[0:02] running a little bit behind and my
[0:04] apologies. Uh we'll start with a call to
[0:06] order. Jennifer, will you take role?
[0:08] Council
[0:09] >> member Alberish
[0:10] >> here.
[0:10] >> Council member Brown.
[0:12] >> Council member Gold here.
[0:13] >> Council member Wall here.
[0:14] >> Mayor Donowski
[0:15] >> here. Thank you. Uh and it's pledge of
[0:18] allegiance to kick things off. Would you
[0:20] guys like to lead us at the microphone?
[0:24] >> We'll we'll help you out. We won't leave
[0:26] you out there.
[0:29] All right.
[0:30] >> Okay.
[0:34] To the flag of the United States of
[0:37] America to
[0:40] stand nation under God, indivisible
[0:45] with
[0:47] all.
[0:48] >> Good. Thank you.
[0:50] >> All right. We'll move right on to public
[0:52] communications. Um, any members of the
[0:55] public that would like to comment on any
[0:57] item that's not on the agenda are
[0:59] invited to do so now. Just remember that
[1:01] we can only do five of these, three
[1:02] minutes each. Uh, and we can't act on
[1:05] any non-aggendaized items. Those can be
[1:06] referred to staff for a future agenda.
[1:09] Are there any members of the public that
[1:11] would like to make a comment?
[1:23] So Ben, yeah. Okay.
[1:26] Yeah.
[1:27] You wanna uh Thomas, you want to come
[1:29] in?
[1:30] >> Uh yes. Thank you very much. Uh good
[1:33] evening uh council folks. I just wanted
[1:35] to
[1:38] uh share a bit of sad news that the town
[1:41] lost a a great volunteer and a longtime
[1:44] member of the Woodside Open Space
[1:47] Committee uh with Dick uh Hendrickson
[1:51] who passed away January 11th. And I just
[1:55] thought you uh might want to be aware of
[1:58] that if you weren't already. He did a
[2:00] lot of great work uh helping us with the
[2:04] duskyfooted uh woodrat and the uh golf
[2:08] course, helping them to facilitate some
[2:10] mitigation and help protect this uh very
[2:15] important species. So, I just wanted to
[2:17] make the town council aware of his
[2:19] passing and might want to recognize all
[2:23] of the effort that he put forth for the
[2:26] community.
[2:28] >> That's an excellent idea. Uh, thank you,
[2:30] Tom. Um, we'll we'll put that on the on
[2:33] the list. We appreciate the heads up.
[2:35] Thank you.
[2:41] Any other members of the public?
[2:50] Okay, seeing none, we'll close public
[2:52] comment and we will move on to a
[2:55] presentation for the public works
[2:57] department for 2025's accomplishments. I
[3:01] hand that off to you Cindy or Yes. Okay.
[3:06] Or Jason, I don't want to preempt, but
[3:09] looking backwards here a bit.
[3:12] >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. um take
[3:15] this opportunity to present the
[3:17] accomplishments that we had. We did
[3:19] public works projects in 2025.
[3:24] The first project was Kenya uh crosswalk
[3:26] project. We installed two crosswalk
[3:28] projects u crosswalks
[3:31] rapid flashing beacons. One was at
[3:33] Kenyatta road and Romero road. There was
[3:35] already an existing crosswalk but um so
[3:40] sorry the first button was Kings
[3:41] Mountain. So let's talk about Kings
[3:42] Mountain. This is Kings Mountain at
[3:44] Highway 84. There was no crosswalk
[3:46] there. So, uh on the right side you see
[3:49] the um after picture where there was
[3:51] cross um high visibility crosswalk that
[3:53] was installed with the rapid flashing
[3:55] beacon.
[3:57] The location at um Kenyatta and Romero
[3:59] already had a crosswalk, but we improved
[4:01] that by installing the rapid flashing
[4:04] beacon. The total project cost was um
[4:07] $293,000.
[4:10] The project was completed in April 2025.
[4:15] The next project, the solar um um we did
[4:18] the re-roofing of town hall and
[4:19] Independence Hall and also install the
[4:21] solar panels. The um the last step of
[4:25] the project connecting the solar to the
[4:28] PG&E grid is going to happen this week,
[4:30] this Friday. Uh the total pro cost of
[4:33] the project was 80 84,000
[4:37] 2025 road rehab project. Um we
[4:40] microsurface 5 miles of road. Um the
[4:44] here are some pictures some of the
[4:45] roads. Uh on the left you seek hill
[4:48] before and after
[4:50] Northridge Lane.
[4:53] Um the total cost of the project was
[4:56] $632,000.
[4:58] Uh 2025 hazardous tree removal project.
[5:02] A total uh 33 eucalyptus and pine trees
[5:05] or um were removed and two defensible
[5:07] spaces. one was Jonson Preserve and Trip
[5:10] Road.
[5:12] This project costed us $421,000.
[5:16] Um and the project was completed in um
[5:18] August 2025. There are some pictures
[5:21] before and after.
[5:24] Uh this is on Kinyatta Road um Wineyard
[5:27] Hill.
[5:29] The small project this came out of the
[5:31] circulation committee um Glenwood
[5:33] Avenue. Um there's already a three-way
[5:36] stop there, but we added these uh
[5:38] flashing stop signs.
[5:41] This was um recently completed like
[5:43] probably August, September, August time
[5:45] frame.
[5:47] There was some um interior painting done
[5:50] in the museum
[5:53] before and after pictures.
[5:55] And then a crew, we have contractors do
[5:58] ongoing tree removal. When we get a
[6:01] request about dead trees or um fallen
[6:04] tree branches, which the crew cannot,
[6:05] it's too big for the crew. We have um
[6:07] private companies, contractors do that
[6:09] work for us. Some of the pictures for
[6:12] these trees. Um
[6:14] it's going through and the town crew
[6:17] work. This is all town crew. The four um
[6:20] crew members we have. I see the tree
[6:22] trimming. They do the weeds.
[6:25] uh trail maintenance. A lot of trail
[6:26] maintenance happens over the course of
[6:28] um I would say the entire year.
[6:33] Um some of the uh weed work you see here
[6:35] and on the right is also trail
[6:37] maintenance. We installed these are
[6:39] special projects we install. We have a
[6:41] new picnic bench up front in town hall.
[6:43] Um right across the parking lot here. Uh
[6:46] on the top uh you see the uh guardrail
[6:49] that was damaged that was also done by
[6:50] the crew. And this is Berkeley Fields on
[6:52] the right where um we had the um the SD
[6:56] installed.
[6:58] This is night work where this is
[6:59] emergency work where the crew comes in
[7:01] um when there's uh you know the tree
[7:04] fell. This was a recent work. This was
[7:06] in December.
[7:08] Storm clearing happens in October and
[7:10] it's ongoing during the storm.
[7:14] >> Thank you. Had any questions I'd have to
[7:17] answer.
[7:18] >> Wonderful. Thank you. Any questions for
[7:20] Cindy or the public works team?
[7:24] >> Quick comment. I just wanted to thank
[7:25] you guys for the
[7:27] >> unbelievable work you do, especially the
[7:28] storm clearing and the uh the night work
[7:31] and it's pretty treacherous out there
[7:33] and it does not go unnoticed. We
[7:35] appreciate it.
[7:38] » I'll second that. Uh one of the great
[7:41] things that happened to me is uh I get
[7:44] to walk my dogs in the morning. I see
[7:45] the crew out there at 7 in the morning
[7:47] clearing culverts in front of a
[7:49] rainstorm or uh a bunch of seasons of
[7:52] debris uh along roadsides. Uh they do
[7:56] the crew is amazing. Uh I think
[7:57] managerally you all do so much with
[8:00] pretty limited resources. It's always
[8:02] impressive what you are able to
[8:04] accomplish and I do think we're entering
[8:05] a new period for public works with an
[8:07] expansionary period with civic
[8:09] philanthropy coming into the mix and
[8:10] that's going to be very exciting. a lot
[8:12] of wonderful projects ahead and um uh
[8:15] and I didn't mean to uh jump over you uh
[8:17] Lewis. I I want to officially welcome
[8:20] you to the town. Uh thank you for
[8:21] bringing your 20 years of experience uh
[8:24] and your leadership. Uh we're looking
[8:25] forward to partnering with you and
[8:27] maintaining and improving all this vital
[8:29] infrastructure uh here in the town of
[8:31] Woodside. So, welcome aboard.
[8:34] Thank you. Thank you.
[8:37] >> Uh there question
[8:42] Great. Yeah, we're just commenting.
[8:44] >> Yeah,
[8:50] » we can we can be formal for sure. Um,
[8:53] are there any members of the public that
[8:54] would like to speak on that presentation
[8:56] that we just saw?
[8:59] >> Hansen has raised her hand.
[9:00] >> Hey, wonderful job. Uh, Miss Hansen,
[9:04] welcome.
[9:05] >> Hi, thank you very much. Uh the one
[9:07] question I have is about uh solar and
[9:10] PG&E. Um multiple
[9:14] uh citizens have had frustrations with
[9:17] the process to um install solar as well
[9:22] as get PG to accommodate hooking up to
[9:25] the grid. So my question is
[9:28] uh when was the town hall solar
[9:32] installed? Uh what is the expectation
[9:37] for when that will be activated? Um
[9:40] thank you very much.
[9:44] >> Great Cindy or Jason.
[9:46] >> Yeah, Cindy's very well aware of this.
[9:49] >> Um the solar panels were installed in
[9:51] the beginning of the year 2025, but we
[9:54] had issues with scheduling or a
[9:56] contractor had issues with scheduling
[9:58] the solar. We hope it's going to be done
[10:00] this Friday and um that's what we
[10:04] received the date as as Friday the 30th.
[10:07] So hopefully it's done.
[10:20] question
[10:24] that on that PCE
[10:27] project and and sort of how that solar
[10:30] uh project came to be.
[10:34] >> Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of
[10:36] information on the PCE. I came just
[10:38] during the installation but um I it's
[10:43] yeah I think Yas worked on the um
[10:46] coordination with PCE and I worked on
[10:48] the installation of the so of the roof.
[10:51] I did not prepare the answers.
[10:53] >> That That's okay. Cindia Brandy who does
[10:56] sustainability work with the uh PCE. We
[11:00] have met with PCE. They're going to be
[11:01] rolling out more grant giveaways to the
[11:05] community. And so we will be providing
[11:07] that information on our um social media
[11:09] accounts to get the next round of grant
[11:12] funding that they are attempting to get
[11:14] out to the public which has more battery
[11:16] back storage I think is what they're
[11:18] looking at. And so we did work with one
[11:21] of the um programs that they had
[11:23] originally and Brandy, our
[11:25] sustainability uh team member, worked
[11:28] with PCE and we still work with PCE.
[11:31] I've met with them now on multiple
[11:32] occasions talking about how we can
[11:35] incorporate some of their giveaways into
[11:37] our community and get people um just
[11:40] backup energy essentially so that when
[11:43] they are dealing with any type of a fire
[11:45] or the PSPS zone in the area that the
[11:49] Miss Hansen lives in, I think they
[11:51] constantly fly a helicopter out there
[11:53] when they're under that um instance. And
[11:55] so just trying to figure out different
[11:58] energy options. So PCE will be rolling
[12:00] out new grants. Uh whatever we utilize
[12:03] to put solar on our building is now over
[12:05] with them is my understanding.
[12:10] Okay. Any other comments from the
[12:12] public?
[12:15] Okay. Seeing none, we will go back to
[12:18] council deliberations. And it sounds
[12:19] like you have some comments to make,
[12:21] Jen.
[12:21] >> Um so really just some more thanks. So,
[12:24] um, really always impressed by the work
[12:27] that the public works department does. I
[12:29] mean, it's really just, you know, we
[12:30] can't emphasize enough how important it
[12:32] is to maintain the the beauty of
[12:35] Woodside, the safety of Woodside, and
[12:36] just make it a really wonderful place
[12:38] for all of us to live. I wanted to
[12:40] emphasize in particular the the
[12:41] crosswalk uh work. So, the Kings
[12:44] Mountain at Highway 84, and the Romero
[12:46] at Kenyatta, I've heard nothing but
[12:49] praise and thanks from the sku from the
[12:51] school community. Those are both um safe
[12:54] routes to school corridors and um th
[12:58] those efforts by the public works
[12:59] department have really made it safer for
[13:01] our elementary and middle school age
[13:04] children to walk and bike to school. So
[13:07] that's very much appreciated by the
[13:08] school community and I and I see that I
[13:10] get that feedback from that community.
[13:11] So I wanted to pass that on. um on the
[13:15] solar EV project that was um like we
[13:18] just talked about the result of a
[13:19] partnership with PCE and I believe was
[13:22] made more affordable um because we
[13:24] partnered with PCE um and um there's a
[13:27] little bit more work to do but I think
[13:29] it sets uh a independence hall up to
[13:33] become a building where we can actually
[13:36] do um battery storage and it could be a
[13:39] place um a resiliency place where if we
[13:42] have big storms terms or the power goes
[13:44] out in town. That's not available right
[13:46] now, but in the future that that is a
[13:48] possibility. I think that's a really
[13:49] important um resource or could become a
[13:52] really important resource for residents.
[13:54] Um I always love hearing about the road
[13:57] rehab project. Um those pictures were or
[14:00] you know just really show in visceral
[14:01] terms like the improvements that you all
[14:03] make. So thank you for that. And and I
[14:07] my last note kind of bundles into my
[14:09] comment on the on the stop the
[14:12] crosswalk. So the Glenwood Avenue
[14:14] improvements as well, I would have
[14:15] included that. That's also a safe route
[14:17] to school corridor. So thank you.
[14:20] >> Thank you.
[14:21] >> Yes.
[14:21] >> I just wanted to comment how
[14:26] every single time the president comes to
[14:28] me or I do something problem.
[14:34] It's very very fast response. the
[14:36] community knows that appreciates that
[14:39] and that's keeping going forward. Thank
[14:42] you.
[14:43] >> Great.
[14:46] » Any other comments from council?
[14:50] All right. Well, we will certainly
[14:52] accept your report and thank you again.
[14:54] Uh we'll move on to town manager report
[14:57] and maybe just as a u important
[15:00] ancillary item, we should give a report
[15:02] out u at this time from close session.
[15:05] If I could hand that off to you, Jean.
[15:08] >> So, in close session this evening, the
[15:10] town council authorized staff to engage
[15:12] in initial exploratory information
[15:15] gathering discussions in response to
[15:17] Calrans inquiry uh regarding a potential
[15:20] sale of stateowned property which is
[15:22] identified on the close session agenda.
[15:25] Thank you,
[15:28] » Mr. Lead Better.
[15:29] >> Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor and Woodside
[15:31] Town Council. This is the town manager
[15:34] reports. So, just to uh piggyback on the
[15:36] last item and council member Wall
[15:38] pointed something out that we are
[15:40] currently working on behind the scenes
[15:42] with PCE is to take it to the next step
[15:45] and look at battery storage options and
[15:48] different grants that PCE might be
[15:50] running. And so that is our next step
[15:52] combined with more EV options out in the
[15:55] parking area. Uh town staff will hold
[15:58] interviews this Thursday for the
[16:00] administrative services director
[16:02] position. Uh the organization continues
[16:04] to move forward with focus on delivering
[16:07] the following items. The old La Honda
[16:09] Road storm water project in the spring
[16:11] of 2026.
[16:13] 303 Hillside Drive is going to start
[16:15] really any day now in early February. Uh
[16:17] Alta Vista Alley storm water project
[16:20] should be kicking off in spring of 2026.
[16:23] Managing the deliverables of the sewer
[16:25] capacity study. We hope to have results
[16:28] back by the end of March. redesign and
[16:31] CALR approval for the bike and ped
[16:33] improvement project east of I280.
[16:36] Transitioning the conceptual design for
[16:38] the median beautifification project to a
[16:40] formal engineered plan. Continuing the
[16:43] TCAP process.
[16:45] formalizing the housing element
[16:47] deliverables, which will entail the
[16:48] assistant town manager coming back to
[16:50] council with staff prioritized housing
[16:53] element deliverables to juxtapose that
[16:56] with any other alterations that uh town
[16:58] council may have on that priority list.
[17:01] Right now, the deliverables that are
[17:02] currently being worked on the housing
[17:04] element are the TCAP themselves and the
[17:06] sewer capacity study. And then finally,
[17:08] very exciting news that Lewis Sun, our
[17:11] new town engineer, this is his first
[17:13] meeting here this evening. So, I'm going
[17:14] to kick it over to him and allow him to
[17:17] introduce himself.
[17:19] >> Thank you, town manager. Good evening,
[17:22] Mayor and Mayor Proam and council
[17:25] members Lewis and I am honored to be
[17:27] your public works director and town
[17:30] engineer. Um, I'm very excited to be
[17:32] part of this team and as you can see,
[17:34] our public works department has done
[17:36] great things in 2025 and I look forward
[17:39] to working with the council, working
[17:41] with our uh, city leadership and our
[17:44] city staff and the community to make
[17:47] improvements to do greater things in
[17:49] 2026. Thank you.
[17:52] >> You
[17:55] uh, questions for uh, the town manager
[17:58] in his report?
[18:02] Uh, go ahead, Jen. No, go ahead.
[18:04] >> Oh, I just just two quick ones. Uh, one
[18:06] was uh I may have missed a staff
[18:09] meeting, so uh uh the redesign uh for
[18:12] the bike lane project. Did anything uh
[18:17] happen with that in terms of I mean
[18:18] what's the update on uh the ask for the
[18:21] bike lanes to be uh realigned?
[18:24] >> Absolutely. I'm going to kick that over
[18:26] to public works because I think they
[18:27] have an update on how that's going.
[18:31] >> So, Mayor, um if I can um clarify the
[18:35] question you're asking about the um
[18:38] highway 84 east of um 280 the project.
[18:42] So, um that project um staff have
[18:46] submitted 100% um review questions to
[18:50] the consultant MV5 and this afternoon we
[18:54] just received their response and the
[18:56] reply back uh from our comments. So, we
[19:00] have a meeting with them tomorrow. Um
[19:01] Cindy, I going to be meeting with them.
[19:04] We're also evaluating uh their response
[19:07] and tomorrow we'll find out more. Um
[19:10] staff is very well aware of the timeline
[19:13] and the deadline that we have and we
[19:14] will do everything make sure we get get
[19:17] this project completed before that
[19:19] deadline.
[19:21] >> Okay. So they made comments about
[19:23] whether or not they might be able to
[19:25] make some adjustments in response to
[19:27] public's request.
[19:29] >> That's correct.
[19:29] >> Okay.
[19:30] >> Yeah. I can give a little bit more
[19:31] background. Lewis is obviously very new
[19:33] here, but yeah, Shawn has continued to
[19:35] work with Mr. Luben who had brought his
[19:37] concerns forward. I've spoken to Mr.
[19:39] Lube and he is very satisfied with what
[19:41] we're attempting to do. NV5 was making
[19:44] some adjustments to the engineered plan
[19:48] design um at no cost to us because we
[19:51] pointed out to them that there were some
[19:52] discrepancies and what was technically
[19:55] allowable with CALR. And so we really
[19:57] pushed back to make sure that they made
[19:58] some adjustments at no cost. And so
[20:01] there'll be a compromise, but we think
[20:02] we're going to be able to meet uh Mr.
[20:05] Luben's needs ultimately through this
[20:08] process. Fantastic update. Thank you. Um
[20:11] and then secondly, I know we have
[20:12] planning commission uh appointments
[20:14] coming up. How how are how's our
[20:17] candidate pool looking?
[20:22] » Um so we have uh received I believe two
[20:26] applications. um uh one one's out of
[20:31] district which is a current planning
[20:32] commissioner and one is in district one
[20:36] and then I think it's district six is
[20:38] the other one um that I did receive an
[20:41] email from
[20:43] that uh incumbent and he said he is
[20:45] going to reapply uh and I think that's
[20:49] all I know of unless uh Jennifer let me
[20:52] think further no okay so thank you
[20:55] I believe it's I think it's Three.
[20:58] >> It's with three. Thank you. Thank you.
[21:00] Yes. Uh yes. And district one. Um the
[21:04] current incumbent has moved districts.
[21:07] Uh but he has reapplied
[21:10] since the council can by a four or
[21:11] fifths vote potentially appoint someone
[21:14] out of district, although we did have a
[21:16] new applicant for district one. Right.
[21:19] Okay. Thank you. Any other questions for
[21:23] manager?
[21:24] >> Um wall. So, thank you for the recap of
[21:27] the uh housing element deliverables.
[21:30] From what So, from what I understand,
[21:31] you said uh the council you will be
[21:34] bringing to council at an upcoming
[21:35] meeting an update on our housing um
[21:39] element deliverables. Is that right?
[21:42] >> That's that's correct. Yeah.
[21:43] >> Okay. And I heard you mention the TCAP
[21:46] and the sewer capacity study, but I'm
[21:47] wondering, are we going to get an update
[21:49] on um progress towards the parcels and
[21:53] development of the parcels that show up
[21:54] on our housing element?
[21:55] >> Yeah, absolutely. That will be the
[21:57] backbone of um right now I'm just
[21:59] showcasing that the TCAP and the sewer
[22:01] are actually in the housing element. And
[22:03] so those are the two current items that
[22:04] we're technically working on. And then
[22:07] behind the scenes, we're looking at
[22:09] ultimately the two sites and then
[22:11] ordinances uh that we think we can
[22:13] deliver in 2026. And so we have a a
[22:16] short list of those right now. And
[22:19] utilizing our new assistant town manager
[22:21] after we get this administrative service
[22:23] director position filled. That will be a
[22:25] task where she will really bridge the
[22:28] gap um in driving these items forward.
[22:31] And then we will be bringing to you what
[22:34] we're stating are our priorities and
[22:36] then you will have your opportunity to
[22:38] redirect those priorities for us
[22:40] ultimately. But the priorities will come
[22:43] directly out of the housing element with
[22:44] what we believe we should be working on
[22:47] and we will come forward to you at a
[22:49] later date showcasing to you what that
[22:51] looks like and what the work plan looks
[22:53] like.
[22:53] >> Do you have any sense of when like which
[22:56] council meeting we can expect that at?
[22:58] the moment really my priority the
[23:00] priority for the town is to get this
[23:03] admin services director position filled
[23:05] and if we are unsuccessful doing that my
[23:08] focus has to shift to an interim option
[23:10] so that we can get our budget started at
[23:12] this point and so that's where if all
[23:15] works out in the in the perfect world
[23:18] that hopefully does exist for us through
[23:20] this process then I would think that
[23:22] within you know 90 days we would be back
[23:25] in front of you with ultimately hey this
[23:27] is kind of where we've prioritized um
[23:30] the deliverables that are currently in
[23:31] the housing element.
[23:35] >> So, do you feel that any of do you feel
[23:37] at all that our housing element
[23:40] compliance is at is at risk or you or is
[23:43] it more that work is happening behind
[23:45] the scenes? We're moving forward, things
[23:47] are progressing and you will only be
[23:49] ready to kind of update the council in
[23:51] 90 days.
[23:54] Yeah, I think if I were to look at the
[23:55] housing element hypothetically right
[23:57] now, we have um two actions moving
[24:00] forward uh that ultimately really one of
[24:04] those actions really determines
[24:05] everything else that happens. So, the
[24:07] sewer study is needing to get completed
[24:09] before anything else truly can take off.
[24:11] But I ultimately, it's hard for me to
[24:14] state what HCD looks at as compliance
[24:17] with, you know, uh anybody when it comes
[24:20] to the housing element. So I would hate
[24:21] to speak on terms of what they consider
[24:23] to be us you know uh successful within
[24:26] the housing itself. So within the scope
[24:30] of the work that we currently have
[24:32] signed up and the things that I have
[24:34] listed and and the oversighted that we
[24:36] have I think I'm kind of prioritizing
[24:38] coming to you within the next 90 days to
[24:40] gain better understanding that I
[24:44] understand what the priority is and that
[24:46] our priority is aligned with what the
[24:48] council would like to see. But as an
[24:51] example, I mean, I could just list what
[24:52] those priorities are for you ultimately
[24:54] right now. They're written on my
[24:55] whiteboard in my office. So,
[24:58] >> I guess I'm just trying to understand
[24:59] the the the priority setting process
[25:02] that you're talking about. So, isn't our
[25:05] priority to comply with the housing
[25:07] element that we got certified by HCD?
[25:12] >> Yes.
[25:15] There's like a 100 deliverables in that
[25:17] document. And so I think that we have to
[25:20] prioritize what we think are the most
[25:22] important deliverables. And so that's
[25:24] what I'm saying. So ultimately I've
[25:26] looked through that document with the um
[25:29] attorney and with the planning director
[25:32] and we've kind of loosely articulated
[25:35] what we think are the priorities. And so
[25:38] we're about to kick that off, I guess,
[25:39] ultimately. And so we will be coming to
[25:41] you to make sure obviously every single
[25:44] item in there is a priority
[25:47] but some of them I believe are weighted
[25:48] higher than others. And so uh we will be
[25:51] bringing that to you to make sure that
[25:53] everyone is on the same page through the
[25:55] process.
[25:57] >> And if I could just add that the the
[25:59] housing element itself some of how the
[26:01] priorities are getting set are driven by
[26:03] the housing element. There's different
[26:04] target deadlines for the different
[26:06] deliverables. So a lot of them are
[26:08] focused on uh the larger items that have
[26:11] upcoming dates that we've committed to
[26:14] in the housing element.
[26:15] >> Makes sense. Question question for you,
[26:17] Sage. Isn't there an upcoming report out
[26:19] that we can you maybe
[26:21] >> Yeah. So um we will in March be bringing
[26:23] you uh what's called the annual progress
[26:26] report. Um so that's due to HCD by April
[26:30] 1st of each year. Um so we always uh
[26:33] make sure that comes to the council
[26:34] before submitting it to HCD.
[26:37] Thanks.
[26:39] >> Okay. Any other questions for the town
[26:41] manager?
[26:43] Okay. Hearing none, uh any questions
[26:46] from the public on anything that was
[26:48] mentioned today?
[26:52] Seeing none, we will close public and
[26:55] close the item and move on to the
[26:57] consent agenda. Uh, all items on the
[27:00] consent will be done with a single roll
[27:02] call motion unless anyone would like to
[27:04] pull an item for further discussion and
[27:07] deliberation. Are there any items that
[27:09] any member of the council would like to
[27:10] pull off the consent?
[27:15] Seeing none, are there any items that
[27:17] the public would like us to pull?
[27:22] Seeing none, we will entertain a motion
[27:25] to approve the consent calendar.
[27:28] Thank you.
[27:29] >> Second.
[27:38] >> Council member Aarish.
[27:40] >> Yes.
[27:40] >> Council member Brown.
[27:41] >> Yes.
[27:41] >> Council member Gold.
[27:42] >> Yes.
[27:42] >> Council member Wall.
[27:43] >> Yes.
[27:44] >> Mayor Donowski.
[27:45] >> Yes. Thank you. Volunteer committee
[27:47] updates.
[27:48] >> Yeah. Mr. Mayor Woodside Town Council.
[27:51] This is Jason Le Better. The volunteer
[27:52] committee updates. The next arts and
[27:54] culture committee first Friday event is
[27:56] on February 6th from 7 to 8:00 p.m. with
[28:00] poet Nancy Meyer interviewed by Veronica
[28:03] Kornberg. Flyers are in the back of the
[28:05] room or you can view on the town's
[28:07] website calendar and that is the only
[28:09] committee update this evening. Thank
[28:12] you. Uh council communications, anyone
[28:15] have anything to share?
[28:17] >> Yes.
[28:24] One, another one.
[28:45] » Are both events the same topic?
[28:49] » Elements.
[28:51] Great. Thank you for doing that. Any
[28:54] other communications?
[28:56] >> Uh yeah, I got one. I have I have two.
[28:59] Great.
[28:59] >> Um so
[29:02] I am hearing that this is likely to be a
[29:06] robust state legislative session for
[29:09] ebikes.
[29:10] Um, and wanted to make uh the council
[29:13] and anybody who's listening aware that
[29:15] Senator Josh Becker is having a virtual
[29:16] town hall on ebikes, on ebike safety at
[29:19] 5:00 pm uh tomorrow evening. Um, so
[29:24] anybody that's interested in ebike
[29:26] safety, I encourage you to attend. Um
[29:30] and then
[29:32] another topic I wanted to raise is there
[29:35] have been a number or two um concerning
[29:39] reports of um large I guess the term is
[29:42] pelatons. I I I hadn't quite known to
[29:45] use it in that way, but um groups of
[29:48] bikers um one was several months ago um
[29:52] where um a group of bikers, a pelaton um
[29:55] sort of rode past some equestrians and
[29:59] it it was not done in a safe way. More
[30:01] recently, we learned um that there were
[30:05] some Woodside Elementary School students
[30:08] taking a field trip to um the the
[30:11] general store um and a group of
[30:14] Pelatons, you know, rode past them in an
[30:16] unsafe way and there were actually some
[30:17] equestrians present as well. Anyway, um
[30:21] I think you know I think our wonderful
[30:23] town staff is looking into this and and
[30:25] figuring out you know you know is there
[30:27] anything more that we could do given
[30:30] that we're kind of seeing and I don't
[30:31] think this is a new problem but just
[30:34] because it's not a new problem doesn't
[30:36] mean we shouldn't look at it and think
[30:38] about what we could do to possibly
[30:39] address it. I mean, I think, you know,
[30:41] our, you know, arguably our number one
[30:43] job is to ensure that Woodside is safe
[30:45] and we're hearing reports that um that
[30:48] there might be some unsafe activity
[30:50] happening. And so, I guess I'm bringing
[30:51] this up now um to fellow council
[30:54] members, if you become aware of any any
[30:57] other incidents where this happens,
[30:58] please do um let me or the town staff
[31:01] know so that we can incorporate that
[31:03] into the kind of factf finding effort
[31:05] that we're we're doing.
[31:20] center.
[31:43] That is a great suggestion and I will
[31:45] definitely do that because as council
[31:47] member Wall pointed out uh the person
[31:49] that originally had brought this to our
[31:51] attention uh day lit that they were at
[31:54] Rosewood USA cycle. And so I I think we
[31:57] we're going to be discussing this at
[31:59] circulation. We do have a response back
[32:00] from the attorney that we'll be
[32:02] providing you tomorrow and and um a
[32:05] member of the public as well. But I
[32:07] think it boils down to we're going to
[32:08] have a discussion at the next
[32:10] circulation committee with our two uh
[32:13] Sano County Sheriff officer bike patrol
[32:16] and they've been brought up to date on
[32:18] this as well because ultimately
[32:20] depending on whether or not a bike lane
[32:22] exists doesn't give us the flexibility
[32:24] to make any enforcement. But we can
[32:27] strategically possibly start working
[32:29] better with the school so that we can
[32:32] place these um police officers in very
[32:35] strategic locations.
[32:40] Okay. Uh any other council
[32:42] communications?
[32:45] Okay. I'll just mention that uh there's
[32:48] a badge pinning ceremony tomorrow as we
[32:51] have a bunch of promotions at the fire
[32:53] department with a retirement that has
[32:54] occurred and a new chief. So, uh, uh,
[32:58] Jason, myself, and I believe you, Paul,
[33:00] three of us will be there. Uh, we're
[33:02] also
[33:04] great. First hour
[33:07] I have one hour. Uh,
[33:11] all right. You can I'll tag you in after
[33:13] the first hour. Um, and I I we didn't
[33:16] really get an update quite yet, but I
[33:18] know we're working on a sh a new sheriff
[33:20] meet and greet for March 18 or 19. Is
[33:22] that still uh being ironed out or do we
[33:25] have a
[33:26] >> Yeah, we lost location just because we
[33:28] had two meetings in this building at
[33:30] that time, but I will um the clerk is
[33:32] currently working on that and working uh
[33:35] with the office of um the elected
[33:38] official. I believe that yeah,
[33:40] Supervisor Mueller is working on that.
[33:42] So, I don't know if we have any
[33:44] nothing's been firmed up at this point.
[33:46] >> Okay.
[33:46] >> We're looking at an alternative
[33:48] location, possibly the fire house
[33:50] itself. All right,
[33:52] >> one quick comment. Our two last um
[33:54] bureau chiefs here from the uh sheriff's
[33:58] department were promoted. Uh Mark and
[34:00] Frank. Uh Frank is in charge of all the
[34:03] jails, I think, and uh Mark Myers is the
[34:07] like COO of the sheriff's department
[34:10] now. He's both very welldeserved
[34:14] um promotions and um
[34:17] I'm glad to see them in those positions.
[34:19] They're good. They're good folks.
[34:21] >> Good folks. We are quite the stepping
[34:23] stool.
[34:24] >> Um uh okay. I think with that uh unless
[34:28] there not there aren't any more
[34:29] comments, we will uh agend.
[34:33] Thank you all. Oh, that was sort of a a
[34:37] tentative hit. Sorry about that.