[0:06] >> good evening everyone, I

[0:08] would like to call to order the

[0:10] elk grove city council regular

[0:11] meeting of wednesday AUGUST 26,

[0:12] 2026.

[0:13] The time is 6:00 P.M.

[0:15] Clerk?

[0:17] >> thank you, mayor.

[0:18] This meeting of the elk grove is

[0:19] recorded with closed captioning.

[0:22] Recording will be cable cast on

[0:24] metro cable channel 14 local

[0:25] government affairs channel on

[0:26] comcast and uverse cable

[0:27] systems.

[0:33] Also video streamed at metro 14

[0:33] live.Sac county.Gov.

[0:35] Replays friday AUGUST 28 at

[0:38] 1 P.M. And monday AUGUST 31 on

[0:41] metro 14.

[0:44] The recordings of this can be

[0:47] viewted at elk grove.Gor or

[0:49] youtube.Com somebody/metro cable

[0:51] 14.

[0:53] For members with electronic

[0:56] devices place them on silent

[0:58] mode or mute when yots speaking.

[0:59] The elk grove city council

[1:00] welcomes, appreciates, and

[1:01] encourages participation in the

[1:01] city council meeting.

[1:02] The city council requests that

[1:02] you limit your presentation to

[1:03] three (3) Minutes per person so

[1:04] that all present will have time

[1:05] to participate.

[1:07] The city council reserves the

[1:08] right to reasonably limit the

[1:09] total time for public comment on

[1:11] any particular noticed agenda

[1:15] item as it MAY deem necessary.

[1:18] Pursuant 2026-099, no individual

[1:20] speaker concerning public

[1:21] comment MAY address it city

[1:21] council for more than three

[1:22] minutes.

[1:24] If you wish to address the

[1:27] council during the meeting,

[1:29] please complete a speaker card

[1:29] and give it to the assistant

[1:30] city clerk prior to

[1:30] consideration of the agenda

[1:34] item.

[1:35] As we continue on re we are also

[1:38] in the zoom environment.

[1:39] We will have some prompts in

[1:40] which we will be looking to see

[1:42] if we have attendees in the

[1:44] digital audience for all of our

[1:45] items where we have public

[1:46] comment.

[1:48] Unique this evening is that we

[1:49] have vice mayor suen calling in

[1:52] and he is participating what we

[1:54] believe by remote participation.

[1:55] So vice mayor if you can,s

[1:57] unmute yourself, it's just if

[2:00] you can let us know we believe

[2:01] that your remote participation

[2:03] is part of your service as an

[2:04] employee with the local agency

[2:06] and are you on a work trip.

[2:08] But you are able to join us by

[2:09] remote participation.

[2:10] Please confirm that.

[2:11] Then I will have a second

[2:12] question for you after that.

[2:16] Let's see if your muting

[2:17] abilities are working.

[2:18] >> all right, good evening

[2:21] MR. Clerk and my colleagues.

[2:24] I am here -- can you hear me?

[2:25] >> we can, you're good, you just

[2:27] muted yourself.

[2:28] You are unmuted right now.

[2:32] >> yes.

[2:37] I am here, there's nobody over

[2:39] the age of 18 or anyone else for

[2:41] that matter in my presence.

[2:43] >> excellent, it's like you read

[2:45] my mind of not having anyone,

[2:46] that's one of our government

[2:47] regulations you have to announce

[2:48] if there's anyone in the room

[2:49] with you.

[2:51] That sounds like that condition

[2:52] is not met nor are you in a

[2:54] location for that.

[2:55] if that changes, vice mayor,

[2:58] feel free to let us know before

[3:00] you chime in and speak.

[3:01] We're under the assumption that

[3:02] is your condition.

[3:04] I'm just confirming that you are

[3:06] there for a work business trip

[3:07] for your service as a local

[3:11] agency employee.

[3:12] >> yes, thank you.

[3:14] >> excellent.

[3:16] With that what I'd like to do is

[3:18] move on to the roll call.

[3:20] We're all going to get used to

[3:22] the roll call tonight, we are

[3:24] teleconferencing one of the

[3:24] members of the city council.

[3:26] All votes that we do will be

[3:27] roll call votes.

[3:30] To get a practice for our call

[3:31] to order for our roll call, I'll

[3:33] start with councilmember robles.

[3:34] >> present.

[3:35] >> councilmember spease.

[3:36] >> present.

[3:37] >> councilmember brewer.

[3:37] >> present.

[3:38] >> vice mayor suen.

[3:39] >> here.

[3:40] >> and mayor singh-allen.

[3:43] >> here.

[3:44] >> everyone is here we have our

[3:45] quorum to proceed.

[3:46] >> thank you.

[3:47] Next up is the land

[3:48] acknowledgement.

[3:49] Assisting with that is

[3:54] councilmember robles.

[3:55] We honor, respect, and

[3:56] acknowledge elk grove's first

[3:57] inhabitants, the plains miwok,

[3:59] who lived as sovereign

[4:00] caretakers of this land and

[4:01] these waterways since time

[4:03] immemorial.

[4:03] We commemorate and advocate for

[4:05] their descendants, the wilton

[4:07] rancheria tribe, the only

[4:09] federally recognized tribe in

[4:09] sacramento county who endure

[4:10] because of the bravery,

[4:12] resiliency, and determination of

[4:13] their ancestors, tribal members

[4:17] and leaders.

[4:19] >> thank you, next up is the

[4:21] pledge of allegiance, chief

[4:22] davis would you please assist

[4:48] this evening.

[4:49] [No audio]

[4:50] >> next up is a moment of

[4:51] silence.

[4:52] Please join us for a brief

[4:55] moment of silence.

[4:57] All right, thank you.

[4:58] Next up is the approval of the

[4:58] agenda.

[5:01] >> so moved.

[5:02] >> second.

[5:04] >> for the roll call vote for

[5:05] the approval of the agenda I

[5:07] will start with councilmember

[5:08] robles.

[5:08] >> aye.

[5:09] >> councilmember spease.

[5:10] >> aye.

[5:11] >> councilmember brewer.

[5:13] >> aye.

[5:13] >> vice mayor suen.

[5:14] >> aye.

[5:16] >> mayor singh-allen.

[5:16] >> aye.

[5:18] >> 5-0, we have an agenda.

[5:18] >> excellent.

[5:20] Next item.

[5:22] >> under section 3 the closed

[5:23] session no closed session items

[5:24] on the regular agenda.

[5:25] Advances us to section 4,

[5:27] presentations and announcements.

[5:29] That first item 4.1,

[5:31] proclamation recognizing

[5:32] SEPTEMBER 2026 as diversity

[5:40] awareness month.

[5:41] >> thank you.

[5:43] If I can have the members of the

[5:43] diversity and inclusion

[5:51] commission.

[5:52] I want to thank you for being

[5:55] here tonight.

[5:57] And definitely want to thank you

[5:58] for serving our community as

[6:00] commissioners on the diversity

[6:02] and inclusion commission.

[6:04] As we round into the second half

[6:07] of the year, diversity awareness

[6:09] month is definitely important

[6:10] given the broad scope and

[6:11] largesse of our community.

[6:14] We have a lot of people that

[6:15] represent a lot of different

[6:17] backgrounds, and to have all of

[6:19] you in capacity, serving in that

[6:21] role, is really commendable.

[6:22] I want to thank you for that.

[6:24] For your service.

[6:26] Also want to read this

[6:27] proclamation to acknowledge

[6:29] diversity awareness month,

[6:31] SEPTEMBER 2026.

[6:33] Then we will turn it over to the

[6:36] cair to speak.

[6:37] Then we'll come down and do a

[6:40] picture.

[6:42] Whereas the city of elk grove is

[6:43] widely recognized as one of the

[6:45] most diverse midsize cities in

[6:48] the united states and values its

[6:49] rich cultural fabric.

[6:51] And whereas during the month of

[6:52] SEPTEMBER, the city of ig and

[6:55] its diversity and inclusion

[6:56] commission will celebrate the

[6:58] city's vibrant diversity through

[7:00] various events and activities.

[7:02] And whereas providing

[7:03] information, education, and

[7:05] communication we MAY facilitate

[7:07] better recognition,

[7:08] understanding and appreciation

[7:10] for both our commonalities and

[7:12] differences.

[7:14] And whereas by collaborating

[7:17] with various organizations to

[7:19] create events, activities, and

[7:21] for to you promote peace and

[7:22] unity within our community.

[7:25] And whereas the city and its

[7:26] diversity and inclusion

[7:28] commission endeavor to create a

[7:31] more equitable, accessible safe,

[7:32] welcoming and inclusive

[7:33] government and community in the

[7:34] city of elk grove.

[7:37] And whereas the city and its

[7:38] diversity and inclusion

[7:38] -

[7:40] committee invites residents to

[7:43] attend the many events offered

[7:43] throughout diversity awareness

[7:44] month celebrating our city's

[7:47] diversity.

[7:49] And whereas all elk grove

[7:50] citizens, businesses,

[7:51] organizations, and the news

[7:53] media are encouraged to

[7:56] participate in activities and

[8:01] programs during this designated

[8:06] month

[8:08] month, to take the city's

[8:09] diversity pledge of "no place

[8:12] for hate" and to appreciate the

[8:13] diversity that thrives within

[8:16] our city of elk grove.

[8:18] Now therefore be it resolved

[8:20] that the city council of the

[8:21] city of elk grove here by

[8:23] proclaims SEPTEMBER 2026 as

[8:25] diversity awareness month in the

[8:26] city of elk grove.

[8:27] Signed this 26th day of AUGUST,

[8:29] 2026.

[8:33] [Applause]

[8:35] >> I'm tina lugo and I have the

[8:37] privilege of being the chair of

[8:40] your diversity and inclusion

[8:41] commission.

[8:43] I'll allow the others to

[8:44] introduce themselves.

[8:46] >> this is teresa.

[8:49] >> councilmembers I'm carlise.

[8:51] >> as always, I want to express

[8:54] our gratitude for the ongoing

[8:58] commitment and support that this

[8:59] council provides to the

[9:00] diversity of the city.

[9:02] One of the things that's great

[9:03] is having that support and

[9:05] knowing that when you talk about

[9:09] how you support the community

[9:10] and the culture everyone knows

[9:11] that we're a city welcome to all

[9:16] you stand behind those words.

[9:19] Mompb a photo op or just to say

[9:19] it.

[9:20] One of the things we like to do

[9:22] is invite folks to come to the

[9:23] many events that we have

[9:23] planned.

[9:25] I won't cover all of them.

[9:28] But I did want to give history.

[9:28] Initially our commission was

[9:29] built as the multi cultural

[9:31] committee.

[9:32] Then the city understood the

[9:34] importance of focusing on more

[9:35] than just multi cultural at a

[9:36] single event but understanding

[9:37] the celebration of all of the

[9:40] diversity in our city.

[9:42] Our pry mere event is our --

[9:43] premiere is a feastfest on

[9:45] SEPTEMBER 12.

[9:47] If you like to eat good food

[9:49] come on down.

[9:49] But it is more than that.

[9:51] It is music, vendors, it is the

[9:52] ability to really celebrate all

[9:54] of the cultures.

[9:56] One of the things we like is as

[9:58] the city has grown and evolved

[10:00] over the last quarter century so

[10:02] has the nature of this month.

[10:03] We have events all throughout

[10:05] the month where we celebrate.

[10:07] We will be partnering with the

[10:09] local business to celebrate

[10:10] coffee and culture.

[10:11] We are partnering with the

[10:12] library system.

[10:14] What is great is the youth

[10:15] committee developed some

[10:16] programming that we're doing

[10:18] there.

[10:19] So we have all kinds of

[10:20] different events happening

[10:21] throughout the month.

[10:24] So again we invite people to

[10:25] come, keep an eye out for the

[10:27] different events that we have

[10:28] going, and as always we again

[10:30] want to thank the council for

[10:32] your commitment.

[10:33] The work that we do couldn't be

[10:34] done.

[10:36] Of course I always have to

[10:39] recognize our staff, we have

[10:41] fauna and sydney who continue to

[10:43] prop us up and support us.

[10:45] We know they're doing at love

[10:45] the grunt work.

[10:47] In terms of the event, jody is

[10:49] an amazing rock star.

[10:53] She makes it all happen.

[10:55] Herds the cats on our commission

[10:56] to make sure we step up and do

[10:57] our part.

[10:58] Thank you for this recognition.

[11:01] >> thank you.

[11:01] We'll come down and take a

[11:02] picture.

[11:04] But before we do I want to thank

[11:05] you and the commissioners for

[11:06] the great work you do serving

[11:06] our city.

[11:08] Well done.

[11:18] Let's come down there.

[12:39] [Applause]

[12:40] >> next up is public comment.

[12:43] We have a number of people

[12:44] signed up to speak.

[12:45] As a reminder you have three

[12:50] minutes.

[12:52] Start with lindsey followed by

[13:01] noah arsalla.

[13:02] >> I'm lind sip and I'm an elk

[13:04] grove resident.

[13:06] I'm once again asking that the

[13:09] city and end its contract with

[13:10] flock safety and elk grove

[13:11] independent its use of license

[13:13] plate readers.

[13:15] Not seeking an alternative

[13:15] vendor.

[13:18] Putting everyone under constant

[13:20] surveillance is how our justice

[13:22] system isn't supposed to work,

[13:24] innocent until proven guilty.

[13:25] Identify a suspect, get a

[13:26] warrant, conduct an

[13:27] investigation.

[13:29] using A.I. Cameras is the

[13:31] opposite of this process.

[13:32] There's no probable cause to

[13:34] surveil everyone all the time

[13:37] but that's what using ALPRs

[13:38] amounts to.

[13:38] By continuing to use these

[13:40] systems the city is letting us

[13:42] know that we're all in a state

[13:44] of perpetual guilt waiting on

[13:47] the police to decide on our

[13:49] crimes which flock provides

[13:50] prewritten prompts.

[13:52] In APRIL the mayor said she was

[13:54] open to an audit of the flok

[13:56] data.

[13:57] Deflock elk grove published a

[14:01] community audit based on public

[14:01] records requests.

[14:03] This indicates that the city of

[14:06] elk grove violated state law

[14:07] with federal agencies.

[14:09] The city has claimed the data

[14:11] are secured and not shared on

[14:13] flok national network.

[14:14] Do the mayor, city councilors

[14:15] and chief of police not

[14:17] understand how it works or lying

[14:20] about what happens to the data

[14:21] collected?

[14:22] While the city and police

[14:23] department state that the data

[14:24] are secure it is clear they have

[14:26] no way to even force that

[14:28] themselves or confirm its truth.

[14:30] Two weeks ago flock announced

[14:33] updates, recommending a 7-day

[14:34] retention period unless there's

[14:36] an active investigation.

[14:41] Yet a week later, a flock

[14:42] representative let slip that

[14:44] they retain data indefinitely.

[14:45] Flock terms and conditions state

[14:47] even if the elk grove police

[14:48] department owns the data flock

[14:53] has the right to, quote,

[14:55] nonexclusive royalty free to use

[14:57] and disclose customer data to

[14:59] provide the flock services.

[15:02] And bous customer support to

[15:04] improve flock's products and

[15:05] services.

[15:06] While the city MAY claim it

[15:08] keeps our data safe these terms

[15:09] make it clear the city does not

[15:11] have the power or authority to

[15:13] do any such thing.

[15:14] There is no responsible secure

[15:16] way to maintain an active

[15:17] contract with flock and no

[15:18] reason to believe that a company

[15:20] that makes its money from spying

[15:22] on everyone is telling the truth

[15:22] about what it does with the

[15:26] information it collects.

[15:27] We deserve better than living in

[15:30] a city where we are treated as

[15:31] suspects of crimes not yet

[15:31] committed.

[15:33] We should not have to be

[15:35] observed by a system that makes

[15:36] it possible and trivially easy

[15:39] for police officers to stalk and

[15:40] harass women.

[15:42] Immigrations and custom support

[15:43] to monitor activists or the

[15:45] federal government to observe

[15:46] the movements of political

[15:48] opponents.

[15:50] Whether the city believes it is

[15:51] aiding and abetting the sur very

[15:52] lance state isser.

[15:53] The purpose of this system is

[15:55] objectively to make it easier

[15:58] for those power to maintain it

[16:03] collecting inordinate -- for elk

[16:06] grove to do is ends its

[16:07] relationship with flock

[16:08] immediately and starting us as

[16:09] citizens rather than suspects.

[16:13] Thank you.

[16:16] >> thank you.

[16:18] [Applause]

[16:20] All right, we need to conduct

[16:24] this meeting, thank you.

[16:28] Next up is noah arsalla followed

[16:32] by george doang.

[16:36] I'm sure I'm butchering it.

[16:37] >> sorry, gotta crouch down I

[16:40] get.

[16:41] oh, it says please do not adjust

[16:44] the microphones.

[16:45] I'm a heavily concerned elk

[16:47] grove resident.

[16:48] Alpr cameras and flock cameras

[16:49] specifically have been known to

[16:52] be a failure and a public safety

[16:54] risk.

[16:55] Denver resident was wrongfully

[16:57] accused of package theft which

[16:59] led to her having to get her car

[17:01] gps data, neighbor camera

[17:03] footage and phone records to

[17:05] show she wasn't in the area f

[17:06] she didn't have that proof she

[17:08] could have possibly been

[17:09] incarcerated and charged for

[17:12] something she did not do.

[17:14] Eva of rhode island a year ago

[17:16] was undergoing a routine traffic

[17:18] stop ending with her being

[17:20] wrongfully in handcuffs tied to

[17:22] a random vehicle that was not

[17:23] registered to her.

[17:25] How did the cop accuse her?

[17:27] Using a flock camera that

[17:28] matched her name to another

[17:31] vehicle that was involved with a

[17:32] local crime.

[17:34] When in reality it was not

[17:35] registered to at all.

[17:36] Arkansas and south carolina, the

[17:38] use of a flock camera led to the

[17:40] result of officers drawing

[17:42] weapons on innocent people

[17:43] including a baby then later

[17:45] realizing that the plates were

[17:47] incorrect.

[17:50] Lind sip asacks from florida was

[17:52] charged with eight felonies

[17:53] including sear youse charges

[17:55] like vehicular homicide causing

[18:00] her to spend 13 days in jail and

[18:03] car impounded for 7 months.

[18:05] Her and her car weren't involved

[18:06] with this crime at all and this

[18:08] was an error from the cops' end.

[18:09] That error being the use of

[18:13] flock cameras.

[18:17] So as a whole, flock and alpr

[18:19] cameras as a whole inherently

[18:21] pose a risk to our safety and

[18:22] privacy which was once our

[18:24] community right.

[18:25] It is something that our board

[18:27] members should respect, our

[18:28] police department should

[18:29] respect, city should respect as

[18:30] a whole.

[18:32] By doing that, they should

[18:33] cancel the flock contract and

[18:36] cancel any future alpr contract.

[18:37] I know a lot of people in the

[18:40] past and I'm sure people dad

[18:41] will express the same thing in

[18:44] probably better detail.

[18:46] But the city of elk grove has

[18:48] violated our privacy a multitude

[18:51] of time by giving data to

[18:51] outside agencies.

[18:54] If you are oblivious to the

[18:55] implications or lying through

[18:56] your teeth the conclusion is the

[18:57] same.

[18:59] This is showing signs of

[19:00] incompetence should you continue

[19:01] to persist with using any sort

[19:05] of alpr, and flock as a whole.

[19:07] Putting once again our privacy

[19:09] and our safety at risk.

[19:11] I yield.

[19:14] >> thank you.

[19:18] Next up is george.

[19:24] After george is omar.

[19:27] Hi.

[19:29] >> good evening, I'm george, and

[19:31] my family has lived in the city

[19:33] for about 30 years give or take.

[19:35] I'm here to express my

[19:36] opposition to the use of

[19:38] warrantless mass surveillance

[19:40] automated license reader, alpr

[19:42] cameras.

[19:44] An independent audit has

[19:46] revealed over 97% of the queries

[19:48] made came from entities not

[19:50] directly affiliated with the

[19:51] city of elk grove.

[19:52] This would appear to be a direct

[19:55] violation of sb34 but more

[19:56] importantly it represents a

[19:56] violation of the community trust

[19:59] in the city council.

[20:01] We asked through legitimate

[20:02] chance how our data was being

[20:05] used and what was used to do.

[20:07] What we got back was a brick

[20:08] wall of redactions.

[20:11] Only cross referencing the data

[20:14] against that disclosed by

[20:15] woodland P.D. Did we learn the

[20:17] truth.

[20:18] That shouldn't happen in any

[20:19] municipality paying more than

[20:21] lip service to the ideal of

[20:23] transparency in government.

[20:24] Fundamentally, none of elk grove

[20:26] citizens have asked to live in

[20:29] the sort of open air prison that

[20:30] mass surveillance creates.

[20:32] Even under this regime this is

[20:33] the united states of america and

[20:36] we are still entitled to our

[20:37] fourth amendment rights.

[20:39] We as a community deserve better

[20:41] than to have privacy violated by

[20:42] unaccountable vendors and

[20:44] mismanaged federal agencies.

[20:48] We deserve better than to be

[20:55] stalked by police departments

[20:56] which has happened in many

[20:57] states.

[21:00] We deserve better than finance

[21:01] the erosion of our own civil

[21:03] liberties.

[21:05] I implore the city council to

[21:08] reject mass surveillance or get

[21:08] out of the way for those who

[21:09] will.

[21:12] Thank you and I yield my time.

[21:15] >> thank you, next up -- order

[21:17] in chambers please.

[21:20] Omar.

[21:25] Hi, omar after amarch is rob

[21:29] hansen.

[21:30] >> cool, good evening mayor and

[21:32] councilmembers.

[21:34] I'm omar, I'm an elk grove

[21:38] resident and I'm here to ask you

[21:39] to end the city's flock contract

[21:43] and stop alpr in elk grove.

[21:44] I want to start by making

[21:47] something clear, this is not an

[21:47] argument against public safety

[21:55] at all.

[21:56] With missing people, identifying

[21:58] possible suspects.

[22:00] The question is whether we need

[22:03] to routinely collect information

[22:05] about where order people drive

[22:06] in order to accomplish this

[22:07] goal, ordinary people.

[22:10] Where they go to school,

[22:11] worship, where they eat, routes

[22:12] to work.

[22:13] Would you like that information

[22:13] about you recorded?

[22:15] Probably not.

[22:18] But it probably already was as

[22:19] there's two flock cameras

[22:23] outside of here.

[22:24] I understand there are stated

[22:25] safeguards such as access

[22:28] control policies and search

[22:29] restrictions and who can -- who

[22:32] the data is shared to.

[22:34] But safeguards don't eliminate

[22:37] the underlying risk, they

[22:37] mitigate it.

[22:38] What happens when there's a

[22:40] security breach?

[22:41] What happens when an authorized

[22:45] user misuses their access?

[22:46] Are you willing to accept the

[22:48] high margin of error as we have

[22:50] seen in roseville where over 71%

[22:53] of license plates were misread.

[22:54] What happens when the city has

[22:57] to defend the implication cases

[23:00] of using alpr in court.

[23:00] They are not hypothetical

[23:02] concerns.

[23:03] We have seen cities cancel

[23:05] contracts due to these concerns.

[23:07] The city is stuck taking on the

[23:08] responsibility of protecting

[23:09] sensitive data of residents

[23:10] during the duration of the

[23:11] contract.

[23:13] That's why I don't think this

[23:14] should be reduced to a question

[23:16] about flock.

[23:18] If we cancel flock and replace

[23:20] it with another alpr company we

[23:23] have solved the vendor problem

[23:26] but not the underlying route

[23:26] problem, surveillance and the

[23:28] risk that comes with it.

[23:30] The strongest privacy protection

[23:32] to using these system is simple,

[23:36] not using it in the first place.

[23:36] My request tonight is this.

[23:38] End the flock contract, remove

[23:40] the flock cameras and establish

[23:42] a clear city policy that elk

[23:43] grove will not operate or

[23:46] participate in alpr surveillance

[23:46] regardless of what company that

[23:47] sells it.

[23:48] Thank you.

[23:50] >> thank you.

[23:53] Next up is rob hansen followed

[23:56] by kevin barnwell.

[23:58] >> hello.

[23:59] I'm lear to address the flock

[24:02] cameras also.

[24:05] I'm a veteran and I find this

[24:07] extensive use of flock cameras a

[24:09] violation of people's freedoms

[24:12] which I didn't serve for.

[24:14] Flock camera data is not owned

[24:15] by the city of elk grove and

[24:16] shared with police departments

[24:17] and cities throughout the

[24:19] country.

[24:20] There have been states who have

[24:21] used the flock cameras to arrest

[24:23] people in other states, they

[24:24] traveled where something is

[24:26] against the law in the state, in

[24:28] one state and isn't in another.

[24:32] There have been cases where

[24:34] women traveled to a state for an

[24:35] abortion, come back to their

[24:38] home state and are arrested.

[24:40] Other states can use that flock

[24:41] camera, used throughout the

[24:42] country.

[24:43] Our laws in california aren't

[24:45] the same as texas.

[24:49] they're used, abusing those.

[24:51] Police departments have not had

[24:52] cameras to police.

[24:54] Why do they do it now?

[24:57] Maybe just patrol and police car

[24:59] instead of depending on a flock

[25:01] camera.

[25:04] I find it is just being abusive.

[25:07] You guys don't control the data.

[25:08] It is controlled by a

[25:10] corporation.

[25:12] And there's been other

[25:14] instances, instances where the

[25:16] camera instead of at the street

[25:20] they have it pointed toward a

[25:21] canvas store in states where

[25:23] it's legal.

[25:26] Or at a gun range, pointing at

[25:28] the gun range instead of being

[25:29] out in the street.

[25:31] I'm not saying this is happening

[25:34] in elk grove but the problem is

[25:36] you do not control that data.

[25:38] The company does.

[25:41] So they can share this

[25:42] information, and that's a huge

[25:43] problem.

[25:44] Other than california -- I live

[25:47] in california because I like our

[25:49] freedoms, I don't like red

[25:55] states, sorry.

[25:57] You don't control it, so you

[26:02] shouldn't use it.

[26:03] Police are just patrolling in

[26:04] their cars instead of using a

[26:06] camera.

[26:07] They have done it for decades

[26:08] without cameras they can do it

[26:09] now.

[26:10] That's what I have to say about

[26:12] it.

[26:14] I think if you can't control the

[26:15] data you shouldn't have it.

[26:17] >> thank you.

[26:24] Kevin barnwell followed by --

[26:28] [Inaudible]

[26:30] >> good evening.

[26:32] I'm kevin barnwell, elk grove

[26:34] resident within district 2.

[26:36] I want to share my strong

[26:37] concerns with you all regarding

[26:39] the city's use of flock and alpr

[26:40] technology.

[26:42] This is obviously a hot topic

[26:45] this evening as the use of alpr

[26:46] technologies are

[26:47] unconstitutional use of

[26:49] surveillance and uniting the

[26:51] left and right quicker than

[26:53] donald trump's insider trading.

[26:56] For a city who prides itself in

[26:57] diversity, we are no doubt

[26:59] hurting our own community by

[27:01] aiding in the use of information

[27:05] passed on to ice and being

[27:06] complicity of extending the

[27:07] surveillance technology on each

[27:10] and every single one of us

[27:11] gathering at this time a and

[27:14] profiles of our daily lives.

[27:16] I've seen countless videos of

[27:16] packed city council meetings all

[27:18] over the country raising

[27:20] concerns about this very topic.

[27:21] I would much rather be at home

[27:24] with my family but I'm concerned

[27:25] if we aren't loud about this now

[27:29] more of our amazing community

[27:31] will be hurt and tensions will

[27:33] continue to into rise as no one

[27:34] should be summer reeled without

[27:37] probable -- surveiled without

[27:39] probable cause.

[27:41] We have heard about the misuse

[27:44] of alpr technology, stalking,

[27:46] mishits of bad license plate

[27:48] numbers resulting in people

[27:48] being pulled over and having

[27:49] guns drawn on them.

[27:52] Please take action.

[27:56] No ALPRs period.

[27:57] We will be watching and our

[27:59] future votes will match what we

[28:01] see.

[28:01] >> thank you.

[28:05] Next up is alleg b. Followed by

[28:11] shea.

[28:12] >> good evening, I live in

[28:14] district 1 and I've been a

[28:15] resident of elk grove for 12

[28:16] years.

[28:18] I am asking you to cancel the

[28:22] flock alpr contract and not seek

[28:25] alternate alpr vendor including

[28:27] action on or any others.

[28:28] I hope you have read the

[28:28] community audit of the flock

[28:30] records.

[28:31] And reviewed the city's data it

[28:33] is based on.

[28:36] I have and reviewed the data.

[28:38] I invite everyone hearing this

[28:42] to go to deflockelk grove.Org to

[28:42] read the find fringes the

[28:43] community audit.

[28:46] Look at the data for yourself.

[28:48] The audit showed that elk grove

[28:49] P.D. Shared our data with more

[28:52] than 3,200 out of state and

[28:54] federal agencies which searched

[28:56] that data more than 1.3 million

[29:00] times from 2021 to 2025.

[29:02] This violates california senate

[29:05] bill 34 enacted in 2016.

[29:07] Elk grove pd stated at a prior

[29:09] council meeting that this type

[29:11] of sharing had never occurred.

[29:15] These violations can carry a

[29:16] $2,500 penalty per search if

[29:19] litigated.

[29:20] Additionally elk grove pd shared

[29:23] our data from 2021 through 2026

[29:26] with 290 california agencies

[29:28] that do not have data sharing

[29:29] agreements or MOUs to search our

[29:31] data.

[29:33] Despite elk grove pd stating at

[29:34] a prior city council meeting

[29:37] that only agencies with MOUs can

[29:37] search.

[29:39] Yet those unauthorized

[29:41] california agencies searched 4.3

[29:45] million times.

[29:47] The elk grove pd alpr website

[29:47] states that the police

[29:48] department audits the flock

[29:54] system.

[29:56] This is illegal, out of state

[29:58] federal sharing, unauthorized

[30:00] california agency sharing to go

[30:02] on for years.

[30:03] But this is not just about

[30:06] flock.

[30:09] Recently, we discovered an oxon

[30:11] brand fixed camera on the corner

[30:14] of bruceville and laguna.

[30:16] Here's a picture of what that

[30:16] camera looks like near the

[30:18] walgreen's.

[30:20] Axon boasts that this camera

[30:23] provides livestreaming, alpr,

[30:24] vehicle recognition in one

[30:26] device.

[30:27] Police officers don't just get a

[30:29] hit they get the full picture in

[30:32] realtime end quote.

[30:34] Alpr vendors such as axon and

[30:35] others are not better than flock

[30:37] and we don't want them here.

[30:40] I believe that searchs of olpr

[30:42] data are fourth amendment

[30:43] searchs, the type that require a

[30:44] judicial warrant.

[30:45] These records are searched

[30:47] without a warrant.

[30:50] I believe that the recent ruling

[30:52] sets the ground work for future

[30:54] lawsuits that will ultimately

[30:57] take these warrantless

[30:57] surveillance systems down.

[31:00] The issue is not that we don't

[31:01] want police to be able to

[31:02] effectively and efficiently

[31:03] solve crimes that occur in the

[31:04] community.

[31:05] Of course we want them to, we

[31:07] live here.

[31:08] But we want them to use

[31:10] investigative techniques that do

[31:11] not say late our constitutional

[31:12] rights.

[31:14] Can sole the flock contract and

[31:16] do not seek alternate vendor,

[31:18] thank you.

[31:19] >> thank you.

[31:23] >> shea you're up, after shea is

[31:25] jim wilson.

[31:29] Shea?

[31:36] There we go.

[31:39] >> mello, I'm shea and I have a

[31:41] vested interest in the topic of

[31:43] alpr cameras as I do a majority

[31:44] of my shopping here in the city

[31:46] of elk grove.

[31:48] When I first bought my home two

[31:50] years ago, there were no flock

[31:51] cameras.

[31:54] As a homeowner and a taxpayer,

[31:56] I'm deeply concerned and

[31:58] rightfully upset these cameras

[32:00] are installed at every major

[32:01] intersection over the last two

[32:03] years with little to no input

[32:05] from the citizens who live here.

[32:08] Just on the way over here, I've

[32:13] witnessed 12 flock cameras, 5

[32:18] dollar gas, four fenti, 2 sex

[32:19] trafficked and a city racking up

[32:21] legal fees.

[32:24] All of the illegal searchs that

[32:26] have happened that violate

[32:28] senate bill 34 there's been over

[32:30] a million of these illegal

[32:32] searchs conducted.

[32:35] Each of those carrying a penalty

[32:38] of $2,500 if litigation were to

[32:39] on curb.

[32:42] If you quickly crunch those

[32:45] numbers, that already equals $3

[32:46] billion.

[32:48] We're going to go bankrupt.

[32:53] That's a lot of money.

[32:57] Also, yesterday in sacramento an

[32:59] ice agent brutally assaulted a

[33:01] young indigenous woman.

[33:03] These are the people, ice

[33:05] agents, that are utilizing our

[33:05] elk grove city surveillance

[33:08] cameras.

[33:11] Many of the cameras have fashlg

[33:12] recognition and aye capabilities

[33:14] that allow for searchs based on

[33:16] appearance.

[33:17] We have a large immigrant

[33:19] population in our community and

[33:21] it is our duty to protect them

[33:21] from harm.

[33:23] You had a land acknowledgement

[33:25] at the beginning of our meeting.

[33:27] How can we brag about being one

[33:29] of the most diverse cities when

[33:31] we're doing nothing to protect

[33:32] people from being snatched off

[33:34] the street.

[33:36] It is a mockery, and it is a

[33:38] disgrace to make claims of

[33:40] safety and inclusion with no

[33:42] identified to back it up.

[33:44] Words are nice and appreciated,

[33:46] but we need to see action.

[33:48] We the people of elk grove

[33:56] demand -- that all flock cameras

[33:58] be removed from the city, end

[33:59] the existing contracts and do

[34:01] not enter knee new ones.

[34:03] We're erred people who have a

[34:04] right to privacy when we travel.

[34:09] Thank you.

[34:09] >> thank you.

[34:13] Jim wilson followed by

[34:20] margarita.

[34:22] >> I'm jim wilson.

[34:24] Can you hear me at my relatively

[34:27] high altitude here?

[34:28] I'd like to share something

[34:31] about flock the company.

[34:34] You MAY not be aware of.

[34:39] It's kind of technical.

[34:42] But most companies have websites

[34:43] that are searchable that you can

[34:45] go back and you can see what the

[34:47] content of the website was

[34:51] months or years previously.

[34:53] If you want to ask your I.T.

[34:54] People about this they can show

[34:56] you how it's done, it is easy to

[34:58] do.

[35:01] But it turns out that flock has

[35:04] erased all of their websites

[35:06] prior to the present one.

[35:07] The present websit is the only

[35:08] one you can see.

[35:09] Most people are not aware of

[35:14] this.

[35:16] They have basically scrubbed

[35:17] anything going back months or

[35:22] years.

[35:24] Why is this a concern?

[35:26] Because perhaps they've made

[35:27] commitments in terms of who

[35:29] they're going to sell the

[35:31] demonstrate a to, and many

[35:32] other -- sell the data to and

[35:34] many other things.

[35:35] Their liability, their policies,

[35:38] that they maybe used to have.

[35:39] We don't know if they lived up

[35:42] to those commitments or not.

[35:43] Because those commitments have

[35:45] been erased.

[35:48] I urge you to talk to your oi t.

[35:49] People.

[35:52] Find out if what I'm saying is

[35:52] correct.

[35:54] There's a website called gadget

[35:57] review.Com, people might want to

[35:59] check, with an article on this.

[36:01] I think it is very important

[36:04] that we know what types of

[36:05] company

[36:06] companies the city is doing

[36:08] business with.

[36:09] So that's why I'm presenting

[36:10] this information to you.

[36:11] I really appreciate the chance

[36:16] to be able to share that.

[36:16] [Applause]

[36:21] >> mark rita followed by --

[36:22] margarita followed by samantha

[36:29] brown.

[36:31] >> good evening, I am an elk

[36:33] grove reasons dent, the

[36:34] valedictorian of my high school

[36:36] and educator serving elk grove

[36:37] elementary schools.

[36:38] I was born and raised on the

[36:41] street where there's now a flock

[36:43] camera on the corner.

[36:46] I ask you to cancel the city's

[36:48] contract with flock safety for

[36:51] alpr and not to seek alternate

[36:53] alpr vendor.

[36:55] It is my understanding the city

[36:57] of elk grove contracted with

[36:58] flock for community safety.

[37:00] An audit shows that 97% of elk

[37:03] grove residents were made by

[37:04] agencies outside of the elk

[37:07] grove police department.

[37:10] Flock technology makes us

[37:12] vulnerable to more harm.

[37:13] It is fallible, it makes

[37:15] mistakes all the time.

[37:16] The roseville police department

[37:20] said 71% of felony or stolen

[37:23] vehicle alerts were misreads a

[37:24] woman in milwaukee was pulled

[37:26] over at gunpoint due to a flock

[37:28] alert error.

[37:30] According to the institute

[37:32] forreousts r advertise she is

[37:35] one -- for justice she's just

[37:37] one of dozens jailed on a flock

[37:38] error.

[37:39] All over the U.S. Police

[37:40] officers are investigated for

[37:41] abusing their access to flock to

[37:43] track people.

[37:45] One kentucky police officer was

[37:47] just arrested for using flock to

[37:50] track his ex-girlfriend over

[37:54] 2,000 miles away.

[37:56] I dropped out of my graduate

[37:56] program at stanford university

[37:58] two years ago.

[37:59] Partially attributed to the

[38:01] stress I was dealing with trying

[38:03] to avoid a stalker.

[38:04] Thank GOD he wasn't a police

[38:07] officer.

[38:08] I moved back home so that I

[38:10] could feel safe.

[38:13] I and everyone else de'every

[38:15] feel safe in our community.

[38:17] Flock is neither preventative

[38:19] safety measure or a solution.

[38:22] I urge you to stand up for our

[38:25] right to safety, don't replace

[38:28] it with another alpr vendor.

[38:29] >> thank you.

[38:32] Samantha brown followed by

[38:36] jennifer tune.

[38:42] >> thank you.

[38:44] I'm samantha and I have lived in

[38:45] elk grove for 27 years.

[38:48] I'm in district 2.

[38:50] I'm here to ask the city to

[38:52] cancel our contract with flock

[38:56] safety or any vendor of alpr.

[38:58] I think that indiscriminate

[39:00] tracking and surveillance is a

[39:03] violation of civil liberties.

[39:05] After reading about the audit,

[39:07] it's also unacceptable the error

[39:08] rates and the misuse of our

[39:10] data.

[39:12] We have too much data on servers

[39:15] servers.

[39:18] So, again, I urge for a

[39:20] cancellation of any contracts

[39:22] and no renewal with any alpr

[39:22] vendor.

[39:23] Thank you, I yield my time.

[39:27] >> thank you.

[39:40] Jennifer tune, adella.

[39:43] >> hello, I'm jennifer tune,

[39:43] resident of district 2 in elk

[39:44] grove.

[39:46] My family has lived mere for 7

[39:49] years and I'm an educator

[39:49] serving elk grove elementary

[39:50] schools.

[39:52] I'm asking you to cancel our

[39:55] city's contract with flock

[39:57] safety for automated license

[40:00] plate readers known as ALPRs and

[40:02] not seek another vendor.

[40:05] At a previous city council

[40:06] meeting, city council member

[40:07] spease, you said that you are

[40:09] very serious about our civil

[40:11] rights and that you are a member

[40:12] of the electronic frontier

[40:12] foundation.

[40:15] I appreciate that.

[40:18] As a member of the eeff, you

[40:20] will know that they are a

[40:21] leading nonprofit defending

[40:24] digital freedom and privacy,

[40:25] free speech, and innovation.

[40:28] A memo put out by the eff in

[40:32] NOVEMBER of 2025 calls ALPRs

[40:32] invasive mass surveillance

[40:34] technology.

[40:36] This memo says one of the many

[40:40] problems with ALPRs is that

[40:41] police officers officer much

[40:45] alpr databases without a

[40:46] warrant.

[40:49] The city of san jose has been

[40:52] sued to end this practice.

[40:55] If you are truly serious about

[40:56] it, you wouldn't support them

[41:02] here either.

[41:05] It's okay to change your mind.

[41:06] Seat show us your courage.

[41:11] Leaf this behind.

[41:15] It's okay to change your mind.

[41:16] And you can join us, join us

[41:18] here any time.

[41:21] Thank you.

[41:25] >> you have a lovely voice,

[41:27] thank you.

[41:32] Adella.

[41:35] After adella is justin d.

[41:38] >> hi, I I'm adella and I'm

[41:41] calling for the ended use of

[41:44] automated license plate readers,

[41:45] ALPRs.

[41:46] By terminating the contract with

[41:48] flock safety and not seeking

[41:51] other alpr vendors.

[41:52] The fourth amendment protects

[41:55] our right to be free from

[41:56] unwanted -- unwarranted search

[41:57] and seizure.

[41:59] That right should not be

[42:01] sacrificed for unsanctioned

[42:04] surveillance disguised as the

[42:07] promise of safety.

[42:07] When surveillance systems are

[42:09] eye becaused by people in

[42:10] companies with dubious

[42:11] intentions we have a

[42:12] responsibility as a community to

[42:14] put an independent to it.

[42:17] An end to it.

[42:19] Benjamin franklin, a founding

[42:21] father, once said those who

[42:23] would give up a central liberty

[42:25] to purchase a little temporary

[42:26] safety deserve neither liberty

[42:28] or safety.

[42:31] So stand with your friends, your

[42:32] family, and your neighbors in

[42:33] elk grove just as we have stood

[42:34] with you.

[42:36] And reject the use of

[42:36] unwarranted surveillance.

[42:38] Thank you.

[42:42] >> thank you.

[42:53] Justin d. Followed by ricardo.

[42:54] >> hello, can you hear me?

[42:55] Hi.

[42:58] I'm justin, I've lived here for

[42:59] 6 years now.

[43:01] This is a great city.

[43:02] You guys are the stewards of

[43:03] this place, we love living here.

[43:05] There's a lot of wonderful

[43:08] places to visit, stores, people

[43:08] to talk to.

[43:09] We really appreciate this place

[43:11] that we all share together.

[43:12] I'm here because I'm concerned

[43:14] about your use of flock cameras

[43:17] and similar ALPRs.

[43:18] Other people have given a lot of

[43:19] good examples why these have

[43:22] been misused, abused, or even

[43:23] used against the commitments

[43:25] made about how they're supposed

[43:26] to be used.

[43:27] I don't have control over them

[43:28] and other agencies and states

[43:30] can do what they want.

[43:31] I want to share a few other

[43:32] examples.

[43:36] These cameras can be used to

[43:37] build a comprehensive view of

[43:39] somebody's life, the places they

[43:46] visit, the churches they go to.

[43:47] Protests or going to doctors

[43:48] about embarrassing medical

[43:50] conditions, are all things that

[43:52] can be tracked down with use of

[43:54] these camera systems and

[43:56] databases they hold that

[43:56] information in.

[43:57] Additionally, this is not a

[43:58] partisan issue.

[44:00] People across the political

[44:02] spectrum care about this.

[44:04] You see people in deep blue and

[44:06] deep red cities separately and

[44:07] independently voting against

[44:09] these systems, they don't like

[44:10] what they stand for and

[44:11] represent and the harm to the

[44:13] community.

[44:14] some examples from left and

[44:16] right leaning perspectives, if

[44:17] you are right leaning and you

[44:19] care about the JANUARY 6

[44:20] protesters some of those people

[44:21] MAY not have done anything but

[44:23] they were there and databases

[44:25] like these were used to track

[44:26] those people to those locations.

[44:28] Even if they didn't do anything

[44:29] to anybody or any property they

[44:31] were charged.

[44:32] If you are right leaning and you

[44:34] care about that that is a

[44:35] problem for you.

[44:36] If you are left leaning

[44:39] databases are used to hurt

[44:40] people from immigrant

[44:41] communities or people who look

[44:42] like they might than from

[44:44] outside the community, ice is

[44:46] using the databases to pull beep

[44:48] many off the streets and

[44:51] traumatize their children.

[44:53] Additionally, companies like

[44:55] discord, google and others are

[44:57] working with the federal

[44:57] administration to gather

[44:59] information about people who

[45:01] share opinions that the

[45:02] administration doesn't like.

[45:04] For example discord is sharing

[45:05] information about w. The trump

[45:06] administration about people who

[45:07] have opinions that are negative

[45:09] of ice.

[45:10] These databases could be used by

[45:11] the justice department to look

[45:13] for those people.

[45:15] I think that that's a problem

[45:16] and you should find that to be a

[45:17] problem.

[45:18] Thank you for stewarding this

[45:20] city, I appreciate what you do

[45:21] here, please keep doing a great

[45:23] job and support us.

[45:25] This is an unpopular policy.

[45:25] Thank you.

[45:29] >> thank you.

[45:43] Ricardo followed by alexander.

[45:45] >> see, nearly a year ago on

[45:49] SEPTEMBER 20, 2025, a flock

[45:51] vice PRESIDENT Logged into the

[45:53] dunnwoody pd security camera

[45:55] system, solely to look at a

[45:57] camera inside of a children's

[45:58] gymnastics class.

[46:01] He did not look at a single

[46:03] other camera that day.

[46:05] Cases like these and all of the

[46:06] ones mentioned earlier have been

[46:09] known about for months now.

[46:11] Yet the city council voted

[46:14] unanimously last APRIL to renew

[46:16] and expand the contract of flock

[46:16] despite near universal community

[46:18] opposition.

[46:21] People with the power to access

[46:23] these cameras both police

[46:26] officers and private individuals

[46:28] have unprecedented ability to

[46:30] track anyone and anywhere not

[46:32] because of what they do in the

[46:33] present but because of what

[46:36] they've done in the past.

[46:39] For the sake of such globious,

[46:41] virtuous activities like a

[46:44] police officer stalking a woman

[46:46] who rejected him.

[46:48] Federal agent listing people who

[46:50] went to peaceful protests

[46:52] against trump.

[46:55] A hacker scraping data to find a

[46:57] target they want to hurt or

[46:59] businessman in this instance

[47:00] spying on other people's

[47:03] children for their own sick, bee

[47:04] praifd purposes.

[47:08] I must emphasize the solution is

[47:12] not to simply pick another

[47:16] company's mode of this

[47:19] information in lieu of flock.

[47:21] We don't want one swapped out

[47:23] with another.

[47:24] No summer verylant system has

[47:27] any place in elk grove, period.

[47:29] We want the flock contract to

[47:30] independent and we want the oath

[47:32] that nothing will take its

[47:32] place.

[47:34] if we don't get that we will

[47:34] vote for other people.

[47:36] Thank you.

[47:41] >> thank you.

[47:46] Ricardo.

[47:47] >> I'm covering a lot of bases

[47:49] over here and not sure if that

[47:49] speaker got called up

[47:51] previously.

[47:52] I wanted to make sure they had

[47:53] the opportunity to come forward.

[47:54] >> given the volume of speakers,

[47:58] I don't know.

[48:01] You want me to move on?

[48:05] >> ricardo have you spock een?

[48:07] >> not seeing ricardo.

[48:13] Andrea ramirez.

[48:18] Followed by kayla coats.

[48:20] >> hi mayor and city council,

[48:22] I'm an elk grove resident, and I

[48:25] don't know what district I'm in.

[48:27] I'm located over by laguna and

[48:30] big horn.

[48:32] I was walking my dog, I have a

[48:35] very reactive dog.

[48:36] A flock camera was following

[48:38] me -- a drone.

[48:40] I called egpd, I asked is this

[48:42] associated with you.

[48:44] They said no.

[48:45] Though forwarded me to

[48:46] sacramento pd.

[48:49] I talked to sac pd, no one knew

[48:51] who was following me.

[48:51] This drone followed me for about

[48:54] an hour.

[48:54] I'm terrified to walk my dog at

[48:56] night.

[48:57] I'm located close to flock

[48:58] cameras.

[49:01] I don't know -- I'm not accusing

[49:03] anybody of watching me but I've

[49:05] been seeing stories about women

[49:07] being stalked by police officers

[49:09] or other people in general using

[49:11] flock cameras.

[49:14] I have concerns about my safety

[49:14] regarding things like

[49:16] surveillance in my area.

[49:18] Especially as a young woman.

[49:20] i'm a homeowner here.

[49:21] I'd like to feel safe when I

[49:23] walk around at night.

[49:25] I generally really have great

[49:26] encounters with egpd, this is

[49:30] not a knock on them.

[49:32] I have to speak in favor of what

[49:34] everyone else is talking about,

[49:38] I'm very against ALPRs including

[49:40] flock, axi environment on, met

[49:43] role a I want to be face to face

[49:45] with officers, people who know

[49:46] the community, talking to us,

[49:48] know our situations I don't want

[49:48] -

[49:50] to have to be dealing with ai.

[49:52] Ai doesn't know who I am and I

[49:54] don't want to be in a situation

[49:56] where I have to -- I'm dealing

[49:58] with facial recognition of some

[50:00] kind.

[50:01] Like that woman who is

[50:03] potentially prosecuted.

[50:04] I would like to feel safe in my

[50:06] neighborhood.

[50:07] I will be keeping that in mind

[50:09] when I vote, I really hope that

[50:10] you can do your best like the

[50:11] rest of us.

[50:15] Thank you for your time.

[50:15] >> thank you.

[50:19] Next up is kayla coats followed

[50:25] by yavi.

[50:26] Sorry for the butchering of the

[50:27] name.

[50:29] >> I'm kayla, I'm an elk grove

[50:31] resident and homeowner.

[50:33] I am also asking elk grove to

[50:35] end its flock contract and not

[50:38] pursue alternate alpr contracts.

[50:40] I would like to address several

[50:42] points listed on the elk grove

[50:44] website, alpr frequently asked

[50:46] questions.

[50:50] Elk grove claims alpr only

[50:52] records license plate and do not

[50:56] do father-in-law searchs.

[50:58] Flock free form by physical

[51:02] description, patent number U.S.

[51:03] 11416545e1 describes classifying

[51:05] people by race, gender, height,

[51:06] and weight.

[51:09] The platform is designed to go

[51:09] far beyond still images of

[51:11] license plates.

[51:13] Elk grove says the data policed

[51:16] is owned by egpd and never used

[51:18] for anything besides law

[51:20] enforcement and never sold to

[51:22] third parties n mountain view

[51:28] the city put in data use pro

[51:32] protections.

[51:35] Flock used the information

[51:35] without mountain view

[51:39] permission.

[51:40] 23 vulnerabilities in flock

[51:46] security was found.

[51:48] Eg says it prohibits the use of

[51:50] all alpr for immigration

[51:51] enforcement.

[51:54] Flock has been running pilot

[51:55] programs with border if a troll

[51:57] and data security.

[51:59] They have been tapped for

[52:00] immigration searchs and

[52:01] impossible to say whether or not

[52:03] data intended to be restricted

[52:05] by egpd has been retained longer

[52:07] than the 30 day limit.

[52:08] Flock terms of service allow

[52:10] data to be served up to one year

[52:12] depending on discretion.

[52:13] As someone who had my

[52:16] information leaked by data

[52:21] brokers and docking effort, I'm

[52:21] aware of the deleterious

[52:23] effects.

[52:25] This was a personally motivated

[52:27] event with only one victim.

[52:31] Flock and alpr is systemic.

[52:32] Regardless of the intentions,

[52:37] flock and other alpr is

[52:38] demonstrably incure and putting

[52:40] us at violations of privacy and

[52:42] at worse open up the vulnerable

[52:45] citizens to the evolving throat

[52:46] of stalking, retaliation and

[52:47] other harm.

[52:50] I implore you in the best of

[52:51] faith to consider my and all of

[52:52] my fellow citizens concerns.

[52:53] Thank you.

[52:58] >> thank you.

[53:03] Yavi.

[53:04] >> yev.

[53:06] >> thank you.

[53:08] >> hi, I'd like to talk about

[53:11] flock safety.

[53:11] What is really safe about it.

[53:13] ?

[53:16] By creating such a dragnet of

[53:17] surveillance, you paint a big

[53:21] target for every dictator, power

[53:21] hungry maniac and wealthy

[53:23] psychopath.

[53:24] Making it safer opens the

[53:27] communities to the worst and

[53:28] those most able of causing great

[53:29] damage.

[53:31] Is the flock cybersecurity team

[53:33] really a match for north korean

[53:37] state actors?

[53:38] Ai.

[53:38] These loud floor fayed cell

[53:41] phones are nothing new.

[53:43] Strapping drones on to the

[53:46] flimsy foundation is inviting

[53:49] enemies to take a crack at it.

[53:53] This is umpb unnerving, allows

[53:54] the enemy to cause great

[53:55] targeted damage.

[53:56] The city of elk grove is a

[53:59] community that a lot of peeper

[54:01] people want to come to.

[54:02] Does skynet make it more

[54:04] inviting?

[54:05] Do you think that wealthy people

[54:07] value their privacy?

[54:09] They value it greatly.

[54:11] Do you think that they will be

[54:12] purchasing homes in these well

[54:14] watched neighborhoods?

[54:16] Power concedes nothing without a

[54:16] demand.

[54:19] It never did and it never will.

[54:21] I ask that you demand real

[54:22] accountability of the tools that

[54:23] you have unleashed on our

[54:24] communities.

[54:27] Cancel all alpr contracts.

[54:27] i yield my time.

[54:32] >> thank you.

[54:33] Last speaker in person is jeff

[54:44] tune.

[54:45] >> hello, good evening, city

[54:47] council.

[54:49] I'd like to begin by

[54:51] acknowledging and thanking the

[54:52] many members of elk grove --

[54:53] many elk grove residents that

[54:55] have invested their personal

[54:57] time and energy into conducting

[54:58] this and publishing this

[55:01] community audit.

[55:06] The resident led audit was not

[55:07] conducted by outside agitators

[55:09] as we have heard you claim.

[55:11] But rather engaged residents who

[55:12] care about their neighbors and

[55:13] the safety of all members of our

[55:15] community.

[55:17] This audit should not be viewed

[55:19] as an attack but rather effort

[55:21] to highlight a real concern elk

[55:23] grove residents have and

[55:24] demonstrate that the city

[55:26] council has failed to provide

[55:27] meaningful invite and so far

[55:28] site of the police department

[55:32] use of flock.

[55:33] The audit has provided

[55:37] reasonable evidence that egpd

[55:37] has violated state law.

[55:40] As a result I am asking again

[55:47] that you stop this -- end the

[55:48] contract with flock and to not

[55:49] seek a replacement.

[55:49] Thank you.

[55:53] >> thank you.

[55:55] All right, to the clerk, are

[55:58] there any online speakers?

[56:00] >> indeed, we have some

[56:02] participants online.

[56:04] What I will be doing is unmuting

[56:06] eli first, what you will want to

[56:08] do on your side is first be

[56:11] asked to unmute and you want to

[56:12] unmute, then you have the floor

[56:15] and I will pull up the speaker

[56:16] time are for you to see.

[56:18] >> excellent, can you hear me.

[56:20] >> indeed, loud and clear.

[56:24] Usually devices are very good at

[56:26] sound attenuating so they should

[56:27] be pretty good at finding where

[56:32] we are at.

[56:35] I have to find my speaker timer.

[56:37] Go ahead, let's see if we can

[56:44] pull this online.

[56:46] Ready to go.

[56:48] >> I'm ready.

[56:49] >> please proceed.

[56:49] >> excellent.

[56:53] Hi, I'm eli, I live in the area.

[56:55] I just wanted to express my

[56:56] opposition to you guessed it,

[57:01] the widespread use of ALPRs by

[57:01] the city of elk grove.

[57:02] Using public records requests,

[57:04] we do know that police officers

[57:05] in the state of california of

[57:08] made searchs on behalf of ice.

[57:12] These same off selves that have

[57:14] network access, most of the PDs

[57:15] in california.

[57:18] I'm not anti-police but I am

[57:20] anti-surveillance.

[57:22] I can't physically leave my home

[57:24] without my location being logged

[57:25] by a camera that goes straight

[57:27] to the police.

[57:29] If somebody said that to you 10

[57:30] years ago with a straight face

[57:31] you would be looking for the tin

[57:32] foil hat.

[57:34] But here we are.

[57:36] I really can't believe what I

[57:38] just said is true.

[57:39] This horrifies my.

[57:43] And I wanted to remind everyone

[57:45] present that these surveillance

[57:46] infrastructure in china was

[57:48] built by american companies,

[57:50] cisco and oracle.

[57:51] The same thing is happening, one

[57:55] city at a time, one more

[57:56] invicive surveillance technology

[57:58] bought by local PDs.

[58:00] I ask you before I yield my time

[58:04] do we truly value our pry

[58:05] tomorrow or will we yield them

[58:07] for short term gain.

[58:08] Thank you.

[58:12] >> okay, next public comment.

[58:13] >> I have another speaker,

[58:15] pardon me as I just kind of go

[58:18] through the motions of how we

[58:21] need to do this.

[58:27] Hold on one moment.

[58:28] Isa, you should have a prompt to

[58:30] unmute.

[58:33] >> yes, hello.

[58:34] >> perfect, coming through loud

[58:35] and clear.

[58:37] >> thank you.

[58:38] Good evening, elk grove city

[58:39] council, thank you again for

[58:41] hearing us out on the alpr and

[58:44] flock camera concerns.

[58:45] I'm a highly concerned community

[58:46] member.

[58:47] Because of the privacy concerns

[58:49] of flock cameras.

[58:53] We are living modern day 1984

[58:55] society which is frightening.

[58:57] If some of you don't know, there

[59:01] is a novel called "1948 ""by

[59:05] george orwell highlights the

[59:06] surveillance and fascist

[59:08] regimes.

[59:09] Big brother is watching.

[59:12] We all have a right to privacy.

[59:14] Flock cameras are extremely

[59:15] expensive and that money should

[59:17] be invested in improving our

[59:18] road infrastructure in elk

[59:19] grove.

[59:20] Our roads are so cruded these

[59:21] days.

[59:22] A -- crowded.

[59:25] We need the money to be poured

[59:26] into public transportation,

[59:28] education, libraries and

[59:29] community resources.

[59:32] We demand elk grove cut their

[59:33] alpr contract, full transparency

[59:36] of how the data its used, and

[59:37] that elk grove police department

[59:40] finds alternate ways of ensuring

[59:43] safety.

[59:46] >> thank you.

[59:46] Any other comments?

[59:50] >> I do not have any other

[59:50] raised hands.

[59:51] >> I'm going to close the public

[59:54] comment.

[59:55] For those of you that are new to

[59:58] coming to a council meeting just

[1:00:00] to let you know, general public

[1:00:03] comment are open to anyone to

[1:00:04] come and speak on nonagenda

[1:00:05] items which this is.

[1:00:07] So the council cannot table any

[1:00:09] action on nonagenda items.

[1:00:10] I wanted to make sure for those

[1:00:11] of you coming for the first

[1:00:12] time.

[1:00:14] But thank you all for your

[1:00:17] passion and your advocacy and

[1:00:18] recognize everyone that also

[1:00:20] sent in an e-mail.

[1:00:21] Thank you very much.

[1:00:23] With that we'll move on to the

[1:00:25] next item, our city manager's

[1:00:28] report.

[1:00:30] >> good evening MADAM Mayor,

[1:00:31] vice mayor, members of the city

[1:00:33] council.

[1:00:33] I'm jason behermann.

[1:00:36] First item is the ongoing

[1:00:37] discussions with our community

[1:00:39] relating to the reuse of the elk

[1:00:40] grove library.

[1:00:41] It's in the process of

[1:00:44] relocating down the street.

[1:00:45] We have been having many

[1:00:46] community meetings of the final

[1:00:48] few are coming up on SEPTEMBER

[1:00:51] 2nd and SEPTEMBER 16 to provide

[1:00:54] input on how the community would

[1:00:57] like to see that building

[1:00:59] reimagined and reviewed.

[1:01:02] At the same time the former teen

[1:01:04] center building is also

[1:01:05] available.

[1:01:05] That will be part of the

[1:01:10] discussion as well.

[1:01:12] Looking the various uses and

[1:01:13] allocating those and moving

[1:01:14] forward with direction for the

[1:01:15] city council.

[1:01:16] Following the final community

[1:01:17] meetings bringing it back to the

[1:01:24] city council in OCTOBER.

[1:01:27] Pitch oek startup dpe tips is

[1:01:29] coming up, $20,000 is n. At

[1:01:31] stake, this is our fifth

[1:01:31] anniversary.

[1:01:34] The date for the competition is

[1:01:35] thursday SEPTEMBER 3 at district

[1:01:37] 56.

[1:01:41] All are invited but rsvp is

[1:01:42] required.

[1:01:44] Please visit the city's website

[1:01:47] for details or sign up.

[1:01:48] Also, nominations are being

[1:01:51] accepted for the disability

[1:01:53] advisory committee 20th annual

[1:01:53] above and beyond accessbility

[1:01:55] awards.

[1:01:59] The end of that will be next

[1:02:02] friday, SEPTEMBER 4.

[1:02:05] Help nominate individuals by

[1:02:06] submitting nomination online

[1:02:08] through the city's website.

[1:02:08] Tonight the city council

[1:02:10] proclaimed SEPTEMBER as

[1:02:12] diversity month in elk grove,

[1:02:14] included in the many events and

[1:02:16] activities are two happening

[1:02:17] that celebrate local flavors.

[1:02:20] The city has part nerd with

[1:02:22] explore elk grove for diversity

[1:02:24] dining week, more than 40 local

[1:02:26] restaurants will encourage

[1:02:28] residents to try something new

[1:02:30] with discounts and special

[1:02:30] offers.

[1:02:36] The city hosts global feesfest

[1:02:38] saturday SEPTEMBER 12.

[1:02:40] If you didn't go last year it

[1:02:41] was a huge hit.

[1:02:44] Come out this year on saturday,

[1:02:45] SEPTEMBER 12, and have some

[1:02:48] great food and a lot of fun.

[1:02:50] Finally, we do have a holiday

[1:02:52] coming up SEPTEMBER 7, which is

[1:02:54] labor day, at city hall.

[1:02:56] Special waste collection center,

[1:02:58] animal shelter closed.

[1:03:00] trash, recycling services and

[1:03:01] public safety services operate

[1:03:03] on a normal schedule.

[1:03:04] That concludes my report, happy

[1:03:06] to answer any questions.

[1:03:08] >> thank you for that report.

[1:03:09] Looking for questions or

[1:03:10] comments?

[1:03:11] Thank you.

[1:03:14] With that I'll move on to the

[1:03:14] next item, consent calendar

[1:03:19] items.

[1:03:20] I'll open up public comment.

[1:03:22] I don't have anyone in person,

[1:03:23] anyone online?

[1:03:25] >> online we do not have any of

[1:03:27] the raise hand functions used by

[1:03:30] our participants in the webinar.

[1:03:32] >> I'll close public comment and

[1:03:34] look for a motion to approve.

[1:03:34] >> so moved.

[1:03:35] >> second.

[1:03:36] >> thank you.

[1:03:37] We have a motion and a second.

[1:03:39] >> for that roll call vote I'll

[1:03:43] start with councilmember robles.

[1:03:43] >> aye.

[1:03:44] >> member spease.

[1:03:45] >> aye.

[1:03:46] >> councilmember brewer.

[1:03:46] >> aye.

[1:03:48] >> vice mayor suen.

[1:03:49] >> aye.

[1:03:50] >> and mayor singh-allen.

[1:03:50] >> aye.

[1:03:52] >> thank you.

[1:03:55] >> MADAM Mayor?

[1:04:00] This is for 1 through -- all

[1:04:03] consent?

[1:04:05] Thank you for 7.4.

[1:04:06] >> yes, thank you for flagging

[1:04:08] that as well, I was going to

[1:04:10] make some comments.

[1:04:13] Just as, if you want to go ahead

[1:04:14] and mention it.

[1:04:16] >> sacramento field network

[1:04:19] provides services for our

[1:04:21] families in need and provides

[1:04:22] education for our immigrant

[1:04:23] families.

[1:04:26] i know that last year we

[1:04:27] contributed, we did an increase

[1:04:29] on that and I'm happy to see

[1:04:31] that we supported this again.

[1:04:33] It is definitely in need and I

[1:04:36] believe that we did several

[1:04:37] workshops with elk grove unified

[1:04:38] and continue doing.

[1:04:40] That I want our community to

[1:04:42] know that we take our immigrant

[1:04:44] population very seriously and we

[1:04:45] will stand with you, and this is

[1:04:47] one step as a city and

[1:04:48] leadership we're doing this

[1:04:49] together.

[1:04:50] >> yes, thank you, thank you for

[1:04:52] bringing that up.

[1:04:53] All right, so the motion passes.

[1:04:57] We will go on to our next item,

[1:05:00] 8.1 public hearing to consider

[1:05:02] an ordinance imposing a

[1:05:04] moratorium on the issuance of

[1:05:05] new entitlement approvals for

[1:05:06] personal storage facilities in

[1:05:23] the city of elk grove.

[1:05:26] >> hold one second, sarah.

[1:05:28] Now you should be able to go to

[1:05:30] your powerpoint.

[1:05:37] Make sure it is projecting.

[1:05:39] >> good evening mayor,

[1:05:42] councilmembers, sarah

[1:05:43] kirchgessner planning

[1:05:44] department.

[1:05:46] This is consideration of a

[1:05:48] moratorium on new entitlement

[1:05:51] approvals for personal storage

[1:05:51] facilities citywide.

[1:05:54] Concerns every been expressed by

[1:05:56] council, staff and residents

[1:05:57] regarding the proliferation of

[1:05:59] percent natural storage

[1:05:59] facilities.

[1:06:01] The moratorium would remain in

[1:06:03] place lyle city staff conducts a

[1:06:04] study and considers further

[1:06:06] regulations of the use.

[1:06:08] The proposed moratorium would

[1:06:11] not apply to any projects with

[1:06:13] approved valid entitlements.

[1:06:15] The planning commission reviewed

[1:06:16] the eye tim at its AUGUST 6

[1:06:18] planning commission meeting.

[1:06:19] One member of the public spoke

[1:06:22] in favor of the proposed

[1:06:24] moratorium and the commission

[1:06:28] recommended discounts of the

[1:06:28] project 4-0.

[1:06:29] Pursuant to the zoning code

[1:06:31] storage, personal storage

[1:06:32] facility means a structure or

[1:06:36] group of structures containing

[1:06:37] generally small individual

[1:06:39] compartmentalized stalls or

[1:06:40] lockers rented as individual

[1:06:42] storage bases and characterized

[1:06:44] by low parking demand.

[1:06:46] The use is conditionally

[1:06:47] permitted in the general

[1:06:51] commercial shopping center, auto

[1:06:52] commercial, industrial office

[1:06:54] park, heavy industrial, light

[1:06:55] industrial, and flex zoning

[1:06:56] districts.

[1:07:00] It is not permitted by right

[1:07:01] currently in any zone.

[1:07:02] There are 19 existing personal

[1:07:03] storage facilities within the

[1:07:04] city limits.

[1:07:09] And four existing facilities

[1:07:09] within two miles of the city.

[1:07:11] Additionally two facilities

[1:07:13] including one auto and vehicle

[1:07:15] storage facility currently under

[1:07:18] construction, and one improved,

[1:07:20] the mixed use project that has

[1:07:24] been approved by council but has

[1:07:26] not begun construction as of

[1:07:26] yet.

[1:07:28] The city general plan includes

[1:07:31] policies that macon flikt with

[1:07:33] personal storage facility use,

[1:07:35] specifically policy ed2-2, the

[1:07:38] city shall maximize the use of

[1:07:39] nonresidential land generating

[1:07:41] and revenue generating uses as

[1:07:44] well as policy lu-1-2,

[1:07:45] increasing jobs and economic

[1:07:47] development.

[1:07:49] Personal storage facilities

[1:07:51] typically don't create a

[1:07:52] significant number of jobs and

[1:07:54] are not a materially revenue

[1:07:56] generating use to the city.

[1:07:59] Additionally they can consume

[1:08:00] large footprints of valuable

[1:08:01] land that could be developed

[1:08:04] into housing or other

[1:08:05] employment, or revenue

[1:08:09] generating commercial uses.

[1:08:10] The project has been determined

[1:08:12] to be -- the moratorium has been

[1:08:15] determined to be not a project

[1:08:17] and further exempt from ceqa

[1:08:21] pursuant to guideline section

[1:08:21] 15061b3, the common sense

[1:08:23] exemption.

[1:08:24] Staff recommends that the city

[1:08:26] council find the moratorium not

[1:08:28] a project subject to ceqa and

[1:08:33] exempt from ceqa resue and adopt

[1:08:36] an ordinance imposing moratorium

[1:08:37] on any personal storage

[1:08:40] facilities in the city.

[1:08:41] This concludes my presentation,

[1:08:43] I'm available for presents.

[1:08:45] >> thank you.

[1:08:47] I'll declare the public hearing

[1:08:49] open and open up public comment

[1:08:49] opportunity starting with in

[1:08:51] person.

[1:08:53] I do not have anyone signed up

[1:08:54] for this in person, anybody

[1:08:55] online?

[1:08:57] >> I'm looking at our webinar

[1:08:58] environment, I do not see a

[1:09:02] raise hand function utilized for

[1:09:02] 8.1.

[1:09:03] >> then I will close public

[1:09:08] comment and declare the public

[1:09:09] hearing is now closed.

[1:09:10] Open it up for discussion.

[1:09:13] We'll start to the left.

[1:09:16] Councilmember brewer?

[1:09:16] >> thank you.

[1:09:22] I want to thank sarah for the

[1:09:24] presentation and for the

[1:09:27] information provided.

[1:09:29] Like you said, 19 personal

[1:09:39] storage facilities in elk grove.

[1:09:43] I would say there's a lot of --

[1:09:46] to see a lot of vacancy in the

[1:09:49] storage facilities is definitely

[1:09:52] points to whether we need more

[1:09:53] that are built in the city.

[1:09:56] There's another one on waterman

[1:09:56] road near the elk grove water

[1:10:01] district.

[1:10:03] Office being built as well.

[1:10:04] We have a good number of

[1:10:05] personal storage facilities in

[1:10:08] the city.

[1:10:09] I think right now it is good to

[1:10:13] put a moratorium on it to put a

[1:10:15] cooler on everything more

[1:10:16] facilities than there are

[1:10:18] households and debt manned.

[1:10:19] That's all I have to -- the

[1:10:20] demand.

[1:10:21] Thank you.

[1:10:23] >> thank you, councilmember

[1:10:23] spease in.

[1:10:25] >> yes, I thought I had this

[1:10:26] answer but I didn't see it in

[1:10:29] the staff report, I hope I don't

[1:10:30] get it wrong.

[1:10:32] This has -- what is the length

[1:10:36] of time that this moratorium is?

[1:10:38] >> currently the moratorium does

[1:10:41] not every an end date.

[1:10:44] It is indefinite, until

[1:10:46] otherwise repealed.

[1:10:48] >> there's no statute that

[1:10:48] limits the number of years or

[1:10:51] months?

[1:10:52] >> not for this type of

[1:10:53] ordinance.

[1:10:54] There is what you might be

[1:10:57] thinking of is if you adopted an

[1:10:59] urgency ordinance.

[1:11:01] With the moratorium.

[1:11:02] Those are done on a relatively

[1:11:03] short basis.

[1:11:06] This walls not proposed as

[1:11:08] urgency ordinance, it is a

[1:11:08] regular ordinance.

[1:11:09] There's not an express time

[1:11:13] period.

[1:11:16] For moratorium like this.

[1:11:19] >> do we have a guesstimate when

[1:11:20] we plan to bring it back?

[1:11:23] i don't want a moratorium

[1:11:24] forever while we study it.

[1:11:26] Is there some length of time you

[1:11:29] think it will come back?

[1:11:31] >> our next step would be to

[1:11:32] scoping and analysis around

[1:11:34] that, getting a consultant to

[1:11:36] look at the market demands, look

[1:11:37] at the market concentrations in

[1:11:39] the city compared to other

[1:11:41] injures diss.

[1:11:42] It'll take time to get it

[1:11:45] drafted on the street for review

[1:11:45] and responses.

[1:11:46] Probably not before the spring,

[1:11:48] it MAY fall out later than that.

[1:11:52] We have to balance that with

[1:11:53] other priorities.

[1:11:55] >> I want to be certain that

[1:11:57] while we put thought into it,

[1:12:00] that this doesn't become an

[1:12:03] endless moratorium where we

[1:12:05] aren't actually doing the work

[1:12:07] of studying.

[1:12:08] I have a little bit of concerns

[1:12:10] about doing this indefinitely.

[1:12:13] I'd rather have some time fame

[1:12:15] put on it.

[1:12:17] I've changed, I probably will

[1:12:18] not be able to support this

[1:12:18] today.

[1:12:21] I don't have a timeframe.

[1:12:25] >> councilmember robles.

[1:12:27] >> thank you MADAM Mayor.

[1:12:28] No questions.

[1:12:32] Willing to support this project.

[1:12:34] >> I have had a number of

[1:12:36] complaints from the community

[1:12:39] over the last six years about

[1:12:44] the oversaturate of storage.

[1:12:47] Looking at the map I do believe

[1:12:48] that we have, obviously not with

[1:12:51] scientific analysis, but appears

[1:12:54] that we have sufficient number

[1:12:55] at this time.

[1:12:59] I am in support of this.

[1:13:01] I trust staff to study this and

[1:13:04] bring it back as you see fit.

[1:13:08] In terms of waiting indefinitely

[1:13:09] 5, 10 years imagine are you

[1:13:10] going to be monitoring this.

[1:13:13] I don't feel the urgency of

[1:13:14] putting a timeframe other than

[1:13:17] I'm much more interested in

[1:13:20] putting a moratorium to at least

[1:13:21] stop any future projects of this

[1:13:23] kind.

[1:13:25] Apologies, I negligented to go

[1:13:28] to you, vice mayor online.

[1:13:41] That is sort of my concern.

[1:13:43] Bridges back as you see felt and

[1:13:45] come back with us, once you

[1:13:47] assess the needs and our

[1:13:48] population continues to grow.

[1:13:50] And the existing projects that

[1:13:52] have been approved but haven't

[1:13:55] broken ground yet.

[1:13:56] Looking at those, availability

[1:13:58] of those units as well, balanced

[1:14:00] with what the need might be.

[1:14:01] Rather than putting up storage

[1:14:04] units and what I like to say

[1:14:06] prime real estate in elk grove.

[1:14:07] There are so many other

[1:14:09] wonderful projects that we could

[1:14:10] be doing other than storage

[1:14:11] units.

[1:14:12] Very happy to support this.

[1:14:16] Vice mayor.

[1:14:20] >> thank you, mayor.

[1:14:23] I mean, you think this is

[1:14:28] straightforward, I do agree we

[1:14:30] might be able to do some much

[1:14:34] better uses in certain places.

[1:14:37] I worry that if this wasn't

[1:14:39] storage facilitieses, if this

[1:14:41] was something we did like and

[1:14:43] you put a more foreium on it,

[1:14:48] the knife cuts both ways.

[1:14:51] I would support a temporary

[1:14:54] moratorium, they do take up so

[1:14:56] much land.

[1:14:59] It is worth taking a look at the

[1:15:01] uses around our city and whether

[1:15:04] we want to allow, where we want

[1:15:08] to allow storage units for

[1:15:09] further actions.

[1:15:10] In regards to timing, I agree

[1:15:13] with councilmember spease, not

[1:15:15] having a definitive time.

[1:15:18] i would suggest, I know

[1:15:20] MR. Jordan is going to work on,

[1:15:21] staff is going to work on

[1:15:23] bringing it back.

[1:15:27] I suspect it is not going to

[1:15:27] take longer than a year.

[1:15:29] But whatever -- when we bring it

[1:15:31] back I guess what I would

[1:15:33] suggest is we put in there a

[1:15:37] time to revisit that moratorium

[1:15:38] each year or something to that

[1:15:41] effect.

[1:15:43] So we will be sure to look at it

[1:15:45] again and it won't be something

[1:15:45] peril in any event,

[1:15:48] automatically.

[1:15:49] I would suggest that

[1:15:51] modification.

[1:15:53] When you bring it back, cj,

[1:15:54] maybe we have that included in

[1:15:56] there.

[1:15:59] >> for my understanding, staff,

[1:16:02] if this should pass as is, you

[1:16:05] will study this, and should any

[1:16:07] change s

[1:16:11] changes, whatever the study

[1:16:11] yields you will come back at

[1:16:12] that time with what the study

[1:16:13] shows.

[1:16:15] >> correct, based on the result

[1:16:16] of the study and staff

[1:16:18] recommendation we'll bring it

[1:16:19] back through planning

[1:16:21] commission, council w ordinance

[1:16:23] undoing or with new development

[1:16:24] standards or use requirements or

[1:16:26] zone restrictions, whatever

[1:16:28] those things MAY be, would be

[1:16:29] part of the recommendation, with

[1:16:31] planning commission and council.

[1:16:33] If you look for some sort of

[1:16:36] renewal date where we have to

[1:16:38] extend it or get the work done,

[1:16:40] we could add language.

[1:16:42] I would need to consult the city

[1:16:44] attorney on how best to do that.

[1:16:46] >> let me officer some

[1:16:46] thoughts -- officer some

[1:16:47] thoughts.

[1:16:49] If the council would like to

[1:16:51] have a hard coded deadline a

[1:16:53] year, two years, 18 months

[1:16:55] whatever you feel comfortable

[1:16:57] with, we can add that in.

[1:17:00] If you want to give direction to

[1:17:01] staff as you have done that this

[1:17:03] be brought back and reviewed and

[1:17:04] revisited periodically that can

[1:17:05] be done.

[1:17:08] If you want it to be expressly

[1:17:09] brought back on a certain

[1:17:10] schedule that can be

[1:17:11] accommodated.

[1:17:15] My suggestion might be is the

[1:17:18] simplest a approach, pick a

[1:17:19] date, maybe a little longer than

[1:17:21] you might otherwise suggest, and

[1:17:24] put it into the ordinance.

[1:17:26] If staff feels the need to

[1:17:26] extend that we can bring it

[1:17:36] back.

[1:17:38] >> can I support the two years,

[1:17:40] I can.

[1:17:42] I don't mind the renewing once,

[1:17:43] if we do it for a year and

[1:17:44] renew.

[1:17:46] What is nice about doing the two

[1:17:48] years is that we don't have to

[1:17:49] have another action, another

[1:17:51] item.

[1:17:52] Can I certainly support the two

[1:17:54] years.

[1:17:56] And I appreciate -- my concern

[1:18:00] is just to put in a moratorium

[1:18:01] which could sit endlessly

[1:18:04] without resolution.

[1:18:05] >> having guardrails.

[1:18:07] >> having guardrails.

[1:18:08] I appreciate the rest of the

[1:18:09] council and their consideration

[1:18:10] on that.

[1:18:12] You are striking the middle,

[1:18:13] councilmember suen was very

[1:18:15] good, I appreciate you

[1:18:15] MR. Hobbs.

[1:18:18] I think two years works well.

[1:18:19] >> does two years work for you

[1:18:20] MR. Jordan?

[1:18:22] >> I feel good about that.

[1:18:24] >> is that proper time?

[1:18:26] >> I think two years would be

[1:18:28] good f something happens I would

[1:18:30] report back and ask for an

[1:18:32] extension for appropriate

[1:18:33] reasons.

[1:18:34] >> the motion will be for

[1:18:37] moratorium of two years.

[1:18:38] >> yes.

[1:18:40] >> all right, I will look for

[1:18:41] that motion.

[1:18:44] >> so moved.

[1:18:45] >> second.

[1:18:46] >> vice mayor.

[1:18:48] >> we'll go to the roll call

[1:18:50] vote for this ordinance as

[1:18:52] amended for that two-year -- two

[1:18:54] years.

[1:18:55] I'll start with the roll call

[1:18:56] vote with councilmember robles.

[1:18:57] >> aye.

[1:18:58] >> councilmember spease.

[1:18:59] >> aye.

[1:19:01] >> councilmember brewer.

[1:19:01] >> aye.

[1:19:03] >> vice mayor suen.

[1:19:03] >> aye.

[1:19:05] >> mayor singh-allen.

[1:19:05] >> aye.

[1:19:07] >> pass as-0.

[1:19:08] -- passes 5-0.

[1:19:10] >> thanks again, I'm glad as a

[1:19:11] group we can work together to

[1:19:13] find solutions.

[1:19:18] >> absolutely.

[1:19:20] Having a guardrail in place

[1:19:22] meets everybody's neechltd and

[1:19:24] no more storage units right now.

[1:19:25] We will go to the next item,

[1:19:57] 9.1.

[1:19:58] >> good evening, I'm finance

[1:20:00] director.

[1:20:02] Tonight I'm pleased to introduce

[1:20:03] carlos from chandler asset

[1:20:04] management.

[1:20:06] Chandler has partnered with the

[1:20:08] city since 2020 to provide

[1:20:09] investment management and

[1:20:13] advisory services.

[1:20:14] Carlos will provide the

[1:20:15] investment portfolio for the

[1:20:18] city as of the quarter ended

[1:20:19] JUNE 30, 2026.

[1:20:26] Carlos?

[1:20:27] >> good evening mayor, vice

[1:20:28] mayor and councilmembers.

[1:20:30] Thank you very much for inviting

[1:20:31] me here to bring you up to date

[1:20:33] on the status of the city's

[1:20:35] investment portfolio.

[1:20:36] I have a brief presentation.

[1:20:38] I'm going to just give you

[1:20:39] description of the investment

[1:20:40] program, factors about it that I

[1:20:42] think are important for you to

[1:20:44] know as policy-makers.

[1:20:46] Status of the portfolio and some

[1:20:48] of the factors driving the risk

[1:20:53] and return in the portfolio.

[1:20:57] I'm carlos, senior portfolio and

[1:20:58] investment pool analyst with

[1:21:00] chandler asset management, we

[1:21:04] manage approximately $50 million

[1:21:04] nationwide, primarily for local

[1:21:06] governments.

[1:21:07] Cities, counties, special

[1:21:09] districts, joint powers

[1:21:09] authorities.

[1:21:10] I myself have been in the

[1:21:13] industry for over 30 years.

[1:21:16] I have a lot of experience in

[1:21:16] working with city money.

[1:21:17] Across california and other

[1:21:20] states.

[1:21:23] >> I don't want to -- sorry to

[1:21:24] interrupt but we have the

[1:21:26] powerpoint up and there is a

[1:21:28] keyboard tray under the podium.

[1:21:37] We let you drive.

[1:21:38] >> thank you.

[1:21:41] I hadn't seen this, thank you.

[1:21:43] >> I wanted to make sure that

[1:21:44] you weren't five slides deep.

[1:21:46] >> exactly.

[1:21:48] I think are you all aware that

[1:21:50] the city's investments are

[1:21:51] subject to california government

[1:21:54] code.

[1:21:55] California government code is

[1:21:57] very restrictive.

[1:21:59] You aren't able to purchase

[1:22:01] stocks, you aren't able to

[1:22:03] purchase real estate, high risk,

[1:22:05] highly volatile investments.

[1:22:06] You are investors in the bond

[1:22:07] market.

[1:22:09] You rent your money out and get

[1:22:10] income from the rental.

[1:22:12] Interest income from that.

[1:22:14] The value of that future payment

[1:22:16] due to you can also go up and

[1:22:19] down depending on what current

[1:22:20] investments in the markets pay

[1:22:21] today.

[1:22:22] You make money from the

[1:22:24] portfolio in two ways.

[1:22:25] Interest income and fair value

[1:22:26] of the principle and future

[1:22:27] payments coming to you go up and

[1:22:29] down.

[1:22:32] Our job is to structure the

[1:22:33] portfolio to maximize that

[1:22:35] return within the objectives

[1:22:37] that are outlined by california

[1:22:37] government code.

[1:22:39] Those are safety first, followed

[1:22:41] by liquidity.

[1:22:42] After those are met then it is

[1:22:43] return.

[1:22:45] It means that code wants you to

[1:22:46] have your money safe.

[1:22:48] They want you to have your money

[1:22:50] available when you need it.

[1:22:51] After those objectives are met

[1:22:52] they want you to generate return

[1:22:54] on it.

[1:22:56] If you think of the investment

[1:23:03] program of the city, think of a

[1:23:04] bucket of whatever, fees for

[1:23:05] services or property taxes,

[1:23:06] sales taxes, that's water coming

[1:23:08] into the bucket.

[1:23:10] When you make expend turt to

[1:23:12] make debt service, to pay for

[1:23:14] pension and all of the services

[1:23:15] that you provide for citizens,

[1:23:16] there's water coming out of the

[1:23:18] bucket.

[1:23:19] There's always residual.

[1:23:20] That amount, there's some amount

[1:23:21] of water going up and down all

[1:23:24] the time.

[1:23:29] Your job as a few disturbry,

[1:23:32] keep it safe, liquid and make

[1:23:34] some money on it.

[1:23:37] That's the best way to describe

[1:23:38] the investment program.

[1:23:41] When I think of the overall

[1:23:42] investment program, I want to

[1:23:43] make sure that I describe it

[1:23:45] really well.

[1:23:48] It is a collaborative approach.

[1:23:49] As your investment advisor, we

[1:23:52] do the heavy lifting on the

[1:23:54] analysis, on identifying the

[1:23:56] opportunities to generate income

[1:24:02] on this.

[1:24:04] Risk management, credit ability,

[1:24:09] and that your money is safe.

[1:24:11] That is a very important aspect

[1:24:11] of the service, behind the

[1:24:15] scenes.

[1:24:18] When when we buy a security we

[1:24:20] put our best effort and best

[1:24:21] minds and processes to identify

[1:24:22] it as an appropriate investment

[1:24:24] for the city.

[1:24:27] When I say that it is

[1:24:29] collaborative, as I mention that

[1:24:31] analogy of the bucket of water,

[1:24:32] funds that come in and go out,

[1:24:36] come in and go out, there's a

[1:24:36] liquidity component.

[1:24:37] We collaborate with staff to

[1:24:39] make sure that that component is

[1:24:41] also invested.

[1:24:45] The city staff handled that

[1:24:45] component of it.

[1:24:49] Utilizing some very strong, well

[1:24:49] invested pools.

[1:24:52] Such as local agency investment

[1:24:56] fund, the state treasurer's pool

[1:24:56] as well as local government

[1:24:58] investment pools available as

[1:25:00] well as funds in the bank and

[1:25:02] money market mutual funds.

[1:25:05] It is sophisticated.

[1:25:07] The portfolio is actively

[1:25:07] managed.

[1:25:08] Unlike the stock market, the

[1:25:10] bond markets you can generate

[1:25:11] more revenue when you actively

[1:25:16] manage.

[1:25:21] That is scientifically proven.

[1:25:22] Washington collaborated with

[1:25:24] staff on multiple levels,

[1:25:29] governance of the portfolio, on

[1:25:31] making sure this is optimized

[1:25:33] and making sure we stay on top

[1:25:34] of the changes to california

[1:25:35] government code which come every

[1:25:42] year.

[1:25:43] Make sure your investment policy

[1:25:45] is up to date.

[1:25:46] That change restricts aspect of

[1:25:48] your investments for a reason or

[1:25:49] it expands it for another

[1:25:52] reason.

[1:25:54] Consulting with staff, making

[1:25:55] sure that those provisions that

[1:25:57] change the appropriate ones are

[1:26:09] added to the investment policy.

[1:26:11] With we were engaged the

[1:26:13] portfolio that we inherited, the

[1:26:15] staff here gradually gave us

[1:26:17] some funds, the finance director

[1:26:17] at the time moved on to another

[1:26:19] position.

[1:26:21] And the portfolio, the

[1:26:24] internally managed portfolio was

[1:26:28] unmanaged and giving a small

[1:26:28] portion of cash to manage.

[1:26:31] We collaborated to bring in and

[1:26:34] unify those two portfolios to

[1:26:36] have a unified strategy going

[1:26:37] forward so that you cough

[1:26:40] maximum diversification.

[1:26:42] The portfolio was well

[1:26:43] diversified but it was not very

[1:26:45] liquid.

[1:26:47] It did hold several types of

[1:26:48] securities that did not have

[1:26:53] robust secondary markets.

[1:26:53] Liquidity is an important

[1:26:55] objective.

[1:26:57] We collaborated with staff to

[1:26:59] reallocate those funds to make

[1:27:01] sure that we had liquid

[1:27:02] investments in there so that in

[1:27:04] a pinch, emergency, we can turn

[1:27:06] around and sell them.

[1:27:08] there would be a counter party.

[1:27:10] The third thing we've worked

[1:27:18] with, all continuous, we view

[1:27:20] how the city is using its cash

[1:27:21] and the amount of funds that

[1:27:31] should be kept liquid.

[1:27:31] Whether you have too much liquid

[1:27:33] you leave money on the table in

[1:27:35] the form of revenue.

[1:27:35] We want to rin mize minimize

[1:27:40] that.

[1:27:42] We analyze it and run models to

[1:28:00] see what that should look like.

[1:28:02] This is what we inherited.

[1:28:05] It started with about $50

[1:28:06] million of cash.

[1:28:08] If you look at the market yield,

[1:28:10] it is the third row from the

[1:28:13] bottom, 0.03.

[1:28:14] That is the yield that

[1:28:16] investments were paying you in

[1:28:19] DECEMBER of 2020.

[1:28:21] If you recall in MARCH of 2020

[1:28:22] the world fell apart because of

[1:28:24] the pandemic, one of the things

[1:28:26] that the federal reserve did is

[1:28:28] lowered the overnight end

[1:28:31] lending rate between banks to

[1:28:31] zero.

[1:28:33] It drove all yields for all

[1:28:35] fixed income to almost zero.

[1:28:36] You could earn 0.03% on your

[1:28:40] money.

[1:28:48] Very difficult.

[1:28:50] Our collaboration has captured

[1:28:52] the highest yields available in

[1:28:54] a safe and prudent manner.

[1:28:56] You see it averaged about 2.5

[1:29:01] years in duration.

[1:29:04] The strategy is to stay

[1:29:11] somewhere around 2 1/2 years.

[1:29:14] We are set to earn around 4.25%

[1:29:16] per year into the future the way

[1:29:26] this portfolio is established.

[1:29:29] When we have a maturity or

[1:29:30] receive new cash from staff

[1:29:32] that, gets invested as of JUNE

[1:29:33] 30 at 4.3.

[1:29:35] That number is closer to 4.4

[1:29:36] today yields have risen since

[1:29:41] that time.

[1:29:43] This component of your program,

[1:29:45] this is about two-thirds of it.

[1:29:48] This component is valued at

[1:29:53] around $434 million.

[1:29:56] It was mostly cash in 2020, now

[1:29:57] you have a good diversification

[1:29:58] on the left-hand side is what it

[1:29:59] looks like as of JUNE end of the

[1:30:08] fiscal year.

[1:30:09] Half bonds from the U.S.

[1:30:10] Treasury, the most liquid and

[1:30:11] safest.

[1:30:13] That is the backbone of your

[1:30:31] liquidity.

[1:30:32] We buy very high credit quality

[1:30:35] corporate bonds.

[1:30:38] Corporate bonds have done well

[1:30:40] since after the pandemic given

[1:30:44] the amount of stick you a will

[1:30:47] associated cares act, $5.5

[1:30:49] trillion of physical policy

[1:31:04] given out by the government.

[1:31:07] A lot of the tech companies are

[1:31:08] involved in issuing record

[1:31:09] amounts of debt to be able to

[1:31:13] build these things out.

[1:31:15] Now we're shifting on watch to

[1:31:16] see how much of high credit

[1:31:18] quality corporate bonds we buy.

[1:31:21] We're noticing the trend in

[1:31:28] credit issuance.

[1:31:29] When I look at the returns for

[1:31:33] the last 12 months, so your last

[1:31:35] fiscal year your return was

[1:31:36] 3.09.

[1:31:38] This is a total return.

[1:31:41] You make money two ways,

[1:31:42] interest income and fair value.

[1:31:45] Over the past year you had

[1:31:45] strong interest income.

[1:31:46] You were set to earn 4.2 into

[1:31:50] the future.

[1:31:53] Because rates rose, in the bond

[1:31:54] market, it works out, when rates

[1:31:57] rise the value of your holdings

[1:31:59] goes down, inverse relationship.

[1:32:01] I can get into the math if you

[1:32:02] like.

[1:32:03] You had strong interest income

[1:32:05] but a little bit of a drag on

[1:32:07] the return from the fair value

[1:32:09] of the portfolio.

[1:32:11] Change in have on paper.

[1:32:13] That 309 captures that number

[1:32:13] right there.

[1:32:14] This is a strong return for the

[1:32:16] year.

[1:32:19] Look at the benchmark, a similar

[1:32:24] market risk, measuring the risk

[1:32:25] you took on, you can see you

[1:32:28] were well above it, that return

[1:32:31] was 2.82.

[1:32:34] The two years prior was 7.4

[1:32:36] annualized average, taking

[1:32:38] compounding into effect versus

[1:32:40] 4.49 of the benchmark.

[1:32:44] Last three years, 4.76 versus

[1:32:44] 4.444.

[1:32:47] The five-year number, again

[1:32:49] these are the annual average,

[1:32:51] they're smaller.

[1:32:52] These encompass years when rates

[1:32:54] were almost zero.

[1:32:56] You have climbed out of a big

[1:32:59] zero rate hole to generate

[1:33:00] robust income.

[1:33:04] I mentioned that is the

[1:33:04] component that is managed.

[1:33:04] --

[1:33:05] >> quick question.

[1:33:08] >> I think online our vice mayor

[1:33:08] has a question for you.

[1:33:09] >> yes, vice mayor.

[1:33:10] >> thank you.

[1:33:13] I appreciate all of this

[1:33:14] information.

[1:33:16] Just curious, we mentioned --

[1:33:21] you mention U.S. Treasuries and

[1:33:21] the bond yields.

[1:33:23] Recently, secretary businessen

[1:33:27] made some movements and caused

[1:33:27] yields to drop.

[1:33:29] How exposed are we to those

[1:33:31] actions?

[1:33:34] Guy the federal government.

[1:33:36] Or are we invested -- are you

[1:33:37] managing it in such a way that

[1:33:40] the volatility is minimized?

[1:33:42] >> we are definitely managing it

[1:33:43] in such a way that the

[1:33:46] volatility is minimized.

[1:33:49] About half of the managed

[1:33:51] portfolio, component that we

[1:33:53] manage, about half is in

[1:33:54] treasuries of the movement that

[1:33:57] you describe is that right now

[1:33:59] we're seeing upward pressure on

[1:34:00] longer term rates, much, much

[1:34:02] longer from where you invest.

[1:34:03] California government code

[1:34:04] generally limits you to around

[1:34:06] five years.

[1:34:08] In some instances you go

[1:34:09] slightly longer.

[1:34:10] You generally don't buy out to

[1:34:12] the 10-year range and beyond.

[1:34:13] The action that you are

[1:34:15] describing is the treasury

[1:34:17] announced that they would be

[1:34:18] buying longer term bonds, 10

[1:34:20] years or longer.

[1:34:22] What that does is would create

[1:34:24] artificial demand for the

[1:34:25] securities, drive their price

[1:34:27] higher.

[1:34:27] And in turn push their yields

[1:34:29] lower.

[1:34:29] They feel that the yields are

[1:34:31] high.

[1:34:33] No, you weren't exposed to that.

[1:34:34] Yields on the balance are higher

[1:34:36] today.

[1:34:37] And what that has done is

[1:34:38] devalued slightly.

[1:34:40] This is what I was saying.

[1:34:41] Yields are higher, the values

[1:34:44] dropped a little bit.

[1:34:45] It has set you up for when we

[1:34:49] reinvest.

[1:34:50] We reinvest in higher yields.

[1:34:53] If you think about it as a

[1:34:54] policymaker those components of

[1:34:56] your return, valuation of

[1:34:59] assets, the value of the assets

[1:35:01] trying to increase, or protect,

[1:35:03] and the interest income, both of

[1:35:05] those components flow into your

[1:35:07] financial statements, into your

[1:35:09] yar end statements.

[1:35:10] only one of them flows into the

[1:35:11] budget.

[1:35:13] The budget is what you use to

[1:35:13] pay for services.

[1:35:14] Very important part of your

[1:35:17] component.

[1:35:19] That is on the rise, you should

[1:35:31] see it go higher.

[1:35:31] >> thank you.

[1:35:33] >> if you look at the

[1:35:35] consolidated portfolio, this

[1:35:37] encompasses the portfolio that I

[1:35:38] showed you plus the component

[1:35:41] that staff manages through the

[1:35:44] use of very efficient investment

[1:35:49] fools pools.

[1:35:51] When you look at the totality of

[1:35:52] your investment program that

[1:35:55] portfolio is valued at $735

[1:35:55] million.

[1:35:57] If I average out the yields on

[1:35:59] those shorter investments

[1:36:00] they're lower than the main for

[1:36:02] the foalo generates.

[1:36:02] That's the nature of

[1:36:05] investments.

[1:36:07] You're generating almost 4% per

[1:36:09] year when you factor in the

[1:36:11] liquid, lower yielding

[1:36:13] investments held for liquidity.

[1:36:13] We try to minimize what's in

[1:36:14] there.

[1:36:16] That's an opportunity cost.

[1:36:18] If you hold too much liquid.

[1:36:22] You're reinvesting around a

[1:36:23] 4.02, high credit at.

[1:36:26] You look kind of like a 1.5 year

[1:36:26] portfolio.

[1:36:32] When I look at the makeup,

[1:36:33] treasuries make up about a third

[1:36:38] of the portfolio.

[1:36:40] Lgip, the city utilized a couple

[1:36:44] of local government investment

[1:36:46] pools sponsored by joint power

[1:36:47] authorities, aaa rated, very

[1:36:49] well managed and liquid.

[1:36:52] Corporate bonds followed by

[1:37:04] cash.

[1:37:04] Followed by local agency

[1:37:05] investment fund, that's the

[1:37:07] state's pool.

[1:37:09] The nice thing in addition to it

[1:37:12] being well managed, the state

[1:37:15] treasury does a fantastic job,

[1:37:16] not only that but that pool

[1:37:19] tends to, even though it

[1:37:21] provides daily liquidity, people

[1:37:23] can take money in and out on a

[1:37:26] dollar in, dollar out basis.

[1:37:28] The average maturity is slightly

[1:37:30] longer.

[1:37:33] In this current environment that

[1:37:34] provides a yield advantage.

[1:37:36] The city staff wisely utilized

[1:37:36] that.

[1:37:39] The you can see it's well

[1:37:40] diversified.

[1:37:43] We don't like to hold our eggs

[1:37:43] in one basket.

[1:37:45] We provide the accounting, able

[1:37:46] to book their earnings

[1:37:47] efficiently every month end.

[1:37:49] They see all of the holdings on

[1:37:53] a 24/7 basis, we track these and

[1:37:54] report on them daly.

[1:37:56] They track all of this.

[1:37:58] And they consult with us.

[1:38:00] We meet with staff quarterly to

[1:38:02] make sure that the objectives

[1:38:05] are on track, that risk is being

[1:38:05] managed, and that return is

[1:38:12] being generated.

[1:38:15] The term structure, this is the

[1:38:17] breakout, the green is JUNE 30

[1:38:20] versus the prior year.

[1:38:21] You can see, you ever held a

[1:38:22] little bit of cash towards year

[1:38:25] end.

[1:38:27] Again like I said, we work with

[1:38:28] staff to minimize that as much

[1:38:30] as possible and get it spread

[1:38:33] out so that we are diversified

[1:38:36] on an iner with basis and sector

[1:38:40] basis as well as maturity basis.

[1:38:41] Diversification is the name of

[1:38:43] the game and risk management.

[1:38:45] You carry superior credits and

[1:38:47] because it is safety and

[1:38:49] liquidity we like to say you win

[1:38:50] by not losing.

[1:38:52] you win by not losing.

[1:38:55] We don't take undueryix in the

[1:38:57] portfolio, safety first f this

[1:38:59] were a baseball game we're

[1:39:00] hitting a lot of singles and

[1:39:02] doubles f we're hitting a lot of

[1:39:03] triples and home runs we're

[1:39:06] taking too much risk.

[1:39:07] Which is in violation of the

[1:39:09] first objective.

[1:39:11] With that, what I'd like to say

[1:39:14] is that we have enjoyed a very

[1:39:15] strong relationship with staff

[1:39:18] over a few administrations,

[1:39:19] couple of people that have

[1:39:21] rolled through here.

[1:39:26] All of them are well respected.

[1:39:29] Strong investment program.

[1:39:30] Very well diversified, proud of

[1:39:34] the collaboration.

[1:39:36] We look forward to the portfolio

[1:39:37] generating objectives for you

[1:39:38] into the future.

[1:39:40] I'll stop and take any questions

[1:39:44] that you MAY have.

[1:39:44] >> all right, thank you.

[1:39:45] I'm going to open up public

[1:39:49] comment.

[1:39:50] We'll start with in person.

[1:39:51] I do not have anyone signed up

[1:39:53] on this item.

[1:39:55] Anybody online?

[1:39:58] >> and in our webinar

[1:40:00] environment we have attendees, I

[1:40:01] do not see the raise hand

[1:40:02] function, we do not have any

[1:40:05] folks signed up for 9.1.

[1:40:05] >> I'll close the public

[1:40:06] comment.

[1:40:08] Questions, comments?

[1:40:10] Councilmember spease?

[1:40:13] >> okay.

[1:40:16] First, thank you for this, it

[1:40:18] stopped me from doing a lot of

[1:40:21] coughing up here, thanks for the

[1:40:22] riccola.

[1:40:24] Thank you for the gift.

[1:40:28] Second, I wanted to first of all

[1:40:31] thank you, particularly in the

[1:40:32] noting the diversification of

[1:40:38] the portfolio.

[1:40:44] I am no expert in finance.

[1:40:46] Trial trying to be conservative

[1:40:49] and be a good steward of our

[1:40:51] finances, diversification is a

[1:40:54] hedge against being all in one

[1:40:54] type of investment.

[1:40:56] I appreciate that.

[1:40:57] It is important that we have a

[1:40:59] nice solid basis for our

[1:41:01] investments.

[1:41:04] I appreciate that.

[1:41:05] And I appreciate you.

[1:41:07] I appreciate the staff that is

[1:41:08] working on this.

[1:41:11] And working with you.

[1:41:12] I appreciate the report, thank

[1:41:12] you.

[1:41:13] >> thank you very much.

[1:41:14] >> thank you.

[1:41:15] Councilmember robles?

[1:41:17] >> thank you.

[1:41:20] I want to say thank you for the

[1:41:20] presentation.

[1:41:22] For a lot of us who, even the

[1:41:24] general public doesn't have the

[1:41:26] idea of what's going on, you

[1:41:27] definitely, definitely presented

[1:41:27] that well.

[1:41:28] Appreciate that.

[1:41:29] >> thank you.

[1:41:32] >> councilmember brewer.

[1:41:34] >> great job, carlos.

[1:41:36] >> thank you.

[1:41:38] >> I want to thank you and raj

[1:41:41] and the finance team for being

[1:41:42] very responsible over this past

[1:41:44] year and maintaining our aa plus

[1:41:47] rating.

[1:41:48] It is intricate.

[1:41:51] And not a lot of people

[1:41:53] understand the balancing act

[1:41:58] that it has taken to keep a well

[1:41:58] balanced portfolio when you

[1:42:00] diversify.

[1:42:02] Especially from where we came

[1:42:05] from, from covid era, where you

[1:42:08] had to focus on U.S. Treasury

[1:42:12] bonds and money market accounts

[1:42:12] to keep the ship going.

[1:42:13] everything was pretty much shut

[1:42:14] down.

[1:42:17] Now that things are running and

[1:42:20] running at a high clip, the

[1:42:22] fiscal conservativeness in

[1:42:25] making sure that we stay within

[1:42:29] the boundaries and being a smart

[1:42:33] and skillful fiduciary steward

[1:42:34] of the city's money, very

[1:42:38] appreciative of that.

[1:42:40] I sat over here and looked at

[1:42:41] everything.

[1:42:45] I was definitely geeking out

[1:42:47] over it.

[1:42:49] We have our meetings to make

[1:42:52] sure that our budget is staying

[1:42:54] responsive and responsible for

[1:42:57] the public to our audits.

[1:42:59] When you go through and do the

[1:43:00] investments for the city, that's

[1:43:04] part of what we look at.

[1:43:06] That keeps people feeling

[1:43:09] confident and comfortable about

[1:43:12] the city operating on behalf of

[1:43:12] everyone doing it in a

[1:43:14] responsible manner.

[1:43:16] Thank you for giving us this

[1:43:16] rundown, greatly appreciate it.

[1:43:18] >> thank you.

[1:43:21] >> thank you.

[1:43:26] Vice mayor?

[1:43:30] >> the explanation, I think

[1:43:33] everyone will appreciate your

[1:43:34] presentation, carlos.

[1:43:37] Recognizing that we're only

[1:43:37] trying to hit singles and

[1:43:42] doubles.

[1:43:43] Government finance versus our

[1:43:45] own personal portfolio for

[1:43:55] retirement.

[1:43:57] Thank you for explaining that to

[1:43:57] everybody.

[1:44:00] >> thank you.

[1:44:02] >> same general comments for my

[1:44:04] colleagues, thank you for

[1:44:05] walking us through what could be

[1:44:06] very xlix and making it easy to

[1:44:15] understand.

[1:44:17] >> I like what I do.

[1:44:18] >> this is just a presentation

[1:44:21] item, no action needed.

[1:44:23] We will move on to the next

[1:44:25] item, 9.2.

[1:44:28] Receive an update on the city

[1:44:49] council priority projects.

[1:44:51] >> good evening MADAM Mayor,

[1:44:54] vice mayor, councilmembers, I'm

[1:44:56] ash, I'm a senior management

[1:44:57] analyst in the city manager's

[1:44:59] office.

[1:45:01] As the mayor mentioned, I'm here

[1:45:03] with the receiving item, the

[1:45:05] city council priority projects,

[1:45:09] update which we provide every

[1:45:12] six months.

[1:45:14] The city council conducted the

[1:45:16] by annual retreat, where it

[1:45:16] reviewed goals for the following

[1:45:18] two years.

[1:45:20] Identified strategic issues to

[1:45:20] address them.

[1:45:23] The city council adopted the

[1:45:25] mission vision goals and

[1:45:28] priority projects at its APRIL

[1:45:28] 2025 meeting.

[1:45:30] To implement the mission vision

[1:45:32] goals the council identified

[1:45:33] projects deemed as high

[1:45:35] priority.

[1:45:36] Staff reports on the progress of

[1:45:37] implementing the priority

[1:45:40] projects twice a year.

[1:45:41] Today's update covers the period

[1:45:45] through JULY 2026.

[1:45:47] These are the city's mission and

[1:45:47] vision statements.

[1:45:49] The mission is to provide

[1:45:50] exceptional services that jempb

[1:45:52] hans the quality of life for our

[1:45:55] residents and promote a thriving

[1:45:56] economy and efficient and cost

[1:45:58] effective manner.

[1:46:01] The vision is that elk grove

[1:46:01] prioritizes superior quality of

[1:46:04] life for all that builds on the

[1:46:05] diversity and heritage through

[1:46:08] safe, welcoming and connected

[1:46:10] neighborhoods with a variety of

[1:46:11] residential and employment

[1:46:13] choices and amenities that

[1:46:15] create a sense of place.

[1:46:17] The mission and vision are

[1:46:18] supported by four goals listed

[1:46:19] here.

[1:46:22] Each goal is reinforced by 4 to

[1:46:23] 6 supporting statements.

[1:46:24] All of the details can be found

[1:46:27] on the city website.

[1:46:30] We then implement the mission,

[1:46:32] vision and goals through the

[1:46:34] priority projects, 25 projects

[1:46:36] deemed as high priority.

[1:46:37] And these have been organized

[1:46:40] into four categories or areas

[1:46:43] that you can see below.

[1:46:43] Amenities, transportation,

[1:46:44] community and economic

[1:46:45] development, city operations and

[1:46:48] public safety.

[1:46:49] Tonight we'd like to highlight

[1:46:51] some of the major

[1:46:51] accomplishments all covered in

[1:46:54] the staff report as well.

[1:46:56] The first one is historic main

[1:46:58] street library use project.

[1:46:59] We heard from city manager

[1:47:01] behermann about the updates

[1:47:03] coming in.

[1:47:04] Following initial community

[1:47:06] outreach plan presented to the

[1:47:09] city council in DECEMBER 2025,

[1:47:09] public engagement began in

[1:47:11] MARCH.

[1:47:14] Between MAY and JULY targeted

[1:47:14] co-design sessions were held

[1:47:16] with local youth, nonprofits,

[1:47:18] and businesses.

[1:47:19] Accompanied by online survey for

[1:47:21] all residents.

[1:47:22] Additional community wooitd

[1:47:24] events are scheduled for

[1:47:25] SEPTEMBER 2026 and staff will be

[1:47:26] back with an update to council

[1:47:29] in OCTOBER.

[1:47:32] The next project we'd like to

[1:47:34] highlight is the laguna creek

[1:47:35] trail at highway 99

[1:47:36] overcrossing.

[1:47:39] Staff continued design work for

[1:47:41] the new pedestrian bicycle

[1:47:42] overcrossing over highway 99 at

[1:47:44] laguna creek.

[1:47:47] The current schedule anticipates

[1:47:48] bidding in OCTOBER f all

[1:47:50] approvals are received on time

[1:47:51] construction can begin end of

[1:47:52] the year.

[1:47:53] Construction will take

[1:47:55] approximately 18 months to

[1:47:57] complete.

[1:47:59] The next project we'd like to

[1:48:00] highlight is the permanent

[1:48:02] homeless shelter.

[1:48:04] FEBRUARY 11, 2026 meeting,

[1:48:05] council selected the site for

[1:48:07] the future homeless shelter.

[1:48:09] The city has entered into a

[1:48:10] purchase and sale agreement for

[1:48:11] the property located at the

[1:48:13] corner of survey road and east

[1:48:15] stockton boulevard.

[1:48:17] Design entitlement review for

[1:48:19] the project is under way.

[1:48:21] Construction is expected to

[1:48:25] begin in late 2027.

[1:48:27] The next project is the

[1:48:28] southeast industrial area grant

[1:48:29] line business park.

[1:48:31] The project description is to

[1:48:32] facilitate infrastructure

[1:48:33] construction and marketing

[1:48:35] efforts that further development

[1:48:37] in the grant line business park.

[1:48:38] Construction of the grant line

[1:48:40] business park monumet sign was

[1:48:42] completed in OCTOBER 2025.

[1:48:44] Road improvements along waterman

[1:48:45] road associated with the can you

[1:48:47] bow ta were substantially

[1:48:50] completed in APRIL 2026.

[1:48:52] Additional property 65 acres of

[1:48:53] county land was purchased by the

[1:48:55] city in JUNE 2026.

[1:48:57] And will be annexed into the

[1:48:59] city and made a part of the

[1:48:59] business park over the next

[1:49:02] several years.

[1:49:03] Staff continues to market

[1:49:04] properties within the business

[1:49:06] park to interested developers

[1:49:08] and tenants.

[1:49:10] The next highlight is for the

[1:49:13] climate action plan, updated

[1:49:18] climate plan.

[1:49:19] Staff are working on

[1:49:23] implementation of the actions.

[1:49:26] The next one is the complete

[1:49:29] electrification project, staff

[1:49:32] finalized the fleet plan and

[1:49:33] working on pilot deployment

[1:49:35] within the police department.

[1:49:38] There are plans for the electric

[1:49:40] vehicles supply equipment,

[1:49:41] infrastructure at city

[1:49:42] facilities are youing city hall

[1:49:46] and the pd campus.

[1:49:48] The next project is the core pr

[1:49:50] plan.

[1:49:52] The completion of the corp. Yard

[1:49:54] master plan to accommodate

[1:49:55] future needs and growth

[1:49:57] including timing and funding

[1:49:58] strategy went through on MAY 27,

[1:50:00] 2026.

[1:50:02] A new project was added to the

[1:50:04] capital improvement program to

[1:50:05] initiate design of a new corp.

[1:50:07] Yard on the city owned property

[1:50:09] behind the special waste

[1:50:09] collection center on disposal

[1:50:12] lane.

[1:50:15] With that I would like to

[1:50:16] conclude mai presentation, staff

[1:50:18] will be happy to answer any

[1:50:19] questions you MAY have.

[1:50:21] >> thank you for that excellent

[1:50:21] presentation.

[1:50:24] At this time I'll open up public

[1:50:25] comment opportunities starting

[1:50:26] with in person.

[1:50:28] I don't have anyone in person.

[1:50:30] Anybody online?

[1:50:33] >> and in our webinar

[1:50:34] environment I do not see the

[1:50:36] raise hand function so that will

[1:50:37] conclude online comment.

[1:50:40] >> I'll close public comment.

[1:50:40] I'll start to the left.

[1:50:42] Any questions, mint comment?

[1:50:44] >> no questions or comments but

[1:50:46] i want to thank MS. Kumar for

[1:50:48] the report.

[1:50:48] I have a lot of great progress

[1:50:50] that we're seeing on the

[1:50:52] prioritity projects.

[1:50:54] Very excited to see some of

[1:50:57] these hit the full completion.

[1:50:58] Congratulations, congratulations

[1:51:01] to everybody at the city staff.

[1:51:02] Looking forward to seeing the

[1:51:05] other projects come in to view.

[1:51:08] >> thank you.

[1:51:08] Vice mayor would you like to

[1:51:09] chime in?

[1:51:11] >> thank you, echoing the

[1:51:12] sentiments, thank you for the

[1:51:12] report.

[1:51:16] I would like to highlight just

[1:51:17] because it wasn't mentioned, but

[1:51:19] I think it is important and

[1:51:22] worthy of mentioning, the

[1:51:24] whitelock interchange project,

[1:51:24] the planning process is

[1:51:26] continuing.

[1:51:28] I know folks might be getting

[1:51:30] frustrated with traffic over

[1:51:31] there on elk grove boulevard,

[1:51:33] we're definitely working as fast

[1:51:35] as we can to get that done.

[1:51:36] That's all, thank you.

[1:51:37] >> thank you.

[1:51:39] Councilmember spease, anything?

[1:51:41] >> just quickly, I know there's

[1:51:44] a lot of community interest in

[1:51:48] the legacy library reuse.

[1:51:49] That's exciting, glad to hear

[1:51:50] that.

[1:51:52] As well as looking forward to

[1:51:55] the overpass happening, that's

[1:51:56] going to be a very good benefit

[1:51:56] for elk grove residents.

[1:51:58] Thank you.

[1:52:00] >> councilmember robles.

[1:52:04] >> thank you MS. Kuram for the

[1:52:06] presentation and I echo what my

[1:52:06] colleagues said.

[1:52:07] >> excellent presentation,

[1:52:09] always good to see where we're

[1:52:10] at, how things are moving along.

[1:52:15] A lot to celebrate.

[1:52:18] a lots of projects that will

[1:52:21] ultimately benefit the residents

[1:52:21] of elk grove.

[1:52:22] Presentation, no action, we move

[1:52:25] on to the next item.

[1:52:28] >> that is item 9.3, receive a

[1:52:30] presentation of the ig police

[1:52:31] department's red light camera

[1:52:34] traffic enforcement system and

[1:52:36] consider a re ninth amendment to

[1:52:38] the contract with the red flex

[1:52:40] which includes the installation

[1:52:41] of five new red light camera

[1:52:49] systems.

[1:52:50] Here we go.

[1:52:53] >> mayor, vice mayor, council,

[1:52:55] I'm bobbie davis, chief of

[1:52:57] police for the city of elk

[1:52:57] grove.

[1:53:01] I along with lt. Reggie williams

[1:53:03] am going to do a short

[1:53:05] presentation on the traffic

[1:53:06] safety and red light camera

[1:53:08] program that we use.

[1:53:11] I want to cover some of the

[1:53:13] traffic concerns that we have

[1:53:18] had.

[1:53:21] We've seen a rise in collisions.

[1:53:23] I just kind of quick graph here,

[1:53:27] in 2023 we had 984, in '24,

[1:53:29] 1125.

[1:53:32] In '25, 1248.

[1:53:34] This year we're already halfway

[1:53:36] to where we were last year.

[1:53:39] In addition to that, we see the

[1:53:40] fatalities associated with the

[1:53:42] collisions.

[1:53:44] Five in '23, six in '24, and

[1:53:49] nine in '25, we're at six this

[1:53:49] year already.

[1:53:50] Traffic is a concern, and

[1:53:51] collisions are a large part of

[1:53:53] that.

[1:53:54] The collisions increased

[1:53:57] approximately 14% from 2023 to

[1:53:58] 2024.

[1:54:01] Another 11% from '24 to '25.

[1:54:03] Our fatalities increased from 5

[1:54:03] to 9 over the same three-year

[1:54:08] period.

[1:54:12] serious collision points, point

[1:54:13] to specific driving behaviors,

[1:54:15] they're working to change.

[1:54:15] Speeding, it was significant

[1:54:17] one.

[1:54:18] Unsafe lane changes, failure to

[1:54:21] stop.

[1:54:23] 20 fatal collisions reported

[1:54:25] 2023 through 25, five involved

[1:54:27] pedestrians.

[1:54:29] The common fatality dui,

[1:54:30] speeding, reckless driving and

[1:54:31] failure to yield.

[1:54:34] This reinforces the need for

[1:54:36] officer-leaden forcement,

[1:54:37] education and targeted

[1:54:38] technology.

[1:54:41] The enforcement objective is

[1:54:43] increase in voluntarily

[1:54:44] compliance with traffic laws,

[1:54:45] that affect serious and fatal

[1:54:47] collisions.

[1:54:48] Trying to change the pattern of

[1:54:50] behavior on the roadways.

[1:54:52] Doesn't matter what age they are

[1:54:53] driving, we're trying to change

[1:54:56] a pattern of behavior to change

[1:54:57] the way that our streets are

[1:54:58] viewed.

[1:55:01] The risk is concentrated at

[1:55:01] major corridors and

[1:55:03] intersections.

[1:55:06] Highest collision intersections,

[1:55:10] laguna boulevard and bruceville,

[1:55:12] calvine-elk grove florin road,

[1:55:15] laguna, franklin boulevard,

[1:55:17] bruceville road, whitelock

[1:55:20] parkway and franklin boulevard.

[1:55:22] Franklin,s elk grove florin and

[1:55:24] bruceville highlighted in this.

[1:55:25] And it continues.

[1:55:30] We had a serious accident today

[1:55:33] which blocked traffic even and

[1:55:34] even on elk grove boulevard.

[1:55:37] Significant impact unfortunately

[1:55:39] another potential fatality there

[1:55:40] as well.

[1:55:42] Elk grove pd is responding to,

[1:55:43] with a broader traffic safety

[1:55:45] strategy.

[1:55:46] the strategy where cars more

[1:55:49] than one enforcement tool.

[1:55:50] Targeted enforcement, deploy

[1:55:52] officers to high collision areas

[1:55:53] and at certain times.

[1:55:55] This is when people call us and

[1:55:57] tell us they're seeing and

[1:55:58] experiencing things on the

[1:55:58] roadway near their homes, around

[1:56:00] their homes.

[1:56:03] We're able to create an

[1:56:04] operational plan like

[1:56:05] intelligence led policing

[1:56:07] project to do enforcement at

[1:56:08] those times that folks see it or

[1:56:10] hear it.

[1:56:12] Our traffic unit in addition,

[1:56:16] 2026, our staffing increased to

[1:56:16] 14 positions.

[1:56:19] And then school safety, we

[1:56:21] focused during dismissal and

[1:56:23] partner and parking around the

[1:56:23] schools in the neighborhood

[1:56:24] schools.

[1:56:27] This is an example, beginning of

[1:56:28] school for the first four days

[1:56:32] we had officers at every single

[1:56:33] school, elementary to high

[1:56:34] school and very proud of that,

[1:56:36] takes a lot of work to do that.

[1:56:38] But that was our commitment and

[1:56:39] continuing to do so.

[1:56:41] In addition to that, we're going

[1:56:42] to have when schools come back

[1:56:45] on track, those ones offtrack,

[1:56:46] we'll do the same thing

[1:56:48] throughout the year as well.

[1:56:49] We'll try to maintain a

[1:56:51] significant presence during the

[1:56:53] school year so that we can

[1:56:54] mitigate some of the complaints.

[1:56:57] But more importantly we can

[1:56:58] enforce traffic laws and ensure

[1:56:58] -

[1:57:00] that our kids are coming and

[1:57:01] going to school safely to the

[1:57:03] best of our ability.

[1:57:06] Data analysis, we use collision

[1:57:08] and enforcement analysis to

[1:57:09] refine the deployment.

[1:57:10] something we do with technology

[1:57:17] and data.

[1:57:18] Red light cameras are one

[1:57:19] component.

[1:57:20] They are not a replacement for

[1:57:21] officers.

[1:57:22] I think that's extremely

[1:57:24] important.

[1:57:25] The red light cameras are a

[1:57:26] doom.

[1:57:28] Some of the data gathering that

[1:57:30] we do, they're a tool.

[1:57:32] Traffic enforcement and

[1:57:34] collision activity, JANUARY 1

[1:57:36] through JULY 31, we're going to

[1:57:39] do a six-month comparison.

[1:57:42] There 2024 we had 5,020

[1:57:45] citations in the six-month

[1:57:45] window.

[1:57:48] 2025, we had 5,300.

[1:57:53] This year we have 9,436 in that

[1:57:54] same timeline.

[1:57:56] En with that our numbers are

[1:57:57] still continuing to climb.

[1:57:59] I think the important piece of

[1:58:00] this is that we're actually able

[1:58:03] to go out, do more enforcement,

[1:58:06] do more education, and have an

[1:58:06] opportunity to try to change

[1:58:09] patterns of behavior.

[1:58:10] A lot of these tickets are

[1:58:12] associated with people being on

[1:58:15] pcell phones, on top of speed,

[1:58:17] going through intersections.

[1:58:18] A lot of it is distracted

[1:58:20] driving.

[1:58:22] Correlates directly to many of

[1:58:24] the saytality that we've seen.

[1:58:27] Many of the fatalities.

[1:58:30] Traffic collisions, you can see

[1:58:32] we're sitting at 852, above the

[1:58:34] others.

[1:58:37] Injury collisions at 297 versus

[1:58:40] the last yao years at 269 and

[1:58:40] 257.

[1:58:42] Traffic fatalities, we have this

[1:58:46] year at 6, not 5.

[1:58:47] I think one of the most

[1:58:49] important things about the red

[1:58:50] light camera, it is a revenue

[1:58:52] resource.

[1:58:52] It noise at revenue resource for

[2:01:29] us.

[2:01:35] Not the collisions.

[2:01:39] The red light violations.

[2:01:45] It doesn't mean everyone gets a

[2:01:45] ticket.

[2:01:48] When the light goes off.

[2:01:49] Someone stopped.

[2:01:53] Right after the limit line.

[2:01:58] Technical violation.

[2:01:59] They stop safely.

[2:01:59] We wouldn't give that person a

[2:01:59] ticket.

[2:02:00] There is a little officer

[2:02:04] discretion.

[2:02:06] We use two independent data

[2:02:08] sources for the locations.

[2:02:10] First was the traffic analysis

[2:02:15] and that is basically the amount

[2:02:15] of collisions at certain

[2:02:25] intersections that we looked at.

[2:02:27] Some of the numbers of surveys

[2:02:29] didn't match up.

[2:02:31] We did our best to combine two

[2:02:33] analysis to determine which

[2:02:34] intersections to use.

[2:02:37] For instance, one of the

[2:02:40] intersections doesn't show high

[2:02:41] collision rate.

[2:02:43] It does show high flow rate.

[2:02:45] I think it is reasonable to use

[2:02:48] that as intersection for red

[2:02:49] light camera.

[2:02:51] We MAY have been lucky.

[2:02:54] There are a high volume of cars

[2:02:55] there.

[2:03:01] The survey shows that this see

[2:03:03] maybe five to six cars pullout

[2:03:07] or run the red light.

[2:03:09] When they are used to the

[2:03:11] intersection we still get five

[2:03:14] to six people running that red

[2:03:14] light.

[2:03:17] These are proposed expansions of

[2:03:18] five intersections.

[2:03:21] That is westbound.

[2:03:24] Elk grove.

[2:03:27] Florin and sheldon, elk grove

[2:03:43] boulevard, franklin, bruceville

[2:03:43] road.

[2:03:46] You will notice that the couple

[2:03:49] intersections particularly

[2:03:50] laguna and brews

[2:03:58] and bruceville rode it is

[2:03:59] facing north.

[2:04:02] That is the highest intersection

[2:04:09] we have in the city.

[2:04:10] Any questions.

[2:04:16] >> thank you for your

[2:04:17] presentation.

[2:04:17] At this time I will open public

[2:04:18] comment for in person.

[2:04:18] I don't have anyone signed up to

[2:04:19] speak.

[2:04:21] Anybody online?

[2:04:27] >> from our online webinar 9.3.

[2:04:27] Participants in the audience but

[2:04:32] no raised hand function.

[2:04:32] No speakers online for 9.3.

[2:04:33] >> I will close public comment.

[2:04:39] Questions, comments.

[2:04:45] To the right.

[2:04:45] Council member robles.

[2:04:46] >> chief, thank you for the

[2:04:46] presentation.

[2:04:46] I agree.

[2:04:47] I have seen several of these

[2:04:49] accidents take place at all

[2:04:56] times.

[2:04:56] Often times when I go to do

[2:04:57] military stuff and I go home or

[2:04:58] have seen it done where there

[2:04:58] are accidents there.

[2:04:59] There is a lot of traffic and a

[2:05:01] lot of cars definitely speeding

[2:05:02] through that area.

[2:05:08] I think this will deter people

[2:05:09] from blowing the lights and

[2:05:10] going on the speed force as we

[2:05:10] make sure that, one, students

[2:05:14] when they are taking e-scooters

[2:05:16] or e-bikes they are safe.

[2:05:19] As I was sitting here today I

[2:05:23] saw several folks on bicycles

[2:05:25] making sure they were slowing

[2:05:26] down.

[2:05:30] We want them to be safe.

[2:05:30] On

[2:05:34] on bruceville in elk grove i

[2:05:37] have seen a pedestrian hurt

[2:05:39] trying to turn.

[2:05:42] I truly appreciate the

[2:05:45] presentation making sure that we

[2:05:47] make sure the public is safe so

[2:05:50] we don't have fatalities that we

[2:05:51] can avert.

[2:05:51] >> thank you.

[2:05:53] Council member spease.

[2:05:56] >> thank you, chief, thank you

[2:05:57] lieutenant williams.

[2:05:59] Thanks for the presentation.

[2:06:01] I am supportive.

[2:06:03] One of the things I have and

[2:06:09] maybe it is just observation.

[2:06:10] I feel as though I have seen

[2:06:13] more people recently in the last

[2:06:16] six months, a year, maybe since

[2:06:17] covid.

[2:06:20] I don't know the timeframe.

[2:06:23] There appear to be more people

[2:06:27] running stop signs, running

[2:06:33] street lights and sometimes it

[2:06:36] just astounds me they blow right

[2:06:36] through.

[2:06:39] I think these particular cameras

[2:06:43] are very helpful.

[2:06:44] Personally, I wish we didn't

[2:06:46] have to do anything like this,

[2:06:46] right?

[2:06:50] I wish everyone followed the

[2:06:53] law.

[2:06:57] That said, I think when we are

[2:06:59] charged with the public safety,

[2:07:03] we have to use tools

[2:07:05] appropriately to make that

[2:07:06] mission happen.

[2:07:08] I want to thank you guys for

[2:07:12] being there every day in the

[2:07:13] traffic dealing with probably

[2:07:15] some people distracted, some

[2:07:17] people unhappy because they have

[2:07:20] to go to work, in a hurry coming

[2:07:20] home.

[2:07:23] I know it is probably not to

[2:07:26] mention probably one of the most

[2:07:30] what would you call it high risk

[2:07:31] encounters because you are on

[2:07:32] the road.

[2:07:34] I want to make sure I thank you

[2:07:35] for that.

[2:07:37] With that thank you very much.

[2:07:38] >> thank you.

[2:07:40] Council member brewer.

[2:07:44] >> thank you, MADAM Mayor.

[2:07:48] Thank you to chief davis and

[2:07:50] lieutenant williams for the data

[2:07:52] and information to support need

[2:07:54] for new intersection locations.

[2:07:57] High traffic areas throughout

[2:08:00] elk grove that are highly likely

[2:08:03] where we see accidents.

[2:08:08] It is always helpful to have

[2:08:09] lights as deterrents.

[2:08:11] Not meant to make money.

[2:08:14] To educate, inform and keep

[2:08:17] people safe.

[2:08:21] Basically to be good stewards.

[2:08:23] I used to be one of those people

[2:08:26] with a heavy leadfoot.

[2:08:29] Over time you come to the

[2:08:30] realization it is not worth

[2:08:33] trying to run a red light.

[2:08:35] You are going to get home

[2:08:36] nevertheless.

[2:08:38] Key you want to make sure the

[2:08:44] person in the car next to you or

[2:08:47] across from you we want them

[2:08:47] home safe, too.

[2:08:49] These lights represent that.

[2:08:50] With that said thank you for

[2:08:53] providing this data and thank

[2:08:56] you for working with all of our

[2:08:57] partners within the city to make

[2:09:01] sure that we are trying to

[2:09:05] promote safety as much as

[2:09:05] humanly possible.

[2:09:06] >> vice mayor.

[2:09:07] >> thank you, mayor.

[2:09:10] Thank you, chief davis and

[2:09:12] lieutenant williams.

[2:09:13] Appreciate the information.

[2:09:18] The numbers are really tell a

[2:09:18] story.

[2:09:20] Appreciate your hard efforts in

[2:09:22] keeping us all safe.

[2:09:26] Trying to change behavior.

[2:09:27] >> thank you.

[2:09:29] I agree this is needed.

[2:09:32] I think we have all seen bad

[2:09:33] behaviors.

[2:09:35] Hopefully we have changed

[2:09:37] behavior and keep everybody

[2:09:37] safe.

[2:09:39] I am in support.

[2:09:40] I will look for a motion.

[2:09:43] >> so moved.

[2:09:43] >> second.

[2:09:45] >> we have motion and second.

[2:09:47] We are going to the roll call

[2:09:49] vote.

[2:09:50] Telli conference environment.

[2:09:55] Roll call with could be member

[2:09:55] robles.

[2:09:56] >> aye.

[2:09:56] >> spease.

[2:09:57] >> aye.

[2:09:58] >> brewer.

[2:09:58] >> aye.

[2:09:59] >> vice mayor soon.

[2:10:00] >> aye.

[2:10:01] >> mayor singh-allen.

[2:10:01] >> aye.

[2:10:05] >> that passes 5-0.

[2:10:06] >> next item.

[2:10:08] >> receive results of the

[2:10:31] national community survey.

[2:10:35] This is from the most recent

[2:10:38] ncs.

[2:10:40] The national research center and

[2:10:42] international county management

[2:10:44] association.

[2:10:46] Comprehensive picture of

[2:10:49] liveable local government

[2:10:53] services, policies, management.

[2:10:57] This surveys is every other year

[2:10:58] since 2009 providing over 15

[2:10:59] years of data.

[2:11:07] The results of the survey are

[2:11:07] used to determine community

[2:11:08] needs, support budget

[2:11:09] development and measure progress

[2:11:09] and improve city progress.

[2:11:16] This was mailed to 5,000

[2:11:17] families in the city.

[2:11:18] This allows results to be

[2:11:23] representative of the residents

[2:11:26] of elk grove.

[2:11:26] 432 responses were received

[2:11:31] during the six-week periods late

[2:11:33] april to late MAY 2026.

[2:11:34] 9% response rate.

[2:11:34] Higher than 6% response rate

[2:11:34] from 2024.

[2:11:41] In addition to random sample

[2:11:44] survey city posted link on the

[2:11:45] website and allowed any resident

[2:11:45] to complete.

[2:11:48] This was available for two weeks

[2:11:54] and results got us 253

[2:11:57] responses.

[2:11:58] One thing to note.

[2:11:58] Results of the opt-in portion of

[2:11:59] the survey not included in the

[2:12:03] data here so as to not introduce

[2:12:03] bias into the survey.

[2:12:10] They are included in the report

[2:12:11] on separate tab.

[2:12:17] Data analysis.

[2:12:25] Survey spss.

[2:12:29] The demographics of respondents

[2:12:34] compared to 2020 census and 2024

[2:12:34] american community survey in

[2:12:35] city of elk grove.

[2:12:37] Primary objective of weighting

[2:12:38] the data to make sure

[2:12:39] respondents reflect larger

[2:12:41] population of elk grove

[2:12:45] community.

[2:12:48] Results of the weighting sample

[2:12:49] are in the table to the right.

[2:12:50] Just for every one to know we

[2:12:57] take for example the first

[2:12:59] bucket 18-34 age range.

[2:13:00] 4% of the unweighted survey

[2:13:01] responses compared with

[2:13:14] population target 25%.

[2:13:15] Weighted increases influence of

[2:13:16] responses to better reflect

[2:13:16] representation in community.

[2:13:17] Conversely.

[2:13:17] Groups over represented among

[2:13:20] respondents receive less weight.

[2:13:35] This process is applied to age,

[2:13:35] sex, origin, housing type and

[2:13:36] tenure and area.

[2:13:37] One of the key items the survey

[2:13:38] CAPTUREs community live

[2:13:38] ability.

[2:13:40] Residents are asks questions

[2:13:43] around these 10 facets of

[2:13:46] community.

[2:13:46] Safety, parks and recreation,

[2:13:49] design, natural environment.

[2:13:54] Arts and culture, mobility and

[2:13:55] community connection.

[2:13:57] Percentage of respondents who

[2:13:59] rated each of these areas as

[2:14:01] either essential or very

[2:14:02] important.

[2:14:05] Safety continues to be a top

[2:14:09] priority for our residents as do

[2:14:11] youtilities and economy.

[2:14:13] Safety and economy were

[2:14:15] priorities in the last three

[2:14:15] iterations as well.

[2:14:17] One of the useful ways to look

[2:14:20] at data is through gap analysis

[2:14:22] to view difference between

[2:14:23] importance that community places

[2:14:27] on the various aspects in

[2:14:28] comparison to perceived quality

[2:14:30] for that aspect.

[2:14:32] Closer these two scores are

[2:14:33] smaller the gap.

[2:14:35] More aligned the community

[2:14:37] priorities are with perceived

[2:14:38] quality.

[2:14:41] Ncs reflects residents opinions

[2:14:43] about entire community and all

[2:14:44] services.

[2:14:47] Some questions asked are not

[2:14:48] under the direct influence of

[2:14:52] city water, sewer and

[2:14:53] telecommunications.

[2:14:56] Partnership with ccsd is

[2:14:58] reflected well under parks and

[2:15:00] recreation which is not

[2:15:01] highlighted separately tonight

[2:15:05] but it is in the agenda packet

[2:15:08] for you.

[2:15:13] Before jumping to specifics and

[2:15:13] questions broad overview shows

[2:15:16] these results from the survey.

[2:15:18] Evaluative questions 119

[2:15:22] questions on the board the 24

[2:15:24] and 26 survey.

[2:15:28] 94 similar to previous results.

[2:15:29] Upward trends in 13 items.

[2:15:34] 12 decreased since 2024.

[2:15:41] if creator between the 24 and 26

[2:15:44] surveys change is significant.

[2:15:48] Results from elk grove were

[2:15:50] compared against 400 communities

[2:15:53] nationally who completed the ncs

[2:15:56] in the past five year and 30

[2:15:57] within california.

[2:16:01] In these comparisons elk grove

[2:16:08] ranked higher in the questions 50 questions and

[2:16:10] lower in 8.

[2:16:15] First one is the quality of

[2:16:18] life.

[2:16:19] Hopefully the font is not too

[2:16:19] light.

[2:16:21] All information is available in

[2:16:23] the report attached to the staff

[2:16:23] report.

[2:16:26] First residents continue to

[2:16:28] believe elk grove provides

[2:16:32] positive quality of life with

[2:16:35] excellent or good at 88% in

[2:16:36] 2026.

[2:16:40] Up from 84% in 2024 and

[2:16:42] significantly higher than 73%

[2:16:44] back in 2009.

[2:16:46] You can see the data we have.

[2:16:52] We pulled it from 2009 and 2024

[2:16:54] and 2026.

[2:16:58] We have data every other year

[2:16:59] since 2009.

[2:17:02] Elk grove as place to live

[2:17:13] positive from 80 to 89% from.

[2:17:14] [Inaudible]

[2:17:21] Up from 84% and 73% in 2009.

[2:17:22] Over all image has changed from

[2:17:27] 64% in 2009 to 82% in 2026.

[2:17:31] One thing to note not included

[2:17:35] is 91% respondents recommend

[2:17:39] living in elk to one shoe asked

[2:17:43] higher than the custom benchmark

[2:17:44] of 91%.

[2:17:46] Governance.

[2:17:50] 2026, 80% of elk grove residents

[2:17:52] customer service excellent or

[2:17:55] good.

[2:17:57] Continued upward from 66% rating

[2:17:58] back in 2009.

[2:17:58] Public information ratings

[2:18:05] improved to 76% in 2026 from

[2:18:08] 69 percent in 2024.

[2:18:16] confidence 51% to 56% in 2026.

[2:18:18] Moving to economy.

[2:18:20] Similar to 2024 results.

[2:18:23] 72% respondents rated overall

[2:18:25] economic health as excellent or

[2:18:29] good in 2026.

[2:18:31] Evaluations of quality business

[2:18:32] and service establishments

[2:18:38] increased from 74% to 77% in

[2:18:39] 2026.

[2:18:45] Quality has continued from

[2:18:46] .

[2:18:47] [Inaudible]

[2:18:49] Areas for improvement.

[2:18:52] Elk grove as place to work and

[2:18:56] visit with 51% and 50%

[2:18:59] respondents rating these

[2:19:01] positively.

[2:19:04] Jumping to mobility.

[2:19:06] Ratings overall quality of

[2:19:08] transportation system.

[2:19:13] 49% in 2024 to 57% in 2026.

[2:19:14] Excellent or good ratings

[2:19:17] received for street repair,

[2:19:20] street lighting and sidewalk

[2:19:20] maintenance.

[2:19:25] All higher than national and

[2:19:29] custom benchmark communities.

[2:19:30] Ease of travel by public

[2:19:31] transportation up from 31% to

[2:19:33] 39%.

[2:19:38] Ease of walking went up from 59%

[2:19:45] to 64% all from 2024 to 2026.

[2:19:45] Here again areas for continued

[2:19:47] improvement traffic signal times

[2:19:48] and enforcement.

[2:19:50] We will hear from traffic

[2:19:52] engineering team for insights.

[2:19:55] Jumping to community design.

[2:19:58] 86% of respondents pleased with

[2:20:00] neighborhood as place to live.

[2:20:04] 83% overall appearance.

[2:20:05] Design or lay out of residential

[2:20:08] or commercial areas in the city

[2:20:11] was rated positively by 58% of

[2:20:12] respondents.

[2:20:17] Down from 62% in 2024.

[2:20:23] Ratings for variety of housing

[2:20:25] options 51% availability of

[2:20:26] afford ability housing 60%.

[2:20:30] higher than custom benchmark

[2:20:33] communities and that of overall

[2:20:38] appearance at 83%.

[2:20:40] Areas for continued improvement

[2:20:45] code enforcements well designed

[2:20:45] neighborhoods.

[2:20:46] Overall quality of new

[2:20:46] development.

[2:20:49] Jumping to safety.

[2:20:50] Safety as mentioned earlier

[2:20:52] continues to be priority for elk

[2:20:58] grove residents.

[2:20:59] 94% dealing it important for the

[2:21:03] coming two years.

[2:21:05] 95% felt very or somewhat safe

[2:21:11] in the day.

[2:21:12] 88 downtown during

[2:21:14] the day.

[2:21:16] Animal control for which the

[2:21:19] dropping has gone down from 80%

[2:21:21] in 2024 to 70% in 2026.

[2:21:26] If you look at the graph

[2:21:29] long-term trend remains

[2:21:32] consistent with back in 2009 and

[2:21:40] 2019 being 58 to 63%.

[2:21:42] The last facet is community

[2:21:42] connection.

[2:21:46] For the third time ncs included

[2:21:49] series of questions related to

[2:21:51] inclusivity of city.

[2:21:54] Elk grove received positive

[2:21:54] ratings.

[2:21:57] Higher than national and custom

[2:21:59] benchmark communities in some

[2:22:02] categories.

[2:22:04] Overall 59% felt connected and

[2:22:06] engaged with community.

[2:22:09] Increased from 51% in 2020.

[2:22:11] City received exslept or good

[2:22:14] ratings from respondents while

[2:22:17] attracting diverse backgrounds

[2:22:17] 81%.

[2:22:21] Respecting residents diverse

[2:22:22] backgrounds 83%.

[2:22:25] Taking care of vulnerable

[2:22:27] residents

[2:22:29] resident 69%.

[2:22:32] Diverse backgrounds 75%.

[2:22:35] All higher than national and

[2:22:36] benchmark communities.

[2:22:38] survey results are available on

[2:22:40] the city website and available

[2:22:43] for review with more detailed

[2:22:43] information.

[2:22:47] Some of the charts easier to

[2:22:47] digest.

[2:22:50] Results will be considered by

[2:22:52] developing the city council

[2:22:55] retreat for the first quarter of

[2:22:56] 2027.

[2:22:59] High priority project list and

[2:23:00] upcoming budgets.

[2:23:02] I am happy to answer any

[2:23:03] questions you MAY have.

[2:23:05] >> thank you for that excellent

[2:23:06] report.

[2:23:10] I will open up public comment.

[2:23:13] I don't have anyone signed up to

[2:23:14] speak in person.

[2:23:15] Anybody online?

[2:23:19] >> I do have a speaker online.

[2:23:23] Just give me a little built to

[2:23:29] get my butt tons correctly taps

[2:23:37] here.

[2:23:45] Ashley sing unmute and speak.%

[2:23:45] >> hi, everyone.

[2:23:48] >> you are coming through loud

[2:23:49] and clear.

[2:23:52] I will pull up a speaker timer.

[2:23:53] >> thank you.

[2:23:58] I really appreciate this report.

[2:24:01] I was one of the students

[2:24:02] involved in completing it.

[2:24:08] I am very proud where we live a

[2:24:11] question for the future living

[2:24:17] in elk grove a lot of comments

[2:24:21] brought it up.

[2:24:24] Amazing numbers and diversity in

[2:24:25] elk grove.

[2:24:29] I urge city council members to

[2:24:30] consider again you have had so

[2:24:33] many discussions license plate

[2:24:36] readers and block cameras will

[2:24:41] create detriment to numbers.

[2:24:43] Safety and housing are number

[2:24:46] one priorities on top of the

[2:24:50] fact it is also the economy to

[2:24:50] spend this.

[2:24:54] We could have more housing,

[2:24:56] economic growth.

[2:24:58] i yield my file and conclude

[2:25:01] that please consider the

[2:25:01] contracts and to continue to

[2:25:05] follow our mission and numbers

[2:25:07] to support safety and economic

[2:25:08] potential for the city.

[2:25:10] Thank you so much.

[2:25:11] >> thank you.

[2:25:15] Any others?

[2:25:16] >> no.

[2:25:18] I do not have other requests to

[2:25:18] speak.

[2:25:20] >> I am going to close public

[2:25:21] comment.

[2:25:22] Questions or comments.

[2:25:23] To the left.

[2:25:25] Council member brewer.

[2:25:28] >> thank you, MADAM Mayor.

[2:25:31] I want to thank you for

[2:25:33] providing the information for

[2:25:35] the report.

[2:25:39] Obviously we sent out 5,000

[2:25:40] postcards.

[2:25:42] Overall response rate is higher

[2:25:44] than last year.

[2:25:46] Hopefully we can compel more

[2:25:48] folks in the public when they

[2:25:52] receive it to fill it out and

[2:25:56] return it as part of being a

[2:25:58] stakeholder in all of our city.

[2:25:59] Part of the process.

[2:26:03] We want to know where we can do

[2:26:06] better in the spirit of

[2:26:06] continuous improvement.

[2:26:09] A lot of good marks in here but

[2:26:13] some areas where we can rebound

[2:26:13] and do better.

[2:26:17] It is part of the process as we

[2:26:19] strive to make elk grove a

[2:26:19] strong community.

[2:26:21] We do have the number one

[2:26:22] rating.

[2:26:24] To have that number one rating

[2:26:27] comes with a lot of hard work.

[2:26:31] This is good information.

[2:26:34] We can always strive to be

[2:26:36] better and do better.

[2:26:38] Thank you.

[2:26:38] >> vice mayor.

[2:26:40] >> thank you, mayor and thank

[2:26:42] you for the information.

[2:26:45] I do appreciate it and agree

[2:26:47] with what council member brewer

[2:26:50] said continuous improvement.

[2:26:53] You continue to be our mantra.

[2:26:55] I am pleased to see the general

[2:26:58] trend of a lot of these

[2:26:59] categories.

[2:27:02] There are areas that we will

[2:27:06] continue to work on but people

[2:27:10] still enjoy living here and feel

[2:27:12] safe here.

[2:27:13] Appreciate this information.

[2:27:15] Thank you.

[2:27:17] >> council member spease.

[2:27:18] >> thank you.

[2:27:20] I appreciate presentation.

[2:27:22] Just a couple nuggets to take

[2:27:24] away from it.

[2:27:27] Yet again, further evidence that

[2:27:30] elk grove values public safety.

[2:27:33] It is an important concern for

[2:27:34] everyone.

[2:27:37] I would say overwhelming

[2:27:38] majority.

[2:27:41] Public safety is important to

[2:27:41] us.

[2:27:44] The other things that I wanted

[2:27:47] to talk about traffic later.

[2:27:53] You know it would be interesting

[2:27:56] to -- we shouldn't just talk

[2:28:00] about all of the great things

[2:28:01] there are blemishes as well.

[2:28:03] I would like to hear other ways

[2:28:06] to come to elk grove is great

[2:28:10] place to work or other things to

[2:28:13] dig in for more information and

[2:28:16] continue to improve.

[2:28:17] Great report.

[2:28:20] Those things we got to work on

[2:28:23] traffic we are working on it.

[2:28:23] Thanks.

[2:28:27] >> thank you.

[2:28:27] Council member robles.

[2:28:29] >> thank you for the

[2:28:29] presentation.

[2:28:32] 91% of residents recommend

[2:28:33] living in elk grove.

[2:28:38] That speaks to the services we

[2:28:41] provide, and making sure

[2:28:43] families feel like they can

[2:28:46] live, work and shop around and

[2:28:47] experience that.

[2:28:50] I am looking forward to the

[2:28:51] retreat.

[2:28:53] We will talk about everything

[2:28:55] else.

[2:28:56] COUNCILMAN Spease was saying

[2:28:58] employment looking at what elk

[2:29:00] grove will look like in the next

[2:29:02] coming years.

[2:29:03] >> excellent report.

[2:29:06] Always good to see the feedback.

[2:29:08] Echo same comments when it comes

[2:29:11] to continuous improvement.

[2:29:13] Those are easy to identify and I

[2:29:16] do know we have a presentation

[2:29:17] after this one-on-one of those

[2:29:18] key items.

[2:29:21] We are paying attention to some

[2:29:24] of those areas we can be better.

[2:29:28] I am very pleased with response

[2:29:28] of 91%.

[2:29:31] That is amazing.

[2:29:35] Recommending our great city to

[2:29:36] live from.

[2:29:40] I, too, want to highlight public

[2:29:42] safety, overwhelming strong

[2:29:43] response.

[2:29:46] Underlying thing is the

[2:29:47] high-quality of life.

[2:29:51] We all work towards that

[2:29:52] collectively.

[2:29:54] Thank you for the feedback this.

[2:29:54] Is receive information item as

[2:29:55] well.

[2:30:09] I am moving to the next item 9

[2:30:13] point 5 traffic flow and traffic

[2:30:18] timing.

[2:30:20] >> good evening, I am jeff

[2:30:22] horner, public works director.

[2:30:24] My staff and I are happy to be

[2:30:26] here with you this evening.

[2:30:29] Opportunity to present traffic

[2:30:33] flow and traffic signal timing.

[2:30:36] Overview of network how to

[2:30:41] contribute to congestion and how

[2:30:42] we manage.

[2:30:44] Initiatives and projects in

[2:30:47] addition to managing traffic

[2:30:50] signal timing can reduce

[2:30:51] congestion and we want to

[2:30:53] provide you with some

[2:30:55] alternatives to how we manage

[2:30:57] traffic signals and get your

[2:30:58] feedback.

[2:31:00] Reason I am here because jose

[2:31:01] has done a great job.

[2:31:04] I want to preface by

[2:31:07] acknowledging this can be dry

[2:31:08] technical subject matter.

[2:31:09] We will do our best to get

[2:31:13] through it in layman's term to

[2:31:14] present you and community this

[2:31:15] information.

[2:31:18] Our goal is educate and answer

[2:31:19] questions and get feedback.

[2:31:22] We look forward to your

[2:31:24] questions and feedback.

[2:31:35] I welcome jose.

[2:31:37] >> good evening.

[2:31:40] I am traffic and engineering

[2:31:40] manager.

[2:31:41] I will talk about traffic flow

[2:31:42] and signal timing.

[2:31:45] Here is an overview summary of

[2:31:49] our objectives for tonight.

[2:31:52] City of elk grove has had

[2:31:53] significant growth since

[2:31:55] incorporation.

[2:31:56] With that growth comes increase

[2:31:58] in traffic and traffic

[2:31:59] congestion.

[2:32:00] 2017 staff received direction

[2:32:03] from city council to prioritize

[2:32:06] traffic flow on east and west

[2:32:10] directions on elk grove and

[2:32:10] laguna boulevard.

[2:32:13] Staff has expanded to other

[2:32:15] arterials in the city.

[2:32:17] Prioritizing movements over

[2:32:19] others comes with challenges and

[2:32:23] trade offs which I will touch on

[2:32:26] throughout this presentation.

[2:32:30] First to understand the

[2:32:33] characteristics with a lot of

[2:32:35] cul-de-sacs allows low speeds

[2:32:37] and traffic volumes in

[2:32:38] neighborhoods.

[2:32:41] This results in higher

[2:32:43] concentrations on arterial

[2:32:44] roadways.

[2:32:47] Compared to a more urban

[2:32:51] environment with a great system

[2:32:53] that allows additional mobility

[2:32:59] access roads.

[2:32:59] Additionally majoritity of

[2:33:03] commercial areas are located in

[2:33:05] center of city and freeway

[2:33:05] access.

[2:33:07] This is where we have largest

[2:33:12] traffic volumes and most

[2:33:12] congested signal live

[2:33:13] intersections.

[2:33:17] To help with traffic congestian

[2:33:21] we use signal timing.

[2:33:23] Every signal operates on cycle

[2:33:25] which is how long it takes for

[2:33:29] all of the movement to be

[2:33:30] served.

[2:33:33] It can be thought of as a pie

[2:33:37] and each movement receives a

[2:33:38] slice of that pipe.

[2:33:43] Timing tool is that traffic

[2:33:47] signal coordination

[2:33:49] synchronization of traffic

[2:33:50] signals.

[2:33:54] There are some MISS Consegs with

[2:33:59] timing -- misconceptions.

[2:34:05] It doesn't add capacity when the

[2:34:08] vehicle amount exceeds.

[2:34:09] Peak hours.

[2:34:12] Drives will be green all of the

[2:34:14] time.

[2:34:17] So this is where I will get more

[2:34:17] technical.

[2:34:22] I will go over how traffic

[2:34:22] signal coordination is

[2:34:24] accomplished.

[2:34:28] Three components for signals to

[2:34:29] synchronize together.

[2:34:30] First.

[2:34:38] They have to have same clock,

[2:34:39] length or pie.

[2:34:42] If we give too big time to small

[2:34:44] intersectionits causes wait

[2:34:46] times on side streets and left

[2:34:47] turns.

[2:34:51] Not enough pie to larger

[2:34:51] intersection automobiles MAY not

[2:34:52] be served.

[2:34:55] We have to balance the size of

[2:34:55] the pie.

[2:34:58] Once we have established the pie

[2:35:01] size, divided between all of the

[2:35:05] movements based on demand and

[2:35:06] priority.

[2:35:10] Last component is assigning when

[2:35:12] the main line turns green.

[2:35:13] We are coordinating two

[2:35:14] directions.

[2:35:16] We have to balance out the time

[2:35:20] it turns green for both

[2:35:20] directions.

[2:35:22] The main take away.

[2:35:24] It would give more time to

[2:35:26] movement, someone else would

[2:35:30] have to wait.

[2:35:33] One of the biggest trade office

[2:35:35] with coordination since the

[2:35:38] mainlands gets more time.

[2:35:40] Left turns have to wait until it

[2:35:42] is their turn.

[2:35:44] Also various disruptions

[2:35:47] throughout the d.

[2:35:50] Interimses of coordination at

[2:35:51] times what causes it is not

[2:35:55] always seen by the driver.

[2:35:58] Also elk grove is one of the few

[2:36:01] agencies that operates the

[2:36:04] signals at freeway ramps.

[2:36:06] We incorporate to local

[2:36:06] coordination.

[2:36:09] Because of this we are mindful

[2:36:13] not to create cueing that spills

[2:36:16] into the freeway.

[2:36:20] Currently 8 corridors

[2:36:21] coordinated.

[2:36:24] Timing update was completed in

[2:36:26] 2025.

[2:36:28] Results can be seen here.

[2:36:34] With these improvements do come

[2:36:39] tradeoffs.

[2:36:40] Again, left turns do have to

[2:36:45] wait longer to improve traffic

[2:36:50] flow on the main line.

[2:36:53] We received concerns from

[2:36:54] community which can be one of

[2:36:56] those treadoffs.

[2:36:59] We can explain most of these

[2:37:02] concerns associated with

[2:37:03] trade-offs.

[2:37:07] We do investigate every request.

[2:37:11] Utilizing technology data from

[2:37:12] traffic management center.

[2:37:14] We track events that have a

[2:37:19] change in traffic patterns.

[2:37:28] Holidays, schools, or opening

[2:37:29] newcomer

[2:37:36] new commercial area.

[2:37:40] There are various projects that

[2:37:44] we are working on to reduce

[2:37:45] congestion.

[2:37:49] The adaptive system on elk grove

[2:37:52] which adjusts signal timing

[2:37:54] throughout the day.

[2:37:57] The critical intersection

[2:38:01] project earns turning and

[2:38:04] storage capacity to high vol

[2:38:04] eye.

[2:38:10] We have large flashing arrows

[2:38:13] and two of our logic from

[2:38:15] structure projects we willed

[2:38:19] freeway access points to the

[2:38:19] city.

[2:38:22] Various alternatives to managing

[2:38:24] the system.

[2:38:28] Coordination can be remove and

[2:38:32] side street can be prioritize.

[2:38:35] Both options.

[2:38:36] Alternatively more green time

[2:38:40] can be added to main line to

[2:38:41] increase traffic flow.

[2:38:45] It will result in wait times for

[2:38:47] side streets and left turns.

[2:38:48] Staff recommendation maintain

[2:38:53] current approach prioritizing

[2:38:56] arterials but balancing needs by

[2:38:58] adjusting coordination based on

[2:39:00] changing traffic demands.

[2:39:02] This concludes my presentation.

[2:39:05] I would open it up for questions

[2:39:09] or feedback.

[2:39:10] >> thank you for the

[2:39:10] presentation.

[2:39:12] I will open up public comment.

[2:39:16] Nobody is signed up to speak on

[2:39:18] this in person.

[2:39:20] Anybody online.

[2:39:23] >> I do not see raised hand

[2:39:25] function utilized.

[2:39:29] That concludes public comment on

[2:39:29] 9.5.

[2:39:31] >> council comments to the right

[2:39:37] council member spease.

[2:39:41] >> I appreciate your expertise.

[2:39:42] MR. Warner didn't sept you

[2:39:45] set you up

[2:39:49] very well but he wasn't wrong.

[2:39:53] Traffic and signals is like

[2:39:55] accounting, finance where it is

[2:39:59] like I want to see the budget.

[2:40:02] Then he go I appreciate that.

[2:40:07] Nobody wants to see how the

[2:40:07] sausage is made.

[2:40:09] I appreciate the lesson.

[2:40:14] One of the things that I would

[2:40:15] suggest or even encourage us to

[2:40:20] do as city is to thanks to the

[2:40:22] voters, thank you to measure e.

[2:40:25] I think we have an financial

[2:40:32] opportunity to look to moreen

[2:40:34] navitive opportunities perhaps

[2:40:41] surrounding ai or -- as a way to

[2:40:45] level the traffic across to make

[2:40:45] it faster.

[2:40:50] Look for innovative solutions.

[2:40:55] I encourage us to do that.

[2:40:56] The downside to getting what we

[2:40:58] asked for.

[2:41:02] We asked for more retail.

[2:41:03] Down side to getting that is

[2:41:08] that there are more cars on the

[2:41:09] road.

[2:41:17] When we open up the or build the

[2:41:18] onramp overpass that there be

[2:41:19] helpful.

[2:41:23] It wouldn't help everywhere.

[2:41:27] Look at more

[2:41:32] more innovative ways to

[2:41:35] alleviate traffic issue.

[2:41:35] >> council member robles.

[2:41:37] >> great job.

[2:41:41] Thank you for shedding the light

[2:41:44] on timing abwhat we are looking

[2:41:46] for the next coming years.

[2:41:48] Appreciate your presentation.

[2:41:49] >> council member brewer.

[2:41:51] >> no comments.

[2:41:55] I want to thank you for the

[2:41:56] presentation and providing the

[2:41:57] information.

[2:42:01] What we see in central park.

[2:42:08] A lot of strides are made on the

[2:42:08] east side.

[2:42:11] Especially when you look the at

[2:42:13] everything south of elk grove

[2:42:14] boulevard.

[2:42:16] It is really good to see.

[2:42:22] I want to thank the public works

[2:42:23] team also.

[2:42:25] Starting to see the fruits of

[2:42:26] hose benefits.

[2:42:30] That is a try traffic area.

[2:42:33] Not much more we can say

[2:42:38] regarding the train running

[2:42:45] through elk grove deplorerren

[2:42:46] and bottom road that wind of

[2:42:49] deal with as we are growing.

[2:42:56] It also goes through historic

[2:42:57] old town as well.

[2:43:02] A lot of good stuff in place to

[2:43:03] ensure people are safe and that

[2:43:07] traffic is flowing more clear.

[2:43:10] The study helpings move things

[2:43:12] in that direction.

[2:43:15] Benefits with measure e ask to

[2:43:18] do some experimenting.

[2:43:23] What can we do to move a little

[2:43:24] faster.

[2:43:28] Given the time of day when

[2:43:31] traffic is the heaviest so thank

[2:43:33] you.

[2:43:34] >> vice mayor.

[2:43:39] >> thank you, mayor and jeff.

[2:43:40] Appreciate this information.

[2:43:45] It is sadly only so many of the

[2:43:46] pie we can work with.

[2:43:50] If we want to move majority of

[2:43:55] traffic we have to ask for

[2:44:01] patients if you are going to the

[2:44:03] lacrosse travel not on laguna

[2:44:07] and you are on cross streets we

[2:44:09] ask for patients more green time

[2:44:12] to the bigger traffic flow to

[2:44:13] move people through.

[2:44:15] The other thing is I think we

[2:44:18] are trying with the e-bike

[2:44:22] rentals to bring in transit,

[2:44:24] looking for other ways to give

[2:44:28] folks options so we are not only

[2:44:35] in if cars on the road.

[2:44:37] 1 as we progress on those

[2:44:39] things, hopefully that will help

[2:44:42] in addition to what council

[2:44:44] member spease referenced the

[2:44:45] interchange when we get that

[2:44:46] built.

[2:44:53] Very good presentation, very

[2:44:53] informative.

[2:44:53] Thank you again.

[2:44:54] >> thank you.

[2:44:57] Excellent comments from my

[2:44:57] colleagues here.

[2:45:01] When it comes to traffic

[2:45:04] congestion it is the biggest

[2:45:07] thing we hear about.

[2:45:08] Flip side.

[2:45:10] When 91% of respondents

[2:45:12] mentioned they would recommend

[2:45:15] elk grove as place to live.

[2:45:16] People are moving here because

[2:45:23] it is a great place to live.

[2:45:24] Synchronization helps move

[2:45:26] traffic through the city.

[2:45:29] I definitely would support other

[2:45:30] innovative ideas.

[2:45:33] I do believe our city looks to

[2:45:36] innovation as part of our real

[2:45:38] life realtime solutions.

[2:45:43] I am happy with the report.

[2:45:48] The other mention as chair of

[2:45:50] sacrt and council member brewer

[2:45:52] on sacrt.

[2:45:55] Those changed batch years will

[2:45:57] play a critical role to move

[2:45:59] people through our greater

[2:46:00] community.

[2:46:04] It is a longer project that

[2:46:07] doesn't happen over funding.

[2:46:10] The funding is heavy lift.

[2:46:12] Priority of sacrt.

[2:46:14] One day when we have better

[2:46:15] options to move people through

[2:46:19] our region, getting them to work

[2:46:23] efficiently and quickly.

[2:46:24] Not quite efficient people will

[2:46:25] not ride it.

[2:46:29] You have to be able to get from

[2:46:32] a to b quickly.

[2:46:34] there are other alternatives

[2:46:36] that exist as well.

[2:46:38] Great presentation.

[2:46:41] I like whatir have read here.

[2:46:43] Thank you with that.

[2:46:45] It was just a receive

[2:46:47] no action required.

[2:46:50] Thank you for highlighting

[2:46:51] disruption

[2:46:52] disruptions.

[2:46:56] Those are real and get ignored.

[2:46:57] In real time the disruptions.

[2:47:00] That is something we should be

[2:47:02] aware of.

[2:47:06] Thank you for dedicating part of

[2:47:11] your presentation for that.

[2:47:12] Excellent job.

[2:47:18] Next item.

[2:47:18] 9.6.

[2:47:21] >> consider appointment of

[2:47:22] voting delegate and alternates

[2:47:26] to the 2026 league of california

[2:47:28] cities annual conference as we

[2:47:30] MARCH toward fall.

[2:47:34] It will be in anaheim.

[2:47:37] I am not sure how much they do

[2:47:38] remote participation.

[2:47:41] That is SEPTEMBER 25 for any

[2:47:45] that are participating.

[2:47:46] Spot for dell gat afternoon two

[2:47:48] alternates.

[2:47:50] I suppose we have an item with

[2:47:51] public comment.

[2:47:53] We will check to make sure we

[2:47:58] are doing all right.

[2:48:00] >> I don't have anyone signed up

[2:48:02] to speak.

[2:48:04] Anyone online.

[2:48:07] >> nobody in virtual

[2:48:08] environment.

[2:48:10] That concludes public comment.

[2:48:14] >> who is currently delegate and

[2:48:17] alternate?

[2:48:19] >> I am not.

[2:48:23] Who is the delegate?

[2:48:28] >> I believe last year I was the

[2:48:28] delegate.

[2:48:32] >> do any members of council

[2:48:33] plan to attend and you are

[2:48:34] available on friday.

[2:48:36] >> I will not attend.

[2:48:38] Is there a desire for a council

[2:48:41] colleague to be the delegate and

[2:48:42] >> I

[2:48:45] I will be delegate.

[2:48:47] >> anybody else attending now

[2:48:49] interested in alternate

[2:48:50] delegate.

[2:48:52] >> I will be allter nat.

[2:48:54] >> because you are attending?

[2:48:55] >> yes.

[2:48:56] >> excellent.

[2:49:01] Our voting member delegate will

[2:49:04] be council member ropeless and

[2:49:06] council member brewer.

[2:49:09] I will let league pemknow.

[2:49:12] Council comments.

[2:49:13] Councilor robles.

[2:49:18] >> sewer meeting together.

[2:49:18] Air quality tomorrow.

[2:49:21] >> council member spease.

[2:49:25] Library tomorrow.

[2:49:26] Cable television commission next

[2:49:26] thursday.

[2:49:30] It will be fun.

[2:49:30] Bring popcorn.

[2:49:33] >> council member brewer.

[2:49:37] >> sacrt board on monday and sac

[2:49:39] public library tomorrow.

[2:49:41] >> vice mayor.

[2:49:45] >> nothing to report.

[2:49:53] I have sacog policy meeting next

[2:49:54] week pe.

[2:49:55] >> sacrt.

[2:49:58] One of the interesting items as

[2:50:04] we looked at the stockton rolled

[2:50:05] bus rapid transit the

[2:50:10] possibility of autonomous bus to

[2:50:10] serve that.

[2:50:13] It is a possibility.

[2:50:18] Going back to the earlier

[2:50:20] comment looking at alternatives

[2:50:22] to move through community.

[2:50:28] Sacrt is looking to fulfill the

[2:50:31] bus rapid transit.

[2:50:33] I want to adjourn in memory of

[2:50:35] someone near and dear to my

[2:50:37] heart and probably many people

[2:50:39] in this room.

[2:50:44] It is hard to talk right now.

[2:50:47] we lost a giant.

[2:50:47] Mark jansen.

[2:50:51] I served with him on the elk

[2:50:53] grove food bank board of

[2:50:55] directors 20 plus years ago.

[2:51:01] He was the epitome of service

[2:51:05] above self, someone who was

[2:51:07] deeply religious but respeced

[2:51:09] all religions.

[2:51:12] He served GOD through serving

[2:51:14] his community.

[2:51:17] His family, his country.

[2:51:21] He served in the air force.

[2:51:27] We extend our condolences to the

[2:51:30] jansen family.

[2:51:33] MAY hegmemory be a blessing to

[2:51:34] everyone that knew him.

[2:51:35] Someone worth emulating in our

[2:51:38] own daily life.

[2:51:40] Kindness, respect of breaking

[2:51:43] down barriers and serving

[2:51:44] humanity.

[2:51:48] That is how he saw himself

[2:51:49] serving GOD.

[2:51:51] He lived by those principles

[2:51:52] every day.

[2:51:56] Thank you, mark, for your

[2:51:58] friendship, for improving the

[2:52:02] lives of our community and

[2:52:04] everyone you turned.

[2:52:06] MAY you rest in peace.

[2:52:08] Thank

[2:52:11] thank you, mark jansen.

[2:52:15] We are adjourned at 8:52 P.M.

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