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Thanks for being patient with us. Uh,

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we'll call the town council meeting of

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January 13th, 2026 to order. Jennifer,

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>> Council member Alberish

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>> Council member Brown

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>> Council member Gold

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>> Council member Walt

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>> here. Mayor Donowski

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>> here. Mortm Gold, will you lead us in

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the pledge of allegiance?

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Okay, very good. Uh, we'll move right

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into public comments. Wishing to address

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the council on any matter not on the

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posted agenda are invited to do so.

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appropriate action in the future or

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placed on a future agenda. Are there any

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>> Pull up Zoom. One second here.

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public uh comment beyond the coffee. Uh

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we will uh close public comment. Moving

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right along. Uh we have a presentation

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from Yip Housing. Hi.

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>> Hi there.

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>> Welcome.

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Uh my name is Troy Wilson. I'm

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here tonight to make a brief

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presentation. Um and I'm the fund

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development director of Hip Housing. And

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so um want to share something

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encouraging tonight. uh hopefully

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encourages everyone, lifts everyone up.

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Um since 1972, HIP Housing has been

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helping lowincome San Monteo County

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residents to find and maintain

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affordable housing. And we're listed in

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all 21 housing elements in Sonteo

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County, including yours. uh as a trusted

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affordable housing partner. Um last year

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we worked with uh over 4,000 individuals

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and provided housing to over,200

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lowincome households throughout the

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entire county. Um a quick update here on

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our 2425 fiscal year. 456 individuals

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applied to our home sharing program. Uh

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141 individuals enrolled in our

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self-suffic self-sufficiency program.

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700 tenants were housed in our property

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management program and 153 individuals

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received assistance through our home

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readiness program. Uh on behalf of Hip

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Housing, I would like to uh thank the

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honorable mayor and the members of city

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council here. I've given you uh each a

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calendar and um

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uh it is it is of our enduring your

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enduring support of our organization

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that we uh exist and continue to do the

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great services that we provide. And uh

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this is why I'm here tonight, just to

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show you a calendar. And um each year,

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Hip Housing asks children from around

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the county in grades kindergarten

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through fifth grade uh to draw a picture

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of home and as well as give a quote

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about what home means to them. Um and so

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it tells tells us what home means to

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them. Um and this year we had had over

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120 calendar entries and from these

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entries we selected 14 winners. uh one

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for our front cover, one for our annual

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appeal uh presentation, and then the 12

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months of the year. Um my favorite is

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the front cover that that you see there.

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of our calendar contest by a third

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grader uh from Hillsboro and her quote

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is uh what my home means to me is being

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loved and cared for. My home is a safe

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So, we hope that you enjoy the calendar

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and that it serves as a beautiful

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reminder throughout the year of how

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important housing is to everyone in our

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county, especially our children. Uh,

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more information about our uh, hip

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housing programs and our calendar

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contest and even more can be found on

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our website uh, hiphousing.org. Thank

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>> Thank you, Troy. Are there any questions

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Seeing none, we'll thank you for your

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wonderful work on behalf of the

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community and for being here to share

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these touching and lovely calendars and

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u for all the vital work you do in

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serving the community. We really

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library annual report as well. So,

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» Thank you. Good evening everyone. and

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Mayor Donowski, town council members,

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and town staff. My name is Carmen Latona

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Adams, and I'm the community library

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manager for the Woodside Library. And

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I'm pleased to share the fiscal year

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2024 2025 annual report, uh, which I

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believe is also shared with you guys in

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advance. And thank you, Jennifer, for

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advancing the slides. So, first

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established as a county free library in

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1912, the library joint powers authority

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was formed in 1999. Our service area is

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351 square miles made up of 11 member

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cities and unincorporated areas of the

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county. Each of our 13 libraries is part

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of a larger system offering countless

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opportunities for connection and

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exploration. We curate our offerings to

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meet the needs and interests of our

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community to help them thrive.

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five-year strategic plan. Our new plan

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grounds us in our shared goals to

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listen, connect, discover, and engage.

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goals into action, we know our continued

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success depends on the insights and

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contributions of the voices in our

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as part of our strategic plan, we

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introduced a new vision and mission to

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guide our work, which you see there. Our

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updated mission is together we build

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meaningful connections and inspire

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lifelong curiosity. Now I'd like to

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share uh how that's been coming to life

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This is our year in numbers. Um the

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programs and collections at Santo County

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libraries are very well used. This year

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we saw 1.7 million library visitors, 2.4

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million items circulated, and over

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programs and events. Beyond numbers,

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each data point represents the

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connections, learning, and growth that

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happens across our community. Next

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offer opportunities where our diverse

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communities feel seen, heard, and

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valued. Each of our library staff brings

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unique backgrounds and experiences to

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the library. This diversity strengthens

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how we serve through responsive

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programs, meaningful outreach, and

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culturally rich collections. Next slide.

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discovery and exploration is reflected

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in our 249,967

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active library card holders. We saw 2.8

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million website visits, 41,984

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Wi-Fi sessions, and a huge increase here

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collection. and we're proud to welcome

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Library, we had over 57,700

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and also on a local level, 65,000

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point to get out into the community. You

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have likely seen us this year at the

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horse park at water hutter in Wonderlake

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and also the Kinyatta College food

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distribution site that is uh on

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Tuesday's Kinyatta. Next slide.

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stage and phase of life to foster growth

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and curiosity. I'm excited to share some

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other great accomplishments. Next slide.

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YouTube channel. It's very adorable. So,

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programs. Um we love to connect older

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active, learn new skills, build

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friendships. We create welcoming spaces

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routine, and a sense of belonging. Uh

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Phoi and um I believe this library

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that's featured was the North Oaks

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community, but locally for Woodside, we

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love of reading from day one through

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

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books in the mail each month. Since

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kids have enrolled in this program.

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Dollywood Foundation, the Foundation for

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Santo County Libraries, and our friends

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group who make this offering possible.

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library into the community in fun and

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unexpected ways. There was a library

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baseball themed books that day. Uh we've

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that the library is always within reach.

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and our staff are at the very heart of

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everything that we do. This year, our

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library champions leaned into growth and

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new ideas, turning creativity into even

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better services for our communities. We

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celebrate our team from lifelong staff

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team members who bring fresh

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friends groups who continuously help us

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they had a a refresh of their library

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space. So, it's a cute video of that

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day. Our libraries are, of course,

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community destinations. We provide

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welcoming spaces to gather, learn, and

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connect through continued upgrades and

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new spaces. We're always working to make

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them more comfortable, innovative, and

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inspiring for everyone in collaboration

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with the community and with the town.

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Okay, next up.

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So, our Woodside Library created its own

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winds in progress this past year. I'd

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like to specifically highlight our 55

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plus corner. It's a comfortable area of

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the library with views of the garden. It

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also has books um featuring different

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interests that might be of interest to

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older community members. There are also

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community resource pamphlets there,

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flyers highlighting free services um

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regarding mental wellness, health,

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transportation um mostly from the

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county. And uh our older adult

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programming is also hugely popular at

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the library. A computer basics and

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security is a um a very popular topic,

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but also wellness programs as well.

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presentations on traveling, especially

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for older adults, is very highly

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attended. And we also do maker programs

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for our older adults with hands-on

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activities. They're are highly popular.

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SL

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and

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I'd like to specifically highlight our

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partnership with the friends of the

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Wonder Lake, Wonderlake and Hutter Park.

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Uh this past summer we partnered with

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them to bring some uh wellness and uh

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art activities to both parks in the

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summer specifically for older adults.

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But um I think we had it as all ages

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mostly older adults came and um if I

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memory serves it was nature journaling

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and sound forest bathing both highly

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popular and um thanks to the friends of

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the library who supported that

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partnership with the friends of

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Wonderlick and Hutter.

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Um

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next slide

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and I'd like to highlight our high

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school summer adventure interns. This is

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Briana. But we also had another intern

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named Zoe. Uh they were both wonderful

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additions to the library, helping staff

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with numerous outreach events, programs,

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and even book displays. The kids love

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doing programs with them from crochet to

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slime. And I think there they were

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painting, and that was a lot of fun in

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that back patio. And the last slide is

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uh just a thank you to town staff and

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town council for your collaboration with

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us for championing the library in

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particular council member Brown who is

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on our uh JPA board as well as uh town

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manager Jason. Uh it's with your work

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with the governing board and operations

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committee that we can make a lot of

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these things happen. A thank you to the

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friends of Woodside Library of course

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for the ongoing support and library

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staff for their commitment and passion

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to their work and I'm happy to answer

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questions.

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>> Wonderful. Thank you. Any questions for

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Carmen?

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>> I'm very happy.

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>> Very good.

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>> Well then I will simply thank you for

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being here and for everything that you

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do for the community. It's a It's always

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a great reminder of the many services

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that you provide to our constituents and

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uh it's always a lovely presentation at

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start of every year. So,

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>> thank you.

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» Okay, I think with that we will move on

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to the town manager report. Mr. Led

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Better.

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>> Yeah, thank you Mr. Mayor and uh

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Woodside Town Council. a relatively

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brief report, but uh over the holiday

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break, the town offices were closed, but

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uh we had no shortage of response from

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the public works team due to storms uh

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primarily in the first week. But over

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the last few weeks, they've been

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responsive on multiple occasions. Uh

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multiple trees were down and there was

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some uh work that was done to make sure

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that drains were clear and anything that

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got clogged was alleviated. And what I'm

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hearing is that ultimately this was

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substantially a lighter storm that been

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past years from atmospheric rivers in

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the past. But it was also very

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successful break because we did fumigate

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this in the other building for termites

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and so that's been completed. Uh the

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town is scheduling administrative

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services director interviews over the

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next two weeks. The panel will include

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staff obviously, but we will have an

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audit committee member as well as an

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admin services director from another

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local agency on the interview panel.

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More information to come in the coming

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weeks on that. And then my final

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announcement this evening is that the

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town has hired a public works director

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uh/town engineer who is currently the

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deputy engineer in Pacifica. Lewis Sun

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will be starting after Martin Luther

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King uh Jr. Day on Tuesday 120 next

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week. So Lewis brings about 20 years of

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local government experience with primary

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roles in engineering, wastewater, and

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general public works. He is a graduate

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of the Ohio State University and holds a

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master's in engineering management from

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Santa Clara University. Lewis has been

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on the peninsula doing public works for

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well over a decade and prior to that he

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was a design engineer for the city of

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Bakersfield, giving him experience in a

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broad spectrum uh in the multitude of

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disciplines across public works. So,

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I'll be very excited to bring him to the

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next meeting.

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>> And that's all I have. Looking forward

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to it. Questions for Jason.

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» Um, and Jason, we had a chance to catch

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up about this this week. So, I had an

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opportunity to catch up with a San

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Carlos council member over the holidays

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and they uh she let me know that they

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are in the midst of doing their annual

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uh strategic planning process and goal

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setting process. I was wondering if you

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could just report out on sort of the

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process that you envision implementing

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in Woodside because I think you know the

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council would be interested to hear

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that. I'd be interested to hear that and

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I think it would be interesting to for

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our residents to hear that as well.

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>> Yeah, I'm glad we're having this

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conversation just so I can get a better

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understanding of the council's uh wishes

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based off of my understanding of all the

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different planning documents and goals

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that we currently have. So you know

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going through the review process with

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the facilitator ultimately I had this

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question for them because we did find

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seven goals essentially for myself as

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well as the CIP uh the housing element

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deliverables and then ultimately um when

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we're looking at the town center area

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plan deliverables to come. And so what

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I'm seeing is really an opportunity to

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finalize the town center area plan, then

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come back with all of these different

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deliverables that we're currently

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working on and come to the council at

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that time to determine if we want to do

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strategic planning at that point. uh

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because I'm not 100% sure if it makes

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more sense for the will of the council

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to work through our current obligations

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within the planning documents that we

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have primarily the housing element the

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CIP and then the the current planning

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document that's being done by the

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entirety of the town the town center

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area plan I'm going to assume that

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there'll be a multitude of projects

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there but the way I would take it if if

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none of that was currently happening I

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personally believe more in say what the

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library has done and and that ultimately

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strategic initiative should be

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multi-year and over say a five-year term

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rather than consistently changing on an

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annual basis. And so ultimately we can

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bring in a facilitator

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uh in order to do that. But based off of

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all of the multitude of documents that

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we currently have and the obligations

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that we're committed to, I think it

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would make more sense that I would lead

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with the council what staff felt were

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the priorities from uh those multitude

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of planning documents and then we would

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game plan with you other strategic

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initiatives that you would want to see

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us work on over the coming years. and

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then the staff would go work out

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projects and bring them back to you to

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see if they fit within the trunch of the

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strategic initiative that was set. So

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that's kind of how I envision us moving

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forward and I would not and this is what

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I need feedback from the council. I

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don't envision that before January of of

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be honest with you just because of the

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litany of obligations that we currently

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have. I don't know if it's the will of

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the council. Certainly, we'll do

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whatever they desire, but I'm not sure

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if we need more planning or the view

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that I currently have is we need more

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actual delivery of the current plan that

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we have.

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>> Yeah, thank you for that. Just a quick

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followup question because um and maybe a

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little bit of history here. the the

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council I've been on for six years now.

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We we did do a facilitated

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uh goal setting process at the end of

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2024.

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Um and I know you've I you've reviewed

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the um the agenda and the the minutes

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from from that session. Um we didn't do

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any strategic goal setting. I think

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rightfully so. last year uh we had you

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know the change the new town man you

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starting um and I hear what you're

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saying in terms of we we definitely have

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a lot going on we've got a lot of

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initiatives I'd be curious though how

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you view those initiatives where do they

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slot into the town's current goals

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because we did set some goals right that

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and I think a lot of those initiatives

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are in service of those goals so I'm

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curious like what your thoughts on like

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do we kind of already have a strategic

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plan and those initiatives that we're

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working on serve that strategic plan,

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but we haven't really just kind of like

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mapped them together.

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>> That's a great point and that's what I

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would that's my preference is ultimately

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I think we have some gaps and I think

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one of the gaps is with hazard

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mitigation. I think that we need to

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really develop and I'm working with a

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couple council members specifically Dick

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Brown currently on some opportunities

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with with hazard mitigation. And so I

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think what I'd like to do is kind of map

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out how I see the current um obligations

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that we have, come back to the council

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and start from that point to um build

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out the missing pieces of the strategy

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right now that we should be focusing a

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percentage of time all the time on

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hazard mitigation. So if that's suit if

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that suited the council that would be

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what I would desire is to take a look at

550
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the current deliverables that we have

551
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,159
build something out and then come to you

552
00:21:48,159 --> 00:21:50,240
during the budgeting process and

553
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,960
showcase to you the current strategic

554
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,200
initiative as I see it and then have you

555
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,120
fill in the gaps and then

556
00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:59,760
>> help guide me as to when you think it

557
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,520
makes the most sense to really have a

558
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,840
retreat that would involve maybe a

559
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,039
deeper dive into the next five years.

560
00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:08,400
Yeah, I think that would be really

561
00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,720
healthy because I think you know if you

562
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,840
sort of mash together the work that we

563
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,960
did in 2024 where we came up with our

564
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,799
strategic goals. I I would I believe

565
00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:22,720
that a lot of the initiatives that you

566
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,480
are currently working on are in service

567
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,760
of those goals. We haven't we just

568
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,880
haven't articulated it into a strategic

569
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,400
plan which I think is really important

570
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,240
to have as a town. Um, it's my

571
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,720
understanding it's what our peer towns

572
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,640
have and San Carlos are, you know, the

573
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,400
examples before us tonight as a desk

574
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,880
item. Um, so I would be very supportive

575
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,840
of that to to kind of formalize I think

576
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,919
what's already out there into a

577
00:22:47,919 --> 00:22:50,000
strategic plan.

578
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,039
>> I would definitely uh advocate doing

579
00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:55,039
that myself as well. So if it suits the

580
00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:57,039
rest of the council, that would be um I

581
00:22:57,039 --> 00:23:01,270
think that would benefit us.

582
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,960
Do we do we have the um we're we're a

583
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,320
lot leaner than um San Carlos.

584
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,720
Uh so tell me a little bit um about the

585
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,360
resources. I mean when I think about

586
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,320
time and meetings and outreach and

587
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,880
dollars and whatnot. Um it's a process

588
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:22,240
when you put together strategic plan.

589
00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:23,760
Now, I think a couple years ago at Jen

590
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:24,880
uh Council Member Wall was talking

591
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,559
about, I remember we all sort of

592
00:23:26,559 --> 00:23:28,159
submitted what we thought the goals were

593
00:23:28,159 --> 00:23:32,080
and uh or kind of

594
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,200
uh aggregated um and most people kind of

595
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,280
agreed. So, the good news was we're all

596
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:38,559
sort of on the same page and I kind of

597
00:23:38,559 --> 00:23:40,080
feel like we're all on the same page at

598
00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,440
this very moment in a shared vision, at

599
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,200
least in the broadest sense. But what

600
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,919
would it take um I mean what would it

601
00:23:47,919 --> 00:23:49,520
take to actually do that process

602
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,039
resource-wise and would it take away

603
00:23:51,039 --> 00:23:53,919
from execution?

604
00:23:53,919 --> 00:23:55,520
>> Yeah. So that's a great point. So

605
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,000
ultimately what I'm hearing is that I

606
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,080
would take the strategic initiatives

607
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,640
that the council put together in 2024. I

608
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,159
would look at the landscape of

609
00:24:04,159 --> 00:24:05,840
deliverables that we're already

610
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,840
obligated to delivering projects that

611
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,679
we're currently discussing as

612
00:24:09,679 --> 00:24:11,360
initiatives. And then I would put

613
00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,440
together essentially a couple pages that

614
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,200
showcase this that those are the

615
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,600
strategic initiatives of the town. But

616
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,840
thank you for pointing that out because

617
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,000
it'll be Christmas before I know it.

618
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,559
Honestly, this job is incredible. Uh as

619
00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:26,000
far as working for the government, time

620
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,720
goes so quickly that right now we only

621
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,480
have three department heads that work

622
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,640
for the town and two of them are not are

623
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,480
currently not here. So ultimately that's

624
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,520
defaulting to our, you know, assistant

625
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,679
in in public works or it's defaulting

626
00:24:39,679 --> 00:24:44,320
back over to me. So capacity honestly is an issue at the moment ultimately and

627
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,159
those positions need to get filled and

628
00:24:46,159 --> 00:24:47,440
those people are going to take time to

629
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,000
bring them up to speed. So it may make

630
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,919
even more sense. I know this may, you

631
00:24:51,919 --> 00:24:54,480
know, just for timing purposes, um,

632
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,720
incorporating the TCAP into this or

633
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,400
maybe this is actually we shoot for

634
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,880
July or June, but it may be more

635
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,960
realistic that this gets pushed back and

636
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,960
as an obligation of mine before the end

637
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,720
of actual the year of 2026

638
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,360
just to put together the paper and not

639
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,919
to do a strategic initiative planning

640
00:25:15,919 --> 00:25:17,760
session. and it would be bringing you

641
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,080
how I'm envisioning our current

642
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,360
obligations and that would be our

643
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:23,520
starting point essentially.

644
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,520
So I think I would be able to do that

645
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,159
with a little bit more leeway just

646
00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:30,080
thinking about the obligations that we

647
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,000
currently have if we were to maybe look

648
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,159
at all of 2026 giving me that

649
00:25:34,159 --> 00:25:36,559
opportunity. I would shoot to do that

650
00:25:36,559 --> 00:25:40,480
soon. But based off of the capacity of

651
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,000
the organization currently, it is

652
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,240
definitely we're, as I like to say,

653
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,400
we're punching above our weight level

654
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,320
currently.

655
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,000
>> Yeah. And I that's what I would have

656
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,000
thought you would have said. So that's great. I personally I I see

657
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,520
exactly the thought process. I um just

658
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,679
question of timing uh and we have our

659
00:25:59,679 --> 00:26:04,470
feet on solid ground.

660
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:05,679
There any other?

661
00:26:05,679 --> 00:26:07,039
>> I have a different question on a

662
00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:09,200
different topic. Um, congratulations on

663
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,640
the hire of the public works director.

664
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,480
How long was that position vacant by the

665
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:18,470
way? Just curious.

666
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:19,840
» October.

667
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,440
>> Yeah, mid October.

668
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,159
>> Yeah, October. It was very I mean we rap

669
00:26:24,159 --> 00:26:26,720
we moved so rapidly on this that I mean

670
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,960
I feel very very good about how quick

671
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,559
the caliber of the person that we have

672
00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:33,440
coming on and how how in government

673
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,039
terms that was that was a quick

674
00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:36,240
turnaround of

675
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,760
>> I was just surprised that it was it was

676
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,600
so short. So congratulations on doing

677
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,960
that. I don't have any other questions.

678
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:43,919
>> Thank you.

679
00:26:43,919 --> 00:26:46,559
>> Town managers.

680
00:26:46,559 --> 00:26:48,080
If I could just make a quick

681
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,679
announcement just that uh remind

682
00:26:49,679 --> 00:26:51,200
everyone that the planning commission

683
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,080
has two vacancies terms ending uh for

684
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,320
districts one and three. So just any

685
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:57,919
chance I get and sorry I didn't give you

686
00:26:57,919 --> 00:26:59,840
a heads up but just a quick announcement

687
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,360
for anyone listening or anyone who wants

688
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:04,080
to tell their friends. Um we have uh two

689
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,720
terms ending and applications for

690
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,640
districts one and three to serve on the

691
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,120
planning commission are due by February

692
00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:12,880
4th. Then we did send out townwide

693
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,799
mailers for that and just trying to

694
00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:17,360
advertise as much as possible.

695
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:19,440
>> Quick question. Are they are are the

696
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,320
current um

697
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,200
two gentlemen who hold those two seats?

698
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,240
>> One has moved districts. Um so that

699
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:29,919
becomes a complication for that one.

700
00:27:29,919 --> 00:27:32,880
That's for district one. Um and then I

701
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,159
think we're still waiting to hear from

702
00:27:34,159 --> 00:27:38,080
the incumbent on district three.

703
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,360
So, um, we would have to recruit in

704
00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,080
district 1 and district three to fill

705
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:44,720
those seats

706
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,559
>> potentially if if the incumbent in

707
00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:48,320
district 3 does not

708
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,640
>> Yeah, but they must be in district.

709
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,880
>> Isn't Well, there's a way to get around

710
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:53,520
that. Yeah,

711
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,039
>> there's a code provision that allows for

712
00:27:55,039 --> 00:27:57,039
the council to override that should

713
00:27:57,039 --> 00:27:59,279
someone outside of a district apply.

714
00:27:59,279 --> 00:28:00,960
>> It requires a four-fifths vote,

715
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,320
>> I believe. So,

716
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:05,760
sorry for interrupting. I just want to

717
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:06,399
get that out.

718
00:28:06,399 --> 00:28:10,470
>> No, that's a good double.

719
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,039
» Okay. Any uh comments from the public on

720
00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:17,510
the town manager report?

721
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,760
Seeing none, we will close the town

722
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,279
manager report and move on to

723
00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:23,679
appointments. So, the appointments

724
00:28:23,679 --> 00:28:26,159
committee, I will hand off this uh

725
00:28:26,159 --> 00:28:27,679
recreation committee, which I know

726
00:28:27,679 --> 00:28:28,640
you're going to say is the best

727
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:29,840
committee, but there are many wonderful

728
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:30,399
committees.

729
00:28:30,399 --> 00:28:32,000
>> I'm glad that uh people are starting to

730
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,200
come around that it's the best

731
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,520
committee. That's

732
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,080
>> um there is one applicant for the

733
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,240
recreation committee. Um and that's

734
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,240
Jonathan Goldman. He comes well

735
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,240
recommended by

736
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,120
um Rowan McN, the chair, who as you know

737
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,399
is a very discerning uh individual and

738
00:28:50,399 --> 00:28:52,000
uh the recommendation of the committee

739
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,520
is that we um accept this appointment to

740
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,600
the recreation committee by Jonathan

741
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,399
Golden. So I will nominate him. Oh,

742
00:29:00,399 --> 00:29:02,880
unless there's an second. Oh, good.

743
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:04,000
Okay.

744
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,520
>> Okay. Uh, Council,

745
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,520
>> any discussion, this gentleman, or are

746
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,279
we good to go to vote? I think we're

747
00:29:09,279 --> 00:29:11,760
good to go to vote. Yeah.

748
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,039
>> Council member Aberish.

749
00:29:13,039 --> 00:29:13,440
>> Yes.

750
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:14,320
>> Council member Brown.

751
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:14,640
>> Yes.

752
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:15,600
>> Council member Gold.

753
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:15,919
>> Yes.

754
00:29:15,919 --> 00:29:17,120
>> Council member Wall.

755
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,559
>> Mayor Donowski.

756
00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:20,880
>> Yes. Jonathan, welcome to the recreation

757
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:21,520
committee.

758
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:22,080
>> This committee,

759
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,200
>> one of many wonderful committees.

760
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,559
Uh, we certainly look forward to your

761
00:29:26,559 --> 00:29:29,120
contributions. Um, next up, we've got

762
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,120
consent agenda and we've got a big one.

763
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:32,640
So, all items on the consent are

764
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,200
considered routine and will be approved

765
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,039
by one roll call motion unless a request

766
00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:38,799
is made at the beginning of the meeting

767
00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:40,480
uh that an item be withdrawn or

768
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,080
transferred to the regular agenda. We do

769
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,600
have an extensive list. Are there any

770
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,360
items on the consent agenda that any

771
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:46,880
member of the council would like to pull

772
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,120
for further discussion?

773
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,640
>> Yes, Council Member Brown.

774
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,789
>> Number 12.

775
00:29:54,799 --> 00:29:58,630
» Uh 5713

776
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,640
will be quick.

777
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,389
Okay.

778
00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:06,960
All right. Can we get a motion for 1 2 3

779
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,840
4 6 8 9 10 11 and 14?

780
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:14,880
>> I move to approve 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 11

781
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,399
and 14.

782
00:30:16,399 --> 00:30:17,840
>> Second.

783
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,120
>> Council member Aberish.

784
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:19,440
>> Yes.

785
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:20,320
>> Council member Brown.

786
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:20,640
>> Yes.

787
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:21,840
>> Council member Gold.

788
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:22,240
>> Yes.

789
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,640
>> Council member Wall. Mayor Donowski.

790
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,039
>> Yes. We'll go in order. So number five

791
00:30:27,039 --> 00:30:31,360
goes to you, Paul. Um so five is the um

792
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,200
mayor's council member committee

793
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,840
appointments for 2026.

794
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,919
Um, as maybe the public doesn't know

795
00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:40,480
this, but in addition to serving coming

796
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,120
in here, uh, two nights a month

797
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,640
approximately, um, each of us serves on

798
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,840
other we we not only, um, get to be a

799
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,480
liaison to some committees, uh, the

800
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,039
town's volunteer committees, but we also

801
00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:58,159
there's a lot of Bay Area, state level,

802
00:30:58,159 --> 00:30:59,919
local level, county level, uh,

803
00:30:59,919 --> 00:31:02,880
organizations that we also liaison to

804
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:09,760
that we participate on. And um I didn't I mean I'm grateful that uh

805
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,159
for the two that I serve on uh that are

806
00:31:12,159 --> 00:31:14,320
outside the town. Um and of course as

807
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,240
you know I also serve as liaison to the

808
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:20,159
recreation committee. Um but I think um

809
00:31:20,159 --> 00:31:27,440
one of the things that comes up is uh um I've heard back from some committee

810
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,159
chairs that they want to make sure that

811
00:31:30,159 --> 00:31:32,159
we are participating at those committee

812
00:31:32,159 --> 00:31:36,159
levels. that is that um attending our

813
00:31:36,159 --> 00:31:37,840
liaison committees. I know you know most

814
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,840
of us do this but I that that they want

815
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,240
to make sure that we do attend um and I

816
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,600
think that it really um is a nice sign

817
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,919
uh of good faith to those committees

818
00:31:47,919 --> 00:31:49,840
when a member of the town council shows

819
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,080
up. I think that they appreciate that we

820
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,519
do serve some purpose and we can bring

821
00:31:53,519 --> 00:31:55,519
back information here. But um I just

822
00:31:55,519 --> 00:31:57,600
wanted to make that point that these are

823
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,760
serious assignments and um we should

824
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,919
take them as such and attend them. So,

825
00:32:01,919 --> 00:32:03,440
that was all I wanted to say unless

826
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,200
there's some pop well public comment.

827
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:05,519
No,

828
00:32:05,519 --> 00:32:06,880
>> you know, I'm glad you pulled it because

829
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,399
maybe I should just summarize this a

830
00:32:08,399 --> 00:32:10,720
little bit, too. Um, in the spirit of

831
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,640
continuity, I just made the assumption

832
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,240
that by and large we're all staying on

833
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,200
the same uh current assignments. Uh, if

834
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,399
you want to change any of those, we can

835
00:32:18,399 --> 00:32:20,240
certainly talk about those right now. I

836
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:21,919
the material changes here, just so you

837
00:32:21,919 --> 00:32:24,640
know, is that we stripped out uh the

838
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,039
climate and sustainability uh committee

839
00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:29,440
uh given the lack of members uh which is

840
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:30,640
really folding back, I think, in

841
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,159
environment. So, Hassan, you got to drop

842
00:32:32,159 --> 00:32:34,559
a committee. Uh, the town manager

843
00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:35,919
review, we changed that to recognize

844
00:32:35,919 --> 00:32:38,399
that that's now facilitated as opposed

845
00:32:38,399 --> 00:32:42,399
to um just a couple folks doing and um

846
00:32:42,399 --> 00:32:44,159
made some other changes around, you

847
00:32:44,159 --> 00:32:45,679
know, just two people on the attorney

848
00:32:45,679 --> 00:32:47,440
review because only two of the five

849
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,360
council members can be there. Uh we also

850
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,120
stripped out the Pulla Valley Woodside

851
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,360
ad hoc committee. Um we did that after

852
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:54,960
learning from both attorneys that those

853
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,039
would be Brown Act committees, which we

854
00:32:57,039 --> 00:32:59,679
didn't realize. Um, and because I don't

855
00:32:59,679 --> 00:33:01,279
think there's a lot of strategic

856
00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:02,399
interest, at least in the immediate

857
00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:05,039
term, in looking at, um, evaluating

858
00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:07,679
options, uh, and that any tactical cost

859
00:33:07,679 --> 00:33:09,279
issues for a sheriff's contract or

860
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,039
something would come up from two town

861
00:33:11,039 --> 00:33:12,640
managers, uh, and be presented. So,

862
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,720
there really wasn't no need for that.

863
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,000
And then a good chunk of the staff

864
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,480
leaison either changed out or optimized.

865
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,360
Um, so those are the major changes. Uh,

866
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:22,880
but for the most part, as far as we're

867
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,399
concerned, I I largely just kept

868
00:33:24,399 --> 00:33:26,480
everything the same. Um, is there

869
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:27,840
anything you need to drop for time

870
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,919
reasons in order to uh be able to make

871
00:33:29,919 --> 00:33:32,399
the commitments that uh Mayor Prom Gold

872
00:33:32,399 --> 00:33:34,559
was just speaking to? We can certainly

873
00:33:34,559 --> 00:33:37,679
uh work on that right now or you can uh

874
00:33:37,679 --> 00:33:39,840
we can certainly do a swap out later. We

875
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,240
can just talk about it. So, but with

876
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,559
that I don't have anything else to add.

877
00:33:44,559 --> 00:33:48,320
>> I had nothing else on that point.

878
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:49,519
>> Guess we can

879
00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:51,039
>> you want to just do them all at once if

880
00:33:51,039 --> 00:33:51,519
we can.

881
00:33:51,519 --> 00:33:55,840
>> Okay, great. Uh number seven, that's you

882
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,200
on leaf blowers.

883
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,360
>> Uh so seven is second reading and

884
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:00,799
adoption of an ordinance adopting a

885
00:34:00,799 --> 00:34:03,039
Woodside municipal code new section

886
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:04,960
94.06

887
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,519
prohibition of gas powered leaf blowers.

888
00:34:07,519 --> 00:34:10,079
Um I just as a courtesy to the public if

889
00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:12,879
there was any public comment. Um it's

890
00:34:12,879 --> 00:34:15,679
just opening up. Are there any members

891
00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:17,359
of the public that would like to comment

892
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:20,639
on the second reading for the ban on

893
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:22,480
leaf blowers effectively in central

894
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:27,990
Woodside gas powered leaf blowers?

895
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,639
Seeing none,

896
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:32,480
we'll move on.

897
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,200
>> 13 or 12 is going over to council member

898
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,599
Brown. Yeah, I only wanted to comment

899
00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:40,320
that um I've noticed on some of our

900
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:45,119
roadways, um we've been

901
00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:47,440
building up a lot of asphalt along all

902
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,200
across the roadway except is now have

903
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,879
drops drop offs, sizable drop offs, um

904
00:34:52,879 --> 00:34:54,560
that could become a hazard sometime in

905
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,280
the future. And so I'd like to have

906
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:02,320
particularly on our area um have have a

907
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,440
survey done perhaps of are we giving a

908
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,599
full coverage that we need or are there

909
00:35:07,599 --> 00:35:09,200
any unsafe areas that we should be

910
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,240
looking at um in the future to uh make

911
00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:15,200
sure we're not just adding more asphalt

912
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,599
and bigger drop off.

913
00:35:17,599 --> 00:35:18,800
That's all.

914
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,400
>> Okay. Thank you very much. Uh, I know

915
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,720
that the town has transitioned and and Cindy, you might be able to answer

916
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,800
this, but that in the past we did more

917
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,760
chip seal, which added actual um depth

918
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,240
to the road, and now currently our model

919
00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,880
is more I call slurry seal, but

920
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,720
ultimately a micro seal, which really

921
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:39,839
adds no level of depth. But maybe you

922
00:35:39,839 --> 00:35:41,680
can elaborate on that.

923
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,680
>> Good evening, mayor and council members.

924
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,440
Um yes, in the past we've always did um

925
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,280
hot mix asphalt which is actually you

926
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,680
know the hotmix asphalt where it adds an

927
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,480
inch and a half we and would would not

928
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,839
cover a lot of streets because it's

929
00:35:55,839 --> 00:35:57,920
expensive. Right now what we do we are

930
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,839
doing is microsurfacing which is very

931
00:35:59,839 --> 00:36:02,960
thin layer of basically oil and sand

932
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,880
that we put in which does not add a lot

933
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,280
of um it just creates protection to the

934
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,680
street. It improves the um the life of

935
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,960
the street for five for 5 years, 5 to 7

936
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,200
years, but it does not add a lot of

937
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,280
asphalt. But um yes, we will take a look

938
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,440
at the locations that um um we will

939
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,000
think it's unsafe to drive, but um as

940
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,839
the public lets us know, we go and

941
00:36:25,839 --> 00:36:27,599
inspect it. Yes.

942
00:36:27,599 --> 00:36:30,000
>> Thank you.

943
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,839
>> Okay. And number 13, back to you.

944
00:36:33,839 --> 00:36:38,400
>> Yes. 13 is a um resolution um approving

945
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,720
the uh old La Honda Road drainage

946
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,880
improvement project. Um I know that this

947
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,880
is specific property that it's directed

948
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,960
at, but I just wanted to bring up just

949
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,359
sort of an ancillary one. Um I was made

950
00:36:49,359 --> 00:36:51,839
aware just last week that there were

951
00:36:51,839 --> 00:36:55,200
some uh funds I I think that uh the town

952
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,800
manager is probably aware of this as

953
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:04,560
well. um that um and Cindy as well that there is a um uh there were some

954
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,400
funds allocated

955
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,320
by I think the county uh to do some

956
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,960
rehab to the drainage system on Old La

957
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,640
Road and I just wanted to find out this

958
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,680
is sort of related to it somehow that um

959
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,200
are those funds available? Do you know

960
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:20,800
if they were spent? Do you know the

961
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,359
status of that or

962
00:37:23,359 --> 00:37:25,119
>> did I catch you off guard? Yeah, I'm not

963
00:37:25,119 --> 00:37:27,520
familiar with the county uh funds for

964
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,520
old La Honda road drainage. I know that

965
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,560
this project specifically is this is

966
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,599
very specific project uh outside of that

967
00:37:35,599 --> 00:37:38,000
um uh from some obligations of the past,

968
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,359
but I'm not sure. Are you familiar with

969
00:37:39,359 --> 00:37:40,560
any county projects?

970
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,880
>> No. U we did not receive any funds from

971
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,880
the county for Olahonda Road.

972
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,040
>> Okay. Thank you. And I'd be wondering if

973
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,720
the public had any comments.

974
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:51,119
>> Okay. Is there any member of the public

975
00:37:51,119 --> 00:37:53,119
uh that would like to comment on item

976
00:37:53,119 --> 00:37:54,720
13?

977
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,359
the uh Oblah Honda drainage improvement

978
00:37:57,359 --> 00:38:00,320
projects.

979
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,800
>> Just watching.

980
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,880
We are not getting any hands raised.

981
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,960
>> Okay.

982
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:07,839
>> You need a motion.

983
00:38:07,839 --> 00:38:10,560
>> We have a need a motion for 5 712 and 13

984
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,320
which I think we'll take in one unless

985
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,000
there's an objection.

986
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,280
>> No. Okay.

987
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,040
>> I'll make a motion that we approve uh

988
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,359
items 5, 7, 12, and 13.

989
00:38:19,359 --> 00:38:20,560
>> Second.

990
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:21,680
>> Council member Alberish.

991
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:22,000
>> Yes.

992
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:22,960
>> Council member Brown.

993
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,160
>> Yes. Council member Gold.

994
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:24,480
>> Yes.

995
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,359
>> Council member Wall, Mayor Donowski.

996
00:38:27,359 --> 00:38:30,560
>> Yes. And with that, we will move on to

997
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:34,880
new business. So, um, item A, uh,

998
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,920
tonight it is my distinct honor, uh, to

999
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,599
be able to introduce this next agenda

1000
00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:42,640
item. Uh this is a preliminary agreement

1001
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,320
in principle to accept the extraordinary

1002
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,720
generosity and civic-minded leadership

1003
00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:52,320
of two anonymous private donors who have

1004
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,920
indicated a desire to make the single

1005
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,720
biggest private gift to the town since

1006
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,720
Barkley Fields by funding the

1007
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:03,200
beautifification of the median on

1008
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,920
Woodside Road from 280 to the Alama,

1009
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,720
which if accepted by council and funded

1010
00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:11,520
subsequently uh would greatly of course

1011
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,000
um improve a vital public corridor in

1012
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,920
our community and turn it into a

1013
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,119
welcoming, calmer and safer

1014
00:39:19,119 --> 00:39:21,200
uh thoroughare and of course create an

1015
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,760
enduring and lasting civic asset for our

1016
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,280
citizens and the surrounding residents

1017
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,800
of our community here. So uh it is a a

1018
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,160
big moment. I'll hand it off to you

1019
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,920
Jason to take us through the specifics.

1020
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,920
>> Yeah, thank you Mr. Mayor. This is a

1021
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,760
very spectacular moment for the town of

1022
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,680
Woodside. And so ultimately, as you

1023
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,200
alluded to, I'm told this is very

1024
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,200
similar to the Barkley Field Project

1025
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,680
that uh utilized the community donation

1026
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,920
and the Woodside Community Foundation in

1027
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,760
order to initiate the Barkley Field

1028
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,760
Project. The Woodside Community

1029
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,599
Foundation and the town of Woodside are

1030
00:39:53,599 --> 00:39:55,119
back with another project that has been

1031
00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:57,119
initiated by donors who wish to remain

1032
00:39:57,119 --> 00:39:59,119
anonymous within the community to

1033
00:39:59,119 --> 00:40:01,280
complete the 2026. The other thing that

1034
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:02,720
makes this really remarkable is that

1035
00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:05,359
this project was on the 2026 capital

1036
00:40:05,359 --> 00:40:07,520
improvement project list and that the

1037
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,160
town had ultimately set aside just

1038
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,760
$200,000

1039
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,400
to continue to move down and work the

1040
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,760
medians on 84 from essentially town

1041
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,480
center to Alama de las pulga. So we

1042
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,560
already had prioritized this as an

1043
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,119
initiative for the community in the town

1044
00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:27,359
and now we're getting a donation to

1045
00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:29,440
complete the entirety of this project.

1046
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,800
So, $2.5 million. Uh, we have a design,

1047
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,680
we have a a conceptual design currently.

1048
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,320
So, what would happen here ultimately is

1049
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:41,599
if you guys do approve this uh agreement

1050
00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:43,760
this evening between us and the Woodside

1051
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,400
Community Foundation that we would

1052
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,400
anticipate that the actual donation

1053
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,079
would happen here in the next couple

1054
00:40:50,079 --> 00:40:51,920
weeks. Once that donation happens,

1055
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,839
there's some obligations within the

1056
00:40:53,839 --> 00:40:55,599
agreement that we have with the Woodside

1057
00:40:55,599 --> 00:40:58,160
Community Foundation that initiate

1058
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,400
actions happening. So, we have a concept

1059
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,640
design. As soon as those obligations are

1060
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,680
met, the town then works to complete an

1061
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,160
engineered design. We would then spend

1062
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,800
2026 doing that combined with working

1063
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,119
with Calrans on an encroachment permit

1064
00:41:13,119 --> 00:41:15,280
because it is their median. We would

1065
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,119
also have to work with the county on the

1066
00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:20,319
final uh median is actually doesn't

1067
00:41:20,319 --> 00:41:21,920
belong to us as you get right in front

1068
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,200
of the high school. So we'd have to work

1069
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,359
with the county on utilizing and

1070
00:41:25,359 --> 00:41:27,760
maintaining that median for them. And

1071
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,800
then in 2027, we would anticipate being

1072
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,280
able to break ground in the interim. We

1073
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,200
would get a final design back over to

1074
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:36,960
the landscape committee. and then

1075
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,440
inevitably to bid that project out, you

1076
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,160
guys would also see the final design and

1077
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,880
have approval of that design as well.

1078
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:46,400
So, if there's any other questions, I

1079
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:47,920
think that kind of explains kind of the

1080
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,359
broad 30,000 ft view, but really want to

1081
00:41:51,359 --> 00:41:53,920
congratulate the town, the council, and

1082
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,079
obviously the mayor who has been working

1083
00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:58,960
on this uh this predates me. And so to

1084
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,119
have two and a half million of really

1085
00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:03,680
civic philanthropy money that's going to

1086
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,640
benefit this community uh is really

1087
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,920
remarkable and just um a testament to

1088
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:11,520
what a privilege it is to work here in

1089
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,920
Woodside to be honest with you.

1090
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,280
>> Thank you. Um any questions on the staff

1091
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:26,069
report from council?

1092
00:42:26,079 --> 00:42:29,599
» We're all in awe. So comments, comments,

1093
00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:32,079
uh questions, uh whatever. Uh

1094
00:42:32,079 --> 00:42:32,800
>> we got comments.

1095
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:33,680
>> Yes. Yes, sir.

1096
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:35,599
>> That I really really want to thank uh

1097
00:42:35,599 --> 00:42:38,720
you making this thing happen. I don't

1098
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:40,880
think we'd be where we are without it.

1099
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,400
Um you've been involved in the

1100
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:46,400
beginning, did found the donors,

1101
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,160
put the whole thing together. And a lot

1102
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,040
of thanks goes to Brian for that.

1103
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,400
>> And whoever else was on your team, I'd

1104
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:53,680
like to know who they were, too, because

1105
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,640
it was it's a great project.

1106
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,160
Well, that's a very kind

1107
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,000
acknowledgement. I'll just just be very

1108
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,800
clear. Um, this is occurring uh solely

1109
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,599
because of the generous civic-minded

1110
00:43:05,599 --> 00:43:08,000
individuals here. Uh my role has been

1111
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,720
nothing but a resource

1112
00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:13,280
uh and uh just helping them understand

1113
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,240
opportunity and how they could transform

1114
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,160
the town of Woodside as it relates to

1115
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,800
our capital project wish list and uh to

1116
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,760
assist in facilitating um the mechanics

1117
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,119
and the community around uh making their

1118
00:43:27,119 --> 00:43:30,000
vision a reality. But uh certainly

1119
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:34,069
appreciate your comment.

1120
00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:38,400
» How many now or taking? Well, I Oh, uh,

1121
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,760
questions for staff. That went right

1122
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,319
into comment. Sorry about that. Um, are

1123
00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:44,160
there any other questions for staff?

1124
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:47,040
Okay, we will take public

1125
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:50,160
comment. Thank you, Jen. Uh, are there

1126
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:51,520
any members of the public that would

1127
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:58,230
like to comment on item A?

1128
00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:00,800
Seeing none, we will go back to council

1129
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,520
deliberations and comments. uh which

1130
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,200
case I'd like to jump in with Michael.

1131
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,599
Um so yeah, I would just like to extend

1132
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:10,400
my gratitude and thanks to the donors.

1133
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,839
Um I think this uh we we've already seen

1134
00:44:13,839 --> 00:44:16,240
the the first stage of the

1135
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:17,760
beautifification project which is really

1136
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:21,040
lovely. Um it really transformed the way

1137
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:22,640
uh Woodside looks when you when you

1138
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,160
enter Woodside. I think it was, you

1139
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:25,760
know, very tastefully done and I'm

1140
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,800
really really excited to see um how the

1141
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,359
rest of the project turns out. And so if

1142
00:44:31,359 --> 00:44:33,280
you're out there, anonymous donors,

1143
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:37,119
thank you. We really appreciate this.

1144
00:44:37,119 --> 00:44:39,040
>> And I'll just acknowledge that the chair

1145
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,040
of the landscape committee, Peggy Mloud,

1146
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,119
has just entered the room and we're a

1147
00:44:43,119 --> 00:44:44,880
little bit ahead of schedule. So we're

1148
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,720
in the midst of it. But welcome.

1149
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:50,000
And you're of course welcome to make

1150
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,760
comments. We kind of went through public

1151
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,040
comment, but if there's anything you'd

1152
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,599
like to say at any time, feel free. Um,

1153
00:44:55,599 --> 00:44:57,599
any other deliberations or comments?

1154
00:44:57,599 --> 00:45:00,480
>> I do. I have a comment. Um, so first of

1155
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,119
all, uh, just

1156
00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:05,119
immense gratitude

1157
00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:07,920
to the town manager, to the staff, and

1158
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,800
especially to the mayor, um, for their

1159
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,760
efforts on this. Um, I'm just reminded

1160
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:15,680
when we when we did the original project

1161
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,359
that council member Wall was just

1162
00:45:17,359 --> 00:45:22,160
referring to, um, and, uh, the, uh, I

1163
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:23,920
remember we were referred to as the

1164
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:28,319
front porch. um the usiders out there

1165
00:45:28,319 --> 00:45:30,880
and um I I think this is just going to

1166
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,560
be a spectacular project and it's going

1167
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:35,040
to really set the tone as people cross

1168
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:36,720
the Alamita and go in front of the high

1169
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:39,040
school in Menllo Country Club that um

1170
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:40,560
I'm hoping it's going to be something

1171
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,319
that's um I know that it's going to be

1172
00:45:42,319 --> 00:45:44,880
something really beautiful. Um but we

1173
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,280
really do appreciate it and I think that

1174
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,359
um we were expecting something about

1175
00:45:49,359 --> 00:45:52,079
onetenth of what it actually turned out

1176
00:45:52,079 --> 00:45:54,640
to be and I think that um really I know

1177
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,960
that the work that the that the town

1178
00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:00,079
manager and our mayor did uh to this was

1179
00:46:00,079 --> 00:46:01,839
no small task and I think that I know

1180
00:46:01,839 --> 00:46:03,599
that didn't take a lot of arm twisting

1181
00:46:03,599 --> 00:46:06,160
and we have very generous donors. We're

1182
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,160
very lucky in that regard, but um this

1183
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,040
is really just a spectacular result and

1184
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,119
um we esiders who are actually pretty

1185
00:46:13,119 --> 00:46:14,480
well represented here tonight. There's

1186
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,480
at least three of us in the room um

1187
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:18,720
really do appreciate uh the efforts that

1188
00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:20,720
were made here and uh in this

1189
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:22,640
beautifification of our front porch. We

1190
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,839
do um it's a very nice thing to do and

1191
00:46:25,839 --> 00:46:28,720
um um I just can't thank you guys enough

1192
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:32,000
for for for this. Um, I remember that

1193
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,400
when this came down, the the the

1194
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:36,079
original project, which goes roughly

1195
00:46:36,079 --> 00:46:41,040
from the 280 freeway um to uh just a few

1196
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:44,640
hundred yards or so uh to the west, that

1197
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,280
the very first person

1198
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:50,319
who said we need to do something from

1199
00:46:50,319 --> 00:46:54,480
the 280 heading east was our mayor. Um

1200
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,400
he volunteered it. He didn't require any

1201
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,119
proddding at all. And um you know this

1202
00:46:59,119 --> 00:47:00,960
is really just a major step in getting

1203
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:03,119
that done and uh I just wanted to say

1204
00:47:03,119 --> 00:47:05,440
that we really do appreciate it and uh

1205
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:06,640
thank everybody and especially the

1206
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,440
donors for making this possible.

1207
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,240
>> Great. I'll also just mention that the

1208
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:14,960
um it's really the uh the work of the

1209
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:18,400
Woodside landscape committee uh really

1210
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:22,560
on the pilot project west of 280 and um

1211
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:25,760
at a cost of $165,000 93 of which came

1212
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:29,359
from the community uh uh really was the

1213
00:47:29,359 --> 00:47:31,599
uh the genesis of this what was going to

1214
00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:33,119
be possible and the things that we

1215
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:35,200
learned from that you know CALR works at

1216
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:36,640
night and all sorts of things really

1217
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,280
helped us sort of price out uh what this

1218
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:41,839
could be uh from a total cost uh point

1219
00:47:41,839 --> 00:47:44,720
of view. So hopefully uh we are going to

1220
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:46,240
be able to see farther standing on the

1221
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:48,319
shoulder of of giants. So thank you

1222
00:47:48,319 --> 00:47:50,160
again for the uh preliminary work that

1223
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,359
you all did to get this uh this idea up

1224
00:47:53,359 --> 00:47:57,920
and up and moving. Appreciate it.

1225
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:01,829
Any other comments?

1226
00:48:01,839 --> 00:48:07,119
And I will just maybe uh wrap up um this

1227
00:48:07,119 --> 00:48:12,560
item just by uh acknowledging that this is a very

1228
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,040
noble expression of generosity uh to

1229
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:16,880
consider a civic gift of this magnitude

1230
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,680
for the greater good and it is both

1231
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:22,240
humbling and inspiring uh for all of us

1232
00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:23,839
to be able to potentially accept an

1233
00:48:23,839 --> 00:48:26,079
extraordinary gift uh like this in the

1234
00:48:26,079 --> 00:48:29,280
intermediate future here. Um, this is

1235
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:31,040
going to be a really a landmark

1236
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,440
opportunity to uh improve the aesthetics

1237
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:37,200
and the traffic calming uh nature uh of

1238
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,240
uh for a group of what we we we think is

1239
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:42,480
conservative, but 9 million vehicles a

1240
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,280
year uh use this piece of the road. So,

1241
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,800
uh a real big impact and um and it also

1242
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:50,640
supports in many ways our strategic

1243
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,480
initiatives around the town center area

1244
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,640
plan. It expands upon and complements

1245
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:55,920
the work that we've been doing on

1246
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,640
circulation and safety for the area and

1247
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,400
it will create as I think was just

1248
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,240
beautifully mentioned for the front

1249
00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:03,920
porch but a sense of continuity and

1250
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,920
union with our residents that are east

1251
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:09,520
of uh 280. So um really a

1252
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:13,200
transformational gift and um uh

1253
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:15,280
absolutely honored uh and looking

1254
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,440
forward to working with these donors uh

1255
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,920
to see this vision to its natural

1256
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:22,559
completion.

1257
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:24,720
So I think with that we would entertain

1258
00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:25,680
a motion.

1259
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:28,000
>> I'd like to move to approve the

1260
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,520
resolution approving the agreement

1261
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,200
governing funding for the median

1262
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:35,040
landscape improvement project.

1263
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:36,880
>> Second

1264
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:37,760
member Alberish.

1265
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:38,079
>> Yes.

1266
00:49:38,079 --> 00:49:38,960
>> Council member Brown.

1267
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:39,200
>> Yes.

1268
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:41,599
>> Council member Gold.

1269
00:49:41,599 --> 00:49:42,000
>> Yes.

1270
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,640
>> Council member Wall. Mayor Donowski.

1271
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:49,430
>> Yes. Thank you.

1272
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:53,599
» Unbelievable. Um, relatedly in a way is

1273
00:49:53,599 --> 00:49:56,079
business item B, which is a resolution

1274
00:49:56,079 --> 00:49:57,680
requesting

1275
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:00,480
uh a 35 mph consistent speed limit on

1276
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:04,319
Woodside Road um between uh uh all the

1277
00:50:04,319 --> 00:50:06,720
way down to the alam. I think headed off

1278
00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:08,800
to to you all, Jason.

1279
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:10,319
>> Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is

1280
00:50:10,319 --> 00:50:12,400
Jason Leer, the town manager, and uh

1281
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,480
thank you uh council members for the

1282
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,520
town of Woodside. So, we had a request

1283
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,559
come in from members of the community

1284
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:25,520
that primarily live on the east side of

1285
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:28,880
uh the 280 uh requesting that this

1286
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:32,800
section of 84 from Alama Deas Pulgus.

1287
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:36,400
And I want to just um rectify a misnomer

1288
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,040
here in the staff report is that it is

1289
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:42,480
essentially leading into the 25 mph

1290
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,119
section of the town. So ultimately would

1291
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:48,000
be advocating here is 435 from Alama

1292
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:50,559
until you reach the 25 mile per hour of

1293
00:50:50,559 --> 00:50:53,760
the existing town center. When I first

1294
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:55,839
received this job and I was consistently

1295
00:50:55,839 --> 00:51:00,079
coming um from a motel on El Camino over

1296
00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:03,040
here uh to uh interview and and to meet

1297
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:06,000
the staff and to do Mayday. I was really

1298
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,880
blown away at the different miles per

1299
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:11,200
hour speed limits just entering into the

1300
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,119
community and then exiting and the fact

1301
00:51:13,119 --> 00:51:15,839
in some instances um you couldn't even

1302
00:51:15,839 --> 00:51:17,680
see the mile per hour speed limit

1303
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:19,839
because it was blocked by foliage and

1304
00:51:19,839 --> 00:51:21,920
that people were just seemingly speeding

1305
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,640
uh and and this is a response

1306
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:26,559
essentially I think to that and the

1307
00:51:26,559 --> 00:51:28,240
difficulty that it is to make a

1308
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:29,920
left-hand turn out of some of these

1309
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:32,319
communities uh because people are

1310
00:51:32,319 --> 00:51:35,280
speeding at an excess rate and so We're

1311
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:40,000
advocating that if you do pass this, doesn't guarantee anything happens.

1312
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,240
This basically lets the state of

1313
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:43,839
California, California Department of

1314
00:51:43,839 --> 00:51:46,000
Transportation know that the agency

1315
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,559
approves of the request and they take

1316
00:51:48,559 --> 00:51:50,720
that request seriously. They have a

1317
00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:52,640
process at which they will analyze this

1318
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:54,000
request. We would assume that there

1319
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:55,920
would be a traffic study. There would be

1320
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,000
a time frame before there was a response

1321
00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,440
back to whether or not they would

1322
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,240
facilitate this technical request. But

1323
00:52:02,240 --> 00:52:04,160
to answer more questions about this and

1324
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,079
to give an opportunity to someone who is

1325
00:52:06,079 --> 00:52:08,079
highly involved, I'd say one-third of

1326
00:52:08,079 --> 00:52:10,720
the management within the public, we do

1327
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:12,800
have Dan Duker here this evening and I'm

1328
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,079
not sure Dan if you wanted to come up

1329
00:52:14,079 --> 00:52:15,839
and give a couple comments about this

1330
00:52:15,839 --> 00:52:18,319
request and what it means to uh the

1331
00:52:18,319 --> 00:52:22,309
members that have made it.

1332
00:52:22,319 --> 00:52:24,960
» So, um when you guys came in, Wendy

1333
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:27,680
Buckley, who runs the HOA in Woodside

1334
00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:30,160
Hills was here. She had just um gotten

1335
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:31,839
back from a long trip and so she was

1336
00:52:31,839 --> 00:52:33,839
tired so she left but she wanted to be

1337
00:52:33,839 --> 00:52:35,680
here to tell you the same thing I will.

1338
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:38,720
So um one of the top requests from our

1339
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:40,640
residents so so um I got to be careful

1340
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:42,160
which hat I'm wearing. So I I serve on

1341
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:43,440
the circulation committee and I'll tell

1342
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:44,640
you what we've been doing on this in the

1343
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,640
circulation committee in a second but I

1344
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,440
also run one of the HOAs east to 280.

1345
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:51,599
And so the three uh the three of us who

1346
00:52:51,599 --> 00:52:54,880
run the three big HOAs there um we field

1347
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:56,480
complaints from our residents all the

1348
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,640
time and one of their top requests and

1349
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:00,640
the top things they're afraid of is

1350
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:03,440
making left turns onto Woodside Road out

1351
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:05,680
of Menllo Country Club out of the high

1352
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:08,559
school out of Northgate and Southgate

1353
00:53:08,559 --> 00:53:10,800
and more road and a high road. And why

1354
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,559
are they scared of that? Because traffic

1355
00:53:12,559 --> 00:53:14,720
moves as fast as 60 miles an hour down

1356
00:53:14,720 --> 00:53:17,119
the hill. There's limited visibility.

1357
00:53:17,119 --> 00:53:19,520
Um, we had a fatality a few years ago

1358
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:21,760
coming out of Memo Country Club. Um,

1359
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:23,520
there are accidents all the time. It's

1360
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,319
also the top area in town, I know this

1361
00:53:26,319 --> 00:53:28,160
from circulation, where our sheriffs

1362
00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:30,559
write speeding tickets. So, it's a

1363
00:53:30,559 --> 00:53:34,480
problematic area. And so um in parallel

1364
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:36,800
to the us advocating for this as the

1365
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,480
leaders of the HAS for residents for the

1366
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,720
last couple of years if I flip on what's

1367
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:42,319
been going on in circulation. So

1368
00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:44,240
circulation's been tracking this issue

1369
00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,720
for as long as I've been there and and

1370
00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:49,280
before. Um we've been working really

1371
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:50,960
hard on our relationship with Calrans

1372
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,760
for the last couple years and uh as a as

1373
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,960
a good side of the unfortunate fatality

1374
00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:59,760
that happened up the hill uh this

1375
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:02,559
summer. Um, we met a gentleman named Ang

1376
00:54:02,559 --> 00:54:05,839
Mong who who uh presented at circulation

1377
00:54:05,839 --> 00:54:08,160
a few months ago. He's the director of

1378
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,640
safety for all of Calrans district 4

1379
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,040
covers the whole Bay Area. And so their

1380
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:14,880
attention was put on this area because

1381
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:17,359
of the fatality we had up at Skywando.

1382
00:54:17,359 --> 00:54:18,880
Um, one of the things we learned from

1383
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,800
him in August was that there was a

1384
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:23,599
process by which we the residents could

1385
00:54:23,599 --> 00:54:25,520
request them to make safety

1386
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:26,960
improvements, one of them being change

1387
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,599
the speed limit. And so that happened

1388
00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:31,520
about August when we met him. We talked

1389
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:33,040
to him about all the issues in Woodside

1390
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:35,280
that we were worried about and uh he's

1391
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,119
like, "Hey, we can actually make that

1392
00:54:37,119 --> 00:54:38,880
change happen. We can get the the goal

1393
00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:41,520
is getting rid of the 45 mph section

1394
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,480
that runs from uh approximately Menllo

1395
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:45,920
Country Club to Moore Road and making

1396
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:48,000
the whole thing 35 to try to slow things

1397
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,920
down for the residents. Also, it'll help

1398
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,599
bicyclists and kids going to Woodside

1399
00:54:51,599 --> 00:54:53,520
High as you won't have traffic going

1400
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:55,920
quite as fast down the hill next to the

1401
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:57,839
bike lanes. So we learned this process.

1402
00:54:57,839 --> 00:54:59,359
So what he asked us to do is create a

1403
00:54:59,359 --> 00:55:02,480
petition and uh he said make make a

1404
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,800
petition and that'll give us a sense of

1405
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:08,000
what residents want. So we did that in

1406
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,480
October November time frame. We did a

1407
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:11,920
single email blast. One of the

1408
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:14,000
advantages we have in the HOAs is that

1409
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,680
we have our emails of all the residents

1410
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,359
in that part of town. So we sent an

1411
00:55:17,359 --> 00:55:19,920
email blast out saying hey what do you

1412
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,680
guys think of this idea to reduce the

1413
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:23,680
speed limit? We learned at the same time

1414
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:25,760
of the mayor's project for the

1415
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:27,280
beautifification

1416
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:29,200
uh project on Woodside Road. So we

1417
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,440
couched this as there's this opportunity

1418
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:33,119
to do this whole beautifification

1419
00:55:33,119 --> 00:55:35,599
project and improve safety do it all as

1420
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:37,839
one thing. We had learned from Calrans

1421
00:55:37,839 --> 00:55:39,760
that to call that section of road a

1422
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:41,920
parkway which enables some of the

1423
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:44,000
landscaping changes we're talking about

1424
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:46,400
that has to be 35 miles an hour anyway.

1425
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:48,079
So the things kind of all came together.

1426
00:55:48,079 --> 00:55:50,559
this idea of let's ask for a uniform 35

1427
00:55:50,559 --> 00:55:52,480
now we can do the parkway with the

1428
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:54,079
donations the residents will be happy

1429
00:55:54,079 --> 00:55:57,119
about improved safety um within uh a

1430
00:55:57,119 --> 00:56:00,240
couple of days we got more than 140 h

1431
00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:02,240
households responded that survey I

1432
00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:04,160
provided that under it to the council

1433
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,400
members but we have all the signatures

1434
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,079
um recorded in the online petition we

1435
00:56:08,079 --> 00:56:12,319
had 100% positive support we had zero

1436
00:56:12,319 --> 00:56:14,400
negative feedback so really high

1437
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:16,000
response really quick we only did a

1438
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,640
single email blast people were just

1439
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,040
really excited about it. So that's kind

1440
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:22,640
of the history and what got us on the

1441
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:24,720
citizen side of this today was this kind

1442
00:56:24,720 --> 00:56:26,880
of long-term desire to improve safety

1443
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:28,960
and then this opportunistic thing that

1444
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:30,799
came together was can we support Brian's

1445
00:56:30,799 --> 00:56:33,440
project which also required a reduced

1446
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:35,280
speed limit. We put them all together,

1447
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:36,960
hence the petition. You're you're making

1448
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:38,160
faces at me.

1449
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:40,640
>> No, I just want to continue to emphasize

1450
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:42,319
that definitely donor's project, but

1451
00:56:42,319 --> 00:56:44,079
>> I'm sorry. The donor's project supported

1452
00:56:44,079 --> 00:56:47,520
by the most honorable mayor

1453
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:50,640
Um, and I apologize. And so that's kind

1454
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,480
of how we found ourselves where we are

1455
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:54,799
today. Calrans then said, "Take the

1456
00:56:54,799 --> 00:56:57,040
petition and then have the town council

1457
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,599
endorse it with a with a with a

1458
00:56:59,599 --> 00:57:01,839
proposition on top of that. Send it back

1459
00:57:01,839 --> 00:57:05,910
to this guy, Angroved."

1460
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:08,079
Make sense, Jason? Did I do what you

1461
00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:08,319
wanted?

1462
00:57:08,319 --> 00:57:09,599
>> Yeah, that makes complete sense. Thank

1463
00:57:09,599 --> 00:57:10,240
you very much, Dan.

1464
00:57:10,240 --> 00:57:11,920
>> You got it. Okay. Yes, Paul.

1465
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:15,359
>> Yeah. Questions for staff and Mr. Duker.

1466
00:57:15,359 --> 00:57:18,000
one. Thank you for um that presentation.

1467
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:19,599
Um

1468
00:57:19,599 --> 00:57:22,000
so there's a you know we all know about

1469
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:24,079
speed surveys and that sort of thing. Do

1470
00:57:24,079 --> 00:57:26,240
you do I mean people drive very fast

1471
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:27,520
there. I think it's considered one of

1472
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:29,680
the most dangerous sections. It's got

1473
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,680
the highest rating or the lowest rating

1474
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:35,119
for danger. It's the most dangerous road

1475
00:57:35,119 --> 00:57:37,200
I think classification in Calrans

1476
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,119
anywhere. Uh I think from the country

1477
00:57:39,119 --> 00:57:42,720
club to the 280. Um they people speed

1478
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:46,319
there routinely anyway. Is there any I

1479
00:57:46,319 --> 00:57:47,599
mean I know that this is sort of a

1480
00:57:47,599 --> 00:57:49,839
recommendation from the council to

1481
00:57:49,839 --> 00:57:53,440
Calrans. Um what do you think's going to

1482
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:55,920
happen here um when the speed survey

1483
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:57,839
shows that

1484
00:57:57,839 --> 00:57:59,040
people are actually going faster than

1485
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:01,200
the current speed limit?

1486
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:03,839
>> So my hope is and what I understand from

1487
00:58:03,839 --> 00:58:06,240
him is that this is not a risk of the

1488
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,559
speed limits cars go faster so they end

1489
00:58:08,559 --> 00:58:10,400
up raising the speed limit. Right? This

1490
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:11,119
is a request

1491
00:58:11,119 --> 00:58:12,640
>> they do they actually do that I guess.

1492
00:58:12,640 --> 00:58:14,240
>> So this is a request to turn this is a

1493
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:16,319
request to turn it into a parkway and to

1494
00:58:16,319 --> 00:58:18,400
reduce and my hope is that that's what

1495
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:20,960
happens. The idea is that the visual

1496
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,200
cues of a parkway you know with better

1497
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:25,119
landscaping and less kind of concrete

1498
00:58:25,119 --> 00:58:28,400
and pavers and you know more more trees

1499
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:30,720
and shrubs and all that will clue people

1500
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:32,480
in kind of like sandill and that's what

1501
00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:33,760
we've been thinking about or like when

1502
00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:36,000
you see foothill um that'll clue people

1503
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:37,520
in it's just not an appropriate road to

1504
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:40,160
go that fast on. Um that coupled with

1505
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:42,240
the changes that are also on your

1506
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:44,559
calendar about bike ballards and the the

1507
00:58:44,559 --> 00:58:46,559
bicycle safety project we discussed in

1508
00:58:46,559 --> 00:58:48,240
the last council meeting. We think the

1509
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:49,760
kind of whole thing runs as a package to

1510
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:52,880
just make it safer and slow traffic down

1511
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,760
and make it clear it's not okay to go 65

1512
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,280
on that road which is what people are

1513
00:58:57,280 --> 00:59:00,480
doing today. So I I think I I just don't

1514
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:02,400
know. Is there is there a risk that they

1515
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:04,640
could run a traffic a speed survey and

1516
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:06,480
raise the speed limit? I don't know. I

1517
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:08,720
hope not. But you're out of my

1518
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:09,839
wheelhouse with that.

1519
00:59:09,839 --> 00:59:11,200
>> By the way, I like the idea of using

1520
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,440
Sand Hill as the uh comp because

1521
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:15,040
>> yeah,

1522
00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:16,720
>> the speed limit is low on Sand Hill.

1523
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:18,400
>> Yeah. And that's that's the picture we

1524
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:19,920
sent to our residents. We said we want

1525
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:22,480
to make it look like this.

1526
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:23,440
>> I don't know if we're going to have the

1527
00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:25,200
answer to this or not, but are there

1528
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:27,920
other factors besides speed limit that

1529
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:29,760
go into lowering a speed limit? Like

1530
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:31,520
fact that there's a big bend and people

1531
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:33,440
trying to come out, it's dangerous and

1532
00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:34,799
you know

1533
00:59:34,799 --> 00:59:36,079
>> all sorts of things. Are there other

1534
00:59:36,079 --> 00:59:37,920
factors and inputs or is it literally

1535
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:39,280
they're going to do a speed survey and

1536
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,680
they could it could go against us?

1537
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:43,280
>> No, I think you rais a really good point

1538
00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:45,520
and I think that uh Mr. Duker raises a

1539
00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:47,680
good point. There's a total a totality

1540
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:49,280
of package here, right? We have the

1541
00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:51,280
median project and we have the bike the

1542
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:54,160
bike ped project and so ultimately uh

1543
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,040
we're advocating for a safer location

1544
00:59:57,040 --> 00:59:58,960
for people to get from point A to point

1545
00:59:58,960 --> 01:00:01,119
B on different modes of transportation

1546
01:00:01,119 --> 01:00:03,280
into our town center. And so I think we

1547
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:05,680
will take the angle of advocating for

1548
01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:07,599
those improvements to be considered

1549
01:00:07,599 --> 01:00:09,920
within dropping the speed limit that

1550
01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:11,119
we're going to have on the other side

1551
01:00:11,119 --> 01:00:13,040
now the bike lane as well and a pedestri

1552
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:15,760
well we hope a pedestrian pathway um

1553
01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:17,920
which is calling out for the need for

1554
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:20,079
more safety. So we will advocate to

1555
01:00:20,079 --> 01:00:22,160
Calrans uh those points.

1556
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:22,799
>> Wonderful.

1557
01:00:22,799 --> 01:00:24,319
>> And we have him scheduled to be at the

1558
01:00:24,319 --> 01:00:27,359
circulation meeting next month.

1559
01:00:27,359 --> 01:00:30,559
>> Great. Um, so maybe building off of

1560
01:00:30,559 --> 01:00:33,280
Brian's comment, um, I think this is a

1561
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,160
slam dunk. Um, this and then, you know,

1562
01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:38,880
the the addition of like the,

1563
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:40,559
um, bike pedestrian project, the

1564
01:00:40,559 --> 01:00:42,240
beautifification together, I just can't

1565
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:47,990
wait to see how it turns out. Um,

1566
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,079
have you guys looked at other requests

1567
01:00:50,079 --> 01:00:53,760
for um, lowering a speed limit and kind

1568
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:56,720
of done some leg work to figure out what

1569
01:00:56,720 --> 01:00:58,880
makes a request successful or what makes

1570
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:01,359
a request not successful? So, I want to

1571
01:01:01,359 --> 01:01:03,200
make sure that we really, you know, put

1572
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:05,359
ourselves that our best foot forward to

1573
01:01:05,359 --> 01:01:06,720
make sure that this request gets

1574
01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:08,880
approved. Um, so I'm wondering if any of

1575
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,640
that kind of background work has been

1576
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,839
done. Not for me personally, but Cindy,

1577
01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:15,760
what's your experience with CALR and

1578
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:17,680
these requests and the does the town

1579
01:01:17,680 --> 01:01:19,119
have any experience with that?

1580
01:01:19,119 --> 01:01:22,000
>> Um, we haven't reduced a speed limit,

1581
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:24,640
but typically when there's a request for

1582
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:28,720
speed studies um speed reduction or um

1583
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:31,200
just speed studies done and then the 85

1584
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:33,520
percentile is what is set as a speed

1585
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:37,040
limit. Um we I did not do any research

1586
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:40,720
on uh how CALR uh works but for the town

1587
01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:42,160
streets the traffic engineer looks at

1588
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,400
the 85 percentile speed. Okay. So it

1589
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:45,440
sounds like we might have a little bit

1590
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:47,440
of risk here right if the speed limit is

1591
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,680
typically set at the 80th percentile of

1592
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:51,760
the flow of traffic. That would make me

1593
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:53,359
a little nervous that there could be

1594
01:01:53,359 --> 01:01:55,359
some risk that like a traffic study

1595
01:01:55,359 --> 01:01:58,160
might not cut our way. So, I would

1596
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:01,200
really encourage the staff to to figure

1597
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:02,880
out like how could we make our best case

1598
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:04,799
here and and and and set ourselves up

1599
01:02:04,799 --> 01:02:06,160
for success in getting the request

1600
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:07,359
approved.

1601
01:02:07,359 --> 01:02:09,599
>> Absolutely. We can do that.

1602
01:02:09,599 --> 01:02:12,799
>> I would point out though that the 45 mph

1603
01:02:12,799 --> 01:02:16,720
zone is a very short stretch

1604
01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:19,760
from basically Meno Country Club to

1605
01:02:19,760 --> 01:02:20,160
>> more

1606
01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:22,640
>> to more road and it's not like the whole

1607
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:26,559
road is 45 miles an hour. So, I don't I

1608
01:02:26,559 --> 01:02:29,200
don't think a traffic study would show

1609
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:33,520
any any desire to go for 45 55 miles up

1610
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:35,359
and down.

1611
01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:37,520
>> Uh, Council Member Brown, that's a great

1612
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:39,520
point and it I just want to make sure

1613
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:42,240
I'm clear. So, I want to uh make this

1614
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:44,240
caveat. I'd like to we change the

1615
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:47,200
resolution to instead of Alama de las

1616
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:49,280
pulgasta town center we'd be very

1617
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:51,119
concise with where where we're asking

1618
01:02:51,119 --> 01:02:53,359
because ultimately if there is risk now

1619
01:02:53,359 --> 01:02:56,559
all of a sudden okay this tiny 45 mph

1620
01:02:56,559 --> 01:02:58,640
stretch you're saying CALR is going to

1621
01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:00,799
go to 55 and then immediately fall to 35

1622
01:03:00,799 --> 01:03:02,480
which would make absolutely no sense I

1623
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:04,319
think that would safeguard us and so

1624
01:03:04,319 --> 01:03:06,400
when you guys do vote I would

1625
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:06,880
>> smart

1626
01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:08,880
>> I would um and I think you pointed that

1627
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:11,200
out to me Dan so so we would we would

1628
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:14,319
ultimately have that would be the vote

1629
01:03:14,319 --> 01:03:16,319
Yeah, it's literally a few hundred yards

1630
01:03:16,319 --> 01:03:18,160
where it goes up back down.

1631
01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:21,430
>> Yeah.

1632
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:24,480
» Nice. Uh, any other questions?

1633
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:27,440
Good workshopping going on here. Um, any

1634
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:29,440
comments from the public? And I think,

1635
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:31,039
uh, we can jump right to the Zoom room

1636
01:03:31,039 --> 01:03:34,000
because I see Elliot and Steve, you're

1637
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:35,280
up first.

1638
01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:37,520
>> Hello. This is this is Steve this time.

1639
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:38,480
Can you hear me?

1640
01:03:38,480 --> 01:03:39,359
>> Yes, sir.

1641
01:03:39,359 --> 01:03:41,839
>> All right. U well I totally support what

1642
01:03:41,839 --> 01:03:43,599
Dan said. I'm also a member of

1643
01:03:43,599 --> 01:03:47,599
circulation committee u and I think uh

1644
01:03:47,599 --> 01:03:50,799
there I' I've been vaguely aware of

1645
01:03:50,799 --> 01:03:54,640
changes in in state law that allows CALR

1646
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:57,839
to lower speed limits uh not you know

1647
01:03:57,839 --> 01:04:00,559
below the 85th percentile and I hope we

1648
01:04:00,559 --> 01:04:02,400
look into that and take full advantage

1649
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:05,200
of it. Uh lowering the speed would make

1650
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:07,359
the road much more attractive for

1651
01:04:07,359 --> 01:04:10,000
walkers and bicyclists. And there was a

1652
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:12,559
bicyclist fatality there maybe 10 or 15

1653
01:04:12,559 --> 01:04:14,960
years ago in this section. So that would

1654
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:17,039
be another evidence of why this should

1655
01:04:17,039 --> 01:04:19,520
be lowered. And uh thank you. I'm very

1656
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:21,520
happy to see the landscape going through

1657
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:23,680
and hope if this speed limit gets

1658
01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:26,319
lowered to 35, it also allows us to put

1659
01:04:26,319 --> 01:04:27,760
some oak trees in the middle of the

1660
01:04:27,760 --> 01:04:30,799
road. U which I think there's CALR rules

1661
01:04:30,799 --> 01:04:34,000
about speed limits and trees. So, uh,

1662
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:35,920
that would be another advantage. So,

1663
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:39,200
thank you for both these last two agenda

1664
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:41,599
items.

1665
01:04:41,599 --> 01:04:43,280
>> Thank you, Steve. And the landscape

1666
01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:45,839
committee has recommended oaks where we

1667
01:04:45,839 --> 01:04:48,319
can. And uh, you are right that there is

1668
01:04:48,319 --> 01:04:50,319
a uh,

1669
01:04:50,319 --> 01:04:54,880
trees can't go where there's a 40 mph or greater speed limit on on a state

1670
01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:58,240
highway. And it back into the room. Yes,

1671
01:04:58,240 --> 01:05:00,000
sir.

1672
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:01,280
>> I was thinking there was someone else on

1673
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,520
Zoom. Uh I'm Walker, Walker Wells. I'm

1674
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:04,720
also on the circulation committee. I

1675
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:06,400
just wanted to call out a big shout out

1676
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:10,000
to Dan and his work specifically as a

1677
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:12,480
liaison to Calrans

1678
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:14,079
I do think is making a very big

1679
01:05:14,079 --> 01:05:18,160
difference. Um and um obviously Woodside

1680
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:21,440
specifically has this uh dynamic. we

1681
01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:22,960
have a lot of people coming through the

1682
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:26,079
town and we have this huge dependency on

1683
01:05:26,079 --> 01:05:29,119
Calrans and so I really do think just a

1684
01:05:29,119 --> 01:05:31,359
major props to you to like you know he's

1685
01:05:31,359 --> 01:05:32,480
doing a lot of work behind the scenes

1686
01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:34,160
that you don't see to like really

1687
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:38,000
develop those relationships. Um

1688
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:41,920
just on that also there's another uh

1689
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:43,760
petition that's gathering signatures up

1690
01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:45,680
at four corners to lower the speed limit

1691
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:47,359
up there as well which I think you'll

1692
01:05:47,359 --> 01:05:51,039
hear more of uh soon. Um but uh yeah, I

1693
01:05:51,039 --> 01:05:52,400
just wanted to call out the importance

1694
01:05:52,400 --> 01:05:54,720
specifically for Woodside having this

1695
01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:57,680
massive Calrans uh dependency that

1696
01:05:57,680 --> 01:05:59,760
people like Dan who's really you know

1697
01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:01,119
spending the time to develop that

1698
01:06:01,119 --> 01:06:02,400
relationship will make a very big

1699
01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:05,599
difference and they have indicated that

1700
01:06:05,599 --> 01:06:08,000
you know uh if we were to go make a

1701
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:10,640
special request having the backing of

1702
01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:13,359
the council having the signatures gives

1703
01:06:13,359 --> 01:06:15,839
them the air cover to say hey this is a

1704
01:06:15,839 --> 01:06:18,319
request from the town of Woodside this

1705
01:06:18,319 --> 01:06:21,119
is not just us kind of, you know, uh,

1706
01:06:21,119 --> 01:06:22,640
getting an email and lowering the speed

1707
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:24,480
limit. So, you know, gathering

1708
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:26,400
signatures and having these resolutions

1709
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:28,559
do make a very big difference.

1710
01:06:28,559 --> 01:06:30,960
>> Wonderful. Thank you, Walker. And we

1711
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:32,640
will certainly echo that this is the

1712
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:34,720
most significant citizen petition uh

1713
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:36,640
that we've received since the outdoor

1714
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:39,520
dining parking expansion measure A. So,

1715
01:06:39,520 --> 01:06:41,520
uh, thank you. It's really impressive.

1716
01:06:41,520 --> 01:06:45,760
140 odd signatures. Not so odd, but 140

1717
01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:48,240
something.

1718
01:06:48,240 --> 01:06:51,119
Uh any other comments from public?

1719
01:06:51,119 --> 01:06:54,720
>> I'm looking and seeing nothing.

1720
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:56,319
I think with that we will close public

1721
01:06:56,319 --> 01:06:58,319
comment and move on to council

1722
01:06:58,319 --> 01:07:00,480
deliberations. Would anyone want to kick

1723
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:02,559
things off?

1724
01:07:02,559 --> 01:07:03,680
>> Good.

1725
01:07:03,680 --> 01:07:05,760
>> Really very enthusiastically supportive

1726
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:06,960
of this.

1727
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:08,640
>> Wonderful.

1728
01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:10,720
Uh son.

1729
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:12,559
>> Yeah. Uh I've always thought that that

1730
01:07:12,559 --> 01:07:15,920
was a a shockingly, you know, fast low

1731
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:17,520
traffic area. it just seems to come out

1732
01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:19,359
of nowhere. You start driving up, you

1733
01:07:19,359 --> 01:07:21,039
know, this normal 35 speed limit and

1734
01:07:21,039 --> 01:07:23,440
then suddenly people are racing and so

1735
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:24,720
I've always thought it was dangerous.

1736
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:27,440
Felt uncomfortable there. Um, and I I

1737
01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:31,520
appreciate all of your work, Dan, and

1738
01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:34,319
uh getting getting this together and and

1739
01:07:34,319 --> 01:07:36,640
um you know, making this happen to thank

1740
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:39,039
you

1741
01:07:39,039 --> 01:07:41,039
>> others. Yeah, I also wanted to thank Dan

1742
01:07:41,039 --> 01:07:44,960
the uh the Calrans man and um we

1743
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:49,760
appreciate your efforts. The uh um my so

1744
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:52,799
uh some really great points I think were

1745
01:07:52,799 --> 01:07:54,799
made tonight. One, it is a very short

1746
01:07:54,799 --> 01:07:58,720
segment where it goes up from 35 to 45

1747
01:07:58,720 --> 01:08:00,799
and then back down to 35 just as you

1748
01:08:00,799 --> 01:08:04,640
enter the um well as you pass by more

1749
01:08:04,640 --> 01:08:06,480
road I think it goes uh it goes down

1750
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:09,359
again. So um that I think that's an

1751
01:08:09,359 --> 01:08:11,200
important thing to to that that I think

1752
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:12,960
the current design is actually

1753
01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:14,880
inconsistent because you have these

1754
01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:16,400
changing speed limits and I think having

1755
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:19,040
one speed limit uh the entire way not

1756
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:20,480
that I don't think the resolution should

1757
01:08:20,480 --> 01:08:22,080
be framed that way. We should focus on

1758
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,640
those few hundred yards uh for practical

1759
01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:27,359
reasons but I think that um if we could

1760
01:08:27,359 --> 01:08:29,839
um lobby and persuade Calrans I think

1761
01:08:29,839 --> 01:08:32,319
that would go a long way. I'm I'm also I

1762
01:08:32,319 --> 01:08:33,440
just wanted to mention something that

1763
01:08:33,440 --> 01:08:36,159
Cindy had mentioned before this 85 85th

1764
01:08:36,159 --> 01:08:38,159
percentile. The way I understand it, I

1765
01:08:38,159 --> 01:08:41,920
was actually on a a call with Calrans uh

1766
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:43,679
few months ago for some other part of

1767
01:08:43,679 --> 01:08:47,600
Woodside and um unincorporated uh county

1768
01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:49,839
I should say. And the way I understood

1769
01:08:49,839 --> 01:08:51,359
the way they do speed surveys, it was

1770
01:08:51,359 --> 01:08:52,719
always kind of a mystery to me. I mean,

1771
01:08:52,719 --> 01:08:54,080
how do they do this thing? My

1772
01:08:54,080 --> 01:08:55,440
understanding at least this is what the

1773
01:08:55,440 --> 01:08:57,279
CALR person said is that they actually

1774
01:08:57,279 --> 01:09:00,799
clock 100 consecutive vehicles put them

1775
01:09:00,799 --> 01:09:03,279
in order of speed and countdown 15 and

1776
01:09:03,279 --> 01:09:05,120
that's the number. I mean it was almost

1777
01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:06,719
that that I can only tell you that's

1778
01:09:06,719 --> 01:09:09,199
what the CALR person said. Um and it was

1779
01:09:09,199 --> 01:09:10,880
sort of like I was pretty shocked at

1780
01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:13,759
that because um um they do count have a

1781
01:09:13,759 --> 01:09:15,199
certain time of day that they do it but

1782
01:09:15,199 --> 01:09:17,440
they were trying to get that and and um

1783
01:09:17,440 --> 01:09:19,440
often speed surveys do show that the

1784
01:09:19,440 --> 01:09:21,359
speed limit should go up not down. Uh

1785
01:09:21,359 --> 01:09:23,440
that's because people speed a lot. Um,

1786
01:09:23,440 --> 01:09:25,359
but I think that lobbying, this personal

1787
01:09:25,359 --> 01:09:27,120
relationship, I think could go a long

1788
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:28,960
way. And I think our relationship with

1789
01:09:28,960 --> 01:09:30,719
Calrans that actually dates back to the

1790
01:09:30,719 --> 01:09:33,920
collapse of um, Highway 84 during, you

1791
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:36,239
know, what was it, three winters ago,

1792
01:09:36,239 --> 01:09:38,239
uh, could really uh, help us here and

1793
01:09:38,239 --> 01:09:39,920
hopefully there's a silver lining to it.

1794
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:41,920
But I definitely support the, uh,

1795
01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:43,440
resolution for all the reasons said

1796
01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:46,319
before and it'll u, I I I like the image

1797
01:09:46,319 --> 01:09:49,120
of a sand hill road uh, in that segment.

1798
01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:51,040
That's a that's a pretty nice image that

1799
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:53,600
um, we could use here.

1800
01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:54,320
Wonderful. Thank you.

1801
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:55,920
>> I want to give an image to the town

1802
01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:58,320
council. You're sitting in the We're

1803
01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:02,000
getting ready to get on uh Woodside Road

1804
01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:03,840
and you see the traffic light right in

1805
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:07,440
front of Woodside High change

1806
01:10:07,440 --> 01:10:09,440
and the traffic begins to move. The

1807
01:10:09,440 --> 01:10:12,000
speed goes from 35 to 45 on a speed

1808
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:14,640
limit and you're trying to turn left to

1809
01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:17,440
go up the hill. I mean, your heart

1810
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:19,120
starts racing. Am I going to make it or

1811
01:10:19,120 --> 01:10:22,159
not? I mean, it is scary. really scary

1812
01:10:22,159 --> 01:10:25,120
and I think doing that one stretch can

1813
01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:26,400
make a huge difference for a lot of

1814
01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:28,960
people, especially me. So, thank you.

1815
01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:31,120
>> Yeah.

1816
01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:32,480
>> All right, that's that's great. I don't

1817
01:10:32,480 --> 01:10:34,719
have a lot to add. That's uh it's an

1818
01:10:34,719 --> 01:10:39,040
unsafe situation. It's inconsistent. Uh

1819
01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:41,040
often I'm driving that stretch of road.

1820
01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:42,560
I don't even I'm not even sure what the

1821
01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:44,880
speed limit is. Uh so, I mean uh we do

1822
01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:46,560
have to get some consistency going

1823
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:48,080
there. And uh we're doing so much

1824
01:10:48,080 --> 01:10:50,800
wonderful work in this area. uh all

1825
01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:52,239
these projects could come together and

1826
01:10:52,239 --> 01:10:54,159
we could really uh really have a

1827
01:10:54,159 --> 01:10:56,320
transformational impact here. So happy

1828
01:10:56,320 --> 01:10:57,679
to endorse it and move it forward

1829
01:10:57,679 --> 01:10:59,120
through the normal channels. So if we

1830
01:10:59,120 --> 01:11:02,080
could get a motion with the adjustment

1831
01:11:02,080 --> 01:11:03,840
to how we want to phrase that the

1832
01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:05,360
adjustment to just the

1833
01:11:05,360 --> 01:11:07,920
>> and at the very end it says Alama to

1834
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:09,679
town center if we can just replace that

1835
01:11:09,679 --> 01:11:12,000
with um a Churchill to more.

1836
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:14,080
>> Churchill to Moore. Okay. If we

1837
01:11:14,080 --> 01:11:17,199
>> is it Churchill where it's

1838
01:11:17,199 --> 01:11:20,000
>> Yeah. Uh would someone like to make that

1839
01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:22,640
motion? Substitution for Churchill to

1840
01:11:22,640 --> 01:11:24,159
Moore.

1841
01:11:24,159 --> 01:11:26,560
>> Thank you.

1842
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:30,000
>> I'll make it. Um uh I would like to move

1843
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:32,080
to approve a resolution of the town

1844
01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:33,520
council of the town of Woodside

1845
01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:35,600
requesting the California Department of

1846
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:38,320
Transportation Calrans to establish a 35

1847
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:42,880
mph speed limit on state highway 84 from

1848
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,600
Churchill to Churchill Road to Moore

1849
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:48,480
Road.

1850
01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:49,920
Second.

1851
01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:51,120
>> Council member Alberish.

1852
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:51,440
>> Yes.

1853
01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:52,400
>> Council member Brown.

1854
01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:52,719
>> Yes.

1855
01:11:52,719 --> 01:11:53,679
>> Council member Gold.

1856
01:11:53,679 --> 01:11:54,000
>> Yes.

1857
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:55,600
>> Council member Wall.

1858
01:11:55,600 --> 01:11:56,960
>> Mayor Donowski.

1859
01:11:56,960 --> 01:11:59,199
>> Yes. Thank you.

1860
01:11:59,199 --> 01:12:01,760
Mr. Duker.

1861
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:04,400
Uh, moving on to new business item C,

1862
01:12:04,400 --> 01:12:06,640
resolution modifying the town salary

1863
01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:08,880
schedule and classification plan. Back

1864
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:10,320
to you again.

1865
01:12:10,320 --> 01:12:12,239
>> Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor, and the

1866
01:12:12,239 --> 01:12:14,480
Woodside Town Council. So this is an

1867
01:12:14,480 --> 01:12:16,800
interesting interesting item just

1868
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:19,360
because of the size of the organization.

1869
01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:21,600
So ultimately uh just to kind of cut

1870
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:23,440
through some of the verbiage in the

1871
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:26,480
staff report is is just to make it very

1872
01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:27,920
succinct here is that we're talking

1873
01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:30,000
about positions because we also are

1874
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:32,159
talking about personnel and the town

1875
01:12:32,159 --> 01:12:34,800
council really manages the positions of

1876
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:37,040
the town and then the town manager fills

1877
01:12:37,040 --> 01:12:39,920
those positions. And so I'm advocating

1878
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:41,760
here this evening within the staff

1879
01:12:41,760 --> 01:12:44,640
report is an addition of an assistant

1880
01:12:44,640 --> 01:12:48,560
town manager and a deletion of the

1881
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:51,280
assistant to the town manager position.

1882
01:12:51,280 --> 01:12:53,600
Uh the staff report also requests the

1883
01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:56,320
deletion of the administrative assistant

1884
01:12:56,320 --> 01:12:58,800
position and replacing that with a

1885
01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:01,440
management analyst position. And so

1886
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:02,880
there would be people that would be

1887
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:04,640
currently in these positions that would

1888
01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:06,960
be moving into new positions and then

1889
01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:10,080
these old positions would uh be removed.

1890
01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:12,000
And so the full-time equivalency would

1891
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:13,679
be netneutral.

1892
01:13:13,679 --> 01:13:15,840
So the management analyst position is

1893
01:13:15,840 --> 01:13:18,080
offering social mobility within the

1894
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:19,920
organization to continue to develop and

1895
01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:21,920
grow our team to take on more

1896
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:24,880
responsibility. Uh this move is a growth

1897
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:26,400
opportunity as the administrative

1898
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:28,400
assistant continues to assume and become

1899
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:30,560
a specialist within the functions and

1900
01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:33,440
operations of our finance department.

1901
01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:35,840
Uh the assistant to the town manager

1902
01:13:35,840 --> 01:13:38,080
position has a draft job description

1903
01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,080
that's been created and if approved this

1904
01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:41,920
evening, the final job description will

1905
01:13:41,920 --> 01:13:44,560
be completed by me later on this week.

1906
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:46,480
The role of the assistant town manager

1907
01:13:46,480 --> 01:13:48,320
position will have a multitude of

1908
01:13:48,320 --> 01:13:49,760
responsibilities with some of the

1909
01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:51,920
highlights being responsible for IT,

1910
01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:53,920
code enforcement, volunteer committees,

1911
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:56,480
staff management. So, I would like to

1912
01:13:56,480 --> 01:13:59,199
see a process for hypothetically a

1913
01:13:59,199 --> 01:14:01,600
budget, a very maybe a very meager

1914
01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:04,880
budget for each of the uh volunteer

1915
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:06,880
committees because we do have noticing

1916
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:08,880
that happens. Ultimately, postcards get

1917
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:11,040
mailed out and right now that's coming

1918
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:13,199
out of a trunch of other monies. And so,

1919
01:14:13,199 --> 01:14:15,360
I want to see more organization in this

1920
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:17,600
role would take that on. Ultimately,

1921
01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:20,000
they would manage the liaison and then

1922
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:22,159
they would manage a process to get

1923
01:14:22,159 --> 01:14:25,679
capital improvement brought to the town

1924
01:14:25,679 --> 01:14:29,040
council from each of these volunteer

1925
01:14:29,040 --> 01:14:30,880
committees. They would also be managing

1926
01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:33,840
social media. And so this is beyond how

1927
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:35,360
we're currently doing it. This would be

1928
01:14:35,360 --> 01:14:37,600
training individuals in the public works

1929
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:40,480
department on our expectations of when

1930
01:14:40,480 --> 01:14:42,719
there is traffic or encroachment permits

1931
01:14:42,719 --> 01:14:45,040
and things need to get noticed to the

1932
01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:47,120
community. they would actually manage

1933
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:49,120
training the individual and then it

1934
01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:50,880
would be expected that the individual

1935
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:53,199
department would then be uh facilitating

1936
01:14:53,199 --> 01:14:55,520
some of this action. So it all be also

1937
01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:56,880
be responsible for emergency

1938
01:14:56,880 --> 01:14:59,679
preparedness. Uh the goal would also be

1939
01:14:59,679 --> 01:15:01,280
to add flexibility within the

1940
01:15:01,280 --> 01:15:02,800
organization to deal with what is

1941
01:15:02,800 --> 01:15:04,960
currently happening. Obviously I was

1942
01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:06,640
referenced this earlier this evening but

1943
01:15:06,640 --> 01:15:08,960
we're uh a total of three department

1944
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:11,679
heads here in in Woodside and currently

1945
01:15:11,679 --> 01:15:17,120
two of them are are not here. their unfilled positions. And so one of

1946
01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:18,560
the first actions that would happen is

1947
01:15:18,560 --> 01:15:20,480
the assistant town manager would be

1948
01:15:20,480 --> 01:15:22,719
assigned ultimately rather than to split

1949
01:15:22,719 --> 01:15:24,880
them up in this instance. They would be

1950
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:27,360
assigned if approved this evening uh the

1951
01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:29,040
administrative services director

1952
01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:31,199
position ultimately until we fill that

1953
01:15:31,199 --> 01:15:32,800
position. They would I would be able to

1954
01:15:32,800 --> 01:15:34,800
lean on that person to to provide

1955
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:37,920
oversight as an interim in that role.

1956
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:40,080
And this is a succession opportunity.

1957
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:41,679
Obviously, I'm just hired. I don't plan

1958
01:15:41,679 --> 01:15:45,760
on going anywhere. And uh but ultimately

1959
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:47,120
something could happen to me, something

1960
01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:48,880
could happen to a family member of mine.

1961
01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:50,400
This gives flexibility within the

1962
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:53,120
organization to have at least an interim

1963
01:15:53,120 --> 01:15:55,440
set, right? You are you you now have

1964
01:15:55,440 --> 01:15:57,600
some some level of control. You can have

1965
01:15:57,600 --> 01:15:59,520
maybe a more long-term approach looking

1966
01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:01,760
to fill the position or hypothetically

1967
01:16:01,760 --> 01:16:05,280
my goal is is that wherever I am, as

1968
01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:06,960
weird as this sounds, my goal is to work

1969
01:16:06,960 --> 01:16:08,960
myself out of a job, right? My goal is

1970
01:16:08,960 --> 01:16:11,040
to put the organization in a position

1971
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:13,040
where I'm no longer needed and then I

1972
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:14,960
can ultimately do more at a higher

1973
01:16:14,960 --> 01:16:17,280
level. Uh but right now that would be

1974
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:18,960
the goal is to get somebody in the

1975
01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:21,120
position that we are grooming over a

1976
01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:24,000
multitude of years. So the first special

1977
01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:25,600
project because I would also see that

1978
01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:28,239
this position would have special project

1979
01:16:28,239 --> 01:16:30,159
uh opportunities and that would be the

1980
01:16:30,159 --> 01:16:32,640
housing element deliverable. So, we have

1981
01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:34,480
many ordinance updates that need to be

1982
01:16:34,480 --> 01:16:37,760
done and completed within um the housing

1983
01:16:37,760 --> 01:16:40,000
element for compliance with HCD. They're

1984
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:42,800
very lowhanging fruit. Uh and so

1985
01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:44,800
considering this person's very strong

1986
01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:47,199
legal writing and understanding of, you

1987
01:16:47,199 --> 01:16:49,120
know, resolutions, ordinances, staff

1988
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:52,159
reports, uh they would be my liaison to

1989
01:16:52,159 --> 01:16:54,960
organize within a meeting that we will

1990
01:16:54,960 --> 01:16:56,880
be having here very soon on what those

1991
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:58,560
deliverables are, how many of these

1992
01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:00,719
ordinances can we get done. they would

1993
01:17:00,719 --> 01:17:03,199
be the go-between to orchestrate that

1994
01:17:03,199 --> 01:17:05,520
work and then manage that work product

1995
01:17:05,520 --> 01:17:06,960
that's going to take the planning

1996
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:09,520
manager and the town attorney in order

1997
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:11,360
to facilitate getting that in front of

1998
01:17:11,360 --> 01:17:14,080
the council. So that is kind of the

1999
01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:16,159
overarching view of how I see the

2000
01:17:16,159 --> 01:17:18,640
position and then ultimately I imagine

2001
01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:20,000
that we're going to have a multitude of

2002
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:21,199
projects that come out of the town

2003
01:17:21,199 --> 01:17:23,840
center area plan. So this is increasing

2004
01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:25,520
the capacity of the organization.

2005
01:17:25,520 --> 01:17:27,120
Tonight you approved a contract for

2006
01:17:27,120 --> 01:17:29,280
Shawn Rose Engineering. That is to

2007
01:17:29,280 --> 01:17:31,120
increase the capacity of the projects

2008
01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:34,159
that we can deliver. That is my um goal

2009
01:17:34,159 --> 01:17:36,320
here through this alteration is to

2010
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:38,800
increase the capacity of our delivery

2011
01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:41,280
but also to increase the capacity of our

2012
01:17:41,280 --> 01:17:44,000
customer service to the community. So

2013
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:45,679
these moves are important to me as they

2014
01:17:45,679 --> 01:17:47,440
offer what I consider to be social

2015
01:17:47,440 --> 01:17:49,920
mobility within an organization which

2016
01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:52,480
helps develop and retain talent. So the

2017
01:17:52,480 --> 01:17:54,000
addition of an assistant town manager

2018
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,400
will allow for increased organizational

2019
01:17:56,400 --> 01:17:58,159
management. One of the things that

2020
01:17:58,159 --> 01:18:00,640
happens here is that inevitably

2021
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:02,400
uh especially in government it's

2022
01:18:02,400 --> 01:18:04,159
difficult to make a decision. People

2023
01:18:04,159 --> 01:18:06,239
cavitate at that decision and ultimately

2024
01:18:06,239 --> 01:18:08,480
in my role I have to make a decision

2025
01:18:08,480 --> 01:18:10,080
with the information that I have. I have

2026
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:11,280
to make the best decision that I can

2027
01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:13,920
make at that time. And there's instances

2028
01:18:13,920 --> 01:18:16,560
where I'm at the library JPA meeting in

2029
01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:19,040
San Monteo or I'm at the CEO's office.

2030
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:22,159
I'm offsite. an action could be taken

2031
01:18:22,159 --> 01:18:24,640
and a decision maker needs to be created

2032
01:18:24,640 --> 01:18:26,560
in order for that action to be taken and

2033
01:18:26,560 --> 01:18:28,480
right now the town of Woodside lacks

2034
01:18:28,480 --> 01:18:31,280
that. So this would also rectify that

2035
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:33,199
issue as I see it. So if there's any

2036
01:18:33,199 --> 01:18:36,320
questions I'd be happy to answer them.

2037
01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:44,470
>> Thank you. Questions for Jason?

2038
01:18:44,480 --> 01:18:48,719
» Okay. Yeah. Sorry.

2039
01:18:48,719 --> 01:18:52,080
>> Go ahead. Yes. Council member Wall.

2040
01:18:52,080 --> 01:18:55,520
>> So, couple questions. What is the salary

2041
01:18:55,520 --> 01:18:57,520
delta between the I'm looking at the

2042
01:18:57,520 --> 01:18:59,199
exhibit A, but it looks like the

2043
01:18:59,199 --> 01:19:01,840
assistant the town manager is not listed

2044
01:19:01,840 --> 01:19:03,199
here, which I understand because they

2045
01:19:03,199 --> 01:19:04,880
this is being limited. What's the what's

2046
01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:07,520
the salary delta between assistant town

2047
01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:10,719
manager and assistant to do?

2048
01:19:10,719 --> 01:19:12,640
>> Yeah, that's a that's a great question.

2049
01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:15,120
And ultimately, what I'll have to do is

2050
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:16,960
look up the current salary schedule on

2051
01:19:16,960 --> 01:19:18,560
our website right now to tell you what

2052
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:19,840
that is. So, if you can give me a

2053
01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:20,400
second,

2054
01:19:20,400 --> 01:19:22,000
>> while you're doing that, so I think I'm

2055
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:23,360
really supportive of this of this

2056
01:19:23,360 --> 01:19:27,440
change. I think like giving you more um

2057
01:19:27,440 --> 01:19:29,840
creating a position that is scoped in a

2058
01:19:29,840 --> 01:19:32,880
way that will give you more um

2059
01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:35,040
management efficiency

2060
01:19:35,040 --> 01:19:37,600
um I think is is fantastic. I'm curious

2061
01:19:37,600 --> 01:19:39,440
because what way this is playing out,

2062
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:41,199
right? Like we have an assistant town

2063
01:19:41,199 --> 01:19:43,199
manager, Melissa. Looks like she is

2064
01:19:43,199 --> 01:19:46,000
going to be our new assistant town

2065
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:48,560
manager. Um, I think that's my

2066
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:50,400
interpretation of how this is being

2067
01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:54,159
presented. Um, I'm curious to what

2068
01:19:54,159 --> 01:19:56,480
extent is our current assistant to the

2069
01:19:56,480 --> 01:19:59,120
town manager, Melissa, is she already

2070
01:19:59,120 --> 01:20:01,520
doing the things that are on the job

2071
01:20:01,520 --> 01:20:03,920
description that you're finalizing?

2072
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:06,080
>> Yeah, that's a great point. She's

2073
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:08,000
physically doing a lot of those things

2074
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:10,640
now. And what this would alleviate is it

2075
01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:12,320
would give her the ability to train

2076
01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:13,920
someone else and hold them accountable

2077
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:17,280
to physically doing it. And so people

2078
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:19,120
are interesting, right? And managing

2079
01:20:19,120 --> 01:20:21,520
people is fascinating. Quite frankly, uh

2080
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:23,199
the dynamics of people is interesting.

2081
01:20:23,199 --> 01:20:25,120
It never is a black and white situation.

2082
01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:27,120
And so it's very common for someone who

2083
01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:28,880
is attempting to get something done,

2084
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:31,520
especially before I came on scene here,

2085
01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:33,040
working with the department heads,

2086
01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:34,880
working with people, and ultimately

2087
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:37,280
maybe not gaining the traction uh to

2088
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:39,199
have them have the buyin. And so what

2089
01:20:39,199 --> 01:20:41,199
happens is is that this position, the

2090
01:20:41,199 --> 01:20:44,560
administrative assistant position uh or

2091
01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:46,159
the assistant to the town manager

2092
01:20:46,159 --> 01:20:49,040
position regardless of uh this is just

2093
01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:51,199
reality is that some people poo poo that

2094
01:20:51,199 --> 01:20:53,600
position. They poo poo uh they they

2095
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:55,360
disregard it, right? It doesn't mean

2096
01:20:55,360 --> 01:20:57,120
anything to them. That that person's not

2097
01:20:57,120 --> 01:20:58,480
managing them. I'm not saying that

2098
01:20:58,480 --> 01:21:00,560
that's what's transpired here, but

2099
01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:02,320
ultimately what I'm seeing is that this

2100
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:04,480
individual that we're talking about is

2101
01:21:04,480 --> 01:21:06,800
doing the work and doesn't have the

2102
01:21:06,800 --> 01:21:08,880
ability to delegate and manage some of

2103
01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:10,719
the people that we can hold accountable

2104
01:21:10,719 --> 01:21:13,040
that ultimately should be doing some of

2105
01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:14,560
this work because they're managing their

2106
01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:15,679
own departments.

2107
01:21:15,679 --> 01:21:21,600
>> Yeah. So, who will be reporting to the assistant town manager?

2108
01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:24,159
>> Yeah, that has not I I'm a little leery

2109
01:21:24,159 --> 01:21:25,840
to really say, hey, we're going to

2110
01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:28,320
divide the town up, right? But I will

2111
01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:31,920
ultimately uh they'll have technically

2112
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:33,920
the organization chart that we kind of

2113
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:36,800
brought for a desk item. They would be

2114
01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:38,719
directly under me. Everybody else would

2115
01:21:38,719 --> 01:21:41,120
flow up to both of us. So ultimately

2116
01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:43,679
they would be I would be empowering them

2117
01:21:43,679 --> 01:21:45,920
to make decisions and that would take

2118
01:21:45,920 --> 01:21:47,520
probably 12 months if I'm being

2119
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:49,360
blatantly honest with you. And then over

2120
01:21:49,360 --> 01:21:51,440
that time period we would look at we

2121
01:21:51,440 --> 01:21:53,360
have opportunities obviously I think

2122
01:21:53,360 --> 01:21:54,960
everybody's very well aware of. One of

2123
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:56,400
them that I haven't been able to enter

2124
01:21:56,400 --> 01:21:59,360
into yet is the building department. We

2125
01:21:59,360 --> 01:22:01,520
have an opportunity for management over

2126
01:22:01,520 --> 01:22:04,560
there managing CSG. Uh when we lost the

2127
01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:06,239
building official, right now that

2128
01:22:06,239 --> 01:22:08,000
defaults to public works. Obviously, we

2129
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:09,600
have no public works director, but even

2130
01:22:09,600 --> 01:22:11,920
for the public works director, it's a

2131
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:13,840
heavy lift. And so, you can imagine that

2132
01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:15,520
one of the assignments right now over

2133
01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:18,400
the first year could be overseeing and

2134
01:22:18,400 --> 01:22:19,840
getting involved in that. But

2135
01:22:19,840 --> 01:22:22,880
inevitably, everybody that reports to me

2136
01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:25,520
technically would also report up through

2137
01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:27,920
to Melissa as well. That's how I would

2138
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:28,560
run it.

2139
01:22:28,560 --> 01:22:29,440
>> Sorry, I'm trying to understand. And

2140
01:22:29,440 --> 01:22:32,000
they would report into her and then she

2141
01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:33,199
to you

2142
01:22:33,199 --> 01:22:35,679
>> kind of. It's just not the same as an

2143
01:22:35,679 --> 01:22:37,920
organization of a 100 plus people. This

2144
01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:41,440
is 24 people. Inevitably, I am very

2145
01:22:41,440 --> 01:22:45,199
communicative and very engaged. And so

2146
01:22:45,199 --> 01:22:47,360
we would be, you could think of this as

2147
01:22:47,360 --> 01:22:50,239
kind of um a two-headed monster approach

2148
01:22:50,239 --> 01:22:52,800
is that we would not at this point I am

2149
01:22:52,800 --> 01:22:55,520
unwilling to to just put someone in this

2150
01:22:55,520 --> 01:22:57,120
position and assign them certain

2151
01:22:57,120 --> 01:22:58,880
departments. I really feel like they

2152
01:22:58,880 --> 01:23:01,280
need to work with me for that 12 months

2153
01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:03,040
before we explore whether or not

2154
01:23:03,040 --> 01:23:05,360
assigning them to an a department makes

2155
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:09,679
sense or designing uh assigning specific

2156
01:23:09,679 --> 01:23:11,520
departments to them. But eventually we

2157
01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:13,280
would get to that point ultimately. That

2158
01:23:13,280 --> 01:23:15,280
would be my expectation.

2159
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,520
>> How do you envision making it really

2160
01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:19,760
clear to staff like who can make what

2161
01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:21,679
decision?

2162
01:23:21,679 --> 01:23:23,760
>> Yeah, I want to empower that actually. I

2163
01:23:23,760 --> 01:23:25,760
want to I want more decision making. I

2164
01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:28,480
want uh and so ultimately it's training

2165
01:23:28,480 --> 01:23:30,880
people as to how we make that decision.

2166
01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:32,719
Right now all decisions are defaulting

2167
01:23:32,719 --> 01:23:34,639
to me. Hey, someone has a question about

2168
01:23:34,639 --> 01:23:36,080
this bu this building permit

2169
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:37,600
application.

2170
01:23:37,600 --> 01:23:39,920
Inevitably, that's an email to me that

2171
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:41,760
could go four or five days before

2172
01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:43,440
because I'm out of the office, I'm at

2173
01:23:43,440 --> 01:23:45,199
meetings and I'm not overlapping with

2174
01:23:45,199 --> 01:23:46,880
the individual. Whereas I have someone

2175
01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:48,880
who could physically be here who could

2176
01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:50,880
rectify that. So announcement would be

2177
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:52,719
made. It would be made very clearly that

2178
01:23:52,719 --> 01:23:55,760
the expectation is is that this person

2179
01:23:55,760 --> 01:23:57,760
has the same authority essentially as I

2180
01:23:57,760 --> 01:24:00,320
do and that they could go to this person

2181
01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:02,560
when I am not here to have a decision

2182
01:24:02,560 --> 01:24:06,159
made. uh the reason that this person

2183
01:24:06,159 --> 01:24:08,560
uh meets my expectation is because I

2184
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:10,159
have this level of trust with that

2185
01:24:10,159 --> 01:24:12,080
person. It's not someone on paper. I've

2186
01:24:12,080 --> 01:24:13,600
worked with this person for seven to

2187
01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:16,159
eight months now and I've seen that they

2188
01:24:16,159 --> 01:24:18,719
have the innate qualities that I believe

2189
01:24:18,719 --> 01:24:21,040
make me more successful and can branch

2190
01:24:21,040 --> 01:24:24,719
my management style out better uh to the

2191
01:24:24,719 --> 01:24:27,040
entirety of the organization.

2192
01:24:27,040 --> 01:24:28,159
>> So, I just want to make sure I'm hearing

2193
01:24:28,159 --> 01:24:30,320
correctly. This new assistant to the

2194
01:24:30,320 --> 01:24:32,000
town manager will have equal

2195
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:35,440
decision-making authority as you.

2196
01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:37,040
>> Yeah, in the broad sense of daily

2197
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:39,440
management. Absolutely. So the core

2198
01:24:39,440 --> 01:24:41,520
functions of the business. Absolutely.

2199
01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:44,639
Now, you know, hopefully in the broader

2200
01:24:44,639 --> 01:24:46,239
sense of the terms, obviously I'm the

2201
01:24:46,239 --> 01:24:48,639
town manager. Everything defaults to me.

2202
01:24:48,639 --> 01:24:51,840
Uh so I am instilling and empowering my

2203
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:54,320
perspective into this person by working

2204
01:24:54,320 --> 01:24:56,480
with me and understanding you know what

2205
01:24:56,480 --> 01:24:58,880
would Jason do in this situation. That's

2206
01:24:58,880 --> 01:25:00,960
the ultimate goal is that I am

2207
01:25:00,960 --> 01:25:03,040
attempting you know for lack of better

2208
01:25:03,040 --> 01:25:05,760
terminology to make a miniature me.

2209
01:25:05,760 --> 01:25:07,679
>> Okay. Yeah. I mean I think this is a

2210
01:25:07,679 --> 01:25:10,159
really big in my view really big move

2211
01:25:10,159 --> 01:25:12,560
for the town. Um this is a a pretty

2212
01:25:12,560 --> 01:25:14,639
significant administrative and

2213
01:25:14,639 --> 01:25:18,320
management change. Um, so I would be

2214
01:25:18,320 --> 01:25:21,600
really uh I would really love once you

2215
01:25:21,600 --> 01:25:23,199
have it once you have the job

2216
01:25:23,199 --> 01:25:26,159
description finalized um and and a

2217
01:25:26,159 --> 01:25:28,639
better sense of like the roles the role

2218
01:25:28,639 --> 01:25:31,040
and responsibilities of the new um

2219
01:25:31,040 --> 01:25:33,199
assistant town manager. It would be

2220
01:25:33,199 --> 01:25:34,880
wonderful if Melissa could come and kind

2221
01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:36,639
of if you together could kind of talk to

2222
01:25:36,639 --> 01:25:39,360
us about the specifics of you know what

2223
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:40,880
she'll be doing, the special projects

2224
01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:43,360
that she'll be taking on um and when you

2225
01:25:43,360 --> 01:25:44,800
know like you know to the extent there

2226
01:25:44,800 --> 01:25:46,880
will be like formal uh reporting

2227
01:25:46,880 --> 01:25:48,159
obligations, management

2228
01:25:48,159 --> 01:25:49,440
responsibilities. I think that would be

2229
01:25:49,440 --> 01:25:52,639
really um I would really be um very

2230
01:25:52,639 --> 01:25:54,159
interested in hearing that.

2231
01:25:54,159 --> 01:25:56,159
>> Absolutely. One of the first tasks of

2232
01:25:56,159 --> 01:25:58,080
this person based off of what happens

2233
01:25:58,080 --> 01:25:59,840
this evening is that they would be

2234
01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:01,360
tasked with presenting that information

2235
01:26:01,360 --> 01:26:03,199
to you because ultimately that would be

2236
01:26:03,199 --> 01:26:05,440
the growth curve of this position is

2237
01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:07,360
that if for some reason I can't be here,

2238
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:09,600
I mean I I assume I will always be here,

2239
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:11,760
but if there's overlap or a requirement

2240
01:26:11,760 --> 01:26:13,280
for me to be somewhere else, the

2241
01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:14,560
expectation is that they're going to be

2242
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:15,840
the one sitting in this seat that

2243
01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:16,960
they're going to be presenting to you.

2244
01:26:16,960 --> 01:26:18,880
And so ultimately that's a learning

2245
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:20,639
curve opportunity for this person is

2246
01:26:20,639 --> 01:26:22,560
that we would purposely throw them in

2247
01:26:22,560 --> 01:26:24,480
front of you to build up their public

2248
01:26:24,480 --> 01:26:25,760
speaking skills.

2249
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:27,199
>> Right. And then were you able to find

2250
01:26:27,199 --> 01:26:28,719
the salary delta?

2251
01:26:28,719 --> 01:26:31,360
>> Yeah, I'm sorry. So right now we have a

2252
01:26:31,360 --> 01:26:33,760
pretty wide range and that's something

2253
01:26:33,760 --> 01:26:35,920
I'm would like to rectify when we get a

2254
01:26:35,920 --> 01:26:38,000
new admin services director. But right

2255
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:39,840
now

2256
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:42,480
the assistant to the town manager, this

2257
01:26:42,480 --> 01:26:45,280
is the monthly starts out it's very low.

2258
01:26:45,280 --> 01:26:47,040
Our starting ones are extremely low,

2259
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:48,560
7,430.

2260
01:26:48,560 --> 01:26:50,080
And they've just never been changed.

2261
01:26:50,080 --> 01:26:51,840
Ultimately, you normally move everything

2262
01:26:51,840 --> 01:26:54,400
up for some reason in Woodside. It

2263
01:26:54,400 --> 01:26:55,679
wouldn't surprise me if that number's

2264
01:26:55,679 --> 01:26:58,080
been on here for more than a decade. And

2265
01:26:58,080 --> 01:27:02,639
then that caps out at 14,860.

2266
01:27:02,639 --> 01:27:04,880
And for the department head range, which

2267
01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:07,120
is what I'm advocating for, it's uh

2268
01:27:07,120 --> 01:27:09,440
starts out at 11,984

2269
01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:12,320
and goes up to 23,968

2270
01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:15,280
monthly. So there's a pretty decent

2271
01:27:15,280 --> 01:27:18,800
overlap with with the position as it

2272
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:21,920
stands currently as it maxes at 14860

2273
01:27:21,920 --> 01:27:24,320
and then it's it hypothetically the

2274
01:27:24,320 --> 01:27:27,520
lowest point of entry is 119.84

2275
01:27:27,520 --> 01:27:33,270
on our salary schedule.

2276
01:27:33,280 --> 01:27:36,320
Okay, any other questions?

2277
01:27:36,320 --> 01:27:38,560
We will open up public comment then. Any

2278
01:27:38,560 --> 01:27:41,679
members of the public that wish to

2279
01:27:41,679 --> 01:27:45,120
have a question on item C?

2280
01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:47,040
Let me I'm sorry I've lost my Zoom

2281
01:27:47,040 --> 01:27:50,800
screen. There it is. Okay. Uh here comes

2282
01:27:50,800 --> 01:27:52,800
Walker. We got one in the room. Yes,

2283
01:27:52,800 --> 01:27:53,280
sir.

2284
01:27:53,280 --> 01:27:55,840
>> Uh no question. But uh because Jason

2285
01:27:55,840 --> 01:27:57,280
comes to so many of the circulation

2286
01:27:57,280 --> 01:27:59,280
meetings, I just wanted to give you big

2287
01:27:59,280 --> 01:28:02,080
props. I've been very impressed by Jason

2288
01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:03,600
and how he helps the circulation

2289
01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:06,080
committee kind of understand their role,

2290
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:07,360
their scope, and how they can be

2291
01:28:07,360 --> 01:28:09,280
effective. I just ever since I've met

2292
01:28:09,280 --> 01:28:11,040
you, I've been very impressed and have

2293
01:28:11,040 --> 01:28:13,600
enjoyed working with you. So, yeah.

2294
01:28:13,600 --> 01:28:15,440
>> Thank you very much, Walker. This wasn't

2295
01:28:15,440 --> 01:28:17,120
planned.

2296
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:18,320
Thank you.

2297
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:18,800
>> Thank you.

2298
01:28:18,800 --> 01:28:20,239
>> And I don't normally give accolades,

2299
01:28:20,239 --> 01:28:22,719
although I've given two tonight. Um, but

2300
01:28:22,719 --> 01:28:23,520
uh yeah.

2301
01:28:23,520 --> 01:28:26,000
>> Okay. Wow. Well, thank you very much. We

2302
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:28,719
appreciate hearing that, of course.

2303
01:28:28,719 --> 01:28:30,320
>> I think with that we'll close public

2304
01:28:30,320 --> 01:28:32,560
comment. Always close with a winning

2305
01:28:32,560 --> 01:28:35,199
hand. Uh and we will open up any

2306
01:28:35,199 --> 01:28:37,440
deliberations on this item. Any member

2307
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:40,400
of the council have anything to add?

2308
01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:40,560
I

2309
01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:46,070
>> think this makes sense.

2310
01:28:46,080 --> 01:28:49,040
» I think we can take a a motion.

2311
01:28:49,040 --> 01:28:51,520
>> I move that we approve the uh amendment

2312
01:28:51,520 --> 01:28:52,880
to the town manager employment

2313
01:28:52,880 --> 01:28:53,679
agreement.

2314
01:28:53,679 --> 01:28:57,840
>> Uh the item C too far down.

2315
01:28:57,840 --> 01:29:00,239
>> False.

2316
01:29:00,239 --> 01:29:01,920
Resolution modifier

2317
01:29:01,920 --> 01:29:07,440
>> that we modify the 25 28 to 2 can't read

2318
01:29:07,440 --> 01:29:07,760
>> six

2319
01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:09,440
>> 25 to 26 salary scheduling

2320
01:29:09,440 --> 01:29:11,199
classification plan by adding an

2321
01:29:11,199 --> 01:29:13,760
assistant town manager position removing

2322
01:29:13,760 --> 01:29:15,280
the assistant to the town manager

2323
01:29:15,280 --> 01:29:17,520
position adding a management analyst

2324
01:29:17,520 --> 01:29:19,280
position within the finance department

2325
01:29:19,280 --> 01:29:20,719
and deleting the administrative

2326
01:29:20,719 --> 01:29:24,229
assistant position.

2327
01:29:24,239 --> 01:29:26,239
» Second

2328
01:29:26,239 --> 01:29:27,600
>> council member Alberish.

2329
01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:28,000
>> Yes.

2330
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:28,960
>> Council member Brown.

2331
01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:30,159
>> Yes. Council member Gold.

2332
01:29:30,159 --> 01:29:30,480
>> Yes.

2333
01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:31,760
>> Council member Wall. Yes.

2334
01:29:31,760 --> 01:29:32,880
>> Mayor Donowski.

2335
01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:36,400
>> Yes. Thank you. Uh and then finally, uh

2336
01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:37,840
Gan, I'm handing this off to you.

2337
01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:39,360
Approval of a first amendment to the

2338
01:29:39,360 --> 01:29:41,120
town manager's employment agreement.

2339
01:29:41,120 --> 01:29:43,760
>> Yes. Thank you. Good evening. Uh when

2340
01:29:43,760 --> 01:29:46,320
your town manager was hired, your uh

2341
01:29:46,320 --> 01:29:47,760
employment agreement with him provided

2342
01:29:47,760 --> 01:29:49,360
that he would have a six-month

2343
01:29:49,360 --> 01:29:51,440
performance review and thereafter a

2344
01:29:51,440 --> 01:29:53,600
yearly performance review. You have

2345
01:29:53,600 --> 01:29:55,199
completed the six-month performance

2346
01:29:55,199 --> 01:29:56,880
review and pursue it to the terms of the

2347
01:29:56,880 --> 01:29:58,960
contract. Um, each time you do a

2348
01:29:58,960 --> 01:30:01,040
performance review, one of the questions

2349
01:30:01,040 --> 01:30:03,040
to ask that you ask yourselves is,

2350
01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:05,199
should there be a salary adjustment? And

2351
01:30:05,199 --> 01:30:06,960
it is my understanding that there is a

2352
01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:08,880
recommendation for a salary adjustment

2353
01:30:08,880 --> 01:30:11,440
as a result of the six-month review that

2354
01:30:11,440 --> 01:30:13,600
would move uh the town manager's salary

2355
01:30:13,600 --> 01:30:16,800
from 300,000 to 315,000.

2356
01:30:16,800 --> 01:30:18,560
That is the amendment that's before you

2357
01:30:18,560 --> 01:30:20,320
this evening. I'm happy to answer any

2358
01:30:20,320 --> 01:30:20,719
questions.

2359
01:30:20,719 --> 01:30:22,880
>> Great. Thank you. Any questions from

2360
01:30:22,880 --> 01:30:25,679
council?

2361
01:30:25,679 --> 01:30:30,629
Seeing none, any comments from public?

2362
01:30:30,639 --> 01:30:34,790
» Yep. Oh, hey, Walker.

2363
01:30:34,800 --> 01:30:36,080
» The uh

2364
01:30:36,080 --> 01:30:38,560
>> is is Melissa currently the assistant to

2365
01:30:38,560 --> 01:30:40,159
the town manager?

2366
01:30:40,159 --> 01:30:41,199
>> And she is.

2367
01:30:41,199 --> 01:30:41,679
>> Yeah.

2368
01:30:41,679 --> 01:30:44,880
>> Um I the range is it is interesting. The

2369
01:30:44,880 --> 01:30:47,280
range I've never gotten a promotion

2370
01:30:47,280 --> 01:30:49,199
that's double my salary. I don't know if

2371
01:30:49,199 --> 01:30:52,000
that's I know there is

2372
01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:55,760
>> some overlapping to the ranges. Um, so

2373
01:30:55,760 --> 01:30:58,800
the idea would be Melissa moves into

2374
01:30:58,800 --> 01:31:00,880
that new role, the assistant to the town

2375
01:31:00,880 --> 01:31:04,639
manager, which effectively has

2376
01:31:04,639 --> 01:31:06,960
it's not double the max. The maxes, I

2377
01:31:06,960 --> 01:31:08,639
guess, are

2378
01:31:08,639 --> 01:31:09,280
>> what is it?

2379
01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:09,760
>> Yeah.

2380
01:31:09,760 --> 01:31:12,960
>> 75% higher. She moves into that.

2381
01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:14,960
>> Yeah. So, there's an overlap, I think,

2382
01:31:14,960 --> 01:31:17,920
of a few thousand dollars from the max

2383
01:31:17,920 --> 01:31:20,159
of her current role or the position's

2384
01:31:20,159 --> 01:31:25,040
current role into uh this uh new role.

2385
01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:26,719
And then ultimately, there's been no

2386
01:31:26,719 --> 01:31:28,639
determination as to what that salary

2387
01:31:28,639 --> 01:31:30,800
would actually look like. It's just it

2388
01:31:30,800 --> 01:31:31,040
just

2389
01:31:31,040 --> 01:31:32,719
>> it gives her that headroom.

2390
01:31:32,719 --> 01:31:34,480
>> It gives the organization I think

2391
01:31:34,480 --> 01:31:36,560
there's too much room at the moment. I

2392
01:31:36,560 --> 01:31:38,239
think that the organization just for

2393
01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:41,040
whatever reason it's extended 5% on the

2394
01:31:41,040 --> 01:31:43,120
upper limit and it has it on the lower

2395
01:31:43,120 --> 01:31:45,040
limit. And so when you look at the lower

2396
01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:47,040
limit in comparison to the rest of the

2397
01:31:47,040 --> 01:31:48,080
peninsula,

2398
01:31:48,080 --> 01:31:49,520
>> it doesn't make any sense. It's

2399
01:31:49,520 --> 01:31:51,600
non-existent. And so,

2400
01:31:51,600 --> 01:31:53,840
>> uh, it's just dragging that it's just

2401
01:31:53,840 --> 01:31:55,679
dragging things down at this point. So,

2402
01:31:55,679 --> 01:31:57,199
but ultimately what you should know is

2403
01:31:57,199 --> 01:31:59,360
that the salary for the position, that's

2404
01:31:59,360 --> 01:32:01,600
the range. And so there has to be a

2405
01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:03,920
negotiation between me and the employee,

2406
01:32:03,920 --> 01:32:06,159
the person that is attempting to be, you

2407
01:32:06,159 --> 01:32:08,239
know, we're attempting to place in that

2408
01:32:08,239 --> 01:32:10,480
position. And so between her and I, that

2409
01:32:10,480 --> 01:32:12,400
would end up being a personnel decision

2410
01:32:12,400 --> 01:32:14,080
as to where

2411
01:32:14,080 --> 01:32:16,400
>> in that range is appropriate. Yeah. But

2412
01:32:16,400 --> 01:32:19,199
it would be very uncommon for it would

2413
01:32:19,199 --> 01:32:21,600
be extremely questionable for somebody

2414
01:32:21,600 --> 01:32:23,280
to be in the current position and then

2415
01:32:23,280 --> 01:32:25,920
just magically at the top step. That

2416
01:32:25,920 --> 01:32:27,760
would be right. I'm sure that the five

2417
01:32:27,760 --> 01:32:29,840
people I report to would be um there'd

2418
01:32:29,840 --> 01:32:32,480
be a lot of questions to me about that

2419
01:32:32,480 --> 01:32:34,000
>> and I got to shut that down. I'm sorry

2420
01:32:34,000 --> 01:32:35,679
guys. Just we're we're past public

2421
01:32:35,679 --> 01:32:38,480
comment on that item. Uh so any public

2422
01:32:38,480 --> 01:32:41,679
comment? Uh I already closed that. So

2423
01:32:41,679 --> 01:32:44,719
any deliberation by councel

2424
01:32:44,719 --> 01:32:47,199
on item D.

2425
01:32:47,199 --> 01:32:49,040
>> Okay. Uh then I think we're ready to

2426
01:32:49,040 --> 01:32:52,000
take a motion on this. Anyone? Thank

2427
01:32:52,000 --> 01:32:56,000
you. Do it. Uh, I move that we approve

2428
01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:57,840
uh the first amendment to the town

2429
01:32:57,840 --> 01:33:01,280
manager employment agreement.

2430
01:33:01,280 --> 01:33:02,719
>> I'll second it.

2431
01:33:02,719 --> 01:33:04,239
>> Council member Aberish.

2432
01:33:04,239 --> 01:33:04,560
>> Yes.

2433
01:33:04,560 --> 01:33:05,760
>> Council member Brown.

2434
01:33:05,760 --> 01:33:06,000
>> Yes.

2435
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:06,960
>> Council member Gold.

2436
01:33:06,960 --> 01:33:07,280
>> Yes.

2437
01:33:07,280 --> 01:33:09,679
>> Council member Wal. Mayor Donowski.

2438
01:33:09,679 --> 01:33:12,639
>> Yes. Thank you. And uh volunteer

2439
01:33:12,639 --> 01:33:14,800
committee updates if any.

2440
01:33:14,800 --> 01:33:16,800
>> Yeah, I have a few. Uh, this Friday,

2441
01:33:16,800 --> 01:33:19,679
January 16th, from 7 to 8:00 p.m. will

2442
01:33:19,679 --> 01:33:22,239
be a sound immersion workshop with Danny

2443
01:33:22,239 --> 01:33:24,480
Goldberg.

2444
01:33:24,480 --> 01:33:26,320
>> Pardon me. Uh, check the town's calendar

2445
01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:29,760
for additional 2026 dates. Wball

2446
01:33:29,760 --> 01:33:31,600
registration is now open for kids

2447
01:33:31,600 --> 01:33:34,000
between the ages of 3 to six, so through

2448
01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:36,320
kindergarten only. Uh, who want to learn

2449
01:33:36,320 --> 01:33:38,639
to play T-ball in a fun and safe

2450
01:33:38,639 --> 01:33:40,800
environment. Check the town's website

2451
01:33:40,800 --> 01:33:43,120
under the community tab for registration

2452
01:33:43,120 --> 01:33:45,600
information. The next arts and culture

2453
01:33:45,600 --> 01:33:47,600
committee first Friday event is on

2454
01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:51,040
February 6th from 7 to 8:00 PM with poet

2455
01:33:51,040 --> 01:33:54,159
Nancy Meyer interviewed by Veronica

2456
01:33:54,159 --> 01:33:56,960
Kornberg. Uh flyers are in the back of

2457
01:33:56,960 --> 01:33:59,199
the room or you can view on the town's

2458
01:33:59,199 --> 01:34:02,080
website calendar. The Woodside History

2459
01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:05,440
Committee's preservation awards ceremony

2460
01:34:05,440 --> 01:34:08,320
will be on May 12th, 2026. More

2461
01:34:08,320 --> 01:34:10,560
information to follow, but make sure to

2462
01:34:10,560 --> 01:34:12,320
mark your calendars for that event.

2463
01:34:12,320 --> 01:34:13,920
Thank you.

2464
01:34:13,920 --> 01:34:16,159
Council member

2465
01:34:16,159 --> 01:34:19,270
communications.

2466
01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:22,239
» I have one. Yes. March 21, mark your

2467
01:34:22,239 --> 01:34:25,440
calendar. That's memory day in the

2468
01:34:25,440 --> 01:34:27,679
United States of America. And we are

2469
01:34:27,679 --> 01:34:31,600
going to celebrate that with a openhouse

2470
01:34:31,600 --> 01:34:35,360
workshop here describing methods and how

2471
01:34:35,360 --> 01:34:37,280
to evaluate

2472
01:34:37,280 --> 01:34:40,800
the status of a person's

2473
01:34:40,800 --> 01:34:43,120
mental cap capability.

2474
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:45,040
is are they doing great? Great. Is it

2475
01:34:45,040 --> 01:34:48,480
Alzheimer's? Is it uh what is it? And

2476
01:34:48,480 --> 01:34:50,639
then what can you do about it if uh if

2477
01:34:50,639 --> 01:34:53,840
you see relatives, friends, spouse

2478
01:34:53,840 --> 01:34:55,040
starting to suffer some of those

2479
01:34:55,040 --> 01:34:56,800
conditions?

2480
01:34:56,800 --> 01:34:58,719
>> It's wonderful. Thank you, Council

2481
01:34:58,719 --> 01:35:01,280
Member Brown. Council member Wallace, I

2482
01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:02,480
had in my calendar that you were

2483
01:35:02,480 --> 01:35:05,360
speaking at the youth civics event.

2484
01:35:05,360 --> 01:35:06,080
>> How'd that go?

2485
01:35:06,080 --> 01:35:09,120
>> Yeah. Um, I had a fantastic opportunity

2486
01:35:09,120 --> 01:35:12,400
to to come speak to a group of I think

2487
01:35:12,400 --> 01:35:15,679
it was 8 to 11 year olds. It was last

2488
01:35:15,679 --> 01:35:19,760
Friday. Um, and they were super cute and

2489
01:35:19,760 --> 01:35:21,679
really engaged and it was a lot of fun.

2490
01:35:21,679 --> 01:35:23,600
So, I really enjoyed it. And so, to the

2491
01:35:23,600 --> 01:35:26,639
extent other opportunities like that come up, I'd really encourage

2492
01:35:26,639 --> 01:35:28,159
my fellow council members to raise your

2493
01:35:28,159 --> 01:35:31,760
hand. Um, it's a really nice little

2494
01:35:31,760 --> 01:35:34,000
thing that we get to do sometimes is is,

2495
01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:35,840
you know, do stuff like that. So, it was

2496
01:35:35,840 --> 01:35:36,960
a pleasure.

2497
01:35:36,960 --> 01:35:39,920
>> Very nice. Thank you. Any other council

2498
01:35:39,920 --> 01:35:41,120
communication?

2499
01:35:41,120 --> 01:35:46,080
>> We've got two brief items. Um, one um at

2500
01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:47,760
our I think it was the last meeting or

2501
01:35:47,760 --> 01:35:48,800
the one before that when we were

2502
01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:52,560
discussing the uh bike pathways on the

2503
01:35:52,560 --> 01:35:55,120
um east side on the front porch of uh

2504
01:35:55,120 --> 01:35:59,040
Woodside that uh Steve Luben had

2505
01:35:59,040 --> 01:36:01,360
mentioned. He took issue with with uh

2506
01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:03,920
that I I never see bicycles there. Um

2507
01:36:03,920 --> 01:36:05,920
I've been paying very specific attention

2508
01:36:05,920 --> 01:36:08,239
lately and um I have to admit he is

2509
01:36:08,239 --> 01:36:10,000
correct. There are I didn't see a lot of

2510
01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:12,080
bicycles but since our last meeting I

2511
01:36:12,080 --> 01:36:14,880
have seen I I've lost count but it was

2512
01:36:14,880 --> 01:36:16,719
I'm in the six to eight range something

2513
01:36:16,719 --> 01:36:19,040
like that during that time period. Not a

2514
01:36:19,040 --> 01:36:23,760
lot but um I said never

2515
01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:26,400
and I was wrong. I was so I apologized

2516
01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:28,000
to Mr. Luben. I wanted to do so

2517
01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:30,560
publicly. Um, but I don't see a lot of

2518
01:36:30,560 --> 01:36:32,800
bicycles in that area, but I, you know,

2519
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:34,400
I'm paying a lot more attention now, and

2520
01:36:34,400 --> 01:36:36,960
I do see the occasional, uh, usually a

2521
01:36:36,960 --> 01:36:39,360
pair of bicycles very early in the

2522
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:42,880
morning, uh, heading west. Uh, the

2523
01:36:42,880 --> 01:36:43,920
second thing I wanted to mention,

2524
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:45,360
speaking of the, uh, there's a little

2525
01:36:45,360 --> 01:36:47,440
work being done on the front porch of

2526
01:36:47,440 --> 01:36:51,119
Woodside. Uh, High Road, which as you

2527
01:36:51,119 --> 01:36:53,679
know, um, kind of a controversial area

2528
01:36:53,679 --> 01:36:55,840
over the last couple of years, uh, is

2529
01:36:55,840 --> 01:36:58,800
going to be closed

2530
01:36:58,800 --> 01:37:01,280
starting one week from today on January

2531
01:37:01,280 --> 01:37:03,920
20th, for roughly till the end of the

2532
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:06,159
school year, May or June. It's a long

2533
01:37:06,159 --> 01:37:08,000
time, probably four, five, maybe even

2534
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:10,080
six months. Uh, there's a main water

2535
01:37:10,080 --> 01:37:13,040
line that runs roughly from Woodside

2536
01:37:13,040 --> 01:37:16,400
Road uh, up the hill to the very first

2537
01:37:16,400 --> 01:37:19,040
sharp bend to the left. Um there's a

2538
01:37:19,040 --> 01:37:21,040
very large house there on the right but

2539
01:37:21,040 --> 01:37:23,199
um right down the middle of High Road uh

2540
01:37:23,199 --> 01:37:24,560
there will be construction major

2541
01:37:24,560 --> 01:37:26,480
construction project. Uh the biggest

2542
01:37:26,480 --> 01:37:27,840
inconvenience is of course going to be

2543
01:37:27,840 --> 01:37:29,600
to the people who live on that stretch

2544
01:37:29,600 --> 01:37:32,080
to Elmo Mundo and High Road going up the

2545
01:37:32,080 --> 01:37:34,880
hill. There's about 15 or 20 properties

2546
01:37:34,880 --> 01:37:37,920
there. Um they're actually not going to

2547
01:37:37,920 --> 01:37:39,600
be allowed to get into their properties

2548
01:37:39,600 --> 01:37:41,199
in and out of their properties

2549
01:37:41,199 --> 01:37:43,440
routinely. Um there's only going to be

2550
01:37:43,440 --> 01:37:44,560
certain times. It's going to be closed

2551
01:37:44,560 --> 01:37:47,440
from roughly I think it's 9:00 a.m. to

2552
01:37:47,440 --> 01:37:50,080
400 p.m. Monday through Friday, it won't

2553
01:37:50,080 --> 01:37:52,080
affect the people in this room too much.

2554
01:37:52,080 --> 01:37:55,040
It'll actually affect me. Um but um what

2555
01:37:55,040 --> 01:37:57,119
it means is that for the roughly 300

2556
01:37:57,119 --> 01:38:00,320
orund homes or so um in that bottom

2557
01:38:00,320 --> 01:38:02,320
area, Sight Hills, which is above it,

2558
01:38:02,320 --> 01:38:04,960
and Lasus Estate, which is over where I

2559
01:38:04,960 --> 01:38:07,440
am, um they'll all be very much affected

2560
01:38:07,440 --> 01:38:10,159
by it and need to use the Alama de las

2561
01:38:10,159 --> 01:38:12,080
exit. They won't be able to go down that

2562
01:38:12,080 --> 01:38:13,760
way. It'll be closed for four or five

2563
01:38:13,760 --> 01:38:18,400
maybe even six months as I said. Um so you're aware there's only two ways in

2564
01:38:18,400 --> 01:38:20,000
and out and one of them being closed

2565
01:38:20,000 --> 01:38:22,560
off. So um the sheriff, the fire

2566
01:38:22,560 --> 01:38:25,520
department, emergency services, Amazon,

2567
01:38:25,520 --> 01:38:28,480
UPS um are have been alerted to it, but

2568
01:38:28,480 --> 01:38:29,920
it's going to be closed for quite a

2569
01:38:29,920 --> 01:38:32,639
while and um a major inconvenience, but

2570
01:38:32,639 --> 01:38:35,040
um just wanted to bring it to your

2571
01:38:35,040 --> 01:38:36,560
attention. It's gotten a lot of

2572
01:38:36,560 --> 01:38:38,960
attention in that area over the last two

2573
01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:41,360
weeks or so.

2574
01:38:41,360 --> 01:38:42,400
That's it. Thank you.

2575
01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:44,159
>> Thank you.

2576
01:38:44,159 --> 01:38:46,960
for your magnanimous apology.

2577
01:38:46,960 --> 01:38:48,880
Uh

2578
01:38:48,880 --> 01:38:51,679
hey, I'm I'm always very willing to

2579
01:38:51,679 --> 01:38:53,040
admit when I'm wrong because it's

2580
01:38:53,040 --> 01:38:54,480
frequent. I have a lot of practice on

2581
01:38:54,480 --> 01:38:55,600
it.

2582
01:38:55,600 --> 01:38:59,440
>> Okay. Anything else? I think uh with

2583
01:38:59,440 --> 01:39:03,360
that we will uh we will adjourn at 8:45.

2584
01:39:03,360 --> 01:39:06,400
Thank you all.