[0:04] All right, good evening, Madam Mayor. It
[0:05] is 6:30. If you'd like to get the
[0:06] meeting started.
[0:15] » Good evening. I'd like to call the
[0:16] Waycross City Council meeting for August
[0:18] 18th
[0:20] to order.
[0:22] And Mayor Pro Tem Claire, will you
[0:24] please lead us in the Pledge of
[0:26] Allegiance?
[0:31] » Pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:33] United States of America
[0:35] and to the republic for which it stands,
[0:38] one nation under God, indivisible, with
[0:41] liberty and justice for all.
[0:44] >> Thank you.
[0:47] Will the clerk please take the roll?
[0:52] » Good evening, Waycross City Council.
[0:54] Please let me know you are present by
[0:55] saying I. Council member McCoy.
[0:58] Council member Middleton.
[1:00] >> I.
[1:00] >> Council member Davis.
[1:01] >> I.
[1:01] >> Council member Claire.
[1:03] >> I.
[1:03] >> Council member Baker.
[1:05] >> I.
[1:05] >> Thank you.
[1:07] Item three, approval of the agenda. What
[1:10] are the wishes of the council?
[1:14] » So moved.
[1:15] >> I second.
[1:18] >> I have a motion by Council member McCoy,
[1:21] second by Council member Claire to
[1:23] approve the agenda as
[1:26] presented. All those in favor, please
[1:28] signify by saying I.
[1:30] >> I.
[1:36] >> Oh, thank you.
[1:40] Motion passes unanimously. Item number
[1:42] four, presentations. We have two
[1:44] presentations this evening. The first
[1:46] one is our own resilience planner, Sarah
[1:51] Chaffee, and she's going to be talking
[1:53] to us about the green waste program,
[1:57] um, a community engagement dashboard.
[2:00] Good evening.
[2:08] » Good evening, Council. My name is Sarah
[2:10] Chaffee. I'm the Resilience Planner for
[2:12] the City of Yreka,
[2:14] um, and I'm here tonight to present a
[2:16] community engagement dashboard for the
[2:18] green waste program.
[2:20] was launched in
[2:22] the fall of 2024 with the support of a
[2:24] Cal Fire grant for the Yreka Regional
[2:27] Fuels Disposal and City Fuels Reduction
[2:30] project, which utilizes an air curtain
[2:32] burner to safely dispose of collected
[2:35] hazardous vegetation fuel and woody
[2:38] debris.
[2:40] Uh, that fall we collected 27,000 cubic
[2:42] feet of green waste over a period of six
[2:45] drop-off dates.
[2:46] Community members from all over Siskiyou
[2:48] took part in the program, and to date we
[2:50] have served 641 properties across
[2:54] Siskiyou County.
[2:56] To continue tracking data and to share
[2:58] green waste program progress, we
[3:00] developed the Yreka green waste
[3:02] dashboard. This is an interactive
[3:04] community engagement tool to help
[3:06] visualize program data and findings.
[3:09] As you can see on the dashboard, within
[3:11] the City of Yreka alone, 168
[3:14] participating properties are located in
[3:16] very high fire hazard severity zones.
[3:20] Our data also reveals that 97% of Yreka
[3:23] parcels in the very high fire hazard
[3:25] severity zones have not yet been treated
[3:27] through the green waste program.
[3:30] This data helps us know where exactly to
[3:32] direct our defensible space and home
[3:34] hardening outreach.
[3:36] A spreadsheet of data is great for grant
[3:38] reporting, but this dashboard helps
[3:40] include our community and our
[3:42] decision-makers.
[3:44] The dashboard includes real-time
[3:45] participation tracking. It measures
[3:47] green waste intake in real time, which
[3:49] is why we ask residents to fill out a
[3:51] digital form at drop-off.
[3:53] It allows us to visualize community
[3:55] wildfire readiness by mapping drop-off locations against fire risk
[3:59] layers.
[4:01] We can deploy targeted outreach where
[4:02] defensible space work is needed.
[4:05] Uh it's also public engagement aspects
[4:07] like being easily accessible and
[4:10] mobile-friendly. Um so you can pull this
[4:12] up on your cell phone as well.
[4:14] Um and we hope it encourages our
[4:16] community to participate in wildfire
[4:18] resilience efforts to keep our
[4:19] communities safe.
[4:21] Uh the dashboard also helps track our
[4:23] grant performance. Our initial goal, as
[4:25] you can see in the upper right-hand
[4:27] corner, depending on where you're
[4:28] sitting, um
[4:30] shows that our our goal was to treat 150
[4:33] acres or 750 acres. Um 150 acres per
[4:37] year, 750 acres in total. Um as of
[4:40] today, we have already exceeded that
[4:41] goal by 722 acres.
[4:44] We estimate treated treated acreage by
[4:47] We estimated this treated acreage by
[4:49] overlaying green waste drop-off data
[4:51] with parcel boundaries. While some
[4:53] residents may clear a whole yard, others
[4:55] may bring a single load of garden
[4:57] cleanup. The spatial mapping gives us a
[4:59] reliable estimate of the footprint that
[5:01] is actively being treated. The goal of
[5:03] this dashboard is to empower our
[5:05] community to demonstrate that collective
[5:07] fuels reduction efforts can make a
[5:08] measurable impact. The dashboard will be live on the city
[5:12] website, and I encourage you to explore
[5:14] and interact with the data. Thank you.
[5:17] Craig.
[5:23] » Um the next presentation that we have
[5:24] this evening is Lindsay Clevenger. She's
[5:27] the executive director of Madrone
[5:30] Hospice.
[5:31] >> Good evening.
[5:32] >> Hello. Good evening. Can you hear me,
[5:34] okay?
[5:35] I'm quite tall.
[5:37] >> [laughter]
[5:38] >> I can talk a little.
[5:39] >> Hello, sir.
[5:40] >> Hello, Craig.
[5:41] I'm too tall for my own good, eh?
[5:45] » You're perfect.
[5:46] >> I made a little handout. Am I able to
[5:48] hand that out?
[5:49] >> Yeah.
[5:49] >> Okay, perfect.
[5:50] >> Sounds good.
[5:53] Wonderful.
[5:58] » So, my name's Lindsey Clevenger. I'm the
[5:59] executive director of Madrone Hospice.
[6:02] I'm here tonight with Sarah Kerr, and
[6:04] she is the brains behind the senior
[6:08] program down at the senior center.
[6:11] Um I just wanted to talk to you a little
[6:13] bit about the programs that we offer.
[6:16] Um Madrone Hospice has been in
[6:18] partnership with the city of Yreka, I
[6:21] believe since 2009, well before my time.
[6:25] Um we work hand in hand with the city of
[6:28] Yreka. Um our programs are offered at
[6:31] the community center down at 810 Oregon
[6:35] Street. Um we are also funded by PSA2
[6:39] and the Older Americans Act.
[6:41] Um and we offered a a slew of really
[6:43] wonderful programs to help the seniors
[6:45] within our community.
[6:47] Um one of them is our congregate meal
[6:49] program. So, every day, Monday through
[6:52] Friday, we have lunch for our seniors.
[6:55] Um if you're over the age of 60, you are
[6:57] welcome to come. Um lunch is from 12:00
[7:00] until 12:45.
[7:02] If anybody wanted to visit and you're
[7:04] not are not over the age of 60, you can
[7:06] also come. Um it's $6 a meal.
[7:08] So, um yeah, we welcomed Will for lunch
[7:11] the other day, and that was a wonderful
[7:13] experience. So, thank you for joining
[7:15] us. And um in the last year, we had over
[7:19] 7,500 meals that we served, and we
[7:22] served that to almost 140 different
[7:25] participants. And so, the participants
[7:27] within our community really find value
[7:30] within this program. It helps to get
[7:32] people out of their homes.
[7:34] Um it helps to provide community and
[7:36] fellowship. And those that struggle
[7:39] financially with meals, it helps in that
[7:41] regard, as well.
[7:43] Um, we also have a home delivered meals
[7:45] program for those um, seniors that are
[7:47] unable to leave their homes. And so we make meals at the senior center, we
[7:53] package them up, and then we bring them
[7:55] to seniors homes. We do that also Monday
[7:57] through Friday. This last year we
[8:00] provided almost 20,000 meals.
[8:03] And so that is a very wonderful program
[8:06] um,
[8:07] as well.
[8:08] We also have senior transportation. So
[8:10] this is for our um, senior folks who are
[8:13] unable to drive and they've got medical
[8:15] appointments, they need to go to, you
[8:18] know, the doctor's office, dentist, they
[8:20] need to pick up groceries, errands, um,
[8:22] so on and so forth. We are able to pick
[8:25] them up at their homes, bring them to
[8:27] their appointments, and then we bring
[8:29] them back.
[8:30] Um, that program we recently expanded,
[8:33] so that's Monday through Friday 8:30
[8:35] a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Um, this last year we
[8:39] provided uh, little over 5,600 trips.
[8:42] And so that has been really impactful to
[8:45] a lot of seniors as well.
[8:47] Um, another program we have is our
[8:49] caregiver respite program. And this ties
[8:52] in quite a bit um, with the Madrone
[8:55] House, the hospice house. And so the
[8:57] respite program is really wonderful um,
[9:02] you know, when we have uh,
[9:04] hospice patients at our home and they
[9:06] have a full-time caregiver and the
[9:08] caregiver is either having caregiver
[9:11] burnout or fatigue or even, gosh, I'm
[9:14] going to go out of town cuz I have a a
[9:16] family's graduation or an event of
[9:19] sorts. Um,
[9:21] then we can provide respite at the
[9:23] hospice house for 5 days. And so that is
[9:27] a really wonderful um, way to give those
[9:30] caregivers a bit of a break.
[9:32] Um, and last year we provided about
[9:35] 2,600 hours of respite care um, the
[9:39] Madrone house.
[9:40] We also have a bit of an aside with that with the
[9:43] respite program where we have volunteers
[9:45] that can go into somebody's house and
[9:49] provide respite. Say somebody a
[9:51] full-time caregiver just needed to go
[9:53] for the afternoon. And so we'll have a
[9:55] volunteer go sit with that patient, that
[9:58] person's loved one for the afternoon.
[10:00] They're able to get out of the house, do
[10:02] what they need to do, whatever that is,
[10:03] or simply do what they prefer to do just
[10:06] for a little bit of a break. And so
[10:09] that's a really wonderful, you know,
[10:11] deeply impactful program for a lot of
[10:13] people as well.
[10:15] In addition to those, we've got some
[10:19] programs that help with our seniors
[10:20] movement and activity.
[10:23] I have not yet been, but we have a tai
[10:24] chi class that I hear is fantastic.
[10:27] Twice a week, that's on Tuesdays and
[10:29] Fridays.
[10:30] I've heard really wonderful things about
[10:32] it. We have about 25 participants that,
[10:35] you know,
[10:36] love going. And so
[10:38] I need to get around to going, but it's
[10:40] I've heard I've heard good things about
[10:42] it. Also, there's line dancing. So if
[10:44] that's your thing, a lot of people love
[10:46] that as well. And so both of those are
[10:49] at the community center.
[10:51] And like I said before, the city of
[10:53] Warrenton so graciously lets us use that
[10:55] community center and we are very very
[10:58] grateful for that. Um
[11:01] we also have the senior
[11:04] resource directory, which we do every
[11:06] year. I brought a couple copies.
[11:11] And so this
[11:13] resource directory is wonderful. We try
[11:14] to pass it out throughout the county,
[11:16] certainly throughout the city.
[11:19] And it just provides resources
[11:21] for all things related to seniors. So
[11:24] whether it be doctor's offices,
[11:26] transportation, meal delivery, anything
[11:29] that you can think of, we try to keep it
[11:30] in one spot so that if you're in need if
[11:33] you've got a family member in need
[11:35] somebody that you care about that you
[11:37] have needs for
[11:39] you can grab this and it's just a wealth
[11:41] of information.
[11:43] And so if anybody would like one I have
[11:46] extra.
[11:47] In addition to that we have an annual
[11:50] senior fair and so we try to get
[11:52] everybody.
[11:54] In the community together in the county
[11:56] together just in one spot generally
[11:58] that's in May and we open that up in the
[12:03] senior center as well or in the
[12:04] community center rather
[12:06] and that's just a place that if you have
[12:08] questions or you're trying to find
[12:10] resources
[12:12] for somebody you know or for yourself
[12:14] we're all in one spot so public health
[12:16] the hospital
[12:18] um.
[12:19] You know
[12:20] Madrone of course.
[12:22] Anybody that you can think of is
[12:24] generally there and that's just a really
[12:25] fun fun way to get everything you need
[12:29] information you need all in one spot and
[12:31] so
[12:32] that's a quick run through of the
[12:34] programs that we offer and like I said
[12:37] you know we have been in partnership
[12:39] with the city of Yreka to provide those
[12:42] programs since about 2009
[12:45] and so we are forever grateful of that
[12:49] you know with continued federal and
[12:51] state. Cuts to our funding we are always
[12:53] working on working through various
[12:56] deficits to make sure these programs
[12:57] don't go undisturbed
[13:01] and so you know that's always a
[13:02] challenge for us but we carry on
[13:05] nonetheless
[13:07] and so you know thank you for your
[13:09] support and for supporting Madrone and
[13:11] the seniors in our community it really
[13:13] means a lot to us so
[13:17] that's what I've got if anybody has any
[13:19] questions I'm here for it.
[13:23] » Thank you so much Lindsay that's great.
[13:26] >> thank you.
[13:33] » Item five on the agenda is public
[13:35] comments. Public participation is
[13:37] welcomed and invited at all city council
[13:40] meetings. This time is set aside for
[13:42] residents to address the city council on
[13:45] matters listed on the consent agenda, as
[13:47] well as other items not included on the
[13:49] regular agenda. If your comments concern
[13:53] an item noted on the regular agenda,
[13:55] please address the council when that
[13:57] item is open for public comment. The
[13:59] city requests that persons addressing
[14:02] the city council refrain from making
[14:04] personal, slanderous, profane, or
[14:06] disruptive remarks.
[14:08] Please speak into the microphone from
[14:10] the podium, and the podium
[14:12] electronically adjust up and down to
[14:14] accommodate the speaker.
[14:16] Please address the council as a whole.
[14:18] Please state your name for the record
[14:20] prior to providing your comments, and
[14:23] please limit your remarks to 5 minutes.
[14:28] Do I have any public comment this
[14:30] evening?
[14:37] There's no public comment, so I'll move
[14:38] along to the consent agenda. All matters
[14:41] listed under the consent agenda are
[14:43] considered routine and
[14:44] non-controversial, and will be enacted
[14:46] by one motion unless any member of the
[14:49] council wishes to remove an item for
[14:51] discussion.
[14:52] >> Madam Mayor, there's an item on here
[14:54] that I noticed that is
[14:56] uh
[14:57] from you and from Will Ibershoff, and I uh and I mentioned it to Will. I don't
[15:02] know if you're speaking for yourself or
[15:04] all of us. There's a letter to a
[15:06] Honorable Monique Limón,
[15:08] but in the past we have had
[15:11] uh in my years on the council we have
[15:12] had um
[15:15] different we've had some people send
[15:17] mayors on behalf of the council that the
[15:18] council did not was not aware of, and
[15:21] this is something that's new to me, I
[15:22] don't know if this is um I'd like to
[15:24] pull this off, and then we can maybe put
[15:27] it on another
[15:28] uh
[15:29] have city clerk put it on another
[15:32] uh agenda that we can talk about and
[15:33] make sure that we're all there. I don't
[15:35] know unless I missed a vote on it or
[15:38] something uh because we don't typically
[15:40] I can't speak for the council. I can't
[15:42] sign a letter for the council. Typically
[15:43] one person can't do that unless we've
[15:46] agreed on that.
[15:47] So,
[15:48] >> May- Mayor, it's Will the city manager.
[15:51] That letter has not gone out. The whole
[15:53] idea was to see if council wished to
[15:55] authorize it, so
[15:56] we could either discuss it later, or we
[15:58] could schedule for the September 1st
[16:00] meeting. Purely up to you.
[16:02] >> Okay, so um Council Member McCoy, you'd
[16:04] like item E pulled from the consent
[16:06] agenda.
[16:07] >> Yeah, and and put on the September 1st
[16:09] agenda. Would be wonderful.
[16:12] >> Yeah, submit by August 26th to be
[16:14] submitted
[16:14] >> O- okay. Okay. But I'm it's not an emergency on my part
[16:18] right now. Um I think
[16:20] >> Okay, so we're going to pull that, and
[16:21] we will discuss it after the consent
[16:23] agenda is adopted. We'll bring this item
[16:25] for discussion.
[16:27] And you can make a motion to
[16:29] um
[16:31] move it to another meeting at that time.
[16:35] All right. So, the consent agenda we um
[16:39] item A through D, what are the wishes of
[16:42] the council?
[16:46] » It's Councilman Clary. I make a motion
[16:47] to adopt the consent agenda items A
[16:49] through D as in David
[16:51] of the city council of the city of
[16:53] Eureka as presented with those items.
[16:56] >> Councilman Middleton, I'll second.
[16:58] >> I have a motion from Council Member
[17:00] Clary, second by Council Member
[17:01] Middleton to approve the consent agenda
[17:04] items A through D.
[17:06] All those in favor, please signify by
[17:08] saying I.
[17:10] >> I.
[17:14] >> Motion passes unanimously. Um item E um,
[17:18] been pulled from the consent agenda. Mr.
[17:20] McCoy.
[17:24] » Yes.
[17:25] >> So, what are your wishes regarding this
[17:28] item?
[17:28] >> to do that now, or you want to do it
[17:29] after we finish other business? I wasn't
[17:31] clear on that.
[17:32] >> No, we'll discuss it now.
[17:34] >> Um, I'd like to table it for the next
[17:36] meeting. Um, I'm hearing from, uh, the
[17:39] assistant city manager that it's due on
[17:41] September 1st. Is there a reason why
[17:44] it's just being brought to us now? Why
[17:46] it's why it's so late in the month?
[17:48] >> Sir, so give me a second. Um, so, uh,
[17:51] Governor Newsom has issued a report
[17:54] outlining several different wildfire
[17:56] mitigation, um, initiatives, I guess is
[17:58] a good way of putting it for the state
[18:00] of California. A couple of those
[18:02] initiatives, which are outlined in the
[18:03] letter, um, would essentially limit the
[18:06] city's ability to recover from any
[18:08] wildfires that were started by utility
[18:10] companies, and so they are accepting
[18:12] comments to
[18:13] >> Are you are you answering
[18:15] I'm just asking the question. Is there a
[18:16] reason why we're just getting it now,
[18:18] why we didn't get it earlier? Why didn't
[18:20] get it a meeting ago? That's that's all
[18:21] I'm asking right now.
[18:22] >> Oh, uh, so this is a drafted letter
[18:24] based off of, um, essentially a public
[18:27] push from the League of California
[18:28] Cities, along with several other
[18:30] governing bodies, and we got this on,
[18:32] uh, Wednesday or Thursday, I believe, of
[18:33] last week. So, we put it on your agenda
[18:35] to consider signing on to the letter
[18:37] issuing stating that it would be
[18:39] detrimental to the city if these were to
[18:42] take
[18:42] >> I understand. I'm just asking for the
[18:43] date right now. And the language that
[18:45] came from Governor Governor Newsom's
[18:47] office says that it is due on September
[18:50] 1st in the state capital.
[18:52] >> No, it's due August 26th.
[18:55] So, they they California League of
[18:57] Cities
[18:58] referred it to me. I can't remember it
[19:01] was Wednesday afternoon or Thursday
[19:02] morning of last week. And because the
[19:06] language would severely limit our
[19:08] recovery efforts
[19:10] if a the local power company had a fire
[19:14] that was caused by one of their lines.
[19:15] >> I I understand that. I'm
[19:20] My question is when did we get when did
[19:22] we when did we find out about this? My
[19:23] question is when is it due? And it
[19:25] sounds like it's due
[19:27] uh now.
[19:29] Um I would like to ask that it be put on
[19:31] for a special meeting we later this week
[19:33] so that we can have an hour just just a
[19:36] short meeting so we can go over it.
[19:38] That's that's what I'd like to do. I'm
[19:39] just asking for those two things.
[19:41] >> Okay, sorry.
[19:42] >> Why are we just getting it why we're
[19:43] just getting it now? Why
[19:45] you know
[19:46] and expecting it to
[19:48] I used to have a saying in my office
[19:49] that in a
[19:51] tardiness on some not on you guys but
[19:53] tardiness on the state's part or
[19:55] California League of California League
[19:57] of Cities does not equate to an
[19:59] emergency on our part. So and in the
[20:01] past we have uh
[20:03] we have signed off on things like this
[20:05] and letters that have gone off
[20:07] but um it's not been without uh we ran
[20:11] in we ran a foul of some things where
[20:14] a mayor at one point in time um
[20:17] sent some things off, made comments,
[20:19] spoke at places on behalf of the council
[20:22] when the council did not
[20:24] um
[20:25] you know, we we it's not something we
[20:26] discussed so I mean there's another
[20:29] thing I guess there's another one and
[20:30] that would be to take our mayor's name
[20:33] off of it and send it from our city
[20:34] manager
[20:35] um
[20:36] just because if you if that's if that if
[20:38] urgency is of the essence.
[20:44] >> Uh
[20:45] I've spoken to the assistant city
[20:47] manager about this and from what I
[20:49] understand the legislation had not read
[20:51] it all but the governor was moving
[20:54] rather quickly with this so our response
[20:56] had to be timely to it. I personally
[20:58] believe that it would be detrimental to
[21:00] the city if we did not oppose it. So
[21:03] that I'm willing to just if if the
[21:05] council's wishes
[21:07] uh I'll just sign myself and and go that
[21:10] route. We can do that, too.
[21:12] >> Well, does it say it needs signatures
[21:14] from council members or what?
[21:16] >> No, it just adds more weight to the
[21:17] letter if it's signed by the council has
[21:19] basically approved it, but it it it
[21:22] still would send a message that Wyreka
[21:24] and
[21:26] at least a hundred others are opposed to
[21:28] it.
[21:28] >> I mean, we support our city manager. We
[21:30] would not have hired him if we didn't
[21:31] support him.
[21:32] Um I just I'm I'm I'm just um again kind
[21:36] of confused and I'm a little bit gun-shy
[21:38] after eight years on this council of
[21:40] people making statements or sending
[21:42] letters that uh
[21:44] you know, we kind of approved and didn't
[21:45] realize we were getting them. They were
[21:46] like this and then later on it comes
[21:49] back to haunt us.
[21:51] So.
[21:51] >> I'll open it up for council discussion
[21:53] at this time.
[21:54] Um
[21:55] Mr. Davis, do you have any concerns that
[21:58] you'd like to voice?
[21:59] >> No, I'm good.
[22:01] >> Okay.
[22:03] Mr. Middleton.
[22:10] » Um
[22:11] I kind of echo um
[22:13] Councilman McCoy's
[22:15] statement of
[22:16] having things come to us so late. I know
[22:18] sometimes it's beyond our control, but
[22:19] to have it in front of us without
[22:21] discussion. Um
[22:23] I mean, we can maybe open it for
[22:25] discussion afterwards. I don't know if
[22:26] we need a
[22:27] um
[22:28] have a special meeting, but if we can
[22:29] maybe go to the end of our meeting um
[22:32] after we discuss the other business and
[22:34] bring it forward for discussion
[22:35] more detail what it's about and
[22:38] the procedure or hearing maybe from our
[22:40] assistant manager city manager or will
[22:42] our manager how we proceed, but to have
[22:44] it kind of brought to us and then oh, we
[22:47] need to have it right now. That's that
[22:49] has been things in the past that we've
[22:51] all I think have been
[22:54] not happy about having the ball dropped
[22:56] on us. So, um
[22:58] that's my only opinion at this point.
[23:02] Return to the clerk.
[23:08] » Seems to me it's something that it's not
[23:10] intentionally held from us. If it came
[23:12] last week, that's what I'm gathering.
[23:14] It's not like it came the week before we
[23:16] had a meeting, so I'd be obviously
[23:17] that'd be a different situation, but it
[23:19] seemed like it came the end of
[23:20] last week, and we're just now having the
[23:22] first meeting with it, so
[23:24] if everybody wants [snorts] to move it
[23:25] to the end to talk about it, I'm fine
[23:26] with that. If that's will of the council
[23:28] to have Will only sign it, I'm fine with
[23:30] that, too, but it sounds like it needs
[23:32] to be resolved
[23:33] preferably today. So, obviously it's
[23:36] something that needs to be resolved, so
[23:40] >> Thank you.
[23:42] And um my experience is with the League
[23:44] of Cities, they do notify us just a few
[23:47] days before there's a cutoff
[23:50] um date for a letter of response, and I
[23:53] hope that all the city council members
[23:55] are
[23:56] um
[23:59] What's the word I'm looking for?
[24:00] Subscribed to the um
[24:02] the Cal League of Cities um legislative
[24:05] um
[24:06] newsletters, and they and I remember
[24:09] this this did just come out last
[24:10] Wednesday, so um
[24:13] I actually would just like to make the
[24:15] motion
[24:16] um that um this letter is signed by the
[24:20] city manager.
[24:26] » I'll second that motion.
[24:29] >> Okay, so I have a motion on the floor
[24:31] from Council Member Baker, second by
[24:33] Council Member McCoy, um
[24:35] to have um to authorize
[24:38] Mr. Ibershoff, the city manager, to sign
[24:40] this letter.
[24:41] All those in favor, please signify by
[24:43] saying I.
[24:45] >> I.
[24:46] >> Motion passes unanimously.
[24:49] Okay, no public hearings, we're going on
[24:52] to item eight, city business. Our chief
[24:55] of police, come on down.
[24:58] And this um um item is
[25:01] um
[25:03] authorization of contract award to
[25:06] Motorola Solutions Incorporated for
[25:09] body-worn camera systems.
[25:11] Welcome.
[25:13] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor and councilmen.
[25:16] Yes, so the recommended action is for a
[25:19] motion authorize the city manager or his
[25:21] designee to execute a contract for the
[25:23] procurement of 17 police body-worn
[25:26] cameras
[25:27] and a cloud-based digital evidence
[25:29] management system,
[25:31] otherwise known as DEMS, with Motorola
[25:33] Solutions.
[25:35] Summary, the city of Yreka Police
[25:37] Department seeks to procure a
[25:39] comprehensive body-worn camera system
[25:42] comprising of 17 police-grade
[25:45] cameras and associated cloud-based video
[25:47] storage and management services.
[25:49] This procurement will enhance officer
[25:52] accountability,
[25:54] improve community trust,
[25:56] ensure proper preservation of
[25:58] evidentiary recordings, and support
[26:00] compliance with California state law
[26:02] requirements for law enforcement
[26:04] body-worn camera programs.
[26:07] The city of Yreka Police Department
[26:09] received four proposals from Core Force,
[26:12] Trust Technologies, Axon, and Motorola.
[26:17] The project description,
[26:20] there's three parts to it.
[26:22] There was the hardware,
[26:23] which is 17 new production model
[26:25] police-grade body-worn cameras fully
[26:28] configured and ready for field
[26:29] deployment,
[26:31] along with mounting hardware
[26:33] compatible with standard duty uniforms
[26:35] and tactical vests.
[26:38] The cloud digital evidence management
[26:40] system
[26:41] is a cloud-based platform for
[26:43] a minimum of 5 years providing video
[26:45] storage, management, retention
[26:47] [clears throat] scheduling,
[26:49] audit logging,
[26:50] role-based access controls,
[26:53] and redaction tools to support
[26:54] California legal compliance.
[27:01] Training and support.
[27:03] It's a comprehensive on-site or remote
[27:05] training for all sworn officers and
[27:07] system administrators, along with
[27:09] ongoing technical support, hardware
[27:11] warranty, and firmware/software
[27:14] maintenance throughout the contract
[27:15] term.
[27:16] Our project timeline, RFQ was issued
[27:19] June 5th of this year.
[27:21] The quote deadline was July
[27:24] 6th, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
[27:28] We had an evaluation period at our
[27:29] department from July 7th to the 20th,
[27:33] and it went to council consideration
[27:35] tonight.
[27:37] If it is authorized, we have 30 days to
[27:41] award the contract.
[27:43] Environmental review, this procurement
[27:45] is categoric categorically exempt from
[27:48] environmental review under California
[27:51] Environmental Quality Act or CEQA,
[27:54] as it constitutes a project involving an
[27:56] acquisition of existing equipment and
[27:58] the provision of services that will not
[28:01] result in direct or indirect physical
[28:03] changes to the environment.
[28:07] The total cost of this procurement will
[28:08] be $77,723.20.
[28:13] The initial equipment setup fee is
[28:15] $52,114.40.
[28:19] The annual cost for services will be
[28:21] $6,840.
[28:24] Cost will include hardware, the cameras
[28:25] and accessories, initial cloud DMS
[28:28] subscription, training, and technical
[28:31] support
[28:32] for 5 years.
[28:34] Annual cloud DMS subscription fees and
[28:36] optional extended warranty costs are
[28:38] outlined separately and can be added at
[28:40] any time.
[28:42] Uh this procurement procurement will be
[28:44] paid for by the SCORE grant,
[28:47] which human resource director John
[28:49] Elsnau
[28:50] was able to obtain for our city.
[28:53] And I would also for ending like to
[28:55] thank
[28:56] Juliana for all her help and Mr. Ebersol
[28:59] for directing us.
[29:02] That's
[29:03] body cams important asset to our
[29:06] department nowadays.
[29:09] >> Thank you so much. So, I will open it up
[29:11] for questions at this time from the
[29:13] council members.
[29:15] Council member Middleton.
[29:17] >> No questions.
[29:18] >> Council member Davis.
[29:20] >> I have a couple.
[29:21] >> Definitely.
[29:21] >> Um
[29:22] do we have body cameras now?
[29:24] >> We do.
[29:26] They are
[29:28] PatrolEyes.
[29:30] They're little, they're hard to
[29:31] manipulate the buttons.
[29:33] They break easy.
[29:35] And our storage is the problem with
[29:37] those. They go right into our computer
[29:39] system, not in the cloud-based, so it
[29:41] eats up all our storage.
[29:42] >> So, you're proposing
[29:44] what?
[29:46] E-file.
[29:46] >> Yes.
[29:48] >> I'm looking at the solution.
[29:49] >> Yes.
[29:50] >> So, and it says it's a 5-year deal.
[29:53] At the end of the 5 years, what happens?
[29:58] » Probably have to go through it again or
[29:59] upgrade.
[30:00] >> I
[30:01] think you said that with a 5-year on the
[30:04] equipment.
[30:07] You said Yeah, it has a
[30:09] it's 5-year
[30:11] life warranty.
[30:12] >> Yeah, so Council member Davis, usually
[30:14] what happens is at the end of the 5
[30:15] years and I think there's a Motorola rep
[30:18] here
[30:20] um that could answer the question, but
[30:21] it's my understanding that they offer
[30:23] you
[30:24] a renewal with newer cameras. But,
[30:27] again, I I've only worked with Axon. I
[30:29] haven't worked with Motorola, but I
[30:30] assume they're similar.
[30:31] >> Same same deal. So, we would be able to
[30:33] offer you guys a renewal at that 5-year
[30:35] mark and negotiate different things.
[30:38] >> Okay.
[30:40] Sounds like a good deal.
[30:42] >> Thank you.
[30:44] >> Councilmember McCoy.
[30:46] Councilmember Claire.
[30:48] So, Chief, I do have a question for you.
[30:51] Um
[30:53] Do you have um written departmental
[30:57] policies and procedures regarding the
[30:59] use of the body cams in place?
[31:01] >> Yes, we do.
[31:02] >> Okay.
[31:03] Thank you so much.
[31:06] All right. So, at this time I will open
[31:08] this item up for public comment.
[31:17] There's um no public comment. So, I'll
[31:19] bring it back to the council for
[31:21] consideration.
[31:22] >> Uh this is Councilmember McCoy. I would
[31:25] like to make the motion to authorize the
[31:28] city manager or his designee to execute
[31:31] a contract for procurement of 17 police
[31:34] body-worn cameras and a cloud-based
[31:36] digital evidence management system DEMS
[31:39] with Motorola Solutions Incorporated.
[31:42] >> This is Councilmember Claire. I second.
[31:44] >> So, we have a motion from Councilmember
[31:46] McCoy, second from Councilmember Claire
[31:50] um to authorize the city manager
[31:53] um to execute a contract for the
[31:55] procurement of these body um worn
[31:59] cameras and a cloud-based digital
[32:00] evidence management system with Motorola
[32:04] Solutions Incorporated. Will the clerk
[32:06] please take a roll call vote?
[32:08] >> All those in favor, please signify by
[32:10] saying I. Councilmember McCoy.
[32:12] >> I.
[32:12] >> Councilmember Middleton. Councilmember
[32:15] Davis.
[32:15] >> I.
[32:16] >> Councilmember Claire.
[32:17] >> I.
[32:18] >> Councilmember Baker.
[32:19] >> I.
[32:20] >> Thank you. The motion passes
[32:21] unanimously.
[32:23] Thank you.
[32:24] >> Thank you very much.
[32:28] » So, item um
[32:30] 8B on our agenda tonight is our planning
[32:33] manager and this is the replacement
[32:36] housing policy.
[32:38] Welcome.
[32:42] » Good evening, uh council members and
[32:44] Madam Mayor. This is Alia Roca Lazra,
[32:46] your planning manager.
[32:49] The recommended action before you
[32:51] tonight is to approve resolution
[32:56] 2026-28,
[32:58] a resolution of the City Council of the
[33:00] City of Eureka adopting a replacement
[33:02] housing policy.
[33:05] So, the purpose of this policy is really
[33:08] to make sure that affordable housing in
[33:12] the city is not lost through new housing
[33:15] development.
[33:17] And this is a policy uh that is state
[33:21] mandated. It requires cities to
[33:25] implement it. It applies when there is
[33:27] any new development on a site within the
[33:30] city's site inventory, which is uh
[33:33] defined in the city's recently adopted
[33:36] housing element. Cindy, would you please
[33:39] um pull up the slide.
[33:44] The site inventory is a listing of
[33:46] sites, or in our case, we have one site
[33:50] um that can accommodate the development
[33:52] of the required number of affordable
[33:55] units required by our regional housing
[33:59] needs allocation, which was determined
[34:02] by the state um the or the arena. Um
[34:07] It also applies to
[34:10] uh
[34:11] developers seeking density bonuses um
[34:14] for housing developments.
[34:17] So, this is um
[34:19] Exhibit B in the agenda. This is our
[34:23] site inventory that this policy would
[34:25] apply to. It's along Juniper Drive,
[34:28] north of the um Juniper Apartments.
[34:34] There are three criteria that would
[34:36] trigger the policy for the sites.
[34:38] Um so, if the site contains
[34:41] deed-restricted affordable units, have
[34:44] had such units demolished or vacated
[34:47] within the last 5 years, or are actively
[34:50] occupied by lower-income households,
[34:53] those units would need to be replaced uh by the new developer and the new
[34:58] housing development.
[35:02] Um this policy satisfies the general
[35:06] plan requirements, um specifically
[35:09] mitigating the loss of affordable
[35:10] housing units um on inventory sites.
[35:15] The city shall immediately begin
[35:16] implementing replacement housing where
[35:18] applicable um and adopt a local policy,
[35:21] which would be this policy.
[35:24] This item is exempt from CEQA, the
[35:28] California Environmental Quality Act.
[35:30] Um and the recommended action before you
[35:33] tonight is again approving resolution
[35:36] 2026-28,
[35:38] a resolution of the City Council of the
[35:40] City of Yreka adopting a replacement
[35:42] housing policy in compliance with
[35:44] California Government Code sections
[35:47] 65583.2
[35:49] G3 and 65915 C3 and finding that the
[35:53] activity is not subject to the
[35:55] California Environmental Quality Act or
[35:58] CEQA.
[35:59] That concludes my presentation, but I
[36:01] know that
[36:03] might be a confusing policy, so I'm here
[36:05] for any questions.
[36:07] >> Thank you.
[36:08] Um I'll start with um Council Member
[36:10] Middleton, do you have any questions?
[36:12] >> No.
[36:14] >> Council Member Davis?
[36:16] >> I guess I do have one.
[36:19] Um that the Yreka flock the flower
[36:22] and we explored that in that area, is it
[36:25] not a factor cuz that is an endangered
[36:28] species.
[36:30] >> Um I'm actually
[36:32] not sure about that question, but this
[36:36] site was designated
[36:38] as, you know, ready to be developed.
[36:41] So, I would assume that that's not a
[36:44] factor, but I I can confirm that with
[36:46] you, know, following up.
[36:50] >> Okay. Thank you. Appreciate that.
[36:55] » Council member McCoy.
[36:57] >> No, I just like to thank
[36:59] Aliyah for her work, and I'd like to
[37:01] commend our city manager, Mr. Ivershaw, for his forward thinking,
[37:06] because housing is of the utmost
[37:07] importance now in this community.
[37:11] » Council member Claire.
[37:14] >> Okay, I have no questions.
[37:16] Thank you.
[37:17] I'll open it up this item up for public
[37:19] comment at this time.
[37:24] There's no public comment, so I will
[37:25] bring it back to the council. What are
[37:27] the wishes of the council?
[37:29] >> Council Middleton, I will make the
[37:31] motion to approve resolution 2026-2028
[37:35] of the city council of the city of
[37:36] Eureka adopting a replacement housing
[37:38] policy in compliance with the California
[37:40] government code section 65
[37:43] 583-2G3
[37:47] and 65915
[37:49] C3 and finding the activity is not
[37:53] subject to the California Environmental
[37:55] Quality Act, also CEQA.
[37:58] >> Council member McCoy will second that
[37:59] motion of Council Middleton.
[38:03] >> I have a motion from Council member
[38:04] Middleton seconded by Council member
[38:06] McCoy to approve resolution 2026-28.
[38:11] Will the city clerk please take a roll
[38:13] call vote?
[38:15] All those in favor, please signify by
[38:16] saying I. Council member McCoy.
[38:18] >> I.
[38:19] >> Council member Middleton. Council member
[38:21] Davis.
[38:23] >> I. Council member Claire?
[38:25] Council member Baker?
[38:26] >> I.
[38:27] >> Thank you. The motion passes
[38:28] unanimously.
[38:34] » Thank you. We're going to um to move on
[38:36] to item 8C. This is our assistant city
[38:41] manager.
[38:42] Um this is a general plan 2050 work plan
[38:45] update and visioning workshop. Welcome.
[38:49] >> Hello. Thank you, Mayor and Council. Um
[38:51] whenever you're ready, Cindy.
[38:59] Perfect.
[39:04] » All right. Thank you, uh Mayor and city
[39:05] council members. So, this, if you
[39:07] remember, we are updating a general
[39:09] plan. We've been doing that since 2022
[39:12] and had some uh sideways action with
[39:15] other projects. And so, now we are back
[39:17] on to the project uh in full force. And
[39:20] so, as you'll see from the first slide
[39:22] we have here is we did a little bit of a
[39:24] rebranding and a reframing for the time
[39:26] frame of the general plan. Originally,
[39:28] we had planned it for adoption in 2026
[39:31] as a 20-year plan to 2046.
[39:34] Um just decided to round it out to 2050.
[39:37] Um we are projected right now uh to have
[39:40] a document in front of you in 2027.
[39:43] Do you remember what year I'm in? And uh
[39:46] want to uh kind of cover some of the
[39:48] work plan for the next couple months uh
[39:49] among a couple of other items. Next
[39:51] slide, please.
[39:53] So, again, we'll review the work plan
[39:55] through December cuz I know some of our
[39:56] council members will not be continuing
[39:58] with us, which is a little bit sad. But,
[40:00] guess what? You get to be members of the
[40:02] public now who still get input into this
[40:04] plan. And so, whatever comes in front of
[40:06] you in the next couple of months as
[40:08] council members will still be available
[40:10] for the future council to weigh in on.
[40:12] So, I don't want you all to feel like
[40:14] you're making or committing decisions
[40:16] for a future council to make. And so
[40:18] want to make sure you're still a part of
[40:19] this progress as we move forward. So,
[40:21] what to expect in the next couple of
[40:23] months? We'll then go over our vision
[40:26] and guiding principles that the city
[40:27] council approved back in 2023.
[40:30] Want to make sure that we're still on
[40:32] course for the direction that you guys
[40:34] are looking for that represents the the
[40:36] residents of and businesses of Yreka and
[40:39] some of those guiding principles and how
[40:40] we plan to achieve that vision moving
[40:42] forward. And again, all of this is very
[40:45] flexible. This is the fun part of your
[40:47] jobs and so we can change these up any way you guys
[40:50] see fit tonight or in the future. And
[40:52] then I'd like to get some public
[40:54] feedback from all of you as well as
[40:55] members of the public who are here with
[40:57] us today on some of this information
[40:58] just to make sure we're getting
[41:00] everybody's voices communicated through
[41:02] this plan and just a very big next step
[41:04] at the end. So, next slide, please.
[41:08] Next slide.
[41:10] So, in August right now we're writing
[41:12] the existing conditions report for the
[41:14] general plan. So, thank you to Sarah
[41:16] Chaffee for some of the sections of
[41:18] that, but that's essentially going to
[41:19] set the baseline for the city of Yreka.
[41:22] So, we have that report projected to be
[41:24] completed at the end of September as you
[41:27] see here. Hopefully having a public
[41:29] workshop the last week of September if
[41:31] not the first week of October. And then
[41:33] hopefully your second meeting this in
[41:35] October we will bring the exist existing
[41:38] conditions report to the city council
[41:40] for review and comments. You know, your
[41:42] thoughts, questions, you're not seeing
[41:44] something or there's maybe a piece of
[41:46] data that's really interesting to you
[41:47] that we can kind of elaborate on for the
[41:49] general plan. And then in October as as
[41:53] I said before, we've got that we will
[41:55] start on the land use and community
[41:57] character element. So, we've expanded
[41:59] the land use element to include
[42:01] community character because we are now
[42:03] required to have what are called
[42:04] objective design requirements for
[42:06] affordable housing projects
[42:08] as well as some of the feedback that we
[42:10] heard during the visioning process is a
[42:12] lot of people do want to see a little
[42:14] bit more of a consistent design style
[42:16] for the city of Weed, and the input that
[42:19] we're primarily getting is taking the
[42:20] historic district architectural style,
[42:23] so your interesting Victorians,
[42:24] mid-century modern, and expanding those
[42:27] into other design standards to keep
[42:29] seeing that consistent architectural
[42:31] style throughout the city with new
[42:32] development. So, this is kind of a
[42:34] technique to avoid some of those kind of
[42:36] just block kind of
[42:39] industrial-looking buildings, although
[42:40] nothing is wrong with those buildings if
[42:42] that's what you would like to see.
[42:44] But, the feedback we're getting from the
[42:45] general public is leaning more towards
[42:47] requiring some more higher architectural
[42:50] standards for some of our new
[42:51] development. And so, we'll be working on
[42:53] that in the land use and character
[42:55] element, and then we will be completing
[42:57] a draft of a proposed zoning code for
[43:00] you. And so, one of the things we did
[43:02] with this process is we're not only
[43:04] updating the general plan, which is a
[43:05] very big 20-year plan, which is very
[43:07] hard for people to conceptualize
[43:09] sometimes, we're also bringing you what
[43:11] we call implementation documents. And
[43:13] so, a zoning code is actually an
[43:15] implementation document of your land use
[43:18] element. It's taking your 20-year plan,
[43:20] it's distilling it into actionable zones
[43:23] and standards for development you want
[43:25] to see, and it's pushing that towards
[43:28] that 20-year plan. So, we're hoping with
[43:30] both the 20-year outlook and how we plan
[43:32] to tackle it today will help people kind
[43:34] of conceptualize how this all comes
[43:36] together and how we get to that 20-year
[43:38] vision that we'll talk about here
[43:40] shortly. Next slide, please.
[43:43] And then in November, we will continue
[43:46] to have city council and public
[43:47] engagement on that land use element and
[43:49] community character. The community
[43:51] character aspect is the one we want to
[43:53] make sure meets your needs and the
[43:55] residents as well, because it's a very
[43:57] new section for the city of Weed.
[44:00] And then with the land use element, the
[44:01] really important pieces that are coming
[44:03] out of that is your your land use is
[44:05] your zoning maps, your where you're
[44:08] going to place things, and how are those
[44:09] things going to be developed in a way
[44:11] that meet your future goal. So, we are
[44:14] planning to do public engagement of all
[44:15] of the property owners. If you will
[44:17] remember, that is a program in our
[44:18] housing element that we wanted to
[44:20] prioritize, which is making sure people
[44:22] know, "Guess what? We're changing your
[44:24] zoning to meet this new plan." We want
[44:26] to give people time to understand what
[44:29] is the proposed new zoning code that
[44:31] we're looking at, what is the projected
[44:33] zone for that property at this time, and
[44:35] give property owners at least about 30
[44:38] to 45 days to respond to those letters
[44:40] and say, "Yep, I'm really in favor of
[44:42] moving forward with this." or "No, I
[44:44] don't like it for this reason." and then
[44:46] that way we're able to work with
[44:47] property owners as we move through this
[44:50] rezoning process.
[44:52] We will have a second letter that will
[44:54] go out to property owners as part of
[44:55] this process later, once you have
[44:57] determined this is the direction we're
[44:59] going. So, people will be thoroughly
[45:01] notified this time around when we do
[45:03] land use changes in zoning code changes.
[45:06] And then in December, we will update
[45:08] that land use and community character
[45:10] element with your input that we get in
[45:12] November, and then we will begin
[45:13] drafting the circulation element, which
[45:15] is your transportation
[45:17] and utilities. Although, some of your
[45:19] utilities will be pulled out in a
[45:21] standalone element called public
[45:22] facilities, which you have in your
[45:24] current general plan. We will continue
[45:26] that tradition of keeping your water
[45:28] wastewater into public facilities, where
[45:31] circulation will be primarily
[45:32] transportation and telecommunications
[45:35] focused. Next slide, please.
[45:38] So, I want to take a moment to go back
[45:40] over your vision and guiding principles,
[45:43] and just kind of walk you through the
[45:45] process that we took to get here, as
[45:46] well as members of the public. Next
[45:49] slide, please.
[45:50] So, we really took a measured approach
[45:53] for going through this visioning
[45:54] process, because one of the really fun,
[45:57] but also daunting things is you do not
[45:59] have a vision statement for the city.
[46:01] So, that's a very unique. Uh most cities
[46:03] usually have a statement that's adopted
[46:05] by the city council in their general
[46:07] plan that says, "Who do you want to be
[46:08] when you grow up?" Um you don't, which
[46:11] gives us a lot of uh ability to kind of
[46:13] move forward. You The world is your
[46:15] oyster and options. Uh just one click,
[46:17] please.
[46:19] So, we took a three-stage approach, and
[46:20] the first one was developing some
[46:22] foundations. You know, what is
[46:24] visioning? There was a lot of
[46:26] apprehension at the beginning of this
[46:28] process for people to participate. Um
[46:30] because they really haven't been asked
[46:31] to participate before. And so, we did a
[46:34] number of different public engagement
[46:36] strategies, workshops, surveying, focus
[46:39] groups, interviews with people
[46:40] throughout this process of developing
[46:43] the vision to really kind of just get
[46:44] people familiar with the process and and
[46:46] make sure they're they feel heard during
[46:48] this kind of, you know, really fun civic
[46:50] process. Uh next click, please.
[46:53] From the foundation of kind of exploring
[46:55] values and what you could do, and some
[46:57] of the questions we asked is, "What does
[46:58] rural and small town mean for you?" We
[47:01] then went through kind of that input
[47:02] that we got, and we started exploring
[47:04] what are those key themes and things
[47:06] that really resonate with you as the
[47:08] elected officials of this community. You
[47:10] do get to make that choice for people in
[47:12] the general public, but we did also do
[47:14] some more focused um kind of meetings
[47:17] related to what really felt good for
[47:19] those residents and businesses
[47:21] throughout the community.
[47:23] And from there, a third and final click
[47:25] for this slide.
[47:26] Uh we went through and refined it. And
[47:28] so, uh if you'll remember, we went
[47:30] through the planning commission as well
[47:31] as the city council to kind of talk
[47:33] through some of the thematic areas, and
[47:35] then we drafted a vision statement for
[47:36] you guys to take a look at and to uh
[47:39] alter as you see fit. And we will go to
[47:42] the next slide, please.
[47:44] So, this is some of the prime like
[47:46] community feedback. I tried to find a
[47:47] couple of different ones that really sum
[47:49] it up for everyone, but we heard a lot
[47:51] about social connection, community,
[47:54] gathering of people, public events.
[47:57] Um people were very focused on healthy
[48:00] living and health care options within
[48:02] the community, especially our younger
[48:04] generation. Uh we did do a lot of
[48:06] outreach to the Jackson Street School
[48:08] during the visioning process, as well as
[48:10] the Yreka Union School. Uh the high
[48:12] school students participated quite a bit
[48:14] um in this process, and health care was
[48:16] a really big concern for them. You know,
[48:18] it's a concern for them, for their
[48:19] family members that they see aging and
[48:21] having to move away for better care.
[48:24] They see it as themselves. You know, we
[48:26] do have a very large population um
[48:29] within our community who live in a
[48:31] household with someone who does have a
[48:32] registered disability. So, I believe
[48:34] we're sitting at about 34%, which is
[48:36] higher than the state average. Um and so
[48:38] it's really uh
[48:41] an item that we heard a lot of. So,
[48:43] again, you'll see the social connection.
[48:45] And then finally, we we really did hear
[48:46] a lot about the rich cultural heritage
[48:48] of the region, and it's not just the
[48:50] Gold Rush aspect of this community, but
[48:52] it's also the natural landscapes that we
[48:54] have here, the tribal heritage, the uh
[48:57] Chinese immigrant heritage with some of
[48:59] our architecture that we have here,
[49:01] logging, and some items woven through
[49:03] there. And so, we want to make sure as
[49:05] we go through this process, we really
[49:07] bring in that rich cultural heritage for
[49:10] the community and celebrate it in the
[49:12] different ways that it occurs throughout
[49:13] this community, um and and see that
[49:16] forward. That's a really great thing
[49:17] that we've talked about in terms of
[49:19] encouraging more cultural events, and
[49:22] then also developing our recreation
[49:24] economy, which we don't really have in
[49:26] comparison to the rest of the county.
[49:28] But we have a really great history that
[49:30] we have to offer for people coming to
[49:32] visit. Next slide, please.
[49:34] So, from this, we got this statement.
[49:37] So, we're really asking ourselves the
[49:39] question of what future do you want to
[49:41] create? And we came up with with this
[49:45] paragraph right here, which is that the
[49:46] city of Yreka is a resilient community
[49:49] built on self-sufficiency and
[49:51] opportunity. The city offers a way of
[49:54] life that recognizes the area's distinct
[49:56] history, cherishes cherishes social
[49:58] engagement of the community, and
[50:00] provides safe, healthy, and economically
[50:03] secure community for the future. And so,
[50:06] again, when we try to draft these
[50:07] visioning statements, they are a bit
[50:09] broader because really what we do is
[50:11] this is 20 years out. So, every 5 years
[50:13] we should really be looking at this and
[50:15] looking at the actions that we're doing.
[50:17] Our 2026 work plan is a really good
[50:20] example of like these are the priorities
[50:22] based off of this future we want to
[50:23] create. And so, we'll we'll talk about
[50:26] this a little bit and see if this still
[50:27] resonates with you all.
[50:29] And so, I'm going to stop us here just
[50:32] to kind of do some initial kind of
[50:34] feedback from the council
[50:36] before we move on to the guiding
[50:38] principles.
[50:45] » Anybody have any feedback?
[50:49] Questions?
[50:52] » Okay.
[50:54] >> We're very quiet this evening.
[50:55] >> It's okay.
[50:56] >> And
[50:57] it's because we don't have a um
[51:02] What is it that you called it?
[51:04] We don't have a vision statement yet.
[51:06] >> Yeah.
[51:07] So, we don't really know who we
[51:08] are.
[51:09] >> Yeah.
[51:09] >> So.
[51:10] >> We'll figure it out.
[51:11] >> Yes.
[51:11] >> It's okay. It's a great place to be.
[51:13] Opportunities are endless. And I And I
[51:15] think it's a really good point. It's something to really call out about,
[51:19] you know, when you sit there and you
[51:20] envision a city that you've gone to that
[51:23] really is
[51:25] you know, close to your heart. It's a
[51:27] place that you've enjoyed. It's a place
[51:29] that you want to go back to. And you
[51:31] just think about the different aspects
[51:33] of that community and what makes it
[51:34] really, really special. And I guarantee
[51:37] you that a lot of those communities have
[51:39] had very deliberate planning to make you
[51:41] feel that way. You know, the city of
[51:43] Reading is not a car paradise because it
[51:46] just happened that way. You know, they
[51:48] prioritized that type of development.
[51:51] You know, it's very car-centric and not
[51:53] my particular cup of tea, but for some
[51:55] people they love it. They love that
[51:56] aspect of it. And that's okay. And I
[51:59] think that's really like the the thing I
[52:01] want to get through to everybody about
[52:02] this process is we're going to be making
[52:04] some choices as we move forward and that
[52:06] those choices are really unique to you
[52:09] and they don't have to be another city's
[52:10] choices. And so you don't have to be
[52:12] Mount Shasta, you don't have to be
[52:13] Medford, Central Point. You can be
[52:15] Yreka. And that's what we're trying to
[52:17] find out here in this process together.
[52:21] All right.
[52:22] So,
[52:24] next slide, please.
[52:25] What are those core values or priorities
[52:27] for the commit community? And so these
[52:29] all kind of feed in a little bit to that
[52:31] vision statement and really kind of go
[52:33] to it. So when we start looking at, you
[52:36] know, zoning code updates or municipal
[52:38] code updates or public infrastructure
[52:41] projects or where should we spend our
[52:43] money to, you know, invest in the
[52:45] economy, these are some of the guiding
[52:46] principles we'll come back to and answer
[52:49] as as we move through that process. And
[52:51] so the first four here, there are seven
[52:53] total and it's okay to have a little bit
[52:55] more than, you know, the visioning
[52:57] statement. So the the ones that I've
[52:59] summarized here for you is health and
[53:01] safety. People really value a healthy
[53:03] and safe community and that's by
[53:05] connecting people to outdoor recreation.
[53:08] That's making sure our streetlights are
[53:10] lighting properly. People feel safe
[53:12] going home from school or going to
[53:15] school and making sure when we're doing
[53:17] infrastructure projects, especially
[53:19] streetscape projects, that we're really
[53:21] looking at it from the lens of overall
[53:23] health and safety of the people using
[53:25] those spaces. The next one is locally
[53:27] fed. This is a really big thing that
[53:29] people brought up is that they really
[53:31] attribute the city of Yreka to an
[53:33] agricultural community, but yet we have
[53:35] no agriculture, um which is really
[53:37] fascinating to me. And so one of the
[53:40] guiding principles is supporting
[53:42] small-scale to large-scale agriculture
[53:44] as we move forward in the next 20 years,
[53:47] which again goes into that healthy
[53:48] lifestyle, access to good food options.
[53:51] And so, for example, this type of
[53:53] guiding principle means that in the
[53:55] zoning code, we allow more zoning for
[53:57] certain ag uses.
[53:59] Um for example, our residential
[54:01] agriculture zoning designation has no
[54:04] agriculture in it.
[54:06] So, we're adding agriculture back as an
[54:08] option to again give people the option
[54:11] to be able to feed themselves, to feed
[54:13] their neighbors, or even feed other
[54:15] communities outside of our city,
[54:17] developing an economy around that. And
[54:20] so, that is one of the guiding
[54:21] principles we have proposed for you so
[54:23] far. The rooted in story is really going
[54:26] back to that cultural heritage. How are
[54:28] we bringing in different aspects of our
[54:30] cultural heritage into future
[54:31] development projects? How are we
[54:33] remembering people and events? You know,
[54:35] how are we making sure that people come
[54:37] back to this community and go, "That's
[54:39] my grandfather." or "That's my
[54:41] great-great-grandmother's storefront."
[54:43] You know, we want people in your family
[54:45] coming back, Council member
[54:47] Drake Davis, to your old shop and being
[54:50] able to point to that building and go,
[54:51] "This is where I had my shop for all
[54:53] these years." And that really
[54:56] brings you into the community a lot
[54:58] more. And so, we want to make sure when
[54:59] we're planning these things out that
[55:01] we're bringing that cultural kind of
[55:04] almost a little bit of nostalgia into it
[55:07] and making sure that we're remembering
[55:09] things that we want to remember there.
[55:11] Fiscally sound is just something that
[55:13] has been talked about at this council
[55:15] that we've worked really hard on the
[55:16] last couple years, but it's something we
[55:18] always have to keep in mind is that if
[55:20] we're not being responsible stewards to
[55:23] our financial future, we don't really
[55:25] have a lot of resources to use to see us
[55:28] forward. And the fiscally sound guiding
[55:30] principle also goes into how are we
[55:33] doing our fee schedules, how are we
[55:35] looking at the affordability of living
[55:37] here within the city? Because if the
[55:39] city is fiscally sound, but our
[55:41] residents are not, that's going to
[55:42] resonate back to the city. You know,
[55:44] we're only as powerful as the businesses
[55:46] and residents that we have within our
[55:48] community, and being fiscally sound
[55:50] means bringing them into this as well.
[55:53] Next slide, please.
[55:55] The final three is we have flexible by
[55:57] design. This is something we heard from
[55:58] our development community. We heard this
[56:00] during our housing element update. The
[56:02] more options people have to move their
[56:05] project forward, the better. And we want
[56:07] to make sure when we're developing codes
[56:09] and we're developing policies, that
[56:11] we're thinking about all users and we're
[56:13] thinking about all different types of
[56:15] businesses, and we're making sure that
[56:17] our regulations give them the option to
[56:20] do what they would like to do. And so,
[56:22] one of the examples of these within the
[56:23] objective design standards is although
[56:26] we want to prioritize historic
[56:28] architectural styles, we're not saying
[56:30] no to other styles. We're just saying,
[56:32] "Hey, this is our preference, but if you
[56:34] want to do what you want to do, here's a
[56:35] process for you." So, we're making sure
[56:38] that we're not shutting the door
[56:39] completely on everyone, but we're making
[56:41] sure that it's very clear moving forward
[56:44] that this is what we would prefer.
[56:46] And so, we're making sure that we're
[56:47] doing that all throughout this document,
[56:49] all throughout our code updates is
[56:51] making sure things are flexible for
[56:52] people. The Outdoors for All is a very
[56:55] important thing. You live in a very
[56:56] beautiful part of California. You have
[56:59] great air quality when things are not on
[57:01] fire. You have great water quality. And
[57:03] so, one of the guiding principles is to
[57:05] ensure access to outdoor recreation for
[57:08] all different types of people, all
[57:09] different ages. Um one of the things
[57:12] since I've been here since 2021 is, you
[57:14] know, we don't really have a parks
[57:15] department. You don't really have rec
[57:17] leagues here. Like, how do we make that
[57:19] happen for people to have more of these
[57:21] organic ways to connect with each other
[57:24] through physical fitness, through
[57:26] enjoyment of bird watching if you're
[57:28] into that. Um I have a gold-bellied
[57:31] grosbeak in my yard right now.
[57:34] Um so, outdoors are for everybody and
[57:36] it's a guiding principle we want to see
[57:37] go forward. And finally, we want to be a center for well-being and this goes
[57:42] back to your healthcare option. And so,
[57:44] we've drafted this guiding principle as
[57:47] a as a greater thing than just the
[57:48] health of our community, but building an
[57:50] entire economy around it. And so, a
[57:53] really good example city that has
[57:55] centered well-being in their planning
[57:57] documents is Loma Linda, California. And
[57:59] so, they are one of the few places in
[58:01] the world that's called a blue zone
[58:03] where people statistically live over 100
[58:05] years old more often than anywhere else
[58:08] in in the globe. And so, they've really
[58:10] centered on very accessible outdoor
[58:13] recreation, accessible clinics, favoring
[58:16] more uh different types of healthcare
[58:19] within the community. I like to point
[58:21] out to people there is no um dialysis
[58:24] center in Siskiyou County. You have to
[58:26] drive to Redding or Medford for that
[58:28] service and if you know anyone who has
[58:30] to go through dialysis, you're usually
[58:32] going through it multiple days a week.
[58:34] And that's a lot to ask of our our
[58:36] residents who are already going through
[58:37] a health issue and are having to spend
[58:40] an exorbitant amount of money of travel
[58:42] to go to that service. And so, this
[58:45] really centers on how do we be that
[58:48] center for our residents? We want to
[58:50] make sure that if something goes wrong
[58:52] with your health, that you are 10
[58:53] minutes away from a service that can
[58:55] save your life. And that's a really
[58:57] important aspect that we're bringing
[58:59] forward. So, that is the end of my
[59:02] presentation. Really at this point, it
[59:05] is a time to listen to public comments
[59:07] that we get tonight, listen to your
[59:09] comments as we move forward. So, I'm
[59:10] going to probably just sit in the back
[59:12] and just take notes or probably sit here
[59:14] right at a chair and just take notes on
[59:16] what everybody's thinking on those.
[59:18] Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And Cindy,
[59:20] if you could go to the next slide,
[59:21] please.
[59:30] » Okay, so at this point in time I'm going
[59:32] to open this up for public comment.
[59:36] Do we have any public comment?
[59:45] Okay, I'm going to bring it back to the
[59:47] council for comments and um
[59:51] discussion and um
[59:56] Am I correct that this is not an action
[59:59] item? This is just to receive input?
[1:00:02] >> Yes, it's just it's just getting your
[1:00:04] input. Really it was going to be an
[1:00:05] action item at your next meeting. If you
[1:00:07] hated all of it and I need to rewrite
[1:00:08] all of it, which is fine. I can do that.
[1:00:11] But yeah, just open input Harvey you'd
[1:00:12] like to go from here.
[1:00:15] >> Okay.
[1:00:17] Councilmember Middleton.
[1:00:20] » [clears throat]
[1:00:20] >> We'll start with you.
[1:00:21] >> with me?
[1:00:24] That's what I'm saying.
[1:00:25] >> That's but I think
[1:00:26] I don't know, I think
[1:00:29] with the workshops and then I think by
[1:00:31] voice
[1:00:33] I think we're on track with the vision
[1:00:35] and I
[1:00:36] don't see any changes. I mean
[1:00:37] of course housing and of course I think
[1:00:40] one of the major
[1:00:42] things I like to see in will be after my
[1:00:46] tenure here is that
[1:00:48] just really revitalizing our downtown
[1:00:50] like
[1:00:51] that's the core of many
[1:00:54] Gold Rush era towns of having you know,
[1:00:56] the quaintness of that downtown area. It
[1:01:00] just seems like ours is um lacking some
[1:01:05] um
[1:01:07] businesses, commerce or you know, just
[1:01:10] um
[1:01:11] revitalizing it. Of course you know, to
[1:01:14] whether it be urban infills above the
[1:01:16] some of the places or um
[1:01:19] uh
[1:01:21] some paint. I don't know. Just making it
[1:01:24] really stand out for it is welcome to
[1:01:26] not only our citizens but also people
[1:01:28] who are traveling in to visit
[1:01:31] or stay here, you know, we want to get
[1:01:32] them back there. And um
[1:01:36] so that's
[1:01:38] one of my main things I would like to
[1:01:40] see is Miner Street really and Broadway
[1:01:42] or that whole core just really thrive.
[1:01:48] Cuz you go to Placerville or, you know,
[1:01:50] Auburn or any of those towns uh
[1:01:53] like Grass Valley and they have quaint
[1:01:54] towns and they're just vibrant and
[1:01:56] they're just
[1:01:59] alive and I like to see that our downtown.
[1:02:03] >> Thank you. Yeah, if you do have cities
[1:02:05] that you can think of that really
[1:02:07] resonate with you, that's really helpful
[1:02:08] for me, too, and I can take a look at
[1:02:10] their programming around that. Thank
[1:02:12] you.
[1:02:14] That's what I have for now.
[1:02:15] >> It's coming to my mind.
[1:02:16] >> Thank you.
[1:02:17] » [laughter]
[1:02:17] >> Uh-huh.
[1:02:18] >> Council member Davis?
[1:02:21] » Um Juliana, you mentioned something
[1:02:24] about agriculture that we didn't have
[1:02:25] agriculture.
[1:02:27] Um
[1:02:28] in the surrounding areas
[1:02:35] we have substantial agriculture, you
[1:02:38] know, in Scott Valley and Shasta Valley.
[1:02:41] They have quite a bit of farming and
[1:02:44] there's ranching and cattle ranching.
[1:02:47] Um it seems to me like
[1:02:50] to have it directly in Yreka would be
[1:02:52] almost impossible because of the
[1:02:55] size of the city, but we do have it in
[1:02:57] the surrounding areas.
[1:02:59] That uh
[1:03:01] and maybe maybe I missed your point.
[1:03:04] That's probably what happened, but
[1:03:07] there there is such stuff in in town. We have a tremendous amount of
[1:03:12] parks, you know, Greenhorn Park.
[1:03:16] The only other one I know of that's
[1:03:17] close is uh up in Ashland, you know.
[1:03:20] They They have great park, but this
[1:03:22] Green Run park is totally
[1:03:24] you know, it's great.
[1:03:26] Um and we we spend a lot of time there.
[1:03:30] I mean, I do.
[1:03:32] I know.
[1:03:33] And I enjoy every minute of it.
[1:03:35] So, there there are things that are in
[1:03:37] our community
[1:03:39] that are um
[1:03:43] kind of would lead to make those
[1:03:45] statements possible, I believe.
[1:03:50] Um
[1:03:53] I think
[1:03:54] I didn't write one down.
[1:03:57] So,
[1:03:59] I will maybe catch it later on.
[1:04:01] >> Okay. Yeah. And my next slide is
[1:04:02] essentially if anyone would like to give
[1:04:04] additional input, there are several
[1:04:06] different ways to do that, and I'm happy
[1:04:07] to meet with all of you and have that
[1:04:09] conversation.
[1:04:10] >> Thank you.
[1:04:18] Councilmember McEvoy.
[1:04:20] >> Yeah, I think you've done I think you've
[1:04:22] done a very good job with this. I
[1:04:23] appreciate that I can think back to the
[1:04:25] meetings that we were all having up at
[1:04:26] the community center different things.
[1:04:28] As I look at it, you you you mentioned
[1:04:31] parks. I think we did away with parks
[1:04:33] back in 1990-91. So, it's been like 35
[1:04:35] years since they fired Dean. I can't
[1:04:37] think of his last Dean Foss.
[1:04:39] Since they fired him and and and the
[1:04:41] city manager and council did away with
[1:04:43] it. Um I mean, I look at um
[1:04:48] I I I I wrote, "Do we need a parks and
[1:04:50] rec department?" I think we do. The
[1:04:51] problem is where does the money come
[1:04:53] from? So, that leads me to something
[1:04:55] else, and that is that we need to build
[1:04:57] our tax base. We have the the our our
[1:05:00] community has so graciously approved a
[1:05:02] 1% sales tax so that we can put in a 30
[1:05:05] uh million-dollar fire hall, uh build a
[1:05:08] new one that for our old one that is
[1:05:10] over 90 years old, and then we can hire
[1:05:12] six full-time firemen, but we needed we
[1:05:14] need to
[1:05:17] cultivate we need to cultivate for our
[1:05:19] new pool
[1:05:20] both for local I don't think you're
[1:05:21] going to get two tourists to use it, but
[1:05:23] you're going to get locals that are
[1:05:25] going to use that that pool similar to
[1:05:26] the one
[1:05:27] in Bernie which is used all the time and
[1:05:29] I don't think Bernie is as large as we
[1:05:31] are. But we have to build a tax base for
[1:05:34] that and I think we have that building a
[1:05:36] tax base means we have to entice people
[1:05:38] off the interstate. I've always said
[1:05:40] I've lived here 40 years and I always
[1:05:41] thought
[1:05:42] I'd look in Sunset magazine and go man I
[1:05:45] can go to Ashland and I can you know
[1:05:47] I can spend the weekend and I can hike
[1:05:49] here and go to this bed and breakfast. I
[1:05:51] mean I think there are package deals
[1:05:53] that if we have people that are
[1:05:54] interested in in settling here and doing
[1:05:56] businesses they can do that. So I mean
[1:05:58] to me that and that's a no-brainer. I
[1:06:00] mean being able to fish on the Scott in 45
[1:06:04] minutes, being able to kayak you know
[1:06:06] from the Swallows down to rope swing and on down that way. I mean just all
[1:06:12] that stuff is wonderful going over to to
[1:06:14] the valley and being on the Pacific
[1:06:15] Crest Trail and again in 45 minutes.
[1:06:19] And I think part of what we have to do
[1:06:21] is we have to encourage people off not
[1:06:23] only from minor but both ends and that
[1:06:25] means developing the north end of town
[1:06:26] which I know that the council and
[1:06:29] previous city managers have talked about
[1:06:31] and it looks like a lot of that property
[1:06:33] is being broken up which is good which
[1:06:34] will allow us maybe a little more
[1:06:36] flexibility when people want to come in.
[1:06:38] But all of that contributes to the tax
[1:06:40] base because when a business goes in
[1:06:42] that tax money's coming directly into the coffers of the city and then
[1:06:46] it's paying for
[1:06:48] whatever sorts of things we need and so
[1:06:50] I mean it pays for parks and rec. I
[1:06:54] understand that you know but then we can
[1:06:55] also keep our parks up a little more and
[1:06:57] we can you know we can modernize them.
[1:06:59] We can do that kind of stuff. So but we
[1:07:02] need to market our lives our life
[1:07:03] lifestyle to visitors and we need to
[1:07:06] market it to in in invite businesses in
[1:07:09] to invest. So, and I know that's
[1:07:11] something again that that our city
[1:07:13] manager Will is very acutely aware of
[1:07:15] cuz we we've had break we've had talks
[1:07:17] about it about every Friday. But also I
[1:07:20] know that he's acutely aware that we in
[1:07:22] order for us to do that we've got to
[1:07:23] have the housing.
[1:07:24] >> Mhm.
[1:07:24] >> So, that goes to, you know, part of your
[1:07:26] design and that kind of thing. I mean,
[1:07:28] if you look at if you look at Solvang,
[1:07:30] if you look at Leavenworth, you know,
[1:07:33] they've got their design, you know, for
[1:07:35] businesses because they're
[1:07:37] look more like what Swedish or something
[1:07:38] like that. I don't you know, or Danish.
[1:07:41] You know, and no, we don't want to go
[1:07:42] there, but having I mean, we have
[1:07:44] beautiful craftsman houses here. We have
[1:07:47] beautiful houses on 3rd Street. You
[1:07:49] know, provided that we can kind of keep
[1:07:51] it going that way historically. Um
[1:07:54] actual factual I said it is very good. I
[1:07:56] mean, you look at the what the
[1:07:58] stonemasons did in the the Italian
[1:08:00] stonemasons in McCloud and what they did
[1:08:02] in Weed and it's, you know, it's it's
[1:08:04] art. So, those are just things that come
[1:08:06] to mind for me that that I would
[1:08:08] continue to work on.
[1:08:10] But I would agree, I don't know if I'm
[1:08:11] agreeing with you cuz I don't know how
[1:08:12] you feel, but I really would love to see
[1:08:14] a parks and rec department, but we have
[1:08:16] to have extra money coming. We can't do
[1:08:18] it on what we have now. Thank you.
[1:08:21] » Councilmember Clark.
[1:08:23] >> Uh appreciate all the work you're doing
[1:08:25] cuz I can only imagine this is probably
[1:08:27] a lot. So, it's so far I'm I'm I'm
[1:08:30] agreeing. So, I think it looks good. I
[1:08:31] think I have a couple of small things,
[1:08:33] but I'll just go to you one-on-one so
[1:08:35] it's not important at all in front of
[1:08:36] everybody. It's just more for me, but I
[1:08:39] think it looks good and it's going in a
[1:08:40] good direction.
[1:08:41] >> Okay.
[1:08:42] >> Thank you.
[1:08:44] >> Thanks.
[1:08:47] I You know what I think is so
[1:08:49] interesting about the city of Yreka?
[1:08:51] There are a lot of things, but um I
[1:08:53] actually did um some research on the
[1:08:57] name of the city and how it came about.
[1:08:59] And um there is no clear-cut
[1:09:05] definition over what the city what what
[1:09:08] Yreka means. And I think that that is
[1:09:10] interesting in that it plays into we
[1:09:13] don't have a vision statement. So, this
[1:09:15] is a prime opportunity for us to come up
[1:09:18] with a really dynamic identity that is
[1:09:21] unique to the city of Yreka that people
[1:09:24] really will go, "Oh, yeah. I have the
[1:09:27] T-shirt
[1:09:28] that has our slogan on it."
[1:09:31] And so, I just am really excited about
[1:09:34] this project and I know that
[1:09:37] um you in particular, Juliana, have put
[1:09:40] so much work and effort into this. And
[1:09:43] sometimes
[1:09:44] all of the paperwork
[1:09:46] goes
[1:09:48] without a lot of recognition. And I just
[1:09:51] want to say that I'm really aware of how
[1:09:53] much work that you've put into this.
[1:09:56] Um
[1:09:57] You put a lot of work into the visioning
[1:09:59] workshops and actually reaching out to
[1:10:01] the community. And I would like to see
[1:10:05] just a little bit more of that
[1:10:08] because it has been what, two or three
[1:10:10] years? And
[1:10:12] it is evolving.
[1:10:15] I really appreciate the design
[1:10:17] standards. You mentioned those are
[1:10:19] really important. And I agree that we
[1:10:23] need some flexibility, but we do need
[1:10:26] some standards for the builders, the
[1:10:28] developers when they're building.
[1:10:31] I agree about developing our parks. I
[1:10:36] agree with a park and rec district. I
[1:10:39] would love to see that come back.
[1:10:41] And just ongoing activities that are
[1:10:44] centered around the parks.
[1:10:48] I mean, Greenhorn and Miner Street parks
[1:10:50] are just gems in the raw. And we could
[1:10:54] be doing so much more with them.
[1:10:58] Um
[1:10:59] And you know, one of the things that I
[1:11:01] really um love about Wyreka, and I think
[1:11:03] it fits into this, is um the community
[1:11:06] garden, and I would like to see an
[1:11:08] expansion of community gardens.
[1:11:10] And um
[1:11:13] I think that it's just really important
[1:11:15] that this this project continues to be a
[1:11:18] priority so that we actually
[1:11:21] can bring it to fruition and have a
[1:11:23] document to move on, you know, to use.
[1:11:27] So
[1:11:29] that's basically my input. Thank you.
[1:11:33] >> And just to address the the public
[1:11:35] outreach, we will continue to be a
[1:11:36] little bit more topic focused as opposed
[1:11:39] to kind of these bigger broader
[1:11:40] discussions. And so I just want to
[1:11:42] assure you we do have a public
[1:11:43] engagement plan that goes with this as
[1:11:45] well with different points where we'll
[1:11:46] be going out to the public for more
[1:11:48] information. And uh you know, it takes a
[1:11:51] while to do these types of plans cuz
[1:11:52] they're pretty hefty, but that gives us
[1:11:54] a lot of time to make sure that we're
[1:11:55] getting it right. We're checking back in
[1:11:57] with people and making sure we're we're
[1:11:59] ironing out the important details, too.
[1:12:02] So, thank you. And uh Cindy, if you
[1:12:04] could please do the next slide. Just
[1:12:06] some contact information. Oh, we're
[1:12:08] good. We answered those questions. Keep
[1:12:10] going.
[1:12:13] Good.
[1:12:13] You're good. Go to the next one.
[1:12:15] So, I I'm glad you're happy with the
[1:12:17] direction. I'll take some of this input
[1:12:19] and start to feed this into the
[1:12:20] document. But uh we will, just for
[1:12:22] members of the public, council members,
[1:12:24] there are several different ways you can
[1:12:25] contribute to this. Even if you have
[1:12:27] like a little thought, something pops
[1:12:29] up, you like something happening in
[1:12:31] Grass Valley, for example, if there's
[1:12:32] like an event in particular that you
[1:12:33] like, um I'll take written comments uh
[1:12:36] at City Hall. If you want to drop them
[1:12:37] off, you can also email them to me. Um
[1:12:40] we are updating the website, so there
[1:12:42] will actually be a website page. I was
[1:12:44] hoping Civic Plus would have it done by
[1:12:45] today so I could have it up there, but
[1:12:47] it's not, but it will be on the city's
[1:12:48] webpage now. So, we're going to migrate
[1:12:50] that over to be a little bit easier for
[1:12:52] people to move through and then we will
[1:12:55] be advertising the public engagement
[1:12:57] events on our website on Facebook trying
[1:12:59] to get out during in the usual kind of
[1:13:01] routes to advertise those for people to
[1:13:03] attend. So, but thank you for your time
[1:13:05] today and I appreciate your attention.
[1:13:08] >> Thank you.
[1:13:13] Okay, we're moving on to item 8F, the
[1:13:17] city manager and staff reports.
[1:13:23] » All righty, good evening. Mayor and
[1:13:25] council.
[1:13:28] So, with respect to the vision, I
[1:13:30] totally agree with you on it. Uh Juliana
[1:13:33] and I uh were part of a call with a PR
[1:13:37] and marketing firm that focuses on
[1:13:39] California, Truppeppi Smith, if you want
[1:13:41] to look them up. Uh they are going to
[1:13:44] make propose to us what we could do to
[1:13:48] identify ourselves, who we are, what do
[1:13:50] we want to be known for. What is our
[1:13:52] tagline, etc. So, we really feel like
[1:13:57] creating that identity with community
[1:14:01] support, your suggestion and ideas and
[1:14:04] your direction will really help us with
[1:14:07] focusing on the 2050 plan, but also and
[1:14:12] what kind of businesses we draw in. What
[1:14:14] are we known for? What do we want to be?
[1:14:17] And so I think that's really critical.
[1:14:19] So, as part of that, I want to show a
[1:14:21] short video today on the city's
[1:14:24] unofficial mascot. So, I thought that we
[1:14:27] would um bring that video up.
[1:14:31] » [laughter]
[1:15:46] » So, part of what we're going to do,
[1:15:48] we're going to remodel the new fire
[1:15:50] station and build a pen out back cuz the
[1:15:53] fire chief really would like a dozen
[1:15:55] goats on hand to help with uh
[1:15:58] prevention.
[1:15:59] >> [laughter]
[1:16:00] >> Uh the staff met with Mike Solano. He is
[1:16:03] building a retail store here in Yreka.
[1:16:06] Couple of key items for us is he's
[1:16:08] bought two lots. One building has a
[1:16:11] 3,000 square foot building, I believe.
[1:16:13] Is that right?
[1:16:17] 7,000 square foot building. He's going
[1:16:20] to expand it to 27,500.
[1:16:23] Uh the second building, he's going to
[1:16:25] bring in the first 3,000 of the top SKU
[1:16:27] items and try to open that up in the
[1:16:30] next 8 weeks uh to an existing building
[1:16:32] that's there and then obviously tear
[1:16:34] down the larger building and build
[1:16:36] something uh the 27,500
[1:16:39] square foot. Couple of things that'll be
[1:16:41] unique to this site, it will hold uh one
[1:16:44] of the top tallest flagpoles in the
[1:16:49] uh Siskiu County. It'll be close to 200
[1:16:52] ft high with an 80-ft high flag. So, if
[1:16:55] you ever get lost, we just tell you look
[1:16:57] for the flag and you'll be able to get
[1:16:59] there. And then, of course, you'll have
[1:17:01] a gun range and an archery range as part
[1:17:04] of this facility as well. And you'll get
[1:17:07] hungry after all that, so you'll want to
[1:17:08] get a hot dog and an ice cream
[1:17:10] >> from the store that we'll have.
[1:17:12] So, um very comprehensive. Uh next is I
[1:17:16] visit with the department heads and
[1:17:18] reviewed their projects. I really
[1:17:19] appreciate council support on the work
[1:17:22] plan because we are on track for the
[1:17:26] projects that we are doing and people
[1:17:28] are really focused on getting those key
[1:17:30] things done.
[1:17:32] And with that, uh one of the key
[1:17:34] projects is a new agreement for
[1:17:38] recycling and garbage here in Yreka with
[1:17:40] Yreka Transfer. So, thank you to council
[1:17:43] support. And working with Yreka
[1:17:45] Transfer, we have a verbal agreement.
[1:17:48] And so, we're uh Julia is working on an
[1:17:51] amendment right now to the existing
[1:17:52] agreement. So, in the next 2 months, uh
[1:17:55] October at the latest, we really want to
[1:17:57] bring it forward because it expires on
[1:17:59] October 30th.
[1:18:01] Um
[1:18:02] and then in October, we are going to be
[1:18:05] opening up the Performing Arts Center
[1:18:06] for movies and concerts. Uh and we're
[1:18:10] putting an entirely new sound system in,
[1:18:12] new lights, and a 28-ft
[1:18:15] screen. So, not only will you be able to
[1:18:18] feel Jaws, but you will be able to see
[1:18:20] it.
[1:18:22] Because the mayor's favorite line from
[1:18:24] the movie is, "We're going to need a
[1:18:26] bigger boat."
[1:18:27] >> [laughter]
[1:18:27] >> So, in this case, we are going to bring
[1:18:29] a bigger boat, so you'll be able to
[1:18:31] enjoy it. And we'll be able to open it
[1:18:34] up for matinees, a whole variety of
[1:18:36] different things. So, excited about
[1:18:38] that. I appreciate Mayor Pro Tem Claire
[1:18:41] working for the fire with the fire chief
[1:18:44] on the ad hoc committee. We are 90%
[1:18:47] done, and I know this may surprise all
[1:18:49] of you, but I have faith in both of
[1:18:51] those gentlemen that we'll be a one and
[1:18:53] done meeting. So, um
[1:18:55] we will let the federal government know
[1:18:57] that they do work. So,
[1:19:00] movies in the park. I hope you get a
[1:19:02] chance to see it. Jaws was last Friday.
[1:19:05] I don't know what's coming up, but I
[1:19:07] understand they're a big hit. Big great
[1:19:09] turnout, so it's another great event
[1:19:11] that's going on.
[1:19:13] Uh coming up on September 1st, the two
[1:19:16] big items are going to be a closed
[1:19:18] session on Fall Creek. And then, uh
[1:19:22] when Mortali will be here in person for
[1:19:24] that meeting, as well as the hopefully
[1:19:27] the adoption of the PSA. For that is a
[1:19:31] three-year project that's finally coming
[1:19:33] to fruition. We will then have uh a much better system for us with water
[1:19:38] without going to details. And then,
[1:19:41] speaking of housing, thank you
[1:19:42] Councilman McCoy for bringing that up.
[1:19:45] We are working with a EIFD, which is a
[1:19:48] funding mechanism to encourage housing.
[1:19:51] We have met with or at least I've had
[1:19:53] phone calls with the Payne Lane 300 unit
[1:19:57] development, and they are very
[1:19:58] intrigued, as well as um
[1:20:01] Clayton Hansen. Did I say his name
[1:20:03] right?
[1:20:05] He is looking at major improvements to
[1:20:07] this heavy industrial site. He'll be
[1:20:10] opening concrete and asphalt, as well as
[1:20:12] subdividing the property to uh allow
[1:20:15] additional businesses to come in there.
[1:20:18] And the nice thing is, we are
[1:20:19] destination-based sales tax, and so
[1:20:21] every time he sells asphalt or concrete
[1:20:24] to our friends at Caltrans, we will get
[1:20:26] some portion of the sales tax. So, we're
[1:20:28] really excited about both.
[1:20:30] With that, um are there any questions or
[1:20:33] comments from the council members?
[1:20:37] >> Council member McCoy.
[1:20:38] >> I I just want to ask, you're referring
[1:20:40] to the community theater, not the
[1:20:42] Performing Arts Center, correct?
[1:20:44] >> Well, yes.
[1:20:45] >> Performing Arts Center's here, the
[1:20:46] community theater's down
[1:20:47] >> Yes, uh, it has different That's what I
[1:20:49] was told the Performing Arts, but it is
[1:20:51] a community theater. Yes.
[1:20:52] >> It's Okay, yeah, that's all I
[1:20:53] >> It's right next to the community center.
[1:20:56] >> I'm a flatlander, but that's all I've
[1:20:57] ever known it as.
[1:20:59] SPAC community theater.
[1:21:01] >> Right, but it's hasn't been used in
[1:21:04] years
[1:21:04] >> Nope, it has.
[1:21:05] >> and it is an underutilized resource, and
[1:21:08] there are a lot of folks interested in
[1:21:10] doing that.
[1:21:11] >> Yeah.
[1:21:12] >> Sorry, seeing movies there and being
[1:21:13] part of it.
[1:21:17] » Anybody else?
[1:21:18] All right.
[1:21:19] >> Thank you.
[1:21:20] >> we have any other staff reports tonight?
[1:21:22] >> I don't know.
[1:21:25] » Okay. All right. Thank you so much.
[1:21:28] We'll, uh, move on to item 8G. This is
[1:21:31] the mayor council members reports,
[1:21:33] statements, and requests.
[1:21:36] Who would like to go first this evening?
[1:21:41] » I'll make it real quick as, um, as
[1:21:43] everybody knows, I was absent, and, uh,
[1:21:45] I won't spend too much time on this
[1:21:46] because I'll probably get emotional,
[1:21:47] but, um,
[1:21:49] so a couple weeks ago I lost my mother,
[1:21:50] and I wanted to thank everybody for
[1:21:52] their
[1:21:52] support and wishes to me and my family.
[1:21:54] It's been, um, incredible just from all
[1:21:56] the council members, the mayor,
[1:21:58] uh,
[1:21:59] our city manager, and the staff. I
[1:22:01] really appreciate it, and, um,
[1:22:03] you know, life goes on, but, um, I'll
[1:22:05] miss her terribly, and but just thank
[1:22:07] you. I really appreciate it.
[1:22:08] Thank you.
[1:22:09] >> Did you get the card?
[1:22:11] >> Yes.
[1:22:15] » Thank you. Council member Davis.
[1:22:17] >> Um, I attended I attended um,
[1:22:21] building department workshop, as you did
[1:22:24] also.
[1:22:26] Um,
[1:22:27] and it was on the permitting process in
[1:22:29] Waireka. She was assisted by James
[1:22:32] McIntyre.
[1:22:34] Um and I thought
[1:22:37] that they really did a great job
[1:22:40] making the city available
[1:22:43] to uh
[1:22:45] the contractors that were
[1:22:47] uh there and they any ones that want to
[1:22:50] start uh
[1:22:52] you know, a building process
[1:22:54] and get the permits necessary.
[1:22:56] And they um were pretty
[1:22:59] open about coming to the city for help.
[1:23:03] Um and I and I thought they they put a
[1:23:06] good face on to the city of Waireka.
[1:23:10] Um
[1:23:11] and they were strictly business about
[1:23:14] the uh permitting process and nobody
[1:23:18] ever got into the fees where they're
[1:23:21] given a bad time about fees no matter
[1:23:23] how much they are.
[1:23:25] It you know, that usually comes up. But
[1:23:27] it was an excellent job and Ilea and
[1:23:29] James really did a good job.
[1:23:34] » That's it.
[1:23:35] >> Thank you.
[1:23:38] Councilmember McCoy.
[1:23:40] >> Yeah, again, I want to thank Will for
[1:23:43] pushing for the movies. I think they're
[1:23:45] a great idea and I've heard lots of good
[1:23:47] things about them.
[1:23:48] Um I went out and took a look at the
[1:23:50] goats. I didn't get to get out and kiss
[1:23:51] them. Will wanted me to kiss them and
[1:23:52] take a picture and I told him I would.
[1:23:55] And my wife knows I'll kiss him, but I
[1:23:56] didn't get out there in time. Um and
[1:23:59] I've I've spoken with Will, so I'm not hitting him blind about this,
[1:24:02] but I would I'm going to ask uh our
[1:24:04] public works to see if they can't maybe
[1:24:06] get the goats back out there to uh eat
[1:24:09] the north, south, and west sides because
[1:24:11] they're very overgrown. There are
[1:24:12] benches that are totally covered. Some
[1:24:14] of the one of the poo thingies for dogs
[1:24:16] is covered and it's growing up under
[1:24:19] bridges and things like that. So, I'm
[1:24:21] hoping and so I'm not hitting Will
[1:24:22] knows, I'm not hitting him blind.
[1:24:24] Um
[1:24:25] uh but I'm so, I I would I'm going to
[1:24:27] urge public works uh Matt to um get get
[1:24:31] them back or get out there because as
[1:24:32] you walk through some of them, you
[1:24:34] actually push things away. And I have
[1:24:36] friends that walk out there that are
[1:24:37] elderly like me and and you know, it's
[1:24:41] it would be nice to not be fighting the
[1:24:43] bees and stuff like that and the plants.
[1:24:44] So, but um and I am very excited that
[1:24:48] again that Will, our city manager, is
[1:24:50] working on our community theater. Um
[1:24:53] I've been on this council 8 years and we
[1:24:55] have pushed and pushed and pushed. And
[1:24:58] all you were here, you only thing that I
[1:25:00] know that Corey heard for the first 2
[1:25:02] years he was on, I heard it for the
[1:25:03] first 4 years is let's sell that
[1:25:05] community theater. Let's sell that
[1:25:07] community theater. And it's like and I'm
[1:25:09] not picking on any of the city managers,
[1:25:10] just was kind of it was a it was a thing
[1:25:12] a viewpoint through the whole office.
[1:25:15] It's just a it's just a liability. Well,
[1:25:17] it is a liability, but it's our
[1:25:18] liability and we've had some of some big
[1:25:20] stars in that they have come country and
[1:25:24] uh
[1:25:25] and some like Anthony Zerbe and
[1:25:28] you know, and and Michael Martin Murphy.
[1:25:30] We've had some big stars go in there and
[1:25:32] it's great that that Will and and that our past two
[1:25:37] saw that that we needed new air
[1:25:39] conditioning and that Will now is
[1:25:40] continuing that and I thank you for it.
[1:25:42] Sir.
[1:25:46] » Yeah, I agree. Thank you. And all the
[1:25:47] high school plays. I did plays in high
[1:25:49] school there like a million years ago,
[1:25:50] so I remember that and
[1:25:53] going to choir and concerts, so very
[1:25:54] appreciated. Uh I have nothing really.
[1:25:56] Hope everybody has a good evening.
[1:25:59] >> Thank you.
[1:26:02] So, the community theater, I am so
[1:26:04] excited that it's going to be utilized
[1:26:06] again. And just a little bit of
[1:26:11] history that when I was a freshman in
[1:26:15] high school, I was part of the committee
[1:26:18] that went around the community to
[1:26:20] collect the surveys on whether the
[1:26:23] community of Yreka wanted the community
[1:26:25] theater. That was very exciting, and I
[1:26:27] think when I was a junior in high
[1:26:29] school, my best friend and I spent hours
[1:26:32] hand-hemming the black curtain in that
[1:26:35] building. So, I I have um been a huge
[1:26:41] part of that building for a number of
[1:26:42] years um being involved in activities
[1:26:45] and
[1:26:46] um certainly going and enjoying
[1:26:47] programs. So, it is very exciting that is um opening back up. And um I did
[1:26:54] attend the um
[1:26:56] showing of Jaws at Miner Street Park uh
[1:26:59] last Friday night. And if you I would
[1:27:02] really encourage everybody to do their
[1:27:05] best to attend one of the movies. Um I
[1:27:08] believe that this week is an animated
[1:27:10] kids movie by the name of Hoppers.
[1:27:13] Um I guess it's relatively new. And then
[1:27:16] in 2 weeks, it's Indiana Jones
[1:27:19] um
[1:27:20] Raiders of the Lost Ark. So,
[1:27:23] um it's a lot of fun. And it's so
[1:27:25] it's just so nice to see the community
[1:27:28] having fun. Kids playing, people
[1:27:31] talking, watching the movie, having
[1:27:33] popcorn. There's free popcorn. So, um
[1:27:39] uh The only um thing that I have um for
[1:27:43] the council really tonight um
[1:27:46] is that Senator Adam Schiff's
[1:27:48] representative Wesley Fink is going to
[1:27:52] be in Yreka on August 27th. Um
[1:27:56] and um
[1:27:58] Mr. Ibershoff and I are taking him on a
[1:28:00] tour of Yreka.
[1:28:02] And if you have any areas of Yreka that
[1:28:07] you would like to have highlighted in
[1:28:09] the tour, if I'm putting you on the
[1:28:11] spot,
[1:28:12] um if you would just let the city
[1:28:13] manager know so that we can highlight
[1:28:15] those areas. I think
[1:28:21] Mr. Fink has been really responsive to
[1:28:23] the city of Yreka and I'm excited that
[1:28:26] he's coming to spend a couple of hours
[1:28:28] with us.
[1:28:29] And again, that's on August 27th.
[1:28:34] And I
[1:28:37] that is that concludes my report for the
[1:28:40] evening. And with that, I will adjourn
[1:28:43] the meeting at 7:58.