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Good evening, everybody. It is past six o'clock. We're going to go ahead and get started today. Thank you for joining us for our regular city council meeting of June 23, 2025. We continue to offer in person and remote options for our city council meetings.

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The city welcomes public comment on topics within the city's subject manager's section and members of the public may provide comments in person during the meeting or by email to public comment at rovidcity.org as outlined in the agenda.

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In person speakers must turn in a speaker card to the city clerk at the days to be recognized to speak.

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Please be sure to indicate the agenda number which you'd like to address.

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In person speakers will be called in the order in which their speaker cards were turned in.

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And comments that were received via email after a gender publication through five o'clock today may be read aloud time permitting,

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but in any case we made part of the final meeting record.

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And if there's a high volume of public comment this evening, we may decrease the time

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allotted for each comment or limit the total time for public comment.

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In the event that this occurs, please feel free to send your full comments to the City Council

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at public comments at redwoodcity.org.

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And I'll now turn it over to the City Clerk to conduct our rule.

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Good evening.

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Council Member Chu.

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She is joining us remotely this evening and I believe she is still joining.

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Councilmember G.

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Councilmember Howard.

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Councilmember Padilla.

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Here.

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Councilmember Sturkin.

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Here.

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Vice Mayor Akin.

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Here.

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Mayor Martinez.

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Thank you.

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And with that, we'll move to the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Councilmember G.

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Can you lead us in a pledge?

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Please.

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If you would rise and join me in

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including the flag of our country, please.

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Thank you.

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Councilmember.

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And with that, we will move to presentations and

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knowledgements, starting with a very special presentation, a proclamation, recognizing national

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immigrant heritage month.

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June is National American Heritage Month and it's a special time to acknowledge the cultural

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diversity as one of the historical characteristics of our country.

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We're a nation of immigrants and the evidence, the impacts of previous generations, people

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who came to this country looking for a better life and building a home here is all around us.

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And continued immigration has shaped the daily life of our communities strengthening their multicultural, linguistic, and economic heritage.

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So on behalf of the Redwood City Council, I present the following proclamation.

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Whereas immigrants in Redwood City served in every sector of our society as educators, as business owners, health care workers, artists, public servants, and neighbors strengthening our city through their talents, their values, and their hard work.

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and whereas honoring immigrant heritage means acknowledging both the struggles and the triumphs

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of those who have sought a better life here, recommitting ourselves to equity, opportunity,

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and compassion for all. Whereas Gassas Yucculo Gupta Laugh is a grassroots community-based,

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multidisciplinary art organization dedicated to creating bilingual arts, cultural and educational

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programming reflective of the experiences of the San Francisco Bay area of life.

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The Latino communities, who have brought extraordinary events to Revit city, including the other

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Los Nios event that we had just a few weeks ago. Performances at Kisot's materia, their flagship

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events, downtown, that everyone looks forward to in October with the other Los Quartos, and

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whereas Kisot's circle all together with its dedicated volunteers and families from around

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the world have contributed and made a profound and positive impact here in Revit city, underscoring

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the value of rich, cultural, diversity in our communities and our nation.

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Now, therefore, be it was all that I, Elmer Martinez of Ios, Mayor of Redwood City, on

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behalf of the City Council and the people of Redwood City, do hereby proclaim the month

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of June 2025 as National Immigrant Heritage Month in Redwood City, and encourage all residents

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to celebrate immigrant, ingenuity, and perseverance that strengthens our city, and redefines

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So it's possible to drive the country forward toward a more dynamic and inclusive future for

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all of us.

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And with that, it is my pleasure to welcome the founder of Gassosit Colo, Veronica Scamas

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to the podium to accept this proclamation and to share a few remarks.

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Thank you all for being here.

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Good evening, Mayor Martinez-Sevayas, council members and everyone here today.

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Thank you so much for this special proclamation on National Immigrant Heritage Management.

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It is a known order to accept only half of Casa Circula cultural and the many migrant families that work with us every day.

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This month reminds us that significant contribution in migrants have made to this country.

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We come with hope with dreams and with a deep love for our families.

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We work hard, we are deeply and we bring rich cultures that make our communities stronger and more beautiful.

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At Casa Circula Cultural, we see this every day, in the laughter of the children and the music and the stories and in the bright people feel when they can be seen and hear just what they are.

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As an immigrant myself, I understand how challenging it can be to begin in a new place, but I also know how strong creative and loving our community are.

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And this, I came to this country with hope, like so many others.

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And now, I stand here grateful, because Redwood City

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welcome us and celebrate our roots.

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Thank you for this recognition.

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It gives us a strength to keep going and remind us

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that we belong to Redwood City.

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Thank you.

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Thank you again, Veronica, for all the great programming

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the events that you do to help private city

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and our downtown looks so vibrant.

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Before we let you go, I'd love for us to get a photo

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as a council and with any of the gossip volunteers that you brought here today. Thank you.

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But we're going to let all of our friends.

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We've got some critical leave. It's incredible. We'll be able to just acknowledge an organization that's bringing a slice of home to so many people in our communities, so very special to start the meeting that way.

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Now, we will move on to item number five, public comment on the consent calendar, matters of council interest and items not on the agenda.

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We'll now take public comment on the consent calendar matters of council interest and items aren't listed on tonight's agenda

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and I'll turn it over to the City Clerk to facilitate public comment.

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Thank you.

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At this time, we have seven speaker cards.

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So if anyone also would like to give comment this evening on general public comment,

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we'll take them now.

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Okay, so we will now close the list and we'll begin with our first speaker, Rajesh,

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who will be followed by Marjorie Ruiz Hidalgo.

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Welcome, Rajesh.

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There's a timer on the podium.

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The orange blinking light is your 30 second warning,

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and the red light with the beat means your time is up.

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You'll have two minutes.

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I'd want to take too long.

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Thank you for inviting me and letting me know my concern.

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I'm a small business owner in Red Mercedes on El Camino Real.

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I'd operate Togos and Baskin Robbins under Franklin Street

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department's building and on June 8 last year certainly the city decided to take away a parking

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and over a few months later they replaced it with a bike lane and that is caused a huge

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disruption in my business in flow. I am really struggling to financially survive

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And I'm working with the Hawaiian company and city at the same time to figure out if there

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is a way to allow parking in front of my store so people walk in and have confidence

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that they're not going to get ticketed if they're parking in a red zone.

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So this is something that happened last year which impacted me greatly so I have passed

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on some of the figures of how the inflow traffic reduced because of this change.

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So, I would request you guys to consider, uh, wait for me to survive and keep people happy.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Our next speaker will be Marjorie Ruiz Hidalgo, who will be followed by Pamela Estes.

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Mr. Mayor, Madam Vice Mayor, council members, gave me,

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I've had the pleasure of meeting some of you already,

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for those of you that I have not personally met. Hi, I am your new PG&E representative for the

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Peninsula covering all 21 jurisdictions. So to prod your memory, I am the new and improved

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bill chain. This means that I am your day-to-day single point of contact, including department heads

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and senior staff. Some of whom have already had the pleasure of connecting with. I started late April.

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I am still learning the role, but I am here to publicly commit to you that I am available to

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help serve the constituents in the hometown of Redwood City.

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Now thankfully, I do not do this role in this job and this task by myself.

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I am part of a whole PG&E team based out of the St. Carlos Service Center and this includes

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gas and electric, vegetation, emergency response, service planning, and everyone responsible

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for the experience.

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I have left my card with your city manager and your city clerk, please feel free to use it.

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available. Feel free to reach out. I look forward to scheduling coffees, walks, either

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or both with you in the near future, especially as wild fire season approaches, and I know

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PSPS is right around the corner. Please feel free to reach out. I'm available. Thank you.

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Our next speaker is Pamela Estes, who will be followed by Lauriana Castro.

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Good evening, Mayor Martinez, Vice Mayor Ikin and Council members. I Pamela Estes

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with the Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation, and I just wanted to talk to you about the

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lineup of events that I hope you'll join us and maybe help spread the word. First of all,

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is the Chock full of fun. It's our annual Chock Festival that will be July 3rd and 4th at Courthouse

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Square. On July 4th, we hope you'll come down to see the stunning Chock creations. We've hired

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21 professional artists, and it's centered around this year's theme, celebrate California, a tribute to

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our beautiful states, 170 fifth anniversary of statehood. We have 104 Chock squares on

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Hamilton Street that are free to participants that register we provide all the supplies and as of this morning

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We had 60 spots still available anyone interested should register in advance and they can go to our page on the website rwcpaf.org

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We also need volunteers for this event and so we still have room for 14 more volunteers

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Members who can start as early as July 2nd and 3rd and 4th to be part of this event. Next, we have the brave

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maker film festival, which takes place July 10 through 13, and we're going to be co-hosting a special

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panel on Friday, July 11 at 630 at 2011 Broadway Street of film and TV production designers,

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how they source art for screen, and television, and this will be a great topic for our local art community.

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The tickets are $10, which includes beverages and small bites, and you can purchase those tickets on the Brave Maker Film Festival website.

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Finally, I wanted to talk about Family Campout.

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I'd like to say more, but we are already sold out.

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So, if you are interested, and you want to scholarship, there are scholarships available, and you can check out the website Family Campout page for that.

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But we still need 27 more volunteers to come and be part of the fund and make this.

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really special for families. Many of them who are bringing in their little ones for a first-time

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camping experience. And finally, one of our care calendars for our stylish event of the

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year picnic on block. It returns on Saturday, August 16th. This is our pop-up picnic in dance party,

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which is a fundraiser for a community need, which we collaborate with the Parks Department on.

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So thank you for supporting the foundation, and we hope to see you at one and more of these events.

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Thank you, Pamela.

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Our next speaker is Loriana Castro, who will be followed by Tony Gapastone.

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Honourable Mayor Martinez-Solios, Vice Mayor Ikin, and members of the Council.

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It's nice to see you all tonight.

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My name is Loriana Castro, and as a longtime resident of Redwood City,

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and a longtime member of the San Mateo County Historical Association,

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I want to let everyone know that the San Mateo County History Museum located in Courthouse Square has a new

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Rotunda exhibit in celebration of Juneteenth. It is called Reflections of the Great Migration, a Journey and Art.

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This temporary exhibit closes on July 20th, so see it soon. The History Museum is open to the public daily except Mondays from 10am to 4pm

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General ignition is $6 students and seniors are $4 members and children under five or free.

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As the saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words.

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So I've read along a one-minute video about this unique exhibit to peak your interest.

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Thank you.

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At the San Mateo County History Museum, community isn't just who we serve.

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It's who we are.

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We bring untold stories to life, stories that shaped the peninsula and even changed America.

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This Juneteenth, we invite you to step into reflections of the Great Migration.

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This inspiring new exhibit honors one of our nation's most transformative journeys.

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From 1916 to 1970, more than six million African Americans left the rural south,

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searching for dignity, safety, and opportunity.

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Every artwork tells a piece of that legacy.

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You'll see it in powerful portraits and photographs

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that echo stories handed down for generations.

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Coupled with our immigrant gallery,

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you will experience stories from our local peninsula families.

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Living links to the great migration, right here at home.

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We're committed to making history accessible, inclusive,

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and alive for everyone.

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So join us. Celebrate the power of art to carry history forward.

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Thank you once again

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Thank you, Ariana. My next speaker is Tony Gapaston, who will be followed by Alex Bellenson.

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Hi, everyone. Council Mayor Vice Mayor. I would say the I love this community so much. I'm a 27 year

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Citizen not year old. Although I feel like it. I love the city so much and Bravemaker is seven years old

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we've been from the ground up as creatives and as artists really believing in the power of

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story so I love that there's so much synergy you heard Pamela and the History Museum elevating

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this opportunity for artists to really unite together and I believe that what we're doing here

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with the arts is going to impact the the community and the business we're bringing thousands of people

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here July 10 to the 13th hopefully you've seen our sign a signage on someone's lawn or downtown

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would city hanging around. I want to invite you to please come out. I'm so proud of what we have

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accomplished here with very little.

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A little resources as things continue to dwindle, partnering with the library and other organizations and really hundreds of volunteers.

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We are doing great things in the city to draw attention to it, to say it is a place you want to come.

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Flying into San Francisco and then drive down to 111 to come here. That's what we're saying in this year.

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I'm very proud that in the Fox Theatre we have Marley Matlin's new documentary.

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We're not confirmed that she's going to be here yet, but we think so. Marley Matlin, Oscar winner, the first death actor to do so.

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will be here opening night. I'm offering you free tickets and you all free tickets. If you want to come,

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you need to email me, Tonyabravemaker.com, Tonyabravemaker.com, Tonyabravemaker.com, to get your free

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tickets. I will give you free tickets for opening night. But please check out all of our films or open

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captions for the Deaf community. We have a Latino creative meetup on Saturday, July 12th at Cone,

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Asukaar. Again, trying to support local businesses. And we care about the LGBT community and all

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the store clicks, included people, invoices, please join us.

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All of our things at the library, downtown in the square are free,

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and there's lots of other tickets that you can buy to purchase

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and support my small business, called BraveMaker.

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Thanks so much.

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Thank you, Tony.

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Our next speaker is Alex Bellenson,

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who will be followed by Wade Painter.

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Actually, both speakers are for item eight beats,

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so we'll wait until that item is called,

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and there was no written public comment back to you, Mayor.

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Thank you Madam City Clerk.

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We will now move on to the consent calendar, items 6, items on the consent calendar are routine

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in nature and are approved in one motion.

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Are there any items on consent from which council members are accused?

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Not seeing any items on consent, which council members would like to pull for discussion.

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I'd like to pull item 6, be just for a comment, I don't know if we need to pull it

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from the consent calendar, if I can just speak to it, but it's something I'd just like to

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let the public know about. That's all.

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We'll pull it just to be, actually, safe, but it's got some or how it's six feet, and that's

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been done.

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Yeah, I'm just going to thank you. I'd like to pull item six J is in June and July, just to

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some comments on it please. Thank you.

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Great. With 6B and 6J, pulled for discussion, is there

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a motion to approve all items except for 6B and 6J? It's so moved. Second. That was a motion

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from Council Member Howard, a second from Council Member G. Could we get a electronic vote please?

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I'm sorry, roll call vote. Thank you. We'll start with Council Member Chu.

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Yes. Councilmember G. Yes. Councilmember Howard. Yes. Councilmember Padilla. Yes. Councilmember

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Sturkin. Yes. Vice Mayor Aiken. Yes. And Mayor Martinez Elios. Yes. The motion passes unanimously.

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Great. Thank you for that. Everyone. We'll go to Councilmember Howard for Item 6B.

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Thank you, Mayor. We're asked tonight to adopt a resolution supporting the Bay Trail.

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Seaport Boulevard multi-use pathway project and authorizes the middle of an application

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to the San Mateo County Transportation Authority for Measure W Regional Transit Connections Program Funding.

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And the Seaport Boulevard path is an important first last-mile connection to the future

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very terminal in downtown red in down by the port in Redwood City and I just wanted to

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I saw up Lauriana Castrop left. She's a port commissioner and I knew she'd be interested

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in this also. The Redwood City Ferry Terminal Project is in the environmental phase right now,

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thank goodness, and is planned for construction in 2027 and it aligns with the schedule for the proposed

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path project. Those of you have been waiting for very service and redwood city we are so close.

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So I just wanted to give you that update that we're really pleased and if you'd like to write

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a letter to the TA the transportation authority encouraging them to give us the money so that we can

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do this path that would be very helpful and would be happy to give you information about that. Thank

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you.

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Thank you. Thank you Councilmember Howard and could we get a motion on item 6B?

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It's almost.

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Is there a second?

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I'll second that. Perfect. That was a motion from Councilmember Howard, a second from Councilmember Sturkin. Could we get a roll call vote, please?

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We'll start with Councilmember G. Yes. Councilmember Howard. Yes. Councilmember Padilla. Yes. Councilmember Sturkin. Yes. Councilmember Chul. Yes.

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Vice Mayor Aiken. Yes. Mayor Martinez the Bios. Yes. The motion passes unanimously.

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Thank everybody. We'll go to Councilmember G for item 6.

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Jay. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to pull item six, Jay, which is amendment number five for

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services with Gilbain Building Company for project management services and amendment number

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seven to the limit for services with ELS architecture for the Veterans Memorial Building

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Senior Center, William C. Project. This is not about Gilbain or ELS architecture. It's about

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the added cost due to delays in the project and the funding for it.

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As you can see in the staff report, you know, for ELS architects, their fee from their base fee

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is now 94% of the base fee and for Gilbain, 64% of their base.

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And when you look at the previous staff reports about the time extension to this project,

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the rather significant for both parties.

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I think it's safe to say for ELS, it's over a million dollars.

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And for Gil Vain, it's coming close to two million dollars.

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And hopefully the project will be complete shortly.

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At least substantial completion and certificate of occupancy.

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And we can come visit the completed project later this year.

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But I want to highlight what I've argued and advocated for earlier.

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As these projects get bigger,

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Construction is not about construction only, it's also about risk management.

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And when I advocate for a contingency, a program contingency for things beyond the control,

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direct control of the city, the city needs to pay the service providers.

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No question about it.

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They're providing services to the city to get us to the finish line.

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But in interim, we've got to find the funds to pay the service providers.

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And we need to budget a contingency for it.

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And the project contingency does not cover this substantial amount of delay here.

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I mean, we're talking, this project was supposed to be completed about two years ago, per contract.

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And we've had over two years of delays.

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And so, as we move forward in different budgets, whether it be this year or next year's, there are a number of things that we are living that are outside the direct control of the city.

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And the city usually pays first, and then seeks recovery, but in the meantime, our service providers

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should not be financing our projects.

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We need to pay them for services that they render, and that's what this item is all about,

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but we're talking about big numbers here for a project.

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And the bigger these projects get, the bigger the risk management opportunities are required

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to make sure nothing like this happens on a routine basis.

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So I just wanted to illustrate that and share that with my colleagues.

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This is not new, it happens, but we need to fiscally plan a contingency, whether it's a program

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contingency, a CFP contingency.

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This is just one project, but if you can imagine managing three or four of these at the same

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time, the risk management and the financial park gets a little larger.

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I don't know if our city manager or Derek would want to offer any comments, but those

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my thoughts when I saw the Samfighter.

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Only two to agree and we are looking forward to the substantial completion in the summer

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and opening later this year but it has been a long road and in the meantime there are bills

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to pay so we appreciate the council's support tonight to proceed with with paying and enabling

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us to continue to have the services we need while we finish these last stages of construction.

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Thank you.

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Do you see Derek going up to the podium?

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Good evening Mayor Vice Mayor Council members, Derek Wolfgram, interim parks recreation community

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services director also just wanting to put in my agreement with that that we have definitely

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incurred substantial additional costs and we are continuing to do so until the project is complete.

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We do have an agreement with the contractor that beginning March 1st, they are responsible

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for these ELS and galvanic costs but we are the we are the float in the interim we are paying

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our contractors and then seeking reimbursement from Thompson the general contractor so hopefully

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this will end up from here on out not being in that cost to the general fund but in the interim we

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you have to bear that cost.

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Thank you for that background, Derek. There's nothing else on this.

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Oh, it comes on our circuit, please. Thank you, Mayor. Just a quick question.

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What is the typical contingency that we build into contracts such as this?

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It's about, is it typically see 10% accurate?

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Yes, we're welcome.

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Having come in in the middle of the project, I do know that the contingency on this project was a 5% contingency.

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I do not know the history of why that was a 5% because I have often seen 10 on other projects.

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Yeah, would a great 10% is more common, but wouldn't as I cover this kind of expense.

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Thank you, Councilman.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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With that, Mayor, thank you for indulging me to pull the item.

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I'd like to make a motion to provide him 6G.

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Great.

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Is there any second?

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Second.

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So we have a motion from Councilmember G and a second from Councilmember Howard.

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Could we get a electronic vote?

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I'm going to start with Councilmember Howard.

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Yes.

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Councilmember Padia.

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Yes. Councilmember Sturkin.

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Yes. Councilmember Chu.

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Yes. Councilmember G. Yes.

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Vice Mayor Aiken. Yes.

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Mayor Mothina Sabayos. Yes.

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The motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

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Thanks everybody.

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I will now go ahead and read the items that we're just approved.

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Six A Award of Contracts for on-call as needed environmental professional services with

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David J. Powers and Associates Incorporated LSA Associates Incorporated and Montrose

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Environmental Solutions Incorporated Six B grant application and project approvals for

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Cemetery County Transportation Authority's Measure W Regional Transit Connections Program,

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Baitrail and C-portable of our multi-use pathway project,

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60 annual report on internal controls and enterprise risk management,

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60 except annual report from the Redwood City Improvement Association or RCIA,

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60 purchase of irrigation controls in an amount not to exceed $129,830

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and dollars to replace end-of-life equipment,

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six F purchase of five Ford F-150 light names

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from town motor company, DBA town fortails

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in the amount of $290,914 to replace end-of-life equipment

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and support additional staffing

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furthering the city's climate action goal

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and supporting the EV first policy.

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Six G approval of agreement for emergency medical services,

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EMS coordination with the Woodside Fire Protection District 6-H amendment

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number 8 to agreement for services with Cherry Road technologies to

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authorize the option to renew cloud and subscription services for one additional year

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and extend software support services and expertise support hours for the

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to agreement for services with Revit City,

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a PAL Center to implement the purposeful action,

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create and engage or pace program for transition to age,

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youth through June 30th, 2026 using grant funds.

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Six, J, amendment number five to agreement for services

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with Gilbane, building company for project management services,

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and amendment number seven to agreement for services

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with ELS, architecture, and urban design

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for construction administration services for the veterans memorial building slash senior center at

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WIMCA project for extended time and services due to construction delays 6K approved the

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second amendment to the individual water sales contract with the city and county of

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San Francisco 6L I will read its recommendation from our staff to wave the first reading

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introducing ordinance repealing ordinance 2477 authorizing deferrals of payments for city fees

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associated with development projects and adding red city municipal code chapter 18 local

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improvements and planning article. Let's see here 27 development feed deferrals and a

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pending section, the 18.258.C.

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Imposition and Payment of Park Impact fees for Internal Consistency.

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6M, Wave 2nd Reading, and Adopts, and Ordnance Retitling,

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and Amending, Redwood City Municipal Code section,

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12.

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0.7.1, regarding designation of fire hazard severity zones. Six and approve June 9, 2025, city council minutes.

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And finally, 6.0, approve claims and checks from June 23rd, 2025, to July 21st, 2025, and the usual and necessary payments through July 21st, 2025.

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I'm almost going to do the whole off of that.

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With that, we are now at a public hearings beginning with 7A.

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A dopsity of Redwood City, fiscal year 25 to 26 budget.

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City of Redwood City's five-year cap-on-proven program and

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assessor agency to be City of Redwood City redevelopment agency,

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fiscal year 25 to 2026.

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City manager Melissa Stevens and Diaz will give the staff presentation.

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Thank you very much, Mayor.

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and for members of the Council and members of the public.

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We appreciate you being here.

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If you could go to the next slide, tonight's action

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is the culmination of many months of work.

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And we will very briefly go over the highlights

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of work that you have directed us to do

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over the steps dating back to February

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through a series of meetings and study sessions.

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Next slide, please.

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As we discussed in more detail on June 9th

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during the study session.

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This budget is grounded in the framework

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that you adopted in February

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and has focused on our strategic plan,

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as well as the city's financial stability.

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We also considered all of the feedback

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that we received last year from the community

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as we were doing extensive community outreach.

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This budget directly responds to that feedback

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which included priorities from community members

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around both our operating and capital budgets.

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As you recall, we heard a lot from residents about maintaining public safety services, something

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that's in our operating budget, as well as improving streets and sidewalks, things that

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are funded out of our capital budget.

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So in your consideration tonight, our activities to advance all of those key activities that

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residents expressed last year.

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Next slide, please.

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At our last meeting on June 9th, the Council requested two changes to the recommended budget,

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and these are incorporated in the materials that are before you've heard option this evening.

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The first change was to redirect $2 million from our proposed economic stability reserve,

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and to transfer those dollars into our pavement management program for next year.

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This change will leave just under $3 million in the economic stability reserve and increase the total general fund support for payment management to $6 million for next fiscal year.

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The second change is to add a goal for the city manager's office to evaluate opportunities for us to apply for proposition one funding for permanent support of housing.

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So, we intend to provide an update to the City Council on this work by November 20th.

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And last, the materials before you tonight also include the ports in your budget and a series of small technical changes, including fixing a few typos.

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Next slide, please.

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With some significant economic uncertainty and the changes at a federal level having unpredictable impacts for us locally,

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We have employed several strategies to develop this year's budget.

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First, we've spent the last year really strengthening our forecasting capabilities in looking for opportunities to free up funds that we can use for one-time investments.

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We've also taken a hard look at our revenue forecasts and developed a more realistic forecast to better align with our past trends.

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That includes acknowledging that this year we do expect and hope to receive repayment from the state of property tax that is owed to the city.

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But we also build that into future years, knowing that's not a given, but also knowing that historically we have received those funds.

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Additionally, we continue to appreciate voter support last year for Measure BB, which provides additional funding through our business license tax.

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Because we expect ongoing and increased funding from that source, we can reliably increase funding for public safety to maintain and improve those services.

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Also, building on needs that we have in other critical city departments.

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And as I mentioned, we will establish the new economic stability reserve, which is in addition to our normal 15% reserve.

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And this will be helpful so that we can not only have a little buffer extra buffer with the economic uncertainty,

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but also have some resources in case things do not play out with the state budget in the way that we currently expect.

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Next slide please.

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The operating budget assumes $407 million revenues from all funds and $397 million in expenditures.

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It also includes 634 full-time employees.

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00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:24,700
Most of the cities budget is in the general fund which is in the dark blue circle and the dark blue column on the right.

442
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This is our means for funding for paying for core services such as public safety, libraries,

443
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parks, recreation and community services, and then we have smaller funding sources

444
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which are dedicated to specific needs.

445
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Next slide, please.

446
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Looking at our general fund forecast for the next 10 years, we have good news for the next

447
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,760
several years and some work to do ahead.

448
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:58,880
So, this line is showing both our current year and projected revenues and expenditures.

449
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Currently, we are expecting balanced budgets for the next four years, through fiscal year 2829.

450
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We are obtaining that because we are using prior year operating balances both this current year as well as next year.

451
00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:26,620
So where you see the gray lines that drop below, the horizontal line, that's our planned use of one time funds to help us balance our current needs.

452
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:36,960
And that strategy which you approved a few years ago has really helped us to weather the storm as the economy recovered from pandemic impacts.

453
00:46:37,900 --> 00:46:44,960
And then, in the third year, 2627, we expect that we'll have an ending balance of about 9 million.

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And that's the black bar that shows above the line.

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00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:55,220
For the subsequent years after that, the next three years after that, we will be in a better position

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00:46:55,220 --> 00:47:02,160
because we are also using funding that we set aside several years ago in our pension trust

457
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to help cover rising costs for pension obligations.

458
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Use of that fund corresponds to the peak timeframe

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that we current expect peak time,

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00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,440
the peak contributions that we expect to need to make

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to helpers in order to cover our pension obligations.

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00:47:22,620 --> 00:47:24,980
And then if everything we predicted in the forecast

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were exactly accurate, then in the latter half of the forecast

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you will see we have a number of operating deficits and so if that were exactly where we were at

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00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:41,740
several years from now we would need to make adjustments either on expenditures or on revenues.

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As we have shared before we give every diligence and effort at really strong forecasts and they

467
00:47:48,740 --> 00:47:54,340
become dated fairly quickly so we don't think it's going to look exactly like this but it gives us a

468
00:47:54,340 --> 00:47:58,940
understanding that our trends are in a good direction for the next several years and we have

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some confidence in the next several years, but like most agencies we still have long-term trends

470
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:11,720
that we need to pay attention to. The last thing I would say about this forecast is you know

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00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:17,680
that we can't actually have multiple years of deficits unlike any other levels of government we do

472
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:22,840
have to present a balanced budget each year. So we would not actually ever be in a position where

473
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would see multiple years of deficits.

474
00:48:27,900 --> 00:48:31,560
Next slide, please. So turning from our operating

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budget to our capital budget, this slide is estimating for the next five years our revenues

476
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:46,100
from all sources and those are shown in green versus our costs for capital projects which are shown

477
00:48:46,100 --> 00:48:53,860
in blue. And you will see for the this coming year 2526, it is balanced but we do have gaps

478
00:48:53,860 --> 00:48:58,860
for the next several years after that, particularly in in 28 and 29.

479
00:49:00,020 --> 00:49:07,020
All together over five years, we have a gap of about 243 million dollars in the needs

480
00:49:07,020 --> 00:49:10,700
that we have for capital improvements versus our expected funding.

481
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We do plan to work with the City Council's finance and audit subcommittee over the next year

482
00:49:16,140 --> 00:49:22,360
to help us develop strategies to increase funding for these longstanding capital needs.

483
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Next slide, please.

484
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And as I mentioned, unlike the general fund, which

485
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:33,220
can be used for nearly any municipal purpose for capital

486
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projects, we are working from specific sources that

487
00:49:36,580 --> 00:49:38,320
have very strict limitations.

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00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:44,240
In the next year's budget 2526, the council is being

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00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:48,260
asked to allocate almost $75 million in capital improvement

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00:49:48,260 --> 00:49:49,500
fund dollars.

491
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Most of this, as shown on this chart,

492
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:59,960
We'll support transportation projects and I want to be clear the category of transportation includes bike and

493
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:13,420
And that amount of 33.3 million doesn't include the additional $2 million that you asked to be dedicated at your last meeting.

494
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:32,760
Turning now to the next slide. We have two slides that I reviewed at the last meeting, talking about the proposed use of one-time funds. This first slide is in capital projects, and the next one will be in operating projects.

495
00:50:33,380 --> 00:50:44,760
I won't go over all of these, as I mentioned them in more detail on June 9th, but I do want to flag that the row shown in gray is where you see the additional amount going into pavement management as you requested.

496
00:50:46,140 --> 00:50:46,960
Next slide, please.

497
00:50:49,100 --> 00:50:54,960
And then on the operating side, you see the corresponding decrease in the proposed economic stability reserve.

498
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Next slide, please.

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I mentioned at the last meeting that this budget does include new positions and I do want

500
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:11,100
to highlight that three of those are being proposed out of funding that's from the one-time

501
00:51:11,100 --> 00:51:16,580
funding. We call that bridge funding because we think as we phase in the business license tax

502
00:51:16,580 --> 00:51:27,180
that we will be able to fully fund those positions with the second year implementation of the business

503
00:51:27,180 --> 00:51:31,320
that are currently already filled. If we have those employees working for us today,

504
00:51:31,740 --> 00:51:36,280
but they were funded initially by grant funds. A good example is fire positions

505
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:41,360
that were funded by a federal grant. Those funds are expiring and we are now building

506
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:46,580
those positions into the budget. So it's not bringing us new bodies to work, but it is

507
00:51:46,580 --> 00:51:52,000
making sure that we can continue to maintain their services. And then just under 12

508
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:59,160
positions 11.6 are new positions that are being brought into the budget. Most of these are based

509
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:03,320
on the studies that we've completed looking at our departments.

510
00:52:05,900 --> 00:52:08,220
Next slide please. At the

511
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last meeting, I flagged a few changes that we had made based on the feedback that you provided

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00:52:13,500 --> 00:52:21,540
to us and we can circle back to that if you like. Next slide please. And with that, we would

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00:52:21,540 --> 00:52:27,220
for the Council to take all of the actions that are listed here, overall. We're pleased to

514
00:52:27,220 --> 00:52:31,720
present this balanced budget and long-term planning for the city and we're happy to answer

515
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:35,060
any questions you have after the public hearing. Thank you.

516
00:52:38,550 --> 00:52:40,090
Thank you for the great presentation

517
00:52:40,090 --> 00:52:46,950
and with that we'll open the public hearing. Thank you. I don't have any speaker cards or written

518
00:52:46,950 --> 00:52:52,430
comments at this time, so the last call to the audience or any public comment on the budget.

519
00:52:55,410 --> 00:52:57,670
Right? Seeing none, I'll turn it back to you, Mayor.

520
00:52:58,150 --> 00:52:58,370
Okay.

521
00:52:58,710 --> 00:53:02,070
Thank you, City Clerk, and we will open it to the council.

522
00:53:02,730 --> 00:53:05,070
Or any clarifying questions or comments.

523
00:53:11,740 --> 00:53:14,400
Councilmember Trudeau, did I see you on the mute there?

524
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:16,540
You did, but I won't.

525
00:53:16,940 --> 00:53:17,240
Okay.

526
00:53:17,860 --> 00:53:19,440
If we'll circle back to you.

527
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:20,740
We would like to get us started.

528
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:25,620
I'll start with you. Thank you, Councilmember.

529
00:53:26,220 --> 00:53:27,640
No, that's no problem.

530
00:53:28,860 --> 00:53:30,980
First of all, I did want to.

531
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,160
I don't think we can say thank you enough.

532
00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:41,580
If I did want to thank the business community for working with us so well and enabling us

533
00:53:41,580 --> 00:53:49,540
to bring the business license tax to the voters, 2024, if I'm remembering it, yes, okay,

534
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:49,960
good.

535
00:53:51,420 --> 00:53:59,060
We had so much good outreach with the businesses, we tried to reach everyone and multiple

536
00:53:59,060 --> 00:53:59,640
times.

537
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:04,800
And I just can't thank you enough if you're listening, we really appreciate it.

538
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:10,120
What this money is going to enable us to do is bring staffing up to levels where we can

539
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:15,360
start taking care of a lot of business and revenue city that hasn't been done for some

540
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:20,600
time, keeping up on infrastructure and certainly in public safety.

541
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:27,400
So I thank you so very much, it's going to give us the additional income so we can hire new

542
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:29,500
employees to work for the city where I would

543
00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:33,320
city to continuing offering the services that people

544
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:38,500
have come to expect. And we're hoping that they will benefit

545
00:54:38,500 --> 00:54:41,620
also. They'll see the benefit and what they have done.

546
00:54:41,820 --> 00:54:45,740
So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The other slide

547
00:54:45,740 --> 00:54:48,620
before I just wanted to ask Melissa if you could

548
00:54:48,620 --> 00:54:51,600
bring that slide up about that starts with we're going

549
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to start taking care of trees with water.

550
00:54:58,230 --> 00:54:58,830
Because I

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00:54:58,830 --> 00:54:59,970
I don't think a lot of people...

552
00:55:01,020 --> 00:55:09,080
We work with city trees to plant new trees in Redwood City, and we have decided that we're taking on watering

553
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:17,460
newly planted trees and have community participation programs for the future to help city trees, but also to make sure

554
00:55:17,460 --> 00:55:26,000
that our trees stay healthy and vibrant once they're planted. I wanted to ask our city manager, she wouldn't mind

555
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:33,120
Also, highlighting questions that have come to me and I'm sure others what else we're doing in the area of trees.

556
00:55:33,220 --> 00:55:37,140
I know that you're working on a fresh inventory.

557
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:42,160
I'm guessing TK, excuse me, from public works would be able to answer that.

558
00:55:42,500 --> 00:55:48,000
But I think the public would really be interested in knowing this information and may have missed it at our last meeting.

559
00:55:48,540 --> 00:55:49,420
So, thank you.

560
00:55:49,780 --> 00:55:51,180
TK for being here this evening.

561
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:52,000
Thank you.

562
00:55:52,300 --> 00:55:52,940
Good evening, Mayor.

563
00:55:52,940 --> 00:55:56,720
and vice mayor, city council member, this is Terence Jordan. You're a director of public

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00:55:56,720 --> 00:56:02,740
work services department. When it's come to the oven forest management, we do have a

565
00:56:02,740 --> 00:56:09,320
tree ordinance in the book, but the thing is the books, the ordinance been quite some time,

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00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:16,360
at the early 70s, we developed the Austrian ordinance so that we are in the process of updating the

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ordinance. At the same time, we recently finished up the citywide tree inventory,

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00:56:24,020 --> 00:56:29,820
the tree inventory, the trees that are in public spaces, so that we call it public tree,

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00:56:30,020 --> 00:56:37,180
or the community tree, they are approximately 32,000 tree throughout the city. Those are the

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00:56:37,180 --> 00:56:44,180
the requisite public works are tree section employees, a system with the outside contractor

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00:56:44,180 --> 00:56:52,560
maintain annually. And also after the, we finish, we hope to finish the tree ordinance

572
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:59,820
by Ali Nakes here, along with Ivan Forest Management Plan. So that is a kind of like the whole

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00:56:59,820 --> 00:57:03,580
holistic suites are all thing tree that we are working on.

574
00:57:03,580 --> 00:57:07,560
Is that the master plan that I was reading about?

575
00:57:09,060 --> 00:57:13,560
So, yes. So, when is the three-step tree inventory?

576
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:18,580
Tree orders update of enforce management plans.

577
00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:27,160
And we'll be working with city trees and probably any other organizations who'd like to work with us or volunteers,

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00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:30,220
as far as making sure that it's successful.

579
00:57:30,220 --> 00:57:40,800
Yes, City Tree is one of the primary, the nonprofit organization that is planting many trees throughout the city.

580
00:57:40,980 --> 00:57:45,680
I believe the plant is somewhere around, maybe around, but somewhere around 2000 tree they planted.

581
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:51,260
And then the watering that we are talking about is somewhere around 300 trees.

582
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:56,700
Those are what we call it newly planted tree, tree that less than 3 years old,

583
00:57:56,700 --> 00:58:01,140
that recently planted and they require regular water

584
00:58:01,140 --> 00:58:02,820
in doing this some of the months.

585
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:05,360
Thank you, I appreciate it.

586
00:58:05,420 --> 00:58:08,540
I know we have a designation as Tree City, USA,

587
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and we take that very seriously.

588
00:58:11,660 --> 00:58:14,240
So I'm really glad, and I wanted to highlight it,

589
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:17,200
so people know that we are making an effort

590
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:19,140
to make sure we take care of our trees

591
00:58:19,140 --> 00:58:20,020
in Redwood City.

592
00:58:20,420 --> 00:58:22,380
With the winds, the high winds that we've had,

593
00:58:22,500 --> 00:58:25,280
I know we've had a few trees that have blown off

594
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:30,960
blown over and we'll probably need to replace but I did want to let the public know that

595
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:37,380
we do have a program in place during in the easements of Redwood City in front of your home

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00:58:37,380 --> 00:58:42,800
that you can call the city an apply for a replacement tree and maybe something that fits

597
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:48,520
more properly into the easement that you have. I think we're really being careful about that also.

598
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:55,580
Yes, thank you. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you TK and thank you.

599
00:58:55,660 --> 00:59:00,520
Councilmember Howard for highlighting that work. It's important that it continues especially there.

600
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:04,320
We're so focused on planting injuries and equity neighborhoods.

601
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:06,580
Thank you for that.

602
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:08,480
We would like to go next.

603
00:59:13,990 --> 00:59:16,090
Councilmember Chu, we'll go to you.

604
00:59:17,310 --> 00:59:31,370
So I just wanted to echo Council Member Howard's comments just thanking staff for all of their hard work and just how wonderful and amazing it is that the city does support our trees.

605
00:59:32,270 --> 00:59:45,730
That's rare. And it's so important as an equity issue as a health issue for a number of beauty, you know, all kinds of reasons. So really really appreciate the city staff being willing to be thoughtful and creative about that.

606
00:59:45,730 --> 00:59:59,970
And then just a comment, so, you know, as Melissa noted, noted that we did request a $2 million increase in the payment management plan, but the thought around that.

607
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:13,520
That was number one that when repaving happens, that we make road safety improvements, so the hope with that was that for just a little bit of money that we could see real advances in moving towards vision zero.

608
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:25,040
The second was the hope was that we would reduce costs ultimately in that if pavement falls below a threshold of 70 as I understand it.

609
01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:27,460
that, you know, it's more costly to repair.

610
01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:32,220
So just reiterating that that that that was the thinking behind that was improvements

611
01:00:32,220 --> 01:00:37,960
and safety reductions in cost and improvements obviously in pavement quality.

612
01:00:38,220 --> 01:00:43,400
And then just in thinking about the large share of our capital budget that is transportation,

613
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:53,720
the more we can save our roads and enable people to either drive less or select alternative

614
01:00:53,720 --> 01:01:01,180
forms of transportation. The difference in roadwear is in the tens of thousands. We really

615
01:01:01,180 --> 01:01:06,960
save our roads. We're going to make it safe to walk and bike. And then I just wanted to comment

616
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:12,120
as well that Council Member G's point was well taken. That when we do things, we really have to

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01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:17,560
think not about what it costs in the near term, but the long-term maintenance costs. And I'm sure

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01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:22,760
in the coming years, we're going to have to be very creative thinking about what the long-term

619
01:01:22,760 --> 01:01:28,460
cost anything that we take on. But overall, really amazing job and certainly really appreciate

620
01:01:28,460 --> 01:01:29,920
everything that staff is done.

621
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:35,460
Thanks for your comments, council member,

622
01:01:38,150 --> 01:01:39,230
council member Shurkin.

623
01:01:39,710 --> 01:01:50,410
Thank you, Mayor. I'll ask a couple of questions here. So beginning with the pavement that the

624
01:01:51,650 --> 01:01:57,510
pavement program, did we ever get an answer since our last meeting and I'm looking to

625
01:01:57,510 --> 01:02:07,390
structure of Werner about what PCI we need to achieve to just maintain our road quality

626
01:02:08,590 --> 01:02:14,810
and if that 70 goal that we discussed that our last meeting is the mark or if it's

627
01:02:14,810 --> 01:02:19,290
falling short of the mark or did we have an have any more information on that?

628
01:02:31,820 --> 01:02:33,240
Thank you so much for the question.

629
01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:43,240
It really depends on what level the council would like to set the policy at.

630
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:48,520
A PCI pavement condition index of 70 is considered good.

631
01:02:49,660 --> 01:02:58,700
But in order to maintain that PCI of 70, we do have to pour in about $7 million per year in pavement over the next five years.

632
01:02:58,700 --> 01:03:07,700
If we'd like to increase it so that we're at the higher end of the good range, then that's just more money that we have to pour into it.

633
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:11,180
So a PCI of 70 is consistent with our county.

634
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:16,020
It's a good level. However, there is room for improvement.

635
01:03:17,060 --> 01:03:22,060
Thank you. That's very helpful to know that 70 is on par with the county.

636
01:03:22,060 --> 01:03:35,320
And that is, at least in the short term, that five years, and with the resources we have an achievable and helpful goal.

637
01:03:35,980 --> 01:03:36,880
Thank you.

638
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:44,160
And then on the highlights page, I think it was slide 13.

639
01:03:45,100 --> 01:03:49,240
Thank you for including looking at parking management funding strategies.

640
01:03:50,320 --> 01:03:56,180
Again, I just want to go on the record and say that we need to stop stable or subsidizing

641
01:03:56,180 --> 01:04:02,680
our parking program using the general fund and to a tune of almost a million dollars a year.

642
01:04:03,180 --> 01:04:11,260
So I'm really glad that we're looking at considering how much we would need to increase parking

643
01:04:11,260 --> 01:04:16,320
fees in order to get there in collaboration with our business community.

644
01:04:16,780 --> 01:04:22,760
So thank you very much for directing the finance audit so committee to look at that in the future and

645
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:27,840
First off taking the time to look at that as well and study that so those were

646
01:04:28,980 --> 01:04:34,480
A couple initial questions I have and I'll chime in later. Thank you.

647
01:04:34,580 --> 01:04:38,380
Thank you Mr.

648
01:04:39,040 --> 01:04:39,080
Mr. Mayor.

649
01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:45,740
Melissa thank you and the entire team. This is a pretty heavy lift literally because these things are about

650
01:04:45,740 --> 01:04:52,460
15 pounds each and printed and thank you for making the adjustment space on the council

651
01:04:52,460 --> 01:04:59,980
conversation at the last meeting. I just had a couple clarifying questions on slide 8 when we have

652
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:08,240
At the CIP, you came up with a number, and that number is, I believe, the difference between the blue bar and the

653
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:13,180
light green bar, and that you just took the total in the slide. Is that correct?

654
01:05:14,380 --> 01:05:16,400
Yes, that's correct. And 243 million.

655
01:05:16,940 --> 01:05:26,160
But these are static numbers as of June 23rd that doesn't mean there won't be more project needs next year or two years or three years out.

656
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:32,340
So, unless there's more new money, I would say that the light blue numbers, that's made

657
01:05:32,340 --> 01:05:39,300
a need is just going to continue to increase over time, unabated, if it's abated, that's

658
01:05:39,300 --> 01:05:45,260
great, but I don't see capital needs ever going away, I mean, streets get older, pipes get

659
01:05:45,260 --> 01:05:49,240
older, buildings get older, means more work, more investment, more renewal.

660
01:05:49,700 --> 01:05:54,000
So I think that's, as I said last time, that's a policy statement that the council needs

661
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:59,520
provide direction on number one, what condition we want our buildings to be, and then how

662
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:00,700
do we fund it?

663
01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:04,220
Because this number is just going to get bigger as a time goes on.

664
01:06:04,880 --> 01:06:12,300
And then to follow up, I'm not going to change with the majority council voted for, but

665
01:06:12,300 --> 01:06:17,080
I think between now and next year's budget, whether it's the finance and audit committee or some

666
01:06:17,080 --> 01:06:20,660
other ad hoc committee, the mayor wants to put together, we need to come up with these policy

667
01:06:20,660 --> 01:06:24,600
statements so that the budgets can be put to it.

668
01:06:24,980 --> 01:06:32,080
As many of you said, you know, the pavement condition PCI index of 70 based on, you know,

669
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:33,040
good enough.

670
01:06:34,380 --> 01:06:40,440
Maybe that is the right number, but I know other counties aspirations are to get to 75 for

671
01:06:40,440 --> 01:06:42,720
longevity and things like that.

672
01:06:42,860 --> 01:06:50,580
So, rather than have that conversation at the day as whether 68, 69, 72, 70 is, I prefer

673
01:06:50,580 --> 01:06:57,480
to base our policy decisions on homework, studying what that means from a longevity versus

674
01:06:57,480 --> 01:07:03,520
an initial investment, return on investment, life span of the investment, and what are

675
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:05,600
other counties in the region doing?

676
01:07:05,740 --> 01:07:11,120
We should not, just because San Mateo County is doing 70, across the county in line, and it's

677
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,480
75, it shouldn't be that start.

678
01:07:13,740 --> 01:07:20,020
We should be somewhat as a region in line with what the region is trying to aspire to do.

679
01:07:20,020 --> 01:07:25,260
So, I hope that I guess is going to go to the Finance and Audit Committee, Melissa.

680
01:07:26,920 --> 01:07:32,160
So, yes, the Capital of Funding Strategy will go to Finance and Audit and then the discussion

681
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:37,940
related to Parking, we're bringing forward as a study session item in the fall, the parking

682
01:07:37,940 --> 01:07:38,260
event.

683
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:44,040
But with the metrics about how we want to manage our physical assets, which committee,

684
01:07:44,040 --> 01:07:50,280
Well, let me put this way, think about between you, Mayor and Vice Mayor, where that policy

685
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:56,800
conversation goes and belongs, so that when we are here next year, we have great clarity

686
01:07:56,800 --> 01:08:02,280
across the DS, but we're trying to do it, we're trying to get to, rather be a 30-year

687
01:08:02,280 --> 01:08:08,140
building, a 100-year building, 20-year roads, 50-year roads, whatever they may be, so that we can

688
01:08:08,140 --> 01:08:12,260
have great clarity on how we should be budgeting and financing these capital improvements

689
01:08:12,260 --> 01:08:18,800
in renewal. So, whether that's an ad hoc, whether it's when an existing committee, I'll

690
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:24,920
leave it to that conversation. But I just want to thank you for bringing the adjustments

691
01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:30,200
forward from our last meeting. And from the entire team, Bath and it's not Bath and News

692
01:08:30,200 --> 01:08:37,000
Bath, it's Bath. For doing this all this work because it is a lot of work. And the crystal ball

693
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:43,920
forecast. I don't care who's out there. It's a little fuzzy. It's not precise, but we

694
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:48,020
have to plan and we have a plan for now. Thank you very much.

695
01:08:50,230 --> 01:08:51,230
Thank you, council member.

696
01:08:54,770 --> 01:08:59,070
I'm just I think we had a pretty robust conversation on our last meeting, but I'll just echo

697
01:08:59,070 --> 01:09:04,390
everyone's sentiments that this was a huge undertaking and appreciate all the work and it's

698
01:09:04,390 --> 01:09:09,150
not lost on me that we're in, you know, a much better situation than a lot of neighboring cities.

699
01:09:09,150 --> 01:09:11,210
So the decisions we got to make that we had,

700
01:09:11,250 --> 01:09:13,390
those monies to play with, and to help our city,

701
01:09:14,050 --> 01:09:15,370
just grateful that we're in that position.

702
01:09:17,070 --> 01:09:19,510
Thank you, Kelts member, that's fair.

703
01:09:20,670 --> 01:09:23,790
So I'm seeing Beth Fair and the audience,

704
01:09:24,070 --> 01:09:27,890
the intrepid and Michelle Katziyoka and the audience,

705
01:09:28,350 --> 01:09:32,070
and of course Michelle, the other Michelle Flerity,

706
01:09:32,190 --> 01:09:36,390
just the intrepid soldiers, Chris, you brought,

707
01:09:36,390 --> 01:09:43,470
Can you hold up the budget? I didn't bring my budget. You did. Oh, okay.

708
01:09:51,750 --> 01:09:59,830
You're holding an award-winning document. Beth, you inherited a legacy of excellence.

709
01:10:00,020 --> 01:10:05,580
In Redwood City awarded by peers and other jurisdictions.

710
01:10:07,780 --> 01:10:13,340
And the awards are, I mean, okay, an award for a budget or whatever, but for

711
01:10:13,340 --> 01:10:23,140
sustainability, clarity, ease of reading. We set such a standard of transparency here

712
01:10:23,140 --> 01:10:31,900
in Redwood City. And we all up here. Oh, you a great debt of gratitude. We know how hard

713
01:10:31,900 --> 01:10:38,760
you worked. And you're standing on great shoulders and you're setting it even better

714
01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:47,880
standard just in terms of those things and so thank you thank you thank you. I didn't do it

715
01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:53,980
today I did it last year. There's a part of this budget and I really I really invite the

716
01:10:53,980 --> 01:11:00,760
public to it's scary it's a 400 page document or so it's kind of scary but it is tabbed

717
01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:07,020
And there's one tab that kind of describes some of the highlights of all that we do.

718
01:11:08,940 --> 01:11:14,120
And I was just dazzled a couple weeks ago when I looked at it all.

719
01:11:14,440 --> 01:11:17,460
And I wrote down notes and I don't have them with me today.

720
01:11:18,140 --> 01:11:22,340
But looking, I see we have Sarah Latura, who's in charge of our library.

721
01:11:23,300 --> 01:11:29,560
And just, I was speaking with a member of the community last week.

722
01:11:29,560 --> 01:11:33,520
Just in Juneteenth alone, someone referred,

723
01:11:33,960 --> 01:11:38,760
oh, go to the website of all the activities just for Juneteenth.

724
01:11:39,140 --> 01:11:42,380
Jun 15th of 2016.

725
01:11:43,340 --> 01:11:45,560
19th. Okay, thank you.

726
01:11:46,380 --> 01:11:48,760
Just for, well, for the month of June,

727
01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:54,100
I could not believe how many events and activities

728
01:11:54,100 --> 01:12:01,440
that the Redwood City Library is spearheading or co-partnering with or co-leading.

729
01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:07,620
In just that one thing and when you look year-round all of the things that we do,

730
01:12:08,140 --> 01:12:15,360
reading at the library, the events at the park, it really makes me proud.

731
01:12:15,960 --> 01:12:23,460
This is a really important moment where we not only have a balanced budget, but we have a budget.

732
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:28,880
And that's going to guide us every day for the next 365 days.

733
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:31,180
We couldn't do it without you.

734
01:12:31,700 --> 01:12:35,700
And I want to thank my colleagues as well for...

735
01:12:35,700 --> 01:12:38,580
We hammered out some tough decisions last time.

736
01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:40,980
What we thought was in the best interest of the community.

737
01:12:41,860 --> 01:12:47,180
But you all did a wonderful job in the City Manager as well.

738
01:12:47,180 --> 01:12:57,660
And also Parks and Rec, Lucas, and Derek just couldn't be prouder, and public works,

739
01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:07,560
OTK is hiding. Oh, there you are. You have a really big budget line, but you do so much for us.

740
01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:15,060
And we couldn't, you know, you're responsible for all our roads and all our sewers and all our water pipes,

741
01:13:15,060 --> 01:13:19,580
and that's not even much of it.

742
01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:22,100
So all of you, thank you very much.

743
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:28,580
Thank you, Vice Mayor, any other thoughts?

744
01:13:31,920 --> 01:13:33,200
Oh, I see Councilmember Chu.

745
01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:36,380
I'm just really briefly.

746
01:13:36,780 --> 01:13:40,220
I wanted to respond to Councilmember G's suggestion.

747
01:13:40,540 --> 01:13:42,420
And I think it's an excellent suggestion.

748
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:46,520
But related to that, I think it's worth thinking about,

749
01:13:46,520 --> 01:13:48,380
you know, sort of, why cities evolved.

750
01:13:48,380 --> 01:14:00,180
They evolved to reduce transportation costs to agglomerate markets and to make, you know, sort of reduce the costs of all of those things, housing transportation etc.

751
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:09,480
And so I think even in the modern era it's worth really thinking about what, you know, because one of the things as a city we really control is how can we use our land.

752
01:14:09,480 --> 01:14:18,980
And so I love to in tandem with what Councilmember G suggested is think about what land use patterns are the most productive economically.

753
01:14:19,860 --> 01:14:23,980
What land use patterns are basically not productive economically.

754
01:14:25,020 --> 01:14:37,480
And how can we think about land use as one of our most valuable assets and mechanisms by which to have a sustainable city and a sustainable budget?

755
01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:45,440
So my hope is, you know, obviously these costs would always go up, but that the cost per capita could either be stable or even come down.

756
01:14:45,680 --> 01:14:52,320
So the cost and the absolute terms for sure will probably always go up, but I don't think the cost per capita necessarily have to.

757
01:14:55,670 --> 01:14:57,170
Thank you council member.

758
01:14:58,700 --> 01:14:58,900
Bye.

759
01:15:01,390 --> 01:15:08,850
I just want to, one additional comment, I'm really pleased with the additions to staff.

760
01:15:09,450 --> 01:15:16,150
Cities provide services, services are provided by people, skilled people, trained people, knowledgeable

761
01:15:16,150 --> 01:15:26,990
people. It is noteworthy and wonderful that we are improving our ability to provide services to the community.

762
01:15:26,990 --> 01:15:35,110
And it's been a long road ahead and we're transferring some of the employees from grant-funded

763
01:15:35,110 --> 01:15:42,770
employees to city-funded employees and some one-time consultants into permanent employees.

764
01:15:44,170 --> 01:15:51,450
But that was kind of a maybe a slow on ramp to be cautious because of uncertain times in the pandemic.

765
01:15:51,450 --> 01:16:00,690
But I really owe it to staff to have, I feel very good about the sustainability, even though we are adding

766
01:16:00,690 --> 01:16:10,990
a lot of staff members, I feel very good about that they are going to be efficient, they're going to add to services and that it's sustainable.

767
01:16:10,990 --> 01:16:11,150
Well,

768
01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:15,260
you've got a smear.

769
01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:16,140
You got a smear.

770
01:16:16,820 --> 01:16:17,720
I'll go to you.

771
01:16:17,980 --> 01:16:18,720
Well, thank you, Mayor.

772
01:16:19,420 --> 01:16:23,780
I guess one thing I wanted to just think staff for doing is

773
01:16:25,480 --> 01:16:27,320
trans modernizing our permitting,

774
01:16:27,820 --> 01:16:30,220
specifically for those really small skill permits

775
01:16:31,060 --> 01:16:33,200
with the, I forget the name of the new program.

776
01:16:33,620 --> 01:16:34,980
It's something, something go.

777
01:16:35,160 --> 01:16:36,020
It was in counts of connection.

778
01:16:36,240 --> 01:16:37,720
But anyhow, thank you.

779
01:16:38,380 --> 01:16:41,940
And I appreciate the staff as well for clarifying

780
01:16:41,940 --> 01:16:50,940
the kind of the reduction in the budget for kind of processing those subdivision maps

781
01:16:50,940 --> 01:16:58,740
and intensity maps and all those things is just matching kind of the flow, the Edben

782
01:16:58,740 --> 01:17:07,600
flow of development in the city and not a reduction in capacity for processing proposals

783
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:08,160
in the future.

784
01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:10,760
So I was really glad to hear that clarification.

785
01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:17,820
And then I wanted to also just ask a quick question about the therapy dog.

786
01:17:18,660 --> 01:17:39,420
I know at a last meeting, there were some my colleagues expressed enthusiasm about having a converting the K9 position to train and a company that therapy dog for the city to events and help build.

787
01:17:39,420 --> 01:17:46,480
relationships in the community and to help manage stress levels within the department.

788
01:17:47,340 --> 01:17:49,020
But I did just want to ask the question.

789
01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:53,740
Are we paying, is that a sworn officer position?

790
01:17:53,900 --> 01:17:56,420
And we'll be paying them the same amount,

791
01:17:57,040 --> 01:18:00,420
a salary as if they're on patrol.

792
01:18:01,540 --> 01:18:02,600
Yeah, thank you for asking.

793
01:18:03,120 --> 01:18:05,840
The final contours of the program are still being developed.

794
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:11,420
So, it could be one of two paths, one would be similar to the model for current K9 officers,

795
01:18:12,260 --> 01:18:18,240
where the officer is responsible for their care and training and ongoing everything, you know,

796
01:18:18,280 --> 01:18:19,780
24-7, including off duty.

797
01:18:19,960 --> 01:18:22,280
And they do receive additional pay in those circumstances.

798
01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:28,560
Sometimes, however, the approach is that the animal is assigned kind of to the station.

799
01:18:29,100 --> 01:18:34,040
And so, as staff on duties, circle through over the course of the week, there are designated people

800
01:18:34,040 --> 01:18:39,840
that are helping with that care, and so there might be a much smaller sort of recognition

801
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:47,200
for that, but that not the same kind of single person responsibility and accompanying compensation.

802
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:51,700
So that's something that we'll sort out kind of the best approach later on.

803
01:18:52,820 --> 01:18:59,740
Thank you. I appreciate the consideration of a rotation, if you will, just to kind of spread out

804
01:18:59,740 --> 01:19:07,860
cost of offering that service to the department and to the community just because ideally

805
01:19:07,860 --> 01:19:14,680
if we're going to pay a sworn officer to add that salary, they should be on the trip,

806
01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:21,220
because we're hurting for enforcement in the community, especially traffic enforcement

807
01:19:21,780 --> 01:19:27,180
and parking enforcement, so I just wanted to lift that up, but I appreciate the consideration

808
01:19:27,180 --> 01:19:36,860
of my comments. And then my final comment is, you know, back in February, I, you know,

809
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:42,780
urged my colleagues here to consider funding this speaker program, core of a community's

810
01:19:42,780 --> 01:19:49,040
overcoming relationship with these, at the tune of $5 to $10,000, pretty nominal. You know,

811
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:55,160
that doesn't even, not only, you know, that amount of money would not even cover my rent

812
01:19:55,160 --> 01:19:59,980
I mean, that's, so it's, and the reason why I bring that up is because

813
01:20:00,460 --> 01:20:22,080
The incident, the Department of Violence that happened last year in Redwood City and the data in this book here, that says that we've had 113 incidents of crimes against persons, including the best of violence incidents in the city of the past year, and only 41% of them were cleared.

814
01:20:22,080 --> 01:20:28,760
you do to capacity issues and other things, not to, and I appreciate the efforts of our department

815
01:20:28,760 --> 01:20:34,300
to clear as many as possible. But I want to just emphasize that, you know, that's only what is

816
01:20:34,300 --> 01:20:40,280
reported, right? And I think we really do need to meet the moment where we are seeing a rise

817
01:20:40,280 --> 01:20:48,000
in into the partner violence incidents, especially as the economy continues to be uncertain. We saw

818
01:20:48,000 --> 01:20:54,760
increased during the COVID era and that hasn't gone away and this program has been very

819
01:20:54,760 --> 01:21:02,740
successful in educating the community with our business partners about Chorra's essential

820
01:21:02,740 --> 01:21:11,220
services for the community and this is only a pilot. I really do think we need to spend just

821
01:21:11,220 --> 01:21:18,420
five thousand dollars from the the reserve to fund this just to see if you know how

822
01:21:18,420 --> 01:21:21,520
successful it could be in the city we've seen great success in our neighbors

823
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:26,500
and Carlos several other cities in the county who have adopted this program as a

824
01:21:26,500 --> 01:21:35,980
pilot and I also want to just emphasize that well typically for you know grant like

825
01:21:35,980 --> 01:21:40,580
contributions allocations like this we would go through the HSFA or the CWG or the home

826
01:21:40,580 --> 01:21:46,440
funding process. But yeah, I'd respect for the recommendations that the Housing

827
01:21:46,440 --> 01:21:50,560
Human Concerns Committee has already made. And that we already approved for CDBG

828
01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:58,140
and Home Funds. I don't want to reopen that box when I respect the recommendations

829
01:21:58,140 --> 01:22:05,240
they have made and suggest deducting that 5,000 from the reserve instead.

830
01:22:07,740 --> 01:22:08,040
And you know,

831
01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:08,440
This

832
01:22:10,780 --> 01:22:20,700
is personal and that, my neighbors in my apartment complex experience of ongoing

833
01:22:22,580 --> 01:22:28,480
domestic violence kind of situation that one of my neighbors had to intervene during

834
01:22:28,480 --> 01:22:29,120
a fight.

835
01:22:29,580 --> 01:22:38,700
You could hear the yelling that the arguments ultimately ending in that relationship

836
01:22:38,700 --> 01:22:48,080
ending. And so it's close to home for me. And so I would really like to urge my colleagues

837
01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:53,400
to consider just making this one time exception. Again, I introduced it back in February.

838
01:22:53,640 --> 01:22:58,560
We talked about this several times at this point. I know that the mayor and the vice mayor

839
01:22:58,560 --> 01:23:05,740
he would express the enthusiasm about the program in the past. And I hope that there's still

840
01:23:05,740 --> 01:23:07,800
and enthusiasm tonight,

841
01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:12,720
so I'll leave it there and turn it back to my colleagues.

842
01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:17,780
Thank you.

843
01:23:17,960 --> 01:23:18,880
Councilman Resurkin.

844
01:23:21,190 --> 01:23:24,210
I will respond to that first.

845
01:23:25,430 --> 01:23:26,730
And I'll save my comments for later.

846
01:23:33,130 --> 01:23:34,690
I think you're right.

847
01:23:34,910 --> 01:23:40,430
I think there has been an uptick and we saw the uptick during COVID with sort of incidence

848
01:23:40,430 --> 01:23:43,410
of domestic violence and partner violence, right?

849
01:23:44,150 --> 01:23:47,130
Family violence as poor people were stuck at home, right?

850
01:23:47,950 --> 01:23:53,070
And we've had some clear examples of where

851
01:23:54,890 --> 01:23:58,650
there have been missed opportunities to intervene, right?

852
01:24:00,090 --> 01:24:04,670
And so I was fighting to preserve

853
01:24:04,670 --> 01:24:08,490
that resilience funds that we talked about last week

854
01:24:08,490 --> 01:24:11,670
or at our last meeting, but you know,

855
01:24:11,670 --> 01:24:34,390
I would be open to taking $1,000 to invest in this program and, you know, I wonder if this is something that's, you know, our economic development manager would be able to champion or tie in our promoters to work with since those folks are out in the community a lot, but I'll leave it there and I'll go to my colleagues.

856
01:24:38,030 --> 01:24:50,130
This really, thank you, Mr. Sturkin, and your care and concern is well noted. I guess my question is for staff.

857
01:24:50,710 --> 01:24:59,270
I mean, we're here today with a $200 million general fund budget and a $350 million,

858
01:24:59,270 --> 01:24:59,970
400 million

859
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:04,720
In budget overall, I'm concerned about the process of,

860
01:25:09,540 --> 01:25:14,140
I mean, this $5,000, I, you know, we've got the

861
01:25:14,140 --> 01:25:17,980
HHS subcommittee, the CDBG, I

862
01:25:20,190 --> 01:25:28,190
don't, it's more a process question for me. You know, then what's

863
01:25:28,190 --> 01:25:30,110
to stop all of us there, thought,

864
01:25:32,230 --> 01:25:35,510
can staff help me a little bit with this process situation?

865
01:25:38,470 --> 01:25:43,890
So, you know, we try starting in February to kind of elevate what are various ideas and

866
01:25:43,890 --> 01:25:51,210
where is their majority council interest in reacting to the framework that staff developed

867
01:25:51,210 --> 01:25:52,910
for developing the budget.

868
01:25:53,650 --> 01:25:56,430
And I know this program was mentioned at that time.

869
01:25:57,110 --> 01:26:02,490
At that time, we did not hear a majority council support for it, so it was not built into the budget.

870
01:26:03,350 --> 01:26:07,470
So you do have flexibility to make changes from a staff perspective.

871
01:26:08,390 --> 01:26:15,070
We often hope for that to be at the June study session, which was the last meeting, but you have some flexibility.

872
01:26:16,050 --> 01:26:23,990
I think one thing you might think of, in many years, we have the Human Services Financial Assistance Awards

873
01:26:23,990 --> 01:26:32,510
at the same time as the CDBG Awards. And you just made the approvals at last meeting for CDBG funds.

874
01:26:32,970 --> 01:26:39,710
You'll see the HSFA recommendations a little bit later this summer. And while the Housing and Human

875
01:26:39,710 --> 01:26:45,490
Concerns Committee has already developed their recommendations based on the criteria for this year,

876
01:26:46,310 --> 01:26:51,130
perhaps, you know, depending on the council's will tonight, you might think about providing some

877
01:26:51,130 --> 01:26:57,710
guidance for what criteria could be used next year, because that might give a chance to

878
01:26:57,710 --> 01:27:05,990
broaden the kinds of categories toward which we use, HSA, HSFA funds, and it might kind

879
01:27:05,990 --> 01:27:12,510
of give that direction in that policy ahead of the future work for developing next year's

880
01:27:12,510 --> 01:27:18,810
awards. So that I would suggest as an alternative to council acting tonight, which you are

881
01:27:18,810 --> 01:27:20,170
certainly for you to do.

882
01:27:20,550 --> 01:27:21,170
Thank you.

883
01:27:21,930 --> 01:27:22,930
That's clarifying.

884
01:27:23,930 --> 01:27:26,530
You know, Cora is partnered with the county.

885
01:27:27,030 --> 01:27:29,710
Cora provides many, many service.

886
01:27:30,310 --> 01:27:39,770
Cora provides services to the county for women in need and families in need.

887
01:27:40,190 --> 01:27:48,190
This is an area that's, you know, is well known to be in need of

888
01:27:48,190 --> 01:27:51,250
societal support, nationally,

889
01:27:53,830 --> 01:28:01,690
2% of rapes are prosecuted only 1% of rapes result in conviction.

890
01:28:02,630 --> 01:28:07,170
The statistics are so horrible that the federal government doesn't even keep them.

891
01:28:07,510 --> 01:28:10,470
There's a private organization that keeps them.

892
01:28:10,470 --> 01:28:18,710
So to just kind of cherry pick, you know, to say that there's a need for support for

893
01:28:18,710 --> 01:28:27,350
battered women, for harassment, this is a nationwide city-wide statewide societal problem

894
01:28:27,350 --> 01:28:32,350
that Corea has been working with for years, and it's already partnering with the county,

895
01:28:32,350 --> 01:28:41,710
And yes, it's a need, and I just, I feel that that it really is in the hands of the house,

896
01:28:42,170 --> 01:28:57,970
those other subcommittees and that when we're here tonight with a $354 million budget, we just can't be, I like your suggestion city manager.

897
01:28:59,950 --> 01:29:08,790
Just for ease of administration and for just getting our budget over the finish line.

898
01:29:11,800 --> 01:29:12,940
That's part of the deal.

899
01:29:13,260 --> 01:29:13,880
Oh, thank you.

900
01:29:15,660 --> 01:29:22,420
I guess I want to apologize because if it was brought on our earlier, as I guess I didn't understand,

901
01:29:22,820 --> 01:29:28,180
and I do recall Council Member Sturkin addressing Quora, but I guess I wish that I was then more vocal

902
01:29:28,180 --> 01:29:31,520
because I would be in support of a program like this,

903
01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:35,720
because I don't think it's not just abuse women,

904
01:29:35,980 --> 01:29:38,420
it's families, it's children, it's far reaching,

905
01:29:38,460 --> 01:29:42,280
it's the neighbors who are telling, turning up the TV,

906
01:29:42,720 --> 01:29:44,660
so whether they call the police or they pretend

907
01:29:44,660 --> 01:29:46,900
that it doesn't happen when they're explaining it to their children.

908
01:29:48,220 --> 01:29:51,040
And I think I don't understand why we can't do both,

909
01:29:51,140 --> 01:29:56,640
why we can't do what Melissa suggested and create a format

910
01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:59,980
or guidelines for the future, but at such a, what are we, what are we, what are we, what are

911
01:30:00,520 --> 01:30:29,980
I think that is if it's caused $5,000 to show that we support this cause that is right now, I think to your point, is probably going to be on an uptake. The economy is bad. Statistics know that when the economy is not doing well, there's a lot of violence in the homes. People are not good at work. They come home. They take it out on their families. I just, I don't even think we need to waste time on it. I think it's such a small amount to show good faith. And I understand about process.

912
01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:31,380
But I think we can do both.

913
01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:34,600
We can fund this and then focus on processes.

914
01:30:34,860 --> 01:30:38,860
To Jeff's point, he talked about processes that we funded to a much higher level without

915
01:30:38,860 --> 01:30:39,640
having that.

916
01:30:39,920 --> 01:30:42,660
So I think this is important to our entire community.

917
01:30:43,340 --> 01:30:44,280
Thank you.

918
01:30:44,760 --> 01:30:45,040
Thank you.

919
01:30:45,300 --> 01:30:45,980
Council Member.

920
01:30:46,060 --> 01:30:46,920
Council Member Albert.

921
01:30:48,240 --> 01:30:48,660
Thank you.

922
01:30:48,980 --> 01:30:53,320
I served on the housing and human concerns committee for over 10 years.

923
01:30:53,320 --> 01:31:03,980
and routinely we would just get together and say let's talk to the council or let's hear what

924
01:31:03,980 --> 01:31:09,080
the priorities are. We were always paying attention to what the priorities were for council,

925
01:31:09,380 --> 01:31:15,120
so that we were sure that we were putting the money in the right places to help the right agencies.

926
01:31:15,980 --> 01:31:23,100
And I do remember and we probably should get a refresher. There are a number of agencies

927
01:31:23,320 --> 01:31:29,600
that are really working hard to help families and children and people who are in situations

928
01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:30,800
where they are abused.

929
01:31:31,040 --> 01:31:38,660
I mean, there's one agency that I believe they get funded by the HSFA Human Services

930
01:31:38,660 --> 01:31:45,600
Financial Assistance, for teens that are in very crisis situations in the home, dangerous

931
01:31:45,600 --> 01:31:53,300
situations and they find, and it's a home, but it's not listed what the address is,

932
01:31:53,300 --> 01:31:58,340
and those teens I went to visit and I was impressed that those teens are safe.

933
01:31:59,080 --> 01:32:02,720
So there are a number of agencies doing this kind of work.

934
01:32:04,040 --> 01:32:09,020
So I have the only problem I have is I want to fund everybody, but you can.

935
01:32:10,420 --> 01:32:17,320
And we're one of the few cities that have the funds that have this pot of money and a housing

936
01:32:17,320 --> 01:32:22,100
in human concerns committee. There are many cities that do not do this work. I think we

937
01:32:22,100 --> 01:32:28,900
may be the only one actually who has the NHSFA fund and we support that fund. I would

938
01:32:28,900 --> 01:32:36,660
like to suggest that as we go forward and look into our money situation that we do two things,

939
01:32:36,760 --> 01:32:43,220
one is maybe increase the amount of money that goes to housing and human concerns because I

940
01:32:43,220 --> 01:32:45,820
I don't think that's been increased for quite some time.

941
01:32:46,280 --> 01:32:47,920
I could be wrong on that, so.

942
01:32:49,360 --> 01:32:51,180
But they never get a lot.

943
01:32:51,560 --> 01:32:52,280
We know that.

944
01:32:52,340 --> 01:32:57,280
I think it's like 100,000, or I'd be happy to just

945
01:32:57,280 --> 01:32:58,160
interject and say it.

946
01:32:58,280 --> 01:33:00,680
It has been 100,000 for 10 years.

947
01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:03,080
And with this budget, it will be $150,000.

948
01:33:03,760 --> 01:33:04,640
Well, that's good to hear.

949
01:33:04,800 --> 01:33:05,260
Thank you.

950
01:33:06,860 --> 01:33:08,140
I had forgotten that.

951
01:33:08,160 --> 01:33:10,740
But I mean, it's such a valuable service.

952
01:33:10,740 --> 01:33:17,920
and housing and human concerns spends months interviewing these agencies and being fair.

953
01:33:18,680 --> 01:33:24,360
They can't give everyone everything but they sure do help these agencies leverage so they

954
01:33:24,360 --> 01:33:25,360
can get other funds.

955
01:33:26,860 --> 01:33:34,060
So I always have a problem with picking one because there are many very, very well-deserving

956
01:33:34,060 --> 01:33:41,300
agencies so if anything I would suggest that we say to the Housing and Human Concerns Committee

957
01:33:41,300 --> 01:33:48,300
that we have a particular interest in helping those at risk from violence and things such

958
01:33:48,300 --> 01:33:54,320
as that and then let them do the research because I wouldn't be surprised if they'll inform us

959
01:33:54,320 --> 01:34:02,360
that it's more than Korra because I do know that there is a hotline for abused people who are abused

960
01:34:02,360 --> 01:34:07,020
they can contact the hotline, the hotline helps them get into the services they need.

961
01:34:07,720 --> 01:34:11,220
There are a number of other agencies I've become familiar with.

962
01:34:12,600 --> 01:34:16,840
So I just have a problem with picking one.

963
01:34:17,220 --> 01:34:25,820
Because I just don't think we need to spend some time ourselves and learn what is out there.

964
01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:29,560
What is Redwood City already doing?

965
01:34:29,560 --> 01:34:38,120
What is the community doing? What kind of agencies are out there? Because if you pick one, I wouldn't be surprised if an agency comes before us and said

966
01:34:38,120 --> 01:34:46,480
Well, gee, I'm doing similar work and I wish I'd known about this because I would have asked I'm a little concerned about that

967
01:34:46,480 --> 01:34:53,640
And I think we've always been fair and reasonable and I think there's probably a better way to handle this, rather than choosing one

968
01:34:54,920 --> 01:34:59,840
as well as as good as the work they do and I've listened to them speak before they

969
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:10,220
We came to a women's club and they're really, very, very good. But I just struggle with this because I would

970
01:35:10,220 --> 01:35:16,060
like to help all agencies who are helping people out of violent situations. And in the past, we didn't

971
01:35:16,060 --> 01:35:25,660
have those agencies and now we do. So I guess I would suggest that we don't do the $5,000 that we let housing

972
01:35:25,660 --> 01:35:30,480
human concerns committee that we've had this conversation that we're worried about the

973
01:35:30,480 --> 01:35:36,360
escalating violence and families and children and that you are getting an increase in budget

974
01:35:36,360 --> 01:35:42,440
and we hope that maybe you can come back to us and give us information on how you'd like to

975
01:35:42,440 --> 01:35:48,060
help that situation. It probably would include Korra because I think they do fund Korra.

976
01:35:52,420 --> 01:35:53,020
I'm pretty

977
01:35:53,020 --> 01:36:00,140
support, setting aside, because what will happen the next time we do our budget, I wouldn't

978
01:36:00,140 --> 01:36:06,680
blame any agency for getting up in line and speaking to us and say, how about me, because

979
01:36:06,680 --> 01:36:12,700
I really am doing this kind of work, and I want to be helpful to, and I really don't think

980
01:36:12,700 --> 01:36:15,260
that's going to be a path that we want to take.

981
01:36:17,620 --> 01:36:17,820
I'm sorry.

982
01:36:18,200 --> 01:36:22,000
I'm very supportive, believe me, but I'm not going into anything personal,

983
01:36:24,740 --> 01:36:25,300
but really

984
01:36:25,300 --> 01:36:27,600
need to think this through.

985
01:36:27,760 --> 01:36:29,040
Thank you, Councilmember Howard.

986
01:36:30,580 --> 01:36:31,120
Councilmember Sworkin.

987
01:36:31,260 --> 01:36:31,560
Thank you, Mayor.

988
01:36:31,560 --> 01:36:35,820
I just like to make a motion to approve what is before us.

989
01:36:35,940 --> 01:36:39,520
The staff recommendation to three and four.

990
01:36:40,340 --> 01:36:41,060
Excuse me.

991
01:36:41,240 --> 01:36:43,160
We haven't heard from the mayor yet.

992
01:36:44,780 --> 01:36:45,320
I'm so sorry.

993
01:36:45,980 --> 01:36:47,300
He said he was going to.

994
01:36:48,220 --> 01:36:48,380
Yeah.

995
01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:50,020
Thank you, Councilmember Howard.

996
01:36:50,940 --> 01:36:51,800
What do you want to move last?

997
01:36:53,020 --> 01:36:57,780
I'll save my comments for the end of this discussion, but I'll just chip in.

998
01:36:57,960 --> 01:37:03,920
Okay, Councilor G. Thank you, Mayor. I'll be brief. My recollection, seeing

999
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:08,140
managers, that there was going to be an item about HSFA, finding coming later this

1000
01:37:08,140 --> 01:37:11,980
year. When is that coming? It's coming this summer, Tether, the July

1001
01:37:11,980 --> 01:37:15,360
August. We'll write around the corners. Correct. We only have one meeting in each

1002
01:37:15,360 --> 01:37:22,920
one public meeting in each month. So it's really close. And this is based on 10 years of

1003
01:37:22,920 --> 01:37:27,400
a hundred thousand. This is what happened 10 years ago in Council ahead of surplus. We

1004
01:37:27,400 --> 01:37:35,400
designated an additional million dollars for HHSFA funding. And we need to be more strategic

1005
01:37:35,400 --> 01:37:41,460
about how we, if we do this, how much what level things like that. So my recommendation is

1006
01:37:41,460 --> 01:37:47,660
when that item comes you for a council, whether it be July or August, that we also combine

1007
01:37:47,660 --> 01:37:52,920
it with a steady session with housing and human concerns, so that we can have a conversation

1008
01:37:53,820 --> 01:38:01,500
about expanding or whatever categories that the council wants to provide direction, because

1009
01:38:01,500 --> 01:38:07,740
there are things in domestic violence, human trafficking, youth, there are a number of categories

1010
01:38:07,740 --> 01:38:14,260
and whether or not it's a 150,000 per year, maybe it's 175, whatever, so that we can have

1011
01:38:14,260 --> 01:38:19,760
a conversation that's scheduled planned and other agencies and partners can be here to offer

1012
01:38:19,760 --> 01:38:26,160
their thoughts and opinions about what $5,000 could do for them, or $10,000 or whatever,

1013
01:38:27,060 --> 01:38:32,220
and then we as a group, as a council can say to staff, this is what we would like to do over

1014
01:38:32,220 --> 01:38:36,820
next several years in supporting our community and the

1015
01:38:36,820 --> 01:38:39,660
incidences in our community and how we can make a positive difference.

1016
01:38:40,000 --> 01:38:41,320
So that would be my recommendation.

1017
01:38:42,380 --> 01:38:45,900
Rather than every one of us saying we went this group for that group,

1018
01:38:46,200 --> 01:38:49,480
let's do it in July or August, as the agenda allows.

1019
01:38:53,080 --> 01:38:54,280
Thank you, Councilmember.

1020
01:38:54,320 --> 01:38:55,120
Councilmember Chu.

1021
01:38:58,140 --> 01:39:02,220
You know, I just wanted to echo the comments of several of my colleagues.

1022
01:39:02,220 --> 01:39:07,920
I don't think anyone has any doubt that the work that Corea does is important and that this

1023
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:10,900
is an incredibly salient and important topic.

1024
01:39:11,640 --> 01:39:15,860
And yesterday earlier, I also had a community organization where I was like, you know,

1025
01:39:15,880 --> 01:39:20,260
for a very little bit of money, we could get immense value, you know, and I really wanted

1026
01:39:20,260 --> 01:39:21,720
to go to that for them.

1027
01:39:21,900 --> 01:39:28,100
But I think what I realized is, you know, my responsibility is primarily to be a good fiduciary

1028
01:39:28,100 --> 01:39:34,460
of the city's resources and not necessarily to see, you know, people who I know are doing

1029
01:39:34,460 --> 01:39:41,040
good work benefit from them. And so sort of where I landed on that is I know how good

1030
01:39:41,040 --> 01:39:46,000
of these organizations that I really care about are. I know how productive they are and how

1031
01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:51,640
effective they are and what a good value they are and in a competitive transparent process they

1032
01:39:51,640 --> 01:39:56,800
are going to win because they're really good at what they do and it just kind of gave me calmness

1033
01:39:56,800 --> 01:39:59,980
so that I could trust both the process and the outcome.

1034
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:19,060
Now, it's more indirect. You know, it's not, you know, it takes a little longer. It's more work on there and on there. But I do think that way, you know, we can all feel good that, you know, kind of what the city funds is really of the fruit of a very transparent process.

1035
01:40:20,040 --> 01:40:26,020
And again, it's not a question of whether or not that that's worth that much money or that's

1036
01:40:26,020 --> 01:40:34,200
worthy or any of that, I think given that it is so valuable in a transparent competitive

1037
01:40:34,200 --> 01:40:40,720
process, they're going to do all and so I think, you know, if we can hone our processes

1038
01:40:40,720 --> 01:40:46,980
and our criteria and how we evaluate the effectiveness of programs, that'll put us in a really

1039
01:40:46,980 --> 01:40:53,960
strong position to make the most effective use possible of our scarce funding.

1040
01:40:55,180 --> 01:41:03,640
So I would I would support having this brought up at the HHS FHA meeting that's coming

1041
01:41:03,640 --> 01:41:04,660
up very soon.

1042
01:41:09,480 --> 01:41:10,340
Thank you, Councilor Rochew.

1043
01:41:11,220 --> 01:41:12,360
Anyone else?

1044
01:41:13,240 --> 01:41:13,760
Councilor Rochew.

1045
01:41:14,400 --> 01:41:19,440
I was going to say I really appreciate Councilmember G's suggestion.

1046
01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:24,580
And we haven't had a study session with the Housing and Human Concerns Committee.

1047
01:41:25,500 --> 01:41:26,600
I can't even remember.

1048
01:41:27,420 --> 01:41:28,980
And there's such a valuable asset.

1049
01:41:29,320 --> 01:41:31,600
They do such wonderful, wonderful work.

1050
01:41:32,100 --> 01:41:38,080
So I really would look forward to a study session and have this very open discussion with

1051
01:41:38,080 --> 01:41:45,520
them so that we can set priorities and help them be effective in their job and in the use

1052
01:41:45,520 --> 01:41:47,820
of funds as Council Member Chu said.

1053
01:41:48,980 --> 01:42:00,500
I would agree with you, when this all comes out, it'll make it a much fairer and untransparent situation, and I would be very supportive of that.

1054
01:42:03,090 --> 01:42:03,350
Thank you.

1055
01:42:03,690 --> 01:42:06,270
Thank you, Mayor.

1056
01:42:06,850 --> 01:42:19,130
I also want to echo support for Council Member G's suggestion to host a joint studies session, and then also echo support from what the City Manager suggested to

1057
01:42:19,130 --> 01:42:26,150
evaluate the criteria for the HSFA funding, but just to clarify that the way that housing

1058
01:42:26,150 --> 01:42:33,410
human concerns is currently evaluating their recommendations is perfectly fine.

1059
01:42:34,010 --> 01:42:39,070
So I'm just want to emphasize that we're not saying it's there's anything wrong with

1060
01:42:39,070 --> 01:42:44,990
their current process but that it's been several years and so like with any other program

1061
01:42:44,990 --> 01:42:51,410
And we have we asked for reports and for updates and just to look at the criteria.

1062
01:42:51,930 --> 01:42:52,770
Thank you.

1063
01:42:55,220 --> 01:42:58,020
Thank you to my colleagues for this really important discussion.

1064
01:42:58,160 --> 01:43:00,660
Council Member Stirkin for raising this item again.

1065
01:43:01,320 --> 01:43:02,840
And my colleagues were talking about process.

1066
01:43:03,260 --> 01:43:09,280
I think there's no doubt that this work that Cora is doing is so incredibly important

1067
01:43:09,280 --> 01:43:11,480
and the resources that they're providing are important.

1068
01:43:12,200 --> 01:43:32,300
And so I will really look forward to having a joint session with our HACC counterparts and talking about what our priorities are for funding, especially in the fall when we have a better picture of what life is like and what grants are drying up and even the longer being offered, so I think that's going to be really helpful.

1069
01:43:33,960 --> 01:43:44,840
And I think that's really at the center of what my remarks are when I think about this year's budget is that I'm very proud that this is a really people centered budget.

1070
01:43:45,280 --> 01:43:49,580
And it's really focused on the services that we're providing our community members.

1071
01:43:51,620 --> 01:43:57,280
And we a year ago, we're not so sure about what our financial future was going to look like.

1072
01:43:57,280 --> 01:44:18,580
You know, thank you to our voters, our businesses, who supported, measured BB, who went to meetings and had conversations with all of us, and I know that was a lot of dialogue, but it has certainly helped us provide the services that people expect our city to do well and often.

1073
01:44:19,300 --> 01:44:26,400
You know, I think the big question mark is just, you know, we've talked about how we fund our capital needs,

1074
01:44:26,600 --> 01:44:36,940
but it's how we fund the people power that we still need to provide the services as often as we're seeing them being requested.

1075
01:44:37,580 --> 01:44:48,040
And, you know, I love the idea of having a conversation about our policy on building and renewing our capital needs

1076
01:44:48,040 --> 01:44:52,900
and what those improvements are, I think that would be important and worthwhile for us to

1077
01:44:52,900 --> 01:44:54,100
flesh out some more.

1078
01:44:55,460 --> 01:44:59,800
And then, you know, I think I'm just very excited for a few things I wanted to highlight.

1079
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:07,960
Our economic mobility plan is, I think, something that we're going to be looking back on and being very proud that we did that.

1080
01:45:08,160 --> 01:45:18,760
I think the way that we're approaching how we support our most vulnerable community members is, it's going to just be a great piece of legacy, I think, for this council.

1081
01:45:19,240 --> 01:45:26,440
Aside from that, I'm also really excited that we've, for my colleagues, support around Prop 1 and exploring the permanent support of housing,

1082
01:45:27,320 --> 01:45:29,840
funding opportunities at the state's giving us.

1083
01:45:31,340 --> 01:45:33,700
I know I saw it here will get an update in November.

1084
01:45:34,760 --> 01:45:36,200
I hope we can hear sooner.

1085
01:45:36,400 --> 01:45:39,920
I think the deadline for the application is in August.

1086
01:45:41,120 --> 01:45:43,740
So we'd love to just kind of hear how that progresses.

1087
01:45:44,160 --> 01:45:46,060
A little sooner if we're going to make that deadline.

1088
01:45:46,940 --> 01:45:52,300
But I think as we talk about our anti-camping ordinance,

1089
01:45:52,300 --> 01:45:57,220
You know, our ability to bring these units online should go hand-in-hand, right?

1090
01:45:57,380 --> 01:46:04,380
This is providing those units for the people who are in most need of extra support and, you know,

1091
01:46:05,100 --> 01:46:07,560
and hands-on care that I think they'll get through these sites.

1092
01:46:07,800 --> 01:46:09,240
So I appreciate the support there.

1093
01:46:10,080 --> 01:46:14,060
And then just lastly, I am also very excited.

1094
01:46:14,420 --> 01:46:20,220
I think that this budget is showing us where there are lots of opportunities for us to make a difference for a community

1095
01:46:20,220 --> 01:46:29,700
where we can still make a significant difference in what everyday people are experiencing life

1096
01:46:29,700 --> 01:46:35,420
like in Redwood City. So thank everybody for working on this path, the finance team, all

1097
01:46:35,420 --> 01:46:40,160
of our staff who contributed because every department feeds into this. Anyone else the vice mayor

1098
01:46:40,160 --> 01:46:44,920
forgot to mention earlier? I know there's lots of people, so just thank you for all this hard work.

1099
01:46:47,360 --> 01:46:53,040
I know Council Member Sturkin made a motion, so if there's a second.

1100
01:46:54,780 --> 01:46:55,300
Second.

1101
01:46:56,340 --> 01:47:00,340
That was a council member, a motion from Council Member Sturkin, a second from Vice

1102
01:47:00,340 --> 01:47:02,380
Mayor Haken, could we get a electronic quote?

1103
01:47:02,560 --> 01:47:07,660
Well, I'd like to know what the motion is because I don't remember hearing exactly what it was.

1104
01:47:07,860 --> 01:47:15,160
From Council Member G, I heard a suggestion, but if Council Member Sturkin would like to, that would be helpful.

1105
01:47:15,160 --> 01:47:17,900
Just speak to the motion what what it is.

1106
01:47:21,230 --> 01:47:24,410
Okay, so I'm thinking a motion to approve the staff recommendation.

1107
01:47:25,010 --> 01:47:29,870
That's items two, three, and four, there, and what one, two, three, four.

1108
01:47:30,410 --> 01:47:41,130
And with the directing staff, as Council Member G suggested, to schedule a joint session with the Housing Women's Concerns Committee.

1109
01:47:41,810 --> 01:47:54,410
And then also we're stuck to bring back the consideration of the HSFA criteria, is that correct?

1110
01:47:56,070 --> 01:47:57,590
Anybody else want to try making the motion?

1111
01:47:58,230 --> 01:48:02,390
Yeah, I think the other stuff was our conversation.

1112
01:48:02,970 --> 01:48:05,830
I think the formal motion is one, two, three, four.

1113
01:48:05,830 --> 01:48:13,210
Staff heard our conversation about the other stuff and our recommendations, but that's not part of the formal motion.

1114
01:48:14,050 --> 01:48:14,130
Okay.

1115
01:48:15,230 --> 01:48:17,470
And City Manager is up at the City Attorney.

1116
01:48:18,050 --> 01:48:24,710
I could just add I heard majority support for us today's session with the HHCC and for taking a fresh look at the criteria.

1117
01:48:24,930 --> 01:48:27,930
So I will already plan to work on that.

1118
01:48:28,150 --> 01:48:30,390
But I don't think we needed in the motion.

1119
01:48:35,500 --> 01:48:41,380
So to be clear, the motion, and I would like confirmation both from the motion maker in the

1120
01:48:41,380 --> 01:48:41,680
second.

1121
01:48:42,040 --> 01:48:46,360
The motion is to approve the staff recommendation as is understanding that there will

1122
01:48:46,360 --> 01:48:48,280
be additional work on HSFA.

1123
01:48:48,380 --> 01:48:50,420
But the motion is for the staff recommendation.

1124
01:48:53,940 --> 01:48:54,500
Is that your motion?

1125
01:48:56,360 --> 01:48:56,480
Yes.

1126
01:48:56,480 --> 01:48:56,720
Okay.

1127
01:48:58,700 --> 01:49:01,260
I second that specific motion.

1128
01:49:02,660 --> 01:49:02,820
Great.

1129
01:49:02,880 --> 01:49:03,480
Thanks everybody.

1130
01:49:03,780 --> 01:49:05,240
Let's get on the electronic boat please.

1131
01:49:05,240 --> 01:49:08,160
Council Member Padilla.

1132
01:49:08,900 --> 01:49:09,940
Council Member Sturkin.

1133
01:49:10,820 --> 01:49:10,900
Yes.

1134
01:49:11,260 --> 01:49:12,580
Council Member Chu.

1135
01:49:13,940 --> 01:49:13,960
Yes.

1136
01:49:14,480 --> 01:49:15,440
Council Member Chi.

1137
01:49:16,220 --> 01:49:16,980
Council Member Howard.

1138
01:49:17,560 --> 01:49:17,620
Yes.

1139
01:49:17,660 --> 01:49:18,460
Vice Mayor Aiken.

1140
01:49:19,180 --> 01:49:20,240
Mayor Martinez Tobias.

1141
01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:22,180
The motion passes unanimously.

1142
01:49:22,840 --> 01:49:23,200
Thank you.

1143
01:49:23,420 --> 01:49:24,180
But in congratulations.

1144
01:49:24,440 --> 01:49:25,660
It's kind of bad for the whole team.

1145
01:49:25,880 --> 01:49:26,060
Thank you.

1146
01:49:26,220 --> 01:49:27,500
Everyone who worked on this.

1147
01:49:28,160 --> 01:49:31,060
We will move on to item eight R staff reports,

1148
01:49:31,080 --> 01:49:33,960
beginning with a city council appointments,

1149
01:49:33,960 --> 01:49:35,700
to the Police Advisory Committee.

1150
01:49:36,260 --> 01:49:39,200
City Clerk, Joseph Castro will give an overview of the item,

1151
01:49:39,260 --> 01:49:41,840
take public comment, and help facilitate the appointment

1152
01:49:41,840 --> 01:49:43,600
for the Police Advisory Committee.

1153
01:49:45,020 --> 01:49:45,860
Thank you.

1154
01:50:07,310 --> 01:50:16,170
Good evening, city council, Jessica Castro City Clerk, and tonight you're being asked to make appointments to fill seven seats on the Police Advisory Committee.

1155
01:50:17,150 --> 01:50:26,010
The recruitment was conducted earlier this year to fill seats on the Police Advisory Committee, along with five other advisory bodies, and interviews were conducted on April 21.

1156
01:50:26,010 --> 01:50:43,970
At the April 28, City Council meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to introduce an ordinance making modifications to the member composition for the pack, including reducing the number of members from 11 to 7, and modifying the manner in which members are appointed.

1157
01:50:44,750 --> 01:50:50,250
The ordinance was adopted on May 12 by unanimous vote and became effective on June 12.

1158
01:50:51,190 --> 01:50:56,810
Under the new ordinance, all PAC members will be appointed by a majority vote of the City Council.

1159
01:50:58,550 --> 01:51:06,090
Because all seven seats on the PAC are currently vacant, the City Council will appoint four members to four year terms

1160
01:51:06,090 --> 01:51:14,750
expiring May 31st, 2029, and three members to three year terms expiring May 31st, 2028.

1161
01:51:15,510 --> 01:51:22,230
Commencing in 2028, all seats will be appointed to four year terms to ensure staggered term

1162
01:51:22,230 --> 01:51:28,650
expiration is moving forward. Additionally, staff requests that the applicant pool for the

1163
01:51:28,650 --> 01:51:35,130
pack remain open through January 31st, 2026, and be used to fill vacancies that may occur on

1164
01:51:35,130 --> 01:51:40,190
pack between now and the next recruitment period provided there are at least two applicants

1165
01:51:40,190 --> 01:51:41,710
for each vacancy.

1166
01:51:43,090 --> 01:51:47,830
All appointments tonight will be made by Roll Call Vote, a candidate must receive a majority

1167
01:51:47,830 --> 01:51:50,250
or four votes in order to be appointed.

1168
01:51:50,910 --> 01:51:55,690
If a majority vote isn't reached or if there's a tie, we'll proceed with additional rounds

1169
01:51:55,690 --> 01:51:56,130
of voting.

1170
01:51:56,750 --> 01:52:01,930
We'll take the vote to fill the four year seats first followed by the three year seats.

1171
01:52:03,390 --> 01:52:08,170
Before proceeding to the voting and appointments, I'll take any counsel questions and if there

1172
01:52:08,170 --> 01:52:10,690
aren't any questions, I'll move forward with public comment.

1173
01:52:13,540 --> 01:52:15,080
Any questions on the process tonight?

1174
01:52:17,660 --> 01:52:18,500
I'll see you any.

1175
01:52:19,500 --> 01:52:20,140
Oh, I swear.

1176
01:52:21,720 --> 01:52:23,300
I'll just be really, really quick.

1177
01:52:24,200 --> 01:52:27,380
How many, I'm sorry, how many two-year seats are we filling?

1178
01:52:27,980 --> 01:52:33,420
We're filling four four-year seats and three three-year seats.

1179
01:52:33,420 --> 01:52:43,060
I want to tell you sheets that you have in front of you will tell you what we're on and we're going to start with the four year and then move on to the three year.

1180
01:52:45,830 --> 01:52:50,270
So we should pick four people for four year seats first.

1181
01:52:50,790 --> 01:52:50,990
Thank you.

1182
01:52:55,250 --> 01:52:56,370
Any other questions?

1183
01:52:57,490 --> 01:52:58,030
Thank you.

1184
01:52:58,030 --> 01:52:58,390
Thank you.

1185
01:52:59,090 --> 01:53:06,390
So I can move on to public comment and we don't have any public comment on this item either in person or written as well to a last call.

1186
01:53:12,730 --> 01:53:12,870
All right.

1187
01:53:12,870 --> 01:53:14,330
We do have one public comment.

1188
01:53:23,200 --> 01:53:24,480
Hi, my name is Tito Alvarez.

1189
01:53:24,720 --> 01:53:26,540
I am the Youth and Primary Specialist

1190
01:53:26,540 --> 01:53:30,240
for Edwitz City Pal, and also the founder of J.S. Love

1191
01:53:30,240 --> 01:53:31,540
and in sheltered outreach organization,

1192
01:53:31,960 --> 01:53:33,980
helping the in sheltered here in Redwood City

1193
01:53:33,980 --> 01:53:34,660
in the Bay Area.

1194
01:53:35,240 --> 01:53:37,680
And I should quickly one Sam honored

1195
01:53:37,680 --> 01:53:40,640
to serve the pace program and to be able to be an advocate

1196
01:53:40,640 --> 01:53:41,460
for Joy Magna.

1197
01:53:41,820 --> 01:53:44,180
She's one of the youth in our pace advisory board,

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01:53:44,180 --> 01:53:45,960
and I think she would be an amazing candidate

1199
01:53:45,960 --> 01:53:48,960
to be nominated in the Police Advisory Committee.

1200
01:53:49,720 --> 01:53:53,880
She's currently in our second year serving, and she's also one of the, what I'm

1201
01:53:53,880 --> 01:53:57,540
not thought as for the Redwood City together program, so I think she's just an

1202
01:53:57,540 --> 01:54:02,320
amazing advocate for not only the youthful, but for also low-income communities

1203
01:54:02,320 --> 01:54:07,360
in Redwood City, she's with purpose, experience, and she's really rooted into the

1204
01:54:07,360 --> 01:54:10,460
community, but wants to be part of civic engagement.

1205
01:54:10,600 --> 01:54:15,260
So I think she is the next leader in our community, and I would just really

1206
01:54:15,260 --> 01:54:19,640
appreciate to be able to have her voice part of this advisory committee as well. Thank you very

1207
01:54:19,640 --> 01:54:20,380
time.

1208
01:54:23,060 --> 01:54:29,500
Thank you, Tito. Okay, last call for public comment on this item. Okay, and no written public

1209
01:54:29,500 --> 01:54:32,820
comment either. So we will move forward with the appointments.

1210
01:54:44,000 --> 01:54:46,080
So we'll start again with the four

1211
01:54:46,080 --> 01:54:52,700
year terms. And I'll read all the candidates that are available for consideration. Austin bake,

1212
01:54:52,700 --> 01:54:59,980
Kristie Chang, Lou Kovey, Clara Juggle, Samantha Kelly, Asteris Lane.

1213
01:55:00,020 --> 01:55:28,860
Joy Magana, Michael Mansour, John McMullen, Kathy Petrick, William Reach, Nuvia Sharda, Daniel Turunian, and we have two additional applicants that selected the police advisory committee as their secondary BCC but they had applied for another one previously. So when I call your name, please state four names and four names only. We will start with council member two.

1214
01:55:32,610 --> 01:55:38,850
Austin Bakes, Lou Covey, Samantha Kelly, and Joy Lagana.

1215
01:55:40,570 --> 01:55:44,230
Thank you. Council member Chu has selected Austin Bakes,

1216
01:55:44,710 --> 01:55:49,490
Lou Covey, Samantha Kelly, and Joy Lagana. Council member G.

1217
01:55:54,320 --> 01:55:56,380
Austin, whoops, who's right. Austin Bakes,

1218
01:55:57,320 --> 01:56:02,320
Christie Chan, Hester Sling, Dendo Turinie, Turinian.

1219
01:56:02,320 --> 01:56:03,960
Thank you.

1220
01:56:04,320 --> 01:56:11,340
Councilmember G has selected Austin Bake, Christie Chang, Astros Ling, and Daniel Turunian.

1221
01:56:12,060 --> 01:56:13,160
Councilmember Howard.

1222
01:56:14,600 --> 01:56:21,580
Austin Bake, Christie Chang, John McMullan, and Daniel Turunian.

1223
01:56:24,750 --> 01:56:25,230
Thank you.

1224
01:56:25,670 --> 01:56:32,530
Councilmember Howard has selected Austin Bake, Christie Chang, John McMullan, and Daniel Turunian.

1225
01:56:32,530 --> 01:56:34,570
Council Member Padilla.

1226
01:56:43,960 --> 01:56:47,900
Sorry, I have Austin Bake, and then I have

1227
01:56:50,650 --> 01:56:51,710
Christy Chang,

1228
01:56:56,420 --> 01:56:57,260
John McMullin and Kathy

1229
01:56:57,260 --> 01:56:57,700
Petrick.

1230
01:57:01,530 --> 01:57:01,770
Thank you.

1231
01:57:02,210 --> 01:57:08,290
Council Member Padilla has selected Austin Bake, Christy Chang, John McMullin, and Kathy

1232
01:57:08,290 --> 01:57:08,770
Petrick.

1233
01:57:09,930 --> 01:57:10,830
Council Member Sturkin.

1234
01:57:13,800 --> 01:57:20,080
Austin Bake, Christy Chang, Clara Jekyll, and Kathy Petrick.

1235
01:57:21,580 --> 01:57:22,060
Thank you.

1236
01:57:22,060 --> 01:57:32,400
Council Member Sturkin has selected Austin Bake, Christy Chang, Clara Juggle, and Kathy Petrick, Vice Mayor Akin.

1237
01:57:34,300 --> 01:57:39,040
The Samantha Kelly, Clara Juggle,

1238
01:57:42,900 --> 01:57:44,920
Daniel Turunian,

1239
01:57:47,070 --> 01:57:48,990
and Christy Chang.

1240
01:57:50,820 --> 01:57:52,480
Thank you.

1241
01:57:53,000 --> 01:58:01,060
Vice Mayor Aiken has selected Christy Chang, Clara Jekyll, Samantha Kelly, and Daniel

1242
01:58:01,060 --> 01:58:01,860
Terunian.

1243
01:58:03,640 --> 01:58:05,080
Mayor Martinez-Abios, please.

1244
01:58:07,440 --> 01:58:13,560
I'll send Bike, Christy Chang, Clara Jekyll, and Joy Magania.

1245
01:58:16,860 --> 01:58:24,600
Mayor Martinez-Abios has selected Austin Bake, Christy Chang, Clara Jekyll, and Joy

1246
01:58:24,600 --> 01:58:29,120
Magania. Give us a moment while we tell you up. Thank you.

1247
01:58:53,920 --> 01:59:00,100
Thank you. So for this round, we are appointing Austin Bake with six votes and

1248
01:59:00,100 --> 01:59:04,560
Christi Chang with six votes. We'll need to take another round of voting to

1249
01:59:04,560 --> 01:59:06,260
select two additional members.

1250
01:59:19,240 --> 01:59:21,560
And we'll start with Councilmember G, two names.

1251
01:59:22,200 --> 01:59:29,560
Please. All right. Clara Jaco and Daniel Turiniam. Thank you. Councilmember G has

1252
01:59:29,560 --> 01:59:33,600
elected Clara Jekyll and Daniel Turinian, Council Member Howard.

1253
01:59:34,480 --> 01:59:37,540
John McMollin and Daniel Turinian.

1254
01:59:38,300 --> 01:59:42,400
Thank you, Council Member Howard has selected John McMollin and Daniel Turinian.

1255
01:59:43,100 --> 01:59:44,240
Council Member Padilla.

1256
01:59:48,060 --> 01:59:48,720
Sorry, never turned it off.

1257
01:59:48,960 --> 01:59:50,520
John McMollin and Kathy Petrick.

1258
02:00:05,220 --> 02:00:13,990
Thank you. Council member Sturkin has selected Clara Jackel and Kathy Petrick. Council member Chu.

1259
02:00:17,710 --> 02:00:28,290
Council member Chu has selected Joy Magania and Daniel Terunian. Vice Mayor Aiken.

1260
02:00:29,590 --> 02:00:37,290
Um, I will go with, um, Clara Jackel in Daniel, to Runean.

1261
02:00:37,990 --> 02:00:39,010
Thank you.

1262
02:00:39,230 --> 02:00:43,310
Vice Mayor Aiken has selected Clara Jackel in Daniel, to Runean.

1263
02:00:43,570 --> 02:00:44,770
May your Martinez-Abiose.

1264
02:00:46,680 --> 02:00:49,720
Clara Jackel and Kathy Butcheric.

1265
02:00:52,640 --> 02:00:52,800
Okay.

1266
02:00:52,980 --> 02:00:53,440
One moment.

1267
02:01:01,540 --> 02:01:01,680
Okay.

1268
02:01:02,060 --> 02:01:06,600
So with that round, we were able to appoint the two additional four-year term seats.

1269
02:01:07,240 --> 02:01:14,660
Clare a juggle and Daniel Turunian and these will be for four year terms expiring me 31st, 2029.

1270
02:01:15,220 --> 02:01:15,860
Thank you.

1271
02:01:16,020 --> 02:01:18,600
We'll now move on to the three year terms.

1272
02:01:19,540 --> 02:01:21,340
Excuse me, what was the second name?

1273
02:01:21,640 --> 02:01:23,640
I miss Daniel Turunian.

1274
02:01:24,040 --> 02:01:24,860
Thank you.

1275
02:01:28,000 --> 02:01:33,120
Okay, moving now to the three year term seats that will expire May 31st, 2028.

1276
02:01:40,220 --> 02:01:41,420
I'll read the applicants.

1277
02:01:41,420 --> 02:01:44,060
Petra available for consideration.

1278
02:01:44,980 --> 02:01:46,880
Lu Kavi, Samantha Kelly,

1279
02:01:47,780 --> 02:01:49,880
Astrosling, Joy Magania,

1280
02:01:50,520 --> 02:01:51,340
Michael Mansour,

1281
02:01:52,020 --> 02:01:54,060
John McMullin, Cathy Petrick,

1282
02:01:54,500 --> 02:01:55,280
William Reach,

1283
02:01:55,780 --> 02:01:56,460
Nuvia Sharda,

1284
02:01:57,400 --> 02:02:01,080
and the two additional Marseille Gratedge and James Cowan.

1285
02:02:05,930 --> 02:02:08,290
We'll start with Councilmember Howard,

1286
02:02:08,550 --> 02:02:09,470
three names, please.

1287
02:02:11,150 --> 02:02:12,110
Astrosling,

1288
02:02:12,950 --> 02:02:14,030
Michael Mansour,

1289
02:02:14,030 --> 02:02:16,450
and John McMullan.

1290
02:02:16,450 --> 02:02:17,250
Thank you.

1291
02:02:17,550 --> 02:02:19,850
Councilmember Howard has selected Astra Sling,

1292
02:02:20,350 --> 02:02:22,670
Michael Mansour, and John McMullan.

1293
02:02:23,290 --> 02:02:23,990
Councilmember Petia.

1294
02:02:26,280 --> 02:02:27,000
Can you repeat?

1295
02:02:27,620 --> 02:02:31,420
Councilmember Howard is Ling McMullan and what was her last one?

1296
02:02:31,760 --> 02:02:32,220
Mansour.

1297
02:02:39,690 --> 02:02:39,950
Thank you.

1298
02:02:41,090 --> 02:02:45,470
My three are Cathy Petrick,

1299
02:02:45,810 --> 02:02:47,250
John McMullan, enjoy McGonja.

1300
02:02:49,170 --> 02:02:49,630
Thank you.

1301
02:02:49,630 --> 02:02:55,050
Councilmember Padilla has selected Joy Magania, John McMullin and Kathy Patrick.

1302
02:02:56,350 --> 02:02:57,270
Councilmember Sturkin.

1303
02:03:02,010 --> 02:03:03,210
Samantha Kelly,

1304
02:03:06,100 --> 02:03:07,940
Esther Sling and Joy Magania.

1305
02:03:08,940 --> 02:03:12,340
Thank you. Councilmember Sturkin has selected Samantha Kelly,

1306
02:03:12,680 --> 02:03:14,580
Esther Sling and Joy Magania.

1307
02:03:16,360 --> 02:03:17,260
Councilmember Chu.

1308
02:03:23,660 --> 02:03:26,240
I think I'm going to go with Joy Magania,

1309
02:03:28,760 --> 02:03:32,220
I'm sorry, is Mansour an available?

1310
02:03:33,040 --> 02:03:34,220
Yes, Mansour.

1311
02:03:34,520 --> 02:03:35,040
Yes, Mansour.

1312
02:03:35,320 --> 02:03:36,040
Thank you.

1313
02:03:36,300 --> 02:03:41,040
Council Member Chu has selected AstraZeneca, Joy Magania, and Michael Mansour.

1314
02:03:41,840 --> 02:03:42,660
Council Member G.

1315
02:03:45,870 --> 02:03:49,630
AstraZeneca, Michael Mansour, John McMullin.

1316
02:03:50,350 --> 02:03:50,810
Thank you.

1317
02:03:51,090 --> 02:03:56,570
Council Member G has selected AstraZeneca, Michael Mansour, and John McMullin.

1318
02:03:56,570 --> 02:03:58,570
Vice Mayor Akin.

1319
02:04:00,030 --> 02:04:01,290
Samantha Kelly.

1320
02:04:02,410 --> 02:04:03,790
Kathy Petrick.

1321
02:04:07,480 --> 02:04:08,780
And John McMullen.

1322
02:04:11,030 --> 02:04:11,490
Thank you.

1323
02:04:11,830 --> 02:04:14,110
Vice Mayor Akin has selected Samantha Kelly.

1324
02:04:14,710 --> 02:04:15,350
John McMullen.

1325
02:04:15,850 --> 02:04:16,670
And Kathy Petrick.

1326
02:04:17,290 --> 02:04:18,270
Mayor Martinez-Abyos.

1327
02:04:22,550 --> 02:04:23,110
Magania.

1328
02:04:24,670 --> 02:04:25,130
McMullen.

1329
02:04:27,690 --> 02:04:28,510
And Mensour.

1330
02:04:31,730 --> 02:04:32,290
Thank you.

1331
02:04:32,810 --> 02:04:35,870
Mayor Martinez-Abyos has selected Joy Magania.

1332
02:04:36,050 --> 02:04:36,930
Michael Mensour.

1333
02:04:37,210 --> 02:04:38,070
And John McMullen.

1334
02:04:38,070 --> 02:04:40,150
One moment, please while we tell you.

1335
02:05:09,780 --> 02:05:12,540
Okay, so we did receive,

1336
02:05:15,670 --> 02:05:31,350
we have a three-way tie with four votes, that is, AstraZling, Joy-Magania, and Michael Mansour, and we have five votes for John McMullen, who we can appoint to one seat. We'll need to go to another round for the remaining two to break the tie. Okay,

1337
02:05:46,940 --> 02:05:57,060
so I'm just going to read the names one more time for consideration, Lou Covey, Samantha Kelly, AstraZling, Joy-Magania,

1338
02:05:57,060 --> 02:06:04,140
Michael Mansour, Kathy Petrick, William Reach, Nubia Sharda, and then Marcel Gratich and James

1339
02:06:04,140 --> 02:06:05,600
Cowling as the Alternative.

1340
02:06:08,390 --> 02:06:10,090
We'll start with Councilmember Padilla.

1341
02:06:13,270 --> 02:06:14,010
How many names are you giving me?

1342
02:06:14,690 --> 02:06:15,450
Three?

1343
02:06:15,710 --> 02:06:16,050
Two.

1344
02:06:20,940 --> 02:06:22,500
Joy McGonja, Kathy Petrick.

1345
02:06:24,910 --> 02:06:25,470
Thank you.

1346
02:06:25,770 --> 02:06:29,570
Councilmember Padilla has selected Joy McGonja and Kathy Petrick.

1347
02:06:30,490 --> 02:06:31,330
Councilmember Strykin.

1348
02:06:45,080 --> 02:06:50,720
Thank you, Council Member Sturkin has selected Astra Sling and Joy Magania.

1349
02:06:51,320 --> 02:06:52,600
Council Member Chu,

1350
02:06:58,770 --> 02:07:02,670
Council Member Chu,

1351
02:07:06,060 --> 02:07:08,780
Council Member Chu has selected Joy Magania and

1352
02:07:08,780 --> 02:07:11,420
Michael Mansour, Council Member G.

1353
02:07:14,420 --> 02:07:18,980
Thank you, Councilmember G has selected Astra Sling and Joy Magna.

1354
02:07:19,800 --> 02:07:20,740
Councilmember Howard.

1355
02:07:22,020 --> 02:07:24,740
Astra Sling and Michael Mansour.

1356
02:07:25,800 --> 02:07:29,920
Thank you, Councilmember Howard has selected Astra Sling and Michael Mansour by

1357
02:07:29,920 --> 02:07:30,960
Mayor Akin.

1358
02:07:31,180 --> 02:07:36,140
Samantha Kelly and Kathy Petrick.

1359
02:07:38,350 --> 02:07:38,530
Thank you.

1360
02:07:38,770 --> 02:07:42,990
Vice Mayor Akin has selected Samantha Kelly and Kathy Petrick.

1361
02:07:43,450 --> 02:07:44,730
Mayor Martinez Ios.

1362
02:07:47,350 --> 02:07:49,350
Joy McGonja and Kathy Petrick.

1363
02:07:51,980 --> 02:07:52,660
Thank you.

1364
02:07:53,000 --> 02:07:56,560
Mayor Martinez Ios has selected Joy McGonja and Kathy Petrick.

1365
02:07:56,840 --> 02:07:57,380
One moment.

1366
02:08:05,500 --> 02:08:05,740
Okay.

1367
02:08:05,900 --> 02:08:14,910
We are able to appoint Joy McGonja to the second seat for three year terms.

1368
02:08:14,910 --> 02:08:19,470
We will have to move forward with one more round of voting to select the one remaining seat.

1369
02:08:43,390 --> 02:08:45,390
All right, so I'll read the names one more time that are available.

1370
02:08:46,030 --> 02:08:51,510
Luke Kovey, Samantha Kelly, Astrosling, Michael Mansour, William Reach,

1371
02:08:51,790 --> 02:08:54,890
Nuvia Sharda, and then Marcel Gradyidge and James Cowling.

1372
02:08:56,610 --> 02:08:59,730
We'll start with Council Member Sturkey, please. Just one name please.

1373
02:09:03,070 --> 02:09:03,830
Kathy Petrie.

1374
02:09:10,720 --> 02:09:14,320
Thank you, Council Member Sturkey, and has selected Kathy Petriek.

1375
02:09:14,500 --> 02:09:15,540
Council Member Chu.

1376
02:09:47,780 --> 02:09:49,440
Kathy Petrick.

1377
02:09:50,080 --> 02:09:52,980
Vice Mayor Aiken has selected Kathy Petrick.

1378
02:09:54,340 --> 02:09:55,460
Mayor Martinez-Aviles.

1379
02:09:57,700 --> 02:09:58,340
Kathy Petrick.

1380
02:09:58,980 --> 02:09:59,520
Thank you.

1381
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:09,240
Mayor Martinez-Abios has selected Kathy Petrick and with four votes, Kathy Petrick is appointed to the third three-year term seat,

1382
02:10:09,520 --> 02:10:18,380
expiring May 31st, 2028, and I'll now just read back the names of the seven appointees this evening.

1383
02:10:18,380 --> 02:10:28,920
For the four-year terms, we have Austin Bake, Christy Chang, Clara Jekyll, and Daniel Turunian.

1384
02:10:30,020 --> 02:10:31,960
For the three-year terms,

1385
02:10:34,340 --> 02:10:40,180
we have John McMullen, Joy Magania, and Kathy Petrick.

1386
02:10:42,610 --> 02:10:43,690
Thank you very much.

1387
02:10:45,410 --> 02:10:48,270
We do have a one-action item for the Council.

1388
02:10:48,270 --> 02:10:50,970
I'll turn it back to the mayor to call the vote for that item.

1389
02:10:51,970 --> 02:10:53,250
Thank you for your help, City Clerk.

1390
02:10:53,970 --> 02:11:01,830
Lastly, we do have one more council action to use the current applicant pool to fill any additional vacancies on the police advisory committee.

1391
02:11:02,110 --> 02:11:06,110
I'm made a curb between now and January 31, 2006.

1392
02:11:06,590 --> 02:11:11,790
Provided that there are at least two qualified applicants for each vacancy for city council consideration.

1393
02:11:12,390 --> 02:11:17,850
It's just an important piece that we want to make sure everyone knew about, is there

1394
02:11:19,010 --> 02:11:20,850
a electronic, I'm sorry, a motion.

1395
02:11:21,690 --> 02:11:23,170
I'll make that motion.

1396
02:11:23,570 --> 02:11:26,110
Great motion from Councilmember Howard, has there a second?

1397
02:11:26,770 --> 02:11:27,590
I second.

1398
02:11:27,910 --> 02:11:31,910
And a second from Vice Mayor Aiken, could we get a electronic book, please?

1399
02:11:32,670 --> 02:11:33,150
Thank you.

1400
02:11:33,370 --> 02:11:34,790
We'll start with Councilmember Chu.

1401
02:11:37,610 --> 02:11:38,350
Councilmember Howard.

1402
02:11:39,110 --> 02:11:39,190
Yes.

1403
02:11:40,110 --> 02:11:41,150
Councilmember Padilla.

1404
02:11:42,510 --> 02:11:42,710
Yes.

1405
02:11:42,710 --> 02:11:50,250
Council Member Sturkin. Yes. Vice Mayor Aiken. Yes. Mayor Martinez Abayos. Yes.

1406
02:11:50,810 --> 02:11:55,990
And Council Member G to keep the applicant pull open until January 31st, 2026. Yes.

1407
02:11:56,150 --> 02:11:57,790
Thank you. The motion passes unanimously.

1408
02:11:58,890 --> 02:12:04,710
All right. Thank you everybody. We will now move on to item AB, which is to consider

1409
02:12:04,710 --> 02:12:10,290
future remin with out front foster interstate or OFI on

1410
02:12:10,290 --> 02:12:13,510
the digital placement of a digital billboard at 350 convention

1411
02:12:13,510 --> 02:12:17,110
way. We have Assistant City Manager of Patrick Heisinger here

1412
02:12:17,110 --> 02:12:18,130
who will give a presentation.

1413
02:12:19,410 --> 02:12:23,190
Thank you, Mayor. Good evening. Patrick Heisinger, Assistant City Manager.

1414
02:12:24,870 --> 02:12:28,070
One thing I just want to say, the start of tonight's item is nothing

1415
02:12:28,070 --> 02:12:32,890
being approved tonight. Really what we're just doing is concluding an RFP

1416
02:12:32,890 --> 02:12:41,030
process and then checking with the council to see if the council wants to proceed. So I just want to kind of level set there. Next slide, please.

1417
02:12:42,150 --> 02:12:47,970
As far as the presentation outline, we'll go over a couple of questions. I've got a couple background slides.

1418
02:12:48,230 --> 02:12:56,530
And then really dig really deep into the solicitation process and then talk about next steps. And then we'll offer a staff recommendation. Next slide, please.

1419
02:12:58,260 --> 02:13:03,100
So, the three questions for City Council does the City Council have questions about the

1420
02:13:03,100 --> 02:13:07,520
solicitation process, a question number two does the City Council have questions or comments

1421
02:13:07,520 --> 02:13:12,080
about any of the proposed terms for the billboard if approved in the future, and number

1422
02:13:12,080 --> 02:13:18,280
three does the City Council have feedback about the recommended next steps. So, jumping into background,

1423
02:13:18,440 --> 02:13:24,420
there's been two key study sessions that staff in the Council have had in the last year or so.

1424
02:13:24,420 --> 02:13:31,920
The first was back in April of 2024, and that was the same night that the two year economic development work plan was approved,

1425
02:13:32,800 --> 02:13:40,180
of which further investigating whether or not the city should pursue a digital board was included in the two year work plan.

1426
02:13:40,540 --> 02:13:47,080
But in the discussion, there are three policy directives that staff had received from the council on that night before it went and did a bunch of analysis.

1427
02:13:47,080 --> 02:13:52,400
One is the council was really only interested in looking at digital billboards on the 101 corridor

1428
02:13:53,300 --> 02:13:59,620
Two, the council was only looking to up to three digital billboards potentially and then the third was

1429
02:14:00,020 --> 02:14:08,460
What is the council open to a digital billboard either being on city control property or private property and the council said either again

1430
02:14:08,460 --> 02:14:11,980
Just in the early exploratory phases of that process

1431
02:14:12,480 --> 02:14:23,360
So, next slide please, then in October we returned, so once we had those parameters, we came back with a lot more information and we got really more detailed policy direction from the city council.

1432
02:14:24,020 --> 02:14:30,180
One council said if we're going to go down this path, we want to be really sure that we're taking a new account health and safety.

1433
02:14:30,720 --> 02:14:39,900
So that's folks driving up 101, that's folks that may live by signs, really want to make sure that we're abiding by all relevant environmental considerations.

1434
02:14:39,900 --> 02:14:44,700
so things about lighting, how does affect the animals, the coastline, all those things.

1435
02:14:45,200 --> 02:14:50,220
Also interested in revenue generation for the city. Back in October, folks may be aware

1436
02:14:50,220 --> 02:14:54,440
that we were in the middle of that measure BB discussion. This was an item that we were also

1437
02:14:54,440 --> 02:14:59,980
looking to see if we could generate some revenue on our own as a city. Fourth element was we have

1438
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:10,720
I've been approached by many businesses who are interested in digital billboards, you know, really highlighting businesses in Redwood City. Obviously, one-on-one quarter, there's many major car dealerships on that thing.

1439
02:15:11,160 --> 02:15:27,540
There was a big discussion around is there a way to reduce the number of static billboards. You may recall during the study session, we had preferred several cities had found ways to utilize issuing new digital billboards as a way to get some of the static billboards removed.

1440
02:15:27,540 --> 02:15:30,740
So that was one of the council's key objectives.

1441
02:15:31,540 --> 02:15:34,260
And then the last one, what city versus private sector,

1442
02:15:34,440 --> 02:15:36,460
what that means is we talked a lot about,

1443
02:15:36,700 --> 02:15:39,460
hey, before we embark on this process,

1444
02:15:39,720 --> 02:15:42,980
we could do a lot of analysis on city control property.

1445
02:15:43,720 --> 02:15:45,100
That might take a lot more months.

1446
02:15:45,180 --> 02:15:47,480
It would take us away from other economic development issues,

1447
02:15:48,240 --> 02:15:51,620
or we could put out a solicitation and let the experts

1448
02:15:51,620 --> 02:15:54,460
that do this every day tell us what are viable sites.

1449
02:15:54,960 --> 02:15:57,360
And I raised that because as we get into this discussion,

1450
02:15:57,360 --> 02:15:59,700
and you'll see some many of what was submitted

1451
02:15:59,700 --> 02:16:03,960
around city control sites and those many of them have problems.

1452
02:16:04,380 --> 02:16:07,200
But I'll go over that, not proud to say conflicts

1453
02:16:07,200 --> 02:16:10,560
that we'd like to address so, but it was really a business

1454
02:16:10,560 --> 02:16:13,100
decision saying, hey, private market.

1455
02:16:13,260 --> 02:16:17,380
Let us know what sites may work and then we'll be back later

1456
02:16:17,380 --> 02:16:19,240
to see if any of these sites may work.

1457
02:16:19,620 --> 02:16:21,020
The final thing I'll say about that meeting

1458
02:16:21,020 --> 02:16:22,980
is you may recall, Napoli Council said,

1459
02:16:23,220 --> 02:16:24,820
hey, let's consider up to three.

1460
02:16:24,900 --> 02:16:27,020
Council is very clear at the October meeting.

1461
02:16:27,020 --> 02:16:28,860
Let's focus on one as a pilot.

1462
02:16:29,320 --> 02:16:31,200
So that's really what we're here to talk about now.

1463
02:16:31,740 --> 02:16:34,880
Is it, you know, doing everything down to one next slide, please?

1464
02:16:37,620 --> 02:16:42,460
As far as the, it was actually a request for information, the RFI process.

1465
02:16:42,720 --> 02:16:47,240
So we released it December 18th and it was due March 17th.

1466
02:16:47,240 --> 02:16:49,580
In between there, we did have a deadline to submit questions.

1467
02:16:49,580 --> 02:16:57,040
We did issue an addendum and then staff did their process of reviewing and just having conversation

1468
02:16:57,040 --> 02:17:03,100
with several of those that submitted proposals leading up to tonight's city council meeting June 23rd.

1469
02:17:03,220 --> 02:17:03,780
Next slide, please.

1470
02:17:05,760 --> 02:17:16,140
So of the proposals received received eight individual proposals on six different sides, so you can see there's two sides that have two proposals.

1471
02:17:16,720 --> 02:17:24,080
So one is on a city controlled side at 1581 Maple, another city controlled side at 1580 Maple, the veterans,

1472
02:17:24,080 --> 02:17:29,180
This bull of our pump station, two proposals, the redwood, we call it the redwood creek

1473
02:17:29,180 --> 02:17:33,600
parcel, so there's a little sliver land that the city controls near redwood creek, and then

1474
02:17:33,600 --> 02:17:35,800
a double street pump station in another two proposal.

1475
02:17:36,320 --> 02:17:41,800
And then the only submittal on a private property was 350 convention way, which is the

1476
02:17:41,800 --> 02:17:43,980
Monterey Credit Union property.

1477
02:17:44,880 --> 02:17:45,600
Next slide, please.

1478
02:17:47,040 --> 02:17:52,800
This is just a simple map that shows starting from north to south where the veterans pump station

1479
02:17:52,800 --> 02:17:56,100
is then the credit union property, the red red creek,

1480
02:17:56,280 --> 02:18:01,240
parcel, 1580 and 1580 maple, essentially adjacent

1481
02:18:01,240 --> 02:18:04,420
parcels, and then the Douglas Street pump station.

1482
02:18:04,580 --> 02:18:08,440
All along the 101 corridor, and all eligible under

1483
02:18:08,440 --> 02:18:11,740
other counter-ans, all the other requirements.

1484
02:18:12,680 --> 02:18:13,440
Next slide, please.

1485
02:18:15,380 --> 02:18:17,720
I've kind of alluded to this already, but again,

1486
02:18:17,860 --> 02:18:21,180
seven of eight proposals were in the city right away.

1487
02:18:21,760 --> 02:18:29,800
Going to the second bullet, all of the city control sites do have some complications and I'll go through those right now.

1488
02:18:30,780 --> 02:18:36,340
So the two pump stations are in line to actually be redesigned, especially the Douglas Street.

1489
02:18:36,480 --> 02:18:40,940
We know the Douglas Street pump station is very close to being redesigned and definitely needs to be upgraded.

1490
02:18:41,180 --> 02:18:46,540
We already know that we believe veterans will probably need to be upgraded down the road as well.

1491
02:18:46,540 --> 02:18:51,440
We're not entirely sure it's definitely a priority too, but our thought was, is why would we

1492
02:18:51,440 --> 02:18:56,140
introduce an electronic bill board or planning around it when we stop our own planning

1493
02:18:56,140 --> 02:18:56,640
to do?

1494
02:18:56,760 --> 02:18:58,580
Was our thought on the two pump stations?

1495
02:18:59,840 --> 02:19:06,480
Similarly, 1580 maple, which is if slated to be a future 100% affordable housing project,

1496
02:19:06,520 --> 02:19:11,300
that's the big project that we're helping to spearhead with in partnership with the

1497
02:19:11,300 --> 02:19:15,200
county and mid-pen housing, is finally starting to get some traction.

1498
02:19:15,200 --> 02:19:33,100
As is the formerly known as the strata development at 1548 maple, which is very close to 1581 maple and introducing an electronic billboard for either those two developments could be problematic for both of those development teams to achieve their development objectives.

1499
02:19:33,800 --> 02:19:39,400
So again, rather than saying hey, let's over complicate two projects that have been really stuck because of this market.

1500
02:19:39,400 --> 02:19:47,880
Let's just avoid it, especially if we have a viable backup option, which is 350 convention way at the Monterey Credit Union property.

1501
02:19:48,680 --> 02:19:49,440
Next slide.

1502
02:19:51,430 --> 02:19:55,390
For those who may not know, here's a little illustration of the property.

1503
02:19:56,130 --> 02:19:57,750
I'll try to set some a little bit of context.

1504
02:19:58,450 --> 02:19:59,970
So hi, we want to one. I'll say it this time.

1505
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:06,900
Top of the page was essentially is the east. Redwood Creek to the south. And then you have convention way, which

1506
02:20:06,900 --> 02:20:13,780
you really on the west side of the property. And then the ex shows kind of where the, I would say,

1507
02:20:13,920 --> 02:20:17,980
Mosulmenos were the applicant is saying it would be there. So if you've ever been there, you

1508
02:20:17,980 --> 02:20:22,940
walk through the, the nice positive there and it's kind of up there kind of off to the side. So

1509
02:20:22,940 --> 02:20:27,360
more or less that's where it'd be, but I'm sure an engineer would probably drill down a little bit more

1510
02:20:27,360 --> 02:20:34,140
specific. Next slide, please. As outlined in the staff report, the proposed or suggested

1511
02:20:34,140 --> 02:20:39,840
terms were really for the RFI process. It wasn't our, we weren't directed at that time

1512
02:20:39,840 --> 02:20:44,980
to negotiate heavily with the applicants. We really just want to get an overview and a feel

1513
02:20:44,980 --> 02:20:50,740
from each of the developments of what would you offer if we were to partner with you on this

1514
02:20:50,740 --> 02:20:55,800
endeavor. I also want to preface it with very similar real estate. I mean, this is real says,

1515
02:20:55,800 --> 02:20:57,800
Every site has its own different analysis.

1516
02:20:58,200 --> 02:20:59,540
So as you can see in the attachment,

1517
02:21:00,100 --> 02:21:01,620
there were other proposals that actually

1518
02:21:01,620 --> 02:21:03,620
proposed more revenue for the city.

1519
02:21:03,920 --> 02:21:05,940
However, they came with those other complications

1520
02:21:05,940 --> 02:21:08,080
that I had hit on before.

1521
02:21:08,540 --> 02:21:11,860
But with regard to the out front foster interstate proposal

1522
02:21:11,860 --> 02:21:15,200
is what they submitted with RFI was a 20 year duration,

1523
02:21:15,900 --> 02:21:19,900
an annual payment of either the higher of $250,000

1524
02:21:20,240 --> 02:21:23,440
or 30% share of advertising revenue.

1525
02:21:23,980 --> 02:21:34,160
They did offer a one time payment for each of the existing billboards so a total of 300,000 in order for them not to be removed.

1526
02:21:35,460 --> 02:21:45,980
There is a there would be provision in there that the city would have 10% of the would have access to 10% of the advertising time that we could do for whatever city purpose.

1527
02:21:45,980 --> 02:21:52,240
And then there was language put in their proposal about certain content, restriction, and we put that in the staff report.

1528
02:21:52,780 --> 02:21:56,380
I think I've thought my head I think at least things like no tobacco, no cannabis.

1529
02:21:57,200 --> 02:22:06,380
A lot of those things could be negotiated if the applicant so choose and could be handled through the negotiation process if the council had other thoughts on that.

1530
02:22:06,640 --> 02:22:11,460
So again, I just wanted to reiterate staff is not proposing if the council wanted to move forward with this.

1531
02:22:11,580 --> 02:22:14,160
That this would be the terms of saying what was submitted.

1532
02:22:14,660 --> 02:22:43,220
next slide please. So with regard to next step, really what we're recommending to the city council is that the council direct staff to prepare and sign a letter of intent to confirm the city's interest. Really what that would do is let out front know that yeah we're serious about this because as you can see the next steps they would have to then go down a process and start incurring costs and start doing some due diligence and before doing that I think they want to have a you know a symbol from the city that.

1533
02:22:43,220 --> 02:22:45,340
that there is some interest there.

1534
02:22:45,920 --> 02:22:47,540
Staff is seeking direction if the council

1535
02:22:47,540 --> 02:22:50,920
does agree to the first bullet to send letter intent.

1536
02:22:51,500 --> 02:22:54,480
That staff then further negotiate with the applicant

1537
02:22:54,480 --> 02:22:57,540
on terms for potential billboard.

1538
02:22:58,320 --> 02:22:59,640
And then as far as process, there's still

1539
02:22:59,640 --> 02:23:03,140
a lot of process ahead of both the city and the applicant.

1540
02:23:03,860 --> 02:23:05,860
Have to go through an environmental review process.

1541
02:23:06,440 --> 02:23:08,860
We won't know the exact level of environmental review

1542
02:23:08,860 --> 02:23:10,420
until an application is submitted,

1543
02:23:10,420 --> 02:23:17,800
But we've heard loud and clear from the Council for both study sessions about how important the environmental process is.

1544
02:23:18,520 --> 02:23:25,040
The applicant would lead their own community outreach process, and then we would have to make some amendments to the city's sign ordinance.

1545
02:23:26,060 --> 02:23:31,380
With that being said, we think that those goals could be accomplished in roughly nine months.

1546
02:23:32,440 --> 02:23:38,720
Yeah, and so with that, next slide, please, with that, and I'll just leave the recommendations.

1547
02:23:38,980 --> 02:23:44,220
Really, the recommendation number one is to draft an issue, a letter of intent.

1548
02:23:44,660 --> 02:23:51,920
Number two is authorizing staff to negotiate, and then three is to, for staff to return once the due diligence is done.

1549
02:23:51,940 --> 02:23:56,840
And then move forward with updates to the sign ordinance and then bring all the final turn for council consideration.

1550
02:23:58,000 --> 02:24:05,540
next slide please and then the same questions for the council. I won't read them again and then

1551
02:24:06,180 --> 02:24:09,900
next slide. I think it's just the chat side and then I didn't want to let folks know there are

1552
02:24:09,900 --> 02:24:14,320
representatives from out front here if there's questions that get a little bit more nuanced and I may

1553
02:24:14,320 --> 02:24:20,180
be able to handle tonight but with that I'll turn it back to the mayor. Thank you. Thanks for the

1554
02:24:20,180 --> 02:24:25,000
great presentation Patrick and we'll go ahead and open the public hearing thank you for the

1555
02:24:25,000 --> 02:24:26,920
Thank you, Mayor.

1556
02:24:27,360 --> 02:24:30,260
We do have two speakers in person.

1557
02:24:31,100 --> 02:24:34,860
We'll start with Alex Belenson and Alex will be followed by Wade Painter.

1558
02:24:42,970 --> 02:24:43,950
Good evening, Mayor.

1559
02:24:44,230 --> 02:24:44,930
Vice Mayor.

1560
02:24:45,170 --> 02:24:46,590
Council staff.

1561
02:24:47,090 --> 02:24:48,810
Alex Belenson without front foster interstate.

1562
02:24:49,590 --> 02:24:52,970
Appreciate your consideration this evening of our proposal.

1563
02:24:55,830 --> 02:24:59,650
We look forward to working with staff to complete.

1564
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:10,460
Police and prepare entitlements. And we're here to answer any questions. And I just also would like to introduce our landlord partner, a wait painter from Monterey, credit unit.

1565
02:25:12,590 --> 02:25:19,410
Thank you, Alex. Anyway, yeah, good evening Mayor, vice mayor, council members.

1566
02:25:20,710 --> 02:25:30,370
I'm pretty sure most of you are well aware of the credit unions support of and commitment to the community here.

1567
02:25:30,370 --> 02:25:39,130
I just wanted to thank you for your consideration of the potential placement of the Digital

1568
02:25:39,130 --> 02:25:44,750
Bill Board on our on our property at 350 conventionally.

1569
02:25:45,110 --> 02:25:45,770
Thank you.

1570
02:25:50,830 --> 02:25:53,310
Thank you both for being here and sticking with us.

1571
02:25:54,510 --> 02:25:58,090
Are there any comments or questions for council?

1572
02:25:58,510 --> 02:26:00,910
I'd like to go through that.

1573
02:26:01,050 --> 02:26:01,790
That's a very good year.

1574
02:26:02,410 --> 02:26:02,850
Thank you.

1575
02:26:03,650 --> 02:26:09,610
This one was really interesting to me, so I thought, you know, I don't always start it off, but let's change it up.

1576
02:26:10,830 --> 02:26:13,930
Okay, I have lots of questions.

1577
02:26:16,900 --> 02:26:18,800
And some just general thoughts.

1578
02:26:20,720 --> 02:26:28,660
Just to clarify Patrick, mark current ordinance as is bands billboards.

1579
02:26:29,900 --> 02:26:32,740
I would say bands digital billboards.

1580
02:26:32,740 --> 02:26:35,780
or creating new billboards as well.

1581
02:26:36,180 --> 02:26:36,500
Is that correct?

1582
02:26:37,360 --> 02:26:37,520
Okay.

1583
02:26:37,740 --> 02:26:38,600
Thank you.

1584
02:26:39,340 --> 02:26:41,320
So I was thinking about this.

1585
02:26:41,520 --> 02:26:43,240
And I also, I drive on 101.

1586
02:26:44,360 --> 02:26:45,920
I drive on 101 with my family.

1587
02:26:46,000 --> 02:26:47,180
I drive on with my daughter.

1588
02:26:48,040 --> 02:26:51,000
And then I was thinking about the times that we're in now.

1589
02:26:51,400 --> 02:26:55,060
The political climate, the way we are with our neighbors.

1590
02:26:55,920 --> 02:26:58,980
And I can recall in a not so far off history,

1591
02:26:58,980 --> 02:27:06,200
They're being very divisive ads or divisive billboards, so I am very

1592
02:27:07,360 --> 02:27:13,500
wary when I see content restrictions to me. It's like Pandora's box.

1593
02:27:14,060 --> 02:27:18,120
You know, we'll say we're not going to advertise this, but we'll do this.

1594
02:27:18,360 --> 02:27:24,400
I think we talk about the environment, but there's also a community and a mental health.

1595
02:27:24,400 --> 02:27:32,580
You know, when I drive on the freeway, I'm not opting in to see that billboard, that's just

1596
02:27:32,580 --> 02:27:33,420
I have to see it.

1597
02:27:33,420 --> 02:27:34,040
I'm in traffic.

1598
02:27:34,080 --> 02:27:34,920
I'm at a standstill.

1599
02:27:34,960 --> 02:27:37,640
I'm not going on to the news or selecting what I want.

1600
02:27:37,820 --> 02:27:42,300
So I want us to be thoughtful in the fact that this is not something that the public opts

1601
02:27:42,300 --> 02:27:42,980
in for.

1602
02:27:43,460 --> 02:27:45,460
It's being right there in their face.

1603
02:27:49,770 --> 02:27:56,710
I mean, we've addressed light pollution, but I, yeah, I said, I think that this digital

1604
02:27:56,710 --> 02:28:02,850
billboard may represent a modern day Pandora's box, once opened difficult to contain and

1605
02:28:02,850 --> 02:28:07,790
laid in with consequences that reach far beyond their initial promises of modest revenue.

1606
02:28:08,450 --> 02:28:12,730
These towering screens demand attention in ways the public has not consented to.

1607
02:28:13,030 --> 02:28:18,190
Unlike online spaces where one might choose what to see, digital billboards impose themselves

1608
02:28:18,190 --> 02:28:20,930
on everyone, indiscriminately and relentlessly.

1609
02:28:20,930 --> 02:28:23,950
They fill our shared visual environment with content.

1610
02:28:24,230 --> 02:28:27,110
We do not opt into, often divisive, distracting.

1611
02:28:27,830 --> 02:28:33,090
And also just physically distracting, signs, I just think, when we constantly talk about

1612
02:28:33,090 --> 02:28:38,530
road safety and now it's like, let's put something shiny and dazzily to create more

1613
02:28:38,530 --> 02:28:39,070
risk.

1614
02:28:39,430 --> 02:28:41,490
I don't know how I feel about that.

1615
02:28:42,250 --> 02:28:45,710
I think that our city is beautiful, rich in culture and character and community.

1616
02:28:46,190 --> 02:28:50,530
And tomorrow that with glowing advertisements would sacrifice the unique soul of this place

1617
02:28:50,530 --> 02:28:57,870
short-term financial gain. I think that this would actually, I know that it claims to encourage tourism,

1618
02:28:58,770 --> 02:29:03,210
but I think this visual clutter would detract from the charm and authenticity visitor seek.

1619
02:29:03,330 --> 02:29:07,450
When people come here and I was just at art in the square music on the square, there was a woman

1620
02:29:07,450 --> 02:29:13,310
here staying from Maryland visiting for a grandchild's graduation. They love our sign, they love the

1621
02:29:13,310 --> 02:29:20,030
connection, they love that it doesn't feel like a big city. So I'm worried about what that would change

1622
02:29:20,030 --> 02:29:22,010
for our city,

1623
02:29:24,410 --> 02:29:29,210
talked about the distractions, the dangers, and also, yes, I think the light

1624
02:29:29,210 --> 02:29:34,370
pollution it looks very close to a body of water that is not lit up, and I saw that in

1625
02:29:34,370 --> 02:29:38,870
personally, I will full disclosure when I used to run marketing in a private jet company

1626
02:29:38,870 --> 02:29:44,730
I negotiated with clear channel, and I took out billboards for people to fly private jets.

1627
02:29:44,730 --> 02:29:59,650
So this proposal to me doesn't seem ready to move forward for a letter intent. It doesn't seem like it's giving us a lot. I know you said percentage, but if you read the actual thing, it says, you know, up to this amount.

1628
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:26,880
If available, the languages very loose, I don't think the fees are in line. I just don't think this is a strong proposal, so I personally just think this is not enough for our community to even go there. Personally, I would not even want to go down to this path, given our current climate. I want to work on building unity and not so we can see it's a division in our community, and I think that this might be a slippery slope.

1629
02:30:26,880 --> 02:30:29,100
That's it for now.

1630
02:30:29,940 --> 02:30:30,660
Thank you, Council Member.

1631
02:30:31,040 --> 02:30:31,280
Vice Mayor.

1632
02:30:33,740 --> 02:30:39,660
I wanted to say, you mentioned the sign that we currently have, which has climate

1633
02:30:39,660 --> 02:30:42,040
best by government test.

1634
02:30:43,000 --> 02:30:45,500
What else are we called the Valley of Hearts Delight?

1635
02:30:46,160 --> 02:30:49,200
This is such a beautiful, beautiful area.

1636
02:30:49,800 --> 02:30:57,020
You go along the 280 corridor, there's not one billboard, and that's not by accident.

1637
02:30:57,020 --> 02:31:06,760
Our former late congressman, Pete McCloskey, along with a gown named Lady Bird Johnson,

1638
02:31:07,400 --> 02:31:11,640
the first lady wife of Lyndon Johnson.

1639
02:31:11,760 --> 02:31:17,040
She made her mission to beautify highways which were new in the 60s.

1640
02:31:17,200 --> 02:31:21,120
And she said, hey, this new thing, highways, let's make sure they're beautiful.

1641
02:31:21,360 --> 02:31:22,520
That was her mission.

1642
02:31:22,940 --> 02:31:24,640
Pete McCloskey, so it's not a coincidence.

1643
02:31:24,640 --> 02:31:33,460
and what are the towns along 280? You know, some of the most expensive residential real estate in the world.

1644
02:31:33,980 --> 02:31:39,740
They know what they want. They don't want billboards. It's not even contested.

1645
02:31:40,060 --> 02:31:48,120
I'd like to go to slide 10 if I could please. Redwood City exists because of this thing called Redwood Creek.

1646
02:31:48,120 --> 02:31:57,220
back in 1850. First of all, the Bay came all the way up to Broadway. And if you look,

1647
02:31:57,400 --> 02:32:05,120
that's Redwood Creek. It's sort of hidden behind 101 and a lot of concrete,

1648
02:32:05,820 --> 02:32:14,500
but it is our birthright. And this is the gateway to the Bay. And we are just now embarking on

1649
02:32:14,500 --> 02:32:18,980
is really exciting, visioning process of the inner harbor.

1650
02:32:19,600 --> 02:32:24,800
We started it about 10 years ago, and then it was stalled, and we got distracted, but

1651
02:32:24,800 --> 02:32:28,280
we're starting again with the inner harbor visioning.

1652
02:32:28,560 --> 02:32:33,240
And Redwood Creek is not only historic, but it's the gateway to our bay.

1653
02:32:33,960 --> 02:32:36,280
And right now it looks pretty sick and ailing.

1654
02:32:36,280 --> 02:32:46,680
On Sunday, I drove on the opposite side from convention way of Redwood Creek and the

1655
02:32:46,680 --> 02:32:48,940
Coles parking lot and the super,

1656
02:32:51,160 --> 02:32:53,440
the sports store parking lot.

1657
02:32:54,480 --> 02:33:01,960
So along the opposite side of Redwood Creek is, you know, the equivalent of maybe three

1658
02:33:01,960 --> 02:33:08,820
four or five blocks of a parking lot that's empty except for huge,

1659
02:33:09,140 --> 02:33:14,980
smelly, dirty garbage cans and trash that isn't already in the garbage cans,

1660
02:33:15,400 --> 02:33:22,840
industrial garbage cans. It's in sore need of tender loving care and I think it's

1661
02:33:22,840 --> 02:33:28,400
going to get it with our visioning. We should be celebrating our river, we should be

1662
02:33:28,400 --> 02:33:30,400
celebrating our bay.

1663
02:33:32,940 --> 02:33:39,340
And, you know, this sign is just doubling down on 20th century notions

1664
02:33:39,340 --> 02:33:50,180
of just freeways, advertising. It's not really 20th century. As per safety, you know, you're

1665
02:33:50,180 --> 02:33:56,220
going 60 miles an hour and the billboard changes every eight seconds, 12 seconds. I don't

1666
02:33:56,220 --> 02:34:05,940
how safe that is, that concerns me. I do want to note that number one our ordinance currently

1667
02:34:05,940 --> 02:34:13,280
says no digital billboards. So there has to be like in my mind to change something that

1668
02:34:13,280 --> 02:34:20,220
already exists to devote staff time. You know, Council has already opined fairly recently

1669
02:34:21,200 --> 02:34:27,500
study it and said no digital billboards. So for us now to say, let's take a

1670
02:34:27,500 --> 02:34:36,180
you turn and let's devote a lot of staff time to changing what the council has

1671
02:34:36,180 --> 02:34:42,460
as on record is saying, my thinking is let's have an overwhelming compelling reason

1672
02:34:42,460 --> 02:34:52,500
to revisit that already studied opinion and back in April of 2024,

1673
02:34:56,700 --> 02:34:57,660
we said that one of our

1674
02:34:57,660 --> 02:34:59,980
was to reduce the number.

1675
02:35:00,000 --> 02:35:27,920
Of billboards, along the bay, and this outdoor sign company currently has three billboards, along the bay, not digital billboards, but billboards, and one of our requests to staff was, could you explore reducing the number of billboards, along the bay?

1676
02:35:27,920 --> 02:35:32,900
And this staff report says, no, the owner of these three

1677
02:35:32,900 --> 02:35:40,660
staff signs is not willing to reduce its three billboards.

1678
02:35:40,680 --> 02:35:41,740
And it's private property.

1679
02:35:41,900 --> 02:35:44,160
There's nothing we can do about that.

1680
02:35:44,600 --> 02:35:48,700
But certainly, we don't have to say, oh, sure, go.

1681
02:35:48,900 --> 02:35:53,020
Have more in this fragile, beautiful,

1682
02:35:53,020 --> 02:35:57,160
exciting part of our city,

1683
02:35:59,780 --> 02:36:07,280
so I think I'm almost done, tourism, I can't imagine in

1684
02:36:07,280 --> 02:36:15,700
my wildest dreams, why a digital billboard, along a 12 lane freeway, would

1685
02:36:15,700 --> 02:36:22,900
increase tourism. I don't understand that. And let's let's have some

1686
02:36:22,900 --> 02:36:29,880
in our baylets. Let's have some pride in the natural beauty that is our legacy and let's

1687
02:36:29,880 --> 02:36:36,520
restore it to the best of our ability and not double down on past century ideas.

1688
02:36:38,000 --> 02:36:40,560
Oh, just let me make sure I'm done for the moment.

1689
02:36:49,270 --> 02:36:57,730
That's one of them. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you both so much for everyone for staying up with us.

1690
02:36:57,730 --> 02:36:59,450
I just have a few questions.

1691
02:37:00,290 --> 02:37:09,390
So as was mentioned, you control three other billboards along, east of 101, between, you know,

1692
02:37:09,510 --> 02:37:14,550
this location in St. Carlos, it sounds like those are the three billboards that are right

1693
02:37:14,550 --> 02:37:19,030
along right now on the march there on Long Bear Island, right?

1694
02:37:20,330 --> 02:37:20,890
Okay.

1695
02:37:22,870 --> 02:37:27,010
Yeah, I remember when I were to hit housing, we put out a billboard there.

1696
02:37:27,650 --> 02:37:31,170
So, thank you for coming at me and expecting when I want to work.

1697
02:37:31,810 --> 02:37:38,810
Anyway, you know, to my colleagues' point about having pride in their bay, I know it's

1698
02:37:38,810 --> 02:37:46,930
a lot to ask for you to remove a billboard from your own property and I don't know what your

1699
02:37:46,930 --> 02:37:47,750
revenue is.

1700
02:37:47,830 --> 02:37:52,330
For any one of those billboards, I don't know how big of a hit it would be, you know, if there

1701
02:37:52,330 --> 02:38:01,630
a net benefit to controlling this electronic billboard, even as you take away even just one

1702
02:38:01,630 --> 02:38:09,670
of your static billboards across the highway, but I think I would like to see some type

1703
02:38:09,670 --> 02:38:13,070
of exchange, at least a one for one.

1704
02:38:14,670 --> 02:38:19,630
If at all possible, again, I know that's a lot to ask, and I think if I had more information

1705
02:38:19,630 --> 02:38:26,410
about like what it would financially cost, you know, you as a company and I would have more

1706
02:38:26,410 --> 02:38:26,770
thoughts,

1707
02:38:28,850 --> 02:38:35,590
but that was one question. And then I guess for Patrick, you know, maybe in

1708
02:38:35,590 --> 02:38:41,790
those prohibitions of content, maybe, you know, there could be, I don't know, there's possible

1709
02:38:41,790 --> 02:38:46,050
the ban, you know, political ads or anything like that, it kind of gets to customer for the

1710
02:38:46,050 --> 02:38:46,910
point,

1711
02:38:49,290 --> 02:38:55,410
you know, maybe that's possible, it could help reduce the exposure to the community.

1712
02:38:58,190 --> 02:39:01,290
And then, what does the outreach plan look like?

1713
02:39:01,530 --> 02:39:06,470
I know it was mentioned that it would be applicant-led, I appreciate you taking the time

1714
02:39:06,470 --> 02:39:12,810
and the energy and the resources to delete that, or is that something that would be determined

1715
02:39:12,810 --> 02:39:23,010
later, after we have, if we submit a letter, if I may just really quickly speak to a portion

1716
02:39:23,010 --> 02:39:29,610
of the second question and maybe reframe it for Council Member Sturkin. You asked whether

1717
02:39:29,610 --> 02:39:39,010
we could ban political ads and the city cannot ban political ads. We cannot regulate speech

1718
02:39:39,010 --> 02:39:49,650
itself or the content. However, the company that did respond to the RFQ did offer topics

1719
02:39:49,650 --> 02:39:55,470
that they would not use the billboards for and definitely staff can continue to have

1720
02:39:55,470 --> 02:39:59,670
conversations if the council gives us direction and negotiate with them.

1721
02:40:00,000 --> 02:40:15,240
You know, answering the question out right. However, it's definitely a discussion that can be had and we did hear now from, from two council members in interest in revisiting the content and what they are offering the city.

1722
02:40:18,760 --> 02:40:21,420
Oh, sorry. I just wanted to, oh, sorry.

1723
02:40:22,140 --> 02:40:23,320
I can come back.

1724
02:40:23,480 --> 02:40:28,080
No, no. I just also wanted to say that I would, I would echo going down the list.

1725
02:40:28,200 --> 02:40:31,240
I know there was one provided the tobacco easings offensive,

1726
02:40:31,400 --> 02:40:33,820
but I would like us to revisit that in the proposal.

1727
02:40:34,860 --> 02:40:37,860
What those items, those contents are. Thank you.

1728
02:40:38,780 --> 02:40:40,840
And I didn't mean to skip over question number one

1729
02:40:40,840 --> 02:40:44,560
and in case the out front representative would like to speak to that.

1730
02:40:48,360 --> 02:40:49,880
Sorry, which was the question?

1731
02:40:50,660 --> 02:40:56,200
there were so many. I may have been the one for one. I know it's a stretch.

1732
02:40:56,540 --> 02:41:01,480
So that economics of the seal just on allow for that. This is actually one of the most

1733
02:41:01,480 --> 02:41:06,060
will be the most expensive billboard on the one-on-one corridor. We do have two landlords,

1734
02:41:06,440 --> 02:41:11,160
and we'll be paying the city, but we're also paying monetary credit union. So there's a lot

1735
02:41:11,160 --> 02:41:16,620
of money going out. Half the revenue is going out before any of our expenses before our capital

1736
02:41:16,620 --> 02:41:22,140
cost. And so it's really, I guess, a valuable site, not going to deny that. You know, that's

1737
02:41:22,140 --> 02:41:28,680
why we're here. But because it's such a lucrative and expensive deal to benefit of the city

1738
02:41:28,680 --> 02:41:35,400
to the landlord, there's just, it doesn't, it doesn't cancel to remove those signs. Now, all

1739
02:41:35,400 --> 02:41:39,960
the signs are out of the city. There are no surface tree signs. And that's typically what happens

1740
02:41:39,960 --> 02:41:44,940
with relocation agreements. The old poster signs get removed from the city. And there are,

1741
02:41:44,940 --> 02:41:46,500
not again in Redwood City.

1742
02:41:49,040 --> 02:41:52,380
Thank you very much. That's very helpful. And then there I think

1743
02:41:52,380 --> 02:41:57,820
must like question about the outreach plan. Again, this is the proper time to ask about that.

1744
02:41:58,020 --> 02:42:02,980
Yes, so we would work with staff to determine exactly what type of outreach if it's community meetings,

1745
02:42:03,680 --> 02:42:10,560
amaler. This is not an extra residential, so this is in a very commercial area, so it's a different

1746
02:42:10,560 --> 02:42:15,960
type of neighbor outreach would like to also point out with respect to the

1747
02:42:15,960 --> 02:42:20,360
creek that was brought up earlier the positioning of the sign between the

1748
02:42:20,360 --> 02:42:25,080
parking garage and the headquarters building it really does orient the sign just

1749
02:42:25,080 --> 02:42:30,180
to the freeway and really does limit the visibility from the creek and the

1750
02:42:30,180 --> 02:42:36,260
lighting does dim with the ambient lighting conditions so it's just above the ambient

1751
02:42:36,260 --> 02:42:41,420
light point three foot candles so that it's visible to the passing motorists, but it

1752
02:42:41,420 --> 02:42:45,800
not like a car dealership sign. It doesn't light up the sky. It doesn't light up the

1753
02:42:45,800 --> 02:42:51,380
neighborhood at night. It just stays just above the ambient light. Thank you. And then also

1754
02:42:51,380 --> 02:42:55,780
it would be off between 12 p.m. and 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.

1755
02:42:56,000 --> 02:43:01,820
So it's currently proposed is a 24 hour sign. We can certainly work with staff to determine

1756
02:43:01,820 --> 02:43:04,080
and how we can restrict that.

1757
02:43:04,260 --> 02:43:06,820
Again, because it's a revenue share, it will impact revenue

1758
02:43:06,820 --> 02:43:08,820
to the city, revenue to the landlord.

1759
02:43:09,560 --> 02:43:10,620
But we can look at that.

1760
02:43:10,760 --> 02:43:13,000
Typically, if we do have dark hours,

1761
02:43:13,160 --> 02:43:16,240
it's typically between anywhere from 2 to 5 a.m.

1762
02:43:16,240 --> 02:43:17,500
or midnight to 5 a.m.

1763
02:43:17,540 --> 02:43:20,200
So we would look to try to keep it consistent with the standard,

1764
02:43:20,600 --> 02:43:22,060
just from an add sales standpoint

1765
02:43:22,060 --> 02:43:23,780
to minimize the impact to revenue.

1766
02:43:24,620 --> 02:43:26,320
And that's something we can work out with staff.

1767
02:43:26,920 --> 02:43:29,360
Again, I think the plan is that we would negotiate

1768
02:43:29,360 --> 02:43:35,020
all the terms of the agreement. So when we bring the entitlement back to you with the

1769
02:43:35,020 --> 02:43:40,280
Secla report with the community outreach with the negotiated lease with the ordinance

1770
02:43:40,280 --> 02:43:45,120
change, you'll have everything to look at and that will be your opportunity to vote to approve

1771
02:43:45,120 --> 02:43:50,540
the deal. But you get to see all of those terms in there including the content restrictions and

1772
02:43:50,540 --> 02:43:55,320
everything else. Thank you very much and appreciate the consideration of what is standard

1773
02:43:56,120 --> 02:43:58,520
And then Patrick, just a one last question, sorry.

1774
02:43:59,860 --> 02:44:02,600
So looking at the revenue here, I mean,

1775
02:44:06,780 --> 02:44:09,380
I'm just trying to think we had this lengthy conversation

1776
02:44:09,380 --> 02:44:11,180
at our last meeting in the now tonight

1777
02:44:11,180 --> 02:44:17,340
about the gap for our capital needs.

1778
02:44:18,200 --> 02:44:23,120
And so this would that gap is pre-substantial,

1779
02:44:23,260 --> 02:44:24,480
I believe it was millions,

1780
02:44:26,540 --> 02:44:27,420
but I mean it.

1781
02:44:28,730 --> 02:44:37,730
You know, we only have so many options in terms of revenue, in terms of revenue generation, and we're expecting or we're expecting a reduction in sales tax revenue

1782
02:44:39,530 --> 02:44:40,730
which are

1783
02:44:40,730 --> 02:44:42,350
Alongside property tax are

1784
02:44:42,350 --> 02:44:50,170
Principal revenue stream, so can you just explain a little bit further contextualized this in terms of our city budget?

1785
02:44:51,030 --> 02:44:51,910
Yeah, thank you

1786
02:44:51,910 --> 02:44:55,910
Yeah, I would say it would be one tool in a tool belt, right?

1787
02:44:55,910 --> 02:44:59,990
It's definitely not going to solve all the cities, luckily, measure being.

1788
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:29,980
A city manager outlined tonight, put us in a really good position. Next four years we're on pretty solid ground after that. We're going to have to find some other sources of revenue. This would be something that would help, but definitely is not the silver bullet. But with economic development, if you could do that, you know, other things you can kind of, you know, put some things to get over time when you look at the revenue over time, that's significant money over time. But, but again, it's not going to solve all the problems and it's being, I would say, one tool in the tool.

1789
02:45:30,000 --> 02:45:31,260
Well, let us speak.

1790
02:45:31,980 --> 02:45:32,500
Thank you.

1791
02:45:32,720 --> 02:45:35,140
And I agree with what you just said there is no

1792
02:45:35,140 --> 02:45:35,740
a silver bullet.

1793
02:45:36,180 --> 02:45:39,460
And so we do need to use as many of the tools in our toolbox as possible.

1794
02:45:40,040 --> 02:45:41,020
Thank you.

1795
02:45:43,780 --> 02:45:44,740
Don't remember Howard.

1796
02:45:45,980 --> 02:45:46,600
Thank you, Mayor.

1797
02:45:46,960 --> 02:45:48,240
I have some questions.

1798
02:45:50,080 --> 02:45:53,060
So my understanding, there's three static billboards

1799
02:45:53,940 --> 02:45:56,300
that the gentleman spoke about.

1800
02:45:57,440 --> 02:46:00,060
And you're saying it just wouldn't pencil out,

1801
02:46:00,060 --> 02:46:04,340
if you were to take any one or any of them down.

1802
02:46:04,720 --> 02:46:09,420
Some of my question is, I think I know which ones they are.

1803
02:46:09,860 --> 02:46:11,900
Would there be something we could negotiate

1804
02:46:11,900 --> 02:46:17,060
where you could actually improve the appearance of the ones you have?

1805
02:46:18,240 --> 02:46:19,580
We could certainly look into that.

1806
02:46:19,700 --> 02:46:21,800
There are a number of limitations.

1807
02:46:22,180 --> 02:46:24,620
Part of it is the city ordinance that regulates

1808
02:46:24,620 --> 02:46:26,700
and limits what we can do to the structure,

1809
02:46:27,200 --> 02:46:34,180
But we could certainly look into what type of enhancements beyond just the customer and repairs.

1810
02:46:35,300 --> 02:46:36,780
Did you have something specific in line?

1811
02:46:36,920 --> 02:46:39,380
We could look at that or certainly maybe as better head of offline.

1812
02:46:39,440 --> 02:46:43,960
Something beautiful, but still boards are not beautiful usually.

1813
02:46:44,480 --> 02:46:47,860
But no, I just, if it's the ones I'm thinking of, they looked tired.

1814
02:46:48,340 --> 02:46:52,500
And I, I just thought, if there was a way, I mean, Redwood City,

1815
02:46:52,500 --> 02:46:59,760
we pride ourselves on the efforts that we have to beautify our city and if that effort could

1816
02:46:59,760 --> 02:47:07,480
be put into those static signs then it wouldn't be quite the sticking point shall I say you're

1817
02:47:07,480 --> 02:47:12,140
putting an effort into making something more attractive for our community so maybe there's some

1818
02:47:12,140 --> 02:47:19,240
negotiation we can do on the three certainly and I'll leave it at that I mean we're not negotiating

1819
02:47:19,240 --> 02:47:25,120
tonight but I understand this is your offer that the city has encountered yet and that's why

1820
02:47:25,120 --> 02:47:32,240
we're discussing this tonight so I thought I'd bring that part up. I also want to know what are

1821
02:47:32,240 --> 02:47:40,560
other cities doing as far as what are they asking for the annual I mean for the one time

1822
02:47:40,560 --> 02:47:46,720
fee and annually I was hoping I could get some information about that because I feel like what's

1823
02:47:46,720 --> 02:47:48,980
offered here is rather low.

1824
02:47:51,150 --> 02:47:53,330
Yeah, I'll take a shot and then you can help

1825
02:47:53,330 --> 02:47:57,950
supplement some sure you know the industry a lot better. Back in October when we

1826
02:47:57,950 --> 02:48:02,490
came on the state session we did have an attachment that looked at we got the

1827
02:48:02,490 --> 02:48:06,970
numbers from San Carlos we got the numbers from some South City. What we don't

1828
02:48:06,970 --> 02:48:12,030
know is the exact you know like I said every terms every terms is different right

1829
02:48:12,030 --> 02:48:16,810
but so we don't know we have the gross numbers for example what we talked with

1830
02:48:16,810 --> 02:48:23,250
South City is there was some replacement numbers up to a million dollars. I don't know if that's per sign

1831
02:48:23,250 --> 02:48:31,430
if that's four or five signs or what not. What we would do after tonight is if we got direction is we go and talk and meet with folks

1832
02:48:31,430 --> 02:48:37,650
What's working? What's not really trying to understand? So again, I'm not saying that it's a million dollars a sign at all

1833
02:48:38,410 --> 02:48:44,350
But when you look at the annual payment or whatnot, I would say this is above many of them

1834
02:48:44,350 --> 02:48:49,430
It's really the one-time cost of front, and then, you know, some jurisdictions build

1835
02:48:49,430 --> 02:48:54,270
and escalators, others don't, so there's some nuance on terms like that.

1836
02:48:55,290 --> 02:48:59,990
But, and then what we really did is we compared it up among the other ones that were submitted.

1837
02:49:00,510 --> 02:49:02,990
It was really interesting to go through this process that I had never gone through one.

1838
02:49:02,990 --> 02:49:08,090
But to hear that, well, 1580 maples really and ideals, but it's on what, you know, it's really

1839
02:49:08,090 --> 02:49:08,510
interesting.

1840
02:49:08,770 --> 02:49:12,670
And I would say, those ones were, so I think three were higher.

1841
02:49:12,670 --> 02:49:14,910
I think the question is, why are those higher?

1842
02:49:15,230 --> 02:49:16,790
You know, can they match that?

1843
02:49:16,870 --> 02:49:18,470
Maybe they can't, because that's on the other side

1844
02:49:18,470 --> 02:49:19,910
of the freeway, and we don't want that or whatnot.

1845
02:49:20,450 --> 02:49:22,010
So I think there's definitely a full spectrum.

1846
02:49:22,770 --> 02:49:24,510
We'll forward, if the full council will

1847
02:49:24,510 --> 02:49:27,210
like the attachments that we had on the October

1848
02:49:27,210 --> 02:49:29,310
staff report just to refresh your memory.

1849
02:49:29,970 --> 02:49:32,270
And I'll invite, I just want to come provide a,

1850
02:49:32,270 --> 02:49:34,470
if you want to negotiate against yourself right now.

1851
02:49:35,130 --> 02:49:37,350
Happy to share, this is all public information.

1852
02:49:37,610 --> 02:49:39,910
Happy to share, it really varies by city.

1853
02:49:39,910 --> 02:49:48,230
some cities have a one-time fee $70,000, some have an annual fee, some have an in-lue,

1854
02:49:48,770 --> 02:49:52,990
so like in this situation, we're not taking a sign down, we pay the fee, which is what we

1855
02:49:52,990 --> 02:49:59,210
offered in our proposal, the $100,000, and so it varies South San Francisco.

1856
02:50:00,000 --> 02:50:09,660
It's a relocation agreement. We didn't have any signs to take down, so we paid the one-time fee, and then there's a nominal annual fee that's paid to the city, essentially administrative fee.

1857
02:50:10,020 --> 02:50:22,880
South San Francisco happens to be right after the airport, so it's capturing the airport traffic to the city. So each segment of highway, each part of the Bay Area has different value propositions to advertisers and different economics.

1858
02:50:22,880 --> 02:50:28,120
We just did a program in Oakland, we're paid $100,000 a year per site.

1859
02:50:29,480 --> 02:50:32,180
So you're getting more than double that here.

1860
02:50:33,100 --> 02:50:37,420
So again, it really depends on the economics on the city.

1861
02:50:38,740 --> 02:50:42,680
Some cities, again, was it Santa Cruz, what 70,000 Jeff?

1862
02:50:43,720 --> 02:50:50,740
So it really varies city by city where we just went through process in San Jose.

1863
02:50:50,740 --> 02:50:58,780
And it's, again, not anymore close to what the terms are here for, uh, for our city.

1864
02:51:01,640 --> 02:51:04,780
Well, recognizing that you may be the pilot.

1865
02:51:06,460 --> 02:51:09,580
I want to be sure that we negotiate the best deal for our city.

1866
02:51:09,580 --> 02:51:13,940
I'm just going to be up front with you because the others will follow.

1867
02:51:14,400 --> 02:51:17,960
And I don't want others to come in and think this is the deal.

1868
02:51:17,960 --> 02:51:23,960
Because I agree with Mr. Painter, what you're proposing, the site, you're proposing is magnificent.

1869
02:51:24,400 --> 02:51:32,780
I mean, I love the building of Monterey, Credit Union, and I think as St. Carlos's done blending it into the buildings,

1870
02:51:33,420 --> 02:51:36,680
it's quite an attractive look if you're into billboards.

1871
02:51:37,780 --> 02:51:45,320
I'm just saying, I wouldn't want to set our bar low. This is really important to us, and it's our first time.

1872
02:51:45,320 --> 02:51:52,480
So, I want to do all the research we can do and make sure that we ask the money that we feel that we should be given.

1873
02:51:52,860 --> 02:51:59,980
I believe in cost-descalators, I do, and so I would definitely want that part of the negotiation.

1874
02:52:00,640 --> 02:52:03,680
It's in the proposal. We do have an escalator in there.

1875
02:52:04,100 --> 02:52:06,060
That was part of the proposal.

1876
02:52:08,360 --> 02:52:12,960
You got the competitive bid, so that kind of gives you an idea of where the market is at.

1877
02:52:12,960 --> 02:52:18,280
And that's how it shows you, you know, the different economics, you can see some variety in those proposals.

1878
02:52:19,240 --> 02:52:23,760
The difference on the Monteira one is we have a second landlord that we're paying.

1879
02:52:24,220 --> 02:52:29,980
But we did submit the pump station proposals as well, so you can see those numbers what they were.

1880
02:52:30,080 --> 02:52:32,460
And I think we were at the top of market there.

1881
02:52:32,560 --> 02:52:36,920
We beat everybody else. We're 50% revenue share to the city for that.

1882
02:52:36,920 --> 02:52:44,920
And so you can think that going forward, you know, does set a bar and then regionally depending on if you go out for two more

1883
02:52:44,920 --> 02:52:50,720
At some point in the future how the economy is doing typically these deals go up they don't go down

1884
02:52:50,720 --> 02:52:53,720
So, you know, you're setting a bar and

1885
02:52:54,960 --> 02:52:56,460
It's true but

1886
02:52:57,260 --> 02:53:04,760
I'm just not sure a community has the appetite for multiple billboards. That's why we decided to do a pilot with one

1887
02:53:04,760 --> 02:53:14,600
And let's see, if they are okay with the one, I'd want to be really careful before we wanted to entertain others may not be necessary.

1888
02:53:15,460 --> 02:53:28,100
But anyway, I also think that if we do approve at the end of the day approve this, we should probably revisit it in one to two years just to see how is it working, how is our relationship going?

1889
02:53:28,100 --> 02:53:34,460
have we had complaints? That kind of thing. I don't see that in there, but we probably should

1890
02:53:34,460 --> 02:53:41,880
put it in there. Just to check in, make sure that things are going well. I was hoping for

1891
02:53:41,880 --> 02:53:48,080
an overnight shutdown, but if you're saying ambient light, I would think that implies

1892
02:53:48,080 --> 02:53:50,320
at night time it would be much less.

1893
02:53:50,980 --> 02:53:56,140
Very much, yes. So it's 0.3 foot candles over ambient, and each side has its own light

1894
02:53:56,980 --> 02:54:02,820
So the south facing, when the sun is on it, will be brighter than the north facing.

1895
02:54:03,340 --> 02:54:07,100
So again, it's just enough for the motorists as they're approaching, for people as they're approaching,

1896
02:54:07,380 --> 02:54:10,800
to be able to make out clearly what the copy is.

1897
02:54:11,040 --> 02:54:11,700
It's not too damn.

1898
02:54:11,720 --> 02:54:15,080
It's not like the cardiovascular signs that are super bright at night lighting up.

1899
02:54:15,220 --> 02:54:20,640
Could you give us a place, maybe you could, maybe not tonight, but let us know of an address,

1900
02:54:21,280 --> 02:54:23,700
or that's somewhere where I could drive by and take a peek.

1901
02:54:23,700 --> 02:54:28,780
I'd like to see one of your signs on the 101 and see what it looks like.

1902
02:54:29,060 --> 02:54:31,600
So we have a couple of signs in South San Francisco.

1903
02:54:31,740 --> 02:54:33,560
We also have signs in San Carlos.

1904
02:54:34,040 --> 02:54:37,720
So either direction on 101 also one in Santa Clara.

1905
02:54:38,160 --> 02:54:39,760
So as you go through just look for it, it says,

1906
02:54:40,040 --> 02:54:43,440
out front on the imprint underneath the ad display.

1907
02:54:43,620 --> 02:54:46,700
So you got the main display and then there's the logo underneath.

1908
02:54:47,300 --> 02:54:49,500
Anyone that says out front is one of ours.

1909
02:54:50,100 --> 02:54:52,860
Maybe you can even give us an address for San Carlos.

1910
02:54:53,420 --> 02:54:55,640
Sure. Jeff, do you happen to have that?

1911
02:54:57,800 --> 02:54:58,780
Okay. A 50 Britain.

1912
02:54:59,160 --> 02:54:59,980
A 50 Britain.

1913
02:55:00,000 --> 02:55:05,280
Because I may just park somewhere and look at it.

1914
02:55:05,420 --> 02:55:06,500
Just don't park on the freeway.

1915
02:55:06,860 --> 02:55:09,380
No, I wouldn't think that would be a good idea.

1916
02:55:11,460 --> 02:55:15,920
Let me see, we're going to find out what other cities are doing and get that information.

1917
02:55:17,460 --> 02:55:20,020
I think that answers my questions,

1918
02:55:22,120 --> 02:55:26,900
but I'd be willing to consider it if, in fact, it looked like something

1919
02:55:26,900 --> 02:55:34,600
we could improve the appearance of the static billboards if there was a fee negotiated that was

1920
02:55:34,600 --> 02:55:42,420
good for us and was comfortable for us. I do like the idea that city has 10% advertisement time.

1921
02:55:43,380 --> 02:55:51,440
I certainly would like to have a content discussion as best we can legally and other than that,

1922
02:55:51,440 --> 02:55:55,880
I think that's answered all my questions, but thank you very much.

1923
02:55:56,240 --> 02:55:56,760
Thank you.

1924
02:55:58,620 --> 02:56:01,560
Can you Council Member Howard, any other response?

1925
02:56:03,740 --> 02:56:04,180
Oh, I see.

1926
02:56:04,320 --> 02:56:06,620
Council Member Chu's put her hand up and then we'll go to the vice mayor.

1927
02:56:09,860 --> 02:56:15,140
So thank you so much for that presentation and just sort of a new way to think about potential

1928
02:56:15,140 --> 02:56:16,780
sources of revenue for the city.

1929
02:56:17,160 --> 02:56:26,540
I did have a one question for the city attorney and I think you've answered this, but

1930
02:56:26,540 --> 02:56:32,220
want to make sure that we're clear. So if we don't ban certain topics, are we allowed to

1931
02:56:33,560 --> 02:56:39,120
circumscribe them? Meaning okay, these signs are for the following topics and nothing else.

1932
02:56:39,120 --> 02:56:44,100
So it's not banning things. It's allowing, or would that be considered a ban?

1933
02:56:46,430 --> 02:56:54,030
So again, we cannot regulate content. And so we have to start off. Okay. That's that there's no end runs.

1934
02:56:54,030 --> 02:56:54,310
Okay.

1935
02:56:54,650 --> 02:56:55,090
Go in.

1936
02:56:55,210 --> 02:56:55,750
Run around that.

1937
02:56:56,110 --> 02:56:56,170
Okay.

1938
02:56:56,670 --> 02:56:59,510
We have to be content neutral in our regulations.

1939
02:57:00,650 --> 02:57:00,850
Okay.

1940
02:57:01,370 --> 02:57:01,690
All right.

1941
02:57:01,930 --> 02:57:02,310
You're enough.

1942
02:57:03,390 --> 02:57:03,870
I could just.

1943
02:57:04,410 --> 02:57:04,890
Sorry to interrupt.

1944
02:57:05,050 --> 02:57:10,750
If I could just add that we are able to voluntarily regulate certain content within

1945
02:57:10,750 --> 02:57:11,070
limits.

1946
02:57:11,090 --> 02:57:11,410
Okay.

1947
02:57:11,710 --> 02:57:17,950
And so that's something where we try to make sure that things are appropriate to the

1948
02:57:17,950 --> 02:57:20,430
widest possible audience and that we don't learn.

1949
02:57:21,550 --> 02:57:22,990
Particularly inappropriate copy.

1950
02:57:23,590 --> 02:57:29,150
Okay. Okay, that's helpful. So that's the first thing. The second thing is just a comment.

1951
02:57:29,430 --> 02:57:36,530
So I actually live, you know, very close to 101 in one of the neighborhoods that about 101.

1952
02:57:38,250 --> 02:57:44,950
And, you know, I'll just be very direct. That part of the freeway is just not pretty at all.

1953
02:57:44,950 --> 02:57:52,950
And, you know, though I certainly agree that I wish that our Bay and our freeway was glorious and beautiful like 280.

1954
02:57:53,890 --> 02:58:00,570
What makes it not pretty isn't the signs that it's surrounded by surface-lots, garages, and industrial uses.

1955
02:58:02,270 --> 02:58:07,790
And so, you know, obviously I'd be very interested in pursuing other uses around the freeway.

1956
02:58:07,890 --> 02:58:12,470
I think they'd be much more aesthetically pleasing, they'd be better city environments, probably more economically productive.

1957
02:58:12,470 --> 02:58:19,390
But I don't know that the sign is going to make her break the beauty of our freeway.

1958
02:58:19,930 --> 02:58:42,390
I think also from an environmental perspective again, the 900-pound gorilla of harms to the

1959
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So again, it certainly am concerned about the ambient light or the light from the signs,

1960
02:58:48,230 --> 02:58:53,650
but in the context of where it's located, it's kind of a drop in the bucket, I think.

1961
02:58:54,430 --> 02:58:59,490
That said, I do want beautiful signs, and I do want us to take steps towards a more

1962
02:58:59,490 --> 02:59:06,430
beautiful freeway and a put towards a more beautiful bay where we can, and so I would

1963
02:59:06,430 --> 02:59:12,690
interested in, you know, sort of thinking up to Council Member Howard's point about examples of really

1964
02:59:12,690 --> 02:59:16,870
beautifully done signs if there are those that have been integrated into buildings and they look

1965
02:59:16,870 --> 02:59:23,330
really nice, that would be great. You know, I would love to have a conversation about content,

1966
02:59:23,330 --> 02:59:28,670
obviously, we can't ban anything that sort of have a discussion about things that we would

1967
02:59:28,670 --> 02:59:35,410
refer to see more of or less of if there's room for that discussion. And then, you know,

1968
02:59:35,410 --> 02:59:43,130
wanted to echo the wish to see as good of a deal for the city, as we can get, and that we would

1969
02:59:43,130 --> 02:59:48,270
have what is reasonable and customary that if other cities are getting more favorable terms

1970
02:59:48,270 --> 02:59:54,770
that ours would be kind of at that level, and just that it would be as beneficial to the city

1971
02:59:54,770 --> 02:59:59,990
as possible. And then I also really appreciate that I think what it...

1972
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:03,340
10% of the ads are for the city itself, but did I understand that correctly?

1973
03:00:04,060 --> 03:00:05,420
Correct, up to.

1974
03:00:06,120 --> 03:00:10,880
Yep. That's great. I mean, that's a terrific use of the sites. And then I also did a quick

1975
03:00:10,880 --> 03:00:18,200
lit search. I didn't, the evidence on distraction. There's no gangbusters evidence

1976
03:00:18,200 --> 03:00:23,600
that popped up, but I think it's worth definitely considering them looking at, like if a certain

1977
03:00:23,600 --> 03:00:29,760
kind of sign has a longer look time. We should have kinds of signs that have a short look time.

1978
03:00:29,760 --> 03:00:38,080
like and and definitely look at that if if that's a concern then that to me would be a deal

1979
03:00:38,080 --> 03:00:43,640
breaker like if this is going to result in crashes then I don't think we should have them

1980
03:00:43,640 --> 03:00:49,600
but if there's no evidence that this contributes to it then I'd be fine with them. So I'll

1981
03:00:49,600 --> 03:00:50,120
leave it there.

1982
03:00:53,860 --> 03:00:58,240
Thanks. Thank you, Kelsey. I'll go to the best way. I'll just say two things really

1983
03:00:58,240 --> 03:01:04,040
quick, I've already spoken, but this is really to, in my mind, and just for our councils, I

1984
03:01:04,040 --> 03:01:10,160
want us to think of it this way that the threshold question is, do we want to change our

1985
03:01:10,160 --> 03:01:17,300
current ordinance? That's the threshold question. And then, if you say the answer to that

1986
03:01:17,300 --> 03:01:23,100
is no, that's the end of it. If you say the answer to that is yes, then you start talking

1987
03:01:23,100 --> 03:01:29,340
about money, but if we want to be, I want us to be looking at the idea and not just

1988
03:01:29,340 --> 03:01:33,420
well, we'll like it if it's a lot of money, but we won't like it if it's not enough.

1989
03:01:33,540 --> 03:01:37,820
I don't want us to be negotiating money tonight, or I don't, I mean, staff can do that

1990
03:01:37,820 --> 03:01:38,180
later.

1991
03:01:38,840 --> 03:01:40,340
It's just my thought.

1992
03:01:42,580 --> 03:01:48,260
And the only, and then I'll let Councilmember Tito, I just wanted to say one more thing,

1993
03:01:48,260 --> 03:01:52,880
And that is, everyone's asking like, what are other cities doing,

1994
03:01:55,060 --> 03:01:56,880
and sometimes things go

1995
03:01:56,880 --> 03:02:04,640
in fads and 10 years ago, everyone wanted to do hotels, and then that fad went away

1996
03:02:04,640 --> 03:02:08,440
and then we started buying up the hotels because they weren't profitable and turning

1997
03:02:08,440 --> 03:02:11,180
them into navigation centers.

1998
03:02:12,680 --> 03:02:16,060
So let's not just do it because other cities are doing it.

1999
03:02:16,060 --> 03:02:20,880
Let's do it because it's what we want to do on our 101 corridor.

2000
03:02:22,400 --> 03:02:27,060
That's the second thing I would say, and I'll leave it there.

2001
03:02:28,340 --> 03:02:29,380
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

2002
03:02:29,700 --> 03:02:30,480
Councilor Reggie.

2003
03:02:31,380 --> 03:02:31,880
Thank you, Mayor.

2004
03:02:34,080 --> 03:02:39,060
Let me just start off saying, Patrick, thank you and the team for getting us to this point.

2005
03:02:39,360 --> 03:02:43,720
When we had this conversation, at least the majority of Councilor Reggie, we're interested.

2006
03:02:43,720 --> 03:02:51,600
And when we said that, you went out the RFI request for information and consequently, Alex

2007
03:02:51,600 --> 03:02:56,320
Thank you and your team and thank all the other teams for submitting proposals and response

2008
03:02:56,320 --> 03:02:56,960
to the city.

2009
03:02:57,180 --> 03:03:03,980
submitting a proposal isn't cost money and effort and so I appreciate all the teams and all

2010
03:03:03,980 --> 03:03:11,820
the proposals that came in seeking interest in the possibility of placing a digital billboard

2011
03:03:11,820 --> 03:03:20,440
Redmond City and let me make sure I'm really clear here the staff recommendation is a letter

2012
03:03:20,440 --> 03:03:26,400
interest not a letter of intent because it's two very different things from my standpoint.

2013
03:03:27,200 --> 03:03:33,920
A letter of interest means that we can then go have a conversation about details versus you know

2014
03:03:33,920 --> 03:03:36,360
intent means we're ready to go sign

2015
03:03:36,360 --> 03:03:43,660
absent a couple details so maybe Patrick you can pick up from that point. It's a very good point

2016
03:03:44,800 --> 03:03:49,940
I would say interest would would have been a better use of word. Yeah, and then it definitely has a stronger

2017
03:03:49,940 --> 03:04:00,180
notion of real estate. So I believe we're interested in the proposal that was presented here. That staff is interested in to continue the feedback

2018
03:04:01,240 --> 03:04:02,440
going forward

2019
03:04:03,840 --> 03:04:09,720
Before I continue, I just want to back up at Alex, just a couple of questions here for you.

2020
03:04:10,080 --> 03:04:15,000
You know, this is a potential 20-year term here, what's the trend line for advertising?

2021
03:04:15,740 --> 03:04:21,820
I mean, advertising rates going up, going down, constant flat, what's your projection for 20 years?

2022
03:04:22,260 --> 03:04:28,800
You've got a higher of two numbers and things like that, but is it advertising rates going up?

2023
03:04:28,800 --> 03:04:36,360
What goes up, and it goes down, but I think the long-term trend line is, at least for our industry, is upward,

2024
03:04:38,980 --> 03:04:44,240
but there's a variability to it, and that's why we kind of gave you the protection proposal.

2025
03:04:44,360 --> 03:04:52,420
You've got the downside protection guaranteed money that you can put on the budget, you can pre-allocate it, and then the upside participation.

2026
03:04:52,420 --> 03:04:59,780
So you never lose out on a strong market that revenue share ensures that you'll always be scaling

2027
03:05:00,000 --> 03:05:10,300
With us as the industry grows. But, you know, if there's a downturn, you're protected, you can count on that in the budget, while everything else is also probably getting squeezed.

2028
03:05:10,900 --> 03:05:16,020
Appreciate that. There's been conversation here at the day as about.

2029
03:05:16,520 --> 03:05:28,440
I don't want to get trouble with our city attorney here, because she's going to listen very carefully, but how people apply to place ads? And so can you kind of talk about how your firm,

2030
03:05:28,440 --> 03:05:35,720
If someone's interested in placing an and put the process you go through might be to say yes, or maybe

2031
03:05:35,720 --> 03:05:37,440
consequently say no

2032
03:05:37,440 --> 03:05:41,740
Certainly, so we have sales teams out front of sales teams across the country

2033
03:05:41,740 --> 03:05:46,540
Bay Area office reaches out to all the the major national advertisers

2034
03:05:47,080 --> 03:05:54,200
Regional advertisers local advertisers. They can also find us through the website. They can call us

2035
03:05:54,200 --> 03:05:57,240
Google it's in the yellow pages on the phone book

2036
03:05:57,240 --> 03:06:02,360
That's part of the reason to have the out front imprint right on the science, so they know how to find us

2037
03:06:03,900 --> 03:06:07,140
And so that's kind of the reaching out to salespeople

2038
03:06:07,140 --> 03:06:09,120
But it's a two-way street, right?

2039
03:06:09,260 --> 03:06:17,040
There's salespeople going out reaching out to businesses pounding the pavement and knocking on doors and then people can also call in and then the future

2040
03:06:17,040 --> 03:06:23,060
The business so one of the great things about digital billboards is the ability to change copy

2041
03:06:23,060 --> 03:06:35,020
So for advertisers, they love it because they can change their messages, not every four weeks like a traditional bill of work, but practically, you know, every day, every hour, every ad is a discrete unit.

2042
03:06:35,560 --> 03:06:49,420
So it allows you to change copy, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It allows for emergency alert interruptions, amber alerts. If there's an earthquake, if there's a power outage, all these different services are tied in, so we're able to communicate.

2043
03:06:49,420 --> 03:06:54,380
If you have to get off the 101 because there's a tsunami warning coming into the bay and

2044
03:06:54,380 --> 03:06:56,700
run for the hills, we can get that on the sign.

2045
03:06:57,740 --> 03:07:01,100
So that's one of the great things about these digital boardes that are able to change the

2046
03:07:01,100 --> 03:07:07,120
copy frequently city messages, promoting events for the weekend, but you don't want

2047
03:07:07,120 --> 03:07:10,000
to be advertising it on Monday and Tuesday and next week.

2048
03:07:10,340 --> 03:07:15,180
You want it to stop on Sunday after the event is over, we're able to do that, switch it out

2049
03:07:15,180 --> 03:07:15,920
to new message.

2050
03:07:15,920 --> 03:07:21,260
So it becomes a much more effective and efficient use of the space, and that's one of the trends

2051
03:07:21,260 --> 03:07:25,200
where things will become a more and more programmatic, like what you would find within

2052
03:07:25,200 --> 03:07:30,100
ad sense with online ads, where you're able to really manage your inventory much more efficiently,

2053
03:07:31,140 --> 03:07:34,180
get more advertisers, and also more small businesses.

2054
03:07:34,780 --> 03:07:38,940
You know, the gentleman who has speaking earlier today about having difficulty because of the

2055
03:07:38,940 --> 03:07:44,480
parking in front of his stores, you know, advertising on the sign creates a top of mind,

2056
03:07:44,480 --> 03:07:49,420
can put a humorous message on there, gets people thinking about coming in and stopping in,

2057
03:07:49,560 --> 03:07:52,520
and bring their skateboard, bring their roller blades, all the different ways they can

2058
03:07:52,520 --> 03:07:53,340
visit a store.

2059
03:07:53,860 --> 03:07:58,540
We could do that cost efficiently because he's buying just a segment of add time on it just

2060
03:07:58,540 --> 03:07:59,060
way.

2061
03:08:00,160 --> 03:08:00,660
Thank you.

2062
03:08:01,080 --> 03:08:02,620
And we'll just want to take it one step further.

2063
03:08:02,760 --> 03:08:10,240
And the staff report says there are certainly terms that would discourage certain product

2064
03:08:10,240 --> 03:08:10,800
advertising.

2065
03:08:11,260 --> 03:08:12,400
So how do you do that?

2066
03:08:12,400 --> 03:08:19,620
You know, let's say I wanted to come and put cigarettes up on the, you know, on the digital

2067
03:08:19,620 --> 03:08:20,200
billboard.

2068
03:08:20,400 --> 03:08:22,180
How do you control that?

2069
03:08:22,440 --> 03:08:28,620
Every advertiser is coded, so they have a category code, a content code on there, and it's

2070
03:08:28,620 --> 03:08:29,200
checked visually.

2071
03:08:29,460 --> 03:08:30,560
So people are checking it.

2072
03:08:30,560 --> 03:08:35,020
We have people in the Berkeley office that are looking at the ads as they're getting posted

2073
03:08:35,020 --> 03:08:39,540
and so there's a vetting and a screening process to see what that content is.

2074
03:08:39,540 --> 03:08:46,820
And so the human element is critical to that and so that's that's a part of the process.

2075
03:08:47,040 --> 03:08:50,740
It might be an acceptable advertiser but unacceptable content.

2076
03:08:51,100 --> 03:08:54,520
They will catch that content, flag it and not kind of go up.

2077
03:08:55,180 --> 03:08:59,580
And if it doesn't go up or if it does, it can take it down pretty quick if someone missed it.

2078
03:08:59,780 --> 03:09:00,840
Pretty much instantaneously.

2079
03:09:01,180 --> 03:09:07,320
So some copy went up that was we got a complaint or something that wasn't supposed to be up for our agreement.

2080
03:09:07,320 --> 03:09:11,320
We go in there, pull it out, it doesn't go up the next location.

2081
03:09:12,180 --> 03:09:17,980
Rotation is every 64 seconds, by the way, so it's eight ads, eight seconds each, instant change.

2082
03:09:18,520 --> 03:09:20,760
So again, you know, we can change that super quick.

2083
03:09:21,320 --> 03:09:21,380
All right.

2084
03:09:21,760 --> 03:09:22,920
Thank you.

2085
03:09:22,920 --> 03:09:23,620
Thank you, Alex.

2086
03:09:23,900 --> 03:09:29,960
I've got a couple of thoughts for Patrick and the team, you know, as many indicated,

2087
03:09:30,280 --> 03:09:35,240
you know, if we were going to do this, we'll need to modify our sign ordinance.

2088
03:09:35,880 --> 03:09:40,240
And for me to get to that place, this is very helpful as a starting point.

2089
03:09:41,000 --> 03:09:47,480
But I would like to kind of, if the council does agree, encourage your conversations with

2090
03:09:47,480 --> 03:09:54,700
Alex and his team on a couple different, maybe several different points, and even coming

2091
03:09:54,700 --> 03:09:59,980
to the right with City from where I live, I go past six digital billboards for it.

2092
03:10:00,000 --> 03:10:22,440
Five in St. Carlos, four of them, relatively new one, old, the one by the old circle star. And the delmont one. And so I see those. And then I'm probably one of the unique council members. I usually have a early morning flight out of the San Jose Airport at 6 a.m. So I see what's lit going down one-on-one between rabbit shores and the San Jose Airport.

2093
03:10:23,100 --> 03:10:27,260
The digital billboards aren't the ones that are providing the light pollution.

2094
03:10:28,380 --> 03:10:34,380
They're usually dark from 12 am to 6 or whatever the right hours are or very low lit.

2095
03:10:35,320 --> 03:10:41,720
The more distracting lights at that hour are the fixed billboards in the building signage.

2096
03:10:41,920 --> 03:10:45,400
Those aren't turned off. They're 24-7 or all that long.

2097
03:10:45,400 --> 03:10:50,520
So it's to the extent staff can come to an agreement with

2098
03:10:51,340 --> 03:10:55,940
Out front here for lower lighting levels at night would be great somewhere even off

2099
03:10:56,600 --> 03:11:04,720
Which are even better in those hours because and anyone want to go with me to the airport for AM after you're 11 o'clock counts of meeting

2100
03:11:04,720 --> 03:11:08,580
You're fine to join me and come with me because I see them

2101
03:11:09,620 --> 03:11:11,320
So that would be encouraging

2102
03:11:12,280 --> 03:11:13,480
number two

2103
03:11:13,480 --> 03:11:20,240
I understand the math that's the work, I get it, I mean, I know colleagues will say me doing

2104
03:11:20,240 --> 03:11:28,960
math here at the, at the day of some times. I would be interested if there was, at least

2105
03:11:28,960 --> 03:11:36,220
maybe a potential phase out of one fixed sign over the term of the 20 year lease. I understand

2106
03:11:36,220 --> 03:11:43,380
the cost, the initial capital cost of front, et cetera, all the math. But I would ask you to

2107
03:11:43,380 --> 03:11:49,360
sharpen your pencil and maybe in the year 11, one sign on the east side, they come out when

2108
03:11:49,360 --> 03:11:55,620
the map catches up or something like that. Sometime over the 20 years, it doesn't have to be day one,

2109
03:11:55,960 --> 03:12:02,520
I'm open to look at it over time. So those are some of the important things that I would be looking

2110
03:12:02,520 --> 03:12:08,500
for, and then to Patrick and to our city manager, I mean, the staff report is suggest funding

2111
03:12:08,500 --> 03:12:13,120
goes into the general fund, but we just had a conversation about an hour ago about HSFA

2112
03:12:13,120 --> 03:12:13,580
funding.

2113
03:12:15,720 --> 03:12:22,840
I think Council has the possibility of saying where that funding may go. We can

2114
03:12:22,840 --> 03:12:30,040
say the floor goes into HSFA and the delta between the floor and the higher the percentage

2115
03:12:30,040 --> 03:12:33,400
could go someplace else. I mean, that's a council decision, I believe.

2116
03:12:34,380 --> 03:12:38,500
Yeah, absolutely. It could be there, it could be capital needs. Yes, you would have

2117
03:12:38,500 --> 03:12:38,700
hold this up.

2118
03:12:38,700 --> 03:12:44,380
So we have that flexibility. So as we look at constraints on our financial revenues and

2119
03:12:44,380 --> 03:12:50,720
where we wanted to go, this could go to court, it could go to pay, it could go wherever we

2120
03:12:50,720 --> 03:12:56,560
wanted to go, and that's part of the future conversation. So I think I remain interested

2121
03:12:56,560 --> 03:13:04,700
And if we can find the right adjustments to the proposal through the next nine months, I don't

2122
03:13:04,700 --> 03:13:11,040
consider this too much of a precedent for if we do any more, but I think this is a good

2123
03:13:11,040 --> 03:13:17,060
opportunity to begin to have those more serious sharpened pencil, which is not 21st century

2124
03:13:17,060 --> 03:13:23,620
because I know we're used tablets now, but I think if we sharpen the pencil, we can find

2125
03:13:23,620 --> 03:13:26,040
agreement that Pope Park works for both parties.

2126
03:13:27,160 --> 03:13:29,240
So this is my thoughts right now.

2127
03:13:29,540 --> 03:13:32,600
But thank you, Patrick, for taking this out to market.

2128
03:13:33,320 --> 03:13:35,920
And to all the proposals, proposers,

2129
03:13:36,060 --> 03:13:38,420
thank you for making that time and energy

2130
03:13:38,420 --> 03:13:40,740
to respond to the city's inquiring.

2131
03:13:44,400 --> 03:13:45,680
Duke Council energy.

2132
03:13:47,810 --> 03:13:49,550
Let's see any other hands.

2133
03:13:51,270 --> 03:13:51,390
Oh.

2134
03:13:52,110 --> 03:13:53,610
All seven of the lights came up.

2135
03:13:53,870 --> 03:13:54,830
It's worth the deal.

2136
03:13:54,970 --> 03:13:55,610
We're going to be first.

2137
03:13:55,610 --> 03:14:03,990
I just want to mention that I had asked for a copy of our current sign ordinance as I thought it was pertinent to this conversation.

2138
03:14:04,910 --> 03:14:13,370
And when I review it, it seems like we would have to amend quite a bit of our current ordinance, and I think that we shouldn't take that lightly.

2139
03:14:13,370 --> 03:14:20,670
I think, to council member, you can point, you know, there's things about message neutrality.

2140
03:14:21,310 --> 03:14:25,930
It is the city's policy at the intent to regulate signs in a manner which is consistent with

2141
03:14:25,930 --> 03:14:30,470
the speech freedoms above the United States and California constitutions by enacting regulations

2142
03:14:30,470 --> 03:14:35,430
which are content neutral while recognizing the differing levels of protection to non-commercial

2143
03:14:35,430 --> 03:14:36,150
and commercial messages.

2144
03:14:36,770 --> 03:14:41,990
So I just, I bring this up because there's a lot of important points in this ordinance

2145
03:14:41,990 --> 03:14:47,430
and when I go back to the slippery slope in Pandora's box about how in I too I'm a firm

2146
03:14:47,430 --> 03:14:54,330
believer in freedom of speech but I also believe in protecting our community and I worry about the

2147
03:14:54,330 --> 03:14:59,910
forums that we provide so for doing this are we condoning that there have been and maybe they can speak

2148
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:17,080
If they are not their billboards, but I know in the past there have been some very controversial and divisive ads, and I'm not sure if they are for this particular company's billboards, but I just want, I would like for everyone to go, I would ask that everyone read our current ordinance. Thank you.

2149
03:15:19,580 --> 03:15:21,760
Thank you, Councilmember. Councilmember Schirken.

2150
03:15:24,680 --> 03:15:31,700
Thank you, Mayor. I'll definitely read the ordinance, absolutely. And I just wanted to support Councilmember Jews comments. Thank

2151
03:15:34,650 --> 03:15:35,130
you.

2152
03:15:35,130 --> 03:15:36,750
No, there are lights,

2153
03:15:39,150 --> 03:15:42,010
thank you, Patrick, Alex Wade for the great information.

2154
03:15:42,810 --> 03:15:51,490
I do have a couple of quick questions, you know, first with the 10% of time that the city would get.

2155
03:15:52,050 --> 03:16:00,230
I saw on the staff report that that was a 1-8 second slide for every two weeks for every quarter was out of right.

2156
03:16:00,230 --> 03:16:04,510
I might actually have Alex talk about this works in practice.

2157
03:16:05,430 --> 03:16:07,010
Thank you.

2158
03:16:07,450 --> 03:16:12,690
So the idea is that it would be effectively one spot in the rotation.

2159
03:16:13,870 --> 03:16:19,790
So every 64 seconds a city ad would come up and that would just it'd be available to you to use.

2160
03:16:20,330 --> 03:16:27,310
And there might be occasional times where there's something with emergency messaging or something happens where it blocks out the sign

2161
03:16:27,310 --> 03:16:30,690
for a particular advertiser for a short period of time.

2162
03:16:31,030 --> 03:16:34,390
But for all intents and purposes, you're one out of eight

2163
03:16:34,390 --> 03:16:38,550
and 10% is very close to that.

2164
03:16:38,550 --> 03:16:39,270
Okay, great.

2165
03:16:39,270 --> 03:16:39,830
Thank you, Alex.

2166
03:16:40,770 --> 03:16:43,930
And this 64-second loop is just going on all day.

2167
03:16:44,090 --> 03:16:47,170
It's not been switched out with a real B.

2168
03:16:47,230 --> 03:16:50,330
That doesn't include a city advertisement.

2169
03:16:50,410 --> 03:16:51,850
No, you'd be in the loop.

2170
03:16:52,550 --> 03:16:55,970
You wouldn't be just on Saturday mornings between five and seven.

2171
03:16:55,970 --> 03:17:00,830
It would be in the loop, and if there's an unsolved ad spot, then the loop

2172
03:17:00,830 --> 03:17:04,130
collapses to seven, so you're one out of seven instead of one out of eight.

2173
03:17:04,570 --> 03:17:09,150
So, you know, it could be even more frequent, but given the one-on-one corridor or the

2174
03:17:09,150 --> 03:17:15,430
expectation, it'll be, you know, actively son after sign, if we do our job selling, you know,

2175
03:17:15,670 --> 03:17:18,530
one out of eight is, I think, the way to plan it.

2176
03:17:18,530 --> 03:17:25,570
Yeah, okay, thank you Alex, that helps and then, you know, on driver distractions,

2177
03:17:27,770 --> 03:17:31,250
you know, I, I wanted to just confirm that this is, you know, meeting

2178
03:17:32,030 --> 03:17:45,270
CalTransistanders, I know that they have guidelines for you all that you have to not be, I guess, distracting in certain ways, right, that might get a driver's eyes off the wheel on the billboard, right?

2179
03:17:45,270 --> 03:17:58,290
Correct. Highly regulated industry at the federal and state level, FHWA has approved of the operating standards that we follow, which is the lighting conditions, the instantaneous change,

2180
03:17:58,590 --> 03:18:03,550
state law actually allows you to change the ad message every four seconds, we do every eight.

2181
03:18:04,070 --> 03:18:05,330
So it's with half the frequency.

2182
03:18:06,450 --> 03:18:09,030
And again, we follow all the federal and state regulations.

2183
03:18:09,030 --> 03:18:16,190
Just great. Thank you for that. Back in my day, when I was a state staffer, we had a dentist's

2184
03:18:16,190 --> 03:18:21,950
office who wanted to adopt a part of 92 and I had a reach out to Kelterans because they

2185
03:18:21,950 --> 03:18:27,170
are the folks who set up the measurements for that, right? We'll give it a thumbs up the

2186
03:18:27,170 --> 03:18:31,350
thumbs down if it's too distracting or if there's too much signage on that stretch of the

2187
03:18:31,350 --> 03:18:38,510
highway, the ones to kind of, you know, put that in a stop. But thank you for that. You

2188
03:18:38,510 --> 03:18:45,630
aside from that I heard a, you know, and escalators been built into the staff or into the

2189
03:18:45,630 --> 03:18:53,150
agreements, the proposal today. You know, how often are folks who are advertising with you

2190
03:18:53,150 --> 03:18:58,770
having to renew their contracts, is that going to be in line with sort of what the city's agreement

2191
03:18:58,770 --> 03:19:05,190
will be or what that can bear? It varies. Again, we have the business model based on experience and

2192
03:19:05,190 --> 03:19:11,850
revenue forecasting, the escalator's 12.5% every five years and so that's guarantee to

2193
03:19:11,850 --> 03:19:12,330
the city.

2194
03:19:12,870 --> 03:19:18,350
We know that the ad market goes up because down and that's built into our model and that's

2195
03:19:18,350 --> 03:19:23,790
again what you have the revenue share participation to make sure you do capture those peaks.

2196
03:19:24,790 --> 03:19:30,470
But we know that some ad contracts are annual contracts, some are six months, some are for

2197
03:19:30,470 --> 03:19:34,590
two weeks and so it's just, it's constantly cycling, it's like a hotel.

2198
03:19:34,590 --> 03:19:38,410
Just constantly trying to sell the rooms if we don't sell them. It's lost revenue

2199
03:19:38,410 --> 03:19:46,610
We sell them. We capture something during that time period and so we're always looking to fill in an occupancy with the different advertisers that are coming in

2200
03:19:47,650 --> 03:19:49,030
That's really good to know. I

2201
03:19:49,930 --> 03:19:57,890
Hope that's not the situation where you're not able to fill out everybody, but that's an opportunity for the city if if I've were to happen, but

2202
03:19:58,570 --> 03:19:59,970
You know aside from

2203
03:20:00,000 --> 03:20:14,200
I guess I will agree with my colleagues and their thoughts around this. I think, you know, it's, they're definitely trade-offs. To move forward with this, I do think it's a conversation we're having.

2204
03:20:14,960 --> 03:20:25,740
You know, I, I'm very familiar with 350 convention way and that building and that creek pathway and, you know, walked that creek pathway a lot.

2205
03:20:25,740 --> 03:20:32,160
and I know that building is really blocking where this billboard is being proposed and I think

2206
03:20:32,160 --> 03:20:37,600
that would be less visual impact on people who are walking along the creek side where it

2207
03:20:37,600 --> 03:20:44,020
is a lot more sort of a lot more clear. There's less sort of office space, less parking on

2208
03:20:44,020 --> 03:20:53,420
that side of the road, so I do think that would help. Aside from that, I thought to comments the

2209
03:20:53,420 --> 03:20:58,180
work to make the ambient lighting conditions just a standard would be really important.

2210
03:20:59,880 --> 03:21:05,080
You know, I know that this will be playing 24 hours a night, but I think the combination

2211
03:21:05,080 --> 03:21:10,280
of fact that it's mainly a commercial area in our part of town, right, even across the highway.

2212
03:21:11,920 --> 03:21:20,420
Combining that ambient lighting conditions is going to make those visual impacts a lot less than I think we see with, you know,

2213
03:21:20,420 --> 03:21:23,260
what is the card dealerships that we have just

2214
03:21:23,260 --> 03:21:24,460
to cart down the way.

2215
03:21:25,600 --> 03:21:28,900
But aside from that, I wanted to just support some comments

2216
03:21:28,900 --> 03:21:31,520
I heard from my colleagues like looking for ways

2217
03:21:32,200 --> 03:21:34,940
to just continuing to either improve the existing billboards

2218
03:21:34,940 --> 03:21:37,020
we have that are on the other side of the highway.

2219
03:21:37,220 --> 03:21:39,420
I think that makes a lot of sense.

2220
03:21:40,240 --> 03:21:43,540
Or even finding a really creative solution

2221
03:21:43,540 --> 03:21:46,780
to maybe doing a trade-off where we do it one for one trade

2222
03:21:46,780 --> 03:21:49,380
or we phase it out over time, right?

2223
03:21:49,380 --> 03:21:57,300
as things get better or the market changes but I do think if we can try to reduce the overall

2224
03:21:57,300 --> 03:22:05,420
amount of signs that would be really helpful but the last question I had on the billboards

2225
03:22:05,420 --> 03:22:10,360
was none of these billboards the actual advertisements although it's digital they won't

2226
03:22:10,360 --> 03:22:16,920
be video ads or anything like that it'll be static content correct there's static messages

2227
03:22:16,920 --> 03:22:24,080
they cannot change, they cannot mimic traffic signs, you know, they can't be creating a hazard.

2228
03:22:24,780 --> 03:22:29,680
Okay. So we're not gonna have the, something like this. No video, no motion. No, you are

2229
03:22:29,680 --> 03:22:35,560
none of that. Okay. Great. Perfect. Thank you for that. And then, you know, this is just on

2230
03:22:35,560 --> 03:22:41,340
Councillor Merripe, he doesn't know what about looking at the ordinance carefully, I had seen

2231
03:22:41,340 --> 03:22:48,060
a car driving down middle field the other day with a small digital billboard on the back end

2232
03:22:48,060 --> 03:22:53,040
of this truck and they were just going down and wood side and kind of going around town.

2233
03:22:53,540 --> 03:22:59,080
So I know that this isn't a part of our conversation today but as we kind of think about updating

2234
03:22:59,080 --> 03:23:04,820
the ordinances that could be a driver distraction right where they're probably not being regulated

2235
03:23:04,820 --> 03:23:07,020
the same way that you know these other billboards are.

2236
03:23:07,020 --> 03:23:12,680
So, just something for us to think about, but those are my comments for today.

2237
03:23:13,380 --> 03:23:14,540
Oh yeah, please vice mayor.

2238
03:23:16,870 --> 03:23:27,390
Thank you. I correct me if I'm wrong, colleagues. I heard for of us, or more, express the opinion

2239
03:23:27,390 --> 03:23:36,990
that we wanted to reduce the number of billboards on the east side of 101. So, I just

2240
03:23:36,990 --> 03:23:44,390
that noted for the record that this applicant isn't doing that, that's not part of their

2241
03:23:44,390 --> 03:23:52,810
offer but that four council members are saying four or more saying that is of interest and I

2242
03:23:52,810 --> 03:24:00,690
did want to note that in our October when we looked at this October that there were six categories

2243
03:24:00,690 --> 03:24:07,370
according to the staff report. One of our reasons for wanting to update our current

2244
03:24:09,010 --> 03:24:18,410
ordinance is to reduce the billboards on the east side of 101. And so I just want to note that

2245
03:24:18,410 --> 03:24:26,830
if we pursue this intent, as Mr. G called it, not interest, not intent. If we pursue this

2246
03:24:26,830 --> 03:24:33,950
interest. We need to be aware that this applicant is not offering to reduce billboards

2247
03:24:33,950 --> 03:24:43,090
on the west side. And then I just had one question. What happens if it's, and thank

2248
03:24:43,090 --> 03:24:52,070
you, Alex, I've learned a lot. But what happens if you don't have eight ads per minute,

2249
03:24:52,070 --> 03:24:59,950
what if you only have 5 ads per minute? Do they get 12 seconds or is it blank for...

2250
03:25:00,000 --> 03:25:08,260
For 16 seconds, or what happens if you don't have all the advertisers that you're hoping for?

2251
03:25:08,380 --> 03:25:15,380
The loop collapses. They stay eight seconds each, and then instead of going one out of eight, you're going one out of five.

2252
03:25:15,960 --> 03:25:23,020
So you're frequency increases. So it is expandable and collapsible up to a maximum of eight.

2253
03:25:25,200 --> 03:25:28,980
Well, I've already made my position clear, so I'll stop talking.

2254
03:25:31,740 --> 03:25:32,820
Thank you, Vice Mayor.

2255
03:25:32,980 --> 03:25:36,460
Again, thank you, Alex Wade, for starting this important look at Patrick.

2256
03:25:37,420 --> 03:25:39,080
Is there a motion?

2257
03:25:41,790 --> 03:25:42,670
Councillor Osirgin.

2258
03:25:43,150 --> 03:25:43,750
Thank you, Madam.

2259
03:25:44,050 --> 03:25:44,410
I'm sorry.

2260
03:25:44,590 --> 03:25:45,010
I just want to clarify.

2261
03:25:45,390 --> 03:25:56,270
I think what I heard as well is that there's openness to having a conversation about basing out a billboard over time and working on the lighting as well.

2262
03:25:56,310 --> 03:25:58,150
I just want to clarify that.

2263
03:25:58,150 --> 03:26:05,110
You know, we'll have to go back and look at the economics and the process staff and that can be part of our conversation.

2264
03:26:05,470 --> 03:26:06,110
Thank you.

2265
03:26:06,330 --> 03:26:07,770
All right.

2266
03:26:07,930 --> 03:26:12,130
I'm happy to make a motion to move this that recommendation.

2267
03:26:14,520 --> 03:26:15,920
I'm going to do this for a second.

2268
03:26:16,260 --> 03:26:17,400
I'd like to second that.

2269
03:26:17,640 --> 03:26:21,180
But I'd like to find to this a little bit.

2270
03:26:21,560 --> 03:26:23,120
And I'll look to this the attorney and Patrick.

2271
03:26:23,680 --> 03:26:27,920
Under item number one, maybe perhaps the better word is a letter of interest.

2272
03:26:28,640 --> 03:26:37,680
That's that I've been tent what I'll print and to all the comments made by from the council and Alex thank you and your team for being here.

2273
03:26:38,340 --> 03:26:44,940
I would just offer whether it's removing one or removing three or changing the lighting. I would just say not yet.

2274
03:26:45,820 --> 03:26:57,140
But if we do say the most you provide direction that the teams will get to get our team and your team to see how far down we can the road we can do and making this happen.

2275
03:26:58,000 --> 03:26:59,780
based on what you've heard from Council.

2276
03:27:00,380 --> 03:27:02,800
So that's why I just liked to tweak this a little bit

2277
03:27:02,800 --> 03:27:05,120
with the maker of the motion that I said a letter

2278
03:27:05,120 --> 03:27:07,260
and a letter of interest without front.

2279
03:27:07,780 --> 03:27:09,240
And that you've heard the feedback

2280
03:27:09,240 --> 03:27:13,620
and hopefully sharp pencils can come to some solution

2281
03:27:13,620 --> 03:27:15,740
that we can all agree to.

2282
03:27:17,020 --> 03:27:18,020
I agree with that.

2283
03:27:18,260 --> 03:27:18,640
Thank you, Council.

2284
03:27:19,120 --> 03:27:19,680
Thank you.

2285
03:27:19,980 --> 03:27:20,280
Great.

2286
03:27:20,640 --> 03:27:22,280
That's a motion from Councilor Sturkin.

2287
03:27:22,420 --> 03:27:23,580
The second from Councilor Ruchi,

2288
03:27:23,880 --> 03:27:25,360
could we get a electronic boat please?

2289
03:27:28,140 --> 03:27:28,540
Certainly.

2290
03:27:28,540 --> 03:27:30,460
We'll start with Councilmember G.

2291
03:27:32,260 --> 03:27:33,040
Councilmember Howard.

2292
03:27:33,900 --> 03:27:33,920
Yes.

2293
03:27:34,620 --> 03:27:35,480
Councilmember Petia.

2294
03:27:38,940 --> 03:27:39,020
No.

2295
03:27:40,340 --> 03:27:41,220
Councilmember Sturkin.

2296
03:27:42,500 --> 03:27:42,640
Yes.

2297
03:27:43,340 --> 03:27:44,700
Councilmember Chu.

2298
03:27:45,340 --> 03:27:45,420
Yes.

2299
03:27:46,200 --> 03:27:47,080
Iismayer Aiken.

2300
03:27:48,500 --> 03:27:48,620
No.

2301
03:27:51,100 --> 03:27:52,400
Mayor Martinez Ios.

2302
03:27:53,100 --> 03:27:53,340
Yes.

2303
03:27:54,320 --> 03:27:57,120
The motion passes with five votes.

2304
03:27:57,600 --> 03:28:00,160
Councilmember Petia and Vice Mayor Aiken opposed.

2305
03:28:01,160 --> 03:28:01,660
Thank you.

2306
03:28:01,660 --> 03:28:07,840
Thank you everyone for that great discussion and again, thank you Alex Wade, Patrick for the presentation today.

2307
03:28:08,360 --> 03:28:12,680
We'll now go on to item 9 items from City Council's subcommittees.

2308
03:28:13,220 --> 03:28:19,020
Beginning with 9A, approving updates to the City Council policy 2018-1,

2309
03:28:19,280 --> 03:28:25,740
a guide to City Council communications and business as recommended by the City Council's governance subcommittee.

2310
03:28:25,740 --> 03:28:32,900
And our city clerk, just your cash roll, we'll have a brief presentation and we'll take public comment after that.

2311
03:28:33,100 --> 03:28:33,740
Thank you.

2312
03:28:35,180 --> 03:28:44,000
Jessica Cash, just a city clerk and I do have a very brief presentation for you on proposed updates to Council Policy 2018-1,

2313
03:28:44,180 --> 03:28:46,980
which is the Guide to City Council Communications and Business.

2314
03:28:47,460 --> 03:28:53,240
This is a document that sets forth the manner in which the City Council shall conduct business and communicate with the public,

2315
03:28:53,240 --> 03:28:55,800
City, staff, and fellow council members.

2316
03:28:56,540 --> 03:29:00,140
The proposed updates were recommended by the City Council's Governance Subcommittee,

2317
03:29:00,440 --> 03:29:04,700
comprised of council member G, Vice Mayor Aiken, and Mayor Martinez-Sibyos,

2318
03:29:05,180 --> 03:29:09,600
and informed by council discussion at the Offsite Meeting in February of this year.

2319
03:29:13,130 --> 03:29:18,230
The two questions before you are whether clarifications are needed on the changes

2320
03:29:18,230 --> 03:29:20,550
to the council norms and communications,

2321
03:29:21,350 --> 03:29:24,610
and whether you have any questions about the process that was used to develop

2322
03:29:24,610 --> 03:29:26,010
and review these changes.

2323
03:29:30,320 --> 03:29:33,120
So the proposed changes are on the screen here. We're adding

2324
03:29:33,120 --> 03:29:38,760
two sections under section 7A of the guide, which provide the space and time for council

2325
03:29:38,760 --> 03:29:46,720
members to provide feedback at public meetings. We're also updating section 8A3 to ensure accuracy

2326
03:29:46,720 --> 03:29:53,200
in city council staff communications. And we're also updating section 9 related to city council

2327
03:29:53,200 --> 03:29:59,980
public communications to clarify with staff what information can be shared publicly and to also provide.

2328
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:03,420
We will provide a list of examples of public communication methods.

2329
03:30:06,700 --> 03:30:08,680
Again, the questions for you on the screen,

2330
03:30:11,020 --> 03:30:16,260
and happy to answer any questions, and take public comment if we have any.

2331
03:30:17,080 --> 03:30:20,560
Great, thank you so much to the clerk, any clarifying questions.

2332
03:30:22,000 --> 03:30:23,640
I'm seeing any of you go to public comments.

2333
03:30:24,720 --> 03:30:30,160
And we don't have any at the moment, so last call, and no written public comment either may or so.

2334
03:30:30,160 --> 03:30:35,980
back to you. Thank you. So with we will open Council discussion, Council member Howard.

2335
03:30:36,600 --> 03:30:46,040
I just have one question. The guide has many things in there and we just picked a couple

2336
03:30:46,040 --> 03:30:51,440
at that point. I know that it's a lot of work to review it, but I was wondering if the governance

2337
03:30:51,440 --> 03:30:59,080
committee wouldn't mind over time maybe looking at the book and seeing if there are any other

2338
03:30:59,080 --> 03:31:04,300
items that you feel are outdated, need to be brought up to modern times.

2339
03:31:04,960 --> 03:31:09,820
I'm just thinking, would you like the council to read the book, thoroughly, and make

2340
03:31:09,820 --> 03:31:10,480
suggestions?

2341
03:31:11,200 --> 03:31:14,680
I'm not looking to put a big workload on the governance committee, but I just thought

2342
03:31:14,680 --> 03:31:18,520
there may be other things in there where you say, gee, that really doesn't belong.

2343
03:31:18,880 --> 03:31:21,220
It's kind of like, outlet, it's usefulness.

2344
03:31:21,840 --> 03:31:26,600
So I just wanted to know if anyone else felt that way that it might be a good exercise

2345
03:31:26,600 --> 03:31:33,740
just to review it and see, is it current, is it relevant in this time? I'm thinking of the letterhead,

2346
03:31:35,540 --> 03:31:40,920
the letterhead notation that's in there that came about because of one person about 20 years ago

2347
03:31:40,920 --> 03:31:44,060
and you just wonder if it really needs to be there at all.

2348
03:31:46,660 --> 03:31:48,340
I don't need you to do that right away.

2349
03:31:49,720 --> 03:31:50,340
Thank you, councilmember.

2350
03:31:51,860 --> 03:31:55,380
Good evening, just like there actually was some conversation at the governance committee.

2351
03:31:55,380 --> 03:32:00,280
So, I do think that's something that we can fit in over time to provide some updates.

2352
03:32:01,440 --> 03:32:02,300
Thank you.

2353
03:32:03,760 --> 03:32:04,140
Thank you.

2354
03:32:04,340 --> 03:32:04,600
Council member.

2355
03:32:06,500 --> 03:32:07,460
Anybody else?

2356
03:32:08,620 --> 03:32:08,760
Yes.

2357
03:32:08,760 --> 03:32:09,300
That's what we're doing.

2358
03:32:09,940 --> 03:32:10,460
Thank you, Mayor.

2359
03:32:10,780 --> 03:32:15,920
Just for Council to, as a reminder, I mean, many of the changes that are in here are reflective

2360
03:32:15,920 --> 03:32:19,180
of some of our conversation at the off-site earlier this year.

2361
03:32:20,020 --> 03:32:24,460
And so, you know, thank you, Council member Howard for asking the Governor's committee to kind

2362
03:32:24,460 --> 03:32:30,280
I keep up to date with this, but we can also take feedback through either the off sites,

2363
03:32:30,340 --> 03:32:34,080
any of the off sites, because the world is changing pretty quick.

2364
03:32:35,020 --> 03:32:39,780
We may have to add a section about how we use AI, I don't know, or if I can be an avatar,

2365
03:32:40,440 --> 03:32:46,300
I, you know, whatever, things are changing pretty quickly that we do need to stay current

2366
03:32:46,300 --> 03:32:50,400
and contemporary, so that we don't get too far out of step.

2367
03:32:50,400 --> 03:32:52,880
So I think there are many points in time

2368
03:32:52,880 --> 03:32:54,640
we can calibrate and then take a look.

2369
03:32:54,960 --> 03:32:56,440
So thank you for that.

2370
03:32:58,610 --> 03:32:59,410
Thank you, Councilor Argy.

2371
03:33:00,930 --> 03:33:01,730
Any other thoughts?

2372
03:33:02,590 --> 03:33:06,270
If there are no questions, I'll never mind.

2373
03:33:06,530 --> 03:33:06,950
Bye, Square.

2374
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I was just going to point out.

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Thank you, thank you both.

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And I was just going to point out that on where I just

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on page. Oh, where did I printed? Oh yes, on page

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15 of the code of conduct. There's

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just a footnote. We amended it says what the public communication, media, social media,

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standards would be, and then we added a definition of, as Mayor, as Council Member G mentioned,

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we updated this to your point news Howard, we did update this to define communication

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because the world is changing, and so you'll see there's a footnote at the end of

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the title of public communication to just say what does public communication define, and

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And, you know, it's not just, you know, talking, it's not just email, but it's written correspondence letters, memos, online communication, social media, electronic newsletters, and on and on, so that was bringing us to Mr. G's point up to, we have these standards, whenever we have our city council,

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03:34:40,450 --> 03:34:45,830
or could be perceived to be representing the City Council in any type of media,

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whatsoever these standards apply.

2387
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Thank you, Kyle.

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Vice Mayor, excuse me.

2389
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Any other thoughts?

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Council member, please.

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Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to appreciate the governance of committee for your discussion. I did watch the video, the recording, and I just appreciated the discussion about the distinguish between pre-speech and official messaging, especially in terms of social media. So thank you, city attorney, for clarifying that for the council.

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And also appreciate the discussion about how we communicate with constituents and social media being one of the right ways we can do so.

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And I also appreciate just

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preserving kind of the ability of individual council members to explain their votes in their own way, whether that be on the days or otherwise.

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So I just appreciate the robust discussion and the clarifications from that so you turn it. Thank

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you.

2397
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Thank you, Councilmember.

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A lot of seeing any other

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Councilmember Howard.

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Thank you. I'd like to make the motion to approve the staff recommendation and thank the Governance Committee for their work.

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I think councilmember Howard is there a second second second second from councilmember G motion from councilmember Howard could we get to electronic vote please.

2402
03:36:34,750 --> 03:36:52,470
We'll start with councilmember Howard. Yes. Councilmember Pitya. Yes. Councilmember Sturkin. Yes. Councilmember Chu. Yes. Councilmember G. Yes. Vice Mayor Aiken. Yes. Mayor Martinez of Ios. Yes. The motion passes unanimously.

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Thanks again everybody, and I'll go to item 10 matters of council interest, beginning with 10A city council member reports of meetings and conferences attended by smair.

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On Tuesday, May 20th, I spoke to the San Mateo County newcomers club, which has been around since 1946, on the history of Redwood City.

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Later that day, I represented the Council on a panel discussing San Mateo County's Child

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Advocate Program, Police Chief Christina Bell, and Redwood City together executive director

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Raphael Avandondo, also represented Redwood City on the panel.

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One of the things that was interesting to me is that when youth are paroled out of juvenile

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hall on the condition that they immediately return to school, this can be problematic because

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if they've been gone from school for a long time, they can't just go back to school. They

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have to have an education plan through the schools administration department, and that can be

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hard to coordinate, and it's actually quite a problem. So that was one of many things I learned.

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And then on Wednesday, June 4th, I attended the San Francisco Round Table Airport Nose Noise Committee meeting.

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Among other things, we discussed the progress on funding to soundproof older homes near the airport.

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On June 11th, I represented Redwood City at the San Mateo County Emergency Management Board meeting.

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We received a presentation from the county's health director as well as an update from Cal Fire that predicted a relatively mild summer fire season.

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Vice Mayor.

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Does anyone else have something to report?

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I would say any we will move to item 10B City Council Committee reports.

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Starting with homelessness ad hoc committee.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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The homeless this at-hot committee comprised of myself and council members,

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Chief of the Sturcan, we met for our six-time on Friday the 13th,

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that Amy realized it was a Friday the 13th.

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The committee has been considering whether to recommend that the city council adopt

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an ordinance to limit camping on public property.

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At the June 13th meeting, we reviewed the governor's proposed model for cities and counties

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to address encampments, discuss anti-camping policies in relation to sensitive areas.

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as, for example, schools, childcare facilities.

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Discuss penalties that may be applied

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if an anti-camping ordinance were adopted

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and directed staff to conduct additional community

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on-risk outreach and directed staff by a two-to-one vote

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with Council Member Sturkin dissenting

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to return the city council with an anti-camping

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anti-camping ordinance on July 21st.

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And Mayor of that time, the consent calendar

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may be in double letters.

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I came close this evening but it was like a full agenda for July 21st. I concludes my report.

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Thank you to council member G. We will now go to 10C City Manager or roll day. Thank you very much and building on council

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Remember, she's report on note that the community meetings related to the potential anti-camping

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ordinance have been scheduled, so those are July 1st and July 2nd.

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They are online, and it's the same content, both meetings, July 1st at 1 p.m. to 2.30,

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or Wednesday, July 2nd, 6th to 7.30 p.m. Spanish translation is available, and people can also

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provide comment by email.

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03:40:42,360 --> 03:40:47,340
So, if you go to our website, you can find all the details about how to register and how to

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otherwise provide comment if those dates don't work for you.

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Second, and also related to homelessness, we've had a regular series of blog posts providing

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community information about how we are tackling challenges related to homelessness and providing

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services and the latest dropped last Friday. So folks may want to check that out.

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This one does speak to programs in partnership and county community outreach that we are doing

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In particular, coordination we do with the Redwood City Outreach and Provider's group.

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And then last, as we head into the real summer, which only happens after the budget is adopted,

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we have July 4th to look forward to, and we're excited to once again have a full range

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of activities in Redwood City, and folks can check out all this schedule.

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Also, on our website, but it's pancakes, parade, festival, choc fest, and then for this year

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the first year a very cool drone show. So looking forward to seeing folks there. Thank you.

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Thank you, City Manager. With that, we will adjourn. The next city council meeting is scheduled

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for July 21st, but really quickly I'd like to just adjourn our meeting this evening in

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memory of Minnesota State Representative, Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. As we know,

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they were killed in a horrific act of political violence with the gunmen also seriously injuring

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State Senator John Hoffman and his wifey that,

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April, political rhetoric, and violence have no place in our democracy.

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And in Revit City, we have long sought to build connections across our community,

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03:42:23,160 --> 03:42:28,260
recognizing our residents have a wide range of experiences and perspectives.

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And recently we had someone reach out to us asking why United Against Hate,

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why hang up those posters.

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And unfortunately, this is a sad and horrific example of what happens.

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when we allow political discourse to evolve and turn into violence.

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So as we remember, Representative Hortman and Mark Hortman's

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lives of service and more and they're lost to their family and their state,

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I urge a Revit city community to reconstructive dialogue that allows us to work together

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across our differences and support a community that allows everybody here to thrive.

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So thank you for helping me honor those who we've lost and please stay safe.

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We will see everybody here July 21st for a very long meeting, but hopefully one with lots of actions.

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So thank you.