[0:00] That's great.
[0:20] We're on.
>> Yes.
[0:23] » Thank you. So, uh, good afternoon
everyone and welcome to the San City
[0:28] Council meeting for September 1st. Uh,
this meeting is being held both in the
[0:34] chambers and via Zoom. So, uh, with
that, I'll go ahead and ask Carrie if
[0:40] she go home roll.
Vice Mayor Diaz
[0:45] » here.
>> Council member Adams
[0:47] » present.
>> Council member Scutters
[0:48] » here. Mayor Carbon
>> here. All present.
[0:52] » Okay. Thank you. Um
we'll go ahead and move on to the pledge
[0:57] of allegiance and uh
[1:02] Nick start.
>> I pledge allegiance
[1:06] » to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[1:12] stands one nation under indivisible with
liberty and justice for all.
[1:22] Thank you.
[1:25] » With that, uh we'll go move to item
three, announcements by the mayor, city
[1:30] attorney, and city manager. And I have
my mayor's report. It is on the uh
[1:35] counter over there, and I will um I will
uh leave it at that. Um we will I'll go
[1:45] ahead and go to the city manager for her
report. I believe she has something
[1:50] she'd like to report to.
>> Yes. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Just trying
[1:55] to see the city of Tony and trying to
get him on. Um, are you very firm? I'm
[2:02] just going to ask him.
Okay.
[2:08] So, we know who we're letting in. Um,
got a few things to report out on. I'll
[2:15] just start.
Uh the West End Festival is cross over
[2:19] and was a great success and Niger is
here and we'll present on that in a
[2:24] moment. Um and just obviously just from
city manager's office, thank you to her
[2:32] for an amazing event and for
public works and PD
[2:41] and planning and administrative services
manager and everybody who spent a lot of
[2:46] time manning our city booth. Um the city
booth, the event is fantastic.
[2:53] Music and art aside, actually having so
much public input and ability to reach
[3:00] out to the public, to the community
through our city booth, it's just very
[3:05] exciting. Just in the time I was there,
there were there was a constant steady
[3:10] stream of people coming out and wanting
to know more about all the great
[3:14] projects we're doing. So that's exciting
and had a lot to say. Um
[3:20] on other city business, we did have an
initial meeting with Woodson Engineers.
[3:24] We're going to bring um a contract to
you for them for the architecture
[3:30] engineering for the by trail. Um we
issued an RFP and um that is who came
[3:37] out on top after all the interviews. So
we'll bring that to you probably at the
[3:41] next um city council meeting. Um
I would tell you about the general plan
[3:47] update but you were all there so you
know about that outreach um which
[3:52] happened last week. Uh we're going ahead
to do our outreach to the businesses
[3:57] this week. We'll be um fanning out
several employees hitting different
[4:03] areas of the city and bringing the
business survey and encouraging them to
[4:07] attend the business presentation on the
general plan update which is happening I
[4:15] believe next week. Let me just double
check that. Um
[4:21] I like from 10 to 1. Um
what else? Um yesterday we did a big
[4:30] presentation to the TAMC board on the
bike trail regarding the use agreement
[4:35] that we would like to enter into um with
TAMC again for the bike trail which is
[4:41] going into the corridor that Tami owns.
The presentation went well and we have a
[4:46] very quick close session at the end of
the meeting on that. Should just be a
[4:50] five minute update at most. um surf bus
constructions.
[4:57] We are going to have a they are going to
have to have three consecutive days of
[5:02] closing down player between California
and Dante September 20th, 21st and 22nd.
[5:10] Um there's some handouts on the table
showing exactly the location and the
[5:14] time.
Um and then just other other projects
[5:19] that have moved ahead with great strides
the last week is the street maintenance
[5:24] project. This is the rehabilitation
of um the parking lot in front of city
[5:31] hall street the end of contracasta
player and possibly California's an
[5:39] addon. This is basically the result of
that pavement management index study
[5:44] that we
keep doing we did a while back and these
[5:49] are the streets that were determined to
have the most need. We're um we have
[5:56] issued an RFP for that um which is quite
a process and we are lined up to issue
[6:02] the RFP for the um
the uh storm water improvement project
[6:09] over the next week or two as well. So
we're doing that through planet bids
[6:13] which is a new way both um
administrative services manager and the
[6:18] planning manager have and the city
engineer have been very involved in
[6:22] actually getting those plans and
documents and bids backs and everything
[6:27] online on planet bids and it's a really
good way to reach out to more um
[6:33] respondents.
Um
[6:36] what else? I think that's about Oh, the
Sand Dollar Shopping Center driveway
[6:42] as part of the MST Surf Bus. A few years
ago, we determined that when the surf
[6:48] bus comes through, it would behoove the
Sand Dollar Shopping Center where Costco
[6:53] is to expand the exit way so that
there's an extra turn lane. So, that
[7:01] work is expected to happen. It's
actually started. It's expected to be
[7:05] completed this week. So we're not paying
for that. The sandbox shopping center is
[7:09] sort of feedback that aware of feedback.
>> Um
[7:16] and
um that's it for me for today.
[7:22] » Thank you Vivica.
And then with that
[7:27] are there any questions for
>> I wonder if we have a head count for the
[7:33] west end. be recruiting
>> and I'm I'm assuming that Nigeria will
[7:37] have that as part of her presentation
but we had an improved number even from
[7:42] last year which was quite a jump from
the previous year. So
[7:47] Na
[7:53] would you like that during the report
when we go to Naja report? Okay.
[7:59] » All right. Um, okay. With that, we'll uh
turn to the city manager. And Adam, do
[8:04] you have anything for us?
>> The city.
[8:07] » I mean the city attorney.
>> Sure. Sure. Sorry, I was having video
[8:12] difficulty for a moment there. Thank you
for bearing with me. Um um I uh recently
[8:19] decided to attend my um first conference
of the uh of the uh special districts
[8:26] association. They had a a conference. I
attended that on um our firm's dime. And
[8:34] uh it was interesting to see what uh
many of the cities and local other city
[8:42] service providers um uh consider to be
important and to sort of compare that
[8:48] educational experience for new um
special council, special district board
[8:55] members to to those that city council
members and city staff enjoy as we go to
[9:00] the league of California cities
conference.
[9:03] and conferences and events. And I I I
must say overall um I I am um encouraged
[9:11] and have renewed appreciation for the
the quality of work and preparation that
[9:18] goes into many of the materials that
city council members get at the League
[9:23] of California Cities/Cal Cities
conferences that you attend. Um, I think
[9:29] uh it was an interesting experience to
to see that that other conference and
[9:34] perspective and to see sort of from the
the flip side what your your fellow
[9:39] agency members um experience and of
course so many of you serve in in
[9:45] similar in in in roles of support and um
for those kinds of organizations. So
[9:50] that was interesting. Um, I also did
want to just note one um small cleanup
[9:55] item. Um, in uh prior reports out from
two council meetings ago, we should have
[10:01] just mentioned and and reported out that
the uh direction had been given to deny
[10:06] a claim from a a John Kaza um regarding
a a relatively small issue that occurred
[10:14] um in uh uh um in [clears throat] Sam
City and uh details are available
[10:20] through the city clerk's office, but
that's been referred to carrier uh will
[10:26] be addressed through uh George Hill. Um
so that's just one small cleanup item
[10:32] and uh heard wonderful things about West
End and look forward to uh hearing
[10:39] additional reports about it.
>> Thank you, Adam, for your report.
[10:47] » And yes, it was a great west end. So,
uh, seemed like there was less people,
[10:52] but it was I think the way the
placement, but we'll get to that.
[10:57] Um, we'll we'll go ahead and move on to
communications. And at this time,
[11:02] members of the public may address the
city council on anything item not on
[11:07] today's agenda. So, uh, if it is on the
agenda, we'll I'll open it up to public
[11:13] comment at that time. So, anything that
you'd like to talk about that's not on
[11:19] the agenda, now would be the time and
public comment is open and I see the
[11:25] other face.
>> Good evening, Brian Clark Ortiz and
[11:30] Mayor [clears throat] Council
staff. Thank you. I'm sorry I missed I
[11:35] was out of town for funeral but I missed
the the last meeting. I believe that
[11:40] something came up on the agenda about
the arts committee and selecting of the
[11:45] muralists and to me I heard there was
some controversy but I was I was rather
[11:50] surprised but in any case I wasn't here
so I really can't speak to what the
[11:54] controversy may have been but I
reviewing mirrorless I was trying to
[12:01] think of some analogy that might make it
more simple or clear why we were
[12:06] recommending neon curve
So friend of mine was a heart transplant
[12:11] recipient at Stanford. He had a team of
doctors, a cardiologist, an internist is
[12:17] cracker, heart transplant surgeon. Well,
they were all doctors. But again, we
[12:21] want a heavy hitter that was the heart
transplant surgeon. So in this situation
[12:29] um given the large scale of the vertical
mural the two people on the list to be
[12:37] considered Leon Kerr and Julie um that's
where the comparison analogies between
[12:45] the two end that they're both mirrorless
as it goes vertical or up in scale and
[12:51] that's where Leon excels. So you get a
hip transplant, a solar transplant.
[12:58] Well, how many have they done? Well, if
you want a large vertical mirror, then
[13:04] there's one person in the world in the
world and that is Leon Kerr. So then I
[13:10] heard somebody made analogy. Why do you
need somebody that's famous? Well, we
[13:14] don't need anybody that's famous. We
simply want the person that can do the
[13:18] best mural on a large vertical scale.
And that's where we came back to Leon
[13:25] Ker. So if you try to give them some
objective objective uh ratings on
[13:32] various categories of what they do and
how you would assign them some numerical
[13:37] objective rating. Well then it goes
right back to Leon Kirk who has done the
[13:43] most large vertical mirror perhaps in
the world. Leah who has done it in scale
[13:50] and has been recognized by his peers by
other muralists by the general populace
[13:56] at every performance if you will that he
does he generally wins all three. So and
[14:02] again our
goal was to get the best mirrorless, the
[14:07] best artist, somebody that would make
you all incredibly proud and going
[14:11] forward in the future that you would
look at and be like, "Oh my god, can you
[14:14] believe what he has done?" Well, we come
right back to you. Leon would make you
[14:20] all incredibly proud and you can pat
your back yourself on the back for years
[14:25] to come and say, "Yes, I was the part of
the process that got the best grill for
[14:30] this project."
>> Thank Thank you.
[14:32] » Thank you.
[14:36] » Comment is still welcome.
[14:41] » S resident ladies, Mr. Lindren. Um, also
wanted to comment on the West End
[14:47] Festival. I thought it was great. It was
awesome. Um, I like the layout. I like
[14:52] the flow. Seems things were like I don't
know, it just flowed better. If I had
[14:57] one suggestion, it would be getting that
flow from the from the park onto
[15:04] Redwood, right? Because Redwood's
closed, park is closed. That kind of
[15:08] feels like I know that's probably a
logistical nightmare, but just a
[15:11] suggestion moving forward. we could like
connect that loop. Um,
[15:17] the other thing, my favorite subject.
So, I just wanted to read this for you
[15:23] guys.
[15:27] August 31st, 2026, Florida Governor
Ronda Santis has ordered the removal of
[15:33] flock cameras and other automata
automated license plate readers from all
[15:38] state highway right away within 30 days.
The directive issued by the Florida
[15:42] Department of Transportation on August
31st, 2026 revokes all existing permits
[15:47] and bans future installations on state
roads due to concerns over privacy
[15:52] misuse and the exponential increase in
surveillance deployments. While the ban
[15:57] applies strictly to stay maintained
roads, many local law enforcement
[15:59] agencies have voluntarily extended the
removal to their jurisdictions.
[16:04] Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Loosa
County, and several other departments
[16:08] announced they would discontinue the LPR
programs entirely, citing the state's
[16:12] decision and public concerns.
So, I only bring this up because you
[16:16] guys know this is my favorite topic.
It's a growing trend. So, now we've got
[16:21] a state, at least for the time being, on
state roads banning the flock cameras on
[16:26] the license plate readers altogether.
Um, a lot of other cities,
[16:30] municipalities across the country are
doing this, too. city councils, they're
[16:34] taking them down. So, I just wanted to
bring that up to you guys. Hopefully,
[16:38] we'll follow suit.
>> Thank you for coming.
[16:42] » And public comment is still open.
[16:50] » And not seeing anyone via Zoom, we'll go
ahead and close public comment. And
[16:55] thank you for your comments. We'll now
move on to item five. This is the
[17:00] consent calendar. And um there are three
items on the consent. At this time, I'd
[17:07] like to ask council uh if you have
reviewed those items uh 5 A through 5C
[17:14] and if there's anything uh a council,
these are routine items and the council
[17:20] can um uh remove or request an item be
placed on the regular agenda for
[17:27] separate consideration if they deem so.
So, at this time, has uh everyone
[17:33] reviewed those?
>> Yes.
[17:35] » Okay. And um um with that, I'll go ahead
and open this up to public comment. So,
[17:43] public comment is open on sale items. If
you'd like to make comment, now's the
[17:48] time.
[17:51] And see, anyone.
We'll go ahead and close public comment
[17:56] and I'll bring it back uh to the
council. I'm looking for a motion for
[18:00] approval. Motion to approve.
>> Second.
[18:03] » Diaz and Adams. And all those in favor,
please signify by saying I.
[18:08] » I. I.
>> Any nos?
[18:10] » I just I I I wanted to make a comment.
Um I wanted to ask we're talking in part
[18:16] about the rehab of the general plan as
part of it. 5C. Is that part of it?
[18:25] » Yes. Did you?
>> I did read it and um when I went through
[18:29] these papers, one of the comments I made
in the meeting of the general plan
[18:34] concerned safety
and specific things about safety and I
[18:39] don't see it on these papers.
>> So just to clarify, this is the
[18:44] presentation that was given,
>> right?
[18:47] » It's not the it's not the revised
presentation with input that was
[18:52] received. What about our what about our
comments?
[18:55] » So that was input that was received.
This is just the presentation that was
[19:00] given. So you gave you heard this
presentation. It's just that all members
[19:03] of the public can see the presentation
that was given to everybody who showed
[19:08] up. We then would take all your comments
including safety and look at them and
[19:13] bring back at some point you revised
things. So this was of course just the
[19:18] guiding principles but it all come back
to you. So with input this is not
[19:24] provided.
>> Will there be some kind of a time when
[19:27] we can get together with the public and
talk about it as the revisions are made?
[19:32] » There would be many public outreach
events. Yes.
[19:37] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[19:42] » Um and I believe there was a timeline in
the the information that you received.
[19:48] Um, Kim, um, but there's a timeline with
dates for other meetings that you should
[19:55] have received at that meeting.
>> Uh, some Yes. I just wasn't clear on how
[20:01] we're going to all meet with the public.
I thought we had like a um an outreach
[20:08] right now about to start with businesses
and maybe a survey.
[20:14] the the the way you meet with the public
is when we bring the item back to
[20:18] council. This is the meeting the public
is the council meeting.
[20:22] » Okay. But is there like a workshop
format at some point between
[20:26] » maybe we need to pull this item because
this sounds like you're not approving it
[20:30] on consent. I just
>> it's just anformational acceptance of
[20:34] the item. There's not a discussion or
decision to be made with it, but I'm
[20:40] happy to
>> we could we could go ahead and pull it
[20:44] if you want to discuss it more, Ken.
>> Thank you.
[20:46] » Okay.
>> Appreciate it.
[20:47] » So, with that, uh, we just pulled item
5C
[20:52] and we will vote on the other two that
it seems that you are in agreeance with
[20:58] 5 A and 5B. So I'll ask again all in
favor for 5 A and 5B please say I
[21:07] » any nos any abstensions okay those two
carry and we'll move 5C to uh we'll uh
[21:15] bring that down to item six uh
consideration of items pulled from the
[21:21] consent calendar
and we will go ahead and uh uh open that
[21:28] up. So at this time
[21:33] » we need to address it actually and you
know basically this is just
[21:36] anformational item. What's in the packet
is the presentation that was given at
[21:42] the workshop and there's no council
action required. It was more to let the
[21:49] public know people who weren't able to
show up to the workshop so that they
[21:54] could see you know what the presentation
was. But um staff will bring back the
[21:59] final guiding principles to the city
council for review and and approval at a
[22:05] later date and that's where comments
received will be incorporated in the
[22:09] final
concludes my report. I don't know if
[22:14] wants to add anything. Um just planning
manager just want to add that the um
[22:19] guiding principles survey is still
available on the website if people want
[22:23] to still fill out that survey and have
additional input um while we finalize
[22:27] that that input from the public. So if
anyone here wants to send it on it's on
[22:31] our channel plan website on our
s website. So thank you.
[22:37] » Thank you and council questions.
>> Yes or comments?
[22:43] » Yes. Thank you. I would just like to
very um just very quickly go over all
[22:48] the different ways the public can find
out what we're doing with the revision
[22:52] of the gentleman plan because a lot of
people were not at that meeting. Let's
[22:56] if we can just review all the different
ways our public both businesses and
[23:00] people living in S city can know what
we're doing with the diamond plan
[23:05] because this is a plan that's for two or
three decades into the future.
[23:10] » Yeah. And there it is on our website. We
also did um at a previous city council
[23:16] meeting we went through all the public
outreach um we had a hold you might
[23:20] remember a whole what's it called public
outreach plan and that is up on our
[23:26] website. So, anybody who's interested,
please go to the city's website and we
[23:30] can see all the dates, all the
opportunities to do public outreach.
[23:40] » And with that, u any other questions,
council?
[23:44] » No, ma'am.
>> Okay.
[23:45] » And, uh, I'll go ahead and reopen this
up for public comment. Public comment is
[23:50] open.
[23:53] I'm not seeing any. will close public
comment. And so with that, u all those
[23:59] in favor of um or I'm looking for a
motion for item 5C. This is to receive
[24:08] the recap of the general plan update
2050 guiding principle.
[24:14] » This is just anformational item. There's
no motion.
[24:18] » Okay. So, well, it was under consent.
Don't we have to vote on it? It was
[24:24] » voting. Well, you can vote on receiving
it, I suppose.
[24:27] » That's what I'm That's what I'm doing.
>> I see.
[24:30] » So, may I have a motion for approval and
a second?
[24:35] » I'll second.
>> Okay. We have a a motion of Kim Skutter
[24:39] and uh Council Member Adams. All those
in favor, [clears throat] please signify
[24:43] by saying I.
>> I.
[24:46] » Any noses or abstensions?
Motion carries
[24:52] or received. With that, we'll move on to
item seven. And this is um 78. Receive a
[24:59] recap of the West End 2026
[25:05] celebration.
And uh with us, we have Naja Deer.
[25:12] Close. [laughter]
>> Close enough.
[25:15] » Welcome, Naja.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um, Terry, can you
[25:18] bring up the present on top of it? First
of all, I apologize for my voice. I woke
[25:24] up this morning with the most annoying
allergies. I don't know what is blooming
[25:28] this time of the year, but if I have to
stop for a second, it's not that I don't
[25:33] want to speak to you. Um, first of all,
I think I want to begin with saying
[25:38] thank you to all of you, to I know Mark
is not here, but public works, to PD, to
[25:43] all of city staff for going through this
experience. Um, it's and I know this is
[25:48] no secret, but it takes a lot to put
together an event like this. And I could
[25:53] not do it alone. It is so far mostly a
solo effort, but I'm also really really
[25:58] lucky to have a network of people and
support system who just make things run
[26:03] smoothly, who keep track of payments,
applications, and all of the things that
[26:07] um go into hosting this event in the
back. I'm also really happy um about the
[26:14] dynamic that we had in this room, just
people speaking up and saying, "Hey, we
[26:17] love the experience." because of course
there's a big part of this event that we
[26:21] can quantify and that we can kind of
track and see through the years um in
[26:26] close collaboration with you Vika about
where do we want to take this event but
[26:31] at the end of the of the day the
experience that every single person has
[26:36] walking through the footprint is what
matters most and very often that is the
[26:40] hardest part to quantify for me as an
organizer. So getting these snippets of
[26:45] community feedback from different places
has been incredible in the last week and
[26:49] a half since we um closed out on Sunday
night and it's been consistently great
[26:55] and that is just the best feedback that
I can receive that people come and enjoy
[27:00] this event. Now that being said of
course in terms of infrastructure and
[27:04] planning and we'll get to this there is
there are a couple things that we would
[27:06] like to address in 2027
um but I want to start with um a couple
[27:11] of baseline facts. August 22 and 23 was
the event. Very obviously um you asked
[27:18] about attendance numbers. The attendance
numbers on paper are a little lower than
[27:22] we had last year and I'll get to that in
a second. However, one other really
[27:27] important metric is how long people
remain in the footprint. And I think one
[27:32] thing that we've seen this year is I
think we called it the flow was great.
[27:36] Um every area of the footprint was
consistently visited. Last year, I think
[27:42] we had this moment of great peak influx
of people with a nationally almost
[27:47] internationally known headliner,
but it also felt like that may not be
[27:52] the right demography or the right type
of people, the right time in the day to
[27:56] really benefit the arts community to
really benefit the city to really get
[28:00] people to experience the festival as as
a whole experience and not just one
[28:04] music act. So, there's really two
numbers that I look at. one is the the
[28:08] hard cut um just over 10,000 attendees
across those two days. But I'm also
[28:13] looking at um what is the revenue that
our food vendors report, right? People
[28:17] who stay in the footprint longer don't
buy one beer and leave. They stay and
[28:21] they linger and they spend time. Um I
talked to almost every single art vendor
[28:26] that was there um in the two days and in
the time after and the consistent
[28:31] feedback was we had really good communic
conversation with people. we made really
[28:36] good sales and it felt a lot more
consistently busy than it did last year.
[28:42] And so that's that's what I'm looking at
at other than the net attendance number.
[28:47] » Um
we are within budget which is also
[28:51] always a good thing to mention. Um it's
been um an interesting experience this
[28:56] year. I think we can all feel the strain
economically that is just a a given
[29:01] right now. Um, we see that in the
businesses that we collaborate with and
[29:05] we try to keep the vendor fee low enough
for our artists, our our vendors to
[29:12] participate reasonably and not break
their budget to to spend two days at our
[29:18] event.
Can you
[29:22] just click through this? Right. So, just
for you to experience a little bit
[29:27] after, it's always hard to capture
moments with photography only, but
[29:31] Carrie, if you want to just keep
clicking through those slides, we I've
[29:34] tried to put together a little bit of
the impressions um that we've had um our
[29:39] artists, our community.
One thing that I want to mention is that
[29:43] we saw, again, my comparison is last
year, we saw a lot of the kind of
[29:48] impromptu creativity. Um there is this
guy that you see on the right bottom um
[29:53] called Triapose. He has this funny
little tricycle setup with a an instant
[29:59] camera in it and he just rides around
and takes pictures of people
[30:03] » and it was such we had a couple of those
coming up. People juggling on the
[30:07] street. Um kids just sitting there and
painting sidewalk chalk murals on this.
[30:13] It it was just a really great
atmosphere.
[30:16] » Um all in all because that popped up. I
also want to mention that we had really
[30:21] positive coverage in local media. Um, we
had the Montter County Weekly, we had
[30:26] the Montre Herald reporting, but we also
had several of our social media don't
[30:32] take it too seriously pages. I think
I've seen one page refer to the West End
[30:37] as Coachella for people who remember
what Blockbuster is.
[30:41] And but and and
but it was but the whole article that
[30:45] they wrote about it was so incredibly
positive. And of course they say that
[30:50] you know in a halfserious tone but we
had we we didn't see that last year. And
[30:55] that's again an indicator just for our
community to um to see how it was
[31:00] perceived. We talked about visitor
flows. We talked about art vendors that
[31:05] reported um very positive turnout.
Of course we had excellent weather. that
[31:10] always helps for the general mood.
But just an observation that I had and
[31:16] that many of my volunteers had and that
many of our attendees or partners made
[31:20] was that people were genuinely joyful.
>> And again, this is really hard to
[31:25] quantify, but I think there was a lot of
this um just this atmosphere of making
[31:31] it work and making it into a positive
enjoyable experience. Um that begins
[31:35] with vendor setup. If I I see vendors
helping out the their neighbors, setting
[31:40] up their canopies, those easy ups are
such a nightmare to set up and take down
[31:44] with one person, even two. And I saw a
lot of that collaboration just
[31:48] happening. Um visitors asking around,
staying to chat. So there was a lot of
[31:54] that really positive spirit and I think
that was carried into the music acts
[31:58] too. I want to add that the majority,
vast majority of her music acts were
[32:03] Montterrey County local bands. It was
very wellreceived within both media and
[32:09] the community. Um, the mix was great.
All our artists did really, really well
[32:14] on stage, even the newcomers. That's
always a little bit of a are they going
[32:18] to come through? And they all did. Sound
worked well. Um and we resolved our
[32:24] major 2025 hiccups of portaotties which
um is my personal
[32:31] um and if you want to go to the last
page Carrie um
[32:36] learnings for 2027 we're going to have a
very detailed debrief with city manager
[32:41] with PD with public works just to make
sure that we're all on the same page and
[32:45] we address every single little thing
that is to be improved in 2027.
[32:51] The couple biggest concerns for me um
was just general access and event
[32:57] logistics. Um there was a minor in minor
hiccup with the sidewalk chalk because
[33:04] one color sidewalk chalk didn't last
through the night for some reason. So
[33:08] some of the vendor had trouble finding
their booth. One big issue is parking.
[33:13] Um that is something that we are
resolving with MST. We have a shuttle.
[33:18] It was incredibly well used. Um, but
it's just a thing that deters people and
[33:23] I there may not be a straightforward
solution for us to find 1,700 parking
[33:28] spaces somewhere. Um, but that's
definitely something that I would love
[33:32] to bring all our brains together and
discuss. Um, volunteer recruitment and
[33:38] sponsoring outreach is is one thing that
um I just want to restructure a little
[33:42] bit, but all in all, I think the general
skeleton of the event is a really solid
[33:46] one at this point. And again it was
received really really well. And I think
[33:51] the last thing that remains for me to
say is thank you. Um again waiting for
[33:58] my big visual here is to say thank you
again. Um there there are so many moving
[34:05] pieces in putting this together and this
year was one where it just seamlessly
[34:09] clicked and I have no illusion that that
is not a solo job but it is a group
[34:13] effort and I'm really grateful
that I have from city council from you
[34:19] mayor from all your team been really
fun.
[34:22] » Thank you.
Anybody like can call me on
[34:29] this?
>> Sure why not? Hi there. Excellent.
[34:32] » Um, I just wanted to tell you that I
also went around to some of the booths
[34:36] and spoke to some of the vendors and
they were very, very happy with the
[34:40] price that they paid and they were also
happy with the amount of people that
[34:45] were coming through and the amount of
money that they made.
[34:49] Um, some were repeat, some were first
time,
[34:52] » you know, but they were all very happy
and so were some of the attendees that I
[34:56] spoke with. So, thank you for all of
your hard work and effort that you put
[35:00] forth to make this another successful
event. Thank you.
[35:06] » Do you
um I'll comment. So, um I I found out
[35:12] that we had one vendor who comes all the
way from Washington DC.
[35:16] » Yes.
>> So, a part of this vendor. Yes.
[35:18] » And um so that was kind of cool. And I
believe she's with a museum there. Um
[35:26] and um um yeah, she the only comment she
had was she said, "See my permit. It's
[35:34] [clears throat] we're as vendors, we're
supposed to have it posted." And she
[35:38] said, "I'm the only one who does it."
So, but yeah. So, you probably heard
[35:43] that. I think that uh I I walked through
and I noticed that the artwork was a lot
[35:50] lot uh better original uh work. So, that
was uh really good. So, a unique uh port
[35:57] that was being shown and I made my
yearly purchase as I do. So, um I still
[36:07] have to pick it up, but yeah, it it was
good and that the flow was good. Um uh I
[36:14] think the food booths maybe more food
booths had be brought in but and then
[36:20] that they were located differently so we
didn't have the uh congestion of crowds
[36:26] like people back to back you know so
there was um you had spaced them out so
[36:31] that was great for the flow so and
congrats on another successful Weston
[36:41] » yeah um yeah it was a wonderful event.
Um, a couple [clears throat] of comments
[36:45] that I also heard were was about the
food being spread out. It that was like
[36:51] a really that was a great
the footprint that you you made there
[36:57] with the food. Um,
I have to compliment you on the whoever
[37:02] did the sound. It was here and now
because you were actually able it it
[37:07] when the music was playing nothing was
conflicting and you were actually able
[37:11] to if you unless you were right in front
of the stage or the speaker you were
[37:15] able to hold a conversation with people
and that was that was actually
[37:19] outstanding. So compared to the year
before it was really nice to be able to
[37:23] talk to people um regardless of where
you were unless you were standing right
[37:27] in front of a speaker. and I'll make
sure to pass that on because they were
[37:31] very excited to do this event because
it's in it it's their backyard and I
[37:36] think they did an amazing job.
>> They did do an amazing job. So, thank
[37:39] you.
>> Yeah.
[37:41] » And I was serving with the C program on
Sunday. Um we had a blast and I would
[37:48] love to tell you that three times
different women stopped me and said,
[37:53] "We're so glad Cert is here. We felt
really safe this year." And um you know
[37:59] I said well it's a lot more than just
cert there's a whole lot of people here
[38:03] making it safe but it was wonderful to
hear that and the biggest question I got
[38:09] is how do we get home? We we took a bus
in but there's no shuttle back. We don't
[38:14] know how to get home.
>> Like some some people said we walked
[38:18] from Pacific Grove. We're too tired to
walk home and Yeah.
[38:24] » Yeah. So I think it was a little
confusing. I wasn't really briefed at
[38:28] the outset on how to answer that
question, but we worked it out.
[38:32] » Okay.
>> We worked it out. But the shuttle the
[38:35] shuttle communication about the shuttle
with the public was a little
[38:39] » Yeah.
>> I'm I'm not I'm not sure really how they
[38:42] found out we had shuttles and how they
would find out about the special
[38:46] schedule.
>> Makes sense.
[38:48] » I thought the quality of the art was
outstanding
[38:52] and a lot of families, a lot of people
bringing their children in in wagons.
[38:57] and just a really lot of community
goodwill.
[39:01] It was warm. Very warm.
So, you did a great job.
[39:08] » Yeah. I know again the shuttle and
parking situation is is on the agenda,
[39:12] but it's good to hear that from you,
too.
[39:16] » Okay. Well, uh with that, I'm going to
open this up to the public. family
[39:21] comment
or
[39:24] not.
>> I want to say you did a great job. Um so
[39:30] just so that this
[39:38] » you did a great job. Um the flow, the
food, like they had mentioned how you
[39:43] had it spread out. It made it so it
wasn't uh clustered. you wanted to sit
[39:48] and eat instead of like get your food
and leave.
[39:51] » Um,
more food because me and my daughter
[39:54] were food jumping. So, you had a lot
already. More this year. We were like,
[40:00] um, some more would be great. But you
did a great job. I loved it. So,
[40:09] give me a minute to get over there. You
guys,
[40:12] many people know me, some don't. My
name's Don. I live here in town.
[40:17] Back when I was running for city council
in in 2020 and I was having a meeting
[40:24] with the police association,
one of the questions they asked me,
[40:29] "What do you think of the West End
celebration?" I says, "I think it's
[40:32] great. We need to have it twice a year.
Can [clears throat] that happen?"
[40:37] [laughter]
I know it's a lot of work,
[40:40] but I suggested that. The only thing I
bothered me this year was since Post
[40:47] Noals is closed,
we only have one beer vendor.
[40:54] So last year, in the last couple years,
we've had different types of beers that
[40:58] we can drink
and one of the beer stations kept
[41:03] running out.
So maybe we get more beer vendors next
[41:08] year or something like that. Maybe we
can get it where it's free.
[41:11] [clears throat]
[laughter]
[41:13] But I I mean I would like to see that.
I'd like to see it happen more if they
[41:18] can we can we do it.
>> Well, it's public comment so I can't
[41:23] comment.
>> Right. Right. Okay. But that's my
[41:26] suggestion.
>> Well, that's going to be maybe twice a
[41:31] year.
The person to ask is Ry distribution
[41:37] re distribution
distributor. So,
[41:41] » okay. Three months.
>> Huh?
[41:43] » Got to get [clears throat] out more.
>> Maybe
[41:46] once a month.
>> They should have um um trailer.
[41:51] » If you want to come up public comments,
come on up.
[41:55] » Yeah. Like
your way. They drive around to you.
[42:00] » I live in Oregon.
>> Anyone else for public comment?
[42:04] » Yeah. You would you mind driving?
Um, I thought it would be more
[42:10] appropriate perhaps when we're talking
about a Jerry Blackwell. But in any
[42:14] case, Jerry was here at the inception of
West End and it goes back to the 18 year
[42:19] 2000. And so Jerry was there at the very
beginning as was Gregory Hawthorne. And
[42:26] so Gregory really did uh term and came
up with renaming that part of Sen City,
[42:33] the West End. And so going back to that
chapter, there was really three
[42:39] chapters. So there was the initial west
end. So let's say that was over 10 years
[42:44] and that was really back to the Gregory
Hawthorne era and the bra for a long
[42:49] time and it became more successful.
Other people said, "Gee, this is so
[42:52] successful. I would like to run it." And
so Greg says, "Well, I run it for free.
[42:57] It's been all volunteer, but if you want
to have your hand and run it," then they
[43:01] would run and say, "Well, this is a lot
of work. I should be paid to run this.
[43:05] So at theception, it was not any less
busy. In fact, we had Friday night
[43:10] music, we had uh other events to
fundraisers. Uh so we had several other
[43:16] layers of the West End at different
iterations. So the current West End, in
[43:22] fact, you could say it was really is a
more stripped down version than it was
[43:26] for the first 15 years. So you had the
Magnini reign which was much more music
[43:32] centric and now you have again we're
using the new consultants but you may
[43:37] want to and it could be helpful to look
at what happened for the first decade
[43:41] and what happened in the second decade
and now we here we are again today. So
[43:46] there's, you know, look at what was the
best in the first 10 years, which went a
[43:50] lot of wonderful things, and what really
worked in the second 10 years, a lot of
[43:54] wonderful things, and what we're
replicating now. So I think histronics
[43:59] uh would be fun to review because a lot
of lot of really fun things that brought
[44:04] the community together were done and
created starting with Friday night
[44:08] music, starting with other fundraisers,
uh Big S fashion show. So nevertheless,
[44:16] so we had a lot of fun community- based
things that were much more organic that
[44:21] came out from really Jerry Blackwell and
Greg Cthor. So to Jerry Blackwell and
[44:28] the Gregory, thank you.
>> Thank you.
[44:35] » Um
parking parking was brought up in the
[44:40] overview. Parking is not only an issue
for the people that are coming to the
[44:43] festival. Parking is an issue for some
of the people that live here, like
[44:47] especially for us over on Dia Street
because we have people that like to just
[44:51] drive in and think they can park in our
spots. So, you run out to the store, you
[44:54] come home, hey, somebody's parked in my
driveway. Um,
[44:59] probably not an issue for the organizer.
probably more of an issue I think we
[45:03] need to discuss with the city manager or
the chief about finding a way to maybe
[45:08] at the at a at a minimum getting some of
those barricade signs that's say toway
[45:12] zone that we can throw up in front of
our driveways.
[45:16] Um I think that would help kind of
mitigate that. That was and like I said
[45:22] the event I loved it. It was good. I
think the way the layout was with the
[45:26] food being more spread out, it took away
that giant conglomeration that usually
[45:32] happens right there at the main stage
where
[45:35] you can't
can't get through typically in past
[45:39] years. So, I like that that didn't
happen. It was good for
[45:45] Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
[45:49] And anyone else for public comment?
>> Yes. Uh we we're on RTS.
[45:55] » You want to come up and state your name
for the brief?
[45:58] » Uh yeah, Chris Mer. Um we're on RTS and
yeah, the same thing happened. We had
[46:03] people parking in front of our um um
driveways and stuff, so we couldn't get
[46:10] out. We had to like really try to
squeeze through. And so yeah, parking
[46:16] would be awesome to like some like find
some kind of barking
[46:23] instead of
good.
[46:26] » Thank Thank you so much for your comment
and public comment is still open
[46:34] and not seeing anyone else. Go ahead and
close public comment. Thank you for your
[46:40] comments and I'd like to uh uh thank
Jazz for her presentation.
[46:46] So uh and let's uh do it again. So,
[clears throat] I don't know about fy,
[46:51] but
[laughter]
[46:55] so now we're going to go ahead and move
on to the big a big big item at the for
[47:01] the evening. And uh this is a new
business item and this is consideration
[47:08] of a resolution honoring Vice Mayor
Jerry Blackbelder for his retirement.
[47:15] And with that, um, Woodley, we'd like to
Would you like to go with the Stanford
[47:20] report or
>> I'm happy to do that? There
[47:24] » isn't a staff report on this one.
Perhaps because Jerry Black wrote his
[47:28] legacy speaks for himself.
>> There is a memo from the mayor and I
[47:34] would be happy to read the resolution.
And then we have
[47:38] » Okay.
We also have um a gift for the family
[47:43] and
um and then I know that you've prepared
[47:49] some
some little finger foods if you'd like.
[47:54] U
>> but should do you want me to just read
[47:56] the resolution?
>> Yeah. Well, I'll I'll go ahead and I'll
[48:01] go ahead with the memo. So, um this is a
resolution for uh for the council to
[48:07] consider and approve. Um
so, below and the recommendation is just
[48:14] for the city council to adopt a
resolution honoring Vice Mayor Jerry
[48:19] Blackwelder for his distinguished
service to the city of Sand City and
[48:24] congratulating him on his retirement.
And with that, I'll have Vidica go ahead
[48:31] and read the resolution.
>> Okay. This is the resolution of the city
[48:35] council of the city of Sans City
honoring Vice Mayor Jerry Blackwelder
[48:39] for his distinguished service and
congratulating him on his retirement. Do
[48:43] you want me to read the whole
>> No, no, that that that that's that's
[48:47] that's fine. It's a very long
resolution. I know I know in previous
[48:53] meetings we have all said wonderful
words about Jerry and just certainly
[48:58] from my perspective when I started as
your city manager who was very much has
[49:03] been a mentor to me has always had an
amazing vision for Sam Sely. He um saw
[49:12] the big p he sees the big picture and
the little picture. He was um often on
[49:19] my make case about small things called
broken windows based on a study from was
[49:24] the '9s that said you fix a broken
window you actually improve crime in the
[49:29] neighborhood because it changes how
people feel about where they live. And I
[49:34] think about that comment every day when
I'm working. It's the small things
[49:38] matter as much as the big things as we
move our city forward. We're doing all
[49:43] these big things, much of many of which
um Vice Mayor Black as well as yourself
[49:50] were part of 25 years ago, the bike
trail project, poster trail projects,
[49:57] the you know reimagining the art park,
etc. And these these projects as they
[50:05] move forward just have Jerry stem all
over them that so do that every time we
[50:10] fix a part. So, just wanted to add that.
>> Thank you, Vivica. And uh I mean just
[50:18] this weekend just you talked about fix
the broken window. I sent Vivica some
[50:24] some pictures or message or some photos.
So, I see these little stickers like on
[50:31] the city sign or on the um the welcome
to San City sign. So there's like
[50:37] somebody's posting political pictures
up, right? So I I mean just to look at
[50:43] the little things or to drive around the
city and look at the signage is there,
[50:48] you know, is there somebody tagging u
sign? So this is the little things that
[50:53] we want to do. We want to keep our city
uh we don't want to have that in our
[50:58] city because if you let it go neglected,
you know, it just gets worse. So, it's,
[51:05] you know, just touching on what he said
there. Um, at this time, I'm going to
[51:11] just stop and I'm going to ask the
council if they'd like to say anything.
[51:15] Any comments?
>> I don't want to cry.
[51:19] » That's okay. Then, then don't.
[51:24] » Thank you. I want to say thank you.
Thank you very much.
[51:33] I'd like to say thank you as well and I
appreciate Jerry's support for the few
[51:37] years that I've been on the council. It
meant a lot to me. And um uh for me uh
[51:46] we have a couple things here. We have uh
um some cards um and uh I put in some um
[51:55] some thoughts in there. But um I've
known Jerry for a long long time but and
[52:03] prior to uh city council many years ago
working in the trade. So um um and
[52:12] everyone I talked to Jerry would always
start h work and just at work work
[52:18] Jerry's carpenter as labor. So I just I
would notice Jerry he was always happy.
[52:25] He'd hum songs and he'd hum a song and
I'd see him do it here up here on the
[52:31] council where he's, you know, it just
starts humming and it just gets in your
[52:36] head
and I I'm an observer. So while I'm
[52:42] running around, I'd see Jerry here
working here and I'd see carpenter here
[52:46] and carpenter here. Jared started off
the humming be the next carpenter would
[52:51] be humming that were singing the song to
the next one. was very contagious. But
[52:58] um so when when uh Jerry came um with me
and um our past mayor uh and David
[53:08] Pandergrass, we um David Pandergrass
asked me, "Who do you think would be a
[53:14] good candidate for council?" And so I
said, "Well," I said, "Uh you know,
[53:19] Jared Blackboulder, I think, you know,
we should talk to him." and we talked to
[53:25] him and kind of got him to come on
board. And uh uh Jerry, you know, just
[53:32] he was a strong advocate for the city
and an excellent leader and um
[53:42] a excellent person, an excellent council
member. And he, you know, um once when
[53:49] Mayor Fandress left, I bet Jerry missed
him. Jerry's gonna be my right-hand man,
[53:56] but especially with his height. I mean,
gosh, have Jerry by my side and a a
[54:01] hulking tower of a guy, you know, Jerry
is pretty powerful. So, um, uh, and it
[54:09] has been my honor to work with Jerry,
uh, for
[54:13] as long as he's been here on the
council, and he's been, um, always, uh,
[54:19] you know, good Christian and, um, a good
heart and, uh, a good advice, you know,
[54:26] good advice, a good advisor or counselor
for the city. So, um, I'm just honored
[54:34] I've been honored to serve with him. So,
with that, uh, I'm going to stop there
[54:40] and, uh, I'm going to open this up to
public comments. So, if anyone would
[54:44] like to come up, if you know Jerry or
you want to, his daughter is here and
[54:48] or, uh, uh, his son-in-law, if anyone
would like to come up and say anything,
[54:54] now
would be a time. [clears throat]
[54:59] I'm going to I'm gonna correct though.
Um,
[55:05] sorry.
I've been in public service. I've been
[55:09] working for cities for 24 years and I've
worked closely with city councils for
[55:14] all of those 24 years. And um I left the
city where remain unnamed uh where
[55:23] there wasn't really a great rapport
communication with our city council and
[55:29] I didn't feel like they really liked us
very much. So I come here and it's
[55:33] really very different and I texted you a
story earlier and I'm going to share
[55:38] that. um had an item and Jerry was
asking some questions that are what
[55:45] you're supposed to do as city council
members. I took zero offense to it. It
[55:49] was actually very light compared to what
I was used to. But your dad called me
[55:56] the next day to check on me because he
was concerned he was too hard on me and
[56:01] he just wanted to make sure that he
didn't harm anything by asking those
[56:07] questions. And I can't tell you how much
that meant to be. It was just so kind
[56:13] and so considerate. And he has been and
is one of my favorite people in general.
[56:21] He made me happy when he was here. I
loved his songs when he would come sing.
[56:26] He honestly brought me joy. And so I
miss not seeing him as much. I'm so glad
[56:32] you're here. But I had to say that.
Thank you. Okay.
[56:38] and anyone else [clears throat]
[56:43] » right
so um so I arrived on the scene in about
[56:49] 2000 and u s city had let a request for
proposal for water cuts to get water
[56:57] meters so they had a water bank and so
many they said well let's learn request
[57:03] proposal we're sitting on this water and
they say well maybe we should just hold
[57:06] it keep the business why keep the best
use it. So why the city got the request
[57:10] for proposal? I think there were about
33 responses and one of them uh we won.
[57:17] So it was use it or lose the water and
so I think you had two years to use the
[57:23] water. So we then did use it. So we
built the 430 and 440 Ortiz units and
[57:30] those were two live work commercial
mixeduse buildings and unbeknownst to us
[57:36] they were the first mixeduse live work
buildings in Monterey County. So we went
[57:41] to get construction on them said you
know no sorry no can't do there's not
[57:46] another mixeduse building in Monterey
County. So you're around peg square hole
[57:52] so uh can't do it. The long story short
is we self-funded fine we built but
[57:59] Jerry was also one that was also awarded
water credits and so he was also trying
[58:04] to build an excuse project or live work
but nevertheless he he was unable to
[58:12] secure financing so he did ultimately
build but out of that um I had a lot of
[58:18] chapters with Jared this is all pre- del
plan uh pre west end So he was there at
[58:25] the inception of West End and probably
it was probably 2002 when the first West
[58:31] End. I'm not sure might have been one
might have been three but I think it was
[58:34] 2002 but anyway it was Mr. Kelly and it
was Mr. Blackwelder and it was Mary
[58:39] Hawthorne. Those were the three people
that were moving and shaking uh and
[58:45] shaped Sand City as we see it today. So
again, historical perspective, 2020,
[58:51] hindsight. Uh Jared was there at all
these pivotal moments and then we just
[58:55] take for granted today. Oh, West End.
No, no, no. Jared was there at step one
[59:00] of West End. Oh, the Del plan. Jared was
there at pre and at step one of the del.
[59:07] Oh, cool. They have live work style
places there and get it through the the
[59:11] approvals to get No, Jerry was there to
help get a live work style through the
[59:17] planning process when there were no
guidelines to do it. So he saw a lot of
[59:22] things in Sand City from their inception
that we today just take for granted. But
[59:27] again, over his 26-year period here,
[clears throat]
[59:31] he did so many so many things that that
were community- based that helped
[59:36] individual homeowners that helped me and
uh to be able to spend time with Jared
[59:43] was always, always, always very, very
nice. I always look forward to seeing
[59:48] Jared and he always had a big ready
smile and we always picked up just like
[59:53] the same old friends. It was we just
always picked up my mom for three months
[59:57] I come back. It was again just picking
up where we left off. He was that type
[1:00:01] of friend. He was warm and welcoming and
always a help. So Jerry, thank you.
[1:00:08] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you. And we need more
[1:00:12] Jerry's. Thank you Jerry.
>> Thank you for your kind words.
[1:00:21] » Public comment is still open.
[1:00:25] and uh seeing no Oh, I do see something.
>> I'm getting old.
[1:00:34] » The one thing I can say about Jerry, he
and another person in this room.
[1:00:40] I moved here in 99 and we've had quite a
few elections. I've only had two people
[1:00:45] come to my door, knock on it. Hi, I'm so
and so. I'm running for city council.
[1:00:52] What would you like in this town? It was
one of She's another one. Michelle,
[1:00:56] right? I keep getting your name messed
up. I still have your picture in my
[1:01:00] front yard, but it's me, right?
[laughter]
[1:01:04] A person like that. You're representing
the people in the town you live. And
[1:01:11] that impresses me through, you know, I'm
an old man. I've been around for a lot
[1:01:16] of elections and a lot of people even
when I lived up in the Bay Area election
[1:01:20] time nobody came around knocking on
doors letting you know who you are and
[1:01:24] what you are you know and I was
impressed by that even though I didn't
[1:01:29] get sidewalk in front of my house but
that's what I requested but you know we
[1:01:34] talked about because of the the property
lines and all that but yeah he is one of
[1:01:40] two people that actually knocked on my
door and says hi
[1:01:45] running for city council would, you
know, and that impressed me. Then he'd
[1:01:51] come in the store and we'd a
lot. [laughter]
[1:01:54] » But yeah, I'd throw that in.
>> Thank you for your comment.
[1:02:01] And public comment is still open. I see
uh do we have someone online?
[1:02:07] » Sure. I would
>> have him.
[1:02:09] » Sure. I I I would just add um I would
echo the comments you heard at the
[1:02:16] beginning um that
Jerry had a a wonderful way of being
[1:02:23] tough on issues and having strong
opinions while still being uh respectful
[1:02:32] and finding ways to express them in in
very constructive ways. And I I think
[1:02:36] that that's something that some
governments uh sometimes lose lose track
[1:02:44] of and that they they mistake
some public officials and some leaders,
[1:02:51] you know, mistake
um expressing themselves with anger with
[1:02:58] um with being tough on issues and really
hunkering down and and having strong
[1:03:03] views on things. And and I really
appreciated that in council meetings,
[1:03:09] Jerry on some policy issues and some
legal issues would really express
[1:03:14] himself strongly and vigorously. Um but
but always in ways that um that he found
[1:03:23] ways to be respectful and and I think
really constructive. And and the other
[1:03:28] thing that I think does stand out is um
his combination of experience, life
[1:03:35] experience and business experience did
seem to really compleate complement
[1:03:42] um the the the skills of other council
members and and help meet the moment.
[1:03:49] Um, we've talked at different times
about how this has been such a a period
[1:03:54] of of growth in different ways for the
city and new opportunities for the city.
[1:03:59] And it does seem like his combination of
characteristics and life experience
[1:04:05] um was really timely in helping meet
that moment.
[1:04:16] » Thank you. comment
[1:04:21] with that uh public comment is still
open. I'm wondering is there anyone here
[1:04:26] uh uh via zoom uh from re region?
[1:04:32] Not seeing anyone. Okay. Uh with that
I'll go ahead and close public comment
[1:04:38] and I'll bring it back to the council.
Um
[1:04:42] uh so before you there's a staff
recommendation
[1:04:46] um
to approve this resolution. Um,
[1:04:52] and that's it. So, did you you read that
resolution the title?
[1:04:57] » I did read you.
>> Okay.
[1:04:59] » And also, mayor, we have just the book
to give.
[1:05:02] » Yes. And, uh, but I'm going to go ahead
and, uh, vote. We'll do this, finish
[1:05:06] this, and then we're going to do a
little presentation.
[1:05:10] » Um, so with that, uh, is there a motion
for approval?
[1:05:13] » Motion to approve.
>> I second.
[1:05:15] » Okay. Uh we have uh uh the vice mayor
and then we have uh councilwoman Adams.
[1:05:22] All in favor please say I.
>> I. Any opposed that not just
[1:05:31] that motion carries and with that um uh
Audrey
[1:05:38] I'm going to give this to you and I'm
going to also uh
[1:05:46] I have uh also a resolution here uh and
I will Um
[1:05:56] uh this resolution this resolution is in
appreciation to Jerry Blackwelder
[1:06:02] whereas Jerry Black Walder represented
the city of Sand City on the region
[1:06:07] Monterey board of directors for nearly a
decade from January 20th 2017 to July
[1:06:14] 5th 2026. And whereas before he served
on the board, he was part of the
[1:06:20] construction crew that built the last
chance Merkantile.
[1:06:24] And whereas he has served on the
personnel and finance committees
[1:06:28] providing valuable guidance on labor
negotiations,
[1:06:32] personnel matters, employee safety
particularly during CO 19 and the
[1:06:39] pandemic and provided sound advice on
operational and financial matters. And
[1:06:45] whereas during his tenure on the board,
region Monterey expanded and enhanced
[1:06:50] its solid waste management
infrastructure, including two landfill
[1:06:54] modules, six and seven, the upgrade of
materials recovery facility, also called
[1:07:02] MURF,
and long-term uh landfill disposal
[1:07:07] capacity, all have one of the lowest
rates in the region and the state. And
[1:07:13] whereas Jerry Black Welder understood
common challenges of construction
[1:07:17] projects and thus was able to provide
practical input from his experiences
[1:07:24] aiding capital improvements and facility
development. And whereas Jerry also
[1:07:30] cultivated exceptional working
relationships and demonstration
[1:07:34] demonstrated a strong commitment to
collaboration, environmental
[1:07:38] stewardship, and effective public
service. said whereas he was a valued
[1:07:44] member of the board whose thoughtful
leadership, genuine kindness and
[1:07:49] dedication to regen Monteray's mission
earned the respect of his fellow
[1:07:53] directors and left a lasting impact on
the organization and [clears throat]
[1:07:58] community. And whereas his input was
consistently insightful, practical, and
[1:08:04] often delivered with a light sense of
humor.
[1:08:10] Now therefore be it resolved that the
board of directors of region Monterey
[1:08:15] hereby commends and expresses its
appreciation and best wishes to Jerry
[1:08:20] Black Welder passed and adopted on the
21st day of August by the board of
[1:08:26] directors and uh Kim Shirley board chair
and Philip Mel Sheriff he is the uh
[1:08:33] general manager of region and I've
talked to every one of them because we
[1:08:37] all serve on different boards and they
have asked about your dad so much and
[1:08:43] miss missed him uh at the meeting. So, I
wanted to go ahead and present this to
[1:08:49] you.
And this is just uh from the council
[1:08:55] and u I'll come down and give you a hug
in a second, [laughter]
[1:08:59] but we'll have uh Audrey.
>> So, one of the other things we did,
[1:09:05] Shannon worked super hard on this. we um
created this amazing book. It's kind of
[1:09:11] instead of a plaque like you would often
get when you retired, it's a plaque with
[1:09:17] photos. So, we were able to kind of go
>> Yes. This is when there's an article
[1:09:23] from when he was originally um elected.
>> And so, then you can go through and
[1:09:28] there are a ton of photos. Look at that
one. And so we just thought this is like
[1:09:35] a great thing for him to have and for
you guys to have and we just love him.
[1:09:41] Oh, thank you.
>> Thank you so much.
[1:09:45] Can we get a photo
[1:09:50] or
[1:09:53] [laughter]
[1:10:05] question?
[1:10:26] I guess
[1:10:45] Oh, princess.
[1:11:03] » Oh, yeah. You're all so wonderful.
[1:11:09] just
[1:11:16] okay
[1:11:23] with that. Uh we do have a we'll go to
item 9B and this is a for approval of
[1:11:30] the road solution allocating up to 0 085
acres per year of water for Catalina
[1:11:38] loss. I believe we're gonna or we're
going to pull this
[1:11:42] » and ask anybody who's here for that item
because if not we can just stick it on
[1:11:46] the next um agenda because
>> we had some unresolved questions and
[1:11:53] » then we have a very very short close
session so people could stick around for
[1:11:57] your
>> So is anyone uh I'll ask is anyone here
[1:12:02] for this item?
No one via Zoom?
[1:12:08] No one in the chamber
[1:12:13] and not seeing uh anyone. Um I'll ask
the uh council if we're to go ahead and
[1:12:21] pull this to the next uh meeting.
>> Do we have fun?
[1:12:28] » Yes.
>> On everyone to pull this item. Okay.
[1:12:32] Vivica
continue it to September 15th. Okay. Uh
[1:12:38] would that uh do we have a meeting
September 15th or close?
[1:12:45] » We have a meeting September 15th
15.
[1:12:50] » Okay. With that, we'll move on to item 9
C. This is a consideration of approval
[1:12:56] of the November 17th, 2026 regular city
council meeting. So uh looking for um
[1:13:05] for a Do we need the motion approval for
this installation? Yes.
[1:13:11] » And that's not the next meeting in
September. It's
[1:13:14] » this this is for the November 17th
meeting.
[1:13:17] » Yeah.
>> So, do we need to open it up?
[1:13:21] » Um I suppose.
>> So, uh with that, um we'll go ahead and
[1:13:29] open up for questions or
comment. Well, any questions?
[1:13:36] questions. Okay, I'll open it up public.
Any one from the public? Public comment
[1:13:42] is open.
[1:13:47] » I'm just trying to see when election day
is
[1:13:50] » is that the second?
>> It's November 3rd.
[1:13:55] » Third. So that would be the first
meeting after the election.
[1:14:01] » I would like to be able to address the
new council members. It would not. So
[1:14:05] the new council members are only
installed sometime in December after the
[1:14:09] Monterey County.
>> Okay. All right.
[1:14:15] So the uh the council will uh the
council will still continue until the
[1:14:24] end of the year before new the new
council people come in. And we'll do a a
[1:14:30] introduction probably. We'll have
something.
[1:14:33] Thank you. Uh public comment is still
open
[1:14:38] and not seeing anyone. I'll bring it
back to the council. Looking for a
[1:14:42] motion for council the meeting.
>> Motion. Okay.
[1:14:46] » Second.
>> And Adams. All those in favor, please
[1:14:49] signify by saying I. I.
>> Any notes or abstensions? Motion
[1:14:55] carries. And with that, we will go ahead
to item 10. comments by council members
[1:15:00] on interest to San City.
[1:15:08] » Okay. Uh with that, we will go ahead and
uh go to item 11. And before we go to
[1:15:18] this item, I I did uh have a little bit
of make a little bit of food. So, we're
[1:15:23] going to be going into close session in
a minute. It'll probably take about
[1:15:27] We'll be in there about 10 minutes if
you want to hang around. So, we're gonna
[1:15:32] um uh be considering a conference with
real property negotiators pursuant to
[1:15:39] government code section 54956.8
property. This is a 100 foot former
[1:15:46] transportation agency of Monterey County
rightway within the limits of the city
[1:15:51] of San City between Contracasta
and Playa and city negotiators are city
[1:15:57] manager Vivica Nord and city attorney
Adam Lingren with negotiating parties
[1:16:04] transportation agency of Monterey County
and this is under negotiation price in
[1:16:10] terms of payment um with so with that
I'm going to this u I'll open it up to
[1:16:17] public and it'll be very short so please
don't go too far public comments open
[1:16:23] » as public closed
>> and uh so we'll excuse everyone and then
[1:16:30] uh we will have uh we'll let let you
know when about 10 minutes and invite
[1:16:36] everyone back in. Amen.
[1:16:47] I have a hard target.
>> Yeah. Come back.
[1:17:06] » You want this? Do you want this uh
window clos?
[1:17:09] » No. No. It's it's it's really
>> very
[1:17:15] very
[1:17:21] [clears throat]
[1:17:24] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[1:17:27] Adam, you're on.
>> Thank you, mayor. Uh for the community,
[1:17:31] uh the city council just met in close
session to received updates from and
[1:17:37] provide additional direction to its real
property negotiators on the 100 foot
[1:17:42] former transportation agency of Monterey
County right away in Sand City um in the
[1:17:48] location identified on the uh city
council agenda. Uh council took no other
[1:17:54] reportable action on that item this
evening.
[1:17:58] » Thank you. And with that, um, thank you.
And, uh, we'll move to item 12. And this
[1:18:05] is adjournment. Adam, I wish you were
here. Uh, we're going to, uh, have a few
[1:18:10] things. We had a little celebratory uh,
thing for Jerry and, uh, glad that some
[1:18:17] of the public has stuck. So,
>> thank you.
[1:18:21] » So, this me