naval Huberbeqs that get together

[1:09:51] in a really safe way. So, I want to invite the community to come out and participate.

[1:09:58] And as Gustav Murray, I just want to move on and highlight a couple of business owners

[1:10:04] that we have the opportunity to visit with Mayor Orozco,

[1:10:09] this past month, with Israel Eldorado fashion.

[1:10:13] And if you can run with a video, well, I talk.

[1:10:16] That's awesome.

[1:10:17] Thank you, Alex.

[1:10:20] With Israel Eldorado fashion, that is offering

[1:10:23] a white selection of hats, boots, and belts,

[1:10:26] and accessories.

[1:10:28] As it was a great visit, just really learning

[1:10:32] about this hardworking family that

[1:10:34] been in business for so many years in our community and just really having the opportunity yet again

[1:10:40] to recognize a local business and the hard work that it is to be in business right now.

[1:10:47] So we really had a great time visiting in the Royal Fashion on Main Street.

[1:10:57] As you can see some of the products that I offer are a great variety.

[1:11:00] I visited just last week and bought a pair of goods for my son after learning

[1:11:04] they have a great selection, so that was a highlight of getting to know this business.

[1:11:11] And then our second business this month, we visited our via produce, and that was our last

[1:11:18] stop this month, it's also a family-operated business, locally owned, dedicated to bringing

[1:11:25] in really healthy and affordable foods for our community.

[1:11:29] Elvaget produce is more than just the fruit stand.

[1:11:33] I mean you can buy all the produce there,

[1:11:35] but also you can get a wonderful cup of coffee or a pastry

[1:11:41] and wonderful service from both Lucy and Ivan Herson.

[1:11:47] It was a great visit and definitely invited community

[1:11:53] to enjoy their great produce.

[1:11:56] As you can see, the excitement of a family sit there, so that they are looking at

[1:12:02] on 530 walkage three and they're open on the through Saturday.

[1:12:08] That concludes my report.

[1:12:14] Thank you so much, City Manager Vita is moving on to item 12 public hearings, ordinances

[1:12:19] and appeals.

[1:12:20] Item 12A, the community development block grant consolidated plan for fiscal year

[1:12:26] 25 and through 2029.

[1:12:32] Good evening.

[1:12:33] Ms. Mepertank and I ask a quick question for receive manager.

[1:12:37] Yes, I'm on the her last presentation. Yes.

[1:12:40] So, you know, I just wanted to know if it, you know,

[1:12:43] Is that, you know, the funding that we got through our senators?

[1:12:48] Is that fruition from our new legislative advocacy?

[1:12:54] Definitely, part of our legislative advocacy.

[1:12:57] the great work of public work teams, just preparing and submitting those applications and

[1:13:03] definitely working with our lobbies in DC to really highlight the need for investment

[1:13:10] in infrastructure, particularly our head work project that, as you know, is a 37 million dollar

[1:13:17] project that we need to complete and this is a great investment into that project.

[1:13:24] Thank you.

[1:13:29] Thank you. Good evening. Good evening. Mayor Pratem Selsido, members of the Council.

[1:13:36] I'm Carlos Landa Verri, Housing Manager in the Community Development Department. I'm going to be

[1:13:42] more in looking at this side and I will be presenting to you the consolidated plan and the annual action plan for our

[1:13:54] community block grant program.

[1:14:00] Next was like this. So the CDPG or community development block grant,

[1:14:07] it's a federal program that was formally established in the 70s, it provides formula

[1:14:13] allocations to cities, counties, states, so they can help lower to moderate income individuals.

[1:14:20] And so we can have thriving communities.

[1:14:29] Can you hear me?

[1:14:32] The city of Wantsville became an entitlement jurisdiction back in 1994, a requirement from

[1:14:40] how we need to have a five-year plan, a consolidated plan, an annual action plan in order

[1:14:47] to receive those funds.

[1:14:49] The five-year plan is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

[1:14:55] It is an assessment of the housing and community development.

[1:15:00] Development needs for the city. It's also a strategic plan for addressing those needs and it must have an annual plan that outlines how we expect to spend those

[1:15:14] money is during that year. Next, in their priorities and activities that we can fund with

[1:15:23] this money, but in general, they have to benefit a lot to moderate income persons, or they

[1:15:30] have to prevent or eliminate selam or blight, or they must serve an urgent community need.

[1:15:37] And a lot of people do ask what is an urgent community need.

[1:15:42] It's very strict, but the best example that we have,

[1:15:46] we had COVID not too long ago.

[1:15:47] That was an urgent community need.

[1:15:51] In general, all the money that we spent must,

[1:15:54] or at least 70% must serve low and moderate income people.

[1:16:02] Next.

[1:16:04] So, this is our priorities under our proposed consolidated plan for 2025 through 2020-99, the

[1:16:13] affordable housing, economic development, public services, and public facilities.

[1:16:19] Our current consolidated plan expired on June 30.

[1:16:24] Our proposed consolidated plan will run from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2020-9.

[1:16:36] The annual action plan runs from July 1st through June 30th of every year, so every

[1:16:43] year will come back around.

[1:16:45] This time, actually, before May, will come to you for an approval of the actual plan.

[1:16:50] Next,

[1:16:55] so the juicy stuff.

[1:16:58] This is what we have available for this year.

[1:17:02] Our annual allocation is 634,844 dollars

[1:17:07] to that we can add estimated receipts of program income

[1:17:12] of $20,000 plus unused funds

[1:17:16] about almost 49,000, for a total of $733,701 dollars. Next, and so this is how we are

[1:17:29] proposing to spend those funds for this coming year. 98,000 dollars for the Youth Center

[1:17:38] staffing. That's exactly it's 15% of the allocation plus the program income. It is the cap

[1:17:45] under HUD. For court enforcement, $150,000 for economic development, $50,000 program and

[1:17:54] administration and planning, that is capped at 20%, for $130,481,200, $200,000 for Ramsey Park

[1:18:04] for Phase 3 so that we can help with the construction of the park. And for our housing rehabilitation

[1:18:13] Program 75,000 dollars.

[1:18:18] Next,

[1:18:21] and with that, after the public hearing, we recommend that

[1:18:27] you adopt a resolution, approved in the submittal of the consolidated plan for fiscal

[1:18:32] years, 2025 through 2020, and the annual action plan for fiscal year 2020, 526, I'll be

[1:18:43] to answer any questions you may have.

[1:18:47] That concludes my presentation.

[1:18:48] Thank you so much.

[1:18:49] Housing Manager, Land of Area for that staff report.

[1:18:52] Turning now to City Council for clarifying and technical questions on this issue.

[1:18:58] Council Member Kudos Carter.

[1:19:00] Thank you, Mayor Pertem.

[1:19:02] I have a question about the,

[1:19:03] Can you go back to the slide with the list, the action,

[1:19:08] that this one, perfect.

[1:19:09] Can you talk a little bit more about the rehabilitation program,

[1:19:13] like what that entails. You said it was housing, but is it like housing vouchers?

[1:19:17] Can you just tell us a little bit more about what that is?

[1:19:19] Thank you.

[1:19:20] Yeah, I'm happy to do that.

[1:19:22] So we have, or we manage a housing rehabilitation program, and it's really to help low-income

[1:19:28] home owners to fix or to do certain repairs.

[1:19:34] We look, we initially look at health and safety issues, but every now and then once we look

[1:19:38] health and safety. We can find other issues. And so we do the construction management for them.

[1:19:46] We fund the entire project. It is a it's it's a loan to the home owner, but it's a 0%

[1:19:55] interest alone, no monthly payments. They pay it when they sell their home or if they transfer title.

[1:20:02] So, it's an active program and we do one at a time.

[1:20:08] Excellent, that sounds like a great program.

[1:20:10] Thank you.

[1:20:13] Any other additional city council clarifying your technical questions?

[1:20:18] And now, putting it out for public comment.

[1:20:20] Any public comment on this issue?

[1:20:30] Good evening.

[1:20:33] I don't want to appear impudent or out of place.

[1:20:37] But I wasn't advised to do two of our city councilmen in Santa Cruz City, and I'm a little familiar.

[1:20:47] I just want to raise some questions about the ethical and philosophical way in money is spent.

[1:20:54] I think the whole nation is having to deal with that actually.

[1:21:04] Rehabilitation, 75,000,

[1:21:13] 50,000 for

[1:21:18] start-ups and business incubator, well if you add the rehab of the housing and the start-ups and the assistance to small business,

[1:21:33] those two together match the total amount spent on management.

[1:21:41] and administration. This is a problem throughout California. Administration costs are so high

[1:21:49] relative to all other kinds of big expenditure. Now there may be some reason for that.

[1:21:55] Probably professionals have to get increased salaries.

[1:22:01] But are we in a very generous

[1:22:03] because period in our economy I don't think so especially down here.

[1:22:10] Thank you.

[1:22:11] Yeah.

[1:22:17] Moving on to item 4.

[1:22:18] Can I have a motion please?

[1:22:20] I'll move to approve staff's recommendation.

[1:22:23] All second.

[1:22:25] And any council deliberation on the motion.

[1:22:29] Seeing.

[1:22:30] So none, can we get a roll call? Clerk? Do you try? We need quorum. Council Member Parker.

[1:22:41] Sorry, we have to put a pause because we do not have quorum.

[1:23:09] So I just wanted to clarify what the motion was. The motion in a second. Do I need to read the motion before? Okay. And sorry. Council Member Montesino was not on the dias. I just wanted to reiterate the motion.

[1:23:24] is an action on resolution approving the five-year community development block grant item 12

[1:23:30] a sub six that we have a motion and a second by council member, Kirito's Carter, and if we

[1:23:36] could please get a roll call vote on this item.

[1:23:40] Clerk?

[1:23:41] No.

[1:23:42] Dootra?

[1:23:42] Aye.

[1:23:43] Montesino?

[1:23:44] Yes.

[1:23:45] Parker?

[1:23:47] Kirito's Carter?

[1:23:48] Aye.

[1:23:48] And Solcita?

[1:23:50] The motion carries.

[1:23:51] And moving on to item 12B, consideration of increased council member, constant compensation,

[1:23:58] oral reports by administrative services director Durran.

[1:24:13] Good evening Mayor Protemp and members of the city council.

[1:24:16] This item is before you tonight because we typically bring it with a budget, but we didn't

[1:24:21] this year.

[1:24:22] So this item is an ordinance for requires two readings.

[1:24:26] Tonight we'll make our first.

[1:24:27] And as you know, the city council is up for a raise and the state statute allows for a 5% increase and that's what we're recommending tonight.

[1:24:37] So in our meeting in August, we'll bring you back for a vote. Do you have any questions on that item?

[1:24:43] And turning to council for any clarifying or technical questions regarding this increase as outlined by the state councilmember Montesino.

[1:24:54] What was in a problem with the budget?

[1:24:57] It wasn't.

[1:25:01] Any other additional clarifying questions?

[1:25:05] I have just one question.

[1:25:07] Could you please elaborate a little bit more on what the state outlines are for Council Member

[1:25:14] Increase and briefly some of the reasons why these increases are occurring?

[1:25:19] So, the state statute allows for up to a 5% every year so actually this race wouldn't be effective in till January.

[1:25:28] Next year and you could do CPI or up to 5% we've typically done 5% at the city of Watsonville and that's why we will recommend in that.

[1:25:39] Thank you very much.

[1:25:41] Any public comment moving on to item 12b sub 3 public comment on this item seeing none.

[1:25:47] And now I'm pulling out to 12B4 emotion on this item.

[1:25:52] I move.

[1:25:57] Councilmember Montesino seconds and item 5 any city council deliberation on the motion.

[1:26:05] Seeing none.

[1:26:06] Can I please get a roll call?

[1:26:09] Mayor Patent.

[1:26:10] If I could just intervene.

[1:26:12] The motion would be to introduce the ordinance, which is an uncottified ordinance of the city,

[1:26:17] Watsonville increasing the compensation for each member of the city council in the mayor per

[1:26:21] month as permitted by government code section 36516. I just want to read the title of the

[1:26:27] ordinance. Is that correct by the maker of the motion? Exactly. Okay. Thank you. And seconded.

[1:26:33] And seconded.

[1:26:36] Good. I get a roll call. Please. Clark. No.

[1:26:39] Dutra?

[1:26:40] Aye.

[1:26:41] Montesino?

[1:26:42] Yes.

[1:26:43] Parker?

[1:26:45] Gittos Carter?

[1:26:46] Aye.

[1:26:47] And Selsino?

[1:26:47] Aye.

[1:26:48] The motion carries.

[1:26:57] Moving on to item 13, there are no emergency items to add to the agenda item 14 request

[1:27:03] and scheduling for future agenda items.

[1:27:06] Council members?

[1:27:07] Before our break in August?

[1:27:09] Nope.

[1:27:10] Don't think of anything.

[1:27:14] Don't strain too hard.

[1:27:17] All right and now item 15 we are adjourned. Thank you for my first meeting. I appreciate it

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