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Good afternoon and welcome to the Vice-City Council work session. We're going to go ahead and have our roll call. Councilmember Nelson is out today. And then I think we are expecting Councilmember Soto to be here shortly. We are going to start this meeting by actually having a special presentation. So can we have our speaker come forward, please?

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Although I may look a little pregnant or ratchet. I'm sorry, guys, but I've got important things to say.

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I could have my two minutes of time, and I'm going to try to do without crying.

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They'll look at me.

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I just want to let you guys know that when I was in high school, can you start over the

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city, Lynn?

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So, can you hear me better now?

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So when I was in high school, I watched my mom make a total career change.

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She went back to school, she got a college degree, and she became the best virgin of herself.

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If my dad was here, he would be able to give it a funny speech and make you guys all laugh.

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But I have watched my mom start as a thousand hour employee with the city of Icelia.

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Which is huge because I also was a thousand hour employee that I can 2008 for

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by saying police department and so I know how it is to live off that minimum wage and the hours of the city gives you just to make ends meet.

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And to do that with a family, I was a kid, she wasn't a kid, she was a grown woman with almost grown kids.

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But I've watched her transform her life from Yardsell Science to shopping carts which I've been personally victimized by the shopping cart ordinance.

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Let's talk about don't park in front of my art on the north side of the Target Shopping Center.

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Because you will not get your shopping cart back.

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But she has done so much that goes to show me as a young adult,

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who's a medium age adult, that if you put your mind to something, you can really do it.

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I watched her develop the sweet team.

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I watched her takeover and fill in for some parks and rec and some other nonsense that

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I didn't quite understand, but nothing makes me more happy to go see her live the rest

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of her best life.

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She is going to become a vacation Barbie.

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She is trading in her shopping carts and her yard sale signs for two cases in passports.

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And I know she's sad about leaving, but I've learned a lot from her.

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I know my brother has.

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You've got two kids that have been part of city government because of her.

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And I'm going to step back right now because I promised Lesley that I would only do two minutes.

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And now it's dear, it's dear.

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All right, so my mom Tracy is retiring this week.

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She's been in public service longer than I've been alive, which is not that long.

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Specifically, she's been with the city of Isis since I was very young.

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Decades later, I can look back.

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And see the impact of my mom is out on the city, so I've not been directly impacted by the shopping cart ordinance, but I do here apparently it's a thing.

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I am a public servant myself, I've worked in multiple cities, and what I can tell you about working all those places that no one I've ever crossed paths with, is cut from the same cloth as my mom.

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So she's an innovator, she thinks critically, there's still multiple programs in the city that have led to blight reduction and

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an increased safety and overall improved life for everyone lives in the city.

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My mom's a leader, she's looked out for her people, led by example and

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committed herself entirely to her career.

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She's extraordinarily intelligent.

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I can tell you that too this day is a grown man who supervises own people that she

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proofreads multiple documents for me, because she, no one does it better than she does.

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By say they will not be the same without her.

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And I know that you all will have trouble replacing her, and I think you know that.

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because she isn't possible to replace. No one will do her job better than she does.

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My mom loves this city and all of you that she's worked with. If you see her please congratulate

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her on her well-earned retirement. And from all

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All of us who have lived in this city during their lives, thank you, mom.

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Thank you.

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afternoon, mayor, council members, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Ruth Filmenti, and I am with the city of Kermit, but also a board of directors. Can you hear me? But also a board of directors for Region 3 for the Code Enforcement Association of, excuse me, the California Association of Code Enforcement Officers.

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And it is my pleasure to recognize Tracy, neighborhood preservation manager as one of our

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officers of the month, but not just that.

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Tracy has been an outstanding person in leadership, dedication to code enforcement for I'm sure

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more than 20 years, as long as I've known her, I've known her for quite a long time.

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One of the things too that stands out with Tracy is that she's always helped me in time of need when I needed some questions answered or maybe a form.

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She was there. Her commitment extends way beyond the city of Lycidia.

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Tracy has been a KCO member for almost 18 years, has served incredible 14 years with KCO Board of Directors, which again region three.

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And region three has nine counties, so there's a big spread.

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This is a little excerpt that she gave me some time back.

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When I first started my career in Scasio and

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Casio, Scasio standing for Southern California Association of Code Enforcement Officers and

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Casio, again, California Association of Code Enforcement Officers just recently merged.

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And Casio was in its infancy stages of establishing itself as an organization that it is today.

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I have witnessed the organization grow, unify, and become recognized as a leader in code enforcement profession.

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I have been honored to work besides some trailblazers.

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This gal is a trailblazer for self many times.

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In the industry who tirelessly worked at the local and state level to make sure that

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code enforcement officers across our state are well represented.

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Throughout her career, Tracy has been a leader, a mentor, an advocate for code enforcement

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professionals.

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She has watched our organization profession grow over the years.

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And more importantly, she's been such a big part.

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And again, without her, I mean, she has served so many different committees in our organization.

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So as Tracy prepares to retire, we want her to know that we appreciate all the time,

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knowledge and leadership, friendship she has shared with so many among us.

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And knowing Tracy's retirement, she probably won't stay away from Casio.

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But we never know.

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So on behalf of our KCO president, which is like Jamie Leno's, who couldn't be here today because she also had a city council presentation and our board of directors from region three and our other members.

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Thank you Tracy for all the work for all your commitments and all your service that you've done for our organization.

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So today I would like to present you with a plaque from our organization and it says in recognition of your many years of dedication, service to code enforcement professional, your commitment, leadership and contributions have made a lasting impact on the profession and the communication in which we serve.

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So Tracy,

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so if you don't mind, I'd like to take some pictures in front of the council.

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I know

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See, I'm all done crying, so now I can speak. I just want to say that in 20 years I've seen some things,

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and I've worked with and for a variety of leaders. So I've seen some changes. But what has not changed is the support from this community, the administration, and council members for over 20 years that they've given to neighborhood preservation. And that's not how it is in all agencies, it's just not. But this city has embraced it.

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It has encouraged it, has built it from when I started three people to 20 in those 20 years.

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So thank you so much for that, I really appreciate it.

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And I'm going, it's very hard for me to leave, but I

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can say something.

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Thank you, Tracy, for your many years of service, I appreciate what you've done.

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And anytime we had anything, you came in and you were on it.

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So, this city will miss you, staff will miss you, and I hope you enjoy your time off.

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Please don't worry about any of us, we've got to go.

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Yeah, I do have your cell phone number.

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But thank you for your leadership, for your vision, for this position, and just for all, you've

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set the bar high.

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And I think we need to keep that in front of us in Visaya, and it's because if you, it's a great

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place to live.

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So thank you so much.

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Thank you, Tracy, for your service.

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I mean, you answer the email so quick, especially when I have a complaint and how quickly the case is started against somebody and that problem is solved.

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I mean, like I said, you set the bar really high.

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I always say, you and the fire marshal have the toughest jobs in the city of Icelia.

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You probably are the two most popular people because, but you guys are the reasons that problems get fixed.

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And we're going to really miss you, and I wish you the best of retirement.

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Tracy, we were very excited for you.

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You've done a great job.

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I've known you for a long time.

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We've gotten to work on a lot of projects.

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I was writing someone down sign ordinance, shopping cart, sweep, mobile vendor.

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You're the walking encyclopedia.

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Anytime I call you, you immediately know it.

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You don't have to go check.

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And honestly, I was kind of loving the fact that you were getting a little flustered over there.

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I've never seen you like that.

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I mean, you deal with some pretty tense situations,

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and I've never seen you turn red before.

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And as a customer and particular,

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I was saying, typically when they're calling you,

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they're not very happy.

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So, you've done a great job representing our community.

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We're appreciative of everything that you've done.

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And she is fantastic what she does.

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She's given me a few fines.

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She's very even on finding everybody. I've gotten a few water finds. I get a fence violation one time, but she's always been great. And she knows her role. And we appreciate all that you've done. We're excited. You're going to go off and tour the world. You have earned it. And you have definitely set a very high bar for our community. So thank you, Tracy.

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All right. Next we're going to public comments. Citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction.

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The Vice-City Council, an item listed on the closed session agenda.

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The Council, as you keep your comments concise and positive, creative criticism presented

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with appropriate courtesy is welcome.

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The city does not tolerate disruptive behavior in our meetings.

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The council meeting is considered a limited public forum, which means the council can regulate

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the time, place, and manner of speech, speaker, comments during public comment must be limited

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to matters within the council's authority, generally referred to as within the council's subject

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If a speaker comments are not related to a council subject matter jurisdiction, the

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presiding officer will rule the speaker out of order.

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A speaker will not be ruled out of order because of disagreement with the content of their speech.

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Please step up to the podium and or the line.

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And for those calling in, raise your digital hand, and dial nine on the telephone to indicate you wish to speak.

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And star six to unmute yourself.

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You may begin your comments by stating and spelling your name and providing your city of residents.

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each speaker will have three minutes to speak.

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We'll start off with anybody who wishes to make comments that are in this room to start.

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Good afternoon, Jim Reaves-Vicella.

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Recently, I had the cause to be looking through the police department's policies manual.

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And I notice some things regarding the automated license plate reader data system that we have the flock system.

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Section 428.7 on releasing ALPR data says the data may only be shared with other law enforcement

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or prosecutorial agencies for official law enforcement purposes or as otherwise permitted

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by law using the following procedures.

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The agency makes a written request for the data that includes the name of the agency, the

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the name of the person requesting the intended purpose

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of obtaining the information.

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The request is to be reviewed by the operations

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support division captain or the authorized designee

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and approved before the request is fulfilled.

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And then the approved request is to be retained on file.

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Well, with the public records request idea

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and I got data back for May of this year

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or a 30-day period.

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Listed on the transparency page of the website,

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it says 258 California agencies are authorized

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to access the flock data of what that by size collects.

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In that audit, 309 agencies were identified as having access data.

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And those agencies access the data, 507,696 times.

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I really don't think we have 507,000 written requests for data sitting over at the Police Department.

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Certainly don't have the time for anybody to review them and approve them.

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So if we're going to continue with the FOX system and operate it the way we've been operating it,

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I think we probably should update the policy manual to reflect the way we're operating and make it reflect reality.

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Thank you.

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Anybody else wishing to speak who's in the room?

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Do we have anyone online or on the phone?

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All right, and we will go ahead and close public comments and we will now turn our time over to the work session and action items and we'll start off with item number one, which is a park and recreation.

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you mayor vice mayor and council members tonight we're doing a presentation on the survey findings of the of the 2026 by site of parks and recreation master plan and needs assessment.

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And we have Mike Sets here from pros consulting, and he will be doing an overview of the presentation.

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Thank you very much, Jason. Mayor vice mayor, councilmembers appreciate the opportunity to share with you kind of a milestone related to the parks and record master plan. We're not necessarily at this point, trying to lean into recommendations, but really just kind of wanted to provide an overview of the information that we've heard from both park assessments.

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as well as mostly from your community.

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So having lived on Jason's side of the table

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as a recovering Parks and Recreation Director,

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I find this information always to be very, very fascinating

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and I'll do my very best to try and connect the dots along the way.

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So let's see.

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Again, we'll just kind of hit a really quick

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on a five point overview of where we're at with the master plan.

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And as mentioned, we'll talk about a little bit about park assessments.

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Community engagement will spend a lot of time on the statistically valid survey,

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and I'll answer any questions around the methodology associated with that.

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And then we'll try and tie it all together, so the information doesn't feel like it's sitting in a vacuum.

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In terms of the master plan, we're kind of in the middle.

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We spent a lot of time getting the key findings.

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Now we're starting to strategically integrate that information before we dive into improvements

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in funding strategies.

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In terms of park assessments, this was done by four creeps and they did a great job in

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terms of assessing every park in the system.

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Long story short, I won't belabor you with a whole bunch of data and figures.

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There's an entire report that will explain all of that.

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But for the most part, you know, you scored pretty well in terms of the assessments.

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There are opportunities for improvement in particular around primary assets such

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as fields, courts, playgrounds.

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But in looking at it, you generally scored pretty well with regards to these assessments.

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Always recognizing that the application of generalities associated with facilities and amenities

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within a park system, certainly need to be, you know, have the onion peel back a little bit and look by park by park.

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So the strengths of your system generally look at its overall and good condition.

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Your mini parks, your smaller parks are strong and very consistent.

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You have very good support features and landscape conditions scored really, really well.

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We'll see that in the stat survey.

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and strong park to do exist across your system.

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Cleanliness and tree quality are also very, very solid from the park assessment perspective in terms of the-

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This is a public report, can you just for the crowd explain the diversity of the mini park and a strong park?

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A mini park is a pocket park, and the other park you is probably a neighborhood park.

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Thank you.

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In terms of the opportunities for improvement, you know, reinvesting and existing infrastructure

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such as courts, playgrounds, paths, Harrell's Grove and Seven Oaks definitely deserve quite

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a bit of a focused attention, improved planting and more shade in parks to allow them to be

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a little bit more usable during times of year of heat, looking at differences across community

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parks. You don't want them to all feel the same. And then obviously continue to focus

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gaps and fix gaps. Reinvesting in parks is a never-ending job. We don't get to just do ground

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breakings and ribbon cuttings and leave them go. They are always in a state of potential investment

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and reinvestment. In terms of the overall community engagement, there were over 120,000 touchpoints

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Just through the different e-blasts and web emails and web viewing associated with the master plan over 420

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statistically valid surveys, 182 people participated in either original public meetings or focus groups.

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We had over 672 social point website contributions.

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So, just specific to this Parks and Recreation Master Plan, there were that many contributions.

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And then there were outreach in terms of plugging and playing into other events to try to solicit information.

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So all of that information kind of rolls itself up into...

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To, hey, when we think about this information, we think about that we asked information from staff, from the public, from general stakeholders, all of these viewpoints were represented and pretty consistent across the themes of your parks and recreation system. So, we have really strong community partners here. We parks are really supportive of recreation, culture, events, and bring an identity to the city.

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staff are very focused on practical implementation.

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And so when we think about then some of the opportunities for improvement and you start to see some commonalities between what we saw in the park assessments and what the public said, protect and reinvest in the existing park system.

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Make sure that we think about operating costs anytime we do a capital improvement because that is something you have to invest in every year.

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every two years when you do your budgets.

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You know, making sure that we close those park trail

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indoor space and athletic field facility gaps,

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align programs with participation of affordability

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and space, and then really look to kind of use data

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to help strengthen funding for parks going forward.

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Next portion here is a statistically valid survey.

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So it's a statistically valid survey,

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which was administered by ETC Institute has to be, you know, demographically and geographically

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representative of your community. Long story short, if it doesn't meet those criteria,

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if we don't reach, you know, people that live in all parts of the community in all walks

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of life, the results are not valid. If you did this survey 100 times, you would get the

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same results in 95 out of 100 times within a margin of error for about 5%.

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To give you some comparables, we have 420 households surveys for

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a community of about 150,000 folks.

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Just finishing a Parks and Recreation Master Plan in the city of Phoenix,

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it's about 10 times the size of your community and

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the number of surveys that they received to get statistically valid results was about 1,000.

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So, the 420 households represented here is a really, really strong number for your population.

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I always like to kind of say, you know, if you were to Google it and say, what's the statistically valid survey,

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you can ask Louisville, Kentucky, every resident in Louisville, Kentucky, whether or not they like

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chocolate ice cream, vanilla ice cream, or neopolitan. If you got good demographic and geographic

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representation in response to that one question, you would need 375 responses for it to be statistically valid.

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Happy to share with you a lot of the science behind the methodology but we feel very confident with regards to the data-driven results of this survey.

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In terms of demographics just to kind of help prove that point in looking at age distribution.

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So, you know, the orange is the survey respondents, the blue is where the Environmental Systems

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Research Institute, who updates their numbers every year, kind of landed.

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You can see that there's really strong alignment with regards to what that estimate is and

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what the survey respondents are.

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Every one of those bars kind of falls within that margin of error.

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Same thing when we think about race.

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Race and ethnicity are two very different things,

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but in terms of race from white, Asian, black,

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you all have really good alignment.

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Hispanic population is an ethnicity,

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and so again you have really good alignment here.

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55% is estimated in your community,

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about 53% is represented by the survey.

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So I'm not going through each and every question, I will just kind of dive into kind of some of the key themes.

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So advocacy, this is really important to kind of understand foundationally where your communities are.

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We ask all of these different questions as it relates to the potential benefits of parks and recreation.

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They center around crime, they center around economic development, health, general quality of life, and so on and so forth.

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Everything that's in blue and green means people strongly agree or agree with these statements.

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That red or black horizontal vertical line down the middle basically is your 50% breaking off points.

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So you have basically with every one of these statements,

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your community either strongly agrees or agrees at a rate of 50% or more.

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It's a good jumping off point for you.

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people.

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We believe in Parks and Rec. If you had to ask them what they're two most important, there's four of them that jump out. Improves physical health, improves mental health. So people see the value of health as it relates to Parks and Recreation more so than they even just see it as a quality of life thing, though that is on there. And also helps to reduce crime. So we think about health and we think about safety. We know that these are two very strong pillars.

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of strong communities, people feel very strongly that parks and

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recreation contributes to those two.

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And when we think about however people's level of satisfaction,

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the National Benchmark for very satisfied satisfied is 63%,

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you're at about 42%.

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So we have some work to do.

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Strong advocacy of people wants you to do better.

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So I will try to help explain why we think that that number is

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a little bit lower as we go through this. So park visitation, this is important. You

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have high levels of park visitation. 93% of your community, 92% of your community is

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using your parks annually. That is much greater than the 81% that we see nationally.

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That means that the answers that we're about to see specific to parks and programs is very

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well informed. Not only do you have people using them, you have people using them at a frequent

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flyer rate. You have over 60% of your community that are using parks and facilities at least once a

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week. You have close to 43% of your community that's using it more than multiple times a week.

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So not only high usage but a lot of usage on top of that. In terms of what people do

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when they go to a park. So sometimes we get caught up on recreation programs and services and events, but most people use parks and

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recreation for self-directed activities. The number one reason to explain why people who are parked around the side of a road and go walk around a path and a basin in your

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community is walk for exercise. It's actually the number one way in which people engage in parks and recreation costs across the country.

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your community is very similar.

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Playing a playground is number two,

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use athletic fields, three walk dogs,

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picnicking four, right a bike is five.

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So that just kind of gives you a sense

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that a lot of people are using it

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very specific for self-directive activity.

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In terms of barriers to use lack of restrooms,

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it's a basic function.

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If we are encouraging folks to use a park

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for more than an hour and we don't provide restrooms, we're kind of defeating the purpose of them being able to have a high quality visit.

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So when we think about lower levels of satisfaction, not having restrooms at parks that people use frequently is potentially one of those reasons.

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Lack of amenities they want to use is number two, nothing keeps us from using parks or using them more often is number three.

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and then don't feel safe is number four.

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So those are kind of the barriers in your community

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to using parks I would say more often

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than what we see at a national level.

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Hey, go back to that slide real quick.

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Yep, absolutely.

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You know, it's pretty interesting that the national average

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is that recreation facilities is 42% too far from your home.

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Then our city is 6% and I mean, it's pretty interesting.

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So basically we have recreation facilities pretty close throughout our community correct correct exactly and that is going to be something that we

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Prove through a level of mapping in terms of proximity as we move into the next phase

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But that is definitely something that you're seeing pretty well

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People do not have a barrier to having parks and facilities that are close to them. Perfect. Thank you. Great. Thanks for pointing that out

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In terms of park and rec facility maintenance

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So, same kind of slide as we said regarding the benefits, very different result.

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In terms of people's levels of satisfaction with regards to park maintenance, the four

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things that kind of align with higher levels of satisfaction greater than 50% are all green

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infrastructure, so mowing tree maintenance, athletic field maintenance, and landscaping.

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Everything else is really about maintaining your built environment and sometimes people

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look at that in terms of need for replacement as opposed to just maintenance.

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What you see down at the bottom at the very, very bottom is restaurant maintenance.

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So we asked people the question, what's most

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Most important to them at the top is restaurant maintenance. So park lighting, which leads to safety, graffiti, removal, vandalism, which is also a safety issue, playground safety issue, trash litter, waste pickup, and then of course landscape care. So it's just important to recognize that when people are asked of what is most important to them, it's also the areas that we're seeing the lower levels of satisfaction.

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which also in turn, you know, helps tie that back to why the overall level of satisfaction might be a little bit lower.

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In terms of program participation, right on the money, what we see in terms of, you know, where people participating in programs,

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and events as right at what we see National Benchmark, I find this actually phenomenal.

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And the reason I say that is you don't have great facilities in terms of indoor space.

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You have facilities that do need some love.

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And so the fact that the recreation division is doing such a great job in terms of getting

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people to participate in programs is actually pretty good for your community.

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Again, when we look at excellent or good rating, you're slightly below the national average

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but, again, certainly nothing that is creating huge barriers to people not participating.

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In terms of who people use, so when we think about people participating in programs, their

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go-to is you, and that's important. People are not using other facilities, they're not

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using churches. It's not to say that they don't go elsewhere, but the number one place that

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they go for recreation programs is you.

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In terms of barriers, I don't know what is offered is number one, but it's actually

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below the national average.

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Program times not convenient, fees, or too busy, not interested in program not offered.

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Those are the other ones that are kind of a little bit above the national average.

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However knowing that I don't know what is offered is the highest and it always is no

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no matter what community, we ask people how they would prefer to hear about programs.

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So this gives you a sense of if you're going to have a communication strategy around informing

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people how to use or about parks and recreation, Facebook, City website, Instagram, and email

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are your top four.

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So if you're going to put time and energy into getting people to understand more about

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what's going on, those would be the four-vehic modes in which you would want to do that.

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Interestingly enough, all four of those are digital.

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And it's less expensive in terms of

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the actual output. It still takes time, especially when you think about Instagram and Facebook,

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because that's social media, which people respond to social media daily at a minimum.

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So it is time intensive to think about.

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In terms of priority, so I'll go really quickly, what you're going to see is you're going

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to see parks, you're going to see programs, you're going to see aquatics.

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And so when we think about tier one, we think about tier two, we think about tier three.

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And we have broken this out across different household types.

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We've broken this out across the community and found a lot of consistency.

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When we say priority investment, we're saying what people find important, what they find

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needed, and also what they have a high level of unmet need for.

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So all three of those kind of go into determining tier one, tier two, tier three.

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So when we think about tier one, there's a wide variety of different types of investments.

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So indoor walking, jogging, track requires a facility, but picnic areas, open space, indoor fitness, you know, centers or spaces, swimming pools, playgrounds, outdoor exercise.

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So you have this combination of the built environment related to pools and recreation facilities, but people also want you to invest in some of the basic stuff such as playgrounds and making sure that you have open space.

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So it, and or picnic areas as well. So it's a, it's kind of a, a little, I don't

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want to say a hodgepodge. Another thing to just kind of point out is you get

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down to the medium, your community is going to continue to grow, so people are

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going to need more of that. It means you kind of have it right size right now, the

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tier two, tier three does not mean that you people don't find these things

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important, but they're very, very hyper focused.

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In terms of either an age group, a skill, or a special interest. So you're not going to have 55-year-olds or 60-year-olds out there on skate parks, but it does have a very specific need. It's not to say you discount it, it's just to say that you have a very target market that wants that. Same exercise for programs and services. A smaller tier, regarding tier 1. Community special events, fitness and wellness programs.

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programs, water fitness.

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So this all ties back to how do people feel like they benefit

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from your parks and recreation.

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Health was a big deal.

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The two of your top three in which people

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want out of programs and services are tied to physical fitness.

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a lot of tier ones,

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only two tier threes, which are very special.

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Hot tubs, spas, and diving boards, which are kind of taboo these days when it comes to aquatics.

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But you have a lot of tier one and a lot of tier two priorities as it relates to aquatics.

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We think about programs and services for aquatics.

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A lot of tier one swim lessons, active older adult aquatic programming, fitness programming,

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warm water, wellness, special aquatic, special events, then you get into birthday parties,

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swim teams, pool rentals, and dive programs are tier three.

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So a lot, a lot of support, a lot, a lot of red for aquatics from a community's perspective.

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So let's talk about support.

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If people were going to what they support you to do the most of.

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So, again, this is, let me just make sure I have this right.

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So this first one is about investing or reinvesting in your system.

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So you see a lot of folks either very supportive or somewhat supportive for most every one

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of these activities.

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The number one thing in which that was, had the highest level of support, a very supportive

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was in pervrestrum facilities.

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In terms of building new, improved community special event spaces, indoor gymnasium spaces,

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a new aquatic center, the new aquatic center was the number one priority in terms of being most supportive.

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We put them together and we asked people if they want to fund it.

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Now this is where it becomes a little bit different, right?

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So the number one thing in which people said that they were most willing to fund was to take care of what you already have and they break that down based on making sure that you have more and more and more walking paths in your parks.

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Number two was around general repair increased.

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Number three was improve restroom facilities.

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Number four is when you get into building new

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and it's the aquatic center.

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So this just kind of gives you a sense of

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if people are going to put their money into this

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or ask you to put money into it,

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it's where they would ask you to do so.

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So key findings integration just really quickly

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the next two slides are going to be very similar, but what's the theme?

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Parks are essential infrastructure to your community, strong advocacy, they just want

423
00:43:39,710 --> 00:43:40,430
you to do better.

424
00:43:41,110 --> 00:43:42,510
Reinvest before expanding.

425
00:43:43,410 --> 00:43:44,090
That's number two.

426
00:43:44,890 --> 00:43:52,710
Comfort drives everyday use, so restroom facility, shade, what makes an experience of using

427
00:43:52,710 --> 00:43:55,850
a park better is important to your community.

428
00:43:55,850 --> 00:44:08,190
make sure that you understand and continue to make sure that as your community grows that you don't forget about parks as part of that growth plan programs need a little bit easier access.

429
00:44:09,370 --> 00:44:23,690
There was that awareness issues, some schedules and right sizing of spaces and your implementation must be realistic because people are not off the charts supporting just throwing tons and tons and tons of money at parks and recreation.

430
00:44:24,970 --> 00:44:30,690
Same kind of thing here. Priorities, I won't repeat this. It's a very similar message.

431
00:44:31,770 --> 00:44:36,470
It's just a different way to look at it in terms of the themes and then how you prioritize.

432
00:44:37,430 --> 00:44:45,190
In terms of specific projects, so if you were to take all of this and boil it down to where you were going to invest in certain things,

433
00:44:45,190 --> 00:44:47,550
trails, loop walking paths,

434
00:44:47,870 --> 00:44:48,730
restroom improvements,

435
00:44:49,150 --> 00:44:50,250
general repair maintenance,

436
00:44:50,890 --> 00:44:52,230
indoor walking recreation,

437
00:44:52,950 --> 00:44:53,930
a new aquatic center,

438
00:44:54,170 --> 00:44:56,470
and then the last one is very specific,

439
00:44:57,170 --> 00:44:59,970
but we did ask questions about the Plaza Park Raceway.

440
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:28,900
It has very low levels of support in terms of investing in it and is really, really low in terms of people willing to fund it. So, these are just some of the takeaways that you're hearing from your community that sets us up for our next steps, which is really around the level of service. We will do that in a couple of ways. We'll map it, but then also make sure that we tie it to a numerical value of how many acres you need per thousand folks.

441
00:45:29,420 --> 00:45:33,100
We are going to work through operational assessments.

442
00:45:33,380 --> 00:45:38,400
There's a lot of information in here about the day-to-day operations and how your community

443
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:39,360
responds to that.

444
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:44,440
We need to make sure that we're thinking about both what you do day in and day out versus

445
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,240
what you have to do it in.

446
00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:48,500
And so that's a part of this.

447
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:53,240
And then we'll get into cost estimating and prioritization of capital improvements, funding

448
00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:55,780
and revenue strategies, including park impact fees.

449
00:45:56,540 --> 00:45:58,660
So at this point I'll take any questions.

450
00:45:59,260 --> 00:46:03,160
Try to get through that as quickly as possible, and maybe not as quickly as everybody would like.

451
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:04,320
Thank you very much for the report.

452
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,000
Councilman in particular, any questions or comments?

453
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:16,420
Yeah, I mean, great report, a couple takeaways that I took, I'm saying park up keeps something that I spend a lot of times in parks.

454
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:22,420
I got two young kids, I've been up and down the state, from baseball fields to football fields to soccer fields.

455
00:46:22,620 --> 00:46:23,940
I've been, I've seen it all.

456
00:46:24,420 --> 00:46:30,900
Northern California, Southern California, where I've been saying is I feel like our upkeep's been kind of lacking a little bit.

457
00:46:31,260 --> 00:46:34,180
We're all saying that our mowing and maintenance levels could improve.

458
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:40,480
That's the number one complaint I get on our open spaces, especially around January, February,

459
00:46:40,740 --> 00:46:43,360
we switched from twice a week moment to once a week moment, right?

460
00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:45,920
Before we make that switch, I get a lot of complaints.

461
00:46:46,060 --> 00:46:52,040
I get the grasses too long, I hit a baseball on the dyes and the grass, and I get it right before we make that switch.

462
00:46:53,420 --> 00:46:59,440
I've consistently said where I see the most used all our recreational facilities, is there a walking pass?

463
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:03,580
I'm glad that the show is that because I think that's what people want most especially in their parks.

464
00:47:04,260 --> 00:47:08,800
I might be seeing Jason Glick walking around the park in our neighborhood a couple of times, you know.

465
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:17,160
We did the new sports park over there on the east side and we started with the basins and the walking pass.

466
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:23,500
I think we all thought we'll put the walking paths in because we've got the grant and it's part of the whole grant process

467
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:30,640
But no one's gonna use it and my surprise personally when we drive by you see people driving out there consistently walking continuously

468
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,940
So I think that's what people want a lot in our community

469
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:41,940
For methods of communication I agree with you social media is probably the source for people to get most of their information

470
00:47:43,420 --> 00:47:46,280
my son wanted to play basketball this year so we're going to sign up and I told

471
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:51,120
I was told that you need to sign up at Sunday at 10 o'clock or you'll be on

472
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,180
the waiting list so for a month that's like I'm going to sign up at 10 o'clock

473
00:47:54,180 --> 00:47:56,800
well we get on Sunday and need to do something else and all of a sudden it's 10

474
00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:00,620
30 and I didn't sign up and I'm sitting there looking up Facebook and all of a

475
00:48:00,620 --> 00:48:04,040
sudden what popped up on Facebook basketball sign ups and it clicked a

476
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:07,020
medal we'll better do this real quick and I got him signed up so I agree with

477
00:48:07,020 --> 00:48:11,580
you that I agree with you there that I think you say a lot of money by doing this

478
00:48:11,580 --> 00:48:13,800
So this is what people see every single day on their phone.

479
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:17,260
You know, it was pretty interesting in the report

480
00:48:17,260 --> 00:48:19,620
where you talk about a aquatic center.

481
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:22,360
A lot of people wanted an aquatic center,

482
00:48:23,020 --> 00:48:23,880
and it seemed like a lot of people were

483
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,960
really wanted to fund it, but what was really interesting

484
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,120
was I've been hearing competition pool,

485
00:48:28,260 --> 00:48:29,980
competition pool, we want a competition pool.

486
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:32,560
When you look at the report, it's not a competition pool,

487
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:34,980
most people want, it is a recreational pool,

488
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:36,720
something that most people could use.

489
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:39,100
I found that interesting.

490
00:48:39,100 --> 00:48:44,620
And also a lot of indoor athletic space is kind of or recreational space, I can see.

491
00:48:45,700 --> 00:48:53,800
I think there's a lot of synergy in an indoor facility because you could do a lot of different things from volleyball, basketball, indoor walking track.

492
00:48:54,020 --> 00:49:03,280
Really, I mean, even like athletic facilities in there, there's a lot of things that you could do indoor and use 12 months out of year, where you do a lot of open space.

493
00:49:04,460 --> 00:49:08,460
It's great, but it gets cold during wintertime here, and that's one of those big issues.

494
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:15,320
I've been saying for a long time, open green space, multi-use things that people could do multiple different things on.

495
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:23,840
I think this first part of this presentation has shown that people want something that we could use for multiple different things and get our most used.

496
00:49:24,220 --> 00:49:27,260
Especially when we're talking about public funds, big uses were something.

497
00:49:27,980 --> 00:49:32,020
I think you guys try to use as much use as possible out of that facility of what you could do.

498
00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:39,000
I understand that restrooms are the number one complaint and I get to get up and down the

499
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:44,060
state, different sports facilities, but I've noticed that it's an open public restroom.

500
00:49:44,340 --> 00:49:45,080
It is always dirty.

501
00:49:45,460 --> 00:49:49,920
I've not been to a public park where I go, my God, this bathroom is so clean, don't touch

502
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:58,320
anything kids because I get in and out, where I found the most clean bathrooms, I don't want

503
00:49:58,320 --> 00:49:59,980
a private use facility but

504
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:08,600
Somehow there it is used for competition only things, and it's not open to the entire public, and that's where you see the most clean restrooms.

505
00:50:09,980 --> 00:50:18,860
Any time it's open 24 hours a day, or during the park operations, I have never seen a clean sanitary bathroom up and down the state.

506
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:23,260
And I understand why people aren't happy about that, and I don't know what there is to do.

507
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:28,380
We've tried multiple things to keep the bathrooms clean from how many times the lock has been broken off,

508
00:50:28,380 --> 00:50:30,160
we try to lock it up a night to keep it clean.

509
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:36,060
So I agree with people, but there's also ways that we have to do that is kind of close

510
00:50:36,060 --> 00:50:41,440
things down all the open up while the parks are in use, but I think this is very informative.

511
00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:46,660
I'm waiting to see our implementation plan is where we go forward to, but my takeaway,

512
00:50:46,940 --> 00:50:53,000
my main takeaway from this is do a better job up keeping our facilities, and it's hard

513
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:57,100
because, you know, sun's beating down all day, it's 100 plus degrees here.

514
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:02,700
Me and Council Member Mayor Taylor, we have young kids, and then when we first got my council,

515
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:03,900
I remember it was shade.

516
00:51:04,220 --> 00:51:06,820
We need shade on our play structures, and I think we've done a pretty good job

517
00:51:06,820 --> 00:51:10,540
providing shade on the play structures, because I remember having a three-year-old,

518
00:51:10,620 --> 00:51:12,620
we had a way to go to the park at eight or nine o'clock in the morning,

519
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:18,320
because if you went after that, my kid was going to burn his butt going down the slide right there or anything like that.

520
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:22,080
So we've been in real big push on shade structures on everything.

521
00:51:23,900 --> 00:51:28,660
But very, very important, great to see our implementation plan, but upkeep and

522
00:51:28,660 --> 00:51:32,180
multi-use facilities, and really not really specialty facilities.

523
00:51:32,660 --> 00:51:36,160
Something that you get multi-use out of, is kind of what I took from this presentation.

524
00:51:36,740 --> 00:51:38,320
So, look forward to where it goes.

525
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:41,640
Councilman, would you say there are any questions or comments?

526
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,020
Yeah, no, thank you.

527
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:45,500
Thank you for the report.

528
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:51,440
I don't have much else to add besides, of course we can always do better.

529
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:57,160
and I'm happy that we're at least at the, you know, close to the average overall score overall and

530
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:06,680
Yeah, I mean, I just hope we can prioritize some of these things that we need to work on and and and that we can get this number above average and

531
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:09,660
And you know make my say a better place

532
00:52:11,420 --> 00:52:12,480
Vice mayor one

533
00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:15,380
Yeah, I agree with council member Chigin

534
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:17,660
as a former

535
00:52:17,660 --> 00:52:24,020
our sports child chasing parent and now grandparent, you're exactly right on the restrooms.

536
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:28,600
I worry about the safety of the restrooms, not just advice I and other facilities that

537
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:31,380
I've been at as well, they tend to be abused.

538
00:52:33,620 --> 00:52:35,560
And I'm just not sure what we can do with that.

539
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:38,880
I mean, we can have full-time monitors, I guess, but I'm not sure people want to pay for

540
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:40,220
that or we have the budget for that.

541
00:52:41,100 --> 00:52:45,820
I am really interested in the indoor facilities, of course, but we brought that up as a council

542
00:52:45,820 --> 00:52:46,260
already.

543
00:52:46,260 --> 00:52:51,760
We brought that up last year, and so Jason's been given a budget to make some improvements, which we desperately need.

544
00:52:51,940 --> 00:52:57,680
But I think another indoor facility somewhere in town is important.

545
00:52:57,780 --> 00:53:07,660
And I look forward to seeing that in your future report and also the, and I had asked that to whether the normal acres per capita for parks.

546
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:12,900
And I think we're close, but we're probably not there yet, and homes get crammed together smaller and smaller.

547
00:53:12,900 --> 00:53:17,240
I think that outdoor space is really important as we see by our survey.

548
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:20,900
I think our people recognize that and need it as well.

549
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:26,160
I was interested on some of your, when I was looking through this the other day,

550
00:53:27,260 --> 00:53:31,320
there's something about Harold's Grove, which we just opened that,

551
00:53:31,660 --> 00:53:35,520
not spend like a year maybe, but I don't want to get into the weeds here.

552
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:42,060
I know this is not the place, but I will be interested in finding out what the comments were about those places.

553
00:53:42,900 --> 00:53:47,320
Those two oak tree preserves that we have with exercise equipment and walking pass.

554
00:53:49,830 --> 00:53:53,590
Yeah, there's a lot of transient activity in that park.

555
00:53:53,930 --> 00:53:55,670
We did install new fitness equipment.

556
00:53:55,830 --> 00:54:01,990
It's been about a year, but we do have a lot of unhoused activity specifically in that area.

557
00:54:02,150 --> 00:54:04,410
Okay, the restroom issue as well, yeah.

558
00:54:05,150 --> 00:54:11,770
Okay, I am excited to see the results of this, the rest of this report, and I think we'll all

559
00:54:11,770 --> 00:54:15,110
I don't get prepared because we're going to need to beef that budget up.

560
00:54:17,370 --> 00:54:18,890
Yeah, thank you very much for the report.

561
00:54:19,210 --> 00:54:24,790
For community, a few months ago we were looking at potentially putting in a sales tax or

562
00:54:24,790 --> 00:54:27,730
a bond measure or do some type of park funding mechanism.

563
00:54:28,850 --> 00:54:32,690
And we kind of put the brakes on it because we didn't see this data yet.

564
00:54:32,830 --> 00:54:35,170
And so this is going to help us plan for the future.

565
00:54:35,350 --> 00:54:38,310
It's going to help us plan for our new East Side Regional Park.

566
00:54:38,310 --> 00:54:42,230
and also the other parks are you know we're gonna be building. We have been a

567
00:54:42,230 --> 00:54:45,510
little slow and on building parks in the city by so over the last decade or so

568
00:54:45,510 --> 00:54:49,910
and we definitely need to step that up and so I'm excited to be able to use

569
00:54:49,910 --> 00:54:55,210
this information to build an actual plan to move forward. I mean the East Side

570
00:54:55,210 --> 00:54:57,750
Regional Park it's two hundred and something acres. I mean it is gonna be an

571
00:54:57,750 --> 00:54:59,970
amazing park and we're gonna be able to

572
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:31,440
I'm going to build what our city actually wants rather than just what we want in the council, so I appreciate the information. Let's go ahead and open this up to the public. Anyone from the public wishing to speak on this item? Please come forward and state your name and city residents saying nobody wanting to speak. Is there anybody online? No, not online. All right. Then I will entertain a motion to accept the presentation. I'm moved to receive the presentation of the Vassalia Parks Rec Recreation Master Plan and needs assessment.

573
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:32,280
I

574
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:38,540
second, but first and second, all those in favor of accepting their report, please vote yes,

575
00:55:45,750 --> 00:55:49,350
and item passes for zero with Councilmember Nelson absent.

576
00:55:51,800 --> 00:56:02,220
All right, so we're going to go ahead and adjourn right now, and we welcome everyone to come back to our regular scheduled session at 7 p.m., and we will go ahead and adjourn.

577
00:57:46,810 --> 00:57:50,710
Good evening, everybody, and welcome to the Vice-City Council meeting. We're going to go ahead and get started.

578
00:57:51,430 --> 00:57:57,810
We'll start off with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Rosoto, and then we will please remain standing.

579
00:57:57,930 --> 00:58:01,570
We'll have an invocation led by Pastor Renteria, heart of the Valley Christian Fellowship.

580
00:58:01,850 --> 00:58:02,430
Everybody please stand.

581
00:58:19,570 --> 00:58:23,630
If you would like to join with me this evening in prayer by bowing your heads, as we give reference to the Lord.

582
00:58:23,970 --> 00:58:25,410
Heavenly Father, we come before you tonight.

583
00:58:25,410 --> 00:58:29,550
We thank you for this opportunity, the liberties that we have to gather in meetings such as this.

584
00:58:30,250 --> 00:58:33,430
We pray that you would just lead our conversation tonight, God.

585
00:58:34,010 --> 00:58:39,570
We also asked you to lead the council, give them wisdom, and just lead them in decision making tonight, Lord.

586
00:58:39,750 --> 00:58:42,490
Would you bless everyone in this room, in Jesus' name, amen.

587
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:51,880
Thank you very much for that opening prayer.

588
00:58:53,360 --> 00:58:54,780
Now we're going to go on to public comments.

589
00:58:56,500 --> 00:59:02,600
Citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Vice-City Council and items listed on the closed session agenda.

590
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:05,380
The council asks that you keep your comments concise and positive.

591
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,340
Creative criticism, presented with appropriate courtesy is welcome.

592
00:59:08,340 --> 00:59:11,100
The city does not tolerate disruptive behavior in our meetings.

593
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:16,060
The council meetings are considered a limited public form, which means the council can regulate

594
00:59:16,060 --> 00:59:17,680
the time, place, and manner of speech.

595
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:22,520
Speaking speaker's comment, daring public comment must be limited to matters within.

596
00:59:22,740 --> 00:59:27,220
The council's authority generally referred to as within the council's subject matter jurisdiction.

597
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:32,080
If the speaker's comments are not related to the council's subject matter jurisdiction,

598
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:34,480
the presiding officer will rule the speaker out of order.

599
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:39,180
The speaker will not be rolled out of order because of disagreement with the content of their speech.

600
00:59:40,260 --> 00:59:53,080
Please step up to the podium and or form a line, and those calling in, please raise your digital hand now and press star nine on a telephone to indicate you wish to speak and at the time appropriate time star six to unmute yourself.

601
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:59,800
You may begin your comments by stating and spelling your name and providing your city of residence, each speaker will have three minutes to speak.

602
01:00:00,210 --> 01:00:14,430
So anyone wishing to speak at this time, who's in this room, please come forward. And for those, we've had a few people ask, if you want to speak on data centers, you wouldn't do it during public comments, you would do it when the item is pulled. So anyone wishing to speak who's in this room, please come forward.

603
01:00:14,430 --> 01:00:15,370
I

604
01:00:22,790 --> 01:00:29,370
read lapen my salient it's hard to imagine the 20 years ago gang graffiti where the city's

605
01:00:29,370 --> 01:00:34,390
worst problem at least the most noticeable one but the city businesses and residents

606
01:00:34,390 --> 01:00:39,490
worked together and got the worst part under control. These days we have all kinds of

607
01:00:39,490 --> 01:00:43,870
crime it's not the city's fault either though I'm deeply concerned about runaway growth.

608
01:00:44,750 --> 01:00:49,410
But I'm convinced the growth in crime has been a result of the passing of California

609
01:00:49,410 --> 01:01:03,310
on your proposition 47 in the year 2014, which, as I'm sure you remember, mandated the early release of inmates due to prison overcrowding along with the reclassification of certain felonies as misdemeanors.

610
01:01:03,790 --> 01:01:13,510
Today we're seeing the result of that trickle of so-called non-violent offenders who are now living among us, and guess what, many have turned into violent offenders.

611
01:01:13,510 --> 01:01:18,050
They probably choose to live here because there are more amenities for them here.

612
01:01:18,210 --> 01:01:21,370
Things to steal, people to rob, and more places to hide.

613
01:01:22,010 --> 01:01:30,330
Which leads me to the 100-person brawl at the 559 MMA fights here on August 22nd.

614
01:01:30,490 --> 01:01:35,910
A lot of conjections have been flying around where, about where most of the participants came

615
01:01:35,910 --> 01:01:36,190
from.

616
01:01:36,470 --> 01:01:37,390
Frankly, I don't care.

617
01:01:37,690 --> 01:01:42,170
And I have no faith in the promoters who claimed that it was an isolated incident.

618
01:01:42,170 --> 01:01:45,550
and that they were from out of town anyway.

619
01:01:46,030 --> 01:01:47,530
Who's going to believe them?

620
01:01:48,270 --> 01:01:51,030
It was sickening to hear the two of the three injuries

621
01:01:51,030 --> 01:01:53,210
to our police officers were concussions,

622
01:01:53,770 --> 01:01:55,610
but astonishingly that department

623
01:01:55,610 --> 01:01:58,350
brought it under control quickly and flawlessly.

624
01:01:59,070 --> 01:02:01,150
The brawl made a mockery of our town

625
01:02:01,150 --> 01:02:03,430
in all the media from north to south

626
01:02:03,690 --> 01:02:08,610
and comments in the social media branded as a trash and ghetto.

627
01:02:09,310 --> 01:02:11,250
Now, one excused would took place.

628
01:02:11,250 --> 01:02:15,870
Many residents were saying we can't go anywhere after dark anymore.

629
01:02:16,690 --> 01:02:21,250
People were reminded of the recent buffoonish events at the White House.

630
01:02:22,150 --> 01:02:26,190
So I ask you, why tempt fate to ruin what's left of our image?

631
01:02:26,750 --> 01:02:31,590
Leave the fights to the gaming casinos who have their own in-house security.

632
01:02:32,390 --> 01:02:38,410
Last, I email the General Manager of the Convention Center, which is you know is owned by the city,

633
01:02:38,410 --> 01:02:43,690
to ask on what basis events are approved and the level of security that's

634
01:02:43,690 --> 01:02:48,070
required for each, what I never heard from her. Not long ago I talked to her by

635
01:02:48,070 --> 01:02:53,170
phone about an unrelated issue. I'll hold my tongue about her level of

636
01:02:53,730 --> 01:02:59,830
professionalism. Be that as it may and light of what happened on August 22nd, I

637
01:02:59,830 --> 01:03:05,390
strongly recommend that she be terminated immediately and that no fights by

638
01:03:05,390 --> 01:03:07,250
I advance to be allowed there in the future.

639
01:03:07,970 --> 01:03:10,210
I'm told she was appointed by the city manager.

640
01:03:10,790 --> 01:03:15,150
Otherwise, if we keep going in this direction, we're simply asking for travel.

641
01:03:15,530 --> 01:03:15,970
Thank you.

642
01:03:23,080 --> 01:03:24,320
Okay, seeing no one else.

643
01:03:24,840 --> 01:03:26,720
Do we have anyone online who wishes to speak?

644
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:30,080
Okay, then we'll go ahead and close public comments.

645
01:03:32,980 --> 01:03:35,140
Does the council have any items of interest?

646
01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:39,960
I have one item I'd like to propose.

647
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:50,020
I've had two churches reach out to me about temporary parking, and they've asked that we put this on a future council agenda item.

648
01:03:50,500 --> 01:04:00,100
So if you guys would be okay with that, I would like to approve having a discussion of temporary parking on a future agenda.

649
01:04:05,250 --> 01:04:08,450
Okay, perfect. We'll go on to the consent calendar.

650
01:04:11,300 --> 01:04:13,780
Council, we're so did you have any items you'd like to pull from consent calendar?

651
01:04:14,260 --> 01:04:15,160
No, thanks.

652
01:04:15,500 --> 01:04:17,200
Okay, Vice Mayor, do you have any items you'd like to pull?

653
01:04:20,270 --> 01:04:21,630
Councilor McChicken, do you have any items?

654
01:04:22,470 --> 01:04:22,930
No items.

655
01:04:23,450 --> 01:04:24,250
Okay, and I have no items.

656
01:04:24,390 --> 01:04:26,430
But before we do that, let's go ahead and open this up to the public.

657
01:04:27,250 --> 01:04:28,590
Right now it's a consent calendar.

658
01:04:29,170 --> 01:04:33,070
This is the time for members of the public to provide public comments on items on the consent

659
01:04:33,070 --> 01:04:33,470
calendar.

660
01:04:33,990 --> 01:04:38,410
Comments will not be taken individually by the public if an item is pulled by a council member.

661
01:04:38,510 --> 01:04:41,550
Each speaker is allowed up to three minutes and a timer will notify you when your timer

662
01:04:41,550 --> 01:04:42,970
is expired.

663
01:04:42,970 --> 01:04:46,790
Please begin your comments by stating and spelling your name and providing your city of residents.

664
01:04:47,170 --> 01:04:50,090
Does anyone here wish to speak on an item that is on our consent calendar?

665
01:04:52,980 --> 01:04:56,440
Okay, seeing no one will close, do we have anyone online wishing to speak?

666
01:04:57,960 --> 01:04:59,300
Okay, perfect, so.

667
01:04:59,300 --> 01:04:59,960
So...

668
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:10,100
With no items being pulled, I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. We'll make a motion to approve the balance of the consent calendar. Okay, second. First and second, all those in favor, please vote.

669
01:05:20,230 --> 01:05:24,170
And the consent calendar item passed for zero with Councilor Nelson absent.

670
01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:38,200
Now we're going to go on to regular items in public hearing and item number one is proposed elimination of a transit fixed route 17 staff report, please.

671
01:05:58,100 --> 01:06:01,760
Good evening. I mean, Jelena Baker. I'm the transit manager for the city of Icelia.

672
01:06:01,760 --> 01:06:02,780
Okay,

673
01:06:06,290 --> 01:06:09,830
the Bowman Management Analyst for City of Isoia.

674
01:06:10,710 --> 01:06:14,110
Good evening, Mayor of Isoia and Mayor of the Council, John Law, Assistant City Manager.

675
01:06:18,860 --> 01:06:24,640
So if you guys recall, we were here in July and we talked about the Route 17 and we asked

676
01:06:24,640 --> 01:06:29,020
Council to consider opening public comments so that we can discuss possible elimination.

677
01:06:31,820 --> 01:06:39,740
So just to review, this is a grant funded route that we started back in 2021.

678
01:06:40,220 --> 01:06:46,640
It is experienced very low ridership, significant operational costs, and we've exhausted those

679
01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:47,260
grant funds.

680
01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:52,720
So we brought this here to talk about eliminating it and using those funds for something more effective.

681
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:57,320
So this is just a revisit of that timeline.

682
01:06:57,320 --> 01:06:58,920
We were here on July 20th.

683
01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:03,240
We got Council's authorization to start engaging the public, which we did so the next

684
01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:04,660
day on July 21st.

685
01:07:05,420 --> 01:07:07,180
That brings us to September 8th.

686
01:07:07,220 --> 01:07:12,340
Now since July 21st, we have been collecting public comment in various ways.

687
01:07:13,140 --> 01:07:17,680
If approved by Council tonight at Council's direction, the route could be eliminated at

688
01:07:17,680 --> 01:07:19,360
any date designated by Council.

689
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:24,840
We had suggested October, but that date is at your discretion.

690
01:07:27,090 --> 01:07:32,850
Just some of the outreach attempts we published in Visalia Times Delta to engage the public.

691
01:07:33,390 --> 01:07:38,110
We pushed multiple posts out on social media to engage comments and interaction.

692
01:07:39,090 --> 01:07:45,970
We posted flyers at the transit center and we also handed over flyers to our bus operator to post them on the buses as well.

693
01:07:46,270 --> 01:07:49,150
To engage the public that writes our buses but doesn't come to transit.

694
01:07:49,150 --> 01:07:53,010
This went to our attack, which is an ad hoc transit advisory committee.

695
01:07:53,450 --> 01:07:59,250
And then, of course, we also did a presentation at the Visalia Economic Development Corporation.

696
01:08:07,900 --> 01:08:13,680
So in totality out of the public comments that we received during the public comment period,

697
01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:18,740
we received a total of 14 comments, nine of which were opposed to elimination,

698
01:08:19,480 --> 01:08:25,240
two that were supportive elimination, and three that were neutral, just speaking to transit in general.

699
01:08:36,220 --> 01:08:47,400
So, in different comments request, there was one comment that requested that bus stop locations be more thoughtful and to be pedestrian friendly.

700
01:08:47,900 --> 01:09:01,060
And you may recall that that was one of the complicating factors of Route 17 is that it serves exclusively the industrial park and is not pedestrian friendly given that sidewalks aren't part of the design standard in the industrial park.

701
01:09:01,060 --> 01:09:08,160
We received two comments specifically stating that they utilized Route 17 to go to work.

702
01:09:09,640 --> 01:09:13,560
Amazon distribution facility was one of them that was specifically named.

703
01:09:14,580 --> 01:09:19,360
We received multiple comments recommending changes to Route 15, which serves the community of

704
01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:21,660
Goshen and parts of the industrial park.

705
01:09:22,680 --> 01:09:27,540
And lastly, multiple general comments and opposition to elimination without providing detail while others

706
01:09:27,540 --> 01:09:31,900
comment that the industrial park is growing and there will be a future need for such.

707
01:09:36,020 --> 01:09:41,660
So given the comments, limited comments received, staff's recommendation is that Route 17

708
01:09:42,820 --> 01:09:46,860
that the City Council approve the elimination of fixed Route 17 in order to commit resources

709
01:09:46,860 --> 01:09:49,720
to where they can be utilized more effectively and efficiently.

710
01:09:51,060 --> 01:09:58,020
And happy to answer any questions, as well as the conclusion of questions to open the public

711
01:09:58,020 --> 01:09:59,580
hearing for public comment.

712
01:10:01,940 --> 01:10:30,760
Thank you very much. Would you guys, do you have any questions or you want to hear from the public first? I just have one question. Could you talk a little bit about the by say economic development corporations response because that is all the industrial users out there? Correct. So we took the opportunity to propose to them that we had a very low ridership and what kind of feedback are they received from their employees relative to that? And it was their perspective that

713
01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:38,800
But some of the largest employers just didn't feel that they had any employees that were using the fixed route system.

714
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:47,680
We found a number of, you know, their comments reflected those at Carpool together, just drive their own vehicles.

715
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:55,940
They did feel and in that same presentation was presentation on the Cross Valley corridor and

716
01:10:55,940 --> 01:11:03,000
what we're planning for a transit hub to be established in the industrial park to then

717
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:09,520
have connecting micro transit services in there, which they felt would be much more efficient

718
01:11:09,520 --> 01:11:18,220
and instead of a fixed route system that isn't going to be door to door, isn't very convenient

719
01:11:18,220 --> 01:11:22,860
and it would be better to have some type of a micro transit circulating system within

720
01:11:22,860 --> 01:11:23,300
that area.

721
01:11:23,780 --> 01:11:24,420
Thank you.

722
01:11:24,420 --> 01:11:26,640
Any other questions from Council?

723
01:11:27,620 --> 01:11:28,920
Okay, let's go ahead and open this up to the public.

724
01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:30,820
I'm sorry, Council much so did you have a question?

725
01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:37,320
Route 15, I didn't notice that you can request a by-slayer airport stop.

726
01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:42,280
Would we potentially be able to add this as a potential stop by request only?

727
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:46,560
Or is that, would that be to something that we couldn't look at?

728
01:11:47,580 --> 01:11:53,020
Since we only have two people that reached out, I figured it probably wouldn't be often

729
01:11:53,020 --> 01:11:54,060
in that it's requested?

730
01:11:54,580 --> 01:11:56,040
I apologize, I had to step out.

731
01:11:56,500 --> 01:11:57,560
Are you referring to Amazon?

732
01:11:58,180 --> 01:12:02,440
Yeah, yeah, the extension of Ralph of Teeth.

733
01:12:02,960 --> 01:12:05,040
I think the proximity would make it difficult,

734
01:12:05,060 --> 01:12:06,700
but we can definitely take that back.

735
01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:08,980
And we're coming back here on the 21st

736
01:12:08,980 --> 01:12:10,740
with our SRTP consultant,

737
01:12:10,780 --> 01:12:13,160
and that's something that we could discuss at that time as well.

738
01:12:14,020 --> 01:12:18,520
And if I may, we did reach out several times to the individual,

739
01:12:18,860 --> 01:12:20,580
there was one particular individual

740
01:12:20,580 --> 01:12:23,440
will, which had not been trying to reach out.

741
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:25,340
We wanted to understand their circumstances

742
01:12:25,340 --> 01:12:27,260
and how we might be able to better assist them

743
01:12:27,700 --> 01:12:29,480
with other alternative means

744
01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:30,820
and hadn't heard back.

745
01:12:33,300 --> 01:12:34,220
Perfect, any other questions?

746
01:12:34,940 --> 01:12:36,280
Okay, let's go ahead and open up the public.

747
01:12:36,440 --> 01:12:38,200
Anybody from the public question to speak on this item?

748
01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:40,220
Please come forward and state your name to the city of residence.

749
01:12:48,780 --> 01:12:50,760
Good evening, my name is Maria Guillaume.

750
01:12:52,580 --> 01:12:56,000
It's G-U-I-L-L-E-N, accent of the e.

751
01:12:56,000 --> 01:13:04,220
I am a Visevi resident in regards to this batter and when I just heard, I have a couple

752
01:13:04,220 --> 01:13:13,580
questions regarding public transportation, something I think that's really vital within

753
01:13:13,580 --> 01:13:21,620
Visevi with it being such a large city now and lots of folks depending on public transportation

754
01:13:21,620 --> 01:13:30,260
that don't have cars, I'm concerned about whether this route just serves the industrial

755
01:13:30,260 --> 01:13:38,600
park, just serves bringing workers to Amazon or does it also provide transportation for people

756
01:13:38,600 --> 01:13:42,660
working in other locations, other work sites in Visevia.

757
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:51,440
I have a concern that Amazon already with all its many, many employees that have cars going

758
01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:59,720
across town, you know, putting fields in the air, parking there for their jobs, also have lots of vans

759
01:14:00,300 --> 01:14:05,660
going through the city, right, bringing us all our many packages. I have all this concern

760
01:14:05,660 --> 01:14:13,140
about all of the fumes in the air that are going into the air, but I still get packages, sorry about

761
01:14:13,140 --> 01:14:20,860
that. Anyway, I'm just concerned about whether or not there are, you know, just regular families,

762
01:14:21,440 --> 01:14:25,820
that are going to need this transportation to get them, their kids to particular schools

763
01:14:25,820 --> 01:14:26,900
or to particular parks.

764
01:14:27,540 --> 01:14:31,540
I think I heard something about the fact that this would be the only route that would

765
01:14:31,540 --> 01:14:40,120
go close to the sports park, Riverway Sports Park, but I'm not sure if that's true or not.

766
01:14:40,940 --> 01:14:47,340
But if you're talking about micro transit, I was thinking, wow, that would be great if it

767
01:14:47,340 --> 01:14:54,780
observed, you know, regular folks, but if it's just in terms of, again, feeding workers

768
01:14:54,780 --> 01:14:59,980
into Amazon, you know, I'm not saying that I'm against workers getting...

769
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,320
I'm going to say to their jobs. What I'm saying is what would, how much is Amazon put into this? You talked about a grant being eliminated. And this money could be used for other things. I'd like to know what those other things are, who will be served with this, but this particular funding that now is supposedly not there. I don't, I don't get it. I guess it was city meeting too. Anyway, turns out when I guess what I'm really asking is just some more clarification.

770
01:15:29,320 --> 01:15:37,500
I'm sorry, I wasn't able to attend any of their earlier meetings, but I just wanted to I'd be remiss not to at least raise these concerns.

771
01:15:39,160 --> 01:15:40,460
Thank you. Hi,

772
01:15:49,590 --> 01:15:59,050
Eric Elliott and I live in Visalia. And it was one the item was discussed was a micro transit alternatives, and I'm really interested

773
01:15:59,050 --> 01:16:06,810
to know more about the kind of plans that has Visalia has for micro transit and where I can find more information.

774
01:16:06,810 --> 01:16:13,150
It does seem like we have large capacity buses with a handful of people, and it seems

775
01:16:13,150 --> 01:16:20,190
that it's a more effective way of transit might be useful in learning what if any plans

776
01:16:20,190 --> 01:16:21,910
the city has in that direction.

777
01:16:26,170 --> 01:16:27,370
Any bus wish in the speak?

778
01:16:28,890 --> 01:16:33,290
Okay, seeing that, anyone online wanting to speak?

779
01:16:33,730 --> 01:16:34,710
We have no traffic.

780
01:16:35,030 --> 01:16:38,610
Perfect, so we'll go ahead and close public comments and turn it back over to staff.

781
01:16:38,610 --> 01:16:44,410
So they're asking about like ridership, if I remember correctly, there was on average

782
01:16:44,410 --> 01:16:47,370
one rider every three hours on this route.

783
01:16:47,750 --> 01:16:48,050
That's correct.

784
01:16:48,410 --> 01:16:49,810
So I mean, it's just not being used.

785
01:16:50,310 --> 01:16:52,450
And then I believe there was two questions.

786
01:16:52,450 --> 01:16:55,390
One, if we could talk a little bit more about micro transit, and the other question is,

787
01:16:55,550 --> 01:16:57,010
where does this route specifically serve?

788
01:16:57,770 --> 01:17:01,010
This current route specifically does serve in the industrial park.

789
01:17:01,010 --> 01:17:04,790
It connects at Visalia Medical Clinic, where it meets with several other routes.

790
01:17:04,790 --> 01:17:05,970
That also connect there.

791
01:17:05,970 --> 01:17:11,970
So, basically, other routes connect to Visalia Medical Clinic and then the route 17 can be picked

792
01:17:11,970 --> 01:17:12,330
up there.

793
01:17:12,890 --> 01:17:18,550
So, lots of routes feed into that transport spot at Visalia Medical Clinic, just not a lot

794
01:17:18,550 --> 01:17:20,650
of people then get on the route 17.

795
01:17:21,270 --> 01:17:25,630
During surveys, when we started talking about possibly eliminating this route, we had staff

796
01:17:25,630 --> 01:17:28,410
go out and ride those buses to talk to people in real time.

797
01:17:29,130 --> 01:17:33,970
Our staff only came across one individual on the route, who wasn't even interested in

798
01:17:33,970 --> 01:17:34,710
taking the survey.

799
01:17:34,710 --> 01:17:40,750
So, as John mentioned earlier with the public feedback that we received virtually, we did

800
01:17:40,750 --> 01:17:45,270
try to engage some of those folks at least one individual who expressed a need and we

801
01:17:45,270 --> 01:17:49,270
are waiting to hear back and, you know, we'll continue to engage that individual when we

802
01:17:49,270 --> 01:17:51,850
hear back from him and see if we can't find alternative methods.

803
01:17:52,570 --> 01:17:57,030
And so we were spending $800,000 to give one person a ride every three hours.

804
01:17:57,370 --> 01:17:57,770
Yes, sir.

805
01:17:58,370 --> 01:17:58,490
Yes.

806
01:18:00,110 --> 01:18:00,710
All right.

807
01:18:01,070 --> 01:18:03,210
Any other questions or comments from Council?

808
01:18:03,210 --> 01:18:10,110
Yeah, I do. This is going to be good for him because I think the comment was made. This route does not serve the sports park area, correct?

809
01:18:10,470 --> 01:18:12,970
Correct. This is the north industrial park of Visalia.

810
01:18:13,410 --> 01:18:15,910
It doesn't serve any educational facilities there.

811
01:18:16,150 --> 01:18:21,950
Perfect. And you want to give a little snapshot for our micro transit. Here's your chance to give a little plug to the gentleman that asked.

812
01:18:22,390 --> 01:18:29,510
Yes. So Visalia Connect is our micro transit service. You can download the Visalia Connect app out on the app store for Apple or Android.

813
01:18:30,110 --> 01:18:32,730
It's $5 per ride anywhere in Visalia.

814
01:18:32,950 --> 01:18:37,330
You just get on there and book it like Uber, log in your bank card or your debit card credit card, whatever you have.

815
01:18:37,850 --> 01:18:41,330
And you just book a ride the same way you would any other on-demand service.

816
01:18:42,790 --> 01:18:43,570
Great job, right?

817
01:18:43,590 --> 01:18:46,750
It's really neat, I've used it many times, it's like a Uber ride share.

818
01:18:47,170 --> 01:18:52,450
And it's been a very popular service, and it's just not Amazon, but within the industrial park.

819
01:18:52,450 --> 01:19:21,810
And I would say, and Angelina previously mentioned this, so at your next meeting will be a presentation on not not what the final plan is, but the approach to the short range transit plan, which is looking to be more efficient and increase ridership by in the analytics that show where people are wanting to go and actually increasing headways up to 15 minutes.

820
01:19:21,810 --> 01:19:27,830
that's in large part to getting people where they're already taking public transit too.

821
01:19:28,490 --> 01:19:37,130
And then in those areas that are not as high of ridership, micro transit serving as a last mile or

822
01:19:37,130 --> 01:19:39,450
lifeline connection.

823
01:19:39,910 --> 01:19:42,910
And ideally what you would have was in the call to pass through fair.

824
01:19:43,890 --> 01:19:47,030
And this is something we'd have to talk with the council about through rates and fees,

825
01:19:47,030 --> 01:19:59,770
which is a singular fair that would between micro transit and the nearest transit stop to them and how they would connect to public transit and so not just

826
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:27,940
What is considered to be a premier service, I guess you could say where it's door-to-door, similar to Uber, but where it's actually providing connectivity where there isn't a nearby transit stop. And essentially working in a specific area and getting people connected. And so looking at what would be a combined fare between fixed route and that micro transit service. And Marie, I had to ask about the grant fund.

827
01:20:27,940 --> 01:20:34,920
The grant funding is over, so to continue this route would come out general fund transit funds, is that correct?

828
01:20:35,620 --> 01:20:41,820
Yes, so the grant dollars that we specifically used can only be used for three years of a start of it's like pilot money.

829
01:20:42,040 --> 01:20:49,180
We used and exhausted those funds, so to answer the question, those funds would then go back to support our very, very expensive system as it sits today.

830
01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:54,100
And I just want to know that no city dollars are never used for transit.

831
01:20:54,260 --> 01:20:57,620
Transit is a full enterprise fund operated only by transit dollars.

832
01:20:57,620 --> 01:20:59,380
there's no city funds ever going to transit.

833
01:21:02,120 --> 01:21:07,460
I'll codify that by also, so not in general fund, but certainly local transportation

834
01:21:07,460 --> 01:21:14,440
funds, given that we want to ensure that transit needs are net first and then look at other

835
01:21:14,440 --> 01:21:16,780
transportation needs across the city.

836
01:21:18,360 --> 01:21:27,600
So what I would also say is that TCAG, in conversations with TCAG, looking at what's called the SB-12

837
01:21:27,600 --> 01:21:32,160
25 funds, those are specific state funds that have been set aside one-time monies that

838
01:21:32,160 --> 01:21:38,220
are right now operating, are by say, you can act underneath those one-time funds, looking

839
01:21:38,220 --> 01:21:44,320
at how we can begin to implement micro transit in support of the industrial park, just as

840
01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:46,980
I described. Any other questions?

841
01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:54,960
I mean, I appreciate the fact that we originally opened this route up because in theory, we have

842
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:59,540
a industrial park that's growing, there's thousands and thousands of people that are working

843
01:21:59,540 --> 01:22:03,040
out there, and so in theory you would think people would be using it, so but if they're

844
01:22:03,040 --> 01:22:06,840
not, you know, let's not waste our money and let's give people what they actually want

845
01:22:06,840 --> 01:22:09,300
and not try to just spend our money.

846
01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:14,300
So I appreciate you guys reviewing all the different routes, making sure that they're worth

847
01:22:14,300 --> 01:22:19,820
our time, and then also providing great products like the micro transit that, you know, are a

848
01:22:19,820 --> 01:22:24,380
little more efficient, and it seems like people are very thrilled about that, and it gives

849
01:22:24,380 --> 01:22:29,780
more direct to consumer, similar to right share app, so I appreciate you guys doing that.

850
01:22:30,040 --> 01:22:34,960
So could you, could you please tell me when the, could you just remind us again, when the next

851
01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:38,440
presentation will be to council on your, your study?

852
01:22:38,900 --> 01:22:40,940
Yes, so we'll be here September 21st.

853
01:22:40,980 --> 01:22:45,400
We'll be here at work session with our consultant who will, you know, engage a full presentation,

854
01:22:45,400 --> 01:22:49,320
and then we will be here again that same evening for a public hearing, and then there will

855
01:22:49,320 --> 01:22:56,320
There will be several workshops that week with our consultant here at various locations where we will continue to engage the public.

856
01:22:56,700 --> 01:23:02,740
And we are, I'm your transit rep for Tulare County for the city of Icelia and I will tell you that we are working seamlessly with the county.

857
01:23:03,840 --> 01:23:11,260
And to make transit much more viable and affordable and just seamless across the whole county.

858
01:23:11,260 --> 01:23:14,740
So if you want to go from Icelia to Larry, Icelia, Exeter, back and forth.

859
01:23:15,320 --> 01:23:25,840
They really have a great plan in place, and I really commend the staff for working so diligently to make sure that we are covering public transportation and getting rid of those greenhouse gases, Maria.

860
01:23:27,260 --> 01:23:27,960
Thank you.

861
01:23:28,140 --> 01:23:29,420
All right, I'll entertain a motion at this time.

862
01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:36,900
I make a motion that the City Council approved the elimination of Fixed Route 17 in order to commit resources to where they can be utilized more efficiently.

863
01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:40,400
First, we have a second.

864
01:23:40,700 --> 01:23:41,020
Second.

865
01:23:41,860 --> 01:23:43,400
All those in favor, please vote.

866
01:23:51,700 --> 01:23:54,460
Item passes 4-0 with Council Member Nelson absent.

867
01:23:54,700 --> 01:23:55,320
Thank you very much.

868
01:23:55,660 --> 01:23:55,940
Thank you.

869
01:23:56,100 --> 01:23:56,940
Thank you, Council Member.

870
01:23:57,380 --> 01:24:02,220
All right, next we're going to go on to item number two, which is a 2025 public hearing and

871
01:24:02,220 --> 01:24:03,320
capper approval.

872
01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:05,300
Staff report, please.

873
01:24:31,110 --> 01:24:32,270
Your microphone's not working.

874
01:24:33,590 --> 01:24:35,650
Good evening, Mayor and Vice Mayor and members of the Council.

875
01:24:35,890 --> 01:24:38,470
My name is Margie Perez, City of Isaiah Halsey and Specialist.

876
01:24:38,470 --> 01:24:41,010
I will be discussing the program year in 2025.

877
01:24:41,690 --> 01:24:46,950
The paper also known as our consolidated annual performance and evaluation report.

878
01:24:50,810 --> 01:24:55,230
The paper's purpose, we annually report to HUD on CDBG and

879
01:24:55,230 --> 01:24:58,530
home expenditures and accomplishments for the prior program year.

880
01:24:58,830 --> 01:24:59,830
The paper requirement.

881
01:25:00,300 --> 01:25:08,340
Requires a 15-day public comment period, approved report by resolution and is due to HUD by September 28th, 2026.

882
01:25:10,340 --> 01:25:16,180
Our federal funding includes our Community Development Blockground, also known as CDBG, that benefits

883
01:25:16,180 --> 01:25:21,620
little to modern income persons or areas. Our Home Investment Partnership Program, also known as Home,

884
01:25:21,880 --> 01:25:29,940
which provides decent affordable housing. Our fiscal year 2526 CDBG resources include

885
01:25:29,940 --> 01:25:35,860
are grant allocation at $1.1 million, prior year resources at $767,000,

886
01:25:36,080 --> 01:25:40,520
program income at $63,000, for a total of $1.9 million.

887
01:25:42,380 --> 01:25:47,440
Our fiscal year 2526 CDBG expenses and accomplishments include.

888
01:25:48,140 --> 01:25:52,660
Admin is capped at a 20% at $237,000.

889
01:25:52,900 --> 01:25:59,140
Public services are capped at 15%, which includes the Kingstory Homeless Alliance for

890
01:25:59,140 --> 01:26:08,860
For $20,000, they conducted a point in time in January of 2026 that counted 476 individuals experiencing homelessness within the city of Visalia.

891
01:26:09,560 --> 01:26:18,680
Family services which did a permanent support of housing voucher case management program at $50,000 assisted 13 previously homeless individuals.

892
01:26:19,120 --> 01:26:24,620
CSAT conducted a fair housing education program that provided tenant protection rights and

893
01:26:24,620 --> 01:26:29,000
first time home buyer assistant workshops at 20,000 and assisted 84 individuals.

894
01:26:29,560 --> 01:26:39,760
King's view provided housing flux funds which includes carried deposits, first time rental and emergency rental assistance at 45,000 and assisted 49 individuals.

895
01:26:40,380 --> 01:26:47,580
Eden House which is a transitional housing bridge project utilized 45,000 and assisted 93 individuals.

896
01:26:48,200 --> 01:26:51,520
Our total public services totaled 180,000.

897
01:26:52,400 --> 01:27:00,960
Our minor home repair program in partnership with Habitat for Humanity utilized 9,900 dollars and assisted to households.

898
01:27:01,400 --> 01:27:04,660
This is a minor home repair that is no more than 5,000.

899
01:27:04,720 --> 01:27:06,900
This is for emergency and ADA improvements.

900
01:27:07,640 --> 01:27:18,520
Our single-family home repair program in partnership with self-help enterprises utilized 71,000 and assisted seven, I apologize, three single-family homes.

901
01:27:18,520 --> 01:27:23,520
This includes roof replacements, electrical repairs, floor repairs and plumbing repairs.

902
01:27:24,380 --> 01:27:32,120
Our senior mobile home repair program in partnership with self-help enterprises utilized 112,000 for three mobile home repairs.

903
01:27:32,420 --> 01:27:38,640
That also included roof replacements, ADA improvements, electrical floor replacements and plumbing repairs.

904
01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:47,220
Code enforcement at 200,000 conducted 394 citations, 355 of those were corrected.

905
01:27:47,220 --> 01:28:01,380
The Lincoln Oval Park at 16,000 assisted will assist 1,700 individuals that reside around the Lincoln Oval Park area for a total of 828,000.

906
01:28:03,050 --> 01:28:12,690
Our fiscal year 2526 resources include a grant allocation of 426,000, prior your resources at 45,000,

907
01:28:12,690 --> 01:28:19,030
program income at 268,000 for a total of 741,000.

908
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:25,100
Our fiscal year 2526 home expenses and accomplishments include.

909
01:28:25,480 --> 01:28:29,960
Our home admin is capped at 10%, which gives us 55,000.

910
01:28:30,460 --> 01:28:32,480
Rancho Collegio was our home project.

911
01:28:32,620 --> 01:28:35,060
It utilized 358,000.

912
01:28:35,160 --> 01:28:40,720
It did have 11 home units set aside for a total of 413,000.

913
01:28:42,880 --> 01:28:47,640
Rancho Colahil was our home total project that completed in January of 2026.

914
01:28:47,840 --> 01:28:51,140
It included 80 units, one, two, and three that are in units.

915
01:28:51,600 --> 01:28:55,300
For households, 50% of the area, medium income, or lower.

916
01:28:55,460 --> 01:28:58,880
It does have a one manager unit on site.

917
01:28:59,160 --> 01:29:02,340
So therefore, 79 units are subsidized.

918
01:29:02,960 --> 01:29:07,780
It includes 11 homelessness units, 20 farm worker set aside units.

919
01:29:07,780 --> 01:29:15,440
The project includes a committee, center, computer lab, laundry room, playroom, basketball court, and court unit with barbecue girls.

920
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:19,740
This was done in conjunction with self-help enterprises.

921
01:29:20,300 --> 01:29:27,480
This is a great picture of the grant opening that occurred earlier this year, as you can see we have our city manager and several of our council members.

922
01:29:31,600 --> 01:29:37,660
Our 15-day public comment period runs from August 21st and concludes today on September 8th.

923
01:29:37,660 --> 01:29:48,040
Public notices were posted in the Fisaya Times Delta on August 18th and 21st, city online posts on the City Social Media channels and website.

924
01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:52,240
Email lists serves on the King's to worry homeless alliance, community care coalition.

925
01:29:52,540 --> 01:29:55,260
We also had city posting at several city locations.

926
01:29:55,760 --> 01:29:59,920
Our public meetings included our CAC on September 3rd and

927
01:30:00,020 --> 01:30:01,260
Tonight's public hearing.

928
01:30:04,750 --> 01:30:09,550
Action tonight, staff recommends conducting a public hearing, approving the Program Year 2025

929
01:30:09,550 --> 01:30:12,070
Caper and authorized submission to HUD.

930
01:30:18,870 --> 01:30:21,270
All right. Any questions from Margie at this time?

931
01:30:23,570 --> 01:30:25,690
Thank you, Margie, for keeping track of all this.

932
01:30:26,930 --> 01:30:32,770
There's a lot of regulations and red tape, but you're doing a great job. It's a great number of units that are being assisted.

933
01:30:33,930 --> 01:30:44,250
So I had a question on a few of these did they use the full amount of funds that we allotted them like the the mobile home repair programs was that the total amount I thought it was higher.

934
01:30:44,570 --> 01:30:54,710
It's actually 100,000 per year they did have some role over from the prior year as projects if they don't complete in the one fiscal year they carry over into the next fiscal year.

935
01:30:54,850 --> 01:31:00,270
So that's a great question you can see with the senior mobile home they had a one 12 because there were prior year resources.

936
01:31:00,270 --> 01:31:00,730
Okay.

937
01:31:00,890 --> 01:31:07,790
And this single family did not utilize their full 100,000, but there are also, I believe, two units still underway.

938
01:31:08,170 --> 01:31:10,610
Okay. How much was being rolled over for the 2026?

939
01:31:13,540 --> 01:31:18,200
The difference of 100,000, so right under 30,000, about 29,000.

940
01:31:18,480 --> 01:31:22,200
Okay. Very good. Thank you. Any other questions for staff?

941
01:31:23,580 --> 01:31:24,780
Thank you very much for your report.

942
01:31:25,280 --> 01:31:26,560
Well, let's go ahead and open this up to the public.

943
01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:30,480
And even from the public question to speak on this item, please come forward and state your name and city residents.

944
01:31:35,680 --> 01:31:38,540
Okay, and seeing no one, anyone online?

945
01:31:39,420 --> 01:31:41,920
Nope, we will close public comments, and I'll entertain a motion.

946
01:31:42,800 --> 01:31:50,560
I move to adopt resolution number 202658, approving the program year 2526 consolidated annual performance and evaluation report.

947
01:31:50,880 --> 01:31:51,140
I'll second.

948
01:31:51,880 --> 01:31:53,660
First and second, all those in favor, please vote.

949
01:32:13,620 --> 01:32:16,020
Item passes 4-0 with council member Nelson absent.

950
01:32:16,820 --> 01:32:17,820
Thank you, Martin, for the report.

951
01:32:18,080 --> 01:32:21,980
Next, we're going to item number three, which I believe you're also doing, which is a pro-housing public hearing.

952
01:32:21,980 --> 01:32:23,100
Good

953
01:32:42,590 --> 01:32:43,130
evening, Mayor.

954
01:32:44,210 --> 01:32:48,630
So I'm Brandon Smith with the Planning Division, and Margie is joining me for this item.

955
01:32:49,650 --> 01:32:53,190
We're coming back to City Council to talk about the pro-housing designation,

956
01:32:55,560 --> 01:32:56,340
start with

957
01:32:56,340 --> 01:32:57,340
an introduction side.

958
01:32:58,300 --> 01:33:03,660
The State Housing and Community Development, or HCD, offers a pro-housing designation program

959
01:33:03,660 --> 01:33:10,640
to incentivize jurisdictions that go above and beyond and use innovative ways to increase

960
01:33:10,640 --> 01:33:16,720
housing opportunities and incentives are available for jurisdictions that are compliant

961
01:33:16,720 --> 01:33:23,260
with the state housing element law and have enacted a minimum number of pro-housing policies.

962
01:33:24,460 --> 01:33:31,680
The pro-housing program is totally optional and offers non-compared funding to jurisdictions

963
01:33:31,680 --> 01:33:35,060
that could be used for housing, which we will explain here.

964
01:33:35,060 --> 01:33:47,760
The Bicelia City Council, that is you, did provide direction back in March to proceed with the application process after conducting a work session.

965
01:33:50,180 --> 01:33:57,680
And staff is now in the middle of a 30-day public comment period, which started August 21st.

966
01:33:57,680 --> 01:34:03,200
This meeting is the first public hearing at the City Council level of two public hearings.

967
01:34:03,200 --> 01:34:04,260
What

968
01:34:07,180 --> 01:34:07,780
is pro-housing?

969
01:34:07,860 --> 01:34:13,180
The pro-housing designation was created by legislation in 2009 through 2020.

970
01:34:13,820 --> 01:34:16,920
Receiving a designation offers two primary incentives.

971
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:21,620
It gives us additional scoring points when we are applying for competitive state grants through HCD,

972
01:34:21,840 --> 01:34:23,340
which is also known as the state of California.

973
01:34:24,120 --> 01:34:28,720
And to help support projects like the loss at Fort Visalia at Rancho Colet Hill,

974
01:34:28,720 --> 01:34:34,580
that was recently developed in January and Crescent Meadows, a senior housing project that's currently underway.

975
01:34:35,760 --> 01:34:47,640
Access and in addition, the second is we would access pro housing incentive program funds which is also known as the PIP that would help assist jurisdictions with implementing pro housing policies.

976
01:34:50,350 --> 01:34:59,870
Available through the PIP is the base amount of 750,000 of bonus award up to 500,000 depending on our application score for possible amount of one point.

977
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:04,700
225 million. Sorry, county was recently awarded 1.1 million input funds.

978
01:35:07,860 --> 01:35:15,140
Affordable housing projects that can be funded with PIP, or projects that can be funded with PIP include affordable housing development,

979
01:35:15,800 --> 01:35:31,740
navigation center operational assistance, transitional housing operation assistance, such as Eden House, emergency shelter operational assistance, such as our warming center, and also the development of an emergency shelter, as well as operation and tenant-based rental assistance.

980
01:35:31,740 --> 01:35:32,800
City

981
01:35:35,840 --> 01:35:48,740
activities that can be funded with the PIP also include updates to journal plan, updates to zoning ordinance environmental analysis that eliminate the need for project review, local process improvements that expedite local planning and permitting.

982
01:35:59,480 --> 01:36:03,800
The pro has an application requires a few different components.

983
01:36:03,800 --> 01:36:10,000
Once one is a resolution that must be adopted by City Council, a draft resolution has been

984
01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:15,520
provided to you in your packet, and we're not asking for you to adopt that yet, but

985
01:36:15,520 --> 01:36:19,980
to adopt it at the second public hearing in two weeks.

986
01:36:21,260 --> 01:36:26,840
Then the demonstration of pro-housing policies and programs with self-scoring sheet, and this

987
01:36:26,840 --> 01:36:38,400
This is the largest component of the application that we'll explain in more detail as to ways that we are complying with the pro-hazam program and some policies.

988
01:36:39,200 --> 01:36:56,720
There is a statement of practices towards homeless encampments which provides a summary of how the city is using best practices to related to the treatment of those who are experiencing homelessness and those best practices are practices which we are already conducting and there's no change to that.

989
01:36:56,720 --> 01:37:05,480
proposed. And finally is the public participation period that we have to demonstrate and make a record of how we have gone out to the public.

990
01:37:07,380 --> 01:37:19,540
So the scoring, we came to a council in March and believed that we were able to meet the 30 point threshold.

991
01:37:19,540 --> 01:37:24,360
As we look further and had a meeting with the state, it's directly.

992
01:37:24,820 --> 01:37:30,220
We found that there are other items that we can comply with already.

993
01:37:30,840 --> 01:37:37,560
And so we are presenting, does include additional items that we're not previously discussed on March, 2006.

994
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:48,460
So just briefly, quickly go through these items that my site is in compliance with.

995
01:37:48,460 --> 01:37:51,440
The first category is favorable zoning and land use.

996
01:37:52,140 --> 01:37:58,020
Item 1-H is zoning to allow for residential or mixed uses in one or more non-residential zones.

997
01:37:58,660 --> 01:38:04,340
One-I is the modification of development standards to promote greater development intensity.

998
01:38:06,280 --> 01:38:11,040
Under category two, which is the acceleration of housing production timeframes.

999
01:38:11,760 --> 01:38:16,500
Two-A is the establishment of ministerial approval processes for multiple housing types,

1000
01:38:16,500 --> 01:38:19,040
such as single family and multi-family.

1001
01:38:19,880 --> 01:38:22,520
2B is the acceleration of housing production

1002
01:38:23,040 --> 01:38:25,820
through the establishment of StreamMine Program Levels

1003
01:38:25,820 --> 01:38:29,480
Sequa Analysis and Certification of specific plans

1004
01:38:29,480 --> 01:38:31,060
with the company EIRs.

1005
01:38:32,140 --> 01:38:34,600
2C is documented practices of StreamMine

1006
01:38:34,600 --> 01:38:36,260
in housing development at the project level.

1007
01:38:37,100 --> 01:38:40,160
2D is the establishment of permitting processes

1008
01:38:40,160 --> 01:38:43,920
that can take no more than four months.

1009
01:38:43,920 --> 01:38:52,700
2e is the absence or elimination of public hearings for projects consistent with zoning and general plan.

1010
01:38:53,080 --> 01:38:59,960
2f is priority processing and reduced plan check times for homes that are affordable to lower income households.

1011
01:39:01,000 --> 01:39:04,100
2g is the establishment of consolidated permit processes.

1012
01:39:04,100 --> 01:39:11,060
to H is the creation of objective designs and development standards.

1013
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:16,960
And 2i is the establishment of one stop shop permitting process.

1014
01:39:18,440 --> 01:39:24,040
2j is priority permit processing or reduced plan check times for ADUs and JADUs.

1015
01:39:24,420 --> 01:39:28,980
2k is a standardized application for all planning and entitlement applications.

1016
01:39:28,980 --> 01:39:36,840
and 2L is publicly posting status updates on project approval on the city website.

1017
01:39:38,840 --> 01:39:42,500
Category 3 is the reduction of construction and development costs.

1018
01:39:43,160 --> 01:39:46,700
3A is the waiver or significant reduction of development in fact fees.

1019
01:39:47,560 --> 01:39:54,600
3B is less restrictive requirements for property owners to create accessory dwelling units or ADUs.

1020
01:39:54,600 --> 01:39:59,980
3D is innovative housing types such as

1021
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:16,300
Manufactured housing. Three is reducing the cost, transportation related, infrastructure or programs to encourage active modes of transportation. And three, age, is the adoption ordinances that reduce barriers for development of affordable housing.

1022
01:40:17,680 --> 01:40:22,340
And category four is providing financial subsidies.

1023
01:40:25,700 --> 01:40:26,160
Right,

1024
01:40:29,410 --> 01:40:32,070
for financial subsidies.

1025
01:40:32,430 --> 01:40:37,330
Demonstration of regular plans, regular use of funding, for example, federal, state and

1026
01:40:37,330 --> 01:40:44,570
local government funding that will preserve assisted units at risk of converting to market

1027
01:40:44,570 --> 01:40:46,730
rates and conversion of market rates.

1028
01:40:46,730 --> 01:40:53,950
Also prioritizing local general funds to accelerate the production of housing affordable housing projects for lower income households.

1029
01:40:54,170 --> 01:41:05,270
For example, we did utilize general funds to purchase two lots on Northwest Fit to develop five single family homes that were utilized with home funds.

1030
01:41:06,430 --> 01:41:13,690
Direct residual redevelopment funds to accelerate the production of affordable housing, such as our RDA funding development and

1031
01:41:13,690 --> 01:41:18,130
In regular, at least use of housing subsidy pool, local or regional trust funds, or

1032
01:41:18,130 --> 01:41:23,510
some more funding source sufficient to facilitate and support the development of affordable housing.

1033
01:41:27,850 --> 01:41:36,150
4K, providing operating subsidies for permanence for housing, prioritizing local general funds to accelerate the production of affordable housing.

1034
01:41:36,750 --> 01:41:42,290
4L, providing subsidies for affordable housing to extremely low income households, 4M.

1035
01:41:42,290 --> 01:41:49,590
other policies not previously described and quantify, promote, develop, and leverage financial resources for affordable housing.

1036
01:41:50,090 --> 01:41:56,790
And by sale of affordable housing developments, promote, develop, and leverage financial resources in our annual action plans.

1037
01:42:00,410 --> 01:42:06,510
So to summarize, all these pro-housing policies, they are 26 listed, and

1038
01:42:06,510 --> 01:42:13,730
that Visalia already complies with, and that provides the city with the score of 38 points on the application.

1039
01:42:13,730 --> 01:42:42,210
Also, there are enhancement factors which we're not directly discussed with Council on March 26th, but these are basically bonus points that show that the city that certain items are in alignment with the state's planning goals, and we found that compliance with the enhancement categories give us an additional 18 points, so for a total of 56 points that we currently have on the application that is being submitted to the state.

1040
01:42:42,210 --> 01:42:43,390
Public

1041
01:42:45,760 --> 01:42:57,200
participation, it does require public participation period is currently running from August 21st through September 21st, and the following outreach were conducted.

1042
01:42:57,440 --> 01:43:09,920
We emailed directly to over 100 housing stakeholders, informational tables at this previous Saturday's Multicultural Festival, the Saturday's upcoming Visalia Home Expo and an upcoming farmers market.

1043
01:43:09,920 --> 01:43:15,780
In-person meetings included, the CAC, that was recently done this last Wednesday, planning

1044
01:43:15,780 --> 01:43:21,260
commission that will take place on the 14th and 2C council meetings today and a possible

1045
01:43:21,260 --> 01:43:23,320
adoption on September 21st.

1046
01:43:23,760 --> 01:43:28,360
We did have a city press release through city social media channels, legal advertisement

1047
01:43:28,360 --> 01:43:33,540
in the Visalia Times Delta on August 18th and 21st in both in English and Spanish.

1048
01:43:38,510 --> 01:43:46,390
Next steps, staff will respond to all comments and changes to the application will be reposted for a minimum of seven days on the state's website.

1049
01:43:46,650 --> 01:43:51,850
Following the middle state evaluation and determination, it's expected to last between three to six months.

1050
01:43:56,280 --> 01:43:57,620
Thank you very much for your report.

1051
01:43:57,840 --> 01:43:59,140
Councilman, would you give any questions or comments?

1052
01:44:00,480 --> 01:44:02,240
No, my only concern about this are we good.

1053
01:44:02,920 --> 01:44:05,900
I see that we have to do this and we're going to probably want to get future grant funds.

1054
01:44:05,900 --> 01:44:12,540
It's one of those things are not mandatory but kind of is mandatory if you want any kind of funds for future grant projects

1055
01:44:12,540 --> 01:44:17,780
If you don't do this you won't get any of that. My only concern is are we tying our hands on future items

1056
01:44:17,780 --> 01:44:18,500
I

1057
01:44:21,120 --> 01:44:26,620
believe most of the things that we identified were things that we were already doing to meet our minimal threshold of 30 points

1058
01:44:27,980 --> 01:44:31,640
We have one item that we have stated that we are going to be

1059
01:44:31,640 --> 01:44:36,940
presenting to council later that is a housing element program related to a

1060
01:44:36,940 --> 01:44:42,360
multi-family and raising the number of unit counts. But even if that does

1061
01:44:42,360 --> 01:44:47,940
even if council does not act directly upon that we are still well above the

1062
01:44:47,940 --> 01:44:52,680
minimum point threshold to meet the pronouncing certification. Thank you.

1063
01:44:53,360 --> 01:44:58,760
Councilmember Sado? No thank you for the report. Nice that we'll be able to potentially

1064
01:44:58,760 --> 01:44:59,740
So you get $500,000.

1065
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:26,420
More for some of these projects, because I know it's definitely necessary to keep them running. So, thank you. Vice Mayor Wynn. I just want to confirm that the 56 points we're getting that with what we're already doing. We're already having on the books, right? And then the list of projects that you had up there suggested, you know, things that we can use them many for. Those are just suggestions. We're not tying ourselves into any of those, correct? Correct. Those are projects that we've already provided funds for. Okay.

1066
01:45:28,880 --> 01:45:31,140
Yeah, that was it. Thank you. Great job.

1067
01:45:31,840 --> 01:45:36,740
Mr. Mayor, if I could just also address a point that Council Member Pachigian made is

1068
01:45:36,740 --> 01:45:40,660
we are already starting to see grants come forward where they say that they will only

1069
01:45:40,660 --> 01:45:47,500
consider people who are agencies that are pro-housing and that's already beginning.

1070
01:45:47,720 --> 01:45:50,060
It's not mandatory, but it is mandatory.

1071
01:45:50,400 --> 01:45:50,900
Yeah, right.

1072
01:45:52,020 --> 01:45:54,920
Yeah, do you want the carrot? You got to do what we say.

1073
01:45:56,780 --> 01:45:58,340
I just want to say thank you for their poor.

1074
01:45:58,620 --> 01:46:03,120
It's nice, as everyone knows, we are in a housing crisis here in California.

1075
01:46:03,120 --> 01:46:08,060
We're not producing enough housing for our people that live here, for the kids that are being born.

1076
01:46:08,840 --> 01:46:19,260
And it was nice to get a phone call a few weeks ago from Cal City saying that we were the second best community in the state producing enough housing for all of our kids.

1077
01:46:19,260 --> 01:46:27,020
You know, we actually have a housing element that requires that we have the potential to build enough housing for the children that are born for the people that live in our community.

1078
01:46:27,200 --> 01:46:30,720
So I want to say thank you to our planning and our engineering staff for what you guys are doing.

1079
01:46:31,440 --> 01:46:42,420
You know, what I heard was that you guys were clearing out, you guys were removing all the red tape and making it more efficient and quicker to be able to build housing, which is what we need.

1080
01:46:42,580 --> 01:46:44,160
So thank you guys for doing that.

1081
01:46:44,160 --> 01:46:46,300
Let's go ahead and open this up to the public.

1082
01:46:46,480 --> 01:46:48,140
Anyone here from the public wishing to speak?

1083
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:50,280
Please come forward and state your name and city residents.

1084
01:46:50,820 --> 01:46:51,080
A

1085
01:47:00,780 --> 01:47:07,760
road message to the Facebook, a city, Facebook page administrator.

1086
01:47:08,580 --> 01:47:13,320
And she referred me to the housing department and I did write, I emailed them.

1087
01:47:14,300 --> 01:47:21,400
When we go to pro housing designation application, it's visible at only 50% that's what I wrote.

1088
01:47:22,100 --> 01:47:24,000
In other words, it's illegible.

1089
01:47:24,200 --> 01:47:29,780
If we attempt to enlarge it, it's steadily moved to the right of the screen until it disappears.

1090
01:47:30,800 --> 01:47:34,320
The document is 450 pages long, please let.

1091
01:47:35,460 --> 01:47:41,680
Please know that when public input is called for in a government project to be fully transparent,

1092
01:47:41,680 --> 01:47:44,680
it needs to be available in readable format.

1093
01:47:45,000 --> 01:47:47,480
Please advise, I never got a reply.

1094
01:47:54,640 --> 01:47:55,880
Anybody else wishing to speak?

1095
01:47:57,780 --> 01:48:01,560
If you guys could fix out on the website and make sure it's readable for our community,

1096
01:48:01,560 --> 01:48:03,120
we would definitely appreciate that.

1097
01:48:04,640 --> 01:48:05,820
Any other comments from Council?

1098
01:48:06,020 --> 01:48:06,360
Or I'm sorry.

1099
01:48:06,600 --> 01:48:08,660
Anyone from online wishing to speak?

1100
01:48:09,140 --> 01:48:09,680
Any other comments?

1101
01:48:10,000 --> 01:48:10,280
Okay.

1102
01:48:10,580 --> 01:48:10,860
Wonderful.

1103
01:48:11,260 --> 01:48:13,720
Let's go ahead and close public comment and bring them back to Council.

1104
01:48:13,840 --> 01:48:16,660
Anyone from Council have any questions or comments or a motion?

1105
01:48:16,860 --> 01:48:17,020
No.

1106
01:48:17,360 --> 01:48:18,380
No motions are correct.

1107
01:48:18,580 --> 01:48:18,700
Perfect.

1108
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:19,740
All right.

1109
01:48:20,180 --> 01:48:20,860
Well, thank you very much.

1110
01:48:20,860 --> 01:48:27,060
We appreciate it. Next we're going to go on to item number four which is the urgency ordinance and this one

1111
01:48:27,060 --> 01:48:31,940
This is we're going to be limiting the the speaking time to 15 minutes on this issue

1112
01:48:31,940 --> 01:48:35,060
So anyone who's wishing to speak there will be a limit of 15 minutes

1113
01:48:35,060 --> 01:48:36,200
so please

1114
01:48:37,180 --> 01:48:39,980
Attempt to not repeat the same things that other people have said

1115
01:48:41,860 --> 01:48:43,120
Staff report when you're ready

1116
01:48:44,120 --> 01:48:44,600
Yes

1117
01:48:45,520 --> 01:48:48,840
Good evening mayor members of the council. I am Paul Bernal

1118
01:48:48,840 --> 01:49:15,260
I am the planning and community preservation director, and with me this evening is Jim Coons City Attorney, and the item before you, again just kind of in summary is per council's direction at your last meeting, it's the first reading introduction of proposed interim urgency ordinance, which is seeking a moratorium on data center, data center development processing.

1119
01:49:16,060 --> 01:49:22,320
And before I begin getting any further into presentation, I do want to state for the record and for those in the audience.

1120
01:49:22,780 --> 01:49:27,360
City of Isaiah has not been approached nor has an application been submitted for this type of use.

1121
01:49:28,440 --> 01:49:40,380
So again, based on council input at your last meeting, this city is being proactive in putting kind of a positive requesting that council consider putting a pause on this type of development as we further research this.

1122
01:49:40,380 --> 01:49:53,300
So in doing so, your staff went back just to kind of double check our ordinance just to make sure that we had everything covered given that data centers is kind of a newer trend, newer, newer type of use.

1123
01:49:53,980 --> 01:49:58,920
And during that process, your staff did no communications equipment buildings, but

1124
01:49:58,920 --> 01:49:59,880
It's also noted in your staff.

1125
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:29,980
Report, although your step believes that is not a data center under today's terms, it would be best advised that we also lump in that use, which is listed in our ordinance currently. So again, the request would be to place the moratorium, both the data center development, which is defined in the urgency ordinance before you this evening. And to include communication equipment buildings, which is defined in our ordinance, although your step believes it's not a data center, just being protective and proactive.

1126
01:50:29,980 --> 01:50:32,400
of lumping in there as well as part of this request.

1127
01:50:33,160 --> 01:50:40,140
And again, just in summary, moratorium or interim ordinance, if adopted this evening,

1128
01:50:40,140 --> 01:50:41,780
would be in effect for 45 days.

1129
01:50:42,400 --> 01:50:49,080
However, your staff can come back and request an extension based on the provisions under

1130
01:50:49,080 --> 01:50:52,280
government code section that's listed to extend it.

1131
01:50:52,680 --> 01:50:59,040
Your staff has outlined what that would look like if we need to come back as we further analyze

1132
01:50:59,040 --> 01:51:00,240
is this type of use?

1133
01:51:01,140 --> 01:51:05,500
Yeah, I have a question, but is 45 days enough time for you and your staff?

1134
01:51:05,700 --> 01:51:10,720
I know you guys are busy already as, you know, I'm sure you would agree with that.

1135
01:51:10,720 --> 01:51:10,840
Yes.

1136
01:51:11,360 --> 01:51:12,260
Is that enough time?

1137
01:51:12,420 --> 01:51:13,460
Do we need to come back?

1138
01:51:13,600 --> 01:51:15,440
Should we just extend that a little bit more now?

1139
01:51:15,920 --> 01:51:26,260
So no, right now the way the government construction works is that you will adopt for 45 days and then within that time period of your staff feels like we need more time we will come back before the end of that 45 days.

1140
01:51:26,260 --> 01:51:35,280
I would also say, you counsel, you've done urgency ordinances in the past, smoke shops and massage establishments,

1141
01:51:35,660 --> 01:51:38,000
although they weren't moratoriums to ban the use outright.

1142
01:51:38,460 --> 01:51:41,400
They were done in the same provisions that limited where they could go.

1143
01:51:41,840 --> 01:51:49,560
This request is different in that we are requesting a moratorium on accepting any of these types of uses that we defined in the ordinance before you.

1144
01:51:49,560 --> 01:51:53,380
How many times can we redo the moratorium?

1145
01:51:54,800 --> 01:51:59,820
Twice, the first time we can come back within 45 days and request an extension for it.

1146
01:52:00,360 --> 01:52:05,680
I believe it's 10 months and 15 days and then you can request a second extension for an additional year.

1147
01:52:06,140 --> 01:52:06,220
Perfect.

1148
01:52:06,480 --> 01:52:06,760
Thank you.

1149
01:52:07,780 --> 01:52:14,620
So again, the government code section gives cities enough time to really work and analyze and look at this going forward.

1150
01:52:15,780 --> 01:52:21,140
But how do we get here, and I think it's pretty clear and evident that we've watched the news or read the news.

1151
01:52:21,500 --> 01:52:25,020
This is a growing concern both across our state and nation.

1152
01:52:25,800 --> 01:52:30,420
And I'm not going to get into the details I think it kind of covers it on the slide before you and to the staff report.

1153
01:52:31,760 --> 01:52:38,560
But given this use, there is concern that there's significant impacts that aren't thoroughly being analyzed.

1154
01:52:38,560 --> 01:52:48,920
And again, this request affords the city more time to really research it, to determine what are the next actions going forward before your council makes a decision on this type of use.

1155
01:52:49,200 --> 01:52:56,860
So we're doing everything in our power to get to that point where we can come back to you on a recommendation on which way to go going forward.

1156
01:52:57,460 --> 01:53:03,480
But again, as Mr. Koon's noted, there is mechanisms put in place to ask for additional time if need be.

1157
01:53:05,970 --> 01:53:11,790
So again, what does the urgency ordinance do, gives us enough time to really thoroughly analyze this?

1158
01:53:11,890 --> 01:53:17,090
We do have to make specific findings given under the threat of public health, safe to your welfare.

1159
01:53:18,130 --> 01:53:30,070
Staff police those findings have been made in your ordinance before you, given the concerns that these types of uses are kind of being noted as they're being developed in other parts of our nation.

1160
01:53:31,890 --> 01:53:37,450
Again, data centers is fairly newer topic or newer use.

1161
01:53:38,010 --> 01:53:42,670
Our ordinance was adopted prior to this type of use being contemplated, so therefore

1162
01:53:42,670 --> 01:53:44,950
it is not defined as I already stated.

1163
01:53:45,350 --> 01:53:49,590
We do have a definition of communication equipment buildings, which we believe should be covered

1164
01:53:49,590 --> 01:53:53,910
as part of this, although we don't believe it really matches the definition of a data center.

1165
01:53:54,030 --> 01:53:58,190
We just felt they would be appropriate just given the definition provided in our ordinance.

1166
01:53:58,190 --> 01:54:02,510
And again, as we stated, it can be extended beyond the 45 days.

1167
01:54:05,610 --> 01:54:08,630
And really, I think I kind of covered this as I stated.

1168
01:54:09,630 --> 01:54:10,830
Ardents doesn't have this defined.

1169
01:54:11,410 --> 01:54:19,110
However, as part of the urgency ordinance adoption, we have defined data centers within 45 days.

1170
01:54:19,110 --> 01:54:24,110
If we believe that definition needs to be expanded, we can do that if we come back for an extension request.

1171
01:54:24,230 --> 01:54:28,470
But we believe as defined currently, it kind of covers us based on what we're seeing.

1172
01:54:28,470 --> 01:54:32,330
out in publication of what these things look like and how they operate.

1173
01:54:33,710 --> 01:54:39,230
And again, the time frames that are identified under these provisions, I think it gives us enough time to do.

1174
01:54:39,830 --> 01:54:48,070
The critical research conducts stakeholder interviews if need be to come back before we formulate a position on what councils should consider going forward.

1175
01:54:48,910 --> 01:54:53,050
So again, findings to support the adoption of this ordinance are provided.

1176
01:54:53,050 --> 01:54:59,750
and with that staff would recommend the council conduct the public hearing and after taking public testimony.

1177
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:06,220
Any move to adopt the urgency ordinance has defined before you. With that, that concludes my presentation.

1178
01:55:06,980 --> 01:55:21,640
If there are for any questions or comments that the council may have at this time. Thank you so much for that report. Councilmember Soda, do you have any questions at this time? No, I don't have any questions. Thank you for the report. I would just ask that we don't limit it to 15 minutes to all the public to speak.

1179
01:55:21,640 --> 01:55:24,040
It comes around in Prachigian.

1180
01:55:25,160 --> 01:55:26,420
A great report, Paul.

1181
01:55:27,500 --> 01:55:32,480
I guess I asked to put this on the agenda because I think the council supports this because

1182
01:55:32,480 --> 01:55:37,740
we want to send a record that we don't think this is a good fit for our city and we want

1183
01:55:37,740 --> 01:55:41,420
to be the first municipality here in Toleray County to kind of say we don't want this in our

1184
01:55:41,420 --> 01:55:41,840
community.

1185
01:55:42,320 --> 01:55:46,800
I don't think it's a good fit and that's why I think this is a great way to get this accomplished

1186
01:55:46,800 --> 01:55:48,420
and a great job to your staff.

1187
01:55:49,200 --> 01:55:49,940
by Smirwin?

1188
01:55:51,320 --> 01:55:52,620
I know, comment, I'll wait.

1189
01:55:53,040 --> 01:55:53,240
Perfect.

1190
01:55:54,100 --> 01:55:59,560
I just had one question, so we met with some folks who are

1191
01:55:59,560 --> 01:56:05,320
proposing the one at the fairgrounds in Tulare, and they kind of told us about what

1192
01:56:05,320 --> 01:56:09,720
there is, and they're saying it's different from a data center, that there's data centers

1193
01:56:09,720 --> 01:56:13,100
that are hundreds of thousands or millions of square feet, and then there's some that are

1194
01:56:13,100 --> 01:56:18,320
smaller, sea train, or portable, movable, but an equipment building, let's say the hospital

1195
01:56:18,320 --> 01:56:23,480
or the sheriff's 911 operating center, or our 911 operating center.

1196
01:56:23,780 --> 01:56:28,460
If we needed to put in an equipment building with all the servers and everything in there,

1197
01:56:28,900 --> 01:56:32,840
would that be considered a data center according to this and would that ban it?

1198
01:56:33,380 --> 01:56:38,380
No, I don't believe the data center definition we've prepared covers that.

1199
01:56:38,740 --> 01:56:47,840
I'm sure there's a lot of private industry that has a server or an area dedicated in their office complex that's dedicated to us.

1200
01:56:47,840 --> 01:56:59,840
So re-equipment, that's not the intent here, so no, I think the definition as defined with the help of the city attorney making sure we kind of cover our bases, that's not really what we're trying to prohibit.

1201
01:57:00,080 --> 01:57:07,840
Wonderful. Yeah, we want to make sure we're not prohibiting those uses from our hospitals and police and fire and everyone else.

1202
01:57:07,840 --> 01:57:12,020
So, okay. So, let's go ahead and let's open this up to the public.

1203
01:57:14,320 --> 01:57:18,080
You can come up to the podium and speak. We don't take questions from the audience.

1204
01:57:20,220 --> 01:57:23,920
You can come up to the podium. We're opening up public comments to this.

1205
01:57:23,920 --> 01:57:31,460
Okay, Mayor Taylor. I want to also bring up the point that Council Member Sotho brought

1206
01:57:31,460 --> 01:57:37,140
up earlier. You have stated that you're going to limit the public comment on this issue

1207
01:57:37,140 --> 01:57:43,140
to 15 minutes. I respectfully ask that you reconsider. There are folks here that have come to

1208
01:57:44,720 --> 01:57:49,900
provide public comment. I hope that you're not saying you've heard it all or you already

1209
01:57:49,900 --> 01:57:55,440
have your mind made up because public comment is our opportunity to express ourselves, right?

1210
01:57:56,420 --> 01:58:03,420
And so we've been talking for as long as I've been coming here that we want people to come forward.

1211
01:58:03,420 --> 01:58:05,460
We want to hear from our public.

1212
01:58:06,020 --> 01:58:07,860
I know you're tired of my old wrinkle face.

1213
01:58:08,080 --> 01:58:10,160
There's new people here that want to talk.

1214
01:58:10,480 --> 01:58:14,400
So can you please extend the time so

1215
01:58:14,400 --> 01:58:16,520
that people will have an opportunity?

1216
01:58:16,880 --> 01:58:19,520
Who knows maybe they won't use it the 15 minutes, but

1217
01:58:19,520 --> 01:58:22,700
I just want to stand up and say that I think it would be of

1218
01:58:22,700 --> 01:58:27,180
most importance to show that courtesy.

1219
01:58:27,440 --> 01:58:27,740
Thank you.

1220
01:58:33,480 --> 01:58:33,880
Hello.

1221
01:58:34,480 --> 01:58:35,800
My name is Charity Pionis.

1222
01:58:35,800 --> 01:58:38,980
I am a citizen and born and raised in Baisalia, California.

1223
01:58:39,720 --> 01:58:41,220
I love Baisalia.

1224
01:58:41,700 --> 01:58:48,700
I am very involved in my community, my job, and afterwards my own personal time, giving

1225
01:58:48,700 --> 01:58:50,260
back to my community that I love.

1226
01:58:51,080 --> 01:58:58,640
I am very against this any type of data center for many of the reasons that all of the citizens

1227
01:58:58,640 --> 01:59:01,740
have brought forth in Tulare meetings by Celia Hanford.

1228
01:59:03,260 --> 01:59:13,600
I know that everybody is very educated on this, as that's the reason we're here and I just want to give my voice that I am also against the data center and even putting on pause.

1229
01:59:13,940 --> 01:59:20,880
We don't want it on pause. We don't want it reconsidered. We already know. We don't want this here. So thank you for your time.

1230
01:59:30,410 --> 01:59:33,730
Good evening, good evening, Vice-Cellia City Council.

1231
01:59:34,650 --> 01:59:35,910
My name is Jordan Hegeretta.

1232
01:59:36,550 --> 01:59:38,570
I'm a resident of Portable California.

1233
01:59:38,970 --> 01:59:41,210
I'm also a student at UCLA and a member

1234
01:59:41,210 --> 01:59:43,310
of the nonprofit, Power California.

1235
01:59:44,840 --> 01:59:46,850
I'm standing today in solidarity with the people of

1236
01:59:46,850 --> 01:59:47,410
Vice-Cellia.

1237
01:59:47,670 --> 01:59:50,170
I'm here supporting the adoption of urgency ordinance,

1238
01:59:50,650 --> 01:59:54,830
ordinance 2026-10 as a temporary moratorium on the

1239
01:59:54,830 --> 01:59:58,110
acceptance, processing approval or issuance of permits

1240
01:59:58,110 --> 01:59:58,890
and entitlements.

1241
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,880
Or new data centers, developments within the city of Visalia. I was born and raised in the Central Valley, and I'm very concerned about the possibility of an A.I. data center being built in my backyard. Adding a data center in the surrounding Tolary County cities, pulls from the same electrical grid, raising rate payer bills, and setting a precedent for further data center investment. I will not sit by as our county devils into some billionaire tech boroughs playground. The working families here in Tolary County

1242
02:00:29,880 --> 02:00:31,620
are already struggling to make ends meet.

1243
02:00:32,120 --> 02:00:36,160
Costs of gas, rent, utilities, and groceries have us living paycheck to paycheck.

1244
02:00:36,860 --> 02:00:39,420
Now we're threatened with the rising utility cost from data centers.

1245
02:00:40,000 --> 02:00:44,720
Over the summer I spoke with many families across the county,

1246
02:00:44,720 --> 02:00:49,240
many are in debt to companies like Southern California Edison and PG&E.

1247
02:00:49,700 --> 02:00:53,720
Data center is drawing from the surrounding grid have the potential to increase all of our bills.

1248
02:00:54,300 --> 02:00:58,860
On August 21st, 2026, the American Planning Association healthy convention.

1249
02:00:58,860 --> 02:01:04,020
This three day retreats main topic was the proposal of data centers in the Central Valley.

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Companies like Southern California Edison were there selling investors on the data center

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implementation and industry primed to make them millions.

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APG and East spokesperson recently also talked at the Fresno Rotary Club claiming that data

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centers would actually lower rate payers bills.

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I'm here to tell you that I do not believe them and I don't think you should either.

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We deserve cities that hear us and bring us in on quality of life matters.

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Opening up the discussion today was a great first step, so thank you so much.

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So firstly, I'd like to thank City Council Member Brian Hitchigan, sorry, as well as Council

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Member Soto and Nelson from what I've read, those you guys were supporting this ordinance.

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If there's anyone here today that also supports that I didn't mention, I'd also like to thank you

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We know you've all seen news footage of the fairground meetings the people of Isalia and its neighboring cities do not want data centers

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My ass today will be

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Directed towards councilmember Brian Pagigian

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Since he seems the most supportive of our cause. I hope you understand we share your concern with data center implementation

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Council member Kujigan, stand with me and the rest of your constituents to one, move the city council to extend the moratorium on data centers, so I know today we mentioned that you can extend that twice, absolutely do that, and then to call for an outright ban on data centers in our city.

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Thank you, sir. Your time is up.

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Thank you.

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Okay. For the record real quick, it was unanimous to hold council support this to be probably

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agenda.

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Okay.

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Excuse me.

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If there's anyone else who wants to get up there, go ahead and form a line, please.

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Hello, Vicelli, City Council.

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My name is Paul Larista.

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I reside in Vicelli, California.

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I'm here on behalf of the Central Valley Democratic Socialist of America and as someone who has

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been born here, lives here.

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I've been here all my life. I was born in Kuwait, Delta Hospital. I'm here to just voice

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my support of the adoption of the ordinance 2026-10 because the central valley is known

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for its agriculture. There are approximately 150,000 jobs in the dairy industry and here

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And there are approximately 400,000 jobs in farming here in the Central Valley.

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Data centers consume about 100 million gallons of water per year and 300,000 gallons

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of water per day.

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That amount of water would threaten our farming and dairy industries here.

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My father himself is employed in the dairy industry and that would threaten his job

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in my job and my personal well-being since I rely off of my father to help me go through

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college. And not just that, but those data centers, they're loud. Okay, they can reach

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up to 90 decibels of sound and they don't, they don't shut off, you know. They keep going

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and going. And I don't think any single one of us here would like to hear that 24-7 when

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and we're trying to get sleep from a hard day's work.

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And that's all I have to say.

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My name is Joan Guadrera and I live in Viselia.

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So first of all, thank you, City Council,

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that we all agree on something.

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That's really exciting that all of you were for this ordinance

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and.

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Hopefully, like another speaker said, there would be a ban on any type of AI centers for the rest of our lives. I live in Viselia, and one of the reasons, one of the things I love about Viselia is that it's quiet. I live in a quiet neighborhood, and I can hear the birds and the bees and the cats, and I can hear everything. And the idea of having to hear, if there was a data center placed near my home, the sound of a leaf blower,

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24 hours a day, one, it would drive me nuts and it would ruin why I love

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Isalia. I'd never be able to sell my house, which has happened to many people on

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the East Coast in Virginia. They can no longer sell their homes because of the

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noise, they're stuck there. And obviously, I'm just not thinking in myself, but the

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whole community in terms of water and energy. And to keep our, what do they call it,

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you know, our, our sale is a nice place to live.

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And hopefully, you know, we can draw other people

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that like quiet areas and areas that don't support data centers.

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So AI data centers.

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I love AI, but I'm willing to give it up.

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If it meant just having to leave me all these centers,

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I just like to make dumb things using it for dumb things.

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But it's fun for an old lady to use.

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But I certainly wouldn't want to see a data center here for any reason forever, forever.

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So I hope this is not a 45 day ordinance, but it turns into a forever.

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Thank you very much.

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Hello, my name is Rita Henry.

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I've lived in Viselia for many years.

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Both of my children were born in Viselia.

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And I currently divide my time between Viselia and Cinevelli.

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I support, I'm really excited because I was going to start my speech with I support a moratorium.

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But even more than that, I support a total ban on these data centers in Viselia.

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our community needs water, a quiet, healthy environment, and a future we would be proud of to pass

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on to our children and grandchildren. Thank you very much.

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My name's Stephanie Teeson,

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THIESSEAN. I'm a 35-year resident here in Visalia.

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I've worked in the farming and dairy industries

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here in Visalia. And we really depend on clean water. And I would hate to see that being

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used for data centers. So I really am supporting your ordinance and hope that when the 45

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days is up, that you'll consider a total ban on AI and data centers here in Visalia. Thank

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you.

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Good evening, councilmembers. My name is Ashley.

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born and raised by Celia and girl. I just want to, first I want to thank all of you,

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especially Mr. Ritchie and for bringing this to the table and having such support

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out the gate of just outright stating we should put a moratorium. I think it's really

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important that we keep by Celia for what it's known for. We're known for our

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agriculture. We're known for our scenery. We're known for it. Definitely not known for

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our air, we can improve that. But we want to keep that small town feel and this has this

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rigs to me of venture capitalists just trying to come in and extract from our communities.

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I know it's just been discussed in Tulare but that doesn't mean they couldn't come to

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Bicellia. So I support this and I think every single one of you for taking the time to put

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with this on the agenda and now vote for it.

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Moving forward, let's continue to extend it

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so that we don't have to have any eye data center.

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There's no reason for it.

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We have brilliant creative minds in this town

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that can do a lot of these stuff.

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These data centers are doing.

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That's it, I hope my time.

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Thank you.

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Okay, seeing no analysis,

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is there anyone online wishing to speak?

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Good evening, by Celia City Council.

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I am Tobias, I am a resident in Bicellia.

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Thank you.

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I do want to start off to council member Brian Pujigan, who represents my district. I thank you for

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and for everyone who is part of the city council to continue putting the subject on to the agenda.

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Often times we have seen attempts with other councils and other government physicians to avoid the

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whole topic of a identity centers. So I do thank you guys for giving consideration to continue this

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conversation for the conditions of Visalia. Visalia continues to grow as a city in the Central Valley

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and I believe it will continue to do so even though regarding that we are still under a moratorium

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but also to still keep in mind that to input a aid and a center it would

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progress the growth of Visalia as much it will try to guide that it will benefit Visalia's community

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but it's shown to be the opposite of what a lot of people who have attended here has said

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and a lot of us do have expressed that we have struggled with the cost of

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utility bills and the concern if we were able to access water with the current

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drought of the Central Valley and for sure we don't want people who are

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currently growing in the who are still growing for in this area to even dread it

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they have to sacrifice their needs to these data centers even with that in

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mind even the question would still what brought up can this would this be

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profit it either what has been said and what everyone has regarded by do you

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up based on recent publications from Business Insider and from Arts Technicanyahu.

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If we look into the probability for the city, like I mentioned, if Google, if using AI,

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I'm sorry, let me repeat that, based on recent publications from Business Sider, Artist

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Technicanyahu, Google who was using AI, their very own parent company Alphabet has reported

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on, there has actually been a negative cash flows because Google Overly depends on AI infrastructure.

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This has cost about 5.6 billion loss from their investment.

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So that does lead to, also to another question, now that we know that even a more high-tech

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company is actually starting to lose profit from their overlands in AI, what does that lead

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to, not just in Bicellia, but for the Central Valley.

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So that's, if it's the future that Bicellia seeks, then AI centers, as we know, will only

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as a blind spot, if like, as we know, AI dentists are as needy,

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they look like coolant to operate.

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However, yet we as a whole are just as, as independent.

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Our farming stock is just as independent.

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You need farmers to be hydrated to also help with two,

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to work with your stocks, and you also need stocks hydrated

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so that they can also be provided for families.

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And the thing is, where is our liquid cooling

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with the heatwaves that we're going through?

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It would be beneficial for us that we also do get our liquid

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and especially because not a lot of people are having struggles with breathing.

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So believe me and it would end with here, even though I know you guys do,

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that we do not want data centers and we want them out of our home, thank you.

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Thank you. Do we have anyone online who was wishing to speak at this time?

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We've already gone past our more than 15 minutes.

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We've actually only had 13 minutes. I've been keeping track.

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So we have two minutes if we're going to keep the 15 minute.

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Okay, is there anyone online?

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I'm wondering if you can hear me.

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Perfect. We can hear you loud and clear.

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Wonderful. As the other speakers have said, thank you for bringing this issue to the table.

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Definitely, thank you so much.

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Councilmember Soto for you know calling out the truth like whenever these kind of issues come up

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And this is clearly an issue that more than a small segment of the community cares about we can't be limiting public comment

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That's this is that's a part of our democracy

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And I know it's inconvenient to sit through and have to listen to people your constituents talk

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But let's be fair to people who are coming out of work to come and address you

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So that you can hear their opinions

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On the moratorium, I commend you all for going forward with this moratorium vote today

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and I'm hoping that it passes.

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I'd like to say to take it a step further, community is asked for a permanent ban and

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And I think that's important, as well.

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As well, passing a permanent ban is what community clearly wants, and to just go one step further, the county is considering a moratorium completely as well. A 45-day moratorium is already in effect. I think cities like Lysale who are taking these first steps should also take the step to say on behalf of my community and my constituents, we are hoping that you vote for a permanent ban as well. Thank you.

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I see no other hands raised at this time.

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Okay, we're going to go ahead and close public comments and I'll turn it back over to Council.

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Excuse me, Mayor.

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You already spoke, ma'am.

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I spoke as a point of order, not to explain that to you.

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I've already spoken about public comments, thank you.

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That wasn't going to be my public comment.

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That was extremely unfair.

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We've closed public comments, ma'am.

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You could have been clearer, sir.

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I'll turn it back over to Council with any further comments.

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As I said, I think everyone's been pretty supportive of this, I'll make a motion.

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I move to the top order of the number 2026-10, interim urgency ordinance placing a temporary monitoring on the acceptance, processing, approval, or issuance of permits and

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entitlements for new data center and developments within the city of ICO pursuant to California Government Code Section 65858.

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Second.

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Okay, we have first and second, all those in favor, please vote.

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Item passes, 4-0 with Council Member Nelson absent.

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Thank you very much.

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Next, we'll go on item number five, which is the public hearing on development of the five-year PLHA plan.

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Staff report, please.

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Good evening, Mayor.

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Vice Mayor, members of the public, Margie Press, housing specialist.

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I will be discussing the five-year permanent local, I apologize.

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Okay, a permanent local housing allocation plan proposed five year plan.

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These are state funds issued through the California Department of Housing and Community Development

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also known as HCD to support affordable housing and homeless activities.

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This is based on a $75 recording fee on real estate documents, therefore funding each year fluctuates.

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The funding process, each jurisdiction is required to create a five year plan,

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which we are developing tonight, establishes activities and projects to fund over the next five years,

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which ranges from fiscal year 2526 through 2930.

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And we will require amendments to appropriate any unspent or additional funds receives or

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changes to the plan that would have to return to council for approval.

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If there are no amendments, staff will not be returning during this five year plan.

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It does not require an annual action plan.

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The

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process summary, tonight, staff is seeking direction and comment on the draft five-year

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PLEHA plan that runs from fiscal year 2526 through fiscal year 2930.

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The public comment period will begin on September 11th through September 21st.

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The final public hearing and council adoption will be conducted on September 21st.

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Eligible PIOHA activities include rental housing, which includes development or rehab of rental housing, a housing trust fund to develop rental housing, home ownership, which is development development or rehab of single families or ADUs.

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Also a downpaying assistant program, homeless activities include rapid rehousing rental assistance, case management services, navigation center, emergency development or operational cost, permanent or transitional housing development rehab or

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preservation. Please note that PLHA is the only non-competitive funding source without

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a homeless operation cap. Rental and home ownership are eligible under CDBG and home funds.

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We did conduct a PLHA service survey, which asked which target population in Visalia do you

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feel is in most need of housing resources. The majority were homeless and at risk of homelessness

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followed by seniors and unaccompanied youth. The full survey results are

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Included in...

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Attached under Attachment C.

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Propose fund, PLHFunding by by percentage, the state which is HCD is requesting that the five year PLHFund be submitted based on percentages to prevent future amendments since future allocations are unknown. It does limit administration at a 5% cap.

1460
02:20:23,390 --> 02:20:27,110
Therefore, 95% does need to go to eligible activities.

1461
02:20:27,830 --> 02:20:32,950
Staff is proposing operational funds for the Visalia Navigation Center at 65%

1462
02:20:33,480 --> 02:20:39,910
operational funds for a temporary emergency shelter, also known as a seasonal warming center at 15% and

1463
02:20:39,910 --> 02:20:44,670
operating funds for a bridge housing project for Eden House at 15%.

1464
02:20:47,230 --> 02:20:50,390
Staff is estimating PLEHA funding by activity.

1465
02:20:51,090 --> 02:20:53,830
Years one and two amounts have been released.

1466
02:20:53,830 --> 02:21:05,810
We could see for years 1, we did receive 442,000 and years 2,400, some the 4,000, years 3, 4, and 5 are estimates based on years 1 and 2 allocations.

1467
02:21:06,070 --> 02:21:16,050
And you could see in the table that administration is capped at 5%, the navigations expected to receive year 1, 287,000,

1468
02:21:16,050 --> 02:21:22,490
for emergency shelter and Eden House at 66,000 for year one.

1469
02:21:23,890 --> 02:21:28,730
Our total estimated five year allocation is 2.29 million.

1470
02:21:32,600 --> 02:21:41,660
Our fiscal year 2526 PLH accomplishments include the Navigation Center did assist 244

1471
02:21:41,660 --> 02:21:46,520
unduplicated clients and 299 duplicated clients.

1472
02:21:46,520 --> 02:21:51,380
The deprecated clients are those that were returning clients probably from the fiscal year.

1473
02:21:51,640 --> 02:21:55,820
There are some that they chose to leave for whatever reason, and they came back.

1474
02:21:57,040 --> 02:22:06,780
Operating funds for emergency shelter, the Warming Center assisted 727 individuals during the fiscal year 2526 winter season.

1475
02:22:07,220 --> 02:22:12,240
An operating funds for Eden House, which assisted 93 homeless individuals.

1476
02:22:13,260 --> 02:22:21,800
Accomplishments were for July 1, 2025 through June 30th of 2026 from our fiscal year 2425 PLEJ allocation.

1477
02:22:24,370 --> 02:22:31,250
Action tonight, staff recommends a public hearing to receive public comments, provide comments and direction on proposed changes.

1478
02:22:31,650 --> 02:22:37,650
Next step, staff will return on September 21st for a second public hearing and for potential adoption.

1479
02:22:56,360 --> 02:23:02,960
Thank you, Margie again, and of course more great projects that we're working on here in the city.

1480
02:23:03,360 --> 02:23:03,620
Thank you.

1481
02:23:04,330 --> 02:23:06,100
Thank you, Margie.

1482
02:23:08,620 --> 02:23:24,420
So I did have one question, so these are obviously organizations that we've been supporting in the past, but in the survey, in the top categories with senior housing, were there any options for senior housing to be able to assist with senior housing?

1483
02:23:25,180 --> 02:23:32,000
It is eligible, however, currently we are utilizing our home funds for senior housing for the development of senior housing.

1484
02:23:32,000 --> 02:23:40,320
We are dedicated 1 million of our home funds to the development of Crescent Metals, which is for housing for ages 62 and older.

1485
02:23:41,020 --> 02:23:42,220
And that's currently underway.

1486
02:23:43,920 --> 02:23:49,080
Groundbaking took place in spring and they're anticipating by winter of 2027 to be open.

1487
02:23:50,140 --> 02:23:54,280
And the homeless funds, if they're homeless senior, they're eligible for those as well, correct?

1488
02:23:54,900 --> 02:23:58,320
Yes, it's not a requirement though, it is 80 units.

1489
02:23:58,320 --> 02:24:01,460
One on-site manager will have 75 units.

1490
02:24:01,700 --> 02:24:05,140
Only 24 are dedicated for homeless and at risk of homeless.

1491
02:24:05,360 --> 02:24:10,780
The remaining units are for seniors 80% of the area median income or

1492
02:24:10,780 --> 02:24:10,980
lower.

1493
02:24:11,260 --> 02:24:14,060
So therefore low and moderate income seniors.

1494
02:24:14,440 --> 02:24:16,140
And do they have any specific to veterans?

1495
02:24:16,720 --> 02:24:17,880
Is that the case, or that's the case?

1496
02:24:17,880 --> 02:24:19,060
The 24th, great question.

1497
02:24:19,240 --> 02:24:22,580
The 24 units have a veteran component as well.

1498
02:24:22,840 --> 02:24:27,720
So 24 are dedicated for homeless veterans or at risk of homeless veterans.

1499
02:24:27,720 --> 02:24:32,340
and seniors and seniors and veterans are all eligible for Eden House.

1500
02:24:32,360 --> 02:24:33,900
Correct, correct.

1501
02:24:35,920 --> 02:24:37,660
So how did they end up on this list?

1502
02:24:37,860 --> 02:24:39,580
Do they request to receive these fundings?

1503
02:24:39,580 --> 02:24:40,700
Did you assign them on there?

1504
02:24:40,960 --> 02:24:46,180
I mean, how did we end up with the three, the Navigation Center emergency shelter in the Eden House?

1505
02:24:47,660 --> 02:24:53,280
These are our homeless activities or projects that we have within the city of Visalia.

1506
02:24:53,280 --> 02:24:57,460
and it's the only funding source that doesn't have a homeless operating cap.

1507
02:24:57,680 --> 02:24:59,980
Our public's CDBG only allow-

1508
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:28,980
That's 15%, which is very limited. It's at approximately 180,000, it's usually very sought after, and home funds do not allow for operation of homeless shelters at all. Therefore, it's their only funding source that would allow for the ongoing sustainability. Also, please note that because these are temporary emergency, there's no lease, they can't charge any rent, so they rely 100% on grant funding to sustain. So the only way that they'd be able to receive funds from us would be through this.

1509
02:25:28,980 --> 02:25:30,240
the PLEJ.

1510
02:25:31,180 --> 02:25:37,060
PLEJ, this is the only non-competitive funding source, unless we are awarded competitive.

1511
02:25:37,320 --> 02:25:42,120
We have to apply for grants, a pro-housing, for example, that is a pit, but we have

1512
02:25:42,120 --> 02:25:42,980
to apply for it.

1513
02:25:43,140 --> 02:25:43,560
It's not given.

1514
02:25:44,220 --> 02:25:44,520
Okay.

1515
02:25:44,720 --> 02:25:45,000
Wonderful.

1516
02:25:45,980 --> 02:25:46,120
All right.

1517
02:25:46,260 --> 02:25:47,340
Let's go ahead and open this up to the public.

1518
02:25:47,520 --> 02:25:50,880
Anyone from the public wishing to speak on this item, come forward and state your name and

1519
02:25:50,880 --> 02:25:51,340
city residents.

1520
02:25:54,490 --> 02:25:59,370
Seeing no one will go ahead and close, actually, anyone on the line who wants to speak on this

1521
02:25:59,370 --> 02:25:59,550
item?

1522
02:25:59,550 --> 02:26:02,030
Mayor, we have no hands raised at this time.

1523
02:26:02,310 --> 02:26:03,650
Thank you. We'll go ahead and close public comments.

1524
02:26:03,810 --> 02:26:06,950
We'll turn it back over to council with any further questions, comments or a motion?

1525
02:26:07,910 --> 02:26:16,330
I move to proceed with the proposed activity allocations for the five-year PLHA plan for

1526
02:26:17,230 --> 02:26:26,350
fiscal year 2526 through 2930 and direct staff to return with the plan to council on September 21st, 2026 for consideration of adoption.

1527
02:26:26,350 --> 02:26:26,810
Second.

1528
02:26:27,150 --> 02:26:27,510
Second.

1529
02:26:27,950 --> 02:26:28,610
First and second.

1530
02:26:28,670 --> 02:26:29,530
All those in favor, please vote.

1531
02:26:35,330 --> 02:26:37,750
Item passes 4-0 with Councilor Nelson Absent.

1532
02:26:38,530 --> 02:26:39,210
Thank you very much.

1533
02:26:39,290 --> 02:26:40,150
Would you appreciate it?

1534
02:26:40,770 --> 02:26:41,910
Any close-session report items?

1535
02:26:42,350 --> 02:26:43,510
Nothing to report this evening.

1536
02:26:43,830 --> 02:26:43,950
Wonderful.

1537
02:26:44,150 --> 02:26:46,630
We're going to go ahead and adjourn, and we welcome everyone to come back at our next meeting.

1538
02:26:46,910 --> 02:26:50,310
Which will be Monday, September 21, 2026 at 7 p.m.