1 00:00:12,110 --> 00:00:13,550 Recording in progress. 2 00:00:16,580 --> 00:00:25,760 Okay. Can everyone hear me? Well, I want to welcome you to our inaugural 3 00:00:26,620 --> 00:00:32,500 state of the city address. It's been an honor this year for me to be your mayor. I only 4 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:40,000 have a couple of meetings left as your mayor, and I felt like before I left my post, I wanted 5 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:47,120 to tell you about our accomplishments and have you meet our leadership team and learn 6 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:52,540 about some of the things that we've done this year and looking forward into 2026. 7 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:58,940 We're delighted that you're here with us tonight, either in-person or live streaming online. 8 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:08,200 And we're going to take a journey through 2025 and look what's on the horizon for 2026. 9 00:01:08,900 --> 00:01:19,600 and I have to say that none of this happens in a vacuum, obviously. We had a lot of hard work from our staff this year. 10 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:31,340 We've had a lot of great feedback from our community. Our residents, thankfully, are very engaged with our work here at the city. 11 00:01:31,340 --> 00:01:43,960 And I want to say that the City Council work together really well this year, worked hard collaboratively, and I give all of my colleagues a lot of credit. 12 00:01:44,740 --> 00:01:53,120 Tonight I want to review our accomplishments and remind you first who's on the cat. 13 00:01:53,220 --> 00:01:55,900 Well, here's our agenda. Sorry, I should have had that up. 14 00:01:56,780 --> 00:01:59,280 Here's how we're going to walk through the evening. 15 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,360 I'm going to give a little overview. 16 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,280 I'm going to talk about some of our achievements, 17 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,420 and then each of our department heads are going to address you. 18 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,800 So just a reminder of who's on the council, 19 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,080 and we all serve four-year terms. 20 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,880 Myself and Vice Mayor Juan are term expires next November, 21 00:02:21,340 --> 00:02:24,600 and then we have three council members, Diaz and Nia, 22 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:29,120 and Tillman, whose terms expire in November, 2028. 23 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:36,550 And we just, as a reminder, we set the policy for the city, 24 00:02:36,730 --> 00:02:38,410 the city manager reports to us, 25 00:02:38,550 --> 00:02:40,970 and then everyone else reports to the city manager. 26 00:02:41,870 --> 00:02:43,870 And our city manager will go over that in a moment. 27 00:02:45,510 --> 00:02:49,930 And then you may or may not know that we also serve 28 00:02:49,930 --> 00:02:52,710 on a lot of local and regional boards 29 00:02:52,710 --> 00:02:55,750 and committees representing the city of Clayton. 30 00:02:56,590 --> 00:03:00,990 including the Budget Noted, our City Sponsored Special Events Committee, 31 00:03:01,790 --> 00:03:04,390 the Library Foundation, Trails and Landscaping, 32 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:09,290 more regional committees, our A-Vag, County Connection, 33 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:12,910 East Country Cost to Habitat Conservancy, 34 00:03:13,690 --> 00:03:16,030 the League of Cal Cities East Bay Division, 35 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:19,390 the Mount Diablo School District, and TransPAC, 36 00:03:19,750 --> 00:03:23,490 which deals with transportation issues throughout our region. 37 00:03:23,490 --> 00:03:24,490 And 38 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:42,280 then I do want to talk about accomplishments for 2025 and we knew going into this year that we had a lot on our plate. 39 00:03:43,340 --> 00:03:53,260 And we had a lot of important items that needed to be addressed. I think we've gotten to many of those including staffing, passing a new budget, 40 00:03:54,300 --> 00:04:02,220 getting projects like climate act and our housing element over the finish line. We've had numerous 41 00:04:02,220 --> 00:04:09,300 in-depth discussions about the city's needs, staffing, infrastructure, capital improvement, 42 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:17,760 projects, roads, and those discussions are still ongoing. We're going to continue. We started in 43 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,320 In August, we're going to continue the discussion on November 18th and then again on December 44 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,080 2nd. 45 00:04:23,380 --> 00:04:27,620 We're talking about different revenue options and what makes sense for our city. 46 00:04:30,590 --> 00:04:36,370 We also wanted to be sure to honor those in our community who have contributed to the 47 00:04:36,370 --> 00:04:37,990 health and well-being of the community. 48 00:04:39,210 --> 00:04:47,390 And these are people that are often under-recognized and their Fiona Hughes comes in on cue because 49 00:04:47,390 --> 00:04:59,190 As I'm talking about unsung heroes, we wanted to honor people on a monthly basis who have not been recognized nor seek recognition. 50 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:15,920 And so our monthly unsung hero program is something I'm very proud of. And in fact, our next unsung hero group on November 18th, who will be honoring for the month of October, is Clayton Valley Village. So thank you for being here tonight. 51 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:31,840 But before I get to the list of accomplishments for this year, I'd like to take a moment to thank our city manager, Chris Loftus. He joined us in September 2024. And I want to thank him. 52 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:39,500 for his leadership, his steady and measured approach to our city's current and future 53 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:46,940 progress for building an amazing leadership team at City Hall for his straightforward 54 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:52,300 approach in getting the job done and for his wonderful sense of humor. 55 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:55,160 He's a really funny guy. If you don't know that, he's very funny. 56 00:05:55,820 --> 00:05:58,200 It's been an honor for me to work with you, Chris. 57 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:02,020 and this entire year, I want to thank you for your leadership. 58 00:06:03,380 --> 00:06:08,180 So without further ado, let's get into some of the work that we did this year. 59 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:16,420 And this was the city's not only, or were we tasked with passing an annual budget, 60 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:22,340 but it was the city's first two-year budget for 2025-26 and 26-27. 61 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:31,220 We also finally completed the six housing elements, and it is currently at HCD for approval. 62 00:06:31,580 --> 00:06:37,220 There have been some modifications that need to be done, but we're on like the one-yard 63 00:06:37,220 --> 00:06:37,520 line. 64 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:44,720 We've completed the climate tech project, and you may have seen my column in jail blog 65 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:50,040 Gazette this month talking about this project two years in the making, $2 million. 66 00:06:50,040 --> 00:07:13,660 We borrowed from the California Energy Commission at 1% interest, and it was really an all-encompassing project converting our lights to LED solar array panel, which you may have seen behind the maintenance yard, EV charging station, which you see out front in the library, all new HVAC systems and irrigation controls. 67 00:07:13,660 --> 00:07:24,140 So, it was an upfront investment with long-term rewards, and our city manager will talk about that in a little bit more depth. 68 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:35,340 We also had very successful city-sponsored events this year, eight concerts on the grove, fourth of July parade, classic car show and our Hispanic Heritage Day event. 69 00:07:35,340 --> 00:07:41,540 These, again, go to the heart of who we are, right, community engagement, bringing people 70 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:49,000 out together so that we rejoice and we celebrate, we get to know each other, maybe in a different 71 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,040 capacity, and we've had great attendance at all of our events this year. 72 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:59,260 We've also renewed our collaboration and partnership with the Clayton Business and Community Association, 73 00:07:59,260 --> 00:08:05,760 information, something that had not been done, and we've been having regular meetings with 74 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:14,600 the leadership, CW, particularly. We've got a big event on Saturday, December 6, holidays 75 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:19,960 in the Grove that we're doing together, and we're very excited about that. We were also 76 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:27,020 able to, there was a passage of the geological hazard abatement district assessment. This 77 00:08:27,020 --> 00:08:31,620 is, and again, our city manager is going to talk about this a little bit more in-depth, 78 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:40,320 but really the previous assessments were not enough to do simple maintenance, repairs, 79 00:08:41,180 --> 00:08:42,840 and build any kind of reserve. 80 00:08:43,540 --> 00:08:45,660 And so thank you to those who voted aye. 81 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:52,260 It did pass earlier this year, and we're really going to roll up our sleeves and get that 82 00:08:52,260 --> 00:08:54,260 work done in 2026. 83 00:08:54,260 --> 00:09:03,870 The City Council also participated in a good governance training session, which I think 84 00:09:03,870 --> 00:09:08,190 was good for all of us, whether you've been on the Council a long time or a short time. 85 00:09:08,550 --> 00:09:13,770 It was a good reminder, and we had some great facilitators from League of Health cities. 86 00:09:14,790 --> 00:09:20,690 The City of Clayton also was the host of the mayor's conference in April at Oakhurst Country 87 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:21,030 Club. 88 00:09:21,030 --> 00:09:26,210 It was beautiful, it was well-attended, and this is when all 19 mayors from the county 89 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:31,730 come together and meet, and we were honored to be hosting that this year. 90 00:09:32,790 --> 00:09:38,570 We talked about the Unsung Hero Program, also do the right thing, is another program 91 00:09:38,570 --> 00:09:44,970 that is honoring students from Mount Diablo Elementary and Diablo View Middle School. 92 00:09:44,970 --> 00:09:52,050 and you can see or do the right thing character traits behind me. 93 00:09:52,710 --> 00:09:56,830 We also partnered with the parent faculty clubs from both of those schools. 94 00:09:57,250 --> 00:09:59,970 They helped us raise money over the summer. 95 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:29,680 Councillor, at concerts in the grove. We recognize local business, anniversaries, Capigew, turn 20 this year. We have some new businesses opening this year, but we always want to celebrate folks in the business community who've stayed here and contribute to our community in so many ways. And in fact, next week, Vinny's talk area is going to be opening in the former Skylar bistro location. 96 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:37,400 I also hosted two coffee with the mayor events in order to connect in a deeper way with 97 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:38,720 the community one-on-one. 98 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:46,020 And we addressed a street light fund structural deficit through our LED light conversion. 99 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:53,720 We're saving money by using LED lights instead of what we were using before that. 100 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:59,400 And I just want to say one other thing, in conjunction with our own LED light conversion, 101 00:11:00,140 --> 00:11:06,680 our city manager and I who met with PG&E over the summer informed us that they, 102 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,440 because they own 300 street lights themselves in our city, 103 00:11:11,060 --> 00:11:15,220 have also begun the LED light conversion of their own street lights. 104 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:20,620 And we were surprised that that was happening and it's not a partial, it's a full conversion. 105 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:26,300 So again, more savings for us, and really helps with our climate action goals. 106 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:32,600 I would say that concludes accomplishments. 107 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,220 I'm going to come back at the end of the program. 108 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:40,340 And then after we conclude, we will stay behind to answer your questions. 109 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:47,280 But at this time, it's my honor to introduce our new Chief of Police, Jeremy Krohn. 110 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:54,940 Thank you, Mayor. 111 00:11:54,940 --> 00:12:20,080 It's a pleasure to be here with you this evening, so this is a great opportunity to share with you a little bit of what we've accomplished in this last year and some of the ongoing projects that we're undertaking and then kind of what the future looks like a little bit, so I only got one slide, so it's okay we'll be all right, but I'm going to share some some information with you here. 112 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:31,320 So, state of the department, current staffing, we have two professional staff and 11 allocated sworn staff, so a total staff of 13. 113 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:40,960 Currently, we have 10 sworn personnel active, myself, four sergeants, five officers, and we have one opening right now. 114 00:12:42,780 --> 00:12:49,660 Officer activity and calls for service, so we always, one of the things we do is in measuring 115 00:12:49,660 --> 00:12:53,520 our either effectiveness or what's going on in the community, is take a look at what 116 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:59,020 are our officers doing on a daily basis. So this is just to give you a little bit of comparison. 117 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:05,720 This is 2025 numbers year to date, so obviously we saw it two more months ago, and I'll compare 118 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,200 to 2024 just to provide a little bit of perspective. 119 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:14,780 So total incidents in 2025 are 3,792 incidents that we've handled. 120 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:22,380 In 2024, we handled 3,900 incidents. 121 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:27,900 So we're on track right now to handle more calls for service than we did in the previous year. 122 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,120 Reports, police reports, this year we've taken 379. 123 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:42,860 total in 2024 we handled 377 arrests this year we have 121 arrests last year we 124 00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:50,780 had 102 traffic stops we've conducted 811 traffic stops this year last year 125 00:13:50,780 --> 00:14:00,200 we in total conducted 442 traffic stops traffic citations this year 389 and 126 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,560 and last year 526. 127 00:14:03,180 --> 00:14:08,580 So what you're seeing there is our officers are really out there in the community. 128 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:15,020 We're have a push to be more proactive and to address the needs of the communities, 129 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:20,000 particularly when it involves traffic related concerns, which is one of the biggest concerns 130 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,840 here in the cities of Clayton. 131 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:30,180 Last year in review, so a couple of things that we focused on this last year, and I've been 132 00:14:30,180 --> 00:14:36,100 here since June, so I've been here for one and a half cups of coffee so far, but a 133 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:40,900 couple of things that we've focused on. Obviously, I joined the department and it's been 134 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:46,340 a pleasure to get to know the community and to work with the staff throughout the city, 135 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:51,220 as well as the staff within the police department. I really couldn't ask for a better place 136 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:59,920 to work. This is a very unique community and a unique city that I take a lot of pride 137 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:29,480 So, we focused on career development. We believe that that is critical to not only the service of the community, but also the development of our people, that they have the opportunity to develop both in the profession and as individuals. So, one of the things that this was actually started just before I got here was the rotational administrative sergeant position. So, the administrative sergeant rotates through the other sergeants. 138 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:34,220 done on an annualized basis, that gives everybody the opportunity to exercise leadership 139 00:15:34,220 --> 00:15:36,060 overseeing projects and programs. 140 00:15:37,540 --> 00:15:40,840 We've just added two additional field training officers. 141 00:15:42,140 --> 00:15:49,400 We've also created a training request and tracking process to align with professional development 142 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:55,020 goals of both the police department and the individual officers, that's something that has not been 143 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:55,680 here prior. 144 00:15:56,620 --> 00:16:01,840 We've instituted agency orders, which include department directives and personal orders. 145 00:16:02,460 --> 00:16:09,660 That allows us to institute policy and practice and directive changes within the police department 146 00:16:09,660 --> 00:16:11,480 to be able to track those accurately. 147 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,740 It also gives us an opportunity to assess those. 148 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:19,300 We do that on an annualized basis and see if they need to be incorporated into department 149 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:19,880 policy. 150 00:16:21,460 --> 00:16:24,300 We've instituted major accommodations and awards. 151 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:36,540 This is the first time in the history of the Clayton Police Department that we will be presenting metals of honor to our police officers for their courageous acts within the community and very proud that we're initiating that. 152 00:16:37,140 --> 00:16:44,380 We've also adopted a Sieges compliant communication for confidential information internally within the police department. 153 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:52,700 This was previously done through other means that were not secure and now it allows us as a police department to share sensitive information 154 00:16:52,700 --> 00:17:00,680 in compliance with DOJ requirements, and we've started an officer recruitment. 155 00:17:01,060 --> 00:17:07,340 So we have, for the one position that's open, we started a recruitment and for 156 00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:13,860 my understanding, and maybe I'm wrong, but my understanding is we had the highest number of applicants that we've ever had here at Clayton. 157 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:22,160 And so I'm proud to say that we are creating a momentum here, where people want to become part of this police department even more and 158 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,280 more than they have in the past. 159 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:25,800 So what have we done in the community? 160 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:27,420 Because that's where it impacts you, right? 161 00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:30,140 We've upgraded our flock cameras, 162 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,900 so we have a much better technology 163 00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:35,560 for all the entrances and exits of Clayton, 164 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:40,140 so that we can get alerts if there's a wanted vehicle 165 00:17:40,140 --> 00:17:42,900 or vehicle that should not be in our city based on you, 166 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,560 whether it's stolen or part of related to a crime. 167 00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:48,280 We get instantaneous alerts on that. 168 00:17:48,580 --> 00:17:49,240 That's been upgraded. 169 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:52,240 We've increased our community engagement. 170 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:59,220 We had chief of the day that was done by interim chief mort, which I think was a fantastic thing, and we'll continue to add into the future. 171 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:06,680 Participated in 4th of July, we held national night out right out in front of the police department, which I think was a huge success. 172 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,300 The cook whoever was cooking the hot dogs did a phenomenal job. 173 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,460 I don't know if I'm sure who that was, October fast, we just had that not too long ago. 174 00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:27,440 So we also participated in Red Ribbon Week at Mount Diablo Elementary, where we presented to two different assemblies and are becoming more and more apart of the schools here in Clayton. 175 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:37,100 And then we also had if you or your kids or your kids kids came out to the Trunker treat was a week and a half ago. 176 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:44,980 We were out there with our new Polaris UTV, and we had it all decorated and we actually won the, I guess, the dress-up contest? 177 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,200 I don't know, we won something, so that was a lot of fun. 178 00:18:49,020 --> 00:18:57,620 We've also expanded our social media footprint, which I think is critical to getting reliable, important, and timely information out to the community. 179 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:03,360 And to give you a little sense of what we've done in the last several months. 180 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:09,380 So, in the last 90 days we've had 55,000 views on our Instagram page. 181 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:15,520 We've had 904 engagements, direct engagements with our posts, and we've increased our 182 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,360 follow-up by 25%. 183 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,760 So, we're training in the right direction, we're getting more and more information out 184 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:28,200 to the community, and we're seeing that the community is appreciating that information. 185 00:19:29,580 --> 00:19:35,580 We've also updated the no-turn signs on Mitchell Canyon Road, which is a school safety thing that's safe for us to school things. 186 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:45,460 So they now more accurately align with the times that the school is getting in and out, and allows us to appropriately enforce those violations. 187 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,700 We've revised our alcohol permit process. 188 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:55,880 So if you're having an event in the city and you're using a city facility, or you're doing some kind of special event, 189 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,980 then it's a much cleaner, direct- 190 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:29,880 We've also revived our participation in regional enforcement efforts. So over the last several months, we've been participating in regional stolen vehicle and traffic enforcement efforts, and we're seeing that that participation is paying off. The big payoff for that is when it comes to our area, because it rotates throughout the county, throughout the year. That other departments in the region are seeing that we're 191 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:36,980 We're also participating in their events, and they'll be happy to come over here to Clayton and help us out when we have those things. 192 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,980 So I'll wrap up with upcoming projects and initiatives. 193 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:47,380 We'll be implementing a scheduling software that integrates with the existing payroll. 194 00:20:47,660 --> 00:20:53,380 This is a really important step for our department internally. 195 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:59,720 In the past, we've been basically using an Excel spreadsheet and calendars. 196 00:21:00,140 --> 00:21:02,760 And as you can imagine, it's a little tough to track over time, right? 197 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,360 So we're increasing that level there. 198 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:09,560 We'll also be providing tow releases on the weekends. 199 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:14,320 We currently did not have that capacity to if somebody had their vehicle towed. 200 00:21:14,580 --> 00:21:18,280 They wanted to get it out of storage or get it released from the police department on the weekends. 201 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:21,000 We did not have that capacity to do that. 202 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:28,940 And that will be happening very soon, so that way nobody's going to be delayed on the weekends or holidays of needing to get their car out if they need to. 203 00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:43,300 We'll also be submitting a grant through Homeland Security, and that's going to be focused on increasing our capacity through equipment for community safety and for investigation purposes. 204 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:48,720 We'll also be focusing on leadership development upon all aspects of the department. 205 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:53,940 And also increasing, you'll see an increase in our department-driven community engagement. 206 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:55,940 So, appreciate your time. 207 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:01,920 Thank you, obviously I'll be here and available afterwards for questions when that time comes. 208 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,240 So next, Craig, please. 209 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,660 Thank you, Chief Cron, tough act to follow. 210 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:16,040 Okay, good evening. 211 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,740 My name is Craig Chow and senior planning with community development for the City of Clayton. 212 00:22:20,020 --> 00:22:23,860 I've been here for about two months now, started on September 2nd. 213 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:28,620 So I'm going to go run through some of the accomplishments thus far this year. 214 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:30,760 Yeah, I actually got to work. 215 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:34,800 The Oakhurst Country Club noise abatement agreement was completed. 216 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:40,480 We have done 56, we have initiated 56 code enforcement actions. 217 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:44,580 Now, Jason couldn't be here tonight, couldn't enforcement official. 218 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:48,560 he is coordinated closing 42 of those already. 219 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,180 65 building permits have been issued, 220 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,920 26 home occupation permits have been issued. 221 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:58,700 We have done a sign permit and two site plan reviews 222 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:02,200 and two tree removal permits and two variants requests. 223 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,720 Now as far as the planning goals go, 224 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,720 we have quite a few of those developing strong relationship 225 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:11,760 with the planning commission. 226 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,460 This is making staff present 227 00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:17,880 and being a resource for the Planning Commission 228 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,540 and providing clear communication. 229 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,820 Now, we want to affirm our roles and responsibilities 230 00:23:22,820 --> 00:23:25,220 and memorialize those and policies and procedures 231 00:23:25,220 --> 00:23:27,120 so they can carry forward into the future, 232 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,680 providing consistency for applicants and staff alike, 233 00:23:31,340 --> 00:23:34,380 identifying gaps in planning processes and services. 234 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:36,680 You know, this is going to include things like, 235 00:23:36,860 --> 00:23:39,500 you know, identifying antiquated programs and methodologies 236 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:42,440 and maybe technology, things that kind of like, 237 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:54,120 you know, ball things down or causes to duplicate work, you know, making us more efficient, tracking, streamlining our internal processes, and then implementing programs that are just ongoing process improvements. 238 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,800 Always want to be improving what we've got, always doing more or less when we're proud of it. 239 00:23:59,580 --> 00:24:04,020 Going to complete legislative processes to establish ADU stock plans. 240 00:24:04,020 --> 00:24:11,320 Now, maybe you are aware or maybe you're not, that in 2017, the State of California initiated 241 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:19,640 actions for facilitating the development of ADUs, accessory dwelling units, and if you 242 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,780 know what that is, it's providing additional dwelling units, independent dwelling units 243 00:24:23,780 --> 00:24:30,080 on a piece of property so that we can provide more housing for folks at levels of affordability. 244 00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:36,740 Now, much work had been done, but didn't quite get over the finish line, the finish line 245 00:24:36,740 --> 00:24:43,380 being, having stock plans, making it easy for people to see how it is to develop, how 246 00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:49,240 easy it is to develop an ADU, and then also providing some drawings or designs that they 247 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,020 may be able to choose from, or they could just do it on their own, but having something 248 00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:57,340 that's ready to go out of the box and be able to, so we're going to finish that. 249 00:24:58,920 --> 00:24:59,960 We're going to update our- 250 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:28,040 We have our application and producing applications. So, we actually have fees and services that we provide, but we don't have an application for it. We're going to develop that application. We're going to update our applications. We're going to modernize our applications. A lot of applications are available online, but they you download them and you fill them out, make the form fillable applications. So, you can fill them out online, you can submit them online, and just make it easier. 251 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:33,480 The things that may have been barriers before, for people who either had difficulty or 252 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,940 not in the community and be able to come in and make application. 253 00:25:39,140 --> 00:25:41,280 Refining the application intake process. 254 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,860 A lot of that starts from the very beginning, the soup to nuts, right? 255 00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:48,800 This is basically, you've got an idea, or if someone wants to, maybe they want to develop some houses, 256 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:50,800 maybe they want to develop a mixed user. 257 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:54,840 I don't know, but it starts with an pre-application meeting. 258 00:25:54,840 --> 00:26:01,640 coming in, getting the right information from us, figuring out how long it's going to take them. 259 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:06,900 What the actual investment is going to be in it being a process that they can rely on. 260 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,600 So we're going to be able to lay that out for them. 261 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:15,060 We're going to have informational brochures, staff available, but 262 00:26:15,060 --> 00:26:17,660 then something that we can actually chart out, okay? 263 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:21,420 And so that's like the pre-application meeting, like I said, 264 00:26:21,420 --> 00:26:23,860 that creates the blueprint, stack, carry the forward, 265 00:26:24,340 --> 00:26:27,340 but then it also we're gonna have concise communications. 266 00:26:27,940 --> 00:26:29,380 So we don't have to go back and forth. 267 00:26:29,940 --> 00:26:31,760 And, you know, because you lose a lot of information 268 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:32,540 that way, don't you? 269 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,860 You know, or the gaps in time, 270 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:37,420 and then, you know, things just get messy, 271 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,260 and then people understand, yeah, we're gonna fix that. 272 00:26:41,540 --> 00:26:44,000 Develop systems to capture and reimburse expenses, 273 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,380 you know, development projects. 274 00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:49,620 Now, you know, like the free application meeting, you know, 275 00:26:49,780 --> 00:26:50,900 that's just one example. 276 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:59,900 So, for instance, we spend a lot of time talking to people, you know, we need to be focused on, you know, doing the project reviews that we have in front of us, but we also want to be responsive. 277 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:08,240 You know, we want to be responsive to everybody, and that could be potential, you know, that could be property owners or folks that say, want to do any of you, but that takes time. 278 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:13,740 You got to get information from, you want to make sure they get in the right information, but we're not getting reimbursed for any of that time. 279 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:18,260 And it's probably not too much to ask if we get reimbursed for some of the time and 280 00:27:18,260 --> 00:27:21,140 that, you know, for the information that people get. 281 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,080 Realize some of the review elements from the building and disowning. 282 00:27:29,140 --> 00:27:32,620 If you haven't listed our code lately, you know, we have like two primary sections. 283 00:27:33,140 --> 00:27:38,040 Now three, we've got 15, 16, and 17, and 15 is this building section. 284 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,080 And the building section has got some elements in there, like EV charging stations and 285 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:49,160 regulations that we have for trees and like removing trees and making sure the trees get replanted and but these are things 286 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:54,380 They're also elements of development and when you segregate them off into another section of code 287 00:27:54,380 --> 00:27:59,340 It's like do I need a land use process do I need land use to do something like that, you know 288 00:27:59,340 --> 00:28:05,640 I'm just gonna make applications will actually that's part of a larger process. Yes, you do and so we're gonna 289 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:11,800 You know consolidate that we're gonna yeah more of a unified development code in our zoning section 290 00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:16,500 And then reviewing update in various municipal code. 291 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,620 So that's part of it, but also we want to reflect best practices and 292 00:28:20,620 --> 00:28:25,680 we want to make sure that we're staying up to date with legislative changes at the state level. 293 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:33,040 So if they're to plug up either like loopholes or 294 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:37,940 things that remain up to being reimbursed for, we can change that in our code. 295 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:52,040 So I think that is about it for me, I know I talk fast but I don't want to take up all the time, but I, like Jeremy, will be at the back of the room, able to answer any questions that you may have at the end. 296 00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:52,720 Okay. 297 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:52,760 Okay. 298 00:29:05,170 --> 00:29:05,770 Thanks, Craig. 299 00:29:06,030 --> 00:29:07,150 My name is Dennis Pazanich. 300 00:29:07,290 --> 00:29:11,970 I'm the relatively new administrative services director here for the City of Clayton. 301 00:29:12,410 --> 00:29:18,370 I started the city back in the middle of April and started out as a management analyst. 302 00:29:19,030 --> 00:29:19,190 I've worked. 303 00:29:19,490 --> 00:29:20,890 This is my first city I've worked for. 304 00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:25,950 I've worked in county government for 25 years and so this is really great. 305 00:29:26,270 --> 00:29:27,350 It's also close to home. 306 00:29:27,430 --> 00:29:32,370 My wife and I just live over in Turtle Creek and so we're very close by and we've enjoyed 307 00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:40,830 Clayton for many, many years in participating in many events we eat dinner here regularly and so we feel like we're a part of this community as well. 308 00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:44,170 So it's really thrilling to be able to work here so close to home. 309 00:29:44,930 --> 00:29:47,850 So I just want to talk to you a little bit of the things I'm working on. 310 00:29:48,010 --> 00:29:57,970 So as the administrative services director, I oversee HR, budget and finance, IT and whatever else, Chris doesn't want to work on that day. 311 00:29:57,970 --> 00:29:59,810 And so it's um 312 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:29,800 Pretty simple and key to be busy. One of the things we're working on now is contracts and our procurement processes. We have about a $6 million budget in the general fund. And we've got about $1.6 million with the contracts. And when you think about that, that's the second largest part of our budget, other than personnel, which is about $4 million. So it's a big, big chunk of what we do. And so to have contracts 313 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:59,780 that are kept up in terms of the price, and the price is correct, making sure we're managing the outcomes of those contracts effectively is a big part of what we're trying to do now, because when contracts get out of control and we're not monitoring the expenses and the charges, we run a real risk of having a hole in our budget, so it's a big, big part, and so we're doing a lot more to look at contracts, and there's going to be a number of changes coming in the next several months. 314 00:30:59,780 --> 00:31:03,300 to really help us more effectively manage those contracts. 315 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:06,840 We're also putting things out to bid more. 316 00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:13,840 There are, we have some contracts that have been, it's been a couple minutes since we last went out to bid for those and 317 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,020 try to get some better pricing on those from then what we've had in the past. 318 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,680 So stay tuned for that, especially if you're a local business owner and 319 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:27,060 you're a supplier or if you provide a number of services that we're looking for, 320 00:31:27,060 --> 00:31:32,700 We'll be opening those bids up, and it's always nice to have local participation in those bid processes. 321 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:40,460 Another big part of what I spend my time on is really monitoring and making adjustments to the budget. 322 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:48,560 I work with the Financial Sustainability Committee, the Citizens Financial Sustainability Committee, as well as the Council's Budget and Audit Committee, 323 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:54,100 regularly updating them on our processes, what we're doing, what we're finding, what's 324 00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:57,960 going on with the budget, what's going on with our investment policies and our investments 325 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:06,760 themselves. And so that really is probably 75-80% of my time is working on the budget. 326 00:32:08,580 --> 00:32:14,060 One of the things that you should know is we're preparing for in two weeks. We'll have 327 00:32:14,060 --> 00:32:17,880 of the audit team here on site doing the audit. 328 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,940 It's our annual audit of the year 329 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:24,000 that just closed on June 30th of 2025. 330 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,560 We have a full audit team that's been working 331 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,080 actually for several months now, 332 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,380 looking at all the materials up to now. 333 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:31,760 This is kind of the final visit 334 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,780 before they begin to put together their final report, 335 00:32:33,780 --> 00:32:36,740 which we expect to receive somewhere in February, 336 00:32:36,740 --> 00:32:38,980 probably of 2026. 337 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:41,860 And we're looking forward to that. 338 00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:57,060 that it's always a good indicator both of the things that are going well and things that are working well as well as things we continue to shore up and to make our processes more transparent so that we build trust with the community. 339 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:11,120 Another part, a big part of what I do is work on project management, it seems as though today everything's a project but one of our big projects right now is working with our maintenance staff 340 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,720 to develop weekly work plans with them on Thursday afternoon. 341 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,600 We sit down for about 20 minutes 342 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,640 and we go through what did we accomplish the last week 343 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:22,700 from the list we had. 344 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,560 We check those things off. 345 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,160 Does this sound familiar to any husbands in the room, 346 00:33:27,220 --> 00:33:30,220 maybe, or wives that have the list, right? 347 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,400 So we have kind of a similar thing. 348 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,260 So we add things to the list 349 00:33:36,260 --> 00:33:39,180 and we track those for completion. 350 00:33:39,180 --> 00:33:41,760 And so that's a big piece right now. 351 00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:45,080 It was my hope that we'd have a public works director 352 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:46,240 to be able to handle those things. 353 00:33:46,420 --> 00:33:49,540 And as soon as we find one that will happily pass 354 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:51,920 that particular project along, but in the meantime, 355 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,560 we've gone several months without any real kind of planning 356 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,780 with that maintenance staff. 357 00:33:59,020 --> 00:34:02,700 And so we've felt both Chris and I felt it was kind of imperative 358 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:05,080 that we take a little bit more of a structured approach 359 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,940 to coming up with the areas that town they're working on, 360 00:34:07,940 --> 00:34:10,440 the kinds of projects that are working on making sure they're timely. 361 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:17,480 Another project I've helped out with is, and so have you may be aware, we was mentioned earlier, the GAD. 362 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:25,760 We have a contractor that has been working up there cleaning out the V ditches up on Killer Ridge. 363 00:34:26,260 --> 00:34:30,320 They'll be moving through the rest of the area of the GAD to clean out those V ditches and 364 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,680 the water inlets, the stormwater inlets, so that those are ready for winter and 365 00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:39,840 Clearly, winter's not waiting on us, but they're working hard to get those cleaned out. 366 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,000 And as they do, we're going to be posting pictures online and on social media so we can 367 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,320 show you kind of the before and after shots. 368 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,340 So those are some of the projects I'm working on. 369 00:34:50,420 --> 00:34:57,780 I have a great guy working with me, Skyler, who's eager to learn and has a strong background 370 00:34:57,780 --> 00:34:58,680 in project management. 371 00:34:58,680 --> 00:34:59,980 So, we're really... 372 00:35:03,020 --> 00:35:26,620 And then the last piece that we're really working on, scholars, a big piece of this as well, we just don't have a lot of policies. And if we do, they're really old. And there's kind of like nothing worse than not having a policy. The only worst thing is having an old policy that doesn't make any sense anymore. And so everything from travel policies, trying to figure out how to get training done. 373 00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:32,940 And all those pieces were having to rebuild a lot of that stuff from scratch with all the transitions over the years, 374 00:35:32,940 --> 00:35:35,060 last few years here in the city Clayton. 375 00:35:35,460 --> 00:35:38,080 A lot of that stuff has been left untended too. 376 00:35:38,620 --> 00:35:45,140 And so I think it's rebuilding that kind of foundational structure of an organization by having those policies, 377 00:35:45,660 --> 00:35:48,240 the chief mentioned it as well in terms of the police department. 378 00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:51,860 It's an ongoing part of what organizations need to do. 379 00:35:51,860 --> 00:35:56,500 And so that's one of the things I'll be working on in the year ahead. 380 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:05,040 So up next is Chris Lathus, our city manager, and he's going to talk about public works because, you know, couldn't buy anything else to do with that. 381 00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:10,120 Thank you, sir. 382 00:36:13,340 --> 00:36:20,180 So we'll get started talking about some of the things that we all see on a day-to-day basis, maintenance throughout the city, right, and how we can improve that. 383 00:36:21,540 --> 00:36:24,360 We've started to enhance focus on our gateways and our medians. 384 00:36:24,740 --> 00:36:26,660 You may have seen our crews over the last couple of weeks. 385 00:36:26,820 --> 00:36:31,620 They started at Clayton Station and they're working their way down the road to the fire station. 386 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,980 And then they're going to tee off and go in both directions to make sure those gateways 387 00:36:35,980 --> 00:36:38,220 and those medians are getting cleaned on a regular basis. 388 00:36:38,940 --> 00:36:45,580 So we're just putting a new emphasis on scheduling, prioritizing, getting them out to where what 389 00:36:45,580 --> 00:36:48,860 we call the hotspots that need to be addressed, whether it be a pothole. 390 00:36:48,860 --> 00:36:53,920 that opened up or things that we notice or complaints that we get from the community 391 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,520 or council members that we can schedule out and make sure we're addressing them. 392 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:04,260 Dennis has been working on a repair and redesign of the pump system so that our fountain will 393 00:37:04,260 --> 00:37:05,220 start working again. 394 00:37:05,940 --> 00:37:10,040 It suffered not just one failure or two failures, but several failures. 395 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,660 We went into contract to get it repaired. 396 00:37:13,980 --> 00:37:15,600 I think we did that two weeks ago. 397 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:23,560 So it's almost done, should be up and running in the next couple of days and not just bandaid fixes, but fixing what's causing the problems. 398 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:29,460 And so we don't have these problems in the future, which is the right way to approach this. 399 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,200 So we'll be able to run the fountain. 400 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:42,920 Our goal is to run the fountain more often, not just on random special days, but we're working on a program that the fountain will be running every week at some point. 401 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:49,360 So, everybody in the community loves it, they want to see it, it's beautiful, we need to run it. 402 00:37:49,620 --> 00:37:52,660 And so, we'll figure that piece out as we go. 403 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,000 The dentist mentioned contracts. 404 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:03,040 We have new contracts for redebatement and tree services, so that one of the approaches 405 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:07,020 that we're taking with our maintenance division is getting people in the right place to be successful. 406 00:38:08,540 --> 00:38:19,400 We'll go over the org chart in a little bit, but right now we've got five bodies in our maintenance department and some seasonals to do the entire city. 407 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:26,280 And at one point, they were the ones doing the VDH clean outs and so nothing down here was getting done because they were on the hills cleaning those out. 408 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:30,340 So we're really taking a different approach of what we can contract out. 409 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:35,280 What are staff, their core responsibilities will be on a weekly basis. 410 00:38:35,540 --> 00:38:37,920 And that changes throughout the year depending on the season. 411 00:38:38,580 --> 00:38:43,600 But looking how they complement each other so that the work is getting done at the right time. 412 00:38:44,260 --> 00:38:49,580 And one of the things I'm very aware of is our guys are tired. 413 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,900 They're burned out, they're working hard. 414 00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:59,200 and they get notice notifications, people in the public will comment to them. 415 00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:01,500 This isn't getting done, that's not getting done. 416 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,800 They're trying, there's five people. 417 00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:06,380 They can't do the entire city with five people. 418 00:39:06,860 --> 00:39:11,840 So we're trying to figure out that way and make sure that things are getting accomplished at the right time. 419 00:39:13,940 --> 00:39:15,820 I mentioned pavement briefly. 420 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,860 We're looking at different ways of, is it contract work, is it equipment that we need to purchase? 421 00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:27,420 is currently when there's a pothole they'll get cold patches, if you don't know what cold 422 00:39:27,420 --> 00:39:33,040 patches, it's literally cold asphalt that you drop in the hole and you pound it in 423 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:33,260 there. 424 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:34,400 Well, what happens? 425 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:35,040 It doesn't stick. 426 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,340 It doesn't have any adhesion. 427 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,340 So the next time we have a rain like we have this morning, it blows back out. 428 00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:45,480 So we're doing the same work over and over again. 429 00:39:45,980 --> 00:39:47,460 It's kind of the definition of insanity. 430 00:39:47,460 --> 00:39:58,840 So looking at a way that we can get hot patches with the right equipment so that we can put the right material in there and fix it long term and not for three months, but three years. 431 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:28,120 I'm wondering how we're going to accomplish that. Is that through contract, or is that through equipment purchasing that we can, we can do and have our folks do it? Enhance training for staff in the maintenance division, safety, safety, safety. I didn't inspection not too long ago and I was shocked. And not in a good shock. We need our people to be safe. We want them to be safe. We do not want any work time injuries. 432 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:33,020 obviously, and we want them to go home every night in one piece healthy and happy. 433 00:40:33,620 --> 00:40:38,960 So we're putting an emphasis on safety and training and safety, and then also training operations. 434 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:40,840 How can they do things more effectively? 435 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:46,640 Looking at the tools that we have, if we don't have the right tool, let's get the right tool. 436 00:40:47,020 --> 00:40:48,300 Work smart, not harder. 437 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:55,180 For a long time, they have felt like there was no support, no money. 438 00:40:55,180 --> 00:40:58,520 they have support and there is money, we can do these things. 439 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:08,020 So we're building a relationship with them for them to tell us what they need to be successful so we can help them be successful because if they're successful, we accomplish more. 440 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:22,960 Dedicating faster response to maintenance issues including irrigation, vandalism, graffiti, street lights, hopefully street lights are not going to be a big problem after we do this LED conversion, which will be phenomenal. 441 00:41:24,980 --> 00:41:30,480 But by meeting with them weekly and noticing these things, especially vandalism and graffiti, 442 00:41:31,220 --> 00:41:34,360 you know, we want that stuff done and removed within 48 hours. 443 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,460 The longer it stays, it attracts more. 444 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:40,080 We want it taking care of as quickly as possible and removed. 445 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:48,380 Irrigation repairs is a constant, constant battle that we face every single week. 446 00:41:48,380 --> 00:42:03,520 We don't know if it's a pressure-related problem, is it a ground-moving problem, is it a-the system is very old and it's just going to continue to break problem, but we are fixing multiple irrigation breaks each and every week. 447 00:42:04,260 --> 00:42:09,480 It takes a lot of time, so we're looking at what the problem is, how we can fix that. 448 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:16,940 But when we have those breaks responding to them quicker because as they leak we're paying 449 00:42:16,940 --> 00:42:19,900 money because water is just running, right? 450 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,620 So there's a cost associated with it as well. 451 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:27,660 And then I mentioned exploring contracts to help enhance the work that we're already doing 452 00:42:27,660 --> 00:42:29,000 and how do we do more. 453 00:42:30,780 --> 00:42:38,960 So some projects that are coming up, 2026 Paving Project Repay, we do a Paving Project every 454 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:45,540 other year. We don't have a lot of money so to save money on mobilization we do it every 455 00:42:45,540 --> 00:42:49,180 other year so we take one year and the second year and we combine that money to do a larger 456 00:42:49,180 --> 00:42:55,840 paid-in project. So the streets that were adopted by council, Mount Arrow, Parkway, Main Street, 457 00:42:56,100 --> 00:43:02,980 Marsh Creek Road, Harren Drive, North and Mitchell Canyon Road, Eagle Peak and L Portow. So each one 458 00:43:02,980 --> 00:43:06,580 of those is going to get some sort of treatment could be a slurry seal, a cape seal, 459 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:15,280 So, Eagle Peak has a severe crack in it, so that needs to be filled, and that's a little bit more intensive, a repair, much more expensive. 460 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:20,440 But those will be happening probably late summer, 2026. 461 00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:26,740 As you know, storms from a few years ago did damage to Cardene Trail, Mount Diablo Creek. 462 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,820 We did receive FEMA money. 463 00:43:28,820 --> 00:43:36,700 Our current engineer, Larry, is working on that plan to get those repairs done. 464 00:43:36,860 --> 00:43:38,880 We just got the money, I think, two months ago or so. 465 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:40,660 So we're moving those forward. 466 00:43:41,300 --> 00:43:47,280 Downtown pedestrian project down here, which are rapid flash and 467 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:55,160 beacons and a raised sidewalk, crosswalk on Mars Creek in Main Street. 468 00:43:55,160 --> 00:44:01,980 more street and center street and oak and center. The design is done, so it's now scheduling when that work is going to be accomplished. 469 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:07,460 Which will make the safer downtown for all of our events and our kids trying to get to and from school. 470 00:44:09,300 --> 00:44:19,760 We have a sidewalk repair project on Pine Hollow, replacing eight flags. A flag is where you see the little groove lines. Each one of those is considered a flag. 471 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:28,460 So we're replacing eight of those that are buckled and they are all caused by city trees, so it's us, we get paid for that one. 472 00:44:29,260 --> 00:44:38,460 And then we have a pathway installation project on Mitchell Canyon between Pine, Hollow and Foroaks, again trying to help pedestrians around the school area. 473 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:46,000 There's funding for it and they are about 80% in the planning phase for that project. 474 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:51,480 so that'll be coming probably in 2026 as well. Oh, look, I get to stay here. 475 00:44:59,340 --> 00:44:59,820 So 476 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:12,720 We'll talk about some staffing models. We've gone through a lot of changes over the last year. I've been the city manager here for just a year and two months-ish. And we've been through a lot. 477 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:29,980 You can see the three people presenting tonight are all less than a year here. So we have a very new staff, which is great. As I have explained to each one of them, as we went through the interview process, 478 00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:34,820 us this is a clean palette and we can paint whatever we want to paint we're 479 00:45:34,820 --> 00:45:40,760 starting fresh and we can design and build this together as we go. So a few 480 00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:44,440 things that we've done over the last year is we moved from a contract code 481 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:51,420 enforcement position to a city staff person that saved us $20,000. We saved 482 00:45:51,420 --> 00:45:56,140 money and we have somebody here five days a week full-time versus two or three 483 00:45:56,140 --> 00:46:08,480 So the best part of that is the person who we were paying the company as a contractor we were able to hire him away from that company and he works for us now and he's doing a phenomenal job. 484 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:17,440 We converted the assistant city manager after she left to the admin services director which is Dennis who you just heard from. 485 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,840 That's an annual savings of approximately $75,000. 486 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:27,480 dollars. And it's a more efficient way, a more refined approach to the work that he 487 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:34,180 needs to focus on and the stuff that I don't want to do. Converted the contractual engineer 488 00:46:34,180 --> 00:46:40,020 to a city staff position, which is the public works director. We've been through two 489 00:46:40,020 --> 00:46:46,300 recruitments and we've been left at the altar twice. So we're making some revisions that will 490 00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:52,460 We'll be coming up November 18th, kind of just changing some language to kind of broaden our pool of applicants, hopefully. 491 00:46:53,180 --> 00:46:58,280 Once we make that change, annual savings will be $100,000 by making that correction. 492 00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:05,760 With moving to a public works director, we are able to eliminate the maintenance superintendant position. 493 00:47:06,540 --> 00:47:14,400 We also added a senior maintenance worker so somebody, so we can split the crews in half, have somebody with oversight of the crews. 494 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:21,100 use boots on the ground, working supervisor, and that saved us $50,000 in that transition. 495 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:32,500 When I got here we were contracting for planning services, and you just heard from Craig who's been here for a couple of months, so we are 496 00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:40,660 escaping the contract consultant realm and having Craig here full time only focused on Clayton. 497 00:47:40,660 --> 00:47:47,480 When you have contract employees, they work here, they work there, they work everywhere. 498 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:52,260 So you're not getting full attention, they're working for other jurisdictions and 499 00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:54,360 it costs you considerably more. 500 00:47:54,840 --> 00:48:01,220 So by moving to an in-house full-time person and Craig will be saving about $40,000 in the contract services. 501 00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:10,060 One of the other strategic moves we made was our seasonal workers and our maintenance division. 502 00:48:10,060 --> 00:48:12,940 We used to hire from a temp agency, very expensive. 503 00:48:13,700 --> 00:48:20,860 The problem with that also, their insurance would not allow them to drive vehicles, and we wouldn't allow them to drive city vehicles. 504 00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,160 And there were certain pieces of equipment they couldn't use. 505 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:31,660 Couldn't run a chainsaw, couldn't run, get on the back over the skid steer to move stuff around, very limited in what they could do. 506 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:37,640 So we transitioned, they're now employees, we created a seasonal position, we trained them. 507 00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,600 They can drive the vehicles, they can work, we train them on the equipment, they can use all the equipment. 508 00:48:42,020 --> 00:48:46,980 We can then deploy them out versus keeping them in a group together. 509 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:55,100 So we'll be able to accomplish more, we're going to spend the same amount of money, we'll have more bodies, and we'll have more area that they can cover. 510 00:48:56,380 --> 00:49:05,940 And then just recently, we created a Community Services Coordinator position to program all of the events that we do here in Clayton. 511 00:49:05,940 --> 00:49:11,280 And not only those events, we have expectations that we're going to be bringing more events 512 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:12,120 to Clayton. 513 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:16,660 You know, cities, a lot of cities focus on economic development, right? 514 00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:19,140 Bringing money into the city to help support city services. 515 00:49:19,940 --> 00:49:24,940 And I always use this analogy, we're not bringing an Amazon Distribution Center or a Costco. 516 00:49:25,460 --> 00:49:26,660 None of that's coming to Clayton, right? 517 00:49:26,820 --> 00:49:27,420 The big money. 518 00:49:28,420 --> 00:49:33,420 Our economic development is people coming here and spending money at our restaurants, shopping 519 00:49:33,420 --> 00:49:34,940 here, spending time here. 520 00:49:34,940 --> 00:49:40,840 And they do that with concerts, cars, shows, obviously October fast. 521 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:45,760 All of these things that happen within our city, people are coming and they're spending money. 522 00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:52,500 And so by adding more complement of different activities throughout the year, driving tourism, 523 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:56,580 here bringing people here, places like NAPA, they're built on tourism. 524 00:49:56,820 --> 00:49:59,180 We're not NAPA, we don't have the wine, we know that. 525 00:49:59,180 --> 00:49:59,900 but we 526 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:28,940 We can do more, and we have that availability with this position. We had a vacant administrative clerk position, so we're not filling that, so we're just transferring the funding from that position to this new coordinator, so it's cost neutral for the first three years. And then we'll go from there. But with all of those maneuvers, we are moving to having full time staff dedicated to Clayton and saving $285,000. So that is a win-win. 527 00:50:35,460 --> 00:50:41,620 So, you probably can't read that, it's a little small sorry, we have 32 and a half full time 528 00:50:41,620 --> 00:50:46,380 equivalent positions, we work 27 and a half, you know, oh my God, how did we go up by five? 529 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:53,060 That's the transition from the temporary workers to seasonal, they now count as employees in our books. 530 00:50:55,580 --> 00:51:00,780 So, very simply we have, we don't have a large organization, I like to say we have single points 531 00:51:00,780 --> 00:51:07,160 of failure and you can see that. There's no backstop. Our admin services director who you heard 532 00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:12,800 from Dennis has a project manager and accountant, the community services coordinator, and then we have 533 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,320 a part-time person that works at the front counter and helps us with the rentals at parks and 534 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:24,580 the various facilities that endeavor here at Hoier. Chief told you what his entire department is. 535 00:51:24,580 --> 00:51:28,340 four sergeants, six officers, we're at five right now. 536 00:51:28,780 --> 00:51:30,080 It's got a police office coordinator 537 00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,180 and then an admin clerk downstairs as well. 538 00:51:33,420 --> 00:51:36,020 Public Works Director is vacant currently. 539 00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:37,800 Hopefully for not much longer 540 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,320 then we have two senior maintenance workers 541 00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:45,400 and we're staffed with four maintenance twos. 542 00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:48,720 We'll have three, we're making some changes there 543 00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:50,440 and then we have eight seasonals 544 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,340 and then as I mentioned earlier, 545 00:51:52,340 --> 00:51:59,540 back feeling the work with contracts senior clerk she's hiding in the back if you haven't met let's 546 00:51:59,540 --> 00:52:05,320 see she's back there she's been with us for about three to two three months about the same time 547 00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:11,400 you started right Craig I think pretty close and then we have the senior planner and the committee 548 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:16,740 development technician is kind of a multi-hat role that's our code enforcement officer but also 549 00:52:16,740 --> 00:52:21,620 helps Craig out with various things in the planning world and in development. 550 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,280 So we are a lean, mean machine, but we're getting stuff done. 551 00:52:27,860 --> 00:52:29,540 So what does the future hold? 552 00:52:29,860 --> 00:52:32,840 You've heard about the GAD. 553 00:52:33,420 --> 00:52:35,180 That's went through the vote. 554 00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:37,200 Not infused with money. 555 00:52:37,980 --> 00:52:41,760 We're getting the V-titch has cleaned out appropriately this year. 556 00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:52,920 We're building on a long-term plan, basically those v-ditches on the hills, the water goes in, runs down, so you're not eroding the hillside. 557 00:52:53,740 --> 00:52:59,620 All of those need to be inspected, we know there's internal damage, we know they have to be repaired. 558 00:53:00,140 --> 00:53:08,680 We will now have the money to do those repairs, to make sure that the maintenance is done appropriately and that the repairs are made as needed. 559 00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:20,540 So really building out a plan for both maintenance and capital improvement, but the first part is going to be the inspection so that we know exactly what work needs to be done. 560 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:27,700 How much it's going to cost us to do that work, and as money's coming in from the tax role, how we program that accordingly. 561 00:53:29,700 --> 00:53:35,460 Financial future, the mayor talked about, revenue enhancements, those have been ongoing conversations. 562 00:53:36,220 --> 00:53:51,980 So, that will continue those conversations and options with the council and whatever policy they end up with, and it will be up to staff to put that work together, work with the community and start moving in that direction, whatever that may be. 563 00:53:53,260 --> 00:54:00,260 Staff development, I've said this a couple times, we've got a green staff, I'm green, a year and some change is not a long time in the chair. 564 00:54:01,260 --> 00:54:08,360 So, one of my main focuses is staff development, building a team, creating goals and objectives. 565 00:54:09,060 --> 00:54:16,700 We spent a day earlier this week in a three-hour staff meeting which everybody loved. 566 00:54:18,260 --> 00:54:24,780 And we recognized 48 areas, 38 items that we need to address in the next year. 567 00:54:26,460 --> 00:54:28,220 It's daunting, it's a lot. 568 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,340 But they're all achievable. 569 00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:33,860 So the next step is to prioritize those. 570 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:34,780 What are we doing first? 571 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:41,280 What are critical needs and start building a plan around those 48 items? 572 00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:47,700 So let's see, talked about additional committee events. 573 00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:51,340 Developing a city of Clayton Flag. 574 00:54:51,860 --> 00:54:56,460 So that came up almost a year ago, as an initial discussion, 575 00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:59,200 and we'll be bringing it back on November 18th 576 00:54:59,200 --> 00:54:59,960 to move that. 577 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:11,740 That forward, and what that design looks like, and how we adopt a flag, so that discussion is continuing. So eventually we will have, if council agrees, a new city flag. 578 00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:29,900 City Hall Communications Plan. How many of you have been to our website? It's amazing, isn't it? Can find everything you need with two clicks, right? No, okay. We are going to pipe bomb the website. 579 00:55:29,900 --> 00:55:37,140 right soon, we are going with a new company, eventually we are in the final stages I think 580 00:55:37,140 --> 00:55:40,040 that should come at the next council meeting for approval. 581 00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:46,920 We have a number of satellite softwares that we use in different areas to run the city. 582 00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:55,160 We are looking at migrating to a one system where all of these things are housed in one company. 583 00:55:55,160 --> 00:56:00,360 That way, when we need help, we call one company, not looking at all of these different things. 584 00:56:00,820 --> 00:56:04,920 Financially, it's a wash, it's simplicity, and it's improvement. 585 00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:21,740 Making our website kind of move into the current versus the past, with a ton of different features that will make the community members' lives easier to find information, but it'll also help us. 586 00:56:23,300 --> 00:56:28,360 because this system has built-in AI, putting all of our information in. 587 00:56:28,980 --> 00:56:34,040 So if you want to reroof your house, I don't know how do you get to permit and you type that in. 588 00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:41,560 It'll tell you this is the fee, these are the fees, this is the application, here's the process, it'll line it out for you. 589 00:56:41,860 --> 00:56:48,780 So when you talk to Craig, you already have everything you need, you're that much closer to getting your work accomplished. 590 00:56:48,780 --> 00:56:52,900 versus right now, calling Craig, leave a message, 591 00:56:53,060 --> 00:56:54,540 he'll call you back, you're not home 592 00:56:54,540 --> 00:56:56,860 and it drags the process on. 593 00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:59,080 So we're trying to streamline everything, 594 00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:02,120 including rental facilities, 595 00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:06,800 going to this one website, or you can book 596 00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:11,500 in Debra Hall for your kid's graduation party, 597 00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:15,420 do everything online, pay your fees, upload your insurance 598 00:57:15,420 --> 00:57:17,600 documents, we never have to see you. 599 00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:20,440 You don't have to leave your house, you can do it in your pajamas, right? 600 00:57:20,820 --> 00:57:24,800 So all of these functions that we're looking at to make things streamlined. 601 00:57:25,740 --> 00:57:28,180 I look at it as a, we have a very thin staff. 602 00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:29,320 This is a force multiplier. 603 00:57:29,560 --> 00:57:35,860 This is having extra work being accomplished without actually having a person physically doing the work. 604 00:57:36,900 --> 00:57:43,600 So there's a lot of other things that go along with this and we'll be going through those and 605 00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:46,340 growing this out, our plan is spring of next year. 606 00:57:46,540 --> 00:57:50,740 So, before we get to summer, we should have this implemented and ready to rock. 607 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,140 Chief's done a great job with enhanced social media. 608 00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:58,700 Our project manager, that's one of his tasks of the 49's is, 609 00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:01,580 49 items is enhancing our social media presence, 610 00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:06,980 getting information out, sharing on a regular basis, getting photos out there. 611 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:10,460 Like Dennis mentioned with the VDitches, what it looked like before, 612 00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:11,960 this is what we accomplish. 613 00:58:11,960 --> 00:58:16,140 So when we're doing things, especially on the maintenance side, when we're doing road work, 614 00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:21,140 what it looked like, and where your money has spent, what it looks like now that we've done the improvements. 615 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:22,820 I think that's really important to capture. 616 00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:28,500 I'm committed to starting a regular interval of community newsletters, 617 00:58:28,500 --> 00:58:29,960 just updates of what's going on. 618 00:58:30,060 --> 00:58:34,340 It's the stuff that I'm talking about that's happening in maintenance, our CIP projects. 619 00:58:34,820 --> 00:58:38,300 When we hire new staff, new faces, introducing people to staff, 620 00:58:38,300 --> 00:58:45,180 You know, focusing on kind of building that relationship with the committee and keeping them informed of what's happening out of city hall. 621 00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:47,420 So that will be coming after the new year. 622 00:58:48,540 --> 00:58:56,820 And then the big one that we've wanted to implement forever, it'll come with the new website is reporting system for our maintenance department. 623 00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:03,560 So, when you see a pothole, you can take a picture and send it at GIS tags it. 624 00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:05,760 We know exactly where that pothole is. 625 00:59:05,980 --> 00:59:06,580 You walk away. 626 00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:10,940 It comes to us, goes to the Pothole Works Director, he then schedules it and assigns it to 627 00:59:10,940 --> 00:59:15,440 a staff person, it goes on their queue, they have X amount of time to fix it. 628 00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:20,200 So those things that you see driving down the street, there's weeds growing that we haven't 629 00:59:20,200 --> 00:59:20,500 noticed. 630 00:59:21,020 --> 00:59:25,620 You send that to us, we capture that information, and the Pothole Works Director can then 631 00:59:25,620 --> 00:59:27,780 and track the staff and make sure that it's getting accomplished. 632 00:59:28,180 --> 00:59:29,020 That work is getting done. 633 00:59:29,420 --> 00:59:30,720 So that's huge for us. 634 00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:34,200 Couple of things that aren't listed here, 635 00:59:36,020 --> 00:59:37,460 library refresh project. 636 00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:39,760 So there's a project that, 637 00:59:40,580 --> 00:59:43,060 I feel like I've been working on since the day I started. 638 00:59:44,740 --> 00:59:47,700 This facility, I don't know why. 639 00:59:47,780 --> 00:59:48,560 Do you think we need new carpet? 640 00:59:48,760 --> 00:59:49,480 I think it's beautiful. 641 00:59:50,980 --> 00:59:55,120 New carpet, new paint, new some new furniture and book shells 642 00:59:55,120 --> 00:59:59,980 in the library, possibly a new circulation desk, so just... 643 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:26,240 A kind of a facelift, if you will, of this building that is kind of like our community center. It's kind of the hub for the community. So we're investing some money. There's some living trust money from an organization. The foundation is putting in some money. So we're working on that plan right now. Our hope was that we would be in construction now. That's not happening. So we're going to be in construction in the spring. 644 01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:31,000 So we're working with the library on what that looks like in closures and how we kind of address some of that 645 01:00:32,820 --> 01:00:36,120 But once we're done, it'll be a fantastic new look in here 646 01:00:37,220 --> 01:00:44,740 This building's been here for how many years 30 and nothing's been touched in 30 years. So it's kind of time. So 647 01:00:46,420 --> 01:00:52,660 Looking forward to completing that and, you know, just having a nice welcoming warm environment and 648 01:00:52,660 --> 01:00:54,580 and no stain carpet. 649 01:00:55,340 --> 01:00:57,500 I mean, that would be a bonus. 650 01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:01,260 And with that, I think that concludes mine. 651 01:01:01,540 --> 01:01:03,340 I will turn it over to the mayor. 652 01:01:10,700 --> 01:01:11,960 Well, thank you, Chris. 653 01:01:12,620 --> 01:01:16,880 Thank you, Chief Crone, Craig, Dennis, really. 654 01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,700 It's been a joy working with all of you. 655 01:01:19,700 --> 01:01:20,940 I know how hard you work. 656 01:01:21,660 --> 01:01:25,980 I hope this has been an insight to some of what we're doing 657 01:01:25,980 --> 01:01:31,380 planning and planning on doing for next year, there's a lot going on behind the scenes 658 01:01:31,380 --> 01:01:38,900 and it's all to improve our quality of life here in Clayton and your experience with 659 01:01:38,900 --> 01:01:45,320 us. I just wanted to leave you with a couple of things. We do have some upcoming events 660 01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:50,100 that we wanted you to know about. Our Budget and Audit Committee meeting is meeting again 661 01:01:50,100 --> 01:01:55,060 on Monday, November 10th, right here in this room, at 4 o'clock. 662 01:01:55,960 --> 01:02:03,180 Climate tech in light of us completing the project in September, we're having a celebration. 663 01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,100 And it's called Flip the Switch. 664 01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:10,940 This is where actually the switch has been flipped already by PG&E, thank you. 665 01:02:10,980 --> 01:02:17,340 They did that almost immediately, but we're going to celebrate the completion of this project 666 01:02:17,340 --> 01:02:22,180 in front of City Hall on Monday, November 17th at 4 p.m. 667 01:02:22,700 --> 01:02:30,020 There's going to be refreshments and we are really excited about this two-year project coming to a completion. 668 01:02:30,660 --> 01:02:41,560 We have for the remainder of the year three more City Council meetings Tuesday, November 18th, December 2nd, and then December 16th, all at 7 p.m. here in this room. 669 01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:49,080 I am hosting a walk-in talk, you may have seen a flyer at the front desk, if not, be 670 01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:51,820 sure to grab one or I can send one to you. 671 01:02:53,180 --> 01:02:59,200 This is Clayton, is going to be getting a new, brand new, East Bay Regional Park. 672 01:03:00,380 --> 01:03:05,260 Over the next couple of years, but we want to give anyone who's interested, a little sneak 673 01:03:05,260 --> 01:03:13,520 peak at what Clayton Ranch Regional Preserve is going to look at look like and my colleague 674 01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:19,980 John McHurrayo who's our district representative from East Bay Regional Parks is going to be 675 01:03:19,980 --> 01:03:25,920 joining me and we're going to be there November 22nd from 10 to 12 and we're going to be meeting 676 01:03:25,920 --> 01:03:32,800 at the trailhead for Black Diamond in that little parking lot and some overflow parking grant in 677 01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:36,340 your gravel area in case we need it. 678 01:03:36,980 --> 01:03:42,500 The last couple of things, holidays in the grove, Saturday, December 2nd, again this 679 01:03:42,500 --> 01:03:48,280 is in partnership with the Clayton Business and Community Association, we're super excited. 680 01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:55,400 We've added some new fun things to this year's program, it's lots of fun, family friendly, 681 01:03:56,160 --> 01:03:59,620 Santa will be there, lots of little surprises. 682 01:03:59,620 --> 01:04:05,400 And then, of course, the lighting of the menorah, December 14th to the 22nd and our 683 01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:09,420 corral pauses, another tradition that we've continued to do. 684 01:04:09,580 --> 01:04:14,840 I just want to say, again, thank you for coming, thank you for anybody who's at home watching. 685 01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:20,460 This has been a wonderful year for me. 686 01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:27,800 I hope that you feel like we, as a council and a city, have accomplished a lot. 687 01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:33,960 And we know that there's more work to do, 48 items exactly, maybe more, I'm sure there 688 01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:34,520 will be more. 689 01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:40,440 But we thank you for being a part of this community and engaging with us. 690 01:04:40,860 --> 01:04:43,220 And we're going to conclude the program at this time. 691 01:04:44,180 --> 01:04:48,340 And we've got some refreshments, but we're all going to stay behind to answer questions. 692 01:04:48,700 --> 01:04:51,040 So thank you all for being here tonight.