[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.

Yreka City Council Meeting (August 18, 2026)

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