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this time, I will call the August 6, 2024 meeting of the River City Council order to stand and join me in a pledge, a resolution pledge.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, to my nation and to my power, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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have every month here at 5.30. And we're going to do citizens comment, public comment, Mrs.

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time set aside for citizens to address the city council on any of the item of interest to the

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public that's in with our subject matter jurisdiction. For items that are on the agenda,

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that's when you'll give your public comment. We reserve the right to limit speakers three

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minutes and please understand by law that the city council cannot make

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decisions on matters that are not on the agenda and they'll be forwarded to the

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city manager's office. We'll start out with public comment, citizens comment? JR?

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Yes, I just want to take this time mayor to acknowledge that I'd say

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Linda Gibbons was a nominated and awarded the woman of the year for the

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Himming County and I was able to go to her celebration at Wilcox golf

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course and see a lot of individuals stand up and really acknowledge what she's

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done for the Latin American community. So on behalf of the City Council I express

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our congratulations to her. Thank you. Just want to make sure I'm trying to fake Anita here.

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I'm sorry. Sorry about that.

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You haven't started the clock yet, have you? I'm doing it right now.

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I'm here to pray.

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Father, thank you for this life that you have given us that is so rich,

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it is so meaningful for so many of us, sadly not so rich and not so meaningful for many

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others. Thank you for this community in the different ways that they show care both through

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government agencies, non-profits, individual citizens' efforts. This is a great place,

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Father and I, thank you that I can live in a place like this. I pray that as time goes

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on we'll continue to find solutions, we'll continue to be able to provide housing, we'll

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have resources of finances, resources of volunteers and time and facilities. Then we'll be able

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to see that terrible things that happen to folks that have lost their way will begin to

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see those mitigate and see people come back to stabilize. As much as it's possible for

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a city or a county government to deal with that, Father, I pray that our city and our

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county would be responsive, would be accountable, and would be very fruitful in the things that

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they do. We have so many opportunities, so few resources, Father, I pray you'd

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give them wisdom and discernment so that this group might know how to proceed in

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ways that have the best impact in the most meaningful outcomes for so many

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people. Watch over this council, this staff, and other employees of Lesson. Give

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them grace, Father. Thank you for this country. Thank you for this community.

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Father, thank you for this life that we have. I ask it all in Jesus' name.

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is Ken. It is great to join you folks this evening online and as I usually do I would

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like to read scripture this evening. Honorable Mayor, esteemed members of the City Council.

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Can you hear me?

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I'm concerned about Israel at war.

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They are surrounded by enemies.

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And they are a friend that nation is a friend of the United States.

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So they're friends of people here in Red Bluff, too.

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In Psalm 115, the Bible gives glory to God.

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It's a Hebraic Psalm, and it's typically read during the Passover,

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known as a hallowed. But listen to what the Hebrew thought is in worshiping God.

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Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Thy name give glory. Because of Thy living kindness, because

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of Thy truth, why should the nations say, where now is their God? But our God is in the heavens.

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He does whatever He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.

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They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see.

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They have ears, but they cannot hear. Noses, but they cannot smell. Those who make them

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will become like them, everyone who trusts in them.

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O Israel, trust in the Lord. He is their help in their shield. O House of Aaron, trust in

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the Lord. He is their help in their shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord.

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He is their help in their shield. The Lord has been mindful of us. He will bless

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us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. He will

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bless those who fear the Lord, the small, together with the great. May the Lord

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give you increase, you and your children. May you be blessed of the Lord,

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maker of heaven and earth. The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the

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earth He has given to the sons of men that dead do not praise the Lord nor do

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any who go down into silence but as for us we will bless the Lord from this

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time forth and forever praise the Lord. Now I'm not a Hebrew I'm not a Jewish

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man but I have been as the Bible says adopted into the family of God and some

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of us here in this room are likewise. The scriptural phrase used is

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grafted in which means we're seated at God's table with the Hebrew people. Just a

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tip of the hat to these people our prayers our thoughts go up to them as

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they're involved in some horrible warfare and I know it's around the globe

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wish or around the globe greeting and prayer for these people but that's my

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concern this evening. Thank you so much for listening thank you for

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considering the word of God, Psalm 115.

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Public comment, citizens comment.

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Jackie?

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My name's Jackie Hernandez, and I live out at Highland Bluffs.

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And I want to thank each and every person here that had to do with getting the work started out there,

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the read-abatement that I came two weeks ago about, or longer.

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But anyway, it's not quite then.

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I hate to be like the wife the gujian honey do list and say, but but

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Unfortunately, it's not quite done. So what I'd like to do at this time is get on the agenda

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So that I could be able to discuss this matter.

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Can I

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Portion of the end of the council meeting where the members can put on a future agenda item

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So they'll be able to discuss that and give me direction if they want me to put that on a future agenda.

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Oh, okay. All right. Thank you.

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You're welcome.

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Other comments, citizens comment?

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Seeing no one else.

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Any agenda corrections?

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Yes, there was two minor corrections. One in item number six, which begins on page 71.

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The ordinance was in there twice. It was duplicated, so we removed one copy.

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In addition to that the page numbering was added by the deputy city clerk. Those are the only corrections

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One just wanted to announce happening currently as national night out

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It's actually being held at room park near the Chamber of Commerce office that last until 8 p.m

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If you'd like swing by and visit with our police and fire personnel

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Also the nomination period is still open for anyone wishing to run for city council that period closes on August 9th

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but it's incumbent, does not file paperwork,

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it gets extended to August 14th.

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Also, there is just a reminder

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that Tame County Associations of Realtor

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is holding a public forum on August 12th

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from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Veterans Hall

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to kind of have a panel forum

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about how the PATH Navigation Center

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has positively impacted the unsheltered residents

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within the community.

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I know that Chief Lockmire will be attending

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in addition to Captain Ortega,

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and then Cole McClure, our homeless liaison officer, will be there too.

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And then the last thing I wanted to say, City of Herbalup hasn't been directly impacted by the park fire,

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but we know that there's thousands of personnel that are here in our area from around the state of California

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helping to protect life, property, and our natural resources.

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I just wanted to say thank you to all those personnel, and I know that Chief Lockmire and Scott Miller,

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our public force director, have a couple of updates as well.

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That's it. Okay.

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Do you want to resource who's got here?

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Yes, sir.

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Summer programs are wrapping up for this year.

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The pool program as well as the fund zone program over the summer.

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And so we have about 25 apart type of staff members that the city hires for the summer and those programs will be coming to an end shortly.

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The programs went very well to the best of my knowledge.

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We're also recruiting new police officer, corporal, and sergeant positions, and we have been advertising the $40,000 hiring bonus for

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lateral people for that. That was approved at West Council. That's all I have to say.

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Okay, the new development director, Beth Lundauer.

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Hello, thanks, ma'am.

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Fire Chief Mike Bachmauer.

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Honorable Mayor, members of Council, good evening. Today for the fire department, in relation to the Park Fire,

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engine along with two of our division chiefs who today I think their assignment is in

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Mill Creek so they might be pretty busy right now as that's where the majority of the fire

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activity is. The public information I've seen is all I know so they know the fires over 414,000

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acres at this point. There's something like 35, 3600 personnel on that distributed across all

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kinds of apparatus. In addition to those crews working there we also have an

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engine and three personnel who are out doing a helibase standby and we'll talk

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too much about that because Mr. Miller will talk about that as the airport

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manager but once they get over a certain number of helicopters or ships on

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station then they have to have an engine do standby while they're doing

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their operations in case there's an incident at the helibase so that's what

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we're out doing out there currently have been since Saturday the 27th, I believe.

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In addition, just to remind everybody, there's a couple of ways to get information.

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One of the things that runs through the County Sheriff's Department used to be called Zone

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Haven.

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It is now switched to what's called Genesis and you can go to a website protect.genesis.com

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and Genesis is spelled G E N A S Y S and at that location if you have internet

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access you can put your address in and it will search and tell you which

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evacuation zone you're in. There's also a really handy app that I think

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everybody in the department has had for quite a while even my wife's had it for

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like two years and I just heard about it called Watch Duty and so when you

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download this app in your phone and put in your information it will give

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you updates about incidents that are occurring around your area up to and

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including it is tied into the Genesis system and will give notifications on

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evacuations. So if anybody needs any of that information, download the watch through

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the app or go to protect.genesis-g-e-n-a-s-y-s.

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No offence.

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Police Department acting chief, correct me.

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I'd just like to echo the words by City Manager Pumbler,

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they're in the field on the park fire due to our staffing levels.

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We've been unable to send any of our personnel for that,

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so we just appreciate the ones that can do to help our community.

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And just for the personnel that are out at the river park tonight,

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being with our community, we appreciate them,

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and hopefully we get a good turnout out of the park.

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It seems like every year now it's on a city council week.

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It's the first Tuesday in August every year.

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Director of Public Works, Scott Miller.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Members of the City Council.

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As Chief Blockbinder said, you know, our airport is really hopping starting Saturday.

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We got word from Monty Smith with Cal Fire.

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The unit chief pertaining with land.

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give us a heads up that it was going to be coming down myself and Gary Walker with

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Cardian aircraft services where are we preparing for as we were watching to come

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that much closer we started proactively getting set up our pre-plan for out of

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the site as well as bringing in a bunch more fuel to supply the thirsty birds

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we didn't know how many that we're going to get we were originally told

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roughly about 12 end up ramping up to 17 and to date the largest ramp

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that we did have out there was 37 aircraft additional aircraft teams out

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there by far this is our largest mobilization of L base to date previous

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record was 33 they have a temporary tower set up out there that is

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controlling aircraft coming in and going out because the helicopter

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We're trying to find the most efficient fastest route to respond to the incident, as well as

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multiple loads underneath their ships. We want to make sure that we keep a proper separation.

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Our general aviation airport is still open and going, so in conjunction with emergency

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responses. It is a very dynamic situation, so the aircraft will come in and leave. I

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think we've ramped down to about 15 was our lowest at any point, and then it's backed

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I think currently right about 25 AT&T actually brought out some therapy dogs

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to bring out to the crews to help relieve some of the stress and stuff

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that they're fighting out there which was a pretty cool little issue. One of

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the other things I would like to you know command CAL FIRE and those stuff for

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this activation is they're utilizing a lot of local resources for this. Just

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at or how a base alone we have emergency command support which provides trailers

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and other large-scale stuff to support the buyer. All American emergency

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services, TENS, air conditioning systems, cooling centers for the crews that are

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out there, Ben's trucking, Kevin's delinquent, Green Martin whiskey kitchen

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has their cook trailer out for providing dinners to all the crews out

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there, but also command Captain Casey Hickok with the team that's out there

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providing crash rescue. Not only have they been doing crash rescue services out

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there, familiarizing themselves with the aircraft should an instant come up, he's

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also providing some of his other side skills and talents in what I like to

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call preventative crash rescue. The aircraft tower had a comms issue and

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actually one of their insisted with getting their system back up and

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operational so we had proper communications going back and forth.

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So, taking and providing a good qualified personnel for out there.

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Some stuff that's outside of the holiday operations.

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Got a couple of road closures that are coming up.

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One that's gonna be ours is Low Hall Street, Thursday night at 1130 PM to 7 o'clock in the morning.

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We'll be doing some repair issues there, striking and cleaning up on the edge.

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edge of that roadways. It's just kind of a neighbor. So when we close it down to do it at night,

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we're also doing a bunch of stop bars, crosswalks, and stuff around the schools.

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The approach was going to be required for that. And then also for the county project on South Maine,

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with a roundabout project, the northbound I-5 ramps will be closed from I-5 to South Maine.

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That'd be Wednesday and Thursday nights from 7 o'clock in the evening to 6 o'clock in the

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both of those days.

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We sent off little blasts to the hospitals,

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the fire departments, and such,

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so that they were all aware of that for safety,

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but more than that.

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Thank you.

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Yeah, we don't have any commission reports.

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We don't have any presentations.

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Conflict and Ventures Declaration.

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If we have an item on the agenda and you have a conflict,

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make sure you announce that.

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Then we shall go to the Consent Agenda Approval of Minutes.

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We've got three items.

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and City Council Regular Meeting on May 5th,

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City Council Regular Meeting on March 19th,

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and number three,

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Resolution of City Council's City of Red Blocks

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Authorized and Designing City Manager

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as the authorized representative

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to sign and file a financial assistance application

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for the Waste Plot and Reclamation Plant Treatment

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Realizability Project.

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Motion by.

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Second.

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Second by Council Member Hurton.

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Any further discussion?

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Can

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you pose, chair votes aye, motion carried,

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killer agenda, number four, school resource

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officer, MOU of the Revlock Union Elementary School District, and this will be acting chief

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Clinton Ortega.

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Thank you, Mayor and members of the City Council.

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Tonight for approval you have a memorandum of understanding between the Revlock Union

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Elementary School District and the Revlock Police Department.

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This MOU is very similar to the contract or MOU that you had in front of you

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with rental high school with a few differences.

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This contract is a three-year contract

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with the option of two one-year contract

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or one-year extensions for a total of five

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potential years for an MOU.

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With this MOU, it also has funding

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that's provided by AV109,

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which is the public re-alignment act

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that offsets some of the costs

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that the school has had to provide in the past.

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So with that, the elementary school has only provided $20,000 towards the SRO officer in

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the past.

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So we'll continue to receive that money from AB 109 and then this contract will provide

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funding for the subsequent three years, but that funding is a little bit different than

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what the Rebel High School provides because of the offset funding.

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So tonight we're asking for the City Council to approve the MOU between the Rebel

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up to the elementary school district and the rebel police department with the

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authority for the chief of police decided also

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I'm glad we're here is 20

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grand and now

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getting this we're actually getting close towards the end of

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this contract we're going to be paying getting the money reimbursed to us for

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this SRO great officers that's nice I

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make a motion to approve the memorandum

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of understanding between the red blood union elementary school district

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by the Police Department for School Resource Officer Services and Authorized Achievement of Police Decision.

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Questions by Council Member Ben-Gaulis?

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Any questions by Council Member Burton for the discussion?

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Chair votes aye.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Chair votes aye.

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All in favor?

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members. On May 21st, 2024, the city council approved a contract with public relations firm

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Clifford Moss for assistance with the city's proposed ballot measure to repair the city's

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dreams. FM3 research was hired to conduct a survey of Rev. Love residents for that ballot

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measure. That survey results were conducted in June of this year with 325 likely voters

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for the November election that were contacted via phone,

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cell and online with text and email.

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Tonight, we have with us Miranda Everett of FM3 Research.

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She's going to go through the survey results.

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In addition to that, we also have Laura Prody of Clifford Moss.

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And so I think at this time, Miranda,

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I'm going to go ahead and pull up my screen with slides,

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and then you can take away.

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Thanks so much.

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So let me know when they're on the screen

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just because I can't see.

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Ah, here we go.

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So my name is Miranda Everett.

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I'm a senior vice president at FM3 Research.

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We are a public opinion research and strategy firm based

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in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Portland.

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I'm here to present tonight the results of the survey

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that was just mentioned, which we

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can start with on the next slide with our methodology.

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So first, this was a survey conducted in mid-June

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with likely November 2024 voters in Red Bluff.

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that was determined based on their prior vote history. So folks who have turned out in prior

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presidential elections or frequently turned out as well as relative newcomers to the city were

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included in that sample. We were able to speak to 325 random and representative members of the

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community using, as was mentioned, kind of every tool in the toolbox, phone calls with live

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interviews, email invitations and text message invitations directing folks to an online

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The margin of sampling error for this study is 5.7% for the full sample and in places where we employed a split sample, which I'll describe in a moment, that margin of sampling error is closer to 9%.

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So moving into some of the context that we asked about in this survey, starting on the next slide, we asked voters to tell us whether they have favorable or unfavorable views of the city government and the city council more specifically.

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You can see here that they're pretty split down the middle, a little bit more positive

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than negative here, 39 to 34 for yourself, City Council, 38 to 34 for your colleagues

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in City Government more broadly.

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And you can see there's about a quarter in either case who are just not really aware

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enough to give an opinion.

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And this isn't uncommon in smaller cities if folks are, you know, in our modern

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news environment and not especially tuned in and they give kind of middling or

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or decline to rate. So fairly in line with what we see in many places.

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However on the next slide you can see when we ask people whether they are satisfied with city

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services in general there's a lot of dissatisfaction. In fact 55% say they are dissatisfied with

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city services, 21% giving it kind of the lowest rating of very dissatisfied and just 5%

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saying they're very satisfied. And this is something that I think is going to be drawn out in some

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additional slides as you'll see starting on the next one. The majority here harbors some level

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of concern with the city's financial management. You can see 54% say the statement, I trust the

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city to manage taxpayer funds wisely is an inaccurate one. 37% say that is very inaccurate

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and then 36% say they actually do trust the city.

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And so, you know, there is a certain level

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of public cynicism about government in many cases.

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And here you can see that also applies

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to the local context.

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On the next slide, I think this is one of the key findings

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that really stood out to us in this study

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is just how great the appetite is

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for funding to maintain local streets and roads.

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As you can see, 80% say there is a great need

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or some need for such funding, 61% give it the highest reading of great need for funding.

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Of course, this question isn't tied to a particular mechanism, amount, project list, anything

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like that.

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Just looking to see whether voters recognize this need in the community.

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In some communities, we don't see numbers nearly as high, and I think this is a really

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striking finding, really broadly seen as a need.

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So next, moving more specifically to the measure we tested, on the next slide you can see the language that we used in our survey.

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Now, we wrote it as a special purpose measure, which has a two-thirds vote threshold.

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We also wrote it for the one-cent level, which I know is different than what you're considering tonight.

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Our kind of mode of research typically is to start at the higher level, and if people don't have an appetite for that to kind of pull some different levers and see where people land.

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And then you as policy makers along with staff can really decide what makes the most sort of policy sense

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But given the the research limitations we had we just wanted to look at at this

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This is as close as possible to what people might see on a November ballot 75 words

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It's got some of the required phrases that the state

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Requires the duration of the tax the amount things like that as well as a brief kind of listing of what it might fund

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So, everyone either heard or read this pretty early on in the survey.

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And the next slide shows the reaction to that.

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We saw nearly two-thirds support for this, 65% said they would vote yes, 41% said they

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would definitely vote yes.

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Notably, that's quite a high level, but it is a high bar to clear that two-thirds.

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So, given the margin of error of the survey overall being around 6%, that puts us in

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a place where we're right at the margin needed for passage.

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It's just really tough to get to two-thirds in many places.

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The next slide digs into the demographics just a bit more.

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You can see the patterns of support by gender and by age.

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It's slightly broader among women at 70%, than among men at 64%.

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By age, the patterns are pretty similar, just margin of error differences there as

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well.

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The next slide shows some distinctions by party registration and voters racial or

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ethnic identity. You can see two-thirds of Democrats support the measure,

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as do two-thirds of independents. Republicans, who are typically quite

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critical of many tax measures, also support this at three and five level.

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That is a great sign, but it's just still tough for a two-thirds measure.

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And then we can see white voters a bit more strongly supportive than voters of color,

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although both are offering majority support.

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On the next slide, you can see those earlier questions about need for funding

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and about trust of the city in managing funds and how people's kind of

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interactions of opinions work with the vote on the measure. So at the top of the

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slide you can see those who see a great need for roads funding, 75% of them

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support this measure, 63% of those who see some need for funding support the

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measure, and of those who trust the city to manage funds wisely, 78% are

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supporting the measure, and even 55% of those who don't trust the city to

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manage the funds wisely, still say they would vote yes on the measure as we

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provided it to them.

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Notably as I mentioned before we asked about a couple

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different approaches just to see if we got broader support with a shorter

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sunset or a lower tax amount. Statistically speaking the differences

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are marginal and so our kind of conclusion there was to really let

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policy guide that decision-making because voters are really open to that

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one cent 20-year tax as well as to three quarters or to 10 cents or three quarters of a cent or 10

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years rather. Another question we put to voters pretty fundamentally here is knowing that you

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could have either a tax that is in place longer and has enough funding over time to repair major roads

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and neighbors.

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Neighborhood streets. Or you could have a tax that expires more quickly and takes care

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of major roads, but not neighborhood streets. And when we put it to voters in those terms,

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kind of weighing those choices, 70% say they prefer the tax that's in place longer and

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takes care of more of the city's needs. Really quite a broad margin here. It's kind of striking

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how broad this margin is. And then you have about 21% who don't say they don't know.

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twice as high as the share who would prefer the the shorter sunset.

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Next you

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see a number of potential investment priorities. There's a few slides in this

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series, three slides. These are ranked in order of the share who called each an

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extremely or very important priority for the funds. So at the top of the list

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you can see a lot of things related to streets and roads. That includes fixing

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potholes, repairing and maintaining local streets and roads, doing it to

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reduce the need for future repairs. So putting that kind of finer point on why

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in just a few words that's important too. And then providing safe routes to

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school for children. All of these things valued by four and five voters or more

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and the extreme value they place on it is also quite high. On the second slide

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you can see things that are valued at seven and ten to eight to four and

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five. That includes reducing damage to vehicles caused by potholes, making the

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city eligible for state and federal matching funds. That's something that

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really stands out to voters.

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Local control and annual audits,

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an important piece of the puzzle,

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as well as upgrading sidewalks

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for people with disabilities.

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All of those things also broadly include.

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Relatively low on the list,

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you can see improving traffic safety,

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repairing and maintaining sidewalks,

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doing so to attract businesses,

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building sidewalks in places without them.

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These are still things that in those shades of blue,

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you can see broad shares of voter support,

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Just with a little less intensity and then paving unpaid streets and roads. That's kind of the lowest on the to-do list for voters overall

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So next we've provided some additional information to voters to see where they are after they've learned more about a measure

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Both kind of from the positive side and the negative side of the point

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One is to take a good good look at back as you've seen already our initial vote was 65 to 28

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Which is a brief position to be in we're at a majority measure, but tough for a two-thirds

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After positive information, we move up that definitely yes share by six points.

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Our overall yes share doesn't move too much, but a good sign there.

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And then after critical messaging, we see with our final vote,

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we're at 59% yes to 33% no.

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So, again, that would be a great place to be for a majority measure,

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but at two thirds, it's just pretty tough.

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The next slide shows who is overrepresented in our consistent yes category,

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who is overrepresented in our consistent no category,

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category, who our swing voters are, who kind of move back and forth, who are kind of open

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to more information or change their mind throughout, and just shows a little bit about who those

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folks are in each category.

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I think it's important to note here that really it's kind of a mixed bag and not as typical

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as we see on many measures where this kind of looks like purdy lines.

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It's a little different than what we see in some other places.

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So starting on the next slide, you see some of the arguments that we shared in favor of

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a measure, some rationals to support it.

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The potential wear and tear on your cars, the kind of potholes and that kind of maintenance

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really stood out to folks 45 percent of them, so that's a very convincing reason to consider

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a yes vote.

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Forty-three percent said a message really dealing with PCI, although we didn't use

458
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,060
that technical term.

459
00:33:41,060 --> 00:33:43,480
and we said streets that are rated as failing or poor

460
00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:45,660
was a standout message for them.

461
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:50,100
The idea of accountability and kind of ensuring

462
00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:51,540
that it will be spent on this thing

463
00:33:51,540 --> 00:33:52,660
that we saw earlier in the survey

464
00:33:52,660 --> 00:33:54,580
they really notice and care about

465
00:33:54,580 --> 00:33:56,300
which is the street and road conditions

466
00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:57,560
really stands out as well.

467
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,400
The next slide shows things that ranked a little bit

468
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,100
lower in terms of connecting with voters

469
00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:05,800
and their concerns.

470
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:09,060
The idea that sales taxes are paid largely

471
00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:13,700
by out of towners. The idea that a dollar on a hundred dollar purchase is a small price to pay.

472
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:19,020
Those aren't as important to people as just hearing and having explained to them how the

473
00:34:19,020 --> 00:34:22,500
measure is going to really deal with that fundamental problem they saw of the road

474
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:26,880
conditionings as we saw in the prior slide. And the next slide just shows the ranking

475
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,940
are very convincing. We already showed you as well as the folks who say,

476
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,860
yeah, this is somewhat convincing. And you can see a lot of these are connecting to seven

477
00:34:33,860 --> 00:34:40,220
and 10 voters or more, those top two are really kind of a standout, as we said.

478
00:34:41,900 --> 00:34:46,780
Now, on the other side of the point, we also wanted to make sure we tested some potential

479
00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:51,900
critiques we might hear in the community from organized groups who might oppose and

480
00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:55,100
just really get a good, honest look at whether it's going to be worth the city's resources

481
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,780
to put something in front of voters with that in mind.

482
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,720
At the top of the list, a very simple message saying taxes are too high and another

483
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:07,800
that seeing cost of living is out of control. Those are the things that really resonate on

484
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,300
the no side and that is something we've been seeing across the state and in many other

485
00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:16,500
states, frankly, on every kind of tax revenue measure these days. Just the idea that people

486
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:21,120
are feeling pretty pressed and it can be hard to sort of justify additional costs.

487
00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:25,900
So that is not unique to your community. And the next slide shows just how much

488
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:30,320
those resonate. You can see there are a couple where they're getting close to the

489
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:36,300
a 70% range, so those are ones that are potentially meaningful for folks.

490
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,760
And then another few of those that really fall flat, like the other priorities message, saying

491
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,840
we just don't need to spend money on roads right now.

492
00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:44,580
That's something that people are really rejecting.

493
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,180
It's really about whether they're ready for a tax increase.

494
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,940
So another thing we did at the very end of the survey, it wasn't quite a fair

495
00:35:52,940 --> 00:35:57,660
test because after all of this pro and con messaging, particularly the con messaging,

496
00:35:57,660 --> 00:36:01,540
was test a simple majority general-purpose measure.

497
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,620
You can see this one has a 50% plus one threshold.

498
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:10,260
It includes much more things in addition to roads like storm drains, emergency response, et cetera.

499
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,280
And we wanted to tuck that into the end of the survey and just see how it was reacted to that as well.

500
00:36:15,900 --> 00:36:20,580
And you can see on the next slide that after the whole back-and-forth about the roads measure,

501
00:36:21,060 --> 00:36:22,860
views of this are not particularly sunny.

502
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,760
We're at 47% yes to 45% no.

503
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:31,140
But a good share of folks, about 8% are undecided because they've kind of gone through a whole

504
00:36:31,140 --> 00:36:36,080
survey where we talked about roads quite a bit and now we're moving to this other option.

505
00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:41,140
And so I think that often we see when we check in that second question, it's not quite

506
00:36:41,140 --> 00:36:46,720
a fair look, but it does give us an indication that that real focus on roads is quite important

507
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:47,180
to folks.

508
00:36:49,310 --> 00:36:52,970
So another thing we did is briefly test some key messengers, wanted to know who

509
00:36:52,970 --> 00:36:58,470
people trust or want to hear from on this type of message, measure and learn more about.

510
00:36:59,510 --> 00:37:00,470
Firefighters are beloved.

511
00:37:00,850 --> 00:37:04,010
That's common in every community, but especially yours right now and sure.

512
00:37:05,170 --> 00:37:10,650
Volunteers, police officers, traffic engineers, construction workers, these are all folks

513
00:37:10,650 --> 00:37:15,350
that folks in your community who really want to hear from and really trust and they're

514
00:37:15,350 --> 00:37:20,530
more mixed to negative on hearing from the Red Bull of Daily News or the Chamber

515
00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:26,090
of commerce or taxpayer associations. And these are kind of common patterns we find. Folks really

516
00:37:26,090 --> 00:37:30,370
want to hear from those who kind of have that day to day experience and don't necessarily have

517
00:37:30,370 --> 00:37:38,080
something to gain by a measure being passed. So just to wrap up, our poll does show a challenging

518
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:43,840
path forward for a special purpose roads measure in 2024. We've got two-thirds support

519
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:49,960
based on the ballot measure alone. That's fantastic news. But for the tough margin,

520
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:54,900
you've got it two-thirds you've just got no margin for error here as folks might be persuaded to

521
00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:59,900
drop off or not show up. So there's not quite as much room to breathe. So this is something

522
00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:04,780
that's really going to take an effort to get passed and help voters really understand how

523
00:38:04,780 --> 00:38:09,500
it's going to address that issue. The good news though is that folks really clearly see

524
00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:14,980
the need for roads funding. That is something that there's there's really no question about.

525
00:38:15,260 --> 00:38:18,560
So kind of making the case for that how this is going to address potholes,

526
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,220
street and road conditions, things like that, that's really going to be key.

527
00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:26,200
And as we were developing this survey, we're kind of building the plane as we're flying

528
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:26,480
it.

529
00:38:27,140 --> 00:38:32,640
ACA-1 was also a factor that was originally drafted to apply at the state level to measures

530
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,680
like this, and it could have reduced the vote threshold to 55%.

531
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,440
That was part of why we wanted to spend a lot of time on that special purpose piece.

532
00:38:41,140 --> 00:38:45,540
This is now known as Prop 5, and now it only applies to infrastructure bonds, and

533
00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:48,980
so it wouldn't apply to this measure here,

534
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,880
but pending the fate of Prop 5 in November in the future,

535
00:38:53,060 --> 00:38:54,480
a bond might also be worth a look

536
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,100
because it has that lower vote threshold.

537
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,340
So that kind of takes us to the end of the survey

538
00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:02,120
and I'm happy to take questions.

539
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:05,080
Right here.

540
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:06,340
Council.

541
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:07,200
Paul.

542
00:39:08,140 --> 00:39:09,020
Yeah, thank you, Miranda.

543
00:39:10,060 --> 00:39:12,740
I just wanted to say, Anita,

544
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,900
that I'm also a little karate I believe is also on.

545
00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:18,620
She's the phone number 408, if you want to promote her.

546
00:39:20,700 --> 00:39:23,760
The survey is close, as Miranda indicated.

547
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:29,500
The item after this action is a sales tax measure that

548
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:34,340
is a special use tax that is 66.7% voter threshold.

549
00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:40,900
We went that way purposefully so that those funds generated

550
00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:43,960
if that measure does pass can only be used for the purposes

551
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:44,660
of the streets.

552
00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:48,500
can't be diverted to anything else that would only go to the streets and the improvements

553
00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:52,580
thereof. So, I just wanted to add that in. I do know

554
00:39:52,580 --> 00:39:56,680
that if Laura hopefully can participate with us as well, just to answer

555
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,200
any questions, but I just wanted to make that comment.

556
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,620
Okay. Gals, what are your comments?

557
00:40:08,590 --> 00:40:12,690
Appreciate what Tom said. You know, one of the greatest, one of the most frequent

558
00:40:12,690 --> 00:40:16,750
comments to me, made by the citizens of the fact that there is

559
00:40:17,450 --> 00:40:23,670
something being said around that we will pass this tax and then the funds will be

560
00:40:23,670 --> 00:40:26,430
used someplace else and I don't know what it's coming from the five

561
00:40:26,430 --> 00:40:29,230
individuals shared that would be and that's kind of something that's always

562
00:40:29,230 --> 00:40:33,210
approaching I want to I made that clear to them this is a measure that it is

563
00:40:33,210 --> 00:40:38,950
streets only as Tom has indicated this measure and it's there's audit factors

564
00:40:38,950 --> 00:40:42,630
into this and I really appreciate the work that's been done with the

565
00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:49,350
survey and the citizens have asked us to fix the streets and that has been our

566
00:40:49,350 --> 00:40:54,570
objective and our priority for a long time. It's just not this year that this

567
00:40:54,570 --> 00:40:57,930
council's been working on it and I appreciate the work that other council

568
00:40:57,930 --> 00:41:03,830
members have done with this but this money will be used for streets and

569
00:41:03,830 --> 00:41:07,650
there'll be an audit and so on to protect this money that is not used

570
00:41:07,650 --> 00:41:08,390
anything else.

571
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:13,000
Well,

572
00:41:17,380 --> 00:41:23,480
is that even for the public? But you never ask. Randall, let me ask you a

573
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:29,560
question that isn't reflected in the survey, but your experience may help. When you have a

574
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:37,660
measure like this, is the voter propensity higher among people who favor the measure or higher

575
00:41:37,660 --> 00:41:40,240
among people who oppose the measure?

576
00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:47,660
That is not something that is consistent across studies.

577
00:41:47,660 --> 00:41:53,440
I can, in a few moments here, look at the differences by voter turnout, but

578
00:41:53,440 --> 00:42:01,220
typically demographics like party or age or home ownership or income have much

579
00:42:01,220 --> 00:42:05,860
more to do with that correlation than voter turnout. And here we saw broad

580
00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:10,360
support across party lines, which we don't always see, but just a little

581
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:16,920
lower than two thirds with Republicans. So I can look that up. I think that's

582
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,220
an important consideration given that we've got such a small margin of error.

583
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:27,180
Second question, also not addressed by the survey but asking about your experience,

584
00:42:27,940 --> 00:42:33,320
you may know, and I think unless I'm mistaken, there is still the likelihood of two measures on the ballot.

585
00:42:33,500 --> 00:42:34,460
Is that still the case?

586
00:42:38,850 --> 00:42:40,930
And signatures with the August name.

587
00:42:41,910 --> 00:42:46,330
Okay, so it's possible that there will be two measures.

588
00:42:46,610 --> 00:42:47,150
Is that correct?

589
00:42:47,150 --> 00:42:51,490
The City Council doesn't control that initiative, so I don't know the status of that.

590
00:42:53,860 --> 00:43:02,020
So, Rhonda, my question is, if you have two competing measures on the same ballot with different parameters,

591
00:43:02,820 --> 00:43:07,380
what is your experience as to how likely it is that either of them would pass?

592
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:16,240
Yeah, we often find, you know, we do a lot of work where perhaps they're, you know,

593
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:20,080
high school district and a community college district or something like that,

594
00:43:20,300 --> 00:43:24,700
not quite the overlap that we may see here potentially, but we find often that

595
00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:29,300
voters kind of consider them on their merits individually. Do they feel like

596
00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:33,280
the mechanism is the right one? Do they feel like the amount is right? Do they

597
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:38,240
feel like now is the time and the need is urgent? The impact of a campaign to

598
00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:41,200
really distinguish the two and say you know this is the one you should

599
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,160
support or you should support both or whatever it might be could have an

600
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,220
impact in a small community as well and maybe that's something Laura has more

601
00:43:48,220 --> 00:43:53,420
experience with but I think in this case it can be hard to say but typically what

602
00:43:53,420 --> 00:43:58,880
we find is that voters evaluate each measure sort of on their own merits. My

603
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:05,520
experience as a voter there are more lines of text there as explaining a

604
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:10,800
measure unless likely I am to read all of the lines of text and since these

605
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:18,580
These are both highly technical in terms of the term, the amounts, the years, everything

606
00:44:18,580 --> 00:44:21,080
else you buy is cross-breeding both of these.

607
00:44:22,500 --> 00:44:27,340
Do you find that people read thoroughly before they decide in your experience program?

608
00:44:32,410 --> 00:44:33,670
That's the music I'm playing.

609
00:44:34,670 --> 00:44:35,870
I've never heard that before.

610
00:44:38,330 --> 00:44:39,610
And I go to a lot of these.

611
00:44:41,010 --> 00:44:45,330
Yeah, I think that 75 words we put in front of people is the one thing they're going

612
00:44:45,330 --> 00:44:49,630
see right above where they check yes or no, and so that's what we put in front of everybody.

613
00:44:50,590 --> 00:44:51,970
That is kind of the truest test.

614
00:44:52,490 --> 00:44:58,290
Of course, depending on, you know, the scenario, people might see long signs or see on Facebook

615
00:44:58,290 --> 00:44:59,210
or whatever it is.

616
00:44:59,410 --> 00:44:59,950
Yes on measure.

617
00:45:09,340 --> 00:45:23,680
I think that's why that 75 words is the most important thing we look at, because that is the one thing we know. It is right about where they check yes or no, and that is the one thing that we're pretty certain most people read.

618
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:29,080
Thank you, Miranda. A question for council then, and Tom, maybe a question for you.

619
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:39,120
I'm understanding that if the agenda item tonight is passed, the city will have on the ballot

620
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:43,040
in November a measure as you've described it in Ashista.

621
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:50,200
And I'm understanding, Tom, I know you don't have control over what you're posing or the opposite may do,

622
00:45:50,860 --> 00:45:55,880
but when is the deadline for that to be finished?

623
00:45:55,880 --> 00:46:01,900
And am I understanding you to say that the other competing proposal has not yet completed

624
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:05,400
all of its needs to be able to get it on the ballot?

625
00:46:06,580 --> 00:46:11,480
Nothing's been submitted to the city yet and the deadline for our tax measure we move forward

626
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,440
is Friday, August 9th.

627
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:18,540
So we intend if the council makes action this evening to get that to register our voters

628
00:46:18,540 --> 00:46:19,460
in the next day or two.

629
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:20,740
Yeah, what are you going to do Cody?

630
00:46:22,260 --> 00:46:24,440
After that's not on the agenda tonight.

631
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:25,240
What is it?

632
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:28,000
We are actually discussing the results of a survey.

633
00:46:28,580 --> 00:46:29,560
All right, that's amazing.

634
00:46:30,380 --> 00:46:31,080
Thank you.

635
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:33,980
Are there public comment around the phone?

636
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:37,340
No, Jim's erased.

637
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:38,600
Okay.

638
00:46:39,660 --> 00:46:41,940
We're done with that one, then we'll go to number six.

639
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:47,000
An ordinance of the city of Rebluff imposing a transaction and use tax to be administered

640
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,420
by the California Department of Tax and Food Administration.

641
00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:53,500
Tonight, we're going to conduct a public hearing and waive the second reading

642
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:59,360
Is that my title on the DOC ordinance number 1085 for Red Bluff Street repair and safety

643
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:06,420
measure gone? Thank you Mayor, Council Members. As indicated at the last meeting on July 16th,

644
00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:12,000
the Council directed staff to alter the ordinance in the following manner provide a sales tax rate

645
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:18,320
of three quarters of one cent for a period of 20 years. And that was done. I just wanted to

646
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:24,860
just talk briefly and with the last presentation this was touched on a little bit to to clear up any

647
00:47:24,860 --> 00:47:30,480
confusion that makes this regarding a general purpose tax and a special use tax. As the council

648
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:36,680
is aware what is proposed and before you this evening is a special use tax. A general obligation

649
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:44,860
tax requires 50 plus one voter approval. When those funds come in and they're funneled down

650
00:47:44,860 --> 00:47:50,260
through the state of California. Those come in as revenues for the city's budget and then are

651
00:47:50,260 --> 00:47:56,360
allocated accordingly through the budgetary process. That's not the same as what's proposed this

652
00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:03,580
evening. Proposed this evening is a special use tax. It requires 66.7% voter threshold.

653
00:48:04,220 --> 00:48:08,000
When those funds are collected and funneled from the state of California to the city,

654
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:13,720
they come in as revenue, but they can only be spent in a specific manner related to the

655
00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:15,160
the way that they were collected,

656
00:48:15,620 --> 00:48:16,840
which is for our streets.

657
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:18,900
As the council is aware,

658
00:48:19,020 --> 00:48:20,680
this ordinance is really two components.

659
00:48:20,940 --> 00:48:22,200
There's the ordinance itself

660
00:48:22,910 --> 00:48:25,340
in addition to the expenditure plan.

661
00:48:25,780 --> 00:48:28,080
And so I just wanted to touch on a couple of highlights.

662
00:48:28,460 --> 00:48:31,560
Again, the mechanics of this ordinance

663
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:35,760
with the exception of the sunset date of 20 years

664
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:38,640
and the tax rate have been the same

665
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:41,080
since who was first presented to the city council

666
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:43,400
until you're meeting on April 2nd of 2024.

667
00:48:44,140 --> 00:48:46,360
As I mentioned, this is a special use tax

668
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:49,940
of three quarters of 1% of 1 cent.

669
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:51,660
This is a 20 year term.

670
00:48:51,940 --> 00:48:54,180
It's only for streets within the city of Ruff Love.

671
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,400
It requires a local street strategic plan,

672
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:01,000
which is essentially how, when those funds are collected,

673
00:49:01,140 --> 00:49:02,480
how they are going to be spent

674
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:05,120
on engineering design, construction, et cetera.

675
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,180
It requires the creation of an oversight committee,

676
00:49:08,180 --> 00:49:11,960
It requires annual audits and reports on the revenues generated.

677
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:17,060
It will approve existing streets and develops ADA improvements where required.

678
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:23,780
There's an expenditure plan that is connected to this ordinance that lists the potential cost identified

679
00:49:23,780 --> 00:49:28,000
in the pavement condition index that was completed as well as engineering

680
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,880
and design ADA improvements and construction management costs.

681
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:37,340
As was indicated earlier, this requires as a special use tax

682
00:49:38,380 --> 00:49:45,600
66.7% of the voters. If it is passed based upon a kind of a five-year average of sales

683
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:52,860
tax data, we would anticipate that that would generate potentially $3.8 million annually with

684
00:49:52,860 --> 00:49:59,260
$76 million total. Now, that factors in that the sales tax never increases in the city

685
00:49:59,260 --> 00:50:05,320
of Revla, and we don't know over time that it will. And so, this is kind of the culmination

686
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:09,180
of a process that really began in February of 2023

687
00:50:09,180 --> 00:50:12,120
with kind of your adoption of the Capital Improvement Program

688
00:50:12,580 --> 00:50:13,980
and then kind of listing the things

689
00:50:13,980 --> 00:50:15,820
that we've done since that point in time.

690
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,820
So it's taken a lot of work to get here,

691
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:19,780
a lot of staff time.

692
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,200
Thank you to Scott Miller Public Works Director,

693
00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:24,840
Robbie Campman and Sophia Meyer

694
00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:27,160
for all their input to where we're at.

695
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:32,600
So especially use tax three quarters of one cent in 20 years.

696
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:38,580
That's what's before you that is approved this evening and it'd be moving forward to the voter of registrars

697
00:50:38,580 --> 00:50:41,620
Beyond the November 20 for 24 election

698
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:45,460
And with that that would be available for any questions. I

699
00:50:49,270 --> 00:50:52,170
think I'm going to do is open the public hearing at 620

700
00:50:52,750 --> 00:50:56,350
public hearing 620 if anybody in the public or on the phone want to comment

701
00:50:59,410 --> 00:51:06,830
In the survey that was done that assessed the condition of the streets of neighborhood streets compared to major routes or major traffic

702
00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:14,250
Did it culminate with any kind of a priority assuming that this measure passed as to what

703
00:51:14,250 --> 00:51:20,610
the rationale would be or how the decisions would be made as to which streets would have

704
00:51:20,610 --> 00:51:22,490
priority of repair?

705
00:51:23,350 --> 00:51:29,890
So, yes, there was what's called a decision tree and that, obviously, the streets that

706
00:51:29,890 --> 00:51:36,030
have the lowest pavement condition index, which is PCI, those are something that

707
00:51:36,030 --> 00:51:40,170
may need to be addressed first but that's a decision that would be made when

708
00:51:40,170 --> 00:51:45,830
the formation of that local street strategic plan is formed but yes the

709
00:51:45,830 --> 00:51:50,430
pavement condition survey did give us kind of a decision tree on what should

710
00:51:50,430 --> 00:51:56,290
go first. Is the PCI lower on neighborhood streets than it is on

711
00:51:56,290 --> 00:52:00,950
regular routes? It just depends throughout the city it's not in any one area or the

712
00:52:00,950 --> 00:52:03,550
other. It's all over the city. Okay, thank you Tom.

713
00:52:06,570 --> 00:52:07,130
Good

714
00:52:18,300 --> 00:52:22,440
evening. My name is Steve

715
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:26,540
Madaffo. I'm here as the city president of the DeTamah County Association of Realtors.

716
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:31,200
I'm speaking here with the chair of the Government Affairs Committee for 2024.

717
00:52:32,580 --> 00:52:36,800
We're here as the DeTamah County Associates of Realtors. Our association has

718
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:40,800
been diligent working on engaging with local communities throughout educational

719
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:43,260
educational forums, public relations, and governmental affairs.

720
00:52:44,060 --> 00:52:48,560
With that said, a few weeks back we had reached out to our city manager, Tom Westbrook, and

721
00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:53,040
Council Member Cody Strach with the intention of holding an educational day for the Realtors

722
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:58,860
Association to discuss two slated, quote, road ordinances that were potentially going

723
00:52:58,860 --> 00:53:00,080
to the ballot for November.

724
00:53:01,300 --> 00:53:05,720
The goal for this meeting was to have a learning session for the Association followed

725
00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:07,320
by an open forum for the public.

726
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:12,240
We wanted to present the pros and cons of each ordinance with an outline of what would

727
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:18,620
be provided as far as the longevity of our roads, monetary assistance, and all other items

728
00:53:18,620 --> 00:53:20,900
of interest pertaining to these two ordinances.

729
00:53:21,820 --> 00:53:27,780
Our initial objective was to openly and publicly support one of the ordinances, the one which

730
00:53:27,780 --> 00:53:29,800
we believe to be the best interest in our community.

731
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:36,520
Upon a deep dive of each proposal and multiple reviews, it was the conclusion of the Association's

732
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:42,060
board of directors in addition to a unified singular ordinance that both ordinances needed

733
00:53:42,060 --> 00:53:46,480
improvement and consolidation with the other and could not be supported as written.

734
00:53:47,660 --> 00:53:52,480
Therefore a unanimous decision was made to no longer support a side and move to have

735
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:55,800
an educational day to oppose each proposed ordinance.

736
00:53:56,600 --> 00:54:02,180
Upon this decision we have some ideas and some suggestions that which we believe would

737
00:54:02,180 --> 00:54:08,480
be more palatable to the public and likely garner potential support for more local organizations.

738
00:54:09,340 --> 00:54:13,500
In our same ability to publicly oppose decisions before our community, we have the ability

739
00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:17,800
and intention to proactively support items of interest to our community.

740
00:54:24,370 --> 00:54:28,280
We have the ability and intention to proactively support items of interest to our community

741
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:32,160
and look forward to doing so with the measures and ordinances that will move our community

742
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,100
in the direction we all want to head.

743
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:35,340
Thank you for your time.

744
00:54:36,140 --> 00:54:36,680
Thank you.

745
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,020
Another public comment, citizens comment.

746
00:54:47,070 --> 00:54:48,650
Public hearing at 624.

747
00:54:49,390 --> 00:54:50,830
No, we'll bring it back to council.

748
00:54:53,970 --> 00:54:54,550
Comments.

749
00:54:55,070 --> 00:54:57,670
One is three quarters of a cent,

750
00:54:59,590 --> 00:55:01,510
which doesn't apply to food, medicine,

751
00:55:01,750 --> 00:55:02,430
different things.

752
00:55:02,990 --> 00:55:04,610
So you're talking about for every

753
00:55:04,610 --> 00:55:06,230
hundred dollars you spend,

754
00:55:06,850 --> 00:55:08,690
that's an additional 75 cents.

755
00:55:10,830 --> 00:55:11,190
That's it.

756
00:55:11,830 --> 00:55:13,410
You know, in how many places do you go now

757
00:55:13,410 --> 00:55:17,270
with the University of Red Bluff at different businesses when it comes in at

758
00:55:17,270 --> 00:55:20,750
an odd number for like the dollar 29 did they ask you hey do you just want to

759
00:55:20,750 --> 00:55:25,570
round this up you know sure that's nothing that's what I'm saying 75 cents

760
00:55:25,570 --> 00:55:31,650
is hardly anything the other thing is it's been kind of wrong information but

761
00:55:31,650 --> 00:55:36,410
out there and one of the things I want Tom to let me know is we're gonna

762
00:55:36,410 --> 00:55:39,590
have an oversight committee when are they gonna be appointed when this

763
00:55:39,590 --> 00:55:39,950
passes.

764
00:55:43,720 --> 00:55:47,980
There's a couple of things that we'll do is the council may know on

765
00:55:47,980 --> 00:55:52,080
members of the public if a measure passes in November the revenues don't

766
00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:56,920
start being collected until 120 days after which is around April 1st. So I

767
00:55:56,920 --> 00:56:02,560
would believe there would be after that probably the beginning of 2025 for the

768
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:08,940
creation of those committees. Okay but it could be done earlier. It could be.

769
00:56:08,940 --> 00:56:16,320
I would suggest that it was waiting until at least the November timeframe to see how the measure succeeds.

770
00:56:17,300 --> 00:56:17,900
Okay.

771
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:41,820
Council has done what the citizens have asked us to do.

772
00:56:43,940 --> 00:56:44,920
And with that in mind,

773
00:56:48,090 --> 00:56:54,970
we will join in when everybody sees what can be done for our community.

774
00:56:54,970 --> 00:57:00,150
because there's been a lot of effort done by staff to

775
00:57:02,970 --> 00:57:05,010
make this happen for the citizens.

776
00:57:07,810 --> 00:57:09,890
That's something that we did on our own.

777
00:57:10,030 --> 00:57:15,650
It's something that people stood here and asked us that the roads needed to be fixed.

778
00:57:16,510 --> 00:57:23,630
And what I see on the survey that was presented is yes, fixed potholes, fixed streets,

779
00:57:23,630 --> 00:57:31,150
But the priority also within those three is safety for our children to get to school.

780
00:57:36,690 --> 00:57:39,550
Our children have to be safe. Our citizens have to be safe.

781
00:57:40,170 --> 00:57:45,350
Our vehicles, people are tired of driving over potholes and I'm not blaming public works.

782
00:57:46,070 --> 00:57:52,810
They've done an exceptional job and I talked to Rick over there and his staff is kind

783
00:57:57,260 --> 00:57:57,820
of job.

784
00:57:57,820 --> 00:57:58,420
And

785
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:05,720
you have to give credit to these guys when they're out there fixing this

786
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:11,080
proposal

787
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:12,240
because the

788
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:36,400
streets look phenomenal.

789
00:58:37,100 --> 00:58:42,660
They pay a 10% to, I believe, a 10% or a 10% or a 4% sales tax of tourists.

790
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:51,060
It's a minimal on the survey, I think it's 40 something percent of tourism that people

791
00:58:51,060 --> 00:58:51,800
feel will help.

792
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:56,820
But let me tell you, every dollar they spend here will also help fix our streets.

793
00:58:56,820 --> 00:58:59,160
And we need to make this community

794
00:59:02,580 --> 00:59:04,220
and enjoy services,

795
00:59:06,230 --> 00:59:07,810
the tourism that is here, it will

796
00:59:07,810 --> 00:59:09,690
enhance our community tremendously.

797
00:59:10,490 --> 00:59:14,970
So I hope everybody joins in and helps us get this measure done.

798
00:59:15,390 --> 00:59:22,330
It's a real tight threshold looking at the survey.

799
00:59:22,890 --> 00:59:24,150
We're right margin.

800
00:59:25,090 --> 00:59:26,970
So it's up to the citizens.

801
00:59:29,020 --> 00:59:31,340
We've done what you've asked it to do and now it's up to you.

802
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:39,480
join in and and help us get this done because we need our speech face we have a

803
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:45,320
motion right unfair that survey can we identify safe passes for them we have a

804
00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:49,100
motion by councilmember Gonzalez to waive the second reading except my

805
00:59:49,100 --> 00:59:53,140
title and adopt ordinance number 1085 for Rudd-Luff Street Repair and Safety

806
00:59:53,140 --> 00:59:56,080
Mentor is there a second I'll

807
00:59:58,830 --> 00:59:59,810
second it further

808
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:06,680
So that survey very clearly identified high levels of accountability, a lack of current

809
01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:10,120
trust in the government, and safe passes schools as a priority for everything they're doing.

810
01:00:10,660 --> 01:00:16,300
As people complete these surveys, each question adds a forwarding into the item that they're

811
01:00:16,300 --> 01:00:21,280
discussing. So when those surveys ask things like, do you care about safe passes schools,

812
01:00:21,460 --> 01:00:25,920
rank these items and they rank them, and then they readdress, who is up for a vote,

813
01:00:27,180 --> 01:00:32,860
It factors into their opinion. There's an assumption that what they're talking about is going to do that thing.

814
01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:39,460
But this, this ordinance doesn't do that thing. There is no realistic accountability taken to it, right?

815
01:00:39,620 --> 01:00:44,640
There's a citizen oversight committee. The council will point out over regulation at their will,

816
01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:47,200
just like the bullet train had it, right?

817
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:52,660
The loss of waste is billions of dollars and had all the same things this ordinance has.

818
01:00:52,660 --> 01:00:57,280
it's almost like a copy and a paste. When you go to actually enact the things that are

819
01:00:57,280 --> 01:01:02,800
written in here, it amounts to very, very little accountability. You can do almost whatever

820
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:06,740
you want with this money. You can appoint whoever you want to the oversight committee.

821
01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:12,720
They can issue anything and they like. And frankly, if they issue a negative opinion,

822
01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:16,740
this council has a habit of not responding to those anyways, like the grand jury writes

823
01:01:16,740 --> 01:01:22,320
letters to call us out when you do nothing. These aren't accountability measures.

824
01:01:23,100 --> 01:01:28,020
find your successors and you, but this doesn't find anyone.

825
01:01:29,580 --> 01:01:32,060
I just wanted to throw that out there before you start saying,

826
01:01:32,180 --> 01:01:35,200
hey, we're presenting this thing that the citizens asked for, or not.

827
01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:39,980
We're presenting a thing that was homebrewed and telling them that it's what they asked for

828
01:01:39,980 --> 01:01:41,320
and it's not what they asked for.

829
01:01:42,360 --> 01:01:42,960
That's all.

830
01:01:45,980 --> 01:01:50,040
That's one more hurtful or life-smearing rider than you.

831
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:52,600
You can get a motion in a second.

832
01:01:52,600 --> 01:01:53,100
I'm

833
01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:58,680
going to get into an argument about this,

834
01:02:02,060 --> 01:02:07,930
that I will say that I tire of being accused

835
01:02:07,930 --> 01:02:11,400
of being corrupt, of lying.

836
01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:18,360
In fact, those statements are made in a very general way.

837
01:02:19,500 --> 01:02:25,840
That I would suggest goes past the city council and I resent them to

838
01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:31,100
suggest that this ordinance

839
01:02:31,100 --> 01:02:34,100
is corrupt, creates a slush fund.

840
01:02:34,940 --> 01:02:37,740
We have no intention of really fixing the streets.

841
01:02:37,740 --> 01:02:47,420
And the council does appear about people in the city. I am tired of hearing about that from a particular council member, by the way.

842
01:02:47,700 --> 01:02:48,440
It's a slash button.

843
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:51,440
Change it. I won't call it that.

844
01:02:51,660 --> 01:03:08,070
And I'm going to borrow a phrase from someone who is running for a higher office this year in response to the activations of being dishonest and corrupt.

845
01:03:08,070 --> 01:03:10,490
And that is this because

846
01:03:13,020 --> 01:03:17,260
there's this speaking statements. I assume that it applies to me as well to the ordinance

847
01:03:17,260 --> 01:03:18,500
So no

848
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:25,280
From what I've read that's not correct because you've said it in other instances. I'm lying saying to you and

849
01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:30,700
This typically just happens on social media. So if you have something to say about me

850
01:03:31,740 --> 01:03:36,180
Say it to my face. I do we mean we don't know say it's very important

851
01:03:39,480 --> 01:03:44,300
You're creating a slush fund, and the entire ordinance is highly correctable, and I don't

852
01:03:44,300 --> 01:03:45,280
think that is true.

853
01:03:45,300 --> 01:03:46,260
That is not true.

854
01:03:46,520 --> 01:03:47,140
And you know it.

855
01:03:47,300 --> 01:03:47,840
It's not true.

856
01:03:48,260 --> 01:03:52,160
And quite frankly, I'm going to say one other thing because this is going to be voted on.

857
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:56,840
I am surprised that you don't recuse yourself from voting on this.

858
01:03:57,460 --> 01:04:01,960
You know, I do for things less than this as another council member.

859
01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:06,140
I know it's up to you, but it is a direct conflict of interest.

860
01:04:06,980 --> 01:04:07,900
Yes, it is.

861
01:04:07,900 --> 01:04:08,700
They don't make money.

862
01:04:10,080 --> 01:04:12,000
That's all I'm going to say.

863
01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:14,960
Can you tell us more about it?

864
01:04:15,220 --> 01:04:15,660
This

865
01:04:19,940 --> 01:04:23,680
is big enough that it requires my thinking.

866
01:04:27,300 --> 01:04:28,140
So I

867
01:04:32,070 --> 01:04:36,770
demonstrated, and I think we needed to survey to demonstrate the fact that pretty

868
01:04:36,770 --> 01:04:39,330
much everybody is in agreement that the roads need to be repaired.

869
01:04:40,210 --> 01:04:43,670
So the streets need to be repaired.

870
01:04:46,460 --> 01:04:52,900
So, a lot of thinking has gone into this, a lot of preparation has gone into this, a lot of effort has gone into this.

871
01:04:53,100 --> 01:04:55,360
I think we have all done.

872
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:58,620
Staff Council is

873
01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:05,880
the best way to do this.

874
01:05:06,260 --> 01:05:11,580
I think we've come up with a good compromise in the fact that the three quarters of a percent for the 20 years,

875
01:05:12,180 --> 01:05:17,380
obviously a full percent for 25 years would have brought in maybe another 20 million.

876
01:05:17,380 --> 01:05:22,660
But I think we've brought up a big compromise here that's going to make a good dent in the

877
01:05:22,660 --> 01:05:22,960
project.

878
01:05:23,100 --> 01:05:29,320
We've got a problem that we, it's overwhelming to us, and we need the funding for it somehow

879
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:34,720
and this is the best way that staff and we, at least four-fifths of the council has come

880
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:35,640
up with to do this.

881
01:05:37,180 --> 01:05:43,480
So, and I think I agree with councilmember Gonzalez, all we're doing here in when we

882
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:47,600
vote on this, it should have passed, is we're putting this out to the people and

883
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:53,680
that's where it belongs, right? This is asking you for more revenue and it

884
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:57,760
so it belongs in your hands and that's all we're doing is we've presented, we've

885
01:05:57,760 --> 01:06:01,000
put together what we think is best to present to you to do this to handle a

886
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:04,080
problem. When it comes down to,

887
01:06:06,320 --> 01:06:08,320
you know, I think one thing I'm starting to

888
01:06:08,320 --> 01:06:16,980
learn here being on the council is to have faith in you and your voters. I hope

889
01:06:16,980 --> 01:06:23,500
that you see through who has integrity, who does not have integrity, who has the

890
01:06:23,500 --> 01:06:26,900
best interest of the city of mind, who does not have the best interest in the

891
01:06:26,900 --> 01:06:31,880
city of mind. I really really hope that the voters had a thank you for

892
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:36,580
being here but I hope everybody in our city gets really informed and

893
01:06:36,580 --> 01:06:37,920
learns and sees.

894
01:06:40,060 --> 01:06:45,380
Reach out to us if you want to speak to us and get to know us. So, so that

895
01:06:45,380 --> 01:06:50,300
you can really learn who has integrity, who doesn't have integrity. You know, when the

896
01:06:50,300 --> 01:06:54,680
word slush funds are thrown out, those are easy to throw out there, but when there's

897
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:58,020
no evidence for that at all, but it's thrown out there in the powerful words,

898
01:06:59,060 --> 01:07:06,960
forever tax right so this obviously is not forever so that's an inaccuracy right

899
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:12,440
then and there but so we're I think we've done the best we could with the

900
01:07:12,440 --> 01:07:17,420
presenting what we think is the best way to tackle the problem that we've got so

901
01:07:17,420 --> 01:07:21,400
I think that's what we're at and put it out there for the voters to to say

902
01:07:21,400 --> 01:07:22,980
whether they agree or not got

903
01:07:26,210 --> 01:07:28,490
a motion in the second and I think I'll do a

904
01:07:38,430 --> 01:07:55,810
I think one thing that would have helped is this, maybe in what is this August, maybe September and October all social media be shut off so you can just get the truth instead of looking at social media, I'd go for that.

905
01:07:56,470 --> 01:07:59,550
Okay, we'll go to number seven.

906
01:08:01,090 --> 01:08:06,590
Contact the public, see a resolution of River City Council number one, calling an election

907
01:08:06,590 --> 01:08:10,610
on a ballot measure to ask the voters of the city or up in California whether to pass

908
01:08:10,610 --> 01:08:12,790
a street repair and safety measure special tax.

909
01:08:13,250 --> 01:08:17,850
Number two, requesting the board of supervisors in County of Consolidate of Municipal Election

910
01:08:18,210 --> 01:08:24,170
on a local measure with other elections to be held on November 5th, 2024, Consolidate

911
01:08:24,170 --> 01:08:27,630
election day number three requesting the King County Board of Supervisors to

912
01:08:27,630 --> 01:08:31,830
print the Tame County elections official to render election services to City in

913
01:08:31,830 --> 01:08:38,650
number four approving the proposed ordinance either Tom or Sophie. Thank you Mr. Mayor.

914
01:08:38,930 --> 01:08:43,110
I'm glad to read that so you didn't have to. I appreciate that. We did a similar type

915
01:08:43,110 --> 01:08:47,130
thing when we asked to put the ballot measure on for the City, Treasurer City

916
01:08:47,130 --> 01:08:51,530
Clerk election and you're asking you to do that with the resolution that you

917
01:08:51,530 --> 01:08:58,530
just passed a few minutes ago and our resolution is 24.24. Before the

918
01:08:58,530 --> 01:09:02,410
street repair and safety measure we have to have it insolidated and that's what

919
01:09:02,410 --> 01:09:08,950
this ordinance will do along with putting forth the ballot language which is

920
01:09:08,950 --> 01:09:13,470
listed in section one and telling the voters as well that this is a two-thirds

921
01:09:13,470 --> 01:09:19,030
vote required. So unless you need me to go into greater detail I am happy to

922
01:09:19,030 --> 01:09:24,850
do so but it really is just asking you to do those four four things so we can get

923
01:09:24,850 --> 01:09:29,110
it on the actual election consolidated we have to get it over to which is

924
01:09:29,110 --> 01:09:35,010
very important. Okay just need a recommendation to approve resolution

925
01:09:35,010 --> 01:09:43,950
24-2024. Motion by Vice Mayor Diders. Second. Second by Council Member Gonzales for

926
01:09:43,950 --> 01:09:49,990
the discussion. Call in favor. Can you oppose? Chair votes aye. Motion carries

927
01:09:49,990 --> 01:09:54,130
four-one. Number eight, a resolution of city

928
01:09:54,130 --> 01:09:57,650
reporting election requesting county elections to conduct the election

929
01:09:57,650 --> 01:10:01,170
requesting consolidation of the election and determining charges for counted

930
01:10:01,170 --> 01:10:06,510
statement. Again this is a similar resolution this is specifically for the

931
01:10:06,510 --> 01:10:11,750
council seats currently occupied by Mayor Parker and Councilmember Gonzalez as

932
01:10:11,750 --> 01:10:14,170
as well as the city treasurer and the city clerk positions

933
01:10:14,170 --> 01:10:16,530
were asking how and for those elections

934
01:10:16,530 --> 01:10:18,510
they are up for election in this term.

935
01:10:18,610 --> 01:10:20,210
Again, I see that consolidation

936
01:10:20,210 --> 01:10:22,610
from the county elections spoke to assist us

937
01:10:22,610 --> 01:10:23,630
in conducting that election.

938
01:10:24,430 --> 01:10:25,210
Question two.

939
01:10:25,670 --> 01:10:29,070
Motion by Vice Mayor Dyer's.

940
01:10:29,070 --> 01:10:29,530
Second.

941
01:10:29,810 --> 01:10:32,910
Second by Council Member Herton for their discussion.

942
01:10:33,570 --> 01:10:34,270
All in favor?

943
01:10:34,610 --> 01:10:34,770
Aye.

944
01:10:35,370 --> 01:10:35,950
Any opposed?

945
01:10:36,490 --> 01:10:37,290
Chair votes aye.

946
01:10:37,370 --> 01:10:38,630
Motion carries five vote.

947
01:10:39,350 --> 01:10:40,690
And if you haven't figured it out

948
01:10:40,690 --> 01:10:47,290
it haven't heard yet. I'm retiring. I am not running for election anymore. I've been through

949
01:10:47,290 --> 01:10:54,450
seven elections from then. Okay, number nine, yard sale council discussion. Council consider

950
01:10:54,450 --> 01:10:58,310
and discuss information provided by staff and provide direction as applicable.

951
01:11:00,690 --> 01:11:05,150
Mayor, I believe I'm the one that brought this up and since looking at this further,

952
01:11:05,730 --> 01:11:10,030
I believe there's been some things written into our ordinance in the city

953
01:11:10,030 --> 01:11:19,360
that does provide for some work to be or done to the issues of people just

954
01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:25,480
leaving stuff on their lawns and especially I brought it up because there's a

955
01:11:25,480 --> 01:11:29,140
particular house on Luther Road that I drive by every day and after you have a

956
01:11:29,140 --> 01:11:36,890
yard sale it was there for two months I mean and what I wanted was given to our

957
01:11:36,890 --> 01:11:41,110
staff to be able to tell these people clean it up you know it just looks

958
01:11:41,110 --> 01:11:41,450
care of

959
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:49,020
how our city looks and that is one of the main streets that is used by

960
01:11:49,020 --> 01:11:54,320
tourist publics going to the airport everything so that's reason about it up

961
01:11:54,320 --> 01:12:00,260
but I believe there is enough there and Tom you can speak to us if you would

962
01:12:00,260 --> 01:12:07,620
like that that gives enough teeth to the art staff to be able to give with

963
01:12:07,620 --> 01:12:12,420
and clear these things up. Yeah I'll just comment that when we adopted our

964
01:12:12,420 --> 01:12:19,540
updated nuisance ordinance last year. It gives us the ability to do that. I do know that the community development director did spend a

965
01:12:19,540 --> 01:12:30,060
little time doing some research so perhaps just quickly you can go through what you found. Thank you. So just in the research that I did

966
01:12:30,060 --> 01:12:34,200
conduct I did talk with our code enforcement officer who has been in the

967
01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:39,740
middle for a little over a decade and he had declared that typically the

968
01:12:39,740 --> 01:12:45,720
issue with yard sales are the signs themselves, not the yard sales. So we

969
01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:52,040
haven't received very many complaints in relation to habitual offenders of

970
01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:58,160
reoccurring yard sales. When I looked at neighboring communities, Redding, Chico,

971
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:04,560
and Corning, it does not appear that Corning has any adopted codes and Redding

972
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:10,420
in Chico follow very similar models that are throughout California where they

973
01:13:10,420 --> 01:13:16,260
limited to three or less. Oftentimes there is not a monetary value related to a

974
01:13:16,260 --> 01:13:22,600
permit but folks do have to apply for permits. I think pretty much across the

975
01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:28,420
board what I've learned is it costs more for jurisdiction to regulate by

976
01:13:28,420 --> 01:13:33,140
sending out those code enforcement officers to have staff time filling out

977
01:13:33,140 --> 01:13:43,320
those permits. It ends up not being very fiscally beneficial to have specific language just to

978
01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:48,520
the point that you've already made. The nuisance code that was adopted in July gives us a lot

979
01:13:48,520 --> 01:13:55,400
of language and opportunity to be able to enforce anything that may be applicable to

980
01:13:55,400 --> 01:14:02,960
to an individual parcel, as opposed to having long, lengthy language that really boxes people

981
01:14:02,960 --> 01:14:13,600
in specifically to yard and garage sales. Additionally, the state has buyer permits

982
01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:21,240
in place that folks would have to use if they're selling or generating revenue multiple

983
01:14:21,240 --> 01:14:25,960
multiple times a year, so that's something we can monitor also for our business license

984
01:14:25,960 --> 01:14:26,620
practices.

985
01:14:27,440 --> 01:14:33,440
So ultimately, I think the research proves that having specific ordinance release is going

986
01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:34,300
to be necessary.

987
01:14:35,080 --> 01:14:39,380
I think our code enforcement officer can regulate it within the ordinances that we have in

988
01:14:39,380 --> 01:14:39,580
place.

989
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:40,280
Let's

990
01:14:44,470 --> 01:14:46,850
be clear, I wasn't asking for permit, charts.

991
01:14:50,130 --> 01:14:54,610
Okay, so we were just giving information, is that satisfactory there?

992
01:14:54,610 --> 01:14:55,650
Yes, thank you.

993
01:14:55,750 --> 01:14:56,490
I appreciate that.

994
01:14:56,610 --> 01:14:56,630
Perfect.

995
01:14:57,370 --> 01:14:57,770
All right.

996
01:14:57,970 --> 01:14:58,710
Committee reports.

997
01:14:58,930 --> 01:14:59,590
Council comments.

998
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:04,620
We'll start out with animal water, sewer project, JPA. There's a meeting this Thursday.

999
01:15:05,480 --> 01:15:06,120
You're kidding?

1000
01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:08,500
About none.

1001
01:15:13,820 --> 01:15:16,780
That's fine, but you had something to look forward to.

1002
01:15:17,180 --> 01:15:17,520
I guess.

1003
01:15:19,140 --> 01:15:19,900
Chamber of Commerce.

1004
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:27,020
Chamber of Commerce, this month will be the last month for the Wednesday Night Market downtown,

1005
01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:30,560
and it's just been exceptional doing it really, really well.

1006
01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:36,500
what we see for our community as usual and there is a good morning red block at

1007
01:15:36,500 --> 01:15:41,880
Lassen House and I was looking for my I can't find time do you have August 29th

1008
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:45,820
August 29th. Thank you. Community Action Agency.

1009
01:15:48,720 --> 01:15:53,240
Business Association August 19th, 5.15, La La Jara.

1010
01:15:53,240 --> 01:15:58,160
Typen County Solveies Management Agency.

1011
01:15:58,300 --> 01:16:02,280
executive convening meeting was cancelled and we'llabe on August 15th for meeting.

1012
01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:08,640
Groundwater Commission on July 24th, the demand management working group got

1013
01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:12,460
together to actually have their group up and running now so they'll start

1014
01:16:12,460 --> 01:16:17,620
meeting. And then the next groundwater Commission is August 14th at 8.30 pm.

1015
01:16:18,680 --> 01:16:21,420
local Agency Formation Commission they're

1016
01:16:27,980 --> 01:16:29,260
both community center commission

1017
01:16:29,260 --> 01:16:33,300
It should be this month, so we should be getting noticed pretty quick.

1018
01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:36,080
Amy County continuum of care executive council.

1019
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:38,240
There should be a meeting next week.

1020
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:39,420
I don't know if I have the date.

1021
01:16:40,600 --> 01:16:42,680
Amy County solid waste management agency.

1022
01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:45,140
We're meeting on August 1.

1023
01:16:46,140 --> 01:16:53,320
Paul Friend was named the interim agency manager in lieu of current agency manager being on the floor.

1024
01:17:33,850 --> 01:17:41,470
Yeah, I just wanted to follow up on that particularly with Loli. She doesn't get a lot of credit, but she puts up with this guy all the time.

1025
01:17:44,010 --> 01:17:46,050
I'm sure she's thrilled that he's going to be at home.

1026
01:17:47,750 --> 01:17:48,910
He might run again.

1027
01:17:50,430 --> 01:17:50,970
Great.

1028
01:17:52,370 --> 01:17:56,790
Okay, we will go to future agenda items by consensus of council.

1029
01:17:58,170 --> 01:17:59,410
Anyone want to bring forward?

1030
01:18:00,350 --> 01:18:02,450
We have one request by Jackie Hernandez.

1031
01:18:02,990 --> 01:18:04,010
We talked about we, the Bateman.

1032
01:18:04,870 --> 01:18:08,850
Specifically I'd like to encourage any citizen in the class to get on the agenda,

1033
01:18:08,850 --> 01:18:14,450
whether or not it's the same thing, I can generally fairly get a chance to engage.

1034
01:18:18,610 --> 01:18:23,090
I think on that item it's probably just as easy for her to meet with Tom and the Chief.

1035
01:18:24,390 --> 01:18:28,410
I think that's happened already. I've talked to Mr. Hernandez a couple times on the phone.

1036
01:18:29,050 --> 01:18:34,070
I know that she has regular communication with the fire department as well, but that's your direction.

1037
01:18:34,250 --> 01:18:39,310
You can certainly do that. If we can't come to resolution, then Jackie would have the ability to come back

1038
01:18:39,310 --> 01:18:44,030
can ask to place on the future agenda. So it's the priority to go to the county.

1039
01:18:46,970 --> 01:18:51,090
Well, if that doesn't sound like this, we'll work down. Should we just go ahead and put it on the agenda, sir?

1040
01:18:51,770 --> 01:18:52,730
We're on the agenda tonight.

1041
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:00,680
Meeting with the public, anybody on the phone?

1042
01:19:01,480 --> 01:19:02,000
No, sir, I'm sorry.

1043
01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:09,300
Okay, we're going to recess the closed session after Sophie reads what closed session is,

1044
01:19:09,380 --> 01:19:12,420
and then you could comment on any of that, even though you won't know much about it.

1045
01:19:12,740 --> 01:19:13,200
It's okay.

1046
01:19:13,200 --> 01:19:22,660
Thank you Mr. Mayor. We do have two items for closed session tonight. The first one

1047
01:19:22,660 --> 01:19:26,220
is a closed session regarding labor negotiations with the city negotiators

1048
01:19:26,220 --> 01:19:32,040
Mayor Clay Parker and human resources administrator Dr. Garrison. This is the

1049
01:19:32,040 --> 01:19:36,420
red love fire bid management association and then we also have a closed

1050
01:19:36,420 --> 01:19:41,160
session item that I probably will not be participating in at this time which is

1051
01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:44,780
city attorney contract negotiations. My contract is up in November.

1052
01:19:48,160 --> 01:19:51,120
Anyone want to comment on that? I didn't think so.

1053
01:19:51,860 --> 01:19:55,360
So we will recess in the closed session at

1054
01:20:07,300 --> 01:20:07,920
741

1055
01:20:07,920 --> 01:20:12,020
and we have reportable actions for closed sessions. So if you need to turn on your audio

1056
01:20:12,020 --> 01:20:16,040
can you say that again, Clay? Is your audio on? I need

1057
01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:20,000
that. Okay, go ahead and place that. Okay, reconvene the

1058
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:24,280
city council meeting at 741 and we will now have reportable

1059
01:20:24,280 --> 01:20:28,980
actions for closed session. So thank you Mr. Mayor. The first item was the

1060
01:20:28,980 --> 01:20:33,320
negotiations. Information was received in direction was given to staff and the

1061
01:20:33,320 --> 01:20:36,700
second item was the city attorney contract negotiation. Information was

1062
01:20:36,700 --> 01:20:41,560
received. Direction was given to staff. A new contract will be presented in open

1063
01:20:41,560 --> 01:20:47,300
session at a future council meeting. Perfect. We are adjourned at 742.