1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:06,604 Great. Hear you embody your voice. [laughter] 2 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:32,239 Good evening commissioners. After all, things are going to be a 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:39,040 little bit different this evening as we have a um commissioner participating uh 4 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:44,520 via Zoom in a public location. So, all votes, [clears throat] excuse 5 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,520 me. 6 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:56,640 Any and all votes will be a roll call vote. I will announce the remote 7 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:00,239 participating member and their location address and we will then conduct a roll 8 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,760 call vote to authorize the remote participation. 9 00:01:02,079 --> 00:01:07,760 Commissioner Kaibenfar provided notification regarding a Zoom 10 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:12,640 participation but we were not provided an address in time therefore may not 11 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:19,280 participate but can make public comment on one item as a private citizen. 12 00:01:16,479 --> 00:01:24,880 I will now begin roll call. Commissioner Canard here. Chair Gotautle 13 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,720 » here. >> Vice Chair Morgan 14 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:32,280 » here. >> Commissioner Parbanet. 15 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:39,680 We have a quorum. Commissioner Morgan is participating 16 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:46,479 remotely from Crown Plaza, Englewood, 401 South Van Brunt Street, Englewood, 17 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:50,119 New Jersey 07631 in the USA. 18 00:01:53,119 --> 00:01:59,840 When your name is called, please state your vote of yes or no authorizing the 19 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:02,399 remote participation. Commissioner Canard, 20 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,680 » yes. >> Commissioner Morgan, 21 00:02:04,399 --> 00:02:10,360 » yes. >> And Chair Gotautle, 22 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,360 » yes. 23 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:31,840 We now have review of the agenda. If there are any items that arose after 24 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:35,200 the 72-hour posting deadline, this is the point in the meeting where a vote 25 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,200 may be taken to add the item to the agenda. 26 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:46,480 Looking like we don't have anything to add, 27 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:51,440 we'll move on to public comment. Members of the public in the chamber, 28 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:58,280 please approach the podium, members on Zoom, please use the raise your hand 29 00:02:52,959 --> 00:02:58,280 feature or dial star9 from a phone. 30 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:13,599 » Good evening. Uh my name is Alex Miller and [clears throat] I am a city council 31 00:03:11,599 --> 00:03:18,319 member for the great city of Seaside. I'm here today to uh thank you. Thank 32 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:24,319 you for your service to the city. Uh it's uh 3 days before Christmas and here 33 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:27,680 you are at 5:30 at night when you could be with your families and your loved 34 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:32,319 ones, but you care so much about our city that you're here dedicating your 35 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:38,080 time tonight to help the betterment of the city. And so I want to say thank you 36 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:42,000 and uh I appreciate what you guys do as a commission. I started uh as a 37 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,920 commissioner myself. I was on the neighborhood improvement commission and 38 00:03:43,519 --> 00:03:50,080 I remember it was tough. We had meetings on my birthday. We had meetings right 39 00:03:48,239 --> 00:03:54,640 before Christmas, but it really showed the dedication and the true value of our 40 00:03:52,400 --> 00:04:00,400 of our volunteers. So, thank you for your service. Uh my ladies in the back, 41 00:03:56,799 --> 00:04:05,280 Irene, and she is a huge giftgiver. So, she has uh two gifts for you guys as a 42 00:04:03,519 --> 00:04:08,239 uh thank you for your service and especially as close as we are to 43 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:12,720 Christmas, you spending the time here at city hall is commendable. Thank you. 44 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:25,720 Thank you. Thank you. 45 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,400 Thank you very much, 46 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:57,360 » chair. We don't have anybody else uh wanting to make public comment. Public 47 00:04:55,040 --> 00:05:00,880 comment is now closed. We'll now move on to the approval of 48 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:04,600 minutes. Approve minutes from October 27th, 2025. 49 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:22,120 Um, I make a motion to approve. >> I will do a roll call vote. 50 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,120 » Oh, sorry. 51 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:28,479 » Yes. Go ahead. We'll get a second and then I'll do a roll call. 52 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:34,199 » I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from um from October. 53 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:34,199 » I'll second. 54 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:42,400 Minutes are approved. I will now do a roll call vote. 55 00:05:40,479 --> 00:05:45,280 Please state yes or no when your name is called. Commissioner Canard, 56 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,280 » yes. >> Commissioner Gotautle, 57 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:51,120 » yes. >> Commissioner Morgan, 58 00:05:49,039 --> 00:05:54,680 » yes. >> Minutes are approved. 59 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:06,080 » We now move on to uh business. Item A, discuss tracking of the city business 60 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:09,560 and commission meetings by environmental commission members. 61 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:32,880 » Good evening, commissioners. Uh this item was a request from a commissioner 62 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:36,160 to put on for discussion um in [clears throat] looking at the 63 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:40,240 other commissions in the city and even city council meetings. Uh whether or not 64 00:06:38,319 --> 00:06:45,199 the commission wants to choose to formalize who what commission members on 65 00:06:43,039 --> 00:06:50,560 the environmental commission track what and report back to each other during the 66 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:55,440 meetings. Um, so I put on a couple of reminders of the purpose of the 67 00:06:52,319 --> 00:07:02,479 environmental commission and uh the recommendation for this item and 68 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:09,039 the discussion to take place. Um, a reminder of how this could overlap and 69 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:13,840 guide you on what you do pay attention to regarding specific commissions. The 70 00:07:11,759 --> 00:07:18,639 duties from the municipal code for the EC are another reminder of that. um 71 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:22,800 regarding what you're looking at in terms of being 72 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:29,880 aware of and providing recommendations and guidance to other commissions and 73 00:07:25,919 --> 00:07:29,880 council in the city. 74 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:37,599 And I went on to our website and if we need to, I think we can definitely click 75 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,720 on a couple of the links, although it might not be hyper helpful for this 76 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:46,720 first one because it just lists the same information. But this is a list that we 77 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:52,319 have of all of our uh commotions that exist and when they meet although 78 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:58,479 sometimes we don't have quorum and a meeting doesn't happen. Um but on the 79 00:07:55,919 --> 00:08:04,639 next page is our published agendas and minutes which is where you can gain 80 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:09,360 access to as our uh clerk Jennifer sends you it when it is published. Um this 81 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:14,160 applies to all meetings. So typically it's the week before um the meeting. So 82 00:08:12,479 --> 00:08:18,479 for example, if city council is the first and third Thursdays of the month, 83 00:08:15,919 --> 00:08:22,479 it would be the Friday prior that the agenda is published. So available over 84 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:26,800 the weekend for reading and understanding and delving into those 85 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:31,199 topics, but that is a huge resource. Um the city 86 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:35,919 also has most meetings are uh live broadcast on 87 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:40,399 YouTube, especially city council meeting. Um, other meetings are recorded 88 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:45,839 and then posted later, but they're always accessible via YouTube after the 89 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:48,800 fact. Um, that's another resource for, you know, if you can't make it because 90 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:52,720 you have other obligations on the nights that you're not here, then you can go 91 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:56,720 back and watch the meetings. That's very common for some staff who don't 92 00:08:54,959 --> 00:09:01,920 necessarily need to attend the council meeting but want to stay updated on what 93 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:05,360 is happening with maybe an item that their manager is taking or just 94 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:10,240 generally with public comment and what's the sentiment of the community. [snorts] 95 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:16,560 Um so that's another resource available to you and if you want to open up that 96 00:09:13,839 --> 00:09:21,279 one it might be helpful just to give you a look at the website. If you want to 97 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:28,920 click that link from the PowerPoint, you should be able to open it. 98 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,920 Then I think you got to drop that page. 99 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,880 Yeah. 100 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:48,160 So this is how it shows up on the website. you can see our meeting tonight 101 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:53,680 um which would have been posted since Friday. You can download the packet from 102 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:58,720 there. Um and also you can go back in time um so you can select any time frame 103 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:02,160 that you want and you can go through certain items and read or see what's 104 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:05,600 coming up to scan through and see whether or not it is relevant for 105 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:09,279 something to bring back to the EC. We kind of touched on a little bit on this 106 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:13,040 when we were discussing whether or not we wanted to make any requests for 107 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:17,600 spending from the NIC. So you're starting to connect the dots of how 108 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:21,279 maybe certain commissions uh hold certain responsibilities and there's 109 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:26,079 requests and eventually things filter up to council. Um so I just wanted to 110 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:32,839 provide that just as a baseline for this discussion and you all can take it 111 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:32,839 wherever you want to take it from here. 112 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:39,440 » Great. Thanks thanks for that overview of the resources. Um 113 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,720 yeah I just kind of wanted to open this up for discussion. We disc I think it 114 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:47,360 was in the last meeting we talked about kind of tracking um city business and 115 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:52,160 doing that in a more official way and seeing where you can kind of overlap and 116 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:56,920 intersect with some of the other commissions. So, um 117 00:10:57,279 --> 00:11:03,279 » I agree with like uh kind of assigning certain commissions for in terms of 118 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:07,839 follow >> um but not necessarily we should do that 119 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:10,800 with commissioner or not here >> just to give her a fair chance of if 120 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:19,839 there's any commission that she actually wants to follow. Um but it's along with 121 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:23,320 this I was uh hoping to also 122 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:30,399 uh not really just follow the commissions but different 123 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:35,120 » have a representative at those. Um but I was looking at the website and there's I 124 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:41,040 don't know if there's not events on the calendar yet for the first quarter. 125 00:11:39,279 --> 00:11:46,320 » Can I get you to um put your mic a little bit closer please? Um, and that's 126 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:50,800 also for it picking up. Um, what was the question? 127 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:55,519 » Uh, events on the calendar. Is it not published yet or there just no events? 128 00:11:53,200 --> 00:12:00,000 » Uh, most of the events you'll see on the calendar are typically park and wreck 129 00:11:58,079 --> 00:12:04,079 and maybe some things that occur on an annual annual basis. Otherwise, at the 130 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:11,200 city council meetings, they always read off uh events that are happening. So 131 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:15,120 that's within, you know, the beginning, typically 20-ish minutes, depending on 132 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:19,040 what happens before that they're doing announcements to make the public aware 133 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:22,480 of services in the city. For example, like the snip bus will get an 134 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:25,920 announcement and any activity that parking wreck is doing that might also 135 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:30,560 be on the calendar will get an announcement. So there's always a verbal 136 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:33,720 at the council meeting going on. >> Thank you. 137 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:44,560 This is Commissioner Morgan and I just wanted to chime in and say I think the 138 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:50,560 spirit of this is great to keep us timely and relevant and also make sure 139 00:12:47,279 --> 00:12:54,240 that we can participate effectively in what other commissions are doing and in 140 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:57,760 the city as a whole. But I think it would be helpful for me to have a sense 141 00:12:55,760 --> 00:13:03,839 of the priorities that we want to focus on so that when we do hear about things, 142 00:13:00,959 --> 00:13:09,079 we know what is most worth paying attention to as far as the our 143 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:09,079 commission goes. 144 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:21,200 » Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense. Um, and so, you know, maybe when it is 145 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:25,760 that we come come around to developing our work plan, 146 00:13:24,079 --> 00:13:30,320 um, and have like a clearer sense of what what it is that we're doing as a 147 00:13:27,519 --> 00:13:34,160 commission that that, um, 148 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:39,040 this kind of like business tracking could could follow from that discussion. 149 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:43,920 Um, and I guess I'm thinking that in the in the meantime, 150 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:50,560 um, that just kind of having having our feelers out for a few a few of the 151 00:13:46,079 --> 00:13:55,680 meetings, um, might be good, um, just to kind of, you know, just be aware, start 152 00:13:53,440 --> 00:14:00,160 to get aware of like what the um, what the different um, groups are are meeting 153 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:05,440 about and kind of get a get a finger on the pulse of what's going on. um 154 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:10,880 » specifically with like the you know parks and wreck and um the neighborhood 155 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:15,920 improvement commission which seem like they they have a lot of kind of natural 156 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:20,320 overlap with um with the type of environmental work that that we might be 157 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:25,040 getting. But I can definitely see the value too in in kind of 158 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:31,040 » not formalizing this yet until we have um a work plan formalized. I think uh my 159 00:14:29,839 --> 00:14:36,399 idea is like leaving it up to the commissioners to kind of when we are in 160 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:42,000 those meetings and we hear anything that might relate to the cap that we're uh 161 00:14:39,839 --> 00:14:51,760 » enforcing or not enforcing but uh encouraging um like um I think it is the 162 00:14:46,800 --> 00:15:00,079 planning commission I believe they were working on the storm water uh drainage 163 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:02,800 over at in seaside at the America's Tire that they're building. 164 00:15:01,199 --> 00:15:06,160 » Um, and that I believe that has some 165 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:11,360 relation to the CAP in our understanding. Um, 166 00:15:09,839 --> 00:15:15,880 » but yeah, just looking for those things that relate to the CAP and the different 167 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,880 commissions. 168 00:15:16,959 --> 00:15:23,680 » And this is Commissioner Morgan again. I one of the things I really like about 169 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:27,839 the spirit of this is to keep us proactively engaged and then also 170 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:32,480 communicating with each other and the public during our meetings. I think um 171 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:37,440 Commissioner Gotautle you brought to our attention some of the things some of the 172 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:42,320 conversations about turfing the near the in the parks that kind of thing and I 173 00:15:39,279 --> 00:15:46,560 think this is a reminder for all of us to be paying attention to anything and 174 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:51,040 everything we're hearing whether it's at an official meeting or around town or in 175 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:55,199 one of the local papers. But there are certainly going to be some 176 00:15:52,320 --> 00:16:01,839 issues coming up related to the climate action plan and us linking back to the 177 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:06,720 conversations that are being held at other commission meetings makes a lot of 178 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:11,839 sense to me. So I really like this even if we don't have a formal plan to do 179 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:14,839 this. It's just a call [snorts] to action. 180 00:16:14,959 --> 00:16:21,759 » Yeah. And I think too to sort of the you know part of the feeling behind this is 181 00:16:19,519 --> 00:16:25,120 to spread out the work a little bit and um 182 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:29,040 » you know we all have busy lives and and jobs outside of this this particular 183 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:34,560 volunteer work that we're doing. Um and so yeah kind of being able to designate 184 00:16:32,079 --> 00:16:40,000 um based on interest or availability which which meetings we might be able to 185 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:44,399 tune into. Um, and Commissioner Canardi brought up a good point that um, since 186 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:48,639 Commissioner Kimfar isn't officially participating in the meeting tonight, we 187 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:53,279 might want to um, like I don't know in what capacity that could be decided 188 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:58,399 during the public comment period, but it's not really part of the the dialogue 189 00:16:55,279 --> 00:17:02,079 necessarily. Um, but maybe just to kind of 190 00:17:00,639 --> 00:17:08,880 start to move this a little bit forward and we can continue the conversation 191 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:13,600 next time. um would be maybe the if the three of us who are 192 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:17,919 participating officially in the in the conversation can um could kind of figure 193 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:24,400 out which which meetings we might be interested in being responsible for 194 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:27,400 tuning in to. Does that make sense? Um, 195 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:37,760 we I I don't know that every single meeting that like group that meets is is 196 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:42,160 necessarily going to have any overlap. Some that I that I sort of lacked as I 197 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:47,039 was looking through this was, you know, city council obviously, the planning 198 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:52,559 commission, neighborhood improvement commission, um, and then parks and 199 00:17:50,559 --> 00:17:57,120 recreation. And then the other one that I actually 200 00:17:54,960 --> 00:18:02,480 had a couple questions about was the the Laguna Grande Park JPA which I um it 201 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:07,600 seems like they meet on a quarterly basis. Is that right or not sure? Okay. 202 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:13,600 So that one is um maybe something that we can that I can look into um which is 203 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:18,080 the joint powers authority between the cities of Seaside Monterey and Monterey 204 00:18:16,559 --> 00:18:25,919 Peninsul Monterey Peninsula Regional Park 205 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:33,360 District. to managing the park. So, um but yeah, if anyone else has um are 206 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:38,600 there other meetings that that folks wanted to discuss tracking? 207 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:48,320 Well, like if we're expanding the list, I think about some of the county level 208 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:53,280 park focused organizations, um, public meetings, but also there's some advocacy 209 00:18:51,200 --> 00:19:02,760 organizations that would be helpful for us to be paying attention to 210 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,760 FOSPA obviously, but beyond that, 211 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:14,320 yeah, another one that comes to mind for me, and that category is the communities 212 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:19,200 for sustainable Monterey County and the the seaside chapter as well. But that 213 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:24,760 would be yeah more in the yeah community based organization 214 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,760 » bucket. 215 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:47,600 Yeah, I don't really have anything else on the discussion besides if we want to 216 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,280 formalize it moving it to the next council meeting. 217 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,280 » Okay. >> Um 218 00:19:53,200 --> 00:20:01,120 don't know how to go about that. >> Uh if I can add something. 219 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:06,320 » Um so yeah, I think you have named the three main ones that seem most relevant 220 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:10,400 at this time to this commission. Another thing to keep in mind regarding, you 221 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:15,440 know, the emails that I send out asking for items, a lot of this is going to be 222 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:20,559 commissionerdriven. Um, because it will be on a cyclical basis that we're going 223 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:23,520 forward at times with items from the climate action plan, getting your 224 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:28,400 permission to say we're going to move these ones forward. Then it goes to 225 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:32,640 internal staff and then whatever makes it through that goes up to the council 226 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:39,440 because like engineering will assess certain ones for even possibility 227 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:43,600 viability. Um so I think in terms of the work plan staff isn't going to be 228 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:47,919 handing that to you. It's more so that we will be coming to you maybe on a 229 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:54,080 quarterly basis with this climate action plan and these various items related to 230 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:58,799 it. But in that time in between, what are you as a group going to choose to 231 00:20:56,159 --> 00:21:03,039 do? Um, so we don't need to wait for the annual work plan to be established to 232 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:07,039 start tuning into meetings, for example. Um, and it seems like there's some 233 00:21:05,039 --> 00:21:12,720 awareness of even groups outside of the city that would be beneficial um to 234 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:18,000 start tapping into. Um, so a lot of it will be commissioner driven. And I read 235 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:22,000 the charter um because you know having one item and being close to a holiday 236 00:21:19,919 --> 00:21:29,440 brought up the question of do we want to meet just to meet um that we're required 237 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:35,200 to meet only six times a year. So in these future asks for agenda items um or 238 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:38,240 even for guest speakers to come that I can help coordinate with for some of 239 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:43,039 them where I do know people involved in those groups were more than willing to 240 00:21:40,159 --> 00:21:47,280 assist with that. Um, but if I don't get any requests back for an agenda item and 241 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:52,480 we're kind of on our internal steps of the CAP process, then we might not have 242 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:57,520 a meeting. Um, so think about in the time that we've started to now. Um, and 243 00:21:55,679 --> 00:22:01,200 then what you want to do moving forward to transition your efforts and when you 244 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:05,200 would see those best placed and what type of maybe outreach you guys want to 245 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:11,600 do as a group because there's always like the FOSPA events at the parks. Can 246 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:15,360 we collaborate on anything? Um, so yeah, more conversations will help that, more 247 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:19,200 exposure to boards and commissions will help that, especially when we find out, 248 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:22,880 for example, like what the NIC is suggesting to council to vote on or even 249 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:26,320 when that goes to the council, whether or not you feel it's appropriate to make 250 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:30,559 public comment as a citizen or as a member of the environmental commission, 251 00:22:27,919 --> 00:22:35,440 but as a private citizen, totally up to you to start gauging uh the level to 252 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:39,200 which you want to engage with the community via your role or as a member 253 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:43,480 of the public who's just a bit more informed. because of your volunteerism. 254 00:22:52,320 --> 00:23:01,919 » Yeah. So, I guess um given given all that um we can I think we could probably 255 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:06,559 decide to either, you know, kind of put our names 256 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:10,559 by by this listed organizations, commissions, um council meetings that 257 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:16,000 we've just listed or we can probably decide to to do that at the next meeting 258 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:21,039 if we wanted to um if we wanted to wait for um Commissioner Kimfar to also be 259 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:26,240 part of the discussion. But yeah, thanks Beth too for reminding us that it's just 260 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:31,440 yeah, Commissioner Dven. >> Yeah. Um just a note on proceeding with 261 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:35,440 this item. Uh if you do want to make a motion, we have to open up public 262 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:40,640 comment first and we will have three minutes if uh Commissioner Kyan Far is 263 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:46,559 on as a member of the public to which she can speak. Um, 264 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:50,799 and yeah, we can motion to continue the item to our next regularly scheduled 265 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:56,240 meeting and that would be sufficient and for Jennifer to do the roll call vote. 266 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:59,360 » Okay, sounds good. Um, and given that, I would I would like to make a motion to 267 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:04,320 continue. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Public comment, please. 268 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:07,200 Okay, so let's open it up then for for public comment. 269 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:10,080 » Members of the public in the chamber, please approach the podium. Members on 270 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,919 Zoom, please use the raise your hand feature or dial star 9 from a 271 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:48,480 Diane, you may make your public comment. Thank you. Good evening, Environmental 272 00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:54,799 Commission. My name is Diane Nielsen and I am on the board of uh FASPA 273 00:24:52,799 --> 00:25:00,880 and I'm [clears throat] pleased to hear that uh 274 00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:05,120 you would like to reach out and learn more about FOSPA or collaborate with 275 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:14,480 FOSPA. And also I I attend the JPA meetings 276 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:19,760 that were started back um a couple of years ago now 277 00:25:16,799 --> 00:25:25,039 and it's really important to have support in that area. Um it's a 278 00:25:23,279 --> 00:25:33,039 slowmoving process but they have a lot of their uh 279 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:40,559 requirements to proceed have been approved by the various entities that 280 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:48,480 need needed to do so and there's a lot of opportunities um 281 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:51,919 that can be brought up or ideas I should say that can be brought up at the JPA 282 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:58,720 also. And we 283 00:25:54,880 --> 00:26:03,760 um jumping back to FOSPA probably you I don't know but probably 284 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:09,360 somebody there may be receiving our weekly 285 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:17,200 reminders about FOSPA work days every Saturday we're in a uh one of the nine 286 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:23,919 parks that we steward and you can go to uh friendsof seasideparks.org or and and 287 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:28,720 learn a little bit more and see our schedule. 288 00:26:25,679 --> 00:26:37,279 And I just want to thank you for being on this commission and um and the work 289 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:40,919 that you're doing. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comment. 290 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:54,880 chair. We don't have anybody else wanting to make public comment. 291 00:26:53,279 --> 00:27:00,480 » All right. Well, thank you. Thanks, Diane, for joining. Um, and yeah, we'll 292 00:26:57,919 --> 00:27:04,880 definitely be in touch with FASA. Um, okay. So, I would like to now make a 293 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:10,080 motion to continue this discussion at our next regularly scheduled um 294 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:13,320 environmental commission meeting. >> I second. 295 00:27:16,559 --> 00:27:23,360 We'll take a roll call vote. Um, Commissioner Canard, 296 00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:25,600 » yes. >> Commissioner Gotautle, 297 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:30,600 » yes. >> And Commissioner Morgan, 298 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,600 » yes. 299 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:48,360 We'll go to Item six, reports from commissioners. 300 00:28:04,399 --> 00:28:10,039 We'll move on to item seven, reports from staff. 301 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:18,720 Hi. >> Uh, I have a couple updates for you on 302 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:24,000 things that happened at other commissions. Um, one was at the planning 303 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:28,960 commission meeting and one was last week at the city council meeting. And again, 304 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:34,720 it's just an item that maybe we've touched on that could be of interest or 305 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:40,080 just on a larger scale of interest. So, this is maybe similar to what you would 306 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:45,120 be doing if you do uh get assigned or choose a certain board or commission. Um 307 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:48,120 coming back and briefly sharing with everybody. 308 00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:54,360 We'll give a second for the PowerPoint to come up. Thanks. 309 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:03,200 Uh so on December 10th, we had a planning commission hearing. We had two 310 00:29:00,559 --> 00:29:10,960 items, one of which was for 795 Broadway. Uh they were were granted a 311 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:15,679 use permit um for a meeting facility at that location as well as uh 312 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:20,399 architectural review approval for some uh exterior installations they were 313 00:29:18,159 --> 00:29:27,520 doing around an enclosed uh a trash enclosure. Um 314 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:33,200 this is the corner site um across the street. It's on Elhhamra on Broadway uh 315 00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:39,200 where a lot of the goal activity is happening on the rooftops of those shops 316 00:29:35,919 --> 00:29:44,960 and uh code enforcement made us aware a while ago about this specific property 317 00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:50,960 and property owner receiving a citation regarding the nuisance of some of the 318 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:56,159 waste associated with the nesting sites there. Um, this wasn't a project that I 319 00:29:53,279 --> 00:30:02,559 worked on. My colleague did, but um, being advised by our manager, I'll give 320 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:09,960 you a minute or so to read a condition of approval that we placed on the 321 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:09,960 project. Um, and 322 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:18,159 just let you see how we approach this for it being a first time coming across 323 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:23,559 our desk associated with a project on a site that had previous uh code 324 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,559 enforcement activity. 325 00:30:39,919 --> 00:30:46,960 And I guess I will read it just in case there's any uh 326 00:30:44,399 --> 00:30:51,360 connection or just accessibility issues. It was a condition of approval added 327 00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:55,760 that said prior to each nesting season, deterrence shall be installed to prevent 328 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:59,840 the establishment of colonies of birds. Prior to procurement and installation, 329 00:30:57,919 --> 00:31:03,679 the applicant shall submit a deterrent plan to the community development 330 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:06,880 department for review and approval. Approved deterrent shall be promptly 331 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:10,880 installed and maintained in working order. Abandoned nest shall be removed. 332 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:15,760 Nothing in this condition shall be construed to require the applicant to 333 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:20,000 harass any birds with established nests on the site, nor to disturb or remove 334 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:25,360 any nests with eggs or chicks still present. And where this is kind of left 335 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:30,000 open is that they submit a plan to us for review and approval and we didn't 336 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:33,600 want to get into naming for example like we will consult with the autobond 337 00:31:31,679 --> 00:31:38,559 society and we will consult with matter I don't know what other organization um 338 00:31:36,399 --> 00:31:43,600 but in leaving that open it gives us the ability to reach out to those who do 339 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:48,240 have the knowledge and expertise to provide us with guidance on what is 340 00:31:45,519 --> 00:31:52,080 appropriate. um it's more so requiring the applicant to take the first step of 341 00:31:50,159 --> 00:31:57,519 giving us something so we can provide it to an outside agency to turn around and 342 00:31:54,240 --> 00:32:02,080 give us guidance on that way it will be done correctly. Um so this is just an 343 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:07,039 example of something we've come across in this uh you know presentations or uh 344 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:10,640 reports from commissioners or staff isn't a time for discussion or 345 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:13,760 questions. of course via email. If you have questions about this or anything 346 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:19,039 that you want to share regarding resources for us, you can go ahead and 347 00:32:15,519 --> 00:32:22,960 do that. Um text on this is a little bit small. I definitely won't be reading 348 00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:26,559 this all in, but I will read the top uh item, which was the item description on 349 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:32,080 the city council meeting uh from last week. 121825 adopt a resolution opposing 350 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:36,080 the inclusion of new offshore oil and gas leasing off the coast of California 351 00:32:34,159 --> 00:32:41,279 and the federal 5-year national outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing 352 00:32:38,159 --> 00:32:46,799 program. Um you can go back as we showed you on the agendas and go back in time 353 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:50,559 and select the 1218 meeting. you could pull up the actual resolution where 354 00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:56,640 you'll see all the declarations that were made in that and um what the city's 355 00:32:53,760 --> 00:33:01,120 stance on it is and essentially the bottom 356 00:32:58,399 --> 00:33:05,200 um footnote bullet says if adopted the resolution would convey the city's 357 00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:08,720 position to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and to state and federal 358 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:15,360 elected officials through distribution of the approved document. So, 359 00:33:12,399 --> 00:33:19,600 just another example of what's happening outside of the EC, but definitely rel 360 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:25,120 related to the environment on a larger scale. Um, this was probably floated 361 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:30,240 around by another agency to cities in the area asking for support. Uh, oftent 362 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:34,399 times a template's given. It could have also been initiated from the inside um 363 00:33:32,559 --> 00:33:39,120 by somebody who's just keeping track and is aware of things. So, those are a 364 00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:42,480 couple of examples of pieces of information that, you know, 365 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:46,080 commissioners could be sharing in the future by following their respective 366 00:33:44,399 --> 00:33:51,240 commissions that they're assigned to or volunteer for. And that's all I have for 367 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,240 you. 368 00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:58,840 » I have a question. Is is the appropriate time? 369 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:06,559 There's um no discussion or questions on report items because they're not open 370 00:34:03,919 --> 00:34:09,440 for public comment either. But if you want to ask a question, yeah, send me an 371 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:12,440 email, please. >> Okay. 372 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:31,839 Are we ready to move on to the last item eight, adjournment? 373 00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:35,599 Um, we'll start with a motion and then end with a roll call vote. 374 00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:39,960 » Okay. I make a motion to adjourn today's meeting. 375 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,960 » A second. 376 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:53,119 » I will do a roll call vote on adjourning the meeting at 6:06 377 00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:56,240 p.m. Commissioner Canard. >> Yes. 378 00:34:54,720 --> 00:35:00,400 Commissioner Morgan, 379 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:03,400 » yes. And Chair Gotautle, >> yes. 380 00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:12,280 Uh, the meeting has been adjourned.