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» Thank you. So, uh, good afternoon
everyone and welcome to the San City

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Council meeting for September 1st. Uh,
this meeting is being held both in the

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chambers and via Zoom. So, uh, with
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she go home roll.
Vice Mayor Diaz

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» here.
>> Council member Adams

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» present.
>> Council member Scutters

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» here. Mayor Carbon
>> here. All present.

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» Okay. Thank you. Um
we'll go ahead and move on to the pledge

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of allegiance and uh

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Nick start.
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» to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands one nation under indivisible with
liberty and justice for all.

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» With that, uh we'll go move to item
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attorney, and city manager. And I have
my mayor's report. It is on the uh

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counter over there, and I will um I will
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ahead and go to the city manager for her
report. I believe she has something

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she'd like to report to.
>> Yes. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Just trying

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to see the city of Tony and trying to
get him on. Um, are you very firm? I'm

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just going to ask him.
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So, we know who we're letting in. Um,
got a few things to report out on. I'll

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just start.
Uh the West End Festival is cross over

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and was a great success and Niger is
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moment. Um and just obviously just from
city manager's office, thank you to her

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for an amazing event and for
public works and PD

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and planning and administrative services
manager and everybody who spent a lot of

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time manning our city booth. Um the city
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Music and art aside, actually having so
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out to the public, to the community
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exciting. Just in the time I was there,
there were there was a constant steady

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stream of people coming out and wanting
to know more about all the great

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projects we're doing. So that's exciting
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on other city business, we did have an
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We're going to bring um a contract to
you for them for the architecture

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engineering for the by trail. Um we
issued an RFP and um that is who came

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out on top after all the interviews. So
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next um city council meeting. Um
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update but you were all there so you
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happened last week. Uh we're going ahead
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this week. We'll be um fanning out
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areas of the city and bringing the
business survey and encouraging them to

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attend the business presentation on the
general plan update which is happening I

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believe next week. Let me just double
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I like from 10 to 1. Um
what else? Um yesterday we did a big

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presentation to the TAMC board on the
bike trail regarding the use agreement

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that we would like to enter into um with
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going into the corridor that Tami owns.
The presentation went well and we have a

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very quick close session at the end of
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five minute update at most. um surf bus
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We are going to have a they are going to
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closing down player between California
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Um there's some handouts on the table
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time.
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that have moved ahead with great strides
the last week is the street maintenance

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project. This is the rehabilitation
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hall street the end of contracasta
player and possibly California's an

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addon. This is basically the result of
that pavement management index study

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that we
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are the streets that were determined to
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issued an RFP for that um which is quite
a process and we are lined up to issue

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the RFP for the um
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over the next week or two as well. So
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which is a new way both um
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planning manager have and the city
engineer have been very involved in

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actually getting those plans and
documents and bids backs and everything

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online on planet bids and it's a really
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respondents.
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what else? I think that's about Oh, the
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as part of the MST Surf Bus. A few years
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bus comes through, it would behoove the
Sand Dollar Shopping Center where Costco

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is to expand the exit way so that
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work is expected to happen. It's
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completed this week. So we're not paying
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sort of feedback that aware of feedback.
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west end. be recruiting
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have that as part of her presentation
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last year which was quite a jump from
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would you like that during the report
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» All right. Um, okay. With that, we'll uh
turn to the city manager. And Adam, do

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you have anything for us?
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» I mean the city attorney.
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difficulty for a moment there. Thank you
for bearing with me. Um um I uh recently

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decided to attend my um first conference
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association. They had a a conference. I
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uh it was interesting to see what uh
many of the cities and local other city

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service providers um uh consider to be
important and to sort of compare that

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educational experience for new um
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members to to those that city council
members and city staff enjoy as we go to

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the league of California cities
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and conferences and events. And I I I
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and have renewed appreciation for the
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goes into many of the materials that
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of California Cities/Cal Cities
conferences that you attend. Um, I think

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uh it was an interesting experience to
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perspective and to see sort of from the
the flip side what your your fellow

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agency members um experience and of
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similar in in in roles of support and um
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that was interesting. Um, I also did
want to just note one um small cleanup

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item. Um, in uh prior reports out from
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just mentioned and and reported out that
the uh direction had been given to deny

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a claim from a a John Kaza um regarding
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um in uh uh um in [clears throat] Sam
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through the city clerk's office, but
that's been referred to carrier uh will

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be addressed through uh George Hill. Um
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and uh heard wonderful things about West
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additional reports about it.
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» And yes, it was a great west end. So,
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but it was I think the way the
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Um, we'll we'll go ahead and move on to
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members of the public may address the
city council on anything item not on

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today's agenda. So, uh, if it is on the
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comment at that time. So, anything that
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the agenda, now would be the time and
public comment is open and I see the

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other face.
>> Good evening, Brian Clark Ortiz and

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Mayor [clears throat] Council
staff. Thank you. I'm sorry I missed I

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was out of town for funeral but I missed
the the last meeting. I believe that

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something came up on the agenda about
the arts committee and selecting of the

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muralists and to me I heard there was
some controversy but I was I was rather

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surprised but in any case I wasn't here
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controversy may have been but I
reviewing mirrorless I was trying to

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think of some analogy that might make it
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recommending neon curve
So friend of mine was a heart transplant

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recipient at Stanford. He had a team of
doctors, a cardiologist, an internist is

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cracker, heart transplant surgeon. Well,
they were all doctors. But again, we

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want a heavy hitter that was the heart
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um given the large scale of the vertical
mural the two people on the list to be

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considered Leon Kerr and Julie um that's
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the two end that they're both mirrorless
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that's where Leon excels. So you get a
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Well, how many have they done? Well, if
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there's one person in the world in the
world and that is Leon Kerr. So then I

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heard somebody made analogy. Why do you
need somebody that's famous? Well, we

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don't need anybody that's famous. We
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best mural on a large vertical scale.
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Ker. So if you try to give them some
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various categories of what they do and
how you would assign them some numerical

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objective rating. Well then it goes
right back to Leon Kirk who has done the

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most large vertical mirror perhaps in
the world. Leah who has done it in scale

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and has been recognized by his peers by
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at every performance if you will that he
does he generally wins all three. So and

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again our
goal was to get the best mirrorless, the

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best artist, somebody that would make
you all incredibly proud and going

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forward in the future that you would
look at and be like, "Oh my god, can you

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believe what he has done?" Well, we come
right back to you. Leon would make you

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all incredibly proud and you can pat
your back yourself on the back for years

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to come and say, "Yes, I was the part of
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this project."
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» Comment is still welcome.

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» S resident ladies, Mr. Lindren. Um, also
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Festival. I thought it was great. It was
awesome. Um, I like the layout. I like

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the flow. Seems things were like I don't
know, it just flowed better. If I had

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one suggestion, it would be getting that
flow from the from the park onto

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Redwood, right? Because Redwood's
closed, park is closed. That kind of

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feels like I know that's probably a
logistical nightmare, but just a

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suggestion moving forward. we could like
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the other thing, my favorite subject.
So, I just wanted to read this for you

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guys.

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August 31st, 2026, Florida Governor
Ronda Santis has ordered the removal of

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flock cameras and other automata
automated license plate readers from all

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state highway right away within 30 days.
The directive issued by the Florida

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Department of Transportation on August
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and bans future installations on state
roads due to concerns over privacy

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misuse and the exponential increase in
surveillance deployments. While the ban

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applies strictly to stay maintained
roads, many local law enforcement

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agencies have voluntarily extended the
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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Loosa
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announced they would discontinue the LPR
programs entirely, citing the state's

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decision and public concerns.
So, I only bring this up because you

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guys know this is my favorite topic.
It's a growing trend. So, now we've got

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a state, at least for the time being, on
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the license plate readers altogether.
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municipalities across the country are
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taking them down. So, I just wanted to
bring that up to you guys. Hopefully,

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we'll follow suit.
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» And not seeing anyone via Zoom, we'll go
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thank you for your comments. We'll now
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consent calendar. And um there are three
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like to ask council uh if you have
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and if there's anything uh a council,
these are routine items and the council

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can um uh remove or request an item be
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separate consideration if they deem so.
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reviewed those?
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» Okay. And um um with that, I'll go ahead
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public comment is open on sale items. If
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And see, anyone.
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and I'll bring it back uh to the
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approval. Motion to approve.
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» Diaz and Adams. And all those in favor,
please signify by saying I.

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» I. I.
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» I just I I I wanted to make a comment.
Um I wanted to ask we're talking in part

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about the rehab of the general plan as
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» Yes. Did you?
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these papers, one of the comments I made
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concerned safety
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don't see it on these papers.
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presentation that was given,
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» It's not the it's not the revised
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received. What about our what about our
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» So that was input that was received.
This is just the presentation that was

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given. So you gave you heard this
presentation. It's just that all members

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of the public can see the presentation
that was given to everybody who showed

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up. We then would take all your comments
including safety and look at them and

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bring back at some point you revised
things. So this was of course just the

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guiding principles but it all come back
to you. So with input this is not

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provided.
>> Will there be some kind of a time when

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we can get together with the public and
talk about it as the revisions are made?

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» There would be many public outreach
events. Yes.

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» Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Um and I believe there was a timeline in
the the information that you received.

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Um, Kim, um, but there's a timeline with
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have received at that meeting.
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we're going to all meet with the public.
I thought we had like a um an outreach

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right now about to start with businesses
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the the the way you meet with the public
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council. This is the meeting the public
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» Okay. But is there like a workshop
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» maybe we need to pull this item because
this sounds like you're not approving it

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on consent. I just
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the item. There's not a discussion or
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if you want to discuss it more, Ken.
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» Okay.
>> Appreciate it.

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» So, with that, uh, we just pulled item
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and we will vote on the other two that
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5 A and 5B. So I'll ask again all in
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» any nos any abstensions okay those two
carry and we'll move 5C to uh we'll uh

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bring that down to item six uh
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consent calendar
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» we need to address it actually and you
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anformational item. What's in the packet
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the workshop and there's no council
action required. It was more to let the

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public know people who weren't able to
show up to the workshop so that they

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could see you know what the presentation
was. But um staff will bring back the

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final guiding principles to the city
council for review and and approval at a

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later date and that's where comments
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final
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wants to add anything. Um just planning
manager just want to add that the um

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guiding principles survey is still
available on the website if people want

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to still fill out that survey and have
additional input um while we finalize

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that that input from the public. So if
anyone here wants to send it on it's on

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our channel plan website on our
s website. So thank you.

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» Thank you and council questions.
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» Yes. Thank you. I would just like to
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the different ways the public can find
out what we're doing with the revision

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of the gentleman plan because a lot of
people were not at that meeting. Let's

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if we can just review all the different
ways our public both businesses and

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people living in S city can know what
we're doing with the diamond plan

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because this is a plan that's for two or
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» Yeah. And there it is on our website. We
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meeting we went through all the public
outreach um we had a hold you might

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remember a whole what's it called public
outreach plan and that is up on our

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website. So, anybody who's interested,
please go to the city's website and we

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can see all the dates, all the
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» And with that, u any other questions,
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» No, ma'am.
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» And, uh, I'll go ahead and reopen this
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I'm not seeing any. will close public
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in favor of um or I'm looking for a
motion for item 5C. This is to receive

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the recap of the general plan update
2050 guiding principle.

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» This is just anformational item. There's
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» Okay. So, well, it was under consent.
Don't we have to vote on it? It was

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» voting. Well, you can vote on receiving
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» That's what I'm That's what I'm doing.
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» So, may I have a motion for approval and
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» I'll second.
>> Okay. We have a a motion of Kim Skutter

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and uh Council Member Adams. All those
in favor, [clears throat] please signify

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by saying I.
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» Any noses or abstensions?
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or received. With that, we'll move on to
item seven. And this is um 78. Receive a

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recap of the West End 2026

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celebration.
And uh with us, we have Naja Deer.

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Close. [laughter]
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» Welcome, Naja.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, Terry, can you

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bring up the present on top of it? First
of all, I apologize for my voice. I woke

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up this morning with the most annoying
allergies. I don't know what is blooming

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this time of the year, but if I have to
stop for a second, it's not that I don't

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want to speak to you. Um, first of all,
I think I want to begin with saying

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thank you to all of you, to I know Mark
is not here, but public works, to PD, to

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all of city staff for going through this
experience. Um, it's and I know this is

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no secret, but it takes a lot to put
together an event like this. And I could

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not do it alone. It is so far mostly a
solo effort, but I'm also really really

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lucky to have a network of people and
support system who just make things run

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smoothly, who keep track of payments,
applications, and all of the things that

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um go into hosting this event in the
back. I'm also really happy um about the

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dynamic that we had in this room, just
people speaking up and saying, "Hey, we

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love the experience." because of course
there's a big part of this event that we

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can quantify and that we can kind of
track and see through the years um in

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close collaboration with you Vika about
where do we want to take this event but

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at the end of the of the day the
experience that every single person has

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walking through the footprint is what
matters most and very often that is the

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hardest part to quantify for me as an
organizer. So getting these snippets of

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community feedback from different places
has been incredible in the last week and

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a half since we um closed out on Sunday
night and it's been consistently great

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and that is just the best feedback that
I can receive that people come and enjoy

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this event. Now that being said of
course in terms of infrastructure and

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planning and we'll get to this there is
there are a couple things that we would

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like to address in 2027
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of baseline facts. August 22 and 23 was
the event. Very obviously um you asked

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about attendance numbers. The attendance
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we had last year and I'll get to that in
a second. However, one other really

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important metric is how long people
remain in the footprint. And I think one

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thing that we've seen this year is I
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Um every area of the footprint was
consistently visited. Last year, I think

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we had this moment of great peak influx
of people with a nationally almost

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internationally known headliner,
but it also felt like that may not be

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the right demography or the right type
of people, the right time in the day to

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really benefit the arts community to
really benefit the city to really get

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people to experience the festival as as
a whole experience and not just one

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music act. So, there's really two
numbers that I look at. one is the the

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hard cut um just over 10,000 attendees
across those two days. But I'm also

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looking at um what is the revenue that
our food vendors report, right? People

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who stay in the footprint longer don't
buy one beer and leave. They stay and

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they linger and they spend time. Um I
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that was there um in the two days and in
the time after and the consistent

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feedback was we had really good communic
conversation with people. we made really

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good sales and it felt a lot more
consistently busy than it did last year.

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And so that's that's what I'm looking at
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» Um
we are within budget which is also

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always a good thing to mention. Um it's
been um an interesting experience this

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year. I think we can all feel the strain
economically that is just a a given

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right now. Um, we see that in the
businesses that we collaborate with and

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we try to keep the vendor fee low enough
for our artists, our our vendors to

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participate reasonably and not break
their budget to to spend two days at our

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event.
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just click through this? Right. So, just
for you to experience a little bit

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after, it's always hard to capture
moments with photography only, but

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Carrie, if you want to just keep
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tried to put together a little bit of
the impressions um that we've had um our

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artists, our community.
One thing that I want to mention is that

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we saw, again, my comparison is last
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impromptu creativity. Um there is this
guy that you see on the right bottom um

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called Triapose. He has this funny
little tricycle setup with a an instant

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camera in it and he just rides around
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» and it was such we had a couple of those
coming up. People juggling on the

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street. Um kids just sitting there and
painting sidewalk chalk murals on this.

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» Um all in all because that popped up. I
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positive coverage in local media. Um, we
had the Montter County Weekly, we had

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the Montre Herald reporting, but we also
had several of our social media don't

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take it too seriously pages. I think
I've seen one page refer to the West End

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as Coachella for people who remember
what Blockbuster is.

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but it was but the whole article that

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they wrote about it was so incredibly
positive. And of course they say that

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you know in a halfserious tone but we
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that's again an indicator just for our
community to um to see how it was

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perceived. We talked about visitor
flows. We talked about art vendors that

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reported um very positive turnout.
Of course we had excellent weather. that

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always helps for the general mood.
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that many of my volunteers had and that
many of our attendees or partners made

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was that people were genuinely joyful.
>> And again, this is really hard to

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quantify, but I think there was a lot of
this um just this atmosphere of making

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it work and making it into a positive
enjoyable experience. Um that begins

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with vendor setup. If I I see vendors
helping out the their neighbors, setting

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up their canopies, those easy ups are
such a nightmare to set up and take down

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with one person, even two. And I saw a
lot of that collaboration just

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happening. Um visitors asking around,
staying to chat. So there was a lot of

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that really positive spirit and I think
that was carried into the music acts

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too. I want to add that the majority,
vast majority of her music acts were

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Montterrey County local bands. It was
very wellreceived within both media and

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the community. Um, the mix was great.
All our artists did really, really well

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on stage, even the newcomers. That's
always a little bit of a are they going

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to come through? And they all did. Sound
worked well. Um and we resolved our

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major 2025 hiccups of portaotties which
um is my personal

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um and if you want to go to the last
page Carrie um

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learnings for 2027 we're going to have a
very detailed debrief with city manager

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with PD with public works just to make
sure that we're all on the same page and

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we address every single little thing
that is to be improved in 2027.

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The couple biggest concerns for me um
was just general access and event

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logistics. Um there was a minor in minor
hiccup with the sidewalk chalk because

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one color sidewalk chalk didn't last
through the night for some reason. So

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some of the vendor had trouble finding
their booth. One big issue is parking.

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Um that is something that we are
resolving with MST. We have a shuttle.

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It was incredibly well used. Um, but
it's just a thing that deters people and

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I there may not be a straightforward
solution for us to find 1,700 parking

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spaces somewhere. Um, but that's
definitely something that I would love

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to bring all our brains together and
discuss. Um, volunteer recruitment and

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sponsoring outreach is is one thing that
um I just want to restructure a little

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bit, but all in all, I think the general
skeleton of the event is a really solid

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one at this point. And again it was
received really really well. And I think

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the last thing that remains for me to
say is thank you. Um again waiting for

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my big visual here is to say thank you
again. Um there there are so many moving

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pieces in putting this together and this
year was one where it just seamlessly

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clicked and I have no illusion that that
is not a solo job but it is a group

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effort and I'm really grateful
that I have from city council from you

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mayor from all your team been really
fun.

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» Thank you.
Anybody like can call me on

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this?
>> Sure why not? Hi there. Excellent.

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» Um, I just wanted to tell you that I
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and spoke to some of the vendors and
they were very, very happy with the

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price that they paid and they were also
happy with the amount of people that

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were coming through and the amount of
money that they made.

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Um, some were repeat, some were first
time,

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» you know, but they were all very happy
and so were some of the attendees that I

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spoke with. So, thank you for all of
your hard work and effort that you put

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forth to make this another successful
event. Thank you.

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» Do you
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that we had one vendor who comes all the
way from Washington DC.

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» Yes.
>> So, a part of this vendor. Yes.

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» And um so that was kind of cool. And I
believe she's with a museum there. Um

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and um um yeah, she the only comment she
had was she said, "See my permit. It's

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[clears throat] we're as vendors, we're
supposed to have it posted." And she

413
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:47,040
said, "I'm the only one who does it."
So, but yeah. So, you probably heard

414
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:53,920
that. I think that uh I I walked through
and I noticed that the artwork was a lot

415
00:35:50,240 --> 00:36:02,320
lot uh better original uh work. So, that
was uh really good. So, a unique uh port

416
00:35:57,839 --> 00:36:10,000
that was being shown and I made my
yearly purchase as I do. So, um I still

417
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:16,960
have to pick it up, but yeah, it it was
good and that the flow was good. Um uh I

418
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:22,640
think the food booths maybe more food
booths had be brought in but and then

419
00:36:20,079 --> 00:36:28,480
that they were located differently so we
didn't have the uh congestion of crowds

420
00:36:26,079 --> 00:36:34,880
like people back to back you know so
there was um you had spaced them out so

421
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:40,839
that was great for the flow so and
congrats on another successful Weston

422
00:36:41,359 --> 00:36:48,880
» yeah um yeah it was a wonderful event.
Um, a couple [clears throat] of comments

423
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:55,200
that I also heard were was about the
food being spread out. It that was like

424
00:36:51,520 --> 00:37:00,000
a really that was a great
the footprint that you you made there

425
00:36:57,359 --> 00:37:04,400
with the food. Um,
I have to compliment you on the whoever

426
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:09,440
did the sound. It was here and now
because you were actually able it it

427
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:13,520
when the music was playing nothing was
conflicting and you were actually able

428
00:37:11,839 --> 00:37:17,040
to if you unless you were right in front
of the stage or the speaker you were

429
00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:21,359
able to hold a conversation with people
and that was that was actually

430
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:26,000
outstanding. So compared to the year
before it was really nice to be able to

431
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:29,280
talk to people um regardless of where
you were unless you were standing right

432
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:33,200
in front of a speaker. and I'll make
sure to pass that on because they were

433
00:37:31,359 --> 00:37:37,359
very excited to do this event because
it's in it it's their backyard and I

434
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:39,680
think they did an amazing job.
>> They did do an amazing job. So, thank

435
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:44,800
you.
>> Yeah.

436
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:50,800
» And I was serving with the C program on
Sunday. Um we had a blast and I would

437
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:55,839
love to tell you that three times
different women stopped me and said,

438
00:37:53,599 --> 00:38:01,359
"We're so glad Cert is here. We felt
really safe this year." And um you know

439
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:06,400
I said well it's a lot more than just
cert there's a whole lot of people here

440
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:12,400
making it safe but it was wonderful to
hear that and the biggest question I got

441
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:16,400
is how do we get home? We we took a bus
in but there's no shuttle back. We don't

442
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:20,320
know how to get home.
>> Like some some people said we walked

443
00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:26,800
from Pacific Grove. We're too tired to
walk home and Yeah.

444
00:38:24,079 --> 00:38:30,560
» Yeah. So I think it was a little
confusing. I wasn't really briefed at

445
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:32,720
the outset on how to answer that
question, but we worked it out.

446
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:37,680
» Okay.
>> We worked it out. But the shuttle the

447
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:40,240
shuttle communication about the shuttle
with the public was a little

448
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:44,560
» Yeah.
>> I'm I'm not I'm not sure really how they

449
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,200
found out we had shuttles and how they
would find out about the special

450
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:50,400
schedule.
>> Makes sense.

451
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:54,560
» I thought the quality of the art was
outstanding

452
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:59,599
and a lot of families, a lot of people
bringing their children in in wagons.

453
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:05,440
and just a really lot of community
goodwill.

454
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:10,240
It was warm. Very warm.
So, you did a great job.

455
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:13,920
» Yeah. I know again the shuttle and
parking situation is is on the agenda,

456
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:18,480
but it's good to hear that from you,
too.

457
00:39:16,079 --> 00:39:22,640
» Okay. Well, uh with that, I'm going to
open this up to the public. family

458
00:39:21,119 --> 00:39:25,119
comment
or

459
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:33,880
not.
>> I want to say you did a great job. Um so

460
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,880
just so that this

461
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:45,839
» you did a great job. Um the flow, the
food, like they had mentioned how you

462
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:49,839
had it spread out. It made it so it
wasn't uh clustered. you wanted to sit

463
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:52,800
and eat instead of like get your food
and leave.

464
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:57,119
» Um,
more food because me and my daughter

465
00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:02,160
were food jumping. So, you had a lot
already. More this year. We were like,

466
00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:07,000
um, some more would be great. But you
did a great job. I loved it. So,

467
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:14,720
give me a minute to get over there. You
guys,

468
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:19,520
many people know me, some don't. My
name's Don. I live here in town.

469
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:27,359
Back when I was running for city council
in in 2020 and I was having a meeting

470
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:30,720
with the police association,
one of the questions they asked me,

471
00:40:29,359 --> 00:40:35,280
"What do you think of the West End
celebration?" I says, "I think it's

472
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:37,839
great. We need to have it twice a year.
Can [clears throat] that happen?"

473
00:40:37,283 --> 00:40:44,960
[laughter]
I know it's a lot of work,

474
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:49,760
but I suggested that. The only thing I
bothered me this year was since Post

475
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:56,160
Noals is closed,
we only have one beer vendor.

476
00:40:54,320 --> 00:41:00,480
So last year, in the last couple years,
we've had different types of beers that

477
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:05,440
we can drink
and one of the beer stations kept

478
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:09,760
running out.
So maybe we get more beer vendors next

479
00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:11,998
year or something like that. Maybe we
can get it where it's free.

480
00:41:11,343 --> 00:41:15,680
[clears throat]
[laughter]

481
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:21,680
But I I mean I would like to see that.
I'd like to see it happen more if they

482
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:24,400
can we can we do it.
>> Well, it's public comment so I can't

483
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:28,800
comment.
>> Right. Right. Okay. But that's my

484
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:33,280
suggestion.
>> Well, that's going to be maybe twice a

485
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:40,400
year.
The person to ask is Ry distribution

486
00:41:37,359 --> 00:41:43,440
re distribution
distributor. So,

487
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,280
» okay. Three months.
>> Huh?

488
00:41:43,839 --> 00:41:47,920
» Got to get [clears throat] out more.
>> Maybe

489
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:53,839
once a month.
>> They should have um um trailer.

490
00:41:51,359 --> 00:41:58,240
» If you want to come up public comments,
come on up.

491
00:41:55,599 --> 00:42:01,920
» Yeah. Like
your way. They drive around to you.

492
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:08,640
» I live in Oregon.
>> Anyone else for public comment?

493
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:12,319
» Yeah. You would you mind driving?
Um, I thought it would be more

494
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:17,040
appropriate perhaps when we're talking
about a Jerry Blackwell. But in any

495
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:22,560
case, Jerry was here at the inception of
West End and it goes back to the 18 year

496
00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:30,640
2000. And so Jerry was there at the very
beginning as was Gregory Hawthorne. And

497
00:42:26,319 --> 00:42:37,520
so Gregory really did uh term and came
up with renaming that part of Sen City,

498
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:41,680
the West End. And so going back to that
chapter, there was really three

499
00:42:39,359 --> 00:42:47,040
chapters. So there was the initial west
end. So let's say that was over 10 years

500
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:51,200
and that was really back to the Gregory
Hawthorne era and the bra for a long

501
00:42:49,359 --> 00:42:55,680
time and it became more successful.
Other people said, "Gee, this is so

502
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:59,280
successful. I would like to run it." And
so Greg says, "Well, I run it for free.

503
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:02,160
It's been all volunteer, but if you want
to have your hand and run it," then they

504
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:08,240
would run and say, "Well, this is a lot
of work. I should be paid to run this.

505
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:13,440
So at theception, it was not any less
busy. In fact, we had Friday night

506
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:18,800
music, we had uh other events to
fundraisers. Uh so we had several other

507
00:43:16,319 --> 00:43:24,400
layers of the West End at different
iterations. So the current West End, in

508
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:28,960
fact, you could say it was really is a
more stripped down version than it was

509
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:34,800
for the first 15 years. So you had the
Magnini reign which was much more music

510
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:39,440
centric and now you have again we're
using the new consultants but you may

511
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:44,000
want to and it could be helpful to look
at what happened for the first decade

512
00:43:41,839 --> 00:43:48,800
and what happened in the second decade
and now we here we are again today. So

513
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:52,640
there's, you know, look at what was the
best in the first 10 years, which went a

514
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:55,920
lot of wonderful things, and what really
worked in the second 10 years, a lot of

515
00:43:54,240 --> 00:44:02,160
wonderful things, and what we're
replicating now. So I think histronics

516
00:43:59,359 --> 00:44:06,720
uh would be fun to review because a lot
of lot of really fun things that brought

517
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:12,000
the community together were done and
created starting with Friday night

518
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:18,560
music, starting with other fundraisers,
uh Big S fashion show. So nevertheless,

519
00:44:16,319 --> 00:44:24,720
so we had a lot of fun community- based
things that were much more organic that

520
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:29,760
came out from really Jerry Blackwell and
Greg Cthor. So to Jerry Blackwell and

521
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:32,920
the Gregory, thank you.
>> Thank you.

522
00:44:35,599 --> 00:44:42,160
» Um
parking parking was brought up in the

523
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:45,680
overview. Parking is not only an issue
for the people that are coming to the

524
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:49,599
festival. Parking is an issue for some
of the people that live here, like

525
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:52,560
especially for us over on Dia Street
because we have people that like to just

526
00:44:51,119 --> 00:44:56,960
drive in and think they can park in our
spots. So, you run out to the store, you

527
00:44:54,880 --> 00:45:01,599
come home, hey, somebody's parked in my
driveway. Um,

528
00:44:59,599 --> 00:45:05,680
probably not an issue for the organizer.
probably more of an issue I think we

529
00:45:03,359 --> 00:45:11,040
need to discuss with the city manager or
the chief about finding a way to maybe

530
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:14,240
at the at a at a minimum getting some of
those barricade signs that's say toway

531
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:19,359
zone that we can throw up in front of
our driveways.

532
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:24,400
Um I think that would help kind of
mitigate that. That was and like I said

533
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:28,960
the event I loved it. It was good. I
think the way the layout was with the

534
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:33,760
food being more spread out, it took away
that giant conglomeration that usually

535
00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:37,440
happens right there at the main stage
where

536
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:41,920
you can't
can't get through typically in past

537
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:45,920
years. So, I like that that didn't
happen. It was good for

538
00:45:45,359 --> 00:45:51,839
Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.

539
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:57,119
And anyone else for public comment?
>> Yes. Uh we we're on RTS.

540
00:45:55,359 --> 00:46:01,440
» You want to come up and state your name
for the brief?

541
00:45:58,079 --> 00:46:08,640
» Uh yeah, Chris Mer. Um we're on RTS and
yeah, the same thing happened. We had

542
00:46:03,839 --> 00:46:12,960
people parking in front of our um um
driveways and stuff, so we couldn't get

543
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:20,160
out. We had to like really try to
squeeze through. And so yeah, parking

544
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:25,200
would be awesome to like some like find
some kind of barking

545
00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:30,319
instead of
good.

546
00:46:26,079 --> 00:46:37,359
» Thank Thank you so much for your comment
and public comment is still open

547
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:43,440
and not seeing anyone else. Go ahead and
close public comment. Thank you for your

548
00:46:40,079 --> 00:46:50,637
comments and I'd like to uh uh thank
Jazz for her presentation.

549
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:54,567
So uh and let's uh do it again. So,
[clears throat] I don't know about fy,

550
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:57,280
but
[laughter]

551
00:46:55,359 --> 00:47:05,280
so now we're going to go ahead and move
on to the big a big big item at the for

552
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:11,920
the evening. And uh this is a new
business item and this is consideration

553
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:18,800
of a resolution honoring Vice Mayor
Jerry Blackbelder for his retirement.

554
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:21,839
And with that, um, Woodley, we'd like to
Would you like to go with the Stanford

555
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:26,640
report or
>> I'm happy to do that? There

556
00:47:24,319 --> 00:47:31,040
» isn't a staff report on this one.
Perhaps because Jerry Black wrote his

557
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:37,280
legacy speaks for himself.
>> There is a memo from the mayor and I

558
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:39,680
would be happy to read the resolution.
And then we have

559
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:45,359
» Okay.
We also have um a gift for the family

560
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:51,200
and
um and then I know that you've prepared

561
00:47:49,359 --> 00:47:54,880
some
some little finger foods if you'd like.

562
00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:57,680
U
>> but should do you want me to just read

563
00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:04,480
the resolution?
>> Yeah. Well, I'll I'll go ahead and I'll

564
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:11,440
go ahead with the memo. So, um this is a
resolution for uh for the council to

565
00:48:07,599 --> 00:48:16,800
consider and approve. Um
so, below and the recommendation is just

566
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:21,280
for the city council to adopt a
resolution honoring Vice Mayor Jerry

567
00:48:19,359 --> 00:48:27,920
Blackwelder for his distinguished
service to the city of Sand City and

568
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:32,960
congratulating him on his retirement.
And with that, I'll have Vidica go ahead

569
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:36,720
and read the resolution.
>> Okay. This is the resolution of the city

570
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:41,200
council of the city of Sans City
honoring Vice Mayor Jerry Blackwelder

571
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:44,960
for his distinguished service and
congratulating him on his retirement. Do

572
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:50,720
you want me to read the whole
>> No, no, that that that that's that's

573
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:56,480
that's fine. It's a very long
resolution. I know I know in previous

574
00:48:53,200 --> 00:49:01,040
meetings we have all said wonderful
words about Jerry and just certainly

575
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:08,319
from my perspective when I started as
your city manager who was very much has

576
00:49:03,839 --> 00:49:15,440
been a mentor to me has always had an
amazing vision for Sam Sely. He um saw

577
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:21,520
the big p he sees the big picture and
the little picture. He was um often on

578
00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:27,119
my make case about small things called
broken windows based on a study from was

579
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:31,280
the '9s that said you fix a broken
window you actually improve crime in the

580
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:36,720
neighborhood because it changes how
people feel about where they live. And I

581
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:41,119
think about that comment every day when
I'm working. It's the small things

582
00:49:38,559 --> 00:49:47,200
matter as much as the big things as we
move our city forward. We're doing all

583
00:49:43,839 --> 00:49:54,880
these big things, much of many of which
um Vice Mayor Black as well as yourself

584
00:49:50,880 --> 00:50:01,760
were part of 25 years ago, the bike
trail project, poster trail projects,

585
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:07,440
the you know reimagining the art park,
etc. And these these projects as they

586
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:14,880
move forward just have Jerry stem all
over them that so do that every time we

587
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:21,520
fix a part. So, just wanted to add that.
>> Thank you, Vivica. And uh I mean just

588
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:28,960
this weekend just you talked about fix
the broken window. I sent Vivica some

589
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:35,280
some pictures or message or some photos.
So, I see these little stickers like on

590
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:40,480
the city sign or on the um the welcome
to San City sign. So there's like

591
00:50:37,839 --> 00:50:45,680
somebody's posting political pictures
up, right? So I I mean just to look at

592
00:50:43,599 --> 00:50:50,960
the little things or to drive around the
city and look at the signage is there,

593
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:56,160
you know, is there somebody tagging u
sign? So this is the little things that

594
00:50:53,119 --> 00:51:02,079
we want to do. We want to keep our city
uh we don't want to have that in our

595
00:50:58,720 --> 00:51:08,079
city because if you let it go neglected,
you know, it just gets worse. So, it's,

596
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:13,760
you know, just touching on what he said
there. Um, at this time, I'm going to

597
00:51:11,599 --> 00:51:17,599
just stop and I'm going to ask the
council if they'd like to say anything.

598
00:51:15,839 --> 00:51:23,960
Any comments?
>> I don't want to cry.

599
00:51:19,359 --> 00:51:23,960
» That's okay. Then, then don't.

600
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:33,319
» Thank you. I want to say thank you.
Thank you very much.

601
00:51:33,359 --> 00:51:41,040
I'd like to say thank you as well and I
appreciate Jerry's support for the few

602
00:51:37,839 --> 00:51:49,760
years that I've been on the council. It
meant a lot to me. And um uh for me uh

603
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:59,200
we have a couple things here. We have uh
um some cards um and uh I put in some um

604
00:51:55,440 --> 00:52:08,240
some thoughts in there. But um I've
known Jerry for a long long time but and

605
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:15,200
prior to uh city council many years ago
working in the trade. So um um and

606
00:52:12,319 --> 00:52:22,400
everyone I talked to Jerry would always
start h work and just at work work

607
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:29,680
Jerry's carpenter as labor. So I just I
would notice Jerry he was always happy.

608
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:34,000
He'd hum songs and he'd hum a song and
I'd see him do it here up here on the

609
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:37,599
council where he's, you know, it just
starts humming and it just gets in your

610
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:44,160
head
and I I'm an observer. So while I'm

611
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:49,040
running around, I'd see Jerry here
working here and I'd see carpenter here

612
00:52:46,319 --> 00:52:54,640
and carpenter here. Jared started off
the humming be the next carpenter would

613
00:52:51,839 --> 00:53:03,920
be humming that were singing the song to
the next one. was very contagious. But

614
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:12,640
um so when when uh Jerry came um with me
and um our past mayor uh and David

615
00:53:08,240 --> 00:53:17,280
Pandergrass, we um David Pandergrass
asked me, "Who do you think would be a

616
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:22,960
good candidate for council?" And so I
said, "Well," I said, "Uh you know,

617
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:27,920
Jared Blackboulder, I think, you know,
we should talk to him." and we talked to

618
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:36,720
him and kind of got him to come on
board. And uh uh Jerry, you know, just

619
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:45,760
he was a strong advocate for the city
and an excellent leader and um

620
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:52,640
a excellent person, an excellent council
member. And he, you know, um once when

621
00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:58,400
Mayor Fandress left, I bet Jerry missed
him. Jerry's gonna be my right-hand man,

622
00:53:56,079 --> 00:54:05,280
but especially with his height. I mean,
gosh, have Jerry by my side and a a

623
00:54:01,839 --> 00:54:11,920
hulking tower of a guy, you know, Jerry
is pretty powerful. So, um, uh, and it

624
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:15,280
has been my honor to work with Jerry,
uh, for

625
00:54:13,599 --> 00:54:22,480
as long as he's been here on the
council, and he's been, um, always, uh,

626
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:31,040
you know, good Christian and, um, a good
heart and, uh, a good advice, you know,

627
00:54:26,319 --> 00:54:38,400
good advice, a good advisor or counselor
for the city. So, um, I'm just honored

628
00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:42,960
I've been honored to serve with him. So,
with that, uh, I'm going to stop there

629
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:46,400
and, uh, I'm going to open this up to
public comments. So, if anyone would

630
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:51,520
like to come up, if you know Jerry or
you want to, his daughter is here and

631
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:56,480
or, uh, uh, his son-in-law, if anyone
would like to come up and say anything,

632
00:54:54,720 --> 00:55:02,400
now
would be a time. [clears throat]

633
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:05,400
I'm going to I'm gonna correct though.
Um,

634
00:55:05,599 --> 00:55:11,839
sorry.
I've been in public service. I've been

635
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:18,880
working for cities for 24 years and I've
worked closely with city councils for

636
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:25,920
all of those 24 years. And um I left the
city where remain unnamed uh where

637
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:31,359
there wasn't really a great rapport
communication with our city council and

638
00:55:29,119 --> 00:55:36,640
I didn't feel like they really liked us
very much. So I come here and it's

639
00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:42,960
really very different and I texted you a
story earlier and I'm going to share

640
00:55:38,319 --> 00:55:47,280
that. um had an item and Jerry was
asking some questions that are what

641
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:52,480
you're supposed to do as city council
members. I took zero offense to it. It

642
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:59,200
was actually very light compared to what
I was used to. But your dad called me

643
00:55:56,000 --> 00:56:03,599
the next day to check on me because he
was concerned he was too hard on me and

644
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:10,319
he just wanted to make sure that he
didn't harm anything by asking those

645
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:18,160
questions. And I can't tell you how much
that meant to be. It was just so kind

646
00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:23,839
and so considerate. And he has been and
is one of my favorite people in general.

647
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:29,839
He made me happy when he was here. I
loved his songs when he would come sing.

648
00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:35,280
He honestly brought me joy. And so I
miss not seeing him as much. I'm so glad

649
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:42,819
you're here. But I had to say that.
Thank you. Okay.

650
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:42,819
and anyone else [clears throat]

651
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:54,079
» right
so um so I arrived on the scene in about

652
00:56:49,359 --> 00:57:00,400
2000 and u s city had let a request for
proposal for water cuts to get water

653
00:56:57,599 --> 00:57:05,280
meters so they had a water bank and so
many they said well let's learn request

654
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:08,720
proposal we're sitting on this water and
they say well maybe we should just hold

655
00:57:06,799 --> 00:57:12,799
it keep the business why keep the best
use it. So why the city got the request

656
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:20,480
for proposal? I think there were about
33 responses and one of them uh we won.

657
00:57:17,359 --> 00:57:26,400
So it was use it or lose the water and
so I think you had two years to use the

658
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:32,720
water. So we then did use it. So we
built the 430 and 440 Ortiz units and

659
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:39,200
those were two live work commercial
mixeduse buildings and unbeknownst to us

660
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:43,680
they were the first mixeduse live work
buildings in Monterey County. So we went

661
00:57:41,599 --> 00:57:49,119
to get construction on them said you
know no sorry no can't do there's not

662
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:56,079
another mixeduse building in Monterey
County. So you're around peg square hole

663
00:57:52,880 --> 00:58:02,079
so uh can't do it. The long story short
is we self-funded fine we built but

664
00:57:59,119 --> 00:58:08,720
Jerry was also one that was also awarded
water credits and so he was also trying

665
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:15,760
to build an excuse project or live work
but nevertheless he he was unable to

666
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:21,280
secure financing so he did ultimately
build but out of that um I had a lot of

667
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:29,040
chapters with Jared this is all pre- del
plan uh pre west end So he was there at

668
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:33,359
the inception of West End and probably
it was probably 2002 when the first West

669
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:37,680
End. I'm not sure might have been one
might have been three but I think it was

670
00:58:34,559 --> 00:58:42,240
2002 but anyway it was Mr. Kelly and it
was Mr. Blackwelder and it was Mary

671
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:48,640
Hawthorne. Those were the three people
that were moving and shaking uh and

672
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:53,839
shaped Sand City as we see it today. So
again, historical perspective, 2020,

673
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:57,920
hindsight. Uh Jared was there at all
these pivotal moments and then we just

674
00:58:55,760 --> 00:59:03,440
take for granted today. Oh, West End.
No, no, no. Jared was there at step one

675
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:09,520
of West End. Oh, the Del plan. Jared was
there at pre and at step one of the del.

676
00:59:07,599 --> 00:59:14,240
Oh, cool. They have live work style
places there and get it through the the

677
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:19,280
approvals to get No, Jerry was there to
help get a live work style through the

678
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:24,400
planning process when there were no
guidelines to do it. So he saw a lot of

679
00:59:22,079 --> 00:59:31,101
things in Sand City from their inception
that we today just take for granted. But

680
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:34,559
again, over his 26-year period here,
[clears throat]

681
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:40,400
he did so many so many things that that
were community- based that helped

682
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:46,480
individual homeowners that helped me and
uh to be able to spend time with Jared

683
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:50,640
was always, always, always very, very
nice. I always look forward to seeing

684
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:55,359
Jared and he always had a big ready
smile and we always picked up just like

685
00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:59,760
the same old friends. It was we just
always picked up my mom for three months

686
00:59:57,520 --> 01:00:04,880
I come back. It was again just picking
up where we left off. He was that type

687
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:10,000
of friend. He was warm and welcoming and
always a help. So Jerry, thank you.

688
01:00:08,559 --> 01:00:14,640
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you. And we need more

689
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:19,000
Jerry's. Thank you Jerry.
>> Thank you for your kind words.

690
01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:25,400
» Public comment is still open.

691
01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:37,040
and uh seeing no Oh, I do see something.
>> I'm getting old.

692
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:43,200
» The one thing I can say about Jerry, he
and another person in this room.

693
01:00:40,079 --> 01:00:49,920
I moved here in 99 and we've had quite a
few elections. I've only had two people

694
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:54,400
come to my door, knock on it. Hi, I'm so
and so. I'm running for city council.

695
01:00:52,079 --> 01:00:58,480
What would you like in this town? It was
one of She's another one. Michelle,

696
01:00:56,400 --> 01:01:03,457
right? I keep getting your name messed
up. I still have your picture in my

697
01:01:00,079 --> 01:01:07,440
front yard, but it's me, right?
[laughter]

698
01:01:04,079 --> 01:01:14,319
A person like that. You're representing
the people in the town you live. And

699
01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:18,559
that impresses me through, you know, I'm
an old man. I've been around for a lot

700
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:22,079
of elections and a lot of people even
when I lived up in the Bay Area election

701
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:27,200
time nobody came around knocking on
doors letting you know who you are and

702
01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:31,839
what you are you know and I was
impressed by that even though I didn't

703
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:37,359
get sidewalk in front of my house but
that's what I requested but you know we

704
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:43,520
talked about because of the the property
lines and all that but yeah he is one of

705
01:01:40,559 --> 01:01:47,040
two people that actually knocked on my
door and says hi

706
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:53,200
running for city council would, you
know, and that impressed me. Then he'd

707
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:57,599
come in the store and we'd a
lot. [laughter]

708
01:01:54,960 --> 01:02:04,559
» But yeah, I'd throw that in.
>> Thank you for your comment.

709
01:02:01,359 --> 01:02:09,119
And public comment is still open. I see
uh do we have someone online?

710
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:14,079
» Sure. I would
>> have him.

711
01:02:09,839 --> 01:02:19,520
» Sure. I I I would just add um I would
echo the comments you heard at the

712
01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:26,400
beginning um that
Jerry had a a wonderful way of being

713
01:02:23,119 --> 01:02:34,559
tough on issues and having strong
opinions while still being uh respectful

714
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:39,680
and finding ways to express them in in
very constructive ways. And I I think

715
01:02:36,559 --> 01:02:48,559
that that's something that some
governments uh sometimes lose lose track

716
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:53,760
of and that they they mistake
some public officials and some leaders,

717
01:02:51,760 --> 01:03:01,760
you know, mistake
um expressing themselves with anger with

718
01:02:58,079 --> 01:03:06,480
um with being tough on issues and really
hunkering down and and having strong

719
01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:12,240
views on things. And and I really
appreciated that in council meetings,

720
01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:18,640
Jerry on some policy issues and some
legal issues would really express

721
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:26,000
himself strongly and vigorously. Um but
but always in ways that um that he found

722
01:03:23,359 --> 01:03:32,559
ways to be respectful and and I think
really constructive. And and the other

723
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:38,960
thing that I think does stand out is um
his combination of experience, life

724
01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:45,839
experience and business experience did
seem to really compleate complement

725
01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:51,839
um the the the skills of other council
members and and help meet the moment.

726
01:03:49,839 --> 01:03:57,280
Um, we've talked at different times
about how this has been such a a period

727
01:03:54,720 --> 01:04:02,319
of of growth in different ways for the
city and new opportunities for the city.

728
01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:11,119
And it does seem like his combination of
characteristics and life experience

729
01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:14,359
um was really timely in helping meet
that moment.

730
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:20,839
» Thank you. comment

731
01:04:21,359 --> 01:04:32,280
with that uh public comment is still
open. I'm wondering is there anyone here

732
01:04:26,480 --> 01:04:32,280
uh uh via zoom uh from re region?

733
01:04:32,799 --> 01:04:40,480
Not seeing anyone. Okay. Uh with that
I'll go ahead and close public comment

734
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:44,640
and I'll bring it back to the council.
Um

735
01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:48,000
uh so before you there's a staff
recommendation

736
01:04:46,319 --> 01:04:56,319
um
to approve this resolution. Um,

737
01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:58,720
and that's it. So, did you you read that
resolution the title?

738
01:04:57,599 --> 01:05:01,359
» I did read you.
>> Okay.

739
01:04:59,119 --> 01:05:04,240
» And also, mayor, we have just the book
to give.

740
01:05:02,079 --> 01:05:08,079
» Yes. And, uh, but I'm going to go ahead
and, uh, vote. We'll do this, finish

741
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:12,799
this, and then we're going to do a
little presentation.

742
01:05:10,079 --> 01:05:14,640
» Um, so with that, uh, is there a motion
for approval?

743
01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:19,760
» Motion to approve.
>> I second.

744
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:25,039
» Okay. Uh we have uh uh the vice mayor
and then we have uh councilwoman Adams.

745
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:36,799
All in favor please say I.
>> I. Any opposed that not just

746
01:05:31,599 --> 01:05:41,520
that motion carries and with that um uh
Audrey

747
01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:46,359
I'm going to give this to you and I'm
going to also uh

748
01:05:46,799 --> 01:05:59,920
I have uh also a resolution here uh and
I will Um

749
01:05:56,000 --> 01:06:05,039
uh this resolution this resolution is in
appreciation to Jerry Blackwelder

750
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:10,319
whereas Jerry Black Walder represented
the city of Sand City on the region

751
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:18,720
Monterey board of directors for nearly a
decade from January 20th 2017 to July

752
01:06:14,799 --> 01:06:22,400
5th 2026. And whereas before he served
on the board, he was part of the

753
01:06:20,559 --> 01:06:26,640
construction crew that built the last
chance Merkantile.

754
01:06:24,319 --> 01:06:31,119
And whereas he has served on the
personnel and finance committees

755
01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:35,440
providing valuable guidance on labor
negotiations,

756
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:42,880
personnel matters, employee safety
particularly during CO 19 and the

757
01:06:39,520 --> 01:06:47,920
pandemic and provided sound advice on
operational and financial matters. And

758
01:06:45,839 --> 01:06:52,640
whereas during his tenure on the board,
region Monterey expanded and enhanced

759
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:58,480
its solid waste management
infrastructure, including two landfill

760
01:06:54,960 --> 01:07:04,240
modules, six and seven, the upgrade of
materials recovery facility, also called

761
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:10,799
MURF,
and long-term uh landfill disposal

762
01:07:07,599 --> 01:07:15,440
capacity, all have one of the lowest
rates in the region and the state. And

763
01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:20,640
whereas Jerry Black Welder understood
common challenges of construction

764
01:07:17,599 --> 01:07:27,760
projects and thus was able to provide
practical input from his experiences

765
01:07:24,559 --> 01:07:32,559
aiding capital improvements and facility
development. And whereas Jerry also

766
01:07:30,559 --> 01:07:37,119
cultivated exceptional working
relationships and demonstration

767
01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:41,200
demonstrated a strong commitment to
collaboration, environmental

768
01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:46,799
stewardship, and effective public
service. said whereas he was a valued

769
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:51,520
member of the board whose thoughtful
leadership, genuine kindness and

770
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:56,720
dedication to regen Monteray's mission
earned the respect of his fellow

771
01:07:53,760 --> 01:08:02,079
directors and left a lasting impact on
the organization and [clears throat]

772
01:07:58,079 --> 01:08:08,400
community. And whereas his input was
consistently insightful, practical, and

773
01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:12,960
often delivered with a light sense of
humor.

774
01:08:10,400 --> 01:08:18,640
Now therefore be it resolved that the
board of directors of region Monterey

775
01:08:15,280 --> 01:08:24,000
hereby commends and expresses its
appreciation and best wishes to Jerry

776
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:30,000
Black Welder passed and adopted on the
21st day of August by the board of

777
01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:35,839
directors and uh Kim Shirley board chair
and Philip Mel Sheriff he is the uh

778
01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:40,319
general manager of region and I've
talked to every one of them because we

779
01:08:37,759 --> 01:08:47,279
all serve on different boards and they
have asked about your dad so much and

780
01:08:43,520 --> 01:08:51,279
miss missed him uh at the meeting. So, I
wanted to go ahead and present this to

781
01:08:49,199 --> 01:08:58,000
you.
And this is just uh from the council

782
01:08:55,600 --> 01:09:02,960
and u I'll come down and give you a hug
in a second, [laughter]

783
01:08:59,839 --> 01:09:09,520
but we'll have uh Audrey.
>> So, one of the other things we did,

784
01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:13,520
Shannon worked super hard on this. we um
created this amazing book. It's kind of

785
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:20,960
instead of a plaque like you would often
get when you retired, it's a plaque with

786
01:09:17,679 --> 01:09:26,719
photos. So, we were able to kind of go
>> Yes. This is when there's an article

787
01:09:23,199 --> 01:09:33,040
from when he was originally um elected.
>> And so, then you can go through and

788
01:09:28,480 --> 01:09:37,440
there are a ton of photos. Look at that
one. And so we just thought this is like

789
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:42,239
a great thing for him to have and for
you guys to have and we just love him.

790
01:09:41,279 --> 01:09:49,000
Oh, thank you.
>> Thank you so much.

791
01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:49,000
Can we get a photo

792
01:09:50,239 --> 01:09:53,239
or

793
01:09:53,358 --> 01:09:55,378
[laughter]

794
01:10:05,440 --> 01:10:08,440
question?

795
01:10:26,640 --> 01:10:29,719
I guess

796
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:49,000
Oh, princess.

797
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:07,280
» Oh, yeah. You're all so wonderful.

798
01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:12,840
just

799
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:19,000
okay

800
01:11:23,040 --> 01:11:35,920
with that. Uh we do have a we'll go to
item 9B and this is a for approval of

801
01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:40,960
the road solution allocating up to 0 085
acres per year of water for Catalina

802
01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:44,719
loss. I believe we're gonna or we're
going to pull this

803
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:49,360
» and ask anybody who's here for that item
because if not we can just stick it on

804
01:11:46,239 --> 01:11:55,600
the next um agenda because
>> we had some unresolved questions and

805
01:11:53,440 --> 01:11:59,520
» then we have a very very short close
session so people could stick around for

806
01:11:57,920 --> 01:12:05,280
your
>> So is anyone uh I'll ask is anyone here

807
01:12:02,640 --> 01:12:11,800
for this item?
No one via Zoom?

808
01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:11,800
No one in the chamber

809
01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:26,880
and not seeing uh anyone. Um I'll ask
the uh council if we're to go ahead and

810
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:29,120
pull this to the next uh meeting.
>> Do we have fun?

811
01:12:28,719 --> 01:12:34,000
» Yes.
>> On everyone to pull this item. Okay.

812
01:12:32,239 --> 01:12:41,920
Vivica
continue it to September 15th. Okay. Uh

813
01:12:38,239 --> 01:12:48,800
would that uh do we have a meeting
September 15th or close?

814
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:53,440
» We have a meeting September 15th
15.

815
01:12:50,960 --> 01:13:00,480
» Okay. With that, we'll move on to item 9
C. This is a consideration of approval

816
01:12:56,239 --> 01:13:08,320
of the November 17th, 2026 regular city
council meeting. So uh looking for um

817
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:13,199
for a Do we need the motion approval for
this installation? Yes.

818
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:16,880
» And that's not the next meeting in
September. It's

819
01:13:14,239 --> 01:13:18,640
» this this is for the November 17th
meeting.

820
01:13:17,760 --> 01:13:24,960
» Yeah.
>> So, do we need to open it up?

821
01:13:21,520 --> 01:13:32,719
» Um I suppose.
>> So, uh with that, um we'll go ahead and

822
01:13:29,199 --> 01:13:39,920
open up for questions or
comment. Well, any questions?

823
01:13:36,719 --> 01:13:45,880
questions. Okay, I'll open it up public.
Any one from the public? Public comment

824
01:13:42,640 --> 01:13:45,880
is open.

825
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:52,400
» I'm just trying to see when election day
is

826
01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:56,719
» is that the second?
>> It's November 3rd.

827
01:13:55,280 --> 01:14:00,440
» Third. So that would be the first
meeting after the election.

828
01:14:01,679 --> 01:14:07,520
» I would like to be able to address the
new council members. It would not. So

829
01:14:05,840 --> 01:14:13,199
the new council members are only
installed sometime in December after the

830
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:19,840
Monterey County.
>> Okay. All right.

831
01:14:15,760 --> 01:14:26,880
So the uh the council will uh the
council will still continue until the

832
01:14:24,239 --> 01:14:32,000
end of the year before new the new
council people come in. And we'll do a a

833
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:36,719
introduction probably. We'll have
something.

834
01:14:33,679 --> 01:14:40,320
Thank you. Uh public comment is still
open

835
01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:44,480
and not seeing anyone. I'll bring it
back to the council. Looking for a

836
01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:46,960
motion for council the meeting.
>> Motion. Okay.

837
01:14:46,239 --> 01:14:52,000
» Second.
>> And Adams. All those in favor, please

838
01:14:49,679 --> 01:14:58,239
signify by saying I. I.
>> Any notes or abstensions? Motion

839
01:14:55,040 --> 01:15:05,400
carries. And with that, we will go ahead
to item 10. comments by council members

840
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:05,400
on interest to San City.

841
01:15:08,719 --> 01:15:21,280
» Okay. Uh with that, we will go ahead and
uh go to item 11. And before we go to

842
01:15:18,239 --> 01:15:25,600
this item, I I did uh have a little bit
of make a little bit of food. So, we're

843
01:15:23,199 --> 01:15:29,760
going to be going into close session in
a minute. It'll probably take about

844
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:37,120
We'll be in there about 10 minutes if
you want to hang around. So, we're gonna

845
01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:43,920
um uh be considering a conference with
real property negotiators pursuant to

846
01:15:39,840 --> 01:15:49,440
government code section 54956.8
property. This is a 100 foot former

847
01:15:46,719 --> 01:15:54,400
transportation agency of Monterey County
rightway within the limits of the city

848
01:15:51,440 --> 01:16:01,360
of San City between Contracasta
and Playa and city negotiators are city

849
01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:08,159
manager Vivica Nord and city attorney
Adam Lingren with negotiating parties

850
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:14,239
transportation agency of Monterey County
and this is under negotiation price in

851
01:16:10,640 --> 01:16:20,640
terms of payment um with so with that
I'm going to this u I'll open it up to

852
01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:26,800
public and it'll be very short so please
don't go too far public comments open

853
01:16:23,760 --> 01:16:34,239
» as public closed
>> and uh so we'll excuse everyone and then

854
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:40,679
uh we will have uh we'll let let you
know when about 10 minutes and invite

855
01:16:36,560 --> 01:16:40,679
everyone back in. Amen.

856
01:16:47,760 --> 01:16:52,840
I have a hard target.
>> Yeah. Come back.

857
01:17:06,159 --> 01:17:12,640
» You want this? Do you want this uh
window clos?

858
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:18,199
» No. No. It's it's it's really
>> very

859
01:17:15,199 --> 01:17:18,199
very

860
01:17:21,383 --> 01:17:23,403
[clears throat]

861
01:17:24,880 --> 01:17:28,960
» Yeah.
>> Okay.

862
01:17:27,440 --> 01:17:34,000
Adam, you're on.
>> Thank you, mayor. Uh for the community,

863
01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:39,360
uh the city council just met in close
session to received updates from and

864
01:17:37,280 --> 01:17:44,640
provide additional direction to its real
property negotiators on the 100 foot

865
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:51,280
former transportation agency of Monterey
County right away in Sand City um in the

866
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:56,480
location identified on the uh city
council agenda. Uh council took no other

867
01:17:54,719 --> 01:18:02,080
reportable action on that item this
evening.

868
01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:08,239
» Thank you. And with that, um, thank you.
And, uh, we'll move to item 12. And this

869
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:13,840
is adjournment. Adam, I wish you were
here. Uh, we're going to, uh, have a few

870
01:18:10,560 --> 01:18:19,840
things. We had a little celebratory uh,
thing for Jerry and, uh, glad that some

871
01:18:17,840 --> 01:18:24,679
of the public has stuck. So,
>> thank you.

872
01:18:21,199 --> 01:18:24,679
» So, this me