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[2:16] To the city council meeting tonight, I would like to call the meeting to order and ask our city clerk to do the roll call.
[2:23] Thank you. We'll start roll call with Vice Mayor Elvord.
[2:25] Here.
[2:26] Council Member Haldechal has been excused.
[2:28] Councilor Mendenza.
[2:30] Here.
[2:30] Council Member Ruckucci.
[2:31] Here.
[2:32] And Mayor Bernerskone has been excused.
[2:34] Okay, so we will have the Pledge of Allegiance.
[2:37] Our CFO, Dennis Kaufman, is going to come up and lead us.
[2:44] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands.
[2:50] which stands one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
[3:02] Before we get started, we lost a colleague from Rockland who is a former city council
[3:08] member there, Peter Hill. So we're going to dedicate the meeting tonight to Peter. And
[3:13] at the end, when we do comments, Pauline Rakucci, council member Rakucci will have
[3:18] a few words to say about him. And with that, we're going to start with the meeting
[3:23] procedures. I'd like to request the City Clerk announce those. Thank you. Good
[3:27] evening everyone and welcome to the City of Roswell City Council meeting. We
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[5:39] with that we thank you for your civic participation tonight and welcome you to
[5:43] the City of Roseville we have quite a few tonight so I would I would ask given
[5:51] the time limit of 25 minutes and we have a couple possibly on the phone if you
[5:56] have already heard something try not to repeat what's already been heard and
[6:00] and we welcome you to come up and kind of add some new content and and have
[6:04] you three minutes. So let's see, we will start with Kate Rosenlieb and there you are. Hi,
[6:12] Kate.
[6:15] Good evening. I'm Kate Rosenlieb, a resident of Heritage Solar in West Roosevelt.
[6:20] I came and spoke to you at last month's July 15th meeting regarding safety issues from
[6:25] lack of adequate cell phone service in my senior living community. I thought it only
[6:31] appropriate to come and say what's happened since I spoke to you last month.
[6:35] The City IT representatives we've been working with, Se Hong and Matt Sweet, and our Council
[6:41] Representative Karen Alford, included us in a meeting with Senior Deputy City Attorney
[6:46] Mike Christensen, Development Services Director Mike Isom, and Development Services Assistant
[6:52] Director Greg Bitter, which occurred yesterday.
[6:55] day. We at Heritage Solar are immensely grateful for the efforts of our city representatives
[7:01] to engage us in an open forum where information, ideas, concerns, goals, and constraints could
[7:09] be shared and better understood. The meeting didn't produce any magical answers or short-term
[7:15] results, but just having the city recognize the need for this open forum where several
[7:21] stakeholders got a voice and resulted in all of us being better informed was so vital to our
[7:28] community. The city's IT reps teamed up with Verizon to try a new enhanced version of a small cell
[7:36] unit that will definitely help many in our neighborhood and this should go live in just a
[7:41] few days. T-Mobile is making good progress on a new cell tower at the Westbrook Storage Facility
[7:48] which also will improve cell phone service to many in my neighborhood.
[7:53] These new and exciting service improvements will not solve all of our service coverage gaps,
[7:59] not even close.
[8:00] But I am so thankful for the steps in the right direction
[8:04] and for the incredible efforts your team is making.
[8:08] I want to also mention the team at Roseville Electric
[8:11] who have been so helpful to our heritage solar community.
[8:14] They often deal with cell phone providers and their subcontractors.
[8:19] So shout out to all of you who work and volunteer here, pouring your hearts into this amazing
[8:25] community.
[8:26] Keep working hard on this issue and continue to think outside of the box, as we still need
[8:31] better cell phone service in West Roseville.
[8:34] I am truly awed and inspired by the personal and collective efforts on this issue.
[8:40] Thank you.
[8:40] Thank you for your comments Kate. Okay, next up is Ken Dell. Hello
[8:53] council members. My name
[8:57] is Ken Dell. I have lived in Roseville since 1998. So I have seen its growth and expansion.
[9:05] And I understand that having strong leadership takes a lot of work.
[9:12] So I find that measure A would be a good thing for city council members, and you guys deserve
[9:19] a pay raise.
[9:21] A raise that goes from $600 to $2,550 is, I would want that raise too.
[9:29] However,
[9:33] when you are enabling mass surveillance via flock or other ALPR
[9:38] cameras, wanting a data center built and us residents have to cover the cost of
[9:45] resources being used, like water and electricity bills going up significantly,
[9:52] and ICE being in Roseville wreaking or will wreak havoc on our economy. Take
[10:00] For example, denials, where I have talked to people that have been negatively impacted
[10:06] by ICE's presence.
[10:09] The vendors that had been there for years are gone.
[10:13] They left out of fear of being detained and or being killed by ICE.
[10:20] This then impacts the surrounding businesses, which I've also talked to, and they can
[10:26] confirm it.
[10:26] it. It's a domino effect, a really bad one. People are already struggling just to get groceries.
[10:36] I know an extra $2,000 would be a blessing, but that's not the case, because that's what
[10:44] you guys are asking for. Council members are asking for.
[10:48] So I would ask that you rethink
[10:51] your stance and your approach and understand that Flock, ICE and this data
[11:00] center, they are bad for us on a social and economic level. Thank you. Thank you
[11:09] for your comments.
[11:12] Hey, Mark Hoffman. It's Mark there.
[11:19] Good evening.
[11:22] I come as a
[11:24] representative of Placer Repertory Theater. Placer Repertory Theater is Placer
[11:32] County's only professional theater company. It's been in existence since 2018
[11:41] 18 prior to the COVID crisis. We provide theatrical experience for all communities within the Placer
[11:57] County region all the way up to the summit of the Sierras. We provide performances, public
[12:08] performances for general audiences. We provide programs and shows for schools.
[12:19] There's a visual and performing arts program that we offer to schools.
[12:26] We are certified vendors for several of the school districts in the region.
[12:34] Our season this year opens next month and we will be having performances here in Roseville and all the neighboring communities.
[12:45] We have no permanent performance home venue.
[12:52] you, all our performances are done either from in rented spaces or spaces that are provided
[13:03] by whoever contracts with us to perform shows for them.
[13:12] We provide opportunities, it's an educational, there's an educational aspect to what we do,
[13:22] and we provide opportunities for aspiring professional actors and theatrical technicians to gain experience.
[13:37] We are also open to, we are actively hoping to recruit to expand our board of directors
[13:46] and our advisory board and actively inviting people who would like to volunteer to be a
[13:56] part of the theatrical work, and gain training. So we're easy to find on Facebook, Placerrep,
[14:12] also website, placerrep.org. Thank you. Thank you for your comments, and good luck with
[14:19] your season.
[14:22] Okay, next is Mary Steele.
[14:35] I'm Mary Steele. I'm President of the Midoo
[14:38] Neighborhood Association, and I have a letter of appreciation to the City
[14:44] Council and to the Parks, Recreation and Libraries Department. On behalf of the
[14:50] Roosevelt Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, Arcona, and the Midoo
[14:54] Neighborhood Association, we want to recognize and present this letter of
[14:58] appreciation for this.
[15:00] Street scape improvements, enhancing both sides of Rocky Ridge Drive between Professional
[15:04] Drive and Mallard Lane, as well as on South Kirby Way between Rocky Ridge Drive and Old
[15:10] Auburn Road. These improvements form the perfect framework showcasing the inviting resources
[15:15] of my new regional park and the surrounding community. These landscaping improvements
[15:20] reflect the commitment of the city and the community to fulfill the city's mission
[15:25] and vision statements and the joint purposes of Arcona and the subsidiary
[15:30] Mydu Neighborhood Association. More specifically the city's mission to
[15:34] provide exceptional services in a fiscally responsible manner that
[15:38] enhance the quality of life for its residents and city staff. These
[15:42] landscaping improvements blend a balance of optimizing the city's
[15:46] infrastructure to enhance land roads and regional and mighty regional park
[15:50] with its facilities while compensating, complimenting, sorry,
[15:55] homes in the adjacent neighborhoods and contributing to a vibrant community.
[16:00] Overall, these improvements provide a boost to maintaining the high quality of life we enjoy in the City of Roseville.
[16:06] Your investment in our community is visible and appreciated.
[16:11] And I want to thank Lance Hibbins for writing the letter.
[16:15] Who can I give this to? The City Clerk?
[16:17] Thank you for your comments.
[16:23] Thank you so much.
[16:26] Next up will be Clayton Straughn.
[16:37] Hello, members of the council. My name is Clayton Straughn. I'm resident of
[16:41] Roseville District 2. I'm here also to talk about flock cameras and in response to the
[16:46] recent study published in Business Insider that more than 70% of the alerts sent to
[16:51] were false positives. These false positives waste half time and can cause significant
[16:56] financial and social consequences or even endanger the lives of people who are falsely accused
[17:01] of car theft or another crime. The trade-off implicit in a flock contract is that we bear
[17:07] the high contract costs, the increased surveillance, potentially abusable data tracking in exchange
[17:12] for better crime clearance stats, but this was not a great idea to begin with and now
[17:17] Now it's clear that in addition to the known downsides, it actually just wastes time and
[17:21] harm citizens in place of the supposed upside.
[17:24] In that same article, Flock's security blamed the City of Roosevelt's installation intentionally
[17:28] chosen to follow our own privacy laws and policies for the shockingly high error rate,
[17:34] which honestly I feel is very telling about the level of respect they give to the public
[17:37] servants who are working with them.
[17:39] I recommend cancelling the contract with Flock.
[17:42] You would not be the first city to do so, in fact over 50 cities around the
[17:45] have already ended their flock contracts
[17:47] for a variety of security and abuse risks
[17:49] and documented failures of the program.
[17:52] Most recently, Grass Valley directly to the north
[17:54] just voted to end their contract
[17:55] within the last couple of weeks.
[17:58] Even if you end it,
[18:00] there are some cities such as Dayton, Ohio
[18:01] and Evanston, Illinois have identified that it was unclear
[18:04] whether flock actually even went
[18:05] and commissioned the cameras,
[18:07] or if they were still recording the network without permission.
[18:10] So they had to resort to blocking them
[18:11] by putting a trash bag over them.
[18:13] Another sign of the disrespect that this company has for the municipalities that are contracting
[18:18] its service.
[18:19] So, and by extension, the citizens that they're surveilling.
[18:22] We don't need to give them any more of our money to provide this subpar and dangerous
[18:25] service.
[18:26] Thank you for your time.
[18:28] Thank you for your comments.
[18:31] Okay.
[18:32] And the last card I have up here is Kim, think Brown?
[18:36] Right.
[18:37] Oh, right.
[18:38] Come on up, Kim.
[18:41] My name is Kim.
[18:42] I am also a resident of the city of Roseville. I've grown up here. I've raised my daughter here. I love the city
[18:47] I love this community
[18:49] I'm here to speak about flock because after doing some research
[18:52] It's become alarming the information that I'm learning. I don't think ALPRs are a bad idea
[18:58] I think they're a good idea and they can be a useful tool for the police
[19:02] But what I am seeing right now in the terms and conditions of flock earlier this year they changed it to
[19:08] granting them exclusive rights to the data and information that they are
[19:13] collecting. That is a huge privacy and safety issue. It's a huge privacy and
[19:18] concern for all of us. If a private company worth billions of dollars whose
[19:24] main objective is to make money has access to our data and our private
[19:29] information. I'm asking you to please cancel this contract with Flock. It's
[19:33] no good for anyone. Flock has a history we've already talked about. They're
[19:38] accuracy and reliability rates and the dangers about that, but they have a history. They're
[19:44] not a company with integrity. They have a history of lying. They've lied about when
[19:49] cities and corporations have canceled their contracts. They've continued to stream. They've
[19:54] continued to collect that data. They lied to a police chief about when the police
[20:00] chief asked if it had heat mapping capabilities. They lied about the technological capabilities
[20:05] capabilities of their product. It does have mapping capabilities. That's predictive AI
[20:13] that can use patterns based on information gathered to find out where you'll go next,
[20:19] what you'll do next. That information in the hands of the wrong people is very dangerous.
[20:25] It could have catastrophic consequences for all of us, for our city across the nation.
[20:30] It is not safe to give a private company information that used to be exclusive to law enforcement
[20:37] agencies that used to be exclusive and required a warrant to access to a private company whose
[20:43] main objective is to make money.
[20:45] This is a dangerous situation I'm asking you for our privacy.
[20:49] Now that we know better, we need to do better.
[20:51] Information is coming to light.
[20:52] I'm asking you to please consider cancelling your contract with Flock.
[20:56] Thank you so much for your time.
[20:57] Thank you for your comments.
[21:00] Okay, I'm going to ask the city clerk.
[21:01] Did we have anybody on line?
[21:04] At this time, if any member of the public...
[21:05] Oh, we've got someone else here in the public.
[21:07] Did you want to...
[21:08] Okay.
[21:09] Go ahead.
[21:10] We'll take one more here.
[21:12] Okay.
[21:13] Hi, Jennifer Chapman.
[21:14] I'm a resident of Roseville,
[21:15] and I just had a few things.
[21:17] First, a big thank you for these concerts in the park.
[21:20] I had so much fun at Bee Gees Fever
[21:23] with all the hundreds of other people.
[21:25] It was really great.
[21:26] I want to also say, I was glad to see that there was some public restroom facilities at
[21:32] Eastwood Park along the multi-use trail, which I've been just walking with neighbors regularly
[21:39] and there's a lot of people out there and I thought it was very strategic that they
[21:43] had three portable restrooms and two of them were zip tied so that only one was available
[21:49] and it was obviously a strategy to be cost-effective with the pumping, cleaning sort of process.
[21:58] But I know that it sounds like the one that was created down at Riverside had, you know,
[22:03] issues with, you know, whatever people seeking shelter and using them maybe for other purposes
[22:09] and it had to be closed. But it's going to be very important to deal with human waste along
[22:14] along the trail and along the creek.
[22:17] I guess with that, I'll just also say just being out there more, there's, I saw a beautiful
[22:21] blue heron, there's, you know, incredible wildlife, but there's also non-natives.
[22:26] And one that really stood out, it looks like a wild forest of bamboo, but there's something
[22:31] called Arundo, it's a giant reed is the common name, and it's really a problem in
[22:36] the whole Sacramento River watershed, so just put that on radar.
[22:40] And then I just want to say I've been navigating roof replacement on a duplex with an adjacent
[22:48] owner that is not receptive.
[22:50] And I just want to say anything that the city can do in local ordinances to require
[22:57] future two-family unit dwellings to have separate roofs architecturally would be a
[23:06] really beautiful thing.
[23:07] It would just prevent a lot of conflict.
[23:08] I mean, there's going to be a shared wall, but you don't have to have a shared roof in the design.
[23:14] And then lastly, I just want to say El Nino is coming.
[23:17] We're all hearing a lot about this approaching storm season,
[23:21] and we just need to really step up the storm preparedness for everybody in messaging.
[23:28] And just there's so many property things related to gutters and all kinds of things.
[23:34] and I know it relates to the city's, you know, water management issues as well, so thank you.
[23:40] Thank you for your comments. Okay, now, is there any other here? Okay, we'll take, we'll take a
[23:47] couple more in here and then we're going to move to those that have been waiting online.
[23:51] Good evening and thank you for your time. My name is Stacy Frost. I am a member of,
[23:55] and the general secretary of the Rosal Tuesday night group of Alcoholics Anonymous
[23:58] at 315 Lincoln Street. Floyd B., who got sober on January 20th, 1945, started the
[24:05] Rosalind Tuesday night group on October 5th, 1945, at 307 Main Street. This made
[24:10] the fourth AA group in Northern California and Nevada. Once the group grew
[24:15] larger, Floyd B. moved it to 315 Lincoln Street, where it still holds 27
[24:20] meetings every week. 178 original members of the Rosalind Tuesday night group
[24:24] passed away sober and another 106 members have passed away sober since.
[24:29] There are currently 296 members that have more than one year sober and more than 50 members
[24:35] that have less than a year sober with more joining every day.
[24:39] We have several meetings that have up to 50 to 75 people in attendance.
[24:44] Parking is already hard with the use of the lot across from the Opera House which
[24:48] has 55 parking spots.
[24:50] Without help without it there will be people that cannot attend meetings at
[24:54] the Roswell Tuesday night group. The program of Alcoholics Anonymous and the
[24:58] Roswell Tuesday night group doesn't just provide us with meetings it provides us
[25:02] with a sense of belonging and a place for fellowship. It saves lives and brings
[25:07] families back together. We ask that the City of Roosevelt please renew its
[25:10] lease with the parking lot so we can continue to save lives and help
[25:13] countless others to recover from the disease of alcohol. Thank you for
[25:16] time. Thank you for your comments. Okay, is any other, anybody else? Okay, we'll move to
[25:25] online. Okay, great. At this time, if any member of the public that's joining us remotely
[25:29] would like to make a comment on non-agenda items, please raise your hand.
[25:42] Okay, we see
[25:42] none at this time, Mayor, so that concludes this portion of public comment. Okay, thank
[25:47] you. Okay, we'll move to the consent calendar. I'm going to request that the clerk announce
[25:51] their procedures for the consent calendar.
[25:54] Thank you so very much.
[25:55] So consent calendar items are considered routine in nature
[25:58] and are approved on one motion of the city council.
[26:01] An item may be pulled for further discussion
[26:05] from any member of the city council
[26:06] or a member of the staff or the public.
[26:10] At this time, no such requests have been made
[26:12] either by the city council members or staff.
[26:15] At this time, is there any member in the public
[26:17] that would like to pull an item from the consent calendar?
[26:22] Okay, seeing none. Any member of the public joining us remotely? Would anyone
[26:26] like to pull an item from consent?
[26:32] We see none. So at this time, the City
[26:35] Council will consider consent calendar items 1 through 14. May I please have
[26:40] a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Thank you. We have a motion on the floor
[26:45] with the second. We'll start our roll call with Council Member Mendenza. Yes.
[26:48] Council Member Rucuti. Yes. And Vice Mayor Albert. Yes. Thank you.
[26:55] We will move
[26:56] And item number seven, we have staff to provide our presentation.
[27:06] Item 15 on the agenda, if you're following along.
[27:15] Good evening, Vice Mayor and members of the City Council.
[27:19] My name is Jill Nunn and I'm your Director of Parks, Recreation and Libraries.
[27:23] Joining me tonight is Tara Gee, our Park Planning and Development Manager, and Narendra
[27:29] Sufi, our librarian who also sees, not only sees our libraries, but also our cultural
[27:35] arts program as well.
[27:36] So Tara is going to share a little bit about the Fitiment Homestead Vision Plan that we are asking you to approve tonight.
[27:43] So I'll turn it over to Tara.
[27:45] Thanks Jill. It's a pleasure to be here to present the vision plan to you.
[27:51] In 2023, the City Hire page in Turnbull to assist us in developing a vision plan for the Historic Fitiment Homestead.
[28:00] This picture shows Walter Fitiment standing in front of the Fitiment homestead with two dogs, and presumably two of his children.
[28:10] This is around 1890.
[28:14] This project is located on a .85 acre area and represents the last remaining elements of the Fitiment family's agricultural holdings.
[28:26] This location is off of Panther Place and across from West Park High School.
[28:32] This site is part of the pistachio regional park. Here's a brief chronology of
[28:39] the homestead. In 1856 the property was initially established. 1910 the second
[28:48] story was added. In 1948 the granary was converted to a
[28:54] turkey hatchery and in 1965 pistachio trees were planted. In 2002, the property was sold.
[29:03] In 2010, the property was placed on the National Register for Historic Places and the timeframe
[29:10] that is noted in the registers from 1879 to 1956. And in 2017, the property was deeded
[29:19] over to us by the city.
[29:22] In formulating or developing this vision plan,
[29:26] we had an extensive public outreach program.
[29:30] It was long and deliberate.
[29:32] So we started out with in August of 2024
[29:37] where we held our first meeting with key stakeholders
[29:40] to brainstorm potential opportunities.
[29:44] And 17 people attended and they represented
[29:47] the Roseville Historical Society,
[29:49] the Roseville City School District, the Roseville Joint Union School District,
[29:54] Finnavitt Farm, Neighborhood Association, and Residence, and of course City staff.
[30:00] In January of 2025, we held a virtual public meeting to introduce the project to the public,
[30:06] provide background information, present goals and objectives for the plan, and relevant case
[30:12] studies. Attendees provided their thoughts and feedback. And in July of 2025, we held an in-person
[30:20] meeting and shared concept ideas for two alternatives. And asked the attendee's to share their
[30:29] priorities through a dot exercise where they selected a number of preferences and also
[30:37] indicated a number of preferences that they could not support.
[30:42] So both in support of features and ideas that they didn't like.
[30:48] In February of 26, we opened a two week writing period where we recorded the consultants
[30:53] review of the final draft plan and included a written transcript. We posted
[31:00] that online and then asked residents to respond over a two-week period. And
[31:07] through this we only received one comment and that comment was not relevant to
[31:12] the project. So to share what the vision plan shows I'm going to break it out
[31:18] into outdoor spaces as well as indoor spaces.
[31:22] So we'll start with the front lawn,
[31:24] which is more of a formal area.
[31:27] The front lawn area is proposed to be the area
[31:31] that takes advantage of the facade of the building
[31:35] and it would be because the facade is more stately.
[31:39] So the activities that could occur there
[31:41] once renovated are family picnics,
[31:43] lawn games, weddings, wedding receptions
[31:45] and events such as that.
[31:48] In the rear lawn it is combined with a patio area which I'll describe in a
[31:54] minute the patio but the lawn space is near the rear and can accommodate active
[31:59] and passive uses. It's a flexible space to have both community events and
[32:06] private gatherings. And now for the patio this area provides paved surface
[32:12] for events and community programs. Private events can also occur such as
[32:18] art and wine festivals, farmers markets, art shows, school tours, and more.
[32:24] Included in the plan is a perimeter fence with gated pedestrian access points
[32:29] around the homestead property as well as connections to the larger
[32:33] Pistachio Regional Park. It includes skates for vehicular access
[32:38] for maintenance and for event setup and takedown.
[32:41] These skates are intended to be locked and opened only when staff are
[32:45] present. Lastly, the parking. An initial area shown here to the right of the screen. The
[32:53] future intentions are to expand the parking when additional phases of the larger park
[32:59] are constructed.
[33:02] We have two exterior buildings associated with the homestead. The coolers
[33:06] on the right of the slide and close to the house and the smokehouse is shown on the
[33:11] left is further away from the home. Both are proposed to be stabilized and
[33:16] potentially used for storage. There will be interpretive signs that describe the
[33:21] purpose of both buildings as they were used in the late 1880s and 1890s.
[33:30] I'm
[33:31] moving on to the home itself. For the exterior, in order to open it to the
[33:35] public, we will need to make ADA improvements. While the house has been
[33:39] stabilized small work can be done to further stabilize it. Previous stabilization work
[33:45] included a new roof, the addition of downspouts, removal of dry rot, and new exterior paint.
[33:52] Other work to occur is to address the additional dry rot, address the windows and doors to
[33:58] name just a few of those items. On the west side, new fabric canopies are proposed
[34:03] and on the south side, new stairs and handrails are also proposed. For the interior,
[34:08] where the first floor is proposed to be the main public area.
[34:13] The two largest rooms, if you can see it in green,
[34:17] are the exhibit areas.
[34:19] These same areas could also host smaller indoor gatherings
[34:23] such as where the exhibits can move to the side.
[34:28] So during, when there's not a gathering,
[34:31] the first floor will be filled with different exhibits.
[34:34] and the other gatherings could be part of either rental or class instructional or
[34:44] any other kind of rental that people might be interested in. Also the existing
[34:50] kitchen is proposed to become a small catering kitchen to support those small
[34:55] events. The floor plan also accommodates a public reception area where
[34:59] staff can be during open office hour or open hours of the facility as well as
[35:06] restroom. The existing garage is also an opportunity for more activities. It's
[35:13] proposed to include public restrooms in the interior multi-use space which can
[35:18] be used for classroom tours either for education or as a lunch area or both.
[35:23] Perhaps a small gift shop or a meeting space can also be included. Also
[35:29] proposed his large extended overhang which could extend seating opportunities outdoors
[35:35] when the weather is appropriate. The second floor is proposed to be a back-of-house space
[35:42] for staff to store exhibits, prepare or assemble new exhibits, or prep an area for school tours.
[35:50] A future potential could be that the second floor is an area for art exhibits. For this
[35:56] to happen, we would also need to add an elevator to ensure access for all since the art gallery
[36:02] would invite the public into that space.
[36:06] For interpretation, the home set is great place
[36:09] for education and interpretation. What better place to learn about the pioneer days of the 1800s?
[36:16] So in the landscape, interpretation can include interactive outdoor exhibits about agricultural
[36:21] natural history, natural ecology, and other interpretive signs.
[36:28] For this, we would need a more detailed interpretive plan, and that is recommended in the vision
[36:34] plan.
[36:35] For the main house interpretation, as I mentioned, permanent exhibits could be along the walls
[36:40] and movable exhibits in the center when there are no events.
[36:45] covered, suggested topics to be covered within the house are the arrival of pioneer families,
[36:53] putting down roots, home life in the 1800s, and information about food and agriculture.
[37:01] The vision plan also identifies potential phasing.
[37:05] Depending on funding, we could either combine phases or break them out even further.
[37:09] For example, phase 1A, phase 1B.
[37:12] For the bigger effort, these phases are outlined in the plan, and the first one is additional
[37:18] stabilization of the building.
[37:22] Phase two is the basic landscape cleanup.
[37:25] Phase three is front of house or the blue area shown here, which is, as I described
[37:32] that first effort, taking advantage of the estate facade.
[37:38] The phase four is the house rehab shown in purple.
[37:42] Phase five is the rear outdoor garden space in yellow.
[37:46] And then lastly, the garage in pink.
[37:50] This suggested phasing is strategic.
[37:53] By following the recommended phasing,
[37:55] we're able to use portions of the .85 acres sooner rather than later.
[38:00] So that, for example, if we focused on the front of house,
[38:05] activities and events rentals can occur there while more construction or
[38:11] rehabilitation occurs at the back of house. It also allows for access so that
[38:17] whatever we do first second or third is not impacted by the fourth fifth and
[38:22] sixth phases of construction.
[38:30] All right now about the money. Funding is
[38:34] estimated about 5, between 5 and 7 million in 2026 dollars. This amount will
[38:44] need to be advanced and consider inflation depending on how long it takes
[38:50] us to build the park for each you know each year it's going to cost us just a
[38:54] little bit more and we should be considering 3 to 5 percent annual
[38:58] inflation for every phase that we put off. For the stabilization work
[39:03] work previously done, we spent $350,000 in 2017. In the West Roosevelt specific plan,
[39:11] it only accounted for $250,000 of funding. And currently, there are no additional monies
[39:18] allocated or funding sources for this plan. So the question is, why did we put so much
[39:24] work into a vision plan? Well, seeking grants or holding fundraisers
[39:30] donors will be necessary to make this vision plan a reality.
[39:35] And without a vision to share, we would not be able to apply for grants.
[39:40] We would not be able to attract donors.
[39:41] We would not have a vision to share with any potential fundraising opportunities we might
[39:47] have.
[39:48] And so this vision plan incentivizes people to participate and help us build this vision
[39:55] and preserve the historic value of this site.
[40:00] The vision plan was reviewed by the Parks and Recreation
[40:04] Commission at their May 4th meeting
[40:08] where they recommended approval to the council.
[40:11] So this concludes the presentation
[40:14] and we're all here available to answer any questions
[40:17] you may have.
[40:18] Thank you.
[40:20] Does the council have any questions?
[40:22] only comment is that how you have it in different phases so that you can get
[40:27] something done maybe still you you know you utilize it and use it before you
[40:31] know finish the complete program I had a couple questions I love the aspect of the
[40:37] mix use of the art alternative on the second level and then the opportunity
[40:42] to be able to have a variety of events inside and outside with big and
[40:48] small events my question was and that slides out up anymore but I think it was
[40:52] a third or fourth one where you went into the parking to the right of the house I
[40:58] was trying to follow along I saw the parking I saw that would have been what
[41:02] the north there I think it's the next one
[41:08] whatever one had the gate that was
[41:11] open here we go so I see where we've got the parking to the side of the
[41:16] house but if there's going to be a catering or a prep kitchen along the
[41:22] back which you alluded to is there specific parking or an alley because if
[41:28] I'm looking at this right you've got parking on both sides with a with a lane
[41:32] like you would a regular you know parking spot in a you know retail shopping
[41:38] center but if a catering company is coming in how do they navigate to get
[41:42] to that back area are we you know you know that there was going to be gates that
[41:47] would be open only when staff is present is there a service gate for the service
[41:50] area of that house that's designated yes so you see two white squares and the
[41:57] one that is by the parking lot closest to the parking lot that's the garage and
[42:04] right above that you see a beige color so that's hard paving concrete
[42:11] probably and then again to the right is the parking lot and you see gray pathways
[42:17] so that gray leads right into the concrete path and then to the back of the
[42:24] house that the catering kitchen is part of the big house so that is a little
[42:29] further down so they would have to drive through the gate and down the path
[42:33] the beige pathway past the garage into the main house or to the back of the
[42:38] house and that's where the catering kitchen is. Okay which brings me to my next question and maybe
[42:43] it's not on here because it just is assumed but is that also towards the back area where the
[42:50] dumpsters will be for those events and just for the daily use? Well those are actually details
[42:54] we'll have to work out we haven't really this is the high level plan so we certainly to your
[43:00] point need to look and accommodate that so we'll have to strategically locate that and
[43:06] And then perhaps when there's an event we can move things closer and then move them out
[43:11] when we're not using or we don't have a high volume abuse.
[43:16] Okay, great.
[43:18] Thank you.
[43:19] Okay.
[43:20] As far as the parking, I didn't see where that is in the phase, so is that in an early
[43:24] phase?
[43:25] It would have to be, yes.
[43:27] Okay.
[43:28] And then grants.
[43:29] You addressed it a little bit, but do we anticipate that there's grant programs
[43:33] that we could help to bring in you know to help fund. Yeah there's state and
[43:38] federal grants that are related to historic preservation and those would
[43:43] be the ones that we would pursue. For example the construction of the mighty
[43:48] museum we had those types of grants that supported our construction of that
[43:53] museum so we would seek those types of grants for this. Great thanks that's
[43:59] actually a really good example, so thank you for that. Okay, with that, I'm going to open it up to
[44:05] public comment. Is there anybody that would like to comment on this agenda item?
[44:11] Not seeing anybody,
[44:13] we will close public comment. Oh, we will keep it open and ask if there's anyone online.
[44:18] Yes, at this time, if any member of the public that is joining remotely would like to make a
[44:22] comment on item number 15, please raise your hand.
[44:31] Sena, vice mayor, so we proceed.
[44:33] So we are going to close public comment and this any additional questions? No from the
[44:43] council. So I will ask the city clerk to read the motion. Thank you. On item 15 the
[44:48] city council will consider the recommendation to adopt resolution number 26-316 approving
[44:54] the fit and meant homestead vision plan. With that may I please have a motion to
[44:58] to approve.
[45:00] Second. Thank you. We have a motion on the floor with a second. We'll start our roll call with councilmember Mendoza. Yes. Councilmember Rucucci. Yes. And vice mayor Albert. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Great presentation. Appreciate it.
[45:14] Okay, we have item number 16. We have an unscheduled vacancy appointment. So we are going to have another presentation from staff to fill that transportation commission.
[45:26] good
[45:46] evening vice mayor and council members my name is Katrina six here
[45:50] tonight from the city clerk's office to present to you the unscheduled vacancy
[45:54] for transportation commission again
[45:59] before you tonight we just have one
[46:01] vacancy that we will be filling tonight for the transportation commission
[46:04] received four applications to a point one member to a partial term partial
[46:12] because it is an unscheduled vacancy due to somebody leaving the
[46:16] Commission. This will expire on December 31st of 2028. We received four
[46:22] applications Jennifer Chapman, Lance Hibben, Tee Nguyen and Esme Reina.
[46:32] My
[46:32] recommendation before you tonight is to vote and appoint one member to the
[46:36] Transportation Commission. Okay with that all of the I'm sorry.
[46:46] I will now open it up to public comment. Is there
[46:49] or anybody who would like to speak on this item.
[46:55] Not seeing any in the room.
[46:57] Are there any?
[46:57] We'll move on to our remote platform.
[46:59] At this time, any member of the public
[47:00] joining us remotely, please raise your hand
[47:02] if you'd like to make a comment on this item.
[47:07] Seeing none, at this time,
[47:08] the council does have your ballot in front of you.
[47:11] Please make your selection
[47:12] and forward your ballot over to me.
[47:14] And I will close public comment.
[47:16] Correct, thank you.
[47:28] So we'll start off with council member Mendoza
[47:31] has selected Lance Hibbin.
[47:34] Council Member Rucucci has selected Lance Hibbin and Vice Mayor Albert has
[47:41] selected Lance Hibbin. So on that note we have three in favor voting for Mr.
[47:48] for Lance Hibbin. So at this time can we read the motion? Yes please read the
[47:55] motion. This time on item 16 the City Council will consider the appointment
[48:00] to the Transportation Commission to expire to a term expiring December 31st
[48:06] twenty twenty-eight and they will be appointing lands heaven to that
[48:10] Transportation Commission with that may I please have a motion to approve so mood
[48:15] second we have a motion on the floor with the second we'll start our roll
[48:18] call with Councilman Mendenza yes Councilmember Rucucci yes and vice
[48:22] mayor Albert yes thank you okay thank you and thank you to all our
[48:27] applicants. It's nice to have people that step up and volunteer to serve. So we'll ask
[48:36] the city manager or attorney, do you have any? I don't have anything. Thank you. Okay.
[48:43] The reports. Thank you. Thank you. We'll move to council reports. And let's do we want
[48:49] to start? Oh, sure. I also was going to mention that and as the vice mayor mentioned
[48:55] And when we started our meeting that we had the passing of Peter Hill, he was a council
[49:00] member from Rockland.
[49:01] He was a council member who was on a six-term mayor of council, and he was on the council
[49:08] for 30 years.
[49:09] Very nice man, very loved his city, loved California, he loved all of everything.
[49:17] And a lot of things that you see in Rockland was because of his planning and his foresight
[49:22] with his community.
[49:24] and that was some mention about him some things that I've been on one is the
[49:30] grants advisory commission meeting I think vice mayor Albert was with me and
[49:36] so was Bruce Halvershelt but we were able to see the people who were who were
[49:42] chosen for grants for in here in in our region and there were 18 of them many
[49:48] more applied but that's who was picked and so it was really exciting to see them
[49:55] and get their awards and also then they told us what they did for the community
[50:00] and that was just really fantastic and what you know how thoughtful they were
[50:06] and what their you know plans that they did so that was really good and I was
[50:15] was on the PCWA Roseville Water Committee with Vice Mayor Albert, and that was a good
[50:24] meeting.
[50:24] As a matter of fact, I'm going to be on a meeting this Friday for our group, for our
[50:31] Water Committee, representing Roseville and PCWA for a sites reservoir, so it's a
[50:45] It's been on the books for a long time, but you know, almost see the light that maybe it really could happen. So that's why we go
[50:55] No, no reports vice mayor. Thank you. Okay, so I will fill in I have some some we've been spending a lot of time together
[51:01] I think last couple of weeks calling
[51:04] The August 6th, I think I was the day after our last council meeting. We opened up winding Creek School
[51:09] I think no, I wasn't I thought you were there. Okay. I know a council member how to shell was out there with me
[51:15] and I think Mayor Berlusconi and it was just kind of fine because I know that
[51:20] neighborhood has been waiting for their school and it's always fun when we can be
[51:25] a part of celebrating with the school district and open up the school for the
[51:28] residents. And there was a Sun City, I know you were with me at that one. I was
[51:34] at the board, our mayor, I said a few words. They have their own governance
[51:39] board in Sun City and so we had the privilege of being a part of kind of
[51:45] honoring the outgoing board members and celebrating the new board members coming in.
[51:50] You mentioned the grants commission, I think there were 18 non-profits, more, you know,
[51:56] more non-profit work that could have been funded, but $279,000 from the Citizens Fund went
[52:03] out to help all that hard work that's making our community better.
[52:07] So it was fun to be there to celebrate with them.
[52:09] We had the Sierraview Country Club, so many of us, I think, have probably been at events
[52:16] or meetings over the years out at the Country Club.
[52:19] It's, was it 70, I think 70 years old?
[52:21] Is that what I remember?
[52:22] I think even older than that, yeah.
[52:24] Even older than that.
[52:25] But they just went through a pretty massive renovation and we had the opportunity to
[52:30] be out there and cut the ribbon and celebrate and I know it's exciting when we see investments
[52:35] in establishments like that in our community
[52:38] where we can gather and there's not often a lot of places
[52:42] that you can bring lots of people to events.
[52:45] So it's fun to see that they've been able to modernize
[52:47] and open up for the community.
[52:49] And then I serve on the placer air pollution control.
[52:53] So we did have, we've quarterly meetings.
[52:54] I did have that meeting that thing really knew
[52:57] to report there, but it's always interesting to see
[53:00] and hear kind of some of the issues
[53:01] that that the Commission looks at in terms of making sure that our air quality is
[53:06] is clean and tomorrow is a big day we have our State of the City where Mayor
[53:11] Bernosconi will be there to give us an address so hopefully it's open to the
[53:15] public it's at our new soccer sports complex out on the western side of
[53:21] Roosevelt so hopefully we'll see some of you out there and with that I am
[53:25] going to adjourn the meeting and we'll see you in a couple weeks