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Good afternoon, Mayor and city council. Today's meeting of September 1st, 2026 is being held at 420 Litho Street city council council council timbers. It is also being broadcast live via zoom on the city's website and cable TV channel 27. Councilmember Cox. Here. Councilmember Hoffman. I don't see her. I haven't heard any. Oh, I do see her. She's just walking down. So continue with the roll in.

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Council Member Sobiesky, Vice Mayor Bloustein, here, Mayor Woodside.

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I'm here, and.

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Council Member Hoffman, here.

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Okay, we will be going into closed session on items that are listed on the posted agenda.

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I'll briefly read them.

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First item, C1, Conference of Legal Council for anticipated litigation, one case, and this

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This is authorized pursuant to government code section 54956.9.

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We have item C2, public employment, title, city manager.

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This is authorized pursuant to government code 54957.

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Similarly, authorized by the same government code, public employment, employee appointment, title, city manager.

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Item C4, conference with labor negotiators, and is authorized by government code section 5495-7.6.

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Our representative is Kathy Nikitas, and this deals with the unrepresented employees.

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Item C5, conference of real property negotiators, pursuant to government code section 549-56.8.

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And this is the Cass Gidley-Marina 1620 Bridgeway property.

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Our negotiator, city manager, and city attorney, and the Sausalito Community Boating Center is the party in place.

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Item C6, the last item, conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation,

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pursuant to government code section 54956.9D21 case.

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So we will be going into closed session to talk about those items.

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Are there any public comments on closed session items?

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Okay, none online and none in the chambers, so we'll now go into the closed session.

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Thank you.

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We'll be calling the meeting to order shortly.

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I think we'll wait for just a moment, Mr. Sobiaschi, I think is right here. Okay.

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So we're now calling this open session to order. And I'm going to ask Mr. Michael Rex to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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would like to return to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic

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for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for

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all.

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Thank you, Michael.

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We'll now have a roll call.

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Council Member Cox.

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Here.

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Council Member Hoffman.

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Here.

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Council Member Sobiesky.

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Here.

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Vice Mayor Blostin.

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Here.

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Mayor Woodside.

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I'm here.

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Thank you.

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So,

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we have concluded a closed session, we met for about an hour and a half and we've

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just come out of that closed session and I will have a couple of announcements to

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make. First of all, we did discuss each of the items that were listed on the closed

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session agenda with respect to item one, one item of anticipated litigation, there's

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no action taken to report out at this time. With respect to the next two items, I do

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have announcements to make. The first is public employment. And let me just refer.

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Okay.

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Elaine Forbes has resigned from her position as city manager. We have accepted her resignation

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and she's no longer employed by the city. Our hearts are with Elaine and her family and we stand

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behind her as she takes this time to focus on her health and healing.

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And I want to thank the people of Sasalito for your sympathy and for your patience during

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this time.

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This was an extremely sensitive matter, and I'm grateful for the respecting and compassion

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you've shown to Elaine and her family.

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It's very much appreciated.

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With respect to the next item, public employee appointment, the council has in close

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session unanimously agreed to appoint bringing flips as the interim city manager for the

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next six months.

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This decision was unanimous.

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Given the fact that we are an election season, and there perhaps will be some change in council going forward in the next year, it is anticipated that there will be a recruitment and we would hope that Mr. Phipps would be a candidate. And we will be returning in the next meeting we hope with a formal contract to that effect. So those are the two items where I have something

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the substance to announce. The conference of Labor Negotiator Item C4, we did not discuss.

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We did give instructions to our negotiators on the real property negotiation item

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regarding the community voting center. That was item C5, C6. The conference with legal counsel

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another case. Again, there was no action taken to report out at this time.

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So then we may want to stay for the record, the recuseable of council members of the ESC.

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Pardon, I'm sorry. That's correct. The last item, Council Member Sobiheski recused himself and did not participate. Thank you.

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So that concludes the report on closed session.

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Mr. City Attorney, do you have anything to add?

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No, I do not. Thank you.

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Okay. Thank you.

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So we now come to the point where we'd look at our agenda for tonight and ask if we have approval for the agenda as is posted.

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Any comments from council members?

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Move approval.

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Is there a second?

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Second.

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Okay. All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Okay. That passes unanimously and will proceed.

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I do have an inordinate number of announcements.

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I think I'll get those started and hopefully completed before we move on to the special presentation and report from the city manager.

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First, we have present, Mr. Andy Davidson, and I have a proclamation, Andy, if you'd like to step forward.

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Andy, I don't know that I have to read it because it sounds like everyone in the audience knows about your good work for the city, but I will read this.

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Whereas Andrew Davidson has devoted 17 years of extraordinary service to the city of

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Sausalito as the senior civil engineer, chair of the Sustainability Committee and chair

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of the Transportation Coordination Committee, and whereas he served as an engineering resource

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during storms, landslides, roadway failures, flooding, utility emergencies, and other emergency

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events. While reviewing private development projects for community impacts on

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Sosolito streets, drainage sidewalks, utilities, retaining walls, and other

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public infrastructure. And I've probably left something out and

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de-ipologize. And whereas Andrew has participated in hundreds of engineering

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reviews, field investigations, resident inquiries, construction issues, and

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infrastructure decisions while both managing and contributing to numerous major

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capital improvement projects, and I could go on, but I will simply say now therefore be

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a proclaimed that the city of Sausalito hereby recognizes and thanks Andrew Davidson for his

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long-term stewardship of the community combined technical engineering expertise emergency response

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project management institutional knowledge and direct community service. We encourage all residents

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to celebrate his tremendous contributions to our community.

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So I'm just signing this proclamation, Andy,

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and would you like to make a few comments?

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No.

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But I spoke to you folks a month or so ago when this was announced.

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It was very heartfelt what I said to you.

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This is a time of Thanksgiving.

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I'm giving, I'm super appreciative for all that

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Saasalio has done for my family and me.

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I'm super appreciative for my family.

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When I first stood up here and was introduced to the City Council some 17 years ago,

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I did not have my family with me.

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I didn't know that was something I could do, but today I have my wife and

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two of my three children here, and I'd love to have them come up and just at least smile and

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I don't know if we can get them to do anything else, but there's that's better than you say

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Andres and Natalia

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Natalia was about three when I started here in Andres

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That was probably one.

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And that's, you know, one of the reasons I love Sausley. It was the stability that you gave me to have my family. We had our youngest is, she's 15. So she was born while I was working here. So to wrap this up, I want to say thank you to Kevin McGowan, your current director of public works.

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Like to thank Jonathan Goldman, your prior public works director. I'd like to thank the council.

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I worked with some of you directly.

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Sustainability was a wonderful experience.

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You folks did a lot.

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You got a lot done when I was there.

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I know you're still doing it, but I mean,

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you did the bag ordinance, composting,

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the fantastic presentation that you put together at the core of engineers.

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That was fantastic.

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And you had a lot of the infrastructure work was accomplished

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because you folks decided to put money to it and get it done.

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So I benefit from that and so thank you very much and I wish you and the city of Susley to all the best. Thank you. Well, thank you.

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Other other comments from council members miss often.

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Yes, the major mayor has asked us if we wanted to do comments. So yes, I told Andy earlier that we were

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setting his pension aside and bringing him back on active duty to the city, and he did not laugh at all.

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So anyway, we miss you greatly, but we wish you well, and thank you for all of your hard work.

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Anyone else, at this point?

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I'm really going to miss you.

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Thank you so much for everything.

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It's going to be very clear.

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Your absence is very strongly felt throughout the building, not just in DPW.

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and also by everyone who got to work with you, I was so lucky to work with you on sustainability, so thank you for everything.

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Thank you.

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I'll just comment, so when Andy started with us, I was a planning commissioner, and he's been here 17 years, so just to give you some perspective over the past 17 years,

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Soselito has completed nearly 100 capital projects, including major park rebuilds, street

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and sewer upgrades, the public restroom construction, bulkhead replacement, pump station

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modernization, and large-scale waterfront improvements.

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So Andy, you have spearheaded a whole lot of that work and for that, we're very grateful.

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Thank you.

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I had probably more help than I can even imagine.

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And I'll just leave the last word to you, Mary, and just say it's not lost on me that

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like the police, your job is 24-7. We've seen emergency response for all kinds of disasters

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inside of Salsalito, and your steady hand is something that has made the community better,

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even when they don't know that it's because of you. So thank you.

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And I'll keep this very brief. I first met you after a major landslide.

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And you were the epitome of calm when everything else seemed to be falling apart and sliding and flowing and all of that and I won't forget those moments.

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And I know you've had support from your family. I'm going to ask if they would like to come up and we'll take a quick photo and then move on to the next items.

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Yeah, it's usually come to the middle, it's going to come in, yeah, it's going to be a little bit slower, yeah, it's going to go away from it too, come on.

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Everybody in.

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Oh, yeah, you can, whatever you want.

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Thank you.

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Go for it.

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Thank you.

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more announcements before,

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thank you,

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a few announcements of some upcoming things

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that before.

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Announcing those, I wonder if any of you noticed, but that are then acting city manager and newly appointed city clerk were able to put out the agenda for tonight. How many days ago? At least 10? Right. And this is kind of a project that we were hoping during the time that we, the council weren't meeting, we could get a jump start and get ahead and stay ahead for the balance of the year, if not longer.

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to try to have the tentative agenda out along with as many supporting materials as possible so that there's greater time for you members of the public, for staff, and for council members to study, read, ask questions, et cetera.

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We hope this is the kind of improvement that will make our whole decision making process better.

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So let's keep it up, and thanks to you, Brandon and you, DeGryff, for all your hard work to make this happen.

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We do have an event today that some of you may notice when you go to Vinny Delmar Park.

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We raised the flag of the country of Chile, the council general, Patricio, who came here a few weeks ago to say a few words.

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Patricio and his wife have chosen to live here in Salsalito, and he pointed out when

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he saw us having raised the Portuguese flag, he wondered what that was all about.

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I said we were honoring Portugal Day back in June.

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We discovered in the process that the flagpole didn't work well, so the Portuguese flag stayed

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up there for six weeks or so.

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And Patricio, on his way to the ferry, asked me what that was all about.

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And there are, excuse me, several holidays that Chile will be celebrating this September, starting today, and we raised the flag of Chile, it's Invinia del Mar Park, and one of the two flag polls, of course the American flag is flying.

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The other thing that was introduced was the Sister City Program has worked really hard to work on a project that will be coming, I think, first to the Parks Commission and to others to look at a refurbishment of the stairway that leads, it's called the Excelsior Stairs, it leads from being in no more park, it's not a very attractive stairway, but it will be so if that project comes forward and that was introduced today.

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Okay, there are several other items I could comment on, but one in particular is close to my heart and close to Melissa's heart is called Day of Service, and because it was scheduled for September 12 that does interfere with some other holidays that are important.

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So I think we're having a couple of Day of Service and I'll just say the first one is September 12.

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I think most of you know, I'm a very proud Jewish woman and September 12th is Rosh Hashana,

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which is Jewish New Year, and so many members of our community who really wanted to participate

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in Dave's service reached out and said they wanted to be involved.

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And so rather than pick a different day or not be inclusive of everyone, typically on Rosh Hashana,

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we have a practice called Teschleek where we throw something into the ocean to begin the new year.

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And there is a new tradition called reverse Teschleek that has been going on for the last seven

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years where you do a beach cleanup to honor the new year and honor Rasha Shana. And so this Saturday

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starting at 2 p.m., so those of us who want to go to morning services can go to morning services

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in Dumfie Park will have a reverse Teschleek beach cleanup. And then you can stay in dance at DJs

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by the Bay and celebrate the Jewish New Year with the DJs and the great music.

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So, I will be there and this will be on the website of the Dave Service,

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included in the Dave Service as a thing you can sign up for.

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And I really encourage not just members of the Jewish community

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but our community to show up and celebrate Rosh Hashana and Service and do a mitzvah

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with us on this day.

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So, thank you to Lucinda U-Banks for working with me on this

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and collaborating to be sure that we're inclusive of everybody in our community

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and we are all given a chance to serve and participate.

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Yeah, there are the other projects that take place

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primarily in the morning that day as you started Dunphy Park.

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There's those who have signed up as participants.

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There'll be some breakfast then about three hours of work

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on some public project around town of your choosing.

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There are 20 or so projects have been approved

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and then come back for some light bites and dancing

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in whatever else.

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So it promises to be a wonderful event, this community is blessed with a number of volunteer organizations.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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pick your shifts on location on the website.

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Right.

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Okay, so that concludes my announcements

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and I'll now turn it to the interim city manager,

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Mr. Fipps, for a brief report.

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Thank you very much, Mayor.

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And council members, I'll just first start

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by saying I'm honored by your confidence

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and very grateful for the opportunity

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to continue serving the city

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in the role of interim city manager.

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I really look forward to working closely

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with this council.

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I were very talented staff

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and with the community to stabilize the organization and to continue to advance the city's priorities.

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So thank you again for your trust and support.

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Moving to city manager's report, I want to take a moment to welcome everyone back.

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This is our first regular public meeting since July and it's good to be back in the chamber.

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On behalf of the organization, welcome back to our council members, to our staff, to the members of the community and our partners joining us tonight.

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Both here and online.

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Again, we have a full agenda and a productive fall schedule ahead, and we're glad to be

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resuming our regular council meeting schedule.

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I think I'll just add to the mayor's update, the goal of the advanced agenda posting

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is to give everyone more time in general.

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It gives council members time for advance discussion of items and for questions to be answered

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before the meeting.

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It gives staff time to make any needed adjustments.

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It also gives the community and our city partners a longer window to review what is coming

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before the council.

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And it eases delivery for staff by reducing last minute work.

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So again, tip of the hat to our City Clerk staff,

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Georgia Coine, and Angeline Fong.

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This is a meaningful shift.

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And we look forward to carrying it forward on behalf of council and the community.

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That does it for my city manager update.

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Thank you.

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Okay, thank you.

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We now have a special presentation regarding the updated Marin County Emergency Operations Plan.

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This is something that's important for all of us to be aware of.

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It's one of the layers of local government that is there to help in the event of emergency.

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And I would just remind everyone that when we have these kind of special presentations,

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it's not intended to be a long-drawn out discussion on our part or questions.

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We are here to receive information and to listen.

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and perhaps telegraphs of related items that might come up in the future.

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So having said that, please come forward.

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All right, we'll start over.

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Good evening, Mayor and members of the council and executive staff.

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Stephen Torrance, I serve as the county's director of emergency management within the office

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of emergency management.

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Also the operational area coordinator with the intent to be able to support all cities and

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towns within the county of Marin and the special districts in the relation to emergency preparedness, disaster response and recovery.

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Today I'll be bringing together a presentation as it's being uploaded regarding the collaboration between the city of Sausalito and the county of Marin.

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Specifically for disaster preparedness, highlighting a couple of aspects, disaster preparedness month.

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And then also as forecasted the cities or the counties, new emergency operations plan, which encompasses the collaboration

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between the city of Saaslito as well.

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Next slide, please.

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And so a couple of focus areas.

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We're going to be highlighting September is disaster preparedness month.

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We're going to talk a little bit about the impacts from 2025 to 2026.

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And then we're getting to a couple of short elements of the emergency operations plan,

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specifically how it ties to the city of Saaslito.

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Alert and warning and El Nino, very brief highlight.

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Next slide, please.

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And so this month, September and nationwide is disaster preparedness month.

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This month we are getting out in the community in various different ways, not only just presenting

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to our boards and council members throughout the community, but also meeting people where

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they are at coffee shops, farmers, markets, and more.

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This year we have a theme which is get ready with Marin, where we're going to be pushing out

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a series of up

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So, the public where we want people to take five actions. Number one, sign up for the Marin. Next, making it go back, having a stay box, connecting with their neighbors, and also making sure that they have a plan. All of this is with the intent to be able to connect better with the community as we have a number of members of our community who are not ready for disasters. And so we want to take that first step. And so you'll be seeing over the next month, a number of special events throughout the county where we want to make sure that we are getting not just

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just people signed up for emergency alerts,

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but we wanted to take tangible steps

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to get people prepared for various disasters.

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Just a quick interruption.

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I don't think the audience can see what's on the slide.

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So far, it's pictures of people,

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but we'll make sure that this is available on our website

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so that if you can't see it now,

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you can come back and take a look.

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We have our tech guy coming to help turn the TV on it.

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but you may proceed

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and we'll all listen carefully.

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Thank you very much.

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Next slide, please.

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And so as I mentioned, we have a number of special events,

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and I want to highlight a number of things are available,

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not only to the Sausalito community members,

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but members throughout the county.

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And first, we're going to be doing our next Countywide

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Alert Morintess.

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And this is going to specifically be for people of the community

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who are signed up where we will be doing a Countywide test

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of the alert system, which includes phone calls,

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text messages and emails to everyone who is signed up.

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Our goal is to be able to make sure that we use this as an opportunity to elevate not

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only the alert mirror and subscriptions, but also allow people to double check their

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subscriptions.

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Sometimes people change their phone numbers and assume that they are signed up.

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So this is a non-emergency operation for us to be able to go through and do that sign-up.

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Our test is going to be on September 26 at 10 a.m. county wide with the intent to be able

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to make sure that we have a series of follow-ups as well. I do want to highlight the senior

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fear that's going to be hosted in San Rafael where we're going to be working primarily with

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our senior population and our caretakers as well. The goal is to make sure that if people

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have their caretakers and seniors at home that both aspects are prepared. Not only just

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making sure that we have curated messaging, but we also have a series of courses where

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we have our 90-minute courses, where we are actually tailoring it to seniors throughout

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the community and their caretakers. We have a number of things, countywide, that we

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are also going to be sharing on our social media, but also with Southern Marin Fire and

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the Sauselito Police Department to make sure that it is elevated to the local community in

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Sauselito. Next slide, please.

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And so getting into the emergency operations plan, this is actually a humongous step for

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the county.

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The last time that we updated our plan was in 2014, and there's been a couple of things

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that have happened since 2014, i.e., we've had, as landslides were mentioned earlier today,

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we've also had a number of king tide events, storms, but also COVID, and this plan is a culmination

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of all of those lessons learned throughout the county to make sure that we can provide

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a better level of service throughout the entire marine county community.

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With that, we had the board adoption just the past couple of months, and with that,

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the goal of this plan is not only just to be a county plan, but it's intended to be

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able to connect to the cities and towns plans.

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And so, we are aware that the city of Salsito has an emergency operations plan.

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This plan connects to it, and for example, in the event that there are services, supplies,

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resources or staff that are needed, the plan that the county has now directly

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connects to the city's emergency operations plan and so that is the next step

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is whereas before our plan did not connect to all of our jurisdictions we made a

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step in the right direction to make sure that whether it's the southern or

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in fire district, a sauce legal police department or public works, if there is a

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service or resource that's needed we can also make sure that it is connected to

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the city's needs. In addition, we've put together a number of annexes as well, and these are additional documents.

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Primarily, I will call out the public communications annex. That is an annex that will allow

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for us to make sure that we are speaking clearly to the public during a disaster, but it ensures that

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all city's towns and districts have the legal ability to meet these series of new laws that have come

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up primarily, for example, making sure that we have American sign language as available

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during disasters. The county and our partner agencies will work to make sure that we have

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that available to county-wide. Next slide, please. In short, what is the emergency operations plan?

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It's all hazards, so whether we're talking about king tides, storms, floods, fires, or something

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as something similar to cyber attacks.

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This is a plan in various different ways to make sure that we are providing clear communications and clear resources to our community partners. For us, it defines our leadership and our process and procedures, but it also allows for us to link to the cities and towns, as I mentioned, as we want to make sure that we can provide rapid resources when services are needed to our community. Next slide, please. So with that, the next steps for us is to roll this out. We are not putting the document on the shelf. We are actually putting it into operation.

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where we are training executive leadership, and so we'll be working not only with the city, the city and town managers, but the fire chiefs and police chiefs to make sure that they are aware of how this plan can be used within their operations.

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And we'll also be doing a series of community events such as this where we are working with elected officials to make sure that they are aware of how their how elected officials fit into our emergency operations plan.

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We will also be working with county staff throughout Marin to make sure that they know what

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their rules are in order to support cities and towns, also making sure that they are aware

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of how they may be embedded into city and town operations if necessary.

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So part of the public outreach, we have number one, we have published a plan online, and so

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with that, we also have a public summary, and the reason we've taken that step is it is

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a 250-page document and we understand that the public might not read that.

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And so with that, we've developed a six-page summary that is called, why is the EOP important

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to you?

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And it kind of highlights six aspects, sheltering emergency alerts and then also a couple

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other areas, for people to see how this plan actually can impact their daily lives.

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And so we are making sure that we are taking that step to make sure that we're connecting

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to the communities.

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We're going to be having pop-up displays and events throughout the county, but we're also going to be working with our 18 and 40-year-olds, who for us are the lowest subscribers for Alert Marin.

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And so we want to be able to tailor some messaging directly to them so we can get them to take those next steps as well if they live in our county.

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I do want to highlight a little bit about Alert Marin.

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We've incorporated tons of alert marine feedback to the community, and I do want to highlight

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just about three weeks ago, actually here in Sosolito, alert marine was nominated or voted

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the best of by the Pacific tone, and we were able to get our award down here at the

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Spinnaker.

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It was a great opportunity to showcase the improvements for the community.

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But what we've essentially taken is that people first approach where we've listened to the

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feedback.

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We've learned some of the reasons why people were not opting in, and we've made that intentional

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improvement. And with that, we've seen a number of improvements with emergency alerts.

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For example, over the last three months, compared to 2025, we've seen actually almost like

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200% increase over the last, since 2025 in this last three year period, where it's just

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easier for people to opt in. And so we want people to make sure that they take that step,

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but we want to continue to drive to make sure that the best product is available to the community

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at large. Next slide. With that, by the numbers, we've sent 3.4 million text messages, 247,000

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phone calls over 70 alerts throughout the county. We want to be able to see that, of course,

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that number go higher with opt-ins, but also at the same time, we want to make sure that people

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know behind the scenes how many messages are going out throughout entire county. Next slide, please.

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For the community, everyone always wants to know what's their percentage of people that are opted in.

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Specifically for Sausalita, we have about 47% of parcels.

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And so we look at that and we have about 31% of multi-family units that are signed up.

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We want, of course, that number to be driven high and locally in Marin.

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We have a very high opt-in rate.

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We want to continue to push it high, but nationally you see about 30% throughout the entire county.

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and we're actually approaching countywide closer to 60.

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And so as we continue to push those numbers, we do want to see some more uptake with our single family homes, of course.

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But we also want to see multi-families continue to increase the trajectory.

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This website is always live and available for members of our community to take a look at,

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to see where there's hotspots and where there's areas for improvement.

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and we are using this to be able to target our community disaster messaging throughout the county.

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Next slide, please. I do want to highlight specifically we had during the January

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incident where we had significant flooding. We took some lessons learned from that and we actually

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created two specific groups that we are encouraging people to opt in for. There is a coastal

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flooding in King Tides group that will now be live where we're going to be sending out those

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emergency alerts ahead of time, especially if we have forecasts that are above the predicted

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tight heights are

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The goal is to start sending those out approximately 96 hours to 72 hours ahead of the king tides. For those that live in coastal, riverine, and near creeks, we also have additional groups for those as well. Next slide, please. By the numbers, we have a number of groups. We have not, we just started our campaign to be able to push emergency alert Marin messaging throughout the county. We already have 1,300 people that have signed up for our king tides.

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we want to see that number go sky high.

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We know that there are a lot of people on the coast that can benefit from this information

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and we want to be able to highlight that as a first step to be able to get improvements

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throughout our county.

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Next slide, please.

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Second, in addition to the alerts, we have a lot of people that live outside the area that

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don't know if they receive the alerts.

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This is actually a new website where if you actually select a link at the bottom of alert

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It will be able to take you to a map where you can see where the message went.

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You can call back and you can hear the message.

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But also if you are just out of the area, you can go to this page and you can see the latest emergency alerts, no matter where you are in the county.

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You don't have to be the recipient.

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You can see what's going on throughout the county.

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Our goal is to provide a high level of notification and follow up with our community.

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Next slide, please.

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Emergency portal has also been updated emergency.marincounty.gov. As a part of the emergency operations plan, we saw that we needed to provide specific details to the community as much as possible.

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This website is now optimized with earthquakes, state fires, parameters for fires, and then also outside county data as well.

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So that way people can make informed decisions in the event that we're asking them to shelter

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and place evacuate their home or going to a different location for services.

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All of this information is at the ready for the community.

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Next slide, please.

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With that, I just want to highlight what happened in January briefly.

432
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We recognize that there was flooding throughout the county.

433
02:07:10,160 --> 02:07:19,660
We were able to coordinate with our city of San Sosalito and southern marine fire district partners to make sure that we had the small business administration loans brought to

434
02:07:20,700 --> 02:07:24,980
Sosalito. Our goal is to make sure that we can get as many people back to as close as normal.

435
02:07:25,140 --> 02:07:36,720
We recognize that this was a unique incident and we have a lot of lessons learned, but we were able to take over three different locations throughout the county.

436
02:07:37,260 --> 02:07:47,120
but provide, excuse me, as loan assistance to the community from this federal government,

437
02:07:47,180 --> 02:07:50,360
which this was actually the first time that we've ever had that in Marin County.

438
02:07:50,600 --> 02:07:52,240
And so it was a step in the right direction.

439
02:07:52,280 --> 02:07:56,040
Of course, we would love to be able to do more with our state and federal partners,

440
02:07:56,520 --> 02:07:59,940
but this was a step in the right direction to make sure that we can provide services.

441
02:08:01,280 --> 02:08:05,180
In addition, we'll be continuously training over 500 city and county staff

442
02:08:05,800 --> 02:08:11,980
with our training program that's shared throughout the entire county to make sure that they are ready for the next incident.

443
02:08:12,840 --> 02:08:13,400
Next slide, please.

444
02:08:15,360 --> 02:08:20,060
Briefly, we are wanting to share the next couple of months.

445
02:08:20,680 --> 02:08:25,380
El Nino is something that we are preparing for in collaboration with all of our city and town partners.

446
02:08:26,540 --> 02:08:29,920
Our next, the main thing that we are concerned about at the county,

447
02:08:29,920 --> 02:08:35,100
in our partners is elevated sea level rise from the warming of the waters, our king tides

448
02:08:35,100 --> 02:08:37,900
and our winter storms all are projected to hit at the same time.

449
02:08:38,720 --> 02:08:41,260
And with that, we have the next couple of dates.

450
02:08:41,960 --> 02:08:46,380
King tides are projected to hit on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and then late January.

451
02:08:47,260 --> 02:08:51,120
And so we recognize that that is not the best timing for anyone.

452
02:08:51,640 --> 02:08:54,820
And that's why we are sharing this information earlier as possible.

453
02:08:55,020 --> 02:08:59,320
So whether you have a visitor that's coming to your home or whether you are going to someone's

454
02:08:59,320 --> 02:09:00,360
house outside the county.

455
02:09:01,440 --> 02:09:03,880
We want to make sure you know these dates well in advance so you can take

456
02:09:03,880 --> 02:09:05,100
progressionary actions.

457
02:09:05,660 --> 02:09:09,560
We're going to be leaning into a number of campaigns and messages going forward to

458
02:09:09,560 --> 02:09:13,860
make sure that people know those dates well ahead of time, especially if we see that

459
02:09:13,860 --> 02:09:18,480
there's a storm or higher tides that project it for those days as well.

460
02:09:19,540 --> 02:09:20,060
Next slide, please.

461
02:09:21,640 --> 02:09:26,220
I just want to point out that we have a new sandbag page that's been that's been

462
02:09:26,220 --> 02:09:31,380
shared its countywide, also a number of checklists that are available throughout the county.

463
02:09:32,100 --> 02:09:32,940
Next slide, please.

464
02:09:34,440 --> 02:09:37,900
And then we're also going to be doing six town halls throughout the county with the Marin

465
02:09:37,900 --> 02:09:43,860
County supervisors to make sure that we're highlighting what is the county doing in partnership

466
02:09:43,860 --> 02:09:48,240
with our city and town partners and districts to make sure that we're informing the public

467
02:09:48,240 --> 02:09:56,020
of not only emergency operations, but the work that's being done in collaboration

468
02:09:56,560 --> 02:09:59,980
to make sure that we are providing services before, during-

469
02:10:01,740 --> 02:10:08,280
Next slide, please. So with that, in closing, as we are getting ready for Disass for Appearance

470
02:10:08,280 --> 02:10:14,260
Month, this September, we ask that members of the community, members of Sausalito join us

471
02:10:14,260 --> 02:10:18,520
in taking those small steps, signing up for alerts, making go bags, making a plan and more

472
02:10:19,060 --> 02:10:24,060
as we want to make sure that everyone throughout the county is ready not only for September,

473
02:10:24,440 --> 02:10:29,660
but ready for the upcoming winter. With that, I believe that is my last slide, and I will

474
02:10:29,660 --> 02:10:35,380
say thank you for your time. Thank you to staff as well for allowing us to join you this afternoon.

475
02:10:37,780 --> 02:10:39,640
Thank you. One quick question.

476
02:10:41,930 --> 02:10:43,050
Vice mayor has a question.

477
02:10:43,330 --> 02:10:48,370
This is a softball, but for those of us in the room, well I am signed up for alert marine but could

478
02:10:48,370 --> 02:10:53,570
you maybe just quickly say how to sign up for alert marine maybe from your cell phone right now

479
02:10:53,570 --> 02:10:58,390
if anyone's sitting in the council chambers is yet to sign up? I will say it takes about two minutes

480
02:10:58,390 --> 02:11:05,490
If you go to emergency.marinecounty.gov, which is on the slide, there is a banner at the top that says sign up for emergency alerts.

481
02:11:06,070 --> 02:11:13,470
The best part about the updates, there are a lot of optional fields and you just put in the address, whether you live or work in

482
02:11:13,470 --> 02:11:24,470
Saucelito, you can put either one of those addresses in addition, you can put your children's school, where you work, up to five addresses and you will be alerted throughout the county.

483
02:11:24,470 --> 02:11:28,690
and so it's a pretty quick emergency.marinecounty.gov

484
02:11:28,690 --> 02:11:29,850
at about two minutes.

485
02:11:31,980 --> 02:11:33,240
Thank you very much.

486
02:11:33,400 --> 02:11:34,440
Thank you very much for your time.

487
02:11:35,160 --> 02:11:36,720
Be prepared is the message, right?

488
02:11:37,000 --> 02:11:37,480
That is correct.

489
02:11:37,920 --> 02:11:38,700
Okay, thank you.

490
02:11:41,600 --> 02:11:46,860
So that concludes the public presentation, and now is the time

491
02:11:46,860 --> 02:11:50,580
when we hear from the public generally on communications

492
02:11:50,580 --> 02:11:56,980
for matters that are not on tonight's agenda, and I see

493
02:11:56,980 --> 02:12:00,760
that we have a few who've filled out a speaker card,

494
02:12:00,760 --> 02:12:03,560
and that's the best way to do it so I can call on you.

495
02:12:04,460 --> 02:12:07,240
And again, to remind you, we can listen,

496
02:12:07,560 --> 02:12:10,140
and we do want to hear your points about matters

497
02:12:10,140 --> 02:12:12,220
that are relevant to our jurisdiction,

498
02:12:12,600 --> 02:12:13,840
to the South Toledo government,

499
02:12:15,280 --> 02:12:17,340
but because it's not on the agenda,

500
02:12:17,740 --> 02:12:21,000
the topic you may want to address will have to be either referred

501
02:12:21,000 --> 02:12:23,680
to staff or considered at a later date.

502
02:12:23,880 --> 02:12:26,480
But with that said, I'm just going to call in the order

503
02:12:26,480 --> 02:12:33,660
that I see them. Skip Cleger is the first speaker to be followed by Charles Kaufman.

504
02:12:41,210 --> 02:12:47,890
Skip's nice to see you again. It's nice to be here again. I still love the city of Sausalito

505
02:12:49,070 --> 02:13:00,020
unless the feds have made illegal. But the reason I'm here today is that I've heard, I've read and

506
02:13:00,020 --> 02:13:07,340
heard of the city's, the city council's persistent, persistent in action due to

507
02:13:07,340 --> 02:13:13,540
developers and their financial backing. If the mayor and the council find this

508
02:13:13,540 --> 02:13:18,360
ill informed, please state by example the work done by your office and the city

509
02:13:18,360 --> 02:13:19,120
attorney's office.

510
02:13:23,040 --> 02:13:27,100
Otherwise recognize that we vote as a block and that we will not

511
02:13:27,100 --> 02:13:30,100
forget, this is not a threat, simply a notification.

512
02:13:30,840 --> 02:13:37,100
In my studies, to understand democracies and how they fail, the most common cause is when

513
02:13:37,100 --> 02:13:43,460
a government is no longer responsible to its electorate.

514
02:13:44,220 --> 02:13:50,640
We clearly see the city's inability to enforce its own laws and decisions of the council to

515
02:13:50,640 --> 02:13:51,340
that extent.

516
02:13:51,340 --> 02:13:58,560
If you look out the window in the direction of Ridgeway Marina, you can see for yourself the result of that.

517
02:14:02,830 --> 02:14:07,650
Personally, I do not agree to step aside for profiteering developments.

518
02:14:09,970 --> 02:14:19,390
I am reasonable and as long as it's a completely well-developed development and the city,

519
02:14:19,570 --> 02:14:25,690
the community is brought in for comments, I will consider supporting it and that's it for me, thank you.

520
02:14:25,690 --> 02:14:26,570
Thank you.

521
02:14:27,250 --> 02:14:33,070
The next speaker is Charles Kaufman to be followed by Jenny Irwin.

522
02:14:35,640 --> 02:14:37,980
Good evening, mayor and city council members.

523
02:14:38,940 --> 02:14:43,760
I'm here representing Save Our Saucelito, which is in dire shape.

524
02:14:44,580 --> 02:14:51,600
We are here to present our petition with over 890 signatures to respectfully urge the city

525
02:14:51,600 --> 02:14:59,920
Council to require a full California Environmental Quality Act review before taking any

526
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:08,800
Any further action on the proposed one harbor drive development? At 80 feet tall, 477,000 square

527
02:15:08,800 --> 02:15:18,240
feet in area, and 294 units, this project is unprecedented in scale for Sausalito and therefore

528
02:15:18,240 --> 02:15:26,160
deserves a complete and transparent environmental review. A full sequel review is necessary to evaluate

529
02:15:26,160 --> 02:15:36,240
the potential impacts and needed mitigation for the following hazards that are going to need to be

530
02:15:36,240 --> 02:15:45,180
addressed. One, public safety, including emergency vehicle access and evacuation routes, traffic,

531
02:15:45,960 --> 02:15:54,120
circulation, and importantly pedestrian and bicycle safety. Two, water, sewer, stormwater,

532
02:15:54,120 --> 02:15:59,600
public services and other infrastructure systems that are actually lacking in

533
02:15:59,600 --> 02:16:05,740
internship now. Three, flooding, sea-level rise and environmental resilience,

534
02:16:06,140 --> 02:16:10,820
given the sea-level rise we're trying to deal with. Four, the impact on

535
02:16:10,820 --> 02:16:17,960
wildlife that will result from the removal of 56 trees, which includes 12 heritage

536
02:16:17,960 --> 02:16:25,120
trees, five visual impacts, and importantly, the severe impact on the neighborhood characteristics

537
02:16:25,120 --> 02:16:33,060
of a project of this nature, and six, the impact of construction on this scale and the

538
02:16:33,060 --> 02:16:37,820
kind of impact it will make on the entire neighborhood.

539
02:16:38,620 --> 02:16:45,180
So residents deserve a complete transparent understanding of the project's impacts before

540
02:16:45,180 --> 02:16:46,700
or any further progress occurs.

541
02:16:47,480 --> 02:16:50,220
And we urge you to do a full SQL review

542
02:16:50,800 --> 02:16:52,840
before taking any more action.

543
02:16:53,320 --> 02:16:53,600
Thank you.

544
02:16:53,880 --> 02:16:55,080
Thank you, Mr. Kaufman.

545
02:16:55,300 --> 02:16:58,100
I do believe that we will be receiving some reports

546
02:16:58,440 --> 02:17:00,440
in public, in the near future.

547
02:17:01,940 --> 02:17:06,300
And my understanding is that the project at this juncture

548
02:17:06,300 --> 02:17:08,840
is incomplete in terms of the application,

549
02:17:09,000 --> 02:17:11,600
but obviously there will be more to discuss

550
02:17:11,600 --> 02:17:13,160
and we appreciate your comments.

551
02:17:13,160 --> 02:17:17,760
That's next, Jenny Irwin, to be followed by Michael Rex.

552
02:17:19,180 --> 02:17:23,940
Good evening, Mayor, City Council members, City staff and guests.

553
02:17:24,960 --> 02:17:30,260
I'm here tonight because I care deeply about our city and our waterfront.

554
02:17:31,180 --> 02:17:40,220
I'm very concerned that Measure X takes away the resident's right to vote on future zoning changes affecting the waterfront.

555
02:17:40,220 --> 02:17:47,600
Once that protection is removed, important changes could be approved only by three members

556
02:17:47,600 --> 02:17:48,540
of the City Council.

557
02:17:49,580 --> 02:17:56,160
Measure X proposes major changes, but it does not provide a clear plan for those changes

558
02:17:56,160 --> 02:17:59,540
and how they would be carried out if the measure passes.

559
02:18:00,480 --> 02:18:05,020
This could lead to zoning changes happening quickly without enough time to understand the

560
02:18:05,020 --> 02:18:06,160
long-term effects.

561
02:18:06,160 --> 02:18:13,180
Our small city staff is already managing a great deal of work, carrying out Measure X would

562
02:18:13,180 --> 02:18:18,340
require significant staff time planning, expert advice, and public money.

563
02:18:18,920 --> 02:18:22,940
And what happens if those changes don't work out for our sub-orders?

564
02:18:24,520 --> 02:18:30,680
Once our waterfront is changed, it will be very difficult or impossible to restore what

565
02:18:30,680 --> 02:18:32,500
has been lost by Measure X.

566
02:18:33,560 --> 02:18:39,780
Measure X, to me, feels like a very large experiment with one of SAS leaders most valuable

567
02:18:39,780 --> 02:18:41,980
in sensitive areas of our waterfront.

568
02:18:42,420 --> 02:18:47,300
We should not experiment with our waterfront without first understanding all the risks.

569
02:18:47,860 --> 02:18:48,940
There is a better way.

570
02:18:49,560 --> 02:18:52,160
Let's begin with meaningful community involvement.

571
02:18:52,900 --> 02:18:58,500
Let's survey our residents, our waterfront businesses, artists, maritime workers, and property

572
02:18:58,500 --> 02:18:58,980
owners.

573
02:18:58,980 --> 02:19:08,360
Let's hold some public workshops and honestly examine what is working, what is not working, and what can be improved.

574
02:19:08,900 --> 02:19:16,880
We can make thoughtful improvements without giving up our resident's voices or rushing into uncertain changes.

575
02:19:17,580 --> 02:19:21,160
There is a better way and Measure X is not the way.

576
02:19:21,640 --> 02:19:22,640
Thank you very much.

577
02:19:22,940 --> 02:19:23,580
Thank you.

578
02:19:24,400 --> 02:19:28,580
Michael Rex, followed by Alison Deel.

579
02:19:30,540 --> 02:19:35,200
Hi, I'd like to speak in support of SOS's partition.

580
02:19:36,600 --> 02:19:41,840
This project should not move forward or be deemed complete without a full-sequent analysis.

581
02:19:42,260 --> 02:19:46,440
It clearly will have a significant negative impact on our community.

582
02:19:47,140 --> 02:19:50,000
And just to put it in context a little bit,

583
02:19:50,000 --> 02:19:57,480
what 477,000 square feet will look like on that half-block lock.

584
02:19:58,200 --> 02:19:59,900
I want you to know the building right across.

585
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:29,460
Justice Street, a 2,400 bridgeway where the FedEx building is between Bridgeway and Molly Stones. That two story and three story building is 18,000 square feet. If you divide 18,000 into 477, you could begin to imagine 26 and a half of those buildings where FedEx is stacked on top of that half of block where the front building office building currently is.

586
02:20:29,460 --> 02:20:34,180
26 and a half buildings, that's shocking to me.

587
02:20:34,440 --> 02:20:37,620
Maybe that paints a picture and why Sequa is essential.

588
02:20:38,080 --> 02:20:39,480
Please call for it.

589
02:20:39,620 --> 02:20:39,960
Thank you.

590
02:20:40,560 --> 02:20:40,920
Thank you.

591
02:20:42,180 --> 02:20:46,860
Allison Diel, followed by Ted Hanig.

592
02:20:48,240 --> 02:20:49,260
Good afternoon.

593
02:20:50,220 --> 02:20:54,460
This is my third time speaking here, 30-year resident of Sosolito,

594
02:20:54,820 --> 02:20:55,720
and in the harbor.

595
02:20:55,720 --> 02:21:01,400
I would like to address the idea or the concept of what's happening at Pelican.

596
02:21:02,080 --> 02:21:07,360
The residents and renters at Pelican Harbor want to know if the city is reviewing the

597
02:21:07,360 --> 02:21:08,860
land lease at Pelican Harbor.

598
02:21:10,460 --> 02:21:16,400
Since the control of the company that owns Pelican has been purchased by a new owner, it is

599
02:21:16,400 --> 02:21:22,660
necessary for the city to review the existing land lease and decide if it should continue

600
02:21:22,660 --> 02:21:23,380
as is.

601
02:21:24,420 --> 02:21:30,560
This is the time the city can revoke or at least review and update the terms of the lease

602
02:21:30,560 --> 02:21:32,000
to current needs.

603
02:21:33,220 --> 02:21:39,300
The new owner has multiple violations on his existing land lease at Bridgeway Marina.

604
02:21:40,120 --> 02:21:45,020
It is obvious that the small fines are not effective in controlling the terms of the lease.

605
02:21:45,600 --> 02:21:50,320
What does the city plan on doing to enforce their terms of land lease?

606
02:21:51,080 --> 02:22:02,720
We are already seeing violations at Pelican, parking by unauthorized vehicles, usage of our facilities by unknown persons, maintenance decline and

607
02:22:02,720 --> 02:22:10,020
exorbitant rent increases are just a few items in violation of our lease, of the land lease.

608
02:22:11,220 --> 02:22:17,720
We just want to know what's happening, we don't know, we haven't heard anything from you, and we are waiting and

609
02:22:17,720 --> 02:22:24,780
hoping that the City Council will do its job and enforce what they said they would.

610
02:22:25,500 --> 02:22:25,880
Thank you.

611
02:22:26,260 --> 02:22:26,700
Thank you.

612
02:22:27,080 --> 02:22:36,320
And similar to one of the earlier speaker's comments, we do anticipate also having this

613
02:22:36,320 --> 02:22:40,020
matter come back on a future public agenda for an update.

614
02:22:41,620 --> 02:22:46,940
I don't think I can say anymore at this point in time, but we are in communication with

615
02:22:46,940 --> 02:23:00,480
members of the public and community and I think council that's been approached from that community to assist our city attorney, that's all I can say at this point, but thank you for coming here and for the third time, right?

616
02:23:01,600 --> 02:23:05,520
So Ted Henning, followed by Emmett A. Zell.

617
02:23:06,120 --> 02:23:09,060
Good evening mayor and members of the City Council and staff.

618
02:23:09,960 --> 02:23:17,500
I am an all-in-off resident of Sausleta for 25 years using a live board boat as my residence when I'm here.

619
02:23:18,220 --> 02:23:23,500
I am at Pelican. I have both a sailboat and a trailer boat in Pelican.

620
02:23:23,840 --> 02:23:29,360
I've also represented Marina, so I have, I think, a pretty good perspective from many different aspects.

621
02:23:29,920 --> 02:23:38,140
As you know, I requested the city consider a modification of the conditional use permit 467, and that didn't seem to go anywhere.

622
02:23:38,320 --> 02:23:46,960
The city council might be interested to know that my email on that subject was apparently not received by the city, although it was received by everyone else on the list.

623
02:23:47,680 --> 02:23:49,420
And I did recent it to the city attorney.

624
02:23:50,280 --> 02:23:53,360
I'm here now on behalf of the group,

625
02:23:53,920 --> 02:23:55,920
assess a little citizens for the public trust,

626
02:23:56,320 --> 02:23:59,200
as well as Hannah Goodman on a research organization.

627
02:23:59,780 --> 02:24:02,800
That's an organization that enforces the public trust doctrine,

628
02:24:03,040 --> 02:24:06,100
has caused tens of millions of dollars to be spent

629
02:24:06,100 --> 02:24:08,660
to make sure the public trust is respected.

630
02:24:09,640 --> 02:24:12,940
And we take very serious interest in what's going on here.

631
02:24:13,800 --> 02:24:16,660
I am going to provide a letter in person this time,

632
02:24:16,660 --> 02:24:18,260
so we don't have to worry about it getting lost.

633
02:24:18,260 --> 02:24:30,820
Since it's a 25 page letter, there are about 11 major issues in that letter, including conversion to residential use of both slips and violation of the public trust doctrine.

634
02:24:31,480 --> 02:24:35,320
You are not just city council members, you are trustees with fiduciary duties.

635
02:24:35,520 --> 02:24:45,380
In fact, the statute gives you 13 duties under the public trust doctrine and they seem to have been abandoned so far, and it'll be a big mistake if you don't adhere to those duties.

636
02:24:45,840 --> 02:24:51,740
Thank you for your time. I'll leave the letter with a city clerk so that you can study that and

637
02:24:52,600 --> 02:24:59,600
25 pages of very significant material on about 11 violations that I believe you need to take a look at. Thank you

638
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:05,320
Thank you. Emmett-Mazell, followed by Connor Ralston.

639
02:25:14,740 --> 02:25:37,520
Mr. Mayor, council member, my name is Emmett-Yazell, and I live in Sonsolietum. About two or three sessions ago, Mary Robinson was here, and I was here as well. And we asked the council, what do we do about getting Spencer Avenue between Santa Rosa

640
02:25:37,520 --> 02:25:44,420
and prospect to put double yellow lines on that street.

641
02:25:45,160 --> 02:25:46,060
Nothing has been done.

642
02:25:46,280 --> 02:25:48,640
I've asked this maybe three years ago.

643
02:25:49,020 --> 02:25:49,780
Nothing was done.

644
02:25:51,040 --> 02:25:52,660
And I'm going to ask it again.

645
02:25:52,860 --> 02:25:56,400
Please, this is a safety issue,

646
02:25:56,820 --> 02:26:00,260
cars that are supposed to be going up to the freeway,

647
02:26:00,740 --> 02:26:02,420
come on Miller Avenue or I live.

648
02:26:03,280 --> 02:26:04,540
And it's a real pain in the butt

649
02:26:05,080 --> 02:26:10,620
to have, you know, weekend traffic, because they don't know where they're not familiar with

650
02:26:10,620 --> 02:26:15,640
Sausalito. Could you please do that? It's not that big an ask. We bought the B of A building

651
02:26:16,140 --> 02:26:19,460
like that. We can put in a double yellow line.

652
02:26:22,140 --> 02:26:25,000
Thank you, and I appreciate your work.

653
02:26:25,880 --> 02:26:33,040
Well, thank you for coming. And when issues like this are mentioned, we ask staff to take note and

654
02:26:33,040 --> 02:26:35,460
and be able to respond to either you individually

655
02:26:35,460 --> 02:26:38,980
or come back to us if there's action needed on our part.

656
02:26:39,500 --> 02:26:40,600
So thank you for coming.

657
02:26:41,700 --> 02:26:42,740
Connor Ralston.

658
02:26:43,140 --> 02:26:43,400
Lawner.

659
02:26:43,740 --> 02:26:44,800
L-O-N-N-E-R.

660
02:26:45,400 --> 02:26:46,640
I'm very emotional.

661
02:26:46,920 --> 02:26:49,100
I have a really hard time public speaking.

662
02:26:49,620 --> 02:26:52,560
So I'm just going to read what I wrote to Mr. Razavi

663
02:26:53,680 --> 02:26:56,780
regarding future relationships with Pelican Harbor.

664
02:26:58,880 --> 02:27:01,360
I've been a tenant in a resident in Pelican,

665
02:27:01,360 --> 02:27:03,460
Yacht Harbor since 2001.

666
02:27:04,200 --> 02:27:09,200
My 34-foot sailboat panacea has provided a local spot

667
02:27:09,200 --> 02:27:12,240
for me to stay while I work on the family property

668
02:27:12,240 --> 02:27:14,140
and visit my family and friends.

669
02:27:14,700 --> 02:27:19,080
I am the third generation of my family to live here

670
02:27:19,080 --> 02:27:22,440
in Saucelito, 106 years.

671
02:27:26,360 --> 02:27:26,620
Sorry.

672
02:27:28,800 --> 02:27:32,300
Your actions, amazing the rent on my side-tied boat space,

673
02:27:32,300 --> 02:27:36,480
Not even a full birth will cause me grave economic damage.

674
02:27:36,860 --> 02:27:43,120
I will add for the record here tonight, it is also causing me grievous emotional distress.

675
02:27:45,940 --> 02:27:49,320
I greatly appreciate the years I've had in the harbor.

676
02:27:49,940 --> 02:27:54,600
It has been affordable, that buzzword affordable, okay?

677
02:27:55,400 --> 02:28:01,540
I am 71 years old, retired and have a limited fixed income.

678
02:28:01,540 --> 02:28:06,520
My rent would go from $330 a month to $1,200 a month.

679
02:28:08,080 --> 02:28:09,120
That's outrageous.

680
02:28:11,400 --> 02:28:18,920
It seems likely I will no longer be able to keep my boat in my town if I'm even able to keep it at all.

681
02:28:19,660 --> 02:28:26,520
I think this would be termed a constructive or economic eviction.

682
02:28:27,800 --> 02:28:34,560
But because a boat is not considered a residence in the usual destination, I have limited options.

683
02:28:35,420 --> 02:28:38,340
For recourse, I'm studying those options.

684
02:28:39,040 --> 02:28:45,100
Additionally, I have not been formally notified by Pelican Yacht Harbor, LLC, itself,

685
02:28:45,560 --> 02:28:49,320
that this is a legal arrangement with you, Mr. Isadi.

686
02:28:49,760 --> 02:28:56,420
I only received a letter from an unknown lawyer who claims he is representative of you as the managing

687
02:28:56,420 --> 02:28:57,800
being partner of that corporation.

688
02:28:58,700 --> 02:29:02,740
This is not adequate legal notification by that corporation.

689
02:29:03,080 --> 02:29:06,320
I believe I signed my original rental agreement with that entity.

690
02:29:07,000 --> 02:29:07,740
Thank you.

691
02:29:08,120 --> 02:29:08,480
Thank you.

692
02:29:08,920 --> 02:29:09,720
I apologize.

693
02:29:10,180 --> 02:29:11,380
Lawner, is that correct?

694
02:29:12,260 --> 02:29:13,000
Okay, thank you.

695
02:29:14,040 --> 02:29:17,060
Lauren Deremer, followed by Michelle McCollough.

696
02:29:32,820 --> 02:29:33,940
Hello council members.

697
02:29:34,140 --> 02:29:35,220
Thank you for having me tonight.

698
02:29:36,080 --> 02:29:38,500
I, we all kind of know what's going on in Pelican.

699
02:29:38,600 --> 02:29:39,320
We're all devastated.

700
02:29:39,940 --> 02:29:49,440
As a marina that was originally built alongside with the Madden's four wooden boats, having knowing the man who built it in the 70s, it's heartbreaking for a lot of us.

701
02:29:49,460 --> 02:29:53,480
We've already lost at least 30% of our marina tenants. We've been there for decades.

702
02:29:54,380 --> 02:29:59,940
But I'm not here to talk about that because I think what's happening at Pelican is shocking to all of us.

703
02:30:00,400 --> 02:30:30,380
The way that it happened, what's happening since, and it's a really crazy situation, and if this can happen now, it really worries me if AIM has passed. And what it really makes me realize is, my biggest concern with it right now is that if it goes forward, if this sale finalizes, we just double the triple deland value, unnecessarily. And then I'm worried that the next conversation is going to be, we're going to have to develop it to pay for it. And that's what concern

704
02:30:30,380 --> 02:30:37,320
as we with this entire ex-measure is the fact that we are looking at more problems at

705
02:30:37,320 --> 02:30:37,860
the same thing.

706
02:30:38,740 --> 02:30:44,360
And the other issue is I spoke to one of the property owners here, last meeting, who

707
02:30:44,360 --> 02:30:47,640
takes very good care of his property, who owns a marina and a yard.

708
02:30:48,360 --> 02:30:53,240
Who looked me straight in the eye and said, I wish my grandfather had multi-use zone this

709
02:30:53,240 --> 02:30:53,620
property.

710
02:30:54,740 --> 02:30:59,180
And what that says to me is, and I asked him, I said, why don't you, why don't you, why don't

711
02:30:59,180 --> 02:31:01,640
for federal grants if you care about seal of arrest.

712
02:31:01,860 --> 02:31:06,300
I asked this four times and he avoided the question, the answer every single time.

713
02:31:06,820 --> 02:31:10,360
And my concern also is that these people don't want to work together.

714
02:31:11,080 --> 02:31:13,140
These yards don't want to collaborate with each other.

715
02:31:13,320 --> 02:31:18,020
And I'm not just worried as a voter, I'm worried as a mariner, where we are, if we can't

716
02:31:18,020 --> 02:31:23,600
even align on our goals as a city, as our goals as a seaside maritime town, of what the future

717
02:31:23,600 --> 02:31:25,200
of our economy looks like.

718
02:31:25,720 --> 02:31:27,940
And that's where I think our conversation should be.

719
02:31:27,940 --> 02:31:33,340
thank you. Thank you. Michelle McCalla followed by Adrian Brinton.

720
02:31:36,410 --> 02:31:37,730
Hi good evening. My name is

721
02:31:37,730 --> 02:31:44,830
Michelle McCalla and I want to say that I agree with Lauren why we should not be talking about the

722
02:31:44,830 --> 02:31:50,670
future of our economy in this town. So on that note, again, my name is Michelle McCalla. I've lived in

723
02:31:51,810 --> 02:32:01,650
And I have paid taxes in this town for 10 years, and I've worked really hard my whole life to be able to afford to have the privilege to live in this town.

724
02:32:02,050 --> 02:32:05,690
So there is no way this town is turning into peer 39, that's for sure.

725
02:32:05,930 --> 02:32:06,590
I don't want that.

726
02:32:07,130 --> 02:32:13,470
However, I want to openly say as a long time resident that I do support Measure X, and

727
02:32:13,470 --> 02:32:20,330
now as the executive director of the South Salito Chamber of Commerce, I'd like to remind our community that our board unanimously voted.

728
02:32:20,330 --> 02:32:24,590
to endorse the aim initiative, now Measure X,

729
02:32:24,750 --> 02:32:28,270
and I urge people in town, maybe people like me,

730
02:32:28,350 --> 02:32:30,970
they're new to this town, even though we've lived here

731
02:32:30,970 --> 02:32:31,990
for five to ten years,

732
02:32:32,690 --> 02:32:35,530
to visit sawsalidothrive.org.

733
02:32:35,890 --> 02:32:38,790
Look at the other long time well-loved,

734
02:32:38,890 --> 02:32:42,710
established maritime businesses who endorse this initiative,

735
02:32:42,850 --> 02:32:43,910
and go talk to them.

736
02:32:44,310 --> 02:32:46,430
These are people that have lived here much longer than me,

737
02:32:46,510 --> 02:32:47,430
and they're business people.

738
02:32:47,810 --> 02:32:49,890
So I'd like to think that business people,

739
02:32:49,890 --> 02:32:55,730
plan and they don't take risk when it comes to being able to exist still as a

740
02:32:55,730 --> 02:33:02,090
business. So I just urge us if we're not sure what to think, don't be scared

741
02:33:02,090 --> 02:33:07,190
into thinking something because you just haven't taken the time to read all the

742
02:33:07,190 --> 02:33:12,890
facts. Don't be scared and don't be fooled into thinking. You are not allowed to

743
02:33:12,890 --> 02:33:18,410
dream in this town. You are in the best way to dream is to wake up and learn the

744
02:33:18,410 --> 02:33:23,590
facts, talk to your neighbors, take the time to have those uncomfortable conversations.

745
02:33:24,070 --> 02:33:32,010
Because guess what, when you talk to your neighbors, you're going to find out you've got a lot more in common than you do against each other.

746
02:33:32,130 --> 02:33:34,650
That those arguments, there's a lot of common ground there.

747
02:33:34,790 --> 02:33:39,610
So I look forward to working with you, City Council, and my community to focus on those similarities.

748
02:33:39,970 --> 02:33:40,350
Thank you.

749
02:33:40,870 --> 02:33:46,610
Thank you, Adrian Brenton, and that's the last speaker card I have from people in the room.

750
02:33:46,610 --> 02:33:51,530
I assume there's some online we'll get to those in a moment, Mr. Printing.

751
02:33:51,630 --> 02:33:54,650
Good evening, City Council and staff, thank you for taking my comment.

752
02:33:55,570 --> 02:34:02,610
I heard the comment earlier about concerns about not having planning insane that we need to do more comprehensive planning.

753
02:34:02,730 --> 02:34:06,130
I just wanted to give a quick recap of the planning efforts that have been done in the marine ship,

754
02:34:06,630 --> 02:34:14,130
starting about 20 years ago in 2007 with Imagin-Sauselito, which was a large scale citizen involved,

755
02:34:14,130 --> 02:34:23,890
We have a resident-involved community-involved planning measure that went on for approximately three years, four years actually from 2007 to about 2011.

756
02:34:24,430 --> 02:34:28,590
There were steering committees, there were meetings, they came out with a vision and a study.

757
02:34:29,230 --> 02:34:34,810
That went into the era from 2011 to 2015, where we updated the general plan.

758
02:34:35,410 --> 02:34:39,010
There was a membership-specific plan review work in 2011, 2013.

759
02:34:39,010 --> 02:34:47,490
2013, 2013, 2014. There was the MSB steering committee. 2015, the evaluation of the

760
02:34:47,490 --> 02:34:53,650
MRSA's specific plan, 2015, the circulation element. 2017, there was a general plan audit

761
02:34:53,650 --> 02:34:59,950
and plan synthesis. 2018, GPU phase 1, 2019, membership vision statement, 2019—

762
02:35:00,000 --> 02:35:29,600
As well, we did the Cosmont Land Study. In 2020, we did the draft general plan update, 2020. We have the Cosmont reviews with the 30 opportunities. In 2020, as well, we had EDAC, Maryland is down into six economic activities that we recommended. And in 2021, there was a finance certification of the general plan. 2021, we started the C-levelized task force, 2023. We did the leadership master plan, RFP, with Bob Sylvestery, 2024.

763
02:35:29,600 --> 02:35:34,060
We had an EEA grant for economic adaptation work in 2024 as well.

764
02:35:34,240 --> 02:35:38,760
We did more soil adaptation work, and we did more visioning in 2025.

765
02:35:40,960 --> 02:35:47,220
So I think that when we think about planning, I think we've done a lot of planning and

766
02:35:47,220 --> 02:35:53,520
the thought of going back 20 years and starting the community involvement again doesn't make sense to me.

767
02:35:53,960 --> 02:35:58,360
We need to pass measure X so that we can actually move on to the next step, which is to go back and

768
02:35:58,360 --> 02:36:00,480
implement some of these plans. Thank you.

769
02:36:03,080 --> 02:36:05,900
Any further comments from people in

770
02:36:05,900 --> 02:36:09,780
room seeing none online? We have Doug Littwin.

771
02:36:13,440 --> 02:36:16,620
Mr. Littwin? Yes I'm here. Can you hear me?

772
02:36:17,940 --> 02:36:22,960
If you could be closer to your mic. I'll do my best. Okay. Is this okay?

773
02:36:24,820 --> 02:36:31,680
We can barely hear you. Oh boy. I'll yell a little louder. Okay and we've turned up the volume

774
02:36:31,680 --> 02:36:33,980
on this end, so I think it's a little better now. Thank you.

775
02:36:34,460 --> 02:36:42,500
Okay. I want to use my two minutes to read a quote from Mayer Woodside from July 21 meeting

776
02:36:42,500 --> 02:36:49,620
46 days ago. This is a direct quote. With respect to item number two, anticipated litigation,

777
02:36:50,180 --> 02:36:55,880
we gave instructions if you will to the city attorney to explore potential causes of action

778
02:36:55,880 --> 02:37:02,640
regarding the property transaction, regarding Pelican Harbor, and also to explore alternatives

779
02:37:02,640 --> 02:37:08,560
we may have regarding protection of the tenants and the rental increases that apparently have

780
02:37:08,560 --> 02:37:14,860
been noted. We have more work to do on this, but we did ask our city attorney to explore

781
02:37:14,860 --> 02:37:19,480
in-depth options that we may have. Beyond that, there's nothing to report at this time.

782
02:37:21,000 --> 02:37:28,460
Then, 10 days ago or so, when this agenda for tonight came out, I was really disappointed

783
02:37:28,460 --> 02:37:32,820
to see there was nothing on the agenda to talk about this topic.

784
02:37:33,320 --> 02:37:35,820
I'm an 11-year resident of Pelican Harbor.

785
02:37:36,160 --> 02:37:42,680
You've already heard from others who were living through this ever-changing nightmare.

786
02:37:43,180 --> 02:37:49,160
It's really shocking to witness firsthand all the damage that one person has been able

787
02:37:49,160 --> 02:37:54,720
to do in such a short period of time. And don't take my word for it or any of the people

788
02:37:54,720 --> 02:37:59,560
who have spoken, walk over to Pelican Harbor and see for yourself what's going on there.

789
02:38:00,060 --> 02:38:04,460
And while you're there, you might as well walk just a little bit north and take a look

790
02:38:04,460 --> 02:38:10,520
at Bridgeway Marina. That is a look into the future of what is already happening at Pelican

791
02:38:10,520 --> 02:38:18,320
Harbor. We really deserve to get updates and see a plan of action. Thank you.

792
02:38:19,960 --> 02:38:20,260
Thank you.

793
02:38:21,780 --> 02:38:23,360
Next we have Sandra Bushmaker.

794
02:38:26,110 --> 02:38:32,470
Good evening Council. I want to speak to measure X. I am against measure X as it is one of the most

795
02:38:32,470 --> 02:38:39,010
irresponsible initiative measures I have ever seen. It authorizes up to 10 million square feet

796
02:38:39,010 --> 02:38:43,410
a building on our waterfront and in the commercial zones in Salsalito.

797
02:38:43,870 --> 02:38:51,030
This is not the time to be tearing down our waterfront, impacting views, increasing traffic

798
02:38:51,350 --> 02:38:53,210
and congestion in Salsalito.

799
02:38:53,810 --> 02:38:55,690
We must have a better plan.

800
02:38:55,850 --> 02:39:04,110
There are ways to improve the functioning of the membership rather than a wholesale sale

801
02:39:04,110 --> 02:39:06,270
if you will to develop those.

802
02:39:06,270 --> 02:39:13,410
I'm very much opposed to this irresponsible act and the burden that it's going to put on the city of Sausley and its residents. Thank you.

803
02:39:16,060 --> 02:39:19,640
Seeing no more comments online. Okay, that includes

804
02:39:20,400 --> 02:39:25,580
concludes rather the public comments for matters that we're not on tonight's agenda. So now we can

805
02:39:25,580 --> 02:39:29,280
turn to the matters that are on the agenda. It's

806
02:39:29,940 --> 02:39:32,040
ten minutes after six and

807
02:39:34,700 --> 02:39:39,300
we have a consent calendar first with several items on it.

808
02:39:41,180 --> 02:39:48,120
And what typically happens is we will take these items in one vote, approving them all.

809
02:39:53,000 --> 02:39:59,800
Yes, but we do, of course, allow at this time for anyone in the public to make a comment on any of the.

810
02:39:59,800 --> 02:39:59,960
I

811
02:40:00,000 --> 02:40:14,860
Item's on the consent calendar calendar. Are there any comments on any of the consent calendar items? I see one from Michael Rex on item number 3B. Michael?

812
02:40:16,990 --> 02:40:20,370
Yeah, I wanted to speak on about Andrew.

813
02:40:22,510 --> 02:40:31,350
From our department of public works, okay? I thought it would occur when he was still here. But maybe he'll see this recording.

814
02:40:32,610 --> 02:41:01,330
I can't recall working with a minor public servant for 17 years, he was our go-to guy when I first knew him, his hair was darker and fuller, but I have to say, in those 17 years, many adjectives would describe my experience with him helpful, professional, accomplished, accessible, friendly, diligent, and many more.

815
02:41:01,990 --> 02:41:11,890
We were so lucky to have somebody like him on the city staff going to miss him greatly and whoever replaces him will have big shoes to fill.

816
02:41:12,730 --> 02:41:13,530
Thank you, Andrew.

817
02:41:14,570 --> 02:41:21,270
Michael, I'll make sure that Andrew is alert to your comments, which will be on in the record. So thank you very much.

818
02:41:21,950 --> 02:41:25,510
Any other public comments on matters on the consent calendar?

819
02:41:27,070 --> 02:41:44,880
Seeing none, I would like to just make a comment about item 3i, which is a report on the quarterly sales tax from the first quarter of this calendar year, and I think the news is good.

820
02:41:45,640 --> 02:41:55,580
If you take a look at it, the revenues coming to the city are quite a bit higher than budgeted and certainly higher than the rest of Marin by large factor.

821
02:41:55,580 --> 02:42:08,540
And my only comment is, I think this is attributable to people in this community that have stepped forward creating and funding a business improvement district, which is self-governing. It's not governed by us.

822
02:42:08,540 --> 02:42:21,960
So their downtown improvements, there was the Ferry Landside project, Tracy Way, and other things that are making our community more attractive, both for residents and visitors alike.

823
02:42:22,240 --> 02:42:27,720
So those are my comments on it before I ask if there's a motion to approve the consent calendar.

824
02:42:28,220 --> 02:42:28,920
So moved.

825
02:42:29,320 --> 02:42:30,040
Second.

826
02:42:30,040 --> 02:42:40,500
Okay. Mr. Sobiuski is momentarily outside the room, but we can take a simple, I think, because he's outside. I don't know. I think we take a roll call.

827
02:42:43,280 --> 02:42:56,820
Council Member Cox. Yes. Council Member Hoffman. Yes. Vice Mayor Blasstein. Yes. Mayor Woodside. Yes. So it passes for zero with one person absent. Thank you.

828
02:42:56,820 --> 02:42:57,780
So

829
02:43:04,280 --> 02:43:27,280
we have a public hearing item on something that has, I believe, been gone through with the planning commission, et cetera, and is ready for us to introduce and by title only wave the first reading of an ordinance assign ordinance and we have a presentation now item for a thank you.

830
02:43:27,280 --> 02:43:28,420
Thank you.

831
02:43:31,950 --> 02:43:35,990
Good evening, Mayor Vice Mayor, Council members and members of the public.

832
02:43:36,270 --> 02:43:37,190
My name is Katie Nelson.

833
02:43:37,730 --> 02:43:40,410
I'm the senior planner within the community development department.

834
02:43:41,510 --> 02:43:46,910
Tonight I'm bringing forward an update to chapter 10.42 of the municipal code for introduction

835
02:43:46,910 --> 02:43:50,870
as ordinance 09, 2026, our sign ordinance.

836
02:43:51,650 --> 02:43:52,130
Next slide.

837
02:43:53,690 --> 02:43:54,750
Here's the road map.

838
02:43:55,350 --> 02:43:58,690
I'll start with why we're doing this, then the planning commission's recommendation,

839
02:43:58,690 --> 02:44:09,170
A quick tour of the proposed changes, how the permit process works, how the proposed amendments align with the general plan, and finally what we're asking the council to do tonight.

840
02:44:10,110 --> 02:44:10,530
Next slide.

841
02:44:12,350 --> 02:44:17,170
Our current sign regulations were last comprehensively updated in 2003.

842
02:44:17,630 --> 02:44:22,210
In reviewing them, staff and the city attorney identified a few issues that really drive this update.

843
02:44:22,210 --> 02:44:29,470
The central one is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision, read V-town of Gilbert, a unanimous

844
02:44:29,470 --> 02:44:30,370
9-0 ruling.

845
02:44:30,850 --> 02:44:35,510
The court held that a sign regulation is content-based if you have to read the sign's message

846
02:44:35,510 --> 02:44:37,690
to figure out which rules apply to it.

847
02:44:38,490 --> 02:44:43,550
Content-based regulations face the highest level of constitutional review, what the courts call

848
02:44:43,550 --> 02:44:44,290
strict scrutiny.

849
02:44:45,150 --> 02:44:48,210
Our existing ordinance has a number of these content-based provisions.

850
02:44:48,210 --> 02:44:52,830
It regulates signs differently depending on whether they're political signs, real estate

851
02:44:52,830 --> 02:44:56,670
signs, holiday decorations, or construction signs.

852
02:44:57,650 --> 02:44:59,850
Modernizing the code to rely on objective

853
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:08,120
We have content and neutral standards, things like size, height, location, and illumination, brings us in line with current First Amendment case law.

854
02:45:08,980 --> 02:45:21,840
Beyond the First Amendment piece, there are two practical issues. First, the current code requires planning commission review for most sign types, including routine applications, and the approval criteria rest on subjective findings.

855
02:45:21,840 --> 02:45:26,120
This can be a lengthy process for applicants and hard to apply consistently.

856
02:45:26,740 --> 02:45:34,300
Second, we have a detailed semiddle requirements checklist for sign permit applications that is directly written into the code.

857
02:45:34,740 --> 02:45:37,720
This makes it difficult to update without a formal code amendment.

858
02:45:38,240 --> 02:45:41,760
The proposed ordinance before you tonight seeks to address all of these issues.

859
02:45:42,520 --> 02:45:42,900
Next slide.

860
02:45:45,040 --> 02:45:50,580
The Planning Commission held a study session on March 25th, followed by a public hearing on May 27th.

861
02:45:50,580 --> 02:45:55,080
At the close of that hearing, the Commission adopted resolution number 2026-09,

862
02:45:55,780 --> 02:45:58,320
recommending that the City Council adopt the draft ordinance.

863
02:45:58,920 --> 02:46:02,420
Four points of commission direction from the study session are worth highlighting.

864
02:46:03,380 --> 02:46:07,500
First, on projecting signs, the type that extend outward perpendicular from a building.

865
02:46:07,940 --> 02:46:12,060
Staff had proposed increasing the maximum projection to 48 inches.

866
02:46:12,460 --> 02:46:15,660
The Commission felt that was too large an increase and after discussion,

867
02:46:16,320 --> 02:46:18,240
we settled on a 42 inch maximum.

868
02:46:18,240 --> 02:46:21,020
That's what's before you in the draft tonight.

869
02:46:21,760 --> 02:46:27,100
Second, on upper level business signage staff floated raising the maximum size to 10 square feet.

870
02:46:27,600 --> 02:46:31,840
The commission preferred to keep the existing six square foot maximum, so that's been retained.

871
02:46:32,940 --> 02:46:41,140
Third, the commission wanted to preserve planning commission review for signs that are tied to larger discretionary entitlements, so we've honored that as well.

872
02:46:41,600 --> 02:46:47,680
And lastly, on historic signage, they requested an exception be added to the 90 day abandoned sign removal rule.

873
02:46:47,680 --> 02:46:50,880
so that signage with recognized historic value is protected.

874
02:46:51,760 --> 02:46:52,460
Next slide.

875
02:46:53,920 --> 02:46:56,380
Let's walk through the substantive changes by section.

876
02:46:57,360 --> 02:47:01,020
In the definition section, we've consolidated several definitions

877
02:47:01,280 --> 02:47:05,100
including the temporary sign definition and removed several redundancies.

878
02:47:05,820 --> 02:47:09,100
In 10.42040, signs allowed without a permit.

879
02:47:09,620 --> 02:47:13,100
We replaced the content-based categories with objective standards

880
02:47:13,100 --> 02:47:17,020
and added a new allowance for small free standing signs on commercial property.

881
02:47:17,740 --> 02:47:22,060
The core of the science standards live in 10.42060.

882
02:47:22,760 --> 02:47:28,560
That's where you'll find a 42-inch maximum projection for projecting science and a six-square-foot-maximum-for-upper-level businesses.

883
02:47:29,340 --> 02:47:35,020
It also added a minimum clearance between the building face and a hanging projecting sign to preserve facade integrity.

884
02:47:35,800 --> 02:47:44,020
Finally, a provision has been added to allow one monument sign or wall sign to identify an HOA apartment complex or residential subdivision.

885
02:47:44,020 --> 02:47:50,940
Moving on to the historic district section 10.42070, we removed the reference to the

886
02:47:50,940 --> 02:47:54,840
separate historic design guidelines because they just pointed back to the zoning code.

887
02:47:55,480 --> 02:48:02,460
We aligned many of the standards with the general standards in 10.42060 and added an

888
02:48:02,460 --> 02:48:04,300
8-foot clearance requirement above the right way.

889
02:48:05,280 --> 02:48:11,240
On sign permits in 10.42080, we restructured and clarified the administrative track for

890
02:48:11,240 --> 02:48:15,920
signs that meet objective standards while keeping planning commission review, also based

891
02:48:15,920 --> 02:48:21,600
on objective standards for signs tied to discretionary entitlements like design review, conditional

892
02:48:21,600 --> 02:48:24,940
use permits, certificates of appropriateness, and variances.

893
02:48:25,880 --> 02:48:32,220
And lastly, in 10.4209 non-conforming signs, we added the historic resource exception

894
02:48:32,220 --> 02:48:33,900
to the 90-day removal requirement.

895
02:48:34,920 --> 02:48:39,060
Full detail is available in the red-lined ordinance as attachment one and the clean draft

896
02:48:39,060 --> 02:48:42,860
as provided as attachment 3. Next slide.

897
02:48:44,160 --> 02:48:52,540
This slide dives a bit deeper in outlining the two track permitting process that's proposed and I want to reiterate both pathways rely solely on objective standards.

898
02:48:53,100 --> 02:48:55,500
The difference is which body acts and what the timeline is.

899
02:48:56,280 --> 02:49:02,140
The administrative track is clarified and applies to signs that meet the objective standards in 10.42060.

900
02:49:02,140 --> 02:49:10,120
These are eligible for review by the CDD director or their design and limited to the objective standards with no subjective discussion.

901
02:49:11,220 --> 02:49:15,820
Submittal requirements are moved outside the code to the planning permit submittal requirements checklist.

902
02:49:16,600 --> 02:49:23,400
The applicant posts notice of the application at the property and a decision is required within 30 days of a complete application.

903
02:49:24,200 --> 02:49:30,440
Decisions may be appealed under a standard appeals chapter 10.84 and permits are valid for two years.

904
02:49:31,040 --> 02:49:35,180
Moving on to the planning commission track, this applies to signs tied to a discretionary

905
02:49:35,180 --> 02:49:40,080
entitlement like design review, variances, CUPs, and certificates of appropriateness.

906
02:49:40,600 --> 02:49:45,360
These applications are subject to noticing requirements outlined in chapter 10.82.

907
02:49:46,160 --> 02:49:51,420
A decision is instead required within 45 days of a complete application, and a denial can

908
02:49:51,420 --> 02:49:54,100
be appealed to the City Council and heard within 30 days.

909
02:49:54,480 --> 02:49:56,200
Permits, again, are valid for two years.

910
02:49:57,400 --> 02:49:57,860
Next slide.

911
02:49:57,860 --> 02:49:58,260
Thank you.

912
02:50:00,000 --> 02:50:29,860
Review the goals, objectives, and policies of the general plan and finds the proposed amendments consistent with its intent. Three programs are directly relevant. Two are in the community design, historic and cultural preservation element. The proposed amendments respond to program CD 1.4.2 by reviewing and updating the sign ordinance and establishing clear size, location, and type standards for signage in the city's commercial areas. CD 5.3.3 supports streamlining commercial

913
02:50:29,860 --> 02:50:33,200
sign review to help business vitality while enhancing the streetscape.

914
02:50:33,980 --> 02:50:42,080
The third, E4.3 in the economic element supports clear stream line sign review that helps

915
02:50:42,080 --> 02:50:46,260
businesses attract customers while promoting a vibrant shopping and visiting experience.

916
02:50:46,940 --> 02:50:50,740
Taken together, these amendments clarify our standards and make the review process more

917
02:50:50,740 --> 02:50:55,080
predictable for businesses while maintaining the aesthetic quality or community values.

918
02:50:55,980 --> 02:50:56,740
Next slide.

919
02:50:57,780 --> 02:50:59,520
And that brings me to our recommended action.

920
02:51:00,080 --> 02:51:04,520
Staff recommends the Council conduct a public hearing on the proposed ordinance, introduce

921
02:51:04,520 --> 02:51:08,960
the ordinance by title only and wave the first reading, and direct staff to return with

922
02:51:08,960 --> 02:51:12,800
the ordinance at a future meeting for second reading and prospective adoption.

923
02:51:13,420 --> 02:51:15,740
And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

924
02:51:16,120 --> 02:51:16,260
Thanks.

925
02:51:16,260 --> 02:51:45,420
Katie, thank you very much, it's a very thorough report, just wanted to confirm with the City Attorney that this is consistent with the recommendation that I think you made some time ago, Mr. City Attorney that we needed to change our sign ordinance to bring it in compliance with federal laws, and also that for tonight's purposes, this has been properly noticed. Can you comment?

926
02:51:46,460 --> 02:51:54,520
I'll defer the comment on noticing to city staff, but yes, the purpose of this ordinance

927
02:51:54,520 --> 02:52:02,660
is to address a handful of Supreme Court decisions that have come out since, I believe, 2015,

928
02:52:04,000 --> 02:52:09,720
following Reed versus Town of Gilbert regarding content-based regulations and sign ordinances

929
02:52:09,720 --> 02:52:20,660
as well as provisions regarding approval of signs via conditional use permits or discretionary permits without adequate standards.

930
02:52:21,040 --> 02:52:30,880
So this addresses a number of issues that are in the current sign code and provides for clear and enforceable standards for the city sign regulations.

931
02:52:32,040 --> 02:52:32,660
Thank you.

932
02:52:33,080 --> 02:52:36,600
Questions from Council members?

933
02:52:37,320 --> 02:52:37,440
Yes.

934
02:52:37,440 --> 02:52:41,080
I can confirm that it was noticed properly as well.

935
02:52:41,480 --> 02:52:42,120
Great, thank you.

936
02:52:43,320 --> 02:52:46,820
I had a question regarding placement of signs.

937
02:52:47,120 --> 02:52:56,320
We have recently undertaken significant improvement of our streets along Bridgeway with a new median.

938
02:52:57,460 --> 02:53:06,360
And now, several of the properties along that median are placing monument signs in the median.

939
02:53:06,360 --> 02:53:09,920
and advertising that their stores are adjacent.

940
02:53:10,900 --> 02:53:14,560
What, how does our new sign ordinance treat that?

941
02:53:15,080 --> 02:53:17,760
Yeah, I approach, signage approach.

942
02:53:18,280 --> 02:53:18,420
Sure.

943
02:53:19,760 --> 02:53:23,040
Technically, those signs that are placed in the public right of way

944
02:53:23,040 --> 02:53:25,760
would not be permitted unless they're placed

945
02:53:25,760 --> 02:53:27,860
by a public agency or required by law.

946
02:53:28,520 --> 02:53:30,560
So the new ordinance does speak to that.

947
02:53:31,660 --> 02:53:40,300
That is a new provision that allows businesses to have free standing signage up to six square

948
02:53:40,300 --> 02:53:43,760
feet, up to 48 inches tall, but it can't be placed in the right of way.

949
02:53:44,680 --> 02:53:49,900
So if they potentially relocated it onto the privately commercially-zoned property, that

950
02:53:49,900 --> 02:53:50,280
could work.

951
02:53:50,980 --> 02:53:54,000
Otherwise, the city could initiate code enforcement action.

952
02:53:54,000 --> 02:54:10,240
So this was an issue that was actually addressed over 10 years ago when I was a planning commissioner and I believe the way that we addressed it at that time was through issuance of courtesy notices to the affected businesses. Is that an approach to city would likely undertake correct?

953
02:54:10,480 --> 02:54:16,740
We would likely issue a notice of violation through code enforcement first, but without any penalty, just a notification.

954
02:54:16,740 --> 02:54:19,480
Yes, I think what the violation is.

955
02:54:19,680 --> 02:54:19,740
Right.

956
02:54:20,340 --> 02:54:20,500
Okay.

957
02:54:20,660 --> 02:54:21,320
I appreciate that.

958
02:54:23,160 --> 02:54:24,220
Other questions?

959
02:54:25,880 --> 02:54:27,220
Just one last question.

960
02:54:28,280 --> 02:54:36,240
These changes are not designed or are not likely to result in a proliferation of new and larger signs.

961
02:54:36,360 --> 02:54:36,600
Are they?

962
02:54:37,140 --> 02:54:37,340
No.

963
02:54:37,760 --> 02:54:40,360
In fact, most of the standards remain the same.

964
02:54:41,240 --> 02:54:46,960
The two that I highlighted, the increase in projection, is something that changed

965
02:54:46,960 --> 02:54:55,120
that expanded by six inches. And there's also a difference in the amount that

966
02:54:55,120 --> 02:54:58,920
the sign projects from the face of the wall. There's now two inches required.

967
02:55:00,000 --> 02:55:29,620
Okay. Other comments about this from members of the public? Thank you very much for your very thorough staff report. You're welcome. Comments from members of the public. I'm seeing none. I have no speaker cards. Anyone online? Seeing none online. Very, very good. A testament to a very thorough report. So thank you very much and thanks to the Planning Commission for really boring into this and thanks to the city attorney for helping us fix our ordinance.

968
02:55:30,180 --> 02:55:37,920
So, is there a motion to introduce by title only and waive the first reading of this proposed ordinance?

969
02:55:38,180 --> 02:55:49,820
I make a motion to introduce by title only and waver a first reading of ordinance number 092026 and ordinance of the City Council amending chapter 10.42 sign ordinance of title 10 of the Salsley Domina Civil Code.

970
02:55:50,300 --> 02:55:50,500
Second.

971
02:55:50,900 --> 02:55:52,140
Okay, there's a motion to second.

972
02:55:52,940 --> 02:55:55,340
Again, I think we'll do this by roll call.

973
02:55:55,560 --> 02:55:55,920
Thank you.

974
02:55:55,920 --> 02:56:04,380
Councilmember Cox. Yes. Councilmember Hoffman. Yes. Vice Mayor Blasstein. Yes.

975
02:56:04,820 --> 02:56:12,020
Mayor Woodside. Yes. So that passes 4-0-1 with a member Sobieski temporarily absent.

976
02:56:13,140 --> 02:56:24,900
We now will turn to our business items. The first is a report regarding the gate 5 area drainage

977
02:56:24,900 --> 02:56:27,620
or I'll call it flooding study.

978
02:56:28,660 --> 02:56:31,300
So, Mr. McGowan, it probably works directors.

979
02:56:31,520 --> 02:56:34,760
Thank you for preparing this and we'd like to hear your report.

980
02:56:35,560 --> 02:56:39,760
Thank you, Mayor Woodside, members of the City Council, Kevin McGowan, Public Works Director.

981
02:56:40,440 --> 02:56:46,940
I originally had our slides here mislabeled and I had it as gate six, but it is gate five.

982
02:56:47,540 --> 02:56:52,120
I have a couple slides to go over first before I introduce our consultant team to you

983
02:56:52,120 --> 02:56:54,140
who will make the general presentation.

984
02:56:57,120 --> 02:57:01,340
And I just want to thank not only the consultant team,

985
02:57:01,500 --> 02:57:04,400
but in this particular case, we've had a lot of residents

986
02:57:04,400 --> 02:57:07,760
and a lot of property owners who have helped us along this journey.

987
02:57:08,160 --> 02:57:11,760
And so they have a lot of experience of what they are experiencing

988
02:57:11,760 --> 02:57:14,900
close to gate five and how the tides affect them.

989
02:57:15,400 --> 02:57:19,080
So I'll probably shout that out a couple times throughout the presentation.

990
02:57:19,260 --> 02:57:21,160
They're not all here, but some of them are.

991
02:57:21,160 --> 02:57:23,840
and just want to recognize them before I get going.

992
02:57:24,560 --> 02:57:25,840
We've had a next slide, please.

993
02:57:26,820 --> 02:57:28,980
We've had a few questions about right-of-way,

994
02:57:29,220 --> 02:57:30,980
and I wanted to reiterate that to folks.

995
02:57:31,620 --> 02:57:34,640
So this little slide, even though it might be a little blurry,

996
02:57:34,980 --> 02:57:38,480
it's a pretty good graphic of what the right-of-way is

997
02:57:38,480 --> 02:57:42,200
for the city of Sausalito on Coloma, Gate 5,

998
02:57:42,200 --> 02:57:45,780
and close to some of the other streets down there.

999
02:57:46,420 --> 02:57:47,120
Next slide, please.

1000
02:57:47,760 --> 02:57:52,220
If you take a look at the parcel maps associated with this area of town, you'll notice that

1001
02:57:52,220 --> 02:57:55,440
it is not terribly clear on where the right-of-way is.

1002
02:57:55,560 --> 02:57:59,980
There's a lot of easements, different lines going different places, and it's quite confusing.

1003
02:58:00,760 --> 02:58:01,460
Next slide, please.

1004
02:58:02,520 --> 02:58:08,420
However, we've had some surveyors do local work here and to establish the actual right-of-way.

1005
02:58:08,840 --> 02:58:12,080
It's not your typical area that you would see in a subdivision.

1006
02:58:12,080 --> 02:58:17,440
When a subdivision is developed, you would see the developer don't not donate but at least

1007
02:58:17,440 --> 02:58:21,820
allocate the road right of way to the jurisdiction who's going to maintain it.

1008
02:58:22,040 --> 02:58:23,220
That didn't happen here.

1009
02:58:23,700 --> 02:58:29,600
In this particular case, we've had some property owners who have deeded portions of their

1010
02:58:29,600 --> 02:58:31,260
property to the roadway itself.

1011
02:58:31,880 --> 02:58:36,400
And in some of the documentation, you'll see document numbers where you have to do some research

1012
02:58:36,400 --> 02:58:42,580
at the county in order to establish who has either ownership or responsibility for that section of road.

1013
02:58:42,960 --> 02:58:46,040
I did not do that in-depth investigation.

1014
02:58:46,800 --> 02:58:55,600
I simply took a look at the parcel maps as well as the records of survey and then highlighted it on a couple of diagrams in order to illustrate that to you.

1015
02:58:55,960 --> 02:59:04,380
You will notice on this slide that there is a little red rectangle that indicates that the roadway itself is located on private property

1016
02:59:04,380 --> 02:59:07,320
but there is a access easement across it.

1017
02:59:07,720 --> 02:59:08,320
What does that mean?

1018
02:59:08,620 --> 02:59:11,580
Well, that means that we don't have the underlying responsibility

1019
02:59:11,580 --> 02:59:13,300
to maintain the road specifically,

1020
02:59:13,860 --> 02:59:16,400
but there is a public road there.

1021
02:59:16,900 --> 02:59:18,420
So I'm just going to leave it at that.

1022
02:59:18,580 --> 02:59:19,360
I'm not an attorney.

1023
02:59:19,480 --> 02:59:20,900
I don't try to be one either.

1024
02:59:21,460 --> 02:59:22,560
Next slide, please.

1025
02:59:23,680 --> 02:59:26,420
Again, on the north section, north side of Coloma Street.

1026
02:59:26,600 --> 02:59:29,320
Again, the parcel map is pretty darn confusing.

1027
02:59:29,520 --> 02:59:30,920
You can't really tell what's going on

1028
02:59:30,920 --> 02:59:32,700
where the roadways are located.

1029
02:59:32,700 --> 02:59:38,640
Next slide, however, you go to a record of survey and this is a little more detailed.

1030
02:59:38,640 --> 02:59:42,940
You can see in the middle of the picture here is Coloma Street, where it turns and goes

1031
02:59:42,940 --> 02:59:50,320
to the north on Gate 5 where it runs into another street, let's see, Varda Landing Circle,

1032
02:59:50,600 --> 02:59:54,080
which is not a public street, it is a private street.

1033
02:59:54,780 --> 02:59:59,920
So just trying to indicate to you the council, what we have down here since this question

1034
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:29,980
Next slide, please. Keep in mind our consultant this evening is going to be talking about drainage issues as well as title issues. And this whole area connects to, connects the drainage system from the rest west side of Bridgeway and delivers stormwater to the Bay via a sheet pile canal system shown in orange on this little picture on the left-hand side. The city installed this sheet pile

1035
03:00:29,980 --> 03:00:35,140
canal system. Actually, I'll even go back further. It was installed way back when

1036
03:00:35,140 --> 03:00:40,300
Mirinship was developed back in the early 40s and 50s. It later failed in the

1037
03:00:40,940 --> 03:00:46,640
1970s and the city replaced it in the 1980s with a sheet pile system. Next slide,

1038
03:00:46,820 --> 03:00:53,720
please. A little picture of that system is indicated here. You can't really see

1039
03:00:53,720 --> 03:00:58,460
the detail, but it's a steel sheet pile wall. Okay, it's about 12 feet wide as

1040
03:00:58,460 --> 03:01:04,880
well now come up in the presentation a little bit later. Next slide. So now I'd like to introduce

1041
03:01:04,880 --> 03:01:12,300
Eric slow or slow. Sorry if I get that wrong from WSP who will be making the presentation regarding

1042
03:01:12,300 --> 03:01:18,540
the gate five drainage management study. As he's finishing up this I will probably step back in with a

1043
03:01:18,540 --> 03:01:22,080
few more comments at the end of his presentation. So Eric.

1044
03:01:28,580 --> 03:01:31,780
All right. Well everyone yeah Eric slow I think

1045
03:01:31,780 --> 03:01:33,680
It should be a different slide deck.

1046
03:01:35,040 --> 03:01:35,800
I guess all we're doing that.

1047
03:01:35,900 --> 03:01:38,400
Yeah, names Eric Slom, the lead engineer from WSP,

1048
03:01:39,000 --> 03:01:41,380
who did this worked on the Dranger Management Study.

1049
03:01:41,880 --> 03:01:42,740
Excited to be here.

1050
03:01:42,880 --> 03:01:46,100
We have a couple other of the experts from our team here.

1051
03:01:46,340 --> 03:01:47,660
So when we get to the Q&A session,

1052
03:01:47,820 --> 03:01:49,980
we're happy to take questions.

1053
03:01:50,180 --> 03:01:52,140
They can back me up on some things here.

1054
03:01:53,020 --> 03:01:54,160
So, let's see here.

1055
03:01:54,320 --> 03:01:58,640
We have, oh, should go back a couple.

1056
03:01:59,120 --> 03:02:00,060
It's actually the first one.

1057
03:02:00,060 --> 03:02:02,540
Oh it's gone on here.

1058
03:02:07,170 --> 03:02:08,110
Got a mind of its own.

1059
03:02:10,510 --> 03:02:13,690
Kind of like gate. Okay, there we go.

1060
03:02:14,190 --> 03:02:15,830
Okay, so first I want to hold

1061
03:02:41,270 --> 03:02:43,850
this for the delay. Just give us one moment to coordinate this.

1062
03:02:44,430 --> 03:02:45,850
Okay, no worries.

1063
03:02:55,780 --> 03:03:01,500
What's that? Oh, it's easy to blame technical difficulties, right?

1064
03:03:03,580 --> 03:03:04,100
Okay.

1065
03:03:27,840 --> 03:03:27,940
Okay.

1066
03:03:31,100 --> 03:03:35,080
Go for it. Okay. So just quick overview of the timeline.

1067
03:03:35,360 --> 03:03:40,720
So back in August of 2024, the city applied for a grant from the Economic Development Administration.

1068
03:03:41,260 --> 03:03:44,980
So that's what funded this overall project. It was not through the capital improvement program.

1069
03:03:45,580 --> 03:03:53,020
Then was put out for an RFP in July of 25 and ultimately in September 25 WSP, my firm started work on

1070
03:03:53,020 --> 03:03:59,460
So, there was a past study in 2011 from another consultant that was somewhat similar, so that was formed a little bit of a basis for our project.

1071
03:03:59,940 --> 03:04:00,420
Alright, next slide.

1072
03:04:01,260 --> 03:04:02,840
So, we're focused on the gate five area.

1073
03:04:03,100 --> 03:04:03,960
It was a drainage management study.

1074
03:04:04,320 --> 03:04:08,040
Quite simply focused on the chronic flooding that the residents there experienced.

1075
03:04:08,540 --> 03:04:16,940
So, we were trying to simply understand that and develop some conceptual designs in coordination with the local residents to solve their problems.

1076
03:04:17,400 --> 03:04:18,000
Next slide, please.

1077
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So, the project aim was focused on both the flooding caused from the coastal aspects,

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03:04:24,120 --> 03:04:30,980
which are the tides, the king tides, the high tides, then also the storm surge, and

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03:04:30,980 --> 03:04:35,880
ultimately sea level rise over time, and then looking at what was happening from the storm

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03:04:35,880 --> 03:04:36,520
water side.

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03:04:36,780 --> 03:04:44,700
So, from rainfall and storm runoff, and also subsidence since the area in the project area is sinking

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03:04:44,700 --> 03:04:45,340
over time.

1083
03:04:45,340 --> 03:04:49,600
trying to look at ultimately how it was going to affect the residents over time. Next slide, please.

1084
03:04:51,140 --> 03:04:54,740
So we had five main tasks first where that vulnerability assessment, which is really

1085
03:04:54,740 --> 03:04:59,980
understand the flooding, why is it happening, where is it coming from, exactly what's causing it.

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03:05:00,000 --> 03:05:29,900
And then to develop those conceptual designs and do that with task three in conjunction with the community. Figure out what's important to them, figure out what would work, what won't work. And then get to the point where we can implement it and develop our implementation plan for the city to figure out how do we actually take all this great information and push it forward into something that actually can be implemented. Next slide, please. So vulnerability assessment. Next slide, please. So really, how does this funding occur? I think the

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03:05:29,900 --> 03:05:54,560
The simplest way, we have a fancy graphic, but I think the simplest way is what we found out through our analysis was that the flooding is mostly caused by coastal aspects, what that means is the tides, those king tides that occur severely during the winter, the storm surge, that's really what causes a lot of the flooding, the storm water itself causes localized flooding and certain properties, but as a whole throughout the community, it is caused by coastal and coastal factors. Next slide please.

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03:05:56,440 --> 03:06:00,940
So here's a map that to show how that flooding is going to change over time.

1089
03:06:01,520 --> 03:06:06,920
As I mentioned, sea level rise, water is going up, subsidence, the area that people live on is going down.

1090
03:06:07,480 --> 03:06:12,260
So we started looking at current additions and by 2100 you can see the map is a lot more blue.

1091
03:06:12,680 --> 03:06:15,560
Quite simply, it's going to affect people's lives a lot.

1092
03:06:16,180 --> 03:06:17,960
And I don't need, again, the nitty gritty of this.

1093
03:06:18,120 --> 03:06:20,400
I think the take home is really that we need to do something.

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03:06:21,340 --> 03:06:22,000
Next slide, please.

1095
03:06:23,620 --> 03:06:26,960
So we looked at how long we'll stay flooded. So right now people when there's a one year,

1096
03:06:27,100 --> 03:06:30,080
the highest king tide of the year, if you think about that, not what happened in January,

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03:06:30,100 --> 03:06:34,740
that was especially bad, but a typical king tide around east ceramics, maybe ended

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03:06:34,740 --> 03:06:39,360
up for about nine hours. But as you go into the future, it becomes a large portion of the day,

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03:06:39,380 --> 03:06:45,680
both in 2050, and you go to the next slide by 2080 and 20900. You can see a lot of blue above the

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03:06:45,680 --> 03:06:51,840
green. The green is the land, blue is the water. So a lot inundation, and it goes for the entire day.

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03:06:52,000 --> 03:06:54,380
showing that something really needs to be done. Next slide, please.

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03:06:55,800 --> 03:07:00,340
So here's what we're looking at with the sea level rise over the next 75 years.

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03:07:00,340 --> 03:07:03,580
We're looking anywhere from conservatively a foot, but some are

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03:07:04,020 --> 03:07:07,300
closer to four, five or even six feet by the end of the century.

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03:07:07,700 --> 03:07:10,800
And subsidence, our team looked at to figure out how much is this land actually

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03:07:10,800 --> 03:07:14,000
lowering. It's about a half an inch a year, which doesn't sound like

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03:07:14,380 --> 03:07:17,540
a lot, but when you look over a course of a century, you can see there it turns out

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03:07:17,540 --> 03:07:20,300
to be three or four feet, which is pretty substantial. So when you basically

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03:07:20,300 --> 03:07:22,460
we add those together, if you say six feet is civilized,

1110
03:07:22,880 --> 03:07:24,560
three or four feet of the ground lowering,

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03:07:25,120 --> 03:07:28,040
you end up getting a pretty substantial difference.

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03:07:28,460 --> 03:07:29,000
Next slide please.

1113
03:07:30,340 --> 03:07:32,340
So we also want to understand not just what's happening,

1114
03:07:32,460 --> 03:07:33,580
but how is it gonna affect people,

1115
03:07:33,720 --> 03:07:35,820
specifically the buildings that people live in and work in?

1116
03:07:36,260 --> 03:07:38,080
So currently the number there,

1117
03:07:38,560 --> 03:07:40,400
10 buildings are affected right now,

1118
03:07:40,400 --> 03:07:42,440
but as you can kind of see by 2080,

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03:07:42,460 --> 03:07:43,680
the numbers really increase,

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03:07:44,100 --> 03:07:47,040
seven or eightfold for people by 2080,

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03:07:47,380 --> 03:07:48,380
with the one-year storm,

1122
03:07:48,380 --> 03:07:51,240
and we look at a 100-year storm at roughly doubles.

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03:07:52,000 --> 03:07:57,180
So we put a financial value to that, getting to about $30 million in damages a year

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03:07:57,180 --> 03:08:06,780
in 2018, cumulatively, by $370 million to 2018 over the next 50 years, next slide, please.

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03:08:07,940 --> 03:08:13,140
So we wanted to do engaging the community with something that we felt was necessary for

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03:08:13,140 --> 03:08:15,520
this project to find something that was actually successful.

1127
03:08:15,520 --> 03:08:21,700
So, what we want to do is figure out what, really, first of all, what is the community doing to tackle these problems that they face.

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03:08:22,240 --> 03:08:29,460
So, we found that a lot of pumps, a lot of sump pumps, a lot of fuel pumping into gate five, most commonly, and then a lot of sandbags.

1129
03:08:29,920 --> 03:08:34,400
So, sandbags place around fields properties, around things that they know, they love, they need to protect.

1130
03:08:34,940 --> 03:08:36,660
Those are the two main things that we saw.

1131
03:08:36,980 --> 03:08:37,640
Next slide, please.

1132
03:08:38,380 --> 03:08:43,660
And we also put a survey out to the community between March and May to get input on what

1133
03:08:43,660 --> 03:08:45,100
how is it actually affecting them.

1134
03:08:45,620 --> 03:08:50,980
So we found that about 100% of people, oh sorry, 96% of people see that flooding every

1135
03:08:50,980 --> 03:08:54,180
day and 60% report that property damage.

1136
03:08:54,180 --> 03:08:59,420
It goes back to that monetary number I mentioned a couple of minutes ago and showing that this

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03:08:59,420 --> 03:09:01,380
is something that's really impacting the community.

1138
03:09:01,900 --> 03:09:02,740
Next slide please.

1139
03:09:03,440 --> 03:09:05,340
So, those are 116 people.

1140
03:09:05,920 --> 03:09:09,260
We did see it was a really good cross section in the community about 30% of our property

1141
03:09:09,260 --> 03:09:10,760
owners, 30% of our employees.

1142
03:09:11,580 --> 03:09:15,240
We just had 20% of people actually live there, so we did get a good cross section of everyone

1143
03:09:15,240 --> 03:09:21,220
that actually lives and goes in that area frequently and found that a majority of people would

1144
03:09:21,220 --> 03:09:25,800
welcome change and a size of a percentage of people have it disrupt their daily life.

1145
03:09:26,340 --> 03:09:26,900
Next slide, please.

1146
03:09:27,920 --> 03:09:31,160
And this all culminated in a community engagement workshop that we did at the end of April.

1147
03:09:31,160 --> 03:09:37,700
So we had over 50 attendees, and it was a great way to solicit community input to find

1148
03:09:37,700 --> 03:09:40,900
out what, what do they really think of some of these ideas that we have that I'll get

1149
03:09:40,900 --> 03:09:41,780
to in a minute.

1150
03:09:42,200 --> 03:09:46,780
So we found that finding a separate year-term solution for VAR to landing was important,

1151
03:09:46,800 --> 03:09:50,140
not just finding a one solution, cut off, or all of gate five.

1152
03:09:50,640 --> 03:09:54,880
So that was something we integrated after that community meeting, showing the importance

1153
03:09:54,880 --> 03:09:55,240
of it.

1154
03:09:55,240 --> 03:09:59,920
I mean, it's some other things there of nature-based solutions extremely important and also people

1155
03:10:00,000 --> 03:10:29,960
So we're coming up consistently mentioning us that there is a cost of doing nothing, like I said, that $370 million, I mentioned previously. Next slide, please. So first, I want to conceptual down for the near term, which you say is roughly over the next 10 years. Next slide, please. So we looked at several different things, but I list on the left there between tide gates, pumps, storm drain improvements. The first thing really want to talk about is tide gates. So the button of the flooding that were impacting people's lives is

1156
03:10:29,960 --> 03:10:31,420
mainly coming to the storm drain system.

1157
03:10:32,060 --> 03:10:34,480
Water comes in, goes to the culverts at a lower,

1158
03:10:34,940 --> 03:10:36,960
columnist street, and then it bubbles,

1159
03:10:36,960 --> 03:10:38,860
basically bubbles up through the storm drain.

1160
03:10:38,880 --> 03:10:41,160
It comes out that the storm drain by,

1161
03:10:41,320 --> 03:10:44,220
simply by heat ceramics is the first place it pops out,

1162
03:10:44,220 --> 03:10:46,120
which is why that experiences the most flooding.

1163
03:10:46,760 --> 03:10:49,180
So to block that is what is called a tide gate.

1164
03:10:49,680 --> 03:10:52,100
Quite simply, it's a gate that's put on the outfall,

1165
03:10:52,380 --> 03:10:54,480
and it acts as a barrier so that the water

1166
03:10:54,480 --> 03:10:56,880
cannot go into the culvert and outfall

1167
03:10:56,880 --> 03:10:58,240
in through your storm drain system.

1168
03:10:59,020 --> 03:11:02,040
So, in general, they are relatively simple engineering things.

1169
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They can be quite successful.

1170
03:11:03,900 --> 03:11:08,520
However, the problem happens is that water doesn't come in, but water can also not go out.

1171
03:11:08,940 --> 03:11:12,920
So, to tackle that, you have what's on the right there, which is to install pump station.

1172
03:11:13,400 --> 03:11:17,680
So, that means when your target is closed and say we get a large rainfall, which does happen a lot,

1173
03:11:17,880 --> 03:11:22,640
just happen in January, you'd have that pump station when kick on to get the water around the gate,

1174
03:11:22,860 --> 03:11:25,180
so that way that storm water does not back up in the system.

1175
03:11:26,280 --> 03:11:27,120
Next slide, please.

1176
03:11:28,600 --> 03:11:32,820
So here, this kind of Kevin was mentioning about it, the idea of the pump station would

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03:11:32,820 --> 03:11:36,220
be on top of the colonistry canal, or all this agreed as the canal.

1178
03:11:37,040 --> 03:11:41,040
So it would roughly cover the footprint of it, and at the end of the canal could be roughly

1179
03:11:41,040 --> 03:11:46,000
where that tide gate is located, so that the canal could act as a wet well, and could it be

1180
03:11:46,000 --> 03:11:51,500
an existing easement for the city, which would alleviate some of the private property concerns.

1181
03:11:52,660 --> 03:11:53,280
Next slide, please.

1182
03:11:54,000 --> 03:11:57,020
So, one thing I want to highlight, pump stations don't have to be ugly.

1183
03:11:57,560 --> 03:12:04,340
They can be actually very pretty, I guess, but they can very much represent the culture

1184
03:12:04,340 --> 03:12:04,900
of the area.

1185
03:12:05,080 --> 03:12:06,440
They can represent what's important to people.

1186
03:12:06,680 --> 03:12:12,280
So, for instance, the one on the left, the holiday has murals on it, so maybe the art

1187
03:12:12,280 --> 03:12:17,400
studios, maybe some sort of cooperation, local art studios, and in the neighborhood could

1188
03:12:17,400 --> 03:12:21,640
maybe be in charge of decorating of putting murals on it,

1189
03:12:21,740 --> 03:12:24,240
or whatever the target of artistic piece.

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So take a message here is that,

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03:12:26,940 --> 03:12:28,200
just because the pump station doesn't mean

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03:12:28,200 --> 03:12:29,720
it has to be an eye sore for the community.

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Next slide, please.

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So here, like I said, we wanted to develop

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03:12:35,600 --> 03:12:36,800
something just for Varta landing,

1196
03:12:37,080 --> 03:12:39,400
since that was mentioned by the community,

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03:12:39,480 --> 03:12:40,200
something very important.

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03:12:40,520 --> 03:12:43,060
Varta landing is different than other parts of gate five

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because it's low lying and is not actually impacted

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03:12:45,400 --> 03:12:48,640
by this seawater coming to the storm drain system.

1201
03:12:49,900 --> 03:12:53,200
It's just simply low-lying that the water comes out of the land and floods.

1202
03:12:53,820 --> 03:12:55,760
Therefore, what we're proposing here in the near-term,

1203
03:12:55,920 --> 03:13:00,140
so just a near-term solution, is a small seawall.

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03:13:00,240 --> 03:13:02,200
Something that's about maybe two or three feet high.

1205
03:13:02,680 --> 03:13:05,160
We have a little image there, some sort of modular device,

1206
03:13:05,380 --> 03:13:07,020
something that obviously flushed out later.

1207
03:13:07,500 --> 03:13:11,060
But something that is relatively small footprint, relatively low-cost,

1208
03:13:11,760 --> 03:13:15,320
that can be done to tackle these king tides and things that people experience

1209
03:13:15,320 --> 03:13:20,180
in the universe times throughout the year. Next slide. So how do we evaluate our

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03:13:20,180 --> 03:13:24,640
solutions? This is both near-term mid-term and long-term. We had eight

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03:13:24,640 --> 03:13:28,460
categories, first two being the effectiveness of them, both short and long-term.

1212
03:13:28,940 --> 03:13:33,540
We had the implementability of them, had the cost, which is obviously important

1213
03:13:33,540 --> 03:13:37,920
for everyone, then how are the parameters going to look at it? Can we even

1214
03:13:37,920 --> 03:13:43,120
permit it. Community feedback, which already mentioned, we make sure we integrate that into

1215
03:13:43,120 --> 03:13:48,800
any solutions. And then the last two are the benefits both ecologically and then recreational.

1216
03:13:49,060 --> 03:13:52,380
What are the recreational and aesthetic benefits? Next slide please.

1217
03:13:54,040 --> 03:13:57,260
So here's our fancy chart. A lot of greens and reds to try to assess those

1218
03:13:57,260 --> 03:14:01,040
couple of things we just mentioned. And then some qualitative dollar values,

1219
03:14:01,400 --> 03:14:05,920
ultimately helping us to decide on which one we were going to recommend here. Next slide.

1220
03:14:06,560 --> 03:14:10,620
And what I wanted to highlight is these, I'm going to talk about near-term mid and long-term

1221
03:14:10,620 --> 03:14:11,220
these solutions.

1222
03:14:11,240 --> 03:14:14,620
There's no one solution that can be done.

1223
03:14:14,740 --> 03:14:18,000
It's not simply put a pump station in and you're good, put a tide gate in and you're good.

1224
03:14:18,460 --> 03:14:23,600
I think a very important thing for people to take home here is that these solutions all work

1225
03:14:23,600 --> 03:14:24,940
in connection together.

1226
03:14:25,460 --> 03:14:29,260
The tide gates will help you protect the water from coming to the storm system, but if you

1227
03:14:29,260 --> 03:14:30,920
don't put a pump station in, there will be issues.

1228
03:14:31,000 --> 03:14:33,180
If we don't put a sea wall in regard to landing, there will be issues.

1229
03:14:33,180 --> 03:14:37,380
If you only do one of them, so that's what this map or this figure is addressing.

1230
03:14:37,800 --> 03:14:38,340
Next slide, please.

1231
03:14:39,880 --> 03:14:41,900
So here I already talked about sort of the benefits and limitations.

1232
03:14:42,540 --> 03:14:44,560
So what I'll highlight is on the far right is the cost.

1233
03:14:45,260 --> 03:14:50,740
So what we see is a cost for its tide gate, pump station, and then a storm drain improvements,

1234
03:14:50,800 --> 03:14:54,140
which I'll mention in a minute here, is about 5 million.

1235
03:14:54,300 --> 03:14:58,800
That's for design and construction to get it to the finish line, so to speak.

1236
03:14:59,540 --> 03:14:59,960
and I'm for the...

1237
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:29,880
So, we have the VARL landing component, which is the seawall, and then raising VARL landing to the one-year elevation, which is adding about a foot and a half, which I forgot to mention the last slide. That's another component of the seawall, and then raising VARL landing by a foot to increase the access is about a million and a half, sorry, one and a half million dollars. Next slide. So, you are going to slide up again to say this is, I mean, you can see where this is going. This is our recommended solution as the consulting firm in conjunction with talking to the

1238
03:15:29,880 --> 03:15:35,260
residents is to put it on top, a pump station, as big as possible on top of the canal.

1239
03:15:35,920 --> 03:15:40,400
Obviously the city has a separate project coming up to look at the structural integrity

1240
03:15:40,400 --> 03:15:43,320
of the canal to figure out what it can handle, what is the conditions.

1241
03:15:44,180 --> 03:15:49,680
So there's still disclaimers here, but that is what we feel is the best solution to provide

1242
03:15:50,100 --> 03:15:52,200
the most, I'll say, immediate protection.

1243
03:15:52,920 --> 03:15:58,460
It will not handle your 100 year, even that January storm of 30 or 40, that's, I think

1244
03:15:58,460 --> 03:16:04,080
a 40-year, once in every 40-year storm, but this is something that can be done relatively fast,

1245
03:16:05,960 --> 03:16:09,620
relatively cheaper than some of the other alternatives to get something out there to handle these

1246
03:16:09,620 --> 03:16:14,180
king tides that keep hitting every month or in the winter, especially the El Niño coming up.

1247
03:16:14,640 --> 03:16:19,320
Next slide, please. So here, this is the storm drain improvement I wanted to mention.

1248
03:16:20,560 --> 03:16:25,900
On the bottom left, it's about 150 linear feet to connect at gate 5 and harbor to connect the

1249
03:16:25,900 --> 03:16:33,860
down gate 5 so that the water instead of flowing up harbor to Clibor-Yat Harbor and discharging.

1250
03:16:34,420 --> 03:16:38,600
By putting a connection here, it sends a down gate 5 to what would be that pump station

1251
03:16:38,600 --> 03:16:41,560
so you only need one pump station instead of installing a second one.

1252
03:16:43,520 --> 03:16:48,220
Relatively straightforward and then on the right is an example of what a tie gate might

1253
03:16:48,220 --> 03:16:48,720
look like.

1254
03:16:49,060 --> 03:16:50,420
We recommend a slewskate.

1255
03:16:50,940 --> 03:16:52,880
I mean get into that more if there's more questions.

1256
03:16:53,660 --> 03:16:54,360
Next slide, please.

1257
03:16:54,360 --> 03:17:01,020
So I'm going to admit a long-term one thing I want to highlight before I'm getting to this is where it gets very tricky.

1258
03:17:02,040 --> 03:17:05,580
Very there's no easy solution. Otherwise, I probably won't be standing here today.

1259
03:17:06,720 --> 03:17:13,900
So I think it's important every alternative here has drawbacks. Every alternative has positive.

1260
03:17:14,700 --> 03:17:17,360
So I'll go through all the ones that we considered. Next slide please.

1261
03:17:18,160 --> 03:17:22,840
So one of the big takeaways as I highlight from the community engagement was importance for green solutions.

1262
03:17:22,840 --> 03:17:29,320
So, we did consider how green infrastructure could be included mainly by retention throughout

1263
03:17:29,320 --> 03:17:29,900
the neighborhood.

1264
03:17:30,100 --> 03:17:34,480
This is something that could reduce peak flows by maybe 10 or 20 percent, which would have

1265
03:17:34,480 --> 03:17:40,540
cement savings to the city, and obviously there would be aesthetic benefits, and then also

1266
03:17:40,540 --> 03:17:46,780
from a living shoreline component that can improve water quality, and even, I guess, have more

1267
03:17:46,780 --> 03:17:47,320
aesthetics.

1268
03:17:48,220 --> 03:17:48,720
Next slide, please.

1269
03:17:49,440 --> 03:17:54,440
So, with that living seawall component, the one alternative we looked at was a seawall solution,

1270
03:17:54,740 --> 03:18:00,340
essentially along the shoreline, which would be obviously coordinated with property owners,

1271
03:18:00,740 --> 03:18:04,160
but to put a seawall that would have a recreational and ecological component.

1272
03:18:04,400 --> 03:18:08,220
So, as you can see in this image here, some sort of promenade that could go along to top of the seawall,

1273
03:18:08,280 --> 03:18:13,900
this is something that has been done successfully in many other locations throughout the world.

1274
03:18:13,900 --> 03:18:19,740
that provides that recreational access that folks are seeking with the ecological component

1275
03:18:19,740 --> 03:18:24,080
there in the near shore, a living shoreline, a living seawall portion.

1276
03:18:24,620 --> 03:18:25,140
Next slide, please.

1277
03:18:26,500 --> 03:18:30,700
So what I wanted to mention is that these mid and long term solutions are additive.

1278
03:18:31,160 --> 03:18:35,440
It's important to notice that they are not the prior investments when near term are not

1279
03:18:35,440 --> 03:18:35,820
lost.

1280
03:18:36,340 --> 03:18:40,660
So the example is on the second figure here, you see a tied gate there.

1281
03:18:40,660 --> 03:18:49,260
So, if you just put a seal wall in, that still would not work because the water would go up the pipe and keep bubbling into the neighborhood, just like it's that you're experiencing now.

1282
03:18:49,800 --> 03:18:57,120
So, this is an additive solution where the tie gate is there is working and then you add a seal wall to cover what we call overland flow into the neighborhood.

1283
03:18:57,780 --> 03:18:58,180
Next slide.

1284
03:18:59,260 --> 03:19:04,780
So here, we put this into further emphasize that the reason these solutions need to get additive

1285
03:19:04,780 --> 03:19:10,900
and more substantial is because of this significant sealable rise that could happen,

1286
03:19:11,120 --> 03:19:17,440
you know, up to 6 feet by 2100 and also the subsidence up to about 3.5 or 4 feet by 2100.

1287
03:19:17,820 --> 03:19:23,600
So we can't just stick with the solution in the near term we have to keep upgrading it over time next slide.

1288
03:19:25,910 --> 03:19:29,210
So here, one of that is increasing the pump capacity, so the

1289
03:19:29,210 --> 03:19:31,890
colon registry can only handle what's called a two-year storm or a storm that

1290
03:19:31,890 --> 03:19:36,290
handles every, happens every two years. So if a larger storm happened, like

1291
03:19:36,290 --> 03:19:40,470
happened in January, unfortunately the pump would not fully be able to keep up with

1292
03:19:40,470 --> 03:19:45,770
it. So the idea here is in the mid and long term to expand up pump capacity. So

1293
03:19:45,770 --> 03:19:49,790
this is a, the important note, there's no hard and fast rule where the pump station

1294
03:19:49,790 --> 03:19:53,790
needs to be, but it could just be in, it just needs to be the

1295
03:19:53,790 --> 03:19:59,830
Closer to this area, the gate five and column of the better will be cheaper, less piping, less

1296
03:20:00,000 --> 03:20:27,440
the hassle. But there's no hard and fast roll. And then we say it's roughly 90 foot by 90 foot pump station is what you're looking at to the size of a baseball field. Next slide, please. One way to improve or decrease the size of the pump station is that upstream storage. So we looked at this is MLK Park. So you can put an underground vault in that area is one idea that it would handle flow, stormwater flow during during a storm. So that way less goes down to the pump station.

1297
03:20:27,940 --> 03:20:28,420
And,

1298
03:20:30,680 --> 03:20:33,720
yeah, therefore, like I said, decreasing the size of the pump station and the investment

1299
03:20:33,720 --> 03:20:37,100
needed since the gate five areas so constrained property was.

1300
03:20:37,900 --> 03:20:38,460
Next slide, please.

1301
03:20:39,960 --> 03:20:42,540
So another option we looked at was raising gate five road.

1302
03:20:43,320 --> 03:20:47,460
So with raising gate five road, it essentially make gate five road act as a levy.

1303
03:20:47,820 --> 03:20:54,340
So this means that water or properties on the landward side would be protected, but the

1304
03:20:54,340 --> 03:20:55,660
properties on the waterward side,

1305
03:20:56,020 --> 03:20:58,280
or Clibriot Harbor and others, for example,

1306
03:20:58,820 --> 03:21:01,500
all appeal and barred of landing would still be impacted

1307
03:21:01,500 --> 03:21:05,140
because they would be on the outside of the levy,

1308
03:21:05,640 --> 03:21:06,040
so to speak.

1309
03:21:07,020 --> 03:21:10,300
So we looked at how high could it actually be raised?

1310
03:21:11,160 --> 03:21:12,200
So there are limitations that,

1311
03:21:12,300 --> 03:21:14,000
because obviously you can see it has to slow it down.

1312
03:21:14,640 --> 03:21:17,140
It can't just magically build it up and across.

1313
03:21:18,080 --> 03:21:20,820
So there are, if we raise a couple feet,

1314
03:21:20,940 --> 03:21:23,140
unfortunately there are limitations with,

1315
03:21:23,140 --> 03:21:28,020
would probably have to be moved to one way traffic. Parking would almost certainly be removed from

1316
03:21:28,020 --> 03:21:31,220
it depending on how high it's raised and that ultimately cannot be raised as high as maybe a

1317
03:21:31,220 --> 03:21:36,660
sea wall because there's just limited space. You have to coordinate the utilities, obviously there's

1318
03:21:36,660 --> 03:21:41,820
property owners along each side. So there are limitations but it is something that that we looked into.

1319
03:21:42,200 --> 03:21:48,120
Next slide please. So here's this example, that second picture specifically shows how anything on

1320
03:21:48,120 --> 03:21:53,080
the waterward side, the right side of that screen is still under water just like it would

1321
03:21:53,080 --> 03:21:55,560
be today, unfortunately. Next slide please.

1322
03:21:57,180 --> 03:22:02,480
So here's our general analysis that we did similar to for the near-term solutions of

1323
03:22:02,480 --> 03:22:07,600
a lot of greens, reds and yellows to try to help formulate a recommendation. One thing

1324
03:22:07,600 --> 03:22:11,960
I wanted to mention is we do look at also raising properties and structures. So that would

1325
03:22:11,960 --> 03:22:16,840
mean just essentially raising each one individually, as opposed to having a coordinated effort, you

1326
03:22:16,840 --> 03:22:21,980
know, raising each one, putting on stilts or raising them up as you, I think we might have seen

1327
03:22:21,980 --> 03:22:28,680
in other areas. Next slide please. So I mentioned the same thing here. As I mentioned in

1328
03:22:28,680 --> 03:22:33,700
the near term there's nothing that can be not one solution can be done. You can't just

1329
03:22:33,700 --> 03:22:38,360
upgrade a pump station and expect that to provide everything. Unfortunately, I have to do numerous

1330
03:22:38,360 --> 03:22:42,480
of these things, which makes it more complex. So that's just why I wanted to highlight here.

1331
03:22:42,740 --> 03:22:51,540
And next slide please. So with that, to our recommendations, we for the midterm recommend putting efforts

1332
03:22:51,540 --> 03:22:57,280
into expanding the pump capacity so that during stormwater events, when stormwater events

1333
03:22:57,280 --> 03:23:02,120
happened during those high tides and king tides, it does not flood the inland areas.

1334
03:23:02,940 --> 03:23:08,940
Next slide please. We recommend the adding green infrastructure in part because there's a lot

1335
03:23:08,940 --> 03:23:14,260
of community support for it too because it is a relatively cost effective way to handle the storm

1336
03:23:14,260 --> 03:23:21,140
water flows and improve aesthetics and water quality. And next slide please.

1337
03:23:21,540 --> 03:23:32,040
And then so those are what we call the midterm for the next 25 years and then ultimately working towards a long-term solution of us of a seawall solution that has that ecological and recreational benefit.

1338
03:23:32,780 --> 03:23:40,560
And that's something that can still provide the waterward access that citizens have very much vocalized us as important.

1339
03:23:40,560 --> 03:23:44,340
It supervises the ecological component that people have to localize as being important

1340
03:23:44,340 --> 03:23:49,580
and it provides the smallest footprint to provide the protection of the community.

1341
03:23:50,280 --> 03:23:50,780
Next slide, please.

1342
03:23:52,580 --> 03:23:53,860
So ultimately, what did we learn?

1343
03:23:54,120 --> 03:23:59,000
We learned a lot about drainage in area and how the citizens handle it, how the residents

1344
03:23:59,000 --> 03:24:02,620
of the area handle it, and how it impacts their daily life.

1345
03:24:03,000 --> 03:24:09,240
We learned a lot about what sort of options are actually implementable and which options

1346
03:24:09,240 --> 03:24:15,420
people actually prefer and ultimately got to a better understanding of what is feasible

1347
03:24:15,420 --> 03:24:16,120
to move forward.

1348
03:24:16,960 --> 03:24:21,440
So I think that's the end of my slides and Kevin's going to talk about what our recommended

1349
03:24:21,440 --> 03:24:22,240
action is.

1350
03:24:25,000 --> 03:24:25,620
Thank you, Eric.

1351
03:24:25,860 --> 03:24:27,940
Only a couple other comments at this point.

1352
03:24:29,060 --> 03:24:36,960
You've heard a lot of information here and what staff recommends is simply at this point

1353
03:24:36,960 --> 03:24:38,020
to accept the report.

1354
03:24:38,280 --> 03:24:39,800
There's so much information here.

1355
03:24:39,800 --> 03:24:46,860
It is basically a road map, does mean you have to go in that direction, it just says here's some possible solutions for you.

1356
03:24:48,340 --> 03:24:56,500
And just keep in mind that also your council has approved the budget for this year, which includes a capital improvement program,

1357
03:24:56,500 --> 03:24:59,960
that has a specific project for the column.

1358
03:25:00,000 --> 03:25:03,340
File mystery, tide gate, and pump station. Yes, sir.

1359
03:25:06,020 --> 03:25:10,760
Excuse me, take about five minutes. Okay.

1360
03:25:29,720 --> 03:25:39,480
Quick word of explanation. I take Mr. Soby Eski just got word. I believe that his father has passed away. So

1361
03:25:44,350 --> 03:25:47,430
we'll be back in about seven.

1362
03:28:50,540 --> 03:28:56,880
Pass comment that my direction, our request is to simply accept the report.

1363
03:28:56,880 --> 03:29:01,720
at this point. There are so many different facets moving forward that we need to start moving in

1364
03:29:01,720 --> 03:29:07,600
that direction. Keep in mind that on the capital improvement program this year we do have two

1365
03:29:07,600 --> 03:29:14,220
projects. One has to do with developing a plan to put in tide gates and a small pump station

1366
03:29:14,220 --> 03:29:20,780
in this specific area based on what you've seen so far. Now keep in mind that that is a small system.

1367
03:29:20,780 --> 03:29:27,000
It's not intended to be a 100-year storm type of system that will solve everything.

1368
03:29:27,620 --> 03:29:31,900
In fact, we're looking at maybe using temporary pumps in these areas in order to make it work.

1369
03:29:33,100 --> 03:29:41,420
So, staff also has a request for proposal ready to go, so staff's kind of ready to go out with an RFP to get a consultant on board to look at that.

1370
03:29:42,860 --> 03:29:48,760
Lastly, I want to remind everybody that all this material is on our website.

1371
03:29:48,760 --> 03:29:54,520
Thanks to Katie Thal Garcia and Syracur Shidafair who were project managers on the project.

1372
03:29:54,820 --> 03:29:57,500
Always need to shout out to them for doing such a good job.

1373
03:29:58,280 --> 03:29:59,980
And in addition, I want...

1374
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:29,220
I want to mention again that the residents here have really stepped up, the folks at Clipper as well as other areas have helped out throughout this whole process to help the consultant and myself understand what the heck is going on. So that's it for our presentation. Thank you so much. Thank you. I'm going to ask the council members if they have questions at this time. We have a couple. We recognize that there's a lot of information here.

1375
03:30:29,220 --> 03:30:33,100
and we don't want to simply ask out of curiosity,

1376
03:30:33,500 --> 03:30:34,720
there's a lot for us to digest,

1377
03:30:35,160 --> 03:30:36,500
and for the community to digest,

1378
03:30:36,740 --> 03:30:39,480
I just want to make sure everybody understands that

1379
03:30:39,480 --> 03:30:40,580
as we go forward.

1380
03:30:41,600 --> 03:30:42,980
Hi, thanks Dr. McGowan,

1381
03:30:43,220 --> 03:30:44,680
and thank you to WSP.

1382
03:30:45,080 --> 03:30:48,720
I know that we, during the storm seasons,

1383
03:30:49,440 --> 03:30:50,920
and in response to January flooding,

1384
03:30:51,120 --> 03:30:53,300
rented a certain type of pump.

1385
03:30:53,720 --> 03:30:57,480
Could you speak to the system we have in pro,

1386
03:30:57,480 --> 03:31:03,340
that we're currently using, and what its status is, and as it would relate to these near term improvements?

1387
03:31:03,960 --> 03:31:12,440
Yes, and the last couple of high tides, basically tides above 6.3 to 6.5, and there we would rent two pumps.

1388
03:31:13,220 --> 03:31:18,260
Now, we've been playing with these pumps down there in order to see if we can come up with a good system.

1389
03:31:19,100 --> 03:31:22,900
We've rented two of them, I think one of them is a six inch pump that's located,

1390
03:31:22,900 --> 03:31:26,860
that we place over there on gate 5 at Coloma, and the other one's a 4-H pump.

1391
03:31:27,320 --> 03:31:32,620
The 4-H pump takes water that's over on Harbor and pushes it over towards Coloma, and

1392
03:31:32,620 --> 03:31:34,080
everything gets pumped out from there.

1393
03:31:35,440 --> 03:31:37,020
But there are rentals at this point.

1394
03:31:37,780 --> 03:31:41,700
And just so we understand the longer term investment, the near term investments,

1395
03:31:41,700 --> 03:31:46,040
which is up to $5 million to make the suggested improvements.

1396
03:31:46,460 --> 03:31:49,200
What is the cost right now for the pump rental?

1397
03:31:49,700 --> 03:31:55,260
The pump rentals run about $25,000 each time, sometimes a little less, depending on how

1398
03:31:55,260 --> 03:31:55,840
we arrange that.

1399
03:31:55,860 --> 03:32:00,680
But we could be spending $100 to $200,000 a year just on the rentals without having any

1400
03:32:01,240 --> 03:32:02,660
long-term improvement, really.

1401
03:32:03,000 --> 03:32:04,100
Yeah, probably more.

1402
03:32:04,460 --> 03:32:04,640
Okay.

1403
03:32:04,980 --> 03:32:05,180
Thanks.

1404
03:32:05,360 --> 03:32:09,480
That's helpful just to know in terms of the $5 million cost, what we're already spending.

1405
03:32:12,420 --> 03:32:13,040
Let's do it.

1406
03:32:13,180 --> 03:32:13,400
Thank you.

1407
03:32:14,260 --> 03:32:18,500
Yeah, so as well as, I think something also important is the size of the pump.

1408
03:32:18,500 --> 03:32:22,800
So, for instance, the, just add a little bit of flow rates to it, the two-year pump,

1409
03:32:23,140 --> 03:32:26,960
or sorry, the pump on top of the canal we've talked about, is for, it would be roughly

1410
03:32:26,960 --> 03:32:30,440
sized for a two-year storm as well as the biggest you can get on there.

1411
03:32:31,360 --> 03:32:35,920
That's 38 CFS, and for perspective, I think probably what Kevin's been working with is

1412
03:32:35,920 --> 03:32:41,260
maybe a couple CFS, so the pump that would be on top of the canal is a lot higher capacity

1413
03:32:41,260 --> 03:32:41,780
than two.

1414
03:32:42,820 --> 03:32:43,360
Thank you.

1415
03:32:43,360 --> 03:32:50,280
A quick question. Is there anything in the works now short of these improvements that

1416
03:32:50,280 --> 03:32:53,840
might provide a little bit of help this coming winter?

1417
03:32:56,420 --> 03:33:01,780
Short of these improvements we would be anticipating doing the same thing we've done before with

1418
03:33:01,780 --> 03:33:07,800
portable pumps and sandbags in order to try to protect the areas best we can.

1419
03:33:09,540 --> 03:33:16,880
Okay. I know I see several very interested members of the audience who may want to comment.

1420
03:33:18,120 --> 03:33:26,600
Got a couple of speaker cards, but recognizing that I've seen many of you out there

1421
03:33:26,600 --> 03:33:32,580
both during the flood times and thereafter, and I know you have some significant interest

1422
03:33:32,580 --> 03:33:37,980
and also have provided input and be curious if you wanted to speak to any of this tonight

1423
03:33:37,980 --> 03:33:45,840
before we move on to the next item. But I do have two cards. One from Ken Peterson.

1424
03:33:52,580 --> 03:33:57,920
Hello, my name is Ken Peterson. I'm Clipper Yacht Company. I wanted to thank the engineering staff.

1425
03:33:58,900 --> 03:34:04,500
Well, actually the Sosolito staff with Kevin and getting all those stuff. He actually has done a very

1426
03:34:04,500 --> 03:34:10,000
a good job listening to me, reason Bradley and a few other property owners of, and were

1427
03:34:10,000 --> 03:34:17,460
the owners of Bartolanding. And the council for listening to this. The problems with

1428
03:34:17,460 --> 03:34:22,780
all of these are, you know, their short term, you know, and the less expensive one, their

1429
03:34:22,780 --> 03:34:26,580
short term, and the problem with short term, it's basically your hiding behind a levy.

1430
03:34:26,580 --> 03:34:36,040
and the problem with levies, the problem with levies is we got caught this year with a 100-year storm.

1431
03:34:36,840 --> 03:34:45,400
And three of four of our oldest buildings this year and two different episodes ended up being flooded

1432
03:34:45,400 --> 03:34:50,120
and have to displace our tenants, redo the flooring, redo all of that stuff.

1433
03:34:51,240 --> 03:34:59,860
That's with a pretty good system in place, that's the problem with levies, and for us to

1434
03:35:00,000 --> 03:35:28,960
Replace, there are four older buildings is just physically impossible right now. With the current zoning, I cannot mow the buildings, raise them up, build the new building, and even cover the debt service to plug in our new tenant. I just want to say measure X could possibly make that possibility. I would really, that is very important. I believe reason Bradley and I have a system that we could put in place using the federal landing.

1435
03:35:29,580 --> 03:35:35,780
The other landing, the pump station, and I just recently, in the last week, done a little

1436
03:35:35,780 --> 03:35:41,000
more research and being able to build a world in the middle of the canal with multiple

1437
03:35:41,000 --> 03:35:48,140
check valves all the way up, I'd love to talk to the engineering firm so to see if all

1438
03:35:48,140 --> 03:35:49,440
ideas make sense or not.

1439
03:35:49,820 --> 03:35:54,640
And I don't want to room full of people, I only want the people that are directly involved

1440
03:35:54,640 --> 03:35:58,200
in the room with us, I don't need the public there.

1441
03:35:59,360 --> 03:36:01,980
And then they can, with what they like it,

1442
03:36:02,120 --> 03:36:03,280
then they can present it to us.

1443
03:36:05,280 --> 03:36:07,720
I hope you listen to some of these

1444
03:36:07,720 --> 03:36:10,460
and I think we could do it for a whole lot less money

1445
03:36:10,460 --> 03:36:13,460
and it will work, not the long-term we're talking

1446
03:36:13,460 --> 03:36:16,480
in the next few years, but they're talking about three years

1447
03:36:16,480 --> 03:36:17,200
before we start.

1448
03:36:18,460 --> 03:36:20,360
We're all talking about let's get this stuff done

1449
03:36:20,360 --> 03:36:21,480
as quickly as we can.

1450
03:36:22,040 --> 03:36:23,040
So that's the difference.

1451
03:36:23,040 --> 03:36:24,580
Thank you for listening.

1452
03:36:25,100 --> 03:36:25,280
Sure.

1453
03:36:27,280 --> 03:36:30,660
I'm just going to take these in order in which I've received them.

1454
03:36:30,800 --> 03:36:33,460
The next speaker, Bebette McDougall.

1455
03:36:33,780 --> 03:36:35,380
Bebette, I think you're in the corner there.

1456
03:36:35,500 --> 03:36:35,700
Yes.

1457
03:36:38,760 --> 03:36:40,060
Followed by Rob McCullough.

1458
03:36:48,200 --> 03:36:50,800
I see I have my choice of microphones here today.

1459
03:36:51,120 --> 03:36:51,520
Thank you.

1460
03:36:52,260 --> 03:36:53,800
So, Bebette McDougall.

1461
03:36:54,220 --> 03:36:57,060
So, I'm going to see something that's quite obvious.

1462
03:36:58,460 --> 03:37:04,920
If any of you look at the continent of Europe and you think about Italy, it's the boot and it's the

1463
03:37:04,920 --> 03:37:11,960
heel in the toe and that's what Sausalito is to the north bay. We are the heel in the toe at the

1464
03:37:11,960 --> 03:37:21,940
golden gate and one of the things that really came home to me this last winter is that so goes as they

1465
03:37:21,940 --> 03:37:27,460
often said of the years, so goes gate five, so goes the county. Well, if we build a little

1466
03:37:27,460 --> 03:37:31,400
while here and a little while there, a little while later, you've got one or on both sides

1467
03:37:31,400 --> 03:37:37,640
of that wall. I say so, so little can only survive. If we engage in all the way up to highway

1468
03:37:37,640 --> 03:37:44,480
37, I don't really think that we can sustain ourselves reasonably all by ourselves, but I most

1469
03:37:44,480 --> 03:37:49,640
certainly am a champion of making, you know, measured steps, small, medium, and long term.

1470
03:37:49,640 --> 03:37:52,960
And with that I yield back my time, thank you.

1471
03:37:52,980 --> 03:37:59,780
Thank you, Rob McCullough, followed by Reagan Fulton.

1472
03:38:00,400 --> 03:38:02,100
Good evening mayor and council members.

1473
03:38:02,100 --> 03:38:03,380
My name is Robert McCullough.

1474
03:38:04,320 --> 03:38:07,040
I've had offices on gate five road for 25 years.

1475
03:38:07,180 --> 03:38:09,600
I've been flooded out two or three times, both into the thing.

1476
03:38:10,380 --> 03:38:13,680
I'm a mechanical engineer by training with about 50 years of experience.

1477
03:38:14,580 --> 03:38:18,840
My landlord, Maro Dossalini, when we got flooded out last time asked me to take an independent

1478
03:38:18,840 --> 03:38:23,400
And look at it, I walked the length of that canal, looked at all the ductwork coming in there.

1479
03:38:23,780 --> 03:38:28,520
And there are several basic problems here that have to do with the temporal nature of the things.

1480
03:38:28,780 --> 03:38:31,680
The king ties we know, they happen three or four times a year in the winter.

1481
03:38:32,220 --> 03:38:38,900
They can be exacerbated by upstream flooding in the Sacramento River when pushing the water from the South Bay.

1482
03:38:39,020 --> 03:38:44,700
But we know pretty much when that's going to happen, when we get a seven foot tide,

1483
03:38:45,300 --> 03:38:48,540
It bubbles up through the drains on Gay Fire Road and floods that road.

1484
03:38:49,040 --> 03:38:53,820
When it goes up to eight feet, it spills over the walls of that canal onto the largest

1485
03:38:53,820 --> 03:38:55,360
community and comes out to the road.

1486
03:38:55,820 --> 03:38:59,220
And it also comes through Varda landing onto the road and goes out there.

1487
03:38:59,940 --> 03:39:03,600
You heard the fellow earlier tonight talk about El Nino.

1488
03:39:04,580 --> 03:39:08,080
And El Nino, they don't know what's going to happen with the rain, it may be good and

1489
03:39:08,080 --> 03:39:08,700
may not be good.

1490
03:39:09,080 --> 03:39:13,500
But they do know that the water level's going to go up to possibly nine feet just from

1491
03:39:13,500 --> 03:39:17,780
the expansion of the water and the ocean and the lapse of the trade winds pushing it

1492
03:39:17,780 --> 03:39:23,060
offshore. So I think that what the guys are studying this need to take into account is

1493
03:39:23,060 --> 03:39:29,900
the fact that these tidal effects happen roughly one and a half hour on either side of

1494
03:39:29,900 --> 03:39:33,820
high tide, okay? Those are the worst problems, those need to be addressed immediately.

1495
03:39:34,880 --> 03:39:39,480
Rain happens in a very short period of time, typically deluge is over a couple of hours.

1496
03:39:39,480 --> 03:39:42,820
If that corresponds with a high tide, you're in big trouble.

1497
03:39:43,400 --> 03:39:47,700
So the question is, what is the frequency of which those two things happen?

1498
03:39:48,120 --> 03:39:50,140
And that kind of thing should be part of the study.

1499
03:39:50,760 --> 03:39:51,160
Thank you.

1500
03:39:51,540 --> 03:39:51,960
Thank you.

1501
03:39:53,360 --> 03:39:56,900
Reagan Fulton, followed by Curtis Hable.

1502
03:39:56,900 --> 03:39:57,000
Hello.

1503
03:39:58,760 --> 03:39:59,360
Hi, Mayor.

1504
03:39:59,600 --> 03:39:59,780
And

1505
03:40:00,000 --> 03:40:27,800
City Council, thank you for allowing me to speak. I am a social leader resident and a small business owner on Gate 5 Road, and we flooded disasterously on January 3rd of this year. And I appreciate councilperson bloustines and yours mayor comments about what are we going to do in the near term. I'm concerned about this year and what's going to happen. Thanksgiving Christmas Eve.

1506
03:40:30,160 --> 03:40:37,860
And while I very much appreciated the report that was put forward tonight, and Kevin

1507
03:40:37,860 --> 03:40:43,360
McGowan's efforts in these areas, that is long-term, near and long-term.

1508
03:40:43,680 --> 03:40:48,780
I think we have to think about tomorrow, and paper towels are not going to really do it.

1509
03:40:48,780 --> 03:41:02,340
But I'm hoping maybe you would consider deploying personnel on evenings or whenever these storm

1510
03:41:02,340 --> 03:41:08,680
events will occur to help small businesses deal with the flooding.

1511
03:41:09,120 --> 03:41:14,360
I'm right across from Heath, they're in terrible shape when the floods occur.

1512
03:41:14,360 --> 03:41:24,180
just as we were, we lost about $30,000 worth of equipment, and we stand to lose again if the floods

1513
03:41:24,180 --> 03:41:32,780
really rise. I would also suggest, as part of the planning, that there be some further communication

1514
03:41:32,780 --> 03:41:43,460
with landlords. Our landlord apparently has put up a sort of a seawall of a sort on to Gate 5

1515
03:41:43,460 --> 03:41:45,540
of road which is going to create a bit of a canal,

1516
03:41:46,100 --> 03:41:48,420
pushing water in various directions.

1517
03:41:49,160 --> 03:41:51,140
Hopefully they will keep the pumps flowing

1518
03:41:51,140 --> 03:41:54,620
but the pumps are just going to put more water into gate five.

1519
03:41:55,500 --> 03:41:58,220
So counteracting whatever the pumps will be doing

1520
03:41:59,720 --> 03:42:00,600
when they come.

1521
03:42:00,980 --> 03:42:03,120
So, lots of think about,

1522
03:42:03,260 --> 03:42:05,820
but the near term is my biggest concern right now.

1523
03:42:07,300 --> 03:42:08,080
Thank you.

1524
03:42:08,520 --> 03:42:09,360
Koda's have all.

1525
03:42:10,420 --> 03:42:12,320
There anyone else who wants to speak?

1526
03:42:12,320 --> 03:42:19,860
I see reason Bradley. Come on up reason. I know you are, but we'll follow Curtis, okay?

1527
03:42:19,940 --> 03:42:24,880
Because I think we thought it was 5B, but it's 5A. Like my first comment card, I turned

1528
03:42:24,880 --> 03:42:25,700
in for 5B.

1529
03:42:26,020 --> 03:42:26,360
Uh-huh.

1530
03:42:26,560 --> 03:42:32,260
So I got mixed up. Maybe somebody else did too. Anyways, thank you for having us here tonight

1531
03:42:32,260 --> 03:42:37,240
and having this conversation. I think staff's been a really great job at teasing part a complex,

1532
03:42:37,620 --> 03:42:42,120
a really complex issue. And working with the community to try to find solutions

1533
03:42:42,120 --> 03:42:51,060
to this and recognizing that it's not a one-silver bullet, it's a multifaceted approach to addressing

1534
03:42:51,060 --> 03:42:55,660
this issue. At least two city councils in the past were presented with this issue and I'm

1535
03:42:55,660 --> 03:43:00,260
guessing that at that time there was some hand-ringing and oh my gosh, this is too expensive,

1536
03:43:00,800 --> 03:43:06,300
it's too complex. Let's continue thinking about it and talking about it and we'll get to it next year.

1537
03:43:06,300 --> 03:43:13,360
decades later of course now we're still having that conversation. If we again decide that this is

1538
03:43:13,360 --> 03:43:18,220
too expensive and too complicated, many of the businesses that people enjoy and enhance the

1539
03:43:18,220 --> 03:43:23,840
community character, Heath Ceramics, Anchorage 5 Restaurant, parts of Clipper Yacht Harbor, we're

1540
03:43:23,840 --> 03:43:29,880
going to be impacted and we're going to start losing those businesses. This past storm season,

1541
03:43:30,420 --> 03:43:35,020
Clipper Yacht Harbor lost one of our artists tenants and we almost lost two other tenants. We've

1542
03:43:35,020 --> 03:43:39,680
We spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs and manpower and hundreds of hours

1543
03:43:39,680 --> 03:43:44,820
of manhours recuperating after this event, that storm event.

1544
03:43:45,980 --> 03:43:47,160
It's no small matter.

1545
03:43:47,440 --> 03:43:51,300
Yeah, we're small businesses, we can't keep on absorbing this kind of damage.

1546
03:43:53,160 --> 03:43:55,040
So again, I want to commend staff.

1547
03:43:55,240 --> 03:43:59,400
They've spent a lot of time and effort communicating with us coming out to this site.

1548
03:44:00,080 --> 03:44:04,080
some of you have come out to the site to take a look at it, and that's much appreciated.

1549
03:44:06,260 --> 03:44:12,500
While I appreciate all those efforts, we really need to have, so we've got the short, mid and long-term solutions.

1550
03:44:12,500 --> 03:44:15,060
We need like an immediate now solution too.

1551
03:44:16,240 --> 03:44:19,960
And based on my conversations with property owners and business owners in the area,

1552
03:44:20,540 --> 03:44:25,560
it definitely seems like there's a willingness to work with the city and

1553
03:44:25,560 --> 03:44:30,760
cooperative effort to try to come up with a now solution that is really temporary in nature,

1554
03:44:30,980 --> 03:44:36,560
but we'll give us enough protection to weather this next storm season, especially with the

1555
03:44:36,560 --> 03:44:39,960
El Nino. Thank you. Thank you. Reason Bradley.

1556
03:44:51,160 --> 03:44:54,800
Hi, Reason Bradley. I'd like to thank the City Council

1557
03:44:54,800 --> 03:44:59,960
and Steven, especially Mr. Mayor. Thank you for coming down to saw Sido with engineers and

1558
03:45:00,000 --> 03:45:29,900
And take a look at what's going on, having boots on the ground. Kevin in the city appreciate what Pat and everybody's doing. Melissa, to answer your question, I believe that there's a solution right now where the pumps go up and you can only pump until you stop the water. And when the water goes over the top of the die, you can't pump the bay. So we've come up with a plan and it's pretty simple where you go from Ken, Peterson,

1559
03:45:29,900 --> 03:45:35,100
parking lot, a clipper to gate five road. That would seal the water. This isn't a 100-year plan.

1560
03:45:35,200 --> 03:45:40,720
This is like a 20-year plan. But if you purchased a couple of pumps, they don't have to be brand new.

1561
03:45:41,180 --> 03:45:45,860
The pumps, Kevin and Pat, prove that you can pump the water down and stay ahead of it until it

1562
03:45:45,860 --> 03:45:51,860
breaches over that levy. So we're just proposing a bunch of trucks, a dirt, raise the road a little bit,

1563
03:45:52,120 --> 03:45:56,980
a couple of pumps, and then put some check valves, like Ken said in there. So it's not a half a million

1564
03:45:56,980 --> 03:46:03,060
I think that we could do it for a 100 grand if Ken and I were like actually doing it.

1565
03:46:03,260 --> 03:46:08,180
And what we're trying to propose is people on gate five road, all the businesses are struggling.

1566
03:46:08,520 --> 03:46:13,080
We were up for four days straight, pumping 100,000 gallons of water a day.

1567
03:46:13,540 --> 03:46:18,080
I think we were the only property that didn't flood, but we came close, the power went out.

1568
03:46:18,540 --> 03:46:20,580
Of course, that's when the power goes out.

1569
03:46:20,760 --> 03:46:25,180
So I think that we've come up with a real temporary solution.

1570
03:46:25,180 --> 03:46:48,000
But we ran it by Steven and the engineering firm and everybody kind of felt like this could really work so it's not it's not flashy it's not a hundred years, but I think for the next 20 we might be able to get by which a biased time to look at some seawalls between wall to point and clipper and if that was raised up, that would actually protect instead of raising eight five.

1571
03:46:48,320 --> 03:46:51,900
That would protect everyone behind that seawall so Bart landing.

1572
03:46:52,180 --> 03:46:53,280
So thank you all.

1573
03:46:53,280 --> 03:47:13,020
Well, thank you. And when we talk about short term, we talk about just this coming winter to and I think there may be some things that could be done via simple permitting. Is that correct? If it's on private property and property owners are willing, I'm asking the in room city manager, that's the case.

1574
03:47:13,320 --> 03:47:14,180
Yes, absolutely mayor.

1575
03:47:14,180 --> 03:47:20,560
Okay, and we'd be happy to streamline those kinds of proposals to help to bolster against Superl Nino, okay?

1576
03:47:22,220 --> 03:47:24,740
One more speaker car from Dan Morgan,

1577
03:47:28,320 --> 03:47:32,840
good evening, Mr. Mayor council members. Dan Morgan. I

1578
03:47:32,840 --> 03:47:42,300
Listen to the I'm encouraged from what I hear tonight and we've all we've spent some time with staff and and the short-term plan is not short-term enough

1579
03:47:42,300 --> 03:47:55,340
Like you said, Mr. Mayor, the short term means this quarter, this year because that's what we're our my tenants are suffering we're losing businesses and the first question out of everyone's mouth is does it flood?

1580
03:47:56,000 --> 03:47:59,400
And of course you have to be honest with them.

1581
03:48:00,560 --> 03:48:23,140
Mr. Bradley's observation is, or my observation is the same as Mr. Bradley's, the pumps I want to back up and thank public works and Pat and staff for the great job that they've done because since the temporary pumps went in and the outflow got shut off, that has worked in the recent floods that's been dry down there.

1582
03:48:24,520 --> 03:48:36,060
The, in that, that's, that will, that system that's temporary now will continue working until the overland flows at Varta landing in and

1583
03:48:36,060 --> 03:48:40,760
date, gate five and then the pumps get turned off because you can't stay ahead of it.

1584
03:48:41,980 --> 03:48:49,680
As one of the property owners down there, we are willing to participate in that building up of Varta landing.

1585
03:48:50,440 --> 03:48:54,280
And we'd like to get that done this year and I was happy to hear that there's a

1586
03:48:55,920 --> 03:49:01,000
commitment to work permits fast, faster, so that we can get that done.

1587
03:49:01,400 --> 03:49:06,800
I think if we can get that done, we will eliminate a lot of the stress and

1588
03:49:06,800 --> 03:49:09,120
the flooding that could go on this year.

1589
03:49:09,860 --> 03:49:10,360
Thank you.

1590
03:49:10,540 --> 03:49:11,160
Thank you, Dan.

1591
03:49:12,160 --> 03:49:14,880
Are there no more comments in the chambers?

1592
03:49:15,260 --> 03:49:16,420
Are there comments online?

1593
03:49:17,280 --> 03:49:18,300
You have Sandra Bushmaker?

1594
03:49:18,300 --> 03:49:25,790
Good evening Council and thank you staff and the consultant for your information and all

1595
03:49:25,790 --> 03:49:28,790
the speakers that have talked about the urgency for this year.

1596
03:49:29,550 --> 03:49:36,950
This staff report illustrates my earlier point about the recklessness of measure X and

1597
03:49:36,950 --> 03:49:42,130
the proposed building contained in measure X along our waterfront.

1598
03:49:42,130 --> 03:49:50,670
We're going to have a six foot rise by 20, a sea level rise by 2010 and a four foot subsidence by 2100.

1599
03:49:54,560 --> 03:49:59,920
This requires planning and I'm glad to see the council is addressing this issue now.

1600
03:50:00,000 --> 03:50:05,220
Well, like the speakers have said, we've got this quarter to deal with this winter.

1601
03:50:08,560 --> 03:50:32,580
I would strongly urge people to take a look at noonmeasurex.com for documented factual data on why a no vote on ex is a responsible thing to do. One of the things about Measure X that is most disturbing, particularly in light of the staff report that we had, is that it excuses developers from infrastructure improvements. And this is something that

1602
03:50:32,580 --> 03:50:38,500
That is not a good thing for Sausalito and certainly not a good thing for the gate 5 area.

1603
03:50:39,640 --> 03:50:44,720
We have been dealing with this issue since I moved to Sausalito almost in 1979.

1604
03:50:45,700 --> 03:50:50,640
So this is not a new problem, but it is getting worse with the subsidence in the sea level

1605
03:50:50,640 --> 03:50:51,020
rise.

1606
03:50:51,540 --> 03:50:55,380
And also, don't forget, we've got a rising water table as well to deal with.

1607
03:50:56,020 --> 03:51:02,320
So I would like to have the City Council move forward on the immediate problems, medium and

1608
03:51:02,320 --> 03:51:09,400
long-term problems solutions. Now that the council has this information, it is on notice for the

1609
03:51:09,400 --> 03:51:17,140
impacts of the building impacts proposed by measure X. No on measure X. Thank you.

1610
03:51:20,160 --> 03:51:24,380
Anyone else online? Next we have Mark Palmer. Mr. Palmer.

1611
03:51:35,600 --> 03:51:37,700
Hello can you hear me? Yes we can.

1612
03:51:38,460 --> 03:51:53,620
Good evening mayor and council members Mark Palmer I want to commend Kevin and the public work staff for their quick response to the flooding on gate five road using portable pumps during high tides is provided important immediate relief.

1613
03:51:53,620 --> 03:51:57,580
But clearly, we also need a long-term more holistic solution.

1614
03:51:58,260 --> 03:52:04,240
The study lays out a good path forward, including tide gates, a pump station, storm drain

1615
03:52:04,240 --> 03:52:10,020
improvements, a seawall along part of Vartel Landing shoreline, and working with the property

1616
03:52:10,020 --> 03:52:13,740
owner to raise the portion of Vartel Landing that's on private property.

1617
03:52:14,380 --> 03:52:19,020
At the same time, I want to highlight the new bioretension features now under construction

1618
03:52:19,020 --> 03:52:25,400
on Coloma Street as part of the sidewalk project that just fits right in with the consultant's

1619
03:52:25,400 --> 03:52:31,880
recommendation for upstream green infrastructure capturing and slowing storm water before it reaches

1620
03:52:31,880 --> 03:52:38,060
gate five. I encourage the council to accept a study and direct staff to use the remaining grant

1621
03:52:38,060 --> 03:52:44,540
funds to move these improvements forward and help secure the future of gate five road. Thank you.

1622
03:52:45,180 --> 03:52:47,580
Thank you Mr. Palmer. Anyone else online?

1623
03:52:48,300 --> 03:52:49,520
Next, we have Max.

1624
03:52:53,680 --> 03:52:59,640
Hi, can you hear me? Yes, would you identify yourself? We just see a first

1625
03:52:59,640 --> 03:53:07,280
name apparently. Max, I'm the owner of 265 Gate 5 Road, which is right next to the proposed pump

1626
03:53:07,280 --> 03:53:16,080
station. So my family and I have purchased the property nearly 10 years ago and I pretty much want

1627
03:53:16,080 --> 03:53:23,160
to echo what Ken and Reason said in public comment earlier, but I think we just can't emphasize

1628
03:53:23,160 --> 03:53:28,060
enough that we need short-term action now.

1629
03:53:28,700 --> 03:53:33,500
The studies are very important and mid and long term is also great, but I can say from

1630
03:53:33,500 --> 03:53:39,860
experience in our 10 years there that the first seven we were able to deal with pumps and

1631
03:53:39,860 --> 03:53:44,540
raising the grade a little bit here and there and a few inches of water and wearing boots

1632
03:53:44,540 --> 03:53:50,540
it high tide, but now it's, you know, we needed short-term action probably last year or even

1633
03:53:50,540 --> 03:53:56,760
three years ago. And it's, you know, it's not a freak year or an El Nino or something like this,

1634
03:53:56,900 --> 03:54:03,880
it's I think we would all be very happy if we could know who's project is this, who's accountable,

1635
03:54:04,220 --> 03:54:12,260
when is it going to happen, is it, you know, the current temporary measures that are in place

1636
03:54:12,260 --> 03:54:19,040
actually have made it worse. I think our property floods be worst in gate 5 road and we've also spent

1637
03:54:19,040 --> 03:54:24,060
tens of thousands of dollars in repairs and hundreds of hours, same as Clipper and we've already

1638
03:54:24,740 --> 03:54:31,820
most recently lost multiple tenants. So it's getting to a point where we are unsure about

1639
03:54:32,280 --> 03:54:39,880
the future of gate 5 road unless there is a clear established timeline and budget for short term

1640
03:54:39,880 --> 03:54:45,780
action as reason said, you know, this this quarter this season. Thank you.

1641
03:54:48,110 --> 03:54:48,630
Any

1642
03:54:48,630 --> 03:54:54,150
other comments? Seeing none online. Okay, we'll bring it back for discussion at

1643
03:54:54,150 --> 03:54:58,490
this point. What we have before us now is is simply a request to receive and file

1644
03:54:58,490 --> 03:54:59,790
the report, but you've heard.

1645
03:55:00,000 --> 03:55:29,840
Some comments about a sense of urgency and a possibility of streamlining some things that might be done on a permit basis. Again, it's temporary, but it could provide some relief this winter and maybe for a few more winters. I just wanted to make that clear. I think we've referred that if you will to staff and we hope that whatever has come up with it, the consultant engineer thinks might help and can be done expeditiously.

1646
03:55:29,840 --> 03:55:31,740
I think we're all for it.

1647
03:55:33,680 --> 03:55:39,260
Longer term or medium term or even what's been called short term, one of the big issues

1648
03:55:39,260 --> 03:55:44,800
and this comes up every time is how is it going to be paid for, who's going to pay for

1649
03:55:44,800 --> 03:55:45,280
it, etc.

1650
03:55:46,160 --> 03:55:52,520
And I don't want to comment much more about that now than to say we recognize that infrastructure

1651
03:55:52,520 --> 03:55:57,440
generally, the needs in this community, far exceed our revenue base.

1652
03:55:57,440 --> 03:56:13,240
And we have an item following that might provide some relief, but for now I think we sadly can't assure the public that we can develop a medium term plan and find the funding for it right away.

1653
03:56:13,820 --> 03:56:21,160
I just don't want to raise expectations, but we are motivated to do what we can to address this and to find the funding.

1654
03:56:21,160 --> 03:56:29,920
I just don't, I don't have a crystal ball or a clear route to funding source that can

1655
03:56:29,920 --> 03:56:39,240
do some of the improvements that are designed, that are in the staff report, yes, yes, sorry.

1656
03:56:41,420 --> 03:56:46,180
First of all, thank you to staff for the amount of time you put into this report into our consultants

1657
03:56:46,180 --> 03:56:49,260
since for your extensive engagement and communication

1658
03:56:49,260 --> 03:56:51,240
with community members.

1659
03:56:51,720 --> 03:56:55,160
When I look at gate five road in January,

1660
03:56:55,780 --> 03:56:59,720
I am reminded of Hurricane Katrina

1661
03:56:59,720 --> 03:57:03,060
and how close we are to something like that happening

1662
03:57:03,060 --> 03:57:05,520
if our canals, which are 85 years old, broke.

1663
03:57:06,180 --> 03:57:07,640
That was an infrastructure failure

1664
03:57:07,640 --> 03:57:10,340
from a municipality because the levees broke

1665
03:57:10,830 --> 03:57:12,240
and we all saw the outcome.

1666
03:57:12,540 --> 03:57:14,960
I don't expect that it would necessarily be a severe

1667
03:57:14,960 --> 03:57:21,860
but we're hearing that there's tens of millions of dollars of damage potentially at stake here.

1668
03:57:22,460 --> 03:57:28,140
I appreciate that the direction, of course, is to perceive and file and again great work,

1669
03:57:28,220 --> 03:57:32,260
and there's obviously a lot to consider. But what I'm also hearing is, right now we're spending

1670
03:57:32,260 --> 03:57:40,960
certainly more than $100,000 annually on our pumps already at Gate 5 Road, and we are very fortunate

1671
03:57:40,960 --> 03:57:46,700
it to have a group of property owners who have come together to say we have a solution

1672
03:57:46,700 --> 03:57:50,560
that could potentially work for up to 20 years that will cost $100,000.

1673
03:57:51,120 --> 03:57:55,980
So I don't know if the requirement would be to immediately agenda as redistributing

1674
03:57:55,980 --> 03:58:01,380
the funds that are now being used for the rental of the pumps to moving that forward, but

1675
03:58:01,380 --> 03:58:07,200
I think it would be very, we should be as quick as possible about making those arrangements

1676
03:58:07,200 --> 03:58:10,020
it's prior to the Thanksgiving king tides if we can.

1677
03:58:11,000 --> 03:58:15,020
I'd be happy to be part of a working group to partner with the property owners to steward

1678
03:58:15,020 --> 03:58:16,020
that forward with staff.

1679
03:58:16,180 --> 03:58:22,980
I'm sure all of us are very excited about that opportunity, but I'd like to, in addition

1680
03:58:22,980 --> 03:58:26,820
to receiving and filing and thinking about funding, which is obviously the huge issue for

1681
03:58:26,820 --> 03:58:32,060
the $5 million in the $2 million for Varta, this is a potential 10 to 20 year solution that

1682
03:58:32,060 --> 03:58:36,100
the property owners themselves have come up with that is within our current budget.

1683
03:58:36,100 --> 03:58:41,560
So whatever is required of us to move forward with that now, I would really like to see us do that as well.

1684
03:58:42,000 --> 03:58:52,600
If I can just add something, I think the engineers would tell us that whatever is proposed in terms of adding a wall and adding fill, if you will, is additive.

1685
03:58:53,100 --> 03:58:58,860
In other words, you wouldn't say don't have the pumps and do that as I understood the engineering report.

1686
03:58:59,580 --> 03:59:06,700
However, you're correct if it's not already available in our budget removed, we do have a reserve.

1687
03:59:07,420 --> 03:59:08,380
Why do we have a reserve?

1688
03:59:08,540 --> 03:59:10,420
We have a reserve for just this sort of thing.

1689
03:59:10,700 --> 03:59:16,960
When we anticipate an emergency or an urgency, we shouldn't hesitate to take a look at what we have available,

1690
03:59:17,460 --> 03:59:22,200
especially if it's a modest amount, and I'm looking at the city manager.

1691
03:59:22,200 --> 03:59:29,220
would would you be willing to form a working group that would be responsible for streamlining some of these process.

1692
03:59:29,260 --> 03:59:33,180
I would be actually we already have the shoreline adaptation plan group.

1693
03:59:33,760 --> 03:59:35,980
And so we might want to just fold it into that.

1694
03:59:36,260 --> 03:59:38,100
I mean, who's who's on that? I'm on that.

1695
03:59:38,280 --> 03:59:41,520
And so Councilmember Sobiuski and we're working with the same stakeholders.

1696
03:59:42,220 --> 03:59:48,680
So the same stakeholders that are here with us this earlier this evening that he doesn't want to be on another working.

1697
03:59:49,080 --> 03:59:59,800
I'm happy to go forward with this as well, and I'm looking at the same stakeholders right now that are on the shoreline that Mr. Hubble and some of the other guys that are on that.

1698
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:29,580
And in fact, I think I saw some of the maps from the shoreline at a taser plan tonight. So I think I think a working group is fine so that we can on our side expedite on our side, but I don't want us to get in the way. Absolutely great. And I think what I learned personally by walking out there. And hearing about this idea, it was just an idea that engineers were looking at at the same time as property owners and looking at the canal.

1699
04:00:29,580 --> 04:00:53,520
and all that and coming up with a hypothesis that certainly seemed reasonable and that was only a few weeks ago and I think I think we want to encourage them to come forward and work with our engineers and staff to see if we can move it forward and we're on the agenda review we can make sure this is expedited agenda wise if it needs approval to find money to support it.

1700
04:00:53,520 --> 04:01:23,500
I know the property owners are interested in protecting their own property and are willing to chip in how much who knows but these are practical problems that we can expedite and we should and I'm in agreement and I'm happy that we're all supported of this and I agree that the problems are as was stated by I think the last color one of the colors and that though when you do move water around the

1701
04:01:23,500 --> 04:01:27,580
around water goes somewhere and so we had to be cognizant of all the property

1702
04:01:27,580 --> 04:01:33,140
understand there make sure that they're all part of the solution and so thanks

1703
04:01:33,140 --> 04:01:36,500
to everybody that's here tonight and people that are interested in coming up

1704
04:01:36,500 --> 04:01:39,420
with the solution. So thanks for coming in tonight. I appreciate it.

1705
04:01:41,050 --> 04:01:42,750
Ms. Cox, I see you reaching.

1706
04:01:44,090 --> 04:01:54,950
Thank you. I wasn't sure my mic was on. So thank you first of all for the

1707
04:01:54,950 --> 04:02:06,250
problems solving solutions. I endorse the long-term study, but at the same time I

1708
04:02:06,250 --> 04:02:13,960
agree with my fellow council members that immediate action is required, and I

1709
04:02:14,490 --> 04:02:20,390
would endorse utilizing our emergency fund if we don't have funds elsewhere because

1710
04:02:20,390 --> 04:02:27,430
this really is an emergency. I think all of us were down there on site earlier this year

1711
04:02:27,430 --> 04:02:36,330
when we had a conflagration of king tides and storm surge. And it was just, it was unbelievably

1712
04:02:36,330 --> 04:02:46,450
bad and shocking. And when we have someone like Reason Bradley come forward with such a practical

1713
04:02:46,930 --> 04:02:54,430
solution. I see no reason why we wouldn't undertake that study. So, and I see that the engineer

1714
04:02:54,430 --> 04:03:00,250
nodding your head that is that something you could support us in undertaking? So he's

1715
04:03:00,250 --> 04:03:01,230
shaking his head, yes.

1716
04:03:01,490 --> 04:03:02,190
Permanently, yes.

1717
04:03:02,310 --> 04:03:07,150
Yeah, so I don't know who you're going to appoint to the working group mayor. I would love

1718
04:03:07,150 --> 04:03:10,750
to serve on it. I think all of us would probably like to.

1719
04:03:10,750 --> 04:03:11,770
I think we're all interested.

1720
04:03:11,770 --> 04:03:19,550
but I think that Ms. Hoffman has some experience with the shoreline adaptation studies,

1721
04:03:19,650 --> 04:03:25,010
et cetera, that preceded it, and the vice mayor's volunteering so I'll for now say those are the working group

1722
04:03:25,010 --> 04:03:29,130
with the goal of bringing things to us as we need to act.

1723
04:03:29,730 --> 04:03:33,890
That's the goal. We're not engineers, we're not going to design these projects we shouldn't.

1724
04:03:33,890 --> 04:03:45,150
And to address the longer term cost of this, I was really struck by the data that the

1725
04:03:45,150 --> 04:03:50,630
do-nothing analysis estimates a roughly 2.37 billion cost.

1726
04:03:51,250 --> 04:03:54,390
And so I really don't think we can afford to do nothing.

1727
04:03:54,610 --> 04:04:00,130
I think we have to reasonably prioritize what we can do.

1728
04:04:00,130 --> 04:04:07,390
We have to take immediate action, and then we have to figure out what we can do in the midterm to protect our value to property owners.

1729
04:04:08,190 --> 04:04:15,830
So I'm going to ask if there's a motion to accept the report, and before anyone makes the motion, just make the comment.

1730
04:04:16,030 --> 04:04:25,330
I think one of our primary responsibilities as council members is to protect the public health and safety of everyone here.

1731
04:04:25,330 --> 04:04:41,590
And that means drawing lines and drawing lines I think where people currently work where property is currently developed and do our best to protect each and every person who works there lives there or owns property there.

1732
04:04:42,170 --> 04:04:43,410
That's how I look at this.

1733
04:04:44,210 --> 04:04:49,490
If we can't, if we find out that some problems are insurmountable.

1734
04:04:49,970 --> 04:04:59,170
As for example in Pacifico or Cliffs are falling and they can't be saved, we may have to take a different course here and there.

1735
04:05:00,000 --> 04:05:29,380
My very responsibility is to the community as it now exists. So just want to be clear about that. That's the message I think we've all agreed upon. We've asked the staff to pursue it with that in mind. And I think they're doing so. So thank you all for that. So I will move that the council receive and file the gate five area drainage management study and direct staff to proceed with developing design documentation for the recommended near term alternative.

1736
04:05:30,020 --> 04:05:49,240
I would like to see staff come back to us with some additional information to ensure that we have all of the right of ways that we need in order to perform the work given that this area crosses public and private owned property.

1737
04:05:49,240 --> 04:06:00,320
and integrate the canal structural assessment into the design and perhaps return to us with a financing plan

1738
04:06:00,320 --> 04:06:15,000
where we could perhaps partner with private owners to finance public and private construction measures to address these challenges.

1739
04:06:16,260 --> 04:06:18,780
So, that's a motion, is there a second?

1740
04:06:20,540 --> 04:06:22,200
Just, can I ask you a clarifying question?

1741
04:06:22,320 --> 04:06:27,280
Do you made a financing plan for the project that we're going to work on for the emergency?

1742
04:06:27,660 --> 04:06:28,340
No. Okay.

1743
04:06:28,400 --> 04:06:29,980
Or the longer term project.

1744
04:06:29,980 --> 04:06:30,140
Okay.

1745
04:06:30,520 --> 04:06:34,760
A potential, because we can't afford, we don't have cash today to do that.

1746
04:06:35,000 --> 04:06:40,880
But there might be a way for us to finance those repairs in collaboration with the private property owners.

1747
04:06:44,340 --> 04:06:45,260
So is that a second?

1748
04:06:46,360 --> 04:06:50,980
Okay, we have a motion in a second and we do need a roll call.

1749
04:06:52,240 --> 04:06:53,380
Council Member Cox?

1750
04:06:53,600 --> 04:06:53,760
Yes.

1751
04:06:54,300 --> 04:06:55,180
Council Member Hoffman?

1752
04:06:56,340 --> 04:06:56,960
Yes.

1753
04:06:57,560 --> 04:06:58,500
Vice Mayor Blowstein?

1754
04:06:58,820 --> 04:06:59,000
Yes.

1755
04:06:59,420 --> 04:06:59,920
Mayor Woodside?

1756
04:07:00,140 --> 04:07:00,280
Yes.

1757
04:07:00,840 --> 04:07:03,740
So that passes for zero one, one person absent.

1758
04:07:05,340 --> 04:07:11,520
Well now we'll move on to the next item which I think very interestingly enough may present

1759
04:07:11,520 --> 04:07:25,280
and some partial financing plan, if you will, that we could tap into and I'll ask the acting city manager, excuse me, interim city manager.

1760
04:07:25,440 --> 04:07:29,240
I got to get the title right. Mr. City Manager, please proceed.

1761
04:07:30,900 --> 04:07:32,500
Thank you very much, Mayor.

1762
04:07:33,220 --> 04:07:40,600
Happy to be here, and I'm very comfortable standing in this position based on my previous role.

1763
04:07:40,780 --> 04:07:42,100
So I'm going to stand here tonight as well.

1764
04:07:43,360 --> 04:07:43,440
Okay.

1765
04:07:43,980 --> 04:07:44,340
Okay.

1766
04:07:45,020 --> 04:07:50,280
So tonight's item is an introduction to tax increment and infrastructure financing tools,

1767
04:07:50,280 --> 04:07:55,640
and specifically how they could help us finance sustainable development and infrastructure in our city,

1768
04:07:55,640 --> 04:07:58,820
with a focus on the membership, I think, just based on previous discussions.

1769
04:07:59,540 --> 04:08:05,200
I noted a couple of things, recipes, ingredients to success, partnership, and efficiency.

1770
04:08:06,280 --> 04:08:10,040
So carrying those items into this evening's presentation.

1771
04:08:10,720 --> 04:08:11,640
Next slide, please.

1772
04:08:13,100 --> 04:08:15,400
I want to be clear about the purpose of the item up front.

1773
04:08:15,500 --> 04:08:21,100
This is primarily informational and educational, and no formation action is being requested.

1774
04:08:21,100 --> 04:08:27,920
the city's been evaluating tools to support sustainable, thoughtful development with a particular focus on the

1775
04:08:27,920 --> 04:08:34,340
marinship and through that work, enhanced infrastructure financing districts or EIFDs and other similar and

1776
04:08:34,340 --> 04:08:41,020
complimentary tools have emerged as a valuable, locally controlled way to fund, long deferred infrastructure.

1777
04:08:42,050 --> 04:08:47,830
So this evening staff's asking two things of council first to receive and consider this evaluation of the benefit and

1778
04:08:47,830 --> 04:08:53,530
Feasibility of forming an EIFD and or implementing other complementary financing mechanisms,

1779
04:08:53,770 --> 04:09:00,030
and two direct staff to continue evaluating EIFD formation, including potentially directing

1780
04:09:00,030 --> 04:09:04,290
an initial outreach to partner agencies such as the County of Marin.

1781
04:09:04,870 --> 04:09:05,330
Next slide, please.

1782
04:09:07,250 --> 04:09:09,530
All right, I'll set the stage here a little bit.

1783
04:09:10,170 --> 04:09:17,210
The marinship is 225 acres north of Galilee Harbor east of Bridgeway with about 100 parcels

1784
04:09:17,210 --> 04:09:23,210
and roughly 69 landowners and approximately 1.3 million square feet of building area,

1785
04:09:23,690 --> 04:09:25,410
generally at fairly low density.

1786
04:09:25,990 --> 04:09:29,890
It is the heart of our working waterfront and our maritime and arts clusters.

1787
04:09:30,430 --> 04:09:34,970
The city's 2020 land economic study documented major area wide challenges,

1788
04:09:35,570 --> 04:09:41,670
sealable rise, subsidence and flooding that threaten portions of the area, contaminated properties

1789
04:09:41,670 --> 04:09:47,630
that need remediation, gaps in roads, pathways in parking, and substantial deferred

1790
04:09:47,630 --> 04:09:53,230
maintenance in aging utilities and facilities. The study's key finding is one that matters

1791
04:09:53,230 --> 04:09:59,710
most for tonight. These area-wide improvements cannot be funded parcel by parcel. They require

1792
04:10:00,000 --> 04:10:29,980
Area-wide public financing that will allocate fair share to each parcel, and the study expressly identified EIFDs, community facilities districts, as well as assessment districts, as a part of that strategy. Next slide, please. All right. Why tax increment financing and why now? Tax increment was historically delivered through local redevelopment agencies, but the state dissolved those agencies in 2011 and 2012, which eliminated that tool.

1793
04:10:29,980 --> 04:10:32,320
for California cities, generally.

1794
04:10:33,000 --> 04:10:39,740
EIFDs authorized by the legislature in 2014 are the successor model to the redevelopment agency.

1795
04:10:40,160 --> 04:10:44,420
They let cities continue to use tax increment to finance public infrastructure.

1796
04:10:44,760 --> 04:10:50,820
They require no finding of blight and importantly, the city retains full local control over land use.

1797
04:10:51,460 --> 04:10:55,080
Our marine ship revisioning work has reinforced that a durable,

1798
04:10:55,080 --> 04:11:09,400
Local, locally controlled financing source is essential to realize in the community's goals for the area, so evaluating an EIFD is a logical next step, and it directly implements direction already in our strategic plan.

1799
04:11:10,380 --> 04:11:10,800
Next slide, please.

1800
04:11:12,020 --> 04:11:13,440
Alright, let me define the tool a little bit.

1801
04:11:13,440 --> 04:11:20,040
But an EIFD is a special financing district, again, enacted with SB 628 in 2014.

1802
04:11:20,360 --> 04:11:28,320
It dedicates a portion of the growth in property tax within a defined boundary to fund public infrastructure and community benefiting projects.

1803
04:11:28,800 --> 04:11:30,720
Four features are worth holding on to.

1804
04:11:31,020 --> 04:11:35,120
First, it imposes no new tax and no new fees on property owners.

1805
04:11:35,600 --> 04:11:39,400
Second, the city keeps local control, again, no blight finding required.

1806
04:11:39,400 --> 04:11:45,960
Third, it's a long-term tool able to operate for up to 45 years from its first bonds or

1807
04:11:45,960 --> 04:11:46,240
loan.

1808
04:11:46,820 --> 04:11:52,580
And fourth, it can be formed without an election unless 25% or more of affected property

1809
04:11:52,580 --> 04:11:54,480
owners or residence protest.

1810
04:11:55,000 --> 04:12:00,360
So as far as EIFD by itself is concerned, that is a medium term and a long-term financing

1811
04:12:00,360 --> 04:12:00,820
tool.

1812
04:12:01,220 --> 04:12:06,440
And we'll talk about some more short-term strategies or pathways that could be integrated

1813
04:12:06,440 --> 04:12:10,060
were complemented by any IFD. Next slide, please.

1814
04:12:11,300 --> 04:12:16,840
Here's how it actually works. At formation, the assessed value in the district is fixed

1815
04:12:17,190 --> 04:12:22,240
at a base year, and as value grows above that base through new development, reinvestment,

1816
04:12:22,440 --> 04:12:28,600
reassessment, the property tax on that growth is the tax increment shown in yellow on the

1817
04:12:28,600 --> 04:12:34,960
slide. That increment is drawn from a participating agency's share of the 1% of property tax,

1818
04:12:34,960 --> 04:12:41,620
So it's a redirection of the growth in existing revenue, not a new levy of tax.

1819
04:12:42,260 --> 04:12:43,920
A few guardrails matter here, though.

1820
04:12:44,520 --> 04:12:51,160
Any IFT cannot capture the school or other educational agencies share of the property tax.

1821
04:12:51,780 --> 04:12:53,000
So schools are held harmless.

1822
04:12:53,500 --> 04:13:02,620
Any bonds are secured by the increment itself and not by the city's general fund, which insulates the city itself, which is positive.

1823
04:13:02,620 --> 04:13:06,980
and under current law, no voter approval is required to issue those bonds.

1824
04:13:06,980 --> 04:13:09,340
That was amended, I think, in 2019.

1825
04:13:10,180 --> 04:13:13,220
The chart on the screen shows the idea pretty, pretty simply.

1826
04:13:13,680 --> 04:13:20,420
The base continues to flow to the taxing entities and only the growth above the base is dedicated

1827
04:13:20,420 --> 04:13:22,120
to the district properties.

1828
04:13:22,500 --> 04:13:23,020
Next slide, please.

1829
04:13:24,220 --> 04:13:24,480
All right.

1830
04:13:24,580 --> 04:13:28,060
What can we do with the increment allocated to an AIFD?

1831
04:13:28,060 --> 04:13:33,960
The broadly public capital improvements with a useful life of 15 years or more to provide

1832
04:13:33,960 --> 04:13:35,100
a community wide benefit.

1833
04:13:35,660 --> 04:13:36,440
It's pretty broad.

1834
04:13:37,000 --> 04:13:42,800
For the marinship, potential eligible categories they do seem to line up fairly closely with

1835
04:13:42,800 --> 04:13:44,320
the documented needs of the area.

1836
04:13:44,900 --> 04:13:50,640
Infrastructure projects could include water, sewer, drainage, utility, relocation, undergrounding,

1837
04:13:51,240 --> 04:13:53,320
environmental remediation and brownfield cleanup.

1838
04:13:53,320 --> 04:14:23,120
Regarding mobility and access, roads, transit, parking, sidewalk, circulation, streetscape, lighting, on community, in general, I guess that's the third category here, parks, trails, open space, civil, and public safety facilities, and public shoreline and waterfront access and on housing and resilience, affordable and workforce housing, sea level rise and climate adaptation, which the legislature expressly authorized in 2017,

1839
04:14:23,120 --> 04:14:29,800
which includes ongoing maintenance of the facilities that the district actually finances that was authorized in 2018.

1840
04:14:30,520 --> 04:14:31,040
Next slide, please.

1841
04:14:32,820 --> 04:14:45,020
On governance, an EIFD is run by a public financing authority for a single agency district that authorities is typically three members of the city council in addition to two members of the public.

1842
04:14:45,420 --> 04:14:51,860
The authority directs preparation of the infrastructure financing plan, which is the district's primary governing document.

1843
04:14:51,860 --> 04:14:59,400
The plan sets the boundaries and the legal description, the list of facilities and programs to be financed at the increment per

1844
04:15:00,000 --> 04:15:05,920
Corrections, themselves, and a financing plan that goes with it. The fiscal impacts on affected

1845
04:15:05,920 --> 04:15:12,260
taxing entities and the district's goals and any increment limits as well. So, adopting

1846
04:15:12,260 --> 04:15:16,940
that plan is a public process that includes three public hearings, so there's ample

1847
04:15:16,940 --> 04:15:21,980
opportunity for the community to review and provide input. Next slide, please.

1848
04:15:28,800 --> 04:15:29,880
All right, bringing

1849
04:15:29,880 --> 04:15:36,420
need not be specifically applied to the marinship. We can ideate on a myriad of different boundaries

1850
04:15:36,420 --> 04:15:41,260
and district approaches, but for purposes of this presentation, we're focusing on the marinship.

1851
04:15:42,160 --> 04:15:49,000
The area's documented need for area-wide backbone infrastructure is precisely what EIFDs are designed

1852
04:15:49,000 --> 04:15:54,900
to fund. As revisioning potential rezoning and reinvestment raised property values over time,

1853
04:15:54,900 --> 04:16:16,440
The resulting increment could be dedicated to sea level rise protection and subside in stabilization to utility additions to circulation and environmental remediation work to public waterfront access and to affordable and workforce housing that supports our future regional housing needs obligations.

1854
04:16:16,440 --> 04:16:20,020
I want to be candid about one thing, though, increment builds gradually.

1855
04:16:20,440 --> 04:16:24,140
So when we talk about the terms of an EIFD, I named up front.

1856
04:16:24,260 --> 04:16:27,780
This is more of a medium to long-term process, if it stands by itself.

1857
04:16:28,480 --> 04:16:34,100
An EIFD, again, is a tool that grows alongside the area that it serves.

1858
04:16:35,080 --> 04:16:41,800
It is early capacity, or its early capacity, can be strengthened by pairing it

1859
04:16:41,800 --> 04:16:45,720
with the complimentary tools that we'll be talking about next slide, please.

1860
04:16:49,320 --> 04:16:52,480
Okay, so the NEIFD need not stand alone.

1861
04:16:52,900 --> 04:16:57,020
A general purpose EIFD does give us the broadest flexibility, however,

1862
04:16:57,180 --> 04:17:00,880
across infrastructure mobility, housing, remediation, and climate.

1863
04:17:01,460 --> 04:17:04,620
It's locally controlled, again, the new taxes, increment-based,

1864
04:17:05,000 --> 04:17:06,260
and can layer in other revenues.

1865
04:17:07,120 --> 04:17:10,240
A close cousin is the climate resiliency district,

1866
04:17:10,240 --> 04:17:12,980
which I'd be remiss to mention in this presentation.

1867
04:17:12,980 --> 04:17:14,980
This is authorized in 2022.

1868
04:17:15,500 --> 04:17:17,820
It's a specialized kind of EIFD,

1869
04:17:18,040 --> 04:17:21,920
limited to climate projects like sea level rise,

1870
04:17:22,100 --> 04:17:24,380
flooding, heat, wildfire, and drought.

1871
04:17:24,880 --> 04:17:27,060
It uses the same formation process

1872
04:17:27,060 --> 04:17:29,320
and it can offer sharper messaging

1873
04:17:29,320 --> 04:17:32,000
and better access to climate grants

1874
04:17:32,000 --> 04:17:35,020
and particular kinds of climate-based partnerships

1875
04:17:35,020 --> 04:17:38,980
but it's less flexible for mixed infrastructure and housing.

1876
04:17:38,980 --> 04:17:46,540
So beyond those, we can complement NEIFD, again, talking about early upfront financing with

1877
04:17:46,540 --> 04:17:53,440
a community facilities district, a Miller-Rose district, with in-lu vehicle license fee

1878
04:17:53,440 --> 04:17:58,140
increment, which is just another source that can be dedicated and with state and federal

1879
04:17:58,140 --> 04:18:08,960
grants in addition to multi-jurisdictional partnerships, for example, with the county of

1880
04:18:08,960 --> 04:18:10,820
It's just a success that I mentioned at the beginning.

1881
04:18:11,440 --> 04:18:13,100
That includes our property owners as well.

1882
04:18:13,420 --> 04:18:15,480
Partnerships with them are going to be imperative

1883
04:18:15,480 --> 04:18:17,800
to the success of any long-term plan.

1884
04:18:18,680 --> 04:18:19,060
Next slide, please.

1885
04:18:21,810 --> 04:18:23,190
Okay, if the council were to proceed,

1886
04:18:24,390 --> 04:18:26,750
formation follows a defined statutory sequence

1887
04:18:27,410 --> 04:18:29,390
that at industry guidance estimates

1888
04:18:29,390 --> 04:18:31,790
that are approximately 12 to 18 months.

1889
04:18:32,390 --> 04:18:34,170
In broad strokes, it's eight steps

1890
04:18:34,550 --> 04:18:37,250
from the team of agency staff, excuse me,

1891
04:18:37,370 --> 04:18:38,890
form a team of agency staff,

1892
04:18:38,890 --> 04:18:51,610
Legal Council, a financial advisor, evaluate the feasibility, including boundaries and increment estimates, conduct outreach to elected officials, other taxing entities and property owners and residents.

1893
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Initiate the formal process by selecting the authority itself, adopting a resolution of intention and providing notices.

1894
04:18:59,630 --> 04:19:08,830
is preparing the infrastructure financing plan that is the plan that commits to the specific

1895
04:19:08,830 --> 04:19:12,370
infrastructure that will be financed with the increment generated from the district.

1896
04:19:13,230 --> 04:19:15,850
Circulate that plan and hold an informational meeting.

1897
04:19:16,590 --> 04:19:21,650
Hold the required public hearings and process proceedings and finally secure approval and form

1898
04:19:21,650 --> 04:19:22,090
the district.

1899
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So none of that happens tonight.

1900
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This is just a look forward.

1901
04:19:27,370 --> 04:19:31,670
I mentioned it so the council can see they wrote ahead if we should choose.

1902
04:19:32,130 --> 04:19:32,730
Next slide please.

1903
04:19:35,100 --> 04:19:35,120
Great.

1904
04:19:36,020 --> 04:19:40,020
So yeah, this slide just mentions that this is really not a free standing action.

1905
04:19:40,420 --> 04:19:43,500
It advances or adopted strategic plan directly.

1906
04:19:44,300 --> 04:19:50,340
Goal A, it does support general plan and membership implementation, goal C, fiscal resiliency,

1907
04:19:50,920 --> 04:19:56,560
it advances our economic development strategy and are searched for new ways to diversify capital

1908
04:19:56,560 --> 04:19:59,900
funding and go to the infrastructure and climate.

1909
04:20:00,000 --> 04:20:28,820
It implements the plan's explicit direction to explore marinship financing tools, and to commission an engineering analysis of infrastructure needs. And it supports our waterfront climate adaptation and circulation strategies. Next slide, please. So the ask here. Staff recommends that the council take two steps. First, receive and consider the evaluation of these financing tools, such as EIFD, to finance public infrastructure and supports sustainable,

1910
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in the city. And the second direct staff to continue evaluating E-A-F-T formation and

1911
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complementary tools, such as a CFD, including as a part of that, initiating preliminary outreach

1912
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to partner agencies such as the county of Marin. If the council is supportive, we'll bring

1913
04:20:48,060 --> 04:20:56,300
it back to you with the results of that outreach so that you can make an informed decision on whether to move toward formation at a future meeting.

1914
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looks like. And with that, thank you for your time this evening. I'm here to answer any questions.

1915
04:21:04,980 --> 04:21:09,840
Excuse me. First, we'll have questions from council members. I know we've had a chance to

1916
04:21:12,140 --> 04:21:18,780
read this in advance, but I also want to compliment you. Brandon, this is a very thorough report

1917
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on a somewhat complicated matter, and for someone not familiar with local government, it's

1918
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It's easy to overlook, I'll put it that way, and you've delved into it and given us some

1919
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recommendations that we, that they're before us now, and we could take some initial steps

1920
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in this regard.

1921
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But are there questions from council members at this time?

1922
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I don't have any questions at this time, but I want to thank you for putting this together

1923
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and giving us something to think about, so it's very interesting.

1924
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Thank you.

1925
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Thank you.

1926
04:21:57,370 --> 04:22:06,310
Okay, we'll move now to public comments, and I'm seeing a few cards being handed my way.

1927
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I'll just take them in the order presented, Curtis Havill is first, followed by Dan Morgan,

1928
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but you know what?

1929
04:22:19,830 --> 04:22:21,190
Who left? Who left?

1930
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I'm going to take him off.

1931
04:22:22,970 --> 04:22:26,430
Was this intended to comment about the previous 5B?

1932
04:22:26,990 --> 04:22:27,290
No.

1933
04:22:27,290 --> 04:22:28,030
It's now 5A.

1934
04:22:28,170 --> 04:22:31,830
It was, but then since I'm here, I should at least...

1935
04:22:31,830 --> 04:22:33,730
You're going to follow through.

1936
04:22:34,370 --> 04:22:41,490
And I think your background is a planner and subsequent things.

1937
04:22:41,770 --> 04:22:43,490
Maybe this matters of interest to you as well.

1938
04:22:44,390 --> 04:22:45,710
Thank you, City Council.

1939
04:22:45,710 --> 04:22:54,770
I'm Curtis Avall, a Clipper Yacht Harbor, and you know, I think the marine ship, when

1940
04:22:54,770 --> 04:23:07,270
you look at the tax base and you look at the yield of those that land, it's severely

1941
04:23:07,270 --> 04:23:15,030
restricted by the land use regulatory framework that affects that property, so that something

1942
04:23:15,030 --> 04:23:26,270
Something like this helps to kind of squeeze funding out of, not nothing, but it helps create

1943
04:23:26,270 --> 04:23:30,130
a revenue stream that I think is sorely needed in the marine ship.

1944
04:23:31,710 --> 04:23:35,270
Sometimes I look at the marine ship and I think part of the reason it's in such a disrepair

1945
04:23:35,270 --> 04:23:43,050
and why it is so rough is because the land use regulations have essentially stifled in any sort

1946
04:23:43,050 --> 04:23:52,130
of creative evolution and diversification for properties there that would help generate

1947
04:23:52,130 --> 04:23:53,230
funding for the city.

1948
04:23:56,610 --> 04:24:01,150
There was a comment earlier about grant funding and the question

1949
04:24:01,150 --> 04:24:06,210
came up and I've heard this question before about why don't property owners or why don't

1950
04:24:06,210 --> 04:24:13,110
these areas just apply for grant funding. As a small business grant funding as your council

1951
04:24:13,110 --> 04:24:19,430
will probably knows, comes with a lot of hooks in it and so it's not free money and it's

1952
04:24:19,430 --> 04:24:23,750
for a small business that needs to be nimble and needs to be able to make changes and

1953
04:24:23,750 --> 04:24:28,150
needs to be able to operate in real time, particularly on the waterfront where mother

1954
04:24:28,150 --> 04:24:32,350
nature dictates when you need to make changes and how you need to spend your money.

1955
04:24:33,230 --> 04:24:38,350
Grant funding doesn't always achieve that goal because it is restricted.

1956
04:24:39,110 --> 04:24:41,850
Anyway, I'm supportive of staff's presentation.

1957
04:24:42,070 --> 04:24:44,410
It was very informative and thanks for your time.

1958
04:24:44,990 --> 04:24:45,510
Thank you.

1959
04:24:46,610 --> 04:24:49,790
Adrian Brinton, followed by Carolyn Rovell.

1960
04:24:52,090 --> 04:24:55,050
And those are the only cards I have from the Chambers.

1961
04:24:56,050 --> 04:24:56,870
I did even in council.

1962
04:24:57,190 --> 04:24:59,370
Thank you for taking my comment again.

1963
04:24:59,590 --> 04:24:59,970
And yeah, thank you.

1964
04:25:00,000 --> 04:25:29,760
Thank you for the presentation. I was really going to see and kind of hear a little bit about that. One thing I think was maybe left out, I don't know if it was left out on purpose, but in the leadership specific plan, we actually had an infrastructure financing section. There was part of the leadership specific plan that was designed to actually try to address some of these issues way back in 1989 when that plan was developed. I think it's fair to say that that plan failed. Nothing was ever funded by it.

1965
04:25:29,760 --> 04:25:32,720
that I've been able to find, and I've done some pretty extensive research.

1966
04:25:34,060 --> 04:25:38,120
And really, there's one main reason for that, which is that, you know, since 1022 and

1967
04:25:38,120 --> 04:25:41,800
that Moonshire's specific plan, there's really been no meaningful development in the

1968
04:25:41,800 --> 04:25:46,960
marinship, and there's been nothing, no activity that's happened that can put funding towards

1969
04:25:47,400 --> 04:25:49,520
the mechanism that was put into the MSP.

1970
04:25:50,700 --> 04:25:59,740
You know, we didn't put anything in aim to replace that in the MSP purposely, because

1971
04:25:59,740 --> 04:26:02,340
because things like this infrastructure, improvement district,

1972
04:26:02,780 --> 04:26:05,700
the mechanisms we need to put in to be able to affund this.

1973
04:26:05,840 --> 04:26:07,480
And they work alongside Measure X.

1974
04:26:08,840 --> 04:26:11,320
We've heard time and time again from the property owners that,

1975
04:26:12,380 --> 04:26:14,360
you know, it's impossible to do anything there now.

1976
04:26:14,680 --> 04:26:19,820
The zoning is set to such a tiny degree that it's not economical to build

1977
04:26:19,820 --> 04:26:21,480
anything in the marine ship today.

1978
04:26:21,940 --> 04:26:26,400
So if we do this EIFD and we don't do Measure X,

1979
04:26:26,540 --> 04:26:27,820
it's kind of a waste of time.

1980
04:26:27,820 --> 04:26:42,740
Because we're going to see the same continuing process for probably another couple of decades where we go back into another comprehensive planning cycle, and we go through the 20 year process that I detailed in my last public statement, and we really don't want to do that again.

1981
04:26:44,200 --> 04:26:50,900
So if you since all the work together, let's open this up, we're a creative town, we can come together and we can do this.

1982
04:26:51,100 --> 04:26:55,920
It's really hard to build things in California, that's why the state is going so crazy with the housing laws.

1983
04:26:55,920 --> 04:27:00,760
I'm not so for industrial, so I think we need to do this.

1984
04:27:00,880 --> 04:27:04,020
The other thing I would ask is that we look into also a community improvement district.

1985
04:27:04,420 --> 04:27:09,640
We should put a direct tax also on the increased development to further fund the infrastructure.

1986
04:27:09,900 --> 04:27:10,200
Thank you.

1987
04:27:10,680 --> 04:27:11,000
Thank you.

1988
04:27:11,760 --> 04:27:12,600
Ms. Ravel.

1989
04:27:15,500 --> 04:27:16,280
Good evening.

1990
04:27:17,000 --> 04:27:19,900
I was fascinated by this presentation.

1991
04:27:20,100 --> 04:27:27,860
It's not a concept that I'm familiar with, but I've been at many council meetings in which you've talked about the need to explore alternative revenue.

1992
04:27:27,860 --> 04:27:33,980
sources and listen very attentively to the discussion about the problems of flooding tonight.

1993
04:27:34,580 --> 04:27:42,220
And it seems to me this is a very creative approach and I simply want to endorse the report

1994
04:27:42,220 --> 04:27:47,160
and urge the Council to take it under advisement as I know you plan to do.

1995
04:27:47,480 --> 04:27:48,180
Thank you very much.

1996
04:27:48,500 --> 04:27:49,360
Thank you very much.

1997
04:27:49,700 --> 04:27:51,040
Any comments online?

1998
04:27:53,370 --> 04:27:53,490
Oh,

1999
04:27:55,760 --> 04:27:57,220
I'm sorry, Andy.

2000
04:28:02,640 --> 04:28:10,240
I'm not sure if this is a comment-based for 5A or 5B. I agree with the immediate short-term

2001
04:28:10,240 --> 04:28:18,620
actions with gate 5 road. However, for the short-term or actually for the long-term, let's

2002
04:28:18,620 --> 04:28:25,640
see here. I have a little public comment. One of my concerns with increasing the availability

2003
04:28:25,640 --> 04:28:29,540
with the available development area in the MarinShift,

2004
04:28:29,840 --> 04:28:32,880
is what this change could mean as a byproduct.

2005
04:28:33,160 --> 04:28:36,780
More housing and more development capacity in an area

2006
04:28:36,780 --> 04:28:40,300
that is already facing significant infrastructure challenges.

2007
04:28:40,940 --> 04:28:45,080
We're entering another housing cycle and over the next several years

2008
04:28:45,080 --> 04:28:49,900
we could see development numbers compatible to what we are experiencing

2009
04:28:50,280 --> 04:28:51,480
at the current cycle.

2010
04:28:53,620 --> 04:28:59,300
So my question is why would we be proposing to increase development capacity in the

2011
04:28:59,300 --> 04:29:04,400
marine ship before we have adequately addressed the fundamental infrastructure problem spacing

2012
04:29:04,400 --> 04:29:10,100
the area? The city has just presented the gate five drainage management study and it

2013
04:29:10,100 --> 04:29:16,100
paints a very serious picture. Much of the marine ship is built on field land that is subsiding.

2014
04:29:17,060 --> 04:29:22,740
The city is already dealing with tidal flooding and storm surge impacts and the study projected

2015
04:29:22,740 --> 04:29:36,700
projects substantially greater vulnerability in the future, the proposed near-term drainage improvements alone are estimated in the millions with additional long-term solutions.

2016
04:29:37,820 --> 04:29:46,800
We are planning the infrastructure first and then determining how much development the

2017
04:29:46,800 --> 04:29:52,800
Your friendship can reasonably recommend a accommodate, or are we increasing development

2018
04:29:52,800 --> 04:29:59,520
capacity first and hoping the infrastructure and financing catch up later?

2019
04:30:00,140 --> 04:30:29,580
I don't believe we should put the cart before the horse if the city wants to increase the amount of development that can occur in the marine ship. The residents deserve to know what the total infrastructure burden would be, who will pay for it, and how much of that cost will ultimately fall on existing tax payers, property owners, tenants, what saw the infrastructure problem first, establish a clear financing and responsibility framework, and then determine what level of additional

2020
04:30:29,580 --> 04:30:37,800
development the membership can realistically support. Thank you. Thank you. Any

2021
04:30:37,800 --> 04:30:42,060
more comments from persons in the room? Oh I'm sorry.

2022
04:30:44,750 --> 04:30:47,030
Okay. I have one last

2023
04:30:47,030 --> 04:30:53,910
comment card from Alice Merrill. This has been very interesting hearing what's

2024
04:30:53,910 --> 04:31:00,790
happening now and what's possible and how can we work on making it a more

2025
04:31:00,790 --> 04:31:10,390
were viable area of the friendship, but as Andy was just saying, with X, we're adding

2026
04:31:10,390 --> 04:31:21,230
before we're understanding and we're opening it to, we all know that giving the City Council

2027
04:31:21,230 --> 04:31:27,550
of Vote is giving the owners, the land owners, huge buildings.

2028
04:31:27,550 --> 04:31:35,670
So we know that and you know we can all say oh well no we're not doing that but we do know that that's what's

2029
04:31:35,670 --> 04:31:45,830
otherwise you wouldn't change the voting part. If X had been about dealing with the issues that they've

2030
04:31:45,830 --> 04:31:55,550
come up with great let's do that but let's not change the vote. That's just makes no sense unless

2031
04:31:55,550 --> 04:31:59,870
you're going to give all of those big building buildings to people.

2032
04:32:00,710 --> 04:32:08,690
Why is Jim Madden, who is not in the 1022?

2033
04:32:08,970 --> 04:32:11,830
Why is he for this? Well, he has a great big parking lot.

2034
04:32:12,030 --> 04:32:14,050
I could sure take a big building on it.

2035
04:32:14,770 --> 04:32:23,270
And I know that Ken Peterson has proposed a big building on his spit years ago.

2036
04:32:23,270 --> 04:32:41,190
I remember Michael Rex presenting that, let's deal with what we have, let's get what we can and get it working, we've got wonderful things going on, and then deal with adding.

2037
04:32:41,510 --> 04:32:41,910
Thanks.

2038
04:32:43,110 --> 04:32:45,910
I have one more speaker card or a dremel.

2039
04:32:50,560 --> 04:32:51,580
Thanks for letting me speak.

2040
04:32:51,740 --> 04:32:53,100
I just wanted to say a little something.

2041
04:32:53,360 --> 04:32:55,300
I'm sorry to miss some of the presentation,

2042
04:32:55,600 --> 04:32:59,360
but I was able to review some of the reports prior to this council meeting.

2043
04:33:01,000 --> 04:33:05,660
One call I had is there are some references in like that Cosmont study

2044
04:33:05,660 --> 04:33:10,320
that reference establishments such as Trident does no longer operating.

2045
04:33:10,320 --> 04:33:15,400
So I would just request that make sure that the data in there is up to date in these studies.

2046
04:33:16,840 --> 04:33:21,380
I heard that there was, I did, was listening a little bit virtually and I want to absolutely

2047
04:33:21,380 --> 04:33:28,080
second the need to tap into emergency relief funds for some of our sea level rise concerns.

2048
04:33:29,000 --> 04:33:32,940
Like everybody else, I think we're all on the same page about worrying about that and that does

2049
04:33:32,940 --> 04:33:38,320
not mean using federal money long term, but I think in the immediate term providing some relief

2050
04:33:38,320 --> 04:33:41,340
is critically important before an El Nino winter.

2051
04:33:43,380 --> 04:33:47,120
And I look forward to a lot of the continued concerns,

2052
04:33:47,120 --> 04:33:50,060
or not concerns, but solutions that we come up with as a city

2053
04:33:50,060 --> 04:33:52,940
to address sea level rise for our current infrastructure

2054
04:33:52,940 --> 04:34:02,660
and how to envision a waterfront that potentially includes boardwalks

2055
04:34:02,660 --> 04:34:05,340
and other types of floating solutions

2056
04:34:05,340 --> 04:34:07,780
that may be better long-term for sea level rise.

2057
04:34:08,700 --> 04:34:11,620
I also want to say, as somebody who's worked in hospitality

2058
04:34:12,360 --> 04:34:15,740
and retail and in tourism in my previous careers,

2059
04:34:16,080 --> 04:34:19,020
I want to say that a healthy city is approximately

2060
04:34:19,020 --> 04:34:22,900
from what I know is about 20 restaurants per capita,

2061
04:34:23,140 --> 04:34:26,060
and I think we're a lot closer to 60 or 70,

2062
04:34:26,320 --> 04:34:30,140
so I would urge everyone to really think of solutions

2063
04:34:30,140 --> 04:34:33,280
that kind of lean into things that are recession-proof

2064
04:34:33,280 --> 04:34:40,060
like our maritime industry as opposed to retail and more restaurants in areas like this.

2065
04:34:40,380 --> 04:34:48,640
So thank you. Thank you. Any other public comments? Any online? Seeing none online? Okay. I'll bring

2066
04:34:48,640 --> 04:34:56,860
it back and if I can just make an initial comment, one thing that maybe wasn't made explicit is that the

2067
04:34:56,860 --> 04:34:59,660
fundamental purpose of the enhancing.

2068
04:35:00,000 --> 04:35:17,820
An infrastructure financing district is to allow the increased taxes received from new development or increased property tax assessment to allow a greater proportion of those dollars to stay local.

2069
04:35:17,820 --> 04:35:28,860
That's the key, whether a measure passes or not, whether zoning changes or not, is in my mind for this purpose, not the issue.

2070
04:35:29,020 --> 04:35:42,600
The issue is, do we want to set in motion, approaching the county, approaching the fire district, and saying to them, join with us so that we can address our infrastructure needs.

2071
04:35:42,600 --> 04:35:55,380
not just in the marine ship, but where we see them, and then capture a greater portion of the property tax in order to pay for the upfront cost of these infrastructure needs.

2072
04:35:55,540 --> 04:36:00,520
That's how I summarize the thinking behind this at this point.

2073
04:36:01,060 --> 04:36:09,720
So I appreciate the comments that were made about planning, about impacts if you develop in one way versus another.

2074
04:36:09,720 --> 04:36:14,780
we're just talking about whatever the increased tax is from whatever happens in the

2075
04:36:14,780 --> 04:36:15,320
merchant ship.

2076
04:36:15,700 --> 04:36:21,580
So for example, federal government parts with the machine shop, somebody buys it, suddenly

2077
04:36:22,060 --> 04:36:29,740
that's a new tax increment, that's additional tax dollars, and right now our city gets

2078
04:36:30,300 --> 04:36:36,380
about 11% of those new tax dollars that are generated.

2079
04:36:37,540 --> 04:36:42,580
Under this mechanism, it's possible to increase that percentage substantially.

2080
04:36:43,320 --> 04:36:45,680
That's, to me, the big issue here.

2081
04:36:46,220 --> 04:36:47,080
And it's complicated.

2082
04:36:47,680 --> 04:36:49,180
But we need to take these steps.

2083
04:36:49,400 --> 04:36:53,380
And the sooner we take the steps, the sooner we might be able to capture some of the increment

2084
04:36:53,380 --> 04:36:54,980
and start planning to use it.

2085
04:36:55,320 --> 04:36:56,840
For, guess what? Infrastructure.

2086
04:36:57,580 --> 04:37:00,220
I think there's unanimous agreement we have great needs.

2087
04:37:00,980 --> 04:37:03,460
That's the, that's one thing we certainly have in common.

2088
04:37:03,460 --> 04:37:09,320
So that's where I'm coming from, so please, Ms. Cox.

2089
04:37:09,700 --> 04:37:10,320
Great, thank you.

2090
04:37:11,320 --> 04:37:14,720
So, overall, I think the report is solid, well-organized,

2091
04:37:14,800 --> 04:37:16,040
and reaches the right recommendation.

2092
04:37:17,040 --> 04:37:20,620
I do have a couple of comments directed towards feasibility and timing.

2093
04:37:21,880 --> 04:37:25,660
The first, I wanted to correct a couple of things in the staff report.

2094
04:37:25,900 --> 04:37:30,640
So the staff report says an EIFD bond needs 55% voter approval,

2095
04:37:30,640 --> 04:37:36,700
But as Brandon pointed out during his presentation, current law allows a public financing authority

2096
04:37:36,700 --> 04:37:42,760
to issue bonds by a majority vote, no separate election is required, the 55 percent figure

2097
04:37:42,760 --> 04:37:46,460
was the original 2014 rule that was later removed.

2098
04:37:47,380 --> 04:37:52,240
The staff report says three public hearings, the current general procedure is an informational

2099
04:37:52,240 --> 04:37:56,040
meeting such as this one, plus two hearings at least 30 days apart.

2100
04:37:56,040 --> 04:38:03,020
The three hearings only applies to the sales tax variant of an EIFD.

2101
04:38:04,220 --> 04:38:08,500
And then Brandon's presentation mentioned the 25%,

2102
04:38:08,500 --> 04:38:14,220
I think the 25% protest threshold, and that's in the staff report.

2103
04:38:14,860 --> 04:38:18,380
But I think there's one other important variable,

2104
04:38:18,380 --> 04:38:24,760
which is that if over 50% of the landowners protest,

2105
04:38:24,760 --> 04:38:29,180
Then that's an absolute bar to EIFD formation.

2106
04:38:29,760 --> 04:38:32,460
With only 69 landowners in the marine ship,

2107
04:38:32,640 --> 04:38:35,400
it will be important to assure that we have at least

2108
04:38:38,560 --> 04:38:41,160
35 endorsing this approach.

2109
04:38:42,460 --> 04:38:44,920
I completely endorse what the mayor said,

2110
04:38:45,080 --> 04:38:49,620
and EIFD only generates money after assessed values rise.

2111
04:38:50,200 --> 04:38:51,620
So if we adopted today,

2112
04:38:51,620 --> 04:39:03,720
It's only the amount by which assessed values rise that the EIFD collects increment.

2113
04:39:04,260 --> 04:39:10,440
That's why, as Brandon mentioned, during his staff report, it's important that the EIFD

2114
04:39:10,440 --> 04:39:17,540
as a long-term tool be layered with ACFD, a community finance district that allows us,

2115
04:39:21,580 --> 04:39:21,600
as

2116
04:39:21,600 --> 04:39:29,120
infrastructure improvements in a public-private partnership with private property owners.

2117
04:39:30,860 --> 04:39:36,360
And in addition to the CFD, as Brandon mentioned, in lieu of vehicle license fees, grants,

2118
04:39:36,640 --> 04:39:40,780
and above all, as Stephen mentioned, county of Marin participation is vital.

2119
04:39:40,940 --> 04:39:45,640
So I would first, in terms of next steps, reach out to the county, reach out to Southern

2120
04:39:45,640 --> 04:39:50,760
to assure their willingness to participate.

2121
04:39:51,660 --> 04:39:56,020
In terms of timing, as Adrian mentioned,

2122
04:39:56,580 --> 04:39:59,400
you know, the aim initiative really swing.

2123
04:40:11,700 --> 04:40:29,980
I have a few more comments. So I'll- Why don't you finish them? There's only four of us tonight. Okay. All right. It's not terribly late. And this is the last business item. So- So the EIFD has to be consistent with the general plan, but aim amends the general plan and repeals this.

2124
04:40:29,980 --> 04:40:36,300
specific plan. And so before embarking on this effort, I think we have to understand

2125
04:40:36,300 --> 04:40:42,560
what the outcome of the aim initiative is so that we can embark on this process in an informed

2126
04:40:42,560 --> 04:40:48,400
way. So I would defer the first three steps, resolution of intention, public finance authority

2127
04:40:48,400 --> 04:40:56,200
formation, IFP adoption until after December 3rd, so that we know what we're working with.

2128
04:40:56,200 --> 04:41:01,900
What would you be open to at least the initial for a raise to the county to the fire district?

2129
04:41:02,260 --> 04:41:07,900
Absolutely and I volunteer to assist in any way. I believe you're the idly A's on to the fire.

2130
04:41:08,320 --> 04:41:15,680
Yes, I am the liaison to southern marine fire, so I will absolutely reach out to the interim chief and to the board.

2131
04:41:16,100 --> 04:41:25,500
And unless other council members object, I would be very happy to approach the county, the new county administrator to the county executive

2132
04:41:26,200 --> 04:41:28,620
and have an initial conversation.

2133
04:41:29,240 --> 04:41:31,780
Now, just one thing to know about him,

2134
04:41:32,040 --> 04:41:34,020
he worked heavily on redevelopment

2135
04:41:34,020 --> 04:41:36,140
when he was city manager in San Luis Obispo,

2136
04:41:36,140 --> 04:41:37,960
he understands how this works.

2137
04:41:38,680 --> 04:41:41,820
And I think would be open to a partnership,

2138
04:41:42,180 --> 04:41:44,020
you can say to the county, for example,

2139
04:41:44,800 --> 04:41:46,660
we're talking about property tax here.

2140
04:41:47,020 --> 04:41:51,840
But if there is some increased economic activity

2141
04:41:51,840 --> 04:41:53,180
that generates sales tax,

2142
04:41:53,540 --> 04:41:55,360
you'll still get your share of the sales tax

2143
04:41:55,360 --> 04:42:02,120
unimpeded so it's not like we're asking the county to give up every so yeah I'm

2144
04:42:02,120 --> 04:42:08,740
happy to make that pitch and very well qualified I would say well maybe this

2145
04:42:08,740 --> 04:42:17,660
often no okay no okay so is there a motion to I believe you can make the

2146
04:42:17,660 --> 04:42:23,980
motion because I think you you have a specific intent here yeah so I move that we

2147
04:42:23,980 --> 04:42:33,940
We receive and file the staff report that we undertake the next steps that we have identified,

2148
04:42:34,560 --> 04:42:39,960
the mayor and myself with respect to the county and southern min fire, that staff defer

2149
04:42:40,580 --> 04:42:49,940
future action on this until after the November 3 election results are certified, and then

2150
04:42:49,940 --> 04:42:56,840
and formulate the next three steps to bring back to us for consideration.

2151
04:42:57,040 --> 04:43:00,580
Resolution of intention, PFA formation, and IFP adoption.

2152
04:43:02,900 --> 04:43:05,000
Did I see you nodding your head city manager?

2153
04:43:06,020 --> 04:43:06,600
Yes you did.

2154
04:43:07,760 --> 04:43:12,020
So it's understood that the motion, is there a second?

2155
04:43:12,800 --> 04:43:13,120
Second.

2156
04:43:13,480 --> 04:43:15,380
Okay, let's have a roll call.

2157
04:43:17,700 --> 04:43:18,460
Council member Cox?

2158
04:43:18,780 --> 04:43:18,920
Yes.

2159
04:43:19,400 --> 04:43:20,220
Council member Hoffman?

2160
04:43:20,500 --> 04:43:20,640
Yes.

2161
04:43:21,140 --> 04:43:22,000
Vice Mayor Blasstein?

2162
04:43:22,000 --> 04:43:23,420
Yes, Mayor Woodside.

2163
04:43:23,740 --> 04:43:27,560
Yes, so that passes 4-0-1 person absent.

2164
04:43:28,760 --> 04:43:32,060
Okay, that concludes our business items for tonight.

2165
04:43:32,280 --> 04:43:46,180
We do have council member reports and if you're few comments about future agenda items and I have a comment about adjournment tonight, and having said that, let's go to council members Ms. Hoffman reports.

2166
04:43:47,300 --> 04:43:54,340
Thank you. I have two reports from my position as the North Bay Executive Committee

2167
04:43:54,340 --> 04:44:09,120
former president. As the former president, I have two duties, but I'll get to that in a second.

2168
04:44:09,580 --> 04:44:15,160
The first day, we had two days in a row for some scheduling reasons. So the first day last week,

2169
04:44:15,160 --> 04:44:19,520
We went to the state capital and we met with our legislators.

2170
04:44:19,520 --> 04:44:27,920
We were able to meet even though they were in session, they were in heated session for Wednesday on August 26th.

2171
04:44:27,920 --> 04:44:33,340
We were able to meet with both our state assembly member, Mike McGuire, and our state, sorry,

2172
04:44:33,960 --> 04:44:45,020
sorry, a state assembly member was Dave McColley, and our state senator Mike McGuire on important legislation that they were busy.

2173
04:44:45,020 --> 04:44:50,600
We both houses were in deep discussion, but we were able to meet with them.

2174
04:44:50,800 --> 04:44:58,240
One of them, the most significant was probably AB 1383, which was a bill to-

2175
04:45:00,000 --> 04:45:29,000
A proposal that modified, we thought was only public safety employee retirement benefits and adjusted pension formulas under CalPERS. It turns out that it applies to all public employees. So, we talked to both of our representatives about that. The top line said only public safety employees, but when you read the bill, there was language deep in there that it applied to all public employees.

2176
04:45:29,000 --> 04:45:37,240
And when it was sort of a sleeper bill, but then it bubbled up to the top and came up for vote in both houses.

2177
04:45:37,840 --> 04:45:45,980
And so it passed, and that's going to affect our bottom line when it dramatically, when it.

2178
04:45:46,320 --> 04:45:52,060
So we thought we had our pension budget under control, I don't think so.

2179
04:45:52,060 --> 04:45:55,740
So, that's going to come up this next year,

2180
04:45:55,880 --> 04:46:03,900
Sausleto, when this came up, and 300 other, 800 other cities across California opposed it.

2181
04:46:05,000 --> 04:46:08,920
And, anyway, it's going to be a problem with our budgets.

2182
04:46:10,680 --> 04:46:13,700
And it's headed to the governor's office at this point.

2183
04:46:14,600 --> 04:46:20,340
The other, the next thing was the next day was the North Bay Division Annual Meeting.

2184
04:46:22,740 --> 04:46:27,600
And we elected new, some new officers are mayor attended, thank you mayor for attending.

2185
04:46:28,960 --> 04:46:34,940
One of the most interesting things that happened on that day was not actually at the North Bay Division meeting.

2186
04:46:35,360 --> 04:46:40,840
Oh, sorry, let me first get to the presentation which was extremely interesting.

2187
04:46:41,080 --> 04:46:45,740
It was, we invited the county administrators to come and

2188
04:46:45,740 --> 04:46:52,980
talk about the impact of the HR1 cuts which were cuts by our federal government to Medicare,

2189
04:46:53,620 --> 04:47:02,280
sorry, Medicaid payments and ACA payments which which amounted to about a billion dollars

2190
04:47:02,280 --> 04:47:11,480
worth of funding for that that flows down to the states for Medicaid and ACA funding and how

2191
04:47:11,480 --> 04:47:22,860
And which went, was approved in July of 2025, but then bubbles down to our people that live in our counties, ultimately.

2192
04:47:24,680 --> 04:47:31,820
It was a presentation on how the counties are reacting to that as it comes down to the counties which is happening now.

2193
04:47:31,820 --> 04:47:44,640
And so we invited all of our five county administrators, so Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma County, so Derek Johnson, our county administrative, our county executive was there.

2194
04:47:45,320 --> 04:47:58,320
The Napa County legislative and policy advocate was there, Solano County administrative was there, and the Sonoma County administrative was there.

2195
04:47:58,320 --> 04:48:05,600
So it was very interesting to see how the different counties are responding and lessons learned

2196
04:48:05,600 --> 04:48:17,940
from those counties and how we can all react and help to react to this really crisis of coverage.

2197
04:48:18,360 --> 04:48:25,620
And one of the most interesting things I thought Mayor was that one of the biggest challenges

2198
04:48:25,620 --> 04:48:32,740
is re-enrolling people into the different programs because so many people are just getting cut off from coverage and so

2199
04:48:33,620 --> 04:48:40,160
one of the biggest costs is having to hire additional people to help re-enroll

2200
04:48:43,460 --> 04:48:53,440
recipients of benefits and trying to get them back as covered recipients of different types of

2201
04:48:53,440 --> 04:49:00,120
coverage. So anyway, the counties are working mildly to making sure that people are covered

2202
04:49:00,880 --> 04:49:06,560
for health care. I mean, just basic health care. So anyway, Marin County's doing a great

2203
04:49:06,560 --> 04:49:14,440
job as always and Derek gave an incredible presentation. So that was interesting for us and

2204
04:49:14,440 --> 04:49:23,040
And this, you know, the presentation is just now on the EIFD's, incredible, this was

2205
04:49:23,460 --> 04:49:26,000
a conversation tonight on the very same day.

2206
04:49:26,280 --> 04:49:36,180
And some of the guys were in the room at our presentation in the HR1 from Mayor Island.

2207
04:49:36,180 --> 04:49:45,380
And the governor appeared at Mayor Island that day announcing 8.2 million to Mayor Island

2208
04:49:45,760 --> 04:49:57,340
to cover key details, 8.2 million to Mayor Island for applied research and technology

2209
04:49:57,340 --> 04:49:59,900
innovation to Maryland. The former.

2210
04:50:00,000 --> 04:50:08,920
Membership yard there for grant. So 4.3 million to the shipyard for applied research and technology

2211
04:50:08,920 --> 04:50:16,800
innovation campus and 1.45 million to the Polly Maritime, Cal Poly Maritime Academy to support

2212
04:50:16,800 --> 04:50:23,700
Maritime, Maritime Academy advance manufacturing and student workforce development. So when we

2213
04:50:23,700 --> 04:50:31,800
We talk about grants, the state is absolutely supporting shipyards and shipyard development

2214
04:50:32,540 --> 04:50:36,320
and California shipyard reinvestment.

2215
04:50:36,860 --> 04:50:42,780
And so I think that when we're talking about what do we believe in for soft solito and

2216
04:50:42,780 --> 04:50:47,180
what we have to offer, we just have to decide as a community that we're going to go after

2217
04:50:47,180 --> 04:50:50,540
it and start talking to our partners in the Bay Area.

2218
04:50:50,540 --> 04:51:02,600
So this was a, this was part of a Bay Area, the Bay Area Regional Effort for Shipyard Revitalization

2219
04:51:02,600 --> 04:51:09,280
that that Salano County is very focused on, but I think I've been talking to those guys

2220
04:51:09,280 --> 04:51:15,080
and they were in the room in the, in the Vallejo City Council and some of the other city

2221
04:51:15,080 --> 04:51:17,420
councils up there that are working on the shipyard aspect.

2222
04:51:17,600 --> 04:51:20,000
So, and I know the mayor's been talking about that too.

2223
04:51:20,000 --> 04:51:23,540
So I'm happy to pass along what I know.

2224
04:51:23,980 --> 04:51:24,900
So anyway, thank you.

2225
04:51:25,060 --> 04:51:25,460
Okay.

2226
04:51:25,520 --> 04:51:25,960
Back of day.

2227
04:51:26,780 --> 04:51:27,920
Ms. Cox reports.

2228
04:51:29,120 --> 04:51:29,700
Not for me.

2229
04:51:29,740 --> 04:51:30,120
Thank you.

2230
04:51:30,280 --> 04:51:35,760
Don't you want to share the colorful SMFD meeting and the updates that we have still ongoing

2231
04:51:35,760 --> 04:51:37,260
with regards to a search for a chief?

2232
04:51:37,400 --> 04:51:39,300
I think it's important for the community to be updated.

2233
04:51:39,300 --> 04:51:47,140
Well, I don't I don't have anything official to report so there was a huge number of retired

2234
04:51:47,140 --> 04:52:07,600
and present fire fighters and other officials who showed up to southern marine fires meeting last Wednesday to urge that the district not hire the official who is believed to be in background right now.

2235
04:52:07,600 --> 04:52:20,240
There have been, there are pending labor complaint, there's a pending labor dispute between who that person is believed to be, but the person's name has not been made public.

2236
04:52:20,440 --> 04:52:29,020
There's just behind the scenes scuttle but so I can't even say who there were there are three applicants and only one was forwarded to background.

2237
04:52:29,020 --> 04:52:36,360
So, I believe I know who that was, I urged the board, individually, the board members

2238
04:52:36,360 --> 04:52:43,200
individually to be cautious in checking the background and understanding the background

2239
04:52:43,200 --> 04:52:49,640
of their proposed candidate, speaking from experience, this is the most important decision

2240
04:52:49,640 --> 04:52:50,300
they will make.

2241
04:52:50,720 --> 04:52:58,260
The fact that so many people showed up past and present officials, I hope spoke to the

2242
04:52:58,260 --> 04:53:00,380
the board about the importance of this decision.

2243
04:53:00,940 --> 04:53:02,940
But there was no report out from closed sessions,

2244
04:53:02,940 --> 04:53:07,140
so we do not know what action the board ultimately

2245
04:53:07,760 --> 04:53:08,560
decided to take.

2246
04:53:09,960 --> 04:53:11,640
So, and I will keep you posted.

2247
04:53:11,860 --> 04:53:14,580
So that's a non-report report?

2248
04:53:14,740 --> 04:53:16,160
It's a non-report report.

2249
04:53:18,620 --> 04:53:20,660
Very important decisions are a foot.

2250
04:53:20,820 --> 04:53:25,860
I will say the interim chief has just been amazing.

2251
04:53:25,860 --> 04:53:28,940
He sat down and met with me immediately after being appointed.

2252
04:53:29,560 --> 04:53:35,060
He has really brought, I think, some stability and some confidence to the staff.

2253
04:53:35,620 --> 04:53:38,520
During his tenure, his experience speaks volumes.

2254
04:53:39,120 --> 04:53:40,880
His presentations were amazing.

2255
04:53:41,580 --> 04:53:49,860
The public relations, you know, the reports that he has made in the Marin IJ have been comprehensive,

2256
04:53:50,440 --> 04:53:51,040
forward thinking.

2257
04:53:51,040 --> 04:54:00,960
He also urged the board and stated that he trusted the board to make the right decision regarding this important appointment.

2258
04:54:01,460 --> 04:54:07,100
Okay, and so we will stay tuned, because the fire is great.

2259
04:54:07,100 --> 04:54:11,420
Thank you, Melissa, for encouraging me to report my non-report.

2260
04:54:12,080 --> 04:54:13,740
Okay, Melissa, do you have anything?

2261
04:54:14,600 --> 04:54:15,860
I don't think so at the moment.

2262
04:54:15,860 --> 04:54:22,140
Okay. Okay. I made a couple of reports of announcements earlier, so I don't need to do that.

2263
04:54:22,860 --> 04:54:28,100
Are there any public comments on any of those items just discussed?

2264
04:54:30,710 --> 04:54:31,610
Seeing none.

2265
04:54:32,070 --> 04:54:39,170
Seeing none online. Okay. I think we are, unless we have any other reports or items of significant,

2266
04:54:39,590 --> 04:54:46,610
Mr. City Manager, anything? No? Nothing else? Okay. I'm going to ask that we adjourn.

2267
04:54:46,610 --> 04:54:48,850
and mayor future agenda items.

2268
04:54:49,550 --> 04:54:51,310
Oh, I'm sorry, I looked over that.

2269
04:54:51,670 --> 04:54:53,510
We do, we do have,

2270
04:54:54,450 --> 04:54:56,950
we need to make a generalized comment first.

2271
04:54:58,110 --> 04:54:59,930
And we need public comment.

2272
04:55:00,000 --> 04:55:29,420
That's if there are any on those items. What we will try to do, and this is for the agenda setting committee and we will meet this Thursday, we will try to post an agenda by the end of the week for our meeting on September 15th. Recognizing there might be changes, slight changes along the way, we're going to do our best to work through that. And specific future agenda items we mentioned earlier,

2273
04:55:29,420 --> 04:55:34,320
that we would be coming back as soon as we can on a couple of items.

2274
04:55:34,900 --> 04:55:37,340
I believe Pelican is one of those items.

2275
04:55:38,220 --> 04:55:46,900
Report on Harbor 1 and 3 is another item and there's a lot of work to be done there before

2276
04:55:46,900 --> 04:55:52,140
we can have and schedule either at a regular meeting or it may take a special meeting depending on

2277
04:55:52,140 --> 04:55:57,380
and what both our council and staff suggest.

2278
04:55:58,480 --> 04:56:00,240
So stay tuned.

2279
04:56:01,880 --> 04:56:09,940
Any specific agenda, future agenda items that you would like to pass along to agenda setting and to the staff at this point.

2280
04:56:10,340 --> 04:56:12,480
Seeing none, any public comments?

2281
04:56:14,650 --> 04:56:15,590
Seeing none online.

2282
04:56:16,090 --> 04:56:16,350
Okay.

2283
04:56:18,580 --> 04:56:21,440
A quick one on future agenda items.

2284
04:56:22,940 --> 04:56:23,320
Yeah.

2285
04:56:24,480 --> 04:56:28,120
Well, we don't know, I want to be honest with you, we don't know.

2286
04:56:28,900 --> 04:56:32,640
This month is a long length and we're at the beginning, so I would hope so, yes.

2287
04:56:34,980 --> 04:56:38,620
As time goes by, we lose whatever, yes, I understand.

2288
04:56:41,980 --> 04:56:42,900
Well, understood.

2289
04:56:43,080 --> 04:56:50,620
We do want to bring this back in a public way with options and

2290
04:56:50,620 --> 04:56:52,560
actions that we may be able to take.

2291
04:56:52,560 --> 04:56:56,560
I know it's frustrating for all of you who are there watching things change rapidly.

2292
04:56:57,580 --> 04:57:00,660
And there's not any more we can say right now.

2293
04:57:04,020 --> 04:57:09,680
Okay, some of you may know this, but Kevin McGowan's wife passed away recently, and I would

2294
04:57:09,680 --> 04:57:22,260
like to adjourn in her memory, Lisa Marie McGowan, and we would be adjourned and pass along

2295
04:57:22,260 --> 04:57:29,760
our regards and support to Kevin. So with that we are adjourned at 8.29.