[0:02] Recording in progress.
[0:05] » Good evening everyone. Welcome to the
[0:07] city council regular meeting this Monday
[0:09] evening, June 1st. Uh please join me in
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[0:15] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:18] United States of America and to the
[0:20] republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:23] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:26] justice for all.
[0:31] Thank you. City clerk, please call the
[0:33] role.
[0:33] » Certainly. Mayor Lraine. Council member
[0:35] Nuome
[0:36] » Here.
[0:36] » Council member Diaz Nash
[0:37] » Here.
[0:38] » Council member Sphere Gitki
[0:39] » Here.
[0:40] » Deputy Mayor Fernandez here.
[0:41] » And Mayor Lraine
[0:42] » Here. Thank you and welcome. We are
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[1:58] We have some ceremonial items tonight to
[2:01] begin. Uh item number one is Pride Month
[2:05] Proclamation and we have uh a special
[2:08] guest to invite to our podium, Mr. David
[2:11] Crafts, Sanonteo County LGBTQIA+
[2:14] commissioner from our county's
[2:16] commission. Thank you for joining us.
[2:17] » Thank you.
[2:18] » I uh will read a proclamation and then
[2:21] uh allow you to share anything you'd
[2:24] like to add. Thank you for being with
[2:25] us.
[2:27] Whereas the city of Sanonteo proclaims
[2:30] the month of June 2026 as Pride Month
[2:33] and honors the LGBTQIA
[2:36] plus individuals who have immeasurably
[2:39] impacted the cultural, civic, and
[2:42] economic successes of our country. And
[2:45] whereas the city of San Monteo honors
[2:48] the history of the American gay rights
[2:50] movement and proclaims our respect for
[2:53] the LGBTQIA+
[2:55] activists and allies who have fought and
[2:58] continue to fight relentlessly for
[3:01] equality.
[3:03] And whereas Pride Month is a time to
[3:05] celebrate and uplift the LGBTQIA+
[3:09] community. And the city of San Monteo is
[3:11] committed to promoting progress,
[3:13] tolerance, inclusivity, and visibility.
[3:17] And whereas on June 13th, we are honored
[3:20] to host Sonteo County's Pride
[3:22] Celebration at Central Park where our
[3:24] city representatives and residents will
[3:26] celebrate with our LGBTQIA+
[3:29] community members and organizations. And
[3:32] whereas providing support and safe
[3:35] spaces for the LGBTQIA+
[3:38] community is imperative. The city of
[3:40] Sanonteo is a proud supporter of the
[3:42] Sanonteo County Pride Center, which
[3:44] provides direct clinical services, case
[3:47] management services, education,
[3:49] workshops, and resources to individuals
[3:52] and families in need. And whereas the
[3:56] city of Sonteo condemns hate in all
[3:59] forms and strives to build a society
[4:02] where our ci where our citizens are
[4:04] valued and our residents and our
[4:06] stakeholders are valued and treated with
[4:08] dignity regardless of how they look, how
[4:11] they identify or who they love.
[4:14] And whereas celebrating Pride Month
[4:17] influences awareness and provides
[4:20] support and advocacy for Sonteo County's
[4:23] LGBTQIA+
[4:25] community and is an opportunity to take
[4:28] action and engage in dialogue to
[4:31] strengthen alliances, build acceptance,
[4:34] and advance equal rights. Now therefore,
[4:38] the city of Sanonteo hereby recognizes
[4:40] June 2026 as Pride Month in support of
[4:45] the LGBTQIA+
[4:47] community. Be it further resolved that
[4:49] our city council will take a vote at
[4:51] tonight's meeting to raise the rainbow
[4:54] flag at city hall on June 2nd, 2026,
[4:58] recognizing all LGBTQIA plus residents
[5:02] whose influential and lasting
[5:04] contributions to our neighborhoods, make
[5:06] the city of San Mateo a vibrant
[5:08] community in which to live, work, and
[5:11] visit.
[5:12] Thank you.
[5:15] And Mr. Crafts, if you have anything
[5:16] you'd like to add, please do so at this
[5:19] time.
[5:19] » Yes. Thank you, Mayor Lurine, council
[5:22] members. Uh, on behalf of the San Mateo
[5:25] County LGBTQIA+
[5:28] Commission and the communities that we
[5:30] represent, thank you for this
[5:32] proclamation recognizing June is Pride
[5:34] Month in the city of San Mateo. While a
[5:37] proclamation is just a piece of paper,
[5:40] its meaning reaches far beyond these
[5:42] walls. It is a public declaration that
[5:45] every resident and guest deserves
[5:48] dignity, respect, and the opportunity to
[5:51] live authentically. It tells people,
[5:54] especially those who may feel unseen or
[5:56] unwelcome, that they belong here in this
[5:59] city. Pride Month has deep roots in this
[6:02] region. Long before many Americans had
[6:05] heard the word pride, transgender women,
[6:09] drag queens, and other LGBTQ plus people
[6:12] in San Francisco stood up against
[6:15] harassment and discrimination during the
[6:17] 1966
[6:19] Compton's Cafeteria uprising in the
[6:21] Tenderloin. This was one of the first
[6:23] known acts of collective LGBTQ
[6:27] resistance in the United States. A
[6:29] little more than a decade later, San
[6:31] Francisco artist Gilbert Baker created
[6:34] the first rainbow flag, a symbol that
[6:37] would become recognized around the world
[6:39] as a beacon of hope, visibility, and
[6:42] belonging.
[6:43] The story of pride has always been about
[6:45] courage, and courage still matters.
[6:49] However, 60 years later, across this
[6:52] country, we continue to see
[6:54] unprecedented numbers of bills targeting
[6:56] LGBTQ plus people, particularly
[7:00] transgender youth and adults. At the
[7:03] same time, immigrants, communities of
[7:05] color, religious minorities, and other
[7:08] groups are pushed to the margins, and
[7:11] they're facing renewed challenges in
[7:13] efforts to divide us. While these issues
[7:16] may be taking different forms, they are
[7:18] connected by a common question. Who gets
[7:21] to belong in the city of San Mateo? My
[7:24] answer, and I believe the answer of this
[7:26] council is everyone does. This is why
[7:29] this proclamation matters. It affirms
[7:32] that our community values inclusion over
[7:35] exclusion,
[7:36] understanding over fear, and unity over
[7:40] division.
[7:42] And because this is a city council
[7:43] meeting, I should acknowledge that a
[7:45] proclamation doesn't fix everything. It
[7:47] won't reduce traffic problems. It won't
[7:50] lower housing rates or explain why a
[7:52] twominut agenda item seems to take 45
[7:55] minutes. But symbols matter. They shape
[7:58] culture. They communicate values. And
[8:01] they remind people that they are seen
[8:03] and welcomed. So, thank you for
[8:06] recognizing Pride Month. Thank you for
[8:07] honoring the legacy of those who fought
[8:10] for equality before us. From the patrons
[8:13] of Compton's Cafeteria to Harvey Mil to
[8:16] the countless advocates, activists, and
[8:19] allies who still help
[8:21] San Mo City become a better city. And
[8:24] thank you for demonstrating that this
[8:26] city remains committed to ensuring that
[8:28] every person can live openly, safely,
[8:30] and with dignity. Thank you.
[8:33] » Thank you, [applause]
[8:35] council. David,
[8:39] we'd love to join you at the podium for
[8:42] a photo with the proclamation. Thank
[8:44] you.
[8:54] » Congratulations.
[8:56] » Congratulations.
[9:09] Thank you.
[9:10] » Thank you very much. [applause]
[9:36] Thank you. We'll now move to our next
[9:39] item which is older Americans month. We
[9:42] have a proclamation for this and we have
[9:44] some guests uh to who can join us at the
[9:46] podium. Tom [clears throat] Lease
[9:48] representing the age friendly coalition
[9:50] along with Anna Spiro Gadiski and Ellen
[9:52] Wang for our senior advisory commission.
[9:56] Thank you for joining us. [applause]
[10:10] » [clears throat]
[10:11] » Thank you so much.
[10:15] » Thank you for being with us.
[10:18] I have a proclamation I can read and
[10:20] then uh give you the floor and
[10:24] [clears throat] we'll go from there.
[10:26] Whereas May is older Americans Month, a
[10:30] time for us to recognize and honor City
[10:32] of Sonteo's older adults and their
[10:35] immense influence in our community. And
[10:38] whereas through their wealth of life
[10:40] experience and wisdom, older adults
[10:43] guide our younger generations and carry
[10:45] forward abundant cultural and historical
[10:48] knowledge.
[10:49] And whereas older Americans improve our
[10:53] communities through intergenerational
[10:55] relationships,
[10:57] community service, civic engagement, and
[11:00] many other activities. And whereas
[11:03] communities benefit when people of all
[11:06] ages, abilities, and backgrounds have
[11:09] the opportunity to participate and live
[11:12] independently.
[11:14] And whereas the city of Sonteo is
[11:16] committed to creating an age-friendly
[11:18] environment as outlined in the city of
[11:20] Sonteo's age friendly action plan which
[11:23] includes initiatives such as fostering
[11:25] intergenerational programs, prioritizing
[11:28] the repair of sidewalks frequented by
[11:30] older adults and launching an
[11:32] agefriendly business certification
[11:34] program to encourage local businesses to
[11:37] cater to the needs of older adults. Now
[11:40] therefore, I, Adam Lorraine, mayor of
[11:42] the city of San Monteo, and on behalf of
[11:44] the city council, do here rec do hereby
[11:47] recognize May 2026 as older Americans
[11:50] month. Only missed by one day. It's not
[11:52] [laughter] too bad. And I call upon all
[11:54] residents to join me in recognizing the
[11:56] contributions of our older citizens and
[11:59] promoting programs and activities that
[12:02] foster connection, inclusion, and
[12:04] support for older adults. And I'll just
[12:06] note that every month can be older
[12:08] Americans month if we will it. And so
[12:11] thank you very much for joining us and
[12:13] please feel free to share anything you'd
[12:15] like.
[12:21] » It's okay if you don't.
[12:22] » Yes.
[12:22] » Not right now.
[12:24] » Very good. Well, I I just want to take a
[12:26] moment to thank you as I know we we have
[12:29] multiple senior advisory commission
[12:30] members among us. uh uh perhaps another
[12:33] one who is uh part of another group and
[12:36] and to me I just uh feel that your
[12:39] contributions to our city uh enrich us
[12:43] daily and thank you for your service and
[12:45] for being here today to accept this
[12:47] proclamation [applause]
[12:53] [applause]
[13:00] should be with
[13:07] Hello.
[13:08] » Who would like to hold the proclamation?
[13:11] » Thank you very much. May I join? Come on
[13:14] in.
[13:15] [laughter]
[13:20] [laughter]
[13:29] » Awesome.
[13:30] » Thank you.
[13:31] » [applause]
[13:38] » Thanks for being here. Congratulations.
[13:40] Congratulations. Congratulations.
[13:42] » Congratulations.
[13:57] » Thank you. And we have one more
[13:59] ceremonial item tonight. This is
[14:01] Sanonteo Foster City School District
[14:04] Community Access and School Facilities
[14:06] Update, a presentation.
[14:09] And we have some special guests with us
[14:11] tonight for this. I'd like to invite to
[14:13] the podium Maggie Trin, president of the
[14:16] Sanonteo Foster City School District
[14:18] Board of Trustees, and uh the
[14:20] superintendent of the school district,
[14:22] Mr. Diego Ooa. Thank you for joining us
[14:24] tonight.
[14:26] Thanks everyone. Um good evening to the
[14:29] city council, to um city clerk, city
[14:33] manager, city attorney, and um assistant
[14:36] city uh clerk, I believe, or thank you,
[14:40] sorry. um and to the community. Um we
[14:42] are here to give an update on the
[14:44] community access uh to our facilities
[14:48] and just give everyone a bit of an
[14:52] update on all of the construction that
[14:54] people have no doubt noticed happening
[14:56] across the city. So at our schools um so
[14:59] we can go to the next slide. Thank you.
[15:02] Um this is Borrell Middle School. um
[15:05] really close to here and you can see we
[15:09] have some really gorgeous uh fields, new
[15:12] fields. We have some a new gym and new
[15:14] classrooms and solar panels and we are
[15:19] you know looking forward to enjoying
[15:22] these and um like you can kind of see
[15:25] all like this is kind of all the new
[15:27] stuff and then in the background with
[15:28] the red roofs those is the older
[15:30] buildings. Next
[15:35] Yeah, thank you. Um, this is George
[15:37] Hall, uh, located in, um, the villages
[15:41] neighborhood and they have a beautiful
[15:43] new multi-purpose building as well as
[15:45] new landscaping, new seating areas for
[15:48] for students to use um, outside.
[15:53] And here, Sunny Bray, it has a really
[15:56] nice new multi-purpose room where um,
[15:59] the school community is able to have
[16:01] events. Uh we recently had actually ma
[16:04] uh Mayor Lorraine there for our cultural
[16:07] night. So thanks for coming to that.
[16:11] Uh we are renaming
[16:14] Lead Elementary School. It will now be
[16:16] known as Cottage Grove Elementary School
[16:18] starting this coming school year. They
[16:20] also have a beautiful new multi-purpose
[16:23] room, fields um and other facilities.
[16:29] This is Meadow Heights, which is located
[16:32] close to Barisford Park um just across
[16:34] from the garden center. And they have
[16:37] also a beautiful new multi-purpose room
[16:40] and um as you can see, new kind of
[16:43] playground facilities and um shade
[16:46] structure for and um lunch area.
[16:52] Then here we have Abbott Middle School.
[16:54] Um this looks, you know, you can see
[16:56] this is all new um new fields, new
[17:00] paving and then a beautiful new gym as
[17:03] well that uh that was built in the last
[17:05] few years
[17:08] and I'll let superintendent no take
[17:10] over.
[17:10] » I'm happy to take it from here. First of
[17:12] all, thank you. Um
[17:14] each of those school campuses is to some
[17:17] extent a microcosm of the kind of
[17:20] building program that measures X and
[17:22] measure T that were approved by our
[17:25] voters um intended to achieve. So you
[17:29] look at a school like Burell Middle
[17:30] School, it means a lot in this
[17:33] community. Thousands and thousands of uh
[17:36] people send their kids to Burell Middle
[17:39] School and then for the most part they
[17:41] metriculate up to I can hear myself.
[17:45] Sorry,
[17:48] » My mind doesn't work that way. But um
[17:51] they metriculate up to Aragon High
[17:53] School and on that one facility you see
[17:56] um a solar project which is contributing
[17:59] to the sustainability efforts we're
[18:00] making in the district and you see a
[18:03] synthetic field that achieved something
[18:06] that was really sorely missing um on our
[18:09] district campuses which were fields that
[18:10] were accessible that were not as you
[18:12] know overtaken by geese and ultimately
[18:15] unplayable as a result of difficulty
[18:18] keeping the grass in high quality.
[18:20] And then you see um the the area just
[18:23] above um the the higher terrace which is
[18:27] really beautifully painted track that a
[18:30] lot of our neighbors like to go out and
[18:32] and get on on the weekends and really
[18:34] use. For the last four years, our
[18:37] campuses have looked to some extent kind
[18:40] of like a a work in progress. So to a
[18:44] person driving by, it might just look
[18:45] like the kind of place you shouldn't go
[18:48] in because there's lots of temporary
[18:49] fencing up and signs telling you all
[18:51] over the place, please don't come on
[18:53] campus. And that's all about to change.
[18:56] Um, where we sit today is we have
[19:00] completed an 18month
[19:03] school district facilities master plan
[19:05] process. And the slide that everybody
[19:08] can see this evening is giving you a
[19:11] summary of what that process has
[19:13] involved. It's involved community
[19:15] meetings at 22 school campuses where
[19:18] parents, teachers, community members,
[19:21] and students have attended to discuss
[19:25] what's next for Burell Middle School.
[19:28] Those facilities that we built as part
[19:30] of measures X and T are gorgeous
[19:33] and they're going to last a long, long
[19:37] time, but there are many, many
[19:39] facilities at that school that need to
[19:42] be updated and renovated. And the same
[19:43] is true at Meadow Heights and the same
[19:46] is true at Parkside and Bayside and so
[19:48] many other schools in the city of Sato.
[19:51] And tonight's presentation is a way for
[19:54] us to give information to the community
[19:57] to invite members of the Sato community
[20:00] to find out more about our facilities
[20:02] master plan in what we believe is going
[20:04] to be a preparation to this school board
[20:06] um about 25 days from now to consider a
[20:10] resolution for a bond process in uh
[20:13] November of 2026.
[20:17] One of the things that we um anticipate
[20:21] through this long facilities master plan
[20:23] process that has taken the 18 months is
[20:26] we're looking at a school district that
[20:28] has facilities needs in excess of a
[20:31] billion dollars. And our plan currently
[20:34] involves a potential bond that's going
[20:37] to be in about the $490 million range
[20:39] that will accomplish tasks and projects
[20:42] across our 22 campuses, bringing so many
[20:46] of our school facilities up to the kind
[20:49] of learning experience that we want
[20:51] students to have where they go home and
[20:53] tell their parents about the new CTE
[20:55] course they're taking. where they tell
[20:57] their parents and some of our schools,
[20:59] believe this or not, I now have windows
[21:02] in my classroom. We have many, many
[21:04] classrooms in the school district that
[21:06] don't have windows. Some of us suffer in
[21:08] offices like that in our day jobs and we
[21:11] know the impact it has. But also just
[21:14] updating campuses so that we have
[21:16] students in learning environments that
[21:19] make them feel like they can thrive.
[21:23] At the same time, we know that the
[21:25] public watches what we do and we invite
[21:28] members of the public to connect with us
[21:30] and to find out more about what we're
[21:32] doing. And in each of the last two
[21:34] bonds, the district did something that
[21:35] we're very proud of, which is we
[21:37] outperformed expectations. When we
[21:39] sought taxpayer support for both of the
[21:42] prior bonds, we announced anticipated um
[21:47] interest borrowing rates that we felt
[21:50] would ultimately get the job done and
[21:52] facilitate the construction uh that we
[21:55] had hoped to achieve. And in both
[21:57] circumstances, the district's strong,
[22:01] sound financial planning and highly
[22:04] effective bond management programs
[22:06] resulted in the savings of almost $200
[22:09] million back to taxpayers in San Monteo
[22:12] and Foster City. And that's a as a
[22:14] result of the district maintaining
[22:15] really, really high, actually the
[22:17] highest credit rating possible for any
[22:19] school district nationwide. and at the
[22:23] same time delivering projects on time
[22:26] and on budget. And we know that those
[22:28] two factors matter a great deal to uh
[22:31] members of the public.
[22:35] When we talk about need, we are not
[22:38] talking about something that can be
[22:39] achieved with a coat of paint. And I
[22:42] want to give uh President Trin one more
[22:44] opportunity to share a perspective about
[22:47] what it means to have these kind of
[22:49] facilities. and and indeed at some
[22:51] schools we do have facilities that are
[22:55] already updated, at others we don't.
[22:59] » So most recently um actually last last
[23:03] week we had an opportunity to celebrate
[23:05] the opening of the new wing at Bowage
[23:07] Middle School. Um and one of the things
[23:10] that we talked about as a board last
[23:13] week at our meeting is this is
[23:16] beautiful. Um the space is so light and
[23:18] bright and and welcoming and all of our
[23:22] students deserve this. Not just, you
[23:24] know, ones who live in a certain part of
[23:26] town, but across the district, all of
[23:28] our students deserve the kind of spaces
[23:30] that make learning
[23:32] um fun and exciting and, you know,
[23:36] natural. And so you can see from these
[23:39] photos, we have a long way to go in
[23:41] terms of updating some of our spaces. um
[23:45] the li you know that library is a little
[23:47] bit dark like we could definitely do a
[23:48] little bit better. So what we want to
[23:52] encourage people to do is to kind of
[23:54] check out um you know these photos and
[23:58] check out the photos of our new spaces
[24:00] and you know let's let's finish the job
[24:03] and let's make this a reality for every
[24:06] child in our district.
[24:09] » And we have some QR codes at the end of
[24:11] the presentation. And so for members
[24:12] following online, we invite you to do
[24:14] that. Um you may have noticed just down
[24:17] the street over in uh North Central
[24:19] Sanonteo, we're finishing up a $37
[24:22] million project at Fiesta Gardens uh
[24:25] International School. It is a beautiful
[24:27] project. I promise you. Just give us
[24:30] another nine weeks and you're going to
[24:31] be really happy. The other thing we
[24:33] wanted to uh drop um on the city council
[24:36] and potentially our city manager and
[24:38] staff is the idea of coming up with a
[24:40] really innovative um partnership between
[24:43] the city and the school district to
[24:45] facilitate some parking on site that
[24:47] might help alleviate some of the issues
[24:49] that we know we're facing that are that
[24:50] are a challenge. Um and and I wanted to
[24:53] pass it back to the city council for any
[24:56] remarks or ideas, maybe some other ways
[24:58] that we can partner and continue this
[25:00] work forward. Thank you.
[25:02] » Thank you for that presentation. I I
[25:05] seem to recall from a [clears throat]
[25:06] previous item there being uh something
[25:08] that we might like to mention. Uh would
[25:11] would council member Newome like to
[25:13] mention that?
[25:14] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Hi again, Diego
[25:17] Maggie, great to see you. Uh I actually
[25:22] uh lies with you guys once a month, so
[25:24] not the public might not know that along
[25:25] with my fellow council member Nicole.
[25:28] Uh, and one of the things that's been
[25:30] brought up to me in my neighborhood is
[25:32] access to EV chargers. So, I prom I told
[25:35] you I would tell you about remind you
[25:37] about this in on the DAS and so that's
[25:39] what I'm asking. Um, you know, there's
[25:42] there's an interest in having access to
[25:45] EV chargers. We actually had a special
[25:47] session earlier tonight talking about
[25:49] access to EV chargers for the general
[25:51] public and there is definitely an equity
[25:53] issue with EV charging. um most people
[25:57] who are in rental homes or you know in
[26:00] in neighborhoods deep in neighborhoods
[26:01] don't have access to EV charging which
[26:04] makes it a barrier for them to be able
[26:06] to buy an EV car. Uh obviously with the
[26:09] current administration EV charging has
[26:11] been waning a little but we're all of
[26:13] the belief that that will that course
[26:15] will change again in the notsodistant
[26:17] future. And so, you know, one of the
[26:19] asks is, can we please have our schools
[26:22] look at, you know, in addition to
[26:24] opening up parking for after hours,
[26:26] which would be a huge improvement and
[26:27] help for our neighborhoods. Uh, also the
[26:30] idea of having access to chargers and,
[26:32] uh, council member Sorgo Gadiki was
[26:35] talking about it and said, you know, in
[26:36] in a lot of her neighborhoods, there
[26:38] aren't any charging stations. And that's
[26:40] because when you get deep into
[26:41] residential neighborhoods, there aren't
[26:43] the areas that that we have, you know,
[26:45] we have charging. So, uh, I would I'd
[26:48] ask you to please try to look at that
[26:49] and see if that could be something you
[26:50] could do on off hours when school's not
[26:52] in session. I think it would be really
[26:54] helpful for the community and it would
[26:55] be really appreciated.
[26:58] » Absolutely. We we look forward to that
[27:01] um partnership happening and and really
[27:04] announcing it and getting that word out
[27:06] to our families and to our community
[27:08] members. Um, and we also wanted to um
[27:11] put a date out there for the city
[27:13] council and for members of the San
[27:15] Monteo community. Come August 2026,
[27:19] every school will be opened every
[27:22] weekend all year. There will not be
[27:26] closed campuses. You will see signs
[27:28] inviting neighbors. We want all of this
[27:31] the the the residents in the city of
[27:33] Sato to get their kids
[27:36] out of their house for a couple of hours
[27:38] on the weekend and bring them to our
[27:39] schools. We have beautiful playgrounds
[27:41] out there and we want to see these kids
[27:43] running outside under the sun or
[27:47] slightly cloudy weather in San Monteo.
[27:50] Um but we want to see them out on our
[27:52] fields using our facilities um and
[27:54] really invite that kind of engagement
[27:57] with the community.
[27:58] » [snorts]
[27:58] » Well, just to reiterate, we're certainly
[28:00] very thankful for you opening the
[28:02] campuses. It means a lot to the entire
[28:03] community.
[28:04] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[28:06] » Thank you. And uh the deputy mayor is
[28:08] recognized.
[28:10] » Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor, and thank you
[28:11] for a great presentation, Superintendent
[28:13] OOA and President Trin. Um I wanted to
[28:15] say what a joy it has been to see um the
[28:18] new Fiesta Gardens um elementary school
[28:21] uh come up or the middle school portion
[28:22] just down the block from where I live.
[28:24] it. I was there for the ribbon cutting
[28:26] and I think a couple of us were there
[28:27] for the not the ribbon cutting for the
[28:28] the groundbreaking and it's been lovely
[28:30] to see it come together so quickly and
[28:32] I'm excited to see the final product.
[28:34] Um, I was actually going to my remark
[28:36] was going to be to thank you for opening
[28:37] up the um the school campuses,
[28:40] especially in on the east side,
[28:42] especially in my my district and council
[28:44] member Spiritsky's neighborhood. There
[28:46] is a distinct lack of play space, open
[28:48] space, recreation space, and so we're
[28:50] grateful for that partnership as well.
[28:52] Um and uh I look I want to just make
[28:55] sure that I uh iterate here on the dis
[28:57] that I am grateful for the parking
[29:01] potential per parking collaboration
[29:03] especially in North Central as that
[29:04] continues [clears throat] to be an
[29:05] ongoing issue and I know that we will um
[29:08] hopefully with support of the the
[29:09] council we will be engaging you on that
[29:11] offer. So thank you.
[29:14] » Thank you deputy mayor
[29:17] council member Diaz Nash. Thank you
[29:19] through the mayor and thank you both for
[29:21] the presentation. Please pass our thanks
[29:23] to everybody who made all these
[29:25] facilities happen. It took really a
[29:28] village, a very very large village. So
[29:30] we are grateful. And I just wanted to
[29:32] report that I was over in Sonteo Park
[29:35] yesterday. The neighborhood association
[29:37] had their their spring, you know, Park
[29:40] of Palooa and they were so excited that
[29:43] Park School is going to be open all
[29:45] summer. that that has really been
[29:47] something they are, you know, they've
[29:48] been wanting for a long time and they're
[29:50] very excited in partnering with Park
[29:52] School, but that's that's going to be
[29:54] great. So, thank you.
[30:01] » Thank you both for being here. I I would
[30:03] echo my my fellow council members
[30:04] comments. Um
[30:07] I it feels as though uh you you're
[30:09] you've offered us quite a bit uh here
[30:12] here in our city and uh I I would
[30:15] include with that the solar projects
[30:17] that you mentioned because we're all uh
[30:20] together in uh a mission to ensure that
[30:23] our future is uh as you know sustainable
[30:28] and high quality for our future
[30:30] generations as possible. So, uh, thank
[30:33] you for your contributions to your own
[30:35] infrastructure to, uh, make that, uh,
[30:39] part of our our shared goals. Um,
[30:43] and thank you for sharing this and, uh,
[30:46] giving the QR code so that people can
[30:48] have access to, to learn more.
[30:51] » Thank you. Um, I just want to close out
[30:54] by saying, um, I actually brought this
[30:57] to Superintendo Choa a couple of years
[30:59] ago when I read an op-ed in the Daily
[31:02] Journal. So, um, I I really feel
[31:06] strongly that good ideas can come from
[31:08] anywhere. I apologize that I I don't
[31:09] have the name of the person who wrote
[31:10] it, but you can probably find it on on
[31:12] the Daily Journal website. But um to the
[31:14] public, thank you for supporting us and
[31:17] um for giving us ideas for so that we
[31:20] can take it and run with it. Thanks very
[31:22] much.
[31:25] » Thank you for joining us.
[31:29] Okay, this concludes item three and uh
[31:33] we will be proceeding to the consent
[31:35] calendar portion of our business items
[31:39] tonight. We are now moving beyond the
[31:41] ceremonial portion of tonight's meeting
[31:44] which includes business items being
[31:46] considered by the council. For that
[31:47] reason, I would like to remind all in
[31:49] the room and online that we will be
[31:51] enforcing our rules of decorum. As such,
[31:54] at this point, we do not allow for
[31:56] cheering, cheering, or booing during the
[31:59] business portion of the meeting as it
[32:01] tends to put a chill on public comment.
[32:04] Our goal is to ensure that all
[32:06] perspectives are heard. Our
[32:08] [clears throat] motto is give respect,
[32:10] get respect, and we appreciate your
[32:12] cooperation with this. City clerk,
[32:15] please read the consent calendar.
[32:16] » Certainly, Mayor Lorraine. All matters
[32:19] listed under the consent calendar are
[32:21] considered by the council to be routine
[32:23] and will be enacted by one motion
[32:25] without discussion. If discussion is
[32:27] desired, that item may be removed and
[32:29] considered separately. Item number four,
[32:31] Danton Cleaning Service Amendment. Item
[32:34] number five, citywide street
[32:36] rehabilitation package 7B agreement.
[32:39] Item number six, annual sewer basin
[32:42] rehabilitation on call design services
[32:45] amendments. Item number seven, local
[32:48] streets and road maintenance and
[32:49] rehabilitation project list fiscal year
[32:51] 2026 27 adoption. Item number eight,
[32:55] community flood and storm protection fee
[32:57] increase for fiscal year 2026 27
[33:00] adoption. Item number nine, parks and
[33:03] recreation bulk printing and mailing
[33:05] services agreement.
[33:08] Item number 10, Edward Burn 2025 justice
[33:11] assistance grant program approval. Item
[33:14] number 11, recreation special event
[33:16] support services agreement. Item number
[33:19] 12, Danton Landscape Maintenance
[33:22] Services Agreement. Item number 13, City
[33:25] of Sonteo opposing state ballot
[33:27] initiative number 1 1983
[33:31] 25-00006A1.
[33:34] Adoption.
[33:37] Item number 14, LGBTQIA
[33:40] plus progress pride flag display at city
[33:43] hall. Adoption. Item number 15,
[33:48] 445 SouthB Street, Bespoke New Mixeduse
[33:52] Development Ordinance Adoption. And
[33:54] finally, item number 16, boards and
[33:56] commissions appointment subcommittee
[33:58] appointment recommendations.
[34:03] Thank you, city clerk.
[34:06] Is there any member of the council who
[34:08] would like to pull an item for the
[34:09] consent calendar?
[34:11] Um, I don't want to pull an item, but I
[34:12] do want to make a comment about number
[34:14] five. So, I can wait or I can do that
[34:16] now.
[34:19] » Let's wait. Thank you. Um,
[34:23] are there any members of the public who
[34:25] wish to comment on consent calendar
[34:27] items? If you would, please uh fill out
[34:30] a request to speak slip if you're in
[34:32] chambers or raise your hand. This is for
[34:35] just the items that the city clerk
[34:36] outlined at this time.
[34:39] and city clerk just feel free to tally
[34:41] and let us know.
[34:42] » Mayor Lraine, we have not received any
[34:44] requests to speak on the consent
[34:45] calendar either in person or in our
[34:47] virtual environment.
[34:48] » Okay. In that case, I will close public
[34:50] comment on the consent calendar and ask
[34:53] if there is a motion to approve.
[34:57] » I just want to make a comment about
[34:58] number five. Um so number five is about
[35:02] 13 street segments that we get funding
[35:05] for from the state. Those those streets
[35:07] vary, but since you know tonight is a
[35:09] night about transportation,
[35:11] I wanted to call out that there's
[35:13] potential rehabilitation for Aragon
[35:15] Boulevard, Buenav Vista, Deansza
[35:18] Boulevard, Norfolk Street, 27th Avenue,
[35:20] Oakwood Drive, O Farerrell,
[35:22] Edinburghough, Delaware Street. Um, also
[35:26] we did receive several public comments
[35:28] today about Aragon. Um, and asking about
[35:32] if you're doing repaving or
[35:34] rehabilitation.
[35:36] Are is the city also doing bike and
[35:38] pedestrian upgrades and safety
[35:39] improvements? And I did just want to
[35:41] confirm after talking to public works
[35:43] staff that we do indeed factor in bike
[35:46] and ped improvements during those
[35:49] rehabilitation
[35:50] um, events. So, which is a positive. So,
[35:53] I just wanted to call that out. Thank
[35:55] you.
[35:57] » Thank you.
[35:59] And with that, I would entertain a
[36:01] motion.
[36:02] » I'll make a motion to approve the
[36:03] consent calendar.
[36:04] » Second.
[36:05] » Thank you. City clerk, may we please
[36:07] have a roll call vote?
[36:09] » Certainly. Council member Newsome,
[36:11] » Yes.
[36:11] » Council member Diaz Nash,
[36:13] » Yes.
[36:13] » Council member Scoitzky,
[36:15] » Yes.
[36:16] » Deputy Mayor Fernandez,
[36:17] » Yes.
[36:18] » And Mayor Lraine,
[36:19] » Yes.
[36:19] » The motion carries 5-0.
[36:23] Thank you very much.
[36:25] At this uh at this time, I would like to
[36:27] invite all newly appointed and
[36:29] reappointed commissioners uh who may be
[36:32] with us here in council chambers
[36:34] tonight. You may come to the front of
[36:36] the deis to receive your oath of office
[36:38] from our city court. Thank you for your
[36:41] willingness to serve our community and
[36:43] support the important work of the city's
[36:46] boards and commissions.
[36:49] You guys are all just going to stand
[36:50] alone.
[36:52] [applause]
[37:07] » If everyone could please raise your
[37:09] right hand and repeat after me.
[37:13] » I say your name. I
[37:16] » Do solemnly swear or affirm
[37:18] » Do solemnly swear or affirm
[37:20] » That I will support and defend
[37:22] » That I will support and defend
[37:23] » The Constitution of the of the United
[37:25] States
[37:26] » The Constitution of the United States
[37:28] » And the Constitution of the State of
[37:29] California
[37:30] » In the Constitution of the State of
[37:32] California
[37:33] » Against all enemies foreign and domestic
[37:35] » Against all enemies foreign and
[37:37] domestic.
[37:37] » That I will bear true faith and
[37:39] allegiance
[37:39] » That I will bear true faith and
[37:41] allegiance
[37:41] » To the Constitution of the United
[37:43] States. the Constitution of the United
[37:45] States
[37:45] » And the Constitution of the State of
[37:47] California
[37:48] » And the Constitution of the State of
[37:49] California
[37:50] » That I take this obligation freely
[37:52] » That I take this obligation freely
[37:54] » Without any mental reservation
[37:56] » Without any mental reservation
[37:58] » Or purpose of evasion
[37:59] » For purpose of
[38:00] » And I will faithfully discharge
[38:03] » I will faithfully discharge
[38:05] » The duties on which
[38:06] » The duties
[38:08] » I'm about to enter
[38:09] » I'm about to enter
[38:10] » Congratulations
[38:13] » [applause]
[38:18] » Certificates for you all. If our council
[38:20] would like to come out, we can do a
[38:21] group photo.
[38:33] Congratulations you guys. Thank you for
[38:35] serving San Mateo.
[38:54] » I've been asked to come over here.
[38:59] Congratulations.
[39:15] [applause]
[39:20] » Congratulations.
[39:28] I'm gonna do my best.
[39:48] Steven,
[39:51] » As the new board members and
[39:52] commissioners receive their
[39:53] certificates, we can take a brief
[39:55] two-minute recess. Thanks, everybody.
[39:58] We'll return to business shortly.
[44:13] Thanks everyone. We'll be resuming
[44:15] [music] shortly. Please find your seats.
[44:17] Thank you.
[44:40] Thank you.
[44:44] Okay,
[44:46] we have concluded our consent calendar
[44:49] items and we're now moving to general
[44:51] public comment.
[44:54] Members of the public who wish to
[44:55] comment on any item not appearing on our
[44:57] agenda tonight may address the city
[44:59] council at this time. State law prevents
[45:02] council from taking action on any matter
[45:04] not on our agenda. However, your
[45:07] comments may be referred to staff for
[45:09] followup. This public comment section is
[45:11] generally limited to a total of 15
[45:13] minutes. However, that is subject to
[45:15] council's discretion and can be extended
[45:17] if council wishes to do so. If needed,
[45:20] an opportunity for additional public
[45:22] comment may also be provided later in
[45:24] the agenda.
[45:26] City clerk, can you please tally the
[45:28] total number of requests
[45:31] to speak on general public comment?
[46:14] Thank you, Mayor Lorraine. We've
[46:15] received a total of 14 requests to speak
[46:17] for general public comment for council
[46:20] adopted rules and procedures. That would
[46:21] set the timer at two minutes per
[46:23] speaker.
[46:26] When I call your name, if you could
[46:27] please line up to my right, that'll
[46:29] ensure that we receive all of your
[46:31] comments tonight. Um, our final speaker
[46:34] in person will be Alan Wang and our
[46:36] final speaker in our virtual environment
[46:38] will be Rick Sakura. So, our first three
[46:41] speakers for general public comment will
[46:42] be Rich Hedges followed by Kevin Simpson
[46:45] and Anna Verco Gaditzki.
[47:03] Good evening, Mayor Lorraine and city
[47:04] council members. I'm here tonight uh in
[47:07] a very happy mood. So, I have to say
[47:10] that I've come here many many times
[47:12] complaining about 17th in El Camino and
[47:14] the dangers there. And my belief is that
[47:17] Calran had been the major block in
[47:20] getting it done. Unfortunately, it took
[47:22] the life of a person to get this done.
[47:25] And that's often the mode when we get
[47:27] improvements that someone unfortunately
[47:30] dies. So, I'm here tonight to say once
[47:33] again, Veronica Vasquez, say her name.
[47:37] It's so important that we take action
[47:39] when these kind of things happen. I will
[47:41] say, by the way, thank you very much for
[47:44] all the work and also our city manager.
[47:46] Um, I will say that Matt Fabre at uh
[47:51] neighborhood meetings said that 28th is
[47:54] also somewhat of a problem in El Camino.
[47:57] And just to reiterate what I've said
[48:00] before, if you don't make crossings of
[48:02] this main street on the way to Cal Train
[48:05] safe, people aren't going to ride Cal
[48:06] Train. And 28th is another spot where
[48:09] people have to cross to ride Cal Train.
[48:11] Thank you.
[48:12] » Thank you. Our next three speakers will
[48:13] be Kevin Simpson, followed by Anna
[48:15] Sphereogitzki and Doug Diano.
[48:17] [clears throat]
[48:19] » Hi, council. Thanks for the opportunity
[48:22] to speak. Two weeks ago, a presentation
[48:25] was made here during open public comment
[48:28] that I just can't let pass.
[48:30] someone stood up, actually three people
[48:32] stood up and unfortunately
[48:36] um perpetuated a couple of of trends
[48:38] that we've been seeing lately that I
[48:40] just really can't sustain any longer.
[48:43] First of all, they [clears throat]
[48:44] proposed an absolutely
[48:48] mind-boggling proposal to rip out every
[48:51] tree in the tree lawn of Humbled Street
[48:55] for 2 miles and replace it with
[48:58] additional parking. And this is proposed
[49:01] as some kind of great solution to the
[49:03] parking versus bike lane problem.
[49:05] Imagine if I went into
[49:09] Barisford Hillsdale neighborhood and
[49:11] proposed that we rip out the median
[49:13] strip and all the trees and the tree
[49:15] lines in the middle there on both sides.
[49:18] Can you imagine how many cows would be
[49:20] had? We could fill up a cattle ranch in
[49:22] Montana with that. Imagine the cost to
[49:25] tear down all of the utility poles and
[49:28] all of the street public signs and
[49:30] regrind all of the ramps to the
[49:33] driveways. and we come up here and we
[49:36] waste our time actually thinking about
[49:38] these things. This is about the third
[49:40] red herring that we've had on this
[49:42] entire topic. We've been sent down these
[49:45] wild goose chases before. The other
[49:48] thing that took place is this continual
[49:50] repetition of fake narratives and the
[49:53] demeaning and insulting of residents who
[49:56] attended every workshop, brought their
[49:59] kids, spoke up as residents and
[50:02] constituents of that neighborhood in
[50:04] favor of the ability to bike safely to
[50:07] and from schools and work and whatever.
[50:09] It's time to stop shaming people and
[50:12] calling them as a group outside special
[50:15] interests or activists. They're people,
[50:18] their constituents, and they deserve
[50:21] respect and I hope these community
[50:23] leaders will start displaying that.
[50:25] » Thank you. Our next three speakers will
[50:26] be Annisitzki followed by Doug Deanna
[50:28] and Rick Bono.
[50:35] » Good evening, Mayor. Good evening, city
[50:37] council. My name is Anna. I'm a senior
[50:40] and a resident of San Mateo for 45
[50:43] years. I want to talk to you about the
[50:45] congregate meal program which has been
[50:48] operating for many years in the city of
[50:50] San Monteo. The nutrition program is run
[50:54] successfully by the city three times per
[50:56] week at the Barisford Senior Center and
[50:59] two times per week at the King Senior
[51:01] Center. The program is designed to
[51:04] reduce food insecurity, improve
[51:06] nutritional health, prevent social
[51:08] isolation, and promote independent
[51:11] living. It's a very popular program. The
[51:14] funding structures at the two senior
[51:16] centers differ. At the King Center,
[51:19] participants are asked for a $5
[51:21] voluntary donation, whereas at the
[51:23] Berisport Center, participants are
[51:25] charged $7. The city is charged by the
[51:28] caterer $12 per meal and has to make up
[51:31] the difference of $5 at Barisford and
[51:34] seven in Kinks. I can attest that the
[51:36] meals are excellent. The problem is that
[51:40] the program is popular due due to its
[51:43] excellent reputation and the number of
[51:45] participants is growing. Participants
[51:47] sign up for up to five meals per week
[51:50] and more of us are ending up on weight
[51:52] lists for an increasing number of days
[51:55] each months. The weight lease is a
[51:57] problem. I spoke to city staff. The city
[52:00] applied for increased federal funding
[52:02] through the county. If the grant is
[52:04] received with the increased aotment,
[52:06] perhaps the need for a weight list will
[52:09] be eliminated. If not, I asked the city
[52:12] council to consider a small increase in
[52:14] the senior nutrition program. The math
[52:18] is simple. Apparently, five extra meals
[52:20] per day might eliminate the weight list.
[52:22] What would it cost? about $75,000 a year
[52:26] between the two centers. It's my
[52:28] estimate. I ask the council to consider
[52:31] the potential increase in the budget. If
[52:33] the county provides the increase a
[52:36] lotment, then the needed funds can be
[52:38] recalculated.
[52:40] » Thank you. Our next three speakers will
[52:41] be Doug Deanna, followed by Rick Bonia
[52:43] and Carol Eldridge.
[52:50] » Good evening, uh, Mayor and Council. Um,
[52:53] I'm here to just uh add to my com public
[52:56] commentary, written commentary regarding
[52:58] the quarter u uh cent tax increase. And
[53:02] I just wanted to say it's 17 years and
[53:05] two tax increases coming out of the same
[53:08] tax pond from the same overt tax people.
[53:12] Mayor and council, the pond has been
[53:14] fished out. And the folks behind me, I
[53:17] don't know 99% of them, but we all have
[53:20] one thing in common. We all love
[53:22] Samonteo.
[53:24] We just don't have the tax love anymore.
[53:27] So, it's my suggestion that we try to
[53:30] fish out of a different pond. And here
[53:32] are four. Franklin, Visa, Robux,
[53:35] Guidewire, every glass tower with a logo
[53:37] on it. Together, my research shows
[53:41] they're printing about $17 million every
[53:43] nine hours. The tech bros live here.
[53:46] Their kids play on our ball fields. Our
[53:49] fire department saves their lives.
[53:51] And if anyone here works at one of those
[53:53] companies, email the council. Tell them
[53:56] who the decision maker is. Better yet,
[53:59] hook them up. Because if we want this
[54:02] city to grow, it has to be a
[54:03] partnership. Residents, council, and the
[54:06] companies whose names are on our
[54:09] skyline. That's not a tax. That's a
[54:13] team.
[54:14] Kaching.
[54:16] And the love just permeates the room,
[54:19] the city, and beyond. I'm here to help.
[54:21] Thank you.
[54:22] » Thank you. Our next three speakers will
[54:24] be Rick Bonia, followed by Carol
[54:25] Eldridge and Reverend Alvaro.
[54:31] » Good evening, Mayor and Council members
[54:32] and staff members.
[54:35] I am here tonight to express
[54:38] dissatisfaction
[54:40] along with Mr. Simpson. I agree.
[54:43] Suggestion for ripping out planter
[54:45] strips and trees all along Humboldt, not
[54:47] a good idea.
[54:49] Um, and I'll leave that at that. Um, I
[54:52] have another issue though. It's called
[54:53] the Horizon Treatment Center.
[54:56] I understand that
[55:00] people need treatment from time to time.
[55:02] People need help. Not all things are
[55:04] perfect. People who need treatment are
[55:06] not criminals.
[55:08] people who have been in treatment in San
[55:10] Monteo in Hayward Park and in uh
[55:13] Glazenwood
[55:15] um down on South P on Palm Avenue near
[55:19] schools near churches near all sorts of
[55:23] places haven't caused anything like the
[55:25] kind of problems that we heard predicted
[55:28] by certain members of the public. Hasn't
[55:31] happened probably not going to happen.
[55:34] We have a certain group of people. They
[55:37] brought measure H. They brought measure
[55:40] P. They brought measure Y by 43 votes.
[55:43] And then measure T happened and there's
[55:44] a new majority in town. 60% of the vote
[55:47] is a C change. There are people now who
[55:50] want to see people get help with getting
[55:52] housing, with getting treatment, with
[55:54] have basic health care and having just a
[55:57] council that listens and responds to
[55:59] reason. And I think we've got a little
[56:01] off the path. Thank you.
[56:04] Thank you. Our next three speakers will
[56:05] be Carol Eldridge, followed by Reverend
[56:08] Alvaro Duran and John Edeter.
[56:12] » Good evening, Matt, Mayor Lorraine, and
[56:15] and members of council. My name is Carol
[56:17] Eldridge, and I speak this evening as a
[56:19] member of one Samonteo. I came to again
[56:22] encourage you to give your strong and
[56:25] vocal support to the Horizon Recovery
[56:27] Center at its originally proposed
[56:29] location. It is a question of character,
[56:32] the character of Sonteo. Are we the
[56:35] generous community that we purport
[56:37] ourselves to be?
[56:39] Or are we willing to turn our backs on
[56:42] people who are willing who are trying to
[56:44] restore their lives and reclaim their
[56:45] futures?
[56:47] To me, this is the most essential
[56:49] question. Um, but I also want to talk
[56:52] about the proposed alternative on Mer
[56:54] Road. Um I have seen um information
[56:59] about what it would require to build
[57:00] there and the requirements are very
[57:02] demanding. Um the facil the facility
[57:06] would have to be raised 8 ft and there
[57:09] could be no treatment activity on the
[57:12] first floor. Uh you know these
[57:14] requirements would result in uh many
[57:17] millions of dollars more in building
[57:19] costs. And my question is who would pay
[57:21] for these? and uh would the funding
[57:24] source even approve the relocation of
[57:28] the facility to Berlingame?
[57:31] I think it would be an utter tragedy if
[57:33] sighting considerations prevented this
[57:36] facility from being built here in San
[57:38] Monteo County,
[57:40] thereby depriving so many people of the
[57:42] ability to heal. And I doubt that this
[57:46] council wants to be responsible for that
[57:48] happening that they that you aspire to
[57:52] that being your legacy. Thank you very
[57:54] much.
[57:55] » Thank you. Our next three speakers will
[57:56] be Reverend Alvaro Duran followed by
[57:58] John Eder and Taso Zraus.
[58:08] Members of the council staff and people
[58:11] of San Mateo. I'm Reverend Avar Duran,
[58:13] the minister of community life of the
[58:15] Congregational Church of Sato, but
[58:17] tonight I'm going to speak on behalf of
[58:19] all the clergy and religious leaders of
[58:22] the Peninsula Solidarity Cohort.
[58:25] In the letter recently submitted by
[58:27] Reverend Dr. Penny Nixon, we affirmed
[58:30] our belief that every person possess
[58:33] dignity inherent and that the common
[58:36] good is measured by how we care for
[58:38] those who are most vulnerable among us.
[58:41] And I'd like to build upon that message.
[58:44] Over the past months, much of this
[58:46] conversation about Horizon Recovery
[58:48] Center has focused on process, location,
[58:51] and public concern. Those issues matter.
[58:55] Public trust matters and community
[58:58] engagement matters. But process cannot
[59:01] become a substitute for justice. Nor can
[59:04] fear become a substitute for evidence.
[59:08] What concerns many of us is that not
[59:10] that questions were raised, questions
[59:13] were are always healthy. Common
[59:18] communities should ask difficult
[59:20] questions. What concerns us is what
[59:23] happens when evidence is presented,
[59:26] experts are heard, and questions answer.
[59:29] Yet fear continues to carry greater
[59:31] weight than facts. Public leadership
[59:34] requires more than reflecting anxiety.
[59:37] It requires helping communities
[59:39] distinguish between what it is fear and
[59:42] what is demonstrator. As a pastor
[59:45] serving less than two blocks from the
[59:47] proposed site, I have witnessed a
[59:50] reality very different from
[59:54] the one often described in this debate.
[59:57] Our church hosts recovery groups for
[1:00:00] years while simultaneously serving
[1:00:03] children, families, older adults, and
[1:00:05] vulnerable members of our community. The
[1:00:08] catastrophe that has been predicted has
[1:00:10] not been materialized. What we have
[1:00:13] witnessed instead is healing. The people
[1:00:16] needs these services are already part of
[1:00:18] our community.
[1:00:19] » Thank you. Thank you. Our next three
[1:00:21] speakers will be John Edter followed by
[1:00:23] Taso Zrais and Mike Swire.
[1:00:30] Good evening, council. Thank you all for
[1:00:33] all the great work you do. Um, I am here
[1:00:36] tonight encouraging this council to
[1:00:38] support the horizon project at 101 North
[1:00:41] El Camino Rial and to have a city-led
[1:00:43] working group formed to include max
[1:00:46] maximizing the public's input. The
[1:00:49] city's support of such a working group
[1:00:51] would give it legitimacy and encourage
[1:00:53] open and civil conversations.
[1:00:56] Your support for this project would be
[1:00:58] in line with the S with Sonteo County's
[1:01:01] behavioral health and recovery services,
[1:01:03] Sonteo County Health Plans, Sonteo
[1:01:06] Medical Center, the county's homeless
[1:01:08] and farm workers health programs, 10 of
[1:01:11] the 11 surveyed police departments in
[1:01:14] the county and the California Department
[1:01:16] of Health Services.
[1:01:19] The tremendous support by all of these
[1:01:21] healthc care departments is quite
[1:01:23] indicative of the project's excellent
[1:01:26] opportunity to strive to to here in
[1:01:30] Sonatel. There is confusion surrounding
[1:01:33] this project as it pertains to this
[1:01:35] county or this council's position. a
[1:01:38] statement clarifying that this council
[1:01:40] is neutral on the project and will weigh
[1:01:42] in on it at the appropriate stage of its
[1:01:45] proc of its uh approval process would
[1:01:48] clear up that matter. Thank you.
[1:01:51] » Thank you. Our next three speakers will
[1:01:53] be Taso Zra followed by Mike Swire and
[1:01:55] Trina Pierce.
[1:02:04] Humboldt Street bike lanes remain an
[1:02:07] issue.
[1:02:10] There are three to four, sometimes five
[1:02:13] bike trips per day on average.
[1:02:15] [clears throat]
[1:02:16] Um, a proposal was brought up to widen
[1:02:18] the street equal that of
[1:02:21] um, Delaware
[1:02:25] and it seemed like a reasonable
[1:02:27] response. Mr. Simpson here argued that
[1:02:30] imagine going to another neighborhood
[1:02:32] and ripping out trees, but ignore the
[1:02:34] fact that they ripped out parking for
[1:02:36] the residents on Humbult Street. How is
[1:02:39] that even equal?
[1:02:42] Let me talk about Horizon for a second.
[1:02:44] Horizon is a pure real estate asset buy
[1:02:48] by a nonprofit that has $15 million in
[1:02:51] assets and property assets.
[1:02:55] That's all it is. They provide services
[1:02:58] using our taxpayer dollars and and
[1:03:00] medical county um or uh insurance
[1:03:04] policies, but they want to own the
[1:03:07] asset. If you were given $2 million from
[1:03:09] the county and $25 million from the
[1:03:11] state, which is taxpayer money, you'd
[1:03:14] want to buy the prime real estate on 101
[1:03:16] El Camino versus just providing
[1:03:18] services, which are needed services on
[1:03:21] Mer Road. So, they want to own real
[1:03:24] estate. That's what they want to do.
[1:03:27] [snorts]
[1:03:28] I want to speak a little bit about
[1:03:31] um the recusal.
[1:03:34] Adam Lorraine has a longstanding
[1:03:36] relationship. She he endorsed Sema Patel
[1:03:40] and Adam owes a huge debt to Patel and
[1:03:43] Amoli for getting him into elected
[1:03:45] office. Yet, no one is arguing that the
[1:03:48] thick of thieves relationship required a
[1:03:51] rec recusal. I think this whole
[1:03:54] misinformation and rumor about recusals
[1:03:56] is ridiculous and I'm glad it wasn't
[1:03:58] brought up tonight. And if it is, I'd
[1:04:01] say it's shameful.
[1:04:02] » Thank you.
[1:04:03] » Thank you.
[1:04:03] » Our next three speakers will be Mike
[1:04:05] Swire, followed by Trina Pierce and
[1:04:06] Vicosby.
[1:04:11] » Yeah. Thank you, Mayor Lori and members
[1:04:12] of council. Um, sadly, we've had too
[1:04:14] many tragedies on our streets in San
[1:04:16] Monteo. Veronica Vasquez passed away
[1:04:18] after being hit in a crosswalk on El
[1:04:20] Camino at 17th. And the Sandival family
[1:04:23] was recently hit in a crosswalk on
[1:04:24] Delaware in front of the high school.
[1:04:26] While I will definitely admit that I
[1:04:29] whine a lot about what the city is not
[1:04:31] doing regarding street safety, today I'm
[1:04:33] here to say that you got it right. In
[1:04:36] both cases, you and staff swung into
[1:04:38] action to quickly and effectively
[1:04:39] address the dangerous conditions in
[1:04:41] these two locations. When there's a
[1:04:43] dangerous individual in our
[1:04:44] neighborhood, we expect the PD to show
[1:04:46] up within minutes. While that timeline
[1:04:48] hasn't traditionally applied to dangers
[1:04:50] on our streets, we are nevertheless very
[1:04:53] appreciative that the city was able to
[1:04:54] make improvements within months, not
[1:04:56] years in these two locations. On
[1:04:58] Delaware, we now have quick build
[1:05:00] location or improvements to slow
[1:05:01] traffic. And as of yesterday on El
[1:05:03] Camino at 17th, we have a dedicated
[1:05:05] pedestrian signal so that those on foot
[1:05:08] don't need to worry about cars making
[1:05:10] left turns while they are in the
[1:05:11] crosswalk. This is how a city should
[1:05:14] work when there is an imminent danger
[1:05:16] and people are scared to get around
[1:05:18] without a car. Thank you and keep up the
[1:05:20] good work. And yes on horizon and no on
[1:05:23] the tree annihilation. Thank you.
[1:05:25] » Thank you. Our next two speakers will be
[1:05:27] Trina Piers followed by Vicos.
[1:05:36] Good evening, mayor and city council
[1:05:38] members. Um, I just want to first say I
[1:05:41] respect you guys. I thank you guys for
[1:05:43] keeping democracy, for um, just keeping
[1:05:48] it it good here. I mean, we're hearing
[1:05:50] all over the country, people are trying
[1:05:52] to change democracy. People died for
[1:05:54] democracy. So, I just respect that. And
[1:05:56] sometimes we don't want the change, but
[1:05:59] changes come good. You don't want them
[1:06:02] at first, but then that's a good thing.
[1:06:03] So, it's always good to get new blood.
[1:06:06] And then looking at the meetings that
[1:06:08] were at the King Center.
[1:06:10] People get up here. I mean, me and
[1:06:12] Kevin, we're friends. We disagree on
[1:06:15] everything, but we respect each other.
[1:06:17] We don't call each other names. We don't
[1:06:19] do that. But um at those meetings at the
[1:06:22] King Center, and by the way, at one of
[1:06:24] those meetings at the King Center,
[1:06:26] someone wanted to fight from the bike
[1:06:28] coalition and wasn't good. And a city
[1:06:31] employee had to stop that. But I hear
[1:06:34] this all the time. The number one thing
[1:06:36] that came out of all those meetings when
[1:06:38] they first got up, it says, "Bring our
[1:06:40] parking back." They don't care if it's a
[1:06:43] shared bike lane, a bike boulevard, but
[1:06:46] the residents there should be able to
[1:06:49] park. And people say they can't park
[1:06:51] because they they have driveways. They
[1:06:53] can park in their driveway. They can
[1:06:54] park in their garages. Some of those
[1:06:56] people have children and they get off
[1:06:59] and work at 1:00 in the morning. So, of
[1:07:01] course, they park on the street so their
[1:07:03] kids can come home after work and park
[1:07:05] there. But they don't see that. They
[1:07:06] don't care that about that. So, I'm just
[1:07:09] tired of hearing that. So, I think we
[1:07:10] should go and do everyone right,
[1:07:13] everyone share the bike lane and get the
[1:07:16] parking back because that's what the
[1:07:18] residents want. Thank you.
[1:07:21] » Thank you. And our final speaker in
[1:07:22] chambers will be Vicos.
[1:07:27] » Good evening, Mayor Lorraine, Deputy
[1:07:29] Mayor Fernandez, Mayor Merittita Nash
[1:07:33] Newsome, and Council Member Sorco
[1:07:36] Gadiski. Sorry. Um, I want to echo what,
[1:07:42] uh, Trina just said, um, about their
[1:07:45] parking. Um, I offered a solution that
[1:07:49] seems like a balanced solution. It
[1:07:50] offers pedestrian safety. It offers bike
[1:07:53] lane safety, wider bike lanes to
[1:07:55] accommodate more bikes. I'm a tree
[1:07:58] hugger. I'm an environmentalist. I share
[1:08:01] Maragolds uh, with my neighborhood
[1:08:03] because we have a whole slew of them. So
[1:08:06] I have no interest in destroying um
[1:08:10] arbor type um things but in this context
[1:08:13] it accommodates an equity priority
[1:08:15] community who was disenfranchised with
[1:08:18] false data. Um you know when you in my
[1:08:21] industry when we report data if it is
[1:08:24] not reproducible and if it's not
[1:08:26] accurate we have to retract that data or
[1:08:28] it's considered fraud. So by that
[1:08:31] virtue, this proposal still stands as a
[1:08:34] valid median between everyone. It's a
[1:08:38] it's a happy balance. And I would think
[1:08:40] that you would take the time to really
[1:08:42] review this. I'm sure the city is
[1:08:44] looking into it and understand that
[1:08:47] during CO we suffered from social
[1:08:50] distancing which made our lives
[1:08:52] miserable. But people could actually put
[1:08:55] a mask over their face and actually
[1:08:56] interact socially within six feet. Can
[1:08:59] you imagine if you had social
[1:09:01] inaccessibility
[1:09:02] where like I've said before where people
[1:09:04] can't come to your home and visit you
[1:09:06] for events or just seeing how you're
[1:09:09] doing on a regular basis. This is what
[1:09:11] these people are still suffering from
[1:09:13] for the last 3 years. Just go talk to
[1:09:16] them. I have just go there, knock on
[1:09:18] their door and talk to them. They suffer
[1:09:20] from social inaccessibility and I think
[1:09:23] that we have to take that into
[1:09:24] consideration in this proposal. Thank
[1:09:26] you.
[1:09:26] » Thank you. moving to our virtual
[1:09:28] environment where our first speaker will
[1:09:30] be Lisa Taylor. Lisa, please unmute your
[1:09:32] mic.
[1:09:35] » Uh, good evening, Mayor Lorraine and
[1:09:37] city council members and staff. I'm Lisa
[1:09:40] Taylor, executive director of the Bay
[1:09:42] Area Community Health Advisory Council,
[1:09:44] also known as BAC HAC. And I just want
[1:09:47] to take this opportunity to thank you
[1:09:49] for your support and sponsorship of the
[1:09:51] 2026 Soul Stroll for Health that was
[1:09:54] held at May 16th um at Coyote Point in
[1:09:57] San Mato. Um we had over 350 people
[1:10:01] there. Uh we're close to our fundraising
[1:10:04] goal of $130,000.
[1:10:07] We had 30 organizations participating in
[1:10:09] the community health village. We did
[1:10:12] free screenings for hypertension and
[1:10:14] diabetes. Uh we distributed over 110 um
[1:10:18] STI prevention supply packets and 60 STI
[1:10:23] uh um prevention education materials. We
[1:10:26] distributed toiletry kits,
[1:10:29] socks, gloves. We had students there
[1:10:32] from CSM as well the nursing students.
[1:10:36] Um I also want to just give a a special
[1:10:38] thanks to the city ma manager Alex and
[1:10:41] his staff for championing our
[1:10:43] sponsorship. Uh it was great to see
[1:10:46] council member Diaz Nash there as well
[1:10:49] as um park and recck director um Joanne
[1:10:53] McGrini and again this was an event so
[1:10:56] that we could provide education and
[1:11:00] access to services to our community. Uh
[1:11:04] I hope that um we can count on you for
[1:11:07] more sponsorship in the coming year
[1:11:09] because it'll be the 25th anniversary of
[1:11:11] Soul Stroll for Health. Uh that's May
[1:11:14] 14th and 15th in 2027. So again, thank
[1:11:17] you very much for your support and your
[1:11:20] sponsorship.
[1:11:22] » Thank you. Our next speaker will be
[1:11:24] Connie Weiss. Connie, please unmute your
[1:11:26] mic.
[1:11:28] » Good evening, city council. Can you hear
[1:11:30] me? Okay.
[1:11:31] » Yes, we can.
[1:11:32] » Okay. Thank you. Um so I want to also
[1:11:35] talk about Humboldt a little bit. Um,
[1:11:38] you put together a very ambitious plan,
[1:11:41] $10 million to make it a one-way street,
[1:11:44] um, restore the parking, but still have
[1:11:47] bike lanes. But every day I go down Sano
[1:11:51] Drive and I see two dedicated park
[1:11:54] lanes, north and south. Um, no trucks,
[1:11:58] much slower traffic. And I think, you
[1:12:00] know what, on Humbult, I would never let
[1:12:02] my child ride on a Humbult bike lane,
[1:12:05] but on Sonteo Drive, I would do that. It
[1:12:08] seems safer. And they're just a couple
[1:12:10] of blocks apart. And they, you know,
[1:12:14] kids, the kids could go to school via
[1:12:16] Sanonteo Drive and then they turn down
[1:12:18] the closest street to whatever school
[1:12:20] they're going to, and it could be a
[1:12:22] great solution. and then you could just
[1:12:24] remove the uh bike lanes on Humbult,
[1:12:27] which is a truck thoroughfare and not
[1:12:29] safe for children anyway, and just put
[1:12:31] the parking back. So, I hope that you
[1:12:34] will consider that. Um it's just going
[1:12:36] to be safer for bikers overall and it'll
[1:12:38] save the city $10 million. And just a
[1:12:41] quick comment on the um Horizon
[1:12:44] situation. The thing that uh concerns me
[1:12:47] the most as a resident close by is that
[1:12:50] it's going to be a drunk tank. And you
[1:12:52] know, it would be better to have that a
[1:12:54] little bit away from elderly housing and
[1:12:58] elementary schools. So, I hope uh people
[1:13:01] will consider that um when discussing it
[1:13:04] going forward. Thank you so much.
[1:13:06] » Thank you. And our final speaker, as was
[1:13:08] announced earlier, will be Rick Sakura.
[1:13:10] Rick, please unmute your mic.
[1:13:12] » Uh good evening, Mayor Lorraine and City
[1:13:14] Council. I would just like to take a
[1:13:17] minute to say something that I haven't
[1:13:18] been able to say because there is always
[1:13:20] so much going on and I only have one
[1:13:23] minute to speak. But tonight I wanted to
[1:13:25] recognize the work that is being put in
[1:13:28] by each of our city council members, our
[1:13:31] city manager, our city attorney, city
[1:13:33] clerk, department heads and staff. I
[1:13:37] know you are all under constant attack
[1:13:39] by one side or the other or me and
[1:13:42] sometimes by amazingly both sides at the
[1:13:44] same time. It seems like we can never
[1:13:47] make anyone happy, but I wanted to
[1:13:49] recognize and appreciate the hard work
[1:13:51] that you all put in in very difficult
[1:13:54] times. Thank you.
[1:13:56] » Thank you, Mayor Lorraine. That
[1:13:58] concludes public comment.
[1:14:02] » Okay. Thank you everyone for your
[1:14:04] comments.
[1:14:05] I just want to look in the direction of
[1:14:08] city manager staff and see if there was
[1:14:10] any anything that wanted to be shared.
[1:14:12] Okay. Um and at this point I will
[1:14:18] Oh yes. Uh Council Member Diaz Nash.
[1:14:23] » Thank you. I know we can't do anything
[1:14:25] about this tonight because it hasn't
[1:14:27] been agendaized, but I would love staff
[1:14:29] to take a look at the opportunity to uh
[1:14:32] address the um congregant food, the
[1:14:35] meals, and see if there's an opportunity
[1:14:37] to perhaps expand the the budget to
[1:14:40] cover the weight list.
[1:14:41] » So, you have the item tonight, and that
[1:14:42] would be the appropriate time to have
[1:14:44] that discussion and give direction to
[1:14:45] staff to amend the budget. Yeah, that's
[1:14:47] that's the appropriate time for that.
[1:14:49] » Great. Thank you very much.
[1:14:52] » Okay.
[1:14:53] Thank you for this.
[1:14:57] And now uh let us move to the next item
[1:15:01] on our agenda. Old business item number
[1:15:04] 17, 2026 transportation program annual
[1:15:08] review progress update. We have
[1:15:12] a presentation from our public works
[1:15:15] department.
[1:15:20] Thank you, engineering manager JU
[1:15:24] for joining us. No worries. Just give me
[1:15:27] a second here. Setting up the
[1:15:28] presentation.
[1:15:38] » No, I for
[1:15:40] Let's see.
[1:15:43] So, I just make one chain.
[1:16:18] All right. Good evening, city council.
[1:16:21] I'm extremely excited tonight. This is
[1:16:24] our second annual transportation review,
[1:16:27] a city council priority. Uh, yes, there
[1:16:30] we go. I heard some chairs. And tonight,
[1:16:33] there are a lot of slides. Uh, we are
[1:16:35] going through six chapters to talk about
[1:16:37] transportation and really geek out.
[1:16:39] We're going to explain our
[1:16:40] transportation network. Then we're going
[1:16:42] to focus on safety. This is something
[1:16:45] that holds dear to all of our um
[1:16:48] department heads as well as staff. So,
[1:16:50] we are going to focus a lot on safety.
[1:16:52] We're going to talk about active
[1:16:53] transportation. We're going to talk
[1:16:55] about vehicle congestion management,
[1:16:57] parking, and as well as some challenges
[1:16:59] that the transportation division is
[1:17:02] facing.
[1:17:04] So, first off, our transportation
[1:17:06] network, it's very vast. It includes
[1:17:09] roadways, traffic signals, train
[1:17:11] stations, ped bridges, all of it. And
[1:17:13] more specifically, we're talking about
[1:17:15] 80 bridges, 7,000 street lights in
[1:17:19] total, over 200 plus centerline roadway
[1:17:23] miles. We have 90 signalized
[1:17:26] intersection, the most in the county,
[1:17:28] and we have over 190 bus stops. There
[1:17:31] are a lot of metrics to consider and
[1:17:33] look at, but ultimately for the city of
[1:17:36] Sanail or transportation network is
[1:17:38] vast. But how did it get here? Well, it
[1:17:41] really starts with a general plan. I
[1:17:43] think a lot of council member is really
[1:17:45] familiar with this. So the previous
[1:17:47] general plan really got us to this
[1:17:48] point. But recently we adopted a new
[1:17:51] general plan, general plan 20 240. And
[1:17:53] here it outlines the goals, the
[1:17:56] objectives and the policies of how are
[1:17:58] we going to get to our current place to
[1:18:01] point B. And there are a lot of those.
[1:18:04] So here is the highlight of our
[1:18:06] circulation element. As identified in
[1:18:08] the general plan, we've carved out a lot
[1:18:11] of policies that pertain to really the
[1:18:14] four main chapters we'll be discussing.
[1:18:17] Safety, active transportation, vehicle
[1:18:19] congestion management, and parking
[1:18:21] management. I'm not going
[1:18:22] [clears throat] to go through every
[1:18:23] single policy here, but we will revisit
[1:18:26] them as we discuss the chapters.
[1:18:30] Something new, our 2026 strategic plan.
[1:18:33] Now this discussion here is discussing
[1:18:36] the 2025 accomplishments and this
[1:18:39] strategic plan is adopted for 2026. But
[1:18:42] we do want to highlight there is a lot
[1:18:44] of overlap and alignment even with the
[1:18:47] current work that we're doing and more
[1:18:49] so as we pursue future endeavors in
[1:18:51] transportation. So there are three main
[1:18:52] goals that you see there in little
[1:18:54] bullet points. Work towards a
[1:18:55] transportation system that prioritize
[1:18:58] user safety, accommodates future growth
[1:18:59] and maintains efficient and safe
[1:19:01] operations for all users. very long. The
[1:19:05] second one is seek funding opportunities
[1:19:06] and partnership that accelerate
[1:19:08] transportation project implementation.
[1:19:10] And then the last one is to pursue
[1:19:11] initiatives that increase access to
[1:19:14] transit, improve east west travel and
[1:19:16] expand last mile connections. For the
[1:19:19] sake of this discussion, we have really
[1:19:22] streamlined the terminology of this. So
[1:19:24] the first one is really to have a
[1:19:26] transportation transportation network
[1:19:28] that's safe, smart, efficient for all
[1:19:30] users. The second one is to really fund
[1:19:33] smarter to build faster if we're looking
[1:19:36] at diversifying the way we implement our
[1:19:38] projects. And the last one is better
[1:19:40] transit, stronger connections. And
[1:19:42] you'll see all three of these strategic
[1:19:45] goals really play out in all the work
[1:19:47] that we're doing.
[1:19:49] So our first metric, we explored this
[1:19:51] and looked at this last year. We pulled
[1:19:54] data from the American community survey
[1:19:56] and it ultimately looks at how Santel
[1:19:58] residents are commuting to work. There's
[1:20:01] a good amount of data here, but
[1:20:04] ultimately there's one common trend in
[1:20:06] 2023 and 2024. The latest data set
[1:20:09] that's provided vehicles still account
[1:20:13] for over or close to 75% of all modes of
[1:20:17] transportation when getting to work.
[1:20:19] Now, the difference between 2023 and
[1:20:21] 2024 that we want to highlight is
[1:20:22] there's an increase in car pooling from
[1:20:24] 9 to 11% and public transit ultimately
[1:20:28] went from 6 to 9% which is consistent
[1:20:31] with what we're seeing from our
[1:20:33] colleagues at SAM trans.
[1:20:36] Now the purpose of this slide is per our
[1:20:38] general plan policies as well as where
[1:20:41] we're heading towards in a complete
[1:20:43] street nature. We don't know the exact
[1:20:45] divide in terms of percentages but we
[1:20:48] want to get to a more balanced network
[1:20:51] is what we're striving for.
[1:20:54] So we're going to jump into our first
[1:20:56] chapter and program and that's safety.
[1:20:59] And there are really three big general
[1:21:02] plan policies from vision zero to El
[1:21:04] Camino Royale being a pedestrian safety
[1:21:06] corridor to really looking at adrade
[1:21:09] rail crossings um in terms of
[1:21:11] eliminating it and also our first
[1:21:13] strategic goal in having a safe smart
[1:21:15] efficient transportation network for all
[1:21:17] users.
[1:21:19] Here's a highlight of six major programs
[1:21:22] and these are programs these are not
[1:21:23] projects that we have. These are
[1:21:25] programs that have multiple projects
[1:21:27] underneath each of them to go ahead and
[1:21:30] implement safety. First one is bike
[1:21:32] samatail that promotes bicycle safety is
[1:21:35] really the priority there. We have our
[1:21:37] safe routes to school program that is
[1:21:40] ramping up if you will. We have our
[1:21:42] local roadway safety plan and we had our
[1:21:44] first city adopt a local roadway safety
[1:21:46] plan in 2024 and we'll go ahead and give
[1:21:49] an update on what that is but that is a
[1:21:51] very datadriven
[1:21:53] plan that looks at collision history
[1:21:55] where there are systemic treatments that
[1:21:57] could potentially solve that. We have
[1:21:59] our high voltage program that is coming
[1:22:01] to an end but really two that we're
[1:22:03] going to focus on the citywide traffic
[1:22:05] calming which focuses on speeds. So
[1:22:08] predominantly a lot of the requests that
[1:22:10] comes in or general traffic inquiries
[1:22:12] goes through a traffic comment inbox
[1:22:14] because often times what we notice is
[1:22:16] over 70% of the inquiries are related to
[1:22:19] people are speeding on my street. How
[1:22:20] can I reduce the speeds? So we have a
[1:22:22] whole entire program for that for
[1:22:24] implementing ultimately measures the
[1:22:26] slow speed. The next one is new. It's
[1:22:29] our quick build safety program. That
[1:22:31] program was adopted in 2024 and we'll
[1:22:33] dive into that, but ultimately it
[1:22:35] catches a lot of different measures. So,
[1:22:38] this is not just speed cushions, if you
[1:22:40] will. We're talking about bulboutouts,
[1:22:42] lighting improvements, high visibility
[1:22:44] crosswalks, RFBs, all of it. So, this is
[1:22:48] a new program we're wrapping up and
[1:22:50] we're really excited to share some
[1:22:51] details on.
[1:22:54] Here's a map. And we're not going to go
[1:22:55] through every single project, but these
[1:22:58] are our current 2025 active CIP safety
[1:23:01] projects in here that are listed. And
[1:23:04] there's a couple of symbols in here that
[1:23:06] ties to whether it's grant funded as
[1:23:08] well as demonstrated by that um home
[1:23:12] looking icon. So all of our bike satell
[1:23:14] programs we would consider safety
[1:23:16] projects for bicyclists. We have at
[1:23:19] number one our local roadway safety
[1:23:20] priority project that looks at over six
[1:23:23] different intersections in the entire
[1:23:25] city to improve safety on a streamlined
[1:23:28] timeline. Then we are currently looking
[1:23:30] at our safe for us to school program. We
[1:23:32] have a couple of capital programs that
[1:23:34] we'll go into as well, but this is the
[1:23:37] first map of many and later on at the
[1:23:39] end you'll see how all the projects
[1:23:41] overlap each other.
[1:23:45] Trafficcom coming as mentioned this is
[1:23:47] really our front line if you will. In
[1:23:50] 2025 we received over 145 trafficcoming
[1:23:53] requests as represented by the graphic
[1:23:57] at the left. In here we had over 1,800
[1:24:02] plus email exchanges with the residents
[1:24:05] in itself. Time spent on email responses
[1:24:09] exceeded 20 uh, 1100 hours in total and
[1:24:13] we spent over 650 hours in the field and
[1:24:17] time spent on administrative duties
[1:24:19] whether that's looking at surveys
[1:24:21] whether that's looking at data whether
[1:24:23] it's correct and looking at some of the
[1:24:24] speed volumes exceed 200 all in over
[1:24:28] 2,000 hours spent just on this one
[1:24:30] program. These estimates we update every
[1:24:34] single year as we track through it and
[1:24:36] we have done so in 2025. Now I want to
[1:24:39] note this doesn't even include
[1:24:41] implementation time. This is just all
[1:24:44] the front-end work that goes into this
[1:24:46] one program.
[1:24:48] So how does that compare 20 to 24? Well,
[1:24:50] you can see across the board whether
[1:24:52] you're looking at the total requests
[1:24:54] that increased 14%. Whether you're
[1:24:56] looking at the total hours spent that
[1:24:58] exceeded 15% increase. And the story of
[1:25:02] of this is there's more demand for this
[1:25:04] and we expect this to go up more as
[1:25:07] we're integrating into our citywide CRM
[1:25:09] system.
[1:25:12] [snorts]
[1:25:14] Next is our quick build safety program.
[1:25:18] So this program was adopted and funded
[1:25:20] in 2024 and it has the goal to
[1:25:22] dramatically reduce injuries and
[1:25:24] fatalities by implementing proven safety
[1:25:27] treatments in weeks or months instead of
[1:25:30] years. So since 2024 when we started the
[1:25:34] program we have developed controls.
[1:25:37] What are some of the thresholds? What
[1:25:38] are our evaluation criteria? What are we
[1:25:41] considering? Then we drafted design
[1:25:43] guidelines and toolkits to say these are
[1:25:46] city standards. this is how we're going
[1:25:47] to implement paint and post. This is the
[1:25:49] color. This is what we're going after.
[1:25:51] Then we establish on call resources
[1:25:54] because we realize doing everything
[1:25:56] inhouse is not the most efficient. So we
[1:25:59] want to go ahead and establish that.
[1:26:01] Here we are today in 2026. The program
[1:26:03] is growing and this is one where we are
[1:26:06] actively out there designing
[1:26:08] implementing as we are staring the ship
[1:26:10] and streamlining and we'll go through
[1:26:12] that process but we are still working on
[1:26:14] an evaluation and scaling criteria and
[1:26:18] maintenance and monitoring refinement is
[1:26:20] ongoing as our on&m staff is realizing I
[1:26:23] think it's really good to implement
[1:26:25] these treatments but paint and post is
[1:26:28] different than say concrete etc. There
[1:26:32] is a design life cycle that is
[1:26:34] significant significantly quicker and as
[1:26:37] we implement this throughout the city,
[1:26:38] we need to budget and account for how do
[1:26:41] we maintain the delineators and the
[1:26:43] paint and the thermal that's out the
[1:26:45] street. So here's a schedule that I
[1:26:47] ultimately want to compare in our normal
[1:26:50] CIP project that we'll be going through
[1:26:52] a lot of in this presentation. It
[1:26:54] roughly takes about 4 months to do
[1:26:56] planning on an average project. So our
[1:26:58] average project here is about $2 to $3
[1:27:01] million for us.
[1:27:03] It takes about 12 months for us to go
[1:27:05] through the design from 0% to 35 to 65
[1:27:09] to 95 to 100 and do community engagement
[1:27:13] and about four months for construction
[1:27:15] ultimately. So a lot on the front end
[1:27:18] for quick build. Our goal in here is to
[1:27:21] fit the planning, the designing and the
[1:27:23] construction of a project in about six
[1:27:27] months.
[1:27:28] So that's a 70% reduction in delivery
[1:27:32] schedule.
[1:27:33] 70% and that's what we're aiming for
[1:27:35] because we wanted this to be different
[1:27:38] than our CIP project. There's a
[1:27:40] streamlined process of how we get
[1:27:41] notification out to the public as well
[1:27:43] and we feel like these are safety
[1:27:45] critical projects that really doesn't
[1:27:47] have a lot of wiggle room in terms of
[1:27:49] implementation.
[1:27:52] So let's talk about our current process.
[1:27:54] The evaluation and assessment currently
[1:27:57] that undergoes every single project
[1:27:59] whether it be been done internally
[1:28:01] proactively. We meet once a month with
[1:28:04] our health and safety fire and PD to
[1:28:06] look at collision data and we analyze
[1:28:08] trends that are outside of adopted
[1:28:10] documents. That is done by city staff
[1:28:13] planning and engineering.
[1:28:15] After that is decided and we look at all
[1:28:18] the collision history. We look at
[1:28:20] whether it's in a high injury network,
[1:28:22] the implementation time frame, the
[1:28:24] dollar amount of where it is at as well.
[1:28:27] We then need to design an engineer even
[1:28:30] for intersection project in order for
[1:28:33] our O andM staff or a contractor to
[1:28:35] install. We need something on paper that
[1:28:38] is constructable.
[1:28:40] Then implementation currently our city
[1:28:42] staff on& and M crew does it and
[1:28:44] ultimately maintenance as well. A common
[1:28:48] theme here in the quick build program as
[1:28:50] everyone sees there are a lot of city
[1:28:52] staff and resources and as we undergo
[1:28:55] every single one of our program these
[1:28:57] are the same staff and same on andm
[1:29:00] staff and vehicles and equipment that
[1:29:03] are doing all of our other programs. So
[1:29:05] we have to pull away from other things
[1:29:07] in order to do the quick build program.
[1:29:11] Now the future process we're trying to
[1:29:13] refine and streamline because we do
[1:29:14] realize there is a bottleneck here and
[1:29:16] it is city staffed to some extent for
[1:29:19] the design and engineering phase. We
[1:29:21] have recently established an on call
[1:29:24] transportation consultant. So once we
[1:29:25] have evaluated we can go ahead and give
[1:29:28] direction and scope to our on call
[1:29:30] consultant to make the plans. Currently,
[1:29:33] ON&M is doing the implementation itself,
[1:29:35] but we are in the processes of doing an
[1:29:37] RFP to have a quick build specialist
[1:29:39] contractor that has certain amount of
[1:29:42] stock of say RFB supplied. We can
[1:29:45] specify specifically when we give you a
[1:29:47] task order, how long before you need to
[1:29:50] complete this to go ahead and meet our
[1:29:52] six-month window and then ultimately
[1:29:55] have city, staff, and on andm maintain
[1:29:58] um the devices afterwards.
[1:30:01] So, what does this do? Well, it
[1:30:02] maximizes city staff resources for the
[1:30:05] rest of the transportation division
[1:30:06] projects. It streamlines implementation,
[1:30:10] increase delivery as the program ramps
[1:30:13] up.
[1:30:14] So, here is a map of the 12 plus active
[1:30:18] quick build projects. And I want to be
[1:30:20] clear, the active quick build projects
[1:30:22] are not the ones that are identified in
[1:30:24] our LR LRSP, a local roadway safety
[1:30:28] plan. There's a whole entire other
[1:30:30] program that is set up to deliver those
[1:30:32] projects identified there. These are the
[1:30:35] ones that city staff meets on a monthly
[1:30:37] basis with PD and fire that proactively
[1:30:39] looks at collision data to see if there
[1:30:41] are trends that we feel like can meet
[1:30:43] our criteria and then we'll place it on
[1:30:45] a map. This is also an area where often
[1:30:48] times when we get leads from the public,
[1:30:49] we will investigate further as data
[1:30:52] refineses and we will add it to the
[1:30:54] criteria. So there are 12 active ones
[1:30:56] that are ongoing. 17th and ECR is one
[1:30:59] that we dedicated quick bill funding to.
[1:31:02] It was instrumental in getting us
[1:31:04] resources to doing a couple of traffic
[1:31:08] analysis and funding a lot of the cost
[1:31:11] to go ahead and streamline this process.
[1:31:13] Samel Drive and Monte Diablo right now
[1:31:15] were approved for a hallway stop and
[1:31:18] we're going through the process of the
[1:31:19] warrant and using a lot of the resources
[1:31:21] there. Elorado on fourth and third, New
[1:31:24] Crosswalk and Delaware Street and State
[1:31:26] Street as well are just a couple to
[1:31:29] mention that is using QuickBill funding
[1:31:31] to quickly implement safety measures in
[1:31:34] our streets. Another really important
[1:31:36] component quick bill funds that we
[1:31:38] leverage is what we call critical quick
[1:31:40] bill gap funding. So, we have a pool of
[1:31:43] money in QuickBo and if there's a
[1:31:46] capital project that says maybe there's
[1:31:49] a bid that came in a little bit higher
[1:31:50] than expected and we just need a couple
[1:31:53] of thousands of dollars to go get it
[1:31:55] over the hump, right, to implement some
[1:31:57] safety improvements. This is what we
[1:31:59] call gap funding and we have funded
[1:32:01] three projects to date that's
[1:32:02] successfully moving forward. The first
[1:32:05] one is the Delaware Safe Routes
[1:32:07] protected bike lane project that's
[1:32:09] currently out in construction right now.
[1:32:11] the Hillsdale Boulevard Alama delos
[1:32:13] Pugus intersection safety project as
[1:32:15] well utilize some of the quick bill
[1:32:17] funding to move this along and then the
[1:32:19] last one is the LRSB priority package
[1:32:22] one as well.
[1:32:24] So with that I'm going to move on to our
[1:32:27] local roadway safety plan.
[1:32:30] Again 2024 seems like it is a pivotal
[1:32:33] moment in transportation.
[1:32:35] » [snorts]
[1:32:35] » We adopted our first LRSP in 2024 of May
[1:32:38] and in there lies the top 10 priority
[1:32:42] projects. These are the top 10
[1:32:44] intersections that's purely data driven
[1:32:46] looking at seven years of data of where
[1:32:50] the most collisions and incidents had
[1:32:52] occurred in our city and whether there
[1:32:54] are treatments in the engineering field
[1:32:56] in terms of our toolkit that can solve
[1:32:58] it. And we're happy to say realistically
[1:33:02] less than two years later, we have 70%
[1:33:05] of the projects that are funded and
[1:33:07] ongoing as of right now. ECR and 22nd,
[1:33:11] ECR in 27th. We recently completed our
[1:33:15] number one most collision intersection
[1:33:17] in Humble and Popppler and protected
[1:33:19] left turns for vehicles to eliminate the
[1:33:22] vehicle and pedestrian phase humble and
[1:33:26] various locations. That's over four
[1:33:27] intersections on Humble alone. That's at
[1:33:29] 65% design and constructed uh
[1:33:32] construction funding is all funded
[1:33:34] already through grants. Fashion Island,
[1:33:37] you guys got a big update from Bethany
[1:33:39] uh a couple of meetings ago. That is a
[1:33:41] big win for us and expected to move
[1:33:43] forward um into construction in 2027 to
[1:33:46] towards construction. Hillsdale Franklin
[1:33:49] and Norfolk intersection 65% design and
[1:33:52] Peninsula Delaware is expected to go
[1:33:54] into construction in about three and a
[1:33:57] half months.
[1:33:59] So these are our most injury-prone
[1:34:04] intersections in the entire city as
[1:34:07] identified in the LRSP and we have 70%
[1:34:09] of them in progress and funded in about
[1:34:12] a year and a half a little less than
[1:34:14] two. We currently have forecasted
[1:34:17] allocation of the remaining three 8, 9,
[1:34:20] and 10 for fiscal year 27 and 28 right
[1:34:24] now.
[1:34:26] Next, I want to talk about our citywide
[1:34:28] speed limit program. So, as mentioned
[1:34:30] earlier, everyone recalls we went ahead
[1:34:32] and adopted ordinance. Thank you, city
[1:34:34] council. So, if you're within 500 ft of
[1:34:37] any public or private school, this
[1:34:39] enforceable speed limit when children
[1:34:41] are present is 15 miles per hour. So
[1:34:43] that was done. Currently we are
[1:34:46] reertifying the remaining streets in our
[1:34:49] city and we have started data
[1:34:51] collection. We selected our consultant.
[1:34:54] They are in the process of doing all the
[1:34:56] speed surveys and we are as city staff
[1:34:59] and our professional consultants
[1:35:01] reviewing all of that data. And at this
[1:35:03] moment, we are expected to bring an
[1:35:06] adoption of a new ordinance to reertify
[1:35:09] all of our speeds in the city sometime
[1:35:12] in fall or winter 2026. So, we're a
[1:35:15] couple of months away from that effort.
[1:35:19] Next, safe routes to school. Again, big
[1:35:22] milestones in 2024. We started our first
[1:35:25] strategic plan. We completed that in
[1:35:27] 2025 to really give a vision of where
[1:35:30] we're heading towards. So that first
[1:35:33] phase is completed. What we're doing
[1:35:35] this winter is we are taking all of the
[1:35:38] improvements recommended and we're going
[1:35:40] to implementation
[1:35:43] plan of what a five-year plan looks like
[1:35:45] for safe routes. And then we're going to
[1:35:48] propose that in the summer 2027 in the
[1:35:50] next funding request annual budget cycle
[1:35:53] is our game plan at the moment. But that
[1:35:55] doesn't mean there hasn't been anything
[1:35:58] done in safe routes while we're waiting
[1:36:00] for this detailed implementation plan.
[1:36:03] The Delaware safe routes to school
[1:36:04] program is in construction and that's
[1:36:07] going to be a really good bridge between
[1:36:09] Delaware and multiple schools whether
[1:36:11] that be college park new going all the
[1:36:14] way up to Concar. It's a great project
[1:36:16] protected bike lanes as well as complete
[1:36:18] street elements. Our Alama delis Pugas
[1:36:20] and Hillsdale safety improvement project
[1:36:23] started with talking to Hillsdale High
[1:36:25] multiple years ago and we are months
[1:36:27] away from getting into the construction
[1:36:29] phase. We received over 390,000 in grant
[1:36:33] funding to go ahead and start another
[1:36:35] improvement for the Hillsdale area at
[1:36:38] the Hillsdale 31st Avenue safe routes
[1:36:40] school project that also includes
[1:36:42] another intersection safety improvement
[1:36:44] at 31st in Alama del Pugas. So while
[1:36:48] we're waiting for really our vision and
[1:36:50] our implementation plan to get shored up
[1:36:53] and vetted through, we are currently
[1:36:55] working on a lot of safety improvements
[1:36:57] related to safe school
[1:37:01] safety metrics. This one is a hot topic.
[1:37:04] I know safety is in the forefront. So
[1:37:07] what we've done is we utilize year after
[1:37:10] year what we call a transportation
[1:37:11] injury mapping system that is hosted by
[1:37:15] UC Berkeley. And in here, what you're
[1:37:17] looking at are all the injury
[1:37:20] collisions. That does not include US 101
[1:37:24] and 92. So, it includes the freeways.
[1:37:27] Exclusive freeways. And in 2025, we're
[1:37:30] going to go through some numbers, but
[1:37:32] we're going to do a comparison because
[1:37:33] this is the second year we're doing
[1:37:35] this. And now we get two years of data
[1:37:38] to see how we're doing. But in total,
[1:37:41] 197 total collisions occurred. If you
[1:37:43] look at the split, 70% of those are
[1:37:47] predominantly vehicle related. The
[1:37:49] number one vehicle collision type still
[1:37:51] to this day and I I recall last year was
[1:37:54] the same are broadsides which are some
[1:37:56] of the most severe and we do not want to
[1:37:59] see that. In terms of the age
[1:38:01] distribution, the 15 to 64 year old
[1:38:05] split there is still the largest which
[1:38:07] is at 78%. And if we're looking at the
[1:38:10] severity of that, we had one fatality,
[1:38:13] 13 severe incidences and 93% of those,
[1:38:18] which accounts for 183 are minor. Now, I
[1:38:22] just want to note that we did not
[1:38:24] include freeway collisions, but if we
[1:38:29] did, the 197 total collisions would be
[1:38:32] somewhere near 400. So it would nearly
[1:38:36] double if we include the collisions that
[1:38:39] are on US 101 and 92 just somewhere
[1:38:42] underneath there. But I I want to know
[1:38:43] it's a standard practice for us to not
[1:38:45] include those. It doesn't mean we're not
[1:38:47] monitoring it and looking at trends, but
[1:38:49] for this purpose of this presentation,
[1:38:51] we wanted to keep it within the city
[1:38:53] limits, if you will.
[1:38:57] So total collisions 2025 2024. And we
[1:39:01] have a new metric here that's called the
[1:39:03] three-year PP average which is pre
[1:39:05] pandemic. We wanted to see how we're
[1:39:08] comparing what 2017 2018 2019 before the
[1:39:12] pandem pandemic hit. And here are the
[1:39:15] numbers.
[1:39:19] So yearover-year is comparing 2025 and
[1:39:23] 2024. You can see a total collisions
[1:39:27] that does not include freeway. So 101
[1:39:29] and 92 had a decrease in 12%.
[1:39:33] Pedestrian total collisions decrease by
[1:39:36] 13%. Bicyclist by 19%, vehicles by 10%.
[1:39:41] And fatal by 50%. But again, you're
[1:39:43] they're just going from 2 to 1. I just
[1:39:45] want to note that in here, but severity
[1:39:48] did go up 44%. So that went from 9 to
[1:39:51] 13. Our minor collisions as well dropped
[1:39:54] 14%. that went from 213 to 183.
[1:39:59] When looking at the 3-year prepandemic
[1:40:02] average, so looking at 2017, 2018, 2019,
[1:40:07] it was a decrease again of 18% for total
[1:40:11] collisions, 30% for pedestrian, 5% for
[1:40:15] bicyclist, 16% for vehicles, 25% for
[1:40:19] fatal, 11% for severe um severe
[1:40:24] collisions, and 18% for minor. small
[1:40:27] sample size. We're looking at ultimately
[1:40:29] at 2024 as well as 2017, 2018, 2019. But
[1:40:34] as you can see outside of the year over
[1:40:36] year for the severity, there have been
[1:40:39] reductions by what we're showing here in
[1:40:42] terms of what we're reporting.
[1:40:46] So with that, I want to switch gears to
[1:40:48] active transportation, which has one of
[1:40:51] our larger city council priorities, a
[1:40:53] lot of funds dedicated to it, and we
[1:40:56] have a lot of plans that dictate how
[1:40:57] this is going to play out. So here it is
[1:41:00] at the left, active transportation. We
[1:41:02] have a lot of policies that pertain to
[1:41:04] it, probably the most in terms of where
[1:41:06] we're going towards. And there are
[1:41:08] really two strategic goals that really
[1:41:10] ties to this as well. safe, smart,
[1:41:13] efficient transportation for all, better
[1:41:15] transit, stronger connections, and we
[1:41:17] have a lot of documents that really tell
[1:41:20] us where we need to go. From our general
[1:41:22] plan, bicycle master plan, our ped
[1:41:24] master plan, our complete streets plan
[1:41:26] that is currently paused, and our
[1:41:28] transit ordinance development pedestrian
[1:41:30] access plan.
[1:41:33] I say we're going to see a lot of maps,
[1:41:35] and I'm not joking. And this is one for
[1:41:38] active transportation projects that are
[1:41:41] currently active as of 2025 and still at
[1:41:43] this moment. Starting at the top,
[1:41:46] there's the Peninsula Corridor Complete
[1:41:48] Streets, which is grant funded, over
[1:41:49] $1.5 million in grants thanks to the TA.
[1:41:53] We have our 19th Avenue Fashion Alley
[1:41:55] multimodal project, 28th Avenue gap
[1:41:58] closure project as well. The list goes
[1:42:00] on and on. We completed multiple
[1:42:03] projects in terms of advancing our
[1:42:05] network for bike ped in 2025 listed at
[1:42:08] the bottom and we'll go through those a
[1:42:10] little bit more in depth. So these are
[1:42:12] dedicated active transportation project.
[1:42:16] I want to say there was a public comment
[1:42:18] to say what are we doing to utilize our
[1:42:20] paving program that is an ongoing
[1:42:23] program and we optimize and look for
[1:42:25] ways to improve on our active
[1:42:28] transportation network. So what you're
[1:42:30] looking at here are in progress, still
[1:42:32] in progress as of right now in terms of
[1:42:35] what we're utilizing for PMP 4A1
[1:42:38] as well as PMP phase 6B.
[1:42:42] There is a caveat here. When projects
[1:42:45] get controversial and parking needs to
[1:42:49] be removed, substantial amount of
[1:42:50] parking, I want to say that's the
[1:42:53] threshold when it doesn't make sense to
[1:42:55] optimize and use the PMP program to go
[1:42:58] ahead and implement some of the bike
[1:43:01] infrastructure. They have a schedule as
[1:43:04] well. They have funding ties. We've
[1:43:06] learned historically that it takes a lot
[1:43:09] of engagement if we're going to remove
[1:43:11] parking, right? people feel strong about
[1:43:13] their parking and we're happy to talk
[1:43:15] about parking later. So when we see that
[1:43:18] happen, a good example is South B
[1:43:20] Street. When you notice that over 50% of
[1:43:23] the parking there might need to be
[1:43:24] removed to implement something like
[1:43:26] this, it no longer makes sense to go
[1:43:28] ahead and tag on top of the PMP network
[1:43:30] to
[1:43:32] basically implement bike infrastructure
[1:43:36] bike. I think council have seen this
[1:43:38] slide before, but the document that was
[1:43:40] adopted in 2020 included over $170
[1:43:44] bicycle projects. $40 million of
[1:43:47] projects identified. And this year I
[1:43:49] added the asterisk because I missed it
[1:43:52] last year. And what the asterisk
[1:43:54] ultimately means is it does not include
[1:43:57] complete street elements, right? And
[1:44:00] it's in 2024.
[1:44:02] [snorts] So what what do I mean by that?
[1:44:05] Well, when we're implementing a bike
[1:44:07] project these days, we like to think
[1:44:09] about safety improvements as well. What
[1:44:10] are we doing for pedestrians as well? We
[1:44:13] can't just go in here and either you're
[1:44:16] striping some bike lanes in a roadway
[1:44:18] that maybe has a lot of potholes, maybe
[1:44:20] needs repaving, needs a slurry. So, we
[1:44:23] consider those other elements as well.
[1:44:26] So, what's identified in the BMP for 20
[1:44:29] uh $40 million does not include those
[1:44:32] elements. Once you include those, it can
[1:44:35] easily exceed the hundreds of millions
[1:44:37] of dollars. Next is there's over 60 plus
[1:44:40] centerline miles of bike infrastructure
[1:44:42] that needs to be improved as identified
[1:44:44] in the plan. And we'll talk about how
[1:44:46] we're doing shortly after that.
[1:44:50] This slide is one to really provide
[1:44:52] context of some of the difficulties
[1:44:56] specifically in the high and medium high
[1:44:58] range because this is a city council
[1:45:00] priority for us to implement and in the
[1:45:02] high network in itself there are 58 of
[1:45:05] these projects and in the medium high
[1:45:07] there are 35. out of all the highs,
[1:45:11] 48%
[1:45:13] right of the projects there don't reduce
[1:45:16] vehicle lanes or remove parking but it
[1:45:18] means the other portion does. So still
[1:45:21] the majority of them will require some
[1:45:24] type of reassessment of the right of
[1:45:26] way. And when you [snorts] combine those
[1:45:28] together in a city of our nature, it
[1:45:32] does make for tough decisions whether we
[1:45:35] need to reduce a vehicle lane, whether
[1:45:37] we need to remove parking. And we'll
[1:45:39] talk about that a little bit more later.
[1:45:43] But this is our overall network that
[1:45:45] includes our existing infrastructure. So
[1:45:48] this is everything that was done in the
[1:45:51] 2013 bicycle master plan and all the
[1:45:54] dash lines are the new network
[1:45:56] infrastructure proposed in the 2020. And
[1:46:00] just thinking about the context here
[1:46:02] when we went ahead and developed our
[1:46:05] proposed network. We consider
[1:46:07] connectivity,
[1:46:08] safety and comfort, equity and
[1:46:11] ridership. It was a weighted criteria.
[1:46:14] It was one that city council gave a lot
[1:46:16] of thought on as well, but I thought it
[1:46:18] was important to just look at what our
[1:46:21] bicycle infrastructure could be in the
[1:46:22] future once we're done with
[1:46:24] implementation.
[1:46:26] More specific to the city council
[1:46:28] priority, what you see here is just the
[1:46:31] high and medium high. Green is
[1:46:33] everything identified that has been
[1:46:35] completed in the high and medium high
[1:46:37] network.
[1:46:38] Blue is everything that is currently in
[1:46:40] progress and gray is the remaining
[1:46:44] network that we need to achieve
[1:46:46] completion.
[1:46:48] So let's get into the metrics. We have a
[1:46:51] total of 38.4 miles of high and medium
[1:46:54] high bicycle infrastructure to complete.
[1:46:57] In 2024
[1:46:59] we completed 6.4. As of right now we've
[1:47:03] completed 9.3.
[1:47:05] That accounts for 24 just a little over
[1:47:08] 24% of all high, medium, high projects
[1:47:11] completed today.
[1:47:13] Of that 24.2,
[1:47:16] 78% of those are high priority project
[1:47:19] and 22% are mediumigh projects.
[1:47:24] We're currently in progress looking at
[1:47:26] 2.7 more miles of that and increasing.
[1:47:30] And of the 2.7, 46% are high priority
[1:47:35] projects and 54% are medium high. I just
[1:47:39] want to note that while it's not a city
[1:47:41] council priority to do the medium, low
[1:47:44] and low, because of the pavement
[1:47:46] management program and the rehab
[1:47:48] program, we have completed around 11.4%
[1:47:52] of the new 2020 bicycle master plan
[1:47:55] proposed network.
[1:47:58] Next, our pedestrian program. This is
[1:48:01] outlined in our pedestrian master plan.
[1:48:04] And this is a really gigantic program. I
[1:48:06] just want to note that. Um, in terms of
[1:48:08] scale, there are 300 plus non-lighting
[1:48:11] projects, over $15 million. That's
[1:48:14] accounted for right there. We've
[1:48:16] completed about 31%.
[1:48:18] 60 lighting projects accounts for 200
[1:48:21] plus million dollars is our latest
[1:48:24] estimate at this moment because lighting
[1:48:26] is not cheap. So it's over 200 plus
[1:48:29] million dollars. In 2025 we completed 54
[1:48:32] curb ramps and about a little over 4,000
[1:48:35] square foot of sidewalk. And I want to
[1:48:37] note that most of the pedestrian
[1:48:39] improvements are implemented through our
[1:48:41] PMP and our rehab program in paving.
[1:48:47] Next, I want to switch gears to vehicle
[1:48:49] congestion management. And [snorts]
[1:48:51] again, a lot of policies that define
[1:48:53] where we need to go in terms of TDM,
[1:48:56] roadway operations, circulation
[1:48:58] improvements. This also ties to two of
[1:49:00] our strategic goal as well. [snorts] And
[1:49:03] there are even more planning documents,
[1:49:06] infrastructure programs, and maintenance
[1:49:07] and operation programs to really make
[1:49:09] sure that everyone could get around the
[1:49:11] city in an efficient manner.
[1:49:15] But one item I want to go back to has to
[1:49:18] do with development and this has
[1:49:20] skyrocketed since last year. As everyone
[1:49:24] recall, the 2024 general plan was
[1:49:27] adopted in March. Then the housing
[1:49:28] element and then increased development
[1:49:31] for the foreseeable future. But what
[1:49:33] does increase mean? We went ahead and
[1:49:35] developed new traffic measures to
[1:49:37] streamline the TIA process to align our
[1:49:40] current policies with assembly bills and
[1:49:43] Senate bills at the state level to make
[1:49:45] sure we're in compliance. We've
[1:49:47] developed clear modeling guidelines for
[1:49:50] developers to show us if whether there
[1:49:52] are impacts or not. We increase our
[1:49:54] professional traffic consultant support
[1:49:56] and we're still in the process of
[1:49:58] developing a construction management
[1:50:00] plan that ultimately looks at
[1:50:03] overlapping construction when really
[1:50:05] everything hits ground or breaks ground
[1:50:08] if you will. But since last year when we
[1:50:12] presented
[1:50:14] there was 4,900 plus housing units in
[1:50:17] the pipeline already. And in the last
[1:50:20] year since we presented that has now
[1:50:23] jumped over 7,000 housing units.
[1:50:27] So just think about that into our
[1:50:29] transportation network. We're going to
[1:50:31] continually refine our processes and
[1:50:34] processes to make sure it's not
[1:50:35] bottlenecked and we're developing
[1:50:37] responsibly. But the scale as CDD has
[1:50:40] probably told everyone here that 7,000
[1:50:43] housing units going from 49 to 7,000 is
[1:50:46] not a small jump. and multiple
[1:50:49] departments are feeling it
[1:50:52] really the operations behind the scenes.
[1:50:55] I'll keep this brief but ultimately if
[1:50:57] it is not in the program if it's not CIP
[1:51:01] or even grant funded doesn't mean we're
[1:51:03] not doing work behind the scenes on a
[1:51:05] 247 basis. We have a communication
[1:51:08] upgrade program that ultimately looks at
[1:51:10] our cabinets um whether we're improving
[1:51:13] IT devices, controllers, etc. to make
[1:51:17] sure everyone can move through
[1:51:18] efficiently. We have a video detection
[1:51:21] system that changes our inroad pavement
[1:51:25] uh induction loops if you will to video
[1:51:27] detection. We're also utilizing this to
[1:51:29] capture some usage data of how many
[1:51:31] pedestrians cross the crosswalk,
[1:51:33] bicyclists as well. Outside of
[1:51:35] detection, we [snorts] have a signal
[1:51:37] retiming program ultimately. And if you
[1:51:40] think about what happened at 17th at
[1:51:42] ECR, our safety improvement really is
[1:51:45] retiming and rep prioritizing the
[1:51:47] signals there. But it does take a lot of
[1:51:49] front-end evaluation work and modeling.
[1:51:52] So we do have funds set aside for that.
[1:51:54] And all of that is funneled through our
[1:51:56] traffic management center where we have
[1:51:57] eyes and data at about 70% of our
[1:52:00] signalized intersection and growing. So
[1:52:03] these are the operational efforts that O
[1:52:05] andM and our engineering team does day
[1:52:08] in day out. It doesn't have really a
[1:52:10] glamorous CIP project or grant funding
[1:52:12] tied to it, but it's instrumental.
[1:52:16] Next, [snorts] major corridor travel
[1:52:18] times. Looking at this slide, Hillsdale
[1:52:21] Boulevard, 3rd and 4th, 19th Avenue,
[1:52:23] Fashion Island. We went ahead and
[1:52:25] utilize big data to go ahead and give us
[1:52:27] a relative average of what we're looking
[1:52:29] at in terms of trends and travel times.
[1:52:32] I'll keep this relatively quick, but
[1:52:35] ultimately volumes are increasing just
[1:52:37] slightly. A good example is 19th Avenue
[1:52:40] Fashion Island that went from about
[1:52:43] 4,000
[1:52:44] vehicles traveling the corridor to about
[1:52:46] 4,400 in the PM peak. But I think what's
[1:52:50] promising is thanks to multiple
[1:52:51] improvements already to optimize the
[1:52:54] corridor. We're waiting for the big one
[1:52:56] next year, but ultimately travel times
[1:52:58] are about the same. So, it's about 3
[1:53:00] minutes.
[1:53:03] Parking management. We're getting close
[1:53:04] here. A lot of policies as well in terms
[1:53:07] of how are we going to build out our
[1:53:09] parking program for the city. The first
[1:53:12] one is we have eight city-owned downtown
[1:53:17] parking facilities. In 2025, we issued
[1:53:19] over 2600 residential parking permit
[1:53:22] programs. We have worked with developers
[1:53:25] to give access to the public in seven
[1:53:28] private shared downtown parking
[1:53:30] facilities. We have over 3,500 on street
[1:53:33] and off- streetet parking spaces in the
[1:53:36] downtown alone. We have over 13 parking
[1:53:38] enforcement officers that looks at
[1:53:40] parking for through our contract LA. Not
[1:53:43] all dedicated to downtown, but we have
[1:53:45] 13 officers and over 12,000 downtown
[1:53:49] parking permits were issued in 2025.
[1:53:52] That's a record for us and we'll discuss
[1:53:54] that a little bit more.
[1:53:57] Revenue side, we're staying relatively
[1:54:00] the same, but there was an increase of
[1:54:02] about 200,000
[1:54:04] of revenue in 2025. So, there's a couple
[1:54:07] of trends that I want to just focus on
[1:54:08] here, which is cash is approximately 11%
[1:54:13] [snorts] of our revenue for our downtown
[1:54:15] parking revenue. Credit card payments
[1:54:18] account for about 1.5 and pay by phone
[1:54:21] is $800,000
[1:54:23] just a little bit over and monthly
[1:54:25] permits accounts for about $865.
[1:54:28] When we look at the way payments are
[1:54:31] ultimately accepted by the city or done
[1:54:34] about 89% of all payments are either by
[1:54:37] credit card by mobile phone monthly
[1:54:40] permits and we offer cash options for
[1:54:44] all of that. That's that's important to
[1:54:46] note because we are going to start a
[1:54:48] comprehensive parking study in the
[1:54:50] coming fiscal year and we're going to be
[1:54:52] looking at trends to reduce operating
[1:54:53] costs, if you will. But the 11% in
[1:54:56] revenue does take a good amount of
[1:54:59] operating costs ultimately to sustain
[1:55:01] the cash collection here in downtown.
[1:55:05] This is a quick slide. I'll glance over
[1:55:08] it, but I want to give the key takeaways
[1:55:10] here. We presented this in 2024.
[1:55:13] What we're looking at are weekday and
[1:55:16] weekend the three highest occupancy
[1:55:19] level garages
[1:55:21] whether you're on lunch and dinner. So
[1:55:24] starting on the weekday lunchtime from
[1:55:27] 11 to 2 p.m. Second ECR has occupancy of
[1:55:31] about 70%.
[1:55:33] So just a rule of thumb here once you
[1:55:35] get about 75%
[1:55:38] close to 80% people start to feel it. I
[1:55:41] can't find parking. It's difficult. So,
[1:55:43] you hear that in the downtown a lot and
[1:55:46] mostly the data supports it. If you look
[1:55:48] at our top three, you look at the you
[1:55:50] look at the weekend for lunchtime, 76%
[1:55:53] at the tennis court, 66% at Central, and
[1:55:56] 56% at Main Street. When you get to
[1:55:59] dinner, this is where it gets to that
[1:56:02] level of, okay, I really can't find
[1:56:04] parking. I might as well park in my home
[1:56:06] and take a Uber type of vibe right now.
[1:56:09] So from 6:00 to 8:00 PM where we
[1:56:11] currently don't enforce we don't enforce
[1:56:14] in the downtown on the weekday 90%
[1:56:17] occupancy in Main Street, 71% in Central
[1:56:21] and 56% on Fourth and Railroad. That's
[1:56:23] the open lot. When you get to the
[1:56:25] weekend on dinnertime, you're talking
[1:56:27] about 90% on Central, 90% on Main
[1:56:31] Street, and 72%
[1:56:34] on Fourth and Railroad. So if you're
[1:56:36] coming to the downtown for dinner on the
[1:56:38] weekend and you hear it's very difficult
[1:56:40] to find parking, yes, there's data to
[1:56:43] support that.
[1:56:44] » So Jay, just real quick, when we talk
[1:56:46] about enforce, we do not charge parking
[1:56:49] from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. That's why we do
[1:56:51] not enforce. So we don't collect during
[1:56:53] that time frame.
[1:56:55] » Thank you for that, Alex. I that that is
[1:56:57] a very clear note. We do not charge
[1:56:58] there as well and we do not enforce.
[1:57:03] Next, I want to talk about our monthly
[1:57:06] permit utilization. So, what what do we
[1:57:09] do at our parking is we look at our
[1:57:11] occupancy and we allocate X percentage
[1:57:14] per parking garage to the public to park
[1:57:18] and we allocate X percentage for
[1:57:21] businesses, companies, employers to go
[1:57:24] ahead and subscribe to monthly permits
[1:57:26] and the public can do so as well. These
[1:57:28] are what we call our 10-hour parking
[1:57:30] permits. In 2024, you can see the tennis
[1:57:34] court had 100% utilization. That means
[1:57:37] all of the offered permits are taken up.
[1:57:40] And as you go down the list there, 91%
[1:57:42] for Second ECR,
[1:57:45] 27% for Transit Center, 82 for Main
[1:57:48] Street, Kiku is at 26%.
[1:57:52] When looking at 2025,
[1:57:55] the numbers jumped up significantly. And
[1:57:57] what we're noticing is there are now
[1:58:00] more employers in the downtown as work
[1:58:03] from home is transitioning to coming
[1:58:05] back to the office. We've been
[1:58:07] approached by multiple employers to say
[1:58:09] we want more parking passes, monthly
[1:58:11] passes and the public is demanding them
[1:58:14] as well. So as a result, second ECR is
[1:58:17] at 100% monthly parking utilization.
[1:58:21] Transit Center went from 27%
[1:58:25] to 90%
[1:58:27] in terms of allocated spaces. Central
[1:58:30] went from 96 to 100 and Kiku had a
[1:58:33] really large jump from 26 to 62%
[1:58:37] of all the spaces that are allocated for
[1:58:38] monthly permit holders are utilized and
[1:58:42] South Railroad stay roughly the same.
[1:58:44] » [snorts]
[1:58:44] » There's a common theme as we're looking
[1:58:46] at here with whether it's revenue
[1:58:48] collection hours or non and our monthly
[1:58:50] parking that utilization is very high
[1:58:54] and parking is in demand in the
[1:58:56] downtown.
[1:58:59] Next, our free residential parking
[1:59:02] permit program was a big year. It was a
[1:59:04] permit year for us.
[1:59:06] Over 16 residential parking permit zones
[1:59:09] as part of this program. In 2025 alone,
[1:59:13] five new requests were made to our
[1:59:16] planning team that they want to
[1:59:17] establish a new residential parking
[1:59:19] permit area. And that does not include
[1:59:22] the effort we're exploring at Humble. I
[1:59:23] want to just note that we process over
[1:59:26] 2600 residential permits
[1:59:29] and we have roughly about six FTEEs that
[1:59:34] patrol all the 16 zones to make sure
[1:59:36] there's compliance in terms of
[1:59:37] enforcement.
[1:59:39] over 1,500 residential permit program
[1:59:42] calls, over 250 emails at the program
[1:59:46] level um that we received all in in
[1:59:49] 2025. We estimate over 12,500 plus staff
[1:59:53] hours were allocated to this free
[1:59:55] program. One thing we've noted is the
[1:59:58] public wants parking. I think in here
[2:00:01] we've got a lot of requests to have
[2:00:03] their streets become ultimately a permit
[2:00:06] area and having it be a free program. We
[2:00:09] are this is the same planning team,
[2:00:11] engineering team that are doing the
[2:00:13] quick builds that are doing the other
[2:00:14] projects, but we are putting a good
[2:00:16] amount of resources into this program
[2:00:19] here.
[2:00:20] [snorts]
[2:00:21] We're getting towards the end, so this
[2:00:22] is the fun part, the challenges.
[2:00:25] transportation funding. Out of the 42.5
[2:00:29] active CIP transportation funding that
[2:00:31] we have currently allocated, 84% of that
[2:00:35] are from grants. So that's 35.64 million
[2:00:39] are from grants. And local funding,
[2:00:42] which includes the traffic impact fee,
[2:00:44] measure A, measure S, general fund,
[2:00:46] accounts for about 6.88 million of that.
[2:00:49] So roughly about 16%.
[2:00:52] If we dive a little bit deeper, there's
[2:00:54] been a shift in federal funds. Last
[2:00:57] year, that was the predominant one. This
[2:00:59] year, thanks to the highway program and
[2:01:01] the TA, county funds account for 76% of
[2:01:05] all of our grant funds. That's about $27
[2:01:07] million. We have about 1.6 in state,
[2:01:10] which are some of the most prized money
[2:01:12] because there is no local match in some
[2:01:14] of those. And then about 6.66 million of
[2:01:17] those are federal funds. And it comes
[2:01:19] all the timeline. But again, this speaks
[2:01:21] to the fund smarter to build faster
[2:01:23] component where we need to leverage
[2:01:26] every funding source we can to deliver
[2:01:28] all the goals that are outlined.
[2:01:34] Next, grant strategy. As you've seen in
[2:01:37] the previous slide, we have been pretty
[2:01:38] successful in grants in funding our
[2:01:40] entire transportation network. But
[2:01:42] [snorts] there's a tier system to this.
[2:01:44] Starting at the top, we call this the
[2:01:46] tier one. We actively pursue these.
[2:01:48] These are the ATP state allocated
[2:01:52] resources that have a high amount of
[2:01:54] allocation. Our average project is $2 to
[2:01:57] $3 million and they have no local match,
[2:02:00] minimal paperwork. That's what we call
[2:02:02] tier one and we we actively pursue
[2:02:04] those. There's the tier two that we do
[2:02:07] selectively pursue. This is a little bit
[2:02:10] more balanced. We're talking about
[2:02:12] moderate awards that could still fit
[2:02:14] within the two to three million, maybe
[2:02:16] even higher for capital, but some of the
[2:02:18] planning efforts we're noticing because
[2:02:20] of the high intensity of public outreach
[2:02:23] can easily exceed $1.5 million. And some
[2:02:26] of these grants might not fit the bill
[2:02:28] and there often times is a 10 to 20%
[2:02:30] local match.
[2:02:32] And then the lowest tier in here tends
[2:02:34] to be higher burden. the federal grants.
[2:02:37] We have to go through the local
[2:02:38] assistant procedure manual. A lot of
[2:02:41] paperwork. Oftentimes, we need a grant
[2:02:43] manager, a contract manager to go ahead
[2:02:45] and administer these grants. The dollar
[2:02:47] amounts often times don't fit the bill
[2:02:49] for this, but sometimes it does for
[2:02:51] larger projects as well. And there's a
[2:02:53] hierarchy. Every single grant, we go
[2:02:55] through the award size. We look at the
[2:02:58] local match requirement to see how much
[2:03:00] we really have because we don't have a
[2:03:01] lot of the local funding, right? We need
[2:03:03] to leverage some of our resources,
[2:03:05] administrative burden to see if this is
[2:03:07] going to bog down the entire program
[2:03:09] because we're small but mighty
[2:03:10] transportation team in here. What's the
[2:03:13] project readiness? Is there any
[2:03:15] flexibility if we want to switch it from
[2:03:18] say the design phase to construction
[2:03:19] phase later on? And is there a project
[2:03:22] fit? Is the scope right for this
[2:03:24] project? And will we grade high? So all
[2:03:26] those considerations we think about.
[2:03:28] There are a lot of grants out there.
[2:03:31] Thanks to um the city manager softways,
[2:03:33] we do have a grant consultant CPPG
[2:03:36] that's on board to really help with a
[2:03:37] lot of this, but even with that um it's
[2:03:40] a lot of work to just consider grants.
[2:03:44] We mentioned this in terms of some of
[2:03:46] the challenges. Sitel is the most
[2:03:47] populated city in the county. We're the
[2:03:49] fourth most dense. Would probably be
[2:03:52] higher if it wasn't for some of our open
[2:03:54] space if you consider that. Most of our
[2:03:56] city is built out. So when we are coming
[2:03:58] in to redevelop infrastructure, we're
[2:04:01] not just painting some paint on the
[2:04:03] roadway and moving some, you know, lanes
[2:04:06] around. We have to make decisions in
[2:04:09] terms of how do we prioritize. We
[2:04:11] mentioned the number of streets or
[2:04:14] number of bike projects that we need to
[2:04:18] remove um some type of lane or parking.
[2:04:22] That number pertaining just to high and
[2:04:24] medium high projects is at 46%.
[2:04:27] You need that's 46% of our high and
[2:04:30] medium high. We need to make decisions
[2:04:32] in terms of lane reduction or parking
[2:04:34] removal. So that is a high bar and we
[2:04:37] have 200 center line miles for vehicles
[2:04:40] and about 23 for bike lanes.
[2:04:45] Next I do want to highlight actually a
[2:04:46] really positive note on challenges. So,
[2:04:49] previously, a couple of months ago,
[2:04:51] before city council made a decision to
[2:04:53] go ahead [snorts] and give more
[2:04:54] staffing, there was one engineering
[2:04:56] manager ultimately that oversee traffic
[2:04:59] engineering, transportation planning, as
[2:05:01] well as private development. So, that's
[2:05:03] the team responsible for really the
[2:05:05] front line in public works of the 7,000
[2:05:08] housing units that are coming in, right?
[2:05:11] So, a robust transportation network, a
[2:05:13] lot of PAS are coming in and thanks to
[2:05:15] city council
[2:05:17] and moving appropriating some funding.
[2:05:20] [snorts]
[2:05:21] This is where we're currently at now in
[2:05:23] terms of transportation more focus.
[2:05:26] There's a dedicated engineer manager
[2:05:28] just for transportation. We also went
[2:05:31] ahead and converted a safe rout to
[2:05:33] school pdium position to a permanent
[2:05:37] full-time assistant transportation
[2:05:38] planner position. Now, currently, you do
[2:05:41] see some red in there because those
[2:05:42] positions are vacant, but we're in the
[2:05:44] process of recruiting and the candidates
[2:05:47] are
[2:05:48] promising. I'll say that.
[2:05:51] So, lastly, before we get into the key
[2:05:53] takeaways,
[2:05:55] we have a lot of maps.
[2:05:58] Our active transportation project is
[2:06:00] shown here in our city. You layer that
[2:06:04] with our active safety projects that we
[2:06:07] had the list. So, this is just the list.
[2:06:08] We're just going through this right one
[2:06:10] by one. Then we layer on what are we
[2:06:13] doing to optimize our active
[2:06:15] transportation and our bike ped PMP.
[2:06:19] Then we talk about our new quick build
[2:06:21] program that we're up and running with
[2:06:23] this team.
[2:06:25] We then layer on all the parking
[2:06:28] demands, whether it be the permits, the
[2:06:30] 12,000 hours that we spent last year,
[2:06:33] residential parking permit program, new
[2:06:35] zones. We're looking at paid parking in
[2:06:37] downtown, right? How do we look at fees?
[2:06:40] And then lastly, our trafficcoming
[2:06:43] program request that came in 2025.
[2:06:46] There's a lot that is to be proud of in
[2:06:49] 2025. We did a lot in transportation and
[2:06:51] this map, I think, is really good in
[2:06:53] describing all the pages and all the
[2:06:56] isolated maps that are in there.
[2:07:01] So key takeaways for 2025 safety
[2:07:04] 22 active safety projects currently
[2:07:07] ongoing seven of 10 active LRP priority
[2:07:10] uh projects are funded
[2:07:13] active transportation we have 11 active
[2:07:15] CIP transportation projects currently
[2:07:18] undergoing um and still moving forward
[2:07:20] we completed about 24% of our high and
[2:07:23] medium high BMP network we'll just note
[2:07:26] that between these two programs 84% of
[2:07:29] the Transportation CIP projects are
[2:07:31] grant-f funded. Accounts for both safety
[2:07:33] and active transportation.
[2:07:36] Congestion management. We streamline
[2:07:38] transportation review supporting 7,000
[2:07:41] housing units and we're still moving.
[2:07:43] Now, if that gets to 10,000, we might
[2:07:44] need to readjust and figure out some new
[2:07:47] policies of how do we deal with that.
[2:07:50] Major corridor travel times are staying
[2:07:52] relatively the same from our data.
[2:07:55] and parking management. Parking
[2:07:57] occupancy in the downtown remains strong
[2:08:00] even after 6 pm. Demand and staff
[2:08:04] resources for the residential parking
[2:08:06] permit program is increasing. So, we can
[2:08:10] come back to the slide, but thank you
[2:08:11] very much. My name is Jay, the engine
[2:08:13] manager, and I'm excited to talk about
[2:08:15] transportation. Thank you. [applause]
[2:08:21] » Thank you very much for that
[2:08:23] presentation. [clears throat and cough]
[2:08:24] At this time, I would like to open this
[2:08:26] item up for public comment. So, if you'd
[2:08:29] like to give a comment in chambers, you
[2:08:31] can give the city clerk a request to
[2:08:34] speak slip. If you're on Zoom
[2:08:37] or on the phone, you may raise your
[2:08:39] hand. City court. Thank you, Mayor
[2:08:41] Lorraine. We've received a total of
[2:08:42] three requests to speak in chambers.
[2:08:44] Currently, no hands raised in our
[2:08:46] virtual environment.
[2:08:48] Um, so that will be three speakers. Um,
[2:08:51] if I call your name, if you could
[2:08:53] please. Uh, we'll set the timer at three
[2:08:54] minutes per speaker for council rules
[2:08:57] and procedures. Our first speaker will
[2:08:58] be Kevin Simpson, followed by Mike Swire
[2:09:00] and Michael Reagan.
[2:09:07] » Thanks, Mr. Clerk and city council. So,
[2:09:11] there's a lot here. I first want to
[2:09:12] start by complimenting the team for
[2:09:16] number one a really thorough and um
[2:09:19] important presentation. Number two
[2:09:21] making that presentation available to us
[2:09:23] to review before. We don't always get
[2:09:25] that opportunity and it's really
[2:09:26] important in something that's this
[2:09:28] complicated. I've [clears throat] been
[2:09:30] hard on this team over the last couple
[2:09:32] of years, especially when we went
[2:09:34] through the year of wishful thinking of
[2:09:36] trying to pull a rabbit out of [snorts]
[2:09:38] a hat on humbled and we seem to still be
[2:09:40] in that mode. Um, [clears throat] but
[2:09:43] some of the big takeaways for me from
[2:09:45] looking at this,
[2:09:47] number one is we have to exercise
[2:09:49] discipline as a city to not add to our
[2:09:52] own burdens. And I'll cite that whole
[2:09:55] humble trying to reroute it down the
[2:09:58] that the time, money, effort, and
[2:10:01] capacity that we used up during that
[2:10:04] year is lost to us and we have so many
[2:10:08] other things to do. Number two, um
[2:10:12] congratulations on the quick build
[2:10:14] improvements at state and at Bovit. This
[2:10:16] shows that we can affect change and
[2:10:19] improve safety drastically really
[2:10:21] quickly if we want to. My concern is
[2:10:24] that in all the granular data, in all
[2:10:26] the complexity,
[2:10:28] where is the next State Street? Where is
[2:10:31] the next Bovit? Where is the next
[2:10:33] Peninsula and and uh Delaware? Where are
[2:10:37] the really community identified
[2:10:40] dangerous hotspots?
[2:10:42] And that leads me to those two
[2:10:44] incomplete safe street studies. I with
[2:10:47] many of my neighbors went up and put red
[2:10:49] dots on maps and told this city about
[2:10:52] really dangerous places. And so it's
[2:10:55] very hard for us to see how those have
[2:10:57] worked their way up. And knowing that
[2:10:59] those things are still sitting there
[2:11:00] incomplete worries me greatly because
[2:11:03] somebody reported the next State Street
[2:11:05] and the next Bobbit and the next
[2:11:07] Delaware and uh and Peninsula uh in
[2:11:11] those exercises around the city and and
[2:11:15] we need to go find those things because
[2:11:17] that's where we need to be focusing. We
[2:11:19] need to get ahead of people dying or
[2:11:21] being grievously injured in order to
[2:11:23] make those those safety improvements.
[2:11:26] Um, finally, I also want to say that
[2:11:28] let's not get too overly self-
[2:11:31] congratulatory about some of the shifts
[2:11:34] and percentages and what seem to be
[2:11:35] improvements in safety. I think that
[2:11:38] datadriven decision-m is really good,
[2:11:40] but we have to recognize the um
[2:11:43] weaknesses of our data collection. Like
[2:11:45] so through that whole year of
[2:11:47] reconsidering the humble thing and
[2:11:49] looking at statistics or even the runup
[2:11:51] to the final votes, we learned that
[2:11:53] there were things that weren't in the
[2:11:55] data because the data is just so
[2:11:58] dispersed. And we have to remember that
[2:12:00] that's probably still the case and
[2:12:02] palpably out there. It doesn't feel like
[2:12:05] things are getting better that fast. So
[2:12:08] those are my comments. Thank you.
[2:12:09] » Our next speaker will be Mike Swire
[2:12:11] followed by our final speaker, Michael
[2:12:12] Reagan.
[2:12:14] Yeah, thank you for the opportunity to
[2:12:16] speak and and thank you to Matt,
[2:12:17] Katherine, and Jay for all the hard work
[2:12:19] and presentations and putting up with
[2:12:21] our gripes.
[2:12:23] You guys are doing good work. Um, I
[2:12:25] wanted to just step back and and say,
[2:12:28] um, again, I think as Kevin said,
[2:12:30] metrics are good and I think we really
[2:12:32] need to to to have some goals. I think
[2:12:35] the general plan and a lot of these
[2:12:36] goals are very general like we we want
[2:12:39] people to take clean transportation. We
[2:12:41] want there to be parking available etc.
[2:12:44] There are trade-offs here. What do we
[2:12:46] want for the future of San Mateo? So I
[2:12:48] think the most important one is how
[2:12:50] many% of trips are being taken by cars
[2:12:52] and I think it was about 85 to 90% in
[2:12:54] the mode share data. We should have a
[2:12:56] goal for that because what seems to be
[2:12:58] happening is is we're we're [snorts]
[2:13:00] addressing each of these buckets
[2:13:01] separately. Parking. So the the general
[2:13:02] plan I think said parking needs to be
[2:13:04] available. Um that's not a good policy.
[2:13:08] Parking shouldn't always be available. I
[2:13:09] mean, as we increase, are we going to
[2:13:11] proportionally increase the amount of
[2:13:12] parking that's out there, or are we
[2:13:13] going to encourage people to take other
[2:13:15] modes of transit? I hear that businesses
[2:13:17] are requesting more parking spaces. At
[2:13:20] some point, do we say, you know what,
[2:13:22] we've got five garages here. Um, if we
[2:13:25] want our shoppers to prioritize them,
[2:13:27] and there's a train station right there,
[2:13:29] you should be taking that. So, I really
[2:13:31] don't like the fact that that parking
[2:13:32] seems to be this more [snorts] is
[2:13:34] better. Um, it's expensive for
[2:13:36] taxpayers. We saw that we're getting 3
[2:13:37] million of revenue. What's the cost to
[2:13:39] us? I mean, we um there were about three
[2:13:43] uh parking garages shown with the
[2:13:44] highest utilization, but I think there
[2:13:46] were seven or eight total garages. So,
[2:13:48] what does that mean for garage number
[2:13:49] eight? Is it like 0%? Is it 10%? I think
[2:13:52] Kiku was like 20 or 30%. Like, there is
[2:13:55] an opportunity cost to every idle
[2:13:57] parking garage that we have. We could
[2:13:58] have housing there. We could not be
[2:14:00] maintaining it. We I think tennis
[2:14:02] courts, we have to rebuild that for
[2:14:04] seismic reasons. Do we really need that?
[2:14:06] Uh, one of these might be at 90, but if
[2:14:08] we have another one a block away that's
[2:14:10] at at 20, we're okay. Like I the 90%
[2:14:13] number is not scary. We also have to
[2:14:16] price parking accordingly. I think we're
[2:14:18] only charging up to $100 for some of
[2:14:19] these spots a month. The market rate I
[2:14:21] just told you my building is 250 a
[2:14:23] month. I mean, we are you're giving away
[2:14:26] things and taxpayers are subsidizing it
[2:14:28] on the parking permit programs
[2:14:30] residentially are free. And yet we just
[2:14:33] admitted that this project has a huge
[2:14:36] cost to the taxpayer. So why why is
[2:14:39] there no cost to store your your private
[2:14:41] good on the public right ofway? And then
[2:14:44] [snorts] the 10% of people that don't
[2:14:45] drive are basically paying for that. I
[2:14:47] think everybody should be paying uh who
[2:14:49] needs a spot on the street. On the
[2:14:51] crashes, I I think you need to include
[2:14:53] 101 because we have an influence on
[2:14:54] that. We have a member in CCAG that can
[2:14:56] influence whether or not we have more
[2:14:58] people going there. I think the bike
[2:14:59] boulevards um should be excluded from uh
[2:15:02] our counts because they're not adding
[2:15:04] safety. I think on speed limits, we
[2:15:06] really need to look at some of the
[2:15:07] opportunities in business activity
[2:15:09] districts, safety quarters, etc. where
[2:15:12] we can lower some speed limits. And
[2:15:14] finally, um
[2:15:16] » Thank you.
[2:15:16] » Uh spending total.
[2:15:18] » Thank you. And our final speaker will be
[2:15:20] Michael Reagan.
[2:15:24] » Good evening. Um yeah, I also want to
[2:15:26] compliment it with excellent
[2:15:28] presentation. Um I'm representing um on
[2:15:32] the first part Bears Hillsdale uh
[2:15:35] neighborhood association. I'm the pre
[2:15:36] current president. Um I know this some
[2:15:39] of this stated was collected in a couple
[2:15:42] over the last couple years. But with the
[2:15:45] Hillsdale Mall project coming in, our
[2:15:48] neighborhood is quite concerned about
[2:15:50] the increase in traffic. When this
[2:15:53] project is completed, there could be
[2:15:54] between seven and 9,000 people working
[2:15:57] in living in that in in that in that
[2:16:00] development and the traffic and the
[2:16:03] other um problems that that brings will
[2:16:07] definitely affect the neighborhood and I
[2:16:10] think that does need to be we're very
[2:16:12] very concerned. Um, also with parking,
[2:16:15] um, I'll give you an example. The, uh,
[2:16:18] town houses that they plan to build, um,
[2:16:20] that are for sale, uh, they have no
[2:16:23] visitor parking. And when we talked to
[2:16:26] the Bohannan group, they had really no
[2:16:28] explanation to where these people would
[2:16:30] park visiting the development. Um, as
[2:16:35] far as the um the other things that we
[2:16:38] were talking about, uh, you were talking
[2:16:40] about the the improvements or the or the
[2:16:43] things that are are are presently
[2:16:45] happening. Um, the Hillsdale Alama
[2:16:49] traffic light. Um, I hope things speed
[2:16:53] up in the future for other developments,
[2:16:55] but we've been waiting since 2018 for
[2:16:57] this development to occur. It was
[2:16:59] supposed to be put in at 25, then we
[2:17:02] then 26. of this year and we got it
[2:17:05] delayed again till 27 and that's we're
[2:17:08] just waiting for something bad to happen
[2:17:10] in that neighborhood. Uh also you talked
[2:17:13] about in your presentation maintenance
[2:17:15] and monitoring. Well, I've been asking
[2:17:18] for several years the 31st Avenue um
[2:17:23] that uh put in um speed bumps and other
[2:17:27] protective items for safety. Um we just
[2:17:31] feel are not um up to standards. They
[2:17:35] have not worked. And I've asked over and
[2:17:37] over again for you guys to come out. You
[2:17:39] promised me when you put him in that we
[2:17:40] would re-evaluate the situation. and we
[2:17:44] haven't heard anything from you guys.
[2:17:46] And if you guys are to your word, then
[2:17:49] maybe you can start with us on on
[2:17:51] getting that done. Far as bike lanes go,
[2:17:54] I think um and I've said it before, um
[2:17:58] I think you guys need to form a citizens
[2:18:00] committee. Um that will help and to
[2:18:04] evaluate
[2:18:05] uh putting bike lanes in. I know that a
[2:18:08] lot of the money is tied up from what
[2:18:10] the state or the feds give you when you
[2:18:12] do these uh projects that are tied into
[2:18:14] the bike lanes. So, get a committee
[2:18:16] together. Um let us help you out and
[2:18:19] maybe we can get bike lanes in that work
[2:18:21] for everybody and people will be happy
[2:18:24] with and the neighborhoods won't
[2:18:25] complain. Thank you.
[2:18:25] » Thank you. Thank you, Mayor Lorraine.
[2:18:27] That concludes public comment.
[2:18:29] » No one online.
[2:18:32] » Okay. Thank you for those comments. So,
[2:18:34] I'll close public comment and bring it
[2:18:37] back to the DAS for council member
[2:18:39] questions and feedback. I will just note
[2:18:43] um that I this is a we we had a long
[2:18:48] presentation with lots of data and I'm
[2:18:51] sure there are all kinds of questions
[2:18:53] and feedback we might like to give. Um,
[2:18:56] I'll just suggest that we use our uh
[2:19:00] tried andrue model of uh maybe a few
[2:19:03] questions. Maybe try a few three
[2:19:06] questions per person just to just to
[2:19:07] circulate it and keep things moving a
[2:19:09] little bit. Um, we can we can ask a good
[2:19:13] number of questions. Uh we can go a few
[2:19:16] rounds if needed, but uh let's try that
[2:19:19] and
[2:19:22] we can start with anyone who would like
[2:19:24] to start.
[2:19:26] Council members for your cookinsky.
[2:19:27] » Thanks. Um I thank you. I was going to
[2:19:30] say I do have a fair number of
[2:19:31] questions, but I'll just do three and
[2:19:33] then pass it along. Um Jay, thank you so
[2:19:37] much for the presentation. And I know
[2:19:38] that was a ton of work and I just want
[2:19:40] to say thank you on behalf of the whole
[2:19:42] community because um we hear a lot um
[2:19:45] from residents across Sonato about
[2:19:48] transportation public safety and so I
[2:19:50] think people are excited to hear what's
[2:19:52] going on. Um, one of my questions is,
[2:19:56] um, we launched the My Sanato app and so
[2:19:59] have we considered adding a feature or
[2:20:01] enhancement that could, um, possibly be
[2:20:04] for near miss, um, that way we could
[2:20:06] start to collect some data on potential
[2:20:08] unknown dangerous conditions, um, before
[2:20:11] people are injured.
[2:20:15] » That's something that's currently not in
[2:20:17] the app right now. I'm looking at um
[2:20:20] director Fabri or Katherine or deputy
[2:20:22] director maybe that's something we can
[2:20:24] consider.
[2:20:25] » So currently the my Sai Monteo app is
[2:20:28] really intended to be more of a two-way
[2:20:30] dialogue between staff and um community
[2:20:33] members. So they would submit a service
[2:20:35] request and then staff would respond to
[2:20:36] it. So it's not really intended as a a
[2:20:39] data tracking tool at the at the moment.
[2:20:41] Um,
[2:20:43] so there is a means of reporting an
[2:20:46] intersection safety hazard within the my
[2:20:49] Sanonteo app. So you can go to I think
[2:20:51] it's traffic engineering and then
[2:20:52] intersection safety hazard and if
[2:20:54] someone does submit something on that um
[2:20:56] then staff would evaluate and respond to
[2:20:59] it. It it gets funneled through our
[2:21:00] traffic calming program. Um but we don't
[2:21:03] we don't intend at this moment to use it
[2:21:05] as a as a near miss reporting tool.
[2:21:08] » Okay. I think what would be interesting
[2:21:11] for a future transportation report um is
[2:21:16] if there was a way to parse out some of
[2:21:18] those resident complaints to see if
[2:21:20] there's like key themes and you could
[2:21:22] probably use AI which is um a city goal
[2:21:24] as well um to kind of see if there's a
[2:21:28] higher incidence rate or collection of
[2:21:30] complaints. Um yeah, and I guess the
[2:21:34] meta point I really want to make is that
[2:21:36] you know we do need some kind of
[2:21:37] dashboard
[2:21:39] um or public facing tracker for um near
[2:21:43] miss because what h the the current near
[2:21:46] miss strategy is residents on next door
[2:21:50] saying ah I almost got hit by a car and
[2:21:52] then we have to like take a screenshot
[2:21:54] funnel that to PD you know whoever. Um
[2:21:58] so um it would just be good to have that
[2:22:00] data. I fully recognize that that's very
[2:22:03] difficult to collect. Um,
[2:22:07] so just a comment there and I know you
[2:22:10] guys can build excellent dashboards
[2:22:11] because you did it for flood free. So
[2:22:15] yes, Jay,
[2:22:16] » I I do want to note that as part of our
[2:22:19] local roadway safety project, we did
[2:22:22] look at there's an engagement process
[2:22:24] that had occurred as part of that and we
[2:22:26] did analyze near misses. Now we didn't
[2:22:29] take it at face value. We collected data
[2:22:32] and we looked at trends and those are
[2:22:35] what we call systemic treatments. If
[2:22:37] there are certain configurations,
[2:22:39] geometry,
[2:22:40] alignment in an intersection, a good
[2:22:43] give you a really good example what we
[2:22:44] did there at Par and Alama free turning
[2:22:47] right turns for vehicles that we have
[2:22:50] looked at. Yeah, maybe there are some
[2:22:51] near misses and there isn't a high
[2:22:54] collision rate, but there has been
[2:22:56] reported and studies have shown that
[2:22:58] free rights do cause severe injuries.
[2:23:03] We don't necessarily tie 100% to near
[2:23:05] misses, but that is a set of data that
[2:23:08] we did analyze as part of the outreach
[2:23:10] effort for that plan and systemic
[2:23:13] treatments. there's a chapter in it in
[2:23:16] the LRSP for how do we implement
[2:23:19] throughout the entire city without
[2:23:21] looking at collision history. So, I just
[2:23:23] want to note that.
[2:23:24] » Okay. Thank you. Um I noticed that 14%
[2:23:29] of collisions were with residents over
[2:23:32] the age of 65.
[2:23:34] Um could you talk a little bit about how
[2:23:36] many intersections still lack sufficient
[2:23:38] crossing times for um slow walkers? Um
[2:23:43] and then can you talk a little bit about
[2:23:45] like the leading pedest pedestrian
[2:23:47] intervals plan?
[2:23:49] » Yeah, definitely. So we for every single
[2:23:53] signalized intersection we have what we
[2:23:56] call PET clearance. So that is defined
[2:23:59] by the MUTCD in terms of a range
[2:24:02] anywhere from say 2 and a half feet per
[2:24:05] second in terms of traveling speed all
[2:24:08] the way up to say about five. On
[2:24:10] average, the city uses an approach of
[2:24:12] using a 3.5 foot per second um speed to
[2:24:16] go ahead and determine the crossing time
[2:24:18] for our average intersection. At this
[2:24:21] moment, we have not determined any
[2:24:23] intersections that warrants a lower
[2:24:26] travel speed and therefore increasing
[2:24:29] that time duration for the pedestrians
[2:24:31] to get across an intersection. But
[2:24:34] that's something we can happily look at.
[2:24:36] As part of the lead pedestrian interval
[2:24:38] as well. I don't know the exact number
[2:24:41] right now, but we can follow up a little
[2:24:42] bit later. But in 2022 during the
[2:24:45] pandemic, there was a conscious effort
[2:24:47] to ultimately implement LPI in every
[2:24:50] single signalized intersection in the
[2:24:52] city. So for the most part, I want to
[2:24:54] say it's a large percentage, but I don't
[2:24:56] have that number available.
[2:24:58] » Okay. Um, and then just before I pass it
[2:25:01] on and on this thread, so for the
[2:25:04] future, I think what would be
[2:25:05] interesting as well is to look at where
[2:25:09] across the city we have senior centers
[2:25:11] and also medical corridors and see if we
[2:25:15] can get an an inventory
[2:25:18] um of kind of where those high
[2:25:20] pedestrian or potential bike crossings
[2:25:23] might be, right? like if you have to go
[2:25:25] into an urgent care or hospital and
[2:25:27] making sure that we've really checked
[2:25:29] off the list that we have ADA compliance
[2:25:32] and then um you know all the outstanding
[2:25:35] safety needs um for those areas. Um I
[2:25:39] have more questions but I'll pause.
[2:25:43] » Thank you.
[2:25:45] » Who would like to go? Yeah, I think that
[2:25:47] would be fine as long as we we can try
[2:25:50] it. Council member Nome.
[2:25:52] » Okay. Jay team, thank you for a great
[2:25:55] presentation. That was a lot. Um,
[2:25:59] I guess to kind of reiterate or go on a
[2:26:02] common theme. Uh, even if we don't have
[2:26:05] a dashboard to report incidents, I think
[2:26:08] it would be interesting to have
[2:26:09] [clears throat]
[2:26:10] somewhere on the app, even if it just
[2:26:12] takes them back to the website a
[2:26:14] dashboard of all the quick build
[2:26:15] projects that are in process so that
[2:26:17] they can actually kind of track that.
[2:26:19] Um, I'm curious if we're using
[2:26:21] technology like AI, if we have wiks in
[2:26:24] place to look at like projects, meaning,
[2:26:28] you know, you do a quick build and then
[2:26:30] you have another s, you know, similar
[2:26:32] situation on the other side of town and
[2:26:34] you you look at all the metrics and you
[2:26:35] go, "Wow, this is 70% the same project
[2:26:38] that I just did on the other side of
[2:26:39] town. Are we looking at those and then
[2:26:42] using that to help prioritize like we've
[2:26:44] we've lesson learned how to do these
[2:26:47] things fast? let's go and find out if
[2:26:49] there's another place we can replicate
[2:26:51] it. Has that any of that happened?
[2:26:55] » The first part, yes. I think as the
[2:26:58] program matures, our goal is like all of
[2:27:00] our other programs, our transportation
[2:27:02] safety website, our bicycle master plan.
[2:27:05] As you can see, we list the projects
[2:27:07] that are ongoing. Complete it. We map it
[2:27:09] out. We use every single aspect of our
[2:27:11] GIS program. We plan to do the same as
[2:27:14] well for quick build, but we're ramping
[2:27:16] up. So in the future, I don't know what
[2:27:18] the timeline is, but that's something
[2:27:19] that is just consistent with how we have
[2:27:22] been reporting to the public. In terms
[2:27:24] of utilizing say AI and other softwares,
[2:27:28] that's something we'll definitely look
[2:27:29] at. Ongoing right now, we're looking at
[2:27:31] three different vendors to gather big
[2:27:33] data in order to help us make planning
[2:27:35] decisions. At the moment, um, one of
[2:27:37] them is one that looks at pre and post
[2:27:40] implementation in terms of usage as
[2:27:42] well. So having AI, I don't know the
[2:27:45] exact software yet. So and I know the
[2:27:48] city's developing a policy in terms of
[2:27:50] what we can do or not do with AI, but we
[2:27:53] were we are willing to go ahead and
[2:27:55] stretch our resources. I'll say that.
[2:27:57] » Great. Fantastic. Uh my last question
[2:27:59] for now would be what are we doing for
[2:28:02] the El Camino Rail corridor? Um you
[2:28:05] know, you mentioned that we didn't this
[2:28:06] data didn't include freeways. So does
[2:28:09] this data include the El Camino Riale?
[2:28:12] This data does include El Camino Royale.
[2:28:15] Yes, it just did not include um 92 and
[2:28:18] US 101. In regards to that, there's a
[2:28:20] lot going on in El Camino Royale.
[2:28:24] If you you recall, Council Member Nome,
[2:28:26] you know, one of the general plan
[2:28:28] policies is to make El Camino Royale
[2:28:31] more pedestrian safety. There's
[2:28:33] currently a regional effort led by Samr,
[2:28:35] the central ECR project that I think
[2:28:38] they'll be bringing it back to city
[2:28:40] council in September to look towards
[2:28:42] some direction of alternatives of where
[2:28:44] do we head towards in terms of making it
[2:28:46] more pet friendly, bike friendly,
[2:28:48] transit friendly, all of that. But yes,
[2:28:50] there there's a lot of projects on El
[2:28:52] Camino Rail, including 28th Avenue gap
[2:28:54] closure project. Yeah, that was my my
[2:28:57] last followup would be um you know, I
[2:28:59] really appreciative to the Department of
[2:29:01] Public Works and the city staff as a
[2:29:03] whole uh for working with the state to
[2:29:06] [clears throat] expedite the 17th uh and
[2:29:08] El Camino Royale corridor and really get
[2:29:11] a fix put in place in a much less re,
[2:29:14] you know, much more realistic timeline
[2:29:16] and remove a lot of the bure bureaucracy
[2:29:18] of getting it done. So, thank you for
[2:29:20] all the data that you guys put in and
[2:29:22] all the efforts you did to make that
[2:29:23] happen. But like let's not let Calr
[2:29:26] trans t trans off the hook. Let's make
[2:29:28] sure we're looking for the next El
[2:29:30] Camino Rial crossing and we're keeping
[2:29:32] those meetings going and keeping that
[2:29:33] process moving. Thank you.
[2:29:38] » Thank you, Council Member Diaz Nash.
[2:29:42] » Thank you to the mayor and once again,
[2:29:44] thank you to the entire transportation
[2:29:46] team and for your endurance, Jay. And
[2:29:49] you look positive and you were energized
[2:29:50] the whole time. So very impressive. Uh,
[2:29:54] okay. I'm just going to dive in with
[2:29:55] some questions.
[2:29:57] Uh, in the uh the AR and also in the the
[2:30:01] presentation, it said that we had
[2:30:03] pedestrian projects
[2:30:06] [clears throat] worth about $215 million
[2:30:08] and about $200 million of that was
[2:30:11] lighting.
[2:30:13] Does do those projects have the same
[2:30:16] bottleneck that we've talked about a
[2:30:18] lot? the transportation,
[2:30:21] [clears throat] excuse me, the
[2:30:22] transportation team is small but mighty
[2:30:25] and we've got all this to do. So, a lot
[2:30:27] of times the people are the bottleneck.
[2:30:29] Do the lighting projects have the same
[2:30:30] people on those projects?
[2:30:33] » The lighting projects do have the same
[2:30:35] people um on those projects. One key
[2:30:38] difference as we identify the 200
[2:30:40] million that we discuss in lighting
[2:30:43] projects when we look at the priority of
[2:30:45] where this would sit in safety critical
[2:30:48] This is a safety first project. This is
[2:30:51] one that is enhancing the quality of
[2:30:54] life. The city of San actually has a lot
[2:30:56] of street lights existing already. And
[2:30:58] the street lighting project identifying
[2:31:00] the pedestrian master plan are
[2:31:02] ultimately upgrades to the lighting. So
[2:31:04] when we're balancing workload with
[2:31:06] multiple programs, you know, this falls
[2:31:08] in under active transportation of do we
[2:31:11] want to advance a new infrastructure in
[2:31:15] say a class 4 bike lane or upgrading
[2:31:17] street lighting which often times or is
[2:31:20] even more expensive. The priority
[2:31:22] oftentimes goes to one that has a lower
[2:31:25] safety um benefit right now versus
[2:31:28] implementing a project. So it's just
[2:31:30] lower on a priority scale.
[2:31:32] » Yeah. And I guess I would challenge that
[2:31:34] that way of looking at things because if
[2:31:36] you look at you, we all want to get
[2:31:38] people out of their cars and doing
[2:31:40] things. If you want people to walk, you
[2:31:43] have to have the lighting. And I know
[2:31:44] that certainly in my area, I believe in
[2:31:46] lots of other council members areas,
[2:31:49] there is a there still is a lot of
[2:31:50] issues. So I would I would want to throw
[2:31:53] those projects and maybe [clears throat]
[2:31:55] there's some kind of on call consultant
[2:31:58] just like there is for the quick build.
[2:32:00] But I think there's a different way of I
[2:32:01] would I would love to see a different
[2:32:03] way of looking at some of that. Um,
[2:32:05] thank you. Number two,
[2:32:08] uh, what is I know in the AR, you know,
[2:32:10] you talked about the neighborhood
[2:32:12] traffic guide, which is one of the the
[2:32:14] blue sky priorities, strategic
[2:32:16] objectives. What is the the latest
[2:32:20] timing on that? You know, because we're
[2:32:21] about ready to hit July 1. Um, because
[2:32:24] [clears throat] that seems to be a lot
[2:32:26] of the tra you said traffic calming.
[2:32:28] It's all about speeding on my street.
[2:32:30] So, the faster we can get that done, the
[2:32:33] more it's going to be able to help
[2:32:34] everyone.
[2:32:36] » That is correct. To my knowledge, the
[2:32:39] new strategic metrics, the smart
[2:32:41] metrics, smart activity metrics go into
[2:32:44] effect sometime in July. Now, they're
[2:32:46] they're waiting for adoption if I recall
[2:32:49] very soon. But ultimately, what we're
[2:32:51] planning to do is not so much more
[2:32:54] streamlining to a certain extent, but
[2:32:56] we're definitely doing that. But we're
[2:32:58] adding transparency. So we're updating
[2:33:00] the website. We're looking into a
[2:33:02] process in terms of notification of how
[2:33:04] many notifications we oftentimes send to
[2:33:06] the public in terms of getting adoption
[2:33:08] of saying a speed cushion being on
[2:33:11] board. But there are different processes
[2:33:13] that we will start looking at [snorts]
[2:33:15] come July 1st of this year. And a lot of
[2:33:18] it is around transparency first,
[2:33:20] improving the process, being clear about
[2:33:22] the timelines, and ultimately all of
[2:33:24] that leads towards streamlining the
[2:33:26] program as a whole. Yeah, I I I think
[2:33:28] the public is really expecting
[2:33:30] streamlining, not just different metrics
[2:33:34] because as you know and everybody who
[2:33:35] deals with all these these you know
[2:33:37] residents who are coming in saying help
[2:33:39] and eventually the team is doing great
[2:33:41] work just like what happened on Parrot
[2:33:44] up in [clears throat] Baywood Nolles and
[2:33:46] the team was fantastic in doing the
[2:33:47] survey and redoing the survey and then
[2:33:49] at the end they said oh we're going to
[2:33:51] get to it in 2728
[2:33:53] and that's just that's that's got to be
[2:33:56] really frustrating.
[2:33:57] I know for Beth Bethany to have to write
[2:33:59] that email. I felt for her, but it's
[2:34:02] we've got to find a better way to get
[2:34:04] through that. So, I would really
[2:34:05] encourage the team to say, how can we do
[2:34:08] this? Does it have to be a really fast
[2:34:10] fancy speed hump or can it be strips?
[2:34:12] Can how can we do a little bit of quick
[2:34:15] build when it comes to to traffic coming
[2:34:18] as well? I think that would go a long
[2:34:20] way to addressing some of the issues. Um
[2:34:23] and then um I would just love to put in
[2:34:26] a plug for my third one. You know, I was
[2:34:29] looking at what you said about two what
[2:34:32] 200,000
[2:34:33] plus hours on traffic calming versus
[2:34:37] 1760 in 2024. That's a huge amount of
[2:34:40] time for your staff. and how even though
[2:34:44] um Katherine you said that my Sanato
[2:34:46] isn't a you know isn't necessarily used
[2:34:50] that way how can we use that app and
[2:34:54] that the CRM system it's it just happens
[2:34:56] to have an app on the front of it
[2:34:57] [clears throat] to make it easier better
[2:35:00] faster so there's less staff time
[2:35:03] analyzing all that so I would just
[2:35:06] really encourage in phase two which
[2:35:08] hopefully comes very quickly that um
[2:35:10] that we look at how we expand expand the
[2:35:13] capabilities of the CRM system because
[2:35:14] it's supposed to be there to help all of
[2:35:16] you and not just improve the reporting.
[2:35:20] So that's my third.
[2:35:23] » All yours.
[2:35:24] » Thank you,
[2:35:25] » Deputy Mayor. And I can talk. Okay. Um
[2:35:29] so um thank you again, Jay. Amazing
[2:35:31] presentation. I and I I and I especially
[2:35:34] want to
[2:35:37] thank you uh thank you Jay for very much
[2:35:39] for uh the presentation. Uh there was a
[2:35:41] lot to to take in. Um, so my first
[2:35:44] question is, um, this is probably just
[2:35:49] me coming from my maybe my PTSD as
[2:35:52] representing district 2, but um, 22% of
[2:35:56] our uh, we've completed about 22% of our
[2:35:59] high priority bicycle network, which is
[2:36:00] awesome, but 48 it looks like 48% of our
[2:36:04] remaining high priority bike projects
[2:36:06] will involve a potential vehicle lane
[2:36:08] reduction or removing parking. So, uh,
[2:36:13] with the full understanding that what
[2:36:15] you did for Humboldt was extra and
[2:36:17] amazing and you guys worked miracles
[2:36:20] with like the two pennies we gave you,
[2:36:22] um, what what what can you do on a large
[2:36:25] scale to make sure that we're doing
[2:36:27] increased outreach for these upcoming
[2:36:29] projects as well?
[2:36:32] » Yeah, that that is definitely a really
[2:36:34] good question. And so we learned a lot
[2:36:36] in humbled and I think looking at third
[2:36:38] in Norfolk, 19th Avenue, Fashion Island,
[2:36:41] Delaware, safe routes school, we had a
[2:36:44] lot of lessons learned and there isn't
[2:36:46] really one approach we realize that
[2:36:49] could really supplement just the level
[2:36:52] of volume that we have to get out there.
[2:36:53] So one is we have adopted multiple ways
[2:36:58] of reaching out to the public from being
[2:37:00] in person and virtual. So at a minimum
[2:37:02] oftentimes we have an introduction
[2:37:04] meeting and that's in person virtual but
[2:37:07] even before the introduction meeting a
[2:37:10] lot of times we like to blast a survey
[2:37:12] to get a general pulse of the consensus
[2:37:15] of community members of where the scope
[2:37:17] impacts. We oftentimes have a minimum of
[2:37:20] one meeting in between to go ahead and
[2:37:23] refine the design and update and get
[2:37:25] input midway through somewhere around
[2:37:27] 65% and then at a minimum we have a
[2:37:30] closing meeting that's in person as well
[2:37:33] as virtual. Now that's just kind of the
[2:37:35] baseline that we've learned. There's a
[2:37:37] lot of things we learned in terms of
[2:37:38] what works for certain community. I
[2:37:40] think in the North Central community we
[2:37:42] realize that uh you know what we got to
[2:37:45] go to them. So, we have to be sure that
[2:37:47] the rec centers, the churches, whether
[2:37:49] it even be mid PBLO, we've done that
[2:37:52] earlier in the couple of phases of doing
[2:37:54] some pop-up events, those have been
[2:37:56] working really well. But to answer that
[2:37:58] question, there really isn't a
[2:38:00] one-sizefitit all is what we realized
[2:38:02] and we're just learning from the past
[2:38:04] projects to go ahead and optimize the
[2:38:06] future ones.
[2:38:07] » Okay. Thank you. I I appreciate the
[2:38:09] honesty and cander in that answer. I
[2:38:11] appreciate it. Um, another um, statistic
[2:38:14] that I found kind of uh, reading the
[2:38:16] report is that we've installed zero bike
[2:38:18] racks in 2025,
[2:38:21] which I mean we have, you know, just
[2:38:24] given what we've done with the general
[2:38:25] plan and our priorities with first and
[2:38:26] last mile connections. Do we know why we
[2:38:29] haven't been able to get to that in the
[2:38:31] last year? Is it a funding issue? Is it
[2:38:32] a is it a admin issue? What what do we
[2:38:35] think the reason is behind that?
[2:38:38] I just want to say that's a really good
[2:38:40] eye. That was I want to say number four
[2:38:42] and it was at the bottom right and it
[2:38:44] was it was zero. That is correct. The
[2:38:46] year prior to that we had double digits
[2:38:49] and there it's not funding. Ultimately
[2:38:50] it came down to I hate to say it but
[2:38:52] staff resources when we're looking at
[2:38:54] the safety projects the grant deadlines
[2:38:56] that we have to meet. Installing bike
[2:38:58] racks was one that we had to wait until
[2:39:01] we fill some positions. But we do hope
[2:39:04] to start back our bike parking program
[2:39:06] once we hire for the senior
[2:39:07] transportation planner as well as our
[2:39:09] assistant associate currently recruiting
[2:39:11] for.
[2:39:12] » I I I appreciate that and again I
[2:39:13] appreciate your honesty with the fact
[2:39:15] that it is a staff capacity issue. So my
[2:39:18] last question is going to kind of delve
[2:39:19] into that. Um which is, you know, we're
[2:39:23] we're we're facing a we're going to go
[2:39:25] over in the next item. We're facing a
[2:39:26] little bit of a deficit here at the at
[2:39:28] the city and um our current teams are
[2:39:31] being dispatched and stretched as needed
[2:39:33] to kind of deal with the quick bills and
[2:39:35] the everything else. Um, so can you tell
[2:39:38] me if are the teams as they're currently
[2:39:41] distributed or or whatever? Um, are they
[2:39:44] equipped to handle the heavy load of of
[2:39:46] incoming construction management plans
[2:39:48] and and analyses that are coming our way
[2:39:50] with just the the sheer number of
[2:39:51] projects we have coming up?
[2:39:55] » It's a little early to say. I think
[2:39:57] you're you know, Deputy Mayor Fernandez,
[2:39:58] you're speaking specific to private
[2:40:00] development. Yeah. in terms of yeah that
[2:40:02] it's a little quick because if we're
[2:40:04] mapping out the entire pip pipeline if
[2:40:07] you will in the schedule of what this
[2:40:08] looks like we're we're in the early
[2:40:10] phases. We're in the phase one the
[2:40:12] planning application phase. We get to
[2:40:14] entitlement. There's usually a period
[2:40:17] that they wait one year maybe two before
[2:40:19] a builder comes on board and a project
[2:40:21] would take anywhere from three to four
[2:40:24] years depending on the complexity. We
[2:40:26] don't know yet. That's the real answer
[2:40:28] of how we're doing this. we might need
[2:40:30] to scale up. But I think some of the
[2:40:32] promise that shown in the develop
[2:40:34] responsible slide is we have practices
[2:40:37] in place in terms of policies and plans
[2:40:40] and committees that we're putting
[2:40:41] together internally as staff that can
[2:40:43] scale up and down. But to answer your
[2:40:45] question, I would be a fortune teller if
[2:40:47] I told you whether we are. But we have
[2:40:50] the pieces in place and I think only
[2:40:52] time will tell.
[2:40:53] » You're so multi-talented, but you're not
[2:40:55] psychic. I'm so sorry. Thank you. That's
[2:40:57] all.
[2:41:00] Okay,
[2:41:03] thank you Jay and team for everything.
[2:41:05] This is awesome. Um,
[2:41:08] I want to ask about the quick build
[2:41:11] program. Um, I appreciated
[2:41:17] you sharing a bit of the
[2:41:19] uh potential benefits of pursuing quick
[2:41:22] build projects.
[2:41:23] um with regard to having quicker
[2:41:26] timelines
[2:41:28] um addressing
[2:41:30] intersections that uh we are you know
[2:41:35] understanding could use something more
[2:41:37] quickly. Um, can you talk a little bit
[2:41:40] about
[2:41:43] uh
[2:41:45] how we plan to continue to grow this
[2:41:49] quick build program and develop and
[2:41:52] evolve it with the current
[2:41:55] amount that seems to be allocated in our
[2:41:58] budget, which I noticed seem to be on
[2:41:59] the lower side. I I saw 200k for this
[2:42:02] upcoming year. Could you talk a little
[2:42:04] bit about how far that goes? for
[2:42:07] example, like we you mentioned 12
[2:42:09] projects we're currently working on. How
[2:42:12] but you also mentioned, you know, for
[2:42:13] example, design elements um related to
[2:42:17] complete streets and so on um adding to
[2:42:19] cost. So um how how how can we how can
[2:42:23] we continue to grow a quick build
[2:42:26] program with what we're allocating?
[2:42:29] » Yeah. So really good question. Scaling a
[2:42:32] program there there are multiple phases
[2:42:34] in program development. We're right now
[2:42:36] in really phase one and the current
[2:42:40] process is really ownorous and really
[2:42:42] restricting and inherently that has a
[2:42:46] little bit less to do with money if you
[2:42:48] will. So currently our fund balance in
[2:42:51] there is sufficient to do say the next
[2:42:54] six to seven but that's not the
[2:42:56] bottleneck at the moment with our
[2:42:57] current um structure. It's really staff
[2:43:00] resources and allocation and whether it
[2:43:03] be design pulling away our entire team
[2:43:05] to focus say months out of the year and
[2:43:08] do nothing but quick build and then also
[2:43:10] implementation as well. Right now we're
[2:43:13] not in the funding constraint phase but
[2:43:15] we're planning we're planning for that.
[2:43:17] So currently right now it's really
[2:43:18] resource constraint. We will hit a pivot
[2:43:21] point when we develop our new process of
[2:43:23] having on call designers and
[2:43:26] [clears throat] a quick build specialist
[2:43:28] contractor where we can just dish out
[2:43:31] task orders and work orders. And on
[2:43:34] average, some of those quick builds, I
[2:43:36] hate to put a number, but it's anywhere
[2:43:37] from if it's small 20,000. If it's
[2:43:40] large, it could easily exceed 100,000.
[2:43:42] And these are still quick build
[2:43:44] programs. So depending on where the
[2:43:46] range is, we can quickly get to a area
[2:43:50] where then we're funding constraint,
[2:43:52] right? And this is part of building out
[2:43:54] a program. So when we get to that point
[2:43:57] and resources are no longer the
[2:43:58] bottleneck allocated for this point, we
[2:44:01] will have to make a decision of how much
[2:44:03] funding do we allocate to quick build.
[2:44:05] Now, with that said, once the program is
[2:44:08] developed and we have a good priority
[2:44:10] list, we can then apply for more funding
[2:44:14] strategically on the grant side of the
[2:44:16] house, right? That's not We wouldn't
[2:44:18] apply for $50,000 grant, right, to go
[2:44:20] ahead and do one intersection. As
[2:44:23] mentioned earlier, our average project
[2:44:25] size is anywhere from two to three.
[2:44:26] That's on average. The other side of
[2:44:28] that is we did great SEP a couple of
[2:44:30] years ago, 205 million. Currently, right
[2:44:33] now, 19th is about 30 million. So that's
[2:44:36] the spectrum, but on average that the
[2:44:38] projects are 2 to three million. So
[2:44:40] that's kind of the project um the
[2:44:42] trajectory of where we're going, but we
[2:44:44] will hit a point probably in the near
[2:44:46] future where funding will be the
[2:44:48] constraint.
[2:44:50] » Okay, thank you. That's helpful. Um all
[2:44:52] right, let's see.
[2:44:54] I did
[2:44:56] want to ask about
[2:45:04] um I did want to touch on the parking
[2:45:07] lot utilization figures. Um I did just
[2:45:11] notice in the in the slide that I think
[2:45:13] when we looked at the one that talked
[2:45:15] about our you know top three uses and so
[2:45:18] on it it noted 2024. Do we have um is is
[2:45:23] is that the latest uh stats we have?
[2:45:27] » That is the latest and greatest. Our
[2:45:29] common practice is we do occupancy to
[2:45:32] that level on street and off streetet
[2:45:35] really every 3 to 5 years but those
[2:45:38] studies are expensive for us to capture.
[2:45:40] So we don't do it annually. I see. Okay.
[2:45:44] [sighs]
[2:45:45] Okay.
[2:45:53] Okay, some of these questions have
[2:45:55] already been asked, so I appreciate
[2:45:57] that.
[2:46:06] » Uh maybe I'll take this opportunity to
[2:46:08] pass to the next questioner.
[2:46:11] » Okay. Um,
[2:46:14] just following up on Mayor Lorraine's
[2:46:16] comment about quick builds. Do we know
[2:46:20] so far from what we've done if it's
[2:46:22] helping? Is there any data?
[2:46:25] » It it's a little too soon right now, but
[2:46:28] qualitatively we've have gotten a lot of
[2:46:31] compliments on some of the quick builds,
[2:46:33] but we are setting procedures in place
[2:46:35] to analyze volume. And as council knows,
[2:46:38] it takes time to develop collision
[2:46:40] history to see year overyear whether
[2:46:42] there are reductions at an intersection,
[2:46:45] but that's something that we're actively
[2:46:46] working towards.
[2:46:47] » Okay, great. Um, I did want to ask about
[2:46:50] daylighting. So, do we have a wholesale
[2:46:53] plan to paint everywhere? Um, I know we
[2:46:56] started with schools, but what what's
[2:46:58] the next phase?
[2:47:00] Yeah. So, AB413 basically um you don't
[2:47:04] have to paint a red curb to be
[2:47:05] enforcable, but we did go ahead and
[2:47:07] implement a red curbing in all the
[2:47:10] school areas. Our next phase is high
[2:47:12] pedestrian activity areas. So, in our
[2:47:14] downtown, our parks and wreck, some of
[2:47:16] the community centers and that's
[2:47:18] starting in this coming fiscal year and
[2:47:21] after that really we are implementing
[2:47:23] recurb as we do capital improvement
[2:47:25] projects. So, that will be the strategy
[2:47:27] moving forward. Okay.
[2:47:31] Okay. So, you said schools and then high
[2:47:33] pedestrian areas and community centers
[2:47:35] next. Okay. Um, just going back to ADA
[2:47:40] compliance
[2:47:41] and also this may be like a little bit
[2:47:44] of a regional type question, but um, so
[2:47:48] you mentioned we built 54 curb ramps
[2:47:50] this year, which is great. Um I am
[2:47:53] wondering you know how we'll keep pace
[2:47:56] um in compliance
[2:47:58] in the future and then is this something
[2:48:00] that potentially with the proposed SAM
[2:48:03] trans measure we can talk to them about
[2:48:06] future assistance.
[2:48:09] » I'm going to defer this one to
[2:48:11] Katherine.
[2:48:12] » So a lot of those curb ramps were
[2:48:15] constructed as part of our paving
[2:48:16] program. So certain pavement uh
[2:48:19] rehabilitation
[2:48:21] strategies that we use will trigger the
[2:48:23] ADA compliance to be required. So you
[2:48:26] know concurrent with that pavement
[2:48:27] project, you would be you would be
[2:48:29] required to replace the curb ramps. Um
[2:48:32] so as long as we're um going along with
[2:48:36] our ADA transition plan, we're we're in
[2:48:38] compliance with ADA requirements with
[2:48:40] that. Um we'll continue to do that with
[2:48:43] our pavement projects. Um
[2:48:46] going to your question about um SAM
[2:48:49] trans I think you're talking about their
[2:48:51] proposed measure. Um I guess we can't
[2:48:55] say whether the money that is coming in
[2:48:57] will be sufficient for I guess allocated
[2:48:59] towards the city to do streetscape
[2:49:02] projects that would
[2:49:04] uh replace or I guess go towards our
[2:49:07] curb ramp replacement. But if it if it
[2:49:09] does then we certainly would that would
[2:49:11] be welcome. Um, I know on El Camino
[2:49:14] Rial, the shop project that's proposed
[2:49:16] will do a lot of curb ramp replacement
[2:49:17] all along the El Camino Rial corridor in
[2:49:20] 2028, um, along the city limits. So,
[2:49:23] that'll definitely do a lot of sidewalk
[2:49:25] and curb ramp um, type work in that
[2:49:28] area. Um
[2:49:31] » And then like do we have a mechanism
[2:49:33] where we're tracking like sidewalk
[2:49:37] hazards or
[2:49:40] um you know how do we maintain kind of
[2:49:42] the sidewalk condition over time?
[2:49:44] » So we do have our our ADA transition
[2:49:46] plan and that has an accounting of a
[2:49:48] bunch of different sidewalk or curb ramp
[2:49:52] or other facility different kinds of ADA
[2:49:54] hazards. um and we work systematically
[2:49:57] on those as we do projects. For
[2:50:00] sidewalks specifically, many of the
[2:50:02] sidewalks in Sanonteo are actually the
[2:50:04] property owner's responsibility. That's
[2:50:06] under the streets and highways code. Um
[2:50:08] so the fronting property owner has the
[2:50:10] responsibility to maintain their
[2:50:11] sidewalk. We get reports in for sidewalk
[2:50:15] trip hazards and when those come in, our
[2:50:17] our streets engineering team would
[2:50:19] evaluate them, see who's responsible for
[2:50:22] them, and then send a letter to the
[2:50:23] property owner. There are some cases
[2:50:25] where we may do a cost share depending
[2:50:28] uh on the circumstances. Maybe there's a
[2:50:30] city tree there. Um and there's a lot
[2:50:33] [clears throat] of those that come in
[2:50:34] each year. And so we do have a sidewalk
[2:50:36] replacement budget um that that goes
[2:50:39] towards those kinds of repairs each
[2:50:41] year. Mhm. Um I want to make sure we
[2:50:46] rotate, but just on that thread,
[2:50:49] so on the east side, I mean the soil, as
[2:50:51] we all know, is kind of special. Um
[2:50:56] so there's certain streets where it's
[2:50:59] like you're literally walking down a
[2:51:01] valley and then back up on the sidewalk.
[2:51:05] And I guess like I I'm always curious,
[2:51:08] is it like delayed because the street
[2:51:10] needs to be repaired? Is that the
[2:51:13] homeowner? Or is that the city when it's
[2:51:16] like really
[2:51:19] drastic?
[2:51:20] Um,
[2:51:22] you know, cuz it just seems like a
[2:51:24] hazard.
[2:51:26] » Yeah, it's a good question. Um,
[2:51:30] I think most likely the sidewalk
[2:51:34] little um the sidewalk condition like if
[2:51:36] it's cracks or little trip hazards
[2:51:39] things would be the fronting property
[2:51:40] owner, but it it um
[2:51:42] » Like sloping
[2:51:43] » If it's sloping down. I mean, uh that's
[2:51:46] not necessarily a condition we would go
[2:51:49] in and require a correction for. Um
[2:51:52] depending, but um we have been looking
[2:51:55] at a sidewalk cutting program. I don't
[2:51:57] think it would really correct the issue
[2:51:58] that you're describing um just in our
[2:52:01] equity priority areas. And so with some
[2:52:03] of our dollars at least, it's a good
[2:52:05] cost-effective way to address sidewalk
[2:52:07] issues.
[2:52:08] » Just through the mayor to add to that,
[2:52:10] um I think you know we we used to
[2:52:13] identify a lot of challenges when with
[2:52:15] drainage and things because if the
[2:52:16] sidewalk is going up and down often the
[2:52:18] gutter is going up and down as well. And
[2:52:19] so as we're coming through with our
[2:52:20] pavement projects, we would, you know,
[2:52:22] we'll try to fix some of those. But, uh,
[2:52:24] we definitely have challenges over on
[2:52:26] the east side where things, uh, the
[2:52:27] drainage lines are often very flat that
[2:52:30] you can try to chase fixing a drainage
[2:52:32] problem for hundreds of feet and it can
[2:52:34] get very expensive. And we got to the
[2:52:35] point where we were spending more of our
[2:52:37] paving dollars fixing drainage issues
[2:52:39] than fixing pavement. And so, we've
[2:52:41] backed away from that. But one of the
[2:52:42] the good things with our new storm fee
[2:52:44] is that, you know, we have money that's
[2:52:46] available that we can start dealing with
[2:52:48] some of these drainage issues. And so,
[2:52:50] uh, typically if if the sidewalk is
[2:52:51] going like that, as I said, the drainage
[2:52:53] is messed up as well. And so, we would
[2:52:54] be fixing both the sidewalk and the the
[2:52:56] gutter as part of that. So, we are, uh,
[2:52:59] budgeting for some of those more minor u
[2:53:02] drainage issues as part of the storm fee
[2:53:04] that we would be addressing and some of
[2:53:05] those get addressed that are able to be
[2:53:07] addressed through the paving projects as
[2:53:09] we come along.
[2:53:10] » Great. Uh,
[2:53:13] yeah, very interesting. Um, I still have
[2:53:15] more questions, but I'll pass.
[2:53:20] Thank you. Any more, Council Member
[2:53:22] Nome?
[2:53:26] I'll only ask one more, I swear. Um, you
[2:53:31] mentioned there's a lot of safe route to
[2:53:32] school projects that are being built. Do
[2:53:34] we anticipate any of them will be
[2:53:35] completed over the summer so that by the
[2:53:37] time kids go back to school, they're
[2:53:39] completed?
[2:53:42] » We have three active safe routes goal
[2:53:45] project right now. I don't see them
[2:53:47] being completed in the summer. Some are
[2:53:50] forecasted to come be completed later in
[2:53:52] the year, but school will be back in
[2:53:54] session.
[2:53:56] » Thank you.
[2:53:58] » Thank you, Council Member Diaz Nash.
[2:54:01] » Thank you to the mayor. Um,
[2:54:04] let's see.
[2:54:06] Jay, maybe I missed it, but I was really
[2:54:09] excited listening to you talk about how
[2:54:11] you're trans, you're bringing in on call
[2:54:13] resources and currently they're in the
[2:54:15] design phase and you're going to start
[2:54:17] bringing in implementers.
[2:54:19] Can you be any more specific about the
[2:54:21] timing of moving to that phase where you
[2:54:24] will have that kind of resource?
[2:54:26] » Yeah, definitely. So, I I think um
[2:54:30] Council Member Nash were talking about
[2:54:31] the quick build program. Yes,
[2:54:33] definitely. So just last month we
[2:54:35] actually onboarded our on call
[2:54:38] transportation design firm. There's a
[2:54:40] couple and we have allocated um one
[2:54:43] specific firm that does this into doing
[2:54:46] quick build design. We're currently
[2:54:48] working on the RFP right now for a quick
[2:54:50] build contract specialist. We haven't
[2:54:53] done this before. So this is the first
[2:54:54] time oftentimes when we get contractors
[2:54:56] we do low bid and but yeah so we're
[2:54:59] going through that process but we don't
[2:55:00] expect to ramp up until the new fiscal
[2:55:02] year. Okay. But that could be July one.
[2:55:05] » July one, we will dedicate more
[2:55:07] resources to it. This is one that's in a
[2:55:09] work plan for one of our planning staff.
[2:55:11] Okay.
[2:55:12] » So maybe by the end of the summer we'd
[2:55:14] be able to actually if there was a quick
[2:55:16] build project that came on.
[2:55:19] » Would you by the end of the summer would
[2:55:21] you be able to say, "Okay, we've got the
[2:55:22] on call design resources, we've got the
[2:55:24] on call implementing resources, we found
[2:55:27] the money somehow. Let's go."
[2:55:30] » I think end of summer will be a little
[2:55:31] quick. Um the timeline for us to do a
[2:55:34] RFP oftentimes we have to develop it.
[2:55:36] Advertisement easily takes one month for
[2:55:39] us to do the vetting and the comparison
[2:55:43] could easily take another month month or
[2:55:45] two and to get it to city council and
[2:55:47] approve that's another two to three
[2:55:49] month process.
[2:55:50] » So we're talking the end of the year.
[2:55:52] » Best case scenario.
[2:55:53] » No that's fair. I'm just trying to put
[2:55:55] some kind of so I don't come asking you
[2:55:57] every day Jay how are we doing? Right.
[2:55:59] Okay. Um then as you know um uh our city
[2:56:05] manager and the police chief and staff,
[2:56:08] we did a a traffic safety update over on
[2:56:11] Alama in the in the traffic substation.
[2:56:14] And one of the things that you know it
[2:56:17] was Alamita and Hobart, Alama and Barnes
[2:56:20] and everyone was great it was very
[2:56:22] grateful to see in the transportation
[2:56:24] plan that Barnes and looking at a
[2:56:27] traffic light was a real serious
[2:56:30] evaluation even though it's the
[2:56:31] following year but in it it said that
[2:56:34] the Alama Hobart shorter term traffic
[2:56:38] safety measures there was going to be a
[2:56:40] recommendation by the end of June. Is
[2:56:42] that still on track?
[2:56:45] » I have to check with my team, but I can
[2:56:47] verify that that specific location is
[2:56:50] something that's in the quick build
[2:56:52] active list if you recall it. So, that
[2:56:55] is a project that's in there. I don't
[2:56:57] have the specifics on the timeline, but
[2:56:59] I do know that's something we're working
[2:57:01] on.
[2:57:01] » Okay. Cuz I know that it went out.
[2:57:05] » That was the letter that I for Alamita
[2:57:07] Hobart the recommendation. What we're
[2:57:09] doing is right now the the study has
[2:57:11] been done. Now we're analyzing the
[2:57:13] information and hopefully we can get
[2:57:15] back and this is all off Tyrone's email
[2:57:17] by the way. Um one of our engineers
[2:57:20] » Um
[2:57:22] we'll be getting back about just what we
[2:57:24] would recommend if anything if we do
[2:57:27] recommend anything uh probably by the
[2:57:29] end of this month early next month.
[2:57:31] » Okay. Okay. Thank you very much for
[2:57:33] that. And then um let's see. I guess are
[2:57:38] you in terms of the parking area, you
[2:57:41] know, you did a great analysis of how
[2:57:43] full everything was, but it just seems
[2:57:46] to me that there's a huge opportunity to
[2:57:48] use wayfairing to try and get people to
[2:57:51] go into Verata, to go into Brickline, to
[2:57:55] go into all the public private buildings
[2:57:57] that we have. What plans are there to
[2:58:01] try and ramp up because there there
[2:58:02] seems to be at least the nights and
[2:58:04] weekends a lot of parking that people
[2:58:06] don't even know exists.
[2:58:08] » Yeah, definitely. Uh I want to say back
[2:58:10] in 2018, we installed our first downtown
[2:58:13] parking technology project. That was a
[2:58:16] dynamic wayfinding project that was
[2:58:18] grandfunded over $2.5 million in federal
[2:58:21] dollars. Right now there is to be a
[2:58:25] downtown area plan study that will be
[2:58:27] ongoing that the city will be doing and
[2:58:30] as part of that we're hoping to scope a
[2:58:32] comprehensive wayfinding plan that's
[2:58:35] part of that. So it wouldn't be an
[2:58:36] isolated project but that's something
[2:58:38] that we do want to scope into the
[2:58:40] downtown area plan.
[2:58:42] » Okay. then I would strongly suggest we
[2:58:44] come up with some kind of interim
[2:58:46] marketing education something because we
[2:58:49] have a we have a parking downtown
[2:58:51] parking issue and we have buildings that
[2:58:54] people aren't using because they just
[2:58:56] don't know they exist. So, I would just
[2:58:57] put that that uh that recommendation in
[2:59:00] say thank you very much. Deputy mayor or
[2:59:03] mayor, excuse me.
[2:59:04] » Deputy mayor.
[2:59:06] » Thank you.
[2:59:08] » Through the mayor. Uh through the mayor.
[2:59:10] I just have one question for you, Jay.
[2:59:12] Um and this was actually just looking at
[2:59:14] the data of the major corridor travel
[2:59:17] times. I was actually, you know, most of
[2:59:19] the quarters had like, you know, 2% 3%.
[2:59:21] But I was actually really shocked to see
[2:59:23] uh 19th and Fashion Island increase 10%.
[2:59:26] During the time that we um were studying
[2:59:29] and so I'm just trying to figure out
[2:59:31] what signal synchronization adjustments
[2:59:34] are we doing or anything short-term
[2:59:35] operationally that we're doing to sort
[2:59:37] of keep traffic moving in this
[2:59:39] particular um at this particular
[2:59:41] intersection.
[2:59:42] » Yeah. A couple years ago, we actually
[2:59:44] got a PASS grant um to ultimately look
[2:59:47] at arterial synchronization. So that was
[2:59:49] a grant that was implemented and the
[2:59:51] purpose of that is to look at signal
[2:59:53] timing to ultimately optimize
[2:59:55] throughput. Since we implemented that
[2:59:58] and that was completed sometime in 2024
[3:00:01] and we're looking at 2025 data that
[3:00:03] could be a contribution, but the
[3:00:05] specifics we're not exactly sure at the
[3:00:07] moment, but we are noticing an increase
[3:00:10] about 400 vehicles and that's on
[3:00:12] average. I want to note that for the
[3:00:13] major corridors travel time that
[3:00:15] includes for fashion island that
[3:00:18] includes westbound and eastbound and we
[3:00:20] take an average of the peak hour travel
[3:00:23] time. So that that's right now we don't
[3:00:26] know for sure but we have implemented um
[3:00:28] signal optimization projects that may
[3:00:31] have contributed to maybe a little bit
[3:00:32] more volume.
[3:00:34] » Okay. Let me if I could just follow up
[3:00:36] really quickly. Maybe you can't answer
[3:00:38] this, but when or how would we know for
[3:00:40] sure
[3:00:42] » Whether it was the past grant that
[3:00:45] I'll have to get back to you on that.
[3:00:47] Thank you.
[3:00:49] » Thank you.
[3:00:50] » Okay,
[3:00:52] Jay. I was thinking um
[3:00:55] about the
[3:00:58] uh slides you had about the RPP
[3:01:02] applications.
[3:01:03] um increasing and representing a decent
[3:01:07] amount of staff time and resources. And
[3:01:11] um I was just curious about
[3:01:16] uh whether we would be considering
[3:01:20] activity like that in our ongoing and
[3:01:24] upcoming
[3:01:26] uh
[3:01:28] I think like
[3:01:30] assessments of
[3:01:33] uh you know like I guess frankly our our
[3:01:35] fiscal sustainability plan and and
[3:01:38] considerations of of staff bandwidth and
[3:01:42] um potential cost recovery related to
[3:01:45] such activity. Or considering um you
[3:01:49] know a different timeline for uh like a
[3:01:53] diff you know yeah perhaps a a
[3:01:56] considering a a schedule of
[3:01:58] implementation that uh might allow for
[3:02:02] reallocation of resources to to other
[3:02:04] projects if necessary.
[3:02:07] » Yeah, really good question. So, the last
[3:02:09] time we brought this to city council, I
[3:02:10] want to say it was pre- pandemic and it
[3:02:13] is ultimately a policy decision of
[3:02:16] whether we subsidize the residential
[3:02:19] parking permit program or not. I can say
[3:02:21] that starting in this new fiscal year,
[3:02:23] there is funding allocated for
[3:02:25] comprehensive citywide parking study.
[3:02:28] And not only are we going to start study
[3:02:30] revenue whether it's appropriate for a
[3:02:32] city of our size and demand of our size
[3:02:35] but we are going to look at residential
[3:02:37] parking permit program as well. So when
[3:02:40] that study is near its completion or
[3:02:43] midway through I think there will be
[3:02:45] policy discussions I'm looking at our
[3:02:47] city manager here that we will shore up
[3:02:49] to city council if that's the direction
[3:02:50] of looking at whether cost recovery is
[3:02:52] the model we want to head towards for
[3:02:54] residential parking permit program.
[3:02:59] Okay, that's good to know. I think
[3:03:02] that's I think that's it for me. I can
[3:03:04] pass.
[3:03:05] » Thank you. Um, can we pull up slide 44?
[3:03:11] It's kind of similar.
[3:03:18] » Yes, this one.
[3:03:19] » Yes. So, um, on parking,
[3:03:23] I guess like one of the things I I would
[3:03:26] love to understand, you know, especially
[3:03:28] because the next item is about the
[3:03:31] budget and the reality that we're headed
[3:03:33] into a very large budget deficit
[3:03:35] potentially, like what if we were to
[3:03:38] change
[3:03:40] our policy that we actually do
[3:03:44] charge for those two extra hours, like
[3:03:47] six, you know, six to eight. How much
[3:03:50] revenue would we get back as a city
[3:03:54] » For charging for parking?
[3:03:56] » That is near that psychic discussion. We
[3:04:00] don't know right now. So I I want to be
[3:04:02] clear. But that's why when we
[3:04:04] strategically looked at this and we
[3:04:06] looked at the occupancy that we are out
[3:04:09] of the co era and demand is high for our
[3:04:13] downtown occupancy is very high above 80
[3:04:16] 85% in some areas as part of this new
[3:04:19] fiscal year our comprehensive parking
[3:04:21] study we do intend to scope that to
[3:04:24] study that to see what that would mean
[3:04:26] and we would bring that forward to city
[3:04:28] council.
[3:04:29] » Yeah. You know,
[3:04:32] it's great that the downtown is so
[3:04:35] popular. Um, and I want people to come
[3:04:38] visit us, but we also have to be
[3:04:41] realistic. Like some of our parking
[3:04:43] garages in recent years, and it was
[3:04:46] alluded to by a public commenter, do
[3:04:49] need extra support or seismic retrofit,
[3:04:52] which is very expensive, and actually
[3:04:54] maintaining the cost of garages is
[3:04:56] expensive.
[3:04:57] Um so [clears throat] we should be
[3:05:00] charging more
[3:05:03] um
[3:05:06] and increasing the rates especially
[3:05:08] given the city's fiscal outlook. Um can
[3:05:12] you go to slide 46?
[3:05:19] Um, so when I look at this map, I see
[3:05:22] that pretty much the whole city with the
[3:05:24] exception of the east side has a
[3:05:27] residential parking permit program. Um,
[3:05:30] I know that one little yellow strip
[3:05:32] exactly why they have an RPP. Um, it was
[3:05:36] because of um, commuters actually
[3:05:39] parking in the neighborhood. Um, I know
[3:05:42] that um, the fish market project, you
[3:05:45] know, we're we're a ways away. Um but I
[3:05:49] do think we need to have some kind of
[3:05:50] discussion at some point about the way
[3:05:53] um park it per permit parking is
[3:05:56] designed. Um because currently we wait
[3:05:59] for developments to be in place before
[3:06:02] we you know have some kind of permitted
[3:06:05] parking program. And to me that seems a
[3:06:08] little backwards. Like residents on
[3:06:10] Roberta and Eisenhower have already
[3:06:13] asked about, hey, how can we have a
[3:06:16] residential parking permit program
[3:06:18] knowing there's a huge development going
[3:06:20] in? Um, and that that development to
[3:06:24] their credit is supposed to have a
[3:06:26] parking garage there for residents. But
[3:06:29] even still, um, just understanding what
[3:06:32] are our options and getting in front of
[3:06:34] what we already know will be an ask by
[3:06:37] the community would to me seem like a
[3:06:40] smarter play than like waiting for it to
[3:06:42] become an issue in the future.
[3:06:46] Um, so just want to call that out now.
[3:06:49] Um, I did want to talk a little bit
[3:06:51] about the 10192 and I totally appreciate
[3:06:54] that staff didn't bring this up because
[3:06:57] it's not a city-led initiative. However,
[3:06:59] I did want to make a comment that we
[3:07:02] should be incorporating regional
[3:07:05] projects um that could have major local
[3:07:07] impact. Um, and for example, the 10192
[3:07:12] project um could move forward. Um,
[3:07:17] you know, against the city's perspective
[3:07:20] on that. I think the council wrote a
[3:07:22] letter on our position. Um, and we
[3:07:24] really aren't clear yet on the projected
[3:07:27] congestion and also emergency response
[3:07:29] of that project. And so when we think
[3:07:31] about transportation, to me, it has to
[3:07:33] be holistic. um looking at some of these
[3:07:37] wider regional projects and wider
[3:07:39] regional impacts. Um so I did just want
[3:07:42] to call that out.
[3:07:45] Um
[3:07:46] so
[3:07:49] there are two questions I have. Um
[3:07:54] they're very sensitive um but they are
[3:07:56] important. Um so the report really
[3:07:59] discusses projects
[3:08:02] um in our highest injury corridors
[3:08:06] and I am curious you know in the next 24
[3:08:09] months what quick builds we're doing um
[3:08:13] for those high injury um network areas.
[3:08:18] » Yeah. So as part of and I'm going to go
[3:08:21] to our LRSP slide here way in the
[3:08:25] beginning right here. LRSP. So the local
[3:08:27] roadway safety plan is really the
[3:08:31] beginning of understanding what data can
[3:08:34] do to analyze collisions and where we
[3:08:36] should focus our priority. So the top 10
[3:08:38] here really identifies after a
[3:08:41] multipleyear effort of collecting data
[3:08:43] and analyzing and doing community
[3:08:44] outreach that also looks at near misses.
[3:08:47] Right? This is this is that project list
[3:08:50] of our highest most injuryprone if you
[3:08:54] will network. So, and we're moving
[3:08:56] towards that. Our quick build program is
[3:08:58] really an evolution to actively refine
[3:09:00] that and we meet monthly with PDM fire
[3:09:03] to look at collision history to see what
[3:09:06] trends there are and there's rolling
[3:09:08] three rolling fiveyear data that we do
[3:09:10] look at as prescribed to make sure it
[3:09:12] could get on the list. So, we are
[3:09:14] working on that to give you a list right
[3:09:17] now of where that is with the 12 plus
[3:09:19] projects. I don't have that available,
[3:09:21] but that's something that we can share
[3:09:23] after we I could talk to my engineers
[3:09:25] about it.
[3:09:26] » Yeah. And I think just on that note, you
[3:09:28] know, in terms of where we're putting
[3:09:30] resources,
[3:09:32] I think there is still unfortunately a
[3:09:34] perception gap that North Central, Shore
[3:09:38] View, and Los Praos do not receive their
[3:09:41] fair share of like equitable equitable
[3:09:44] investments.
[3:09:45] Um, and so, you know, I'd be curious
[3:09:48] specifically if you can share like the
[3:09:50] breakdown of what those neighborhoods
[3:09:52] have received in the last 5 years.
[3:09:55] » Definitely. And and that's something I
[3:09:57] don't have available right now, but I
[3:09:59] think that's something that staff can
[3:10:01] look into and break it up into
[3:10:03] neighborhoods.
[3:10:04] » And and by the way, I do know that there
[3:10:05] is a lot of like we talked about
[3:10:07] lighting tonight. There is a lot of
[3:10:09] lighting and safety improvements going
[3:10:11] into North Central right now, which is
[3:10:13] really exciting. And I think the third
[3:10:15] avenue in Norfolk, this is my opinion,
[3:10:18] but it does seem like there's a lot more
[3:10:20] utilization since that infrastructure
[3:10:22] went in and people seem really excited
[3:10:24] about that. So, thank you. Good job.
[3:10:28] Um, I just want to say, you know, again,
[3:10:30] I really appreciate the report. It shows
[3:10:33] a lot of progress. Um, collisions are
[3:10:36] down, which I think is great news. Um, I
[3:10:41] still feel like for seniors, um, you
[3:10:44] know, they're struggling a little bit,
[3:10:45] um, to get across streets. Um, I know
[3:10:48] people mentioned, you know, safe routes
[3:10:50] to school. Um, residents, you know, are
[3:10:53] still waiting for like traffic calming.
[3:10:55] Um, and we still seem to need a lot of
[3:10:58] like significant ADA and infrastructure.
[3:11:01] Um, so we just need to make sure that we
[3:11:03] as a council are really spending every
[3:11:04] dollar um, strategically. Um, I really
[3:11:08] want to say thank you too. I know
[3:11:10] there's been a ton of grants that have
[3:11:11] been invested um and time that's been
[3:11:14] invested to get grants. Um, so we just
[3:11:17] got to keep going um in the right
[3:11:20] direction and um you know figure out how
[3:11:23] we can deliver more quickly um
[3:11:25] especially because we are limited in
[3:11:27] terms of staff bandwidth and resources
[3:11:29] and then fiscally too. Thank you.
[3:11:33] » Thank you. Council member Newsome. Any
[3:11:35] anymore?
[3:11:36] » No, I'm good. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[3:11:38] » Council member Diaz Nash.
[3:11:40] » Thank you through the mayor. Um, just as
[3:11:43] sort of a final
[3:11:46] uh overall urging, there is so much
[3:11:49] amazing data in this and there is so
[3:11:51] much in this that you have accomplished,
[3:11:53] that you have done, that you are doing
[3:11:55] across the board. You know, I'm sure
[3:11:58] nobody including probably staff were
[3:12:02] aware of the full range of what has been
[3:12:05] accomplished. And I'm putting my
[3:12:07] marketing hat on and my constituent
[3:12:09] service hat on. We need to get out and
[3:12:12] start telling people what has been done
[3:12:15] because a lot of the slides here were
[3:12:17] here are all the hours that are being
[3:12:19] spent doing good work. They weren't
[3:12:21] necessarily,
[3:12:23] you know, we filled 437 and a half
[3:12:26] potholes. We fixed 14 miles of streets
[3:12:30] this year. It was all in there. But I
[3:12:33] would really really love to see a couple
[3:12:36] of of infographics
[3:12:39] because we've got to get all this
[3:12:41] information out. But that just says here
[3:12:44] is what the city is doing for you
[3:12:46] citizens across all of San Mato. And we
[3:12:49] can talk about what those are. A lot of
[3:12:51] it, as I said, is just pulling out. But
[3:12:53] I if I could ask for one thing in
[3:12:56] addition to all the good work you're
[3:12:57] doing and all the good work you're
[3:12:58] planning on doing is doing something
[3:13:01] that we can start communicating out
[3:13:03] because I think that will people now are
[3:13:06] saying to me, boy, they're they're
[3:13:08] paving the streets. They're doing this.
[3:13:10] They're doing that. There's a lot going
[3:13:11] on. So there's a lot of good feeling,
[3:13:14] but people like to be able to hang their
[3:13:16] hat on numbers. So I would just ask and
[3:13:21] urge for that. But I think people would
[3:13:23] be very excited by it. But thank you
[3:13:25] very much to everybody.
[3:13:28] » Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Okay. Um
[3:13:33] I will come back. I just uh I think one
[3:13:36] thing before I forget. I appreciated
[3:13:38] Council Member Diaz Nash's uh mentioning
[3:13:41] about the opportunity to highlight among
[3:13:45] other things the uh public private
[3:13:47] partnership parking options we have
[3:13:49] downtown. It made me think, Jay, I I
[3:13:51] guess we need at least one more overlay
[3:13:53] on that grand map of all kinds of
[3:13:56] different cool things. Um, but uh I
[3:13:59] second that idea and um something
[3:14:03] council members Fukadiski asked about
[3:14:05] the
[3:14:07] about the impact of projects like 10192
[3:14:09] kind of reminded me. I just wanted to
[3:14:11] ask quickly Jay um when I I appreciate
[3:14:15] you noting that when we are looking at
[3:14:17] the the safety data and the splits uh
[3:14:21] 2024 the the pre- pandemic years and now
[3:14:24] um that it was mainly local streets
[3:14:27] including El Camino but not uh our
[3:14:30] highways. I was just curious, you know,
[3:14:31] as you noted, you're looking at that
[3:14:33] data too, um, and how it all fits if, if
[3:14:38] that data is trending differently than
[3:14:40] what we are seeing with the local data.
[3:14:45] » That's something we could look into.
[3:14:48] » Okay. Thank you. Um, and then, uh,
[3:14:52] council member,
[3:14:53] » Yeah, I apologize. I always forget a
[3:14:55] question. Um
[3:14:58] something came up today with uh from a
[3:15:01] constituent
[3:15:02] um about demystifying traffic studies.
[3:15:06] Um, and you mentioned, you know, there's
[3:15:08] 7,000 units plus of housing coming in.
[3:15:11] Um, and the council is actually doing
[3:15:15] town halls this month. um on a different
[3:15:18] topic, but it was a good point which is
[3:15:21] um with all these new state laws and all
[3:15:23] this new development um I know you guys
[3:15:26] are super busy, but having some
[3:15:28] mechanism to kind of educate and inform
[3:15:31] the public on what really goes on in a
[3:15:33] traffic study and how much sway the
[3:15:36] council or the city actually has based
[3:15:38] on that data and information around
[3:15:40] development, I think was a really good
[3:15:42] call out. Um and we should look into
[3:15:44] that. So that's all.
[3:15:48] » Thank you.
[3:15:50] Okay. Given the given the hour, I will
[3:15:55] um leave my comments there and it sounds
[3:15:58] like uh the council has uh done so as
[3:16:00] well. So I want to thank everybody for
[3:16:01] their thoughtful questions. Uh I think
[3:16:03] we got a decent amount out of this. So
[3:16:05] thank you very much uh Jay and staff for
[3:16:07] your presentations.
[3:16:13] And and now uh we have
[3:16:16] another item.
[3:16:18] Item number 18,
[3:16:21] » Fiscal year 2026 27 proposed budget
[3:16:26] and 2026 31 capital improvement program
[3:16:29] review.
[3:16:30] » Um through the mayor, since it's 10:30,
[3:16:34] could we extend the meeting to 11:30?
[3:16:37] » That sounds reasonable.
[3:16:40] Roll call.
[3:16:42] » It sounds like we have a motion from
[3:16:44] council member Gadiski and a second from
[3:16:46] council member Nuome.
[3:16:48] » City clerk, may we have a roll call
[3:16:50] vote?
[3:16:51] » Certainly.
[3:16:52] » The meeting to 11:30, please.
[3:16:54] » Certainly. Council member Spirro
[3:16:55] Gaditzki.
[3:16:56] » Yes.
[3:16:56] » Council member Nuome,
[3:16:58] » Yes.
[3:16:58] » Council member Diaz Nash,
[3:17:00] » Yes.
[3:17:00] » Deputy Mayor Fernandez,
[3:17:01] » Yes.
[3:17:01] » Mayor Lraine,
[3:17:02] » Yes.
[3:17:03] » Thank you. Motion carries 5-0.
[3:17:04] » Mr. Mayor, may we take a five minute
[3:17:07] break? I'll make it less than five. Just
[3:17:10] five. Five. Even less. Three minutes.
[3:17:12] » We can leave whatever we want to now.
[3:17:15] » Uh, okay. So, I I think we can certainly
[3:17:18] take a break and let's just try to keep
[3:17:19] it as tight as possible.
[3:17:21] » All right. Twoish minutes. Twoish
[3:17:25] minutes.
[3:17:30] Heat. Heat.
[3:20:20] » [music]
[3:22:03] » A presentation from our finance
[3:22:05] director, Abby Viser. Good evening,
[3:22:07] Abby. Thank you. Oops.
[3:22:10] » All right. Good evening, honorable mayor
[3:22:11] and city council. As you mentioned, I'm
[3:22:13] Abby Viser, finance director for the
[3:22:15] city of Sonteo. Uh tonight we're going
[3:22:17] to be looking at our first look at the
[3:22:19] fiscal year 2628 business plan. Um
[3:22:22] specifically we're going to look at the
[3:22:24] proposed 2627 budget and the 5-year
[3:22:27] 26231 capital improvement plan. Um we'll
[3:22:31] have just kind of quickly go through the
[3:22:34] agenda. We'll do a budget timeline.
[3:22:36] We'll look at the citywide budget as
[3:22:37] well as a general fund, some of the
[3:22:38] special funds, uh capital budget, and
[3:22:41] some of our challenges.
[3:22:44] uh budget timeline just to remind you
[3:22:45] where we are. Um we are um at the first
[3:22:49] proposed budget public hearing uh June
[3:22:52] 1st for the we started this process back
[3:22:55] in December of 2025 when the department
[3:22:57] started looking for to develop their
[3:22:59] budgets. Um we're looking at kind of the
[3:23:02] proposed budget that was posted to our
[3:23:03] website um as of last week. Um it is a
[3:23:07] little different than what we looked at
[3:23:08] at the April 20th budget study session.
[3:23:10] So, we'll kind of go through those
[3:23:12] things as well through our process and
[3:23:14] then of course we'll come back on June
[3:23:16] 15th uh for another public hearing and
[3:23:18] budget adoption.
[3:23:21] Um just to kind of get started here um
[3:23:24] from the staff report you could see that
[3:23:25] our proposed citywide budget is 356.5
[3:23:29] million. Um as you can see the majority
[3:23:32] of that is operating funds. Uh the
[3:23:34] general fund being the largest at $183.8
[3:23:38] million. That of course supports the
[3:23:40] core services like police, fire,
[3:23:42] library, parks and recreation,
[3:23:44] engineering, streets, general
[3:23:46] administration of the city. So important
[3:23:49] our largest fund at 183.8 million. We
[3:23:52] also have the two enterprise funds sewer
[3:23:54] and storm at 74.9 million and other
[3:23:57] funds special revenue funds are 31.6.
[3:24:01] And then of course capital projects are
[3:24:03] included in the capital projects fund.
[3:24:05] That's a total of 66.3 million that
[3:24:08] we're looking to dedicate to capital
[3:24:09] projects for 2627.
[3:24:14] Um so we'll dive into our first fund of
[3:24:16] course which is the general fund, the
[3:24:17] largest fund. Um I want to just start
[3:24:20] back to revenues and let you guys know
[3:24:22] that we are proposing at this point um
[3:24:25] general fund revenues of 173.9 million
[3:24:28] for the 26 27 year. That is um very
[3:24:32] similar to what we presented at the
[3:24:33] study session and it is still a decrease
[3:24:36] from the previous year's budget by about
[3:24:38] $1.9 million. Um as you can see our main
[3:24:42] source of revenue is property tax at 49%
[3:24:45] then comes sales tax at 16% followed by
[3:24:48] our real property transfer tax um
[3:24:51] closely followed by business licenses.
[3:24:54] Um again, this is um the operating side
[3:24:57] of the budget and the revenues that
[3:24:58] we're looking at. Um that's Oh, yeah.
[3:25:02] We'll talk about that a little bit more
[3:25:03] as we talk about how we came up with
[3:25:05] these estimates. Um in general, most of
[3:25:08] our revenues are growing. Um the
[3:25:11] property tax was uh assessed valuation
[3:25:13] of 3.2%. So property tax is growing in
[3:25:17] general at 3.2%.
[3:25:19] Um sales tax has minimal growth about
[3:25:22] 1%. Real property transfer tax, we
[3:25:25] adjusted the baseline to 9 million. Uh
[3:25:27] transit occupant tax, again a little bit
[3:25:30] of an increase up to 4.1 million and
[3:25:33] other revenues are also growing um
[3:25:35] modestly. Um however, as you will
[3:25:37] notice, our overall revenues have
[3:25:39] decreased and again that is because of
[3:25:41] the vehicle license in L fee um issue.
[3:25:44] Um I have a quick graph here just to
[3:25:46] kind of highlight um how it's looking
[3:25:49] and I'm using the practical scenario
[3:25:51] here. So, at the April 20th buddy budget
[3:25:54] study session, we reviewed a couple
[3:25:55] different scenarios. Um, for the budget
[3:25:58] book, we're using the practical
[3:25:59] scenario, which assumes in the future
[3:26:02] that VLF revenues will be backfilled at
[3:26:05] 67% of what we're owed. Um, but also
[3:26:09] assumes that for fiscal year 2627, we do
[3:26:12] not have any VLF backflow backfill um,
[3:26:15] given to us. So, as you can see kind of,
[3:26:18] uh, the blue bars are the VLF that's
[3:26:20] available. The orange is the VLF
[3:26:22] shortfalls. So you can see in 2627 we
[3:26:26] have no orange because we're not
[3:26:27] budgeting any VLF backfill. Um if we
[3:26:30] were actually getting our full
[3:26:32] entitlement, that's the yellow bar that
[3:26:33] you kind of see going up. Uh that would
[3:26:36] be what it would be if we got our
[3:26:37] regular entitlement every year. Um the
[3:26:39] back fill though shows kind of that
[3:26:41] purple line again at 67%
[3:26:44] going forward. And again, you know, we
[3:26:47] we budgeted no VLF shortfall to be in
[3:26:51] fiscal year 2627 given the state's
[3:26:53] current budget as well as the city's
[3:26:55] lawsuit in pursuit of last year's VLF in
[3:26:58] which we only received 67%.
[3:27:02] So, we will keep kind of seeing where
[3:27:04] the VLF issue goes because again, that's
[3:27:06] a big part of the budget gap that we'll
[3:27:08] be looking at.
[3:27:10] Um, next I just want to look at
[3:27:11] expenditures. Um this graph shows you uh
[3:27:14] the general fund expenditures of $190.9
[3:27:17] million. Um we've broken it up kind of
[3:27:19] so you can see by department um uh goes
[3:27:23] from police, fire, parks and recreation,
[3:27:25] public works, library, community
[3:27:26] development. We also have general admin
[3:27:29] as well as non-EP departmental and
[3:27:30] transfers. Transfers does include the
[3:27:33] 3.95 million in general fund money
[3:27:36] that's going to CIP this year. And just
[3:27:39] so you can kind of see that again more
[3:27:41] in comparison to how it was uh for the
[3:27:44] adopted budget for last year. Um again
[3:27:47] you can see the revenues are slightly
[3:27:48] down by $1.9 million. Expenditures are
[3:27:52] up by $3.2 million uh a $1.7% increase.
[3:27:57] But again given those we're looking at a
[3:27:59] $17 million budgeted deficit. Um and
[3:28:02] I'll just I want to walk you through a
[3:28:04] little bit of how we do get there
[3:28:05] because that that's obviously an
[3:28:07] important number. Um, when you look at
[3:28:09] personnel,
[3:28:10] um, you see that we've increased it to
[3:28:12] $83 million.7.
[3:28:15] That's a 3.6% increase in personnel
[3:28:18] costs in the general fund. Um, this is
[3:28:21] due to previous negotiated COLA and
[3:28:23] equity increases that brought employees
[3:28:25] to total compensation median in previous
[3:28:28] labor negotiations. Again, it's 3.6%
[3:28:31] within the general fund. But I do want
[3:28:33] to note um that in those personnel
[3:28:35] costs, we have taken uh 1.5 million out
[3:28:40] uh for workers that would normally go to
[3:28:42] the workers comp fund. So I don't know
[3:28:43] if you remember during our discussions
[3:28:45] of the fiscal financial sustainability
[3:28:47] plan. We discussed the opportunity to
[3:28:50] not send as much um money to the workers
[3:28:52] comp fund uh from the general fund and
[3:28:54] other funds in order to save that. So we
[3:28:57] have actually assumed that in this
[3:28:58] budget. So that 1.5 million is actually
[3:29:02] reduced our personnel costs on that line
[3:29:04] item already. So I just want to let you
[3:29:06] know is that that is now built in to the
[3:29:08] budget that we'll be going forward with.
[3:29:10] Um however, what's not built in and I
[3:29:12] think also important to note in this
[3:29:15] personnel costs is that we haven't baked
[3:29:17] in the frozen positions. Um, another
[3:29:20] thing that we're doing through the
[3:29:21] financial sustainability plan is u
[3:29:23] freezing positions and right now 10 are
[3:29:26] frozen that affect are affected by the
[3:29:28] um that have general fund funding. Um
[3:29:31] but we have not built that into the
[3:29:33] budget because it's kind of be best
[3:29:35] practice when you still have a budgeted
[3:29:36] position to keep that money in the
[3:29:38] budget. So that's about 1.5 million that
[3:29:41] we're estimating for next year that is
[3:29:44] in the budget that we expect to save. So
[3:29:46] that actually will reduce our deficit as
[3:29:48] long as we maintain those frozen
[3:29:50] positions throughout the full year. Um,
[3:29:52] another 1.5. So again, that that does
[3:29:54] actually get us to 15.5, but we didn't
[3:29:57] want to build it into the budget given
[3:29:58] that they are technically still
[3:30:00] authorized and budgeted positions. Um,
[3:30:03] moving on to the unfunded liability, you
[3:30:06] can see that that has increased. That
[3:30:07] was an expected increase um, based on
[3:30:10] the kind of PERS estimates that we've
[3:30:12] had. Um, and then we have non-personnel
[3:30:14] operating expenses. Um, this is the one
[3:30:16] that's actually a little bit larger than
[3:30:18] when we came back in April of 20. Um,
[3:30:21] April at the April 20th study session.
[3:30:24] Um this one has increased partly because
[3:30:28] we refined some of our um internal
[3:30:30] service costs and those hit the
[3:30:32] operating side of the general fund and
[3:30:35] that's things like to fund the vehicle
[3:30:36] equipment replacement and the building
[3:30:38] maintenance and some of those funds
[3:30:39] needed additional funding to maintain
[3:30:41] their health. So that increased a little
[3:30:44] bit. You can see that's a change about
[3:30:45] 6.6%. Um and of course there's all the
[3:30:48] other increases in there as well. We've
[3:30:50] tried where we could to reduce the
[3:30:52] costs, but a lot of inflationary
[3:30:54] increases have affected like contractual
[3:30:57] services and other outside costs that we
[3:30:59] have to pay in order to get the work
[3:31:00] done. Um, so that's about a 4% increase
[3:31:03] that's happened from those activities.
[3:31:05] There's also been increases in
[3:31:07] utilities, which is about 9% and
[3:31:09] increases in the insurance premiums,
[3:31:10] which is about 22%. So all those
[3:31:13] different increases kind of go into
[3:31:15] making up the 6.6% within the operating
[3:31:18] side. Um, and then just also to note,
[3:31:21] you can see that the transfers to CIP
[3:31:23] did go down as we discussed. It's about
[3:31:26] 4 million for this year, less than it's
[3:31:29] less 5 million less than it was last
[3:31:31] year. Um, so again, all that kind of
[3:31:34] leads to our $17 million uh budgeted
[3:31:37] deficit. Um, oh, and one other thing I
[3:31:40] didn't mention, I just wanted to hit on
[3:31:42] is in the last year's budget, we did
[3:31:45] budget in some vacancy savings kind of
[3:31:47] within the operating budgets because we
[3:31:49] knew there was going to be some some
[3:31:50] vacancy here and there. We have again
[3:31:53] kind of to be conservative this year, we
[3:31:55] did not put that in partly because we
[3:31:57] have the frozen positions and so that
[3:31:59] often will eat some of the vacancy
[3:32:00] savings we would have seen and also
[3:32:02] because we have a pretty low vacancy
[3:32:04] rate. Um, so we wanted to make sure we
[3:32:06] took that into account. So again,
[3:32:08] conservatively budgeting, there is no
[3:32:10] vacancy savings this year in the budget.
[3:32:12] Uh but there could be some savings down
[3:32:14] the line, you know, if different
[3:32:16] positions than we expect turn over. Um
[3:32:19] and then finally, if we do see good news
[3:32:22] on the VLF backfill front, um we do have
[3:32:25] a potential to to bring that deficit
[3:32:27] down by the 6.9 million. Um which again
[3:32:29] could get us closer to $10 million
[3:32:31] deficit. Uh, so that's kind of where
[3:32:33] this uh I want to that's why I'll leave
[3:32:35] the general fund budget.
[3:32:38] And next, I did want to talk a little
[3:32:40] bit about the sewer enterprise fund. Um,
[3:32:42] I don't want to leave it out. Um, so in
[3:32:45] terms of the sewer enterprise fund, we
[3:32:47] do do a five-year u fund in the budget
[3:32:51] book, but right now you're just looking
[3:32:53] at the two years because this is
[3:32:54] two-year business plan. I want to focus
[3:32:56] on those. You can see operating revenues
[3:32:58] are about $92.2
[3:33:00] million. and that is mostly made up of
[3:33:03] sewer service charges from our
[3:33:04] approximately 40,000 customer accounts
[3:33:07] um within the sewer enterprise. Um in
[3:33:10] addition, we show capital contributions
[3:33:12] from other those are our capital
[3:33:14] contributions from our partner agencies
[3:33:16] that has to go strictly to capital
[3:33:18] projects. So we don't necessarily count
[3:33:19] it as the same type of revenue. It's
[3:33:21] it's dedicated primarily to capital. Um
[3:33:24] and then you'll see the expenses for the
[3:33:26] sewer fund are $108.8 million for next
[3:33:29] fiscal year. Um, that's including the
[3:33:31] operations and maintenance, the debt
[3:33:33] service, as well as the capital projects
[3:33:35] of about $39.9 million.
[3:33:39] Um, I do want to note too at the bottom
[3:33:41] we show a line called loan proceeds.
[3:33:44] Just to let you know that represents the
[3:33:46] state revolving loan fund funding, um,
[3:33:48] which we have been reimbursed over the
[3:33:50] last three years and well, we've been
[3:33:52] reimbursed the last two years and we we
[3:33:54] expect one more reimbursement payment
[3:33:56] from the state. Um, so that's
[3:33:57] reimbursing us for the cost that we put
[3:33:59] out from the sewer fund for the
[3:34:01] wastewater treatment plant and then we
[3:34:03] will start paying that loan as a result
[3:34:05] next year. So our debt service goes up a
[3:34:07] little bit because we'll start paying
[3:34:08] off that loan. Um, and that's where we
[3:34:11] are with the sewer enterprise fund. And
[3:34:13] I also just wanted to do a quick review
[3:34:15] of the storm enterprise fund so you
[3:34:17] could see where that was. Um, again
[3:34:19] we're looking at revenues of about 4.2
[3:34:21] million for that one. Um, with expenses
[3:34:24] about 1.03 03 million. Uh the capital
[3:34:28] you see in this line item is actually
[3:34:30] referring to capital outlay. So I don't
[3:34:32] want to confuse this with how we show it
[3:34:34] in the sewer fund. This is capital
[3:34:36] outlay um in the operating section. And
[3:34:38] then when you look at transfers out,
[3:34:40] that's the capital amount. So we're
[3:34:42] budgeting about 3.4 million from the
[3:34:44] storm enterprise fund to capital
[3:34:47] projects in 2627.
[3:34:50] and then we'll go on and do a short
[3:34:52] review of the 2627 capital budget as a
[3:34:56] whole, including the five-year capital
[3:34:58] improvement plan.
[3:35:00] Um, so I've got a summary slide here.
[3:35:04] Um, but I do want to kind of note that
[3:35:05] in the budget that we posted online,
[3:35:08] there is a whole capital improvement
[3:35:09] section. Um, it shows the five-year
[3:35:12] capital improvement uh by funding source
[3:35:15] and all the different projects and it
[3:35:16] also shows them by category. This is the
[3:35:18] kind of category um sections but all the
[3:35:23] each in the book it has each of the
[3:35:24] projects within these categories. So
[3:35:27] people can go online and look and see
[3:35:28] all the details of what's proposed
[3:35:30] within that. This just gives you a
[3:35:32] summary um that we're proposing 66.3
[3:35:35] million in capital funding for the first
[3:35:37] year of this CIP budget and you can see
[3:35:40] it's 349 is the 5-year estimated total.
[3:35:43] But of course, as per this budget
[3:35:45] process, we typically only adopt that
[3:35:47] first year, the 26 27, though we do like
[3:35:50] to do the planning for the full five
[3:35:52] years.
[3:35:54] And just to give you some highlights of
[3:35:56] the five-year plan, I'll note that in
[3:35:58] the waste for the wastewater treatment
[3:36:00] plant funding from the sewer fund, um we
[3:36:03] do have some new capital funding there
[3:36:05] that is going to be funding for the
[3:36:07] solids processing side within the
[3:36:09] wastewater treatment plant. So although
[3:36:10] we're coming close to finishing the
[3:36:12] clean water program, we will be putting
[3:36:14] funding in for these new uh solids
[3:36:17] processing facilities. Not new, but
[3:36:20] repairing our old solid waste processing
[3:36:22] facilities. Um in addition, um we are
[3:36:25] continuing to commit at least $8 million
[3:36:27] annually to streets program, both
[3:36:29] streets and street rehabilitation
[3:36:31] programs. Um we do have funding for the
[3:36:34] very high priority projects as
[3:36:35] identified in the citywide storm drain
[3:36:37] master plan. Um, we also have funding
[3:36:40] for city buildings and facility
[3:36:42] improvements. Some of note are the King
[3:36:44] Recreation and Swim Center and the new
[3:36:46] fire station number 27 within the first
[3:36:48] year of funding. Um, we have a couple of
[3:36:51] studies for parks and recreation
[3:36:53] facilities that are part of the fiscal
[3:36:54] year 2627 budget, the Lakeshore
[3:36:57] facility, the Lakeshore Center
[3:36:59] physibility study as well as the
[3:37:00] recreation aquatics facility study. And
[3:37:03] then we also have um within the
[3:37:04] five-year CIP an additional 7.1 million
[3:37:08] um for bikeway and pedestrian safety
[3:37:11] that does include funding for the local
[3:37:12] roadway safety plan implementation.
[3:37:16] And then just to note also we we do have
[3:37:20] in the budget a list of unfunded
[3:37:22] projects that we try to update every
[3:37:23] year. Um and so this is just a summary
[3:37:25] of that. We have a unfunded projects
[3:37:27] total of about 348 that we've estimated.
[3:37:30] Um you can see here some of the
[3:37:32] priorities that are unfunded. Much of
[3:37:35] them are second phases of some of the
[3:37:36] larger projects. Um and again for like
[3:37:39] things like bike master plan projects,
[3:37:41] those are all detailed in more detail
[3:37:43] within the budget book that is online.
[3:37:48] And then to talk a little bit about the
[3:37:49] challenges to the general fund and and
[3:37:51] the financial sustainability plan. Um we
[3:37:54] we've talked about this a bit, but I
[3:37:56] just want to remind um that it's
[3:37:59] potentially we're seeing this deficit
[3:38:01] for fiscal year 2627 because of a lot of
[3:38:04] the slow growth we're seeing in
[3:38:05] revenues. Um but it's also part of the
[3:38:08] rising costs of the services. I mean
[3:38:10] we've discussed there's a lot of
[3:38:11] inflationary pressures that have been
[3:38:14] hitting the budget u both within the
[3:38:16] operating and personnel side. Uh in
[3:38:18] addition, of course, VLF shortfall
[3:38:20] remains a really big component of our
[3:38:23] budget shortfall. And so we'll continue
[3:38:24] to monitor that and continue to to work
[3:38:27] towards what we can do to um have a a
[3:38:30] long-term solution to that issue. And
[3:38:32] then of course the aging city facilities
[3:38:34] infrastructure um continues to be an
[3:38:37] issue with over 348 million in our
[3:38:39] unfunded CIP.
[3:38:41] Um I did want to share the graph that
[3:38:43] we've kind of looked at in the past. Um
[3:38:45] this is updated with the proposed 2627
[3:38:48] budget. Um it still has also um a 7.1
[3:38:53] um estimated shortfall for 2526.
[3:38:57] I'm still hoping to see that go down,
[3:38:59] but I right now that's what we're
[3:39:00] estimating still. And then of course the
[3:39:03] 17 million um for the proposed. So with
[3:39:05] the red line, which is our proposed
[3:39:07] revenues, it you it's going down a
[3:39:10] little bit unfortunately into 26 27. So
[3:39:13] you can see how um our operating and and
[3:39:16] CIP are not fully funded by the revenues
[3:39:18] within the general fund.
[3:39:21] And then again as I mentioned um we did
[3:39:23] use the practical scenario in the budget
[3:39:25] planning here uh to show um where the
[3:39:28] deficits would go over the next 10
[3:39:31] years. Um we have the 7.1 as I mentioned
[3:39:34] in 2526 17 million and 2627.
[3:39:38] Um, and that gets us through a couple of
[3:39:41] years, but definitely shows that we need
[3:39:43] to continue looking at the the different
[3:39:45] pieces of the financial sustainability
[3:39:47] plan to see how we can reduce that
[3:39:50] ongoing structural deficit.
[3:39:52] And as a reminder, I've kind of listed
[3:39:55] some of the items that we're looking at
[3:39:56] in terms of our financial sustainability
[3:39:58] plan. Um, as I mentioned, uh, the
[3:40:01] benefit savings we previously talked
[3:40:03] about has been built into the budget,
[3:40:05] but frozen positions have not. We still
[3:40:08] have opportunities to look at additional
[3:40:10] operating savings. And I will be working
[3:40:11] with the departments on looking at kind
[3:40:14] of 2% and 4% and larger uh percent cuts
[3:40:18] that they can look at so that we're um
[3:40:20] being very thoughtful and strategic
[3:40:22] about what kind of cuts we can be
[3:40:24] looking at um in the future. Um we'll
[3:40:26] continue looking at revenue
[3:40:28] enhancements, the cost recovery and cost
[3:40:30] allocation items um grant opportunities
[3:40:33] as well as the economic development
[3:40:35] opportunities uh that have been
[3:40:37] discussed. So all those are things that
[3:40:39] we will continue working on um even as
[3:40:41] we adopt a budget with this um large
[3:40:43] deficit.
[3:40:45] And with that I'm here for questions um
[3:40:48] from the council.
[3:40:50] » Thank you very much. Um we'll start with
[3:40:53] public comment. So, we will open public
[3:40:55] comment on this item.
[3:40:58] » Mayor Lorraine, there's no request to
[3:40:59] speak on this item.
[3:41:02] » Thank you. I will close public comment
[3:41:04] on this item and bring it back to the DS
[3:41:07] for questions and comments. Council
[3:41:09] members Fociti.
[3:41:11] » Yeah, thank you so much, Abby. I mean,
[3:41:13] to me, the budget reflects like a simple
[3:41:15] reality, which is that cost of
[3:41:16] maintaining the level of service in
[3:41:18] Sonteo residents expect is growing
[3:41:21] faster than the revenue available to
[3:41:23] support it. Um, and our responsibility
[3:41:26] is not, you know, to just try and
[3:41:28] balance next year's budget, but to
[3:41:30] really ensure the city remains fiscally
[3:41:31] responsible and sustainable um for the
[3:41:35] future. So, thank you. Um, I do have
[3:41:37] like a series of questions, comments.
[3:41:41] Um, so we did get a resident email today
[3:41:44] and a public comment about corporate
[3:41:47] sponsorship um, and naming rights. Um,
[3:41:50] and I I do feel like we kind of
[3:41:52] everybody mentions this here and there,
[3:41:54] but you know, can we set up a formal
[3:41:57] process to evaluate that?
[3:42:01] » It is something that we can look at. Um,
[3:42:03] I believe that we do have sponsorships
[3:42:05] and we have a program overall. So, like
[3:42:07] with Parks and Rec for example, I
[3:42:09] believe we've budgeted at $38,000 in
[3:42:12] sponsorship uh revenues coming in. Now,
[3:42:15] looking at going more robust, I would
[3:42:16] ask all these individuals who are
[3:42:18] bringing this up, please get us in front
[3:42:20] of, you know, the right people. We we
[3:42:22] try we're very aggressive in this um but
[3:42:25] at the same time, it's challenging um
[3:42:27] overall. And so, I'd be happy to sit
[3:42:29] down with any individual who wants to
[3:42:31] talk about, you know, establishing those
[3:42:33] relationships and getting in front of
[3:42:35] the right people.
[3:42:36] » Yeah. So, just to kind of press in
[3:42:38] there, I totally hear you. I think this
[3:42:40] is a communityled effort. Um,
[3:42:44] but there was like a proposal that a
[3:42:46] resident had about doing like a
[3:42:49] community tech conference where we
[3:42:50] invite some of our and and maybe it's
[3:42:53] something we talk to the chamber about
[3:42:55] where we invite some of these leaders
[3:42:57] from these tech companies in Sonteo to
[3:43:00] really get to know us with the chamber
[3:43:02] and to really have an open forum or
[3:43:05] discussion about, hey, your workers live
[3:43:08] here and for example like you're you're
[3:43:11] asking about amenities ities and
[3:43:13] services like a swimming pool. Um, well,
[3:43:16] we could have a Roadblocks joinville
[3:43:18] pool or an Amazon Joinville pool, right?
[3:43:22] Um, so I think to me when I look at the
[3:43:26] economic pie chart, that is something
[3:43:29] that's missing and I totally hear you
[3:43:31] that it's a community city, you know,
[3:43:34] collaboration.
[3:43:35] Um, but would love for us to do more
[3:43:37] there. Um, and that's great that we have
[3:43:40] $30,000 by the way. That's a great
[3:43:42] start. So, thank you. Um,
[3:43:45] I am curious, and I guess this is all
[3:43:48] for the city manager. Um, can you talk
[3:43:51] about the city-owned parcels that could
[3:43:53] support housing or mixeduse development
[3:43:56] um, and what those partnerships could
[3:43:58] look like or public private
[3:43:59] partnerships? So a good example is
[3:44:01] tonight actually the city council went
[3:44:03] ahead and did the final adoption for the
[3:44:05] Bpug project which is a public private
[3:44:07] partnership for downtown which is going
[3:44:09] to energize South B Street in our
[3:44:11] downtown with 159,000 ft of office
[3:44:15] 14,000 square ft of ground floor retail
[3:44:17] a 6,000 ft um senior center facility and
[3:44:21] 71 affordable homes which will
[3:44:23] re-energize the downtown as part of the
[3:44:26] downtown plan. And that's one of the
[3:44:27] areas that we want to focus on, but that
[3:44:29] downtown plan has been delayed a little
[3:44:31] bit with our historic uh work and
[3:44:33] initiative. But hopefully we'll get to
[3:44:34] that here in the future so that we can
[3:44:37] focus on our city- owned parcels in the
[3:44:38] downtown and look at highest and best
[3:44:40] use strategies overall and really
[3:44:43] position ourselves uh you know to really
[3:44:46] make sure that we're leveraging our real
[3:44:48] estate assets uh for the long-term
[3:44:51] future of this community. We're also
[3:44:53] doing a real estate um portfolio
[3:44:55] analysis overall. Um and so we've
[3:44:58] retained a consulting firm and so we
[3:45:00] have begun I had the kickoff meeting
[3:45:02] maybe about a month ago um where we're
[3:45:04] looking at documenting all our real
[3:45:06] estate um in the city all the different
[3:45:09] parcels and then also looking at highest
[3:45:10] and best use especially as the general
[3:45:13] plan was updated recently uh so that we
[3:45:15] can see what are some viable um
[3:45:17] opportunities out there for us in the
[3:45:19] future.
[3:45:19] » Thank you. Um, so as you all know, we
[3:45:23] have a parks and wreck foundation and we
[3:45:24] have a library foundation. Um, and they
[3:45:27] offer philanthropic support. Um, have we
[3:45:31] ever considered creating like an
[3:45:32] infrastructure giving program or resil
[3:45:35] resiliency fund?
[3:45:39] » So that would be the the foundations
[3:45:41] that have really helped in that area. Um
[3:45:44] overall is there an opportunity where we
[3:45:47] could look at potentially you know
[3:45:49] working collaboratively even more so
[3:45:51] with these foundations? I think there is
[3:45:53] opportunity and upsides. I know I meet
[3:45:55] on an annual basis with the library
[3:45:57] foundation and they have really upped
[3:45:59] their game and so you'll see that um
[3:46:01] year-over-year
[3:46:02] um with with the work that they're doing
[3:46:04] on parks and wreck. I know their main
[3:46:06] funding source or the revenue source
[3:46:08] that they're bringing in is um the
[3:46:10] concert series and the beer wine booth
[3:46:12] overall. and I know that um they have
[3:46:14] been uh collecting funds and so really
[3:46:17] sitting down with them to talk about
[3:46:19] ways that we can partner for the future.
[3:46:22] But for example, we're working right now
[3:46:24] with it's the arburedom, right Joanne?
[3:46:26] Uh where we're going to be sitting down
[3:46:27] with them and they're gearing up to do a
[3:46:30] $1 million fundraiser to really make a
[3:46:33] uh an investment in the our Japanese
[3:46:36] garden. Great
[3:46:37] » In Central Park. And so these are areas
[3:46:40] that we're looking at partnering with
[3:46:41] our foundations um and with our local
[3:46:44] nonprofits who really want to have a
[3:46:46] hand in making those um really
[3:46:49] collecting funds to make those
[3:46:50] improvements in our community.
[3:46:51] » Thank you. Yeah, I have no idea what it
[3:46:53] would entail, but just given that we
[3:46:54] have like such a large deficit for
[3:46:56] capital improvement if there was an
[3:46:58] infrastructure giving program. Um
[3:47:02] yeah.
[3:47:03] » No, I I hear you. But you know doing
[3:47:05] this for about 24 years um in different
[3:47:08] five different cities um really I want
[3:47:11] to be realist realistic and expectation
[3:47:14] settings that you know business overall
[3:47:17] um they're going to first look out for
[3:47:19] their business interest first and
[3:47:20] foremost
[3:47:22] and so you have to look at those
[3:47:23] corporate giving programs and you have
[3:47:25] to be in alignment with what their
[3:47:26] vision is and what their interests are
[3:47:28] overall and sometimes we might not be in
[3:47:31] alignment and so we have to figure out
[3:47:32] and align ourselves you know, to look at
[3:47:35] funding that aligns with their uh
[3:47:37] corporate interests overall.
[3:47:39] » Thank you. Um, can you talk a little bit
[3:47:42] about tourism? So, like what would it
[3:47:44] take for us to increase hotel night or
[3:47:47] like visitor spending by like 2% or 5%.
[3:47:50] Um, and you know, what do you think that
[3:47:54] could look like over the next 24 to 36
[3:47:56] months?
[3:47:58] So, if we're looking at the visitor
[3:47:59] serving um kind of outlook, well, you
[3:48:02] you shared an email with me that, you
[3:48:04] know, when you look at it, one of our
[3:48:06] bigger hotels is looking at being
[3:48:07] purchased and being um pivoting to
[3:48:10] housing, which when I looked with our
[3:48:13] finance director today brings in over a
[3:48:14] million dollars of tot. So, you saw the
[3:48:16] 4 million up there could potentially be
[3:48:17] in the next few months only 3 million.
[3:48:19] Um and so that is something that we're
[3:48:22] we're challenged with. We have limited
[3:48:23] number of hotel rooms here. one with the
[3:48:26] Marriott going down that was
[3:48:27] significant. Um but then looking just
[3:48:30] overall the hotel properties uh there's
[3:48:33] a lot of interest in looking at having
[3:48:34] those pivot over to housing instead of
[3:48:36] hotels themselves. And we really uh rely
[3:48:39] on that uh the toot that we collect from
[3:48:43] these properties. Now, with our limited
[3:48:45] amount of hotel rooms that we currently
[3:48:47] have, really the working with the
[3:48:49] visitors bureau, one of the main
[3:48:50] strategies is, of course, you know, our
[3:48:52] proximity to SFO and being able to get
[3:48:55] people who are traveling through the
[3:48:57] airport to be able to stay here locally.
[3:48:59] » Second, one of the big bumps that we're
[3:49:01] seeing is working with our event center
[3:49:03] uh team here that, you know, they they
[3:49:06] bring in significant sporting events on
[3:49:08] the weekend, specifically volleyball. um
[3:49:11] they're kind of the main stay up here in
[3:49:12] Northern California. And so having those
[3:49:14] tournaments here, you're seeing a lot
[3:49:16] more people on the weekends uh staying
[3:49:18] here in our hotels for those uh
[3:49:21] tournaments, youth tournaments overall.
[3:49:23] And so that's another strategy to look
[3:49:25] at is how can we attract those types of
[3:49:27] youth uh tournaments here in town uh so
[3:49:30] that we can capitalize off of getting
[3:49:33] more I like to call it butts and beds.
[3:49:35] um which allows you know us to you know
[3:49:38] get more tax uh dollars on that.
[3:49:41] » Yeah. I just want to say thank you um
[3:49:43] and thanks for walking us through that.
[3:49:45] Um it seems like you and Abby have
[3:49:48] really exa exhausted and looked at all
[3:49:50] these different scenarios and options.
[3:49:52] Um and I think we're all appreciative of
[3:49:54] appreciative of that. Um and I just want
[3:49:57] to remind the public that um this month
[3:50:01] we're doing a big education and
[3:50:03] information session. and we're having
[3:50:05] several town halls I think across the
[3:50:07] whole council. Um
[3:50:10] I do support exploring a quarter cent
[3:50:12] sales tax um just because I believe in
[3:50:15] protecting public safety and maintaining
[3:50:17] our parks and preserving our libraries
[3:50:20] um and continuing to invest in the
[3:50:22] infrastructure and the core um services
[3:50:25] and and I feel like again that's our
[3:50:26] responsibility. So um thank you for the
[3:50:29] update.
[3:50:31] » Thank you. I'll just look to see if
[3:50:34] others have questions.
[3:50:38] » Council member Newsome. Yeah, we can.
[3:50:40] » I'll go quick.
[3:50:41] » Try the same model.
[3:50:42] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, Abby, I was
[3:50:46] curious looking at the SMC fire legacy
[3:50:48] cost. I noticed that it seems to still
[3:50:51] be increasing year-over-year. Do we
[3:50:53] anticipate there's a point in the future
[3:50:55] where it goes the other direction? And
[3:50:58] when is that? [laughter]
[3:51:00] » Yeah. So I guess so we do h I don't have
[3:51:03] that in this presentation but in the
[3:51:05] budget book we do have a discussion of
[3:51:07] our PERS unfunded liability costs and
[3:51:10] the fire legacy costs are tied to that
[3:51:13] unfunded liability contribution. And so
[3:51:15] what we based on current PERS estimates
[3:51:19] and kind of how the market is doing and
[3:51:21] our funded amount within our unfunded
[3:51:24] liability, it looks like the we'll keep
[3:51:27] going up for about the next five years
[3:51:29] and then there should be I wouldn't say
[3:51:31] a stark decline, but then it will start
[3:51:34] to go the other way as we work towards
[3:51:36] getting to complete fundedness with our
[3:51:39] our different um pension funds. So fire
[3:51:42] is tied to our safety. legacy fire as
[3:51:44] part of our safety pension. So, both of
[3:51:47] those kind of are in the same
[3:51:48] trajectory. So, again, that's all
[3:51:50] dependent though on um how the market
[3:51:53] does because how our um how our overall
[3:51:57] funded um pot becomes for paying out
[3:52:00] PERS depends on how well the market does
[3:52:03] and it also depends on new actuarial
[3:52:05] studies. So, when they do the next
[3:52:07] actuarial study, if they decide people
[3:52:09] are living longer and doing well, then
[3:52:11] they may say you still owe more. So that
[3:52:14] can change, but at the moment it looks
[3:52:16] like in the next 5 years there'll be a
[3:52:18] change in that.
[3:52:19] » Thank you. Um I mean I guess just
[3:52:22] looking at it, we all kind of are
[3:52:24] recognizing the same challenges. We need
[3:52:26] to as a city continue to look for new
[3:52:28] revenue streams. Um and I know we all we
[3:52:31] all talk about this one-on-one with you,
[3:52:33] Alex, but um you know some of the things
[3:52:35] that were even mentioned tonight,
[3:52:37] extended parking hours, um things like
[3:52:40] cit parking citation fees. Uh, I know
[3:52:42] we've talked about potentially looking
[3:52:44] at digital billboards. Um,
[3:52:47] Concert in the Park, uh, heard from
[3:52:49] people in the past saying that, you
[3:52:51] know, they want to sponsor and pay more
[3:52:53] and they're told, "Okay, that bracket's
[3:52:55] full." So, we want to make sure we're
[3:52:57] looking at every single opportunity.
[3:52:59] Even u another idea we were talking
[3:53:02] about last week was like going to the
[3:53:04] Amazon and the Uber and Lift drivers and
[3:53:07] seeing if those corporations would fund
[3:53:09] uh cleaning of the park and wreck
[3:53:10] bathrooms, making them available to the
[3:53:13] um the drivers for Amazon and and Uber
[3:53:15] and Lyft. Um,
[3:53:19] I guess the other questions I'd have
[3:53:20] are, you know, when it comes to
[3:53:21] development, um, we have a lot of
[3:53:24] projects and it seems like even more are
[3:53:26] coming down the pipeline very fast, but
[3:53:28] we do seem to have quite a few that are
[3:53:30] stalled out. Is there any mechanism in
[3:53:32] place that when a project stalls out for
[3:53:34] a certain period of time, uh, we can
[3:53:36] actually start finding the project? Uh,
[3:53:38] as an example, we have the North Central
[3:53:40] Mosquito Pool. I'm just curious um you
[3:53:43] know, how do we handle these these
[3:53:45] vacant spots that are idle?
[3:53:48] » So, I have our city attorney and also
[3:53:50] Zach Doll should be on this call
[3:53:52] specifically. I know that there's um
[3:53:56] believe we've been going to court on
[3:53:57] that property specifically, right?
[3:54:01] » If you're referring to the property at
[3:54:02] 200 South Fremont, I mean, um code
[3:54:04] enforcement staff has been in active
[3:54:06] discussions with them. Um more broadly
[3:54:10] though in terms of the de uh land use
[3:54:14] development projects I mean sometimes if
[3:54:16] the market turns uh projects may get uh
[3:54:20] abandoned not after construction
[3:54:23] necessarily although I know that's what
[3:54:25] happened in this one instance but uh
[3:54:28] there's not a mechanism to really find
[3:54:31] developers for failing to uh proceed
[3:54:35] with an application because maybe the
[3:54:38] financing might dry up, maybe a project
[3:54:40] might get entitled and then there may
[3:54:43] not be a financial capability when
[3:54:45] proceeding with that with that
[3:54:46] entitlement. So, um it's it's more about
[3:54:51] uh just code compliance for uh for those
[3:54:54] projects whether they're under
[3:54:55] construction or for that matter
[3:54:57] completed. Not really uh there's no
[3:54:59] mechanism for fining uh developers for
[3:55:02] failing to proceed with their project to
[3:55:03] begin with.
[3:55:04] » Thank you.
[3:55:06] And [clears throat] I guess my last
[3:55:07] question, sorry,
[3:55:08] » I was just going to say under our code,
[3:55:10] we allow for extensions as well. So
[3:55:12] that's another thing. Um, overall, and
[3:55:14] that's under state law, too, I believe.
[3:55:16] Correct.
[3:55:18] » Uh, there there are mechanisms under
[3:55:20] state law for under the subdivision map
[3:55:22] act and also in our local code.
[3:55:24] » So there's no opportunity to uh charge
[3:55:26] if they if they're extending beyond a
[3:55:28] certain period of time.
[3:55:30] » No.
[3:55:32] » Okay. The last thought that uh I heard
[3:55:34] and you know I I sit on our Sanato
[3:55:37] Consolidated Fire Department um and the
[3:55:40] idea has but been was floated last year
[3:55:42] when we had the council of cities come
[3:55:44] and tour our Arctic um police station um
[3:55:48] our rapid wait come on you guys
[3:55:52] » Rapid information rapid tech real time
[3:55:55] information center there it is sorry uh
[3:55:57] but you know several cities in the area
[3:55:59] said boy we wish we could have this I'm
[3:56:01] wondering if we are looking at those
[3:56:03] types of opportunities. I mean, I'm just
[3:56:06] picking that one out of the air, but
[3:56:07] there's also a lot of neighboring cities
[3:56:09] that have their own park and wreck
[3:56:10] department stood up. I'm wondering if
[3:56:12] there's opportunities for sharing
[3:56:14] landscapers, sharing sharing types of
[3:56:17] resources with other cities in a JPA
[3:56:20] model where, you know, o ultimately you
[3:56:23] wouldn't really be cutting jobs, but
[3:56:24] you'd be cutting overhead. Um, are we
[3:56:27] looking at those types of opportunities?
[3:56:29] and do we, you know, any thoughts there?
[3:56:32] » So, if that's what council wish to
[3:56:34] direct for us to look into, that would
[3:56:36] be something that we would have to look
[3:56:38] into in in the future. I want to be
[3:56:40] sensitive though to our workforce
[3:56:42] overall who are handling our day-to-day
[3:56:45] um operations here first and foremost.
[3:56:48] um if there's opportunity to leverage
[3:56:50] resources across um cities or government
[3:56:54] jurisdictions, that is something uh that
[3:56:56] I would say we we can look at in the
[3:56:59] future. Um, and then as a as a I guess
[3:57:03] maybe from the real-time information
[3:57:05] center example, at least from what I'm
[3:57:07] experiencing, and I'll you know, the
[3:57:09] chief can step up in in here and talk
[3:57:11] about this possibly, but I'm seeing a
[3:57:12] lot of departments actually just go get
[3:57:14] their own drone programs um and start
[3:57:17] utilizing their own Arctics. I think the
[3:57:18] county is also standing up in Arctic. Is
[3:57:20] that right, Chief?
[3:57:21] » They're trying. So, they're all kind of
[3:57:23] going solo on their own uh rather than
[3:57:26] we gave the offer out to everybody um at
[3:57:29] the same time, but a lot of them just
[3:57:30] want to go on their own.
[3:57:32] » Okay. Thank you.
[3:57:35] » Thank you, Council Member Diaz Nash.
[3:57:38] » Thank you to the mayor. Just a couple
[3:57:39] questions. Um number one, thank you,
[3:57:42] Abby, and thank you the entire team. Um,
[3:57:46] so the the the revenue projections that
[3:57:50] you had,
[3:57:52] I assume they do not include if the real
[3:57:56] property transfer tax ballot initiative
[3:57:59] passes.
[3:58:00] » That is correct there. And that is not
[3:58:02] represented at all in this budget
[3:58:04] because technically speaking, if it did
[3:58:06] pass, it wouldn't go into effect for
[3:58:08] another two years. So it wouldn't affect
[3:58:11] this budget. Um, so I didn't put that
[3:58:14] scenario in this budget at all.
[3:58:17] » Right. But that it would mean um in two
[3:58:20] years going forward, but it would also
[3:58:22] be retroactive if it passed the way it
[3:58:24] was written up right now.
[3:58:26] » Well, it we wouldn't have to give back
[3:58:28] any revenues, but anything that was
[3:58:30] adopted retroactively
[3:58:32] » Would have to be stopped. But yes, we
[3:58:35] wouldn't have to give back any revenues.
[3:58:37] » How kind. Okay. Thank you. Um then
[3:58:42] I and I assume that this budget does not
[3:58:45] include any um potential new sales tax
[3:58:50] locally.
[3:58:52] » No, it does not include a new sales tax.
[3:58:54] » Okay. Um, and then as I had mentioned
[3:58:58] earlier tonight,
[3:59:00] uh, I would I personally would love to
[3:59:03] ask my fellow council members for
[3:59:05] support in finding the what sounds like
[3:59:08] a fairly minimal amount of money to
[3:59:11] stand up the congregant meal program so
[3:59:14] that there's no weight list.
[3:59:16] » And I I guess I I would want to ask for
[3:59:20] what what would that mean in terms of
[3:59:22] dollars? It sounded like not a lot, but
[3:59:26] » I don't know. Ask our parks and
[3:59:27] director. Do we have a Joanne? Can you
[3:59:29] come up and speak to the program?
[3:59:34] » Thank you, Director McGriny.
[3:59:42] » Good evening. Um, so the congregate
[3:59:44] lunch program has different weight
[3:59:46] lists, different months. They fluctuate.
[3:59:49] So, we've seen it top out um over 10 um
[3:59:53] at some locations on some days. Um so,
[3:59:57] staff have run the numbers and I think
[3:59:59] in order to accommodate an increase for
[4:00:01] five spots at both at both locations, it
[4:00:05] would be an increase of about $15,000 a
[4:00:08] year. Um and to do 10 spots at both
[4:00:11] sites, it would be about $31,000 a year.
[4:00:16] » Okay.
[4:00:16] » That's just for the meals.
[4:00:18] » Okay. So that five slots mean five more
[4:00:20] people.
[4:00:20] » Five more people
[4:00:21] » At each place each week.
[4:00:22] » Yes.
[4:00:22] » Okay.
[4:00:24] Well, then I I would I would want to
[4:00:28] suggest we start out maybe with five
[4:00:30] additional positions uh at 15,000 and
[4:00:35] come back or please
[4:00:38] » If I may um just to add to that um
[4:00:45] so
[4:00:47] one thing to note is that there is a
[4:00:50] grant request in right now.
[4:00:53] » So, we could approve a special
[4:00:56] um
[4:00:57] » One time [clears throat]
[4:00:58] » One time for 10 to 15,000.
[4:01:03] Um and then if the grant is approved,
[4:01:05] then that money can go back to the
[4:01:08] general [clears throat] fund.
[4:01:09] » But if it's not, then at least we get
[4:01:11] people off the wait list, which I think
[4:01:13] is really important right now because
[4:01:15] the economy is not in a great place.
[4:01:17] It's high inflation. Clearly people are
[4:01:20] coming in because this is, you know,
[4:01:22] federally funded program and
[4:01:25] um it's a nutritionally balanced meal
[4:01:29] and it's um costefficient for many
[4:01:33] seniors.
[4:01:34] » It's also giving seniors an opportunity
[4:01:36] to get out and have social interaction.
[4:01:38] » Absolutely.
[4:01:39] So,
[4:01:40] » So just really quickly as we build out
[4:01:42] the budget because you'll have to adopt
[4:01:44] this in two weeks from now looking
[4:01:46] across just at the council looking for
[4:01:48] nodding heads that we'll go ahead and
[4:01:50] budget 15,000 general fund money one
[4:01:52] time.
[4:01:53] » Yep.
[4:01:53] » For the senior meal program.
[4:01:55] » Yes,
[4:01:56] » I see. Yep. I see a majority nodding
[4:01:58] their heads. So, we'll go ahead and
[4:01:59] build that out in the budget.
[4:02:00] » Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for and
[4:02:03] thank you, Director McGrreeny, for
[4:02:04] having that information. Uh and then
[4:02:07] finally, how has how is Kalpers doing in
[4:02:11] terms of how they're budgeting the stock
[4:02:13] market returns because there have been
[4:02:15] some years where they've perhaps not
[4:02:18] quite as realistic as others.
[4:02:20] » Well, um again, the Kalpers kind of
[4:02:24] discount rate standard is 6.8%
[4:02:27] um increase and I think they're doing
[4:02:29] fine with that number. the the overall
[4:02:32] funded like PERS kind of posts what
[4:02:35] their overall funded uh pot is for the
[4:02:38] overall fund and it's doing better than
[4:02:41] it was doing last year. So what I
[4:02:44] anticipate is that they will definitely
[4:02:46] hit their six point interest rate um at
[4:02:48] the end of this fiscal year as long as
[4:02:50] again nothing
[4:02:52] » Crazy happens
[4:02:53] » Crazy happens. We don't know what's
[4:02:54] going to happen with the stock market.
[4:02:56] Um, but as long as nothing crazy happens
[4:02:58] with the stock market, they will hit
[4:02:59] their 6.8% and most likely be above,
[4:03:02] which means that our there wouldn't be a
[4:03:06] uh change to our contributions other
[4:03:09] than through actuarial changes and
[4:03:11] things like that.
[4:03:12] » So,
[4:03:13] » Okay. Well, thank you for keeping us
[4:03:14] involved and updated on that.
[4:03:16] » Yes. and and they usually, you know,
[4:03:18] again, we'll know at the close of the
[4:03:19] fiscal year exactly kind of what their
[4:03:20] first estimate is so we can can share
[4:03:22] that with the council when it comes out.
[4:03:24] » That would be wonderful. Thank you.
[4:03:26] » All my questions. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[4:03:28] » Thank you, deputy mayor.
[4:03:30] » Just a couple of quick questions for the
[4:03:32] city manager. Um, and Abby, thank you
[4:03:35] for very comprehensive
[4:03:36] » [clears throat]
[4:03:36] » Um, presentation. Appreciate it. Um, do
[4:03:38] you have any, since you are on uh, one
[4:03:40] of the key players on the county VLF
[4:03:42] working group, do you have any updates
[4:03:44] on that?
[4:03:45] So, I had a meeting last week with the
[4:03:47] county manager and two other city
[4:03:49] managers as we make up that VLF group.
[4:03:51] And what I've heard is that Senator
[4:03:53] Becker and some of them Papin are
[4:03:55] fighting a good fight up there uh trying
[4:03:57] to go after any remaining crumbs of
[4:04:01] budget that's left and we'll know our
[4:04:03] fate here in about a week and a half or
[4:04:05] so. Okay.
[4:04:06] » Um of whether or not we get some money
[4:04:08] or get nothing at all. And is there is
[4:04:12] there any action that we or we can
[4:04:14] encourage our community members to take
[4:04:15] in the next week and a half?
[4:04:17] » Well, we can always write write to the
[4:04:19] governor and the state legislature
[4:04:21] overall uh seeking support overall. But
[4:04:23] I believe, you know, we've done a big
[4:04:25] mass showing as a county and as a city
[4:04:27] overall. I've gone up to testify. Our
[4:04:30] police chief has gone up to testify. Our
[4:04:31] finance director has gone up to testify
[4:04:33] uh in front of both the Senate and
[4:04:35] Assembly budget committees on behalf of
[4:04:37] the city of San Mo. And we also have our
[4:04:40] legislative consultants and lobbyists up
[4:04:41] in uh Sacramento who have also been
[4:04:44] advocating our position as well. And so
[4:04:47] I believe, you know, it's we've looked
[4:04:49] at it from every which way I think. Um
[4:04:51] and so we'll see um what happens. I know
[4:04:55] that the Department of Finance, they
[4:04:56] originally were willing to talk to us
[4:05:00] about a permanent fix and then that was
[4:05:02] pulled back a few weeks ago,
[4:05:04] unfortunately. And so now we're just
[4:05:06] looking at just this upcoming year um
[4:05:08] about whether or not we can get our VLF.
[4:05:12] And as you see, you know, we have the
[4:05:14] practical um scenarios up there for you
[4:05:17] over the next 10 years when you look at
[4:05:18] those budget deficits, but um if we
[4:05:21] don't get the V and that's at 67% on the
[4:05:23] outer years, we put budgeted zero in
[4:05:25] here, but when you start looking at um
[4:05:28] it's it's really concerning on those
[4:05:30] outer years if we get no VLF whatsoever.
[4:05:32] And so we're actively in this lawsuit
[4:05:35] with uh the 20 cities in the county
[4:05:37] against the state of California. And so
[4:05:39] um we're doing everything we can on all
[4:05:41] fronts uh to try to preserve what is
[4:05:43] rightfully owed to us as the city of
[4:05:45] Sanonteo.
[4:05:45] » Okay. Thank you. And then the last
[4:05:47] question just kind of tying into what um
[4:05:49] council member sphereitsy had spoken
[4:05:52] about with regarding to sponsorships.
[4:05:53] Can you a key part of that um pulling
[4:05:56] those ties together is having a uh
[4:06:00] economic development manager in place.
[4:06:02] and I was wondering if you could give us
[4:06:03] an update on that.
[4:06:04] » Yeah, so right now we are going to be
[4:06:07] looking at restructuring our economic
[4:06:08] development division and uh we're
[4:06:11] looking at adding some full-time staff,
[4:06:14] you know, additional full-time staff in
[4:06:15] addition to whether or not is an
[4:06:18] elevated position of a ED manager or a
[4:06:21] chief economic development officer. Um
[4:06:23] we're looking at all the scenarios in
[4:06:25] the interim. Uh we have multiple staff
[4:06:27] members here who are kind of filling in
[4:06:29] the gaps. But then we're also uh going
[4:06:31] to be contracting with a consultant
[4:06:33] Erica Wood in the meantime to help us uh
[4:06:36] over the next few months as we
[4:06:37] reorganize our overall economic
[4:06:40] development uh division and operations
[4:06:42] so that we can really put Sano on the
[4:06:44] map and try to attract business uh here
[4:06:47] and really retain the businesses that we
[4:06:49] have here as well.
[4:06:51] » Thank you very much. Those are all my
[4:06:53] questions, Mr. Mayor.
[4:06:55] » Of course. Thank you.
[4:06:58] I think it at this time I'm going to
[4:07:00] have to ask council about potentially
[4:07:02] extending to 11:45.
[4:07:05] » A sec [snorts] of motion.
[4:07:08] » Second.
[4:07:10] » Thank you. Uh
[4:07:12] city court
[4:07:13] » Certainly. Council member Sperico
[4:07:15] Gaditzki.
[4:07:16] » Yes.
[4:07:16] » Council member Nome.
[4:07:17] » Yes.
[4:07:17] » Council member Diaz Nash. Yes.
[4:07:19] » Deputy Mayor Fernandez. And Mayor
[4:07:21] Lorraine.
[4:07:21] » Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Thank you.
[4:07:25] One question from me, Abby. Um,
[4:07:29] I saw in the administrative report, uh,
[4:07:33] with some changes to positions in the
[4:07:36] overall staffing. Um, I believe I saw
[4:07:39] something that indicated a change from
[4:07:42] sustainability analyst to business
[4:07:44] manager. And I just wonder if you could
[4:07:46] explain a little of what what that
[4:07:48] means.
[4:07:49] » Do you want me to do it? I can go over
[4:07:51] it. Um basically so the sustainability
[4:07:54] analyst is being reallocated to a
[4:07:56] business manager position and that
[4:07:58] really is to allow for growth in the
[4:07:59] position. So the position will still
[4:08:01] continue doing sustainability. It will
[4:08:03] have the sustainability program under
[4:08:05] the umbrella but it would also do um
[4:08:08] things like it'll have the citywide CIP
[4:08:10] budget. Um in fact we had someone from
[4:08:12] the city manager's office helping
[4:08:14] facilitate that process this year and it
[4:08:16] really helped uh kind of smooth out the
[4:08:18] process. So that will be a continuing
[4:08:20] job. uh they'll have the customer
[4:08:22] relationship management program will be
[4:08:23] part of that person's responsibility. Uh
[4:08:26] they'll have other city-wide projects as
[4:08:28] well as the budget for the city
[4:08:29] manager's office. So it will still have
[4:08:31] the core duties have some additional
[4:08:33] duties as well.
[4:08:35] » Excellent. Thank you for that. And uh
[4:08:38] council member Kokadixi, did you have
[4:08:39] something?
[4:08:40] » Oh, I was actually going to bring up the
[4:08:41] congregate meals, but since Lisa did,
[4:08:43] thank you.
[4:08:44] » Excellent.
[4:08:45] All right, just checking. Okay,
[4:08:49] I believe
[4:08:51] uh those are the questions and comments
[4:08:53] we have at this time. So like to thank
[4:08:55] Abby for her presentation. City manager,
[4:08:57] did you have something?
[4:08:58] » No, we have direction and we'll come
[4:09:00] back in two weeks with a final adoption
[4:09:02] of the budget.
[4:09:03] » Very good. Thank you
[4:09:07] all for this. We have one more item. It
[4:09:10] is item 19,
[4:09:13] » Senate Bill 707.
[4:09:16] There will be no cheer. No, just
[4:09:18] kidding.
[4:09:18] » We're not leaving till it's over.
[4:09:20] [laughter]
[4:09:21] » Uh, Brown Act amendments technology
[4:09:23] disruption policy and public outreach
[4:09:25] and interpretation policy adoption
[4:09:30] » With a presentation from city clerk
[4:09:32] Martin McTag.
[4:09:47] All righty. Good evening, Mayor
[4:09:50] Lorraine, members of the city council.
[4:09:53] The item before you tonight relates to
[4:09:55] recent updates to Senate Bill 707, which
[4:09:58] amended the Ralph M. Braun Act and
[4:10:01] addressed two key areas.
[4:10:04] First, how agencies respond to
[4:10:05] technology disruption during public
[4:10:07] meetings. And second, how agencies
[4:10:09] expand public access through outreach
[4:10:11] and language accessibility. I'll be
[4:10:14] providing the council and members of the
[4:10:15] public with a broad overview of some of
[4:10:17] the provisions contained within the
[4:10:18] bill.
[4:10:20] Just to give um a overview of the
[4:10:22] recommended actions from staff tonight
[4:10:25] is that the council consider and adopt a
[4:10:27] resolution to appro approve the city's
[4:10:29] technology disruption policy. In
[4:10:31] addition, adopt a separate resolution
[4:10:33] adopting the city's public outreach and
[4:10:35] public interpretation assistance
[4:10:37] practices. And finally, receive a
[4:10:39] presentation on SB77.
[4:10:43] Just to give a little bit of background
[4:10:44] and I'll I'll try to be brief on this
[4:10:46] given the hour. Uh Senate Bill 707 was
[4:10:48] signed into law by the governor on
[4:10:50] October 3rd, 2025. Uh and its broad
[4:10:53] intent was to expand pandemic era rules
[4:10:57] and provide some permanent framework for
[4:10:59] hybrid meeting, expanding uh remote
[4:11:01] access and public participation. I will
[4:11:03] just note that is a very complex piece
[4:11:05] of legislation. Um my office and the
[4:11:08] city attorney's office uh spends a great
[4:11:10] deal of time reviewing the bill and its
[4:11:12] various provisions. It's been the
[4:11:13] subject of uh various uh conferences.
[4:11:16] The California municipal clerks
[4:11:18] association, the league California
[4:11:19] cities um as well have spent a great
[4:11:21] deal of time uh analyzing the bill um
[4:11:24] and its applicability to those agencies.
[4:11:27] Uh the city of Sonteo um meets the
[4:11:30] population threshold to be considered um
[4:11:33] applicable to SB77's requirements and
[4:11:36] there are two key implementation dates
[4:11:38] that refer to are referred to within the
[4:11:40] bill and I'll just briefly go over some
[4:11:42] of the requirements and our status on
[4:11:44] those. Um
[4:11:46] starting with provisions that were
[4:11:47] effective January 1st of this year. Uh
[4:11:50] there was a requirement within the bill
[4:11:51] that the copies of the Bronn act as well
[4:11:53] as meeting locations be distributed to
[4:11:56] our public officials. That has already
[4:11:58] been completed. City clerk's office
[4:12:00] staff have completed that step. Um with
[4:12:03] regards to the next provision, verbal
[4:12:06] report on department head compensation
[4:12:08] and executive compensation. Um this is
[4:12:10] just a simple change in practices as it
[4:12:12] relates to future adjustments. Staff
[4:12:15] have noted this for all moving forward.
[4:12:18] uh such actions will be um discussed um
[4:12:22] in in the requirements as set out within
[4:12:24] the bill.
[4:12:26] This slide also just covers briefly uh
[4:12:29] the uh requirements under SB77 as it
[4:12:32] relates to uh ADA accommodations. Um so
[4:12:36] this is uh a new portion of the bill
[4:12:38] which addresses the requirement for the
[4:12:40] legislative body to accommodate requests
[4:12:42] for individuals with disabilities. um
[4:12:44] that the individual not be required to
[4:12:47] publicly notice their address on the
[4:12:49] location. Um so this is something that
[4:12:51] we're we're we're positive about and
[4:12:53] feels like it's a it's a constructive
[4:12:55] addition to the Brian Act. Um real
[4:12:59] briefly, the social media communications
[4:13:02] by legislative body. This this is the uh
[4:13:05] requirement that uh council members um
[4:13:07] and other legislative members um are
[4:13:10] required to limit uh discussion on
[4:13:13] social media as it relates to uh matters
[4:13:16] coming before the body's jurisdiction.
[4:13:18] Um this portion of the bill just removed
[4:13:20] the sunset provision on that
[4:13:22] requirement. So this is a permanent
[4:13:24] fixture of the Bron Act.
[4:13:26] Um, another provision of the bill was an
[4:13:29] expansion of just cause and this was
[4:13:32] under a previous piece of legislation
[4:13:34] um, AB2449
[4:13:36] um, which extended eligibility um, to
[4:13:39] contain caregiving, contagious illnesses
[4:13:42] and travel. Um, the revisions now um,
[4:13:45] increased that to five usages per
[4:13:47] calendar year. And there's no location
[4:13:50] um, requirement uh, as it relates to the
[4:13:53] noticing of the meeting. There are a
[4:13:55] couple of key requirements here just to
[4:13:56] note that um a quorum of the legislative
[4:13:59] body must still be at the physical
[4:14:01] location. Audio and video are required
[4:14:04] uh to utilize just cause uh provisions.
[4:14:07] Uh the m meeting minutes must also
[4:14:09] reflect the nature of that member's
[4:14:11] participation in the media and the
[4:14:13] public must also be uh provided an
[4:14:16] opportunity to participate remotely.
[4:14:19] SB77 introduced um a new uh form of uh
[4:14:24] dealing with remote participation and at
[4:14:26] this time this is not something city
[4:14:27] staff is recommending that we currently
[4:14:30] utilize just because it's it's it's it's
[4:14:33] quite a convoluted element of the bill
[4:14:34] and it doesn't um we feel our current
[4:14:37] approach to providing for hybrid
[4:14:39] meetings a lot offers the necessary
[4:14:41] flexibility. Um this provision is
[4:14:43] limited to very specific forms of uh
[4:14:47] legislative bodies and it's targeted at
[4:14:49] those that can't take a action on
[4:14:51] legislative items, entitlements, grants,
[4:14:53] etc. Um so they are bodies that are
[4:14:55] purely uh advisory in that capacity. Um
[4:15:00] the cons if the if we were to move
[4:15:02] forward with utilizing this provision of
[4:15:03] the Brian Act, again it's optional. Um
[4:15:06] the council would be required to
[4:15:07] authorize the elig elig eligible
[4:15:10] subsidiary body to meet remotely by
[4:15:12] making findings and that needs to be
[4:15:14] reviewed every six months. Um and there
[4:15:16] is a requirement for a physical meeting
[4:15:18] location um in order to preserve public
[4:15:22] access.
[4:15:24] Moving on, this is the provisions under
[4:15:26] SB77 that are uh effective July 1st.
[4:15:30] Just to give the council an update on
[4:15:31] where we're at on that. Um the
[4:15:34] requirements are that uh the mandatory
[4:15:37] remote public attendance. Now this
[4:15:38] applies specifically to city council
[4:15:40] meetings. Um and this is something that
[4:15:42] uh city of Sonteo has a long um history
[4:15:45] of of doing since the co um era where
[4:15:49] we've introduced hybrid meeting services
[4:15:51] um for our city council meetings. I did
[4:15:53] want to just note that this will
[4:15:54] indicate some future adjustments for
[4:15:57] future city council meetings uh beyond
[4:16:00] July 1st where uh meetings where we have
[4:16:02] held workshop environments, things like
[4:16:05] our blue sky, state of the city um and
[4:16:08] other uh city council meetings will
[4:16:10] require u mandatory remote public
[4:16:12] attendance unlike in prior years. So
[4:16:14] that is that is a change.
[4:16:17] Um, with regards to equal opportunity
[4:16:20] for remote public comment. This
[4:16:22] represents no significant change to the
[4:16:24] city's current practices, we afford
[4:16:26] equal speaking time to both in person
[4:16:28] and virtual speakers. This is just a
[4:16:30] provision of the uh the Brian Act that
[4:16:32] wanted to ensure that uh equal
[4:16:34] opportunity was been given to both
[4:16:36] inerson and hybrid uh members of the
[4:16:40] public. Um again another requirement
[4:16:42] under SB77 is that public meeting
[4:16:44] information should be on readily
[4:16:47] available on the website. We're already
[4:16:48] meeting that requirement. The city has a
[4:16:51] thorough agenda management system and
[4:16:53] notification alert system through our
[4:16:56] website which and we also have a list of
[4:16:58] all of our scheduled public meetings for
[4:17:00] the year um listed on our public portal.
[4:17:02] So we're in very good shape as it
[4:17:03] relates to that requirement. Um
[4:17:06] publication for agenda translation by
[4:17:08] community. This is a um a requirement
[4:17:11] that the city must make available to the
[4:17:14] public a bulletin board. Um it's
[4:17:16] available exclusively for the purposes
[4:17:18] of allowing community members to
[4:17:20] translate copies of our agenda. Uh the
[4:17:22] city's in the process of procuring that
[4:17:24] and will be installed in advance of the
[4:17:26] July 1st deadline. And then just moving
[4:17:28] forward, as was mentioned, one of the
[4:17:30] key actions that's required from the
[4:17:32] council um under SP77 is to adopt a
[4:17:35] policy uh that addresses disruption um
[4:17:38] of telephonic or internet services
[4:17:41] during a uh a public meeting. Uh the
[4:17:44] bill specified uh that this policy could
[4:17:46] not be adopted on the consent calendar.
[4:17:48] It requires a discussion. Um and then
[4:17:51] just to briefly cover what the policy
[4:17:52] includes. Um if a disruption does occur
[4:17:55] um the city council uh must recess for
[4:17:58] at least 1 hour to attempt to address
[4:17:59] the issue or until the issue has been
[4:18:02] resolved um whichever comes sooner. Um
[4:18:05] the city council can uh meet in close
[4:18:07] session during this time if if there are
[4:18:09] such items to be considered. Um, and
[4:18:12] after one hour, the council must adjourn
[4:18:14] the meeting or make findings by roll
[4:18:15] call vote to either cont continue the
[4:18:18] meeting, noting that good faith efforts
[4:18:20] have been attempted to resolve the issue
[4:18:22] and that the public interest is better
[4:18:23] served by continuing with the item. And
[4:18:26] the proposed policy included with the
[4:18:28] city council's packet for this meeting
[4:18:30] um, addresses all those requirements
[4:18:32] just as it relates to language access.
[4:18:34] So SB77 also stipulates that uh the
[4:18:38] legislative body must make reasonable
[4:18:40] assistance available to members who wish
[4:18:42] to utilize interpretation services. We
[4:18:44] have a practice of doing this already
[4:18:47] within the city. Uh we we have vendors
[4:18:49] who provide that support. We also have
[4:18:51] practices in place for individuals who
[4:18:54] are uh not speaking uh not speaking
[4:18:57] English but another language to increase
[4:19:00] the amount of speaking time available to
[4:19:01] afford uh for that scenario. Um SB77
[4:19:06] also requires the translation of meeting
[4:19:10] agendas, specific city council meeting
[4:19:11] agendas for what's known as applicable
[4:19:14] languages under the bill. um we analyze
[4:19:17] American community survey data um to
[4:19:20] make that determination and the city of
[4:19:22] San Mo uh falls above the threshold for
[4:19:25] Spanish. So beginning July 1st, we will
[4:19:28] begin to uh translate our city council
[4:19:30] meeting agendas into uh Spanish. Just a
[4:19:34] brief note, the SB77 also uh stipulates
[4:19:38] um that the city council must u make
[4:19:41] reasonable efforts to uh outreach to uh
[4:19:44] historically underrepresented and
[4:19:45] non-English-speaking communities. Um
[4:19:47] what's before the council tonight is a
[4:19:49] policy which uh a resolution which
[4:19:52] stipulates that the city clerk's office
[4:19:54] will maintain and develop a community
[4:19:56] outreach distribution list. the agend uh
[4:19:59] agendas will be shared with those
[4:20:00] organizations and community groups. Um
[4:20:03] we'll have ongoing ongoing coordination
[4:20:05] with uh the city manager office and
[4:20:08] communications team to make sure that
[4:20:09] that list has been is growing is
[4:20:11] expanded and is continues uh to meet
[4:20:14] that need. Uh the public will be able to
[4:20:16] subscribe to that list. Um and the the
[4:20:18] as I mentioned earlier the resolution is
[4:20:20] contained within the packet for
[4:20:21] council's consideration and that um I'll
[4:20:25] just leave the council with my final
[4:20:26] slide here which is the action
[4:20:28] recommended council is to adopt policy
[4:20:30] to approve the city's technology
[4:20:32] disruption policy adopt a resolution
[4:20:34] approving the city's public outreach and
[4:20:36] public interpretation assistance
[4:20:38] practices and also to receive a
[4:20:40] presentation on Senate Bill 707.
[4:20:44] And that concludes my presentation.
[4:20:47] Thank you for that presentation. I would
[4:20:48] like to open public comment for the
[4:20:51] presentation item
[4:20:55] just in case.
[4:20:58] » Virtual.
[4:20:58] » Could be.
[4:20:59] » Could be. There's seven people.
[4:21:03] » Mayor Lorraine, there are no requests to
[4:21:05] speak on this item.
[4:21:06] » Okay, I'll close public comment and
[4:21:10] bring it up to the day. Deputy mayor,
[4:21:12] » I'd like to move acceptance of this
[4:21:13] amazing report. Uh, I have two
[4:21:16] questions, Mr.
[4:21:18] Sorry.
[4:21:19] » Okay.
[4:21:20] » Yes, of course. Uh, Council Member Nome.
[4:21:22] » Yeah, sorry, Nicole. Okay. Uh,
[4:21:27] actually, it's three questions. So, some
[4:21:29] some of our uh some of our JPAs, some of
[4:21:31] our boards and commissions um don't
[4:21:34] really have a need to meet in person. So
[4:21:37] are we going to as a city look at them
[4:21:39] and say for example the personnel board
[4:21:41] could always be a hybrid and and are we
[4:21:44] are we going to do that on a commission
[4:21:45] and a boardbyboard basis?
[4:21:48] » So the current approach that we have for
[4:21:51] the city's advisory bodies is um
[4:21:54] somewhat flexible. Um there's really
[4:21:57] three approaches that we have. So the
[4:21:59] the full service option is essentially
[4:22:01] what we're having right now which is the
[4:22:03] uh city council uh meetings which are
[4:22:06] facilitated by both hybrid and a uh MCTV
[4:22:09] is our um public meeting service where
[4:22:13] we have live switching. We have some
[4:22:14] additional services. Um so that's made
[4:22:17] available to planning and our
[4:22:18] sustainability and infrastructure
[4:22:20] commission. The um other option that we
[4:22:22] have is um more of an as needed basis.
[4:22:26] So, our civic arts commission, the
[4:22:28] community relations commission, the uh
[4:22:31] li the library board and park and
[4:22:33] recreation commission currently operate
[4:22:35] on a hybrid option only. So, that's no
[4:22:38] uh MCTV production. Um, and it's a it's
[4:22:41] a more cost-effective option for uh
[4:22:44] providing hybrid meeting availability
[4:22:47] for public comment and and as I've
[4:22:48] mentioned, some of that is on a as
[4:22:50] needed basis. Um, and as was mentioned,
[4:22:53] personnel board, measure S, um, and
[4:22:56] senior advisory commission, those three
[4:22:57] are currently operating on an
[4:22:59] in-personly basis. Um, but
[4:23:03] our current direction from console, our
[4:23:04] current policy has been directed based
[4:23:07] on need. So, if there's a need for
[4:23:09] hybrid option, if there's a need for us
[4:23:11] to change our practices, we can do so at
[4:23:13] any time. Um, but if the console wishes
[4:23:15] to give further direction on that, we
[4:23:16] we'd be happy to move forward.
[4:23:19] » Thank you. Um, when it comes to council
[4:23:22] technology disruptions, um, question for
[4:23:25] the city attorney, c can we actually
[4:23:27] meet in a closed session if it hasn't
[4:23:28] been agendaized?
[4:23:31] Um, so I think those are two different
[4:23:33] issues. So, uh, a closed session has to
[4:23:37] be agendaized in order for the council
[4:23:39] to meet. It's just not a public meeting.
[4:23:42] Uh, but whereas for, uh, a technology
[4:23:45] uh, disruption Oh, I think I I
[4:23:48] understand your question. So, you're
[4:23:50] referring to situations where if there's
[4:23:52] a disruption in um the broadcasting of a
[4:23:57] meeting, could you still mean in close
[4:23:58] session? I mean, I think the the key
[4:24:01] aspect of that is it's really like the
[4:24:04] public comment portion of that meeting.
[4:24:06] Of course, there's no broadcasting the
[4:24:07] close session. So I think uh if there
[4:24:10] were a situation where we were were
[4:24:13] unable to uh broadcast the meeting at
[4:24:17] the time when public comment was sought,
[4:24:19] I think we would probably need to pause
[4:24:20] and then wait for that uh disruption to
[4:24:23] be um addressed. Um but if there's a
[4:24:26] disruption during a close session which
[4:24:28] is not broadcast, that's not an issue.
[4:24:30] » Okay. Thank you. And my last question is
[4:24:32] at what percentage of the population
[4:24:35] triggers additional um need for language
[4:24:37] translation. So I I know that we have
[4:24:40] enough of a Hispanic Spanish speaking
[4:24:42] population that we need to have it in
[4:24:44] both languages. At what point do we need
[4:24:46] to have that for Mandarin or Tagalague
[4:24:48] or other languages?
[4:24:49] » Sure. So uh Senate Bill uh 707 requires
[4:24:52] the uh the threshold is 20% of the
[4:24:56] population. So, Spanish I believe was
[4:24:58] 20.5
[4:25:00] or 21% um of the applicable population.
[4:25:03] Um I believe the next highest was um
[4:25:06] Mandarin um and that was in and around 9
[4:25:10] to 10%. Um but it's something that city
[4:25:12] clerk's office staff will be reviewing
[4:25:14] in an ongoing basis per the availability
[4:25:17] of American community survey data. Once
[4:25:19] that changes, we'll come back to the
[4:25:20] city council and provide an update if we
[4:25:22] reach that threshold.
[4:25:24] » Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Of
[4:25:26] course. Yes. Council member,
[4:25:28] » I will be quick. Um, I would like us to
[4:25:32] consider having the senior advisory
[4:25:36] commission meet in chambers but offer a
[4:25:38] hybrid participation through Zoom
[4:25:41] without MCTV production services which
[4:25:45] would be costefficient.
[4:25:47] But also my perspective on this is the
[4:25:50] senior advisory commission. Um they
[4:25:53] represent the largest and fastest
[4:25:55] growing demographic in the city. They
[4:25:57] also there are members of that
[4:25:59] commission that do need ADA support and
[4:26:02] the chamber is the only place that
[4:26:04] actually offers that compliance and
[4:26:06] hearing availability. And I do think
[4:26:09] that's something that um our residents
[4:26:12] would be interested in and they would
[4:26:13] probably engage and watch more if they
[4:26:16] didn't have to go in person and actually
[4:26:18] had an opportunity to watch it. So I
[4:26:21] wanted to see if there's support for
[4:26:23] that.
[4:26:26] » I am supportive of this.
[4:26:30] » I would agree.
[4:26:31] » Sure.
[4:26:32] » Yep. You too.
[4:26:33] » We have direction. Thank you,
[4:26:36] » Nicole.
[4:26:38] I'd like to move adoption of this
[4:26:39] report, please. Um,
[4:26:41] » If I can interject. So, there are two
[4:26:43] resolutions
[4:26:45] uh that uh the city clerk is asking the
[4:26:48] council to adopt. So, you could move the
[4:26:51] staff recommendation
[4:26:53] uh which would be to adopt those
[4:26:55] resolutions.
[4:26:58] » I move everything Pana just said. I
[4:27:01] second.
[4:27:03] » Thank you. It looks like we have a
[4:27:04] motion and a second. Council uh city
[4:27:07] clerk, can you please call a role?
[4:27:08] » Certainly. Deputy Mayor Fernandez,
[4:27:11] » Yes.
[4:27:11] » Council member Sphere Gaditzki,
[4:27:13] » Yes.
[4:27:13] » Council member Nuome,
[4:27:14] » Yes.
[4:27:15] » Council member Diaz Nash,
[4:27:16] » Yes.
[4:27:16] » And Mayor Lorraine,
[4:27:17] » Yes.
[4:27:17] » Motion carries 5-0.
[4:27:20] » Thank you. And thank you for your
[4:27:22] presentation.
[4:27:23] Okay,
[4:27:25] we have now reached reports and
[4:27:28] announcements and committee updates.
[4:27:30] Does anyone have anything they'd like to
[4:27:32] share? Deputy Mayor Fernandez. Um, I
[4:27:35] just want to give um a amazing credit to
[4:27:39] our city clerk's office and parks and
[4:27:41] reccks office for our first annual
[4:27:44] uh was it Veterans Day?
[4:27:45] » Memorial Day.
[4:27:46] » Memorial Day. Memorial Day um event a
[4:27:49] few weeks and police and fire um for our
[4:27:54] first annual um event uh at Central Park
[4:27:57] uh near our fallen hero heroes memorial.
[4:27:59] was um really fantastic to um just to
[4:28:04] see how many people came out on a Monday
[4:28:05] morning and great to um you know build
[4:28:08] community around our 101st Airborne. So,
[4:28:10] thank you to everybody who was involved
[4:28:12] in that. That was amazing. Um I also
[4:28:14] just wanted to follow up on um some of
[4:28:16] the public comment that we had this
[4:28:18] morning or this morning. It's not this
[4:28:20] evening. Sorry, it has not been here. We
[4:28:22] have not been here since this morning.
[4:28:24] Um around um uh the working group of her
[4:28:27] horizons. I was wondering if we could um
[4:28:33] is there is there an official is there
[4:28:36] any sort of official action we can take
[4:28:37] on that? And I mean and we I' I'd like
[4:28:39] to see it maybe after the application
[4:28:41] came in. Is there any sort of
[4:28:46] » So it's not a city project first and
[4:28:48] foremost and the city h city is the
[4:28:52] regulator if they go ahead and move
[4:28:54] forward with a project here in the city
[4:28:55] of San Monteo albeit limited regulatory
[4:28:58] oversight because they would be using a
[4:29:00] state law that really limits the city's
[4:29:02] uh regulatory oversight on the project.
[4:29:05] Uh it's the council's direction if you
[4:29:08] wanted to have another kind of like what
[4:29:11] we did with Hillsdale, a study session
[4:29:13] at some point once we received the
[4:29:14] application once staff kind of absorbs
[4:29:17] the information and then bring that back
[4:29:19] out if you wanted to have more
[4:29:21] engagement. That could be um something.
[4:29:23] But we'd look for council direction on
[4:29:26] that if that's what you wanted to do.
[4:29:28] » Yeah, I'd look to my colleagues on that.
[4:29:29] » I would see I see the city attorney.
[4:29:32] » I just wanted to add that. I mean, of
[4:29:33] course, as you know, there there was a a
[4:29:36] council meeting like on this topic, but
[4:29:38] also under uh AB531,
[4:29:41] this particular proposal, you know, once
[4:29:44] it's submitted, it could be only
[4:29:45] considered ministerially by the city.
[4:29:47] There's there's no discretion once all
[4:29:49] of the statutory requirements are are
[4:29:52] fulfilled.
[4:29:54] » Understood. That said, I think the
[4:29:56] request has more to do with simple um
[4:29:59] awareness building information for the
[4:30:02] public uh about the project and what
[4:30:04] it's offering. Right.
[4:30:06] » Yeah. I'm just trying to make sure that
[4:30:07] we hit all parts of the community when
[4:30:08] we're doing the community engagement and
[4:30:11] um I just if we can help facilitate that
[4:30:13] and I again I'm I'm not sure what our
[4:30:15] role would be but if we can help
[4:30:16] facilitate in some way that would be
[4:30:17] great. And
[4:30:20] » Uh yes, Council Member Diaz Nash.
[4:30:22] » Thank you very much. I guess my question
[4:30:24] is what would come out of that session
[4:30:28] that didn't come out [clears throat]
[4:30:29] when we had that initial uh meeting when
[4:30:33] Horizon came and answered community
[4:30:35] questions.
[4:30:36] » So [sighs and gasps] my understanding um
[4:30:39] is uh that perhaps some parts of the
[4:30:42] community feel like they aren't engaged
[4:30:44] um in what is taking in the discussions
[4:30:47] that are already taking place. So I
[4:30:48] actually don't know what the outcomes
[4:30:50] would be and again that's a valid
[4:30:51] question. and I'm just trying to bring
[4:30:53] forth
[4:30:54] » Um this is a big project happening in
[4:30:56] our town. Um I'm I'm just trying to make
[4:30:58] sure that we have as much
[4:31:00] cross-sectional engagement on this topic
[4:31:03] um as possible. And if there are
[4:31:07] community if if there's any leadership
[4:31:09] coming on this topic from outside
[4:31:13] the city administration, I'm just not
[4:31:15] sure how inclusive all the voices are
[4:31:17] around the table. And so I just want to
[4:31:18] make sure that we're um being as
[4:31:20] inclusive as we can.
[4:31:22] Okay. I mean, I I guess what I'd say to
[4:31:25] that is that
[4:31:28] at the when we did when I suggested that
[4:31:30] there should be a community group,
[4:31:32] » You did.
[4:31:32] » Um I did not suggest that the city
[4:31:35] should get involved in it because it was
[4:31:36] not our project and it continues not to
[4:31:38] be our project.
[4:31:39] » Sure.
[4:31:40] » Uh so I guess I I I would just have
[4:31:43] questions about what our role would be
[4:31:46] because we're we would be managing a
[4:31:48] project that wasn't our project. So,
[4:31:52] I'm I just have questions as to how that
[4:31:54] would all work.
[4:31:55] » Yeah, I'll be really honest with you.
[4:31:57] Haven't haven't really fleshed it out.
[4:31:59] I'm just trying to pick up from what
[4:32:00] came up this morning. Uh this we didn't
[4:32:03] meet this morning. We met this evening.
[4:32:05] And maybe could I suggest Excuse me. I
[4:32:08] should to the mayor.
[4:32:09] » I'm good.
[4:32:10] » Um well, it was really a question to to
[4:32:12] the mayor if I could make a suggestion
[4:32:14] that that we don't know what's going to
[4:32:16] happen with the project. It's we're, you
[4:32:19] know, it may come to us, it may not come
[4:32:21] to us. Who knows? And maybe what we
[4:32:23] should do is wait for that to be
[4:32:26] answered. And then if it's answered and
[4:32:30] it it stays in San Mato then and it
[4:32:33] comes to us, then we can have that
[4:32:35] discussion again.
[4:32:37] » Sure.
[4:32:38] [snorts]
[4:32:39] » Thoughts from anyone else on this?
[4:32:41] Yeah, I think part of the reason this
[4:32:43] has come up is
[4:32:47] um there are members of the community
[4:32:49] that have asked to be included in those
[4:32:52] public sessions and then because they're
[4:32:54] being run by residents
[4:32:57] um they're not being included because
[4:32:59] certain residents feel like the other
[4:33:02] person has certain ideological
[4:33:03] [clears throat]
[4:33:05] and that's not okay. Like everybody
[4:33:07] needs to have a seat at the table
[4:33:08] whether you agree or not.
[4:33:11] So,
[4:33:12] » So I you know from that meeting if I
[4:33:14] recall what council's direction was I
[4:33:16] thought the expectation was is for
[4:33:17] Horizon to go ahead and facilitate not
[4:33:20] the res not the residents right it's
[4:33:22] their project them and the county
[4:33:23] actually for them to facilitate
[4:33:26] community engagement kind of like how
[4:33:27] we're going to go and do eight different
[4:33:29] town halls right
[4:33:31] » So you know typically like any of our
[4:33:33] other development applicants they would
[4:33:34] go ahead and engage the community that's
[4:33:37] one of the things under state law that
[4:33:39] they have to
[4:33:40] And so, you know, similarly, this is
[4:33:42] another development project, right?
[4:33:44] Overall, and so they should be having a
[4:33:46] community meeting if that's the
[4:33:47] direction that this council gave it.
[4:33:48] That mean that that's what I thought I
[4:33:50] heard from this council. The expectation
[4:33:51] would be for Horizon and the county to
[4:33:53] facilitate,
[4:33:54] » You know, engaging with the neighborhood
[4:33:56] and the community doesn't have to be
[4:33:58] whatever, you know, people should not be
[4:34:00] getting forced out of, you know, into
[4:34:02] the discussion overall. That's not how
[4:34:04] we, you know, our expectation overall
[4:34:06] would be is when we engage. But that's
[4:34:08] the council's prerogative. however you
[4:34:09] guys want to do it, but I would think
[4:34:10] that it'd be Horizon and the county who
[4:34:12] should be facilitating um a community
[4:34:15] meeting,
[4:34:16] allowing everyone there.
[4:34:19] » Council member N,
[4:34:20] » I agree with what the city manager says.
[4:34:22] Um the only suggestion I might have is
[4:34:25] if Horizon is facilitating these public
[4:34:27] meetings and they would like to share
[4:34:29] that information with us, we could
[4:34:30] continue to share that to the public
[4:34:32] through our known networks because we
[4:34:35] maybe have a little more reach than than
[4:34:36] they do.
[4:34:38] Uh indeed I I feel we are in fact doing
[4:34:40] that at least with regard to their open
[4:34:42] hours uh right sessions. Yep.
[4:34:45] » Um so
[4:34:46] » So what because I just had the city
[4:34:48] attorney in my ear saying I need to wrap
[4:34:50] this thing up uh just from a Brown Act
[4:34:52] consideration. Uh just I think if you
[4:34:55] want you guys can give me direction. I
[4:34:57] can go talk to Horizon to see what you
[4:34:59] know how they're approaching this
[4:35:00] overall because my understanding is from
[4:35:03] the expectation was that it would be
[4:35:04] open to everybody um any type of
[4:35:06] community engagement. Would that work to
[4:35:08] talk to them a little bit more?
[4:35:09] » Start there.
[4:35:10] » And then I can give you guys an update
[4:35:12] and a weekly update from there and then
[4:35:13] if you guys still want we can bring it
[4:35:14] up again.
[4:35:15] » Let's start.
[4:35:16] » Okay. I'll do that this week then if
[4:35:18] that's okay. I I would like to I I am I
[4:35:20] am comfortable with that and I would
[4:35:23] just like to further propose um that
[4:35:27] if
[4:35:30] that if the the Horizon project does
[4:35:33] come back to San Mo um that that uh I
[4:35:37] would like to ask if if there's interest
[4:35:39] in in going ahead tonight and asking for
[4:35:43] uh another
[4:35:45] uh public meeting similar to the one we
[4:35:47] had. Uh my reasoning for that would be
[4:35:51] uh that
[4:35:52] as we uh I I I think during that meeting
[4:35:55] which I thought was productive and
[4:35:57] useful for the community um and for
[4:36:00] myself and others um
[4:36:04] there were some uh you know some had
[4:36:07] questions that couldn't be completely
[4:36:09] answered because the project had not
[4:36:13] been submitted and um you for staff for
[4:36:19] city staff to weigh in on the the
[4:36:21] details of uh possible impacts of the
[4:36:25] project to the city. Um they would need
[4:36:28] that step to be taken. And so I think
[4:36:31] the there might be some new content and
[4:36:34] uh to be offered.
[4:36:38] Anyone else interested in that?
[4:36:40] » Uh I agree.
[4:36:43] I'm in and I would agree as well if it
[4:36:46] comes back. Yes.
[4:36:47] » Okay.
[4:36:51] I have direction.
[4:36:53] » I'm done with my rucks, Mr. Mayor. Thank
[4:36:55] you.
[4:36:55] » Thank you very much. Does anyone else
[4:36:57] have reports, announcements, or
[4:36:58] committee updates? Council member Diaz
[4:37:00] Nash.
[4:37:03] [clears throat]
[4:37:03] » Oh, excuse me.
[4:37:06] on.
[4:37:08] So, here's something I've been sort of
[4:37:11] thinking about all night long, and I
[4:37:12] would love to get my fellow council
[4:37:14] members thoughts about this. We spent
[4:37:16] all night long in one way or another
[4:37:18] talking about all the exciting growth
[4:37:19] that is coming to San Monteo, and that
[4:37:23] it will make us a much more vibrant
[4:37:24] city. We also have been talking about
[4:37:27] the fact in transportation in
[4:37:29] particular, but other areas, that
[4:37:30] there's going to be a real impact along
[4:37:32] the way. And I'm sure all of us have
[4:37:34] heard from
[4:37:36] Uh, it's 11:50.
[4:37:39] So, can we extend the meeting by 10
[4:37:41] minutes?
[4:37:42] » Sure.
[4:37:45] » Yes. Um, okay, that's fine. Uh, why?
[4:37:50] Yeah. Why don't we go to Why don't we go
[4:37:52] to 11:59,
[4:37:54] » Please?
[4:37:55] » Yes.
[4:37:56] » Very good. And,
[4:37:57] » Uh, do we have All right. I I will.
[4:38:00] » Yes. Second, [clears throat]
[4:38:01] » City clerk.
[4:38:03] » Council member Spoki. Yes. Deputy Mayor
[4:38:05] Fernandez, Council Member Nome, Council
[4:38:08] Member Diaz Nash, Mayor Lraine. Yes.
[4:38:10] Motion carries. 5-0.
[4:38:12] » Thank you. Please go ahead, Council
[4:38:13] Member.
[4:38:14] » Thank you, Mayor. So, we've got a lot of
[4:38:16] vibrancy coming. We have a lot of
[4:38:17] impact. We all are hearing from
[4:38:20] residents about what's going to happen
[4:38:23] when I have three developments happening
[4:38:25] in my neighborhood. How is this going to
[4:38:27] work? We also heard that the city is
[4:38:29] doing a lot of work on planning for
[4:38:32] construction management. So what I'm
[4:38:35] feeling is that there's a lot of working
[4:38:37] going on in the city. There are a lot of
[4:38:38] questions from the residents and I would
[4:38:41] like to propose that we form a
[4:38:43] subcommittee to be called whatever the
[4:38:46] appropriate name is
[4:38:48] neighbors quality of life or I'm open to
[4:38:51] names but just to say we want to help
[4:38:54] the city facilitate bringing together
[4:38:57] all the information not creating more
[4:38:59] work but all the information that exists
[4:39:03] so that it whether it's creating a
[4:39:04] portal or holding meetings so that
[4:39:08] residents know if there's some how do I
[4:39:11] deal with the fact that Safeway is going
[4:39:13] to be redeveloped and there going to be
[4:39:15] transportation impacts there be housing
[4:39:17] impacts there going to be construction
[4:39:18] impacts traffic impacts where do I go
[4:39:21] how do I get the information and I would
[4:39:24] love a subcommittee of the council to
[4:39:26] really talk about what would be the best
[4:39:28] thing for our residents and I it's
[4:39:31] businesses as well but but I think it
[4:39:33] would be worthwhile
[4:39:36] » Deputy mayor Uh so this is a quality of
[4:39:39] life subcommittee. It
[4:39:40] » We could call it whatever. It's been
[4:39:42] it's taking all the information because
[4:39:45] when we heard the transportation
[4:39:47] presentation, it was all about um we're
[4:39:51] doing all this planning and all this
[4:39:52] engineering, but it wasn't when when
[4:39:56] residents say, "What's going to be the
[4:39:58] impact of three buildings going up
[4:40:00] within two blocks of where I live? Where
[4:40:02] do I go for information? What do I do?"
[4:40:04] It's it it's
[4:40:07] There's a lot of information that the
[4:40:09] city has, but it's in disperate places.
[4:40:12] And I would like to have a subcommittee
[4:40:15] talk about how do we bring that
[4:40:16] information together in a way that helps
[4:40:19] our residents understand and you know
[4:40:22] minimizes the negative impact because
[4:40:24] there will be negative impacts when
[4:40:26] there's all this development. Um, and
[4:40:28] that could turn into
[4:40:31] a [clears throat] recommendation for how
[4:40:33] we present the information the city's
[4:40:34] already doing.
[4:40:36] I I just had the feeling that each one
[4:40:38] of us is doing that kind of mitigation
[4:40:41] work on our own and I think we'd be more
[4:40:43] effective if we had a a concerted effort
[4:40:47] and hopefully would be helpful to the
[4:40:49] the city as well so they could focus on
[4:40:52] we do the construction management. We
[4:40:54] know how to do that. We're hearing from
[4:40:56] our constituents. Here are the questions
[4:40:58] that I've got that we can be a better
[4:41:00] [clears throat] vessel if we have a
[4:41:03] concerted recommendation as to how to do
[4:41:05] that.
[4:41:07] » And I Yeah,
[4:41:08] » City manager,
[4:41:10] » I was just I noticed.
[4:41:12] » So, so first and foremost, I probably
[4:41:14] would say my recommendation was not a
[4:41:16] subcommittee, an ad hoc committee. Uh,
[4:41:18] that is limited term for a specific
[4:41:21] function and then it can be disbanded uh
[4:41:23] once it's done. staff is aggressively
[4:41:26] working on a construction management uh
[4:41:28] program. You saw that in one of the
[4:41:29] slides for transportation today. Um but
[4:41:31] that's also happening in our community
[4:41:33] development department as well. And
[4:41:34] we're going to get our first dose of
[4:41:36] this uh in the downtown with a number of
[4:41:38] the projects that are going to be going
[4:41:40] up hopefully in the next year or so. Um
[4:41:43] I have to see if there's council
[4:41:45] direction. I I you know if you want to
[4:41:47] have you know a limited term committee
[4:41:49] to talk about because we are already on
[4:41:50] this path of you know looking at
[4:41:53] construction management if I'm looking
[4:41:55] for direction.
[4:41:56] » Yeah and I I appreciate that absolutely
[4:41:58] no problem with doing an ad hoc
[4:41:59] committee my terminology but I I I just
[4:42:03] think that we can bring what we're
[4:42:05] hearing from constituents to that
[4:42:07] discussion. So I that would be my
[4:42:10] recommendation.
[4:42:11] » Any thoughts council member Nome? I
[4:42:13] would be interested in participating.
[4:42:14] Um, and obviously, you know, we don't
[4:42:17] have to decide right now. I think we can
[4:42:19] look at what the scope of this is, bring
[4:42:20] it back, and then decide, but I'd be
[4:42:23] interested. I
[4:42:24] » I'm fine with Lisa and Rob starting a
[4:42:26] committee and let us know how it goes.
[4:42:29] » I I see a majority giving direction of a
[4:42:32] a stop having an ad hoc committee on the
[4:42:34] construction management in the near
[4:42:35] term, short term, limited term
[4:42:37] committee.
[4:42:38] » Right.
[4:42:38] » Okay. Thank you.
[4:42:39] » Thank you.
[4:42:40] » Thank you.
[4:42:41] » Okay. Thank you. And anyone else,
[4:42:47] [sighs]
[4:42:48] » Council Member N.
[4:42:50] » Well, it was a great PAL event. So, want
[4:42:53] to thank the the PAL and the chief who's
[4:42:56] sitting back there reading his phone.
[4:42:57] Thanks, Chief. Woohoo. 10th 10th uh 10th
[4:43:01] event. So, congratulations on a
[4:43:03] successful event. Um want to encourage
[4:43:06] everybody to get out and vote if they
[4:43:08] haven't already. Tomorrow is election
[4:43:09] day and
[4:43:13] at
[4:43:13] » Yeah, you can vote right here at city
[4:43:14] hall or at our library or at our waste
[4:43:17] water treatment plant or
[4:43:20] » All over. Look it up. Um and then Mr.
[4:43:24] Mayor, when you're ready, I had had
[4:43:26] something that I wanted to see if we
[4:43:27] could close on too.
[4:43:28] » Yeah, I I uh just looking to see if
[4:43:31] anyone else had anything else to say. I
[4:43:33] would say please go ahead. Okay, so uh
[4:43:36] in the early hours of this past Saturday
[4:43:38] morning, four Hillsdale seniors who had
[4:43:41] just graduated on Thursday night were in
[4:43:43] a horrible car crash in San Francisco.
[4:43:45] Initially, the one young man who died
[4:43:47] had his name released, but uh in looking
[4:43:49] at it, it appears it's been redacted as
[4:43:51] they've learned since that he was just
[4:43:53] 17 years old. So, um a second man was
[4:43:57] also critically injured as of yesterday.
[4:44:00] I'd like to ask that we observe a moment
[4:44:02] of silence for the young Hillsdale
[4:44:03] student who's passed and that we also
[4:44:06] send warm thoughts to the second young
[4:44:07] man who's still fighting for his life.
[4:44:32] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[4:44:34] » Thank you very much. And uh with that,
[4:44:37] this meeting is adjourned.