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Please stop their conversations and silence their phones. That would be much appreciated.

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going to go ahead. Councilor Resernitzkai will lead us in a pledge of allegiance and

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Councillor

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Renegrette, would you mind reading the land acknowledgement?

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The city of Santa Monica is located on

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the land of Tovongar. With great respect, the city acknowledges the Gabrianyo Tongva as the first

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people of this ancestral and seated territory of Kuduvanga, a village that we now know as

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Santa Monica.

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We honor their elders, past and present, and the Gabrieleño descendants who are part

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of the Gabrieleño Tongva tribes.

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We recognize that these peoples are still here, and as settlers, known as Kuyam, guests, we recognize

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our responsibility and obligation to care for their land and partnership with them.

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The City of Santa Monica commits to work in partnership with the Gabrieleño Tongva people

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to uplift their voices and visibility on their ancestral land.

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Fantastic.

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And I guess we will ask Clerk about the living act and do the roll call.

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Yes, so I'll start with the roll call, Council Member Negrete.

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Here.

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Council Member Hall.

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Present.

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I'm here.

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Council Member Snow.

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Council members are Ms. Gaia, Mayor Protard and Zwick is absent and Mayor Trosis here we have a

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quorum and do any council members have any disclosures to make a pursuant to the Libyan act hearing none

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We can move on to agenda management. Great. So, I would love to ask the council for a motion. In a second, that prior to general public input, we hear public input on the city manager's report and the city manager's report and special agenda item two.

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So moved. And, and then I would just like to know and I want to read something that we have pulled item 10a as requested by staff.

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just for an abundance of clarification, the city is withdrawing the proposed set of amendments to the hotel worker living wage ordinance from formal council consideration, which have been scheduled for consideration at our June 9th meeting and its place, the city will instead take a narrow step by interpreting our existing law as requiring that Santa Monica align its hotel worker wage with the city of Los Angeles raising it to $25 for our effective July 1st, 2026.

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This is maintaining the commitment that Santa Monica made a decade ago and there's additional comments.

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The broader amendments being withdrawn from consideration were initially brought forward to address the time sensitive question.

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On May 26, the City of Los Angeles adopted a new hotel wage structure tied to a health benefit or pay system, which are local Santa Monica ordinance never contemplated.

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and then, you know, we, because of our hotel worker minimum wage is written to

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track Los Angeles wage and Los Angeles has now found that the wage, the new set of provisions.

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It was not immediately clear how our existing code would be implemented, but after additional consideration,

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we're clear that we're going to issue written guidance and we do not need to hear this item.

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So with that being said, we will go ahead and hear public input on the city managers report.

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Are there any items? Yes.

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Can we just do a quick voice vote on agenda management?

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Oh, sure. Okay, so we're pulling ten A.

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Yes, approve it.

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It's a voice vote. So yeah.

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All in favour?

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And then for the record, Mayor Pro Tems' wake is absent.

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So is there any public input on the City Manager's report?

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I do not see any.

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So let's go ahead and hear that.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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Members of the City Council.

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I think to start the report tonight wanted to share that the next two weekends

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in Santa Monica are going to be packed with spectacular events first coming up

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this Friday leading into the weekend the World Cup is kicking off at the

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rebranded Los Angeles Stadium for the next couple of weeks. We can't call it

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so-fi. Santa Monica is going to be a location where you can have multiple options

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to watch all of the games that are playing out. First we've got the Miklo

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of ultra peer side club on the pitch side club on the peer.

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We're going to have an all day celebration fan festival

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and watch party at Santa Monica Place.

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And we're going to have the new Golden Hour series

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on the third street promenade, all starting and kicking off.

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This Friday is part of our World Cup activations here in town.

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to having Pride on the promenade coming up this next Saturday

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on Saturday on the promenade. From 11 to 4, we're going to feature a drag

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brunch community booths, games, a library pop-up, rainbow story time, and so much

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more. And as we roll through the day, starting at 5 o'clock, running until

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midnight, Santa Monica Block Fest will take over with a family-friendly pride and

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World Cup themed music festival. We're going to have multiple stages, pop-up bars,

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and for the first time we are going to be rolling out a night market with more

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than 20 food and merchandise vendors will also be showing the World Cup on the

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big screen. All that's coming at you this coming Friday and Saturday. As you

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move into the weekend we're still gonna have an additional series of events. We

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will have a new wellness event at Tongva Park the Garden Series. We hope folks

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might take some interest in exploring. We're also going to be opening our long

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awaited 19th Street Community Farm in Wellness Garden with a big street party that we're inviting everyone to.

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As we move into the weekend thereafter, we're going to have a new Juneteenth celebration at Miles Playhouse

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and Read Park with live music, artwork shops, DJ sets, special film screening.

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we will then be having our 34th annual

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June 13th celebration, returning to Virginia Avenue Park on Saturday, June 20th. Our team has confirmed

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we will have soul, funk, and jazz performances, community resource booths, food truck vendors

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in so much more. And we're going to wrap up that following weekend with Make Music, Santa Monica

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on Sunday, June 21st, with five events filling the city with music all throughout. That's a ton

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of stuff coming right at us. We hope everyone will visit us online at

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Santa Monica.gov for the full events calendar. It's going to be a busy, busy

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summer in Santa Monica moving ahead with so much fun. Stay online and check our

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social media accounts to stay up with all the latest. Lastly, the reason we move

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this report up is that every meeting we are trying to introduce folks to our

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adoptable pets of the meeting and today we have another pet to adopt I think I see I see I see

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Bosco Bosco is everyone up waiting for his forever phone home he has been at the Santa Monica

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Animal Shelter for a year everyone take a look at Bosco Bosco was friendly affectionate he's a two

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your old pit bull mix loves snacking on treats. He loves playing with squeaky toys and he has been

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using his time at the shelter to improve himself. He's learning how to be good on a leash.

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He's got a bunch of new tricks and cues that he now knows. He would make a great jogging buddy for

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somebody. Please, please, please contact the animal shelter if you're interested in meeting Bosco

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or any of our other furry friends,

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and as always, you can visit the Santa Monica

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Animal Shelter Foundation website

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to make a donation or shop the chewy wish list.

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Everyone say hello to Bosco

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and thank you Madam Mayor for the time.

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Am I correct in understanding

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that Bosco's been at the shelter for a year?

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Someone needs to adopt Bosco, guys.

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Who's gonna do it today?

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Anyone?

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if you wanna bring him back behind the well

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for us to pet him,

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Molly we talk we would we would love that. Okay. We will now move on as per our agenda to

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okay while council members are in its guys doing that.

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Sounds like she wants to adopt them.

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Let's go to the home.

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We're going to go ahead and provide public comment on non-agenda items and I will go ahead.

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everyone has one minute I was is that incorrect sorry we're doing this one

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Samo people we're doing that first my apologies sorry Sergio please proceed

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maybe we should it's a hard act to follow it was good evening mayor council

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members and city team I'm Sergio Ramirez chief of staff and I wanted to

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provide you with an update on the one Samo people's Academy today we are here to

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to recognize our first cohort of one Samuel People's Academy participants, all 25 participants

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committed their time and energy throughout the six sessions. This cohort embraced opportunity

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to learn more about their city, engage on complex issues, and strengthen their connection

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to Santa Monica and one another. There was zero nutrition among the cohort they all made

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to the finish line. Their thoughtful questions, active participation and commitment and specific engagement are exactly would make these programs meaningful and successful.

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They're already the volunteer, participate and meetings and join the commission so Maria can guide them through that process.

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I also want to extend our sincere, my sincere gratitude to the 57 staff members across every single department who presented and supported the academy.

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Over the course of succession staff generously shared their expertise provided behind the scenes inside and to city operations.

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They helped create an engaging and informative experience for participants.

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This program would not have been possible without them.

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Their dedication and willingness to invest in the community's education and transparency is really appreciated.

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They also brought the best swag.

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They gave tours, then we even had a class in our very own electric, big,

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blue bus that they all thoroughly enjoyed.

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A fire chief might have catapulted from the civic structure, parking lot without my permission, but it was a big hit.

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Again, on behalf of our city managers office team, thank you to our participants, our staff and council for supporting the one-stop-a-people's academy.

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We look forward to building on this success for future cohorts.

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Currently, we're working with housing and human services on the youth and government day,

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which would be in September of 2026, and we will launch our second quote.

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Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. As I understand it, we're going to go ahead and call everyone up. And I just want to leave you with a quote from one of our participants.

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First of all, I just want to say thank you to Councilman Renegrette, who obviously did you want to say a couple words?

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This was very much your baby, and I think a resounding success.

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Thank you. I think one of the things, when I came on Council, I realized was I didn't know bleep about City Council or City Hall.

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So I, to realize that as I spoke to people in the community and invited young elementary and middle school and high school students,

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that more and more parents would

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chaperone because they wanted to

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learn more about a city hall.

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And so the discussion around

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the people's academy started a long time ago.

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I want to thank the city manager for

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expediting this into Sergio and the team

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for really making this happen.

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I know it took a village.

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I hope that you took something away

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besides these amazing key chains and plants.

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And I look forward to seeing you guys

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at meetings, maybe joining a board

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or a commission and I hope you're inspired

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to get more involved because as I say in all my tours this house is your house so thank you

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for participating. Amazing and so I think I am going to start by reading a few names and each

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of us will read a few names. Does the team have their scripts ready to go? Okay, so we're going

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to call up in no particular order or I think perhaps an alphabetical order. Robert and NL

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Malmoui, sorry if I'm just pronounced any of these Olivia Attig, Varda Barcar.

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Bronwyn Barken, Suzanne Brackel, Susanna Brackel, Alexander Brown, aka Brownie, and Jennifer

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Yona Feld, Vicki Gordon, and Jason Lynn.

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Samara Lopez, Stephen McCandru, Rebecca Nazarian,

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Andrea Padilla, and Carrie Reign.

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Julianne Ryan, Wally Samu, Guy Shaqman.

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Catherine Williams, Damon Woods.

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everyone's name hear all that?

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Is there a Vicki? Who's Vicki?

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Catherine.

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Catherine Vicki? No, okay.

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I thought we had 100% for the station.

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Guy.

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Hi, guys here while lead Carrie Anita, Brandon Carrie Anita Eduardo is not here.

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Are these folks not yeah okay great we'll have to give them to me because you

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You got one key?

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I did.

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Tier K.

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So I didn't want to take over any further.

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I think it's over.

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That's okay.

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I think we're going to run our bed right now.

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Or do you want to be done then?

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So, I feel like, I guess we're going to...

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Do you want to be done then?

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Well, if someone becomes older,

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thank you guys for participating.

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And everybody wants to do this once again while

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and far back for the bar behind the gate.

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You know.

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And you guys?

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No, no, please.

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One, two, three.

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One, two, three.

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One, two, three.

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Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.

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It is such a thing.

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Mayor, as everyone's going to their seats, is it okay if I present something to the team

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that we also just as we acknowledged earlier, I would love to give Sergio, Ramirez and

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David, Gardeninger.

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We have certificates for you too, to thank you for in recognition of successful completion

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of the once Samo's People's Academy is civic education program and all the work that you did

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to put this together. So it was you getting everyone to actively participate and engage

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that made it possible for everyone to learn what they learned. So thank you.

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You guys are awesome. You made it happen in record time. So thank you.

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Okay. Now onto a topic of liberation. We are going to proclaim Juneteenth.

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So what I'm going to do is I'm going to go ahead and I don't have a script for this one so I believe I'm just reading the proclamation and then the folks that are here, please team tell me if that's incorrect.

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The folks that are here will come up and say a few brief words about Juneteenth because it's so what.

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All right, so in case you don't know, whereas on June 19th, 1865, Union soldiers arrived

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in Galveston, Texas and announced General Order III declaring enslaved persons in Texas

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were free and announcement that came more than two and a half years after President Abraham

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Lincoln issued the Mancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863 and whereas the moment

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to stay known as Juneteenth marks the effective end of Chattel Slavery in the United States

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and stands as the most significant emancipation celebration in American history, and whereas

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Juneteenth has been observed by African-American communities for over 150 years, as a

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day of reflection, rejoicing cultural expression in the affirmation of freedom, dignity, and

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the enduring pursuit of equality and justice, and whereas on June 17th, 2021, President

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Joseph R. Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law officially designated

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in June 19th, as a federal public holiday, and whereas the State of California has long

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recognized Juneteenth as a day of observance, reaffirming the state's commitment to honoring

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the heritage, contributions, and resilience of African Americans, and whereas the City

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of Santa Monica is actively championed equity, inclusion, and the celebration of its diverse

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cultural heritage, and whereas the 34th annual Juneteenth celebration in Santa Monica represents

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over three decades of community-led dedication to honoring the legacy of emancipation through

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education, cultural programming, music, food, art, and the uplifting of black voices,

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stories, and achievements, and whereas the organizers, volunteers, sponsors, artists,

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educators, and community members who make this celebration possible, embody the spirit of collective

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action and civic pride, and whereas the city of Santa Monica honors the African-American community

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past present and future and recognizes that celebrating Juneteenth is a living testament

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to the strength, creativity, and enduring contributions of black Americans to our city,

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our state, and our nation.

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Now therefore, I, Carolyn Schroess, on behalf of the entire City Council, do hereby proclaim

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June 19th as Juneteenth Day in the City of Santa Monica.

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That's right, we can have you hands that, or clap.

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And do we have any folks who are coming up to speak?

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Okay, great.

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Okay fantastic. Oh,

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I'm sorry I'm calling for LeVern Rossi. I didn't say that

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before who is an icon and a legend.

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Good evening. Thank you mayor and council members. It

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is an honor to accept their proclamation tonight as we begin what is in many ways

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Cinematic is unofficial kickoff to June 10th.

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March,

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June change has always been more than a date.

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It marks the moment in 1865 when the

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last enslaved African Americans finally heard they were free. A moment delayed but not denied.

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and that history of resilience, resistance, and cultural pride is exactly what our community

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continues to uplift through the June Teeth celebration in Santa Monica.

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And as someone who will also accept the proclamation again on June 20th, at our 30th,

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fourth annual Juneteenth celebration.

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I want to say how meaningful it is to stand here tonight.

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This proclamation doesn't just recognize a holiday, it recognizes a community,

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A legacy, and the people who have carried the celebration for more than three decades.

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I want to honor our founder, Lover and Ross, whose story telling especially, the Henry

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The Henry Box Brown narrative has shaped the heart of this event, and I want to acknowledge

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the legacy of Roland Ray Was.

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Many of you may remember him whose tradition of sharing watermelon has become a symbol

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of joy and togetherness for generations.

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Before I end, the city's recognition of JCISM, which is the acronym for the Juneteenth

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Celebration, Juneteenth Celebration in Santa Monica's Grievous Decisions, from preserving

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cultural integrity to choosing drones as a safer and more culturally respectful tribute

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rather than fireworks. It shows a real commitment to honoring African American history with

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intention, not just ceremonies, and to

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finally, tonight is not just a

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proclamation, it is a promise that

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Santa Monica values this history, this

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culture and the community. And as we

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move forward, as we move toward June

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next week, we invite everyone, we invite everyone to join us in celebrating the legacy

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and the liberation. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you.

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I think if we could have all the folks who want to take a photo with this, sorry, and want

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celebrate this, we're going to give you the proclamation in the well here.

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I'm going to give you a minute. I'm going to give you a minute.

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I'm going to give you a minute.

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Okay, phenomenal. Now we will near. Oh, yes. We have a late speaker on the proclamation.

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Great. Let's, um, is, is Council of Metables hearing a late speaker? I'm seeing yes. Okay. Great. Let's invite them up.

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I'm sorry. I didn't. Sorry it was moved by all second. Hall second by choruses.

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And we can just get it. All those in favor aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed?

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I have one minute or two minutes one okay hi everybody last year I went to

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I danced so much that the following day, I had to take Tylenol on sleep all day.

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It was a great event.

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And I brought to the attention of one of the people involved in the event, the inclusion

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of Puerto Ricans, or a Puerto Rican band in this stage because the story of the African

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diaspora in Puerto Rico, as you know, the Spanish brought Africans to Puerto Rico as slaves.

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And the Puerto Rican Day Parade that is the biggest parade in the country is this Sunday.

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So in the name of inclusion, I diversity, I thought it was a great idea.

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And I was met with resistance by one of the people that work in the interfaith community

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in Santa Monica.

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That is not a Santa Monica resident, but I believe in diversity and inclusion.

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I was the one who started writing a blog 2016 called diversity matters.

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And I think it's important to include Puerto Rico in this event.

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So thank you so much.

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Thank you so much.

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We will now go ahead and start hearing the general public input on items on the agenda.

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Each person will have one minute.

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And we will, is that, did you have something to say?

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Just wanted to remind you we have three.

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And so we will hear the miners first.

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And then we have two folks on the phone.

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So we have Dessa Arshion. I'm so sorry for Arshion Dessa. I'm sorry, Arshion Dessa. I'm so sorry for

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but butchering that. Teal Green, Joseph, Holcher. If you guys could come up high and feel free to

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start your comments and just announce your name.

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Council members, my name is Arshion Dessa and I'm a

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student at Brewood High School. I came today because I believe local government should represent

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the community and listen when residents express concerns. I respectfully ask the City Council

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to withdraw Santa Monica's support and co-sponsorship of this bill. Many community members have spoken out

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and asked the City of Santa Monica to reconsider its position. At a minimum, I believe the city should

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to remain neutral, rather than actively supporting legislation that many residents oppose.

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Please reconsider the city's involvement and withdraw its support.

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Thank you for listening and for your service to our community.

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Thank you, if you agree you could have happy hands but we don't clap.

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Great, teal green.

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Good evening mayor and council members, my name is teal green, and I'm a high school student at Pacifica Christian High School in Santa Monica.

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My friends and I, who founded Surfers Who Serve, are here today with the Coastal Alliance

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and Surfrider to respectfully ask that the City of Santa Monica to withdraw support and

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co-sponsorship of AB 1740.

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As young people, we are often told that our voices matter and that government should listen

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to the community.

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Many residents have raised concerns about this legislation, and I believe-

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We believe the city should take those concerns seriously. Regardless of where people stand on the bill itself, Santa Monica should not be using its name and influence to promote legislation that remains controversial and decisive. The vice, sorry, excuse me. I respectfully ask you to withdraw the city's support and co-sponsorship of this bill. Thank you for your time. Thank you. And Joseph, hold sure, so sorry. And then I'm just sorry, I'm going to call up a few more names who can get in line.

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and Mario Sandivall, Luke, Colberg, Laura Wilson, and Matthew Housel.

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My name is Joseph Holescher.

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I'm a student at Pacific Christian High School, a surfer, and a co-founder of Survers You Serve.

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I've been surfing the Santa Monica Bay since I was five years old.

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The ocean is not just where I spend my time, it's my home.

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This is now the third time my friends and I have come before City Council on the Coastal Commission,

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asking leaders to protect the Santa Monica Bay for the next generation.

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We keep showing up because we care deeply about what happens here.

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My generation will live with the consequences of the decisions being made today.

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We want clean water, healthy beaches, and a coastline that future kids can enjoy the same way we have.

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I respectfully ask the City Council to withdraw its support and sponsorship of AB 1740 as young people inherit the consequences of these decisions.

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We are asking you to stand with us, not against us.

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The Santa Monica Bay is one of California's greatest gifts.

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Please help protect it, not just for us, but for every generation that comes after us.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much, and I feel free to come up and state your name.

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Good evening, Mayor, Council, staff, and members of the public.

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My name is Mario San de la V. I am here representing the Surfrider Foundation.

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I am the campaign coordinator for the Los Angeles Chapter.

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our jurisdiction runs from the South Bay to the Ventura County line, including all of Santa Monica.

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And I'm here before you. The last time we were here was May 12th at your last city council meeting

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to speak in opposition of AB 1740. And I would just like to say it hardens me to see so many young people

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here today also voicing their opposition for this divisive and controversial legislation. As you know,

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the city of Santa Monica has received $375,000 in public grant funds to complete its local

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coastal program. And it's one of the only 12 up and down the state jurisdictions that still

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has failed to complete its local coastal program or LCP. I would like to thank you for

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entering into a memorandum of understanding. Thank you. So Luke Colberg, Laura Wilson, Matthew

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How's the bill David's in dear riddle?

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Yeah, that's feel feel free to just come up and state your name no problem

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Okay, and I have a packet to deliver to each every one of you the city attorney and also the city manager

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So I will leave that here for you

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My videos not up. Does my time start now this

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shows you

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They are now operating a restaurant, 15 people on my bedroom window to the public.

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They remove the sign out front but they still continue to serve food to the public.

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Am I understanding if they're not supposed to do that?

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But Jesus, I don't want to be mad anymore and I try not to be mad and I try not to know

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the people out there because I know that they're, and I just want you to start to protect

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our rights that are being violated there, and having huge parties, low out parties, it's just insane

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that's happening over there right now, so we really appreciate your support, thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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I should have a video as well,

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Matthew, yes, thank you.

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All right, my name is Matthew Houser, I also live at 1015th Street next to this hotel, now called the May's on 27th.

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This is the impact of a party that was held last weekend as they're continuing to do.

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The new operas greatly expanding the use of the property.

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We're experiencing large parties, loud music, double park cars, noise that doesn't stop till after 10 p.m.

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They're advertising and serving the public in a restaurant that the city tells us they have no right to do.

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They put seating for 14 people below our bedroom window.

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they put all these lights in the foliage that

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Flood our bedroom and they leave them on all night long. They seem to have zero consideration for the residents and flagrant. We violate their operating parameters. I've lived in this apartment for 30 years, and it was always a beautiful peaceful quiet residential neighborhood. And we just don't have any answers as to why this is being permitted and ask the city council to protect our right to a quiet enjoyment of our residential neighborhood. They're parking cars on the street.

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they're supposed to have off-site parking, they're charged in the guest $75 for the parking,

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and we understand that that's not permitted last night. We went out, there were seven cars with

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Velae slips from the hotel taking up residential parking and charged in their guest $70 a night.

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This is an abuse, the residents, and if it's allowed, it's the beginning of the end for

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But the protection of residents and the expansion of business operations into residential neighborhoods and we implore the City Council protect our right to the quiet enjoyment of our residential neighborhood. Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Bill, Mr. David's here and then we have Cynthia Riddle, all call the FEMA names Ryan and sorry if I'm is Luke Colberg now here after Mr. David's you can go Mr. Colberg. Yeah.

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I've been a resident of Santa Monica for 36 years, and if reading about the building in the Pico neighborhood that was going through construction staffers, a number of questions have come to mind.

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Number one, the city does not provide an overview of the tenants who live in the building.

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there are no demographic surveys pertaining to the building, there are no inquiries as to whether or not people are using their apartments professionally.

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Second question comes to mind project managers.

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There is no accreditation for project managers.

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They come in with no skill sets sometimes.

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They come in with no specific aptitude for providing the services of overseeing the construction of a project.

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Also, in terms of.

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Thank you, Mr. David.

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I don't know if our city attorney is available to speak with you and I think they have, but.

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Um, we know where he lives. Yeah, I don't want him to say it publicly. Yeah. Um, okay. Cynthia Riddle. Okay. Thank you, Mr. David. Cynthia Riddle, Ryan Calkins, Carlos Arosco, and sorry, Luke Colberg, you're going. Sorry, Luke Colberg is going first. My apologies.

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She's going to go on the right hand side.

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I have the photo.

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Hi, I'm Cynthia Riddle.

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I moved here a year ago to 33, 356 Barnard Way.

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It's a senior facility.

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The parking is deplorable.

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On, I've done a survey of the residents between the residents

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and the aides that come on Mondays and Wednesdays, which

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are the street cleaning days.

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there are 29 people who don't have parking. We can't park to the south, that's LA, the west is the ocean, the north is half a mile away, and so that leaves a few spots to the east.

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I took it to Peter Zulowski on the parking division. We had a meeting last December.

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in January he informed me that he had to talk to the fire department. So you can see on this map there's like a on the bottom there's like this D shape.

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And to the right of that is where parking is allowed and to the left of that is where their parking is not allowed.

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I came up with four solutions. I pretended I was a city planner. It would be very easy.

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I'm so sorry everyone has one minute today, but our team can speak with you.

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I just want to say for the public we're not this is not like a response, a call in response

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time, but there are multiple ways to get in touch with staff and we are always happy to

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help you.

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I don't know, Mr. Chief, there's a possibility of getting some more information.

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It is not that we don't want to listen to you, which is that this is a public comment period.

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Thank you so much.

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Appreciate it.

444
00:44:42,910 --> 00:44:45,730
And now, Mr. Colberg, sorry, come forward.

445
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Thank you.

446
00:44:47,570 --> 00:44:59,530
Luke Colberg, Chair of the Surfrider LA Foundation, and we're here opposing AB 1740 in its current form, and urge the City of Santa Monica to pull their support.

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00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,140
And sponsorship of the bill, or even better, urge to ask assembly council members of work to withdraw the legislation altogether. Thank you. Thank you. We have Ryan Kalkins. Sorry. What, what is your name? I'm with Sir Frider. I was told on the list. I don't have you yet. You can come up in your name is called. So we have Ryan Kalkins, Carlos Arrozco Jacques.

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and Steve Gowriall.

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00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:34,140
All right, good evening.

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00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:36,260
My name is Ryan Cawkins.

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I'm a construction superintendent

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00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,080
and have spent the last several years managing

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a large multi-family housing project here in Santa Monica.

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I wanted to speak about the importance

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of retaining experience building and safety inspectors.

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Throughout my project, I worked with multiple inspectors.

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Some retired, some moved on,

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and other inspectors had to step in

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and uncover portions of the project.

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00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,760
While everyone I worked with was professional and helpful,

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00:46:04,420 --> 00:46:08,240
the turnover was noticeable on a project that lasted several years.

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00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:10,980
Large construction projects are complex.

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00:46:11,620 --> 00:46:15,900
Experience inspectors develop a deep understanding of a project's history,

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previous approvals, field conditions, and path decisions.

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When inspectors leave, that knowledge leads with them.

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And new staff must spend time getting familiar with the project.

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One of the biggest concerns from a contractor's perspective is inspection availability.

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Today, it can already take roughly two weeks to obtain certain inspections.

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We are hearing that staffing levels continue to decline.

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Those wait times could potentially grow even longer.

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For construction projects, inspection delays can affect schedules, occupancy timelines,

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00:46:51,460 --> 00:46:55,540
funds, financial costs, and ultimately the deliver of housing.

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A two-week way is challenging.

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A four-week way could have significant impact on projects throughout the city.

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My experience with Santa Monica Building and Safety Department has been positive, and

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I believe the city has built a strong reputation for professionalism and quality.

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I'd encourage the city to continue investing in recruitment and retention efforts

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But here and continue providing the level of service that residents, businesses, and

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construction projects depend on.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:31,440
Carlos Orozco.

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00:47:34,380 --> 00:47:38,540
Good afternoon, Mayor, fellow council members, and fellow public.

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00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:44,420
My name is Carlos Orozco, and I'm a vice president for Morley Builders, I'm a general contractor.

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00:47:45,100 --> 00:47:49,180
Based out of Santa Monica, we've been in this backyard for 50 years.

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00:47:49,180 --> 00:47:58,820
We've been operating for 75 years, and we've seen quite a decrease in inspection, and it's causing some concern.

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00:47:59,060 --> 00:48:06,620
We have four major projects in City of Santa Monica currently active, and we have another two.

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And when I say they're large projects, they're over $40 million each.

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What we're starting to see is that there's an impact on inspections, not to the

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fault of the folks that are there. The inspectors are doing a great job coming

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in and supporting the effort, but what I'm seeing as a trend is alarming at best,

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because what we're seeing is impacts that are going to affect not only the general

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contractor in terms of schedule and cost, but thank you. We have Shock, Steve

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Mr. Gabriel, Norman Gilbert Victor.

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00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:47,980
Hello, Mayor and City Council.

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I also work for Morley Builders, I'm a project manager, working on a job just on 7th Street in California.

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It's a building that was built in 1969, houses 285 elderly individuals and

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it's currently under construction right now, we're halfway through.

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And it is a extremely demanding inspection type of project.

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Your inspectors have been amazing, the ones that we have in Santa Monica are incredible.

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But just to touch on some of the previous comments, we are seeing a decline and much harder

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00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:32,460
ability to get inspections, often leading us to coordinate directly with inspectors who

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00:49:32,460 --> 00:49:37,820
have to go out of their way just to accommodate our schedules, which we are so thankful for.

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00:49:37,820 --> 00:49:44,760
We're trying to make this community better and update these buildings for the residents and without their support

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00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:50,020
It would just would not be possible. So anything that you guys can do to help

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Thank you

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00:49:53,380 --> 00:49:59,800
So may I have your name was that Jacques? Thank you Steve gobriel Norman Gilbert

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Director James Brewster. Hello. I'm Steve Gorbaryon, the lead building, um, combination building inspector of the city's item box, building and safety. Um, when I first started in this role prior to COVID and the layoffs, our department had 12 very season combinations, senior inspectors on staff. These were experienced professionals who knew the codes inside and out and could handle complex inspections efficiently and provided reliable service to our construction community. Today, we are struggling.

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Stregly significantly with both hiring and retaining qualified inspectors.

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Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to rebuild the depth and expertise that

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we once had.

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This shortage means longer wait times delayed projects and increase pressure on the remaining

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team.

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Every day I find myself on job sites explaining the contractors and builders that we are short

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staffed and asking for their patients.

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It is exhausting.

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Both for me and my colleagues, to repeatedly deliver the message we're working hard to keep up with demand.

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00:51:01,720 --> 00:51:05,400
Our team is dedicated and doing everything possible, but we are simply-

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00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,880
Thank you, appreciate you, thanks for engaging, Norman.

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00:51:13,730 --> 00:51:20,370
Good evening, my name's Norman Levin, and I'm a construction superintendent for a company called Harvey General Contracting.

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00:51:20,850 --> 00:51:24,890
I also have the same problems that the other contractors here seem to have.

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00:51:24,890 --> 00:51:31,870
We call for inspections, generally done online, we can't get inspection sometimes for two,

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00:51:32,090 --> 00:51:33,650
sometimes three weeks that put out.

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00:51:34,230 --> 00:51:37,010
We have impossible schedules that we have to meet.

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00:51:37,690 --> 00:51:42,510
The amount of stress that we're under from owners is ridiculous.

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The amount of cost that is lost, the amount of money that is lost while we're waiting

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for inspections is just huge.

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00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:57,890
The owners say to me now we wish we hadn't built property in Santa Monica.

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00:51:58,570 --> 00:52:07,350
Well, the commercial projects that I'm working on would probably bring a lot of tax dollars to this city and a lot of support.

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00:52:07,790 --> 00:52:14,230
We're fortunate enough that we have some very reasonable, very good capable building inspectors in Santa Monica.

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Thank you.

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Gilbert.

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Gilbert Don also a general superintendent for Harvey general contractors and first like to thank the City of Santa Monica for their professionalism, the thrill through safety and taking us to these projects as we've been here for three, four years now building and I've just seen them decline as far as running thin working on their own time and doing their best to help us out working to

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00:52:52,810 --> 00:52:57,810
five o'clock to get some inspections so we can proceed to keep our guys working and just want to say

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thanks to them and here to support them. Thank you. Victor, and then we have James Brewster, Cameron,

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00:53:05,630 --> 00:53:12,330
Asole, Troutman, or S.L. Yes, sorry. Good afternoon, City of Santa Monica and Council members.

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00:53:12,730 --> 00:53:17,850
My name is Victor. I'm a superintendent for a local contractor. As you can see my boss before me,

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00:53:18,170 --> 00:53:22,550
we're in a dream stress right now because we're trying to finish a project that does not have a

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00:53:22,810 --> 00:53:27,730
date that we can change. So with that being said some of these inspections that we're not getting

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00:53:27,730 --> 00:53:34,130
or unable to get in a timely fashion is pushing back our schedule. We have no recourse but to come

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here and try to help this department get the help it needs to keep them and keep the inspectors

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00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:44,730
that they already have helping us get these buildings done. Because remember they're enforcing the

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00:53:44,730 --> 00:53:50,810
building code that keeps us all safe. Please remember that. Thank you. Thank you.

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00:53:50,810 --> 00:53:51,810
Good

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evening, Mayor and Councilmembers and City Manager.

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00:53:59,710 --> 00:54:01,050
My name is James Brewster.

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I serve as a combination billing inspector, supervisor for building safety.

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The challenge has been going on since the COVID era.

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We have struggled to maintain a full staffing level while neighboring cities continue to offer substantially higher compensation for the same highly specialized positions.

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00:54:22,870 --> 00:54:29,270
These are highly specialized positions requiring multiple certifications, extensive code knowledge

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00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:30,770
and technical expertise.

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And sound independent judgment, it takes years to develop this level of expertise.

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00:54:37,610 --> 00:54:44,810
When positions remain vacant, the public field inspections take longer to schedule, projects

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00:54:44,810 --> 00:54:50,650
take longer to complete, and customers wait longer for services they've already paid for.

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00:54:50,650 --> 00:54:54,450
The question is not whether our employees work hard, they do.

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00:54:54,890 --> 00:54:57,050
The question is whether the city is invi-

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00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:09,020
Good evening, Mayor and council member and city manager. My name is Cameron Robandy. I currently serve as

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principal plan check engineer with the Department, with the Department of Building and Safety.

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My colleagues and I are here to bring your attention, the substantial disparity in compensation

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that has grown considerably over the past six years compared to our neighboring cities in Los Angeles,

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00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:35,080
West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Since 2019, regionally, we have experienced 20-25 percent

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inflation with increases in housing costs, insurance utilities, foods and other everyday expenses.

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00:55:43,100 --> 00:55:47,980
While this cost of living has increased dramatically, compensation in San

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00:55:47,980 --> 00:55:55,960
America has not kept pace to meet the needs of its staff. This growing gap is making it increasingly

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00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:59,160
It's certainly difficult to retain and recruit qualified professionals.

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We are losing valuable institutional knowledge and.

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Thank you.

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00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:11,140
So we have Asal again, so sorry if I'm mispronouncing.

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Ashley Olsen, Harvey, Edder, Alex, Ortega.

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00:56:15,540 --> 00:56:20,700
Good evening, Mayor, city council members, city manager in the public.

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My name is Asal Trautman.

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I serve as a combination building inspector too, but it's a beautiful city of Santa Monica.

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00:56:26,620 --> 00:56:31,740
I'm here today because our department is facing a critical retention problem driven entirely

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by compensation disparities with neighboring cities.

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00:56:35,620 --> 00:56:39,960
Well, most jurisdictions staff their inspection teams with separate electrical plumbing and

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mechanical inspectors.

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00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:47,440
Santa Monica relies on combination building inspectors, professionals who must be certified and

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proficient across all major disciplines.

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In other words, we do the work that other cities is performing by multiple specialists.

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We have these cities are paying more significantly higher salaries for narrower scope of work.

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This pay gap is leading to the steady loss of experienced inspectors.

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To nearby agencies that offer higher compensation for less responsibility.

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Every time an inspector leaves, this city loses years of technical knowledge, customer service capability,

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and specialized experience that cannot be quickly replaced.

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00:57:18,220 --> 00:57:23,800
These departures create delays in inspections, longer turnarounds, and increase costs to the community due to

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00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:24,600
Okay.

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00:57:29,130 --> 00:57:38,990
Just want to confirm did Cameron speak already? Yeah, sorry. Oh, okay. Hold on there. So there's one in here that just says Cameron.

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00:57:42,410 --> 00:57:54,070
Okay, we haven't gotten there yet. No, no, you're fine. Okay, Ashley Olson. Sorry. And then we have Harvey Eder, Alex Ortega, Alex Kovsky, Cameron Hesselli.

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Hi, good evening. My name is Ashley Olson. I'm here once again to request that the city withdraw its co-sponsorship of 1740. This should not be Santa Monica's legacy. Thank you.

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00:58:07,530 --> 00:58:12,370
Thank you. We are love an efficient comment. Appreciate you. Thank you.

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00:58:14,070 --> 00:58:18,630
Hello, howdy, I'm Harvey Iter, I'm speaking for myself, public solar power coalition.

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00:58:18,630 --> 00:58:26,450
We're quoted a month ago in the 11th and the paper that no 1.8 million spent for homelessness

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00:58:26,450 --> 00:58:33,930
and housing, that you're not made of doing 90% market rates in state law requires 40% equity.

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00:58:34,210 --> 00:58:39,890
Now, equity is, if the price goes down 50%, you still got something, all right, they're taking

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00:58:39,890 --> 00:58:43,630
are medical care. They're taking away food and stuff. We don't know what's going to happen

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00:58:43,630 --> 00:58:47,870
in the future in this country. We got to have stuff that predicts ourselves. Okay? So that's

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00:58:47,870 --> 00:58:53,570
very important. Also, this measure A, that's a billion dollars a year, for 10 years. We're 10%

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00:58:53,570 --> 00:58:57,990
of the, we're 1% of the population. That's 10 million dollars a year. They sit each, oh,

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00:58:58,170 --> 00:59:02,210
Shaz, this analysis, it's only one million going. Here, where's the other nine million?

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00:59:02,690 --> 00:59:09,470
There's 900, 800 million and they say they got 500, 800,000 to community groups and

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00:59:09,970 --> 00:59:15,470
districts, where is the beef? Where's the beef? Where's this money going to and how is it being distributed?

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00:59:16,730 --> 00:59:20,930
Thank you. Before we continue with Alex Ortega, I just have a quick question for

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our city attorney. I noticed Madam City Attorney that 12b is our public hearing on staff vacancies

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and a couple of people here have commented about positions in a specific department and I just want

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to get some clarification about whether or not those are permissible general public comment.

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Well, I guess if they spoke with a clerk's office and weren't intending to speak on that item,

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then it probably would fall under that.

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But there is an item later, and if it does speak directly to staff to staffing and the vacancies

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under item 12b, it is appropriate to speak at that time so that the record of the public

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caring is complete.

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Okay, so if you're just giving a general comment on your workload or the situation, that's fine. I mean, we hear things down on the agenda, but if you wanted to speak to 12b, that will be later in the program. So just wanted to thank you, Madam City Attorney, Alex Ortega.

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Good evening. My name is Alex Ortega, I'm a combination three building inspector. Just as the previous inspectors have mentioned, contractors, developers are waiting weeks for inspection while surrounding cities.

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01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:36,180
respond with their inspection times within one to two business days.

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01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:43,360
These delays are holding up businesses openings and tax revenue the city is counting on.

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01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:48,380
In my seven years, at least 10 inspectors have left for higher pay with other agencies.

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01:00:49,140 --> 01:00:50,480
That knowledge has not come back.

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01:00:50,840 --> 01:00:56,660
Santa Monica requires its inspectors to hold for ICC commercial certifications covering all trades.

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States. Most other cities use a single discipline and require only one ICC certification.

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We do the work of force specialists and should be paid accordingly. Santa Monica charges

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01:01:08,860 --> 01:01:13,040
some of the highest permit fees on the west side. The people doing that work deserve fair

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01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:18,680
compensation. Thank you. Thank you so much. Alex Kukovsky, Cameron

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01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:20,400
Haselle, Jerry Ruben.

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Hi, my name is Elique Kukovsky. I'm the Vice President and Founder of

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a service association representing many of the surfers who spoke earlier and across the

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01:01:33,610 --> 01:01:39,710
Santa Monica Bay. I'm respectfully asking for council to drop its support of AB 1740 and submit

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correspondence to have the bill pulled. As I stand here during World Oceans Week on the 50th

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anniversary of the Coastal Act as a surfer and a community activist, I ask you to think deeply about

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about what it means to protect the legacy of the Coastal Act and our most precious resource,

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the Coast.

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Once destroyed, once overbuilt, once we get rid of access, we do not get do-overs.

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When the human body, cancer cells grow unchecked until the human host body is destroyed.

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01:02:10,470 --> 01:02:15,310
The stakeholders are being bystanders to the cancer of greed that is infected Santa Monica

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01:02:15,310 --> 01:02:16,950
all the way up to San Cromento.

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01:02:17,490 --> 01:02:20,650
That cancer of greed is harming our coastline.

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and we deserve better.

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We should have coast for all.

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We must insist upon this.

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01:02:25,570 --> 01:02:25,970
Thank you.

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Thank you.

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01:02:29,170 --> 01:02:29,470
Great.

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01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:33,480
Hello, City Council.

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01:02:33,840 --> 01:02:35,140
My name is Cameron Hasselli,

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and I'm a Santa Monica resident.

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01:02:36,980 --> 01:02:40,240
I am also the operations manager of Ocean Park Inn

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01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:41,320
on Lincoln Boulevard.

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01:02:42,100 --> 01:02:43,500
For those of you who may not know us,

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we are a 28-room budget hotel

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that primarily serves families,

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01:02:47,500 --> 01:02:49,660
seeking an affordable way to experience

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01:02:49,660 --> 01:02:51,320
everything Santa Monica has to offer.

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01:02:52,020 --> 01:02:56,340
It is an honor to be part of the Santa Monica community and we take great pride in operating

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01:02:56,340 --> 01:02:59,140
a business that serves both residents and visitors alike.

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01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:04,740
As I understand it, Santa Monica's hotel worker wage ordinance is tethered to the city

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01:03:04,740 --> 01:03:05,380
of Los Angeles.

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01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:09,900
However, Los Angeles has provided an exemption for hotels with fewer than 60 rooms.

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01:03:10,420 --> 01:03:14,240
Given that supporting local businesses is a key component of Santa Monica's realignment

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01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:19,300
plan, I respectfully ask whether the city council would consider a similar exemption for

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01:03:19,300 --> 01:03:20,780
a small family operated hotels.

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Thank you for your time.

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01:03:23,020 --> 01:03:24,940
Thank you, Jerry Rubin.

661
01:03:25,220 --> 01:03:26,440
And then we have Tom Lairmore,

662
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:28,720
Adam Finkel, Morgan Hunter Gross.

663
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:32,320
Thank you very, very much.

664
01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:33,780
Jerry Rubin, Santa Monica.

665
01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:38,060
First, I want to thank all the businesses

666
01:03:38,060 --> 01:03:42,020
that one, the most loved businesses in Santa Monica,

667
01:03:42,380 --> 01:03:44,620
particularly one of the point out

668
01:03:44,620 --> 01:03:47,420
that the B.C. and Vagory want and virtually every year

669
01:03:47,420 --> 01:03:48,300
since it started.

670
01:03:48,300 --> 01:03:53,220
And if anyone wants to get some of the best date bread, go over to the farmer's market

671
01:03:53,220 --> 01:03:58,000
on Wednesday on Second Street North, check out Astrid Jack Beasyam.

672
01:04:00,340 --> 01:04:04,640
Second, I'm a member of the Urban Forest Task Force, but I'm speaking for myself, and

673
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:09,360
item was on the agenda, and it dealt with the electronic billboards being placed.

674
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:17,020
Which I support, and I think they're a real needed in Santa Monica, but this should never

675
01:04:17,020 --> 01:04:24,040
replace a healthy tree on the promenade, anywhere in the downtown district, or anywhere in the city,

676
01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:30,260
there's enough space to find without getting into. Should we put it here and remove this tree?

677
01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:38,220
So we took a vote and the message to the council and hopefully whoever's coordinating the electronic

678
01:04:38,220 --> 01:04:45,120
billboards will take that into consideration. Thank you. Thank you. Tom Learmore and Adam Finkel,

679
01:04:45,120 --> 01:04:45,920
Morgan Huntergrass.

680
01:04:49,700 --> 01:04:59,980
Good evening Tom Larmor. I'm speaking tonight, wearing my boys and girls club hat, which I've been involved with actively for over 40 years and I'm

681
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:28,500
I'm here to ask you to put on the November 26 election ballot an exemption from the measure GS 5% transfer tax applicable to charities. And the reason I'm asking that is that measure GS was justified by the fact that through city policies, taxpayer funded programs, property values have gone substantially up over the years.

682
01:05:28,500 --> 01:05:32,980
and when they're sold, they arguably, they benefit private parties.

683
01:05:34,300 --> 01:05:36,800
The Boys and Girls Club obviously is not a private party.

684
01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:41,200
The proceeds that it will receive when it sells a parcel on Lincoln Boulevard.

685
01:05:41,700 --> 01:05:43,220
Doesn't go to any individual.

686
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:51,140
It goes to the club to subsidize, help it subsidize its operations, continue the operations, expanding.

687
01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:53,980
Thank you.

688
01:05:55,940 --> 01:05:56,760
Mr. Frinkle.

689
01:05:56,760 --> 01:05:57,820
Madam

690
01:06:00,990 --> 01:06:02,750
Thinkal, 1225 Hills Street.

691
01:06:03,510 --> 01:06:11,710
I'm a 60 year resident of Santa Monica, 32 year building and construction business owner.

692
01:06:12,410 --> 01:06:18,030
And as you've heard this evening, you have a remarkable staff that's running your building and safety program.

693
01:06:18,470 --> 01:06:29,910
You have a great staff in the field doing the inspections, they need the support that they deserve to continue to do their work to have the fellow staff.

694
01:06:29,910 --> 01:06:40,750
having stay on board because they're having staff members get trained here, come on board, begin, and then they leave because they have opportunities elsewhere to make more money.

695
01:06:41,710 --> 01:06:49,570
The City Council at some point is going to be faced with helping them along and supporting their project.

696
01:06:49,890 --> 01:06:57,830
And I hope that you'll do the best you can to support them all in their efforts to make the city wonderful. Thank you.

697
01:06:57,830 --> 01:06:58,910
Thank you.

698
01:06:58,910 --> 01:06:58,990
Thank you.

699
01:07:00,370 --> 01:07:03,790
Morgan Hunter-Gross will go Tracy Quinn, Joe DeRosa, Elizabeth

700
01:07:03,790 --> 01:07:04,530
Vanetberg.

701
01:07:06,820 --> 01:07:07,340
Hello.

702
01:07:07,840 --> 01:07:08,960
My name is Morgan Hunter-Gross.

703
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:13,900
My one month in Santa Monica has concluded at 19th Street.

704
01:07:15,820 --> 01:07:16,440
My time is up.

705
01:07:16,700 --> 01:07:17,380
Time is the top.

706
01:07:17,940 --> 01:07:19,460
I've got Eagle, the bear.

707
01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:20,020
It's interesting.

708
01:07:20,240 --> 01:07:27,200
The bear reminds me of Sonoma Fort where the Spanish missions made all the way up linked

709
01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:30,160
to the streams and springs of Santa Monica.

710
01:07:32,620 --> 01:07:36,360
I said an Airbnb in Santa Monica for one month.

711
01:07:41,630 --> 01:07:49,970
I'm trying to figure out how to describe the feelings I feel about Airbnb as a corporate

712
01:07:49,970 --> 01:07:55,290
in their externalization of responsibilities for a Scabies infestation.

713
01:07:58,630 --> 01:07:59,710
It's also interesting

714
01:07:59,710 --> 01:08:02,550
that on the top of our seal are airplanes.

715
01:08:05,060 --> 01:08:07,640
Where the people of the streams, seas, and skies.

716
01:08:10,320 --> 01:08:12,640
Thank you, Tracy Quinn.

717
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:16,720
Hi, good evening.

718
01:08:16,940 --> 01:08:19,040
I'm Tracy Quinn, CEO of Heal the Bay.

719
01:08:19,980 --> 01:08:23,020
We're a nonprofit education and advocacy organization

720
01:08:23,020 --> 01:08:25,140
based here in Santa Monica, where we have worked

721
01:08:25,140 --> 01:08:28,140
to protect our coastal waters for over 40 years.

722
01:08:28,940 --> 01:08:31,240
I want to join my fellow surfers and coastal advocates

723
01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:34,120
in respectfully asking for the city to remove support

724
01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:40,520
for AB 1740. I want to thank you for prioritizing completion of Santa Monica's LCP and for your

725
01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:44,800
leadership in reaching an MOU with the Coastal Commission targeting certification by 2027.

726
01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:51,460
Now that the LCP process is moving, now is the time for you to remove your support and

727
01:08:51,460 --> 01:08:58,360
co-sponsorship of 1740, he'll make continues to remain concerned about the coastal act exemptions

728
01:08:58,360 --> 01:09:03,120
that could cause harm, long-term harm to our beaches and to our local communities. So thank you.

729
01:09:04,120 --> 01:09:04,500
Thank you.

730
01:09:05,380 --> 01:09:07,820
We have Jojo Roce, then we'll have Elizabeth Vanneberg,

731
01:09:08,040 --> 01:09:10,840
Sean Besser, Pastor Brady Roberts.

732
01:09:11,680 --> 01:09:13,880
I have a video over here, she's going for me.

733
01:09:16,910 --> 01:09:18,430
Good morning, city council members.

734
01:09:18,650 --> 01:09:23,270
In 2023, I showed this proposal to the city council,

735
01:09:23,450 --> 01:09:25,910
and I'm glad they moved forward with the entertainment industry

736
01:09:25,910 --> 01:09:31,070
and are positioning the city for global events as I recommended.

737
01:09:31,290 --> 01:09:32,750
However, you guys have sort of forgot

738
01:09:32,750 --> 01:09:34,150
about the heart of this proposal,

739
01:09:34,150 --> 01:09:35,910
which was the Los Angeles artist series

740
01:09:35,910 --> 01:09:44,030
over at 302 Colorado. You know, it's supposed to be used for concerts, production, activations,

741
01:09:44,550 --> 01:09:49,450
art galleries and shows like that. Unfortunately, Saturday is signaling that they may hold

742
01:09:49,450 --> 01:09:54,990
the property vacant for another two years or more while they look for a buyer and I am urging the

743
01:09:54,990 --> 01:09:59,970
city to take control of this and make it a try and get me in there to be able to

744
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:18,120
So I can purchase it so I can use it for a Los Angeles artist series, doing anything from eminent domain or however the city can possibly get involved. It's a blighted area and a lashable landmark building. Historically landmark building. There should be all sorts of support from the federal government and the state.

745
01:10:23,900 --> 01:10:27,240
Thank you. Mr. Inberg. Yeah.

746
01:10:30,710 --> 01:10:37,250
Good. Good evening. Elizabeth Fannenberg. Good evening, Mayor Taurusis and city councilmembers. My name is Elizabeth Fannenberg.

747
01:10:37,250 --> 01:10:42,810
Chair of the Wilstrom Montana Neighborhood Coalition, also known as Wilmon, and I'm speaking on behalf of the board tonight.

748
01:10:43,390 --> 01:10:48,990
Santa Monica has always been a community that values environmental leadership, public access, and thoughtful planning.

749
01:10:49,130 --> 01:10:59,070
Those values are best reflected through a strong local coastal program developed with community input, not through broad state legislative exemptions focused on a single city, i.e. Santa Monica.

750
01:10:59,530 --> 01:11:06,730
Please withdraw your support for AB 1740 and focus on creating a coastal plan that truly reflects Santa Monica values.

751
01:11:06,730 --> 01:11:07,550
Thank you.

752
01:11:08,070 --> 01:11:08,670
Thank you.

753
01:11:09,150 --> 01:11:13,290
So we have Sean Besser, and then we'll hear from Pastor Brady Roberts, Jonathan Foster,

754
01:11:13,530 --> 01:11:14,950
Claire Thomas, Karen Mellick.

755
01:11:15,850 --> 01:11:17,450
Good evening, Council and staff.

756
01:11:17,570 --> 01:11:18,430
My name is Sean Besser.

757
01:11:19,270 --> 01:11:24,690
We've seen great success with the realignment plan in so many ways already, including accelerating

758
01:11:24,690 --> 01:11:27,730
permitting and attempting to make it easier for businesses to open.

759
01:11:28,510 --> 01:11:32,690
However, the final mile project delivery clearly remains stalled.

760
01:11:32,690 --> 01:11:38,190
I'm here to echo the concern that you've heard tonight over the bottleneck in our building inspection process.

761
01:11:39,970 --> 01:11:43,690
I've personally experienced these frustrations during a recent remodel.

762
01:11:43,990 --> 01:11:48,470
And given my civic engagement activities, I'm regularly contacted by business and

763
01:11:48,470 --> 01:11:53,510
property owners facing inspection scheduling delays that sometimes take three plus weeks.

764
01:11:54,030 --> 01:11:59,210
Every day a project sits idle, the city loses out on potential tax revenue and

765
01:11:59,210 --> 01:12:02,010
and residents lose out on access to housing or business space.

766
01:12:02,510 --> 01:12:06,870
I have also gotten to know members of our dedicated inspection teams,

767
01:12:06,870 --> 01:12:10,370
including James Brewster and Asal Troutman, who you've already heard from tonight,

768
01:12:10,690 --> 01:12:15,210
and have seen their frustrations with lack of resources and support grow over the past couple of years.

769
01:12:15,750 --> 01:12:17,090
I urge the council to prioritize.

770
01:12:18,870 --> 01:12:19,950
Thank you so much.

771
01:12:21,350 --> 01:12:24,610
So we have Pastor Brady Roberts, is Pastor Brady Roberts here?

772
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:28,440
Great.

773
01:12:29,740 --> 01:12:33,440
We love pairing down of the list.

774
01:12:34,220 --> 01:12:36,920
Jonathan Foster, Claire Thomas, Karen Malik.

775
01:12:39,510 --> 01:12:41,370
Hello, Jonathan Foster.

776
01:12:41,730 --> 01:12:45,390
I had seen Anna Kitsparian of the young Turks on YouTube.

777
01:12:46,270 --> 01:12:49,690
It's funny how she also, she looks like she's turned into a porn girl,

778
01:12:49,850 --> 01:12:53,410
but she has these similar issues that I have in certain ways where

779
01:12:54,730 --> 01:12:58,870
before 2004, even people harassing me on Third Street,

780
01:12:58,870 --> 01:13:03,830
see some of these people that do this they have a spouse right so they've got one whole group

781
01:13:03,830 --> 01:13:09,370
of family on one side a whole group of family on the other side co-workers people they went

782
01:13:09,370 --> 01:13:14,250
to high school with and they come over and harass the crap out of me and when I say get to have

783
01:13:14,250 --> 01:13:20,890
away from me then they tell their whole network and in an instant 20 to 300 people hate me

784
01:13:22,190 --> 01:13:27,750
right and this has been going on to me for the 25 years and this I'm talking about before my

785
01:13:27,750 --> 01:13:33,930
My surgery in 2004, how crappy local people around here treated me.

786
01:13:34,730 --> 01:13:39,870
All I did was set up a drum set on third-street promenade, try to play and make a little cash.

787
01:13:40,750 --> 01:13:41,990
The bullying is the word.

788
01:13:42,150 --> 01:13:43,150
I've been being-

789
01:13:45,520 --> 01:13:45,760
Okay.

790
01:13:46,620 --> 01:13:47,380
Claire Thomas?

791
01:13:47,820 --> 01:13:48,280
Hi.

792
01:13:48,500 --> 01:13:51,280
Claire Thomas, President of Friends of Sunset Park, I'm speaking for myself.

793
01:13:51,820 --> 01:13:59,300
I'm disappointed to see that FOSP, NOMA and Northeast neighbors are no longer listed on the city's website because we did not apply for the neighborhood association grant money.

794
01:13:59,300 --> 01:14:04,560
The most regarded neighborhood associations was approved at the September 30th, 2025 City Council meeting.

795
01:14:04,920 --> 01:14:11,740
The motion does not state that a neighborhood association that doesn't apply for the grant money will not be recognized by the city as a neighborhood association.

796
01:14:12,200 --> 01:14:17,680
Applying for the grant program has historically not been a criteria for being a city recognized neighborhood organization.

797
01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:23,680
Therefore, it is wrong for the city to remove its recognition of the three neighborhood organizations that did not apply for the grant money.

798
01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:27,320
Neighborhood organizations are not just for social events and community building.

799
01:14:27,440 --> 01:14:31,200
They are also addressed safety and maintenance, police reports, a discussion at monthly meetings,

800
01:14:31,640 --> 01:14:34,880
supporting the national night out, share information that weekly what's new,

801
01:14:35,060 --> 01:14:39,000
advocate for issues that are important to our neighborhood, and write letters requested by the city

802
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:40,520
for support of city grant funding.

803
01:14:40,980 --> 01:14:42,320
The link project we just read a letter.

804
01:14:42,700 --> 01:14:46,400
We have been asked for our email list by city council members to send out their updates.

805
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:50,500
Since the approved motion did not say that only neighborhood organizations that apply for

806
01:14:50,500 --> 01:14:51,780
the grant money would be city records.

807
01:14:58,780 --> 01:14:59,580
Okay.

808
01:15:00,400 --> 01:15:08,880
Thank you, great shirt. All right, Karen Malik, then we have Kelly Simon, Andrea Sarah Mayer. Hi, I'm Karen Mealick.

809
01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:29,980
Congratulations on the encouraging financial report for the city with surplus is both last year and this year and next year's budget projected to be balanced. These budgets include paying the $12 million joint use payment. Yet the May 26 staff report

810
01:15:29,980 --> 01:15:37,800
says that if the partial tax ballot measure does not pass, if the city extends the joint use agreement,

811
01:15:38,860 --> 01:15:43,960
they would need to be cost savings in service-level reductions.

812
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:45,060
Why?

813
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:52,400
The city is already providing these services while making the joint use payment and having surpluses.

814
01:15:52,880 --> 01:15:56,960
It seems like a scare tactic to get support for the proposed partial measure.

815
01:15:56,960 --> 01:16:04,380
If the parcel measure tax passes, I ask that the 12 million continue to be used for parks and

816
01:16:04,380 --> 01:16:09,140
recreation, used for the airport conversion, pocket parks, and to help.

817
01:16:11,240 --> 01:16:13,600
Thank you, and sorry, I keep mispronouncing your name.

818
01:16:14,500 --> 01:16:17,300
We have Kelly Simon, Andrea, Sarah Mayer.

819
01:16:24,740 --> 01:16:27,400
Hello, everybody. Good evening, Kelly Simon.

820
01:16:27,580 --> 01:16:30,780
As my name, I'm a Longtime Santa Monica resident.

821
01:16:30,780 --> 01:16:38,860
It was on 26th Street for 26 years, part of that Northeast neighborhood website or group

822
01:16:38,860 --> 01:16:40,320
that Claire Thomas mentioned.

823
01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:44,140
So did oh what Claire Thomas said, she was much more articulate than I am.

824
01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:52,240
So I came here kind of unprepared, but I feel like it's important to like participate in

825
01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:52,640
governments.

826
01:16:52,940 --> 01:16:57,640
And I was here till two in the morning on the night that we got the speed limit lowered, the

827
01:16:57,640 --> 01:16:58,640
25 miles an hour.

828
01:16:58,640 --> 01:17:06,260
And I thought me being present had something to do with it, but I learned later it was all about like the survey that had already happened and I could have stayed home once about 10 o'clock that night.

829
01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:16,240
So I'm looking forward to enforcement of the speed on 26th Street and also removing the support of AB 1740.

830
01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:22,660
You know, as many people have recommended and I'm dreading that it's for a building that's coming to 26 and will sure.

831
01:17:23,200 --> 01:17:25,340
I think it has three levels of subterranean parking, but.

832
01:17:25,340 --> 01:17:27,800
But thank you.

833
01:17:29,100 --> 01:17:35,420
We have Andrea, and then Sarah, Mayor, and Dr. Baronees and O'Free Vasquez.

834
01:17:36,240 --> 01:17:36,720
Hello, hello.

835
01:17:37,280 --> 01:17:38,820
Andrea, McPherson.

836
01:17:39,500 --> 01:17:44,340
I've been a resident of Santa Monica for almost 10 years now.

837
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:51,800
And I'm an advocate for better treatment towards residents who may be disabled and may not

838
01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:56,960
have the ability to let EMT and the fire department know what exactly

839
01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:03,500
else them during a 911 call and I appreciate you guys taking the time out to

840
01:18:03,500 --> 01:18:10,260
follow through with my request with QR codes to for the EMTs to scan them and

841
01:18:10,620 --> 01:18:14,140
to find out what's wrong with that resident specifically because everyone

842
01:18:14,140 --> 01:18:19,400
doesn't have family so I appreciate that. I have a solution for the scooter

843
01:18:19,400 --> 01:18:28,240
problem though. That is what has been happening to the people of the boardwalk who live actually

844
01:18:28,240 --> 01:18:34,300
on the boardwalk. They have been impaled by many different things including myself and I've had

845
01:18:34,300 --> 01:18:37,620
a fracture. We need to have-

846
01:18:40,470 --> 01:18:44,970
Thank you. I believe our staff is working on that but again not a question

847
01:18:44,970 --> 01:18:50,750
and answer time. So, we have Sarah Mayer, Dr. Berenice and Ophare Vesca's and John Cyrus Smith.

848
01:18:53,190 --> 01:19:01,050
What an absolute disappointment. Your guys' support of AB 1740 is here on our coastline

849
01:19:01,050 --> 01:19:06,490
with our beautiful Santa Monica Bay. I don't know why this council doesn't listen to youth,

850
01:19:06,810 --> 01:19:13,030
doesn't listen to lifelong residents, and just does whatever they want. I don't know how many of you

851
01:19:13,030 --> 01:19:14,710
attended a concert at the Civic Center.

852
01:19:15,330 --> 01:19:17,950
But I doubt if you did, you would have voted to get rid of it.

853
01:19:18,630 --> 01:19:21,230
You guys have missed the mark here in Santa Monica

854
01:19:21,230 --> 01:19:22,870
and you are failing the city.

855
01:19:23,570 --> 01:19:25,490
You guys do everything in your power

856
01:19:25,910 --> 01:19:29,230
to stop the voices of the people from neighborhood associations,

857
01:19:29,510 --> 01:19:31,330
to trying to limit what we can speak on

858
01:19:31,330 --> 01:19:32,450
and what council can bring.

859
01:19:33,150 --> 01:19:36,890
You guys are the anti-faces of what the beach side town

860
01:19:36,890 --> 01:19:38,030
of Santa Monica is.

861
01:19:38,910 --> 01:19:40,910
And I was horrified during your campaign

862
01:19:40,910 --> 01:19:54,730
interrosis in your backyard was the things you said. I was worried about you as a council member. And my goodness, I am horrified by you as mayor. And I can't wait for the community unite and to get you out of here because you are the.

863
01:19:57,480 --> 01:19:59,020
I'm sorry, may I get your name please?

864
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:00,480
Thank you.

865
01:20:09,350 --> 01:20:18,750
My name is Dr. Bernie Sonoprovasquez, and I think this is my first time here, or maybe second time. I'll be a regular customer.

866
01:20:20,150 --> 01:20:29,890
In 1968, I started earning a minimum wage of 89 cents per hour as a nursing attendant.

867
01:20:30,910 --> 01:20:37,070
So I'm here to tell you that I understand what it is to live on the minimum wage.

868
01:20:37,310 --> 01:20:45,610
The struggles, the challenges that you have to go through, however, I am here to express

869
01:20:45,610 --> 01:20:50,950
as the raising of the wages, not minimal anymore,

870
01:20:51,230 --> 01:20:53,590
but the wages of the hotel workers

871
01:20:53,830 --> 01:20:56,910
will have a domino effect on all the residents

872
01:20:56,910 --> 01:21:00,070
and many other situations here in Santa Monica.

873
01:21:02,470 --> 01:21:04,950
Also, I would like to,

874
01:21:05,290 --> 01:21:08,110
when the item returns to the council.

875
01:21:14,970 --> 01:21:15,190
Okay,

876
01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:18,040
okay.

877
01:21:21,560 --> 01:21:22,920
Your thanks.

878
01:21:22,920 --> 01:21:34,300
Thank you. Yeah, your time is expired. Appreciate you coming. John Sarah Smith. Oh, my apologies. Okay. No. Thank you. And then Alessandra Scoto.

879
01:21:41,540 --> 01:21:42,640
I know. Yeah.

880
01:21:44,600 --> 01:21:50,040
If folks good evening, Mayor Council, Mr. Chi, John Cyrus Smith, Recreation of Parks Commissioner,

881
01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:51,440
speaking about two things.

882
01:21:51,820 --> 01:21:55,720
You might recall that I came here at the beginning of the year and stood here and

883
01:21:55,720 --> 01:22:01,040
challenged you to finally approve and fund the Memorial Park expansion plan.

884
01:22:01,480 --> 01:22:03,620
Well, it now looks like it's going to happen.

885
01:22:04,040 --> 01:22:05,700
Thank you, staff, thank you.

886
01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:07,000
That's good government.

887
01:22:08,100 --> 01:22:11,700
Other thing, AB 1740, it's a bad bill.

888
01:22:11,700 --> 01:22:15,000
It's a disingenuous bill, and all of you know it.

889
01:22:15,540 --> 01:22:22,220
It uses event permitting and bike lanes as smoke screens to allow the council to supersize

890
01:22:22,220 --> 01:22:26,980
the coastal zone without coastal commission oversight, and it only applies to here.

891
01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:32,200
It's an attempt to bypass the local coastal plan process.

892
01:22:32,780 --> 01:22:36,720
And now it has this poison pill that would approve it regardless.

893
01:22:37,600 --> 01:22:38,860
That's not good government.

894
01:22:38,860 --> 01:22:47,700
it's not transparent. I think you should withdraw your support. I thought you guys were and I think you'd tell Rick Suburra to kill this bill.

895
01:22:49,560 --> 01:22:50,280
Thank you.

896
01:22:51,720 --> 01:22:55,080
Alessandra Scoto and then Zoe Muntanera and then we have two comments on the phone.

897
01:22:56,500 --> 01:22:56,540
Okay.

898
01:22:57,480 --> 01:23:02,260
The American Rocess and City Council. I'm here to talk on behalf of protecting our oceans.

899
01:23:03,140 --> 01:23:08,480
I'm sure you know the health benefits of the ocean, it promotes relaxation and lowers

900
01:23:08,480 --> 01:23:12,780
anxiety and stress and so on, there's so much scientific data behind that.

901
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:17,060
There are nonprofit organizations that use the ocean for healing.

902
01:23:17,560 --> 01:23:23,020
I volunteered at a walk on water and surface healing where we take children with autism

903
01:23:23,020 --> 01:23:28,180
and other special needs into the ocean to teach them how to surf or swim or play or just

904
01:23:28,180 --> 01:23:34,820
really be in the water to just get the benefits of the ocean. So with that, I really would

905
01:23:34,820 --> 01:23:38,820
implore you to think about, you know, what do we want to do for humanity at this point?

906
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:43,860
Do we really want to serve a special interest of the view or do we want to protect the ocean

907
01:23:43,860 --> 01:23:50,300
and serve and help each other live healthier and happier lives? Thank you. Thank you so much.

908
01:23:50,300 --> 01:24:06,410
I am lost for words and I'm glad that I had some time to calm down from this encounter.

909
01:24:07,490 --> 01:24:14,490
As many of you saw Bad Bunny on the Super Bowl, he brought all the countries

910
01:24:15,790 --> 01:24:21,430
into one event that has been the most watched Super Bowl ever.

911
01:24:22,330 --> 01:24:29,510
And when I approach someone that is a reverend president of the Santa Monica Interfaith Council,

912
01:24:30,270 --> 01:24:39,090
a woman of God, and I'm treated in a way that does not have a place in this chamber or any place,

913
01:24:41,070 --> 01:24:43,190
I'm speechless, really.

914
01:24:43,750 --> 01:24:47,930
And I understand why diversity and inclusion cannot be possible in this city.

915
01:24:47,930 --> 01:24:54,890
because everybody's egos are so evolved into the credit, into the ownership.

916
01:24:57,980 --> 01:24:58,740
Thank you.

917
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:06,760
Madam Clerk. We just have one caller now, so second speaker. Okay. David Wally, please bring them in.

918
01:25:12,580 --> 01:25:15,660
Mr. Wally, you can press star six and your time will begin.

919
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:33,700
Good evening, city of Santa Monica. This is David Wally again, on this of UCLA political science department class of 2007, city court. Can you hear me?

920
01:25:36,780 --> 01:25:40,760
Oh, okay, so I'm sorry. I prepared comments for two minutes, but I guess

921
01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:42,980
people were only getting one minute.

922
01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:45,980
So this is David Watley and I'm calling to follow up

923
01:25:45,980 --> 01:25:47,880
on my public comments from last month.

924
01:25:48,300 --> 01:25:49,720
I'm looking for Lane Diel.

925
01:25:50,380 --> 01:25:52,000
But is that Carolyn's right?

926
01:25:52,380 --> 01:25:53,740
Is that your voice by here?

927
01:25:54,520 --> 01:25:56,620
This is David Watley from UCLA.

928
01:25:56,880 --> 01:26:00,460
Young alumni development council this whole year, 2015 to 2016.

929
01:26:01,040 --> 01:26:03,780
We served on the UCLA, Young alumni development council

930
01:26:03,780 --> 01:26:06,540
together under when Lane Diel was senior attorney

931
01:26:06,540 --> 01:26:07,280
for years in the way.

932
01:26:07,280 --> 01:26:16,800
I can't, I can't, I have to, I watch, I watch the YouTube channel, city of Santa Monica, YouTube channel, and I was like, oh my God, I have to share one for myself.

933
01:26:17,500 --> 01:26:22,060
I can't believe that you look incredible, like you're almost like half the person used to be.

934
01:26:23,240 --> 01:26:24,940
Okay, Mr. Raleigh, your time is up.

935
01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:27,000
And that was our last speaker.

936
01:26:28,520 --> 01:26:37,680
Okay, great. We will thank you all. We will now move on to our consent calendar, and I believe that there are a few items that are being pulled.

937
01:26:39,680 --> 01:26:45,420
We have two items that we're aware of, item 4A and item 4I.

938
01:26:46,080 --> 01:26:48,700
Great, and then there's a couple of recusals, I believe.

939
01:26:55,180 --> 01:26:59,840
I'm just getting up my statement here. I will be recusing myself from item 4H, which

940
01:26:59,840 --> 01:27:05,120
is an agreement with LA County out of an abundance of caution. This contract will be entered

941
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:08,820
into direct with my employer, and although the contract will not have any direct impact

942
01:27:08,820 --> 01:27:13,220
on my salary or employment, the county will recuse in order to even avoid even the appearance

943
01:27:13,220 --> 01:27:19,300
of a conflict. So, we will entertain a motion to hear everything. Oh, sorry, go ahead,

944
01:27:19,820 --> 01:27:35,560
So we just heard general public input. We do have a few speakers on my apologies. Yeah, so no problem. We're gonna hear those and we are pulling for a for I and then for H for separate vote.

945
01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:38,260
And we'll take a motion on that.

946
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:40,580
Do you want to do motion now and then hear the comments?

947
01:27:42,200 --> 01:27:49,860
right because we would be approving it. Thank you. So let's hear Denise Barton, Harvey

948
01:27:49,860 --> 01:27:55,720
Edder. This is comments on closed session and consent calendar. Chris Guciera's Patty

949
01:27:55,720 --> 01:27:58,620
Braun Morgan-Hunter-Gross, Jonathan Foster.

950
01:28:04,030 --> 01:28:09,190
Item 5F, Mayor Carolina Teresa said in one of her announcements of Denise Anderson Warren

951
01:28:09,190 --> 01:28:13,770
coming back to City Clerk that she was being brought for the elections. Here are some

952
01:28:13,770 --> 01:28:18,250
reasons that may be of concern, such as Miss Anderson Warren is commonly known as to

953
01:28:18,250 --> 01:28:22,570
be serving the interest of the lobbyist group Santa Monica forward instead of being a politically

954
01:28:22,570 --> 01:28:24,090
neutral public official.

955
01:28:24,970 --> 01:28:29,010
And Miss Anderson Warren has also interfered with and lied about submissions by a group

956
01:28:29,010 --> 01:28:34,210
proposing one of the ballot measures for which she was never disciplined and has a tar

957
01:28:34,210 --> 01:28:35,570
complaints whitewashed.

958
01:28:36,090 --> 01:28:42,350
The City Council appoints as being done and fires the city clerk and the city needs a highly

959
01:28:42,350 --> 01:28:49,070
skilled and ethical city clerk not a plant within the city hall doing the bidding of lobbyists groups bringing this back to the

960
01:28:49,070 --> 01:28:58,370
common of bring your back for the elections without me. Merrick terraces is dirt is the city clerk. Next on item four H would we be paying for

961
01:28:58,370 --> 01:29:06,630
duplicate services and why are we paying for duplicate services in LA. But isn't our mayor terraces is boss Holly Day Mitchell big on homeless programs and

962
01:29:06,630 --> 01:29:11,610
services. Again, why are we paying for services in LA? You know, Santa Monica is a separate

963
01:29:11,610 --> 01:29:17,890
city from Los Angeles County for many things. And if the record of Karen Bass is half the

964
01:29:17,890 --> 01:29:21,870
people she has ended up back on the street, back out on the street, that would really

965
01:29:21,870 --> 01:29:27,030
make me question LA County homeless program. Besides, LA not being able to account for the

966
01:29:27,030 --> 01:29:32,510
funds for homeless services. And how many of the beds in Compton are being used for homeless

967
01:29:32,510 --> 01:29:33,690
those people from Santa Monica.

968
01:29:34,330 --> 01:29:36,250
And Karen Bass has recently made the comment

969
01:29:36,250 --> 01:29:39,070
of Los Angeles has made a choice in the past decades

970
01:29:39,450 --> 01:29:42,090
to not address homelessness and address solely on building.

971
01:29:42,630 --> 01:29:43,910
Sounds a lot like here, huh?

972
01:29:44,410 --> 01:29:44,850
Thank you.

973
01:29:47,790 --> 01:29:48,610
Harvey, Edder?

974
01:29:53,160 --> 01:29:54,500
Hello, I'm Harvey Edder.

975
01:29:54,760 --> 01:29:55,020
Howdy.

976
01:29:55,540 --> 01:29:59,980
I'm speaking on a few things on four on a-

977
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:08,040
It's e. There's $800,000, and that's for five years. And that comes to $4 million. You passed

978
01:30:08,040 --> 01:30:17,120
a $6 million that was in the paper today for the Bach grant and whatnot and the home program.

979
01:30:18,060 --> 01:30:23,080
First of all, there needs to be a priority set up, and they set this emergency up with the city

980
01:30:23,080 --> 01:30:28,980
manager's head of it. Okay. First of all, it has to be based on the senior disabled vets,

981
01:30:30,160 --> 01:30:34,760
local residents, business and activists should be given priority. I fit in all of them. All right.

982
01:30:35,220 --> 01:30:41,440
A lot of people do. There has to be quality. It's got to be equity and these other programs

983
01:30:41,440 --> 01:30:45,920
about maintaining rent and everything. It'll also be coordinated to develop equity. You've got money

984
01:30:45,920 --> 01:30:51,220
from these bonds and whatnot, you know, 20 million dollars to this project and this and that.

985
01:30:51,220 --> 01:30:53,260
and the heating and ventilator also be solar.

986
01:30:53,460 --> 01:30:55,560
There's tax credits available that aren't being used.

987
01:30:55,740 --> 01:30:57,640
And this is equity that can go down to the people

988
01:30:57,640 --> 01:30:58,220
that need it.

989
01:30:58,700 --> 01:31:01,260
The affordability and what's happening in this country

990
01:31:01,260 --> 01:31:03,200
are extremely, they're not going to get any better.

991
01:31:04,220 --> 01:31:05,860
The Republicans, they just had this guy,

992
01:31:05,860 --> 01:31:08,880
the local guy here that's in DC,

993
01:31:09,200 --> 01:31:11,620
said that the Democratic Party is full of fraud and stuff.

994
01:31:11,880 --> 01:31:13,220
OK, that's the Republicans.

995
01:31:13,880 --> 01:31:16,380
They swore to the Constitution and all the stuff

996
01:31:16,380 --> 01:31:17,480
from the front line on this.

997
01:31:17,840 --> 01:31:19,980
They violated their oath, they should not be able to vote.

998
01:31:19,980 --> 01:31:26,860
They should not be a party allowed in this state or any other state and enough is enough the redistricting and doing all this stuff

999
01:31:26,860 --> 01:31:32,480
It's time to get out there and put your body on the line because if that's when it comes to the proud boys and all this crap

1000
01:31:32,480 --> 01:31:35,120
We got to stand up or we'll be taken out

1001
01:31:36,280 --> 01:31:37,180
Thank you

1002
01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:41,520
Chris Gutierrez patty brawn Morgan hunter-grows trans and foster

1003
01:31:43,360 --> 01:31:47,880
Your name is on twice you just want to clarify I can I can combine them the

1004
01:31:49,980 --> 01:31:53,800
I'm writing, I'm speaking for C and for L. Okay, great.

1005
01:31:54,140 --> 01:31:56,460
And you're requesting for minutes or two.

1006
01:31:56,480 --> 01:31:59,920
I'm not going to use all of them, I'm not going to make this really short and sweet for all of us.

1007
01:32:00,760 --> 01:32:03,220
Congratulations, it's great to be here this evening.

1008
01:32:03,460 --> 01:32:09,120
Congratulations Santa Monica, it's wonderful marriage roses, city council members, city manager Chi,

1009
01:32:09,480 --> 01:32:17,320
to be able to support your acceptance of $10.5 million in awards from the county and state.

1010
01:32:17,320 --> 01:32:26,740
funding to advance the planning to the great park that will replace the Santa Monica airport sooner than we might have expected.

1011
01:32:27,520 --> 01:32:41,420
I am Chris Gutierrez. I'm a member of the great park coalition board and I'm speaking for it to convey our celebratory remarks for this important milestone and the momentum it provides for the great park.

1012
01:32:41,420 --> 01:32:47,720
The coalition commends a collaborative efforts of the airport conversion project team, city staff,

1013
01:32:48,360 --> 01:32:54,340
elected officials, agency partners, and community advocates whose work helps position Santa

1014
01:32:54,340 --> 01:33:03,960
Monica to compete successfully for the award of $499,149 from the LA County Measure A funds and a $10 million

1015
01:33:03,960 --> 01:33:09,640
dollar climate for climate fund from proposition 4 from the California state parks.

1016
01:33:10,100 --> 01:33:16,460
Santa Monica as we all know has long been known for its sustainability leadership. These major

1017
01:33:16,460 --> 01:33:23,380
grant awards reflect that leadership and the strength of the city's long term planning efforts

1018
01:33:23,380 --> 01:33:30,020
and extensive community engagement that have helped shape the great park. So congratulations again,

1019
01:33:30,020 --> 01:33:31,320
and Bravo, thank you.

1020
01:33:33,160 --> 01:33:35,060
Thank you, Patty Brown.

1021
01:33:35,600 --> 01:33:37,300
And I had the same question.

1022
01:33:37,520 --> 01:33:38,520
I see your name twice.

1023
01:33:38,540 --> 01:33:40,100
Are you speaking on two items?

1024
01:33:40,420 --> 01:33:41,300
Four, C and four, L.

1025
01:33:41,940 --> 01:33:43,180
And two minutes.

1026
01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:44,020
Oh, okay.

1027
01:33:44,340 --> 01:33:45,240
So if you are two or four.

1028
01:33:46,340 --> 01:33:46,840
Sorry.

1029
01:33:47,400 --> 01:33:48,400
Oh, two should be enough.

1030
01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:49,100
Yeah, thanks.

1031
01:33:49,620 --> 01:33:52,200
Good evening, Mayor Turosus and council members.

1032
01:33:52,880 --> 01:33:57,300
Joining Chris Gutierrez to congratulate you on city staff

1033
01:33:57,300 --> 01:33:59,140
and the airport conversion project team

1034
01:33:59,140 --> 01:34:03,080
month securing more than 10.5 million in state and county funding for the future great

1035
01:34:03,080 --> 01:34:03,440
park.

1036
01:34:03,680 --> 01:34:08,660
I'm Patty Braun, VP of organization at Santa Monica, Malibu, Council of PTA's and Board

1037
01:34:08,660 --> 01:34:10,160
member of the great park coalition.

1038
01:34:10,940 --> 01:34:15,800
These grants are so exciting and important because they provide critical resources to advance

1039
01:34:15,800 --> 01:34:20,560
the project and reflect confidence from the state and regional partners in Santa Monica's

1040
01:34:20,560 --> 01:34:21,820
plans for the airport site.

1041
01:34:22,460 --> 01:34:26,900
The measure A grant helps move the project from planning toward implementation.

1042
01:34:26,900 --> 01:34:28,460
We're so excited about that.

1043
01:34:28,460 --> 01:34:33,920
While the Prop 4 award recognizes the great park's potential to restore habitat, improve

1044
01:34:33,920 --> 01:34:39,720
storm weather management, address extreme heat, expand access to nature, and create lasting

1045
01:34:39,720 --> 01:34:42,100
environmental and public health benefits.

1046
01:34:42,580 --> 01:34:48,300
And perhaps most importantly, these awards help position Santa Monica for future investments

1047
01:34:48,300 --> 01:34:53,200
and demonstrate that state and regional partners see the value and promise of this project.

1048
01:34:53,820 --> 01:34:57,980
These grants are being awarded because Santa Monica has a compelling plan for the airport

1049
01:34:57,980 --> 01:34:59,720
at site and

1050
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:28,480
Great Park that restores open space, expands access to nature and recreation and delivers lasting environmental and community benefits. As these funds are put to work, they'll help years of planning and community engagement into visible progress on the ground. And that progress will help build public confidence that the community's vision for a great park is becoming a reality. Tonight's action shows that the great park is no longer just a vision, it's becoming an investible reality. Thank you.

1051
01:35:28,480 --> 01:35:30,680
Yeah, thank you so much.

1052
01:35:30,960 --> 01:35:33,200
More than a hundred gross, Jonathan Buster, John C Smith.

1053
01:35:34,280 --> 01:35:36,200
I'm here to talk about foresee.

1054
01:35:36,760 --> 01:35:40,960
So I think the half million dollar design grant is interesting.

1055
01:35:41,380 --> 01:35:45,180
And I wish it could stay inside Santa Monica.

1056
01:35:47,100 --> 01:35:48,880
I don't know if we're still working

1057
01:35:48,880 --> 01:35:50,480
with the Boston design firm,

1058
01:35:50,820 --> 01:35:52,680
who set up the office in Los Angeles.

1059
01:35:53,540 --> 01:35:57,380
I read the 2012 Rand Santa Monica Airport report,

1060
01:35:57,380 --> 01:36:03,420
which was absolutely fascinating to see what the smartest minds of Santa Monica thought of what

1061
01:36:03,420 --> 01:36:08,660
to do with Santa Monica Airport. It's interesting how it would have really helped for the fire

1062
01:36:08,660 --> 01:36:13,600
and the police station protected this plan that they would have been proposing.

1063
01:36:15,900 --> 01:36:22,740
So yeah, I think overall, Santa Monica Airport, I've been studying it for the last year,

1064
01:36:22,740 --> 01:36:30,100
I've learned so much and I think $10 million sounds like a lot of money but that's about

1065
01:36:30,100 --> 01:36:33,900
an acre of redevelopment and reclamation.

1066
01:36:35,540 --> 01:36:36,100
So

1067
01:36:38,120 --> 01:36:40,380
thank you Jonathan Foster.

1068
01:36:44,840 --> 01:36:49,420
Hello again Jonathan Foster, I second the girl with the black hair and the black and white

1069
01:36:49,420 --> 01:36:50,840
shirt that was upset with the mayor.

1070
01:36:50,840 --> 01:37:03,680
So on 4B, 4C, 4H, a little bit, and I believe 4L.

1071
01:37:04,260 --> 01:37:08,740
So on 4B elections, I am for candidates for prison.

1072
01:37:09,460 --> 01:37:13,840
I think everybody running in elected office should be arrested, put in jail.

1073
01:37:14,880 --> 01:37:20,160
4C is a lot like 4L dealing with the airport.

1074
01:37:20,160 --> 01:37:31,600
So right now there's a scramble to put up buildings and take over the land that's supposed to be all grass, it's supposed to be a, you know, it's supposed to be a park.

1075
01:37:32,520 --> 01:37:38,280
And we can't regrow the creosote bush and dirt that used to be there. That's all gone. So let's get grass.

1076
01:37:38,280 --> 01:37:50,580
It should be basically some bathrooms, three or four football fields that can be multi-multiply used, tennis courts, pickleball, basketball, maybe an indoor pool.

1077
01:37:51,660 --> 01:37:56,300
All the other stakeholders, get the hell out of here.

1078
01:37:56,880 --> 01:38:07,680
It needs to be grass, just grass, 46 seconds on homelessness here, prevention for a predictive prevention housing and

1079
01:38:07,680 --> 01:38:13,600
department and all this kind of stuff. And one of the, again, the problems that that we're

1080
01:38:13,600 --> 01:38:20,100
having is paycheck has already been decided by somebody in Europe, what we're going to be giving

1081
01:38:20,100 --> 01:38:26,860
people in their jobs. And the minimum wage, I'm going to say it again, minimum wage adjusted to

1082
01:38:26,860 --> 01:38:33,960
inflation is $60 an hour. Nobody anywhere in the United States of America should be making less

1083
01:38:33,960 --> 01:38:42,500
in $120,000 a year, and this immediately ends the dependency on government to take

1084
01:38:42,500 --> 01:38:43,620
care of people's lives.

1085
01:38:44,320 --> 01:38:45,980
That's why I tried to run for President.

1086
01:38:48,610 --> 01:38:49,170
Thank you.

1087
01:38:49,930 --> 01:38:50,750
John C. Smith.

1088
01:38:54,440 --> 01:38:55,300
Hey, folks.

1089
01:38:55,780 --> 01:39:01,340
John C. Smith, here again, good evening there, Council, Mr. Chi, three quick things, $10 million

1090
01:39:01,340 --> 01:39:02,560
for the Great Park.

1091
01:39:03,180 --> 01:39:04,500
Be still, my heart.

1092
01:39:04,740 --> 01:39:05,340
It's incredible.

1093
01:39:06,300 --> 01:39:29,060
I just want to five A you know it seems every council agenda now has a closed session item that reads John Doe, John Doe, Jane Doe, John Doe and we all know what it's about and I just think it's time that the council provided an update on how many cases have been settled at what cost, how many are still pending and what comes next because it's so important.

1094
01:39:29,780 --> 01:39:36,080
Finally, item 5G, I saw this, the city manager performance review, I just wanted to commend

1095
01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:37,080
all of her chief.

1096
01:39:37,320 --> 01:39:38,440
I think he's done a good job.

1097
01:39:38,440 --> 01:39:42,340
He shows up at the Wilmont meeting and gives straight answers about, you know, issues

1098
01:39:42,340 --> 01:39:43,760
like realignment and homelessness.

1099
01:39:44,460 --> 01:39:51,300
He takes the lead, he takes action and he's not afraid to try something new and I just want

1100
01:39:51,300 --> 01:39:52,260
to appreciate his efforts.

1101
01:39:52,480 --> 01:39:52,760
Thank you.

1102
01:39:53,800 --> 01:39:54,460
Thank you.

1103
01:39:55,000 --> 01:39:59,880
and then we also seem to have a late comment that came in, just do that get

1104
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:29,280
One or two minutes. One, on council approval? Yeah, is everyone okay at the late chat? I'm okay with it. Okay, any opposed? Right here, none. Okay, Zoe, one today. Two or one. One minute. Okay, so I dido my fellow neighbor on olive or cheese work in the city. So thank you so much for your performance. I want to talk about parks.

1105
01:40:29,280 --> 01:40:45,840
This weekend, on Sunday, I went to Jesse Brewer Park for the Latina Fest and I spoke to the founders and next year is going to be the 10th year and I pitched to do it in Santa Monica for the 10th anniversary of the Latina Fest.

1106
01:40:46,220 --> 01:40:54,160
It was women, business owners, entrepreneurs, forums, conversations, selling, food, culture.

1107
01:40:54,160 --> 01:41:08,560
It was amazing. I was so inspired and I would love to bring that to Santa Monica. So I already spoke to one of my Puerto Rican staff members here, Ms. Marrero from the Cultural Department.

1108
01:41:09,260 --> 01:41:18,000
And she also did the, you know, desire to bring Latina fest for Santa Monica in the parks for next year.

1109
01:41:19,380 --> 01:41:26,800
Great. Thank you. Okay, so we have a few items pulled for a is at first, and I believe

1110
01:41:26,800 --> 01:41:32,100
Councilmember Raskin pulled it, but I think some multiple of us have questions. So do you want to start?

1111
01:41:32,460 --> 01:41:37,920
Perhaps first, I should make a motion to approve the consent calendar with the exception of items for a is it for I?

1112
01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:45,240
And each and as part of the motion, I'm going to ask that we appoint Councilmember Halls that acting chair in your absence.

1113
01:41:45,240 --> 01:41:46,940
I'll second that.

1114
01:41:52,320 --> 01:42:01,760
Role call vote. Councilmember Zurnitskaya. Yes. Councilmember Snell. Yes. Mayor Pro Temzwick is absent. Councilmember Raskin. Yes.

1115
01:42:02,380 --> 01:42:08,600
Councilmember Hall. Yes. Councilmember Negrette. Yes. And Mayor Trances. Yes. Motion passes. Great.

1116
01:42:09,800 --> 01:42:17,680
So we'll go to for adoption of a resolution authorizing acceptance of the

1117
01:42:17,680 --> 01:42:22,080
reconnecting communities pilot program pilot grant with the California

1118
01:42:22,080 --> 01:42:26,300
Department of Transportation for the reconnecting Pico project and execution of

1119
01:42:26,300 --> 01:42:33,000
necessary associated documents. Yeah thank you Erin to our staff. I asked for

1120
01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:37,460
just a very brief staff report because I have some comments related to the scope of

1121
01:42:37,460 --> 01:42:44,100
work and also given the significance of this item I figured it's important

1122
01:42:44,100 --> 01:42:50,080
press have a conversation about it so I agree. Do we want to do we want any

1123
01:42:50,080 --> 01:42:52,660
slides or okay fantastic

1124
01:43:01,270 --> 01:43:06,650
here Tony Lopez senior park planner within public

1125
01:43:06,650 --> 01:43:11,590
works the reconnecting community's pilot program is federal funding awarded for

1126
01:43:11,590 --> 01:43:15,590
projects that reconnect communities by removing retrofitting or mitigating

1127
01:43:15,590 --> 01:43:20,590
highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity,

1128
01:43:21,150 --> 01:43:28,190
including to mobility and access or economic development. The application was submitted by staff

1129
01:43:28,190 --> 01:43:35,330
for the reconnecting PICO project back in September of 2024. We were then awarded in late 2024,

1130
01:43:35,330 --> 01:43:42,490
however, all federal grants required confirmation. So it wasn't until October 15th of 2025 that we were

1131
01:43:42,490 --> 01:43:48,310
notified that we can proceed with the grant agreement process with FHWA and DOT.

1132
01:43:49,090 --> 01:43:55,430
We were awarded a grant in the amount of $2 million with the city match of a little

1133
01:43:55,430 --> 01:43:56,630
over $500,000.

1134
01:43:57,910 --> 01:44:03,550
The scope is feasibility and optimal placement of freeway cat parks along the I-10 freeway

1135
01:44:03,550 --> 01:44:08,970
segment from 11th Street to 20th Street in the Pico neighborhood, prioritizing cat park

1136
01:44:08,970 --> 01:44:14,710
locations in alignment with available funding sources and an implementation timeline just for

1137
01:44:14,710 --> 01:44:19,570
everyone's edification. Sometimes we get this question, what is a cap park? It's basically a park

1138
01:44:19,570 --> 01:44:26,010
on top of the highway. Some of the overarching goals include addressing historical disparities,

1139
01:44:26,530 --> 01:44:31,050
promoting economic opportunities and mitigating environmental justice concerns in alignment with

1140
01:44:31,050 --> 01:44:37,910
the goals of the grants application themselves. The project envisions through the study the development

1141
01:44:37,910 --> 01:44:40,050
of pedestrian-friendly sidewalks, bikeways,

1142
01:44:40,330 --> 01:44:42,390
and potential integration with public transit.

1143
01:44:43,810 --> 01:44:46,990
More specifically, the scope includes existing conditions

1144
01:44:46,990 --> 01:44:50,170
analysis and site research, community outreach,

1145
01:44:50,250 --> 01:44:53,030
and public engagement, development of concepts,

1146
01:44:53,210 --> 01:44:56,410
and a constructability review, and pre-development activities,

1147
01:44:56,410 --> 01:44:58,310
which is essentially complimentary plans

1148
01:44:58,310 --> 01:44:59,870
and studies to support an environmental.

1149
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:26,200
And finally, a final report that kind of summarizes everything in the scope. The plan project completion date currently is July 31st of 2029, as the budget period end date is January 31st, 2030. We usually like to keep a couple months buffer on RN because sometimes there's project delays and also the post grants completion work that has to be done.

1150
01:45:26,200 --> 01:45:32,860
So the next steps currently we are waiting receipt of the final agreement from CalTrans for

1151
01:45:32,860 --> 01:45:34,220
city of Santa Monica signature.

1152
01:45:34,580 --> 01:45:38,300
We have been in coordination with the city's attorney office on the draft agreements.

1153
01:45:39,080 --> 01:45:43,180
And we are literally just waiting for that agreement to come back to us.

1154
01:45:44,200 --> 01:45:49,780
Once we sign that agreement, we will send it back and then DOT will sign it once again.

1155
01:45:50,160 --> 01:45:55,340
And that will give us the opportunity to finish out the coordination that we've already

1156
01:45:55,340 --> 01:46:00,460
be gone on the grants portal administrative items and then we can release an RFQ.

1157
01:46:02,260 --> 01:46:03,160
And that will be it.

1158
01:46:03,420 --> 01:46:03,940
Any questions?

1159
01:46:04,660 --> 01:46:07,400
I have a couple of the Councillor Raskin pulled out.

1160
01:46:08,460 --> 01:46:09,160
Councillor Rahal?

1161
01:46:12,430 --> 01:46:12,530
No.

1162
01:46:15,680 --> 01:46:17,940
I just had a quick question about that timeline that you presented.

1163
01:46:18,860 --> 01:46:22,720
What is the deliverable that the public should expect by 2030?

1164
01:46:22,720 --> 01:46:30,460
A final report that looks at the existing conditions analysis of the general site area,

1165
01:46:30,640 --> 01:46:34,460
so 11th Street to 20th Street, in and around the I-10 Freeway.

1166
01:46:35,020 --> 01:46:41,880
It'll also look at some concepts of where and the prioritization of particular cap-park

1167
01:46:41,880 --> 01:46:42,440
locations.

1168
01:46:43,200 --> 01:46:49,120
There will be a constructability review of essentially what does it take to do this work and essentially

1169
01:46:49,120 --> 01:46:52,420
the recommendations on what can be done.

1170
01:46:53,040 --> 01:46:56,480
Okay, so we shouldn't be expecting any sort of like final design or?

1171
01:46:56,560 --> 01:46:56,900
Not at all.

1172
01:46:57,340 --> 01:47:00,120
It's just the feasibility of how we can achieve this.

1173
01:47:00,780 --> 01:47:02,640
And why does that take us four years to do that?

1174
01:47:02,740 --> 01:47:03,080
Just curious.

1175
01:47:04,120 --> 01:47:06,480
Well, it's a 2027.

1176
01:47:07,060 --> 01:47:11,220
So we anticipate that by the end of this year, we'll probably be through the RFQRP process.

1177
01:47:11,240 --> 01:47:14,820
And then with contracting, we'll probably start in early spring of 27.

1178
01:47:14,820 --> 01:47:32,600
And it's, you know, it's about 25 to 30 acre site, so from a feasibility perspective on understanding the transit implications, the structural utilities, and essentially the concept design of what this can be.

1179
01:47:33,040 --> 01:47:36,600
It's basically a design project without technically a design.

1180
01:47:37,240 --> 01:47:38,160
Okay, thank you.

1181
01:47:38,880 --> 01:47:39,840
Councilor Raskin.

1182
01:47:45,000 --> 01:47:49,340
First of all, thank you to you and to Chris and the team and to everyone who's gotten

1183
01:47:49,340 --> 01:47:50,000
us to this point.

1184
01:47:50,680 --> 01:47:54,360
I know this is yours in the making and over a decade in making the really.

1185
01:47:57,300 --> 01:48:03,140
And so my understanding of the FHW grant program is one that's about reconnecting communities

1186
01:48:03,140 --> 01:48:07,340
in general, not necessarily about capping, but about various ways in which we can reconnect

1187
01:48:07,340 --> 01:48:08,000
communities.

1188
01:48:08,700 --> 01:48:11,420
Is that generally an accurate way to describe the grant program?

1189
01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:11,680
Yes.

1190
01:48:11,680 --> 01:48:17,780
Yes, so potentially this program could look at trade-offs between capping and other methods

1191
01:48:17,780 --> 01:48:18,700
of reconnecting.

1192
01:48:19,000 --> 01:48:19,160
Correct.

1193
01:48:19,820 --> 01:48:19,900
Okay.

1194
01:48:20,700 --> 01:48:20,860
All right.

1195
01:48:21,480 --> 01:48:22,620
That's really my only question.

1196
01:48:23,080 --> 01:48:24,020
I'll have some comments.

1197
01:48:24,380 --> 01:48:24,400
Yes.

1198
01:48:24,540 --> 01:48:24,960
I'll turn it.

1199
01:48:25,340 --> 01:48:26,080
Councillor Zoreska.

1200
01:48:28,150 --> 01:48:28,910
I'll echo this.

1201
01:48:31,240 --> 01:48:32,020
There we go.

1202
01:48:32,640 --> 01:48:33,880
I'll echo the thanks.

1203
01:48:34,340 --> 01:48:35,020
Super excited.

1204
01:48:35,580 --> 01:48:40,900
I just wanted to ask for some clarification around the proposed public engagement process

1205
01:48:40,900 --> 01:49:06,000
and what that might be anticipated to look like, and I apologize if it's too early in the process to really know, but I'm just curious how we would be able to make sure that folks who were the most impacted by the dissection of this neighborhood because of the freeway would be a big part of kind of the communication and engagement process.

1206
01:49:06,000 --> 01:49:11,400
I will say it's two answers.

1207
01:49:11,960 --> 01:49:18,920
It's a bit early, however, in the fact that there is a match to this grant, we have looked

1208
01:49:18,920 --> 01:49:24,000
at the schedule related to CIP budget cycle.

1209
01:49:24,540 --> 01:49:29,760
We, based on the success of some of our other or recent efforts in terms of reaching out

1210
01:49:29,760 --> 01:49:35,780
to the community, we are looking at community outreach in every phase of the grant scope.

1211
01:49:37,180 --> 01:49:51,160
specifically focused on like before we even put into paper understanding kind of what the expectations are of the process and understanding what are the best ways to conduct outreach before we even start it.

1212
01:49:51,580 --> 01:49:59,980
So that's why I say it's little too early, but it's more about utilizing our expertise to kind of define a path but then bounce those ideas.

1213
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:28,220
Yes, back with the community, is this really the way you want it to be conducted? Sorry, one other question is part of the scope of this to determine what the potential costs might be for, for capping the freeway or any portion thereof. Okay, thank you. Amazing. Okay. You asked my question, but I think I just want to put a, no, no, a finer point on it. Can you ensure that the PICO neighborhood association,

1214
01:50:28,220 --> 01:50:40,820
Association, PICO, residents, PICO, and people that are stakeholders in this community and even those who maybe were displaced from this community by the freeway are engaged and centered in the community engagement process.

1215
01:50:41,360 --> 01:50:41,860
100%.

1216
01:50:41,860 --> 01:50:43,320
Okay, great. I just want to make sure.

1217
01:50:44,420 --> 01:50:47,080
Excuse me, Councilor Russ. I think there's some questions or comments.

1218
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:51,560
Yeah, I've got a few comments here.

1219
01:50:52,700 --> 01:51:00,940
So, you know, arguably the freeway is the most significant environmental hazard in Santa

1220
01:51:00,940 --> 01:51:01,340
Monica.

1221
01:51:02,160 --> 01:51:06,100
Residents around the freeway are subject to air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution.

1222
01:51:06,680 --> 01:51:09,580
We have a neighborhood that is divided and scarred.

1223
01:51:10,120 --> 01:51:13,100
There are now several generations of young kids in our city that have grown up experiencing

1224
01:51:13,100 --> 01:51:16,240
asthma, hearing impacts, and many other health consequences.

1225
01:51:17,120 --> 01:51:18,220
And it wasn't always this way.

1226
01:51:18,220 --> 01:51:22,980
There's a famous scene in Hoofram Roger Rabbit that I often like to quote, and I'm going

1227
01:51:22,980 --> 01:51:26,980
to butcher this, but it generally goes that any valiant says, nobody's going to drive

1228
01:51:26,980 --> 01:51:27,860
this lousy freeway.

1229
01:51:28,380 --> 01:51:30,920
You can ride the red car for a nickel, the old streetcar you see.

1230
01:51:31,220 --> 01:51:34,160
Judge Doom says, oh they'll drive, they'll have to.

1231
01:51:34,500 --> 01:51:38,300
You see, I bought the red car so that I could dismantle it to build the freeways.

1232
01:51:39,140 --> 01:51:43,500
The true history is a little bit more nuanced, but the dark and racist history of our freeway

1233
01:51:43,500 --> 01:51:44,740
is very well documented.

1234
01:51:45,200 --> 01:51:50,680
generation of wealth of stolen from the predominantly black and Latino families whose homes were bulldozed to make way for the freeway.

1235
01:51:51,980 --> 01:51:54,540
So cabling the freeway, in my opinion, would be a partial improvement.

1236
01:51:55,080 --> 01:51:56,940
But it doesn't solve the underlying problems.

1237
01:51:57,520 --> 01:52:02,140
Many of the environmental impacts would still be there. It will still reinforce a car-dependent culture.

1238
01:52:02,940 --> 01:52:10,000
And it is essentially a form of a band-aid. But it's a significant improvement to the harms that we have and the damage neighborhood that we have.

1239
01:52:10,720 --> 01:52:15,280
In my opinion, and I urge my fellow Councilman to support this, that we have a moral imperative

1240
01:52:15,280 --> 01:52:16,060
for apparent neighborhoods.

1241
01:52:16,900 --> 01:52:20,260
We need to stay focused on the long-term goal of removing the freeway and replacing

1242
01:52:20,260 --> 01:52:23,260
it with parks, a grand boulevard, or other neighborhood serving uses.

1243
01:52:24,040 --> 01:52:29,580
So I'm going to make a motion that we move forward with the staff recommended actions here

1244
01:52:29,580 --> 01:52:33,340
and to also direct staff that to the extent that is authorized by the terms of the grant,

1245
01:52:33,800 --> 01:52:37,560
to look into trade-offs between capping and other alternatives, including freeway removal,

1246
01:52:37,560 --> 01:52:47,260
and to reaffirm our commitments to closing the freeway, and to follow the models of other cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and others that have successfully restored and healed their cities by removing freeways.

1247
01:52:49,570 --> 01:52:50,190
I'll second that.

1248
01:52:54,080 --> 01:53:00,660
Okay, so motion by Raskin, seconded by Council Member Snell. I'll do a roll call vote. Council Member Negrette.

1249
01:53:01,560 --> 01:53:03,240
Yes, Council Member Hall?

1250
01:53:03,760 --> 01:53:04,000
Yes.

1251
01:53:04,000 --> 01:53:04,140
Yes.

1252
01:53:04,360 --> 01:53:05,620
On sole, member Eskin.

1253
01:53:05,800 --> 01:53:05,980
Yes.

1254
01:53:06,540 --> 01:53:08,260
Mayor Pro Temsweik is absent.

1255
01:53:08,600 --> 01:53:09,340
Councilmember Snell.

1256
01:53:10,240 --> 01:53:10,460
Yes.

1257
01:53:11,260 --> 01:53:12,260
Councilmember Surnitskaya?

1258
01:53:12,580 --> 01:53:12,780
Yes.

1259
01:53:13,140 --> 01:53:13,900
And Mayor Trusses.

1260
01:53:14,340 --> 01:53:14,480
Yes.

1261
01:53:14,840 --> 01:53:15,560
Motion passes.

1262
01:53:16,180 --> 01:53:16,360
Great.

1263
01:53:17,160 --> 01:53:17,660
Congratulations.

1264
01:53:17,980 --> 01:53:18,300
Thank you.

1265
01:53:18,440 --> 01:53:18,780
We're excited.

1266
01:53:19,080 --> 01:53:22,000
And if there's any way to do it quicker than 2030, we would love that too.

1267
01:53:22,340 --> 01:53:22,740
Do my best.

1268
01:53:23,940 --> 01:53:24,440
Okay.

1269
01:53:24,760 --> 01:53:28,860
I would propose that we hear for I next and then I'll leave for 4-H.

1270
01:53:30,220 --> 01:53:37,980
And I'll read the item for I award requests for proposal number 2784 and authorization

1271
01:53:37,980 --> 01:53:43,200
to enter into agreement with economic and planning systems incorporated for preparation

1272
01:53:43,200 --> 01:53:46,160
of an exit study for the Parks and Recreation Development Impact.

1273
01:53:46,560 --> 01:53:48,560
Is there no

1274
01:53:52,750 --> 01:53:53,330
presentation?

1275
01:53:53,730 --> 01:53:57,250
Oh great, so someone who pulled this?

1276
01:53:57,570 --> 01:53:58,010
I pulled it.

1277
01:53:58,030 --> 01:53:58,270
Oh great.

1278
01:53:58,470 --> 01:53:58,870
Let's please.

1279
01:53:59,250 --> 01:53:59,310
Yeah.

1280
01:53:59,610 --> 01:54:00,870
Do you want to ask questions?

1281
01:54:00,870 --> 01:54:04,450
Thank you. Yes, I do have a question. Thank you very much for bringing this forward.

1282
01:54:04,830 --> 01:54:11,510
But my question is that, and this next next study is just for the park, if I understand it correctly.

1283
01:54:12,010 --> 01:54:13,190
Parks and Recreation Development.

1284
01:54:13,370 --> 01:54:23,290
The fees for park and Recreation. Have there any consideration to put together a study for all types of fees with respect to it and why this has been taken out separately and just curious?

1285
01:54:24,070 --> 01:54:32,590
So, I would say I think it was end of 2024, all of those staff members who were responsible

1286
01:54:32,590 --> 01:54:39,170
for managing their impact fees got to get to understand where essentially the next

1287
01:54:39,170 --> 01:54:41,310
study stood in terms of their timing.

1288
01:54:41,730 --> 01:54:47,690
Because there was a misalignment and one, I think it was the child care had already begun

1289
01:54:47,690 --> 01:54:54,810
their next study. We were in we had initiated the conversation because we were

1290
01:54:54,810 --> 01:54:59,790
getting ready to do our next study. We understood that mobility was kind of a

1291
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:29,900
Local government's out from starting their RFP for transportation fees. So at that time we decided, okay, we needed to advance this process, so let's all just go. So the hope would be that as we all complete this next round of next study, we can then be in the better alignment with the more recent next study done. So as we continue to move forward, rather than do them every five years, maybe one will be every three years so that it aligns with the one that's coming up on their five year mark so that we can

1292
01:55:29,900 --> 01:55:34,560
and then be in lockstep so all the fees are doing their next study at the same time.

1293
01:55:35,080 --> 01:55:37,440
So I just had to do with the scheduling more than anything else.

1294
01:55:37,900 --> 01:55:38,620
Thank you.

1295
01:55:40,040 --> 01:55:40,980
Councillor Reserves, okay.

1296
01:55:42,320 --> 01:55:43,020
Thank you.

1297
01:55:43,400 --> 01:55:45,460
So I just had a couple of questions.

1298
01:55:46,500 --> 01:55:49,900
First, could you define what a next study is?

1299
01:55:50,940 --> 01:55:51,900
I'll do my best.

1300
01:55:52,760 --> 01:55:58,040
So it essentially helps to determine what the maximum threshold is

1301
01:55:58,040 --> 01:56:03,840
for the impact fee that the city can, I guess, charge is the right word.

1302
01:56:04,520 --> 01:56:06,920
And that is based on a lot of different factors.

1303
01:56:06,920 --> 01:56:11,480
It's based on what our community plan is in terms of what we want to do for open space.

1304
01:56:11,740 --> 01:56:17,080
So essentially, the Parks and Recreation Vision Plan, it looks at what it costs to maintain

1305
01:56:17,080 --> 01:56:19,940
and operate or improve our existing parks and open spaces.

1306
01:56:20,540 --> 01:56:27,180
It also looks at opportunity sites for expanding our open space or acquiring new open space.

1307
01:56:27,180 --> 01:56:35,120
But it also looks at the feasibility and economic burden on developers in alignment with kind

1308
01:56:35,120 --> 01:56:40,560
of what the proposed fees might be, which is why we included in our RFP scope, which I believe

1309
01:56:40,560 --> 01:56:45,320
is task seven, which is the economic burden analysis against what those fees might be.

1310
01:56:45,720 --> 01:56:52,660
And does that economic burden analysis and feasibility account for other development impact fees and

1311
01:56:52,660 --> 01:56:58,640
other costs associated with the development of new, you know, anything?

1312
01:56:59,940 --> 01:57:05,660
Well, I think this kind of links back to Council Member Snell's question in that.

1313
01:57:05,860 --> 01:57:11,280
Like, this one is specific to the parks and rec fee because each fee has a lot of, I can't

1314
01:57:11,280 --> 01:57:16,740
speak to child care needs to provide them or what transportation needs to provide those

1315
01:57:16,740 --> 01:57:19,860
for those studies because there's a lot more complex need to those.

1316
01:57:19,860 --> 01:57:26,460
So for this particular exercise, it's more focused on development that's related to parks.

1317
01:57:27,280 --> 01:57:35,920
And what other sources of funding do we use for new parks and maintenance of existing

1318
01:57:35,920 --> 01:57:40,220
parks and all of the things that this would be intended to study?

1319
01:57:40,680 --> 01:57:46,960
So we rely heavily on the development impact fee because currently we have quite frequently

1320
01:57:46,960 --> 01:57:54,280
to general fund is one option but we also have our measure A annual allocations but I will

1321
01:57:54,280 --> 01:58:01,100
use the example of our recently completed Douglas Park playground project. Our annual allocations

1322
01:58:01,100 --> 01:58:07,360
accrue but they don't like those accruals to sit very long because those funds are meant to build

1323
01:58:07,360 --> 01:58:16,620
and improve parks. So at that moment in time we made a decision to draw down 1.443 million dollars

1324
01:58:16,620 --> 01:58:19,740
to help on the construction of that project.

1325
01:58:20,300 --> 01:58:22,700
The project itself costs close to $2 million.

1326
01:58:22,960 --> 01:58:25,040
So we offset those annual allocations

1327
01:58:25,040 --> 01:58:26,580
with the development impact fee

1328
01:58:26,580 --> 01:58:29,720
to help cover the cost of the design

1329
01:58:29,720 --> 01:58:32,340
and construction of those parts.

1330
01:58:32,560 --> 01:58:36,240
We do have some allocations from CDBG,

1331
01:58:36,540 --> 01:58:38,120
which is part of the planning that,

1332
01:58:38,120 --> 01:58:42,300
I believe, Mark Ameral presented a couple weeks or months ago.

1333
01:58:42,880 --> 01:58:46,040
That allows for particular improvements

1334
01:58:46,040 --> 01:58:50,820
associated with parks and open spaces within CDPG eligible areas.

1335
01:58:52,020 --> 01:58:55,000
And then other than that, the development impact fees pretty much hit.

1336
01:58:56,000 --> 01:58:56,820
Oh wow, okay.

1337
01:58:59,880 --> 01:59:05,560
So I'm trying to basically, I'm trying to really understand it because it may.

1338
01:59:06,140 --> 01:59:07,960
Maybe I can add a little bit of context.

1339
01:59:08,360 --> 01:59:15,320
So at 30,000 feet development impact fees really are intended to be assessed to offset the impacts

1340
01:59:15,320 --> 01:59:21,400
that new development has on a community, new development creates new people, new service demands,

1341
01:59:21,700 --> 01:59:23,440
new service levels that have to be met.

1342
01:59:23,940 --> 01:59:27,920
We have very advanced impact fees here in Santa Monica.

1343
01:59:28,560 --> 01:59:32,820
The largest of those impact fees is our parks and recreation impact fee.

1344
01:59:33,400 --> 01:59:38,800
Based on some of the recent changes to stay law in order to continue charging fees,

1345
01:59:39,280 --> 01:59:41,720
you have to identify a more specific nexus.

1346
01:59:42,600 --> 01:59:53,460
Once you determine that nexus, it assesses what's the maximum extent of the fee that you can charge on new development and you can set a rate anywhere up to that maximum amount.

1347
01:59:54,140 --> 01:59:59,620
And so what we're trying to do here really is initiate the study so that we can bring back for council.

1348
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,440
The overall assessment, what should the impact fee be moving forward? It will set a maximum, but certainly you can look at lowering it depending on the policy preferences of the council. This initial step, again, is relate the analysis to put and develop all the inputs and then determine what the per unit cost might be moving forward. Thank you. That does help. I will add to that we requested within the RFP to ask for some alternative fee ranges.

1349
02:00:29,440 --> 02:00:37,280
so that we can better present back to council in the future of, like, this is the maximum, but these are others and the applications to see what those.

1350
02:00:37,680 --> 02:00:49,820
Okay, and kind of building off of council members, Snell's question, is there a specific reason why we can't study all of the development impact fees in one go?

1351
02:00:50,360 --> 02:00:55,320
Because I think they all contribute to what it costs to build.

1352
02:00:55,320 --> 02:01:02,780
And certainly I think what we're trying to do again, there's different departments that are leading different fee components.

1353
02:01:03,060 --> 02:01:07,620
Each fee component has a different set of inputs to the point Tony made.

1354
02:01:07,840 --> 02:01:15,760
We're starting this now to try to get all the fees aligned so they're on the same schedule moving forward based on the schedules that we started a couple of years ago.

1355
02:01:16,020 --> 02:01:18,560
The fees are being analyzed on different schedules.

1356
02:01:18,560 --> 02:01:22,660
goals, the goal is to get them all aligned so that they're on a five year rotating schedule

1357
02:01:22,660 --> 02:01:25,780
combined, so we can try to do it all together moving forward.

1358
02:01:27,040 --> 02:01:29,340
And when would we expect this to come back?

1359
02:01:30,540 --> 02:01:39,000
We anticipate that the timeline for this particular scope is probably six and nine months, so 2027.

1360
02:01:39,680 --> 02:01:43,880
Inclusive of the RFP process, or this is?

1361
02:01:44,440 --> 02:01:46,840
This is for the award so they can start it for the contract.

1362
02:01:46,840 --> 02:01:56,960
Okay. Is the so the cost of this or the proposed cost is $115,400 and $50 under according

1363
02:01:56,960 --> 02:02:04,520
to the staff report is that roughly what we pay for other nexus is it seems a little

1364
02:02:04,520 --> 02:02:09,040
high on. Okay. Okay. I think so. I don't know if other folks had questions.

1365
02:02:12,700 --> 02:02:28,880
So once this study comes back, and I guess this was directed to City Manager, we have an opportunity to take a look at all the fees with respect to how it affects development, because I think that's the important thing with respect to it.

1366
02:02:28,880 --> 02:02:34,680
in the study is going to be a next-of-feet, but we want to make sure that, you know, with

1367
02:02:34,680 --> 02:02:42,080
development, we're not taking independently looking at charges that are together. So I think

1368
02:02:42,080 --> 02:02:48,560
that's more important than bias. The update of the fees is one process, but the existing

1369
02:02:48,560 --> 02:02:54,480
fees, certainly when this all comes back, we would break out the fee load on a per-unit basis

1370
02:02:54,480 --> 02:02:55,600
for the council to assess.

1371
02:02:56,640 --> 02:02:57,760
Okay, thank you.

1372
02:02:58,460 --> 02:03:00,540
Great. I'm happy to make a motion.

1373
02:03:00,840 --> 02:03:01,660
I will move the item.

1374
02:03:03,040 --> 02:03:03,800
Oh, you have one quick.

1375
02:03:03,900 --> 02:03:04,660
Okay, great.

1376
02:03:05,640 --> 02:03:08,560
I noticed that from the 2425,

1377
02:03:08,560 --> 02:03:10,040
the activity for this,

1378
02:03:10,380 --> 02:03:12,120
for the parks and recreation impact fee,

1379
02:03:12,240 --> 02:03:15,080
or fees collected for fiscal year 2425,

1380
02:03:15,080 --> 02:03:19,420
or 46,527 dollars,

1381
02:03:20,160 --> 02:03:22,040
and this next study

1382
02:03:22,040 --> 02:03:29,000
would cost more than twice that. I just wanted to call that out because I do have some

1383
02:03:29,000 --> 02:03:37,820
concerns about the cost. I don't know that there is anything to address that, but I just

1384
02:03:37,820 --> 02:03:42,600
wanted to call that out because it does. It looks like you want to make a comment.

1385
02:03:43,680 --> 02:03:49,580
That 46,000 was the fees that were collected in that fiscal year from development.

1386
02:03:50,160 --> 02:03:56,440
And then it's more reflected to the fact that we haven't had a lot of development for the fee to assess

1387
02:03:56,440 --> 02:04:02,440
The actual per unit cost of the fee the park and wreck fee it depends on the unit size how many bedrooms

1388
02:04:02,440 --> 02:04:09,080
But again, it's our largest fee. I believe for a two unit bedroom right now it runs up to $9,000

1389
02:04:09,080 --> 02:04:15,580
Per unit and it is the largest of the impact fees we assess

1390
02:04:19,430 --> 02:04:20,510
Okay, I'll move the item

1391
02:04:21,950 --> 02:04:22,510
Okay,

1392
02:04:24,720 --> 02:04:27,000
council members are good sky roll

1393
02:04:32,400 --> 02:04:37,820
call vote. Sorry. Yes. Council members now. No.

1394
02:04:39,580 --> 02:04:45,540
Mayor Prattim's wake is absent. Council member Raskin. Yes. Council member Hall. Yes.

1395
02:04:46,360 --> 02:04:52,860
Council member Nugrete. Yes. And the air choices. Yes. Motion pass. It's great. I will ask

1396
02:04:52,860 --> 02:04:56,800
Councilor Hall to come over here and I will refuse myself for right now.

1397
02:04:56,800 --> 02:04:59,800
and 4H is award

1398
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:30,920
Contract with LA County Homeless Services and Housing Department for predictive prevention, pilot, utilizing a county homelessness prevention unit service model in the city of Santa Monica. Thank you. Are there any questions? Seeing none, any comments? I like to move this item. Second. Motion by Council Member Snell, seconded by Council Member Surnitskaya for the staff recommendation. Council Member Negreté? Yes.

1399
02:05:30,920 --> 02:05:32,400
Yes, Council Member Hall.

1400
02:05:33,060 --> 02:05:33,320
Yes.

1401
02:05:33,740 --> 02:05:34,820
Council Member Raskin.

1402
02:05:35,060 --> 02:05:35,240
Yes.

1403
02:05:35,560 --> 02:05:36,500
Mayor Pro Temswick.

1404
02:05:36,640 --> 02:05:37,100
It's absent.

1405
02:05:37,260 --> 02:05:37,960
Council Member Snell.

1406
02:05:38,380 --> 02:05:38,600
Yes.

1407
02:05:39,000 --> 02:05:40,180
Council Member Surnitskaya.

1408
02:05:40,480 --> 02:05:40,980
Yes.

1409
02:05:41,320 --> 02:05:44,000
Mayor Trussis is also absent, but motion passes.

1410
02:05:45,300 --> 02:05:45,800
All right.

1411
02:05:45,920 --> 02:05:46,220
Thank you.

1412
02:05:46,600 --> 02:05:50,160
And if we could have the closed session read out, please.

1413
02:05:55,710 --> 02:06:01,670
5A is conference with legal counsel regarding existing litigation and involving the various

1414
02:06:01,670 --> 02:06:12,770
on the agenda. 5B is another conference with legal council existing litigation regarding the city and I see SOP at all.

1415
02:06:13,510 --> 02:06:18,830
Another existing litigation with the city at all versus Waymo LLC at all.

1416
02:06:20,150 --> 02:06:25,750
Existing litigation with Santa Monica EV holdings LLC at all.

1417
02:06:25,750 --> 02:06:31,630
5E is existing litigation with Waymo LLC versus the city.

1418
02:06:32,090 --> 02:06:37,370
5F is a public employee appointment regarding the city clerk position, conference with

1419
02:06:37,850 --> 02:06:41,850
labor negotiator and the city negotiator is the mayor and personnel director.

1420
02:06:42,510 --> 02:06:52,110
And 5G is public employee performance evaluation for the city manager and the last close session,

1421
02:06:52,110 --> 02:06:57,870
5-H, conference with legal, council existing litigation, Laurie Gentles versus City, and

1422
02:06:57,870 --> 02:06:58,770
this is a report out.

1423
02:07:01,610 --> 02:07:05,330
Attorney, what time do we think we will be back for how long should this take?

1424
02:07:05,950 --> 02:07:12,690
We expect to be back in one hour and 15 minutes, and even if we do not complete everything

1425
02:07:12,690 --> 02:07:16,230
on the agenda, we will announce that to the public, on the closed session agenda.

1426
02:07:16,410 --> 02:07:20,600
If we do not complete everything within an hour and 15 minutes, that was not under a

1427
02:07:23,960 --> 02:07:29,100
We could do it now if you would like, but if you would prefer not to, we can do it all

1428
02:07:29,100 --> 02:07:29,320
now.

1429
02:07:31,980 --> 02:07:33,680
I would estimate an hour and a half.

1430
02:07:33,940 --> 02:07:34,220
Okay.

1431
02:07:34,400 --> 02:07:34,780
An hour and a half.

1432
02:07:34,980 --> 02:07:35,080
Great.

1433
02:07:36,140 --> 02:07:38,940
So we will be back at, we'll just say nine o'clock.

1434
02:07:40,040 --> 02:07:40,400
Great.

1435
02:07:40,740 --> 02:07:41,100
Thank you.

1436
02:07:41,100 --> 02:07:41,660
Thank you very much.

1437
04:06:52,370 --> 04:07:02,290
Okay, thank you for your patience. We are returning from closed session. It is 937. We'll just wait for a couple of folks to trickle in.

1438
04:07:07,270 --> 04:07:09,950
So, we will,

1439
04:07:12,460 --> 04:07:24,060
I think, take a quick travel announcement. If anyone has any reportable travel that they like to talk about, pursuant to AB 1234.

1440
04:07:26,080 --> 04:07:30,220
I will just say quickly, I last week attended the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

1441
04:07:30,220 --> 04:07:34,860
representing Santa Monica hosted by Mayor Rex Richardson in Long Beach, California.

1442
04:07:35,640 --> 04:07:41,580
We elected Mayor Todd Chloria of San Diego, the next president of the U.S.

1443
04:07:41,720 --> 04:07:45,280
Conference of Mayors. We heard from Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker,

1444
04:07:46,600 --> 04:07:53,100
multiple national and also local leaders met with mayors from around the country talking about

1445
04:07:53,100 --> 04:07:57,560
everything. A lot of discussion about economic revitalization around major events.

1446
04:07:59,620 --> 04:08:02,560
Additionally, how to handle mass disasters.

1447
04:08:02,960 --> 04:08:13,040
I know that many cities have gone through that and meeting with subject matter experts also got to experience the inaugural concert in the Long Beach Amphitheater, which I just want to say was pretty spectacular.

1448
04:08:13,460 --> 04:08:18,920
It's a currently temporary venue overlooking Long Beach Harbor.

1449
04:08:19,780 --> 04:08:24,940
really a lot of vads for what we could do here in Santa Monica with a world-class

1450
04:08:24,940 --> 04:08:30,180
music destination close to the ocean. So just very inspirational and it was

1451
04:08:30,180 --> 04:08:37,600
great time. So with that being said, any other reports of travel? No, we will now

1452
04:08:37,600 --> 04:08:44,400
move on to agenda item six, public input on remaining agenda items. Oh sorry

1453
04:08:44,400 --> 04:08:45,380
My apologies.

1454
04:08:45,620 --> 04:08:45,980
I don't know.

1455
04:08:46,180 --> 04:08:48,360
City Attorney, would you like to report on the closed session?

1456
04:08:49,400 --> 04:08:54,340
So all items were heard with one reportable action taken as noted as a report out.

1457
04:08:55,520 --> 04:08:57,760
It's item five.

1458
04:08:59,120 --> 04:09:00,020
Pardon me.

1459
04:09:00,520 --> 04:09:01,100
Of course.

1460
04:09:01,840 --> 04:09:03,060
I believe it's five.

1461
04:09:04,740 --> 04:09:05,300
Yeah.

1462
04:09:05,780 --> 04:09:06,340
I got it.

1463
04:09:06,540 --> 04:09:07,220
Five H.

1464
04:09:07,940 --> 04:09:14,440
In the matter of Lori Gentles versus City is an employment action.

1465
04:09:15,000 --> 04:09:20,660
At its February 10th, 26 meeting, the City Council approved a settlement in the Lori

1466
04:09:20,660 --> 04:09:22,100
Gentles versus City action.

1467
04:09:22,420 --> 04:09:28,460
The City denies liability and does not admit fault, but agreed to settle for $550,000 and

1468
04:09:28,460 --> 04:09:30,060
certain non-monetary terms.

1469
04:09:30,560 --> 04:09:33,720
And in exchange, plenty of agreed to release all claims against the City.

1470
04:09:33,720 --> 04:09:41,900
The settlement was approved by a voter five to two with Mayor Pro Temswick and council member Hall voting now great

1471
04:09:41,900 --> 04:09:50,080
And I was discussed previously item 10 a has been pulled at the repressor staff so we will hear now public input on the remaining agenda items

1472
04:09:50,740 --> 04:09:56,240
And I'll call it folks and if they can come up when I call them we have Denise Barton more than 100 gross

1473
04:09:57,060 --> 04:09:59,480
Lynette Jonathan Foster Freddie Luis

1474
04:10:10,260 --> 04:10:39,520
Good evening. Please do tell us which of these actions would encourage more public participation in city council meetings. The essence of the round act. Over 25 speakers cut the public speaking time to one minute, cutting public input time to 20 minutes and pushing the rest until the end of the meeting. Still says your time is more important than the public's eliminating reasonable accommodations for seniors and disabled at in person city council meetings, staying accommodations may give them via telephone.

1475
04:10:39,520 --> 04:10:43,780
which says you will hear us, but don't want to see us, which is offensive and discriminatory.

1476
04:10:44,400 --> 04:10:49,380
And the residents want more than two city council members to be needed to post a 16 item.

1477
04:10:49,960 --> 04:10:54,520
Or what about staying out at closed session for hours or stepping the agenda like tonight.

1478
04:10:55,160 --> 04:10:57,920
All those are discouraging the public to participation.

1479
04:10:58,540 --> 04:11:00,160
So maybe you shouldn't be sitting up there.

1480
04:11:03,000 --> 04:11:04,760
Next on item 16B.

1481
04:11:05,440 --> 04:11:11,260
Again, just because Los Angeles County does something does not mean the city of Santa Monica separate city has to do it.

1482
04:11:11,260 --> 04:11:16,600
And I have to ask how much will this pledge from prosperity cost the taxpayers since our

1483
04:11:16,600 --> 04:11:21,800
new mayor and council seem to be co-mingling many from the city of Santa Monica in the county

1484
04:11:21,800 --> 04:11:27,360
of LA, who has shown not to be the best record of results for their many events?

1485
04:11:28,040 --> 04:11:33,100
I would again ask why the city of Santa Monica is funding Los Angeles County programs, especially

1486
04:11:33,100 --> 04:11:39,920
because the city is claiming budget deficits to the residents, as well as when you put 16

1487
04:11:39,920 --> 04:11:43,960
and items like this on the city council agenda with no information on what the program

1488
04:11:43,960 --> 04:11:48,820
and pledge includes really put some residents to disadvantage. Thank you.

1489
04:11:50,480 --> 04:11:55,620
Thank you. We have Morgan Hunter-Gross, Lynette John, and Foster.

1490
04:11:57,400 --> 04:12:03,640
Hello. I'm here talking about 11D. I think I'm against this new rules change of order

1491
04:12:04,260 --> 04:12:08,940
because something happened last week when the 16 item I learned about the Virginia

1492
04:12:08,940 --> 04:12:12,760
apartments. So I went to go look at the Virginia apartments that night, right

1493
04:12:12,760 --> 04:12:18,160
afterwards, in the early 11th, 12 o'clock at night. And then I think if we hadn't

1494
04:12:18,160 --> 04:12:25,180
have had that moment, I wouldn't have learned about the corporations, Santa

1495
04:12:25,180 --> 04:12:36,640
Monica, and the whole Santa Monica SMR history and linkback. And I think just the

1496
04:12:36,640 --> 04:12:42,320
The ability to bring something up and educate the public is vitally important.

1497
04:12:42,720 --> 04:12:46,140
Now transparency isn't necessarily a solution of everything.

1498
04:12:46,260 --> 04:12:50,600
It's not a means to an end, but it's a path on the way there.

1499
04:12:51,780 --> 04:12:57,080
So as I'm going to read a section from, I was looking at the changes to the report.

1500
04:12:57,640 --> 04:12:59,620
And I just, we didn't have all the time to read it.

1501
04:13:00,200 --> 04:13:04,940
The city manager will work with the, they're adding this because anything with an underlying

1502
04:13:04,940 --> 04:13:09,740
is being added, anything that's being crossed out is being deleted. So this is an underlined thing

1503
04:13:09,740 --> 04:13:14,940
that's being added. The city manager will work with the requesting council members to decide if

1504
04:13:14,940 --> 04:13:23,140
the item will be placed on the agenda or address them in other ways. No less than two and no more than

1505
04:13:23,140 --> 04:13:29,180
three council members may place a council member discussion item on an agenda to consider a formal

1506
04:13:29,180 --> 04:13:35,740
censure of a council member for the violation of the law, local ordinance, common law, conflict

1507
04:13:35,740 --> 04:13:41,300
of interest, council, rule, or resolution. Do process shall be provided, including the

1508
04:13:41,300 --> 04:13:49,080
notice of the allegations and an opportunity to oppose the accusation. So you need two people,

1509
04:13:49,540 --> 04:13:57,220
but not more than three and one person isn't good. I love that Santa Monica has the ability for

1510
04:13:57,220 --> 04:14:06,420
one person to do that. Great, thank you, um, Lynette, and then Jonathan

1511
04:14:06,420 --> 04:14:11,460
Bosphor, Freddie Luis, Bernice, and Alfred Vazquez. Good evening. Sorry, I just

1512
04:14:11,460 --> 04:14:18,660
had eye surgery, so I have trouble reading. Um, I, I oppose the agenda item 11b,

1513
04:14:18,920 --> 04:14:27,000
and I don't understand why you don't want, you won't give us a chance to to

1514
04:14:27,000 --> 04:14:35,000
say what we want to say. If there's more than one council person is required to approve

1515
04:14:35,000 --> 04:14:40,820
something or talk about something, sorry, it's my first time here.

1516
04:14:43,440 --> 04:14:45,040
It's kind of discriminant

1517
04:14:45,040 --> 04:14:51,680
because everybody should have an opportunity. We voted for all seven of you.

1518
04:14:54,380 --> 04:14:55,380
We voted

1519
04:14:55,380 --> 04:14:56,800
to start listening to us, please.

1520
04:14:58,180 --> 04:14:58,760
Thank you.

1521
04:15:00,000 --> 04:15:00,840
Jonathan Poster.

1522
04:15:03,180 --> 04:15:29,260
Hello, talking about homelessness, kind of, it's actually poverty here, 16B. And, you know, I've spoken a lot about the adjusted to inflation minimum wage at $120,000 a year, but what if somebody rips through $120,000 a year, overspends on a credit card and still ends up, several hundred thousand dollars in debt, it sounds like a really good way to fix stuff like this.

1523
04:15:29,260 --> 04:15:35,420
and then all of a sudden the city wouldn't have to take taxpayer dollars and then redirect

1524
04:15:35,420 --> 04:15:40,720
it to somebody who may have overspent or actually didn't really make much money, right?

1525
04:15:40,880 --> 04:15:45,240
That's probably what's been going on here or it's elderly people.

1526
04:15:45,460 --> 04:15:49,080
So I did read the report and I support what you're doing.

1527
04:15:49,240 --> 04:15:51,160
This is a great idea to help people.

1528
04:15:51,280 --> 04:15:55,580
That's really what you want to hear and not everything that I would say about some of

1529
04:15:55,580 --> 04:15:55,980
this stuff.

1530
04:15:55,980 --> 04:16:05,760
So it says a pledge for shared prosperity that that really is the paycheck by billionaires who are not paying.

1531
04:16:06,480 --> 04:16:09,300
This is not mom and pop pizza shop stuff.

1532
04:16:10,480 --> 04:16:12,240
Seven eleven can pay.

1533
04:16:12,880 --> 04:16:20,940
We all know that guy Zuckerberg with a Z. I take away the Z and I put the S in. His name is Zuckerberg to me.

1534
04:16:20,940 --> 04:16:28,000
You suck at what you pay your employees and that work comes down here a pledge for shared prosperity

1535
04:16:28,800 --> 04:16:35,360
Elon Musk is hoping for like a billion dollars a year no a hundred billion dollars

1536
04:16:35,360 --> 04:16:41,840
and in ten years he'll have a trillion but if you noticed he is not paying the janitor that wipes down

1537
04:16:41,840 --> 04:16:47,700
the bathroom in a building he owns at least a hundred and twenty thousand dollars a year

1538
04:16:48,680 --> 04:16:54,680
But he has the money and all the people that are like this, then the city wouldn't have to redirect.

1539
04:16:55,320 --> 04:16:59,320
So what you're doing is taking paycheck money and giving it to somebody else,

1540
04:16:59,500 --> 04:17:04,560
they should have just put it in the paychecks, the people who are the billionaires who can do this.

1541
04:17:04,760 --> 04:17:05,120
So thank you.

1542
04:17:06,970 --> 04:17:07,690
Thank you.

1543
04:17:08,050 --> 04:17:12,230
Freddie Lee, Bernice and Alfred Vazquez, Samantha Motek, Keana Atroy.

1544
04:17:19,210 --> 04:17:19,930
All right, yeah, go ahead.

1545
04:17:20,050 --> 04:17:21,530
All right, council members, I have mayor.

1546
04:17:22,210 --> 04:17:24,210
I'm here to oppose 11B.

1547
04:17:24,210 --> 04:17:30,990
We're told that people need to get involved in local politics, and item 11b is a way to disenfranchise

1548
04:17:30,990 --> 04:17:35,570
these voters, disenfranchise a council member if they're going against their status quo.

1549
04:17:36,730 --> 04:17:41,810
If you're leaning yes towards this item, just think about how maybe one day you're going to be the

1550
04:17:41,810 --> 04:17:49,050
only one to support something that your people want, and you can't bring it up because you're alone.

1551
04:17:51,190 --> 04:17:54,930
It's wanting to get rid of any checks and balances in local government.

1552
04:17:58,860 --> 04:18:03,540
Would you want to be known as the council member that took away people's voices and to

1553
04:18:03,540 --> 04:18:06,240
do it at the same meeting that we're celebrating Juneteenth?

1554
04:18:07,520 --> 04:18:08,800
It feels like a sick joke.

1555
04:18:09,200 --> 04:18:11,880
This is why I'm here to implore you to vote no on this item.

1556
04:18:12,640 --> 04:18:14,900
Voting for this is like cutting your nose despite your face.

1557
04:18:15,820 --> 04:18:18,900
You have all agreed that we need more transparency in our government.

1558
04:18:18,900 --> 04:18:23,400
Adding a 41-page item at the last hour goes against that transparency.

1559
04:18:24,140 --> 04:18:26,040
Voting yes on 11B is un-American.

1560
04:18:26,980 --> 04:18:31,160
This item should be voted no, but at the very least it should be pushed at least one

1561
04:18:31,160 --> 04:18:31,460
more week.

1562
04:18:32,300 --> 04:18:32,520
Thank you.

1563
04:18:32,900 --> 04:18:33,220
Thank you.

1564
04:18:34,120 --> 04:18:39,960
I think Dr. Vaska is not here so Samantha Mota, Kiana, Achoi, Eric, or Leslie.

1565
04:18:41,580 --> 04:18:42,500
Okay, I'm sorry to hear too.

1566
04:18:42,620 --> 04:18:42,700
Okay.

1567
04:18:43,180 --> 04:18:43,620
Okay.

1568
04:18:45,080 --> 04:18:45,460
No worries.

1569
04:18:45,680 --> 04:18:46,280
I know it's late.

1570
04:18:46,280 --> 04:18:47,420
Hello,

1571
04:18:51,030 --> 04:18:53,550
City Council, City staff, and community members.

1572
04:18:53,930 --> 04:18:55,230
Thank you for being here today.

1573
04:18:55,890 --> 04:18:57,990
I'm Congressional Candidate Samantha Molta,

1574
04:18:58,190 --> 04:19:02,110
urging City Council to oppose item 11B

1575
04:19:02,110 --> 04:19:04,850
that require Council member to gather extra support

1576
04:19:04,850 --> 04:19:06,450
before it can be publicly discussed.

1577
04:19:07,110 --> 04:19:09,810
The reason you were elected was to ensure the wants, needs,

1578
04:19:09,850 --> 04:19:11,710
and concerns are heard and represented,

1579
04:19:12,070 --> 04:19:15,110
yet you are trying to build walls that limit our voice.

1580
04:19:15,770 --> 04:19:18,270
You are slowly creating a corrupt echo chamber

1581
04:19:18,270 --> 04:19:24,410
by maintaining a closed environment to reinforce your beliefs while shutting out voices, punishing

1582
04:19:24,410 --> 04:19:32,450
dissenting views and manipulating trust, as leaders were meant to build bridges, not expand upon them.

1583
04:19:33,210 --> 04:19:38,250
The future will not belong to leaders like you that build walls around their expertise and knowledge.

1584
04:19:38,770 --> 04:19:42,870
It is going to belong to those who bridge the gaps between the people and ways of thinking.

1585
04:19:42,870 --> 04:19:48,210
It's easy to build structures around what we know because we think it creates clarity

1586
04:19:48,210 --> 04:19:52,850
and efficiency, but when you're not careful, it limits your field of vision.

1587
04:19:53,490 --> 04:19:57,470
Walls feel protective, however pathways produce possibility.

1588
04:19:58,030 --> 04:19:58,750
and it's upcoming.

1589
04:20:00,000 --> 04:20:13,320
And instead, investor, energy, and connecting people and ideas that might otherwise remain separate from their own. Thank you for your time, your ears and your minds. Thank you. Good night. And congratulations.

1590
04:20:23,770 --> 04:20:26,530
I hope you guys are doing well.

1591
04:20:27,610 --> 04:20:29,310
I'm here to speak about 11B.

1592
04:20:30,730 --> 04:20:37,490
I've watched this council, not just this council, but I've been here back and forth since 2012 was in public policy.

1593
04:20:38,950 --> 04:20:42,430
There are times when we have a majority from smur.

1594
04:20:43,010 --> 04:20:45,890
It's times when we have we don't have a majority from smur.

1595
04:20:46,930 --> 04:20:52,870
This policy here does not work for anybody because we've had mayors that have not been

1596
04:20:52,870 --> 04:20:53,490
in the majority.

1597
04:20:54,270 --> 04:20:58,010
We've had two hemorrhitch that was not in the majority in the last few years.

1598
04:20:58,510 --> 04:21:00,350
Now, we have Lana who's not in the majority.

1599
04:21:01,110 --> 04:21:06,430
Each person here represents a part of this community, voices that want to be heard,

1600
04:21:06,430 --> 04:21:09,750
and that's the reason why they voted for you because they thought that you represented

1601
04:21:09,750 --> 04:21:10,650
what they wanted.

1602
04:21:11,290 --> 04:21:12,030
You are their voice.

1603
04:21:12,390 --> 04:21:13,130
Each one of you.

1604
04:21:13,130 --> 04:21:20,230
So if you silence somebody that's not the majority, you silence thousands of residents here.

1605
04:21:21,470 --> 04:21:29,730
So what I implore you to do is to not put this into action because this will not always be here.

1606
04:21:29,970 --> 04:21:34,510
You will not always be on this diet, time changes, positive change.

1607
04:21:35,170 --> 04:21:38,210
But what will remain is what you put in here right now today.

1608
04:21:38,910 --> 04:21:40,890
Don't do this to our city. Thank you.

1609
04:21:40,890 --> 04:21:54,810
Okay. Thank you. So it looks okay, Zoe and then Josh time I have two minutes. Okay. Good evening, council. I'm speaking item 11B.

1610
04:21:55,630 --> 04:22:06,010
I'm part of Truth Lives in Controversy. And I spoke at the last city council meeting about my personal feelings towards our mayor.

1611
04:22:06,010 --> 04:22:12,050
and I was expecting an apology that I never received and I understand that you think you

1612
04:22:12,050 --> 04:22:20,750
should not apologize. But council member Dan Hall and I had had problems and he recognized

1613
04:22:20,750 --> 04:22:26,530
that I did something kind that day to a person that could not speak the language that you spoke

1614
04:22:26,530 --> 04:22:32,930
immediately wrote me an email telling me thank you for doing that. And he and I don't see

1615
04:22:32,930 --> 04:22:46,830
I to I in policy. So there's a cognitive dissonance in this. The language is vague, is 41 pages of an

1616
04:22:46,830 --> 04:22:55,670
amendment to our policies and the way we conduct business in this chamber and we haven't had time to

1617
04:22:55,670 --> 04:23:01,110
read those 41 pages because it was posted on Friday and we have plans for the weekend. It's

1618
04:23:01,110 --> 04:23:08,030
graduation, Samohaj graduation was tomorrow or yesterday, there's a lot of things, you know,

1619
04:23:08,170 --> 04:23:15,210
there's a Russian, Polish-German, Polish-German economist that wrote, those who do not move,

1620
04:23:15,470 --> 04:23:22,350
do not notice their chains. And I'm glad that one of the speakers spoke about Juneteenth because

1621
04:23:22,350 --> 04:23:29,290
this is slavery in our voices, you're limiting people to do their job for the constituents

1622
04:23:29,290 --> 04:23:35,290
in a time that we are on a lawsuit for a large elections versus district elections.

1623
04:23:35,710 --> 04:23:42,030
Think strategically because the lawyers are watching and they're going to use this against you.

1624
04:23:43,270 --> 04:23:50,590
And they're millions of dollars on stake. It's not your money, it's the people's money. So vote

1625
04:23:50,590 --> 04:23:51,190
accordingly.

1626
04:23:53,700 --> 04:23:57,620
Thank you, Ms. Mentonair. Yeah, transversal.

1627
04:23:59,680 --> 04:24:01,900
Hey, folks, two minutes, correct?

1628
04:24:04,860 --> 04:24:14,220
I'm looking at my YouTube stream of this chamber of this council meeting and there's 52 people watching tonight.

1629
04:24:15,620 --> 04:24:24,540
I think we, whatever we do, whatever you guys do in terms of reorganizing the agenda, I think that we have to keep that in mind.

1630
04:24:24,540 --> 04:24:28,340
You know, there should be 520 people watching at home.

1631
04:24:28,500 --> 04:24:32,680
There should be, this chamber should be packed most times.

1632
04:24:33,540 --> 04:24:37,920
And so, you know, we just came back from 90-minute break

1633
04:24:38,280 --> 04:24:41,060
for closed session and there was one little mention

1634
04:24:41,060 --> 04:24:42,520
of an item that was handled.

1635
04:24:43,260 --> 04:24:44,500
So I'm going to start there.

1636
04:24:44,660 --> 04:24:47,440
I think one, you guys should try to schedule

1637
04:24:47,440 --> 04:24:49,740
your closed sessions on alternate Tuesdays.

1638
04:24:49,740 --> 04:24:55,720
It just doesn't public discourse gets killed.

1639
04:25:08,420 --> 04:25:29,980
I know a lot of people show up, but you can limit it to one minute because it's not on the agenda, but keep it at the start of the meetings. And, you know, keep it to one hour, if you have to, with the rest of it coming later. But I think that if you do that, that you should have, you should choose those questions.

1640
04:25:29,980 --> 04:25:38,740
those 25 speakers randomly so you don't have 25 people showing up at 4.30 signing up and freezing everybody out.

1641
04:25:39,440 --> 04:25:40,280
Just an idea.

1642
04:25:42,020 --> 04:25:45,440
Three, let's leave the 16 items alone. I used to.

1643
04:25:45,980 --> 04:25:53,640
I was here when Kevin McCune was here and he was the 6.1 vote and he inspired me to get involved in politics.

1644
04:25:54,380 --> 04:26:03,420
You know, you guys have earned the right to express your opinions in a 16 item, and I think you should continue to be able to do that, even if you don't have a second.

1645
04:26:09,920 --> 04:26:12,220
Okay, thank you so much, Mr Smith.

1646
04:26:12,660 --> 04:26:19,260
For some reason, there seems to be a discrepancy on the public comments that I have on mine, but Diana, I don't have you on mine.

1647
04:26:19,260 --> 04:26:28,960
And it's, yeah, that's so very bizarre because she's not online, but come on up, something's happening, yeah, that's so weird.

1648
04:26:29,180 --> 04:26:29,960
Thank you.

1649
04:26:33,780 --> 04:26:35,420
Okay, my name is Diana Flores.

1650
04:26:35,600 --> 04:26:38,240
I'm speaking on agenda item 11b.

1651
04:26:39,140 --> 04:26:42,360
Good evening, mayor and council members and public.

1652
04:26:43,320 --> 04:26:49,400
agenda item 11b proposes significant changes to the process by which elective representatives

1653
04:26:49,780 --> 04:26:52,020
bring matters forward to public discussion.

1654
04:26:52,620 --> 04:26:58,320
Seek direction from staff and determine when and how the public may participate in those

1655
04:26:58,320 --> 04:26:58,840
discussions.

1656
04:27:00,300 --> 04:27:06,340
I am concerned that the proposal appears to be a response to council member Laenna Grete's

1657
04:27:06,340 --> 04:27:12,020
efforts to advocate for the residents of Virginia Avenue rehabilitation project.

1658
04:27:12,020 --> 04:27:16,580
to seek greater accountability and transparency regarding the use of public funds.

1659
04:27:17,160 --> 04:27:28,180
It is important to note that on May 26 meeting, it's important that the May 26 meeting know their council members co-sponsored her 16-B item.

1660
04:27:28,800 --> 04:27:39,160
Council member Negraté brought the matter forward independently and demonstrating her commitment to representing residents into ensuring appropriate oversight over the city actions and expenditures.

1661
04:27:39,160 --> 04:27:49,000
For all residents, agenda item 11B raises concerns about limiting open dialogue, reducing opportunities for elected officials spring forward issues of public importance.

1662
04:27:49,440 --> 04:27:59,780
It also raises questions about whether the proposal could make it more difficult for residents and the representatives to address concerns that may not align with the majority of the view of the council.

1663
04:27:59,780 --> 04:28:05,120
I believe effective governance depends on transparency, accountability, and the ability

1664
04:28:05,120 --> 04:28:11,340
of elected representatives to raise issues on behalf of their constituents through multiple

1665
04:28:11,340 --> 04:28:16,960
avenues. Residents deserve a government that encourages open discussion rather than restricting

1666
04:28:16,960 --> 04:28:23,300
it. Generations of Virginia Avenue stand firmly in support of transparency, public participation,

1667
04:28:23,300 --> 04:28:27,940
and the ability of elected representatives to advocate for the people that they serve.

1668
04:28:28,440 --> 04:28:36,000
even if there's only one. I respectfully argue, I respectfully urge the City Council to reject this item.

1669
04:28:37,850 --> 04:28:46,850
Yeah, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. So that appears at least on mine. Yes, okay, the final commenter.

1670
04:28:47,570 --> 04:28:55,870
So again, 10 A has been pulled. So we will move on to 11 A and Mr. Ramirez, I believe you are staffer for it. Yeah.

1671
04:28:55,870 --> 04:28:56,650
Thank you.

1672
04:29:07,580 --> 04:29:32,620
Good evening, Council. Mayor and the city team, I am back tonight providing an update on the council direction from January 27, 2026 to explore participation in the term in a roses parade and share the feasibility, the funding strategy, community engagement, opportunities and implementation requirements associated with the city sponsored float on this evening's presentation will provide an overview of the work completed to date.

1673
04:29:32,620 --> 04:29:41,380
staff's recommended float builder the proposed funding and community engagement strategy and the recommended actions necessary to move forward with implementation.

1674
04:29:42,040 --> 04:29:53,780
Participation in the Rose Parade represents a unique opportunity to showcase Santa Monica story, strength and destination marketing efforts and engage our community to support a broader economic revitalization.

1675
04:29:55,060 --> 04:29:59,820
So the theme is welcome, the proposed float concept sensors on the

1676
04:30:00,000 --> 04:30:29,900
The very identity is a community that welcomes residents, visitors, businesses, artists, entrepreneurs, and people from around the world. The flow would communicate that Santa Monica remains vibrant, innovative, diverse, and open for opportunity. The goal is to celebrate belonging, connection, optimism, or reinforces the unique coastal identity. The Tournament of Roses Parade has accepted the city's application and invited the city to participate to one of the most recognized events in the world.

1677
04:30:29,900 --> 04:30:38,440
each year the parade reaches tens of millions of viewers, nationally and internationally through television, digital, and social media coverage.

1678
04:30:39,440 --> 04:30:53,140
Participation offers that amount of an opportunity to showcase our city on a global stage while reinforcing our identity as a premier coastal destination known for innovation, sustainability, culture, wellness, and hospitality.

1679
04:30:53,140 --> 04:30:54,140
This

1680
04:30:56,250 --> 04:30:58,810
is also an opportunity for civic pride and engagement.

1681
04:30:59,490 --> 04:31:03,930
In addition to the destination marketing benefits, this project creates opportunity for

1682
04:31:03,930 --> 04:31:09,930
civic engagement, educational partnership, volunteerism, local business promotion, and

1683
04:31:09,930 --> 04:31:11,030
regional collaboration.

1684
04:31:11,750 --> 04:31:18,150
Importantly, participation aligns with ongoing efforts to strengthen economic activity, tourism

1685
04:31:18,150 --> 04:31:20,410
recovery, and community pride.

1686
04:31:20,410 --> 04:31:25,870
staff views this as an economic development and community engagement project. On

1687
04:31:25,870 --> 04:31:31,890
January 1st, 2027, tens of millions of viewers will see the float. Just weeks

1688
04:31:31,890 --> 04:31:36,730
later, the world eyes returned to us for Super Bowl Media Hub, followed by our

1689
04:31:36,730 --> 04:31:41,410
events for the 2028 Olympics. This is the pre-show that will set the tone for our

1690
04:31:41,410 --> 04:31:46,870
global presence. A major objective of this initiative, though, is really a lot of

1691
04:31:46,870 --> 04:31:52,030
community participation, staff will create opportunities for residents, schools, nonprofits,

1692
04:31:52,830 --> 04:31:56,650
cultural organizations, businesses, and volunteers to become involved.

1693
04:31:57,230 --> 04:32:02,310
Our goal is to ensure that the flow becomes a citywide project that reflects Santa Monica's

1694
04:32:02,310 --> 04:32:03,030
collective story.

1695
04:32:03,410 --> 04:32:06,610
This isn't just a marketing asset, it's a community project.

1696
04:32:06,790 --> 04:32:11,550
We anticipate over a thousand volunteer spots for decorating week, giving our residents

1697
04:32:11,550 --> 04:32:15,550
a once in a lifetime chance to participate in this California tradition.

1698
04:32:15,550 --> 04:32:21,900
So for our evaluation process for the builders, the Tournament of Roses rules,

1699
04:32:22,080 --> 04:32:26,460
limit participation, authorize full builders approved by the Tournament.

1700
04:32:26,880 --> 04:32:30,700
Staff evaluated, interviewed all three approved builders and

1701
04:32:30,700 --> 04:32:35,440
has selected artistic entertainment services as the city's official floor builder.

1702
04:32:36,100 --> 04:32:40,160
AES demonstrated strong capabilities in creative design, project management,

1703
04:32:40,960 --> 04:32:45,500
volunteer engagement, sponsorship integration, and operational execution.

1704
04:32:46,060 --> 04:32:49,920
The firm has significant experience supporting roast parade participants.

1705
04:32:50,360 --> 04:32:53,100
They demonstrated a clear understanding of the city's objectives.

1706
04:32:53,880 --> 04:32:59,320
Staff believes AES is best positioned to help San Monica deliver a successful and impactful

1707
04:32:59,320 --> 04:33:03,220
flow program, along with its PR and media partner in the Pollack Group.

1708
04:33:07,610 --> 04:33:14,250
So the financial program overview, the recommended authorization is not to exceed 650,000, but

1709
04:33:14,250 --> 04:33:18,250
it really lands into two buckets and I want to go over with those two buckets include.

1710
04:33:18,250 --> 04:33:22,010
So, 350,000 is for the base flow program.

1711
04:33:22,330 --> 04:33:28,730
The base investment of 350 covers flow creative development and concept, professional flow

1712
04:33:28,730 --> 04:33:35,470
design, 3D renderings, structural engineering, full fabrication, scenic build and finish

1713
04:33:35,470 --> 04:33:41,210
work, all floral and natural materials sourcing an application, volunteer coordination platform,

1714
04:33:41,210 --> 04:33:44,650
form, public relations and media via the Pollock Group.

1715
04:33:45,730 --> 04:33:51,970
Interview scheduling, AES is on-site staff guiding, decorating, parade day, and

1716
04:33:51,970 --> 04:33:55,350
dedicated project management throughout the entire process and phase.

1717
04:33:56,250 --> 04:34:01,830
Now in this report, you'll also see a $300,000 contingency that provides

1718
04:34:01,830 --> 04:34:06,750
flexibility for enhancements, animation features, sponsorship opportunities, and

1719
04:34:06,750 --> 04:34:07,650
community programming.

1720
04:34:07,650 --> 04:34:20,070
Some of these optional upgrades priced separately include transportation, parade date trailer, hospitality tent, premium float fest packages, and a GoPro time lapse video.

1721
04:34:20,670 --> 04:34:25,890
Again, the base 300 and 50,000 investment is complete without these.

1722
04:34:25,890 --> 04:34:40,210
but importantly, this other station represents a maximum project budget staff will actively pursue external funding sources and provide updates regarding fundraising performance and project expenditures.

1723
04:34:40,970 --> 04:34:53,050
All donations and sponsorship revenues would be deposited into a restricted account, track separately in accordance with our city policies, but our objective is to offset project cost to the greatest extent feasible.

1724
04:34:53,050 --> 04:34:53,830
Thank you very much.

1725
04:35:02,480 --> 04:35:32,460
So we have a face project timeline following your approval tonight. We move into kickoff with the vendor to finalize our strategy launch community engagement fund raising program by late summer engineering begins. This leads up to decorating week and late December, where the flow becomes the life and fresh flowers and shared with the world on January 1st. Again, during that August and December time, we would be looking for community engagement and volunteer. We would not wait for December to start our volunteer

1726
04:35:32,460 --> 04:35:39,420
your program. It would be a process throughout the rest of the time. Again, the anticipated

1727
04:35:39,420 --> 04:35:44,720
benefits include media exposure, enhanced destination marketing, tourism promotion,

1728
04:35:45,460 --> 04:35:51,400
community engagement, educational partnerships, business participation, civic pride, positive

1729
04:35:51,400 --> 04:35:56,680
regional, and international visibility. Really, this project is intended to strengthen

1730
04:35:56,680 --> 04:36:01,300
and Santa Monica's brand while creating opportunities for our community to participate.

1731
04:36:02,780 --> 04:36:07,320
In conclusion, just to reiterate, staff have completed preliminary planning, evaluated

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04:36:07,320 --> 04:36:12,960
the float builders, developed a proposed funding strategy, identified opportunities for community

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04:36:12,960 --> 04:36:18,520
participation, staff believes participation in the 2027 Tournament of the Roses presents

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04:36:18,520 --> 04:36:24,540
a unique opportunity to showcase Santa Monica, engage our community and support our broader economic

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04:36:24,540 --> 04:36:25,680
the public development objectives.

1736
04:36:26,300 --> 04:36:28,040
Accordingly, staff recommends the approval

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04:36:28,040 --> 04:36:29,520
of the recommended actions above

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to proceed with implementation

1739
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and that concludes the presentation.

1740
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I'm not available for any questions.

1741
04:36:39,170 --> 04:36:39,890
Councillor Rosaria.

1742
04:36:41,630 --> 04:36:43,770
Thank you so much, this is super exciting.

1743
04:36:45,150 --> 04:36:47,490
So, I know you had put up the timeline

1744
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with the sponsorship opportunities

1745
04:36:49,750 --> 04:36:50,990
and when that was launched.

1746
04:36:51,430 --> 04:36:53,390
Would you be able to go into a little bit more detail

1747
04:36:53,390 --> 04:36:56,330
about what those sponsorship opportunities

1748
04:36:56,330 --> 04:37:02,310
could look like and potential sponsorship levels and if we've heard any

1749
04:37:02,310 --> 04:37:08,130
interest from our community and potentially sponsoring. Yeah absolutely.

1750
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With Council's approval we would launch really packaging a sponsorship package

1751
04:37:13,030 --> 04:37:18,650
our sort of fundraising targets. We haven't put those together because the

1752
04:37:18,650 --> 04:37:22,310
tournament of roses has so many rules about what is it that you can do and what

1753
04:37:22,310 --> 04:37:26,030
you can put on the float. So we wanted to make sure we had our vendor, we had your

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04:37:26,030 --> 04:37:30,530
approval and with that then we could package that on different thresholds, different amounts,

1755
04:37:30,530 --> 04:37:35,730
but we're also looking at ways to engage the entire community. It doesn't have to be a $50,000

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04:37:35,730 --> 04:37:42,610
donation, a million dollars, we'll take it. But they sell, every rose, every flower has vials

1757
04:37:43,650 --> 04:37:49,250
that they put into the float. We could do an activation where somebody could just do a few

1758
04:37:49,250 --> 04:37:52,830
dollars or five dollars and be involved and feel that they're part of this float. They didn't have

1759
04:37:52,830 --> 04:37:56,970
to do a massive donation, who were looking to broaden the spectrum and our economic development

1760
04:37:56,970 --> 04:38:01,330
team has reached out to some of our community members, our businesses, and they're definitely

1761
04:38:01,330 --> 04:38:06,190
interested, but we were holding off on started getting your approval and definitely putting

1762
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those packages according to the rules from the Chairman Rose. Thank you. And I understand

1763
04:38:12,650 --> 04:38:19,590
this is a big financial outlay for us on the front end. Would you be able to speak to some of the

1764
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maybe back in financial benefits and non-financial or intangible benefits to the city if we were to participate in this?

1765
04:38:28,910 --> 04:38:33,850
Yeah, I mean, I think it's really hard to replicate sort of the opportunity of the springs.

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There is 40 million plus viewerships.

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There is 700,000 people seeing it live and then it's broadcast over a hundred different countries.

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I think just having that exposure provides an opportunity to just sort of put us back on the map and again we're going to have so many programs and really our economic development team was start measuring a lot of those benefits and counting all those media posts and shares with all their language.

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04:39:06,090 --> 04:39:15,190
I'm also very excited about this in doing your analysis did you take a look at the history

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04:39:15,190 --> 04:39:18,250
of Santa Monica's participation in the Rose Bowl?

1771
04:39:19,630 --> 04:39:20,190
Great before.

1772
04:39:20,530 --> 04:39:22,130
Not in the Rose Bowl, specifically, no.

1773
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No?

1774
04:39:24,030 --> 04:39:24,130
Okay.

1775
04:39:24,490 --> 04:39:25,310
Well, I did.

1776
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And, you know, in 1947, we came in first place in the roadboat, okay?

1777
04:39:32,430 --> 04:39:39,230
And then, 74, I think it was 75, 76, we came in first place.

1778
04:39:39,970 --> 04:39:44,730
You know, we talk about, you know, being leaders.

1779
04:39:45,390 --> 04:39:49,630
And obviously, as you said, it's 52 million dollars of viewers.

1780
04:39:49,630 --> 04:39:57,930
look at the Rose Bowl greater plus that we we believe that this at least I believe

1781
04:39:57,930 --> 04:39:59,830
that this this event is one

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I know we're in a question period part, but I'm giving my observation as to why I supported this endeavor. And I'm hoping you'll get as much community participation. I hope that when we take a look at the vendor, that vendor will also understand the kind of community we have to be part of it. I mean, we have many individuals like to grow in our department and our gardening department. These are things that I'm hoping that

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04:40:29,920 --> 04:40:36,980
community members will engage in, but bigger than that, as a community and what we're

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04:40:36,980 --> 04:40:44,140
trying to put forth to show the world, like you said, with the Olympics coming and

1785
04:40:44,140 --> 04:40:47,960
also what we're going to be doing in 2027 with the Super Bowl.

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I think this event would really put us in a situation where not only the world but our

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04:40:55,620 --> 04:41:02,460
community will understand the kind of connectivity that we have in our community when it comes

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04:41:02,460 --> 04:41:06,440
to something like this. So I'm very excited about it and I just wanted to make that statement.

1789
04:41:07,500 --> 04:41:11,620
Thank you. Great. I don't see anyone else in the queue so I'm just going to say

1790
04:41:11,620 --> 04:41:18,100
do people have comments questions really quickly. I hope that when we consider sponsorships at

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04:41:18,100 --> 04:41:21,940
this isn't anything I think other jurisdictions have done, we consider selling opportunities for

1792
04:41:21,940 --> 04:41:26,500
people to ride on the float because this is obviously an international television audience

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04:41:26,500 --> 04:41:32,380
and I think that that is quite meaningful. Ride on or walk with the float. I am hoping

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04:41:32,380 --> 04:41:38,260
that we're able to raise the entirety of what we're looking for. I know we've talked

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04:41:38,260 --> 04:41:43,200
about this as a city manager. I think hopefully you make it clear and we can start getting

1796
04:41:43,200 --> 04:41:48,320
like that because this is building the buzz where people go to make those donations.

1797
04:41:51,220 --> 04:41:51,740
If

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04:41:51,740 --> 04:41:54,660
fun before, but if there's like a 5-1-C-3 that we've set up to take these.

1799
04:41:56,000 --> 04:42:01,420
And then I would just say, oh, Councillor Residents, okay, I would just say I think one thing

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04:42:01,420 --> 04:42:04,860
that we didn't mention is that the 2027 theme is welcome.

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04:42:05,920 --> 04:42:13,340
And how apropos for us as Santa Monica, as we implement our realignment plan and renaissance

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04:42:13,340 --> 04:42:19,180
that we are welcoming people back to our city, we are welcoming the world, we are welcoming

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04:42:19,180 --> 04:42:23,360
the global games of FIFA and the Olympics and I just think it's absolutely the message

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04:42:23,980 --> 04:42:30,020
that we want to send and it is just going to be part of this larger package of

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04:42:30,020 --> 04:42:34,740
celebrating Santa Monica and so my understanding is that the tournament of roses parade in

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04:42:34,740 --> 04:42:38,340
Rose Bowl generates about a quarter of a billion dollars in regional economic impact.

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04:42:40,000 --> 04:42:45,480
It's important obviously I don't take this lightly that we're putting an outlay of cash out

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04:42:45,480 --> 04:42:48,960
here but I think you have to spend money to make money and I think that this is really important

1809
04:42:48,960 --> 04:42:55,540
for us. And I just want to make sure that we have some feedback on ensuring the float looks

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04:42:55,540 --> 04:43:01,700
like us. Are we celebrating the peer, the sustainability, the culture of sustainability in the

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04:43:01,700 --> 04:43:06,960
city, the ferris wheel, our coastline, public, our diversity. I just hope we celebrate everything

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04:43:06,960 --> 04:43:12,840
that's uniquely Santa Monica because we're going to be on everyone's screens. And we want to get

1813
04:43:12,840 --> 04:43:19,200
at this right. So, I agree with Councillor Russell. And I just think this is an amazing volunteer

1814
04:43:19,200 --> 04:43:23,980
engagement project here and let's build community. And thank you for taking this on. We really

1815
04:43:23,980 --> 04:43:29,920
appreciate it. Councillor Roserna's guy. Thank you. I just wanted to make a very quick

1816
04:43:29,920 --> 04:43:35,420
comment. And outside of the fact that I've already had friends ask me how they could sign up

1817
04:43:35,420 --> 04:43:42,740
to volunteer to work on the float. I just wanted to say that I recognize it's a big commitment

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04:43:42,740 --> 04:43:53,600
and a relatively high price tag, but I see this as an opportunity, as part of our continued efforts to rebuild our city's image,

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04:43:54,180 --> 04:44:06,200
help provide an outlet for community members to showcase pride in our community, celebrate the qualities that make Santa Monica, Santa Monica, and showcase the values that matter to us.

1820
04:44:06,200 --> 04:44:16,900
So recognizing that this is kind of a unique thing I am so excited to support this item and unless anybody has any comments

1821
04:44:16,900 --> 04:44:18,660
I would love to move the item.

1822
04:44:18,780 --> 04:44:20,020
I'll second it.

1823
04:44:23,700 --> 04:44:24,060
Okay.

1824
04:44:24,520 --> 04:44:25,960
Council members are Nick Skyen.

1825
04:44:26,520 --> 04:44:26,660
Yes.

1826
04:44:27,340 --> 04:44:28,200
Council member Snow.

1827
04:44:28,580 --> 04:44:28,800
Yes.

1828
04:44:29,200 --> 04:44:29,760
Mayor Pro Tem.

1829
04:44:30,200 --> 04:44:30,940
Swake is absent.

1830
04:44:31,200 --> 04:44:31,980
Council member Asian.

1831
04:44:32,240 --> 04:44:32,520
Yes.

1832
04:44:33,140 --> 04:44:34,120
Council member Hall.

1833
04:44:34,460 --> 04:44:34,600
Yes.

1834
04:44:35,080 --> 04:44:35,980
Council member Negrette.

1835
04:44:36,340 --> 04:44:36,800
Yes.

1836
04:44:36,800 --> 04:44:44,960
and near trusses yes and we will now move on to 11b

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Item 11 be is adoption of resolution, amending the council rolls of order to implement Senate Bill 707, 2025, amending the Ralph M. Brown Act and making additional procedure of changes. Thank you. So good, good evening, council, Laramaria, Dackenye, Wozner, Assistant City Clerk, and I'm here with council's options to amend the rolls of order based on feedback from the January 27th meeting and new recommendations from staff, some of which

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comes from the amendments to the Brown Act by Senate Bill 707.

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04:45:50,160 --> 04:45:57,860
So, back in January, staff was asked to explore meeting efficiency options such as scheduling

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separate closed session meetings on alternate Friday, alternate Tuesdays, and if the regular

1841
04:46:04,880 --> 04:46:11,060
if the regular meeting runs long. During this discussion, there was interest in council compensation

1842
04:46:11,060 --> 04:46:15,860
information from other jurisdictions that meet earlier or during the day.

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Other options explored were to increase collaboration when submitting Councilmember

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04:46:21,180 --> 04:46:27,460
items or 16 items and hear general public input on non-agent items last.

1845
04:46:28,300 --> 04:46:36,260
While public input was being discussed, alternative public comment opportunities outside of regular

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04:46:36,850 --> 04:46:38,900
Council meetings were requested.

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04:46:38,900 --> 04:46:45,680
And lastly, staff was asked to correct the rule, reducing speaking time for more than 25

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04:46:45,680 --> 04:46:49,440
speakers per public input section to per agenda item.

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So back in October, the Council signed SB 707 to amend the Brown Act or the State's

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04:46:58,740 --> 04:47:01,520
Open Meetings Law, which applies to City Council.

1851
04:47:02,260 --> 04:47:08,040
Proposed items to incorporate in the rules are offering hybrid meetings for public participation,

1852
04:47:08,040 --> 04:47:27,040
which includes a disruption policy for technology and public conduct, translating meeting information and making space for translations and interpretation services, outreach to encourage community members to participate in meetings and teleconferencing updates for council.

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SB 707 also allows eligible subsidiary bodies or some boards and commissions to hold remote

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04:47:34,860 --> 04:47:40,480
teleconference meetings, but as we're discussing council rules and council must adopt a disruption

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policy by July 1st, we will return with boards and commissions recommendations later. And as the

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law is currently written, SB 707 will go into effect until 2030 unless otherwise amended.

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So going back to closed session options were posted in January and reviewing the rules

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to other options to hear closed session were available but were rarely exercised.

1859
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The first is to schedule the regular meeting at an earlier time to hear closed session.

1860
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And the second is to schedule a special meeting on another day if closed session requires more

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than 90 minutes.

1862
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Here are other options, so the first we went over.

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The second option is to keep the same start time of 5.30 and hear closed session first.

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Open session can either resume whenever closed session is completed or after a sent amount

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of time or at a specified time.

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The third is a combination of the current rules and our practice, which is keeping it within

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in the meeting but setting a time limit if not completed

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and then hearing the rest after,

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hearing the rest of the item prior to adjournment.

1870
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The fourth is to just hear the item last, move it towards the end.

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And the final item is the other option in the rules

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which is to that is,

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which is if counts close session is expected to

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or does run long,

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then it would be scheduled on a separate day

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when a quorum is available and before I continue if the first option is considered to meet

1877
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earlier we can return with council compensation information if they're still interested in this.

1878
04:49:34,740 --> 04:49:40,680
So council member discussion items so the topic of increased collaboration on council member

1879
04:49:40,680 --> 04:49:47,200
discussion items was suggested and this is to show adequate support for approval save discussion

1880
04:49:47,200 --> 04:49:51,400
time on an idea that may not receive a second or a majority vote.

1881
04:49:52,340 --> 04:49:57,660
Council's ability to collaborate on items is only limited by the Brown Act and prohibits

1882
04:49:57,660 --> 04:49:59,700
some majority in this case for.

1883
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Council meeting. So the Brown Act and current rules allow one, two, three council members to submit items together. To increase collaboration, the first option is to have more council members a minimum of two for submission. This other option here, this is just it back in January and is similar to state's practice, which is two designated times in the fiscal year for council members to submit items.

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Council members can submit proposals to the city manager.

1885
04:50:34,640 --> 04:50:40,420
The manager can then collaborate with city staff to provide feedback to council and

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this would then allow council to prioritize and refine items that council can formally

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04:50:46,720 --> 04:50:47,440
submit later.

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And if the first option is chosen, we do recommend an exception for discretionary spending

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items.

1890
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So general public input options currently general public input is only heard at regular meetings and is the first item on the agenda.

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This is a part of the meeting when topics that are not on the agenda, but within this jurisdiction of this city can be raised.

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The Brown Act Prohibits Council from taking any actions on items not listed on the agenda, including items raised during this item.

1893
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And so, depending on the issue or the number of speakers, public comment and deliberation on scheduled items can be pushed back later in the evening or continue to the following meeting and affect that agenda.

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Options to balance general public input and agenda items are to keep it as a first item and either hear a set number of speakers or your comments for a set amount of time.

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and then hear remaining speakers prior to adjournment.

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The second option here is to hear the item last,

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and either at regular meetings only

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04:52:03,960 --> 04:52:08,620
or hold additional meetings specifically for general public input.

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I didn't want to go over other options

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that are already available for the public in the roles.

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So, back in January, concerns were expressed over speakers in ability to stay until the

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04:52:27,210 --> 04:52:33,450
end of meetings and the roles provide options to contact council in and outside of meetings.

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04:52:34,190 --> 04:52:38,890
During the meeting and option for community members who can't wait until the end can submit

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04:52:38,890 --> 04:52:44,630
written comments prior to council voting on items and forms are available with city clerk

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04:52:44,630 --> 04:52:47,790
staff at meetings and comments are distributed on the

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dius because council cannot take action on items raised under general public input.

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Other options are to submit written communication to propose an item under item 15.

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Forms are also available in our office and would be referred to the city manager's office

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to either address administratively or to place on an upcoming agenda if appropriate.

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And if placed on the agenda, then more time would be available to present the item,

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hear comments, and for council to deliberate.

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The remaining option is for the public to raise issues of concern is by email,

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by emailing the council and requesting an appointment.

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So, here are other roles that we are proposing and we are proposing amendments to nine rules

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from meeting efficiency and those required by SB 707.

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Rule one just elaborates on the description of the rules, we're clarifying that it applies

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to subcommittees such as the audit subcommittee and new board and commissions as guidelines

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lines before they adopt bylaws.

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Rule two, time and place for meetings, refers council to the latest version of the Brown

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Act for teleconferencing options.

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Rule five on the agenda is city staff and council's procedures to submit discussion items

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and distribute the agenda, where our office, city quicks office, is adding a backup agenda

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a posting location in case our primary location is unavailable and another location for publicly

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04:54:37,960 --> 04:54:40,440
translated agendas for SB 707.

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SB 707 also sets the threshold for agenda translations but as

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04:54:48,160 --> 04:54:54,660
the city currently does not reach this threshold the clerk will conduct annual reviews should require

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Bill also requires outreach efforts. Two groups that do not traditionally participate in meetings. So, we will be working with the city manager's office to translate public facing council web pages and agendas and with the office of communications on outreach. The last two bullets here just cleans up two rules for ease of reference. They were duplicate procedures for council to submit discussion items and for speakers to submit PowerPoints or visuals.

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for public comment and so the rule to submit council discussion items will be merged

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here on roll five and the one regarding visuals will be moved to public testimony.

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Rule six categories in orders of business provides councils agenda outline and general

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descriptions of each category. We recommend moving council travel reports, the mayor's

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Highlight and City Manager's report on the agenda.

1933
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Council will be asked for travel reports

1934
04:56:02,700 --> 04:56:04,880
after being asked for the VNAC disclosures.

1935
04:56:05,580 --> 04:56:07,420
And the Highlight and Manager's report

1936
04:56:07,420 --> 04:56:10,600
would be heard with other special agenda items

1937
04:56:10,600 --> 04:56:13,020
such as proclamations and commendations.

1938
04:56:14,260 --> 04:56:15,700
Additionally, we're recommending

1939
04:56:15,700 --> 04:56:17,880
deleting the resolution's category,

1940
04:56:19,440 --> 04:56:23,460
which is item 14 and hearing substantive resolutions

1941
04:56:24,540 --> 04:56:26,720
where public input is advisable

1942
04:56:26,720 --> 04:56:35,900
under staff administrative items under item 11 and further rules routine resolutions can continue to be placed under consent.

1943
04:56:37,140 --> 04:56:44,100
And the last bullet is that cleanup item regarding council member discussion items.

1944
04:56:45,540 --> 04:56:48,580
Rule 15, public testimony.

1945
04:56:49,860 --> 04:56:55,420
Our council's public comment rules and we recommend this continuing the formative

1946
04:56:55,420 --> 04:57:00,800
option to speak on only one agenda item as it has been difficult to explain to speakers

1947
04:57:00,800 --> 04:57:05,060
and track and enforce with the limitations of our public speaker system.

1948
04:57:05,900 --> 04:57:13,420
We're also clarifying rules providing space for interpretation, services and devices and

1949
04:57:13,420 --> 04:57:16,140
and remote attendance and public comment through a two-way

1950
04:57:16,780 --> 04:57:19,940
telephonic platform per SB 707.

1951
04:57:20,600 --> 04:57:21,940
And this is what it's currently offered

1952
04:57:21,940 --> 04:57:24,280
to speakers who comment by phone.

1953
04:57:24,820 --> 04:57:26,660
And that does not require internet

1954
04:57:26,660 --> 04:57:29,220
that some community members might not have access to.

1955
04:57:32,390 --> 04:57:35,190
This last slide are, again, clean up items

1956
04:57:35,190 --> 04:57:37,430
under public testimony.

1957
04:57:38,170 --> 04:57:40,450
We're removing that duplicate reference

1958
04:57:40,450 --> 04:57:41,910
on electronic presentations.

1959
04:57:41,910 --> 04:57:51,810
We're clarifying the rule that in a regular meeting with a special meeting items or joint

1960
04:57:51,810 --> 04:57:54,770
meeting items that they are considered as one meeting.

1961
04:57:55,710 --> 04:58:02,810
So we can only offer the general public input sections offered at regular meetings.

1962
04:58:03,590 --> 04:58:11,350
And also if there is a regular meeting agenda and a special meeting agenda and we're

1963
04:58:11,350 --> 04:58:16,030
concurrently hearing them again we're limited to the public input sections that are available

1964
04:58:16,030 --> 04:58:24,850
during the general that a regular meeting. And then that last bullet we're just transferring

1965
04:58:24,850 --> 04:58:30,450
the rule on speaking order and prioritizing students to subsection beyond registration so we're just

1966
04:58:30,450 --> 04:58:33,630
moving that higher in the rule so it's not buried.

1967
04:58:36,020 --> 04:58:39,140
Rule 16, conduct and safety

1968
04:58:40,560 --> 04:58:47,040
has seven SB 707 requirements for a disruption policy, defining disruptions, and allowing

1969
04:58:47,040 --> 04:58:54,260
the mayor to warn, limit, or remove disruptive individuals, participating in person or over

1970
04:58:54,260 --> 04:58:54,660
the phone.

1971
04:58:56,080 --> 04:58:58,660
Rule 19, again, another cleanup item where,

1972
04:59:00,680 --> 04:59:05,680
if, so, a rule 19 is on voting, and its council's

1973
04:59:05,680 --> 04:59:08,940
voting procedures on various motions and items, including boards and commissions.

1974
04:59:08,940 --> 04:59:14,140
appointment, and for ease of reference, we're moving up the language to the beginning of

1975
04:59:14,140 --> 04:59:18,900
this section to allow roll call votes when there are only two nominees for boarding commission

1976
04:59:18,900 --> 04:59:19,360
appointments.

1977
04:59:23,800 --> 04:59:32,760
Okay, last year rules, rule 27, use of technology as SB 707 requirements to establish service

1978
04:59:32,760 --> 04:59:38,480
restoration procedures during a telephone or internet service disruption, and procedures

1979
04:59:38,480 --> 04:59:43,720
teachers include calling a recess to restore services for at least an hour, documenting

1980
04:59:43,720 --> 04:59:51,100
the nature time of occurrence and restoration efforts of the disruption in the meeting

1981
04:59:51,100 --> 04:59:56,980
minutes, and adopting a finding that if services cannot be restored, then...

1982
05:00:01,020 --> 05:00:07,080
The last item here is another formatting change where we're moving up the roll and council

1983
05:00:07,640 --> 05:00:15,000
briefings higher into the resolution so that we conclude with the typical rolls that

1984
05:00:15,000 --> 05:00:17,160
are passed resolutions and with.

1985
05:00:21,130 --> 05:00:24,750
So now, I know that was a lot, but this goes over

1986
05:00:24,750 --> 05:00:29,430
or possibly a proposed order of business,

1987
05:00:29,470 --> 05:00:32,110
or at least gives you a higher level overview

1988
05:00:32,110 --> 05:00:34,130
of how the agenda could change.

1989
05:00:35,370 --> 05:00:37,210
So this could change at the next meeting

1990
05:00:37,730 --> 05:00:39,530
unless we get other direction,

1991
05:00:39,830 --> 05:00:44,610
but the underlying items are staff recommendations

1992
05:00:44,610 --> 05:00:47,870
and the items in red are what we will be seeking direction on.

1993
05:00:48,510 --> 05:00:49,970
So after the land acknowledgement,

1994
05:00:50,610 --> 05:00:51,990
council will be asked for disclosures

1995
05:00:51,990 --> 05:00:58,410
on Libby and Act and Travel. Item one, journal public input and input on special agenda items

1996
05:00:58,410 --> 05:01:04,370
may be separated. Item two on special agenda items will include the mayor's highlight and

1997
05:01:04,370 --> 05:01:11,810
seat measures report. Item three, public input on consent and closed session may be separated

1998
05:01:11,810 --> 05:01:20,650
if item five on closed session is moved. And if move then input on closed session would go

1999
05:01:20,650 --> 05:01:24,810
to the nearest consolidated public input section.

2000
05:01:25,930 --> 05:01:30,310
And then skipping to item 11, staff administrative items

2001
05:01:30,310 --> 05:01:33,410
will include substantive resolutions

2002
05:01:33,670 --> 05:01:35,430
if public comment is advisable.

2003
05:01:36,430 --> 05:01:39,150
Item 12 public hearings will have no changes

2004
05:01:39,150 --> 05:01:40,750
to public comment rules.

2005
05:01:41,690 --> 05:01:43,870
And then prior to adjournment,

2006
05:01:43,950 --> 05:01:48,010
all or remaining general public input

2007
05:01:48,010 --> 05:01:50,550
but, or close session, could be heard.

2008
05:01:53,300 --> 05:01:57,340
And then I just wanna go back to our proposed changes

2009
05:01:57,340 --> 05:01:58,820
to public comment.

2010
05:01:59,480 --> 05:02:04,120
The first was council direction

2011
05:02:04,120 --> 05:02:06,980
to reduce speaking time for more than 25 speakers

2012
05:02:06,980 --> 05:02:07,880
for agenda item.

2013
05:02:08,740 --> 05:02:11,840
The public speaker kiosk can be structured

2014
05:02:11,840 --> 05:02:14,900
so that speakers can register for the items

2015
05:02:14,900 --> 05:02:16,180
that they wish to speak on.

2016
05:02:16,240 --> 05:02:18,320
And then the mayor can call speakers

2017
05:02:18,320 --> 05:02:25,060
by agenda item order. And then the second item is the recommendation to discontinue four

2018
05:02:25,060 --> 05:02:32,000
minutes if registering for only one item. I also just wanted to go over what won't change

2019
05:02:32,000 --> 05:02:42,140
in public testimony rules. So speakers would still have one or two items except for consent

2020
05:02:42,140 --> 05:02:48,300
because that's consolidated one minute for late speakers and speakers on written communication,

2021
05:02:48,400 --> 05:02:54,020
which is item 15. We'll still have the maximum of six minutes per speaker and per meeting.

2022
05:02:55,280 --> 05:03:01,140
The twice the time will be given to speakers requiring interpretation and five minutes for

2023
05:03:01,140 --> 05:03:07,260
authorized board and commission representatives. Because we sometimes get this question,

2024
05:03:07,260 --> 05:03:10,820
just wanted to clarify that time donation is discontinued

2025
05:03:12,830 --> 05:03:13,830
and

2026
05:03:17,670 --> 05:03:21,550
so I know that was a lot but I

2027
05:03:21,550 --> 05:03:29,370
think it might be easier just to split it up this way just so that you can see our SB 707

2028
05:03:29,990 --> 05:03:37,950
policies and visions this must be adopted by July 1st and this is a list of those items and I can

2029
05:03:37,950 --> 05:03:44,790
go back to this if that's helpful when we take questions and discussion. These are proposed

2030
05:03:44,790 --> 05:03:55,070
modifications. This is all of the cleanup language that we were moving around and these

2031
05:03:55,070 --> 05:04:03,730
are the exploratory items that we were asked to return with. And so that ends my presentation

2032
05:04:03,730 --> 05:04:06,330
and I am available for questions.

2033
05:04:07,550 --> 05:04:12,390
Thank you so much. I think in the future it would be helpful to see everything that we need to make decisions on,

2034
05:04:12,890 --> 05:04:16,250
on like one screen or something like that, but appreciate it. Thanks so much.

2035
05:04:17,230 --> 05:04:21,470
We have to have these questions, guys, or comments? Okay.

2036
05:04:21,870 --> 05:04:22,690
Councillor Renegrette.

2037
05:04:23,970 --> 05:04:26,670
I know when we were giving direction, thank you for that.

2038
05:04:27,910 --> 05:04:33,630
We also discussed and I saw you talking about starting meetings a little bit earlier.

2039
05:04:33,630 --> 05:04:38,890
slightly in there, but ultimately you landed on closed session still being in the middle

2040
05:04:40,190 --> 05:04:46,370
as an option, as opposed to having it. I know we have to eat dinner, but like at the beginning

2041
05:04:46,370 --> 05:04:52,890
of the meeting, I don't even, so there is no option up there to have it on an alternate

2042
05:04:52,890 --> 05:04:53,310
day.

2043
05:04:54,030 --> 05:04:55,590
It's still the last one.

2044
05:05:00,000 --> 05:05:29,880
I agree, Tuesday was mentioned, but in case the quorum isn't available. I just thought it would just like to throw it to that. Like, if eating dinner is a part of it, because people are coming from work and not having dinner, you know, even having it before the meeting and limiting it to 130 could potentially be an option, just throwing it out there, even though I know that's not on this list. And then I would just say that this is a lot of pages, and we did get it really late. And I think that the meetings are for public.

2045
05:05:29,880 --> 05:05:38,620
And so the public didn't get, I mean, myself included didn't get a lot of time to go through over 2000 pages of this agenda packet, including this.

2046
05:05:38,860 --> 05:05:45,520
So it would have liked more time and still would like more time to be honest with you to consume all of this.

2047
05:05:45,580 --> 05:05:53,500
Because I know we're just being asked three or four items, but I think there's a little bit more to this and maybe more discussion.

2048
05:05:53,500 --> 05:05:59,440
and I would almost like to have the discussion and maybe even table it for a final decision

2049
05:05:59,440 --> 05:06:00,320
in the next meeting.

2050
05:06:00,360 --> 05:06:07,200
I'm sort of proposing that question to my colleagues, but the other question I had was, I'm sorry,

2051
05:06:07,540 --> 05:06:15,400
you had the early before, these are the policy just meeting after, and then, I had suggested

2052
05:06:15,400 --> 05:06:21,520
at one point, and I know, especially on this council with our work schedules, I mean, work

2053
05:06:21,520 --> 05:06:25,960
work out this way, but having one council meeting a month during the day and

2054
05:06:25,960 --> 05:06:27,580
angle it in other places, they do that.

2055
05:06:28,120 --> 05:06:33,160
I just want to remind people, at least for myself, not everybody works during the day.

2056
05:06:33,300 --> 05:06:36,380
There are jobs where people work at night and on the weekends.

2057
05:06:36,840 --> 05:06:41,800
And there are constituencies that cannot come at night for a variety of reasons.

2058
05:06:42,320 --> 05:06:46,440
I also do feel that because we make such huge decisions and

2059
05:06:46,440 --> 05:06:50,440
we're discussing millions and millions of dollars often that

2060
05:06:50,440 --> 05:06:57,240
I would prefer to make those decisions not at one o'clock in the morning, or even 11 o'clock at night, and I didn't see that

2061
05:06:58,120 --> 05:07:04,460
Discussion item even up there as an as an option like alternating a daytime meeting for city council

2062
05:07:06,060 --> 05:07:14,160
I left it early. I'm just before 530, but yes, it could be if you are as it could be earlier in in the day, but

2063
05:07:14,740 --> 05:07:16,220
this first action was

2064
05:07:17,440 --> 05:07:36,720
to say before 5.30, but is there an option where it would be an evening like we have two meetings a month, one is a day, one is evening so that it serves that purpose and the events that people can only make themselves available early a one time a month or were you just saying every meeting would start earlier as your option up there.

2065
05:07:36,720 --> 05:07:45,160
here. Here it was to change the regular meeting time to an earlier time. So was your suggestion

2066
05:07:45,160 --> 05:07:50,840
yeah just as you're regular in an early right is there any city that I don't know if you looked at

2067
05:07:50,840 --> 05:07:55,040
other cities when you're doing this that does alternate like maybe they do one daytime meaning

2068
05:07:55,040 --> 05:08:00,160
and one evening meeting within their months of meetings for example we have two a month so maybe the

2069
05:08:00,160 --> 05:08:05,140
first Tuesday is an earlier daytime meeting the second Tuesday is a new meeting I don't know that

2070
05:08:05,140 --> 05:08:11,860
So does that make sense? I'm just asking if how you came up with that solution if you looked at other cities at all.

2071
05:08:12,820 --> 05:08:21,780
It was not here. We did not look at other cities. And I mean, the last time we conducted a study was in 2021.

2072
05:08:21,820 --> 05:08:28,280
So I don't think that information is current. So so no, we have not looked into other cities.

2073
05:08:28,720 --> 05:08:31,920
Okay. That's it for questions. At least.

2074
05:08:37,290 --> 05:08:51,430
I just have two questions and the first one sorry this is quite pointed but Madam City clerk or maybe the city manager can answer why was this staff report delayed so much and then dropped on a Friday afternoon.

2075
05:08:52,590 --> 05:09:00,990
Well, one of the reasons was that we did still need to come back with SB707 changes.

2076
05:09:01,370 --> 05:09:08,310
So rather than having two separate reports, proposing a change early in the year and then

2077
05:09:08,650 --> 05:09:18,530
adding another change, just having one made more sense and as for posting later in the

2078
05:09:18,530 --> 05:09:27,990
And it just was not ready by Tuesday and our normal practices to post the remaining packet on the Thursday or the Friday.

2079
05:09:29,230 --> 05:09:43,790
And moving forward that's ultimately my responsibility to make sure we get everything published on time so as we move forward we'll make sure we get things coordinated we publish a week out in advance, especially for complex issues like this.

2080
05:09:43,790 --> 05:09:55,890
I think as we were working through all of the processes last week, the city clerk's office was trying to balance some of the new state regulations with, you know, interpreting some of the office.

2081
05:10:00,000 --> 05:10:29,980
To make sure we do this a little bit better and ultimately that falls on my shoulders will make sure we do better. Thank you. Second question. If we were to choose to add meetings to alternate Tuesdays, Tuesday evenings to hear close session. Maybe this is for the city attorney. Can we can we put the public comment item one with the closed session meeting on on the alternate Tuesdays? Since that likely would be a

2082
05:10:29,980 --> 05:10:34,640
shorter meeting, I assume? Or do we have to have it for every meeting? Every regular meeting,

2083
05:10:34,780 --> 05:10:39,200
under the brown act, every regular meeting requires the general public comment. So special meetings

2084
05:10:39,200 --> 05:10:41,960
is where you have that flexibility. Got it. Thank you.

2085
05:10:44,560 --> 05:10:45,360
Councilor Ruskin.

2086
05:10:47,320 --> 05:10:52,280
Thanks. I'll have more in a discussion, Ms. One question for now. Can you help us understand

2087
05:10:52,280 --> 05:10:58,600
how we're monitoring disruptions in the two-way teleconferencing system and how we know that there

2088
05:10:58,600 --> 05:11:03,260
would be disruption, you know, sometimes it might appear as if a caller might fall off.

2089
05:11:05,360 --> 05:11:09,440
I mean, do we have ways in which we can tell whether it's actually really a disruption

2090
05:11:09,440 --> 05:11:11,420
of technology or somebody who's just not there in the line?

2091
05:11:13,400 --> 05:11:17,720
Well, there's two disruption policies, one for public conduct, one for technology.

2092
05:11:19,020 --> 05:11:25,680
In the cases that we've had, it's that a person hangs up.

2093
05:11:25,680 --> 05:11:31,720
We do try to call them back, we do have their contact information, but if we're not able

2094
05:11:31,720 --> 05:11:37,260
to get a hold of them before it's time to give comments, then we feel like we've done

2095
05:11:37,260 --> 05:11:44,520
whatever, everything that we can, so we do try to keep them online and give them an update

2096
05:11:44,520 --> 05:11:46,600
if the way it's going to be a little longer.

2097
05:11:48,800 --> 05:11:51,060
Did that answer your question, or were there?

2098
05:11:51,340 --> 05:11:51,460
Okay.

2099
05:11:51,460 --> 05:11:51,460
Okay.

2100
05:11:54,320 --> 05:11:55,600
Okay. Council members are in its way.

2101
05:11:56,960 --> 05:12:02,420
And I'll try to go kind of quickly. So I'll start with questions first, to be clear.

2102
05:12:04,020 --> 05:12:12,420
Okay, so this might be a silly one. There was a slide with the proposed order of business. And I think it was missing consent calendar item four.

2103
05:12:12,620 --> 05:12:21,340
So we would still have consent calendar items this four. Is that correct? Yes. Okay, and then under the SB 707 amendments to the Brown Act.

2104
05:12:21,340 --> 05:12:25,340
Are there any changes to remote agenda posting requirements?

2105
05:12:27,720 --> 05:12:28,130
No.

2106
05:12:28,510 --> 05:12:29,990
There isn't.

2107
05:12:30,070 --> 05:12:37,910
And to make sure I'm understanding the teleconferencing and accessibility requirements,

2108
05:12:38,610 --> 05:12:44,830
do those amendments to the Brown Act allow for increased remote participation by boards and

2109
05:12:44,830 --> 05:12:49,830
commissions? Because I understand the particularly the disability's commission has been

2110
05:12:49,830 --> 05:12:51,910
and sharing

2111
05:12:54,180 --> 05:13:01,180
their thoughts on the need for the remote participation for some of their

2112
05:13:01,180 --> 05:13:03,480
board members, or board commission members, are you?

2113
05:13:04,020 --> 05:13:08,980
It does for some, and we would need to work with the attorney's office to determine which

2114
05:13:08,980 --> 05:13:14,340
boards and commissions can qualify, and if there are, then we would come back to Council.

2115
05:13:15,060 --> 05:13:21,120
And it would need to be authorized by Council to allow boards and commissions to have hybrid

2116
05:13:21,120 --> 05:13:24,760
meetings. Is there anything that you want to add?

2117
05:13:26,560 --> 05:13:33,000
That is correct. SB 7-7 is specific that the requirement is only for a city of this

2118
05:13:33,000 --> 05:13:36,880
size. It's only for the city council at this time and it's optional for boards and commissions

2119
05:13:36,880 --> 05:13:40,400
and so we would work through that process with the clerk's office and bring back options

2120
05:13:40,400 --> 05:13:40,940
for council.

2121
05:13:41,460 --> 05:13:49,140
Okay. Got it. In city attorney, I have one other question for you just from a first amendment

2122
05:13:49,140 --> 05:14:15,560
legal perspective on general non-agentized public comment, would it be permissible for us to prioritize general non-agentized public comment by minors and people who may need disability related accommodation or something of the like if we limit the total time at the beginning of the meeting for those types of comments and then hear the remainder before adjournment.

2123
05:14:17,360 --> 05:14:22,840
As I understand it, you already currently prioritized minors at the beginning of the meeting.

2124
05:14:22,900 --> 05:14:27,680
I think persons with disability would probably be something that you could do as well.

2125
05:14:28,060 --> 05:14:34,640
The primary concern would be if it was based on the content of what they would be speaking

2126
05:14:34,640 --> 05:14:34,940
to.

2127
05:14:35,480 --> 05:14:41,500
This sounds like it would be content neutral and the reasoning would be that these folks

2128
05:14:41,500 --> 05:14:46,640
would have an easier would have more of a need to leave the meeting sooner which has nothing to

2129
05:14:46,640 --> 05:14:51,900
do with the message that they're that they're trying to convey to the city. And there may potentially

2130
05:14:51,900 --> 05:14:55,860
be other accommodations that folks may need, like if they...

2131
05:15:00,050 --> 05:15:28,170
I don't drive and need to take public transit and need to leave earlier so they can catch a bus if it's not running very later. Things like that. Sure. So that is something the council could consider. I would say that's probably fairly difficult to start administering. And you may end up almost in the same place just because you, depending on the number that you're choosing, right? So it's an option, but it may get complicated.

2132
05:15:28,170 --> 05:15:38,910
But definitely understand that there's going to be a lot of concern about how to if you were to kind of split up the general public comment, how that looks and how best to administer that.

2133
05:15:39,270 --> 05:15:40,310
Okay, thank you.

2134
05:15:40,510 --> 05:15:41,410
Sorry, my question.

2135
05:15:41,530 --> 05:15:42,130
Councilor Rousseau.

2136
05:15:44,480 --> 05:15:45,500
I just have one question.

2137
05:15:46,800 --> 05:15:50,740
SB 707 must be adopted by July 1st.

2138
05:15:50,740 --> 05:16:09,020
If the direction of council would be to postpone and push this forward, would you have enough time at our next meeting to be able to bring back the item and for us to directly accelerate about the item and to implement it before your livers.

2139
05:16:10,060 --> 05:16:18,600
But I guess it would depend on the direction that you would like, if you want to provide direction so that we know what to come back with.

2140
05:16:19,440 --> 05:16:20,700
I think it depends on that.

2141
05:16:22,220 --> 05:16:33,240
Another option would be to come back with just the 707 policies at the next meeting so that it would give us more time to work on the other recommendations.

2142
05:16:33,240 --> 05:16:34,740
questions? Thank you.

2143
05:16:37,720 --> 05:16:38,520
Councilmember Negrete.

2144
05:16:40,440 --> 05:16:43,400
Oh, okay. I just, it

2145
05:16:45,860 --> 05:16:51,500
seems as though there was like some sort of like interpretive discretion

2146
05:16:51,500 --> 05:16:53,520
taken and putting some of this forward.

2147
05:16:54,620 --> 05:17:01,460
And I would just say like, the way that it's organized for me is making it very hard to digest

2148
05:17:01,460 --> 05:17:06,660
and the fact that we got it on a Friday is making it very difficult for me. And I would just

2149
05:17:06,660 --> 05:17:12,920
say I'm deeply opposed to only having to require two people on an item from a policy standpoint

2150
05:17:12,920 --> 05:17:18,760
like I don't even know why we thought that was a good idea so yeah well anyways I would

2151
05:17:18,760 --> 05:17:23,800
just say concerned about some of the stuff I'm seeing here so and not and and I think a

2152
05:17:23,800 --> 05:17:33,120
review of best practices is pretty important so yeah anyway Councilor Integrity well I appreciate

2153
05:17:33,120 --> 05:17:39,080
using the, it came forward because it was proposed to and so I have my thoughts and feelings

2154
05:17:39,080 --> 05:17:45,660
about that part explicitly and feel that for all the reasons that were stated, individuals

2155
05:17:45,660 --> 05:17:50,860
are elected. We just saw in the last meeting that even though council members like myself

2156
05:17:50,860 --> 05:17:55,840
had tried to get support or collaborate with other members ultimately ended up bringing

2157
05:17:55,840 --> 05:18:02,680
something forward that the unanimously got voted on. So for a variety of reasons that I don't

2158
05:18:02,680 --> 05:18:10,320
need to go in the labor right now. I think that is one that is should definitely not be supporting.

2159
05:18:10,920 --> 05:18:15,960
But I will agree that while I appreciate that there's 40 plus pages of

2160
05:18:17,000 --> 05:18:22,360
in this report to look at the rules and there's lots of changes and making sure there's

2161
05:18:22,360 --> 05:18:28,640
the language is agreeable because once these are in here they affect all the meetings going forward.

2162
05:18:28,640 --> 05:18:34,200
I just don't feel like it's enough time, so I would love to hear what everyone has to say,

2163
05:18:34,300 --> 05:18:38,480
but propose that we go forward, as Council members know, I think was possibly trying to

2164
05:18:38,480 --> 05:18:43,880
suggest with what needs to be done so that we're compliant, but that we take a little bit

2165
05:18:43,880 --> 05:18:52,840
more time to digest this and maybe give some more comments about the framework of how we move

2166
05:18:52,840 --> 05:18:58,520
forward to make sure that my biggest goal is these meetings I know for us, we take on this

2167
05:18:58,520 --> 05:19:03,880
job it's we talk a lot about all the work it does we work during the day everyone has a different

2168
05:19:05,580 --> 05:19:10,380
life stuff going on and what they go home to and out their work schedule is so it's a lot

2169
05:19:10,760 --> 05:19:14,200
of an undertaking this is not a full-time council job it's a full-time staff so

2170
05:19:15,400 --> 05:19:19,260
understanding that though we all took this on we chose no one forced us to run

2171
05:19:19,820 --> 05:19:24,400
and we all said that we were here to serve the community and at the end of the day this space

2172
05:19:24,400 --> 05:19:28,080
is a moment for people to talk to all seven of us.

2173
05:19:28,220 --> 05:19:30,340
Yes, they can email us, yes, they can write us.

2174
05:19:30,920 --> 05:19:33,320
But oftentimes, we all know that there's thousands of emails

2175
05:19:33,320 --> 05:19:35,660
and I feel that people feel they don't get responses.

2176
05:19:36,400 --> 05:19:38,400
And the best way is when you can look people in the face

2177
05:19:38,400 --> 05:19:41,040
and they can hear and see your emotion

2178
05:19:41,040 --> 05:19:43,720
and your frustration or happiness with an item

2179
05:19:43,720 --> 05:19:47,360
they can catch us in the hall on the way to close session.

2180
05:19:47,740 --> 05:19:49,980
Those are the moments that make City Hall feel like

2181
05:19:49,980 --> 05:19:52,640
it's participatory for the entire community.

2182
05:19:52,640 --> 05:19:59,320
A lot of people aren't part of large organizations that are involved in all the things.

2183
05:20:00,000 --> 05:20:29,500
In Santa Monica and their moment to be involved is to come and line up and speak. And I also have thoughts and feelings I understand that we can't be heard all night for public comment, but for some people to maybe take public transit and spend hours to then only get a minute. I always feel really bad for people who are sitting here and it's really nerve wrecking to get up here and talk to us. So I would like more time to see how we can best do a meeting.

2184
05:20:29,500 --> 05:20:34,360
I just also wanted to point out that when I was first on here, we had changed the rules like 21-22

2185
05:20:34,820 --> 05:20:39,680
because I was here when everyone got public comment before every item and I didn't think,

2186
05:20:39,900 --> 05:20:43,180
I know people say they want that because they feel like they're talking right before the item,

2187
05:20:43,440 --> 05:20:48,600
but I have to say that that made the meetings go really long and that process of doing public comment

2188
05:20:48,600 --> 05:20:54,120
and reading names, you know, had to happen multiple times. I do feel that earlier the public can make

2189
05:20:54,120 --> 05:20:59,460
their comments the better. We are the ones that took on being elected officials to stay here all

2190
05:20:59,460 --> 05:21:03,740
night. That's our problem. I don't think it's the community's problem to have to sit here and

2191
05:21:03,740 --> 05:21:10,580
wait for us to try to talk about something at midnight. So and however we can organize things,

2192
05:21:10,580 --> 05:21:16,440
whether it's earlier, I'm just saying my comments, but I think we should be accommodating people being

2193
05:21:16,440 --> 05:21:22,780
able to speak publicly to all of us here and the most accessible and easy way. I appreciate your

2194
05:21:22,780 --> 05:21:28,500
concerns council members on sky don't I think it would be really hard to discern who has disabilities

2195
05:21:28,500 --> 05:21:34,080
that are not obvious or needs to get on the bus or whatever so that might be difficult but of

2196
05:21:34,080 --> 05:21:40,800
course when there's students here and there's other obvious circumstances I think the mayors have

2197
05:21:40,800 --> 05:21:46,500
always been accommodating of everyone coming up to speak but I would just urge this council to allow

2198
05:21:46,500 --> 05:21:51,860
every independent voice that's elected here be able to bring an item forward I think we ran to

2199
05:21:51,860 --> 05:21:55,420
represent a constituency and we should have the ability to do that.

2200
05:21:55,880 --> 05:21:59,500
Often times if you're not part of a block you might bring something forward that everybody

2201
05:21:59,500 --> 05:22:03,880
ends up getting to hear that discussion around and because we can only speak to two other

2202
05:22:03,880 --> 05:22:09,100
council members if you don't get collaboration then now you have an opportunity to have it

2203
05:22:09,100 --> 05:22:15,960
heard by the balance of the council and then lastly I really want to emphasize meeting as

2204
05:22:15,960 --> 05:22:21,080
early as possible or moving close session and maybe there's times where we don't have

2205
05:22:21,080 --> 05:22:27,280
items and we don't have to have an additional meeting as much as possible so that the public can

2206
05:22:27,280 --> 05:22:33,240
participate and they can speak here and their voices can be heard on that mic every other Tuesday

2207
05:22:33,240 --> 05:22:37,900
whenever we have to come to meet. Great Council Member Hall.

2208
05:22:43,160 --> 05:22:43,700
Thank you, bear.

2209
05:22:48,600 --> 05:22:56,840
I think I'll start with the maybe the delay of the staff report on this item and on most

2210
05:22:56,840 --> 05:23:03,860
of our agenda for this week, long before I got here and certainly long before I was

2211
05:23:03,860 --> 05:23:10,580
on this dius, but when I started watching council meetings, it seemed like our agendas

2212
05:23:10,580 --> 05:23:16,500
were published like at least a week in advance and I would love and encourage staff that we push back

2213
05:23:16,500 --> 05:23:22,140
towards that direction because they have started sliding and I think we've tried to give some grace

2214
05:23:22,140 --> 05:23:27,820
for that and have carried some water for that amongst community members and stakeholders to

2215
05:23:29,780 --> 05:23:36,500
to to allow y'all to to do a lot of the great work that we're doing but I would like to see us

2216
05:23:36,500 --> 05:23:44,400
ratchet that in and lock in a little more around a week in advance if we can and use emergency

2217
05:23:44,400 --> 05:23:50,600
and urgency ordinances for emergencies and emergencies.

2218
05:23:53,460 --> 05:23:56,460
And I think we can also potentially

2219
05:23:56,460 --> 05:24:00,860
do a better job around bringing in key stakeholders and community members for controversial items.

2220
05:24:00,860 --> 05:24:05,660
And I know city manager, we've got some ideas around on that. So hopefully we can move forward

2221
05:24:05,660 --> 05:24:12,780
on some of that. I agree with my colleagues, Council Member Snell and Council Member Degrette,

2222
05:24:13,080 --> 05:24:18,140
I think this is a lot to digest and maybe we could bifurcate this into what we need to do tonight

2223
05:24:18,140 --> 05:24:25,940
for SB 707 and what now that we're in an open session, we can have a dialogue and get a

2224
05:24:25,940 --> 05:24:31,260
temperature for each other's opinions on some of these things. So maybe I'll just go through the

2225
05:24:31,260 --> 05:24:39,600
list of where my head's at right now, at least. On closed session scheduling, I'm pretty

2226
05:24:39,600 --> 05:24:46,300
interested in scheduling special meetings on alternate Tuesdays for our closed sessions.

2227
05:24:46,800 --> 05:24:52,660
If folks are able to accommodate that, these meetings just get so long and I know we don't

2228
05:24:52,660 --> 05:24:57,760
want to do closed session at the end of the meetings. Public meetings are for the public

2229
05:24:57,760 --> 05:24:58,900
and or

2230
05:25:01,190 --> 05:25:27,710
And I think that's an important distinction to make, but we often make some of our most consequential decisions in closed session that constitute hundreds of millions of dollars sometimes. And I don't like making those decisions at 1 a.m. So I think the only reasonable kind of alternative here that we have is to have those on alternate days. And since Tuesdays are generally protected in our calendars, because we have these alternate Tuesdays, maybe the second and fourth or whatever we're on now, I don't even know.

2231
05:25:30,230 --> 05:25:35,510
But next policy decision.

2232
05:25:35,770 --> 05:25:38,010
So collaboration on councilmember discussion items.

2233
05:25:38,290 --> 05:25:40,090
So I know this is controversial.

2234
05:25:40,470 --> 05:25:45,770
I will take ownership of the idea on proposing how to increase collaboration.

2235
05:25:46,530 --> 05:25:50,210
One of the concepts I proposed was including multiple council members on an item.

2236
05:25:51,410 --> 05:25:55,730
I strongly believe that collaboration sharpens ideas and proposals.

2237
05:25:57,190 --> 05:26:05,770
And I do think that it's great to see when we bring forward proposals having multiple

2238
05:26:05,770 --> 05:26:11,230
people on the items because that increases confidence that, you know, there's a need

2239
05:26:11,230 --> 05:26:11,710
for things.

2240
05:26:11,850 --> 05:26:16,810
There's ideas that have been balanced and sharpened off of each other, but it does also create

2241
05:26:16,810 --> 05:26:21,450
situations where, you know, some residents or stakeholders may feel they can only trust

2242
05:26:21,450 --> 05:26:22,030
one of us.

2243
05:26:22,030 --> 05:26:27,470
And I acknowledge that and recognize that and the May 26 meeting apologies for not being there.

2244
05:26:27,570 --> 05:26:36,590
I was entering my grandfather, but watching the video of that meeting, it was, if we were to propose,

2245
05:26:36,810 --> 05:26:41,710
if we were to implement this proposal, it would have put us in a, you know, council member to grant

2246
05:26:41,710 --> 05:26:46,230
they had brought forward an item. She had attempted to bring along two additional council members.

2247
05:26:46,250 --> 05:26:49,490
They couldn't find an agreement on what the item should say.

2248
05:26:49,490 --> 05:27:00,370
And at that point, you know, obviously the Brown Act was blocking it, but if we were to do this, it would implement or it would set us up in a situation where we're like, we get in Brown Act situation.

2249
05:27:00,370 --> 05:27:02,530
So then that item could have never been heard.

2250
05:27:04,450 --> 05:27:09,550
So I don't think that that is a good proposal to move forward with.

2251
05:27:09,550 --> 05:27:40,040
Um, on timing of general public input, I mean, these meetings are like balloons, you know, we can inflate the balloon and the meeting gets longer, but that also increases staff time that increases over time for our protection or security that's here increases costs increases, you know, it delays tough decisions into late night, and that has transparency issues.

2252
05:27:40,040 --> 05:27:54,040
So I don't know what the right answer for that is, I guess if we have to do something and try something new because this isn't working, I'd be open to keeping item one at the start of the meeting.

2253
05:27:55,060 --> 05:28:02,380
Setting a time limit of maybe 20 minutes and hearing the remainder of it at the end of the meeting before adjournment.

2254
05:28:05,800 --> 05:28:13,960
like I said I think in January the 25 or sorry 26 or more speakers I think

2255
05:28:13,960 --> 05:28:21,120
should be purge and item and I believe that was our original guidance and then

2256
05:28:21,120 --> 05:28:25,440
I have no issues with any of the cleanup or clarifying amendments that I saw so

2257
05:28:25,440 --> 05:28:29,380
I'll in my comments there. Council members are in sky. Thank you

2258
05:28:34,210 --> 05:28:35,050
all right there

2259
05:28:35,050 --> 05:28:43,770
this. Sorry, sometimes it doesn't want to work. So I'm comfortable if the council consensus

2260
05:28:43,770 --> 05:28:51,290
is that we want to bifurcate it, but I would like to provide my feedback on the proposed

2261
05:28:51,290 --> 05:28:57,430
changes to the council rules, just so should we bifurcate it, the feedback could be worked

2262
05:28:57,430 --> 05:29:00,110
into what comes back to us.

2263
05:29:00,650 --> 05:29:03,150
So on the closed session options,

2264
05:29:03,890 --> 05:29:08,990
I would be comfortable having continuing to have closed session

2265
05:29:08,990 --> 05:29:11,610
within the meeting but setting the time limit of 60 minutes

2266
05:29:11,610 --> 05:29:15,530
and either continuing the remainder prior to adjournment,

2267
05:29:15,530 --> 05:29:17,110
if not completed within time limit

2268
05:29:17,110 --> 05:29:20,350
or having it on the alternate days.

2269
05:29:20,590 --> 05:29:23,490
So maybe we keep 60 minutes for a closed session

2270
05:29:23,490 --> 05:29:25,650
and everything else we handle on the alternate days.

2271
05:29:25,650 --> 05:29:46,770
on the council member discussion item and collaboration, I appreciate the intent of trying to promote collaboration, but I do think that there can be situations where there may be issues that are time sensitive or have unique considerations that would limit the ability to get additional council members to join a particular item.

2272
05:29:47,410 --> 05:29:55,810
And even when there are disagreements about the best path to address an underlying issue whether a council member and whether a council member discussion.

2273
05:30:00,000 --> 05:30:29,620
Okay, and the option for one council member to bring forward a council member discussion item. And to use the example of the prior council meeting in the 16 item, that council member Negrette brought at the last meeting. While ultimately neither council member Raskin nor I ended up signing on to it, we did help provide some feedback for the language that I think ultimately strengthen the item. So there was still collaboration even if there was only one council member's name on the item.

2274
05:30:29,620 --> 05:30:38,420
at the council meeting, and I think, you know, there's always considerations as to why someone may or may not choose to sign on to it.

2275
05:30:39,600 --> 05:30:45,120
And I appreciate, again, the opportunity to be part of that.

2276
05:30:46,340 --> 05:30:58,400
On the general non-agentized public comment, I would support a combination of kind of options two and four, so retaining up to 20 minutes of general for general public input at the beginning of a meeting.

2277
05:30:58,400 --> 05:31:06,220
excluding time needed for translation if such if that's needed and I think if we're able

2278
05:31:06,220 --> 05:31:11,920
to prioritize speakers who are minors or speakers who may need accommodation for disability

2279
05:31:11,920 --> 05:31:17,940
related concerns and the like putting them at the allowing them to go at the beginning

2280
05:31:17,940 --> 05:31:23,800
of the meeting would be my my preference as well as providing opportunity for the remaining

2281
05:31:28,020 --> 05:31:38,260
I do think we can continue to provide opportunity for people to submit written public comment if they can't stay until the end of the meeting.

2282
05:31:39,120 --> 05:31:48,840
And I think that we should also offer quarterly council listening sessions for other general public input because I think at regular meetings.

2283
05:31:48,840 --> 05:31:51,820
that's kind of, oh, something is very time sensitive.

2284
05:31:51,820 --> 05:31:53,180
I need to bring it to the council,

2285
05:31:53,180 --> 05:31:55,500
but if there's general thoughts that people have,

2286
05:31:56,700 --> 05:31:58,560
you know, about the direction the city is going

2287
05:31:58,560 --> 05:32:01,160
or whatever policy decisions we're making

2288
05:32:01,160 --> 05:32:02,520
or how we're doing as a council,

2289
05:32:02,520 --> 05:32:05,500
I think quarterly listening sessions would be a good option.

2290
05:32:05,840 --> 05:32:10,320
And just quick note for folks who might be listening,

2291
05:32:10,540 --> 05:32:13,320
a number of us actually offer office hours.

2292
05:32:13,320 --> 05:32:34,260
So, we try to be accessible to the public, people can book one-on-one time with us, some of us do in-person office hours, some do combination of in-person, virtual, and wagging walk-in chats if you want to go for a walk with my dog and I, and let me know what's what's important to you.

2293
05:32:35,320 --> 05:32:45,320
And on the managing speaking time for 25 plus speakers, I would agree with reducing from two minutes to one minute for more than 25 speakers per item rather than section.

2294
05:32:46,180 --> 05:32:49,140
So that's, that's where I'm at. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor Raskin.

2295
05:32:54,400 --> 05:33:05,200
Thank you. Yeah, I'm also okay with by for creating this item and proceeding with just what we have to tonight. I mean, I don't think we should

2296
05:33:05,200 --> 05:33:13,700
to delay the 707 implementation, but on the rules changes, I mean, obviously, we'll

2297
05:33:13,700 --> 05:33:18,200
have to align that with 707, but on the other step, I'm fine holding off on that.

2298
05:33:20,040 --> 05:33:28,260
Yeah, I'm also very much not interested in requiring two people to sign on to a 60 item.

2299
05:33:28,560 --> 05:33:31,660
I mean, there are times when I'm the only person who's interested in doing something.

2300
05:33:31,660 --> 05:33:37,480
thing. I think we're all sometimes in that vote. But, you know, it's just part of the

2301
05:33:37,480 --> 05:33:41,560
legislative process and sometimes, you know, you can get up there and, you know, in this

2302
05:33:41,560 --> 05:33:49,100
context we can convince people and, you know, that's the dialogue. So, I'd like to keep

2303
05:33:49,100 --> 05:33:50,940
that as it is.

2304
05:33:53,460 --> 05:33:57,280
You know, at some point we got to think about broader, like, structural

2305
05:33:57,280 --> 05:34:01,260
and how we do this legislative process and bring 60 items.

2306
05:34:01,920 --> 05:34:05,600
You know, I've been critical of the way that we bring 60 items in general.

2307
05:34:06,280 --> 05:34:10,600
You know, I think, you know, I've been hesitant to sign on to 60 items

2308
05:34:10,600 --> 05:34:13,720
because of the workload that we have been adding onto staff

2309
05:34:13,720 --> 05:34:15,500
and I think it's important for us to recognize that.

2310
05:34:16,360 --> 05:34:19,700
You know, I've been interested in exploring legislative models

2311
05:34:19,700 --> 05:34:21,820
that kind of mirror what they do with the state legislature

2312
05:34:21,820 --> 05:34:26,140
where you do it on an annual cycle that mirrors the fiscal year.

2313
05:34:26,140 --> 05:34:31,740
where, say, for example, you start off in the winter where each of us can get like 10

2314
05:34:31,740 --> 05:34:36,060
bills or something like that, carry it through the year, then work it up through a calendar

2315
05:34:36,060 --> 05:34:40,120
process and still have opportunities for emergency items through the year. But, I think we

2316
05:34:40,120 --> 05:34:47,460
should think creatively about other ways to do this 16 item thing that has just become an

2317
05:34:47,460 --> 05:34:49,660
allotross of sorts for the way in which we conduct business.

2318
05:34:53,460 --> 05:34:55,860
I echo the concerns to you about the way that we do that.

2319
05:35:00,000 --> 05:35:16,300
The way in which agendas are posted and information comes out. I can see both sides of this. I work as an agency attorney for agencies that have to review and do due diligence for agendas and for staff reports.

2320
05:35:20,580 --> 05:35:29,660
I want to give credit to our teams with the city attorney's office, the manager's office, the clerk's office, for the amount of scrutiny that goes into every staff report.

2321
05:35:29,660 --> 05:35:36,180
everything against published publicly. It's really incredibly fun wrong, but it's like a two or

2322
05:35:36,180 --> 05:35:41,400
three-week process that goes into preparing these items. And on the back end, on the front end

2323
05:35:41,400 --> 05:35:48,480
for all of this stuff, it's something where you've got to have so much lead time. I'd be interested

2324
05:35:48,480 --> 05:35:55,680
in exploring ways in which we can deliver that to the public with more time for the public review.

2325
05:35:56,980 --> 05:36:02,060
But, you know, certainly I wouldn't want to sacrifice the quality that goes into that process.

2326
05:36:02,580 --> 05:36:05,360
I think we can find the sweet spot. I think we can find ways to do it.

2327
05:36:05,680 --> 05:36:09,260
You know, it's going to require, I think, some brainstorming from all the stakeholders involved.

2328
05:36:10,320 --> 05:36:16,600
But, you know, we've gotten into the habit of other folks that recognize over the past two years where, you know, on the Tuesday,

2329
05:36:16,600 --> 05:36:18,380
before the meeting, we'll get like the first agenda.

2330
05:36:18,960 --> 05:36:20,960
There's like the first package of things that come up.

2331
05:36:21,340 --> 05:36:24,520
And then sometimes folks, the public will say, okay, well, that's the agenda, they won't

2332
05:36:24,520 --> 05:36:25,020
check them again.

2333
05:36:25,640 --> 05:36:28,500
You know, then Friday rolls around and we have a new dump of things that are added to

2334
05:36:28,500 --> 05:36:28,860
the agenda.

2335
05:36:29,080 --> 05:36:32,320
And sometimes folks miss that because they saw what was posted on Tuesday, they don't know

2336
05:36:32,320 --> 05:36:33,600
that more stuff is going to come out on Friday.

2337
05:36:35,600 --> 05:36:40,440
So, you know, let's, you know, when we come back with this, assuming we hope to come bring

2338
05:36:40,440 --> 05:36:46,440
this back, you know, I'd like to explore some options for, like, agenda rollout in a way

2339
05:36:46,440 --> 05:36:51,980
the facility's public participation while also maintaining the schedule on, you know,

2340
05:36:52,040 --> 05:36:56,160
the staff side of the review and process that goes into preparing this.

2341
05:36:59,080 --> 05:37:06,440
On the structure of public comment, you know, I've always been against getting rid of

2342
05:37:06,440 --> 05:37:07,280
the donation of time.

2343
05:37:08,040 --> 05:37:11,520
I've always thought that folks really have their first amendment right to have their advocates

2344
05:37:12,160 --> 05:37:13,960
and representatives speak for them.

2345
05:37:14,600 --> 05:37:16,380
I was disappointed when we got rid of that.

2346
05:37:17,020 --> 05:37:21,520
I don't know if I'm going to have the votes to put it back, but I'd be interested in putting that back.

2347
05:37:22,580 --> 05:37:28,140
I think that there's also merit to keeping at least some portion of the general public comments at the beginning.

2348
05:37:28,700 --> 05:37:31,260
Obviously, they're trade-offs. I think, you know, maybe we can cap it.

2349
05:37:31,420 --> 05:37:31,680
I don't know.

2350
05:37:32,120 --> 05:37:35,080
You know, Councilman Hall said it's like it was like a balloon.

2351
05:37:36,000 --> 05:37:36,900
Where it's like a moon.

2352
05:37:37,840 --> 05:37:40,240
Yeah, exactly. You know, it's difficult.

2353
05:37:40,240 --> 05:37:49,400
But you know, I was here back today as we did public or general public comment at the end, and it really measurably diminished public participation.

2354
05:37:50,920 --> 05:38:04,700
And I actually remember the last meeting before COVID was in the civic center in the East Wing, and Chad and JT came up meeting last minute they were at and they stayed all the way until the end, but they were there for like six hours.

2355
05:38:04,700 --> 05:38:12,540
And yeah, you know, it's it's it's hard for people. So I'd like to keep at least some

2356
05:38:12,540 --> 05:38:16,780
portion of general public comment in the beginning. You know, I obviously they're

2357
05:38:16,780 --> 05:38:24,140
trade-offs for the master's time to give people it's one minute is tough. And so I

2358
05:38:24,140 --> 05:38:28,900
would really urge my colleagues to think about, you know, if we're gonna have that

2359
05:38:28,900 --> 05:38:34,620
one minute threshold, you know, think about whether it makes sense to donate time again.

2360
05:38:34,960 --> 05:38:37,880
You know, if there are going to be three people speaking on the same subject anyway, they're

2361
05:38:37,880 --> 05:38:38,880
all going to say the same thing.

2362
05:38:39,400 --> 05:38:44,160
You know, why not just combine that and let persons, what let a person speak for three minutes

2363
05:38:44,160 --> 05:38:48,940
or four minutes and have more coherent and robust presentation so that you're not hearing

2364
05:38:48,940 --> 05:38:51,260
the same thing from four people over and over and over again.

2365
05:38:53,280 --> 05:39:02,540
I, on the way in which we schedule meetings, I don't think that day-time meetings are

2366
05:39:03,100 --> 05:39:03,800
going to be feasible.

2367
05:39:04,160 --> 05:39:06,880
I mean, I would be curious to bring back that compensation study.

2368
05:39:07,360 --> 05:39:11,960
I mean, obviously there are trade-offs there too because then you get professional politicians

2369
05:39:11,960 --> 05:39:16,400
and not people who bring the experience of having day jobs and having experience out in the community.

2370
05:39:16,400 --> 05:39:27,140
And, you know, that's obviously going to be a charter forum question for the voters is to whether they want, you know, professional politicians or people in our roles who, you know, contributes to the community through day jobs.

2371
05:39:31,130 --> 05:39:36,450
And, yeah, I would like to figure out ways to maybe schedule more meetings on alternate Tuesdays or something like that.

2372
05:39:39,010 --> 05:39:44,190
I'm sure I missed the stuff, but I'm going to jump in here and say that our city attorney's

2373
05:39:44,190 --> 05:39:44,630
in the queue.

2374
05:39:44,930 --> 05:39:48,210
And I'd also like to remember that we, I don't see the timer up, but we have a ten-minute

2375
05:39:48,210 --> 05:39:50,550
time limit for a person.

2376
05:39:51,890 --> 05:39:51,990
Okay.

2377
05:39:54,510 --> 05:39:54,890
Councilmember.

2378
05:39:55,250 --> 05:39:58,430
Do you have an urgent issue that you need to get in the queue for?

2379
05:39:59,090 --> 05:39:59,910
It's just a procedure.

2380
05:40:00,000 --> 05:40:28,520
Is there a general suggestion when you're ready to vote? Okay. So I want to be brief. So yeah, brief because what I hear from my councilmembers, I think there's a general consensus is to bifurcate everything tonight and allow the public to be able to digest what we are trying to digest here on the dias. So that would be my first recommendation. Obviously items dealing with SB 707.

2381
05:40:28,520 --> 05:40:34,500
If we can get to some kind of consensus on those items tonight, that'd be great if not

2382
05:40:34,500 --> 05:40:35,060
bring it back.

2383
05:40:35,860 --> 05:40:45,300
And then I just, just from a personal standpoint, and I do believe that having meetings

2384
05:40:45,300 --> 05:40:54,100
during the day based on our makeup of our council positions is very difficult.

2385
05:40:54,100 --> 05:41:02,140
I mean, so I'm not really very supportive of looking at that item to be able to have meetings.

2386
05:41:02,320 --> 05:41:09,200
During the day, but I would be receptive to maybe looking at having an additional meeting

2387
05:41:09,200 --> 05:41:16,460
and a primary meeting for closed session items which, but I'd like to hear from the public

2388
05:41:16,460 --> 05:41:19,860
as to what they feel with respect to how we should be represented.

2389
05:41:19,860 --> 05:41:24,360
been. One of the things I've always said, I mean, I want to have as much transparency

2390
05:41:24,920 --> 05:41:35,100
and as much time for the public to digest this information that we go over. And on the

2391
05:41:35,100 --> 05:41:44,140
other hand, I've always believed in, maybe I'm in minority here, is that these are our

2392
05:41:44,140 --> 05:41:51,620
meetings held in the public eye okay and at the end of the day we have a job to do to move

2393
05:41:51,620 --> 05:41:59,440
things forward to direct staff and direct our city manager on policy decisions that we

2394
05:41:59,440 --> 05:42:06,380
may come up with and so as much time as we can give to the public is very important but I also

2395
05:42:06,380 --> 05:42:13,760
believe that it should not impede on us doing our job as council members and I think we need

2396
05:42:13,760 --> 05:42:22,500
I need to think about that and we all agree, at least I agree, making decisions and I heard this one councilman all at one or two o'clock in the morning that are really vital.

2397
05:42:23,640 --> 05:42:43,740
Don't sit very comfortably with me based on it, so anything that we can do to minimize that I think is important but I would like to maybe after I hear from our mayor to make a recommendation as to move this thing to our next council meeting if possible.

2398
05:42:43,740 --> 05:42:48,680
Yeah, we have two people who want to talk again, but I haven't had the opportunity to have so I just want to say a couple of things.

2399
05:42:49,740 --> 05:42:54,560
I am going to make a motion that we approved the 707 policies tonight.

2400
05:42:56,340 --> 05:43:03,540
We unequivocally say that we are not in favor of having two council members need to sign onto an item before bringing it forward.

2401
05:43:03,680 --> 05:43:04,340
That's undemocratic.

2402
05:43:04,420 --> 05:43:05,960
People elected us individually.

2403
05:43:07,880 --> 05:43:13,560
and request that the presentation come back at a future meeting with more detail on some

2404
05:43:13,560 --> 05:43:18,400
with some of the feedback that you received tonight with options that are a little bit more

2405
05:43:18,400 --> 05:43:22,160
flushed out, but that's where I'm headed at this point. Councillor Ember, Hall and

2406
05:43:22,160 --> 05:43:26,600
Integrity. Yeah, I was just going to see if we could do any of the cleanup stuff tonight, too.

2407
05:43:26,820 --> 05:43:29,940
Would you mind pulling up the slide on the clean-ups? Oh, yeah, we could do that, too.

2408
05:43:31,540 --> 05:43:35,860
I was going to make the same motion. Great. Yeah, let's move along.

2409
05:43:37,420 --> 05:43:46,320
I mean, I think, sorry, if you wanted to talk, I mean, I guess we're both talking at this point, all of those seem fine to me.

2410
05:43:50,040 --> 05:43:54,600
No, this is just the cleanup in like reordering of the-

2411
05:43:54,600 --> 05:43:56,380
No, policy decision is just cleaning up.

2412
05:43:57,100 --> 05:44:00,060
There's another one. This is cleanup, so-

2413
05:44:04,000 --> 05:44:05,640
Is that also-

2414
05:44:05,640 --> 05:44:07,160
These are policy decisions.

2415
05:44:11,360 --> 05:44:17,640
What is on the slide are clean up languages, we're trying to clarify things or move things

2416
05:44:17,640 --> 05:44:20,920
around just so it's a little easier for people to refer to.

2417
05:44:21,260 --> 05:44:22,220
Let's just leave it as is.

2418
05:44:22,300 --> 05:44:24,580
Yeah, I was going to say because the clean up language is much easier.

2419
05:44:24,580 --> 05:44:28,220
Yeah, it's not bifurcated in a way that's not clean enough.

2420
05:44:28,420 --> 05:44:28,560
Yeah.

2421
05:44:29,180 --> 05:44:30,240
I'll second the motion.

2422
05:44:31,220 --> 05:44:39,120
So one option, if I may, is to bring back a, because 707 is kind of interspersed with

2423
05:44:39,120 --> 05:44:40,840
this document that is in front of you.

2424
05:44:41,340 --> 05:44:43,220
One option is, based on this direction,

2425
05:44:43,320 --> 05:44:45,100
if this is the direction you'd like to go in,

2426
05:44:45,120 --> 05:44:48,520
is we could bring back a separate 707 resolution,

2427
05:44:50,020 --> 05:44:52,360
at place it on consent at the next agenda,

2428
05:44:52,660 --> 05:44:56,920
and then come back later after we've done all the legwork

2429
05:44:56,920 --> 05:44:58,180
that you would like for us to do.

2430
05:44:58,760 --> 05:44:59,980
So that was kind of what-

2431
05:45:00,000 --> 05:45:29,980
What we're thinking could be an option for you if you'd like to do that, because I think we have clear direction on 707. We can bring that back as a separate resolution with your direction that it gets placed on consent at the next meeting. And then you all give direction and we can do the larger discussion later. So moved. Would that be, yeah, I mean, that doesn't mean we need to vote on it, but guys, would that be continuing the remaining like what's the procedural motion that we need to make here? Yes, continue this item with direction to bring back

2432
05:45:29,980 --> 05:45:34,620
a separate, continue the item for the rules of order with direction to bring back a separate

2433
05:45:34,620 --> 05:45:41,020
resolution for just the 707 to be placed on the on the consent agenda for June 23rd.

2434
05:45:42,040 --> 05:45:45,120
Okay. Council moved. Yeah, great. Councilor Integrity.

2435
05:45:46,580 --> 05:45:52,340
Now I was just so when it comes back then I want to make sure that well now we have time with that

2436
05:45:52,860 --> 05:45:57,960
but now we've publicly discussed it so I guess my question is how we sort of mull over it ourselves

2437
05:45:57,960 --> 05:46:00,600
and submit our own comments.

2438
05:46:01,040 --> 05:46:02,920
I'm not really sure how that's going to work moving for,

2439
05:46:03,060 --> 05:46:05,440
but I just, in the spirit of what,

2440
05:46:05,960 --> 05:46:07,760
and it's not about it going back and forth,

2441
05:46:07,860 --> 05:46:09,340
I just wanted to just remind us,

2442
05:46:09,420 --> 05:46:11,380
I was listening to Council Member Ruskin,

2443
05:46:11,520 --> 05:46:13,380
and I appreciate like the idea between

2444
05:46:13,900 --> 05:46:17,000
behind being strategic and thoughtful with the agenda and items.

2445
05:46:17,960 --> 05:46:21,640
But you mentioned like the way they do it in higher office,

2446
05:46:21,820 --> 05:46:24,240
and I just, I don't want to unintentionally get away

2447
05:46:24,240 --> 05:46:26,400
from the balance of being sort of,

2448
05:46:26,400 --> 05:46:29,460
I know you guys may not feel this way, but like a community forum.

2449
05:46:29,700 --> 05:46:32,440
We are not Congress people, we're not senators.

2450
05:46:32,760 --> 05:46:36,060
We are more boots on the ground closer to our community.

2451
05:46:36,300 --> 05:46:40,220
And the farther we move away from that, we just go away from being a community-facing

2452
05:46:40,220 --> 05:46:43,500
body where residents can hear us work out these issues.

2453
05:46:43,720 --> 05:46:48,320
So just as you guys are formulating the ideas as we move forward, I think we have to be mindful

2454
05:46:48,320 --> 05:46:48,780
of that.

2455
05:46:49,280 --> 05:46:52,880
And I do want to reiterate that not everybody works nine to five.

2456
05:46:52,880 --> 05:47:00,920
And I appreciate that this is not on here, but there are people who would like to be up here sound about getting a full-time salary and being a full-time politician.

2457
05:47:01,240 --> 05:47:08,600
It's about being able to step away from your kids, from your job, to be able to afford to be up here.

2458
05:47:08,840 --> 05:47:13,420
So just mindful that we are not. Some of us may have aspirations to go higher enough.

2459
05:47:13,640 --> 05:47:18,040
Some of us are just here to serve our community. And that's what's so great about this process.

2460
05:47:18,040 --> 05:47:19,740
that's not everyone is lining up to speak

2461
05:47:19,740 --> 05:47:22,740
a public comment to a Congressperson

2462
05:47:22,740 --> 05:47:24,120
they're here to talk to other Council members.

2463
05:47:24,340 --> 05:47:26,380
So as we go forward and think about that,

2464
05:47:26,480 --> 05:47:29,080
I just wanted to be mindful about that.

2465
05:47:29,380 --> 05:47:32,160
Yes, 16 items are gonna come forward for public discussion.

2466
05:47:32,860 --> 05:47:36,800
I'm not really sure how we're coming back with this stuff.

2467
05:47:36,980 --> 05:47:38,560
I mean, I guess it'll come back on a future meeting

2468
05:47:38,560 --> 05:47:41,120
after the June 23rd meeting is what we're saying.

2469
05:47:41,120 --> 05:47:41,900
We're just gonna address.

2470
05:47:42,300 --> 05:47:44,720
I think when it's like ready for prime time,

2471
05:47:44,900 --> 05:47:46,820
I think this presentation needs some work.

2472
05:47:46,820 --> 05:47:53,680
We need to think about like there was questions that were asked about how other jurisdictions do things if there are like additional options that folks considered.

2473
05:47:55,000 --> 05:47:58,640
I know that's why I'm wondering if there's direction to go back to come back with it.

2474
05:48:00,100 --> 05:48:09,220
Maybe more filled out presentation that has some of those things like it would be nice to look at some of our neighboring cities and see how they function.

2475
05:48:09,220 --> 05:48:19,480
And our note, our discussion around a separate closed session meeting and all of that stuff maybe looking at comparative cities that do the same thing that would be nice.

2476
05:48:19,640 --> 05:48:28,200
And then I agree just I know for me like it's really nice to look at it for the public to when they're looking if we can put that out beforehand.

2477
05:48:28,200 --> 05:48:36,600
So people, the public knows what we're looking at, like these are options so we can have those discussions in our brown acts before we come forward.

2478
05:48:38,020 --> 05:48:42,860
Councilmember Raskin, I think you were talking about charter reform also when you talked about that stuff, but I'm not correct.

2479
05:48:43,080 --> 05:48:45,260
Yeah, I mean, I was just going to brainstorming.

2480
05:48:45,880 --> 05:48:50,640
No, I agree. I've been bringing that up forever. Hey, I mean, I'm not talking about a six-figure salary, just a part.

2481
05:48:51,200 --> 05:48:56,940
Other cities neighboring to get paid 50, 60 to be, is that what you're talking about? That's a charter reform.

2482
05:48:57,220 --> 05:49:02,100
I didn't have a specific idea. I was just brainstorming, but so there are a few motions that were made.

2483
05:49:05,000 --> 05:49:10,960
I don't know, I think I moved Tidy's suggestion, Dan's second move.

2484
05:49:11,020 --> 05:49:11,460
Okay, great.

2485
05:49:12,820 --> 05:49:13,780
So let's vote.

2486
05:49:15,880 --> 05:49:17,360
Voice folks, since there's not money.

2487
05:49:18,860 --> 05:49:23,820
So, um, two roses is a maker and Hall is a seconder.

2488
05:49:24,280 --> 05:49:27,120
And, uh, I'll do a roll call.

2489
05:49:27,260 --> 05:49:28,280
Councilmember Nguethe.

2490
05:49:28,600 --> 05:49:28,780
Yes.

2491
05:49:30,320 --> 05:49:31,140
Councilmember Hall.

2492
05:49:31,800 --> 05:49:32,100
Yes.

2493
05:49:32,100 --> 05:49:39,060
Councilmember Raskin. Yes. Mayor Potomacic is absent. Councilmember Snell. Yes. Councilmember

2494
05:49:39,060 --> 05:49:41,800
Surneskaya. Yes. Mayor Churrosis. Yes.

2495
05:49:43,860 --> 05:49:45,760
So we'll have something on the consent calendar

2496
05:49:45,760 --> 05:49:51,220
of the next session to deal with the legislative changes and then we'll have a more flush

2497
05:49:51,220 --> 05:49:57,440
out presentation later in the summer. Great. Okay, moving on to apologies for all the staff

2498
05:49:57,440 --> 05:49:59,000
and members of the public that are still here.

2499
05:50:00,000 --> 05:50:06,120
We'll try to make this as quick as possible, 12 a. All right.

2500
05:50:08,290 --> 05:50:10,310
Good evening, Mayor, city council members,

2501
05:50:10,350 --> 05:50:16,230
and city team. My name is Zinaz Krushy. I am the Civil Engineering Associate in the Water

2502
05:50:16,230 --> 05:50:21,670
Resources Division. And tonight, I'm just going to give a quick presentation on our 2026

2503
05:50:21,670 --> 05:50:24,090
annual water supply and demand assessment.

2504
05:50:27,450 --> 05:50:30,030
So this assessment is required by the California

2505
05:50:30,030 --> 05:50:32,030
on your water code as of 2022.

2506
05:50:32,750 --> 05:50:35,470
It helps cities identify potential water shortages.

2507
05:50:36,310 --> 05:50:38,870
And for this assessment, we are required to assess

2508
05:50:38,870 --> 05:50:41,450
dry, hot conditions as our projected year.

2509
05:50:42,110 --> 05:50:43,810
And for this assessment, our projected year

2510
05:50:43,810 --> 05:50:48,190
is July 1st of 2026 through June 30th of 2027.

2511
05:50:50,890 --> 05:50:52,530
Two terms I quickly want to touch on

2512
05:50:52,530 --> 05:50:54,290
because they will come up later in the presentation.

2513
05:50:54,810 --> 05:50:57,410
Our constrained versus unconstrained demand.

2514
05:50:58,150 --> 05:51:00,990
So our unconstrained demand is our water demand

2515
05:51:00,990 --> 05:51:08,110
without any water conservation and then our constraint demand is potable water demand with conservation reduction included

2516
05:51:08,110 --> 05:51:14,490
which is 20% and I do just want to note that the city has been achieving this since 2014.

2517
05:51:17,260 --> 05:51:24,280
So looking at our projected supply in the assessment so we are assuming that we only have tier one allocation

2518
05:51:24,280 --> 05:51:29,620
from the metropolitan water district and then we're also assuming that our local supplies

2519
05:51:29,620 --> 05:51:37,060
our 6,755 acre feet. This number was taken from our 2020 urban water

2520
05:51:37,060 --> 05:51:40,920
management plan, the drought risk assessment. So this is looking at a worst-case

2521
05:51:40,920 --> 05:51:46,080
scenario for the city, if we had low local groundwater supplies. So this puts

2522
05:51:46,080 --> 05:51:50,860
our total projected supply at 14,161 acre feet.

2523
05:51:52,880 --> 05:51:54,140
So looking at our assessment

2524
05:51:54,140 --> 05:52:00,620
results without conservation, you see that we have a 14% surplus and that puts

2525
05:52:00,620 --> 05:52:06,640
us in a level zero state standard shortage level, which means that we do not have any shortage of water.

2526
05:52:08,220 --> 05:52:15,480
Now moving on to our stage recommendation. We are recommending to stay in stage two. Again,

2527
05:52:15,620 --> 05:52:21,380
this is that 20% water reduction that I touched on earlier, which the city has been achieving since 2014.

2528
05:52:22,280 --> 05:52:29,600
Additionally, staying in the stage two helps us meet some stakeholders. Meeting conservation targets

2529
05:52:29,600 --> 05:52:35,340
It also helps with the city's broader water goals with conservation and an increased demand

2530
05:52:35,340 --> 05:52:39,820
without stage two would result in more imported water and therefore higher rates.

2531
05:52:41,620 --> 05:52:46,140
So now going back and looking at our assessment results with that conservation with the constraint

2532
05:52:46,140 --> 05:52:52,200
demand, you can see that that revised surplus has now jumped to 34% showing that we do have

2533
05:52:52,200 --> 05:52:53,680
an abundance of water.

2534
05:52:54,940 --> 05:52:59,600
So, a requested action from the council today, so staff recommends the council motion to

2535
05:52:59,600 --> 05:53:03,600
adopt the 2026 annual water supply and demand assessment.

2536
05:53:04,820 --> 05:53:05,980
And that's all I have.

2537
05:53:06,220 --> 05:53:07,480
Thank you, and I don't take any questions.

2538
05:53:08,160 --> 05:53:09,300
Thank you, council member Hall.

2539
05:53:11,660 --> 05:53:13,680
Sorry, would you mind going back to slides?

2540
05:53:13,980 --> 05:53:14,120
Yes.

2541
05:53:17,910 --> 05:53:25,950
So, just to clarify, this is stating that we have water, the water supply we need for all of

2542
05:53:25,950 --> 05:53:29,750
the zoning and the planned building and everything.

2543
05:53:30,370 --> 05:53:36,250
So this, so this is only looking at the projected year, so we don't go past that June 30th of

2544
05:53:36,250 --> 05:53:41,450
2027. And this is just a state requirement, so this is not something we do for our own

2545
05:53:41,450 --> 05:53:46,330
city planning. We have other plans that do tackle that. This is just to meet the state legislation

2546
05:53:46,330 --> 05:53:51,450
requirement just for that projected year, looking at a scenario in which we have a hot dry year

2547
05:53:51,450 --> 05:53:54,450
with the lowest amount of supplies of water.

2548
05:53:55,170 --> 05:53:55,710
Got it.

2549
05:53:56,030 --> 05:53:56,410
Thank you.

2550
05:53:56,970 --> 05:53:57,770
Councilor Raskin.

2551
05:53:59,210 --> 05:54:03,390
I think maybe this is a question, I don't know if you can answer this or maybe other people

2552
05:54:03,390 --> 05:54:08,970
want to answer it, but to follow up by Council Member Hall's question, we have done environmental

2553
05:54:09,490 --> 05:54:12,470
studies for things like the build out and our six cycle housing element that have looked

2554
05:54:12,470 --> 05:54:13,690
at future growth projections, right?

2555
05:54:14,530 --> 05:54:15,070
We have.

2556
05:54:18,520 --> 05:54:20,420
Council, yeah.

2557
05:54:20,780 --> 05:54:20,960
Sorry.

2558
05:54:21,500 --> 05:54:22,440
I don't know what happened.

2559
05:54:24,140 --> 05:54:30,440
I just want to be clear, I think what's being asked is, are you saying that this is also

2560
05:54:30,440 --> 05:54:35,940
taking to account the projected development that is going to happen like all the new apartments?

2561
05:54:36,280 --> 05:54:38,720
I think, is that not what's being, that's what I'm trying to ask.

2562
05:54:38,920 --> 05:54:45,240
Okay, yeah, I see. So this document is only taking into account for the next year, so we're not

2563
05:54:45,240 --> 05:54:51,640
looking at long-term growth. It's a little hard to just know just in the next year how much development

2564
05:54:51,640 --> 05:54:55,060
we're going to have, but like I said, it's some of our other plans that we're doing for the water

2565
05:54:55,060 --> 05:54:59,260
resources division. Dusty can take into account the regional housing needs assessment.

2566
05:55:00,000 --> 05:55:29,980
The way you're doing amazing. I love seeing you in this element because she usually does all the tours. It's extremely smart. I'm just blown away. But just to be very specific, I think folks that are watching the myself included, I look at all the development that is happening and I wonder if we have the infrastructure to support it. So I know you're saying generally, but when we look at Santa Monica's development and we say I'm just making up a number, however many thousands of units are being built, do these numbers reflect support?

2567
05:55:29,980 --> 05:55:32,100
supporting that for this next year,

2568
05:55:32,420 --> 05:55:33,860
this next year, okay.

2569
05:55:34,500 --> 05:55:35,240
Thank you.

2570
05:55:36,880 --> 05:55:39,060
Great, I'm just saying I want to move the item.

2571
05:55:40,800 --> 05:55:42,920
Oh, my apology, my sincere apologies.

2572
05:55:47,020 --> 05:55:51,240
We only have speakers on 12B at this time.

2573
05:55:51,560 --> 05:55:53,540
I just, an abundance of caution,

2574
05:55:53,700 --> 05:55:55,400
are there any members of the public

2575
05:55:55,400 --> 05:55:56,800
who want to come and give comment on the item?

2576
05:55:58,400 --> 05:55:59,100
Okay, thank you.

2577
05:55:59,100 --> 05:56:00,360
I'll make a motion moving the item.

2578
05:56:00,700 --> 05:56:00,840
Great.

2579
05:56:01,700 --> 05:56:02,300
Second.

2580
05:56:03,900 --> 05:56:04,940
Council members are in it's

2581
05:56:04,940 --> 05:56:05,060
going?

2582
05:56:06,040 --> 05:56:06,640
Yes.

2583
05:56:07,780 --> 05:56:08,560
Council member Sel,

2584
05:56:09,260 --> 05:56:10,900
Mayor Pro Temswick is absent.

2585
05:56:11,180 --> 05:56:12,080
Council member Raskin.

2586
05:56:12,320 --> 05:56:12,480
Yes.

2587
05:56:13,100 --> 05:56:13,700
Council member Hall.

2588
05:56:14,300 --> 05:56:14,460
Yes.

2589
05:56:14,820 --> 05:56:15,600
Council member Nugurte.

2590
05:56:15,960 --> 05:56:16,180
Yes.

2591
05:56:16,480 --> 05:56:17,120
Mayor Trozos.

2592
05:56:18,160 --> 05:56:18,440
Yes.

2593
05:56:19,020 --> 05:56:20,320
Thank you.

2594
05:56:21,160 --> 05:56:22,940
We now have 12 B.

2595
05:56:24,560 --> 05:56:26,780
We do have a speaker.

2596
05:56:28,120 --> 05:56:29,000
I see that.

2597
05:56:29,000 --> 05:56:36,920
do we want to call the public speaker first or hear the item first. Okay. Hear the item

2598
05:56:36,920 --> 05:56:41,340
first before the speaker. Okay. Okay. Dana and team.

2599
05:56:44,290 --> 05:56:44,750
Oh great.

2600
05:56:48,000 --> 05:56:49,600
No, we love to see the HR

2601
05:56:49,600 --> 05:56:53,240
team. We don't get to see you often. So great to see you.

2602
05:56:55,860 --> 05:56:57,060
No, it will be nice.

2603
05:57:00,640 --> 05:57:01,500
Just wondering

2604
05:57:01,500 --> 05:57:07,620
like I said, oh, there it is. Okay. Bear with me, and I usually not up this late.

2605
05:57:08,300 --> 05:57:13,580
Sorry. Good evening, everybody. I'm Stephanie Sofford, and the Human Resources Manager

2606
05:57:13,580 --> 05:57:16,900
over recruitment. Thank you for being here tonight.

2607
05:57:19,220 --> 05:57:21,380
So tonight we're going to talk about the status

2608
05:57:21,380 --> 05:57:26,700
of the city's vacancies and recruitment and retention efforts for the calendar year 2025,

2609
05:57:26,700 --> 05:57:33,800
as obligated under Assembly Bill 2561 in government code section 35 point sorry

2610
05:57:33,800 --> 05:57:36,880
3502.3 of the MMBA.

2611
05:57:39,630 --> 05:57:44,150
So our agenda tonight we're gonna have an overview then we'll

2612
05:57:44,150 --> 05:57:50,250
talk about our vacancy rates as of December 31st of 2025. Okay

2613
05:57:53,900 --> 05:57:58,200
and then am I touching

2614
05:57:59,120 --> 05:58:02,330
I just put it back up.

2615
05:58:02,630 --> 05:58:02,830
Okay.

2616
05:58:03,490 --> 05:58:05,350
Sorry, I just want to make sure I'm not doing anything.

2617
05:58:05,590 --> 05:58:05,750
Okay.

2618
05:58:06,290 --> 05:58:08,270
And then we'll talk about an overview of our recruitment

2619
05:58:08,270 --> 05:58:10,430
and retention efforts and any of our challenges.

2620
05:58:12,400 --> 05:58:12,600
Okay.

2621
05:58:12,820 --> 05:58:16,840
So for an overview, the government code section does require

2622
05:58:16,840 --> 05:58:20,300
that all public agencies prevent information on an annual basis

2623
05:58:20,300 --> 05:58:24,340
regarding the status of our vacancies, recruitment and retention efforts

2624
05:58:24,780 --> 05:58:27,540
and any necessary changes to policies, procedures,

2625
05:58:27,840 --> 05:58:30,260
and recruitment activities that may lead to obstacles

2626
05:58:30,260 --> 05:58:31,400
in the hiring process.

2627
05:58:32,920 --> 05:58:37,640
If the governing board will be adopting an annual or multi-year budget during the fiscal

2628
05:58:37,640 --> 05:58:41,680
year, the presentation shall be made prior to the adoption of the final budget, which

2629
05:58:41,680 --> 05:58:42,620
is why we're here tonight.

2630
05:58:44,360 --> 05:58:49,140
Additionally, if the vacancy rate in a single bargaining unit is 20% or more, the employee

2631
05:58:49,140 --> 05:58:54,160
organization representing the bargaining unit may request that the agency present additional

2632
05:58:54,160 --> 05:58:55,880
information at the public hearing.

2633
05:58:56,580 --> 05:59:01,700
So if you take a look at this slide, this talks about our vacancy rate and just kind of

2634
05:59:01,700 --> 05:59:08,180
looking at the last column, only one group had over the 20% for 2025.

2635
05:59:08,320 --> 05:59:14,080
It was the executive pay plan or if we refer to as EPP, they are in nonrepresented groups

2636
05:59:14,080 --> 05:59:19,480
so they did not trigger our additional reporting obligations under the government code section.

2637
05:59:22,770 --> 05:59:27,590
As you can kind of see from this list, we have pretty low vacancy rates and overall we were

2638
05:59:27,590 --> 05:59:30,410
at 7.54 for the end of the year.

2639
05:59:34,780 --> 05:59:38,720
In 2025, there was a total of 417 vacancies.

2640
05:59:39,480 --> 05:59:42,520
22% of these vacancies were attributed

2641
05:59:42,520 --> 05:59:44,140
to newly budgeted positions.

2642
05:59:44,340 --> 05:59:49,080
We did add 92.5 positions in the fall of last year,

2643
05:59:49,460 --> 05:59:52,920
so that created a good portion of these vacancies.

2644
05:59:53,980 --> 05:59:55,460
The rest of the vacancies were due,

2645
06:00:00,000 --> 06:00:01,240
Allentary and voluntary.

2646
06:00:05,060 --> 06:00:33,180
Of those vacancies, 134 were filled, 40 of them through competitive recruitment and 94 of them were promotional. Some things to highlight over the year last year. We did hire 85 motor coach operator trainees. We put them through nine training classes over the year. And as a result, 42 were promoted to actual motor coach operators. And then another thing that we'd like to highlight is that the police department

2647
06:00:33,180 --> 06:00:36,860
actually streamed line some of their recruitment efforts,

2648
06:00:37,220 --> 06:00:43,520
got some new software that actually allows for the applicants to engage more with the city

2649
06:00:43,520 --> 06:00:47,360
and so kind of falling out during the process. So our vacancies are really low in PD.

2650
06:00:51,460 --> 06:00:58,160
Okay so for our challenges, obviously it's a continuously evolving labor market. There's a

2651
06:00:58,160 --> 06:01:03,060
growing competition for talent. It's pretty brutal out there right now if anybody's

2652
06:01:03,060 --> 06:01:09,180
taking a look at it. There is that changing perception related to the benefits of public sector

2653
06:01:09,180 --> 06:01:14,580
employment. We're obviously competing often with the private sector and then obviously financial

2654
06:01:14,580 --> 06:01:21,400
constraints impacting salaries and staffing levels. For our strategies, we have collaboration

2655
06:01:21,400 --> 06:01:27,020
with the operating departments and prioritized and planned for our upcoming recruitment needs.

2656
06:01:27,460 --> 06:01:31,800
We're reviewing and refining minimum qualification requirements to ensure they are job related.

2657
06:01:31,800 --> 06:01:36,880
benefit enhancements, enhancements hanged at supporting employee health and financial

2658
06:01:36,880 --> 06:01:37,580
security.

2659
06:01:38,200 --> 06:01:44,300
We have the winter closure program that enhances our retention appeal, telework options

2660
06:01:44,300 --> 06:01:49,700
for eligible positions to promote work-life balance, equity increases for selected positions

2661
06:01:49,700 --> 06:01:57,380
to support internal alignment and external competitiveness, and a citywide classification and compensation

2662
06:01:57,380 --> 06:02:01,220
that will provide a comprehensive review of job classifications,

2663
06:02:01,620 --> 06:02:06,480
compensation structures, and internal pay relationships across the organization.

2664
06:02:08,650 --> 06:02:09,070
And that's it.

2665
06:02:10,310 --> 06:02:11,390
We'll take any questions.

2666
06:02:11,990 --> 06:02:12,770
Councilor Negretta.

2667
06:02:13,830 --> 06:02:14,490
You seem to have.

2668
06:02:15,030 --> 06:02:15,670
Okay, sorry.

2669
06:02:17,570 --> 06:02:19,810
I mean, I'll ask a really quick question.

2670
06:02:20,090 --> 06:02:21,290
Councilor Marcel, do you have a question?

2671
06:02:22,470 --> 06:02:25,630
Oh, my apologies. We do have a public comment.

2672
06:02:25,970 --> 06:02:27,430
Yeah, Denise Burton.

2673
06:02:27,430 --> 06:02:28,450
Good

2674
06:02:39,240 --> 06:02:46,840
evening and item 12b. Is this our city manager? I would be trying to make the city look like it has less city employees than it actually does.

2675
06:02:47,320 --> 06:03:02,600
Here he claims 21 city, 21 hundred city employees which equals 43 city residents per city employee or transit campaign head over 25 hundred city employees in 2024, which equals 36 residents per city employee.

2676
06:03:03,180 --> 06:03:18,420
or more recently, I've seen numbers of over 2,800 which would equal 32 residents per city employee and city hall is still not open to the residents or it's decided to show the city is still understaffed with generality dealing basis understaffed as the police department.

2677
06:03:19,160 --> 06:03:25,080
But instead of safety, you're you're prioritizing a million dollars to have a rose rose fruit float.

2678
06:03:25,860 --> 06:03:34,960
So again, like employees who use taxpayers as your personal credit card for your special interest, not the best interest of the residents or anyone else in the city.

2679
06:03:35,940 --> 06:03:40,640
Or maybe you should get rid of the DEI department and properly thank

2680
06:03:43,960 --> 06:03:46,040
you, Councillor Rohall.

2681
06:03:48,410 --> 06:03:54,850
Thank you, Mayor. Just a couple of quick questions for the city manager. When are we planning to do our class and comp study?

2682
06:03:54,850 --> 06:04:11,930
The kickoff is actually coming up in June, it will continue through the rest of this calendar year, we're targeting having the class and comp study finalized the early part Q1 likely of 2027.

2683
06:04:11,930 --> 06:04:21,270
Okay, and forgive me if I missed it, but I think in some of your reports and maybe the

2684
06:04:21,270 --> 06:04:25,750
realignment plan we had talked about in engagement surveys, the plan, when is the plan to do

2685
06:04:25,750 --> 06:04:25,990
that?

2686
06:04:26,110 --> 06:04:26,750
Will it be annual?

2687
06:04:26,970 --> 06:04:28,590
Will there be more frequent pulse surveys?

2688
06:04:30,490 --> 06:04:34,110
What data will be shared with the managers and what department heads?

2689
06:04:34,530 --> 06:04:35,570
Yeah, absolutely.

2690
06:04:35,570 --> 06:04:43,250
The HR department right now, Damien and Team, we're putting together the overall organizational

2691
06:04:43,250 --> 06:04:49,030
survey, organizational health survey, to be deployed in the next couple of months.

2692
06:04:49,430 --> 06:04:55,250
It will be something we do continuously, we're trying to identify at what...

2693
06:05:00,000 --> 06:05:27,040
Frequency will be doing sort of the comprehensive survey. And certainly, I think how do we get some quick reactions from folks on how things are going. There's a variety of different tools for engaging in developing and gathering that type of data. So all of that's part of the assessment here moving forward. Got it. Thank you. And then we did hear from some of our construction inspectors and local contractors tonight. Any initial reactions or insights that you can share on that?

2694
06:05:27,040 --> 06:05:32,340
or will you do plan to take that back and assess the situation with your H.R. director?

2695
06:05:32,880 --> 06:05:39,120
Yeah, we have been assessing that situation internally. There is absolutely a problem with

2696
06:05:39,120 --> 06:05:45,520
the compensation structure right now in the building inspector operation. That reason, though,

2697
06:05:45,660 --> 06:05:52,180
that it'll be important to do a comprehensive citywide compensation study and classification and

2698
06:05:52,180 --> 06:05:57,460
compensation study. One, any time you make an adjustment in one part of an organization

2699
06:05:57,460 --> 06:06:01,960
it will bump up against others. There are internal salary relationships that think through.

2700
06:06:02,720 --> 06:06:08,600
That being said, we're working through a system there's a dire need in the building operation

2701
06:06:08,600 --> 06:06:13,560
to think about how we adjust some of the salaries there. There are three different bargaining

2702
06:06:13,560 --> 06:06:18,920
units though representing all of the folks that work within the building operation that

2703
06:06:18,920 --> 06:06:32,040
We need to coordinate and work with, we've got meetings set up the next couple of weeks both internally and with the impacted employees were confident we'll come up with a solution here within the next month or two.

2704
06:06:32,660 --> 06:06:33,220
Great. Thank you.

2705
06:06:34,880 --> 06:06:35,620
Councillor O'Rourke.

2706
06:06:36,980 --> 06:06:38,020
Thank you.

2707
06:06:38,020 --> 06:06:46,520
I had a couple of questions at the first, would we be able to go back to the slide that had the percentages of vacancies, please?

2708
06:06:52,940 --> 06:06:53,460
That one, yeah.

2709
06:06:54,060 --> 06:07:02,020
So I recognize that there are certain bargaining units that have a much higher number of budgeted FTs.

2710
06:07:02,720 --> 06:07:10,100
And so they, even though they have like higher absolute numbers of vacancies, they may have lower percentage vacancies.

2711
06:07:10,100 --> 06:07:16,960
is for those do we have by any chance I break down of what of by department like vacancies

2712
06:07:16,960 --> 06:07:19,900
by department or by type of role.

2713
06:07:22,800 --> 06:07:26,140
I don't know that we necessarily think if it's easy to

2714
06:07:26,140 --> 06:07:30,540
pull it up that would be awesome if not. Thank you.

2715
06:07:31,580 --> 06:07:33,260
Are you okay? Are you okay?

2716
06:07:33,260 --> 06:07:55,220
Okay, that's step, yeah, no that's step gets everyone I have band-aids that I've done many times before

2717
06:07:55,220 --> 06:07:58,400
don't you worry at all I fall going up the stairs

2718
06:07:58,400 --> 06:07:59,300
There's my mark, right?

2719
06:07:59,620 --> 06:08:00,280
Okay, everybody.

2720
06:08:02,020 --> 06:08:02,540
Welcome.

2721
06:08:05,990 --> 06:08:07,130
Yeah, I don't know.

2722
06:08:07,590 --> 06:08:08,030
I don't know.

2723
06:08:08,030 --> 06:08:08,110
I don't know.

2724
06:08:08,150 --> 06:08:08,410
I don't know if there's a.

2725
06:08:08,490 --> 06:08:09,330
We plug in maybe.

2726
06:08:11,250 --> 06:08:15,550
Or if like, I don't know, you could also just verbally tell us, like which departments have

2727
06:08:15,550 --> 06:08:19,670
kind of the highest number of vacancies that we may need to address.

2728
06:08:20,650 --> 06:08:22,350
By the classification.

2729
06:08:23,010 --> 06:08:24,370
Oh, by classifications.

2730
06:08:25,450 --> 06:08:28,570
And apologies for not asking this ahead of time.

2731
06:08:35,710 --> 06:08:39,290
So we have it by classification, not by department.

2732
06:08:39,690 --> 06:08:44,030
Okay, so in terms of the classifications, then which ones have the highest vacancies?

2733
06:08:44,470 --> 06:08:44,690
Okay,

2734
06:08:49,180 --> 06:08:49,920
maintenance worker,

2735
06:08:53,660 --> 06:08:57,760
maintenance worker, a bin truck driver,

2736
06:09:03,090 --> 06:09:03,910
public works.

2737
06:09:04,070 --> 06:09:04,270
Okay.

2738
06:09:16,020 --> 06:09:20,380
Oh, and the public service is officer, so not police officer, but the health services.

2739
06:09:20,720 --> 06:09:21,760
Okay, got it.

2740
06:09:21,760 --> 06:09:34,460
So in how are we addressing recruitment and retention efforts within those specific

2741
06:09:36,720 --> 06:09:40,500
classifications, or do we have a plan to address that?

2742
06:09:40,860 --> 06:09:44,120
So not maybe someone else can speak a little bit for the public,

2743
06:09:44,120 --> 06:09:51,060
yeah, for the public work. So this report goes through December of 25.

2744
06:09:51,060 --> 06:09:53,820
So these are not the current.

2745
06:09:54,160 --> 06:09:59,800
Yes, so we have been working with public works to identify recruitment.

2746
06:10:00,000 --> 06:10:29,980
And strategies in order to lower, you know, in order to fill these positions. And I know for sure been, so been truck operator, for example, had a new list. And I know public works was able to use that list successfully. I don't know if I have the, do we have the current vacancy rate in public works right now? Yeah. So, yeah, so these, these numbers are from December 31st, 25 to in order to meet the requirements.

2747
06:10:29,980 --> 06:10:36,020
requirements of the assembly bill. But today, I mean, certainly, I mean, every month makes

2748
06:10:36,020 --> 06:10:41,320
a big difference here in HR because we have been just really working our butts off to

2749
06:10:41,320 --> 06:10:48,580
try to, you know, provide the employees necessary to meet our realignment goals. And so we are,

2750
06:10:48,580 --> 06:10:55,520
you know, working with every city department head so that we can, you know, meet that challenge.

2751
06:10:55,520 --> 06:11:03,800
and so my estimation is that this is not current, this is just in line with the requirements

2752
06:11:03,800 --> 06:11:04,240
of that.

2753
06:11:04,700 --> 06:11:05,960
Thank you.

2754
06:11:06,480 --> 06:11:16,440
And then question, so are we utilizing apprenticeship programs or anything else to either work with

2755
06:11:16,440 --> 06:11:21,180
our partners like SMC or through other avenues, I'm sorry, I know you're about to sit down.

2756
06:11:24,380 --> 06:11:28,740
You know, it's interesting that you should bring that up because, you know, when discussing

2757
06:11:28,740 --> 06:11:34,820
some of the problems we're having in the building department and, you know, some of the challenges

2758
06:11:34,820 --> 06:11:40,520
that Jane is facing with filling those positions, that's what comes up, you know, like homegrown,

2759
06:11:40,920 --> 06:11:43,580
let's, you know, get people who are interested and let's train them.

2760
06:11:43,620 --> 06:11:48,380
But part of the problem in those trades and sort of the areas where apprenticeships would

2761
06:11:48,380 --> 06:11:59,240
be so useful. We're just two short staffed, but more like we don't have the bench to do the work

2762
06:11:59,240 --> 06:12:06,400
and train. But that is definitely something that is a workable solution once we get to that place.

2763
06:12:06,880 --> 06:12:12,900
So everybody's open to it. Everybody loves apprenticeships. I know we had a very, I was just talking

2764
06:12:12,900 --> 06:12:18,760
across the other day about the one that we had years ago that was very successful and we just need

2765
06:12:18,760 --> 06:12:26,780
to get to a place where we have the expertise and the time in house to train another group of

2766
06:12:26,780 --> 06:12:32,260
employees. So that is definitely on our radar though. Okay, it sounds like we're working on capacity,

2767
06:12:32,500 --> 06:12:39,540
we're working on trying to hire up so that we have fewer vacancies and it sounds like overall we're

2768
06:12:39,540 --> 06:12:42,880
working out strategies going forward to

2769
06:12:44,020 --> 06:12:46,200
to improve these these things.

2770
06:12:46,520 --> 06:12:46,880
Absolutely.

2771
06:12:47,140 --> 06:12:48,580
Awesome. Thank you.

2772
06:12:49,380 --> 06:12:50,380
That's all my questions.

2773
06:12:50,820 --> 06:12:50,940
Great.

2774
06:12:53,220 --> 06:12:55,540
Although I had a movie item or sorry,

2775
06:12:55,580 --> 06:12:56,680
did anyone want to talk about this?

2776
06:12:57,960 --> 06:12:59,320
No, I'll psyched it.

2777
06:12:59,540 --> 06:12:59,660
Okay.

2778
06:13:01,080 --> 06:13:02,300
Council member Migritte?

2779
06:13:05,460 --> 06:13:05,940
Yes.

2780
06:13:06,540 --> 06:13:07,200
Council member Hall?

2781
06:13:07,600 --> 06:13:07,760
Yes.

2782
06:13:08,280 --> 06:13:09,240
Council member Raskin?

2783
06:13:09,360 --> 06:13:09,580
Yes.

2784
06:13:09,580 --> 06:13:09,660
Yes.

2785
06:13:09,940 --> 06:13:11,320
Mayor Pro Temswick is absent.

2786
06:13:11,740 --> 06:13:12,300
Councilmember Snell?

2787
06:13:12,960 --> 06:13:13,140
Yes.

2788
06:13:13,540 --> 06:13:14,200
Councilmember Zagin?

2789
06:13:14,940 --> 06:13:15,180
Yes.

2790
06:13:15,500 --> 06:13:16,000
Mayor Trozos.

2791
06:13:16,240 --> 06:13:16,400
Yes.

2792
06:13:16,740 --> 06:13:17,240
Motion passes.

2793
06:13:17,800 --> 06:13:18,620
Thank you.

2794
06:13:19,080 --> 06:13:19,420
Thank you.

2795
06:13:19,680 --> 06:13:19,980
Thank you.

2796
06:13:20,920 --> 06:13:22,240
We're asked on your first presentation.

2797
06:13:25,040 --> 06:13:26,040
12 C.

2798
06:13:26,240 --> 06:13:26,760
All right.

2799
06:13:27,220 --> 06:13:29,380
And we have two public commenters.

2800
06:13:31,100 --> 06:13:31,660
Yes.

2801
06:13:31,820 --> 06:13:32,020
Go ahead.

2802
06:13:33,380 --> 06:13:35,260
So I just wanted to know.

2803
06:13:35,980 --> 06:13:39,020
I will be refusing myself from item 12 C.

2804
06:13:39,020 --> 06:13:46,380
On May 8th, 2026, the Fair Political Practices Commission issued a no-action closure letter

2805
06:13:46,380 --> 06:13:54,040
related to complaints on a vote that I took in December of 2024 to approve the DDA for

2806
06:13:54,040 --> 06:13:57,660
this project, alleging a violation of the Libyan Act.

2807
06:13:58,060 --> 06:14:01,580
The letter has been made available to the public on the FPPC's website.

2808
06:14:02,220 --> 06:14:07,320
And although the investigations have been closed with no action taken by the FPPC in

2809
06:14:07,320 --> 06:14:10,440
in order to avoid even the appearance of impropriety,

2810
06:14:10,440 --> 06:14:12,520
I will still be recusing myself from this matter.

2811
06:14:13,040 --> 06:14:14,100
So I will leave the dies.

2812
06:14:14,260 --> 06:14:14,800
Thank you.

2813
06:14:15,900 --> 06:14:16,480
Great.

2814
06:14:18,000 --> 06:14:20,520
I think we'll go ahead and hear the staff report,

2815
06:14:20,620 --> 06:14:23,280
and then have an opportunity for public comments.

2816
06:14:26,400 --> 06:14:27,820
Good evening, council.

2817
06:14:28,480 --> 06:14:30,580
Aileen Reynolds, Director of Housing Human Services.

2818
06:14:30,940 --> 06:14:32,680
I'm here to introduce the public hearing

2819
06:14:32,680 --> 06:14:36,040
for the Tierra Apartments Teffer Hearing.

2820
06:14:36,040 --> 06:14:45,100
As a reminder of tear apartments, this is a proposed 82-unit affordable senior housing development,

2821
06:14:45,520 --> 06:14:54,400
which includes 40 residences for permanent supportive housing for seniors, located at 1402 Wilshire Boulevard,

2822
06:14:54,560 --> 06:14:59,740
and 1211 and 1217, 14th Street. The developer is housing

2823
06:15:00,000 --> 06:15:17,180
As we approach closing, just to note that this month, we issued notice of the city parking lot. We'll be closed and construction should begin in July. With an extra expected completion date in spring of 2028, where we would be leasing up the residences.

2824
06:15:20,400 --> 06:15:30,280
So the purpose of a teffra hearing is required under the IRS and tax equity and fiscal responsibility act. So otherwise, no teffra for taxes and bonds.

2825
06:15:30,280 --> 06:15:38,240
This allows the California Municipal Finance Authority or CMFA to issue up to $28 million in revenue bonds.

2826
06:15:38,800 --> 06:15:40,520
The city approval is procedural.

2827
06:15:40,740 --> 06:15:47,620
There's no financial obligation or liability to the city, and the bonds are solely the responsibility of the borrower.

2828
06:15:51,320 --> 06:15:53,740
So with that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

2829
06:15:53,960 --> 06:16:00,720
We provided a lot of detail on the staff forward, but what we're recommending today is that a determination,

2830
06:16:00,720 --> 06:16:19,020
that the development of the affordable housing was previously analyzed under the 6th cycle housing element environmental impact report and therefore the issuance of the taffa bonds does not have any possibility of significant effect requiring a sequa review.

2831
06:16:19,720 --> 06:16:30,360
To hold a public hearing under the requirements of taffa as we're doing now and to ultimately adopt a resolution approving the issuance of bonds by the CMFA in an amount.

2832
06:16:30,360 --> 06:16:56,900
amount not to exceed $28 million for the benefits of tier apartment LP to finance and refinance the acquisition construction development and equipping of an affordable housing multi-family rental housing development to be located at 14 or two will share both art and 12 11 to 12 12 17 14th street and just to put a fine point on it as a reminder, the council approve this project on December 17th, 2024.

2833
06:16:57,420 --> 06:17:02,000
So this is just a procedure a matter for the purposes of the bonds which are under

2834
06:17:02,000 --> 06:17:05,000
into the project at that time. Thank you.

2835
06:17:05,900 --> 06:17:06,340
Great.

2836
06:17:07,320 --> 06:17:10,140
We will now hear from the members of the public who have signed up to speak.

2837
06:17:10,360 --> 06:17:11,900
We have Denise Barton and Michael Solof.

2838
06:17:21,290 --> 06:17:22,650
Good evening, Adam Tulsi.

2839
06:17:23,330 --> 06:17:24,190
These both look a lot.

2840
06:17:24,330 --> 06:17:28,330
This bond looks a lot like the ones that were issued to step upon second in 2017.

2841
06:17:29,150 --> 06:17:32,410
For renovation of the property on second street which never happened.

2842
06:17:32,410 --> 06:17:34,410
due to along with their partner,

2843
06:17:34,630 --> 06:17:36,990
Schengler, while ended up with state charges for fraud,

2844
06:17:37,590 --> 06:17:38,490
of over $100 million.

2845
06:17:39,490 --> 06:17:42,090
So did step upon second repay the bond amount

2846
06:17:42,670 --> 06:17:44,910
or the taxpayers continuing to pay interest

2847
06:17:44,910 --> 06:17:48,170
due to the bond being involved in the fraud and the money lost?

2848
06:17:48,790 --> 06:17:50,910
Just so you understand my concerns about the release

2849
06:17:50,910 --> 06:17:52,490
into the same sort of revenue bonds

2850
06:17:52,490 --> 06:17:54,070
now in a similar situation.

2851
06:17:54,750 --> 06:17:59,770
As well as because by our cities not reporting on all debt

2852
06:17:59,770 --> 06:18:00,950
that had been held by the city.

2853
06:18:01,130 --> 06:18:04,490
What appears though, you are using the resident taxpayers

2854
06:18:04,490 --> 06:18:06,770
to use a personal credit card for your special interest.

2855
06:18:07,730 --> 06:18:09,610
And isn't there a little business if you can't afford it?

2856
06:18:09,790 --> 06:18:10,770
You think you shouldn't do it?

2857
06:18:11,150 --> 06:18:11,530
Thank you.

2858
06:18:13,250 --> 06:18:14,610
Thank you, Michael Solof.

2859
06:18:18,780 --> 06:18:20,060
Good evening, council members.

2860
06:18:20,340 --> 06:18:23,200
I'm here tonight on behalf of Santa Monica's For Entries, right?

2861
06:18:23,940 --> 06:18:27,800
We are celebrating and happy that this is moving forward tonight.

2862
06:18:28,620 --> 06:18:31,520
We talked earlier tonight about what makes Santa Monica,

2863
06:18:31,520 --> 06:18:34,360
Santa Monica and the Rose Bowl parade.

2864
06:18:34,560 --> 06:18:37,220
Well, one of the things that makes Santa Monica, Santa Monica,

2865
06:18:37,640 --> 06:18:40,540
is that we have committed our public land

2866
06:18:40,540 --> 06:18:43,160
and our dollars to try and keep this place

2867
06:18:43,160 --> 06:18:44,960
an economically diverse community,

2868
06:18:45,580 --> 06:18:47,140
to send the message to the world,

2869
06:18:47,580 --> 06:18:50,000
that the best being next to the beach,

2870
06:18:50,780 --> 06:18:56,380
having a great economy, having jobs,

2871
06:18:56,860 --> 06:18:58,760
having great schools is for everybody,

2872
06:18:59,140 --> 06:19:00,480
not just for the wealthy.

2873
06:19:00,480 --> 06:19:15,580
and this is another step in that direction. The City Council must have you weren't here at that time, but committed in the prior housing element that we were going to make public landsites available for 2000 units of affordable housing.

2874
06:19:16,080 --> 06:19:25,640
This is one of those projects. We're finally getting some traction. This one's going forward. The other Hollywood housing corporation they've gotten their state financing as well.

2875
06:19:25,640 --> 06:19:29,040
and now finally the Fourth Street Garage project has gotten it.

2876
06:19:29,400 --> 06:19:33,400
So this is a night to celebrate and please be sure to do what you need to do proceed

2877
06:19:33,400 --> 06:19:38,780
really so we can get these units built and get people off the streets in some cases and

2878
06:19:38,780 --> 06:19:44,860
in other cases out of unaffordable situations into our city to enjoy all the best and to remind

2879
06:19:44,860 --> 06:19:46,860
the world that this is what everybody should be doing.

2880
06:19:47,080 --> 06:19:48,000
Thank you.

2881
06:19:48,400 --> 06:19:49,120
Thank you.

2882
06:19:51,480 --> 06:19:54,760
I don't see any comments and I'd like to move this item.

2883
06:20:00,000 --> 06:20:28,520
Clarify, we're moving the staff recommendation. Yes. We're moving the three items here. And adopting the resolution for the $20 bond. And roll call vote. Council members are going to sky is absent. Council members now. Yes. Mayor Proton's wake is absent. Council member Raskin. Yes. Council member Hall. Yes. Council member Negrete. Yes. And near trusses. Yes.

2884
06:20:30,120 --> 06:20:31,160
Thank you.

2885
06:20:43,400 --> 06:20:49,880
We now move on to, so I would just say normally we, oh, Councilor Reservant's Guide, please

2886
06:20:49,880 --> 06:20:50,700
return yourself.

2887
06:20:52,920 --> 06:20:55,700
Can someone ask Councilor Reservant's Guide to come back, please?

2888
06:20:57,880 --> 06:20:58,840
They're not listening to me.

2889
06:21:07,360 --> 06:21:13,280
I'll just say that normally we approve these as consent, but I'll make the announcement now

2890
06:21:14,260 --> 06:21:27,120
on 16B. I am recusing myself out of an abundance of caution. The pledge for shared prosperity is a program initiated by an implemented by my employer, L.A. County.

2891
06:21:27,760 --> 06:21:34,880
And although signing the pledge will not have any direct impact on my salary or my employment at the county, I will recuse in order to put even the appearance of a complex.

2892
06:21:34,880 --> 06:21:46,120
So, we will start with 16 A and then I will ask Council Member Hall to share out the meeting while I'm recused from 16 B.

2893
06:21:47,020 --> 06:21:49,260
I'd like to move 16 A.

2894
06:21:54,250 --> 06:21:57,870
Okay, so that was Hall and seconded by Negretti?

2895
06:21:58,310 --> 06:22:00,230
Yeah. Okay, Council Member Negretti?

2896
06:22:00,750 --> 06:22:01,290
Yes.

2897
06:22:01,890 --> 06:22:02,510
Council Member Hall?

2898
06:22:04,440 --> 06:22:05,040
Yes.

2899
06:22:05,980 --> 06:22:07,320
Council Member Reskin?

2900
06:22:07,500 --> 06:22:07,740
Yes.

2901
06:22:07,740 --> 06:22:07,820
Yes.

2902
06:22:08,200 --> 06:22:09,800
Mayor Pro Temsweig is absent.

2903
06:22:10,040 --> 06:22:10,760
Council Member Snell?

2904
06:22:11,260 --> 06:22:11,540
Yes.

2905
06:22:12,080 --> 06:22:13,480
Council Member Zurnitz-Gaya?

2906
06:22:13,940 --> 06:22:14,140
Yes.

2907
06:22:14,540 --> 06:22:15,160
And Mayor Trozos?

2908
06:22:15,940 --> 06:22:16,220
Yes.

2909
06:22:21,660 --> 06:22:22,100
Team B.

2910
06:22:26,980 --> 06:22:31,360
A request of Council Members Hall Zurnitz-Gaya and Snell that Council Director City Manager

2911
06:22:31,360 --> 06:22:33,540
to sign a pledge for shared prosperity.

2912
06:22:39,010 --> 06:22:39,790
Thank you Madam Clerk.

2913
06:22:40,890 --> 06:22:43,810
I'll give Mayor Trozos a second to lead the Chambers.

2914
06:22:47,620 --> 06:22:50,300
Do any of my colleagues have any questions or emotions?

2915
06:22:50,300 --> 06:22:51,060
With

2916
06:22:54,380 --> 06:22:56,140
thanks everyone who worked on this, I'll move the item.

2917
06:22:58,120 --> 06:22:58,600
Second.

2918
06:22:59,280 --> 06:23:04,960
Okay, we have a motion by Council Member Raskin, is second by Council Member Zergetskaya.

2919
06:23:06,160 --> 06:23:07,980
This is a voice vote, so all in favor?

2920
06:23:08,900 --> 06:23:09,140
Hi.

2921
06:23:09,720 --> 06:23:09,820
Hi.

2922
06:23:10,620 --> 06:23:11,520
Eyes have it.

2923
06:23:11,780 --> 06:23:15,820
For the record, Mayor Pro Temsweig and Mayor Trussis are absent from the vote.

2924
06:23:16,680 --> 06:23:16,900
Correct.

2925
06:23:17,300 --> 06:23:20,340
I did not hear any opposition or abstentions.

2926
06:23:23,760 --> 06:23:28,720
Just checking over the mayor's agenda here, and it does not appear we have any adjournments.

2927
06:23:29,740 --> 06:23:36,800
So we will adjourn the meeting at 11.53pm, we will see you in two weeks, thank you.